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town from Philadelphia, CAPTAIN Bedlow lately from
jamaica, which he left the liz of Otobe, and reports
TIA, the 2Sh of September veHe arrived there from
H!lpanola, which brought advice that Plague
broke out there at Leogane, Port Prince, and other
places in the Bite. That the di(order not brought
from any infected place, but fuppoed originate there,
and to be occaloued by unwhoe(ome eluva, from the
frequenr rruptons and earthquakes, with which that
place have been vited for fome months paf and have
continued almof every day lince That ioon after the
people are taken, boil rifles under the arm, and they
generally die in eighteen hours. That the general had
retired from Port Prince the Plat Form, and that
the French on the ouh Gde of the iland, had ported
troops to guard the paf:s and prevent communications
with infected places.
On the above intelligence, depoGons were taken be-
fore the County Lieutenant in Jamaica, and orders CIV
to admit no yellel without examination, or quaran-
tine We hear there orders for the like precauton
in this place.
Yelterday the Earl of Halifax Packet Boat, Captain
Boulderfon, failed with the mail for Falmouth.
Tuefday Taft Peter Mennel was executed at Gloucef-
ter, puuan to his fntence for the murder of his ma
fter's daughter bis body delivered to the urgss
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T H U R D A Y, November Isl
3 O s 7 O N

We hear the trial of the folders is put off till Monday
next.
Laff Tuefday Captain Davis and Captain Freeman
arrived here from Cape Nichoa Mole, which place they
left the 10th of October They inform US, that when
they failed from thence, was very healthy there: But
that Fever mot Plague, has been reported) had
prevailed at Port-auPrrce, which fwept off many of the
inhabitants there. They were both detained below,
by orders from Commodore Gambler, and agreeable
to inrueons lately received for that purpo, BY express
from General Gage, at New-York But are iince
come up to town by permiGion of the Lieutenant Co.
vernon.
We are informed, That Captain Saunders, of Salem,
lately died at Cape Nchoa-MoIe.
ExtrG7 efG Letter from London, dated September 26.
sc war with Spain is now. the principal topic of
convcrfaton here belts at great odds laid that it
will commence before the expiration of month. 1t
yeherday reported from good authority, at Loyds
coffee houe, that the Spaniards had taken poeon of
Falkland Iand in the Ea Indies, and funk an Englih
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4 LEXANDER STEELE, Bookbinder,
- in MArIborough-S Street, between Bromhelds-Lane
and the fign of the Golden Cock, hereby informs the
Public, that he binds Books of all forts, gilt or plan in
the neaeit manner. He likewe cleans and letters Lii
braes, and makes and ells pocket books of all kinds
All executed on the mott reaonable terms.
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MEW Z a | S | Y 5, New Philadelphia
~ FLOUR; Wet India and New England RUM
by the hoglhead or barrel SUGARS of various quail
ties, by the hogfhead, barrel or Jingle hundred very
beR French INDIGO, by large or Gna quantities,
Coffee, Kippens Snuff; and many other Articles; are
fold very cheap by SAM UEL ELIOT, Jun.
oppoiite the eaif end of Faneu Hall Market
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HAT Innings, made and fold at COS.
l. 4 old tenor the dozen, or IS. Jingle, by JOHN
BROWNE, at the Mandatory -houfe, near the Com
mon, Bottom.
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the Co. partnerlhip of JO-
difoNed. This is to give notice to all perfons who
have any demands on faid company, apply DANIEL
WALDO for payment : And thofe who are indebted to
faid company, hereby directed to pay their everal
balances to faid DANIEL WALDO, as foon as pofibe.
JOSEPH WALDO,
DANIEL WALDO.
N. B. The faid DANIEL WALDO continues the
Bunefs as ufua. The cufomers of the late company,
and all others, who may favour him with their cufom,
may depend on being uled in the bef manner.
Bslon, NoVem6er II, 1910.
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The oower of united branches of the houe Bourbon
has been augmentng ever nce that accured period and
to add to the hrengh and influence of France and Span
the former has conolodated its ntere with the Court
of Vienna by the Marriage of the Dauphin with an Ii
Archduche6 of AuAa. The daughter of that very Ma n
ria Therea that celebrated Queen of Hungary, who at
one time was 70 peecuted by the French, that he'd
not been for Engh blood, and Engih treaure,'' fhe
would not have had left to lie in at " And the t.
latter is ocited to a the King Portugal with guard II
upon his frontiers, prevent the ecape of his fictitious
fIbeEfs to fend GccouS TO the very Prince who but a
the other day afraid of having his kingdom taken from
him by the arms Spain and then Imported aganh
that monarchy by the good naured Englh. The King "
ofPorugas Throne totterS under him he feeks the a
ance of Spain, which will not be granted but fuch G
terms as ha be prefcbed by the Court of Verfaies
Already the Miner of Portugal obfru6ts the F
of the Engih, and laughs at the memorials and repre-
fenations of Minfy of London, who have neither n
power, credit, influence beyond the verge of St. c
Tamess. We may then look upon the alliance between
Portugal, France and Span prefent to be nearly per- #
fe6ed on ofenive and defenive footing. future
war will convince of the los ulfain by this new
acceion to the power of France Her family alliance
with the Empress Queen gives her another advants9et
All the Aulran Netherlands, if not ceded Franee6y s
the marriage ettement, (which mott people beieSe) b
will mott aiedy be garrifoned by, and fubje3 to, the
military government of France all future locations,
when France lhaIl be at with England. d
The Emperor of Germanyis privately great ad- il
mer of the King Of Pruaia, the late unfortunate Peter
ILL., ofRufa, through he does carry any ridiculous Fl
height generally believed in Germany that he will
follow his advice, and keep in cloie alliance with him in
cafe of any ruptue between the great powers of Europe
The King of Prufia preient friend the Bi- RI
tiih Court, and it fufpeeted this monarch and Prince F
Caunitz the late Prime MinRer at Vienna weaned the
young Emperor by degrees from that remarkable pre- Is
deion he hewed in favour of the Eugh nation his if
accefion, and fome time after. c.
On Denmark we can have little or no reliance Fl
Court which has for many years been bded by France
and is only attempting to look Formidable, through
the af,irinu oenis Of Prince Whole fuGen, of
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foul murder of her hulband Idden and tyrannca.
We do not mean, by this picture of abandoned
ftuaton with repe6 to the powers of Europe plead
in favour of continental connections, to uAiy Bri
tilh miniffry in exhaufng Great Britain of men and
money upport vonary balance CT power, which the
moment perhaps that il is formed, might be overturned
by fome future wretched bgoas ungrateu the Queen
of Hungary, for whom preferved the equibre but
point the infamous conduct of the negotiators of
the peace of Paris, who left detute of the leaf a-
dow of an alliance on the continent, while France was
aiIiduouly strengthening heref on all lides by family
compaefs, and treaties of amty. Il will be faid
again, &C that America conquered in Germany" for
we have not one friend in that extenhve empire any
part of the continen the terror of whole alliance might
check the progrefs of the Houle of Bourbon in future
war Our danger will not arile from any contentious
fword in hand, in Germany we fhal have no to
wage there but the mitchell is, that France, having
nothing fear from that quarter, will have her forces
called off from other enterprises, TO maintain frefh
hS there but will be able 10 collect and unite her whole
hrengh, combined with that of Spain, and have in
view but one capital object when rupture happens.
This other, than the bringing the home
own doors but they will not do this till they quite
Eeady their treafury not yet completely repenhed
bGe it is in a much better tuation than we are made to
bs4ve As to their marine, when joined to that of
Spain, it will be formidable and it is we'll known, feels
equipping in every principal port of the two king
doms: It's kewIie no fecret, that though the poor dy
ing for of bread in many provinces of France, yet all
the royal magazines belonging the army and navy,
fuppied with efficient for three years confumpon.
If no hoitiltes are intended, If is meditaed,
why the ganarie for the ule of the troops and of
the feamen opened, and the famine Topped, which
RACES 70 violently and has occaGoned in many parts of
France the mott dreadful riots, in which ome thoufands
of the Kings fubeets have been maaaced by the uocps
Is it rational iuppofe that the would be withheld
if fome great defgn no: in agitation There is
concearg our fears when they well grounded. The
h blow, which the French and SpaniaIds rike againf
US, will be at home by powerful invafion 1t
favourite fcheme of the late MARTIAL SAKE, and will mot
aredIv he attemnted whenever there annears tn he
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IN TELLIG Z N c Z.
A M E RIG A N

ANNAPOLIS, (AzarLandl December g.
IN Tuelday the 18th of laft month, died at his
houfe on POtowmock, in the 56h year Of his
age, Thomas Addinfon, Eiq; fome time Major of his
MajeAy's 3sth Regiment Of foOt.---HaVing Oetaken
himef pretty early in life to the honorable protection ct
arms he was preent in vera of the harpei actions OF
the late and preceding both in Europe and 'Spanh
and Britill America, in which he fgnaized himelf by
his bravery, and on every location discharged the duty
of an expert and pirited officer.
In the Trotman, Capt. Bichenden, lately arrived
from London, with convas. are informed, came o.
yer number of coners transported for having peiented
the pubic with too many tpecmens of their ingenuity
in that way and as (ome counterfeit dollars, and mil
led hng both badly executed, have already appeared
of their mandatory we hope, the public will be eau
tious in receiving well as paving away.
About ten days ago, horrid murder was committed
about FIVE miles on this fide Patapco Ferry Perton
who came from the back parts of Virginia with hores
for fae, having indcreetly mentioned at public houe,
that he had fold all his hores and had then the money
by him. with which he intended purchafe lervants at
Baltimore had that afternoon his throat cut, and above
a6oL in paper money, bsGdes gold taken from him.
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Nj O N d A Y, December "a.
B O S T O N.

Captain Dixey, is arrived in nine weeks from the
Downs. Benjamin Hallowe, E(q Comptroller OF has
Majefy's Cuitoms for this port, came Psiicnger with
Captain Dixey.
CAPTAIN Chriaopher ChampIin, arrived at Newport,
Rhode Hand from the Wet Indies on the ftt infant
fpoke with brgantine, Captain Ioan, five weeks from
London, bound for Cape-Fear, North Carolina, who
told aptain ChampIin War was declared in England
TWO days before he failed.
Captain Champn, the OH infant, in lat SO, q,
long 90, 7, fpoke with Captain Bacon, in Hoop ffom
this port, bound for South Carolina, five days out, who
had loft his boom in gale of wind.
In letter from Lisbon, dated Oecber II, it is laid,
From the vigorous warlike preparations in England,
a War with Spain, i, is thought, will take place foon'
or blow over for while. his court, it is believed,
will endeavodr to remain neuter"
DlED.l Captain Bszin.---Mr. John Harris boa;.
builder Mr. Thomas Sal'er, malf-usker.- Or Oanlt'
Cheever.---At Roxbury, Mi Caleb "hte.'
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enter into negotiation upon them, To which the Eng.
,ifh mlniaet pc emporly anweFed, " WhatveF claims
YOU have, fat them up we will hear them. Bat irR The
iAaud mutt and ihal be reitored. We will not hear Of
any claims of negotiation while the land in the hands
of the French King. is aburd to leze the and, and
then to talk of negotiation about claims. When the
iland is reltorcd to his Britannia Majey, then, and not
ill then, will Jingle word about claim be heard or ad-
rhitted." He concluded in firm and determined man.
ner to this effect Sir, will wait nine days for your
anfwer, in which time you may iend and receive ad
vice from your court, whether the French King will i'm
medatey order his forces Turks land, and
refore it to the full and quiet poeHion of the Engih,
or not And, if do receive your anGwer at the end
of nine days, the feet that is lying at Porimouth,
There was feet then at Pordnouth waiting for falling
orders haI fail directly the and, ard renftae it in
the pcAeiIion of the King of GreatBritan." The am
bafador went away, and ioon after returned to thew the
Briti mnter the dpatches he had prepared upon the
location. Mr. 6 gave him leave to INHERIT the CONVEX
fation that had paaed between them. On the 9th day
copy of the orders, hgned by the French King, for
horng the iAand to the Englh, arrived. ~
The fame fpirited meaures taken BY the Anne
minifer with the Spaniards, who had driven our ess
from Honduras, to whom fourteen days had been allow
ed Upon r:hch all infanty AMI amcably adjutfed
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The peTfan fapeGted of having eanalHed lhs fan Is
now 10 Halumote- own, and on lm was toqnt large
fun of money as alto Tome OF the wearing aPPafe ot
the deceafed
WILLIAMSBURG, [Prgini0l NoVsmJer 49, The
fprited and enbe proceeding of out worthy neighbours
in Maryland, afford hne example to the other haple
colonies in theie times ofdanger Aperican freedom
They rightly thiEk, that neither moral nor political
widom utilities wrong doing, becaue Others have depart
ed from what is right. The interelt indeed OF a few
temporary mercantile characters may demand another
conduct. 1t is TO be hoped, however, that the good
people of Virginia will not fufer the permanent, vital
nteref, the liberty oftheir country, TO be facrhced to
the parta! views of few pelfons, whole continuance
among US simited to the time that they lhal have made
money enough to live in another country. Let this
confederation animate my countrymen TO punctna at
tendance at Williamsburg on the 18th at next month,
that point Of 70 much confequence to American liberty,
as the aiiocia,on certainly is may not be Determined
By few peron and hoie 70 unfit for the pupoe, the
fnalef attention to the above reafons will thew them
he The particular iiuation Of the colonies north of
NNand, exiting foley by their trade, may perhaps be
f6hE apology for their conHnng their ALLEGATIONS TO the
raSe1 articles only but the Rape colonies, having All
interior powerful dependence, not under the fame
obligation with them. l he powerful fuppoIt that the
American caufe will receive in Britain from the manu-
failures of Ico ooo worth of goods, which our aiiocl-
alton, extended is, will exclude, is 70 obvious, that
no friend offreedom moment doubt about the po-
,r;etv of continuing it, a VIRGINIAN.
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w d N E S D A Y, Auguf ~.

w E d N E u A Y, Auguft ~.
CoNsr ANTINopL E. capital tbs7wki@ empire AbriI3.
SINCE the inroads the Ru1ians have made into the
Morea, &c. our army has been reinforced from Alta,
and now confiHs of 10000 men.
TRIESTE, Hat] MAY H. 1t is now no longer
doubt that the Ruan have taken Modon and Coron IN
the Morea.
Prom The WE1ssEL, Nay IS. The grand RuRian
army will entirely have paed the NeRer about the mid
die of this month, and will now hafen their operations
aeainh the Turks on every iide, viz. The Generals
Romance on the Danube, Pann againh Bender Berg
againh Crimea, Tottlehen againft Natolia whom the
feet at Aioph will aid, and afterwards in the Morea, and
the head fuuadron of the Ruan feet in the Archipelago
againf Conhaatinople itfelf.
General Stoen has totally routed Corps of 10000
Turks who had ventued to crois the Danube, killed
1000 on the pot, took many prfonets, and all their
baggage and artillery. ~
VENICE, ItQyJ MdyIo. The face of affairs feeta7
entirely changed in the Morea Coron is again in th
hands of the Turks, who recovered of the coner
nation into which they were thrown the hrt decent
of the RuHians While they were buiied with the Epi
roes in re- taking Patas advice brought them that
1000 Mainotes weremarching towards Achaia The
Ottonans directly advanced meet them, and killed
1000 of them on the po the ref being totally diperfed
By this victory the whole Duchy of Claren, of which Pa
tras is the capita is again fubee to the Otomans. All
the letters kcwife received from that Pennfa well
as from Zante, bring, that an army of 10000 men,
headed by SerafkierNis already arrived at Cornth.
TRIESTE, Nay 10. The following accountiS now
givenus of the demolition of Paas, which is deroyed
from the very foundations. The garrifon in the cattle
which was blocked up, made on the 18th of April, at
feven in the morning fally, which being Imported by
6ooo foot and 1000 hore they made themelves matters
of The CIV and put all in it, able to bear arms, to the
fvo4d. The relfance made to them was very fmall
FOR the Turks having M fire to the city, many different
places fuch of the unfortunate inhabitants could not
became prey either the fame, or the fword Ct
the barbarians. This carnage lated evers hours TIE
foreign Conls had the good fortune TO efcape Zane,
dealof difficulty to get out of the hands ofthe urks
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two NepolItan travellers, and ievera women and young
Ladies belonging the principal perons of the city, to
the number of about fveny body of Abanians, armed
with hachets endeavoured force bis gates but he
representing them that his nation was alliance with
the Porte, they conducted him the cattle, together
in with all that with him. In this fortref he faw
great number of perons heheaded and but for the aT
n ! val Of the TuIkilh commander, who knew him, would
l. have undergone the fame fate. The TuIkih officer
dered him be conducted his own apartments where
Is he remained till FIVE in the evening" when he ordered
% him to be reconveyed TO his hoe under itrong ecor
,e but on his arrival there be found in ahes 70 that about
ID duk, he withdrew the flea ide with all bis etinue,
% and one domec, and after three houfs march the
here happily found bark, into which he got with all
@ who fed to him, and arrived fate at Zante. The whole
d city oeGToyed, together with all the villages around,
If and mott of the inhabitants murdered.
<HpS NORMA, Capital IF Germany Aay Io By letters
,Pk fFSm ECptantnope learn, that the Ruans, who
e made decent the Mogea, having been joined by
r gse>nun1ber> OF Greeks their advancing into the
n country, attaked by body Of Ottoman troops,
j. which DEF ted and cut many of them in pieces 10000
ar Greeks left the field ofbattle. They add, that
,e there all has been ea-fght in the Archipelago, be-
a weenthe Turks aud Ruians, in which four fhips be-
ongng TO the latter had been funk, and another taken
!, by the Ottoman fquadron
II LONDON, 4l1ay 49, An Address and Petition from
il the Parliament of Ireland, preparing be brought
!. to be prelenIed to his Maefy.
The RpiGans by their luccenes the aRCampagn are
w matters Of Choczm and 70 have pahage open on that
a ds the Tmkih domnlons when the fea(on will
le~ permit they ao matters of Wa'achia and Moda
at via they in poeion of every inch Of ground
va this de the Meter and the Danube, and have
re- pened paiage the other ile the Mediterranean by
,e the conquef ofthe greate& part of the Mcgea.
1nas q It's actual truth that fome Gentlemen
n of fortune in the Country of Mduleex deter
81 miaed to conteit the payment Of the land tax.
r. This day at Weitminer al, the trial cf NJ
e Mr. Almon, for telling the London Mueum, in which
was contained unus's letter when the july found him
j / gully, after being out two hours and hat.
1anf S. YeiterdAy fome important dypatches arrived 4
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laton of our rights. We ha fee what government
will do, a representation of the affair from the con(u
and factory going to England. Oar judge conlevator
officially interpreted but without effect. he prvi-
leges were violated BY Tending Mr.. Council to COM
mon prilon for pretended civil offence Had been a
real Ene, it his right to be en to he cattle; but he
was removed thither yeiterday."
September I3. Laf night r'eHenger arrived at St.
JameSs from the of Peterfburgh with fome fecret
dispatches of importance, which Immediately for
warded tc Richmond
feet of obervation is actually fitting out for chan
mel ervce, and to cruze the wefward, far Cape
FiniRere.
IN We can allure the public that orders ued from
lGtHe Admiralty office, equip and completely man fix
een fail Of the line, which to have three months pro-
viions board their defination is yet made pub
public, but fr this, and other concurring circumtan
ces, fcems as if we were not far from the of
war, at eah our minfry wifely put hemfeves upon
their guard, againf any fudden froke indeed, the
mazng numbers of fhps that getting ready the
everal ports of France and Spain, Circumstance that
demands their mof cautious attention.
Ii is ad that the Earl of Chatham has been partlCu
lady requefed TO attend the privy councils.
1t is now confirmed, that Lord NIL trongIy re-
commendS the reforing the feas Immediately to Lod
Camden.
The nriaeR orders are ent to New York, to fupport
the friends of government in that colony with the utmch
exertion of both the naval and military powers.
Council will be holden in few days when the
affair of the imprisonment of Mr. Cornell, Brtlh mer
chant in Portugal, will be taken into confederation.
Mr.. Sheriff rownfend, in a late conference with fome
of the members of administration, relative the
ating himef from the contract he is Pelent engaged
in, was, after fome conversation, tod, that fun OF
money fhould acquit him. Well then, Gentlemen,
piled the prot though you force to be your ervan,
you may depend upon it lhaI never be your 76lL
September IA. We are informed that the RuGizrs
have erected hopita for their fck at ocio but Wien
the Taft letters came away, they had not let foot in Al
Egypt, yet attempted the Pail4ge Of the Da'ta-
nelles which is but narrow, being more than three
quarters of mile over, the current exceeding rapid and
and feced bv ON the TWO oDpOte ihors.