and Wigmore, of the Sandwich. Wounded. Capt. Houlton, Hon. Lieut. Alex. Cockrane, of the Montagu; Capt. Carey, of the Marines; Capt. Ogle, of the 87th reg.; Capt. Newnham, Lieuts. Steward and Jas. Smith, of the Grafton; Lieut. Eaw. Smith, of the Sandwich; Lieut. Harriott (marines), of the Elizabeth; and the gunner of the Intrepid. G. B. RODNEY." Friday 26. 9. Hon. Mifs Grenville, to the Hon. Mr. Neville, fon of the earl of Abergavenny. 11. Rev. Mr. Evans, of Bafingstoke, to Mifs Sheppard, fifter of the Rev. Tho, Sheppard, D.D. of Amport, in Hampshire. 20. Major Vyfe, to Mifs Howard, dau. of Sir George Howard. 23. Cha. Jacombe, efq; of Bucklersbury, merchant, to Mifs Smart of Enfield. 24. Lord Parker, fon to the earl of Mac The long-debated malt bill received the clesfield, to Mifs Drake, of Amersham. royal affent by commiffion. News arrived this day, that 14 fail of the line, with transports having 11,000 troops on board, failed from Cadiz to the weftward on the 28th of April laft. Wednesday 31. The Jamaica papers give a melancholy account of the deftruction among the shipping, occafioned by a hurricane that happened on the 22d of Feb. at Montego Bay, which continuing to blow with astonishing fury till day, caused such a swell of the fea that nothing could refift its violence. That evening the whole harbour was covered with the wrecks of different veffels, for neither ship nor boat could escape the undistinguishing deftruction. Most happily no lives were loft, or next to none, the fury of the ftorm being chiefly exerted during the day. The houses that were fituated near the beach fuffered confiderable, and the wharfs were torn from their foundations. The oldeft perfon living never remembers a fcene of fuch defolation. Twentyfeven veffels (11 fquare-rigged), 4 schooners, 3 large floops, the reft fmaller craft, all bearing canvas, were either bulged or beat to pieces, few or none of which will ever be fit again to go to fea. BIRTHS. R DEATHS. EV. Mr. Sparrow, rector of MonctonFarley and Chicklade, co. Wilts. Mr. Martinet, merchant, in Friday-street. At Hanflett, near Leeds, aged 104, Joshua Simpfon, efq; Rev. Mr. Fox, aged 76, vicar of Clirton, Warwickfh. and Watford, Northamptonf. The Hon. Rich. Savage Naffau, brother to the earl of Rochford. He was one of the clerks of the board of green cloth, and member for Malden in Effex. Apr. 11. At Bofton, aged 70, Richard Fydell, efq; once reprefentative in parliament for that borough. 17. Hon. Henry St. John, son of the late, and uncle to the prefent, Lord St. John, of Bletfoe, captain of the Intrepid man of war, on board which he was killed, with his rft and 2d lieutenants, by the fame cannon ball, in the fight with the French fleet off Guadaloupe. He married Mary Schuyler of New York, by whom he has left:ffue one fon Henry21. Lady Anne Hope, dau. of the earl of Hopetoun. 25. At Tottenham, Matt. Warrington, efq; aged 76. Edw. Holland, efq; many years general furveyor of the duty on windows for the HE lady of Wilfon, efq; dau. of London diftri&t. 26. Jonathan Dashwood, efq; formerly a The lady of Sir Geo. Brydges Rodney, bt. Turkey merchant. of a daughter. The lady of Sir M. White Ridley, of a fon. R EV. Tho. Brookes, D. D. rector of Rev. Dr. Ferris, dean of Battle, to Mifs Dixon, of Cockermouth. Ar Edinburgh, Capt. Robt. Mackenzie, to Mifs Harriot Anne Mackenzie, fecond dau. of Dr. Alex. Mackenzie, physician, in Rofs. Apr. 26. The Rev. Mr. John Edwards, rector of Tilfhead in Wilts, to Miis Jaques. 27. Robt. Oliver, efq; to Mils Waller. May 2. The Hon. Mr. Clifford, eld. fon of the Right Hon. Lord Clifford, to the Hon. Mifs A. Langdale dau, of the late L. Langdale. Rich. Brooke, efq; to Mifs Mary Cunliffe, fecond dau. of the late Sir Rob, Cunliffe, bt. 4. Rev. Sandford Harcaftie, rect. of Athol in the co. of York, to the dowager countess of Mexborough. Rev. Hugh Morgan, rector of Rofs, to Mifs Edwards, only dau. of Jas. Edwards, efq; of the Hill Top, co. of Hereford. The Right Hon. Lord Cha. Gordon, uncle to his grace the duke of Gordon. At Abingdon, Berkih. Mr. John Alder, who was fo fortunate as to get 20,000l. in a former lottery. Fra. Cholmeley, efq; aged 75. 27. At Bruffels, Mrs. Taylor, wife of the Rev. Mr. Taylor, of Bifrons, Kent. At Windfor, Mrs. Eliz. Baker, eldest fifter of the late Sir Wm. Baker, knt. and alderman of London. James Pratt, a labourer, aged 113. 28. At Chelfea, the Rev. Jas. Wilkinson, D.D. aged 82. 29. Rev. W. Vernon, rector of Hanbury co. Worcester, and Burton on the Water, co. Gloucester. Geo. Hartley, efq; counfellor at law. In child-bed, Mrs. Hughes, wife of Hughes, efq; of Bettfhanger, co. Kent, and eldeft dau. of the late John Hallet, efq; of Dunmow Priory, co. Effex. 30. Robt. Parfons, efq; aged 80, comptroller general of his majef y's Culloms. A At Weft-Mill Farm in Hampshire, Mr. Tho. Dickens, a farmer, aged 105. His wife died last year, aged 98. May 3. Mr. John Whifton, formerly an eminent bookseller in Fleet-freet. Hon. Capt. Geo. Falconar, commander of his majesty's fhip Invincible. At Bath, Edward Knight, efq; 4. At Kentish Town, Tim. Dawkins, efq; aged 76. The Rev. Michael Tyfon, B. D. F. A. and R. S. rector of Lamborn, co. Effex, late fellow and prefident of C. C. C. Cambridge. James Sam. Armstrong, efq; 5. Theodofius Fitzpatrick, efq; aged 98. At Wellingore, near Lincoln, Lady Sophia Neville, daughter of the late, and fifter to the prefent earl of Gainsborough. 6. Sir Godfrey Webster, bart. of Battle Abbey, co. Suffex. His title defcends to his eld. fon, now Sir Chrifto. Webfter, bart. 7. Mrs. Fisher, wife of Dr. Fisher, of Covent Garden theatre, and widow of the late Mr. Powell, At Shrewsbury, Sir Charlton Leighton, bart. He is fucceeded in title and estate by his eldest son, now Sir Charlton Leighton, bt. 8. Sebaftian Webster, efq; formerly one of the reprefentatives for Scarborough. 9. In Brook-ftreet, Geo. Montagu, efq; hereditary ranger of Sawley Foreft, in Northamptonshire, and fecretary to the chancellor of the exchequer, to whom he has left a confiderable legacy. He was the eldest fon of the late brigadier-general Montagu, only brother of George, the fecond earl of Halifax. 10. At Mortlake, Mrs. Bullock, aged 101. Cha. Hornby, efq; firft fecondary of the pipe-office, Gray's Inn. At Rauceby, Lincolníh. Mrs. Pugh, wife of the Rev. John Pugh, vicar of that parish, and daughter of the late Sam. Heathcote, efq; of Portland-street, Soho. 11. Mr. Sam. Jones, merch, Tower-ftr. 12. At Chelsea, aged 74, C. Maynard, efq; Dr. Collet, phyfician at Newbury, Berks. His amiable qualities and eminence in his profeffion, defervedly entitled him to that extenfive practice which he enjoyed for a great number of years. See a paper by him in Phil. Tranf. vol. L. part I. art. 15. on a peat pit near Newbury; exploding the common opinion that peat is renewed in a few years after it has been cut out. At Newington, Dan. Stow, efq; of the navy-office. At Worcefter, Mr. John Bell, attorney at law, and deputy town-clerk of that place. 13. In Bedford Row, Rich. Atterbury, efq; aged 90. In Great Marlborough-ftr. aged 78, Gould Clarges, efq; uncle to Earl Ferrers, and Sir Tho. Clarges, bart. George Lawley, efq; 14. Nath Stephenson, efq; aged 76. Rob. Wallingham, efq; aged 99. 1. In Oxford-ftr. Benj. Thornton, efq; Win. Mafters, efq; He was formerly a up the Levant. At Edinburgh, Dr. John Boswell, physician. 17. At Appleton, Berksh. the Rev. Dr. Tho. Winchester, rector of that parish, and formerly fellow of Magdalen Coll. Oxford. At Tottenham, Mr. Rich, Walkden, formerly an eminent ftationer on London Bridge. 18. Sir Charles Hardy; of whom, fee the Memoirs in p. 213. 19. Mr. Collington, woollen-draper, in Whitechapel, one of the people called Quakers. He was one of four children at a birth, all boys; his other three brothers are all living. In the Clofe, Salisbury, Edw. Poore, efq; formerly recorder of that city, and one of its reprefentatives in parliament. 21. In Burlington-freet, the Hon. Tho. Townfhend, one of the oldeft tellers in the exchequer, and father of Tho. Townshend, efq; member for Whitchurch in Hants. He was 2d fon of Charles, ad vifc. Townshend, and represented the university of Cambridge in five parliaments. He was born June 2, 1701, and married, 1730, Albinia, dau. of Col. John Selwyn, by whom he had three fons, 1. Thomas above-mentioned, 2. Charles, 3. Henry, killed in Germany 1760, and two daughters, Albinia, married, 1752, to George vifc. Middleton of the kingdom of Ireland, and Mary. Rev. Cha. Bishop, M.A. minister of Temple Guiting, and vicar of Lower Guiting and Badgworth, in Gloucestershire. 23. The fon of Mr. Allen, attorney, of Kirby ftreet, Hatton-ftreet, aged 11, of a fore throat. 25. Sir Hen. Englefield, of White Knighte, near Reading, bart. 27. John Lewis Petit, M. D. F. R. and A.S. of Ruffel-ftr. Bloomsbury, phyfician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, aged 42. *** Promotions, Preferments, &c. in our next. PRICES of STOCKS. Bank Stock, India ditto, South Sea ditto, Ditto Old Ann. Ditto New Ann. 59 3 per Ct. Bk. red. 59 a 3 per Ct. Conf. 60 a Ditto 1726, Ditto 1751, India Ann. 3 May 29. 4 per Ct. Conf. 1762,59 a 59 4 per Ct. 1777, 73 India Bonds, 24s. Pr. Navy & Vict.Bills, 11perct.di. Long Annuities, 162 Short ditto, Scrip. 75 a Omnium 7 pr. Annui. 1778, 12a I Lottery Tickets, 131.95. 11 per ct. 16 a 13 75 a 7플 131. 75. od. Prices of Grain.- Meteorological Diary of the Weather.-Bill of Mortality. AVERAGE PRICES of CORN, from June 12, to June 17, 1780. London Wheat Rye Barley Oats Beans COUNTIES INLAND. Mildledex Surry 03 4 210 OI 112 о Wilts 4 02 OI 8 3 3 Berks 4 210 01 11 92 7 July WALES, June 5, to June 10, 1780. 4 2313 6/12 1/2 3/3 A Meteorological DIARY of the Weather for JULY, 1779. Weather. North Wales South Wales 4 $779. ISE 63 | a fine bright warm day 63 ditto a fine bright day, but cooled by the wind a good many flying clouds, fome partial thowers a good deal of rain, but fome bright intervals fome very heavy thowers, with thunder and lightning many flying clouds, but little or no rain finer airday,heavy rains,withthun.&light.allthe even. 2 clofe gloomy hot day fone flying clouds, but clofe and hot 464chietly cloudy, with fome trifling rain, bright at inter. 62 ditto treth 29 31 dato 29 ditto 29 4 67 1661 Buried. ditto, feveral partial smart showers Bill of Mortality from May 30, 10 June 20, 1780. 1472 Males 6897 Females 7835 Whereof have died under two years old 460 Peck Loaf IS. IId. but feveral flying clouds THE Gentleman's Magazine; For JUNE, Debates in Parliament from p. 212. 1780. He Sir Ch. B-nby objected ftrongly Dec. 8. to the augmentation of our army, as HE Houfe went into ftated by the Secretary at War, on the committee on the grounds of inability to fupport the exarmy estimates. pence, and infanity in relying upon Mr. Sec. J-nk-nf-nany other fecurity than what our infuftated the numbers lar fituation pointed out, namely, a employed last year, ftrong naval force. The augmentation and the troops that of our navy, the natural bulwark of would be wanted this empire, was the object which every this. The former, he faid, amounted B Englishinan ought to be anxious to to 95,000, the latter to 111,000; laft promote; and he never, he faid, gave a year the militia, including fenfibles, vote in that Houfe with more heart-felt were 17,000, this year they would be fatisfaction than that which was lately 42,000; foreign troops laft year 24,000, demanded for 85,000 feamen. this year nearly the fame; the artillery begged the country gentlemen, before about 5000; which with the additional they gave their votes for the immenfe companies and new levies would make army which had been ftated, to compare a total of 179,500 effective men. He the enormity of the expence with the gave, as the reafon for applying for fo effects the measure intended was likely large a land force, our inferiority at to produce. All men were united withfea, and our confequent inability to Dout doors in one opinion, that our views provide at once for our defence at home, of conqueft by land were hopeless, and and the protection of our diftant depen- all men, except fome far-fetched advo dencies in every other part of the world. He then acquainted the comcates from the North, beheld with af mittee with the diftribution of the E the councils of this nation were influtonishment the infatuation by which troops. In America and the Weft In- enced. This country has already indjes, 56,000 British, and 21,000 for- curred a debt of 190 millions; the mieigners; in Africa, Gibraltar, and Mi- nifter has borrowed 20 millions more norca, 15.000; in England, Scotland, at an exorbitant intereft, by which all and the illands adjacent, about 80,oco; private credit is effectually abolished. and upon different fervices abroad and F Under thefe circumstances is it poffible at home about 17,000. making fome obfervations on the late we can continue a war, year after year, And after for any man to entertain an idea, that imprefs act, its defects and advantages, against two of the richest and moft forhe concluded with palling a high encomium on the fpirit, alacrity, and public Gnation with that part of our diminished midable powers of Europe, in combivirtue, of the noblemen and gentlemen empire which in former wars gave who had fignalized them felves by con- ftrength and vigour to its operations? themfelves tributing to augment the frength of Why then continue the cone it? If the nation at this important critis. America is to be conquered, your army |