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of the day 17 compleat battalions had been employed on the fervice. The redoubt was expofed to the fire of the enemy's artillery at the distance of about 300 paces; and to that of all their fmall arms, within 30 paces diftance; befides that the troops, coming and going, were obliged to march near 400 paces, expofed to the enemy's cannon, loaded with grape fhot, The enemy's fituation was nearly the fame, excepting that the mill afforded them rather more shelter. This, in general, is the whole affair. The oldeft foldiers fay, they never faw fo fevere a cannonade; fince, though there were near 50 pieces of cannon employed, their execution was confined to the fpace of about 400 paces; and not only the fire of the artillery, but the mufquetry too of the two oppofite pofts was not intermitted a fingle instant for near 15 hours. Towards the conclufion of the affair, the number of the killed and wounded, at the entrance of, and in the redoubt, on our fide, feemed to exceed 500; fo that the troops which came there late in the day, made use of the dead bodies to raife the parapet a little, which was almost levelled; and within a very fmall compass, 1700 of the enemy's balls have been fince taken up.

While the enemy were attacking the redoubt, they played likewife fome batteries on Amonebourg, and affaulted it three times, but without fuccefs. On the 22d every thing was quiet, and the works on both Ades were repaired without moleftation.

After a fire from the enemy, which lafted all night, and by which they had made a practicable breach, the garrison of Amoacbourg furrendered prifoners. In confequence of which, on the 23d, the enemy pushed forward the right of their camp, and posted a body between Amonebourg and Kleinfeelbeim.

The lofs on our fide in killed and wounded, according to the returns in the London Gazette, amounted to about 600 men, a. mong whom are feveral brave officers. The lofs of the French must be much more confiderable, as by a letter from Francfort, it is faid, 1800 were brought wounded to the hofpitals there. The French account fays, that their men fired till the barrels of their pieces were fo hot that they could not charge them.

On the 28th the enemy pushed a confiderable detachment to Ziegenbayn, and tho't themselves ftrong enough to force Major Gen. Freytag, but he attacked them and purfued them to Alfeldt, killing, wounding, and taking 400 men. It is fuppofed their intention was to load their waggons with' meal for the relief of the garrifon of Gaffel, which is faid to be in great diftrefs. notwithstanding, their fubfiftance is only

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bread made of oats, and no great quantity remained of that; yet M. Diefbatch, the commandant, has rejected all terms of capitulation, fo that the trenches were opened before it in the night of the 16th inft. with the lofs only of 20 killed, and feveral wounded, fince which the garrison have made feveral unfuccefsful fallies to interrupt the approaches,

Nothing of confequence has fince paffed between the two armies; both begin to provide for their winter quarters; and if the rains that have lately fallen bould raife the waters in Weftphalia in the fame proportion as the floods have been raised near London, winter quarters will be immediately neceffary.

The wound which the Hereditary Prince received at the affair of Jobannisbourg, has proved much more dangerous than was at first expected. About the beginning of the month he was attacked by a fever, occafioned, as fuppofed, by the working of a fplinter which was perceived to be coming away. On the 13th the Dutchefs, his mother, was told by the phyficians that his fever was going off, and Dr Worlof, the king's phyfician, from Hanover, has pronounced him out of danger, though it may be feveral weeks before he is cured.

The progrefs of the Spaniards in Portagal begins to be alarming, The garrifon of Almeida furrendered on the 11th of Auguft, on condition of not ferving against Spain for fix months.

On the 27th of last month the Spanifo army was at Caftel Bianco, and a detachment of the allied army of 8000 men was within two leagues of their camp, which the French had not then joined.

WE could have wifhed to have inferted Brig. Burgoyne'sletter to Ld Ligonier, on his taking Valentia d'Alcantara, (fee p. 4431) but the following Order of the Day do honour fufficient to that galiant officer, whofe example is recommended by his general as a pattern of imitation.

Extract of the orders of the Day, Aug. 29.

The field-marshal thinks it his duty to acquaint the army with the glorious. condu of Brigadier Burgoyne, who after having marched 15 leagues without kalting, had taken Valencia 'd' Alcantara fword in hand, made the general who was to have invaded Alentejo, prifoner, destroyed the Spanish regiment of Seville, taken three ftandards, a colonel, many officers of diftinction, and a great number of foldiers.

The Marchal makes no doubt but the whole army will rejoice at this event, and that every one will, in proportion to his rank, strive to imitate fo glorious an example,

Hiftorical Chronicle, October 1762.

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A melancholy inftance of fea tyranny, happened near Dundee, where a veffel laden with coals ran upon a fand-bank, and the crew took to their boats, and endeavoured to work her off with a windlafs; but failing of fuccefs, they were endeavouring to fave their lives by rowing on fhore, when their captain remanded them back to the fhip, and, on boarding her, they found her bottom out. C Their boat was beat to pieces by the violence of the waves, and they had now no refource but climbing up the fhrouds, where they all miferably perished except one, who was almoft miraculously faved by riding on a plank, till the tide threw him on fhore.

His majefty's frigate olus, Capt. Hotham, fent into Plymouth harbour, the Formidable, a D French fhip for St Domingo, with wine and flour. By this prize came an account, that Capt. Hotbam had driven two large Spanish West Indiamen a-ground in the Bay of Aviles; one of which, of 1200 tons, laden with hides and cocoa from Carraccas, he burnt; the other got off, and efcaped in the night. About two days after, the Eolus fell in with a French E convoy of one fhip of the line, three frigates, and four tranfports, to whom the gave chace, and kept them in fight five days, in a hopes of meeting fome English cruizers, in order to attack them; but unfortunately none appeared, and being beyond their tract, the captain quitted them with reluctance,

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This day the Quakers addrefs was prefented to his majesty, and read by Dr Fothergill, as

follows:

To George the third, King of Great Britain, and
the Dominions thereunto belonging.
The bumble addrefs of bis Proteftant Subjects, the
People called Quakers.

May it pleafe the King,

CHE fatisfaction we feel in every event

that adds to the happiness of our fovereign, prompts us to requeft admittance to the throne, on the prefent interefting occafion.

The birth of a Prince, the fafety of the Queen, and thy own domeftic felicity increafed, call for our thankfulness to the Supreme Difpenfer of every bleffing; and to the king our dutiful and unfeigned congrapulations.

In the Prince of Wales we behold another pledge of the fecurity of thofe inestimable privileges, which we have enjoyed under the monarchs of thy illuftrious houfe: Kings, diftinguished by their juftice, their clemency, and regard to the profperity of their people: A happy prefage, that under their defcendants, our civil and religious liberties will devolve, in their full extent, to fucceeding generations.

Long may the Divine Providence preferve life of fo great importance to his royal parents, to thefe kingdoms, and to pofterity; that formed to piety and virtue, he may live beloved of God and man, and fill at length

Capt. Nugent and Capt. Harvey arrived in town with an account of the reduction of the important fortrefs of the Havannab, (Jes p. 459. Capt. Harvey in his paffage, took a Ha large French frigate for Newfoundland, laden with military ftores, and having two Indian chiefs on board with fcalping knives, &c. (Gent. Mag. October 1762.)

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the Briti throne with a luftre not inferior
to his predeceffors.

To which Address bis Majesty was pleased to re-
turn the following moft gracious answer.
Take very kindly this fresh inftance of your du-
ty and affection, and your congratulations on A
an event fo interefting to me and my family. You
may always rely on my protection.

The Prince of Conde, and the Marquifs of D Granby, are faid to have had a conference together on the banks of the Obme. Some forged letters have appeared in the papers in confequence of this interview that have no manner of foundation.

One Miller was apprehended at Luton in Bedfordshire, on tulpicion of robbing on the highway. On his examination, he owned, that he, with five others, had robbed the houfe of Farner Glaffcock of Hatfield, of zool. and that they were all to meet that very evenFing, to confult what other rich farmer to robb. Two of the five accomplices have been apprehended; one a rat-catcher, well known in that country; the other a poacher, who having been detected by Mr Hutchinfen's park-keeper, had practifed with three Irifhmen to murder the poor man, and to throw his body into a hole. The detecting of this desperate gang, is looked upon as a benefit to the country; the farmers, for many miles round, being under the most terrible apprehenfions on their account.

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was met in the Channel by the Union man of war.

The town-house in Amfterdam, one of the fineft edifices in the world, in which is repofited the riches of the republic, took fire, bat was happily extinguished with the lofs of the furniture of three rooms.

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An express arrived at St James's, with the agreeable news of the furrender of Schweidnitz, (fee p. 497.) On the 9th inftant two. breaches were made; one wide enough for fix men to enter a-breaft, the other four;, but what determined the governor to furrender, was, a chance shot that blew up one of the powder magazines in the town, and threw

John Kells for forgery, (fee p. 446.) James A Poe inhabitants and garrifon into the utmoft

Collins and James Whem, two foldiers, for a
robbery in Pancrafs fields, were executed at Ty-
burn pursuant to their fentence. Kella be-
haved, during his confinement, with great
obftinacy and indecorum, making little ac-
count of religion and the comforts of the
Christian Faith. He faid, be bad fom parti-
cular opinions of his own, that be fhould never
quit in this life nar after it. He is faid to have B
been the fon of a mercer in Houndfditch, who
gave him a liberal education, and left him a-
bout 300 . with which he equipped himself
for Virginia, and having refided there fome
time returned to London, and carried on a kind
of commercial correfpondence with fome per-
fons there, that produced but little profit,
and having rather a turn for pleafure than C
bufinefs, his friends had long expected fome
unlucky iffue to his affairs, tho' not fo fatal as
to affect his life. He was about 26 years of
age, and in many refpects, what is commonly
cailed, a clever fellow.

FRIDAY 15.

The Duke de Nivernois having appeared upon the Royal Exchange in company with another gentleman, the crowd was fo great that pretfed to see them, that it was with difficulty they could difengage themfelves. This unfeafonable curiofity, gave rife to a report, that his Grace had been infulted in the city, and that from the rudeness of the populace, he had difcovered fome apprehenfions of fear for his life; than which nothing could be more falfe. His Grace faw the affer in a proper light, a id took it as a compliment, not as an indignity.

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A bill or inactment was found by the grand jury at the general quarter feffions held at Wiminfter, again a famous paintfelier, for vending in his hop divers wicked and obfcene pictures, reading to the corruption of youth, and he common nuifance. There has late been ich a licentious ufe made of these wre.ched exhibitions, as mut in the end prove detrimental to the p intfeller's trade, of which the offenders do not fufficiently feem apprized. Many of the reprefentations that have lately appeared in the inops, are not only reproachful to government, but offenfive to common fente, they difcover a tendency to inflame G without a park of fire to light their own combustibles.

MONDAY 18.

At Salisbury fair, Farnham hops fold at 51. 12s. per C wt.; new cheese from 275. to 32s. -At St Faith's fair, Norwich, butter fold from 145. to 15. the half firken; cheefe from 31. 10. to 3. 145. per weigh.

WEDNESDAY 20.

The fubfcribers to the last years government loan, made good their laft payment, on which Scrip. that had fallen to 86, rose to 901.

confufion. The garrifon confifted of 9400 men, befides 300 Pruffian deferters, and the famous Baron de Warkath, and the priest, who laft year formed the defign of giving up the king dead or alive to the Auftrians; with many other traitors, who had from time to time given intelligence to his enemies. [Thefe particulars are from common report.]

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THURSDAY 21.

This evening the lightening was very remarkable; the flashes were white, and very luminous, but without thunder; and the weather changed from extreme cold to unufual heat.

FRIDAY 22.

The feffions ended at the Old Bailey, when three perfons were capitally convicted and received fentence of death; James Farr, late a tallow-chandler in the Strand; Wm Sparry, an attorney at Greenwich; and Wm Biddle, formerly master of the Ship and. Anchor ale houfe without Temple Bar. Their crime was forging a will, purporting to be the will of Jeffery Henville, late a taylor in Charles-ftreet, St James's, with intent to defraud Ann Freke, houfe-keeper to Henville, to whom he has left his perfonal eftate. Sparry was fon-in-law to Henville, to whose fon he had left his real eftate; but Farr thought it hard to be deprived of his perfonai, and that it should be given to a ftranger. Sparry managed the fraud, and Biddle was the fub cribing witness. Sparry is faid to be Jonathan Wild's nephew, his mother being Jonathan's fifter At this ffions Richard Vigers, Efq, was arraigned for forging a bond of 2757 (fee p. 50) and honourably acquitted. Hans Leg was alfo indicted for tealing a quantity of money, jewels, rings, bonds, &c. to the amount of 1000 / from the houfe of Mrs Bates of Cheapfide; to which indictment he pleaded guilty, and was ordered to be branded in the hand.--Fourteen were catt for ransportation for 7, and one for 14 years, three were branded in the hand, one whipt, and 17 discharged.

MONDAY 25.

There was the greater court that has been for many months at St James's, to complement the king upon the anniverfary of his majesty's acceffion to the throne. All the royal family were there. The French minifter's fervants ppeared all in new fplended liveries, on the occafion.

Lord Elville, with the Northumberland, Shrewsbury, Superbe, and Minerva, arrived at Spithead from Newfoundland.

TUESDAY 26.

The Hon. Richard Rigby, late fecretary to the Duke of Bedford, when Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, let out for Paris at an hour's warning. The refignations that have followed this departure, caufe much fpeculation.

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A Lisbon mail arrived at the Poft-Office by the Befborough packet-boat, in five days from land to land, which brought advice, that the affairs of Portugal are not so bad as has been reprefented.

ple have been loft in the high roads; a won man and horse, alfo a gentleman in a poftchaife, with the horses and poft-boy, all peribed in the water; and three of the paffengers in the Bury machine, with two of the horfes, were alfo drowned. The china-works at Boru were overflowed in fuch a manner, that the current rufhed through the great arch A in like manner as the tide runs through the arches of London-bridge; the callicoe-groundsTM in the neighbourhood of Bow and Stratford were all overflowed, and great quantities of linnen carried off. The houses from the

A letter by this mail, from a common foldier to his brother, is as remarkable as any thing that has happened this war: The foldier gives the names of the principal perfons of the party, in number 15, who having trayed about 2 miles from the English camp, were intercepted by a detachment of 25 Spaniards, who fummoned them to furrender prifoners of war ; but being armed with cutlaffes, the Englishmen determined to fight it out; upon the fift onfet two deferted their company, and ran to the camp, three more were laid dead upon the spot before the Englifo killed B one, fo that the odds were 25 to 10. Before the two that ran away could bring relief to thofe that aid, their number was reduced to three, and thofe being all defperately wounded had begged for quarter, and the Spaniards that lurvived were dragging them away. They were, however, foon overtaken, feven out of eight Spaniards that furvived were made pri- C foners, and the 3 living Englishmen refcued. What follows is in the foldier's own words:

When we got back to the place of acktion," found our ten brave men all lay ded upon the Spot, with the two cowords that run away, and us three made fifteen to their five and twenty; of which lay with our men 13 Spanyard, two Portugues, one Frenchman, dead, and one Spanyard, almost dead with lofs of blood, having two wounds through his boddy; him, for pitty fake, we killed likewife. mong the feven that was taken was two Portugefe, which had much better been kild than taken, as they prove to be deferters; the five Spanyards will only be prifners of war.

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A grand match between the Duke of Cumberland's hotte Careiefs, and Lord Grosvenor's horfe Lookback, for 10,000 guineas, was run for at Newmarket, and won by the former.

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WEDNESDAY 27.

Swan at Stratford to Bow bridge, were all overflowed, and the inhabitants forced to get out at their windows.

Part of Woodford-bridge was broken down, and the road in Snake's-lane plowed up as if by an earthquake. Part of Ilford-bridge was carried away; Kelvedon and Chesterford-bridges" rendered impaffable.

Buntenford bridge in Hertfordshire is likewife broken down, and the peft-boys were carried away by the ftream; but the mail, after continuing ten hours under water, has been recovered, the boys were saved, but the horses drowned. The letters received at the generat poft office were obliged to be dried by fires, and feveral of the mails did not come in.

The waters at Mims rofe fo high that the fage-waggons durft not attempt to país; as did thote at Harlow, fo that his R. H. the Duke, in his way to Newmarket, was retardDed, and could not pafs till the next day. At Boxbill the river Mole is faid to have rifen 15 feet perpendicular height: and at many other places the rife has been almoft incredible. The damage already known is faid to amount to 10,000. by which many families muff be totally ruined.

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By the rains that fell for fome days paft, a high tide in the river Thames, and a strong gale of wind at North, the rivers within twenty miles of London were fo railed, that the like has never been known in the memory of and the damage that has been fuftained, more especially on the river Lee, is almoft incredible. in lefs than five hours the water is faid to have rifen 12 feet in perpendicular height. About Stratford, Wefl-Ham, Plaistow, Waltham Abbey, and along the marshes, they G have been very fatal to the inhabitants.. Moft of their cattle in the fields were carried off; likewife ftacks of hay and wood, with the lofs of all their hogs that were in their flies and yards, together with all the horses that were in ftables. In Stratford the flood reached their chamber-windows before five, and the face of the water was covered with the bodies of the beafte that perished. The inhabitants, from the nearest computation that they can make, fay, that 500 hogs have perished in this flood, together with all the horfes and other cattle that were in the meadows, whofe numbers were very confiderable. This flood extended (elf over all the cauleways, and feveral peo

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Two fmall rivers on each fide Chelmsford, fwelled as broad (if not broader) than the Thames, and was as violently agitated as ever that river was known to be.

The waters role upwards of ten feet; at Cambridge, and the kitchens, cellars, c. of fome of the colleges were all filled. It washed down near 20 yards of a gardenwall belonging to Queen's College, deftroyed everal large trees, drove down dams, washed away feveral banks, confined several families to their upper apartments, and overflowed a large tract of land, and has done confiderable damage in several parts of the country.

FRIDAY 29.

Notice was given at the Poft Office, that on Saturday the 6th of Nov, a mail will be dispatched for the West Indies, being the firft fince the conquest of the Havannab; and on the 13th, another will be dispatched for New York.

His Portughefe majefty, by a letter under his own hand, has prefied in the most pathetic terms, a farther fuccour from our court. In confequence of which, orders are given for 3000 light troops to march to Porifmouth, and embark immediately for Lifben, under convoy of the Neptune man of war. The camps are all broke up, and the militia forces are all upon their march to their different deftinations SATURDAY 30.

In the Gazette of this night are lettera from