The Lady's Weekly Magazine

The Lady's Weekly Magazine. Publish'd under the Direction of Mrs. PENELOPE PRY. THURSDAY, February 19, 1747. NUMB. I. To the LADIES of GREAT BRITAIN. THIS being the first Weekly Paper of the Kind that was ever yet attempted, and calculated intirely for the Service and [ILL]sement of year Sex, permit us, with humble Submission, to lay it be- fore the Publick under YOUR PATRON- AGE; We, on our Parts, will use our ut-most Endeavours to furnish Matter worthy your Per-usal, to engage your Minds by Pleasure, and to fillthem with clear and instructive Ideas. We shall excludefrom our Discourses whatever may seem disagreeableharsh, mean, impertinent or obscure; and as a labouredPurity of Diction, even upon great Subjects, is apt toabate somewhat of their Grandeur, we shall chuse a Stileplain, easy and familiar, having often observed, that themost adorned Beauties are not always the most engaging,and that sumptuous Ornaments disguise the Wearer when-ever they appear excessive, or are disproportion'd. If bythese our Labours we prove so fortunate as to merit yourApprobation and Encouragement, we may, without Pre-sumption, venture to anticipate Success. But left it should be thought, this first Paper, which isdesigned only for an Introductory Essay, will contain thewhole of your intended Weekly Entertainment, or that youshould find nothing hereafter more pleasing to your Taste;Custom and common Prudence prompt us to present you witha Bill of Fare by way of Preface, previously to inform youof the great Variety you may expect to find in the ensuingCollation. I. Our Essay shall be all original, treating upon the mostuseful Subjects, and properly adapted to the Undertaking.The Principles of Virtue and Morality shall be enforcedand inculcated, and the Follies and Vices of the Age censur'dand exploded. Among these graver Subjects we shall occa-sionally introduce some of a more light Nature to alleviateand refresh your Imaginations, and to excite innocent Mirth:And foreseeing that no Sort of Knowledge can be more use-ful or serviceable to your Sex than the Knowledge of Man-kind in general, we shall hereafter communicate such strongIdeas, by relating some extraordinary Incidents, as mayserve to demonstrate the different Natures of those dan-gerous Creatures, fortify the Minds of those who arearrived to Years of Maturity, and obviate their Artificesand Designs upon the young, credulous and unwary: Tothis end, we shall frequently point out those hidden Rocksand Quick-sands, upon which many Vessels, richly freight-ed, have been either wreck'd or stranded. II. The most remarkable Occurrences both in Town andCountry shall be industriously collected, impartially related,and faithfully inserted: Nothing shall be omitted or con-cealed which may tend to Information, or raise Curio-sity. Our Secretary, Mrs. Penelope Pry, shall dispatch herEmissaries to all Quarters of the Town for Intelligence;No Plays, Balls, Gardens, Masquerades, Musick Meetings,Assemblies, or other Parties of Pleasure, shall escape herNotice; 'tis her Province to collect from the various Scenesof Life such Observations as will exercise your Minds in theContemplation of Beauty and Deformity, Discretion and In-advertency. Here is an ample Field for Reflection! everynew Information will bring some new Pleasure with it, andabundantly fill and satisfy your Senses, by laying open to yourView the various but agreeable Prospects of human Lifein all its Pursuits after Grandeur and Happiness, in all itsMiscarriages through Folly and Vanity. Such is the En-tertainment we propose to give you; but at the sameTime we shall be careful not to offend the more delicateModesty of some, or to impeach the less culpable Levityof others. One Part of your Sex, we must allow, per-form to Admiration, and very seldom, if ever, act out ofCharacter: They seem to copy the Conduct of wise SeaCommanders, make Capture of all the small Craft which falls in their Way, and are still keeping a good Look-out, and fix-ing their Hearts upon some more rich and valuable Prize,in hopes to make the Evening of Life happy and comfortable. III. To add to your farther Diversion, we shall obligeyou with a new Song, set to Musick, once every Month,nor shall you want original Pieces of Poetry to heightenthe Entertainment of some, and to improve the risingGeniuses of others. IV. No Prospect of Gain whatsoever shall tempt us tofollow the common tho' mischievous Custom of publishingscandalous Advertisements, which tend to promote Vice, toencourage Debauchery and unwarrantable Assignations, orsuch as are intended to wound and depreciate the Cha-racters and Circumstances of particular Persons. V. In our Articles of News from abroad we shall notintirely rely upon the Accounts given by our Brethren,but search the foreign Papers, and be cautious of insertingany thing that is not warranted by the Original, or byTruth; for having by long Experience found that manyare imposed upon by specious Phrases and Interpretations,altogether incoherent with the Facts they pretend toelucidate, we, determined to put a Stop to this growingImposition, will wipe off all Paint and and Colouring, thatThings may appear in their true Light, unadulteratedwith the Subtilties of Deluders. The AEra, or fixed Point of Time from whence weshall begin our System of the History of the Transactionsof the World, shall be that of his ROYAL HIGHNESS theDUKE OF CUMBERLAND'S taking upon him the Commandof the allied Army in Flanders. But as long Political Dissertations are apt to satiateand weary the Reader, we have chose to convey our Sen-timents by the Way of Dialogue, as the most easy, fa-miliar, and natural Method for all Capacities, and whichis likely to make the strongest Impressions upon the Me-mory. It is easy to observe how consistent this Choice willappear with the Design we propose to pursue, since weshall hereby have an Opportunity of varying the Namesof the Interlocutors, as Time, Place and Circumstancesshall hereafter require. We have the Honour to be, LADIES, Your most obedient Servants, The PROPRIETORS. ÆNIGMA. TO describe my true Shape, wou'd Absurdity show, Since I'm often transform'd for the Belle and the Beau. Yet some of my Members I'll venture to tell ye.I've a large Mouth and Toes, and a sizeable Belly;I have Arms too, expanded or folded before me,And a rigid Commander stands centinel o'er me;Tho' Shoulders and Head I confess I have none.Understanding and Ears will for that Loss attone;And to make me look handsome, neat, gay, and genteel,I'm adorned with Diamonds, Gold, Silver, or Steel:I'm exported by Merchants of Service to Trade,And can clean or dirty the Country pervade;Can contract, or extend, rise and fall as you please,Can new Grievances cause, or give absolute Ease.When largest I'm most by both Sexes despis'd,But for pinching and squeesing by Youth am most priz'd;When I go on a Journey, tho' dress'd ne'er so gay,I seldom return without having soul Play;All Soils and all Climates, alike I can bear,Whether frigid, or torrid, to temperate Air,And am useful to all, but it must be confess'dTo some more than others a welcomer Guest:The Grand Monarch treats me confoundedly hard,At all Quarters binds me without due Regard; And he had not a Subject, or Slave in the Nation,But what would refuse with me to change Station;Yet when old, I'm found fault with, for Services pass'dAnd doom'd to an Alms-house, or Cellar at last. The PRESENT POLITICAL History of the WORLD. For the Entertainment of the FAIR SEX. DIALOGUE. I. Lady Manley, Miss Bloom, Mrs. Pry. Lady Manley. I AM extreamly glad to see you Mrs. Pryand the more so as I heat there are someforeign mails arrived; and well knowingfrom former acquaintance, that you areready and willing to communicate your sen-timents; I doubt not but you will oblige me and myNeice, with the contents of them. Mrs. Pry. 'Twill be a great honour to me, Madam, togive your ladiship any information in my power. I have notonly read the foreign papers myself, but have been so hap-py as to hear a lecture thereon from a Merchant, who isnot only a connoisseur in trade, but in politicks also. Miss Bloom. Then I hope, Madam, you will favour uswith the Repetition, for my instruction, as well as myAunt's amusement, for I like to know what is doing in theworld, as it will furnish me with knowledge useful in con-versation and pleasing to Society. Mrs. Pry polity is a spacious field, Madam, full of variousobjects, an universe of matter we must enter into on this oc-casino; and if Lady Manley will please to direct me whereto begin, I will endeavour, Miss, to gratify your early cu-riosity. Lady Manley. You make me a complement, Mrs. Prybut however to avoid ceremony I should be glad, if youwou'd begin with the most distant Empires first, from whichplaces we may gradually come nearer home. Give us therefore some short relation of the present posture of affairs inTurkey? Mrs. Pry. The court of Vienna. my Lady, (which is thefeat of the Emperor and Empress of Germany, and oneof the strongest cities in the world) has long been in gre[ILL]uncertainty about the designs of the infidels, but is now fa[ILL]to be under no apprehensions of danger from that Quarterand the hereditary troops are sending off for Italy and theLow-countries as fast as possible. Miss Bloom. But we were told in some papers last werethat they had a body of troops marching towards HungerPray, Madam, with what intention did they move theway, and what do you apprehend is become of them. Lady Manley. I'm pleased to hear my Neice so particu-larly inquisitive, pray Mrs. Pry, satisfy her in every po[ILL]as far as your intelligence permits. Mrs. Pry. We are told, Miss, that those troops were [ILL]only to quell a mutiny among Janissary troops (belongingto the grand signior) already there, who lately having [ILL]stoppage in their pay, occasioned by the want of ren[ILL]tances, they murmur'd greatly against the Bashaw of Belg[ILL]and seem'd to threaten an insurrection. This is now [ILL]up by a letter received from Mr. Porter, the British Am-bassador to the Ottoman Porte, in his route to Constan[ILL]ple. He relates, That as he passed by Belgrade, that to[ILL]was in a violent agitation, occasioned by a mutiny amo[ILL]the Janissaries, who complained, that the Bashaw of th[ILL]place had, under divers pretexts, stopt a moiry of the[ILL]pay. On his arrival at Nizza, the House wherein he lodg[ILL]was surrounded by a great number of Janissaries, wh[ILL]addressed him with their request, that he would, on his [ILL]rival make known to the Porte the object of their co[ILL] plants. Mr. Porter, replyed, that he was an entirestranger to their customs and rights; and besides, that aperson in his character could not possibly enter into anysuch engagements. That in ever not satisfying them, theirdepatie, went again to tell him, that since he would notagree to their request as above, they desired he would bethe instrument of forwarding their petition to the grandligaior: Which he accepted of, as fearing to anger thanby a further denial. On his journey from Nizza he sawseveral bands of armed Janissaries: The inhabitants of theplaces through which he passed exaggerated their num[ILL]and imaging that they were troops filling off for Hungarysent us the account thereof; but has since found himselfmistaken, and that they were only marching to suppress theMutineers; the retrenchment of whose Pay being only pro-visional, until the Bashaw cou'd receive money from Con-stantinople, to complete their payments: And thereforethe ambassador dispatched a courier, in order to set us rightin that particular. Which is all we have at present materialfrom that part of the world; we now proceed northwardand take a cursory view of the transactions of the court ofPetersburgh, pursuant to her Ladiship's plan. Miss. Bloom. Petersburgh, Madam, is I think the placeof the Empress of Russia's residence, from whence wemay reasonably expect matter of greater importance. Mr. Pry. The Earl of Hyndford, Miss, our Ambassa-dor there, is very assiduous in resettling the English com-merce on the old footing, relative to their trade withPersia, by means of the Russian caravans. And on thezyth of last month, he sent back the Courier he had latelyreceived from London, who brings with him the act latelysign'd by his Excellency with the Imperial Ministers; bywhich Instrument his Britannick Majesty acceeds to thetreaty signed last May, between the courts of Petersburghand Vienna. Lady Manly. Pray, Mr. Pry, can you give us theSubstance of that treaty? Mrs. Pry. The King of Great Britain, by virtue there-of, takes part in all the engagements contracted betweenthese powers, which are too long to relate here, and or-ders are given for fourteen battalions of foot and two regi-ments of horse to hold themselves in readiness to match,at an hour's warning, to the frontiers of Finland, where ofwe are told, one part is to change the garrison of Wye-bourgh. Miss Bloom. I should be glad to know where Finlandis, and likewise where Wyebourgh is situated, and towhom it belongs. Mrs. Pry. Finland, Miss, is a principally of Sweden,founded on the north with Kimi, Lapmark, on the southwith the gulph of Finland, on the east with the lake ofOmega, on the west with the gulph of Bothnia; and inthe year of our Lord 1742 the Swedes abandoned it to theRussians. Wyebourgh is a city of Finland, which standsupon the bay of Finland. Lady Manly. It seems to me, Madam, that this largebody of troops cannot be designed only to relieve garrisons,it rather looks as if the Empress of Russia had some fartherviews in this expedition. Mrs. Pry. Your Ladiship may be right for aught Iknow, for all our advices from Hamburgh, one of thechief cities of Germany, and the Metropolis of the Duke-[ILL]om of Holstein, suggest, that the temper of the Swedish[ILL]diet has occasioned some uneasiness in the court of Peters-burg; and the great armaments, both by sea and land,throughout the Russian Empire. portend a new Warbreaking out in the North: And yet letters directly from[ILL]Stockbolm (the Capital of Sweden) assure us, than an Am-bassador Extraordinary will be shortly sent from thence togive full satisfaction to the Czarina, and that Count Teffin[ILL]ill effectually clear himself of all things laid to his charge.it is also farther said, that the extraordinary council of[ILL]ar held at Petersburgh, and form'd since the arrival ofCount Lasey, the Russian General, meets every day atthat lord's house, but what Resolutions are taken, or what[ILL] debated on, remains a secret. Miss. Bloom. Have you, Madam, no farther particularoccurrences from Russia? Mrs. Pry. There is one article more, Miss, which is[ILL]orthy observation. M Scheeren, Captain of the second[ILL]oop of horse guards, is arrived there from Ratisbon, dis-[ILL]ath'd as a courier extraordinary by the Count Keyserling[ILL]ith the agreeable News, that the Empress had been ac-nowledg'd in that dignity by the Emperor of the Romansand the Electoral College: The example was followed by[ILL] the other Colleges of the Empire. Lady Manley. We are much oblig'd to you, Madam, forhis intelligence, please to proceed to Madrid (the capitalSpain,) and inform my Neice what is done there. Mrs. Pry. We have but few articles by this mail relatingtheir affairs. By letters from Barcelona, we are in-[ILL]an'd, that the French Levant trade that were at Roses[ILL]ve fail'd from thence and are arrived safe at Marseilled[ILL]thout any impediment, computed to be worth seventy[ILL]lions of livres: And that Count Gage, late commanderchief of the Spanish army, is arrived at Barcelona on his[ILL] to that court; and there is a talk of a reinforcement to[ILL]sent from Catalonia into Provence of 15,000 men, which[ILL]my best remembrance is all the News from thence. Miss Bloom. Will you be so good then, Madam to let me[ILL]ow what is done at Vienna; as the Empress Queen is[ILL] most important ally? Mrs. Pry. I shall endeavour to oblige you, Miss, in this[ILL]nest, the Prince of Saxehildbourghausen, has been rais-[ILL] Troops in Croatia (a principally of Hungary,) and has[ILL]with such success, that there will be for the service of[ILL] summer's Campaign 9,000 Caristadians, divided into[ILL] battalions, to be employed in the Low-countries under the command of Count Gincardi, and with them 400 Huf-fars rais'd in the said district. Four battalions more are 10march into Lombardy, and there will remain in the [ILL]of [ILL] an equal Number to those drawn out to marchon the first Notice. Lady Manley. These reinforcements, Madam, will bevery serviceable, but have you no account of the whosenumber of Forces her imperial Majesty designs to send intothe Low countries. Mrs. Pry. I can assure your Ladiship that the CountUhleseldt the great Chancellor has declared to Sir ThomasRobinson, the British minister at Vienna, to the Name ofthe Empress Queen, that the was perfectly satisfied withthe measures taken by the King of Great-Britain and theStates General in favour of the common cause, and thatshe would not fail to have 60,000 men complete in theLow-countries, to act in conjunction with the troops ofthe allies, and shall always be ready to join with thosepowers in any measures that may contribute to the bring-ing about such a peace as may once more re establish thebalance of power and fix the liberties of Europe upon afirm and lasting Foundation; and as a farther mark of her sin-cerity and pacific disposition, she is ready to overlook thedamages already sustain'd, and asks no more, but to befully reinstated in all her hereditary dominions pursuant toformer Treaties. Miss Bloom. I'm greatly pleas'd with the resolution andfidelity of the Empress; have you no other advices fromGermany? Mrs. Pry. Yes, Mils, the Emperor is resolved to re-esta-blish the ancient order of Constantine, as in quality of Kingof Jerusalem, to take upon himself the Title of grand Masterof the order. Lady Manley. I shall now, my dear, leave you and Mrs.Pry to yourselves for a few Minutes. Miss Bloom. I should think myself infinitely obliged toyou, Mrs. Pry, if you would be so good as to give mesome account of the state of affairs in Provence, since thetransactions in that part of the world, seem at present to-tally to employ the speculations of our most profound andjudicious politicians. Mrs. Pry. Why, Miss, as the love of knowledge is initself laudable, so I think it incumbent on me to satisfyyour curiosity, you must know then, that Count Brown, aGeneral perhaps no less skilful in all the arts of war andconquest than Alexander himself, after remaining twomonths and two days in Provence, retreated with the wholeof his troops into the county of Nice. Miss Bloom. Pray can you acquaint me with the reasonsof this retreat, because it surpriz'd every body? Miss Pry. Why really, Miss, I frankly own, that wemust have one of the attributes of the supreme Being,namely omniscience, before we can account for the conductand measures of men in power: However, as far as theextent of my knowledge reaches, I'm willing to give yousatisfaction. You must know then, that there are severalreasons assign'd by our politicians for Count Brown's retreat;the first is the miscarriage of the siege of Antibes, in con-sequence of which, that brave General saw it impossible tosecure a safe post and preserve a communication with hisAllies. Besides, his army was likely, in a short time, tobe reduc'd to great distress, because some of the vesselsfraught with provisions for its support were lost bystress of weather. Another circumstance, which was per-haps of all the most material, is thought to be a rescriptfrom her imperial Majesty, expressly ordering CountBrown, to remain on the defensive, till the Affair of Ge-noa was decided, after which he might expect considerablereinforcements from the army under the command ofCount Schulemberg at present encamped near that city. Miss Bloom. Pray can you give me no farther account ofGeneral Brown's army? Mrs. Pry. Yes, I hear from the most genuine accounts,that on the third instant, his whole troops passed the riverVar, and sustain'd but a small loss by the breaking of oneof the four expensive bridges, erected for that purpose. Miss Bloom. As I have a great value for General BrownI should be glad to know the whole of his fate. Mrs. Pry. Why, Miss, I am sorry to inform you, that hesustain'd a greater loss than what I have already mentioned;for upon a just calculation, it was found that of his ownmen and those of General Newhaws, at the defence ofCastellan, no less than six hundred were killed, drown'd,wounded and taken prisoners. Miss Bloom. Mrs. Pry, as your excess of goodness in-duces me to think that you'll deny men favours, I begyou would be so good as to inform we where Provence,Nice, the river Var, and the place you call Castellan lie. Mrs. Pry. Why, Miss, as I commend your curiosity, andlie under the strongest obligations, to your family, Imight be justly branded with the highest ingratitude, if Irefused to comply with your request. Provence then is aconsiderable large territory in France, bounded on the northby Dauphin, on the east by Piedmont, on the south bythe Mediterranean sea, and on the west by Languedoc.Nice is a strong, large and opulent city of Italy, situatedon the Mediterranean Sea, at the mouth of the river Var,which takes its origin from the most northerly parts ofItaly. Castellan is a small town in France, memorable fornothing we know, except a considerable battle in 1451. Miss Bloom. Pray, Mrs. Pry, can you tell me what willbecome of General Brown. Mrs. Pry. Why, Miss, that is an affair that must be de-cided by time, because such is the precarious fate of war,that in reading the translations of the antient Greek andRoman historians, I have sometimes found an unskilfulGeneral at the head of a small body of undisciplinedtroop:, rout an Alexander; a Scipio or an Hannibal, com- manding a far more numerous army, whose swords weredrawn in defence of liberty and the best of cause. Miss. Bloom. Pray, Madam, was the invasion of Pro-venue undertaken without any probability of success? Mrs. Pry. It has been very far from being totally un-succested, since it has been plainly predictive of manyadvantageous consequences. In the first place, the veryterror of this m[ILL]on obliged the French to cut short theircampaign in Plunder, without taking any advantage ofthe affair of Liege. In the next place, it has obliged themto harrass and Laique their troops, by marches of severalhundred mines in the worst sexton of the year. Thirdly,It has kept Marshal Save for many weeks at Paris, andand suspense all the fine schemes he had farmed foranother witness campaign in the [ILL] countries. Fourthly,It has to dislodged the French [ILL] [ILL], the theydo not appear to be in any condition of taking the [ILL]early; not do they [ILL] [ILL] pm that side,as they have hitherto done in every campaign. Lastly, So[ILL]rohg has the impression been, last this in-vation has made, at not only to create some charges intheir ministry, but die to incline the warmed of their mi-nisters to think, and to thing seriously of peace. Hencethe relaxations of M. Phyheaxs instructions; hence theirmodestly in some other affairs; hence their n[ILL]ing M. du Theil, and the Duke de Niverdois, Plenipotenthries atBred; and hence the sending the Pretender's fous to A-vignen. In their way to to Rome. We have no Reasontherefore to blame this measure, or because it did not pro-duce the reduction to Toulon, to confider it as a total disap-pointment, or as a step that has produced nothing. Miss. Bloom. As your have given me more instructionwith respect to the affairs of Europe, than I could havereasonably expected in so short a time, I must not only re-turn you my most hearty thanks, but also beg the repeti-tion of the same favour, on other occasions of a like na-ture. Mrs. Pry. I shell be always willing to do every thingwithin the small compass of my power, that has the leasttendency to promote the happiness of Miss. Plam. Miss. Bloom. Pray then, Madam, be so good as to give mesome account of the present state of Genoese, because Isee that our News-papers daily mention some of theirtransactions. Mrs. Pry. Why Miss, accenting to the accounts of themen of best sense, I have an opportunity of conversingwith, the Genoese are naturally obstinate and refractory,and in consequence of this natural disposition, are resolv'drather to submit to death than embraced what they thinkslavery. Tho', 'tis a common observation that the popu-lace are guided by the grandees of a Nation, yet amongthe Genoese it was quite otherwise, for the vulgar, first dis-covered their inclinations, and in process of time were notonly join'd by one part of the nobility, but also encouragedby large subscriptions from another. Besides, Miss, I mustinform you, that in consequence of this circumstance theinhabitants of the adjacent valleys have been summoned torepair to the capital, and that nothing might be wantingto inspire the Genoese with courage and resolution, medalshave been struck, by publick authority, representing an hu-man scull and a cap crown'd with laurel hard by eachother, with the following motto, Conquer or die. I mustalso inform you Miss. That the Genoese, mindful of everyminute circumstance that tends to their own preservation,have granted a free pardon to all Corsicans, four thousandof whom they intend to being to their Capital for itsgreater security. Lady Manley. I find, Mrs. Pry, You have not done withmy Neice yet. Miss. Bloom. Your ladyship I hope will indulge mein asking a few more questions, I have had nothing yet,from either Hanover, Paris, or the Hague, pray, Madam,what do you hear from his Majesty's foreign dominions. Mrs. Pry. The recruits which have been sent from thisElectorate to complete our troops in the Low Countriesare to be followed by others towards the end of March;for which reason our levies are carrying on with great di-ligence, and they will be continued even after that time,in order to have a good number of recruits in reserve, tosupply our regiments towards the middle of the campaign.A courier has passed through Hanover, in his way toGotha, and left some dispatches with the regency; sincewhich it is reported, that his Britannick Majesty is apply-ing to the Duke of Saxe Gotha for another considerablebody of troops to be taken into the pay of the maritimepowers. According to the accounts we have here of theplan of operations for the next campaign, there will be twoarmies provided with considerable trains of artillery, andall other things necessary for carrying on sieges. Miss. Bloom. Now Madam oblige me with your Frenchnews. Mrs. Pry. The accounts from thence Miss are a speci-men of the people, all ostentation, flash and gasconade,seldom to be rely'd upon, and accordingly, the last advicesfrom Paris are full of the praises of Marshal Belleisle, andof the wonders that he has done in Provence, though fromtheir own account it appears, that his brother is encampedon the banks of the Var, to hinder the Austrians and Pied-montese from matting incursions; that the greatest part ofhis army are retiring into the heart of Provence for want ofprovisions, and his cavalry into Dauphiny. It is also said,that the Marshal will be recalled, and the Prince of Conuhave the Command on that side. There have been vastrejoicings on the arrival of the Dauphiness, but the disputesamong the ministry ran as high as ever. Both the Preten-der's sons are as Avignion. M. du Tidel is expected in aday or two at Breda; we flatter ourselves, that the preli-minaries will be adjusted in a very few conferences, andthat a congress will be afterwards held for settling the peace of Europe upon a arm and lasting foundation, to which atpresent all the powers at war seem very well inclined. Lady Manley. But methinks, Mrs. Pry, I long to hearsomething of the Duke of Cumberland. His Life has beenfor some time a continued series of fatigue and danger,for the service of his country; have you no account of himthe last Gazette? Mrs. Pry. Yes Madam, we are assur'd that his RoyalHighness landed the 15th instant, N. S. about two o'clockin the afternoon, at Helvoet, after a very happy passage,and arrived at the Hague the same evening; where he hassince been complimented by the government, and otherpersons of the first rank. Miss. Bloom. May heaven give him success in all hisenterprizes and victory in his battles: He shall alwayshave my prayers and best wishes. Lady Manley. But pray Mrs. Pry what news have youfrom the West Indies? I am greatly concern'd for his Ma-jesty's subjects there, who, I am inform'd, suffer'd muchby this war. Mrs. Pry. There is nothing very material, my Lady,in the papers, but our merchant's letters are full invec-tives against some of our men of war there, who have be-haved in a most shameful manner, and suffer'd number ofships to be taken, even as it were under their wing. Hadyour Ladyship but seen a letter that came by the last con-voy, address'd to Mr. ***** the merchant, you wou'd,madam,By heavens you'd almost have torn yourhair, to think that a nation who have it in their power tobe so great and so glorious should dwindle into a * * * * *Pardon me, Madam, I can't contain myself when I reflecton their unmanly behaviour. Lady Manley. Why really Mrs. Pry I have heard verysurprising things from that quarter myself; but I hopegood part of it is without foundation, for I am methinksvery unwilling to conceive a mean opinion of my owncountrymen. Mrs. Pry. And so am I too my Lady, but how can wethink otherwise, when the frequent captures of our mer-chants ships that are made prove the fact even to a demon-stration. Far be it from me to injure any man's character,nor do I reflect upon any particular person, but I assureyour Ladyship there are many Gentlemen in the Navy.who I wish were otherwise disposed of. A man that hasnot resolution enough to fight on every occasion, might inall probability make a good artificer of former, and in thatshape, instead of a nusance be of use to the kingdom. Lady Manley. Why really Mrs. Pry, 'tis pity that pa-rents don't study a little more the genius and disposition oftheir children before they send them on such enterprizes.But I see the subject is disagreeable to you, and therefore Ibeg leave to drop this discourse. When a convenient op-portunity offers, Madam, I shall be glad to spend an hourso agreeably. Mrs. Pry. Oh dear Madam, your Ladyship has done mea great deal of honour, and I think myself particularlyobliged. Miss Bloom. Well, Madam, when I come into the cityI shall take the freedom to wait upon you. Mrs. Pry. I hope I shall have the happiness to see youoften Miss, and as you are not much acquainted with thetown, if any thing in my power will afford you either in-struction or amusement, you will always find me at yourservice. SCOTLAND. Edinburgh, Feb 9. The transports from Shields areevery moment expected in the road of Leith, to receive theregiments ordered for Flanders, who are now marching toembark from all quarters. We hear from the north, that precognitions have beentaken there in relation to Lord Lovat's concern in the laterebellion. Edinburgh, Feb. 10. Last Friday the right hon theLord Erskine was unanimously chosen member of parliament for the shire of Stirling, in the room of Lord GeorgeGraham, deceased. On Wednesday last were brought to the city of Glasgow,from Inverary, guarded by a party of Argylshire Men thir-ty-five rebels, or suspected for such, who are confined inthe Tolbooth. On Thursday last the Right Hon. Lord George Sack-ville's regiment marched from Dundee for Burnt-Island,where they are to wait for the transport ships. Friday last passed through this city from Bath, the corpseof the Right Hon. Lord George Graham, and next daywas deposited in the burial place of the family at Aberuth-ven, in the parish of Ouchterarder. LONDON.Though human nature is by various authors representedin the most fair amiable light, yet, on particular oc-casions, we have the most glaring and palpable instancesof its corruption and depravity. The Truth of this obser-vation was never more remarkably verified than in a lateaccident; for a poor woman happening to die in her lodg-ings in Hatton-wall, was unfortunately suspected to beguilty of suicide, or what we commonly cal self-murder,and was accordingly treated like a person of that kind, sinceshe was buried in a cross-way, and had a stake driven through her body, to the seeming satisfaction of a nume-rous mob. This procedure, however grateful to thebrutal part of the human species, must certainly disgusta Christian and a man of sense; for 'tis certain that povertymay produce death as well as poison; the former we aresure the woman labored under; but we cannot be certainthat she was so impious as to destroy herself by the latter,so that we have just reason to call aloud for the nobileofficium of Judges, which is no more than a recession fromthe strict letter of the law, when charity and equity re-quire it. We hear that his Royal Highness the Duke has givenorders that no officers shall wear their hats with theKevenhuller cock on duty, but after the common EnglishFashion. It is talked that an act will pass this sessions for changingthe old stile which we make use of, into the new, accordingto the custom of other nations. We hear that Mr. Sharp, sollicitor to the right hon. theLords commissioners of the treasury, is appointed sollicitorto the managers of the hon. house of commons, who wereappointed to draw up the articles of impeachment againstLord Lovat. On Thursday last Henry Penton, .Esq; lately appointedletter carrier to his Majesty's palaces, in the room ofDennis Bond, Esq; decease'd, was re-elected memberof parliament for Tregony in Cornwall without oppo-sition. We hear that Admiral Anson his taken, during his cruizeten or twelve privateers of force. His Royal Highness the Duke's regiment of dragoonshave received orders to proceed forthwith on their marchto embark for Flanders; We learn from the Hague, that his Royal Highness theDuke is lodg'd for the present at a house of the Prince ofOrange; that the preliminaries towards a general peace arein fact settled; and that the conferences to be held at Bredafor that purpose, is mere matter of form. The capital ar-ticle concerns the differences between Spain and Englandand is contriv'd to prevent an illicit trade for the future inthe West-Indies. The next principal article is to regulatethe measures for preventing of smuggling between Englandand France. The third relates to the removal of theFrench inhabitants from Accadia to Cape-Breton, and thedemolition of the fortifications there. The fourth to Dun-kirk, which is now become a Place of no importance. Thefifth gives to Don Phillip the Duchy of Savoy, and to theKing of Sardinia that part of the Milanese, Tortonese, andNovarese, and Western Reviera, of the state of Genoa,as is prescrib'd within an imaginary line, drawn downfrom the great lake directly to the Sea; the City of Genoa,and eastern Riviera, to the house of Austria; but the Cityto be in the nature of the free towns in Germany; Corsicaundetermin'd; the Low-countries to be restor'd to thehouse of Austria, as their limits: stood before the War.Q. Reserve. The Dutch-want no barrier towns, they had rather de-pend on the faith of France. The house of Austria can'tafford to Keep them: What must be done with them?Why, all demolished, and the country laid open. Q. How long will it be before the French enter themagain? Perhaps two years. N. B. Before the war the French made a million sterlinga year of the bank and coast fishery; on their losing it, thedifference between them and England is two millions;which, at 25 years purchase, is fifty millions. The Frenchemploy'd in that trade 25,000 men; the difference to Eng-land is 50,000. It follows, that if by the peace the Frenchrecover this trade, the price will be 5,000,0001. in money,and 50,000 men; whereto add 30,000,0001. spent makes80,000,0001. the intrinsick value of a peace. Q. If it is not the Practice of that honest Ministry, whichascended the throne of sovereignty in 1709, to let our shipsbe taken on purpose, as the best means of engaging the peopleto desire a peace. And then, Q. If no other Ministry sinceever acted on the same principle. It is farther said, that some people had been very muchmisinform'd in relation to the disposition of the protestant'sin Languedoc and Provence, they having all favour'd thecause of their country to a manwhich may be very true,as it is not easy to be conceiv'd how they could mend theirstate, by subjecting themselves to the power of foreign Papists.Here ends the first part of the history of a general Naturali-zation. On Tuesday last at court of alderman, a Motion wasmade, that a further gratuity or salary might be given toMr. Robinson, Clerk to the sitting Justices at Guildhall:After which another motion was made by a worthy Alder-man, .who has done great service to the nation in general,and to this city in particular, That the Chamberlain maylay before the court the true state of the city's affairs, aslikewise of the Orphans Fund; which the court agreed, to,as looking upon it to be a right and worthy proceeding. Tuesday last Capt. Talbot, brother to the late LordChancellor, kissed his Majesty's hand on his being madeColonel of a regiment now abroad. By letters from Jamaica, dated Dec. 16. we learn, thatthe island has been very sickly, but grew more healthy whenthe letters came away. Among the persons of note thatare dead, is Dr. Neagle, many years an eminent physicianof that place. The same letters mention, that a Swedishship of 500 tons, having sprung a leak, is put into Frede-rica in Grorgia. By letters from several parts of England we have an ac-count, that the roads in many places are so bad as to renderthem almost impassable, and that abundance of sheep havebeen drowned by the drovers endeavouring to drive themto their several markets. The right hon the Earl of Gower, Lord Privy Seal,going down to the Bath by the advice of the physicianfor the recovery of his health. The dignity lately conferr'd by his Majesty upon [ILL]Earl of Kildare, is the name, stile and title of Viscou[ILL]Leinster of Taplow in the county of Buckingham. Last Saturday night several noblemen and gentlemenrived in town from their country seats, to hear the trialLord Lovat; it's said some of them have come two hun-dred miles. A great number of workmen are now employed, [ILL]were obliged to work all day on Sunday last, in making [ILL]alterations in the scaffolding in Westminister-hall, for [ILL]more convenient reception of the members of the hop[ILL]house of commons, against the ensuing trial of Lord Lo[ILL]var. They are likewise obliged to work all nights, on ac-count of the sittings after term to get every thing in recdi-ness. On Wednesday Lord Lovat presented a petition to theright hon the house of Peers, praying a further time forthe coming on of his trial; which their lordships werepleased to grant, and appointed the said trial to be on Thurs-day the fifth of March next. We hear that the Lord Viscount Coke, son of the righthon the Earl of Leicester, and member of parliament forcounty of Norfolk, will be call'd up to the house of pee[ILL]and that the hon. Mr. Townshend, eldest son of the righthon. Lord Viscount Townshend, will offer himself a Can-didate for that county, in his room. On Monday night came on in the court of exchequer [ILL]Westminister-Hall, before the Lord Chief Baron Parke[ILL]a cause where some custom house officer were plaintiff[ILL]and the captain of a privateer desendant, who had takena Swedish ship some time ago, laden with Spanish goods,which, was seiz'd coming up the River by the officers [ILL]the King; after a hearing, which lasted till five o'clockTuesday morning, the Jury brought in a verdict tor thecaptain. An humble address of the house of representatives of thecolony of Nova Csarea, or New Jersey, in AmericanAnd also an address of the representatives of the freemen ofthe province of Pensylvania, in general assembly met, havebeen presented to his Majesty; both which his Majesty [ILL]pleased to receive very graciously. A new bridge is going to be built on the river Thamesfrom Shepperton in Middlesex, to Walton in Surrya bill being ordered into parliament for that purpose. On Tuesday ths hon. Capt. Edgcombe, son of the righthon. the Lord Edgcumbe, took the oaths and his feat inthe hon house of commons, as member of parliament forthe borough of Fowey in the county of Cornwall, in theroom of William Warder, Esq; deceased. On Saturday night the right hon. the Earl of Warring-ton arrived in town from his seat a Cheshire with a [ILL]merous retinue; who was remarkable for using his atmost Endeavours to oppose the late unnatural Rebellion. And on Sunday the right hon. the Earl of Stamford ar-rived in town, from his seat in Lincolnshire. There are letters from Gibraltar, of the 29th ult. whichtake no notice of any prize being carried in there; so thatthe report of the London and Garland having taken [ILL]Spanish register ship is without foundation. On Monday last near 100 chests of foreign silver Coi[ILL]were carried, under a strong guard, from the India housefor Portsmouth, there to be shipped on board the Companyship outward-bound. On Tuesday the cloathing of the British forces lately em-barked for Flanders was shipped at the Tower, There is an account that several French men of war fromMalta, convoy to a fleet of trading Vessels, have taken andEnglish privateer, and five other ships; a man of war i[ILL]also said to be taken by them. The above privateer hadjust before taken a very rich French prize, and sent her forsome neutral port. Capt. Breading, of the Baltimore, arriv'd at Bristol fromJamaica, spoke on the 6th ult. with Commodore Mitchell,with seven men of war, then cruising between Cape Mea[ILL]and Cape Nicholas, in order to intercept the trade to andfrom Hispaniola. Extract of a letter from Plymouth, dated Feb. 15.The Bristol man of war has brought in the St. Piers, [ILL]and for Bordeaux, from Martinico: she came out withninety sail of merchant ships, under convoy of four men o[ILL]war, viz. one of eighty, one of sixty four, one of fifty, andone of forty guns. The above vessel is about 120 tons[ILL]burthen, laden with Coffee and Sugar; she parted fromthe fleet in a gale of wind, and was taken on the tenth in-stant. His Majesty in council has been pleased to appoint thefollowing sheriffs, &c. Berkshire, Daniel Bunce, of Longworth, Esq; Derbyshire, Thomas Richards, Esq; Hertfordshire, Henry Fotherly Whitfield, of Rickmerworth, Esq; Norfolk, Charles Cooper Morley, of Basham, Esq; Oxfordshire, Robert Nedham, of Crowmarsh Gifford, Shropshire, Sir Hugh Brigges, Esq; Werrestershire, Richard Buckle, of Chafely, Esq; Wiltshire, Richard Tuck, of Bowd, Esq; SOUTHWALES.Breeon, Charles Harcourt, of Danyparke, Esq; NORTH WALES. Montgomery, William Mostyn, of Brynguyn. Esq; Prince's Council-chamber, Somerset-house, Feb 12. HisRoyal Highness hath been pleased to appoint Henry Peter,Esq; to be Sheriff of the county of Cornwall for the yearensuing. On Friday a Highlander, disguised in a lowland dresswas stopp'd at the tower gate by one of the Warders, wasenquiring what he wanted, the Highlander answered,That be bad travelled five hundred miles from their good l[ILL]dSimm Frizier's Country, on propose to ask his L[ILL] ofabree Gaibeas which be promise! to pay him for five C[ILL]that his Lordship bought of over a little before the R[ILL] aand by [ILL]my surd, men, gen yet sud chip his Head [ILL]shoulders her I see bun, I ja'l life my father, and carry badtidings tell my one country. By letters, from Norwich of the 12th instant we learn,that the distemper among the horded cattle in this countryand Suffolk, his very much noted. It is said surprisingcares have been performed by the following menus, viz.As soon as the best was perceived to be disordered, asmuch snuff made of affaram leaves, dried and here to afine powder; as would lie on a Shilling, was put into aquilt and blown up the no list of the cow, &c disordered,which would, in a few hours, cause a matter to run inlarge quantities front the said beast, and thereby prevent itssettling on the lungs. This method has restored manyhundred seized with the disorder, and not one of the foundcattle that have taken this thercatory, have been affected,though in company with those that have been distemper'd.The above letter a[ILL], that a few days since, several cattlehave died suddenly in an uncommon way: Upon enquiry,is appeared they were poisoned; and a person being set towatch, he saw two Men opening turnips in a turnip-field,where cattle were feeding, in which they put corrosivesublimate. They have made their escape; but as severalare in pursuit of them; it's hop'd they will soon be taken. We are assured, that one P[ILL]don is passing the seals for748 of the rebels that were taken in the late rebellion,and another for 81 more of the rebels who refuse to de-liver an account of their christian names, pretending thatthey are subjects of the French King, and, bearing hiscommission, ought to be exchanged for English prisoners.All of them are to be mansported to some of the Britishplantations. Last Saturday there was a collection at the French churchin The [ILL]eet and Spittle Fields, for thief poor,the ru[ILL] of which was 2500l. exactly. On Monday the Lord Chief justice Lee attended in the[ILL] of King's bench in Westminster-hall for the firsttime since his indisposition. The ho[ILL]Howard, Esq brother to his grace theDuke of Norfolk, is ill of a paralytick disorder. On Monday came on in the coast of King's bench atWestminster, before the right hon, the Lord Chief Ju-stice Lee, a trial, wherein the worshipful company ofp[ILL]kers of the city of London were plantiffs,[ILL] Dermott, defendant, for exercising the said[ILL] contrary to the statute of the fifth of Queen Eliza-beth he not having ser[ILL] legal Apprenticeship, thesaid company proving themselves an incorporated bodyin the [ILL] of Edward the fourth and Henry the fifth;and after a short trial, a verdict was given in favour of thesaid company. On Monday the hon. Mr. Justice Wright, the hon. Mr.Baron Reynolds, and the hon. Mr. Baron Clive, met atthe court-house at St. Margaret's hi[ILL], Southwark: but[ILL] of [ILL] being found against any of the re-bel prisoners, the court [ILL] to Monday the 2d ofmarch, which it is expected that some [ILL] will be sound[ILL] the Prisoners arr[ILL]ed. The wages due to the soft of December, 1744; are or-dered to be paid at Chatham to the company of his Majesty's[ILL] the Dover; the Monmouth and Prince Frederick areto be paid of Plymouth; and the Hampshire at Portsmouth,to the same time. The Books of the Kingston are also sent to Chatham topay her company on the 30th of June, 1744. Lord Gower is re[ILL]psed, and in a very dangerous con-dition. Last Thursday morning, as a butcher, who lives at Ey-don, in the county of Northampton, was going home fromBanbury market in Oxfordshire, he was attacked by a footand at Willscote windmill, who presented a pistol to hisbreak, and demanded his Money, which the butcher notonly refused to deliver, but also knock'd down the villain;and having bound him: carried him before a Justice of thePeace, who committed him to Oxford gaol. Monday last a court of admiralty was held, when theForte, a French ship, taken by the Gloucester and Larkmen of war, was condemned as a lawful-prize. The Bellona, prize to the Dreadnought man of war,[ILL] is safe arrived in the Downs. We have advice from New-York, that four of their pri-vateers have taken three large French ships, after a smartengagement; in which the privateers had two men killed andfix wounded, and several drowned, by one of their boatsoversetting; the Cargoes of the prizes consist of whiteand brown sugars, coffee, indico, skins, hides, cocoa, withsome gold and silver, and other effects, for France, fromCape Francois. The Real Gally, Philips, from Leghorn, who engagedthe French privateer so gallantly about a month since offFalmouth, is arrived at Portsmouth. On Tuesday last, just[ILL]f Portland, she was chased by two French privateers al- most into that road, where his Majesty's ships the Fulklandand loverness were at anchor, who, on being informed ofthe privatcers, immediately weighed anchor and gave chaseto them. As several petitions from the insolvent debtors in differ-rent prisons in the country are come up, and others are ex-pected there is great reason to believe, that an act will passfor their relief, notwithstanding the arts that may be used topresent it, by such as have sheltered themselves in thoseplaces, with a [ILL]lent design to lead a lazy and voluptuous[ILL] at the expence of their suffering creditors, who in casean act passes, would be intitled to their effects. We are informed, that among the number of the unhappypersons first mentioned, there are upwards of 1500 sea-[ILL]ing people, who if they were discharged, would afford[ILL] enough to navigate 200 ships, each of 200 tons,which at this juncture would be very serviceable to thepublick, and prove no detriment at all to their creditors. On Monday morning last, between the hours of twelve andone, the house of John Gascoigne, Esq; at Turnham Green(brother to Alderman Gascoigne) was attempted to be brokeopen by nine rogues, all the family being at London except aman (who lay over the Laundry) and one maid, who layin the garret; four of the rogues attacked the fore-part ofthe house, while five were breaking in backwards; theyhad got up the fash of the stone parlour, but had some dif-ficulty in entering, by reason of some upright iron barsspiked at the top: in the mean time, the man servant hear-ing a noise of men in the yard before the house, got up andlooked out of window, and perceived four of them break-ing in: whereupon he asked them what they were doing,and what business they had there? They damn'd him, andbid him go to bed again, or it should be worse for him; up-on which he swore, if they did not go off, he would in-stantly fire amongst them, but this did not seem to intimi-date them at all, and, as luck would have it, there happenedto be a blunderbuss in the man's room, which one of thefootmen had loaded a few Days before with a brace of balls;the servant presented the piece out of the window, andfired amongst them, and it is believed mortally woundedone of them, for he was heard to say, he was a dead man.The noise of the blunderbuss starmed the rogues behindthe house, who came running to see what was the matter,where they found one of their companions wounded; uponwhich they thought proper to march off, taking the wound-ed man along with them, who in the Morning was trackedabove a quarter of a mile by his blood, which 'tis hoped maybe a means of discovering the rest of the villains; for thisin all probability saved the house from being robbed, andthe two servants from being murdered. On Tuesday the surveyors of the city of London, beganat Aldgate to take a general survey of all the windows thatare within the liberty and freedom of the city, in order tolay it before the commissioners, against the commencementof the act for regulating the duty; and we hear, that thesurveyors for the suburbs; will begin next week on thesame account. By letters from York of the thirteenth instant we are in-formed, that as some labourers were lately employed tolevel part of the Roman highway near Abberford, in York-shire, in order to convers it into a turn pike [ILL], theyfound a considerable quantity of human b[ILL]es, supposed tohave lain there ever since the [ILL] were in England.The teeth were very [ILL] in several of the skulls, and thebones in general seemed never to have been disturbed beforeAbout eight of ten Years ago the like circumstanceswere observed upon ploughing up the remains of a Romanhighway, between Wanderford and Still on; in Huntingdonshire: from both which observations it may reasonablybe presumed, that it was the custom of the Romans tobury such of their folders as happened to the on that ser-vice, in those roads they were employed to make. The right hon. the Earl of Fitzwilliams lies dangerouslyill at his house in St. James's square. Ships taken by the English. The PEsperance, boundfrom Bourdeaux to Martinico, after three Hours Engage-ment, was burnt by the English. The Constantine,Reed, from Bristol, is arrived at Mahone. She has takenand carried into that port, a French ship with 95 bales ofcloth, from Marseilles for Constantinople. The ship ofCapt. Rook, that was lately taken on the coast of Por-tugal by the Spaniards, has since been retaken by one ofhis Majesty's cruizers, and carried into Lisbon. The Ma-thias, Weckberg, from Lisbon bound to Havre de Gracewas taken by an English man of war, and afterwards re-taken by the Grand Biche, a French privateer of St.Malo's.Ships taken by the Enemy. The Hornet Sloop of war,Capt. Keller, and the King William, Carter, from Londonto Jamaica, are both carried into Havre. The Fisher,Baker from Virginia, is carried into St. Maloes. ThePrince Charles, Stewart, from Belfast for Jamaica, wastaken in lat. 49. by the Conquerante, a French privateerof Granville, and insom'd for 1600 l. The ProphetDaniel, (belonging to Hamburgh) from Trania to Lisbon,is taken by the Algerines. The Rebecca and Mary, Wil-kie, from Virginia for London, is carried into St. Malo's. ROBBED. On Friday evening hackney coach was [ILL] near Bromp-ton, by three foot pads, when took born the people aboutfive pounds in money and a silver watch, and then madeoff toward, Chelsea.Saturday moraine early some loguesbroke in'o the house of Mr. Townthend, an attorney inWine Office Court, Fleet street, and entirely s[ILL]ipp'd thekitchen, broke open, baroe, out of which they took fittygu'neas and several other things of value. Mr. DavidShir'ey, an eminent matter at Northampton coming totown was attached on Fin[ILL] common single high-[ILL] going who robbed him offifty shillings and watch, and them made of towardsBarnet. PROMOTIONS. The King has been pleased to appoint Jonathan [ILL]cher Esq: to be Caption General and Governor in chiefof New Jersey in America. MARRIED. Col. Leighton to miss Pinsold of Queensquare.Mr.Richard Hunter, an eminent surgeon and man midwife,to Miss Frime, only daughter of Mr. Frime, an eminenecyder merchant near Grosvenor-square.George CurtisEsq; to Miss Mary Thompson, of Pall-Mall, daughter ofWilliam Thompson, Esq: of Newton Hall, in L[ILL]oln-shire, a beautiful young lady, with a handsome fortune-Sermon Felstead, Esq; a young gentleman of a large E-state near Illford, to Miss Anne Watson, of Wanstead inEssex, an agreeable lady with a large fortune. BIRTHS. The lady of Armine Wodehouse Esq; Knight of theShire for Norfolk, delivered of a son and heir, at his housein Grosvenor-Street.Last Monday one Mrs. Price a waterman's wife, was de-livered of three boys and a girl, at her house near the Fal-con stairs, and all are likely to do well, DEAD. Mr. Mather, one his Majesty's messengers in ordi-nary.Mr. Oldney, master of the livery stables in Black-horse yard, White-chapel, which he kept many years withreputation.Mr. George Field, formerly famous for mak-ing telescopes, Sec.Mr. Hart, senior tide-surveyor of theport of London; who in a course of 30 years, (which timehe had been employed in the revenues) behaved himselfwith integrity, and was respected by all that knew himMr. William Chadwick, an eminent, warehouseman in theManchester trade, in Cateaton street. Mr. Mauides, asupholsterer and undertaker in the borough of South wark.The rev. Mr. Tarnall possessed of a considerable livingin Westmoreland. Mr. Whiteman, an eminent hair-m[ILL]chant in Tavitock-street, Francis Risdon, of Ongar inEssex a gentleman of good fortune, which he acquiredby trade. Col Hichet who was passenges on board theSeven man of war, (taken by the French) died lately inhis confinement in France. Slingsby, Esq; one ofthe assembly of Barbadoes (taken on board the said ship)died about the same time. As did Mr, Ball, whose fatherwas an eminent planter on that stand. CASUALTIES. Last Friday night as a boat was coming from Woolwichto Greenwich, with some young Gentlemen in it, by asudden squall of wind it was overset, by which accidentone Mr. Green a young gentleman lately come from Ja-maica, was unfortunately drowned,The George Inn inthe Hay market, many years kept by Price, fell in withtwo other house; but luckily no person received any da-mage for they gave a crack about five minutes before theyfell, which alarming the people, they all, ran our andthereby saved their livesOn Monday morning a womanwell dress'd who was committed to the gatehouse on Sun-day for a riot, was founds hanging in her room in that prisonquite dead. BANKRUPTS. Robert Negus and William Bres, late of St. John Wan-ping Coopers and Partners. Lomax Lewis, of Amsworth, in the County of Lan-caster, Chapman. Price of STOCKS.Bank Stock 127. India 176 south Sea no priceDitto old Annuities 99. Ditto New 97. Bank Ann[ILL]-ties 1746, 95. Ditto 1747. 94 Three per Cent, An-nuities 83. Million Bank 103 Equivalent 98 1half-Royal Assurance no price. London Assurance 10 BankCirculation 4l. 5s. prem. India Bonds 21 16s. prem LONDON: Printed for W. Owen, at Homer's Head, near Temple-Bar, Fleet-street; where ADVERTISEMENTS and Lettersto the Author are taken in