the United Provinces, which, during the prefent War between the Crowns of Great Britain and France, have heen seized, and against which there have been no Proceedings in the laft Refort, fhall be immediately released: And with regard to Veffels that have been carried into Great Britain, and are ftill detained there, they fhall be discharged within the Space of 15 Days after the figning of this Act, with Cofts and Damages: And with regard to Vessels which have been carried into America, or other Parts belong. ing to Great Britain, the neceffary Orders fhall be iffued and difpatched, within 15 Days, for their immediate Release in the Manner aforefaid, and that without the Dif tinction of the Places in America to which they were bound, the Time of their Departure, or of their being ftopt; and, confequently, that the Veffels which may have failed a Month before the figning of this Act, on the Faith of the faid Treaty of 1674, fhall not be feized; or, if they are, they shall be releafed, with Cofts and Damages, on producing their Documents, certifying that they failed from the Ports of the Republic at least a Month before the figning of this A&: Provided always, that no contraband Goods fhall be herein com prehended, which may be found in any Veffel, and which are confifcated by the 3d Article of the faid Treaty of 1674. And, moreover, that for what concerns the Ships and Merchandifes belonging to Subjects of the Republic, which have been already confifcated and fold, the Money they produced fhall be refunded and paid to their Fawful Owners; and with regard to the Ships, whofe Trials are depending before the Judges in the laft Refort, his faid Majefty shall give Orders that the Proceedings against them be immediately finished and determined. And whereas, on occafion of the forefaid War, Complaint hath been made by his Britannic Majesty, that Ships under Dutch CoJours navigate with two Sets of Papers ; and whereas, on the other Side, the faid Lords the States General have also complained of Dif. orders and Exceffes committed by British Privateers, or Veffels calling themselves fuch, towards Dutch Veffels: It hath further been judged proper, and agreed, that it be declared by these Presents, in the Name, and on the Part of his Majefty the King of Great Britain, and of the Lords the States General (as we accordingly declare in thefe Prefents) that all those which shall be found to have double Papers fhall be judged to belong to the Subjects or Inhabitants of Great Britain or of the Republic; and, confequently, that the Veffels on board which fhall be found two Sets of Papers, shall not be reclaimed, on the Part either of the King of Great Britain, or of the State of the United Pro vinces ; and to ascertain what is thereby underftood, it is hereby declared, that Paffports (or Sea-briefs) and Cockets (Lettres de mer ou de police) of two different Powers, shall alone be judged double Papers; and confequently that a Safe-conduct, or any other Document or Writing, in a different Language from English or Dutch, fhall not be conftrued fuch; but that in any Case the Paper or Document which fhall be alledged to have been ufed under a different Denomination, and in Room of a Sea-brief and Cocket, must be of fuch a Nature and Tenour, that it shall manifeftly appear that the Captain of the Veifel might, by Means thereof, pass for a Subject or Inhabitant of another Power than to that to which he really belonged. Tranflation of a Memorial and of a Draught of a Counter Declaration delivered by Mr. Yorke, in Answer to the Foregoing. February 20, 1759. MEMORIAL. High and Mighty Lords, Recrimination ferves only to add Acrimony to any Difpute. The Object of his Britannic Majefty is to put an End to that which hath unhappily arifen between him and your High Mightineffes; and although he hath ample Matter for a minute Answer to the Refolution of the Lords the States General, of the 25th of January, which was delivered to me the fame Day, his Majefty hath exprefly commanded me to abstain from what. ever might give any Umbrage, and only to ftudy Methods of putting an End to the Grievances mutually complained of. But, after the Example of your High Mightineffes in your faid Refolution, I cannot forbear obferving, that the Silence, which, out of Regard to your High Mightineffes, is impofed on me with regard to certain Points, cannot hereafter affect the Right which the King my Mafter will have, to put your High Mightineffes in Mind, that the different Treaties fubfifting between the two Nations, ought to bind them as much as the different Arti cles of a particular Treaty; and that the Execution of one Treaty ought not to be insisted on with fo much Warmth, whilst a profound Silence is obftinately obferved on all the Others, which are equally in force. Itouch on this only by-the by. The Point at prefent regards Things that cannot be judged to be comprehended in the Treaty of 1674They are explained in a Counter draught which I thall have the Honour to deliver to your High Mightineffes, and which is pro pofed 1 pofed by his Britannic Majesty, in Room of As to what concerns the Releafe of the As to what relates to the Contraband, a Great Britain and the most Christian King, Nor is it lefs difficult to adjust what re gards the Papers which the Captains of Ships of the two Nations ought to be furnifhed with, to avoid all Sufpicion. The Courts of the Admiralty have Rules of proceeding which are common to the two Na tions; and every Cafe must be determined by its peculiar Circumstances. JOSEPH YORKE. Counter-draught of a Declaration. WHEREAS, in Confequence of the prefent War between his Majefty the King of The which Minifters- plenipotentiary, ha ving met feveral Times and conferred toge ther, have, by Virtue of their refpective full Powers, agreed on, and concluded, the fol lowing Declaration, viz. It is mutually declared, that the 8th Article of the faid Treaty of Marine, of the 1st of December, 1674, extends not, noc ought to be interpreted to extend fo far as to give the Subjects and Ships of the respective contracting Powers, Liberty to navigate, trade, or traffick to any Colony, Settlement, or Place in America, belonging to the Enemies of the Power that is at War; nor to carry to America, or to any Colony, Port, or Place therein, or to carry from fuch Colony, Port or Place, to any Place within the Limits of America, any Effe&s or Merchan→ dizes which are the Property of the Enemies of fuch Power as either is, or hereafter may be at War. It is moreover, reciprocally declared, that the faid 8th Article of the faid Treaty dorti not extend, nor ought to be interpreted to extend, to the Protection of any Effects or Merchandizes, being the Property of the Enemies of one of the contracting Parties; under Pretext of the Privilege and Liberty granted by the faid 8th Article, in cafe the Effects and Merchandizes were loaded, or their Voyage began, in Ships or Veffels be, longing to the Enemies of that contracting Party, which either is, or thall be engaged in 1 in War; which Practice is called in English Tranfhipping, and in Dutch Overfcheepen. The Deputies from the States of Holland, T who are arrived here, have, as we are affured, full Powers to adjuft, in an amicable Manner,all Difputes between the two Courts. LONDON. Weftminster, April 5. HIS Day the Royal Affent was given, by the Lords, authorized by Virtue of his Majefty's Commiffion, for declaring his Royal Affent to several Acts agreed up⚫ on by both Houses, to An Act for granting to his Majefty a Subfidy of Poundage upon certain Goods and Merchandizes to be imported into this Kingdom, and an additional inland Duty on Coffee and Chocolate; and for raifing the Sum of fix Millions, fix Hundred Thousand Pounds, by Way of Annuities and a Lottery, to be charged on the faid Subfidy and additional inland Duty. An Act to permit the free Importation of Cattle from Ireland for a limited Time. An Act to discontinue for a limited Time, the Duties payable upon Tallow imported from Ireland. An Act for the better enlightening and cleanfing the open Places, Streets, Squares, Lanes, Courts, and other Paffages, within the Part of the Manor and Liberty of Norton Folgate, otherwife Norton Folley, in the County of Middlesex, which is extra-paro A Lift of Ships taken by the English, continued from Page 62. A French Brigantine, from Guardaloupe, with Coffee and Sugar, by the Hanover Packet, and carried into Lisbon. A Dutch Ship, Martin Groen Mafter, from Ancona for Barcelona, by the Ambufcade. Another Dutch Ship, A.Laurence Master, by the Glasgow Man of War, and were carried into Leghorn. The faid Men of War have also taken four Imperial Ships with French Cargoes. The Albion, Dench, is retaken. A French Brig, by the Nimble Nine Pence Privateer, and carried into Antigua. The Ranger, Murphy, is retaken. The Two Friends, Ambrofe, ditto. The Danæ, by the Melampe, Capt. Hotham. The Prince George, Whippre, retaken by the Coventry. A French Cutter Privateer of 8 Guns, by one of his Majesty's Cutters, and brought into the Downs by the Aquitain. chial, and regulating the nightly Watch and Beadles therein. An Act to amend and explain an A&t made in the 3d Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled, An A&t for making navigable the River Stroudwater, in the County of Gloucefter, from the River Severn, at or near Framiload, to Wallbridge, near the Town of Stroud, in the fame County. An Act for draining and preferving certain Fen-Lands, and low Grounds, in the Parishes of Somersham and Pidley with Fenton, and the Parish of Colne, in the County of Huntingdon. And to 8 Road, and 3 private Bills. 12. The Sentence of the inferior Court condemning the Dutch Ship America, with her Cargo, was confirm'd by the Lords of Appeal. 15. Sunday his Majefty, preceded by the Knights of the Garter, Thiftle, and Bath, &c. went to the Chapel Royal at St. James's, and heard a Sermon, and afterwards received the Sacrament with the Royal Family; and made the Eafter Offering, being a Purfe of Gold, for the Benefit of the Poor. A French Veffel, Burthen 50 Tons, from Dunkirk, by the Maidstone Privateer. A Dane, 160 Tons, from St. Croix, with Sugar, Cotton, &c. is taken by the Pitt Privateer and brought into Dover. The Prudent, from St. Domingo to France, with Sugar, Indigo, &c. by the Experiment and Mercury Men of War. Three Merchant Ships, by the Carolina, from Philadelphia, Capt. Duncan, to the Eastward of the Capes. The Marquis de Barrail of 14 Guns and 104 Men, by the Brilliant, and carried into Kinfale. The Carillioneur of Dunkirk, of 8 Guns and 60 Men, by the Rochester, and the Grafs Cutter. The Anfon Cutter is retaken. A French Ship off the Island of Cyprus, bound from Alexandria to Marseilles, faid to be worth 27,000l. by Captain Wilson a Letter of Marque. The Spare-Time, from Lebo for Rochelle, by the King of Pruffia Privateer, and fent into Dover. Two Two French Tartans with Stores for Mihorca, by the Duke of Marlborough Privateer, and carried into Gibraltar. Two others are alfo taken by the Fortune Privateer, and carried into Palamos. The Count de Florentine Privateer, with 60 Guns and 45c Men, from Bourdeaux to Breft, by the Achilles Man of War, Capt. Barrington; fhe proves to be very richly laden with Ivory, Gold Duft, &c. The Hotherfal of Lancafter, is retaken by the Jenkinson, a Letter of Marque. Lift of Ships taken by the French, continued from Page 63. The Fortune of Whitby, by a French Privateer, and ranfomed for 3501. The Tartar, Hitchings, from Bristol to S, Carolina, by a French Letter of Marque, and carried into Morlaix. The Grace and Ifabel, Kerr, from Berwick, taken and ranfomed for 400 Guineas. The St. George, Johnson, from New York for London, a Transport, and carried into Havre de Grace. The Hercules, Capt. Baine, from Portfeaton to Leghorn, and carried into Brest. The John and Elizabeth, Smith, from Topfham to Naples, taken by two French Frigates, and carried to Breft. The Supply, Lyon, with Stores from London for Plymouth, carried into Cherbourg, and The Endeavour, Ashton, from London for Lisbon, is carried into Breft. The Charming Polly, Mangle, by a Privateer, and carried into Vigo. The Mercury, Tillet, from N. Carolina, ranfomed by the Sampfon Privateer. The Prince Edward, Fullerton, for Jamaica. The Henry, Trevetham, from Carmarthen, forced into Oftend by Distress, and is there detained. The Lively, Rachel, from Dublin for St. Sebastians, and carried into St. Jean de Luz. The Ifabella, a Collier, from Newcastle, by a Privateer. The Brilliant Star, ranfomed. BIRTHS, March 28. The Lady of Sir William Mannock, Bart. at Bromley Hall, Effex, a Son and Heir. April 11. The Lady of George Warren, Efq; a Daughter. 12. The Lady of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Harborough, a Daughter. DEATHS. Mareb 22. The Lady of the Hon. Richard Fitzpatrick. Thomas Batfon, Efq; of Ramfbury in Wilts. 23. The Hon. Mrs. Price, Sifter to the Rt. Hon. the Ld. Viscount Barrington. 24. Major General Hawley. James Spedding, Efq; High Sheriff for the County of Cumberland, 27. Edward Wolfe, Efq; Lieut. Gen. of his Majefty's Forces, and Col. of the 8th Regiment of Foot. Lady Clavering, in the 72d Year of her Age. Dame Lætitia Wodehouse, Lady of Sir Armine Wodehouse, Bart. 28. Sir Cordel Firebrace, Knt. of the Shire for the County of Suffolk, which he reprefented in four Parliaments. April 3. Sir Wm. Andrews, Bart. The Lady of Dr. Hibbins, late Phyfician to the London Hospital. 4. Sir John Abdy, Bart. Son of the late Sir Robert Abdy, who both ferved as Members of Parliament for the County of Effex. 9. John Playters, Efq; Jun. in his Journey to his Seat in Norfolk, fuddenly. 11. Anthony Wilkinson, Efq; fuddenly, at Peckham. 12. George Frederick Handel, Efq; 13. Sir Edward Hulfe, Bart. Phyfician to her late Majesty Queen Ann. Mrs. Savory of Old Palace-yard, Weftminfter, aged 104. Owen Merrick, Efq; John Congreve, Alderman and Justice of Peace for Chester. Chiverton Harlopp, Efq; of Welby in' The Isabella, Dear, from Halifax to Lon- Leicestershire. don, carried into St. Malos. The Salisbury Privateer, carried into Bayonne. The Middlethorpe, Baxter, from London, carried into Martinico. The Three Brothers, by a Dunkirk Privateer, and fent in there. The Jafon, Anderson, ranfomed for 4501. The Elizabeth, Sinclair, carried into Ca. lais. James Hodgson, Efq; of ditto. MARRIAGES. March 16. The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Shaftsbury, to the Hon. Mifs Molly Bouverie, fecond Daughter to the Rt. Hon. Ld. Vifc. Folkstone. 22. Samuel Sainthill, Efq; to Mifs Scot, Daughter of Robert Scot, Efq; Alderman of Aldgate Ward. 24. 24. The Rev. Mr. Richard Green, at Chichester, to Mifs Tuttee. 30. Mr. Nathaniel Newberry, Merchant in Lothbury, at the Quakers-mecting, to Mifs Strangeman of Lombard-street. The Hon. and Rev. Robert. Bligh, to Mifs Winthrop. Jehn Dinglethorpe, Efq; to Mifs Elizabeth Petchey, of Holt in Norfolk. Mr. Collis of Swallowfield, Attorney, to Mifs Gardner, Daughter of the late Dr. Gardner, at Waltham in Surry. April 5. Mr. Samuel Goldbury, to Mifs Pote of Eaton. 6. Mr. Charles Moor of Lothbury, to Mifs Jennetta Oates of Dartmouth-street. 7. Tho. Unwin, Efq; to Mifs Edwards Bucklerfbury. Dr Tathwell, a Physician at Stainford, to Mifs Roberts, younger Daughter of the late Governor Roberts. Capt. Joshua Rowley, to Mifs Barton, eldeft Daughter of Barthol. Barton, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England. 14. Capt. Baldiffon, to Mifs Smith, Daughter of Capt. Smith of Princess-square, Civil and military Preferments. March 24. The King was pleafed to conftitute John Kelly of Chrift Church, Oxford, Dr. of Phyfic in that University. George Auguftus Elliot, Efq; to be Col. of a Regiment of Light Cavalry, to be forthwith raifed for his Majefty's Service. Lord Harry Pawlet, appointed Vice Admiral of the White. Dr. Taylor is appointed Phyfician in ordinary to his Majesty. Commodore Cornish appointed Rear Ad-, miral of the Blue. tham, in Kent, rope-maker and chap man. George Weldon, late of Wandsworth, in the county of Surry, foap-maker, dealer and chapman. Robert Hill, of Evesham, Worcestershire, linendraper, dealer and chapman. 27. Edward Parry the elder, of St. James's Weftminster, fnuff-maker. John Courtney, of the city of Coventry, fnuff merchant and chapman. Richard Witherstone, of the Minories, in St. Botolph without Aldgate, London, diftiller. March 31. Revell Homfray, of Sheffield, Yorkshire, ftationer. April 3. John Gilbert, late of St. Pancras, Middlefex. Benjamin Holland of Evesham, Worcefterhire, linendraper, dealer and chapman. April 7. Michael Bourke, William Parfons, and Samuel Gibbs, of King ftreet, London, merchants, linen-factors, dealers, chapmen and partners. John Kendrick, of the town and county of Huntingdon, thopkeeper. John Armond, of Great Coggeshall, in the County of Effex, clothier, bay-maker, and chapman. Richard Scott, of the Lordship of Myton, in the county of the town of Kingston upon Hull, houfe-carpenter, innholder, dealer and chapman. Edward Baldwin, late of the city of Coventry, mercer, dealer and chapman. 10. Francis Ruth Clarke, late of London, wine merchant, dealer and chapman. 17. George Coade, of the city of Exe-. ter, merchant. Richard Farlow, of the city of Coventry, whitener, dealer and chapman. |