Commons to grant the necessary supplies for the current year.

Nov. 30. The Lords and Commons presented dutiful and loyal addresses to his Majesty, who returned to both most gracious answers.

An order was given for several engineers and master builders, to repair to North Britain, and there to follow such other instructions relating to the fortifying that coast, as they should from time to time receive from the board of works. The number of forts to be erected on the coast of Scotland were thirteen, to mount from thirty to twelve guns, of eighteen and six pounders.

The court of France being tired with applying in a friendly manner to prevail with the young Pretender to leave that kingdom, determined at last upon using violence, which was accordingly put in execution on the 10th instant. As he alighted from his coach to enter the Opera-house in the evening, he was surrounded by a dozen of serjeants of the guards, who were disguised, and by that means came upon him so suddenly, and pressed him so close, that it was impossible for him to make any defence, had he been so inclined. M. de Vaudreuil, major of the guards, immediately appeared, and having shewn him the king's order, demanded his sword, which he gave him without any difficulty. He was conducted from thence through a private house, into the square before the kitchens belonging to the royal palace, where three coaches were ready, which carried him and his retinue to the castle of Vincennes, where he was detained a priSoner till the 15th, on which day he set out with the few of his domestics in three post chaises, without any other escort than the marquis Peruzzi, an officer in the guards, who was charged to conduct him to Pont Beauvoisin, from whence he weat through Savoy to Fribourgh in Switzerland.

Dec. 16. This day there was one of the greatest hurricanes of wind that had been known for several years, from S. W. by S. which lasted for near eight hours, during which time it untiled the tops of houses, blew down two, and several chimneys, &c. which greatly wounded divers persons who were passing the streets, and a child was killed by the fall of bricks from a chimney, as it stood by the fire. Several vessels from below bridge were forced from their moorings in the river, and did great damage among the small craft, and two men were drowned. Divers ships were drove

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on shore, and great damage done on the coasts of Kent and Sussex.

Dr. Gilbert, lord bishop of Landaff, was translated to the see of Salisbury.

This day his Majesty went to the House of Peers, and gave the royal assent to the malt bill.

Dec. 28. His royal highness the duke of Cumberland arrived at St. James's from Holland.

THE FOLLOWING IS THE TOTAL OF ALL THE FRENCH, SPANISH, AND NEUTRAL

SHIPS AND VESSELS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN, DESTROYED, AND CONDEMNED, DURING THE LATE WAR WITH FRANCE, WHICH WAS DECLARED MARCH 31, 1744.

French trading ships and vessels in the Mediterranean, between Marseilles and the Levant, 140.

Xebeques and other small vessels in the Mediterranean, with stores for the Spanish and French armies in Italy, and others to and from the coast of Barbary, the Spanish coast, and the Morea, 385.

French in Europe, to and from the settlements and Spanish ports in America, and those in the American seas, 804.

French, to and from French Newfoundland, as Cape Breton, and other settlements, 157.

French, up and down in the Channel and elsewhere, between the Land's End and the Straight's Mouth, whereof thirteen were of very considerable value, 487.

French in the East Indies, and to and from thence, 41.

French men of war, 34, viz. two of 20 guns, one of 22, two of 24, two of 26, two of 30, two of 32, three of 36, two of 44, one of 46, two of 50, two of 52, one of 56, one of 58, one of 60, five of 64, one of 66, one of 70, and three of 74 guns.

French privateers in Europe and America, from 2 to 36 guns, 348.

Spanish register ships in Europe and America, outward and homeward bound, 34.

Acapulco ship taken by lord Anson, I. Spanish or French, from the South Seas, 3.

Spanish, of less value in America, whereof 22 were esteemed very valuable, 71.

Spanish on the coasts of Spain and Portugal, between the Land's End and the

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1749, Jan 10. When the young Pretender arrived at Pont-Beauvoisin, he seemed to be taken very dangerously ill, and every body imagined he was so in reality; but after he was in bed, one of his attendants assumed his place, and in the morning early he slipped away, dressed like a merchant, with one servant only, and made the best of his way on foot to Avignon, where he arrived soon after, incognito.

Jan. 16. This morning, a little after one o'clock, a terrible fire broke out at his Majesty's victualling office, at Deptford, occasioned by some sacks being hung up before a fire to dry, a spark of which flew on one of them, which soon conveyed its flames to the rest, and by that means, in less than half an hour, the whole building was in flames, as were likewise a great number of staves that were piled up by the side; and the wind blew so strong at W. S. W. that two lighters that lay off the wharf, laden with dry stores, such as biscuits, pease, &c. were set on fire, and one of them entirely consumed, by the flakes of fire which flew that way in prodigious quantities.

Jan. 17. A copy of the preliminary articles of peace was laid before the House of Commons..

Feb. 2. At ten o'clock the officers of arms assembled at St. James's gate properly apparelled, on horseback, when proclamation of his Majesty's declaration of peace was made, with the usual solemnity.

Feb. 8. A petition was presented to the honourable House of Commons, signed by a great number of merchants, for con structing an harbour near the Downs, to receive ships detained by contrary winds, &c.

Feb. 14. At Leadhills in Scotland, between eight and nine in the morning, was felt the shock of an earthquake, accompanied with a noise like the falling of an old house, and the motion was so sensibly felt, that the people ran out of their houses, believing they were going to fall. The workmen at the shaft or pithead, in the neighbouring mines, thought, from the noise, that the shafts were run together. Those under ground heard it as if all the works had fallen down, one above another; and the walls of the drifts were sensibly felt to move so much, that in many of the works the workmen ran out for fear; at a cut-head in one of the earl of Hopton's works, the windlass turned about, and continued running till the rope hanked. One of the Earl's grieves was standing on a little mount of earth near one of the en

gines, and to him the noise was so great, that he did not doubt but something had broke about the engine, and the shock be could compare to nothing so much as that received from the common experiment to shew the force of electricity. The engines at Wanlockhead, which were then standing, were visibly seen to move; for the bobs of the machine, and the mount on which they were placed, seemed all of them to quiver. It was not only felt there, but in most of the adjacent country; at Penpunt particularly, where one of the workmen's wives was at the time it happened, the motion was so great that the ground seemed as if going to sink, and the people left their houses. A man passing the bridge on Sear-water, near that place, felt the bridge move under him. It lasted about a minute and a half.-Such another shock was felt at that place about the time that the earthquake happened at Lima.

Feb. 15. The address of the Lord Mayor and the rest of the commissioners of lieutenancy for the city of London, was presented to his Majesty by the Lord Mayor, attended by a great number of the said commissioners: congratulating his Majesty on the present peace, and his safe and happy return to his British dominions.

Feb. 16. His Majesty went to the House of Peers, and gave the royal assent to an act for granting an aid to his Majesty of 4s. in the pound, by a land-tax, for 1749; an act declaring the authority of the commissioners appointed by his Majesty, under the great seal of Great Britain, for receiving, hearing, and determining appeals in causes of prizes; to one road bill, and five private bills.

At Paris the general peace was proclaimed with the usual ceremonies. Next day Te Deum was sung in the metropolitan church there, and in the evening the fine fireworks erected at the Greve, were played off. The whole city was illuminated, and the fountains were kept running with wines, and bread and a variety of provisions distributed to the populace for three days together. But what added much to the general joy, was an edict published the same day, for abolishing the taxes on copper, hair powder, wax, tallow, paper, and pasteboard. This joy had however some alloy, for no less than ten persons were killed in the crowd; three more were killed by the fall of one of the great lamp-posts, a wo man was delivered in the crowd, and both herself and child trod to death, and upwards of forty were dangerously wounded and carried to the hospital.

The much expected drama of the bottleconjuror of the New Theatre in the HayMarket, ended in the tragi-comical manner following. Curiosity had drawn together prodigious numbers. About seven the theatre being lighted up, but without so much as a single fiddle to keep the audience in good humour, many grew impatient. Immediately followed a chorus of catcalls, heightened by loud vociferations, and beating with sticks; when a fellow came from behind the curtain, and bowing, said, that if the performer did not appear, the money should be returned. At the same time a wag crying from the pit, that if the ladies and gentlemen would give double prices, the conjuror would get into a pint bottle, presently a young gentleman in one of the boxes seized a lighted candle, and threw it on the stage. This served as the charge for sounding to battle. Upon this, the greatest part of the audience made the best of their way out of the theatre; some losing a cloak, others a hat, others a wig, and others hat, wig, and swords also. One party however staid in the house, in order to demolish the inside, when the mob breaking in, they tore up the benches, broke to pieces the scenes, pulled down the boxes, in short dismantled the theatre entirely, carrying away the particulars above mentioned into the street, where they made a bonfire; the curtain being hoisted on a pole, by way of a flag. A large party of guards were sent for, but came time enough caly to warm themselves round the fire. No other disaster happened than a young Bobleman's chin being hurt, occasioned by his fall into the pit, with part of one of the boxes which he had forced out with his foot. The conjuror vanished away with the bank. Many enemies to a late celebrated book, concerning the ceasing of miracles were greatly disappointed by the conjurer's non-appearance in the bottle; they imagining, that his jumping into it would have been the most convincing proof possible, that miracles had not yet ceased.

The evacuations in Italy were all completed about the same time with the last of those in the Austrian Netherlands; and Don Philip, now called duke of Parma, having embarked at Antibes, landed at Finale, and passed through the Genoese and Piedmontese territories; on the 5th arrived at Placentia, and on the 7th at Parma. And from Genoa we were advised, that the capitals which their bank had at Vienna and Milan were not only restored, but that they had begun to pay the interest from the day of the ratification of the definitive treaty of peace.

March 8. About a quarter after nine in the morning, the princess of Wales was safely delivered of a princess at Leicesterhouse; on which occasion the Park and Tower guns were fired, and in the evening there were bonfires, illuminations, and other demonstrations of joy in London and Westminster.

A proclamation was published, appointing Tuesday the 25th of April, to be so-, leninized as a public thanksgiving for the conclusion of the peace.

March 21. The Lord Mayor, aldermen, and common council of the city of London, waited on his Majesty with a loyal and dutiful address on the conclusion of the peace, to which his Majesty returned a most, gracious answer.

March 22. His Majesty went to the House of Peers, and gave the royal assent to the mutiny and desertion bill, with se veral amendments, and to several road bills, and private and naturalization bills.

April 1. The young princess, daughter of their royal highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, was christened at Leicester-house, by the name of Louisa Anne; the prince of Hesse, the princess of Orange, and the queen of Denmark being sponsors.

The Lord Mayor, aldermen, and common-council-men of the city of London, waited on their royal highnesses the prince and princess of Wales, at Leicester-house, to congratulate them on the birth of a princess.

April 2. A great number of disbandedsoldiers, discharged sailors, poor artificers, labourers, &c. who had accepted of land granted by his Majesty in Nova Scotia, attended on the lords of trade and plantations, at their office in Whitehall, and received orders for their being admitted, with their families and effects, into the transports to proceed in a few days to that settlement.

His Majesty gave a grant to the city and liberty of Westminster, for all the ground about the old bridge at Westminster, commonly called the King's bridge, for the more conveniently erecting a fish-market.

April 25. The general thanksgiving for the peace was observed on this day, according to the royal proclamation.

April 27. This night the grand fireworks were played off in St. James's park. Between nine and ten the pavilion on the right side of the machine took fire, and was burnt quite down; but by the great care of the people employed, it was prevented spreading to the centre part of the edifice.

The fireworks were numerous and bril