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Naples, June 6.
BY accounts from Sicily we learn, that on the 19th of
I lafl month, Mount /Etna began to discharge a Lava
from a new mouth within three or four miles from its
Crater. The Lava had divided into three branches,the lar
gest of which was about a quarter of a mi e in breadth,
and bad run about 14 miles and destroyed a fine wood
and two villages. As its direction was towards Catania
(from which it is only about 12 miles diflint) and as it
advanced a mile in 24 hours, the inhabitants of that city,
io often destroyed by eruptions of /Etna, begin to be
al rmed. The earthquakes had not ceased, which makes
it probable that the eruption of Mount /Etna will be frill
more considerable. The inhabitants of Meffina have been
forced to quit the town, and encamp in its neighbour
hood.
Constantinople, May 16. It appears now, that
the Ambassadors of the belligerent powers are much dis
posed to ferond the precautions taken by the P rte, to
prevent their privateers from diflurbing in future theneu
tral ships in the gufph of Smyrna, where tranquility is
now entirely reftomed. We learn, that the plague con
tinues to carry off ftveral people in the quarter of the
Greeks at Smyrna ; but hitherto we have not heard that
at has manifefted itfelf here.
May 17. The most profound secrecy is observed r(f
peding the diftinftion of the fleet under the command of
the Captain Pacha. All that can be learnt with certain
ty on this fubjeft since his departure, is that the Captain
Pacha having privately landed his men in Nicodemia, at
tempted to surprise and strangle some of the heads of the
place; but they making their effcape, he gave orders for
his men to cut down timber in the forefls of that diftrift,
proper fo^ building ships; that after this he repaired to
the Dardanelles by land, where he was joined by his fkn
that from thence he sent three ships to Alexandria, and
the remainder to the Archipelago, whilst he went to
Troyesby land, to punish (as it is generally believed)
some Rebel Pacha,
Zurich, June 2. A very affecting scene has been
just exhibited here. Mr. J. H. Wafer, formerly minis
ter of a church in this city, was beheaded on the 27th 1 It.
This learned man was adjudged guilty of treafom, for ha
ving inferred in the “ Pel tied correspondence of M.
Schaffer, Profeffor at Gottinguen,” some pieces rela ive
to the admininration of this canton, with notes which
have been declared treasonable against government, tend
ing to (edition, &c To this accusation was added another
for having appropriated to himfelf a document of the
15th age belonging to the public archives, of great va
lue, the Secretary of the city, who had entrutled him
with it, having in v in demanded the reftirutiob.
Leghorn, June 7, On Monday lafi arrived in our
road the Walp, an Eoglifh privateer, and has brought
in with her a Ihip from Bafria, under French colours,'
which the had taken, with seven French offiei„ including
a colonel, on board ; there were also found in the vtffcl
776 French fiber crowns, which the captain of the pri
vateer has geßeroufly reflored to the commander of the
ship, and also returned to the officers every thing belong
ing to them.
'The Wasp, a few days before making the above-men
tioned capture, took a Genocfefhip, laden with fair pro
visions and hemp, bound from this port for Marfeille„
and carried her into Mahon. \
Letters from Barbary mention, that they have had a
moil plentiful hkrveft ; in confluence of which the ,ro
hhition laid on the exportation of grain is taken off.
June 9. By letters from Tunis we learn, that the re
volt arisen in Tripoli against the Dey, in favor of one of
his nephews who aspires to his throne, i& increased to
such a degree as to occasion a great dread of the cenfe
quences. There have been at different tiroes fume bloo
dy fkrmifhes between the two parties, so that tne citizens
are under the greatest inquietudes. Some rich Jew mer
chants who were fettled there, to avoid the threatened
(Linger, embarked with their families and efftOs on board
a Barbary ship, to go to some more tranquil part of Bar
bary. But on their voyage thither they were met by a
Maltese privateer, who took their vessel and carried them
all to Malta.
Marseilles, June 12. The Chamber of Commerce
of this city hath, by order of the Minifler of the Ma
rine, caused the following ordinance to be published :
" The merchants and owners of privateers are to take
notice, that they mufi enjoin toe Captains of their arm•
ed vessels. cruizers, and other ships, to conform thern
feives with the flriflefl attention to the regulations con
cerning neutral fh ; ps and particularly to behave with
the utrnoft circomfpeaion towards Ruffian vessel, to
give them as circumflauces may require all the affiflanee
in their power, not to intercept their navigation, though
t^ek cargoes may be destined for inimical ports, and not
to seize any ships uhlefs they have the ftroog ft reasons
for believing that they belong to the fubje&s of England,
who drfguifetheir flags and hoist those of some neutral
powers to avoid being fearche \ or ships carrying con
traband merchandizes to the enemy, inch as arms and
ammunition.”
Paris, Juneifr A merchant fleet under convoy of
the frigates la Rhdeufe and la Ceres, the one of forty
guns, and the other of thirty-two, is just failed from
Bourdeaux.
June 17. We Bill wait with impatience to hear from
M. de Guicheo, and flatter out ft ives the firft intelligence
will be thathe has taken St. Christopher, and perhaps
Antigua, twoidaads of great importance to the Engpfh.
June 19. A Leer from Cadiz of the 23d of May
advies, that the eight ships from Ferrol were arrived
there, and were not to join the squadron commanded
by M- de Beauffet. That Commodore cruizes off the
Capes, merely to favour the entrance of the Fier Rodri
que, with the ships under her convoy, expired at Cadiz
from New England. According to the fame letter, all the
batteries were going to play upon the fertrefs of Gibral
tar, to make a diversion that will favour the flat bot
coined boats destined to burn the Panther man of war and
a frigate, which could not get out of the port since
Admiral Rodney left them there.
Brest, June 17. The frigate la Cybele, of 36 guns,
commanded by Mons. de Clugney, has received orders
to fail on the xotii infiant, with a convoy of 14 transports,
hden with provisions and ammunition for the Windward
islands. A fecund convoy for the fame destination is
preparing with all possible expedition. This Sufficient
ly Shew, that the Minister of our marine is determined
to make the Weft- Indies the principal feene of war dur
ing this Summer,
f Vienna, June 17. A courier is arrived with the agree
able accounts that the interview between the Emperor of
Germany and the Empress of Russia took place on the 3d
of this month at Mohilow ; and it is laid teat the Empe
ror has accepted of an invitation from her Majesty to ac
company her to Peterfburgh, by the way of Smolenfko
and Moscow. Other accounts fay, the Emperor will go
as far as Smolenfko with the Empress, and from thence
will go to Moscow, accompanied by Prince Potemkin ;
after which he will pay a visit to Her Imperial Majesty
at Peterfburgh.
June 21. By a courier who left Mohilow on the 7th
inst. this Court is informed that bis Imperial Majesty and
the Empress of Russia were set out together the nth in
flant for.Smolenfko,
Copenhagen, June 20. Vice Admiral Shrndel has
received orders to held himfelf in readiness to take the
command of the squadron equipping here. There are
at present only four men of war and a frigate in our
road.
Amsterdam, June 26. Wednesday last fix prison
ers, who were released from Newgate by the rioters at
London, were Seized at Delft, and conducted to the
Hague, where a number of other suspicious persons have
also been arrefled, and baniihed that residence.
LONDON, June 12.
Immediately after the Irifli Parliamentary recess, we
are informed that Mr. Ogle will propose an absentee bill,
taxing the receipts of all chares, whether real or personal,
that Shall be transmitted to England, five Shillings in the
pound.
Extras of a letter from Paris, May 18.
" The Archbishop of Paris has just gained a very con
fi Arable law-suit, the object is upwards cf 400,000 livres.
He has presented that sum to M- Neckar, faying, that
as no body underfiood better than him how to make efta
bliihments ufeful to t e State, he begged ho would dis
pose of that sum in Such a manner as he thought the mod
proper.”
The lad letters from Peterfb,urgh mention, that the
Empress had ordered all the fortified towns in Livonia to
be well garrisoned and guarded with the u:nuul flri&ures.
19 The Colonel whocommaoded the guards in Bloomf
bury Square, the mowing teat Lord Mansfield's house
was pu led down and destroyed, has declared in fever.l
company, that had be be n properly and € 'flitut;on 1-
ly invested with authority, he could have Lived that bail 1-
ing and fnrnitui. Oh I Shame to raa;iiiracy.
Though the time, fcem to indicate an armament < f the
people against the enemies of the S^ate, yet to permit
this to be undertaken by all ranks of people indiscrimi
nately, is a matter t at deferye, the most ferrous confide
ration. What—i? the late nob had been computed of
persons trained to, and provided with arms, would have
been the Situation of this metropolis now ?
Several or the letters received :rem Cbarieftown,Soutk-
Carolina, since its reduction, confirm the former ac
counts refp/diug the intended conflagrariorrof the Me
tropolis of this Empire, and that a horrid p an of public
defol .non in England h%d been frequently spoken of as
the principal objeß of-the fir? intedi^erce torn Europe.
June 13. The Privy Council have iffued^o edid for
putting thecities of London and WtPnhnftcr under Mar
tial Law. Lord Amherfl, as Commander in Chief, has,
in con,Sequence of which, received orders to make fnh
a difpotion of the ml itary, as seems most conducive to
put an end to the pref nt alarming iafurre&ons.
Hyde Park is Shut up, and no person whatever per
mitted to pass through there for the prefect; several
ten's are pitching, and the camp will be voy formidable
Shortly.
July I A Mr. M-.-, is likriy to be hanged for
printing two treasonable pieces, viz. England in Blood,
and theThundsrer ; the Graid Jury has found a Bid a
gainst him. The Earl of Lincoln, and the new Lord
Loughborough ( late Mr. Wedderburoe) have taken
their Sects in the House of Peers. Lord George Gor
don's trial is to come on at common law at St. Marga
ret's Hill Court-House in Southwark, on the iith of Ju
ly. The Roman Catholic School Bill with amendments,
which had passed the Commons, was on a motion by his
Grace the Duke of Chandois (that it be rejeaed) the
house divided, for rejecting the bill 17, in favor of it 9 ;
the bill was therefore loft. His Grace concluded his Speech
thus: “ He considered the treatment that this bill Should
meet with, as the touchstone by whi h the nation would
judge, whether the independency and freedom of Parlia
ment were to be maintained with vigour, or whether the
Parliament were to yield to the importunities and info
lenee of every furious mob. If this bill Should be passed
at this time, he expected to fee the House of Commons
and t e House of Peets beset on a thousand occasions, and
on every occasion indeed by a paffiomate, misguided, and
tumultuous rabble. He would as long as he enjoyed the
honor of a feat in that House, speak without fear the sen
timents of his heart, such were those that he now expres
sed.
July 4. We learn from Lisbon that a large body of
Span sh forces have marched upon rhe frontiers of that
Kingdom, aad a peremptory answer has been at the fame
demanded rom the Court of Portugal by the Spandh
Ministry there, to the request made by the Court of M' ty
drid, that English fllips of war of every denomination Shall
be re tiled admittance into the Portuguese harbour. A
c py of the late Spanifli Declaration, which is dated May
23 1780, has been delivered by the Court of Portugal
to our Envoy at lyfb >n, and was immediately sent home
by the Milford frigate.
On Sa urday an express was received by Mons. Caval
li, the Venetian Resident, that a conspiracy, set on foot
for the purpose of cutting off the Doge, with the whole
of the Counc 1, had been diftovered through one of the
coofpiraters who had made a difclefure of the plot, but
a few hours before it was to have taken place. His Ex
cellency's advices add, that many persons of note appear
to have been concerned in the conspiracy, and that pre
parations were making for bringing them to tryal. The
nHffacre was to have been executed on the 12th inst.
Capt. Bazely is fuperceeded in the command of the Pe
gasus, and is appointed to the Apollo man, war, in the
room of the late Capt. Pownall.
How mus ithe breast of every Englishman exult with
becoming pride (fays a cgrefpondent) when he reflects
on the mighty powers of this little kingdom, favoured
as one may truly fay, by Heaven ' Oppof:4 by a Host of
Powers united witn an Empire in Rel^liion, raided b,
afag!e Ally (tor all the neighbouring nation, hand aloof,
trembling with doubt and fear for our exiftenc") She
Rems the torrent, and bursts her Thunder on her F es,
and crushes the mail formidable Rebellion at the enor
mous distance of 3000 miles !
The Lords of rhe Admiralty have appointed a Convoy
for the Weft-India fleet, and the Southampton and The
tis, of 32 guns each, are named for chat Service ; they are
at present cruizing on the coast of Franc , but by their
orders are to return to Portsmouth this day.
Yesterday a double guard of Soldiers, and cf the Mi
litia, were ordered to patrole up and down the Old Baily
during the trying of Rioters, to prevent a crowd gather
ing about the Sessions House.
It is said, that the journ I of the late Capt. Cook is
now in possession of the Board of Admiralty; and will
we hope, in due time, be communicated to the t üblic.
It is currently reported, that advices are received by the
Dutch mail of a thorough change having taken place in
the Spanish Ministry.
Extrad of a letter from Plymouth, Jone 30.
'' Came io his Majesty's brig Childers, and the Pilot
cutter ; also arrivedthe Florida from Sr. Augufline, ta
ken twice by the French, and asoften retaken by the En
glish; the last tec ptere was by the Union privateer cf
this port''
The Duke of Richmond is down at Goodwood, his
Grace's house in Suffix, L^d Shelburne at Bath, and
Lord Effingham at York; so that the eppefiion is much
weakened in the upper house during the remainder of the
present session.
On the firft day of tbe Lord Chancellor's going abroad,
a gentleman in the house of Lords obfervirg his Lord Ship
looked extremely pale and emaciated, whispered a friend
of his, that if the Minority Lords were not convinced by
h's rea Conings now, " neither would they be p^rfuaded
though one rose from the dead."
Not one divorce bill has been brought into Parliament
this sessions, an inftan e of which has not been known for
some years past.
July 6. His Excellency Count de Maltzan, Minifler
Plenipotentiary from the Prussian Court has received his
letters of recall, and will loon return home.
Extr&a cf a letter from Orkney, June 16.
" There are certain advices from Shetland, dated the
Bth current, that fix Dutch Bast India ships had put into
Braffa Sound the 29th ult on their way from India, the
officers of which efforts the Colleger of the Customs, and
other gentlemen at Lerwick, thet Manilla was taken by
the British forces for certain- Th fe flips, being joined
by two Dutch men of war, have proceeded for Holland,
Raving another flip of war co that station, which was
fyo^e with near Faniflethe nth current."
Ex raft of a letter from Pool, July 5.
" Last Sunday was sent in here by the Union privateer
of this port, Capt. Broom, a French polacre of nine nine
pounlers, and a number of swivels, bound from Bourde
aux to Cape Francois, laden with wines and various ferts
of flares, which he took after one hour's engagement ;
no men wete killed on either fide, but force were woun
ded."
Ex'raft of a letter from Dartmouth. July 4.
" The Admiral privateer, Capt. Marden, is arrived
here froth a cruise, and has taken and brought in a French
schooner, bound fro n Bordeaux to America, laden with
salt, wine, and bale goods. On board the privateer is
Capt. Cunningham.”
Extract of a letter from Milford, July 2.
" Arrived the Union, Bowen, from London ; flie v/as
taken yefiq lay off Lundy by the Black Frincefs priva
teer, and ransomed for 7001. S. me day she took three
others, and the day before 11 vessels, mostly square rig
ged.”
The Special Commissions for trying rioters in Surrey,
will be opened on Monday next at St. Margaret's Hill,
Southwark, when the bid of ind?am&.t for high treason,
against Lord George Gordon, will be preferred to the
Grand Jury.
Yefterclay eight prisoners were tryed at the Old Bailey,
four of whom were capitally convided, viz, Richard
Bowfey, Francis Mockird, Thomas Haycock, and
John Glover, for being concerned in the riot at Newgate,
and demolifhmg and burning Mr. Akerman's house ; one
was convicted for grand larceny, and three were acquit
ted
The Resolution and Difeovery men of war are expected
home from their voyage the beginning of next month ;
their last letters to the Admiralty mentioning the ex
peaations to be in the channel by the loth of Av
guft.
None of the rioters who were confined in Newgate when
that prison was broke open, and then efeaped, have been
apprehended. The young man who was taken in the
chapel of the Sardinian Ambassador, and whose parents
offered 15901. bail for him, which was refuted, has writ
ten home to his father, acquainting him of his being fafe
arrived in Amflerdam, there to wait the determination of
government as to his cafeand the rest who were concerned
in that riot.
Extract of a letter from on board the Fly cutter, cruising
in company with the Swan, dated off the coast of
France, June 26.
^ We have ben fen d?ysfrom the Downs and in that
time have driven three vessels on shore, and taken two,
which have been sent to Portsmouth, it being the best
port they could fetch, as the wind now is ; besides, as
their cargoes are wines, they will fell better there than
any where else."
Extract of a letter from Southampton, June 30.
" A vessel arrived here from Guernsey informsus, that
a fleet of French transports, under convoy of two frigates,
was seen from,hat island on the 15th instant about four
leagues to the westward. It was supposed they were from
St. Maioes ,but, having met with a firing westerly wind,
had fallen so farto the eastward.”
July 8. On Wednesday the report was made to His
Majesty in Council of the convi&s under sentence of death,
when the following were ordered for execution on the
rhfpeqive days and places hereunder mentioned, viz.
William M'Donald, icr beginning to pull down the
house and burn the furniture of John Lebarty, in 8, Ca
therine's lane,near Tower hill ; & Mary Roberts & Char
lotte Gardiner, for affixing in demolishing the said Mr.