The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1785-07-04 00:00:00, page 2

May 6. A letter from Tangier, in the Empire of
Morocco, fays, that the Emperor, in conference of
his design to treat the Dutch in the most favourable
manner, has, at the solicitation of their Consul, grant
ed permission to fell the cargo of the Citta de Vien
na, wrecked on that coast, on account of the Dutch
merchants. He has besides ordered the I§ Moors
who forced the Captain of the wrecked vessel to land
them near Ceuta, to be sent in irons to Morocco. It
is likewise affirmed, that he has sent a formal com
plaint to the Emperor of Germany against the Cap
tain of the above vessel, and ordered his guarda coftas
in future to fire upon all vessels, without diftinftion,
who fnall attempt to land men, on any pretence what
ever, in any part of his dominions, other than the
eftablifned ports. This measure has produced a num
ber of memorials from the Consuls of the European
nations, praying that some exception may be made in
favour of such unhappy persons as, in case of (hip
wreck, shall be obliged to make for land in their
boats.
Extras of a letter from Malaga, April 2.
" An Algerine rover, of 26 guns, had the auda
city to chace a Roop from hence, under the fort of
San Isidore, who firing upon the renegado, he re
turned several (hot, one of which dismounted a can
non of 18 pounds from the ramparts and killed three
men; the pirate's metal must from this have been
very heavy. The San Carlos, of 50, a new flrip,
and the Agnefia, of 28 guns, are now fitting as guarda
coftas, to prevent these outrages, and to proted the
coasting trade, which is nearly flopped from the law
less proceedings of these barbarian marauders. Those
infidels have at this time twenty-seven fail of vessels
at sea from 40 to i6guns, and are bid to be preparing
several more. It is something aflonifhing, that the
Barbary powers, who build none but contemptible
gallies, should get provided with such flout Grips. It
is more than probable some of the European Rates are
at the bottom of these disorders, fomented to serve
some special purposes not yet brought to open day.
One grand effort will be made this summer if possible
to subdue those pirates, who are become a terror to
all th e powers who have a trade in the Mediterranean
sea, the Dutch and English only excepted."
It is confidently asserted, that there are letters in
London, received by express from the continent, con
taining accounts that the preliminary articles of peace,
between the Emperor and the Dutch, were last week
signed by the Ministers of the refpedive powers.
fthere is any thing commendable in the last peace,
itfeems to be the making the North-Americans and
Spaniards neighbours by the cession of Florida. The
former turbulent and rapacious by nature, and gid
dy with their lately acquired independence; the lat
ter haughty, jealous and vindictive; it is impossible
that amity can for any time subsist between them,—
No treaties will prevent the avaricious Americans
from carrying on a contraband trade, in the Spanish
dominions, in his neighbourhood ; and if his goods
should be seized, he will make no scruple of making
predatory incursions to repair his loss ; we may there
fore exped soon to fee the expeditions of the Bucca
neers renewed on a larger scale; instead of a sloop or
two, containing a few hundreds of men, the seas will
be covered with numerous fleets, from whence will
issue thousands of desperadoes, who, Rimulated by
the thirst of gain, will carry terror and desolation
throughout every part of Spanish America, and re
d^zi t to the fame deplorable condition as the more
A report is current, that it is the intention of the
Ministry to submit a bill to the consideration of Par
liament, soon after the approaching recess, for con-
Rituting a Board of Commissioners, for the purpose
of enquiring into the nature of the commercial inter
course between Great-Britain and the United States
of America, and to make a report thereof to the
house, preparatory to measures being adopted for esta
blishing, on a permanent basis, a system for the regu
lation of the commerce of the two countries.
Extract of a letter from Paris, April 21.
" It is allured that some preliminary articles that
are to serve for the basis of an accommodation be
tween the Court of Vienna and the Republick of
Holland, have been signed by the Emperor's Ambas
sador, and those of the United States. Others pre
tend, nevertheless, that in the conference between
these Ministers, nothing was done but the exchang
ing of their full powers, as the negotiations could
not be renewed without that formality. They add,
that another courier from Vienna was expected, in
order to know whether the Emperor will desist from
some articles which the States General cannot admit
as the foundation of the reconciliation. On account
of the distance between the Courts interested in the
negociation, the arrangement of the different difficul
ties require a considerable time."
The following (hips are to be launched next month :
Royal Sovereign, 1 to guns, at Plymouth ; Excellent,
74, at Harwich; Bellerophon, 74, at Rochester ;
Medusa, 50, at Plymouth; and fix frigates at dif
ferent places.
southern parts of Europe were by the incursion of the
Normans.
Letters from Vienna fay, that all the advices from
the frontiers affirm, that the movements of the Prus
sian troops become every day more serious. Some
people even pretend to fay, that the troops of that
Monarch will form three armies, under the com
mand of the Prince Royal of Prussia, Prince Henry,
and the reigning Duke of Brunswick.
A private letter from Amsterdam fays, that ad
vice is received from Cadiz that the Vrow Geertruy
denberg, bound to that port, was taken within fight
of the harbour by two Barbary corsairs, but a French
man of war lying there flipped her cable, and went in
chafe of them, retook the Dutch (hip, funk one of the
corsairs, took the other, and brought it, with the
Dutch snip, into Cadiz.
$ ^ ^=^s^==^;——— §
ON Saturday last arrived here the ship Hibernia,
Capt. Scallion, in seven weeks from St. Übes.
By her we learn that a snow, belonging to England,
from Leghorn, homeward bound, had put into Lis
bon in great distress. Being chiefly laden with cot
ton, it heated and caught fire in the hold, four days
before her arrival, during which time the crew re
mained upon deck; and being obliged to secure the
hatches, cabin windows, and companion door, had
nothing to subsist upon. Before she reached the shore,
fne was observed by the Portuguese to be on fire, and
a number of boats were sent off to assist the crew to
extinguiffi it, but they refufed to admit any of them
on board, until they had run her on shore, when the
sudden shock made the flames burst out, and she Was
consumed in a few hours.
BOSTO N, June 18.
On Thursday last, agteeably to the order of the
day, the Honourable the Legislature proceeded to
the election of delegates to represent this Com
monwealth in the Congress of the United States,
when, on collecting the votes, the whole number ap
peared to be 150, 76 making a choice: The
Hon. Rufus King, Esq. had 142 votes.
Hon. Nathaniel Gorham, Esq. 116
Hon. Theodore Sedgwick, Esq. ioi
Hon. Nathan Dane, Esq. 83
and were chosen. Five being the number to be elect
ed, and four only oeing chosen, the Legislature again
proceeded to the ^ ice of a fifth delegate, and on
collecting the v: he whole number was 156, of
which
LITCHFIE L D, June 21 .
On Thursday evening last, there was a most violent
tornado, or hurricane, accompanied with a heavy and
The General Assembly of New-Hampshire, have
appointed a committee to wait on the Supreme Exe
cutive Council of tliis Commonwealth, to ascertain
what laws have bebn enabled here, the operation of
which make it expedient that the neighbouring dates
adopt ads similar thereto.
A correspondent observes, that as the late arrival
of British merchants, factors and agents, has been a
great cause of the embarrassed Rate of our trade and
commerce, whether it will not be necessary for
the present General Court to enad a particular law
refpeding such persons, that such residents should not
fruftrate the intentions of any alien ads of this state,
by naturalization; and whether such interlopers
should not be obliged to pay at least one thousand
pounds to the Commonwealth for this privilege ;
otherwiie, all ads of this state will soon become of
little avail, in hindering such residents from receiv
ing every advantage in their importations, under the
fandion of being fubjeds to these states. This fineffe
may be pradiled with a view to set aside the extra
duties imposed on aliens, she question is, whether
British merchants, agents and fadors, who reside
among us, with a view of importing British gewgaws
and other manufactures from England, and collecting
the currency for remittances, can be considered as va
luable members of society ?—or rather, whether such
residents are nuisances to the community, and ought
not by every measure possible, to be so embarrassed in
tlieir commercial concerns, as to oblige them to re
turn whence they came.
The Hon. john Hancock, Esq. had 112 votes,
and was chosen.
The Hon. Peter' offin, Esq. is elected a Senator,
vice the Hon. Triftram Dalton, Esq. who has re
signed, and taken his feat in the House of Represen
tatives.
Ihe fame correspondent farther observes, that
however plausible the ide of emigration may be urg
ed, he hopes this gauze covering will not so far de
ceive any one, as to lose the diftindion between emi
gration for the improvement of our manufactures and
agriculture, and the trifling venders of balloons and
ribands.
American Intelligence.
SHELBURNE, May 1,
severe Ihower of hail, at and in the neighbourhood of
Sharon; which, with infinite regret, we assure our
readers, has materially damaged many, and totally
destroyed some very valuable fields of English and
other grain, in that vicinity, and greatly injured the
fruit, &c. as trees of considerable bigness, were either
broken down, or torn up by the roots ; and fences
within the limits of its direction, were likewise so ef
fectually demolished, as to leave many fields entirely
open. The roofs of three barnes, the property of
Mr. Samuel Canfield, merchant; John Canfield, Esq.
and Lieutenant Taylor, were blown off; and
the dwelling-house of Dr. Afhur Shepard, and —
Grifwould, Esq. were considerably injured; many of
their windows being broken to pieces by the hail-
Rones.
We are assured, that by a calculation made by a
gentleman, particularly flulful in the geography of
this country, it appears the Western Territory of the
United States comprehends more than two hundred
and sixty-three millions of acres, of which forty mil
lions of acres are water; so that with a liberal allow
ance for mountainous and rougl i land, we have two
hundred millions of acres, capable, by their produce,
of rewarding the toil of the husbandman. Scotland,
England, Ireland, France and Sweden, united, do
not contain a greater extent of territory; and these
coutries support between thirty and forty millions of
people.
Corroborating accounts, obtained of gentlemen
from the Rate of New-York, give us fufficient confi
dence likewise to acquaint our readers, that on Sun
day the 12th inst. a severe storm of hail, attended
with a Strong whirlwind, thunder and lightning, ex
tending itfelf in different directions, from Kinder
hook, in that, to Washington, in this state; which
has laid waste many very large, valuable and flourilh
ing fields of grain, destroyed the fruit, and commit
ted many other ravages. Our informants fay, that
hailstones were found on the morning succeeding the
storm, which measured eight inches in circumference.
Captain Crawford spoke a Bermudian Roop at the
Caucuses, and was informed that Captain Miles, in a
Roop belonging to New-Haven, on his passage from
the Cape to Turks-IRand, struck on one of the Cau
cuses ; the crew saved, but vessel and cargo loft.
Eiery man in America, who, either from motives
of fell interest, or the more exalted motives of pa
triotifin and philanthropy, feels himfelf affeded in
the fitnation of these riling Republicks, must sincerely
rejoice, that the principal states in the union enter
tain, at length, a just idea of the only radical cure
that can possibly be applied to our distresses, that is,
to invest Congress with such a power of regulating
our trade, as may enable them to counteract those
illiberal and impolitick systems, whose influence, like
that of a malignant comet, has operated so banefully
throughout the ftates.'
Recent letters from Europe inform us, that the
Pope has opened two ports, Cavita Vecchia on the
Mediterranean sea, and Ancona on the Adriatick
gulf, for the aclmhlion of vessels belonging to the
United states of America, on terms of perfect reci
procity, and has, moreover, nominated persons at
eacliof these ports, to render every necessary ser
vice to those Americans who may arrive there; stipu
lating only, that the fubjeCts of the Papacy fha'll meet
with similar friendly treatment in the ports of the
United States. We are informed that application on
the above fubjed, for the purpose of opening a new
vent for the New-England cod-fifh, was made by the
American commissioners in Europe, to the Pope's
Nuncio, who transmitted an account of the proposi
tion to his sovereign, by whom he was empowered to
conclude the business as above-mentioned.
Same evening a gristmill, standing in Livingston's
Manor, containing upwards of one thousand bushels
of wheat, was set on fire by lightning, and, with its
contents, entirely consumed.
Capt. Gideon Crawford, in the Roop Betsy, lately
arrived at Providence, in r 3 days from Cape-Fran
cois, informs, that a brig from New-London (Capt.
Star) was seized at the Cape, the 22 d of May, on
a charge of having contraband goods on board. The
vessel was not condemned when Captain Crawford
failed.
N E W-YO RK, June 29.
# His Excellency Don Gardoqui, Ambassador from
his^Moft Catholick Majesty to the Court of America,
arrived at his house in this city last Friday, and we
are informed will in a few days have an audience of
their Excellencies the Members of the United States
aflembled in Congress.
Yesterday failed from Sandy-Hook, the ship Cssfar,
Captain Wade, for Bnftol, and this day the brig
P e £By> Captain Dekay, will take her departure for
the fame port.
On the loth of February last, a bill was read a se
cond time in the General Aflembly of Georgia, for
gianting to his Excellency the Count d'Eftaign,
twenty thousand acres of land, and to encourage the
settlement thereof.