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I 526 fition hare left fuch a Stigma of Folly and Brutality oiT their Names, that to admit them into Office would add Contempt and Difgface to Ruin. April 21. We hear from Venice, that the Third Ruf fian Fleet is arrived in the Archipelago, under the Command of Admiral Art. A Prince Galitien, the Ruflian Minifter at the Hague, has received a Letter from Count Romanzoff, dated March i giving an Account of his having taken the Town and Fortrefs of Guirgin, on the Danube, which was.defended obftinately by ro.ooo Turks, and covered with Two Intrenchments, from both which they were driven, with the Lofs of 000 Men killed after which the Remainder retired to the Caftle for feveral Days, which, when aMagazineof Powder, blowing up, the Remainder, amounting to about 3000, on Account of the Want of Provifions, were fuffeietlto join tlie main Body of the Army. Sixty two Piecefof Brafs Cannon, Two Mortars, and a vaft Quantity of warlike Stores, were taken.

The Ruffians had only 400 killed and 800 wounded and, among the latter, the Generals Grot tenhelmn and Molito, and Colonel Count Natali. Orders are given for the Lieutenants of the feveral Counties in England, to expedite the railing the Militia with all poflible Diligence. The Spaniards have now begun to tranfport all the Flower of their Troops from the Sea ports in Old Spain to their American Settlements, Twelve more Ships of the Line are fitting out at the different Sea ports. There are now Spithead 35 Ships, including Fn gates, Bombs, ice. A April 18.

Extratl of a Letter from Calcutta in the Eajl Indies, to. a Gentleman in tins Ptace, dated Augufi iTj'n'. I informed in my faft, that CYflim Ali Kawn was on his March for Bengal, but has fince been and we are now under no Avprehenfiorls of War from him or any other of the Country Powers every Thing being peaceable here, and likely to continue.lo, India Stock mult life However you will no Doubt have been informed of the terrible Famine which has raged in the Provinces of Bahar and Bengal the former has loft near One Half of its Inhabitants on a moderate Computation. We cannot ftir out of Doors without feeing Numbers lylrg dean in the Streets and Roads in and about the Town, notwithftanding many People are conftantly empli yed in removing them. It is dreadful to hear the Cries ot fo many Wretches ftarving to death in the Streets.

We are afraid of an epidemical Diftemper from fo many Carcafes lying expofed in this putrifying Climate. This cruel Famine put a Stop to Trade for fome Time, but anks to Gi it is now over, and Trade begins to revive. In the City of 'Pat na alone perifhed above One Hundred Thoufand, from whence you may judge of the immenfe Numbers carried off by thi terrible Calamity. NEW May a. On WednefJay lafl an Exprefs arrived in Town from his Excellency the Governor, with an Account of his having had a Battle with the Regulators, and gaining a mod figna 3nd complete Victory the Particulars of which, as hear as we can collect from the feyeral Accounts of this decifive Stroke, aie as follow His Excellency having reached Hil (borough, with about 1300 of the Troops, and finding that fie Regulators were at about 40 Mile, Diftance above him, embodied and in Anns, to oppofe the Provincial Forces under his Comma id, immediately inarched from thence to attack them, in Cafe they fhould refufe to comply with the Terms he offered them, which were, to give up their Principals, lay down rheir and fwear Allegiance to his Majefty.

On the 16th ftant, being within a Mile of them, his Excellency received a MefTenger from them, with Terms of an Accommodation but they being wholly inadmiflible, he marched to within a fmall Diftance of them, and forror in One Line about Half his Men, the other Half forming a Second Line at about 200 Yards Diftance by way of Referve. The Regulators, to the Number of at lead 1500, immediately formed within 10 or 30 Paces D'ftance, and behaved in a moft daring and ilefperate Manner. His Excellency again propofed to them, which they fpurned at, and cried out for Battle. His Excellency then immediately ordered the Signal of Battle to be given, which was a Difcharge of the Artillery, when inftantly enfued a very heavy and dreadful firing on both Sides, for near Two Hours and an Half when the Regulators, being hard prefl'rd by our Men, and forely galled by the Artillery, which ayed inceffantly on them with Grape lhot, gave way on all Sides, anl were purfued to the Diftance of a Mile through the Woods and Bnfhes, our Troops making eat Slaughter among them, as they did not make a regular Retreat, but ran in great Con fjfion to' all Quarters from whence jthey apprehended the leaft Danger. 9 The killed and wounded on our Side in this Battle, through the.

immediate Interpofition of Divine Provi dence, are very inconfiderable, the killed not exceeding Ten, and the wounded about 60, among whom is the Hon. Samuel Cornell, Efq; of this Town, who re ceived a flight Wound his Thigh but of the Regulators, 300 were found dead on the Field next Morning and a very great Number wounded) about so or 30 were made Prifoners, and the chief of their Ammunition and Baggage, confifling of hunting Shirts, Wallets of Dumplings, Jackets, Breeches, Powder horns, Shot bags, tec. were taken, with a Number cf Horfes. The glorious and fignal Victory of this Day, gained over a formidable Body of lawlefs Defperadots, under Divine Providence, is much to be attributed to the coo intrepid, and Soldier like Behaviour of hit Ex cellency the Governor, who was in the Center of the Line durintr the whole Engagement, and in the moft imminent Danger, having had his Bayonet fhot away with a Mufket Ball. Nothing could equal the Firm riefs and Intrepidity with whiih our Troops behaved, the Craven and Beaufort Detachments on the ri ht 4 Wmg fuftaininjr a very heavy Tfre for near Half fin.

Hour and The Carteret and Orange Detachments 01 the left Wing performing Wonders, for, raw and in i experienced ivuiitia, who icarce nave nau iime mc their inlffting to learn the Exercife. We have the grtateft Probability to think.Vthat this fienal Victory will cool the regulating Spirit, and put final End to the moft formidable and dangerous Re beilion that ever arofe in. America Iut if they are ftill infatuated, and will iufh on to their Deft ruction, his Excellency now'joined by the Wake, Johnlton, and Cumberland Detachments, alfo by Col. Waddle from Salifbury, and in a much better Condition to reduc them to Obedience. 1 following is a Copy of what the Governor gave in pub i.

Qrders, tie lpb of May, the Day after the Battle of Almanfee. The Governor, impreffed with the moft affectionate Senfe of Gratitude, gives Thanks to both Officers and Soldiers of the Army, for the vigorous and generous Support they aftbrded him Yefterday, in the Battle near Almanfee. It was to their Valour and fteady Conduct that he owes, under the Pi ovidence of God, the fignal Victory obtained over obftinate and infatuated Rebel. His Excellency fympathifes with the Loyalifts, for the brave Men that fell and fuffered in tlje Action but when he reflects, that the Fate of the Conftitutlon depended on the Succefs of the Day, and the important Services th reby rendered thir King and Country, he conliders this Lofs (though at indent the Caufe of Affliction to their Relations" and Friends) as a Monument of lalting Giory and Honour to theinfelves and Families. Dead to be interred at Five o'clock this Evening, in tne Front of the Park of Artillery.

Funeral Service to be pti formed, with military Honours 10 the deceafed. After tHe Ceremony, Prayers and Thankft'iving frr the fignal Victory it has pleafed Providence Yelterday to grant the Army over the Infurgents. Yelterday Divine Service was pr rformed in the Church in this Town, by the Rev. James Reed, Miniter of this Parifh, to offer up our riayersand hanfgivings to the Almighty, for the ery fignal and glorious Vic toiy obtainett, ny his Excellency the Governor, over o'iftinate and cielperate near the gieat Almanfee Rivtr, in Orange County, on the 16th of this. In Jta.

tj a Day that ought to be had in Re memorance by every loyal Subject of tiiis Province, for their Very great Deliverance and Refcue from the Hands of a lart'ltfi and furious Mob. WILLIAMSBURG, June 13. By a Gentleman from North Carolma we are informed, that fi nee the Engagement 1500 of the Regulators had laid down then Arms, and iui rendered theinfelves to Governor Tryon and that their Leaders, Hufbands and Hunter, had made their Efcape. 'June 13. For the Safety of VefTels coming into and going to Sea from the Port of New York, the Mafter and Wardens of the faid Port did Iaft Week plaice a Can buoy on the South welt Spit of the Eaft Bank, in 18 Feet Water at low Water, bearing from the Lightlioufe on Sandy Hook NW.

by W. half W. and from the Bluff of Staten Iflafid, making the Narrows S. half E. Vef fels going down muft keep in 5 Fathom Water, till they open the Buoy with the Point of Sandy Hook, which will clear them of the Spit.

They find that tlie firft of the Flood fets about SW.iyW. for Two Hours, and is apt to draw Veffels over upon the Weft Bank. A A I June 27. The OFFICER' SECOND LETTER. To of Queen Anne's County, Efq; Sir, WE have of late frequently heard an Opinion propagated, that the Act for the Eftablifhment of religious Worfhip in this Province, and for the Maintenance of the Epifcopal Minifters, is invalid and it is truly furprifing, that fo much Credit has been given by Men of Underftanding to fb inconfiderable a Writer as the Church of England Planter But as that Piece has had a very mafterly and judicious Refutation, the Firmnefs and Validity of the Act, by found Rea foners and good Lawyers, will now no longer be questioned.

By this L3w the Clergy of Maryland are intitled to 401b. of Tobacco per Poll they are fecured in that Claim by the fame Authority, which fecures to every Man his Freehold or private Property and therefore ta that Right from them, either by bullying Threats or artful Stratagems (both which have been tried) to intimidate, and fo oblige them to take an in equivalent Confideration for it, is (according to the known Laws of Ethics) in Effect as much a Robbery, as if they were deprived on the Highway of fo much Money. This can he proved, if you will venture to call for Proofs. The Gentlemen of this'new Regulation (I will not ftile them Regulators, as that Term now a Days has an effenfive, though no very improper, Allufion) have, notwithftanding, difpenfed with theie moral Obligations, and decreed to allow them 4 s. er Poll, i.e.

at the Rate of. ii s. 6 d. per Cent, for only 31 lb. a Tax.

But why 3lb. why not 40 lb. of Tobacco? I really am at a Lois to reconcile fuch Conduct with common Ho nefty. You furely will not have the Effrontery ab furdly to reply, that One fifth of the Clergy' Salaries was, at the fiill framing of an Infpection, deducted. For what For the Advantage they expected to derive from fuch a Law, by having their Tobacco insetted in common with others, they therefore cheerfully fub mitted to that Regulation.

But are Circumftances now parallel Is there any juft Reafon wh their 49 ftr Poll hould now be reduced, when their arbitral Matters propofe (according to their prefent Scheme) to give them no Tobaccot and that confequently they can't reap any from theif hew fnlU, or. rather, thev mn(f nor; TAdvan rous Solils the Liberty of cropping of putting the of lhl Pockets, without anv Confider.rinn nc a littlel Sir Yif Preiudice will TI notorious Iniultice i This One. fifth (,... of tented to have as. an Encourage'mw mote fo beneficial a Regulation, and vj fro the Remiinder might be cropped, and that theT miirht lncreale in eirToJ Ilul vmy preclude tw from the commoa Pnvilegeot cropping their ToblccJ and fti.l yoii retain the Deduction, which fecured to them 3 1 of infpected Tobacco 2 A this $2 lb.

you are pleafed. to pay 4 '0, more than ha.i Is not What Right have you to expect or demand Poll from the Clergy, without paying them (at luvmu anwn ulna icis lor Tobact than you chufc to rate yours at Though it it yj Kw.t uu ww, yet let me aiiDn to your Reafon, if this Treatment be not a viulent On polition to the Great Charter of Enghnd.l as both to the Letter and Suirit ofnr i i Wi man Laws, which lecure to every Man the full lip ion and Life, are deemed in vinlaM, c.a Your new Affocjation, Sir, drags ter it another glaring Encroachment on their cvil Liberti Th. propolcd Alternative is, either the Clergy ntufl iah it i jui. mi i voacco tlQulei as add terent Tobacc i at we can. to ht I luDDoic.

(lien, that trafh roharco w'tli a.s a nidi vendible now there is no legal Infpeclion Law. Tm3 riiicuc, oir, never as ir is, i guels aright, will hardW i.Aiituir lavs, i muil De Pood, nnffl trafh or indifferent, 1 obacco. uppofing the GtnJ duu noiiicis aic uuncit ana generous enough itigy juuu uicikiianraDie looacco, what lhali thev do With it For their FevMinT.n, have agreed, tbattt ball not be purchufed, fhat thy fij not imp ur jiore rrareooujei, ivMCp I fey bavt born i tart in purcbafwg, in Repairs or Payment Jball not tveigb it in their own Scales, nor, ivhb their Its, Hull the ortlppi.ii; receive it. An iniren.oii. Dilumm.

ti uly Either Way you are lafe, and, which ever Pare of the Alternative i hey chule, they are fure to be Lot. Pleal'e, Sir; to advert again to thele illegal Procad. ings. Is not 40 lb. of Tobacco per Poll their lawful Property, as much fo as what you have for Salet Are a I 1 i mcy nut duu meinoers or the Community, and, as aucn, juiuy ennciea to all the Privileges and Irnmuii.

ties of it? If fo, have they not a Right tu ft and prize their Tobacco in the publick Warehoufe, and to lell and fhip ic as well as you? W.iy then dofM dare to iull i Cnmmnn Rirh Snrit Ail fwer thefe Queries, and be jultified if you can. Only turn tlie T.l IKS! lav all UlKth P. r.nirTnn. nirt tnA i vrviivijvu. uJiiiiwn place yourfelves in the oppreffed Circumftances of tht lae" vew your own Inhumanity, uppofing, Sir, thar the Officers and Clergy had Influenn oh Villainy enoueh to comnel vi Geitlemen of the Affociation to take 12 s.

6u. per Cent, for Tobacco dot to you from them, excepting One fifth Part, whiA you are to throw into the Bargain, and receive no Value for, while they chufe to Veil their Tobacco, and what they get from you at the above low Ratei, for the hifheit Price tvhirh rin hA il.nuM thofe a ii (iv hiiu uaw Officer nnH Plr i Inr iK mCr.m unUfi vnn iuiuiwi ibiuift) uiai difpofe of your Tobacco to them on thefe Terms, they I. 1 1 1 1 IT man lay every poijiDie Embarrallment in yourwaj, thev fliz.il prevent vour ellino or fliinnW it. reftrain your Liberties as freeborn Englifhmen, break off ill Commerce with you, and treat you as Aliens, ndt iiwiihm vi iMHijMMii; vycrcyou, oir, 10 uc mw mi ed, how would fuch infernal Refplves fwell your noble painonc poui witn indignant Kelentment againniuti impudent Invaders of your natural and civil Privilfgn. And yet, as much as your Mind recoils at fuch Abuft, when you fancy yourfelf the Subject of it, this is pr cifely your Conduct, and that of your Echoes, with refpedt to the Clergy of this County.

Is not their Tobacco, at ffttt hu .1. a nt.1, 1. ik.lrl at what TOU have in your Warehouses And is it not as iniquitous a a A rr i i i. in. iui yuu iu iciicn ineir property, ana give inou equal Value for it, as it would be for the Officer, ad i.

ving; in ik iicmenrionea caie. The Largenefs of the Parifhes is fometimes jrg a Palliation lor their rigorous Treatment of the Cler gy but this cannot be the Motive, for the Imjuona fliare the fame Fate as the large The Parifh of Cm Church, even with Tobacco Payments un ler tht Infpection Law, afforded an incompetent Sublittence the Incumbent; yet fome of your. Gentlemen, who would (as they lay) have Minifters fupported according to their Characters as Gentlemen, to enable thtm to live comfortably, and to entertain you fcenteelj hofpitably at their Houfes, are pleated to allow Mr. Harris, who has a growing helplefs Family to fu pt. about a Year.

But though yur Conduficis not be vindicated by this ea, yet it muft beonrt that many Parifhes in this Province are lb extenfi.ei to leave it out of the Power of a rreat Part of then; rifhioners, with any tolerable Convenience, to strw publick Worfhip Thefe overgrown Parifhes of Cw draw a large Annuity, which is collected by the People for an Advantage they do not enjoy fuchPfll1 fhould theiefore be divided, and a fcafinable made to the Lord Proprietary to obtain his fnt for a com nodious Divifmn upon the the Incumbents And I do imagine, that if d'cr Remonftiance was made to the Minifters of iKr ifhes, they would follow the laudable Example Forrejter, and cheerfully confent to a Divifion. Had you confulted the Interefts of the preftJ' and the fpiritual good Pofterity. methin" lhoHld be for the Salaries continuins as they are..