Parliament, the Aldermen, Sheriffs, Common-council, Livery, Recorder, and CityOfficers, to attend the delivery of the faid Remonftrance, on the 14th. The day before, the 13th, there was a Court of Aldermen at Guildhall. Sir Robert Ladbroke faid, that a paper had been agreed to in the Common-hall, which had a falfe title, and likewife began with a falfhood: For it was called the Addrefs, Remonftrance, and Petition of the Lord-mayor, ALDERMEN, &c. and began with WE have already in OUR Petition, &c.' : He therefore made the following motion "That a paper, intitled the Addrefs, Remonftrance, and Petition of the Lord-mayor, Aldermen, and Livery of the City of London, having been lately figned by the TownClerk, whereby the Public might be mifled to confider this Court as parties thereto; this Court, in vindication of their own honour, and of the Constitution of this City, think fit to declare, that the faid paper is no act either of this Court, or of the Corporation of London; and that the authenticating any Addrefs, Remonftrance, Petition, or Refolution of any Meeting of the Livery, by the official fignature of the Town-Clerk, is not warranted by law or ufage. This motion was feconded by Mr. Alfop: Upon which Mr. Townsend rofe, and faid, he was much furprised (that is, as much as any thing moved by thofe worthy Aldermen could furprise him) to hear fuch a motion made there; a motion by which the Court of Aldermen were called upon to decide upon the rights of the whole Livery of London, rights which were not dependent on the will or opinion of the Aldermen. He faid, he did not doubt but that many Gentlemen there might be very forry that the NEGATIVE POWER, fo unjustly affumed, had been taken from that Court, or that even the right of election of Reprefentatives ftill remained to the Livery. He obferved, that the Aldermen were fummoned to attend at the Common-hall, and do make a part of all other Common-halls which are periodically convened; therefore that every act of a Common-hall is the act of the Lord-mayor, Aldermen, and Livery, who are all fummoned, and do all together compofe a Common-hall; however, that, if any of the Aldermen difliked the proceedings of the Common-hail, they should have attended, and there have made their objections, which it would have been much more candid and honourable to have done, than to fuffer the Citizens to do what they might think improper, merely to have an opportunity of condemning the mea fure afterwards in an inferior Court, not com petent to decide on the act of the whole bo dy, of which the Court of Aldermen only made a part. But he faid it was moft of all extraordinary that Gentlemen should pro-· pofe to that Court to determine in a moment on the rights of the Livery at large, and the powers of a Common-hall, without producing any precedents or authorities for fuch determination; without any previous examination of records or city-books; without fhewing from whence they themselves claimed that power of controlling the acts of what, he had been well informed, was the greatest of all the City Courts. Mr. Townfend therefore concluded, that he hoped the Lordmayor had too great a regard to the rights of the whole City, to fuffer fuch a question to be put in the Court of Aldermen, before they had first made out clearly their own competency and power of controll. Mr. Sawbridge then faid he was not at all furprised at this motion; for he had heard of CERTAIN Gentlemen who had a meeting at a tavern in St. Paul's Church-yard, for. the purpose of drawing up a protest against the proceedings of the City; but that, finding their tavern proteft to go on very heavily, he supposed this motion was now intended to answer the fame ministerial purpose. The Lord-mayor then declared that he was bound to preferve and protect the rights of all the Citizens; that it was well known not to be the first time that the Court of Aldermen had not only attempted, but actually ufurped the rights and powers of the Citizens at large; that therefore he would never, while he fat in that chair, permit them to renew thofe attempts, or decide upon the rights of other men: Nor would he put any fuch question as that propofed by Sir Robert Ladbroke, until the city records had been fearched, in order to see what the rights. of the Citizens of London were, and what precedents fhall appear to explain the pow ers of the Court of Mayor and Aldermen, and of the Livery in Common-hall aflembled. He added, that he was fure the mos tion was not originally the Gentleman's who made it; that he was fure it was planned and written for him at the other end of the town, by foine Gentlemen, who, perhaps, thought it a mafter-ftroke in politics to have fuch a queftion propofed by the Father of the City. Sir Robert Ladbroke did not reply. Sir C. Afgill declared his fentiments against the attempt made by thofe Gentlemen to induce the Court of Aldermen to take upon themfelves the power of determining in that m-nner ex parte against the rights of the collective body of the Livery of London: He faid, the Aldermen fhould have made their ob jections jections at the Common-hall, of which they were notorioudly upon all occasions A PART. Mr. Trecothick likewife declared himself against Sir Robert Ladbroke's motion: He faid he had, as an Alderman, attended the Common-hall; that he had never feen any part of the Remonftrance before he came thi ther; that he thought the violation of the right of election a moft grofs and flagrant injury offered to every Elector of Great Britain, and that, upon the whole, he approved the Addrefs, Remonftrance, and Petition; and as he had attended and approved the proceedings of the Common-hall, he should certainly manifeft that approbation by at tending their Addrefs, &c. to St James's. . LADBROKE, ALSOP, Halifax, Shakefpeare, TURNER, Bird, Roffiter, Kirkman, NASH, and HARLEY, fupported the motion with their usual temper and abilities, but without the fhadow of an argument. Mr. Harley afked the Lord-mayor whether he did abfolutely refufe to put the queftion? The Lord-mayor anfwered, that he did abfolutely refufe to put it: That he had given his reafons for fuch refufal, and would have the question and his refufal, with his reafons, entered on record. Mr. Harley objected to the entry; but it was ordered by the Lord-mayor to be done, and entered accordingly. The Lord-mayor then faid, We will now proceed to other buEnefs. Mr. Harley faid, No! Since he would not put that queftion, the Aldermen might retire. The Lord-mayor then put the question, that James Shephard, attending that Court in order to be admitted a Broker, be called in? It paffed in the negative. The Lordmayor alked Mr. Alfop-Is there any reason for this? Mr. Alfop anfwered, No! my Lord-mayor; but, if you will not put our queftion, we will put a negative on all other queftions. The Lord-mayor anfwered, If that is the cafe, and if the Court of Aldermen will not fuffer any bufinefs to be done here, I must do the necessary bufinefs of the city in the Court of Common-council, which I am impowered and have a right to do.-Mr. Harley bow-The ed. He has practifed BOWING.— queftion was then put for William Ward to be called in to be admitted a Broker. It paffed in the negative." The queftion was then put for Gabriel Anthony Emft to be called in to be admitted a Broker. It paffed in the negative. Mr. Townsend then addreffed himself to the Lord-mayor, and faid, I infift up n a divifion, that we may see more clearly whs are the Gentlemen that top all proceedings Meflrs. Alfop, Nash, Harley, and Sir Ro- The Gentlemen then faid No, no, let us put an end to all this, and let the business go on. The three Brokers names were thereupon propofed again, and their admiffion voted UNANIMOUSLY. After this very extraordinary behaviour, Mr. Alfop fimiled, and faid it was only a joke. We are afraid an Alderman's JOKE will be hereafter proverbial.-Then the undermentioned Aldermen declared their dif approbation of the City's Remonstrance, as follows: WE, the Aldermen of the City of London, whofe names are hereunto fubfcribed obferving that the Addrefs, Remonftrance, and Petition agreed upon by the Livery, who met at Guildhall on Tuesday the 6th of this inftant March, is intitled, The Addrefs, Remonftrance, and Petition of the Lord-mayor, Aldermen, and Livery of the City of London to the King's Moft Excellent Majefty,' do declare that we were not affenting to, nor ever fignified our approba tion of the faid Addrefs, Remonftrance, and Petition. Dated this 13th of March, 1770. proceeded in their carriages to St. James's, attended by the Common Serjeant, Common Clerk, Remembrancer, two Secondaries, Sword-bearer, Mace-bearer, Water Bailiff, Common Crier, Common Hunt, City Marfhals, &c. &c. &c. &c. They arrived at two o'clock, and were introduced to his Majefty, who received them feated on his throne; the Common Serjeant (in the absence of the Recorder) began to read the Remonftrance, but, being in too much confufion to proceed, Sir James Hodges, the Common Clerk, read it to his Majefty, very properly and diftinctly, and with a fuitable and judicious emphalis. To which his Majefty was pleased to read the following anfwer: 'I SHALL always be ready to receive the requests, and to liften to the complaints of my fubjects; but it gives me great concern to find, that any of them should have been fo far milled as to offer me an Addrefs and Remonftrance, the contents of which I cannot but confider as difrefpectful to me, injurious to Parliament, and irreconcileable to the prin ciples of the Conftitution. I have ever made the law of the land the rule of my conduct, efteeming it my chief glory to reign over a free people: With this view I have always been careful as well to execute faithfully the truft reposed in me, as to avoid even the appearance of invading any of thofe powers which the Conftitution has placed in other hands. It is only by perfevering in fuch a conduct that I can either difcharge my own duty, or fecure to my fub jects the free enjoyment of those rights which my family were called to defend; and, while I act upon these principles, I fhall have a right to expect, and I am confident I shall continue to receive the steady and affectionate fupport of my people.' The Lord-mayor, Aldermen, and Common-council, had all the honour to kifs his Majefty's hand. ACCOUNT of the TRIAL of MUNGO CAMPBELL, late Officer of Excife at Saltcoats, for Killing the late Earl of EGLINGTON, before the Court of Jufticiary, in Scotland, on Monday the 26th of February, 1770. THE HE evidence for the profecutor being produced, the material proof rested en the teftimony of Andrew Wilfon, wright, in Beith; John Hazzle, John Milliken, and Alexander Bartlemore, late fervants to the deceafed Earl of Eglinton, and in the fervice of the prefent Earl; and John Brown, tide-officer at Saltcoats; all of whom were upon the spot, or near it, when the accident happened. They fpoke diftinctly to the facts in the indictment, with feveral additional circumstances. An objection was moved, but not sustained, against the teftimony of Bartlemore, that he inftigated Lord Eglington to feize Campbell's gun out of revenge; for that Campbell had, fome fhort time before, upon that very ground, made a feizure of prohibited goods from him (Bartlemore), and that this was the cause of a rooted ill-will. The proof by thefe witneffes was to this effect: That, on the 24th of October laft, Lord Eglington, attended by his fervants, &c. went from his houfe at Eglington, in his coach, after breakfast, to look at and let fome of his grounds. On their way they had obferved feveral fhooters, of whom they took no notice. A little after Bartlemore told his Lordship there were fhooters, and he believed one of them was that Campbell. My Lord, on this, came out of the coach, mounted a horse, which was led by one of his fervants, and quickly rode up to Campbell, who, by the time his Lordfhip came up, was alone, and had got upon the adjacent fands, his copanion, Brown, having run away on feeing Eglington advance. His Lordship reproached Campbell with breach of promife, faying he did not expect to have found him fo foon upon his ground after what had passed, when formerly catched fhooting a hare. Campbell replied he had not broke his word; he had fhot none that day. Eglington then defired him to deliver up his gun. Campbell fai', I afk pardon, my Lord; I'll deliver my gun to no man." Eglington, upon this, having no whip nor fpurs, with his feet pushed his horfe upon Campbell, who, pointing his gun, defired his Lordship to ftand off. Eglington continued pushing, but it did not appear that he ufed any coarfe or rough expreffions, though both were in a paffion, till Campbell declared, if he did not keep off, he would fhoot him; on which my Lord dif mounted, and defired his fervant to bring his gun from the coach (then at a little dif tance); for, fays he, I can fhoot as well as you.' His Lordship continued advancing, infifting for the gun. Campbell continued retiring, and fwore by G-d, if his Lord ship hip did not ftand off, he would fhoot him. A fervant begged, for God's fake, he would deliver up his gun. Campbell refufed, faying he had a right to carry a gun. Thus they continued mutually advancing and retiring for 120 feet, Campbell having his gun all the while cocked and pointed at my Lord, who endeavoured, by going from fide to fide, to avoid its mouth. At laft a ftone ftruck Campbell's foot, and he fell backwards with fo much violence that his heels kicked up, and his head ftruck the ground. Lord Eglington, then just at Campbell's feet, fmiled and was about to make a step paft him, as if to feize the gun. A fervant on horfeback was ftanding juft over his head. My Lord's gun was at hand and about to be charged. In that inftant, with a mind previously ruffled by paffion from the attack, now further difordered by the fudden and violent fall, feeling himself on the ground, in a manner at the mercy of his foes, and apprehenfive of his life, Campbell, raifing himfelf up a little, poured the whole lead hot in his gun into his Lordship's bowels. He immediately afterwards ran to the fervant who had Lord Eglington's gun, and endeavoured to wreft it out of his hands, but was prevented by the affistance of another fervant, who pulled him down, and fecured him till others came up; and by them he was bound and carried to gaol. The other part of the evidence against the prifoner, was that of the furgeons who at sended his Lordship after receiving of the wound, who had an account from himself, before his death, of the feveral circumftances attending the affair-of two Gentlemen in the army, in whofe company Campbell had fome time before said he would rather part with his life than his gun-and of the Juftice of peace and Sheriff's deputy of the county of Aire, to prove two declarations of the prifoner, taken by them immediately after commiffion of the offence, in which he feemed to fay he had wilfully fhot Lord Eglington in felf-defence. feize guns, and, after taking them, to beat and ufe the people very ill.-In fupport of this, three witneffes were examined, who proved, that, having been shooting upon his Lordship's grounds, he came up, and infift ed to have their guns-that, making fome refiftance, he ftruck one man with his fift, and knocked another down with his whipbut did no more to them-and that one of them afterwards got back his gun, but the other not. Further, they offered to prove, that it was the general belief of the country, that Lord Eglington ufed people very ill after taking from them their guns-But this piece of evidence was objected to by the Council on the other fide as improper, and it was not fuffered to be brought before the Jury by the Court. 4. The general good character of the pri foner, as a benevolent, humane man, was next offered to be proved.-The Council for the profecutor also objected to this; the Court for fome time demurred to the receiving it; but at last allowed a witnefs to be called to fpeak to that point, a Clergyman, who had long known Campbell, and who faid he was a benevolent, humane man, capable of being irritated, ftrong in all his feelings, and rather of a paffionate difpofition. Mr. Lockhart, Dean of Faculty (in the abfence of the Lord Advocate) then proceeded to fum up the evidence on the part of the profecutor, in a speech of near two hours. He fet out with obferving, that this was a caufe of great expectation; it was uncommon in all its circumstances. Next he mentioned the heinous crime of murder, the crime charged in this indiment:-a crime fo atrocious that it was condemned by the laws of all civilised, even of many barbarous countries in the world; nay, fo atrocious, that the brute creation themfelves are seldom found to take the blood of their own fpecies. A crime for which the highest punishments have been devifed, and no punishment feems to be adequate. By moft laws life for lifein many ftates torture is employed. In our land, a public execution, with every circumftance of difgrace, hanging in chains, dif1. That the prifoner had licence to fhoot fection by furgeons, amputation of the hand upon the grounds of Lord Loudoun, Lord and the like. Of all murders, continued he Marchmont, and other Gentlemen in the I ever read in this or any other country, the neighbourhood of the eftate of Eglington.-prefent is the most heinous. A noble Lord, Admitted. The evidence for the profecutor being thus finifhed, the prifoner proceeded to the proof of fuch facts as tended to exculpate him. 2. That, though the late Lord Egling ton ufed to hold frequent Courts for profecuting poachers, the prifoner was never once fufpected or profecuted.-The Council for the profecutor allowed it might be fo. 3. That the late Earl was accuftomed to a Peer of the realm, refpected and beloved, in the flower of youth, upon his own eftate, meaning ill to none, going out in the morning in health and ftrength, cut off ere noor by the rude hands of a vile affaffin, in the evening returning to his weeping mother and forrowful friends a mangled corpfe. He next Ta enlarged enlarged upon the fecond murder, as he terned it, that had been committed on his Lovilup's memory and character, by the prifoner, which he alledged was almost as bad as the firit. After this harangue to the paffions (in which he used many fevere epithets against the unfortunate prifoner at the bar, of barbarous ruffian, mifcreant wretch, &c &c) he entered upon the law and the proof. On the firft he told the Jury they had only to find the fact, the Court had determined the law, and hoped, that, if the evidence was fatisfac tory, they would not go against the opinion of the Court. He then went into the evidence; first fhewing the killing was not accidental, from a previous intention proved by the converfation with the two Officers, from the circumstances of the fact, and manner of committing the offence, and from his behaviour afterwards, which indicated no figns of regret. Having fhewn it was intentional, he confidered the defence pleaded on the fuppofition that it was fo; firit, that it was in defence of life. But here was no danger of life, he had no reason to think Lord Eglington meant to kill him. zdly, of property, on which he endeavoured to affert a right to feize the gun, ergo, no right to refift at any rate; if it was illegally feized, it could have been recovered at law; and that to kill in defence of property was a dangerous doctrine he illustrated by fome various examples. 3dly, in defence of honour, as being an old foldier and a Gentleman. Upon this part he made an elaborate difquifition on the term honour, which he shewed to be an ideal creature unknown in law. Having gone through, under these heads, all the depolitions on the part of the profecutor, he confidered at length the two declarations of the prifoner, on which he founded greatly, and fhewed how far they went to con demn him. He anfwered fome feparate arguments brought on the other fide, and concluded by committing the prifoner to the Jury, who found him Guilty, DEATH, and his body to be anatomised. Authentic and Circumftantial DETAIL of what paffed in a certain Place, on Friday the 16th of March. Lord CM. HE Civil lift is appropriated in the and fincerity, in an eminent degree; so that he had fomething about him, by which it Thift place to the fupport of the civil was poffible for you to know, whether he government, and, in the next, to the honour and dignity of the Crown; in every other refpect, the minute and particular expences of the Civil Lift are as open to Parliamentary examination and inquiry, in regard to the application and abule, as any other grant of the people to any other purpofe; and Minifters are equally or more culpable for incurring any unprovided expence, and for running in arrear this fervice, as for any other. The preambles of all the Civil-lift acts prove this, and none but children, novices, or ignorants, will ever act without proper regard to it; and, therefore, I can never confent to increase fraudulently the Civil establishment under pretence of making up deficiencies, nor will I ever bid fo high for royal favour; and the Minifter, who is bold enough to spend the people's money, before it is granted (even though it were not for the purpofe of corrupting their Reprefentatives) and thereby leaving the people of England no other alternative, but either to disgrace their Sovereign by not paying his debts, or to become the prey of every unthrifty and corrupt Minister; fuch Minifter deferves death. The late good old King had fomething of humanity, and, amongst many other royal and manly virtues, he poffeffed justice, truth, liked you, or disliked you. I have been told that I have a penfion, and that I have recommended others to penfions. It is true; and here is a lift of them; you will find there the names of Gen. Amherft, Sir Edward Hawke, and others of the fame nature; they were given as rewards for real fervices, and as encouragement to other gallant Heroes. They were honourably earned, in a different fort of campaign than thofe at Weftminfter; they were gained by actions full of danger to themfelves, of glory and benefit to this nation; not by corrupt votes of bafenefs and of deftruction to their country. You will find no fecret fervice there, and you will find that, when the Warrior was recompenfed, the Member of Parliament was left free. You will likewife find a penfion of 1500l. a year to Lord Camden. I recommended him to be Chancellor; his public and private virtues were acknowledged by all, they made his ftation more precarious. I could not reasonably expect from him, that he fhould quit the Chief-jufticeship of the Common - pleas, which he held for life, and put himself in the power of those who were not to be tratted, to be difimiffed from the Chancery, perhaps, the day after his appointment. The public has not been deceived by his conduct: My fufpicions |