Edward and Admiral Hardy, to Plymouth found, on the 13th of October, and foon after his landing fet out for London.

On the rft of April, 1760, his late majefty was pleafed to grant unto his royal highnefs, and the heirs male of his body, the dignities of duke of the kingdom of Great Britain, and of earl of the kingdom of Ireland, by the names, ftyles, and titles, of duke of York, and Albany, in the faid kingdom of Great Britain, and of earl of Ulfter, in the faid kingdom of Ireland. He took the oaths, and his feat, in the British fenate, on the 9th of May following; and on the 27th of October, that year, two days after his brother's acceffion to the throne, was fworn of the privy-council. On the 31st of March, 1771, his royal highnefs was appointed rear-admiral of the Blue, and fworn in at the Admi. ralty on the 8th of next month.

The common-council of London, on the 5th of June, 1761, voted that the freedom of their city be prefented to his royal highnefs in a gold box of 150 guineas value, in teftimony of their dutiful affection for their fovereign, and as a pledge of their grateful refpect to his royal highnefs, for his early entrance into the naval fervice of his king and country, the nobleft and most effectual bulwark of the wealth, reputation, and independence of this commercial nation; and that his royal highnefs be humbly requeft. ed to honour the city by his acceptance of the faid freedom. His royal highnefs having fignified his confent to accept this token of the citizens' efteem, Sir Matthew Blakiston, lord mayor, accompa

nied by twelve other aldermen, together with the mafter of the grocers company, attended by a committee of his brethren, waited on his highnefs, on the 12th of the next month, when the mafter of the grocers company prefented him with the freedom of that fociety, and the comptroller of the chamber of London delivered to him that of the city; it being a fundamental part of the conftitution of London, that no perfon be admitted a freeman of the city, till he be firft fo in fome of the companies; and likewife customary, when an honorary freedom is granted, for the company, whereof the lord mayor is a member, previously to admit the intended citizen into their fraternity.

At his brother's nuptials, September 8, 1761, his highness, as chief fupporter to the royal bride, walked on her right hand: and at the proceffion of the enfuing coronation, on the 22d of that month, appeared in his robes, as firft prince of the blood.

On the 23d of June, 1762, he hoifted his flag, at Spithead, on board the Princefs Amelia (whereof lord Howe was captain) and falling down to St, Helens, failed, with the fleet under Sir Ed. ward Hawke, on a cruize, to the coafts of France, Spain, and Portugal, from which he returned the Auguft following. His royal highnefs, on the 28th of next month, fet fail with a small squadron, from St. Helen's to the Bay of Biscay, and returning thence to Plymouth, on the 30th of October, was elected high fteward of that corporation, and about the fame time preferred to be vice-admiral of the Blue. In that quality, he failed

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from Plymouth, on the 14th of November following, with the fleet under Sir Charles Hardy, on a Cruize to the weftward, and, on the return of that fquadron, ar rived the 13th of December at London, where he chiefly refided till June 30, when he fet out on a tour to different parts of England, as he had done the three preceding fummers, and was every where received with the refpect due to his -rank.

At the baptifm of his nephew, -prince Frederick, September 19, 1763, his royal highnefs ftood godfather, by his proxy the earl of Huntingdon, being then on his way to Plymouth, to embark for foreign parts. He fet fail from that port September 22, on board the Centurion, commanded by commodore Harrifon; and as he chose to travel incog. he took the title of earl of Ulter, in which character he was received at the court of Lisbon, where he arrived October 3. From thence he departed in the fame fhip, October 28, for Gibraltar, where he ftaid but two days, and then failed to Port. mahon, where he remained till - November 17, and then steered for Genoa, which he reached on the 28th.

After refiding there about ten weeks, he visited Turin, Florence, Leghorn, Rome, Parma, Venice, Padua, Milan, and other noted cities in Italy; and was entertained, with great magnificence, in every place; but did not proceed to Naples, as there was a malignant diftemper raging in the Neapolitan dominions. On Friday, August 17, 1764, his royal high. nefs, re-embarking at Genoa on VOL. X,

board the Centurion, landed on the zoth at Nice, in the king of Sardinia's territories, from whence he went to Antibes, the first town from Italy in the French dominions; and from thence through Aix, Avignon, Valence, Vienne, Lions, Villefranche, Marçon, Tournées, Chalon, Dijon, Langres, Chamount, St. Dizier, Chalons au Champagne, Rheims, Laon, St. Quintin, Peronne, Arras, and St. Omer, to Calais; without touching at Paris, where magnificent preparations were made for his reception..

The reafon of his not coming through Paris, was faid to be a coldnefs which then fubfifted between the courts of London and Verfailles, on account of fome late infractions in the treaty of peace, by the French. He croffed the ftraits, and landed at Dover on the 31st of Auguft; from whence he proceeded to London.

On the 5th of December, 1764, he was elected prefident of the London hofpital. He had before been made a fellow of the royal fociety.

In the fummer, 1765, his royal highnefs made the tour of feveral parts of Holland and Germany. On the 12th of June he arrived at the Hague, and was complimented by a deputation from the StatesGeneral, In July he visited the court of Berlin, where he was received and entertained by the king of Pruffia with particular marks of diftinction and favour. About the beginning of Auguft he returned to England, and immediately vifited Tunbridge and other parts which he had not feen before.

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it did in December, he attended his duty there, as one of the peers of the realm; and on the question about repealing the American ftamp act, voted against the minifters; and was again numbered with the oppofition in another divifion, during the fame feflion. And in the fucceeding feffion (1767) upon a queftion relating to the bill of indemnity, framed and paffed by the affembly of Maffachufets Bay, he fpoke against the minifters, then in office.

On Tuesday, July the 7th, (five days after the prorogation of parliament) his royal highness fet out for Dover, in order to vifit the continent once more. He was attended by the hon. colonel St. John, John Wrottefly, Efq. aand the hon. colonel Morrifon. On the 11th he arrived at Bruffels, under the title of earl of Ulfter, and was politely received by prince Charles, who had juft before entertained the prince and princefs of Brunfwick with great magnificence. From Bruffels he went to Mons, and to Paris. On the 19th he was prefented to the king and queen of France at Compeigne, under the title of earl of Ulfter; and on the 23d his royal highnefs had the honour to fup with their majefties. A few days afterwards, he was prefent at a grand review of the French troops by the king himfelf, who afked his royal highnefs how he liked his troops; to which the prince anfwered, "That they certainly made a fine appearance, and for the fake of your majefty, added he, and my brother, I hope never to fee them any where elfe." His royal highnefs was next invited by the king and queen to a grand entertainment at Chantilly, to

which the prince of Conde, by the king's order, invited upwards of three hundred of the principal nobility of France. The duke of Orleans invited his royal highnefs to take the diverfion of the chafe with him, which he did feveral times. During his ftay at the French court, he was daily entertained and complimented by the princes, princeffes, and nobility of France, all of whom, feemed to vie with each other in fhewing him the highest honours and refpect.

We have given an authentic account in our chronicle of the circumftances relative to his royal highness's laft illnefs; we have no alteration to make in it; but to abferve, that another account favs his illnefs was occafioned by the great fatigues he underwent, for two days, of exceffive hot weather, in viewing the fortifications of Toulon. We have mentioned this, though a matter of little confequence, as we would leave no particular unnoticed, upon this affecting and melancholy occafion.

It is needlefs to delineate his character, for it is engraved in the heart of every Englishman. His affability, good-nature, humanity, and generosity, endeared him to all ranks of people. He was fond of company and pleafures, which induced him to vifit moft places of public refort; and contributed to make him very generally known, and much beloved. He was particularly kind and tender to his domeftics, who regarded him with the moft real affection, and lament his lofs with the most unfeigned forrow. He was a lover of the polite and fine arts; and, if his royal highnefs had lived, it is probable that his difpofition to,

and knowledge of, maritime affairs, might have put the nation under as great obligations to him, as they had been to his royal uncle for his military fervices.. He died univerfally lamented, and the great tenderness, refpect, and regard, which was fhewn upon that melancholy occafion, and during the whole courfe of his illness by the prince of Monaco, deferve every tribute of praife and gratitude. His eftablishment was 20,000l. fterling per annum, viz. from the king his brother 9000l. from the public 8000l. a penfion on Ireland 30001.

A narrativ of the extraordinary diftreffes which were fuffered at fea, by the furviving part of the crew, of the brig Sally, captain Tabry, bound from Philadelphia to Hifpaniola.

N the 8th of Auguft laft, in latitude 25, having a strong gale of wind, the brig was laid to under her main-ftay fail till ten o'clock the next morning, when the was hove on her beam ends, and in less than five minutes turned keel upwards, fo that they had only time to cut away the lanyards of her main-maft. There were on board Anthony Tabry, mafter; Humphry Mars, mate; Jofeph Sherver, Samuel Befs, John Burna, mariners; who were drowned: fix other mariners, viz. Peter Toy, Daniel Cultain, John Davis, Alexander Landerry, Peter Mayes, and Willam Hammon, having got hold of the top mafts which floated alongfide, tied it to the ftern, and fupported themfelves by it, till

above five o'clock in the evening, when the cabbin-boy fwam to the hull, and threw them a rope, by which they got on the bottom of the veffel, where they were still in a difmal plight: the firft want that invaded them was drink; this drove away all thought of meat. The main-maft with all the rigging, the lanyards having been cut away, came up alongfide, from which they got the wreath, (a fquare hoop which binds the head of the maft) with which, and a bolt of a foot long, they went to work on her bottom, in the mean time keeping their mouths moift, as well as they could, by chewing the ftuff off her bottom, The not having any barnacles, being lately cleaned, and fome lead which was on her bow, and drinking their own water. In four days time Peter Toy died raving for. drink, whofe body they threw off the veffel the next day. In this manner did they work for fix days, without meat, drink, or fleep, not daring to lie down for fear of falling off the veffel: the fixth day they got a hole in the brig, where they found a barrel of bottle beer; this they drank very greedily; they foon got another parcel, when one of them put the others on an aliowance. The eleventh day of their being on the wreck, they got a barrel of pork, which they were obliged to eat raw. As to fleep, as foon as they got a hole through the veffel's bottom, they pulled out a great number of ftaves and fhingles, and made a platform in the fame place; but fo fmall it was, that, when they wanted to turn, they were obliged to wait till the fea hoifted the veffel, and when he fell again with [0] 2

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