compence for these royal virtues, your majefty may reign in the hearts of a free and happy people, and that they, excited by your majefty's benevolent care to discharge your royal function, and animated by gratitude for the enjoyment of fo many bleffings, may make the due return, by a conftant obedience to your laws, and by the most steady attachment and loyalty to your perfon and government. His majesty's moft gracious answer: "Gentlemen, "I return you my cordial thanks for this moit dutiful and affectionate addrefs, and for your warm expreffions of fidelity to my perfon, and attention to the honour and dignity of my crown.. "The unanimous affurances that you will make effectual and speedy provifion for the vigorous profecution of the war, and for the fupport of my allies, yield me the trueft fatisfaction, and will, I truft, prove the happy means of reducing the enemy to the terms of a juft and honourable peace. With fuch zeal and harmony among my people, I have only to implore the continuance of the Divine bleffings on their generous efforts, and on my ardent endeavours for the permanent felicity of my loving fubjects." 2 Earl of Harrington Dragoons. 5 Regiments. I Lieut. Gen. Conway 3 Earl of Albemarle 4 Sir Robert Rich 16 Lieut. Col. Burgoyne 17 Lieut. Col: Hale Foot Guards. Three Regiments. 7 Battalions. 1 Ld Vifc. Ligonier. 3 Battalions 2 Lord Tyrawley. 2 Battalions 3 Earl of Rothes. 2 Battalions Foot Regiments 23. 3 Major Gen. Howard 9 Major Gen. Whitmore 14 Major Gen. Jeffreys 19 Lord Geo. Beauclerk 21 Earl of Panmure* *Scotch Fufileers. 30 Earl of Loudon 66 Col. Lafaufille [5 Comp.] 70 Col. Parflow [5 Comp. 72 Duke of Richmond 85 Col. Crawford [Royal Volunteers] 85 Earl of Sutherland* *Highlanders. 88 Lt. Col. Vaughan* *Royal Welsh Volunteers. 93 Major Gen. Campbell* *Fenfible Men. In Ireland. Commander in Chief, Lieut. Gen. Earl of Rothes. Horfe. 2 Regiments. 1 Lieut. Gen. Brown 2 Vacant Dragoons] 5 Dragoons. 8 Regiments. Lieut. Gen. Mostyn 8 Major Gen. Yorke 9 Col. Whitley 12 Sir John Whiteford Foot. 17 Regiments. 1 Royal Scotch, ift Battalion 2 Major Gen. Fitzwilliam 10 Lieut. Gen. Pole 16 Lt. Gen. Handafyd 18 Lt. Gen. Folliott 26 Lt. Gen. Anftruther 29 Major Gen. Boscawen 39 Major Gen. Adlercron 52 Col. Sandford 59 Major Gen. Montagu 76 Lord Forbes's ift Battalion 83 Col. Sebright 89 Col. Bagfhaw 90 Sir Ralph Gore 91 Lt. Col. Blaney In Jersey. 75 Col. Bofcawen In Germany. 4 Major Gen. Honywood Dragoons. 6 Regiments, 10 Sir John Mordaunt Foot. 16 Regiments. 24 Major Gen. Cornwallis Lieut. Gen. Stuart 82 Col. Parker, ditto In garrifon at Embden. 87 Major Keith 92 Major Camp-Highlanders bell In North America. Commander in Chief, Major Gen. Amherst. Foot. 21 Regiments, or 25 Battalions. 1 Royal Scotch. (2d Bat.) 15 Major Gen. Amherst 17 Brig. Monckton 22 Brig. Whitmore Commander in Chief, Lieut. Gen. 27 Lord Blakeney Marquis of Granby. Horfe Guards. 1 Regiment. Marquis of Granby Horfe. 2 Regiments. 3 Lieut, Gen. Dejean 28 Col. Townshend 35 Lt. Gen. Otway 40 Late Barrington 42 Royal Highlanders. 2 Batt. 43 Lt. Gen. Kennedy Q L (c) Said to be on the stocks, at Quebec, when that capital was conquered. (d) Taken by the Crefcent in the Weft-Indies. (e) By the Hulke privateer of Jerfey. (f) This ship, after being taken, was obliged to be funk. (g) Said to have been funk in the Calchefter's, &c. engagement. (b) As the carried a broad pendant, fhe was more than probable a royal hip. (i) The fhips in the Villaine are ruined, I fuppofe. (k) Thefe are the fix firefhips burnt at the fiege of Quebec. Hawke (1) I have not added the armed fhips deftroyed along with these two frigates, nor the fhip remaining in Gafpee bay, a few months ago. (m) The three laft fhips were loft coming down the River St. Laurence, with the Machault, after Quebec was taken; whether king's frigates, armed fhips, or ftore fhips, I won't determine. (n) It is unneceflary to add by what particular gentlemen fo many fhips were taken, funk, or otherwife deftroyed; former lifts, and recent inftances, will very well excufe me that trouble. 16 L'Opiniatre 64 786 16 L'Eville 64 Deftroyed 1730 L'Aigle 56 Taken 1706 L'Alcion 50 Le Greenwich 50 Total (") 4222 ENGLISH SHIPS taken. |