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of war goin to Africa, in irder to attempt fomething. vith 50,000 From the Danube, Djc. 14. Some important news is expected to be made, public foon, as there are actually fome very interefting affairs on the carpet in many Courts, and tne tranquility 01 Germany leems to dc in lome danger, their conftitutional rights, with the unjuftifiable heats which their opprefiions, and the repeated provocations they have received, have unhappily hurried them into, call loudly for the united deteftation of every man who prefers the real profperity of the Britannic empire to the intereft of party, or views of the faction." Dec. 31.

The report of the King of Spain's refigning the crown in favour of the Prince of Afturias, the heir apparent, is not fo very improbable as people may imagine; as hi3 father acted precifely in the fame manner, by calling his eldeft brother to govern, and on his deceafe re fumed again the exercife of the kingly office. Some diiferences refpecting matters of trade, have lately happened between the Dutch and the Portueuefe, two Lord is expected from 4 Madrid df Pm fuan troops, vvith artillery, are in the environs ftiortly, and it is confidently reported, that no Ambaffa of that place. Thofe from Lemberg mention, that a great dor wilt be appointed to lucceea mm tin one ocnni tent number of the inhabitants of the provinces ceded to the Court, of Vienna' have left theirjiabitations, not being able to bear the new taxes laid upon them. Hamburgh Dec 16. A private Jetter from Munich mentions that a Courier from itome brought an account, that Cardinal Anthony formerly Nuncio at the Court of Vienna, elected Pope, and that he propofed keeping the name of Eiigenius.

Petcrfonrzh. Dec. 2. The provinces wh 1 ne provinces RxtrnFl of a letter from the Hague December o. reigned are fo laid wafte and ruined, that a general famine chy, they of belong to prevails: in confequence of which, Government has likewife claims right to raife arrmncr enns ana Ave; agree witn you, that in' all Gafes Wifdom dictates the Ufe ot fuch Means as are mbft likely to attain the End propofed." We have, with deep Concern, beheld a Syftem of Co lony Adminiftration purfued fince the Year 1763, deftruc live to ine iukius ana juidcitics urnis iviajcxiv 5 uiuitiaiLu ney vriic irom iuoa inai inc innauiuiiiLs arc ouujccls in aiucijui, utitiuiuit auupicu greatly alarmed, v6n acconnt of the King of Denmark fuch Me afu res as we thdughf likely to'reftorc troops having taken poffeflion of the villages called the that Affeftion and Harmony between the Parent State and Holftenois, part of which belong, to that town, and the the Colonies, which it is the true Intereft of both Coun reft to the chapter, Xinder pretence that thefe villages were tries to cultivate and maintain, and which we molt (inform erly part of the domains of the Dukes of Holftein cerely wifh to feereftored." 4 wnere tne reuciiioii duu ms jdiniu iudjcuy ucmg uuw outic uwu juu muu uuui inmii.iv., recruits in tneie vuiaees, tne voiomes rrum nuvi otuiw iu oeorgid is uuwai tne round it heceflary to fend corn and flour from their ma which the Magifirates Chapter ftrenuoufly oppofe, Foot of the Throne, and truft the Paternal Af 'r at Mnfcnw nt nthernl.itv to thofe uartst but as and have accordinelv fent exprelles to Vienna to petition feftion and Juftice of our mod gracious Sovereign, that i' 1 j.

til, jL rl. 1 V. f. vr(; frt tVi Vita rr Tt1xr for thefe fupulies cannot laft they are contracting with the Emperor redrefs." fome Merchants to fumim the Inhabitants of Nifckney, Novogorod; Cafen, and other parts, with corn and Hour; and to facilitate their fo doing, it is imagined the exportation of corn will be forbidden both here and lit Witt illlVl 'UIV 4WI VJ.W IVWIkl U4 utitivtiU On Wednefdav nieht a Mefferieer was fent from Lord and ever faithful Subjects in America. Dartmouth's officer with difpatcheV for Lord William We aiTure your Honour, that this Houfe will always.

Campbell, Governor of South Carolina, to be forwarded purfue fuch Meafures, as (hall appear to them necelfar'y, by a packet boat, detained at Falmouth for that purpofe for fecuririg the Liberties of America, and cftablifhing ay a private leuer rrom ieeas, reaaon vyeaneiaay iait reacc, umiuci.c mu iLminuny uclwccii orcau onuuu Dee. 21. Orders are given to fit out fix more rn at the King Arms I avern, Cornhill, it appears, that gatea as. foon as poflible to cruize in the Mediterranean of the non importation article entered into and it is aflured, that this' Republic' will make it a com by the Americans the manufacturers in that town, from mon caufe with Spain, to chalhfe the infolence of the King a ftate of eafe and reduced to the of Morocco. greateft want, mifery and diftrefs and that two years They write from Cadiz, that four regiments of Spanifh revenue of the corporation would be infufficient to repair troops are expected thereto embark on board fome men the lofiTes they have already fuftained.

And the writer On Saturday laft died at his houfe in Upper Brook ftreet, Grofvenor fquare, the Hon. Sir George Thomas, Bart. He was many years Governor of Antigua, and afterwards Governor General of the Leeward Iflands, Signed by Order of the Houfe, March 9, 1775. EDWARD BIDDLE, SIR December 2j 1774. THIS is juft to inform you, that having.

received. the Petition of the General Congrefs tovthe KinK, wc concludes, that if fome of the ereat men in power could immediately communicated the fame to Lord Dartmouth. againft the Moors, who it is 'nd have blockaded up Ceuta but be eye witnefTs of this fcene, it could not fail of Secretary of State for the American Department, as the rouhng them to lome ipeedy means otredreis regular official Method, and that by which only we could have Expectation of obtaining an Anfwer. His Lordihip this Day informed that he had laid the fame before the Kingi that His Majefty had been pleafcd to receive it very gracioufiy, and to fay it was of fo great Importance, Paris, Dec. 23.

The Archbiihop of Pans having re when on his retiring from his government, his Majelty, in tnat tie mourn, as loon as tney.met, lay it before His ceived orders to be at Verfailles on Sunday, regarding the reward for his fervices, called him to the degree of Ba two Houfes of Parliament. We can only add, that we refufal of the Sacrament at St. Severin, his Majefty fpoke ronettage. He is fucceeded in title and eftate by his fon, Refpect, Sir, to him in. the following, terms, in prefence of the firft now Sir William Thomas, of Titchfield ftreet.

Tour mofi obedient, and mofl humble Servants, Prefident of the Parliament of Paris: The King, my Jan. 10. Laft week her Majefty received a very hanl William Bollan, grandfather, exiled you feveral times for the troubles you fome prefent of fable (kins from the Eraprefs bf RulTxa, To the Hon. Speaker of the Franklin, occaiioned in the State; I fent for you to tell you, that if which are faid to be the grandeft ever feen in England. of Pennfylvania.

Arthur Lee. you relapfe, I (hall not exile you, but give you over to the Extrafi of a Letter from 'Conflantinople, dated Nov. 17. rigour of the law." Since the have difcharged the Albanians, Extratl of a Letter from London, dated January 4. N.

the navigation among the Archipelagos becomes daily The Petition of the Congrefs has been prefented to Dec. 27. The greateft fecrecy and filence is ordered to more and more dangerous; and thofe feas now fwarm the King, and received with a better Grace than might be kept on the atrairs of America; and it is reported that with pirates, who attack all the veffels they meet. The have been expected. It was referred to the Confideration fome very difagreeaW advices have within thefe few days corfairs who are moft to be feared are commanded by of Parliament, which meets the 19th Inftant and it is been received from'Dofton, which have been managed Manoli and Doli Conftantine, both Dulcignotes They reported that the Miniftry incline to make, fome Concef with fo much privacy, that few or none of the contents have already taken three French mips, and maffiacred all fions, but their real Intentions are kept very clofc.

A have tranfpired, even to the people in office. the crews. Another velTel, in endeavouring to avoid thefe Meeting of the Merchants and others concerned in the Dec. 19. A Correfpondent fays, The hoft of pitiful villains, was wrecked on the coaft of Caramania, where American Trade was' held this Day, when it was agreed Scribblers who are.retained in conftant pay, for the pur the inhabitants killed all butlwo of the men.

to frame a Petition to be laid before the Houfe, and a pofe of mifreprefenting and flandering the Americans, by The Court of France is refolved to reinforce the Committee of twenty three Perfons were appointed to contoundmg tneir moil meritorious exertions in oenait. or lquaarou wnicn it maintains tnole ieas ror tne protec tnat oervice. it is to dc connnea to a Kepreientation ot tion of its trade with two frigates and the Captains of commercial Grievances, and will avoid entering into the all the King's fhips have orders to put all the pirates whom political Grounds of Conteft, a Plan which indeed feems they take to the fword. The Chevalier de Vintimille, beft fuited to the Idea of a mercantile Aflembly." who commands the Corvete la Sardine, has executed Extratl of a Letter from Nezv Tor March ir. this order on one pirate which he took off Skiros, and Laft Evening the January Mail arrived in 7 Weeks, and caufed all the crew, confiding of 60 men, to be drowned, brings as much good News as we could expect by her The Porte has refolved to affift France in extirpating tfcefe The King has received the Petition of the Congrefs, and pirates, and to fend out two Chebecs againft them." is much pleafed with it, thinks it polite and fenhble, and.

Jan. 1 2. By the laft accounts from the Mediterranean intends to ftrike out a Plan to unite all his People with his we hear, that the trade carried on there is greatly inter own Hand. rupted by the fvyarms of Barbary corfairs which infeftthe A few I to, the BL I C. coafts of Spain and Italy.

THE value of all eftates in this country muft and will The Charming Nancy, Daverfon, from Bofton, is arri depend on the number of its inhabitants. The in ved at Spithead, with an exprefs, in 24 days palTage. habitants can create only in two ways, viz. bynatural of the latter of whoje mips attempting to fearch a veffel It is faid to be a fact, that the meafures which are now generation, and the influx of foreigners. Both thtfe modes belonging to the fubjects of the States General, a running obferved towards the Americans will be maintained by of increafing the inhabitants are to be encouraged bv one fight enfued, in which both the and Portuguefe the Miniftry againft all oppofition.

1 plan of policy. Let the means of fuppcriing families be had feveral men killed and wounded. The Adventure, Leybourhe, from Maryland, after rendered as various and as eafyras poffible, and the in ha Private letters from Gibraltar mention, that the French being arrived at Liverpool, was in a violent gale of wind bitants will increafe in proportion. That country which Conful at Algiers has been malfacred. driven from her anchors and caft on flibre.

It is hoped, enjoys the moft freedom, and fupplies mankind with the hxtratt a Letter jrom Amjterdam, December 13. It is fact, that the Emperor is now very ferious about erecting an Eaft India Company at Oftend. Subfcriptions i a that if the weather proves moderate, both lhip and car means or lubuitence on tne eaiielt terms, will mcreafc its. goe will be faved. inhabitants the fefteft.1 Pennfylvania affoixls a Hiking in Paul Whitehead's bequeft of his heart to Lord Defoen ltahce of the truth of this aflertion, but vet I think: with are railing in almoft every commercial town in Europe for cer (who was his patron, and under whom he enjoyeda a little attention," it might be made more fo.

that purpofe, and feveral men of war are purcbafed from place in the wardrobe' of 300I. per annum) brings to re If this city confided of one half the inhabitan Jan. 5. It is faid that, in the courfe of the prefent Sef of Parliament, a petition will be prefented by a body dead in the kitchen, torn to nieces bv the doer. It is faid that the late Lord Middletoh has left not lefs than in cam, and an eftate of a year.

Extratl of anr authentic Letter from Carthatena: Dec. I By letters from Melille, of the oth inftant; we learnl Ilrkilnawi Ap A.l, M.nll. AtrtM n(. 4 A A 1L 11 A a.1 it Alt TT mr yv mipcia ai ujwcu tjm tuc luwu jugcu, tnat mere tnat tne lung or Morocco appeared in perion at the head mult ot 11 vuum.ua uc uj ins in uciurc mat piacc on tne otn tne morning; xstncpn lermiuc upon vviial uicaiurcs arc ucic to De taiten witn tne tnat he immediately occupied the eminencies and the day ot foreigners Americans; ana every aay plunges the Premier into trem following began to throw fome bombs' into the but which the difficulties. at fo ereat a diftance as to he of nci be attrihtu nts it now the Court of France for the ufe of that Company.

This membrance fomething as whimfically fimilar in the will contains, both within its precincts and the toun iU 4 .1 I a. a.1 tr' ft 1 1 1. 1 1. AT 4 a 1 1 attempt of the Emperor portends a war between the ma ritime powers, and that rrance and Spain 'are willing to try once more to reduce the power of "Great Britain and Holland; for, as long as the latter are in their prefent Situation, they will never admit any foreign power or nation to trade to the Eaft Indies." Extratlof a Letter from Regenjburg, Dec. 14.

The diiputes' which within thefe twelve months have taken place between the Courts of Vienna and London are fcttled. The refcript which the Hano Yerian Minuter laid before an alTembly of Minifters Ple nipottntiary here, on the 8th of October laft (which now appears in public prints) is very fpirited, and deferves to be noticed. The' contents are as follow It is already known what pafTed between the Imperial Amba'flador and the Minjftry at London; the Court of Vienna has fince that time been challenged feveral times to deliver a de of King James II. who left his body to the Englifh, his try around, would tlecreafe near antulf in its value. Ov bowels to the Irifh, and his heart to the Scotch.

the other hand, if its' inhabitants were double the prefent A letter from Pans lays, that the Marquis de Noailles number, the value 01 property would be near lf is appointed AmbafTador to England. Jan. r4. Some frelh inftructions have been lately fent to the Governors of Gibraltar and Minorca, and the fleet on the Mediterranean ftation will be reinforced with feveral mips early in the fpring. greater tnan it is at preient.

1 ne. value ot property in back country will be nearly in proportion, to the number of labouring people and farmers, which flow annually into the province from foreign parts; and thepgh this will mcreaie tne vaiuc or property in every otnerpart or the S. A 1.1 f. The following occurrence is faid to be authentic A country, yet the value of property, in our cities, towns few weeks before Chriftmas a Merchant near Broad ftreet and boroughs, and the parts which have been long fettled went out of town with his family, intending to ftay in and are contiguous to them, muft principally arife ffony the country two months, and for that reafon fent all his the number of manufacturers and merchants, Elate to the only one maid fervant in the which they contain.1 The number of thefe muft wholly oufe. When the family had been gone a month, the proceed from the encouragement they meet with.

All girl received a letter to get the plate from the Bank, and forts of people who have hitherto come to fettle in Ame the houfe ready by a day appointed the letter was car rica, except manufacturers alone, have found their intereft; ried to the Bank, and the Clerks delivered the olate the in it. Manufacturers have eenerallv found it mnrh'tn claration in writing, but the refufal (hews fufficiently that evening fpecified in the letter came, and nobody came to their difadyantage; fuch as ventured being either obliged they are in want ot lumcient grounds to it. It is hoped town, when the fervant, alarmed to lie in the houfe (with to quit the country as foon as it was in their power, or that the Members of the Germanic empire took notice, fuch a charge) I alone, went to her matter's butcher, and to betake themfelvcs to This being the cafe and are convinced that the conduct of that Court is very begged him to let one of the men alfo lie in the houfe with with manufadurers, almoft an entire ftop has been put unfriendly; 'and, on the contrary, will put great confi her, which he complied with, and. alfo fent a large dog, to their fettling among us. Thus a very large fource of uciicc uic pauiuuu pnuuipics ot nis intannic lviajeity, wnicn tney let Jooie tne lower part.

About two the population has been entirely dried up, which othtrwife who is willing. to convince every 6nV of it. Should the raornine thev were alarmed bv the watch: with thieves Court of Vienna continue to be of a different opinion, his breaking in, but when they came down ftairs how great Bribmnic Majefty will then be obliged to take meafures was their furprize, to fee the Merchant's own brother accoramciy. tie never win ceae rrom nis liberty ot vot ing, nor give pver the leaft of his rights, and nothing will be able to carry him off frem the leaft thing concern ing the intereft of the empire, and of his own, or con would by this time have appeared. of the ufmoft impor tance.

This, in my opinion, is a capital error in Ajue rican policy and can only be accountedor' from the in attentivenefs'bf the people atiarge to their own intereft or the influence of. one Jbody of 'men, may think it their intereft to difcourage; home manufacturer. For as the value of property, muft grow with the number of in habitants, every way ppened for the. increafe of thefe; necduty enhance the value of property. ncipar or.

oniy lource or incrtaie oy tne inilux which has been hitherto flopped, and from ot Scotch Mcrciiants, tor.exciuding the Dutch and other or ten pieces of cannon, of about 6 or 8 pounders; and if intereft of the community particularly of foreigners from fifluug on the coafts of Orkney or Shet he has not any larger for making this fiege, he will pro thofe whofe nroDertv lie's DrinciDahVin land hr.hon(i land, or iubjetting them to pay duty for each veirel em bably fail in his enterprize." the city or country, encourage the influx of foreigners i'1 414 srnkin.uiAf 15. papers ociougiiig to lviaaam uarre nave, neen lately uncovered in. an apartment at the Palace at Verfailles, which will certainly be the caufe of her impriibn rncnt for life. It is rather unfortunate that a difcovery of this kind ihould be. made at a time means were contriving for her enlargement.

if AT T1 MjA ft' at xn jt uii jj ia i. itjurjaay, jnarctr 9. The Anfwer of the Houfe to the Governor's Meffage Qzz houfe in the city has fullered upwards of iUtcntion Mention country, has reaped little or no advantage, is to ted to the want of ihavintr: manufaftoru'R pfra We know yet the quantity or the calibre his blifhed amongft us: andas it can never be onenedito anv ti ima ji wuiui wc nave nut micno iccji any out eignt auvantagc until tney are eitaoinnea, is it not greatlv the as much as in their power; and as every fort," exceut ma nufacturers, havepretty good encouragement already, ii it not a matter, wortn the pumic attenuon to open a way a .1 1 1 being tranfenbed, acco rding to order, was figned by for the encouraging of them, by cftablifhing xnanufac the Speaker, and follows in thefe Words, viz. tories amongft us The influx of foreigners muft greatly May it pleafe your increafe. if.

proper attention be oaid to this mstt ri ir are fincerely obliged to your Honour for vour in nivoDinioii an obiect worthv the 'oublic's mtH.t i to the. true Intcrefti of the people Qver attenttoa. It is hi yaiii to' expect that private peifoni wy t..