first time fince their being elected fheriffs.

Mr. alderman Watson was at court, inverted with the civic chain, as lord mayor for the year enfuing.

This morning,

Plymouth, O. 22. at four o'clock, a body floated up from the wreck of the Amphion, which proved to be the remains of poor capt. Swaffield. His uniform was entire, and he had four guineas in his pocket, and his watch. He was much bruifed in the right fide of his face: his remains were interred this evening at Stoke church, attended by feveral naval officers in their uniforms.

Letters from Barbadoes, of Auguft 30, advife, that the brigands in St. Vincent's and Grenada were nearly fubdued-but that our troops were fickly.

The black general Touffaint is reported to have been defeated at Mirebalais, St. Domingo,, with a heavy lofs, which has enabled the British to penetrate forty miles farther into the country.

A large French fleet is reported to have arrived at Guadaloupe, and a fmaller one at Cape François.

25. An unfortunate circumstance happened this morning: two of our packets had been ordered from Yarmouth to Dover, in order to be ready to convey our messengers to and from Calais. One of them, the Union, capt. Ofborne, in coming round, was driven on the French coaft, between Gravelines and Calais, and was loft. The crew and paffengers were faved. The French gave every poffible affiftance to the unfortunate iufferers.

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In the house of lords, the royal affent was given by commiffion to a naturalifation bil. The commiffioners were, the chancellor, the archbishop of Canterbury, and the duke of Portland.

26. The lord mayor, aldermen, fheriffs, and the other officers, with a great number of the common council, met at Guildhal, and proceeded from thence to St. James's, to prefent the following addrefs to his majefty; they were very graciously received, and had the honour of killing the king's hand.

"Moft gracious Sovereign! "We, your majefty's molt dutiful and loyal fubjects, the lord mayor, aldermen, and commons of the city of of London, in common council affem

bled, at all times deeply fenfible of the paternal regard and folicitude manifefted by your majefty for the welfare of your people, and the fecurity of the honour and profperity of the British empire, are at this time peculiarly defirous to express our fentiments of gratitude for your most gracious communication to both houfes of parliament in the prefent most important conjuncture of affairs.

"Confcious as we are that no endeavours for setting on foot negotiations to reftore peace to Europe, and to fecure for the future the general tranquillity, have been omitted on the part of your majefty; it is with the moft heartfelt fatisfaction that we understand your majefty's most gracious intention is to fend immediately a perfon to Paris with full powers to treat for this object; and we are impreffed with the most fanguine hopes that the fuccefs of that measure may fecure to Britain and her allies a juft, honourable, and folid peace.

"At the fame time, molt gracious fire, much as we define fo great a blessing, and feelingly as we deplore the calamitous means which have hitherto retarded its attainment, yet, as Britons, we are not to unmindful of the bleflings we really enjoy in this free and happy country under the glorious conftitution handed down to us by our ancestors, nor fo careless of the confequences of endangering it by too fatal a fecurity, as to deny, that, should the iffue of the negotiation be unfavourable, and preclude the poffibility of reftoring peace at once honourable and fubftantial, it is the united determination of your majefty's faithful citizens of London, to Tupport and affift your majefty, in oppofing, with increafed activity and vigour, the farther efforts with which the country may have to contend.

"We fincerely congratulate your majefty on the general attachment of your people to the British conftitution, and on the energy and wisdom of the laws, which have repreffed the endea vours of those who wished to indroduce anarchy and confufion into the land.

"We humbly beg leave to renew our affurances of loyalty to your majesty's perfon and government, and pray that the great difpofer of all events will long tecure to your majefty, the happy and firm poffeffion of the illuftrious

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trown of these realms, and the unfhaken throne of your people's hearts.

"Signed by order of court,

"WILLIAM RIX." His majefty was pleafed to make the following moft gracious anfwer.

"I thank you for thefe fresh and cordial affurances of your attachment to my perfon- and government.

"Should my endeavours for the refloration of general peace, on juft and honourable terms, not meet with fuccefs, I confidently truft that the fpirit and firmness of my councils, fupported by the bravery of my fleets and armies, and the united efforts of my people, will, under the bleffing of Providence, enable me to maintain the fafety, honour and interefts of my kingdoms againft all attempts of the enemy.

"My loyal city of London may rely upon my unremitting attention to its welfare and happiness.

27. A court of common council was held at Guildhall, at which the lord mayor, eleven aldermen, and a great number of commoners, were present.

The proceedings of the laft' court were read and confirmed.

The inhabitants of Great Tower-hill and parts adjacent prefented a petition to the court, flating that great inconvenience and danger has been fuftained by a number of idle and diffolute perfons affembling on the faid hill, as alfo by the bad flate of the different paths leading over the fame; that they have caufed a plan and eftimate to be made by Mr. Wyatt, for inclofing the centre thereof with iron rails, and paving a regular and fufficient foot-path and carriage-way round the fame; which they conceived would be an effectual remedy for the evil complained of; that the marquis Cornwallis, conftable of the tower, had given his approbation to the plan, and that the estimate of the expenfe amounted to 2,500l. which muf be raised by fubfcription; and therefore prayed the affiflance of the court, in granting fuch fum as they fhould think meet. The court referred the fame to the committee for the city lands.

The committee appointed to inquire into the caufes of the prefent high price of flour, &c. prefented a report, with the evidence produced to them annexed, by way of appendix; in which report he committee recommended the crec

tion of mills on those parts of the banks of the river Thames, in the neighbour. hood of London, as a means of reducing the price of flour.

Nov. 8th. A court of aldermen was held at Guildhall, at which the lordmayor, lord-mayor elect, recorder, common ferjeant, eleven aldermen, and the two fheriffs were prefent, when William Hearne, 'efq. citizen and vintner, attending, was called into court, and his election being attefted by the deputy and inhabitants, he was fworn into office as alderman of the ward of Caftle Baynard, and took his feat in the court accordingly.

9. Difpatches were received at the admiralty-office from rear-admiral Harvey, commander in chief of the British fleet on the leeward ifland ftation. They contain the agreeable intelligence of the arrival of rear-admiral Bligh, in the Brunswick, of 74 guns, and the other fhips of his fquadron, with the merchant fleet which failed from Portfmouth on the 11th of Auguft, at Martinique, all well. Previous to the date of thefe difpatches, the Iris and La Victoire French privateers had been captured by his majefty's fhips l'Amable and Zebra.

The Expedition frigate, of 44 guns, captain Allen, which brought the a bove advices, failed from Martinique towards the latter end of September. At that time our troops and feamen at the feveral iflands enjoyed a better state of health than they had done for a confiderable time before.

This day, about twelve o'clock Brook Watfon, efq. the new lord-mayor, and John Curtis, efq. the late lord mayor, together with feveral aldermen, the theriffs, recorder, remembrancer, townclerk, and other city officers, attended in the council-chamber at Guildhall, and proceeded in proceffion to the Three Cranes. They embarked there on board the city and other barges, and went to Westminster-bridge, where they landed, and proceeeded from thence to Westminster-hall, which the proceffion entered about two o'clock. The utual ceremonies took place in the court of exchequer; the new lord mayor was fworn into office before the barons of the exchequer; after which the recorder, as ufual, addrefled the court on the occafion, and the chief baron replied in a neat and appofite speech. BIRTHS.

BIRTHS. ·

OB. 16. The lady of fir Montague Burgoyne, of Sutton, Bedfordshire, bart. of a fon.

17. The lady of Robert Trevor of Flitwick, Bedfordshire, efq. of a fon. 20. The lady of Williah Macgeorge, of Bond-ftreet, efq. of a daughter.

22. The lady of Chaloner Arcedeckne, of Upper Harley-fireet, efq. of a fon.

The lady of George Tollet, of Great George-ftreet, Weftminster, efq. of a fon.

The lady of John Plumptre, of Fredville, Kent, efq. of a fon.

25. The lady of John Marsh, of Berner's-ftreet, efq. of a fon.

The lady of Robert Charnock, of Gower-ftreet, Bedford-fquare, efq. of afon.

26. The Countefs of Breadalbane, of a fon.

28. The lady of Andrew Burnfide, of Bourne House, Kent, efq of twins.

31. The lady of Peter Efdaile, of Cavendifh-fquare, efq. of a fon.

Nov. 1. The lady of the rev. Dr. Chandler, of Bafingborne-hall, Herts, of a daughter.

2. The lady of capt. T. C. Bramfton, of Skreens, Effex, of a fon.

3. The lady of the right hon. the fpeaker of the house of commons, of a daughter.

The lady of capt. Robert Montague, of his majefty's fhip Hector, of a daughter..

6. The lady of Francis Fownes Luttrel, of Powis place, efq. commiffioner of the customs, of a daughter.

8. The lady of William Manning, of Billiter fquare, efq. member for Lymington, of a daughter.

1. The lady of Colonel Wood, of Portland-place, M. P. of a daughter. The lady of Sir Charles Oakley, of Shrewsbury, Bart. of a fon.

MARRIAGE S.

08. 13. Daniel Spurge, jun. of Welwyn, of Herts, efq. to mifs Harriet Grove, fecond daughter of Silvanus Grove, of Woodford, Effex, efq.

18. James Stewart, of Carron, efq. to mifs Sword, of Glasgow

21. Dr. Gregory, phyfician, in Edinburgh, to mifs lfabella Macleod, fecond daughter of Donald Macleod, of Geanies, efq.

24. Thomas John Parker, of Canbury-houfe, Kingston, Surry, efq. to mifs Palmer, of Whitton-place, Middlefex.

Capt. Orange, of the 86th regiment, to mifs Eliza Phillipfon, daughter of the rev. Burton Phillipfon.

30. John Stokes, of Hampftead, efq. to mifs Margaret Morrifon, youngest daughter of James Morrifon, of the Tower, efq.

Nov. 1. Thomas C. Warren, of Cornhill, efq. to mifs King, daughter of Thomas King, of Maze Hill, Greenwich, efq.

George Herbert, efq. of the first regiment of life guards, to mifs Harriet Jones, of Rochester.

The rev. D. B. Allen, of Matlock, to mifs Jullian.

5. Henry Garret, efq. of the navy, to mifs Mary Raikes, fecond daughter of Robert Raikes, of Gloucefter, efq.

8. William Hobbs, of Waterford, efq. to mifs Flyn, daughter of Denis Flyn, of Flynville, near Waterford, efq.

James Bolge, of Lincoln's Inn, efq. to mifs Winter, of Pilgrim's Hatch, Effex.

Carr, of Leeds, efq. to miss Erskine, eldelt daughter of the late lord Alva.

James Allardice, of Dundee, efq. to mifs Sufanna Keith, eldeft daughter of James Keith, efq. of the fame place.

Charles Pierce, of Exeter, efq. to mifs Arabella Neale, daughter of late rev. Mr. Neale, of Ipplepon, Devon.

14. William Olivant, of Manchester, efq. to mifs Langfton, daughter of fir Stephen Langfton, alderman, of Breadftreet Ward, and fheriff of London and Middlesex.

Lieut. Adelbert Frankenet, of the royal rangers, to mifs Foreft, daughter.

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