A GENERAL BILL OF CHRISTENINGS AND BURIALS. From December 9, 1794, to December 8, 1795. Increased in the Burials this Year 1938. Died under Two Years (466 Between 20 and 30 Between Two and Five 1982 - Thirty and Forty 1443 Between 70 and 80 2920-Ninety and a Hundred 65 1321 1901-Eighty and Ninety 579 768-Fifty and Sixty -Ten and Twenty 764-Sixty and Seventy 1816 A Hundred, &c. I DISEASES. Dropfy 979 Mifcarriage 6 Bruised A 2 Mortification 262 Burnt born Bortive and Still-Evil Abscess Aged 738 Fever, malignant Fe-Palpitation of Heart 1 By a corn 38 ver, Scarlet Fever, Palfy 1637 Spotted Fever, and Pleurisy 76 Choaked 1947 Quinsey Apoplexy 100 Fiftula 5 Rheumatism Asthma and Phthi-Flux and Small Pox Burften and Rup- Stone 16 Grief 78 Head-Ach 22 Rickets 116 Scurvy 26 Sore Throat 6 Sores and Ulcers 1 Spasm 2 Found Dead 4 Fractured 1040 Frighted 1 Headmouldshot, horfe- St. Anthony's Fire 4 4 I 23 Killed by Fails and 5 other Accidents 60 shoe-head, and Wa-Stoppage in the Sto- Murdered ture Cancer Canker 6 Killed by Fighting I Killed themselves 26 Chicken Pox I Childbed 142 ter in the Head 8 mach * There have been executed in Middlesex and Surry, 28; of which number 6 have only been reported to be buried (as such) within the Bills of Mortality. STATE PAPER S. Message from the King to the House of on that principle. Some tempoCommons, Feb. 4, 1795. rary advance which his majefty was induced to make for the immediate fupply of the Austrian army, under the pressure of unforeseen GEORGE REX. IS majetty thinks it proper to Hacquaint the house, that he circumstances in the latter part of has received from the emperor strong assurances of a difpofition to make the greatest exertions for the common cause in the course of the next campaign. But it is represented on the part of his imperial majesty, that these efforts cannot be made without the affistance of a loan, which his imperial majesty is defirous of raising on the credit of the revenues of his hereditary dominions, under the guarantee of his majesty, with the concurrence of parliament, to the extent of four millions; and it is stated, that fuch loan, in addition to his other refources, would enable his imperial majesty to employ against the common enemy the force of 200,000 effective men, His majesty is of opinion that, on these grounds, fuch an arrangement would be beneficial to the common cause, but thinks that it would be ftill more advantageous, if, by the means of a fimilar loan to a larger extent, the en peror should be enabled to employ a force still more confiderable; and his majesty has desired his minifter at Vienna to express his readiness to recommend to his parliament an arrangement founded the last campaign, will be included in any arrangement of this nature; as foon as the negociation is concluded, his majesty will not fail to communicate the result to parliament; but as any measure of this fort is neceffarily connected with the confideration of the provifion to be made for the current service of the year, his majesty has thought it right not to delay making this communication; and he relies on the zeal and public spirit of his faithful commons, for taking fuch measures, as, on full confideration of all the circumstances, they may think most conducive to the immediate interests of this country, at the present conjuncture, and to the great object of re-establishing, on secure and honourable grounds, the peace and tranquillity of these kingdoms and of Europe. Message from his Majesty to the House of Commons, April 27, 1795. George Rex. HIS majesty relies on the liberality and affection of his faithful commons, and on the cordial intereft terest which they have manifested knowledgments. The encourage on the happy event of the prince's marriage, that they will be ready to concur in such a provision as shall be deemed necessary to fettle an establishment on the prince and princess of Wales, suitable to their rank and dignity. On an occafion so satisfactory in all other respects, his majesty feels the deepest regret in communicating to the house, that the benefit of any settlement that may be made must fail in its most defirable effect, if means be not provided to extricate his royal highness from the incumbrances under which he labours, to a great amount. Anxious as his majesty must be to relieve the prince of Wales, his majesty entertains no idea of propoing the payment of his royal highness's debts in any other manner than by appropriating a part of his income, and the revenues of the dutchy of Cornwall, to the payment of fuch debts: and his majefty will be ready to co-operate in any plan which the wisdom of the house may devise, for establishing a ready and punctual order of payment, and for guarding againft the pofibility of the prince's being again involved in any fimilar embarrafs ments. His Majesty's Speech from the Throne on clofing the Seffion, June 27. My Lords and Gentlemen, THE zealous and uniform regard which you have shewn to the general interests of my people, and particularly the prudent, firm, and spirited support which you have continued to afford me in the prosecution of the great conteft in which we are still unavoidably engaged, demand my warmest ac ment which my allies must derive from the knowledge of your fentiments, and the extraordinary exertions which you have enabled me to make in supporting and augmenting my naval and military forces, afford the means most likely to conduce to the restoration of peace to these kingdoms, and to the re-establishment of general tranquillity on a secure, an honourable, and a lafting foundation. Gentlemen of the House of Com mons, I have to return you my hearty. thanks for the liberal and ample supplies which the resources of the country have enabled you to provide, beyond all former example, for the various exigencies of the public service. I have also to acknowledge, with peculiar sensibility, the recent proof which you have given me of your attachment to my perfon and family, in the provifion which you have made for fettling the establishment of the prince and princess of Wales, and forextricating the prince from the incumbrances in was involved. which he My Lords and Gentlemen, It is impossible to contemplate the internal fituation of the enemy with whom we are contending withoût indulging an hope, that the present circumstances of France may in their effects haften the return of such a state of order and regular government as may be capable of maintaining the accustomed relations of amity and peace with other powers. The issue, however, of these extraordinary transactions is out of the reach of human forefight. Till that defirable period arrives, when my subjects can be restored to the fecure enjoyment of the bleffings of peace, I shall not fail to make the most effectual use of the force which you have put into my hands. It is with the utmost fatisfaction that I have recently received the advices of an important and brilliant fuccess obtained over the enemy by a detachment of my fleet, under the able conduct of lord Bridport; and I have every reason to rely on the continuance of the diftinguished bravery and conduct of my fleets and armies, as well as of the zeal, spirit, and perfeverance of my people, which have been uniformly manifested through the whole course of this just and necessary war. His Majesty's Speech from the Throne on opening the Seffion, October 29, 1795. My Lords and Gentlemen, IT is a great fatisfaction to me to reflect, that, notwithstanding many events unfavourable to the common cause, the prospect refulting from the general fituation of affairs has, in many important refpects, been materially improved in the course of the present year. In Italy, the threatened invafion of the French has been prevented; and they have been driven back from a confiderable part of the line of coatt which they had occupied there is also reason to hope that the recent operations of the Austrian army have checked the progress which they had made on the fide of Germany, and fruftrated the of fenfive projects which they were pursuing in that quarter. The fucceffes which have at tended their military operations in other parts of the campaign, and the advantages which they have derived from the conclufion of feparate treaties with some of the powers who were engaged in the war, are far from compenfating the evils which they experience from its continuance. The deftruction of their commerce, the diminution of their maritime power, and theunparalleled embarrafsment and distress of their internal fituation, have produced the impreffion which was naturally to be expected; and a general sense appears to prevail throughout France, that the only relief from the increasing pressure of these difficulties must arise from the restoration of peace, and the establishment of some fettled system of govern ment. The distraction and anarchy which have so long prevailed in that country have led to a crifis, of which it is as yet impossible to foresee the iffue, but which must, in all human probability, produce consequences highly important to the interefts of Europe. Should this crisis terminate in any order of things compatible with the tranquillity of other countries, and affording a reafonable expectation of security and permanence in any treaty which might be concluded, the appearance of a disposition to negociate for a general peace on juft and fuitable terms, will not fail to be met, on my part, with an earnest defire to give it the fullest and speedieft effect. But I am perfuaded you will agree with me, that nothing is so likely to enfure and accelerate this desirable end, as to shew that we are prepared for either alternative, and are determined to profecute the war with the utmost ener gy gy and vigour, until we have the means of concluding, in nconjunction with our allies, fuch a peace as the juftice of our cause and the situation of the enemy may entitle us to expect. With this view I am continuing to make the greatest exertions for maintaining and improving our naval fuperiority, and for carrying on active and vigorous operations in the West Indies, in order to secure and extend the advantages which we have gained in that quarter, and which are so nearly connected with our commercial refources and maritime strength. I rely with full confidence on the continuance of your firm and zealous support, on the uniform bravery of my fleets and armies, and on the fortitude, perseverance, and public spirit of all ranks of my people. The acts of hoftility committed by the United Provinces, under the influence and controul of France, have obliged me to treat them as in a state of war with this country. The fleet which I have employed in the North Seas has received the moft cordial and active assistance from the naval force furnished by the empress of Ruffia, and has been enabled effectually to check the operations of the enemy in that quarter. I have concluded engagements of defenfive alliance with the two Imperial courts; and the ratifications of the treaty of commerce with the United States of America, which I announced to you last year, have now been exchanged. I have directed copies of these treaties to be laid before you. Gentlemen of the house of commons, It is matter of deep concern to me, that the exigencies of the public fervice will require further additions to the heavy burdens which have been unavoidably imposed on my people. I trust that their preffure will, in some degree, be alleviated by the flourishing state of our commerce and manufactures; and that our expences, though necessarily great in their amount, will, under the actual circumstances of the war, admit of confiderable diminution in comparison with those of the present year. My lords and gentlemen, I have observed, for fome time paft, with the greatest anxiety, the very high price of grain, and that anxiety is increased by the apprehenfion that the produce of the wheat harvest in the present year may not have been fuch as effectually to relieve my people from the difficulties with which they have had to contend. The spirit of order and fubmiffion to the laws which, with a very few exceptions, has manifested itself under this fevere pressure, will, I am sure, be felt by you as an additional incentive to apply yourselves with the utmost diligence to the confideration of such measures as may tend to alleviate the present distress, and to prevent, as far as poffible, the renewal of similar embarrassments in future. thing has been omitted on my part that appeared likely to contribute to this end; and you may be affured of my hearty concurrence in whatever regulations the wifdom of parliament may adopt, No on |