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It will also be a cor.fidcrable favinj; to the government, by employing a number of officers, who otlierwife mnft be deplete* pon the revenue for half pay. As the officers and seamen to be employed may be resident in various parts of the kingdom, many of whom, tn all likelihood, have families, in order to make it comfortable and dcarable to all, I would propofe'the federal ffiips to be illtioned in different diftri&s, by having a number at the following sea ports, viz. ftfrts. Ships. . • Officers. - Seamen. London 50 300 35°° Pwrtfmouth zo .120 .1400 Exeter 20 120 1400 Bristol 20 * 120 1400 Liverpool zo 120 14CO Newcastle 20 >l2O 1400 Hull 20 120 * .1400 * Giafgow lavernefs V 50 300 3500 .Edinburgh j 3 Chambers in ) 0 Ireland j 5° *o .tioo ‘IJOO 17500 April 9. On the 6th inst. a congratulatory address of the mniverfity of Oxford, on the conclusion of a peace, was pre sented to his Majesty Right Hon. the Earl of Litch field, their chancellor, attended by a great number of noble men and gentlemen, who were formerly, and are at prelent, members of the university, in their relpe&ive academical habits, the whole amounting to 200. To which his Majesty was yleafed to return the following well gracious answer: It is highly acceptable to me to receive theft your vparm congratu lations on the rf-ejlablijhtneut of the publick tranquility ; an event Jo interejfing to humanity, so peculiarly conneSled <wifh the advance ment of religion , and the improvement of letters. Tear zealous tend unwearied attention to theft great and important objt&s of your can .and duty , ju/ly intitle you to my countenance and constant prottaion. Atril Ycfterday the university of Cambridge waited on their Maiefties at sr. James’s with their congratulatory .address on the peace, tq which his Majesty was pleased to return a moll gracious answer. His G race jthe Duke of New calUe, their chancellor, was not present. The gentlemen dined at the Crownfcnd Anchor in the Strand. Same day both houses of convocation met in the Jerufajem -tfhamber, Westminster abbey, and drew up an address to congratulate his Majesty on the peace, which is to.be pra fented to-morrow. - The Right Hon. the-Countess of Yarmouth is embarked for Hanover. April 18. We bear his Grace the Duke of Bedford does not accept of any place, as he is soon to go to the south of France for the recovery of hia Dutchefs’s health. April 2 1. Advice is received from Dunkirk, that the de molition of the fortifications is begun under the infpeflion of one of our engineers. r _ Thomas Greaves, Ef<|; is appointed Governor of New foundland. April 23. Ycfterday morning one of His Maiefty’s mef fcnMrs arrived with fome tfifpatches from Gen. Yorke • and we hear that their High Mightinefles the States General are determined to augment their forces by sea andMoad- T*™* a new trcaf y nearly concluded between France and the King of Pruflia. This fufficiently accounts for the armament agreed on by the States General. May y Ycfterday the Rev. Mr. Preston was brought to t..e court of King’s Bench,<o receive judgment for ixibliffi, ing a l ibel, when-the court thinking him infanc, he was remanded back to prison. May 7. This morning about nine o’clock, John Wilkes, F.fq; was brought from the tower to the court of common pleas, Westminster: the Lord Chief Justice came into count about ten, and after a hearing of an hour, the validity of ♦he warrant was annulled, only as being a member of Par liament; but was deemed valid with refpedt to other per finns; and he was difeharged from his confinement accord ingly, as being a member, to the infinite joy of at least zooco persons of all ranks: and it was with great difficulty tnat the noblemen who accompanied him on foot, could Mr. Wilkes’s house in Great George-street, where * the multitude a&mblcd ami congratulated him with their repeated acclamations, which mull have resounded rrnf the Park to St. Jones's. • * 01 This morning an exprtfs arrived from his Grace the Dukcot Bedford; by which, wehear, he is fafeiy a wived May 4 4. We arc informed that Mr. Wilkes is deter mined to prosecute the two Secretaries of State for falfe imprisonment, and has laid damages against .each at fiftv fuouiand pounds. - 7 1 he nine perlons who made forcible entry into his house . scizcci his person, are under prosecution, and Mr! ‘n likes has laid his damage against each at 20,000! Qn faturday last Mr. Wilkes applied at Sir John Yield ing s, and, we hear, afterwards <0 ievcral other justices Qt ) the peace, and demanded search warrants, to search the houics of the two secretaries of lUtc, for his papers, See. ooeoooooooooooeoo oeeeeeo AMERICA. _ ; Stm John's in Antigua , July it. $\A/\OAS r week part of the 65th regiment arrived Q r O f* rC Guadalupe, under the command of 0 L A Lieut. Col. Hardy; the other troops that were Qkjw Guadalupe and Martinico, have retired to AXAXM Dommico and the other Britiffi iftands. SAVANNAH, AVgust 18. / i(lands of Guadalupe, Marie Galantc, Dcfirade. .A , * . •Martinicq, weregiven.up to the French, and the islands of Grenada, and of the Grenadines, with the neu tral ifiand3 of St. Vincent, Dominica, and Tobago, were taken pofieffion of by the Englifli, the beginning of lall month. Admiral Rodney in the Foudroyant, (in a leaky condition) with three frigate*, .is gqne for England. Col. Melyil is appointed Governor of, the neutral iuands.—lm mediately on the French Genefal’s taking possession of Mar timco and Guadalupe, he ordered feveraf gentlemen of the greatest fortunes in these islands to be seized, their estates to be confifeated, and they to be put on board (hips bound for r ranep, dor having agreed to the capitulation when these places were takenhy the Bngliffi. broker was executed at London the 4th May last. We hear from -Charleftown, by a veflel from the Havana, they have advice of the arrival of a packet from England, with dispatches for Gen. Keppel, two days after our fleet had left that place; which immediately put to sea again, *nd having come up with the fleet, and delivered theriifpatches, the Geperal, in confrqucnce thereof, or dered three of the regiments on board the fleet to proceed one for St. Augustine, another for Pensacola, and a third tor Mobille 5 the firft detachments sent to these places we hear were ordered to Halifax. This may account for 1000 men being in garrifen at St. Augustine, mentioned in letters from Frederica. ■ • Friday last being the birth-day of his Royal Highncfs the Prince of Wales, the fame was duly observed here. Ycfterday arrived at Tybee, the brigt. Uleah and Susan nah, Andcrfoa, <fiom St. Kitts, and a sloop from Turks- Island, with fait. * Capt. Nichols, in a schooner from St. Kitts, is arrived at Sunbury. . Entered Inwards. From Jlngufl 16, Schooner Blakeney, Robert Annond, Beaufort •Outwards. For Aujgnfl p, SJoop Renah, 7’homas Turner, New-York 10, Schooner Jonathan, Jarvis Williams, Charleftow n 16, SchooncrDolph n,W.Dcadman, Monto-Chrifti For Augufl 14, Sloop Renah, Thomas Turner, New-York TAKEN UP by the fubferiber about five miles from town, a red HEIFER, has no brand or mark. The owner may have it, paying charges, by applying to PHILIP MILLER. To be fold cheap for ready money , APERRIAGUA that will carry 22 barrels of rice, a final! FIRF. ENGINE, and a NEGROE MAN.— Enquire of the printer.