The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1784-05-17 00:00:00, page 2

The fads relative to the outrages committed in St.
James's- street, on the return of Mr. Pitt from the ci
ty, have been misrepresented in some of the papers,
glossed over by most of them, and not truly stated in
any. The behaviour of those who accompanied Mr.
Pitt from Grocers-hall, was peaceable in the extreme,
not an unprovoked outrage being offered to the house
or person of any individual. When the procession
reached St. James's street, from the balcony of
Brookes's, the cry of “ Fox for ever! No Pitt !" was
vociferated by several persons above the vulgar rank.
This caught the attention of the multitude, who re
torted the insult by bestowing the loudest censures on
those from whom the cry originated. A party of
chairmen, who, to all appearance, were ready pre
pared for the purpose, having the poles of their sedans
broken, and converted into bludgeons, issued forth
with all the savage fiercenefs which a desire of blood
inspires. The multitudes who accompanied Mr. Pitt,
neither designing nor apprehending any attack, were
entirely defencelefs, and, of course, many of them
were most inhumanly treated. One man, in particu
lar, whose name is Barrow, had his skull fradured,
and the arms of several were broken. The carriage
of Lord Mahon was soon demolished, and it was with
some difficulty that Mr. Pitt escaped with his person
unhurt. These are fads which are attested by the
most credible testimonies of gentlemen who were spec
tators of the scene; and, when it is recolleded that
the business originated from Brookes's, that the out
rage was provoked by a party of Mr. Fox's friends,
and that the chairmen were previously armed with
bludgeons, the publick will determine how far the af
fair carries the appearance of preconcerted della.
might be set on Foot as Toon as the comte de Waffe
naar shall have received the necessary powers for that
purpose.
AMSTERDA M, March i.
A letter from on board the Prince William, in the
road of Toulon, expresses the greatest fears concern
ing the remainder of the Dutch fleet, of which that
ihip made a part.
L O N D 0 N, February 26.
A scheme is in agitation to import the large beams
of Honduras mahogany from the bay of that name,
for planking the bottoms of our men of war, it being
more durable than the wood hitherto used for that
purpose, and while wet, the worms, so common in
other timber, never take it.
Sir Benjamin Thompson, late fec'ry to lord Sack
ville, is appointed master of horse to the eledrefs of
Bavaria.
March 2. By the last accounts from Germany, it
seems, that the Emperor is determined to open the
navigation of the Scheld. This is a circumstance
more interesting and alarming to the commerce of this
metropolis and Amsterdam, than short-sighted politi
cians may conceive, as it is not improbable, from the
unremitting attention of Joseph the Ild, that Antwerp
may again become the emporium of Europe.
The John and Nelly, Bailey, from New-York to
Charleston, left New-York the 22d of September, and
is supposed to have foundered in the severe gales of
wind that happened on the coast the beginning of Oc
tober, as flie has not since been heard of.
Some officers of the 59th regiment arrived in town
a few days lince from Gibraltar, where there is now
a free communication with the Barbary coast, and the
troops are supplied in a plentiful manner, with vege
tables and other provisions.
By the late agreement which has taken place be
tween the Turks and the Ruffians, the whole Crimea
is ceded to the latter in full sovereignty, and the free
navigation so long contended for. This is the real
downfall of the Ottoman empire, and not the war,
which will infallibly take place in four or five years,
when Russia has fortified that peninsula, so as to have
nothing to fear.
By the late treaty, Russia gains the entire sove
reignty of one of the fineft countries in the world, in
a climate happy as the south of France, producing al
most every luxury, and all the necessaries of life, and
Situated so fortunately that it communicates with the
Mediterranean Sea as ready as if situated on it. The
conquest of this territory, which the Ruffian court in
tends to improve to the highest pitch, will be a fatal
blow to the interests and trade of France. The great
import at Peterfburgh from that kingdom, is wines
and brandies ; these will be made in Crimea to equal
any in the world, and that vast empire thus supply
itfelf with those objects for which it has hitherto paid
such large sums to France.
The climate, fertility, and population of the Cri
mea are such, that will maintain an army of 60,000
men, without trespassing on the inhabitants; so great
an accession of force has the Empress made by this
peace ; and what is of yet more value, a decided and
uninterrupted passage through the Hellespont to the
Mediterranean, which will give a ready market to all
forts of productions, not only of the Crimea, but also
of her old dominion of the Ukraine.
The decay of the woollen manufactures of this
kingdom is going on very rapidly. One of these
cauies, it is laid, is owing to the inhabitants of our
territories in the East-Indies, purchasing all kinds of
cloth from the French, who fell it at a price something
lower than the English. Surely this impolitick prac
tice should be immediately restrained, and an obliga
tion laid on our oriental fubjeds to use the national
produce, which would throw a great influx of wealth
into this country.
MARCH 9.
Extras of a letter from Nymegene, March 5.
'' Last Saturday evening the ice broke near this
city, in the Waal; lince a most terrible scene! The
dykes broke in many places; so that from the Pan
derfe Gat to Gorinchem (a diftria of 72 villages) are
all under water; near the Maafwaal dyke two breaches,
whereby 34 villages are under water ; in the Betuwe
the houses are in water to the tops; people and cat
tle are drowned in great numbers ; near Thiel and
Kraanburg large dams of ice."
March 11. An armament has certainly gone from
France for the East-Indies.
A letter from I oulon, received on Monday, fays,
that all hands are employed there and at Marseilles
to get a fleet of men of war ready to go against the
Moors, and that a vigorous war is expelled, as the
Moors have now as good ships as most of the Euro
pean powers.
Extras of a letter from Venice, dated February 18.
" Every thing for some time past in this city bears
the appearance of hostile preparation. Upwards of
3000 artificers are employed in building ships and
galleys. The arms in the arsenal are directed to be
put in complete repair, and great numbers of new
ones are ordered. The forges, rope-walks, docks, &c.
are all constantly crouded with the different handicraft
men. The Dutch, unless matters are fettled by the
mediation of the Empress of Russia, will certainly re
pent giving offence to this distinguished Republick.—
Great sums are constantly drawing out of the bank
here by the agents of the States General."
March 12. A letter from Copenhagen, by the way
of Holland, fays, that advice is received from Leg
horn, of a Danish merchantman being taken by the
Moors, and carried into Barbary; the King, there
fore, is determined early in the spring to fend a fleet
into the Mediterranean, to-join the Dutch to clear
the seas of the Barbary corsairs.
According to an Edinburgh paper of March 8, the
count of Albany (the pretender) as he had been com
monly called for some time past, died at Florence of
an apoplexy, on the 23d of January, in the 64th year
of his age, having been born on the 31st of Decem
ber, 1720, N. S. Since the peace of Aix-la-Cha
pelle, when he was obliged to depart out of France,
he has had little opportunity of showing himfelf to the
world. He married the princess Louisa Maximiliana
de Stolberg Guerderan, on the 17th of April, 1772,
but they have had no issue; so that the male line of
the royal family of Stuart is now reduced to the car
dinal alone, after giving Kings to Scotland for three
or four hundred years, and, by the princesses of it,
sovereigns to almost all Europe.
American Intelligence.
ANNAPOLI S, April 15.
Extracts from the Journal of Cong refs.
Feb. 3. rrHE committee to whom was referred a
letter of the 29th of January from J.
Carleton, secretary in the war-office, stating that on
the final adjustment of his accounts, as paymaster to
the late board of war and ordnance, there remains a
balance of three hundred and twenty dollars due from
him to the United States, report,
" l hat they find upwards of sixty millions of dol
lars passed through the hands of Mr. Carleton in his
negociations, and in the opinion of the committee,
the loss of three hundred and twenty dollars, in the
course of bufinels of such extent, is very inconsidera
ble, and cannot be imputed to want of fidelity or ne
gleA, but to unavoidable casualty." Whereupon,
Resolved, 1 hat the register of the treasury be, and
he is hereby direded in the settlement of the account
of the said Joseph Carleton, to credit him with three
hundred and twenty dollars for the loss thus by him
sustained.
On the report of a committee to whom was refer
red a letter of the 19th of January, from lieutenant
colonel Murnan, of the corps of engineers, desiring
leave to refigri,
Resolved, 1 hat the resignation of lieutenant colonel
Murnan be accepted.
Resolved, That congress entertain a due sense of
lieutenant colonel Murnan's abilities and services ; and
that the secretary deliver him a copy of this ad, as a
testimony of their approbation of his condud.
On the report of a committee to whom was refer
red a letter from brigadier general Armand, in behalf
of the foreign officers of the corps of engineers, the
legionary corps, &c.
Resolved, That the fuperintendant of finance be,
and he is hereby diroded to take measures as far as
Feb. 11. The committee to whom was referred a
note from the honourable the minister of France, dated
the 30th of January, informing that his most chriftian
majesty, from a desire to favour the progress of com
merce between his realm and these United States, has
nominated four consuls and five vice consuls, to reside
in the towns of the continent where he has judged
their presence to be necessary ; and that he has ap
pointed Mr. de Marbois consul general for the Thir
teen United States, report, that they have conferred
with Mr. de Marbois, who produced to them four
commissions for the said consuls, and five brevets for
the vice consuls, whereby it appears, that the fieur de
Marbois is appointed consul general of France for the
Thirteen United States of America ; the fieur de
I'Etombe, consul of France for the states of New-
Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode-lfland; the fieur
de St. Jean de Crevecceur, consul of France for the
states of Connedicut, New-York and New-Jersey;
the said fieur de Marbois consul of France for the
states of Pennsylvania and Delaware, and the cheva
lier de Anmours, consul of France for Maryland and
Virginia ; also that the fieur Tofcan, is appointed vice
consul at Portsmouth in New-Hampshire ; the fieur
de Marbois, vice consul at Rhode-lfland; the fieur
Ofter, vice consul at Richmond in Virginia; the fieur
Petry, vice consul at Wilmington in North-Carolina,
and the fieur de la Foret, vice consul at Savannah in
Georgia. W hereupon,
Resolved, That the commissions and brevets of
the said officers be registered in the secretary's office;
and that thereupon ads of recognition in due form be
immediately issued to the states concerned, in order
that they may furnifli them refpedively with their
exequatur or notification of their quality, that the
fame may be made known and published.
On the report of a committee to whom were re
ferred petitions of captains Goffelin, Olivie and Lie
bert, Canadian officers, lately in the regiment com
manded by brigadier general Hazen, requeuing that
they may be furnifhed with money in payment of sun
dry articles with which they supplied the troops of
the United States in Canada.
Resolved, I hat the Canadian officers be furnifhed
with a copy of the ad of August 9, 1783 ; and that
the commillioner therein referred to, be required to
give dispatch to the settlement of the accounts of
those officers.
1 he committee to whom was referred a letter of
the 20th of January last, from J. Pierce, paymaster
general, refpeding claims which have been made by
certain officers to half pay and the commutation for
half pay, report,
" Chat by a resolve of November 24th, 1778, it
was provided, that all deranged officers should be en
titled to one year's pay ; and it was further provided,
that officers who had been prifoneis with the enemy,
and then were, or thereafter might be exchanged,
should, if appointed by the authority of the state, be
entitled to return into the service in the fame rank
they would have had if they had not been captured,
under certain reftridions, and that they should receive
half pay till the time of their entering again into ser
vice, under this ad, certain officers claim half pay to
the end of the war, and the commutation for half pay
from that period during life. On which the commit
tee obfeive, that the half pay firft mentioned was
proinifed as a temporary support to such officers as
should be re-appointed by their refpe&ive states, and
to none besides ; and that all other continental officers
who have been prisoners with the enemy, and derang
ed, are entitled to one year's pay, and nothing be
sides. That such was the intention of Congress, is
explained by the subsequent ads of May 22d, 17'79,
and May 26th, 1781. I here is no ad under which
those officers can claim the commutation for half pay.
It is provided by a resolve of the 28th of June, 178%
“ 1 hat there shall be such additional pay and emolu
ments to the pay of captains and subalterns serving
as aids-de-camp to major and brigadier generals, and
to brigade majors, as shall make their pay and emo
luments equal to the pay and emoluments of a major
in the line of the army." Under this resolution, cer
tain aids and brigade majors, who arc captains and
may be eonfiftent with the finances of the United
States, for remitting annually to the foreign officers
of the late corps of engineers, the legionary corps
lately commanded by brigadier general Armand, to
major Seconde and captain Beaulieu, late of general
Pulifki’s corps, and to captain Ponthiere, late aid-de
camp to Baron Stuben, the interest of such sums as
may remain due to them refpedively after the pay
ments which shall have been made to them in conse
quence of the refelution of the 22d of January last.
Feb 6. On the report of a committee to whom was
re-committed a report on a letter of the 22d of Janu
ary, from brigadier general Armand, and a letter from
the honourable the minister of France,
Resolved, That the commissions of major by bre
vet, be issued to captains de Bert, le Brun and M. G.
Houdin ; and the commissions of captain by brevet, be
issued to lieutenants Verdier, Fontivieux, le Roy and
Marcellin.