The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1782-07-17 00:00:00, page 1

Se&. i. Be it enabled by the Council and Gene
ral Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enabled
by the Authority of the fame, That, from and af
ter the passing of this a&, it dial! and may be law
ful for any perlon or perlons to apprehend and take
before some justice of the Peace in the county
where he ihall apprehend any perlon whonrhe may
fufped to be a prisoner of war taken from the ene
my, who hath escaped from the place of his con
finement, and may&be found palling through or with
in this state; and if upon examination it ihall appear
to the said Jußiee that the person or persons lo
brought before him, is or are a prisoner or prisoners
of war as aforefaid,and hath not in his or their poffeifi
oa a permiffibn or paftport, signed by the command
er in chief of this Rate for the time being, or some
general officer in the armies of the United States,
or the commissary-general of prisoners, or his de
puty, the said Justice is hereby required to com
mit the said offender or offenders to gaol ; and the
person or persons apprehending the said prisoner or
prisoners as aforefaid, Ihall be entitled to receive
from the collector of the county in which* the de
tedion may be, for each prisoner the sum of Three
Founds in gold or silver, and also Ono Eighth of
a Dollar per mile for each mile the place of detec
tion may be from the gaol aforefaid, upon his or
their producing a certificate signed by the said
Judice who committed the said offender or offenders,
and authenticated by the. Sheriff or his gaoler by
his certifying his reception of the said prisoner or
prisoners.
STATE of NEW-JERSEY.
An Aft to encourage the apprehending all prisoners
of war who have escaped or hereafter may escape
from the place of their confinement.
WHEREAS, by a resolution of Con
gress of the thirtieth day of March
last, it is recommended to the several
Rates to pass laws for the purpose of
apprehending and securing all prisoners of war,
who have escaped or hereafter may escape from the
place of their confinement: And wheteas it ap
pears that such a law may be beneficial; There
fore,
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
2. Be it farther enafrd by the authority afore
faid, That the Sheriff of any or either of the coun
ties within this flare ihall be entitled to receive, from
the colleddr of the said county, the sum of Five
pence per day for the fuwiftence of each prisoner
confined by virtue of this aft while in confinement,
upon his producing his account for that purpose to
the said county collector, authenticated by his oath
or affirmation, which certificates and accounts so
paid by the county collectors, or any or either of
them, and proper receipts thereon endorsed, Ihall
be fufficient vouchers for the said county collectors,
or any or either of them, in the settlement of his
or their accounts with the treasurer of this state for
so much of the publick money in his or their hands;
and the said treasurer is hereby required to trans
mit the said receipts to the auditor of accounts for
this state, who is directed to charge the fame to the
account of the United States.
HAGUE, April 3 , 1782.
The express which the prince de Gallitzen, and
M. de Marko, Ruffian Ministers, some time since
font to London, being returned, these Ministers
this day presented to the States-General the fol
lowing memorial :
The undersigned Ministers of the Empress of all
the Raffias, anting by virtue of orders given to them
to promote, as much as in them lies, the salutary
3. And be it further enabled by the authority
aforefaid, That every person who fliall harbour,
conceal, or any other way aid or assist any prison
er of war as aforefaid to escape, and being thereof
legally convided, Ihall fuffer such pains and penal
ties as the court before whom such conviction Ihall
be had, in their diferetion, Ihall adjudge, not ex
tending to life or member.
Faffed at Trenton, June 7, 1782.
[Vol. V.J
WEDNESDAY, July 17, 1782.
work of the mediation conferred on her Imperial
Majesty, batten to communicate herewith to your
High Mightinefles, a copy of the letter written to
Mr. Simoiin, Minister of their Sovereign, at the
court of London, b^ Mr. Fox, Secretary of state
of his Britannic Majesty. Your High Mighti
nesses will there perceive the intentions of his Bri
tannick Majesty to make a sincere reconciliation
with the Republick, upon the basis laid down by
themselves, in their resolves of the 4th of March
last, and by which they accepted the mediation of
the Empress. The preliminary concession made by
Great,Britain, of the cardinal point of reviving the
treaty of 1674,* seems to 0 remove every obstacle
which flood in the way of opening the negociations
for a defective peace. If, in thjs mean-while,* a
fufpqnfion of arms, as proposed in the letter, Ilwuld ,
be thought agreeable to the interests of this nation,
nothing would better accord with the humane views
in general which animate the Empress, or with
her particular sentiments of benevolence and affec
tion toward this state: This measure, connecting
the double advantage of putting a flop to the effu
fion of human blood, and restoring, from this mo
ment, to the Republick, the exercise of the rights
of free trade and navigation, which neutral nations
enjoy, and especially those who have acceeded to
the principles of the armed neutrality.
In full confidence of the pacifick disposition,
which yoar High Mightinesses have not failed to
panifeß in the molt fclemn and positive manner;
dispositions so analogous to the real welfare of the
state: the undersigned flatter themselves that your
High Mightinesses will not hesitate to lay hold of
the communication which they have the honour to
make, by taking an immediate and decisive deter
mination to re^edabli/h peach and good harmony
with their old allies and friends, on conditions
which they (hall find to their equal honour and ad
vantage..
Done at tire Hague, 3d of April, 1782.
* By ibe treaty of 1764, the contrasting par
ties agreed, " that a free fdp Jbould make the
goods free," that is to fay, that enemy's property
foould not be deemed prize if laden in an English
or Dutch foips and na^al fores v.ere declared
not to be contraband.
The letter of Mr. Fox, to Mr. Simolin, men
tioned in the preceding memorial, is conceived in
the following terms:
" Having laid before the King, the extract of
the letter from the prince Gallitzin, and Mr.
Markow, which you did me the honour of com
municating, I am ordered by his Majesty to inform
you, that the King, defifeus to give proofs of his
intentions to their High Mightiheffes, and of his
wish to renew the friendship which has been so un
happily interrupted between ancient allies, who
ought, for their mutual fo?tereßs, to be united, is
ready to enter into a negociation with their High
Mightinesses, in order to form a treaty of peace
between his Majesty and the Republick, on the foot
ing of the treaty of 1764: and that to facilitate
the execution of an object which his Majesty has
so much at heart, the King is ready to issue imme
diate orders for a reflation of hostilities, if their
Lordfhiffs, the States-General, ihall think such a
measure likely to forward their design.
" His Majesty has ordered me to explain to you
his fentimeuts concerning so important a fubjefy
and to desire you to impart them to the Ministers
of her Imperial Majesty at the Hague, in order
that they may be communicated without delay to
the Minifteis of the Republic*, judging that this
mode will be mod Suitable, under the mediation of
her Imperial Majesty, to put an end to the calami
ties of the war, which unhappily subsists between
the two nations.
I have the honour to be,
With the molt profound confederation, &c.
(Signed) C. J. FOX."
THE'
We are told, that on the delivery of these pieces
the assembling of the states of our province has
been anticipated a week, and that their noble and
great. Mightinefles are tailed to meet next week.
1 he proposition ot a cessation of arms, ill-agrees
with the answer that their High Mightinesses gave
.the Duke de Vaguyon, Ambassador of France, to
his memorial of the j Bth of March, relative to a
c tert of operations against the common enemy;
an answer which was couched in the meft fatisfac
tory terms.
The Counfellor, Penfionary de Bleifwick, has
reformed Mr. Adams of the resolution on the 28tli
of March, by the States of our province, in the fol
lowing words:
Extract from the resolutions of their Lorddips, the
. F^t.s of Holland and Weft-Friefiand, at their
meeting of the 28th of March, 1782.
" Having resumed, the deliberations, the address,
and the laR address of Mr. Adams, .of the 4th of
May, 1781, and gtla of January, 1782; to tile
States-General, for the delivery of his credentials
from the United States of America, to the States-
General, by which lad address the said Mr. Adams
has demanded a categorical answer, to be commu
nicated to his cOnßituents: Having deliberated on
the requeß of a great number of merchants, manu
fa&uicts, and other inhabitants of the said province
concerned in commerce, to be fuppdrted in their pe
tition presented to the States-General the 20th inst.
in order that the nioft efficacious measures be talcen
to ehabiilh a commercial intercourse between this
country and North-America ; of which request. co—
pies were, on the 21st, distributed to the members:
It has thereupon been thought fit, and it has been
determined by their r.cb'e Mightinesses, “ That rhe
Rrongeß instances be made, that Mr. Adams be
admitted and acknowledged, as quickly as may be,
by their High Mightmeßes, in the quality of envoy
from the United States of America." And the
Counfelior Penfionary has been .directed to inform
Mr. Adams of this resolve of the States cf Holland
and Weft-Friefla.nd;
In the house of Lords of Ireland, It is a Land
ing order that any member who makes a morion
p lhall do it with his sword on; and it is a conftant°
rule there, that no I eer attends his duty without
being full dressed. The house of Lords in England
l often exhibits uncombed heads, dirty stockings
r boots, great coats, and, in short, all the fafmona-'
ble dishabille of Britilh slovenliness!
*L O N D O N, March 26.
A letter from Cooftantinople, by the way f Hol
land, fays, that the Emperor has font orders to all
parts of Turky, to raise forces as faft as possible, to
dilcipline and supply them with arms, time they
may be ready to march to his assistance, as lie ex
petted to be attacked by some chridian powers'; and
hops of war are ordered to be built in every port
belonging to Turky.
March 28. The South of Ireland is at prefect
experiencing the most rapid advance of fortune.
Estates. of great magnitude in the county of Cork
are doubling their rental. One in particular, which
was 7,5001. a year a few years ago, was lately let
at 12,0001. Manufaftures cf wool, which were
till of late confined to Bandon and Carrick, and
could hardly fapport themselves, now increase so
rapidly, that in a few years the face and value cf
the country will be quite changed.
The frith petition lift has lessened above 40001. a
year, and no new pensions have been given iD~fo,
an instance scarce ever known before.
b Some of the morning papers have Rated that the
title of Lord Sackville will become extinct at Lis
decease, bis Lordlliip having no lons to succeed
" m: ;, e f a a i s he has two ions and three daugh
ters. His elded son, who is not qufte fourteen
years old, poffefies the lucrative appointment of Re
ceiver-General for the island of Jamaica, a firiecute
for life, which brings him in annually not Jess fcn
90001. and became vacant during the administration
of his father.
[Numb. 238.]