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BEP(F.749.050
16 Oct 1749:12,21 (740)
Extract of a letter from Paris, July 25. N.S. After the
Earl of Albemarle and the Marquis de Mirepoix have had time
to look about them a little, the two courts will nominate
commissaries to regulate the limits of Acadia [Nova Scotia],
and clearly distinguish the property of each power. On our
side, great stress is laid on certain claims or titles,
whereby it appears, that the island of Canso should be
included in France's share of that province: And though the
British Court does not entirely allow this, there is
nevertheless room to believe, that the matter will meet with
a few difficulties as the affair of Tobago did. There is
still more reason to hope so, when we consider the perfect
concert that reigns between the two courts, and the good
understanding of which they mutually give each other proofs.
One of the principal objects they have in view, is to make
this harmony subservient to the maintaining of peace in the
north if it be possible to bring the jaring parties to such
a signal arrangement, as may prevent all causes of discord
for the future.
This [ ]ind of harmony says a daily paper may be
productive of discord, not [ ]t understood here, but
readily apprehended at St-m, B--n, and V---[ ], perhaps at
R--t too.
EPILOGUE TO THE TOWN.
Too long provok'd in these censorious times,
When satire points the most unpolish'd rhimes,
Tho' fancy shifts her scenes with welcome haste,
I come, ye beaux, to vindicate your taste.
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