The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1784-07-12 00:00:00, page 1

NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. io.
PREPARATIONS are making at the sera
glio for the marriage of the two youngest
sisters of sultan Selim, the one to the pacha
Choczim, and the other to the pacha of
Apello.
Since the epidemical deftemper among the cattle
rages in some neighbouring countries, an order is
published, forbidding any cattle being brought from
other countries and fold in this kingdom, without an
attestation signed by the magistrate of the place from
whence they came, that no epidemical disorder rages
there.
Tranquility is happily restored in this city. The
mob, which had again assembled on Monday after
noon, after the burghers guard had gone off their du
ty, gathered together before the house of M. Wifhoff.
burges of the company of lieutenant colonel J. J. El
- and members of the free corps. On these
new commotions, the burghers company, No. 5, of
Mr. secretary Betaart, got immediately under arms;
and repairing to the town-house, the ensign of the
company, Gerrard Vander Loog Houthoof, was de
tached with forty men towards the Princeftraat ; which
having taken poll before the house of the said M. Wi
fhoff, a resolution by the noble, grand, venerable ma
gistrate, was there read against all riots. Ihe mob
then dispersed by degrees; since which no tumultuous
commotions have taken place.
B A MBU R G, March 5 .
The river Reidnitz, which runs through this city,
has, by overflowing its banks, done considerable da
mage, and among the rest carried away the bridge
built in 1732, and which cost 140,000 florins ; many
houses and mills have been thrown down, and 40
persons have loft their lives.
A fleet from Vera Cruz and the Havanna, entered
the port of Cadiz on the firft of last month. It con
sists of two fliips of the line, five frigates and two
merchantmen. The cargoes of which, according to
the printed lifts, consists of gold dull, silver, &c. the
whole amounting to 33,000,000 of small crowns of
fifteen reals. About one million of this trealure be
longs to the king, the rest to the company of com
merce.
Advice is received, that the Terpficore, a French
frigate of 36 guns, with troops on board, bound to
the island of Bourbon, was lately loft near the island
of Corunna, and all the crew perished.
A letter from Flushing fays, that a French frigate
called the Duc d'Aumount, being in great distress,
with fix feet water in her hold, put in there, but
funk a few hours after flie was got into the harbour;
the crew had just time to get ashore; die had been
three weeks out from Bourdeaux, and had been beat
ing about several days before they could make that
harbour.
April 10. Though no cabinet is more close than
that of Versailles, something transpires of an inten
tion to take some extraordinary steps in the East-In
dies.
The decided part the Prussians have taken refpeCt
ing the Prince of Orange, has revived the spirits of
the British part, at Rotterdam, who now publickly
execrate the French influence. The healths of Fre
derick and Stadtholder are constantly toasts in that
city, and whoever refufes them, meets with marks of
the publick resentment.
1 he most authentick accounts from Amsterdam de
clare, that the noble part the king of Prussia has
taken in favour of the Stadtholder, by his spirited ex
postulation with the States General, had given uni
versal fatisfa^ion to the English party in the United
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TRENTON:
MADRI D, March 15.
Foreign Intelligence.
ROTTERDAM, April 7.
LONDO N, Apiil 8.
PRESBURG, March t.
Printed by ISAAC COLLIN S, Printer to the State.
MONDA Y, July 12, 1784.
Provinces, and deranged the politicks of France so
effectually, that,the minister from Versailles was pre
paring to return to Paris.
The States General are indispensably bound to
maintain a perfed friendfhip with the king of Prussia,
not only on account of his vast superiority of power
which that monarch has gained, but as his troops lie
so contiguous to their territories ; in consequence of
part of Guelderland having been yielded to his father
by the treaty of Utrecht; the dutchy of Cleves by
the treaty with the Elector Palatine ; the diftrid that
fell to the head of the house of Brandenburgh as joint
heirs to our king William the Third; and lastly, the
principality of Eaft-Friezland, which was acquired
by the extinction of the line of its ancient Princess.
Be'fide these powers, Prussia and Holland are engaged
to each other by solemn treaties, which* if the latter
should break, it is easy to forefee a convulsion would
ensue, that would probably, in a very few months,
totally change the constitution of the United Pro
vinces.
Extras of a letter from Elfmeur, April 6.
" It is reported here that a packet, with fourteen
pa ffengets, cfoffing the Little Belt, is loft, and only
one saved: We do not know if she had any mail on
board."
A letter from Leghorn fays, that the Barbary
states are getting ready a great number of armed ves
sels to fend to the Mediterranean, so that there will
be more cruizers out than ever was known, all very
stout vessels, and very well maned.
Extraft of a letter from Gibraltar, March io.
" I he chief matter which engages the publick at
tention here is the affair of the ship which was ran
away with from Leghorn by some Sclavonian failois,
who, after having murdered the captain and eleven
other persons, pofTeffed themselves of the (hip. Three
of our frigates are now after her; the Thetis pur
sued her towards the Levant, where (as we have
no news of her yet) it is conjectured the villains may
escape, the islands of the Archipelago being very nu
merous. We continue building, but are often obliged
to stand for want of materials. We have had blow
ing weather ever since Christmas, and very cold."
Admiral Campbeil's squadron for Newfoundland,
the ensuing season, will consist of the following (hips:
Salisbury, 50, Vice-Admiral, captain Bradbey, Win
chelfea, 32, captain Farnham, Thifbe, 28, captain
Robertson, marquis Seignally, 16, captain Hunter.
His majesty is said to be a warm advocate for tri
ennial parliaments, ever since the late oligarchical at
tempt to seize the executive government. For short
parliaments will certainly, fays he, give the people a
power of punishing their representatives, if guilty, by
expulsion, and prevent paity riling to any dangerous
height, to the prejudice of either the people's li
berty, or his own prerogative.
Extras of a letter from Cadiz, April 9.
" The llaips equipping for an expedition in the Me
diterranean, are, la Serena, 60, el Leandro, 54, el
Mento, 50, el Angelo, 42, San Gabriel, San Lau
rentine, and San Cecelia, frigates. Don Antonio
Sylva d'Arche is to have the command."
'I he Echo is arrived with defpatche's from Gib
raltar. She failed the 25th March, at which time
there was no news of the Grand Dutchefs of Tusca
ny, which was run away with by some Sclavonian
sailors.
Extrafl of a letter from Dublin, April 9.
" We are in great confufion at present in this me
tropolis- A blow is aiming at the Liberty of the
Press by Mr. Foster's bill. Ihe lower rank of peo
ple are in continual tumult. A figure dressed up in
a large bag-wig, representing one of the enemies to
freedom, was yesterday carried about the Earl of
Meath's liberty, and afterwards burnt amidst the ac
clamations of the populace. Much mifehief is appre
hended from the mob on Easter Monday and Tues
day; but proper precautions have been taken by the
police to obviate any bad effects from riotous pro
ceedings."
THE
April 19. Saturday night's Gazette contains a
proclamation for the better carrying on trade and
commerce between Great Britain and the United
States of America for a limited time.
April 20. Another attempt will be made on the
wreck of the Royal George at Spithead, next month.
April 21. Like master, like man, was never bet
ter applied than to Mr. Pitt and the fheriff of York
shire. The worthy fheriff declared the sense of the
county meeting to be in favour of an address for his
friends ; but on a division being demanded, he is
forced to acknowledge that he cannot determine on
either fide, and yet immediately after he signs the ad
dress, as if carried by a majority. A number of the
mod refpe&able noblemen and gentlemen in the king
dom draw up a true date of the fheriff's conduct and
fend it to him for his approbation; he declines to
give himfelf the lie under his hand, but he empowers
a committee to sign a declaration to that effect for
him.
April 22. The French keep all their seamen in
their own service, whilst those of England and Ire
land are scattered among the navigators of all nati
ons. ,
Politicians who pretend to extraordinary intelli
gence from Holland, insist that mifehief is brooding
there, and that the cloten foot will appear, when
this country will not be prepared for the discovery.
April 23. The reigning toast in Dublin is," May
those mifereants who endeavour to destroy the Liberty
of the Press, have no property in Ireland."
The general address of petitioning candidates runs
in a stile rather remarkable ; molt of those gentlemen,
though they depend principally upon the dependent
electors, yet uniformly address only the independent
electors, who are by far short in number to the others.
I iiele addresses to the independent induces a cor
respondent to examine how the world is at present to
be understood. He takes it, that at the present day
the following catalogue is a full illuftratien:
A chimney-sweeper in a certain borough town,be
ing one of the last voters at a violent contcfsec
tion, was strongly pressed by each candidate to ho
nour him with his vote. The fellow, who was at a
loss for some time to tell which fine gentleman most
merited his fuffiage; at last recollecting that he had
often heard of killing hands among the great folks,
declared, that he would not vote for either, unless
they would kiss his hand. One of them accordingly
came forward, and having vainly endeavoured to per
fuade the sweep to dispense with so disagreeable cere
mony, actually saluted his soothing fingers ; after
which, confidently claimed the expected reward:
" No, no !" fays the chimneysweeper, " 1 (han't
vote for you; for I am sure he that would kiss my
hand, would kiss the minister's ."
No greater proof can be given of the popularity of
Mr. Fitt's administration, than the universal returns
in favour of the court party, even at those places
where the coalition weie supposed to have the greatest
interest, both from piopeity and long connection.—
M E N.
Independent of honour.
Independent of patriotism.
Independent of morality.
Independent of religion.
Independent of fortune.
Independent of credit.
WOM E N.
Independent of their bufbands.
Independent of decency.
Independent of chafity.
W e also find children independent of their parents,
wards independent of their guardians, and what is
remarkable, Great-Britain at this infant hands inde
pendent of allies.
Many well meaning politicians entertain the idea,
that Ihorting the duration of parliament will effectu
ally remove that corruption, from whence all our mil
fortunes have arisen; but others, upon more proba
ble grounds, are of opinion, that unless the teprefen
tation is upon a more adequate footing, the difeale,
though it may be palliated, cannot be effectually
cured.
[Numb. 322.]