glas, of the 84th regiment, Mr. Dalton, and Mr. Allan, who came passengers, from the Cape, in the Friendship, landed here this morning: captam Black was kept on board the priva teer, and is fuppofed to have reached France.

17. Captain fir Richard Strachan, of the Melampus frigate, fell in with the frigate and two corvettes, of the failing of which on Friday evening last, we had accounts by the American fhip Nancy; and was fortunate enough to

the pen of the rev. Dr. Jones, arch• deacon of Hereford.

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Nov. 19. His majefty's fhip Trufiy, of 50 guns, capt. Ofborn, now Sheerness, is under orders to fail for the Cape of Good Hope, with lord Macartney and his fuite. His lordship has completed every neceffary arrangement for his departure, and is expected to fet out in a few days.

The depot for Eaft India recruits, we understand, will not be at Carifbrook Castle, as the-neceffary build

at half ebb, and to capture the other corvette, which arrived at Portsmouth in company with the Melampus yefterday. She is loaded with naval flores, a very fine veffel, and mounts 18 guns, nine-pounders.

18. The committee of the court of aldermen met at the manfion-house, to finish alderman Skinner's regulating bill. The bill contains clauses, that the bakers fhall give an account of their flock of flour from time to time; that all the flour and wheat fold in or out of the market fhall be fairly entered in a book or books; and from the average upon this account, the meal-weighers are to draw the medium price. A claufe likewife respects the tock of the millers and the warehoufemen, with many others, which feem likely to be beneficial to the community.

19. A few days ago was opened, clofe to Mrs. Nightingale's, in Weftminfter-abbey, a monument to the memory of the late lir George Pocock, K. B.

The design is the fimpleft poffible: Britannia is embracing with her left arm a medallion of the admiral, and in her right hand wields a thunderbolt, doubtlefs in conformity to the ligurative mode of expreffing the force of the English maritime power, by calling it the British thunder.

The monument is from the chifel of Bacon, whofe various works decorate the principal repositories of feulpture in the kingdom: and we are of oplnion that this his laft performance will not diminish his reputation.

It is erected at the expense of his fon George Pocock, efq. and the infeription, which does great juftice to the admiral's character, comes from

tenable, would render the undertaking too expenfive.

There was a very arduous prefs for feamen on the river: the gallies were very numerous, which vifited every veffel froin London-bridge to Woolwich, from which a few ufeful hands were procured, and fent to the receiving fhip at the Tower.

22. One of the most gallant actions achieved during this war, or perhaps in the long and brilliant annals of British glory, has been lately fought in the Welt Indies, between his majesty's bring Pelican, of 18 guns, commanded by captain J. C. Searle, and the French frigate the Medea, of 44 guns.

Thefe veffels falling in at fea, to windward of Guadaloupe, the Pelican, feeing the Frenchman of fuch fuperior force, made all fail away from him. The latter, however, haf as great a fuperiority in failing, as in force, and foon came alongside the English brig. The captain of the latter, with that fpirit and heroifm which fo pre-eminently diffinguish British feamen, determined to fight to the laft; a warm action immediately commenced, which lafted for an hour and a half, during which the Frenchman was fo feverely handled, that he made for Guadaloupe, the Pelican in pui fuit of him; and nothing prevented the English heroes from making a prize of their enemy, but the vicinity of the latter to his own port. It is to be mentioned, likewife, that the Pelican took a veffel under convoy of the Medea, but which was unfortunately retaken by fome armed boats fent out from Guadaloupe.

As a proof that the Cape of Good Hope is not one of our Conquefts which it is meant to furtender on the event of eciprocal conceffions, the InGia

dia company gave a great dinner to lord Macartney and his fuite laft week, preparatory to his going out governor of that fettlement.

Nov. 3. The tide in every part of the river was very high. In Tooley ftreet the inhabitants were taken out in boats; and a large quantity of foreign wheat, which was upon the groundfloors of the warehouses, was fo much damaged that it must immediately go to the diftillery.

5. Soon after 11 o'clock, the fubfeription for eighteen millions fterling, for the fervices of the enfuing year, clofed at the bank; and fuch was the general defire to fubfcribe, that the court room was a scene of the utmoft confufion. Many gentlemen were altogether difappointed; and those who could get near the books to put down their names, did fo with the utmost dif ficulty. There was very little remaining to be fubfcribed; for a great number of orders had been received by Mr. Newland in the morning from the country, which claimed a preference; and accordingly the doors were shut fome time until thefe commiffions were written down. There is no doubt but many millions more would have been fubfcribed, if the public fervice had required it.

Dec. 7. The marquis of Bute arrived at his houfe in Hill-freet, Berkeleyfquare, from Lisbon.

The Cirencefter, arrived at Crookhaven, left Canton 21ft March, 1796, and brings fome magnificent prefents for his majesty, accompanied by a molt gracious letter from the late emperor Kien Long, who has refigned his throne to his fifteenth fon. This prince affumed the reins of government on the 9th of February, the Chinese new year's day, with the title of emperor Kia Thing.

The old emperor has taken the new appellation of Tai Tchang Hoang Ti, or the VERY GREAT emperor.

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This veffel was reckoned one of the fwifteft failing fhips in his majesty's navy; fhe was taken from the French the 20th of October, 1793, by the Crel cent frigate, commanded by capt. fir James Saumarez, which, after a fmart engagement ftruck, on the Circe, of 18 guns, appearing in fight.

A new floop of war, of 16 guns, to be called the Stock, is ordered to be built in the king's-yard, at Deptford. As he is intended for a voyage of furveys and difcoveries, her conftruction is to be on an enlarged scale, and the model very different from any in prefent use.

Admiral Vandeput's fquadron has captured the Adriana, bound from the Havannah to Barcelona. She is a valuable prize, laden with fugar and fpecie, and is now on her paffage to England, under convoy of the Ada.

fhip La Reunion, of 36 guns, in her paffage from Sheernefs for Yarmouth, had ftruck on a fand-bank in the Swin, and was totally loft; we have, however, the pleature to add, that capt. Baintun, and all the crew, except three, are faved.

tain Wheldon, of 16 guns, and 50 men, bound to London, arrived at Rio Janeiro, from the coast of America, etirely dismasted, having, on the 10th of that month, beat off Le Terrible. French privateer, of 22 guns, and full of men.

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The two fhips were engaged two hours and fifty minutes, in which time the French made three attempts to board the Fame, but were repulfed with great flaughter. The Fame had feven inen killed and nine wounded; among the latter are the captain and chief

mate.

BIRTH S.

Nov. 11. The lady of capt. Browning, of the Cambridge light dragoons, of a fon

15. The lady of fir Samuel Egerton Leigh, of Edinburgh, of a fon.

20. The lady of W. F. Hammond, of Berner's-ftreet, efq. of a fon.

23. The lady of H. C. Cotton, of Wallifcote, Oxfordshire, efq. of a fon. The lady of William Briftow, of the royal navy efq. of a daughter.

The lady of colonel Wood, of Portland-pla e, M. P. of a daughter.

Dec. 8. The lady of T Lockwood, of Upper Grofvenor-fireet, efq. of a fon.

9. The lady of William Milbank, of Cavendish-fquare, efq. of a daugh

ter.

The lady of Auguftus Pechell, of Portman fquare, efq. of a daughter. The lady of Richard Sumner, of Devonshire-place, elq, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

Nov. 15 Ralph Anthony Ironfide, of Houghton-le-Spring, in the county of Durham, efq to mifs Dunn, fecond daughter of the late John Dunn, of Tennochfide, efq.

fhaw. to Anne Jefferys, late countefs of Westmeath.

Lieut. Fletcher, of the royal corps of engineers, to mifs Mudge, daughter of the late Dr. Mudge, of Plymouth.

David Sutherland, of Lyndhurst, efq. to mifs Boetefeur, of Southamp

ton.

24. John Wright Unwin, of Knightsbridge, efq. to mifs Sims, only daughter of William Sims, of Shadwell, efq.

Count de Bruhl, the Saxon envoy, to mifs Chowne, of Alfriston-house, Suffolk.

25.' Charles Holford, of Hampstead, efq. to nifs Roberts, of Charter-housefquare.

John Wodehoufe, efq. M. P. and eldeft fon of Sir John Wodehouse, of Kimberley, Norfolk, bart to mifs Norris.

Samuel Stephens, esq. barrifter at law, to mifs Wallis, daughter of the late Samuel Wallis, efq commiffioner of his majesty's navy.

Thomas Pollett, of Bardfield-lodge, Effex, efq. to mifs Elizabeth Clutton.

Lieutenant Slade, of the royal navy, to mifs Cheney Rofe, of Portsmouth.

John Pope, of Eridge, Kent, efq. to mils Harnett, of Canterbury.

Sir Henry Goodricke, of Kibston, Yorkshire, bart. to mifs Charlotte Fortefeue, fecond daughter of the late right hon. James Fortescue.

8. William Stanley, of Bellvuehoufe, efq. to mifs Rennell, of SuffolkItreet, Middlefex-hofpital.

The rev, H. A. Hole, chaplain to the prince of Wales, to mifs Sarah Horne, youngest daughter of the late bifhop of Norwich.

17. Capt. 1. C. Mitchell, of the Eat India company's Bengal military eftablishment, to mils Harriet Vaughan. 21. Robert Willon, jun. of Hackney, efq. to mils Couflinaker.

Marlborough.

Capt. Lofack, of the Jupiter man of war, to mifs Story, daughter of George Story, efq.

Major Shee, of the thirty-third regiment, to mifs. St. Charles.

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