try, can have no influence. Under another kind of French ministry our allies on the Continent might be more secure, but Great Britain would be more in danger. This journalist had in a former pa- A per remarked, that in 1690 Lewis the Grand fent into our channel, above seventy fhips of the line befides frigates and firefhips, under his adm. Tourville, who beat the combined Dutch and Englife fleet, which was inferior by above 20 fhips of the line; and in 1704, that the French met Sir George Rooke with fu- B perior force, and claimed another victory, but difputed; he fpeaks of feveral other inftances, wherein the naval power of Halland and England was check'd by that of France, on which he afks-In what condition fhould we have been, if the French fleet had kept in- C creating and our marine had been neglected like the Dutch? ATurkish fory published at Dublin_on A E Grocer of the city of Smyrna had a fon, who, with the help of the little learning the country could afford, role to the poft of Naib, or deputy of the Cadi, or mayor of that city, and as fuch vifited the markets, and infpected the weights and measures of all retail dealers. One day as this officer was going his rounds, the neighbours, who knew enough of his father's character to fufpect that he might stand in need of the caution, advised him to move his weights for fear of the worst: but the old cheat depending on his relation to F the infpector, and fure, as he thought, that his fon would not expofe him to a public affront, laughed at their advice, and flood very calmly at his thop-door waiting for his coming. The Naib however was well affured of the disho demned and broken to pieces. His fhame and confufion, however, he hoped would plead with a fon to remit him all further punishment of his crime; but even this, though entirely arbitrary, the Naib made as fevere as for the most indifferent offender, for he sentenced him to a fine of fifty piaftres, and to receive a baftinadoe of as many blows on the foles of his feet. All this was executed upon the spot, after which the Naib leaping from his horse, threw himself at his feet, and watering them with his tears, addreffed him thus: Father, I have discharged my duty to my God, my fovereign, my country, and my ftation: permit me now, by my refpect and fubmiffion, to acquit the debt I owe a parent. Juftice is blind; it is the power of God on earth; it has no regard to father or fon. God and our neighbour's right are above the 'ties of nature. You had offended a'gainst the laws of juftice; you defer ved this punishment; you would in 'the end have received it from some other: I am forry it was your fate to receive it from me. My confcience would not fuffer me to act otherwise. • Behave better for the future, and, inftead of blaming, pity my being reduced to fo cruel a neceflity. This done, he mounted his horse again and continued his journey, amidst the acclamations and praises of the whole city for fo extraordinary a piece of juftice; report of which being made to the fublime Porte, the fultan advanced him to the poft of Cadi, from whence by degrees he rofe to the dignity of Mufti, who is the head both of the religion and the law among the Turks. REMARKS occafioned by our communicating to feveral learned Perfons for their Opinion, a Scheme of Mr W. L.'s for making a Latin School-book from Paradife Loft.+ Mr URBAN, nefly and unfair dealing of his father, Gould fome ingenious perfon, as Mr and refolved to detect his villainy, and ardently withes, banish from Milton's Paradije Loft all the bad-lines, and I have long been of opinion, that an abridgment of Milton, truely purg'd of the heathen mythology, and put into Lat's be the finest school-book in the world, and verfe, in an elegant and judicious way,would infinitely fitter for the inftruction of youth in chriftian schools, than Terence, Ound, Virgil, Horace, &c. which, in a thoufand places, tend to debauch the morals of un guarded youth, En.' W.L. Hypocrify of a METHODIST detected. A and tranflate the remainder into Latin verse elegantly, I doubt not but the performance would be very acceptable to the public. For my own part, I fhould read the book, not more perhaps for pleafure than the improvement of my tafte. Thus far I agree with this gentleman's scheme; but, in regard to its becoming an excellent fchool-book, I am forced to diffent from him; for however skilful the translator may be in the Latin tongue, no modern can be fuppofed to come near the purity of the politest Roman writers; and it is more than B probable that, whoever copies after a copy, will be far enough from the original. Befides, every one knows that the language of verse is vastly different from that of profe; and fince youth are not, according to Mr L. to be permitted to read the best Latin poets, for fear of being corrupted, why fhould they be C taught the poetic language? Would not the works of Tully, or the Roman hiftories be more proper for fchools? Dr Trapp has publilhed a tranflation of Milton; the world is in daily expectation of another from Mr Dobson; few, [ fear, can hope to excel thefe; and yet, D I think, they both blunder in the very first line; Dr Trapp's runs thus: Primum hominis LAPSUM, vetitofque ex arbore fructus Avulfos. Dobfon has furreptos, in which only he differs from Dr Trapp; Now, I afk E any one if lapfum be Latin for difobedience or fin. They were both led into this mutake by the English phrafe, the fall of man. This has proved to Dr Trapp a fruitful fource of error, and 'tis greatly to be feared Mr Dobfon will not efcape the infection; may this warn him! Should Virgil rife from the dead, I do not think he would understand this L. would avoid this and all other errors, 1am, SIR, Yours, &c. P.S. I propofe for the firft line, if no better occur, ADAMI fcelus, & raptos facrâ arbors fructus. 531 Salisbury, Oct. 30, 1747. Here has been, for fome years paft, confiderable number of methodis a in this city, who were at firft collected, and have fince continued under the guidance of Mr as their minifter, This man, by an uncommon appearance of fanctity, joined with indefatigable labour in field and house preaching, drew multitudes of the meaner fort, both of diffenters and the established church, to attend him. And tho' the groffeft abfurdities have been continually advanced by him, both in his preaching and writings, yet he had fo bewitched his followers, that his words had greater weight with them, than the declarations of chrift or his apoftles. H During the late rebellion, many things were observed, in his preaching and converfation, that rendered him fufpected of being in the intereft of our enemies, and but for his feeming piety and fimplicity of behaviour, he would have been called to an account for the fame. But this outward fanctity was only a cloak to cover his grofs carnality, which is now discovered to his utter confufion, tho' it seems, not to his fhame. Many fober and judicious perfons have often expreffed their fears, that the nocturnal meetings held at his house were fcenes of debauchery and impurity; for now and then a baftard-child was bro't into the world by fome of his female devotees; but still the priest himself was unfufpected, 'till one of the leaders of his female difciples, E-th R-g-s (a fervant maid about 18) declared herfelf with child by him. On this her master attacked him about it, who defired it might be concealed; this being refufed, he immediately carried off the girl into the country. At his return, being reproved by fome of his people for fo foul a deed, he boldly declared, He thought it no harm, but if a man's conflitution required it, he might lawfully have to do with more than one woman, if not the wife of another. To confirm this he had the impudence last Wednesday (when he took a formal leave of his corrupted flock) to justify the practice from the cafe of Elkanah, Sam. ì. 1, on which he largely expounded. Friday morning he fet out, in our stagecoach for London, having firit ftripped his wife (a virtuous woman, by whom he has had feveral children) of all her childbed linnen, and whatever he could readily convert into money, leaving her in the deepest diftrefs. The fire of jealoufy has broke out in many families, where wives or daughters were his followers. THE SHIPS taken by the English, November 1747. -, Philip Barborich, from Marfeilles, car. by the Effex into Leghorn. A mall French privateer of 2 guns and 30 men, brought by the Falmouth tender, capt. A fhip from the Havanna, fuppos'd for St Auguftine, carry'd by a North American privateer into North Carolina. Several French veffels, with provifions for Nice, taken by adm. Byng in the Mediterranean. A Dutch galliot, with above 300 bales of Spanish wool, brought by the George privateer into Studland Bay. Two rich fhips from. Marseilles, a felucca with much money, and several ships from different places with provifions for Genoa, taken by the Mediterranean feet. The Heureufe Margueritte, 200 tons, with bale goods for Martinico, and a ship with 280 pipes of brandy, brought into Jerfey by the Charming Nancy privateer. Two Spanish fettees laden with raifins, taken by the Royal Family privateers, and arriv`d one at Dartmouth, the other at Pool. Four Spanish barks with iron, car. by the Saltafh privateer into Oporto.. RETAKEN.] The Berwick, Traile, from Baibadees for London; (fce our laft lift) the Meggy-Lauder, Scot, from Leghorn for London; the Allen, Siffon, from Maryland for London; the Fame, Clark, from Antigua for Briftol; a vefiel from Lifbon for Pool; the Seaflower, Currey, from Jamaica for Lancaster; the Port-Mahon, Foxworthy, from Mahone for London; the Induftry, Chevalier, from Southampton for Jerfey; the Benjamin, from Newfoundland for Jerfey; the Union Gally, Frith, from Liverpool for Carolina; the Radford, Saunders, fromAntigua for London; the Patience, Brown, from Carolina for London; the Mary, Martin, from Antigua for Carolina; the -, Banks, from St Kitts for Philadelphia. The Royal Philip'; La Mutine; Le Hercule; Le Charon; La Margarette; Le St Dominique; and St Annetta, 7 of the outward bound French West India fleet, brought by the Centurion man of war to Spithead. Gaz. The Gloriofo, a Spanish man of war of 70 guns, and 700 men, engaged with the Dartmouth, capt. James Hamilton, 50 guns, which blew up, and all the crew were loft, except lieut. O Bryan and 12 men, was afterwards taken by the Ruffel man of war, capt. Buckle, affifted by the Royal Family privateers. Gaz, — The Gloriofa lately arrived at Ferrol from the Havanna, with 1,300,000 l. in fpecie; in her paffage fhe fell in with the Warwick, capt. Erskine, of 60 guns, and the Lark, capt. Cruikshanks, of 40 guns; the former engaged her an hour, but the efcaped them both, and landed her treasure.' The Queen priv. of St Maloes, late his maj. floop Hornet, brought by the Tryton to Plymouth. A fhip from Hamburg for Spain, brought by the Tyger and Tygrefs privateers to Briftol. The La Poland; and La Andro Macke, two French outward bound W. India fhips, brought by the Princess Caroline and Norfolk into the Downs. The St Barbara, a Fr. advice boat, car. by the Advice man of war into Kinfale. A fmall Spanish privateer, fent by the Ambufcade privateer into Kinfale. The Caftor, a French man of war of 28 guns, and 300 men, brought by the Hampshire man of war into Plymouth. (See p. 520 D) A French fhip, with provifions, &c. for St Domingo, taken by a floop of war, A Fr. fhip with foap, &c. car to Guernsey by the Hanover priv. of Guernsey. A Spanish ship of 200 tons, with timber, from Corunna. The Jafon, of Bayonne, a French privateer of 16 guns and near 200 men, carry'd by the Bridgwater into Kinfale. The Patronella, Alberte; and the Apostle John Gally, Reneman, from Malaga for Amfierdam, both brought by the Pr. of Wales priv. of Guernsey into Falmouth. The Reyne, Moyen; the Remien, Leyton; and the Francois, Le Gintil, all from France to the W. Indies, car. by the Adm. Blake priv. into Lisbon. The Sufanne & Marie, Rulcan; and the Anne & Marie, Nean, from France for the W. Indies, car, by the Nightingale man of war, capt. Fergufon, into Lisbon. The Agatba,, from La Vera Cruz for Cadiz, fent by the Duke privateer, capt. Dit ton, into Portsmouth. The Heureux privateer of St Maloes, of 22 guns and 195 men, brought by the Dover man of war, capt. Shirley, into Falmouth. A fmall Spanish privateer, of 2 carriage guns and 29 men, fent by the Saltash priv. to Oporto. A French hip of 26 guns, from Nantz for Guiney, loft in her paffage; the crew fav'd by one of his majesty's fhips, and carry'd to Lisbon. The Nancy, a French brigantine banker, frem Canada with oil for Bourdeaux, fent by the -Saltash privateer into Plymouth. A French privateer, with feveral gentlemen on board, carry'd by the Scorpion flocp of war into Holmby, Northumberland. The Conquerant, a Spanish priv. of 20 guns, and 220 men, 2 Taken by the Tyger and TyAnd cue French privateers, of 26 and 20 guns. greis privateers of Bristol, P T The FRENCH King's NAVAL FORCE. 533 HE Bofton-Gally, Clark, from Boston for London, last from the Orkneys, tak.and ranfom'd for 14301. The Dispatch, Marriot, from London for Carolina. The Anne and Elizabeth, Derby, taken by three French men of war on the African coast. The Elizabeth, of Inverkeithing, ransom'd for 100%. The floop of capt. Lowe from Alemouth, with butter and oats, ranfom'd for 150%. A veffel from London for Smyrna, carry'd into Toulon. The Providence, Fisher, from Lynn, taken by a French privateer. The Sufanna, Paddington, ; and the, Hendricks, both from Hamburgh for Hull, taken and ranfom'd. The Little Thomas, Prifnor, from Jamaica for Philadelphia, taken by a Spanish row-boat, and carry'd to St Jago de Cuba. The Royal Hunter privateer of Bristol, capt. Clarke, of 22 guns, after engaging a French privateer of 36 guns fix glaffes, with the lofs of 8 men, and her foremaft, in returning to Bristol to refit, ftruck on the Nafs Sand, and beat to pieces, when 110 men perished, and only 22, a⚫mong them the captain and firft lieutenant, got to fhore. The Cornwall, from the Leeward lands for Pifcataqua, car. to Cape Francois. The Elizabeth and Katherine, Oram, arriv'd at Dartmouth from Newfoundland, taken by the Jafon privateer of Bayonne, and ranfom'd. The Mercury, Higginson, with 490 hogfheads of fugar, from Jamaica for London, car. toBayon. The Hefter, Waldo, from Boston for Jamaica, carry'd to Hispaniola. The Succefs, Oliver, from Bofton for the Leeward Inlands, car. to ditto. The Pr. of Wales, Bennitt, arriv'd at Dartmouth from N. England, taken and ransom'd. The Moidore, Hayes, from Rotterdam to Yarmouth; and a floop with horfes and equipage of a nobleman, taken by privateers and ranfom'd, the latter for 2001. The MaryGrizzel, Hay, from Leghorn, laft from Cork for London, carry'd into Havre. The Bofion Merchant, Haws, from Jamaica for Briftol, taken by the Lyon priv. of Bayonne. The Liverpool Merchant, with 400 hogfheads of tobacco; from Virginia for Liverpool; the Anne, ; and the Occupation, Saunders; both from Liverpool; all 3 taken by the Lyon privateer of Bayonne, who plunder'd the Occupation, and gave her back to the prisoners, and they brought her to Dawpool near Liverpool. The Charles and Henry, Hale, from Holland for Guernsey. The North Carolina, Everard, from N. Carolina for Liverpool, car. to the Havanna. The Henry, Ryal, from Newcastle for Yarmouth, taken and sanfom'd. The Griffin, Jones, from Bristol to Jamaica, taken by 2 privateers of St Maloes. The Polly's Adventure, Denham, from the Weft Indies for Bofton in New England, carry'd into Hifpaniola. The Anne frigate, Pinner, for Cape Fear, carry'd into the Havanna. The Three Sifters, from Maryland for St Kitts, with feveral others, one of them from New England to Jamaica, carry'd into Porto Rico. The Sufanna and Mary, Rempton, from Newport, Rhode Island, to Jamaica, tak. and ransom. The Providence, Poppleton, from Hull to Smyrna, carry'd into Toulon. The Byng Gally, Hawkfworth, from Barbadoes for Connecticut, car. into Port Louis. The -, Peters, from Cork for Curacoa, taken by the French. The Kinneir, from Bruntifland for Copenhagen, taken and ranfom'd for 415%. The Endeavour, Northcote, from Antigua for Londen, car. into St Augustine. A Lift of Twenty Ships of War. lately taken from the French King is published in the News-papers; we have mention'd them all in former Months; what he has left are as follow. An Exalt LIST of all the FRENCH King's NAVAL FORCE. Of the Line. Superbe Tant guns So Jeuft Margravine 80 Dauphine -0 Intrepide 74 Achilles Efperance 74 *Centaur 74 Leopold 56 FRIGATES. 74 1 Content 64 Arc-en-Ceil 56 Argonaut 45 Neptune 54 Angleley Eng. 44 64 Tigre 74 Toulouse 60 74 | St Louis 60 74 Cónflante Carillon 54 Zephire 30 60 * Bourbon 30 26 56 Trito 50 Venus 26 56 Aquillon 50 Flore 20 Duc d'Orleans 74 Northumberl. 70 Ferme 74 Solide Brilant 50 Attalante Lacrime Note, Thofe mark'd▾ are in the E. Indies. Thus † was an E. India Comp. Ship. Of these, seven are old and worn out; fo that we can match the French with their own fhips. (Gent. Mag. Nov. 1747 X X X The The Manner of making incombustible TH C HE author fends his friend a piece of the ftone Amiantus, with a bit of cloth and fome paper both made from the faid ftone, and gives him an account of what had been done, relating to the affair, in the phyfico-mathematical academy kept many years in his house, also the method of fpinning this incombustible fubftance. He premises many things concerning the names of this ftone, from Pliny, Agricola, Pancirollus, and others, alfo concerning its various fpecies, as to colour, goodness, &r. One kind of Amiantus is found in the island of Corfica, of a long figure, fome fragments of which, of a woody appearance, are half a Roman palm in length, of a whitish colour inclining to red. Another fort, of a leaden approaching to a filver colour, of a softer fubftance, and not exceeding a quarter of a palm, is frequently dug about Sefri di Ponente in the ftate of Genoa. A third, and the least valuable fpecies is found in Cyprus, confifting of coats, or fcaly fubftances, one within another like an onion, of an earth-colour inclining to black, fometimes intermix'd with E white, black, reddish or earthy spots and streaks, and scarce of a palm in length. A fourth fort is dug in the Pyrenean mountains; this is as long as the Roman palm, but confifts of coarser and rougher filaments or threads; and, ladly, a fifth kind, different from all thefe, is found in the mountains of Volaterre, in Tuscany. Ꭰ fire, yielded not the least quantity of of, but only a few drops of a thin aqueous humour, which would not take fire. Nor does he think the fubftance of this ftone proper for a wick, because its parts are fo extremely dry and minute, as to contain no pores capable of attracting and imbibing oil. Before the ftone is fpun, it must be prepared in the following manner. First of all it must be feeped well in warm water, and then it is to be work'd with the hands, squeez'd and spread abroad, to cleanfe it from a very fine earth or lime, which ftrongly connects the fila. ments of the ftone, and makes the water like milk; this is thrown away, and fresh water pour'd on the tone, which is work'd and prefs'd as before, that the foil may be thoroughly feparated; for which purpose the operation is repeated 5 or 6 times, or oftener, not forgetting at every time to take the whole mass out of the veffel, and washing out the copious fediment at the bottom, till the ftaple becomes quite pure and free from heterogeneous particles; which done, it is fpread abroad upon a mat, or basket, that the water may run thro', and the matter be the fooner dry'd. After this preparation of the staple, the author fhews two ways of fpinning it. First they take two cards or combs with very flender teeth (See the Fig.) like those with which they card wool for hats or cloth, and having very finely carded the filaments with them, lay one on the other with the woolly fubstance between them, fo as that it mayhang out. Then taking a fmall flender Ipindle, with a little hook at top, and a whorl at bottom, that it may eafily turn round, they thread the hook with a very fine thread; not forgetting to have by them in readiness a pot of oil for rubbing the infide of the tips of Since many take the Amiantus to be their forefinger and thumb, inftead of the fame with the Alumen ciffile (fea- fpittle, as flax-fpinners ufe, not only to thered alum) our author obferves, from preferve the fkin from the excoriating Diofcorides, that this ftone, especially quality of the filaments, but to mollify that found in Cyprus, very much resem- and fupple them, and fo make them fitbles that alum; but fhews from Agrico-ter for fpinning. They take then the la, Lib. 5. de Nat. Fofil. how they differ in taste, and that alum is aftringent on the palate, but the Amiantus is only a little pungent to the tongue, without the leaft aftringency. He fhews allo the mistake of thofe who imagine that the perpetual lamps of the ancients were made of oil extracted from this stone, with a wick of the fame; for he found experiment that a cupping glafs filled Amiantus, and fubjected to the thread in the spindle, and join it to the carded filaments between the combs on a table, and incorporate them by twifting, which is a tedious and troublesome work. When the thread and filaments are (ufficiently interwoven, tapes and fillettings may be made of it, and even cloth, but this laft the author fays he never try'd. When the ftuff is finished, it is first fmear'd with oil, and then thrown into the fire, where it kindles |