The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1785-08-08 00:00:00, page 2

" The design which you have just formed for the
improvement of Agriculture, and Husbandry, is highly
agreeable to us; and your labours will be regarded as
effectual proofs of a true zeal and love for your coun
try. We confider the plan and the regulations by
which you have bound yourselves, as deserving our
approbation, and we graciously allow you to be called,
The Free Oeconomical Society. You may
rest assured that we take your society under our pro
tection: we not only consent that you use our seal
and Imperial coat of arms, but, as a particular mark
of our good will towards you, we permit; you to bear
our device in the centre of our Imperial, arms, name
ly, a Hive, to which bees are bringing honey, with
the motto " Profitably." We gratify, moreo
ver, your society with 6coo roubles (1200 I. towards
the purchase of a convenient house, as well for your
meeting, as for the purpose of holding a library on
fubjeds of agriculture. Your labours will, under
the protection of Divine Providence, be highly ad
vantageous to you and your posterity, and will not
fail, in proportion as your zeal displays itfelf, to
increase our good will.
CATHARINE."
October 31, 1765.
The society consists of a president (who is changed
every four months) and of an indefinite number of
members. The candidates for admission must be
proposed by thref members, and stands rejected or
admitted by the majority of the persons present.
The society is chiefly supported by the voluntary
contributions of its members, rpany of whom are
persons of the firft diftintion and fortune; Their
number in 1781 amounted to one hundred and seven
ty-nine.
The assembly meets regularly once in the week,
when the papers on agriculture and fimilqr fubjeds,
are read; those which are thought worthy of publi
cation are printed at the empreis's expence, and the
profits of the sale are given to the society.
This society gives annual prizes, consisting of gold
and silver medals, or money, sometimes to the amount
of 1401. to the best solutions of .certain questions rela
tive to agriculture, for difeovering improvements in
hulbandry, &c. The Empress, in the true spirit of
this institution, fends several young men into England
in order to study practical agriculture.
Catharine has likewise formed an establishment for
the improvement of agriculture, which is as lingular
in its kind, as it is calculated to be highly beneficial
to the country, the design was planned by Mr.
Sambmiki, a clergyman of great learning and abilities.
A farm of a thousand acres is provided with dwelling
houses and other necessary buildings. In this spot
Mr. Samboifki, and the young men who have been
educated in England, are to be fettled. Every spe
cies of hulbandry is to be introduced; the le&ures
upon the theory and practice of agriculture are to be
given. From each seminary of the empire two chil
dren of priests, who are likely to succeed their fathers
in their benefices, are to be placed in this rural esta
blishment, that they may render themselves acquaint
ed with the economy of a farm, and be able in due
time to inftiud their parishioners. Any nobleman
who is desirous to improve his peasants in this branch
of knowledge, will be permitted to fend one to this
farm. The whole is to be under the protection and
infpedion of the empress.
Foreign Intelligence
LISBO N, March 29.
The following is an extract of the defpatches lately'
received from the Governor- General of Goa:
" Ihe Indian Prince Bonfulo, having declared war
against us, and seized on the diftriCts of Gululem,
Manerim, Manecorem, Salem, Domaflam, after
which he marched to attack the fortrefs of Sonque
lim, a detachment was sent out under the orders of
General Viega, to make a diverlion and attack the
enemies country. The two armies met at Chaper's,
when Bonfulo's troops were defeated, and the ne
cessary fuccours thrown into Sonquelim.
“ The Indian Prince having raised the siege, was
pursued, and a second battle was fought at a league's
distance from Gorobaim, where the enemy was again
beaten with very little loss on the fide of the Portu
guese. A third battle was fought with the fame
success near Manecoren, where the enemy was driven
out of their intrenchments, after which the Portu
cafion : The empress one day at table expressing her
felf with warmth upon the advantages that would re
sult from such a society, firft suggested the idea to
prince Orloff, who happened to be present. In con
formity to the wishes of his Imperial Mistress, he,
and fourteen other persons, partly men of rank, and
partly men of learning, assembled in June 1765, drew
up rules, and formed themselves into a regular so
ciety. Having laid the plan before the Empress,
her Majesty returned the following answer, written
with her own hand:
The letters from France mention, that the ex
treme drought of the season threatens the country
with calamities approaching to famine. The king
has thought it heceffary on that account to make some
provision for the relief of the poor.
Muslin cloaks begin to spread their transparency
to the pervading rays of summer, and beauty (hews
its form with heightened effe& through the modest
covering.
The ladies appear almost unanimous in rejecting
the use of powder— Ihe fno<ws of winter are diflolv
ed,= the mountains have left off their mhite heads,
and the women follow the example !
The mob cap appeared to every advantage over the
lovely faces, by which it was Recommended on Mrs.
Bellamy's benefit—From the crouded state ofthe thea
tre, it was further remarked, that they appeared qua
lified for mobbing it.
A chip hat, of dimensions to eclipse a balloon, has
lately been extended on the heads of some leading
Belles; nothing less than Miltons description of Sa
tan's Shield can give an idea of it.
Sir Edward Hughes has launched a neat chariot,
and confidently displayed a Soldier and Seaman,
with Oriental devices, as his fopporters.
Not Jong since the following droll circumstance
happened at Gupfall, near Tewkefbury. A fellow
had taken a liking to some pigs belonging to a far
mer, all of which, except one and a black sow, he
dole at different times; and though closely watched,
eluded the owner's vigilance, until his last attempt,
when he was difeovered in a manner as singular as
it was unexpected. A man who travels the country
With a dancing bear, called at the farmer's and re
quested a lodging, which being granted, the master
Was accommodated in the house; a servant who at
tended, was put into the barn, and the pigs turned
into the fold yard to make room for the bear, who,
not much necuftomed to no&urnal visitors, on the
fellow's approach saluted him with a most ardent
though unwelcome embrace; the fellow roared most
vehemently; Bruin as vehemently hugged; till at
length the keeper being alarmed, got up, and found
the affrighted wretch locked in the paws ofthe irritated
animal. When the fellow recovered, he confeffed
his design, and said he thought the devil had laid wait
for him, to prevent his farther depredations. Had
not ahe bear been muzzled, the fellow must have fal
len a vi&im to his predilection for pork.
June I—B. On the 14th of May, at Dublin cas
tle, Mr. Crofbie mounted the car of a balloon, which
L O N D O N, June i— -6.
Letters from Fort George, dated in November
last, speak of a dangerous mutiny amohgft the Euro
peans^ the cantonments at Arcot, on the reduction
of their batta, which however by the spirited exerti
ons of General Horne who commanded, and of the
several king's officers commanding the different corps,
was happily suppressed. A ferjeant of artillery, one
of the most active, was tried and condemned to be
blown from a cannon, which sentence was carried
into execution.
The captain Pacha, or high admiral, at Constanti
nople, has contrived to remove from their places the
Grand Vizier, the Aga of the Janissaries, and the
Mufti; so that the navy has there got the better of
the state, the army and the church.
VIENN A, April 26.
Warlike 'ftores continue to be transported into
Bohemia, where extensive repofitaries for grain are
eftablilhing.
May 4. A courier arrived here with very im
portant defpatches from Petersburg, the contents of
which it is said, are as follow: Ihe empress leaves
it entirely to our Monarch to conclude (without re
gard to any political consideration whatever) an ac
commodation with the Dutch, or to obtain fatisfa&i
on by force of arms, if the Republicans persist in
their obstinacy. In all cases his Imperial Majesty
may be assured, that the Empress bf all the Ruffias
is refolved' to support with all her forces, whatever
resolution the Emperor may judge proper to take
as the moll conformable to the welfare of his fubjeds.
In fine, the Empress declares that she will never de
part from her resolution to render,our Monarch all
the ferv ices, which not only their reciprocal alli
ance, but also the repeated proofs of the most sincere
friendship which die hath at different times received
from the Imperial Court, may require.
guefe laid siege to and took Tatorna, and the for
treffes of Querim, Gululem, Bitholim, Upfa, Belixi,
Avora and Manerim.—General Viega then detached
a body of 14,000 men to attack the province of Pir
nirn, where they took or destroyed the villages of
Contuaia, Orddem, Ufari, Tuem, Parcha, with its
celebrated Pagoda, Mandtem and Viodangor. A
few days after the Gancares, a tribe in the province
of Alorna, the inhabitants of Ibrampur, and Saffoli,
and some other towns submitted and took an oath of
fidelity to the Governor, on which Prince Bohfula
sued for peace, which was granted to him.
New-England is denied by nature, any ftap'e com
modity; and, being a member of that confederacy
that has lately aftumed a place among the nations of
the earth, is deprived of almost every commercial
privilege she enjoyed when her vessels could display
the British flag. Her people are numerous, they arc
poor, they are enterprising, and now they are unem
ployed. 1 hefe, are cifcumftances which ambitious
artful men will probably avail themselves of. One
irrefiftable argument with the majority of the people,
in favour of any enterprise is, their situation cannot
in any event, be worse than it actually now is. These
promises seem to warrant a conclusion, that whether
the southern dates aid or are not again to be the
dupes of New-England policy, still some revolution
in the American system is not very remote.
American Intelligence.
NA SS A U,,(BahamaJ June 6.
The people of Boston seem determined to perse
vere in taking the lead. The years 1765 and 1775,
were diftinguilhed by their actions; and they do not
wish that 1785 should pass unmarked. That every
nation or state has a right to regulate its own com
merce, is a portion which cannot be deputed; but
their regulations should not be the resolves of a mo
ment, not the dictates of a mob. Britain presumes
not to prescribe any limits to American commerce;
she only regulates her own. But she is charged by
these virtuous republicans, tkefe honest debtors, with
the heinous crime of preferring .the intereEs of her
own fubjedts to those of foreigners, of supplying
herfelf with oil, for which flie used to pay New-Eng
land 800,000 dollars pel annum ; of placing a citizen
of the United States on the fame footing with a Rirfs,
a Hollander, or a Frenchman,—while a t the fame
time, die is Considered, as the lead favoured nation by
America, and her vessels and manufactures have been,
since the peace, fubje&ed to heavier imposts and du
ties in the American ports, than the vessels and ma
nufa&ures of any other state.
SIIE I, B URN E, ( Port-Rofeeway,) June 13.
Thursday last the Blip Prince-William Henry, cap
tain Meader, failed for Jordan river, to take in a car
go of squared timber for London: She is the firft ves
sel belonging to this port, who carries a cargo of that
kind to Great-Britain.
July 13. On Wednesday last arrived the fchoonei
Dolphin, captain Luke, with sixty barrels of fperma
ceti oil: She has been only five weeks On her cruize.
And last night the brig Good Intent, captain Butler,
from a whaling voyage, with four hundred and fifty
barrels of oil.
B OST O N, July 18.
Though we have not arrived to the summit of those
vices which destroyed Greece and Rome, yet out
proximity to it is alarming. We may confider luxury
to the body politic, as death to the natural body, and
every one ought to inveigh against an evil so ominous of
ruin to these states: Forbid it Heaven, that a country,
filled with ftatefm^n and heroes, like America, who in
Ihe London merchants have long since awoke
from their golden dreams refpe&ing American trade,
i hole of them who still have a hankering after it,
apprised by woeful experience, of the rifle their
property is exposed to in the hands of the American
merchants, use the precaution of fending out super
cargoes and agents; and this new arrangement is
mentioned as one of the principal grievances which
the pious people of Boston labour under.
rising as high as the roof of the barracks, it came
down with such velocity, as not a little to alarm the
fpe&ators for the fafety of the aerial traveller. It
was found Crofbie's weight overpowered the balloon,
which was not fufficiently inflated to take him up.
In an instant Mr. M'Guire, late of the college, but
now in the army, sprung into the boat and dire&ly
threw out some bags of ballast, when 'he arufe with
much awful splendor. A vast number of horsemen,
who observed and followed.the motion of the balloon
to Howth, law it descending with great rapidity, at
the distance of about nine miles into the sea. Lord
H. Fitzgerald and other gentlemen conjecturing that
the balloon had cracked (which happened to be the
fad) or to have received some damage, got ready and
sent to the gallant adventurer's relief a wherry and
some open boats, one of which came 'up mod oppor
tunely to five him, when he could not have strug
gled much longer, having already swam more than
forty minutes. The balloon was found at a consider
able distance from Mr. M'Guire, who had been de
prived of all sensation on falling into the water, and
on his recovery found himfelf totally disengaged from
it. On his arrival on fliore, he was received by their
graces the duke and dutchefs of Rutland. Here he
was brought to a publick house, and his clothes
changed, and from thence to town, where he arrived
a little after 8 o'clock, in perfect health, it is.faid
his excellency,the Lord Lieutenant had been pleased
to confer the honour of knighthood upon Mr.
M'Guire.
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