eight days from Dunkirk, had taken nothing fince the failed from thence. Aug. 4. Letters from America bing the refolutions of the feveral affemblies when the arrival of Sir Guy Carleton at N. York was notified to them, and when his full powers of treating for peace and war, the diffolution of the ministry, the draught of a bill for enabling the K. of G. B. to conclude a peace or truce with the United States, (under the appellation of the Revolted Colonies) were laid before them. Thofe of Maryland exprefs the fenfe of all the reft. In the House of Delegates, (Anapolis.) Relolved unanimously, That it is the opinion of this Houle, that peace with G. B. and all the world is an object truly defirable, but that war, with all its calamities, is to be preferred to a national dishonour, and that it is the fentiment of this House, that any negotiation for peace or truth, not agreeable to the alliance with France, is inadmisible; that every danger is to be encountered, every event hazarded, rather than tully our national character, or violate, in the leaft degree, our connection with our great and good ally; and that good faith, gratitude, and fafety, forbid any treaty with G. Britain, but in conjunction with France, or with her confent first obtained. Refolved unanimously, That this House will exert the power of the flate to enable Congrefs to profecute the war, until G. B. renounce all claim of fovereignty over the United States, or any part thereof, and until their independence be formally, or tacitly affured by the treaty with Great Britain, France, and the United States, which shall terminate the war. By order, W. Haiwood, Clk. J. Maccubein, Clk. Admiralty Office, August 15. Extract of a letter from Captain Melcombe, of his Majefty's fleep Cormorant, to Mr. Stephens, dated eff Cape Clear, July 30, 1782. This morning, Cape Clear bearing E. N. E. eight or nine leagues, we fell in with and took Le Temeraire, a French floop of war of ten fix pounders, and 50 men, commanded by Fer, Lieutenant le Frigate, cut of Brett nine days, with dispatches for the combined fleets, which were thrown overboard, with his papers, logbook, and eight guns. Admiralty Office, Aug. 16, 1782. Extract of a letter from Capt. John Moutray, of bis Majesty's fip Vengeance, to Mr. Stephens, dated off the Lizard, Aug. 10, 1782. Be pleased to inform their lordships, that at eight A. M. on the 9th inftant, being 30 leagues W. N. W. of Scilly,, we gave chace to a cutter, which we captured, after a chace of fix hours, and found her to be the Douger-bank, of Flushing, mounting 20 guns (18 fix and two twelve pounders, which the threw overboard in the purfuit) and 90 men, commanded by one James Pile. She had left Fluthing about fix weeks, and had taken three prizes, all of which were retaken. Admiralty Office, Aug. 17, 1782. Extract of a letter from Admiral Piget, com mander in chief of his Majefty's flips and ves fels at the Leeward Islands, to Mr. Stephens, dated on board the Jupiter, St. John's, Antigua, June 19, 1782. Clofe in with St. Lucia I took a fchooner, from St. Pierres in Martinico, bound to Tobago. She had a captain and two lieutenants of the troops on board, a cheft of three thousand dollars for paying the troops, and a cargo of flour and beef: She is called the Charmante, and has a commiffion as a King's vessel. Aug. 20.] A fellow who kept a houfe of ill fame at fome diftance from Coxheath, and another, who had introduced an E. O. table at the fame house, were drumm'd through the lines, the drums beating the rogue's march all the way. Captain Jenkins, lately returned from America, is an inftance of the cruelty of Sport, and what is called Fun in the world, and fhews that that fort of animal fpirits which infligate trick and fmall wit, is fometimes the bane of fociety. - A person in England, who owed the captain a grudge, thought to turn him into ridicule by writing him a letter in the name of a perior, pur porting to be executor to a relation of the captain who had died, and left him his eftate in Notting. hamshire. The captain was with his regiment' at New York when he received the account of the death, a copy of the will in form, and the devife of 9col. a year to himlelf. He immedi ately asked leave of the commander in chief to go to England, and take poffeftion. He had ja Imall an income that he was forced to borrow the money for the voyage, &c. He arrived fate, pofted down to Nottinghamshire, and driving to the houfe he thought to take poffeffion of, the first spectacle he met was his relation alive, and in good health; confounded at the rencounter, and ftruck dumb with amazement and chagrin, he could not articulate a word, but left his prefence in fuch confufion that he was taken to be infane. He hurried back to London, where te is at prefent, and it is believed has difcovered the perion who played the trick. Naval Engagement in India. Aug. 28. 1782. William Hornby, Efq; Gover nor of Bombay, in a letter dated the 20th of April, 1782, has tranfmitted to the Court of Di rectors the following intelligence, which be received from various accounts collected from the other fide of India : That on the 9th of February, the ships under Captain Alms, with General Meadows, Colonel Fullarton, and 400 foldiers, arrived at Fort St. George; that on the 14th, at night, the French fleet anchored three leagues to windward of Fort St. George; and on the morning of the 15th, they got under way and advanced under an easy fail, and in order of battle; about two P. M. they bore away, and at four our Admiral made the fignal for weighing, and the enemy faw his fquadron under way, following before fun fet. The Admiral dispatched the Monmouth, Ifis, and Seahorse, in pursuit of the French tranfports. The Iis took the Laurifton, of about 1300 tons, having on board several officers, near 200 foldiers, with a most compleat, sad very large Superbe Hero Exeter Monarca Is Hon. T. Lumley Monf. Suffrein's Squadron. Le Severe large quantity of artillery, and other military Monmouth La Bellone 64 Le Flamand 50 La Diligente 16 30.] On Thursday night an express arrived at the Admiralty office, which brought the melancholy news of the lofs of the Royal George, of 100 guns, with the greatelt part of her crew. The thip was careening at Spithead, and many of her guns being removed to one fide, some of her upper ports being open, and near the water's edge, a fudden guft of wind overfet her, and the went to the bottom with about 400 of her crew, and, it is fuppofed, at least as many women and children. The Captain and two lieutenants, with about 300 men, are saved, but we are very forry to learn that Adm Kempenfelt was among the number of those that perished. BIR T H S. ADY of the rev. Dr. Kyte, of a and hauled off after their tranfports, What Aug. 1. daughter, being her 14th child damage they fuftained, does not seem to be exsaly known, though, by the account of four feamen, who were taken in the Hannibal, and made their escape from Monfieur Suffrein's fhip, it appears, that the French fleet had fuffered much, the Hero and Hannibal in particular received a great deal of damage in their hulls, as well as in their mafts and rigging, that the Hero had 60 men killed, and a much greater num ber wounded; and that another 74 gun fhip loft as many, befides her Captain. Our lofs in the engagement is Capt. Stevens of the Superbe, and Captain Reynolds of the Exeter, with two officers of the 98th regiment, and 32 killed-two officers of the Superbe, and two officers of the Exeter, with 95 wounded, chiefly belonging to thofe two ships. Every body ipeaks well of the Admiral's cool and steady conduct. Sir Edward Hughes, after the action, proceeded to Trincomalee, to repair his damages; and having refitted, he returned to Fort St. George, the 10th of March. The French fleet lay off Pondicherry the 24th of March. Monfieur Suffrein's feet confifted of ten fail of the line, and two fifties; and the fleet under the command of Sir Edward Hughes, of eight fail of the line, and one fifty. The Royal Admiral and Neptune failed from Bombay for Callicut, the former on the 5th, and the latter on the 26th of April. Lady of Sir John heir. Aug. 2. Sir Wm. Afhurst, of a fon. -Lady of MARRIAGES. H TUGH Meynell, efq; to the hos Mifs Ingram, daughter of Viscoun tefs Dowager Irvin.-3. John Fownes Luttrell, elq; M. P. for Minehead, to Mits Drewe, of Giange, co, Deven.-15. Ld. Vifc. Maitland, fon of the E. of Lauderdale, to Mifs Todd, dau. of Anth. Todd, efq;-At Bath, Mrs. Monfon, a lady of rank and fortune, aged 85, to the hon. Capt. Hamilton, aged 30. A DE A T H S. T Weston, in Staffordshire, H Simplon Bridgeman, efq; M. P. for Wigan, in Lancashire, fun and heir of Sir H. B. bart.— Near Barnley, in Lancashire, Sulan Evilon, aged 106 years. At Gibraltar, Sam. Stanton, efq; col. of the 97th. reg. of foot.-July 25. At Newbridge, near Aberdeen, label Tough, aged 105. -A Edinburgh, Lady Mary Gordon, filter to the Duke of Gordon.-28. Suddenly, at King gate, near Margate, aged 43 Robert Child, of Ofterley Park, Middlelex, efq; M. P. for Wels. By his will, we hear, he has given all his ef tates, both real and personal, to Mrs Child, Mr. Lovelace, Mr. Dent, Mr. Church, and Mr. Keyfall, his partners, in truft, for the purpose of paying all his partnership debts, and for carrying on the bufinets as ufual at the house at Temple-bai, and has made them executors. He Rrr2 Las has alfo left Mrs. Child 6000l. a year, 2000l. a year to Lady Weltmoreland, his only child, and 12000l. to each of her ladyship's younger children down to the twelfth, except the fecond, to whom he has left the refidue of his fortune, which, it is imagined, will be nearly equal to that particularly deviled. He has died worth 15,000l. per annum in landed property, exclufive of his feat at Ofterley Park, which is deemed the most fuperb and elegant thing of its kind in England. His share of the profits in the banking business has never been estimated at lefs, for fome years, than 30,000l. per annum, which immenfe addition he poffeffed alfo the right of bequeathing in common with his other property.-At Chilling ham Barns, in Northumberland, William Crichton, efq; alderman of Cheap Ward, and a W. India merchant. At Feverfham, John Willion, aged 110-Aug. 3. Hon. Cha. Boyd, brother to the late Earl of Errol.-At Afhgrove in Kent, Robert Mayne, elq; M. P. for Gatton, and brother to Ld. Newhaven, fuddenly. -6. Lady of Mr. Juftice Nares, and dau. of the late Sir J. Strange, mafter of the rolls.-In Cleveland Row, the hon. Levefon Gower, uncle to Earl Gower.-12. In Marybone-street, Mr. Michael Houfen, diftinguished fome years ago in Germany for a fatire on the Reign of Louis XIV. of France, and who claimed kindred with the late Paul Houfen, who had refided in feven king doms, fought under fix crowned heads, and fhar ed in the laurels of the illuftrious Marlborough. -At Bath, Mifs Anna Maria Butts, daughter of a late Bishop of Ely.-19. Gen. Fitzroy, uncle to Ld. Southampton. At Margate, Mrs. D'Aeth, widow of the brave Captain, to much celebrated last war for his intrepid conduct. —20. Mr. Dovee, who many years kept a paper manufactory at Lambeth. He had been married about fix weeks to his fifth wife, and has left eighteen children.-At Stoke Newington, after a few hours illness, in an advanced age, Mrs. Eliz. Abney, a maiden lady, only furviving daughter of Sir Th. Abney, many years ago fa. ther of this city, (London) the patron and friend of Dr. Watts, who refided at the feat of Sir Tho mas about eight years before the death of that gentleman. The doctor made a part of the fa. mily of lady Abney till her decease, and paffed the remainder of bis days in the house of Mis Abney, who behaved to him with the fame refpectful attention that he experienced from ber parents, and which he was certainly entitled to from his exemplary virtues and diftinguished talents. The doctor had no other refidence than in this family for the last 30 years of his life, during which period be produced almost the whole of thote writings which will be admired by the lateft pofterity. At his houte in Southwark, Nath. Polhill, efq; M. P. for that borough. H PROMOTIONS. EN. Strachey, 'efq; M. P. for Bishop's Caf tle, under fec.etary of State in the Southern department, vice Mr. Orde, who fucceeds him as one of the lecretaries of the treasury.-Mr. Bryan Boughten, one of the clerks of the treasury, and late confidential fecretary to Mr. Robinfen, appointed private fecretary to the earl of Shelburne. Fra. Geary, of Polelden in Surry, efq; Admiral of the White, a baronet of Gr. Britain. John Parr, efq; captain-general and governor in chief of Nova Scotia. DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. Clonmell, August 22. TUESDAY and yesterday, feven companies of the 36th regiment of foot, having under efcort upwards of 100 French prifoners of war, marched in here from Kilkenny, on their way to Kinfale. Sligo, Aug. 23. On Tuesday laft was commit to the county gaol, by Lewis Francis Irwin, Elq; Michael Kenny, Owen Kenny, Maurice Marley, Francis M'Cowen, taken in a riot the 20th inftant, at the fair of Beltra in this county. They are part of a gang lately formed, and, it is faid, often meet in the baronies of Laney and Tirerah, are in number not less than two hundred, who call theinfelves the Regiment of Cudgeliers, and fay they are commanded by one Meaghan. At the fair and place above mention. ed, above one hundred of them affembled, with oak boughs, and armed with cudgels and other weapons, ftriking and defperately wounding feveral people as they paffed along. A party of the Independent Tyreril Volunteers, recruiting for the navy, was attacked by this daring bandicti, who pelted them fo feverely with tones, as to oblige them to take shelter for fome time Ju the ftrand houfe; but Mr. Irwin hearing of the affair, went immediately to their affittance, when a fudden and rapid fally was made on the alfailants, and the above villains made prifoners. M'Cowen, it is faid, is their captain, and we hear that they frequently affemble at fairs and on Sundays, have entered into refolutions, and are worn to one another. Galway, Aug. 26. Laft Saturday morning between ten and eleven o'clock, a moft violent ftorm arofe, which continued feveral hours with increafing impetuofity, whereby the Cork Spire and Crown Poft of the fteeple were blown down; fhowers of flates and tiles from the houses in different parts of the town fell on the streets to the great danger and terror of the paffengers, who tho' at that time very numerous, (it being a market day) yet providentially no perfon received any material hurt. A neutral ship from Bourdeaux, but laft from Limerick, which arrived at the road, but the day before, was forced from her anchors and drove on the ftrand of Rinmore, where the yet remains, but it is hoped will be got off without much damage; and a large veffel, outward bound, that was taking in her cargo in the dock, was drove from her moorings and carried away the malts of two other vellels that lay near her. Limerick, Aug. 24. In a moft violent gale of wind at W. S. W. three of the Leeward islands fleet who had put into this river, parted their anchors at Scattery-Road, and drove on fhore at 1-yarou, one of them, it is hoped, will be got off with little damage, but the other two it is feared will be entirely loft, one of them being under water. Belfa Belfaft, Sept. 3. On Tuesday last came on to be tried at Lifford in the county of Donegall, before the right hor. juflice Lill, and a very refpectable jury, a nifi prius of the utmost confequence to the mercantile part of the world. The action was brought by Meff. Murdock and Co. merchants in Oftend, against Patrick Hayly, a revenue officer in faid county, for having leiz. ed on the 16th day of November laft, at Donegall bay, the brigantine Goode Traw, Lambertch Staelens, matter, the being put in there by diftrefs, on her voyage from Bourdeaux in France, to Bergen in Norway. It appeared on the trial that the feizure was made for having on board unftatutable cafks of brandy, contrary to the act of the 19th and 20th of Geo. III. called the Hovering Act, and that it was alleged by the lez. ing officer, the crew hd landed the fame. It alio appeared that the faid fhip had been fold by the commiffioners, merely for want of a claim, and not for any breach of the revenue laws. In the courte of the trial, which laited eight hours, it was evident to the court and jury, that the fhip in question was not liable to leizure, the being really put in by dift eis. The jury having for fome time withdrawn, returned and gave a verdict for the plaintiffs for the value of the faid ship. Cork, Sept. 5. Monday night an houfe in Blarney-lane took fire, occafioned by ticking a candle in a bundle of furze, which confumed the house, burnt the man and his wife in a fhocking manner, and an infant to thes. Londonderry, Sept. 17. A liberal subscription is now railing among the proteflant gentlemen and inhabitants of the parish of Glender mot, in order to enable the Roman catholics of faid parish to erect a place of worthip for themlelves.-Sure. ly fuch frequent inftances of generolity and benevolence must beget in the minds of our catholic brethren, a fincere di pofition to banith all refigious prejudices, and, by cultivating every focial affection, render the people of Ireland an united, an happy, and powerful nation. Cork, Sept. 19. Admiral Lord Rodney was yesterday prefented with his freedom of this city in a gold box, in grateful tellimony of the many victories obtained over our enemies. Shigo, Sept 20. Late on Wednelday evening, the following melancholy accident happened at the Oyster-Inland about three miles weftward of this town-A boat in which there we e eleven men croffing from the island to the oppofite thore, ran fuddenly upon the cable of a fhip which lay at anchor in the river, and unluckily overiet, Eve of them were unfortunately drowned before any affittance could be given, and the reft faved their lives, some by fwimming afhore, and others by getting hold of the cable.The bodies of those who perished have not been yet found. DUBLIN, Aug. 4. R. George Cowan, linen merchant, was the Broad Stone, by ten armed robbers, who took from him his watch and faddle bags, with fifty guineas in gold, and notes to a confiderable smount. Μ A method of detecting lead in wines, taken verbatim out of the Rev. Dr. Watton's chemical essays, just published. "The reader may foon furnish himself with the means of detecting lead when dissolved in wine. Let him boil together, in a pint of water, an ounce of quick lime, and half an ounce of flour of brimstone; and when the liquor. which will be of a yellow colour, is cold, let him pour it into a bottle, and corking it up, reserve it for ufe A few drops of this inquor being let fall into a glass of wine or cider, containing lead, will change the whole into a colour more or less brown, according to the quantity of lead which it contains; if the wines be wholly free from lead it will be rendered tu bid by the liquor, but the colour will rather be a dirty white than a blackish brown." The orders continually receiving in Dublia from various parts of Ireland, for all the neceffaries of encampment, fully demonftrate, that the volunteer army are determined to attain every part of the difcipline that can form the accomplished foldier. From this encreasing patriotic ardour in our brave independents, their country may reft equally fecure againit the inimical designs and attacks of domestic or foreign foes. Aug. 23. In the evening a gentleman was flopped by three villains armed with piftols, on the road near Athy in the county Kildare, and rob. bed of his watch, fifteen guineas and feven fillings in cafh; after which they let his hole go free, tied the gentleman's hands and feet together, and left him in a ditch, where he continued for near two hours be ore he was rescued from this difagreeable fituation by fome carriers that were coming to Dublin. The robbers were well d eiled, and fpoke with an English accent. It is apprehended that many of thele adventurers have come over within this month past, in order to elude the clole pursuit in England by the officers of justice, as robberies were never fo frequent in and about Loudon as they have been for these laft three months. A difcovery has been lately made in the county of Clare of a method to prepare and refine common fait, to as to render it fo peculiarly adapted for the curing of flesh and fish that one-fourth of the quantity thall not only contain the antifeptic virtue in the highest degree, but its effect does not either harden the meat nor corrode the nutritive juices. thereof, and preferves both them and the full flavour for many months longer than any other falt. Samples have been fent to many members of the Dublin fociety. Aug. 30. At night as a poor woman was hanging tome linen to dry, out of a two pair of ftairs window, in Garden-lane, Francis freet, she unfortunately fell into the ftreet, where he was fuffered to lie, tunned by the fall, till morning, the unfeeling paffengers fuppofing her to be in toxicated: when he was examined, it was found her leg and thigh were broke, and her head bruifed in fo terrible a manner, that there are no hopes of her recovery. Sept 8. Sunday evening a fine boy, about 13 years of age, was drowned at the Long Meadows. It is a melancholy reflection, that the many accidents which happen there, will not deter youth from venturing into fo dangerous a place. Many Many princes may have equalled the emperor in the theory of found policy; but few have had equal refolution to practife it; partial and progreffive refources have taken place occafionally in most countries; but there is no initance in history of such a general and fudden alteration in the manners of a people as has been made in Germany within the p elent year. The Dutch have loft one particular advantage in being concerned in this general war. Inftead of lending money to all the belligerent powers at an exorbitant intereft, they are now obliged to expend it themselves in preparations for war, They have not now money to fpare to lend the emperor, or to fubicribe 200,000 crowns, at 5 per cent, to the town of Dantzick, as they did in the war of 1734, then they contented to lend them the above lum, without guarantee, upon the Dantzickers afligning the customs of their town for the payment of the intereft and the capital. The reimbursement of the faid capital began after five years, and was entirely compleated, at the expiration of nine. And, although there was no guarantee of the States of Holland, nor any other reliance than on the faith and honour of the Dantzickers, who had lately fuffered to much by their fidelity to their fovereign, yet the books were no fconer opened than the whole fum was fubicribed upon the exchange of Amfterdam, Extract of a letter from Cork, Sept. 8, 1782. "Lord Redney in the Montague, is put into Kinfale by contrary winds; the Flora frigate and a floop of war are alfo with him. His lordship brings no other news, but that admiral Graves, in the Ville de Paris, was to convoy the homeward bound fleet." We hear from good authority, that the court of Bortugal have ben pleafed to give orders for the admittion of the manufactures of Ireland in the fame manner as thofe of Great Britain. By a letter from Limerick we hear, that col. Vallancy and major jarrat arrived at Talbert the 29th of Augu lat, in order to complete the works on Tarbert 19and for the defence of the river. And that on the 13th inftant, arrived in Tarbert road from Portsmouth, the Ariel loop of war, captain Fabian with the trade to Limerick, baving firft left the other hips under her convoy fafe off Waterford and Cork. Sept. 10. Andrew Johntion, a matrofs, who on the 14th of March laft murdered William Lidford, hoemaker, of Ballyfhannon, and for the taking of whom upwards of one hundred guineas reward was offered, was fafely lodged in New gate. It leerns after he had committed the murder, he escaped to Liverpool, where he has fince lived under another name; but from the defcripti on of him in the news papers, and his arriving in that town a thort time after the murder happened, it created a fufpicion that he must be the perfon; he was accordingly taken up about a month fince, and lodged in gaol, where he cut the finews of his arms acrois with a razor, in hopes of bleeding himself to death; his intentions, however, were frultrated by the gaoler, who fent for a lurgeon, and had him taken care of; and he is now brought over to make repara tion for the offence he has committed against the laws of God and his country. By every means that fo profound a politician can fuggeft, the Empress of Ruffia gives encou regement to marriages amongst the lower orders of her fubjects, who by fuch tender attachments will become the more endeared to their native country, to which (if the opinion of politicians be right, that the wealth of a kingdom depends on its fate of population) they will be rendering the most effential fervice, while they are ading in conformity to the dictates of religion and virtue. Sept. 14. In the evening, at fix o'clock, the Right Hon. Earl Temple, with his brother the Hon. Mr. Grenville, an Capt. Pigot, one of his aids de camp, &c. embarked on board the Dorfet Yacht, Si Alexander Schomberg, at Holyhead, and arrived in our harbour at five o'clock on Sunday morning, being elcorted on his paffage by the Stag Frigate, Capt. Cooper. On his landing at Ringtend, he was received by many of the nobility and gentry, his grace the cake of Portland's equipage, and a troop of Dragoons, and he there bieakfasted with Mr. White, furveyor of that place; he arrived at the Catles little after eight o'clock, and about two his lordfhip was escorted, by a iquadron of Dragoons, to the country refidence in the Phoenix park, where his grace the duke of Portland (not being fath ciently recovered from his late hurt, to come to the Caftie) fate in council, in which he was worn into the Government of this Kingdom, and about half pall four returned to the Castle, where he dined So fatal has this war already been to the Dutch commerce, that their Greenland fishery, which commonly used to employ between two and three hundred veffels, and in fome years take 450 whales, this laft feafon had only thirty thijs, who brought home only fifty fish. Sep 14. The Recorder fat in the court of King's Bench, and enlarged upwards of eighty prifoners, who were confined in the Four Courts Marthalea for debts-under the late act of par liament for the relief of infolvent debtors. The flores of the new custom-houfe, which compole the eastern wing of the great pile of building, are almost completed, and exhibits an admirable specimen of the archite&t's abilities. The foundation and bafe of the dome and building are allo laid, from which it can plainly be perceived that this molt magnificent edifice will take a high rank in, if not the first of modern build. ings. When this great undertaking, together with the law offices, inns of court, and blue cost hoipital, fhall be finished, Dublin without vasi ty, may boat of a greater number of fuperb pub lic edifices, (churches excepted) than Paris or London; and foreigners may vifit the Irish metropolis to admire its architectural magnificence. His Excellency the Earl of Temple, ordered one English thilling to be paid to every private in the garrison that attended him on the morning of his arrival. For the murrain.-The antidote for the found, and medicine for the fick, is equal parts of foot. gunpowder, brimftone and falt; a spoonful of this is the dote, mix it with as much water as |