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i Jft printed, tn'd to be fold, at the Requtft of many, by; HUM 3 junior, In Front ftreet, PHitABitniA, rpHE lafl folemn Confefiien and Declaration of John Ji Hwtaiw, ni AtcxAKDEK Buchan, who were executed at fton, Northampton County, in the Province of Penn flvama, on the firft of Tamury, 1 774 The firft for Murder committed in the Year 1763, and thelafi for a late Burglary combined atEafton. Containing a particular Account of the many Vheffi. A e. thrv hrre been euiltv of from their Childhood, and by which.they. have been unhappily led, as it were Step by Step, mis ignTsiinious ina At laid a nrinted.

on a lare half Sh A r. i 1 1 t. vi'tu: of a writ to me rcled, will be fold, by public pertain frame, meffuage and carpenter's mop, and lot of ground, fituate oh Crab and Shippen ftreets, in the diftricl: rf Southwark aforefatdi containing in front, on Crab ftreet aforefaid, about 4' feet, and in length, on Shippen ftreet about, 70 by ground of Richard Newton, and others; fubject to a gToundrent of Five Peundr, currency, per annum late the ftate of John, Darby feiaed and taken in execution hy a Willi am TJewzei, Will 11111)1 I I I I Ill II I I 1. Y. virtue of, a writ tame directed, will be vld," by public vendue, on Monday, the feventh day a February 1 cn the at.

two 0 clock, the afrernoon, a certain three rto brick meffuage or tenement and kitchen; and lot or' jiece of ground, fituate oa the weft fide of Third ftreet, between Hace and.Vine ttreets, in the city of Philadelphia, containing lafrontj on. Third ftreet aforefaid, 15 inches; and in Isfigth or depth, Co feet; bounded by ground of Robert Cor gey, Jofeph Stout, and others, i.Ceruin other two two ftory brick meffuages or tenements, end loti or pieces of ground, fitrjate on the eaft fide of Third lireet, nearly oppofite the above dcfcribtd.premifjs, containing L'i front, on Thtrd ftreet afdrcfaid, 24 feet, and in length or fcipth, 64 or thereabouts bounded by ground of Henry A briek kitchen, and lot or piece of ground, fituate Ctl. the jorth fide Saffafras or ace ftreetnea'r the corner of Third ftreet. aforefaid, containing in front, on Race ftreet afore IS in depth, 51 feet and an half bounded by ground of Jofeph Stoat, and otheri fubjecr. to a groundrent of IX 8, fterling, per The whole late the eftate cf Jonathan BUtf, deceafed feized and taken in execution by kz.i.tj ti'i William DawKiSj Sheriff.

rrj vtitue of a wnt td me directed, will ke loid. Dy public. cany, the Grant January 19 1774. Numb. S2 4 vv i i EWM YL AuikM yrru CG rv fx i Containing the Frefhefl Ad A zV, Foreign and Domeftic.

The the Utter End of the Reign of; Queen bodj. All the monarcht of Europe are ftandin? arouad this iae and its Privileges have been enlarged or confirmed Jantholy fcene, and every one of them cries, vobatfttj! but nons by aimaft every Monarch fince its Shares or Sub offers his afliftance. fcriptionr were origiaally only 50 1. Sterling, and A woman fitting on a fplended throne, devourins its capital oniy 309,5911. 5s ut tne uircors ine.

oioody nead ot a and trampling upon a Pole. He? feaying a conCderable Dividend to make in, the Reign of Charles courtiers twining laurel branches reuni her head, hut the moment the Second, it agreed join the. Profits, to the by they touch' it they fade In the back ground, five hundred younj which the Shares were doubled, and confcsjuenUy each became ef men ihut up in a feraglio, which communicates with the (late the Capital 790.7821. ios. to which Capital, couch.

'i Priniine Ofice may be had, neatly 5 36y9 iC'l1 of the Company the Year. 16S5) be DENMARK. A ftrange figure with three heads upon It. eet The Rates of PoaTaAC. whole Stock tvviUaraount to The firft has affes ears upon it, the fecond a crown, and the third iuicj 1 and UAttRlAGx, to any rarts oime vicy ana auuif proper to ftuck op in Stores, Ac.

1 IV T5 virtus of writ to me directed, will be fold, by public vendue, on Thurfday, the third day of February next, at the houfe of George Zeller, Third ftreet, at four o'clock in the evening, a certain two ftory brick meffuage or i tenement, and lot or piece of ground, fituate on the north fide of Cherry ftreet, between Arch an i Race ftreets, in the city of Philadelphia', containing in breadth on Cherry ftreet aforefaid, 18 feft, and in depth 142 feet 5 bounded by ground of Thomas Peart, and others; fubjecr. to a groundrent of fterling, per ann, late the eftate of Samuel Johnfon, deceafed Jeited and taken in execution by Willi am Dawtzs, Sheriff. 1 virtue of a writ to me directed, will be fold by public vendue, 6n Friday, the fourth day of February next, at the houfe of Lewis Farmer, in. Second ftreet, at three oclock' in the afternoon, certain meffuage or tenement, and lot or 'piece of giouni, fituate on the wefV fide of Second ftreet continued northward, beyojid the bounds of the faid city; contain ing Li breadth 18 feet, and In depth 50 feet, more or lefs bounded by; ground of. James Cooper; William Coates, and Cithers; late the eftate.cf Callus Sliighter, deceafed 5 feired and taken in.

execution by. William De we as, Sheriff. A Account of the East India CourAnr, from its The fragments of a crown fcattered arbuad him, pfi'Efiablifrmttit tbifrefentTme cutting off the right an Aurtriaa' the left, HIS great trading Company was firft eftablifhed in with per Cent, per Annum; and puflune their Trade with Vigour, they Toon carried on twice that ever was done by the old Company. But after the two Companies had fubfifted a ffw YeaVs in a feparate State, Means contrived to unite them, which was effected in 1702 a new Charter was granted them, under the Title United Company of Merchants, firbetr, and let me Jleep fence. trading to the.

Eaft Iadies," To the two Milliens advanced by the New Company, the United iw .1. Company, m.the 6th of Queen Anne, lent the Government 1. wHich made he whole Loan amount to afurther Sum was alfo lent by the Company, on a Renewal of their Charter, the Intereft of which is reduced to Thre per Cent, and hence called, "4The India Three per Cent. Annuities," As to the Management of this United Company, all Perfons, without Exception, Natives and Foreigners, Men and Women are admitted Members of it, and 500 1. in the Stock of the Com pariy, till lately (being now 1600L) gave the Owner a Vte in their ucncrai courts, wnico are cicner caiiea ai tne ipeciai iequnioi "Jfj vendue, on Saturday, the jfifthTday of February next, at nine Proprietors, or at the Defireof the Direftors, by a late Vote, the hufe of Thomas 01iver, in the diitnct of Southwark, a.

the latter being obliged to cenfulttbe whole of the Proprietors, on every material Queftion which relates to the Concern the Company. The Directors are 24 in Number, including the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, who are now. elected by Sixes, wWch makes iimpoffible to change the whole of the. Body in lefs than, four Years. The Chairman has a Salary of 200 1.

a Year, and each, of the Director 150 1, The Meeting of tfc'e Directors (or as they are called Courts) are to be held at leaft once a Week, but are commonly ofrjier, as Occafion requires. n'. Out of the Bod? of the Directors are chofen feveral Committees, en 'ne. on Tuefdsv. the eifihth day of February aext.

at nPAlN. Sittin? reftlefs unon a throne. in nn hand armours and a Turk are making faces at each other, and a Frenchman T. r.i. a ir.

1 wi 5 wiu. group ox rrencnmen mcnains; they are tied together, and ringing together. 7 ROME. The Pope fitting pn a three leased ftool, each leg cf which is placed upon a Jefuit's head. Three Cardinals weep in and fifteen laughing.

His Holinefs ftiakes hands with France and i If ere a young man appears meditating ahat APLES. The Menarch chafir room." Theeaatora iiewin? tiei ttrit. in tht. ercife of fwimning. 4 y.

7 1 EJU A 0. The time hero ipent in Plghing; whifthng, fayis prayers. 11, TURKEY. The. Grand Sinor fittinr In the SerarliK 0 BOHEMIA.

A woman ulavins.it euadrille. with" heaos ef 1 goia icaucrea eercre ner. A RufTian It and a Prufllan. a knife mil hit fcrmd both the han rnm th.t Dujch, and the Subjects of the Great Mogul, was in a declining body is a blockhead, a king, and a cuckold. In the back ground "VVay at the Revolution, the War with France reduced It fi a Dane Ciakes his fift at en Algerint, but the pilot lolls his tongue low, tkat it appearing fcarcely aoffible to be fupported, a new one at him.

was erected. ted. The Merchants, forming the new Earl India Com bWtUiN, Here a monarch holds a rope tied round tfce necki ceived their Charter in 1698, having, in Confideration of of his fubjedrj, and he gives them his word honour that thii it thereof, lent to the Government two Millions at Eight is liberty received GREAT BRITAIN. Here a man. or fometV.na like a man, lies afieep.

He is furrounded by'other European figures One pulls him by the nofe; another kicks him on the breech, a third raps him on the knuckles, Sec. and if he ever wakes, it nly to lay to them, in a weak and ucud rentUfitt A STAT1t.PAINTJ.lt. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. HE Sablime Port has juft iffued orders for a frefii levy of men to fupply the army of the grand Yifir, which has JateV ly been confiderably decreafed. Every Zaim and Timariot are de fired to bring one man in four, more than formerly, which, on moderate comutation, will produce a body of 60,000 men, which is to march for Bulgaria immediately; and 20,000 of the Zaimi and TimarioU who have been feven years in the militia fervice arc to be embodied, gooo with the Spahis, and with the niflaries.

Another body of men, called by the Turkl Ciomili, which are volunteer cavalry, who live at their own charge, in expeaation of fucceeding the Zaims and "Timariots wh fall in the fexyice, are likewife preparing march with th other troops, and will, no doubt, prove of the moft confiierable id tai the Grand Yifir; who is ordered to keep the field as long as thej feafon will permit, and then to put the army int winter quartert in Moldavia and'Wailaehia, if practicable. For a farther ftpply to the expence of maintaining the; war, the fublime Poitehai thought proper to lay a frefti tax upon all the Jews, Franks, and Creek Chriftians, of ten afpens per head per annum, and hai er. dered the kingdom of Egypt to raife one million and a half uf iW quins iit the fpace of two months befidesthefe, the ViceroyaJ rt wixQ nave tne peculiar inipettioii ot certain Branches of the ora Beglerkegs, Sargiado, Baflas, are ordered to be faue aed of pany uuneii; as, tne committee ot Vn eIponience, the large treafures, and the riches of the great Ivfofques are to baufed Vommittee og. Buying, the of Trealury, the. xioule 0n any particular emergency.

The whole Divan is in great fViriu Committee, a Committee of. Warehoufes, Committee ping, a Committe Accompts, a Committee of Law Suits, and a Committee to prevent the Growth of private Trade all thefe have under thexn a Secretary, Clerks, Warehouse keepers, fee, ex amp on account of the late fucceffetof the Turks, and are cxertin the moft vigerous meafures to render the end of the prcfent cam paign glorioufly in favour ot the fublime Porte. Stockholm. Oel. 14.

His Swediih Maieftv haa in a verv "mrti As to tthe Stock of this Company, it is quite, of a different Na lr manner aoolied himfelf ta the ute frosithers 5 for the Proprietors of Shares, inftead of receW ally in the ftate, and all the civil. benches of the public, bufinefs mg a regular fixed Annuity, have a Dividend of the Profits arifing from the Company's Tfade; which, as it is more valuable, thef Shares generally fell at a Price much the original Value tut by a late Act cf Parliament, thefe Dividends are fixed to Six Cent, for Number; of Xtrs, let the Profits of the Company je; what they wilL T)be farre Act likewife empowers Adminiftra tian to be a certain Sharer in the Profits, as well as, Comptroller which he has freed from a number of abfurd and ridiculous reV ftraints, which time and ignofance had clogged him with. Th four eftateti which ufed meet but once in three' years (except in cafes of a verv urgent necefiity) are now ordered to meet annually; and his Majefty has ordererd fix mere Senator! to be added to the fourteen, which were fixed by the act of fettle ment in the year 1740 but has entirely taken away from them tho wlp wnicp aw rroDaoiuty wiu, power which they had of palling a1 negative on anv act and Time (and rterhapsnot yeryfarremoTed.be the Meaniof trans. Tftfted that right folly in timfelf: has likewife altered the lSt; rCltCft Cm cf tUl nominatioa in the following manner twenty of the World, into the Hands of Government. SlC trsnjit Glen the body of the Nobility; ten of the Clergy, and as many of the I izntsd Hjc Burgeffes to which he has added fix cf the.eft.te Pl CT.V;t.S.U;R E.

v' who before had no voice j'thefe are.b meeton any' vacancy aracnft, tht Senators, te take an oath of fecrefy; and then to proceed to tho vi tenons niw se advanced to that dignity; but ths. the houfe of the Widow Gilbert, in the Northern Liberties, near the Now looking the Bay cf.Bifiray, nimous," but the bajoritT js "to Vma ftrcet; at three clock in the afternoon, two three ftoryt and nowjo rwho takes. of In the back appoint one of the four fo elected1 to the Gee but he haV ftill' prick meffuages or tenements, gnd lots or pieces of ground, 1 ground, a South American devouring a a (atther confirmed two cf the that fet' taatc cn the eait fidYof Trcnt ftreet, between Race and Yine ORTUG An old woman. on crutches. Being in her elefted in the Intervals of the Def, oi "all tw.

of anvone Greets, in the city of centaming in front on Front Jetage, thinks fhe.has rjo.ufe for friends Her back turned upod mily be Senators and has likewife confirmed the form bv which' ftreet aforefaid, in the whole 34 feet, and extending in depth as Great Britain her. Face to Spain: u. i i they are obliged to give their vcaces when orefent in CoWil farastheweft.fideof Water ftreet; boundedhy ground oflfrael this portrait an, old man with a. crown on his their being anfwerable to theSS rcmbsrton, and others fubjeft to a groundrent of lOsPenn head appears afieep, a. man andcman clefs convention near Prefidentihips in' the Courts of fuftice which fed to ra5 fjlvania currency per annum late the eftate of Jeffe Wilbam him.

They are very now pointiaj to Ruffia, now toPruf YCfted in the Senators, are now iS fome part taken from them izn uu vj wicnna, in. new to umaui. ai a cuiance a oweae William i wm, .5 eri virtue cf a xvrit.i tne direeledy wi'l be fold, by ublle, vf duet cn iFednefday the ninth day effebrutry nextf at the bptif t( Edward Barrttty in tbedijrifl. of Southward, faar eclock id iSt afiernesn, a certain ttv9 fary frame mtfjutttior tenement, and tvo pieces tf jrsund, tuate en the north JUe. af Cbrifiin jlreett hi thYd'ijlr'i9 ef Seutbtoati aforefaid, containing in frcnt tn Cbriian freet efarej'aid in the ubote 36 feet, and in, length cr a hut feet; Irjndti lv rround ef ofrtb iVbartsn.

and etbert fuhfcB ta a round text ef Five Peundf 'fen Shillings Peanfyhsnia currency, per annum pM tie ejiate rf Join Hadltj ftixed and taken in execution by VENICE. XL LI AM WIWIIJ, OfW)J, ER i And nav be entered uain the firft day of March next. MESSUAGE, and 70 acres of cleared A of. which are excellent meado eoncSUicn, therscn 13 an orchard tarn, with barracks fcCIcient to which is Tabling cows the. whele under gcod fence, and dividrd into lots of fix to twelve acres, well watered.

The above farm is fituate near to Kenfinjton, in Richmond they are given to other Noblemen indifcriminateJv. Thi mki. of Prefidentfiiips unconfihed to the Senators aUne, it likewife ex tended to the other offices, fuch as the College of. Var, the College or Court of Admiralty, let. which ufed to be under the direftion of Senators.

In fac the King of S'wrien it determined, to root out arifiocracy, and raife the lower orders of people to feme' fhare in the legiflature. Hague, Oct. 15. Our la, advices rem Bijfora and Bagdjjr, in tbi Perfian gulpb, are 'very alarming. Three hundred thovfani ferftns have aSuaJy died in thofe ttoe tacrt ef tbt 'fUgne.

This determined the Englijb agent, and theft ef bis tiatbn, attempt the faving them ftUct, by leaving tofe places for a time, but there isreaftm te fear, they may meet ivub another fcovrge, in their, enemy Kerim Khan, xuU it the tejl nrutrer ef Perfa, xvbicb kingdom is under tie facie ul bappy circumflances in Afa, as Poland is in Europe. The ermitj, beweyer, of this conauertr is mot tnly looked en as a temporary glJ: T'giy eraaert, vice tayitg teen accti reacn Am ftomed maty mqtuila that part of the xoerld, dsult net ef ri jiiung mng out ibe prejent jiorm. 'Hew addreft tn navjgat'wr the Indian and the Red Sea, hath given rife to easy important iifcrucrits in thefe parts and, amsr.gtle rejt in their voyages from I.tcAa te Gedds. thrt have r. a i HijirvvM tus teeijf uvfjjjinia.

so et uia aozvn, tn the cot AUSTRIA and PRUSSIA. Thefe two ap rear at rrefent or thirty miles rirW: tthhrJa ,1 rmt 4 i. iinl J. i bounded fry the. river Dsliware, two miles and a half an we aazas portrait, rrniuanas a map cfturcpa open before kim fmall tflaads and recks, nalicb none can approach without tie ersr Philadelphia the fall is of the beft kind for gardening, and it lsthus he fpeaks, ufmg his finder as a guidei This ef the natrve pilots.

Notice is given tote a ftp arrives, ly "frfr rj cr.dvsry tsiuable to ens who will 'attend thje market, with mill; Jurdcni Cull I nine; "and I will allsvr yo gun at 'the rifng the and txvt 'at its fctiiv, TKe cn which it will be lett, may 'rto take.This I ihaU ail to PrufHa thatotherdoyotf layingtleir ears the declare they caSiexrit fziieZe's Iz kr.or,' ly applying to the Tsbfcrii tr, in Phildrlph'u. No. c.F:lac fl I cufthiye this province 5 That city Is and in etxfejuence put ef in canst, and piht tie Liu ji ftr.e need apply, who will, not keep Hock cf hcrr.td cattlo through the roth and pallrvos into the Red Sex. II IT I .0 N. 11 I A.N Tk writ vlildzz ther cockctt 'of all the arrow, 03.

17, The laft fittin cf the Dt! tit f.xrtyp. T.y 7ZtH. QL A7r tils sppzars an4 diiputes role very hi between th? H.f cf i tzi 'Pxincs Sulliswrd. PilatL ita cf Cr.

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