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balloon was so low, us apparently to touch the sea;
then rose again and was fcen much above the cliffs up
on the French coast, and disappeared in the horizon
far beyond them. The balloon reached the continent
between Calais and Boulogne ; was seen by glares
from the English Tore till ten minutes pad three, far
over the land ; and an account was brought by a
King's cutter, at five o'clock, that the balloon de
feended at 25 minutes past three, at Blanai. Mr.
Blanchard was in the highest spirits at his departure.
It was exceeding cold. He wore his great coat. Dr.
Jefferies was in a light sailor's dress.
No certain accounts have as yet been received from
Trance of their arrival ; but there is not the lead
doubt entertained at Dover of the balloon having
eroded the channel, as the French coast could be
clearly difeerned as well as the balloon. This is the
sixth voyage performed by Mr. Blanchard io this bal
loon, and one of tlre most lingular and bold attempts
ever made by man. Mr. Blanchard and Dr, Jefferies
have the honour of being the firft serial mariners.
7a?!. 14. Captain Gibson, of tire Dennis, arrived
at Dover, on the 20th ult. Ipoke a French brig bound
to St. Maloes, that had taken up Captain Moran, and
the crew of the Ann that foundered on her passage
from Maryland to London.
The corporation of Calais have come to a resolu
tion of creeling a monument to perpetuate the memory
of the two intrepid aeronauts.
Feb. 2. Letters from Offend by the last mail declare,
that the flares of Middleburgh had published an invi
tation to the ten provinces, to unite in a federal union
against the proceedings of the Imperial Court, whole
late tranfa&ions, the Eurgomafters assert, are neither
warranted by polital experience nor the law of nature.
Extract of a letter from Dunkirk, dated Jan. 7.
" I he pirates, who some time ago hole a consider
able quantity of dollars from on board a Hamburgh
vessel in the river Thames, v ere yesterday apprehend
ed here and committed to prison, by older of the
Englifli government. This is in consequence of a
lat£ arrangement fettled by the two courts."
It is without doubt that a negociation is carrying
on between the Courts of Great-Britain and Den
mark, relative to the island of Nicobar, situated in
the Gulph of Bengal. The position of that island ren
ders it of the greatest importance, as the vessels there
find a fafe harbour during the contrary winds which
blow from the Coromandel fide. In case of a war be
tween Great-Britain and France, an event which we
ought to look upon as approaching, the possession of
Nicobar will be of the utmost importance.
By authentick accounts from Brussels, dated Janu
ary 22, we learn, that an ingenious engineer in the
service of France has clearly ihewn, in a dissertation
upon opening the Scheldt, that every commercial pur
pofc refpeding the Imperial trade would be much
more effectually accomplished by cutting a canal from
Biuges.to Ghent, which might be done at a very in
considerable expence, in comparison to that which
mule arise in case of a war.
By the last accounts from Holland, we hear, that
on the arrival of two couriers, nearly on the heels of
each other, at the Hague, from Paris, there was
much apparent bustle among the presiding magiftiates.
The States General met on the 21st ult. and fat till
midnight, and have fat deliberating every day since,
The Prince of Orange's regiment of dragoon guards,
which had been countermanded some time since, are
again ordered to prepare to march immediately, to re
inforce one of the garrisons on the frontiers. Those
whose horses are not in order, are to march on foot,
and cattle to be provided and lent after them.
February 3. A letter from the Hague, dated Janu
ary 23, fays, “ The Marquis de Verac confers daily
with the government, but we apprehend there will be
no accommodation with the Austrian Court. The
States have sent their ultimatum to Paris, so that we
wait only to hear, whether the Imperial monarch will
accede to these terms, which the Republick have fix
ed on as the only concession they can or will make."
Some defpatches are received from Lord Torring
ton, his Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of Bruf
fds; and in the fame packet there have arrived some
private letters, which mention, that every hope of
peace is nearly vanished. The Dutch have gone so
far as to seize and confine some peasants who had
gone inadvertently out of the boundaries, which had
occasioned an order from the commandant at Brussels,
with advice of the Council, to proceed to the fame
behaviour where ever persons were found puffing into,
or out of the Emperor's territories, without the usual
passports.
February 4, Letters from Paris mention an ex
change being in mediation of a very considerable na
ture, and which will not only determine the dispute
on the opening of the Scheldt, but prevent it from
becoming a question in future. The idea of this ar
rangement, they fay, will do honour to the flatefman
who is its author; but in the mean time it is kept a
profound secret.
Extract of a letter from Conflantinople, Dec. 24.
'' The death of Prince Solomon, of Georgia, has
Letters from Jamaica, dated the 30th of Decem
ber last, mention, that there had been an infurredion
on the Spanish main, and that the Indians had cut off
the posts and Fort Omoa, put to death upwards of
80 soldiers, and taken prisoners near 300 persons in
the service of his Catholick Majesty.
Feb. 15. Mr. Pitt, it is said, has been properly
prevailed on to change the mode in which his propo
rtions for the Parliamentary Reform are to be brought
on. Ihe suggestion of a fpecifick alteration is to be
given up, and a committee of inquiry, the only mode
with any thing like probable success, is to be the plan
on which this important business is to be commenced.
been productive of great trouble. Frince Heraclius,
at the head of a large body of Ruffians and Tartars,
proposed one of his descendants to facceed to the go
vernment of the principality ; but the party attached
to the deceased, fearing they should be fubjeded to the
Court of Russia, took arms, under the protection of
the Facha of Trebifond, and the Abaffiaps, a free
people inhabiting the plains at the foot of the Eaftein
Mountains. Ihe number of the latter party amount
ing to 30,000 meri, Prince Heraclius was obliged to
yeild to such superior force, after an engagement, and
pursuit into his own country, in which 3000 of his
followers were slain, including a Ruffian General and
1000 men of the fame country. A nephew of Prince
Solomon, named David Chan, is nominated successor
to his uncle, This Prince has obtained a vast booty,
principally in slaves, with which the country abounds."
Feb. 7. By the last advices from Amsterdam, we
learn, not without furprize, that the loan of seven
millions of guilders, by way of lottery, of 70,000
tickets, on account of the Dutch East-India Compa
ny, was no sooner known than filled; and it is no
less worthy of remark, that notwithstanding the em
barrassed Rate of the company, their three per cent,
bonds arising from this lottery are eagerly bought up
at no less than 92 per cent.
Extras of a letter from Paris, February 3.
" Affairs have again taken a new turn, and now we
talk of peace with as much boldness as ever; it is uni
versally believed that a plan is agreed to for fettling
the differences between Holland and the Emperor, an
equivalent having been offered, on condition of the
House of Austria forever abandoning their claim on
the Scheldt. This is the fad,"
We can aflure the publick, that very large cotton
works are going to be ereded at Glasgow, Perth, and
Lanerk, under the patronage of Messrs. Dempfter,
Arkwright, and some capital merchants and manufac
turers of that kingdom ; and that every effort to com
plete the fame will be made this spring.
Feb. If. In the House of Commons of Ireland, on
Friday rhe 4th inst. the Right Honourable Thomas
Orde delivered a message from his Majesty, which
concluded with the following paragraph:
" His Majesty lias observed, with great concern,
the popular disturbances that have lately prevailed,
from the intemperance and indiferetion of misguided
men ; and confides in the constant and strenuous en
deavours of his faithful Commons of Ireland, to pre
vent their pernicious effects; and their resolution to
rejed and suppress every assumed authority, which
may attempt to didate to the Legiflatuie, affords his
Majesty the highest fatisfadion. His Majesty is ful
ly persuaded, that a proper degree of attention will
be Shewn in the consideration of such internal regula
tions, as may be necessary for securing the peace and
happiness of his fubjeds in Ireland, as well as for the
settlement of all commercial objects between his king
doms, upon equitable and lading principles, for the
mutual advantage of the different parts 01 the empire.
And they may depend upon his most ready concur
rence in the Support of such measures, as, up, n a ma
ture consideration, may appear to draw closer those
ties of interest and affedion between the two coun
tries, which are so essential to their happiness and
prosperity."
WESTMINSTER, Jan. 25.
1 his day his Majesty came to the House of Peers,
and being in his royal robes, seated on the throne
with the usual solemnity, Sir Francis Molyneux, gen
tleman usher of the black rod, was sent with a message
from his Frajefty to the House of Commons, com
manding their attendance in the House of Peers. The
Commons being come thither accordingly, his Ma
jesty was pleased to make the following most graci
ous speech:
Ny Lords and Gentlemen,
AFI ER the laborious attendance of the last sessi
on of Parliament, it has given me peculiar pleasure,
that the situation of publick affairs has admitted of so
long a recess.
Among the objects which now require consideration,
I must particularly recommend to your serious atten
tion, the adjustment of such points in commercial in
tercourse between Great-Britain and Ireland, as ate
not yet finally agreed. The system which will unite
both kingdoms the most closely on principles of reci
procal advantage, will, I am persuaded, best ensure
the general prosperity of my dominions.
„ PHILADELPHIA, April x.
The benefit of clergy has been totally abolished in
the Rate of Massachusetts, and adequate punishment
directed for those crimes where it used to be allowed.
On the 21st ult. there was pafTec lan ad, in the Rate
of New-York, laying a tax of eight Killings per an
num, on every dog kept within the limits of that city.
The produce of this tax to be applied to the support
of the poor, or such other uses as the Mayor, &c. of
said city may direct —lt is to be observed, however,
that every butcher and tanner within the above limits
is permitted to keep one dog, without being fubjed to
any tax.
Extrafl of a letter from London, dated Feb. 4.
" On account of the depredations of the Barb
corsairs, there are no insurances yet fixed on Am
can bottoms : Those on English bottoms, from L
don to Boston, are five guineas per cent, and to N<
York two guineas and an half; to Philadelpl
Charleston, and Annapolis, ditto. From Liverpool
and Glasgow to New-York, the insurance is fixed at
the fame price."
Extrafl of a letter from Cadiz, fan. 6.
" A very formidable armament is preparing here
against the spring to attack Algiers; they are to be
joined by the Portuguese and Venetians, also the com
bined forces of some other nations, which, when to
gether, will form one of the most powerful fleets that
ever went against that regency. A number of officers
of high rank from the different nations will embark in
this expedition, among whom are some French and
Spanish officers; yet many of the most considerate po
liticians think it will only be putting the Spanish king
dom to a vast expence, without being able to do any
N E W-Y O R K, April 12.
A gentleman directly from Montreal, reports, that
the Englifli are strongly fortifying that place, and
daily training their militia. The reason given for
these operations is the expe&ation of a French war ;
but if we confider the progress of their works at the
Westward, and the manner they have conduced them
in that province since the treaty of peace, the more
probable cause will appear to be a design to oppose
the claims of the United States to the western posts
and the Indian trade.
Henry Hamilton, Esquire, Lieutenant-Governor of
Quebec, issued a proclamation, the 9th ult. in the
words following: “ Whereas it has been represented
to me, that an illicit commerce has of late been car
ried on between the fubje&s of the neighbouring
Rates of America, and the inhabitants of this province,
injurious to the trade of Great-Britain, and contrary
to law: I do therefore, by and with the advice of
his Majesty's Council, publish this proclamation, here
by ftri&ly prohibiting all such illicit commerce, and
notifying to all whom it doth or may concern, that
the several, a&s of parliament in force in this province,
for regulating and restraining the plantation trade, will
be put in execution according to their true intent and
meaning, against all persons who shall presume in any
way to contravene the fame. And Ido hereby require
all persons, as well foreigners as fubje&s, to regulate
themselves accordingly."
B O ST O N, April i.
THE good people of the province of Maine, be
gin already to assert their claim to independence,
or in other words, to ffiew their inclination of throw
ing off their connedibn with this commonwealth, and
becoming a separate Rate.
I have the fatisfa&ion to acquaint you, that nrt
withstanding any appearance of differences on the con
tinent, I continue uniformly to receive, from all fo
reign powers, the strongest assurances of their good
dilpofitiun towards this country
Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
I H 1 V E ordered the climates for the ensuing
year to be laid before you, I confide in your liberality
and zeal to grant the necessary supplies, with a just
regard as well to the ceconomy requisite in everv de
partment, as to the maintenance of the national
and the real exigencies of the publick service.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
THE success which has attended the rm
taken in the last session, towards the luppreh-..
f rau goli n £b an d for the improvement of the levenue,
will encourage you to apply yourselves, with conti
nual assiduity, to these important objects. You will,
I trust, also take into consideration the matters sug
gested in the reports of the comrmffioners of publick
accounts, and such further regulations as may appear
to be necessary in the different offices of the kingdom.
I have the fulleft reliance on the continuance of
your faithful and diligent exertions in every part of
your publick duty. You may, at all times, depend
on my hearty concurrence in every measure which can
tend to alleviate our national burthens, to secure the
true principles of the constitution, and to promote the
general welfare of my people.
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