Lifbon, Dec. 13. In conformity to the laft treaty concluded between our court and that of Madrid, a plan is drawing up for the establishment of duties and cuftoms upon merchandize paffing from one eftate to the other; from which we hope to gain great advantages, and that our trade will be no longer in the power of the English; befides the Droit d'Aubaine between this kingdom and France being taken off, the fubjects of the two kingdoms may become poffefied of inheritances in either of them. France and Bourbon, that the news of a rup ture with England had reached India; that, in confequence, they were very active at Pondicherry in guarding against any furprise from the English; and that at the lle of France they were arming a number of merchant fhips. Paris, Jan. 4. The 10th of this month the Chevalier de Ternay will be ready to fail for the Eaft Indies, with seven ships of war, five flutes, &c. Befides the legion of the Duc de Lauzun, he is to have 4000 troops with him. Hague, Jan. 4. They write from Petersburg, that her imperial majefty has ordered the dockyards at Riga to be enlarged and repaired for the purpose of building fome first and second rate fhips of war; the mole is to be run fur-, ther into the fea, fome new batteries, maga. Paris, Dec. 16. According to the laft difpatches received from the Count d'Estaing, he left Boston the 5th of November, with his whole fleet, followed by many merchent fhips, with feveral Americans of diftinction on board. He would not fuffer the packet-boat to fail be-zines, ftorehouses, &c. are to be built, and all fore the 8th, that the course he steered fhould the fortifications to be greatly strengthened and not be known in Europe. It is prefumed he is augmented. gone to St. Domingo. Dantzic, December 20. Prince Repnin arrived the day before yesterday in this city with a numerous train, and had an audience of his majelty the next day. His highnefs is one of the congrefs for adjufting the Bavarian fucceffion. Hague, Jan. 6. The Spanish Court has lately advanced the French Monarch a very confiderable loan at a low inteteft, on a fresh contract entered into by the two crowns. Berlin, Jan. 9. Our latest advices from Silefia give us great hopes of an approaching accommodation, the preliminaries to which, fome fay, are already figned. We wait impatiently for a conri-firmation. Triefe, December 21. All the late accounts from Turkey and the Levant agreeing with regard to the healthinefs of thofe places, the gour of quarantine, which had been impofed in this neighbourhood, has been taken off. Cologne, Dec. 25. Our accounts from Mentz mention, that an officer of fome dignity bad delivered a memorial to the elector, in which is reprefented in the strongest manner the neeeffi y there is for the eftates of the empire to unite and raife an army of 50,000 or 60,000 men, as well for the defence of the empire as to concur in the fettlement of the affairs of Bavaria. These accounts add, that this piece is well drawn up, and much approved of. Hague, Jan. 1. The French Court has enter ed into a fubfidy treaty with the court of Denmark, and the republick of Genea, which is to continue in force for five years. Hague, Jan. 12. The Dutch, minifter has given for anfwer to the proposals of the court of France, delivered by the French refident, that" the republick had firmly refolved to take no part in the prefent quarrel between France and Great Britain, but to observe a Arict neutrality, unless forced to a different line of conduct by her treaty with one or the other of those two contending powers. Utrecht, Jan. 13. We have accounts from Paris, the 4th of January, that the ambassador of Vienna has declared, in an audience of the king of France, "That, their Imperial and Royal Majefties, find ng themselves obliged to continue the war, defire to be furnished with the 21,000 men, according to the treaty of alliance We have accounts from Peterburgh, that and friendship the first of May, 1756." To the court propofed to that of Copenhagen to which his Moft Chriftian Majefty answered, fit out a combined fleet for the protection of "That the alliance of their Imperial and Roythe English trade in their respective eftates, al M-jefties is too precious for him not to w and the North Seas; but that the court of Co to preferve it, but that he defired them to weigh penhagen, in anfwer, invited the Empress to all the prefent circumftances; on the one hand, jo'n them, the court of Stockholm, and the u- he is himself at war, becaufe the English have, nted provinces, to protect the trade and navi-after long injuring the trade of his fubj-Ets, gation of the neutral powers from the infults of the English. This invitation was in confequence made to the court of Stockholm by that of Denmark, which fent orders to their minister at Petersburgh to confer with the minifters there about it. This affir is said to have been already mentioned to Mr. Hattis, and likewife orders fent to M. Mouschin Poufchin, at London, to make the neceffary reprefentations to the British government on that fubject. Paris, Jan 1e just learn by the Fitz-lity." James from Chin which put into the Ides of actually committed hoftilities against his navy, which, according to the terms of the treaty of alliance, would oblige him to require the fame fuccour from their majefties, which would in fact be only an exchange of troops; that on the other hand, the treaty of 1756 recalls and maintains that of Weftphalia, of which France is guarantee, and all the powers interested in the conflitution of the empire, had folicited him at least to observe the promised neutra HOME 1 gazine is always kept in war time for the homeward bound fhips from India. Edinburgh, Jan. 1. Notwithstanding the difficulty in railing fome of the new regiments, yet we find men are easily raised in the High lands, where the officers are popular. The Argylehine quota of West Fercibles, amount ing to 800, were raised in two months; and, we hear, the new battalion of Lord Macleod's 24. By virtue of a commiffion from his majeffy, the royal affent was given to the follow-regiment, confifting of 1005 men, is already ing bills, viz. The bill for authorizing the lords of the admiralty to hold a court martial on thore for the trial of Admiral Keppel. The bill for the more fpecdy condemnation of prizes taken from the enemy. The bill to enlarge the time limited for allowing the drawback on callicoes and mullins exported. nearly completed. although it is only three months fince the recruit ng began. The men of war which convoyed the WeftIndia fleet, &c. from Portmouth, under the command of Lord Shuldham, were The America, Magnificent, Shrew foury, Foudroyant, Prince George, Elizabeth, Defiance, Yarmouth, Reflution, Medway, Hector, Res. fource, Romulus, Grampus, ortoife, Proferpine, Vigilant, Warwick, Ruffel, Cumberland, Suffolk, Lyon, Furopa, Janus, Deal Coft'e, Dromedary and Pomona. In all fevenThe bill for making the parish church of teen fail of the line, feven frigates, and three Macclesfield a perpetual cure and benefice. armed ftoreships, conveying 300 fail of met The lords comm flioners were, the lord chan-chan: ftips and veffels. Lord Shuldham comcellor, the archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Sandwich. The Wood-Baftwick inclosure bill. The bill for the better prefervation of the eyer fibery at Whitstable. Cork, Dec. 31. This day was brought in here the Epaminondas; he was taken by the Betfy and Rockingham letters of marque, belonging to Lancafter, of 16 guns each; they fell in with her near the island of St. Michael on the aoth inft. She made very little refiftance, having only 35 men on board, and fix four pounde s. She was only two months from the Cape of 19 d Hope, and seventeen months from Old She has 518 chefts of tea on board, andy o her goods, as muslins and coffee, ta, at a rough va uation, is f.id to be worth rol there are nine paflengers on board, aid to have fome very valuable ven t Actice came to the India houfe, that the L' in East-Indiaman, outward-bound, which with the convoy from St. Helen's on Frday laft, was accidentally run down by the Filmen of war, on Tuesday morning bout to check, and that between 70 and So of crew were drowned. Crt Webb who commanded the London EIndaman, is returned to town, and was Jererday at the East India-boufe, to report the news of this melancholy accident. The third Bate was one of the number drowned. The London was bound to St. Helena, Bencolen, and China; he had provifions and ftores on board (valued at 10,000l.) for the garfhon at the first mentioned place, where a ma mands the whole, till they go to a certain latitude, when he will return with ten fail of the line, and leave the command of the reft to commodore Rowley; who will go to the Weft Ind'es with the West Indiamen; but another commodore and two other frigates, with the trade to New York. By the violence of the wind last night confi. derable damage was done to the fhipping in the river. In St. Martin's-lane, part of a houfe was blown down and five people terribly bruifed; a stack of chimneys was blown down in Arundel-ftreet, Strand; a fack in Norfo kftreet, a ftack in Surry-street, three flacks in Drury-lane, a flack in Curfitor-freet, which beat in the root of the house adjɔing; two ftacks in Gray's-inn-lane; a flack on Clerken well green, which fell through the roof of the houfe, and killed a boy in bed; the chimneys at the houfe of Mr. Granger, at Ball's-pond, ner 10ington, and his man that lay in the heufe narrowly escaped with his life. Staples inn-ha'! is almost ir pped, and much damage done in the inn. Many trees were torn up by the roots in St. James's Park and in Moorfields. Scarce a freet in town but bears marks of violence from the ftorm. 2. During the hurricane yesterday morning a large ftack of chimneys belonging to the duke of Montagu's house in Privy-garden, was blown down, and beat through the roof of the houfe, but happily no perion was hurt; another flack of chimneys, belonging to admi Ha ral ral Keppels in Dover-street, was blown down, and fell through the roof into the garrets, where two maid fervants flept, who where much bruised; a ftack of chimneys was alfo blown down at the Queen's Palace, near the apartmen's of three of the young princes, but providentially they received no hurt their majefties got up and went into all the apartments, to fee if any of the children or family were hurt, but no difafier had happened to any of them.! 4. This morning advice was received at the admiralty office, that his majefty's fhip the Jupiter, which had been miffing for fome time, and was reported to have been either loft or taken, had put into Lisbon, where the remained the 18th of Dec. 1.ft. On Saturday morning, about fix o'clock, a fire broke out at Greenwich Hofpital, which burnt most furiously. At ten o'clock the chapel, the dome on the fouth-east quarter of the building, and the great dining-hall, were entirely confumed. A great many of the wards were deftroyed, and the weft wing, in which is the beautiful painted-hall, was in great danger, as the wind fet that way. About eleven o'clock feveral engines arrived from Londen, and the fire was got under in the evening. The damage done is very great. The fire is faid to have begun in the taylors hop, wherein the men had been at work the preceding day, but had mingled holiday rejoicing too much with their labours. | The following are the wards burnt down at the late dreadful fire at Greenwich Hospital, viz. King's, Queen's, Prince of Wales's, Duke | of York's, and the Anfon's, befides two or three others, confiderably damaged, that are in that qua ter: the walls, however, of the Mall, together with that of the chapel, remain nearly entire. The grand hall has not fuftained the leaft injury, the fire being confined to the fourh-east quarter. York, Jan. 5. On Thursday night we had a dreadful form of wind in this city and neighbourhood, which began about nine, and continued till about two next morning, whereby part of the fpire of St. Dennis's church, in Walmgate, wis b'own down, as were alfo many chimales in different parts of the city, and the roofs of many houfes greatly damaged. In the country, 10: many miles round, there was hardly a town or village but what had fome houfes unroofed, barns, corn and hay ftacks blown down, and trees torn up by the roots, particularly in Caftle Howard Park, where, we hear, feveral hundreds were torn | Friday, Jan. 1. The gale continuing all night very violent, caufed a prodigious high tide, which overflowing the banks of the river, had files almost all the adjacent marches and low grounds, and done considerable damage to ti the walls: feveral barns, stables, &c. were blown down, and much corn damaged; the machine for London, which fet out about three o'clock in the morning, was forced to return, m fo many trees being blown into the road. Saturday, Jan. 2. Put back the Prince.of Wales packet, having met with the violent gale of wind, and forced to throw three guns overboard, in order to lighten her. Put in a number of hip, &c. with the lois of anchors, cables, windlaffes, &c. by whom we learn, there are many fhips loft, and others driven on thore along the coalt. Laft night the floop Diligent, of Berwick, Lambert mafter, from Berwick for London, came on fhore on the Platters, and was foon funk; the paffengers, nine in number, with two of the crew, were faved in the boat, which being much love, they na led tarpaulins on, and with difficulty reached the shore, the captain, mate, and three boys were two hours on the wreck, and had given themselves up, bur providentially a boat from a collier lying in the Offing went to their affiftance, took the captain, mare, and one boy off the maft-head alive, but fpeechless, the other two lads were washed into the fea, and loft. Clay, in Norfolk, Jan. 6. The following fhips were drove on fhore on our coaft, between Cromer and this harbour.-At Sheringham, the Fanny, of Sunder and, David Baxter, mafter; Profperous Fanny, of Scarborough, Henry Porter, matter; Urrana, of Sunde land, John Maddifon, mafter-At Waybourn, Providence, of Rochester, Chriftopher Garbut, mafter-At Salthoufe, Pallas, of Shields, Zephaniah Shipley, mafter; Unicorn, of Yarmouth, Franc's Hury, mafter-At Clay, Carnought, of London, Michael Parker, matter; Hunter, of Sunderland, Thomas Willoby, mafter; they are all light brigs, and likely to come off: no hands were loft, except one boy. The water was the higheft that was ever known, the marshes are all under water, and a vast number of sheep were Crowned, and a gica deal of damage done at Clay, Backney, and Sathoufe. The wind N. N. E. A letter from on board the Yok Eall India man, which is on fhore in Margate-roads, fays, that they have plenty of gangfn.en at work in taking out the cargo, and they are in hopes of faving it all with very little damage; and they HOME NEW S. likewife believe, if the weather continues mo. derate, that they fhail fave the fhip. Orders are given from the board of admiralty for an immed are return to be made of the number of tranfports in government fervice at the different ports in this kingdom and Ireland, in order to have a fufficient number ready to embark the troops that are defined for Ame rica. All the officers, who are to return to Americ against the fummer campaign, have receiv ed notice from the War-office to hold them felves in readiness to embark in thirty days to join their refpective regiments there. Jan. 7. We learn from Brighthelmftone, that much damage was done there last week dur ing the hard gale, which was attended with temble ftorms of thunder and lightning; feveral small veffcis ae on shore, and must be lo; the coaft is covered with pieces of wrecks, and fome dead bodies have been caft on fhore and buried Cheffer, January 8. "The Les Deux Amis Eat Indiaman, bound from China and Pondi cherry, to Port l'Orient, in France, was taken by the Knight privateer of Liverpool the 23d of December, off cape Finifterre. Her cargo confit of fine tea, filk, callico, nankeen, hand kerchiefs, muslin, china, arrack, cotton, wine, canes, &c. which at a moderate computation is valued at 150,000l. but unfortunately for the 53 by the roots; but happily we do not hear of any lives being loft near this town. At Weston, near Stanton, a miller and his man, endeavouring to keep the mill against the wind, were killed by the mill falling on them through the violence of the ftom. 11. The folowing are the ranks and dates of the commiffions of the naval court-martial on admiral Keppel: Sir Thomas Pye, admiral of the White. M. Milbank, Feb. 21, 1761 Apr. 7, 1762 * Admiral Keppel's own captain in the Valiant, at the reduction of the Havannah, when Keppel was fecond in command. 12. We have received melancholy accounts of the shipping on the Newcastle Coaft, by the late hurricane, en Thursday fe'nnight; but have not been able to learn any more of the names of vefies that are for certain loft, than the foil wing, viz. The Generous Friends, Walker, on the Middle Sands. The crew faved. The Refolution, Butyman belonging to capt Atkinfor, on the Yorkshire coaft. All on board perished. The Adventure, Atkinfon, belonging to Mr. Row, near Cromer. Three boys were drowned. They write from Guernsey, that the damage done to the shipping on the French coaft, by the very heavy form on the Ift and ad inft. exceeds every thing of the kind for fifty years paft. a great number of ships are wrecked, and the greateft part of their crews perished. ors, the above vessel was wrecked last Thurfday evening, near Moftyn, in Flinthire, in a violent gale: the Knight parted from her off Beaumars, and was wrecked the fame day near Abergely; but we are happy to hear the men ate al faved. On board the Les Deux Amis were 24 English and 24 French, out of which number only to Eng ifh and three French were preferved, the remainder of the French (the moment the ftruck) leaped overboard, and were drowned; one of them took with him in the confufion, a box of diamonds worth 16,000l. and another a wedge of gold that weighed 22lb. both of which were loft as well as themselves. Most of the English failors died with atigue, We hear from Lyan, that that place has refolving to bring in the veffel, or peifh; 23 of fuffered greatly by the late high wind. A fishthe unfortunate people have been fince founding-boat was run down and sunk, but the men and interred-A great part of her cargo is lodged in our custom houfe, Parkgate, and Liverpool, and, we are forry to add, much damaged. The foirited condi&t of Sir Roger Moflyn, Sir Piers Moftyn, Mr. Pennant, of Downing, and others, cannot be fufficiently commended; they armed their tenats, and prevented, by ey means in their power, the country people, who affembled in great numbers, from pluniring the wreck; but notwithstanding all their gilance and activity property to the am unt of fevral thousand pounds was carried away." Bary, Jan. 8. La't Thursday evening the florm began here with lightning, thunder, and fal, which continued li night, attended with inw. On Friday morning two barns and any chinnies were biown down. In lord Br ftol's lub, about zee bac large orks were loin up were faved. Six fhips were driven on fhore, and received much damage. The road from Lynn to Wafbeck was rendered impaffable by the overflowing of the banks. Two men were loft by the rapidity of the current, in endea vouring to preferve the cattle in the mafhes. Many houfes were unr oted, and received other damage. Some hands of fat fheep were drowned; one man loft upwards of 500 by a bank breaking near Forídick and Crofs Keys washes, and the lefs of fheep and cattle on the Salt Marthes is not cafly to be ascertained; a houfe near Lynn, upon the bank fide, was blown over, and the fam ly, confifting of a man, his wife, and three children, were drowned. Letters from various part of Cumberland fay, that very few houfes in that county efcaped receiving fome Camage in the late hurricanes and and that many corn ftacks were blown away,, and a great number of trees either broken or torn up by the roots: at Warwick- hall upwards of forty trees were torn up, or broken. From the LONDON GAZETTE. Extract of a letter from rear admiral Sir Peter Parker, to Mr. Stephens, dated at Jamaica, the 24th of October, 1778. majefty's packet-boat, the Weymouth, Capt. Buckingham, with the Weft India mail on board, for England, had fell in with the General Sullivan privateer, in lat. 50, 7, long. 14, 32, mounting 16 fix and four pounders, who in which Capt. Buckingham was mortally took her, after an engagement of two hours, 2 wounded, and died a few days after: the captain, finding that the privateer was of too great force for him, and having four of his men killed, and feveral wounded, and four feet water in the hold, he ordered the colours to be struck," which the Mate did. The Weymouth failed from Jamaica the 29th of November, and the day after, while in fight of the island, spoke with feven fail of transports, bound thither from New York, with troops on board. They had parted with the fleet for the Leeward Inlands in 17 degrees lat. She alfo fpoke with a schooWe have now as many French prifoners as ner in the windward paffage, who informed will almoft ferve to liberate all the English fea-him that the troops were landed at St. Augufmen at the Cape." "Captain Deane arrived the 19th inftant, with the fquadron under his command, and will fail again in a few days. During his cruize he took five fail of French fhips, two brigs, and two fnows, outward-bound, and two American brigs and three fchooners from America, bound to St. Domingo. The Camel has alfo fent in a French fnow homeward-bound, laden with fugar and indigo. A fleet, with tranfports and foldiers on board, actually failed from New York the 27th of November to the fouthward, fuppofed for Carolina, Notice is fent to the officers of the Middlesex militia to join their regiments, that they may be ready by next month to march into the bar. racks in the Savoy, Whitehall, &c. to do duty in the room of thofe guards who are going to America. By order of the lord Chancellor, a collection from the records in the Regifter's Office has been made, and fairly copied for his lordship's ufe, which contains an account of the origin of all the offices in the court of Chancery, together with fuch alterations as have been made at varicus times by former Chancellors, as the adminiftration of justice required. 15. Advices were received at lord George Germaine's office, which came by the way of France, that the two Carolinas, and Georgia, had fubmitted to the British government. The advices are looked on as authentic, as his lordfhip, on the receipt of them, fent to inform the different officers of ftate of the above event, though no particulars have yet tran'pired. And in the evening a cabinet council was held at lord Weymouth's, at which all the great officers of state affisted, which fat feveral hours; and this morning his lordship waited on his majefty with the refult of their delibrations at the queen's palace. tine, and were on their march to Georgia. The Mate of the packet boat is arrived at Falmouth, who fent this account to the above office. AMERICA. Bofton, Q. 8. We hear that the returns made to the general court from the feveral towns and Plantations refpecting the confticution of government lately agreed upon by the convention of this ftate, are as follow, viz. Year 2083 Nays 9972. N. B. 129 towns and plantations have made no return. New York, Nov. 10. The French and rebels are on ill terms. Monfieur Gerad and the congrefs had a quarrel, which rofe fo high, that the former had refolved to return to France, and actually fold fome of his furniture for that purpofe; but he was diverted from his design, and the affair was made up for the prefent. He told the congrefs that Meflis. Franklin and Deane had misinformed his master with respect to the numbers, ftrength, refources, unanimity, money, currency, articles of commerce and fidelity of the Americans, and even with refpect to provifions tor the French fleet. This may be relied on. The Bollonians and French fill disagree, they have had another fcuffle lately. A fpirit of mutiny prevails in Washington's a my. It began with the officers, who infifted on having their ray increated, as the congrefs money had funk to much in value. Their request was den ed, but they were forewhat pacified by large douceurs. The unaf nefs was fo great that general Wathing on thought it neceflary to withdraw to fome dif. tance from our fines. From the offices the fame fyrir defcended to the common fuldiers, and the matter became to termus, that, the coreres have been obliged to allow them four times their former pay; and o fuch an height is the fpirit of many rifen, that Washington has been under the neceffity of parcelsling out his army into feverat divifions, and 17 In confequence of a fresh contract be tween the French and Americans, the ftate of Virginia has agreed to furnish the farmers general of France annually, with 20,000 hogfheads of tobacco, at the rate of 61d per pound. This morning advice was received at the India houfe, of the lofs of the Colbrooke EaflIndiaman, capt, Maris, to the call ward of the Cap of Good Hope, bound for Bombay and China, on a fiken rock; all the crew are faved, excepting about twenty failors. 25. This morning advic, was received at tle General Poft-Office, from Falmouth, that dares น |