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that may be proposed to procure 

 the liberation of sir Francis Bur- 

 dett and Jolin Gale Jones ; and 

 for that necessary and indispensa- 

 ble object, a radical reform in the 

 Commons House of parliament. 



IX. Resolved, That the thanks 

 of this meeting are due to sir 

 Francis Burdett, for his manly 

 and constitutional resistance to 

 oppression, and for hisJearned and 

 legal argument in favour of the 

 unalienable rights of the people. 



23. Meeting of parliament (for 

 his majesty's speech see Appendix 

 irifra.) 



24: At Stockholm, the prince 

 royal publicly and solemnly pro- 

 nounced his oath of fidelity, and 

 received the homage of the states. 

 The ceremony took place in the 

 hall of the throne. His majesty 

 opened the assembly by a discourse, 

 in which he declared his having 

 adopted prince Christian Augustus 

 for his son, giving him the name of 

 Charles Gustavus. The hereditary 

 prince mounted upon the steps of 

 the throne, took off his crown, and 

 upon his knees, with his hand upon 

 the Bible, took the oath according 

 to the formula read to him by the 

 minister of foreign affairs. The 

 prince royal then delivered a short 

 harangue, replaced his crown upon 

 his head, kissed his hand to the 

 king, and seated himself in his 

 chair; when the states did hottiage 

 to him, according to the formula 

 read also by the same minister. 



30. Mr. Wardle attended at 

 Guildhall, toreceivethe thanksand 

 the freedom of the city, in a gold 

 box, of the value of 100 guineas, 

 voted him by the corporation, for 

 his able and patriotic conduct in 

 the House of Commons, in bring- 

 iiog^ forward charges against the 

 comma t>dftr4n-cbief. 



Singular Legacy. — A gentleman 

 of Aberdeen, recently deceased, 

 has by his will directed his exe- 

 cutors to offer a sum of not less 

 than 1,200/. for the best treatise 

 on " The evidence that there is a 

 Being, all-powerful, wise, and 

 good, by whom every thing exists; 

 and, particularly, to obviate diffi- 

 culties regarding the wisdom and 

 goodness of the Deity; and this, 

 in the first place, from considera- 

 tions independent of written re- 

 velation : and, in the second place, 

 from revelation ; and, from the 

 whole, to point out the inferences 

 most necessary for and useful to 

 mankind." The ministers of the 

 established church of Aberdeen, 

 the principal and professors of 

 King's and Marischal Colleges of 

 Aberdeen, and the trustees of the 

 testator, are appointed to nominate 

 and make choice of three judges, 

 who are to decide, after the 1st oS 

 January, 1814, upon thecompara- 

 tive excellencies of such treatises 

 as shall be laid before them. There 

 is also left, by the same testator, a 

 further sum, not exceeding 400^, 

 for a treatise on the same subjects, 

 which shall be thought, pursuant 

 to the same decision, next in merit 

 to the first premium treatise. 



FEBRUARY. 



1. Miss Elwes, daughter of 

 George Elwes, esq. eloped with a 

 clergyman of Oxford, of the name 

 of Duffieldjwho wasassisted in the 

 plot by two other gentlemen of 

 the cloth. Mr. Elwes, is perhaps, 

 the richest ready-moneyed com- 

 moner in England. He is heir to 

 the peculiar virtues of his econo- 

 mical father, and is estimated to 

 b« worth near a million of floating 



