11. Thomas Jenour, Efq; in the commiffion of the peace for Middlefex.

12. Enfign Gardner, of col. Leighton's reg. of foot.

Mr. Elton, a common-council-man of the ward of Farringdon Within, and deputy to Mr. Alderman Blachford.

17. Mr. Chriftopher Hudson, an agent of

20. Master Scott, aged 5 years, fon of the Rt. Hon. the earl of Dalkeith. Christopher Jeffrefon, Elq; member for Cambridge. Newton in John Stevenfon, Efq; at Cambridgeshire, in the commiffion of the peace for the faid county.

Sir Charles Tyrrel, of Thornton in Bucks, bart, whofe family has been of knightly degree ever fince the conqueft, he being the 25th in descent from Sir Walter Tyrrel, who is faid to have shot K. William Rufus in the New Foreft.

22. Matthew Concannon, Efq; fome time fince attorney-general at Jamaica, and author of feveral pieces of poetry.

23. Dr. John Conningham, an eminent and learned phyfician.

25. James Lever, Efq; one of the directors of the Bank.

15. James Dubordieu, Elq; of Richmond, DR Taylor, prefented to the chapel in

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iffued two placaerts; by the first of which they declared, That the duty on beer was not, as fome people imagined, of the number of thofe duties, which were in June laft fuppreffed, when the pachts were abolifhed, and therefore they renewed and confirmed all the placaerts, by which thofe duties were impofed; and prohibited the fetting up of any new brewhouses, or any perfons to brew that were not publick brewers. And the other placaert is, for encouraging the brewery within that province, by reviving the duties upon beer imported, which ceafed ever fince the abolition of the pachts, and which are now to be levied by collectors employed by the tates.

His ferene highness the ftadtholder returned to the Hague from Friefland on the 31ft ult. N. S. late at night, after having by his proclamations made feveral new regulations in that province, particularly one for restoring the nobility to all their antient rights, and preventing any person's pretending to that rank, who cannot make out his title; and another for preventing all unlawful practices in the election of their deputies to the ftates general: After which a general indemnity, without any exceptions, was published for all perfons concerned in the late commotions; and, in confequence thereof feveral perfons, who had been taken up on that account, were fet at liberty.

Since his highnefs's departure, the ftates of Friesland, by his advice, have iffued 3 placaerts; by the first of which they have re-established the revenues of the little feal; by the second they have re-established the poll-tax, chimney-tax, land-tax, and the tax upon horned cattle and horses; and by the third, to replace the abolished pachts upon the neceffaries of life, they have impofed upon all perfons not reputed ab folutely poor, a monthly contribution, upon each perfon, in proportion to the quantities of thofe neceffaries he ufually confumes; all which taxes are to be levied by collectors appointed by the states, and not farmed out to pachters as formerly, and each perfon's proportion to the laft is to be fettled by an officer appointed by his ferene highness; which gives him a fort of unlimited power over the estate of every man in the province, and is worse than the tax called the Taille in France, because the nobility as well as the commons are fubject to it.

A most dreadful fire happened, the beginning of this month, at Flashing in Zealand, which confumed the arfenal, the prince of Orange's houfe, the great church, and a confiderable part of the town.

The mortality bills at Amfterdam for

last year amounted to 9770, being 1347 more than the year 1747.

The evacuation of the towns in the Netherlands, was, for fome reafon or other, on a fudden countermanded by the French; fa that a new convention became neceffary, and in confequence thereof the Afrian troops have fince taken poffeffion of Tirlement and Louvain.

Paris, Dec. 30, N. S. The king has made a promotion of 94 lieut. generals, 89 major-generals, 79 brig. generals of foot, 43 of harfe, and 7 of dragoons.- The pregnancy of madam the dauphiness is now publickly known, and that princess is in a perfect state of health.

Madrid, Jan. 7, N. S. In order to ftrengthen the good understanding between their Britannick and Catholick majefties, a fcheme is on foot, according to which Great-Britain is to reftore Gibraltar, in confideration of an equivalent being given to her in the Weft-Indies, which, 'tis faid, is to be the island of Porto-Rico. If this fcheme should take effect, the limits for the navigation of the American feas will be much easier regulated.

Geneva, Jan. 12. When the young pretender arrived at Pont-Beauvoifin, he feemed to be taken very dangerously ill, and every body imagined he was fo in reality; but after he was in bed, one of his attendants affumed his place, and in the morning early he flipt away drefs'd like a merchant, with one servant only, and made the best of his way on foot to Avignon, where he arrived on the 24th ult. incog.

Avignon, Jan. 5, N. S. His royal highnefs the infant don Philip arrived here the 31ft ult. and on the 2d inft. departed for Aix. The young pretender has been here ever fince the 24th ult. but continued incog. till the day of the royal infant's departure, when he made a publick entry.

The congrefs at Nice ftill continues very bufy about fettling the affairs of Italy; but as a stop was put to the evacuations in Flanders, thofe in Italy were likewise countermanded, fo that no one has yet been made either in Italy or Savoy. However, an exchange of prifoners has been effected, and the Auftrians that were prifoners at Genoa, to the number of about 1700, are returned to Milan, as are the Genoefe hostages to Genoa all the other prifoners are on both fides fet at liberty, and returned to their respective countries.

Vienna, Jan. 4, N. S. In the night of the 14th ult. a large mountain cover'd with vines, in the neighbourhood of Foedwar, about midway between Buda and Peterwar dein, fell with a prodigious noife into the Danube, in the midst of which river it now forms two little hills, the paffage between them being equally dangerous and dreadful.

CON

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