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Foreign Intelligence.
*C 'NSTANtiNOPLE, (Turkey) April 3.
f\ N I part if our fleet is to fail for the BlackSa,
t/ and the other for the Archipelego; the enlisting
& >p« and failorr goes on flill at Smyrna and Salonica.
Veem ! ark here eve y day a quantity of floresand
^tiliery f o r the Black-S a, where 180 pieces of cannon
I 've been lately sent.
F<om the Frontiers of Poland, April 16. The Ruf
f. o troops arr said to be already in march towards
t< 'r nt iers of Turk?y ;an ' that th ir quarters were
to be eflabhfhed yeherday at Berdeczew.
PETERSBURG H, (Russia) April 20.
The porte have got together on the frontiers about
53000 men, ready to march on the firft notice. Some
pdniciaD- pretend, that the divan have made use of
6 efib in protracting affairs, with a view of gaining
tim for making war like preparations.
W learn from Coerfon, that three men of war have
lately be~n launched there, which will be followed by
riae more now on the flocks. There are ten frigates
8 r A'of, and thirteen more are curifing in the Black-
S°r From these considerable movements of the Ruffians,
tgethr with the preparations of the emperor, it is
yVefu med that the flames of war will soon break out.
L E G H O R N, April 25.
It is itoagly reported, that a Ruffian squadron, of
ikfhips of the line and 6 frigates, has already passed the
Sound, to come and jointhat which is here, in order to
fail i.nmedi :tely 'or the Levant ; which mak sit prelum
( I, that war ag-inft the Turks is on the point of being
declared, mid that the two Imperial courts of Europe
a-e seriously bent on delivering the five provinces of
Greece from the Ottoman yoke.
FR ANKFOR T, May 8.
All the letters from the frontiers of Turkey confirm
the great preparations of war making on the fide of the
Porte. Befiies the repairs of the old fortrefs of Bel
grade, nrit works are erecting The letters from Scla
vonia advise, that in conformity to a firman of the grand
figni r, they are fortifying all the places in Bosnia, and
particularly Banjaluka.
H AMBU R G H, May,.
It is eported here, that the king of Sweden intends
furrifhing the empress of Russia with 12,000 foot, and
it ships of tire line, which are to be ready in 3 weeks.
May 10 The lad letters from Russia and Po and
fesm to clear up all doubts re/peAing the secret designs
of the Imperial courts against the Ottoman Porte. It
appears decided, that hostilities will commence in
June. Prince Potemkin is now with the general Bra
tiiki, and will soon set out to take the command of
the army. — -„—_
LONDO N, April 5.
ExtraH of a letter from Naples, March it.
" Of the many anecdotes related concerning the
defo'ation at Mellina, the following, is by much the
mod terrible and difinffing. The marchioness de Spa
dar?, during the earthquake, was conveyed by her
husband to the harbour ; but during the preparations
for embarkation, having come to her senses, and per
reiving that her infant son was not with her, she pro
fited by her hufbind's being too bulled to attend to
her, and run back to town. She found her house fafe,
and going up flairs, took her child from its cradle,
but c. u'd nor return; as in the interim, the flairs had
fallen- she flew from room to room, diffracted by re
peated crufhg of one or other part of the building,
and got to the balcony, where, thinking herfelf fafe,
file held up her son and implored the assistance of those
who saw her ; but the interest which every one felt for
himfelf at tie moment of this dreadful and general ca
hmity, prevented every attempt to avoid the impend
i g d n^vr- and the house taking fire, this unhappy
woman fell a facrifice to her maternal affections. Her
body was found attached by the arms to her babe— an
embrace which deah itfelf could not loose."
May 17. They write from St. Übes, that four fail
o' American fllips are arrived there, chiefly laden with
wheat and flour, which was immediately disposed of
at a very considerable price—those articles being much
wanted there; that the captain and crew were
treated in a cornpiaif^t manner by the Fortuguefe,
and ready money paid for their cargoes, to induce
them t continue the trade to that port.
There is a degree of infatuation inherent in the minds
of men in this country. They forrowfully regret that
trey have loft America, and that Ireland has taken
herfelf off, and yet, they are doing every thing in
their power to irritate the minds of the Scotch, and
drLe rh^m to defpe ate merfures. What punishment
can be too great for men, who would Bill disturb the
quiet of Great-Britain, by destroying that union on
which her salvation depends ?
Thursday in the afternoon died, at his house in
Nightingale-lane, Wapping, Mr. John Lidgate, a mas
ter tay or ; and about two hours after died Mrs. Lid
gate, his wife, an eminent midwife; each aged fifty
one years, doth being born within two days of each 0-
ther, and are both to be buried in one grave.
May 19. A letter from Peterfonrg fays, the Fng
lifh, Imperial and Prussian ambassadors are in daily
conference with the empress, but nothing transpires of
what passes Expr ffes are continually gojng to and
from the courts of Vienna and Berlin, which induce
people to believe, that if a Turkish war should break
out, the king of Prussia, will take a part in it.
May 20. A private letter from the Hague fays, that
a letter from M drid brings advice, that ft was expect
ed the duke de Crillon would be sent to America to fet
tle a plan with the Congress for carrying on a trade,
andto make a permanent peace with them, which will
induce the Americans to lay aside all thought of mak
ing any attempts on the Spanish fettiements in South-
America.
May 21. Anevening paper of last night fays, that
by private letters to several gentlemen of consequence
in the city, brought on Monday by the Dutch mail
from Holland, information wa; received, that the pre
liminary articles of peace between the United States
and this country, had been actually signed at the
Hague on Saturday last. No official intimation of this
event has been yet communicated to the lord mayor or
the bank but the influence of the accounts received
wis felt in the stocks, which, notwitnftanding the
depreflion, produced by the refufal of the bank direc
tors to advance the feCond payment upon the fubferip
tion receipts, rose three-fourths per cent, within a short
time after the,rrival of the mail. It is laid the Dutch
agree to cede Negapatnam to this country, and also to
allow us privileges in out intercourse with their (pice ifl
arils, which we did not previously possess, whilst we,
on our part, relinquish all pretensions to Tincomale,
which has been much infixed upon in the course of
the negociation.
ExtriH of a letter from Constantinople, April 3,
“ The warlike preparations both by sea and land go
on here with all possible alacrity. All the castles up
on the coa % of Natolia and Thrace are fu'l garrison
ed, and well provided with ammunition and provision.
Vast numbers #f soldiers are passing from Asia to Eu
rope. Their number already amounts to upwards of
100,000 men. A Tartarian courier is lent to Belgrade
with important orders, and a vafl quantity of artille
ry: camels, and all forts of ammunition and prov:fi
on are fending towards that place. The preparati
ons by sea are no less cooflderable. The latter erd of
last month 13 fail of the line entered the channel, all
well equipped ; 4 more, of eighty guns each, are al
ready in the Archipelago: near the lighthouse 40 ships
of war are fitting out, belides others at Gallipoli, and
in the Black Sea, so that about July there will be 70
(hips of war of different sites ready for sea : 2700 com
plete failbrs are expected from the Archipelago i (lands.”
The war about to be commenced between Russia and
the Porte, may be attributed principally to comte Pa
nin, the late minister of the foreign department. The
annihilation of the Turkish empire was a favorite ob
jed with comte Panin, to the prosecution of which he
was not a little impelled by a certain tinge of religi
ous enthusiasm, which complexioned his mind.
The Ruffians enter so cordially into the spirit of a
Turkish war, that should it be commenced, it will be
conduced in the most vigorous manner.—Temporal
ambition, actuated by religious zeal, may Ihake the
basis of the Ottoman power, and bid defiance to the
standard of Mehomed.
It would be a singular incident in the annals of the
human empire, if the Ruffians were to obtain so cem
pleat a conquest of the Turks, as to possess Constan
tinople; and yet, considering the sudden rife of the
Ruffian empire, it seems to be a nort era power, defti
ned in the order of things, for the accomplishment of
great events.
The Monarch of 70 guns, captain Gelle, which
bore so great a share in all the engagements with de
Suffrein in the Bast-Indies, is the milling ship of which
no account is given, she not being, arrived on the Ma
labar coast with the rest of the fleet.
KINGSTO N, (Jamaica)
June 25. Yesterday morning, between the hours of
four and five, there was a violent Squall of wind and
rain in this town and harbour, accompanied with light
ning, which continued aboutfifteen minutes, and blew
down two houses in New Charleflown, on the Pali
sades, and several others were considerably damaged,
though no lives were loft, nor any other mifehief done
that has come to our knowledge.
Many persons in this town affirm, that during the
short tempest which happened yesterday morning, a
flight shock of an earthquake was felt, which lasted a
few seconds, but happily did no damage.
American News.
PORTSMOUTH, (New-Hampshire) July rd.
Sunday last his most chriftian majesty's ship America,
commanded by the chevalier Macarty, failed for
France. In her went passengers, M. de Valnais (late
consul for France, in the eastern department) his lady
and family, &c.
S A L E M, July 17.
“ By a computation which has been made, (fays a
writer in the last Boston Gazette) there are in the do
minions of the United States, three hundred and sixty
millions of acres of unlocated land ; which, at fix-pence
two farthings sterling per acre, will pay our national
debt ; allowing the debt to be nine millions five hun
dred thousand pounds sterling. This lingular and vast
advantage Providence hath given to out nation-fuck
a privilege as no other nation in the world enjoys. By
the improvement of this one advantage, in time, the
whole national debt may be paid."
His excellency the governor, on Friday lad, was
pleased to adjourn the general court to Wednesday the
24th of September next.
WORCESTER, (Massachusetts) July 24.
A correspondent observes, that the letter from his
excellency general Washington to his excellency our
governor (occasioned by his determination to resign
his command, the glorious objefl for which he engag
ed in the service of bis country being obtained) and
which is published in this day's paper, ought, if pof.
fible, to be printed in letters of gold, and kept close
to the heart of every American. The letter is circu
lar, and has been sent by the Jlluftrious commander
in chief of our armies to the several governors in the
United States.
N E W PO R T, July 19.
Extras of a letter from Paris, April 13.
" Last Tuesday Dr. Franklin, minister from the
United States of America, had the honor of presenting
to the king/ the medal flruck here by order of the com
missioners of the Congress, on occasion of the indepen
dence of their country. This medal will transmit to
the remotest ages the epoch of one of the most remark
able revolutions in trie history of mankind."
PROVIDENC B, July,,
Tuesday last captain Macey, in the brig Manilla)
arrived here from London, after a passage of seven weeks.
He touched at Nantucket, where bis papers were lefts
but fays they do not contain any material intelligence.
On the 20th ult. in latitude 44, longitude 33, he spoke
a fleet of French transports from the Weft-Indies, with
troops, bound for France, under convoy of the frigate
la Nymphe.
HA RI'F OR D, June 29.
By a vessel just arrived from Bermuda we are in
formed, that a French sloop of war which lately left
Philadelphia, bound to Martinico, run on the rocks
off Bermuda, and beat to pieces—the crew with much
difficulty were saved.
N E W-Y O R K, July 30.
The late excessive hot weather has occasioned much
sickness in the neighbouring date of New-Jersey ; one
of the most refpeaable families (Mr. Aarent Schuy
ler's) has experienced it in a high degree; his eldest of
two children, and five negroes, have lately been buri
ed, and the youngest and only remaining child, with
ten negroes, are in so bad a slate, as their lives have
been dtfpaired of.
We hear from Newport, Rhode-Tfland, that Mr.
James Nixon, formerly an inhabitant of that town,
who last week went there in order to recover payment
for a vessel he lately fold to a perlon belonging to that
place, was, on his landing, immediately seized and
committed to goal. Three other persons whose befi
nefs required their visiting that town, have lately been
taken up and sent to prison, where they must remain
till the governor issues his warrant for fending them
off.
A correspondent observing the intelligence of the ar
rival of part of the Maffachufett's line of the Ameri
can army io the vicinity of Philadelphia, which lately
appeared in the Gazettes, desires the public to be in
formed, that since their entry there, they have found the
most complaisant and hospitable reception from the ci
tizens, and that the utmost harmony subsists between
the troops and the inhabitants, of which the former
entertain a grateful sense.
BALTIMORE, August 1.
Extras of a letter, dated July 27, 1783.
“ Wednesday the 13th of the enduing month, is the
day appointed for the convocation of the clergy, to
be held at the city of Annapolis. Tne great work to
be entered upon, being pregnant with determinations
the most consequential, thechoiceft deliberations, and
deepest refleaion will be indifpenfibly necessary.—A
union in sentiment with every other idea loft, save that
of the glory of God, and the permanent interest of tne
state, constitute the “ Primum Mobile" of this con
vention,"
The brig St. Peter, captain William M'Neill, of
this port, is just arrived here from Lifban. She left
this pert, on her outward bound voyage, 12 weeks
ago.
Philadelphia; August 5.
Mr. CLAYPOOLE,
You will please to lay before your readers, as soon as
convenient, the address of the Citzeus of Philadel
phiaand the Liberties thereof, to The Congress of
the United-States, together with the resolution of
that honourable body, in answer thereto:
THIS resolution I had the honour to receive last
night, together with the enc'ofed very fri ndly and re
fpeaful letter, from the honourable Elias Boudmo', efqr ;
president of Congress: by your publishing this letter,
together with the address and resolution of Congress,
in your next paper, you will best enable me to fulfill
the intentions of Congress, by furnifhing the most
speedy communication of their favourable sentiments
of the government and citizens of Pennsylvania.
I am, fir, your mod obedient servant,
THOMAS WILLING.
Philadelphia, August 3d, 1783.
The Address of the Citizens of Philadelphia, and the
liberties thereof, to his excellency the President and
Congress of the United States.
Most Honorable Sirs,
FROM the commencement of the lite ever memor
able contefl for liberty, and the honor and happi
ness of the human race, the citizens of Philadelphia
and of the liberties thereof have, in an essential man
ner distinguished themselves by every exertion which
principle could inspire, or fortitude support.
Neither have they been free with their lives only
as militia, but with their fortunes as citizens; as ia
ftances of these we need only appeal to fa&s.
The progress of the war has fully confirmed the one,
and the monthly return of taxes from this state, of
which the city and liberties form so great a part, has
not been exceeded by any ; and we wiffi they had been
proportionably equalled by every slate in the un'on.
To which we may add the establishment of the bank,
which has extended its ufefulnefs to the public service,
and acquired a permanency as effectual and io some in
stances superior to those of older nations.
The government of this slate has likewise ever dis
tinguifhed itfelf by adopting and passing, and its ci
tizens by supporting all such laws recommended by
Congress, as were necessary to be passed throughout
the continent for bringing the war to an happy issue,
and for the raising such monies as the expence of it re
quired.
The aft for laying a duty of five per cert, on im
ported articles, though it would have found its icheft
mine in the commerce and consumption of this city and
slate, yet flruck with the propriety and equity of rail
ing money from the channel, in which it most circu
lates, and impress d with the nec-firy as well as the
bounden duty of maintaining the juflice and honor of
America, we cheerfully gave it our best support.
And as we have ever been so we mean ever to conti
nue to be among the foremoft to eflablilh the national