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By the Constantine letter of marque, Gwynn: A French fnow.

By the Oliver Cromwell of St Kitts: A fhip of 22 guns and 100 men, from France for Martinico, carried into St Kitts.

By the Bofphorus, Kennard, from Symrna for London: A French fhip; carried into Malta.

By the Lyon: The Mermaid, from St Domingo for Nantz, with 323 hogfheads fugar, 4327 lb. indico, and 15 tuns coffee, fent into Plymouth.

By the Ifaac of Liverpool, Clotworthy: The Victory, of 300 tuns, of and from Havre for Porto Rico, with 600 barrels gunpowder, and other warlike stores, faid to be worth 12,000l. carried into Kinfale.

By the Eagle: A fhip from Marseilles, fent in to Briftol; and the Concord, from St Domingo, with fugar, coffee, and indico, carried into Falmouth.

By the Revenge of Jerfey, Alexander: The St Claude, a letter of marque, of 150 tuns, with 6 carriage-guns, 74 foldiers and 25 mariners, befides 40 women and children, from Rochelle for Miffifippi, with provisions and ammunition, carried into Jersey.

By the Dove, Higgins, and the Lampoo, Shearman, both of Antigua: A French privateer taken; and the fnow Elifabeth, Ritchie, from London and Corke for Jamaica, retaken; both carried into Antigua.

By the K. George letter of marque, Wright: A French fhip, carried into Lifbon.

By the Hardwick: A ketch from St Domingo for Bourdeaux, with fugar and coffee; and a fchooner from Bourdeaux for St Domingo; both fent into Lisbon.

By the Fox of Dartmouth: A large Martini co fhip, carried into Lisbon.

By whom taken not mentioned: The Pretty Maid, Clarke, from Jamaica for London, carried into Guernsey; and the Sarah, Luke, from Newfoundland, carried into Biddeford; both retaken.

Captures by the French.

THE Prince Andreys, a Danish ship, from Topfham for Leghorn; the Neptune, Park, from Cagliari for Villa Franca; the Dove of Dartmouth, Leigh, from Newfoundland; the Orrell, Winter, from Saloe for Liverpool; and the Eagle, Coppel, from Yarmouth for the Streights; all carried into Marseilles.

The Adventure, Braffer, for Poole; the Endeavour, for Bristol; the Greyhound, Devane, for Bilboa; all three from Newfoundland; the Neptune, Hyfkill, from New England for Bilboa; the Edward and Sufannah, Macnamara, from St Kitts

The Strahan, a Scotch fhip, for Malaga, carried into Cyprus.

The Blakeney, Shortridge, from Bristol and Corke, carried into Granaderves.

A new ship of to nine-pounders, from Boston for Jamaica; and the Hawke, Conolly, from London for Antigua; both carried into Guardaloupe.

The Betfey, Finch, from London and Madeira; the Mary-Anne, Quay, from Liverpool; the -, Welch, from Africa for the Leeward islands; and the Enterprife, Dupond, from Cape de Verd; all carried into Martinico.

The Penelope, Blake, from Lisbon for London; and a fhip with 150 barrels pork, 300 firkins butter, 40 hogfheads beer, and other goods; both carried into Dunkirk.

The Loyal James, Hammon, from Dublin for the ftreights, carried into Malaga.

The Dispatch, Bowman, from Seville, and the Hampshire, Bourne, from Guernsey, both for London; and a fnow from Virginia; all carried into Calais.

The Minehead of Bristol, Forrest, from Antigua for London, carried into Havre-de-grace. The Betfey, Quinlin, from Antigua for Limerick, carried into a small port near Morlaix.

The Charles, Jamefon, trom Jamaica, loft carrying into Boulogne: and the St Michael of Bristol, from Jamaica for London, carried into that port.

The Sally of Bristol, Nichols, carried into

Cadiz.

The floop Endeavour, cut out of a harbour in Jamaica.

The Friendship, Crookshanks, from the Spey for Bilboa, drove by ftrefs of weather into Bayonne, where the ship was seized and the men imprifoned.

Taken, but ransomed for 250 1. The John and Mary, Simpfon, from Yarmouth for Chester.

Taken, but whither carried not mentioned: The Henry, Graham, from Bristol for Antigua; the Payne, from ditto for Nevis; the Edward, Jamaica; the Samuel, Coffin, from Pifcataqua; from Jamaica; the Boyd, Boyd, from Glasgow for the Anne, Ford, from Rye for Liverpool; a brig of Lancaster, with corn, for Chester; a ship from London for Briftol, with groceries; the Tryton, from Maryland for London; the Ellifton, March, from London for Jamaica; the Longville floop, from New York; the MaryAnne, Deas, from Malaga; and the Meflina, Power, from Corke for St Euftatia. MARRIAGES.

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leather and butter; the Terrible privateer, Death; a fhip from Martinico, which the Terrible had taken; and the Knowles frigate, Cowan; all taken by privateers of, or carried into Bayonne.

The Three Friends, Whiteman; and the Buckland, Lyde, both from Newfoundland; carried into Alicant.

The Newton, Barlow, from London for Wales, carried into Dieppe.

Princefs of Culmbach, niece to the Queen-dowager of Denmark.

25. James Gordon younger of Ardmelie, Efq; to Mifs Leith, fifter to John Leith of Leith-hall, Efq;

P. S. Feb. 3. At Erith, Lord Vife. Gage, to Mifs Gideon, daughter of Samplon Gideon, Efq; a Jew merchant.

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Dec. 31.1756. At Lefbury, near Newcastle, aged 110, Mary Bennet. Except her fight, which the loft about three years before, the enjoyed her faculties to the laft.

Jan. 2. 1757. At Woodhall, near Wetherby, Yorkshire, Mrs Witham. She had born 23 children, and was in the 52d year of her age. Her death was occafioned by a candle's catching hold of the hinder part of her handkerchief as he was undreffing, which grievously burnt her before the got affistance.

In an advanced age, Mary Countefs-dowager of Abingdon. Her Ladyship was daughter and fole heir of James Gould of Dorchefter, Efq; She was first married to Gen. Charles Churchill, brother to John Duke of Marlborough, who died in 1714; and on Feb. 13. 1716-17 The married Montague Venables Bertie, Earl of Abingdon, who died June 16. 1743, by whom he had one fon, James Lord Norreys, who died of the small pox Feb. 25. 1717-18.

13. At London, aged 106, Mrs Lowther, great aunt to Sir James Lowther. She was one of the bedchamber-women to Q. Mary, K. William's Queen.

13. At Kirkland of Renfrew, in the 105th year of his age, James Duncan, farmer. He was fit for moft bulinefs about his farm till three years before his death, and bound his own corn after feven reapers, every harveft, till he was 99.

17. At Ipswich, in the 96th year of her age, Lady Catherine Gardeman, daughter of Edward the firft Earl of Sandwich.

19. At his houfe at Hornfey, near London, Daniel Midwinter, Efq; formerly Bookfeller in London. He left 1000l. to Chrift's and 2001. to the foundling hofpitals, and 1000l. to other charitable purposes, under the care of the company of stationers.

19. At Edinburgh, in the 83d year of his age, Mr Thomas Ruddiman, late keeper of the advocates library. He was born at Raggel, in the parifh of Boyndie, Bamfffhire, and had his univerfity-education in the King's college, Aberdeen. When a young man, he was fome time master of the grammar-fchool at St Lawrence kirk, in the county of Mearns; and was taken thence to be preceptor to Mr Young of Oldbar. He was called to Edinburgh in 1701, to be an affiftant to Mr John Spottiswoode, then keeper of the advocates library; and on Mr Spottifwoode's death fucceeded him in that office: but in 1751, his eye-fight being greatly impaired, he refigned it.

This gentleman's writings are well known. The most noted of them are: His Latin rudiments, first published in 1714; -A Latin grammar, the small one, and the first volume of the

large, published in 1725, and a second volume of the large, in 1731; —A vindication of Buchanan's version of the pfalms, in oppofition to Mr Auditor Benson, who preferred Dr Johnston's, published in 1745; Critical notes on Dr Johnfton's Cantica Solomonis, an edition of which book was the first book he published; and, Notes critical and hiftorical on Buchanan's works, an edition of which, in two volumes folio, he finished in 1715-In 1737, being at London, he was employed to complete the Diplomata & Numif mata Scotia, a work left incomplete by the author, Mr James Anderfon. This work he finifhed, and wrote a preface to it. It was published in 1739. Since publishing his vindication of Buchanan's pfalms, he wrote several small treatifes on difputed parts of the Scots hiftory. Our readers have seen extracts of some of these [ix. x. Index], and all of them are noted in our lifts of books.

20. At Bonnyhaugh, near Edinburgh, Mr Robert Keith, one of the bishops of the Epifcopal church of Scotland. He was born Feb. 7 1681, was educated in the Marischal college of Aberdeen, and was preceptor to the Earl Marifchal, and his brother James, Field-Marshal Keith, now in the Pruffian fervice. He was about forty-feven years a clergyman, above twenty-nine a bishop. He published a history of the church and state of Scotland, from the beginning of the reformation to the 1568, folio, in the year 1734; a catalogue of the bishops of Scotland down to the year 1688, 4°, in 1755; and a tranflation of Thomas a Kempis, many years ago.

20. At Canongate, Edinburgh, Capt. Agmen Colcoughley, of Leighton's foot.

21. At Marton, Galloway, in the 16th year of her age, Mifs Nicholas Agnew, daughter of Patrick Agnew of Dalragle, Efq;

Mr William Roberton, Writer to the Signet, in an advanced age. He had demitted that office upwards of thirty years ago.

25. At Edinburgh, in the 78th year of his age, Mr John Hamilton, Writer to the Signet.

At his father's feat in Cornwall, the Hon. Mr Arundel, only fon and heir-apparent of Lord Arundel of Wardour.

In the county of Wexford, Ireland, Nicholas Lord Vifc. Loftus, an Irish Peer.

P. S. Feb. 1. At London, aged upwards of 80, John Bromfield, Efq; He was many years one of the Commiffioners of the Taxes.

5. At London, in the 79th year of his age, Horatio Walpole, Lord Walpole, one of the Tellers of the Exchequer, Surveyor and Auditor-General of the Plantations, and a member of the privy council. He was brother to Sir Robert Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford, deceased. He had been employed as Ambaffador to feveral foreign courts, and affifted in moft of the negotiations and treaties with foreign ftates for many years, preceding the late treaty at Aix-la-Chapelle. He was a member of the house of Commons from 1706 to 1756. He was created a Peer only last year, and took his feat in the house

of

of Lords at the commencement of the prefent feffion. He is fucceeded in honours and estate by his eldest fon Horatio, member for Lynn Regis, and as a Teller of the Exchequer by Earl Waldegrave. [xviii. 574.]

8. At Edinburgh, Mr Thomas Lumifden printer in that city.

8. In an advanced age, Mr William Somerville, minifter at Hawick. [xv. 366.]

10. At Leith, Mr David Deas merchant, formerly a shipmaster.

16. At Edinburgh, of a fudden illness, Mr William Gray of Newholm, Writer in Edinburgh, Clerk to the Regifter of Seizures in the Customs, and Commiffary of Rofs.

PR E F E R M E N T S.
Taken from the London Gazette.

The King has been pleased, Jan. 22.-to appoint the following gentlemen to be officers in the two highland battalions of foot to be forthwith raised.

FIRST BATTALION. Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant: Archibald Montgomery, [brother to the Earl of Eglinton]. Majors: James Grant, Alexander Campbell. Captains: Hugh Mackenzie, John Sinclair, John Gordon, Alexander Mackenzie, Roderick Mackenzie, William Macdonald, George Munro. Captain-Lieutenant : Alexander Macintosh. Lieutenants: Alexander Macdonald, James Grant, Robert Grant, Colin Campbell,

-Macnab, Duncan Bayne, Jofeph Grant, Nicholas Sutherland, Hugh Gordon, Charles Farquarfon, Cofmo Macmartin, Donald Campbell, Alexander Mackenzie, Roderick Mackenzie, James Duff, William Mackenzie, Alexander Macdonald, -Macdonald, Henry Munro, Archibald Robertfon.

Majors: James Clephane, John Campbell. Captains: Thomas Frafer, John Macpherson, John Campbell, Simon Frafer, Donald Macdonald, John Macdonnell, Charles Baillie. Captain-Lieutenant: J. Crawford Walkinshaw. Lieutenants: John Frafer, Archibald Macdonald, Simon Frafer, Ronald Macdonald, John Macdougal, Charles Macdonnell, Alexander Macdonnell, Simon Frafer, Hector Macdonald, Hugh Cameron, Simon Frafer, William Macdonald, Mactofh, John Murray, Rory Macneil, Alexander Frafer, Archibald Campbell, Donald Maclean, James Frafer, Alexder Macleod.

Enfigns: Simon Frafer, Archibald Macallifter, William Frafer, James Frafer, Allan Stuart, Evan Cameron, Lachlan Maclachlan, Chisholme, John Fraser. Staff-officers: - Chaplain; John Maclean, Surgeon; -, Adjutant; - Quartermaster.

25 to appoint Richard Callis to be a Captain; John Floyd, Captain-Lieutenant; and John Threlfall, a Lieutenant, in the first regiment of dragoon-guards, Bland's.

Taken from other papers, &c.

Mr William Cochran, eldest son of Mr James Cochran, Advocate, Judge-Advocate for Scot land, in the room of his father, who has refigned.

Commanders of men of war: Capt. Faulkner, of the Marlborough; Capt. Rous, of the Arc-enciel; Capt. Samuel Drake, of the Achilles; Capt. Harrison, (of the Otter floop), of the Greyhound; and Capt. Tucker, of the Stork loop.

New Member: Thomas Thoroughton, for Boroughbridge, in the room of the Earl of Eufton, who has made his clection for Bury St

Edmund's.

The London bill from Dec. 28. to Jan. 28. 1757

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Staff-officers:

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art, Surgeon; Donald Stewart, Adjutant; Alexander Montgomery, Quartermaster.

SECOND BATTALION.

Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant: Simon Frafer [eldest son of Simon late Lord Lovat].

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A differtation on the malignant, ulcerous fore throat. By Dr Huxham. I s. Hinton. The Pruffian fyftem and proceedings stated, in letters from a Saxon general in the Pruffian army; containing anfwers to the feveral papers published by the K. of Pruffia. Hooper.

Confiderations on the revenues of Ireland, fhewing the neceffity of applying the duties granted there to naval fervices. Cooper.

Mr Hervey's contemplations on the night, done into blank verfe, after the manner of Dr 40 Young. I s. 6 d. Rivington.

Memoirs of wool, &c. revised and corrected

by John Smith, LL. B. 2 vols 4to. Il. 11 s. 6 d. Faden.

Remarks on the affair of the Hanoverian foldier. By Edw. Lancer, Efq; 6 d. Cooper.

Mr Pope's univerfal prayer, Latin and English. By Sayer, A. M. 4to. 1 s. Owen.

Oriental eclogues. Is. Payne.

Mr Bower's answer to the fix letters from A. B. to father Sheldon, &c. 2 s. Sandby.

Bower and Tillemont compared. I s. 6 d. Morgan.

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A letter to Ld A- I s. Bizet.

The irretrievable abyfs. 6d. Owen. Food for the mind; or, A new riddle-book. 6 d. Newbery.

The Rhapfodift; anew weekly paper. 2d. Corbet. The trial and account of the execution of Ravaillac for the murder of K. Henry IV. of Fance. I Ş. W. Owen.

A new English dictionary. By J. Buchanan. 5 s. Millar.

An examination of Mr Young's dictionary [xviii. 471.]. I s. Robinson.

The hiftory of Mifs Katty N. 3 s. Noble.

EDINBURG H.

An argument to prove, that the tragedy of Douglas ought to be burnt by the hangman. 3 d. The Moderator, N° 2. 2 d.

The morality of stage-plays seriously confider

Mr Bower's answer to Bower and Tillemont. ed. 6 d. 6 d. Sandby.

A further address to the public, containing copies of letters between A. B. and the S. of the A. with remarks. 1 s. Baldwin.

A friendly epiftle to neighbour John Taylor of the city of Norwich. 6 d. Wilkie.

The Centinel, No. 1. to be continued weekly. ad. Cooper.

N. B. The laft is ferious, the other two are humorous. Befides thefe, there have appeared a great many other pieces, occafioned by the tra gedy of Douglas, and the admonition of the prefbytery of Edinburgh, mostly satirical; poems, advertisements, &c. at a penny price or under, and some given gratis. [18.45.]

THE

SCOTS MAGAZINE.

FEBRUARY,

I 7 57.

CONTENT S.

Abstracts of ACTS of PARLIAMENT, to dif continue the duties upon corn imported 57. to prohibit the exportation of corn from our colonies 58. and new claufes in the recruiting-act 61. POLITICS. Speeches in the debate upon the motion for leave to bring in a bill for the encouragement of feamen, by L. Trebonius Afper 63. C. Numifius 66. and Sp. Liguftinus 69. INOCULATION proposed to be rendered more general 74.

POETRY. Verfes written under the first examination of Damien 74. Stanzas written by Lord Capel when a prifoner in the tower ib. To the Lords of the Ad-y 75.

On Mr

Pitt's being indifpofed with the gout ib. Extracts from Mr Davis's poem on the barbarities of the French ib. Prologues and epilogue to Douglas 76. Epigram ib. Written under

Gen. Blakeney's picture 94. The morality of STAGE-PLAYS feriously confidered 77.

The REPENTING-STOOL indicted 80. QUERIES on the minutes of a council of war held at Gibraltar 94.

HISTORY. C. Beftucheff's letter to the fenators, &c. of Poland 95. The princes of the empire who declare for and against the King of Pruffia 96. Accounts of Damien, and of his attempt to affaffinate the French King 98,9. -Scheme of the lottery 102. Acts paffed ib. Meflage relating to the electoral dominions ib. -Adm. Byng's trial. Admiralty-order for the trial 83. Inftructions to the Admiral when fent to the Mediterranean 84, 5. Result of 2 council of war held at Gibraltar, and other papers produced 86, 7, 8. Subftance of the depofitions of Adm. Weft, Lord Blakeney, and others 89-94. Memorial by the Lords of the Admiralty to the King 103. Two petitions of Lord Torrington to their Lordships 103, 4. Report of the judges 105. Order for the execution ib. Meffage concerning the oath of fecrecy ib. Bill for difpenfing with it 106. Examinations of the court-martial 106,7.

-Proceedings of the prefbytery of Edinburgh, on the complaint relating to the effays on morality, &c. 108.

LISTS, TABLES, &C. 109-112.

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fore the 24th of Auguft next; nor upon any corn, grain, meal, bread, biscuit, or from the enemy, and brought into this flour, which have been or fhall be taken kingdom, at any time before the faid modities may be imported duty-free; and 24th of August; but that all such commay also be carried coastwife, under fuch regulations as corn of the growth of this. kingdom is now allowed to be carried, coaftwife, at all times before the faid 24th. of August.

Provided, That a due entry be made, in fuch manner as was used before the making of this act, of all corn, &c. which fhall be fo imported, at the cuftomhoufe belonging to the port of im I portation 5

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