... Wind having been strong at South West for near ten Weeks, upwards of two hundred sail of Merchants Ships for the East and West Indies, Tur- key, Spain, Portugal and the Streights, among them the great South Sea Ship Prince William, are detained in the Downs ...

... the City Expence. This Morning the Othar Sloop arrived at Deptford with a great Number of Pirates on Board, taken in the West Indies. ...

... Ship the Cornwall at Spithead, August 19. Yesterday Admiral Stewart sailed in the Lyon Man of War from St. Helen's for the West Indies; he saluted Sir George Walton with 11 Guns, who returned him the like Number; 'tis faid that Capt. Purvis will Com- mand ...

... Passage from Cadiz ; that the said King reported, That before he left Cadiz, a Spanish Man of War was arrived there from the West Indies, who had been in Company with an Eng- lish Man of War by whom she had been examin'd, but that she having only Tobacco and ...

... English Nation cannot consent fent to the Commerce and Navigation of the subjects of the Austrian Netherlands to the East and West Indies, upon the foot of the last Treaty of Commerce with Spain. Some Advices mention, that there has been a Fire at Constantinople ...

... Ship the Deal-Castle, has ' retook and brought in here a Snow call'd the Griffin, be- ' longing to Cork, and bound to the West-Indies ; the Car- ' go was sold here, and the Vessel was purchased by Admi- ' ral Boscawen for a Tender. ' Capt. Montague, of the ...

... he is yet uncertain, however 'tis talkt that three seperate Squadrons wiil be' sent out early in the Spring, viz. to the West Indies, the Mediterranean and Baltick, each commanded by an Ad- They are no lefs bufy at the Victualling o£ke, where many thoufand ...

... News of Sunday's and Wednesday's Posts. A. Naval Affairs, East and West Indies Trade, &c. 1. The Officers of the Men of War, which are to act as Guard Ships on our Coasts, are ordered to repair on board their respective Ships. 2. One of the Transports ...

... Executed as in Cases of Pyracy. The Attorney General observed in opening the Case, that Pyraces were a growing Evil in the West-Indies, and among our selves, and that they were encouraged from England by Arms sent under the Notion of going to Gui- nea, which ...

... We hear a Project is on Foot for preserving his Ma- jesty's Ships of War and Merchant Ships that make Voy- ages to the West-Indies, from being Rotten or Worm Eaten so soon as usual by 6 Years, and for abundance less Expence than the common way of cleaning ...

... Hawkers were immediately taken up. 'Tis remarked that great quantities of Gun-powder have been of late shipp'd off for the West-Indies, where 'tis expected it will be a very useful Commodity, unless the Spaniards mend their Manners. According to the Accounts ...

... falling of the Scaffold, on which he stood to see the Execution. Mr. James Johnson, a young Gentleman lately come from the West-Indies, is also one of the unhappy Sufferers, being kill'd on the Spot. A Peruke-maker at Newington, who had a Wife and seven Children ...