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Saturday, January 31, 1756.





Since our last the MAILS due from
FRANCE.

Petersbourg, (the Capital of Russia) Dec. 20. A Courier is arrived from London, and an extraordinary Council has been held on the Contents of his Dispatches. The Board of Trade assembled the 10th inst in the Empresses's Presence.
The 13th a Fire broke out in the Stables of Baron Korff, Chamberlain to her Imperial Majesty, which entirely consumed the same, together with an adjacent Warehouse containing a great Quantity of Grain and Spirituous Liquors.
Warsaw, (the Capital of the Kingdom of Poland) Dec. 22. Some Robbers lately broke open in the Night the House of the Prior of Kohlew, dependant on Paradice Abbey; they killed a Monk there, and carried off all the Plate belonging to the Church.
Stockholm, (the capital of the King of Sweden) Dec. 30. According to Advices from Western Gothland, the Earthquake of the first of November was felt there very violently : Trees of the largest Size were thrown down by the heaving of the Earth; in divers Places a hollow rumbling Noise was heard in the Waters; and on the Lake of Miorn, near Gothenburgh, most of the Timber Floats broke from their Fastenings, and were dispatched about the Waters.
Genoa, (a Republic of Italy) Jan. 8. We learn from Milan that on the 28th ult a Fire consumed the whole Quarter of Port Tesin.
According to our Advices from the Coast of Barbary, the War is vigorously carried on between the Regency of Tunis and that of Algiers. The former hath been joined by the Regency of Tripoli.
Brussels, (the Capital of the Austrian Netherlands Jan. 9. It is reported that Orders are sent from the Court of France for each Company of the National Infantry to furnish a Voluntier to be sent to Canada, which will form a Body of 2405 Men, to be commanded by M. de la Morliere; and that another Detachment of 1400 Men is likewise to be sent thither, under the Command of M. de Quincy, who is to have the Command in Chief of the French Troops in America, in the room of Baron Dieskau.
Brussels, Jan. 16. We are informed that a great Number of Cannon are transporting to Douay to be new cast; and that several Carts, Waggons, and Gun Carriages, &c. for the Use of Artillery, are likewise continually transporting to the same Place from Givet, Phillippeville, and Rocroy, in order to be repaired. Our Advices add, that General St. Germain was shortly expected at Valenciennes, and he is to go from thence to Dunkirk, where he is to have a Meeting with the Prince Soubise.

Versailles, (a City in France) Jan. 22. On the 21st past M. Rouille, Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, wrote the following Letter to Mr. Fox, Secretary of State to the King of England.
Sir, By Command of the King my Master, I have the Honour to send you Excellency the following Memorial, &c.
THE King is able to demonstrate to the whole Universe by authentic Proofs, that it is not owing to his Majesty that the Differences relating to America have not been amicably accommodated.
The King, being most sincerely desirous to maintain the Public Peace and a good Understanding with his Britannic Majesty, carried on the Negotiation relating to that Subject with the most unreserved Confidence and good Faith.
The Assurances of the King of Great Britain's Disposition to Peace, which his Britannic Majesty and his Ministers were constantly repeating both by Word of Mouth and in Writing, were so formal and precise, that the King could not, without reproaching himself, entertain the least Suspicion of the Sincerity of the Court of London's Intentions.
It is scarce possible to conceive how these Assurances can be reconciled with the Orders of Hostilities given in November 1754 to General Braddock, and in April 1755 to Admiral Boscawen.
The Attack and Capture, in July last, of two of the King's Ships in the open Sea, and without a Declaration of War, was a public Insult to his Majesty's Flag; and his Majesty would have immediately manifested his just Resentment of such an irregular and violent Proceeding, if he could have imagined that Admiral Boscawen acted by Order of his Court.
For the same Reason the King suspended at first his Judgement of the Piracies (Pirateries) that have been committed for several Months, by the English Men of War, on the Navigation and Commerce of his Law of his Majesty's Subjects, in Contempt of the Law of Nations, the Faith of Treaties, the Usage established among civilized Nations, and the Regard they reciprocally own to one another.
The Sentiments of his Britannic Majesty have the King room to expect that at his Return to London he would disavow the Conduct of his Admiralty and Naval Officers, and give his Majesty a Satisfaction proportioned to the Injury and Damage.
By seeing that the King of England, instead of punishing the Robberies (brigandgage) committed by the English Navy, on the contrary encourages them, by demanding from his Subjects fresh Supplies against France, his Majesty would fall short in what he owes, to his own Glory, the Dignity of his Crown, and the Defence of his People, if he deferred any longer the Demanding of a signal Reparation for the Outrage done to the French Flag, and the Damage done to the King's Subjects.
His Majesty, therefore, thinks proper to apply directly to his Britannic Majesty, and demand from him immediate and full Restitution of all the French Ships, as well as Men of War, as Merchantmen, which, contrary to all Law and all Decorum, have been taken by the English Navy; and of all the Officers, Soldiers, Mariners, Guns, Stores, Merchandises, and in general of every thing belonging to those Vessels.'
If his Britannic Majesty order Restitution of the Vessels in Question, the King will be disposed to enter into a Negotiation for that farther Satisfaction which is legally due to him, and will continue desirous, as he hath always been, to have Discussions relating to America determined by an equitable and solid Accommodation.
But if, contrary to all Hopes, the King of England refuse what the King demands, his Majesty will regard this Denial of Justice as the most authentic Declaration of War, and as a formed Design in the Court of London to disturb the Peace of Europe.'

Mr. Fox sent to Mr. Rouille the following Answer, dated Whitehall, Jan.13, 1756.
Sir, I received on the 3d inst the Letter dated the 21st past with which your Excellency honoured me, together with the Memorial subjoined to it, I immediately laid them before the King my Master; and by his Command I have the Honour to inform your Excellency, that his Majesty continues desirous of preserving the public Tranquillity : But tho' the King will readily consent to an equitable and solid Accommodation, his Majesty cannot grant the Demand that is made of immediate and full Restitution of all the French Vessels, and whatever belongs to them as the preliminary Condition of any Negociation; his Majesty having taken no Step but what the Hostilities begun by France in a Time of profound Peace (of which he hath the most authentic Proofs) and what his Majesty owes to his own Honour, to the Defence of the Rights and Possessions of the Crown, and the Security of his Kingdom, rendered just and indispensable. I have the Honour to be, &c."

Cobleniz, (a City in Germany) Jan. 7. They write from Driebourg in the Bishoprick of Paderborn, that an Inhabitant of that Town died lately in the 120th Year of his Age.
Hague, (a City in Holland) Jan 10. The Deputies of the Admiralties have resolved, it is said, to fit out Forty Ships of War against the Spring, besides the Eleven that are now at Sea, in order to protect not only our Mediterranean Trade against the Algerine Corsairs, but also that of the Ocean, in case there should be Occasion.
Hague, Jan 11. The Roman Catholicks of the Province, and particularly those of Brabant, having made Complaints to their High Mightinesses, that their religious Liberties have been in many Places infring'd, by the Fees exacted from them by the Officers of the States; a fresh Edict has been publish'd in their Favour, forbidding any such Exactions or Prohibitions, adjudging it criminal for any Officer, Bailiff, or Substitute, even to ask such usual Fees as have been given upon licens'd Places, of Worship and forbidding, the Practice of any oppressive Measures, on Pain of Death or Banishment.
Paris A la-main, Jan. 12. At the same Time that we received Advice of the Earthquake which happened at Lisbon in the Night of the 21st of last Month, and which completed the Destruction of that City, we learnt Likewise that the Ruins have been since entirely overflowed by the Breaking-in of the Sea : Before this last Catastrophe, those who had saved their Lives had still some Hopes of finding, at least Part of their Effects among the Ruins, but now they are deprived even of that Resource, the Sea covering the whole Place.
Paris A la-main, Jan. 16. Last Tuesday it blew so violent a Storm all the Morning, that we were apprehensive of such another fatal Catastrophe as lately happened at Lisbon : Several Chimnies were thrown down, and Houses unroofed, but happily no Body was hurt. At the same Time the Seine was so much agitated, that 'twas expected it would have overflow'd the City; and several Boats breaking their Cables were dash'd to Pieces against the Bridges. Towards Evening the Wind abated, and the Seine immediately subsided.
The Domestick who murder'd the Prior and his Mother, and buried them in the Garden of the Priory, as mentioned some Time since, was last Wednesday carried to the Place where he committed the Fact, and there broke upon the Wheel, then burnt, and his Ashes thrown in the Air, pursuant to the Sentence pass'd upon him by the Parliament.
The King has declared his Intention to suppress forty Counsellors of the Parliament as soon as so many of them either die or retire. These Places being always purchased, his Majesty proposes, that those who shall hereafter succeed to them, shall pay 20000 Livres more that the Government may not lose by the Number being lessen'd, and in Consideration of this Advance, some additional Prerogatives will be assigned to the new Purchasers.
Paris A-la-main, Jan. 19. All the Officers have received Orders to repair to their Regiments, and are setting out accordingly. Lord Bulkey, Lieutenant-General of the King's Forces, died a few Days ago in an advanc'd Age.
It's said that his Majesty has declared himself in relation to the Affair of the Great Council, and has decided, that that Court shall, for the future, have a Right to take Cognizance of Ecclesiastical Affairs.
The bad Weather continuing, the Seine which had fallen to its usual Heighth rose again, the Night before last 18 Inches, and last Night eight Inches; so that the Water is higher now than it has been this Winter. This Overflowing of the Seine not only greatly obstructs Roads about Paris being all under Water; so that the bringing Provisions from the Country is attended with great Difficulties.
It is reported that the English have taken eight Ships out of nine that were coming home together, belonging to the India Company, and that the 9th having escaped is arrived at Marseilles, but this merits Confirmation.
Paris A-la-main, Jan. 23. The King of England's Answer being come over to the Demand, which was sent to Mr. Fox by M. Rouille, Secretary of State, there seems to be no Possibility of avoiding a War.




IRELAND.

Dublin, Jan 17. By a private Letter from an Officer in Colonel Webb's Regiment at Albany, dated the 25th of November, brought by Capt. Troy, we hear, that the British Troops were then encamped in the Midst of Frost and Snow, as the Towns will not quarter them, in which Situation they must remain till the Wooden Barracks is finished for their Reception; but as they were soon to be ready for that Purpose, it is hoped they are by this Time marched into them.
A few Days ago Died at his House at Rathfarnham, aged upwards of 90, John Barrington, Esq; Representative in Parliament for the Borough of Ballynakill.
A Patent is passing the Great Seal of this Kingdom for Paul Nightingale of Derby, Gent to have the sole Privilege of making and vending all Saltpetre or Nitre which he shall make from Vegetables of the Growth of this Kingdom.




SCOTLAND.
Edinburgh, Jan. 22. Tuesday last died Mr. Joseph Cave, Engraver to the Mint.




COUNTRY NEWS.

Newcastle, Jan. 24. Monday last and the two succeeding Days, we had here a violent Wind, which has done considerable Damage, by unroofing several Houses in and near this Neighbourhood, and on the River, where several Keels were drove on Shore, having had some of their Men Blown over-board and perished; but, as it was at West, we hope none of the Vessels on the Coast have suffered.
On Monday Night and Tuesday the Wind was remarkably strong here, by which some Chimneys were thrown down, and Houses unroofed; but as it came from the West and South West, we hear of no Harm done to the Shipping.
Sunday died at Ovington in Northumberland, aged 109, Isabel Simpson, who retained all her Senses to the last, except her Sight; and tho' she lost that some Years ago, yet till within the last six, she commonly spun Lint or Tow on the Rock.
Birmingham, Jan. 26. Tuesday Night, about Five o'Clock, as Mr. Jones of Tipton (a Carrier that travels between Dudley and Burton upon Trent) was going from Walsail towards Litchfield, he was attacked near Shire Oak by two Footpads arm'd with thick Sticks, one of whom seized his Horse by the Bridle, the other pulled him off by the Collar, and threatened to blow his Brains out in case he resisted. They tore open his Breeches Pocket, and took from thence a Bladder, in which was forty-six Pounds in Portugal Coin.
A few Days since a Fish Pool at Chadsley in Worcestershire belonging to Mr. John Highway, which was full of Water over Night, was the next Morning found quite empty, with all the Fish dead, and no Conveyance appear'd by which the Water was drawn off.




SHIP NEWS.

Falmouth, Jan. 22. Put back, the Duke Packet, Phillips, for the West-Indies, the General Wall Packet, Leslie, for Corunna, and the Expedition Packet, Clies, for Lisbon, having Mails on board.

Extract of a Letter from Portsmouth, Jan. 23.
"The Invincible is got out of Dock, she is to carry eighty-four Guns, and will be a very fine Ship of her Rate. Admiral Mostyn arriv'd here on Wednesday, and hoisted the blue Flag at the Mizen on board his Majesty's Ship Monarque in this Harbour.
"Just arriv'd at Spithead his Majesty's Ship Dreadnough, on board which is said, Admiral Townshend (who is here) is to hoist his Flag.
"there are seventeen Sail of the Line at Spithead, and seven Frigates."

Chatham, Jan. 25. It is said here that Sir Edward Hawke is to hoist his Flag on board the Namur, and that the St.George's Men (on board which Ship it now is) will be turned over into the Namur; also that the Men belonging to the Prince will be put on board the Royal Anne, a fine First Rate, ready to be launched at Woolwich.
Two Men belonging to Chatham, who kept Boats and were wont to go to Dunkirk or Boulogne, to carry over our Money, and bring back Tea, Brandy, &c. are taken into Custody for giving Intelligence to the French Court.
Dartmouth, Jan. 25. Last Monday was lost in Bigbury Bay, the David and Mary, Capt. Thomas Allenson, for London from Boston; the Mate and four Men drowned, and three Men saved.
Deal, Jan 28. Came down his Majesty's Ship Queenborough and Dispatch Sloop, with the Friendship, Cochran, for Londonderry, and sailed with his Majesty's Ship, Stirling Castle, Savage, Granada, Wolf, Hazard, and Wasp Sloops, the Brilliant and Maryland Planter armed Ships, with all the outward bound Ships. Came down his Majesty's Sloop Cruizer, and remains with his Majesty's Ships Oxford, Vice-Admiral Smith, Newark, Colchester, Centaur, the Swallow Sloop, and Macclesfield armed Ship.




LONDON.
On Tuesday there was a great Council at St.James's when his Majesty prick'd the Sheriffs to serve for the several Counties in England for the present Year, viz.
Berkshire, Thomas Reeve, of New Windsor, Esq;
Bedfordshire, James Smith, of Streatly, Esq; Bucks, Thomas Worster, of Cheddington, Esq;
Cumberland, Sir Wilfred Lawson, of Brayton, Bart.
Cheshire, Thomas Prescot, of Overton, Esq;
Camb & Hunt. Charles Pepis, of Impington, Esq;
Cornwall, John Sawle, of Penrice, Esq;
Devonshire, John Oliver Williams, of Exweeke, Esq;
Dorsetshire, Harry Meggs, of Bradford Peverell, Esq;
Derbyshire, Nicholas Hutt, of Alderwasly, Esq;
Essex, Edward Emmett, of Alborough Hatch, Esq;
Gloucestershire, Charles Wyndham, of Clowerwall in the Forest of Dean, Esq;
Hertfordshire, John Turven, of Gliston, Esq;
Herefordshire, Edmund Thomas, of Michael Church, Esq;
Kent, John Cockaine Sole, of Bobbing, Esq.
Leicestershire, William Pochin, of Barkby, Esq;
Lincolnshire, Thomas Lister, of Brough cum Gearsby, Esq;
Monmouthshire, Daniel Tregose, of Tregirog, Esq;
Northumberl, Postponed.
Northampton, John Ashley, of Ledgers Ashby, Esq.
Norfolk, John Barker, of Stopham, Esq;
Nottinghamshire, Robert Suttan, of Retford, Esq;
Oxfordshire, Charles Peers, of Chislehampton, Esq.
Rutlandsh. Robert Tomblin, of Edith-Weston, Esq;
Salop, Antony Kinnersly, of Leighton, Esq.
Somersetshire, James Perry, of Perry Elm, Esq;
Staffordshire, John Touchet Chetwode, of Oakeley, Esq;
Suffolk, Postponed.
Southampton, Bernard Brocas, of Beaurepaire, Esq;
Surry, Charles Devon, of Peckham, Esq.
Sussex, Joseph Calverley, of the Board, Esq.
Warwickshire, John Taylor, of Sheldon-Hall, Esq;
Worcestershire, Joseph Bidle, of Evesham, Esq.
Wilts, John Jacob, of Tokenham, Esq.
Yorkshire, George Montgomery Metton, of North Cave, Esq;

SOUTH-WALES.
Brecon, William Prytherch, of Llandevalog, Esq.
Carmarthen, Henry Penry, of Lanedy, Esq;
Cardigan, Lewis Lloyd, of Gernos, Esq;
Glamorgan, Henry Stratsfield, of Coyty, Esq;
Pembroke, George Lloyd Mears, of Pearson, Esq;
Radnor, John Lewis, of Presteigne, Esq;

NORTH-WALES.
Anglesey, Charles Allanson, of Dreiniog, Esq;
Carnarvon, William Owen, of Clenenny, Esq;
Denbigh, Maurice Jones, of Gellygonan, Esq;
Flint, John Wright, of Plas issa, Esq;
Merioneth, Richard Owen, of Caethly, Esq;
Montgomery, Richard Powel, of Poole, Esq;

On Wednesday the Judges met at the Lord Chief Justice Ryder's Chambers, and chose their Circuits for the ensuing Lent Assizes.
Northern, L.C.J. Ryder and Mr Justice Birch.
Norfolk, L.C.J. Willes and Mr Justice Clive
Midland, L.C. Baron Parker and Mr Baron Smyth
Home, Mr Justice Denison and Mr. Justice Foster
Oxford, Mr. Baron Legge and Mr. Justice Wilmot
Western, Mr. Baron Adams and Mr. Justice Bathurst

On Tuesday the Right Hon. John Lord Hobart, Comptroller of his Majesty's Houshold, was by his Majesty's Command sworn of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his Place at the Board accordingly.
We hear that we are to pay the King of Prussia �20000 for some Ships that were taken the last War, and he is pay off the Silesia Loan.
We hear that the King of Prussia has augmented his Troops with 20000 Men.
Letters from Paris, by Monday's French Mail, bring Advice, of a dreadful Shock of an Earthquake at Lisbon on the 5th Instant, which was attended with fiery Eruptions from the Bowels of the Earth. The same Letters make mention of an Earthquake near Bayonne, where a whole Village has been swallowed up. They likewise tell us, that Madame de Pompadour and Monsieur Puyzieulx are against a War, but whether they will have Influence enough to prevent a Rupture, a very little Time will probably Discover.
It was reported on Wednesday, that Advice had been received, that Sir William Johnson had resigned his Command.
By Letters from Virginia we hear that the Assembly has been dissolved, on a Difference with the Governor, who refused to give his Consent to a Law for circulating �200,000 more of Paper Currency, which he judged would greatly hurt the Interest of the British Merchants.
It is said that M. d' Assry, the French Minister at the Hague, when he touches upon the String of Neutrality, insinuates that it is not yet certain whether the King his Master will not suffer it to extend to the Austrian Netherlands as in 1733; and that in either Case his Majesty will insist upon the City of Maestricht, with the Fort of St. Peter, be delivered up to him till the final Accommodation of the Differences between Great Britain and France. M. d'Assry even goes farther : He says the King his Master, by offering to the Republick the great Advantage of Neutrality at this Price, gives her and all Europe a new Proof of his Moderation, since, by Virtue of the Treaty of Aix, he might reclaim the Assistance of the United Provinces against Great Britain and all the Powers who dare espouse her Interest.
One of our Men of War having been off Brest, reports that there are about twenty Ships of War, and a great Number of small Vessels, supposed to be Transports, in that Harbour.
On Wednesday last Advice came that some English Vessels are stopp'd at Calais and the Men committed to Prison.
It was reported on Thursday Morning that a French Man of War of 70 Guns, and five Martinico Men, are taken and carried into Port-Mahon.
And it was also strongly reported that the French declared War last Monday.
Tis said that some of our Men of War have intercepted the French Indiamen bound from Port l'Orient for China and Bengal.
The Amphitrite, from St.Domingo for Marseilles, is taken by the Godolphin Man of War and carried into Gibraltar.
A French Snow from St. Domingo for France, is carried into Jamaica by the Hind Sloop of War.
The Banton Brigantine, Capt. Collison, sprung a Leak in her Passage from Newport, Rhode Island, for Philadelphia, and sunk : The Captain and People took to their Boat, and got to Boston in New-England.
The John and Hannah, Parke, from Virginia for Dumfries, is lost near Crookhaven.
The Mary, Hempseed, from Barcelona for London, is lost on Tarissa, but the Crew are saved.
The Jamaica Packet, ----, from Surinam for New-York, is lost on Sandy-Hook, and all the People drowned except one.
The Mayflower, Driscall; Sarah, Lake; Society, Butler, and a Sloop, Cotter, all from Ireland, are lost near Bourdeaux.
The Diamond, Rice, from Carolina, last from Guernsey, is ashore near Boulogne.
The Aurora, Philips, from Rhode-Island for London, is put into Antigua, leaky.
The Jemima, Slezer, from Triest for London, is put into Ferrol in a shattered Condition.
The William, Thorpe, from Yarmouth for Leverpool, is put into Dover, in Order to take out her Cargo, which has received Damage.
The Milford, Watson, from Bristol and Cork for Jamaica, was well at Nevis, the 1st of December.
We have Advice that the Turky Fleet sailed from Cadiz the 6th instant, with the Bedford Man of War for Lisbon, from thence for England.
We hear that on Tuesday last the Ships bound for the Mediterranean, &c. sail'd from Portsmouth, with a fair Wind, under a strong Convoy.
The Lime, Holland, with 400 Slaves, the Duke of Cumberland, Nuns, with 290, the Carter, Ballie, with 260, and the ----, Cooper, with 280, are arriv'd at Jamaica from Africa.
On Monday last came Advice that the Adventure, Capt. Wilson, is arrived in the Bay of Honduras from Jamaica.
Private Letters from Bourdeaux advise that there are a hundred Ships in several of the West Ports of France Wind-bound, and that the Merchants who had bought Corn some Time since, have just sold it to great Advantage; a Proof of their not being too plentifully stored with that Commodity.
Last Tuesday the Oxford, Capt. Stevens; and the Godolphin, Capt. Hutchinson, sailed the Downs for the East-Indies. The same Day the Swallow Sloop of War arrived in the Downs from a Cruize.
Letters from Plymouth give an Account that the Buckingham, Admiral West; the Monmouth, Edinburgh, Vanguard, Northumberland, Captain and Windsor Men of War are in the Sound, and ready for sailing.
Two Men of War are fitting out for Novia Scotia to relieve the two that are stationed there.
The Time for giving Rewards to such Seamen and able bodied Landmen as should enter, or be procur'd for his Majesty's Service, was on Tuesday extended to the 29th of February next.
We are assured that the Spirit of Resentment is so great, among the common People in the Country, that the Recruiting Officers find no Difficulty in inlisting Numbers of stout young Fellows.
We hear that Vessels are hiring by the Government for transporting Troops to North America.
On Wednesday a Train of Artillery went out of Town through Oxford-Road, for the Troops in Berkshire.




Extract of a Letter from Milverton, Somersetshire, dated January 27.

The 15th Instant, at Eight at Night, a Ball of Fire, its apparent Magnitude equal to that of the Moon, was seen here; its Direction was from the South-West to North-East; it must be somewhat above the Clouds, because it could be seen only between them; its Velocity was pretty great, being about three Quarters of a Minute in passing from the Zenith (near which it was first discovered) to the Place it seemed to be extinguished, which was very near the Horizon; it left a considerable Train of dark Vapours like Smoke, but was attended with no Noise. I had not the Pleasure to see it; but the above is what I gather'd from those who did.'




Yesterday being the Anniversary of King Charles's Martyrdom, the Right Hon the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, &c. went with the usual Solemnity to St.Paul's, where the Rev. Mr. Bearcroft, his Lordship's Chaplain, preached an excellent Sermon.
On Thursday was held a General Court of the South Sea Company, when a Dividend of Two per Cent was declared on the Capital Stock for the Half-year ending at Christmas.
On Monday the Earl of Egmont was married to Miss Compton, Sister to the Hon.Charles Compton, Esq; and Neice to the Earl of Northampton.
Thursday the Hon. Lord Euston, Grandson to his Grace the Duke of Grafton, was married to the Hon. Miss Lyddell, only Daughter of Lord Ravensworth; a Lady of very great Fortune.
On Saturday died, advanced in Years, James Winter, Esq; at his House in Stepney, lately in the Service of the India Company, in which he had acquired a large Fortune.
On Sunday died in Narrow-Street, Ratcliff, Capt. Richard Shubrick.





An EPITAPH upon a MUSE.

Whoe'er thou art, this poor Inscription shews,
Here rests to all Eternity, a Muse.
With one alone she pass'd her Noiseless Life,
A sole Companion, and a tender Wife,
Obedient, Loving, Sensible, Discreet,
The secret Intercourse, was doubly Sweet !
None e'er stood Witness to their stolen Loves,
But faithful Eccho is the silent Groves.
The Morn beheld their Infant hopes aspire;
The Ev'ning, stretch'd upon the fun'ral Pyre.
Content, tho' Poor. She liv'd without a Stain,
A life of Penury, but not of Pain.
In modest worth, and light instrinsick Shone,
Unknown to Envy, to the Great unknown.




A few Days since five Farthing Jack, a Person well known, was discharged for Male Practices in the Office he was intrusted with; to whose shameless Memory the following Lines are inscribed :
WHAT, Jack, is all your Boasting come to this ?
Your Trade encreased, and your Pay remiss ;
In Selling cheapest may you sell so well,
You may not have one Daily left to sell.
Though to you Customers it may be some Loss,
And none but Wee* Have Cause to rejoice :
But Fate will follow us, one and all,
From the Five Farthing Ensign to the General.

An Epitaph, Sacred to the Death of the Five Farthing Outsign
Faith Jacky, now I think you're very quiet,
Let *** **** mourn whilst Wee* Rejoice and Riot.
None thought you was a Saint, all call'd you Knave,
So Fire and Nouns, Wee'll shite upon your Grave.

* The poor Hawkers.





On Thursday a Man you got his Living on a Violin in the Streets, dropped down dead in St. Martin's Church-yard; there were twenty-nine Guineas found in his Pockets.
On Sunday last a Sailor who happened to be in the Tower during the Time of Divine Service and impatient to get out, the Gates being shut, leap'd from off the Wall into the Ditch, thirty Feet perpendicular, and received no Damage except the Loss of one of his Shoes.
Last Week Stephen Thurston, a considerable Dealer in Horses, was found drowned in a Ditch near Norwich : He had upwards of thirty Pounds in his Pockets.
On Saturday Afternoon a Fire broke out at a Painter's at Cock-Hill, Ratcliff Highway, which did considerable Damage before it was got under.
Sunday a Man was taken out of the New-River by Collin's Bath; he is supposed to be one Fowler, who has been missing from his Family ever since Christmas.
On Monday one of the Porters at work in the East-India Company's Warehouses in Brown's-yard, Crutched-Fryars, was kill'd by the Crane.
On Monday Night a young Gentleman in Blackman-street, Southwark, who had lost a considerable Sum of Money at Gaming, went Home to his Lodgings, and hanged himself.
On Tuesday Night a Hackney Coachman was thrown off the Seat of his Coach in Shoreditch, by a sudden Jolt, and killed on the Spot.
On Wednesday a Boat overset near the Hermitage, by running foul of an Anchor, and one of the Persons in her was drowned, tho' they had immediate Assistance.

A few Days ago a Merchant in this City sent his Maid Servant, a raw Country Wench, along with his Daughter and only Child of seven Years old, to St.James's Park, where in staring about her she lost the Child, who was picked up by a Woman, who, under Pretence of taking her home, carried her to a Cellar where she lived, and immediately stripped her, and put her in Rags; and on the Maid's returning without the Child, the unhappy Parents were in Pangs only to be conceived, not expressed; the poor Gentleman, however, conjecturing she was stolen in order to be stripped, searched all the Pawnbrokers in Expectation of finding the Cloaths, which at last he did; on examining how the Pawnbroker came by them, he said he had them of a Woman who lived in a Cellar just by, whither they went, and, to the great Joy of the Gentleman, found the poor Child, not only in Rags, but almost blind; this inhuman Monster having every Day applied hot Brass to her Sight, that when she was blind she might let her out to Beggars. There were four Children in the Cellar in that Condition. She was carried before Justice Wright, who committed her to Gaol, and sent the unhappy Babes to the Workhouse.

On Sunday Night last as two Women and a Man were coming along St.George's-Fields about Eight o'Clock they were attacked by four Men, who robbed them of what Money they had, and then made off.
Thursday Morning the House of Mrs. Salaway at Newington, was broke open and robbed of Plate, Houshold Furniture, &c.
We hear from Taunton, that there are committed to separate Prisons in the County of Somerset, Mr. Pester, and Mr. Withers, for being concerned as Principals in the Forgery, for which one James Wallis was convicted at the last Wells Assizes, and executed.
Last Sunday Evening, as two young Men, belonging to the Law, were going up Chancery-Lane, one of them wantonly broke a Lamp at a Gentleman's Door with a Stick, and then both of them ran up the Lane, but being pursued, and one of them taken, he was carried before a Magistrate, and he at first refused to give an Account of himself, the Justice was going to commit him as an incorrigible Rogue, under a late Act of Parliament; but the young Man then telling who he was, and it appearing that he was a Gentleman's Son, and that he did the Fact out of foolish Wantonness only, the Prosecutor, to prevent his being farther exposed, generously interposed, and forgave him, on paying the Lamplighter for his Lamp, and the other Incidental Expences. It is hoped that this will be a Caution to other young Men not to injure the Property of Tradesmen, and bring themselves into Difficulties, from such an idle Disposition.
Yesterday se'nnight James Moore was brought before Joseph St. Lawrence, Esq; and after a long Examination, committed to the Gatehouse, for breaking open the Stables of William Underwood and George Williams, and stealing a brown Gelding and a bay Mare. Moore is a tall thin Man, pitted with the Small Pox, and wears his own Hair.
On Tuesday two Men, said to be Spies, were brought to Town under a strong Guard from Rochester.
On Wednesday Alexander Holton was committed to Wood-Street Compter by Sir Robert Ladbroke, on Suspicion of stealing about Ten Pounds worth of Half-pence from the White Horse in Friday-Street, the Property of Henry Pitts.
Same Day William Jenkins was committed to the New Gaol, Southwark, for being concerned with one Thorpe in robbing Mr. James Lambton of a Guinea and nine Shillings, on the King's Highway in the County of Surry.





BANKRUPTS.
James Ashley, late of Breadstreet, London, Brandy Merchant.
John Green and Robert Green, of Leeds, Merchants.
John Rose, of Avebury in Wilts, Chapman.
Thomas Hasker, of Southampton, Merchant.
John Dagley, of Basinghall-Street, Bricklayer.
James Dolman, of St.James Westminster, Innholder.
Robert Pyrcroft, of St. Botolph Aldgate, Brewer.





ALL Gentlemen VOLUNTEERS that are willing to serve his Majesty KING GEORGE in one of his Majesty's Marching Regiments of Foot, now lying in England, or in a Regiment now lying in Ireland, or in a Company of Marines, or the Honourable United East India Company as Soldiers for five Years in East-India, let them repair to SERJEANT WILLIAM SOSBY, at his Office at the Sign of the Grenadiers in Abel's-Buildings, Rosemary-Lane, near the Tower of London; also at his Office, the Ship and Horshoe, Charing Cross, where they shall enter into present Pay and good Quarters.




For preventing any further Imposition on the Publick,

HIS Majesty's Royal Letters Patent passed the Great Seal the 31st of October last, for investing the sole Property for 14 Years, for making and vending the genuine JESUIT'S DROPS to the Inventor thereof; which said Patent Jesuit's Drops are an exceeding pleasant Remedy, and the most certain, safe, cheap, effectual, and immediate Cure in the World for the Venereal Disease in both Sexes, and for an obstinate and inveterate Gleet, or Weakness in the Reins or Kidneys, of ever so long standing, is a powerful Cleanser and Strengthener, and a great Purifier of the Blood in all Scorbutick Humours, though attended with all their most malignant Circumstances; and by its wonderful Efficacy has rendered Health and Strength to a very great Number of Persons of both Sexes, who have been afflicted with decay'd or broken Constitutions, as they are ready to attest. It has no Mercurials in its Composition, and neither Purges nor Vomits, but carries it clean off by the Urine, (the Dose only 15 Drops in a Glass of white Wine or Water, or on a Lump of Sugar) at 5s. a Bottle sufficient for a Cure; and is an excellent Remedy for Travellers and Persons going to Sea, as they may be taken so secret that even a Bedfellow cannot make Discovery, and at any Time, in any Season or Climate, without Alteration of Diet; and absolutely eradicates, Root and Branch, all the poisonous Symptoms of those loathsome Distempers of the Body, or Confinement whatever, and absolutely answers all the Ends that can be expected by Salivation, without going through that dangerous and nauseous Operation. Bottles proportionable, at 2s. 6d.
To be had, by the Patentee's special Appointment, with Directions at large, at the Bible and Crown in Fleet-Lane, near the Session House Gate, Old-Baily; Mr. Mackinder's, Peruke-maker, in King Street, St. James's Square; Mrs. Printup's, Broker, in Ratcliff-Highway, near Well-close-Square; Mr. Saunders's, a Chandler's Shop, in Frying-Pan-Alley, opposite St.Thomas's Hospital, Southwark, and Mr. Ozley's, opposite the Ship and Star near Salt-petre Bank, and no where else; therefore this publick Notice is given, that whoever shall from this Time either make up, vend, utter, or expose to Sale and Drops in the same Name, or in Imitation thereof, in Violation of his Majesty's Commands, tot he great Prejudice of the Healths of his Majesty's Subjects, will be prosecuted as the Law directs; and Prosecutions are already commenced in the Court of King's Bench, against the True and Original Jesuit's Drops; therefore be careful to ask for the GENUINE PATENT JESUIT'S DROPS, at the Places above specified, and all sold elsewhere are a gross Imposition.
They may sent, sealed up, so as not to be known what they are, by any Messenger or Carrier, on Receipt of a Letter, Postage and other Expences paid, directed for R. WALKER, the Patentee, at the Bible and Crown as above.




By the KING's Patent,

HIS Majesty having been graciously pleased to grant his Royal Letters Patent, bearing Date at Westminster the 17th of October, 1751, in the 25th Year of his Reign, unto RICHARD ROCK, of the Parish of St. Bridget, otherwise St. Bride's, London, Licentiate in Medicine, for his New Compound Medicine, or Anti-Venereal Cathartick Electuary, for the true Cure of fresh Venereal Injuries, and all the lurking Relicts of old ones, which he has brought to a surprizing Degree of Perfection in the Cure of the several Stages of the Venereal Distemper, from the slightest Infection to the most inveterate Degree thereof, without breaking or impairing the Constitution, enervating the human System, or leaving any Foulness or Weakness behind : This is therefore to acquaint the Publick, for whose Use and Benefit the said Letters Patent were obtained that the said most admirable Electuary is sold by him at the Golden-Head and Key, Bell Savage Inn Gateway, Ludgate Hill, London, at only 6s and a Book of plain Instructions (by the Help of which every one may be his own Physician) given with each Pot : Where Advice is to be had, and all Debilities, Obstructions of the Urinary Passages, and Gleets are absolutely cured - Sold at the Widow Adams's, Printer, at West-Chester; also at Mr. John Seymour's, Bookseller, in Ball-Alley, near George-Yard, Lombard-Street.

Advice and constant Attendance from Seven in the Morning 'till Ten at Night.




The True and Original JESUIT's DROPS,
Recommended to the Public for the Cure of the Venereal Disease,

ALL Persons afflicted with any Symptoms of the Venereal Disease, be they ever so malignant, may now be assured of a certain Cure, by the most pleasant Remedy that ever was discovered, entitled, The True and Original Jesuit's Drops, which will effectually carry off any Degree of that Distemper, without injuring the Constitution. This Medicine also, after the Virus is removed from the Body, strengthens the Parts that have been weakened in the Course of the Disease, cures Gleetings and Weakness, and restores the Tone of all the Parts injured; thereby preventing Wastings and Consumptions, so fatal after partial or pretended Cures. It's Composition is entirely devoid of all Mercurials; was the Secret of a Jesuit in France, where it was used for many Years with the utmost Success. It is extremely convenient for Travellers, and Persons going to Sea, as it will keep (and be equally effectual) in all Climates, and may be taken so secret, that the nicest Intimacy can occasion no Discovery; its Dose being only 15 Drops in a Glass of White Wine or Water, or on a Bit of Sugar. It is neither a Cathartic nor an Emetic, but works off by Urine, and is sold for 6s a Bottle, which is sufficient for the Cure; and some proportionably smaller for 3s.

Be careful to ask for the Original Jesuit's Drops.

By the Author's Appointment to be had at Mr. Tuffnel's, a Saloop Shop, at the Black Boy on London Bridge; at Mr.Keho's, the Scotch Arms in the Hay Market, facing the Opera-House; at a Chandler's Shop in Angel-Court, near the Hand-in-Hand Fire-Office, opposite St.Sepulchre's Church; and at Mr. Johnson's, at the Gun, Gun-Dock, Wapping.




By the KING's Royal Letters PATENT.
At the Golden Ball, in Bow-Church Yard, Cheapside, London, is sold
WEST'S Elixir Asthmaticum Mirabile : Or, Wonderful PECTORAL ELIXIR.

WHICH gives Ease in all Disorders of the Breast; it admirably allays the Tickling that provokes frequent Coughing; cures all Colds, Hoarseness, Phthisick, Wheezing, Ratling in the Throat, or Difficulty of Breathing, the Hooping-Cough in Children, Stoppages at the Stomach, and helps Digestion, eases violent Cholicks, and Dry Gripes in the West-Indies, racking Pains in the Gravel or Stone, Rheumatick and Sciatick Pains in the Limbs, After Pains in Women and all Internal Bruises, at 1s. 6d. a Bottle.

If this salubrious Medicine was truly known, no Master of a Family would be without it in their Houses, or Captains of Ships go to Sea without it in their Cabins.

The Grand Specifick Hysterick, or, West's Female Pills; they remove all Obstructions, and put the Blood into a right Circulation; they also cure Hypochondriacal and Splenetick Disorders in Men, Vapours in Women. These Pills has been experienced in private Practice upwards of 30 Years with wonderful Success. There is 120 Pills in a Box, at 5s the Box, or 2s. 6d the Half, and 1s. 3d the Quarter Box.

Likewise incomparable Daffy's Elixir, allowed by all Judges of Medicines, both Physicians and Surgeons, to be the best in England.

The said Elixir is also sold at Legrange's Medicinal Warehouse at the Acorn in New-Street, Covent-Garden; by Mr Spires, a Haberdasher under Aldgate-Church, facing the Minories, Mr. Read, by the Gun Tavern at Billingsgate, Mrs. Nash, at Peter's-Field in Hampshire, Mr. Moose, Painter, at the Globe-Corner, at Ipswich, Samuel Webb, Chandler, on Enfield Chace Side, near the Church, John Richards, Haberdasher, at Reading in Berkshire, Ann Collier, at Greenwich, Richard Watters, a Grocer, at Gravesend, Catherine Steele, at Bromley, Mr. Matthew Price, near the Bridge at Wandsworth, Mrs. Lydia Nicholls, in Wood-Street, near the Church, at Barnet, Mr. Burchel, at the Case of Knives in Long-Acre, at the Medicinal Warehouse in Hayes-Court, Newport-Market, Mr. Harris, a Shopkeeper at North-Hall, Mr. Robins, Shopkeeper, at St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, Mr. Tomkins, near the Three Tuns, at Edmonton, John Rankin, at Ware, Mr. John Taylor, at the Golden-Ball in King-Street, Deptford, Mrs. Dewel, at St. Sepulchres Coffee-House, Snow-Hill, Mrs. Cundall, at the King's Head and Parrot near Gray's-Inn-Gate, Holborn, Mrs. Church, a Toyshop at the Parrot in St. James's-Street, at Bernard's old Perfume Shop, facing the Bottom of the Hay Market, William Thorne, Bookseller, at Darlington, in the Bishoprick of Durham, James Davidson, Haberdasher and Hosier, at the Ship and Rising Sun, in Postern Row, Tower Hill, likewise sold by the following Shopkeepers, viz. John White, at Northockendon in Essex, James Rule, at Bow, Sarah Amis, at Rumford, Jane Stokes, at Chelmsford, Mr. Prosser, near the Feathers at Richmond, Francis Starke, near the Market-Place in Rochester, Mary Stanton, at Staines, Sarah Byrn, at Kingston upon Thames, Henry Wright, in St. Clement's Passage, Clare-Market, Mrs. Wood, by the London 'Prentice, Hoxton-Square, Mrs. Whitehouse, the Corner of Gloucester Court, in Whitecross Street, Mrs. Leppard, at the Spotted Horse, in Ratcliff-Highway, near Well-Close-Square, Mr. Bowen, at both the Gates of the Royal Exchange, Mrs. Stevens, at the Civet Cat a Perfumers Shop in Mount Street, near Grosvenor-Square, and Mrs. Hood under Ludgate.

Mr. West sure all the various Symptoms of the Venereal Disease.




To Mr. WOODWARD and Mr. HUNT, Surgeons,
near Half-Moon-Street, Piccadilly.

WE the Minister, Churchwardens, Overseers, and other Inhabitants of the Parish of Rumford, in Essex, do return you our hearty Thanks for your Care, in curing James Tyler of a bad Rupture, he being recommended by us to you, his Friends, not being able to pay for his Care; he is now quite well by wearing your Bandages, and taking your Medicines, and we are further desirous of making this publick for the Benefit of Others labouring under this great Affliction; the Truth of this may be had of his Father, or of Your humble Servants,
John Heath, Curate; John Black and William Pool, Churchwardens; Henry Kemp and John Choate, Overseers; Edward Sumpter, Stephen Hauting; and James Nash, Vestry Clerk.
Merchants and Captains of Ships may be supplied with Bandages and Medicines to carry abroad; or any Person afflicted with a Rupture, may receive equal Advantage either at home or abroad; or in any Part of the World, also the Size of the Rupture, whether it is in the Groin, Scrotum, or Navel, and on which Side it is situated; also whether Man, Woman, or Child, by which Means many have already received compleat Cures.
Mr. Woodward attends Tuesdays and Fridays, from Ten to Two, at Mr. Foster's, Jeweller, in Little Carter-Lane, South Side of St. Paul's; the other Days in the Week at his House, facing the Green Park Wall, Piccadilly. He attends by Letter or Message (if Post-paid). His Wife the Ladies.




This is to inform the PUBLICK,

That a regular bred Surgeon, who has serv'd an Apprenticeship with one to the greatest Masters of that Profession in this Town, who has seen the Practice of all the Hospitals and Locks belonging to this great Metropolis, and has been Eye Witness of the Number of unhappy People who have been drove into these Hospitals by the Poisonous Medicines of Quacks, who know very little more of Physick than the bare Name :
IN Compassion to Mankind in general, and to the Poor in particular, he is determined if possible to snatch them out of the Hands of those Empiricks, and to preserve them from slow but sure Destruction : For which Reason he has carefully prepared, not only the most pleasant but also the most efficacious Medicines, such as are now used by the ablest and best of his Fraternity. For a virulent Gonorrhea, vulgarly call'd a Clap, he has an admirable Electuary, which has never failed Success for upwards of fourteen Years; one single Pot of which is generally sufficient for a Cure. He has also an excellent Injection, which is of singular Use in the Gonorrhea, both in taking off the Heat of Urine and preventing a Cordee; it is likewise of very great Service, if used immediately after an impure Cortion; for by injecting it directly, and washing the Part, you carry away that subtil Matter which when once lodged is the Occasion of all Venereal Disorders; this is what every young Fellow shou'd carry in his Pocket. For the Lues Venerea, or Grand Pox, which he cures without Salivation, in a much safer and easier Method than has hitherto been practised, and at a much cheaper Rate than even the Quacks themselves sell their pernicious Medicines, for as it is intended for the Benefit of the Poor, so the Price is adapted to their Circumstances; And it is hoped that those who can afford to pay a Surgeon will not send for these Medicines, this not being done with any lucrative View, nor to hurt the Profession, but to preserve his Fellow Creatures and relieve the Poor. The Pot of Electuary is four Shillings; the Bottle of Injection is one Shilling; the Pills for the Lues Venerea or Grand Pox, which has restored Numbers who have been miserably harrass'd with Salivations in vain, is but six Shillings the Box, and which is generally sufficient even in the last Stage of that Disorder, to perfect a Cure. You may rest assur'd that these are the Medicines of one who has serv'd seven Years Apprenticeship in one of the greatest Hospitals in this City.
There is a printed Direction wrapp'd round each Parcel, how to order yourself whilst you take it, and what Quantity you are to take, all which you may do without the Privity of any of your Acquaintance.
To be had at Mr. Oake's Hard-Ware and Cane-Man, in Bedford-Court, Bedford-Street, Covent-Garden; or at Mr. Eilines a Toy-Shop, next to the Gun-Shop under St.Dunstan's-Church in Fleet-Street; or at Mr. Smith's, a Map and Printseller, at Hogarth's-Head, facing the End of Wood-Street, in Cheapside; or at Mr. Asbridge's, the Queen's-Head the Corner of James-Street, Bedford-Row, Holborn.

Instead of asking for a pot of Electuary, ask for a Pot of Balsam; for a Box of Pills, as for a Box of Beads; and for the Bottle of Injection ask for the bottle of Eye Water.




H. DEAN, SURGEON.
Living at the Blue Ball in Postern Row, near the Watch-House on Little Tower Hill, with the Blue Ball at my Back Door in George Yard,

WHERE you may have a safe and private Cure for all Venereal CLAPS or POX, with all its dreadful Symptoms, whether fresh contracted or of long Continuance; I give immediate Ease to painful Buboes, Swellings, Tumours, Ulcers in the Nose, Throat, or Palate. I speedily remove Cordees, Shankers, Phymoses, Paraphymoses, with pocky Warts and Nodes, diurnal and nocturnal Pains, with Gleets or virulent Runnings. Let your Condition be ever so bad, and after you have been ruined, spoiled, and miserably tormented, and broke out in a Thousand Blotches all over your Body, by taking nauseous Loads of Physick, for Months nay Years together, which have been the Ruin of Hundreds, by falling under unskilful Hands and can find no Relief, despair not, for no one ever fails of a Cure, by an easy sure and private Method, without any Alteration of Dyet, Confinement at Home, or Hinderance of Business.
Note. You may have my Chemical Water that perfectly cures the Itch, or Itchy Humours, without any troublesome, daubing stinking Ointment, Price one Shilling the Bottle, with Directions.
At the same Place you may have the Essex and Kentish Chymical-Drops for all manner of Fevers and Agues, of never so long standing, with printed Directions how to take them. Price one Shilling the Bottle.
And for Conveniency of those that desire my Medicines to carry Abroad with them, I always keep them ready prepared by me, with printed Directions how to use the same.




LONDON: Printed for J. LEAGE, near the Sessions-House in the Great Old Baily, where ADVERTISEMENTS are taken in, and all Manner of Printing done in a neat and reasonable Manner.