Dec.1762. Memorial of the traders to the conquered islands. his subjects the full benefit of peace, as Toon as poffible, they apprehend this fur render of these iflands may take place much earlier than at first expected; the time limited by the 7th article of the preliminaries for the evacuation of the iflands conquered from the French, being only three months after the ratification of the definitive treaty, allowing a further time of eighteen months to fell eftates, &c.; and the 22d article confining the surrender of the island of Cuba, and the fortress of the Havannah, within the faid term of three months, without any further ftipulation of time; therefore they cannot avoid expreffing their fears, that this fhort period of three months may lay them under great and peculiar hardships and difficulties. That trade in the Weft-India islands is a barter of one commodity for another; the European goods brought there are generally fold payable at the enfuing crops, and purchases made in the year 1762, are payable by the produce of the crops in 1763. The preliminaries bearing date from the 3d of November 1762, and the crops, not being got in till the end of the month of August 1763, there is great reason to believe, that few or none of the British debts will be fatisfied till after the French and Spaniards are in full poffeffion of these islands; a circumstance equally diftreffing to the honeft fubjects of all the contracting powers, as they will be unable to pay in due time the demands made on them, and the merchants have no other fecurity for the payment of their debts, during the further term of eighteen months granted in the 7th article, than the good will of the governor, acting under French authority; and even this fecurity fails them in the island of Cuba, and the fortress of the Havannah. It is well known, that by the laws of France, no levies can be made in their i flands, on lands or negroes, for debts, though judgment is obtained in their courts; and that no foreign veffel can be admitted into their iflands, but by fpecial licence from the French King, and that all returns must be made to France. Under these circumftances, the English will be debarred fending their own veffels during the term of eighteen months above mentioned, to bring home the effects obtained in payment of their juft demands, to the very great prejudice of the merchants, who in that cafe will be obliged to recover their property in France), to 677 the great detriment of the British navigation, and to his Majesty's revenues, by the lofs of the duties that would arife, if thefe goods were permitted to be brought directly to England in their own fhips, during the faid term of eighteen months, or fuch part thereof as might be deemed reafonable between the two crowns. And it appears doubtful to the merchants, whether, during the term of three months prefcribed by the 7th and 22d articles of the preliminaries, the Bri-. tifh fubjects will enjoy the privilege of an exclufive trade to the conquered iflands. This point feems very effential, and it is apparent the English must be great fufferers by a competition. In the common course of trade, fhips are daily fent out to fupply correfpondents with the commodities mostly in demand; many have been lately fent from England for the conquered iflands, and chiefly loaded with goods bought or contracted for, before the preliminaries of peace were known. Many of the adventures may, by various accidents at sea, detention for convoy, or other unavoidable misfortunes, not reach their intend, ed port, till within a very fhort time, or perhaps after the expiration of the time prefixed by the 7th and 22d articles of the preliminaries, though cleared out of the feveral ports of England in due time and form; and the merchants are now at a lofs to know, whether in such cases their fhips will be admitted to enter freely the place of their deftination, as their pro-. perty must be greatly endangered by being obliged to carry to a different market, goods made and calculated for the places they were originally intended for; or if admitted to fell at any rate a commodity, perhaps, prohibited by French or Spanish laws, at the time of its arrival. The memorial concludes with saying, That the merchants, confiding in his Majefty's wonted goodness for the welfare of all his fubjects, have prefumed, with all humility, to lay their request at his Majefty's feet, and to folicit his Lordship's aid and affistance, in an affair of so much importance to them, and to the nation in general. [It is fuppofed, and with great probability of truth, that no less than two millions Sterling of property is owing, or engaged for, in the conquered iflands, to the British merchants: An object not unworthy of the attention of the British government.] MARI - MARITIME OCCURRENCES. From the London Gazette. Copy of a letter from New York, Nov. 30. 1762° Since I wrote to you this morning by the packet, which I hope will carry this, one of our privateers has fent in a prize here, taken out of a feet of Frenchmen bound from Cape François to France. This fleet confifted of about twentyfive fail of merchant-veffels, under convoy of three King's frigates, and a merchant-frigate of 48 guns. There were three privateers belonging te this place, and four Weft-India privateers, cruising together, and fell in with them. In the might they took five veffels out of the fleet: and next day, Commodore Keppel, who was cruising there with seven men of war, appeared in fight of the French fleet, and, with the privateers, has taken every one of them. Commodore Kep pel has carried the four frigates and eighteen merchantmen to Jamaica: they are all richly loaded with fugar, coffee, and Indigo. Three more are ordered here, and expected every hour. Admiralty effice, Dec. 24. Vice Admiral Sir Charles Saunders gives an account, in his letter of Nov. 9, from Gibraltar, that the day before arrived at that port, the Brune, Capt. Tonys, with the Oifeau, a French frigate, of 26 guns, and about 240 men, which he fell in with and took Oct. 23. about feven leagues N. W. by W. from Carthagena. The Brune had 6 men killed and 14 wounded; and the Oiseau had 49 Lilled and wounded. The Chevalier de Modene, her Captain, loft his right arm, three of his officers are wounded, and all the reft of them killed. 27. Capt. Carpenter, of the Coventry, has fent into Kinfale, the Dos Amigos, a Spanish privateer from St Sebastian, of 8 guns, and so ben, which he took Dec. 1. in lat. 47. 37. long. 17. 14. west. Sir Thomas Adams, of the Boston, has fent into Plymouth, the Family Compact, a Spanifh privateer, from St Sebaftian, of 10 guns, and so men, which he took in lat. 48. 160 leagues to the westward of the Lizard. P. S. Jan. 3. Capt. Middleton, of the Adventure, gives an account, in his letter of Dec. 5. dated at fea, of his having, the day before, an lat. 45. north, and long. 10. weft from the Lizard, taken the Artimifa, a Bayonne privateer, of 8 guns, and 64 men. MARRIAGE G. Dec. 2. At Edinburgh, Lieut. Frederick Brid ges Shaw, of Gofport, fon of Dr Shaw, phyfician to the late Prince of Wales, to Mifs Ifabella Thomson, eldest daughter of Dr Thomfon, physician in Edinburgh, late from Jamaica. 15. At Gourdie, near Dundee, Capt. James Haldane, of the Prince Edward Indiaman, to Mifs Katie Duncan, daughter of Alexander Duncan of Lundie, Efq; 23. At Lude, Perthshire, Robert Robertfon, Efq: younger of Tilliebelton, to Mifs Margaret Robertson, fifter of James Robertson, Efq; of Lude. BIRTH S. Nov. 24. At Dublin, the Countess of Wel meath, of a fon. P. S. Jan. 7. At Preftonfield, near Edinburgh, Lady Dick, wife of Sir Alexander Dick of Preftonfield, Bt, of a fon and heir apparent. [226.] DEATHS. Aug. 17. At the Havannah, of a fever and ague, Capt. Robert Menzies, of the 42d, or Royal highland regiment. Nov. 10. At Rome, Cardinal Lewis Merlin aged 72. He was raised to the purple in 1759. 28. At Mote, near Maidstone in Kent, Robert Marfham, Efq; eldest fon of Lord Romney. Peregrine Palmer, Efq; member for the m verfity of Oxford. Langley, Bt, grandfon of Sir Roger Langley, Dec. 1. At London, aged 98, Sir Thoms Bt, who was foreman of the grand jury that acquitted the feven bishops in 1688. of Culloden, Efq; At London, Mis Forbes, wife of John Forber to the Earl of Cholmondeley, and mother to Sir 8. At London, Lady Elifabeth Warren, fifter George Warren, K. B. dale, Earl of Gifford, Lord Hay of Yefter, &c. 9. At London, John Hay, Marquis of Tweed. Lord Juftice General of Scotland [xxiii. 448.), prefent parliament, one of his Majesty's privy one of the fixteen peers for Scotland in the council, an Extraordinary Lord of Seffion, and Governor of the bank of Scotland. His Lord hip married Lady Frances Carteret, daughter of John Earl Granville; by whom he has left iflue, a fon, and two daughters. He is fuc ceeded in honours and estate by his fon, George With his Lordship the order of extraordinary Earl of Gifford, now Marquis of Tweeddalelords of feffion falls: for it is enacted, 10 Geo. the four prefent extraordinary lords of feffion cap. 19. § 2. That when the places of fhall become vacant, no nomination fhall be The four then made to fupply fuch vacancy. were, the Duke of Athol, the Marquis of Tweeddale, the Earl of Ilay, afterwards Duke of Argyle, and the Earl of Loudon. 13. At Felton-ball, in Northumberland, aged 68, Edward Hordey Widdrington, Efq, a near relation of the late Lord Widdrington, of Widdrington Caftile, in the fame county. By his death a fortune of upwards of 100,000 l. devolves to Thomas Riddle of Swinburn Castle, in that county, Elg; who married his only daugh ter, an heiress, 14. At Richmond, Lord Viscount Hatton. At Parkhill, in Derbyshire, aged upwards of 80, Gen. Pole, deputy-governor of Plymouth. 21. At Dundee, Dr Archibald Dooly physcian. 21.At Auchiries, Aberdeenshire, Alexander Forbes, Lord Forbes of Pifflige, one of the Lords at cainted 31. At Edinburgh, Mr James Baltour, late of Forett, aged 72. P. S. Jan. 1. At Ninewar, Mifs Diana Hun gerford Hay, daughter of the late Lord David Hay. 2. At London, John Carteret, Earl of Gran ville, Viscount Carteret, Prefident of the council, K. G. and Governor of the charter-house. His Lordship was born in 1691, and fucceeded his father in the barony of Carteret in 1695, and after the death of his mother, the Lady Grace, Counters Granville, in 1744. he became Earl Granville. His Lordship married first Frances, only daughter of Sir Robert Worley, Bt; by whom he had iffue, Robert Lord Viscount Car teret, now Earl Granville, and four daughters. He married, fecondly, Lady Sophia Fermor, eldeft daughter of the late Earl of Pomfret; by whom he had a daughter, named Sophia, born in 1745, of whom her mother died in childbed. 5. At Caftleton, Sir Archibald Steuart of CaAlemilk, Bt. PREFERMENTS. From the Landon Gazette. Dec. 11. to appoint Sir John Evelyn, Bt, Beaumont Hotham, Samuel Mead, William Levinz, Edward Hooper, Claudius Amyand, Hen. ry Pelham, John Frederick, and Henry Bankes, Elgs, Commiffioners of bis Majesty's Cuftoms, in England. 15. to deliver to James Smith Stanley, Efq; commonly called Lord Strange, the custody of the Seal of the duchy and county palatine of Lancaster. 27. to appoint Welbore Ellis, Ely; Secretary at War to all his Majefty's forces. 28. to grant unto John Earl of Sandwich, Robert Nugent, and Richard Rigby, Efqs, the of fices of Vice Treasurer, and Receiver General, and Paymafter-General, of all his Majefty's revenues in Ireland. to appoint Samuel Lord Sandys, Soame Jenyns, Edward Elliot, Edward Bacon, John Yorke, Efqs, Sir Edmund Thomas, Bt. and George Rico, Efq; together with Francis Baron Orwell, Commiffioners for Trade and Plantations, 679 to appoint Sir Edward Winnington, Bt, Keep er of his Majesty's ftores, ordnance, and ammunitions of war. P. S. Jan. r. to appoint George Grenville, George Hay, LL. D. Thomas Orby Hunter, John Forbes, and Hans Stanley, Efqs, John Lord Carysfort, and James Harris, Efq; Commiffioners for executing the office of High Admirat of G. Britain and Ireland, and the dominions thereto belonging. 4. to appoint James Rivers, Efq; one of the Clerks of his Majesty's Signet, in the room of Charles Delafaye, Efq; deceafed. to appoint Henry Ofborn, Efq; Vice-Admiral of G. Britain, and Lieutenant of the Admiralty thereof, and alfo Lieutenant of the Navics and Seas of the feid kingdom, in the room of George Lord Anfon, deceased. to appoint Sir Edward Hawke, K. B. Rear Admiral of G. Britain, and of the Admiralty thereof, and Rear-Admiral of the Navies and Seas of the Jaid kingdom, in the room of Sir William Rowley, K. B. appointed Admiral and Commander in Chief of his Majefty's fleet. Dec. 15. James Smith Stanley, Efq; commonly called Lord Strange, fworn of the Privy Council. Jan. 10. Humphry Mortice, Efq; Comptrol lor of his Majesty's Houfebold, and Sir John Philipps, Bi, fworn of the privy council. Jan. 1. Wellbore Ellis, Efq; his Majesty's fe cretary at war, has appointed Christopher D'Oy ley, Efq; to be his Deputy. From other papers. Lord Vere Beauclerk, one of the Lords of bis Majefty's Bedchamber. James Wright, Efq; nephew to the Lord Chancellor, a Groom of the Bedchamber to his Majefty, in the room of John Offley, Elq; refigoed. Sir Richard Littleton, Governer, and Col. Barre, member for Wycomb, Lieutenant-Governor, of Minorca. Lt-Col. Thomas Troughear, of the 72d regi ment of foot, Lieutenant-Governor of the Ifle of Wight, in the room of Lt-Gen. Holmes, deceafed. The Hon. John Monckton, Lieutenant-Colo nel Commandant of the 94th regiment of foot, i the room of Col. John Vaughan. Lt-Col. William Netbit, of the 69th regi ment, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 4th regiment of foot, Durour's, in the room of Lt-Col. Parr, who retires. Lt.Cola Vaughan, of the 94th regiment of foot, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 46th regiment of foot, Murray's, in the room of Lt-Col. John Young, who retires. Capt. James Somerville, eldest fon of Lord Somerville, appointed by the Marquis of Granby, Major of the ad regiment of dragoon guards, ¡Vaidegrave's, now in Germany. Capt, Thomas Cole, Major of the 99th regi ment, Grey's, in the room of Maj. Hayman Rooke, who retires. Comet George Manners, of the royal regi→ ment of horse-guards, a Captain in the 3d regi ment of dragoon-guards, Howard's, in the room of Capt. Richard Reynolds, preferred. Captain James Cuthbert, of the 101ft regiment, Captain in the 5th regiment, in the room of Capt. James Barbutt, refigned. Lieut. Wrey Jans, of the 11th regiment, a Captain in the 101st regiment, in the room of Capt. Cuthbert. Mr Alexander Stevenson writer in Edinburgh, Clerk to the fociety in Scotland for propagating Chrifian knowledge, in the room of Mr William Rofs, deceased. New Members: Lord Luxborough, for Great Grimsby, Jackfon, for Melcombe Regis, Sir Walter Bagot, for the university of Oxford, Thomas Willoughby, brother to the Earl of Denbigh, for Nottinghamshire, Jeremiah Dyson, late clerk to the house of commons, for Yarmouth in the ifle of Wight, Hon. James Wemyss of Wemyss, for Fifeshire, Hon. John Campbell, for Corfecastle, Hon. Paul Methuen, for Warwick, and Sir Laurence Dundas, for New caftle under Line, in the room of Henry Knight, fon of the new elected member, Lord Waltham, Peregrine Palmer, Lord Robert Sut ton, Gen, Holmes, and Gen. St Clair, all deecafed, Henry Bankes, now a commiffioner of the customs, Lord Dungarvon, now a Peer, and Henry Vernon; Lord Viscount Allen and Col. Burton, for Eye; and Thomas Fitzmaurice, brother to the Earl of Shelburne, for Calne. Lift of Admirals in October 1762. Admirals of the White, Sir Wm Rowley Tho. Griffin, Efq; Ifaac Townshend, Efq; Sir Edw. Hawke Lords of Bedchamber. John Offley, Efq; Hon. Col. Fitzroy, Grooms of Bedchamber. Earl of Kinnoul, Chanc. of Lancaster. Duke of Marlborough. Lord Mafham. Lord Charles Spencer. Rt Hon. Welbore Ellis. Lord Carysfort. James Harris, Efq; Lord George Cavendish, Humph. Morrice, Efq, Hon. Hen.Fr.Thynne, Lord Orwell. Sir Edw. Winnington. Earl of Egmont. Anthony Todd, Efq; Samuel Potts, Efq; Robert Charles, Efq; Comptroller to ditto. The Edinburgh bill of burials for December 1762. Within the Males 462 Fem. 57 city In the Weft-Males 23 kirk-yard Fem. 325 Between 103 158. Incr.26 55 Sir James Douglas Wm Gordon, Efq; 103 Rear Admirals of the Blue. Lord Edgcumbe Robert Swanton, Efq; Samuel Graves, Efq; The last twelve are newly created. 10 སA༥༦༥ SCOTS THE MAGAZINE. APPENDIX, 1762. ARBOR SCIENTIA: A general scheme of Hu-|| Short CHARACTERS of great men of the pre- MEDICINE. An epilepfy and idiotifm cured by * Prefixed to Jan. Mag, in the binding. The feemingly cruel order against CAPPAGN, A letter from Adm. Hawke to the Duke d'Aiguillon 693. Gen. Murray's good conduct in Canada 694. Manifefto by the Earl of Albemarle, on removing the Bishop of Cuba from that island 695. The natural productions of Louisiana 696. A letter from the Czarina to M. d'Alembert 697. Ahp of Novogrod's panegyric on Peter III 698. The Marquis of Granby's thanks to the Britith forces in Germany ib. A letter faid to be the King of Pruffia's disclaimed 700. Gen. Schwerin's extraordinary proclamation ib. Accounts of the young Pretender 701. A wild notion of the Scotch highlanders ib. Lofs of fhips during the war ib. Annual MORTALITY-BILLS 702. to the Marriages, Births, Deaths, Offi- A CHARACTERS of GREAT MEN. T the battle of Crevelt, June 23.1758 [xx, 314.], the Count de GISORS, the only fon of the Duc de Belleifle, not above twenty-five years of age, newly married to the heiress of an illuftrious house, himfelf the last hope of a moft noble family, was mortally wounded at the head of his regiment, which he brought up with the most heroic courage. He had been educated with all the care an excellent father could beftow on a fon of uncommon genius, who was alone able to fupport the reputation of his family. To the pureft morals he had united the politeft manners; he had made a great profciency in learning; he knew many You. XXIV. branches of it, and loved all; he had seen every part of Europe, and read courts and nations with a difcerning eye; and wanting nothing to fulfil all hope, and to make him a perfect and lafting ornament and support to his country, but a knowledge in the military art, he entered that courfe of glory and danger, and fell in his firft campaign. The unhappy father and minifter faw his private misfortunes keep pace with the public calamities, and the tears of his family mingled with thole of his country. Marthal KEITH, killed at the battle of Hochkirchen, [xx. 536. xxi. 151.], Oct. 14. 1758, was a Scotfinan born. He engaged with his brother, the Lord Mar fhal, in the rebellion 1715. Being obliged to relinquish his country on this oc4 U cafion, |