S. So Edifiant feyen leagues. The mouth of St John's harbour at the fame time bore W. four leagues. We loft fight of them about feven, though very clear; and fom fome time after, a fmall breeze fpringing up quarter, I flood in towards Torbay, in order to cover the hallops that might be going from thence to Kitty Vitty05 In the afternoon I received a note from Col, Amherst, acquainting me that the French fleet got out laft night. Thus after being blocked up in St John's harbour for three weeks by a Squadron of equal number, but smaller fhips, with fewer guns and men, did M. Ternay make his escape in the night by a shameful flight, I beg leave to obferve, that not a man in the fqua dron imagined the four fail, when we faw them, were the enemy; aud the pilots were of opinion, that they must have had the wind much stronger than with us, to overcome the fwell easterly in the harbour's mouth. I fent the King George round Cape Race as far as Trepafly, to bring me intel ligence if the enemy fhould fteer towards Placentia; and I directed Capt. Douglas of the Syren to get the tranfports moved from Torbay, as a very unfafe road, to the bay of Bulls. A bomb-battery was opened against the fort, in the night of the 17th, and next day it capitulated, before any other batteries had begun to play; and I herewith inclofe a copy of the capi tulation. The fquadron got into the harbour yesterday morning; and in the evening I received their Lordships order of the 38 of August, fent me by Capt. Pallifer of the Shrewsbury, who, with the Superbe, Bedford, and Minerva, had juft arrived on the coaft. I have directed Capt. Pallifer, with the other thips, to come into the harbour, as foon as a convenient opportunity offers for fo doing. We have about 800 prifoners, grenadiers, picquets, and fome marines, being a very fine body of men, and nearly equal in number to the regulars of our army I am now preparing transports to carry them to Breft. The enemy did not intend to leave so great a part of their force here; their grenadiers were ready for imbarking; but M. de Ternay feemed determined at all events to grafp an opportunity, which, if once loft, might never be regained; therefore, in th the utmost confufion, he left be. hind his grenadiers, anchors, and turned his boats adrift when they had towed him out. The fog was fo thick, that Lt. Col. Tuliikin, who was posted on an eminence in the narrowest part of the harbour's mouth, could hear their noife, but could not difcern any of their hips. The fog even altered the direction of found, which feemed to come from another part of the harbour, whilst they must have been directly under him. There is a confiderable quantity of provifions and other goods at this place, collected and tumbled promifèuously into different storchoufes by the enemy. Many of the Irish Tervants have alfo been Tofeen robbing and plundering their tion as far as can be, order t o property and to reflore a coonery fo long distracted by being in the ene my's poffeffion, will be the particular care of Go vernor Graves; who, in my opinion, is well qualified for fuch an office; and as he will stay here, he will be able, in a great measure, to reftore the affairs of this country, Capt. Douglas of the Syren has behaved with spirit and activity, and exerted every talent of a good officer during this expedition; and (without adding any more officer to the corps) I am happy in the opportunity of sending him to wait on their Lordships, Gez. 08. 12 Part of a letter from on board the Northum berland, returned from Newfoundland, dated Nov. 4. The French commodore was lucky in getting off when he did from St John's: had he not made ufe of that night, he could not have e feaped; for my Lord Colvill intended to have forced the harbour whenever the batteries had taken effect upon the fort, so that the boom could have been cut. Befides this circumftance, the day after M. de Ternay's flight, the Su perbe, Shrewsbury, Bedford, and Minerva, Bara rived from England, and he was extremely fored tunate in not falling in with them immediately after his escape from us. I cannot help remarking, that it is somewhat extraordinary, that within the compafs of five weeks, Col. Amherst should with a part of the troops fet out from New York, call at Halifax and Louisburg for the reft, and then, in con junction with Lord Colvill, beat the French out of a fortrefs, and make their garrifon prifoners of war, in a place which both art and nature had rendered very defenfible, and this with a force, reckoning our fhips and troops together," neither equal in number nor cannon to theles nemy. The parts of the country which have fuffered the moft, are the Bay of Bulls, where the French first landed, Harbour Grace, Carbonier, and Belleifle; the fishing-tackle and apparatus have been moftly burnt in thofe places, and the mer. chants goods in a great measure pillaged. At St John's and Trinity, our people have come off, better than could have been expected upon the whole, confidering that the inhabitants of St John's in general have been fubject to the pillage of the French and Irish, and in fome measure of our own foldiers too. This country has in truth fuffered nearly as much by the pillage of the Irish fervants as by the enemy; for the Irish, who are very numerous, have fuch an am tipathy to our fervice, that they chole ratherntos keep in the woods, although they were thereby reduced to rob for a fulfilience, than come in to our aid. This is a reflection rather on our police, than on the natives of Ireland]. so EN Noraj67. Orders iffued in pursuance of the preliminaries. 615 ver insEd D. pman sila That the faid bounties and rewards (hall be no longer paid or payable, any thing 4 from henceforth ceafe, determine, and therein contained to the contrary notwith ftanding. Gaz. In our last 1553.1 we, inferted the ac count of the figning the preliminary are ticles of peace; we shall now infert verbatim what has fince been publilled. worth notice relating to that great e vent, annexing Gaz. to what we take from the London gazette. London, Nov. 9. Yesterday morning the following letter, writ by the under-fecrétary in Lord Egremont's office [449.],. was received by the Lord Mayor. To the Rt Hon the Lord Mayor, Cleveland row, Monday, I Am directed t Lord Egremont to acquaint your Lordihip, that one of his Majesty's mellengers has this moment brought an account of the Duke of Bed. ford's having figned the preliminary articles of peace with France and Spain, at Fountainbleau, on the 3d init. The fecretary of State's intention for making this immediate communication to your Lordship, of the firit account relative to the fignature of the preliminaries which has been tranfmitted to his office by the King's minister at Paris, is in order to have it publicly known in the city without lofs of time. Your Lordfhip will, no doubt, take fuch fteps as are most proper to anfwer the purpose. I am, &c. ROB. WOOD, Council-chamber, IVhitehall, Nov.10.1762. It is this day ordered in council, That the imbargo at prefent fubfifting upon fhips and veffels, laden or to be laden, in the ports of G. Britain and Ireland, with provisions f107.), be taken off. Gaz. Court at St James's, Nov. 17. 1762. Whereas his Majefty was pleafed, by his order in council of the 17th of September laft to direct, That the feveral bounties therein mentioned, thould continue to be paid to every able and ordinary feaman, and able-bodied landınan, who fhould voluntarily enter themfelves to ferve in his Majefty's navy on or before the 30th day of this inftant November; and alio, that the rewards therein mentioned, for difcovering able and ordinary teamen who fhould fecrete themselves, thould likewite continue to be paid to any person who fhould difcover fuch feamen, fo that fuch feaman or feamen fhould be taken for his Majefty's fervice: His Majefty having this day taken the faid order into confideration, is pleafed, by and with the advice of his privy council, to declare, عقيلة [The offer of thefe bounties and re the whole course of the war [xviii. 630.]. wards has been continued almoft during The rate has been feveral times increa fed. The laft increale [106.] was on the breaking out of the Spanish war.] * St James's, Nou. 24. This day his Ex cellency the Duke de Nivernois, ambaífador-extraordinary from France, had a private audience of his Majefty, to deli-On this ocver his credentials. Gaz. cafion his Excellency made the following fpeech to his Majefty. SIR, A Cordial reconciliation between two powerful monarchs formed to love each other; a permanent union of. fy ftem between two great courts, attracted to one another by their interests rightly understood; and a fincere and lafting conjunction of two refpectable nations, whom unhappy prejudices have too long divided, form the glorious æra of the commencement of your Majesty's reign: and this era will, at the fame time, be that of happiness restored to the four quarters of the world. Your Majefty's name, your glory, and your virtues, will be infeparably joined in hiftory, with univer❤ fal felicity; and pofterity will there read, with fentiments of respect, that treaty which will be diftinguifhed, above all others, by good faith, without equivocation, and by permanent stability. Permit me, Sir, to felicitate myself at your feet, on being chofen by the King, my master, to ferve, between your Majefty and him, as the organ of the noble, fentiments of two hearts fo worthy of each other, and to be employed in this blefed work which infures your Majefty's glory by giving happiness to the whole world.. to London, Nov. 27. Yesterday afternoon the following letter from the Earl of E gremont, one of his Majesty's principal fecretaries of ftate, was tranfmitted to and received by the Lord Mayor. To the Rt Hon the Lord Mayor. MY LORD, Piccadilly, Nov. 26. 1762. Have the pleafure to inform your Lordhip, that one of his Majefty's meflen gers is just arrived from Paris, with the French and Spanish ratifications of the preliminary articles of peace, which were figned at Fountainbleau on the 3d inftant. The ratifications were exchanged by the minifters-plenipotentiary of the three contracting powers, the 22d, at Verfailles. I give your Lordfhip the earlieft intelligence of this great event, which will be immediately followed by a general ceflation of hoftilities. I have the pleasure to be, with the greatest res fpect, my Lord, your Lordflip's most o bedient and humble fervant,VED EGREMONT.' By the KING, a PROCLAMATION, Declaring the cefation of arms, as well by fea as land, agreed upon between his Majefty, the Moft Chriflian Kings and the Catholic King, and injoining the ob fervance thereof. GEORGE R. Whereas preliminaries for refloring That as foon as the preliminaries fall be figned and ratified, all hoftilities fhould ceafe at fea and at land: And to prevent all occafions of complaints and difputes which might arife upon account of fhips, merchandifes, and other effects, which might be taken at fea; it has been allo mutually agreed, That the hips, merchandifes, and effects, which fould be taken in the Channel, and in the North feas, after the space of twelve days, to be computed from the ratificatioays, of the prefent preliminary articles; and that all fhips, merchandifes, and effects, which fhould be taken after fix weeks the North feas, as far as the Canary islands inclufively, whether in the Ocean or Medi terranean and for the pace of three months from the faid Canary iflands to the Equinoctial Line or Equator and for the fpace of fix months bevond the fald Equinoctial Line or Equator, and in all other places of the world, without any exception, or other more particular diftinction of time or place, fhould be restored on both fides: And whereas the ratifications of the faid preliminary articles," in due form, were exchanged, at Verfailles, by the plenipotentiaries of Us, of the Moft Chrifian King, and of the Catholic King, on the twenty-lecond of this inftant No? vember; from which day the feveral terms above mentioned of twelve days, of fix weeks, of three months, land of fiz months, for the reftitution of all hips, merchandifes, and other effects, + taken at fea, are to be computed We have thought fit, by and with the advice of our privy council, to notify the fame to all our loving fubjects; and we do declare, That our royal will and pleafure is, and we do hereby ftrictly charge and command all our officers, both at lea and land, and all other our fubjects whatfoever, to forbear all acts of hoftility, either by fea or land, against his Moft Chriftian Majefty, and his Catholic Ma jefty, their vaflals or fubjects, from and after the refpective times above mentioned, and under the penalty of incurring our highest displeasure. Given at our court at St James's, the twenty-fixth day of November, in the third year of our reign, and in year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and fixty two, the Gaz GOD fave the KING. ** Court at St James's, Nov. 26. 1762. His Majetty in council was this day pleased to declare and order, That for the convenience and security of the commerce of his loving fubjects during the ceflation of arms, notified by his Majefty's royal proclamation of this day's date, paffes will be delivered as foon they can be interchanged, to fuch of his fubjects as fhall defire the fame, for their fhips, goods, merchandifes, and effects, they duly obferving the feveral acts of parliament now in force with re gard to trade or correfpondence with France and Spain. Gaz. General Poft-office, Nov. 30. 1762. Pů§blic notice is hereby given, That the cor om the faid ratification, be- refpondence by letters, between this king yond the Channel, the British feas, and doin and the kingdom of France, is now opened; 612 my natural and good ally the King of Portugal, greatly affected our commerce, multiplied the objects of our military on perations, and increased our difficulties by adding to the heavy burthens under which this country already laboured. Nov 167. The meeting of the parliament. The King's speech. opened; and that the first mail, for the This, with the unexpected attack of faid kingdom of France, will be made up, and forwarded, from this office, upon. Monday next, the 6th of December. And further notice is hereby given, That: the faid mails, for the kingdom of France, will continue, for the future, to go out, rom hence upon the Mondays and Thurflays of every week, and that they will convey any letters to and from Spain, I-, aly, Sicily, Switzerland, Turkey, and is Majesty's island of Minorca, as ufual n former times of peace. [52.] Gaz. All the prefs-warrants were called in on the 13th, and no more protections vere granted by the Lords of the Adniralty and on the 16th was inferted n the London papers, faid to be by auhority, the periods for the ceflation of oftilities by fea, in the different parts of he world, to be reckoned from the ratifiation of the preliminaries. The ratifiations had not then been exchanged, ut the time when this would happen might be calculated pretty nearly. By the 20th the feamens wages in the merchants fervice was reduced from 50 s, ld 31. to 30s, a-month. The fleet under the command of Sir Charles Hardy and the Duke of York, rrived at Plymouth from the bay Oct. 30. and failed again on the 13th of Noember... It was ordered in council, Nov, 3. That the order of Sept. 17. [506.], for proroguing the parliament from Tuesday the 9th to 嘴 My object ftill continued the fame, attain an honourable peace, by pursuing this more extensive war in the most vigo rous manner. I embraced therefore an occafion offered me, of renewing the negotiation; 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 fo fhort a period of time. My general Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, and my army in Germany, have gained immortal honour by many fignal advantages obtained during the courfe of this campaign, over an enemy fuperior in numbers. The progrefs of the French and Spanish arms in Portugal has been stopt, and that kingdom prefer, ved, by the firmnefs and refolution of its fovereign, and by the military talents of the reigning Count la Lippe, feconded by the valour of the troops under his command. Martinico, and other iflands in the Weft Indies, have been conquered; the Havannah, a place of the utmost im portance to Spain, is in my poffefsion; ber in Thursday the 11th of Novem and with it great treasures, and a very con fhould be difcharged; and that the parliament fhould be prorogued from Tuesday the 9th to Thursday the 25th of November inftant.-The parliament met accordingly on the 25th. The peech and the addreffes follow. I The KING's Speech, Nov. 25. My Lords, and Gentlemen, Found, on my acceflion to the throne, thefe my kingdoms engaged in a bloo, dy and expenfive war. I refolved to profecute it with the utmost vigour; determined, however, to confent to peace, upon juft and honourable terms, whene ver the events of war fhould incline the enemy to the fame pacific difpofition, A negotiation was accordingly begun. last year, which proved ineffectual. The war became afterwards more general, by the refolution of the court of Madrid to take part with my enemy, notwithstand, ing my best endeavours to prevent it. VOL. XXIV. fiderable part of the navy of Spain, are fallen into our hands. I cannot mention these atchievements, which reflect fuch honour to my crown, without giving my public teftimony to the unwearied perfeverance and unparallelled bravery of my officers and private men, by fea and land; who, by repeated proofs, have fhewn, that no climate, no hardfhips, no dangers, can check the ar dor or refift the valour of the British arms. Next to the affiftance of Almighty God, it is owing to their conduct and courage, that my enemies have been brought to accept of peace on fuch terms, as, I truft, will give my parliament entire fa-, tisfaction. Preliminary articles have been. figned by my minifter, with thofe of France and Spain, which I will order in due time to be laid before you. The conditions of thefe are fuch, that there is not only an immen'e territory added to the empire of G. Britain, but a M my gallant Abjects, by whole valour they were made farhaation laid for the increase of Gade and commerce and the utmost care has been taken to removes alle cafions of future difputed between my fubjects and thofe of France and Spain, ands thereby to add fecurity and perma Rency to the bleilings of peace.oɔ tuo no 25 While carefully attended to the sef fential interests of a my own kingdoms, I have had the atmolt regard to the good faith bro my crown, and the interests of my allies. I have made peace for the King of Portugal, fecuring to him all his dominions; and all the territories of the King of Pruffia, as well as of my other al-Walopidio nave 1987347907 lies in Germany, or elleware to bed the armies of France, mediately evacuated. im 3: asvic Gentlemen of the house of Commons 57! I have ordered the proper eftimates to be laid before you; and shall, without delay proceed to make, reductions to the utmost extent, where ever they may be found confiftent with wisdom and found policy. It is the greatest affliction for me to find, that, though the war is at an end sour expences cannot immediately be fo much leffened as I defire; but as no thing could have carried us through the great and arduous difficulties furrounding us, but the most vigorous and expensive efforts, we must expect, for fome time, to feel the confequences of them to a confiderable degree. Er My Lords, and Gentlemen, It impoffible to execute what this nation has fo gloriously performed in all parts of the world, without the lofs great numbers of met. When you confider this lofs, whether on the principles of policy or humanity, you will fee one of the many reafons which induced me to enter early into a negotiation, fo as to make a confiderable progrefs in it, before the fate of many operations was deternined; and now to haften the conclufion of it, to prevent the neceflity of making preparations for another campaign. As this peace my territories are greatly augmented, and new fources opened for trade and manufactures, it is my earnest debre, that you would confider of fuch methods in the fettlements of our new acquifitions, as fhall most effectually tend to the fecurity of thole countries, and to improvement of the commerce and navigation of G. Britain. I cannot wen012 acquifitions, without carnefly Stepaneliding to your care and attention 20 we would never haves carried ont}{ extenverwar; without the greitest and at home! You well find the fauteui peculiarly necessary, his ordertown the belt ufe of the great advantagesa quired by the peace and to stay the foundation of that economy which el owe to ourfelves, and to our posterin and which can alone relieve this ma from the heavy burdens brought upart by the neceflities of the long and ere five warnolieg need and 1979jadworks The LORDS Address, prefented Nov.al Permit us, Sir, to take this earliest portunity, to intreat your Mejontac cept our most fincere and ferrent congre tulations on the birth of an heir to you crown, which adds to your Majesty's domestic happiness, and endears your rou and promifes. that, under a prince f confort to the people of the les resins; ed to the arts of government by your s jefty's royal example, the civil and rell gious liberties, the glorys the commeren, and the power of G. Britain, will be tranfmitted to posterity."1 229310 N It is with the utmost gratitude that t acknowledge your Majesty's unwearied a tention to the profperity and happines your people; which made your Maje conftantly folicitous, even amidit the ry of your victories, to deliver them fo the burdens of war, by a juff and h nourable peace. At the fame time, * cannot but admire the wildom, wi pointed out to your Majefty the maits gorous efforts, as the fureft means of p curing this blefling for your people We beg leave to offer to your Maje ? our humble congratulations on the firm fuccefles which have attended your dis jelly's arms in the confet of the prett year; on the reduction of the fro inland of Martinico; on the craquet the Havannah, the bulwark of the Sec fly colonies, and on the acquifition of much treature, and offo great vas p of the Spanish marine; on theitman advantages obtained in Germany ere the arin of France, ukliough |