that lieutenant-general O'Hara, who had arrived at the battery on our firft fuccefs was involved in the confequence of this fudden reverse, was wounded in the arm, and made prifoner. We have to regret that fo many gallant officers and men have fuffered on this occafion. The lofs of the British I have the honour to enclose; that of the other nations is not in proportion great. From general O'Hara's abfence the command devolves on me. I thall endeavour to discharge it to the beft of my ability and health, till his majefty's further pleasure is fignified. on their voyage hither, together with twelve cream-coloured horses of exquifite beauty: a ftate coach is building for him; and the houfe lately occupied by the French ambaffador in Portmanfquare, is preparing for his reception. The report of the evacuation of Toulon by the allied troops ftands fully confirmed. Though this difaftrous event muft, on many accounts, be confidered as an object of great concern, in its probable effect of protracting the war, by restoring the fouthern parts of France to the dominion of the Sans Culottes, which will inspire them with, if poffible, a greater degree of enthusiasm, and inducing the neutral states to regard their power and refources as truly formidable; yet there are circumftances attending it that must considerably alleviate the concern of every reflecting mind in this country on the occafion. The deftruction of the fineft arfenal in France, added to the loss of blow to their naval ftrength that its fo many of their belt fhips, is fuch a confequences must be felt for at least a century; for if, within that period, the French marine fhould be able to owing only to the most reprehenfible vie with that of Britain, it can be and criminal negligence of our admiral Jan. 3. Letters were received in town from Barbadoes and Antigua, giving moft melancholy accounts of the ravages of a malignant fever, which had cut off a great number of men, both of the army, and of fuch Britifh fhips as were on that ftation. The twenty firft regiment, though they occupied one of the moft healthy fituations on the island of Antigua, had fuffered extreme-ty. By this advantage, if carefully ly, and at the time the packet failed, guarded, our commerce will flourish the malady was fpreading to a height of peace, we may reafonaoly predict, without interruption, and the bleffings truly alarming. The medical people of the inlands are of opinion that the fever be fecured for a long feries of years. Thefe are benefits which will be expeFienced and acknowledged, when the expence neceffarily incurred in the attainment of them, fhall have funk into oblivion. is of the fame nature with that which has lately raged at Philadelphia, for very few of thofe feized with it have recovered. Laft week the church of St. Auflle, Cornwall, was greatly damaged by a ftorm; the lightning threw down the fouth pinnacle, part fell on the markethoufe, and part on fome houfes on the north fide of the church, and very confiderable damage is done both to the church and market-house. Portsmouth, Jan. 5. For two days paft, preparations have been made for a royal vifit here. The guns on the platform are loaded, the commiffioner's rooms fwept out, and all things put in order to receive fome of the illustrious brothers in a ftyle fuited to their exalted rank. The Turkish ambaffador is a good deal indifpofed, in confequence of a 7. Orders have been fent to the adcold-fo much fo, that he was on Wed-miralty office for a fleet of capital nefday unable to make his first public appearance at St. James's, as was intended. The refidence of the Turkish ambasfador in London will be attended with many circumstances of great splendour. He has a retinue of fifty fervants, now hips, amounting to 16 fail of the line, befides heavy frigates, fire-fips, &c. tor endezvous at Spithead with all poffible difpatch, and to be ready to fail on the shortest notice. 8. After the levee, Ibrahim Ifmael' (reis effendi from the court of his fublime highness 7 highness the emperor of Turkey), attended by his fauquier (or fecretary), and his dragoman (or interpreter), had an audience of the king in the closet, to deliver his credentials; to which he was introduced by lord Grenville, and conducted by fir C. C Dormer, knt. matter of the ceremonies. The envoy and his two attendants were habited in a manner remarkably plain, to the disappointment of numerous fpectators After the Turkish envoy's audience, a council was held in the grand council chamber, at which the king, archbishop of Canterbury, lord chancellor, Mr. Pitt, the two fecretaries of ftate, earl of Chatham, &c. were prefent, when his majefty was pleafed to order that a day of fasting and humiliation be appointed to be held on Friday the 14th day of February next. The king's or der was allo figned to the archbishops and bishop for a form of prayer to be prepared for the occafion. The council fat a little more than half an hour, the following fpeech to both houfes of parliament: "My Lords and Gentlemen, "The circumftances under which you are now affembled require your moft ferious attention. "We are engaged in a conteft, on the iffue of which depend the maintainance of our conftitution, laws, and religion, and the security of all civil fociety. "You must have obferved with fatisfaction the advantages which have been obtained by the arms of the allied powers, and the change which has tak en place in the general fituation of Europe fince the commencement of the war. "The United Provinces have been protected from invafion. The Anftrian Netherlands have been recovered and maintained, and places of confiderable importance have been acquired on the frontier of France. "The recapture of Mentz, and the 10. Letters from the Eaft-Indies, by fubfequent fucceffes of the allied arway of Holland, fay that the English mies on the Rhine, have, not withstandhave taken feveral French hips in Bening the advantages recently obtained by gal river; and that the French in the the enemy in that quarter, proved highMauritius, were fitting out feveral pri- ly beneficial to the common cause. vateers, to cruife against the English, Dutch, and Portuguese, in that part of the world. 12. Laft week arrived from SierraLeone, the Felicity, capt, Wenham, with a cargo of wax, camwood, &c. The dispatches by this hip contain very flattering accounts of the health of the colony, and of its progrefs in commercial purfuits; but we are very forry to add, that they bring allo an account of the death of prince Naimbonna, who died on the evening of his arrival at Sierra Leone, of a putrid fever contracted by him on fhipboard, in the course of his paffage from this country. "Powerful efforts have been made by my allies in the fouth of Europe; the temporary poffeffion of the town and port of Toulon has greatly diftreffed the operations of my enemies; and in the circunftances attending the evacuation of that place, an important and decifive blow has been given to their naval power by the conduct, abilities, and fpirit of my commanders, officers, and forces both by fea and land. "The French have been driven from their poffeffions and fisheries at Newfoundland; and important and valuable acquifitions have been made both in the East and West Indies. At fea our fuperiority has been This amiable young man had been undifputed, and our commerce fo effor fome fhort time in England under fectually protected, that the loffes fufthe protection of the Sierra-Leone tained have been inconfiderable in procompany. He poffeffed a moft excel-portion to its extent, and to the caplent understanding, a difpofition earnest in the purfut of knowledge, and a great facility in receiving inftruction. Jan. 21. His majefty entered the houfe of peers, and being feated on the throne, in his royal robes, delivered tures made on the contracted trade of the enemy. "The circumftances by which the further progrefs of the allies has been hitherto impeded, not only prove the neceffity of vigour and perfeverance on our our part, but at the same time confirm the expectation of ultimate fuccefs. "Our enemies have derived the means of temporary exertion from a fyftem which has enabled them to dispofe arbitrarily of the lives and property of a numerous people, and which openly violates every restraint of juftice, humanity, and religion. But these efforts, productive as they neceffarily have been of internal difcontent and confu fion in France, have alfo tended rapidly to exhauft the natural and real ftrength of that country. "Although I cannot but regret the neceffary continuance of the war, I fhould ill confult the interefts of my people, if I were defirous of peace on any grounds but fuch as may provide for their permanent fafety, and for the independance and fecurity of Europe. "The attainment of thefe ends is ftill obftructed by the prevalence of a fyftem in France equally incompatible with the happiness of that country, and with the tranquillity of all other nations. "Under this impreffion I thought - proper to make a declaration of the views and principles by which I am guided: I have ordered a copy of this declaration to be laid before you, toge ther with copies of feveral conventions and treaties with different powers, by which you will perceive how large a part of Europe is united in a caufe of fuch general concern. "I reflect with unfpeakable fatisfaction on the eady loyalty and firm at tachment to the established conftitution and government, which notwithstanding the continued efforts employed to milead and to feduce, have been fo generally prevalent among all ranks of my people. These fentiments` have been eminently manifefted in the zeal and alacrity of the militia to provide for our internal defence, and in the diftinguished bravery and spirit displayed on every occafion by my forces both by fea and land: they have maintained the luftre of the British name, and have shewn themselves worthy of the bleffings which it is the object of our exertions to preserve. you; and I am perfuaded you will be ready to make fuch provifion as the exigencies of the time may require. I feel too fenfibly the repeated proofs which I have received of the affections' of my fubjects not to lament the neceffity of any additional burthens. It is, however, a great confolation to me to obferve the favourable ftate of the revenue, and the compleat fuccefs of the meafure, which was laft year adopted, for removing the embarraffinents affecting commercial credit. "Great as must be the extent of our exertions, I truft you will be enabled to provide for them in fuch manner as to avoid any preffure which could be feverely felt by my people. "My Lords, and Gentlemen, "In all your deliberations you will undoubtely bear in mind the true grounds and origin of the war. "An attack was d or us and on our allies, founded on principles which tend to destroy all property, to fubvert the laws and religion of every civilized nation, and to introduce aniverfaily that wild and deftru&ive fyftem of rapine, anarchy, and impiety; the effects of which, as they have already been manifefted in France, furnih a dreadful but ufeful leffon to the present age and to pofterity. "It only remains for us to continue to pe: fevere in our united exertions: their difcontinuance or relaxation could hardly procure even a fhort interval of delufive repofe, and could never terminate in fecurity or peace. "Impreffed with the neceffity of defending all that is moft dear to us, and relying, as we may with confidence, on the valour and refources of the nation, on the continued efforts of fo large a part of Europe, and, above all, on the inconteftable justice of our caufe, let us render our conduct a contraft to that of our enemies, and, by cultivating and practising the princip es of humanity and the duties of religion, eadeavour to merit the continuance of the Divnine favour and protection, which have been fo eminently expe "Gentlemen of the houfe of com-rienced by these kingdoms." mons, "I have ordered the neceffary eftimates and accounts to be laid before BIRTHS Jan. 2. The rev. Edward Dickenfon, B. D. fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, to mifs Fieldhouse, of Stafford, The rev. John Kipling, M. A. of Lincoln College, Oxford, to mifs Bingham, daughter of the late Thomas Bingham, of Birmingham, efq. 4. The rev. Anthony Egerton Hammond, of Houghton, to mifs Charlotte Biggs, daughter of Thomas Biggs, of Maxton, near Dover, efq. George Boone Roup ll, efq. barrifter at law, to mifs Frances Brone M Cullock, youngest daughter of the late Robert M'Culloch, of Charlton, Kent, efq. J. C. P. Bowens, efq. of his majefty's firit regiment of life guards, to mifs Prycrofts, fecond daughter of the late fir Richard Prycrofts, bart. 7. John Cornwall, jun. of Portlandplace, efq. to mifs Gardner, only daughter of Allen Gardner, elq. rear admiral of the blue. 7. Thomas William Carr, of Gray'sInn, efq. to mifs Frances Morton, of Ouseburn. William Scroope, of Castle Combe, Wilts, efq. to mifs Long, only daughter of the late Charles Long, of Griteleton, efq. The rev. Thelwell Salisbury, of Newport, Monmouthshire, to miss Offley. The rev. H. A. Pye, Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, to miss Frances Wilkinson. DEATHS. Jan. 2. Major Bennet, of the fecond battalion of royals. The earl of Exeter. John Harvey, of Kingfland, efq. His excellency David Parry, esq. governor of Barbadoes. 5. The lady of Richard Croft, of Hartford ftreet, May Fair, efq. Edward Poretous, of York, efq. Humphrey Cole, of Wanftead, efq. John Ormfby, of Cricklade, efq, Francis Cowell, of Ilminster, elq. James Green, of Grantham, Lincolnshire, esq. Thomas Clayton, of Potterhill, near Paisley, Scotland, efq. Philip Thomfon, of Liverpool, efq. Richard Warner, of Collumpton, Somersetshire, efq. John Carfax, of Leeds, efq. James Ofgood, of Yarmouth, efq. Henry Huxley, of Nottingham, eiq. Titus Favel, of Droitwich, efq. 7. William Monk, of Somerton, efq. Thomas Townley Parker, of Curedent, efq. high fheriff of the county of Lancafter. 6. The countefs of Caffilis. 9. The rev. John Bradley, vicar of Torringdon. John Pelling, of Beaconsfield, efq. William Pafcall, of Tamworth, efq. Henry Berry, of Darlington, efq. Thomas Manton, of Chefter, efq. James Palmer, of Crediton, efq. Richard Stokes, of Salisbury, efq. Edward Ford, of Hungerford, efq. Samuel Hutchins, of Knarsborough, efq. Ifaac Turner, of Worcester, efq. 1 THE Lady's Magazine; OR, Entertaining Companion for the FALR SEX, appropriated folely to their Ufe and Amusement. This Number is embellished with the following Copper-Plates, viz. I. A New Pattern for working an Apron, or Handkerchief. 2. A View of Stonehenge, Wiltshire. 3. A whole Length Portrait of his Excellency Yuffuf Adjiah Effendi, Ambassador from Turkey. And, 4. Occafional Oratorio. Mufic by Mr. Handel. LONDON. Printed for G. G. and J. Robinfon, No. 25. Paternofter-Row, where Favours from Correfpondents will be received. |