The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1784-12-13 00:00:00, page 1

NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
LONDO N, September 30.
It is now said that the Dutch have not captured
any of the Imperial fliips, but that their fleet of ob
servation, which hovers at the mouth of the Scheldt,
have actually flopped five ships with Imperial colours
from proceeding up the river to Antwerp, by threat
ening to fink them if they dared, after this interdic
tion, to attempt prosecuting their voyage.
A private letter from Berlin, by the Dutch mail,
fays, that the King of Prussia is railing more men,
and daily exercising them, that they may be marched
at a very short notice.
A gentleman who came to town yesterday from
Oftend, fays, that just before he failed, a report pre
vailed that two vessels, which were sent up the Scheldt
with goods for Antwerp, in passing the Dutch settle
ments were both flopped ; that the captains and crews
were both taken into custody ; notice of which is sent
by express to Vienna.
Foreign Intelligence.
PARI S, September 25.
THE Messrs. Robert and their fellow travel
ler, M. Hullier, returned to Paris on Thurs
day the 23d instant. 1 hey have given no
tice that they will, in the course of a few
days, publish a detail of their experiments and obser
vations. In the mean time we have the following par
ticulars :
They descended exactly at forty minutes past fix at
the village of Beuvry, near Bethune, 150 miles from
Paris. They went this very long journey in fix hours
and 40 minutes. Beuvry is the residence of the
Prince de Ghiftelles. It so happened that the Prince
and his son had been engaged that very afternoon in
giving a splendid entertainment to their tenantry and
neighbours, in which, among other pleasurable cir
cumstances, they had launched a balloon filled with
rarified air, 30 feet high, and which had been at
tended with complete success. The company were
beginning to separate when the Roberts came in fight.
This unexpected fpe&acle excited the most general
shout; and with the most clamorous voices they called
out to the travellers to alight on that spot. The bro
thers thought it an eligible place, and they descended;
in coming down they were near striking their machine
against a mill, and to avoid this they exercised their
oars, and with an admirable manoeuvre made a semi
circle in the full view of the assembly, and within 30
feet of the ground ; by this means they landed in the
centre of the field. When the people heard that they
had come from Paris since noon, they exclaimed with
one voice, vive Robert! and they conduced them to
the castle of the Prince de Ghiftelles, by whom they
were received with marks of the greatest delight.—
"hey were crowned both in the cattle of the Prince,
und in the city of Bethune. At the latter place the
Marquis of Guy, who was there with his regiment
in the garrison, gave a grand fete on the Monday in
honour of the brothers.
About twenty years ago comte Qginfky, grand ge
neral of Lithuania, undertook the vast project of open
ing the navigation between the Black Sea and the
Baltic, by means of a canal dug in the Palatinate of
Brzefc, in Lithuania, which would join the river
Brzypiec to that of Szczara, the Brzpyiec emptying
itfelf on the other into Niemen. Their union would,
over an immense track of country, open a direct com
munication between the two seas in question, which
are naturally so far asunder. After working at this
amazing undertaking for some years at a very consi
derable expence, the comte was obliged, by the trou
bles of Poland, to lay it aside; he renewed the pro
ject again a few years ago, which he has now com
pleted, and a ship and several rafts of timber have
passed along the canal, which, in honour of the comte,
is called Oginfkiego. There never was a greater mark
of true patriotism than this undertaking of comte
Oginfky, who has, with a vast deal of trouble, and
the expence of many millions, completed a work from
which he derives no profit whatever.
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TRENTON: Printed by ISAAC COLLIN S, Printer to the State.
WARSA W, July 28.
MONDA Y, December 13, 1784.
Extrafi of a letter from Offend, September 29.
“ The Prince Kaunitz East-India ship, having un
loaded a great part of her cargo here, is failed for the
port of Antwerp to deliver the rest; as she must fail
up the Scheldt, this will necessarily bring on the
question of opening the free navigation of that river ;
so that the state of affairs, which have long hung in
suspense, must soon be decided."
October 2. The Dutch, according to letters by the
last mail, begin to fufpedtthat their new ally is play
ing a treacherous part with them, as they have sent
excuses to some requisitions lately made them, and
recommended a mediator —an accommodation is pre
ferable to war.
Though the Dutch fleet is infinitely too powerful
for the Emperor by sea, yet the Oftend cruizers be
ing let loose upon their trade, will operate like a heft
of hornets ; their commerce is too universal to admit
of general convoys, and the situation of Oftend is
such, that they may watch the Dutch merchant Ihips
without much danger.
The Englilh guineas in America are cut down to
the value of 17s. with a view to prevent their re
turn. This, however, answers no purpose, as they
continue to be taken by weight, according to the
British Randard, and therefore find their way home,
though in a shabby fort of cropped and mutilated
condition.
A large quantity of dollars is brought over by the
Rosamond, just arrived from Boston.
The Duke of Brunswick has yet very strong inte
rest in many of the provinces, where French influence
is not so powerful as it is in the province of Holland.
Port Rofeway, in the course of next year, will be
able to fend a large quantity of oils to the British
market, to the utter exciufidn of the Maffachufett
traders, who formerly carried oh a very profitable
trade with that article at the low duties.
We are well informed, that the Minister has a plan
to propose to parliament early in the next fellion, for
railing publick credit substantially, and fur keeping it
upon such a refpedable footing, as it never has yet
experienced in this country.
I he Dutch have been at uncommon pains in guard
ing the mouth of the Scheldt, and considering that
the Emperor has no formidable navy to force a pas
sage up that river, their barrier at its entrance is more
expensive than neceflary ; the following fliips are po
sitively Rationed there for this purpose; Liberty 70,
Gueldre 64, Admiral Tromp 56, Alkeuiar 54, Har
lingen 44, Brille 36, Zwalluwe 16, Dauphin 14, ex
cept the two laR, which cruize about the mouth of
the Scheldt, the others are all guard ships, and are
completely equipped, having all their guns in, and
their full complement of men on board.
October 4. When we confider the present Render
strength and peaceable disposition of the Dutch, it is
by no means improbable that they will submit to the
claims of the Emperor, without disputing them at the
point of the sword.
The lall Dutch Ihips were insured at a war price,
a proof that the merchants are apprehensive of hosti
lities immediately taking place.
T he last accounts from Tunis fay, that a squadron
of twelve ships were about to fail in search of the Ve
netian fleet ; but that an accommodation was expelled
through the influence of the Ottoman Porte.
1 here are a great number of Englilh seamen at
Oftend.in expedition of getting engaged with the Im
perial flag, and finding great profits from a Dutch
war.
If it is true, as has been said, that the Dutch have
permitted the Emperor's ships to fail up the Scheldt
without making any refinance but that of protesting
against it as an infraction of treaties, there is an end
of all hostilities between Germany and Holland, till
his Imperial Majesty shall difeover some other reason
for disturbing the Jupine tranquility of their High
Mightinesses.
A correspondent is of opinion, that the Dutch will
not go to war with the Emperor, because they have
actually some justice on their fide; but to commence
hostilities in an open, manly manner, without violat
ing national faith and undermining a neighbour, is
quite out of their way !
THE
The Mexico Gazette, of the 19th of May, gives"
remarkable account of a centenarian, who was born
in 1663, and is now living at Xalapa, aged 122 years.
He was married at 75, and has since that had 10 chil
dren. Though he has conflantly been employed in
hard labour, they aver, that he enjoys a considerable
portion of strength and health, and can still manage
a horse like a man in the prime of life. They add,
that he sleeps but one hour in the day.
It is the report of the day, that the Ambassador
of the Emperor of Germany has, in the name of the
Emperor his master, made a proposal of an alliance
of a particular nature ; in which also the Empress of
Russia, the King of Denmark, and the King of the two
Sicilies, are to be parties. The cabinet are to con
fider the AmbafTador's proposal at their next meeting,
when an answer will be returned.
Some Imperial officers, who have refilled long in
London, set off last week for Vienna, in consequence
of orders to return home.
According to advices of the firft authority from the
continent, if the Emperor breaks with the Dutch,
the King of Prussia will be of the league against him;
as a proof that this is really the case, we, need not
only look to the cabinet of Paris, where Prince Hen
ry, the brother of that monarch, is now resident, but
to the movements that are making in Brandenburgh
and Silelia; besides which (unless reports are more
than usually erroneous) the courts of Brunswick and
Hesse are engaged not to let out their troops for hire
to any potentate whatever, but such as the court of
Berlin may recommend. All these things look very
much like Rrengthening the hands of the different par
ties, a cii cumftance in which the powers are usually
engaged on the eve of a war.♦
I he Stadtholder has written a letter to the Rates
of Utrecht, dated September 20, in answer to theirs
of theist of the fame month, on the fubjed of the
report of their commissaries, appointed February 20,
to examine into and give their advice concerning the
means proper for the removal of the grievances com
plained of by the inhabitants, and for there-establish
ment of peace and good harmony among them.
In this letter he complains loudly, that the com
mittee, instead of entering into the consideration of the
objed before them at large, had confined themselves
solely to the murmurs raised against the regulation of
the Regency made in 1674, and to the proposing a
plan of reform. This he declares he can by no means
consent to, and trusts the states will let the report re
main brout jacet ; " especially," fays he, “ as we can
with confidence render to ourselves that testimony
which has been confirmed even by the commissaries
of your Noble Mightinesses, that we never have abused
the power entrusted to us by the above-mentioned
regulations ; and therefore we justly demand, that this
fundamental law, which your Noble Mightinesses,
as well as ourfelf, have solemnly sworn to main
tain, may for the future make the rule of our mutu
al conduft."
The Rates of Holland and Weft-Friefland have
agreed to furnifh their quota of the sum of 467,000
florins, necessary to put the troops in a condition to
march, and have authorized the council committee to
make the payment.
Oftober 5. Private letters from Vienna, dated Sep
tember 23, fays, that in consequence of some very
spirited remonftance from count d'Obdam, the Dutch
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor, he had been
told his attendance at court would be dispensed with,
and that the publick business would hereafter be done
with the iieur duker his secretary.
A ship has lain at Deptford for more than fix weeks
with the King's broad arrow, and two officers on
board, attempting, contrary to the statute laws of the
land, to carry out of the kingdom several workmen in
different branches; among whom were curriers and
tanners, with their working implements. These emi
grators were intended for North-Carolina, in Ame
rica, where a very large leather manufactory is esta
blished near Wilmington, of which the proprietors had
taken all imaginable pains to outvie every attempt of
that kind in other parts of America.
Letters from Dublin by the last mail mention, that
the enormities committed by the mob every day be-
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