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%*. 18. Tke Trench tom hsvfl'rfcfolved to demolifli the fortifications of Dunkirk agreeably to the report of our commiffionersifcnt there in conlequence of the preliminaries. On Saturday the Right Hon. the Earl of Pembroke ar rived in town from Germany. • The D4IC tTAguillon, a French Ihip, dispatched to the Eaft-Ifcdies with the preliminary articles of peace, was late ly brought into Plymouth by one of our men of war, but was immediately released. The Princ? Edward hospital Ihip, Capt. Goffe, from the Havana,, is put into Kinfale in great distress, having parted from Sir George Pococke the ill inst. just off the Lizard. The Admiral lent eight men from his own Ihip io assist her. It is doubted whether the Prince Edward, and fome others, will be able to put to sea from Kinfale. The Pitt Galley, Hogg, a transport from the Havana, foundered at iea. Plymouth , Jan. Ifi. The Venus frigate, Capt. Harrison, which arrived here yesterday mdhung from Lilbon, with the Prince of Mecklenburg on board, was la days in her passage. 4>he has brought about i2,0001. on account of the which is sent to London in a guarded waggon. Jan. zo. By a letter from a young gehtlcraan on board the Namur, Admiral Pococke* s Ihip, we hear, that the Admiral is in perfedl health, notwithstanding the terrible mortality on board his ihip, having loft 200, and the whole caew having been afflicted with agues, fevers and fluxes. By letters yesterday from Milfbrd-Haven, there is advice of feverai more of Admiral Pococke*s fleet having got into that port in a fluttered condition. Sunday night Gen. Elliot arrived from the Havana, and on Monaay was -introduced to the King. Os tight servants which he took with him only one returned alive. Tile Recovery, Boyd, from Virginia, foundered at iea, the crew saved. The Charming Sally, Burgess, from Vir ginia, overfet in a gale of wins, and all the crew perilhed. The Prince of Mecklenburg, lately arrived from Portu gal, is going to fix his residence in England. His Majefty*s flrip.Venus has brought from Lilbon a Lieu tenant, two petty officers, and 62 men, part of the compa ny of his Majesy*s (hip Marlborough, taken out by the Antelope, Commodore Gram, just before (he foundered. The French King has appointed Viscount de Belfunce Governor General of St. Domingo. The commons this day ordered to be laid before them an account of the national debt as it Hood before the sth inst. as also an account of the debt of the board of ordnance. We are allured that no preparations are making for any of tlk Royal Family going to Hanover the ensuing summer. j'an. 22. Letters from Paris brought yesterday, fay, the fleet from Brest for the Weft-Indies, by their last advices, was not failed, but still waited for orders, which were ex pelled to be dispatched in a few days. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, as resi duary legatee to his late Majesty, is said to be intitled to the amount of the prizes taken before the declaration of war. Jan. 25. We hear that the express which was said to h re brought advice of the Pruflians having taken Munster, and that they were going to seize Hanover, was dispatched f.*om ’Chhnge-Alley, in order to serve certain purposes. but that it had not the desired effe£l. It is (aid as matters flood fome days ago, no extraordinary supplies would be wanted this year. Jan. 27. We hear a tax or fine will be laid on all ab sentees from this kingdom, not concerned in commerce Some men of war are still cruising off the Canaries, where they will continue till the utmost time limited. . stagnation of business still continues here, theee be mg little or po business tranfafted at the Customhouse, oc casioned by the severe froft. Two ships only have been en tered inward , and not any outwards, since Saturday last Jan. 2 ? . We hear that the pension of a lady of high di ftindion is flopped; and that the Right Hon. the-Coantefs of Yarmouth is making preparations to go to Hanover, to reside there for life. * Yesterday Sir Charles Saunders arrived at Spithcad from Gibraltar, with the Thunderer and Hercules. This morning the. wind at south, and with a gentle rain, gave general joy; and about noon the mountains of ice be gan to link into the Thames. February 1 They write from Ratilbon, that the college of princes 0* us Empire have agreed upon a neutrality in the present war between the King of Pniffia ahd the E m Queen, and that the Emperor hath consented therptn prer ’ H is said Sir George Pococke will be appointed firft Lord of the Admiralty. orJ ’ Letters from Rome of the 12th ult. advise tW ~ Chevalier de St. George lay at the point of death 1 Rice, the broker, having been arrested at Cambrav ! order of the French court, a King’s melTenger. and 7 sons from the South Sea House, are going to bring him over St. Chrijlophers , April 6. a letter from London to a gentleman ,v* island, dated Feb. ,6th, these t B C# peace was proclaimed there the loth 0 f s h month. nc Antigua, April 6. A gentleman who arrived her* yesterday, and who left Portfmoiuli the 4th of March i n forms us, that the definitive treaty of peace was fumed th 10th of February.—There are also fome further account of Col. MelvilPs being appointed Governor of Grenada - , n d it i, raid Edward Horae, Esq; will be “, and Edmond Griffiths, Ei*q; Sollicitor-Gencral, in that po’ vernment.—There has been excelfive stormy v'eather in th# Downs and about the Channel, which did much damage A the Ihipping. 6 Q Cbarkfttnwn , April 20. By advices from the Weft-Indies we hear, that five or fix small Hoops are cruising among the lflands on piratical designs; that fome of them, it is said have committed feverai barbarities, one of them a fchoone/ that went into St. Euftatius was there seized, and two of the crew, supposed the moft guilty, condemned to be executed. * . A * ri * *7- Two fine Ihips have lately been launched here tiz. the Heart-of-oak, built by Mr. Rose, at Hobcaw, and the King-Georgc, built by Mr. Emrie, near Mrs. FroiVs on Cooper-river. The timber in this country is acknow ledged to be equal to any in the world for fhip-buildin* and there seems now a reasonable profpea of a good addi tion, in that article, to the exports of the province. April 30. Last Tuesday morning his Majesty’s Ihip the Nightingale failed over the bar; the next day the Right non. Lord William Campbell went on board with his lady , and m the evening the said Ihip failed for England. The brig. Carolina, of and from this port for Jamaica, Samuel Grove mailer, after escaping from two privateers was taken the 31st of January last, about 10 leagues W. of Cape Nicola, by a French fphooher of 8 carriage and u swivel guns and 80 men, called L’Efperance, Mons. Sarrat zin commander, and carried into Port au Prince. The fame privateer, in company with five others, had the day before taken a Ihip fronv,Bofton for Jamaica, William Walter ma tter, and earned her into the lame port. The Hoop Nancy, Peter Cope, and the Hoop Alexander, I homas Woodhoufe, (both armed vessels) of and for Ja maica from this port, were likewise taken, about 5 leagues . o Cape Nicola, on the 16th of February, after being °gg e days and nights, and feverai times attacked, 1 y A nr P rivatcers > and carried into Port auTri ce. Un I hurfday put in here to refit, the snow Bofcaw , apt. Dobbs, from Georgia for Curacoa, having met with a ievere storm on Monday last, in lat. 31. long. 77. which continued till Tuesday, wherein he was obliged to throw ver ard all the lumber, See. he had on deck, and to cut a way his main mail. 4- Yesterday bng the firft Tuesday in the month, is xcellency the Governor in council signed wanants ot urvey for about 160,000 acres of land in this province, ly ing °uth of the river Alatamaha, which were thatdav pe -1 lone for. SeveraJ plats of lands to the fouthw.ird oi the * urv *sy * n confcquence of warrants ifiucd the r , month, have been returned into the io* Cre Jfy s °mcc, and grants are preparing for them. Married. In Charlcftown, ill inst. John Rutledge, JvV Miss Elizabeth Grimke, daughter of Frederick Gnmkc, Esq ; 6 Died. In Charlcftown, ill inst. Miss Judi h Fraser, da “f hter r. John Fraser, dcceafed. M V7; J he French man taken by Mr. Sumter in Pe!mi -2rV//.rlS l o^ gl;tnd In thc Nigbtirigalc man of vsar. AILC, Forty Skillings, ‘