ift, by way of South Carolina, fay, The evening before laft, capt. Benjamin ClifFord arrived here from Turks ifland, who fays, that our men of war on the Jamaica ftation cruifing oft Cape Francois, have taken the French homeward fleet, confifting of five king’s frigates and feve

Guineas for very clever young man. He wants two Serjeants and a Corporal j and will give two Guineas to any Perfon that brings him a Recruit. Friday Poft. Arrived the MaUJrom Flanders. NAVAL AFFAIRS. L o n o n Gazette, 'January 20. Admiralty Office, Jan. 20. HIS Majefty’s Ihip t

Thurfday failed from Spithead his Majefty’s {hip Seahorfe, capt. Smith, for the Eaft Indies, having on board the two gentlemen that arc going thither to make their obftrvations on the tranfit of the planet Vemisover the fun’s difk ; and after thefe gentlemen are landed the place

BJERBEEK JOURNAL, i 7 (5j. Miln-Croft thereof, prefently pojfef by John Smith Pen, and the Lands of South.Colpna, North Plough, Backwards and Littlewards, as prefently Marjory Rainnie. The Roup is to be held at the Manor-Houfe ofColp na> on Monday the id Day of February next, and

compelled Co lie dowh, and become the jefifters ofthat duty, which they, feel themfelyes incapable -of performing. Ihe very heart of in • du(lr.y. many inftances," been already broken } and in ntuft Cafes it has been only kept from breaking, by thef Tingle enjoyment which they a

peace. fent complaints to the king his mafter, of the cold reception he meets with here. . The t.me bemg come when the troops are „ . , _ _ obliaed, thto thc anclemency of the weather, Extraß tf Utter from Frantfort on the eave the field,the refpedHve courts of Berlin andVj. «tf

Letters from Petersburgh advife, that ata coun- cil held in the Emprefs's pfefence, on the 2d pait, it was refolvcd that lio recruits fhould be fent to their atmy, till it (hould be known how the Conrt of \ ienna reliflied the propofiis of peace made by the courts of London and

Jan. J2. In the harbour of Stromnefs, the Ad- venture of and for Port-Glafgow, Zuile, from I e- tershurgh ; the Hendry, Dean, from Hamburgh ; and the Dublin, Moore, from Archangel, both of and for New York ; the Peggy, Dunlop, from Amfterdam for Greenock ; the Betfey of and from