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in New-England, Aug. 31, 1751. Whene er ofE have had credible informaAs if with t tion from the Mobawks, that Why heave the French are now gone (That feat from Canada, with an army Whene'era of 600 men, 400 French, and And why 200 Indians, (intending to Do pearl augment their army to 1000 Ah Stell go along) into the S. W. parts of north Hovica, in order to ftrengthen their own in(Theft, and ruin ours; particularly to deftroy Whe nation of the Teoweebtoowees, that are veYry friendly to the English; and to kill a certain Virginia trader, who, by his honeft dealing with the Indians, has lately gained the affections of many, and greatly drawn their trade that way; and that Col. Jobnfon having had intelligence of this by a deferter from the French army, had fent a belt of Wampum to all the fix nations, to give them notice of it, and to excite them to oppofe the defigns of this army. It is evident the French are now exerting them felves in an extraordinary manner, to draw all thefe nations over to them; and are indefatigable in all ways they can devife. They are building forts in all the parts of America to the weft of us, in the carrying places between the lakes and rivers, and in the most important places, to bring the Indians into dependence, and to draw their trade. Colonel Johnson, and major Lydius, (who probably are beft acquainted with the ftate of thele Indians, of all the fubjects of the British crown) faid in the time of the treaty of Albany, (See Vol. XXI. p. 37.) that unlefs fomething extraordinary was fpeedily done, thefe nations were loft to the British intereft.' By E fome accounts abundantly confirmed, about one half of the Onoontauguas have actually left their old habitations, and are gone to live in Canada; the French having provided lands for Toem and many others of the far nations are Alasrting to fettle there. In short, all the Thions about the lakes that used to be our Anunds, have lately left us, and entered into al- F

with the Frencb.-[See the Book Page.] Euftatia, July 20, 1751. In our paffage NOT, June 26. latit. 15. long. 61. aAro'clock at night, we were ftruck by a

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as reprisals, on board of which were effects and money, to the value of 40,000 pieces of eights and proclamations were read off juft before capt Seymour left Curacoa, ordering four fout veffels to be immediately fitted out, with full orders to cruize against the Spaniards, and to take or destroy all they met with.

MONDAY Dec. 30.

N order was iffued from the war office,

Afor a mufter and return of all the forces

in the garrisons of England, Scotland and Wales.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 1.

Was a great court at St James's, to compliment his majefty and the royal family; but, on account of the mourning, his majeftydid not go to the royal chapel to offer the byzant; neither was the ode for the new year performed, according to annual cuftom.

THURSDAY 2.

At a general court of the governors and company of the bank of England, it was agreed to lend the government 1,400,000 1. at 3 per cent. to be paid out of the finking fund. MONDAY 6.

The bifhops met at the office in Dean's-Yard, Weftminster, in order to agree on an augmentation of fmall livings, by the bounty appropri Dated for that fervice by queen Anne,

Rih, or fea unicorn on our ftarboard.. which run his horn through our outfide a timber of ten inches, and ceiling, and Mineruathe hold, and broke his horn off, and left G the hold ten inches, which caused our veffel have four feet and two inches of water, but w our two pumps cleared her. The horn went For rough fourteen inches and half folid oak.

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New York, Sept. 23. By captain Daniel Seymour, who arrived here last week from Cu. racoa, we have advice, that the Spani priva- H teers and guarda coftas are very buty about that coaft, taking all the veffels they can; that a Curacoa floop was taken by one of them, and carried off; whereupon the Dutch commander at Curaroa caufed two Spanish schooners, and Hops, which came in there, to be feized

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TUESDAY 7.

The commons prefented an addrefs of condolence to his majefty, on the unfortunate death of that most virtuous and excellent princefs, his majesty's daughter, the queen of Denmark.

Whitehall. Commodore Kepple, commander of his majefty's fquadron in the Mediterranean, has tranfmitted hither a treaty of peace and commerce between his majesty and the kingdom of Tripoly, concluded and figned Sept. 19. laft. And alfo a treaty of peace and commerce between his majefty and the fate of Tunis, concluded and figned 0.7. 19. last.

WEDNESDAY 8.

The fpirituous liquors of a perfon in Radcliffe-Highway, confifting of geneva, annile. d, plague-water, cinnamon, and mint-water, cherry and rasberry brandy, in all amounting to upwards of 400 gallons, was turned down the channel, and the casks ftaved, agreeable to an act of parliament for retailing ipirituous liquors without a licence.

THURSDAY 9.

The right hon. the house of peers ordered their addrets of condolence to be prefented to his majefty, on the unfortunate death of that moft excellent princeís, the late queen of Denmark, his majesty's daughter.

Was tried before the beach of juftices at Weftminger-Hall, one Stroud, (formerly a man of fortune) for perfonating various characters and names, and defrauding numbers of people, in order to fupport his extravagances: It appeared by the evidence, that he had cheated a taylor of a fait of velvet cloaths, trimm'd with gold; a jeweller of upwards of sool, in rings and watches, which he pawned; a coachmaker of

a chaife;

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à chaife; a carver and cabinet-maker of house-
hold goods; a hofier, hatter, and fhoemaker;
and, in fhort, fome of almoft every other bufi-
riefs, to the amount of a large fum. He fome-
times appeared like a gentleman attended with
livery fervants; fometimes as a nobleman's A
fteward; and, in the fummer time, he travel-
led the west of England, in the character of
doctor Rock; and, at the fame time, wrote to
London for goods, in the names of the rev. La-
Tecbe, and the rev. Thomas Strickland. The
evidence was full against him; notwithstand-p
ing which, he made a long speech in his own
defence. He was 1entenced to fix months hard
labour in Bridewell, and, within that time, to
be fix times publickly whipp'd.

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Four malefactors were executed at Tyburn, 1. James Macklamer, for a burglary. 2. Ruf fel Parnell, for a treet-robbery. 3. Rachel D

Beachum, for the murder of a girl of four years old, by inhumanly cutting her throat, out of revenge to the mother, with whom the had a quarrel. And 4. John Dickenson, for robbing his matter, Mr Knowls, of about 50

TUESDAY 14.

A petition from the hat-makers was prefented to the house, fetting forth the decay of E their trade, occafioned chiefly by the drawback allowed upon the exportation of beavers skins imported into Great Britain by the Hudson's Bay company, and from the plantations; whereas a total pruhibition is actually laid by the French, upon all beavers skins imported into that kingdom from Canada, &c. which greatly exceeds the annual importation of that commodity into England, and, added to the F cheapness of labour, enables them to underfell our manufacturers at foreign markets; whereby the total lois of the foreign trade is greatly to be feared.

WEDNESDAY 15.

A petition was prefented to the House of Commons, purfuant to a refolution of a gene- G ral court of the S. S. company, of reducing the number of their directors to 15 at their next election; and a bill was ordered for it.

George Carey, of Epping, higgler, was inhu manly murdered wthin hair a mile of his own houle, by two ruffians, who way. laid him in his return home from Leadenball market, between the hours of 10 and 11 at night, in revenge, as it is faid, for bis refufing to buy fome turkeys of them, which he fuppofed they did H not come honeftly by. One of the villains mounted the cart, and fhot him through the ⚫ head; afterwards ftabbed one John Green, who accompanied him, in feveral parts of the body, and cut and wounded the deceased's fon, (GENT. MAG. January, 1752.)

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and threatened him with his father's fate, if
ever he travelled that road more.-Subfcripti
ons bave been fet on foot at feveral coffee-boufes
in this city, for the relief of this unfortunate
man's widow, who is lame and infirm, and
bas five fmall children.
THURSDAY 16.

His majefty returned the following answer to the addrels of condolence of the house of peers prefented the 9th, on the death of the late queen of Denmark; "That he thanked the houfe of lords for the kind concern they had expreffed for the great lofs which he had fuftained, and had the jufteft fenfe of this fresh mark of their zeal and duty to him, and of their affection for his family."

FRIDAY 17.

A petition of the mafter callico printers, &c. praying leave to bring in a bill for the importatiaon of Gum Senega, (which, from the late difordered state of affairs of the African company, hath rifen from 30 s. per hund, wt. to upwards of 12 1.) from any European port in British bottoms; there not being enough of that commodity in England to ferve the petitioners two

months.

The heads of a bill for the more eafy conviction of receivers of ftolen goods, and for the regulation of pawnbrokers within the bills of mortality was reported, by which every broker and pawnbroker is to be licensed; and is prohibited buying, or taking in any goods to pawn, before 8 in the morning, or after 6 in the evening, in winter; nor before 7, or after 8, in the fummer; and if any pawnbroker buys goods that have been advertifed, and defcribed in a pa per to be named, fuch pawnbroker is to be deemed guilty of a crime not yet named.

A petition of a very fingular nature front fome merchants of Dumfries was prefented, fetting forth, that they had fhipped 253 hogsheads of tobacco for France, on board the ship Neptune, which fhip, in the river of Kirkudbright, within the limits of the port, ftruck against a rock, whereby part of the faid tobacco, to the weight of 223,4c8 lb. was fpoiled, and, in confequence thereof, burnt in the fight of the foper officers; notwithstanding which, as the fame was not exported into foreign parts, nor loft at fea without the limits of the port, as the cafe now ftands, no drawback could be allow ed; whereby the petitioners would be fufferers to the amount of 5878 1. for duty paid, over and above the prime coft, and therefore praying relief, &

MONDAY 20.

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paffed on him by a court martial, for his mif-
conduct in the East Indies, (fee Vol. xx. p.
567.) After his fentence was maturely deba-
ted, it was adjudged by his majesty to be an
error in judgment, and he was ordered immedi-
ately to be reinftated in his former rank, and A

naval honour.

MONDAY 27.

An experiment was tried before the college of phyficians, by order of the lords of the admiralty, under the direction of a perfon skilled in chemistry, in order to make fea water fresh; which gave great fatisfaction tothat learned body; who were of opinion, that the extracted water was good and wholefome. By this B difcovery, 16 gallons of falt water will produce 13 gallons of freth.

THURSDAY 30.

Being the anniversary of the martyrdom of king Charles I. the lord bishop of Hereford preached before the houfe of peers; and Dr Cradock before the houfe of commons.

FRIDAY 31.

The king, by his ambalader at the Hague, has declared himself fully fatisfied with the punishment inflicted at Batavia, on the mifcreants that murdered the crews of two Chinese vellels, trading on the coafts of Sumatra, with pallports from the governor of Bencoolen : (Jee la Vol. p. 562.) his majefty alfo affured himfeif, that their High Mightineffes would cause the two velfels, with the cargoes, to be refored to the lawful owners, if full reftitution was not already made. [We do not find what was the punishment.]

On Chrifimas day a Spanish ship, about 200 tons burthen, was wrecked at Illinggan in Cornwall, laden with logwood and Madeira wine, with a large quantity of fpecie on board, most of which was taken up by the country people in the neighbourhood, who demolished the whole fhip in a few hours, all the men being drowned.

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that all the crew were in perfect health; by which it appears, that the faid fhip is not ftraggling at fea, nor has any plague on board, as is fallely reported.

Sorbie, in Galloway, Jan. 3. This coaft was greatly alarmed laft week by a fhip faid to be Dutch, bound from Conftantinople, and to have the plague on board; the whole country hereabouts is in arms, guarding the fea coafts."

About the middle of this month, at St Andrews, for three days they had a most violent ftorm of wind, hail and fnow, from the N. E. great quantities of fish of different kinds were drove on fhore, fome dead, others alive, which the country gathered up, and great numbers of lobsters were caft on fhore between Kingborn and Anfrutber.

Edinburgh. Daniel Lampro, a native of Yorkshire, and commander of the prince Charles of Lorrain, was indicted before the high court of admiralty, and found guilty, for wilfully finking the faid fhip on the coaft of Cumberland, in May laft, having firft difpofed of her cargo, part at Cork, and the reft in the Isle of Man; and ftood on the pillory for an hour, with a libel on his breaft, denoting his crime, and a halter about his neck, denoting his defert. The law, which makes this crime capital, does not extend to Scotland.

REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES Abroad.

Some fishermen being at their employment in a little veffel near the port of Meffina, in the inland of Sicily, one of them unfortunately fell overboard, and was fnapp'd up by a monfter, refembling a large fea dog. The other fishermen made inftantly to fhore frighted; but, recovering their panic, returned the next day properly prepared to revenge their comrade's death, if the monfter fhould again appear upou their coaft. Accordingly, on the 6th of November last, they caught it by ftratagem. It was a female, and weighed upwards of 4000 weight. It was 20 feet in length, and its mouth exceffive large, with three rows of teeth in the upper jaw; the tail was fix feet in length, but the belly was not proportionate to F the reft of the body, being only 14 feet in circumference. When the fishermen cut it up, they found in it a great quantity of fish, one half of a man's skull with the hair on, two legs, part of the back-bone, and the ribs, which, as they thought, belonged to their unfortunate companion. They afterwards burnt the monster for fear of infection.

Edinburgh, Dec. 30. On the 26th arrived here an exprefs from London, with advice, that a Dutch veffel, called Ruygen Hoft, of Amfterdam, Van Wefterdyk captain, was expected from Conftantinople, having the plague on board, and that directions were given for preventing her being received in any port in Holland, for which reafon his majesty had given Atria orders, that all poffible care should be taken to hinder the faid fhip from being admitted into any port of Great Britain; whereupon or- G ders were dispatched to the commiffioners of the customs, their officers, and to the commander of the forces, and all the troops quor tered along the fea coaft, to put these orders in vigorous execution. The owners of this fhip took great pains to reprefent this as a falfe alarm, in the Haarlem gazette of Jan. 18, O. S. in which they affure us, that this fhip did not reach Conftantinople till the beginning of October, when the plague was so much abated, that the merchants and others were returned to the city; that by letters of Dec. 4. the fhip was in a great form, that the captain intended to fail in a few days for Smyrna, and

On the day of the hurricane at Jamaica, (fee Vol. xxi. p. 522.) a fhip called the Reman Emperor was turning up from Lucca to St Anne's, and by the owner apprehended to be loft, till a bird was taken up on fhore, with a label tied to its noftrils, on which was written, Ship Roman Emperor fafe off the Weft End, Sept. 21, 1751. On the return of the veffel to Jamaica, the people declared they had fent the fame intelligence by feveral birds of the kind which they had caught in the paffage.

In a hurricane that lately happened at Cadiz, above 100 fhips, of different nations, were loft, among which were two French fhips that had upwards of 500,000 dollars on board. (See p.4.) SHE.

Lift of Sheriffs-Plays acted.-Bill of Mortality.

SHERIFFS appointed by his Majefty in Coun

cil for the year enfuing, viz.

Berkshire, John Price, of the Ham, Efq;
Bedford. Thomas Gilpin, of Hockliffe, Efq:
Backingbamfh. John Bristow, of Ellesborough,
Cumberland, Sir Geo. Dalton, of Dalton, Bart,
Chebire, Sir Richard Brocke, Bart.
Camband Hunt. Richard Aftell, of Everton
with Tetworth, Efq;

Cornwall, John Truren, of Tredrever, Efq;;
Devonshire, George Furfdon, of Furfdon, Efq;
Derfetfbire, Thomas Ryves, of Ranfton, Efq;
Derbyfpire, John Lowe, of Locho, Efq;
Effex, Sir Edm, Allen, of Little Leighs, Bart.
Gloucesterf. John Beale, of Newent, Efq;
Bertfordjo. Benedict Ithell, of Prefton, Efq;
Herefordib. Sir J. Morgan, of Kinnerfley, Bart.
Kent, Sir J.Honeywood, of South Elmfted, Bart
Leicesterf. Tho. Boothby, the younger, Efq;
Lincolnb. Richard Hardwick, of Spilsby, Efq;
Monmoutbfb. Tho. Parry, of Grofmont, Efq;
Northumberland, Poftpon'd.

Northamptonf. Sir Charles Wake, Bart,
Norfolk, Francis Long, of Spixworth, Efq;
Nottinghamfh. Darcy Burnill, of Wink bourn,
Oxfordjb. Francis Page, of Middle-Afton, Efq;
Rutland. Richard Marton, of Belton, Efq;
Stropfbire, Thomas Sandford, of Sandford, Elq:
Somerjetfb. John Harding, of Charterhouse-
Hinton, Efq;

Stafford. Thomas Bradney, of Pen, Efq;
Suffolk, William Naunton, Efq;
Southampton, Richard New, of Alverftoke, Efq;
Surry, Edward Saunderfon, of Richmond, Efq;
Suffex, William Watfon, of Ticehurst, Efq;
Warwickh. Phillips Littleton, of Studley, Efq;
Worcester. Edward-Cope Hopton, Efq;
Wiltshire, Tho. Cooper, of Cumberwell, Efq;
Torkbire, Richard Sykes, of Sledmire, Efq;
SOUTH WALES.

Brecon, John Williams, of Lafwern, Efq;
Carmarthen, Walter Powell, of Glantowy, Efq;
Cardigan, John Lewes, of Llanlleer, Efq;
Glamorgan, Rowland Bevan, of Oxwich, Efq;
Pembroke, George Barlow, of Slebeck, Efq;
Radnor, Tho. Vaughan, of Langunthlo, Efq;
NORTH WALES.
Anglefea, Charles Evans, of Trefeilir, Efq;
Carnarvon, John Lloyd, of Berth Aur, Eiq;
Den bigb, John Jones, of Llwynon, Eiq;
Flint, Peter Morgan, of Golden Grove, Efq;"
Merioneth, Hugh Vaughan, of Hengwrt, Efq;
Montgomery, Thomas Lloyd, of Dongay, Efq;

PLAYS affed at Drury Lane.

Der. 31. The Relapfe

Harlequin Ranger

15 Richard III.

16 Every man in his humour
17 K. Lear

18 Careless Hufband
zo Way of the World,
21 Merchant of Venice
22 Twelfth Night

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Shepherd's Lottery
Harlequin Ranger

23 Much ado about nothing
24 Sufpicious Hufband.
25 Every man in his humour
27 Romeo and Juliet
28 Macbeth

29 Mackbeth '

Ditta

Shepherd's Lot.

Anatomift

Chaplet

Lying Valet

PLAYS aed at Covent Garden.

Dec. 31 Romeo and Juliet Apelle and Dabne
Jan. 1 Committee

2 Zara

Perfeus and And.
Necromancer

3 She wou'd and the wou'd not
4. Hamlet

6 Amorous widow
8 Confederacy

9 Provok'd Husband
10 Rule a wife

11 Siege of Damafcus
13 Double Dealer
14 Refufal

15 Romeo and Juliet
16 Beggar's Opera
17 Venice preferv'd
18 Confcious Lovers
20 She wou'd, &c.
21 Orphan
22 Country Laffes
23 Romeo and Juliet
24 Confcious Lovers
25 Siege of Damafcus
27 Zara

28 Falfe Friend
29 Fale Friend

Necromancer

Merlin's Cave
Necromancer
Apollo and Daphne
Ditte
Necromancer
Apollo and Daphne
Merlin's Cave
Apollo and Daphne
Necromancer

Perfeus and Andromeda
Devil to pay
Necromancer
Apollo and Daphne
Necromancer
Hob in the well
Mock doctor

Damon and Phillida
What do you call it

Among other diverfions and amufements which increase upon us, the town has been lately entertained with a kind of farci cal performance, called The Old Woman's Oratery, conducted by Mrs Mary Midnight and her family; intended as a banter on Henley's Oratory, and a puff to the Old Woman's Magazine. Henley's Oratory they call the flaughterhouse of wit, moral, and divinity.

BILL of Mortality from Dec. 24. to Jan. 28.
Buried
Chriftened

Males
Females 10462166
Under 2 Years old 832
Between 2 and 5 213

5 and 10

68

10 and 20

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64

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Ditto

Ditto

Buried.
Within the walls 200
Without the walls 520
Mid, and Surry 930
City & Sub. Weft. 516

50.

193

2166

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50 and 60

Ditto

Ditto

60 and 70
70 and 80-

80 and 90.

122

96
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Weekly Dec. 31. 423

J.n.7. 43°

14. 397

21.

467

Births, Marriages, Deaths.