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raisins } and in the fort fix month? full allowance pf all ki/ids, although a magazine, containing fix months more, was burnt'bythe enemy’s (hells. ’ J AMES MURRAY. His Maj-sty has appointed Major Gen. Waynyard to the command of the 20th regiment of foot, vacant by the promotion < f Gen. Lane Parkeiv *” LO N DO N, FcbVuaty ii . YESTERDAY the Eaciy of Geh. Arnold war at Court at Sr. James**, for tjie iirft time fir.ee her ar rival frbnv America, and was presented to tlyfif M;ijefties by Lady Amherst. y Feb. 12. A few days ago died sud denly, at his lodgings in ViUars-ftrect, York Buildings, Lord Colvill of Och iltree. A certain yqung Per f mage is report ed to neatly as mat y chil dren imputed to him as his father If A the amorous hero continues for a Few years .longer, he may be aptly filled Fei. 1 6. Ihe SatisfaAion —belonging to -Gtremfey* now on ler firft vvoyage* has Jaken and sent tor Li (bon, a filial I Spanish prize, vvirh a box of dollars on board, amounting to 40.0001. - -V. Extratlcf a letter from Cap!. Join Forbes, of the Terror privateer of Lfvtrfool, dated Beerhaven , Feb. 2* • “ This morning 1 arrived here in a moft /battered condition, having met with several hard gales of wind, in which we loft our main and fore-malls} they having been xc ; y much wounded in’aft action we had the 19th tilt, with a Dutch snow, which laiied near two hours, when (lie blew up*, we immedi ately hoisted cut our boat, and saved nine men, who informed urthe I'now’s name was the Paankerheid, from Am ft*rdam. She was anew ve/Tel, on her fiift crude, nv untihg 7: nine pound ers on one deck, and 6 three pounders on her quarter-deck, In Tides 2 lcr.g fixes on the forecaftlc for chafe guns, and had 170 men on board*, /he had been out three weeks, but had taken l nothing. By the people's account we mud have made great (laughter, as three of their guns were dihnd unfed before (he bl£w up. We were engaged very dole, when the wind fiutuenly changed, and brought both /hips by .thedee, in which/ituation the enemy poured a broadside into our lat board quarter, which unfortunately dilmcunt cd the two aftmoft guns, killed nine men on the spot, and wounded lev era! ‘ others. Seeing the enemy of so iupe rior a force, and haying left 15 men killed, and 17 wouitCled, with all our fails and runqing rigging ffipt aw had got, the Hi ip before’ the wind, and was /landing from die enemy when (lie blew up. I am lorry to inform you, that among the killed is Mr. James Mann, my firft officer, and-the Boat- Twain. The Terror. carries iS ftx pounders, and 80 men.” ...'TvTi? Feb. 23. The letters of Sir Henry Clinton to Lord Cornwall*, tm which their criminations and recriminations are said to ba foundal, are krpt dofely from publick view. Gen. C >pw*y is said to be the only person who has per illed them. - Feb. 26; Saturday morning last the Negi 0 servant of a gentleman at Mary bonne ran rfr with, his maftei’s niece, a very fine-fo’ihrf hdy about 17. As (bon as the dbpement was known feye ral persons were difpatdhed in purluit of them. The lady will be worth 1 i.oool. wlen of age. \ Feb. 23. The following is therfub /lance of a hand-bill now circulating through New England, the luckjpaits of the pro/ince df New-York, and New JerfcyToeeafbned by the Captuie at York Town “ People of America, * The cnfis of fticcefs which Provi dence Kas granted you calls upon you to propofc peace and commercial alli ance with Great Britain : The Prcie ftant liuereft requires it of you, and. all‘the Reformed Churches implore it wi;h tears;” March u On Weclncfday Mr. L iu rehs, the American Amba/Tador ter the f f ague, was at Lord Sandwich's at the Admiralty, and had a conference with his Lordiliip for upwards qf two hours. through the medium of l)r. .r ranfcitn, is veiled with powers from the Ameri can Congrcfs lor treating of a separate peace srirtrGreat Britain. March 2. Ytfterd.iv an order was issued from the Privy Council /< r the enlargement of MvlTrs. tb.uverneur and Curzon from their confinement, on condition of their giving bail lor their appearance, similar to that entered into Tome time finer by Mr. Laurels. Wedncfday evening was married, at’ Trinity? Chapel, Condpit-ftrcet, by a special licenie, Lord G'Ojrgc Caven diffi, brother to, the Duke of Devon fhirr, to Lady Elisabeth Compton, foie heirets tohheiate LaiJ of Northamp ton, ‘The ceAmphy performed by the Dean of Christ Church, Bishop E led of Oxford. T hurl'd a v the 3id of. January was married, at L lb in, Commodore Johq ftof.e to Miss Charlotte Dee. Tire Lucretia transport from Charlef-# town, and Friends, Junes from Sr. John's in Fall Florida, art arrived at Portfinouth. , March 6. I/)rd George Caver,did), as prelumptiver heir to the Duke of Devonffiirr, bids fair* to be the lie heft 1 übjet l t in Europe, the fortune of the UW) brothers being 78,000 k per n nft. • 1 he fortune of Lord George Caven didi before I.is marriage was 5 oql. per ann. which he piincipally acquped by the deaths of his aunt, Mrs. Cavcntiifh of Che/ham in Buckingharrllvire, arrd his elder brother Lord Richard Caven diffi, who died lately at Naples. The fortune of Lady Elisabeth Compton Was 92d01. a year. By the marriage of Lord George l.ady Betty Compton, the families of Devonfhite, Rutland, Beaufort, Spencer, Northampton, Port land, and are united in a lamily alliance, anil the Duke of'De vonfhrre, as head of the house, will have the fir It inttreft of any subject in this kingdom. March Ycfterday Commodorg Jidii.ftqne. was at Court for the firft time since his arriVal Jlom abroad, and had a private conference with the King. The Catharine, Capt. Conkie j the Carolina Packer, Ckpt. White} and the Re-Union, Capt. Grant} from Ch \rWft South Carolins \ were taken off the Land’s End by the NJv dame privateer of France, -mounting 44 guns-, thiee days afterwards the crew of the Re* Union, when within three days of U/hant, ruse, retook'the /hip, and brought her fife into Dart mouth *, Capt. Grant is arrivedih and brought the prize- maftcr with hi&fi The Lightening privateer, belong ing to Liverpool, has taken a Spahi/h ?f/kcker, from Cad z to the Havana, with dil’patches, and having 12,000 dollars on board. \ We are fdrry to add to the di j iflion, for the many melancholy ac counts lately receivtd from abroad, by informing thrtn, that this day the Banking Huuie of Brown, and Trittoo, in Lombard-street, lately deemed one of the mpft solid in Lon don, stopped payment for a very con fidtrable Turn. ; .... j The capitulation of Fort Sr. Philip, . between the Due dr Crillon and Gen. Murray, ccmfilled of ten articles only, tfe iuM 3ricr ; ffiffbws r Article 1. All adls of hoftdities to. ceale till the articles are agreed on, which Hiili be compleatcd in 48 hours. The S.iamfii Commander altered it to 12.—Agreed. . .. Art. 2, 6 The paFrifon /hall have. all the nuial honours of war due to a nob e and fpi'ited defence, and shall march out with their arms, colours flying, Agreed. ■ 1 Aft. 3. All the gflrrifon /hall have, their ffedtsfi cured, ij remove them or tell diem w they chooli?, and that all the debts of the garrifor. to the isl anders, now considered ar fubjtdts of Spain, be paid.—Agreed. >■ Arr. 4. The garrison /hall be Tent, at the expence of the Catholiek King, } to the firft port in England, by the moft /bore and speedy conveyahee j to be provided witlv provisions during Hheir ftuy on the ill md, and for the , voyage, from their, own ftorcs, Or, if ip want of more, from ihofe of the Ca iholiv.k K npjs, and at his expence. In .the General’s propolal it was, that the ganifon might be lent to Gibraltar, but the !>dc de Crftbn altered it.—Agreed. Art. 5. A fufficient number of tranfp.orts lhall be r rovided for carry irg the General Officers, soldiers, and their families, who shill proceed with out delay when embarked. The Ge neral to be allowed to fend notice to Gen. Eiiiot, Governor of Gibraltar, of his luirtnuer, &c. The oilwr five articles contaip difi positions for Tick and wounded inhabit ants, and other customary matters. r * Letters from Leghorn mention, that no left than fiX'Spanifh vifluallcrs had been taken by the Algerines in going to Minorca*, that there are several large xebecks cruizing in the Mediterrane an} and that three Spanifii. frigates had been dispatched in search <?f them. A letterTrom Amllerdam they have an account from Corunna, that on the 10th uft. there was a dreadful hur ricane, which lasted fix hours, during which time upwards of 30 fail of French, and Spani/h vcflels were loft, many were drove on Ihore and greatly damaged \ that the sea rose so High it overfiowed the bank, and *Walhed down several dwcllinglioufcs, warthoufes,