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Aona Charloua, Badendyke, from Oporto, at ev. Hazard, Meyra, from Cork, at Stockholm. May 29. On the 27th we had a terrible Storm, accompanied with fuch heavy Rain, that all our Fields and Meadows are laid under Water, and nvtich Damage done. In the Bailiwick of Ertzen, the Rain fell with fuch Rapidity, that feveral Perfons perifhed, together with a great Number of Cattle.

The Enemy's Troops continue quiet. "We hear no Talk, as yet, of the March of the Allied Army, though it be ready to be put into Motion on the fhorteit Notice. Several Regiments of Prince Ferdinand's Army, which were advancing towards Munfter, received Orders, on their March, to halt. Three Battalions of Grenadiers art marched from Uflar to reinforce Luckner's Corps at Eimbeck. The Reparation of the Roads in the bourhood of Herford has been difcontinued for fome Time.

We are raifing with Succefs, in the City, a new Corps for the King of Pruffia's Service, confifting chiefly of French Defexters. Prom the London Gazette. Hague, June 5. It is find that the Cavalry of the French King's Houfliold have Orders to be in Readinefs to march, between the 6th and 10th Inftaot, to the Lower Rhine that four Regiments of Horfe or Dragoons being attacked with the Glanders, were ordered back from thence for France; and that Marfhal Broglio being to fet out from Francfort on the 12th, it was expected that his Army would begin its Operations foon after. General Sporcken took poffeffion of the Camp at War- bourgh on the 30th paft, and on the fame Day the Hereditary Prince began to encamp at Notteln and Shaap- detten.

A Skirmilh has happened near Caftej, in which the Huffars of the Allied Army had taken a Lieutenant, and fome Huffars of the Enemy, Hanover, May 29. Captain Lieutenant Neimeier, with 100 Horfe of the Regiment of Chevalerie, being ordered by Colonel Lukecer to occupy the Environs of Northeym, he was very near taking M. de Belfunce; but the Swiftnefs of his Englilh Horfe faved him. A Lieutenant Colonel, 34. Dragoons, and 40 Horfe, fell however into his Hands.

Leicefter Houfe, June 6. This Day Omar Effendi, lately arrived Ambaflador from Algiers, had his firft Audience of her Royal Highnefs the Princefs Dowager of Wales. Savilt Houfe, June 7. This Day Omar Effendi, lately arrived Ambaffador from Algiers, had his flrlt Audience of his Royal Highnefs the Duke of York. And afterwards of her Royal Highnefs Princefs Au- gufta, at Leicefter Houfe.

N. Yefterday Orders were given out for the Board of Works to get every Thing in Readinefs againft the £th of Oftober next for the Coronation. ExtraS of a Letter from Portfntouth, June 8. Friday Evening came up to Spithead 16 Sail of Tranfpoits from the Downs. Saturday failed from Spithead the Vanguard, Juno, and Tamer "Men of War, to cruize off Havre- de' Grace.

Yefterday failed out of Harbour the Nottingham, Wan of War, Capr. The Thomas and Mary, Budicombe, from Liverpool to Newfoundland, was taken by a Privateer of Nanrz, end ranfomed for 450 1. The Ranfomer is airived at St Malo's. he General Lawrence, Capt. Scott, bonnd for Eafl: India, is failed to the Downs, in order to proceed on her Voyage as foon as the Wind permits.

The Pruffian Hero, Quirk, from Guadalupe, is arrived at Liverpool, and has brought fome Difpatches from the Governor. The Fernambuco Fleet of 40 Sail of Ships, which failed from thence the 20th of February iaft, was expected at Lisboa the Beginning of this Month. A Venetian Ship, Captain Nicholas Daborich, from Venice for Alexandria, is taken by a Rover of Tripoly. The Bacchas, Capt. Cobb, from Lisbon, bound to Oporto, is loft on that Coaft.

They write from Hamburg of the 2d Inltant, that by Letters from Dantzic they had an Account, that 36 Ruffian Tranfports with Provisions and warlike Stores, were drove afhore and wrecked near that Place in a violent Storm. Letters from Silefia of the 27th advife, that the King of ProfGa's Head-quarters were ftill at Knnzendorfc General Laudon's Army, after being joined by the Corps under General Beck, had begun to make fome Movements towards Silefia, in order to execute, by the Help of this Reinforcement, the new Plan of Operations which he had received. The Troops under General Golrze which were-cantoned in the Neighbourhood of Glogau, have entered a Camp sear that Place, towards Frauftadt. Advices from Mecklenbourg of the 29th pall fey, that the jpeateft Part of the Pruflian Toops under the; Command of Prince Eugene of Wurtem.be.rg had joined the Corps under General Werner, and that his Serene Hjgh- Would ferve this Campaign under the King of Pruf- fia. Thefe Advices add, that the Pruffian Troops ftill Bcmained in the Ifle of Rugen; and that it was reported that the Pruflians in the Dutchy of Mecklenbourg would Sot be by the Swedes.

A Letter from Hanover, dated May 29, fays, Every Thing ftill remains quiet at the at Neuhaas. the 28th Prince Ferdinand reviewed, (he Englifb Guards- We do not hear of any Motions made by the Enemy but it is faid that of Soubife's Army have received Orders to return to Erance. Yefterday a Courier from Petersburgh paffed through this City 4u his Way to They write from the Hague of the 4th Inftanr, that ail the Leuets they lately received from Turkey have brought a CJonfiiowtion of the gteat lfepfenikus tfcat ateinaking throughout that Empire, al- fembling a very powerful Army, and fitting out a veiy ftrong Fleet, which could not be ready to put to Sea before the Beginning of this Month And it was generally thought that the Afmamenr was deftined againft fome greater Power than the fmall Illand of Malta. Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Rome to his Friend in London, dated April Z3, 1761. The two extraordinary Perfons who lately made 1 their Appearance at Cologn having given fufficient Teftimony to the French Envoy and Magiitracy of 4 that Town, were permitted by them to take their own Method of travelling to the Capital of the Roman 4 Catholick Religion, in order to be farther examined concerning their Million, where they amvtd 4 fooner than the Account oF their Departure could be received, al-hough the Meflengc-r difpa'ched foi that 1 Purpofe travelled Polt.

When they were fent for to appear by order of the brfore Cardinal lingue, they gave fuch an Account of their Journey as altonifhed every one: They are now going into a 1 very ferious and Enquiry, thai only en- 4 gages the Atten ion of the Clergy, but of the Lauy alfo: By what has already tranfpired, and by Hints which have been dropped, all Degrees of People are grown very impatient about them- They are ac knowledgtd to be fomething aftonifhing, and are verenced even by the Vulgar: By the Simplicity of their Manners, the Purity of their, Opinionsj and 1 their defire of doing good, they gain greatly upon the Good-will of the Religious. The Pope, on their firft 1 Arrival, offered them a Guard, which they rejected, 1 faying, they had that within them that would protect 1 them from all Injury There was alfo an Houfe pro- 1 vided and a Table appointed for them, both which 4 they modeftly refufed. How-they what their 4 Refources are, is a Myfteiy to every one. They ap- 4 pear in publick every Day, but feem rw Ways (buck with the Grandeur of the publick Edifices, which they fay fell very fhort of the Magnificence "of the An- 4 They fpeak every Language, the Dead as weH Living; their Greek is very different from any Thing now fpoken, and isfuppoftd to be the fame as 4 in the Time of Homer; at leafi this is the Opinion of the learned Father the Jefuit Saluzzi who has frequent Cbhverfations with them, and delights much in their Company. They are perpect.

Matters of the Hiftoiy 4 of all Nations, and what they relate agiee's fo well 4 with the we know, that there is no room to doubt of their Veracity. They are Matters of all the 1 Sciences in the moil eminent Degree. They fay they are not to fee the fulfilling of their own Prophecies, but are to be put to death by the unbelieving Inhabi- 4 tants of a great City. What they are, OF -whence they come, is impoffibkffor me determine. Multi' tudes are flocking hither from all Parts, and are far 4 from thinking them 1 Impoftors; I have le.en them, and noiwithftanding their great Age, they are to out- 1 ward Appearance in full Porfeffion of the Strength and Vigour of The Apothecaries Company at Paris (by virtue of an Arret iffued there the 8th ult.

forbidding the Jefuits to exercife any kind of Traffic) have feized a large Quantity of Eau de Meliffe, which thofe Fathers have vended a long Time. And the faid Campany propofe to vifit and make the like Seizures from all the Societies who deal in Medicines. By the Lisbon Mail we are informed, that the Achilles, a French Man of War, was chafed into that Port by an Englilh Frigate of 32 Guns and a Sloopof War, Names not mentioned. On the 15th of laft Monthj, a Fire Gouf- fainville, near Gonefle in France; by which 46 Houfes were reduced to Alhes, and upwards of ico Perfons ab- folutely ftriped of all their Effects. Had it happened in the Night, as the Wind was very high, it is probable thq whole Village would have beea con fumed.

The Parfon of the Parifh is much commended for his viour on this melancholy Occafion. The French not content with the 500,000 Rations delivered fn by the States of the Circle of Franconia, have made a frelh Demand of 600,000 more, which greatly the poor Inhabitants. They write from Bteflau of the 21ft paft, that an Embaffador from the Ottoman Porte, named Bafta If- mael Efmore Bob Superre, Arrived at the King of Piuf- fia's Head-quarters the 18th, and was received with great Diftinction. A Scheme is under ConGderation to fortify Halifax in Neva Scotia in a ftrong and regular Manner, and the Mafonry Artillery, and feveral Materials brought from Louifburgh, will be employ'd on the Occafion. We that Orders had been fent to all the Colonels of the Militia, to hold their Regiments ready to march.

Extrafi of a Letter from Durham, June $. This Morning we had the moft terrible Tempeft, 4 within-a Quarter of a Mile of this City, ever known 4 in thefe. What is very remarkable, the Effects 4 of it were.confined to one Wood: It has levelled meft 4 of the Trees to. the Ground, ftripped many of the Oaks, and totally deftroyed one of the pleafanteft 4 Foot-walks in this Neighbourhood. What is very 4 unaccountable, it came in a Current of Air from the 4 neighbouring Hills, and vented its Fury on this 4 Wood, which is fuppofed to be the firft Place where it met with, any Refinance; it then ipent iifelf upon 4 the River, which was obferved by many Spectators to 4 be violently agitated.

4 Some think it to be an Eruptidn qf foul Air, a long Time confined, and opened by the late Commo- 4 tions of the Earth. It is hoped fome of your learned Readers will endeavour to account for Yefterday feveral Parfons belonging to the Excife, took the Oaths in the Court of Common Pleas ia WeiiminHer Halt 1 We thit IWdfdultney, who is appointed to bring over the firft Account of the Surrender of the Citadel of Belleifle, is hourly expecled by the Government. It is reported that a Declaration has been published by Generaliiodgfon to the Commander of the Citadel of Befieiiteand all the Inhabitants, that upon their Surrender, they be fecure in their Poflellons, and be entirely at their own Liberty to flay or.retire with their Effefts. An Anfwer of the General Aflembly of the Church of Scotland, to the King's moft gracious Letter, has been prefented to his MajelVy. Addrefles have likewife been prefented to his Majelry from the Minitlers and Elders of the Church of Scotland from the Governor, Council and Aflembly of Barbados and from the Lieutenant Governor and Council of the Province of Georgia: All which were moft gracioufly received.

The following threading Letter, directed to Mr. George Catter, being found near Haverhill in Suffolk, his Majelly's Pardon and a Reward of 20 1. are offered for the Difcovery of the Accomplice or Accomplices therein, except the Peifon who adlually wrote the faid Letter. Mr. Catter.

Bumfted On the Rccept of this goo and Tell Hexnfted 1 Ticket't and Milleway and all the Relit of your Mea' verill Gang of the Bandity that fo Vilinoufly oppoofe 11 the Gorfpell being Preeched that if we meet with any more affronts or abufe when we Come again as we Iu' tend to Doo on the 17th Inftantwe are. Refolved to Re- veng on your or Houfes for as have lifted under the Baner of Cr.rift our Captain we are on and al; deturmin'd to nd by cn another our Number is Larg and our Caus good therefor we felt ajl your att Defians Dont fay You had no Notis or for Wee are fo prepar'd th we fear you not therefor tak Care what you doo I am order'd by mv 'Brethren in the Lord to Sighne for the Reft your Friendly Moneter five Hundred cr the Gofpel gOUTH. WALLS CIRCUIT. The Hon. John Williams, Lfq; John Hervey, Glamorganfhire, Tuefday Aug.

4, at Cardiffe. Breconfriire, Monday ic, at Brecon. Radnorlhire, Saturday, ij, at Prelleign Yefterduy a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, when Peter Roberts, Jun. Efq; was elected City Remembrancer; to be held during the Pleafure of the Court, agreeable to their Refolution at the laft Meeting. The new Road leading from the Dog-houfe Bar to Iflington is now almoft finifhed.

It is very handfomely executed, and beyond Difpute one of the beft Pieces of Road about this Metropolis. TheDog-houfe Bar is to be taken away on the 5th of next Mouth, and the new Road to be opened on the 6tb. Yefterday his Grace the Duke of Manchefter fet out from his Houfe in Berkley-fquare for his Seat at Kimbolton in Huntingdonshire. As did alfo Sir Robert Burdetr, Knight, with his Lady and Family, from his Houfe in Upper Grofvenor- ftreet, Grofvenor-fquare, for his Seat in Staffordlhire. Yefterday was married by the Rev.

Dr. Barton, at St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, the Hon. Champion Dymoke, to Mifs Holmes, Daughter of the late Jofiah Holmes, Efq; of Bombay and immediately after the Ceremony they fet out for their Seat in And at the fame Time WiUiam Harris, Efq; was married to Mifs Dymoke, the Champion's Sifter. Among many lingular Dreffes of the Gentlemen at Court on the Birth-Day, were two more extraordinary than the reft; viz.

a Coat trimmed with Milliners Blond Lace, and another with Point Lace. We hear from Waybred in Suffolk, that on Saturday laft died a fev.ere -Fitof the Stone, John Lucas, Efq; of the Inner Monday Night a Perfon in a Checked Shirt, without Coat or Waiftcpat, or any Covering for the Head, and in Appearance a Lunatic, with the Small Pox full upon him and Light-headed, was found in the Poultry, and taken Care of in the Watch-houfe belonging to Cheap- Ward, ti'l removed to the Small Pox Hofpital. Yefterday at Sc. James's Haymarket, Hay from 2I. 5s, to 2I.

18a. Straw from 15s. to 19s. 6d. per Load.

At Whitechapel, Hay from 2I. zs. to 3I. Straw from 143. to 18s.

per Load. Chatham, June 8. This Morning the Surry Militia marched from Rochefter for Dover, and foon after they were followed by a Regiment of Light Horfe. of A and MASSAOUD. An Eaftern Tale.

A all the Inhabitants of the great and populous City of Balfora, furpiffed fne youthful Jaher in Wealth and Magnificence. His Opuience he inherited from the prudent Abubekir, his Sire, having never had the Trouble of acquiring it, his only Care was to devife Expedients to avail himfelf thereof. All the Pleafures that luxurious Fancy could fuggeft he had Recourfe to, and his Liberality knew no Each Day his Palace refounded with Feftivity, and the Illuminations which difpelled the Darknels of the Night, fufHciently ihewed, that the Revelling was protracled to a very late Hour. Oppofite to the Houfe of the rich Jaher dwelt the poor but induftrious Maffaoud, who by the Labour of his Hands maintained a Wife and three Children. His Gains however were but fmall, as his fole Occupation was to affift the Gardener of a Jewifh Merchant who lived in the Neighbourhood.

Jaher one Evening perceiving Maffaoud more penfive than ufual, inquired into the Caufe, and being told by the latter that it was owing to the Indigence of his Family, immediately made hira a Prefent of a Diamond Ring, which the other received with the warmeft Expreffions of Gratitude, and prayed that the Holy Prjophet might increase his Store, and flwwer conftant Bleffings upon.