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1753. PROMOTIONS, BANKRUPTS, &c.

death of Cranftoun at Furnes; that he
went by the name of Dunbar, and the
day only before he expired informed the
perfon with whom he lodged, that he
was the unfortunate Cranstoun fo often
mentioned in the affair of Mifs Blandy's
parricide. His death has been fince con-
firmed, with feveral particulars, which
we must defer to our next.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

MR

R. Parfect, chofen lecturer of Al-
hallows in Lombard-ftreet.-Dr.
Robert Downes, bishop of Down and
Connor, tranflated to the bishoprick of
Raphoe in Ireland, vacant by the death
of Dr. Philip Twyfden.-Dr. Arthur
Smyth, bishop of Clonfert and Kilmac-
duagh, translated to the united bishopricks
of Down and Connor.-William Carmi-
chael, L L. D. promoted to the united
bishopricks of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh.
-Dr. Taylor, chancellor of Lincoln, col-
lated to the archdeaconry of Bucking-
ham, in the room of Dr. Carmichael.-
John Lowth M. A. prefented by the
earl of Winchelfea and Nottingham, to
the rectory of Middleton Keynds, in
Buckinghamshire.-Mr. Coles, M. A. by
Brown Willis, L L. D. to the rectory of
Bletchley, Bucks.- Hon. and Rev. Fre-
derick Hamilton, fecond fon of lord Ar-
chibald Hamilton, by the earl Brooke,
to the vicarage of Wellingborough in
Northamptonshire.-Mr. Corn. Thryfte,
by the lord of the manor, to the vicarage
of St. John at Hackney.-Mr. Kay, cho-
fen lecturer of the united parishes of St.
Michael Wood-street and St. Mary Stain-
ing. Mr. John Cleoburg, presented by
Peregrine Bertie, Efq; to the Vicarage of
Wooburn in Bucks.

PROMOTIONS Civil and Military.

ICHARD Hallet Wincombe, Efq;

Rmade a captain in the royal reg. of

horfe-guards, blue.-Capt. Brett, com-
mander of the Caroline yacht, had the ho-
nour of knighthood conferred on him by
his majesty..

Corbett, Efq; fworn

in high-bailiff of Weftminster, in the
room of Peter Leigh, Efq;-Rt. Rev. Dr.
John Thomas, bishop of Peterborough,
made preceptor to their royal highnesses
the prince of Wales and prince Edward,
in the room of the bishop of Norwich, who
had refigned.-George Auguftus Selwyn,
Efq; made clerk of the crown in the inland
of Barbadoes, &c.-George Thomas, Efq;
made governor of the Leeward Caribbee
inlands. Sir Richard Adams, Knt. re-
corder of London, made a baron of the
Exchequer in the room of Mr. baron
Clive, made a judge in the court of
n the room of Sir
Common-Pleas,
Thomas Burnet, deceased, Mr. Jofeph

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Wright, made clerk affistant in the house
of lords, in the room of Mr. Mereft,
deceased. Arthur Dobbs, Efq; made
captain-general and governor in chief of
North-Carolina.-Sir John Ligonier, made
colonel of the royal reg. of horse-guards
blue, in the room of the late duke of
Richmond.

WES

New MEMBERS.

ESTMINSTER, Edward Corn-
wallis, Efq; in the room of Sir
Peter Warren, deceased.

Bridgewater, Robert Balch, Efq;-
Westbury, Peregrine Bertie, Efq;-
Hon. Peregrine Paulet, Efq; deceafed.
Matthew Mitchell, Efq; deceased.

Buckingham, Commodore Weft,
lord vifc. Cobham, now earl Temple.
Lyme, Henry Fane, Efq;-John
Scrope, Efq; deceased.

Wendover, earl Verney-his father,
deceased.

Rutland hire, Thomas Noel, Efq;——
James Noel, Efq; his brother, deceased.

Cheshire, Charles Crewe, Efq;~~~~
John Crewe, Efq; his brother, deceased.
Bodmin, Hon. Charles Hunt, Eíq;-
John Laroche, Ffq; deceafed.
Dathwood, Efq;
Bishop's Caftle,
--Samuel Child, Efq; deceased.
St. Maws, Charles Medlicott, Efq;-------
lord Sundon, deceased.

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Beaumaris, John Owen, Efq;lord vifc. Bulkeley, deceased.

B-KR-TS.

AMES Denn, late of Bristol, merchant.

-Francis Taylor, late of Bridgnorth, grocer. Matthew Cox, of the parish of Ealing in Middlefex, mealman and dealer. -John Paine the elder, of Braintree in Effex, clothier.-Henry Rix, late of Fakenham in Norfolk, mercer and grocer. -Harvey Prefton, late of Stratford upon Avon, dealer. John Troughton, now or late of Fareham, Hants, brewer, and wine-merchant.-John Paine the younger, of Braintree, in Effex, clothier.- James Laurie, of Cockhill, in the parish of Shadwell, Ratcliff, apothecary and chymift.Charles Salmon, of St. James's, WeftHenry Blomart, minfter, linen-draper. of Prescott-ftreet, merchant.--John Godlob Vetter, late of St. James's, Clerkenwell, jeweller, and dealer.-Richard Ladbrooke, late of St. James's, Clerkenwell, tallow-chandler.-John Neville, of St. James's, Westminster, goldsmith, and dealer. John Weath of the Strand, warehoufe keeper. Thomas Cripps, of NewSamuel Woods, Brentford, plumber. now or late of Norwich, worited-weaver and dealer. --Jofeph Broom, of St. Paul, Covent Garden, taylor.

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FOREIGN AFFAIR S, 1753.

AGUE, Jan. 16. In confequence of

Haproposition made by her royal high

to the princefs governante, a reduction of 42 men has been made in the lifeguards, 224 men in the regiment of footguards, and 352 men in that of the Swifsguards, which will be an annual faving to the publick of 110,480 florins; and it is computed, that the favings which the republick makes by the reduction of the army, and leffening fome other expences, fince the conclufion of the peace, amount to two millions of florins yearly. At the fame time her royal highness has fhewn her regard for the poor, for in order to free them of fome of the taxes that lie heavy upon them, he has in conjunction with the ftates of the province of Utrecht, published an ordinance, whereby a tax of one and a half per cent. is laid on all fuch of the inhabitants as have eftates of 400 florins per annum, and upwards. Those who refide in other countries, and have eftates in this province, are liable to the fame tax; as are alfo all employments, fees and penfions. And, to prevent difputes, every perfon is to tax himself, according to the best of his judgment, and to deliver the fame in upon oath.

Paris, Jan. 19. A new incident has happened, which is like to bring our ecclefiaftical difputes to a crifis, as follows: On the 12th of last month, the parliament being informed, that the rector of S. Medard had refufed the facraments to a nun named S. Perpetua, of the house of S. Agatha, ordered that the rector and his two curates thould immediately attend. The rector could not be found, but the curates appeared, and faid, the refufal of the facraments was in confequence of the archbishop of Paris's express orders. Upon which M. Ifabeau, one of the fecretaries of the parliament, was sent to that prelate, to defire him to cause the facraments to be adminiftered to the nun.

On

the 13th the fecretary reported, that having waited on the archbishop that morning about half an hour after fix, he made him the following anfwer: "The rector of S. Medard has followed the light of his own confcience and my orders. Befides, as the adminiftration of the facraments is a matter purely fpiritual, I am properly accountable to God alone for the power with which he has intrufted me. none but the king will I ever think myLelf bound to account for it." M. Ifabeau was fent back to the archbishop, to enjoin him to regard the preffing state of the fick perfon; and at four in the afternoon reported to the parliament, that he had been again with that prelate, who faid to him; I told you my fentiments this morning.

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I am still of the fame mind; nor shall I alter my conduct or my language." Upon this a motion was made, and agreed to, that the archbishop fhould be ordered, upon pain of having his temporalities feized (which amount to 120000 livres) to give directions for putting an immediate ftop to the scandal occafioned by the repeated publick refufals of the facraments of the church to the nun Perpetua, under pretence that he would not present a billet of confeffion, nor tell who was her confeffor; that the curates of S. Medard fhould be enjoined to discharge the duties of their function to the fick perfon; and that the king's counfel fhould fee thefe orders executed; and, by a majority of 98 to 35, it was ordered, that the peers fhould be fummoned for the 18th at ten in the morning, to take into farther confideration the archbishop's answers, and the proceedings of the day before.

On the 14th all the bishops then in Paris had a meeting, and fent a deputation to the archbishop, to affure him, that the clergy of France made his caufe their own, and would fupport him to the utmost of their power. On the 15th the parliament ordered, that as the archbishop had not conformed to their arret of the 13th, his temporalities fhould be feized; but on the 16th the first prefident reported, that having been fent for, he had that day waited upon the king, and that his majefty difapproving of their proceedings, had reftored to the archbishop his temporalities. At the fame time he prefented to them a letter from the king, which informed them, that his majesty being refolved to bring the whole affair before his council, he therefore expressly forbid the peers to attend on the 18th. Against this not only the parliament have remonftrated in very strong terms, but the princes of the blood and the peers of the kingdom look upon it as an incroachment upon their privileges; and the king having in his answer to the remonstrances of the parliament, ordered them to explain themselves to his chancellor, who would inform them of his intentions, they, on the 23d came to the following refolutions: 1. That the removal of which the court was informred by the first prefident being irregular both in matter and form, had rendered new fummonfes to the peers indifpenfable. 2. That the forms claimed by the parliament were laws of the realm, and that on their obfervation depended the maintenance of the royal authority and the publick tranquillity. 3. That the parliament knew no middle perfon between the king and then, and neither could nor ought to addrefs themfelves to any but the foveDIVIreign alone.

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