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mation, what were my motives for figning that fentence and letter."

Capt. Keppel. I think that I can not answer that question, without particularizing the reafons for my vote and opinion.- Q. Do you understand that thefe particular reafons are asked now? A. No."

Then the feveral examinations were read by the clerk; and upon a motion for that purpose, the bill was ordered to be rejected. The bill, and the proceed. ings of the house upon it, were ordered to be forthwith printed and published.

SCOTLAND.

About two o'clock in the morning of Monday Jan. 17. there began, in the city and fuburbs of Edinburgh, under the authority of the magiftrates, a hot prefs for landmen; and before fix in the morning 116 men were delivered over to the commanding officer in the castle. Such of them as were found fit for the fervice, and fell within the recruiting-act, were kept, and the reft were discharged. The number laid on the city was 70. Inpreffed men from different parts of the country have been likewife fent to Edinburgh caftle; and parties of them have been at different times conducted thence to the corps in which they are to ferve. In pursuance of the fubfcription for providing meal, to be fold to neceffitous families in Edinburgh below the market price [xviii. 622], tickets were if. fued before the middle of January; and fuch of them as apply for it, receive, from time to time, a quantity of meal according to their circumftances; the oat-meal at 10 d. and the peafe-meal at 8 d. the peck.

Between nine and ten o'clock at night, Jan. 19. there arose a storm of wind, at Aberdeen, which continued with great violence till three next morning. About two o'clock there was a fhower of hail, feveral of the ftones as large as hazel nuts. The people in the town quitted their houfes, and stood in the fields and open places till the ftorm began to abate, A fpermaceti whale was caft afhore, Jan. 13. on the fands of Belhelvie, a bout fix miles from Aberdeen. The

fifh was fixty-two feet long, its tail fixteen feet broad. The under jaw was nine feet and a half in length, and had a row of teeth on each fide, four inches each in length, and as thick at the root as a man's wrift. In the upper jaw there were fockets to receive thefe, but no teeth.

On the 26th of January the prefbytery of Edinburgh refumed the confideration of Mr Anderfon's complaint against Meff. Fleming, Kincaid, and Donaldfon [xviii. 528, 87.]. Mr John Dalrymple, one of the counsel for the defendants, gave in to court a printed pamphlet, intitled, Objections against the effays on morality and natural religion examined [xviii. 631.], copies of which had been fent to the members of prefbytery fome weeks before, immediately on its publication, and defired the court to confider it as a further de-fence, being authorised to affure them that it was wrote by the author of the book libelled.In reafoning upon the affair, the members were of different opinions. Some judged the anfwers to the charge fufficiently fatisfactory to warrant the prefbytery's difmiffing the procefs; and overtured, that they fhould come to the following refolution or fentence: "That though there are fome very unguarded expreffions in the book, and fome paffages which cannot be justified, and may have a bad tendency, which may have given offence to many fincere good people, and have been the foundation of this process; yet as it appears, that the author, in feveral parts of the book, has declared his regard to the principles of religion, and that in the forefaid pamphlet, which they were affured was wrote by the author, he has difavowed and difclaimed all thofe bad confequences which were apprehended arofe from the reafonings in the book; that upon all these confiderations, and to prevent their entering further into fo abftrufe and metaphyfical a difpute, they judge, upon the whole, that it is more for the purposes of edification to difmifs this procefs."others being of opinion, that the anfwers were not fatisfactory as to feveral

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parts of the charge; particularly, that though the author fays, that virtue has other foundations independent of delufive feelings; yet to them he seemed to reft VIRTUE, in fo far as it implies or ftands connected with moral obligation, accountableness, merit, reward, &c. wholly upon these feelings, Efays, p. 199: 205. 206. &c.; and therefore they propofed, "That a committee fhould be appointed, to compare the book libelled, with the charge, and the aforefaid pamphlet, and bring in an overture upon the whole to the next meeting of prefbytery." A vote was then ftated, Approve of the above overture, for difmiff ing the proccfs; or, Appoint a committee? It carried Approve; and the prefbytery accordingly difmiffed the procefs. Two minifters diffented.

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Downs.

By the Hazard floop: A French privateer of 8 carriage-guns, befides fwivels, and 45 men, carried into Gosport.

By the Fire-drake floop: The Post-boy, a fnow privateer of Morlaix, of 10 guns, carried into Plymouth.

By the Dunkirk, Capt. Howe: The Prince de Soubize, a privateer of 14 carriage-guns, 10 fwivels, and upwards of 100 men, carried into Portsmouth. This was the privateer that engaged the Dispatch floop, when Capt. Holburne was mortally wounded. [xviii. 569.]

By the Aldborough: The Duke de Penthievre, a privateer of 12 carriage-gnns, brought in

to the Downs..

By the Tartar, Capt. Lockhart: The Prince de Soubize, from Martinico, with fugar and coffee, carried into Dartmouth; a French privateer of 18 guns fix-pounders, and 180 men, carried into Falmouth; and the Mount Ofizer, a privateer of 20 guns nine-pounders, carried into Plymouth. This laft had the affurance to board the Tartar fword-in-hand after he had ftruck her colours; but, according to the old faying, caught a tartar, having 36 men killed in the attempt, befides many wounded.

By the Badger floop: A French dogger pri vateer of about 6 carriage guns, taken; and a Spanish fnow which the privateer had taken with in three miles of Dover, retaken.

By the Lyme, Capt. Vernon: The Revenge, a privateer of 10 carriage-guns and 70 men, formerly a brigantine of Liverpool, carried into Portsmouth

By the Bonetta floop, Capt. Clarke: The Re-
nard, a privateer of Calais, of 8 carriage-guns,
6 fwivels, and 60 men, carried into Plymouth.
By the Briftol: A French fhip of 22 guns,
12,000l. carried into Barbadoes.
from Nantz for Cape François, reckoned worth

vateer, brought into Yarmouth road.
By the Grampus floop: A small French pri-

By two cutters: The French Charles, a privateer of Boulogne, of 4 carriage-guns and 10 fwivels, brought into the Downs.

bigger than a longboat, carried into Portsmouth. By two floops: A fmall French privateer, no

By privateers, &c.

By the Harlequin: A Martinico fhip, carried into Antigua.

* By the Johnson of New York, and the of Antigua, Higgins: A French fhip of 24 guns and 60 men, from Marseilles, with wine, foap, oil, brandy, c. reckoned to be worth 10,000 l. carried into St Kitts.

from Martinico for Havre-de-grace, carried into By the Onflow of Jerfey: A fhip of 300 tuns, Guernsey.

The St Vincent, from Cape François for BourBy the Baltimore of Corke, Crookfhanks: deaux, taken; and the Czar of Muscovy, Wilfon, from Virginia for London, retaken, sent to Virginia.

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By the Tartar, Shaw: A Martinico fhip, of 300 tuns, 16 guns, and 33 men, with 316 Sally, Legroffe, from Malaga for Yarmouth, cafks fugar, and 410 cafks coffee, taken; and the with wine, oil, and fruit, retaken.

By the Kirke of Guernsey The Fanny, Smith, from Yarmouth for Leghorn, retaken, carried into Falmouth.

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By the Peggy of New York, Haddon: A
West Indies, fent into Rhode Island.
French fhip of 200 tuns, from France for the

By the Eagle of London: A brigantine from
Guardaloupe for Nantz, carried into Falmouth.

about go tuns, with groceries, from Cherburg By the Alderney, Oliver: A French floop of for Roan, brought into Portland road. goswis

Captures, &c. by the French, potrd THE Eleanor, Gray, from Campvere for the

ifle of Man; the John and Jane, with flour; the John and Anne, with falmon; the Thomas and David, Johnson, with barley; the Jane and Anne, Leflic, from Bamff for Campvere; and the Two Brothers, Matthifon, from Sunderland for Holland; all carried into Calais.

The Young Race-horfe, Scurlock, from Newfoundland for Oporto; the Prince George of Bristol, Darby, from Newfoundland; the Severn, Rawlins, from Virginia for London; the Lewis, Bean, from Barbadoes for London; and

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The Elifabeth and the Demontaur, with corn; the Mary and Elifabeth, Bush, from London for Plymouth; and the Countess of Murray, Roxburgh, from Dundee for Bilboa; all carried into Dieppe.

The Hardy, Favier, from New York for Amfterdam, carried into St Maloes.

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The William, Clarke, from Falmouth for Leghorn; the Mary, Thompson, from Yarmouth for ditto; the Jane and Catherine, Ha gan, from Yarmouth for Naples; the Anne and Catherine, Hipfon, from Falmouth for ditto; the Virgin, for Gibraltar; the Tuscany, Godard, from Meffina for London; the Anna-Catherina, from Yarmouth; and the William, Clarke, from ditto; all carried into Marseilles

The Langford, Jubber, from Barbadoes for London, carried into St Sebaftian's.

The Black Jock, Stubbs, from London and Gambia for Barbadoes; the Austin, Home, from Liverpool for ditto; the Schemer, Nichols, from the Windward coaft, with 132 flaves; and the Elifabeth, Morris, from Gibraltar for the Weft Indies; all carried into Martinico.

The Carolina, Doleman, from Bristol for Jamaica, carried into Grandillos.

The Seville frigate, Martin, from Yarmouth, and the Annandale, Durrie, from Chefler, both for Naples, carried into Baia; but ordered to Naples, in order to have it decided whether they are good prizes, having been taken two miles

from land.

The Maria, Grant, from New York for London, drove afhore on the French coast.

Taken, but ranfomed: The Jean of Gordonfton, Nicol, from Aberdeen for Norway, for 100; and the John and Mary of Sandwich, Valder, with flous, for Newcastle, for 250 guineas. Taken, but whither carried not mentioned: The Diamond, Stone, of 150 tuns, with groceries, from London for Topfham; a New York privateer of 10 guns and 102 men; the Owners Goodwill, Cottrell, from London, and the Samuel, Wild, from Newcastle, both for Gibraltar; the Neptune, Parks; the Friendship, Brown, from Cork for Lifbon; the St Anna,

Almos, from Lisbon for London; the Forth, Brown, with 300 hogfheads tobacco, from Virginia for Leith; and the Rebecca, Bartlett, from Philadelphia for Barbadoes.

houfe, London, Feb. 10. for the benefit of the A fubfcription was opened at Lloyd's coffeerible privateer, and for the widows of those brave widow of Capt. Death, commander of the TerOn the 23d of December he engaged the Grand men who loft their lives in his defence [53]. Alexander, from St Domingo bound to Nantz, after a fmart fight of two hours and a half, in a fhip of 400 tums, 22 guns, and 100 men; and which Capt. Death's brother and fixteen of his hands on board. In convoying his prize (which men were killed, he took her, and put forty privateer, of St Maloes, of 36 guns and 360 men, was very valuable) to England, the Vengeance then the Vengeance and the prize both attacked bore down, Dec. 28. and retook the prize: the Terrible, the being between them, and fhot away her mainmast the first broadfide; and after the most defperate and bloody engagement ever known, for one hour and a half, in which M. Bourdas the French captain, his fecond, and his officers, and the major part of his crew, were two thirds of his crew, Capt. Death, almost all all killed, to the amount of near 400 on both fides, the Terrible was taken, and carried into condition, having no more than twenty-fix of St Maloes, in a fhattered, frightful, and bloody loft legs or arms, and the other ten were mostly the crew left alive on board, fixteen of whom had wounded.

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Jan. 9. At Paris, aged 99 years 11 months and 12 days, M. Bernard le Bouges de Fontenelle, Dean of the French academy, of the royal academies of belles lettres and fciences, and fellow of the royal focieties of London and Berlin.

At Knockall, in the county of Rofcommon, Ireland, aged 138, William Sharply. He worked at lath-making till about fix weeks before his death, and was remarkable, until then, for carrying a log of an uncommon bulk to his place of work.

Feb. 5. At Penryn, Cornwall, aged 144, John Effingham. He was born in the reign of James I. of very poor parents, and was bred up as a labourer. Before the revolution he was preffed, and served under Lord Feverfham. Af

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ter that he ferved under Marshal Schomberg, was present at the battle of the Boyne, and was fome time after made a corporal. He continued a foldier all Q. Anne's reign, and was at the battle of Blenheim, where he loft an eye, and most of his teeth, by the bursting of a musket. He served likewife in K. George I.'s reign; but being then discharged the fervice, he retired to Penryn, and worked as a labourer; but for the last thirty years he had lived on charity. It is remarkable, he was never ill for the last forty years. The reafon he gave for his living fo long, was: When young, he never drank any fpirituous liquors; when old, he rofe fummer and winter before fix, went to the next field, cut up a turf, and smelt to his mother earth for fome time, ufed conftant exercife, and very feldom eat meat. He was to the last very chearful, and walked ten miles about a week before his death.

5. At Haverfordwest, Wales, in the 3 1ft year of his age, Lt-Col. Charles Owen of Col. Thomas Murray's foot.

10. Capt. William Montague, brother to the Earl of Sandwich.

12. At Dublin, Capt. St Clair of Forbes's foot, Secretary to the Earl of Rothes.

14. At Dublin, Maj.-Gen. Edward Richbell, Colonel of the 17th regiment of foot.

14. At Inchmartin, Mifs Tibby Ogilvie, daughter of James Ogilvie of Inchmartin, Efq; 16. At Reading, Simon Fanshaw, Efq; a Rear-Admiral on half-pay.

20. At his feat of Elphinfton, Stirlingshire, Charles Elphinston, Lord Elphinston.

20. At London, Lady Margaret Grant, wife of Sir Ludovick Grant of Grant, and daughter of

the Earl of Findlater and Seafield.

26. Lady Bingley, relict of Lord Bingley, and daughter of the late Earl of Aylesford. She has left one daughter, the wife of George Fox Lane, Efq; member for York, and fole heiress to her father, whofe title is extinct.

At London, the Hon. Capt. Leflie, of the third regiment of foot-guards.

William Powlett, Efq; member for Whit

church.

At London, Capt. Philip Durell, late Commander of the Trident man of war.

P. S. March 1. At his houfe at South Lambeth, Mr Edward Moore, author of Fables for the female fex, the World, and several dramatic pieces.

2. At Edinburgh, Lady Frances Hay, eldest daughter of the Marquis of Tweeddale.

6. At Edinburgh, Mr Thomas Blackwell, Principal, and Profeffor of Greek, in the Marifchal college, Aberdeen; author of An inquiry into the life and writings of Homer, Memoirs of the court of Augustus, &c.

PREFERMENTS.
Taken from the London Gazette.

The King has been pleased,

Feb. 15-to appoint Col. Sir Richard Lyttel ton, Lt-Col. Alexander Dury, Cols Francis

Leighton, Hedworth Lambton, Lord Robert Manners, John Moftyn, Edward Pole, John Waldegrave, Peregrine Thomas Hopfon, and Edward Cornwallis, to be Majors-General of his Majefty's forces.

16. -to appoint Thomas Pownall, Efq; (Lieutenant-Governor of New Jerfey), to be CaptainGeneral and Governor in Chief of the Majachufet's Bay in New England, in the room of William Shirley, Efq;

Taken from other papers, &c.

Hon. Horatio Walpole, Efq; Steward of his Majefty's Chiltren hundreds of Stoke, Desborough, and Bonenham, Bucks.

Mr Samuel Charteris, writer in Edinburgh, Register of Seizures in the Customs in Scotland, in the room of Mr William Gray, deceased.

Borgard Mitchelfon, Colonel-Commandant ; George Williamson and Thomas Defaguliers, Lieutenant-Colonels; John Chalmers and Thomas Flight, Majors; and Jacob Gregory and Samuel Stretchy, Captains, in the royal train of artillery.

Lt-Col. Forbes of the Scotch grays, Colonel of the 17th regiment of foot, late Maj.-Gen. Richbell's.

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Commanders of men of war: Capt. Taylor, (of the Badger floop), of the Princess Amelia, of 74 guns, a new fhip; Capt. Hutchinson, of the Newcastle; Charles Lucas, of the Medway loop; Capt. Boyle, of the Crown ftorefhip; Capt. Scroope, who affifted in the defence of St Philip's, of the Coventry, of 24 guns, a new fhip; Capt. Kane, of the Shark floop; and Lieut. Schomberg, of schooner called the Gibraltar's prize.

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Prices of Stocks, &c. at London, March 5. Bank-stock 119 a 118 3 grs. fhut. South-fea flock 99 7 8ths a 3 qrs. Ditto India ditto old annuities, 1ft fubfcript. 90 1 qra 3 8ths. nuities, 1ft fubfcript. 88 3 qrs. Ditto, 2d fubDitto, 2d fubfcript. 88 3 qrs. Ditto new 1ft fubfcript. 90 3 qrs a 90. Ditto, 2d fubfcript. fcription 87 3 qrs. Three I half bank-annuities, 887 8ths. Three per cent. bank-annuities 88 i qr a 88. Ditto 1726 nuities, fhut. Three 1 half bank-annuities 1756 South-fea annuities 1751 83. Ditto India anprem. India bonds 2 1. 5 s.` a 6 s. prem. 94 7 8ths a 95. Bank-circulation 21. 7 s. 6 d.

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The reprifal; or, The tars of Old England. A comedy of two acts. I S. Baldwin.

Elegies; with an ode to the Tiber. By W. Whitehead, Efq; I s. Dodfley.

3 S.

The mufe in a moral humour. Noble. The bubbled knights, or fuccessful contrivances. 2 vols 12mo. 6 s. Noble.

Propofals for uniting the English colonies on the continent of America, fo as to enable them to act with force and vigour against their enemies. I S. Wilkie.

A letter to a member of parliament on the imof the American colonies. 6 d. Scott. portaifce A letter to Bouchier Cleeve, Efq; concerning his calculations of the taxes. I S. T. Payne.

Admiral Byng's defence, as presented to the court-martial. 6 d. Lacy.

The history of the royal society. By Dr Birck, Millar. vol. 3. and 4.

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A fcripture-account of facrifices. By a clergyman of the diocese of London. 4 s.

Four differtations. 1. The natural history of religion. 2. Of the paffions. 3. Of tragedy. 4. Of the standard of tafte. By David Hume, Efq; 12m0. Millar. An epiftle from M. Voltaire to the King of Pruffia. In French and English verfe. 6 d. Franklin.

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Wheat. [Mark-lane, 44 to 51 s. quar. Bafingfloke, 151. 15 s. load.

Barley.

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17 to 21 S.

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