IN HISTORY of the PRESENT War. (N our laft, we mentioned the Ruffians having begun the fiege of Colberg; fince which, the following particulars relating to the proceedings there, have been received. In the night between the 18th and 19th of September laft, general Romanzow made a brifk attack on the Pruffian entrenchments, and gained fome adanytage. Next day the prince of Wirtemberg fell fuddenly with his horfe on the flank of the Ruffians, and feized a battery of 14 cannon, which he turned against them, and made fuch havock, that their lofs in killed, wounded, and prifoners, amounted to at leaft 3000 men. On the 27th the Ruffians made a fresh attack on the prince of Wirtemberg's intrenchments, but were repulfed with lofs. In the mean time, the admiral of the Ruffian fleet, finding that it was in vain to bombard the place any longer, put to fea, and has been followed by the Swedish fquadron. Thefe fleets meeting with great storms have been obliged to take fhelter in the Danish islands of Bornholm, and other ports of the Baltic, with the lofs of their masts, &c. Our advices from Berlin are, that the Ruffian general Platen has destroyed feveral confiderable magazines belonging to the Ruffians, at Coblin and Goftin; and that at a Convent, near the last-named place, he had attacked the Ruffian wagenbour confifting of 5000 waggons, guarded by 4000 men, whom he totally defeated with very little lofs on his fide, having made 2000 prifoners, and taken 5 haubarzers and 2 cannon: a great number of the Ruffians were flaughtered by the cavalry in the purfuit, after the action: autong the prifoners, there was one brigadier-general, named Czerapou, three majors, and 20 officers of inferior rank. The Pruffians immediately afterwards took the town of Corlin by ftorm, and made the Rufian garrifon prifoners of war, The king of Pruffia having quitted his trong camp at Pultzen, and marched towards Neiffe, general Laudohn took that opportunity to furprize Schweidnitz.--This event happened early in the morning of the first of October, when the Auftrians "attacked the four out-works at once, and fo fuddenly, that the garrison had scarcely time to discharge fome few cannon from the ramparts upon them. In one of the works, a magazine of powder took fire, and blew up 300 of the affailants and as many of the garrifon. Having feized the outworks, the Auftrians immediately placed their scaling ladders against the walls of the town, forced open the gates, and, by daybreak, were intirely mafters of the place, after a very short resistance, and made five battalions, confifting of 3000 men, prifoners, together with the governor, lieutenant general Zaftrow, and got poffeffion of all the Pruffian artillery, and magazines of meal. The number of Pruffians made prisoners on this occafion amounts to 3771, amongst whom are 113 officers. The lofs of the Auftrians confifts in 13 of ficers killed, 50 wounded, 266 foldiers killed, 957 wounded, and 140 miffing. The Ruffians had 5 officers wounded, 51 foldiers killed, and 41 wounded. The above account is given by the court of Vienna; by the relation of this tranfaction, as published at Berlin, they afcribe the lofs of the place to the blowing up cf the magazine, otherwife they fay the Auftrians would have been forced to retire before day-break; and affirm, that before this accident happened, there were only 2500 men in the body of the place and the outworks; and 15 or 1600 were too few to contend against 10, or 12,0000. The Swedes have lately made themselves mafters of the ports of Wollin and Camin, into which they have put ftrong garrifons. Several skirmishes have happened between the Swedes and Pruffians; in one of which major Sprengport, with a body of volurteers, surprised near Neunfund two battalions of Pruffian grenadiers, a battalion of Hord's regiment, and Belling's huffars, and handled them fo roughly, that he made about 200 prifoners, including 9 officers. Of the operations of the French and allied armies, we have the following particu lars :--A body of French light troops commanded by marshal Conflans, having ap. peared before Embden, on the 24th uit, and the burghers refufing to join in defending the place, the English garrifon, confifting confifting of two companies of invalids, making about 200 men, made an advantageous capitulation, and embarked on the 26th for Bremen. The French troops, on entering the town, extorted heavy contributions, and committed great exceffes, which having provoked the people to rife in arms against them, the first corps was obliged to abandon the country. They afterwards, however, returned in greater numbers, and have put a garrison of Soo men into Embden. A body of troops under Mr. Clofen appeared fuddenly on the 24th ult. before Wolfenbuttle, and after fummoning the place and receiving a refufal, threw feveral fhells into it. General Stammer, the governor of the town, defended it for fome time; but was, on the 11th of this month, obliged to furrender, to prevent the town ·(part of which was reduced to afhes) from being entirely burnt. After this, prince Xavier of Saxony immediately invested Brunfwic, and opened the trenches before it, but did not meet with the same fuccefs there; for general Luckner, joined to prince Ferdinand of Brunfwic, arrived by forced marches in the neighbourhood; and, whilst the general marched with his cavalry.towards Peine, prince Ferdinand attacked the French in their intrenchments, and forced them, with a confiderable lofs on their fide, and took above 200 prisoners, with feveral officers, one piece of cannon, and a major general. The young prince marched directly with fix battalions to Brunfwic, where he in the evening of the 13th inft. was received with the greatest joy, by the inhabitants and garrison; upon which the French abandoned their trenches with great precipitation; and they foon after quitted Wofenbuttle, having firft levied heavy contributions. Marthal Broglio took poffeffion of the caftle of Schartzfels, fituated on the Hartz, on the 25th ult. and, after taking out the guns, ordered it to be blown up.---Meppen, a small town in the bishopric of Munfter, furrrendered to the prince of Condé, after three days open trenches. DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. THEY write from Conftantinople, that a courier which Mr. Rexin, the Pruffian minister, lately difpatched to the king his mafter, was affaffinated upon the road by the janiffary that was fent with him as a guide. The murderer made his escape, but the dispatches were afterwards found, and restored to the Pruffian minister, by order of the grand fignior. Private advices from the Hague fay, that the fruitless breaking up of the conferences between the courts of Great Britain and France had occafioned fome deliberations in the affembly of the ftates, who refolved thereupon to put their naval force into a proper condition of defence against any emergency. THURSDAY, October 1. Sir Samuel Fludyer, lord mayor elect, and the recorder, attended by the fheriffs, waited on his majesty at St. James's with the compliments of the city of London, requesting that his majesty and his royal confort would be graciously pleased to honour this city with their prefence at dinner at Guildhall next Lord Mayor's day; which invitation their majefties were moft gracioully pleased to accept of, A few days ago the following melancholy accident happened at Mr. Joseph Reading's, at Tiffield wood houfe, near Towcester, Northamptonshire ; a boy about fix years old, and a girl about three, being left in the houfe alone, the boy feeing a gun hang up in the chimney, which was charged, got a chair and took it down, and laying hold of the trigger, it went off, and fhot the girl in the belly; the boy immediately ran to a neighbour, who came, end feeing the girl's cloaths on fire, instantly put the fire out; but the boy defiring the neighbour to look under her cloaths, perceived her bowels coming out, and after speaking a few words, the died almoft instantly. SATURDAY, 08. 3. Letters from the Groyne bring an account, that the right bon, the earl of Bristol, ambassador to the court of Madrid, hath wrote letters to all the English corfuls in Spain and Portugal, acquainting them, that there never was a better urderstanding, nor greater harmony, than there is at prefent, between his Britannic majefty and the court of Spain, notwith44 2 ftanding standing all the reports to the contrary; and that thofe reports have been only artful intinuations of the French court to ferve their own purposes. TUESDAY, O&. 6. Mr. Seaton's poetical prize was adjudged to Mr. Scott, Fellow of Trinity-college, Cambridge. The fubject of this year's poem, is Purity of Heart. The right hon. lord Napier is appointed one of the lords of police in Scotland, in the room of the earl of Hepeteun...The eftablishment of police now stands as follows: Earl of Marchmont, profes, falary 2000l. Lords, Scol. each. -Earl of Hyndford, Lord Napier, Earl of Galloway, Lord Aberdour. Lord Sommerville, Gentlemen, 400l. each. SATURDAY, Oct 10. The king has been pleafed to order, that the three forms of prayer and fervice, made for the 5th of Nov. the 30th of Jan. and the 29th of May, as alío a form of prayer for the 25th of October (being the fame as was appointed for the inauguration of his late majefty, with only fuch alterations as have been directed by order of Council, in relation to the prayers for the family), be ufed yearly, on the faid days, in all cathedral and collegiate churches and chapels throughout the kingdom. MONDAY, October 12. His majefty having been pleafed to appoint the right honourable Charles earl of Egremont, to be one of his principal fecretaries of state; his lordship was this day, by his majesty's command, fworn one Lood George Hay, Norman M'Leod, Efq; of his majefty's principal fecretaries of Sir Robert Stewart, THURSDAY, Oct. 3. The write from Lisbon, that at the public Auto de Fé celcbrated Jaft month there, among many other criminals variously punished for various crimes, one Jefuit (the famous Malagrida, one of the inftigators of the late hellish plot there) was condemned to be burnt, and was burnt accordingly; not for his crimes against the state, but for others of a religious nature, particuJarly against the Chriftian doctrine of the Trinity. The rest of the Jefuitical confpirators, not having been found guilty of crimes which immediately attack religion and divinity, are fill referved in his Moft Faithful majesty's prifons, to be tried in due time by fecular judges. FRIDAY, O. 9. St. James's. The right hon. William Pitt, having refign'd the feals into the king's bands, his majesty was this day pleased to appoint the earl of Egremont, to be one of his majelly's principal fecretaries of state. And, in consideration of the great and important fervices of the faid Mr. Pitt, his majesty has been graciously pleafed to dirent, that a warrant be prepared for granting to the lady Hefter Pitt, his wife, a barony of Great Britain, by the name, ftile, and title, of baronefs of Chatham to herself, and of baron of Chatham to her heirs male; and alfo to confer upon the faid Wm. Pitt, efq; an annuity of three thousand pounds ftering during his own life, and that of lady Heiter Pitt, and their fon John Pitt, efq; This day earl Temple, keeper of the king's privy feal, refigned the feal into his majefty's hand. ftate accordingly. WEDNESDAY, October 14. This day there was a meeting at the Infirmary at the city of Gloucester, of the ladies, trustees for portioning young women of virtuous characters in marriage, in honour of their majefties nuptials and coronation; when four young women were chofen to partake of that charity; to each of whom the following letter was delivered: "You have been elected this day by ballot, to receive a marriage portion of five pounds, which will be paid you by Mr. Arnold, the fecretary of the Infirmary, as foon as you fhall produce a certificate of your marriage. You will likewise be entitled to a benefaction of five pounds more at the end of the twelve months after your marriage, provided you and your husband shall be found to deferve good characters during that time. And, in order that you may begin the world properly, without running into unnecessary expence of any fort, the ladies do require, that you be married by banns, and not by licence; and that you do conduct yourfelves in all refpects in fuch a manner, as to do credit to their choice, and to become patterns of industry, fobriety, and good management to thofe of your rank and ftation. "As to the notion, which has been fpread all over the county, concerning the children of fuch marriages, as if the fons would be taken away to ferve as foldiers, alute yourself, that this is a very great untruth, invented by wicked perfons, who, not & not willing to do good themselves, are defirous of preventing any good being done by others. Your children, whether fons or daughters, will be as much the freeborn fubjects of the realm, as the children of the greatest perfon in it." Accounts have been received from Leeds, Newcastle, Durham, and other places in the north of England, and alfo from Scotland, of the great damage done by ftorms of rain, hail, &c. in thofe parts, the beginning of this month. THURSDAY, October 15. Between twelve and one o'clock, a woollen-draper in Cornhill ftood on the pillory, pursuant to his fentence, for a detestable crime; and notwithstanding the great number of peace-officers that furrounded the pillory, the populace pelted him very feverely, cut his breeches down, and tore his clothes off his back. After he had flood the ufual time, he was put into a coach, in order to be carried to Newgate; but the fury of the people was fo great, that he was obliged to be lodged in the Poultry-Compter till the crowd was difperfed. A furgeon was fent for to drefs his wounds, which were thought to be dangerous. There was the greatest concourie of people ever known on fuch an occafion. A child was killed in the crowd. SATURDAY, 0&cber 17. His majesty having been graciously pleafed to deliver the privy-feal to William Sharpe and Jeremiah Dyfon, Efqrs; whom his majesty, by letters patent under the great feal of Creat-Britain, hath conftituted commiffioners for executing the office of keeper of the privy-feal; they this day took the ufual oaths, as commiffioners for the custody of the privy-feal. Previous to the coronation, his majesty conferred the honour of knighthood on Sir Thomas Robinfon, and William Bretton, Efq; who reprefented the dukes of Normandy and Aquitaine, at the faid coronation. SUNDAY, October 18. At twelve o'clock, admiral Rodney, at St. Helen's, fired a fignal gun for the fleet under his command, to get under fail, which was executed in lefs than an hour. The fleet confifts of the following fhips; Marlborough, Modefte, Vanguard, Not tingham, Siren; Granada, Thunder, and Bafilifk bombs; and Fly-floop of war. TUESDAY, October 20. Adv.iralty. Captain Young, of his majefty's fhip the Mars, is arrived at Plymouth with the Amarante, a French privateer of 18 fix pounder guns, and 137 men, belonging to St. Malo's, which he took the 17th of last month. She had been out three weeks, and had taken but one brig from Madeira, which was ranfomed, and the ranfomer on board the privateer. This day a fire broke out at Workfopmanor, the feat of the duke of Norfolk, when the whole building, furniture, &c. were entirely confumed. It was one of the finest feats in England; there were 500 rooms in it, and the damage is fuppofed to amount to upwards of 100,000 1. WEDNESDAY, October 21. Letters were received from Dublin, with an account, that on the 6th of this month, his Excellency lord Hallifax, lord-lieutenant of that kingdom, arrived there; when his Excellency was received with the pomp and ceremony ufual on fuch an occafion. The foot-forces in garrifon lined the streets through which his Excellency (attended by a fquadron of horft) proceeded, amidst the acclamations of the people, to the caftle, where, in council, his Excellency took the oathis appointed to be taken by the lord-lieutenant of Ireland, and received the fword f.om their Excellencies the lords Juftices. THURSDAY, O. 22. A court of Common council was held at Guildhall, London, when it was agreed to prefent inftructions to the reprefentatives of that city in parliament on the prefent fituation of affairs; and to return Mr. Pitt thanks for his paft fervices: The inftructions were as follow: "We, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the city of London in common council affembled, think it at this time our duty, as ic is our natural and undoubted right, to lay before this city's reprefentatives in the great council of the nation, foon to be asembled in parliament, what we defire and expect from you, in discharge of the great trust and confidence, we and our fellow citizens have reposed in you. "That you take the earliest opportu nity to use your uninoft endeavours to ontain the repeal or amendment of the late act, intitled, " An act for the relief of infolvent debtors," in respect of the inconvenience arifing from the compulfive clause, by which a door has been opened to the greatest frauds and perjuries; and if continued, must become the destruction of all private credit, fo effential to the support of a trading people. "That you concur and promote all neceffary measures for establishing good œconomy in the diftribution of the national treasure; and for that purpose, that you endeavour to have a committee appointed, in order to enquire into any abuses, which may have arisen in the application of it, and to prevent any frauds or illicit practices in the management thereof. "That you entertain just sentiments of the importance of the conquests made this war by the British arms, at the expence of fo much blood and treasure, and that you will, to the utmost of your power and abjlities, oppofe all attempts for giving up fuch places as may tend to leffen our prefent fecurity, or by restoring the naval power of France, render us subject to fresh hoftilities from that natural enemy; particularly, that the fole and exclufive right of our acquifitions in North America, and the fisheries, be preferved to us. "As the present happy extinction of parties, the harmony and unanimity of all his majesty's fubjects, their zeal and affection to their native king, and the great increase of commerce, are most convincing proofs to us of this nation's ability still to carry on, and vigorously profecute the prefent just and neceffary war; it is our defire that you concur in giving his ma jefty fuch fupplies, as thail enable him to purfue all thofe measures, which may promote the true inte: eft of his kingdoms, and place him above the menaces of any power that may pretend to give laws, or prefcribe limits, to the policy and interefts of this nation: but as it is apparent, that our enemies flatter themfelves with the hopes of exhausting our strength by the immense expence, in which we are at prefent engaged, we therefore require you in the further profecution of this war, to fupport fach measures as may fruftrate those expectations, yet to act with the utmost vigour in the reduction of their remaining colonies, fo as to obtain a fafe and honourable peace." The following are the thanks returred to the hon. Mr. Pitt. "Refolved, that the thanks of this court be given to the right hon. William Pitt, for the many great and eminent fervices rendered this nation during the time he fo ably filled the high and important office of one of his majesty's principal fecretaries of flate, and to perpetuate their grateful fenfe of his merits, who by the vigour of his mind had not only roufed the antient fpitit of this nation, from that pufillanimous state, to which it had been reduced; but, by his integrity and steadiness uniting us at home, had carried its reputation in arms and commerce to a height unknown before, by our trade accompanying our conquefts in every quarter of the globe. "Therefore the city of London, ever stedfaft in their loyalty to their king, and attentive to the honour and profperity of their country, cannot but lament the national lofs of fo able, so faithful a minifter at this critical conjuncture." This morning came on the trial of John Perrot, a bankrupt, for concealing part of his effects, and, after a hearing of upwards of fix hours, he was found guilty. This night the houfe of Mr. Willon, of Stepney church-yard, was broke open, and ftript of all the best furniture, wearing apparel, &c. to the value of upwards of 2001. Mr. Wilfon and his family were at their houfe in Goodman's-fields. rogues were in no burry, as they drank tea, and some bottles of wine, and fastened the fore-door before they left the house. MONDAY, O&. 26. The Richard Parrot, for the murder of his wife, by cutting out her tongue, and Hefter Rowdon, for the murder of her bastardchild, were both executed at Tyburn. After they had hung the ufual time, their bodies were taken down; Parrot was carried to Hounslow-Heath, in order to be hung in chains, and Hefter Rowdon was carried to Surgeons-Hall for diffection. WEDNESDAY, October 28. The Right Rev. Dr. Thomas Hayter, bishop of London, was enthroned and installed with the ufual ceremonies in St. Paul's cathedral; and after Divine fervice, they all returned to the chapter-house, where his lordship being seated, the refdentiaries, prebendaries, minor canons, vicars choral, organist, and vergers, acknowledged their canonical obedience to his lord hip, according to cuftom. The following is an account of the number of |