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Letters from Copcrihagcn arid other Ports of Den mark advise, that several new Men of War-and Frigates are building there with the utraost Diligence. We hear the following Gentlemen are promoted to the Rank of Admirals Capt. Elliot Smith, Cornilh, Capt. Geary, and Capt. Smith Callis.

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H. and with H. A nd the Bakers are to irrsprint on all Loaves for Salc, tlie initial Letters of their Namcs. iouNrir ews. York, Jan.

9. Last Thursday died, in the Vear of his Age, Thomas Place, Esqj Barrister at Law, and Recorder os this City, into which Office he was chosen in the Year 17 ii. He was a Man of Integrity, and Eminence in hls Profession. Last Week was committed to the Castle, Richard Penrose, of Huntingdon, against whom a Bill of In distment was found at last Lent Affizes, fbr being concernd in the Riot in opposing the Execution of the Militia Act, and which, by Non-Appearance, pro Ceeded to an Outlawry. Jan.

it. Wednefday the Bird Cartel-Ship Came into the Harbour, from St. Malo's, with 76 Officers and Soldiers, who were taken at St. Cas. Most of them were wounded, and came from the Hospital at Dinant.

The Men give great Encomiums on the French Surgcons that attended them, for their humane Treatment while curing their Wounds. Extraft of Letter from Portsmouth, Jan. it. We are informed that we lhall have here the greatest Armament this Spring that has been Known in the Memory of Man. We hear that Commodore Geary is to have a lag, and to proceed to the East-Indies.

At Spithead, Admiral Holburne, with the Men War as per last." LONDON, January 13. This Morning, about One o'CIock, a Fire broke butin a back Street near Whitechapel Church, which burnt some Hours very furioully, and destroy'd a large Mill for the knapping of Woollen Cloth, and several Tenements adjoining. Yesterday his Royal Highness Prince Edward went to the Britifli Museum, and view'd the Curiosities there. The Museum will be open'd for publick View on Monday next. Three or Four Troops of Light Horse have lately received Orders to hold themselves ready for Embar- Day Illustrated with Coppcr-Platcs, Pricc Three Sliilllrfgs, AN easy INTRODUCTION topraftical GUNNE11Y; or, The ART of ENGINEERING.

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Aferi- Condition of all Orders of Christians, Ottavo arid State and Twelves. i It is said, the Dutch have at this Time several of their Ships employed in carrying on the French Trade to the East-Indies In Conscquence of which their India Company's AstioriS rise considerably. Three Persons are taken on the Coast of Sussex, who have been concern'd in several Acts of Piracy, on Pretence of belonging to Privateers and Information is given against several others. Some Transports are sail'd for the River Medway; to take Military Stores on board from Chatham, and some Troops in that Neighbourhood are also to be embark'd there. Mdnekvax'B From LLOYD's British ChRonicle, Jan.

December 28. PRINCE Ferdinand has ordered all the Troops of his Army to be ready to take the Field by the aoth of February, in order to be before-hand with the French, who are preparing for an early Canjpaign. Dec. o. The States of Provence have ad vanced three Millions of Livres to the Government, which are to be employed in building of Men of War, and fitting out those that lie at Anchor in this Port.

We are astually arming and victualling 1 5 Sail, besides fix Frigates, four Xebeques, and two Gaileys. Paris, Jan. 5. It is said that Marfhal Beileibe has resigned the Post of Minister and Secretary at War, on aecount of his great Age and bad State of Health and is succeeded by the Marfhal Count d'Etrees. The.

Ministry is wholly taken up in preparing for the next Campaign. Our Resources are not exhaust-ed, as our Enemies endeavour to insinuate throughout Europe on the contrary, our Credit is increased by the Punstuality with which we have fuWed all our Engagements. And the Bankers and Merchants who are zealous for the Support of the Government, have offered their Assistance so effectually, that the Payment both of the Army and Navy is provided for this Year, without laying any additional Burthen upon the People. Nevertheless there is a talk of laying some new Taxes upon such Commodities as the Rieh only make Use of. It is reported that the Prince of Conti will have the Command in Chief of the King's Forces in Germany the ensuing Campaign.

Hague, Jan. t. On the 28th an Officer who said to belong to the Troops of this Republick, was taken up at Munster, charged with enlisting Englisli and Hanoverian Soldiers into the French Service; LONDON; Jamary ij; Letters received by this Day's Lisbon Mail, there is the following Account, viz. that the late Conspiracy to destroy the King is happily found out, four or sive Noblemen, with all their Families, are taken up, and dose confin'd amongst those there are two undergoing the Torture, one of whom, of the first Rank, and all of his Name are feized, with about two hundred others. It is said above 8 000 are concern'd in the Plot, and that the Jesuit Convent has been searched, and a great many of them are also taken up, who had Arms found about them.

It is also said, that if the King had died, their Intention was next to maflacre the whole Council who were not of their Party. By private Letters from Munster we are informed, that the Dutch Officer taken up that Place as a Spy was discover'd by the Vigilance of the chief Magistrate 3 and that when he was in Custody in the Officers Guard Chamber, in order to escape he jumped out of the Window, leaving his Coat with an Englilh Officer who endeavour'd to prevent his Escape he then got down the Rampart, and swam across the Fojse, but was stopp'd by one of the Piquet Guards, whofe Sword he snatched from his Scabbard in the Scuffle, and wounded him in the Face but the Centry at length over-power'd him, and took him back to the Officers Guard Chamber; and he had just received Sentence to be hang'd when thefe Letters came away. We are Well assured, that the Princess of Orange is not dead on the contrary, that Ihe appear'd in publick on New-Year's Day, and received the usual Compli-mentsof the Nobility, foreign Ministers, and Deputies, on that Occafion. It is, however certain, that Ihe is but in a very indifferent State of Health that her Disorder, which is dropfical, is thoughtto be attended with very dangerous Symptoms and that there are but very little Hopes of her surviving the present Troubles. By a Letter found on board a French Ship lately taken, bound from Quebec to France, there is that the French had abandon'd Fort du Quesne on the zeth of October, on Account of the great Want of Provisions occasioned by the Lose of Frontenac, from whence they uied tobe lupplied and that the Harvest 2.

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It is said that the Troop belonging to Sir Charles Howard's Regiment, now quarter'd at Yarmouth, and which was out in the last Expedition, is also under the above-mentioned Orders. A private Letter from Poland gives us the following Account of the Cossacks, CalmucKs, and Tartars, the Irregulars in the Ruslian Service, viz. That they are very great Savages, quite ignorant and illiterate, and linder very little. Discipline they wear no Uniform they have a long under Garment, and over that a Mantle or Cloak, made of some Sheep or Horse Skin, with the Wool or Hair on they generally carry with them a large Piece of raw Fielh the Tartars are fond Horse-Flelh, of which they cut a Piece when wanted, and clap it under their Saddlcs, and ride with it in that Manner til! it is thoroughly heat-ed, and then eat it They rob and plunder Friends or Foes, or any Person that comes in their Way, having no Pay but what they can plunder or steal. By a Letter froma Gentleman of Philadelphia, dated Dec.

5, broughtby a Vessel thatis arrived from thence in twenty-four Days at Bristol, we are informed, that Leiters were received at Philadelphia from General Forbes, dated Nov. 22, adviiing, that he was then within eighteen of Fort du Quesne, which he proposed to invest in fix or seven Days and made no Doubt of being soon Master of it, as he had between 4 and 5oOo.Men with him, and the Garrison consisted of about 500 only, in Want of many Necessaries for making an obstinate Defence. The French are making great Preparations along the Coast, to defeat any future Enterprise that may be undertaken against them. They are particularly attentive to the State of the Fortisications of St. Malo's, and of the Istes of Oleron and Rhee, the Fortisications of which are considerably augmented and repaired.

Yesterday the Government gave Orders for Transports to be-taken up for a large Number of Men and Horse. We hear that what gave Occasion to the Skirmifh with the Natives at Senegal, was, that those People had come down and Holen some Muskets upon which the Governor threatened to send and destroy their Habitations. Unluckily, the Party employed in this Expedition did not know that the Governor had threatened the Enemy with the very Thing he fent them to execute and therefore hoped to surprize the Enemy, but were lurprized themselves in the Night. Itis to be hoped that the Prudence of the new Governor, who is gone out with Commodore Keppel, will aecommodate this DifFerence otherwise our infant Settlement at Senegal may be much straitened at Times for want of Provisions, and some Kind of Necessaries. On Saturday the ijtb of Jamiary 1759, be with a curious Fronst) "piece, The Whole to be cornpriscdin Thirty Nurnbers, 6d.

cach Nurn- her, illiistrated with thirty Copper Plates, h'nely Engraved frdm original Paintings, NUMBER I. Of THE HI STORY of our Lord and Savioui? JESUS CHRIST. With the Livcs of his Apostles and Evangeiists, and other Eminent Persons and Martyrs, who first propagated the CHRISTIAN RELIGION. Containing the whole Dodtrine of Christianity, the Evidenccs on which it is founded, and the Manner of its Establishment in difterent Parts ofthe World. Togethcr with satisfaitory Anl'wers to the Objections made against our holy Religion by the Jcw, the Gentile, and the Deist, or Frce-thinkcr ofthe present Agc.

ByS. Nelson, D. Author ofthe Universal Blble. London Printed for Coote, at the King's Arms oppolite Devereux Court, Strand and ibld by all BookscHcrs and News-Carricrs in England. It may perhaps be said, that as several Works of this kind are alrcady publiflied, a new one must bc superfluous.

But rlic author bcgsleavc to observe, that thovigh there are many Histo-l ies of our blcsl'ed Saviour extant, yet they are all very diffcrent from that he now osters to the Publick; for it will containnot onlya Nanative of our great Redeemcr's Transactions here bc-low, theitnpcndoits Miraclcs-hc wrought, the heafenly Doc-trines he delivered, and the ignominious Deatli heluftercd to redeem lostandundone Mankind but also, satisfactory Anlweis to all the Objections raised against the of the Christian Religion by the Jew, the Gentile, and the Deist or Frcc-thinkcr of c-itr Age. And as their molt plausible Objections will be here sully anfwered it is to be hoped that then their impious Attempts willproveof real Advantage tothe Christian Causc. asitwill appear how little its Enemies have been ablc to kay against it. In sliort, this Treatise will contain the whole Doctrine of Christianity, as delivered by ourblcllcd Saviour and'his Apostles confirm Bdlievers in the great Truths they preached, and dnx- them how they may piss throi Things temporal, that tbenfinahv lose, not im Thino-t etov! Fora Specimendt this Author's Abilities, wc begLetveto refer the Reader to the UNIVERSAL BIBLE, with Annora tions now publistiing in a Work ofthegrearest Uft and univerially approved. has proved so in Canada, that if they are not speedily supply'd with Provisions from Old France, many of the Inhabisants must perifii-.