"I Charles Steward, baftard of the Hon. Bertram Ashburnham," &c. The firft legacy in this teftament is to his honoured friend the Earl of Ashburnham, to whom he bequeaths the sheet on which his late Majefty K. Charles I. was laid after his demife; alfo the drawers which the faid King wore at the time of his demile. « London, Fon. 19. We are informed ner. from good authority, that the gold money drawn out of circulation by the late reformation of the coin has already amounted to above ten millions of pounds Sterling; that the mint has coined near five millions in the course of last year, and is proceeding to recoin the remain. der with all poffible expedition; after which we may expect his Majesty's farther proclamation, for completing a meafure fo happily begun, and carried on, to the great advantage of the whole nation." « London, Jan. 18. The fociety for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce, have given two gold and two filver medals, with the following infcriptions thereon, viz. "To Sir Alexander Dick, Bt, Specimens of British rhubarb, 1774, a gold medal;" -"To Mr William Tadman, Turneps cultivated among beans, 1774, a gold medal;"-"To Mr Michael Calender, Specimens of British rhubarb, fecond premium, 1774, a filver medal;". -"To Mr John Delamotte, Children taught to weave black lace, 1774, a filver medal." "Newcastle, Jan. 20. Laft Wednefday Turnbull and Latimer's inftrument for taking the diftance of the moon from the fun, for the gaining the longitude of a fhip at fea, was tried and proved upon Gateshead Fell, by William Hope, an experienced mariner, who has been at the West Indies, and five times at Archangel; and found, to his great surprise, that the fun and moon were brought in contact on the mirror, which he thought impoffible, and the true diftance of the moon from the fun taken with the greateft exactnefs, which will certainly, by Mr Latimer's rules, give the longitude of a fhip at fea." "Newcafile, Jan. 14. A letter received here from Prefton in Lancashire, fays, "On the 31st ult. at about five miles diftance from this place, the river Ribble food ftill; and for the length of three miles there was no water except in deep places. People croffed the river dry-hod, where juft before neither man nor horfe could pass without a boat. In about five hours it came down with a ftrong current, and continues to run as ufual. It feems the like phænomenon happened in the year 1715." Charles Steward, Efq; auditor of the duties on hides, &c. lately deceafed, begins his will in this extraordinary man The following advertisement was publithed in a country-paper in England about the middle of January. - Mr William Merrett, of the parish of Bishopftoke, in the county of Southampton, Yeoman, doth hereby advertise himself, that he is in want of a wife. He is a ftout jolly man, fair skin, and his age about forty. He would be glad of a woman about the fame age; is a man of good account, and endued with one article more than commonly falls to the lot of man. Any woman whom this may fuit, may apply to the faid Mr Merrett. None but thofe of good account will be looked upon." "London, Dec. 27. Immediately after the death of Lord B- -, the Countefs was fet at liberty, from an imprisonment of thirty years in one of his Lordship's caftles in the county of Weftmeath. When her Ladyship faw her children, she afked, which was the Earl? having loft all recollection of him by the length of her confinement." SCOTLAND. A plan relating to beggars, executed at Aberdeen, appeared in the Caledonian Mercury of Jan. 11. with a view to its being adopted likewife in Edinburgh [xxxvi. 502.], viz. "A proclamation was firft iffued, ordering all the beggars to give in their names, places of refidence, and how long time they had been in the town; and threatening with imprifonment all who fhould neglect to do this within a limited time. This order was foon univerfally complied with. After which, a ftrict inquiry being made into the truth of their feveral affertions, fuch as were found not intitled to the town's charity, were fent to their refpective parishes, with letters, defiring the proper officers to provide work for fuch as were able, and food and raiment for fuch as were not; and all who proved to be natives, or long refidenters in the city, were provided for in the fame manner; fuch as were able to work being put into immediate employment, and fuch fuch as were incapable being fent to the charity-houfe; which not being quite large enough for them all, the reft were allowed to beg, and are provided with proper badges by way of diftinction; fo that whenever a ftranger appears begging, he is foon detected, and fent to his own parish with a recommendation. Thus the town is almost entirely free of ftreet-beggars; thofe who are thus permitted by authority being very few in number." 66 Edinburgh, Jan. 7. A curious judicial queftion has lately occurred at Glafgow. The unhappy girl Margaret Adam, who was executed here last winter [xxxvi. 107.], left behind her an authentic lift fpeech, which was published as the only genuine one, and authority obtained from the magiftrates of this city to fupprefs all other fpeeches which might be printed in her name. In this genuine fpeech, very fevere reflections were thrown out against P-r B-n, particularly as to what he had faid when examined before the Lords. Mr Galbraith, a printer in Glasgow, published an edition of the speech there; upon which Mr Peter Buchanan, a young gentleman of that city, who had been an evidence in the trial of Margaret Adam, and who therefore infifted, that by P. -r Bhe must be meant, none eife with fuch initial and final letters having been examined before the Lords, brought an action against Galbraith, before the sheriff of Lanerk, concluding for damages and expences. Galbraith defended himself, by pleading, that he had done no more than publish what the deceafed had a right to fay; for that it was the privilege of every perfon who was executed to ut ter their dying words, let the world give what credit to them they pleafe. The fheriff has affoilzied Galbraith; but it is faid, that Mr Buchanan is to bring the caufe before the court of feffion. As it involves, on the one hand, the immemorial rights of dying speeches, which never were checked but in an age of feverity; and, on the other hand, the safety of private characters, which are under the protection of the law; it will require much wifdom, as well as liberal indulgence, to fix the proper limits." This unhappy woman's unhappy fifter Agnes was carried from Edinburgh, July 11. for Glasgow, in order to be tranfported, it being a condition of her pardon, that the fhould be banished to the plantatious for life, and her fervice for the first seven years adjudged to the tranfporter. "Edinburgh, Jan. 14. It is with pleas fure we can inform the public, that the great canal is filled with five feet of water to the Stocking field, (within two miles of Glafgow); and on Friday fe'ennight, a veffel arrived there from Kirkintilloch with goods." Before the end of November the bridge over the North Esk at Montrose [xxxv. 269.] was opened for carriages. The keyftone was driven on the 15th of August. 66 Edinburgh, Jan. 4. We hear the Duke of Argyle is going to establish a manufacture of woollen cloth in the town of Inverary. The gentlemen in the county of Argyle are now at great pains in introducing a proper breed of fleep for the improvement of their wool; an object very material to the country, and for which the highlands of Scotland are well adapted. It were to be wifhed, that the nobility and gentry of Scotland would follow the example of this patriotic Duke above mentioned, and spend their money in encouraging industry and agriculture in their native country, in place of fquandering it away abroad in folly and diffipation. This laudable conduct would foon put a stop to the emigrations fo frequent of late, and would also increase population, the true wealth of a country; for there is no axiom truer than this, "Find employment, and nature will find men." A very important caufe was determined by the court of feffion on the 31ft of January.- Mr Mylne of Mylnefield had his houfe, in the county of Perth, broke into, in January 1773, by a meal-mob; who deftroyed the furniture and house, and carried off feveral articles of value [xxxv. 17. 164.]. Mr Mylne brought an action of damages, before the court of feffion, against the county of Perth; in which the points particularly under confideration of the court were, Whether Mr Mylne was intitled to the whole damage he had fuftained, or only to the damage occafioned by pulling down and demolifhing his houfe? and, 2dly, Whether only the landholders, or the whole inhabitants of the county, were liable in thefe damages? and in what manner the fame were to be levied? The court found, That Mr Mylne was intitled only to the damage done to his house; and that the fame thould be laid upon the whole inhabitants of the county, and levied by the juftices of the peace. MAR MARRIAGES. Jan. 5. At Edinburgh, William Hope-Weir, Efq; of Blackwood, muftermafter general for Scotland, to Mifs Sophia Corrie, only daughter of the late Mr Jofeph Corrie, town-clerk of Dumfries. 12. At Westminster abbey, Dr John Thomas, Bishop of Rochester, to Elifabeth Lady Yates, relict of Sir Joseph Yates, Kt, one of the judges of the court of king's-bench. In France, Monf. J. J. Rosseau, to a very young girl. BIRTH S. "Florence, Dec. 24. The Great Duchefs [of Tufeany] was this day delivered of a prince." Lond. gaz. Caferta, near Naples, Jan. 10. On Wednefday laft, about nine o'clock, her Sicilian Majefty was fafely delivered of a prince; who was baptized the same day by the names of Carolus, Francifcus, &c. &c.' Land. gaz. Jan. 4 At Caftle Caulfield, Ireland, the Rt Hon. Lady Charlemont, of a son and heir. 6. At Edinburgh, Mrs Bell, wife of Mr John Bell writer to the fignet, of a fon. [IIIVI. 166.] DEATH S. Nov. 1774. Mary Valade, of the parish of Allais in Perigord, France, aged 112 years. She was fenfible to the last. Dec. 26. At Aberdeen, Robert Sandilands, Efq; of Walter Draikies. 29. At Paris, Charles O'Brien, Earl Thomond, Viscount Clare, a peer of Leland, and colonel of a regiment of Irish in fantry in the French fervice. Jan. 2. At Edinburgh, William Napier, Lord Napier. His Lordship was defcended, by his grandmother, wife of Sir William Scot, Bt, from John Lord Napier, Baron of Merchifton, inventor of the logarithms; whofe heir, the eldest of fix brothers, having no fon, obtained a new patent, in 1627, in favour of the female line. 3. At Aberdeen, Isabella Douglas, spouse of William Urquhart of Meldrum, Efq; 4. At Edinburgh, Charles St Clair of Herdmanston, Efq; 8. In the Weft-church charity-workhouse, James Ruffell, aged 105. 11. At St Andrew's, Mrs Sharp of Kincarrochy. 11. At Edinburgh, Mr George Boes minifter at Cupar, aged 73. 12. In the parish of Auchterlefs, Peter Garden, aged 131. He retained his memory and fenfes to the laft. He has lived under ten fovereigns, viz. Charles I. Oliver Cromwell, Richard Cromwell, Charles II. James VII. William and Mary, Anne, and George I. II. III. He remembered to have been fent, when a boy, to the wood, to cut boughs for spears in the time of the civil wars, 55 14. At Birmingham, Mr John Baskerville, an eminent printer, and remarkable for the e-. legance of his types, and the beauty of his ink. 16. At Killemore, Rofsfhire, Mr John Porteous, minister of that parish. 10. At London, Maj.-Gen. Laurence, a- 24. On the road betwixt Newkirk and Mr Thomas Rannie 27. At Dundee, Mifs Margaret-Frances Maxwell, eldest daughter of Patrick Maxwell, Efq; Provoft of Dundee. 27. At Aberdeen, aged 18, Mifs Elifabeth In the parish of Marykirk, a man aged 103. From the London Gazette. The King has been pleased, 7. to recommend John Moore, D. D. Dean 10. to appoint Guy Carleton, Efq; to be Captain-General and Governor in Chief, in the province of Quebec. 11. to inveft the Duke of Gordon with the enfigns of the most ancient and most noble order of the Thistle. 21. to appoint John Cookfon, John So- chairs in the cities of London and Westmin- to appoint George Rofe, Efq; Surveyor 31. to confer the honour of Knighthood on ift reg. of foot guards: Capt. Charles Fre Major, vice Nevil Tatton, who retires. Major, vice Lancelot Baugh. Ditto: Capt. John Dodd to be Captain of 1 56 Prices of grain, Mortality bill, Infirmary-tables. Ditto Corn. John Jones, of the Blues, to be Enfign, vice William Irby. Ditto: Enf. Henry Fanfhaw to be Adju tant, vice Thomas Collins, who refigns. 8th reg. of foot: John Caldwell, Gent. to be Enfign, vice Henry Young preferred; by purchase. 25th reg. of foot: Capt. Charles Home to be Major, vice Edmund Robinson, deceased. Ditto Capt. Willian: Price to be Captain of a company, vice Charles Home. Ditto: Lieut. Charles Watfon to be Captain-Lieutenant, vice William Price. Ditto Enf. Jofeph Baddiley to be Lieutenant, vice Charles Watfon. Ditto : Keppel, Gent. to be Enfign, vice Jofeph Baddiley. Ditto: John Lord Bellenden to be Enfign, vice James Christie, fuperfeded. 31ft reg. of foot: Capt. Charles Green to be Captain of a company, vice Gabriel Maturin, deceased. Ditto: Lieut. William Lanyon to be Captain-Lieutenant, vice Charles Green. Ditto: Enf. Andrew Rofs to be Lieute nant, vice William Lanyon. 48th reg of foot: Lieut. James Campbell to be Captain-Lieutenant, vice John Lee, deceased. Ditto Lieut. Walter Borlafe, of the 69th regiment, to be Captain, vice Edward Chandler; by purchase. 59th reg. of foot: George Cumine, Gent. to be Enfign, vice Walter Haynes, preferred; by purchase. Royal American reg. ad batt. : Surgeon Jofeph Price to be Surgeon, vice John Graham, deceased. 65th reg. of foot: John Bingley, Geat. to be Enfign, vice Robert Moftyn, preferred; by purchase. 66th reg. of foot: Lieut. Richard Vowell to be Captain-Lieutenant, vice Edward Mainwaring; by purchase. Ditto Enf. Adam Gordon to be Lieutenant, vice Richard Vowell; by purchase. Ditto William Duncan, Gent, to be En fign, vice Adam Gordon; by purchase. 69th reg. of foot: Enf. John Kerr to be Lieutenant, vice Walter Borlafe, preferred; by purchase. Ditto: John Bell, Gent. to be Enlign, vice John Kerr; by purchase. O'Hara's corps: Robert Seymour, Gent. to be Enfign, vice Mathias M'Namara, preferred; by purchase. Prices of grain at Haddington, Feb. 3. 1775 Wheat, Beft. Third. Second. 20 s. 6 d. Bear, 17 s. 6 d. Oats, 13 s. 4 d. 19 s. 8 d. 16 s. 8 d. 12 s. 6 d. d. 12 s. od. Cat-meal, 1s. 10 s. 6d. II S. 8 d. Edinburgh, Feb. 3. $775. Bear meal, 7 d. af. Peafe-meal, 8 d. Vol. xxxvii. The Edinburgh bill of burials för January 1775 Within the {Ntales 33} city 62 Fem. 295 95. Decr. 19. In the Weft- Males 17 Between AGE. Under No DISEASES. 2 27 Aged 5 Childbed 7 Confumption No. 10 2 & 5 13 Afhma 6 Bowelhive 3 6 Chincough 5 I 6 Fever 19 50 & 60 8 Small por 60 & Sore Throat 80 Stillborn 80 & 90 4 Teething (90 & 104 I Sum of the quantity and value of Linen stamped From Nov. 1. 1773. to Nov. 1. 1774- Value L. 492,055 : 13: 8 halfpenny. The number of patients in the royal infirma, Particulars of the above fum. 188 1696f 1884 1157 87 1884 193 447 Of whom, Difmiffed as incurable The number of patients in the Aberdeen infirmaṛ• ry last year. [xxxvi. 56.] $1005 988 Patients in the hofpital Jan. 1.1774. 77 Incurable, after a long trial Improper, difmiffed at their own Died = 7017 15 124 97,7 91 46] Remaining in the hofpital Jan. 1. 1775. 88 Befides the above number received into the hofpital, 2221 have had the benefit of advice and medicines as out-patients. SCOTS M MAGAZINE. FEBRUARY, 1775. CON T E SCOTS BRIGADE. That corps not on a proper footing 57. NT S. ib. The motion carried 80. A new debate on the report ib. A motion for recommitting rejected 81. Speech by Ld Chatham, and motion to remove the troops from Bofton 82. Debate ib. The motion rejected ib. A lift of the minority 83. Ld Chatham offers a conciliating bill ib. Rejected ib. Lifts of the fpeakers for and against the bill, and of all the Peers who voted for it ib. The bill 83-86. A conference concerning the propofed addrefs 86. Petitions offered to the Lords 86. Refused to be received 87. Two protests ib. The addrefs and the answer 89. On the RELATION between Great Britain and her colonies, let. 2. 59. AMERICA. Law-authorities in favour of the American claims 63. American infolence begun by the repeal of the stamp-act ib. An affociation in favour of governmentib. The army at Boston in good spirits 64. Amount of our trade with America ib. PARLIAMENT. American papers presented 65. 77. 81. Their contents 65.-73. Referred to a committee 73. London merchants petition ib. After debate, referred to a different committee 74. More petitions 75. A fecond petition from the London merchants 76. Debate upon it ib. Lord POETRY. The Graces, a poetical epiftle from North threatened, and his answer ib. Mer- a gentleman to his fon 100. An elegiac chants wave appearing 77. Speech by Ld poem on the magnificent ruins of the abbey North, and motion for an addrefs to en- of Aberbrothock 101. Timothy Talecatch force the laws 78. Speeches by Mr Dunning paragraphmonger's petition to the memib. the Attorney-General, Col' Grant and bers of both Houfes 102. On Beauty ib. Barré, Meff. Burke and Fox, and the Soli-HISTORICAL AFFAIRS 103. &c. citor-General 79. The subject of debate LISTS, &c. 110. Books. Pringle on the torpedo 90. The SIR, O London, Feb. 23. F late I have heard much conversation on the subject of that corps of British troops called The Scots Brigade in the Dutch Service, and what has been faid [xxxvi. 706, 7.], will ferve to give to many people in Britain a more diftinct idea of the tate of our countrymen in that fervice, than what has been hitherto generally known. I, Sir, alfo ferved a good many years in that brigade, and, I think, I know the conftitution of the Dutch army, both with regard to its more ancient and modern flate, as well as moft people, having opportunities by the best connections to be amply and minutely informed of it. I regard the brigade, VOL. XXXVII. and with its profperity, as it is a corps that has ever ferved honourably, and with great distinction; and although long out of it, my beft endeavours to promote its advantage shall never be wanting. But I have long defpaired of its ever being put on any eftablishment in that fervice that fhould induce the court of G. Britain or his Majefty to permit it to remain any longer there, as it has been thefe many years paft only a tool in the hands of the Dutch, to rub affronts upon their best friends. Their behaviour with regard to the ufage of that corps, and with regard to their fhing on our coafis, has too long been winked at. Many are the bad confequences to which G. Britain expofes itfelf in having II a |