To the AU TH O R, &c. SIR, PAPER having .been lately circulated all over the Kingdom, Saudfince infeited in moft of the publick Prints, tending to pal- la late unpopular Meafure ; you are defired to give a Place to Pawing Ihort Oblervations thereon, from Sir, Your humble Servant

to C y T d, Efqt " A French Ship called the Vainiver, bound from Lisbon to Havre de Grace, the Matter's Name John Maffon, of Dieppe in Nor- mandy, loaded with 850 Chefts of China Oranges, 14 Chefts of Limons, 650 Frails of Figs, 84 Planks of Brazil Wood, was un- fortunately caft

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POST S C RI p V O!; Sir! — a fad Account we've H ■ In lamentable Letter, fs- ;J l That our good L ■ L- — ' ' And truly with him better. But to hxs la fl great Change, i|j Heav'n fhou*'d him quickly &* Why then, to his own proper y £'ea let him go! That's W ?? and feveral Frigates

Extract of a -private Letter from London. March 11. T;his Day the Commons read a 3d Time and paft rhe ?? JsiU' to allow the Importation of Gum Senega into this Kingdom, from any Part of Europe, up-np:iy- ingthe Dutv;. and for Relief of James Guthrie, wichrefpe& to^the* Duties pu

'Stockholm, July 9. Tiiere is great Probability, jhat the Populace would at lengti have been cured of the^ Notion they entertained of the Caufe of the late Fires; tf on the 3d and 4th ofthis Month fome Women had "ncu been dis- covered .by the Patrole, endeavouring to tire the Ci

3 o Mr. FITZ- A D A M. ?? ■ ExJ " roiabiittr, S I R, . r *UT ?? one of thole beijpyolent Perfims, wjjp having no Land §§ of th-ir" o\vTi'.; *~fm&: v iti^ one Corporation, §| like true Citizens of the World, turn "alt their Thoughts to the Good of the Public, and arc known by the

Optandas . ?? Itis to a mature Reflection on the Senfe of jthis Paflage that I owe the greateft Thought wbich ever entered the Brain of a Projector . And I doubt not, ifi could once ?? Office in Queftion, of being able to ftrike out from this Hint a certain Method of Practice th

From the Whitehall Evening Poff, Dec. 16. A Bill will be brought into Parliament the enfuing Sef- fion to render more effectual an ?? pafied in the Third Year of King James the Firft, to prevent Ufury and Ex- tortion; to which a Claule will be added to prevent the Evalion of tho

From the WESTMINSTER JOURNAL . Yhe Recapitulation of the principal Events in Europe for the Year 1749, continued. There are fome Chriftian Powers, witbout Difpute, that would labour to Jet the Turks againft the Chriftians, in cafe a War lhould break out in the North : And as a Pr