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Foreign Intelligence.
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1 CONSTANTINOPLE, Aoril 15.
HE conduct of the Divari plainly shews
the bent of the Ottoman cabinet: the
deposition of the Grand Vizir and that
of the Aga of the Janifl'aries, the entire
"- confidence the Grand Signior places in
the Captain Pacha, and the continual, uninterrupted
warlike preparations making here seem to forebode a
design of washing off with human blood the shame of
the last treaty concluded between the Porte and Ruf
jia. The negotiation relative to the fixing the limits
With the houle of Außria go on very slowly, and the
utmost endeavours are used underhand to excite rhe
people in the neighbourhood of the provinces ceded
to Rufßa, to rife and enter thole new pofTefiions of
the Czarina by force of arms.
Whilst affairs here bear so warlike an afpeft, the
Empress keeps her eye upon the Captain Pacha as
her chief opponent; her majesty fees that it will be
almost impossible to avoid a war with the Porte, and
therefore wishes to take every neceffarf measure to
crush that empire; but the execution of this grand
project muff be let a fide, at least till the affair of the
Scheldt is fettled, and then it is a question but the
Czarina may find other courts so materially interested
both in the LaVant trade and the equal balance of
power of different countries, as not to Suffer the an
nihilation of the Ottoman empire.
VIENN A, May 18.
It is reported, that a certain company has laid be
fore the emperor a very minute plan for the junction
of the Danube with the Adriatic sea, by means of a
carnal which is proposed to be begun here.—- Ihe com
pany offers to carry this scheme into execution entire
ly at their own expence, provided the privileges they
require be granted them.
May 20. We have accounts from Flume, that on
the 20th of last month several shocks of an earth
quake were felt there, preceded by a sudden loud
explosion refemblirg the firing of a cannon. 'J he
most violent shock was at fix o'cl ck in the evening,
and all the town was greatly alarmed, but happily
no damage was done. Ihe following night several
flight fliocks were felt.
H A G U E, June 6.
The States of Holland and Weft-Friefland have
complied with the petition of a great number of re
fpe&able merchants and traders of Dordrecht, Am
sterdam, Saandam, Rotterdam, and Schiedan, the
prayer of which is, that certain moderate duties may
be imposed on all vessels entering the ports of that
province, in proportion to the navigation in which they
are employed, and that the produce may be applied
towards the completion and maintenance of the Mafi-
The orders issued to the officers of the garrison at
the Hague to be ready to march at a moment's notice,
and those sent by the states-general to the comman
dants of our frontier forts and strong places immedi
ately to complete the magazines, makes it imagined
that our government cannot altogether adopt the plan
of reconciliation proposed by the court of Vienna, and
communicated to ours through that of France. The
nature of the apologies to be madq by this republick,
and the number of millions required by way of com
pensation arc the two points upon which our govern
ment cannot agree with that of Vienna; but notwith
standing that war is the general talk here now, yet
accounts from Paris speak of all being fettled, and
that the treaty will soon appear.
COPENHAGEN, May 17.
The canal that his majesty has caused to be dug for
the important purpose of Shortening the navigation be
tween the North Sea and the Baltic is now finished.
The king's council has already fixed the conditions
on which this navigation is to be opened, both
for the fubje&s of his majesty and those of other
Rates.
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
[Vol. VIII.]
TRENTON: Printed by ISAAC COLLIN S, Printer to the State;
U T R E C H T, June 2.
MONDAY, August 22, 1785.
I tine Academy, which the city, zealous for the prof-
I perity of their country, instituted four years ago.
I Ships from the EaR-Indies and the Cape of Good
, Hope, are each to pay 14 florins; those from the
;Welt-Indies, the Coast of Guinea, America and the
Mediterranean, fix florins, and other vessels in pro
portion. ♦
June 8. It is generally reported here, that the
pacific negociations are in a favourable train for being
brought to a speedy conclusion, and that the news of
the approaching compromise of differences will be
;fhortly published by authority. I'he profpeß of peace
! is the more prompting, since it has been found that
;the movements of the imperial armies in the 'Nether
lands are not considerable enough to jaftify the fup
pofitrm, that the Emperor any Toger entertains hos
tile designs.
Extract of a letter from th# Hague, May 25.
" Nothing can be more versatile than what is giv
ing out from one day to another, refpe&ing the causes
of the delay of the conclusion of the differences be
tween the Emperor and the Republick. It is now
said publickly at the Hague, that his Imperial Majes
ty requires, as a previous 'condition, a juftification, or
kind of re-habilitation, Duke of Louis of Brunswick,
as also an appointment in favour of the said prince
proportioned to his long services and his rank. This
opinion gains ground by degrees, as the imagination
proves deficient in motives to account for the delays;
but a report so extroardinary is far from being au
thentic, inasmuch as it wants even probability, the
matter being an objed of internal administration,
which does not in the least concern the foreign
powers."
June 13. A few days since two men, who were a dis
grace to human nature, eat twenty-one pounds and a
quarter of mutton chops, and beef steaks, with two
threepenny loaves, and vegetables in proportion, for a
wager, at the Lower-Fox, near Baptist-mills, Bristol;
one of them, who had devoured above eleven pounds,
and was consequently the winner, declared he could
with pleafurc eat three pounds more.
Letters from Spain mention, that the court of Ma-
L 0 N D O N, June it.
When the news was brought to the several prisons
of Newgate, the Fleet, and Kings Bench, that there
was a new popular meeting initiated in London, of
which Lord George Gordon was a member, and was
taking an active part in it, immediately the greatest
joy is laid to have prevailed among the felons, con
vidfs and other priloners, who, from this intelligence,
prom.fed themselves a speedy refeue and deliverance
from their prisons.
We are lorry to inform the publick, that yesterday
a reverend and very popular divine, put an end to his
exigence by cutting his throat.
I here is a greater quantity of fpccie in the bank at
this time, than has ever been remembered: a strong
proof of the popularity of the present minister, and a
sure presage that flocks will incv.&bly rife.
June 12. We flatter omfelves that the following,
to be inferibed on the column which is to be ereded
in commemoration of Mr. Blanchard's aerial journey
from Dover to Calais, will be agreeable to our
readers:,
In the reign of Louis XVI.
In the year M,DCC,XXXV.
John Peter Blanchard, a Frenchman,
Accompanied by John Jeffries, an Eng
lishman,
On the 7th day of January,
At one o'clock in the afternoon;
Set out from Dover Castle,
In an >erottatic Machine,
Mounting in the air.
He firft crossed the straight
Between Britain and France,
And, after an aerial course
of two hours,
Alighted in this place.
The citizens of Guifnes,
In admiration of this unexampled boldness,
Have eroded this Monument.
T H E
/ drid is actually employed in digesting a plan for open
h ing a trade between the western coasts of South-dme
-Irica and foreign nations, by constituting therein three
free ports: It is said, that the plan has already gone
I so far, that these ports are actually named, being Bal-
I divia, in Chili—Bonaventure Bay, in New-Granada
I—and Cinalfe, in New-Mexico.
June ifr -
Extract of a letter from Venice, Ma, 14. r
, “ Some incendiaries have lately set fire anew to fe
veral places of the great arsenal, and had it not beed
; ' timely observed, a considerable part of the town must
:have become apey to the flames. Several families
lof this city, fufpeAed of having some hand in this
;plot, are apprehended, and confined in out public^
; prisons."
I Extras of a letter to Mr. FeEor, at Do-aer, dated Bou
logne, June 15, 1785.
" As you will naturally be desirous to know thj
;particulars of the unhappy fate of our two JEronants,
I who perished this morning, you may depend on the
I following, of which 1 was an eye-witness. ',
"At a quarter pad seven they afeended, and for
the firft twenty minutes appeared to take the best poK
fible direction; when, for a few seconds, they ap
peared Rationary; then took a direction to the left
towards Portee; then a contrary direction, and at
about three quarters of a mile's height the whole Was
in flames, from the fire of the cursed Montgolfier, and
fell with incredible velocity on Huitmille Warren;
where the two unfortunate adventurers were found,
instantly, on their fall; Pilatre with both his thighs
broke, and a violent contusion on his breast; he was
dead, before his defeerit, apparently. Romain had.
both his legs broken, and moR of his limbs disjointed;
but breathed for some moments, and uttered the ex
clamation—Oh Jesu ! and inftahtly expired.
“ Excuse me, the fubje'd has so affected me, that
I can fay no more. There were faggots and Eaves all
round the gallery, and the fire actually blew about the
gallery at the moment of their afeenfioh. The whole
feene lasted about fifty minutes."
On a calculation lately made, it appears that thd
several powers of Europe employ in trade to the
Oriental continent, about 160 fail of ships, carrying
from 14,000 to 15,000 seamen. Of these 65 ships,
or thereabouts return to Europe from India annually.
The British company employ 54 ships, arid about 16
return each year. The Dutch company about 40
ships, of which 13 return annually. '1 he Danes 11,
of which 5 return. The Swedes 11, of which 4 re
turn. The Portuguese 8, of which 4 return. Ihe
Imperial company 7, of which 3or 4 return. Prus
sia 5, of which two have returned. The Italian
powers 12, of which 5 return. Spain return two
every year, and France since the peace, 14, of which
7 have returned. The Americans have had one ship
arrived at New-York dince their independence —This
is a pretty accurate Rate of the European commerce
to India.
Accounts are received from the continent, which
fay, that the two Dutch Ambassadors are set cut for
Vienna, to apologize to the emperor for the insult of
fered to his flag by the Dutch man of war firing od
one of his vessels in the Scheldt last year.
June 16. The message from Mr. Pitt, a Few
days ago, to the American envoy, desiring to post.
pone, for some time, the intended interview between
them, gave rife to some degree of Speculation. The
common opinion was that some difference had arifea
among the members of the cabinets, as to the pro-^
priety of receiving that political missionary on any
other footing than as a private agent from our quon^
dam colonies; and therefore, that the minister could
not fee him, till that point, which must decide ths
form and manner of doing so, ,was finally adjufted.'
It would seem, however, from the accounts in yes
terday's papers, that, if there had really exiftea
any doubts concerning that majter, the good genius
of the new world bad crept into our councils, and
blown them all away.
It appears somewhat strange to many,, that ME
Adams, who bore such an active hand in the late re
bellion, should, of all others, be the man pitched up
on by the Thirteen States as their legate fa tßig
[Numb. 380.]