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Containing, (Greater Variety, and m. e in Quantity, than any Monthly Book of the fame Price. I Letter from Geriah, in the Eaft-Indies. II. Capitulation of the Saxon Troops. III. London Inflructions to its Members. IV. Southwark Addrefs and Inftructions. V. Account of the taking Ofwego. VI. The JOURNAL of a Learned and Political CLUB, &c. continued: Containing the SPEECHES of T. Quintius and Junius Brutus, for and against the Militia Bill. VII. Opinion of the Judges in the Cafe of the Prince's Children. VIII. Interview between Admiral Wtafon and an Indian Nabob. IX. Hiflory of Newfoundland. X. Value of that Poffeffion. XI. Of the Double Entendre. XII. Publick Juftice deluded. XIII. Queries and Answers concerning the Turks. XIV. State of Learning in the Eaft. XV. Remarks on the jefuits Bark. XVI. Of ingroffing Corn. XVII. Pruffian Memorial to the Dutch. XVIII. King of Pruffia's conclufive Memorial. XIX. Queries on a Militia. XX. Lift of Ships taken from the French. XXII. Miferies of France. Druid; Enigma; to Mifs S-n, with Swan Quills; Ode to the late Duke of Beaufort; Ode on Sculpture; to a Lady of Pleafure; on Gen. C-'s drinking the Bath Waters; the Return; to Philomufus; the modern Warrior; a new Song, fet to Mufick, a Minuet, &c. &c. XXIV. The MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER: Account of the taking of Geriah; Parliament prorogued; Arrival of Bofcawen, Blakeney, and Shirley; Riots in the Country; Lottery begins drawing; Advices from America; Motions of our Fleets; Succefs of the Privateers; Lord-Mayor fworn in; Fires, Storms, &c. &c. &c. XXV. Promotions; Marriages and Births; Deaths; Bankrupts. XXVI. Courfe of Exchange. XXVII. Prices of Stocks for each Day. XXX. A Catalogue of Books. With a curious and useful MAP of the Southern Parts of UPPER SAXONY, and the MULTUM IN PARVO. LONDON: Printed for R. BALDWIN, at the Rofe in Pater-Noiler-Row; L CONTENT ETTER from an officer, with an account of taking fort Geriah 515 Articles of capitulation with the Saxons French account of the taking of Ofwego JOURNAL of the Proceedings and De- BATES in the political CLUB, &c. con- SPEECH of T. Quintius, in favour of the Its being first paft by the commons, fhould be no objection to it 521 A new law for a militia abfoluty neceffary The bill will occafion a great deal of pub- And is defective in having provided no The old law more effectual than the pre- And more productive of national bravery The crown may render it ineffectual 527 Other dangers arifing from the bill And the affected modesty it produces ibid. Marriages and births 564 The other piece of M. C. of Oxon, now in band; the Refignation, and many other productions Monthly bill of mortality ТНЕ LONDON MAGAZINE. For NOVEMBER, 1756. JOURNAL of the Siege of Fort Geriah, in a Dear Sir, Α Eaft-Indies, Geriab Harbour, DMIRAL Watfon left A the Coromandel coaft in October, and came to Bombay in order to refit and clean his fquadron. Not having been able to get the leaft certain intelligence, either in refpect to the depth of water, or to the fituation of Geriah, he thought fit to fend his firft B lieutenant, Sir Wm. Hewet, in one of the company's armed veffels, to make obfervations on these matters: In a fortnight, or three weeks, he returned, with fuch information as was very fatisfactory. On the fixth of February all things being ready, by Mr. Watfon's particular defire, a council of the fea and land officers, be- C longing to his majesty and the company met, at which meeting, in order to remove all difficulties, and all probable caufe of difpute, amongst other things, the shares of prize money to every clafs, on the fuppofition of fuccefs in the intended expedition, were settled. The fame day the troops were got, on board, belonging to the king's train, the company's military, to the number of Second, Bridgewater. Fifth, Cumberland. Seventh, Protector, comp. The Revenge led the divifion of the com. pany, confifting of Revenge, Bombay Grab, and Guardian frigates: Drake, Warren, Triumph, and Viper bomb veels; the bomb ketches under the protection capt. Tovey, of his majefty's train of artillery, the Galleywatts and (mall veffels forming a line without all. At two P. M. the eNovember, 1756. D about 700 Europeans, 300 Topaffes, and 300 Seapoys, commanded by lieutenant colonel Clive: On the feventh we failed with his majesty's fquadron, and the Eaft-India company's marine force. The Moratta fleet we found here, confifting of three or four grabs, and 40 or 50 fmaller veffels, called Galleywatts, they lay to the northward of Geriah in a creek called Rajipore, whose small fort the Morattas had lately taken from Angria: This fleet was commanded by Naripunt; there was alfo an army of 3 or 4000 horfe, and perhaps as many foot, the whole under Ramajce-punt. On the 11th the adm. fummoned the fort to furrender, and received anfwer, “That those within it had been well apprized of his power, but that is it was inconvenient for them to give it up, fo if the admiral, agreeable to his fummons, was refolved to be the master of it, in that cafe, he muft take it by force, and that they should defend themselves to the utmost." The following Minutes of the Siege, I fancy will not difpleafe you. February 12, moderate and fair, the first and latter parts, the middle, light airs and calms; at half paft one made the fignal, and weighed, as did the rest of the fquadron, and flood in for Geriah harbour in two columns, or divifions, the Kingsfisher floop leading that of his majesty's fhips, which failed in the following order. Third, Tyger. Firft, Kingsfisher. Sixth, Salisbury. Fourth, Kent. fhip. nemy fired upon the king's fifher, at feven minutes past, the Revenge returned the fire, at 10 minutes paft, made the fignal to engage; at 20 minutes past the Revenge anchored and the Tyger began to fire; at 22 we began to fire; at 25 minutes, braced our yards fore and aft one, one way, the other, the other way; Titz το 516 JOURNAL of the Siege of Fort GERIAH. A Νον fome veffels he was informed, lay about three miles off. At one P. M. warped within about one cable's length of the foot of the walls in fathoms, made the fignal and began to engage, the enemy returned but a few hot, and threw four or five thells. At 3 55 minutes paft one, a magazine in the fort blew up; at four minutes paft four, they threw out a flag to capitulate; made the fignal, and ceafed firing, ditto fent lieut. Richard King a fhore, with orders to demand an immediate entrance for all our troops, and that in confirmation of their agreement, our colours should be hoifted directly; at 55 ditto he returned with their confent to hoift our colours and admit of five or fix perfons to remain for the night, and that in the morning they would give up the place; at five P. M. made the fignal and renewed our fire; at 15 minutes paft ditto they hung out their flag again; at 20 ditto made the fignal and ceafed firing. Col. Clive came on board with a perfon from the fort with propofals, which were agreed to, and an officer fent on shore, to take poffcffion of the fort; at 23 minutes they struck their colours; at 36 ditto the English colours were hoifted, and captains Forbes and Buchanan, with 60 men, marched into the fort, and took poffeffion of it; at funfet Sir William Hewet returned with an account of their having taken poffeffion of a grab and a (now. At fun rite the whole body of our troops marched in. This conqueft, thank God, has not coft the whole fquadron much more than 20 men killed, and wounded, and most of thofe few were by one unlucky fhot on board the Cumberland, yet every thip has reEceived, at least, 20 or 30 fhot in her hull, 'mafts, or rigging. to keep a ftern of the Tyger; at 44 ditto by the Tyger's coming to an anchor without any fignal being perceived by us, our thip having little way, and the tide taking her quarter, we fell aboard of her, cried away her bowfprit end, and broke her fpreetfail yard; but the veering we foon got clear of each other; at 46 minutes made the fignal and anchored, ditto left off firing; at 55 minutes fent orders to the Guardian to flip, and get out of the way; at three o'clock we fwang, and brought our larboard tide to bear, at half paft ditto, fent orders to the Guardian and Revenge to leave off firing; at 31 minutes paft fent orders to the Tyger and Salisbury to direct their whole fire at B the N. E. baition of the fort; at 46 minutes ditto a thell from capt. Tovey fell into the Restoration grab, and fet her on fire; made the fignal for all pinnaces and barges, manned and armed: At four o' clock the greateft part of Angria's grabs and veffels were in a blaze; at 24 minutes past four, obferving very little fire from the enemy, made the fignal for the fquadron to cease firing; at 20 minutes past four having laid a warp in thore, weighed our anchor and warped in under the Cumberland's ftern, where we anchored in four fathoms, it being nearly high water; at 35 minutes paft ditto the enemy having renewed their fire, made the figmal, and began to engage; at half paft fix the fort was on fire from a shell; at 35 minutes made the fignal, and ceafed firing, the enemy having ceased theirs. At half paft feven col. Clive, with the troops, difembarked, in order to land where they could beft do it, to the eastward of the fort; at 50 minutes paft eight burnt two falfe fires in answer to two burnt by col. Clive, as a fignal that he was happily landed, and that the troops, which we had obferved in the afternoon, on the hill to the eastward of the fort, were Morattas. The bomb veffels continued throwing fhells into the fort till day light. The admiral then ordered the line of battle fhips, and the Protector, to warp clofe in, ready to batter in breach, when the fignal fhould be made, and for that purpofe only to fire their lower tier, unless it thould be neceffary to filence any fire from the enemy, in which cafe they were permitted to ufe their upper deck guns till that was effected; foon after fent an officer with a flag of truce to the governor of the fort, with a fummons to furrender the place. February 13, at half past noon, the officer returned with the governor's refufal to furrender, upon which the admiral fent the frigates, barges, and pinnaces, manned and armed, under the command of Sir William Hewit, up the river, in fearch of D F G By this happy ftroke the notorious Angria is entirely deftroyed; for all his country, which extended about four degrees of latitude is taken from him, and every fort along his coaft hath fince furrendered: He himself hath hitherto efcaped us, but hath fallen into the Morattas hands: It appears he left his fort a day or two before it was attacked, and committed the government of it to his wife's brother, under whofe protection alfo he put his two wives and two pretty children; both of the laft, and one of the first, have been fince taken ill with the fmall-pox, and have been attended by Mr. Watfon's furgcon, in fulfilment of a promite the admiral made them the first interview he had with the family, after the furrender of the place, that he would be their friend: At this meeting people here faw a very moving foene; for upon Mr. Watson's en tering H |