forbed through the pores of the skin. The faline particles remaining in our clothing became encrufted, by the heat of our bodies and that of the fun, which cut and wounded our pofteriors, and, from the intense pain, rendered fitting very disagreeable. But we found, upon washing out the faline particles, and frequently wetting our clothes without wringing, which we practifed twice a day, the skin became well in a fhort time; and fo very great advantage did we derive from this practice, that the violent drought went off, the parched tongue was cured in a few minutes, after bathing and washing our clothes: at the fame time we found ourselves as much refreshed, as if we had received fome actual nourishment.

Query, Whether bathing in faltwater would not be of infinite fervice in hot burning fevers, and break the too great adhesion of the blood, which is the caufe of in flammatory fevers?

It is to be remarked, that the four perfons who died in the boat drank large quantities of falt-water, and they all died delirious; but those who avoided drinking it had no fuch fymptoms.

As this year has been the remarkable ara of Addreffes and Petitions to the Throne, and as the number of both makes it impracticable to infert them all in this work, we shall felect for our readers a few of thofe which, from the matter they contain, or any other circumstance, feem to be the most particularly curious or interefting. The Addreffes being firft in order, and having given birth to the long train of Petitions that followed, we naturally begin with them.

THE following addrefs of the

lord lieutenant and nobility, high fheriff, grand jury, gentlemen and clergy of the county of Effex, was this day prefented to his majesty by Daniel Mathew, Efq. high theriff of the faid county, being introduced by the lord of his majesty's bed-chamber in waiting; which addrefs was most graciously received. To the king's moft excellent majesty.

The humble addrefs of the lord lieutenant and nobility, high fheriff, grand jury, gentlemen and clergy, affembled at the affizes held in Chelmsford, in and for the county of Effex, on Thurfday the fecond day of March, one thousand feven hundred and fixty-nine.

Moft gracious fovereign,

7HILST we feel the happy ef

fect, and retain in our breasts a moft grateful fenfe of the mildnefs and benignity of your majefty's government, we cannot fee, without the utmoft abhorrence, the fpirit of fedition and licentioufnefs, which hath lately manifefted itself in fuch various fhapes, with defign to leffen the respect and affection due to your majesty, to traduce and mifrepresent your parliament, and draw into contempt the authority of the courts of juftice, which in no time were more happily or moreeminently supplied.

Every part of the conduct of these difturbers of the public repose, appears to us as weak and unreafonable as it is wicked; yet we think fuch proceedings, if not timely checked, may operate to fubvert the conftitution, and deftroy that liberty which has been made the fpecious but falfe pretence for committing outrages of the most dangerous and

alarming

alarming kind. Already the metro polis hath been frightened from its fecurity, your majefty's repofe in the feat of your government hath been most infolently invaded, and the lawful administration of justice violently obstructed. It therefore becomes our duty, as friends to the conftitution, and faithful fubjects to your majesty, to lay these our fentiments at the foot of your throne, relying, with the firmeft confidence, on your majefty's wisdom and juftice for the exertion of fuch prudent and vigorous methods as may reftore peace and good order amongst us; and we do affure your majefty, that, being fully perfuaded that the prefervation of the public tranquillity and our own fafety are infeparable from the fecurity of your majefty's government, we are determined, at the rifque of our lives and properties, to fupport your royal authority in fuppreffing and fubduing all feditious and riotous attempts, which threaten deftruction to the state, and disturb the happinefs and honour of your reign.

To the king's most excellent majefty. The humble addrefs of the high fheriff, grand jury, gentlemen and clergy of the county of Kent, affembled at the affizes atMaidstone, March the fixth, one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-nine.

SIRE,

WHILE we, your majefty's most loyal and dutiful fubjects, enjoy all the happiness and advantage of your majesty's mildand aufpitious reign, we cannot help lamenting the Hicentioufnefs that hath appeared on many public occafions, tending to interrupt the peace and good order of your majesty's govern ment. We VOL. XII.

reflect with concern upon the great inconvenience and fatal effects that muft attend fuch a general spirit of diforder and oppofition to constitutional and legal authority.

We beg leave to affure your majefty of our warmest wishes for the happiness and profperity of your government, and our determined refolutions to fapport it with our lives and properties; and, as much as in us lies, we fhall always exert ourfelves in difcountenancing that fpirit of fedition, fo artfully fomented and propagated by various orders of people in many parts of your majelly's dominions, and in every inftance approve ourselves (as we are in duty bound) your majesty's moft dutiful and loyal fubjects.

St. James's, March 21. chancellor, maiters, and fchoTHE following addrels of the

lars of the university of Oxford, has been prefented to his majesty, by the rev. Dr. Wetherell, vice chancellor of the faid university; which addrefs his majefty was pleafed ta receive very graciously.

To the king's moft excellent
majesty.

Moft gracious fovereign,
WE your majefty's most loyal

and faithful fubjects, the chancellor, masters, and scholars, of the univerfity of Oxford, in full convocation assembled, humbly desire to approach your throne, with hearts full of dutiful affection to your royalperfon, and impreffed with a moft grateful fenfe of the invaluable bleffings derived to these nations from the prefervation and free enjoyment of thofe civil and religious rights, which have been the great and conftant objects of your majefty's patérna care and conduct.

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The interefts of true religion and liberty, fo effentially interwoven with our excellent conftitution, claim the peculiar attention of this feminary, which has long fubfifted under their influence, and can only flourish under their protection.

But when the facred name of Liberty is prostituted to the defigns of faction and fedition, and converted into an engine of party rage, to deftroy that glorious fabric of which it is the ornament and fupport, fuch unjustifiable measures become more dangerous and alarming, by the fpecious and fair appearances under which they are disguised: and, unlefs feasonably defeated, may terminate in that ruin of our happy conftitution, which the fad experience of former times has taught us to dread.

We cannot, therefore, without anxiety and concern, behold the repeated attempts formed by men, whofe clamours againft imaginary abufes of their conftitutional rights and privileges, under pretence of preferving inviolate our civil liberties, tend to raise a spirit of difcord and tumult amongst your faithful fubjects, in open defiance of justice and legal authority, and in violation of the peace and good order of government, fo happily established under your majefty's royal protection.

We have feen the courfe of executive juftice daringly obstructed, and every part of the legislative power infulted and reviled: we have seen every art of malice and falfhood employed, to deftroy all reverence for magistracy, and confidence in government; we fee the daily and unremitted indignities of

fered to the moft venerable and facred perfonages: we therefore think ourselves bound, by every tie,

focial, civil, and religious, by every principle of confcientious duty, to exprefs our hearty abhorrence of fuch violent and unconstitutional proceedings; and to affure your majefty that it has ever been, and still is, the conftant object of our unwearied care, to inftil into the minds of the youth of this place the genuine principles of religion and liberty; the fecurity of which, (under God) effentially depends upon the fafety of your majefty's perfon, the dignity of your crown, and the autho rity of the laws, in the due and vigorous execution of which, true conftitutional liberty confifts, and by which alone it can be fupported.

And we farther beg leave to affure your majefty, that nothing fhall be wanting on our part to dif countenance irreligion and profanenefs. We have been always fenfible of their evil tendency, to fap the principles of loyalty to the king, and obedience to the magistracy, and to diffolve every tie of duty, affection, and allegiance: but we are now fully convinced of their growing influence, by the dangerous affociations of men, who, under the plaufible pretext of fupporting our rights and privileges, are, by their principles and practice, the real fubverters of them.

beg leave to exprefs the grateful fenfe we have of your majefty's conftant and unwearied attention to promote the happiness of all your people.

Fully convinced that this or any other nation never enjoyed the invaluable bleffings of civil and religious liberty in a greater degree than what we experience under your majesty's mild and most gracious government, we cannot but fee with concern and abhorrence the evil defigns of bad men, who, under the fpecious pretence of promoting the public good, are labouring to feduce the ignorant and unwary from their duty, by infufing into their minds needlefs fears and jealoufies, as if the conftitution was in danger.

We truft, it ever has been our conftant endeavour, and humbly'entreat your majesty's acceptance of our most faithful affurances that it ever shall be our particular care, to inftil into the rifing generation committed to our charge, true principles of religion and loyalty, and fuch a fenfe of gratitude for your majefty's royal protection of this feat of learning, as will tend to make them good citizens and good fubjects, and fully to answer the ends of our inftitution.

To this teftimony of our duty and fidelity, we shall add our unfeigned prayers to the throne of grace, that it may pleafe Almighty God long to preferve your majefty, the beloved fovereign of an united, loyal, and affectionate people.

Given under our common feal, this 17th day of March, 1769.

Moft gracious fovereign, WE your majefty's moft dutiful

and loyal fubjects, the merchants, traders, and other principal inhabitants of your city of London, truly fenfible that it has been your majesty's conftant care and principal object,fince you afcended the throne of your illuftrious ancestors, to fecure to your people the full enjoyment of their religion, laws, and liberties inviolable, and to make them happy and flourishing under your majefty's moft aufpicious government, beg leave to profefs our fady loyalty and duty to your majefty; and our firm refolution to exert our utmoft power in fupporting the honour and dignity of your majefty's crown, in preferving the fafety, peace, and tranquillity of your majefty's realms, in maintaining public credit, and promoting commerce, for the benefit of your fubjects throughout your dominions.

And we beg leave to express our concern and abhorrence of every attempt to fpread fedition, to inflame the minds, and alienate the affection of a free and loyal people from the best of kings, and his government; which we apprehend has of late been encouraged, without the leaft fhadow of foundation, by fome ill-defigning perfons, to arfwer finifter and felfish purposes.

And we moft fincerely pray Almighty God, that your majefty's great and bright example of piety, goodnefs, and clemency, may ope[O.2]

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