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FOREIGN TRANSACTIONS.

Ccounts from Rutha inform us, that the Emprefs, being retermined to emSelf the cty of Pere:fburg as much as poffible, has. by a public advertisement, invited ail architects, as well foreigners as natives, to give plans for that purpose; and thofe whofe plans fhall be approved of will be rewarded according to their merit.

O her accounts from Ruffia further inform , that, being fenfible the high duties upon goods brought into and fent out of the country, are very prejudicial to the trade and manufactures thereof, the Empress has ordained a new tariff to be made, whereby thefe duties are to be dim nifhed.

Dantzick, Dec. 27. Advices from good hands affure us, that the Chinese, to the number of 100,000, have penetrated far into Siberia; that the Tarars have joined them there with a confiderable corps of troops ; that they have already conquered all the Country from Argunfkoff as far as the river Baikal.

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Tunis, Nov. 21. On the 11th inftant, the Bey fignified to the Swedish conful, that he against the King his mafter, and immediately after an embargo was laid all the hips in the harbour. This rup ture is occafioned by the refufal of the court of Sweden to comly with fome deman's made by the Bey. Four this are going out immediately to cruize against the Swedes, and they will be followed by three more as foon as they can be got ready.

Notwithstanding the repeated remonftrances of the French confu!, the Bey of Tabarca is determined to deliver up to the Bey of Algiers, the French who escaped from the perfecution of the latter, and took refuge under the former

Sallee, Nov. 20. The war against the French has been for f me time paft carried on very brifkly, the King having given orders to the Captains of all his cruizers to take as many French as they can, tho' there is fill a report that a treaty of peace is on the carpet. Notwithstanding this, great preparations are making; about fix weeks ago, a large ship, mounting 50 guns, was launched here, which, under the command of an Algerine, is to fail on a cruize this winter. The King procured from Algier a Neapolitan flave, who i an er gineer, and has employed him in fortifying the entrance of an harbour in the neighbourhood of Saffi, capable of contain ng above thirty men of war; above 1500 flaves and renegadocs have been these three months at work there. The Chriftian powers, with whom the King is at peace, furnish him with naval ftores, and particularly Denmark, who is to fapply him with enough to fit cut ten fail. You need not be under any apprehenfion of his breaking with the Eng

Letters from Aleppo affert, that Kerim Kan had convoked all the Perfian grandees to meet him at Ifpahan, to affift at his coronation at Tauris, the iffue of which is waited for with great impatience. It is added, that the father guardian of Jerusalem, who bears the title of Reverendiffimo, arrived at Aleppo in September laft, and took up his lodggs in the French conful's, where he confirmed a great number of Chriftian chil. dren, and was viured by the English, Dutch, and other Chriftian confuls and factors, and and fet out the 6th of October on his return to Jerufalem, by way of Tripoly in Syria. The faid father had not been there fince the Mar 1736.

January 1754.

fh, for we have a friend at court. There is in this place a Portuguese renegad~, a bold, active, fpirited, intelligent, and enterprising man; he is greatly attached to the English, having for many years failed in their service; but what puts it more in his power to countenance and protect the English, is his ha ving married one of the Moorish King's daughters.

They write from Copenhagen, that the contagious diffemper, which broke out lately among the holes, feems now to be entirely ftopt; but that of the horned cattle ftill rages without intermiffion. We hear, that it had penetrated into Norway by means of à transport of cattle from hence, and had teached fome places near Chriftiana; but that the governor of the district, by taking proper precautions, presented it from fpreading; fo that, after having carried off about forty head, the distemper ceased.

Letters from Berlin of the 31ft ult, mention, that one Nicholas Manducka, a Greek merchant, was arrived there from Holland, with four veffels that came up the Elbe by Hamburg, laden with fundry forts of merchand fe. Upon his arrival, he had the honour to be prefented by the Turkish minifter to his Pruffian Majefty, and has been several times vified by the Turkish ambassador, and by fome of the firft nobility, to whom he gave, on the 21ft, a fine concert of my c after the Turkish fashion. This merchant H dekends

defcends from the famous Manduck, an ancient Roman, who laid the first flone of the city of Mulkopolis in Albany, about 748 years ago.

Paris, Dec. 19. The jud.ment pronounced against feveral of our officers employed in Canada, and who misbehaved there, is mane public; m ft of them are condemned to banishment for a certain time, fun e more, fome Jefs; except the Sicur Bigot, intendant of that province, whose banishment is made perpetual. They are moreover condemned to make reftitution of feveral fums, in propertion to the frands they have been found guilty of. The Sr. Bagot is to reftore 4,500,000 livres; the Sieur Varin, director of the narine at Mont.cal, Sco,coo M. Bread, comptrol er of the marine, 300,000, M. Cadet, purvevor general of the army, 6,000,000; Penniffant, Maurin, and Corpion, commiffaries under Cadet, 600,000 each; Eftate and Martel, keepers of magazines, the former 30,co, and the I ter 10,000; the commandant, Laudt ere, 5000: D chainaux, fecretary to the intendant Bgt, 30,000 Ia all, 12.965,oco livres.

Advices from France further inform us, that the Cardinal de Beinis, lately minifter of ftate, is recalled from his banishment, and will be employed. Madame Pompadour raifed him to the miniftry, and afterwards got him to be difmiffed and banished from court, on pretence of his behaving ill towards her. He was very much beloved while in power. Mad. Pompadour prefed him to grant her a favour inconfiftent with the good of the ftate, which he refufed, faying, "Madam, I am infinitely attached to you, but still more to my country

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Paris, Jan. 2. When the farmers-gener.I waited on the new comptroller-general of the finances, they were told that the King would make no alteration in their prefent contrat, which expires in about fifteen months hence;

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but that at the expiration of that term new regulations should be made.

Paris, Jan. 13. The new Comptroller-general has given a fresh proof of his d.fincereftednels, by paying into the royal treasury a confiderable fom, which the farmers-general, upon taking poteftion of their employments, ufed to prefent to the cumptrollergeneral. In examining into the general ftate of the commiffioners and clerks employed under the farmers general, he found that they retained very large fums for their own ue cut of the public revenues; and he has actually required them to refund eighteen millions, of which they have defrauded the public within these fix years.

Paris, Jan. 16. The commiffaries of the faculty, appointed to give their opinion on the a'miffion or non admiftion of inoculation, having met on the 13th, divided equally, fix agai ft fix. Each party drew up a memoria), in which the faculty are to decide.

Avignon, Dec. 13. The fears we were in a week ago, are now c me to pass The Rhone, which washes our walls on the weft, and the Durance, which bounds our territory on the footh, were, on the 11th, almost dry; when a heavy rain, preceded by a violent fouth west wind, gave us notice of the rifing. Accordingly next day the Rhone arose fo rapidly, that it furmounted the highest dykes, and the large quay on its banks entered the town, and laid two-thirds of it under water, fo that the inhabitants were obliged to make use of boats. The Du ance, a iver ftill more rapid, broke its dykes, 0verflowed the country, and mixing with the Khone, as it were, formed one large fea. By the diligence of cur magiftrates, happily the inhabitants, who were confined to their houses, wanted for nothing. The inundation is now almoft over, and the waters returned into their former beds.

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AMERICAN AFFAIRS.

Charles Town, Nov. 23.

E have the pleasure to inform the public, that as happy an iffue has attended the congrels at Augufla as could be expected or even hed for; every thing was conducted with harmony, caution, and decrum, and yet an uncommon dit, atch was ufed by all parties to whom this business was intrufted. The Chickefaws we hear. e. main feady in heir affa a ces of friendship, which this province in panicolor has had rePo ted roots of. The Chaaws declared, that as they were in alliance with the Chicke

faws, they were defirous of being regarded with them as the King's children; and, to deferve his protection and favour which they requested, made offers of undertaking, in proof of their fincerity, anv thing that was required of them. The Creeks, who were fupposed to be the worft difpofed, were, fin fa, the least friendly; yet affurances were not wanting on their parts, to perfuade the governors and fuperintendant that their future behaviour would be amicable; and in return for the amnefty, which, in the King's name, was prom fed them, they made a voluntary

luntary offer of augmenting the Georgia boundaries. The Cherokees leemed very padifck, as well in their talks to the governors, a towards the Creeks, who treated them, however, with a good deal of indifference. The Ca abaws are tatisfied with their former beundar es, part of which has been run, and have promised, that it fhall be forthwith completed. The propertion of the prefents, we hear, was determined by the governois and perintendant, and the delivery only left flely to him.

The general afmbly of Penns·Ivania have paled an act to prohibit the felling to any Indians whatsoever, any fort of amuntion, arms, or warlike flores, without hcence from the commander in chief in Amerxa, or the governor of Pennfylvania. Every jerton offending, and legally convicted theree, forfeits 500l. Pennsylvania currency (ne half to the informer, and the other to the governor) and is furthermore to be whippad with thirty-nine lathes well laid on, and be commited to the common goal, there to main for twelve months without bail or Painprize.

Er raft of a Letter from Pensacola, October 5, 1763.

The Saniar's, and Indians who lived with them, are all gone from hence to the Harana or Vera Cruz, and lett Col. Provet, with bis battalion of about 300 men, in poffelon of this fort and a few houses. Greac part of the lands without the fort are purchafed by Mr. Noble, who is employed by fome great men; he is very busy in clearing the grounds, and has done more already that way than was done in 100 years before by the Spaniards, who never dunt, for the

Indians, venture out of the reach of their guns, and de ended, for provitions, intirely en the French at Mobile. This frt is a fo kace, fituated on a fandy beach, the harbur is very good, we had never lefs than four fathom e ming in, and the bay is fine and large, abounding with oyfle s and all fort of fish. Some weeks ago about 150 lodiars came here armed, demanding prefents; they had all their kegs filled with rum, and faid they would foon return for more. They aiways kept the Spaniards in terror, and when they were fparing, the Indians used to take a few fcalpe, to put them in mind of their duty, on which the Bounty used to be increased. We are in caily expectation of the 35th, regiment to relieve the battalion now here; the men will go to New York, but Col. Pro vest tel e.es he will be obliged to winter in Carohin. The 22d and 34th regiments, commanded by Major Farmer, ae bere, bound to Mebille, to take poffeffion of that gairifon.

Mobile is aborto miles by land diflant from this place; but two large rivers, which muft-be paffed, render the journey tedious. The town is fituated on the river about thirty miles from the fea, is irregular, but the houtes pretty good; the French inhabitants are very complaitan, and many of them fay they do not intend to remove; they had all their fupplies from New Orleans, and the war has greatly impoverished them; every species of European goods was incredibly high, a hat that only ceft 35 flering being fold for 30 do lars, Mobile Bar has no more than ten feet water. The fort, which they call Conde, is ft ong, and well built of brick. The lands are ve y good, but they raife only live fuck and Indian corn. There is great plenty of fith and game of all kinds, ail kids,

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

Dullin cafle, December 23. THIS day his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant went to the House of Peers with the anal folemnity, and, the Commons being feat for, gave the royal affent to the following bills:

An a&t for granting and continuing to his M-jefty an additional duty on beer, ale, ftrong waters, wine, tobacco, hides, and other goods and merchandifes therein mentioned, and for prohibiting the importation of all gold and ilver lare, except of the manufacture of Great Brita n.

An act for granting to his Majefty the fevora dut es, rates, and impofitions therein

fel, to be applied to pay an intereft at the rate of four per cent per annum, for part

of the fums therein providel for, and an intereft at the rate of five pounds per cent. per annum, for the refidue of the fums there. a'fo provided for, and towards the difcharg of the faid principal fums.

THURSDAY, Dec. 29.

John Burton was committed to Newgate, Bristol, charged on cath with having, on th high feas, wilfully murderes two negro men, in the ship Royal Charlotte,-'Tis aid, that on exain nation he was afked if he would fend for any perfon who was on board the ship, who could contradict what two of the crew had depo ed against him; he answered he could, and fent for the bafwain, but he confirmed it in every particular. 'Tis allo faid, that Burton (who was mafter of the H 2 valle!)

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