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nd, but part of the fleet, entering the harbor of Newport by night, fails in its surprise......July 14, 1690 Capt. Thomas Paine, from Newport, attacks five French privateers near Block Island, who withdraw after several hours' fighting......July 21, 1690 Admiralty act passed, conferring power of admiralty court on the general council of Rhode Island......Jan. 7, 1695 Law dividing the legislature into an upper House, the council, and a lower House of Delegates from the people......May, 1696 Yearly meeting of Friends established at Newport......1700 Boundary with Connecticut established......May 12, 1703 Two sloops, manned by 120 men, Capt. John Wanton, capture a French privateer with its prize, a sloop loaded with provisions captured the day before near Block Island......June, 1706 Colony of Rhode Island first issues paper money (£ 5,000), to defray the expenses of war......Aug. 16 1710 Latin school in Newport opened by Mr. Galloway......1711 First quarantin