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the king of Great Britain, he fhould maintain a perfect neutrality during the prefent war; that he should not give any aid to the colonists; but fhould not deny their being admitted into any ports of his dominions, while they conformed to the laws of the country. In confequence' of which the governor was ordered to fet at liberty the American veffel, to deliver back his papers, and to fupply him with provifions, water, &c. (care being taken that no prohibited goods be fent on board) as fhould enable him to proceed on his voyage. Dated at St. Ildefonfo, Oct. 7, 1776.

(Signed)

El Marquis de GRIMALDI." Yesterday was held a court of commoncouncil at Guildhall, to take into confidera. tion a letter from Philip Stephens, Efq. fecretary of the admiralty, relating to the application of that court on Tuesday laft, for the release of one of the city watermen, who had been impreffed into his majesty's service. The letter being read, a motion was made, and carried, that the folicitor of this city do move for a Habeas, to bring the waterman from on board; and that no magiftrate fhall give power to impress in this city.

MONDAY, 25.

At the court of common council held last Friday at Guildhall, the Mayor acquainted the court, that the occafion of calling them together was to lay before them a letter the town clerk received from Philip Stephens, Efq. fecretary to the lords of the admiralty, in anfwer to a letter he wrote to their lordfhips by direction of the court of aldermen, concerning John Tubbs, one of the city watermen, being impreffed. The proceedings of the court of aldermen thereon were read; William Dawson, Efq. water-bailiff, was called in and examined concerning the fame. The opinion of Mr. Wedderburne, Serjeant Glynn, Mr. Dunning, and Mr. Common Serjeant, on a case stated concerning the legality of prefs warrants, by the direction of Ald. Crosby, Lord Mayor in the year 1770, was read. The court agreed that the city folicitor fhould take fuch steps as may be neceffary to obtain a Habeas Corpus for John Tubbs, to procure his difcharge. A committee of fix aldermen and 12 commoners were appointed to manage and conduct the fame. The committee was empowered to purfue fuch other mealures as they hall think proper, for procuring the immediate difcharge and liberation of John Tubbs, and that the Solicitor-General do follow their directions therein. The court refolved unanimously, that they would at all times be ready to affift gov rament, by every legal and conftitutional meature, to raise an armament to oppofe cur natural enemies, whenever due information fhall be given that it is neceffary. A report of the committee of city lands, refpecting Mr. Hartley's plates for fecuring

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buildings from fire, was agreed to. The court agreed, that the freedom of this city be prefented to David Hartley, Efq. in confideration of the advantages likely to accrue to the public by his inventions for fecuring buildings from fire, and for his respectful attention to the city in his repeated experiments, performed before many of the members of that court. The copy of the freedom, with the refolutions of the court inferted therein, to be delivered by the chamberlain to the faid Mr. Hartley, and the report and refolution to be fairly tranfcribed and figned by Mr. Town-Clerk, and by him prefented to Mr. Hartley.

The following are true copies of the TownClerk's letter to the lords of the admiralty, by order of the court of Lord-Mayor and aldermen, and the anfwer of Philip Stephens, Efq. fecretary to their Lordships:

"My Lords, William Dawfon, Efq. this city's water bailiff, having this day informed the court of Lord Mayor and aldermen, that lieutenant Tate, of Gravefend, did, on the 3d. inftant, imprefs John Tubbs, one of this city's watermen; I am directed by the faid court to defire your Lordships will give orders fos the immediate difcharge of the faid John Tubbs. I have the honour to be, my Lords, your Lordships most obedient humble fervant,

WILLIAM RIx, Town-Clerk." Town-Clerk's office, Guildhall, Nov. 19. To which letter the Town-Clerk received this answer.

"Sir, Admiralty-Office, Nov. 20, 1776. "Your letter of yesterday contains a demand on the part of the court of the Lord Mayor and aldermen of the city of London, of the immediate difcharge of John Tubbs, who has been impreffed, and is stated to be one of the city's watermen.

"This is a folemn demand of his discharge as a matter of right, as to which I am dir. &ed by the lords commiffioners of the admiralty to obferve to you, that the condition of John Tubbs makes him clearly liable, in law, to be impreffed, infomuch that if he had abfconded to avoid the prefs, he would have been punishable by the court of aldermen for fo doing.

"As matter of right, therefore, it is impoffible to give him up; and the demand be ing made in that form, renders it equally impoffible to fhew that degree of attention to their application, which it might otherwise, it circumstances would have allowed it, have been their lordships inclination to have done.

I am, Sir, your very humble fervant,
PH. STEPHENS."

MARRIAGES. Nov. 1. T Simonburne, Sir William A Luraine, Bart. to Mils Han

nah Alcod; and Lambton Loraine, Efq. to

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Mifs Bell Algood, daughters of Sir Lancelot Algood, of Nunwick-11. Lieutenant Todd, of the royal regiment of artillery, to Miss Farrington, daughter of major Farrington, of the fame corps, now commanding in America-22. At Bristol, Abraham Elton, Eq. only fon of Sir Abraham Ifaac Elton, bart. to Mifs Durbin, daughter of John Durbin, jun. Efq.

DEATHS.

Nov. 2. George Dalton, Bart. of Heath, ADY Dalton, relict of Sir in the county of York-10. The hon. Mrs. Hervey, relict of the honourable William Hervey, uncle to the earl of Bristol.-11. Richard Sellwood, Efq. lieutenant colonel of the militia for the faid county-15. Mrs. Bateman, widow of the late col. Bateman17. James Sayer, Efq. vice admiral of the White.-18. Mr. Ed. Shuter, the celebrated comedian.-19. Aged upwards of 70, the Right Honourable Robert Lee, Earl of Litchfield, and Viscount Quarendon.22. James Dunne, Efq. late lieut col. in his majefty's first troop of horse guards24. George Brown of Coalftoun, Efq. one of the fenators of the college of justice in Edinburgh.

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Northampton, 08. 29.

AST Sunday night, about a quarter before eleven o'clock, a fudden fhock of an earthquake was felt here all over the town, and in many adjacent villages, attended with a noise much like the violent jolt of a cart, which very apparently jarred the houses, and threw the windows into a noify agitation for about two feconds. A ball or balls of fire were seen at the fame time by many perfons in this town and neighbourhood. The like phenomena were feen and felt at Harborough, and as far as Loughborough, in Leicestershire, about the fame time. The concuffion does not appear to have been fo great in thofe parts, but the light from various defcriptions appears to have equalled what was feen here. No harm of any kind

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Liverpoole, Nov. 18. We have advice of a violent hurricane at Barbadoes, by which the whole place had greatly suffered; alfo the worm had made great havock; the canes and the fruits of the earth are moftly deftroyed. The accounts from Guadaloupe and Marigalante are dreadful no perfon, of either place, will purchase a flave; the crops totally deftroyed, coffee trees ftript, houfes overturned, and no verdure on the face of the country; feveral hips, -loaded at Baffeterre in Guadaloupe, foundered at their anchors.

Cambridge, Nov. 15. A few days ago a prefs-gang, nine in number, an along-fide

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of a collier off the Norfolk coaff. The crew declared they would not be préffed, and that if the gang attempted to board they would fink them. The gang made faft to the ship, the crew of which immediately hove down fome heavy weights, which inftantly funk the boat, and the whole gang perished.

SCOTLAND.
Edinburgh, Nov. 14.

THIS day came on, at the palace of Holy

rood House, in confequence of his majefty's proclamation, the election of a peer of Scotland, to fit and vote in the Houfe of Peers of the prefent parliament of Great Britain, in the room of Charles Lord Cathcart, deceased. The earl of Caffilis was elected unanimously.

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My Lord,

I HAVE the fatisfaction to inform your lordship of his majesty's troops being in poifeffion of the city of New York.

Upon the rebels abandoning their lines at Brooklyn, the king's army moved from Bedford, leaving lieutenant General Heifter encamped npon the height of Brooklyn with two Brigades of Heffians, and one brigade of British at Bedford, and took five pofitions in the neighbourhood of Newtown, Bushwick, Hell-Gate, and Flushing.

The two islands of Montrefor and Buchannan were occupied, and batteries raised againft the enemy's work at Horen's Hook, commanding the paffage at Hell-Gate.

On the 15th inftant in the morning, three fhips of war paffed up the North River as far as Bloomingdale, to draw the enemy's attention to that fide, and the first divifion of troops, confifting of the light infantry, the British reserve, the Heffian grenadiers and Chaffeurs, under the command of lieutenant General Clinton, having with him lieut. General Earl Cornwallis, Major General Vaughan, Brigadier General Leslie, and Colonel Donop, embarked at the head of New Town Creek, and landed about noon New-York island, three miles from the upon town, at a place called Kepp's Bay, under the fire of two forty gun fhips and three frigates,

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gates, as per margin, Commodore Hotham having the direction of the fhips, and boats. The rebels had troops in their works round Kepp's Bay; but their attention being engaged in expectation of the king's troops landing atStuyvefant's Cove, Horen's Hook,and at Harlem, which they had reafon to conclude, Kepp's Bay became only a fecondary object of their care. The fire of the shipping being fo well directed, and fo inceffant, the enemy could not remain in their works, and the defcent was made without the leaft oppofition.

The conduct of the officers of the navy does them much honour; and the behaviour of the feamen belonging to the ships of war and tranfports, employed to row the boats, was highly meritorious. Much praife in particular is due to the masters and men of fix tranfports, that paffed the town on the evening of the 14th under a heavy fire, being voluntiers, to take troops on board for the more speedy difembarkation of the Tecond divifion.

The British immediately took poft upon the commanding height of Inclenberg, and the Heffians, moving towards New-York, fell in with a body of rebels, that were retiring from Stuyvefant's Cove; fome firing enfued, by which a Brigadier-General, other officers, and several men of the rebels were killed and wounded, with the lofs of four men killed and eight wounded on the part of the Heffians.

As foon as the fecond embarkation was landed, the troops advanced towards a corps of the enemy upon a rifing ground three miles from Inclenberg, towards King'sBridge, having M'Gowan's pafs in their rear, upon which they immediately retired to the main body of their army upon Morris's Height.

The enemy having evacuated New-York foon after the army landed, a brigade took poffeffion of the works in the evening.

The prifoners made in the course of this day were about 20 officers and 300 men.The inclosed return will fhew the artillery and ftores taken.

The pofition the King's army took, on the 15th in the evening, was with the right to Horen's Hook, and the left at the North River near to Bloomingdale; the Rebel army occupying the ground with extensive works on both fides of King's-Bridge, and a redoubt with cannon upon a height on the Weft fide of the North River oppofite to the Blue Bell, where the enemy have their principal work; in which positions both armies still continue.

On the 16th in the morning a large party of the enemy having paffed under cover of the woods near to the advanced pofts of the army by way of Vanderwater's Height, the 2d and 3d battalions of light infantry, fupported by the 42d regiment, pushed forward,

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and drove them back to their entrenchments, from whence the enemy obferving they were not in force, attacked them with near 3000 men, which occafioned the march of the asferve with two field pieces, a battalion of Heffian grenadiers, and the company of Chaffeurs, to prevent the corps engaged from being furrounded; but the light infantry and 42d regiment, with the affiftance of the Chaffeurs and field pieces, repulfed the enemy with confiderable lofs, and obliged them to retire within their works. The enemy's lofs is not afcertained; but from the accounts of deferters it is agreed, that they had not lefs than 300 killed and wounded, and among them a Colonel and Major killed. We had eight officers wounded, most of them very flightly, fourteen men killed, and about feventy wounded.

Major General Vaughan was fiightly wounded in the thigh on the 15th by a random fhot, as he was afcending the Heights of Inclenberg with the grenadiers; and I have the pleasure of informing your Lordship that Lieutenant-Colonel Monckton is fo well recovered, he has been walking about fome days.

Captain Balfour, my fecond Aid-de-Camp, will have the honour of delivering your Lordfhip this difpatch; and, with the moft profound refpect,

I have the honour to be, &c.

W. HOW E.

Head Quarters, York-Island, Sept. 23, 1776.
My Lord,

BETWEEN the 20th and 21ft infant at midnight, a most horrid attempt was made by a number of wretches to burn the town of New-York, in which they fucceeded too well, having fet it on fire in feveral places, with matches and combustibles that had been prepared with great art and ingenuity. Many were detected in the fact, and fome killed upon the fpot by the enraged troops in garrifon; and had it not been for the exertions of Major-General Robertson, the officers under his command in the town, and the brigade of guards detached from the camp, the whole muft infallibly have been canfumed, as the night was extremely windy.

The deftruction is computed to be about one quarter of the town; and we have reafon to fulpect there are villains fill lurking there, ready to finish the work they have begun; one perfon, escaping the pursuit of a centinel the following night, having declared, that he would again fet fire to the town the first opportunity. The ftricteft fearch is making after thefe incendiaries, and the moft effectual measures taken to guard against the perpetration of their villainous and wicked defigns, W. HOWE,

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Head Quarters, York-Island, Sept. 24, 1776.

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Round-loofe. 965 thirty-two pounders; 9,300 twenty-four pounders; 276 eighteen-pounders; 1,342 twelve-pounders ; 32 fix-pounders; 41 three-pounders. Double-headed. 747 thirty-two pounders; 460 twelve-pounders; 12 nine-pounders ; 29 fix-pounders. Double-headed with fliding bars. 100 thirty-two pounders; 170 twelve-pounders; 7 nine-pounders.

Grape-quilted. 71 thirty-two pounders; 69 twelve-pounders.

Cafe fixed with powder. 32 nine-pounders; 12 three-pounders.

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Empty. 54 thirteen-inch; 944 ten-inch; 395 eight-inch; 738 five-inch and a half; 17,871 four-inch two-fifths.

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(Signed) Samuel Cleveland, BrigadierGeneral, commanding Royal Artillery.

Whiteball, Nov. 23, 1776. The following letter from Sir Guy Carleton was this day received by Lord George Germain.

On board the Maria off Crown Point, 08.14. My Lord,

THE Rebel fleet upon Lake Champlain has been intirely defeated in two actions; the first on the 11th inftant, between the island of Valcourt and the Main; and the fecond on the 13th, within a few leagues of Crown Point.

We have taken Mr. Waterburg, the fecond in command, one of their Brigadier Ge-nerals, with two of their veffels, and tea others have been burnt and deftroyed; only three of fifteen fail having efcaped. I cannot onit taking notice to your lordship of the good service done in the first action, by the fpirited conduct of a number of officers and men of the corps of artillery, who ferved the gun boats, which, together with the Carleton, fuftained for many hours the whole fire of the enemy's fleet, the rest of our velfels not being able to work up near enough to join effectually in the engagement.

The rebels, upon the news reaching them of the defeat of their naval force, fet fire to all the buildings and houfes in and near Crown Point, and retired to Ticonderoga.

The teafon is fo far advanced, that I cannot yet pretend to inform your Lordship whether any thing farther can be done this year. I am, &c. GUY CARLETON.

To our CORRESPONDENTS.

CHEME of an English Academy for both Sexes-The Fashions of the Times-A choice Receipt-Letters on the Difcovery of Longitude—A new Method of curing Difeafes by Electricity-Elegy on the Death of Mr. Smith the famous Landscape painter, shall appear in our next.

The Loyalist ball be obliged next Month.

If Y. Y.'s Sentiments are not altered, his Application to our Publisher will be duly regarded.

Don Ifmeda's Letter of the 24th November is received, and will be properly attended to.

Makros-The Refolute Lovers-Rakes Hotch Potch, and other Favours are

received.

We would advise A. B. to forward a Line to the Dentist himself, with bis Queries.

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