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Itf Six of the Clock thlr Afternoon, as the ComfMnder July This Morning timt AoMc, that ne An Aaguft Thtt in Chief of the faid Ships mall think fit. na Catharina, from Euftatia, "was arrived in the Downs, Oftend, by which we we 1 ci xr n. i rri ny tnai naa iu large oiiarc 211 iijis gici incipnc, icnt iuuit ur 1115 aquaaron un a cruize. xnerc reigns, that without Doubt the Reader will be very well pleafed throV his Prudence and good Management, the greateft to find fome Particulars' in this Expedition collected Harmony poffible between the Land and Sea Officers, here. The Ifland of Cape Breton is indented on every and the only Contention among them is, who (hall be Side by laree upon one of which Louifburg moft forward in the Service of his Country.

Confented to By a Vefiel arrived at McrnifiT arrived a Mail have Letters. aatea Ietercayt IV. That none ot the Umcers, JjoJdiers, nor lnhabi in which fchip is come Palienger Capt Charles Know les, wbicb bring Advice tbat tbe Poole Man of War, and tants in Louifburg, who are Subjects of the French late Commander in Chief of his Ma jefty's Ships in the the Tranfptrts under her Csnvoy, who fatCd jrem the King, fliall take up Arms againft his Britannick Maje Leward Iflands. Down on 'TburJ 'day were arrived in tbs ltoad of Oftend. fly, or any of his Allies, until after the Expiration of On Saturday Night lift, Capt.

Geary, Capt, of the The French keep a mojl terrible Fire on the fawn, and the full Term of Twelve Months from this Time. Chcfter Man of War, who was at the taking of Cape have beat down feveral Uoufes yani one Bomb badburft V. That all Subjects of his Britannick Majefty, who Breton, arrived at the Admiralty Office, with Difpatch in the Harbour, near a Tranfport Veffel, by which Acci are now Prifonerg with you, Aw 11 be immediately deli es from Commodore Warren, the Contents of which are, dent jhe wax over fet and feveralof the Crew perifbed. Vered to us. P.

Warren. Pepperell. That all the French who inhabited the faid Ifland are N. It having beendefired by the Governor of Louifburg, tranfported to France, and that there are 5000 Englifh In'the Houfe of Reprefentatives, Sept. 26.

1745. that his Troops might march out of the Garrifon with men in the Garrifon of Louifburg, who came from the Voted; That there be and hereby i is granted to be paid their Arms and Colours, and to be then delivered into neighbouring Colonies. out of tbe publick 'lreafury, to each Seatjeant and Ccnti the Cuftody of Commodore Warren and Mr. Pepperell, At the Time of Capt. Geary's Departure, the Com nel in bii Majefty Service in the Garrifonf Louifburg, till the faid Troops Arrival in France, and to be then re modore'was very bufy in repairing and augmenting the which bit Excellency tbe Governor and Captain turned to them, the fame was confented to.

Fortifications of the Place, his People all' in good Health General Jb all determine to be the proper uvta of this LONDON, July 23. and Spirits, and juft joined by tkoo frefti Men from Province, of tbe Troops necejfary to be continued there du 1 ne tteautuun ot mc jiiiiiu 01 vdpc uiciuu is a i icic incw cngidna. witn an Decenary supplies or rruviu ring ive rr inter oeaion, tee cum or zzs, per jyiontb. of NeWs of fo great Confequence, and does fo much Ho ons, To keep the Seamen in Action, and to gain the over and above their prefent Allowance, frem hefirfl of nour to tne wmcers concernea tnerein, ana 10 rne 010 eariieit intelligence or tne r.nemy, tne commodore nas uaooer to ttejirjt oj may next. Sent up for Concurrence.

In Council, Sept, 26. 745. T.Cu(hyg Speaker. Read and concurr'd. J.

milard, Seer. Marblehead in a is fituated, and Place fo extremely well fortified, It is certain, that on the 16th Inftant, N. S. a Con from Barbados we hear, That they had pul SI Phips. fhoft PafTagc blick Rejoic that the attacking it ought to be confidered as'one of the vention was figned' at Hanover, and ratified the 22d ings there forthree or four Days upon the News 'of takins haidieft Attempts that has been made in that Part of by which 6000 Hefiians enter into his Britannick Majef of Cape Breton And that a Number of Gentlemen there the World, 'fince the Commencement of the prefent ty's Pay, and are to ferve where he thinks proper.

had made a generous Collection for the Relief of the ar. The whole Plan of the Expedition was laid, or There are fome private Letters from Bruffels, which poor Widows and Children of thofe, brave Men who atlcaft concerted in New England, where the whole Bu affert, that Count Caunitz, in Confequence of pofitive were loft with Capt. Smithurft in this Province Snow tinels was perrectiy wen unaernooa ana wnere lucn uroers received rrom tne vourt or Vienna, naa pacKea on mat jcxpeainon ana tney have lent by this VelTel mmht be confulted as were to be entrufted with ud 16 Waeeon Loads of Papers. Records, Tewels. and the Execution of it.

As this gave great Hopes of the PJate, in order to tranfport them to fome Place of Dcfign, fo the Choice made of Commodore Warren was Safety, there being Reafon to apprehend from the Difpo another good Omen: for as he has always. been an ac fitions made by the Enemy, that they intend to make xive' and vigorous, io, in the Judgment or tne seamen, lome ludden Attempt upon that fiace, in which how he has been ever a fortunate and proiperous Commander, ever, it is not probable they will lucceed, lince the Ar rtogineadsor Kum and lb Barrels of Sugar. A noble' InSance of Charity, from Strangers at fuch a Diftance, worthy of Imitation We have alfo Advice from Barbados. that Cant P. Kingfton, who failed from this Port fome'time; fince for the Weft Indies, in a Brig, was taken by ai French Pri AgreeaWe to thefe good Omens, the whole Expedition my of the Allies is encamped on a Line along the Canal, vateer 8 Days after he went out, and 4 Days after that has been a continued Scene of Succefs.

Here followed fo as to cover equally Brufiels, Muhlin, and Antwerp, was retaken by a Ship of 20 Guns belonging to Phila tbe Particulars of tbe Operations before tbe Place, con The fame Letters, wnich are, dated fay, deiphia, called the PandoUr, but the Mafter and all the eluding The Reduction of Louifburg has not only that the Lieutenant Field Marflial Count Chanclos, who Men except two were on board the Privateer. That put the whole Ifland of Cape Breton into our Hands, is likewife QuarterMafter General to the whole Army, the Pandcur. alfo took a French Privateer Sloop with Jbut alfo the ifland of St. John, and other adjacent Pla fet out the Friday before, thro' the Dutch Territories 137 Men, which with the.Brig. fhe carried into Barba ces of lefs Confequence, where all the Stages, and other for Oftend, in order take upon him the Government does the 30th Aug.

laft. And that the following Men Works belonging to the French Fifhery, are absolutely xf that City, and that he had given his Royal Hignnefs of War, with 8 Tranfports, commanded by Admiral Aeftroyed, and thefe Coafts effectually cleared. the ftrongeft Aflurances, that it fhould be defended with about 4000 Soldiers, arrived) at Barbados. la Confequence of this glorious Succefs, the following the utmoft Vigour, and to the utmoft Extremity. the 30th Auguft, but where they were bound could not Advantages will undoubtedly accrue to to' the Subjects of Auguji 3.

We hear that. Tranfports are ordered to be learnt, yz. Dorfetfhire, GunsJ 6.20 Men Great Britain. The French will be intirely deprived Zealand to be there in readinefs to bring over 10,000 of Pnncefla, Lingen, 70 Guns, 650 Men Ipfvvich, Mav of a very beneficial Filhery, in which a vaft Number of Ships are annually employed, infomuchj that it was confidered as the great Nurfery of their Seamen. 2.

All the Northern Colonies will he delivered from the Apprehen fion of trench fnvateers, that were wont to ikujk in tne Creeks and fmall Ports of thefe Iflands, which were extremely commodious for that Purpofe. 3. All their Commerce to the great River of St. Lawrence, and indeed to all Canada, muft be henceforward very precarious and our Troops, if there fhould be Occafion for them. nard, 70 Guns, 480 Men Lenox, Lawrence; .64 Guns, We hear that the Ships, employed tranfport the 480 Men Worcefter, Andrews, 60 Guns, L400 Men Troops to Oftend, are ordered to repair immediately to fembrolce, Baichen, bo Guns, 400.

Men (Hampshire, Gravelend, and wait there tor farther Urders. I The Beginning of next Week Col. Lafcelles, and feve ral other Officers, will fet out for Scotland. They write from Genoa, of the 26th of July, N. S.

I IiniAl tin II 1 vuu auu juu ivin. was iaia tne 50 Gun Ship was to fail for Antigua the 3d Sept. for the Men War there. I From Jamaica we learn, that his Majefty's Ship the mat vuiuHiuuuis nit ingui utiui.t, wiiu v. wuiijj.

vui vi janiaiCaf, lias "taKen 2 c. if t. i i "i 1 i nve men or war, oomoaraing oavona, wmcn lies about by Uap.Grachoch as there is no' Fear of feeing this Place given up again by fifteen Englifli Miles from that Capital, and that they of 36 Guns, 350 Men, fitted. out of the HavanRah' laft another Treaty like that of Utrecht, we may fafely foon expect a Vifit from the faid Commodore. congratulate our Countrymen upon the obtaining this great Count Lowendahl, with.

32,000 French Troops, and folid Advantage, which will in fome Meafure com have actually invefted Oftend, and begun to fire upon penfate the Expence of. the War, atleaft on this Side." it on the 9th Inftant. N. S. Count Chanclos, who is On Tuefday, about Four Clock in the Afternoon, Governor of that important.

Place, has made all the ne the Guns were fired at the Tower, and in the Park, by ceffary Preparations for a good Defence, and will certain Order of their Excellencies the. Lords uftices, for our ly defend it to the laft Extremity. late SuccefTes at Cape Breton in North America. At By the Packet which arrived Yefterday fronri Oftend, Niht there were great Rejoicings in the City and Places there is an Account, that the French had railed a ftrong adjacent, with Illuminations, Sec. Battery before that Place, but that the Fire from the The fame Day, at a Court of Aldermen, the follow Town was fo brifk, that the fame was foon filenced.

ing Motion was made by Mr. Alderman Baker. Auguji 6. This Morning arrived in Town the Purfelr To congratulate his Majefty on the Succefs of his of the York China Man, Capt. Lafcells, with Advice, We iiear that 2000 Land Forces will be foon lent from hence to garrifon Cape Breton, and they will be formed into two Regiments, the Commands of which are, it is faid, to be given to Generll Pepperell and William Shirley, Efq: It is alfo faid that General Pep perell, for his Conduct in the Redufticn of Caje Breton, arriv'd from South Carolina as alfo the fine Silver Chaife taken in the Conception.

Extratl of a Letter from Plymouth, July 26. This Day Admiral Martin has fent in the Jupiter Privateer Sloop, of Bayonne, of two Carriage and 16 Prizes are taken by the Men ot War, among them one from Manilla, and one from Ponticheri, all immenfely rich befides which a very rich Ship is taken by the' Fame Privateer, Capt. Comyn. On Sunday laft an Exprefs arriyLinTown, with! ftruck They have on board 2,77776 Dollars, 4.21,120 Doubloon Dollars, a 000 Gold and Silver Bars be Swivel Guns, and 64 Men. who has been out but 14 fides their Careoes.

confifting of Cocoa, Sec. and other Days: She gives an Account, that the Admiral had ta rich Commodities, to ah immenfe Value. There was a ien a Spanifii Privateer of 12 Guns, and about 120 Men, third Ship in Company, called the Notre Dame Delive which he burnt, and was left in Chace of three Ships, ranee, who efcaped. The above two Prizes this Privateer left him file fays, that there was arrived fafe at Kinfale. an Bourdeaux leven Men of War, and 200 Merchantmen ready to fail.

Admiral Martin had taken a Ship about 300 Tons, bound from St. Domingo, but laft from the Ilayanna. This Ship is got fen; in io me umc, wiiu, wim orners yvc 10 orten heard of laft Summer, was on the Coaft of Carolina and Virginia he had taken between fifty and fixty Sail of Englifh this Summer This" is the Ship! that took Capt. Spry, Sec. j.

4 I Yefterday Capt. Tyng, in' the MafTachufetts Frigate, faiFd for Louisbourg, with doathing and Stored for the Garrifon as did likewife a large Snow with Flag of Truce for France. His Majefty's Store Ship the Bien will fail the firft fair Wind. I H.I AD EL I October to. sy ice ionaon xyewsrt avers we find, tbat the Privateer Sloop of that Place, had brought in French Sugar For the' Three Lower Counties; re are Majefty's Forces in the Conqueft of the Town and Fort that the faid Ship, and ten other homeward bound Ships, feveral Pamphlets publifhed there, fetting forth Jtie great of Louifburg, and the Ifland of Cape Breton 5 the Pof from Eaft India, were all well at St.

Helena the 25th of Advantages of Cape Breton to the feflioh of which, and the Fifhsries of thofe Seas, hav May, from whence they will have a ftrong Convoy for Capt. Gibbs, from Antigua, informs us, tbat Comma ing been the great Caufes of the Increafe of the Ameri Europe. dore Lee was out fcnt in la fiaJl can Trade to France, and the greateft Support to the The Purfer brings certain Advice, that three French French Privateer. i Naval Power of that China Ships are taken by the Medway and Prefton Men Monday UJl arrived here Capt. Brown from Bermu of War, who carried them into Canton feveral other by whom we are informed tbat in a.

a ai a 1 1 jm l.i th ere a We bear from Annapolis, in Maryland that the Rev. Wbitefield arrived there on the ntb tali, hanir.r an preached eight times on his Way from Philadelphia. The will be created a Baronet, and that Commodore War Account that a Ship from Carolina had fallen in, on jthe next Day he preached there before the Council andf AJfem ren will be rewarded with a Flag. 29th of Jane, near Cape Clear, with the' Prince Frede bly, and was to pi each again on Sunday'. He bad met Yefterday three Waggons loaded with'Money, adornd rick, Capt.

Talbot, and Duke, Morecock, who with very kind Entertainment in that Province. with Spaniih Coloursand guarded by brought had with them two of the richeft Prizes perhaps ever The Remainder of the Eletltons which were not come 10 tne isanic rrom on ooara tne ivoic man or war, juu taKen oy mvateers one canea r.i L.ewis i or nana ion 500 Tons, and Guns and the other Marquis An Lane after County Reprefentativesl John Wright tm, or 450 Tons, and 24 uuns, with whom they en Arthur Jfatterjon, James Mitchel, James right. gagea ror near nx nours, ana anmanea tnem oerore tney anenrr, james starrer, coroner, William Hamilton. Neivcaftle County Re'pr'efentatives lJohn Coole, William Amftrong, JobnPaunce, James Jiaban, Daniel Cor bit, John. Edwards.

Sheriffs Henry New ton, Gideon Griffith," Coroners, James Mullen are fince Benjamin Cooke. Kent County Representatives, Jm Gotrell Yefterday the Owners of the above Privateers waited 'Manlove, Andrew John on the Lords of the Admiralty, and petitioned for a Con Dowding Abraham, Alice Sheriff, 1 Thomas voy of. Men of. War to bring home the Prizes, which Coroner. Tbmtt Parle thor Lordftupi immediately granted.

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