FRIDAY, March 6.

Admiralty-office. Lieut. Robert Brice, who Commands his majesty's floop the Swallow, has taken, after a chafe of 26 hours, and brought into Plymouth found, the Sultan fnow privateer of Bayonne, mounting 10 guns, and 73 men.

At the affizes held at Oxford, Charles Harris, otherwife Dumas, otherwife Darkin, otherwife Hamilton, was tried for robbing Mr. Gammon on the high-way, the 26th of August last, and being found guilty, received fentence accordingly. This is the fame perfon that was tried at the laft fummer affizes at Salisbury for robbing Lord Percival.

SATURDAY, March 7.

A clerk to one of the judges, lately made off with 700l. of his master's money: he was closely examined by the mayor of Harwich, as is the cuftom in time of war, Concerning his business inHolland, for which place he was going to embark; to whom he faid, that he was an attorney in Chansery-lane, and was going thither to execute fome deeds of importance, after which he went on board a cutter, the paquet being gone, and failed directly. He received 4001. of the money at the bank the fame day he went off, and went directly to Harwich in a four-wheel chaife with wo poftillions.

MONDAY, March 9.

The deputy lieutenants met this day at Hexham, in Northumberland, in order to receive the lifts of perfons liable to ferve in abe militia; when between 6 and 7000 perfons affembled in a riotous manner, armed with clubs pointed with iron, to prevent the lifts being delivered in, and to hinder the militia laws from being put in execution, threatning to murder the magiftrates; upon which the Yorkshire militia were erder'd under arms in the market-place, the riot act was read, and every perfuafive method made ufe of to quell the rioters, but to no purpose; on the contrary, they proceeded to fuch extremities that the militia were ordered to fire on them. In confequence of which, ninety perfons were killed and wounded. Among the former one Mrs. Carter, a poor widow, who had eight children, and was big with another, going into the market to look for her fon, was thot dead; and her fon was fhot through the thigh, and it is thought cannot long furvive her. Another woman who came from Newcastle to fee her rela

tions at Hexham, and was big with child was fhot through the belly as the was ftanding at a window. Many of the wounded made fhift to crawl home, and died immediately after; others dropt dead going to their habitations. Letters from Hexham dated the 10th, give an account that the rioters were quelled without doing any more mischief.

TUESDAY, March 10.

Sir Edward Hawke has fent a letter to Mr. Clevland, dated on board the Royal George in Quiberon-Bay, Feb. 28th, to the following effect: "On the 2d of Feb. arrived here the Mars and Orford from a Cruize. On the 9th of Jan. they took a brig called L'Union de Cap, bound, with wine, oil, flour, cheese, &c. from Rochelle to Cape Francois. On the 13th, they took two of the French king's frigates, L'Anemione, andSardoine, armed for war by the merchants, carrying each 14 guns, and 130 men. They failed from Rochefort the day before they were taken, and were bound to the coaft of Guinea. On the 27th, they retook the New Bofphorus fnow, bound to Naples with pilchards, and then to Smyrna with broad cloath and pepper. She had been taken ten days before, by a privateer of Dunkirk. They are all fafe here, and the frigates prime failers.

"On the 16th of Feb. the Swallow floop took off Oteron, a letter of marque floop from Martinico, with a cargo of cocoa, elephants teeth, coffee, and caffia."

Admiralty-office, March 10. Capt. Ogle, of his majesty's ship Aquilon, took, on the 4th, the Zephire, a fhip of 12 guns and 114 men, belonging to Bayonne,, 140 leagues to the westward of Ufhant, and has brought her to Spithead.

Capt. Nightingale, of his majesty's ship Vengeance, has taken a French privateer fnow called L'Augufte, of 12 guns, with 67 men, and has brought her into Plymouth.

M. Bofcowick, a member of the Royal Society, who is lately fet out for fome of the eaftern parts of Turkey, has prepared a mathematical inftrument to difcover the true tranfit of the planet Venus under the face of the Sun the 6th of June next, which is likely to prove efficacious for the longitude at fea.

WEDNESDAY, March 11.

Advice came to Portsmouth, that his majefty's ship Veital, Capt. Hood, fell in with

wo French ships richly laden, said to be worth upwards of 20,000l. both which fhips he took, and carried them fafe into Leghorn.

THURSDAY, March 12.

A woman was committed to the New Gaol by justice Hammond, for falsly swearIng a child to a person in the Borough. She had contrived to make herself look big, till a neighbour of hers was brought to bed, who, being in the fecret, lent her the child, and the fuppofed father was fent for to fee his fon; who believing it to be his own, made her a handfome prefent, and provided every thing neceffary on fuch an occafion; but a few days after going to fee her, found she had abfconded; on which he made a strict enquiry, and finding her eut, took her before the above magiftrate.

SATURDAY, March 14.

Admiralty-office. Capt. Douglas, of his majefty's fhip Unicorn, on the 8th inft. met with his majesty's fhip Tweed, and in ftanding together towards the Lizard, they took the Marshal Broglio privateer, of 8 guns, and 80 men, belonging to Breft, but laft from Morlaix.

MONDAY, March 16.

Captain Rushworth, of his Majefty's Thip Alarm, arrived in Torbay the 12th inft. with a cutter privateer of eight guns and 68 men, called La Lutine, commanded by Francois Peftel, which he took the preceding day, soon after she came out of Cherbourg.

We hear from Wiltshire, that on the marriage of a noble officer in that county, his chaplain's first fermon was upon the following text: .... "When a man hath taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither hall he be charged with any bufinefs, but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife, which he hath taken." Deut. xxiv. 5.

This day Thomas Castlebine (otherwife Cherry) and Elizabeth his wife, who were condemned at the laft affizes at Leicester, for the murder of Edward Brown, were executed at Leceifter, on a gallows erected before the houfe wherein the murder was committed.

TUESDAY, March 17.

St. James's. His majesty having this day thought fit to diffolve the privy-council, and, at the fame time, to appoint a new one, confifting of the fame members with the former council, together with Anthony

earl of Shaftesbury, all the lords and others prefent were thereupon fworn of his majesty's most hon. privy council and took their places at the board ac cordingly.

His majesty was then pleafed to declare the right hon. John earl of Granville, lord president of his majesty's most hon. privy council.

WEDNESDAY, March 18.

The houfe is now finished, which was erected at the expence of the fociety for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce, to be fet on fire, for experiment, in order to he extinguished without water. The houfe is fituated at the end of Portland-street, Cavendish-fquare. It confifts of three ftories, and is about fifteen feet fquare; has a brick wall round the two first stories; is provided with ftair-cafes, ceiling, tiling, windows, doors, &c. in the fame manner as any other house, but with a larger quantity of wood than ordinary. It is to be fet on fire by means of kindled faggots placed in every room, and, when the blaze is at its greatest height, the machines of Mr. Godfrey are to be thrown in to extinguifh it. They confift of fmall barrels, holding about ten or twelve gallons of fome fluid or chymical preparation; in the middle of each is a small chamber, filled, as is fuppofed, with gunpowder; the explofion of which, and the difperfing the chymical fluid, are to do the intended business. It is faid this experiment has been tried, and found to have. the defired effect.

Admiralty-office. Mr. Coxon, conful at Alicant, informs their lordships, that on the 10th of Feb. his majesty's frigate Favourite, commanded by Capt. Pownall, took a French privateer, called the St. Jofeph and St. Antoine, of 12 guns and 85 men, commanded by Antoine Victoire. THURSDAY, March 19.

His majefty went in the ufual state to the houfe, and gave the royal affent to the feveral bills then ready, among which the following are the principal:

An act to continue the duties for en couragement of the coinage.

An act to enable John earl of Sandwich, Welbore Ellis, and Robert Nugent, Efqrs. to take in Great Britain the oath of office as vice-treasurer and receiver-general of all bis majesty's revenues in Ireland; and