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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 * 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.”