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as to ascertain the least degree of advantage- either in
the disabling of our Ships, or the deftrudion of our men.
The resolution of her Imperial Majesty to make
an annual increase of her navy in order to increase her
Strength and dignity upon the ocean, occasions great
Jealousies at the Court of Versailles, where, it is well
understood, (he is an enemy to French politicks, and
at the fame time suspicious of the views of the House
of Bourbon united. The language of her Ambassa
dor on a late occasion, refpeefting a Turkish war, car
ried with it an infinite degree of firmnefs and determi
nation, expressive at once of the Strength of her own
mind, and her indifference for foreign interferences.
The Irish Volunteers having come to the resolution
@f presenting an address to his Majesty, in which hav
ing exprefled their zeal for his Majefty'. person, fa
mily and government, their inviolable attachment to
the perpetual connexion of his Majesty's crown of
that kingdom with that of Great Britain, they beg
leave to implore his Majesty, that their humble with
to have certain manifeft pervertions of the parliamenta
ry representations of that kingdom remedied by the
Legislature in some reasonable degree, might not be
attributed to any spirit of innovation in them, but to
a sober and laudable desire to uphold the constitution,
to confirm the fatjefadion of their feliow fubjefy, and
to perpetuate the cordial union of both kingdoms.
Dec. 19. The Dutch seem to have a troublefomc
neighbour in the perlon of the Emperor ; and the
conduct of the latter, even in " trifles light as air,"
is so rigid pthat the good republicans mult look to
themselves if they wilh to keep upon good terms with
the Imperial Eagle, whole talons are grown too Sharp
for their High Mightinesses to lurvive its firft grasp.
These reflections are founded on the following extract
of a letter dated Liefkienfhock, a small fort belong
ing to the Dutch, opposite to Lillo, October 26.
“ From time immemorial, it had been the custom
for our garrison to bury their dead in the burying
ground of an Austrian village, called Den-doede, situ
ate near this fort, and within ten miles of Ghent. On
the 17th, the corpse of one of our soldiers, was by a
detachment from the fort, conveyed to the above bu
rying-grpund; there the Austrian officer flopped the
detachment, under pretence of their anting in violati
on of an Imperial edi&. However, as the Austrians
were not a match for us, the corpse, after a warm al
tercation, was interred. Nothing was laid about it
till the 24th instant, when 400 foot and the fame
number of horse were sent out from Ghent, and ar
rived that very evening at Den-doede. The next day
they were all under arms, and received orders to load
their pieces; when they proceeded to the burying
ground, took up the corpse, and marched towards the
fort, their cavalry having orders to wait on the road.
Being arrived at the fort gate, the Austrians peremp
torily infilled upon its being opened. The gate was
opened, when the Austrians approached to it and there
deposited the corpse, and retired quietly towards
Ghent, having in their way been joined by their ca
valry. The Austrian troops were headed by a Major
and two Captains, accompanied by Mr. Dierk, Lord
Advocate of the city of Ghent." If so severe opon a
mere punctilio, what will not the Emperor do when
essentially provoked?
In the course of the debate on the East-India bill,
agitated in the Upper House of the Britilh Parlia
ment, on the 15th of December, Lord Abingdon, in
the close of his speech, in his Lordship's propoled mo
tion for summoning and calling in the advice of the
judges, respecting “ the vefling the affairs of the
East-India Company in the hands ascertain Direc
tors," said,
" And now, my Lords, these being the queries
which it is my intention to submit to the opinion of
the judges, together with my reasons for thefe.que
ries, I now beg leave to add one reason more for the
motion itfelf, of calling for the advice of the judges
upon this occasion ; and it is this, that, as if the opi
nion of the judges had been taken upon the question
of the American war before it had been entered into,
that is, whether the Parliament of England had a
right to levy taxes internally on America, America
not being represented in the Parliament of England,
that country might at this time have been a part of
the Britilh empire ; so upon the fame ground am I
persuaded, that the putting of these questions to the
judges no<w, may be the means of faring the East-
Indies, to this country: For. my Lords, it is to be
supposed, that the servants of the East-India Compa
ny in India, connected as they are in the interest with
the Company here, together with Mr. Hastings, at
the head of an hundred thousand men there, will qui
etly deliver up those poffeflions, when by the delivery
they know that they are themselves to be displaced,
to make room for ethers; and if not displaced, that
they will have Members of Parliament, and Members
of Parliament's sons, and kindred riding upon them
four and five deep, and quartered upon their emolu
ments, as much without number, as without reason."
CHARLESTOWN (S. Carolina) Dec. 13.
Thursday morning died fugdenly, aged 3.5, Major
WAS left at the House of
the subscriber in Princeton by Col. Lemoy,
on or about the firft day of November, a sorrel mare,
saddle and bridle, four white feet and a snip in her
forehead, which will be exposed to sale for the expendes
of keeping, on Saturday the twenty-seventh of this in
stant, March, at ten of the clock, if the expenses are
not paid before that time.
iw ANNER WEST.
We find the following publiflied under the Vienna
head as an article of intelligence, and submit it to the
consideration of our readers how far good policy would
dilate such a measure, or something like it, in this
new world, in order the sooner to populate its wilds
and forefts;
" The Emperor has issued orders, that all new mar
ried couples in the country places Shall be exempt from
all taxes during the two firft years of their marriage;
and that on the report made by the judges of the
place of their property, certain sums Shall be advanced
to help them to set up, which money they Shall not be
obliged to reimburse, until after a term of ten years."
Last week the ice in the river Delaware broke up,
and it is again navigable, after being frozen over, so
that carriages could pass, about three months.
*, The Votes and Proceedings of the Assembly
at the last fitting are printed, and will be ready for
delivery in a few days.
Edmond-Massin^ird Hyrne, of the ^outh-Caro-1
lina Line, Ai-dc-camp to General Greene, and one of|
the Representatives in the General Assembly. His|
remains were this morning attended in solemn proces
sion to St. Michael's Church, by his Excellency the
Governor, their Honours the Intendant, rhe Speaker,
several Members of the House of Representatives, and
by his brother soldiers, Members of the Society of
Cincinnati, moll Sincerely regretted by all. He was
seized at ten o'clock in the morning, with an apoplec
tic fit, brought on by a wound in the head, he had
received in the year 1780, and died at three in the
afternoon. As the citizen, foldierand ftatefaan, none
of equal rank in our patriot army have gone beforej
him; and his memory will ever live with great grati
tude in the minds of his fellow-citizens, of this ftate|
in particular, for his able and masterly conduct as !
Commilfary-General of prisoners in the exchange of
June, 1781, whereby great numbers were most unex
pectedly delivered from certain deftrudion in the pii
lon-fhips, which, in the refinement of cruelty, were
made the floating graves of so many of their compa
tripts.
HARTFORD, February 10.
The following melancholy accident happened at
Salisbury on Friday evening the 23d ult. As Dr.
Walton of that town, with two of his daughters,
were returning home in a sleigh from a visit to their
friends a few miles distant, in attempting to ctofs a
bridge, where the descent was about twenty feet, and
very steep, the horses took fright, and went off one
fide of the bridge into the water, by which the eldest
daughter, a young lady of about 16 years of age, was
killed or drowned; her body being found in the wa
ter the next day near the bridge; the Dr. with the
other daughter of about 9 years old, were danger
ously wounded ; but it is hoped they will recover.—
One of the horses were killed.
Last Tuesday morning three persons were drowned
in attempting to cross Wood's river, in this town ;
they, with two others, were in a horse cart, and pas
sing the Stream, which was high and rapid on the
oaft fide of the bridge, were swept away and driven
under the ice. Two pf the men got on the ice and
were saved.
The fame morning a negro, belonging to Mr. Hills,
was found dead in the Street in Eaft-Hartford. By a
bottle of rum that was found with him, and from
other circumstances, it is supposed he was drunk, and
fell with hi§ face in the water, in which manner he
expired.
P H ILADELPH I A, March to.
Subscriptions are now raising in New-York, and
in Baltimore, for establishing a bank in each of these
places.
Ihe lower House of Assembly of Connecticut, on
the 29th of January last, rejected the live per cent,
impost recommended by Congress, 69 agaio£ 37.
Colonel Anderson and Major Croghan lately set
out from Richmond in Virginia, by appointment of
the Legislature, to survey and lay off the lands appro
priated for the officers of that date.
Extract of a letter from St. Kitt's dated January
24, 1784.
“ I am happy to tell you, chat by the last ships
from England we are to have a free trade with North-
America, with this single rettridion, that they Shall
not be carriers of any of the produce of the Britilh
illands to Great-Britain."
TRENTON, March 23.
BOULTING CLOTHS.
A LARGE and general assortment lately imported,,
of Superfine, fine, middling and coarse, Suitable
for boulting every kind of meal, are for sale, by the
fubferibers, at their Store on STAMPER'S wharf,
next below the draw-bridge, or in Spruce-street, near
the corner of Third-Street. Millers and others may be
supplied with houlcing cloths, the belt in quality, and,
if required, may have proper directions for affixing
them on reels, and tiling them to the greatest advan
tage. Those who buy 111 quantities, will have a rea-,
fonable allowance made to them.
Starry Stone, Sc White Oak Timber.
They have also for sale, a quantity of good quarry
stone, and a parcel of white oak timber, hewed to
different Sizes and lengths, 011 navigable water near
Bordentown, New-Jersey, from whence the stone may
be carried in flats, and the timber floated in rafts at
a small &«pcqfc.
They have likewise MILL-STONES of different
forts, one set of sawmill irons, and gristmill irons of
several kinds, to dispose of on reafonabteterms. Apply
to Nathaniel Lewis, at Mount-Holly, or as above,
to ROBERT LEWIS & Sons.
Philadelphia, March 15, 1784. 8w
A few New-Jersey
ALMANACK S,
For 1784,
Containing the Table of Depreciation of this
State, may be had of the Printer hereof.
Notice is hereby given
r ro all those that arc indebted to the estate pf John
I Clayton, fen. late of Lower Freehold, county of
Monmouth, deceased, to make payment at the fub
fcribcr's house in said township, ou the firft day of
May next ensuing the date hereof, or they will be pro
ceeded against as the law directs: Also those that said
estate are indebted to, are desired to attend at said
time and place with their accounts properly attefted^
that they may be fettled.
JOHN CLAYTON, jun. Adm.
March 15, 1784. 3w±
To be fold, by publick vendue,
On Thursday the firft of April next, at the house cf
the subscriber in Amwell,
r TORSES, cattle, iheep, hogs and farming utensils.
I Conditions will be made known and attendance
given on said day by
iwf THOMAS STEVENSON.
SALE
OF that very valuable and well known FARM,
commonly called The Bainbridge Farm, in the
township of Maidenhead, county of Hunterdon, state
of New-Jersey, adjoining lands of Messrs. John P.
Schenck, William Phillips, Ezekiel Smith and others.
It CQnfifts of 282 acres of land, about 40 of which are
wood-land, 50 meadow, and the remainder tillage and
pasture of excellent grass: The meadow is of the belt
quality, being part of the Maidenhead meadows, so
much celebrated, and the quantity may be eucreaUd
to double with very little pains. The cleared land is
divided into five fields, in each of which is a constant
spring of good water ; there are also some lot enclosures.
The farm house is large, well built with stone, two
Stories high, four rooms on a floor, with excellent cel
lars, and a stone kitchen adjoining. There are also a
barn and convenient ftxbles. It is three and 4 half
miles from Princeton, nine from Trenton, and about
a mile from the post-road. The foil is fertile, well si
tuated for raising grain, and peculiarly well calculated
for breeding stock. For terms apply to Colonel Ben
jamin G. Eyre, at Kensington, Philadelphia ; William
C. Houston, Esq. at Trenton; Daniel Hunt, Efquirc,
near Pitts-Town ; or the subscriber on the farm, who
will Shew it to any person inclined to treat for the
purchase. DANIEL AGNEW.
M^h 18, 1784. 4w±
Notice is hereby given to whom it may concern,
T^HAT the sloop Jane, burthen about one hundred
X and thirty tons, commanded by Captain Thomas
Mangin, and last from Antigua, came on Ihore in No
vember last near Cranberry inlet, in the township of
Dover, county of Monmouth, and state of New-Jer
sey, and now lies at the fame place :—That the Capt.
Thomas Mangin, is since dead, and has left consider
able effects in my hands, both of cash and other ar
ticles: —That I have administered on the said estate
pf the said deceased Captain, and Shall expert all per
sons having any claims or demands on the said Capt.
Mangin, or on the said vessel called the Sloop Jane,
will present them to me at the above place properly
atrefted, before I Shall be at liberty to deliver up either
vessel or any part of said effeds.
JAMES LIPPENCQT, Adm.
Monmouth county, March 15, 1784. gwg
LAMPBLACK,
Of the best quality, to be fold cheap by the Pr@ci
of this paper.