THE British Chronologist; COMPREHENDING EVERY MATERIAL OCCURRENCE, With Proceffions at Coronations, Instalments of the Military Honours, he Valuation of fuppreffed Religious Foundations at the Reformation; the Introduction and Growth of Taxes, annual Grants, and Increase of the National Debt; PRINTED FOR G. KEARSLEY, NO. 46, IN FLEET-STREET, AN GEORGE $748. N exprefs arrived from FalJan. 7. mouth with advice, that M. de la Bourdenaye, late commander in chief of the French king's fhips in India, was feized the 4th inftant, on board a Dutch fhip, called the Statianfe Friendship, captain Decker, bound from St. Euftatia to Holland. The above hip put into Falmouth the 22d paft, by contrary winds, and it being difcovered that this gentleman was on board her, application was made to captain Bladwell, commander of his Majefty's ship the Mercury, who went, with a proper number of men, to fearch the fhip for him the commodore at firft denied himself, but on examining his packets he was discovered, and, with his fecretary and another officer, was brought athore; and, on their parole, had the liberty of the town of Falmouth. : He was the commanding officer when the French took Madrass or Fort St. George, where he got great riches, which he put on board a Portuguese fhip at St. Paul de Loagana, where he put in to victual and water the French men of war, on his voyage From India to Martinico; at which ifland II. he arrived with the French fquadron of five men of war, the beginning of September laft, and quitted his command, and went to St. Euftatia to get a paffage for Holland. The reafon of this his conduct was faid to be, that having been formerly employed on fome confiderable ftation by the French Eaft-India company, he had embezzled a large fum, to the amount, of a million of livres; but by the influence of his brotherin-law, who was then a perfon of great confequence in the direction of the faid company, he was fo far from fuffering difgrace, that he was continued in employment, and promoted from time to time, till at length he was appointed to command the fquadron that failed to take Fort St. George. However, before he could finish his expedition and return home, his friend loft his influence, and even his employment in the Eaft-India company: and fo fearing the ftorm would again break out against him, having before converted all the spoil of Fort St. George into diamonds, he took the courfe above-mentioned, towards the end of the month, he was brought up to London. An ACCOUNT of the Produce of the SINKING FUND in the Year 1747, and to the Payment of what Debts was contracted before December 25, 1716, the faid fund has been applied. Dr. The Exchequer to cafh on the finking fund on December 31, 1746 To the produce of the finking fund, between December 31, 1745, and December 31, 1746, viz. By money iffued between Dec. 31, 1746, and 164761 5 0 In full of 1,000,000l. } 508345 17 4 1229343 } 38375 6 c4 faries delivered for the fervice of faid annuities To pay annuities at 3 per cent. on 800,000l. £1394104 7 12 granted 1742, for 1 year, due at Chrißimos 1747· to make good the pre- Balance in cafh Dec.31, 1747 £. s. d. 359310 9 9 664253 11 101 18000 9000 O 47 4 3 24450 35000 5525 18 104 7118 5 9 13660 18 6 29765 19 5 16362 8 5 34177 7 32 1216672 4 21 177432 2 II L. 1394104 7 1 |