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in the Year mentioned by the fame Gentle man, when, of Twenty three employed in refitting the Tents of the Sick, Seventeen died, yet this is not always the Cafe for the common Courfe of this Diftemper (fays Pringk) it flow, and catch ing to thofe chiefly who are confin'd in bad Air, fuch as the Sick in Hofpitals, and their Nurfes, Tailt. Rnf when there it no MVJvi great Quantity of infectious Matter, or when it is not particularly violent, or when a Perfon has not breath'd long irt fuch dangerous Steams, he will either efcape, or have the Symptoms Come on fo flowly, as to allow Time for Prevention." As to the Gentleman's Obfervationi on the Qua rantine' Law, .1 leave them to De conuaerea by 1 UA 1 Km tuHi arnniint With till. Pr5n liples on which it proceeded, and was enacted but I cannot help obferving how highly he extols the Ollinrcrciicu tUlU SU1VUV UUli VI HH JCIIUIV1 generally concerned in the Sale of Convict Ser particularly admire the Character of 1 Ills RIEND, wno was zcaioux, in uic i.ower la r.f A4T.mK1v. a mr tm TmTvrtatinti JXUUIV Vl uiviuu 1 uiv( mjwu Negroes, becaufe A thought it incompatible with the Good of bit Country, whom, I think, I hear like fwt rrxmnf sn allUlUCl vy vajsg wuij 1 Oh Virtue I Oh Liberty I Oh my Country! Hn if It (hniiM nntvar at vpv t4jiJ )Ul ubvhkw wj hi. iiuk W(4W tUVIl" tical Patriot, who fcorn'd to accept ofany Mra Commiflions, for the noble Reafon above aflign'd, has fince follicited for thofe very Commiflions, What (hall we fay Why, That he has changed his Mind, as alas! many Patriots now a Days do.

Heul quantum mutatus ab illot Upon the Whole, tho' the Gentleman who attended Mrs. Blake's Family, may have good Reafon to find Fault with this Writer for' fo grofsly mif reprefenting his Conduct, and in fuch a Public Manner when he comes to reflect that Mr. A. 3. may have advanced as Facts, the idle Reports kf common Fame, not fo much with a View, per iaps, to nurt tne Character 01 the Fhyfician, as to rine, that, if generally received, would, in the End, MercanM Iribei on this Conlideration, I fay, the Doctor ought to excufe Mr.

A. B. this Picca lillo, and propofe to this Gentleman, for their nutual Advantage, That all Merchants, Factors, 'hyficians, Ihould join in extolling the. eneral Utility of importing Rogues, Felons, and )ifeafes, from the long infected Walls, and deeply orrupted Manfions of Nbwgatb, to mend he Conftitutions, and improve the Morals of the opd People of this Province. Tour's C.

D. 00OO0OOO0OX XXXXXXXXXXXX CONSTANTINOPLE, April 3. rHE Chevalier de Vergennes, Ambaftador from the Conrf nf Franri hii an A trand Vizir the Dav before Yefterday, When it is uurcu inai uic AmDanaaor aeciarea to nim, that mie conairs which cruized among the Archipelago wiiiuuiicu gicut wunnges mere rnat tney oiicauv iUK.cn anove i en Hrenrn iviArr hsni ips. which he exoefted fhouU nftnrrl fench not being at War with the Porte, and that fare honld be taken to put a Stop to the ill Beha lour of thefe Pirates, otherwife he mould fend Ad uiv ui uic rnocn rieci in ine editen anean, to burn them, and bring them un proper Subjection. Warfa May 9.

The Four Deputies from the federate Diflidents continue, by their Modera and modeft Behaviour, to gam the Affection. JFriendfhip of the Senators and other Grandees. '1 rArtCc III vu.v.i intn vnicvtuiiTC win prouaDiy pro a Negociation, which will laft a long while. fcicucu uppouuon mat wiu be made againlt will be by the Clergy. titter.

May 10. Senafe lia nnlr Turn Un iF IT. I M. wmtn ue jwre, togetner with 1 hree re from Port Mahon alfo feme Smaller armed to repaii to Algiers. The Commodore of an neei is ro aemana ot the Vty to ratify mlc tonauaea with his rredecellor 1 and, in of Refufal, to declare War, and inltantly to kin 1.

I 1 11 uumoaraing the City. Pruffi, May it. The Ruffian Troops ftill i rwicipiine, out an Accident 1 lull hauDened which a liftU tmnklA. th The Deputies of the Diflidents ap nn. at Grod 0f Calicz, to rtgifter there the ot Confederation bf Thorn, the Officers of the bppofed it, and were abetted by fome Gen wn.

Animofity induced them to attack and 1 Coflack tbe Diflidents Efcort. Coflacks, urged to Extremities; fell on the "'ants, and fecured their Perfons, iuft as they into Prince Repnin, balTador from Ruflia, hath complained of thefe "emen; and demanded Satisfaction. ynt, May 6.. Letters from Leghorn, of tie 1 Ulltant. advif that h.

TT tZC T1 Nation furreulertd t0 1,16 Corficans, by 16. Barki. ltd LiirVii .1 r.i i. rPZJ. ocven reiuccas ana IZJ intended for the Ifland apnua, fiuled iron hence the uth Inftant.

This Detachment Ik commanded by Colonel Matra each Soldier received a Prefent of one Zechin, to encourage them to behave well on the Occafion. Malaga, May 8, The Princeflaj a. 7 Gun Ship arrive here Yefterday with the Jefuits from Cadiz, in feveral Sjiips under her Convoy. Thofe of the Kingdom of Granada, who had been waiting irf Wim lX jj a mie, were immcaiaieiy pui on board others prepared for their Reception and this Morning the whole Fleet, with between Five and Six Hundred of thofe Fathers on board, failed with a fair Wind for Civita Vecchia, under the Convoy of the Man of War. Hamburgh, May The King of Sweden, in Confequence of a Letter received from the Diflidents of Polarid, has caufed a Memoriat to be drawn up in the Latin Language, and fent to his Envoy at Mofcow, with Orders to remit it to the Minuter relidincr there on the Part nf VnUnA Tn this Piece his Majefty declares, that he fliall em ploy lumieu conrriDuung to get the Diflidents Manner conformable to thrf by the Emprefs of Ruflia and the King of Pruflia.

Vumat May 16. The Jefuits eftabhflied in this 'Capital, alarmed at the News tif Rn.tV.ron in the Dominions of the King of Spain, being ordered to retire from thence, and forbid ever to enter into tnem again, demanded a few Days ago an Audience of the Emprefs Queen, which having obtained, they acquainted her with the Fear they had of being treated in the lame Manner, and to prevent it, have implored her Protection. It is laid, her Majefty anfwered, that if they preferve an irreproachable Conduct, by acquitting themfelves faithfully in the Employments of the State, and keep from meddling with Affairs that no ways concern them, they fliall fufter no Harm. May 7. Letters from the Hague, by Yefterday's Holland bring Advice of the Death bf the Prince of.

Saxe Gdtha, Brother of the reigning Duke, and of her Royal Highnefs the Princefs Dowager of Wales, and Lieutenant Veldt Marfhal of the Ar mies of the Emprefs Queen. A Letter from Pans, dated May ir, fays, Though the preceding Advices from Rome had given Room to believe that the Pope was determined to receive the Jefuits in his Dominions, the laft Letters inform us, that the Pontiff had fent Orders to the Governor of Civita Vecchia not to permit their Landing till he received farther Orders, but to furnifh them with the neceflkry Re freflunents. Thefe Letters add, that Two Couriers had been fent to Madrid, charged with Difpatches, reprefenting on the Part of his Holinefs, to his Ca tholick Majefty, That if the Jefuits are guilty, they are not fufficiently punifhedj and too much fo, if they are innocent. That the Laws feem to require, that Citizens fhall not be driven from their Country, till after they have undergone a Trial, make evident the Proofs of their Crime i That, as to the reft, though it is in the Power of his Ca tholick Majefty to treat his Subjects in fuch a Manner as may feein fit and convenient to him, yet he cannot oblige any other Sovereign to give them an Afylum in his Dominions and that ff the Catho lick Powers Ihovld all think proper to fupprefathft different religious Orders in the Countries under their Dominion, and confign them to the Difpofal of his Holinefs, not only the Ecclefiaftlcal State, but the whole Country ot Italy, would be too finall to contain all thofe Inhabitants, Sec," June i. It is now (aid that their Serene High nefles the Prince and PrinceA of pofe to pafs the enfuing Winter in London the Report of their fpeedy Departure for Germany being premature.

We hear a Regulation will fliortly be made, that all his Majefty's foreign Garrifonl fliall be relieved once in Seven Years. Saturday Morning Difpatches were fent from Se cretary Conway's Office, for his Excellency the Earl of Rochford at Paris: According to recent Advices from Leghorn, up. wards of 300 French and Englifh Ship Carpenters ate now employed in the Service of Pafchal de Paoli, Chief of the Corficans. June 3. Yefterday Morning his Excellency the Ambaftador from the States General had a Conference with Mr.

Secretary Conway, on the fubjedt of Difpatches received from the Hague. 1 Mr. Alderman Beckford lies at the Point of Death, at his Houfe in Soho Square, being rives over by his Phyficians. They write from Gibraltar, that a Barbary xebec, under Tripoline Colours, had taken a Neapolitan Bark the Adriatic, richly laden, and carried her into he Ifland of Cyprus. It is faid Advice is received, by the Prince of Wales, from India, dated the 13d of December laft, that Coflim Aly Khan, at the Head of a numerous Body of Morattas, had begun a frefli War in that Country, and that the Whole of our Army was in march to attack him.

Monday the Valentine, Capt. Griffiri, fell down the River from Deptford, to proceed with fome dif parches of Importance for the Eaft Adrice is laid to have been received laft Sunday from Commodore Graves, of fomle farther Encroachments made by the French the African CoaiU VTt hear from rrivernefs, hat a Number of Scotctt Highlanders who had been abroad during laft Wari have lately engaged themfelves to go over to Cor fica, toferve as Soldiers under General Paoli. It is faid that the Parliament. wilt not be prorogued till near the Expiration of this Moiithi Xerday the Right Honourable Houfe Of L.Oraa anltllmA1 ill uic 151a iimanr. The lame Day the Honourable Houle of Commons adjourned till Wednefday; the 10th Inftant.

from Vienna, dated May Ou laft Advices from Conftantinople inform, that the ivx agiccu 10 conciuae a eace with the Georgians, on Condition that they pay to the Grand Seignior a yearly Tribute of 1 8,000 Piafters, and deliver up to him 14. of their young Native Maidens. 'But it is thought this laft Part, with refpect to the Maidens, lo far as it relates to Natives of their own Country, will not be complied with." Yefterday a Committee of the African Merchants i.tra upuiniiuv.Mic, nut or 1 raae and. Plantations, to return him Thanks for the Services done to them lince his Lordfhip's prefidine atlhat Board. May 30.

Captain Smith, 6f the Tryphenawhb arrived at Liverpool, on Monday fe'nnight from Penfacola, on his Pafiage thither, being driven upon the Grand Bahama Bank, in 3 Fathom Water, November 30, fent out his Long Bont, and Three Men, to found a little to the Weftward, was carried away by the Rapidity of the Current, and though the Ship lay to a Night and a Day, with Lights out. and Guns fi of the Boat, but it is hoped they gained Cuba, or fome other Ifland. A Letter from an Officer at Perth, dated May fays," Laft Week I was out with a Command to Fort Auguftus, where fome Part of the Fortifications are repairing whilft there, fome Labourers in digging a Trench, found an Earthen Urn of blue Colour, with about 360 Pieces of Coin of mixed Metal, fome a little larger than our Halfpence and the others the fize of Farthings, they appear to me to be all of the Emperor 6 July 27. Laft Thurfday Captain Ingerfon arrived here in a Schooner in 14 Days from Surrinam, who brings an Account that on the 44th of April laft, between 6 and 7 o'Clock in the Morning, they had a violent Shock of an Earthquake at that Place, but through God's Mercy did no great Damage. July 30.

Tuefday laft we had very ferere Lightning and Thunder; accompanied with Rain, and followed by Gufts of Wind the Clouds were very low, and gathered more over this Town than had been known for many Years paft The Chimney of a Houfe in Pleafant Street was ftruck, and a young Woman fitting near the Corner was Sunned, and flightly hurt by the falling of fome of the Bricks, buUfoon recovered i A Tree was alfo ftruck at the Weft' Part of the Town. It is faid the great Utility of the Electrical Points and Conductors, efpecially thofe on the Steeples of the Meeting Houfes, was very apparent at this Time, thefe being obferved to attract and conduct into the Earth the Electrical Fire with which the Clouds were fo highly charged and it is not doubted were the Means, under Divine Providence, of preferving the Town from great damage. NEW YORK, Augufl 6. Laft Wednefday Evening, Captain Lafli in a Sloop, arrived here in 14 Days from St; Thomas, by whom we have pofitive Advice, that the Ifland St. Thomas and St Johns, had both been declared Free Ports, by his Danih Majefty, open to all Vef fels and Commodities of what Nation or kind fo ever, without any Reftrictions or Refervations lave the Common Fees and Duties heretofore ufual in thofe Ports.

Friday laft Capt. Lafli fpoke with Capt. Martin, in a Sloop from St; Kitts, bound to Virginia. The Weather has been Cn ntrmit mn. 1 7 ri 1 1.

UI 114 ny Days paft, that laft Tuefday Three Horfes that were hired out at Long Ifland Ferry, to go into the Country a few Mles, being rode a little harder than common, died as foon as they they returned home. A Daughter of Mr. Anthony Waters, on the North Side of Staten Ifland, was killed at her Fa. ther's Houfe laft Saturday Noon, by LigVning, as Ihe was removing an Ironing Tible in the Entry Two Gentlemen from Philadelphia, one qf which, named Jarvis, were clofe by her, received not the leaft Hurt 1 After turning twice round, fhe fdl on her Face, and, when taken up, no other Marks of Hurt could be difcoveredbut a fmall blue Speck under ene of her Eyes. PHILADELPHIA, Augufl 13, ExtraS of a Letter from London, June 5.

I am how to tell you exactly what Duties the Parliament have laid for America, viz. Four Shillings and Eight Pence per Hundred on Crown, Plate, Flint and White Glafs, Imported into the Colonies One Shilling and Two Pence per Hundred on Green Glafs 1 vTwo Shillings per Hundred on Red and White Lead, and Painters CWouVsj and Three Pence per Pound on Tea, imported into the faid Colonies. Another Letter of June 6, fays Captain Law. rtnee, from New York, is arrived in London and the Packet at Falmouth..