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at the Manfion-honfe, by the principal 
monied gentlemen, to take into confider- 
ation an important plan of finance, faid to 
be fubmutted to them by the chancellor of 
the exchequer; and on the 12th of No- 
vember, the lord mayor, at the requett 
of the committee for managing the vo- 
funtary fubfcription, requefted about 
eighty by name, (in a publi¢ advertife-_ 
ment} of the merchants, bankers, traders, 
and other inhabitants of the metropolis, 
to meet at the Mantfion-houfe on:the 27 ft 
of November ‘ ‘T’o confider the propriety 
of declaring the confidence they teel in the 
refources of thefe kingdoms, and their 
readinefs to promote fuch an application 
of them, as may appear to the leeiflature 
more equal and effectual than any hither- 
to adopted, &c.” The meeting teok 
place on that day, when feveral refelu- 
tions were pafied unanimoufly, in favour 
of 2 fax upon property. 
Mr. Attorney General moved, in the 
Court ef King’s Bench, on the x5th of 
November, for the judgment of the court 
apainft Mr. johnion and Jordan, who 
were convicted laft term of felling a 
pamphlet in the courfe of their bufinefs, 
written by Mr. Gilbert Wakefield. The 
two defendants being in court, Mr. Er- 
fkine produced an affidavit in mitigation 
of punifiment from Mr. Johnfon, ftating 
that he was in the 6oth year of his age, 
Marriages and Deaths in and near Londen. 
tended to promete good morals. 
[Noy. 
and had for.38 years carried on the bufi- 
nels of a bookfeller, during which time 
he had demeaned himfelf as a quiet and 
peaceable fubject. That his conneétions 
had been chiefly with writers on moral, 
philoiophical, or medical fubjeéts, many 
of whom were an honour to their coun- 
try. ‘That he had uniformly recommend- 
ed the circulation of fuch publications as 
Mr, 
Wakefield having publifhed 40 different 
works, for none of which he had been 
called into a couft of juftice, and hearing 
that he had publifhed an anfwer to the 
Bithop of Llandaff’s Appeal, he (Mr. 
Johnion), did not caution his people 
again{t purchafing any copies of that pub- 
lication. 
fold in his fhop, but not one for ten that 
were fold of the Bithop of Landaff’s Ap- 
peal, to which it was an anfwer, There 
were alfo a number of other very judicious 
affidavits made by refpeétable gentlemen, 
who had known Mr. Johnfon from 30 to 
40 years, {tating the excellent opinion they 
entertained of his moral chara&er and 
conduct. ‘After Mr. Erfkine had made 
an excellent {peech in mitigation of pu- 
nifhment, and after the reply of the at- 
torney-general, Lord Kenyon faid, that 
the two defendants muft ftand committed, 
and the court would fay afterwards, when 
they were ready to give judgment. 

Marriages and Deaths, in and near London. 
Married.| D. Vanderzue, efq. of Hamp- 
Read, to Mifs Aberdem, daughter of Mrs. 
Mavor, Mark-lane. 
At Walthamftow, Mr. J. Newman, to 
Mifs A. Hibbert, of Crutched-friars. 
Mr. Morley, of Milk-ftreet, Cheapfide, 
to Mifs Poultor, of Maidenhead. 
Captain John Newham, of Rotherhithe, 
te Mrs. Lucas, of Lamb’s Conduit-itrect. 
At Chelfea, James Toofey, efq of Nor- 
golk, to Mifs Denton, of the former place. 
Mr: John French, of Dowgate-hill, to 
Wife Martha. Rufiell, of Foot’s Cray, Kent. 
' Mr, Themas Handley, of Clerkenwell, 
folicitor, to Mifs Coney, of Pentonville. 
| Mr. Bignold, ef the Strand, to Mifs Mary 
Billings. 
Av€. Sober, of the 
Guards, to Mifs johannes 
daughter of C. Sober, efq. 
Portman-{quare. 
Wm. Green, efg. of South-ftreet, Finfbu- 
ry-fquare, tu Mifs Ann Egerton, 2nd daugh- 
ter of the late Colonel Egerton. 
Jofeph Skinner, efq. ef Great James-fireet, 
Bedford-row, to Mits Godwin, of Edward- 
freet, Portman-fquare, daughter of the late 
King’s Dragoon 
Sober, youngeit 
of Baker-itreet, 
on) 
Capt. Godwiny, of the Hon. Eat India Come 
pany’s fervice at Bombay. 
Lieutenant Durnford, of the royal Engi- 
neers, to Mifs Jane Sophia Mann, of North- 
fleet, Kent. 
Mr. Malim, furgeon, of Carey-ftreet, te 
Mifs Humfrey, of Cambridge. 
Thomas Smith, efg. of the King’s Mews, 
to Mrs Maude, of Gower-ftreet, Bedford- 
fauare. 
Mr. Jofeph Rawlinfon, of Great Portland- 
ftreet, to Miis Seymour. 
Mr, Robert Jolie, of Bifhopfgate-ftreet, te 
Milfs Midford. 
Mr. Wm. Lewis Hopkins, of Tower-hili, 
to Mifs Parry, of Camomile-fireet. 
Captain George Gooch, of the Sir Stephes 
Lushington Eaft-Indiaman, to Mifs Kerriah. 
Mr. Matthew Dunsford, of Bafinghall- 
ftreet, to Mifs Harris, of Peckham. 
At Stepney, Mr. Wm. Greetham, of the 
Mile End Volunteers, to Mifs Mary Profiler, 
of Mile End. 
At St. George’s, Hanover-iquare, Mr. H; 
Collier, of Belgrave-place, to Milfs Heufchy 
of Baker-fereet. 
By fpecial hicence, in Serjeant’s Inn, Capt. 
ae ” Evkkines 
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