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‘ R Laft Week arrived at Bofton, a Ship from i Dartmeuth in Great Britain, who breught two Public Prints, from which the Jolloweing Articles are extra- . edy viz, b ik , From the Wefltern Flying Poft, May 24. Narres, (E. lon 5. lat. 41. the cap. of the kingdom of Naplesin ltaly, fit. 140 m. S. E. of Rome, and 1§ degrees E, of Lindon, being 7 miles in Circumferance within the evalls, and as much more if the [uhurts ave includled, and contains 300,000 inbabitants)) April 22. of Barbary, has concluded with them a Truce for-ten Years, durirg which, in ‘ Confideration of the arinusl Sum of 550- 9 coo Pisftrees, they engaged not only to sefpedt the Flags of Spain and Naples, bus to refloce to {Ee, two Nations all the Slaves they have of their’s. ! *Lasion, (Capitalof Portugal) April 1. Lord “T'yriwley,.and other Englith officers, are to ferve ss ,yolunteers in .qur axmy. = U1 Hacuz, (in Holland) May 18. Every thingis re paring with, great diligence-on bath fides. for open- ng the campaign in Silefie. His Prufian Majefty.is ftill axiDreflag. © . { : .+ The two corps of Ruflians, under . General Crzerni- 6&.1‘& the regiments have actuslly marched to the Nigale, o>t 7 . ~.{TheFrench upon the Lower Rhine are encemped withiin thefe (wo days_in three ;corps at Duffeldorff, Wefel, and-Rees, -under the command of Licuts. Gen; Monteynard, Levi, and St. Chamant. Mapriv, (Capital of Spain) April 277. The {quadron st Carthagens, eonfifting: of three men of war and four frigates, is:ready to weigh .anchor ;a8 is likewile the Ferrol fquadron. The srmament at Cadiz is alfo ready. DusseLpoRFE, (2 City of Germany, at prefent in the peeffion of the Eleftor Palatine.) May-9: ~ The Here- diary Prince of Brunlwick, being determined to raife the gdn;xibutians he hed demanded of the Duichy of Berg, marched near Twenty Leagues in two Days, snd thereby sppeared at Elberfeld, when he was ‘leaft expeded. The Corps of Conflans, and the otherTroops thxt were there, retreated with grest:Precipitation, tho’, pot without fome Lofs.. From Elberfleld his Serene Highne(s sdvanced to Solinguen, and from there, ha- ving foifilicd the objet he had in View, by tking | Hoftsges for the Payment of the Contributions, retired. 'without any Lofs: ‘ ; '.On this Mcvement the Prince de Conde aflembled uch Troops as were neareft at Fland, and maicbed to hedmm; but on Advice that the Hereditary Prince was retired, he fent back the Troops to the Garrilons from whence they bad been drwn. e " BRANDENBURGH, (E. lon, 13 lat. §2. 25.a ¢ity of e mar. of Brandenburg, 26 m. W. of Berlin, fubjelt to tpe King of Pruffia.) Msy. 11, General Werner, at the hesd of 18,000 men, is in upperSiicfis, from whence ke will endesvour to invade Moravia. This diverfion will oblige Marfhal Daun to divide his Forces. % The corps @f Pruffian- troops, which wintered in Lulatis, an¢ was commanded by Major General Sc)g- mettsu, has already joined the Silefian Army, and is seplaced by a detachment from Prince Henry's, under Lieutenant General Krokow. _ : _ Ttisseporied butnot certain, that Marfhal Daun is s&unlly arsived in Silefia. The Auftrians have drown a great number of troops into this country from their Saxon Army. Brestav, (£ Bn. 16. so. lat. 51: 15. capital of the D. of Breflan, and. of all Silefia; fit. on she_ river Qder, 120 m. N. E. of Prague.) May g. . Lieutensnt Gcne.nl Krokow was detached- from Prince Henry’sArmy wilk the Corps formerly' commanded by General Platen, and -pafled thro”the Lower Lufatis, hisNumber smounta to 10,000 mep, and has taken poflcflion of a foriified Camnp, which Was prepared for them, diftent about an Englifh ‘Mile from this Place, and upcn the Road to Schweidnitz : : Berein, (E. Jon, 14.das. 53, 30. the capital of the \King of Prafia’s dominiops in .Germany ) May 18. The Dike of Wiitemberg sirived at Breflau'the 13th. Three of his Battalions have marched into the fortified csmps, bis other three are to join Gen. Vernerin the Higher Silefia. _ : “The 16th the King of Pruffia Ieft Breffau, and has . fixed Kis' Quarters st a -Village 5 Miles from thence. T'he Troops that sccomptny him do mot encamp, but are fcattered in different Villages in that Neigbbour- hood : The reft of the Army remain in the Quarters they formerly occupied. We do not hear of any Movement made by the Auftrians. They are ftillin she,Mountaing, excepta fmail_ Corps that bas fhewn jtfelf in the Plsin of Zoblen. . ; « The King of Prufliv’s Forces in Silefia are fuperior “*4n ' Number to thole of the Enemy.—General Werner ;s advanced toCoflel.. ‘The grand Auftrian Army is affembling (of 70,000’ Men) nesr Schweidnitz. The Definitive Treaty of Peace between our Sove- and the Emperor of Ruffia was figned st Peterl(- TRigN hthe 28th paft.==The Treaty of Peace between th::i‘r Pruffisn ml:i Swedifh Majeflies were figned here o IS Catholic Majefty, to prevent his. Ope- . rations being intersupted by the Powers. hiew, and Prince Gali:zin, joined at. Pofnapi, and fe- - Hacuve, May 25. The Account of Prince Henry of Pruflia’s Expedition sgainft the Avftrians in Ssxony, is fully confirmed, with this fyrther Addition, thet his Royal Highnels had made felt Mafter of Frybe:g, where he fouud & confidersble .MageZzine; and that the Auvftrisns had retired to Dippoldiwsida.. Hawmsures, (E. kin. 9. 4o. let. §54. a great city and port town of Germany ) May 35. We have received Advice that fince the confiderable Advantage which Prirce Henry of Pruffis obtsined the 1zth Irft. over an —.advanced Part of the Auftrien Army near Dobeln in Sixony, the Aaftrisns have sbandoned Dippoldiwalda. The Aimy of the Empire has feperated from the Au- __ftrians, and retrested into Bokenva ; the Pruflian Ge- * neral Seidlitz wes in Purluit of the Enemy. Prince Henry’s'Head Quarters arc three German Miles from Drefden. _ . Hacus, May 28. Accounts sre juft received that Piince Henry has had further Advantages: in Sixoany. He fent Gen. Seydlitz to attack the Auflrians st Dip- polwalda and Maxen ; snd Gen, Kildfon to Kefleldarp and the Plunfche Ground : They were both fuccefsful and drovethe Auftrians on all Sides; whohave loft 4c00 more Prifoners. A Battalion and two Regiments of Horfe were taken 2t Dippoldiwalda by Gen. Seydlitz, ‘befides 25000 Horfe, 365 Waggons, and (eversl Pieces . of Cannon, Standards, and other Trophies. The Au- firians encamp near Pirna,.and the Proflisn Huoflars make -Excuifions to:the Frontiers of Bohemia and the Gates of Drefden. Tbus far Londer Gazeres. Peterfourg, April 27. 'The Senate have laid opén .the Trade to Peifia. ed of its Ambaflador’s Canduét, in refulicg to pay the firft Vific to Prince Geosge of Holftéin. Vienna, May 15. A frefh Reinforcement of 6 Re- giments from Saxony hath joined ‘M. Daun in Silefis. Rarisson, (E. Jlon. 12. 5. /at. 49. & city of Germa- #y, in the cir. of Bavaria. ) Mayzo. It is rumoured that & new Declaration hath been made by the Czar’s -Minifter (0 the Court of Vienna, intimating, ameng other Matters, his Refolution to conclude an Alliance with the King of Pruffis, and his carneft Defire to fee 4he Differences between the Courts of Vienna and Berlin accommodated, snd a- gereral Reconciliation reftored. Madrid, May 4. Our Ships at Carthsgena sre sl compleatly equipped, but will not put to Ses till the Moment that the French Squadson fails from Toulon. The Declaration of War sgeinft Portugal will sppeat in a few Days. . Admiral Ssunders it is {sid, hes but 18 Ships of the Line and 10 Frigates under his Commsnd. The Marquia de Serrie, who commands our princi- - psl Army, hath pafled the Douro and the Efls, below Zsmora. His Troops confift of 36 battalicns and 35 {quadrons. The Fosces affembled in Galicia confift of 8 battalion of regular Troops, 6 of Militis, snd two Squadron of Horfe ; and the Troops in Andalufis, are 4 battalions of Regulars, 4 of Militis; and 8 fqusdron of Hor(e—— All the Troops of Portugal sre affembling to form 3 Camps ; one between Villa Real, Brage, and glporm 5 afecond under Abrances, and the third under va. Gottengein, May 16. The kind of Ins&lion where- in the Armies feemed to languifh till this Time, was cccafioned by the Scarcity ot Forage. Hague, May 21. Letters from Paris are full ol the Piogrefs which the Court flatter themfelves that their Forces fhall make in Germany, being much fuperiour " in Number to thofe of the Allies. Orders are fent to their Generals to begin their Operations with the ut- moft Vigour. The Army in Hefle is to endeavour to get pofleflion of Wolfenbuttle, whilft the Army on thé Lower 'Rhine makes the utmoft Efforts to diflodge the Allies from Weftpbalia. - Corogne, (E. /loen. 6. 40. lat. 50. 50. the capital of the archb. of Cologtie, and one of “the largeft and moff elegant cities ¢f Germany.) May 22, ‘The Epidemical Diftemper that reigns here, fills sll our Hofpitals. It is coblervable, that the Soidiers, who are onDuty atNight; are almoft -all carried next Day ‘to the Hofpitsl, which proves the Contagion is in the Air. It is computed sbove one Quarter of the Innhabitants are attacked wiih this Diftemper, ; v The Troops, it is {aid, are to camp the z5th, tho’ they are not yet ready to take the Field. Portfmouth, May 24. At Spithesad Admiral Hawke - and Holbourne, with 1% Ssil of Men of War. We hear Sir Edw. Hawke is to bomberd Dunkirk. ‘A Cartel Ship srrived at Dover from Calis, with Col. Jennings and 300 Soldiers, being Part of the 6co that were taken in two Tranfporta fome Time ‘sgo, and carried into Calais. ‘The Blenheim is to carry Gen. Cornwallis to his Go. vernment of Gibrsitar,which Ship is to relieve the Nep- tune, which is ordered home, being leaky. ] Extraft of a Letter from Plymouth, May. 21, -. Tue(dsy came into the Sound his Majelty’s Ships Lion and Hind, with the tranfports for Lifbon. His Excellency General Townfhend came «fhore; but the wind coming fair they fsiled agsin on Wedune(day. By & French Gentleman lately arrived from Bayonne we learn, that the Spaniards think fopn to firike fome great blow, but he {ays it can’t be by fes, as the fhi?‘ arg neither mena'd nor viftualied, He further 14 §, The French Court have approv- ° that they have received great fums of Money a+ Ray. onne from Spain, for the King's ufe. Arrivid bis Ma- jefly'ki Ship -Antelope, with icur meichanimea for Newfoundland under convey {rom Portlmcuh, aiio the Tyrrel floop from 2 Cruize. Plymenth, May 26. . This Morning -sbout c¢ne o’- Clock.a Fire: broke aut at the Royal Ilafpital,” which confumed ene of the new figithed Wasds, but being a detached Building, snd but little Wind, ic was happily prevented fpreading further. : “" 31, The Quebzc, Reeves of and for London, from Crrolina, isretaken by the Walp Sloop of 'War Capt. Fiuizheiber, and carried into Belleifle. . Fune 1, The Hero Man of ¥ar has brought in here s French Ship bound to St.-Pominga, sad a"Spanith Privsteer, both taken 6 weeks fince by-the Royal Wil. liam Man -of War. : S oy N L «O..N. DO N, ‘Msy ‘29. Tt is faid there is already s Mifundeftanding.between the French Generals. The two Mirthals .of Erance hive fent -for ‘two ‘Battalions’ from’ the ‘Army on the . Lower Rhire, which is wéry. inconvenientito-the Prince of Conde; however, the Orders were (o peremptory, "'that the Troops have slready begun their March, Letters from Vienna fay, the Auftrian Army has Or- <ders to:keep on the”Defenfive this Campaign ; and that it was:taken for granted there that his Pruffian Wajelty ".would purfue an -offenfive Plan, and try by every Me- thed, to bring on, as foon as poflible, a decifive Action: From ‘Madrid it is féid, it was sgreed between France snd Spain, that all French Cruizers' were'to be _permitted to emter the feveral Ports of Spain, with sy nglith Prizes, with Liberty to difpofe of them to the cbeft Advarntage, provided it is attefted, that the faid Merchandize was taken out -of Englilli-Prizes, und pro- duce .the Englith Bills of Loading and other: Ship -Pa- ers. The 8t. George, Lee, from New England, is {eized -sad condemned at St. Sebaftimns, and the' Captain end Crew confined in the Caftle. J i Commodore Moore, who commands in the Downe, 'hes fo ordered his Ships that he has Advice from the Couft of France every 48 Hours: fo that the French -may bosft end bufly wbout thciy Flat-bottomdBoate, and sheir making dn Invafion ;- but-that s =ll they thave for it ; and if they have no better Luck in. Germany, we may feirly conclude their Sun will be eclipled, and their Lillies withered. The Politiciens st Vicans talk very much of the Bucceis of 8 Winter Expedition of their's, which was en sbfolute Secret to sll the Warld till gow. - It is faid they detached s formidable Body of 6 or 700,000 Florins, . which made their Way unobferved to Con- ftantinople, where, under the dire&ion of aFrench En- gineer, they forced a Paflage thro’ all the Barrs & Bolts of the Seraglio, where they have done prodigious Ex- ecution ; 'snd where when reinforced by a Corps iof filver Tables, Gold repeating Watches, Boxes fet with Dismonds, &c. to the emeunt of a round Million, which sfter being publickly reviewed, are fpeedily 10 march under the command of Biron Parylon, & it is not doubted buta compleat Conqueft will be made. Accordingto Letters from Conftantinople of the 12th of April, M. Rexin, Envoy from the King of Pruffig hsd meceived new Prefents for the Grand Saultan ; they confifted of four Looking-Glafles- with Plate Frames, Goffe, and Tea-Services, a Sable finely ornamented and befet with Diamonds, 6 Watches, the Cafes richly fet with Brilliants, a Gold Telelcope, &c. &c. which exceeds greately the firft Prefents that were delivered fome Time 2go. Letters of April 17 fay, there is not the leaftAppear- ence of the Ottom Court’s taking Advantsge of the pres fent Broils, to affift any of the Chriftisn Powers. Two Men of War of 70 and 60 Guns sre .ardered out as Guardthips at the Mouth of the River. The Captain is already off Lee, and the Princefs Amelia . will be out foon : On board the former 200 Men have been draughted from Greenwich, snd 300 more will foon be fent from thence to man the fame. MajorGates,who brought home the News of the ta- king of Port Royal in Martineco, is preferred by his Majefty toa Majority in an old Regiment ; and ‘Major Rycaut, who bro’tthe Accounts of the total Redu&tion of the faid I{land, is foon to obtain the fame Rank. The Court of Verfailles continues to keep up and en- courage as much as poffible; the Report of & fecret Ne- gociation for a Peace, with which View Couriers are difpatched in the Night to Flenders and Holland, snd. fome Perfons of Diftinction,* who are really gone to join their Corps in the Army nesr Dunkirk, dre reported to be chatrged with fecretCommiflions ; and all this to keep the People filent. Letters from the Hegue fay, that it was expcled M. 4’ Affry would, before his depsrture, deliver € Memorial to the States, declarative of the Defigns of France in regard to the Neutrality of the Republic, The Dutch gt prefentare as unealy as their Neigh-. . bours, and many People believe will demand a categori- cal Anfwer, whether the Bourbon Family Compatt re- fpects them in the fame manner that it appears to have done the Kingdom of Portugal. . The Quebec Man of War hasteken s very valuable French Prize from St, Jobn & Acre, end casrried her into Leghorm, + = . G