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Foreign Affairs in JANUARY, 1731.

No. I.

Gold in Bars, 3. l. 18 s. 1 d. per Oz.
Pillar pieces of Eight 5 s. 5 d.
Mexico, 5 s. 5 d.
Silver in Bars Standard, 5 s. 5 d.

Wine, Brandy and Rum.

Oporto red, per Ten 68l. to 72l.
Ditto White 56l. a 60l.
Lisbon red none
Ditto white, 54l. a 56l.
Sherry, 28l. a 30l.
Canary new, 28l.
Ditto old, 32l.
Florence, none
French red, 36l. a 50l.
Ditto white, 20l.
Mountain Malaga old, 24l.
Ditto new, 23l.
Brandy French, per Gal. 6s. 3d. a 6s. 6d.
Rum Jamaica, 7s. a 7s. 4d.
Ditto Leeward-Islands, 6s. 6d. a 7s.

Abstract of the London WEEKLY BILL from Tuesday, August 3. to Tuesday August 31.

Christned	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Males	844	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	1602
		Females	758
Buried	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Males	990	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	1969
		Females	997

Of which dy'd of Consump. 570, Fevers 249, Small pox 96.

Died under 2 Years old	———	709
Between 2 and 5	———	706
Between 5 and 10	———	48
Between 10 and 20	———	63
Between 20 and 30	———	158
Between 30 and 40	———	224
Between 40 and 50	———	168
Between 50 and 60	———	164
Between 60 and 70	———	165
Between 70 and 80	———	84
Between 80 and 90	———	66
Between 90 and 100	———	12
Between 103	———	1

Foreign Affairs

WE think it a proper introduction to the history of the year newly begun, to give our readers a transient view of the situation of Affairs at the conclusion of the last; and as we find this ready done to our hands in the Poft-Boy, Dec. 31. we shall make no apology for epitomizing his essay upon that Subject.

The Clouds in which the fate of Europe was obscur'd at the close of the Year 1729, are not yet dissipated, notwithstanding the efforts of politicians, the number of Negotiations, and the union of four of the most formidable powers in Europe, by the Treaty of Seville.

The allies of Seville now see in what advantageous situation the treaty of Utrecht has put the Emperor in Italy. We find that the Empire, which in the reign of Leopold, could not send 10,000 men to the Rhine or Flanders, without subsidies from England or Holland, can send 20,000 men to Italy, and maintain them there without assistance, its revenue amounting to no less than 15 millions of Florins a year. She now employs her Powers to baffle the projects of those who rais'd her to this grandeur: Projects whose only drift is the Execution of a treaty, wherein the imperial court is one of the principal parties contracting, which treaty was made with two views. The first was an addition to the power of the Emperor in Italy, by bringing under her obedience the two Sicilies. The second chear'd up Spain for the losses she hadsustain'd