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478 The Royal AMERICAN MAGAZINE,

finished the business necessary to be dispatched, dissolved them-selves.
  We are told, that the military and naval expenditures at the town of Boston, since the block ing up the harbour amounts to fifty thousand pounds sterling every three months.

Thursday, December 22.
Letters from London inform us, that the Empress of Russia, in consequence of the advantages she has received from the sup-port afforded to her opperations by the crown of Great Britain in the late war against the Ottoman empire, has granted to the sub-jects of our most gracious sove-reign, a free navigation in all the seas of her majesty's realm, including those rights secured to the crown of Russia by the late glorious peace concluded with the Turks.
  A Vessel loaded with upwards of 1000 bushels of corn, from Rappakannock in Virginia, for the suffering poor of this town, hath been blown on the coast and is got to St. Eustatia, where the cargo will be sold and the proceeds remitted to Boston.
  Capt. Barnard is arrived at Salem from New York and has on board, being part of the donati-on of that city, for the poor of this town, 180 barrels of flour, 6 of pork, 12 firkins of butter ; also 21 barrels of wheat and rye, sent from the inhabitants of Marble town, in Ulster coun-ty.
  A letter from Quebec dated November 26, 1774 says, " That the interpreter who has been sent to the six nations, to know if they will give their assistance to the King's troops against the co-lonies (should there be occasion for them) have given for answer, that it is a family quarrel, and that they will by no means inter-fere between the parents and children.
  By a person lately arrived from Quebec, we learn further, that application has been made to the French inhabitants of Canada to arm themselves against the colo-nies ; that they rejected the pro-posal with indignation, and de-clared that if any one Canadian should be deluded so far as to go against her sister Colonies, they would send ten to their re-lief.

Newport, December 12.
  Charters have been granted by the assembly to four new military companies, by the following names; viz the Artillery compa-ny for the county of Providence, the Troop of horse for the county of Providence, the Providence Fuzileers, and North Providence Rangers.
  By a gentleman arrived here last week from New York, thro' Connecticut we are assured that when he came away a brig was taking 128 pieces of cannon, to carry to Boston ; that the mili-tia of the small towns of Groton and Stonington were under arms when he came along which amounted to 1200 brave fellows, and that the martial spirit flames gloriously quite through the country. New England only will be as well able to resist 50,000 troops next spring, as the whole continent was to resist 20,000 last war.

Thursday, December 29.
  In all the colonies, the cargoes that have arrived since the first of this month, have been, or are to be sold according to the directi-on of the Continental Congress.
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  The general assembly have ordered 40,000 flints 300 barrels of powder, 3 tons of lead, and 4 brass field pieces, to be procu red for the use of this colony ;
  Last Friday and Saturday all the cannon belonging to Fort George, except 4, were carried to Providence, with the shot, &c. from whence they may be con veyed into the country, to meet the Indians and Canadians with which the colonies are threatned.

New York, December, 15.
  Last week Captain Riker in a schooner from Charles Town ar rived here with 103 tierces of rice, consigned to Philip Living ston and Charles M Evers, Esqr., to be disposed of for the support of the poor of Boston, being part of the generous benefactions from the province of South Caro lina, for the relief of the much injured and oppressed inhabitants of that devoted town.
The net proceeds of three hundred and seventy-five tierces of rice (lately arrived here from Charles Town, in the sloop Phoe nix, Capt. Dickenson) being also part of the benefactions from the same place and for the same peo ple) we hear amounted to 1200l, and will be remitted in a few days.
MARRIED.] Mr. William Bell, to Miss Elizabeth Eines. Capt. Job Prince, jun. to Miss Eliza-beth Cutler. At Dorchester, the Rev Moses Everett, to Miss Lucy Balch, of Dedham. At Salem, Dr. Peter Oliver, to Miss Love Frye. At Providence, Mr. Wil-liam Tyler, to Miss Lydia Jack-son. At Braintree, Mr. Samuel Croxford, of Roxbury, to Miss Lydia Thayer, of that place. At Townsend, Mr. Joseph Adams, to Miss Lovey Lawrence of Lin-coln.
DIED ] Mrs. Cotton, widow. Mr. Holmes Simpson. Mrs. All-man. Miss Sally Adams. Mr Francis Minott. Mrs. Elizabeth Storer. Mr. William Hickling, Mrs. Hannah Winter. In the Alms-house, Mr. Robert Hill. Mr. Boben. Gabriel Maturine, Esq; Mr. Joshua Snoden Emmons, Mrs. Sarah Moorhead. Mr. Christo-pher Montgomerie. Mr. Hast-ings. Miss Elizabeth Foot. Mrs. Barnard, widow. John Jackson, Esq; Liuet. in his Majesty's 64th Reigment. At Bridgwater, Mr. Thomas Ames. At Carlton, Mrs. Tucker. At Andover, Miss Eunice Holt. At New York, the Rev. John Ogilvie, D. D. Alexander Colden, Esq; At Groton, John Bulkley.

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-05-12 11:23:20 "opperations" spelling deliberate. "Rappakannock" , i.e., "Rappahannock" spelling deliberate. "Fuzileers" spelling deliberate. "threatned" spelling deliberate. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-05-12 13:46:53