12. Lady Henrietta Vernon, relift of Henry Vernon, Efq. May. Hon. George Fitzwilliam, brother of the prefent earl.

2. George Lord Brook, eldest fon of the Earl of Warwick..

5. Major-gen. Auguftine Prevoft, colonel of the 60th regiment.

25. Lady Margaret Compton, daughter of George, 4th earl of Northampton.

26. Edward, Lord Leigh; the title is extinct.

Peter III. king of Portugal. 27. Mrs. Anne Berkeley, relict of the celebrated bishop of Cloyne. June 6. Hugh, duke of North

umberland.

14. Adam Drummond, Efq. member of parliament for Shaftesbury. Lady Ducie, relict of Lord Ducie.

The earl of Northington; the title is extinct.

July 1. The Hon. William Tufton, brother to the earl of Thanet. He was drowned in the Thames.

4. Lady Elizabeth Villiers. She was daughter and fole heiress to John Villiers, vifcount Purbeck, who fucceeded to the titles of earl of Buckingham, viscount Villiers, baron of Whaddon, on the death of George Villiers, duke of Buckingham. His lordship died in 1723, leaving this daughter only, his heirefs; by whofe death the family of the Villiers, of the Buckingham line, is extinct.

10. The lady of George Edward Stanley, Efq, fifter to Sir Michael le Fleming, Bart.

20. Sir George Nares, one of the judges of the Common Pleas. Thomas, lord Grantham.

26. John Buller, Efq. a lord of the Treasury, and member of parliament for Eaft Looe.

29. Hon. Mifs Isabella Hawke, daughter of Lord Hawke.

Aug. 12. Mary, viscountefs Kilmorey, third daughter of Washington, earl Ferrers.

17. Frederick III. king of Pruffia. 29. Hon. Auguftus William Fitzroy, third fon of Lord Southampton. 31. Charles Howard, duke of Norfolk.

Sept. 4. Sir Thomas Aubrey, Bart. father of John Aubrey, efq. member of parliament for Bucks.

Mrs. Byng, mother of George Byng, Efq. of Wrotham Park.

17. Jemima Elizabeth, marchionefs of Graham, third daughter

to the earl of Ashburnham.

Mifs Cavendish, only daughter of Lord George Henry Cavendish.

18. Hon. Charles Hamilton, uncle to the earl of Abercorn.

25. Lady Harriet Elliot, fecond daughter of the late earl of Chatham, and wife of the Hon. Edward James Elliot,

Oct. 2. Admiral Auguftus vifcount Keppel.

20. The Hon. Charles Phipps, brother to Lord Mulgrave, and member of parliament for Minehead.

Humphrey Sturt, efq. late member of parliament for Dorfetfhire.

31. The Princefs Amelia Sophia Eleonora, fecond daughter of his late Majefty King George II.

Nov. 2. Sir Edward Swinburne, Bart.

Derbyshire. Robert Dale, of Afhborne.

Devonshire. Alexander Hamilton, of Toptham.

Dorfetfbire. Henry William Portman, of Bryanstone.

Effex. John Jolliffe Tuffnall, of Great Waltham.

Gloucestershire. Charles Cox, of Bath. Hants. Thomas Clarke Jervoife, of Belmont.

Herefordshire. Sir Edward Boughton, of Vowchurch, Bart. Hertfordshire. Jeremiah Mills, of Pishiobury.

Kent. Thomas Hallet Hodges, of Hemfted.

Leicestershire. William Herrick, of Beaumanoir.

Lincolnshire. Daniel Douglas, of Fokingham.

Monmouthshire. Robert Salusbury, of
Lanwern.

Norfolk. Francis Long, of Spix-
worth.
Northamptonshire. Ifaac Pocock, of
Biggin.

Northumberland. James Algood, of
Nunwick.

Nottinghamshire. Anthony Hartfhorne, of Hayton. Oxfordshire. Joseph Grote, of Badg

more.

Rutland hire. Thomas Baines, of Uppingham.

Shropshire. Sir Robert Leighton, of Loton, Bart,

Somerfetfhire. James Stephen, of Camerton.

Staffordshire. Thomas Parker, of Park-hall.

Suffolk. James Sewell, of Strutton. Surry. Theodore Henry Broadhead, of Carshalton.

Suflex. Francis Sergifon, of Cuck-
field.
Warwickshire. John Taylor, of
Bordersley.
Wiltshire.

An Abftract of the Narrative of the Lofs of the Halfewell Eaft-Indiaman, Capt. R. Pierce, which was unfortunately wrecked at Seacombe in the life of Purbeck, on the Coast of Dorfetfhire, on the Morning of Friday the 6th of January, 1786. Compiled from the Communications, and under the Authorities, of Mr. Henry Meriton and Mr. John Rogers, the two chief Officers who happily escaped the dreadful catastrophe.

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HE Halfewell Eaft-Indiaman, of 758 tons burthen, commanded by Richard Pierce, esq. having been taken up by the directors of the Eaft-India Company, to make her third voyage to Coast and Bay, on the 16th day of November, 1785, fell down to Gravefend, where the completed her lading; and taking the ladies and other paffengers on board at the Hope, the failed through the Downs on Sunday the 1ft of January, 1786, and the next morning being a-breaft of Dunnofe, it fell calm.

"The ship, one of the finest in the fervice, and supposed to be in the most perfect condition for her voyage; the commander of diftinguished ability, and exemplary character; his officers, men of unqueftioned knowledge in their profeflion, and of approved fidelity; the crew, +

the beft feamen that could be collected, and as numerous as the eftablishment admits; to whom were added a confiderable body of foldiers, deftined to recruit the forces of the Company in Afia.

The refpectable paffengers were: Mifs Eliza Pierce, Mifs Mary Anne Pierce, daughters of the commander; Mifs Amy Paul, Mifs Mary Paul, daughters of Mr. Paul of Somerfetfhire, and relations to Capt. Pierce; Mifs Elizabeth Blackburne;. daughter of Capt. Blackburne, of the fame fervice; Mifs Mary Haggard, fifter to an officer on the Madras establishment; and Miss Anne Manfell, a native of Madras, but of European parents, returning from receiving her education in England; John George Schutz, efq. returning to Afia, where he had long refided, to collect a part of his fortune which he had left there.

Monday the 2d of January, at three in the afternoon, a breeze fprung up from the fouth, when they ran in fhore to land the pilot, but very thick weather coming on in the evening, and the wind baffling; at nine in the evening they were obliged to anchor in eighteen fathom water, furled their top-fails, but could not furl their courfes, the fnow falling thick, and freezing as it fell.

Tuesday

Tuesday the 3d, at four in the morning, a strong gale came on from east-north-eaft, and the fhip driving, they were obliged to cut their cables, and run off to fea. At noon, they spoke with a brig bound to Dublin, and having put their pilot on board her, bore down Channel immediately. At eight in the evening, the wind freshening and coming to the fouthward, they reefed fuch fails as were judged neceffary. At ten at night it blew a violent gale of wind at fouth, and they were obliged to carry a prefs of fail to keep the fhip off fhore, in doing which the hawfe-plugs, which according to a new improvement were put infide, were washed in, and the hawfe-bags washed away; in confequence of which they fhipped a large quantity of water on the gun-deck.

"On founding the well, and finding the fhip had fprung a leak, and had five feet water in her hold, they clued the main top-fail up, hauled up the main-fail, and immediately endeavoured to furl both, but could not effect it.—All the pumps were fet to work on discovering the leak.

"Wednesday the 4th, at two in the morning, they endeavoured to wear the fhip, but without fuccefs; and judging it neceffary to cut away the mizen-maft, it was immediately done, and a fecond attempt made to wear the fhip, which fucceeded no better than the former; and the ship having now seven feet water in her hold, and gaining faft on the pumps, it was thought expedient, for the preservation of the fhip, to cut away the main-maft, the hip appearing to be in immediate danger of foundering; in the fall of the maft, Jonathan Moreton, cockfwain, and four men, either fell or were drawn by the wreck overboard VOL. XXVIII.

and drowned, and by eight in the morning the wreck was cleared, and the fhip got before the wind, in which pofition fhe was kept about two hours, in which time the pumps cleared the fhip of two feet of water in the hold: At this time the fhip's head was brought to the eastward with the fore-fail only.

"At ten in the morning the wind abated confiderably, and the ship labouring extremely, rolled the fore top-maft over on the larboard fide; in the fall the wreck went through the fore-fail, and tore it to pieces. At eleven in the forenoon, the wind came to the weftward, and the weather clearing up, the Berry-head was diftinguishable bearing north. and by eaft, diftant four or five leagues; they now immediately bent another fore-fail, erected a jury main-maft, and fet a top-gallantfail for a main-fail, under which fail they bore up for Portsmouth, and employed the remainder of the day in getting up a jury mizen-mast.

"Thurfday the 5th, at two in the morning, the wind came to the fouthward, blew fresh, and the weather was very thick; at noon Portland was feen bearing north and by eaft, diftant two or three leagues. At eight at night it blew a ftrong gale at fouth, and at this time the Portland lights were feen bearing north-weft, diftant four or five leagues, when they wore the fhip, and got her head to the weftward, but finding they loft ground on that tack, they wore her again, and kept ftretching on to the eastward, in hopes to have weathered Peverel point, in which cafe they intended to have anchored in Studland-bay. At eleven at night it cleared, and they faw St. Alban's-head a mile and half to the leeward of them, up[P]

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