altar, and to carry it before his majesty, in his return to his palace, and reservation of other rights and dignities, with fees, &c.

18. And also, as earl of Surrey, claimed to carry the second sword before the king, with all privileges and dignities thereto belonging: neither of which allowed, the claims not being made out, and the same being disallowed at the last coronation.

19. The earl of Exeter, As seised of several parts of the 20. Sir George Blundel, barony of Bedford, respectively 21. Thomas Snaggs, claimed to execute the office of almoner; and as the fees of that office, to have the silver alms-bason, and the distribution of all the silver therein, and of the cloth spread for their majesties to walk on; as also the fine linen towel, a ton of wine, &c.-On reference to the king to appoint which of them he pleased, the earl was appointed, pro hac vice, with a salvo jure to the other two; but the silver dish, and the cloth from the throne in Westminster-hall to the west door of the Abbey-church, were only allowed.

22. The dean and chapter of Westminster claimed to instruct the king in the rites and ceremonies used at the coronation; to assist the archbishop in divine service; to have the custody of the coronation robes; to have robes for the dean and his three chaplains, and for sixteen ministers of the said church; the royal habits put off in the church, the several oblations, furniture of the church, canopy, staves and bells, and the cloth on which their majesties walk from the west door of the church to the theatre, &c.-Allowed, except the custody of the regalia; and the fees referred to the king's pleasure.

23. The church-wardens of St. Margaret's Westminster, claimed to have the cloth (lying in their parish) whereon the king goes in procession, for the use of the poor.

24. The vicar and church-wardens of St. Martin's in the Fields, claimed a share of the said cloth, for their poor.Which claims were only read and not admitted.

25. The earl marshal of England claimed to appease the debates that might arise in the king's house on this day; to keep the doors of the same, and of the abbey, &c. and to dispose of the places to the nobles, &c. with all fees belonging thereto.-Disallowed, as unprecedented; and several of the particulars being counterclaimed by the lord great chamberlain; but with a salvo jure, to the said earl marshal.

26. The lord of the manor of Ashlee, Norfolk, claimed to perform the office of the napery, and to have all the table

linen, when taken away,-Not allowed because that he had not his evidence ready to make it out, but with a salvo jure. 27. The earl of Derby, as seised in fee of the isle and castle of Pelham, and dominion of Man, claimed to present the king with two falcons on this day. Which was allowed, and the falcons presented accordingly.

28. The earl of Kent claimed to carry the great spurs before the king; but not being made out, was not allowed. 29. The same counterclaimed by the lord de Grey of Thyne, and allowed.

30. The same counterclaimed by the duke of Norfolk, as earl of Surrey; but disallowed for want of evidence, and because it was not admitted at the preceding coronation.

31. The barons of the cinque ports claimed to carry the canopy over the king, and to have the same, with the staves and bells for their fees, and to dine in the hall on the king's right hand. -Allowed.

32. The lord of the manor of Scoulton, alias Bourdelies, Norfolk, claimed to be chief larderer; and to have for his fees the provisions remaining after dinner in the larder. Which office and fees, as also that of caterer, were likewise,

33. Counterclaimed by the lord of the manor of Eston at the Mount, Essex; and on reference to the king, it appearing that other manors were also severally held by the same service, the former was appointed pro hac vice, with a salvo jure to the other.

34. The lord of the manor of Wirksop, Nottingham, claimed to find the king a right-hand glove, and to support the king's right arm while he holds the sceptre.-Allowed.

35. Bishops of Durham, and Bath and Wells, claimed to support the king in the procession.-Allowed; the king having graciously consented thereto; and the bishops of London and Winchester being appointed to support the queen.

36. The lord of the manor of Fyngrith, Essex, claimed to be chamberlain' to the queen for the day, and to have the queen's bed and furniture, the basons, &c. belonging to the office; and to have a clerk in the exchequer to demand and receive the queen's gold, &c.-Disallowed, because not made out; but left to prosecute it at law, if he thought fit.

37. The lord of the manor of Great Wymondley, Hertfordshire, claimed (as chief cup-bearer) to serve the king with the first cup of silver gilt, at dinner, and to have the cup for his fee.-Allowed.

38. The lord of the manor of Heydon, Essex, claimed to

hold the bason and ewer to the king, by virtue of one moiety, and the towel by virtue of another moiety of the said manor, when the king washes before dinner.-Allowed, as to the towel only.

39. The duke of Norfolk, as earl of Arundel, and lord of Kenninghall manor, Norfolk, claimed to perform by deputy the office of chief butler of England, and to have for his fees the best gold cup and cover, with all the vessels and wine remaining under the bar, and all the pots and cups, except those of gold or silver, in the wine-cellar after din ner. Allowed, with only the fee of the cup and ewer. 1761, July.

VIII. Origin of the Hugonots.

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HUGO Aubrict, who by merit had gained the esteem of Charles V. of France, was invested with the dignity of provost of Paris when Charles VI. mounted the throne. shewed himself worthy of that important post by the care which he took for the maintenance of good order, for the embellishment of the city, and for the convenience of its inhabitants. He had contributed to 'the wholesomeness of the air, and to the neatness of the streets, by means of subterraneous channels, of which he was the inventor, He had built many bridges, in order to facilitate the communication between various quarters of the city, and he employed on these different works the beggar, the idle, in a word, those unhappy wretches whom indigence and want of work rendered enemies to the state. Every thing manifested his distinguished zeal for the public good; but he had offended the university, and that ruined him; the students, most of them men grown, proud of their numbers, and of their pri vileges, frequently abandoned themselves to scandalous excesses. The provost, attentive to the public tranquillity, treated them with all the rigor that their repeated enormities deserved; he had ordered his serjeants to seize them wherever they committed disorders, and to confine them in the dungeons of the little Chatelet, which he had caused to be dug on purpose for them. The members of the university spared no pains to take the most cruel revenge on him; they made private inquiries into the morals of this rigid provost, and when they thought their proofs sufficient, they cited him before the ecclesiastical tribunal. At first, des

pending on the protection of the court, he despised their prosecution; but the credit of his adversaries prevailed over the favor of princes; he was arrested, and carried to the prison of the spiritual court, and on the evidence of some witnesses, (such as they were) condemned as a bad catholic, intemperate, debauched, as an encourager of women of dissolute lives, particularly of Jewesses, in short, as a Jew and a Heretic. He would have been burnt alive, if the court had not mitigated his sentence. He was obliged to mount a scaffold, and there bare-headed, and without a girdle, he was forced on his knees to ask pardon, in the presence of a crowd of people. The rector, at the head of the university, assisted at this melancholy spectacle, and the bishop of Paris, dressed in his pontifical robes, publicly preached to the accused, and concluded with condemning him to end his days in a dungeon, with bread and water only for his support. Hugo Aubrict was released the year after, by the same populace, who had joyfully assisted at his punishment. It is from this provost of Paris that the Protestants have been called Hugonots, an injurious appellation used in France to signify the enemies of the church. 1764, June.

IX. A particular and authentic account of the Escape of CHARLES EDWARD STUART, commonly called the Young Chevalier, after the Battle of Culloden.

THE battle of Culloden was fought on the 16th of April, 1746; and the young chevalier having his horse shot through the neck with a musket ball, and seeing the rout among his troops universal and irretrievable, was persuaded to provide for his own safety as well as he could. He was soon mounted on a fresh horse, and, accompanied by a few chosen friends, he retreated by Tordurock, a village about nine miles from Inverness, to Aberardar, about three miles farther in Mackintosh's country; thence to Faroline, five

Sir Thomas Sheridan; his two aid-de-camps, sir David Murray, and Mr. Alexander Macleod; captain O'Sullivan, and captain O'Neille, two Irish gentlemen, who had the French king's commission; Mr. John Hay, one of his secretaries, with these were Edward Bourk, a servant of Macleod; a servant of Mr. Hay, and one Allan Macdonald.

miles farther in Lovat's country; and thence to Gortulaig, one mile farther, a house of Mr. Fraser, steward to lord Lovat. At this place he found lord Lovat himself, who exhorted him most pathetically to keep up his courage, and remember his ancestor Robert de Bruce, who, after losing eleven battles, by winning the twelfth, recovered the kingdom. On the other hand, O'Sullivan, and O'Neille, took him aside, and begged him to listen to no such insinuations. This was certainly the best advice, and he followed it for, about ten at night, he set forward, and reached Invergary about five o'clock the next morning. Invergary was a castle belonging to Macdonald of Glengary, which was not then burnt, nor was its owner, who afterwards suffered long confinement in Edinburgh Castle, yet taken prisoner; but, the family being absent, it could afford no entertainment. Bourk, however, was fortunate enough to catch a brace of salmon early in the forenoon, which furnished the little company with a meal. After their repast, a consultation was held, and it was thought proper that the adventurer should proceed with only O'Sullivan, Allan Macdonald, and Bourk, for a guide; it was farther thought necessary that he should change clothes with Bourk, which was accordingly done; and setting out about two o'clock they reached Donald Gameron's, at Glenpean, about nine at night. Being exhausted with fatigue, and not having closed his eyes for more than eight and forty hours, he threw himself upon a bed in his clothes, and fell asleep; he awaked early in the morning greatly refreshed, and continued his course on foot, through places that perhaps had never before been trodden, and over mountains which would have been inaccessible to all who were not in equal danger, and at length arrived at the Glen of Morar. After a short respite, he proceeded to Boredale in Arisaig, a country of Clanranald's, where he rested several days, giving and getting intelligence. At this place he was again joined by captain O'Neille, who acquainted him, that there was not the least hope of re-assembling his men, and that he had nothing left but to get out of the country. With this view, he determined to move towards the western isles, hoping there to find a ship to carry him abroad, more easily than on the

continent.

At a place called Gualtergil, in the isle of Sky, there lived an old man, one Donald Macleod, who was a good pilot, and thought to be trusty; this man therefore was sent for, and the adventurer committing himself to him, he engaged to conduct him through the isles to a place of safety.