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Major Mclvil is appointed Governor of the Grenades. • Jan. 6. The Leeward Ifiand and Weft-India fleets, ward-bound, have now been detained in the river 35 days by the easterly winds* Whicfr wxsTrarce ever known to con tinue so hang before in memory of man. * . We hear from Lilbon, that at conference, has been had there between John Carvtilo, of Portugal, and the commander in chief of the Spanilh v- Jty. It is aUb fajkftT thalt tTe*lCi ng of Portugal is preparing to let out for Spain, in order to hold a pcrfonal conference with his Cathclicfc Majesty. 1 , ?•- . . * The Venus man of war, Capt. Har.ifoa, is arrived at X#foirf*ordart& brhigtjver the Coafit la Lippe Buck burg, with fome other principal oflicers, from that king dom. \T - *'♦ •• 4 * - ; ' w * - ;v ; They write from Madrid, that the King will fend no Mi nister to London or Lilbon uH after the ratification of the. definitive treatyand till he be informed that Ministers from thole courts are ready to let out for*Madrid. Thefc letters give fome room to expefl a Spanish journal ufjtjle liege of the; Havana. ! The defence of Port Moro was so glonous, they fay, that {t otaght to be preftrVed as an example to af ter times.—-What then was the redpftion of that fort i It is generally undefftood in Bpaifi that VHe fofc'dflion of Louisiana on the weft fide of the Miffifippi, is in the liaturfe of an equivalent for PlOfida, which hjs Majefty was obliged to cede to Great-Britain, ih otdfir to recover the important fortrefs ofthc Havana, which was loft >y sci& taking part with France in the war. “ By this means the Spaniards are freed from the continual apprehensions they were finder, that ir the French could ever have niifqd that coicmyinto aftourifhing condition,’ they might have opened an intercourse with-their fubjeds In that kiiigddm of New Mexico, where there ate very nbh silver mines. Jan. 8. Moft of the fliips which broke from their an chors in theriver Thames are run on Ihore; dome of them it is believed are bulged, and others have loft their bow&Hts,* and received other damage. Sir Jpfeph York, in confluence of orders which , his Ex cellency received lr6mLondon the 23d of last mdnth, made the following declaration the next day to the Ministers and Ken dents ofthe Princep that have contributed to form the army of the Empire: .. #. \ >B| .. “ Tlla ss heir Britannick and Moft Christian Majesties hhvmg with great concern heard of the invasion of the Pr4f in d*e Enipire, and having confulteJLabout the mea furcs to be taken for obviauug the fad confluences of it, had resolved topropofe to'the laid Princes a neutrality with the King of Ptuflia, and accordingly to recali their contin gents from the.army of the Empire combined with the Au ftruins: that this neutrality ftiouldbe proposed to the courts a “ d Berlin, and also to the dyet at Ratifoon : that his Excellency had dispatched the fame courier that he received the preceding day to Mr. Mitchell at Berlin, in order to prApofe the matter to the King of Pruflia; and as thc.-e was i\° MiniiKr from the court ot Vienna at London, his Excellency had already made the fame declaration to Baron Reifchacli, Envoy Extraordinary from their Imperial Majesties to the States General; mutating, in fine, ™ Ministers and Residents above-mentioned to impart to their revive courts the intentions and good difpofiriOns of u d , and Mo * Christian MajeftiesV who hope thereby to be aole to accelerate the restoration of a general *° e > t!lere wa * (<> much reason to <-xpe.it, as his court was informed, that tne King of Piuhia had recently afured the Empress of Raffia, that lie was dtfpofed to come to an accommodation with the Empress Queen. jT? fl?ra C B ° Urdeapildvife ’ ‘hat the merchants there Indies’ ** * grCat numbcr of 8 io * the Weft A few nights since, as the corporal’s guard was going ™ nd r Ja r mK * ” 1:k t 0 reUe centinelsf they ,rr.° f,h ' m fT* to , and “ th in their boxes - one at Ro samond s 1 onu, andihe other at Buckingham Gate. 01 tiie rivu Thames below Bridge, is at prefont Merely flopped: the Cuftomhmifo boats are hindered kZSnP" 1 * ‘¥ r C : chantS r oods on boa “l the outward ixiund ffiips, and the Gravefcnd boats are frozen in at Bil lmglgate. ...... We hear that a certain Right Hon. Commoner, for his many a■ 1 very greet fences to his country, w iU be created a rter, ana proidc at a certain great board. TJie ggfotfnts published at Madrid of the loss a C the d< ei:.e of die H.iv. ia, emouau only ~ IT men killed, and 118; wounded. * y ’ |f r osed a flat MhQ un, arrived from Pari,, V'hisb.JtUJ.c left on Monday last, wcriear, that twoexprdes were dip it \\ w&ssfisßS;WSSßfcßSffii?r i si< fetjral fcpa under their convoy, The Mary, h'tnUtt,\vi,i thike- other* ol the &itl ft<*et; are tfrovc ‘-n'lliVr. V. is K r . Heved that the Mary ixiil bfi got r ’nure. Above gawarot *ar w appointed toifctulezvom at and about,Chatham, whjcii arc i be 1, id op ahd repaired a, f„„„ ’ as the exchange of the grand ratification* of a peace are’ > , t ‘ ->* >■’ }■ Extra# of a Utter from Porj/month, Jan. 6, “ On fhurfiay morning strived here/etcurtcd l)y a par 9^.^-to pay the mips; p,ooo tor Pl'y.’ mouth, and 40,000 for this pppt. , ; ‘ wc arc 60 Buvc ji guard ftisps here, anl ’thatt Holbourn is to keep his flag Hying here foi tW w ’ r J Jan. 10. The last letters fro.\i Paris intimate, that fome’ late demands of Great-Britain are not at nil rebfliH by the French, which occasions the plcnipoiefltiaiies hot to rr icted withytkat spirit they have hitherto done ?n fetiKng thV ir tidcs of peaces One letter has this paftage, We not so clear a prqfped of the definitive tiVa t\ Irdng fobn H. juftedas we had a month ago, occalioned by fom? dilpiitcs anfing, which have retarded the negociation for this w ek past. 1 : •: m.; \ Jan. It. Thwdayan account cainc by the Hoi lan 1 ir. iil that the Englilb have taken poifefiori ©f the ift and of'Cty lon,ui the Hall-Indies, and -that feV. n c.‘ Eaf.-in. ia men, ilomeward-bouud, are loft off die Cape. .It ik laid the imTcrehce bet./cen the cro .7ns about ti c E.ilb Indies is amicably adiufted. : rlt m reported, that there is advice by the Flanders mail, that a fleet of men of war and tra'-.fyorts, with troops ?n boaia, and a great ( quantity of warl.ke ftbrc% wh o >d from Brest j f but it il'not kfown where they arc b-ind to. ltis.alfo said, that a Spanifti fleet was to go to foa, rcr.ly. to join them. 1 - Above 30 fail of fliips are alhore in the river, occafio ied by the great quantity of ice. Jan. is. Yesterday fome exprefles were received, which are said to contain fome particular obftac'cs against lie;i...g* the articles of pfiaCfi, till the kingdom of l*ortugal is fob .;: - y to the present reigning monarch, and his f. c ceftow for ever. Jan. 18. The transports going f>p Portug;il are counter-, manned. Twelve of the transports of Sir George Pococke’s fleet foundered, but the men, Sec. were f.ued. •Evtry faved out of the Temple man of an,- the money, rigging, & c . bein2 taken oui before she .. ‘ • -It ix confidently reported, that tl<c T. carra prjpo.ition'* orietthng the differences in Ana arc rejctled by our court; and that no more men of war o troops will *’ • Jlf.-h . . until all the difficulties that at present retani the fignine of the definitive treaty are a IjufteJ. It is rumoured at the well end of the town, that tlu r * arc great diflentions about the final inflruClions which are t> be rent to a noble Duke, upon the diffivur.ie dial retard the definitive treaty of peace. It is confidently afl’erted that the following supplies \.iil he granted for the fervicc of ,hc year h! land tav, 2,000,0001. the malt, & c . 1,000,0001. .m of the . * tures made before the declaration of war, 600,000;. the - 0- uce of the finking fund unappropriated, 2,000,0c01.* < ■*- cnequer bills, 2,000,0001. new loan, ;iooo,oool. vote of credit for 1,000,0001. Total, .z, ibo,oooi.‘ ; 1 Th- accounts we hake*had that the Km* of Faipern of* is grown weary of the Dutch, and ref - zed . to open the commerce of the of Ccvfo.i to f m ‘ - ‘ r nation, are very far from being void of truth, ilc has ac tually made iome orci litres to afutlemeut upon tliw adjacent