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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
BERLIN, May 27.
ON Sunday last, the 21st inst. and the two
following days, the King of Prussia re
v.ewed on the plain of Templehoff, adjoining
to this city, the troops which compose the
gairifon of Berlin, together with the regiments
that had come to town from their quarters in
the neighbourhood. After which his Majesty
returned to Potzdam ; and on Thursday last
set out for Magdeburg, to review the regi
ments assembled at that place.
Berlin, June 3. The King of Prussia, after
finishing the reviews at Magdeburg, returned
the end of last week to Potzdam, and the day
before yesterday set out, by way of Cuftrin,
for bta/gard, to review the troops hi those
parts. HisMajetty will then procerdto Grau
dentz in Welt Prussia for the fame purpose.
His Majesty is accompanied by his Royal
Highness the Prince of Prussia.
Drefoen, May 3. Lad Sunday his Electoral
Highnef; accompanied by his brothers
Prince Aphony and Prince Maximilian, set
out from Dresden for the camp near Leipzig.
Alter having reviewed all the troops there,
he will return the 2d or 3d of June to Pilnitz.
In the mean time the Ele^treis and the rest of
the famrlv remain at Dresden.
Fe^jl%f May 30. Letters were received
yeherday from her imperial Majeily, dated
Oitroff at 100 werfts beyond Pielcow. She
4&s abridged Several days of her residence in
some of the fmallett towns; and we Baiter
ourselves tnat, by this means, her Imperial
Majesty will return Sooner than flic originally
proposed.
LONDON, June 15.
They write from Genoa, that three Mal
tfe frigates and a galley had lately put into
that port wkh four turkifh prizes, which they
tock after a very severe engagement in the
Mediterranean ; several Turks of diftin&ion
were on board, and their cargoes are said to
be very valuable.
The Achilles privateer of Folkftone, Capt.
Yavkins, has sent into Portsmouth De Vrow
Anna, from Bayonne to Ferrol, with 1234.
barrels of pork, 4.33 ditto of Hour, some
win'e, &c.
A Spanish privateer, called the St. Leonti,
under the command of Don Tarragon Lerida,
of 20 guns, fix and nine pounders and twelve
fvivels, is tak^n by Commodore Johnflone's
Squadron, and sent into Lifbpn. She is a
tew built Ship, and out on her firfl cruize.
Many letters from abroad confirm the pro
phecy of the F^ nch Ambassador at the Hague
corcerninr th-bu ring of London, and that
ithad been ffokeof publicly both in France
ard Holland.
Yesterday morning his Majesty, with the
Prince of Wales anerthe BiShop of Ozraburgh,
viewed the troops encan^ped in Hyde Park.
The wh le line turned out, to the amount of
about dooo, and made 2 fine appearance.
His Majesty was attended by Lord Amherst,
the Marquis of Lothian, General Carpenter,
^nd several other generafyfficers.
JUNE 22.
Advice is received from France, that as
soon as it was known at Paris, that Charlef
town, in South Carolina, was taken by the
English forces, an express was sent to all sea
ports in that kingdom, to lay an embargo on
^ll Carolina Ships that were in their refpediye
ports.
Extraa of a letter from WarJaiv, May 27.
" Almost all our great people are on their
way to Mohylow, to be present at theinter
view between the Emperor of Germany and
the Empress of Russia; and those who mean
to appear there will make the grandest ap
pearance possible, as none of their suites are
composed of less than 10 carriages ; that of
Prince Radzivill, Waiwode of Wilna, Con
sists of 16 coaches and fix.
Certain advice is received from Macao, a
Settlement of the Portuguese in the river Can
ton, cf the arrival of the Resolution and
Difeovery in great distress, and in want of
provisions. Upon the death of Capt. Cook,
Capt. Clerke succeeded to the command of
the two Ships, and Lieut., Gore to be Capt. of
the Difeovery ; but on the death of Captain
Clerke, a fatal misfortune to the world in
general, and his friends in particular, Lieut.
King succeeded to his place.
Extraa of a letter from Deal, June 19.
<6 This morning at n o'clock was brought
on shore (attended by the officers of his Ship,
and the Admiral and Captains of the squadron
in the downs, in their refpe&ive barges, &c.)
the remains of Philemon Pownall, Esq; late
Captain of his Majesty's Ship Apollo, who
was killed in action with a French frigate on
Thursday last, the 15th instant, offOftend.
" On the corpse being landed on the beach
eppofite the King's Buildings, a detachment
ofthe Weft Middlesex militia were drawn up
on each fide, and formed a lane, thro' which
the corpse puffed preceded by the militia band
of music, and was followed by the First Lieu
tenant and Officers of the Apollo, the Admi
ral, and Captains of the squadron in the
Downs, At the gates cf the King's Build
ings they were received by the naval Officer,
who conduced them to an apartment provi
ded for the purpose, being hung round with
colours, where the corpse was deposited for
the present. From the time of the boats
leaving the Apollo till the procession entered
the gates of the Buildings, minute guns were
fired from that Ship. The whole was con
duced with the preateft folemnitv and good
^CT % ”
Extras of a Letter from Falmouth, June 17.
“ The Juliana brigantine, from London
to Galloway, which is arrived here, was ta
ken by the Lanjolens, a French privateer of
30 guns, off the coast of Ireland, and on her
passage to Brest in lat. 49, 56, weft from
London, was retaken by the Retaliation pri
vateer Ship of war, Patrick Murray, Comman
der, and brought in here: by her we learn
that three large French privateers, viz. le Bre
ton de lay Viellafilla Madame, of 40 guns :
le Duc de Chartrefs, of 26 guns; and le Duc
de Montama, of 18 guns, were cruising oft
Cape Clear."
Extraa of a Letter from Naples, May, fr
“ It is feared the different Shocks of earth
quakes which have been felt lately in these
countries have put the combustible matter of
Vesuvius in motion, as for these fix weeks a
very thick black finoke has issued from that
mountain, which has also thrown out large
stones, but no fire has appeared yet. A whirl
wind lately carried a vail quantity of cinders
thrown out cf Vesuvius, together with alarge
volume of finoke, to an imraenfe height and
distance ; some of the (mall black cinders were
not only carried as far as Portici, but even
into and beyond this city.; and it was ob
served that the smoke, describing an arch,,
reached upwards of So miles before it was
dTperfed.
Extract cf a Letter front Edinburgh, June 17.
" The Bellona privateer, Capt. M'Lean,
belonging to Glasgow, sent, into Port Glas
gow on Thursday a large Dutch brig, bound
from St. Domingo for Amsterdam, loaded
with sugars and cotton. She belonged to a
fleet of 31 fail of fllips bound from St. Domin
go for Europe, and which were separated in a
liorm. The Bellona has gone in search of more
ofthem.'\,'
June 27. On Saturday morning his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales and the Bishop
of Oznaburgh came to town from Kew, and
afterwards accompanied his Majesty, who
took an airing on horseback in Hyde and St.
James's Parks. The troops were all drawn
up, and gave a grand salute as they passed by.
Yelterday their Majesties had di vine service
performed in their apartments at the Queen's
Palace, by one of the Chaplains in Ordinary.
Their Majesties propose, after the proroga
tion of Parliament, to spend a few days at
Windsor, which.they have omitted for some
time on account of the riots that have happen
ed in this metropolis.
Extras of a Letter from Calais, June 12.
" The Duke de Biron, a new cutter pri
vateer, returned here on the jeth from her
firft cruize. She has brought in two vessels
coal laden, and three ransomers, the hulls
and cargoes of which arc estimated at icool.
and the ransomers bills amount to fool."
The Terror privateer, Capt. Monk, of
Dartmouth has taken and sent into that place,
the Donna Felicia Arabella, a Spaniih prize,
from Malaga, laden with silks, fruit, wine, &c.
for Bordeaux; her cargo is climated at
30,0001.
Extraa of a Letter from Guernsey, June 17.
" Two of our privateers arrived here yester
day from acruife in the Bay, and give an ac
count of their having taken two French prizes,
one bound from I'Orient to North America,
the other fremßourdeaux to Brest ; they parted
with their prizes in the night, coming round
Ufhant, and suppose they have put into some
port in the Channel."
Extraa of a Letter from Folkflone, June 25.
" The 7 artar privateer of this port has lent
in here a vtffel from Bourdeaux to Dunkirk,
with claret, and was in chafe of another coas
ter when the above prize was sent hither."
Yesterday a Court of Aldermen was held at
Guildhall, when John Wilks, Esq; was sworn
in chamberlain for the year ensuing. Alder
man Kirkman appeared, and desired that he
might be allowed until next Tuesday to give
in his answer whether he could serve the office
of Sheriff, and he was obliged to obtain leave
of his Majesty firft, being an officer iq the
Warwick militia. Anorder was made to con
tinue the price of bread as before.
Captain George Keppel is appointed to the
command of the Apollo frigate in the Downs,
in the room of the late Capt. Pownall.
The repair of Newgate will colt 65,0001.
that of the King's Bench 42,000!. and the
Fleet prison 33,0001. in all 140,000!.
Extraa of a Letter from Portsmouth, June 27.
" Sailed the Hawke, the Wasp, and Swal
low sloops of war, with several drips under
their convoy for Guernsey and Plymouth ; also
failed the Rambler cutter to join the grand
fleet."
Extras of a Letter from Lisbon, June 7.
“ I could not miss the opportunity of the
Milford frigate returning to England, without
communicating to you a horrid massacre com
mitted by some Spanish banditti in this neigh
bourhood. The Swedish brig, Patriot, Jens
Paulsen, Matter, failed from this river the se
cond instant, bound for Genoa; a quantity of
tobacco was Ripped on board her, by a party
of Spanish counterbandiFs, cleared out for
Genca; but by a private agreement with the
mailer, was to be delivered out to them as
soon as the vessel got out to sea. In cenfe
quence, soon after the got over the bar, ffie
lay to, when five boats came ch board, with
about sixty of the counterbandifts ; the maker
not fufpe&ing any bad intentions, was pre
paring to deliver them their property when
they fiezed him, and nine cabin passengers,
some of whem had considerable sums of money
on board ; they tied them, and put them in
the cabin, leaving, a party there to rob them
of their money, valuables, cloaths, &c. The
others on deck, secured the common paflen
gers, and forced the sailors to open the hatch-
es, and loaded their boats with tobacco, Sar
saparilla, Jcfuiti Bark, Cocoa, &c. When
the work was done, they murdered 18 Italian
paflengers, and 11 cf the crew.
" Oneof the seamen, who had the good
luck to Aide into the sea, unperceived, and
continued some hours in the water, was taken
up by a fifhing boat, and brought here. As
soon as he landed, he made the matter known
to the Suedifh Consul, who; having had ti
dings that a Swedish vessel was ashore on Cape
Spichel, set off immediately for the said place,
a fefy leagues dillant from this place. On his
arrival, he found the vessel was the Patriot,
which, though scuttled by the murderers, the
winds had driven there ; the decks were full
of blood, and mangled bodies ; the master,
ahd nine passengers, lay dead in the Cabin,
mangled and butchered ; one of them a Priest ;
the crew lay dead about the de r k ; one pas
senger mortally wchirided, had brieath enough
to confirm the horrid massacre, before he ex
pired; a boy, who was fortunate enough to
hide himfeif in the hhlo, and remained unno
ticed, corroborated the melancholy narration.
" As soon as the Court was informed there
of, orders were sent to the coak, and to the
frontiers, to maßekrid search for the authors
of this .massacre, and a courier ^as sent to
Madrid, to acquaint that C ourt thereof, for
the better Leering the authors. In conse
quence whereof, a number of the said Spanish
counierbandifts are already secured; and it is,
believed, the p,incipal^bettors will soon be
brought to condign punffinrent."
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From the St. Chrifopber's Gazette.
BASSETERR E, August 28.
On Thursday night last, the wind blew at
times hard from the southward, which raised
a considerable ground swell; on Friday the
(well increased to such a degree, that by four
o'clock, P. M. 22 vessels were drove on
Shore; the beach from above Londonderry
Fort to Drcomgol's wharf, was one continual
feene of deyaftation and ruin. So great a
deftrudion did riot happen here in the memo
ry cf the oldcft inhabitants ; we are however,
haj :py to inform the public, that but two
lives were loft on this melancholly occasion,
one a white man Struck off the boom of Mr.
Alison's sloop, and the other a fimerman be
longing to W. Burrough's, Esq; From four
o'clock, A. M. the wind and forge gradually
decreased, and on Saturday morning had en
tirely subsided.
The following is an account of the vessels
drove on shore, with the owners names, be
ginning with the upper end of the bay.
Schooner Polly, Mr. Chdllott, of St Eufta
tius, not damaged, and will be got off;
schooner Ranger, Robert Crawford, bilged;
snow Alexander, Kingston, M'Adam, and
Alkinfon, bilged ; schooner Antigua Packet,
Brumley and Burgess, Montferratt, gone to
pieces ; a prize schooner dashed to pieces on
the bar; the Sportsman privateer, Captain
John Kerie, bilged ; sloop Adive, Robert
Crawford, bilged ; brig General Soott, Har
per and Brad, her mast cut away, but may be
got off; a prize sloop, Arecas Akers, Esq;
dashed to pieces against Mr. Predie's hulk;
the sloop Eagle, Dwyer, and Atkinson, bil
ged ; sloop Daniel Delaney,
brought down from the Salt ponds and run
ashore by the people, being in bad order;
schooner Polly, W. Madtier, bilged; schoo
ner Sea Flower, prize to the Guernsey cutter,
bilged; a schooner boat, Tucker and Reid,
St, Euftatius, snow Alexander, Mr. Challott,
and coll him a day or two ago, 500 Joes,
built of mahogany, bilged; schooner ,
William Friddie, gone to pieces ; sloop ——
Kingston and M'Adam, may be got off;
schooner Betsey, John Heal, run ashore by
the Captain, may be got cff; Ship Quebec
Mistake, Capt. Locke, bilged.
The Rip Rowley, Capt. John Power, from
Loudon, dragged both her anchors and Uruck
on the bar opposite Mr. Gillard's Bay, where
She lay thumping far several hours, and un
fhipped her rudder. In this tituati> n the crew
gave her over for loft and quitted her, except
the mate and carpenter, but ir being a sandy
hook, She at last got over 'he bar into deep
water, and rode cut the gale. Several other
vessels dragged, and were in the utmost dan
ger, and had the surge continued four hours
longer, not a vessel would have escaped.
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PHILADELPHIA, August 24.
In CONGRESS, August 10, 1780.
Refolded, That the officers of the line of the
army commanding corps, when in camp be
allowed to draw so many of the rations of pro
visions heretofore withheld, as the commander
in chief or the commander cf a Separate army
Shall judge necessary ; but, that no provision
be issued for back rations not drawn on the
days they become due;
That ifit Shall appear that the fubfiflence
money allowed to the officers in lieu of the
rations withheld is not equal to the coil of the
rations, the deficiency Shall hereafter be made
up to them :
That the resolution of the 15th day of May,
1780, granting half pay for seven years, to the
Officers of the army who Should continue in
the service to the end of the war, be extended
to the widows of those officers who have died
or Shall hereafter diein the service, to com
mence from the time of such Officer's death,
and continue for the term of seven years, or
if there be no widow, or in case of her death
or intermarriage the Lid half pa, be flven to
the orphan children of the Officer dying as
aforefaid, if he Shall have left any : And that
it be recommended to the Legislatures cf the
refpe&ive states to which such Officers belong,
to make provision for paying the fame, on ac
count ofthe United States:
That the reftri&ing clause in the resolution
of the 15th of February, 1778, granting half
pay to the Officers for seven years, expressed
in these words, viz. " and not hold any Office
of profit under these Slates or any of them."
be, and is hereby repealed.
Extract from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'ry.
FISH-KILL, Sept. 21.
From Albany we are informed, that our
new levies, under the command of Colonel
Malcom, are at Schenedtady, and part gone
up th& Mohawk river. Also, that between
Fort Edward and Lake George two officers
were killed, and Col. Warner, of the Grants,
wounded, by a party of about thirty Indians:
On Monday the 17th inst. early in the
morning, four Indians beset the House of
Col. Johannis Janten, in . Shawengunck pre
cinft, about 20 miles from New Windsor,
and took off two Colonels, and one of his
brother's negroes, with a young woman.
On their retreat they met with Mr. M'Kcy
and his daughter, whom they inhumanly
murdered and Scalped. The country was
immediately alarmed, have purfaed, and we
are in hopes they will return a good account
of them. Col, Jansen narrowly escaped ; —
he took to his house on firlt feeing them, and
secured himfelf in a room, and called out for
arms, which deterred them from either firing
a gun or Setting fire to any buildings. They
several times struck the door with an axe in
order to force it open.
FISH-KILL, September 14.
Extraa of a letter from Albany, dated September 6.
'' I have been informed for an undoubted
truth that some day last week,a party of Indians
and Tories, about 60 in number, made an ar
temptfo destroy a house and kill theinhabitant m
about 16 miles above Stone Arabia, Tryon
county ; they were beat off four times, by the
man of the house, his wife and, children; they
then went to the barn and set it on fire; when
the man took the opportunity of pulling one
wounded and one dead man in the house, from,
whom he got a frefh supply of ammunition, his
own being nearly expended: The wretches
made another assault upon the house, but in
vain ; they were obliged to retreat with the
loss of 16 killed and one wounded, now a pri
soner, an infamous Tory, his name M'Donald.
The attack firfl began at fix o'clock in the even
ing, and they left the house about Midnights
CHATHAM, Sept. 27.
Governor Trumbull, of Connecticut, ha#
issued a proclamation taking off the late em
bargo, and granting " Free liberty and per
mission to all persons who are friendly to, and
fubjefts of, these Rates, to carry or bring,
by land, provisions or other commodities to
and from any of the United States, in such
way and manner as to avoid the famefalling
into the hands of the enemy."
We hear that General Phillips and General
Lincoln, who met at Elizabeth Town last
week, as commiffiuners from the two armies,
for the purpose of effecting an exchange of
prisoners, hu'e done nothing towards bring
ing about so desirable an affair. They are to
meet again at Long-Island.
October 4. On the 15th ult. Congress promo
ted Brigadier General Smallwood, of the Ma
ryland line, to the rank of Major-General in
the army of the United States.
There has lately been an engagement, we
are told, between a British Ship 01 war, and
the Hoikcr apd Fair American, in which the
Holker was funk ahd the Fair Americ. n ran a
Shore.
The General Eledion for Members of the
Legislature of this State will commence cn
Tuesday the loth instant, agreeable to the
constitution.
Baltimore, (Maryland) Sept, 2,6.
The Captains Conway and Hopkins, in two
Brigs, are just arrived at Alexandria, from Am,
fterdam, and it is said they bring fefh and in
teresting Advices; but no Part of them have
yet reached us.
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Price and Salmon,
Have received by the last Ships from Europe, and
ARE NOW OPENING,
At their sere the corner of Smith and Dake-greets,
A Variety of WOOLLEN GOODS of aimoil
every denomination, which they will fell very
reasonable; as likewise silks, Stuffs, Shalloons, but
tons and twist; Silk, worsted and cotton dockings,
printed cottons, gloves, threads, &c.
They have likewise for file, very fine
Englijb bacon, and Glouceftcr ch&efe ?
A quantity of fine
Old French brandy and annife^d water.
°jufl arrived from Halifax,
And to be fold by
Florence Sullivan,
No. 210, Queen-street, near the Fly-market,
A few half Barrels of frefh
Cods Tongues and Sounds^