PROLOGUE to the WISHES. Spoken by Mr. FOOTE. BY fancy wafted from his native shores, New coafts, new climes, the advent'rous To the warm fcenes of Italy reforts, Prepar'd from Pantomime to free the stage, With equal boldnefs his attempt withstand: Intrench'd behind their magic works they lie, And watch improvement with a jealous eye; With prejudice and her allies combin'd, To ward off nature, and delude mankind; Well knowing, foon as the discovery's made, Farewell the whole Farrago of their trade; Their fprings and engines are condemn'd to ruft, And all their pasteboard palaces to duft. The bard repuls'd appeals to jufter laws, And claims your equal hearing of his cause. Not fo his wife antagonists fubmit To ftand your verdict on the fide of wit: Content to please you at their heels' expence, They dread a bankruptcy of head and fenfe. At length we've found our well difputed And yet she has her Harlequin, her- (pish!) To fome you know indulgence is a curfe. for me: What then?--why then, after a deal to do, You'd e'en releafe me and the fairy too. You heedlefs men!---you know not what you'd have; [grave; Sufpend your mirth one moment and be Let me direct your thoughts to worthier things, With every blefling to the best of kings; With that the fair he deftines to his throne May bring a heart as worthy as his own: Wish that eternal bleffings from above. May crown their virtues and reward their love. Then when the bleeding world fhall tafte of HISTORY of the PRESENT WAR. BY the latest advices from Silefia, it ap pears, that on the 8th of this month, a confiderable body of Ruffians got before Breslau, and had begun to throw fome howitzers into that town, with an intention to fet the magazines on fire; but that lieutenant-general Taufein, commandant of Breflau, having been joined by a body of troops, which major-general Knoblock led to his affiftance, marched out of Breflau, and forced the Ruffians to retire from their batteries, and to decamp from the place, with a confiderable lofs on their fide. General Czernichew, with the Ruffian van-guard, was then at Wohlau, and the Coffacks and light troops were paffing the Oder, (which the drynefs of the season had made very low) and ravaging the country on the fide of Jauer. His Pruffan majefty had his head-quarters at Streblen, on the Sth inftant. The Ruffian fleet, confifting of 31 fail, has, fince the 3d of this month, been employed in debarking their artillery and troops at Rugenwalde; but to the 11th inftant, that fleet has not appeared in force before Colberg. General Romanzow was then preparing to begin his operations against that fortrefs. In Saxony, the Ruffian and Auftrian armies continued in their respective positions without an alteration. The Swedes have begun their operations in Pomerania, having not only feized the fortreffes of Demmin and Anclam, but have alfo taken Damgarten and Trebfee in Mecklenbourg; they furprifed and made prifoners a post there, guarded by 50 Pruffians. Letters from the allied army under prince Ferdinand of Brunfwick, dated Augut 5th, import, that Waldegrave's, Bland's, and Howard's dragoons, marched the day before from the neighbourhood of Haaren and Meerhoff, to join the marquis of Granby; and at break of day the next morning, ceneral Sporcken's first line marched from Brinckey, for the fame purpofe, leaving their baggage behind them. Thefe troops had but juft joined the marquis of Granby's corps, when the French, who advanced in great numbers behand Stadbergen, began to fire their artillery upon them very brifkly; foon after which, the fire of the mufketry began on both fides. At this juncture, general de Wangenheim quitted Buren with the corps under his command, and feigned a march towards Stadbergen; but instead of that, he went to the right of that place, and took the French both in rear and in flank. This motion decided the whole affair, and the French were obliged to retire with confiderable lofs, and in great disorder, to Warbourg. His Serene Highness in perfon, purfued the enemy a league and a half behind Welda. The allies took a great number of prifoners. The fecond line of the allied main army, and all the English cavalry, had also advanced, so as to be at hand in cafe the French had been difpofed to come to a general action; but they declined it. Befides the above affair, there have lately been several skirmishes between the Allies and the French, in which the advantage has been on the fide of the former, In one of them, however, Prince Henry of Brunswick was unfortunately wounded, and died in the night of the 8th of Auguft; and in another, Prince Frederick of Brunswick received a small contufion in his right arm. General Luckner and colonel Freytag have been remarkably successful in deftroying the magazines, convoys, &c. of the French, at feveral different attacks, and in taking upon these occafions a great many officers and men prisoners. The following is the lateft account of the fucIcefs of thofe vigilant officers, which is dated from Mackhausen, August 15th, and runs thus : "General Luckner being arrived yefter. day the 14th, with his corps on the heights near Daffel, detached his regiment towards the enemy's right wing; and colonel Freytag, with all the light horfe, towards their left wing, to take them directly in flank. As foon as the enemy perceived us, they drew back all their forces from Daffel, and that neighbourhood towards the foreft of Selling, Solling, and detached a large body of horse and foot to the high road that leads to Eimbeck. This body was inftantly attacked, and totally routed, by general Luckner's huffars, and between 3 and 400 taken prifoners, most of them cuiraffiers: all that could not escape by flight were cut to pieces. "During this tranfaction, general Luckner in perfon attacked in front, with the regular and light infantry, the enemy, who were in order of battle. The enemy, åfter having stood Luckner's cannonading, and perceiving our infantry advancing upon them in front, retired in tolerable good order towards the foreft of Solling. In the mean time colonel Freytag was engaged with the light-horse, and endeavoured to take the enemy in the rear, who did not think proper to wait for this attack, 1 but difperfed themfelves with great rapidity in the foreft, whither general Luckner is gone after them. Our lofs is very fmall. The Brunfwick chaffeurs have only four men and three horses wounded, and none killed. Among the prisoners taken from the enemy, are one colonel, and two = majors. "On the 15th at eight o'clock, the Brunfwick hunters marched. General Luckner's corps rendezvoused about Daffel. Capt. de Campen was fent to obferve Hoxter. Our march was towards Uflar, where we arrived at four. As foon as our huffars and hunters fhewed themfelves on the rifing ground near Wohle, and were turning about to attack the enemy, they retreated by Allerfhagen to the high mountain called the Sonnenberg, which is the post they intended to have taken before our arrival. The heavy horfe could not advance faft enough to Overtake the enemy. Some cannon arrived, and when they began to play, we foon diflodged the enemy from this advantageous poft. They retreated with fo great precipitation, that the light horfe were not able to get up with them. However, they pursued the enemy in such a manner, that they were forced to retreat into the Solling on a full gallop. Lieutenant-colonel de Stockhaufen had before pofted himself in the Solling with his hunters and cannon, having entered it by a detour. He attacked the enemy's infantry, which was pursued by the Brunfwick huffars, and defeated. We have taken two pair of colours of the regiment of Jenner. Befides which, we have above 30 officers prisoners, and upwards of 400 men. We have also taken from them 400 horfes." "The Brunfwick huffars have taken one brigadier Jenner, 11 captains, 22 fubaltern officers, and 250 foldiers, Swifs dragoons, and huffars, with one pair of colours, befides 65 horfes. DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. THEY write from the Hague, that amidst the promises given by general Yorke, that nothing fhould be done in the congrefs, contrary to the interefts of the Republic, he makes no mention of any indemnification for the loffes which the Dutch have fuftained by English privateers; which, however, is an article that the States have not loft fight of. It is at prefent under confideration in the affembly of the States of Holland. his triumphal entry into the town, ac companied with his brother, both being feated, according to the manner of the country, in a kind of wooden tower, borne on an elephant; after that, fix more, with the chiefs, two and two each on an elephant's back; then followed his twelve wives, in a fort of covered cart, drawn by buffaloes, with many others of his train and army following, differently equipped with bows and arrows, lances, fire-arms, &c.--He is a handsome-featured man, of They write from the Eaft-Indies, that a good deportment, with a copper-colouras foon as Pondicherry was in the ed complexion, and feemed highly to enpossession of the English, the Nabob made joy the cavalcade.---It is faid he will make SATURDAY, August 1. 444 DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. British the navy and army a handfome prefent, The materials of Pondicherry will be SUNDAY, August 2. The following ladies kitfed his majesty's MONDAY, August 3. Benjamin Fox, for the murder of his daughter, and George Worthcott, for the murder of a woman who paffed for his wife, were executed this day at Gloucester; and their bodies delivered to the furgeons for diffection. It is remarkable, that tho' Fox had hung the ufual time, when he was brought to the Infirmary, he breathed very distinctly, and upon opening a vein, it bled with as much freedom as if he had been perfectly in health. Among the preparations at Spitalfields, for the royal nuptials, a fuit of cloaths is weaving for a lady of quality, which will amount to 361. per yard. The pattern coft 100 guineas drawing. TUESDAY, Auguft 4. Whitehall. Late last night the directors of the Eaft-India company received difpatches over land, from the president and council of Bombay, giving an account of the furrender of Mihie, on the 10th day of February last, with all its dependencies, on the coast of Malabar, by M. Louet, commander in chief of the French garrifon of that place, to Thomas Hodges, Efq; commander at Tellicherry, and to Hector Munro, Efq; commander of the king's and company's troops on that expedition. St. James's. The following is the lofs of the allied army in killed, wound, and prifoners of war, in the battle of Fellinghaufen, on the 16th of July, 1761, Officers, Killed. Wounded. Prifoners. 3 8 55 Rank and file, 78 4 266 794 176 Total 290 927 183 30 killed. Artillery horfes Pieces of cannon fofs in that part of the allied army which Supplement to the above, containing the 3 taken. was commanded by the hereditary Prince, Lieutenant-general Conway's diviKilled. Wounded. Prifongs. and fion. Officers, .Total 2 19 75 Names of the officers of the British forces killed, wounded, and prifoners. Capt. Townshend, Aid de Camp to the marquis of Granby, wounded. led. Hodfon's. Lieutenant Lillewood, kil Lieutenant Verchield, wounded. Welth's. Lieutenant Wood, prisoner. ed, lieutenant Ferguson, prifoner. Maxwell's. Lieutenant Mercer, wound Rofs, killed. Captain Frazer, lieutenant Campbell's. Lieutenant Grant, killed. Major Macnab, captain Campbell, lieute nant Campbell, lieutenant Macintosh, wounded. Lieutenant Gordon, prisoner. Bockland's. Lieut. Fenwick, wound ed. Griffin's. Enfign Ward, wounded. Copy of the Orders Prince Ferdinand of Brunfwick delivered the Day after the Battle of Fellingbaufen, on the 16th of July last. duke Ferdinand of Brunswick has been July, 17, 1761. "His Serene Highness graciously pleased to order lieutenant-colonel Beckwith to fignify to the brigade he has the honour to command, his intire approbation of their conduct on the 15th and 16th. Highland battalions, in refifting and re"The foldier-like perfeverance of the pulfing the repeated attacks of the chosen troops of France, has defervedly gained them the highest honour, "The "The ardour and activity with which the grenadiers pushed and pursued the enemy, and the trophies they have taken, justly intitle them to the highest enco. miums; and the intrepidity of the little band of Highlanders merits the greatest praise. “Lieutenant-colonel Beckwith begs leave to add, that the humanity and generofity with which the foldiers treated the great flock of prisoners they took, in his opinion, does them as much honour as their fubduing the enemy." [The little band of Highlanders abovementioned, were commanded by captain Patrick Campbell, of Barcaldine, of colonel Campbell's regiment.] WEDNESDAY, August 5. This day, Haffen Bey, ambassador from Tripoli, had an audience of his majesty, to deliver his new credential letters. His majesty has fignified his pleasure, that the parliament of Dublin, which stood prorogued to Tuesday the 25th inftant, be further prorogued to Thursday the 22d day of October following. THURSDAY, August 6. The thanks of the merchants of Liverpool were prefented to the right hon. the earl of Halifax, for his lordship's great atItention and unwearied endeavours to promote the commercial interests of these kingdoms, whilst he prefided at the board of trade; which his lordship received in the politeft manner. The merchants of the city of Bristol have alfo prefented their thanks to the faid nobleman on this occafion. At the affizes at Warwick were tried, before Mr. Justice Fofter, two actions upon the ftatute of George II. for bribery and corruption at the late election of members, to reprefent the borough of Tamworth; when the juries (which were fpecial in each action) brought in verdicts for the plaintiffs. The Rev. Mr. Langton, dean of Clogher in Ireland, having been to pay a vifit to the duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth in Derbyshire, in his return home to his brother's house, riding too near a precipice, the ground gave way, and he and his horfe fell down; the horfe was killed on the fpot, and Mr. Langton expired about three hours after. FRIDAY, Auguft 7. A letter received from Lifbon, dated June 28th runs thus: “On the third in ftant we were vifited with a most violent fhock of an earthquake, but not quite fo durable by about a minute; which if it had, my opinion is, few houses would be left ftanding; it was ten minutes past fix in the morning, an hour when numbers were in their beds; but the violence of the fhocks (for there were two or three of them with a trifling intermiffion) were fuch, that the streets were inftantly filled with naked people, fome with shirts and shifts on only, and numbers without either." MONDAY, August 10. We learn from Petersburgh, that on the names-day of his Imperial Highness the Great Duke, and his Imperial Highness the young Great Duke, a poor failor, to celebrate the holiday with extraordinary devotion, had placed a candle before a favourite faint on board a lighter, that was lading at the warehouses, to which it fet fire; and as no affistance could poffibly be given, the whole was utterly destroyed in a few hours. It is impoffible to fix the lofs with any certainty; but it is generally computed, that the quantity burnt is 500,000 poods of hemp, and 200,000 poods of flax, which may be reckoned at one million of roubles. 雍 WEDNESDAY, August 12. By a letter from Gibraltar, dated July 6th, we have the following particulars "His majesty having been graciously pleafed, as a mark of his royal approbation of the many and eminent fervices of vice-admiral Saunders, to nominate him to be one of the knights companions of the most honourable order of the Bath'; and to commiffion major-general Parflow, commander in chief of this garrifon, to inveft him with the enfigns of the faid order; and his majefty having been pleafed to fignify his royal pleafure, that the ceremony should be performed in the most honourable and distinguished manner, that circumstances would allow thereof, thereby to mark his majesty's juft fenfe of the conftant zeal and fignal abilities which vice-admiral Saunders has exerted in the fervice of his king and country; Saturday the 4th inft. was appointed for performing the ceremony. About noon, the admiral came from his fhip to the waterport (or ufual landing-place) wearing the ftar of the Order; his flag flying in his barge, and attended by the captains of his fquadron in their barges. At his landing he |