The Marquis de Gouvea, Son to the late Duke of Aveiro, has been fent to the Carthufian Monaftry at Evora, there to end his Days.

Jofeph Maria de Tavora, Canon of the Patriarchal Church, and Brother of the eldeft Marquis de Tavora, is condemned to perpetual Imprisonment, with feveral other Ecclefiaftics.

Jofeph Policarpo de Azevedo, who was burnt in Effigy, was feized the next Day at Setuval and fent to Prifon.

The 15th all the Troops received Orders to be under Arms, and they expected another Execution foon.

During the Time the Marquis of Tavora was putting to death, the two Regiments of Cavalry, of which he was General, turned their Backs on him, in Deteftation of his Crime.

Lifeon, Feb. 9. On the 5th Inftant all the Estates and Effects of the Jefuits in this Kingdom were fequeftered. They are to give up all their Houfes and Colleges, except the three Convents of Cotoria, St. Roche, and St. Antoine, where they are at prefent all confined.

Erfurth, March 5. Moft of the Pruffian Troops that came hither, are gone by Gotha and Eifenach, towards the Frontiers of Heffe, in order to join the Hanoverian and Helian Troops, under the Command of the Prince of Ifembourg

Berlin, March 6. Twenty-five Squadrons and fix Battalions of Pruffian Troops, under Major-General Woberfnow, marched from Grand Glogaw on the twenty-third ult. to enter Poland by Liffa. They fent Prince Sulkowski, whom they took with 230 Men in his Caftle of Reuffen, to Glogaw. After which they marched towards Pofnania, and were to be on the 26th at Guefne, where the Ruffians have a large Magazine guarded by 2000 Coffacks.

Hague, March 6. In answer to the very moving Letter, written to the States General by the Princefs Mary of Heffe, claiming the Performance of their Guaranty of the County of Hanau, the Revenue of which was appropriated for defraying the Expence of her Childrens Education, their High Mightineffes have written to her Royal Highnefs, "That they did indeed, from a Regard to the illuftrious House of Heffe, enter into the Guaranty mentioned; but that the Face of Things being changed by the War, they could not perform their Guaranty for feveral Reasons. 1. Because they had not guarantied the County of Hanau in omnem eventum [at all Events ] 2. Because they cannot do it without breaking their Neutrality, and involving themselves in Trou

bles that will ill fuit their prefent Situation: But that they would fend Orders to their Minister at Versailles to intercede, in their Name, in Behalf of Hanau; and alfo defire the French Ambaffador in Holland to use his good Offices for the fame End."

Munfer, March 7. About the 28th past, the Prince of Ifemburgh, agreeable to the Orders he had received, detached towards Vacha four Battalions, with about 1000 Dragoons, Huffars, and Chaffeurs, under the Command of Major General Urst. This Detachment, being affembled at Rhotenburg the 28th of laft Month, fell unexpectedly, in the Night between the ift and 2d Inftant, upon the Enemy's Quarters; fome of whom were taken, and the reft retired in the utmost Confufion. Hi:fchfeld, Vacha, and all the Heffian Bailiwicks, which the Auftrians had taken Poffeffion of, were immediately evacuated. It is fuppofed, that the Enemy are retiring towards Meinungen, and that their heavy Baggage has taken the Rout towards Bamberg.

Berlin, March 8. The Pruffian Forces that have entered Poland are making forc'd Marches to join General Manteuffel, in order to act with more Vigour aginst the Ruffians, who are cantoned near Thorn, and other Places, along the Viftula. If this Junction can be effected, and the Ruffian Magazines in different Parts of Poland be feized, the Ruffians will be in much the fame Situation, as the French were last Year in the Electorate of Hanover.

Hague, March 11. On the 28th of laft Month Major Clogloch furprized the City of Erfurth. The Garrison confifting of fome Auftrian Battalions, and fome Troops of the Circles, are not to ferve against the King of Pruffia, or his Allies, during the War. The Fortrefs of Petersberg hath not yet furrender'd.

Hague, March 13. The News of the taing of Erfurth by the Pruffians, and of the clearing the Landgraviate of Heffe, by a Detachment of Prince Ferdinand of Brunfwick's Army, the Beginning of this Month, is now confirmed. The Troops of the Emprefs Queen, and the Circles, were driven from all their Pofts, and are retired in great Confufion and Precipitation further back into the Empire, abandoning a great many Prifoners, and a great deal of Baggage, which have fallen into the Hands of the Light Troops of Prince Ferdinand's Army.

There is certain Advice, that the Pruffians are in Poffeffion of Fulda: They have taxed that Abbot and Abbey at 100,000 Crowns, of which 10,oco were paid. Erfurth was taxed 100,000 Florins.

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Head Quarters on the 9th Instant were still at Muniter.

Breflaw, Feb. 25. The Hereditary Prince

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Buckingham, Feb. 27.

Few Days ago died at Hanslope in this County, in the 93d Year of his Age, Samuel Cox, whofe Wife is now living in the fame Place, and in her 99th Year; they have been married upwards of 70, and the Number of their Offspring in Children, Grand-children, and Great Grand-children amount to 153.

Exeter, Feb. 27. The 24th Inftant, at 10 at Night, was felt at Lefkeard in Cornwall, a flight Shock of an Earthquake, which extended N. and S. fix Miles, and about four

Leagues E. and W. it was a vibratory Mo tion, and continued about two or three Seconds. George Thompson, Efq; apprehenfive of what it was, went out to obferve the Air, and faw Multitudes of Blood-red Rays converging from all Parts of the Heavens to one dark Point, but no luminous Body. The Phenomena difappeared in 15 Minutes.

Woolwich, March 14. This Day the Mars, a fine 74 Gun Ship was launch here.

Deptford, March 14. The Hercules and another fine Ship were launched here.

Feb. 20.

IR Charles Hardy kiffed his Majefty's Hand on being appointed Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron.

22. The Anniversary Meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign Parts, was held in the Veftry-room of St. Mary le Bow, in Cheapfide, on which Occafion a Sermon was preached by the Rt. Rev. the Lord Bp. of St. Afaph.

The following is a Tranflation of the Treaty between Great Britain and Pruffia, mentioned in our last.

"Forafmuch as the burthenfome War in which the King of Pruffia is engaged, lays him under a Neceffity of making fresh Efforts to defend himself against the Multitude of Enemies who attack his Dominions, he is obliged to take new Measures with the King of Great Britain, for their reciprocal Defence and Safety: And as his Britannic Majefty hath at the fame Time fignified his earnest Defire to strengthen the Friendship fubfifting between the two Courts, and, in Confequence thereof, to conclude a formal Convention for granting his Pruffian Majefty fpeedy and powerful Affiftance: Their faid Majefties have nominated and authorifed their Ministers to concert and fettle the following Articles :

"1. All former Treaties between the two Courts, particularly that figned at Westminster, Jan. 16, 1756, and the Convention of April 11, 1758, are confirmed by the prefent Convention, in their whole Te

nor, as if they were herein inferted Word for Word.

2. The King of Great Britain fhall caufe to be paid at London, to fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall be authorifed by the King of Pruffia for that End, the Sum of four Millions of Rixdollars, making 670,000l. Sterling, at one Payment, immediately on the Exchange of the Ratifications, if the King of Pruffia fhal! fo require.

3. His Pruffian Majesty shall employ the faid Sum in fupporting and augmenting his Forces, which hall act in fuch Manner as fhall be of the greatest Service to the common Caufe, and contribute moft to the mutual Defence and Safety of their faid Majefties.

4. The King of Great Britain, both as King and Elector, and the King of Prussia, reciprocally bind themselves not to conclude with the Powers that have taken part in the prefent War, any Treaty of Peace, Truce, or other fuch like Convention, but by common Advice and Confent, each exprefly including therein the other.

5. The Ratifications of the prefent Convention shall be exchanged within fix Weeks, or fooner, if poffible."

24. Came on at Doctors Commons before Sir Thomas Salisbury, Knt. Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, the Trial of a Number of Dutch Ships, taken by Men of War and Privateers, when the Cargoes of 25 of them were fully proved to be French Property,

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Property, and therefore were condemned as legal Prizes.

25. As his Majefty, the Prince of Wales, &c. were returning from Chapel, among the Spectators were fome Quakers. The Spirit moved one of the Females, on the Approach of the Mace-bearer, to Utterance, which fhe indulged most fervently in a Sort of Prayer, or a Bleffing on the Royal Family, during the whole Proceffion, to the Surprife of all prefent.

March 6. The Right Hon. the Lord Anfon introduced Capt. Tyrrell, of the Buckingham, to his Majefty at St. James's, to inform his Majefty of the Progress of Commodore Moore's Squadron in the Weft Indies,

Whiteball, March 7, 1759. Yesterday Afternoon, Captain Townshend, Aid de Camp to Major General Hopfon, and Capt. Tyrrell, late Commander of his Majefty's Ship the Buckingham, arrived with Dif patches from Major General Hopfon, and Commodore Moore, to the Right Hon. Mr. Secretary Pitt, dated from Baffeterre in the Iland of Guardaloupe the 30th of January; by which it appears, that on the 15th of January, his Majefty's Fleet arrived off Port Royal Harbour in the Ifland of Martinico: That the next Morning, the Men of War deftroyed the Batteries, and drove the Enemy from their Entrenchments at Pointe des Negres, on the Weft Part of the faid Harbour; and the Troops landed without Oppofition, and lay under Arms all Night: That on the 17th, the Day following, in Confideration of the Difficulty of Roads, Communications, and a March of five Miles to Port Royal from Pointe des Negres, General Hopfon propofed to Commodore Moore, to land the heavy Cannon, Stores, Provisions, &c. at the Savannah, which is before Port Royal; and, in cafe that could not be done, defired that the Boats might attend the fame Evening, to bring off the Troops as foon as the Moon was up: That the

Commodore having found the above Propofal impoffible, until the Weft Part of the Fort should be filenced by the Batteries raifed by the Troops on Shore, made an Offer, not only of landing the heavy Artillery at Negro Point, where the Troops then were, but also of tranfporting the fame, wherever the General pleafed, by the Seamen belonging to the Men of War, without any Affiftance from the Land For ces: That the Troops were, however, 1eimbarked that Night.

That, the next Day, the General acquainted the Commodore, that the Council of Wat was of Opinion, It would be most for his Majesty's Service to proceed to Fort St.

Pierre with the Troops, in order to make an Attack upon that Place, and that no Time fhould be loft.

It appears accordingly, that on the 19th in the Morning, his Majesty's Fleet entered the Bay of St. Pierre, when the Commodore, having examined the Coast, reprefented to the General, that he made no Doubt of deftroying the Town of St. Pierre, and putting the Troops in Poffeffion of the fame; yet, as the Ships might, in the Attack, be fo much disabled, as not to be in a Condition to proceed immediately on any other material Service; and as the Troops, if it should be practicable to keep Poffeffion of the above Town, would alfo be much reduced in their Numbers for future Attacks; and being of Opinion, that the deftroying the Town and Fortress of Baffeterre in the Island of Guardaloupe, and keeping Poffeffion of it, and, by all poffible Means, endeavouring to reduce the faid lfland, would be of great Benefit to the Sugar Colonies, as that Inland is the chief Neft of French Privateers, conftantly infefting the British Islands, and destroying the Trade from North America with Supplies of Provifions, &c. the Commodore fubmitted it to the General's Confideration, Whether it would not be beft to proceed to Baffeterre : Whereupon the General was of Opinion, that it would be beft to proceed to the faid Place forthwith; which was put in Execution accordingly.

On the 22d of January, his Majesty's Flect appeared off the Ifland of Guardaloupe; and though the Town of Baffeterre, which is the Metropolis of the faid Island of Guardaloupe, was very formidably fortified to the Sea, and the Fort was thought by the chief Engineer, on his reconnoitring it, to be impregnable to the Ships, on the 23d Commodore Moore made a Difpofition for the Attack of the faid Place, with the Ships under his Command, which was pro fecuted with the utmost Vigour and Refolution, and after a moft fevere Cannonading, which continued from between Nine and Ten in the Morning till Night, all the Batteries and the Fort were filenced by the Ships. It was intended to land the Troops the fame Evening; but it being dark before they were ready, they did not land till the next Day, when Commodore Moore put the Land Forces in Poffeffion of the faid Town and Fort, without their being an. noyed by even one of the Enemy; the Governor, principal Inhabitants, and armed Negroes, having retired into the Mountains. The Bombs, which had been ordered to play on the Town, having fet it on Fire, occafioned, from the Quantity of Rum and

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March 10. The Hero Man of War, put in Commiffion, and the Command of her given to Lord Edgcumbe.

14. The King has been pleased to appoint George Auguftus Elliot, Efq; to be Colonel of a Regiment of light Cavalry, to be forthwith raised.

The two Gold Medals given Annually by his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, for the beft Claffical Learning, were adjudged to Mr. Hawes of St. John's College, and Mr. Cooper of Corpus Chrifti College, B. A.

Accounts from Vienna tell us, they had juft received a Hat and Sword for Marshal Daun, which had been fent to Rome for the Pope's Bleffing. This looks like a Political

extreme Unction, which fhews that the Empress-Queen, thinks herself in extreme Danger.

23. The following Bills were paffed by Virtue of a Commiffion from his Majesty.

The Bill to indemnify Perfons who have omitted to qualify themfelves for Offices. For the Regulation of his Majefty's Ma. rine Forces whilft on Shore.

To enable Chriftopher Codrington to take the Surname of Bethell, pursuant to the Will of Slingsby Bethell, Efq; deceased.

For punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters.

To enable Richard Wilbraham to take the Surname and Arms of Bootle.

For the more eafy and speedy Recovery of fmall Debts in the Borough of Southwark.

For diffolving the Marriage of John Cook, Efq; with Sufannah Cooper, his present Wife.

To enable John Coant, Efq; to take the Surname of Wakelin.

For establishing a nightly Watch in the Borough of Southwark.

The Corn Bill.

The finking Fund Bill.

And feveral Public and Private Bills.

Yesterday both Houfes of Convocation met, and adjourned to the 23d of May next,

According to Letters from Paris, dated March 9th, the Marquis of MontmorencyLaval had brought an Account to this Court, of fome Advantages gained in the Eaft-Indies, on the Coast of Coromandel, by the French Troops, and of an Engagement between Vice Admiral Pocock, and Count Dache, Commander of the French Squadron, in which the English were worsted. Other Accounts have fince come, in the fame Channel, very different, and as none of the Accounts make mention of any public Rejoicings at Paris, it is conjectur'd there was in Truth no Advantage gained; and though it be probable that there has been an Engagement, we must wait the Particulars, which, when published by Authority, we shall communicate.

Sunday the 25th, being the Birth Day of Prince Edward, who then enter'd into his 21st Year, the Royal Family at Leicester Houfe receiv'd the Compliments on that Occafion.

Advice is received of the fafe Arrival at Embden, of the whole Reinforcement from England and Scotland, for the Army of Prince Ferdinand, the former having had a very tedious Paffage, occafionel by contrary Winds.

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The Tents and Field-equipages belonging to the three Battalions of Foot, are all ready for them to march, and encamp on the firft Notice.

Several Highlanders are arrived here from America to be admitted into Chelsea Hofpital, four of whom have been scalp'd and left for dead.

The Secretary of the Admiralty in Holland has given Notice, that a Dutch Man of War was ordered to be at Helvoetfluys by the 20th Inftant, to take all Ships under Convoy bound for the Coaft of Normandy,

&c.

And the Dutch Men of War, the Seahorfe, and the Haarlemerhout, are appointed Convoy for their Weft-India Fleet,

By our laft Accounts from Madrid, the King of Spain's Diforder has had fuch amazing Changes, as to baffle all the Efforts of his best Phyficians.

About a Month ago the Symptoms of his Majetty's Disorder proved on a sudden very favourable; and as they continued fo for feveral Days together, it was generally believed that he was in a fair Way of Recovery.

But thofe favourable Symptoms have fince vanished as furprisingly as they came on; and, when thefe Accounts left Spain, it was expected that his Majefty could not possibly hold out many Days, the laft Return of his Disorder having proved fo very violent.

An Account of the Death of that Monarch is daily expected.

A Lift of Ships taken by the English, continued from Page 15.

Two Dutch Ships by the Charles a Letter of Marque, and carried into Falmouth.

Alfo a Dutch Ship with Slaves, from the Coast of Guinea, and fent into Jamaica.

The Machault Privateer of Granville, of 24 nine Pounders and 240 Men, by the Juno Frigate, and brought into Plymouth.

The Little Lucy and Sophia, by the Dragon Privateer of Bristol, and carried into Cork.

The St. Michael Fierre, a Privateer of fix Guns and 50 Men, by his Majesty's Ship Saphire.

The Gronyard from Martinico, of 400 Tons, by the Favourite Man of War, and carried into Gibraltar, faid to be worth 40,00cl.

The Providence Sloop, Capt. Love, from Dartmouth, is retaken by the Hazard Pri

vateer.

Two French Transports with Men and Stores, by the Brilliant, one of which is brought into Plymouth.

The Waapen, a Danish Ship of Frederickftadt, with 600 Hogfheads of Sugar and 550 Bales of Coffee, is taken by a Dover Privateer and fent into the Thames.

A large Swede, laden with Indico, Cochineal and Bale Goods, by the Duke of Marlborough Privateer of London.

Two French Privateers, one of 12 Guns and 130 Men, the other of 6 Guns and 30 Men, by the Antigua Sloop of War, and carried into Antigua.

kirk for Bourdeaux, by the Venus Privateer, and fent into Dover.

A French Privateer, which fell in with the Weft-India Fleet,is taken and fent into Cork.

The Marquis de Marigne Privateer of Granville, of 18 Guns and 180 Men, and the Hardy Privateer of Dunkirk, by the Montague Man of War, and brought into Plymouth.

Two Briggs belonging to St. Maloes, laden with Wine, from Bourdeaux to ditto, by the Charming Betfey Privateer of Jersey.

The Moras Privateer of St. Maloes, of 22 Guns and 204 Men, by the Unicorn.

The Mouche Privateer of Havre de Grace, of 8 Guns and 81 Men, by the Coventry and Thames Man of War.

The Two Brothers, Harthorn, from the Ifle of Man for Barcelona, is brought into Falmouth by the Dreadnought,

The Cabriolet, a French Privateer of fix Guns and 50 Men, by the Jamaica Sloop, brought into Portsmouth.

An Imperial Ship from London to Oftend is taken, and brought into Sandwich, by a Privateer of that Port.

Lift of Ships taken by the French, continued from Page 15.

The Swan, Oliver, from Newfoundland to Leghorn, is taken and carried into Toulon.

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