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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.

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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

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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
60 York

90 Ocean
90 Prince

90 Princess Royal
84 Royal William
90 Sandwich
90 Union

THIRD RATES.

64 Africa

74 Shrewsbury
70 Semerfet

74 Sterling-Caftle
74 Superb
70 Swiftfure

74 Temeraire

70 Temple
74 Terrible
74 Thunderer
74 Torbay

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
60 America
60 Anfon
50 Antelope
50 Afiftance
so Centurion
50 Chatham
50 Chefter

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to Deptford
60 Dunkirk
60 Edgar
150 Falkland
50 Falmouth

FIFT RATES.

32 Adventure
32 Alarm

32 Arethufa
32 olus

32 Bologne
32 Boston
32 Blonde

36 Brilliant
32 Crefcent
38 Danae
32 Diana
144 Dover
32 Emerald
44 Enterprize.
32 Flora
44 Gofport
32 Juno
32 Lark

44 Launcefton
30 Looe
44 Lynn
36 Melampe
32 Minerva
32 Montreal

32 Niger
36 Pallas

44 Penzance

44 Woolwich

SIXTH RATES.
28 Actæon
28 Active

20 Aldborough
24 Amazon
28 Aquilon
28 Argo
24 Arundel

28 Boreas

28 Cerberus

24 Coventry
20 Deal-Caftle
24 Dolphin
24 Echo

120 Flamborough
124 Fowey
24 Garland

20 Gibraltar

20 Glafgow
20 Greyhound
24 Hind

24 Kennington
28 Levant
24 Lively
28 Liverpool
28 Lizard

24 Ludlow Caftle
28 Maidstone
24 Mercury
28 Milford
24 Nightingale
24 Portmahon
20 Rofe

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64 Effex

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74 Fame

60 Florentine'

80 Foudroyant

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20 Seahorle

70 Grafton

50 Hampshire

44 Prince Edw.

64 Hampton-Court 60 Jerfey

28 Shannon

32 Quebec

74 Hercules

74 Hero,

60 Intrepide
50 Ifis

44 Rainbow

36 Renown

74 Kent

60 Lion

74 Lenox

74 Magnanime

65 Medway 160 Montague

22 Repule
32 Richmond
|32 Saphire

24 Sheerness
24 Solebay
:0 Siren
24 Surprize

28 Tartar

4 Terpsichore

28 Trent

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YACHTS.

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8 Fubbs
8 Katherine
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STORESHIPS.

20 Crown

24 South Sea Caftlé

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