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the March C. By Advices from Peterftmreh we perceive, that he itfion. Schooner Mary. Al. Martin, from Barbados.

Bri? Dolphin, Breach between the Ruffian and PrufliSh Courts is likely to grow Jt.Burcbal, from Jamaica. Schooner Betty, W. Williams, fromT. vider. A Piece is piiblifhed by Authority in the Peterfburgh Gl- Iflands.

Sloop. J. Ingham, from Bahama Iflands. Sloop zett'c, containing very fmart Reflections on a Letter, figned 'eh- Alt da, J. Devereux, and Sloop Mary, N.

Burger, from Bay of Hon-rendcrff, which was inferted fome Time ago in the Dutch Gazettes, duras. Outwards. Sloop Britannia, J. Rudyard, for Nova-Scotia, -and which the Ruffian Court feems to take in great Dudgeon info- Sloop Rofe, T. Wbaley, for Sloop Carolina, Eli.

Steel, much that they feign themfelves willing to believe that the faid Let- for So. Carolina. Schooner Ann and Rebeccab, H. Myer, for Anguilla. ter was riot genuine, or if it was, that his Pruffian Majefty does not Sloop Mary, W.Hyer, and Brig Margaret, D.

Richie, for Jamaica. approve of his Minifter's Canduft in this Refpeft, becaufe there are Snow Charming Nancy, William Mallam, for Dover. Snow Mary, "Exprefiions in it which might indeed be ufed towards his own Sub- B. Badger, forLondtn. Cleared.

Slocp Molly, G. Briggs, to Bofton. but not at all in fpeaking to the Prime Minifter of a refpefta- Brig Sirene, Geo. Gray, jun. to Newf oundland.

Schooner Trial, W. ble Power, fuch as Ruffia is. As to the Note or Declaration deli- Dutcby, and Sloop St. Auguftin, R. Wright, to S.

Carolina, Sloop vcred to M. Wahrendorf? when he left Peterfburgh (which he fent Virgin, Jof. Smith, is St. Kitts. Sloop Content, J.

Seymour, and by Poft to Count the Ruffian High Chancellor," as fobn Shop Policy, W. Seymour, Coracoa. Sloop Stork, T. Crow 11, to as he had got out of the Ruffian Territories, and which the Count Hambourgh. Snow Elizabeth, Ja.

M'Hugb, to London. fent back to him without opening it, as was related fome Weeks a- PHILADELPHIA, June 20. go) triey fay, In the new Piece publifhed at Peterfburgh, that it is Saturday laft Hercules Roney, of Horfkam, Weaver, was commit-all grounded on indifpjtable Fafts And as it had been infinuated by ted to the Jail of this City; for counterfeiting Unmilled Pieces of Mr-Wahrendorff, and alfo infomeother Pieces or Letters publifhed Eight. They are caft, arid hamme'r'd 5 are of a very dull Colour, by Order or PermilTion of the Court of Berlin, that the faid Note or found very ill, and feem if there was little or no Silver in them. Declaration was the private Aft of Count Beftucheff, they now de- And on Monday Benjamin Gilbert, a Elackfrnith, was alfo com-' clare that it was the Aft of the whole Miniftry, and was fent to minted, on Sufpicion of having made his Tools.

Mr, Wahrendorff by her Imperial Majefty' exprefs Orders that to Custom-House, Philadelphia, Ektrsd Inwards. render it more Mr. Simolin, Counfellor of -the Court, Moop Elizabeth, Edmund Morton, JromiJoiton. was the Bearer of it whereas, had they been minded to cenftder Mr. Wahrendorfr only in the Quality of Mmifler of the fecond Order, a-n'y common Clerk might have been fent to his Houfe on fuch an Errand What is to be done now The Conduft of the Minifters on both Sides is approved of by their refpeftive Sovereigns, and the two Courts have highly affronted each other.

A Mediator muft therefore ftep between them, fince they will not lay the Blame on their Minifters, jplfe they muft terminate the Difference by an Appeal to Heaven. Twenty Shillings in a Purfe, 54 Silver Pence, Two-pences, and Three-pences a Loaf and, a Platter of Fifh; On Thurfday the Houfe ef Lords determined the Caufe which has been fo long depending, wherein his Majefty's Advocate for thquired where Rous wss and being told he was gone to England, be (the Frenchman) fold be believed he was at Halifax, and then afked if commanded- by the. Captains Witter and Tucker, were juft arrived there, who had been chas'd away from Turk-Iflands, by a Spa-riiih Schooner and Sloop, full of Men and tis fuppos'd would have taken them but for their light Heels. of a Letter from Halifax, dated May 28, 1 75 1. We hear the French at Louifbuig, have ftopt eleven Enghii VefTels that lately arrived there from different Ports and are very hard at work in fortifying themfelves ftrcnger than ever: There is great Talk here of a War again.

Cuftotn-Houfi, New-Tcrk, Inward Entries. Scb'tner Max flower, D. Smith, from R. Ifland. Sloop Huzza.

-T. rnif from Nova-Scotia. Slocp Martha ar.d Hannah, If. Sears, Schooner St. Jofeph, Patrick Gallagher from S.

-Carolina. Snow Batchelor, George North, from York. Sloop Jolly Robin, Jeremiah Waiftcoat, from Newport. Brig Prince Frederick, John Stanton, from Bofton. Brig Endeavour, George Houfton, from Antigua.

Sally, William Hafelton, from Perth-Amboy. Cumberland, John Lownes, from Coracoa. Ship Mifflin, John Peele, from Nova-Scotia. Sloop Dolphin, John Wheaten, from R. Ifland.

The Lords Commiffioners of Trade and Plantations, to whom Brig Charming Betfey, William Morrell, from Barbados. the Memorial of the Marquis de relating to the Ifland of St. Martin, was 'referred, have reported, That it does not appear to them that the Crown has any Right or Pretention to the Property of that Ifland and as to the Englifh having taken Pof-feffion of Part of the faid Ifland, it muft be confidered only as a natural Incident jn Time of War. Whereupon the Court has fent Orders to the Ear of Albemarle to impart this Report to the French Court, and declare to the Miniftry, that Orders fhall be immediately fent over to America, for caufing the faid Ifland to Uutwasds. Ship Parthinepe, Charles Whally, for Newfoundland.

T. Jofephia, William Teage, for Do. Ship Charming Polly, William Morrell, for Barbados. Sloop Mary-Ann, Samuel SpafTord, for Bermuda. Schooner St.

Jofeph, Patrick Gallagher, for 5. Carolina. Cleared. Brig Ifabella, Patrick Caffary, to Lifoon. Snow Recovery, Jonathan Slade, to Gibralter.

Schooner Lucky Galley, William Joell to Anguilla. i be evacuated by the Englifh that may be found therein, and pro- Snow Prince George, Benjamin Rawle, to W. Indies curing a proper Indemnification forithe Subiefts of his moft Chri- ftian Majefty, whenever they come to take Pofleffion of their old Settlements there. April 4. This being Maundy-Thurfday, the Sub-Almoner di-ftributed his Majefty's Alms in VVhitehall Chapel, to 54 poor Men Snow Horner, John lade, to Cape-Fear.

1 I ung namnton, jenn twing, to iryail. Nancy, John Cowin, to Jamaica. Snow John, Jofeph Smith, to Barbados. Snow William and Beniamin. Milner Cox.

Scotland was Appellant, and, Henry Boyd, Efqj Refpondent, when Juft publifhed, and their Lordfhips were pldafed to arhrm the Decree by which the Eftate of the late Lord Kilmarnock, who was beheaded for being In the late Rebellion, does not become forfeited to the Crown, but joes back to his Family Near forty Ships are fitting out in the River for the Greenland Trade, for the enfuing Seafon. April 15. 'Tis faid his Royal Highnefs the Duke is indifpos'd with a Cold, and a flight Fever. The Society of the Free Britifh Fifhery, at MercerVHall, fuf-f ended all Bufmefs there laft Saturday," on Account of the Interment 'of-thiircver-to-be lamtnted Governor, his Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales; as they Jiad before done, when the melancholy News was'brought of his Death. June 10.

Thurfday laji Mri John Dixcy, 'ftlafler of a Marblehead fijhing Sclocr.er, came to Town and declared, That on the zbtb.of.May pafi, irt' the Eveninr.about fix Leagues from Cape Sable, be met ivitb a 1 and Women, in the Manner following, viz. to each, three Ells of Snow Strong, Thomas Cubbin, to Mar'jland. Holland, a Piece of Woollen-Cloth, a Pair of Shoes and Stockings, Brig. Diamond, Andrew Caldwell, to A-itigua. Sloop Jolly Robin, Jeremiah Waiftcoat, to R.

Ifland. Speedwell, Clothier Pierce, to Do. William, Mofes Fletcher, to Barbados. Elizabeth, Edmund Morton, to Boion. ANT A A DE fician, at Annapolis, tn to W.

Indies. to be fold by the Printers hereof (price 3d.) the following A Vt viz. ACT to encourage the eftaolifhing of an HOSPI TAL for the Relief of the Sick Poor of this Province, and for the Reception and Cure of Lunaticks i Of whom may be had (Price is.) the following Laws, viz. yN Aft for explaining and afcertaininj the Boundary Line between the Counties of York and Cumberland, in the Province of Pennfylvania. An Aft for the more effeEfaal preventing Accidents which may happen by Fire, and for fpprejjing Idlenefs, Drunkennefs, and other Debaucheries.

An Aft. for the better regulating the nightly Watch within the City of Philadelphia, and for enlightening the Streets, Lanes and Alleys, of the faid City, and for raifing of Money on the Inhabitants of the faid City, for defraying the neceftary Expences thereof. Nov) in the Prefs, ani fpeedily will be publifhed, by W. Bradford, Vren'ch Man of. War 16 Guns and Voo Men.

including co Marines A Dx fence ef Doctor Thomson's Difcourfe on the Pre- nd tht next Morning was defired by the French Capt. to come on board, paration of the Body for the Sma l-Pox, c. Wherein which he did, andwas told by the Frenchman that he was bound to An' every Thing that has been yet advanced againft it is fairly exe' itapolis-Royal, and that his Bufinefs was to remove the French Inbabi- mined, particularly Dr. Mead Cenfure ef Dr. Boerhaave'j tants back to fome Place, tbe Name of which Mr.

Dixcv has forrot. Opinion ctncerr.ing a fpecific Antidote, and Mr. Kearsley'x That the Affairs, relating to the Boundaries, were fettled andtht Remarks. In a Letter to a Physician in Philadelphia. he faw Governor Shirley in Paris, about 7 Weeks before.

That he', fhould fend from Annapolis to Canada, and wait 1 till he had an An-fwer, which hi expected in a McntE, and that then he fhould go to Cape- Mreton. During the Ccnvcrfation, Mr. Dixcy afked the Captain, whether I it was War, like to beWdr? wbanfwered, No, it wax all Peace, tho Rous had dent an ill AElion, in firing on a French Brigantine J. I I fitter be bad. paled ber, bet ore lite baa 1 ime to return an sinjwer, and A I Abrotonum asgro Nen audet, nifi qui didicit, dare: usd medicorum eft, Promittunt me diet Trailant Jabrilta Hor.

Ep. Lib. IL i TO BE SOLD, rJsHe mtereft of 8 years leafe of a large and commodious brew-houfeji malt-houfe, cellars, dwelling-houfe, ufeful out-offices, 1 there was am fo Men of War at Annapolis, to which Mr. Dixcv and garden, in bixth-ftreet, near the State-Houfe. and all manner mfwerd he bilievd not, and then took his Leave, but next Morning of brewing utenfils, in good order the tunn will mafh near twenty faw the Ship fleering up the Bay of Fundy.

Her Nettings were filfd bufhels, the other veffels in proportion 6000 bufhels may be made Kvitb Oakham, Cafes, Cfc. and every Thing in fuch Grder as if they in the feafon, the cellars exceeding good, and fufficient to ftore 600 fi'. expected an Engagement And let Monjuur Jay what be will about barrels or beer, with a large cellar tor working beer thepurchaler tts going to jlnnapolis, ana jenaing an jLxprejs ty Canada, tis very may Drew uie aay ne laites poiienion. rotable he is gone to fupply the French and Indians at St. Johns and Two years remaining of the indenture of aahoneft, faithful and and doubtlefs would be glad to meet and pick a Quarrel with fome of his ef malt liquors 3 he has been foreman of the works abo'iJt 14 Maiefty mall Ships of War, in Revenge for Capt.

Rous 'state Offence, months. gantme tbatwas going to at. jobn s. quanucyoi exceeoing gooa-aix-penny Deer, and quart bottles, 'We-bear fnm the JZaftward, that the Indians have lately kill" and- a dray and light waggon, horfes, cows and paftures, with fundries, fcalfd five Men at New Meadows, one of which has left ten Chil- to6 tedious to mention. Apply to Edmund Nihell, living on the dren.

By a Veffel from we have Advice, that Col. Lawrence tvho commands our Troops pofted tbertt having received a Reinforcement of Men from Halifax, was preparingjo attack the French and Indians in their Camp at a fmall Diftance from him. EW-Y June 17. On Monday laft the Sloop Frances, Capt. Manly, bcund for Halifax, in Nova-Scotia, ftruck on the Rocks in Hell-gate, whereby fne bilg'd, and filPd full of Water in a few Minutes': The Violence of the Tide however flung her afhore on Hallet's Point, by which Means, the People got fafe afhore; but we hear, that rery little of the Cargo is faved, and 'tis much feared the Vefl'el will never be fit for Sea again.

Capt. Burger, who arrived here laft Week, from the Bay, in his Paftege hither, faw a fmall Sloop afhore, wreck on the Col premifes. Hoice VI DO I A WINE to bo fold by Charles A dq alsxandu 3TXDMAN, at tAeir ftore, in Front- ftreet. 7N the 18th day of July next, at the houfe of Jt John Crofty, in Ridley townfhip, Chefter county, will be expofed to by publick vendue, 100 acres of choice land, moft-ly I wood land, and well timbered, within half a mile of good lending, 20' acres or which is good mezdow ground. The title ki-difputable.

The fale to- begin at 12- clock where attendance will be given by 5- Richard Crosby. ROBERT WARREN, intending flurtlv to deoart the niture. province, defires all perfons indebted to him ta pay eff the refpective debts And thofe who have any demands aeainft him brados. By him we hear that Logwood grows very dear in the r5Jdefi' rbnng in Vy'r they be Bay, and the People there very ficHW. Prf- Warrcn Wl11 dlfPofc of a faw11 Part of his boufhold fur- By Capt.

Ingham from Bermuda, we hear, that two Sloops, ENquiry is made from England, whether John Jones, a Stone Maion, native of Rofs, in Hertfordfhire (fupposM to have lived in Pennfylvania within thefc few years, and to be now dead) left any children. Information is requefted to be fent to the Poft-Oftice, Philadelphia. I I A- Mbved out of Market -ftreet, into Fourth-ftreet, between Doftor Shippen's and the Wheel-wright's, oppofite-Timothy Matlock's Brew-houfe, gElls Dr. Batemans drops, Squire's grand elixir, and Godfrey's cordial, Britifh oyl, and Mary Baniftcr's drops, pewter and brafs, from and otlier fhop goods as ufual, and black-berry wine. ft A 11, Coldfmitla, Is removed from Second-ftreet, to the fign Water-i rtfeet, Philadelphia, WHERE he continues to carry on the bufmefs as before and gentlemen may be fupplied with all forts new and fahionable plate, at the moft reafonable rates, and may depend upon its being done in the neateft manner.

N. B. He likewife has fome gold fmiths tools to difpefeof, viz. Kaiung and bellying anvils, bottom ftakes, binding wire; crucibles files, A A Stout likely Negroe T. b.

c. t. )Oft about 5 weeks fince, a filver feal, with a Coat of Arms en-j grav'd, containing two Lions Heads, two Doves ami a rw phin. Whoever brings fit to the Poft-Office, hall have Five Shil- lings reward. 27.31 393 ENquiry is made from England, whether Margaret Colli-30N, or any of her family be ftill alive (he is eldeft daughter to Capt.

Robert Collifon, of Dunbarton's Regiment, by his wife Margaret Dugud, daughter to Dugud, of Achinhoove, in Scotland, and left England jabout 50 years ago with her Hufbarfd, wkcfe name, tho' the family have forgot, they hope it is not impcffible find her out, as he was in fome publick poft in the year 1715, at Pennfylvania they are! told he was Sherifl that year or the following. Thofe who can give any information of this peifon, arc rcquefted to fend it to the Poft-Office, Philadelphia. rTTO be fold, A hardy Netroe man, about 30 yean ef age, and is a very good cook. Alfo a Negroe woman, about zz years of age, with a young male child. They have all had the fmail-pox, and will be fold feparately, or together, as the purcbafer pleafes.

Enquire of Sundifh Forde, at the fign of the George, on the corner of Secood-flrcet and Arch-ftiect, and know further. I I To be fid by AN I 0 0 Baker, Moved to 'the upper endjof Front -ft reet or Water-jlrmt, near Morrix I Morris's Brew houfe, Read of all butter bif cakes, milk ditto, middling ditto and fiip ditto, fait, coarfe or fine loaf-bread for families, by large or fmall quantities. Likewife ftorage, for market or mafhrs cf vefj'els, QfTrayed azvay from Abraham Meyer, near Lancafter, Abrotvn pacing mare, about 15: hands high, 4 years old, branded en the mar fijoitl-der and on the near buttock trots out of band. Whoever brings her to the owner, living between Lancafter and Cbriftian Storiemant mill, or fecures her, fojhat be may have her again, fhl have Forty Shillings reward, and reafonable charges. Gfi gTrayed or ftolen from Henry Gilbert, of the Northern-Libertiel of this city, A white mare, and a year old roan horfe colt 5 botk natural pacers; the mare is 'about 10 years old, has no brand nor ear-mark, but has a lump on her forehead, about the bignefs and length of a man's; thumb the colt's hind feet both white, and a blaze in its face.

Whoever takes up faid creatures, and fecures them, fo as the owner may have them again, fhall have Fifteen Shillings reward, and reafonable charges, paid by Henry Gilbert. a "1 Of theTrron (in New-Jerfey) LOTTERY, for railing Three Hundred Ninctythree Pounds, Fifteen Shillings, for finiihing and compleating the CHUPvCH in faid town, confifting of 3500 Tickets, at Fifteen Shillings Proc. money each, 641 of which to be fortunate, as viz. Number of Prizes. of 4 of 4 of 4 of 5 of 7 of 2D of 25 of 70 of 500 cf Prizes 641 Blanks 2859 Value of each.

Total Value. 1. 1. s. iqo are 200.

50 are 200 40 are 160 30 are 120 20 are 100 15 are 305 10 are 200 -7 are 175 3. are aio il. ios. are 750 Firft drawn 6 Laft drawn 5 5 3500 Tickets at Fifteen Shillings each, are 262 From which deduft '15 per Cent. 15 1 nfs'ye The drawing to commence on or before the fecond day of September next, at the houfe of Nathaniel Parker, in Bucks county, in the prevince of Pennfylvania, if filled by that time, under the care and management of Mefliurs Robert Pearfon, Robert Lettice Hooper, John Allen, David Dunbar, Elijah John Dagwcrthy, jun.

Daniel, Byles, and William Pidgeon who are to difpofe of the tickets, and be under oath for the faithful management of the fame. The fortunate are to receive their prizes entire, the 15 per Cent, being deducted from the whole fum produced by the fale of the tickets, before the drawing begins, and not from the prizes after they are drawn. Fourteen days notice at leaft to be given before the day cf drawing. The prizes to be printed in this paper, when the drawing is concluded. The tickets to be fold by the feveral Managers, and by Meffieurs David Martin, Andrew Read, William Coxe, Wil-i Ham Franklin, and David Hall, in Philadelphia Jobn Garrifon, in AmwCff Peter Kimble and Francis Coftigin, ic Brunfwick 5 Daniel.

Coxe, in Hopewell, John, Bertian, in Rocky-bill Lewis AjhfUld, and Elifha Lawrence, in Monmoiitbr, Jofeph Borden, in Bordentown John Stevens, in Amboy and James Parker, in New-York. gTrayed away from the plantation of John Jacobs, of New-Pro- videnee, Philadelphia county, about the 20th of April laft, A forrel mare, 2 years old, about 14 hands high, a natural, pacer, with a ftar in hep forehead, and three white feet, and part of the fourth, fome white hair on her buttocks, a long tail, and fhoit curled manei' Whoever takes up faid mare, and brings her to John Jacobs aforefaid, or fends word, fo that the owner may have her a- gain, fhall have Fifteen Shillings reward, and reafonable charges, paid by I Tio be fold by M'C A I In; Israel Jacobs. fenior, fellow, who underftands fomething of land! has been at fea for fome years as a fai- lor. Alfo a choice parcel of Fyall and other wines, very reafona ble. 1 Thctf.

XI Notice is hereby given that on Monday, the hrit day oi Juiy Xl next, at the George tavern, in Second-ftreet, at 4 a clock in in the afternoon, bf the faid! day, will be expofed to fale by way of publick vendue, by Charles and Alexander Stedman, Attornics ia faft of Doftor Patrick; Baird, one mefluage and two contiguous lots of ground, fituate on the weft-fide of Fourth-ftreet, in the city of Philadelphia, both of the faid lots containing in breadth on the faid ftreet 33 feet, be the fame more or and in depth 198 feet, be the fame 'more or lefs lying northward of ground of M-fieurs Samuel Prefton Moore, and Richard Hill. The title deeds are in the hands of the faid Attornics, and may be infpefted at any time from henceforth to the time of fale. ToITl or A Commodious houfe, fituate in Second-ftreet, oppcfite Stephss Armitt's dwelling. Enquire ef JOSEFH MARSHALL, ess: door. li A fiugle Man, tkat writes a fin Roui.d Hand, iswaated as an AfiVtant Teacher in the Academy, Enquire of Benjamin Franjcun,.

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