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That Count Welderen, the Minifter Plenipotentiary from their High Mightinefies to the British Court, be charged to make the ftrongest complaints of the faid infults and violences, and to reprefent in the most energetic manner, That their High Mightineffes think themselves in the moit fupreme degree aggrieved by the premeditated violence of the inconteftable territory of the State at the island of St. Martin done by the Officers of his British Majefty, according to the exprefs orders of the King, and in confequence of a written declaration of thofe Officers.

That no Power ever doubted but all bays and roads belonged to the fame Powers as the lands annexed to them, and that all who might be in them were fieltered from the rights of war, and from all hoftile purfuits; and that no power is in any way authorised to take, or in any refpect to moleft, veffels fo fheltered against the will of the Sovereign, without its being looked upon as an indirect attack: that notwithstanding this, the men of war of the King of Great Britain, fent on purpofe by his Admiral, had by his order feized fome American veffels which had taken refuge in the ifland of St. Martin, under the cannon of the fort, and took them via facti,' threatening, if the leaft refiftance was made by the fort, that it, to gether with the whole village belonging to their High Mightineffes, fhould be burnt to the ground, and a force fufficient was fent to carry these their orders into execution.

That their High Mightineffes cannot look upon this violent ftep in any other light than as an open violation of their territory, and a contempt of the independent Sovereignty of the State; and flatter themfelves that his Majefty muft perceive, that, if an independent Power of Europe is to be expofed to fuch infults as this, all liberty and fecurity, both in and out of Europe, will then only depend upon force; and confequently that the King will be difpleafed at this hoftile action committed by his Officers against the the territory of a Power, which has not only had the honour to be allied to Great Britain for upwards of a century, and to live in peace and friendship with her, but from the beginning of the prefent troubles in America has not refused to retrain its fubjects from trading with North-America in a manner for which his Majesty has acknowledged his fatisfaction.

That their High Mightineffes could not pass over in filence what has happened, but at the fame time must proteft folemnly against it, and most ftrongly defire of his Majefty, what they hope from his justice, his friendship, and his equity, to obtain, which is, a full fatisfaction for the violation of their territory, in which the intentions of his Majelty may be made appear relative to the treatment of Powers not included in the troubles of the prefent war, and of their territories in general, and of thofe of the Republic of the United Provinces in particular, &c.'

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS to our CORRESPONDENTS. THE Dialogue, with which J. P. has favoured us, muft undoubtedly have been very diverting to the perfons prefent; but the fcene is unfinished, and the provincial dialect will not be intelligible or pleafing to the majority of our Readers.

R. E. C. may be affured of our conftant attention to the wishes of our Readerss but we cannot agree with him, that the Gentleman he mentions bas fufficiently diftinguifbed himself, to merit fuch particular notice of him.

If J. F. will defire his friend to call for the two pieces that came too late for laft month, we fall take the liberty to enclose our reafons for deeming the publication of them improper.

Q. in a Corner is inadmisible, as indeed every thing ought to be that may tend to diflurb the peace of families, or to render vice lefs odious and more familiar under the difguife of jalfe and flattering colours.

We are obliged to B. S. for his kind intentions; but, in a Magazine devoted to general information and amafement, we apprehend that a long and abftrufe theological difquifition will appear but with an ill grace.

J. F's Favour is under confideration.

Hiflorical

Hiftorical Chronicle for November.

St. James's, October 31. Tchriftening of the young Prince was HIS evening the ceremony of the performed in the great Council-chamber, by his Grace the Archbishop of Canter bury. His Royal Highnefs was named Alfred. The fponfors were his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, his Royal Highness the Prince Bishop of Ofnaburg, and her Royal Highness the Princels Royal.

November 2.

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Yefterday morning both Houfes of Convocation met in St. Paul's, at which were prefent the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of Gloucelter, Litch. field and Coventry, Bangor, Oxford, Lincoln, and St. David's, Dr. Calvert, Dean of the Arches, Dr. Wynne, Dr. Markham, Dr. Simpfon, and Dr. Scott, the Dean of Canterbury, and many other dignified clergy. The Archbishop came from the Chapter houfe in his ConVocation robes, attended by the Dean of the Arches, the Doctors, Proctors, and other Officers of Doctors Commons, and was met at the weft door of the Cathedral by the Bishops, preceded by the Vergers, Chorifters, and gentlemen of the choir, and being feated in the choir, the Bifhop of St. David's read the Litany in Latin; after which an anthem, being the four laft verfes of the 122d Pfalm, O pray for the peace of Jerufalem, &c. was fung by the gentlemen of the choir. The fermon, in Latin, was preached by Dr. Cooke, formerly Mafter of Eton-fchool, now Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and Dean of Ely. His text was firft delivered in Greek, and then in Latin, and was taken from John xviii. 36. and the English verfion of it is, My kingdom is not of this world. The fermon being ended, a fecond anthem was fung by the choir, Glory be to God on high, &c. being the hymn from the Communion Service, set by the famous Mr. Thomas Tallis, who lived in the time of Henry the VIIIth. After which the Archbishop pronounced the bleffing in Latin, and then his Grace, followed by the Bishops and Clergy, the Doctors, and Proctors, went to the Chapter-house, where the Lower Houfe of Convocation foon after waited upon their Lordships, fignifying their election of the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Cornwallis, Dean of Canter

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bury, as their Prolocutor, and next Wednesday fe'nnight is appointed for the Dean to be prefented in form to the Upper House of Convocation in King Henry the VIIIth's Chapel in Westminster-abbey. November 4.

The Lord Chancellor yesterday fat at Lincoln's-Inn Hall, and heard feventeen caufes, one of which was an application from a young Lady to take the guardianfhip out of the hands of her relations, fo as to enable her to make her own choice of a husband. The oppofition was, that the object of the young Lady's favour was an unfit perfon to be trusted with her fortune. The Lord Chancellor declined an immediate decree, and poftponed the hearing; but he obferved, that he should be very careful of the Lady to prevent ber being thrown away, rather than which he would become a guardian to her in his official character.

November 8.

Laft night, between nine and ten o'clock, a fire broke out at Mr. Hay's, coach manufactory, Lambeth, which entirely confumed the fame, with all the out houfes and work fhops belonging to it: the wind, being exceeding high, communicated the flames to Mr. Wright's, a cabinet-maker, and reduced his house to ahes. The engines were rendered ineffectual for want of water; and if it had not been for the timely and affiduous affiftance of the fire-men, the Lying-in Hofpital would have shared the fame fate, the roof being on fire for upwards of ten minutes, but was extinguished by their póle-axes.

November 9.

Yesterday, at the Public-Office in Bowftreet, one Tyler, alias Chard, was accufed with obtaining three elegant looking-glaffes from Mr. Galpin Baxter, of Leadenhall-freet, in the following fraudulent manner, viz. laft June the prifoner came to Mr. Baxter's house, by the name of Chard, and defired that he would call at his houfe in Church-freet, Spital fields, in order to meafure the places where the glaffes were to be affixed ; that accordingly Mr. Baxter went the next day, took the measurement, and fent in the looking-glaffes. Some time after a Lady, who called herself Mrs. Chard, came in a chariot to his houfe, and ordered a pair of girandoles to be made,

which were retarded, by a few days bufinefs Mr. Baxter had in the country, who was informed at his return, that he was fwindled out of the goods he had delivered; however he went to the house in Church treet, when he was informed the master was not at home; yet Mr. Baxter got into the house, where he was fo happy as to fee one of his glaffes, which he inftantly fecured and fent home; but the other two glaffes he discovered were difpofed of, which he valued at feven guineas; from this evidence Mr. Baxter was bound over to profecute for the fraud, and the prifoner was committed for reexamination, when various accufations of a fimilar nature are expected to be adduced against him.

Tyler appears to have been a fwindler in the wholefale way for fome time paft, and to have carried on his iniquitous practices with great art and fuccefs, in conjunction with feveral others; for whofe occafional purposes a handsome chariot and all other neceflary appurtenances, were kept as a general ftock. He is alfo faid to have had the addrefs to marry a young woman of good family, fince he commenced fwindler.

November 10.

Yesterday at eleven o'clock, Sir Watkin Lewes, Knt. the new Lord Mayor, accompanied by the Aldermen, Sheriffs, Recorder, and the other City Officers, went up the river in the city barge, attended by the different Livery Companies in their barges to Westminster-hall, where his Lordship took the ufual oaths at the Exchequer Bar. About two o'clock they returned by water to Black Friars bridge, and from thence proceeded in their carriages to Guildhall, where an elegant entertainment was provided. Several of the Nobility, the Judges, and other perfons of diftinction were prefent... His Lordship made a very splendid appearance; his livery was pink, trimmed with broad silver lace. The following Aldermen accompanied his Lordship to Weltminster; Sawbridge, Flomer, Hayley, Newnham, Kitchen, Burnell, &c. but what was very unufual, the old Lord Mayor was at Westminster, but did not attend the proceffion through the city.

The company at the Lord Mayor's feaft was very brilliant; the order obferved for keeping out the low company which used to gain admittance in former years had the desired effect; there was plenty of every thing; no disturbances happened, but the whole was conducted

with fuch order and regularity, as gave great fatisfaction to all prefent.

As foon as the proceffion had arrived at Guildhall, on the entrance of the Lord Mayor, an ode was performed by a select band, placed in the gallery by the clock,' in which Meff. Reinhola and Vernon affifted as vocal performers. The Lord and Lady Mayorefs fat in elegant gilt chairs, under a fine canopy, at the head of their table, at which the Earl of Hillfborough, Salisbury, and Stafford, Lords Lilburne and Mahon, two German Noblemen, Admiral Keppel, Mr. Burke, Mr. Fox, Mr. Juftice Heath, and Mr. Serjeant Bolton, were part of the guests.

After the dinner was over, which was not till past eight o'clock, the company inclined to dance was prevented by the want of mufic: thofe gentlemen who had performed in the ode, not being inclined to play country dances; and the city musicians, diffatisfied at not playing in the band, refusing their affittance. After fome difficulty, a few mufical performers were procured, which, with the affiftance of fome of the guests, who, to oblige the Ladies, offered their performance, enlivened the evening.

Mr. Vernon, at the Sheriffs table, entertained the company with fome excellent fongs.

November 11.

Yesterday morning, a little after ning o'clock, Mr. Juftice Willes came into the Court of King's Bench before the reft of the Judges; when the Grand Jury were fworn for the purpose of receiving a bill of indictment against Lord George Gordon..

A charge was previously delivered to them by Mr. Juftice Willes, in which he explained to the Jury the nature of such fpecies of high treafon as were likely to come under their cognizance.

After the charge had been delivered to them, the Attorney-general prefented an indictment againt George Gordon, Efqi commonly called Lord George Gordon, for high treason.

At half an hour past three, just as the Court of King's Bench was rising, the Grand Jury returned, when the Foreman delivered into the hands of Mr. Barlow, Clerk of the Crown, a true bill againit George Gordon, Efq; commonly calledLord George Gordon, for high-treafon.

A veffel from Jamaica, lately arrived at Cork, brings an account, that the expedition to St. Juan on the Spanish main has been fatal to many British Officers,

as well as common men; and gives the following lift of Officers who have died there by fickness, viz. Lieut. Haldimand, of the 60th regiment; Enlign Jetferick, of ditto; Lieut. Brumley, of ditto; Enfign Schomberg, of ditto; Enfign Hill, of ditto; Enfign Timperley, of ditto; Capt. Hart, of the Loyal Irith; Surgeon Allen, of ditto; Capt. Shakespear, of Jamaica Royal Volunteers; Capt. Betrand, of ditto; Capt. Cook, of ditto; Lieut. Douglafs, of ditto; Enfign M'Donald, of ditto; Surgeon Armitrong, of ditto; Quarter-Matter M'Lean, of ditto; Enfign Taflart, of the Legion; Surgeon Johnfton, of ditto; Lieut. Fade, of the Royal Artillery; Lieut. Friewater Napier, of ditto, and 503 privates. Lieut. Mountfey was deputy Adjutant-general on the Staff for America; and Lieut. Crifp Gascoigne was nephew to the late Sir Crifp Gafcoigne, Lord Mayor of London. Enfign Schomberg was grandfon to the late Dr. Meyer Schomberg, and nephew to Sir Alexander Schomberg, Captain of the Dorset yacht.

November 14. Copy of a Letter from Sir Henry Clinton, K. B. to Lord George Germaine, one of his Majefty's Principal Secretaries of State, received by Capt. St. George, one of Sir Henry Clinton's Aides du Camp, who arrived from New-York in the Fortune Frigate.

My Lord, New-York, Oct. 12. IN my feparate letter of yesterday's date, I had the honour of informing your Lordship, the American Major-general Arnold had quitted the rebel fervice, and joined the King's standard; and I at the fame time gave your Lordship a circumftantial detail of the reafons that induced Aim to take this ftep, as well as the unfortunate failure of a plan, which I had the moft fanguine hopes, if carried into execu tion, would have been productive of the greatest good confequences to his Majesty's Lervice, but which terminated most fatally for Major André, my Adjutant-general, who being taken prifoner, was tried by a Board of Rebel General Officers, "and condemned by their fentence to fuffer death; which fentence was ordered by the rebel General Washington to be carried into execution upon this unhappy Gentleman on the ad instant. I fincerely lament the melancholy fate of this Officer, who was a very valuable affistant to me, and promised to be an honour to his country, as well as an ornament to his profeffion.

I had the honour' to transmit to your Lordship, in my dispatch marked 104, copy of inftructions I propofed giving to Major-general Leflie, whom I had ap pointed to command the expedition to Chefapeak, in order that your Lordship might be informed as to the principal ebjects of it.

This expedition will certainly fail the fift favourable wind, the troops having been embarked for fome days, and every neceffary arrangement made for that pur pofe.

Your Lordship will receive herewith a fate of the troops under my command of the aft inft. together with a diftribution of the fame as they flood on the 6th of that month. I have the honour to be, with the greateft refpect, your Lordship's most obedient and most humble fervant,

H. CLINTON.. Extract of a Letter from Captain George Montague, of his Majesty's Ship Pearl, to Sir George Brydges Rodney. ON the 30th of September we fell in with a French fhip, who engaged us clofe for two hours, and maintained a running fight for two hours and an half more, when the ftruck. She proved to be L'Ef; perance, from Cape Franzois, bound to Bourdeaux, a frigate belonging to the King, but loaded by the merchants, and having only a letter of marque, mounting 26 twelve-pounders on her main-deck, and two fix-pounders on her quarter-deck, with 173 men: the had zo killed and 24 wounded. I think it but juftice due to the Captain to fay, that he defended his fhip with great bravery. The Pearl had fix men killed and ten wounded; among the former was firft Lieutenant Foulke of marines; and the latter Mr. Dunbar, Maiter.

The very cool and determined behaviour of the Officers and fhip's company, merits my most fincere acknowledgments. November 16.

The Lottery began drawing at Guildball, when No. 10,692 was drawn a blank; but as being the first drawn is intitled to 500l.

November 22.

Friday next will be iffued out at the Pay Office, Whitehall, 31 days subistance of his Majefty's land forces, from the 24th inftant to the 24th of December, both days inclufive.

The fame day will be iffued out at the faid office 61 days stoppages to his Ma jetty's forces, from the 25th of October to the above period.

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November 23.

Yesterday morning the following malefactors were carried in three carts from Newgate to Tyburn, where they were all executed according to their fentences, viz. William Edwards, convicted in May fef fion, for affaulting William Randall on the highway, and robbing him of two guineas; Stephen Montagu, for a burglaTy in the house of Daniel Giles, Efq; in Broad-street; Samuel Baker, for, robbing William Ivory on the highway of a filver watch; Abraham Danford and William Newton, for affaulting James Watts, clerk to Mefirs. Smith, Wright, and Gray, Bankers in Lombard-ftreet, in an empty house in Black-friars, and robbing him of his pocket-book, containing bills and notes to the amount of 4000l. Thomas Cox, for ftealing a filver tankard, and other plate, out of the houfe of Mr. Cox, at Stanwell, and in the dwelling-house of William Vaughan, in Palace-yard, Wettminster, a quantity of plate, &c. Benjamin Kinder, for fealing out of the houfe of Robert. Abordeen, Efq; in Dean-ftreet, Soho, a quantity of linen value gol, Mary Gardner, for affifting in demolishing the house of the Earl of Mansfield, in Bloomsbury fquare; and Jofeph Carter, who was drawn on a fledge, for coining and counterfeiting the current coin of this kingdom, called Sixpences, Shillings, and Halfcrowns. Theyall behaved very penitent.

His Majefty was pleased to refpite Jofeph Freeman (who was in the warrant for execution yesterday) until the further fignification of the royal pleasure..

His Majelty alfo hath been pleafed to refpite the execution of Thomas Humphrys, convicted laft feffion of a highway robbery, who was alfo in the warrant for

execution.

Yesterday No. 40,523, was drawn a -prize of twenty thousand pounds.

November 25. Extract of a Letter wrote by Count Welderen, the Dutch Envoy Extraordinary at the British Court, to the Greffier Fagel, dated London, October 24, and which was deliberated upon by the States of Holland and Weft-Frie fland, together with thofe of Zealand, who took. Copies of the fame, in order to lay before their Constituents, and to deliberate further upon it.

Sir, fome days ago Mr. James French James, delivered to me a commiffion from their High Mightineffes, in which they conflitute him their Commiffary-general in the kingdom of Ireland, and requesting me to ask the King's approbation, as

without it he would not be acknowledged in that capacity. I gave the faid Commi fion to my Lord Stormont, and defired him to obtain the approbation of the King his Mafter to it, on the fame footing as Meff Gordon and Tjafink enjoy. My Lord answered me, that he would let me know the King's pleasure on the fubject, and afterwards faid that the advice of the Viceroy of Ireland had been asked. Yefterday having occasion to speak to Lord Stormont, I again entered upon the above fubject, when he told me that it had been found that hitherto there never had been a Commiffary-general on the part of their High Mightineffes in Ireland, and that it was a novelty into which the King his Mafter could not at prefent enter, and confequently could not admit Mr. French in that quality After this he returned

me the Commiffion.

I did all in my power to have Mr. French acknowledged in the quality granted him by their High Mightineffes, but all my efforts proved fruitless. I have the honour to be, &c.

November 27.

This day his Majesty went to the Houfe of Peers, and gave the royal affent to the following bills:

The Land tax.-The Malt-tax-A& for indemnifying Sheriffs, goalers, &c. in the late riots.

The following is the means by which Government got poffeffion of the fecret papers, and the perfon of Mr. Trumbull, who is now a prifoner in New Prifon, Clerkenwell. A man of the name of Gray, who had formerly ferved in the King's troops in America, went to Bowftreet, and made a voluntary deposition to this purport:-That when he was a foldier in the above fervice, he had the misfortune to be made a captive, and, together with feveral of his brethren, was put under a guard, which was commanded by a Major Tyler, then an Officer in Jackson's regiment, belonging to the rebei forces. That after his releafe, he returned to England, and had lately been much furprised to fee the individual Major Tyler, under whofe captivity he was in America, refident in this metropolis. And finally, that fufpecting fome species of foul play, he made his application to the Magiftrates of his country. In confequence of this affidavit, immediate récourie was made to Tyler's chambers, who luckily for himself, was gone out for the evening. His papers however were fearched; and as Mr. Trumbull's name was materially menM2

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