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circumftance has no effect, or at lead; none 

 that is perceived. 



MILITARY. 



THE marine of France experienced a 

 more total overthrow in the laft war than ever 

 it had met with before; much more fatal than 

 what was the confequence of the fucceeding 

 war; for, in the very laft years of that, the 

 French flag had fome refpedt and fuccefs in 

 America and the Indies. Upon the con- 

 clufion of the peace, it is averted, that there 

 were not, in all the ports of France, twenty 

 "men of war fit for fervice. The Miniflry, 

 however, fet about the revival of it ; and, 

 notwithstanding the great want of money, 

 which was felt through all the departments 

 of the flate, yet an annual fum was fet apart 

 and moft religiouily applied to this ufe. 

 This fum, for three years, amounted to 

 three hundred thoufand pounds annually : 

 fince that, it is faid, they have increafed to 

 between four and five hundred thoufand : 

 and yet a longer increafe is now talked of. 

 However, notwithstanding- thefe exertions, 

 the works of building and repairs have not 



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