of Stair's. Killed, 2 men, and 18 Wounded, i man, and 9 horfes. Queen's. Killed, Lieut. Falconer, Hobey, Serjeant, I man, and es. Wounded, Lieut. Frafer, Coreger, 1 Quartermaster, 2 Serjeants, 13 horfes.

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en. Howard's. Killed, 3 men. d, 3 men.

Onflow's. Killed, 1 Serjeant, 5 Wounded, Lt-Col. Keightley, Maj. who died July 7. O. S. Lieut. Ro2 Serjeants, and 28 men. orule's. Killed, 11 men. Wounded, reenwood, Capt. Lee, and 28 men. Duroure's. Killed, Capt. Philips, Ionro, and 27 men. Wounded, Capt. ell, Lieut. Williams, Enf. Town3 Serjeants, 2 drummers, and 60

Pulteney's. Killed, 21 men. , Enfigns Oglebie and Gray, 1 er, and 29 men.

Bligh's. Killed, 1 man. Wounded,

North British Fuzileers. Killed, onge, 1 Serjeant, and 35 men. Lieut. Levingston, 1 Serjeant, mers, and 53 men.

Web Fuzileers. Killed, 15 men. , Col. Peers, Lieut. Price, and 27

Handafyd's. Wounded, 1 man. Hufke's. Wounded, the Colonel

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Fobnfon's. Killed, Capt. George l, Lieut Strangeways, Maxwell, cher, 2 Serjeants, 1 drummer, en. Wounded, 50 men. Ponfonby's. Killed, 4 men. WoundDehays, 1 Serjeant, and 14 men. LERY. Killed, 1 Surgeon, I ier, 1 Gunner, and 2 Matroffes. 4 Gunners, and 4 Matroffes. E and DRAGOONS. Killed, I 3 Lieuts. 2 Cornets, 1 QuarterSerjeants, 3 drummers and trummen; in all 101, alfo 340 horunded, 2 Lt-Colonels, 3 Majors, 15, 6 Lieutenants, 6 Cornets, 7 afters, 9 Serjeants, 5 trumpets mers, and 182 men; in all 226. horfes.

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FOOT and ARTILLERY. Killed, z Captains, 5 Lieutenants, 4 Serjeants, I drummer, and 145 men. Alfo artillery, 5. In all 162. Wounded, 2 Colonels, I Lieutenant Colonel, 2 Majors, 3 Captains, 3 Lieutenants, 4 Enfigns, 7 Serjeants, 5 drummers, and 297 men. fo artillery 8. In all 332. Abstract of the killed, wounded and loft, of the Hanoverian and Auftrian troops. Hanoverian Horfe and Dragoons: Killed, 6 men, and 30 horfes; Wounded, 10 men, horfes; Loft, 4 men, and 17. horses. Foot: Killed, 1Major, 3 Captains, 1 Lieutenant, 2 Enfigns, 7 non-commiffion'd officers, 151 men, and 6 belonging to the artillery; in all 171: Wounded, 1 Colonel, 1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 6 Captains, 8 Lieutenants, 3 Enfigns, 18 non-commiffion'd officers, 288 men, and 10 belonging to the artillery; in all 335: Loft, 27 men.

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Auftrian Dragoons: Killed, 31 men, and 47 horfes; Wounded, 1 officer, and 21 men; Loft, 12 men.-Belonging to the artillery: Killed, 2 men, and 3 horfes.Foot: Killed, 1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 3 Captains, 4 Subalterns, 274 men; in all 282: Wounded, 5 Captains, 13 Subalterns, and 369 men; in all 387: Loft, 241 men.

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they were led on to the charge by Gen. Honeywood, inftead of advancing a gentle trot, which would have kept them close, and by that means preserved the superior weight of their horfe; they advanced full gallop, with fuch impetuofity, that one of their fquadrons were got in beyond the first line of the French foot, and directly oppofite to the whole body of their cavalry; nor halted till ordered by the Genenl himself, when he went off, with intent, I fuppofe, to order other squadrons to our fupport. This action of the Blues may betray want of experience, but I think argues no want of courage. During this halt, as many fquadrons of Honeywood's regiment, who had followed the fteps of our indifcretion, notwithstanding our halt, advanced near mufket-fhot beyond us, almoft to the noses of the French; who by this time had doubled their front, lined their intervals with foot, and were advancing to the charge. So fmall a force being thus ppofed to fo large a body, fo well apointed, you may imagine the neceffary confequence was route; in fhort, Honeywood's presently wheel'd to the right, ran upon our two fquadrons, before we had ven an opportunity to charge, broke us, nd we were all obliged to retreat behind he first line of foot; where we formed aain. I can't help obferving, that this epulfe was lucky in its confequence, and ot a little inftrumental in gaining the vitory; for the French houfhold troops, athed with their fuccefs, ran in directly pon the line of our infantry; who flank them, gave them their whole fire, and Imoft tore them to pieces. My Lord Stair as given his word to fend immediately a rue account of this affair to England, in der to wipe away any falfe dishonour ble afperfion on the Blues. The above ccount I give under my hand, and am reay to maintain as matter of fact; fo that ou have it in your power to clear up the eputation of our regiment, already, I fear, oo fenfibly injured, and, as the most inConfiderable amongst them, that of

Your's, &c.

The plague has broke out with extreme Folence at MESSINA; as appears by the llowing accounts.

Palermo, June 21. N. S. A true dif

covery has been made from whence the plague was brought to Meffina. A Genoefe Tartan arrived there in March last, under Neapolitan colours, from the Levant, loaden with wool that had been bought at Miffilongi, where the mafter was furnished with a clean patent, but afterwards went to Patraffo, where the infection was, to purchase contraband goods. The crew oppofed this; but, on his menaces, they were obliged to land, and bought up tobacco, and fome cafes of cotton stuffs; and, without having his bill of health renewed, but with the clean one from Miffilongi, proceeded to Meffina. Before their arrival, a failor, who had touched the faid cafes, died of the plague, and was thrown over-board; on which account the other failors avoided going near the cabin where thofe cafes were. On their arrival at Meffina, they took an oath that they were not infected, and that the failor wanting was dead of a fever, and had been thrown over board when they were distant from the land. Whilft they were under quarantine, the mafter having agreed it with the guard, landed, in the night-time, the tobacco and cotton ftuffs. The failors, out of fear, did not difcover it; but as the mafter died three days afterwards, and other failors fell fick and died of the plague, the reft of them difcovered what had happened: upon which the veffel was burnt, and the failors were ftripped naked, and put into the lazaretto; none of whom to this time have died. The magiftrates of health of Meffina omitted to make fearch for the contraband goods which were concealed, and as the faid failors were all in health, towards the 15th of May, the people who had received the goods began to fell them; immediately on which a malignant fever broke out in that quarter of the town only. The fenate took no precautions to prevent the ficknefs fpreading; but as by the 22d of May it increafed, and the number of people who died was confiderable, a confultation of the phyficians was held; who concluded that it was an epidemical fever, which account was written to Palermo. Two phyficians only faid it was the plague, and thofe two were reprimanded and chaftifed, for fear of prejudice to the commerce of that city. ToX x 2

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wards the 25th of May there died upwards of an hundred perfons a-day. To the 31ft of the faid month the dead amounted to above 600, besides those that were fick; yet the phyficians perfifted in faying it was a malignant fever only, and not the plague, because it was not catching. Finally, it has been obferved, that till the 8th of this month, the dead amounted to 3000 in the city, and 3000 in the hofpital. The city of Catania fends every day to Meffina, corn, bread, flour, and other eatables. There are letters now at Palermo, that, to the 12th of this month, call the number of the deceased 9000; and the fenate there write, that they cannot hold out any longer for want of a fufficient number of people; therefore one of the three Vicars-General, who were fent to make a barricade from Melazzo to Taormina, has caufed feveral ovens to be built at the latter place, and continually fends bread and eatables to Meffina. A fum of 40,000 crowns has been fent to him to difpofe of as he fhall find it convenient. They write alfo from Mef fina, that all the children whofe parents are dead, have been put into magazines, where they are nourished by goats milk. People here are under great apprehenfions, on being informed that there are not people in Meffina fufficient to bury the dead, that the air may be infected; therefore the magiftrates of health of Palermo have ordered all capital criminals in the prifons, as well as thofe condemned to the gallies, to be fet at liberty, and to fend them to Meffina to affift the fick people. Two gallies are expected from Naples to guard thefe coafts, and the King has fent a large fum of money to fuccour the poor of that city. The infection has not yet extended itself beyond the city.

Naples, July 9. N. S. The last letters from the government of Meffina, dated June 19. bring advice, That the plague continues raging there in a moft dreadful manner; that the confufion and terrors of the people were not to be defcribed; that the number of the dead bodies in the streets and publick places was fo increased, that eight carts were not fufficient to carry them off; that the galley-flaves were releafed, and appointed to bury the dead, but that moft of them had fickened thereupon and died;

that thofe who had escaped death, were not able to undergo fo dangerous a fatigue a bove a day and a half, declaring, they'd rather be executed than continue in that employment, which had greatly terrified fuch as had been able to fupport the fad fpectacle of fo many dead bodies that were abandoned and mangled by dogs; that five or fix curates and forty vicars were dead, who had attended the fick in their laft mo ments; and that the regular priests, who had been willing to fucceed them in that office, had shared the fame fate; that no religious fervice could any longer be per formed; and that there were not any fer vants, chaplains or furgeons left in the hofpitals: In fhort, that there was not either spiritual or temporal comfort to be had; that the troops had fuffered confi derably from the rigour of the plague; that the hospital in the lazaretto had been fet apart for them; and, tho' the Gover nor had taken all care to redress fo many calamities, yet, in the general confufion, there daily escaped fome person or other who had been appointed to execute hir orders. In this kingdom two accident have lately happened, which have occafi oned great uneafinefs: 1. That in the Ex terior Calabria in the Terra de Foffa, whic joins the ftate of Bagnura, from the 25€ ult. to the ad inft. fourteen perfons died on fome of which very fufpicious mark were found. It was fuppofed fome per fons had ftole privately from Meffina, ar landed there. As foon as this was know the magiftrates of health ordered ver ftreight barriers to be erected there, and & a guard of 300 inhabitants over them But the 28th a man escaped; and bein purfued, ran into a chapel, in which day he was found dead; and, that no or might touch him, the chapel and the b dy were both burnt. The inhabitants that neighbourhood were ordered to le their houses, stript naked, and lodged a barrack; where they are furnished wi cloaths and provifions. The guards doubled, and a fecond barrier erected, clofing the firft, which has been palifac that if any perfon escape the firft, he == be ftopt at the fecond; and a third fo erecting, which is to reach quite the country from Squillacee to St Exp

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mia, and feparate all this kingdom from the province of Catanzaro. The other accident is, That in the Terra de Palmi fome perfons landed in the night, out of a little bark from Faro, who clambering over a mountain which was thought inac ceffible, were stopt and fhut up together, tho' they all continue yet in good health: but a profecution is preparing against them, and the King has been petitioned to permit the Prefident of that jurifdiction to proceed against them by the rules of war.

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Juftices, requiring all fhips coming from Sicily to perform quarantine for forty days, and fhips coming from other ports of the Mediterranean, for fourteen days. On Monday the 18th of July, at fix o'clock in the morning, Samuel and Malcom Macphersons, Corporals, and Farquhar Shaw, a private man, three of the highland deferters, were fhot upon the parade within the Tower, pursuant to the fentence of the court martial. The reft of the highland prifoners were drawn out to fee the execution, and joined with them in their prayers. They behaved with great decency and refolution. Their bodies were put into three coffins, by three of the prisoners, their namefakes, and buried in one grave, near the place of execution. A trial came on at the King's-bench, July 8. between the bank of England and John Waite, their late Cafhier, on an ation of trover and converfion; and the jury gave a verdict in favour of the bank for 14,0001.

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Lexander Peacock was hanged in the Grafs-market on the 20th of July, pursuant to his fentence, p. 293. He denied the fact, but acknowledged the juftice of the fentence.

P.S. Randell Courtney (of Ireland) weaver, tried before the Jufticiary for houfebreaking and robbery, was fentenced on the 6th of Auguft to be hanged, on the 21ft of September, at Fettercairn, in the fhire of Kincardine, near the place where he committed the crime. The fact, as deposed to by his accomplice Robert Sutor, for whom a remiffion was obtained

in order to his being made an evidence, and whofe teftimony was fupported by Mr Keith's man and maid fervants, and other evidences, was, That Courtney had, for fome months before, invited him (Sutor) to take part, in searching for a fum of money that lay hid in the muir near Fettercairn: That having, the night of the 7th of April laft, been prevailed on to accompany Courtney, they went together till they came near the houfe of Mr Keith of Caldham, where Courtney then told him the money lay: ThatCourtneyhaving made a rope of straw, got upon the garden-dike, fcending the manfion-house, fixed his rope to the chimney, and got down into the kitchen, and opening the door, let in the deponent: That after faftening the doors of the bed where the two maid-servants lay, they bound the man-fervant,and throwing him into the bed behind his master, or dered the Gentleman to deliver what money, &c. he had: That the Gentleman gave Courtney what gold he had in his breeches; but Courtney not content, ordered the deponent to go heat the tongs, in order to put the Gentleman's ears into them, and extort the reft of his money from him: That the Gentleman thereupon gave them the keys of his repofitories, and affifted them to open the fame: That Courtney carried off what money and gold was therein, and locking the Gentleman and fervant up, went down ftairs and plundered the houfe of table and bed linen; and that the deponent's dividend of the fpulzie was only 181. Sterl.

The fame day the Lords likewise sentenced Robert Wilfon, alias Robertson, but now defigned Edward Wallace fisher in Irvine, to be hanged in the Grafs market the 14th of September for a robbery. John Chisholm, the perfon robbed, depofed, That he had, the day before the 22d April laft, travelled with the pannel, lay with him all night,and fet out in company next day on their journey; that on the top of Minchmuir the pannel took him by the hair, and pulling him to the ground, tied his hands behind his back, and his legs together, then drawing a knife and fork, wore he would rip him up; that he af terwards robbed him of a Johannes, a

moidore,