not weaken it by fuccouring the center, if it had been attacked. We were greatly aftonished when we faw this whole corps turning about on à fudden along the high way at the bottom of the valley between la Corbiere and our camp: an extraordinary step, that had no defign in it, but cost them 4 or 500 men and part of their equipages; for as foon as we faw them entering the faid valley, all the grenadeers and the piquets of the battalions intrenched on the eminences of our right and center, refolutely leaped out of their intrenchments, and prefented themselves within a little musket-fhot, firing briskly and continually upon this column, which in a manner run the gantlet as far as Pont; where it was afresh exposed to a still brifker fire from our artillery, and from our lower intrenchments on the left, and faved itself only by the help of a body of grenadeers and carabineers, and of their artillery, which advanced to protect this precipitate retreat. The King, who had carefully vifited the remotest posts of the right and left, kept in the center, as the moft important poft, where he was nearest at hand to give his orders every where. The 9th, nothing material was done; the 10th, the enemy began to retire; and on the 12th they repaffed mount Agnel. The King detached fome troops after them; and having given orders for cantoning feveral battalions in fuch a manner that they might be brought together on a fhort warning, he fet out from Chateau Dauphin the 13th, and arrived at Turin next day." Thefe accounts compute the lofs of the enemy at 1200 killed and wounded, and fay their own is precifely 203, including 7 officers killed and 2 wounded. They add, that the parties fent after them, feized, on the summit of mount Agnel, 12 cannon marked with the arms of France, the leaft of which are fix pounders; and elsewhere, near 500 mules laden with baggage of different kinds, particularly the decorations of the Infante's chapel, and Lord Berwick's plate. By a lift received at Venice, it appears that there died of the PLAGUE, in Meffiaa, the citadel, and adjacent villages, 6,125 perfons, and that the number left mounts to 26,233. LON D O N. Proclamation was iffued by the Lords A Juftices Oct. 11. fummoning the parliament to meet the 22d of November. The Princess Louisa imbarked at Greenwich the 19th of October, and on the 22d landed at Roterdam; whence her R. Highnefs fet forward directly for Hanover. On information that the plague has broke out at Smyrna, the Lords Juftices iffued a proclamation Oct. 25. requiring all fhips coming from thence, or from any other place infected, to perform quarantine for forty days. Publication was made in the London Gazette, by William Bull, Efq; Lieutenant-Governor of South-Carolina, to certify all fuch perfons, particularly foreigners, as may be inclined to fettle in that province, that they fhall be put in poffeffion, without any expence to them,of the fifty acres of land, allowed them by his Majefty for every man, woman, or child, being Protestants, and free of quit-rent for ten years; and that there is alfo allowed for the fupport of fuch poor Proteftants, and their families, for one year, 300 lb. weight of beef, 50 of pork, 8 bushels of corn, 200 weight of fmall rice, and one bushel of salt, for every person above 12 and under 50 years; and for every perfon under 12, half the faid quantity; to every man one ax, one broad and one narrow hoe for clearing the ground; alfo to every five perfons one co-w and calf, and one breeding fow. The like bounty and encouragement to fervants, when their fervitude is ended. T DUB L I N. HE parliament fat down Oct. 4. His Grace the Lord Lieutenant, in his fpeech, obferves, That the part which his Majefty hath fo greatly taken for the preservation of the liberties of Europe, hath occafioned some alterations in his armies; but as they are far from increafing the expence of this kingdom, his Grace has nothing new in command from his Majefty to ask: That the arms for the ufe of the militia being all provided, the account of the money disbursed for that fervice fhall be laid before them: and, (fpeaking of the contagious diftemper) That any further methods which shall be thought proper to prevent the iniquitous practice TH ties of St Andrew's and Glafgow have defired to be included in the cheme for providing for the widows and children of Minifters, [fee p. 36. & 321.]; and the Commiffion, on the 9th of November, appointed Mr Robert Wallace, their Moderator, and Mr George Wifhart, Ministers of Edinburgh, to go to London, in order to make application, this enfuing feflion of parliament, for rendering faid fcheme effectual. Ships taken by the Spaniards. Carried into Tariffa, Sept. 5. by two Spanish privateers, the Crawley pink, Naughton, of 300 tons, 20 guns, and 35 men, from Chefter for Triefte, laden with lead, taken after an engagement of 5 hours. Capt. Naughton had 2 men killed and 7 wounded, and the Captain of one of the privateers was killed, and fix of his men. work the fhip; and he, after parting with the privateer, fteered for England; and arriving in Cardigan bay, fired a gun; upon which the King's officers, &c. went out in their boats, and fecured the ship. Ships taken by the Britons. Carried into Antigua, by the Lively, a Polacco fhip, laden with cochineal and cocoa, befides 4000 pieces of eight; and a Spanish bark, with powder and ammunition, both from Carthagena.-Carried in to Jamaica, July 29. by the Kent, four Spanish barks, taken off the ifle of Cuba, with provifions and fome pieces of eight. Taken off Barcelona, by the Naffau, two Spanish privateers of 12 carriage-guns each, and carried into Minorca. - The Fly floop has deftroyed a privateer off Port Bar, of 16 guns and 70 men, and hath retaken a veffel bound from Dublin to Faro. - The above all by men of war. Carried into Carolina, by an English privateer called the Eagle, Anderfon, of Jamaica, a Spanish privateer of 75 met, with 73 prifoners in her. CA MARRIAGES and BIRTHS. Carried into Bilboa, by a privateer called the Santa Refetta Maria Magdalena, of 26 carriage and 20 fwivel guns, the Charming Peggy, Miller, from Figueira; and by a privateer belonging to the fame cond daughter to the Duke of Devonshire. place, the Lyon, Nicolton, from Oporto At London, Mr George Rofs Merfor Genoa.-Carried into St Sebastian's, chant, from Sweden, to Mifs Katharine by a privateer of 8 carriage and 12 fwi- Rofs, of St Mary Axe. vel guns, and above 100 men, the Recovery, Swift, from Jamaica, with 400 hogfheads of fugar, taken Oct. 19. about 20 leagues weftward of the Lizard point; and the Florinel, Moss, taken Oct. 21. much about the fame place. Into which port is carried likewife the Forward, Serjeant, from Virginia for London. - Taken alfo the Three Friends, Goreham, from Jamaica for London. The Friend's Goodwill, Doleman, from Jamaica for London, being taken in Lat. 49. 10. about 40 leagues Welt from Ufhant, Oct. 21. by a Spanish privateer, of 24 guns and 200 men, they tock out the Captain and five men ; and, leaving Hutchins, the mate, and a boy, on board, put to them nine Spaniards, in order to carry her into St Sebaftian's: but they not being expert in navigation, intrufted Hutchins to The Lady Viscountess St John, delivered of a fon. - At his houfe in Hoxton, the wife of Mr George Whitefield, of a fon.-The Lady of Mr Henry Home of Kaims, Advocate, of a fon and heir. DEATH S. At Orton, Huntingdonshire, aged 19, the Ld Morpeth, only fon of the Earl of Carlifle.-Sir Erafmus Philipps, member for Haverford-weft, drowned by falling from his horfe into the river Avon. Capt. Francis Scott, Commander of the Portfmouth tender. Capt. George Gregory, in the Scots Grays.- At Veniel, in the kingdom of Murcia, Peter Mestanea, a peafant, aged 130. He lived a bachelor, never tafted wine, worked hard, and bathed every morning in the river Segura, from the beginning of fpring till it froze. H teeth were found, and he had never best : ttacked by any acute diftemper. - Mrs tenant; David Chappeau, Lieutenant ; ArJoan Dewel of Eagleftreet, London, aged chibald Armstrong, Cornet. 104. About 60 of her children, grandhildren and great-grandchildren attendd her burial. Mr Robinson, Vicar of Knotsford in Chethire, aged 102. He etained his memory, fight and hearing the laft. James Range, a taylor, at [ampstead, aged 102. The Hon. Beram Afhburnam, Efq;. He bequeathed the clerk of the parish of Afhburnam, nd his fucceffors for ever, the watch hich K. Charles I. had in his pocket, :the time of his death, and the shirt he en wore, which has fome drops of blood it. And they are deposited in the very of the faid church. Foor. Sowle's: John Dodd, Enfign. Pulteney's Bafil Murray, Lieutenant ; Honywood Haddock and John Shottowe, Enfigns; Patrick Boyle, Chaplain. PREFERMENTS. James Lord Tyrawley, Ambassador-Exaordinary to the Empress of Ruffia. t-Gen. William Hargrave, Governor of ibraltar, in the room of Lt Gen. Clay n, dec.-[The above from the Gazette.] Christopher Rhodes, Efq; Comptroller the Excife in Scotland, appointed Geal Inspector of the Excife duties in Engid upon tea, coffee, chocolate, &c. in the om of Henry Robinfon, Efq; dec.-Arnold, one of the Clerks of the Treay, in the room of Mr Sutton, dec. Lewin, Secretary to the Bank of England, the room of Mr Le Groffe, dec. Commanders of men of war: Capt. Legg, the Medway; Capt. Murray, of the mpfhire; Capt. Lake, of the Hector; pt. Catford, of the Lime. Promotions made in the army. HORSE. First troop of guards: Richard rfax, Cornet and Major, in the room of j. 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By the act of the lof his prefent Majefty, we put a stop all once to the retale of all compound fpits; which we thought would put a ftop the exceffive drinking of any cheap fpi, because, without compounding, it was poffible to make it agreeable to the pate. What was the confequence? A indeftine retale of compound fpirits was up at every corner, and those who could t get fuch fpirits in this clandeftine way, ther than not get drunk with any fort fpirit, got drunk as frequently as ever th that naufeous, or at leaft unpleafant tof fpirit, which, in derifion of the auority of the legislature, they called parment-brandy. Well, this law being found effectual, it was repealed in a few years er it was made; and in the 9th of his ajefty we refolved to try another expenent of the fame kind. As the former v had been evaded, by retaling this fort liquor called parliament-brandy, we reved the next should not be liable to any thevasion; and therefore we laid a proition, or duties equal to a prohibition, on the retale of any fpirituous liquors atfoever. This law, it is true, could t be evaded as the former had been; VOL. V. but did it put any ftop to the evil complained of? No, my Lords; fince the populace faw they could not evade the law, they openly and avowedly tranfgreffed it; and the tranfgreffors were so numerous, that they even fet the government itself at defiance. No private man, no under-officer durft inform, no magiftrate durft punifh, without being in danger of being De Witted by the mob, as he paffed along the streets. In short, my Lords, it was impoffible to execute this law but by a military force; and this I fhall never be for upon any account whatever. I hope the law will always be able to execute itself, without the affiftance of the military power; and, for this purpose, the legiflature ought to contrive fuch laws as may be executed by the civil power alone: for if ever the affiftance of the military fhould become neceffary for the execution of our laws in general, they will not long continue under the direction of the civil magiftrate; they will become directors, inftead of being directed, and may probably, very foon after, ufurp the legislative, as well as the executive power of our government, which would put an end to our conftitution.. Therefore, when I argue for the bill now before us, I think I am arguing for the prefervation of our conftitution, as well as for the prefervation of the people: for if you attempt to execute the law as it now conftituftands, you will endanger your tion; if you do not execute it, nor substi tute any other remedy in its ftead, the people will deftroy themselves by the exceffive ufe of fpirituous liquors; which has increased vaftly within these last two or three years, as your Lordships may fee by the increased produce of the fmall du ties we now have upon thofe liquors. It was with the utmost regret, my Lords, that I obferved the produce of those du3 R ties |