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" The Antigua Brig, fitted out by Government,
and commanded by Lieut. Douglas, has taken an
American schooner privateer, of 10 guns, and 45
men, and brought her in here. The privateer had
four killed and five wounded ; the Antigua not one
man hurt."
Extrafl of a letter from Dublin, March 28.
" This day came on the election for members of
parliament for the College belonging to this city upon
vacancy of Richard Hely Hutchinson, son to the
Provost, who was ejected by the house upon a peti
tion against him. Counsellor Fitzgibbon and Ar
thur Browne, Esq; one of the junior fellows, (who
was set up, as is said, by the proyoft) were the only
candidates ; when the former was returned by a
majority of twenty-two.
April 9. The Right Hon. Lord North will have
a levee at the Cockpit, Whitehall, at one o'clock
this day.
YelLrday there was a levee at St. James's, and
afterwards a Cabinet Council, at which all the Great
Officers of State assisted, said to be on the fubje& of
the hi advices received from the Court of Madrid.
Yesterday, the House of Peers broke up at twenty
minutes past eight, and adjourned till this day.
Yrfterda, the House tax bill, and the bill for laying
certain duties on wines and vinegars, were presented
to the house of Peers, and read the firft time. A
motion was afterwards made to read the house tax
bill a fecund time this day, and their Lord/hip to be
Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, April 3.
" Arrived, the Prince Anhault Deffau, Lick
feldt, from Bourdeaux for Stettin ; the has been on
ihore on the Ouze, and must unload to get the da
mage repaired ; also the Ramiilies, Capt. Digby ;
Rrfolution, Sir Chaloner Ogle; Cornwall, Capt.
Edwards; Bedford, Capt. Varlo; Valiant, Capt.
Gdwer ; and Proserpine Frigate, all from a cruise ;
but we hear they saw nothing of Mons. Piquett.
6 The Exeter, Capt. Moore, is just come up
from the Irilh station."
r „r ff o To~whfend exprefieJ Ins wnrmeft approba
tion of the motion prop ned by the noble Earl. He
wi; happy to fee the mitof prejudice, which had tor
,nny years prevented this country from feeing its
true advantages, btgm to disperse. He would be
ha py to give lie meafw.e a brta ler bottom; though
a ILdfift a Poteftant as any gentleman in the house,
h: declared he should be glad to fee some means
adopted to grant such indulgencies to the Roman
Catholics of Ireland, as might attach that great body
rs men to the present government ; their affections
had been alienated: he wished to tecall them by
indulgent behaviour. He hated the Romifh religion
for its persecuting spirit ; he would not on that ac
count wifli to be a persecutor.
Loid North adverting to what Mr. Townsend had
Said, declared he would, with all his foul, concur
in any measure that could tend to answer so deGrable
an end ; but as it was not their province ;it was the
province of the parliament of Ireland : the laws
which were so Severe against the Roman Catholics
had originated there ; and redress of domestic griev
ance's should of right originate likewise from them ;
and he was of opinion, that the Irish Parliament
would fee where the grievances lay, and redress it ;
for there were not any where a people of more liberal
Sentiments than the Irish.
r Lord Nugent again moved that glass manufactured
in Ireland might be exported by the Irish except
into Great-BMam ; and that Irish cotton yarn might
be imported, duty free, into Great-Britain.
These motions p:&&uuanimoufy.
Mr. Burke then moved, that Irish fail cloth may be
imported into this kingdom, duty free. This motion
likewise passed nem. con. after which the Committee
adjourned.
April 4. In the fourteenth century, in the nonage
of R chard the Second, and dotage of his ministry,
who (buried in their private factions) had left the
sea and land to defend themselves, our restless ene
mies, the French, invaded this Kingdom, and car
ried away captive the prior of Lewes, in the county
of Sussex ; upon which the Abbot of the monastery
of Bartell (though no Sheriff) assembled, as well as
he could, the feoj'e comitatus, marched to Winchel
fea, fortified and sustained it against the French, who
besieged it till they were obliged, by the coming in
of tuc country upon them, to quit the siege, and
decamp with precipitation. Though this prudent
and courageous Abbot did the nation so Singular a
piece of Service, there were not wanting in those
days of darkness and superstition, Some men who
condemned his condu&, as incongruous for a cler
gyman to turn soldier; but the more enlightened
gave him his due praise, justly observing, that in
bofes publicos omnishomo miles. If the French should
have the temerity to invade us again, may Old Eng
land never want an Abbot of Battell to oppose them.
The Blenheim, Capt. Haggy, is arrivad at Ja
maica from London, after engaging a privateer a
configurable time, which struck to him, but Captain
Haggy not having hands enough to man her, was
oblig'd to give her up.
Ye lerday advice was received by the Hanover,
M'Caufland, arrived at Glasgow, from Jamaica,
that 4a fail of merchant (hips from London are Safe
arrived at Jamaica, and eight at St. Kitts.
The Lively Frigate having had a thorough repair
at Sheerness, is put into commission, and the com
mand given to Capt. Robert Biggs : She is fitting
for sea immediately.
The penal laws of Ireland were the confeq tfence
of apprehension, which, however groundless, al
ways adopts the most cruel and Severe policy. The
Irish complained ; and complained with justice.---
Leaving to the candour of their own parliament to
grant such indulgence to the Roman Catholics as
their loyalty deserves, he requested the House would
agree to that which was in their power, and their
province : to relax the trade laws would benefit the
Irish, and ultimately enrich ourselves: embarked in
the fame cause with us, they could not be called our
rivals in trade, but the rivals of our rivals. The
exception of woollen cloths he would fay nothing to ;
it might not, perhaps, be just : but it was a point
given up by tlie Irish, and confirmed by an ancient
compact: if it should be found in the course of the
proceedings on this bufmefs that any other exceptions
were necessary, the House, no doubt, would make
them. Upon the whole, the motion should meet his
hearty concurrence.
Mr. Charles Fox, Mr. Welbore Ellis, Mr. Burke,
Sir Harry Houghton, and Mr. Conelly, also Spoke
in this debate.
On the qugftion being put, it was carried nem. con.
Lord Nu^nt then made another motion, that the
Irish might be permitted to import all forts of ware
and merchandize from the coast of Africa, and plan
tations abroad, indigo, tobacco, and Sugar only
excepted. The word Sugar was inserted by his
Lordship merely to prevent an opp,fition from the
Weft-India merchants ; but on the motion of Lord
Newhaven it was left out, and the motion passed
nem. con.
Extrafl of a letter fron Antigua, Feb. 1.
A few days ago a young woman, dressed in man's
apparel, went to Carlifle, and enlihed with the Ser
jeant belonging to M'Kenzie's Highlanders. She
measured five feet seven inches, received ten guineas
bounty money, and was immediately sworn in before
the Mayor. Being a stranger her bed-fellow was
pitched on ; but previous to their dripping, die avail
ed herfelf of the opportunity of going to the door,
flipt off, and has not since been heard of.
Extrafl of a letter from Chatham, March 13.
" Yesterday arrived here Admiral Sir Hugh Pal
lifer, Bart, and Sir John Lindsey, Knt. they were
'received at the Dock-yard by Admiral Campbell,
Commissioner Proby, Captain Hood, and William
Campbell, Esq; Clerk of the Cheque, with the rest
of the principal officers of the yard ; after which
they went on board the Formidable, of 90 guns,
now in dock, in which (hip Sir Hugh Paliifer is to
hoist his flag. Having viewed her, they went, ac
companied by Israel Pownall, Esq; builder of this
dock-yard, on board the Victory, of 100 guns, in
Gillingham Reach, where Sir John Lindsey put her
into commission, being appointed to the command of
her. We hear that Admiral Keppel is to heist his
flag on board her.
" Two of our boats returned last night from sea,
the crew fay they saw a large vessel, her masts gone,
and lying on her broadside, driving up channel.
Though it then went a pretty high sea, they got as
near to her as they could to observe if she had any
name on her stern, but there was none; she seemed
about 300 tons, and was painted a pale green, red
and yellow on the streaks."
“ Three thousand men, chiefly composed of the
new-raised levies, are now on their march from Scot
land, to embark for this kingdom : these with the
troops already here, the above reinforcements, the
independent companies, and the militia, it is thought
will form a body of 33,000 men, and be fully fuffi
cient to repel any attempt which our natural enemies
might make to disturb the tranquility of Europe."
A free pardon, under his Majesty's sign manual,
was yesterday sent to Newgate for Ebenezer Smith
Platt, who had been a prisoner in that goal more
than a twelvemonth, on a charge of high treason,
alledged to have been committed by him at Savannah,
in the province of Georgia. Platt's case was agitated
at the sessions-house in the Old Bailey, and in the
Court of King's Bench, upon his [application to be
admitted to bail many months since; on each appli
cation the prisoner was opposed by the Attorney-Ge
neral.
fumm^d, which, upon the queftiort put, was or
dered in the affirmative. Another motion was
afterwards made to print the said bill, which passed
in the negative.
Yesterday the House of Commons broke up at a
little past 7 o'clock, and adjourned till this day.
Yesterday the wine duty bill was read a third time
in the House of Commons and passed.
Yesterday the five Resolutions come to in the House
of Commons on Tuesday last in a committee of the
whole House appointed to enquire into the Several
a&s of Parliament relative to the trade and commerce
of Ireland, were reported, and a bill ordered.
Yesterday the House of Commons, in a committee
of supply, came to nine resolutions, which are or
dered to be reported this day.
Yesterday the Insolvent bill was reported in the
house of Commons, and ordered to be engrossed.
Yesterday the following bills received the royal
aflent from his Majesty.
The bill for the more effectually preventing the
forging of acceptances of bills of exchange, or num
ber or principal fums^of acceptable receipts for notes,
bills, &c.
The bill for building a prison in the county of
Cornwall.
The bill for payment of costs to parties or com
plaints determined before justices of the peace out of
sessions, charges to constables in certain cases, &c.
The bill for enlarging the pier and harbour of
Scarborough.
The bill for railing fix millions by annuities, and
for establishing a lottery for the Service of the present
year.
The bill to explain and amend an a& for making
a navigable cut or canal from the River Dee, near
Cheder, to Namptwich and Middlewich, in the Said
county.
On Thursday was executed at Pennenden-heath,
James Elliot, for a forgery on the banks of Eng
land, pursuant to his Sentence : his behaviour from
Maidftone to the place of execution, Suiting his un
happy fate, he acknowledged the justice of his Sen
tence, and prayed with great fervency till turned
from thecart, crying to the Lord to receive his foul.
The bufmefs principally, which called the Com
mon Council together yesterday, was to enable the
committee of the city lands, to persevere in the ap
plication to the House of Commons for the Supply
of 40,000!. to compleat Newgate, and the further
sum of 20,0001. for an improvement across Moor
fields into Bifhopfgate-ftreet, by making an elegant
new street, which was agreed to. A motion was
made and agreed to, that all the addresses and peti
tions „ the throne from the corporation of London,
with the answers thereto, from the year 1769 to this
time, together with the late Mr. Alderman Beck
ford's Speech to the King, be printed, and a copy
thereof sent to every member of the court.
This morning early, a duel was fought in the
fields near Pancras, between Mr. T—-r, of the
Strand, and Mr. B s, a young gentleman of
Soho ; when after exchanging a case of pistols on
each fide, upon the interposition of the seconds, the
affair was fettled without further mifehief. The
quarrel arose about a young lady to whom Ithey both
paid their addresses.
Last Sunday evening a genteel young woman, ex
tremely neat in her dress, mounted the pulpit at the
Revd. Mr. Twaite's chapel, in the Borough. She
firft read a chapter, and expounded, and then in a
short lecture lamented the degeneracy of the age,
but more particularly dwelt on the spirit of trifling,
which seemed in a great measure to possess her own
sex, calling on them to bestow more attention to the
one thing needful, in the most persuasive terms, and
not inelegant language.
The French are jealous of the great resort bf fo
reigners, to fee the great improvements of London
and Westminster, within these ten years. In Order
to revive the consequence of Paris they are going to
regulate the levels of all their streets, and to exclude
carriages where there is not room for broad footways.
They are going likewise to build three more bridges
across the Seine, within the limits of the city, in a
magnificent manner, with arches 120 feet wide.—
London in return should not slacken in going on
with what is necessary to retain its superiority. For
this purpose the corporation of London should re
build London Bridge, and a new one from Queen
ftreet, Cheapfide, and the inhabitants of Weftmin
lter should most certaily build one at the Savoy.
Extraa of a letter from Dublin, April 3.
Extrafl of a letter from Falmouth, March 7.
Utrecht, March 22. Mr. John Frederic Reitz,
Doctor of Medicine, and Profeffor of History
and Eloquence in this University died here
lately, in the 83d year of his age. His supe
rior erudition and abilities as a writer, must
render his loss lamented by every admirer cf
literature in Europe.
\ Brussels, March 18. An ordonance has just
been issued here, from the Empress Queen,
for the loan of 3,600,0000 florins, at three
per cent, for the twelve firft years, and to be
paid the capital in ten equal payments, in the
ten following years, with an interest in pro
portion to the remaining, till all is paid.
On Friday night Mr. Shadwell, private Se
cretary to Lord Grantham, arrived express
from Madrid; his dispatches were immediate
ly forwarded to the Queen's palace, the par
ticulars of which were laid before the Council
that met yesterday.
Earl Gower is somewhat better ; his physi
cians have some hopes of his recovery.
JOHN PERRY,
Has for sale at Mr. Marfton's store in Smith Street,
back of his Excellency Governor Tryon's,
London porter,
Taunton ale,
Bristol beer,
Cyder,
Burton ale, in hampers of 3
dozen, and calks of 10
dozen each,
Bottled port wine,
Double glofter chcefe,
Irish and welsh butter,
Bristol tripe in kegs,
Loaf sugar,
Green tea,
Currants,
White lead, ^^
Spanish brown, , _,
YeUpw ochre,
Bl^paint,
• Green ditto, Jo
Brass kettles,
Sad irons,
Boxes of tin,
Cutlery,
Brass cocks,
Scotch fnuff in bladders,
^^ For BRISTOL,
To fail veith the firft Convoy,
^^^^The Brig ALBION,
William Rose, Mafler;
For freight apply to John Perry.
" To be SOLD BY
WILLIAM PERRY,
No. 294, Little Dock-ftaeet, three doors cast of the
Exchange,
BRISTOL BEER, and ) In calks of ten
TAUNTON ALE, 5 dozen each,
London porter in hampers of three doz. each,
Double and single Gloucester cheese in tubs,
Bristol tripe in kegs, currants,
Bristol bacon, &c.
Old LISBON WINE
OF the best quality in hogsheads and
quarter-casks,
To be SOLD, by
DOMINICK JOYCE,
No. 321 in dock-street, the corner of Coenties-lane.
JOHN DAVAN,
No. 207, Q^een-ftreet, near the Fly. Market,
. HAS FOR SALE,
Domea j
N.B. London particular Itffidfira WINE, 12 year#
old, at ql. 43, p# dozen.
Genuine old Madeira
wine, by the pipe,
quarter-calk, or dozen,
Lisbon wine by the pipe,
quarter-calk or dozen,
Sherry wine by the quarter
calk or dozen,
Sweet wines in bottles.
Old hock in ditto,
London and Bordeaux claret
by the case or dozen.
Port wine by the calk or
dozen,
Shone'e London bottled por
ter by the hogshead or
dozen,
Kenton's ditto, per ditto,
Taunton ale, do. do.
Scotch ale, do. do,
Bristol beer, do. do.
Rest Coniac brandy in kegs
or by the gallon,
Holland geneva by the case,
Old Spirits by the hogshead,
or Jess quantity,
Wcft-India rum by the hogs
head or barrel,
Rest hyfon,
Congo, and >TEAS,
a \
« dr .Wednesday the Formidable was put into
cemmiflion, and the command given to Captain
Beally.
“ This day orders were received for the Namur,
of 20 guns, to be fitted for sea at this port."
Toulon, Feb. 17. From the preparations making in
all our ports, it should feem^s if we were at the eve
of a war ; but our account from Paris fay, these
preparations are only to prevent the English from de
claring against us, and if that nation keeps the fame
moderation it has hitherto, we shall still remain at
peace.
Nuremberg, Feb. 26. The news from Bavaria
becomes every day more disagreeable. M. Zehmen,
Minister from Saxony, has quitted Munich, and ta
ken with him his secretary; and before his depar
ture he presented to the Chancellor Kreytmayer a
formal protestation, properly attested, agafoft any
concessions or proceedings to the prejudice of his
master's claims on the electorate.
Hamburgh, March 17. We hear from Ber
lin, that since the Sth of this month very ex
traordinary movements have been making
there.—Every moment frefh orderszare trans
mitting to every province in the kingdom.
Frankfort, March 16. By all the letters that
we receive from the hereditary flares of the
houses of Austria and Pruffia,' nothing seems
to be going forward but the most vigorous
preparations'for war, though hostilities have
not yet commenced, nor war been publickly
declared.
——
Sail cloth,
Grindstones,
Combs,
Pins and needles,
Felt hats,
Castor ditto,
Mens shoes good and com
mon,
Womens fluff shoes,
Women's cotton stockings,
Mens worsted ditto,
Boys thread and cotton dit
to,
Mens and Womens gloves,
Blue and green broad cloths,
Shalloons, blue, green fear
let, &c.
Callimancocs,
Dimities
Flannels,
German serges,
Scots Oznaburgs,
Irish sheeting,
Pennons,
Kerleys, &c.
Basket-salt, isinglass,
Arnold's bottled fnuff,
Coffee, chocolate, mustard
and failed oil,
Mace, cloves, and cinnamon
Nutmegs, whole and ground
ginger,
Raisins and currants,
Chamber's London cut to
bacco,
Double and single refined
sugar,
Mufeovado sugar by the
barrel,
Cheshire and Cloucefter
cheese,
Spmermaceti candles by the
box,
Mould and dipt tallow ditto
by ditto,
Caftile, and London made
white and turpentine soap
by the bex,
Playing cards of all forts,
Short and long pipes by the
box,
Corks by the gross,
Wrapping paper bythe ream.
I. Introduction.
11. The holidays at tft
• public offices.
111, Table of the fun-ri
ling.
IV. Table of the moon
and eclipses.
V. Term tables for West
minster, Oxford, and
Cambridge.
VI. The transfer days
for public docks.
VII. Chronological notes
for 1778.
VIII. Birth days of the
royal family.
IX. Regal table of the
Kings and Queens.
X. Birth days of foreign
Sovereigns.
XL Remarkable days in
<778.
XII. Fifty two double
Pages, ruled for Me
morandums, &c.
XIII. Hints to married
ladies.
JUST PUBLISHED,
(With a Frontifphce of a Lady in full Dress, and
another in unTefs of 1777, alfothe Windsor Ball)
and t) be fold at the Bible and Crown, in
Hanover-Square,
HUGH GAINE,
THE
LADIES
ANNUAL JOURNAL;
OR
Complete POCKET-BOOK,
For the YEAR 1778.
An Ufeful Register of Bufmefs and Amusement.
CONTAINING,
ALS O,
Published by HUG H GAINE,
THE
SHIP-MASTER'S ASSISTANT
FOR
KEEPING his ACCOUNTS,
IN
A plain, concise, and intelligible Method.
CONTAINING
Examples of all accounts necessary to be known for
an easy and thorough understanding of that ufeful
branch of book-keeping.
Together with
All forms of manifefts, receipts, invoices, &c. and
every thing necessary for a ship-master to know,
in order to render his tranfa&ions concise and
pleasant.
To which is added
A description of such averages as are very necessary
for all fea-faring men to be acquainted with.
By a Friend to fea-faring men.
HUGH GAIN E, has for sale
The American Pocket Atlas,
Maps of New-Jersey and New-York,
Maps of Pennsylvania, and Drafts of the Rivefr
Delaware,
Maps of Conne&icut, Rhode-Ifland, Maffafett&~
Bay and New-Hampshire, &c. &c.
Wanted to hire,
A Female servant, either white or black, that under*'
Bands cooking plain meat, and to do house work
well, in a genteel small family. Such a woman, with
good character, will hear of a place by applying to the
printer hereof.
STOLEN or strayed out of the pasture of Thomas
Harriot, near Jamaica, about the 15th of May,
a moufe-colour'd cow, with a white face, short horns,
and remarkable large; likewise two yearling#, the one
a bull, the other a heffer ; the bull is intirely red,
the heffer is also red, with a white Break on her back.—-
The broad artow is mark'd on each of them. Whoever
will deliver the above cattle to Thomas Harriot, or give
information where they may be found, shall receive One
Dollar for each, or Three Dollars for the whole.
To be LETT,
A Middle floor of a genteel house in a convenient
part of the city, consisting of a dining room,
bed chamber and large closet, together with the use
of a kitchen, and a large garret. Inquire of the
Printer.
XXXVth Regiment.
WANTED, a sutler for the OFFICERS of
laid regiment. Any person qualified and
having a good recommendation may apply to the
Adjutant in camp at Brookline.
JOSEPH ALLICOCKE,
Next Door to the Coffee-Houfe, Water-ftrect,
Has for Sale, cheap for Cafb,
OLD MADEIRA as u
sual, by the dozen or
gallon
Middle aged ditto, by the
pipe, quarter calk, dozen
or gallon
Sherry and Lisbon wines, by
the dozen or gallon
Port and Malaga, by the
dozen
Jamaica spirits and common
Weft India rum
Genuine French brandy
Old Antigua rum, for mak
ing delicious punch
Price, ONE GUINEA.
To the PUBLIC.
Tobe fold, by the Inventor's Appointment at the
Bible and Crown, in Hanover-Square, and no
where else in America.
The Salutary CO NSEREE,
BEING an approved and infallible Preventive
from aCertAInDIsease.
The Auther of this Medicine is a Gentleman ver,
well known, both in the Navy and Army, for his fuc
cefsful Practice in Physic and Surgery, he has had re
peated and inconteftible Proofs of the good Effe&s of hit
Medicine, which he was prevailed on to give the Public
some Years ago, in Europe, at the earnest Sollicitationt
of some of his intimate Friends.---The Application of it
is simple and easy, as will appear by the printed directions
given with each phial.
A~W£T tTRSEJ
WANTED, in a gentleman's family, a woman
with a good breast of milk : Such a one, with
a good recommendation, will meet with encouragement
V ^'7% to rhe primer, or ar No. 1078, Water-ftrec%
Shrub, a noble substitute,
in lack of fruit
Prime mufeovado sugars, in
hogsheads, tierces and bar
rels
Loaf ditto
Hyfon, fouchong, and Bo*
hea tea
Coffee, chocolate, pepper
Mustard, fallid oil
Caftile and white soap
London porter and Brjfto]
beer
Cheese, gammons
Split peas
Velvet corks, &e. &c.
XIV. An essay on mo
desty.
XV. Ode to Health.
XVI. An account of the
watering places and mi
neral waters in England
and Wales.
XVII. Favourite Songs of
^777-
XVIII. Country dances
for 1778.
XIX. Marketing tables.
XX. Tables for calcula
ting expences by the
day, week, month and
year.
XXI. Interest table at
five per cent, for the
day, week, month or
year.
XXII. Table of prece
dency for ladies.
XXIII. Rates of coach
men and chairmen.
XXIV. Rates of water*
men-