I have the greatest satisfaction in, announcing to you the happy event of the conclufion of a treaty for the marriage of my fon the prince of Wales with the princefs Caroline, daughter of the duke of Brunswick. The conftant proofs of your affection for my perfon and family perfuade me that you will participate in the fentiments I feel on an occafion fo interefting to my domef tic happiness, and that you will enable me to make provifion for fuch en eftablifhment as you may think fuitable to the rank and dignity of the heir apparent to the crown of thefe kingdoms. Gentlemen of the house of commons, The confiderations which prove the neceffity of a vigorous profecution of the war will, I doubt not, induce you to make a timely and ample provifion for the feveral branches of the public fervice; the estimates for which I have directed to be laid before you. While I regret the neceffity of large additional burthens on my fubjects, it is a juft confolation and fatisfaction to me to abferve the ftate of our credit, commerce, and refources, which is the natural refult of the continued exertions of industry, under the protection of a free and wellregulated government. My lords, and gentlemen, A juft fenfe of the bleffings now fo long enjoyed by this country will, I am perfuaded, encourage you to make every effort which can enable you to tranf mit thofe bleffings unimpaired to your pofterity. which it has been threatened fince the establishment of civilized fociety. Dublin Cafle, Jan. 5. This evening, about nine o'clock, the earl of Weftmorland, late lord lieutenant of this kingdom, embarked on board the Duchefs of Rutland packet-boat, on his return to England. The earl of Westmorland went from the Caftle in the ftate coach, accompapanied by lord vifcount Milton, the lord lieutenant's chief fecretary, on account of his excellency's indifpofition, preceded by a leading coach, in which were the officers of flate, to the Pigeonhoufe, from whence the earl of Weftmorland went on board the packetboat. His lordship was escorted by a' fquadron of dragoon guards, and attended by a great number of the nobility and perfons of diftinction, the' lord mayor, theriffs, feveral of the aldermen, and principal citizens, in their carriages, followed by a concourfe of people, to the water fide. The streets were lined by the regiments of infantry on Dublin duty, and every demon-. ftration of refpect was fhewn to his lordship, in paffing through the streets, from the people, who teftified their regard by repeated withes for his welfare, and fafe return to England. 6. The duke and duchefs of Brunfwick are expected to accompany the princess of Wales to England. Apartments are fitting up in the left wing of St. James's Palace for their refidence. The royal chapel at St. James's is undergoing a thorough change, for the purpofe of celebrating the nuptials of his royal highnefs the prince of Wales and her royal highnefs the princess of Bunfwick, for which purpofe the workmen employed are occupied night and day. The whole of the pews, pulpit, &c. are removed from the body of the chapel; the flooring is raised and boarded, to render it warm and commodious, which is to be covered with carpeting; the walls are decorated with crimson and gold; and the fides, which are wainfcot, will be hung with crimson I entertain a confident hope that, under the protection of Providence, and with conftancy and prefeverance, on our part, the principles of focial order, morality, and religion, will ultimately be fuccefsful; and that my faithful people will find their prefent exertions and facrifices rewarded by the fecure and per- Two additional galleries are erected manent enjoyment of tranquillity at for a band of vocal and inftrumental home, and by the deliverance of Eu-performers; one of which is over rope from the greatest danger with the altar, and carried back through the damask. great great window into the ftreet; the other oppofite the organ loft to correfpond with that gallery. Under the organ gallery will be a fuperb canopy of crimfon velvet and gold, for the reception of their majefties; and another of a smaller nature under the oppofite gallery, for the royal bride and bridegroom. In his majefty's clofet will be the ambaffadors and foreign minifters. Below in the body of the chapel, will be all the royal family, with their refpective attendants. The marriage ceremony will be performed by his grace the archbishop of Canterbury: and the anthem, for the occafion, will be the fame as was performed on the marriage of Frederic prince of Wales, father to his prefent majefty, compofed for that purpose by Handel. 7. Six hundred artillery are ordered to be drafted from the different corps on the British establishment, to ferve in the Weft Indies. 8. An order was received by the commiffioners, from the admiralty, to keep vacant the large dock, commonly called the royal dock, for the reception of the Commerce de Marfelles, daily expected; he is to be fitted out with the greateft expedition, and fupposed to be intended for the flag of the commander in chief in the Mediterranean. A public fubfcription is begun at Norwich, by the bishop, the magiftrates, and principal inhabitants, for the relief of the poor in their prefent urgent neceffities; at which meeting the benevolent refolutious were paffed, of foliciting the guardians of the poor to add to the allowance of the out-door poor, and to alleviate the want of the little hop and houfe keepers, who, inftead of paying to the poor-rates, are themfelves real objects of charity. 9. By a report lately made of the general ftate of the Ellefmere canal, it appears that the line which is to unite the rivers Merfey and Dee, and confequently the city of Chefter and the town and port of Liverpool, is in fach fordwarnels as to give hope of its being navigable early in the enfuing fpring, that a direct and fafe conveyance by water will foon be opened from Chester to Liverpool and Manchester. fo Falmouth, Jan. 6. This morning arrived the Pomona frigate, fir J. Borlate Warren; the Aretkufa, fir Ed. Pellew; the Diamond, fir Sidney Smith, together with the frest of their fquadron, from a cruize; they only failed from hence the ad inftant. It feems their object was to find out whether the French fleet were actually failed (as had been reported) or not. Sir Sidney Smith, in the Diamond, took a dangerous mode to know the truth: the reft of the frigates cruised off Breft harbour, while he difguifed his fri gate, by putting up French colours, covering her head, and fixing on it the cap of liberty, failed into Breft harbour, and feeing a 90 or 74 gun fhip difmafted, he run along fide, and, in the French language hailed the fhip, and afked, "If the wanted any affiftance ?" The French admiral anfwered-No that he had been difmafted in a gale, and had parted with the French fleet three days ago, which confifted of 36 fail of the line and 20 frigates. Sir Sidney having got this information, took the opportunity during the fame night, to flip his cable, and fail out of the harbour to give information to the fquadron of fir J. B. Warren, which is arrived here; expreffes have been forwarded to the admiralty, as well as to Plymouth, Torbay, and Portsmouth. Nothing has tranfpired with regard to the deftination of this formidable fleet. Sir Sidney fays, there was not one ship of force ridng in Breft water, the above 90 or 74 gun fhip excepted. Sir Sidney informed the captain or admiral of the French veffel, that he had been very fortunate indeed in getting fafe into Breit water, as a fquadron of English frigates were now cruising at the mouth of the harbour. The Frenchman replied, he was very happy in having escaped fo luckily, for had he been attacked, he was in no condi tion either to fight or run away. 10. Was rehearfed for the first time, the anthem, beginning" Sing unta God," that is to performed at the nup, tials of the prince of Wales and the princess of Brunswick. The folo parts were performed by Mefirs. Coole, Nield, Hudfon, Bellamy, Gore, Knyvett, Sale, and two of the children of the chapel. The chorufes were fupported by the rest of the members of the chapel. Dr. Parfons appeared at the head of the king's band of musicians, of which he is the mafter; and doctors Arnold and Dupuis had the fuperintendance of the vocal department, being the compofers of the chapel. The organ was played by the latter. Mr. Cramer led the orchestra with his ufual spirit and ability. The principal violoncello was by Mr Crofdill, the tenor by Shield, the Lautboy by Parker, and the trumpet by Serjeant. The mufic of the anthem, is grand and impreffive, and took upe xactly half an hour in perform ance. 11. Arrived at Plymouth, from Guadaloupe, his majefty's fhip Boyne, of 98 guns, vice-admiral fir John Jervis, captain George Grey, after a paffage of feven weeks; fir Charles Grey came paffenger in her, and landed that af ternoon at Plymouth. of a floop of war, for the Downs. It is faid they are bound to Holland, to fetch the Brifh troops, 12. Mr. Martin, the only perfon in cuftody that food indicted for trea fon, was etcorted from the Tower by one of the warders and the deputy, to the gentleman gaoler, to judge Lawrence's, Bedford-fquare, where he was difcharged and delivered to the Tipftaff, who conducted him to the King's Bench prifon, from whence he had be fore been removed. The valuable fleet from Oporto, with the Adventure, of 44 guns, are fafely arrived in the harbours of Baltimore and Kinfale, in Ireland. 14. The indefatigable exertions in fitting out the British fleet, are highly creditable to the new firft lord of the admiralty; and from thejfuperiority of the equipment of our ships, they must be more than a match for any force the enemy can being against them.-Earl When the Boyne left the Weft-In-Howe, we are happy to learn, continues dies, the French captured islands were in the command, with lord Bridport his all fafe, though in a very reduced ftate, fecond. and anxiously waiting reinforcements from England: the French had made feveral attempts to ftorm Fort Matilda, the only place in the poffeffion of the British troops at Guadaloupe, but hi therto without fuccefs. The Ramilies, of 74 guns, with general Vaughan on board; the Majeftic, of 74 guns, admiral Caldwell; Thefeus, of 74 guns, capt. Calder; and Bellona, of 74 guns, capt. Wilson, were arrived at Guada loupe, but no British troops had reached the ifland from any quarter, at the time the Boyne failed; nor does it appear that any French men of war, or troops from Europe, had arrived in the Welt Indies. The fever which had raged in the ifland fo long, to fuch an alarming degree, was confiderably abated, and the troops and inhabitants are getting much more healthy. A great many of the Boyne's crew died in the Weit-Indies, but that fhip is now free from fevers of any fort. 12. John Cawardine, clerk to Mess. Cox and Biddulph. who lately abfconded with cafh and notes to the amount of eight thousand pounds, was taken into cuftody by the conftables belonging to the public office in Great Marlborough-ftreet, and brought before the magiftrates at the faid office to be examined. 12. Sailed from Spithead twenty fail of light transports, under convoy 14. A contract has lately been made for 10,000 barrels of porter, part of which will be fent to the Welt-Indies, part to Gibraltar, and the remainder to the Ifland of Jersey. MARRIAGES. January 1. Benjamin Burton, of Carlow, efq. to mifs Mainwaring daughter of lady Kaye. Benjamin Garnett, of St. George's in the Eaft, efq to mifs de Charon, of Hammersmith. Major Macdonald, of the icoth regiment or Gordon Highlanders, to mife Innes, of Sandfide. Peter Murray, efq. eldeft fon of fir William Murray, of Ochtertyre, bart. to the right hon. lady Mary Ann Hope, daughter of the late eart of Hopetoun. Robert M'Bean, of Inverness, efq. to mils Margaret Mackintosh of Daimigarde. Edmund Eaftcourt Gale, of Great Bedwin, Wilts, efq. to mifs Goolet, of Speenhamland, Berks. Nathaniel Gundry, of Marybone, efq. to mifs Emma Clay, daughter of the late Richard Clay, efq. one of the directors of the bank of England. Thomas Chandiefs, of Golden fquare, efq. to mifs Williams, only daughter of the late rev. William Williams, of Blackheath, Kent. Jan. 2. The rev. John Francis Howell, one of the canons refidentiary of Exeter cathedral, to mifs Ann Kitfon, daughter of Henry Kitfon, efq. alderman of that city. Charles Guftaff, baron Oxenstierna, envoy extraordinary and minifter plenipotentiary from the court of Sweden to that of Portugal, to mifs Mary Ann Tomkins, youngest daughter of Francis Tomkins, of Park-place, St. James's, efq. 3. Richard James, of Southwark, efq. to mifs Elizabeth Sharp, of the fame place. W. P. Piggott, efq. high-fheriff of the county of Wexford, Ireland, to mifs Houghton, of Kilmarnock, in the fame county. Lord Gormantown, to the hon. mifs Southwell, one of the daughters of lord Southwell. Wyndham Goodden, of Clinton, near Bristol, efq. to mifs Mary Jeane, youngest daughter and coheiress of John Jeane, late of the fame county, efq. Bicknell Coney, of Leadeñohaftreet, efq. to Mrs. Boddington, of Enfield, relict of the late Benjamin Boddington, of the fame place, efq. 10. The hon. Henry Forbes, brother to the earl of Granard, to mifs E. Prefton, fifter to John Prefton, efq. M.. P. for the borough of Navan. Ambrofe Going, of Ballyphilip, Tip perary, efq. to mifs Louifa English. 13. T. Samplon, of Benningholm Grange, in Holderness, Yorkshire, efq. to mils E. Garencieres, youngest daughter of Mr. alderman Garencieres of York. The rev. George Cambridge, to mifs Cornelia Microp. DEATHS.' Jan. 1. The duke of Bolton. H. Berens, of Kevington, Kent, efq. The hon. Alexander Leflie, brother to the earl of Leven and Melville, lieutenant general in the army, fecond in command in Scotland, and colonel of the 9th regiment of foot. The earl of Aboyne. John Jackfon, of Percy ftreet, Rathbone-place, vice prefident of the fociety of ftewards and fubfcribers for maintaining and educating poor orphans of clergymen. Antony Dickings, of Lincoln's Innfields, efq. one of the prothonotaries of .. the court of common-pleas. Archibald Kennedy, lord Kennedy, and earl of Caffilis. Charles Clive, of Mortlake, efq. a near relation of lord Clive, Edward Pearce, of Creffage, near Thomas Barnett, of Kingfland, efq.. 10. Capt. James Tourle, of the gift regiment of foot. The rev. Mofes Wight, preacher of Bridewell Hospital. Edward Sheye, of Litchfield, efq. The rev. George Berkeley, L. L. D. prebendary of Canterbury. Philip Davis, of Leominster, efq. collector of the excife for Hereford John Ormsby, of Ballygunnan, Wick-fhire. low, efq. to mifs Synge, daughter of the late Dear. Synge, of Syngefeld, in the King's County. Abraham Henry Chambers, of Bondfreet, fq to mifs Ratcliffe, of Seymourftreet, only daughter of the late Trif tram Ratliffe, of Jamaica, efq. Chriftopher Rigby, of Prince's Rifborough, efq. a mafter and commander in his majelty's navy. John George Lichemoot, of Purley, near Reading, Berk's, efq. 13. Mifs Anne Phelan, of the caf tle of Rofcrea, Tipperary. THE Lady's Magazine; O R, Entertaining Companion for the FAIR SEX, appropriated folely to their Ufe and Amusement. This Number is embellished with the following Copper-Plates, viz. 1 Portrait of the Prince and Princefs of Orange. 2. A View of the City of Mentz. 3. A New Pattern for a Handkerchief or Apron. And, 4. Sonnet by the late Dr. Greene. LONDON, Printed for G. G. and J. Robinfon, No. 25, Paternofter Row, where Favours from Correspondents will be received, |