2 137 189 189 104 3371367 103 104 103 103 102 102 137 8 137 190113 103 103 102 IC2 9 137137 190 103 4 103 102 102 10136137190191 113 103 103 103 102 102 PRICES of STOCKS in MAY, BILL of MORTALITY, &c. 1746. 1747. 1748-9. B. Annu. مرادی 4100-100 41. 1753 10 S. W. rain 100 41. 188 310 W. S. W. rain 99 41. 188 110 of S. S. W. rain W. S. W. 99 1 41. 188 N. W. 99. 41. 18s 3 10 ON. N. W. fair 100 41. 186 310 100 41. 175 12 6 E. N. E. fair cold LOTTERY TICKETS, 1751, 11). 10s. 6d. 111, 118, 11, 138. 6d. 111. 153. 2ıl, 158. 6d. 25 9d to 38 136 to 15 185 to 28 Guildford. Warminster. 71 198 load 175 to 18 265 to 37 qr Devizes. 325 to 38 qr Gloucester. 4s 6d bush, 15s to 16 155 to 19 Northampt. 248 to 28q4 168 to 17 128 to 15 od 248 to 28 125 to 17 158 to 20 26 to 16 9d 298 to 31 229 to 28 1 . FOREIGN AFFAIRS, 1751 239 HE diet of the empire have at last agreed to the following refolution, with refpect to the guaranty of the treaty of Drefden, viz. "His highness prince A. lexander Ferdinand de la Tour Taxis, principal commiffary to the emperor at the diet, &c. declares, in the name of the electors, princes, and ftates of the empire, that in confequence of his imperial majefty's commifforial decree, laid before the dictature the 23d of January last, concerning the guaranty of the treaty concluded at Drefden, Dec. 25, 1745, between the emprefs-queen of Hungary and the king of Pruffia, it has been agreed and concluded, after mature deliberation, that the empire should guaranty the faid treaty in its utmost extent, in favour of the two contracting parties, as is particularly expressed in the 9th article (without prejudice however to the rights of the empire) and fhould fupport it to the utmost of their power, in cafe the circumftances of affairs fhould at any time render it neceffary: That in conformity thereto, a folemn declaration fhould be made of it to the emperor, as is done by this advice; and that humble thanks fhould be given to his imperial majefty, for the paternal care which he fhewed upon this occafion for the prefervation of the publick peace. Concluded at Ratisbon, May 14, 1751." But upon this refolution's being agreed to, the ministers of the princes of the house of Saxony entered a folemn proteft, for preferving the rights of their respective Courts to the duchies of Juliers, Bergue, and Cleves; the minifters of the houses of Anhalt entered another, for preferving their right to the duchy of Saxe-Lauwenbourg; and the minifter of Hanover entered a third, for preferving the right of his court to the principality of Eaft-Friefland. And tho' this refolution must give great fatisfaction to the king of Pruifia, we do not hear, that he has as yet receded from his oppofition to the election of a king of the Romans. Frankfort, May 16, N. S. Private letters affure us, that Edward Stuart, of whom we have heard nothing for fome time, has lately taken a journey into a part of the continent, where he is known not to want well-wishers; and that after a ftay of a fortnight, "notwithstanding all artifices to escape notice, his being there became publick, upon which he disappeared. It is probable, that part of the last 18 months rambles of this adventurer have been in Poland and some adjacent countries. The king of Pruffia, in order to promote the Afiatick company established at Embden, has caused a declaration to be published, importing, "That if hereafter at any time a war fhould break out in Europe, those who shall have depofited their money in the funds of that company, fhall be in no danger of having it seized or confifcated; but that their properties fhall be perfectly fecure, even tho' they fhould be the fubjects of the powers at war with his majesty." A member of the academy of Berlin has lately published a differtation, wherein he endeavours to prove, that the earth and all the planets have been gradually approaching the fun ever fince the creation. The confequences of this new system, if established, would be confiderable: The general conflagration would be philofophically afcertained, and its time by obfervation nearly determined: The heat upon this globe must have gradually increased; and the length of the year must have gradually decreased, in proportion as the orbit of this globe's rotation round the fun diminished. But as experience feems to contradi& this system, we must wait for farther proofs; for fhould it be demonfrated, we must once in every certain number of years have fuch a new law, as has been paffed this feffion for regulating the time of the year. (See p. 121.) The three young Ruffian ladies mentioned in our laft, were the daughters of count Douglafs, a general officer in that fervice, who had obtained his difmiffion, and the perfon they accused was their own father; but it is now whifpered, that their accufa tion is entirely groundlefs, and proceeded from his refolving to interrupt them in fome amorous intrigues, or to carry them along with him out of that empire. On the 30th ult. died at Riga veldt marfhal count Lacey, an Irishman, in the 85th year of his age. He was general and commander in chief of her Ruffian majesty's troops in the conquered provinces, and governor of Riga, Some of the young wits at Lisbon having lately diverted themselves in the night-time, by fixing horns at the gates or doors of those who were fufpected of hav ing unfaithful wives, it created fuch a general uneasiness among the inhabitants, and raised fuch misunderstandings in families, that the government was forced to interpofe, by iffuing a fevere edict against this fort of diversion; and one gentleman has already been taken up and committed upon this account: However, the diverfion continues, and even spreads to other parts of that kingdom, Some 240 Of the New Year and Calendar Bill. Some Account of the ACT for regulating the Commencement of the Year, and correcting the Calendar. T HE act takes notice in the preamble, that the legal fupputation of the year in England, by which it begins on March 25, not only differs from the usage of other nations, but alfo from the method of computing in that part of Great-Britain called Scotland, and from the common ufage of the whole kingdom, whereby many inconveniencies and difputes arife about the dates of deeds, &c. And also, that the Julian calendar, now in ufe, has been found to be erronecus, fo that the vernal equinox (when the days and nights are equal) which at the time of the Nicene council, in the year 325, happened on or about March 21, now falls on March 9 or Jo; and that the error is ftill increasing, and, if not remedied, muft continue so to do. Therefore by this act, in the first place, the old computation of the year, by which it begins on March 25, is not to be made ufe of, throughout all the British dominions, after Dec. 31, 1751, but Jan. 1. next following is to be reckoned the first day of the year 1752, and every year for the future to begin on Jan. 1. instead of March 25. In the fecond place, the feve ral days of each month, after Jan. 1, 1752, are to go on in the fame order as ufual, till Sept. 2. in the faid year, inclufive, but the natural day next immediately following the faid Sept. 2, 1752, inftead of the 3d is to be called the 14th of September,' omitting only for that time the intermediate nominal days of the prefent calendar. And the feveral natural days that fhall follow the faid 14th of Sept. are to be reckoned forward in numerical order as ufual, and so on continually. This method is eftablished, not only as it will for the future cause the equinoxes and folftices to fall nearly on the fame nominal days, as they did at the time of the council of Nice, but also as it will be of great convenience to merchants, &c. corresponding with other nations, who have generally received this correction of the calendar, (commonly called New Stile) and tend to prevent difputes about the dates of letters, accounts, &c. All acts, deeds, notes, &c. after Jan. 1, 1752, to be dated according to the new method of beginning the year on Jan. 1. And the fixed terms, Hilary and Michaelmas, and all courts, &c. that are to be held on any certain day of a month, to be kept on the fame nom nal day, after Sept. 2, 1752, when the 11 days are dropt, that they were kept on according to the pid method, i. e. 11 days fooner, than the fame are now kept. For keeping the days of the year in the fame regular courfe as near as may be (to the true motion of the fun) the years of our Lord 1800, 1900, 2100, 2200, 2300, or any hundredth years in time to come, (which, according to the prefent method would be Leap Year, as every 4th year is) except only every 4th hundredth, whereof the year 2000 to be the firft, are not to be deemed Leap Years, but common years, of 365 days. And the years 20CO, 24CO, 2800, and every other 4th hundredth year, to be Leap Years, of 366 days. New rules are fixed, and a calendar annexed, for keeping Eafter according to the full Moons by which it is regulated, and the other Moveable Feafts depending on Eafter; and the new calendar, tables, and rules, are ordered to be prefixed to the book of Common-Prayer, instead of the old ones; and the fixed Feafts and Fasts to be kept on the fame nominal days as now. All the Moveable Feafts, the Moveable' Terms of Eafter and Trinity, and Moveable Fairs, Marts, &c. to be governed by Eafter and the other Moveable Feasts, as ufual, but according to the new calendar, and to be held on their refpective days accordingly. Fixed Fairs or Marts, after the faid Sept. 2. not to be held on the fame nominal day, but the fame natural day, as be-, fore, that is 11 days later than the nominal day by the new computation. Opening and inclofing of commons of pafture not to be accelerated by the act, but to commence on the fame natural day they would have happened if the act had not been made, viz. 11 days later than it would have happened by the new computation, to begin on the new 14th of September, abovementioned. The payment of rents, annuities, or money payable by virtue of any contract already made, or which fhall be made before the faid 14th of Sept. 1752, or otherwife; the time of the delivery of goods or merchandize, &c. the commencement or expiration of leafes; the attaining the age of 21 years, &c. by any perfon now born,, or who shall be born before the faid Sept. 14; or the expiration of any apprenticeship or other fervice; none of thefe, &c. to be accelerated or anticipated by the act, but to be on the fame natural days, as they fhou'd have been if this act had not been made: And the fum to be paid for the intereft of money fhall be according to the true number of natural days, and fhall not at all be affected by this act. Catalogue of Books in our next.] In N° 7 of our last cata ogue, for pr. 20s, read pr. 15, 1 The LONDON MAGAZINE: T.Dagies Or GENTLEMAN's Monthly Intelligencer. For JUNE, 1751 To be Continued. (Price Six-Pence each Month.) Containing, (Greater Variety, and more in Quantity, than any Monthly Book of the fame Price.) II. Conclufion of Dr. Garcin's Letter, on the general Usefulness of Infe&s. III. Extracts from a Pamphlet on the late War. IV. A Propofal in favour of the unfortunate Women of the Town. V. Subftance of the new Spirituous Liquors Bill. VI. Mount's Bay defcribed and vindicated, VII. The JOURNAL of a Learned and Political CLUB, &c. continued: Containing the SPEECHES of Proculus Virginius, C. Cæcilius, and Cæfo Fabius, in the famous DEBATE on the important Regency Bill. VIII. Original of the Titles of Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and Earl of Chefter. IX, A Project for the Safety of Navigation.. X. A Defcription of the County of BERKS. XI. Mathematical Queftion folved, and others propofed. XII. The Remembrancer's Farewel to the Publick. XIII. Acts paffed at the Clofe of the Seffion. XIV. Defcription and Dimenfions of Weftminfer Bridge. XV. A Caution against vain Fears.. XVI. The fantaftical Wife humorously reproved. XVII. Extracts from the two laft Books of the Scribleriad. XVIII. Changes in the Ministry. XX. Of the Frequency of Rainbows in fome Places. XXI. POETRY: On the two celebrated Mifs Gs; to Chloe; a Song, lung by Mifs Stevenfon in Vaux-Hall Gardens ; Winchester College; a Riddle; on a Neceffary-Houfe; the Amaryllis of Bu chanan imitated; on the Death of the Prince of Wales; Arabel, a new Song, fet to Mufick, &c. XXII. The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER Masqueraders apprehended; Murders and Robberies; Election of Sheriffs; Male. factors executed, &c. &c. XXIII. Promotions; Marriages and Births XXIV. Prices of Stocks for each Day. With a new and accurate MAP of BERKSHIRE, and the Effigies of her Royal Highness the Princefs Dowager of WALES, beautifully engraved on Copper. 1 MULTUM IN PARVO, LONDON: Printed for R. BALDWIN, jun. at the Rofe in Pater-Nofter-Row. Of whom may be had, compleat Sets from the Beginning to this Time, neatly Bound, or Stitch'd, or any fingle Month to compleat Sets. The argument from precedents answered ib. Former councils of regency no argument for one now 257,258 Couclufion of Dr. Garcin's letter to M. Reaumur, upon the general usefulness of infects and Flanders 259 Their prodigious number and variety 260 More obfervations upon them 261, 262 Extracts from a pamphlet, intitled, A brief narrative of the late campaigns in Germany 263 261, 264 A propofal for a charitable inftitution, in favour of the unfortunate women of the town 264 F Project for the fafety of navigation, by dif covering unknown currents in the fea, and what is their direction and rapidity 265 F, 266 Marthal We cenfured An authentick account of the original of the titles of prince of Wales, duke of Cornwall, and earl of Chefter 267 Subftance of the new bill for preventing the excessive drinking of spirituous liquors 269 A mathematical queftion anfwered 270 The Remembrancer laid down, and Mr. Cadwallader's farewel to the publick 270,271 Two mathematical questions proposed 272 The arguments of the two last books of the Scribleriad, with extracts from ibid. The fantaftical wife humorously reproved, from a new paper 273 Mount's-bay described and vindicated 274 A caution against vain fears, from the Rambler 275 POETRY. Arabel, a new fong, fet to mufick 276 On reading the friend to liberty, an ode ibid. A country dance 277 A fong, fung by Mifs Stevenfon, in Vauxhall gardens ibid. The Amaryllis of Buchanan, imitated, to a lady at Paris Winchester college On the two celebrated Mifs G-S On a neceffary-house ibid. 278 279 ibid. A riddle, written in the reign of King Charles II. 280 Part of a copy of verfes in the Cambridge collection, on the death of the prince of Wales ibid. To Chloe. Hor. lib. 1. ode 23. imitated The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER Defcription and dimenfions of Westminster ibid. 281 bridge ibid. Masqueraders apprehended ibid. Murders and robberies ibid. The Latin poetical extrails not fuiting our defign, are left with our publisher, where they may be bad, if called for. We bave received the letter figned Aftafiotes, and a collection of episaphs, which shall be confidered. The lover's gift, the verses on Mr. Romaine, and those we have been favoured with on Mr. Gurney, fhall be in our sexte |