open fea, where the fishing boats were very fenfible of it, and feemed greatly furprized at the uncommon agitation they perceived in the

waves.

The Prince George, capt. Peed, of 24 guns and 108 men, has taken and carried into Camerina bay, a French outward bound Eaft India fhip of 600 tons, 22 guns, and 208 men, laden with ftores, after an obftinate engagement, in which the Prince George had but feven men killed, and the French upwards of 60.

By an enquiry making in the different departments of his majefty's household, &c. it is faid fome impofitions have been detected, which will occafion a faving of near 100,0001. per annum. Extract of a letter from Vienna,

June 24.

"A letter from Carlstadt, the capital of Croatia, gives an account, that about two leagues from Segua, a frong town of that province, fome herdimen meeting together near a hill covered with wood, made a fire to warm themfelves with large branches of trees they tore down. Unhappily, the wind blew ftrong from the north; the flames were carried to fome old oaks, which took fire in an inftant, and one tree catching fire from another, in lefs than an hour the whole wood, containing above 10,000 arpents [1800 feet fquare each] refembled one vaft funeral pile. When the flames gained the heart of the wood, a great number of wild boars and wolves, fome of them of a monftrous fize, came out of their dens with horrible fhricks and howlings. Soon after, the fouthern part of the hill opened with a frightful noife. The aper

ture was about 15 feet deep, and 10 in diameter; and out of it rushed, with impetuofity, a ftream of liquid matter on fire, which har dened as it ran, and formed a mafs of 7 or 800 quintals. This matter is a mixed metal, compofed of сорper, iron, tin, and filver, and is faid to be most beautiful. If the fact be truly related, it is probably the Corinthian brafs, and will ferve to juftify what the ancients have faid of that famous compound."

General count Laudohn 18th. who commands at present the emprefs queen's forces in Silefia, obtained not long fince an authentic certificate from North Britain, of his being defcended from a younger branch of the ancient family of Lowdon, of Lowdon, in the hire of Air.

This morning the honour- 20th. able captain Monckton arrived at Whitehall from India with an account of the reduction of Pondicherry, &c. and in the evening captain Douglas arrived with the following letter from the right honourable lord Rollo, to the right hon. Mr. fecretary, Pitt.

Rofeau in the ifland of Do. minique, June 8, 1761.

SIR,

I had the honour of writing to you on the 3d inftant from Gaudaloupe; and I then informed you of the refolution I had taken to proceed directly to attack the ifland of Dominico, with the few North American troops which had arrived, and the reinforcement furnished by governor Dalrymple, under the command of lieutenant-governor Melvill. I accordingly failed from the road of Baffeterre, under the efcert of commodore fir James Douglas, with four fhips of the line, and fome

frigates,

frigates, on his majefty's birth-day, and arrived within a league of Rofeau about noon on the 6th; when we judged it beft to fend a fummons to the inhabitants; to which, after their recovering fomewhat of their confternation, and having fent off two deputies, probably to amule us, they returned a negative anfwer, manned their entrenchments and batteries at and above Rofeau, and prepared to ftand on their defence: I thereupon gave immediate orders for the troops to land; which was effected very fpeedily, and in the beft order, much owing to the difpofition of the boats, and polition of the king's fhips, very judiciously directed by the commodore; and, agreeably to orders given, there was not one fingle cannon or mufquet difcharged, till the enemy began to fire juft before our landing. The troops formed quickly on the beach, and while part foon after poffeffed the town, the corps of grenadiers, confifting of the companies of the 4th and 22d regiments, commanded by colonel Melvill, feized a flanking battery, and part of an adjoining entrenchment, which had been abandoned. The enemy annoyed us with fome popping muf quetry from behind trees and bushes, and fired from time to time from their battery, overlooking their entrenchments, the town and fhore. It was now pretty late, and it appeared to me, that the troops might be extremely haraffed, and fuller even great lofs, during the night, by the cannon and mufquetry of the enemy, from the entrenchments overlooking the town; as alfo, that the enemy might be much reinforced before morning; and having an excellive firong country in their favour, with four entrenchments be

hind, and above each other, might make a great defence. I judged it beft therefore to order them to be immediately attacked by the grenadiers, fupported by the battalion troops, which was accordingly done, with fo much order, rapidity and refolution, that the enemy, with very little lofs, were driven fucceffively, in great confufion, from all their entrenchments, from their batteries, and from the head quarter above it, where colonel Melvill immediately took post with the grenadiers. We took there M. de Longprie, the French commandant; their fecond officer, M. de la Coucne, and fome others, with a quantity of powder.

I lay myfelf at their advanced poft during the night, having establifhed a communication, by proper guards, with the reft of the troops who poffeffed the town. Next day I eftablished my head quarters in Rofeau, and have been, fince much employed in receiving the oaths of fubmiffion and furrender of arms from the nearest inhabitants, as well as in difpatching orders for that effect to the diftant quarters; the landing of military ftores and provifions, the quartering of troops, and the preparation to occupy and entrench a defenfible poft, have been the chief objects of my attention hitherto.

I fhall foon have the honour of

tranfmitting to you more particular accounts of this ifland; but muft inform you, in the mean time, that as it was carried by affault, I gave them no other terms than a protection, till his majefty's pleafure fhould be known, obliging them first to deliver up all their arms, and to fwear allegiance to his ma

jefty,

jefty. Five hundred of the inha-bitants, among which are the captains and militia officers of the quarters, with moft of the princi-. pal planters, have delivered up their arms, and fworn fubmiffion, for which I have granted them a protection, till his majesty's further pleasure shall be known. The na tive Caraibs, who inhabit a rugged quarter on the windward part of the iland, feem to like their new mafters, and are to deliver up their arms in a body.

I cannot conclude without having the pleasure of affuring you, that the greatest harmony has fubfified between his majesty's fquadron and the troops under my command; and that I bave experienced the greatest zeal, and moft chearful fupport from the commodore, who alfo very much favoured the attack, by a brisk and well-directed cannonade. As to the king's troops, I cannot enough applaud the coolness and intrepidity with which they acted on the occafion.

It is probable, that this will be delivered to you by capt. Douglas, of his majefty's fourth regiment, who, notwithstanding very bad health, came upon this fervice, and was prefent in the attack; but, being become much worfe, now returns, with my leave, to Guadaloupe. I am, &c.

ROLLO. Admiralty-Office, July 21, 1761. Captain Innis, of his majefty's fhip the Arundel, arrived here laft night, with the following account, tranfmitted by commodore fir James Douglas to Mr. Clevland, dated on board the Dublin, in the road of Rofeau, Dominique, the 13th of June,

1761.

"On the 4th of June I failed from Gaudaloupe with the troops we had for Dominique, with the Dublin, Belliqueux, Sutherland, and Montague, and on the 6th in the forenoon arrived off Refeau, when I fent a lieutenant on fhore, accompanied by a land officer, with a manifefto, figned by lord Rollo and myself, addreffed to the principal inhabitants, and all others refiding in the neutral iflands of Dominique, which was read by the officer to the people in the town; and foon after two of the inhabitants of most note came off in the boat to me, who feemed, upon the whole of their converfation, not to be displeased at our coming to take poffeffion of the ifland; but in the afternoon, when they were put on fhore, we found the people were fpirited up by the governor, Monf. Longprie, to ftand upon their defence, and declared they had come to a determination to defend themselves: upon which I ordered the fhips to anchor as clofe in as poffible, and the neceffary difpofitions were accordingly made for landing the troops, which was effected about five in the evening, under the cover of the fhipping; and notwithftanding the enemy had 4 entrenchments upon the face of a steep hill, with two nine pounders in the upper one, lord Rollo, at the head of his troops, and colonel Melvill, at the head of the grenadiers, with a furprifing alertness and intrepidity, drove the enemy from their entrenchments and battery, with the lofs only of eight men killed and wounded, and made themselves mafters of Rofeau, and the adjacent places of defence, in a time too fhort to be conceived from the difficulty of the undertaking. The

refiftance

refiftance the enemy made has put it in our power to bring them to fuch terms as we please; and they are flocking from all parts of the ifland, to take the oath of allegi ance to his majesty king George. M. Longprie is a prifoner, with three of the principal people.

It is with pleafure I affure their lordships of the good underftanding fubfifting between the officers and men of the navy and army. Major Wedderburn arrived 224. at St. James's with an account of a very fignal advantage gained the 16th by his majefty's troops over the French in Germany; and his majefty was pleased to order publick prayers of thankfgiving for thefe fo remarkable fucceffes.

A letter from an officer of diftinction in the allied army to a nobleman in town concerning the above battle, concludes thus: "Though very prolix in my detail, I cannot help adding the moft tragical hiftory of a family I ever heard; from Rouge I had it: of the two lieu tenant-generals killed, the duke de Havre, his father-in-law, was one, his uncle was another; and two brothers lieutenant-colonels, killed by the fame fhot; himself and whole regiment prifoners; all paffing within his particular view." Copy of the orders prince Ferdinand of Brunfwick delivered after the day of the battle of the 16th of July.

July 17, 1761. His ferene highnefs duke Ferdinand of Brunfwick has been graciously pleafed to order lieutenant-colonel Beckwith to fignify to the Brigade he has the honour to command, his entire approbation of their conduct on the 15th and 16th.

The foldier-like perfeverance of

the Highland battalions, in refifting and repulfing the repeated attacks of the chofen troops of France, has defervedly gained them the highest honour.

The ardour and activity with. which the grenadiers pushed the enemy, and the trophies they have taken, juftly entitle them to the higheft encomiums; and the intrepidity of the little band of Highlanders merits the greateft praife.

Lieutenant-colonel Beckwithbegs leave to add, that the humanity and generofity with which the foldiers treated the great flock of prifoners they took, in his opinion, does them as much honour as their fub

duing the enemy.

[The little band of Highlanders above mentioned were commanded by Patrick Campbell, of Barcaldine, of colonel Campbell's regiment.]

Admiralty-office,rear-ad

28th.

miral Holmes, having intelligence that feveral fhips of war of the enemy had failed from Port Louis the 5th of June; as also that the St. Anne French fhip of war had failed from Port au Prince on the fame day, he difpofed feveral fhips of his fquadron in fuch a manner as he thought moft likely to meet with thofe of the enemy.

In the morning of the 13th, the Hampshire fell in with the St. Anne to windward, and chafed her right down upon the Centaur to leeward. Upon difcovering the Centaur, the St. Anne hauled up, and was kept between the two hips till the was run quite in fore, and becalmed about a league to the northward of Denna Maria Bay, when the began to fire her for chace. Soon after one o'clock the Centaur got close

along

along-fide the St. Anne, when fhe ftruck her enfign. She is a very fine fhip, conftructed for 61 guns, and had on board fix 24 pounders, 26 twelve pounders, and 8 eight pounders, with 359 perfons; was commanded by M. Aguillon, and was carrying home a cargo of indigo, coffee, and fugar, to the value of nine millions of French livres.

The fea flowed at Plymouth about 18 inches in about two minutes, and immediately ebbed with the fame rapidity. This extraordinary flux and reflux continued the whole day.. The fame was obferved at Penzance, and at Carrick, Dungarvan, and Waterford, in Ireland, as appears by the following letters.

Penzance, July 30. Laft Tuesday we had an uncommon hot day, and very calm; and between this place and Marazion, diftant about three miles, the waters were agitated in an uncommon manner. Sometimes it would run in paft its ufual bounds, and return again with great fwiftnefs, and continued in this manner moft of the afterпосп. Towards evening the horizon began to be cloudy, attended with thunder and lightning; and at half paft feven, there was the fierceft flash of lightning, attended with the loudelt clap of thunder, that ever I heard. At Ludgvan, about three miles from hence, the lightning ftruck down one of the pinnacles of the tower, forced in one of the doors of the porch, and into the church, and battered the pulpit and canopy, threw done one of the tables of the commandments at the altar, and did a great deal of other damage. It is imagined, that if the

tower had not been a very firong built one, it would have been laid in ruins.

Carrick, July 31ft. Laft Tuesday. about four o'clock in the afternoon, the waters of the river Sure role four feet in the fpace of five minutes, thirty miles from the fea, and to which the tide comes. It happened about two hours after the flood. At Dungarvan, the fea flowed and ebbed five times alternately, between four and nine o'clock the fame evening, and once rofe much higher than it was obferved to do in the greateft fpring tides.

A perfon in Leeds rode his common hackney from thence to Hull, and back again, which is 130 miles," in 19 hours and 22 minutes; he was allowed 20 hours.

Upwards of 100 young fellows fent to Portfmouth in order to take fhipping there, as fervants to the British colonies, have been stopped and fecured, but the perfon who hired them is not to be found, notwithftanding the moft diligent fearch has been made for him.

Two malefactors were ex- 29th. ecuted at Pennenden heath, near Maidstone, for forging feamens wills.

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About fix in the evening, there was a terrible ftorm of lightning, thunder, and rain, at a village called Sowerby, near Hallifax, in Yorkshire; the whole town was by the thunder agitated in dr.adful manner, which threw the inhabitants into the utmost consternation, and many were thrown down; feveral theep in an adjoining croft were fcorched to death by the lightning, part of the wool was burnt and torn off, no other marks of violence appearing on

them;