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drowned. The prince de Ardor is reduced to the
tingle fief of St George. Ihe princess Gerace de
Grimaldi, is buried in the ruins of the town which
bore her name, but which is now entirely consumed
by fire. All the effects belonging to the king, the
nobles, and merchants, as grain, oil, wine, &c.
have been either wrecked or burnt, -and all the for
tifications ruined. Ihe Point del Phara, and the
town of Pifo, are overwhelmed by the sea, as is
that of Reggio, Montleorne, and several other places.
Petrarch's river, which crossed the province, has
entirely disappeared, the courier palled it on foot.
The number of persons who have periled is sup
posed not to be lel's than two hundred thousand.
'1 he Captain of a frigate which lay at anchor in the
harbour of Medina, lays, that a great part of that
city is destroyed. Ihe greatest part of the nobi
lity escaped in small vefiels, but have loft ail their
pioperty. Near the entrance of the port, several
chains were formed, from whence lulphurous va
pours continually exhaled.
It is imagined that the island of Lipari has been
swallowed up by the sea, several of the inhabitants
who had been taken up by a veifel, relating, that at
the time when they embarked, the elements had all
mingled with each other for the detraction of the
island. The king has given every abidance that
the nature of the circumstances admitted.
L OND O N, March 28.
A letter from Paris fays, it is reported there
that advice is received from ( onftantinople, of a
plan Having been laid to murdei the pultan, but it
was difeovered by one of the Janissaries, three hours
before it was to have been carried into execution.
The reason aligned for it was, that a body of taele
guards had been deprived of their pay for neglect
of duty, and otherwise punched by order 01 the
Sultan, and therefore they were determined to mur
der him as he came out of his seraglio in the dulk
of the evening. Three of the ringleaders were im
mediately put to death.
Extrafl of a letter from Dublin, March 11.
" I here never happened an event urine provi
dentially for this country than the pieient peace,
which took place at the moment that the adhels of
the manufacturers, and of all the poor in general,
was arrived to a cribs of calamity as great as in the
fprihg, 1779, with tins addition or toe high prices
of all the necellaries 01 life to render it iniuppurt
able. What a sudden and happy change has luc
ceeded ! every hand is let to work, and all the
long of cheerful induftiy is heard in all parts of the
city, instead of that heart piercing cry of sorrow,
and murmurs of dillrcfs. wur traders, animated
with a truly patriotick ardour, boldly launch their
property on the sea of comnfercial adventure, de
termined in every pollible manner to explore the
channels through which the fabricks of their coun
try may find their way."
Letters from divers parts of Hampshire fay, that
since such a number of loldieis and sailors have
been difeharged, it is dangerous for people to be
from home after dark, as robberies are 'very fie
quently committed by therrr: A farmer, in going
from Fortfmouth, was not only Gripped of what
money he had, but was cut and wounded in iuch
a manner, that his life was delpaired of.
Orders are given for a large quantity of build
ing materials to be flapped off for Gibraltar, to re
pair the damage fultained by the late liege
By the French and Dutch mails we have received
the following intelligence, 111 a letter dated Ley
den, March 13. —" a courier arrived express at the
Hague, from Paris, in the night of the roth mft.
He brings with him the britilh passports for our
flapping, in consequence of the armistice agreed up
on: they are only one hundred in number. Whe
ther his defpatches contained any thing else mate
rial, is not known ; but it appears very probable,
that the figniog of the preliminary articles is by no
means so near at hand, as was at firlt imagined.
The pre-advice of the province of liolland con
cerning this matter, was on the 4th infant laid be
fore the Status-General ; it contains the following
resolutions: ift. That the Republick cannot, by
any means, hearken to any concession whatever on
her part to Great-Britain. 2d. 1 hat the freedom
of navigation should be eftabluhed upon the princi
ples laid down by Rullia. 3d. That an indemnifi
cation on the part of England must dill be infilled
upon for the losses the Republick has fuffered in
consequence of the unjust war waged against its fub
jeffs. 4th. That until these objects are fettled in
a fatisfaftory manner, the Republick cannot think
of appointing a Miniller to the Court of London.
Five provinces agreed unanimously to the above re
solutions ; but the deputies of Zealand requeued a
delay of twenty-four hours: Nevertheless, as the
business required dispatch, the petition was over
ruled; and on Thursday last the express returned
to Paris, with the above answer, as the ultimatum
of the States-General."
By the Flanders and Dutch mails, which ar
rived yesterday, we have received a letter, dated
Paris, March 16, of which the following is an ex
tract :
“ It is currently reported here, and generally
credited, that the late Commodore Chevalier de
Beauffert, Capt. of the Royal Louis, of 110 guns,
the fame as was dismissed the service by Comte
d'Estaing, will never resume his station in the na
vy; having, by a court-martial held at Cadiz, been
deprived of all his dignities, except the insignia of
the order of St. Louis, and the diftin&ive star on
the epaulet as Brigadier of his Majesty's armies.
" Madame the Comteffe of Fremont repaired, on
the 12th inst. to St. Dennis, to meet her husband,
late commander of the Jason, who passes through
that town on his way to the state prison, where he
is to be confined for twenty years and one day.
The sentence awarded against that gentleman by
the court-martial, presided by Comte de Brugnon,
had doomed him to the block; but his Majesty was
pleased to reverse the laid sentence in the manner
above-mentioned ; though it may be questioned
which was preferable, instant death, or so long a
confinement to an officer aged 55 years, 30 of which
he had Ipent with honour in the service of his King
and country, and whose courage and good conduct
had been unimpeached, till the unfortunate affair
that occasioned his trial."
April 5, Lord North is to be shortly called up
by writ, to the House of Peers, by the title of Ba
ron North. We foretold this manoeuvre—vide
Morning Post of 30th of March. His Grace of
Portland cannot stand by himlelf; Mr. Fox is to
manage the Commons.—Quere, hew long will this
last?
Extract of a letter from Paris, March 24.
" The unealinefs which we have been under on
account of the armament preparing by the Englilh,
intended for the Bait- Indies, is now entirely dissi
pated ; the two Courts aiding in concert for the re
eitabhlhment of peace in that part of the world, up
on as lolid a balls as that upon which it will be fix
ed in Europe. Ihe day before yesterday, the
Englilh officer, who is commillioned to go over
land to India, let off from hence, accompanied by
a perlon ddpatched by our government for the lame
puipofe. 1 hole two will embark at Toulon, and
will then proceed due&ly for Alexandria, and if
they meet with no unfortunate encounter in their
jouiney through the deserts, it is supposed that they
will reach India towards the latter end of June."
zipril 8. Yesterday the Hon. Charles-James
Fox took the oaths and his feat in the House of
Commons, upon being re-elected for the city of
Wedminlter.
It is laid Lord Townfliend killed hands yefter
diy as matter of the ordnance.
Earl cholmondeley and Lord Foley are ap
pointed joint poftmaiters-general.
Me are informed that the duke of Manchester
has resigned his place of chamberlain of his Ma
jesty's huufehold.
1 he new chancellor of the exchequer has already
had a meeting with several merchants and bankers
concerning the loan.
Capt. carpenter of the navy, arrived yesterday
afternoon at the admiralty, with advices from sir
E. Hughes, containing an account of an engage
ment between the fleet under his command, and
M. duffrein, which was delperately fuitained by the
Englilh ; Sir E. Hughes baying opposed a force of
15 Ihips of the line with only 10. Sir Richard
Bickerton, with the reinforcement under his com
mand, is mentioned to have joined Sir Edward
Hughes some time after the above-mentioned action
was fought. Ihe above accounts were, immedi
ately on their coming to hand, laid before his Majesty.
The Rodney packet left Madrafs on the Bth of
November last, and brings an account of a fourth
action between Sir Edward Hughes and Mons. Suf
ficin, which happened in the middle of Odober. It
was the sharpest action that perhaps has been known;
both fleets fuffered much, and ended in a drawn
battle. On our fide three Captains were slain, viz.
Watt, Wood, and Lumley. One of Sir Edward
Hughes's frigates had spoke with Sir Richard Bicker
ton's fleet, a few days fail from Madrafs; but this
was after the above action.
Lord Cornwallis has certainly declined going out
Commander in Chief of the British forces in India,
in consequence of the prefect change of Administra
tion.
A new loan, about to be negeciated fcr the cur
rent year, is to be 12 millions; Qht were to have
answered the expences of the state, had the late Mi
-niftry continued in office; the additional four are
required, for purposes too obvious to mention.
The funds have progressively fallen ever fir.ee the
present ministerial revolution was pubtickly an
nounced.
The re-introduction of Lords North and Stormont
to the British cabinet at this cribs, was thought ad
vifcable, to give additional weight to the commer
cial treaty now on foot between this country and
America ; their Lordships being the men, of all
others, in his Majesty's dominions, for whom the
revolted colonies have the most universal predilec
tion !
HOUSE ofCOMMON S.
April io. The House being returned, the order
of the day was read, for taking into further consi
deration the American Trade Bill, when
Mr. Secretary Fox rose, and expre fTed his inten
tion to move, that it should be postponed for three
weeks or a month, as he conceived the object of the
bill could be better effected by negociation with
America, than ,in the present mode. The princi
ples on which the commerce between this country
and America was to be fettled, were very fimplc and
plain; it would, therefore, in his opinion, require
no great delay to adjust the bufnefs, and he trulted,
by the time he had mentioned, matters would be
so concluded as to open the intercourse between
America and us. In the mean time he proposed to
bring in two bills, the one to repeal all the prohi
bitory act% and the other to dispense with the cer
tificates, bonds, &c. which, as the law now flood,
were requisite to be produced by an American ship,
coming into any of our harbours. He on this moved,
as he had mentioned, that the consideration of the
bill should be postponed for a month.
Mr. Eyre and Mr. David Hartley laid a few words,
when Mr. Secretary Fox's motion was agreed to.
He afterwards moved for leave to bring in a bill to
repeal the prohibitory ads, which was also agreed to.
The Duke of Rutland has not yet formally re
signed; his Grace is at present at Kis country feat,
but is expefted in town in the course of next week.
A gentleman who arrived in town from Brest on
Monday, fays, that orders were came there from
Madrid, that if any American vessels should hereaf*
ter put in there, or in any other port belonging to
the King of Spain, to treat the Americans as an in
dependent people, to shew them refpeCt, and to in
dulge them in every thing they could require.
A difference has already taken place among the
members of the new Administration. The cause is,
that Lord Loughborough insists upon a feat in the
Cabinet, as First Commissioner of the Great Seal.
The Portland party are against him, and Lord North
fcr him.
St. James's, April 2. His Majesty in Council was
this day pleased to declare the Right Honourable
David Viscount Stormont, Lord Prelident of his
Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, ad his
Lordfhi? took his place at the board accordingly.
His Majesty having been pleased to deliver the
custody of the Privy Seal to the Right Honourable
Frederick Earl of Carlifle, the oath of Keeper of the
Privy Seal was this day admiaiftered to him, and
his Lordship took his place at the board accordingly.
His Majesty having been pleased to appoint the
Right Honourable Sir Frederick North, Knight of
the Most Noble Older of the Garter, commonly
called Lord North, and the Right Hon Charles-
James Fox, to be his Majesty's Principal Secreta
ries of Stale; they were this day, by his Majesty's
command, sworn his Maiefty's Principal Secretaries
cf Stale accordingly.
Whitehall, April 5. The King has been pleafid
to constitute and appoint his Grace Wm. Henry,
Duke of Portland, the Right Honourable John Ca
vendish, commonly called Lord John Cavendish, the
Right Honourable Charles Howard, commonly called
Earl of Surrey, Frederick Montague, Esq. and Sir
Grey Cooper, Bart, to be Commissioners for exe
cuting the office of Treasurer of his Majesty's Ex
chequer.
The King has been pleased to grant to the Right
Honourable John Cavendish, commonly called Lord
John Cavendilh, the offices of Chancellor and Un
der Treasurer of his Majesty's Exchequer.
The.King has also been pleased to grant to the
Right Honourable Charles Townshend, the office of
Treasurer of his Majesty's Navy.
Utrecht, April 1. An express, which is arrived at
the Hague from Paris, and which has occasioned
many ministerial conferences, is said to have brought
advices of the court of London having desisted from
her former resolution in refpett to the Dutch colo
nies of Trinquemale and Negapatnam, provided our
Lords the States-General will desist, on their fide,
from the indemnification for losses in flrips and mer
chandize sustained by the Republick since the de
claration of war of Great-Britain, and if, ^fides,
their High Mightinesses will content to let the Eng
lilh participate of the commerce of the island of
Ceylon.
From a New-York paper of the 4th inst. we have
feleded the following:
LONDO N, April 3.
The American trade bill in the House of Com,
mons was put off till the beginning of May ; and.