Lancaster.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT. Lord Chief Juftice Wil es. Mr Baron Smythe. Rutland, Friday March 9, at Okeham. Lincoln, Monday March 12, at the Caftle of Lincoln.

City of Lincoln, the fame day, at the city of

Lincoln.

HOME CIRCUIT.

Mr. Juftice Denifon. Mr. Baron Legge. Hertford, Wednesday March 7, at Hertford. Effex, Monday March 12, at Chelmsford. Kent, Monday March 19, at Rochester. Suffex, Monday March 26, at Eaft-Grinfted. Surry, Wednesday March 28, at Kingston upon Thames.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.

Mr. Baron Adams. Mr. Juftice Wilmot. Southampton, Tuesday March 13, at the Caftle of Winchefter.

Wilts, Saturday March 17, at New Sarum. Dorfet, Thursday March 22, at Dorchefter. City of Exeter, Monday March 26, at the Guildhall of the fame city.

Devon, The fame day, at the Caftle of Exeter. Cornwall, Monday April a, at Launcefton. Somerfet, Monday April 9, at the Castle of Taunton.

OXFORD CIRCUIT. Mr. Juftice Bathurst, Mr. Juftice Noel. Berks, Tuesday March 13, at Reading. Oxford, Thursday March 15, at Oxford. Worcester, Monday March 19, at Worcester. City of Worcester, the fame day, at the city of

Worcester.

Breflau, Feb. 7. The King of Prussia returned hither laft Monday, in perfect health and fpirits, from Sagan, at which place he had met his brother Prince Henry of Pruffia.

February 24.

Admiralty-office, Feb. 22. Captain Parker, of his Majefty's fhip the Montague, gives an account, in his letter of the 18th instant, that, on the 31ft paft, the said ship, and the Deptford, chafed a French privateer, which the Montague took the next day. She is called the Marquis de Marigny, belonging to Granville, mounts 20 fix pounders, and had 194 men on board, and was commanded by M. le Croufe.

Captain Parker alfo took, on the 15th inftant, a cutter privateer of Dunkirk, called Le Hardi Mendiant, commanded by Jean Meuleuaer, of 8 fix pounders, and 60 men.

Captain Graves, Commander of his Majesty's fhip the Unicorn, has also taken, on the 14th inftant, the Moras privateer of St. Malo, carrying 22 guns, and 202 men.

Captain Lendrick, Commander of his Majesty's fhip the Brilliant, likewise gives an account merchant-fhips, of upwards of 300 tons burthen of his taking, on the 30th paft, two French each, freighted and loaded with provifions on the French King's account for Martinico, having alfo on board fome cloathing, and 500 stand of arms for the foldiery.

From other Papers. February 3. Copy of a letter from Captain Barton, of the Litchfield man of war, ftranded on the coaft of Barbary, at a place called Veadare, about nine leagues to the northward of Saffy, dated December 4.

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I am forry to inform you, that on the 29th of November, his Britannick Majefty's fhip Litchfield, of 50 guns, and 350 men, was caft away here. We have loft the firft Lieutenant, the Captain of Marines, and his Lieutenant, with feveral Officers and feamen, amounting to the number of 130. There are of us on fhore two of my Lieutenants, and other Officers and feamen, amounting to 220. It blew fo hard when that we came on fhore, that the ship foon went to pieces, and we could not fave either provifions or any other neceffaries. For the two days that we have been on fhore, we have fubfifted on drowned fheep and hogs, and water and flour hardened on the fire. A great number of the men are lamed violence of the furf. The poor fufferers were by the bruifes received against the rocks by the extremely ill used by the natives when they got on fhore.'

P. S. The Somerfet, a transport with troops, and a bomb-ketch, which were in company with the Litchfield, are faid to have shared the fame fate.

From on board the Maidftone privateer, off Oftend, Captain Henry Watson, Jan. 23.

Cruifing off Dieppe on Saturday laft, the 20th inftant, in the afternoon we fell in with a French privateer cutter, who, after we had cha

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fed her about an hour and a half, keeping a continual fire, run afhore about two miles to the weftward of Traporte; and after the was on fhore we manned and armed our small boat; but the Frenchmen fired fo brifkly into her, that our men were obliged to return; after which we brought a spring on the cable, and laid broad fide to her, and we, and the Fly privateer in company, played on the privateer cutter with fuch continual firing, that made it impoffible for her to be got off again, and the men were obliged to take to the water to fave their lives. Night coming on, we left her to the mercy of the flow ing tide, which we believe beat her to pieces." Yefterday the fcheme for the new loan was agreed on, and the following times fixed for the payments:

£15 per Cent. on or before the 13th of February.

10 per Cent. 10 per Cent.

10 per Cent.

10 per Cent.

15 per Cent.

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10 per Cent. 10 per Cent. 10 per Cent. Every fubfcriber of 100 1. is to have 105 l. in 3 per Cent annuities, and a lottery ticket of 10l. Bills are brought into the Houfe of Commons for the free importation of live cattle, and tallow, from Ireland.

Laft week a general cartel was fettled for the exchange of English and French prisoners.

February 10.

Conftantinople, Dec. 16. The Grand Signior takes great pains to make the laws obferved, and frequently walks the streets incog. in order to be an eye-witness of the actions of his fubjects. His Highness being on this bufiness a few days ago, went into the house of a baker, and finding his loaves five drachms under the proper weight, he caused him to be taken into cuftody and hanged up on the fpot. As his Highness was returning to the Seraglio, he met a Turk vith a pipe in his mouth, whom he ordered to a clofe prifon, for having violated the edict which forbids fmoaking in the ftreets.

February 17. On Wednesday failed from Portsmouth Admiral Holmes in the Somerset, with the Northumberland, Terrible, Trident, Intrepid, Medway, Maidstone, Adventure, Diana, Trent, Europa, Veftal, Eurus, Boreas, Crefcent, Scorpion, Seahorse, Racehorse, Vefuvius, and Salamander, with 60 fail of transports, fuppofed for New York.

The following is the lift of the fquadron under Admiral Saunders, viz. the Neptune, 90 guns, Capt. Hartwell; Royal William 84, Capt. Pigot; Intrepid 60, Capt. Pratton; Shrewsbury 74, Capt. Pailifer; Warfpite 74, Capt. Bentley; Orford 70, Capt. Sprye; Alcide 64, Capt. Douglafs; Sterling-caftle 64, Capt, Everitt; Medway 60. Capt. Proby; Dublin 74, Capt. Gooftre; Lizard 20, Capt. Drake; Scorpion floop, Capt. Clevland; Baltimore bomb, Capt. Jocelyn; Pelican bomb, Capt, Munford; Race

horfe bomb, Capt. Richards; Cormorant firefhip, Capt. Monant; Strombolo firefhip, Capt. Smith; Vefuvius firefhip, Capt. Chads. February 19.

Conftantinople, January 3. The Tefterdar, or High Treasurer of this Empire, is turned out of his poft, and fent into exile. The 22d of laft month, in the night, a fire broke out in this city, and the flames being driven by a strong northerly wind, made fuch a progrefs, that the fire could not be got under till very late the next day. It is reckoned that near 5000 houses have been confumed, and the whole damage done by this accident is estimated at 4,000,000 of piafters,

February 20.

Extract of a letter from Trinity, in Newfoundland, dated in October.

&c.

On the 5th of Auguft, the Eagle, a French man of war of 60 guns, was wrecked on a rock, going through the Streights of Belleifle for Quebec. The vefiel and cargo were intirely loft, but the people all faved, as they were within three miles of an island. She had only 32 guns mounted, her lower tier being in her hold. She had on board fome heavy cannon, with powder, 5000 ftand of fmall arms, cloathing for the foldiers, 1500 tierces of pork, and 700 barrels of flour. In fhort he was very deep loaded with provifions, warlike ftores, &c. The Captain of her faid, fhe was the most valuable ship that failed from France for Quebec this war. This account may be depended on, as the Eagle had taken the fhip Nugent, of Bristol, on the ift of July, bound with bale goods, &c. They burnt the fhip; and 23 of the crew were on board the Eagle at the time he was loft. Seven of the Englishmen took away a 'boat in the night and left them, and in 20 days arrived at an English fettlement, on Newfoundland. By their calculation, they were 80 leagues within the Streights, and not far from a place where the French have a feal fishery, when they left them. The Frenchmen were waiting for a veel coming from Quebec, to take them in, a boat having been difpatched away for that purpose.'

Halifax, Nov. 25. Since our laft his Majesty's fhips Princess Amelia, of 80 guns, Admiral Durell; Devonshire of 70, Vanguard of 70, Pembroke of 60, Prince of Orange of 70, and Sutherland of 50 guns arrived here from Louisburg, in order to winter in this place, The Bedford of 70 guns, and Prince Frederic of 64, are to winter at Louisburg.

Befides the fhips which came with Admiral Durell from Louifburg, we have in our harbour his Majefty's fhips Captain of 64 guns, and Cen turion of 50, alfo the Kennington and Porcupine. The Kennington, we hear, is foon to fail for England, and the Porcupine is to winter here.

Philadelphia, Jan. 11. By our last accounts. from the weftward, General Forbes was at Carlife; and 400 of the troops that had come down, were ordered to return, for the better garrifoning fome of our forts.

The King of Pruffia, in order to tranfmit to future ages the memory of the great and impor

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tant fervices rendered him by Marshal Schwerin and General Winterfeld, who both fell in the courfe of this war, has ordered a celebrated sculptor of Berlin to make their bufts in marble, which his Majefty intends to have placed upon magnificent pedestals in William-square in that city.

No account has been received by the India Company of any attempts made by the French on their fettlements.

The Saxon Minifter at Vienna hath delivered to the Minifters of the Apoftolic Emprefs-queen, an estimate of the damage done by her troops in Saxony, which amounts to 1,200,000 florins. From Vienna they write, that care will be taken to indemnify the sufferers.

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Yesterday at the General Court was a numerous meeting of the proprietors of the British Fishery, when it was refolved to carry on the fishery.

A call of 2 per cent. on the ftock fubfcribed was agreed to.

The useless buffes and other ftores, cordage, nets, falt, &c. was directed to be fold by the council; and it was left to their difcretion, to fit out as many buffes this year, as the call of 2 per cent. and the produce of the fale of buffes, &c. could conveniently furnish.

M. Verelt, Envoy Extraordinary from the States-general to the Court of Berlin, having wrote to the King of Pruffia to notify to bim the death of the Princess Gouvernante, that Minifter has received from his Pruffian Majefty the following anfwer, dated from Breslau the 31ft of January:

SIR,

The notification which you have been pleafed to give me of the death of Madame the late Princefs Gouvernante, by your letter of the 27th of this month, in the name of the States-general, your Mafters, has renewed all the grief which feized me on the first news that I received of that unhappy and melancholy event. Scarce am I, at this hour, recovered from the fhock it gave me. I have loft a friend, who, by her greatness of foul, her wifdom, and her fortitude, far above her fex, merited all my regards, and whom I fhall ever have in remembrance. The affurances which your Mafters have charged you to make me on this occafion, contribute, indeed, to confole me: I know their value; and you will do me the favour to intimate to them, on my part, the concern I am under on account of the lofs they have fuftained, and which is certainly very great for us all. I fhall always make a due return for their good sentiments towards In the mean time, be affured of my perfect efteem; whereupon I pray God to keep you, Monf. de Verelt, in his holy protection.'

me.

Signed, FREDERICK.
February 21.

Monday, at the feffions of the peace at St. Margaret's-hill, Southwark, a vagrant, who has long infested the streets of the city aud fuburbs, as a perfon deaf and dumb, and convulfed, was tried and found guilty as an impoftor, he enjoy ing every fenfe in common with the rest of man

kind: He confeffed he was born at Stilton, that he has long followed this infamous practice, and was inftructed in the arts thereof by a foldier, who prescribed his chewing of hard foap, in order to provoke a froth and dribbling from his mouth. He was fentenced to be imprisoned one month, in that time to ftand thrice in the pillory, to be fined 6s. 8d. and afterwards. paffed to his legal fettlement.

Portsmouth, February 18.

The Eaft-India fleet are failed from St. Helen's under convoy of his Majesty's ships Chichefter, Falkland, Chatham, and Boreas.

Remain Vice-Admiral Holburne and Commodore Cornish, with 17 fhips of the line, and 14 frigates and firefhips.

The Fox packet, arrived at Plymouth from Portsmouth, parted from Admiral Holmes's squadron off the Start on Thursday evening, with a fine wind at east.

February 22.

Berlin, February 4. Yesterday the corpfe of Field Marshal James Keith, flain at the battle of Hochkirchen, was interred with great pomp. The troops, the coaches, and the perfons who were to affift at this folemnity, affembled between two and three in the afternoon, before the old gate of Copenic, near the church, where the corpfe had been depofited: And the proceffion began at three, while all the bells of the city and fuburbs tolled. It croffed the bridge, and paffed through Rofs ftreet, and the Great-ftreet, and before the Royal Castle, over the Long-bridge, thro' King-freet, and Spandau ftreet, to the church of the garrifon, in the following order.

1. A detachment of huffars, having at their head colonel Krummenau, Mafter-general of the police of the army.

2. Two battalions of Langen's regiment, in garrifon here, commanded by Major Wegener on horseback.

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3. A battalion of Leuderitz's regiment, commanded by Capt. Frohreich.

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These troops had their mufkets reverfed under the left arm: The drums were covered with crape; the colours had crape over them; and the dead-march was beat while the proceffion paffed.

4. A chaife covered with black cloth, in which were two officers carrying the baton of Field Marshal.

5. The hearfe drawn by fix horses covered with black velvet, as was the hearse; at the top, in feveral fquares, were feen the gilt helmet, the gloves, the baton of command, the ribbon of the order of the Black Eagle, the naked fword, the scarff, the fpurs, &c. At the fides of the hearsa marched fixteen Officers, and as many fubaltern Officers, the latter holding the corners of the pail.

6. The Field Marshal's fecretary and valet de chambre, on foot, in long mourning cloaks, and after them his Excellency's livery fervants, two and two, with long crapes in their hats.

7. A chaife covered with black, and drawn by two horfes, in which fat two Officers holding the baton of Field Marshal in their hands.

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A royal mourning-coach drawn by fix horis, in which were his Excellency Field Mahal Kalckstein, and Mr. Keith, nephew to the deceased. The rest of the perfons invited to this folemnity followed in three-and-thirty thes, drawn by fix, and others by two

Asoon as the battalions arrived before the Garfon church, they drew up in parade; and when the Field Marshal's corpfe paffed, paid bit the laft military honours. When the coffin was carried down to the vault, the cannon planted in the grand fquare of the parade made a tripple difcharge, to which the troops answered by falvo's, one battalion after another; and the whole closed with a repeated tolling of all the bells.

Lat Sunday morning the fquadron under the command of Admiral Saunders paffed by Plymouth, from whence it was joined by the Windfor man of war.

February 24.

On Wednesday evening the Society for promoting arts and commerce, in the Strand, gave the following premiums for drawings, to the undermentioned young Gentlemen and Ladies, viz to Mary Mafier five guineas and a filver medal; to Rachael Chambers five guineas; to Mary Chambers four guineas; to Hannah Chambes three guineas; to Mary Pingoe two gui

; to Hannah Rufh one guinea; to Henry Pingoe five gunieas; to Lewis Pingoe five guineas; to Jofeph Smith five guineas; to Jofeph Greffe five guineas; to Rooker five gui

February 26.

His Majefty in Council has been pleafed to order the bounties to feamen entering into his Majefty's fervice, &c. to be continued to the 21ft of April next.

On Saturday came on at Doctors-Commons, before Sir Thomas Salusbury, Knt. Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, the trials, of a number of Dutch fhips taken by men of war and privateers; when the cargoes of upwards of twentyfive of them were proved to be French property, and therefore were condemned as legal prizes. Portsmouth, Feb. 23 Wednesday an exprefs arrived, with an order for all the fhips in the harbour to be got ready with the utmost expedition for fea; and five frigates have been fince docked. A fleet is ordered to the Streights."

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ON. Col. Robert Brudenell, brother to the Earl of Cardigan and Lord Bruce, to Mifs Bishopp, daughter of Sir Cecil Bishopp, Bart.

Hon. Col. Gage, in North America, to Mifs Kemble, of Brunswic, America.

Rev. Mr. H. Shovs, to Mifs Pincke, daugh ter of the Right Hon. the Lady Dowager Abergavenny.

Hon. Col. Campbell, fon of General Campbell, to the Dutchefs Dowager of Hamilton. James Pearce, Efq; jun. of Brentwood, to Mifs Kitty Tifdall, of Walthamstow.

Thomas Ripley, Efq; of the Exchequer, to Mrs. Combes, a widow lady.

Rev. Dr. Cornwallis, Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, to Mifs Townfhend, of Strutton-ftreet. James Hope, Efq; to Mifs Jones.

Nath Mafon, Efq; to Mrs. Fuller, widow of the late John Fuller, of Rosehill, Suffex.

John Auften, Efq; of St. James's-place, Weftminfter, to Mifs Weekes, of Sevenoakes in

Kent.

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IGHT Hon. Lady Harriet Vane, youngeft daughter of the late Earl of Darlington. Rev. Mr. Gordon, Vicar of Midford, near Morpeth, in Northumberland.

Hon. Sir James Ferguson, Bart. of Kilkerran, in the kingdom of Ireland, one of the Senators of the College of Juftice, and one of the Lords Commiflioners of the Jufticiary.

Ofborne, Efq; fon to Admiral Osborne, and one of the pages to his Majefty.

Jofeph Higgins, Efq; of Manningtree in Effex. Hitch Young, Efq; at Roehampton in Surry, one of the Reprefentatives in Parliament for the borough of Steyning in Suflex.

Dr. Pitt, phyfician, at Oxford.

Thomas Sutton, Efq; in Kenfington-square. Thomas Swaine, Efq; in Orchard-street, Westminfter.

Chriftopher Denton, Efq; Deputy Clerk of the Pipe in the Exchequer.

Right Hon. Lord Carberry, in Ireland.

Right Hon. the Lady Strange, at Preston in Lancashire, wife of Lord Strange, eldest fon of the Earl of Derby..

Rev. Mr. Webb, Vicar of Blewberry in Berk

fhire.

Sir Thomas D'Oyly, Bart. at Cuxham in Oxfordshire.

· Edward Williams, Efq; Barrister at law, and Judge of the Sheriff's Court in London.

Right Hon. Elifabeth Viscountess Dowager of Ashbrook in Ireland, in Jermyn-street, St. James's,

John Healy, Efq; of Bewdley in Devonshire. Jafper Lewin, Efq; near Horsham in Suffex. Sir Thomas Clarges, Bart. in Great Georgeftreet, Hanover-square.

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PREFERMENT S. EV. Mr. Walter Bagot, to the rectories of Leigh and Blithford in Staffordshire. Rev. Mr. Jofeph Davie, to the rectory of Southam, in the county of Warwick and diocese of Coventry and Litchfield,

Rev. Mr. Freeman Gage, to the rectory of Mablethorpe, in the diocefe of Lincoln.

Rev. Mr. Donne, to the vicarage of Happifburgh in Norfolk.

Rev. Mr. George Lawrence, to the rectory of Serencott, other wife Sharnecoate, Wilts.

Rev. Mr. Lewis, to the rectory of Birdbroke in Effex.

Rev. Mr. Bolton Simpfon, to the vicarage of Milford, with the chapels of Hordwell and Milton, in the county of Southampton.

Rev. Mr. James Backhouse, to be Chanceltor of Bristol.

Rev. Mr. Lort, to be Greek Profeffor of the University of Cambridge.

Rev. Mr. Ring, to be Lecturer of St. James Garlickhithe.

Rev. Mr. George Hartley, to the rectory of Boffington, in the county of Norfolk.

Rev. Mr. John Harvey, to the vicarage of Hartwell, in the county of Suffex.

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PROMOTIONS.

From the GAZETTE.

IGHT Hon. Edward Bofcawen, Admiral of the Blue, to be one of his Majefty's moft Honourable Privy Council.

Right Hon. Samuel Lord Sandys, to be Warden and Chief Justice in Eyre of all his Majesty's forefts, parks, chaces, and warrens beyond Trent.

Edward Wilmot, of Chaddefden, in the county of Derby, to the dignity of a Baronet of the kingdom of Great Britain.

Felton Hervey, Efq; and Felton-Lionel Hervey, Efq; to the office of his Majesty's Remembrancer in the Court of Exchequer in England.

Richard Beresford, Efq; to be one of his Majefty's Serjeants at Arms in the city of London. Thomas Wright, Efq; to be Marshal of the Ceremonies to attend on foreign Minifters.

The following Lords and Gentlemen (who were Majors General) are appointed to be Lieutenants General:

Cornwall; and also to be Cuftos Rotuloru the faid county.

Major Robert Sloper, to be Lieutenant nel to the First, or the King's regiment goon guards.

B-K-TS. From the GAZETTE WOHN Smith Cadday and Thomas B

Jof the town of Kingston upon Hull,

county of the fame town, grocers, dealers, men, and copartners,

George Holroyd, of Coventry-freet, in parish of St. James within the liberty of minfter, in the county of Middlesex, bake George Thatcher, late of the city of Ca bury, in the county of Kent, innholder, d and chapman.

Chriftopher Deighton, of Caifter, in the c ty of Lincoln, woollen-draper, grocer, and o

man.

John Rigby, of Manchefter, in the coun Lancafter, Allwood Gilbert and William ner, both of Salford, in the county afore brewers and copartners.

Robert Whitworth, late of the Poultry, don, bookseller, but now of Manchester, in county of Lancafter, bookfeller, printer, chapman.

James Maine, of Petticoat-lane, in the pa of St. Mary Matfellon, in the county of Mi sex, brewer.

Robert Fofter, of the lordship of Myton the county of the town of Kingston upon H William Adams, and John Holmes, of Sou wark, in the county of Surry, tanners, bank dealers, chapmen, and partners.

Thomas Haworth and Benjamin Hawo both of Kingston upon Hull, merchants, partners in trade.

Richard Hill, late of Halifax, in the cou of York, merchant.

William Staveley, of Ruffel-court, in county of Middlesex, draper, dealer, and ch

man.

Thomas Murry, of Deptford, in the cou of Kent, merchant, dealer, and chapman. Benjamin Barns, of Puddle-dock-hill, L don, fhopkeeper, dealer, and chapman.

Selegman Moles, now or late of Bows Southgate, in the county of Middlesex, de and chapman.

John Stephenfon, of the town and county Kingston upon Hull, merchant.

William Newman the younger, of New in the Isle of Wight, in the county of Sou ampton, cornfactor, dealer, and chapman.

Ann Conner, of the parish of St. James W minfter, in the county of Middiefex, milli dealer, and chapwoman.

Jofeph Holland, of Beafton, otherwise fton, in the county of Nottingham, hofier chapman.

Jonathan White, of the city of York, he Jofeph Jacobs, of Duke's-place, London, er and chapman.

Henry Cooper, of the parish of St. Clemen Danes, in the county of Middlefex, mercer.

John Healey, of the parish of St. Boto without Bishopfgate, London, carpenter.