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Laf Satarday f¢' nnight the Hlarriott Packer, Captain Robinfon, arrived at New York frem Falmouth, which Place fbe left the 26th of Augufl, and from 1he public Prints to tbe 21/ of that Mouth, we bave the follswirg ADVICES, Viz St. JAMES’s Thurldsy, Aug.12. 1762: HIS Morniog at halt en Flour peft Se- ven the Queen was btgpily delivered of & Prince, Her roysl highnefs the Printels Dowsger of Wales, feveral Lords of his Msjefty’s moit honoura- ble Privy Council, and the Ladics of ".er Majefty’s bed chamber, being prefent. This great and importsnt news was immediately mice known to the towr, by the firing of the tower guns ; and the Privy Council being ellembled 2z {oon as poffible therenpon, it was ordered, That & f.rm of Thenkigiving, fof the Queen’s fafe delivery of & Prince, fhould be prepar’d by his Grace theAich- bifhop of Canterbury, to be ufed within the bills of mortality on Sunday next, and throughout the King's dominions thie Sunday afier the refpective minifters thall receive the fame. Her Majefty is, God be prailed, a3 well as poflible in her p:eient condiiion ; and the Young Piince is in perfeét health. [Thus far Gazette ] Her M:jefly found heifelt not well attwo o’ clock, and :bout three Notice was fent to her royel high nefs the Princefs of Wales, that the Queen was not well ; upon which her reysl highneis haftened to St. James’s as faft as the could, end was there by four o'clock. About § orders were fent to the great officers.of State to sitend, and there wers prefent the Duke of Devonthire, Doke of Rutland, Archbithop of Canterbury, the Lords Harwick, Huniisgdon, Talbot, Halifax, Bute, M:fham, and Cantelupe, and all the Ladies of the Bed chamber, and the Maids of Honour. : Tne Queen was delivered by Mrs Draper. Dr. Hunier was in waiting, in cale of hiz help being wanted. : This Prince is born Duke of Cornwall, and, ac- cordingto cuftom, will, wefuppofe, foon be created Prince of Wales, and Earl of Chefter. It is fomething remarksble, that his R. Higbnels _ was born on the anniverfery of his illuftrivos fami ly’secceflion to the Throne of thefe kingdoms, and gbout the hour o? the day on which thet fucceflion took place ; for Queen Anae died on & Sunday morn- ing, sbout halfaficr 7 o’clock, being the 1ft of Au- guft, 1714, O. S. {o that itis 48 years,. slmoft te a minute, fiace George the Fift acceeded to the throne. There is another circumftance remarkeble, and we hope & happy omen to this sge, that his Royal High- nels came into the world about the time that ¢n im- menfe treifure taken in the Hermione, s Spaniih re- gifier fhip, enter’d the boundaries of the metropolis. [ Anotber remarkable Circumflance at the Birth of the Prince, was. that it bappened on the Day of thy glorious Longueft of the Havannab.] And juft aiier her Majefty wa: {afely in bed, the waggons enter’d St. Jewes's fireet, en which his Mijefty end the Nobility went to the Windows over the Palace Gate to lec them, and joined their accla- mations on two luch joytul eccafions. The Perfon that waited on the King with the News of her Majefty’s being delivered of a Prince, veceived & prefent of a 5ool. bank bill. In a fhort time his Mejefty will come to St. Peul’s to return thanks to the Almighsy for the fame. Yefterday the Hoa. the Artillery Company dined at their Houfe in the Artillesy Ground, in memory of the acceflion of the prefent Royal Family to the throne, Auguft 1, 1714 O. S, Yeferday notice was given at all the public offices, that the fame would be fhut up as this day, and no bulinefs tranfe&ted, op sccount of the birth of the Prince yefterday. L O N.D O N. Ava. 11. Some perfons of diftin&tion are srrived from the King of Sirdinfi, bus lalt from Paris, at their lodgings in Suffolk Street, who, we hear, have brought propofisions of peace from the King ot France. e Yefterday morning between ten and eleven, the tre:fure taken on board the Hermione, was bro’c chre’ the City, and guarded by a Party of Light Horfe and Marines. There were twenty one wsaggons, {ome drawn by fix, fome by feven, and fome by eight Horfes, and each feemed to be very heavily laden: ‘When they arrived on Tower Hill, the Tower Gates were fhut to keep out the Populace, till s proper Ac- count was teken of the Chefts, with their Numbers, We hear that his Roys!Highne!s the Prince will be publickly bapiifed in the Chapel Royal on the 8:h of . September, being the Dsy on which the Royal Wedding was celebrated there. 21. Yefterday on Exsmination of theMoney from the Hermicne at the bank, a cheft of Gold Dubloons was found, which weighed the exs&'Wt. of theSilver. This with the Gold found - before, makes the Prize about 10,000 1. more valusbie ; and they have not yet examined above one half, {o that in all probabili- " gy they may find mare. ; A fourth cheft of Gold was found yefterdsy among . the Hermiong’s treafure,and & large crucifix fe¢ with " Dismonds; Avc. 13. The Empreis of Rufliz has given Or- ders for the Emperor's Corps ta bz -buried in the Monaftry of New:ky, with «ll proper Honours. Private Letters fiom Ruflia, by laft Friday’s Datch Miil, advife, that amongft the late Emperoar’s Papers s Letter was found, wrote with the King ofPruffis’s own Hind, exhorting the Emperor to make no alter- etion in the Gre:k Religion, end, to have no Diier- ence whith his Senate. s " Laft week BENJ AMINFRANNK LIN, Efq;Poft- maiter General of North Americs, lex outfrom his houfe in Creven Street, for Portfmouth, in order to embark for Philadelphis. We hear that thie Csptain of the Hermione was be- - headed foon after his reiurn to Spsin, snd thefSuper- cargo harged. Admiral Hawke with bis Fleet is ftill cruizing off Cape Finiftere.....The Duke of York with his Squa- dron is alio cruizing off Cape Clear, and they have taken [everal Prizes and fent ythem in.. ..An Exprels is arrived ut St. Jemes’s wich an Account, That Pr. Ferdinand hzs given the French Army anotherDiub bing, with very licle Lofs on his fide.....And on Sz- turday laft Col. Ligonier arrived heie with two Stan dards tzken f om the Encmy. St James's Auguft 14. To the King’s Moit Excellent Msjefty, The humble Addrefs of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons, of thecity of London in common counci! sffembled. . Moff Gracious Scvereign, ‘VV’J your Mejefly’s ever dutiful and Joyal fubjeéts the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of your cily of London, in common council :flzm- bled, humibly beg leave to embrace this easlieft op- portunity of coagratulsiing your’ Mijefty upon the fafe and bappy delivery of the Qaeen, and the sufpici- ous birth of & Piince. So important an event, end upon s day ever facred t6 Liberty; snd thefe kingdoms, Glls us with the moft gratzful fentiments of the divine goodnefs, that has thus early crowned your Majefty’s domeftic happinels, sud cpened to your people the “‘agreeable proipedt of permanency and Rability to the bleflings 1hey derive from the wildom and fteadinels of your Msjzfty’s victori.us reign., : 8 ¥ May the fame greclous Providence foon reftore your Msj:fty’s moft smisble snd beloved confort,and give peric& Lealth end leagth cf days to the Royal Infant. = Long, very long, may your Majefty live, the guardian snd prote€tor, the crnament «nd delight, of Grest Biitsin ; and, by your inftruttion and ex- ample, form the mind of your Raoyal Son (o the government of s free, brave, snd generous people : And, in the fulnels of iimie mzy theSom (ucceed tothe virtnes, as well s to the throne of his Royal Father; and preferve for s long fuccefiion o1 years, the glory, happinefs, and profperity of his country. . Signed by order of court, Fames Hedges. To which Addrefs bis Majefly was pleafed ta return the follcvaing mofd gracious Anfwer., Receive, with_the greateft plealure, thefe very sffectionate expreflions of your devy and ettach- ment to me, and to my family ; end thank you for your congratulations upon sn event fo interefting to me ; and the future welfare of my people, wiih wiich my own happinefs, upon this and every other oc- cafion, is infeparably conne@led. The city of Lon- don may always.depend upon my conftani favour and protection. 3 1. is ordered by His Majefty in Council, That in the Mo:ning and Eyening Prayers in the Liuny, and ia 21l other Parts of the Public Service, as well in the Occsfional Offices, 83 in the Book of Common Prayer, where the Royal Family is sppointed o be particulmly pisyed for, the following Form and Or- der fhall be ob%rvad, viz Our Gracious Queen Charistte, His® Royol High- nefs the Prince, Her Royal Highxe[s the Prin- ¢ejs Dosoager of Wales, and all tbe Royal Family, We hedr that His Royal Highne's the Prince will be publickly Bepiized in the Chupel Roysl, on the 8:h of Sepiember, being the Dey on whaich theRoyal Wedding was celebratea there St. Fames's, Auguff. 17. The Klng has been pleafcd 1o order Letcers Patent to pafs under the Grest Ses) of Great Britsin, for cresting his Royal, Highnefs the Prince otGreat Britain (Ele€loraiPrince of Brunfwick Luncnbourg, Duke of Cornwall and Rotbfay, Earl of Harrick, Baron of Renfrew, Liord of the Iflzs, and Great Stewsrd of Scotland) Prince of Wales, and Earl oi Chefter. Hague. dug 4 There s certsin advice of the death of the Emperor of Ruflia Peter [11. eight Days alter he had beer deprived of bis T'hrone : on which occsfion the reigning Emprcefs publithed the follow- ing Manifeflo. « WE Catharine IT by theGrace of God,Emprefs ¢ aud Autocratrix of all the Ruflias, &c. ¢ The {eventh day after our advancement to the throne of &1 the Rufliss, we received the news that the late Emperor Peter I1I. by an hemorroidal ac- cident, to which he had been lome time fubject, was fallen into a moft violent chalic. 4 Not to be wanting i our Chriftian duty, and to L T D N e s o R the holy commandment, by which we eve obliged o ule our eadeavours to preferve ihic li‘e .¢f our neigh bour, We immediaiely ordered ali the neceflasy sk ance to be fent him,i0 prevent the dangercus cui'e- quences of this accident, and to reftore his hazlib (0 the aid of medicine. Bat,to our great regres end 2f- fition, we received yefterdsy in the evening frefh advice, that, by the permifion of the Almighty, be was deceafed. ¥ ¢ Wherefore we had ordescd his corple to be tran(ported to the monsftery of Newiky, to be there interred ;and at the fame time we excite and exhort - all our faithful fubjetts,on our Imperial and Maternsl word, to forget all the evil paft, 1o render his corpie the laft honours, and to pray to God for the repole of his foul, looking atthe {ame tirae on this fudden and unexpeéted end as a particular effeét of Divine Pro- vidence,who from impenetrable views preparcs for us, for our throne, and for all the country, means only known to his holy will. A ¥ L e A Y L W e A T Y | THE following Articles are extrafted from the Li verpool Papers, tothe 27th. of Auguft, bro't by Capt. Oram, a5 mentioned in our laf}, viz. L ON D O N, Auguft 24. Tus trenches beforeSchweidni:z wese to be opens ed the beginning of laft week, and the fiege was to be covered by hisPruflisnMajefty inPerfon. There are about 9oco regulars,and 2 or 3000.armed peaiants in the town ; o that we muft expeét to hear of great flaughter on both fides before the place is taken. Letters from Lubeck, Altena, ani Hamburg, advifs, that they could ot fufficiently exprefs their jiy on bear- ing of the Czar's deibromement, as it was confilently Jaid that the new Emprels wonld lsave bis Ranifp Ma JiBy inpfeffion of Siefwick. Theg add that the eon- Jerinces at Berlin were propifed By the Emperor of Ruffia purely at the infligation of bis Praffian Maj-fy, in erder to gain time for the Ruffian forces to affemile in Maeckienburgh ‘Thefe letrers furthsr add, that the Courts of Vienna ard Verjailles had engaged t1 fuppart Denmark iis cafe of @ rupture witd Rulfia ard from . thence 1t was inferred, thattbe Danifo army might pillicly be enmplosed to make aprwerful aivirfiin in fa- vour of France. % Early inthe morzing on wbhich the revolution bep- pemed av Peterfburgh, popers, were pafied up as the cor- mers of firests, ana in ail the publick places of the city, importing, ‘‘that religion was defpifed, the clergy dif- graced, 1be true Raffians oppriffed, flrangers exalsed, and the force of the nation wafied in other pecple’s quar- rels. For theje evils there is but ene remedy. While the people woere buly reading thefe papers, the guards proclaimed the Emprefs, and immediately the firects ecchoed with 1be¥leclamations of, Long live Catherine the Second. A lesier from Magdebourg, dated Augul 6, fays, ¢ dilour fears with regardto the Emprefs of Ruffia, are now vanifbed, the Riffian troops baving received pofitive orders b0 quit Steitin, Stargard, and even Col- berg itfelf,at ebich lafl place 1hey were aitually embar- king, in order to returnto Ruffia, when the laft letters came from thence ; but the Ruffisn troops which are in pofiffion of Pruffia, bave as yet received mo orders. to ¢vacuate that country. e 5 Private letsers fromGermany [(ay, that a party of the garrifin of Schweidniiz, confifling of a thoufand chsfen men, [ailled out of that toson under the conduft of M. Faniani, early in the morning of the 8tb inflant, with a view of d:firoying the works raifing by the Pruf- JSan for invefling sbat place 5 but that sbe latter being timely apprifed of their comming, drove them back with tbe lofs of much the greatefd part af their corps. The King of Portugal bas conflituted and appointed th# Count de Lippe Buckeburgh,General Fizld Marfbal of all ki forces, infantry, cavalry, dragoons, and artil lery, Direflor Geniral of the [ame in 2il parts of that Kingdim, and Counfellor of War. His Majefly bas likewife promoted Prince Charles Erederick of Mecklen- barg Strelitz, to be a Lieutenant General, and Cilonel of a regiment of bor/e: On tbe Ruffian Gensral Czernichef's taking leave of the King of Pruffia when the cirps under bis arders [2- perated frim tbe Pruffians, bis Pruffian Majefly made bim a prefent of a fword enriched with jewsls, vaiued &t 40,000 rixdsliars. It is faid that the Preliminaries for a prace are ac- tually agreed on betooeen our Court and France. We are affured, that both inOQ/ld and NewSpaiu, fuch is the reigning animofity from ibe Spaviards to rbe French, on account of their invelving Spain in a war with Great Britain, that a Fremchman carnot apprar inthe fireets of Madrid Cadiz, or any othir town in Spain. wilhout the danger o; bis life. W ben the news arrived at the Havarnab of aSparifh war, and that it was principally occafirned by giving up the Antigallican and ber prize so the French, the mob reofe, and maffacred feveral Fremch oficers and fea- wien whe were there, We hbear that the Hermione is wow under (ail in ber way to Deptford, whers fbe is to be ripped up, in order 20 fee if there is amy miore treafure cincealed in ber, This Hermione is the very fbip that detained the Antea gallican and ber prize in Cadiz Bay at the beginning of the war, and at that time carried 32 mine pounders. Advice isreciived at the Admiralty of Sir Charles Sayndsrs's fguadros baving taken two Spanifp veffels - .