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Account of Cannon, &c. taken.—Killed and Wounded.

N. B. 150 Sappers, under the command of a Captain, were at the affault.

Of these, 2 Lieuts. 12 Rank and File, k. Lieut. 4 Serjeants, 23 Rank and File, w.

State of all kind of Officers, Serjeants, Drummers, and Soldiers, belonging to the Garrison of the

Havannah, and which are to be embarked on board bis Britannick Eajefty's Veffels.

Field and Staff Officers. 3 Colonels, 2 Lt Colonels, 2 Serjeant Majors, 4 Aid de Camps, 4 Chaplains, 3 Surgeons.-Officers; 17 Captains, 56 Subalterns-Troops; 38 Serjeants, 29 Drummers, 778 Soldiers.-Total 936.

Families; 17 Officers wives, 30 Children; 7 Soldiers wives, 3 Children.-Total 57.

N. B. The prifoners on board our men of war, and the fick and wounded left in the town, are not included in this return.

Return of Guns, Mortars, and principal Stores, found in the Moro Caftle, City of Havannah, and Punta, the 14th of Auguit, 1762.

Brafs Ordnance. One of 42, four of 36, three of 32, eleven of 26, one of 24, three of 20, eight of 18, fourteen of 16, five of 15, thirty one of 12, fix of 10, three of 8, one of 7, four of 6. three of 5, one of 4 1-half, and three 4 pounders.-Total, Brafs OrdПance, 102.

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34th Cavendish's, Lieut. Johnfton, k. Lieut. Wyley, Enfign Martiboys, d. Lieut. Banks, died of wounds.

35th, Otway's. Lieut. Widdrington, k. Lt. Fitgerald, Enfign Chandler, w.

40th, Armiger's. Lieut. Reid, died. 42d, Murray's first battalion. Major Mat Neill, Capt. M'Donald, Licuts. Mill, and Blair, died.

ad battalion. Capt. Menzies, Lieut. Grant, Lafby, Farquarfon, and Cunnison, died. 43d, Talbot's. Capt. Spendlove, w.

48th, Webb's. Capt. Crofton, Lieuts, Akizfon and Frazer, died."

56th, Keppel's. Lt White, Enf. Ingram, d. both, 3d battalion. Haviland's. Lieut. Sears Enfign Power, w. Enfiga M, Dougal, d. Ení. Steward, dead of wounds.

65th, Lord Malpas's.

72d, Richmond's. Lieut. Bruce, w. Lieut. Bowers, Q Mafter Wall, d. Enfign Brice, doad of wounds.

77tb, Montgomery's. Lt. M Vicar, k. Major Marrie, Lt. Grant and M'Nabb, &.

goth, Grant's. Lt Holroyd, k. Lt Wafiel, w. Capt. Windus, Enfign Kelly, d.

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98tb, Burton's. Enfign Deade, w. Lt Burton, d. Lt Barber, dead of wounds. Engineers. Capt. Gordon, Enf. Monterieft, w. Lt Col. Leith, firft Lieut. Benjamin, d. Royal Artillery, Capt. Strachey, Lt Boffem, Major Ferron, Capt. Gorebam, dead. Total. Officers, 11 k. 19 w. 39 died. 4 dead of wounds.

Iron Ordnance. Two of 36, twenty-five of Dk. 26, fixty eight of 24, fixty leven of 18, forty feven of 16, fixteen of 12, fix of 11, and eighteen 8 pounders.-Total, Iron Ordnance, 249.

Brafs Mortars: One 9 inch, one 8 inch, three 5 inch, four I half inch.

Iron Mortars. One 13 inch, one 12 inch.
Powder, quintals,

Mufkets of different calibres

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Hand grenades fixed,

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15 Serjeants, 4 Drummers, 260 rank and file, k; 49 Serjeants, 6 Drummers, 576 rank and file, w; I Serjeant, 4 Drummers, 125 rank and file, m. 14 Serjeants, 1f Drummers, 632 rank and file, died. 1 Drummer, si rank and file, dead of wounds,

The Chief Engineer's Journal of the Siege of the Moro Fort, and the Havannah, continued from July 16. (See p. 411.)

1613 July THE Valiant's battery opened this 5650 17. A morning between 10 and 11: 1458 The enemy had no fire on the front at80 F tacked, but fired two guns from the left

SAMUEL CLEAVELAND. Lieut. Colonel, Royal Reg. of Artillery. N. B. There are many articles of small stores, the particulars of which, at present, cannot be ascertained.

Return of the Officers, &c. Killed, and Wounded.
Staff. Brig. Carleton, wounded.

1A Reg. Sinclair's Lt. Cook and Abe killed. Capt. Balfour, Lieut. Ruth, Enfign Keating, w. 4tb, Duroure's. Lieut. Chitty, w. Enfign Lindley, dead.

9th, Whitmore's. Enfign Wood, k. Lt Col, Thomas, Capt. Suttie, Lieut. Surman, d.

15tb, Amber's Lieut. Skene, k. Capt. Tyrubitt, Lieut. Winter, d.

17tb, Monckton's. Lieut. Martin, Enfign M'Gorth, w.

22d, Gage's. Lieut. Stannus, w, Smaak, Lieut. Burke, d.

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17th, Warburton's. Enfign Orr, k. Capt. Morris, w, Lt Col, Gorden, d.

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face of the left baftion upon William's battery, and up along the Cavannes. This afternoon we began to ftuff gabions with fafcines for advancing our Sap. In the evening our Sap was begun, but there being a thick thorny wood to cut through, was advanced but a little way.

18th. The enemy's fire this morning was the fame as yesterday. We had twe howitzers put in Dixon's battery to fire into the breaches; the fap was carried on this night about two thirds of the way to the fmall battery at the foot of the forties before the right baftion. There was likewife a small lodginent made at the edge of the wood, before the point of the West baftion.

19th. The enemy fired this morning with three guns from the front attacked, but were foon filenced. About noon we took poffeffion of the covered way before the

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point of the right bastion, and the former Tap carried on at night, and another begun along the covered way before the right face, where we made a lodgment.

20th. This morning the miners were entered under the right or fea face of the right bastion, the only place where there was a practicability of doing it at the foot of the wall; for the ditch of the front attacked is 70 feet deep from the edge of the counterfcarp, and upwards of 40 feet of that depth, funk in the rock, but fortunately there was a thin ridge of the rock left at the point of the bastion, to cover the extremity of the ditch from being open to the fea, and to prevent furprizes; and by means of this ridge the miner paffed, with fome difficulty, to the foot of the wall, which he could do no where elfe without the help of fealing ladders, an operation which would be both tedious and dangerous. This ridge was fo narrow that there was no poffibility of covering a paffage upon it, from the fire of the oppofite flank; but we took our chance, and were glad to find it, even with that difadvantage: It coft us only 3 or 4 men during the whole time. We began the fame afternoon to fink a fhaft without the covered way, for mines to throw the counterfcarp into the ditch to fill it up in cafe of occafion. We continued our fap along the Glacis,and got a gun into the Saliant Angle of the covered way againft the oppofite Aank. In the day time we had parties for making fafcines and other preparations against the town, after the Moro fhould be taken.

21ft. Our fappers and miners continued to carry on their work; in this they were much retarded, by meeting often with very large ftones, which coft them much labour to remove. In the night, there being a fufpicion that there were very few men in the fort, there was a ferjeant and 12 men that scaled the fea line a little to the right of the mine, and found only about 9 or 10 men afleep in that part of the work: They wakened before our men got to them, and ran off immediately to alarm the reft : The ferjeant and his party then came down, and being ordered up a fecond time, found they had taken the alarm, and a confiderable number affembled, and ready to make an oppofition; had it been practible to fuccour them brifkly, the fort might have been carried at that time; but the attempt was not to be repeated.

22d. About 4 this morning there was a fally made from the town, which, by the information of prisoners, amounted to 1500 men, divided into three different parties; one pushed up the bank behind the Shepberd's Battery; they were ftopped for near an hour, by the guard posted there, confistfting only of about 30 men, commanded by Lt. Col. Stuart of the goth regiment, un

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til he was joined by about 100 fappers, and the third batalion of Royal Americans; the fire continued hot all that time; the ene my were then driven down the bank with. great flaughter; as many, as could, got into their boats, and many leapt into the water where there were 150 drowned. Another party endeavoured to push up by the Saliant Angle of the More to attack our fappers upon the Glacis, and their covering party, but they were beat off, in a very thort time; the third party went up to the bank of the Spanib redoubt, but finding our people ready to receive, them, they returned very peaceably from whence they came. The alarm was entirely over, and our people returned to their work by 8 o'clock. The enemy's lofs was faid to be near 400 men, killed, drowned, and taken; befides the wounded that got off. We had about go men killed and wounded. enemy cannonaded us most violently, when their troops were beat down the bank, from the Punta, weft baition, and from the lines and flanks of the entrance, and from their fhipping: They even killed fome of their own men, fo eager they were to kill us. At the fame time that their troops were attacking, we faw that they had great numbers paraded in the town, and some of them going into boats to sustain the attack; but when they perceived the rough treatment their comrades had met with, they prudently dropt the attempt.

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23d. The former works continue in hand, viz. fapping, mining, and making fafcines, This day a fketch of the batteries against the town, and defences of the harbour, to be erected along the Cavannes after the Moro fhould be taken, were laid before the Earl of Albermarle, and approved of by his lordship.

24th. The former works in hand, and the materials collecting for a 4 gun battery, to the left of the Spanish redoubt, to be opened againft La Fuerza, and to enfilade the two next flanks, facing the entrance of the harbour. There was a party of 600 Negroes ordered this day, for fafcine making, and to be continued upon that fervice, but they feldom amounted to above a-half, or even a third of that number, occafioned by fick nefs, and other preffing duties.

25th, The fame work in hand as yefterday. There was a road made from the' rear of Williams's battery, up to the Spanish redoubt, covered from the town, to ferve as a communication to the new defigned batteries upon the Cavannes. This afterRoon there was a battery of 5 guns begun, to the right of the rear of Dixon's battery, to open against the Panta,

26th. The former works in hand, and the hattery begun, to the left of the Spanish re doubt. This morning a two decked merchant's frigate, across the entrance before

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the weft baftion, within the boom, and near the funk (hips, was funk by a howitzer, near Dixon's battery; this ship had annoyed us very much.

27th. The former works in hand, and A a mortar battery begun at the Spanish redoubt; there was likewife a battery begun for 3 guns to fire upon boats landing at the Moro, which would have been of confiderable use all along, if it could have been ferved without erecting other batteries to check the fire of the Mora itself, upon that fide: But that could not be undertaken, as our troops were already fufficiently em- B ployed in the works of the real attack. Brig. Burton arrived with the first of the troops, from North America, and was ordered to the Weft fide.

28th. The former works in hand. This afternoon a large merchant hip of the enemy's caught fire by lightning within the harbour, and blew up in ten minutes. At night there was a battery for two mortars begun to the right of the Spanish redoubt: And one for 5 guns against fort La Punta upon the left of our fap, near the point of the Moro.

29th. The former works in hand. The mines were this day preparing for being Sprung to-morrow morning.

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fide of the town to reconnoitre the ground there, and fee in what manner attacks might be carried on with most advantage on that fide, in cafe of occafion.

Auguft ft. The enemy's fire ftill conti nued against the Moro. This evening Ge Keppel determined to erect the remainder of the batteries to be erected upon the Cavannos; fome by the 1st and 3d brigades, and fome by the failors, and to begin them to-morrow night.

2d. This morning, before day, the enemy fent down a 74 gun fhip into the entrance, and moored her oppofite to the Fuerza; the directed her fire likewife a gainst the Moro: There were two howitzers run into the battery to fire at her, which incommoded her a good deal. The batteries mentioned yesterday were begun this night, by the two brigades, and failors; they confifted of 35 pieces of cannon.

3d. The former works in hand, and carCried on with diligence. This morning the Chief Engineer was ordered to the westward of the town to reconnoitre the ground, for attacking that fide in cafe of occafion. This evening the enemy's fhip oppofite to the Fuerza, mentioned yesterday, was removed by our howitzers, with a good deal of confufion.

4th. The Chief Engineer, reported to Ld

30th. About two this morning the ene my fent two boats and a floating battery D Albermarle, that as the More was in our

out of the harbour, to fire into the ditch where our miners were at work: They fired grape and small arms, but without any other effect, than a fhort interruption of the work: The covering party fired fo fmartly upon them that they were foon obliged to retire. About two o'clock in the afternoon the mines were fprung; that in the counterfcarp had not a very confiderable effect, but that in the bastion having thrown down a part of both faces, made a breach, which the General and Chief Engineer thought practicable, upon which the troops under orders for the affault, were ordered to mount, on which they did, with the greatest resolution; and forming very expeditiously upon the top of the breach, foon drove the enemy from every part of the ramparts: The Spaniards had 130 men, with feveral officers, killed; about 400 threw down their arms, and were made prifoners; the reft were either killed in boats, or drowned in attempting to efcape to the Havannab. Our lofs in this glorious affair, amounted to two officers killed, and abeut 30 men killed and wounded.

poffeffion, there was to the weftward of the town, a very advantageous attack to be formed against the Piligons next the Punta, by the cover of a bank running along thore from the Lazare to Fort la Punta,fuppofing that fort filenced: That there was a road upon the bank, which was for a confideraEble way covered both from Fort la Punta and every part of the town, that the road was at present stopped up by trees felled on each fide, but might eafily be cleared; but as attacks upon that ground would in fome degree ftand in the line of fire of our batteries upon the oppofite fide, it would be moft adviseable to delay them until these batteries had in fome measure effected their defign; and especially, as they might of themselves, perhaps, answer the end without farther trouble.

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31ft. Our preparations were carried on with all poffible diligence, for erecting the intended batteries upon the Cavannes. The H enemy's fire continued very hot against the Moro; they pointed chiefly at that part of the work where the cistern was, in hopes, Lord no doubt, of letting out the water. Albermarle went this evening to the west

5th. The works and batteries on the Moro fide in hand as before, and some of the platforms begun to be laid: It was now difficult to get materials for this purpose, thofe from England and Martinico being expended, but by the admiral's affiftance, the materials were got. Ld Albermarle took up his head quarters this evening on the weit fide.

6th. The works in hand as yesterday, and being confiderably advanced, and the men much fatigued, there was none allow ed for this night. There were 30 carpen ters from the Provincial troops, lately arrived, now employed to affift in making platforms. There was a command of en

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gineers, and a proportion of intrenching tools ordered to the weft road, the former to go as foon as the batteries and works on the east fide fhould be ready, and the tools to be shipped immediately. The chief engineer was ordered to repair to that fide, and there remain.

7th. The former works on the eaft fide were going on, and fascine parties ordered to work on the weft fide.

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8th. The former works in hand on the eaft fide, but fafcine making was retarded confiderably on the weft fide for want of tools. This afternoon the ships arrived on the weft fide with the intrenching tools, g but the ships being fickly, there was none landed. In the evening Lord Albermarle -went himself to reconnoitre the road and ground between the Lazaro and the Punta, and ordered fome posts to be taken up far- ́ ther advanced.

9th. The intrenching tools were landed this day, by the affiftance of the men of war, in the afternoon. The enemy having difcovered our reconnoitring towards the Punta for fome days paft, fet fome houfes near the road on fire, to prevent their being a fhelter for us. In the evening there was a party of 100 men ordered to make a redoubt to the road to Punta, with a covering party of the fame number: the place intended for the redoubt, which was partly upon the road, being much incumbered, as mentioned before, all they could do was to clear off the trees, and form an abbetes in the front and flank for present defence.

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the enemy running off from the Punta, as if they had abandoned it. About two o'clock there were flags of truce hung out all round the garrison, and on board the admiral's fhip: Soon after, there arrived a flag of trude at our head quarters, which proved to be with proposals for a capitulation.

Sir George Pocock was then fent for, and the bufiners entered upon as foon as he The works were ftopped for this night, and the flag rerurned about dusk.

came.

12th. The truce continued.---This day the flag was femt in, and returned; and fent in again in the evening. The works were ordered to be carried on as be fore, which gave room to expect the hoftilities were to be renewed in the morning; but the capitulation was fettled before that time.

13th. This day the capitulation was figned and fealed; the long time it took to be fettled, is faid to be owing to an unreafonable earneftnefs in the enemy to fave their fhipping, which they at length gave up.

14th. About 10 this morning, Gen. Keppel took poffeffion of Fort la Punta, and about noon of the Punta gate and baftion, at both which places there were British co D lours hoifted, having been evacuated by the enemy. Brig. Howe took poffeffion of the Land Gate, with two battalions of grenadiers, much about the same time.

roth. At day-break this morning the enemy having discovered the covering parE ty, and fufpecting our having been at work, began to cannonade along the road pretty warmly, but with little execution. About Jo in the morning, our batteries being ready to open on the eaft, and we to open ground on the weft fide, Lord Albermarle fent a flag of truce by an aid de camp, to acquaint the governor with the ruin that F threatened the place, and fummoned him to capitulate: The governor, after keeping the flag from that time till between 3 and 4 in the afternoon, in the open fields, at fome hundred yards diftance from the. works, fent him back, and before he had got two thirds of the way, began to fire; we at the fame time faw many people leaving the town with loads; in the evening there was a party fent to carry on the works as before.

11th. At day-break this morning all our batteries opened, confifting of 45 pieces of cannon and 8 mortars. The advantage of pofition, as well as fuperior fire, became vifible very foon. Fort Punta was filenced between 9 and 10. The north baftion almoft, in about an hour afterwards; but now and then fired a fhot. Between one and two we discovered a great number of

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Copy of a Letter from Sir George Pocock to
Mr Clevland, dated off Cherora River,
near the Havannah, the 19th of August.
SIR,

that it is with the greatest pleasure I now congratulate them on the great fuccefs of his majefty's arms, in the reduction of the Havannah, with all its dependencies.

The Moro Fort was taken by form the 30th of laft month, after a fiege of twenty-nine days; during which time the enemy loft above a thousand men, and a brave officer in Don Lervis de Valafco, captain of one of their men of war, and governor in the Moro, mortally wounded in defending the colours, fword in hand, in the ftorm: And, on the 11th inftant, the governor of the Havannak defired to capitulate for the town, which was granted, the articles agreed to, and figned (a copy of which I inclofe) and we were put in poffeffion of the Punta and Land Gate the 14th, With this great and important acquifition to his majefty, have alfo fallen twelve large men of the line, as per lift, three of which were funk, with a company's thip, in the entrance of the harbour; nine are fit for fea, and two upon the Rocks; a blow that I hope will prove the more capital to the e nemy, as they receive it fo early in the war,

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Ships taken at the Havannah,

and, I may venture to fay, will leave all their fettlements, in this part of the world, exposed to any attempts that may be tho't proper to be made on them. But however trivial, with the poffeffion of the Hauannab, it may appear, yet I cannot help mentioning the difcovery and poffeffing the harbour of Mariel, about feven leagues to the leeward, of this, and which we had made ourselves mafters of, though the enemy had endeavoured to hinder it, by finking hips in the entrance; and we had lately fent near 100 tranfports, with fome men of war there, for fecurity against the Lealon, in which we are already advanced, B

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Extract of a Letter from Sir George Pocock
to Mr Cleveland, dated off Chorera River,
the 16th of August, 1762, inclosed in the
foregoing of the 19th.

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N the 28th of July the Intrepide arri ved with 11 sail of tranfports, with A troops from New York. They failed from thence the 11th of June: The Cheflerfield and four transports run on Cayo Comfite, the entrance of the Bahama Streights on the Cuba fide, the 24th of July, an hour before day-light, and were firanded, but loft no feamen and foldiers. The Intrepide met the Richmond the day after, who was looking out for the convoy, Capt. Elphinston returned with three transports which were cleared in order to bring away the feamen and troops who were on hore; and, to make all poffible dispatch, I fent away the Echo, Cygnet, and Thunder bomb, to meet the Richmond, and take the men out of her; and ordered Capt. Elpbinflon to take the Cygnet with him, and proceed up the Streights to meet the fecond divifion of the transports.

It will be as needlefs, as almost impoffible, for me to exprefs or defcribe that perfect harmony that has uninterruptedly fubfifted between the fleet and army, from our first fetting out. Indeed it is doing injuftice to both, to mention them as two corps, fince each has endeavoured, with the most conftant and chearful emulation, C to render it but one; uniting in the fame principles of honour and glory for their king and country's fervice. I am glad, on this occafion, to do justice to the diftinguished merit of Comm. Kepple, who executed the fervice, under his direction, on the Coxemar fide, with the greatest spirit, activity, and diligence; and I must repeat, that the zeal his majesty's fea-officers and feamen exerted, in carrying on the services allotted to them, is highly to be commended.

I fhall now beg leave to refer their lord. hips to Capt. Hervey for all further particulars, who I fend with this letter, and who has approved himself a brave and deferving officer in this expedition, and therefore think myself obliged to recommend him to his majesty. I am, Sir, &c, G, POCOCK,

A Lift of Ships that were in the Harbour of

Guns. Ships.

the Havannah,

70 Tiger, (El Marquis Real 'Tranporte,) furrendered with the city.

70 Reyna, ditto. 70 Soverano, ditto. 70 Infante, ditto. 70 Neptune, funk. 70 Aquilon, furzendered.

Guns. Ships.
64 Afia, funk.
60 America, fur-
rendered with city.
60 Europa, funk.
60 Conqueitador,
furrendered.

60 SanGenaro, furr.
60 San Antonio,
ditto.

FRIGATES.

24 guns, Vinganza, taken by the Defiance in Mariel Harbour, June 28, 1762.

24 guns, Thetis, taken by the Alarm in the Old Straits of Bahama, June 2, 1761.

The 2d inft, the Ecbo and Bomb returned with the fecond divifion of transports, which failed from New York the 30th of June. The Richmond, Lizard, Enterprize, Cygnet, and Porcupine floop, arrived the 8th, D bringing with them all the foldiers and failors from the fhips that were wrecked. Capt, Banks informed me, that on the 21st of July, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, be, ing near the paffage between Maya Guasna and the North Caicos, he difcovered two French ships of the line, 3 frigates, and 6 fail of brigantines and floops; that the E men of war and frigates gave chace to the and that five of the tranfports convoy ; were taken, with 150 Regulars of Anftruther's regiment, and 150 Provincial troops on board of them. All the rest of the troops arrived and landed in perfect health, I have thought it neceffary to order the Sutberland and Dover to be fitted as flags of truce, taking out their lower tier of guns in order to accommodate the late Spanish commodore, the governor of the Havannah, the vice-roy of Peru, and the governor of Cartbegena, to Old Spain, and then return to England. Transports are getting ready for the Spanish foldiers and failors, agreeable to G the terms of capitulation, which, I hope, we shall be able to dispatch in a few days,

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The Addrefs of the Rt Hon. the Lord Mayor,
Aldermen, and Commons, of the City of Lon-
don, to his Majefty, on the Conquest of the
Havannah, prejented October 4.

Maft gracious Sovereign,

'E your majesty's ever dutiful and

18 guns, Marte taken by the Defiance in HWyal fubjects, the Lord Mayor,

Mariel Harbour.

N.B. There are two fhips of war on the stocks, and several merchant ships in the Darbour.

(Gent, Mag, October 1762.)

Aldermen, and Commons of your city of London, in common council affembled, humbly beg leave to congratulate your

majesty

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