Copenhagen, July 7. THE ordinance relative to contracts made

by Danish subjects abroad, having been misunderstood, the king bas itoed another to explain it. His majesty had no intention of reftraining contracts between his own fubjects and thofe of other na tions; but only to render contracts between the natives of Denmark themselves reiding in foreign countries of greater validity by t'e fignature of the confuls.

The ports of the two Danith islands of St. Thomas and St. John, in America, have been declared free, on the following con. ditions:

1. No European merchandizes fhall be carried thither, except in his Danish majefty's European fhips, which fhall be furnished with pafforts. Two per cent. of the value to be paid on importation. All American productions to be admitted in fhips of any nation, paying five per cent. of the ufual duty; and thefe veffels may export any goods, duty free. But it is forbid all vessels to go from thefe islands to $t: Croix, to take a cargo in return.

2. No productions, imported into thefe inlands, thall be brought to Europe but in Danish fhips which had first carried goods with paliports; and thefe to unload only in Denmark or t'e Danish provinces.

3. Thefe foreign productions fhall be ex empted from foreign dury, but thofe of the growth of St. Thomas and St. John are to pay five per cent.

4. Frauds fhall be punished by confifcation, and a fine of five rix dollars for every quintal of fugar, and twenty rix dollars for every 100 lb. of cotton, over and above the duties.

Foreign fugars brought from thefe iflands to the Danish ftates fhall remain only till they shall be exported again, paying one per cent. duty.

Aleppo, May 23. We have received the following intelligence by letters from Bagdad. The principal men of that city, the Janiffaries, and the people, exasperated by the cruelties and vexations of Ali Bafhaw, their governor, gathered in a body about the end of last month, and attacked him in his feraglio. He made a vigorous defence August 1764,

during four hours; but not being able to with land their numbers, he difguifed himfelf in women's clothes, made his escape through the crowd, and took theiter in a fisherman's houfe; but the Janitaries getting notice of it, took him from thence, and carried him to the fortrefs, where he was immediately ftrangled.

The report of the death of Kerim Khan is quite groundlefs: letters from Pertia affure us that he fill governs that empire in tranquility; and that his brother, who had revolted againit him, has been conftrained, after being abandoned by the le troops he had railed, to take refuge among the Arabs.

Lifton, July 11. As their moft Faithful majefties and the royal family were returning from a bull feaft laft Sunday in twowheel chaifes, that in which were the Infantas Donna Mariana, and Donna Maria Benedicta, was overturned: her highness the Infanta Benedicta was flung out of the chaife, and her face and arms very much bruifed with the fall. Her highness was immediately blooded, and is fince much recovered. The Infanta Donna Mariana happily was not at all hurt.

Warfaw, July 16.

We are informed, that fome of the Grandees take great pains to engage prince Radzivil, waywode of Wilda, to lay down his arms, and have made him very advantageous offers for that pus pofe. The following letter was wrote to him by the king of Pruffia.

"Prince RADZIVIL,

"After having anfwered the letter which the count de Pac delivered to me from you, I received your's, dated the 18th of june. The embarraffing fituation you are in gives me pain, and I could with you had not reafon to reproach yourfelf on this account. The fteps which you took could not fail of the confequences which you now complain of, and which a more moderate condu& might have prevented. It is dangerous to take fuch steps as under the prefent circumftances of the affairs of Poland, might be productive of the greateft inconveniencies. The refolution you took to affemble your troops, and engage them to act at Graudence, and feveral ot' er places, against 3 L

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your countrymen, must reasonably be confidered as the first cause of the troubles of the republic, and of all that has happened to yourself. It is a hard matter to reconcile the lengths you have lately taken with the duty which a man owes to his country, and with the pacific fentiments contained in your letters.

"Under thefe circumstances you will judge that I cannot interfere in what you have brought upon your felf; thefe are things which, my fituation as a neighbour and friend of the republic, will not permit me to enquire into. I have therefore nothing further to add, but to repeat the advice I gave you in my former dispatches; praying God to keep you under his holy protection."

FREDERICK.

The chapter of Of

Berlin, July 3, 1764. Ratifbon, Auguft 4. nabrug having defired for their bishop the fecond fon of his Britannic majesty, according to the alternative established by the treaty of Weftphalia, his majesty thought himself authorifed, as father and natural guardian of the infant bishop, to take upon himself the adminiftration of the bishopric and appointment of the regency. But the chapter reclaims the right given to them by the perpetual capitulation made in 1650 in execution of the treaty of Ofnabrug; and as, according to the general obfervance of the empire, the comitial fuffrage is infeparable from the adminiftration, the chapter pretends to retain the exercife of that fuffrage, and demands the delivery to them of the adminiftration. For that effect the chapter hath already addreffed the emperor, and proposes to demand the affiftance of the empire alfo.

Extract of a Letter from Hamburgh, Aug. 1.

"A new fcene of horror in Ruffia has furnished occafion to many refe&ionswhich prudence obliges me to pafs over in filence, until the circumftances and caufes of this strange event are laid amply before the public. The event is reported as follows: One Mierenhoff, a lieutenant in the regiment of Smoleniko, came with a detachment of about 30 men, by night, the 15th of last month, to the fortrefs of Sluttelburg, where the young prince Ivan, or John, was removed fome time ago by the order of the emprefs from the place of confinement that has long been allotted to his unfortunate family. This lieut. prefented to the governor of the fortrefs, a forged order from the emprefs, to the following purpose:

"That her majefty had formed the refolution of refigning the Imperial crown of Ruffia, and of putting it on the head of prince Ivan, whom, in confcience, she was obliged to acknowledge as the lawful heir and fovereign of Ruffia, and that the therefore commanded the governor to set the prince at liberty." The governor, looking upon this declaration as an imposture, refufed to comply with it, thut the gares upon Mierenhoff, and ordered his men to arms. Mierenhoff, on the other hand, feemed to make preparations for forcing the governor to a compliance; upon which the latter entered the apartment of the young prince, whom he murdered in his bed. The first blow was but flight, and only ferved to awaken the unfortunate prince, who struggled fome time for his life, and even broke the governor's fword in the fcuffle; but affiftance was called for, and another affaffin appeared, who finished the horrid work. When the unhappy Ivan had expired, the governor opened the gates of the fortrefs, expofed the dead body, stabbed in above ten places, to the view of Mierenhoff and his company, and faid in a taunting and infolent manner, "There is your emperor; let him now head you; he will undoubtedly make a fine figure on the Imperial throne." Mierenhoff took off bis fath, and gave himself up tamely prifoner to the governor, faying, "That, fince his mafter was dead, it was in vain to make any farther refiftance !" This unhappy prince was eldest son of Anthony Ulic, fecond brother to the reigning duke of Brunfwick, and of Anne daughter of Charles Leopold, duke of Mecklenbourg-Schwerin, and grand-daughter of Czar Pe er the Great.

He was a prince of great fpirit, nor had the hardships of a perpetual flate of confinement extinguished that vigour of mind, and thofe happy talents, which fo eminently characterize the illuftrious houfe of Brunswick."-As the above account is very improbable, its authenticity is much to be questioned.

They write from Poland, that they have the greater hopes that matters there will be amicably accommodated, inasmuch as during their fever eft contefts, the leaders of the feveral parties en leavoured as much as poffible to avoid extremities, and even when they were relunctantly brought to an engagement, the Poles on both fides did the utmost to spare each other's blood,

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Extract of a Letter from Virginia, June 6. "This morning we had the most melancholy accounts of any we have had during this prefent war, of damages done by the Indians on our back fettlements. By an exprefs from Winchester to the governor, and a private letter from a gentleman in Winchester to his friend in Falmouth, we are informed, that on Friday laft they killed and fcalped a family on Side's Creek, within eight miles of Winchester; and on Saturday they ferved in the fame manner four families more, in the fettlement of WoodRock, joining to Lord Fairfax's. On the fame day they burnt a fort near Stoverton, about 16 miles from Winchester, on Shernando river, in which every foul perished; they burnt that day another fort on Cape Capon, out of which all efcaped except two girls, who were deftroyed. They are alfo doing confiderable damage on the south branch, and among other particulars, have taken Nimrod Ashley, and one Foreman, prifoners; and at the moment this gentleman was writing, an exprefs came to town from Col. Kite, giving an account that that morning 14 Indians had appeared in the field within fight of his house, and that a number had been to view Richard Paris's house, both within fix miles of Winchester, but on finding, the people prepared, had gone off. Their numbers on the whole, are computed to be between four and five hundred, divided into about 20 parties. In fuch a miferable fituation are our poor back inhabitants."

Extract of a Letter from Virginia, June 8. "About eight days paft, upwards of forty perfons were killed at the Paftures, on the frontiers of Augufta County. We were hopeful our troubles were in fome measure over; but, to our furprize, the Indians came on Friday laft, about feven miles from me, and took one Day's wife and four children. Next morning, about fun-rife, four families going to a fort with horfes loaded, the Indians waylaid them, and killed and captivated twenty-one. About fun fet yesterday, fix families were cut off near the Narrow Paffage. Two companies of men are gone after the enemy, to retake the captives if poffible, of which there is as yet no account. On the 26th ult. a large body of Indians fell on a party of white people working in a field near fort Dinwiddie, in Augufta County, Virginia, where they killed fifteen, and wounded and

took fixteen more; they then attacked the fort, and fired fix hours fucceffively on it, but could not prevail. On the 4th inftant Capt. Nimrod Ashby, and a man of the Virginia volunteers, were taken prisoners on the fouth branch of Potowmack. It is fuppofed, by the great number of tracts difcovered, that there must be three or four large bodies of the enemy now down among us, the inhabitants are chiefly gone away, or going.

"A letter from Carlile fays, that the enemy in those parts being closely pursued, killed their prifoners on the flight, to the number of fix or feven, then scattered as usual, and made their escape."

Philadelphia, July 5. By Capt. Claxton, from Turks Island, we are informed, that on the first day of June, a French 74 gun fhip, with a fnow, floop and xebeque, came there from Cape Francois; turned off our people (about 200) that were making falt, plundered and burnt their cabins, and carried them, with the English veffels (about nine fail) to the Cape, where they were kept one night, and then ordered to go where they pleafed, only not to return to Turks Inland; that the French brought a number of people with them, among which were fome tradefmen, faid to be defigned to build a fort; and that they had erected a light house there. One of the veffels, we hear, went immediately to Jamaica to inform the admiral of what had happened. Our veffels, as well as the people on the Inland, were robbed of fundry things by the French.

New-York, July 12. One of the floops that were carried into Cape Francois, in company with Capt. Claxton, by a French man of war, arrived here last Monday, and confirms the account he brought; but we are fince credibly informed, That an Englifh frigate having occafion to call at Turks land, and observing the French erecting fome works there, ordered them to defift; but they not choofing to comply, the EngFish commander landed part of his crew, killed 28 Frenchmen, and took several prifoners.

Bofton, July 9. We hear the gentlemen of New-York have contracted with the manufacturers of this and Connecticut government, for 50,000 yards of woolen cloths; being determined no longer to wear the British manufactures of any kind, which may be had in America.

Lewis, Efq; Tho. Smalwood, Efq; J. Gildart, Efq;

for London.

for Briftol.

for Leverpoole.

WEDNESDAY, August 1.

Prince Frederick William, prefumptive heir to the throne of Pruma, was married Jaft Wednesday fe'nnight at Charlotten bourg to the princess Elizabeth Chriftina Criqua of Brunswick Wolfenbuttel, in prefence of the king and all the royal family of Pruffia, the princes and princeffes o Brunfwick, the landgrave of Helle-Caffel, the minifters of fate, foreign minifters, &c. After the folemnity the court fupped in public, during which the gardens of Charlottenbourg were fuperbly illuminated, and the night terminated with a ball., The public rejoicings continued for three or four days.

His majesty has been pleafed to order, that all his regiments of horse and dragoons, except the light dragoons, fhall be mounted only on fuch horfes as fhall have their full tails, without the leaft part taken from them; and notice has been iffued from the WarQifice to all breeders and dealers in horfes

for the fervice of the army, that for the future none but fuch horfes will be bought for any of the faid regiments, except for the light dragoons.

On Sunday laft the Right Hon. the Marquis of Carnarvon refigned his place as lord of the bedchamber in waiting to his majesty. THURSDAY, August 2.

Wednesday Brafs Crofsby, Efq; fheriff elect, gave bond before the court of aldermen at Guildhall to ferve that office for the year enfuing, together with Thomas Harris, Efq; who had before given in bond.

Mr. Dogget's coat and badge, which was rowed for Yesterday, was won by Mr. Robert Morrice, who plies at the HorieFerry, Westminster.

Sherborne, July 30. Saturday laft, about nine o'clock in the evening, a mcft unfortunate accident happened at Abbo sbury: a fire, occationed, as is fuppofed. by throwing athes in an out-house belonging to John Hawkins, weaver, confumed in a thort time the faid out-lioufe, with eign dwelling houfes adjoining. There being fearce any water to be had, the fire burnt with unextinguishable rapidity for the space of two hours, and would have reduced the town to ashes, had not the wind providentially changed.

FRIDAY, Auguft 3.

His Pruffian majefty, accompanied by the princes of the blood, as well as the reigning duke of Brunswick, and the princes of his houfe, went on horfeback, a few days fince, from Potfdam to the palace of Sans Souci, whither the duchefs of Brunfwick, the princess, spouse of the hereditary prince, and the landgravate of Helle-Caffel, went in coaches of ftate They dined there at two tables; after which all the august company viewed the gallery of ftatues, and then took the air, the princefies in phaetons, and the king and princes on foot. Musicians, concealed behind the bushes and bedges, playing on various inftrumen s, formed agrecable concerts; and in feveral parts appeared young damfels, very fine y dretfed, dancing, and chanting French verles. In the evening all the company affembled in the orangery where the con.edians of the count performed a French comedy.

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