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members only, Mr. Byng, which 
was carried nem. con. 
3d. Letters from Newfoundland, 
by the Greyhound cutter, arrived at 
Portsmouth, contain some particu- 
lars respecting the capture of the 
little French islands of St. Pierre 
and Miquelon. Captain Malbon, of 
the Aurora, hearing of the renewal 
of war on the 26th of June, imme- 
diately sailed from Newfoundland 
for St. Pierre, and arrived there on 
the 30th ; and, sending his boats on 
shore in the evening, they fell in 
with a boat having the governor on 
board, immediately after which the 
place surrendered. Captain Mal- 
bon made 180 prisoners, and took, 
by this very prompt and gallant en- 
terprize, a French schooner, a brig, 
eleven small merchant ships, and one 
hundred boats. The vessels, fish, 
stores, &c. taken at St. Pierre and 
Miquelon,-are estimated at 70,000l. 
Some unpleasant discoveries have 
been made by the British commis- 
sioners of accompts in the West In- 
dies, An‘arrest has been sued out 
against one gentleman, in pursuance 
of their directions, for the sum of 
130,000].; to which amount they 
have proved defalcations. 
This day the lady of sir Hugh 
Munro, of Fowlis, went to her 
usual place, in the Bay of Cro- 
marty, to bathe, taking three of 
her servant maids along with her ; 
and, as was always her practice, a 
servant was placed at a considerable 
distance, to prevent any person 
from passing that way while she was 
bathing. Mr. Findlater, a mer- 
chant, coming near where the ser- 
vant was placed, was alarmed by 
loud cries and shrieks, and insisted 
on going forward to see what was 
the cause, but the servent prevented 
him, saying he had orders to stop 
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any person going that way, and that 
the crics were only occasioned by 
his lady and the maids ducking. Mr. 
I’. however, not being satisfied with 
this, persisted in his determination, 
_and instantly getting into a boat, 
made for the place, which he had 
no sooner reached, than he saw the 
four bodies floating on the water. 
He soon got them into the boat and 
made for the shore. One of the ser- 
vants revived when in the boat. 
Medical assistance was immediately 
procured for the lady and the other 
two servants; bat, though every ef- 
fort was made to recover them, all 
proved ineffectual. It is supposed, 
that some of them had gone beyond 
their depth, and the others, in at- 
tempting to save them, shared their 
fate. But no positive information 
has yet been obtained from the sur- 
vivor. 
10th. This day, a beautiful brig 
was launched at Thorpe, amidst the 
acclamations of a great concourse 
of people, assembled at Catter- 
moul’s-gardens, and in. the sur- _ 
rounding meadows. She went off 
the stocks in a very fine style, and 
without the least accident; but 
when she was towing ashore, for the 
company on board to quit her, al- 
most every one endeavouring to get 
ashore first, the weight of such a 
body of people, added to those on 
the rigging, (being launched com- 
pletely rigged), overset her; whitch 
created such ascene of confusion and 
distress, as it is impossible to de- 
scribe. Nearly 100 men, women, 
and children, were suddenly plunged 
into the river, and, with difficalty, 
preserved from a watery grave. Al- 
though it was scareely to be expect- 
ed, but that several lives must have 
been lost, yet, there is reason to be- 
lieve, no mere thap ene fella sacri- 
fice, 
