B.

Baccalar, Commandant at

Bagdat, plague at

Bagenall or Bagnall, Mr., duel with Col. Blaquiere

Bagot, Richard, Esq.

Bahama Islands, Governor of
-, Chief Justice in
-, spread of rebellious principles in

Bailey, Wm., of S. Cadbury, convicted of swearing

Baillie, Capt., 48th Regt.
-, James
-, William, pension determined
-, advocate, appointment

Bainbridge, John, of Low Harrowgate

Baker, Dr. George, Physician to the Queen
-, Montague Bere
-, William

Balack, Hanway, Middle Temple

Balcarres, Lord

Baldwin, Mr., Consul at Cyprus
-, Mr., printer

Balfour, Capt., 6th Regt.
-, Andrew, appointment

Balise River, Honduras Bay, insurrection on

Ball, Lieut.-Gov., Jersey

Ballantine, name of, taken

Ballone, Mr.

Balmondiere, Joseph Antoine de la, of Grenada, daughters of, in France

Baltimore, proceedings in

Bambrick, John

Bancker, Gerard, New York, letter from

Bangor, Lord
-, Bishop of, election of
-, rectories held in commendam

Bank of England, article in the Amsterdam Gazette touching
-, money in, applied to redemption of slaves
-, Governor of
-, forgeries on

Bank of Scotland. See Scotland.

Bankes, Consul

Banks, Capt., of H. M. S. "Renown,"

Banting, James

Bara, Long Island, minister of

Barbadoes
-, inquiry into management of the Customs at
-, President of
-, Attorney General of
-, Governor of

Barbary
-, visits of H. M.'s ships to coast of
-, administration of justice in
-, redemption of Christian slaves in

Barber, Major, of Boston

Barcelona
-, a visit to
-, H.M.'s ships in

Barclay, Mr., of Philadelphia
-, David
-, James Robertson, and Robert Robertson, appointment
-, John and Robert

Barham, Edmund, agent to the Post Office at Dover

Barker, Mr., Rhode Island
-, Francis, Esq., appointment

Barjols (? Bandol), in Provence, French King's Procureur at

Barkley, Capt. Andrew, of H.M.S. "Scarborough," letters, &c.

Barkly, Gilbert, agent for the tea sent to Philadelphia

Barlow, Robert, of Boston, Lincolnshire, murderous attempt on Mrs. Barlow
-, encroachments by

Barnard, John, pension

Barnes, John

Barney, John, Great yarmouth

Barnham, Levi, prisoner of war

Baronetcies. See Creations.

Baronets of Scotland, resumption of a disused badge by

Barrington, Lord Viscount, Secretary at War. See Secretary at War.
-, Hon. Daines

Barrow, Mr., New York

Barry, Mr.
-, Barry, M.P., in Ireland
-, Dr. Nathaniel, Dublin
-, Edward, M.D., Dublin

Barter, Capt. Joseph, merchant in Poole

Barton, Rev. Mr., Philadelphia
-, Benjamin, appointment
-, Dr. Cutts, Dean of Bristol, dispensation
-, John, of Corsley
-, William

Basbali, Admiral, in command of Russian fleet

Basher, Mrs., wife of an Army surgeon, drowned

Baskett, Robert, of Ewell, natural children of, take his name

Basset, Major, Commandant at Detroit, circumstances of, &c.

Batavia

Bates, Joah

Bath, investitures with the ensigns of the Order of the
-, Knights of the, warrants connected with the appointment
-, Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod of the Order of the

Bath and Wells, Bishop of, election, &c.

Bathurst, Henry

Batten, Samuel, an aged pilot

Battle Axe Guards, exchange from, into the army

Battley, John

Baucherville

Bavaria, Minister in England from

Baxter, Alex., Russian Consul

Bayard, William, Greenwich (America), letter from

Bayer, Edward Otto, of Frith Street, Soho

Baynes, Wm., and Co.

Bayntern, Wm.

Bayntun, Sir Edward
-, Edward, Consul in Tripoli

Bayonne

Beachcroft, Matthew, Governor of the Bank of England

Beacon Island Road

Beal, James, change of name

Bearcroft, Edward, K.C.,licences to plead

Beauchamp, Lord Viscount

Beauclerk, Charles, Lieut.-Col.

Beaufain, Beranger de, claim to property in Charlestown

Beaufort, America

Beaumont, name and arms assumed
-, Percival

Beavoir, Mr., Master of Canterbury School

Beavor, Edward, Esq.

Beawes, Consul

Bec, Isle of

Beckenham, &c., licence to enclose highway in

Becket

Becket, one, a hosier in the Strand

Beckington, Ann

Beckwith, Lieut.-Col., necessity of quitting the service

Bedford, Duchess of

Bedingfield, John, of York, licence to enter foreign service

Beer, &c., combination among the publicans to raise price of

Begow, Abraham

Belem Castle, Lisbon

Belfast
-, address to the King from

Belgioioso, Count de, Austrian Minister

Bell, George, agent for the packet-boats at Falmouth

Bellamont, Earl of, created a baronet
-, a Privy Councillor
-, steps to raise recruits for service in America, &c.

Bellas, Thomas

Belleisle, illegal fishing on coast of
-, Moravian settlements to westward of Straits of

Bellisle, Antoine, Canadian prisoner

Bellmarche, alias of a French gentleman

Belson, Richard

Belturbot

Bengal, Council and Judges of, conveyance, &c.
-, Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in

Benider, Jacob, Minister in England from Morocco, protection of his person, &c.
-, distress, &c.
-, allowances

Bennet, Capt. of H.M.S. "Aldborough," an "affair" with a French man-of-war

Bentinck, Count

Bentley and Wedgwood, Messrs., manufacturers of earthenware, memorial

Benvie. See Liffe.

Bere, name assumed

Berew, Abraham, informs of forgeries on the Bank

Berlendis, Baron de. See Venetian Resident.

Bermuda
-, Governor of
-, boat built for Government at
-, proper place for a military hospital, natural features of
-, robbery of gunpowder from, for the Americans, &c.
-, conditions of affairs in
-, ship to be stationed at

Bernard, Sir Francis
-, Thomas

Berridale, Lord

Berryman, John, Virginia, letter from

Berthier, parish of, below Montreal

Bertie, Lord R.

Bertin, Sieur Louis Pierre, of Paris

Berwickshire, Sheriff Depute of
-, Keeper of Register of Seisins in

Betanços

Bethnal Green, fears óf tumult in

Bethune, Rev. Mr.

Beverley, mayor of

Bewicke, Ben. and., Cal., London

Bewickes, Timerman and Mourgue, Cadiz

Bible, Dr. Kennicott's Hebrew

Bickerton, Edward

Biddle, Clement, philadelphia
-, Igelow, Joshua

Bigland, name assumed

Bilboa, American vessels at

Binney, Mr., at Halifax

Birch, Colonel
-, Wm., a criminal at York

Bird, Major, 19th Regt., as to promotion of

Birmingham ware, exports of

Birnie, James, of Broomhill

Bishop, Captain, H.M.S., "Lively,"
-, Edward, late Naval Officer of Quebec, pension

Black, Mr., passenger in one of the tea ships to Boston
-, going to settle at Grenada

Blackburn, Mr.
-, John, as to the sentiments of the American merchants in the city
-, John, jun., Liverpool

Blackett, Erasmus, Mayor of Newcastle-uponTyne

Blackstone, Mr. Justice

Blair, James, of Dublin

Blake, Francis, baronetcy

Blanco, Cape
-, wreck of H.M.'s ships off

Bland, Neville, pension

Blandford, Robert, of Monmouth

Blaquiere, John, afterwards Sir John, Secretary to the Lord Lieut. of Ireland, letters, &c.
-, duel with Mr. Bagenall
-, Lord Lieut. details the uncommon circumstances of the duel, and requests a favour, &c.
-, request refused, &c
-, political performances and services
-, ambitious for an honour from His Majesty
-, sent over by the Lord Lieutenant to England, to give information, &c.
-, desirability of his receiving some mark of H.M.'s favour
-, speeches in the House of Commons reported
-, offends the Duke of Leinster
-, bearer of a letter to Lord Rochford
-, appointed Knight of the Bath
-, appointed Bailiff of Phænix Park
-, paper by (?), on revenue of Ireland
-, appointed alnager in Ireland

Blayney, Lord, on the Irish Staff
-, the embarkations at Cork
-, death

Bligh, Captain, of H.M.S. Wasp

Block River, Colony at

Blosset, Miss Harriet

Blyswick, Mr.

Boddington, J., Ordance Office

Bodmyn

Boeltzing, Mr., the Hanoverian decypherer, services of, &c.

Boines, M. de. See Boynes.

Bollan, Mr., interview with Lord Dartmouth.

Bolton, Major
-, John

Bombay
-, disputes at

Bomeester, Daniel, consul at Carthagena
-, British Consul in Sicily, &c.

Bonavista, Newfoundland, reimbursement for injury to French fishermen at
-, claim by the French to have a fishery at

Bondfield, John, Quebec, letter

Boniface, M., French governor of Goree

Bonn, British minister at

Bonnell, name and arms assumed

Booth, William, a messenger

Bordeaux
-, cattle distemper in
-, company formed at, to trade with the Americans
-, ships at, from America

Bore, Richard, wine merchant in Kensington

Boreel, M., Fiscal of the Admiralty of Amsterdam

Borlum. See McIntosh, Edward Shaw.

Bosanquet, Mr., agent in Grenada

Bosanquet, Fatio and, Messrs.

Boston
-, witnesses sent to, in connexion with burning of the Gaspee
-, forwarding of public despatches from
-, dutied tea sent to, proceedings in connexion with, and afterwards
-, Liberty Tree at
-, factors of the tea sent to
-, committee for the people at
-, lists of actors &c. in the proceedings at
-, removal of the custom-house from, in consequence of the late violences
-, indemnity asked for the loss of the teas at
-, meeting of the Privy Council relative to the transactions at
-, passengers &c. in the tea ships to
-, troops sent to
-, solemn league and covenant read at
-, become the only place of safety for Crown officers
-, measures for distressing the people of, discontinuing the trade, &c.
-, committee of correspondence at, letters to the various counties
-, war ships to be sent to
-, war material supplied to colonists at
-, state of the regiments at
-, designs of the rebels on
-, state of affairs in
-, arrival of the English generals at
-, arrival of the transports at
-, engagement near
-, question of ships lying in the harbour without unloading
-, want of provisions, money, &c.
-, engagement with the rebels near
-, bearer of the last despatches from
-, General Gage's army in, opinions as to
-, account of the loss of the lighthouse at the entrance of the harbour
-, retaining the women and children in, an act of inhumanity
-, position of the two armies at
-, orations in commemoration of 5th March at
-, postal service to
-, everything quiet at
-, instructions for security of goods, &c. of loyal persons at
-, state of the King's troops at
-, Attorney General at
-, Commissioners of Customs at, letter from
-, Town Clerk of

Boston Gazette

Boston (Lincolnshire), attempt to murder at

Bostonnois, name given by the Canadians to the Rebels

Boswell, Mr.

Boteler, Richard

Boulderson, John, jun.. commander of the Halifax "packet-boat,"

Boulogne

Boulton, licence to take name of

Bourquin, Jean Jac., prisoner of war

Bow St., public office in, register of offenders kept at

Bowater, Lieut. Richard

Bowden, Joseph

Bowdoin, James

Bower, John, of Manchester

Boxhill parish interests itself about a capital convict

Boyd, Major or Lieut-Gen., Lieut.-Governor of Gibraltar
-, John, of Danson, Kent, baronetcy

Boyes, John, jun.

Boyle, Archd., merchant, Glasgow

Boynes, M. de, as to intentions of the French in Africa

Bradford, manufactures in

Bradford, Dr., Rhode Island

Bradley, Mr., importer of gum from Senegal

Bradshaw, Barrington

Bradshaw Peirson, of Stokesley, name and arms assumed

Brahm. See De Brahm.

Braithwaite, Christopher, of Ripon

Bramham, Lieut.-Col. James, mission to Dunkirk

Brandon, Raphael

Brazil, aggressive designs of Spain in
-, southern limits of
-, viceroy of

Breadalbane, Earl of

Brechin, preceptory of Maisondieu in city of

Brenton, Lieut., on half pay in Rhode Island

Brereton, Catherine, pension
-, Capt. W., claims for services at Manilla, &c.

Brest, intelligence as to French movements at

Breton. See Le Breton.

Brewers raise the price of beer

Brice, William

Bridgen, Edward

Bridges, Robert, Philadelphia

Bridgwater, Duke of

Bridport, recorder of

Briefs in the Court of Chancery, Clerk of

Brietzcke, Charles, Clerk in the Secretary of State's office

Brinsmaid, Zach., prisoner of war

Brislane, Michael, murdered his wife

Bristol, Merchants of, complain of Irish duties
-, gunpowder from, for Philadelphia
-, prebendary of
-, people of, in general hostile to the Americans
-, patent searcher of

British Herring Society, late purchasers of stock of

British linen Company

British trade abroad, annual reports as to, directed

Briton, Governor, a Mosquito Indian Chief

Brittany, importation of cattle from

Brizelius, Mr., mission in Nova Scotia

Brockenbrough, Dr., Hobs Hole, p
-, Austin, letter from London

Bromberg

Bromfield, William, Surgeon to the Queen

Brooks, Chetwyde
-, Samuel, Queen Street, Bloomsbury

Broom, William, Lieut., of 5th Dragoons, court-martial on

Brotherston, Peter, of Leith

Brown and Cornthwait, Messrs, Baltimore, intercepted letter from

"Brown Bear and Rummer"— a public-house

Brown, James
-, John, Captain, 2nd Royal Americans
-, John, a soldier, confession of murder
-, John, address to the Assembly of Rhode Island
-, Moses, at Rhode Island
-, Simon and Co., Glasgow
-, Thomas, of Ovington
-, William

Browne, Lieut.-Col., 28th Regt.
-, Lieut., Fort Adjutant of St. Vincent
-, Arthur, Lieut.-Col., constable of Carrickfergus
-, George, pension
-, Dr. Jemmet, appointed Archbishop of Tuam
-, Jona, of Philadelphia
-, Montfort, Governor of the Bahama Islands
-, William, Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts Bay

Brownlow, Mr., member for co. Armagh, services, &c.
-, Lieut., promotion of

Bruce, Major, affair with Col. Pigot
-, George Robert, survey of Dominica by, &c.
-, James, master of one of the tea ships
-, John

Bruere, George James, Governor of Bermuda

Bruhl, Comte de, minister from Saxony

Brummell, William

Brunswick, near Kennebeck River, proceedings of the people at

Brunswick, Port, N. Carolina, collector of customs at

Brunswick and Lunenberg, Duke of, pension exempted from tax

Brussels
-, British Minister at

Bryan, William, mariner, of Bermuda, seized by the Spaniards, petition

Brymer, Alexr.

Buccleuch, Duke of, and the election of Scotch representative peers

Buchan, John, appointment

Buckle, Thos., Charlestown, letter

Buckworth Everard, LL.D.

Buenos Ayres, Governor of, aggressive attempts of

Bulkeley, John Bulkeley Coventry, licence to enclose

Bull, Governor

Buller, John, appointment
-, Pierse
-, Rev. William

Bullock, James, a messenger
-, Thomas

Bulstrode Park, licence to enclose highway in

Bunker's Hill, battle of
-, Number of provincials engaged
-, General Gage's account, "very just,"

Burgos

Burgoyne, Major-Genl., conveyance to America
-, movements of
-, Lieut.-Col., Lord North's cousin
-, Mr.
-, Montagu, degree

Burke, Edmund
-, John, coroner, &c., of Montreal, office abolished
-, John, in Spanish service
-, Richard, appointment

Burland, John, serjeant-at-law

Burnaby, Admiral, offence to Admiral Graves

Burnell, Ann

Burnett, Charles, 78th Regt., hints towards making up the breach between Great Britain and her colonies

Burns, John

Burrell, Amy, widow
-, Charles William
-, Peter, degree of M.D.

Burrows, Mr., sent express from Governor Legge

Burton, Lieut-Col,sale of his commission
-, Col. William

Bushe, Gervase Parker, appointment

Busk or Buske, Wadsworth, Attorney-Genl. in Isle of Man

Bussora, plague, &c., at

Butcher, Wm., a capital convict, condition of pardon

Bute, Earl of
-, reported "fled to Scotland,"

Bute, Island of emigration from
-, sheriff depute of

Butler, James, almsman
-, James, Lichfield
-, John, letter from Halifax
-, John and Margaret, pension

Buzzard's Bay

Bywell, St. Peter, highway obstructed in