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VIENN A, January ii.
letters from Constantinople advise, that
they are making great preparations for
war; that orders have been issued for
making a general levy throughout the
whole Ottoman dominions ; that the Turkilh cavalry
have received orders to hold thcmfelves in readiness
to take the field on the firft notice; and that they
talk of nothing less than to dethrone the Sultan, if he
does not declare war against his'enemies. These let
ters add, that the fire of the 6th of last month, which
broke out near the mosque of the Sultan Achmet,
has reduced to allies eight or ten palaces; and that
if the Captain Balhaw had not taken the precaution
to order some houses to be pulled down ditedly, a
great part of the town would have been in danger of
falling a prey to the flames; that, in Ihort, the
Grand Vizier, during the firft week of his admini
stration, bad every night caused about ten or twelve
persons to be strangled, who were fufpeQed to have
concealed, matenes in the different quarters of the
capital.
Berlin, Jan. 25. The last letters from Poland,
dated the 17th, mention, that notwithstanding what
is said, a war between Russia and the Porte seems
inevitable, every thing in Crimea being in alarm, and
the Ruffian troops are marching thither as sass as
poffibie; add to which, that the cry of the people
.at Constantinople is for war, and was the Sultan to
make any great concessions to Russia, both his life
and throne would be in danger.
Frankfort, Jan. 20, The transportation of ammu
nition by the Danube for Hungary still continues,
and they work even Sundays and Holidays. It is
said, that a courier arrived lately at Vienna with
defpatches from the Court of Berlin, so agreeable,
that the Emperor made him a present of 200 gold
sovereigns.
Versailles, Jan. 22. As soon as the ratification of
the King of England shall have been received (which
is expected to be brought over by the young Mons.
de Vergennes) the Count de Mouftiers, Minister
from the King to the Elector of Treves, will repair
to England with the character and quality of Ambas
sador from France to the Court of London.
LONDON, January 31.
A private letter from Paris, by the Flander's mail,
fays, that people of all ranks are greatly rejoiced at
the Preliminary Articles being signed ; but what fur
prizes them is, that orders are given that the works
in the several dockyards be continued as in the time
of war.
On Wednesday notices of fix ships for Virginia and
Maryland were put upon the Royal Exchange, to
fail without convoy.
The East-India Company have taken some more
Arps into their service on account of the approach
ing peace, which are to fail with the next convoy.
A cbrrefpondent observes, and we believe very
justly, the progress of the national debt, from the
year 1700 to 1782:
The national debt in the year 1700, he fays, was
sixteen millions.
Qneen Anne's war increased it by the year 1715
to fifty-five millions.
Twenty-five years profound peace, to 1740, low
ered it to forty-feven millions.
At the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle it was feventy
eight millions.
Eight years of peace reduced it to seventy-two mil
lions; and the fix years of the war following, com
mencing in 1756, and ending in 1762, made it amount
to one hundred and forty-eight millions. —Twelve
years more of tranquility lessened it to twelve milli
ons ; and the American war has increased it so much,
that it is now not much less than two hundred mil
lions. '
Various have been the remarks on the number
forty-five, since the memorable sera when the North
Briton was published : and to the numerous poli
tical and private incidents marked with that patri
opck stamp, it is worthy to observe, that the Spa
nish Court, who has signed the preliminary articles
of peace, bears juftfofy-fe titles.
The conduct of the Count de Vergennes, through
out the whole of the negociations, which have ended
in a peace, has been candid, liberal, noble, and ho
nest in the highest degree. On every occasion he has
ihewn a mind directed by the general interest of all
the powers who were engaged in the war. The in
timate friendfhip which has long fulfilled between
our firft minister and the premier of France has also
greatly contributed to restore the world to quiet.
^eb. 3. If is resolved in council that a large bgdy
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NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
WEDNESDAY, May 7, 1783.
of marines shall be kept up during the peace, in case
of a sudden rupture; as they have been found the
mod ufeful body of troops in the kingdom during
the last war, both by sea and land, where they have
equally distinguished themselves.
Few of the troops in America will return home at
present, it being intended to distribute them among
the Weft India islands, Jamaica, Barbadoes, &c.
which, with a strong garrison at Halifax, and a pow
erful force in Canada, will require by much the
greater part of our forces which are at present on
the American service.
I he price of tobacco, on the profpea of a peace,
and revival of trade with America, is fallen from 81.
los. to 61. per cwt.
Feb. 4. Letters from Madrid advise, that there
have been great illuminations, and other publick
demonfl rations of joy in that metropolis and many
capital cities and towns of Spain, on account
of the peace.
Extras of a letter from the Pais-Bas, January 30.
‘ Peace is no sooner signed between France, Spain
and England, than all the horrors of war are like
to take place on the continent. The Emperor, it is
laid, with other powers, is bent upon driving the
Turks out of Europe; in which case France must
aiTilt the latter; nay, perhaps, even the Pope, and
the Italian States. The King of Prussia is directing
the Hollanders, as Louis the XVlth has the Gene
vois. Thus much for affairs on this fide of the At
lantick. But what shall we fay of those of the other
fide, where, it seems, all the world, but the rich, are
determined to go. How England is to be supported,
let our virtuous ministers inform you; but I cannot
help thinking of a few lines, uttered many years
since at my table, by the late Mr. Isaac-Hawkins
Browne ; and since that published by his son, which
seems now to be verified :
Simplicity of manners, frugal taste,
Io what strange climate are ye chas'd?
" Instead of there '
'' But, ah ! my muse, forbear,
And let the rest our enemies declare."
Mr. Laurens will return to America, as soon as
the terms of the treaty are adjusted.
It is Rill uncertain whether DoCtor Franklin will
not return to England prior to his departure for
America, as according to his last letters to some
particular friends, he had not absolutely fettled his
mind upon the subject.
I hey write from France, that the Americans do
not mean to oifband their army, as it is thought ad
vifeable to keep garrisons in Charleftown, New-York
a° d B ° ft °, luch time as every appearance of
discord and diffatistadion shall subside, and their po
lice be established upon a firm and relpedable foot
ing.
Unanimity in the Cabinet, in Parliament, and
among the people abroad, is now all that is wanted
to recover the welfare and importance of Old Eng
land. °
Feb. 8. Various reports ofa revolution in the mi
nistry were yesterday in circulation. By some it was
said, Lord North was to come into an high and re
sponsible htuation immediately ; by others, that Col
Barre was to retire, and Col. North be appointed
paymaster ; by others again, that Mr. Jenkinfon was
the only individual in office under, Lord North's ad
mimftration, who would be immediately taken into
employment.
A private letter from Bordeaux, received by a
merchant in this city on Wednesday, fays, our mer
chants here are thrown into a great coniternation on
a report prevailing, that great part of our fleet from
Domingo is taken by some English men of war
if this report should prove true, it will be the ruin
of some of the merchants of that city. We have
just received advice from Paris, that peace is con
cluded on, but it is not soon enough to save those
ships from being condemned as legal prizes. We ex
pect a packet daily from the Weft-Indies, which
will determine our fate.
W hatever reprobation may be due to our acknow
ledgment of American Independence, at a time when
they were ready to submit from an absolute want
of all further resources, every indignant feeling must
find new cause of astonishment and disgust in the
other concessions that have been made to them. A
separation from this country was the great object
they contended for ; but that, it seems, has not been
deemed a lufficient reward for their ingratitude ; an
extent of territory, quadruple their former possessi
ons, is added to the boon. Their present limits go
so far beyond the vestige of any human tread, that
this country is cut off, forever, from the continent.
Surely our ancestors must have been idiots for thir
m^ft a h va " a j ° '°T^ fcttlemen ts in America, or
, " b , e . ma ,, cn for giving it up so easily! But
it will not be left to posterity to determine which
have acted most wifely; the present generation will
have an opportunity of judging between the mea
fuies of the present and former times. The effects
or r "'" '" ? ^ are hardj y Perceptible,
^nifek I^T^ a ^ ^° f years to become
maniteft, but the shock of so rapid, so violent a re
volution, will soon be felt.
Shipmafters and others concerned in trade will do
well to take notice, that the twelve days, &c. al
lowed for captures, are not from the date of the sign-
Prebminaries ' but from the ratification of the
A ietter from the Hague, by the way of Oftend,
< "r' by a i''^ arrived in the Texel from the
Eatt-lndies, there is advice that the English have
gained some advantages over the French, but that
? artlculars w€re n °t yet publickly known, but
had been communicated to the French Ambassador.
• +^ reat , °PP° fitlon was made by the Cabinet
I" y ^'" ° f the negotiation, to the line
th^N " ,° th , be . en a S reed upon to determine
he Northern boundaries; it was, however, found
that no peace could have been procured, if the firft
demands on our fide were persisted in; and the que
stion at last amounted to this, Shall we put an im
mediate end to the war, at the expence of a part of
our fur trade, or continue it and risk the whole >
Our commissioners, by ceding so great a part of
, P^"^ S^ to ^ Americans, have
put into the Kinds of Congress not only a fufficient
fund for the payment of the arrearages due their
troops, but also for the payment of all the debts
they may have contrasted.
?"' are n ° less than three vessels now
fr i° m the Unrte d States of America,
which display the Thirteen Stripes. Numbers of neo
pCT daily ^ th ^ ^i, to "^ p ^:
tic a ] P^omenon, a flag of an infant empire. P
The affairs of India, in refpeCt to a peace, have
nufreprefented. The stipulation is, that
we .fhall have power to assist the nabob of Arcot
against Hyder Ally, but that the French are not to
lend any ti oops to that Afiatick prince against us or
our allies ; the contrary to this was what was gene
rally represented.
Monsieur de Buffey, that old enemy to Great
ha" b ,' n '" India to offer terms to the peo
ple theie, to free them from the English yoke and
actually made his bargain with several o/the Asia
• This "'""" came out on Monday's
debate, in the upper house, and was used as an ar
'"v"?' f avour of the preliminaries of peace.
. Y ' Biffi op, common cryer of this ci
ty, attended by proper officers, read at the Royal
Exchange gate and Cheapfide Conduit, the King's
P r ° clan , t:oi b declaring a cessation of arms by sea
^° n between h is Britanhick Ma
j^fty, his Most Christian Majesty, the King of Spain
tt -'a'c' G '°°: a ' ° f the United Provinces, and the
to'be du^^^^^ and enj ° ini ^ the fame
The two /members of parliament, Messrs. Cooke
and Wilmot, who were appointed some time ago
to revile the lift of pensions granted to the Ameri
cfi? refu j ees 3 having, with no less humanity than
ability, duly examined and investigated the merits
and claims of each pensioner, last week made their
report to the lords of the treasury, by which it ap
pears, that a saving of upwards of 20,000!. per an
'° tbe nation ' by the reduction of
luch of the above pensions as they deem unmerited
Tnofe gentlemen who held places in America, will
be paid their lalaries (which are now greatly in ar
rears) up to the roth of October last, and be cop
fidered no longer as servants of the crown ; but
there is no doubt of their being allowed a compen
sation for the lose of their salaries.
J^ y 7^ e fi ^ m . Stockholn b that the importation
of fait used for salting herrings, &c. in the provinces
of Gottenburgh and Bahus, which had been con
fined to Swedish ships only, has by a late refcript
been allowed to all foreign ships with that commo
dity into any of the Swedish ports free of all duty,
for the better encouragement of their fishery.'
Extract of a letter from Chatham, February 17.
For three or four nights past, this town has
been thrown into the grtateft consternation by some
soldiers quartered in our barracks, who were dis
charged in consequence of the peace ; and most of
them afterwads entered to serve in the ^aft-Indies,
having beat and knocked down every person they