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 i; For APRIL, 1759. 
 
 ^ Defcription of QJJ E B E C. 
 
 ^t/£i£C, the Capital of Mw Fra^f*, 
 ^^ or Canada, in yfm;r/V<i,i8 fltuate on the 
 ^^> Confluence of the Rivers St. Laurenct 
 and St. CA«r/«, at 4.60 55' N.Lat.7100' Long. 
 W. from Ltndon ; this River extends about 
 270 Miles, navigable for Ships of large Bur< 
 then. The Hartiour of Siuebee, which is 
 large and fpacious, is terminated at the 
 Eaft and North Eaft, by the lUand of Orlt- 
 ens, and the iirft Thing that prefents your 
 Eye in failing up to ^ehec, is a Cafcade, 
 •ailed by the French, the Leap of Montmo- 
 reney, at the Entrance of the Ifle of Or/eans, 
 and is about 30 Foot hi^h and forty bro^d | 
 though it be only caufed by the Fall of an 
 inConflderable firook. A little above this, 
 is the City, (Ituate on the narroweft Part of 
 the River 5 but between that and the Ifle 
 of Or leant, \% a fpacious Bafon, a full 
 League long every Way, Into which the 
 River of St. Charles empties itfelf, which 
 flows down from the N. W. fo that it (lands 
 between the Mouth of that River, and the 
 Cape Diamant, on that of St. Lamence. 
 The Haven ftands facing the Town, and is 
 about 19 Fathom deep, fafe and commodi- 
 ous. When the Town was built, which 
 was about the Year 1608, the Tide came 
 quite up to it ; but fince that Time, has 
 funk fo far, as to leave a dry Spot, on 
 which they have ereded another Town, at 
 the Foot of a rocky Mountain, about eight 
 Fathom high. This laft is flrong and well • 
 kuilt, being for the moft Part of good hewn 
 Stone, inhabited by Merchants, and defen • 
 ded by a Platform, which, being level with 
 tlie River, commands the Ships as they go 
 in or out. The Way from the lower to the 
 higher Town is fteep and difficult for Carts, 
 Coaches, Qfe. The moft noted Building is 
 the Church 1 The higher Town is likewife 
 wry well built, and abounds with many 
 ncble Edifices j fuch as Churches, Palaces, 
 efpecially that of the Bifhop, built by the 
 Bithop of St. J^alitr i the Courtt of Judica. 
 Vot, III. '' 
 
 ture 5 the Houfe of tlj^r Kinghts HoPpital^ 
 lers, a noble Building of fquare Stone, a-, 
 domed with two ftately Pavillions, feveral 
 Monafleries, Nun-chapels, &c. too nume* 
 rous and elegant to defcribe in this h-lace* 
 But the nobleft of all is the Palace, where 
 fits "the grand Council of the Colony, cre- 
 ated ^ntio i6)9, and which is iikewife the 
 Refidence of the Governor, and the Dcpo- 
 fltory of all the Royal Stores. The Cathe- 
 dral is a large Strudlure, but chiefly noted 
 for its Tower, which is high and commc.* 
 dious, and may be feen at a great Difttnce. 
 The Seminary, or Cloifters, was deflgncd 
 with better I'alle, but was never completely 
 flhifhed. 
 
 fiefldes the lower Town abovementioned, 
 there is another on the other Side the high 
 One, and on the Banks of the River of St, 
 Charlet, along the Banks of which are feve- 
 ral noble Country- feats and Houfes of Plea- 
 fure. The Caftle ftands on the Brow of a 
 rugged Hill, about 40 Fathom above the 
 Town ; but is irregularly built, and forti- 
 fied ; having only two Baifions, without 
 any Ditch, towards the City Side. The 
 The Garrifon in it is maintained by the 
 Farmers of Canada, conflfting only of two 
 Serjeants and twenty-five Soldiers, Buc he- 
 fides this, the Fort, called Diamar.t, or Fort 
 of Cape Diatrant, which was deflgned fo ba 
 a very confiderable Place for Strength and 
 Beauty, though at prefent only a few 
 Works, and a Redoubt, which command 
 both it and the Town. Some other Fort* 
 and Fortifications there are here and there, 
 but of no confiderable Account ; and tl s 
 Tjwn owes its Strength more to its Situa- 
 tion than to them. We may here obferve, 
 that the Cape, which is a folid Rock, 400 
 Fathom, is fo called from the vaft Number 
 of fine Stones that are found on it ; fome 
 of which want only the Hardnefsof a Dia- 
 mand to make thorn pafs for fuch. Another 
 Thing, which tnaj deferve our Notice is. 
 
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 the y*futtt College. The Church is fine and 
 large, though the Convent be reekontd 
 fmall, and both well built, and advantage- 
 ouHy lltuated in the upper Town. Their 
 Garden is large and well-planted ; and at 
 the End of it, there is a plearant little Cop> 
 pice. The Number of Inhabitants at ^e- 
 ^^r are computed at about 10,000 { and their 
 Trade is principally in the Beaver, and o- 
 ther Furs ; in which tWir Return is ver> 
 confiderable. The annual Sobfidy of this 
 Provmce to the King of France amounts to 
 5],oooi. Sterling. 
 
 This Place owes its firft Settlement and 
 Foundation to M. Samutl Chaplain, who 
 was the firft Governor of it in i6o8> And 
 as it was always looked upon as a valuable 
 Acqulfition to the French King, feveral At- 
 tempts have been made by the Er.gUfi to 
 take it from thetn. The firll fucceeded, bnt 
 from Inexperience and Mifcondufl.morethan 
 from its real Strength, the Reft mifurriad, 
 as appears from the following Accounts. 
 
 In 1629, Sir David Kirk, having pro- 
 Cured a Connmiflion from K. Gharltt I. as a 
 private Adventurer, conquered all the Frtnsk 
 
 Settlements in Canada, which Conque<lwa» 
 rertoied to France in 1631. 
 
 In i6<)o, SnfVilliam PAi/>f*, with a con- 
 fiderable Force, was fent againft Sluebec ; 
 but by the Inexperience of the chief Offi« 
 cers, and the Forwardnefs of the Seafoii, 
 mi(Tl)d in his Attempt, and was obliged to 
 return, with the Lofs of upwards of 1000 
 Men, befides Tranfports. 
 
 Or\ July 30, 1711, X^tEn^lijh, with 68^ 
 Veflels, under the Command of Sir Hovt- 
 don fValker, and a Force of 6463 Men, un- 
 der Mr. Hill, failed from BoJIen, in order to 
 befiege ^etec ; but entering the River St. 
 Laurence at Night, contrary to the Advice 
 of the Pilots on board, fell in with the 
 North Shore, where they loft 8 Tranfports, 
 and 880 Men, t^n Egg JJland, and ended 
 the Expedition. 
 
 In 1746, a naval Armament wat fitted 
 out from England, in order to reduce ^«- 
 iec, and all Canada, and had on board 35 
 Companies of Americant, under the C»m- 
 mand of General St. Clair, The Command 
 of the Fleet was given to Admiral hehttk, 
 to whofe CondttA is principally attribute 
 the Mifcarriage of that Enterprlfe. 
 
 An Account, or Defcription of the Y LI. A:, 
 
 - jA S the Flea is one of the moft wonder* 
 Jtx. ^"' Inftances of animal SuhjeAs in 
 Miniature, we have thought a jiift Repre- 
 (entation thereof in a magnified View would 
 be highly acceptable to ail our curious Rea- 
 ders ( and the more fo, as there his not 
 yet appeared any exad Reprefentation of 
 thefe extraordinary Anivtalcutes. The moft 
 firiking Iconijm of the Flea, is that of Dr. 
 Kotk, in his Micrographia, which yet is far 
 from giving a true Idea of the moft exqui- 
 fite Parts of this Animal ; I mean, the 
 woiiderful Mechanifm and Apparatus of the 
 Parts belonging to his Head, which is very 
 eonfufedly reprefented in that celebrated 
 Print ; (dt the Fore-le^s and Head of the 
 Animal are fo indiftindly drawn together, 
 thpt one cannot eadly dt(cern one from the 
 Other, and indeed the moft exquifite Part of 
 the Head is fcarcely there to be feen : I mean, 
 that Part which is like the Bill, or Keak of 
 a Bird, and opens vertically to let out the 
 Probofcis, or Piercer, in which is contained 
 the fine Organ which is thruft in the 
 Wound for fucking the RIood. '1 htfe Parts 
 we have been particularly careful to examine 
 In tht Micro/cope, and to delineate them juft 
 a* they appeared, together wiih rlir two 
 Antenna^ or ji'inici Horns, which it has in 
 commoa with other Infedh "Wti Ukewife 
 
 found by cxanriining this Animat in tfie Mi- 
 trofcope, the annular Cafes, or Shells, which 
 make the Coat of Mail, cr Covering of ite 
 Body, were not exactly fuch as replanted 
 in the Figure, which Dr. Hoakhu given us« 
 In Ihort, our Flf* is evtry Way dilfennt 
 from any Thing that has hitherto appeared^ 
 and we can venture to affirm, is an ade- 
 quate Raprefentation of tlie Ufe. The ce^^ 
 iebrated Dr. Power has judicionfly obferved, 
 that were Arijlotlt now alive, he might 
 write a new Hiftory of Animals ; for the 
 firft Tome of Zoograpby is ftill wanting, 
 the Naturalifts hitherto having only de- 
 fcribed dnto us the larger, and more volu- 
 minous Sort of Animals } as Bolls, Bears, 
 Tygers, S^c. whilft they have negardicfsly 
 pafTed by iheInfe{}ile/lMi0mata,'\n whofe living 
 Emguititi (by an incomparable Stentgrofbf 
 of Providence) are lodged ail the Pernw. 
 tions of the largeft Animals, Thv'/ have 
 the fame Organs of Body, Multiplicity of 
 Parts, Variety of Motions, DiverUty of Fi« 
 gures, Severality of Functions, with thofe 
 of the largeft Size ) and that which aug- 
 ments the Miracle is, that all thefe, in fo 
 narrow a Room, neither interfere with^ nor 
 impede oneanot her in tlieirOperations. Who, 
 therefore, with the learned hr, admires not> 
 P'gimtnianui'i Ffy beyond \ih Eagle, and 
 
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Tor OCTOS ER, 1759; ' 
 
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 liail rallied A>ur Times. The Enemy's whole 
 Camp, with their T^nts, Camp equipajce, 
 and 7 Piece* of Cannon, fell intoour Hands. 
 The Purfuit lafted above ar lour j the Ene* 
 itiy retreating towards Eulenbourg. The 
 Number of Prifoners we made upon f his Oc- 
 cafion exceeds 400, including 11 Officers. 
 Oar Lofs in killed, does not go beyond xo, 
 among whom is Major Kirchberg^ of the 
 Regiment of Hoffman. All our Men, both 
 Infantry and Cavalry did their Duty. 
 
 We have jud now received Intelligence, 
 that Lieut. General Finck has been detached 
 with a Body of g, or 10,000 Men to join 
 us, in Confequence of Advices received, that 
 General Haddick was upon his March to 
 reinforce the <>rince of Deux Ponts. 
 Prince Fcrdinand^t Camp at Hitd Ifeimar, 
 Sept, II. 
 
 -Yefterday his Maje<\y's Army marched 
 from Wetter to this Place ; and this Morn- 
 ing the Caftie of Marbourg furrendered by 
 Capitulation. The Garrifon, which con- 
 fjfted of about 800 Men, were made Pri- 
 foners of War. 
 ExtraSi of a Letter from Berlin, Sept. 24. 
 
 " We have juft now received Advice, 
 that the King of Pruflia has on a fudden 
 turned his Army from that of Marfhal Daun 
 towards the Ruffians, with whom,itis pof- 
 fible there may foon he a fecund Battle, as the 
 two Armies were but about 14 or 15 £ng- 
 lifli Miles afunder laft Tuefday, his Ma- 
 je(ly being then at Forft, and the Ruffians 
 at Guhen. 
 
 " As no Courisr has lately arrived from 
 General Wunfch, we are apt to imagine, 
 that the City of Dtefden is ilillinthe Hands 
 of our Enemies." 
 
 From tie LiO on o N Gazkttc. 
 Saturday, Ofi. 6. 
 
 Hague, Off. 2. By the laft Accounts re- 
 ceived from Magdebourg, it appears, that 
 the united Corps of Gen. Finck and Gen. 
 W<unfch had been attacked, theaift of laft 
 Month, near Corbitz, not far from Drefden, 
 by. the Prince of Deux Ponts, and General 
 
 Haddick, who had under their Command 
 the greateft Part of the Army of the Empire* 
 as likewifea confiderahle Body of Auftrians j 
 and that the Latter had been obliged to re- 
 treat to the very Gate^ of Drefden, after a 
 very warm Cannonading on both Sides, 
 which lafted from 10 o'Clockinthe Morn* 
 ing till 8 at Night. The Lofs on either Side 
 is not yet known. This A£lion, however, 
 will probably be attended with the beftCon- 
 fequences to the Affairs of the Pruffians in 
 Saxony. It is affiired, that the King of 
 Pruffia continued to follow the Ruffians, 
 who feemed to intend the Siesje of Glogau 
 in Silefia. The Advantages, vviiiuh Prince 
 Henry of Pruffia was reported to have had 
 over Marlhal Daun's Army, are confirmed ; 
 namely that his Royal Highnefs had taken 
 the Auftrian Magazines at Gorlitz, Gabei, 
 Bomifch Friedland, tec. upon the Frontier* 
 of Bohemia ; upon which Marlhal Daun 
 had been forced to draw from Drefden both 
 Forage and Provifions, for fubfiftng his Ar-« 
 my. His Royal Highnefs had advanced as 
 far as Gorlitz. 
 
 The laft Letters from Prince FefSinand's 
 Army, which are of the t6th paft, mention, 
 that his Serene Highnefs's Army^ and that 
 of M. de Contades, continue in the fame 
 Pnfition as before ; and that Col. Luckner's 
 Appearance with his Corps, in the Neigh- 
 bourhood of Francfort and Coblentz, had 
 given a great Alarm to the French Qjiarters 
 in thofe Parts. 
 
 Madrid, Sept. 17. The Catholic King, 
 Charles the Illd, was proclaimed on Tuef- 
 day laft, tlie nth, in the accuftomed Places, 
 and with the ufual Ceremonies, by cheGonde 
 de Altimira, accompanied by all the other 
 Grandees on Horfeback ; ;he Cavalcade was 
 fplendid, and the People ftiewed theutmoft 
 SatisfaAion by their repeated Acclamations : 
 That Night there were Fireworks } the two 
 fucceeding Days there were BuU-feafts; 
 Mourning was laid alide for three Days j 
 and during thofe Nights there were illumi'> 
 nations in this Capital. , . 
 
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 AMERICAN NEWS. 
 
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 From the ^London Gazette E^tratrdinaru 
 
 [Publiffied on Tuefday laft.1 
 
 ffhittball, Ofi. 16. 
 
 T AST Sunday Morning arrived Lieu- 
 
 JL^ tenant Percival, Commander of the 
 
 Rodney <:uttcr, with the following Letter 
 
 from Major-General Wolfe and Vice-Ad- 
 
 miral Saunders, to the Right Hon. Mr. Se- 
 
 ■crsUryPitt. 
 
 jtlead ^artert at Montmortnci in thi 
 Rivtr St. Laurtnca, Sept, 2, I7S9* 
 SIR, 
 
 I With I could, upon this Occaflon, hav<s 
 the Honour of tranfmitting to you a more 
 favourable Account of the Progrefs of his 
 Majefty's Arms ; but the Obftacles we have 
 met with , in the Operations of the Campaign, 
 •re much greater than we had Reafon to ex- 
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 peft, or CQ»jld forcfeje ; not fo much from 
 the Number of thefinemy, (though fupcrior 
 to us) is from the natural Strength of the 
 Country, which the Marquis Ac Montcalm 
 feems wifely to depend upon. 
 
 When I learned that fuccours of all Kinds 
 had htien thrown into Quebec j that hie 
 Battalions of icgqIarTroopf;, completed from 
 the bert of the Inhabitants of the Country, 
 fome of the Troops of the Colony, and every 
 Canadian that was able to bear Arms, befides 
 fe\^eral Nations of Savages, had taken the 
 Field in a very advantageous Situation ; I 
 could not flatter myfelf that 1 fhould be able 
 to reduce the Place. I fought, however, an 
 Occaf] n to aUack their Army, knowing 
 •we'll, tli.it with thefe Troops I was able to 
 fifbt* and hoping that a Vjftory might dif- 
 perfe (hem. 
 
 We found them encamped along the Shore 
 of Beaufort, from the River St. Charles to 
 the Falls of Montraorenci, and intrenched 
 in every accefflble Part. The a7th of June 
 we landed upon the Ifle of Orleans ; but re- 
 ceiving a Meflage fiom the Admiral, that 
 there was Reafon to think the Enemy had Ar- 
 tillery, and a Force upon the Point of Levi, 
 I detached Brigadier Monckton with four 
 Battalions to drive them from thence. He 
 paflTed the Kiver the agth at Night, and 
 marched the next Day to the Point ; he o- 
 biiged the E/iemy's Irregulars to retire, and 
 poffefTtd hinifelf of th.it Polt ! The advanced 
 Parties, upon this Occafiori, had two or three 
 fkirnnthes with jthe Canadians and Indians, 
 V'tth litlk' Ljofs on either Side: 
 
 Col 'Carleton marched with a Detachment 
 to the wtflermoft Point of the Ifle of Or- 
 IfanK, fiom whence our Operations were 
 l.isc'O •obi'',jn. 
 
 It was ablojutcly necefTiry to poffefs thefc 
 two Points, and fortify them ; bccAule from 
 eithtr the one or the other, theEneiny might 
 niaky it jmpoflible for any Ship to lie in the 
 E:ifoi) of Quebec, or even within two Miles 
 cfit. 
 
 Vattevics of C^innnn and Mortars were 
 ercftfd wirh greai Difpdtch on the Point of 
 Levi, to bombard the Town and Magazines, 
 and-ttrinjure the Work* and Battwiet ; 1 h« 
 Enemy, |xrceiving thefe Works in fome For- 
 Wiudncfs, pafl".:d tlie River with i6oo Men 
 to iiKatk and dt-ftroy 'hem. Unluckily they 
 fcJl into Coiifuri'in, fired upon one another, 
 ^r d Vvent back again ; by which w« loil an 
 OpporRinity of defeating this large Detach- 
 niti.r. Tlic r.fff-iflof this Aitillery has beert 
 fo r.reit ftlicugh acrofs the River) that the 
 upperTown is confider»bly damaged, and 
 tht lower Town tnrircly deftioyed. 
 
 The Works, for the Steurily of ourHof- 
 piials and Scoies on the Ifle of Orleans, being 
 
 finifh^, on the gth pf July, at Night, tv» 
 pafled the North Channel, and incamped 
 near the Enemy's Left, the River Monfmo- 
 renci between us. The next Morning Capt. 
 Danks's Company of Rangrrs, ported in a 
 Wocd to cover fome Workmen , were attack- 
 ed and defeated by a R'^dy >f Indiana, and 
 had fo many killed and wounded, as to be 
 almoftdifabled for the reft of the Campaign ! 
 The Enemy alfo fuffered in this Affair, and 
 were in their Turn driven off by the neareft 
 Troops. 
 
 The Ground, to the Eaftward of the FalH, 
 feemed to be (as it really is) higher than 
 that on the Enemy's Side, and to command 
 it in a Manner which might be made ufeful 
 to us. There is befides, a Ford below the 
 Falls, w;hich may be paffed for fome Hours 
 in the latter Part of the Ebb and beginning: 
 of the Flood- tide; and I had Hopes, that 
 poffiWy Means might be found of pafTmg 
 the River above, fo as to fight the Marquis 
 de Montcalm, upon Terms of lefs Difad- 
 vantage than diredly attacking hi« Intrench- 
 ments. In reconnoitring the River Mnnt- 
 morenci^ we found it foidable at a Place, 
 about 3 Miles up ; but the oppofite Bank 
 WIS intrenched, and fo fteep and woody, 
 that it was to no Purpofe to attempt a Faf- 
 fage there. The Efcort was twice attacked 
 by the Indians, who were aS often repulfed ; 
 but- in thefe Rencounters, we had 40 (Of- 
 ficers and Men) killed and wounded. 
 
 The 18th of July, a Men of War, 2 armed 
 Sloops, and 2 Tranfports, with fome Troops 
 on lioard, pafTed by the Town without any 
 Lofs, and got into the upper River. This en- 
 abled me to reconnoitre the Country above, 
 where I found the farne Attention on the E- 
 nemy's Side, and great Difficulty on our's, 
 arifing from the Nature of the Ground, and 
 the Obftaclcs to ourCommunicafioo with the 
 Fleet. But what I feared moft, that if we 
 <hotjId land between the Town and the Ri- 
 veV Cap Rouge, the Body firft landed could 
 not he reinforced before they were attacked 
 by the Enemy's whole Army. 
 
 Notwithrtanding thefe Difficulties, I 
 thought once of attempting it at St. Michel's, 
 about 3 Miles above the Town : But per- 
 ceiving that the Enemy were jealous of the 
 Defigi), were prep»rmg againft it, and had 
 aflually brought Artillery and a Mo'tar, 
 (which, being fo near to Quebec, they could 
 increafe as they pleafed) to play upon the 
 Shipping i And, as itmuAbave been many 
 Houri before we coukl attack them, (even 
 fuppofing a favourable Night fur the Boats 
 to pafs.by the Town unhurt) it feemed fo 
 hazardous, that I thought it bed to dcfift. 
 
 However, to divide the Enemy's Force, 
 and to dr^w their Attention as high up the 
 
 jUv«r 
 
Night, Tv» . 
 
 incamped 
 r Montmo- 
 linR Capt. 
 ported in a 
 eie attack- 
 dians, and 
 i, as to be 
 Campaign i 
 Affair, and 
 the neareft 
 
 if the Falls 
 igher than 
 n command 
 made ufeful 
 below the 
 ome Hours 
 1 beginning 
 4opes, that 
 I of paffing 
 he Marquis 
 }efs Difad- 
 rs Intrench- 
 ,iver Mfint- 
 at a Place, 
 pofite Bank 
 ,nd woody, 
 empt a Faf- 
 ice attacked 
 ;n repulfed ; 
 lad 40 (Of- 
 ded. 
 
 ar, z armed 
 ome Troops 
 vithout any 
 er. This en- 
 ntry above, 
 n on the E- 
 y on our's, 
 irourd, and 
 ion with t lie 
 , that if we 
 and the Ri- 
 anded could 
 ere attacked 
 
 Rculties, 1 
 )t. Michel's, 
 [) : But per- 
 ilous of the 
 it, nnd had 
 a Mo'tar, 
 , they could 
 ay upon the 
 z been many 
 them, (even 
 or the Boats 
 It fecmed'fo 
 \ to defirt. 
 my's Force, 
 high up the 
 jUvw 
 
 J'or OCTOBER, 
 
 "land of Col Cirilf "^'""^"ffieCom. 
 
 .f rf'hererbVi;Vo;t„^''-;-er he might 
 
 ^"formed th?ra i 'k"''^ r,! ' ^''^ ''«-" 
 of Quebec ha3 retired to ^h^lnf '"''•^''irants 
 probably, we /houldfinH »] ^^'"' ^""^ "'•" 
 vilons there! ^ ^agazmeof Pro- 
 
 IndTa'n's'^etiorenf Se J^T^ ' "°'^>'of 
 were foon difhTce^ *!= 'anded. but they 
 
 Woods: HefearcheHf."?/"^'" '"^o ^he 
 'efurned wilh J^eLoff """ ^''^'"''''' "'^ 
 
 -reS:tK"f foiS"'''::-'^ ^" ^^onr- 
 
 Town/hend had, by a f'L/•''^?'•'■«-^'■- 
 vented the Fr^nri, / '"Penor Fire, pre^ 
 
 o" the Bank ofThe r|v°.T r""'"^^ ^ «^''-y 
 J^nded to canio^a^'drur cr^^'r^^ ''^y 
 Solved to take the firft On P' .'""'vre- 
 
 P-fted rogrent Advan 'e. 5''^:^"^'"y. 'ho* 
 prepared to receive us ^^' ^"'' "^^'■^ ^^^^re 
 
 a ^^SnrD"e;^^rSaT". ^^°^ ^^ «^ 
 """Sh to the Enern v^s W 1 """'^ "^^'^ e- 
 "oy them in theS' 'uTf/''r'ents, toan. 
 paredaTranrporN m/ .^^"^'"1 ^ad pre- 
 ' t«0 which up^n OcSr"^ ''r ''■"'« Wa- 
 
 b» carried by tf/e ?! r. /■ "'^"■^°°'' ""'"W 
 
 Redout near to X w f .''^ ' '^^^^'^''ed 
 
 vvhofe Situation appereTjoT'' ^'^^'' ^"^ 
 <}uet-/hotof the wL I ^° "^^ 0"t of Muf- 
 .^^ the Enemy f:J"pS",^'\'J«"^"P-n the mi: 
 
 It would necefiadfy bwn ' ' '^'^"'^''^^ P'««. 
 n^hat we moftS7.°"«" Engagement 
 IfliouJd have it in mvP ' ' *"'* '*' "ot, / 
 
 Pr;;a-ntJor^^^--^^^^^^^ 
 
 ^?'-^"<^n, rheBoatsoVr, p,^ J"'^' '"the 
 
 *:;'^h Grenadiers and Vp''^ ""'='* 
 
 ^onckton's Briwrftr ^I""^ "'^ Brigadier 
 
 fown/hend and Mu^raf we^'^ J*'-'««^'«' » 
 l^adinefs to pafsthe F«T''''P''''«''«^'ohe 
 l^hooght necefl- y 'to -f^' .y^''«" it fhould 
 |e of this Corps ^'th/A /''.''''"'« ^^e Paf. 
 
 [centurion S 'the n *"'."' ''''^ P'^'^d 
 If-t check the Feo?;\""?'' ^° ^''^t fte 
 
 fch commanded 'tireFod'rTlTirSh-""^' 
 K" ^'e, as her Fire wa, vf • ^"^'P "^^s 
 
 *«?<*. A great QuamUyoSty^'^"'^^ 
 „fed upon the Eminence fx"^''^' ^^s 
 
 ^7S9- 
 
 237 
 
 '•rmed Ships could nnll^''*'' ''^ *^^ i^o 
 "0"gl. to cover both wi h fh''-""^^' "«r e! 
 
 ""K''t. But as he K^ h'^V°""'Ved they 
 5«nf"fion, nd vve^e?/ ^""^^ '" ^^Z 
 ^«ion, J thcuehHfn * P'"«Pared for an 
 
 ^« Attempt upe'nSTr '^^^^O'^ak; 
 dc's were Vent to th.R '"^':"«=hment. Or- 
 he ready vS H,i'p„®'''»'"'«" General. ^ 
 "•^nd. 'pri;?dieMo?cLon''? *'!''•• ^^"^ 
 ^f^e Brigadiers ToiShend " ? »^''' «"<« 
 Pafs the Ford '''^""'*'"<» and Murray to 
 
 Kreat Deal of Time an I ^. ^'^'^T'^^r, loft , 
 ?; Officer to fCVriKU'W-^^^ofend 
 Marti,, whom I then V.f,? ^^*"^"*end'8 
 
 «Ojts off, the Enel'Sar^' .«'="'"» ^^e 
 J"/ Shot, but d,d"n'o';lr,derblT''''''* 
 
 proper Manner, feme o;tT'''^^'"Scd in a 
 
 Navy went i„ w th me to Sn?*^"" ''^ '^e 
 to land. We tnrl ' P ""*^ ^ better PJace • 
 ^'•th us to mak "the Ev"« ^'''^''''on,^^ Ba t 
 !? we had foundffif &T?h'' f,''''°°^ ' 
 Troops were ordered fniru''* ^''"""e. the 
 
 fi^ft on Sho e Th^^r '"" Battalion, Z, 
 ^« form t e;%,Te;°tT/'''!i^r'-^°'-^<-S 
 and to begin the AtSfu'"^'^"'^«°^'«^. 
 Rfdier Monckton's Co ' P^'f '^ ''^ «" ' • 
 /^roops had paired thl*^' J '°°" ^^ the 
 
 and Hurry at Land n^ or frol^"? "'" ^°'''« 
 Caufe, the Grenadiers ?ni» T '^°'"« other 
 fhemfelves, as they werl 2''1 °^ ^'"•'"'ng 
 impetuou/i; towards JI/f'""'"^"^' "« of 
 "'ents, in the u?moft Dfr"'.""^*" '"^'•""ch!. 
 fion, without waiS^r? ?!:'''' ^"'^ Confu, 
 were to furtairthem ani''' •'^^'"P* ""'ich 
 tack. Br.Kadier Sv "* J'^'" '" the At- 
 «nd Brigadir Town^'*"^**" *"» "°^ 'anded 
 fiderabJeDirtance tho' ^"'* «'" ^^ a con. ^ 
 join us, in very'g're 5°OrT" ^i^J^^'<^^ "o . 
 dicr«werecheckedbvt?.P ^^^ ^^''"«- ' 
 ^"d obliged to SS themfT^'''-^'"^'''^^ 
 bout the Redout, wJi!t'?£'r ''1' "*' «- 
 doned upon their »ni the French aban, '■ 
 
 to form under fo hot 1 Trl ^'"'!' ""*"''« 
 
:Sti^4UeiSi£i^ 
 
 23B \/f Chronological Memoir of Occurrgnces, 
 
 lefs of iheir Perfons) had been filely intent 
 «|K>n their Duty. I faw the ahfol'jfe Ne cef - 
 <i»y of calling them off. that they miitht 
 form themfelves behind Brigadier Monck- 
 ton's Corps, which was now landed, and 
 4)rawn up en the Beach, in extreme good 
 Order, 
 
 By this new Accident, and this fecond De- 
 lay, it-was near Night : a fudden Storm came 
 <m, and the Tide began to make ; fo that I 
 thought it moft advifeable, not to perfevere 
 in fo difficult an Attack, left (in Cafe of a 
 Repulfe) the Retreat of BriE-idier Townf- 
 fiend's Corps might be hazardous and un- 
 certain. 
 
 Our Artillery had a great EfFeft upon the 
 Enemy's Ltft, where Brigad'-ers Townfhend 
 and Murray were to have attacked } and, it 
 « probable, that if thofe Accidents, 1 have 
 Ifpoken of, had not happened, we fhould 
 Iwre penetrated there, whiift our Left and 
 Centre (more remote from our Artillery) 
 muft have boie ail the Violence of their 
 Mufquefry. 
 
 The French did not attempt to interrupt 
 cur March. Some of their Savages came 
 <Jown to mui der fuch Wounded, as cfii d 
 toot be brought off) and to fcalp the Dead, 
 »» their Cuftoqo is. 
 
 The Place where the Attack was intended, 
 Iras thefe Advantages over all others here- 
 ahoDt. Our Artillery could be brought into 
 life. The greateft Part, or even the Whole 
 of the Troops might aft at once. And the 
 Retreat (in cafe of a Repulfe) was fecure, at 
 leali, for a certain T ne of the Tide. Neither 
 tmt or other of thefe Advantages can ,^ny 
 ttfheie eJfe be found. The Enemy were in- 
 i*»ed pofted Mpon a conjmanding Eminence. 
 The Beach upon which the Tioops were 
 «Irawn up, was of deep Mud, with Holes, 
 and cut Sy fevefal Gulhes. The Hill to be 
 afccnded, very fteep, ^nd not every where 
 prafticaMe. The Enemy numerous in their 
 Intrenchments, and their Fire hot. If the 
 Attack had fncceeded, ourLofr muft certain- 
 ly have been great, and theirs inconfidera- 
 bk., /rom the Shelter which the neighbour- 
 ing Woods afforv-ied tliem. The River St. 
 C(>arks /till remained to be piflTed, before the 
 Town could be inverted. All rhefe Circum- 
 Aances I confiJered ; but theDi-flreto aft in 
 Conformity tothc King's Intentions, irvduced 
 me to make this Trial, perfuaded that a vic- 
 torious Army finds no Difficulties. 
 
 The Enemy have been fortifying ever 
 fince with Care, fo as to make a fecond At- 
 tempt flifl more dangerous. 
 
 Immediately after this Check, I fent Bri- 
 gadier Murray above the Town with 1200 
 Men, dircfting him to alTift Rear Admiral 
 Holmes in the Dcftruftion of the FreHch 
 l[kips, (if they cculd be got at) in order to 
 
 open a Communication with General Am- 
 herft. The Brigadier was to feek every 
 f-«vourable Opportunity of fighting fome of 
 the Enemy's Detachments, provided he could 
 do it upon tolerable Terms, and to ufe all 
 the Means in his Power fo provoke them to 
 attack him. He made two different At- 
 tempts to land uponthe North Shoie, with- 
 out Succefs ; but in a Third was more for- 
 tunate. He landed, unexpeftedly, at Dc 
 Chambaud, and burnt a Magazine there, ia 
 which wjere fome Provifions, fome Ammu- 
 nition, and all the fpare Stores, Olothingt 
 Arms, and Baggage of the Army. 
 
 Finding that their Ships were not to be 
 got at, and little Profpeft of bringing the 
 Enemy to a Battle, he reported his Situation 
 to me, and Ix>rdered him to join the Army. 
 The Hrifoners he took, informed him of 
 the furrender of the Fort of Niagara ; and 
 wedifcovered, by intercepted Letters, that 
 the Enemy had abandoned Carillon ai.«i 
 Crown l^omt, were retired to the Ifle Aux 
 Koix ; and tliat General Amherlt was mak- 
 ing Preparation!! to pafs the Lake Champlain, 
 to fall upon M. de Bourlemaque's Corps, 
 which confifts of 3 Battalions of Foot, and 
 as m.rny Canadians, as nuke the Whole a- 
 mount to 3000 Men. 
 
 The Admiral's Difpatches and mine would 
 have gone eight or ten Days fooner, if I 
 hr>d not been prevented from writing by a 
 Fever. I found myfelf fo ill, and am ilill 
 fo weak, that I begged the General Officers 
 to confult together for the public Utility. 
 They are all of Opinion, that, (as more Ships 
 and Provifions have now got above the 
 Town) they fhould try, by conveying up a 
 Corps of 4, or 5000 Men, (which is nearly 
 the whok Strength of the Army, after the 
 Points of Levi and Orkans are left in a pro- 
 per State of Defence) to draw the Enemy 
 fiom their prefent Situation, and bring them 
 tu an Aftion. I haveacquiefced in the Pro- 
 pofal, and we are preparing to put it in 
 Execution. 
 
 The Admiral and I have examined the 
 Town, with a View to a general Aflfault ; but 
 after confulting with the chief Engineer, 
 who is well acquainted with the interior \ 
 Parts of it, and, after viewing it with the 
 utmoft Attention, we found, that tho* the 
 Batteries of the lower Town might be eafily 
 filenced by the Men of War, yet the Bufi- 
 nefs of an AiTault would be little advanced , 
 by that, £nce the few PafTages that lead from ; 
 the lower to the upper Town, are carefully , 
 intrenched ; and the upper Batteries cannot 
 be affefted by the Ships, which mufl re- 
 ceive confiderable Damage from them and 
 from the Mortars. The Admiral would re|.* 
 di^v join in this, or any otlver Meafure, for 
 
 the 
 
For OCTOBER, 175^. 
 
 1 Am- 
 
 every 
 ome of 
 lecouM 
 
 ufe all 
 :hcm to 
 nt At- 
 I, with- 
 oTcfor- 
 , at De 
 shere, «» 
 Ammu- 
 Uothingf 
 
 ot to he 
 i^ging the 
 Situation 
 he Army, 
 sd him o£ 
 ;ara ; an** 
 tters, that 
 •illon ai'<l 
 e Ifle Aux 
 ; was mak- 
 :hamplain, 
 je's Corps, 
 Foot, and 
 e Whole a- 
 
 mine would 
 
 fooner, if I 
 
 writing by a 
 
 md am ftill 
 
 eral Officer* 
 
 blic Utility. 
 
 s more Ship* 
 
 above the 
 
 eying up * 
 
 ich is nearly 
 
 y, after the 
 
 [eft in a pro- 
 
 the Enemy 
 
 bring them 
 
 in the Pro- 
 
 10 put it in 
 
 kamined the 
 Aflault i but 
 If Engineer, 
 Ithc interior 
 I it with the 
 Ihat tho' the 
 light be eafily 
 Tet the Bufi- 
 Itle advanced ., 
 Ihat lead from ; 
 1 are carefully 
 Iteries cannot 
 lich muft re- 
 \m them and 
 Jal would rev 
 iMeafure, fpr 
 ■ the 
 
 the public Service ; but I could rot purpofe 
 to him an Undertaking of fo dangerous a 
 Nature, and promifing fo little Succefs. 
 
 To the uncommon Strength of the Coun- 
 try, the Enemy have added (for the Defence 
 of the River) a great Number of floating Bat- 
 teries and Boats. By the Vigilance of thefe 
 and the Indians round our different Poils, 
 it has been impofllble to execute any Thing 
 by Surprize. We have had almoft daily 
 Skirmimcs with thefe Savages, in which they 
 are generally defeated, but nut without Lofs 
 on our Side. 
 
 By the Lifl of difabled Officers (many of 
 whom are of Rank) you may perceive. Sir, 
 that the Army is much weakened. By tlie 
 fTature of the River, the mofl formidable 
 Part of this Armament Is deprived of the 
 Power of afling, yet we have almoft rlie 
 whole Force of Canada to oppofe. In this 
 Situation there is fuch a Choice of Difficul- 
 ties, that I own myfelf at a Lofs how to 
 determine. The AfTairs of Great Britain, I 
 know, require themoft vigorous Meafures j 
 but then the Couratje of a Handful of brave 
 Men fhould be exerted, only, where thereat e 
 Hopes of a favourable Event. However, you 
 may be afTured, Sir, that the fmall Part of 
 the Campaign which remains, fliall be em- 
 ployed (as far as I am able) for the Honour 
 of his Majefly and the Interefl of thv Na- 
 tion, in which I am fure of being well fe- 
 conded by the Admiral and by the Generals. 
 Happy if our Efforts here can contribute to 
 the Succefs of his Majefty's Arms in any o. 
 ther Parts of America. I have the Honour 
 to be, with the greatefl Refpeft, Sir, your 
 mofl obedient^ and mofl humble Servant, 
 
 James Wolpc. 
 
 Whiter j!:, OSlof-cr ly. Laft Nif^ht Col, 
 John HhIc, inri Capt. Inmes Dou5i.is> late 
 Commander of his Majrrty's Ship thr AN 
 cide, arrived from Quchec.with the following 
 Letter to the Rt. Hon. Mr. Secretary Pitt. 
 
 Copy cfa 'Letter frnm the lion. General Monck- 
 ton, to the Ri^ht Hon. Mr. Secretary Pitt^ 
 tijtcd River Rt. Lawrence Camp, at Point 
 Levi, Sef>t. 15, 1759. 
 
 S I R, 
 ' I have the Pleafurc to acquaint you, f haf, 
 on the ijth Inftant, his Majefty's Troop* 
 gained a very fignal Vifilory over the French^ 
 a little above the Town of Quebec. General 
 Wolfe, exerting himfelf on the Right of ouc 
 Line, received a Wound pretty early, of 
 which he died foon after ; and I had myfelf 
 the great Misfortune of receiving one in my 
 Right Breaft by a Ball, that went through 
 Piirt of my Lungs, (and which has been cut 
 out under the Blade-bone of my Shoulder) 
 juft as the French were giving Way, which 
 obliged me to quit the Field. I have there- 
 fore. Sir, defired General Townfhend, who 
 now commands the Troops before the 
 Town, (and of which I am in Hopes he will 
 be foon in Poflcfllon) to acquaint you with 
 the Particulars of that Day, and of the Ope- 
 rations carrying on. I have the Honour to 
 be, &c. 
 
 ROVEKT MONCKTON. 
 
 P. S. His Majefty's Troops behaved with 
 the greateft Steadinefs and Bravery. 
 
 As the Surgeons tell me, that there is no 
 Danger in my Wound, I am in Hopes, that 
 1 fhall foon be able to join the Army before 
 the Town, 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 Whitehall, Offober a. 
 
 TH E King has been pleated to order a 
 Conge d'Elire fo conftitute Dr. James 
 Johnfon, Lord Bifhop of Cloucefter, to be 
 Bifhop of Worcefler. 
 
 Kenfington, 03. 20. This Day the Right 
 Hon. the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- 
 mons, of the City of London, waited on his 
 Majefty, and being introduced by the Right 
 Hon. Mr. Secretary Pitt, made their Com- 
 pliments in the following Addiefs, which 
 wai fpoke by Sir William Moreton, Knt. 
 the Recorder. 
 
 Maj itpkafe your Ma'y^y, 
 To accept the mo(\ humble but warmeft 
 Congratulation! of yourMajefty's dutiful and 
 
 loyal Suhjefts, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen^ 
 and Commons of the City of London, in. 
 Common-council afTembled, upon the rapid 
 and uninterrupted Series of Viftories and 
 Succeffes, which, under the Divine Bleffing, 
 have attended your Majefty's Arms by Sea 
 and Land, within the Compafs of this dif- 
 tin^uifhed and ever- memorable Year. 
 
 The Reduction of Fort du Quefne on the 
 Ohio ; of the Ifland of Gorce in Africa ; 
 and of Gaudalupe with its Dependencies in 
 the Weft Indies ;— -the Repulfe and Defeat 
 of the whole French Army by a handful of 
 Infantry in the Plains of Minden ;— .the 
 taking of Niagara, Ticonderoga, and Crowfl 
 Point 5 the naval Vif^ory off Cap* Lagot | 
 -—the Advanuges gained over the French 
 
 Natidrt. 
 
I' 
 
 If 
 
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 240 yi Chronological Memoir of Occurrences, C^c. , « 
 
 TliankArh ;nf throughout England ana 
 Walis, fin i hurffiay the 29th Day of No- 
 
 > i' 
 
 Kation in the Eaft Indies j — and above all 
 the Conquert of Quebec (the C.ipital of the 
 French Empire in North America} in a 
 Manner fo glorious to your Majcfty's Arms, 
 againft every Advantage of Situation and (u- 
 perior Numhers, are fuch Events, as will 
 for ever render your Majefty's aufpicious 
 Reign the favourite ^'Era in the Hiftory of 
 Great Britain. 
 
 But whilft we reflcfV with Surprize and 
 Gratitude upon tiiis lall and mofl important 
 Conqueft, permit us, fJracious Sovereign, to 
 exprefs our great Rcjrret for the immenfe 
 (t!io' almoft only) l.ofs whicli has attended 
 it, in the Death of that j^allant General, 
 whofe Abilities forme'i, whofe Courage at- 
 tempted, and whofe Condud happily effcft- 
 ed, the glorious Enrerprizc in which he fell, 
 leaving to future Times an heroic Example 
 of military Skill, Difcipline, and Fortitude. 
 
 Meafures of fuch national Concern, fo in- 
 variably purfued, and Acquifitions of fo 
 much Confequence to the Power and Trade 
 of Great Britain, are the nobleft Proofs of 
 your Majefty's paternal Affe<^ions and Re- 
 gard for the true Interefl of your Kingdoms, 
 and reflect Honour upon ihofe whom your 
 Majefty has been pleafed to admit Into your 
 Council, or to intruft with the Condudl of 
 ^our Fleets and Armies. 
 
 Thefe will ever command the Lives and 
 Fortunes of aftee and grateful People, in 
 Defence of your Majefty 's facred Perfon and 
 Royal Family, againft the Attempts of all 
 your Enemies. And we humbly truft, that 
 Almighty God will blefs your Majefty's fa- 
 Jutary Intentions with a Continuance of Suc- 
 cefs, and thereby in Time lead us to a fafe 
 and honourable Peace. 
 
 ■ Signed by Order of Court, James Hodges. 
 
 To mihich Addrefs his Majefty was pleafed 
 to return this moft gracious Anfwer : 
 
 I receive, with particular Satisfaftion, this 
 mod dutiful and loyal Addrefs, as an addi. 
 tionai Mark of your Atfe<fVion to my Perfon, 
 and ofyourfignal Zeal for the Honour of my 
 Government, in this juft and neceffary War. 
 Our Succefles are, under the BlelTing of God, 
 the natural and happy Fruit of Union among 
 my People, and of Ability and Valour in my 
 Fleets and Armies. I have an entire Confi- 
 dence in this truly national Spirit ; and the 
 City of London may depend on my tender 
 Care for the Rights, Trade, Colonies, and 
 Navigation of my faithful Subjeds. 
 
 They were all received very gracioufly, 
 ^nd had the Honour to kifs his Majefty 's 
 JfUod. 
 
 A Proclamation is iflTued^ for a general 
 
 vember, for our late plentiful Harveft. and 
 rh Succefi of his Majefty 's Arm* both by 
 Sea and Land. 
 
 E- 
 
 >KR. 
 
 -S. 
 
 Sept. 29. Robert Mafon, of Northaller- 
 ton, Yorklhire, linendraper. 
 
 John Ayliffe, of Blandford, Dorfctfture, 
 deiler and chapman. ^ 
 
 William Coombe, of Chewftoke, Somer- 
 fclfliire, grazier. 
 
 OfJ. 2. Harry Gibbs, of the City of Bath, 
 woolendiaper, 
 
 6. Roger Pinckney, of Great Wild-ftrect, 
 St. Giles's in the Fields, brewer, 
 
 Bartholomew Gray, late of Mark lane, 
 London, apothecary. 
 
 John Redhead, now, or late of St. Paul, 
 Covent-garden, mercer. 
 
 9. Samuel Butler, of Snow-hill, London, 
 fadlers ironmonger. 
 
 13. Samuel Parkes, late of Worcefter, 
 mercer. 
 
 Thomas Day, of Briftol, merchant. 
 
 David Richards, of Chancery lane, pe- 
 ruke maker. 
 
 Charles Wace, of Norwich, grocer, 
 
 20. Thomas Ballard, of St. Martin in th$ 
 Fields, butcher. 
 
 Samuel Tough, of Leadenhall - ftreet, 
 whip- maker. 
 
 William Newton, of Manchefter, Lan- 
 cafhiie, chapman. 
 
 Edward Fox, of Hollywell, Fllnifhire, 
 haberdalher. 
 
 Berry Ofgood, late of Henly upon Thames, 
 Oxfordftiire, makfter. 
 
 23. Thomas Smith, of St, Paul, Covent- 
 garden, mercer. • - . 
 
 Bill of Mortality from Sept. ig. to Oft. 13. 
 
 Buried 
 Males 987?, 0,6 
 Females 969 S ^^ 
 Under 2 years old 797 
 Between i and 5 248 
 5 and 10 — 
 
 10 and 20 
 
 20 and 30 — - 
 30 and 40 — — 
 40 and 50 — 
 
 S6 
 
 75 
 140 
 141 
 134 
 
 50 and 60 — 131 
 60 and 70 ■ — ■ 92 
 70 and 80 — 72 
 80 and go — ^ 30 
 90 and 100 — — 10 
 iooandio9 — — o 
 
 T956 
 
 Chriftened 
 Males 7»6 7 - 
 Females 73*5 ^5» 
 
 Buried, 
 Within the walls 149 
 Without 414 
 
 Mid, and Sirjry 1009 
 City & Sub. ^^. 384 
 
 ''''^^ 
 
 Weekly 5//>f. 45. 414 
 OH. 2. 382 
 9. 396 
 c J6. 381 
 »3« 983 
 
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 fC„,oKo.oGrcA.MKMorK ./Occurrences 
 For NOVEMBER, ,y^^ 
 
 FOREIGN AFFAIRS." 
 
 
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 256 A Chronological Memoir of Occurrences^ 
 
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 of ihe Force, from Point Levi, the sf'i 
 and 6th, and embarked them in Tranf- 
 ports, which had pafled the Town for that 
 Parpofe. On the 7th, Sth, and gth, a 
 Movement of the Ships was made up, l)y 
 Admiral Holmes, in order to amuie the 
 Enemy now ported along the North Shore ; 
 but the Tranfp6ris being extremely crowd- 
 ed, and the Weather vt ry bad, the Gene- 
 ral fhought proper ti- canton Half his 
 TyoopS on the South Shore j w!)ere they 
 were refreflied, and reinibarked upon the 
 lathatOne in the Morning. The Light 
 Infantry, commanded by Colonel Howe, 
 tiKB Regiments of Bragg, Kennedy, Laf- 
 celles, and Anftruthcr, with a Detachment 
 of Highlanders, and the American Grena- 
 diers, the whole being under the Command 
 of Brigadiers Monckton and Murray, were 
 put into the flat-bottomed Boats, and after 
 ibme Movement of the Ships, Tnade by Ad 
 niiral Holmes, to draw the Attention of 
 the Enemy above, the Boats fell down 
 with the Tide, and landed on the North 
 Shote, within a League of Cape Diamond, 
 an Hour before Day- break: The Rapidity 
 of the Tide of Ebb carried them a little be- 
 low the intended Place of Attack, which 
 obliged the Light Infantry to fcramble up a 
 woody Precipice, in order to fccure the 
 landing the Troops by dinodgins; a Cap- 
 tain's Port, which defended the fmall in- 
 trenched Path the Troops were to afcend. 
 After a little firing the Liglit Infantry gained 
 the Top of tl>e Precipice, and difperfed the 
 Captain's Port ; by wliich means, the 
 Troopa, with a very little Lofs from a few 
 Canadians and Indians in the Wood, got 
 up, and were immediately formed. The 
 Boats, as they emptied, were fentback for 
 the fecond Embarkation, which was immc- 
 <Jiately made. Brigadier Murray, who hid 
 been detached with Anflruther's Battalion 
 to attack the four-gun Battery upon (liu 
 L«it, was recalled by the General, who 
 row faw the French Army croffin); the Ri- 
 ver St. Charles. General WoKe thereupon 
 begun to , form his Line, having his Right 
 covered by the Louisbourg Grenadiers ; on 
 the Right of thefe again he afterward* 
 brought Otway's ) to the left ©f the Gre- 
 nadiers were Bragg's, Kennedy's, Laf- 
 celle&'s, Highlanders, and Anflruther's ) 
 the Right of this Body was commanded by 
 Brigadier Monckton, and the Left by Bri- 
 S^dier Murray ; his Rear and Left were 
 Pf-oteO$d by Col. Howe's Light Infantry, 
 who was returned from the four- gun Bat- 
 tery bie(ore. mentioned, which was foon a- 
 hamloriwl to Mm. General Montcalm ha< 
 viug coUt^i'd the whole of his Force from 
 ttM 8<aWiK»t S;de, apd advancing, (hewed 
 
 his " Intention to flank our Left, 
 was immediately ordered wilh 0« 
 Amherft's Battalions, which X fprmejil 
 Paieficc. My Numbers were focw a^j|' In, 
 crcafed by the Arrival of the tvf6 VattiBi^mjd 
 of Royal Americans ; and Vl^<ili()*i^^4fi^ 
 drawn up by the General, as a Rcfertp, in 
 eight Subdivifions with large l;iterv)l(m 
 Tlie Enemy lined the Bufhes in'Hi^ir Froto 
 with 1500 Indians and Canatfilttt, 9H<1 f 
 dare fay had placed mod of their beR Mirkf.1 
 men there, who kept up a vWjr gl^blfy 
 though irregular Fire upon oar l^wlff. 
 Line, who bore it with the g'reateft rS- 
 tience, and good Order, referving their 
 Fik; for the main Body, now advancing. 
 This Fire of the Enemy was howeyer 
 checked by our Ports in our Front, which 
 j)irote£ted the forming our own Line. The 
 Right of the Enemy was compofed of half 
 of the Troops of the Colony, the Battalions 
 of La Sarre, Languedoc, and the Remain- 
 der of their Canadians and Indians. Their 
 Center was a Column, and fomied by the 
 Battalions of Beam and Guienne. Their 
 Left was compofed of the Remainder of tho 
 Troops of the Colony, and the Battalion of 
 Royal Roufillon. This was, as near as t 
 can gilefs, their Line of Battle. Tiiey brought 
 up two Pieces of fmall Artillery againrt us, 
 and we had been able to bring up but ono 
 Gun, which being admirably well ferved, 
 galled their Column exceedingly. My At- 
 tention to the Left will not permit me to be 
 very exaft with regard to every Circum^ 
 rtance which pafTed in the Center, much lefs 
 to the Right ; but it is mort certain, that 
 the Enemy formed in good Order, and that 
 their Attack was very brifk and animated on 
 that Side, Our Troops referved their Fire, 
 till within forty Yards, which wa« fo welj 
 continued, that the Enemy every where, 
 gave Way. It was then our General fell at 
 the Head of Bragg's, and the Louifbourg 
 Grenadiers, advancing with their Bayonets m 
 About the fame Time Brig. Gen. Monck- 
 ton received his Wound at the Head of Laf- 
 cell«S's. In the front of the oppoAte Bat- 
 talions fell alfo M. Montcalm J and his fe- 
 uond in Command is fince dead of hiu 
 Wounds on board our Fleet. Part of the 
 Enemy made a fecond faint Attack s Part 
 took to fonie thick copfc Wood, and feemcd 
 to make a Stand. It wa^ at this Moment, 
 that each Corps feemed in a Manner to ex-| 
 ert itfeJf, with a View to it» owh pteulilfr j 
 CharaAer. Th« Grenadiers, Bragg's, audi 
 Lafcelles's, preffed on with their Biyonets. 
 Brigadier Murray, advancing with tlia 
 Troops under his Command brilkly, com- 
 pleted the Route on this Side; when tht 
 Highlanders, fuppvutcd by Anliruthci's*! 
 
 tooki 
 
For NOVEMBER, 1759. 257 
 
 took (o their hroad Swords, and drove Part 
 Into the Town, Part to the Works at their 
 Bridsre on the River St. Charles, and com- 
 pleted the Viftory. •*#*•• 
 
 G. TOWNSHEND. 
 
 Seeourlaft, Pa5ea3^. 
 
 *,* The /Irticlet of Capitulation^ &c we 
 are oltliged to omit for loant of Room. 
 
 Lljbin, OEi. 2. One hundred and eighty 
 feven Jefuits liave been fhipped from hence, 
 in order to he confined for Life in the For- 
 trefs of Marza^am in thelflandof Terccia; 
 the reft of thofe Fathers, except three, who 
 it ii thought will he publickly executed, are 
 to be fliut up in the Pnfon of Azeytada. In 
 Hiort, there are hut eight old fuperannuated 
 fefuits, with the Lay Brethren and Novices 
 left in the whole City, who are either to 
 quit the Habit, or remain Prifoners the reft 
 of their Days. 
 
 From the London Gazkttk. 
 
 Hague, Off. 30. By Letters from Prince 
 Ferdinand's Head quarters, it appears, that 
 the Army, under his fereneHighnefs's Com- 
 mand, was, on the 25th Inftant, fttll en- 
 camped at KrotdorfF, was well fupplied 
 with Provifion«, and for the Seafon of the 
 Year, remarkably healthy. The French 
 Aill keep their Polition about Suffen, Do- 
 denhofen, and Wetzlar. On Sunday the 
 aift part, M. de Contades detached from 
 his Army fix Battalions and two Regiments 
 of Cavalry, to reinforce the Corps of M. 
 d' Armentieres. On the 23d Col. Luck- 
 ner attacked a rtrong Port which the French 
 had at Niedcrbrechen, to cover their Con- 
 voys of Forage, and entirely defeated them, 
 killing a Lieutenant-Colonel, Major, two 
 Captains, and between 40 and 50 inferior 
 Officers and private Men, and taking an 
 Officer and 71 Men Prifoners, together with 
 99 Horfes, and 1 12 Waggons loaded with 
 Forage. 
 
 Letters of the 23d paft, from Prince 
 Henry's Head Quarters at Torgau, men. 
 tlon, that his Royal Highnefs had marched 
 to that Place on the i6th pafk, finding it 
 neceflary to quit his ftrong Camp at Strehla, 
 on Account of General Rebentilh's retiring 
 from Schuldau, by which means the Au- 
 flrians had gained his Flank, and might at- 
 tempt to cut jfl his Communication with 
 Torgau : General Rebentifli could not be 
 fupported in his Poll, without weakening 
 too much the main Body. His Royal 
 Highnefs's prefent Cairo is ftrong and well 
 placed, the Left extending itfelf to the a - 
 forefaid Town, with a large Morafs before 
 Part of it, the Flank covered by the River 
 Elbe, as the Right is by a Wood, at two 
 Englirti Miles diftance from the Town. Mar. 
 flial Daun's Camp is a: Bcleein, and he 
 
 Vox,, m. 
 
 has pufhed t confiderable Body by his Lefc 
 in order to get between Prince Henry and 
 Leiofick. 
 
 By the laft Accounts from the King of 
 Pruffia, he was on the 20th at Sophien- 
 thal : And the RufTians and Auftrians re- 
 mained in their ftrong Camp on tne 
 Heinhths between Mechau and Gros Often, 
 with the Bartfch, a fmall River, in their 
 Front. His Prurtian Majefty had detached 
 General Venner towards Cofel ; upon 
 whofe .A.pproach, the Auftrians raifed the 
 Blockade, and retired to Ratibor, being fol- 
 lowed ciofely by General Venner. 
 
 CawpatCorfdorff, Oci. 17. The King of 
 Great Britain having conftituted the Right 
 Hon. the Marquis of Granby, and Stephen 
 Martin Leak, Efq} Garter Principal King 
 of Arms, Plenipotentiaries for inverting his 
 Serene Highnefs Prince Ferdinand of Brunf- 
 wick, with the moft Noble Order of the 
 Garter, Mr. Leake arrived at the Camp, 
 with the Habit and Enfigns, on Mondiy 
 the 15th. The next Day the Plenipoten- 
 tiaries had their firft Audience of his Se- 
 rene Highnefs, at the Head-Qiiarters, and 
 prefented their Credentials and the Book of 
 Statutes, and his Serene Highnefs having 
 agre :d to accept the Election with th? ufual 
 Refervations, the Plenipotentiaries imme- 
 diately inverted him with the Garter, Ri- 
 band, and George, Garter pronouncing 
 the ufual Admonitions in F^atin. The next 
 Day was appointed for the public Invefti- 
 ture, and, for that purpofe, a larpe Tent 
 was prepared on a Hill, in full View of 
 the French Camp, and another lefTcr Tent 
 at a little Diftance from the great one, for 
 his Highnefs to receive the firft Part of tha 
 Invertitu:e : To this Tent the I'lince came 
 about Twelve o'Clock, efcorted by a large 
 Detachment of the Horfe- Guards Blue, who 
 were afterwards drawn up nn either Sida 
 upon the Slope of the Hill before the Tent, 
 others doing Duty on Foot. His Serene 
 Highnefs was received by the Plenipoten- 
 tiaries in the leffer Tent, where the Habit 
 and Enfi^ns hid been previnufly laid on a 
 Table, and he was immediately invefted 
 with the Surcoat and Sword. 
 
 Prince Henry of Prujfta'i Head Siuartert at 
 Torgau, Nov. 4. On the 24th part. Gene- 
 ral Rebentifli was detached by Prince 
 Henry to Duben, a fmall Town upon the 
 Mulda, as well in order to ohferve the 
 Motions of the Enemy from Eulenburg to- 
 wards Leipfick, as ^n watch the Rear of 
 our Camp in cafe t. j Enemy fliould at- 
 tempt to get behind, and cut off our Com- 
 munication witn Wittenberg. Intelligence 
 was received in tne Afternoon of the »^h, 
 that the Auftiians had pufliod a ftrong Par- 
 L 1 . . ► ty 
 
15^ -A Chronological Meimir of Occurrences, 
 
 fy through the Woods behind our Right, 
 and got roireffion of Voplct'ang, fome o- 
 ther Villages, and the fniail Town of Dom- 
 mitfcli, by which means our Camp was 
 t-ntirely funounded, havinj; the Elbe on 
 the Lelt, and the Aufti^ns Poll» on tiie 
 ether three Sides at Deljetn, Schuldau, 
 Rochwifz, and Dommiifi.h, at whiih laft 
 Place Due D'Aiemberj^ commanded a Body 
 of about i6coo Men. His Royal Hiphrcfs 
 fhereupon ordered Geneial Tincks's Corps, 
 which was in the Rear of our Camp, to 
 march towards Voglef.tn^, from whence 
 the Aurtrians were drove .ifier a fmart Can- 
 nonade of feveral Hours, and fome firing 
 ef Small Arms j and General Fmck was 
 hft in that i'olt. On the a6tb, h:s Royal 
 Highnefs (who found it im|)ra<^icable to 
 diflodge the Enemy from Dommirfch with- 
 
 out great Lofs of Men) detached", in tH^ 
 Evening, General Wunfch with fix f'att*- 
 lions and fome Cavalry a-crofs the Elbe tn 
 Wittenbeig, where he was to be joinarf 
 by General Rebentifli's Corps, which had 
 ri.tirt.d to that Place from Duben upon the 
 Approach of the Auftrians. 
 
 Niiplit.Ofi. 16. »' When hisCatholic Ma- 
 jefty declared Prince Ferdinand King of 
 fheTwo Sicilies, on putting on theSword, 
 faid, Lewis King of France made a Pre- 
 fent of this Swoid to Phil'p V. your Grand- 
 father and my Father. He gave it to me, 
 and I now prefent it to you-, that you may 
 employ it in Defence of your Subjefls ar.cf 
 Religion." The Monarch afterwards em- 
 braced the young King, and exhorted him 
 to love God> J[uflice, and the People, Sec: 
 
 COUNTRY NEWS. 
 
 f 
 
 
 Torhay, Nov. g, 
 
 THIS Day Sir Edward Hawke, Sir 
 Charles Hardy, and Admiral Geary, 
 «ame to an Anchor at Torbay, having been 
 driven cfl' their Station off Breft, by Strefs 
 of Weather. 
 
 Portfmcutb, Nov. 14. Rear Admiral 
 P.odne'y failed for St. Hc^erw, going lo his 
 Station off Havre-do gtacc. 
 
 Arrived, Admirals Durell and Holmes, 
 with nine Ships, befides Bombs, FirclhipS^ 
 Hic. from Quebec, 
 
 Plymouth, Nov, 16. Yefterday Mornings 
 paired by Admiral Hawke with his SquJI- 
 dron for the Bay. 
 
 Nov. ao. General George Townfend 
 landed here from Quebec. . 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 
 > 
 
 OfioLi'r 24. 
 
 WE have leceivtd certaifi Advice, 
 that Morfieur Thurot with His 
 Squadron is failed from Dunkirk North- 
 tvard, his Squadion confiflsofone Ship of 
 36, two of 31, and two of 18 Guns, with 
 two Cutters. 
 
 Nov I. The Committee met at Guild- 
 hall to receive Plans for building the Bridge 
 at Blackfriars. 
 
 Addrefles on the taking of Qiiebec have 
 fceen prefented to his Majefiy from the Ci- 
 ties of BriAol, Exeter, Lincoln, and Li- 
 verpool, Cambridge Univerfity, Norwich, 
 Bath, the Presbyttry of Edinburgh, &c. 
 &c. and weie moil gracioufly received. 
 
 3. Hib MajeAy has been pieafed In fend 
 Orders to the Board of Works to ptepare 
 the Plan and Ellimate of a Monument to 
 be ertfttd in Weftminrter- Abbey, to the 
 Memory of General WoJfe^ at \\h ^i■^j'rty"J 
 •wn private E?ci'<:ncc» 
 
 \l 
 
 10. This Day hii) Majefty came in go»d 
 Health (God be praifed) from Kenfrngton 
 to St. James's Palace, amidft the AccU- 
 mations of great Numbers of People. 
 
 fVeJiminj^er, Nnv. 13. This Day, the 
 Lords bemg met, a MefTage was fent to 
 the Han. Houfe of Commons by Sir Henty 
 Belllsnden, Ckntleman Uflier of the Dlaak 
 Rod, defiring their Attendance in the 
 Houfe of Peers j the Commons being come 
 thither accordingly, the following Speech 
 of the Lords CommiiTioners, appointed by 
 •lis Majefly, for hotdmg this Parliament, 
 was delivered by the Lotd Keeper to both 
 Houfes. 
 
 My Lordt and CentUmin, 
 
 In purfuance to the Authority given to 
 us, by his Majelly's CommifHon, under 
 the Great Seal, amongft other Things, to !| 
 declare the Caufe of his holding this Par- 
 liament, his MajeHy has been gracioufly 
 picafcd to dircA us to afluie jfou, that ht 
 
 citecmi j 
 
ie<r, in tfkr 
 [1 fix f attt- 
 thc Elt'C *" 
 o be joinwf 
 which had 
 en upon the 
 
 Catholic MJ • 
 ind KinR of 
 n the Sword, 
 nadc a Pre- 
 your Grantl- 
 ►ve it to mCi 
 that you may 
 ' Subjefls ar.cf 
 terwards cm- 
 exhorted him 
 • People, &C-. 
 
 Por AUGUST*, i7<?o: 
 
 4B1 
 
 land Holmes, 
 mbs, FiiefhipS^ 
 
 ;erday Morning 
 with his Squa- 
 
 irge Townfend 
 
 emtio in good 
 Jem KenfnigtoB 
 Vdft the AtcU- 
 k People. 
 This Day, the 
 Ige was ftnt to 
 Vis by Sir Henty 
 tr of the Dlaak 
 indance in the 
 lon» being come 
 lllowing Speech 
 k, appointed by 
 [his Parliament, 
 iKeeperto both 
 
 Ihority given to 
 imiiflon, under 
 Ither Things, to 
 Tilding thisPav- 
 [been gracioufly 
 >• you, that he 
 ^ c(tec<ni 
 
 ^.lid of the Governor and Gnrrifon, fh.1l tliey 
 tiave afted with a Spii it woi thy uf true Bri- 
 j tons. As to the L^fs rill's ReginTint has 
 I'fiiftained, itisunufual, lur.outof ^40 Men 
 I' that marched ouf (500 brine ill of t!ie *'>c\\r- 
 ■ Ty remaining? in the Town; 230 were killed 
 or wounded, and of ^^ t)Ul.;.is fli6re wtre 
 J9 killed or wounded, C-nitain Donald 
 "M'Donald and Lieuf. CoTmo Gordon were 
 killed, and poor Heilor li'ifdaie was (hot 
 vhrough the Lnnps, of which he died in 
 three Days. Enlien Fr.iftr dit^d of liis 
 Wounds in five Days, M of tliem j^rea'ly 
 and juftly regretted ; ail the reft of the Offi- 
 cers wounded are doing well ; Lieutenant 
 Alexander Campbell Mull was carried off 
 a Prifoner though not wounded." 
 
 Ihlifax, June 17. This Day, and not 
 hefore, we received the asvetahle News of 
 the Siege of Quebec bting raifed by the 
 Frendi, after having made the moft derpe- 
 rate Attempts, whidi v/ere repolfed with 
 equal Bravery. Our Markets here are quite 
 over-flocked with Goods of all Kinds , it 
 is almofl incredible the Oi^imtities that are 
 already fhipped from ditfcient Ports on this 
 Continent for Quebec, 
 
 jCn ExtraEl of a Letter to the fJon. Lieutenant 
 Governor- 'of South Carolina, Charles-, 
 town, June 10. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 " T informed you fn'my Letter by PrTce, 
 tliat we (hould march the 28th fn m Ninety - 
 fix, which we did, and arrived the i(\ of 
 this Month at Twelve mile River, having 
 had that Pafs fufficiently reconnoitred the 
 Night belore ; and that Morning wepafTed 
 it without Oppcfition, and drew up, about 
 eleven o'clock, upon a rifing Ground near 
 the .liver. About four in the Afternoon our 
 Carriages got to the C^mp, having been 
 brought up thofe ftet-p and locky Banks by 
 the Force of Men : The Horfes could not do 
 it, being f.itigued and worn out, with a 
 March of eighty-four Miles, without a halt- 
 ing Day. 
 
 «' .^8 we met with no Oppofition at 
 Twelve mile River, and at the fame Time 
 our .Scouts finding no Indian Trai ks near us, 
 both Col. Montgomery and I were convin- 
 ced, that they knew nothing of our March, 
 and we refolved to take Advantage of their 
 Negligence, by a forced March that Night, 
 though the Troops were a little fatigued 
 with a March of twenty Miles that Morn- 
 ing, from Beaver- Dams to the River : We 
 rtiercfore encamped in a Square, upon very 
 advantageous Ground, and leaving our 
 Tents flanding, with 120 of the King's 
 Tio*j)5, a few Provincials, aiui a'jout 70 
 
 Rangers, a« a Guard to our Camp. Watr- 
 gons, Cattle, &c. v^e marched, at Eight ,»< 
 Night, through the Woods, inoidtr to fur- 
 prue Eftatue, wliiili, hy that Road, wat 
 n'.jout 25 Miles from mir dm;) upon tfi^ 
 River. After we li.td marched about frc- 
 tcen Miles, a Dog vv;is heaid barlting at 
 fomt: Diftance jn our Front, ;md theGuidet 
 informed us, that there were a few Houf. » 
 about a Quarter of a Mile from the Road, 
 called Liulc Keovvee, of which iwJef.d tliey 
 had not informed us before; To prevent 
 any Inconvenience from thofe Iloufes, the 
 Light Infantry Company of the Royal was 
 detached to furround tlie Houfes, an<l put 
 the Indians to Death witli their Bayonets, 
 We learnt by a Scout which had btcn at fort 
 Prince George that very Day, they Wifie en- 
 camped near the Houfes, and upon difco- 
 vering our Men, they fired at them : A fevw 
 of ours returned tiie Fiie, but immediately 
 rurtitd in upon them, and inort of thofe who 
 were without the Houfus, and all who were 
 in them, were put to death wi:h Gayonets, 
 except the women and Children, according 
 to the Orders which had been given. We 
 proceeded direflly on our March toF.flatoe, 
 and found a few Houfes on the Roadjurtde- 
 feiied; the Beds were warm, and every 
 Thing was left in the Houfes, which you may 
 believe did notefcape. We arrived early in 
 the Morning at Eftatoe, which was aban- 
 doned about half an Hour hefore ; ten or a 
 Dozen of them, who had not Time toefcape, 
 were killed: TXm Town, confifling of above 
 20G Houfes, well provided with Ammuni- 
 tron, Corn, and, in fhort, all the NecclFariea 
 of Life, was jilundered and laid m» allies j 
 many of the Inhabitants wlio had endea-, 
 voured to conceal therafelves, I have Rea- 
 fon to believe, perilhed in the FlaiHes, fom« 
 of them I know of for certain. In order to 
 continue the Blow, and to fliew tliefe Sa- 
 vages that it was pofllble t* punifh their In> 
 folc-nce, we proceeded on our March, toolc 
 all th6ir Towns in our W^ty, and every 
 Hoofe and Town in tlie Lower Nation Shar- 
 ed the fame Fate with Eftatoe. 1 could not 
 help pitying them a little': Their Villagea 
 were agreebly fitoated, their Houfes neatly 
 built, and well provided, for they were ia 
 thegreateft Abundance of every Thing ; they 
 muft be pretty numerous. Eftatoe and Su- 
 gar-town conftfted, at Icaft, of 100 Houfes, 
 and everyother Village at leaft of zoo Houfes. 
 After killing all we could find, and burn« 
 ing every Houfe in the Nation, we marched 
 to Keowee, and arrived che ad of June, 
 (after a March of above 60 Miles without 
 (leepin^) at four in the Evexung at fort, 
 Prince George," 
 
 Q,qq » %f 
 
'482 A Chnnohgical Memoir of Occur rencet^ &c. 
 
 T{y a Pattanar from Madrafs, wc are in- 
 formed, that we have taken Vandcrwafh, 
 Arcot, and feveral other Places from the 
 
 French, who are now coop'd up in ^4^%r 
 cherry, theonly PUce that remains inOMf 
 Hands. 
 
 LONDON. 
 
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 ! .•■■, 
 
 ii^ 
 
 n 
 
 Extralf cf a Letter from Co-wes, in the ^le 
 
 ofpybite, yulf 9. 
 *' T AST "Monday his Royal Highnefs 
 
 I / the Duke of York, attended by Sir 
 John Mordacit, Thomas Orby Hunter, 
 Efq; &c. came from Southampton in the 
 Commiflioner of the Dock's Boat, to thjs 
 Place, where Lieutenant- General Holmes 
 waited with his Coach to receive his Royal 
 Ifighnefs, and proceeded immediate!/ tp 
 Newport, where he dined j and returned 
 in the Evening by Way of Eaft-Cowe«, and 
 ^ent on Board the CommiiTioner's Yacht, 
 and returned to Southampton.'' 
 
 j8. Arrived an Exprefs froni Admiral 
 Rodney, with Advice, that he hid been 
 JlIoBg the Coaft of France, and greatly a • 
 larmed the Inhabitants, and Hefltroyed a 
 Number of fmall Craft, Fiat- bottom Boats, 
 Ike. 
 
 34. They write from Paris, that the King 
 fummoncd the Archbilhop of Paris and 
 Narbon;ic, and the reft of the Clergy ; 
 when his Majerty fijnifitd to them, that the 
 Body of the 'Clergy, throvighoiit his King- 
 <lom, muft fupply him immediately with 
 One hunHrrd Million of Livres. Afterwhich 
 his Msjefty withdrew witoout permitting an 
 Anfwer— rThis Demand is thought exorbi- 
 tant. 
 
 ay. The Tranfports, with all the Guards 
 on Board, failed for the Nore ; the whole 
 Ke-inforccment, it is faid, will amount to 
 30,000 cffeflive Men. 
 
 30. Puifuan* to a Refclution of taking 
 flown Ludga , Cripnletgate, and Aldgate, 
 the Materials wche fold to Mr. Blagden, 
 viv. that of Aldgate for 157I. 108. that uf 
 pripplegate forgil. and that of Ludgate 
 for 158I. 
 
 Richard Tonfon, Efqj p^id the Fine 
 be excufed ferving the Office of Sheriff. 
 
 j4ug, 2. Between 10 and 11 o'Clock 
 the Evening, an uncommon Meteor, 
 great Length and tranfcendent Brightnefs, 
 appear'd in thp Hemifphcre ; It darted from 
 the South-weft towards the North- caft, and 
 lafted near a Minute. 
 
 6, On Wednefday a MeflTenger arrived 
 at rhp Earl of Holdcrneflfc's O^e from 
 I'rince Ferdinand, and we hear brings an 
 Accoifnt, that a Biocly of Marflial Brogho's 
 forcej prefflng on a Party of the Allies, a 
 
 to 
 
 in 
 of 
 
 warm Aflion happened, and the ri^ncll ' 
 were defeated, having 1300 killed, an4loo<| 
 taken Prifoners, wUh a Qijantity of Baggage, 
 Cannon, &c. 
 
 Cofy ef a Paragraph in a Letter frttf tht 
 J^arl of Pemhrdke to Field. Marjbal t»r4 
 Vifcourit Ligonier, and Jent by bit Lard- 
 pip to the CouHteft Dtwagir of Pifim 
 
 iiroke, 
 
 Saxtfihflnfen Camp, yuly 20, 1760. 
 " Having before troubled your Lordlhip 
 with a Letter, fignifying the Honour tht 
 Duke had done me in fending for me to 
 camp from off the March before the Regi 
 menr, to order me to aft here as Major-Ce« 
 neral, by which I had the Misfortune to mif^ 
 being with the Regiment wfiich did fo won-, 
 derfully, only he% Leave now to inclofe part 
 of this Day's Orders, hoping the very great 
 Merit of my Friend Erflcine will not be 
 over- looked." 
 
 Saxenhc'/ftn C/imp, yuiv 40, 1760. 
 
 " His Serene Highnefs orders it to be 
 publicly teflified to the whole Army, how 
 much he is charmed and fatisfied with the 
 good Condijft and Valour of the Corps that 
 fought on the i6th Inft. under the Orders 
 of the Hereditary Princp. 
 
 " The I'raifdS his Serene Highnefs gave 
 of them to the Duke were fuch, that nothing 
 can be faid in Addition to them. 
 
 " His Serene Highnefs therefore gives 
 his beft Thanks to thofe brave Troops, and 
 particularly to Elliot's Regiment, which wai 
 allowed by every Body prefect to have done 
 Wonders. 
 
 " His Serene Highnefs the Prince could 
 nnt enough commend to the Duke, the Bra- 
 very, good Conduct, and good Countenancq 
 with which the Regiment fought, j 
 
 " His Serene Highnefs defiresmuchtobfl 
 able to find Means to acknowledge to Mr. 
 Eilkirie principally, who was at the Heac^ 
 of that Regiment, and led it fo gallantly, a^ 
 well as to OlBcers and Men, his real Satif4 
 faftion, and "^o have it in his Power to doj 
 them Set vice. He defires thofe Gentle- 
 men to furnifli him with an Opportunity oi 
 doing it, and he (hall fcize ic wtth Pha- 
 fure." ,. . ., 
 
■ "Tiin-iriir nsitiis.';.;: 
 
 ■fc--..-:---^') 
 
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 ( 525 ) . '. 
 
 -^Chronological Memoir 0/ Occurrences, 
 For OCTOBER, 1760. 
 
 FOREIGN AFFAIRS. 
 
 Brutifiuict, ^cpt. IQ 
 
 ANExprcfs is arrivert liere, witli Aflvi- 
 les from Majtclebourtr, dated Sept. 
 iS, which fay, T!iat the Ring of PrufTia 
 marchrd forward on (he iith, in order to 
 llreighten the Enemy j and fucceeded in 
 turning the Auftrian Army, by direftinf: 
 his March by StrieRau, Hohcnfiieriberg. and 
 DaiimhHrlen : That his Prutfi.in Majeily, 
 on liis Way on the 12th, had s;.iined a con- 
 fiderahle Advanfae;e over the Corps, coni- 
 riunded by General Beck ; and, in this Af- 
 fair, made two Bittalions of Croats Prifo- 
 rftrs, look their Cannon, and entirely dif- 
 j-erfed upwards of thirty Squadrons. Mar- 
 flial L)aun, who had lately his Head Quar- 
 ters at furftenfltin, has thought proper to 
 retire, with great Precipitation, into the 
 Mountains of l.andfhut ; To that there was 
 Reafon to hope, that the Auftrians would 
 be iboii obliged toev.icuate Silefu. 
 
 Prince Firiiinand's Head Quarters ot GciJ- 
 mar-M^i'l!i, .Sept. 20. 
 
 Maifhal Rroglio havinir quitted liisCamp 
 at Immenhaufen, and fallen back to C-ilTel, 
 has taken PoflTeflion of the (Imnt; Camp 
 there, havmg h>i> Rif;ht to that i^lace, and 
 his Left to VVertenfltin. Upon ihtfe Mo- 
 tions of the Enemy, Piinct Ferdinand ad- 
 vanced General Gilfotj's Corps to Sahabourg 
 towards Minden ; and the Reftive under 
 Lord Gianby's Command, to Giefmar, liis 
 Serene Highnefi's Ileac! Quarters lieiiig fixed 
 here, at the Landgrave of Heire Calfei's 
 floufe. 
 
 G/iirz, Sept. 13, The new Commandant 
 of this City has require;' the Inhahitants to 
 take an Oath of Allcniantc to the; Kmprtf'< 
 Queen ; but this has been refufocl by all the 
 Protedant Families, both Braridcnhur^lurii 
 
 and French Refugees, with whon the Klnj; 
 of I rudia had peopled this Catholic City, 
 The Court of Vienna, being informed of 
 this, fent Orders to the Commandant to en- 
 j )in al! thcfe Rebels to lell their Effefts and 
 Houfes, and go under an Efcort to whatever 
 Pruflian Country they chufe to refide in. 
 The Governor is now proceeding to the ex- 
 ecution of tlie Soverei6;n's Mandate. But 
 'he Pruffian Dominion has fo impoverifhed 
 the Inhabicants of thi» Town, that ther» 
 cannot be found one fingle Purchafer capa- 
 ble of ftrik-ni; a Bargain with ready Money; 
 aod as f-r Paper lecurity, theyhavenone 
 but the Bills given in 1758, by the PrufTian 
 Commiiruries, in Payment for the Corn 
 and Hay delivered to the Army, which the 
 Selivjri nh'y^a to in lixchapse for their E- 
 ftates, &:c. And as they muft obey, they 
 depart with Prayers and Wilhes, that the 
 Arms of PrufTia may reinrtate them in their 
 PoirelTions. 
 
 Ujgue, Ocl. 6. Yefterday Evening, we 
 received the News from Cleves, that tiie 
 Cillle theieofliad capitulated on the 3d In- 
 llmr, and that M. de Barral, the com- 
 manding Officer there, with the Garrifort 
 conlin.ing of about 500 Men, had furren^ 
 diTed Piifoneisof War. And we hear like- 
 wife from the fame Place, that the heavy 
 Artillery ariived at the fleivditary Prince's 
 Camp bcfoie VVeftl, on the Evening of that 
 Day : And it i i faid, that ihn two Swifs Re- 
 I'iments of Lo-kmin and Plant.t, which 
 were on their March to ivuiforce the Garri* 
 fon ol that I'lace, had been pitvented intlut 
 Defi^n. We have L-itttts from I'rince Fer- 
 dinand's Army oi the ^d Inllaru \ but it 
 don't appear, that any Thin; material lukd 
 then pafl'cd there. 
 
 PLANTATION NEWS. 
 
 XT^Xtraft < f a I.ettpr from Ofwcgo, Ju'y 
 JP^ 16. ly^jo. " There are now here ten 
 ^ench Indians from Ofwegatche, Hhonc 
 come in the Name of ihdr Nation to n i'<i 
 « PtjACS With the fix iV.itktfnsand uc, Thci« 
 
 Indians would readily join »is, m^rt th»y 
 net afraid tlu; Irepch would dellroy their 
 S piaws and C'lildicn ; but promife to join 
 General Amhcillwith 60 Warriors ••. goi.115 
 down the River. Ihey make no .Secret of 
 the Catife ot tlteir leaving the Ficnch, as 
 
 ihey 
 
(1 
 
 Ik 
 
 526 yl Chronological Memoit' of Occurrences ^ 
 
 f Iiey plainly fee the EngUfli will take thtir 
 Country from them." 
 
 Goree, Srpt. 28. On Tuefday laft a Shower 
 of Hail fell here, themoft Extraordinary that 
 perhaps ever happened 5 fome of the Stones 
 weighed two Ounccb ; hut what was ftill 
 more furprifing was tliuir Shape : Some 
 formed Convex, with lonjc Spikes from out 
 of their Sides ; others the Figure of an ob- 
 
 Jon^ Square, with fharp Points from eacH 
 other, with Vaiiety of other Shapes. The 
 Shower Lifted about five Minutes ; during 
 wi)ich Time it was perfe<!^ly Calm, other- 
 wife the Windotvs in the Country muft have 
 fuflflred greatly. The Compafs within 
 which it fell was of nos;re3t Extent, as the' 
 People who lived half a Mile off had none 
 of It. 
 
 COUNTRY NEWS. 
 
 Porifmotith, Sept. 27. 
 
 TUefday laft Capt. Barton, late Com- 
 mander of the Litchfield Man of War, 
 who lately returned from Captivity in Bar- 
 bary, took his Tiialat a Court- Martial, ac- 
 cording to form of Law, and was moft ho- 
 nourably acquitted. 
 
 NoTivich, on, 4. On the Morning of 
 Friday laft, was found in a Ditch on the 
 Glebe of Weft Wrethani, a Pot, contain- 
 ing near fix hundred Pieies of Roman Coin ; 
 many of them fair and legible, their general 
 Size about the Breadth of a three- penny or 
 groat Pieces. 
 
 Oxford, OEl. II. On Tuefday lafl the 
 Rev. Jofeph Browne, D. D. Provoft of 
 
 Queen's College, was rechofon Vice-Chan- 
 cellar of tl'is Univerfity for the cnfuingi 
 Year ; when he made an elegant Latin 
 Speech to the Houfe of Convocation, andj 
 among other Incidents, informed them. 
 That the Rev. Dr. Thomas Wilfon, Pre- 
 bendary of Weftminfter, propofe* to giva 
 annually twenty Guineas, to be equally di- 
 vided between two yonng Gentlemen who 
 fhall pioHuce the befl Compofitions on the 
 following Subjefts, appointed for the cur- 
 rent Year, viz. 
 
 A Latin Oration on Poetry* Painting, and 
 Sculpture ; and how far they help to illu- 
 rtrateeach other. 
 
 An Englifli Oration on Cebe&'s Table. 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 5<'/^ a6. A Dmirnl Pocock was introdu. 
 jf^ ced to his .Majefty at Kcn- 
 fington, by Lord Anfon, and was moft gra- 
 cioufly received. 
 
 28. Robert Kite, Efq; and Alderman, 
 and William Mait, Efqj were fworn into 
 the Otfice of Sheriffs of London and Mid- 
 dlefex, at Guildiiall, after which they en- 
 tertained the A . tmen and late Sheriffs .it 
 Dinner at Skin.ur.hall j and on Tutfday 
 they went in the C ty Barge, and were pre- 
 fented bv the Lord Mayor to the Curfitor 
 Biron, at the Bar of th>; Exchecher Court, 
 after which they returned to Skinners-hall 
 to Dinner. 
 
 29. On Monday was held a Common-hall 
 at Guildhall, when Sir Matthew Blakifton, 
 Knt. and Sir Samuel Fludyer, Bart, being 
 the two Senior Aldermen below the Chair, 
 were returned by the Livery to the Court of 
 Aldermen, who made Choice of Sir Mat- 
 thew Blakiflon j and he was declared hy the 
 Recorder duly elected Lord Mayor tor the 
 Year enfuing. 
 
 From the London Gazette Extraordinary, 
 
 [Publifhed on Monday, Oflober 6. J 
 Wbittballt O^ober 6. Early Yefterday 
 
 Morning, Major Barre, and Capt. Deane, 
 arrived from Noiih America, with Dif- 
 patches from Major General Amherft, Lord 
 Colville, and Biigadier General Murray, t6 
 the Rij;ht flonourable Mr. Secretary Pitt, 
 of which the following are Copies and Ex- 
 tradls. 
 
 Duplicate cf a Letter from Major General /Jm- 
 hi-rji to ti.ie Right Ihnourabli Mr, Secretary 
 I'itt, dated Cam[< at Fort IVilliam Augu- 
 _/7w, Ww!^. 26, J7G0, and j'ent bj Captain 
 Prefott, is not yet arrived, ' j 
 
 I 
 '* I fli.iil now giv« you an Account of the 
 Progrcfs of his Majclty's Troops under my 
 imnicdiate Comm.ind, fince the Date of the 
 laft Letter I did myfelf the Honour to write 
 to you on the zifl of June from Scheneifla- 
 dy. 
 
 '• On the 9th of July, 1 arrived at Of- 
 wego, and before any of the Regiments* 
 which I had fent from Albany, could reach 
 it, two French Vcftels h.id appeared off 
 Ofwego, On the 6ih, I dif|)atched fome 
 Bdtteaus and Men to Captain Loring, at 
 
 Niagara, 
 
~1? 
 
 from cacH 
 pes. The 
 :s ; during 
 Im, other- 
 muft have 
 ifs within 
 :nt, as the 
 f had none 
 
 i^ice-Chan- 
 he enfuingi 
 igant Latin 
 ation, andj 
 med them, 
 /ilfon, Pre- 
 ofe« to giva 
 ; equally di- 
 tlemen who 
 tions on the 
 for the cur- 
 
 ainting, and 
 lelp to Hill- 
 's Table. 
 
 pt. Deane, 
 with Dif- 
 nherft, Lord 
 
 Murray, t6 
 etary Pitt, 
 
 ies and Ex- 
 
 Gencral Ant' 
 Mr. Secret, try 
 Hi am /lugu- 
 hj Curtain 
 
 ccountof the 
 ips under my 
 
 Date of the 
 lour to write 
 
 Schenefta- 
 
 rived at Of- 
 ; Regiments* 
 
 could reach 
 appeared oflf 
 atched fomo 
 
 Loring, at 
 Nia 
 
 Por O Cr B E R, lyiJo.' 
 
 5« 
 
 iagard, 
 
 Ni3<^nra, giving Mm Intelligence of the Vtf- 
 fels." 
 
 " On the I2th, the French Vefrds ap- 
 peared <^ffMie Harbour ; and A% I exiJt'iflcd 
 the two Snows hourly fr.Mn Niagara, I (Int 
 out fomt' Datte.ius fow,i>Hs tii.it Pl.icc, to 
 ■nduce the Enemy's Veflels to try to in- 
 tercept them, but they ftood towards Cata- 
 raqui. 
 
 ** Tlie r4th, in the Evening, our Xwo 
 Vellcls nppeared : I put every Thii'T on 
 Roard tli^t could be wanted, and oruercd 
 them away to the River St. Lawrence, in 
 Hopes of cutting off the Enemy's Velfels 
 from their Harbour. Our Velfels are the 
 Wondaija and ^Iohawk j the firfl carrying 
 four q Pounders, fourteen 6 Pounders, and 
 loo .Seamen : The other, carrying fixfetn 
 6 I'ounders, and 90 Seamen. They failed 
 in Qucft of the Enemy's VdTels, whoap- 
 }icart.d off of Ofwego again on the 20th ; and 
 with the Precautions I had taken, in fend- 
 ing a Detachment forw;;rd, and giving In- 
 telli;;pnce to Cupt, Loring, 1 was in Hopes 
 he cou'd not have mifTed them ; but they 
 efcaped liim. 
 
 •• On the z'^A, Sir William Johnfon ar- 
 rived with a great Part of thi.- Indians ; the 
 Troops came in daily from Albany. 
 
 " The 25, I hid the Honour of receiv- 
 ing your Letter of the 2gth of April by C.ipt. 
 Aberrrombie ; and, in Obedier ce to His 
 Majelly's Commands, I have given out tlie 
 Older?, as inclofed, to all theTroops in North 
 America. 
 
 '« On (he 31ft, Abercrombie's Regiment, 
 with the Detachment of Gage's and New 
 Yorker, wliicli I had fent to Prefqu' Ifle, 
 arrived, 
 
 *' The lA of AuiTuft. I received a Letter 
 from Colonel Montgomery, with an Ac- 
 count of his Sucrifs, in attackint^ and beat- 
 ing the Cheiokee Indians, and deJlroying 
 their Towns : The greateft Stroke the In- 
 dians have ft It. 
 
 •* The 6ih in the Afternoon, Murray's 
 Regiment ai lived j and the next Morning I 
 fittached Culonel HaUlimand with th6 Li.s^ht 
 Jiilantfy of the Army, Grenadicr<, and 
 One l;ntfalion of Royal flighlanders, to 
 t.ilfe Port at the Bottoni of the Like, and 
 aflirt the Veflels, in finding a Pafl'age to La 
 Calttte. 
 
 " The 8th and ot!i, Schuyler's Regiment 
 arrived j and on the lofh, a! l.'/iy bieak, I 
 orderert the whole Army to einbaik. The 
 jjicpaiing the lUtteaus was not quite coni- 
 j'katcd, fo that I proLceded Willi the Rvi;u- 
 lars, and left TrigadierGeneal Clage to biin(» 
 up the Provincials and the Reir j and, as 
 the fixth Row galley wai not fioiflied, I kit 
 It behind. 
 
 Vol. 111. 
 
 " I inc'ofcto ycu, Sir, tlieEmbnrkafion, 
 Return, and the Number of Whale Roats 
 and Battcius, wi'Ji wiiich I proceeded or» 
 the Lake ; and although fome were lofl and 
 ftjvtd, 1 Iisd tilt- good "jrtune to have only 
 one Man drowned. The Night of the Day 
 I fct out from Ofwego, proved fo vci y had, 
 that I was lucky in not Icling many more 
 Battcaus. Dri:j:adier General Gagj Lit Of- 
 we'.'i) the next Morning, and joined me liia 
 third Day. 
 
 " On the 15th, I pafTed our two Vcfl^jls 
 that were j:ot out of the right Channel, and 
 could not get down, notv.ithllanding I had 
 given tlie beft Pilots I could procure. The 
 idxr.t: Day I joined Colonel Haldimand's ad- 
 vanced Corps, and had Intelligence by an 
 Ofw.'«;ntthie Indian, that One of the Ene- 
 my's VelTcls had run around, and was fo 
 much damaged, fhe could rot fail from the 
 Foit; and that the other VofTel lay off La 
 Galeite. I deteimined not to wait for our 
 Vcffcls, and fixed a Hawitzer on Board one 
 Row-galley ; ih.* other Four having Twelve 
 Pounders to attack the Vefli;lwith. 
 
 " On the i6th, tho' 1 had made no Halt, 
 from t!ic Time 1 had left Ofwcgo, I thoiiglic 
 proper, from the Repoit I had received, uf 
 the Situation of the Enemy's Ships, not to 
 lofe a Moment, but proceed down the Ri- 
 ver to O/wegatchie, and to attack tlieir Pofl 
 at Ifle Roy ale : The advanced Guaid, con- 
 fining of the Rangers, Gage's, Light Infan- 
 try of Regiments, and Grenadiers, wit^j 
 five Row-galleys, under the Command of 
 Colonel Grant. It was very late in the Day, 
 when I leached the Point deBarilwith the 
 advanced Guard j and I fent back to Bri- 
 gadier General Gage, to land on the North 
 Siiore, in cafe he could not reach the Point 
 de Baril. Soon after, v.'vi difcovered the 
 French Vcflel, and it was impoflii-.le not 
 to pulh on totiy to attack her, as it \va3 
 a C.iim. She fired her Signal Guns, on 
 feeing the advanced Guard. Night coming 
 on lb fart, that it was imprafticable to at- 
 tack her, and then 1 ordered the advanced 
 Guard to row into the South Shore; and 
 the Army, late at Night, reached the Point 
 de Baiil. 
 
 '• "i'I;e 17th, at Day-break, theEntmy'u 
 Vedll made an Attcjnpt to fail up the Ri- 
 ver J Colonel Willianifon attacked hei with 
 the five Row galleys ; the Wind btcama 
 c»lm, %>^liich favouied much j fhe Kow- 
 gallys c(.iuld not do better than they did ; 
 they hied one Hundred and eighteen Rounib. j 
 The Vellcl fire.l Seventy- two; had three 
 Mtn killed, twelve wounded, and then 
 flruwk, A Serjeant of AniUery was killed 
 on Board one of the Row galleys; and .1 
 Nrw Votk Pruvintul RA "his Ltg. The 
 y y y VeliVl 
 
 ■i 
 
vmrnajsoB 
 
 A Chronological Memoir of Occurrences^ 
 
 •Ji 
 
 Vefle! harf ten iz Pounders, with four Swi- 
 vels, and loo Men, commanded l)y M. la 
 Brcqueiie. Tliii Day I tork PoflTcfnon of 
 Swegatchie, and encamped there ; and fent 
 two En^ineeis, with Parties, down tlie 
 River, to view the C'oafts and Situation of 
 thelflands near L'lHc Royale. 
 
 " On the iSili at Day-break, theadvan- 
 ced Guard was leady, hut the Repairs of 
 the Row galleys and Veflch took up f(ime 
 Time. The En.Jneers did not return (ill 
 Ten o'Clcck in the Moinin,^ j it was (X- 
 CefTive bad Weather ; buc I was determined 
 to feize the fii ft Moment to invert the 
 IMicc; and as tlie Report of the Engineers 
 made no Alteiaticn in the Difjofiticn.^ I 
 had mnde, I piirfut-cl it in the following 
 Manner; I took with nie Gage's Regi- 
 ment, three Re w 4»alleys, the Light Infan- 
 try, Grenadiers, fii ft Brigade of Regulars, 
 Schuyler's Res'.imtnt of Provincials, and 
 the greateft P.ut of the Indians with Sir 
 William Johnfon, and fomc Li°ht Field- 
 pieces ; and rowed down by the North 
 Shore, paffod the Fort, and took Pofleliion 
 of the Illant's and Crafts below it ; whilft 
 two Companies nf Ranc:i.rs. two Row gal- 
 leys, the fi.cond Drigac'e of Regulars, Ly- 
 man's Reijiinenf of Provincials, with the 
 Remainder of 'h^ Indians, under the Com- 
 mand of Colonel Haldiniand, were to row 
 down the Soutli Shore, to lake Puft oppo- 
 fite to the Fort, where they were under 
 Cover: The oMier Provincial Regiments, 
 and the heavy Artillt-ry, remained atSwe- 
 patchie. Tlv: Vell'el fail d down the Mid- 
 dle of tlie River, between the two Columns, 
 to anchor at Random Shot from the Fort. 
 This was tfFtft^;d with a fmai t Cannonadmg 
 from t!ie Fort on the Tioops, ri'wing along 
 the North Shore, and a^ainft the Veflel, 
 which funk one Row-calLy, killed two 
 Men in another Row galley ; one Man had 
 Ills Tliigh fhot off, and Seven were woun-' • 
 ed : Srvtral Bo^ts and Oars ftnick with 
 their Sliot. At Ele%'en at Night, the laft 
 Boat came in, and the Place was compleat- 
 lyinvelkd. 1(1- Gallof: and L'Abbe Pic- 
 «|uets Ifland were found abandoned ; the 
 Enemy having left them in a great Hurry, 
 as we found the Scalps they had taken on 
 the Mohawk River, with Tools and Uten- 
 iils of various K;nds ; two Swivels, Raiiels 
 of Pitch, and a Quantity of Iron. Our In- 
 dians, on findini; the Scalps, burnt the 
 Chaptl, and all the Houfes. In the Night 
 I tried to get up the Row- galley that was 
 funk, hut could not efFedl it, 
 
 «< On the 19th at Day-break, I viewed 
 the lilands, with Colonel Williamfi)n and 
 Lieutenant Colonel Eyre, and fi>4ed the Bat- 
 ttfrii,s, one on each of the two Iflandv near- 
 
 eft the Fort ; and one on a Point of Land 
 on the South ."shore. Detachments were 
 immediately to open Ground The Foit 
 filed at the VelF-l, which was returned ; hut 
 I directed Lieutenant St. Clair, to whom I 
 liad givtn the Command of the VefTcl, to 
 avoid firing rather than keep it up. In the 
 Afternoon, our two Veifels appeared ; I 
 fent Orders to them, to anchor at Randrm 
 Shot from the Fort, and to avoid firinr. 
 At Night, I got the Row- galley up, and 
 favid the Gun, tiiat was wounded, but not 
 rendereel unferviceable ; prepared Fafcines, 
 and every Thing for cairying on the Siege \ 
 and ordered the heavy Artillery to corne 
 down, tliis Night from Swegatchie. 
 
 " 20th. I ordered the Provincial Rcgi- 
 ments from Swegatchie, leaving one Regi- 
 ment » the Connefticut Troops polled at 
 that Pla 
 
 " a3ct. Began to fire from all the Bat- 
 teries. The Enemy drew in their Guns, 
 and tried to put them under Cover. After 
 fomc Time firing, I made a DifpofUion for 
 flfMming the Fortj with the Grenadiers of 
 the Army, and ordered the Vettels to fall 
 down clofe on the Fort, liaving put as ma- 
 ny Marks-men on Boaid each Ship, as the 
 Commanding Officers chofe to have, in or- 
 der to keep the Enemy from their Batteries, 
 The going down of the VefTclstothe Fort, 
 was not effedled in the Manner I could have 
 wilhed, and I determined not to purfuemy 
 Plan that Day. The Fort fired a great Dcdi 
 of Ammunition without much Execution \ 
 and our Batteries, by Degrees, difmounted 
 their Guns, and made them very fliy of 
 ilanding to their Batteries. 
 
 The Fire of our Batteries continued till 
 Yeftcrday in the Afternoon, when the Gar- 
 lifon beat a Parley, and I received a Copy 
 of, which, Sir, I fend you inclofed, a Let- 
 ter from M. Pouchot, Commandant, and I 
 fent him the Terms of Capitulation figned, 
 that he might copy it, fn<n it, and fend 
 it hack to me ; after which Lieut. Col. 
 MalTey, with three Ccm|)anies of Grena* 
 diers, took PolTeflionof the Fort. 
 
 " As I imagine, Sir, it may be agreeable 
 to you to know feveral Particulars of our 
 Pafldge on the Lak^, the Siege of the Fort, 
 and the apparent Situation of this Country, 
 I fend Capt, Prefcott, one of my Aides de 
 Camp, with this, that he may give you a 
 clear Information of any Thing you may 
 chufe to know ; and I ihclofe to you all 
 Papers that I judge, may tend to give you, 
 a thorough Infight into Affairs here. 
 
 " I fend you a Lift of the Artillery, 
 .Stores, &c. that have been taken in the 
 Fort which I intend to have repaired, as I 
 think it. b/ mudi the bell Situation f can 
 
 take 
 
 
"1\ 
 
 For OCTOBER, 1760.'- 
 
 t of LznA 
 icnts were 
 Tlie Foit 
 irntd ; liut 
 
 whom I 
 VeflTcl, to 
 p. In tlie 
 i^eared ; I 
 at Randrm 
 roid firint. 
 ;y up, anA 
 ;d, but not 
 id Fafcincs, 
 
 1 tlie SiLv;e i 
 ry to coriic 
 hie. 
 
 incial Rcgl- 
 g one Rc^i- 
 ps polled at 
 
 all the Bat- 
 tlieir Guns, 
 ^ver. After 
 ifpofition for 
 iren^diers of 
 eiTtjls to fall 
 r put as ma- 
 Ship, as the 
 
 have, in or- 
 c-ir Battt-rits. 
 Is to the Fort, 
 • 1 could have 
 
 to purfue my 
 a G;reat Deal 
 
 1 F.xecutidn ; 
 ,, dkfmounted 
 
 very ftiy of 
 
 lontinued till 
 
 ■hen the Gar- 
 
 Ic'ived a Copy 
 
 lofed, aLet- 
 
 indant, and I 
 
 ilation figned, 
 
 it, and fend 
 
 Lieut. Col, 
 
 les of Grena- 
 
 irt. 
 
 y he agreeable 
 iculars of our 
 |e of the Fort, 
 "this Country, 
 my Aides de 
 |ay give you a 
 ling you may 
 ^fc to you all 
 d to give you, 
 
 here. 
 
 [the Artillery, 
 
 Itaken in the 
 
 repaired, as I 
 
 ituation I can 
 
 take 
 
 
 fake, for entirely commanding Lake Onta- 
 rio, and effcflu^lly covering the M'^h.iwk 
 River, and all that P^rt of His M.ij-fty's 
 Dominions from the Inful's or Inroads of 
 th(« Savages ; And 1 hci I.c.u'c to add my 
 AfTurancts, thjt I (hnli malvC the utmr-rt 
 Difpatch I can, m proctedinj; down the Ri- 
 ver St. Laurence, and piofecutiiii: the Ope- 
 rations of the Campaign, according to his 
 M.ij;;fly's pvncicMij Intentions. 
 
 J am tviib the utmcjl RefpcEl, &c. 
 
 JEFF. AMHERST. 
 
 Copy of a Li-ttcrfrom Major General Amh'rfl, 
 
 to the Birrht Uor.otirahk Mr. Secretary Pitt , 
 
 dated Camp at Montreal, the %tb of Sept. 
 
 t76o. 
 
 " On the ;6rh of Auguft, I did myfelf 
 the Honour of writing to you, by Captain 
 I'refcott, to give you an Account of tlie 
 I'rogrefs of his Mnji'fty'ii Arini to that 
 Time ; fince whicli, I have proceeded to 
 this Place. 
 
 •' From tlie 26th to the ^oth, I was em- 
 ployed in rei>a\ring fome Part of the Fort, 
 mer ding Catte.ius, and fitting out tlie Vef- 
 fels, befides making fuch Pieparafions-, as I 
 j'jrlged eflTsntipUy neccflary for the P.iflage of 
 the .^rmy down the River. 
 
 " On tlie 31ft I fat out, rowed 24 Miles, 
 and enc.impi-d on Ifle au Chat ; tbt Rapides 
 WvTC more frightful than dang'^nni-. 
 
 " Sept. ih. I pafTcd the Long Saut, 
 marched covering Parties on the Sh<,:e, t!ie 
 Boats were obl'ired to row in lin;;!-:; File, 
 and keep at fome Diflance ; this took up 
 great Time, though the (."ui rent of the Ri- 
 ver was violent. The Rapidts wtre full of 
 broken Waves, th^- Batteaus tock in Water, 
 a Corporal and 3 Men of the Royal High- 
 landers Wire drowned : I encimnsd at 
 Johnfon's Pnint, 14 Miles from Ifle au Chat. 
 i fent Parties forward on the L.'ike ; Sir 
 William Johnfon went to an Indian Village, 
 Afquefaflina, to aflTure them of I'rotedlicn 
 on th>.'ir good Belriviour. 
 
 " 2d. I rowed 24 Miles down Lake St. 
 Francis, and encamped at Point au Beiu- 
 dct. M, La Come, with a Party, had been 
 here, and at the Indian Vill.igc. Very 
 violent Rain and Wind came on at Night j 
 luckily our Boats were in fheltered Coves. 
 
 " 3d. The bad Weather continutd, the 
 Army halted 5 a fcout.ng Party brought in 
 a Prifoner from leCederii. 
 
 •' 4th. The Army was in their Boats 
 foen after Day break ; the Weather was fa- 
 vourable for pafTmg the woife Part of the 
 River, but I am forry to ncqtiaint you, the 
 Rapides were the Occafion of 84 Men being 
 drowned, We loll likewife 29 Datteaus of 
 Regiment*, 17 of AitiUery, with fome Ar- 
 
 529 
 
 tilleiy .ind Store?. Sfventt-en While- Pnaf., 
 and one Row galley were itiivtd ; the Guuj, ' 
 with fome SiDrcs ji-,d Prov.fions, will be 
 favc'd. I encamped this >.iv;lit at the Ifle 
 P'Tiut, about two Miles fmrn the River, 
 Willi rl;e Rc';:'ihr«. It wj-s too late for tlie " 
 rieatrd Part of the Artdlery jt d the I'rovin- 
 ci-ii.-; to proceed there, and tliey encamped 
 on the Rivi;rSidc. 
 
 '• 5th. TI.e Inhabitant; of the Iflmd had 
 all !un intotlie Woods, andabindoned their 
 KdulVs ; fiinie were t.iken, and fome came 
 in: I had the Oath i.f Alk;Mance teno'ertd 
 totlum, and 1 put tlieni in f]uiet Polf iTioa 
 of iheir HouiVs ; and they fecined as much 
 furprlzed witli their Treatment, as tlity 
 w.ic liippy with it. The necefl*ary Re- 
 piiis of Hoats put it out of my Power to 
 proceed this Day. The Remains of the Ar- 
 iilxry and l!ie t'rovincial Regiments joined 
 me. 
 
 " 6th. Tlie Army was in their Boats 
 foon after Day- break j I rowtd in four Co- 
 lumns by the Ri,»;ht, as I int' nded to land 
 on my Left, at la Chine, on ihe Ifland of 
 Montieai, about 3 Leagues from iny iafl 
 Car.ip J tlie Weather was favourable, and I 
 landed without OppolitiiHi ; fome flying 
 Pa: ties run into Moiitieal, 'after a few Shots: 
 To make the moll of the Day I could, I 
 m^'clicd on : The Parties h.id broke up one 
 Bii.lge, which was foon rciJaued ; and, af- 
 ter a [vlarcli of z Leagues, I formed the 
 Troops on a Plain before Monfieal, where 
 we lay the Night on our Arms ; and I got 
 up two 12 Pounders, five 6, and five 3 
 Pounders, of light Artillery. I left the 
 New York Troops and two Connefticut 
 Regiments for the Security of the Boats at 
 La Chine, 
 
 " 7th. In the Morning, two Officers 
 came to an advanced Port, with a Letter 
 from the Marquis de Vaudieuil, referring 
 me to what one of them, le Colonel Bou- 
 gainville, had to fay. The Converfation 
 ended, with a CtlTation of Arms, till n 
 o'clock, at which Time the Propofals 
 came: I returntd mine, and wrote to the 
 Marquis de Vaudreuil. This was follow- 
 ed by another Letter from the Governor : I 
 fent my .'\nfwer. I then received a Letter 
 from M. de Levis, which I anfwered. The 
 Troops l.iy on their Arms at Night, and 
 foon after Day I had a Letter from the Mar- 
 quis ds Vaudreuil, which I anfwered, and 
 fent iVl^jor Abercrombie into Town, to 
 bring me the Articles of Capitulation, ficn- 
 ed by the Maiquis ile Vaudieuil, of which I 
 have fent him a iJuplicate figned by me ; 
 and Colonel Haldimand, with the Grena- 
 diers and Light Infantry of the Army, has 
 taken PofliefTion of a Port, and will proceed 
 
 y y y a To- 
 
am 
 
 530 A Chronological Memoir of Occiirrenc cs. 
 
 m 
 
 li 
 
 / ri 
 
 To morrow in fulfilling ilie Artictcs of Cn- 
 pitul ition. I tIi(Hi7,ht it bttter, fiom the 
 ■Number of Batralions, to oblige thcni not 
 to ftrvf Hurin^ die i-nfent \Var, Mian to 
 incumber tni'lanri wiili tlitm as Piiforifrs of 
 Vvar. I fn^ll rfo myMt the Honour ol ftnrf- 
 ing fhe Colours of tlic Battalions to you by 
 the nex'-Occafi^n. 
 
 " Governor Mnrny, with the Troops 
 from Quebec, landi^d hjow the Town Ye- 
 fttrday, anH C'loral Mavilnnd vvirii Ivs 
 Corps (tliat took i'oiUiri )n of the lilc nu' 
 TCrix whicb the Fncniy ahiodoncd 00 the 
 aStI)) is this Day arrived at the South ^!lOle 
 oppoftre niy Canij?, I ilionld not do Jultite 
 to Governor r4urray arid C'wjoncl H.iviland, 
 if I did not affLHt you ihc y havo executed 
 t'lc Orders I i^ave tiitni fo the utrnoll of my 
 AViih'js, I niufl lik^^wifc bca; Le.ivetoOy, 
 ] am oblle^d to r.rigndicr General Gage for 
 the Afrii'><rce he has '.:iven nip, and I have 
 taiscn the Liberty to s^ive in |nib!ic Oideis, 
 my Affurinees to the three Armies, that I 
 WDuld take tlic firft Opportunity of ac- 
 fluaintingthe King, with the Zoal and Bra- 
 very which Ins always been exerted by tlie 
 jOflicers and Soldiers of the Regular a.ul 
 Provincial T'.oops ; as alfo by his MajeAy's 
 faithful Indian Allies. 
 
 " Sir William Johnfon har, tak-m im- 
 wearied Pains jn keeping the Indians inhu- 
 mane Bounds ; and I have the Pleafuve to 
 aTure you, that Tiota I'cjf.int, Vv'oman, or 
 Child, has been hurt by them, or a Houfe 
 burnt, fmce I entered wliatwas the Enemy's 
 Country, 
 
 " A compleat Lift of Artillery, Arms, 
 Ammunition, Stores, &c. in the feveral 
 Ports, as well as tlinfe of Montreal, fliall 
 He made oe.t, v.heh I rt\all tranfmit to 
 you ; Time does not permit this at prefent 
 to be done. 
 
 " 1 am to acknowledge fhe Honour of 
 receiving, on ihe 3cth of August, ycur 
 Duplicate of the i.\U\, with your Letter of 
 tlui 2cMi of Jul?, cnclofing a Copy of In- 
 flrudhens toLo'd Celville of the 3.0th of 
 June, The AfTurances you have been pleaf- 
 edto give me ol His Majcfty's Approbation, 
 on the Receipt of my feveral Uifpalches, 
 nj ikes me veiy liappy. 
 
 •' I fliall now ufe my utmoft Endeavours 
 for fettling every ThiO'? in tins Country to 
 keep a fure Pcll'eflion of it ; and I ihall Im- 
 rntdiately d.fpofe of the Troops in fuch a 
 jMaiiner, (hat 1 may compleafly finirti the 
 Forts which vv^-re began lafl Year; and as 
 fir ^s the Sf.-.fon will permit me, I fhall re- 
 pare orerefl fuch Forts or Ports, as may be 
 nectiriry for ibengthening and infuring the 
 future Command of the Likes, with the Pof- 
 fcfTjcp of every Part of the Suuth Side of the 
 Kiver it. Laurence. 
 
 " I inclofe to you, Sir. n Copy of the 
 Articles of ''apiiulation, W'th Copies of all 
 the Letters that have pafTed, for y(.ur lull 
 Information of the whole Tranfa^ion. 
 
 " I imagine there may be many Partitu- 
 1.1 rs you miy l.lce to know in what has paf- 
 fttl fince I difpatclied Captain I reftott, and 
 I now fend Major Bane with this, that you 
 may rcct-ive all the Infelligencc I can givj 
 you of the apparent State of eveiy Thing in 
 lliis Ce.untry. 
 
 1 am, with the utmort Refped>, .^-e. 
 
 Jeff . Am n f. kst. 
 
 Extras of ii Li'iu-r from the Honourable Uri- 
 jrjiiier Genrral Murray to the R gli lie- 
 nonraik Air, S^crit/irv Pitt, H.itcd Con- 
 trecceur, nine Liiigaa from Montreal, /Jif 
 gtiji 24, 1760. 
 13 Klore I fee out from Qi^tebec, I did my- 
 jf) ft'f the Honour to tranfmit to you .1 
 Plan of thf Operations I had propofed, for 
 the Corps under my Command, this Cam- 
 paign ; 1 have hitlurto adhered to it, and it 
 has fuccteded beyond my mollfanguine Lx- 
 peftations. 
 
 M.de Levis has for a Month done me, 
 and rtjll does me the Honour to watch our 
 Motions, with the Grofs of his Army ; and 
 tiiough 1 have no 'Jidiogs of General Ani- 
 heift, I cannot duubt ot his being well ad- 
 vanced, unlefs he has found his Route im- 
 praftieable, which indeed I am told is dif- 
 fii:eit : I am confident he has not yet had 
 any Interruption fiom the Enetny, their 
 Port at Galot excepted. 
 
 The Mani'tfto's I have publifhcd to the 
 Canadians, iiave had the riefired Effcfts ; 
 Moftof the PariOies on the South Shore, as 
 far iis the River Forrel. hive fubmitted to 
 his M.*je(ly and taken the Oath of Neutra- 
 lity. 
 
 As I advanced with the Detachment of 
 the Quebec Garrifon, wliich failed a Fort- 
 night before the Arriv;.l of the two Regi- 
 ments i'rom Louifljouig, the French aiiny 
 kept pace with me, alvmdoning tvcry fort 
 in their Rear : 1 therefore fent Orders to 
 Lord Rollo to difarm, and fwear the inha- 
 bitants of the North Shore, whenever it 
 could be done without retarding his Junftioii 
 with me. The Wind proved ft equtn'ly con- 
 trary, and put it in his Power to accept of 
 the Submirtion of moft of the Parifties, on 
 the North Shore, as far as the Tiois Ri- 
 vieres, which though theCapital of the Go- 
 vernment of the fame Name, is no roore 
 than an open ftragling Village. 
 
 I found the Inhabitants of the Pari(h of 
 Son el had deferted their Habitations and in 
 Ai ms, I was therefore under the cruel Necef- 
 lity of burning the greateft Part of thcfe poor 
 
 unhappy 
 
For OCTOBER, 1760. 
 
 
 
 unhappy Peoples Houfcs. I pray God this 
 Ex.im()lemay I'.iffice, for my Nature Revolrs, 
 when this becomes a neceflary PAitot my 
 Duty. 
 
 Colonel Frafer makes me hope that I (hall 
 not be diftrefltd much for Fuel in the Winter, 
 Hut for fear he may have mifcalculjttd, I 
 have ordered him to ftrengthen the Pr.lU 
 the Enemy had at Jaqucs Quaiticr, and de 
 Chambaux, which are excellent Partes, an 
 effcihial B^trticr, betwixt which and Qiiebec, 
 I can fafely canton Two 'I houfand Men in 
 the Houfes of the Inhabitants. 'IJii'i will 
 fave Fuel, and be more comfortable for the 
 Troops, than if they were crowded in the 
 Ruins of Quebec; but I flatter niyftlf th^s 
 Expedient will not be necflFary, and I hit 
 Montreal and it's Nei(?hbourhood will be the 
 Winter Quarters of Part of the Troops : You 
 may be aifured, Sir, I fhall do my uiinuil: 
 to make it fo ; I am pofitive I fhall be well 
 feconded by the ofHcers, and I fl nier myfi-lf 
 the Soldiers have fome Confidence in their 
 Leader. 
 
 Jf Mr. Amherft does approach, Succefs 
 is certain ; liiould he not, I ajipreliend I 
 tnufl be cautious, I have a great Country to 
 maintaii ; the Inhabi'ants are bra*.'e mul 
 numerous ; and never can becle;jended upon, 
 jmtiltlie Colony is intirslyfubdued, and the 
 French Troops and Governors removed. 
 In every attempt I make, I (hall thertfore 
 Jook upon the Prefervation of the Conqueft 
 already made, as the piincipal OKject : I 
 am fenfible of what Importance it is to 
 Great Britain, at this Juni'.lure, and that 
 no Profpeft of Glory, however flattering, 
 lliould put it to the leaft Rifque. 
 
 I ani now. Sir, to make an Apology for 
 tlis Incorre£tnefs and bad Writing of this 
 Letter j the Effcfts of lad Winter have 
 lamed me j it is with Difficulry I can wi ite 
 at piefent ; and 1 flatter myielf you will 
 paidon my involuntary Errors, as I left my 
 Secretary at Quebec. 
 
 1 have the Honour to be, &c. 
 JA. MURRAY. 
 r. S. We are now entirely mailers of 
 the Navigation from Quebec to Mont- 
 real ; it is perfedly fale for VefTels not 
 drawing above 1 1 Feet Water ; there 
 lias not the leaft Accident happened to 
 any cf our Fleet ; and we have from 
 • this Place, Water for a firft Rate to 
 Montreal. 
 
 Copy of a Letter from tbe Right Hon, the Lord 
 Cohi/le, 19 ihe Right lion. Air. Secretary 
 Pitt, dated Northumberland at S^uebec, 
 iith of Sept. 1760. 
 
 CApt. Byion, fenior Officer of the King's 
 Ships at LouiAourg;, in confequence 
 
 of Intelligence ^c had received from Bri^ra- 
 dier Cieneral W!iitmorc, of fome Ships of 
 the Enemy biint; at R,lli.:^utlli in the bot- 
 tom of thfe Bay of CU.ilcurs, immediately 
 fiiled with the Fame, Dorfetihire, Achilles, 
 S.dil)nrmi5h, and Repulfe ; and found the 
 French Shipj it the I'lacc defcribed, bcnR 
 the M.Hv.hiux F.igate of 30 Guns, twoUige 
 Store Ihjps, an. Tig S.iil of fmaller VciTds, 
 mo.l fif wlii.h had been taken from our 
 Traders laft Year and this. All tliel'e, with 
 two Batteries and 200 Houfes, were de- 
 rttoycrt, and t!i;i Settlement tot.iDy ru.n^d. 
 But I cannot «!o jullice to C.ipt. Byron's 
 fpiritt'd Beluviour, better than by enclofiof; 
 a Copy of hi^ Letter to me; which beinp; 
 dated in the Bay of Cltaleurs on the 141!) of 
 July, I imagine was immediately after this 
 Seiv.ce was performed. The Frigate and 
 Store (hips cnne out in the Spirng, but: 
 finding our Squadron had got up the River 
 before them, put info theHay of Chalcuri, 
 Capt. Wdlhs, vvitli the Prince of Orange, 
 RoclieDer, and three armrd VeiTels, was 
 (in iJUifiiance of my Orders) going u;) the 
 Biy o: ChalfcUi s, but met Capt. Byron com- 
 ing down. 
 
 The joint Rtqutft cf Generals Anilier(t 
 and Murray, c. ni-uiriiig with my own In- 
 clinations to fcrve Capt.' Deane, of the Di- 
 ana, has ir.du.e.i me to fend him tow;iiton 
 you with this l.ettcr. f-le commanded all 
 the VcHkIs employed on the Expeciition trom 
 Quebec to iViontreal ; and from hiS own 
 Abilities has furmoiuited tiie Di(fi:i!lties of 
 an unknown, ir.'ric.tc, and dangi-rous Na- 
 vigation. To fumup his Merit in one Sen- 
 tencf, he has approved hiaifelf a moft de- 
 fervmg 0(Kcer ; and ns fuch I prefume to 
 recommend him to your Favour. He is 
 very capable of giving you an Account of 
 whatever you dcfire to know, with rela- 
 tion to lliis Country. 
 
 / am, &c, 
 
 COLVILLE. 
 
 Ofi. 25. This Morning, about 70'Clock, 
 it pkafed Almighty God to call, in his Mer- 
 cy, our latj Moft Gracious Sovereign, 
 George the Second, after a long and glot ious 
 Reign of 33 Years, 4 Months, and 3 Days, 
 and wanting 16 Days only of compleating 
 the 77th Year of his Age. His Majeily was 
 born at Hanover, Nov. 10, 1683, accord- 
 ing to the prefent Stile, and came to the 
 Crown June 11, 1727. ilis Majcfty de- 
 ceaftd of a Fit of the Apoplexy, whicli 
 lafted about an Hour; and is jullly and 
 deeply regretted by all his loyal and dutiful 
 Subjcfls ; no Monarch having received 
 greater or more chearful Marks of their At- 
 tachment to his Goveinment, or AfiuAion 
 
 to 
 
 ■;( 
 
1 
 
 I 
 
 i^' 
 
 532 A Chronological Memoir of Occurrences, 
 
 f 
 
 I'll 
 
 to his I'erfon. He dcfc:ncls to tlie Cnva 
 amidft the BltfTini^s of a niatefjl I'e'j'L*, 
 who will do hi (I ice to Ills Mfliiorv iiy traiif 
 mittinj; to l\)rttrity ilic Hd|)p.nfls t'lcy en- 
 joytd diirino; theCouifc; of hn K'i 'n. Tt 
 may with 'I'lutli hf fud of him, f.e h.H Itft 
 no Foe in the Hririlh F.mpiri;, that w.is not 
 fo to hi!> Country ; that Humanity he pof- 
 fefTed in a vtty etiiincnt IJci;rcf^, having nij- 
 ver f)i;ned a W.irrant without (ei'lint; for the 
 Man : Few cf hi^ frcfleielfors e'juall-rd liiin 
 in Mnderatioi) j in Pi'j'y and Jiiflice, nune. 
 His Rtign WAS long and happy, and clofcd 
 with a Suits f;f t',I:)ri(ius Fvents, fiicii as 
 v^ill amaztf I'ollrrity. In him were tmifed 
 the Kine;, the Htro, and tluf Chiif^ian j 
 which fc'cuifd to liini an unhoundcd Vc re • 
 intion thro' Life, and to be gieatly reirrct- 
 tc'd at De.itli, hy a kiy::l and a grateful Peo- 
 ple ; wlin would hive llill greater Rtafvin to 
 deplore his I.ofs, had we not the pltafinr; 
 -Hope, that hiS (;rown is the lealt valuahle 
 I,ec;acy he !ias U ft, He is fucccedcd ox\ the 
 Jmptii.l I'Innnc of lli*fe Realms hy lis 
 Royal <ii;'.n(irc n, our pitftnt O'acious So- 
 vercij;n, Otoi^'c the 'Ilvid, to wh<uvi, God 
 ^lant Length oi Years, and a profpfifis 
 Ktit'n ovtr a hapny and conttnted Pci pic, 
 
 The two Arc'ihiihops havini; vi'.-wvd llie 
 Hody of III". M.ijeAy, reported thj fame to 
 tht; Hon. llic Fiivy CounciL London C:v, 
 OS!. 26. 
 
 On this melancholy Occafion tiie Pi ivy 
 Council met at St. J im-js's, and gavr; r.e- 
 ctlT.iry Oidi'rs for proclaiinina; his Royal 
 Hishn^li the Tiince cf \V.i!t.:, K.ini'; of 
 Oiiat liiitain, Fr.ince, nrd Ireland, at 
 Ch iript: C'rri's, 'i'ctnplit R ir, and tlie Roy- 
 al [■.xchaiii;^ ; and the fama will U-' done in 
 ^11 the Cities and Corpor.uioii Towns in 
 England, as foon as the Lxpreli^s arrive 
 thtreat. 
 
 And fliis Dav, phout Noon, his M.ijerty 
 wa:i proct limt.'d, fii il before Saville-Hoi;;l-, 
 where the OtJkci.i il State, Nobility, and 
 Privy Coiinccllors, were prcdnt, v.'^li the 
 Ofikcrs of Arms, all heinu; on Fo(.t : Tlien 
 the OtiictTS of Arms btini; nioiintt-d on 
 Horfehaek, liie like was done at v haiiii?- 
 Crofs : within Ttnii>!e I3ar ; at flie End of 
 V.ood-flrea in Chta;:!K!e; and laftlv, at 
 the Roy.il l:xc!i,i:v.:w' ; with the ufu-il Soljm- 
 nitius : The pr.ncinil OlftceiS of State, a 
 great Numhur cf the Nohiliry, and of ether 
 I'erfons of riirtinc1iv,n, atleiiding during the 
 whole Ccremrny. 
 
 U'HERE.-IS it has }l.\!fed Almighty 
 G'jd, to ca.'l to i:i\ l^ierc*;, our lute i>o'vcii:ign 
 L',rd King Gcortje tb.' Second, of iirjfcd Mc- 
 tr.ory^ hy ivi-ofi Decei.:[e the Imperial Crczvns 
 .of Great Britain, Fiance, and Ireland, are 
 
 f'}lf!y ard ri^iifu'ty lome (9 tit High a>'ft 
 'M j'hy Prince, CJcortte Prince ?/' Walts ; IPe 
 tht/ :(■•',' the l,oril% Sj.irii'inl and ffwti^rnl nf 
 tl's Ji-'.ilm, l>-:i'i9 here ajjiiiid'tuifh ili'li of his 
 Lite /i1;>j'/!y's Vritiy C'yi'Uil , tv/th Numl'ert rf 
 oh'r pnini^al Cirit/nnen "f t^'^^'y, ivilh 
 ti.'-: J.o'd M.jyrjr, A'd;rm:tt, and Ci'ixins of 
 London, Jo i:oto ht'rijy, >tvitl.i one l^oice and 
 Ci'nfcr.t of Tongue and HfJ/f, piihlijh and 
 f>rocl.iiin, Ibtit the Htrhand flh^r^'y Piinee, 
 Gpori;e Prince of U'ales, ts ro-u\ l>y tht 
 Drath ofiiur late .^ovtr -ifn, oi hcifly Mrncy, 
 become ou<- laivful at,d rightful A/f^f Lord 
 
 .Geo'^e the lltid, fv tfeCrace of Cod, King 
 of C, cat llrit.tin, France, and Ire' nd, De- 
 
 fifdir of t/ e T'aiih, and fo fr.itb: To iv ft on 
 tve <l , acknorv'edi^e nil Pjirh jnd covftf: Ohe- 
 dit nee 'ituib f!l hearty a^d h'imt>ie Ajfeciions, 
 h:f (c'cing God, by tuhim Kings and ^cns 
 d) reign, to hl,{s the R}y,il Prin.e Gcotgc the 
 llrd Tjith long ,7nd hjppy t'eaii to rugn 
 o-vcr tis. 
 
 Given at the Court at Ciirl'ton-IJonfe this 
 Twenty • Fi(th Day of UBotcr, 1 760. 
 
 GOD fjve the KING. 
 
 Andrew Stone 
 J. CK'vUnd 
 Jn, R itiliy 
 Maj. Gen. I?. Noel 
 lolm Rofcawcn 
 J V/efl 
 John Pownal! 
 Ldwaid Godfrey 
 ']'. TownfiH-nd 
 J'ines l\-ac!iy 
 Kr. Ramfden 
 James Crefllt 
 Rich. Port;r,e;fr 
 W, VVentvvorth 
 Ja. Dunne 
 G. Porock 
 Jn. Hiair 
 Haniiy l^almer 
 Vincent Mathus 
 P. Fenoulhet 
 Simon l^arry 
 T. I'enn 
 Jn. AnJrcws 
 V. Vernon 
 S. CottielJ. 
 
 W 1 1. M A M . 
 
 The. Cant. 
 
 Leeds • ■ 
 
 Holrforncfle 
 
 Cho|mnrd<.l?y 
 
 Holies Ncvvcartle 
 
 Falmouih 
 
 Man'iticid •' 
 
 Walrlegravc 
 
 Gower 
 
 Anf-n 
 
 Harrington 
 
 Liponier 
 
 W. Pitt 
 
 W. Finch 
 
 T. Robinfon 
 
 H, Fux 
 
 T.Chitty,;i%3r 
 
 C. Putt 
 
 Dartni! uth 
 
 Rob. Birtic 
 
 Southw^.il 
 
 Delamer 
 
 J. Brudcncl 
 
 E. VVilmot 
 
 Geo. L. Scott 
 
 Gilb, Ellioc 
 
 The Manner of the Froccfllon was as 
 follows. A F^aity of Hoife Grenadier- 
 Guards, preceded by two Pionters to clear 
 the Way ; Beadles of WeftminAer with 
 Staves, two and two ; Conftables of VVeft- 
 miuihr; Hi^h ConAable of We^minfler 
 
 with 
 
For DECEMBER, 1760. 565 
 
 . vvcallle 
 
 JVC 
 
 ifon 
 
 ., Major 
 
 ih 
 
 tie 
 
 Scott 
 
 IOC 
 
 wns as 
 inadiei - 
 to clear 
 er witfi 
 t Weft- 
 tminfter 
 with 
 
 »nA ^o Squadrons of his left Winp. The 
 firft Line wan to advance hy tlie Way ki( 
 Mikcrtne to Neiden, the Second by Peck- 
 hutie to Elfnick, and the Thiit:, which 
 confifted wholly of Cavalry, by the Wood of 
 Wildenhayn to Vonclf^ng. 
 
 On the other Hand, General Zitthen, 
 with 30 Battalions and 70 Squadrons of the 
 Ri(;ht, wd» to take the Great Leipfic Road, 
 and coming out of it at the Ponds of Tor- 
 gau, to direA his Attacks againfl the Villa- 
 ges of Suptitz and Giofwich. 
 
 This Plan was executed in the following 
 Manner: The King's Line, while on their 
 March, fell upon the Corps under General 
 Reid, confifting of two Regiments of Dra- 
 goons and three Battalions of Pandouri, 
 who retired at our Approach into the Wood 
 of Torgau. Rut we found in the Wood near 
 WildenhaynanothermoreconliderableCorps 
 of the Enemy, who after firing fome Volleys 
 of Cannon on our Vanguard, immediately 
 retired to Grofchutz. 
 
 Our Vanguard was on the Point of at- 
 tacking them when we learnt that St. Ig- 
 non's Dragoons were in the Wood on our 
 Left between our Columns of Foot. Being 
 immediately attacked by cur Hurtlus, they 
 wanted to retire, but met the Grenadiers of 
 cur Vangu^ird, whofe Fire ftopt them, fo 
 that our Huifars made moft of them Pnfo- 
 ners. Thofe who efcaped, fell in with our 
 fecond and third Lines, wheie our Civalry 
 was, and weie either difperfcd or taken. 
 
 At Two in the Afcctnoon, the King got 
 thro' the Wood to the little Plain of Nei- 
 den. There we found Bathiani's Dragoons, 
 and a Regiment of Foot, which after firing 
 fome Cannon- fllot, retiied to Torgau, from 
 whence we heard a biifk and continued Fire 
 of Cannon and fmall Arms, which made us 
 judge that General Zeithen was already en- 
 gaged with the Enemy. On this we mended 
 our Pace, and pafTing the Mor.ifles near 
 Nelden, inclined to our Right towards a 
 fmall Wood, ma ching in three Lines. The 
 >Hoifewere 01 the Left of thv Foot, with 
 their Left at the Elbe. 
 
 On our approach, Marflial D.xun msde a 
 Front, and received us with a briik Fire of 
 200 Pieces of Cannon. His Pcfr on was .is 
 follows. His Right extended to Grofwich, 
 and his Left to Zinne. His Foot occupied 
 very advantageous Emintncts along the 
 Leipfic Road. His fecond Line, a^ainft 
 which we diredled our Attack, was placed 
 on a Piece of Ground which terminated in 
 Hillocks towards the Elbe. 
 
 We had difpofed our Attack in fuch a 
 Manner, that either our Right or Left mufl 
 tako the Enemy in ReiM , and clc.rt; tliciii m, 
 Co ihatth&y Ihould pox be able Ctf undetuke 
 
 any Thing acaiuft th.it Part where we in- 
 ttnded to e9*>^ our Att.ick. Nevertheltfj 
 wc w*r» rcpulfed the fit ft Time, after,! 
 very fmart Fite of Artillery and Small-arms. 
 Our Grenadiers fuffercd fiom the Audrian 
 C.irabineers. We made a fecond vigorous 
 Attack ; but we were a^.ain repulfed, and 
 forced to give Way. Whereu|X)n the King 
 made Barcith's Dragoons advance, who 
 took Prifoners the Emperor's own Regi- 
 ment, thofe of Neupergand Gaifrugg, and 
 a Paitalion of Bareith's. At the fame Time, 
 Spaen's CuinfTiers fell upon other Regi- 
 ments of Foot, and put them into Difordtr. 
 »Jpon which the Enemy advanced between 
 fixty and eighty Battalions towards Torgnu, 
 placing their Left at Zinne, and their Ri^ht 
 at the Elbe. The Prince of Holftcin went 
 to meet them with our Cavalry, and at firll 
 made them give Way j but, at tlie fecond 
 Shock, he was himfcif forced to retire. 
 Keverthelefs, he returned to the Charge, 
 and our third Line ^f Foot attacked the 
 Vinyards of Supiiz, whilfl General Zieilien 
 With our right Wing took the Enemy in 
 Rear. This Difpofition had the dtfired 
 Succefs ; it threw the Auftrian? into great 
 Diforder. 
 
 Thefe different Att.icks I'.rted till a Qiiar-. 
 ter after Nine at Night. As the Night was 
 uncommonly Dark, it was not polVible to 
 pwifue the Enemy. MaifialDaun is wound- 
 ed in the Thigh, and it fliould feem that our 
 Victory was facilitated by nis Wound. The 
 Enemy employed the refl of the Night in 
 crolTing the Elbe, with all Speed, on three 
 Bridges of Boats which they threw over it 
 at Torgau. Next Morning, at Day- break, 
 we entered that Town, and feizcd twenty 
 Boats belonging to their Bridges. 
 
 The Enerny lofl in this Env'agement four 
 Generals, aoo Olficers, and 7000 Men, 
 whom we made Prifoners. We took 20 
 Pair of Colours, one Standard, 37 Cannon, 
 and three Obufiers. In the fiift Attacks, 
 in which we were repulfed, the Enemy- 
 took two our Generals, fomsOfficert, and 
 about 1500 Soldiers. We compute our Lofs 
 at 2500 Men killed, and 4900 wounded. 
 The A^ion was very (harp, the Ground 
 was difpuied on both Sides with thegreatefl 
 Obflinacy. 
 
 We ate preparing to march forwards, and 
 to make all the Advantage of our Vidlory 
 that the Seafon will allow. 
 
 Our two Generals whom the Enemy have 
 made Frifoneis, are Count Fiuckenilein and 
 M. Bulow. A Lift of our killed and wound- 
 ed will foon be publilhed. The King's 
 Breafl was grazed by a Ball, and the Mar- 
 grave Charles received a violent Contufion 
 on the Thigh. . .,v ^w «.,(i -^ 
 
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 566 ^ Chronological Memoir of Occurrences^ 
 
 Magdfhourgf Njt'. 29. The Fruits tlie 
 Kin«; has gained by hislaft Viflory, are not 
 confined only to his beinc; again in Porttf- 
 tion of the betl Part of Saxony, and his 
 having drove the Enemy from many im- 
 
 Kortant Polls they occupied in Sileria, but 
 as, in Confequence thereof, obliged the 
 RufTians to retire into Poland, there to 
 feek for Winter Quarters, inftead of thofe 
 they propofed to have had between thcWar- 
 tha and the Oder, as was f^iven out in the 
 Warfaw Gazette, and feveral otiier News- 
 papers. The next Day after that memora- 
 ble Aftion, Prince tuRene, of Wirtenberg, 
 was del;iched at the Head of a rcnfiHerable 
 I>ody of Troops in purfuit of the Ruffians. 
 On the loth he arrived at Schwedt, where 
 biing informed that General Werner had 
 aheariy n. iven the Enemy from Konigfberg, 
 I'yritz, Stargard, and other Ports they pof. 
 fefled in the New Marciie ct Biam nburg, 
 he himfelf, after having been reinforced, 
 maiclied towards tlie Lower Pomerania, 
 fo ohhge leveral Bodies of Rnflinn Troops, 
 which ftill continued in the Neighboi.'rhood 
 of Coflin and Belgatd, to retreat ; which 
 they did with fo much IVecipitation as not 
 fo wait till tiiey were attacked. 
 
 Magdcbourg, No-v. 29. We have receiv- 
 ed Advice from his Majefty's Head Qiiar- 
 ttrs at MeifTen, that he '.las detached a Body 
 of about Eight Thoufa id Men, in Cavalry, 
 Infantry, and HufTats, under the Com- 
 mand of the Generals Sallern, Afclierflrben, 
 and Linden, to march through Thuringe to- 
 wards Gottingen, and there aft in Concert 
 with Prince Ferdmand, in his prefent Ope- 
 raiinns againA th.n Place. This Corps was 
 in Motion the 26th, and it isfuppofed, will 
 join his Ferene Highnefs's Army the 6th of 
 next Month. Exclufive of this Reinforce- 
 ment, the King has likewife fcnt another 
 of about F.fteen Hundred Men, drawn from 
 the Garrifon of Magdebourg, to General 
 Kielmanfegg, who commands a dttacbcd 
 Corps of the Allied Army, in the Neigh- 
 bourhood of Gottingen. We learn, that 
 Gener.il Hulftn, being on his March to 
 Chemnitz, the Army of the Empiri had re- 
 tired in the Night of the lift part towards 
 Hoff in Franconia j and that the Duke of 
 ■Wurtemberg, upon this Intelligence, had 
 
 Jikewife left Weimer the izd, and hid 
 marched to Arnrtadt. 
 
 Hamburgh, Dec. 2. We are informed, 
 that the Auilrians had evacuated LandfliuC 
 in Silefia, on the igtb Ult. leaving behind 
 them 16,000 Ammunition Loaves, befides 
 a confiderable Quantity of Forage : That 
 the Ruffians were now entirely diflodged 
 out of the New Marche ; and that General 
 Werner, having been reinforced by Prince 
 Eugene of Wurtembe.^g, who arrived Hie 
 20th part at Schwedt, would likewife foon 
 oblige General Tottleben, who yet occu- 
 pied Coflin and Stolpe, to leave both thofc 
 Places. 
 
 fVariour^, Dec. 4. The Situation of the 
 Troops in thefe Parts has received no ma- 
 terial Alteration lately. Thofe on the other 
 Side of the Wefer, under the t?ommand of 
 Prince Ferdinand, have moved forward, 
 and are now cantoned about Gottingen : 
 His Serene Highnefs's Head Quarters have 
 bten fixed, fince the 25th paft, at Harfle. 
 
 There have been feveral fmart Skirmifhes 
 on the Side of Gottingen, particularly one 
 on the zQth pail at Heydemundcn upon the 
 River Werra, which Poft Major- General 
 Brcidenbach, at the Head of the two Regi- 
 merts of Hanoverian and Brunfwick Guards, 
 with a Detachment of Cnvalry, attacked ; 
 and, having carried it, took Pofleflion of 
 the Town, which was abandoned by th 
 French Detachment, Part of which paHed 
 the River in Boats, while the others threW 
 themfelves into an Intrenchment which co- 
 vered the PaflTage, and which our Troops 
 made feveral Attempts to force, but with- 
 out Succefs. At Length, our People being 
 much galled by the Fire from the Enemy's 
 Redoubts on the other Side of the River, 
 General Breidenbach could not carry his 
 Point, and was oblisted to fall back into the 
 Town, from whenc>, he retired at Mid- 
 night ; and the Enemy did not retake Po(- 
 feffxon of it till Twenty four Hours after- 
 wards, OurLofs, upon this Occafion, a- 
 mounted 10 1^0 private Men : F've of our 
 Officers were killed, and fix wounded. 
 
 Mecklenbug, Dec. ^. Tiie Body of Troops 
 which the Pruffians have in this Dutchy, 
 Will foon be joined by 2 or 3000 Men, and 
 will then march againft the Swedes, 
 
 AMERICAN NEWS. 
 
 New York, Sept. 15. 
 
 ON Saturday Morning, about g o'Clock, 
 arrived here Major M Lean from Ge- 
 mial Amherft at Montreal, which he left 
 the Saturday before, with Dxptelfes, con* 
 
 taining a full Confirmation and Account of 
 the Surrender of the French Army, the 
 Town of Montreal, and all Canada. 
 
 Scfjt. the 8th. At brca4< of Day the Capi- 
 tulation was r<{;n*:d, Th« Grenadiers and 
 
 Light 
 
Tor DECEMBE'R, 1760. 567 
 
 and fiad 
 
 nformed, 
 Laildihut 
 ig behind 
 s, befidtS 
 -c : That 
 dirtodged 
 t Gtneral 
 by Prince 
 rived tlie 
 wife foon 
 yet occu- 
 both iliofc 
 
 on of the 
 ed no ma- 
 rl the other 
 mmand of 
 
 forward, 
 jottingen : 
 arters have 
 St Harfte. 
 Skirmifties 
 icularly one 
 :n upon the 
 |or- General 
 •twoRegi- 
 ick Guards, 
 , attacked ; 
 poflTeffion of 
 ned by th 
 /hich parted 
 khers threW 
 t which co- 
 our Troops 
 
 but with- 
 'eople being 
 ;he Enemy's 
 
 the River, 
 ot carry his 
 )ack into the 
 
 ed at Mid- 
 
 retake Fo(- 
 iours after- 
 Jccafion, a- 
 
 F've of our 
 
 tunded. 
 
 ly of Troops 
 
 lis Dutchy, 
 
 o Men, and 
 
 edes. 
 
 id Account of 
 Army, the 
 inada. 
 
 )ay tho Capi- 
 fcn»di«r9 and 
 Light 
 
 I 
 
 
 H 
 
 Liglit Infantry then marched into the Town, 
 commanded by tVil. Haldir. in, in the fol- 
 lowing Order of I'roccfTion, viz. 
 
 I. A Twelve-pouniler with a Flag ;— — 
 and a Detachment of Royal A'tillery. 
 
 II. The Grenadiers of the Line, com- 
 marded by Col. Mafley. 
 
 III. Tlie Light Inf^jntry of tlie Line, 
 commanded by CoL Amherfl ; each with a 
 
 Band of Vlufic before them ; r- and the 
 
 eldeft Ivnfign in General Amlierll's Aimy 
 to take Pofltflionof the Colours of the ciglit 
 French Regiments, 
 
 Sep:, the 9th. The Colours of Shirley's 
 and Pepperell's Regiments, loft at Ofwego 
 in 1756, were marqhed out of Montreal by 
 a Detachment of Grenadiers and a Band of 
 Mufic, and carried down the Riglu of our 
 Line to the Head Quarters, where they were 
 lodged. * , 
 
 General Orders. Camp before Montreal, 
 Sept, 9, 1760. 
 Parole — Y^xnz. George — andCA.vA da. 
 " The Gener.tl fees, with infinite Plca- 
 fure, the Succtfs that has crowne>l the in- 
 defatigable Efforts of his Majcfty's Troops, 
 and faithful Subjeds in America. The Mar- 
 quis de Va'udreuilie has capitulated j the 
 
 Troopfcf France in f '.inaHa have laiH down 
 their Arnu, ahd .ire not to ferve during tlie 
 W.ir; the whole Cour,;ry fubmits to the 
 Ddminion of Great Britain ; the three Ar- 
 init:s ate intifled to the Citntral's TharUs 
 on this Occafion ; and he aifures ihem, that 
 he will take the Opportunity of acquainting 
 his Majefty with the Zeal and Bravery, 
 which has Iways been txerted by theOfh- 
 ccrs and Soldiers of the Rctrulais, and Pro- 
 vincial Troops, and alfo by his faithful In- 
 dian Allies. 
 
 «' The General is confident, when the 
 Tioops are informed that this Country is 
 the K.in(.','s, they will not difgrace them- 
 fclvcs by the leaft Appearance ot Inhumani- 
 ty, 01 by unfoldier like Behaviour, intak- 
 ing any Plunder, more tfpeciMlly as the Ca- 
 nadians hcconiu now Britidi Subjects, and 
 will Ux\ the ^ood Effetl of his Majelly's 
 Pu.teftion." 
 
 The Indians, who had been in the French 
 Interell, hoUi.-d a Union Fla^ in Sight of 
 Montreal, fome Time before C-neral Am- 
 heril arrived thtrc ; and fheweri the utmoft 
 Complaifancfc 10 our Army, faying, that, 
 ** Now they found we were Men, tiicy 
 would be good Friends to us." 
 
 COUNTRY NEWS. 
 
 Portfmouthffir^Wi. Grand Expedition Fleet 
 Dec, 13. J[ came back to Spithead, and 
 the Tranfports, with the Forces on Board, 
 came into Harbour, and difembaiked as 
 /aft as poftible. 
 
 15. We may inform the Public, fofar as 
 it appears to us, that the Caufe of the Ex- 
 pedition Fleet being countermanded, is fup- 
 ^ofed to be the Sicknefs of ti>e Troops and 
 Horfes, the latterof which had, for feveral 
 Days, refufed all Kinds of F adder j the 
 Length of Time tiiey had hcei'. embaiked, 
 the tcmpeftuous Weather they have had 
 ever fince, and riding at Anchor in fu>:h a 
 fweiling Sea, might, had tli«y coiitnued a 
 few Days longer, beer attendtd with the 
 Lofs of a (Treat Number of the; Troops, and 
 all the Horfes. Such Numbtis of Troops 
 were ill on Board fome Ships, that there was 
 net a fufficient Numbt; <if the Soldiery to 
 attend their fick Brethren, which Duty was 
 moft kindly difchargod by the Seamcii. They 
 are to be kept in Readinels :o be embarked 
 the Beginning j. February > gr fooner, if fa- 
 
 vourable Weather for the Salline; of fo largo 
 a Fleet. . To the Honour ot theOlhccis 
 both of Land and Sea, it is r»,iTiarktd, that 
 they were regular and tender in attending the 
 Sick, and feeing them well pu.vided with 
 frefh Meat, Vegetables, and Broths. 
 
 Norwich, Dec, 5. Alftut 7 in the Even- 
 ing, theie happened a fudden Storm of Hail 
 and Rain, with a Flalh of Lightning th.it 
 burft into feveral Parts, refembling Balls ot 
 Fire which fell in many Parts of the City, 
 followed inrtantly by a Clap of Thunder 
 not diftinguifhable from the Explolion of a 
 finglel'iece of Cannon, but did no harm. 
 
 From Canteibury we leain, that a like 
 Pha-nonienon happened there, bur the Ball 
 of Fire penetrated the Spire, linked the Floor 
 of one of the Stages, hear, down fome Bricks 
 and Plaifter, left feme Mark.s of Violence 
 on the Side of the Building, and after paflin?, 
 nine Stagings, forced its Way out at the 
 Bottom of the Tower, doinn bu' little Da- 
 mage, 
 
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 4D 
 
 K. 
 
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 w 
 
 I^ov. 14 
 
 j4 Chronological Memoir of Occurrences, 
 L O N D O N. 
 
 
 P", 
 
 ifuant to his Ig'e Majefty's 
 _ Royal Pleafure, the Lords of 
 the Admi><«!fy ordered the Marlborough 
 Man of War to carry to Bencoujin, Mr. 
 Mafon, late AflTiftant to Dr. Bradify, and 
 Mr. Jeremiah Dixon, who were appointed 
 by the Royal Society to take Cnfervations 
 at that Place of the Trarfit of Venus, in 
 June, 176 r, and we k^rn, that Mr. Maf- 
 Kulyne, F. R. S. and Mr. R. Waddinuton, 
 of Hull, are appointed by the Royal Society 
 to RO to St. Helena forfiiat I'lirpofe, and that 
 they are to iro in one of the Eafl- India Com- 
 pany Ships foon after Chriftnias. 
 ExtraB cf a Letter from Lifrnn, tchcrt from 
 the Cologn Ga^.rtte, Off, 30. 
 " Yefterday Lord Kinnoul, the Englilh 
 Ambaflador, had his Audience of Leave of 
 the King. His Majefly made his Lordftiip, 
 in his private Qualify of Earl of Kinnoul, a 
 Prefent of a Diamond of great Value, in a 
 •Gold Snuff-box. To-morrow he embarks 
 on board an En^lifii Man of War, to return 
 to England. If this Minifler was charged 
 witii any other Negotiation than that which 
 he mentiontd at his firft Audience [the 
 making Excufts for deftroying de la Clue's 
 Squadron withinGun-fhotof the Foituguefe 
 Shores] it is an intjre Secret to the Public. 
 "When the Gentlemen of the Englifti Manu- 
 faftory carried to him Complaints of Brea- 
 ches of their Privileges, all the Anfwer they 
 received was, that his Inftrudtions did not 
 empower hirn to meddle in fi"'*' Matters, 
 At his Departure he acquair:«;d them, that 
 lie had obtained favourable Anfweis from 
 our Court With regard to the Exportation of 
 Gold, and the Maintenanceof ihe Hriyileges 
 granted to the Englifli Nation, but that he 
 could not be more explicit with regatd to 
 the Particulars of thofe Anfwers, till he had 
 t\l^\ given an Account of them to the King 
 his Mader. Lord Kinnoul, during his Stay 
 here, has always lived on good Terms with 
 the Count d'Oeyras (i\l. de Carvalho) and 
 on his Reprcfentations, the Court of Lon- 
 don has ordered Admiial Saunders, who is 
 ftationedat Gibraltar, to fend a 6oGun-fhip 
 to Genoa, to bring to Lirtjon the Count 
 d'Oeyras's Son, and his Nephew the Com- 
 mander d'Almada. A new Board isetefted 
 fo execute the Office of Treafurer and Pay- 
 mafttr of the Navy ; at the Head of which 
 is M. de Mendoza, tlit Count d'Oeyras's 
 Brot!ier." 
 
 Nov. 17. At a Common Council it is or- 
 dered, that the Thanks of the Court be gi- 
 yen to Sir Thomas Citty, Knt. late Lord 
 Mayor of this City, for his couftaut Atten- 
 
 dance in that high and important Office, 
 and for his particular Attention to, and En- 
 couragement of public C .od. 
 
 29. Laft Night the Speedwell Yacht (af- 
 ter fo much Time and Expence in fitting 
 her for the Purpofe of trying the Experiment 
 of the PofTibilify, not only of a Vcffil's be- 
 ing made to move with confiderable Velocity 
 in a flark Calm at Sea. but alfo againd a 
 moderate Wind) vvas tried, hy fettmg out 
 from the Red houfe in Chelfeartath to 
 Putney-bridge with the Tid'e, but againft 
 the Wind, and ie?urned bark with the 
 Wind, but a good P, tof the Way againft 
 the Tide ; which was performed to the full 
 Satisfaftion of every Perfcn prefent, at the 
 Rate of four Miles per Hour, which, in 
 Cafe of a Calm.at Se^, a.nounts to one thou- 
 fand Miles every eleven Days ; and to pre- 
 vent thofe dreadful, 'vil Confequences, 
 which fo frequently happen, from the long 
 Abfenceoffhe Mail? from difFeient Parts, 
 may be of the utrnort Utility to a commer- 
 cial People, by preventing their Detaindcr 
 in any Cafe, when the Winds are not very 
 boifterous againft then». 
 
 By an Extraft of a Letter from Paris we 
 learn, that the Court of France went into 
 Mourning for his late Majerty King Geo"ge, 
 the 15th UIc. and continued it for three 
 Days. 
 
 JVhlttball, Nov. 19. The King has been 
 pleafed to appoint the following Lords and 
 Gentlemen, to be Field Marftials and Ge> 
 neral Officers in his Majefty's Army. 
 
 FieldM.\i»sh.*i-s. ' ' 
 
 Sir Rcb. Rich, Bart. John Vifc. Ligopier. 
 
 LlEUTEK ANT- GknER AI S. 
 
 David Montelieu, Ba 
 
 ron de St. Hipolire 
 John E-.rl of Wcft- 
 
 morelatii! 
 Roger Handafyd 
 James Lord Tyrawley 
 Charles Otway 
 Charles Ld. Cadogan 
 James St. Clair 
 John Guife 
 John Earl of Rothes 
 Harry Pulteney 
 SirCharlesHov/ard 
 John Huflc 
 John Campbell 
 Wm. Ld. lilakcney 
 Humphry Bland 
 James Oglethorpe 
 John Ld. Delavvar 
 Sir John Mordaunt 
 'JatT^es Cholmondeley 
 
 Jo!in Brown 
 t'eiegrine Lafcelles 
 Sir ). Bruce Hope, 
 
 Bart. 
 John FoHiott 
 Thomas Murray 
 [ames Stuart 
 Lord John Murray 
 John E. of Loudoun 
 Maurice Bockland 
 Wm. E. Panmure 
 Ld. Ge6. Brauclerk 
 Earl of Anciam 
 W.E. of Harrington 
 Hugh Warburton 
 William Shirley 
 John D. of Bedford 
 Cuthbeit Ellifop 
 PengrineD.ofAri' 
 
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