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US MERCURY, From FRID A September 6, to FR I A z. 1755. Pricc Tw-Pewe. 1 Vl niV Small AdverTisement for this Paper taken at 2 6 d. each arid isontinu'd Wcekly at 2 j.

be paid before publisli'd ATU A r'i POST. Frtmtht GnuMAi Advertiser, September 25. Continuation of the Account oftbe Britilh Settlemtntsin NORTH AMERICA. Ki Of NEW TO ew YORK is bounded by New England on the East, by the Atlantic Ocean, and New-Jersey onthe South; by Pennsilvania and the Lake Ontario onthe West; and and by the same Lake and the River of St, Laurence on the North. THU Cnuntrv was formerlv called NeW Sweden, Of NEW ERB ET.

NEW JERSEY is situated on the South West of New York it is of small Extent and is bounded on the South by the River Delawar, by Hudson's River, and by the Ocean. It enjoysa temperate Air, and all the Advantagej of New York. It was discovered by the Swedes, who settled in it, and gave it the Name of New Sweden but the Dutch distodged the Swedes, and kept it in their Posteffion till the Englilh obtained it by Conquest. It was then comprehended under the Province of New-York, of which this was the most Southern Part; and the Name of New Jersey was given to it, when it was detached from the Northern Part of the Province. The King nominates the Governors, New Jersey is divided into East and West but the East is most populous, and best cultivated; its prin-cipal Townsare Elisabeth Town and Shrewfbury; however the West is as well situated for Trade as the East.

Twelve Years ago the Inhabitants were computed to amount to fixteen thousand among which three thousand were fit to bear Arms for the Defence of the Country. They had then but two hundred Indians in all. They employ ten Times more Negroes than they did fifty Years ago. We may form a Judgment of the Increafe of their Commerce by that of their Inhabitants. to hi contitut'd in our ntxt.

Dantzick, (a confidtrabk City in Poland) Sept. 1 1. Orders have been given to the of Troops the King has engaged to furnifh for the Service of his Britanmck Majesty, to hold themselves in readinefs to march on the tust Notice: In Consequence of which, the OfBcers who are abfent, are commanded to rejjin their Regiments without Delay. Copenbfigen tht Chief City ofDtnmark Sept. 9.

On the 7th Instant, about Eleven of the Clock at Night, died here, Count Schulenburg, who was Privy Couflseljor, Knight of the Order of the Elephant, Fiel Marihal, and Secretary at War in the Service of the King of Denmark. Being far advanced in Years, he was quickly carried oft' by a Mortisication, which begun, without any remarkable Accident, in oneof his Feet. Extras! of a Letter from Hanover, a City of tht Dutchy of Brunswick in Germany Sept. 8. The King certainly did not cross the Sea to eafe himself of the of Astairs During all the Time that we possessed him, he did Business every 8 Day with bis Britifh and German Ministers from Morning till Noon.

This great Application alarm'd us at fit st, but we have had the Consolation to sind that his Health did not luster by lt in the least, so that we fearce remember to have seen him in higher Spint 4 The Englilh promised themselves that his Pre- sence in Germany would reftorc a good Hatmony with the Court of Berlin. But we do not pereeive 1 that the Event has confirmed their Expectations, 4 or ours We have scen no PruiEan Minister here, nor has a Minister been Cent from this Place to Potsdam. The ArTair of East Fricfland, which particularly concerns us, and that of the Silesia Loan, 4 which concerns the Englilh, are still in that Crifis, which bath for sonne Years alarmed those Courts who wist for the Preservation of Europe's Peace We are repairing the Fortikcations of Stade, and new ones are addtng in those Places where the old ones are decayed. As this Town is the most proper for the Communication with England, afew Years ago when we tko't ourlelves tkreatened with a War, the Archives and the King's Coffers were to have been carried thither The same Precautions will be taken if any new Danger ihould supervene, and there will always be, as there was then, an Englilh Ship of War in the Port of Stade to tranfport Isewhere what it may be judged proper to remove.1 Bruffih, (tbe Metropolit oftbe Netbtrhnds Stpt. 19.

By Leiters received this Morning from Mons, we are informed that the Frcnch Troops returned into their Camp at Aimeiic tbe Day before YcfMay, Dresden ifo Capital City oftbe Dominions oftbi of Saxony in August 31. Letter from Gicefenhain make Mention of an odd Accident which happened there. A Swarm of foreign Beei having lodged in a Beehive belonging to the Judge of that Place, the domestic Becson their Return feil, ira a great Rage, upon all they met in the Court-Yard, and among others upon the Coachman who was coming in with his Horscs, and did not leave him till they had ftung him Death. Paris, Sept. 8.

AU along the Coast from Brest to Bayonne the Batteries are repairing the same Thing isdoingat Belleifleen Mer; and the Duke d'Aigu-illon, Commandant in Brittany, who is at present at Rennes, is charged to provide for the Security of that Province. Beside the Augmentation of the Marines, the Nurnber of Gunners is also to be increascd. There will be no more VeiTels put in Commission at Brest or Rochefort they will only take in their Matts this! Year but Orders are given to build new ones with! the greatest Expedition in all the three Department. On the 2tk ult. the Sphinx, a sixty-four Guo Ship, was Jaunched at Brest.

Thelate Duke de Tallard (Sonofthe Marshai who was taken Prisoner when the Englilh Forces werd commanded by the Duke of Marlborough) bath by Will lest his magnitteent Chandelierof Rock Chrystal, which is looked upon as a Jewel of great Value, to his Majesty. Hague, Sept. 19. We learn from Vieona, that the March of 30,000 Austrian Troops into the Nc-therlands is actually provided for and their Rout de-termin'd, so that it appears the Spring will bring the allied Army into the Ficld The Success of it, however, will be an Object of siagular AttentumZ, not one of all the Towns or the Barrier being iii tf State of Defence, tbe Fortificatinos leveU'd with the Ground in the late War remaining in the same State It may, however, pojHbly better succeed in the open Field, where Troops must fight or publickly run away, than in defending Towns which may privately be given up by treachery, or taken fecretly by Surprize. An Extrafl of a Letter from Paris, dated September 20.

v. It is certain that an Order lies in the Marine- Office at Biest, to releafe the Blandford Min of War, with all the People and every Thing belong- ing to her, as soon as comes round to that PorC from Nantz and this notwithstanding the Englifli are so diligent in picking up our Merchant-Men. On this Occasion we cannot sufficiently applaud the Generosity and Moderation ofour Grand Monarqut 1 who will neither order bis Ships to make Reprizalsk nor grant his Subjects Leiters of Marque for that Purpose. Thus we are induced to hope Matteta will not be pufhed to Extremities, or at least that his Majesty knows how to make his People araple Amends for their Losses, though he has not yet judged it proper to let loose our Privateers, (tc COUNT NEWS. Plymoutbt Sept.

17. On the 191h will seil his Majesty 's Ship Humber, Capt. Scott, having on board the Black Prince of Anamaboe, and another of con-siderable Rank in that Country bis Companion. His Majesty 's Ship Bristol is sailed, having under Coovoy several Sfiips for the Mediterranean. Birmingham; Sept.

22. A few Days since died at Burcote, near Bromfgrove, in Worcesterfhire, in the Loth Year of Wi Age, Mr. John Tallis, who had laid in his Bed, without rising from it, for thirty Years past, under an Opinion that he could not bear the frelh Air to Keep himself as much as poisible from which, he had -bot on Window to his Room, of fouf Pancs only, with Glass of three Times tbe common Thicknesi, and the Covering to bis ttead consifted of several Yards of Flannel His Shirts were lined with SwanrSkin, th Breaft and Lides of which were quilted, and be had always a Number of small Ptllows in his Bed. He had Stopper sitted ttf each Nostril, usoally held a Piee o.f Ivory in Mouth, and a PiecK oi Woollen Cleth was laid over hit FaSTf from the Swedes establistiing there in the of Queen Christina and the Dutch, who aftcrwards got it into theil Poffeffion, called it the New Netherlands. They bought it in 1608 of Hudson, an Englilh Mariner, by whom it was discovered, and notwithstand-ing King James I.

protested against this Laie, they went on settling their new Acquisition, which they enjoyed pcaceably till the Year 1618, or 1619 when Sir Samuel Argol, Governorof Virginia, attaclcedand destroyed their Plantations. However, James I. to whom they applied for Redreis, permitted them to settle again on the very Coast from which he bad before drove them bat in 1667, they restored th' province tothe Englifli by the Peace of Breda. However, during the War which England began in 1672 against the States General, these last rccover'd it again in 1673; kut restored it the following Year, at the of the Peace with Great Britain. This Province is two hundred Miles 1ng, and fifty broad.

It received its present Name from the Duke of York, King Charles Ifr Brother, to whom it was given by that Prince, in the Year 1664. The Go-vernor is appointed by the King. The Air is healthful and temperate; the Soll fertile, producing great Qyantities of Wheat; the Forests abound with Game, and with Wood fit for building Ships. The Indian Nations of this Country cover themselvesin Winter with the Skins of Beastsj in Summer someof them usea lighter Sort of Skins; pthers go almost naked. These Indians, like those of New England, are very tawny, and Savage, they are Idolaters, and trade with the Englilh for the Skins of Elks, Bcars, Otters and Castors.

They are fond of Brandy, and all other strong Liquora. Hudson's River is the largeft in all this Province. Long Ifland on the SoUth East is near an hundred and fifty Miles from East to West, and produces great Quantities of Corn and Fruit. The Capital, which is also called New York, is situated in a small Ifland, at the Mouth of Hudson's River, and was formerly called by the Dutch New Amsterdam. This is the finest City in all North America; the Hotises are generally and Stone.

The Governor of the Province in this City, which is under the Go-Vernment a chief Magistrate, and other Office, not unliMhe Corporations here in England. Albamg formerly Fort Orange, is situated to the North Hudson's River, and is the Staple of the Inhabitants of this Colony for Skins. It has near three hundred Families, which are mostly Dutch, anil is the usual Place for the Conferences held with tne Sachems, or Indian Chiefs. The whole Extent of this Counttv to the North, between the Lakes Ontario, 8t. Sacrament, and Chamnlain.

and the River Sorrel and St. Laurence, JQteL imdk i er nr l. .1 lrn. utcu uiciciu uuiicucu dv ine neuen, uicv iiavwk Pofleffion of it since the Peace of In 172 they built a strong Fortress called St. Fredenck, in the room or rort crown-romt taken trom tne cneuin.

Onthe North of Lake Chamnlain thev have Fort Chambli and on the North of this last, that of SorreU on me um st. rctcti.