five lieutenants, three ftand of colours, and all the private men were taken that escaped the fword. The information about the magazine proved groundless; but the general officer was to have entered Alentego in a few days, with a confiderable corps d'armee, and was then employed in reconnoitering the entrances into that province. The lofs of the British troops, who had the principal fhare in the affair, is luckily but inconfiderable, and confifts in lieutenant Burk of colonel Frederick's, one ferjeant, and three private, killed; two ferjeants, one drummer, eighteen private, wounded; ten horfes killed, and two wounded. The British troops behaved upon this occafion with as much generofity as courage; and it deferves admiration, that in an affair of this kind, the town and the inhabitants suffered very little; which is owing to the good order brigadier Burgoyne kept up even in the heat of the action. This fuccefs would probably have been attended with more, if circumftances, that could not well be expected, had not retarded the march of 16 Portuguese battalions, and three regiments of cavalry. The Bearer of this is captain Singleton, who diftinguished himself very much in the affair; and I take the liberty to recommend him to your lordship's protection. I am with great respect, Your Lordship's, moft obedient, And most humble Servant. The Reigning Count de Schambourg Lippe. Nifa, August 30, 17629 DO DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. Extract from Capt. Robe's Journal, bound, in the Ship Greyhound, from Bristol to Africa. "O N Saturday, August 28, 1762, at five in the morning, faw a fail on our ftarboard-bow, ftanding to the eastward. At fix ditto, fhe bore down on us, feeming a large fhip. We, in company with the Indian Prince, captain Neilfon, hauled our wind to the weftward, and made all the fail we could on a wind; it being little wind, the fhip in chace rowed up to us. About two in the afternoon she took the Indian Prince; and about eight, fhe being within half a gun fhot of us, our colours were ftruck. Found her a French frigate of 36 guns, La Modefte, capt. Lewis Simon, from Guinea and Cape Francois, for Marseilles. They rummaged both vessels, taking out and destroying every part of the cargoes and ftores of all forts, rigging, fails, &c. except the oldeft top-fails, courfes, and fore-stayfails. Then funk the Indian Prince, and gave us our ship to carry us home, with captain Cole, and four of his people, belonging to the fchooner William and Mary, bound from Salem to Barbadoes, whom they had taken twenty days before. They also in company with two men of war from the Cape, had taken fix transport ships, with about 1200 foldiers, part of a convoy from North-America for the Havannah. Night coming on faved the reft, with their convoy, one frigate, They carried their prizes into the Capes." The Zephir, a French frigate from Breft to Newfoundland with naval flores, 24 guns, and 250 men, of which co are foldiers, is taken by the Lion man of war, captain Le Cras, and fent into Plymouth; the Zephir had ten men killed,, and 40 wounded, the Lion had only two men killed; three fail came out of Breft Breft in company, and the Monmouth was left in chafe of one of them. A gentleman in town has received a letter from his friend in Scotland, in which is the following ftory: "A wealthy woman in the Highlands had a husband died laft winter, when the fnow was very deep, and "they had a long way to carry him, fo that he was "kept a week or more. When the fnow was melted, "the widow went to kirk, and told the parfon fhe "had three jobs to be done that day, firft to bury her "husband, next to baptize her fon, and then to marry "her to another gentleman; which were all accord"ingly performed that day, amidst a great number of "fpectators." On the 7th, about two o'clock in the morning, a fire broke out at the back of a ftair-cafe in the pressyard, Newgate, which in a few hours confumed all the apartments in that place, greatly damaged the chapel, and the back part of a house belonging to a stockingtrimmer in Phoenix-Court, Newgate-street. There were two unfortunate prifoners in the rooms which were burnt down, who perifhed in the flames; captain Ogle was one (in whofe apartments it is thought it first began ;) he was tried fome time ago for the murder of the cook of the Vine-tavern, near Dover-ftreet, Piccadilly, and being found a lunatick, was ordered to remain in prison. Thomas Smith was the other unhappy perfon; his room was over captain Ogle's; he was a noted horfe-dealer, and committed not long fince on fufpicion of ftealing corn from alderman Mafters; he has left a wife and three children. His wife the night before carried him his whole effects, amounting, it is faid, in money and bank bills, to between 5 and 600l. He was heard to call out for help, and feen to put his arm through the iron grate, which was fo exceffive hot, that it fet his shirt on fire, at which time it is imagined he threw his pocket-book out with the notes notes in it, which were faved. In a few minutes after the floor fell in, and they were both buried in the ruins, for it burnt fo violently, and the flames fpread so fast, that none of the people could get to their affiftance. There being plenty of water, the fury of the flames was greatly abated by fix, but continued burning till two in the afternoon, when a party wall fell down, but happily did no damage to any one, though a great many perfons were very near it. During the confufion, a fire was discovered in a garret in a house the corner of Grey-Fryars, Newgate-street; but the engines being upon the spot, played in at the window, and happily extinguished it with very little damage. The lord-mayor and sheriffs came about four o'clock in the morning, and gave their orders concerning the prifoners, &c. not one of whom, as we hear, efcaped during the confufion, nor were any hurt, except the two unfortunate perfons above-mentioned. On the 23d came on in the theatre at Oxford, the election of a chancellor of that univerfity, in the room of the earl of Weftmoreland, deceased; the candidates were, the right hon. the earl of Litchfield, and the right hon. lord Foley; upon cafting up the votes, the numbers were as follow: For the earl of Litchfield Majority for the earl of Litchfield 320 153 Who was immediately declared duly elected. Sept. 29. At half an hour after eight o'clock at night, an exprefs arrived from the Havannah, brought by the brave captain Harvey, of the Dragon man of war, and captain Nugent in the land fervice, with certain advice. that it furrendered on the 14th of Auguft. - They were both immediately introduced to his majefty, and moft graciously received; and the Tower and park guns were fired upon this happy occafion, about twelve. THE St. James's Magazine. For OCTOBER, 1762. A FAMILIAR EPISTLE, to J. B. Efq. SHALL HALL I, from worldly friends estrang'd, In that Affection firm and true, Which Gratiude excites to You; Shall I indulge the Muse, or stifte But you, perhaps, will kindly take Yet Trifles often fhew the Man, VOL. I. M Thefe |