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POSTSCRIPT.LONDON.This Day arrived a Mail from Flanders, but contains nothing n.ew.Members fledlsd for I be enfutng Parliament, (-continuedfrom our lajl.)For Andover, on Monday laft, on calling up the Poll, the Numbers ftood thus ;For Sir John G. Griffin, 17Benjamin Lethieulier,-Efq. 15Sir Francis Blake Delaval, 9on which the two former were returned duely eleed.Afliburton. Lawrence Sullivan and--Boon, Efqrs.Bath. Sir John Seabright and John Smith, Efq.Beverley, Yorklhlre. Hugh Bethell and — And^rfon, Efqrs. _Bridgnorth. Lor d.P igot a n d Will iam W hit,-more, Efq.Bewick. Sir John Huffey Del aval, Bart, and John Paris Taylor, Efq.Bartiftaple. Denys Rolle and j*hn Cleve-1 land, Efqrs.! Beralflon, Devonfhire. Sir Francis Drake ! and the Hon. Mr. Hobbard. . . j Coventry. Mr. Conway and Mr. . Archer, j. A Scrutiny, was demanded by Mr. Waring, which was granted.Dover. Lord Villiers and Sir Jof.t York. Durham City. Gen. Lambton and John Temped:, jun, Efq. ' ,Dartmouth. Lord Howe and Richard Hopkins, Efq.Devizts. Charles Garth and J unes §,ittOTU Efqrs. ■EaftLooe. John Bailer and Richard Huf-fey, Efqrs. _E all-Retford, Nottmghamfhire. Sir Cecil Wray arid Mr. Oftley, and not Mr. White as mentioned by Mi Hake.Fpwey. Mr. Rafhleigb and Mr. Haywood. Grinrfby, Lincoln!hire. jofeph Melbfh,Efq. and Lieut. Coi. St; Leger.Haltings.- William Aihburnham and Sam Marten. Efqrs.Haflemere, The Numbers were, for Col, Molyneiix and Mr. Burrell 71, and General Oglethorpe and Mr.. Johnfon- .49 ; Majority for. Col.' Molyneux and Mr. Burrell 2Z* The Poll was longer than was ever known, and though it began every Day early, and was carried on late at Night, yet the Court fet the whole Night on Thurfday, and on Friday . Morning, at Six, adjourned for a few Hours only. There were four Council of great Eminence, who it is thought argued every Point fo well, that it is imagined all future Eleions will be fhort, the Rights being now well tm-derftood and determined.Heydon, Yotkfhire. Sir Charles Saunders, and Beilby Thompfon, Efq. - •Heytefbury, Wilts. General A'Court and Charles Fitzroy Scudamore, Efq.Kingfton-u,p«n-Hull. Lord Robert Manners and Mr. Weddell. Cap;. Lee declined.A deal of Mifchief was done by the Mob; two or three are laid to have been killed.tnarelborough, Yorkfhire. Hon. Robert Boyle Wallingham and Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy, Bart.Lynn. Hon. Thomas Walpole and Sir John Turner, Bart.Launeefton. Right Hon. Humphrey Mo-rice, Efq. and Col. William Amherft.Luggerfhall. Lord Girlies and Peniftoc Lamb, Efq.Lancailer, Sir George Warren andFrahcis Reynolds, Efq. ■Lincoln. T. Scroope, Efq. and the Hon.| Comlantine Phipps.Litchfield. Thomas Anfon and Thomas Gilbert, Efqrs.Leverpoole. Sir William Meredith, Bart, and Richard Pennant, Efq.Midburit, Suffex. Lord Stavordale and Hon. Charles James Fox, Efq.Morpeth. Mr. Beckford and Mr. Eyre. Monmouth, John Stepney, Efq.Newport, Cornwall. Richard Bull and William De Grey, Efqrs.Newark. John Shelley and John Manners,. Efq. . ,Ncwcaftle-upon-Tync, SirWalter Blacket, and Mathew Ridley, Efq.Oxford, TJnirerfity. Sir Roger Newdigateand Page, Efq.Oakhampton. Thomas Pitt and Thomas Brand, Efqrs.Plympton, Sir William Baker and Paul Henry Ourry, Efq. .Pontefraft. Sir Rowland Wynn and Lord Galway, .Plymouth. Lord Barrington and Admiral Holborne.Portfmouth, Sir Edward Hawke and Sir Matthew Fcatherftonksugh.Romney, New. Sir Edward Dereing and Richard Jackfon, Efq. , _ ,Rygate. Hon. John York and CharlesCocks, Efqrs. 1Ripon, Yorkfhire, William Aiftabie wad Charles Allanfon, Efqrs.Stafford. The Right Hon. Lord Vifcount Chetwynd and Richard Witworth, Efq. ' Stamford. George Aufrere, Efq- and Gen. George Howard.Safum, Old, Right Hon. William Gerard Hamilton* Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland, and John Craufurd,.Efq.Saltafh. Mr. Hawke and Mr. Bradffiaw. Thirlk. Sir Thomas-Fratikland?Bart, and William Frankland, Efq:Taunton. Alexander Popham and_ Na- -thaniel Webb, Efqrs.Tamwprth. Edward Thurlow andThomas De Grey, Elqrs.Totnefs. Col. Jennings and Peter Burrell, Efq.Wells. Robert Child and Clement T-ud-way, Efqrs,'Weftbury, Wiltfhire. William Blackftone and Peregrine Berrie, Efqrs.WhitHxurch, Hamplhire, Thomas Townf- -hend, jun. Joint-Pay mailer of his Majefty’s*-Forces, and H. Wallop, Efqrs. . .Winchelfea. At this EledHon, a Conteft arofe between two Perfoos, and each claimed to bs returning' Officer, or Mayor : Sir Tho. Sewell,.Matter of the Rolls, and Col. Phillip- : fon, were, by one of them declared duely elected; Lord Thomond and Orby Hunter, Efq. by the other.Weniock. Sir H. Bridgman, Bart, and Geoi Forrefter, Efq.Winchefter. George Powlett and Henry Pen ton, Efqrs.York. Lord John Caven.difh and Charles Turner, Efq.ExtraFt of m Letter from Oxford, 'March 17.“ The Particulars, relative to. the Proceedings of the' High Court of |the Sanhedrim you have already had from much better Hands than mine. Never was greater Malice exer-cifed. in an- unjuftifiable Stretch of arbitrary Power on one Side, nor a more patient Enduring of the Crops on the other. - Six young Men (I had ajirfoft faid Martyrs) have boreti a glorious Teftimony to the Caufe of Religion. Some of them indeed haVe, by a well-meant Zeal, fallen into- fome Imprudenciesbut this, is the utnaoft;. that can be faid, nor can even this be foid- of them alb Tlie Concoiirfe of People upon this .Occaftun was prodigious*and the Behaviour oF Dr, P the Pria-cipal of the Hall, was that of'the Scholar, The Gentleman, theChriflian and the Friend. Alas! aiasl. that whilft Irreligion and Pro-• faneheE are- too rampant on every Side, an . extraordinary Degree of Piety fkould meet with fuch Difcouragement P3The Rev. William Dockeray is prefented,. by John' Mil ban ke, of Thorp j ;Efq. to the !. Redory of Wadafs, in the North-Riding of the-County of York, worth -200L -perAnn.Laft Saturday Leonard Howfou was executed at York, purfaant to.Ius Sentence, for taking Letters, containing Bills, out of the Poli-Gffice in Don caller.. .On Friday Night about Twelve o’Clock, a Fire broke out at Mr. Gore’s Farm near Margate, it begun in the Barn, -which was full of Wheat, and .burnt the fame down, with' Stables, Sec. c.And'Sunday about Noon, a Fire broke out alfo at Mr. Brazier’s, at Street, about a.Mile from Margate, and .Burnt down two Barns, conMing of Wheat and Burley, with a ag--gonXodge and Stable. .Some Hogs;were heard to cry, but could not. be got at*. A Bean Stack was alib burnt'; the two Farm Houfes were faved.with Difficulty. It is not known what occafioned thefe Fires, only fuppofed to be done .by Incendiaries. The Farms -are about-a Mile and a . Half a part. The Fires were very violent, and ‘Water was wanting. We do not.hear that any Horfes were burnt. ■This Day a Perfon bought fome Stockings, and Hole others, from the Shop of Mr. Piein- j ton in FleeVStreet, but being- purfued was' j feized and carried before the Lord Mayor.A few Days ago, one Jonathan Gregfon of BarroWfield, near Coin in Lancaihirc, a poor old decrepid Wretch, who had followed the Trade, of begging for upwards-of 60 Years, . having afked.Alms of a worthy Gentleman at Clough in that Neighbourhood t arid he ob-fervirfg with a compaffionate Eye, the piteous Situation of the poor Creature, who was far from being covered, even with Rags, for he was really-half naked;; this humane Gentleman ordered him to walk into his Houfe, and he would give him fome Cloaths. _ Gregfon feemed extremely backward of dripping off his old tattered Apparel but the Gentleman in-lifting on his doing it, and in his Prelence too, he obferved with great Surprize, a Bag tied round this miferable Wre tch’s Shoulders, and hung on his Back, wherein was 30I. 10s. 6d. in Gold and Silver. The Beggar was greatly difpleafed that this Mammon was. difcovered, and declared he had not counted it for upwards of 15 Years : Being affied, what Ufe he in-tende'd to put it to r He anfwered,' “ He de-figned it henceforward to fupport him, having (he thought) fupported it ion^ enough^ for nothing:; and it would mow more efpecially ' be .rifeful to him, as he had begged himfelf out of Credit.”Y-efterday his Royal Highnefs the Duke, of Cumberland, had a grand Levee at Cumberland Houfe, Pall-Mall.Laft Night the Shop of Mr. Trotter,^.Cband-ler in Qray’s-Inn-Lane, was broke into, and robbed of three Cheefes and the Till, in the laft of which were near forty Skillings.An Irilh Smuggling Wherry i-s taken by Capt. Watfon, of the Hind, and carried into Clive.Laft Week died, Wilibeforce, Efq; aMerchant at Hull.Office, VVhite-Friars, Fleet-Streerwhere ADVERTISEMENTS a*e tali
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