Maryland Gazette October 1754

t, lately convicted fellow, and talks t bUtk Cloth Coat, t, a/Check Shirr, a tes, a Pair of Yira I'dParopi.aWorft-M part took iqstirr ' ' , and brinp have Two Piflole* 8 in good Reail choke ptentabtoO U R Letters from London, are full of .theDifputes between the French of Canada and tbe Subjects of the Britifh Crown in New England, &c.The .Duke de Mirepoix alfo mentions the fame in hi* Difpatcfaea < and the Earl of Albemarle has conferred with his Majefty's Minifters on this Subject.Tbe Explanations given on both Sides (hew that thefe Differences take their Rife from the Notions which each Nation has concerning the Extent of it's Territories.The Conferences held fince the Treaty of Aix la Chapellc, for fettling the Limits of-the TBwo Powers in America, having proved fruitless, the Conftqoeace has been, that the Commandants of the French Troop) in Canada, being willing to fecnre that Province from being intuited by the Indians in Alliance with the Englifh, have advanced towards a River, called the Ohio, la order to cover their Territories on that Side, and thereby maintain themfelves in the Enjoyment of Lands which are a Part of their ancient Pofleffi-0ns.Neverthelefs, we are perfhaded that the Kind of War which U begun in thofe Parts, will not be productive of very bad Confequences, and that all Things will fall into Order again, as fpon as the two Courts come to a right Understanding in Regard to the Limits of their refpective Poffeffioos.Madrid, July 9.The Coort has ordered feveral armed Veflels to (ail occafionally from the Ports of Uis Kingdom for America as Guard de Coaffs.Brtflf July io.Tbe Frigates the Eagle, and Diana, which lately fail'd from this Port for Louifbourg, carry over M. Rencourt, the new Governor of that Colony, and M. Franquel, one of our bed Engineers.The latter is charged to repair the Fortifications or that Place, and to.add fome new Works thereto, that it may not be In Danger, io a future War, of falling again into the Hands of the EogliQi.Tbefe two Frigates, immediately after their Arrival at Lonilbourg, are to be Rationed at the Entrance of theGulph of St. Laurence, and on the Bank of Newfoundland, to protect the French Veflels employed in the Cod-fi(hery.Algim, Juut 18.The Corfairs of this State having fent hither a French Ship, which they ftopt aear Malaga for fome pretended Flaw in the P(T ports, tbe Dey ordered her io be releafed immediately, and gave Notice of it to M. Germain, who t3i here as COnful of France io the Abfcnce of M. Lemaire, who is gone to make a Report to ab Court of the Nature of our Differences with to Moft Chriftian Msjefly.SiHkbtlmf, Jum ii.We have receiv'd Advice from C.relfcroon, that feveral Frigates are fail'd from that Port, in order to cruize a few Weeks in the Baltkk, and bring fpcedy Intelligence of aoy Motions of the Ruffian Fleet.Gimt, Jmu 8. We have juft received Advice, taat the Neapolitan Xebcques have taken an Alge rinc Corfair of >B Guns and 150 Men, of whom 4) were killed in the Engagement.Tbe Neapolitaas fay, that on their Side they had but one Officer aad two Sailors wounded.Parii, Jmut 17.The Withes of tbe Public always greatly anticipate agreeable Events : From tae private Conference the King bad with the Firft Prefident they concluded that the Parliament would be fpeedily recalled i but it ia ceitain that neither U>e Time nor the Teiaas of thia Recall are known.It does not yet appear that the Court has iffued any Orders relative to tbe collecting of the exiltd Members in one Place \ all that has been affirmed on (his Head being grounded only upon curient Re-POrtt..The Return of tbe Parliament mult, therefore, be preceded by divert Steps and Arrangements it to allay all Hats and AnimoGties : The King, Uis'prefumed, will prevtoufly confult fomePcrfoes, whole leal and Knowledge are honoured with hi* MajeftyS Confidence j on which Occafion, 'tisfald, (bat the Cardinal d laRochefocault, ArchbUhop of Boarget, has been fent for to Court, and that he b i both real and perfonal, obliged then; to qo.lt (heir to be at Verfallles this Day.|Homes in Switzerland, (be Palatinate, the Country In the mean while -religious Difcord, inftead of fnbfiding, feeras to run higher than ever in fome-Parts of the Kingdom.Befides the Matters alu ally depending before the Parliament of Aix, very ferioos Affairs are OB the Carpet at Troyes in Champagne, where the PreGdul has feixed and fold by Auftion' the Goods of the BiOiop, becaufe be abetted a Curate of that Town in refufing the Sacraments to a Lady, who would neither telT tbe Name of her Confeffor, nor accept the Bull Unigenitos.We were right in faying, that the Affair of Vannes, and that of Carnac, were not terminated, though the Parliament of Britanny did at firfl obey the Arret of Council, which ordered them to fuf pend their Proceedings; for we now hear from Rennet, that they have again taken in hand thofe two Affairs, though, by all Appearances, they will not be foon brought to a Concluuon.The Parliament of Normandy, in Confeqnence of their Refolution of the 5th InRant, are to aflemble thU Day, in order to deliberate on tbe Report made by the King's Council of the Commiffion they came to execute at Verfailles the 3d.A great Ferment dill prevails in the Parliament of Toulouie | the Firft Prefident perGfting in refufing e Meeting of all the Chambers, and the Members of the Chamber of Inquefls firongly infilling upon fnch a Meeting.Frequent Meetings of Prelates are held at Conflsns, the Country Seat of the Archbilhop of Paris, and alfo at Mont louts, the Seat of the King's Confeflbr, who, according to Cuftom, is a Jtfuit, no other Ecclefisflica being found fo fit to be fpiritual Directors of Catholic Princes.Hague, J*ui 25.The following is a Copy of a Letter which, 'tis "pretended, the King of France wrote the 8th Inftant to the Firfl Prefident of the Parliament, in anfwer to that which that Magiflrate wrote to hi) Majcfty when he fent back the Draught of a Declaration which he had carried from Verfailles to Soiflbns.' Sir, I thai!judge of the Uprightneft of my ' Parliament's Sentiments from the Sequel of their ' Conduct.I per fid in my Refufal to receive their 1 lafl Remonltrances t and my Parliament muft ' needs have been feoGble that they themfelves ' have forced me to do fo, on Account of the Nature of the Objects which they refolv'd to difcufi therein.It is not my Intention abfolutely to interdict (hem the Ufc of Remonftrancei, and I will always favourably hear them when they contain nothing inconGftent with the Obedience due to me.I am thoroughly fenfible of the Neceffity of putting a Stop to the prefent Calamities, and am determin'd to make Ufe of all poffible Means to attain thia Bod. 1 (hall punifh, with the utmoft Severity, thofe that may dare to obfliutt it.With this View I order my Parliament immediately to fet about drawing up a Memorial, 1 in Conjunction with my Advocates and Attorneys 1 General ; in whith they are to fet forth what 1 they jadge moft conducive towards reiloring Peace 1 in Church and State.I have given the like Or1 den to my other Parliaments i 'til that Memorial 1 be prefented, I will and ordain, that all Proiccu ' lions began about Refufals of Sacraments, be ' fufpendcd j after which, I will make known my ' Intentions.I am going to fend Ordera to the ' Bifitops, that they may retrain the iadifcrtet ' Zeal of fach of their Clergy as are capable of ' encrcaGne the Troubles which I intend to appeaft.' For the Eafe and Conveniency of my People, I coiidefcend to relnftate my Parliament in the City ' of Pans, and will caafe the nccfffary Ordera on this Head to be difpatch'd.'They write frosnCologn, that many Families daily arrive there from different Provinces of Germany, in their Way to (he Englifh Colonies io America.According to the Report of thefe People, tne Multiplicity aad infupportable Weight of |bj Tax*, By the Poultney, Capt.Jacobfon, arrived in the Downs from Boften in New-England, which Provino he left the z8th of May, we ire informed, that it was then fuppofed there would be a.French "War in America before Letter* of a later Date could reach London. .' The Eftublifhment which the French have made on the River Ohio, is no new Scheme, merely with a View to improve their Trade, but a Thing long ago concerted, and .islook'd upon as Part of a S and Plan for rendering themfdve* Maftera of crib-America.July 11 .On Saturday the zgth of June a young Woman, fuppofed to come from Nottingham, was found in a Ditch murder'd, near Great Glen in Leiceftetfhire, her Head being almoft cut off, and many Wounds about tier.Two Men are appre hended and committed to Lciceflcr Goal, on Sufpkion of committing this barbarous Act.There is an Account from Braintree in Effex, of Murder.The inhuman Wretch was immediately feized, and put into the Cuftody of a. Conftable, till the Parifh Officers fent to the Coroner ; who on Thursday laft, on her own ConfcOion, committed her to Chelmsford Goal.We hear the eldeft Daughter was cut down before (he was quite dead, but expired foon after.They write from Aberdeen, that on Friday Se'nnlght they had the moft violent Storm of Hail there ever known.Some of the Hail Stones were bigger than a Piftol Bullet, which greatly damaged the^ Blofloms and fmall Fruit.By the Rains which' focceeded the Storm, the Streets were in fome Places impaftable; and, which is very remarkable, there was neither Hail nor Rain within Half a Mile of the Town all the Time.The Two Sifters, Capt.Whitmore, is loft in her PafTage from Jamaica for New England.The Richard and Anne, Morris, from Portmahon for Algiers, is loft on the Coaft of Barbary ; the Supercargo and one Sailor drowned ; the Remainder of the Crew, eight in Number, except the Captain who purchafed his Redemption, made Slaves.July 13.Within jhefe few Days the King has held two Councils on the Affairs of America, at which it has been reprefented to his Majefty, that the French in thofe Parts were daily ft yond the Limits of their

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