have no reason to complain of its feverity, as it reftores them to the poffeffion of all the places they had at the beginning of the war, on condition that they fhall maintain neither forts nor forces in the kingdom of Bengal: thus they will enjoy all their former advantages in trade, without the temptation and expence of forming schemes of conqueft and dominion. The demolition of the works belonging to the harbour of Dunkirk, is no doubt a fenfible mortification to France, though of little confequence to England, while a fquadron of fhips is kept at anchor in the Downs. It became an object of fome confideration in the war of queen Anne, as a neft of privateers that infefted the channel; and was afterward ufed as an inflammatory.term of faction. The danger that may threaten England from Dunkirk, does not depend upon veffels which could be received into the harbour; but muft arife from a ftrong fquadron of fhips of the line, which may always lie at anchor in the road. The liberty of cutting logwood in the bay of Honduras, granted to the fubjects of Great Britain, was undoubtedly a great point gained in their favour; but their obliging themselves to demolish their fortifications on that coaft, was a tacit acknowlegement that the privilege was not founded upon right, but derived from favour. The ceffion of Florida, with the forts of St. Auguftine and Pensacola, to Great Britain, was an object of much greater importance. It extended the British dominions along the coaft to the mouth of the Miffifippi. It removed an afylum for the flaves of the English colonies, who were continually making their efcape to St. Auguftine. It deprived the Spaniards of an eafy avenue, through. which they had it in their power to invade Georgia. and Carolina; it afforded a large extent of improveable territory, a ftrong frontier, and a good port in: the bay of Mexico, both for the convenience of trade, and the annoyance of the Spaniards in any future conteft. But neither the ceffion of Florida, nor the renunciation of the right to the fishery, nor the permiffion granted to the Englifh logwood cutters, nor the evacuation of Portugal; nor all these articles together, can ever be esteemed equivalent to the reftitution of the Havanna; for which, indeed, the Spanifh monarch had no fuitable compenfation to make, without difmembring his kingdom; unless he had thrown into the fcale with his other conceffions, that of a free navigation, without fearch, to the British traders on the coaft of New Spain. The crown of Spain was much favoured by the article which ftipulates, that the conquefts, not included in the treaty either as ceffions or reftitutions, fhould be restored without compenfation. Neither France nor Spain had any armament on foot, from which they could expect the leaft acquifition or fuccefs; whereas the ministry of England had great reafon to believe that the island of Luconia was already reduced. On the whole, the treaty, though it might have been more favourable in fome articles, certainly confirmed great and folid advantages to Great Britain; and will remain as an eternal monument of that moderation which forms the most amiable flower in the wreath of conqueft. Such was the iffue of a war, fanguinary beyond example, which had raged with uncommon fury in the four quarters of the globe; which had ruined many fair provinces; and, in the space of seven years, deftroyed above a million of lives; which had coft Great Britain, in particular, above two hundred and eighty thousand men, including a great number of brave and able officers, with an incredible quantity of treafure; and increased the burthen of her national debt, from fourfcore, to one hundred and thirty millions fterling. The The Royal Navy of GREAT BRITAIN as it ftood at the close of the Year 1762. N. B. Those in Italics were taken from the French or 90 Duke 64 Pr. Frederick 50 Romney 90 St. George 80 Princefs Amelia 50 Rochefter 90 Namur 60 Princefs Mary 50 Salisbury 90 Neptune 64 Revenge 50 Sutherland 60 Weymouth 50 Winchester 60 Windfor 90 Ocean 90 Princess Royal THIRD RATES. 64 Africa 74 Shrewsbury 74 Sterling-Caftle 74 Temeraire 70 Temple 64 Alcide 64 Trident 74 Arrogant 74 Valiant 64 Bedford 70 Vanguard 64 Belliqueux 74 Warpight 74 Bellona 64 Belleifle 64 Bienfaisant 70 Buckingham 70 Burford, 80 Cambridge 64 Captain 74 Centaur 70 Chichester 74 Cornwall 74 Culloden 64 Defiance 66 Devonshire 70 Dorsetshire 74 Dragon 74 Dublin FOURTH RATES. 60 Achilles Dreadnought to Deptford FIFT RATES. 32 Adventure 32 Arethufa 32 Bologne 36 Brilliant 44 Launcefton 32 Niger 44 Penzance 44 Woolwich SIXTH RATES. 20 Aldborough 28 Boreas 28 Cerberus 24 Coventry 120 Flamborough 20 Gibraltar 20 Glafgow 24 Kennington 24 Ludlow Caftle 64 Elizabeth 64 Effex bo Firme 74 Fame 60 Florentine' 80 Foudroyant 20 Seahorle 70 Grafton 50 Hampshire 44 Prince Edw. 64 Hampton-Court 60 Jerfey 28 Shannon 32 Quebec 74 Hercules 74 Hero, 60 Intrepide 44 Rainbow 36 Renown 74 Kent 60 Lion 74 Lenox 74 Magnanime 65 Medway 160 Montague 22 Repule 24 Sheerness 28 Tartar 4 Terpsichore 28 Trent Infernal Fire-Sb. no Guns Roman Emperor Salamander Strombolo YACHTS. TO Dorfet STORESHIPS. 20 Crown 24 South Sea Caftlé Rates, Guns. Names. 69666 Guns. Men, Metal. Complement of Men, and Weight of Metal, in the Royal Navy. Metal. Guns. Men. |