The Virginia Gazette

LONDON, Aug. 27. It is said there is a Scheme on Foot for making the several Goals in this Metropolis larger, and consequently less unwholesome than they are at present, and for establishing some Kind of Manufacture in each of them, that the Industrious may have an Opportunity of maintaining themselves, at least, if not of procuring their Liberty by their own Labour.

Aug. 31. Yesterday Morning a Polish Jew made Oath, before Richard Chamberlayne, Esq; that he had been robb'd, in a House at Crawford Bridge, near Hounslow, of 554 Ducats, which he had tied up in his Girdle, being, it seems, the common Method which these People use to carry their Money. The Jew further deposed, by an Interpreter, that the Landlord of the House, with another Man at Crawford, came into his Room in the Middle of the Night, and forcibly took away his Money; on which a Warrant was granted him, and it is to be hoped the Offender will be brought to condign Punishment; for 'tis shocking, that Houses that hang out Signs to invite the weary Traveller to Ease and Refreshment, should be made a Trap to rob the Innocent of their Property.

Sept. 3. Among the several Memorials drawn up by the French Court to prove her Right to the Island of St. Lucia, there is one which speaks to the following Purport.

That in 1624, M. D'Esiet de Nambuc, after having conquered some of the Antilles Islands, also seized upon the Island of St. Lucia, and took Possession of it in due Form. but could not keep Footing there. That in 1638, some English Adventurers made a Descent there, and were soon after expelled by the Savages. That M. du Parquet, Nephew of M. D'Esiet de Nambuc; having succeeded to the Rights of his Uncle, took Possession of St. Lucia towards the End of the Year 1640, by Consent of the Native Inhabitants, who acknowledged him in Quality of Governor. In 1674 the English having attacked the Island of St. Lucia, with a Body of 1200 Men, obliged M. de Baas, the then Governor thereof, to deliver up the Fort to them. The next Year, the English having been again driven out by the Savages, the French repossessed themselves of the Island, but having neglected to maintain the Colony, the Island became almost common to all Nations, 'til the Year 1686. when the English came with Force and Arms, and drove out the few French that were settled there, pretending that the Island belonged to them, &c.