In the mean time, the English fquadron, which the three French ships had escaped, met the Chevalier de Villebon in his return to Naxoat, with a body of favages, took him prifoner, and continued their course towards Acadia; where coming to an anchor off Beaubaffin, landed four hundred men, among whom were an hundred and fifty favages. On this, one Bourgeois went on board the admiral, and delivered to him a written inftrument, whereby all the inhabitants of Beaubaffin, at the time of the conqueft of Acadia, by Sir William Phipps, had engaged to continue faithful to the English, and were accordingly taken under his protection. The commander, on perufing the inftrument, affured Bourgeois, that no injury fhould be done to his perfon, and gave sftrict orders to his foldiers, not to take any thing from the inhabitants, nor kill more cattle than was neceffary for their fubfif tence. After which, the commander, and his chief officers, came to the houfe of Bourgeois, where feveral of the inhabitants waited on him; but while he was pertaking of an entertainment, his foldiers entered the other houfes, and behaved as in a conquered country. This feveral of the inhabitants had before fufpected, and accordingly hid themfelves in places, where they knew they could not be found; nor would they quit their retreat on any pretence: and happy for them they continued their refolution; for the commander foon became as unjust as his foldiers, and the only humanity was fhewn by the Indians. After nine days, nothing was left ftanding at Beaubaffin, The except a few houses and barns, and After this, he requested the inha- The Chevalier de Villebon received advice of this armament the 12th of October, had already put this fort in a condition of making a confiderable defence, and the remainder of the day was spent in throw throwing up new intrenchments. On the evening of the 17th all his garrifon being under arms, he harangued his foldiers, encouraging them to defpife an enemy, who, notwithstanding their numbers, would probably retreat on their making a ftout refiftance; concluding with a promife, that whoever fhould be difabled in the action, should be provided for during the remainder of his life. This speech was received with acclamations, and at the fame time a fmall reinforcement entered the fort. M. de Villebon then ordered feveral of his officers to put themfelves at the head of the favages, and oppofe the English in their defcent. On the 18th, in the morning, a bark filled with foldiers appeared in fight; on which the French ran immediately to arms; two other barks followed the firft, and when advanced to within gun-fhot, the cannon fired on them, when the barks ran behind a point of land where they went on fhore, about a mufquet-shot from the fort. Soon after, they advanced in good order oppofite to the fortifications, where the river is about piftol-shot in breadth. Here they encamped, and began to throw up an intrenchment, to fhelter themfelves from the fire of the fort. They afterwards erected a battery of two field-pieces, which, in about three hours, began to play on the works, when they hoifted an EngJifh flag; and in the evening placed a third piece of cannon much larger than the two others, and fomething nearer the fort; but being open, was feldom fired. The two former were well ferved; but the fire of the fort was fuperior; the mufquetry on both fides alfo fired very btifkly, and the favages of each party, advancing to the banks of the river, fought with great intrepidity, till night put an end to the action. Villebon perceiving the English were lighting fires for their ufe, the cold being very fharp, gave several alarms to disturb them; but failing of their defired effect, he ordered a cannon to be loaded with grape-fhot, and on the first discharge all the fires difappeared. Early in the morning, after a very uncomfortable night, the musquetry of the fort began to fire vigorously on the English, which they did not answer till between eight and nine, and then only with their cannon, one of which was foon after difmounted. At the fame time, a terrible fire was kept on the fquadron. In the evening the English kindled a fire, which covered a large fpace of ground, and it appeared they were preparing to break up their camp. Some time after, they were perceived loading their boats. The next morning the camp was found abandoned, and a French officer detached in purfait of the English; but found them all embarked in four veffels, about fixty tons each, failing down the river with a fair wind. The precipate retreat of the English feems to indi cate that their lofs was not inconfiderable; but before they embarked, they burnt feveral houses, and left at the mouth of the river two inhabitants of Beaubaffin, whom they had brought with them from that place. BOB BINNACLE's Epistle to the Landmen who cleared Decks on beard the Play-boufe, Covent-Garden. I Have been in as much bad weather as most folks, and I know what it is to cut away carve-work as well as my meffmates; but if ever I would board any of my own countrymen, in the way of damage defignedly, keel hawl me. May hap I love fun in my fighting as well as other folks, but why fhould we pour broadfides upon one another? And why fhou'dn't I fee the show when I paid for it? You know I ax'd that night who it was fired the Chany-orange hot, and wounded the handfome young gentlewoman in the starboard-eye? I only wish I was along fide of him, that's all. I fhipp'd myself on board the Portfmouth machine, to make a trip to London, on purpose to see a show, and a queer fort of a voyage I had on't; for as foon as they ftowed me in the veffel, I was fea fick, becaufe they clapp'd me under the hatches, but I got upon the poop, and then 1 was in right trim again. But one of the wheels came athwart a ftone, and gave our vefiel fuch a heel, that if I had not cotch hold of the weather-braces, I fhould have been canted over-board, and caft away upon land, before the tighted. When I landed in London, I shaped my course right a-head, and fteered for the play-houfe, where I faw fome tickets ftuck up aloft, against the wall, to fatisfy what it was to be. So I would go to fee the English hoppera; there was a great long name in the bills about it full of X's; but I never minded that, becaufe why-that long word was the name of the gentleman who made. the hoppera 1 fuppofe; and so because he must be a scholar, therefore he was criffened with a hard name. Well, I paid my three fillings. for my birth at the play, and they piloted me into the hold; but avast there thought I; I a'n't to be clapp'd to windward in that manuer neither.. So I got my money again, and went aloft into one of the quarter gal laries, and gave five fhillings for it; and there I faw fitting tier over tier, all abaft one another, a great cargo of company, and they call it the Two-fhilling places; it was a hundred times, bigger than mine, I paid fo much more for too. Howfomdever, I fat as fnug as a maggot in the bread-room, and the mufic began to heave away handsomely: but then there were fuch a hollo bulloo among the folks, as if all the hip's company were mutenying. As foon as the fore-fheet was clew'd up, and a fine gentlewoman and gentleman ftept upon deck, to talk about their own business I fuppofe, there were fuch a noife, and then there was a chace fhot Chany orange fired, but whether it came from the round tops, or the lower deckers, I couldn't tell. I knew it was no bufinefs of mine, but I couldn't bear to see any body ufed ill; no, when I do, may [ be cut into four pound-pieces, and put into the devil's pickling-tub. So I got down and ftept upon deck, and faid I would fight the best maa among 'em. Then Then there was the tall gentleman, Mufter Tinduchy, I think they call him, and he was more afear'd than the young woman 3fo I went up to him, and faid what cheer meffmate, and would have took hold of his hand by way of fplicing friendship together; but he looked as pale and as thin as a rufh-candle, and he run speaking away as the monkies jabber, and he fhook like a flag-ftaff in a tempeft; well, but what's all this to the purpose Why then Tays fays I, what was all your noise to the purpose? roaring like fo many watermen at a plyingplace. what all this was about? You made a noife about pay and no pay; well, and I paid to fee the fhow, and you wou'dn't let me. What was your fhort allowance money to me? Why I would ha lent you fome to have made it up, rather than you should expose your felves. I fancy you'd make fpecial hands to board an enemy, you'd foon pull up the gratings, break up their gang-ways; -that you did pretty well between decks at the fhow; why you ftav'd out the dead lights, fcuttled between decks, hove the benches over-board, and made a wreck of the state rooms;and that was because the owners wou'd not alter their freight. May hap insurance is very high, and the crew won't work without great wages; and then there was Mufter Mounthere Niverne thembaffador there; I am forry he was there that night, becaufe he knows before, he and all his countrymen did, that we cou'd drub every body elle, but it was pity he faw us fight among ourselves. Pray tell a body If you do want the merchants and agents to fettle the price, why what then; why fhould that stop the fhip's voyage? why didn't you let the play come out of dock as you fhou'd do? If ever I heard fuch a noife fince I lay againft Guadalupe, bilbo me. I would have forced my difcourse among fome of you, if I had had a speaking trumpet: it was. fuch weather I couldn't make one obfervation; fo I couldn't tell what latitude we were in. But for all that, I can fee which way the wind blows without fpectacles: I fay its all wrong, Englishmen won't be frighted with words; we an't to be threatened into any thing; as you may palaver us with good words, and make our left hands give up ALL that our right hands ever got; but then that's in the way of civility;-but if Englifhmen are to be bully'd, why they'll play the devil among the taylors, and make as much work as grapefhot in a china-shop. As to my five fhillings, why the owners are welcome to it, towards repair; for you ftripp'd plank, timber, and fcantlings; you gutted her; he looked like a French prize, after a yard arm engagement. I shan't fay whofe right or whofe wrong, no more, not I. I can fay my compafs, and as to any thing elfe,-why I'll keep a ftopper upon my tongue while the wind's in this quarter. But I wish you were all friends,-quarreling's a bad trade, if you can't get prize-money by it; and as to your going to law, why both fides will have a deal of leeway to fetch up, and make but bad H good neighbourhood, a bad voyage at beft on't." I know fome folks are advised to do this, and fome folks are advised to do that, but it's all wrong. Forget and forgive I fay,―peace and and let Some Account of the last new Piece, called, A SKETCH OF A FINE LADY'S Lady Jenkins, THIS ROUT. Mr. King. "HIS little piece opens with a converfation between the clerks, and the abfurdity of Lady Jenkins fetting up for, and running into all the extravagance of, a woman of quality, when her husband has not been dubbed above a month or two. After a few reflections upon city pride of this nature, Janè comes in half afleep, waiting for her mif trefs, who had not yet returned home from her vifits, tho' it was then seven o'clock in the morning: fhe complains loudly of her lady for keeping her conftantly up, and employing a French mademoiselle to fuperintend the education of her children; but Sir Jeremy's bell ringing, he is obliged to retire in order to provide his chocolate. "How d'ye do, Mr. What's-yourname?" A fcene then follows between Jane and her, in which the talk's highly of her confequence and diftinction; Sir Jeremy then comes Mrs. Bradshaw. in, and another converfation is begun about the manners of the polite world, in which lady Jenkins relates the vifits the had made to two or three ducheffes, to not one of whom however he had been admitted. In the interim a fervant tells Sir Jeremy a gentleman wants him about bufinefs; the knight then retires, leaving his wife, with her two daughters, the eldeft of whom had juft ran in with a complaint, that her fifter Fanny had scratched her hands because the would not play at cards: the mother turns out the eldest in a paffion, and fends the youngest to the governess, with an injunction to mademoiselle to fit down inftantly with her at loo. Lady Jenkins, quite yawning, then recapitulates her loffes at play, and pull out her purfe to fee how much money the had left; but in this employment fhe falls faft asleep, and leaves the cash spread upon the table; the maid coming in with a dish of coffee fhe had ordered, finding her quite gone, fteals two or three guineas off the table and fneaks out of the room. The scene then shuts, and SirJeremycomes inan By this time my lady returning, speaks to a perfon behind the scenes to come in and eat a bit of fupper, at the very time Sir Jeremy's breakfaft is getting ready; but this invitation not being accepted, fhe flides by the Irishman, who is fitting at a table with fome accounts before him, with a familiar enquiry of, other |