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;T R A NCFORT, April 22.
_ MONGST all the various reports which have
£'3 ben circulated refpedau the rencontres, which
are fail to have taken place between the Turks and
feme attachments of Auftrisn or Ruffian troops, it i s
at least certain that they~are making every preparati
on for 'war. Toe transports from Vienna to Hunga
ry are i^any in number, and of very considerable va
lue; and the regiments intended to be Rationed on the
confines, have deceived orders to hold tbemfelves in
readiness for marching. The Porte, nevertheless, per
severes in its pacifiefy stem, and if the conditions pro
poled by the two imperial courts Ihould not be too
hard, it seems willing to make many facrifices for the
prefrvation o' peace; of this number is the re«cfla
blifhment of prince Vprilaoti, the late Hofpado of
Walbachin, who has not only been recalled from exile,
but al(o through the intercession of Raffia, will be re-
Bored to the regency of his principality. They add,
th,at one of his tons, a young man full of military ar
bor, will enter into the service of the court of Vienna.
U T R EC H T, Miy a.
Mi.Van-Berkel, appointed minister plenipotentiary
from the States General to the Thirteen States of Ame
rica, will (et offin lune for the place ofbis deßinariou;
he will fail in the Hercula of 64 guns, the command of
wnicn has been given to Mr, de Melvil ; the Centaur,
of 44 guns, la Ceres, of 40 guns, and two other fri
gate., will accompany I'Hercula,
L O N D 'O N.
April 28. Undeterred by the late alarming fate of the
Caton le Ville de Paris, and other crouded fllips, from
whole wrecks not a single foul has been saved, the rage
for emigration is Ball as wide spread as ever among;
the deluded people of S otland and Ireland!
May 2. The time for a cessation of hostilities in eve
ry part of the globe, is now arrived, except in the
Eaß-Indies, where all captures will be good if made be
fore the loth of July.
The so lowing is said to be the arrangement for fatif
fying the loyalists who have fuffered so much by the
American war :
Twelve peofions of 5001. a year.
Three of 10001.
Eighteen of 400 L
Twenty-five of 300 b and fix reversions: ,
Thirty of 2eol. and ten rev^rfions.
Forty-fix of 16 I.
Sixty-two of 501
Mr. Fox was of opinion that they ought to have
bean provided for in Canada; but jhe loyalists ftrenu
ouPy applied to lords North and Carlifle, to get that
intention changed, and have succeeded There will be
no less than 170 who will go without any provision.
May 10. A letter from Madras, dated October 28,
fays, " After a passage of five weeks from Bombay,
on board the company's (hip the Talbot, we arrived
here the 19th infl. all well, except the Norfolk, on
board - of wuich are two companies of the iozd regiment,
with the generalsand grenadiers; that ship parted from
the fleet about ten days before we left Rio Janeiro, and
has not been heard of finre. It ismuch feared that she
is loft; but we hope this will prove a mistake. Words
can give but a feeble idea of the distress which the fa
mine has caused in this place ; the roads are Brewed
with bodies, some just dead, and others near expiring;
but the fortitude and calmness with which these poor
creatures submit to their fate, are astonishing. It is
computed that doo a day die, and that several tbou
-4 rd* have already perifned. The different cantou
mn.s, as well as the garrison, have but a small pit
taoce of rice, and oil other provisions are excessively
dir and scarce ; though it is the want of rice alone
tat causes the famine among the natives."
The fair sex are much obliged to the animalcreation
for their finery —The fowls give them plumes and
muffs ; the beads give furs and gloves, and from hoffes
tails, it is fa d, they get heads.
St. IO H Nb (Antigua) March 22.
Extras of a letter dated New-Providence, April 25,
1783, to a gentleman of this place.
" Government-Bill, April 25, 1783.
" Der Sir,
F '' I HAVE the honor to inform you, that on the
nignt of the 16th inst. we arrived at the Salt-Key with
our fleet, four miles aidant from the Eadern fort,
which confided of 13 pi ces of cannon. I landed a
b>ut a mile from it a little after day light, with my
formidable body of about 160 men, and proceeded a
gainfl it with all expedition, determined to fiorm im^
mediately ; but there being a plain for some didance
round their fortifications, gave the enemy an oppor
tunity of difeovermg us, when they, in g/eatconfufi^
on abandoned the fort, and drew up in a field near a
wood. As boon aslcameup with them they fired up
on us. My young troops charged them, made two
prifoner>, and drove their main body in great irregu-
Brity into town. We fuflained no loss on our fide.
Cipts, Wheeler and Dow detached about 70 men in
boats to board three formidable gallies that lay a
bread of the Eaßern fort, which was effected about
t time of my fkirmilh with the enemy. On my go
i.ig to take possession of the fort I smelt a match on fire,
wnich circumdance, together with their leaving the
f>r+ so read ly, gave me reason to f^fped their inten
t is I imm hatel, had tie two prisoners confined in
tie fort, and halted my troops at some diflance from
it • but felf-prfervation being so natural a reflection,
t y soon dife ,vered thematch that was on fire, which
ii half an hour would have been communicated to the
in gazme and wo mines that were laid for the purpose.
A rout two ours after I had possession of the fort, his
excellency gov moi Claraco sent our a flag, giving
some trifling information of a peace. I supposed his
mkrmaticro entirely for the purpose of putting off time
and amuting rae; I therefore, Alertly after the return
Foreign Intelligence.
of his fag, demanded a surrender of the garrison at
uifereuoD in 15 minutes, fn answer to which his excel
lency waved toe ftrrender, and requeued a conference
with me perfonally,when he rhade offers which I thought
prudent to accept, and to eßablifh a truce between us
for some days ; but fortunately his excellency was disco
ver-d to be carrying on his works, and not adhearing so
Briefly to the terms of the truce as he ought; thisgave
me am opportunity of commencing hostilities once more
with ilium I immediately landed eight pieces of heavy
caution from the captured reflets, viz. one brig and two
Hoops, with twenty 4 and 12 pounders, wuh \vhich I
Hole a march in the night of the 17th instant, and funk
my cannon in the solid rocks on Society Hill, which is
about 400 yards from their grand fortrefs, confiding
of 21 pieces of cannon, and two small flanking batte
ries of three guns each. On an adjacent hill I erected
a work with one 12 and four 4 pounders, which was
not 300 yards diflance from there, commanded by cap.
lain M'Kepzie rfa third work of t^o 9 pounders was
Hot compieat. The enemy kept up a heavy fire and
throwing of shells during toe night, which hid no bad
effect. On toe morning of th'e 18th, havip; two bat
teries ready to open on 'hern, and a third, which,
though not compleat, could have annoyed them great
ly, besides two gallieswith twenty 4 pounders, I gave
his excellency once more an opportunity of saving the
lives of his men from the horrid confequeoces attending
a work being carried by storm. Upon which his ex
cellency surrendered the garrison.
Your's, &c.
A. DEVEAU*.
PORTSMOUTH, June 7.
Yeßerday arriv'd here, a French frigate in 44 days
from France, with Bores, &c. for the ship America,
of 74 guns, now lying before this town. She brings
nothing new.
BOSTO N, Jun 4 16.
On Friday lift arrived toe snow Minerva, captain
John Hodgfon, in 30 days from London; the failed in
company with captain Love.
June 19.
A correspondent o r veracity fays; that by recent
advices from Great Britain, it had at last transpired,
that the late governor Hatchinfon did, agreeable to
the predictions of many true friends to this country,
cut his own throat. The p obability was so great,
teat he ii-ver coul 1 have died a natural death (having
contrasted at lead as much guilt as any traitor since
the apoftacy of Adam) that without any direct infor
mation, it might reasonably have been thought that
this, or something equally shocking, was the manner
of ids exit.- M<y it prove to the end of time, a so
lemn warning to all hypocrites and traitors.
A gentleman from N-w-York informs, that last week
a large black brig (the true index of her cargo) bound
to Port Rofaway, from that port, having on board thir
ty families (refugees) wita their utensils, was (een a few
hours after failing, to founder, and ad nn board perill
ed: It was supposed a butt started which occasioned
this event. A frigate was in company, but the rough
nets of the sea prevented her giving them relief. [The
Lord give, and the Lord hath taken avvay-.-bleffed be
the name of the Lord.]
Friday last arrived here captain Love, in the ship
Rosamond, in 32 days passage from London.
By captain Love we learn, that the definitive treaty
of peace, between the United States of America, France,
Spain and Great-Britain, was signed, at Paris, on the
20th of April last.
Messrs. Printers.
As the design of Newspapers are to promote the pub
lic welfare, the profpeft of the following relation
being of extensive ufefulnefs, you are requested to
give it a place. Your's, &c. A. B,
WHEN captain Ball refined at the Light ttoufe,
in the season for making butter, they made
aquantity weekly, which at fid appeared to
be very good, but would change and become rank in
about a week. An English gentlewoman, who came
on shore from one of the ihips, told hem thev might
easily prevent it, by observing the following met.rod,
prattifed in England.—One day previous to counting,
hang the cream over a fire in a clean kettle, (an iron
one is supposed preferable on account of it's being
left liable to burn too) and attend it with care having
a clear lire, though not too fierce, that it might not rife
over, which is very common, if not carefu'ly attended
to; and as soon as it begins to boil, or is fully fe dd^d
take it off and (train it, when the particles of milk,
which tended to sower and change the butter, are se
parated and left behind. Then put the veffelinto which
it was drained, into a tub of water, in a cellar, till
t l e next morning, when it will be ready for churning,
and become butter in less than a quarter of the time
than by the method praftiftd in this country ; it will
also be hard, witha peculiar additional sweetness, and
will not change. The gentlewoman who give me the
relation, then lived at the Light-House, and pra&ifed
according to the foregoing directions, and with the de
scribed good effects; and gives it as her opinion, that
the labour in this way is less than the other, as the
butter came so much the sooner, and saved so much
labour in working out the butter milk.—lt is neceffa
ry to observe, that by this method good butter may be
made in dog days.
SPRINGFIEL D, June 17.
About 7 or 800 of the troops have passed through
this town since our last, on their way to their refpei
tive homes; the uncommon good order, decency and
civility of behaviour, which they have as yet observ
ed during their march, does them great honor.
NE W-H AV E N, June 19.
The fleet with another cargo of loyalists, which had 1
been some time preparing to leave New-York, last weekl
fell Bown to the Hook; and it was expeded would fai!|
on Sunday l&fi<
PROVIDENCE, June ^.
Extraft of a letter from Philadelphia, dated June %
" The legislature of M dryland ha ve paffe I a refolu^
tion, in vvhich they bid high for the residence of Con
gress. Tuey offer the city of Annapolis, and its pre
cinHs, to be solely and exclusively under the jurifdiAi
on of C.>ngrefs: The State-house and all other public
buildings for their use, and that of their diplomatic
corps: the governor's house for the residence of his ex
cellency the prefident,and to build an house for the dele
gates of each Bate, fj r which purpose they appropriate
afum net, exceeding 30,3001. specie (dollars at fix fhil
lines') This offer is for the permanent residence of
Congress. Maryland has far exceeded the proposals
of New-York. What think you of this kind of auc.
tioneeripg :°
N E W-Y O R K, June 25.
On Monday last arrived a floreShip, which left Ports
mouth about the 25th of May, but we are informed
Without any Bnglith newspapers; 'tis said She depart!
ed then r e with seven other vessels, fix of which (de
{lined with flares for Halifax) are to join the above
mentioned, and a number of others, with all possible
dispatch at this port.
By a letter dated London, Msy i 3, we are informed,
that a committee from the board of American loyal
ists, having waited upon his majefly'sministers on the
fubjeU of the proscriptions, confifeations and losses,
fuftafned by them, and their fellow fufferers under this
description in America, were assured, that a bill Should
be brought into parliament for their relief, upon due
% J ull proof being made of the amount of each c aim.
Vnotice to loyalists.
c'°yalifts who have had a meeting at the house
of Michael Grass, in the out ward of this city, on the
20th inst. and have Signed their names to form a fettle
merit at fort Frontinac, ar the mouth of lake Ontario,
and head of the river St. Lawrence, in Canada, the
only eligible place left by the late treaty, for the king's,
fubjeds to carry on (he Indian and fur trade, &c.
are hereby notified, that their request has been cem
municated to his excellency the commander in chief,,
by t e gentleman appointed for that purpose, and that
his excellency was pleased to give them the encourage
ment they desired. A lift of the names of those who
rriay be inclined to fettle in this new country, is open
ed at the house of said Mr. Grass, in Chatham street,
near the tea-water pump, Peter Ruttan, at the upper
end of Chamber-Street, and Abraham Maybe, near
Deanes wharf.
New-York, May 26, 1783.
~ ''• UGUSTIN E, April 21.
Whereas, by the third article of the preliminaries of
peace with Spa in, this province is to be ceded to his
moftcatholic majesty, hi, excellency the governor ear
nestly requests that the inhabitants will l o se no time
in fettling their affairs, and preparing to fulfil, as far
as depends upon them, the terms of the said article.
ha o kewi ' e th e fatisfaaion to give his majeßy's
diflinguifhed loyal Subjects, who have taken refugin
this province, the fußeft afturanc^,t-at re govern
ment of Great Britain, is not unmindful of their (of
ferings, and will pay every attention to their interefls
and welfare, and that every affißance will be given
and effort made, by his excellency, in co-operating
with them to obtain a compensation for their great
losses and (offerings.
" n y °° Thurf ^y la st arrived offour bar. bis
m^efty's sloop Hound,-. — Manly, e fq. comman
der, 10 13 days from New. York.
Orders, it is said, have been received by the Hound,
from the commander in chief, to coliefl returns of such
of the provincial troop, and loyalists in this province a^
hoay wish to go to Nova Scotia, the Weft Indies, or
Great Britain, that vessels may proceed to carry them
to any of the abovementioned places.
^A VA NN AH, (Georgia) May 6.
In COUNCIL, Savannah, 6th May, 1783.
Orde ed, That the order of council of the 4th Janu
ary last be republished and continued in the Gazette of
this Bate for three weeks successively.
GEORGIA:
J^^ Chamber, Savannah, 4 th January, 1783.
HERE' 0 persons from other Bates come into
Vv this town, and country adjacent, whose charac
ters are not known either to the civil or military au
thority: And whereas it is absolutely necessary, for
the fafety of the Bate, that every inquiry should be
had, and report thereof made to this board :
Resolved, That every t/anhent person arriving in
this town do, within twenty-four hours, after his or
her arrival, attend the attorney general, and make re
port to him, and, in case any fufpeded chara&r should
be found within the limits of the said town, or the
country adjacent, they will be immediately secured and
confined as enemies to this and the United States and
dealt with accordingly.''
Resolved also, That any persons, under the above
description, that have, since the fifth day of August
last, or (hall come into any other counties in this ftate>
that they do, within the time above limited, appear
before the neareftjuftice of the said county, and make
report as aforefaid, who is hereby required to transmit,
regularly once every month, a return of such persons
to the executive authority of this Bate.
Extract from the Minutes,
D. REdS, Clk. E. C.
Ordered, That a letter from his honour the gover
nor to his excellency Patrick Tonyn, esquire, gover
nor cf Bast Florida, of the 21st ult. and of which the
following is an exaft copy, be published in the Ga
zette of this Bate, for the information and fatisfaaion
of all concerned.
Extras from the Minutes
D. REES, Sec'ry E. C.
SIR, Savannah, 2tti April, *,%.
T* HERE being so many vouchers that a general
I peace has aHually taken pa<e between the belli
gerent powers, that I beg leave to congratulate your
excellency on the glorious event, fincertly wishing that