ketches, in the bay des Marées, two leagues weftward of Cherburg, in the face of a large body of the enemy prepared to receive them; and yefterday, in the afternoon, Capt. Howe's firft lieptenant arrived, with a further account, that on the 8th inftant, in the evening, Cherburg furren dered at difcretion, the enemy having marched out, and abandoned the place, on the approach of his Majelty's troops. The fame day Lt-Gen. Bligh took poffeffion of the forts Querqueville, Hamet, and La Galette, and hoifted English colours in them. The General was preparing to destroy, on the next day, the b.fon, and the two piers at the entrance of the harbour. There were about twenty-feven fhips in the harbour; and thirty-five pieces of fine brafs cannon have been taken. Capt. Howe, with the fhips under his command, was in Cherburg road.

Whitehall, Ag. 19. This morning two officers arrived with letters from Lt Gen Bligh and Capt. Howe, to Mr Sec. Pitt, dated at Cheiburg, Aug. 16. & 17. giving an account, that his Majefty's forces, after having completely demolished the bafon, piers, and harbour of Cherburg and detroyed all the batteries, forts, magazines, and ftores, at that place and along the coaft, were all reimbarked, without the leaft oppofition from the enemy, in order to pursue the fu.ther objects of his Majesty's inftructions. Twenty-two fine brafs cannon, and two brafs mortars, have been fent to England; and 173 iron cannon and three mortars were destroyed.

Extract of a letter from Cherburg, Aug. 14. Com. Howe's fquadron confifted of the Effex of 6 guns, the Montague of 60, the Portland and Rochester of 50 each, and the Jafon of 40, nine frigates from 36 to 20 guns, four floops of 14 and 16 guns, three bomb-veffels, two firefhips, feven finall armed cutters for tenders, an hofpital hip, and about 75 tranfports, having on board three battalions of the guards, Bentinck's, Wolfe's, Hay's, Effingham's, Lambton's, Cornwallis's, Loudon's, Richmond's, and Manners's regiments of foot; fix troops of light horfe, a detachment of the artillery, with cannon, trainhorfes, &c. making in all about 10.000 men.

We failed from St Helen's July 31. Cherburg was the first place of our deftination, being not above 25 leagues off, but calms and variable winds made it Saturday ere we could get near the coaft of France, and we were obliged to anchor all that day, whilft feveral fires along the coaft fhewed they were alarmed. Sunday evening we got all to an anchor in this road; when we were fired at from feveral forts and batteries to the weftward. Cherburg lies in the bottom of a pretty deep bay. The caft fide is defended by a rocky reef about a mile from the fhore, which is a fandy bay, and on which was incamped a regiment of horfe and two of foot. The town is open; but at the edge of their great square, they had (fince our appearing off here laft expedition), towards the fea, thrown up a fascine-battery of 10 brafs guns twenty-four-pounders, upon three recky points,

all within a mile of the town. To the weftward were three forts; the fist and nigheft, called Gallée, was a regularly-built fort, mounting 2c gurs, and two this tean-inch mortars; the fee nd was round, and newly built, with 6 guns; the 'hd, called Hamet, was regularly built, and mucnied 8 guns. From this fort to the weftward abu two miles, was a fine clear fandy bay; at the d of which was a rocky point, with another regalar fort, called Querqueville. o the other tide of this point was alfo a fine fandy bay, about two miles long, ending in a rocky point; to the wellward of which was a foul bay, full of funk rocks. In the two former they had imagined we were defigned to puth our landing, and therefore had thrown up a strong intrenchment, lined with can non; they had likewife undermined the ground round Querqueville fort, and had gathered toge ther about 5 or 6oco militia, all under the com mand of the Count de Raimond a marech de camp. In the town was Clare's regiment of the Irth brigades. All the country to the well of the town was inclofed, and the roads cut into ictrenchments almost every hundred yards. In this manner they feemed certain of beating us off.

The Commodore, having on board Fr. Edward, with the generals, having viewed the bay, early on Monday morning weighed with the whot fleet, leaving only a frigate and a bomb to ast the town, and flood for the third bay, called Ve ville bay, where the enemy did not expect we would truft our hips. There Mr Howe drew up his frigates, floops, and bombs, in a line, clofe in fhore; while the French regulars, to the amount of about 3000 men, marched along shore, with one cannon and a mortar to oppofe us.

About one after noon, 24 flat-bottomed boats, having cach 18 feamen and 50 grenadiers, in four divifions, led by Capts Duff Rowley, Maple fton, and Pafton, in their barges, with each a red flag difplayed, advanced to the thore. Mr Howe (having his broad pendant for the time on board the Pallas frigate) immediately made the fignal to engage, and for the first time sheved English colours. The fire from the frigates was fo hot, that the enemy retreated into the cornfields; but even there the thells from the bombs falling among them. in ten minutes they began to feamper up the hills. Our grenadiers, on flepping on shore, immediately formed on the beach, and advanced into the fields so fast, that Mr Howe was obliged to give the fignal to leave of firing, for fear of killing our own people. By the evening, all the foot and a few of the horse were landed; against which time our grenadiers had got poffeflion of a church on the hill, two miles from where they landed. In gaining the afcent, they drove the French from bedge to hedge, and over a rivulet in a valley among wood, with fo much briskness, that both regulars and militia, to the amount of 80co men, were ftruck with fuch a panic, as to retreat in great hurry into the town, leaving only a few men in Querqueville fort, to give notice of our approach. Early next morning Tuesday, the light horfe were landed, and the a

began to move towards the town. Querquele fort immediately fired three guns, and was wwered by one from the Hamet. Upon this enemy directly fled out of the town, and renine miles off, to a place called St Valion. the mean t me, about nine in the morning, troops of light horfe, and two companies of maders, advanced to Querqueville; where they nd only a few people, who immediately fured, though a place capable of defending Egainst every thing but battering cannon, fect of panic) Our people feeing the unionintead of the red flag, which the enemy had dying fince our appearance, first gave the able intelligence of our having seized the which was welcomed with three fincere A calm at this time hindered our draw tarer the town. Our advanced party were after met by the magiftrates, who threw elves on the General's mercy, by which they faved the town. By three after noon, poffeffion of the town and all the forts. court of France, many years ago, had ed a fine harbour here, to be a fecond ark, confifting of two piers of near two mile long, and carried into three famat low water; the harbour to consist of an and an inner bafon, in which they were to dock, and clean, from 50 gun fhips downa work worthy the undertaking of an AuCafar. It was far gone on; the inner bates hung, being 42 feet wide; the outer lerably well cleared; and the inner, when d capable of holding roo fail. The eaftrun out near 1000 yards, and the founbid near as much farther. The western in out about 500 feet. They had funk a rofs the entry, to stop our carrying off athe veffels, of which we found about 20 the inner bafon; only two of which we away; the Tartar privateer of Bristol, from us; the other a Dane taken by us, taken fome time ago. On board this laft hipped the cannon, &c. Of the remainder sare filled with ftones, and funk across the the rest burnt. Since Wednesday mornbove 1500 men have been at work mining troying, and are continually making blafts. be forts are deftroyed, except Querqueville, his referved for the laft or farewell blaft. per-heads are in ruins; the fine gates be⚫ the basons are no more; and where a fhip enty-four feet water could have gone this Etonight, a vefiel of eight cannot at prefent in a word, a work of upwards of thirty labour, at the expence of 1,200,000l. Sterin this country, and which would have coft agland thrice the fum, being all built of coarfe c, and excellently finished, is in five days ted to a chaos. Thus a galling thorn in the af the commerce of G. Britain is happily led out in good time; for it will coft three the fam to build it, if ever they undertake it. rios the first evening was three private men Land 17 wounded, among whom an officer;

fince which we have lost about eight or ten men in fcouting parties, and two failors cow-hunting beyond our guards; and have not a man deferted. The enemy owns to the amount of 300 milling the first day, among whom one Capt. M'Cartney, of the Irish brigades, killed by a cannon-ball; a gallant foldier, and one in whom their general greatly confided. In his pocket was found a letter from a lady in London, dated the 30th ult. affuring him we were going to pay him a vifit, and giving a particular account of our ftrength. Another officer loft his leg.

A great number of deferters daily come in from the Irish brigade, who give an account, that there is another general come to command, and that they are daily increafing in number; but it is only militia and garde-cotes: but Gen. Bligh fays he won't flir an inch, were they 20,000, till he has effectually laid the place in ruins.

The Prince, our royal midshipman, in his uniform, with the Comniodore and General, are on horfeback every day; the troops are in high fpirits, and though almost constantly upon duty, yet as there is plenty of fresh victuals and drink, they go through it chearfully, and a valt harmony between the feamen and them. Yesterday, as a detachment of the grenadiers were out, a party of the light horfe being before them about a mile and a half, faw a party of the French horfe; and immediately went on at full speed to charge them, till they got to a hedge, behind which were two battalions of the enemy's foot; who gave our party a general fire, killed two private men, four horfes, and wounded the captain, it is believed, dangerously.

They have hardly got any prifoners; none of any note, but an officer who was carelessly ftrag gling too far.

Aug. 16. All our troops are now fafely imbarked. Our whole lofs amounts to about 25 killed, and 30 wounded, with 10 horses. We have destroyed, besides the harbour entirely, 103 good iron cannon, feveral middling ones, and brought off 23 brass cannon, and two mortars, with 24 tuns of powder, blown up five forts, &c.

Yesterday our grenadiers offered the French army, of 12 or 14,000 men, battle; but they declined it, though commanded by a marechal and feveral generals. The Count de Raimond commanded on the fea-fide, the day the troops landed, Lord Clare's old regiment of the Irith brigades, 700; C. Horion's new raised Liege regiment, 1300; old regiment of Lorrain, 600; old regiment of Languedoc dragoons, 600; garde-côtes and militia, 6000; about two miles diftant, towards the town, the old regiment of Guienne, 600; militia of Bretagne, 500; in all 10,300 men, whereof 3800 regulars.

From Payne's Univerfal Chronicle. [189.] Our troops have at laft taken a French town; Cherburg is in the poffeffion of the English. To celebrate a conquell of so small importance with any oftentation of triumph, would be ridi culous; but it is no lefs unreasonable, to repress

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the joy which the gleam of fuccefs naturally gives, after a long continuance of the clouds of difap pointment. This is the first attempt by which all has been done which was expected or desired; and from this we may hope for more advantages. Victory naturally produces elation of fpirit, and elation reciprocally invites enterprise, and infures victory.

It may be asked, by thofe who affect, for fome reafon or other, to defpife all the schemes of the government, what we propofe to gain by invading France with feven thousand men; a force which, to a nation fo numerous and warlike, mult appear as contemptible as a troop of wolves defcending from the mountains? It may be asked, why we take a town which we cannot keep, and land only to imbark again?

To all this, the answer is eafy. We invade the French, not to conquer, but to harafs and aJarm them. We do not fuppose that we put Paris or Vertailles in any immediate terror, but we know, that the maritime provinces are kept in perpetual disturbance and diftraction; that where-ever we land, the inhabitants are diftreffed by their fears, if not by their fufferings. The diftrefs of one part is not felt without inconvenience to the reft, and inconvenience long continued will make a people weary of war.

by taking and quitting, at pleasure, the towns of France, we convince all Europe of our naval fuperiority; we fhew to other nations, that the French have no fleets that can oppofe us on the fea; and to the French themfelves, that they have no troops that can guard the coast. We diminith the reputation of the French for ever among foreigners, and of the French government among the French themfelves. We deftroy that prejudice which gave every petty people courage to treat us with contempt at the beginning of the war. Thofe nations that, two years ago, faw us trem. bling at home, and calling out for fuccour from the continent to protect us from an invafion, which, it mult always be remembered, the French had neither power nor defign to execute, now ice us infulting the coaft of France, not only without repulle, but without relittance. We have had indeed no opportunity to exert our valour; nor can we boalt of routed armies: but, that we ravage the country unoppofed, if it does not give any new ipecimen of English courage, gives at least a proof of the weaknets of France.

[We are obliged to postpone several historical articles, and all the captures.]

MARRIAGES.

T London, Dr John Hume, Bishop

20. At Bicester, Oxfordshire, Titus Melmi " Efq; aged 94, to Miss Sukey Cartwright, aged 26. At London, the Hon. John Forbes, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, to Lady ry Capel, fifter to the Earl of Effex. BIRTHS.

July 27. At Pittenweem, the wife of Wi Ounfton, a fisherman, of two fons and a d ter, all healthy children.

Aug. 4. At London, the Countess of Fi delivered of a daughter.

At London, the lady of the Hon. George Efq; third fon of Lord Braco, of a lonP S. Sept. 1. At Wimbledon Surrey lady of the Hon. John Spencer, Efq; of a heir-apparent.

DEATHS.

July 6. At Madrid, of an apoplexy, Burnaby Parker, Esq; British Consul-Gen Spain.

6. Killed in an action near Ticondere North America, George Auguftus Howe Vife Howe, an Irith peer, member for ham, Colonel of the 55th regiment of for a Brigadier on the American eftablishmentLordthip is fucceeded in honours and di his brother Com. Howe - We have d lowing particulars concerning his Lord letter from New York, dated May 31. not inform you, I fuppofe, how justly Howe is celebrated here for his robust tole conftitution, his bold enterprifing fpirit, a ry other military accomplishment; w much care he has been forming his regula to the method of bush-fighting all this feat that he has now, it is faid, made them terous at it almost as the rangers in this, he has ordered all the coats of his n to be cut short, to make them as light as p and has facrificed a fine head of hair of i as an example to the foldiers, which the followed, to that not a man is to be feen own hair. The strength of his conftitut bles him to undergo all hardthips; and it i pinion, that every officer ought to be ali the fame, and to live and fare like the a men. To this end, he has forbidden, hus all fuperfluous baggage, when they mar the enemy's country, as being only a L cumbrance to the army, and has allowe only fo much cloaths as may be tufhe no prov fious but thefe which proceed t commiflaries. His toldiers love and t and are willing to comply with his cou because he firit fets them an example great things might not a few officers 1

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Hay, fifter to the Earl of Kinnoul. [391]

8. At Downton, Lord Feverfham, to Mifs Anne Hales, thud daughter of Sir Thomas Hales, of Howlet, Kent.

• [The news of the furrender of Louisburg was not arrived when this paper was publijoed.]

9. Killed at the fiege of Louisburg, Cochran, Earl of Dundonald, a Capta bes's foot. His Lordship dying a bat titles, we are told, devolve to Thomas Ely; one of the commiflioners of excus land. [433-1

28. At Venice, aged 90, the Princess Victoria Barbarigo, dowager of John Baptift Rezzonico, Baron of the Holy Roman empire, and Patrician ot Venice, and mother of the new Pope.

31. At Marybune, London, in the 94th year of his age, after eating a hearty fupper, Thomas Halifax. Efq; He had been one of the pages of Le back-flairs to Q. Anne,

Aug. 1. At his feat of Row, Perthshire, in the 71ft year of his age, James Fogo of Row Efq; 1. At Bath, Francis Willoughby, Lord Middle, ton. His Lordthip is fucceeded in honours and eitate by his eldest fon Francis.

At Conche, a village in the diocese of Mende, France, aged near 119 Floretta Roux, widow of James Guien, who died last year at the age of 114. They were married foon after the revocation of the edict of Nantes, lived together 70 years, and had 18 children, of which 14 are alive. Guien diftingu fhed himself among the French rebels, known by the name of Comffers. He first attached himself to Joannen, and fought under him at the battle of Chandamerge. He afterwards quitted Joinnen, and followed Roland; who having a good opinion of his talents, gave him the command of fifty men. He was with Roland at Fontmort, where the regiment of Champagne was fo roughly handled; and alfo accompanied him to M. Villars, with whom he advifed him to make his peace separately.

At Meath, in Ireland. aged 114, Patrick Obrian, a carpenter. He followed that business as a journeyman till within two years of his death, and would frequently walk a mile or two to his work, and perform it as well as most men. He had the appearance of a man not above 60 till the day of his death; and made it a maxim, never to lie on a feather-bed, or after the fun was up; nor to wear his waiftcoat buttoned, fummer or winter; nor to make more than one draught of beer, or whiskey, if he could get it.

9. At Linlithgow, Mr Robert Dalgleith, minifter of that town and parish.

11. At Artas, in the diocese of Vienne, France, in the 108th year of his age, Mr Robion, minifter of that parish. He had been m nifter there near eighty years. All his parishioners were born in his time, and all of them except one baptized by him. He performed mass till within two days of his death, was perfectly fenfible to the laft, and thought fo little of being near his end, that he had ordered his winter-cloaths to be mended. His death was not preceded by any illness. He has left all he had to the poor, and charged his fucceffor to distribute it chiefly among the fick. There is a maid-fervant in his houfe who is 104 years of age, and had lived in his family all her life.

12. At Chelfea, Lt-Col. Richard Harward, the oldeft officer in his Majefty's fervice, his firft commiffion bearing date in 1691.

13. At Ayton, Fifeshire, Mrs Ifabel Murray, wife of David Graham of Meiklewood, and daughter of Patrick Murray of Ayton, Efq;

18. At Woodbay, near Epfom in Surrey,

Lady Baltimore, wife of the prefent Lord, and filter to the Duke of Bridgewater.

19. At her feat of Slains, Aberdeenshire, Mary Hay, Countess of Errol, hereditary high couftable of Scotland. Her Ladythip married Falconer, Efq; brother to the late Lord Halkerton, whom the furvived; but dying without iflue, her honours and eftate defcend to James Lord Boyd. The lineal fucceffion to four Scots earldoms centers in the perfon of this Hon. gentleman. His father was Earl of Kilmarnock [ix. 649] His mother was eldest daughter and heirefs of the Earl of Linlithgow and Callender, who was attainted for being engaged in the rebellion 1715; and her mother was filter of the Countess of Errol, now deceased. In the jurisdiction-ac [ix. 333], the office of high contable of Scotland is expreísly referved unextinguithed.

20. At his feat at Eaftcourt, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire, in the Both year of his age, Giles Earle, Efq; He reprefented Malmesbury many years in parliament, and had been a clerk of the board. of green cloth, a commiffioner of the revenue in Ireland, and one of the lords of the treasury. 21. At Limerick, Ireland, fuddenly, Major Edmund Bradthaw, of the roth regiment of foot, Pole's.

21. Mifs Jean Farquharson, fifter to James Farquharfon of Invercauld, Efq;

22. At Ballechin, Perthfhire, Mrs Grizel Mercer, wife of Charles Steuart of Ballechin, Efq; and daughter of Sir Laurence Mercer of Aldie, deceased.

At Scrabby, in the county of Cavan, Ireland, aged 101, Mr John Sloane. He ferved at the fiege of Londonderry, and as lieutenant of horfe under K. William in all his wars; could read without spectacles, and retained his fenfes perfect to the day of his death. He was never bled or took phyfic.

24. At Edinburgh, Colin Campbell, Esq; one of the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms in Scotland, and brother to the late Sir James Campbell of Arbuckle.

At Poplar, aged 102 years and 6 days, James Graham. He had been gunner of a man of war in the reign of K. James II.

At his houfe near Huntly, Aberdeenshire, James Chalmers of Belnellan, Efq; He had been tutor to the late Duke of Gordon.

31. At Elgin, in the 55th year of his age, Sir Robert Innes of Balvenie.

P. S. Sept. 2. At York, Henry Howard, Earl of Carlifle. His Lordship is fucceeded in honours and eftate by his eldett fon Lord Vife. Morpeth, a minor.

2. At Glack, in the 938 year of his age, John Elphinston of that Ilk, Efq; He retained his memory and fenfes to the laft.

In the parish of Dull, Perthshire, aged 105, Janet Stewart, widow of Alexander Menzies. She retained her judgment and fenfes to the last. Her great-great-grandchild died fome years ago. 7. At Fullarton-park, Ayrshire, William Fullarton of Fullarton, Efq;