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contrary to the true intent and meaning of this agreement, fuch perfon or perfons shall by us be deemed enemies to their country.

VI. Lastly, we agree, that if any goods fhall be configned and fent over to us, contrary to to our agreement in this fubfcription, fuch goods fo imported, fhall be lodged in fome public warehouse, there to be kept under confinement until the forementioned acts are repealed. Subfcribed by nearly all the merchants and traders in town.

Providence, (New-England) Aug. 5. On Monday fe'ennight, at five in the afternoon, being the time appointed for dedicating the great Elm-Tree, at Capt. Jofeph Olney's in this town, to be a Tree of Liberty, there was a great concourse of very refpectable people of this and the neighbouring towns, many coming a confiderable diftance out of the province of the Maflachusetts-Bay, to affift on the occafion. An animated difcourfe was delivered from the Summer-Houfe in the Tree, by a Son of Liberty, wherein was briefly pointed out the terms of colonization of the first Planters of these colonies, a declaration of our rights, and a particular enumeration of our grievances, together with a defignation of the means of redrefs. After which followed the ceremony of dedication, thus: The people in the fummerhouse laying their hands on the tree, the gentleman who gave the difcourfe pronounced these words aloud: "We do in the name and behalf of all the true Sons of Liberty, in America, Great-Britain, Ireland, Corfica, or wherefoever they may be difperfed throughout the world, dedicate and folemnly devote this Tree to be a TREE OF LIBERTY. May all our counfels and deliberations, under its venerable branches, be guided by wifdem, and directed for the fupport and maintenance of that Liberty,

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which our forefathers fought out and foundunder, trees, and in the wilderness: May it long flourish, and may the Sons of Liberty often repair hither, to confirm and ftrengthen each other. When they look towards this facred Elm, may they be penetrated with a fenfe of their duty to themselves and their pofterity; and may they, like the House of David, grow ftronger and ftronger, while their enemies, like the Houfe of Saul, thall grow weaker and weaker. Amen."

Bofion in New-England, August 8. The week before last was finished, by order and for the ufe of the gentlemen belonging to the Infurance-Office at the North-end, an elegant filver bowl, weighing 45 ounces, and holding 45 gills. On one fide is engraved within a handfome border, To the memory of the glorious Ninety-two Members of the Honourable House of Reprefentatives of the Massachusetts- / Bay, who undaunted by the infolent menaces of Vs in power, and out of a strict regard to confcience, and the liberties of their conftituents, on the 30th of June, 1768, voted not to refcind.-Over which is the Cap of Liberty in an Oaken Crown. On the other fide, in a circle adorned with flowers, No. 45, Wilkes and Liberty, under which are General Warrants torn to pieces. On the top of the Cap of Liberty, and out of each fide, is a Standard, on one Magna Charta, the other Bill of Rights.-On Monday evening laft, the gentlemen belonging to the office made a genteel entertainment, and invited a number of gentlemen of diftinction in the town, when 45 loyal toafts were drank, and the whole concluded with a new fong, the chorus of which is, In Freedom we're born, and in Freedom we'll live, &c.

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for his Danish majefty at Richmond Lodge on Saturday night laft, made a fplendid appearance. In the centre was a large triumphal arch, about forty feet high, of the Grecian order, decorated with figures, trophies, and other embelliments; from which, on each fide, was a range of ftatues, fupporting feftoons of flowers, in proper colours, forming a circular pavillion; at the termination on each fide were two leffer arches, thro' which appeared emblematical pictures, alluding to the arts and fciences, &c. The great arch led into a very fuperb enclofed pavillion, in the centre of which was a dome, fupported by eight columns, wreathed with flowers, and VOL. I..

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ornamented with gold; from the centre the plan extended four ways, with apartments within for a band of mufic, fide-boards, &c. the whole of it decorated with elegant paintings. At one end was a paffage to another room, which was painted and ornamented likewife on three fides, the other being all glazed for feeing the fire-works from, which were fome of the fineft ever exhibited.

We are informed from Rome, that a fire broke out on the 30th of Auguft in the library of the Vatican, which began in the head li brarian's apartment, and deftroyed all his books and papers, together with fome valuable works which were preparing for the prefs. The fame letters add, that the church of the Trinitarians at Montenero, near the palace of

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the French ambaffador, lately took fire, and that the whole edifice, with all its ornaments, &c. were confumed, except the glory and the hoft, which were preferved from the flames by a prieft, at the hazard of his life.

Laft Wednesday Mr. Alderman Halifax, and Mr. Alderman Shakespeare, were fworn in fheriffs for the city of London and county of Middlefex.

And on Thursday Mr. Alderman Turner was chofen lord-mayor fot the year enfuing.

The whole of the national debt, as it stood on the 5th of January 1768 (being old Chriftmas-day) was 129,724,9361. 8s. 2d. 3-4. The yearly intereft for the fame 4,646,271. 75. 5d. Black-friars bridge was opened on Thursday morning for foot-paflengers.

On Wednesday laft his Danish majesty went to Woolwich, and was prefent at the launching a fine new fixty gun ihip, which was named "The king of Denmark." His majesty often expreffed his fatisfaction and approbation of his polite reception at Woolwich-warren, and partook of a cold collation.

Yefterday the four city members, with John Paterfon, efq; dined with his Danish majesty. : On the 6th of Auguft laft, about eleven at night, a fire broke out in the Harem of the grand vizir, at Conftantinople, and reduced that extenfive building to afhes. The furniture was all destroyed, and most of the jewels.

Monday 3. Friday night her royal highness the princess dowager of Wales gave a fplendid ball and magnificent fupper at Carlton-house, at which were prefent their Britannic majefties, his Danish majefty, and the reft of the royal family, and a great number of the nobility.

On the 14th ult. the princefs royal of Denmark, confort to the hereditary prince, was delivered of a princefs.

Advice has been received at the court of Vienna of the pregnancy of the queen of the Two Sicilies, and of the grand duchefs of Tufcany.

A letter from Warfaw, dated Sept. 10. fays,, "The troubles of this unhapyy kingdom increase every day. What gives most affliction to the king and fenate are the three confederacies juft formed in Lithuania, in which fome perfons of great confideration have taken part. Some detachments of Ruffian troops are in march that way, to endeavour to difperfe them. All the nobleffe on the frontiers of Hungary are up in arms, and the clergy are inceflantly animating the pealants to revolt. Major and Lieutenant de Goltz (fons of the general baron de Coltz) have been aflailinated on the highway."

Thursday died at Bath, the right hon. Arther Upton, of Cattle-Upton, in ireland, one of his majesty's moft honourable privy council of that kingdom. He ferved in parliament for the county of Carrickfergus, twenty-fix years.

At Abingdon races on Thurfday laft, Mr. Alder (who had the 20,000l. prize in the laft lottery) started his grey horfe Prize (alias Sulphur) againft nine others, for the gentlemens fubfcription purfe of 501. and won in the fourth heat by no more than about half a neck. The bets, before starting, were four to one against Mr. Alder.

Tuesday 4. A certain great lady of royal diftinction, having been informed of the diftrefs which a late opulent family are now labouring under, generously fent, laft Saturday, a purfe, containing eighty guineas, requiring, at the fame time, to be informed whether that fum was fully fufficient to extricate them out of their difficulties; on enquiry, it appeared, that an addition of twenty-five guineas more to her m's bounty, would effectually retrieve their affairs; which account fhe no fooner received, than (with a greatness of soul peculiar to her noble self) the ordered that fum to be immediately carried to them, and thereby fully compleated her noble and great defign of refcuing an unfortunate man, his wife, and four children. from deftruction.

Wednesday 5. A few days ago, as feven miners were at work in an old mine near Taddington in Derbyshire, fome props of wood gave way, and many tons of marble fell upon fix of them. They were dug out dead, and fhockingly mangled.

Thursday 6. When the king of Denmark, with his fuite, went to Flamstead-Houfe in Greenwich-Park, they found earl Morton, admiral Rodney, Sir Thomas Robinson, general Honeywood, general Harvey. &c. After viewing, with the greatest attention, the many curious aftronomical inftruments &c. he partook of a breakfast of fruit and tea. He went then to lady Catherine Pelham's houfe, and from thence into Greenwich Hofpital, and vifited the hall, chapel, wards, &c. from thence he went to the admiral's apartment, where an elegant cold collation was provided, and his majesty and the company went back in the admiralty and naval barges to Whitehall.

Of 124 fhips fent to Greenland by the Dutch, 119 are returned, loaded with 390 whales. Friday 7. The French have expelled the jefuits from Corfica.,

The favourite toaft among the friends of the colonies is," May fteady perfeverance never be conftrued into obflinate refifiance."

A commendan paffed the feal yesterday, to empower the right rev. the bifhop of Eriftol, to hold therewith the deanry of St. Paul, London, worth upwards of 1200 1. per annum.

By the death of the rev. Dr. Ferdinando Warner, the valuable parfonage of Barnes in Surry, and the rectory of St. Michael, Queenhithe, London, becomes vacant, both which are in the gift of the dean and chapter of St. Paul's.

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Saturday 8. Yesterday the most rev. father in God, Frederick, lord archbishop of Canterbury, was, by his majesty's command, fworn of his majesty's most honourable privy council, and took his place at the board accordingly. The mails from Holland, France and Flanders, which arrived yesterday, brought advice, that feveral bands of Turks had paffed the Niefter, and were committing hoftilities on the Polish territory; that the Confederates of Bar, who were lately difperfed by the Ruffian troops, had reunited themselves on the Ottoman fide of the Niefter; and that general Kreczetnikow has pofted a line of troops from Mniedziduc to Conftantinow.

The French have received a total defeat in Corfica. M. de Chavelin having divided his forces too much, they were attacked every where by the brave Corficans, who drove them out, and recovered every place they had loft before, with vaft flaughter of the French, who were drove to the very walls of Bastia.

Laft Sunday night, about half paft eight, his Danish majefty arrived at Newmarket, in five hours from London; a great number of the nobility immediately waited on him, and he fupped in private, Monday morning his majefty, attended by the lords of his train, 'walked to lord Rockingham's ftables, and after that went to see the horses exercife, where the king continued near an hour on foot upon the heath. From thence he went in the duke of Ancafter's coach, attended by his grace, count Bernstorf, and the Ruffian ambaflador, to the grand ftand to fee the races, where he appeared the whole time to indulge the curiofity of the multitude. Many of the nobility, &c. dined with him afterwards at the king's pala e in public. On Tuesday morning, by fix o'clock, his majesty was on horseback at a foxhunt, where he rode remarkably bold, and was in at the death. This day his majefty again honoured the races with his prefence, and the nobles afterwards dined at the palace as the day before. On Wednesday he went to the cocking, and at one o'clock fet off for London. The expences of his Danish majefty's tour to Newmarket are eflimated at 4000l.

Thursday two ladies were convicted before the lord mayor of wearing chintz gowns, and were fined agreeable to the act.

Monday 10. Saturday morning the horfegrenadiers on foot, and the grenadiers of the three regiments of foot-guards, were reviewed on Wimbledon-common by their majefties, the king of Denmark, their royal highneffes the dukes of Gloucester and Cumberland, lord Ligonier, the marquis of Granby, and several other perfons of diftinction, when they went through their exercise to the entire fatisfaction of all prefent. A little before eleven his majefty fet out in a poft-chaife from the queen's palace, from whence he went to St. James's,

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where his Danish majefty got in, and thus they proceeded to Wimbledon-common. Twenty horfes, very richly caparifoned, attended on the occafion. Their royal higneffes the dukes of Gloucester and Cumberland alfo followed their majesties in their respective carriages.

Tuesday 11. Yesterday a court of commoncouncil was held at Guildhall, when the freedom of this city was unanimoufly agreed to be prefented to his majefty the king of Denmark, in a gold box of two hundred guineas value.

The entertainment given to his majefty the king of Denmark, on Friday laft, by their graces the duke and duchess of Northumberland, at Sion-Houfe, was most remarkably elegant and magnificent.-On the king's arrival he was received at the coach-door by the duke and duchefs, and conducted by them through the grand fuite of new apartments into the gallery, where he amufed himself till dinner-time. At dinner, the company confifted of the king of Denmark, feveral of the foreign minifters and their ladies, the Danish noblemen, and fome of the firft nobility of both fexes in this kingdom. Three courfes, of whatever was most rare and excellent in, this country, were ferved up in gilt plate, followed by a moft fuperb and highly ornamented defert; and a band of mufic from the veftibule accompanied the whole. After dinner, coffee, tea, and other refreshments, were ferved to the company, which, towards the evening, was increased to above two hundred, and confifted of their royal highneffes the princess Amelia, the dukes of Gloucester and Cumberland, and perfons of the firft quality an diftinction. About nine o'clock his majefty of Denmark, atrended by this noble affembly, being in the gallery, the folding doors were fnddenly thrown open, and difplayed to him a moft fuperb and magnificent rotund temple, communicating with four open pavilions of Grecian architecture, erected in the great inner court of Sion-Houfe, and ornamented with transparent paintings of the arms of Great-Britain and Denmark, and the badges of the feveral orders of knighthood of both kingdoms, with feftoons and pyramids of lights, and a variety of emblematical devices, the whole being illuminated with upwards of fifteen thousand lamps. A band of mufc was placed in the pavillions, which, on his majefty's appearance, faluted him with a grand concert of martial inftruments. The king having remained here fome time, returned by the great hall through the veftibule into the ball-room, where he opened the ball with dancing two minuets, one with the duchefs of Ancafter, the other with lady Frances Manners; he then began the country dances with lady Gower, which continued till near twelve o'clock; at which time his majefty again paffed thruugh the illuminated X 2

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The following extract from Voltaire's Prinrefs of Babylon, will fhew how high an opinion that writer entertains of the prefent king of Denmark: "Amazan, however, [the princefs's lover] was gone to fee Scandinavia [Denmark]. In these climates his eyes were ftruck with new fights: here royalty and liberty exifted together, by an agreement which feems impoffible in other ftates; the peasants have a fhare in the legiflation as well as the grandees of the kingdom: and a young prince gives the greatest hopes of being worthy to command a free nation. There was fomething ftranger ftill;-the only king who had a right to be defpotic on earth, by a formal contract with his people, was, at the fame time, the youngest and jufteft of princes."

Wednesday 12. An account of the grand mafquerade given by his Danish majefty to the nobility and gentry of this kingdom, at the King's Theatre in the Hay-market, on Monday evening last.The mafquerade was opened about nine o'clock.-At ten, his Danish majefty, accompanied by his excellency count Holcke, came in his own coach and pair, in a private manner, down Market-lane, behind the Opera-Houfe, with only two fervants and one fiambeau, and afterwards dreffed in his mafquerade in one of the dreffing-rooms of the Opera-Houfe.-A little after ten, the noblemen of his Danish majefty's fuite followed in chairs, in their proper mafquerade drefies, extremely rich and elegant, up Market-lane, and fo entered the houfe at the back-doors in that lane.-The ball was opened by the king of Denmark and the duchefs of Aucafter. His Britannic majefty was in a private box, apparently fhut, but with peepholes in the fhutters.-The duke of Cumber

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trimmed with filver lace. The ladies, in ge neral, made a very beautiful and brilliant appearance. The duchefs of Ancaster, in the character of a Sultana, was univerfally admired; her robe was purple fattin bordered with ermine. The princefs Amelia, the duchefs of Bedford, lady Howe, and feveral other perfonages of high rank, were prefent, but did not mask. Lady Harrington, and the two young ladies her daughters, were extremely simple in their appearance, but, at the fame time, extremely elegant, and attracted the general attention of the company. The drefs of the countess of Waldegrave was remarkably fplendid. The lady of an eminent merchant had her drefs ornamented with jewels to the amount of 30,0col. Many ladies were drefied in fine Spanish and Turkish habits; several as fhepherdeffes, with crooks; and fome were like dancers. The noblemen and gantlemen were for the most part in dominees. At twelve the company went to fupper, which was a very elegant cold collation. At table the company were all unmasked, except one perfon, who appeared in the character of an African, with a rich diamond collar round his neck: his face was fo completely covered with black filk, and fo neatly put on (for he wote no mask during the whole night) that he could not take it off.The king of Denmark, with the dukes of Gloucester and Cumberland, the princefs of Amelia, &c. fupped in a private room (one of the dreffing-rooms).-His Britannick majefty did not mix with the company either at the fupper or at the ball, and retired ot one o'clock. -The plenty of provisions and profufion of wines of every fort exceeded any thing of the kind ever seen in England: at fupper feven hundred ladies and gentlemen were compleatly accommodated at a time with the greateft order and decorum; when fupped, they retired to dancing: then a fecond party of the like number took their places, and fo on alternately, till the whole company had partook of his Danish majesty's truly noble entertainment. The illumination of the Opera-House was fplendid and elegant; the front of the galleries, which were full of company, very richly dreffed, being decorated with feveral rows of Imall lamps. as were the pillars on the stage, and other parts of the theatre. At four yefterday morning the company began to go away, but the houfe was not totally clear till paft eight. The houfe, in general, was extremely well lighted.

Thursday 13. Tuefday laft the earl of Hillborough was married, at the chapel at Lambeth palace, to the right hon. the lady Stawell.

Yesterday at a court of common council, the lord-mayor complained, that a member of the court had faid, in a private company, his lordship's illness was a political one, which, he apprehended, would continue till after the

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9th of November; and his lordship declaring he was determined to make his appearance on that day, the member got up in his place, and politely asked his lordship's pardon for such his mifapprehenfion.

Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, the convicts under fentence of death, were put into two carts in the Seffions-houfe-yard (on account of the paving of Newgate-street) and conveyed to the place of execution. Robert Paterfon, alias Wright, James Mare, and Hannah Smith, in the first, and Mr. Holt and Slocombe in the fecond. They all behaved extremely penitent, and fenfible of their unhappy paft conduct.

Friday 14. In confequence of fome difagreeable advices lately received, and a variety of circumstances both at home and abroad, the apprehenfions of a war are affirmed to have fomething more for their foundation, than mere probability and report.

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Wednesday the king of Denmark took leave of their majesties, and all the royal family: and yefterday morning, at nine o'clock, he fet out from St. James's, accompanied by the noblemen of his houfhold, three poft-chaifes and four, preceeded by two poftillions to each on horfeback, for Dover, on his way to France. His majesty on entering the chaife, and paffing through the Court-yard and Cleveland-row, very condefcendingly bowed and faluted the people as he paffed by them, who were affembled in great numbers, for the last time, to take their farewell of this truly amiable monarch, crying out, "God bless your majefty;" and with hearty and unfeigned acciamations wished him a good journey, and every bleffing on earth to attend the gracious monarch. His majefty was dreft in light blue, and narrow filver lace, and furtout coat over, accompanied in the chaife by his excellency count Holcke; and proceded through the Stable-yard, down St. James's Park, where, on the parade, he was faluted by the guards as he past them. The grand marechal count Molck fate out with another gentleman in "apoft-chaife and four, about half an hour before his majefty, preceeded by two postillions on horfeback, followed with two coaches and fix, with fervants and baggage very heavy laden. His Danish majefty left one thousand guineas to be diftributed among the English fervants at St. James's, who were appointed to attend him during his ftay here.

His Danish majefty having fignified his pleafure to take up his freedom in the company of Goldsmiths, London, Mr. Sheriff Halifax, the prime warden, immediately called a court of affiftants for that purpose; and on Wednefday it was unanimoufly ordered, that the freedom of the faid company be most humbly prefented to his majesty in a gold box of 150 guineas value,

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