The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1784-06-07 00:00:00, page 1

Foreign Intelligence.
By the WASHINGTON, Captain DALE, arrived
at Philadelphia from London, we have the fol
lowing advices, viz.
VIEN N A, March 6.
FROM all the provinces of this monarchy we
receive the most afflicting accounts of the
shocking devastation occasioned by the sudden
thaw of the rivers. We are informed, that
part of the city of Prague is under water ; the loss
occasioned by the floods is considerable; the great
Bridge is so much damaged, that it cannot be passed
over without danger ; the guard-house there has been
thrown down, and four men killed; the cities of Lintz
and Prefbourg have shared the fame fate. At Tifcha
mont the waters have risen to a prodigious height; at
Schifnau, in the fame neighbourhood, forty houses
have been submerged by the waters, so that it was
impossible to give any assistance to the unfortunate in
habitants, victims of this terrible disaster.
March 20. On the 7th, Bth and 9th inst. the ci
ties of Buda and Pest, in Hungary, were exposed to
horrid ravages, occasioned by the overflowing of the
Danube. The greatest part of thole cities are under
water, aud that of Pest resembles an iffand. The
loss of cattle, merchandize and effects, is immense.
The most melancholy details of the inundations oc
casioned by the thaw arrive here from almost all parts
of Germany, the Low Countries, France, Italy, &c.
so that these misfortunes seem to have been the lot of
almost all the countries of Europe.
HUNGAR Y, Feb. '2B.
The 23d of last month, several violent ffiocks of
an earthquake were felt in the county of Marmaroch;
most of the houses of Marofch Sigeth have been da
maged; and it is feared that they may have affeded
the fait-pits, which supply the whole kingdom with
salt.
MADRI D, March 5.
The overflowings of the rivers which traverse our
provinces have occasioned frightful devaluations. Ihe
Guadalavier especially has thrown down an infinite
number of houses, and occasioned the greatest deso
lation in all the places which it has inundated.
March 7. Letters from Mexico advise, that the
new town of Guatimala and the neighbouring places,
have experienced a terrible shock of an earthquake,
which threw down a number of houses, and greatly
damaged several others.
PARI S, March 11.
Letters from Marseilles confirm the news, that the
Emperor of Morocco has declared war against France.
The ships which are exposed to the attacks of the
Corsairs cannot now depart without convoy.
March 18. All the debts of the preceding war, as
well as the bills of exchange of the Colonies, are to
be converted into contra&s of perpetual annuities, at
four per cent, without reserve.
March 25. A report prevails that the famous pro
cess instituted at L'Orient, is terminated in favour of
Comte de Grafle; but the report is not yet confirmed.
The Bey of Tunis has broke the peace with this
Republick, on account of our not making him pre
sents four times more valuable than usual. The Se
nate immediately came to a resolution to lend out a
FRANKFORT (On the Main) March 7.
We receive from every quarter melancholy accounts
of the confequenccs of the thaw, and overflowing of
the Rhine, the Main, and the Necker. Many houses
and mills at Sachefenhaufen have been swept away;
13 houses were thrown down at Miltemberg, and a
number of persons buried in their runs; many edifices
have been washed away by the torrent at Kitringen;
one half of the town of Bonn is under water, as well
as the villages of Limperic, Beul and Schevartz-
Shaindorffe ; the Lutheran church, and 130 houses,
have been destroyed at Mulheim.
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE
[Vol. VII.]
TRENTON: Printed by ISAAC COLLIN S, Printer to the State.
VENIC E, March 6.
MON DA Y, June 7, 1784.
squadron of nine ships of the line, of 70 and 90 guns,
four frigates and eight chebecs, to bring that Regen
cy to realon, and to proted, at the fame time, the Ve
netian flag in the Mediterranean, which is under the
command of the Chevalier Emo, a noble Venetian,
of the highest reputation in the marine of the Re
publick.
LONDO N, March 19.
The last letters from Lisbon concur in declaring,
that during the latter end of January, and the whole
of last month, the weather had been more tempestu
ous than had ever been known at hat season. A great
number of ships have been lately ioft, and a much
greater damaged. On the 28th ult. it was computed
that in the course of three weeks 64 dead bodies had
been taken up in different parts of the Tagus.
Letters are received in town from Leghorn, by
which it appears, that the dorm which did so much
damage to the Dutch squadron lift month, was felt
universally from the inland of Sicily to Cape-Hieres
in France. A number of vessels of different nations
were wrecked, and others driven into ports in distress,
many totally difmafted. Two Neapolitan gallies, an
Imperial Eaft-Indiaman from Ttielle, and a Genoefe
man of war, are among the wrecks.
March 23. A gentleman who is just arrived from
Paris fays, that Dr. Franklin is preparing to return
home to America, after an absence of eight years, and
that Mr. Lawrence, jun. is to remain in Paris in the
quality of Charge des Affaires from the United States,
until another gentleman comes over from the Con
gress.
A report prevails, that a fleet of fix fail of the line
is ordered to be got ready with all expedition; it is
said their destination is to the Eaft-indies. Some
disagreeable accounts from thence makes this measure
necessary, the Dutch having absolutely refufed to sign
the Definitive Treaty, and are also equipping a fleet.
France is supposed to be urging them on.
March 26. The price of Boroughs at this time is
40001. a feat. When Parliament was permitted to
live out its natural age, the price was only goool.—
On the principle therefore of interest, the Borough-'
mongers should vote for a triennial bill. A noble
Earl has paid 80001. for two feats to two more of his
fons.<
Extract of a letter from Copenhagen, March 2.
" 'I be migrations from out of Holstein have lately
been so great, on acc f unt of the encouragement which
the American states give to foreigners fettling among
them, that the King has found it necessary to publish
an ordonnance, forbidding, under heavy penalties, any
person leaving the Danish dominions without license,
and even such as go to St. Croix or St. Thomas, are
by this new statute to give bond for their return, or
security for. their fettling in those provinces. Jews
are hereby also redrided from removing their pro
perty, and ships of any nation whatsoever having such
persons on board,, without the proper passports, are
liable to seizure, as having contraband goods on
board.
" Mr. Dana, the American Consul in this city, has
just finilhed the treaties of Commerce between the
King and the United States, by an article of which
the two powers are reftri^ed from importing fifth ar
ticles as are the produce of each other."
There are in Newgate 135 prisoners under sentence
of transportation, 112 of whom are for America, 19
for Africa, and 4 for India.
Extras of a letter from Naples, February 19.
" His Majesty tne King of Sweden having expres
sed a desire to lee the experiment of the Air Balloon,
there was yeflerday a grand exhibition by order of
the/Court of Naples, and in the presence of their
Majesties. Perhaps it was the noblest light the hu
man eye was ever yet regaled with. Imagine an im
mense globe of 150 feet diameter, and 200 in height,
gilt, and bearing on the top an enormous crown,
Iparkling with well-imitated precious stones of various
colours; imagine, that to this globe was annexed a
building of the most beautiful architecture of the Do
ric Order, formed of pumice-stone, and surrounded
by a terrafs or gallery, railed in with orange trees
THE
, and lemons. Imagine, I fay, this wonderful machine,
I rifag majestically to the heavens in a ciediiky at
noon, in fight of an applauding multitude, carrying
with it an orchestra of eight capital performers, whose
mufick, for the short time it could be heard, had a
mill sublime effect. In about twenty seven minutes
it had disappeared by a perpendicular ascent; nor
could the people difeover any appearance of it by the
bell telescopes. It was exactly twelve o'clock when
the machine began to rife, and at two it had not been
again visible. An anxiety seemed to prevail anyong
all the fpedatqrs, some offering up prayers for the
fafety of the travellers, whilst others were of opinion
th^t God had taken them into heaven. But their ac
clamations were excessive, when, at thirteen minutes
after three, they observed a small speck in the air at
an immense distance, but which soon shewed itfelf to
be the wished for machine, which gradually descended
till it reached the earth, at about a mile distant from
the place of its ascent; which was from a plain east
ward of the town. Every thing succeeded well, and
the aerial navig tors trod the earth in fafety again,
after their furprizing flight! Besides the above-men
tioned orchestra, and two persons (who had contrived
the machine) who were there to regulate it, there
went up seven persons of rank, consisting of three Ne
apolitan noblemen, a French, three Spanish, and an
Englilh gentleman. On their return they were taken
to Court in the royal carriages, amidst the' incon
ceivable acclamations of a delighted people. T heir
accounts of what they experienced and observed in
their flight will be speedily published; at present they
affirm that they mounted to the height of twelve Ita
lian miles. It is reported now that each adventurer
will receive some diltinguifhed honour or reward from
the two Sovereigns, who were witnesses to the whole;
and Signor Antonio Lippetti, the person who had the
conduct of the affair, has been rewarded with 20001.
and a patent of nobility.
" P. S. The globe was formed of the skins of kids,
and covered with silk inside and out, with an elaftick
gum over it, which took the gilding extremely well;
it requited several hours filling with inflammable air',
and when full, it was lo closely flopped that nothing
- could evaporate."
April i. The Attendance at the Carleton House
Levee (the Prince of Wales's) is said to be as magni
ficent as at any in Europe; half a dozen black flicks,
twelve men in his Royal Highness's superb liveries,
twelve upper servants dressed in an union of brown
and gold.
I he Duke of Rutland, among other splendid ap
pendages, took with him, as Lord Lieutenant of Ire
land, a most magnificent diamond star; the points of
brilliants, the parts of the order that are red and blue,
are represented by rubies and sapphires. The price
of the work, which is spoken of as very exquisitely
executed, is near 36001. A star of diamonds is not
otherwise than very rare.
besides his Majesty and the Prince of Wales, there
are but two or three principal noblemen who have
this ornament in England.,
It is now generally understood, that there will not
be any loan necessary to be negociated this year by
government. 1
/ Ihe Irish, from the recommendatory suggestions of
each party, determine on a tontine as the bell opera
tion of finance possible in the present circumstances.
On tire important topick of the funds and the landed
property, the following is the language of the Bilhop
of Landoff:
" I he value of our landed property is now much
less than it was some years ago, but this has a depen
dence on the Rate of our commerce; and our com
merce, though it has fuff'ered a temporary obftru&ion,
will soon expand itfelf into all its former channels,
and it will do this, because we can supply foreign mar
kets with better goods, at a cheaper rate, and y ° A ^ -
longer credit than our neighbours can do. The
of the nation is confeffedly great, but the pit
of the nation, confiding of the accumulated pre
of the individuals composing the nation, is, w
jedure, fix times greater than the national deb
1 he quantity of bullion brought into Great-l.
from Aha, during the last twenty years, has, c
[Numb. 31,.]