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ambaffador at the court of France. Mr. Pitt, on receiving the letters, held a meeting of the cabinet minifters at his house in Downing-street, which was attended by the duke of Richmond, earl of Chatham, and Mr. fecretary Grenville; and at half paft one o'clock yefterday morning, Mr. Flint, the meffenger, was fent off with letters to the king at Windfor lodge, with orders to wait till feven o'clock, which is the hour his majefty generally gets out of bed, and to deliver the letters to the king as he was going to hear morning prayers, which he did, and returned to town yesterday at twelve o'clock. On his return a council was held at the secretary of flate's office for foreign affairs, Whitehall, which was attended by all the cabinet minifters, in town, and fat till four o'clock, when the duke of Leeds difpatched one of his meffengers in waiting with letters to earl Gower at Paris.

This dispatch, and the event upon which it is founded, namely, the decifion of the National Affembly of France, in favour of the minifters, is important to England. We are led to believe that things are likely to take a turn in France favourable to this country. It was the party of the enragées that made the famous report of the 25th of Auguft where a warlike conclufion is drawn fo inconfiftently from pacific premises. On that report the decree was made for fulfilling the family compact, and for arming 45 fhips. That party only were fufpicious of England, and they alone were for interfering in our difpute. In their queftion of Tuefday and Wednesday laft they failed, and the minifters of France thereby derived flrength which they had not before. It is not, therefore, unlikely, that their influence will be exerted in preventing a war between England and Spain.

26. Mr. Quirton, one of the chief officers belonging to his majesty's ship the Guardian, which was providentially saved by the bravery of their gallant commander, capt. Edward Riou, with twenty-one failors, is fafe arrived in town. They took their paffage on board a Dutch fhip bound from Batavia to Amflerdam, which touched at the Cape. The captain was left at the Cape engaged in taking care of the flores, to the amount of 200 tons, which he means to hip on board the firft home

ward-bound Indiaman. Capt. Riou is expected to come by the fame convey.

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26. A penny poft-office is about to be established, under the direction of Mr. Palmer, at Edinburgh. It is to be on a fimilar plan with the London post, and will extend to Dalkeith, Leith, and Muffelburgh.

27. A new invention has lately taken place on board feveral of the ships of war in refpect to the naval ordnance, by fixing a lock over each of the touchholes, by which they will be discharged without having recourfe to matches as heretofore. This experiment is expected to be productive of much good; in particular in cafe of fires on board ships, too common in warm engagements.

Portsmouth, November 5.

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count of the intelligence of peace being received this morning, orders were immediately iffued to the dock, victuallingoffice, and gun-wharf, to stop the equipment of the ships now fitting out.

Whitehall, Nov. 7. This morning one of his majefty's meffengers, difpatched by the right honourable Alleyne Fitzherbert, his majesty's ambaffador extraordinary and plenipotentiary at the court of Spain, arrived at the office of his grace the duke of Leeds, his majefty's principal fecretary of ftate for foreign affairs, with the convention between his majefty and the Catholic king, for terminating the differences which had arifen with that court, which was figned at the palace of the Efcurial, on the 28th of October laft, by Mr. Fitzherbert, on the part of his majefty, and by the count de Florida Blanca, on the part of his Catholic majefty.

An exprefs arrived from Falmouth with advice of the Tankerville packet being arrived at that place from Jamaica ; fhe left the island on the 13th of Septemher, and brings intelligence of a very fevere gale of wind having happened on the first of September, between the hours of nine and ten in the morning; it came on from the fouth-eaft, and continued with flight variation, and but short intervals of calm for near three hours-the extreme heat which had been felt for two days preceding, the range of the thermometer being from 88 to 91, and the appearance of the heavens, ftrongly indicated the approaching form. In the early part of the moraling there was

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a fort of folemn ftillness in the air, which was only now and then interrupted by fudden puffs of wind, that affected thofe who felt them with particular fenfations of warmth and moisture; a fhort time before the gale commenced, the horizon prefented an appearance of gloomy horror, and the wind fet in: it was accompanied with a torrent of rain, and blew with a violence that portended the moft direful effects.

The wind keeping to the eaft and fouth-eaft, did very little mifchief in the town of Kingfton, blowing down only a few flight fences, which may be easily repaired; the parishes which have fuffered most were Westmoreland and Ha

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Elephant, Warrior, Canada, Excellent,
Ruby, Stately, America, Arethusa, La
Nymphe, La Prudente, Crefcent, and
Conflagration fire-fhip.

At Plymouth: Royal Sovereign,
Prince, Gibraltar, Captain, Egmont,
Powerful, Africa, Naffau, Severn,
Charon, Melampus, and Lowstoffe.

At Chatham: Tremendous, Alexander, Leviathan, Majeftic, Defence, Scipio, Afia, Director, Argo, Affurance, and Meleager.

At Woolwich: Latona and Iris.
At Sheernefs: L'Aigle.
Total-28 fail of the line, and 15
frigates, &c.

25. Mr. Pitt read yesterday at the Cockpit, Whitehall, before a confiderable number of noblemen and gentlemen, the fpeech which his majefty will deliver tomorrow before the two houfes of parThe general heads of which,

The damage fuftained by the veffels in the harbour was as follows:-On fhore, London, Robertfon; Chance, Beaton; Surprife, Campbell; John, Cockran; Three Sifters, Redburn; Ad-liament. venture, Campbell; Kingfton, Mills; Holland, Edmanftone; Holland, M'Kinlay; Anne and Elizabeth, Blackwall. Rodney, Hardy, loft.-Nancy,; Moul-. den, loft her stern.

10. His majefty was pleased, by his order in council of the zoth of laft month, to direct, that the bounties granted by his majefty's proclamation of the 7th of May laft to able and ordinary feamen, and able-bodied landmen, and the rewards granted to perfons difcovering feamen who might fecrete themselves, fhould, fo far as refpected the bounties to feamen and able-bodied landmen entering themselves in the kingdom of Great-Britain, and the rewards to perfons difcovering feamen who might secrete themselves in this kingdom, be continued to the 31ft day of December next inclufive. His majesty judging it no longer neceffary to continue fuch bounties and rewards, is pleased, by and with the advice of his privy council, to order and declare, that the faid bounties and rewards fhall from henceforth ceafe, determine, and be no longer paid or payable, any thing in the faid order of the 20th of last month contained to the contrary notwithstanding:-Whereof all perfons concerned are to take notice, and govern themselves accordingly.

W. FAWKENER. 17. The following is the lift of fhips ordeted to be paid off.

At Portsmouth: Britannia, Formi

were nearly as follow:

My lords and gentlemen,

I have the happiness of informing you that the differences between this country and the court of Spain, are in the fairett train for a speedy and honourable paci

fication.

I have ordered copies of the Declaration exchanged between my ambassador and that of his Catholic majefty, as well as of the Convention, to be laid before you; and have the happiness of reflecting, that a full reparation for the violence offered against the honour of Great Britain, will be attained, as well as a fecurity for a continuance of the freedom of thefe parts of the globe which were the objects of difcuffion.

I have the pleasure to inform you, that matters are likely to be amicably adjufted between Austria and the Porte; and that my mediation in concurrence with that of my allies will be vigorously directed towards the attainment of fo defirable an end; and alfo to effect a termination of differences in the Netherlands, which it is proper to promote for the interest of Great Britain, as well as in conformity to exifting treaties.

It is with pleasure I find that a peace has been concluded between Ruffia and Sweden, though hostilities ftill prevail between the former power and the Porte, which, however, I fhall ufe my endeavours to extinguith, from a defire

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of accomplishing, to the utmost of my power, the laudable object of a general tranquillity.

Gentlemen of the house of commons.

I have ordered an eftimate of the expence which attended our recent armaments, to be laid before you, and doubt not that you will have reafon to be convinced, that the only confideration which could have dictated fuch preparations, was to fecure, upon the firmeft grounds, the honour and advantage of Great Britain.

The difpofition and zeal manifefted by my people at this important crifis, and the temper and affurances of my allies warranted my expectation of the most vigorous fupport, if it had been found eventually neceffary to exert the force of this country; but it has been my anxious defire to take every proper meafure for fecuring the bleflings of peace, and this point I truft has been accomplished upon the most fatisfactory grounds.

I lament the neceffity of apprizing you that the peace of our Indian poffeffions has been difturbed by an unprovoked attack upon our ally; but I depend on the wifdom of the government in that quarter for an effectual restoration of amity.

I beg to direct your attention towards Quebec, which is in fuch a fate at prefent, as to demand the exercise of your provident wifdom.

The great advantages which have refulted from the liberal fupplies voted by you for the fervice of the navy, will, I doubt not, induce you chearfully to contribute to every other fervice of the state and to whatever elfe may promote the general happiness of my fubjects.

ARRIVAL OF AN EAST-INDIA SHIP.

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The rev. Daniel Sandford, of Sandford-hall, Salop, to mifs Douglas.

12. The earl of Donegall, to mifs Barbara Godfrey.

John Warring, of Bell-hill, county of Down, efq to mifs Patience Ford, of Ballynahinch.

13. Capt. George Manbury Mitchell, of Jamaica, efq. to mifs Palmer, of Union-court, Broad-street.

John Lynn, of Feathard, county of Wexford, efq. to mifs Wilhelmina Glafcott, of New Rofs.

14. Mr. Arnold Jenkins, rector of Tedrington, Worcestershire, to mifs Collier, of Blackley.

The hereditary prince of Brunfwick, to the princefs Frederique Louife Wilhelmine d'Orange.

The rev. Mr. Rice, of Warling, Suffex, to mifs Smith, of Angus, Scotland.

Francis Glanville, of Catch French, Cornwall, efq. to mifs Loveday Sarah Mafterman, of Kestormel Park.

15. John Oliver, of Gray's-Inn, efq to mifs Long, of Chichefter.

16. James Stoven, A. M. redor of Roffington, Yorkshire, to mifs Rivington, of Staining lane.

Andrew Stewart, efq. member for Nov. 3. The London, capt. Eaft-Weymouth, to mits Stirling, of Ardoch. brook, from Bombay.

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18. William Robertfon, of Ayr, efq. to mifs J. Boyd, of Trochrigg.

Anthony Hammond, of Hatton-Bonville, Yorkshire, efq. to mifs Clofe.

20. James Roe, of Roefborough, Tipperary, efq. to mifs Fenton, of Youghal.

22. William Wemyfs, of Cuttlehill, Scotland, to mifs Eleonara Jean Dalrymple.

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