OCTOBER 30.

THIS morning at nine o'clock, his Majefty, in his poft chaife and four, attended by Generals Lafcelles and Garth, with Earl Spencer, Lord Hugh Seymour, Admiral Gambier, Mr. Marfden, of the Board of Admiralty, and the Comptroller of the Navy, &c. arrived from Windfor at the Government Houfe of Greenwich Hofpital, previous to his embarkation on board the Royal Charlotte, which, with the Augufta and Mary yachts, were moored off the Hofpital for their reception. On his Majefty's entrance at the Weft Gate, the Officers ranged the Collegemen in two lines, fo that the Royal carriage might pass between them, and although we are not to look for martial-like appearance in maimed and worn-out British feamen, ftill the uniformity and cleanliness of their drefs, and the becoming decency of their whole deportment, was fuch as to be highly gratifying to all the spectators. After having been politely and moft hofpitably entertained by Lord and Lady Hood with an elegant dejeune (of which the Princess of Wales, who arrived a little before the King, partook) the tide ferving at a few minutes after ten, his Majefty proceeded on foot to the North gate, which was lined by the Weft London regiment of militia, and an innumerable concourfe of fahionable spectators, who received him with every demonitration of heartfelt joy.

He there embarked on board the Royal Barge, which, with the ftandard flying, was fteered by Capt. Trollope. No fooner had it put off, than a general discharge of cannon from the three yachts, gun-boats, and cutters, and many private veffels, faluted the standard, and repeated huzzas accompanied him to the yacht. On his Majesty's going on board, he was received by the Lords of the Admiralty, and the Royal Standard was immediately difplayed at the main, the Lord High Admiral's flag at the fore, and the Union Jack at the mizen-top gallant maft head of the Royal Charlotte; and the Augufta yacht (appropriated for the Lords of the Admiralty) hoifted the Lord High Admiral's flag; the Mary had Captain Phillips's pendant only. The wind blowing ftrong against them at E. N. E.

His Majefty did not reach Blackwall, owing to contrary winds, until half paft twelve, where he was again faluted by a number of cannon, and the wind being two points to the Northward of Eaft, the Royal yacht lay down the Reach, without making a fingle tack, and was off Woolwich about half past one, where fimilar honours were paid his Majefty, and a very general and long continued cannonade took place. His Majefty ne. ver looked better, or appeared in better fpirits. A profufion of ftrong beer was ordered for the Penfioners at Greenwich on the occafion.

The contrary winds fo retarded his Majefty, that it was two o'clock on Tuesday morning before he paffed Gravefend, from whence he proceeded until he arrived in the Upper Hope, about ten miles further down the river, where the yacht was brought to an anchor.

His Majefty, by the perfeverance which he difplayed in working down the river, and his riding the whole of Tuesday in The Hope, in a very heavy gale of wind, meant to proceed, if poffible, to the Nore, to accomplish the proud and gratifying object of his expedition; the wind, however, on Tuesday evening remaining not only fill adverfe, but blowing very hard, the yachts unmoored with the flood tide, and anchored foon after off Gravesend, where they rode with more eafe than on the preceding day.. Wednesday morning

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the yachts weighed, and anchored off Greenwich Hofpital about eleven.

Wednesday forenoon his Majefty landed at Greenwich Hofpital, from on board the Queen Charlotte yacht. His Majefty remained in Lord Hood's apartments for about a quarter of an hour, and then fet off for town in one of the Royal carriages, which had come down in confequence of a Meffenger having been difpatched from

Gravefend in the night.

Immediately before his leaving the Queen Charlotte, his Majefty was gracioufly pleafed to create Captain Trollope, who fo nobly commanded the Ruffel, in the late glorious action, and who had the honour of attending his Majefty upon this occafion, as Captain of his yacht, a Knight Banneret.

A part of his Majelty's gracious and benign intentions have been carried into complete effect, by his Free Pardon having been proclaimed to one bundred and eigbty of the Mutineers, confined on board the Eagle prifon fhip at Chatham. This pardon was procured at the interceffion of Admiral Lord Duncan, and was proclaimed to the unhappy and mifguided men by Captain Halkett of the Navy, who was appointed by his Lordfhip for the pleafing and interefting fervice. The men behaved in a very becoming and manly manner, appearing fully fenfible of their misconduct, and highly grateful for this mark of the royal clemency.

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"The following articles contain the fubftance of the Dutch letters of the 12th and 13th of October :

"Hague, O. 12. "According to information received by feveral fishing-boats, and obfervations made from the fpires of our maritime villages, the Batavian fleet was yesterday engaged with an English fleet, fuppofed to be that commanded by Admiral Dunit has returned to Yarmouth. can, though the English papers ftate that The action began at ten in the morning, and lafted without interruption till four in the afternoon. We are ignorant of the force of the English, and of the issue of the combat. The cannonade was so vigorous, that it was heard diftinctly here. Three fhips have been seen difmafted, but their colours could not be perceived. The Marine Committee have not yet received any official intelligence. During the whole of this day, feveral veffels have been obferved on the coaft, but there has been no firing heard. Impatience is general.

" O&tober 13.

"A letter from Vice-Admiral De

Winter, addreffed to the Marine Committee, was communicated to the Convention during the fitting of this day. It was written yesterday on board Admiral Duncan's fhip, and received by exprefs at ten o'clock this morning. The reading of it produced a very melancholy fenfation among the Members of the Affembly.

ADMIRAL DE WINTER'S LETTER. "October 12.

"With the deepeft impreffion of grief I inform you, that yesterday morning (October 11) we difcovered the English fleet. I immediately formed into a line of battle on the ftarboard tack, and did every thing in my power to keep the fhips as clofe together as poflible; but my orders for this purpose could not be completely obeyed, on account of the unfteadinéfs of the wind, the high fea, and the bad failing of fome of the veffels, At eleven o'clock, the enemy attacked the rear of the line, which they broke through with great refolution. This I faw with fome pleasure, because I always entertained hopes that the rest of the fleet would clofe up, and therefore I made a fignal to the headmoft fhips to flacken fail. This, however, was of no avail. We came into action fucceffively

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ceffively in an irregular manner. My fhip was engaged at one time with two, and afterwards with three. The Hercules, which was the fecond in the line from me, took fire, and drove towards me, by which means I was obliged to fhift my ftation, and approach a fourth English fhip, being that of the Admiral. All my running rigging was now torn to pieces, and while I was endeavouring to make a fignal for fome of the fhips to come to my allittance, the flag line was flot from my hand. In the mean while the Waffenaar, by the Captain being wounded early, and the lofs of a great many people, was obliged to frike, as did alto the Haeriem, the De Vries, the Delft, and the Jupiter, whofe mainmaft went by the board. This I was in fome measure prevented from feeing, by the thicknefs of the fmoke, and the clofenefs with which I was engaged. Every thing being at length fhot away, and having loft a confiderable number of men, I nevertheless endeavoured to force my way through the five Englifh fhips with a view of making for port, or of giving an opportunity to fome of the fleet, not yet difabled, to afford me affiftance; but my attempt was not fuccefsful. At two o'clock all my three mafts went overboard, but ftill I continued to defend the wreck for half an hour, when, having no farther hope, feeing the reft of the fhips at a distance, and finding that my flag was hot away, I ordered my people, one half of whom I had already loft, to ftop firing, and at three o'clock an Englith frigate approached me, the Captain of which came on board, and carried me to Admiral Duncan. The Gelykheid Jay to the windward of me. I faw alfo that he made no longer refiftance, and had ceafed firing her running rigging was all in pieces, but why the truck, I know as little as I do of the Admiral de Vries, the Delft, and the Haerlem. The Hercules loft her mizen mait, and took fire, which brought her as well as me into the middle of the English fleet, and fhe has been alfo captured. With the behaviour of my officers and crew I am perfectly fatisfied. I recommend them to you as men who defended themfelves to the laft, and continued faithful to their Admiral. Both fides fought with fury, and many men have fallen. The English alfo have fuftained great lofs. They had retired to Yarmouth with nine fail of the line, in order to refit. On Saturday evening they received intelligence that

we were at fea; on Monday they again failed, having re-victualled in twentyfour hours, and having received eight other fhips from Portimouth and the Downs, in the room of the eight which were under repair. They had altogether fixteen fail of the line, among which there was only one 50, the greater part of the relt being fhips of 74 guns. Behold then the moft unfortunate day of my life. Every exertion that depended on manœuvres or perfonal courage, was made by myself and many others on board, but in vain. Our enemies refpe& us on account of the obitinacy of our defence. No action can have been fo

bloody, for it was fatal to us. I fhall have the honour to send you a more accurate and minute account, as foon as I find an opportunity; I at prefent take advantage of a permiflion from the Englifh Admiral, to give you this fhort notice, and to call your care and attention to a number of prifoners, whole bravery and courage deferved a better fate, and particularly to the crew of the Vryheid. I recommend to you the poor widows and orphans, and the wife and children of my worthy Captain, Van Roflum, whole thigh was fhot off at half paft two. He is ftill alive, but there are little hopes of his recovery. Two cadets, one of which is my nephew, have each loft the left leg: the rest of my officers are well. Cranenburg, the Lieutenant of Marines, only, is dead. Of the state of the other fhips I can give no account, nor do I know what lots they have fultained; the English do not know themfelves. Í am informed, however, that Vice-Admiral Reyntjes has been wounded alio, and that he is on board Admiral Onflow. Meurer is well, but Captain Holland, of the Waflenaar, was mortally wounded in the beginning of the action, and loft a great many men.

"I truft and hope I fhall be permitted to return to Holland, in order to juftify myself farther.

"I am,
"Your unfortunate Admiral,
"DE WINTER,"

coach drew up to the prifon door, in order to convey away the body of Bryant; which being brought out, a violent altercation took place between two parties among the crowd, each headed by a woman, as to which was best entitled to the poffeffion of the corpfe. Upon the body being brought into the street, the two contending parties feized hold of

it, fome dragging it by the legs, and others by the head and arms, but all contributed to prevent its fall to the ground. After an obftinate contest for near half an hour, the deceased was carried into Giltfpur-ftreet, where being put into a coach, it was driven off. The populace then dispersed.

OCTOBER 4.

In Great Pulteney-street, Mifs Jane Ha

Rev. Thomas Edmondfon, vicar of Rodmertham, Kent, and curate of Threlkeld. 14. The Right Honourable Robert Lord Bellenden.

17. At Perth, in Scotland, John Caw, efq. late provost of Perth.

20. At Bath, Dr. William Cooke, provoft of King's College, Cambridge, dean of Ely, rector of Denham, in Buckinghamshire, and of Stoke Newington, Middlefex. He was admitted a fcholar of King's College, .com Eton, in 1730; became B. A. 1734, M. A. 1738, S. T. P. 1766. On the 20th of May 1743, he was elected head-mafter of Eton fchool, which office he did not hold two years. He was chaplain to the Earl of Halifax, and in 1743 prefented by Mrs. Edwin to the rectory of Denham. In 1745 he was prefented by Eton College to the living of Stourminster Marthall, in Dorsetshire. 1747 he became fellow of Eton College, and on the 25th of March 1772, was elected provoit of King's College. In 1790 he publifhed a vifitation fermon preached at Beaconsfield, and in 1780 a Concio ad Clerum.

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At Mansfield, in Nottinghamshire, Lady Dixie, relict of the late Sir Wolfton Dixie, bart. of Bofworth-park, Leicestershire.

The Honourable Mrs. Rachael Hamilton, of Mellerflain.

At Stoke Newington, Mr. Joshua Deighton, of London, merchant.

21. At Snarefbrook, Lady Susannah Plomer, aged 60, wife of Sir William Plomer, knt. and alderman.

milton.

25. Samuel Salte, efq. at Tottenham. 26. In Dean-ftreet, Soho, Humphrey Brewster, efq. of Wrentham-hall, Suffolk, by a piftol. Previous to this act he called for a glass of wine and water, and had a fecond pistol grasped in his hand, in cafe the first had failed. He furvived the fatal shot a few minutes. He was a batchelor, led a very folitary life, and feemed of a gloomy difpofition. He was much refpected by his friends, and left confiderable property behind him; infirm, and just recovered from a fit of illness.

At Rugby, Warwickshire, Mr. Lawrence, father of the artist of that name.

In Red-lion-fquare, in her 84th year, Mrs. Gee, fifter-in-law of the late Lord Camden.

At Carlisle, aged 48, R. M'Calland, M. D. author of "Effays Moral and Political" Lately published.

Lately, at Grafton Lodge, near Bromsgrove, Pyers Moyfton, efq. uncle to Sir Pyers Moyíton, bart. of Tallacre, in Flintshire,

27. Jonathan Stonard, efq. one of the police magiftrates for the county of Surry, in his 57th year.

Lately, at Carfebrook, in Sterlingshire, James Sommers, efq. writer in Edinburgh. 28. At Chatham, Colonel Pitcairn, of the 38th regiment of foot.

At Chippenham, in his 61ft year, Thomas Goldney, efq.

Lately, in Dawfon-street, Dublin, Mrs.

wards, in St. Andrew's ftreet, Mrs. French,

thefe two ladies, who thus terminated their

remarkable :-Two officers of the 22d regi

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vent of Citidella, in that island: these two nuns were the ladies we now record. They lived in the most intimate friendship, and paffed through a long life with the esteem and admiration of all who knew them. The first, for many years deprived of the partner of her affections, fuftained many calamities with the most unshaken philofophy. Mrs. French followed the fortunes, and shared the fatigues, of her husband in many a weary campaign. She was present at the taking of the Havannah in 1762.

29. At Leicefter, the Rev. Hugh Worthington, M. A. in the 86th year of his age, 56 years paftor of the proteftant diffenters there.

Lately, Thomas Robfon, efq. of Holtby, near Bedale.

Lately, the Rev. John Long, D. D. fellow of All Soul's College, Oxford, and rector of the united parishes of Chelsfield and Farnborough, Kent.

Lately, at Bower Hall, Effex, John Stephens, efq.

Lately, at Birmingham, Mr. Thomas Crumpton, button maker, much admired in his juvenile days for his mufical abilities.

31. At Clifton, John Foote, esq. of Lombard-ftreet, banker.

NOVEMBER 1. Mr. Thomas Greenwood, conductor of the painting department of Drury Lane Theatre.

2. In George-street, Edinburgh, Sir James Riddell, bart. of Ardnamurchall.

William Chriftopher, efq. of Stockton, in his 63d year.

At Norwich, in his 57th year, the Rev. William Enfield, L. L. D. paftor of the congregation of proteftant diffenters at that place, formerly one of the tutors of the Warrington academy.

He was the author of the following performances:

(1) Sermons for the Ufe of Families, 8vo. 1768.

(2) Prayers for the Ufe of Families, 8vo. 1770. 2d Edit. 1777.

(3) The Duties of Religious Societies confidered. An Ordination Sermon preached at Liverpool and Manchefter, 1770. 8vo.

1770.

(4) Sermons for the Ufe of Families. Vol. II. 12mo. 1771.

(5) The Preacher's Directory; or, a Series of Subjects proper for public Difcouries; with Texts under each Head, &c 4to. 1771.

(6) The English Preacher; or, Sermons on the principal Subjects ct Religion and Morality; fele&ted, revifed, and abridged, from various Authors, 4 vols. 12mo. 1773.

(7) Effay towards the Hiftory of Liver. pool, drawn from Papers left by the late Mr. George Perry, and from other Materials finge collected. fo. 1774

(8) Obfervations on Literary Property, 4to. 1774.

(9) The English Preacher, 9 vols. 12mo, 1774.

(10) The Speaker; or, mifcellaneous Pieces; felected with a View to facilitate the Improvement of Youth in reading and Speaking, 8vo. 1775.

(11) Biographical Sermons; or, a Series of Difcourfes on the principal Characters in Scripture, 12mo. 1777.

(12) Sermon at the Interment of Mr. John Galway, a Student in the Academy at Warrington, Feb. 11, 1777. 4to. 1777.

(13) An Apology for the Clergy, and par ticularly Protestant Diffenting Ministers. An Ordination Sermon preached at Liverpool.

4to. 1777.

(14) The Principles and Duty of Proteftant Diffenters confidered. An Ordination Sermon preached at Bristol, 1778. 4to. 1778.

(15) On the Progrefs of Religious and Chriftian Knowledge. A Sermon printed with two others. 8vo. 1780.

(16) Exercifes in Elocution, intended as a fequel to The Speaker, 12mo. 1780.

(17) Sermon on the Death of the Rev. John Afkin, D. D. Profeffor of Divinity at Warrington, 4to. 1781.

(18) Institutes of Natural Philofophy, Theoretical and Experimental, 4to. 1785.

(19) The Hiftory of Philofophy from the earliest Time to the Beginning of the present Century, drawn up from Bruchner's Critica Philofopbia, 2 vols. 4to. 1791.

(20) A Selection of Hymns for Social Worship, 12mo. 1795.

3. At Blackheath, Mifs Stewart, eldest daughter of Colonel Stewart, of the royal regiment of artillery.

Mr. Jofeph Rofe, of St. Anne's-lane, Alderfgate, one of the oldeft members of the Goldfmith's company.

Richard Jenkins, efq. of Bicton, near Shrewsbury.

Lately, at Great Waltham, Effex, Mrs. Margaret Woods, aged upwards of 100 years. 4. Mr. Edward Jordan, of Finchley, farmer.

Mrs. Barten, wife of the Rev. Mr. Barton, rector of St. Andrew's, Holborn.

In Upper Gower-ftreet, Robert Austin, efq. an eminent folicitor.

Mr. William Mucklow, colourman, of Tothill-ftreet, Westminster.

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