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Cefop Neptune, Ca,t. Collins, arrived here
trum London, me have tbejollowmg advices.
ALEPP O, June 29.
'1 —'"E Persians have besieged Baffarila ever
I since the 7th of April, which pla e was weII
& defended to the date of the lirt letters from
thence of the 25th of Ma % , but cannot hold out un
)e!s relief is lent. A Tuikifli Ambaflador has be^n
at Sewiras since the 25th of April, to accommodate
matters, At B+gdat they had stored the town with
provisions, and were io a good polh te of de'ence ;
the Fenians have an army a few dajr journey from
t ience./
C^flantinofle, jufe. The Ruffian faund.cn has
intirtly left the Ac;i : c-a>o, and we he r nothing
more of any pirates. If they do not appear after
our fleet is gone, we may hope Ron to fee trace
flo^rdh again.
Conflantinople, 'July 17. The V izir was deposed
on the 6th instant, baudhed to Gadipoty, and as
terwards appointed Pafcha of Heydin ; the Cheaia,
Dervish Achmet Effendi, is named Vizir; and
Ibrahim Effendi, formerly Cheaia at the camp, is
appointed Vizir Cheaia, Arab Kerly Inrahim,
Pafcha of Candia, has been appointed Pafcha of
Cairo.
Fenice, Angif 11. His Excellency John Murray,
Esq; his Britannick M^jefty's Ambassador to the
Ottoman Porte, who was returning to England, died
on the 9th inst. in the Lazaretto of this city (where
he had finished his quarantine) of a malignant fever
with which he had Ixen seized there on the 4th.
Warfaia, Aaguftiz. Col. Corycki, the chief of
the plot contrived by the Tartars to quit this king
dom, is closely confined in prifen. We are allured
he designed removing, with ail the Tartars to the
bailliage of Inderbourg, in Lithuania Prussia, and
that he was to he elected Chan of these Tart ms.
Hague, August 18. Their High Mightinesses the
States General have this day issued a Proclamation,
of which the following is a translation :
PROCLAMATION.
T II £ States General of the United Provinces,
to all who (hall fee, or hear these pretents, greeting:
B^ it known, that the reasons which induced us
heretofore to prohibit the exportation of ammuni
tion to the English Colonies, (till subsist, we have
again thought fit absolutely to prohibit, and we
hereby absolutely do prohibit, all exportation of
ammunition, gunpowder, guns and lhot, # by (hips
belonging to the dominions of Great - Britain, for
the further term of a year, on pain, not only of
confifcatiort of the arms and ammunition which Shall
be found there on boaid, but also a line of a thou
land guilders over and above, at the charge of the
commander, whose (hip (hall be answerable and lia
ble to execution for the fame.
That we have further thought fit to ena&, and
we do hereby ena&, that, during the aforelaid fur
ther term of one year, ne gunpowder, guns, (hot,
or other instruments of war, (hall be embarked on
beard any other (hips, whether foreign, or belong
ing to this country, to be transported abroad, with
out consent and permission of the College of Admi
ralty, under whose jurifdi&ion the embarkation
(hail be made, on pain of conf.fcation of the arms,
gunpowder, guns, (hot, or other ammunition,
which (hall have been embarked without permission,
and of the commander's incurring a fine of a thou
sand guilders, on board of whose (hip the laid arms
and ammunition fhal lhave been embarked, and
his (hip be answerable and liable to execution for
the said fine.
And that no one may pretend ignorance hereof,
we call upon and require the States, the Hereditary
Stadholder, the Committee of Council, and rhq
Deputations of the States, of the refpe&ive Pro
vinces, and all other the officers and justices of these
countries, to cause this our Proclamation to be
forthwith promulgated, published, and affixed in
all places where the lame is necessary, and where
such publication is wont to be made : And we fur
ther charge and command the Counfellors of the
Admiralty, Advocates General, and Commissaries
General, together with all Admirals, Vice-Admi
rals, Captains, Officers and Commanders, to pay
obedience to this our Proclamation, proceeding,
and causing to be proceeded against transgressors
thereof without favour, connivance, d Emulation,
or composition ; for such have we found meet.
Given at the Hague, under the seal of the State,
the signature of the President of our Assembly,
and the counter fi^nature of our Greffier, Au
gulf 18, 1775.
(Signed) G. Van Hardenbrek.
By order of the States General,
(Counter signed) H. Fagal.
To which was affixed the seal of their High Mi
tineffes.
Berlin, Augufl 1,. Mr. Harris, Envov from Great-
Britain, has, by order of his court, alked permission
of the King to establish a Consul ot his nation at
Memel.
Dublin, Aug. 16. It is confidently said that Sir
John Blaquiere is commissioned to propose the long
dreaded land-tax, and that it will be laid before Par
liament early in the next session. The reason for
alking it is to be the American war. Is there an
honest man in the kingdom will agree to this ?
When the representatives of a nation are bribed
aI corrupted by the crown, there is no security for
people but an appeal to Ged. This is a maxim
wr ch America faems to pursue with vigour ; and
their cause is just, all good men hope it will be
wned with success.
everal recruiting parties have within these few
Qs been beating up for recruits, but so infamous
s the cause appear, that eightdays indefatigable
uftry of three parties have been gble only to pro
.ure one volunteer, and he was so far under size,
so miserable in appearance, that he was dif
h< rged when brought before the General who was
oafs him. The recruiting parties in the North
e met with the fame bad success, audit is thought
in the whole kingdom of Ireland there will not
found twenty men who will be hired to attack
r relations in America.
ya letter from Clonmell to a gentleman in this
, we learn, that the White Boys adembled on
common of Loughrick, on Monday fe'einight,
their usual uniforms, and proceeded to the house
ne Mulally, a pro&or, dragged him out of bed,
off his ears, took the accompt book out of his
:, and hanging it about his neck, took him to an
cent wood, where they dug a hole, and set him
ight in it to the neck, flopping it up, and laid a
it done on his head, in which condition he was
id dead next morning.
"g^ >9- The Lord Lieutenant of this kingdom
published a promise of his Marty's pardon to
such deserters from different regiments as shall
ender themselves before the firft of September.
ÜBLIN, Pofl Afembly, Augufl 28, 1775.
/ the Sheriffs and Commons of the city of Dublin.
r hereas at the quarter aflfejnbly held April 28,
•5, a petition of certain of the Commons was
ed, praying, “ That the Right Hon. the Lord
or, Sheriffs, Commons and Citizens, would
into their serious confidefation the oppreflions
grievances which our brethren of America la
under, and the evils from thence that are like
" tall upon this country ; and that his Lordship
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and their Honours would present a dutiful and loyal
petition to the King, stating the above f cfs, and
prating relief. And whereas, on said day, upon
the unanimous request of the Sheriffs and Commons
to the Lord Major and Board of Aldermen, that
they would be p'eafed to concur in presenting an
address as above, they were pleased to return for
answer that the matter was of the " highest import
ance, and therefore inexpedient."
" And whereas the said petition of certain of the
Commons was again lodged on the last quarterly
A fcmoly, when a Committee of fix Aldermen and
as many of the Commons were appointed, with the
alhrtance of Mr. Recorder, to draw a petition and
address to his Maj Jly, as above stated, who after
several weeks dUioeration, ag eed to the following
one:
“ To the KING'S Mol? Excellent Majesty.
" Gracious Sovereign,
" WE your M jefty's most dutiful and loyal fub
je&s, the Lord-Mayor, Sheriffs, Commons, and
citizens of the city of Dublin, in Common Coun
cil aflembled, concede it would be highly impro
per in us, at this alarming crisis of affairs, to ob
serve a criminal silence, and an unfeeling ird lfe
rence.
" We fee the horrors and calamities of civil war
ra gi n g in America, the hands of fellow fubje&s im
brued in the blood of each other, and without
starching for, or investigating the cause, we can
not hesitate to pronounce its effects defiruaive to
the British empire at large, and particularly and ef
f^ntially ruinous to the limited commerce of this
kingdom.
" At a period of time when every political eye is
intent on the movement of the armament fitted out
by the court of Spain, our natural and hereditary
enemy; when that powerful force has been frut
trated in its firft attempt, and when this country
may with reason think, that such great preparati
ons will not be fuffered to become entirely abortive,
we are naturally led to enquire into our means of
defence against any sudden invafren, but have the
mortification to find the military force drained from
this kingdom, to enter into an unnatural conflict
with Protestant fubjefts of the fame empire.
" Your Majesty will be pleased to confider how
much our trade, credit, and manufactures are con
ne&ed with peace in America, and that we cannot
but feel the most lively distress and apprehensions
at a continuance of a war which must necHlaiily in
volve in ruin our staple commodity, almost the on
ly source of wealth to your faithful fubj<fts of Ire
land.
" It is not the intention or with of us your Ma
jesty's dutiful fubje&s to pretend to determine fom
v hence the evils complained of have originated, or
what has introduced your Majesty and your fu je&s
into a fituanon unprecedented, delicate, dangerous
and distressing.
" Permit us to apply to your Majeffy'swifdom
and virtue, and to implore your parental interpola
tion in promoting such means as will at once quiet
the fears of your fubfr&s in America, and preserve
the constitutional rights of your Majesty ^nd the
Biitifo legislature.
" Then may we exped the return of that peace,
so long a wanderer, an unnatural reparation of the
c °l°nj cs from the mother country prevented, the
British constitution throughout your Majesty's wide
and extended empire established on the firmeft basis,
and its nectflary attendants, civil liberty and poli
tical security.
" file (word of discord once Iheathed, Great-
Britain (hall recover her wonted unanimity and im
portance ; commerce (hall again revive, and thole
torrents of your people's blood, now flowing in the
cause of civil commotion, be referred for the noble
purpole ot asserting the just prerogative of your Ma
jesty's crown, and the liberty of your people, in
support of which we are ever ready to facrifiee our
lives and fortunes."
Refolded unanimously (by the Committee)
“ And whereas the Kight. Hon. the Lord May
or, and Board of Aldermen, have this day put a
negative on the said address.
“ Now we, the Sheriffs and Commons, anxious
to preserve our reputation from the odium that must
remain to all posterity on the names of those who in
any wife promote the a&s now carrying on in Ame
rica, and feeling the most poignant grief, as well
on account of the injured inhabitants of that conti
nent, as on that of our brave countrymen, sent on
the unnatural errand ofkilling their fellow fubjefts,
" Have Reforoed, That it is the duty of every
good citizen to exert his utmott abilities to allay the
unhappy disputes that at present disturb the British
empire.
" Refolded, That whoever would refufe his con
sent to a dutiful petition to the King, tending to un
deceive his Majesty, and from which it could be
hoped that the effufion of one drop of fubjeft blood
might he prevented, is not a friend to the British
constitution. Signed by order,
ALFRED HOWARD."
There were among the Commons but four wh,
dissented to the above address to his Majesty on the
American affirs, and those four were Joseph Verfe
hoyle (from the Alderman's lift) R. G. Sankey,
son to Alderman Sankey, and Henry Evat, and
Whetstone, elected by the board of Aldermen.
An act of the Commons only opposed by such men
may very justly be called UNANIMOUS.
When the above address, was sent to the board
of Aidermen, for their concurrence, it was support
ed by the following Aldermen, who were for hav
ingit presented ;—Blackhall, Bevan, Dunn, King,
Warren, and Tucker; and it was opposed by Al
derman feCrampton, Sankey, French,' Lightbourn,
Emerson, J. Hamilton, and Swettenham.
On Tuesday morning, at fix o'clock, died
GEORGE FAULKNER, Esq; one of the
Aldermen of this city, and upwards of fifty years
Printer of the Dublin Journal. He was a gentle
man much esteemed by the world in general, and
had many virtues which erfdeared him to society.
Birr, Aug.^ General Pitt is arrived here, where
part of his regiment of 12th light dragoons are quar
tered, in order, it is said, to have them in readiness
to set out Shortly for America.
Brifol, Augufl 31. The following intelligence
may be depended on, as it has been sent up by un
qut ftionable authority.—" Letters of recal are sent
to General Gage, and General Howe is appointed
to the chief in command at Boston. Some propo
sals are also transmitted, which are to be imparted
to General Washington, commander in chief of the
Provincial forces. They are, however, not fu ffici
ently conciliatory to warrant the supposition of cor
dial acceptance on the part of the Colon es."
On Sunday arrived in this city Edmund Burke,
Esq; one of our Representatives in Parliament.
On Saturday evening John Dunning, Esq; our
Recorder, arrived here, to hold the General Gaol
Delivery. On Monday the Juries were appointed,
and the charge to the Grand Jury given. The charge
having been the iulje& of much conversation, we
have been favoured with the following as the fub
ftar.ee of it.—The Recorder, as usual made some
observations on the nature of the office, and re
marked on the good government of the citv, which
appeared from the few prisoners to be tried, not
withstanding the assize had been so long pcftpor.cd ;
that it had been always his custom te inform the
Grand Jury of any e&s of the previous ftffion of
Parliament that related to the civil liberties of the
people, or the administration of justice ; but be ob
served, that the proceedings of the late session fur
nifhed no such information, business of a very dis
ferent nature having engrossed their attention. The
great political question of American affairs, he said,
interested the whole nation ; and asit was a fub/<&
of general con verfation, he would just observe, that
he was furry that such a qmftion had been ever agi
tated, he wished it wzs podible to fee the end cf it
as clearly as he could investigate the beginning ;
that in the proper place (meaning his feat in the
House of Commons) he had given his opinion free
ly and fully, and that it was his intention to do it
yet firmly : that his fi:ft wifli was the union of the
British empire, that it might be once more happy
and flourishing ; and that if any person indulged a
contrary with, he considered the crime of that per
son as infinitely more heinous than any that stained
the present calendar.
Birmingham, Aug. 31. Lad Friday evening some
fcilors had been engaged on board a Guineaman
fittingcut in one of the docks at Liverpool, having
finifhed her rigging demanded their wages, at the
rate ot 30s. per month, for which they were en
gage^> but were given to underhand by the own
ers, that as there were plenty of hands to te had,
they would give hut 20s. upon which they returned
on board tie vessel, and in a Ihort time after cut
and dtmolifted tEe whole of the rigging, and left
it on toe deck. A party of constables immediately
(eized nine of the principles, and brought them be
fore the magistrates, who committed them to pri
son; upon which a great number of sailors (sup
posed to be upwards of 2000) armed with hand
spikes, clubs, &c. proceeded to the gaol, the
windows of which they loon destroyed; upon this
the riot a& was read to them, which having no ef
fed, as they were determined to refeue their com
panions or destroy the gaol, eight of them were
accordingly ditmiffed, with whom they marched off
in tpumph; but upon mustering, and finding one
bad been detained, they instantly returned to the
prison and wrought him off, together with a wo
man, who had been also committed for aiding and
affixing in the riot ; when, after parading and ter
tifying the inhabitants 'til near twelve o'clock,
they ditperfed, and on Saturday morning all was
quiet.
Letter from Liverpool, dated Augufl 30, received by
.Saturday's
"SI R,
" The whole town is in the greatest confusion!
You know theie are a great number of Guinea (hips
that go from this port ; but since the present dis
turbances in America, as soon as they return, they
are laid up, there being now no sale for (laves ;
this, together with the arrival of several Greenland
men, have thrown as many as 3000 sailors out of
employ in this port. The merchants, on this ac
count, have lowered their wages, which occasioned
the sailors to rife in great bodies, and they imme
diately went to all the (hips that were ready to fail,
and unrigged them ; this has been pra&ifed for
tour nights lucceffiveiy. Yesterday they all met in
a body in Change time, to offer terms to the mer
chants, but on being refufed, they threatened to
pull down the 'Change that night. The magistrates
and merchants planted 120 persons armed, in the
Change; and at nine o'clock last night the sailors
surrounded it, and were fired on from within.
There were two failers killed and several wounded.
I reckoned this morning sixteen holes in one of Miss
Williamson s shutters, and many of the balls were
found in the (hop; many other (hops round the
'Change (hared the fame fate. The sailors now
grew defoerate, on account of some of their party
being killed and wounded ; and this morning they
have broke open wareboufes for powder and mus
kets. At one 0 clock they surrounded the' Change,
all armed, some with muskets, and others with cut
lasses, together with three cannon; they then
hoilted the bloody flag, and began to fire on the
Change. How it will end I cannot tell, but have
given you the earliest information; further parti
culars you may depend on by Friday's post. Yours,
&c. " p„S. All the houses are (hut up."
Deal, Augufl 31. Airived and failed for the River,
the Daws, Brown, from Jamaica ; the Betsey, Ben
son, from Virginia ; and the Barbadoes Packet,
Backburne, from Barbadoes. Remains in the
Downs, his Majesty's (hip Arethufa, with the (hips
as before. Wind at S. S. W. blows hard.
L on d o n.
Augufl 25. A great quantity of woollen cloaths,
of different kinds, are preparing with the utmost
expedition to be sent to Boston, for the use of the
army under the command of Gen. Gage.
Another draught will soon be made from the
royal train of artillery to fend to America.
The Stirling Castle man es war, of 50 guns, at
Chatham, is ordered to be fitted immediately for
America.'
Aug, 26. The following plan is recommended
by a (launch friend to the reigning family, as the
only method to restore and preserve, on a lasting
balls, the union, peace, and prosperity of Great-
Britain and her Colonies:
I. Let an a& be pat Ted to indemnify the pre
sent ministers and the Americans for what hath
passed, but let this ad prohibit those ministers
from ever holding any place in the fate for the
future.
2. Let the next set of ministers be all known as
hearty friends to the Hanoverian succession, and
to the liberties of the people.
3. Repeal all the obnoxious ads lately passed
against America.
4. Let an aft be passed for a more just and
equal representation of the people; let it limit the
number of placemen in the House of Commons,
and make all future elections for members be de
termined by ballot.
5. Dissolve the present Parliament—call a new
one, and let all eledors vote freely.
We are informed, that Governor Pownal's fo
liating the agency of Boston, was merely to have
it in his power to serve the province at this
GRAND CRISIS! however the insidious
HUTCHIN SON lAN may insinuate to the
contrary. ? .
A military gentleman is much aftonifhod that
our Sovereign Lord the King takes so much pains
to persuade either LORD TOWNSHEND
or SIRJEFFERY AMHERST to take
the command in America, when LORD
GEORGE SACK VILE (the hero of Min
den) would undoubtedly go, and with great plea
sure “ punilh those rebels (as he exprefled him
" felf in Parliament) with MORE than Roman
" severity."
It is a certain fa& that the militia of the differ
ent counties of this kingdom will be embodied as
Ifoon as the harvest is got in.
Or Krs are issued by tl<
for dripping 2o,coowt. c•
of cannon balls at tht to
jefty's army in An,erica
There are now gone, r
ry to America, than wa ,; .
fufficient that goveinme ^ned 10 c/fa
rebellion.
It is said that two re; • 1 :
dered home, on account of their 41111 KC tu the
service.
w A French man of war of 48 guns, named the
Virgin Mary, is loft on the coast of Ireland, and
jall the crew, except nine, who were taken up by
I an Irifli filling boat; periflied; there was on board
I the above ship, uniforms, fire arms, and a large
quantity of gunpowder, said to have been designed
for the provincial army in America.
Aug. 28. Ministry with for nothing more ear
nestly than that proclamations should pals for laws
in England, as royal edi^s do in France, Spain,
asd Turkey. In this fond hope, they have at
tempted to frighten us fiom writing, br speaking,
in favour of the brave, generous Americans—but
let Ministry be informed, that Englishmen will
never pay any regard to proclamations that assert
<what is not conformable to ibefundamentalprinciples
of tbe Constitution. Whenever it is clearly proved,
that arms may not legally be boro in defence of vio
lated Charters—in support of Trials by furies of
the Cicirage —and for the preservation of Freedom
and Happiness—the abdicated Stuarts may justly
term the Wlrgs, rebels, who Dated this family on
the throne, and who have supported them with
their blcod. If the Americans are rebels, the
Stuarts have been hardly dealt with. If tbere mas
need of this proclamation to deem them rebe's, they
are no more rebels, now, than they were pricr to
its publication, for a proclamation is no lam in Eng
land; thanks be to Heaven, and the Arms rfour
Fore fathers ! —Let Ministry try the point, by at L
raigning some Friend to Liberty, and trying him
for high treason. Inform them that they cannot
bring a criminal process into Westminster Hall—
and that an Old Baily Jury will (hew, by their ac
quital of the priffiner, that they will support the
Constitution, in defiance of the frowns of tyran
nical Minifies.
A gentleman just arrived in town from Stour
bridge, in Worcestershire, fays, it is impossible to
describe the distress of the nailors at a place called
the Waste, near that town, who, since the Ame
rican a&s took place, are out of employ, where
hundreds of industrious families are absolutely
starving (who before lived comfortably) for the
common necessaries even to support nature; theirs
children may be seen running about without either
(hoe or stocking to their feet, whilst their parents
are begging from door to door, a few miles round
the place, for broken vi&uals to carry home at
night to their helpless families.
Aug. 29. There is something cowardly in our pre
sent contest with America, as they are in no condi
tion to make reprisals by invading Great-Brirain.
With nations possessed of the means of annoying
us, by making this country the feat of war, we are
very cautious how we engage, and are more ready
to bear repeated injuries than resent one ; witness
the affair of Falkland's Isles, an everlaftirg biot
in the efeutcheon of Old England.
It is now confidently reported, that at the
meeting of parliament, the land-tax will be raised,
an additional (hilling in the pound.
Extrafl of a letter from Amflerdain.
" A report of Europe's being involved id a ge
neral war, has been so universally believed all over
Holland, that it is now looked upon as a certainty,
and the consequence is, that all the monied peo
ple, who have cash in the foreign funds, have de
termined to withdraw it immediately ; and the fear
is even so general, that our flocks have fallen, as
our merchants think their monies fafeft in their
own hands.
A gentleman who arrived a few days since from
Lisbon fays, that just as he was embarking for
England, orders were giving for fitting out with
the greatest diligence, all the men of war at that
place, and at every port in Portugal.
They write from the Hague, that four Dutch
men of war, which were borrowed for the King
of Portugal, had lately failed for the Weft-Indies,
and that the states are to be allowed 300,000 !.
sterling for the use thereof for five years.
A fleet of (hips are arrived in the river, loaded
with wheat, frora Dantzick, Memel, and other
parts; many more (hips are hourly expeded, it is
therefore hoped the price of bread will soon be
reduced.
A gentleman lately returned from a tour ip the
Weft of England, informs us, that had it not been
for the very large supplies of American wheat im
ported from that continent, the poor inhabitants
of the several clothing towns of Wootton, Dnr
fley, Stroud-Water, Cam, and others, between
Bristol and Gloucester, must have perifned for
want of bread, as they have had no other but
such as had been made from American wheat for
the last ten months.
The people of Herefordshire fay, that the pre
sent summer has produced at least a million of
bushels of apples mere than grew in that county
last year.
Aug. 30. One unvaried facrifice of our national
honour and dignity has taken place in every tranf
a&ion of foreign politics from 1760 to this day.
The House of Bourbon, almost destroyed, and
sprawling at our feet, was taken by the hand, and
treated as conquered France had been before by the
Jacobite ministry of Queen Anne. We courted the
enemy we had destroyed, and hurried tiw ugh a
peace which gave up ail the glorious s/vantages cf
the war. The Canada bills 2nd the Manilla rarfem
were the next negociations we held. The fcjzuie
of Cotfica, and the despicable figure made bv the
nation in Europe by a mock explanation with the
Duke de Choileul on that affair, in which the
French minister was complimented by turning Lor d
Shelburne out of office, will not soon be forgotten.
The affair of Falkland'.-Klands, in which the tiion^-
est insult was pocketed, and the government (at
down bullied, but contested, left another (lain up
on our honour, which different meafvres must wipe
out. The division of Poland was beheld with as
much indifference as the annexation ot Coitica (0
the crown of France. The general line of .ur fo
reign politicks has been uniform, it has been one
Aovc^cf ,