546 The GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, Vol. XXXII. Yet fuch are my talents, and numbers (you On the Reduction of the Havannah to the Britifa know it,) I fear not the name of a dunce, or a poet. And therefore I'll follow the mode of the times, I'll cripple my letters in odd-footed rhimes, And afk in poetics, how's this or that friend, From the Bi-ck-m-'s head to N-tb-r br-dge end: But first my dear comrade, how is it with you, And how do all friends in the F-fh-mbles do; That worthy of K-nd-l, does Sb-b-rn-r Aill Befriend you in food for the mind and the quill. -Docs J-bnf-n as fonderly dream of his Pll-y, And woo her with fighings, and chafte melancholy : Ah! -bnf-n, believe me, 'twill never fucceed, Your heart must be found, to make P-lly's heart bleed ! The amiable H-Im-s, how does he difpenfe That mirrour of virtue, that Phenix of feature, I've frequently told you how dearly I love her, qwn. The inference is plain, and, if rightly apply'd, E'er this had made Plæbe to Colin a bride. C. B. An Epitaph in the Church-yard of Camelford in Cornwall. N YEAR to this very spot, here lyeth to rot, The mortal remains of poor Jobs Trots, Who you must know was unlawfully begot Of William Cotterel and Mary Scott: He was poor, and ived in an humble cot, Yet I'm forry to Lay he was a fad fot. But this we may fately fay, he was not In all his life concern'd in a plot ; It was, poor man, his unlucky lot To have a wife melt confounded hot, Though he himie was no better a a jot. However, fince he's gone to pot, And foon muft become we know not what, Why there's an end of poor Town I rett. Who died Feb., ang, in the 47thy ar of "bis age; much larchica by jeveral of bis neighbours. Arms; by Peter Blackbourn, an English Merchant's Son of Lisbon, under fourteen years of age. W HEN fair Britannia's martial band By heav'n ordain'd to rule the main, By long defcent of virtue fir'd, Your arms have fped, your fots are fled, Your work of warfare now is done, What not effect her matchlefs might, With heaven ye mean your strength to try. Join then the duteous voice, and cry, "God fave the king, God fave king George? Historical T FOREIGN HE coronation of her Imperial majefty of all the Ruffiat, was folemnized on the 3d of October, with all the order and magnificence that could be devised. On this occa fion,the murmurs of the people were converted into admiration, and nothing was heard but Long live Catherine the Great, the deliverer of the people. A private letter from a merchant at Petersburg, has the following remarkable obfervation. That in taking the reins of government into her hands, her Imperial • majefty complied with the general with of the_nation; and agreed to it only to fave Raffa from the calamities to which it feemed deftined by the evtravagant behaviour of Peter III; and to prevent that effufion of blood which would otherwise have been inevitable.' The Dyet of Poland, as was foretold in our Jaft, was broken up without effect the third day after its affembling. The London Gazette gives this account of its diffolution. The member who gave in the manifefto, (fee p. 497.) being departed for the country, and confequently the manifefto not to be retracted, the affembly was broken up the next day. Ever fince the furrender of Schweidnitz to the King of Pruffia, (fee p. 497.) the operations of the German war has been transferred to Saxony, where the Auftrians feem'd in carneft to repair the lofs which they fuflained in Silefia. Their first attempts proved fuccefful; on the 27th and 28th of September, the advanced pofts of Prince Henry were vigo rously attacked and obliged to retreat; on the 29th, Gen. Haddick attacked the Prince's left wing, and the Landfberg, fituated in the front of Gen. Hulfen's right. The action lafted fix hours, and the Auftrians were at laft repulfed with confiderable lofs; but his Royal Highness, feeing the danger to which he was expofed, by the vaft fuperiority of the enemy, decamped in the night, and retired to Freyberg. Gen. Hulfen likewife quitted his pofition, and occupied the camp of Katzenbausen, The Aufirian Generals Stolberg and Haddick, having difcovered their retreat, and reconnoitred their pofition, determined to diflodge them from their important posts; and accordingly, on the 14th of October, they began with an attack upon Gen. Belling, in the wood of Ratti, from whence they diflodged him. Of one of his battalions, part were flain, and the reft taken. Gen. Belling, receiving a reinforcement of feveral regiments from Prince Henry, regained a fuperiority over the troops that had attacked him; and, in his turn, diflodged them in the evening: They attacked him again on the 15th. Both fides fought like lions; but, in the end, the Pruffians were driven out of the wood, with a Lofs, that, confidering the vivacity of the attack and defence, must have been confiderable, and they were obliged to abandon Freyberg, to which place they were pursued by Gen. Campitelli. The Prufion regiments of Kleift and Salmouth, were part killed, and pait taken. The Pruffians loft alfo nine pieces of cannon, seven colours, and fome waggons with ftores. The prifoners amount te 1000, including 30 officers. (Gent. Mag. Nov, 1762.) HISTORY. 547 In the evening of the 15th, the Prince of Stolberg came to Freyberg, and, after placing a garrifon in the town, pitched his tents under its walls. This advantage, tho' confiderable, did not determine the fuperiority; for, on the 29th of the fame month, his Royal Highness attacked the united armies of Auftrians and Imperialifts in the neighbourhood of Freyberg, and, in the absence of Gen. Haddick, obtained complete victory over them. The action be gan at day-break, and lafted till two in the afternoon, when the enemy was entirely routed, and obliged to quit the town of Friya berg to the Pruffians; who took befides from 5 to 6000 prifoners, 30 cannon, and nine ftandards and colours. Among the prisoners are one Lt Gen. (Baron Rodt) one Colonel, one Major, 24 Captains, 42 Lieutenants, 18 Enfigns, and 159 under officers. What made the circumstances of this battle, according to the above account, fo much the more glorious, were, that Prince Henry had with him part only of his troops; the corps under Gen. Hulfen having only made fome movements to facilitate the operations of his Royal Highnels; and the reinforcement under the Count de Neuwied having gotten no farther the day of the battle than the neighbourhood of Greenbayn. This difafter is attributed by the Auftrians, to the attrocious perfidy, which had before defeated all the measures for diflodging the Pruffians from their advantageous pofitions at Noffen and Kotzenbaufen. An officer of superior rank difcovered their difpofitions to the enemy. The traytor was feized on the 25th, and carried under a guard of 15 huflars, from Dippoldfwalda to Drefden, from whence ne will be removed to Vienna. The 31st of October, two days after the battle of Freyberg, the Prince of Stolberg received a reinforcement of five regimemts, which joined him at Frauenftein, where the Emprefs's army was re-affembled. Prince Albert of Saxony commanded this reinforcement. On the ft inft. Count Newweid joined the grand army of Pruffia with the body of troops brought from Silefia. In the night between the 3d and 4th, the Auftrians abandoned their camp at Frauenftein, and were pursued by Gen. Belling. In the mean time, Gen. Kleift hath made an incurfion into Bobemia, and has ravaged the country to the very gates of Prague, in which city an alarm was fpread, that the whole Pruffian army was approaching, In his march he destroyed several magazines, particularly one at Saaz, valued at goo,cco florins. His Pruffian majefty, on the news of this important victory, determined to haften his march into Saxony, where he had before refolved to end the campaign; with this view, he has left the command of his army in Silefia to the Prince of Bevern, and with 15 bat-· talions crofled the Eibe on the 6th initant. The fiege of Dresden is again refolved on,a train of heavy artillery is preparing for that purpose at Magdebourg, and that unhappy capital is a third time to be made a scene of ruin and con¬ Aagration, See Fol. xxx, 8, 417. The 548 FOREIGN HISTORY. The late motions of the allies to facilitate the fiege of Caffel. have been attended with fuccefs. On the 1ft inft. that city furrendered to Prince Ferdinand by capitulation; the garrifon were fuffered to march out with the honours of war, and were conducted by the nearest row to the kings army, with all their baggage, two 12 pounders, and one 4 pounder, for the governor, and all the effects belonging to the officers, without fearch. A feparate capitulation was granted for the hofpitals, in which every conveniency was provided for the fick and thofe that attended them. It is a remarkable conclufion to this campaign, that in lefs than a fortnight, the all es had three rejoicing days; 1ft, for the reduction of the Havannab; 2d, the retaking Newfoundland; ad, the taking of Sebreidnitz; 4th, the victory gained over the Auftrians and Imperialists by Prince Henry of Pruffia; and the 5th, the Jurrender of Col. Probably, this wil be the lat intereing event of the long and bloody content between England and France, in which the ftrength of both nations has been exerted to the utmoft. Prince Ferdinand acquainted his general officers, on the 7th inHan, that the preliminaries between Great Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal were fened, and that the French Marthals had reeerved orders to ceafe all hoftilities; upon which Prince Ferdinand fent orders to the commanding officers before Ziegenboyn to ftop their operations against that place. The furprize of the Spanish army at Vilba Velba, on the 6th paft, effectually defeated the fcheme the enemy had of paffing over the Tagus into the province of Alentejo; and the heavy rains, which have fince fallen, have obliged them to retire from Caftello Brance, and repafs the mountains which feparate the provinces of Eftremadura and Beira. The advices from the army of the 20th, as fent by the Mafhal Count de la Lippe, from Lord Loudoun, and from Gen. Townshend, all agree in the enemy's having entirely evacuated the province of Eftremadura: And letters of the fame date, from Lord George Lenox at Guarda, mention, that his Lordship had certain intelligence, that the Spaniards had blown up the walls of Caftello Rodrigo, and were mining thofe of Caftells Beira, as they have done thofe of Almeida, feemingly with the fame intent. Though the war between the Corficans and the Gencefe is not generally interesting, yet the following circumftance cannot be omitted: A nephew of Gian Carlo, one of Paoli's principal officers, having been taken prifoner, was generously fet at liberty by Gen. Matra. The youth, on his return to Paoli, was made governor of the fort of Cofcia, built by the rebels to cut off the cominunication of the Geroefe with Macinaggio. As foon as he had tak en poffeffion of his new command, to teftify his gratitude to Marra, he delivered up to him the fort with which he had been entrufted by Paoli, and which is fo strong, that it cannot easily le retaken. The poffeffion of it makes the Genoefe mafters of all Cape Corfe. Historical Chronicle, November 1762. THURSDAY 08. 21. APT. Elis, in the Royal Charlotte, a cartel fp, with English prifoners from Bayonne for Plymouth, put into MilfordHaven, and landed about 205 men and boys, in a very miferable condition; moft of them being withsut either fhoes or ftockings, and fcarce any other cloathing. At Haverford-urft they were all fupplied with cloaths for their prefent neceffities, and a collection was made for them in the town, which amounted to near 30. but they being apprehenfive of fome prefs gangs coming after them, fetoff on Saturday morning as foon as it was day, even before the money could be given them; but there was a meffenger fent with it; who overtook them about 12 miles off, and diftributed it among them. SATURDAY 23. A terrible fray happened in Nicholas-fireet, Briffel, between the butchers and a party of. the Glamorgarfire militia; in which Mr Jonathan Bifp, butcher, had his fkull frac fured, fo that he died next morning; and feveral others were wounded on both fides. One Robert Williams, who ftruck the deceased with an iron bar, is committed to Newgate, TUESDAY 26 By the violence of the wind the fea fet in to fuch a degree at Mevagile in Cornwall, as to wash away a dwelling houfe, two cellars, and about 7 or 800 bushels of falt for curing fish. WEDNESDAY 27. Early in the morning, the inhabitants of Norwich were furprized with a fudden inundation, which overflowed all the lower parts. of the city, and laid under water between 2 and 3000 houfes, and 8 parish churches. The flood continued all Wednesday, but abated on Thursday morning. It was 13 inches higher than the flood called St Faith's Flood in 1696; not fo high as the great flood in 1646, by S inches; nor as St Andrew's Flood in 1614, by 13 inches. In many of the streets, boats were plying to carry provifions, and affift the difrefled. The water is thought to have rifen about 12 feet perpendicular. The lofs to the inhabitants is fuppofed to be near 10,000 Many people, in other places, fuffered irre parably by the fwelling of the waters on this memorable occation, an imperfect account of which has already been given, fee p. 502... It were to be wifhed, however, that our correfpondents would tranfmit from the feveral places where the floods rofe remarkably, an authentic account of the damages done in their refgective neighbourhoods; the accounts hitherto HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. hitherto published in the papers, being either much exaggerated, or very defective. THURSDAY 28. A hurricane that arofe in the night drove afhore at Cherburg nine of the French king's fhips, four of which were entirely beat to pieces, and the other five much damaged. FRIDAY 29. A highwayman in attacking the Batb ftage A on Hourflow heath, was ftruck at by one of the outside pallengers, and his hat beaten off. He appeared to be about 23 years of age, and now ftands charged with many other robberies in the neighbourhood of London. Soon after he loft his hat, he robbed a coach near Colnbrook, and took away a gentleman's hat, was then pursued, but made his efcape. SATURDAY 30. The fleet under the command of Sir Charles Hardy and his R. H. the D. of York, astived at Plymouth from the Bay. MONDAY Nov. 1. B John Batl of Potter's Bar, blacksmith, was committed to Bridewell to hard labour, for cutting and destroying feveral young beech C trees upon his majesty's chace of Endfield, where he was detected with a cart and horfe, in carrying away fuch trees unlawfully cut and deftroyed. He is to be publickly whipped in the market town of Endfield, once every month during his confinement, pursuant to ftatute. TUESDAY 2. Arrived at Falmouth the Opale, a French frigate of 24 guns and 250 m-n, taken on the 20th of October by Capt. Bethell in his majefty's fhip the Phanix. Two of the Glamorganfbire militia, quartered at Bristol, after receiving 1000 lashes each, at three feveral times, were drummed out of the regiment, for taking money of the French prifoners confined at Knowle to favour their elcape. The parliament which food prorogued to the 11th inft. was, by his majesty in council, farther prorogued to the 25th. WEDNESDAY 3. A man about 60 years of age, flood on the pillory in Cheapside for a deteftable crime. The populace fell upon the wretch, tore off his coat, waistcoat, fhirt, har, wig, & breeches, and then pelted and whipped him till he had he was once fcarce'y any figns of life left; pulled off the pillory, but hung by his arms till he was fet up again, and stood in that naked candition, covered with mud, till the hour was out, and then he was carried back to Newgate. Counsellor Molloy with Mifs Molloy, and feveral other paflengers from England, arrived at Dublin. By the appearance of this young lady, the fcene of iniquity that had been catried on to the prejudice of Counsellor Mohoy, will be cleared up. See p. 480. THURSDAY 4. The failors concerned in taking the Hermione prize, were at the Bank to receive their retpective fhares, which amounted to upwards of 400l. tor the first payment. FRIDAY 5. Gen. Lally, governor of Pondicherry, was 549 arrested at Fontainbleau, by order of the Fren b king, and fent to the Baftile, where no lefs than 12 officers have been, in a few days, privately put to death for misbehaviour. SATURDAY 6. A violen: fhock of an earthquake was felt at Aquila in Spain, which threw down feveral houtes, and cracked the walls of the church from top to bottom. In 1703, more than 2000 perfons loft their lives by a like accident. SUNDAY 7. Being the birth-day of Prince Henry-Fre derick, who then entered into the 18th year of his age, her R. H. the Princess Dowager of Wales received on that occafion the compliments of the nobility, &c. A great riot happened at Mr Bradbury's meeting house near Newport-market, when the mob broke the windows, and committed other outrages. MONDAY 8. To the Rt Hon. the Lord Mayor. I am directed by my Lord Egremont to acquaint your Lordship, that one of his ma jetty's meilengers has this moment brought an account of the Duke of Bedford's having figned the preliminary arucks of peace with France and Spain, at Fontainbleau on Dthe 3d int. The Secretary's of State's in⚫tention for making this immediate commu E F G H nication to your Lordship, of the first ac count relative to the fignature of the preliminaries, which has been tranfmitted to his office b. the king's minifter at Paris, is, in ⚫ order to have it publickly known in the ci ty without lofs of time. Your Lord/hip, will, no doubt, take fuch ftops, as are mot proper to answer the purpose. "I am, &c. ROB. WOOD. At St Simon and Jude's fair, held at Stam ford, horfes, beaft, fheep, &c. fold extremely cheap, occafioned by the fearcity of winter fodder: a poor woman fold a cow for half a guinea, declaring, the mut either fell her of give her away, for fhe had nothing to keep her with feveral were fold for 15s each; and horfes, that fome time ago would have brought fix or feven pounds, were now fold for two guineas and a half, or 50 s. TUESDAY 9. Wm Beckford, Efq; the Lord Mayor elect, accompanied by the late Lord Mayor, Altermen, &c. went in the ufual manner to Wminfter Hall, and having faluted the courts, proceeded to the Exchequer-bar, and was fworn into his new office; after which ne returned to Guildhall, where a magnificent entertainment was provided, at which were prefent the great Officers of State, the Judges, and many other perfons of quality and d. tination." The orders given out this day by Prince Ferdinand to the army of the allies were in the following terms: His Serene Highness acquainted the generals. yesterday of the conditions he had pro'poled 550 The GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, VOL. XXXII. ♦ posed to the Marshals d'Etrees and Soubife, to But as they hefitate as yet to agree to the ⚫ condition propofed, his Serene Highness has thought proper to inform the generals of the fate of the negociation, from whence it follows, that the fame vigilance and exaftnefs are to be obferved by the troops, as • before.' In confequence of thefe orders, the fiege of Ziegenbayn was refolved upon, as the Prince could not in honour fufpend the operations, whilst the French kept poffeffion of a garriton in the rear of the allied army, which prevented their going into winter quarters. WEDNESDAY 10. FRIDAY 19. The troops deftined for Portugal were this day difembarked at Portfmouth. MONDAY 22. The daughter of farmer Grayling, of Newington, was fo miferably gored by a vicious bull, that he died the next day. She was in her 19th year. THURSDAY 25. His majefty went this day to the Houfe of Peers, and opened the feffion of parliament with the following moft gracious speech. BI C Wm Sparry, Wm_Biddle, and James Farr, were executed at Tyburn, purfuant to their fentence, for forging a will in the name of Jeffery Henville, with intent to defraud one Mrs Freke, fee p. 503. They all behaved as became perfons in their unhappy station. Farr fixed the knot of the rope under his left ear, and faid, I have but a few moments to ftay D in this world, but I have found it a wicked world, a very wicked world indeed!' It was this day ordered in conncil, that the embargo, at prefent fubfifting upon ships and fels laden, or to be laden, in the ports of Great Britain and Ireland, with provifions, be taken of. The Convocation met at the Jerufalem Chamber, and was farther prorogued. E My Lords, and Gentlemen, Found, on my acceffion to the throne, thefe my kingdoms engaged in a bloody and exPenfive war. I refolved to profecute it with the utmost vigour; determined, however, to confent to peace, upon juft and honourable terms, whenever the events of war fhould incline the enemy to the fame pacifick difpofition. A negociation was accordingly begun laft year, which proved ineffectual. The war became afterwards more general, by the refolu tion of the court of Madrid to take part with my enemy, notwithstanding my beft endea vours to prevent it. This, with the unexpected attack of my natural and good ally the King of Portugal, greatly affected our commerce, multiplied the objects of our military operations, and increased our difficulties, by adding to the heavy burthens under which this country already laboured. My object ftill continued the fame, to attain an honourable peace, by pursuing this more extentive war in the most vigorous manner. I embraced therefore an occafion offered me, of renewing the negociation; but at the fame time I exerted fo effectually the ftrength which you had put into my hands, and have been fo well ferved by my fleets and armies in the execution of my plans, that history cannot furnish examples of greater glory, or greater advantages acquired by the arms of this, or any other nation, in so short a period of time. My General Prince FerdiFnand of Brunfawick, and my army in Germany, G H have gained immortal honour, by many fignal advantages obtained during the courfe of this campaign,over an enemy fuperior in numbers. The progress of the French and Spaniso arme in Portugal has been ftopt; and that kingdom preferved by the firmness and refolution of its fovereign, and by the military talents of the reigning Count La Lippe, Seconded by the valour of the troops under his command. Mar tinico, and other iflands in the Weft Indies, have been conquered; the Havannab, a place of the utmost importance to Spain, is in my poffeffion; and with it great treasures, and a very confiderable part of the navy of Spain, are fallen into our hands. I cannot mention these atchievements, which reflect fuch honour on my crown, without giving my publick teftimony to the unwearied perseverance, and unparallelled bra very of my officers and private men, by lea and land, who, by repeated prost's, have thewn, that no climate, no hardchips, no daa |