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fch)2 known whither his Majedy war gone, much left "whether he would return thither or not. It is ftroagly 'reported, within thefe few Days p.aft, that this. Monarch' will leave no Stone unturned to Krtnt an Accommodation this U4 iliM Thev write from Stettin of the 8 ch Inftant, mr. i i WmM Ottrfprt therr. CI iVlCCJwlCIjOliigj U1U U4TC IUS ja and have fixed their' Head Quarters at Malchin.

Letters from Mantua. November. ftoth fay, that the Governor of the Auftrian Dominions in Lorobardy has received Orders to make ready as foonas poGiUe tofiIe off a Bodycf Troops'irito Germany; and that the Regency of Tufcany has likewife had the fame Order and that it is thought tke faid Troops will be replaced another Body of Troops of a Potentate in' Italy, tiie' Negotiation fb long iince began having taken the moft favourable Turn. It is faid in divers'Lettcrs from France, that they expeel the Parliaments will make a ftrong Oppofition fome of the Schemes adopted by the Court for railing the Supplies for the enfuing Year and even tell us, that a firii Prefidant is going to refign, in order to fpare himfelf the Trouble and Vexation which he forefees thofc Schemes, fome new Bickerings with the Clergy, muft neceffa rily fcivc Mm, if he continues in Place. The chief Defien of, tke Remonftrances which the Parliament avine rnzes iucmi, of the firft Day, the Numbers ftbod on them as under, and occalion ci the following Thought A The Church and Rboms, the other Day, Opea'd their Books for, Prayr and Play The Prieft got Hoyle Sixty feveh How great the Odds for Hell 'eainft HeavV! i Chatham, ai The Revenge Naffau, ahd Bucking.imy are almoft repaired," and it is expecled they will be got ready For Sea in afliortTime.

v' 1 i The Ocean, of 90 Guns, will he launched early in the The Vitoryjr of ,110 Guns, the London, of 40, and the Ra the fotb of Month and Tending for his Lady from Duflcldorp to' Ariiheim, went thither to meet her. 6 4 February 1 6. Since our laft" Came to Town Quebec, and' Mont Sec. Capt. John Malcom, of the Sloop Wilmot, and ms are marched towards the Viftula, the Frulnan uenerai rrmce Capt T0hn Holmes, of the Sloon Sallv.

Eugene of 'with hisTroops, have entered the uutcny. Advices from" His Maiefty'l Dominions of Ca irivin iirrr. conn JL nada, areiuch as with Plealure we can give the Pubi lie, viz. tThat. all: the Troops ftationd in.

the feveral Parts of that together with the Englifli and French Inhabitants are well and h'gn Spirits, having Supplies of almoft aji forts of Provifioris That great. Harmony fubfifts among the Whole. Thofe Inhabitants who but lately were under the Tyrannical Yoke of Troops all very healthy, and have ail the Neceliaries of admitted to difpofe of the faid Prizes, unlets they can produce to Life Plenty. the Governor. Ccrtincates from the lati.

Mafter or. Matters or lucn Marcb 2 xhurfday Iaft his Maiefty's Ship the Grev Pnze or Prizes, that they were taken at luch a Diftancc trom any Guns: fWai'r. t7ranrU rrrmA SanHvl Slocp AnnChriftopher Gardner, to; Bofbf r. Ship Polly, ames Hamilton, mwuny, imct "V.iicu inu iijvui Ua. tmm Mtfyhf 'ok.

r. J. lie auus bef Nb.la Mr. Dir tch6es t0 his Eelenry General AraherftCap Manhoce. for manv lours, and were lent back again to ivir.

var rington's Itid to Aftair of Confequekcel Theyallapl Francis left Spithead the izth of January, but came pear ver Jenteel, butare ail kept feparate. fo faddenly thatrhelias brought no public Prints By The feveral Regiments of Drago.ni, on the EnSli)i Eftablih him we learn, that the greateft Preparations were. making jnent, have each ef them now a Troop of Light Horfe, confuting to forward the Grand Expedition, which, in our laft, we 6f 124 Men. 4. mentioned to be laid afide That 18 Sail of the Line were Extract of a Letter from Anifterdam, Date not mentioned Iheathed, and that 200 Sail of Tranfports were ordered to I faw a Letter a few Days ago frpm Batavia which be fheathed alfo: That two Expeditions were faid to be that the Frenchwith two Skips, had takbn fdme fmall Places be on the Carpet, vit.

one in the Weft Indies, and the other longing to the Eirglifli, on the Coaft of Sumatra and when tbrrt deflgned againlt the Southern Settlements of the French more imps ot War mould join them (which they daily expecte thtv doubted not fand with Reafon of beine ife Pofieflion of Fort jVlariborough, and will be able to keep' it till fuperior Force conies to difpoflefs them.v Bencoolen has Very few Soldiers to defend It. lam forry for fome Friends there, who may furYer. Mari'y People here, and I believe at Batavia, are pleafed with the Cori "queft. We expedt hourjy a Ship from Batavia. Letters from Gibraltar mention, that above 706 Men had been thought to a Scheme for feizing the Garrifon ani putting the Officers Death this was difcovered by fome who had engaged in it.

Their Leader, dne a. Grenadier, who ealled himfelf the Prctettor, and had a moft perfuafive Tongue and a great of Jeeming Piety was, with two others, executed, and he died with a Refolution fuitabls to his Chancier, One, of: them, confeffed, 'that every Employment had been difpofed of, and that the, firft Impref lion was to have been made near the Spariim Line. When. the Letters left Gibraltar the Court Martial was fitting oh others con cerned in the Plot. Yeftcrday, about o'Clock, two MefTengers fct out from St.

Jameses one for Portfmouth, the other for Plymouth which caufes many Conjectures. The Adventure, a Cartel Ship, from Brcft, is arrived in the Downs. She left' that Port the 7th Inft. and brings Advice, that.thc Royal Lewis, of 120 Guns, and 6 Frigate, with feveral Stoe Ships, bound to Were on the Point bf failings waiting only for a fair Wind, Dec; 31. The Town of Malta was furprifed the 6th ult.

at the Approach of a large Ship of Turkifli Conltruftibn having a white Flag, with a Crucifix at hej Mizen top, and a Turkifh Pendant embroidered with Gold, that reached to the very Sea. Boat were immediately fent oft) who were informed, that it was a Ship of the Grand commanded on this Continent; for which laft Expedition a Number 'Quantity, at a bf Frigates; and fome Fire Ships, were ordered to be got ready flung out, A Schooner CharmingSally Phineas Potter; to? Ship Rachell, TlVomai Rodgers, to Barbados; jjng Polly Richard" Winter to Amboy jyj France, now exult in the Liberty they enioy under the from England, and can, and will," fell as cheap as 11 I 1 1 1 nruun vjovcrnracne jno greater nuraen is iaia on mem uy xooKicucr4or ocationer on tne L.ontnent. unnrt tllB irt rM I oi ces and wnatever they nave to diiooie of. they are paid for with the ftricteft Honour, which attaches them greatly to their new Matters, or rather Fathers: Any who are in Want, are Tupplied with Neceflaries fui table for them rarticujany we near, i nat on connaenng tne eircum Pans have refolved to make Month, concerning the exiled, ances cf many of the poor Peafants and others, who fuf Members ot the Parliament ot Belancon, is, 10 explain wc: fered the Lofs of all their Efteas, ar King the Principles of the French Monarchy, which do not allow any Subjett to be deprived of Liberty, except in the Caies torcieen ky the Laws, and by obferving the Forms which they have pre fcribed. The Court of France, in order to fceure the King of Denmark in its Intereft, hath lately made three Remittances of 140,000 Rix dollars, by VYay of Hamburgh to Copenhagen, in Part ef the Sub fidy.due., The French have taken off th Embargo on all foreign Ships in their Prts in the Britim CbanncL Admiral Saunders is not expedied Home; but, on the contrary, great Quantities of Stores are going to be fent to him.

Letter Madrid, by the Way of Amfterdam, Nov. iz. We forgot in bur to mention to you an Editt made by his prefent Majelry, and wriich has been fent down to all Governors of Places on the Sea Coails i t7t is to the following Purpofe that no wpiains ox jvien or war. or rnvareers, rixncu ur 'vu'" ing into any of his Ports andjiav nd being under Arms moll of the Summer could not raife Grain neceffary for their Families, a Contribution was fet on Foot at Quebec, and a large Sum of Money collected by the Officers of the the Englifli Merchants, to fupport thofe Poor during the Winter. Provifionsit is faid are brought irito Xontreal and fold very cheap Poultry being in great Plenty, is fold at a Quarter of a Dollar for a Turkey, and Dunghill Fowls 3 for a Piftareen and Wheat at 3 Pillareens per Bufhel.

February 26. 'By a Gentleman, who came to Town on hurfday Jaft from Montreal, and who has been from hence to Quebec and back again fince we had the Account of the King's Death, we are told, That all the French in Canada, of a ny Diftin6liori, went into Mourning for the late King That they have had a very mild yinter in Canada; the' in the 4ait veflels from London, Liverpool and BriltoK an Imported in the laft V(Iel from LoNDQNand to be fold by A ID At the vv 1rin ti Offic i Market 'fttee tl A VALUABLE Colleclion of Books: Of whom alfo be had, a greatVariety of Chapman Book and' fmall Hiftories, and all Sorts of by Wholefale or Retail. N. B. Said 'Hall'imborta his Goods oil IhV hPfr rm wraw a I A PARK In Tbird ftrec't; the third jdoorjove Market 'frjeet AN ajTortmentof; E'ircpean and Eaft.

India goods, fuitable for thefeafon. I CTE is hereby given, to all whom it rflav concern That an Orphans Court will be held at R'i ad 6' lns'Berks County, on Day of March" next," February a3 1761. VyVJVl READ. Juii imported in the lift vcfiels from London'and to be fold A B. mEs 1 At his ftcre in Front ftreet, a little above Mar ket llriet, and almoft oprofite Piwter' platter Aliev.

A aflbrtment of European, and Eaft India goods, foitable for JL JL 1 the feaftn. For A Part of his Coafts, as not to entitled to Proteaion therefrom frQm Jn fix Week Da an( mandr on board at HirnUton few.Hogfliead Hoops. u.A' The.SkipvHOPE, 1ST T'H 1 Commander i Mounting 1 2 Carriage Oii ns, and Men" ahfwerable 5 Vvill fail with all pofliblir Speed, having the mueh greateft Part of the Cargoe For' Freighter PafTage apply to William and David M'Il a 1J at their Store, in FfbntftrettV fpvthe faid Com n's WharK William and David' Maivamii.wanV to a 9 be old by the Subferiber A PLAN TAT I fituate Oxford Townfhip; Phila 'delphia "County, fix Miles from, the CttyV aWnt a Mije from Francfort, three Quarters of a Mile from the 'Quakers 'Meeting, rfnd two Miles and an Half from Oxford Church cbritajining 13' Acres of choice good Land between 3 and 40 Acres of. Meadow, all in good Bank great Part has been plougned, and fowe.d with Englifli Grafs the Up land is naturally very good, and may be more ini roved bv hawlins of Mud, of wlhich rriavbe Viarl nnv fmall Eicpehce, there being now about co Load, and fit for hawline it is verv Dleafantlv fitnatrt. 1 ready: That the brave Admiral BOS.CAWEN was oppofite Robert Hopkins's, at Point no Point a large commcdiou dead: That the King of PrilffrVs Viclory over Count Dwelling houfe, with" a Piazza all round the 'with Daun was as conipleat as it poffibly could be And that Bucks; there arefix Fire places in thefaid Houfe, with large com rne greateit rreparations were maKingtor puuiing on tne "wiwm.wuj3, tiJi wui uumcj, a puuu oaKenouie, joacn War with the utmoft Vigour.

houU, a large Barn with Lmtoes for Stables all roucd the fame, all Friday laft the Schooner bayard, Captain Hunter, ar paved with Stone. A Draft of the Place may be feen at the Cef r.ived here, in nine. Days from Hamptom in Virginia Houfe, and the Terms of Sale may be known, by applying to With him came PafTengers fome Officers belonging to the the Owner, living on the frd Place. Richard Walk; Bofton Provincials, that failed from Louifbourg laft Fall, in the Ship Nancy they with great Difficulty, af ter being many Weeks at Sea, happily got in. there.

Several of their Companions are coming by Land. I A I March 5. His Majcfty'ft Ship Lively, Capt. Maitland, has taken, and f. nt into Jamaica, two Prize Sloops And the Trent, another of.

His MajenV s. Ships, has alfo fent in a large French Fri gate, called the Bien Aihie, laden with oco Hogfhead's of fine Sugar, bound from Martinico to The Frigate fought the Man of War almoft an had eight Men killed and wounded, and received great Damage in her Rigging, Sec' The Trent loft one Man, had another dangefoufiy wounded, and her Mafts, Sails and Rigging, were conhderably damaged. is mentioned in the Scheme, in order, to have the Advantage of oxawmg tne nouaays ounng tne acation or tne schools. Mr. PittiT) of this City, Merchant, will infure Tickets Premium'.

Custom house fhiladelphla, Inward Entries. Snip Myrtilla, John Bolitho, from London. Ship Hope John from A.ntigual Ship Pretty Nancy, John Reddick, from Madeira and Lifbon OutWARDS. Erie William Allifon, for Ambor. millies, of 74.

are likewife buildine here, iwith all the Extedition a tj uj. poihoicy Ship Boreas, Henry AUan M'DougalU for Jamaica 0 1 1 V' i Ship Nancy; Edmund Stephenion, for Antigua. Private Letters by the laft Mails ad vife, that the Count r. Ship Speedwell, Philip Lacey, for Jamaica, de St. Germain, Lieutenant General of the French Forqes, Brig Helena William Simpfbn, for St.

Kitts. iiath ltft the Service of France, and got into that of Den Cleared. mark, with the Rank of Field Marlhal, andx a Salary Snow Prince Edward Francis Ferrifs, to South Cardlina. of 1 0,000 Crown a He hath fent back to Verfailles Schooner Peggy, Henry Buck, to Maryland, his red Ribbon He fet out from Aix Chapelie about Schooner Nancy, 'Wiliiuri Priie, to Ne York. A L.

l' rerlons indebted to the Eftate, of Jofeph Waln late of Norrington, deceafed, are deiireJ to pav and thefewho hav any Demands againft the faid Eftate, are dcfired to bring 'in theit Accounts, that they may be fettled, by RicHARb and Rob ertWaln, N. B. As it will be moft convenient for the Country People when they come to Town, the Books, Bonds and Notes, are in the Hani? of Robert living in Front ftreet, oppofite to BeniminSh maker, Eiq; A the Mayor and Corporation cf the City or Philadelphia have been pleafed ta erant to me the Privilege cf a F.ER.R now carrisd on from the lower End ot Arch ftrect, at the Sign of the Boy and Boat, to the two Ferries of Mdlieuts n. vfrv.t Ujio, a ut ucat; Zlr? PnJ rcmeroKe, v.ap tain inform p.TJ BLIC, that I iave built a large commodious Watkins, both from this Port for Lifoon, are loft on the Coaft of Houfe for the Entertainment of all Travellers, with Out houfcs zni ThVwinU is ru alfo a Number of well built Boatscalculated and fitting for 1 ne William. frnm frtrClvrtP.

is alrpn. nnrt carried to Bayonne. 'The William and Mary, Hume, from Ma ryland, is alio taken, and earned to Lifbon. The Sally, Melvin, oy ms Aamirai, and Calleo; the Utto rum irgima xor jjeiinis loit ro ine outnwara 01 raew aJtie man Crowrit That She failed the td of laft Tune, with Frigates, The Mars, 'Donald; from Virgima, i9 put into 'Beaumaris. Galleys, and other fmall Veftels, from the Dardanelles that the abovemcntioned Admiral had been with this Ship only to Smyrna, Scio and Trio, and at length anchored off the Ifland of Stanchio, where he; and h'i Retinue, to the Number, of 30 Perfons, went tm Shore.

The. whole Ship's Complement was 70a Men, but 400 being on Shore the 19th of September, the remaining 306 were at tacked and overpowered by 70 Chriftian Slaves, armed only with a Knife Part being killed, Part obliged to jump overboard, and the Reft to fue tor Mercy. Thele Heroes, nw no longer 51ave captain rrice, rrom iianriana ror JUondon. was looice with tne A. 18th of November, off Uihant.

We have Advice from South Carolina, that the Mercury Tranf port, Captain Claxton, 156 of Montgomery's Highlanders, for Halifax from New York, but beat off the Coaft, had got into New Providence and that the Scarborough' Man of War was to be fent to bring them to that Province. We have the Carolina Papers to the ult. but nothing of Confluence in them. I A S. bore away immediately for Malta, but were foon purfued by the two v.

From Philadelphia. Captain Kennedy, at Lilbon; and Captain "rigates and a Ragufian Ship, whom, by. crowding Sail, they Appowen, at Jamaica. cfcaped; and the 8th this Ship, mounting 68 fijie Brafs Guns, but F(rom Bb0on. Captain Diamond at Plymouth and Captain Jored for 4,.

was brought fafe into the Harbour Valatte, amidft the at Dover. Acclamations of th From Piicatafua. His Majefty's Ship Winchefter, Hale, at 1 he Order ot Malta, as an encouragement to fuchr brave Fl riymoutn. lows, has" made them the fole Proprietors bf the Ship and Slaves, as .....11 11 .1 't en as 01 auuic v.onuiouon ivioncy, wuita jaiicr is iaia 19 amount to a Million and a Half of Florins, and other bh board. The Grand Signor was, on this Occafion, fo highly offended with the Conduct ef his Admiral, that he difmhTed him from the Command pf the Fleet.

Not long Sutfcriptibnbks were.opened.for yFrom Vircinia The Dorothy, and Captains Hooper and Johnfon at Dover 5 Evers at Gravefend Andrews at Cork Mar ihal at Liverpool and Seaton at From Maryland. Captains Curling and Bell at Gravefend and Johnfon at Dover. The greateft Part of the Tickets in the AcAbEMV Lotti oemg oiipoied or, we near tne Drawing will begin at the Aca Praycrs at the Abbey, and.Gamine at the Rooms In the Evening demy on Tuefday, the 24th Inftant, being two Weeks' fooner than a Ferry. And for the accommodating of thofc who ihall be pleafed to favour me with their Cuftom, I have alfo added to my old Wharfi a new Slip, which extends between 40 and 50 Feet out int Delaware, to Low water IVfarkand have fixed a Pair of Steps to ths Side of Wharft which makes the Landing, any ima of Tidr, fafe and pleafant for for Carriages, Horfes, Hojf heads, Barrel, or any Merchandize. TherOut houfcs and Stores are particularly intended for "the Ufe and Security of the G6ds cf MarketPecple.

Difpatch, Induftry, and great Care, with due Attendance, will be giyen by A A I at the New FfRRY Hocsi. 1 QTo 'be a by the Subfcriber. A AY JL Ji Valuable A A 1 N. in Hanover Philadelphia County, containing 100 Acres, iaininr on thtf 1 River Schuylkill, afetut 75 Miles from Philadelohia. wheie on is a good Stone Houfe, a young Orchard, ahd two Mills, the one a Grift Mill and the other a Saw Mill, with a good Stream of Water.

Any Perfon 'inclining to purchafe may be informed of the Terms of Sale, by applying to. William Brooke, living in Limerick Townfhip, PhiIadelphiaCounty. The Title is indifputable: rj TH EiTruftees of John Ewan's Eftate hereby give Notice, that the Vendue of the Remainder of his Shop Goods and Houfhold Furniture, will be held ar his Dwellihg houfV, in Bridgetown, commonly called Mountholly, on the icth of' this inftant! March, to begin at Ten o'Clock ih the Morning Jbsfc.uA Howell, Henry Woodrow, srnd Francis Rawle. away, on the XOth ot Jhebruary iaft. Andrew Ball.

lL near the Head of Bohemia, in Seivant ivian, namca nu A Hans Smith he talks anoH Fnc'IffK. in the Prefbyterian Steeple Lottery, at a very low fror five Inches high fmart, and lively, and is'fond cf driving a wm6" liioi uw, tan a inns on the landy he wore a whitim Cloth Coat a 'green Jacket, with a fho'rt red one'uDder, old Biackikin Breech? hs. is the fame that was convitted at Chefter laft Augufrforftealing Jofeph'Tal bot's Horfe of Che2er Ccnihty 5 He was feen in Thombury Townfhip (where he has a Wife) fince he run away, and fuppofed he is gone towards Iiancafter. Whoever him in any Goal, 'and gives Notice to faid Andrew Ball or to John Hanly, in Chcftef, fhall have Two PiftoleS HeWrd 'and all reaDnable Charges, paid by Aypniv Ball, or Jhk Hak ly Perfbns indebted to the, Eftate 'of Jofhua Pufey, late of Lon4ongrove, in Chefter deceafed, either by Bond, BjH, Note, or Book Dbt, are defired to make fpeedy Pay inent; and thofe who have any Demands againffc fajd Eftate; bring in their Accounts, that thtv may fettled arid by Jjj Pufey, "Executor, livir an the aforefaii Plac 4 i i i I1T1TI1H iliiiiiiiiiiiTiirYi iiiTiiiiiiirri ri 1 iiTiiiiiiiii'iii'ririiiiiiiriiiiT TiTiTiriiiiiiii.

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