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W irt crGMy informal, that the Earl of HuntiMW*
#s appointed to go Ambaflador to the court of_Madnd, n ;
* k !Ari!bj?Hu Maiefiv hath appointed the Right Hon.
(he'Eantif Gower to be WCham6erlain,dn the r*m of
the .Duke of Marlboro ugh; tod yesterday his Lordlmp Md
Yens Kim the white wanl and gofded key; .
His Grace the Duke of Marlborough is appointed Lord
Jrivy Seal, hi the room eTthe Ddke of Bedford. *
Whitehall* April si. The Right Hon. William Earl of
Shelburne, the Right Hon. Stephen £wl of Ilcheder,
Charles Spencer, Esq; commonlv called Lord Charles
Spencer, Comptroller of his Many’s Houffiold, Richurd
Rigby and James Oswald, Efqrs. were this day sworn of
his Majesty’s Moft Honourable Privy Council.
. The King has been pleased -to conftitutc and appoint Sir
Richard Lyttelton, Knight of<he Bath, to be Captain Ge
neral and Governor in chief inand over his Majesty’s iliana
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of Minorca. .
The King has been pleaded to constitute and appoint the
Right Hon. John Earl of Sandwich, George Hiy Doctor of
Laws, the Right Hon* Hans Stanley, Esq; the Right Hon.
John Lord Carysfort, the Right Hon. Richard Lord Vil
■count Howe, the Right Hon. Henry Lord Digby of the
kingdom of Ireland, and Thomas Pht, Efq;to be his Ma
jesty’s Commissioners for executing<he office of Lord High
Admiral of Great Britain. #
The King has been pleofed to constitute and appoint the
Right Hon. William Earl of Shelburne of the kingdom of
Ireland, Soame Jenyns, Edward Elliott, Edward Bacon,
the Hon. John York and George Rice, Efqrs. the Right
Hon. Francis £aron Orwell, o* the* kingdom of Ireland,
and fiamber Gafcoigne, Esq; to be Commissioners for pro
moting trade and plantations in “America.
April 25. A fleet of ©bfervation is ordered to the Weft-
Indies, to be commanded by Admiral Tyrrel, and to be
stationed there for three years.
The) write from the Hague, that-by letters from Madrid
of the 30th March, they are informed of the arrival of an
. advice boat at Cadiz, from Buenos Ayres* which brings
accounts of the .Spaniards having, in O&obo 1 last, attacked
the Portuguese island of St. Sacrament, which surrendered
to them with the garrison confiding of 15 bo men, and 100
pieces of cannon. - 1 *
% 3. The Hereditary Prince of Brunswick is expefled
over in a few days Augiifta yacht, in order to be
lharriedto one of the moft amiable young ladies in the world..
\ A number of families on the royal bounty will soon em
bark. as settlers for America.
On Saturday last John Wilkes, Esq; member of parlia
ment for Aylelbury, was taken into custody by four of his
Majesty’s messengers, and committed prisoner to the Tower
bv the Secretary 0/ State, being charged with writing a
faper, published in the North Briton of Saturday the 23d
of April last. The fame afternoon a motion was made be
fore the Lord Chicfjuftice of the Court of Common Pleas,
Weft minster-hall, fora habeas corpus to remove him from
confinement, that he might answer to the laid charge in
court. Accordingly, this morning about half part ten
o’cl ck, he was brought in a coach from the Tower of Lon
don, attended by the deputy constable and other officers,
river London bridge, and St. George’s Fields, to the Court
of Cppimon Pleas, Weftminfter-haU, (which was much
Crouded on the occafioa) in order that he might be admit
ted to bail, which he refuted, pleading by his council, Mr.
Serjeant Glynn, for his dlfcharge. The point in debate,
which lasted from eleven o’clock till a quarter past two,
was concerning the validity of his commitment; and, after
many learned arguments, it was postponed till Friday mor
ning next, and Mr. Wilkes was remanded back again to
the Tower; his friends in the mean time are to have free
access to him. Mr. Wilkes spoke much on the occasion.
AMERICA.
• * Philadelphia, June 16.
ExtraS of a Uttar fry* Fort Pitt , June 2d, 1763.
4§h4HSH&HUitSDAY lift, jaflToppofite the fort, at dufc,
*s*' fY arrived a number of Delaware Indians, with 15
<£► horse loads of Ikinl and furs. Very early next
/fydjptyfy morning ihey came over the river, and dealt
tUm dliff, not feeaumg to etre what they took for them.
Their indifference, and uncommon dispatch in trading,
£*ve qs fame jffio<4ertw therein* by thjpn. JufthSl
Hue they fee aff,| was handing with Mr. Alexander MJCee
on the of the river, when one of them tame up and
told him <0 go away, and that he moft not stay more than
four days; these, with fome other fufoicious words, made
us imagine they intended fofne mifehitf; and immediately
after they told Mr. this they sot off.—The next mor
ning we found, that an the Indians that lay up the river,
a four miles above us, and planted corn, left their towns
that very night, and took every thing with them, which
convinced us that they either intended or knew of fome mif
chiefin tended us.—Sunday morning tome people belong
ing to Col. Clapbam arrived at the fort, and informed us,
that the Colonel, and four of his people* were killed by the
Wolf .and fome other Delawares; and since the Colonel
was brought down and buried here, who was tomahawed
and fcalpecL; two women were treated in a manner indecent
to mention. Sunday night they killed two of thefoldiers
at the Saw-Mill, and on Thursday burnt it <—Monday a
man hired with Alison and company, came to a party lent
down to bury the dead, and informed, that he was with
Alexander M'Clure, chiving 25 horfo loads of (kins and
furs, belonging to (aid company, Thomas Calhoon and
brother, and foveral others, amounting in all to 14, who
were fired upon by a party of Indians as they were eroding
Beaver-creek, and fcveral killed.—Calhoon, and two of
his men, have arrived since, but no account of the red.—.
The whole garrison have been very alert in putting every
thing in the Deft order since the firft alarm.—We have de
stroyed the upper and lower towns, laying them leve* with
the ground, and by to-morrow night we mail be in a good
posture of defence.—Every morning an hour before day the
whole garrison are at their alarm posts. —Ten days ago, at
Beaver-creek, they killed one Patrick Dunn, a man of Ma
jor S mailman’s, and two other, men.—Capt. Callender’s
people are all killed, and the goods taken.— There is no
account of Mr. Welsh or Capt. Prentice, but it is feared
they are likcwiXe killed.—Mr. Crawford is made prisoner,
and his people all murdered.—Our final 1 polls I am afraid
are gone.—Detroit was attacked four days without inter
miffion.—'The French sent the Indians two belts, and the
Englilh three, to desist, bat they determined to continue
the attack, and were fighting when the Indian who brought
this account to the Delawares came away.— We sent two
men with an express to Venango in the night, but before
they got a mile on their journey were fired upon, and re
lumed, one of them wounded.”
Front Fort Bedford we have the following ExtraSs , ‘viz.
June ** As the news current must have reached
you, with various circumstances, e’er now, the following
is the moft autheittick that I can as yet depend on, viz.
That Col. Clapham, one M‘Cormick, two women, and a
child, were murdered on Saturday the 28th ult.—That in
a few days after two Royal Americans we e killed and
fealped within two miles of Fort Pitt.—And that on Thurs
day Jail one Smith was attacked by an Indian, without
arms, at Beaver-creek, who endeavoured to put him under
water ; but Smith proving too strong for him, put the In
dian tinder water, brought off a piece of his ear, and left
him.——At this garrison Capt. Ourry is very alert, in
(Lengthening the place, and putting in order every the least
article that may be necefihry. The fort is tenable, and the
garrison strong, a number of people having come in from
the country. We have a numerous militia, who are under
arms almost continually. Regularpicqueta, town guards,
fort guards, ccnrinefs, Sec. arc obierved. Thirteen brave
men go out a scouting tomorrow.”
June 6. “ After scaling the above, I opened it this
morning, to inform you, that the thirteen brave fellows a
bove-mentioned, painted like Indians, have set off from
our parade, in quell of the savages, to the great fatisfaclion
of tne commander and the whole garrison. Just as I am
writing, news is brought in of Indians being seen within
two miles of the garrison, when immediately the picquet,’
confiding of the militia, sprung after them on a full gallop.”
June 7. ** We have just now received, by the way ot
Redstone-creek, a confirmation of the garrison of Sandulky
being cut off, and that the officers and traders were made
X liftmen.”