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Prom:if that his Papers end every thing that hr kit hUuml ihonld be punctually lent after him into France; bur thac there had been found amoxigfl his Paptrs feveral Letters irom Cardinal Tuicin, M . Amerot, and F vk ral others of thc Ficnch M inillry, all tending to forward the Confpiracy againft tlie Kiiii.au M inillry, and to occafu n an Infur- frclioti in that Bmpire ; L ikies thefe were Lund u r;ri at Number <{ icurriotis and in il'.’LCi.t Pieces, r.T vdmh the Senate vvas'fo enrap\l, as \\NI as at wh ,t had luefi generally j chk ovk*'v<d( ik i t it irtaJy to ok ii] -on it I'd f j rhe G H',i u/.au : oi tins A flair, and feveral Mi inkers moved to haw la Ckeuirdk ar relied ii] -on r Ik* FrenT is. V IvF it las been very much tlic great T.il< ut of Franc'S to extricate herfcll by her lobrie A L lrcIs out of Difficulties, yet it now fvd'e. ;t»; i f 1ik was thoroughly embarrafll-d to syt C arol tht_le fhameful Tranfadions. In order to conij >lctie the Misfortunes of this intriguing Court, and as its ill I .uck would have ir, rhe Ling of Prufila, fome of his MimiLrs, and [jaitieubrly the envoy of Prui- lia at NLhow, are frequently mentioned in la Chet arc. lie’ s Pagers, at which this Prince is very mucli pi;ti:d, and difguelled to fuch a Degree, as to have wrote a very ferrous Letter thereupon to Lewis tlie X Vth. People arc leJdotn difp!c.tfc\l or alhatn’dto have a Share in fucct Isful arivl lucraticc Pro jects, thii founded upon <ver fo u14.ll Pii.v cipbs •, Imc ii they Miicarry, it is highly cri minal ever to fiy they know any Tiling oi the Matter, In lliort, this whole Affair in fink—Manner perplexes the Court of Livn e and the Ca:diiul, that not knowing v ’-ar die to do, tlicy havc order’d the la ut^nart de IT I ire to impofe Sienceupon IL 5'his, and to fuid them to Prifon without Duiindiuii. Auptft 2. 0 . S. The /Uiliriaivs have taken Care to make this Y e a r memorable to us, throughout all ii\<yGiiiY, Times 5 fince, without Qucftion, th- Cora ubiirions they have impofed, will be ft It by otir Poflerity. 'Phis Town is to pay 1 \) Lloiins by W ay of Contribution ; thc Abbey of IsVuhcurg qcoo. tlic J t ws 15,000 thc J t fui cs 7000, thc Canons Regular of St. Augufhne 50.00, the Chapter 4000, and af ter ai], wc arc to pay Ten per Cent, for what we ihall le decerned worth, a f t e r railing thefe Com rih’ tbm. ftrujfeds. />'(\# ib. Letters from Turin of the 1l-dh dr. nwntion, that the King of Sar dinia tub'ik ied to Abandon Demont, but that his M ni'ily Had made fuch Difpofitions for oppofmg tlic Likm y in other'Parts of the Country, tliat in all Probability they Would not be able to cffcbuatc any Thing oi Im portance before the falling ofthe Snow, which would oblige them to quit their Conqutfls, and return into France. General Prattorius is jufl arrived hire from the Army. An Ext rati of a letter from an Rngiifb Officer in thc Allied A any, dated from the Cn/uiJ) 11 ear Life, U J upijl 1 2 . IVe are now within lour Miles of the French Army, and expnft every Moment, to come to an Adtion. Our I due of Battle was drawn out Yeftcrday. The Emmy's Cannon from Liflc play at us mofl furioufly 5, they kill’d three of our Officers Ycflerday, who ventur’d near. I havc not been in Bed thclc four Days and Nights, for our whole Arm y has been upon th* March, which at prefent confiils of 80,000 effective Men, and have but very little Sleep* and that upon thc bare Ground, or upon a Shicf of Corn. BOSTON, By one of the V d ills lately come in from Jamaica, we are informed, that fometimc be fore they left tluc Ifland, I lis Majefty’s Sloop Drake, being on a Cruize in the Windward Paflage, was attack’ d by four flout Privateers of thc Enemy, (one a Brigantine of 200 Men) againft; whom flie maintain’d a dtfperatc Fight for Icveral Hours and at laft got clear, tho’ in a very fhattercd Condition. W c hear from Portlmouth, inNew-Hamp- ~fhirc, that Capt. Beal, in a Privateer Schooner shout 25 Tons and 30 Men, fitted out there fome Time pad, is returned with a great Booty, which he took from the French on Cape-Breton : ’ T is faid he tok 12 or 14 fmall Veflcls, plundered fome Villages, and had the good Fortune to furprize fome Traders, •from whom he took Gunpowder and other Goods to a great Value. ’ T is alfo faid, that the Indians on Cape Sables fireu upon Capt. Beal’s Boat, and wounded fome of his Men, who return’d the Fire, and k ill’d three of the Indians ; and afterwards, as Capt. Beal lay in a Harbour, he was attack’d by thc Indians in their Canoes, but upon his firing fome Swivel Guns, they thought fit to retire. On Saturday laft was publifhcd with the ufual Solemnity, H is Excellency’s Declaration of W ar againft thc Cape Sables and St, John’s Indians, Capt. Donohcw, Commander of a fmall Privateer Sloop of this Town, in a Letter to his Owners dated at Sea near Ncwfounland, the 7th ol Oftoberlnft. Writes, That eight Days after he fail’ d from Newbury , he was attack’d off Cape Breton, by the Brigantine lately commanded by Capt, Loring, which had-
