the rest of the fleet by favour of the night elcaped." About two miles to the northward of Rush, in Ireland, one Mr. O'Connor has discovered a large coal-mine, which will produce great plenty of coal; it has been tried, and burns as well as any Newcastlecoal, at which the whole country are greatly rejoiced. MONDAY, Jan. 12. They write from Liverpool, that on the ift. inftant, James Johnfon, fon of Thomas Johnson, Weaver, fervant to Mr. Baxendale, Cabinet-maker, a youth about 13 years of age, being fent from thence to Crosbie with a letter, took his brother Samuel (a boy between nine and ten years old) with him; after they had delivered the letter, they mistook the road home, and the weather being extremely bad and boif terous, were benighted on Crosbie Marth. In the morning the elder lad was found fpeechlefs, lying on the ground, by one of the keepers of the Rabbit-warren, who brought him to Baxter's, and recovered bim by the help of a fire and fome brandy; the younger lad was found next day dead, near the middle of the Marsh. TUESDAY, Jan. 13. An officer who had come to the CrofsKeys, in Grace-hurch-street, in a stagecoach, and had brought with him a gun loaded with flugs, for his fecurity on the road, having ordered a coach to carry him from thence home, bid one of the porters of the inn, put his gun into the hackneycoach, in doing which the gun went off, and shattered the leg of a Camberwell stagecoachman, who was on the oppofite fide of the street, waiting to turn into the inn. Another flug is lodged in the poor man's thigh, and two in the buttock, of one of the horses. The man is carried to Saint Thomas's hofpital, but it is feared he cannot recover. He has a wife and two children, and remarkably sober and well be haved. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 14. From Belfast in Ireland, we are informed that the gentlemen of that town have waited on Jofeph Higginfon, Ffq; now heutenant-colonel to the 62d regiment, and prefented him with a large filver cup of exquifite workmanship, on which there is the following infcription: "To major Jofeph Higginfon, of the 62d regiment of foot, in gratitude, for his having exerted his great military knowledge, with the utmost care, vigilance and activity, for the fecurity of the town of Belfast, on the landing of the French troops at Carrickfergus, Feb. 21, 1760; this cup is presented by the inhabitants of the town of Belfast." And a cup of the fame fize and workmanship is likewife to be prefented to lieutenant-colonel Jennings, who commanded the troops at Carrickfergus, when the French landed there in February laft. His Majesty's letter is gone over to the lords Juftices of Ireland, ordering the pay. ment of upwards of 1300 pounds, being the amount of the expences incurred by the inhabitants of Belfast, on the occafion of M. Thurot's invafion. THURSDAY, Jan. 15. They write from Aberdeen, that as a young girl of that city was afleep, a dog, not suspected of madness, crept to her bed, and licked her face for fome time, which, upon awaking, she found all over in a lather of froth, and complained of no ailment that day. But foon after she was violently feized, with all the fymptoms of that dreadful infection, and died raving mad. From the fame place we are told, that laft week, a mad dog got into a gentleman's ftable, at a little distance from that town, and bit his horse. The poor creature catched the infection so suddenly, that he killed the dog, and fell a tearing his own flesh from the bones; but being shot through a hole, made on purpose, all further damage was prevented. FRIDAY, Jan. 16. Major-general Studholm Hodgson kissed his Majesty's hand, on being appointed commander in chief, of the forces going on a secret expedition as did alfo colonel Crauford, on his being appointed fecond in command thereof. The Right Hon. Robert Lord Henley, Lord-keeper of the Great Seal, this day delivered to his Majesty in Council, the Seal of Great-Britain, when his Majesty was pleased to restore the faid Seal to him again, with the title of Lord Chancellor of Great-Britain. After which his Lordship took the customary oaths. SATURDAY, Jan. 17. Admiralty-Office, Lieutenant John Symons, of his Majefty's fhip the Unicorn, of 28 guns and 200 men, gives an account, that on the 8th inft. capt. Hunt, (his predeceffor in the command of that ship) being cruifing off the Penmarks, discover ed, ed, and gave chace to a French frigate, and took her; the proved to be the Vestal, a frigate of the French king's, commanded by M. Boisbertelot, mounting 26 twelve and nine pounders upon her lower deck, and 4 fix pounders on the quarter deck and forecastle, with 220 men. She efcaped (as the prisoners declared) from the river Vilaine on the 2d inftant, under cover of a very thick fog, in company with two fhips of 64, Le Grand of 34, and Calipfo of 16 guns, and was bound to Breft. Cap. Hunt received a gunshot wound the third broadfide, in his right thigh, of which he died an hour after the action was over. The Unicorn had five men killed and ten wounded, fix of whem dangerously. The Vestal had many killed and wounded; and among the latter M. Boisbertelot, who loft his leg, and died of the wound next day. Lieutenant Symons is preferred to the command of the Mortar Sloop. The Sea-Horfe, captain Smith, has also had an engagement with the Grand, a French frigate, which lafted an hour and a quarter, with great warmth, during which the fhips were board and board feveral times; at length the French frigate fheer'd off. The Sea-Horfe had 11,men killed, and 38 wounded, many of the latter (capt. Smith fears) cannot recover. Another captain is appointed to the SeaHorfe (which is to proceed on her voyage) that capt. Smith may be at home, in the way to be preferred, the first opportunity. His Majesty's floop Swallow, has brought into Plymouth the Valeur privateer of St. Malo, of 4 carriage guns and 28 men, taken by the Aquilon. And the Hornet floop has taken and brought into Plymouth the Chevalier d'Artheffay, a fnow privateer belonging to Granville, of 8 carriage and 6 fwivel guns, and 58 men. MONDAY, Jan. 19. There have been taken, in the space of two months, fifteen flips from Virginia and Maryland, bound to the port of London, having on board upwards of 7000 hogfheads of tobacco; there are ftill miffing from Virginia and Maryland, to the port of London, seven more veffcis, TUESDAY, Jan. 20. This day his Majefty went to the Honfe of Peers, in the ufual ftate, and gave his affent to, An act for granting to his majesty an additional duty upon ftrong beer and ale, and for raising a fum of twelve millions by way of annuities, and a lottery to be charged on the faid duty; and for further encouraging the exportation of strong beer and ale. An act for the regulation of his Majefty's marine forces, while on shore. And to one private act. Admiralty-Office. His majesty's fhip the Venus, of 36 guns and 240 men, commanded by capt. Harrison, arrived the 16th inftant at Plymouth, and brought in with her the Brune, a French frigate of 32 guns and 316 men; and a French privateer of St. Malo's, of 6 carriage and 6 fwivel guns, and 39 men. The Venus was in company with the Juno, of 32 guns, and 220 men, commanded by capt. Phillips, when they fell in with the Brune, on the 10th inftant, 50 leagues to the weftward of Scilly: after a chace of fome hours, the Venus came up with her, and engaged her upwards of two hours, when the Juno coming up, and firing a few guns, the Brune ftruck. The Venus had 4 men killed, and 18 wounded; among the latter were capt. Harrison, his first lieutenant, and mafter; and the Juno had 2 men wounded. The Brune had 19 kil led, and 39 wounded. On the 14th the Venus fell in with the privateer to which she gave chace, and upon coming up with her, the ftruck. THURSDAY, Jan. 22. They write from the Hague, that the young Prince of Naffau Weilburg, was baptized there the 13th inft. by the name of George-William-Belgicus, with much grandeur. At the ceremony 1977 guilders were collected for the poor. SATURDAY, Jan. 24. Whiteball. His Majefty has been pleafed to appoint Stanier Porten, Efq; to be Conful-General at Madrid. Francis Aikel, Efq; to be Conful at Malaga. Matthew Hiccox, Efq; to be Agent and Conful-General in the Madeiras. John Dick, Efq; to be Conful at Leg horn. James Holford, Efq; to be Conful at Genoa. Thomas Coxon, gent. to be Conful at Alicant. Albert Nesbitt, gent. to be Conful at the Canaries. John John Udny, gent. to be Conful at Venice. A few days fince, the only daughter of a reputable Publican, in the city of Weftunfter, eloped from her father's house, with a young man in the neighbourhood, and took with her, in notes and cash, upwards of 401. which had been laid by for the Brewer. Her father fufpecting the intrigue, informed her, that if she went after fuch a fellow, he would cut off her legs; the girl replied, he might if he pleased, but it would fignify little, for she would follow him upon her ftumps. MONDAY, Jan. 26. We learn from Scotland, that the increafe of the linen manufactory there laft year, has turned out very confiderable. By the returns from the stamp-masters, the linen ftamped for fale last year (exclufive of what is manufactured for private families, which too is very confiderable) is no lefs than 11,747,728 and 6-8ths yards, value 523,1531. 1os. 4d. The year preceding, the number of yards ftamped, amounted to 10,830,707, value 451,390l. 175. 3d. So that the increase this laft year, is no less than 917,021 and 6-8ths yards, value 71,762l. 13s. Id. Letters from Naples of the 30th ult. fay, that the late irruption of Mount Vesuvius, had covered the country with ashes and pamice ftones, for feveral miles round, which has caufed a great confternation in that capital. TUESDAY, Jan. 27. A gentleman at Merkin, in Cornwall, writes thus to his friend in London. "Laft week a Dutch veffel (fuppofed to be a fmuggler) was loft on this coaft. The country people, or rather savages, who are always watching for prey, found her in fuch a fituation, that it was doubtful whether the would be a wreck or not; but, in order to make her fo, (being animated with the profpect of good plunder) a warm conteft arofe between them and the failors, in which the latter gained the advantage, and it was thought, had the next tide proved favourable, they would certainly have, got her off; but wind and tide coming both violently against them, fplit the veffel, and drove the greateft part of the car80, which confifted chiefly of brandy and teas, on shore. Many of the crew loft their lives; and those who efcaped drowning were fript naked by these brutes in buman (hape, and cruelly fcourged; then left to fhift for themselves." We are informed from Geneva, that the celebrated Voltaire is writing a commentary on the Bible. THURSDAY, Jan. 29. His Excellency Mark Milbanke, Efq; his late Majesty's Ambassador to the Emperor of Morocco, and Commodore of the fquadron employed all laft fummer upon the coast of Barbary, is arrived at Portsmouth, in his Majesty's fhip Guernsey, with the Leghorn convoy under his command, after having completed the redemption of capt. Barton, and the crew of the Litchfield man of war, and his Majefty's other fubjects, flaves in those dominions, and establishing a peace with the aforefaid Monarch, infinitely more advantageous than ever subfifted with his ancestors. SHIPS taken on each Side, from the Commencement of the WAR, to the 31st of December, 1760. ENGLISH. FRENCH of which were ranf, retaken. 1756 294 8 21 42 2841 79 401 367 AMERICA. 151 22 283 112 283 42 149 32 130 67 996 275 Advices from Quebec affure, that Gen. Murray and the garrison there, are in perfect health, and have plenty of every thing; and that the Canadians feem well fatisfied with their late change of government. They write from Montreal, that the cafe of the poor Canadians is really deplorable, occafioned by the bankruptcy of the crown of France. Many of them who had, with great danger and labour, acquired eftates worth 20,000l. sterling, by the fur-trade, or otherwise, can now fcarce procure a dinner. All their remittances from their mother-country confifted in bills on the French king, which are not now worth one farthing, as nobody whatever will accept of them in payment. It is computed there is above the value of 3,000,cool. fterling of these useless paper fcraps, circulated thro' the colony, which, as a reward to the wretched inhabitants for all their hard.hips and fatigues, muft now fupply the place of affluence and independence. Moft, if not all of them, are perfectly reconciled to the British govera. ment, as they can now with fecurity, enjoy any little property they have; whereas formerly, Governor Vaudreuil made no ceremony of feizing the produce of their lands, their merchandize and manufactories of every kind, and after conveying them to the King's store-houses, paid to the proprietors any price he pleased. If the owners thereafter had occafion for any of their own commodities, they could not procure them under twenty times the price they had received. Letters from New-York represent our affairs in Carolina in a very bad light. They fay the Indians coming down against that province, amounted to 6000, and are going to lay fiege to fort Prince George, having rebuilt their towns, and got fupplies of provisions. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS, Rev. Dr. Dixon, Principal of EdmundHall, Oxford, in the room of Dr. Fothergill. Mr. Corn, to the living of Fixall, in Staffordshire, prefented by the University. J. Juftamond, M.A. Rector of Tarrant Kainfton, Dorsetshire, prefented by the Hon. Tho. Pitt. Mr. Charles Coldcale, Prebendary of Rochefter. William Willes, M. A. Archdeacon of Taunton, in the room of Mr. Potter, promoted to the Archdeaconry of Wells. PROMOTIONS. The Hon. Edward Finch, Efq; Surveyor of his Majesty's roads. Major Gen. Bofcawen, to the regiment of the late Lieut. Gen. Hufke. Earl of Albemarle, Governor of Jersey, in the room of Gen. Huske. Tho. Brudenel, Efq; Gentleman, and Mafter of his Majesty's robes. Lieut. Col. Rufane, to be Col. of the 76th regiment. Lord Forbes, Col of the 75th regiment, Lord Vifc. Villiers, a Lord of the Admiralty, in the room of Adm. Boscawen. The Lady of Dr. Dennison, Principal of The Lady of the Eari of Afhburnham, of a Son. Lady Hall, at the house of Douglass, of a Son. The Lady of the Earl of Ludlow, of a daughter. The Lady of Henry Bridgman, Esq; of a Daughter. MARRIAGES. Sir Ellis Cunliffe, Bart. to Mifs Molly Bennet. Capt. John Townsend, of Hem-House, Denbighshire, to Mifs Nancy Bennet. The Hon. Major Leslie, in Scotland, to Mifs Tullideph. John Drummond, of Logiealmond, to the Hon. Lady Catharine Murray. Sir Hugh Williams, Bart. to Lady Viscountefs Bulkeley. The Hon.and Rev. Dr. Talbot, to Mifs Ann Bouverie, fifter to Lord Folkstone. DEATHS. The pious and learned Dr. Stephen Hales, Clerk of the Closet to the Princess of Wales. Lieut. Gen. Huske, Governor of Jersey, and Col. of the reg. of Welsh Fufileers; died worth 80,000 1. Mr Charles Cottrell, of Philadelphia, aged 120; and his wife, aged 115. They had been married 88 years. Richard Whitfhed, Efq; of St. James's Street, worth 100,000l. Dr. Anthony Ellis, Bishop of St. David's. Right Hon. Edward Boscawen, Admiral of the Blue, &c. Capt. Peter Broomfish, in the King of Pruffia's fervice, aged 112.. He had been in the fervice of Pruffia 93 years; 20 of which he was a common foldier. The Right Hon. Lady Mary Gregory, daughter of the late Duke of Kent. THE ingenous Latin Poem DE VULGI INCONSTANTIA, is too long to be inferted. The Proprietors of the BRITISH MAGAZINE, ever ftudious to oblige their Readers, with it was in their Power to comply with all the Hints of advice they have received from different Correfpondents: but this is altogether impoffible, the advices being in themfelves fo contradictory. Such of them, however, as are practicable, and confiftent with the Plan of the work, fhall be punctually followed in due feafon. Variety of Mathematical Articles in our next. THE BRITISH MAGAZINE, For FEBRUARY, 1761. SIR LAUNCELOT GREAVES. [Continued. ] CHAP. XV. Exbibiting an interview, which, it is to be hoped, will intereft the curiofity of the reader. particular reafons, which concerned her peace, for retaining that dif to this preliminary with a good guife. Our adventurer submitted grace, as he had nothing in view HE mind of the de- but the injunctions of his order, and Alicate Aurelia was the duties of humanity; and he was Ttrangely agitated by admitted without further preamble. the intelligence which When he entered the room, he the received, with her could not help being struck with pocket-book, from the prefence of Aurelia. Her ftaDolly. Confounded as fhe was by ture was improved fince he had feen the nature of her fituation, fhe at her; her fhape was exquifitely form once perceived that he could not, ed; and fhe received him with an with any regard to the dictates of air of dignity, which impreffed him gratitude, refufe complying with with a very fublime idea of her perthe request of Sir Launcelot; but, fon and character. She was no lefs in the first hurry of her emotion, affected at fight of our adventurer, The directed Dolly to beg, in her who, though cafed in armour, apname, that the might be excufed peared with his head uncovered; for wearing a mafque at the inter- and the exercife of travelling had view which he defired, as he had thrown fuch a glow of health and February 1761. H viva |