ed, and gave chace to a French frigate, and took her; fhe 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 instant, 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 whom dangerously.

affent to, An act for granting to his majesty an additional duty upon ftrong beer and ale, and for raising a sum of twelve millions by way of annuities, and a lottery to be charged on the said duty; and for further encouraging the exportation of strong beer and ale.

An act for the regulation of his Majesty'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. Harrifon, 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 instant, 50 leagues to the westward of Scilly: after a chace of fome

The Sea-Horse, 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 ships 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 swivel guns, and 58 men.

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 master; 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 the gave chace, and upon coming up with her, she struck.

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 Aifkel, 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 Leghorn.

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 Westminster, 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 fhe would follow him upon her stumps.

MONDAY, Jan. 26.

We learn from Scotland, that the increase of the linen manufactory there laft year, has turned out very confiderable. By the returns from the ftamp-mafters, the linen ftamped for fale laft 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. 10s. 4d. The year preceding, the number of yards stamped, 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. 138. id.

Letters from Naples of the 30th ult. fay, that the late irruption of Mount Vesuvius, had covered the country with ashes and pumice ftones, for feveral miles round, which has caused 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 favages, 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 arose 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, split the veffel, and drove the greatest part of the cargo, which confifted chiefly of brandy and teas, on fhore. Many of the crew loft their lives; and those who escaped drowning were ftript naked by thefe brutes in heman shape, and cruelly fcourged; then to thift 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 Ambaffador to the Emperor of Morocco, and Commodore of the squadron employed all laft fummer upon the coaft 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 Majesty's other subjects, flaves in those dominions, and establishing finitely more advantageous than ever suba peace with the aforefaid Monarch, infifted with his ancestors.

SHIPS taken on each Side, from the Commencement of the WAR, to the 31st of December, 1760.

Advices from Quebec affure, that Gen. Murray and the garrifon 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. fterling, by the fur-trade, or otherwife, can now scarce 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 thefe ufelefs paper fcraps, circulated thro' the colony, which, as a reward to the wretched inhabitants for all their hardships and fatigues, muft now fupply the place of affluence and independence. Moft, if not all of them, are perfectly reconciled to the British govern.

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 ftore-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 provifions.

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. Boscawen, to the regiment of the late Lieut. Gen. Huske.

Earl of Albemarle, Governor of Jersey, in the room of Gen. Huske.

Tho. Brudenel, Efq; Gentleman, and Mafter of his Majefty'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.

BIRTHS.

The Lady of Dr. Dennison, Principal of Magdalen-Hall, of a Daughter.

The Lady of Sir George Armytage, of a Son.

The Lady of the Earl of Afhburnham, of a Son.

Lady Hall, at the house of Douglafs, 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-Houfe, Denbighshire, to Miss Nancy Bennet.

The Hon. Major Leflie, in Scotland, to Mifs Tullideph.

John Drummond, of Logiealmond, to the Hon. Lady Catharine Murray.

Sir Hugh Williams, Bart. to Lady Vifcountess Bulkeley.

The Hon.and Rev. Dr. Talbot, to Mifs Ann Bouverie, sister to Lord Folkstone. DEATHS.

The pious and learned Dr. Stephen Hales, Clerk of the Clofet to the Princess of Wales.

Lieut. Gen. Huske, Governor of Jersey, and Col. of the reg. of Welth Fusileers; 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 100,000 l.

Dr. Anthony Ellis, Bishop of St. David's. Right Hon. Edward Bofcawen, Admiral of the Blue, &c.

Capt. Peter Broomfifh, 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.

CHA P. XV. Exhibiting an interview, which, it is to be hoped, will intereft the curiofity of the reader.

HE mind of the deAlicate Aurelia was Ttrangely agitated by the intelligence which the received, with her pocket - book, from Dolly. Confounded as he was by the nature of her fituation, fhe at once perceived that he could not, with any regard to the dictates of gratitude, refufe complying with the request of Sir Launcelot; but, in the first hurry of her emotion, the directed Dolly to beg, in her name, that he might be excufed for wearing a mafque at the interview which he defired, as the had

February 1761.

particular reafons, which concerned her peace, for retaining that dif Our adventurer fubmitted guife. to this preliminary with a good grace, as he had nothing in view but the injunctions of his order, and the duties of humanity; and he was admitted without further preamble. When he entered the room, he could not help being ftruck with the prefence of Aurelia. Her ftature was improved fince he had feen her; her fhape was exquifitely formed; and she received him with an air of dignity, which impreffed him with a very fublime idea of her perfon and character. She was no lefs affected at fight of our adventurer, who, though cafed in armour, appeared with his head uncovered; and the exercife of travelling had thrown fuch a glow of health and

vivacity on his features, which were naturally elegant and expreffive, that we will venture to fay, there was not in all England a couple that excelled this amiable pair in perfonal beauty and accomplish rents. Aurelia fhone with all the fabled graces of nymph or goddefs; and to Sir Launcelot might be applied what the divine poet Ariofto fays of the prince Zerbino:

Natura il fece e poi ruppe la ftampa.
• When Nature stamp'd him, the
the dye deftroy'd.'

Our adventurer, having made his obeisance to this fuppofed mifs Meadows, told her, with an air of pleafantry, that altho' he thought himfelf highly honoured in being admitted to her prefence, and allowed to pay his refpects to her, as fuperior beings are adored, unfeen; yet his pleasure would receive a very confiderable addition, if he would be pleased to withdraw that invidious veil, that he might have a glimpfe of the divinity which it concealed. Aurelia immediately took off her mafque, faying, with a faultering accent, "I cannot be fo ungrateful as to deny fuch a fall favour to a gentleman who has laid me under the most important obligations."

The unexpected apparition of Mifs Aurelia Darnel, beaming with all the emanations of ripened beauty, blushing with all the graces of the moft lovely confufion, could not but produce a violent effect upon the mind of Sir Launcelot Greaves. He was, indeed, overwhelmed with a mingled transport of astonishment, admiration, affliction, and awe. The colour vanifhed from his cheeks, and he stood gazing

upon her, in filence, with the most emphatic expreffion of countenance. Aurelia was infected by his disorder: fhe began to tremble, and the rofes fluctuated on her face." I cannot forget (faid fhe) that I owe my life to the courage and humanity of Sir Launcelot Greaves, and that he at the fame time rescued from the most dreadful death a dear and venerable parent." "Would to heaven she ftill furvived! (cried our adventurer with great emotion.) She was the friend of my youth, the kind patronefs of my felicity! my guardian angel forfook me when she expired! her laft injunctions are deep engraven on my heart!"

While he pronounced these words the lifted her handkerchief to her fair eyes, and, after fome pause, proceeded in a tremulous tone, “I hope, Sir-I hope you have- -I fhould be forry-pardon me, Sir, I cannot reflect upon fuch an interefting subject unmoved-" Here fhe fetched a deep figh, that was accompanied with a flood of tears; while the knight continued to bend his eyes upon her with the utmost eagerness of attention. Having recollected herself a little, fhe endeavoured to fhift the converfation: "You have been abroad fince I had the pleasure to fee you-I hope you were agreeably amused in your travels." "No, madam, (faid our hero, drooping his head) I have been unfortunate." When she, with the moft enchanting fweetness of benevolence, expreffed her concern to hear he had been unhappy, and her hope that his misfortunes were not paft remedy; he lifted up his eyes, and fixing them upon her again with a look of tender dejection, "Cut off ((aid he) from the

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