The like renunciation to the crown of Spain was afterwards made by the princes of France; and Philip was declared incapable of succeeding to the crown of that realm.

The court of Portugal held out against the remonstrances of England, until the Marquis de Bay invaded that kingdom at the head of twenty thousand men, and undertook the siege of Campo-Major, and they found they had no longer any hope of being assisted by her Britannic majesty.

The Portuguese minister at Utrecht signed the suspension of arms on the seventh day of November, and excused this step to the allies as the pure effect of necessity.

The English troops in Spain were ordered to separate from the army of count Starem-berg, and march to the neighbourhood of Barcelona, where they were embarked on board an English squadron commanded by sir John Jennings, and transported to Minorca.
{ANNE, 1701--1714} THE DUKE OF HAMILTON AND LORD MOHUN ARE KILLED IN A DUEL.
The campaign being at an end in the Netherlands, the duke of Ormond returned to England, where the party disputes were become more violent than ever.

The whigs affected to celebrate the anniversary of the late king's birth-day, in London, with extraordinary rejoicings.