To CUPID. Hither, Cupid, quick repair, When by Bacchus I'm poffeft, He alone infpires the fong Of the fcribbling, rhyming throng; From the beggar to the throne, Hymen! blefs this happy pair, And thou, chafte goddess of the natal hour, ENIGMA. I Adies, I often am ill-us'd, Nay fpit upon, and much abus'd; Like Triftram Shandy's coat I'm tun'd and rumbled, Straight into prison hurl'd and tumbled, There to remain a time--and then The fame strange fin is acted o'er again; Ye ladies fair, and ye that ride Pegafus, name is ? King fron upon Hull, JOHN FEARN. B FOREIGN TRANSACTIONS. Y advices from the North, weare informed, that the good understanding between the Emprefs of Ruffia, and the king of Pruffia, increases to that degree, that they have concluded an alliance, by by which they engage to affift each other with a body of 12,000 men, one third horfe, and two thirds foot; upon condition, nevertheless, that if Ruffia should be attacked by the Porte, the court of Pruffia fhall furnish a fum of money instead of troops. The two contracting powers have also engaged to support the duke of Biren in the poffeffion of Courland and Semigallia; and that in cafe the throne of Poland fhould become vacant, they will endeavour to get a native chofen king inftead of a foreigner. From Vienna we learn, that the court and the public in general, not only exprefs great fatisfaction, on seeing an end put to a long and burthenfome war, but that their pleasure is heightened by two fecret articles of the treaty of Habertfbourg, which confirm to them what they have long been defirous of. These articles are as follow: ift. The king of Pruffia being defirous to give the Empress queen a proof of his friendship, and of his concurring in whatever may be agreeable to her Imperial majefty, promifes to give his vote for the archduke Jofeph at the ensuing election of a king of the Romans, or of an emperor. Secor ly, The emperor and emprefs queen having, by a convention with the duke of Modena, agreed upon the marriage of one of the youngest archdukes with the princefs of Modena, grand-daughter of the faid duke; and intending at a proper time to apply to the emperor and empire, to get the fucceffion to the eftates of Modena fettled in favour of the archduke, who fhall marry that princefs; his majesty the king of Pruffia, who takes a pleasure in concurring as much as in him lies, in every thing that can contribute to the fatisfaction of their Imperial majesties, engages, from this moment, to give his vote for that purpose whenever he is called upon for it; and their faid Imperial majefties, on their fide, affure his Pruflian majefty of their fincere defire to embrace every opportunity of testifying their friendship to him. Thefe articles are to have the fame force as if they were inferted in the body of the treaty. Letters from Berlin are full of accounts of the expreffions of joy with which the inhabitants of that city received their fovereign, who arrived there on the 30th of March, in perfect health. They pierced the air with repeated acclamations of long life our king and father! To which his majefty most affectionately antwered, Long life my deareft fubjects, my beloved children! In this manner he was ushered to the palace, where he fupped with the queen, and all the royal family. The next day he received the compliments of the nobility, foreign minifters, &c. and dined with prince Ferdinand of Brunfwick, who arrived there the day before his majefty. The greatest rejoicings continued for feveral days and nights, on this occafion. 4 Ships fent into Jamaica, taken by adını Cote's fquadron, value estimated at 24158 12 60070 10 wards Inlands, taken by adm. Frankland's fquadron, value computed at 1 Ship taken by the Humber man of war, and fent into Barbadoes, eftimated at 8 6 979 9 5 Total 728275 7 THURSDAY, March 31. His Majefty went to the Houfe of and rode away very chearfully. Presently Peers, and gave his confent to The bill for laying an additional duties on wines, cyder, and perry, and to raise 3.500,000l. by annuities and lotteries for the present year, to be charged on the said duties. The bill for better fecuring the duties on malt. The bill for enabling the governors of Greenwich Hospital to make provifion for decrepid and worn-out feamen in his majefty's fervice, that cannot be admitted to the faid hofpital. The bill to prevent occafional freemen voting at elections of members for cities,. towns, and boroughs. The bill to take down the parish church of St. Andrew, in the city of Canterbury, and to rebuild the fame in a more commodious place. The bill for granting 5000l. to Mr. John Harrison, on his difcovering the inftrument made ufe of by him for meafuring time at fea. The bill to continue the duties, and enlarge the powers granted by a late act, for repairing Scarborough pier. And also to several bills to inclose and divide lands and bills to repair roads. SATURDAY, April 2. A letter from Charles-Town, S. Carolina, dated Feb 19. runs thus. On Monday last arrived here 69 Irish proteftants from Belfaft, to fettle in this province, upon the encouragement given by the legislature, in an act passed the 25th of July 1761. The lands allotted for them to fettle on, we are informed, is fome of the best in the province, and equal to any of this conti the owner of the horfe came, and missing him, asked a man at work on the road, if he had feen his horfe: the man faid, yes; a ragged fellow rode along on it just now. They immediately fet out, and overtoook him about four miles diftant, took off the halter from the horfe, and tied the man's legs under its belly, and brought him back to Taunton; and, as foon as he arrived, in the cuftody of the sheriff's officers, was conducted into the affize hall, about five o'clock in the afternoon, attended by a numerous crowd of spectators, when the hon. M. Juftice Gold was paffing fentence on the criminals: the return of this Hibernian hero fo foon, and in fo odd a manner, put the whole court into a hurry; and he faid on horseback in the hall, "I am come to fee you again, my lord judge." The grand jury being difcharged, his lordship fent him before a magiftrate to be committed, which was done, and he now lies in Wilton gaol, near Taunton till the next affizes. WEDNESDAY, April 6. Elizabeth Morton, a girl of fixteen years old, and late fervant to Mr. Oliver, of Walkeringham in Nottinghamshire, was executed at Nottingham gallows, for the murder of her master's daughter, a child of two years old, by ftrangling it, and alfo for attempting the life of another of the children, whofe neck the had almoft twifted round, and hid it in some straw in the barn, where it was found by its mother struggling in the agonies of death. Her body was given to a furgeon of Calverton to be diffected. THURSDAY, April 7. The right hon. the earl of Bute refigned his place of first commiffioner of the treafury; as did Sir Francis Dashwood his place of chancellor of the Exchequer. SATURDAY, April 9. This night, about nine o'clock, fome recruits, confined in the Savoy, faid to be enlifted in the Eaft-India company's fervice, rofe upon the centinels, forced their arms from them, and took the keys from the turnkey, in order to make their efcape. The recruits being in poffeffion of the pieces, fired upon the centinels without Aide, and wounded them both; (the hand of one was fo thattered that it was forced to be cut off yesterday): by this time the guards in the barracks were alarmed, and a party come just time enough to prevent their efcape; but could not prevail upon them to lay down their arms till they fired upon them, by which three of them were killed, and three others fo much wounded, that they died foon after. This fo terrified the reft, that they immediately defifted. Some of thefe unhappy fellows faid they were decoyed there. Ipfwich. Yesterday Margery Beddingfield and Richard Ringe were drawn on a Aledge to the place of execution, where the was strangled and burnt, and he hanged. They confeffed that they were guilty of the murder of her husband, and died to all appearance penitent. MONDAY, April 11. Died of the small-pox, at his houfe in Albemarle-freet, the right hon. James Waldegrave, earl Waldegrave, viscount Chewton, one of the lords of his majefty's moft hon. privy council, a teller of the Exchequer, lord Warden of the Stannaries, and knight of the garter. This day Parfons flood in the pillory at Charing-crofs, for the third and last time, for being concerned in the affair of the Cock-lane ghoft: there was a prodigious number of spectators, who seemed to commiferate his cafe; and a collection was made for him, as at the two former times. Gloucefter, April 11. On Saturday last the following addrefs was prefented to Charles Barrow, efq; one of our reprefentatives in parliament, by deputation from a public meeting of a large number of his conflituents, who drew up and figned the fame at the Boothal in this city. SIR, Alarmed at the late fatal blow to li berty, we, a confiderable part of the bo'dy of freemen of this city, animated by a lively fenfe of gratitude on your arrival here, have publickly affembled to manifeft our high esteem of, and to take this, the earlieft opportunity, unanimously to return our fincereft thanks for your upright conduct in parliament on all occafions; but more especially for that last inftance of your watchful care over our liberties, by your fleady and 'vigorous or position to a late bill, for laying an additional duty on cyder and per ry by way of excife; any extension of which having ever been deemed dangerous to the Liberties of a free people. 'However ineffectual those your utmoЯ and best endeavours may have proved, 'yet nevertheless you are equally entitled to our warmest and most grateful ' acknowledgments; and will, we are 'perfuaded, alway be remembered by us and others our fellow citizens with the 'most affectionate and unfeigned grati'tude.' The celebrated Linnæus has difcovered the fecret of incicating the fize of the natural pearls found in oysters and muffels ; as a reward for which the king of Sweden has ennobled him, and the states have granted him the privilege of naming his fucceffor in his feveral employments. The fecret is not divulged. Lifter, in his Exercitat. Anat. de Cochleis, Lond. 1694, mentions, that he thought it poffible to make oyfle.s and muffels breed pearls by feeding them with a proper petrefcent water. TUESDAY, April 12. His Majesty went to the Houfe of Peers, and gave the royal affent to An act for granting to his majesty a certain fum of money out of the finking fund, and for applying certain monies remaining in the Exchequer, for the fervice of the year 1763. An act for raifing a certain fum of money by loans or Exchequer bills, for the fervice of the year 1763, and further purposes therein mentioned. An act for the more eafy and speedy recovery of fall debts within the hundreds of Bradford, Melksham and Worlfdor, in the county of Wilts. An act for vefting certain parcels of land in Paddington in the county of Middlefex, in the rector and church wardens of the parish of St. George Hanover-fquare in the faid county, and approriating the fame for a burial ground for the said parish. And to two road and eight private bills. About fifteen years ago the miftrefs of a coffee-houfe died, with strong fufpicion of being murdered by her niece, who lived fervant with her; which occafioned her being taken up, and marks of violence appeared upon the body. The niece declared it was occafioned thus: Her aunt being in liquor, fell against the stove, and hurt herself fo much as to caufe her immediate death; upon which the body was re-buried, and the affair dropped. She died in good circumstances, and left all to the faid niece, who went to Hallifax in Nova Scotia, and fettled, at the end of the last peace, where, we hear, the murdered a boy (who was apprentice to her) in a moft shocking manner, by chopping his toes and fingers, joint by joint, and fracturing his skull, &c. for which the was hanged; and, the morning of her execution, declared, that fhe really murdered her aunt in England. Extract of a Letter from Gibraltar, March 10. The first lieutenant of the ➖➖ went out a few days ago to shoot gulis; but not having killed any, the purfer laughed at him, and told him, he was but a bad markfman. The lieutenant answered, he could shoot as well as any perfon in the garrifon. The purfer replied, I'll hold you half a guinea that you don't hit me with a tingle ball at the distance of forty yards: done, fays the lieutenant, and let us immediately go afhore and try. Accordingly they both went afhore to the dock-yard, and the lieutenant measured out the ground, but instead of forty yards measured but twenty-three; and there being a wooden horfe for the fupport of the cables, he refted his piece on it, and aimed at the purfer at the dock gate. The centinel asked him what he was going about: he answered, only to fhoot an old purfer that is weary of his lite. He then called to the purfer (who stood facing him) to know if he was ready, who antwered, he was; on which he fired, and the ball tore the purfer's foot and leg, in fo terrible a manner, that the furgeon was obliged to cut off his leg immediately, a mor. tification ensued in the remainder part of his limb; and the next day the old man gave up the ghost. The lieutenant delivered up himself a prifoner directly, and yesterday he was tried and found guilty; but his fentence is refpited till his majesty's pleasure is known. He faid but little at his trial; his own captain, and several others, gave him a very good character. WEDNESDAY, April 13. His grace the duke of Bedford, ambaffador from France, arrived in town from Paris, and waited on his majesty at St. James's. They write from Paris, that the abuses and inconveniencies of wearing arms have given birth to a royal declaration, which will appear in a few days, and by which a prohibition will be laid on the wearing of swords to all those who have not the right, fuch as petits-maitres, libertines by profeffion, domesticks, &c. Even the foldiers of the guards have not this right, but when they are on duty. THURSDAY, April 14. Robert Marth, Efq; was chosen governor, and John Weyland, Efq; deputy governor of the bank of England. The following gentlemen were chofen directors, viz. Guit. Brander, Merrick Burrell, Barth, Burton, Matt. Clarmont, John Cornwall, Peter Du Cane, Peter Gauffen, Alex. Sheaf, Peter Theobald, H. Thomson, Tho. Whately, Sam. Beachcroft, Charles Boehm, *Wm. Bowden, *Wm Ewer, Efqrs, Sir S. Fludyer, Bt. Rich. Neave, John Sargent, Ja. Sperling, Efqrs. Thofe marked thus, have not been in the direction before. J. H. Langston, Henry Plant, Edward Payne, Thomas Plumer, Robert Salusbury, This day the following gentlemen were duly elected directors of the East India company for the enfuing year. George Amyand, William Barwell, Chriftopher Baron, Henry Crabb Boulton, John Boyd, john Browne, Robert Burrow, Charles Chambers Charles Cutts, John Dorrien, Henry Hadley John Hartifon, John Manship, Frederick Pagou, John Purling, Giles Rooke, Richard Seward, William Snell, George Steevens, Laur, Sulivan, Wm. Thornton, Timothy Tulle, Richard Warner, W.Wubber, efgrs. At |