greatest harmony has fubfifted between the two services; and I should not do juftice to the commanders and officers of his Majefty's fleet, if I did not at the fame time inform you, that they have affifted me, to the utmost of my wishes, in carrying on the operations purfuant to his Majesty's inftructions. I have the honour to be, &c. SHEDHOLM HODGSON. Valiant, in the Great Road off Belleifle, SIR, April 13, 1761. I had the honour of writing to you the 29th of March, when I left Spithead; it was from that time to the 6th instant before the wind came to the weftward, to enable the fleet to fleer in with the coaft of France; and that evening detached fix frigates, in hopes they might in the night get fo ftationed as to cut off the enemy's communication with the main land. The next morning the fleet paffed the fouth end of Belleifle clofe along the shore; and at one of the bays by Point Lomaria, the General and myself thought a defcent might be tried, but as the wind was foutherly, it could not poffibly be attempted at this time. At twelve o'clock the whole fleet anchored in the Great Road, when I immediately went with General Hodgson to the northern part of the island, to be as well informed of the ftrength of the enemy's works there as the time would admit; and while we were upon this neceffary fervice, the ships of war in the road were preparing the flat boats for the reception of the troops; but by the time we got back, it was too late in the day to make any trial. The 8th, the wind north-easterly, the boats being ready for the reception of the troops, the signal was made very early in the morning for them to affemble at the rendezvous; and the three ships with two bomb veffels were ordered to proceed round the point of Lomaria, at the S. E. part of the island, and attack the fort and other works in the Sandy Bay round the before-mentioned point, the place the General and myself had agreed tohave attack'd. Captain Barrington in the Achilles got placed first, and foon filenced the fire from the fort and from the fhore; and then, as he was directed, made the fignal for his having done fo, when the troops in the boats were pushed to the landing, with great brifkness and fpirited behaviour, at three different places near each other, by Capt. Barton, whom I ordered to command the boats; but the difficulty of getting footing, and the enemy being strongly entrenched on the heights, and in the little fort, the troops foon met with fuch a repulfe, that it became neceffary, as well as prudent, to defift from the attempt for the prefent, and retire with the flat boats, in which they were well covered by the ships and bombs. One of the flat boats landed 60 of Erfkin's grenadiers, who got up a very dif ficult place to the top of the hills, where they formed with great skill, but were fo immediately routed by a much more numerous body of the enemy, that all attempts to fuccour them were ineffectual, any further than the boats bringing from the rocks about 20 of them. While all this was tranfacting, Sir Thoma Stanhope, with four fhips of war, the battalions of Grey's and Stuart's, with 500, marines in transports, were opposite Sauzon, at the northern part of the island: Thefe troops were embarked in the boats, if poffible to divert the enemy from the principal object. A gale of wind coming on very quick after the retiring from the shore, has occafioned so much damage among the tranfports by lofs of anchors and flat boats, that it takes up a very confiderable time to put things in a way to attempt what further may be thought practicable. The lofs of flat boats in the gale is 22, which will render the force of landing much inferior to what it was at first attempted with. While the repairing and adjusting of thefe defects is in hand, I hope fome spot may be agreed upon, where we may be more fuccessful in the attempt than we were on the 8th; but if not fo, I hope his Majefty will believe I have had nothing more at heart, than the exerting the force entrusted to me, in a manner most conducive to the honour of his arms. I have inclofed you, Sir, an account of the lofs of the feamen, sustained in the attack of the 8th and General Hodgson would have sent you that of the troops, but it has been fuch conftant bad weather ever fince, that it has been impoffible to collect it. I have the honour to be, &c. A. KEPPEL. A lift of officers and feamen killed, wounded and miffing, at the attack made upon Belleifle, the 8th of April,-1761. Valiant. 1 Midshipman, & feamen, killed, Lieut. Gregory, 2 Midshipmen, and 20 feamen, wounded. Valiant. Valiant. ■ Midshidman and 18 feamen all: Two lighters and several boats were miffing. FRIDAY May 1. The most noble John Marquis of Granby was, by his majesty's command fworn of his majesty's most hon. privy council, and took his place at the board accordingly. SATURDAY May 2. Edward Winwood was examined before John Fielding, Theodore Sydenham, Benjamin Cox and Thomas Balack, Efqrs. at Mr. Fielding's houfe, being charged on fufpicion of having by negligence fired, or caused to be fired, the ftables or out-houfes of Mr. Poulter and partner, ftable-keepers in Swallow-ftreet, which fire was the cause of burning down several houses adjoining, and doing confiderable damage to the injury of many inhabitants; when after a long examination the faid Winwood was convicted of the faid offence upon the fulleft evidence, in the penalty of 100l. agreeable to the ftatute of Queen Anne. By the 6th of Ann, cap. 31ft. feet. 3d. 'it is enacted, "That if any menial or other fervant or fervants through negligence or careleffness, fhall fire, or caufe to be fired, any dwelling-house, or out-houfe, or houfes, fuch fervant or fervants shall on conviction forfeit and pay the fum of one hundred pounds to the Church-wardens of the parish where fuch fire fhall happen, to be diftributed amongst the sufferers in fuch proportions as to the faid Church-wardens fhall feem juft; and in default of payment to be committed to fome workhouse, or houfe of correction, to hard labour, for the space of eighteen months." SUNDAY May 3. About one o'clock this morning, a terrible fire broke out at a Bifcuit Baker's near Pelican-ftairs, Shadwell, which took the houfes on both fides the way till within three houses of King James's stairs, and up Fox's-lane. It burnt with great violence about feven hours, and reduced about 40 houses to ashes. One hip, which lay near the Wharf, took fire, but was hap pily extinguished; and it was with great difficulty feveral other fhips were preferved. Some perfons had their limbs fractured, and were carried to the London-hofpital. It is feared feveral perished in the flames: most of the inhabitants loft their burnt. MONDAY May 4. His majesty's fhip Milford, commanded by Capt. Robert Man, being on a cruize, off Cape Finisterre, bearing N. 58. 50. E. diftant 132 leagues, took on the 9th past, the Fidelle brig, a French privateer belonging to Bayonne, of four carriage and seventeen fwivel guns, with 45 men. This day a little after two o'clock, the denly alarmed by the appearance of a cow people on the Royal Exchange were fud(hard drove from Smithfield) at the fouth gate; and the confternation instantly increased to fuch a degree (though the beast did not run in upon 'Change) that a prodigious buftle enfued: fome loft hats and wigs; fome their fhoes; others lay upon bruised, &c. Whilft this fright prevaileď the ground in heaps, with their limbs upon 'Change, the cow turned into 'Change-alley, which frighted not a little not only all the bulls, but the bears too; however, they foon recovered from the alarm, on hearing that it was only a Cow, and that the was turned off another way. During the alarm on the Exchange, a rumour of an earthquake prevailed, and many threw themselves flat on the ground, expecting to be swallowed up, and not knowing where to run for safety. WEDNESDAY May 6. This day the hon Thomas Harley, Efq; one of the representatives of this city, was chofen alderman of Portfoken-ward, in the room of Sir William Calvert, Knt. deceas ed, without opposition. A court of common-council was held at Guildhall, when the following motion was made by Mr. deputy Paterfon, "That the freedom of this city be prefented to the right hon. Arthur Onflow, Efq; fpeaker of the house of commons in five fucceffive parliaments, as a grateful and lafting teftimony of the refpectful love and veneration which the citizens of London entertain for his perfon and distinguished virtue : for the many eminent qualifications he difplayed, the unwearied and difinterested labours he bestowed, and the impartial and judicious conduct he maintained, in the execution of that arduous and important office, during a courfe of three and thirty years; and for that exemplary zeal which upon all proper occafions he exerted with so much dignity and success, in support of the the rights, privileges, and constitutional independence of the commons of GreatBritain." And the question being put, it was unanimously refolved in the affirmative, and ordered accordingly. Another motion was made, "That a copy of the freedom of this city, with the above refolution inferted therein, fhould be delivered by the chamberlain to the right hon. Arthur Onslow, in a gold box, of the value of 100l." And the queftion being put, was refolved in the affirmative, and ordered accordingly. Sir Thomas Harrison, chamberlain, and the town clerk waited on Sir John Phillips, Bart. with the freedom of this city, puríuant to an order of common-council, to whom he returned an obliging answer for the honour they had conferred on him, THUESDAY May 7. The stewards for the fons of the clergy collected at the rehearsal of the mufick in St. Paul's church, on Tuesday, 2481. 18s. 9d. At the church doors, 1791. 78. 3d. And at the dinner at Merchant-taylorshall, 650l. 9s. 3d. In the whole 10781. 755. 3d. All which money the ftewards difpofe of within the year, in putting forth the children of poor clergymen apprentices. Mr. Gideon was fo generous as to continue his ufual benefaction of rool. SATURDAY, May 9. By certain accounts from Belleifle we are informed, of the death of Sir William Peere Williams, bart. which happened in the following manner: his eagerness to fee every thing, carried him to vifit a lieutenant of colonel Burgoyne's regiment, who, with a party of dragoons, was posted very near the enemy, and likely to come to action with them. In the dark he loft his way, and fell in with a French poft, who fired at the first hearing the trampling of his horfe, and shot him stone dead. SUNDAY, May 10. About three o'clock in the afternoon, a duel was fought at the Cardigan-Head tavern, Charing-Crofs, between a captain in the navy, and a gentleman of Bristol. They agreed to throw by their fwords, and decide the quarrel with piftols. At the first discharge the captain received a ball in his right breast, which went out at his fhoulder, upon which he fell. The gentleman was immediately fecured and carried before Juftice Fielding, who committed him to New Prifon. The captain is fince dead. TUESDAY, May 12. Early this morning as some journeymen carpenters were going through the Green Park, they perceived a young woman throw herself into the bafon; they inftantly haftened to her affiftance, and one of them immediately jumped in with his clothes on, and brought her up in his arms and laid her on the grafs, and the foon recovered: the faid fhe was extremely forry for the attempt she had made, but refused to give any account of herself. The earl of Bute's office is removed from Whitehall to Cleveland Row. THURSDAY, May 14. They write from Quebec, that fome British merchants there have laid a memorial before governor Murray, complaining that by the 26th, 37th, and 48th articles of the capitulation, the French are at liberty to export to France, what quantity of peltries they please: an hardship they think extremely great, as the French continue to be poffeffors of the fur trade. They pray for a stop to be put to this kind of exportation, and to the importation of French goods from Guernsey and Jersey. SATURDAY, May 16. Admiralty-Office. Extract of a letter from vice-admiral Sanders to Mr. Clevland, dated at Gibraltar Bay, April 6. "I have the fatisfaction to defire you will acquaint their lordships, that his majesty's fhip Ifis fell in with the Oriflame, on the ift inftant, off Cape Tres Forcas, and took her; they are now both arrived in this bay. I am extremely forry to acquaint their lordships, that altho' the Ifis had only four men killed, captain Wheeler is unfortunately one of that number. The Ifis had nine wounded, two of them badly. The number killed and wounded in the Oriflame, are not yet ascertained, but are suppofed to be between 40 and 50. She had 40 guns mounted, 26 of twelve-pounders, and 14 of eighteen, and upwards of 370 men. She fails remarkably well; has lately had a thorough repair; is well found in all refpects; and carries her ports extremely well, though now deep. There is just now come into the Bay, a French Polacre, bound from Marfeilles to Martinico, taken a few days fince by his majefty's fhip Firm, about 25 leagues to the weft ward of the Gut." Admiralty-Office, His majefty's fhip the Milford, has taken and carried into Kingroad, Bristol, a French privateer, called the Admiral, which he fell in with in lat. 40 deg. 33 min. north long, from London, 13 deg. 30 min weft. She mounts 12 fourpounders, and 16 swivel guns, with 65 men, and had been out two months from Bayonne, TUESDAY May 19. The following motion was made in the court of common-council, That many fatal accidents being frequently occasioned by the driving of horned cattle through this city and liberties, in a careless or ⚫ inhuman manner, it be earnestly recommended to the right hon. lord-mayor and the rest of the worthy magistrates, to exert their authority to fupprefs this growing evil fo contrary to the police of the metropolis, and the fecurity of its inhabitants.' And the question being put, the fame was refolved in the affirmative, and ordered accordingly. WEDNESDAY May 20. Capt. Scroop of the Hampton-Court man of war, arrived exprefs at the Admiralty from Belleifle, with a journal of the proceedings of our troops against Palais; That General Hodgfon had drove the French out of their strong fortified camp, who had retired into the citadel. . That the General had two days before opened feveral batteries, which were playing with great fuccefs, and he hoped to be master of the place in a few days. That as Col. Craufurd with his two aids de-camp, and 50 men, were reconnoitring in the night, they were furrounded and made prifoners by a party of 300 French. That the man of war's boat coming into Portsmouth was overfet in a hard gale of wind, and two lieutenants, the cockswain, and a fearoan were drowned; that Capt. Scroop was providentially faved by swimming; but, that the difpatches were loft. The French had not received the fuccours at Belleifle, as was reported. THURSDAY May 21. Lift of the fixteen Peers for of Scotland, Earl of March Earl of Marchmont Earl of Bute Viscount Stormont Lord Cathcart Thirty-nine Peers voted, and there were 18 proxies, and three figned lifts. His majefty's thip Biddeford, commanded by Capt. Howe, has taken the Marquis de Beringhen French privateer, of 8 carriage, and 6 swivel guns and 60 men. His majesty's fhip Arethufa, Captain Keeler, has taken the Quemper French privateer of 8 fwivel guns and 65 men. TUESDAY May 26. This day the new Knights companions of the moit hon. order of the Bath were inftalled in Henry the feventh's chapel in Westminster-abbey; The following is a lift of the Knights, and their Efquires. The right hon. Lord Carysfort. His Efquires; the hon. Joshua John Proby, Henry Hill, of Guildford in Surry, Richard Bigland. The right hon. Lord Blakeney. His Efquires; Grice Blakeney, Matthew Howard, Ifaac Akerman. Admiral SirGeorge Pocock. HisEfquires; John Otborn, John Byng, Thomas Fitche. Efquires; Richard Cox, George Boscawen, Major-General Sir Jeffery Amherst. His Thomas Lenox Frederick. Major-General Sir John Griffin Griffin. His Efquires; Lieut. Col. William Evelyn, Lieut. Col. Thomas Rowyer, John Schutz. Sir Francis Blake Delaval. His Efquires; Thomas Delaval, Thomas Huffey Apreece, James John Fenouhlet. Sir Charles Frederick, His Efquires; Edward Hugh Bofcawen, John Fremantle, Charles Frederick. Sir George Warren. His Efquires; William Egerton, Philip Champion Crifpigny, George Wilbraham. Admiral Sir Charles, Saunders. His Ef quires; Young, ... Piggott,..... Clarke. THURSDAY- May 28. From Gibraltar we are informed of the death of Lord Home, governor of that garrifon; and that Admiral Saunders failed on a cruize on the 25th of last month. 000000 THE British Magazine, For JUNE, 1761. The LIFE of Dr. FRANCIS ATTERBURY, Bishop of ROCHESTER, [concluded.] T HE fecret committee of the house of commons, appointed to examine into the plot, reported that various methods were attempted, and various times fixed, for putting the defign in execution. That the first intention was to have procured a regular body of foreign troops to invade these kingdoms, at the time of the elections for members of parliament. But the confpirators being disappointed in this expectation, refolved next to make an attempt at the time it was generally believed his majesty intended to go to Hanover, by the help of fuch officers and foldiers as could pafs into England unobserved from abroad, under the command of the duke of Ormond, who was to have landed in the river with a great quantity of arms, provided in Spain for that purpose. That the Tower was at the fame time to have been feized, and the city of London made a place of arms: but that this defign alío being difappointed by many concurring June, 1761. events, the confpirators found themselves under a neceffity of deferring their enterprize, till the breaking up of the camp: during which interval they laboured by their agents and emiffaries, to corrupt and feduce the officers and foldiers of the army; and depended so much on their defection, as even to entertain hopes of placing the Pretender on the throne, though they should receive no affistance from abroad. What share bishop Atterbury was fufpected to have had in this confpiracy, appears from this fame report, which charges him with carrying on a traitorous correfpondence, in order to raise an infurrection in the kingdom, and to procure foreign forces to invade it. In fupport of which accufation, three letters were produced, fuppofed to be written by the bishop, under the feigned names of Chivers, Mufgrave, and Jackson. This occafioned a refolution of the houfe of commons, March 11th 1723; "That Francis lord bishop of Rochester, was principally concerned in forming, direc ΝΕ ting, |