1^st Week of October, 1754, from the London Magazine

October 1754

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On Saturday, Sept. 28, a proclamation was published in the Gazette for the parliament to meet on Nov. 14, and to sit for the dispatch of business.

On the 30^th, in the afternoon, four drays belonging to an eminent brew house, which were loaded with beer, each dray being drawn by four horses, were stopped at Islington Turnpike, having forfeited 5 l. each, according to the penalty of the late act of parliament for preserving publick roads, which took place Michaelmass Day; and notice being sent to the brew house, a person went from thence to the Turnpike, and was obliged to pay 20 l. to release the drays.

There are very few travelling waggons on the roads with broad wheels, most of them drawing four horses only, which they may do with the narrow wheels, as formerly; and carts may likewise go on the turnpike roads with narrow wheels, as formerly, if drawn but with three horses.

Marriages and Births

Sept. 24. Robert Phillips, Esq.; upwards of 80 years of age at Ewe-Withington, near Hereford, to Miss Anne Bowdler, almost as old, after a 60 years courtship.

Hon. William King, Esq. son of lord Kingston, to Miss Burroughs.

Oct. 3. John Rayner, Esq.; clerk to the skinners company, to Miss Collier.

Deaths

Sept. 26. Sir Walter Montgomery, of Kirktournholm, Bart. in Scotland.

9. Roger Wilbraham, Esq. at his seat at Townsend at Namptwich, Cheshire.

Oct. 1. Gent Unwin, Esq.; one of the directors of the Royal Exchange Assurance Office.

2. Owen M’Swinney, Esq.; examiner of the office securities in the Custom-house, and store keeper at the King’s Mews.

3.  Rt. Hon. James earl of Northampton. He was summoned to parliament, Dec. 31, 1711, by the title of lord Compton, his father George earl of Northampton then living. His lordship is succeeded in the title of earl by his brother the Hon. George Compton, Esq; memb. of parl. for Northampton. The barony of Compton goes to lady Ferrers, the deceased, earl’s daughter, and lady of the Hon. George Townshend, Esq;

Barnaby Backwell, Esq; member of parliament for Bishop’s-Castle. His father died in July last. (See p. 333)

4. Sir Jeremy Sambrooke, Bart.

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18. This morning several informations came on to be tried against Joseph Hazard and William Henry Shute, for publishing the Dublin scheme of chances, to be determined by the drawing of the present Dutch lottery, and also against Richard Bulkley and John Seal, for selling Irish vouchers, in pursuance of the said scheme, contrary to several acts of parliament ; of which they were all four convicted.

The committee appointed to take into consideration the repairing of London-bridge met at Guildhall, when the estimates of the expence were laid before them ; according to which it is computed, that the pulling down the houses on both sides, and rendering the bridge useful and commodious for carriages and foot-passengers, will amount to upwards of 40,000l.

Marriages and Births

19 The lady of Thomas Taylor, of Denbury, Esq; of a son and heir.

The lady of Sir George Vandeput, of a son.

Deaths

19. Rt. Hon. the countess of Stratford, mother to the present earl, at her seat at Twickenham, in Middlesex.

Admiral Charles Cotterel, at Scarborough

20. Sir John Colleton, Bart, at his seat at Exmouth, in Devonshire.

Mr. Castelle, library-keeper to the Cottonian library.

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2^D Week of September, 1754, from the London Magazine

Sept. 12 Charles Flemming was tried at the Old-Bailey for robbing Mrs. Hughes, of Ealing, in her chariot. The chief evidence of the identity of his person was a black servant, who not having been baptized, the court refused to take his oath, and the prisoner was acquitted.

Saturday, 14.

The sessions ended at the Old Bailey, when the five following criminals received sentence of death, via;. James Young, for stealing upwards of 40I. in a dwelling house ; John Haines, for robbing a lady of eight guineas on Hounslow- heath; Robert Hoggard, an out-lawed smuggler ; Edward Brocket, for stealing two horses from Mr. Bell, a farmer, near Hatfield ; and ‘William Hambleton, for returning from transportation.

Marriages and Births

8. Probert Morgan, of Horst, in Gloucestershire, Esq; to Miss Oliver, of Enfield.

12. Robert Baker, of Twickenham, Esq; to Mrs. Owen, of the fame place.

15 Robert Randoll, of Whitthall, Esq; to Miss Lane, of Charles-street, St. James’s Square.

8. The lady of the Rt. Hon. — Bertie, Esq; of a daughter.

11. The lady of William Harvey, Esq; knight of the shire for Essex, of a son.

12. Lady Monson, of a daughter.

The lady of Matthew Ridley, Esq; member for Newcastle upon Tine, of a son.

Deaths

10. Justinian Champneys, Esq; of Westenhanger, in Kent.

12. Thomas Green, Esq; at his seat at Crondall, in Hampshire, formerly a soap-boiler in Thames-street, who a few years ago paid the usual fine to be excused from serving the office of sheriff of this city.

14.S amuel Henry Eyre, Esq; merchant, in New Broad-street, brother of the late lord chief justice Eyre.

1^st Week of September, 1754, from the London Magazine

September 1754

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Letters from the Morea [Peloponnese peninsula] advise, that on the 15th of last July, about eight at night, a violent shock of an earthquake was felt along that coast, particularly near Lepanto, where some populous villages were swallowed up, and a great number of persons, as well as cattle, lost.

Some time since, seven quarry men in the island of Portland being at work on a cliff 90 yards high, to loosen a large stone with iron levers, the ground on a sudden give way, and they all fell to the bottom on a heap of rubble: Four of them were beat to pieces, but the other three, providentially, were only bruised, and are recovered.

By the accounts from Virginia, about 150 of the English were killed on the spot in the late engagement, and almost all the rest, with major Washington and several other officers taken prisoners. Our men likewise lost all their baggage, &c. The commandant of the French ventured to attack the English in their intrenchment, upon information that major Washington was to be joined in a day or two by a body of 500 men. The said major and the other officers, taken prisoners have been released on their parole, upon condition that they shall not serve for a twelvemonth in those parts against the French, and arrived at Williamsburgh some days before the Resolution, Capt. Garratt, left-York-river, which was on July 13. Divers planters of the most westerly parts of the colony, have abandoned their lands, and are removed towards the east for safety.

Sunday, Sept. 1.

A fire broke out in the housekeeper’s room, at the earl of Tilney’s, at Wanstead, occasioned by a chafing-dish of coals being left there to keep the sweet-meats dry; by this accident a great part of the household linen was burnt, the pewter melted, and much china destroyed. ‘Tis computed the damage amounted to considerably above 1000l,

Wednesday, 4.

Several aldermen, deputies, &c. of the bridge committee, met at Guildhall, who came to a resolution, that Mr. Dance, the city-surveyor, should prepare an estimate of the expence of building a new bridge; and appointed a sub-committee so receive the same.

Marriages and Births

Sept. 2. William Brockett, of the Middle-Temple, Esq; to Miss Mary Markham, of Pater-noster-row.

3. Lord George Sackville, second son to the duke of Dorset, to Miss Diana Sambrooke, of Dover-street.
4. Gilbert Knowler, Esq; of Hearn, in Kent, to Miss Presgrave, of Abingdon-buildings.

Deaths

Sept. 2. Rt. Hon. Alexander earl of Leven and Melvil, cue of the lords of police in Scotland, one of the senators of the college of justice, and for 13 years his majesty’s commissioner to the general-assembly there.

3. Sir Tancred Robinson, of Newby, in Yorkshire, Bart. elder brother of Sir Thomas Robinson, knight of the Bath, and one of his majesty’s principal secretaries of state. He is succeeded by his eldest son, now Sir William Robinson, Bart.

5. James St. Amen, Esq; whose father was apothecary to K. James II. has left his whole fortune, except six small legacies to his executors and servants, to Christ’s-hospital, upon condition that a fine painting of bishop Juxton his grand-father be preserved in that hospital, on failure of which it is to go to the university of Oxford, to which he has left his valuable collection of books.

Lord Maitland, only son of the earl of Lauderdale.

Rev. Mr. Dolben, minor canon of Windsor.

Lieut. Col. Thomas Rainsford, of Col. Waldegrave’s reg. of foot.

William Churchill, jun. Esq; at Redruth, in Cornwall.