Twenty English fhips caught, this feason, but II whales; 7 Scotch ships, but 6 whales. Whereas 138 Dutch fhips caught 287.

12th. The prifoners in Ludgate were removed to the London workhouse in Bishopfgateftreet, in order that Ludgate may be decorated against the approaching lord mayor's day.

The example of the king of Denmark has engaged a private gentleman of Copenhagen to devote the fum of 200 rixdollars, for four prizes of 50 rixdollars each, for the best answers by subjects of Denmark, to the following questions, to be delivered before the feast of St. John, 1762, viz.

"1. Why have we abfolute need of a divine Redeemer ?

2. What are the advantages and defects of the Danish language, compared with the German and French languages?

"3. To what point fathers, without prejudice to the ftate, may and ought to infpire their children with love for the publick weal?

66 4. Which countries have been the most happy, thofe where the writing upon public economy has not been permitted, or those where every one has had that liberty."

A very fenfible fhock of 14th. an earthquake was felt all

over the island of Guernsey, accompanied with a rumbling hollow noife; and tho' the wind was eafterly, a violent fwell of the fea fet in, all on a fudden, from the fouth west.

At Cumbernauld, in Scotland, they have lately had a violent ftorm, attended with thunder and lightnig, which have done great damage to the planting, and killed

above 1000 crows; upon examination it appeared, that their bones were all broke, and their flesh quite black, and when offered to the hogs, they refused to touch it.

Oxford, July 11. The fabjects appointed for the current year, for two orations to be spoken in the theatre for the prizes given by the Rev. Dr. Thomas Wilfon, prebendary of Westminster, are, for the Latin oration, Salus populi, fuprema Lex. For the English oration, The advantages of a safe, bonourable and lafting peace.

The four claffical prizes annually given, by their reprefentatives in parliament to the univerfity of Cambridge, have this year been adjudged to the following gentlemen.

Senior bachelors; Mr. Bates, of Peter Houfe; Mr. Fofter of Jefus College, brother to the late Dr. Nathaniel Foster Middle bat

chelors; Mr. Norris, of Caius College, fon of Anthony Norris, Efq; of Barton; Mr. Eyre, of Peter House.

Extract of a letter from com

modore Keppel, to Mr. Clev. 15th land, dated in Belleifle road, the 28th of July 1761.

"I yesterday received letters from fir Thomas Stanhope in Bafque road, extracts of which I here enclofe you, The enemy's fecond attempt to remove the ships attending the demolition of the works of Aix has been as ineffectual and difgraceful to them as their first was. The indefatigable pains and fkilful manner in which captain Chaplen, of the Furnace bomb, has directed the destroying the enemy's fortifications and works upon the island, has been fuch, that it would be injuftice in me not to acquaint their lordships of it. The whole is now finished, or within a

day

day of being fo, when it will be unneceffary to keep the fhips any longer fo near the island; and the enemy may then, if they please,

take a view of the ruins." Extract of a letter from fir Thomas Stanhope, to commodore Keppel, dated in Bafque road, July 22, 1761.

"Yesterday morning, about 8 o'clock, the fix prames that were in the Paffe de Fillies, attended by fome row-gallies, and a great number of launches, crowded with men, dropt down upon the first of the ebb, and placed themselves between the isle d'Ent and Fort Fouras, from whence they played on our fhips in Aix road, with 12 mortars, and upwards of 70 pieces of heavy can non, till paft 2 o'clock, when the reception they had met with from his majesty's ships obliged them to retire with difgrace to their former station.

"I herewith inclose you the report of captain Parker, of his majefty's fhip Buckingham, who directed the operations on this fervice." Extract of a letter from captain Parker, of his majesty's ship Buckingham, to fir Thomas Stanhope, dated in Aix road, July 22, 1761.

"At 7 o'clock yesterday morning, the enemy's fix prames loofed their topfails, and got under way, attended by fome row gallies, and a number of large boats and launches full of men. They ftood towards us with a land-wind, in a close line a-head; and from that motion, and the number of men, I judged they intended to attack us with refolution; but they foon hauled their wind, and brought up a regular line upon the fhoals, about two gunfhots from us, and at a quarter paft

9 began to bombard. In less than half an hour they got the distance exact, and we veered away, to be out of the range of their shells; but we found that when we veered, they weighed anchor, dropped with the tides, and ftill preferved their diftance; on which, all the ships hove a-head, expecting that they had neared us fo much as to bring them within reach of our cannon, and we imagined that feveral of our fhot ftruck them. At half an hour after 11 our own long-boats, and those of the fhips in Bafque road, came to affift us; and the ebb-tide being almost spent, we prepared to wrap nearer the enemy: about the fame time the Acteon, Fly, and Blaft floop joined us: the two latter I ordered to keep under fail, and the former to range along the prames, and to give them her broad fide as fhe paffed, in order to amuse them, and draw their attention from the boats employed in carrying out wraps, and from throwing fhells at the line of battle fhips, many of which feil as near as poflible with out touching.

At half past 12 the Acteon ran aground on the tail of the PallBank: the boats were immediately dispatched with ftream-anchors, and hawlers to her affiftance, and about 2 o'clock the floated. This accident prevented all the hips from warping, except the Naffau, who was directed to cover the A&tæon; and the laid out warps, which obliged five of the prames (the tide of flood now making) to retreat to their former moorings, and the other to get under the cannon on the S. point of Oleron. During the bom bardment, captain Chaplen threw from the Furnace 32 fhells which were extremely well directed. This

morning

this morning one of the five prames dropped with the flood above the men of war in the river.

"Before I conclude this letter, I muft beg leave (in justice to captain Ourry) to acquaint you, that he executed my orders with the greatest bravery and refolution, and thewed a fpirit and addrefs becoming the character of a British officer.

"The Acteon had 4 men killed, and i wounded, and a great part of her rigging cut. One of the foreputtock-throwds, and the mizentop fails braces of the Buckingham were fhot away. One of the enemy's fhells fell under the Naftau's counter, lifted the ship a little, drove, in two trúnnels, and fhook her whole frame. Several fhells fell alfo very near the Monmouth and Buckingham. We are now certain of the weight of metal which the prames carry, one of their hot being on board the Acteon, and weigh upwards of 38 lb."

Captain Elphinfton, of his majefty's fhip Richmond, gives an account in his letter dated in Yarmouth roads the 9th inftant, that while he was on the coaft of Norway, he took a French privateer called le Facheur, with 6 carriage, and 8 fwivel guns, and 40 men, with one ranfonier on board.

Twenty-two country transports, all healthy young fellows, who were fometime ago taken by the French in their voyage to America, and refufed, it is faid, to inlift with them, being fince ret ken and brought from Portsmouth to the new goal in Southwark, were delivered from thence, having received the king's free pardon, on condition of ferving as foldiers in his majesty's 49th regiment of foot now in Jamaica.

Since the conqueft of Canada,

Great-Britain is become the fupe plier of great part of Europe with furs from Flanders feveral large orders have lately come over; and from Ruffia orders have been received of the like kind, as that country cannot produce all the skins its inhabitants make use of.

The world may expect foon to fee fome of the divine works of Raphael, engraved by Mr. Strange: that gentleman has, on account of his extraordinary merit, met with a diftinguished reception at Rome : Prince Rezzonico has not only obtained permiffion from his uncle the Pope, that fcoffolding be erected in the Vatican, fo that Mr. Strange may make what drawings he pleafes; but also affigned him a genteel apartment in that palace, during his refidence there. This attention to the merit of a British artist cannot fail of being agreeable to the natives of this country; and is the more remarkable, as the late Pope had, by an exprefs edict, forbid that any fcaffolding thould be erected, because the painting had been much damaged by thofe who were formerly indulged with that convenience.

At the afizes at Abingdon, two perfons were capitally convicted; at Winchester 10, one of them for murder, who was executed as ufual, and 5 were reprieved; at Worcefter 2, but reprieved; at Maidstone two; at Exeter 7, two for murder; at Buckingham 1; as Salisbury 2, one for murder, who was executed as ufual; at Northampton 3, but afterwards reprieved; at Ely 1, who was reprieved; at Monmouth 4, who were all reprieved; Thetford 1, but reprieved; for Yorkshire, 2; at Croydon ; at Gloucester 5, two for murder, who

were

were executed as ufual, and one of the others were reprieved; at Wells 3; at Warwick 1; at Shrewsbury 1, who was reprieved; Chelmsford, Cambridge, Bedford, Huntingdon, Dorchester, Lewes, Hereford, Hertford, and Oxford affizes, proved maiden ones.

At the affizes at Warwick, were tried, before Mr. juftice Fofter, two actions upon the ftatute of 2d George II. for bribery and corruption at the late election of members to represent the borough of Tamworth in parliament; when the juries (who were special in each action) brought in verdicts for the plaintiffs.

The princess of Brazil was fafely delivered of a prince, to the great joy of the Portuguese nation. 22d.

Admiralty office. Extract of a letter from Sir Charles Saunders, vice admiral of the blue, to Mr. Clevland, dated in Gibraltar Mole, on board his majesty's ship the Neptune, July 20, 1761.

"It is with the greatest pleasure that I defire you will acquaint their lordships, that capt. Proby, in the Thunderer, who was cruizing off Cadiz with the Modefte, Thetis, and Favourite floop, in order to intercept the Achilles and Bouffon, has fallen in with and taken thofe fhips, and brought them into this bay. On looking into Cadiz, on Thurfday morning the 14th inftant, he miffed the French fhips, and at two in the afternoon of the 16th he difcovered them, Cadiz then bearing E. N. E. 1-4th E. diftant nine leagues: about one in the morning of the 17th, the Thunderer came up with and began to engage the Achilles, who struck after an action of about half an hour, Cadiz then bearing E. 1-half S. diftant 19 leagues. The Thetis came up with

the Bouffon about feven the fame morning: they engaged alfo about half an hour, when the Modefte coming up, and firing fome guns, the Bouffon ftruck. The Thunderer is pretty much damaged in her mafts, yards, fails and rigging, had 17 men killed in the action, and 113 wounded, 17 of which are fince dead. The Thetis has alfo fuffered in her maft, rigging, &c. but had not one man killed or wounded, I cannot yet afcertain the loss of the enemy; we are fending their wounded to the hospitals, of which I will fend you a more particular account as foon as poffible, The fecond and third lieutenants of the Thunderer are among the wounded. and the former of them in a very dangerous way. Captain Proby alfo received a flight wound in his right hand."

Tranflation of a letter from prince Ferdinand to the marquis of Granby, on occafion of the behaviour of fome of the British troops in an affair on the 5th inftant.

Convent at Buhren, Aug. 6,1761.

My LORD,

I think it my duty to acquaint your Lordship how much I admired the valiant and brave conduct of Lord George Lenox with the piquets, and of major Welsh, with his batalion of grenadiers yefterday, in the attack of the poft and village of Weften. I beg your lordship will be pleased to fignify to them my. moft grateful acknowledgments, and that these two gentlemen would do the fame to the brave troops who were led on by commanders of fuch diftinguished valour.

I have the honour to be, with the most perfect refpect, my lord, &c." Copy

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Copy of the marquis of Granby's letter to major Welfh, commanding the 1ft battalion of Britith grenadiers.

Camp at Haarn, Auguft 7,1761. "SIR,

You will perceive, by the copy of the letter I have the pleasure to enclose to you, how much his ferene highness admired your behaviour, and that of the 1ft bat talion of grenadiers under your command, at the attack of the poft and village of Weflen, on the 5th.

Thofe of

chanalians impreffed on one fide; the other contained the figure of Ceres, with her cornucopia; from whence feemed to be iffuing fummer fruits, with cauliflowers, cabbages, lettuces, &c. gold had on one fide a Venus riding on a fea-horfe, and the other fide had the reprefentation of a naval tournament, or race upon the waters, refembling thofe practifed at Venice in the carnival feafon.

"As this late noble fortification in the island of Aix is very near Oleron, from whence all our ma

&c.

GRANBY

Extract of a letter from on board the Swiftfure, in Bafque road, July 15, 1761.

"As the love and ftudy of antiquities is one of the most prevailing tates of this age, I could not delay acquainting you of fome very valuable gems, medals, and coins, which were difcovered a few days ago by our miners, who are employed in detroying, in an effectual manner, all the facings of the baf. tions and curtis of the fort at Aix, together with the large cafements. As the n'eft valuable part of the curiofities are in Sir Thomas Stanhope's poffeffion, who no doubt intends them for the British mufeum, I can only give you a fhort defcription of thofe I was fo fortunate as to view, which were pieces of gold and filver, many of them irregularly cut about the edges, and near to the thickness of our fixpence. Thofe of filver nad a piece of Bac

In the night between the 3d and 4th inft a fire broke out in a tradefman's houfe at Stutgard, the duke of Wirtemberg's capital, near the place where the archives are kept. In lefs than fix hours the houfe where it began with forty others, were entirely confumed, and the whole city put in the utmost danger. The damage amounts to upwards of 300,000 florins. Many of the inhabitants endeavouring to fave their effects, loft their lives, and others were much burt. The author of this fire being frized was thrown into a dungeon, where next day he made away with himself. But his corfpe was laid upon a fledge, and after being dragged thro' the principal fireets of this city, was fufpended on the common gallows..

By a calculation made in the college of commerce, at Petersburg, of the goods confumed by fire on the 29th of June, O. S. it appeared

that