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tions of war; but we cahnot forefee on what fide the
florin threatens.
Warforo, March 23, The disputes rose so high
at the holding of the Dietincs at Katin in Lithua
nia, that they came to blows, and twelve persons
were killed. The contell between the Oginiki and
Tyzeuhaufen parties was so great, that fibres were
immediately drawn. This fumciently thews what
would have been the consequence ifno.Ruffian troops
had been in this country.
Paris, April 12. A tragical adventure has just
happened at Lille between the regiments of Aver
gur and Maine, that are in garrison there. An
uniform was found in one of the barracks, which
belonged to one of these regiments. That event
fired the brains of some of the soldiers. They
imagined it to be the spoil of one of their comrades
that had perhaps been killed. Others thought it
left there to mock them. Some were for burning
it, and others thought it better to take fatisfa&ion
lor it. The latter opinion prevailed. The flames
of War were kindled, and the day and hour appoin
ted, when the two regiments fought with fucli fu
ry, that a great number of killed and wounded
were left on the field of battle. The officers of
these two regiments had heard nothing ofwhat had
puffed; and on information of it being given to the
Minister of war, the regiment of foot, Soiffonnois,
is to be sent to Lisle, to replace the regiment that
fuffered most.
L ON DO N.
April 11. Advices from Constantinople by the
way of Genoa lay, that the Grand Signior is begin
ning again to make new armaments, the designs of
which do not in the lead appear, which occasions a
variety of speculations.
They write from Warsaw, that it was generally
reported in that city the King of Poland was going
to have an interview with his Prussian Majesty on
the frontiers of the kingdom, relative co some gene
ral matters lyetween the two kingdoms.
Orders are lent to Chatham for his Majesty's fri
gate Amazon, Capt. Jacobs; of 32 guns, to be fit
ted out for the North-American Nation.
April 23. The Congress has determined to de
clare America an Independent State; and it is said
they will fend A'mbaffadors to such of the Courts of
-Europe as will permit it.
The B UDGE T.
Two millions are to be borrowed towards the
service of the present year, and funded.
The plan for raijing the Supplies is said to be as
follows :
For £ 2,000,000 of cafli to be paid
the fubferibers, Government funds
immediately, 1,550,000
And are to' deliver to them 60.000
tickets at 101. each (the prizes to be
funded after the drawing of the lot
tery) amounting to - - 600,000
£ 2,150 000
For which sum off 2,000,000 received, the sum of
£ 2,150,000 is to be added to the capital of the 3
per cent, confols.
The following is the manner it is to be divided among
the fubferibers, and their supposed profits:
'For every tool, cash fuhferibed,
To receive 77 it ) 0 3 per cents, worth 65 17 6
3 tickets at 101. 30 0 0 supposed to
fetcli to fubferibers 121. 36 0 0
101 17 6
So that the profit of the fubferibers appears to
be at present il. 17s. 6d. per cent, the Rock rec
koned at 85 per cent. The present price is 85 and
three quarters; but three quarters per cent, inter
est, due on Lady-day last, is to be taken off, which
reduce them to the above price; the interest of this
new fund to begin from Lady-day.
For paying the interest of the above, the duties
on wheel carriages, and on windows are to be
doubled, and an additional duty is to be laid on
wines. A further tax on cards and dice is also
said to be intended.
A vote of credit for 1,600,000!. is likewise to be
afued for, which makes the budget 3,600,000!.
The ship Williams, Capt. Wheatley, from Ja
maica, is arrived at Bristol, and brings an account,
that the latter end of February nine fail of Spanith
men of war of the line, and five frigates, with a
great number of soldiers on board, arrived at Cape
Francois, where they landed their men; that this
news has much alarmed the' inhabitants of Jamai
ca, who exped a visit from them; and that neces
sary preparations are making to give them a pro
per reception.
Letters from Lisbon, dated the 7th of April,
mention, that seven fllips from Philadelphia had
arrived there with corn and flour, and that they
were to take loading, and return to Philadelphia
the firft opportunity.
Among the above ships is one called the Han
cock and Adams, Captain—,with a cargoe of fine
wheat and other produce of that country.
The following transports failed on Sunday from
Gravefend for Spitneud, in order to take on board
the guards for Boston, viz. the Jameson, Patterson;
the Morning Star, Janfon; and the Lord Roch
ford, Lambert.
Letters from Alicant by the Chambre, Captain
Smith, which is arrived off Dover, bound to Of
tend, bring advice, that on the firfl of February a
con fiderable fleet of men of war, having on board
near 2000 troops, failed from thence for the Island
of Cuba and Hispaniola.
Several Jamaica merchants, it is said, have re
ceived letters from thence yesterday, with orders
not to fend any more goods there till further or
ders, as they imagined that there would soon be a
flrange revolution in that Island.
Orders were sent down last night to Porfmouth
for several sloops of war to get ready to put to sea
at fix hours notice, in order to carry expresses to
America, and to the Governors of the Wed-India
islands.
It is believed in the city, that the men of war
and troops designed to bring the Americans under
fubjedion, mutt now be employed to defend the
Weif India inlands againf lthe united force of France
and Spain.
There is such want of seamen, 4 that the Resolu
tion Hoop of war, Capt. Hawker, which is failed
from the Downs for Haverfordweft, to take under
convoy some transports bound to America, has no
more than four sailors on board, besides the offi
cers. They depend on getting men at Haverford
weft.
Extract of a letter from Greenock, April 16.
" On Friday last the 42d regiment, or Royal
Highlanders, came down from Glasgow to this
place and Port Glasgow. They embarked on Sa
turday on board the transports.”
AN T I G U A, June 19,
Extrafl from a Journal of a fhip's Captain lately
arrived from Halifax, in North-America, and kept
by him during his fay there.
1 hurlday, April 18, 1776, in the forenoon four
flips and a brig arrived, being part of the Wed-
India fleet, two are left behind, the Royal George
and Charming Nelly. In the afternoon two frigates,
the Rose and Glasgow, at the fame time a flip and
a brig arrived.
We have flying reports by a vessel from London
in 23 days, that 42,000 nien were embarked from
England for different parts of America, and that
part of the fleet hadpminto Lisbon for wine for
the use of the army, at fix o-clock in the evening a
transport ship arrived from Bolton.
We are informed by the Glasgow, that she en
gaged five Provincial privateers one of 32 guns, two
of 22 each, one of 16, and the fifth of 10 guns, after
an obllinate engagement, she obliged them to bear
away, having her hern Ihatter'd, and a great deal
of damage.done to her mads.
Friday igtli of April, heard from very good au
thority, that the Bolton arm'd brig Rationed off
Rhode-Ifland is taken, and the Captain killed in the
engagement.
Sunday 21st of April, early in the morning arri
ved the Scarborough a 20 gun ship, she came from
Carolina and Florida, where they had been with
two transports and 200 marines, under the com
mand of Major Maitland, but never landed, they
took five ships loaded with rice, and unfortunately
not knowing that the Glasgow and Rose were under
the disagreeable necessity of quitting Rhode-Ifland;
Captain Barclay of the Scarborough gave orders to
put into Rhode-Bland, the rebels fuffered him to
come to an anchor, but no sooner than it was done,
they began firing upon them, an accidental shot
flruck the Scarborough's foremaft (since her arrival
she has got a new one) which obliged her to weigh
anchor, and left behind two of her prizes.
ENGLISH-HARBOUR, (in Antigua) June 17.
This morning arrived the Bellona tender, Lieut.
Nicholas, belonging to his Majesty's ship Hind.
1 he regret and concern shewn by every person here,
for some time past, at the supposed fate of so worthy
a man and so good an officer, could only be equalled
by the universal joy at his fafe arrival. He had un
dergone a great many hardships, and was chafed by
some of Hopkins's squadron, but the wind blowing
freth, the enemy were not able to come up witli him.
Their foremaft and fail were carried away, which
they repaired at Aquadilla, a town on the weft end
of Hispaniola, While they lay there, seven fail of
men of war, one of 80 guns, witli an Admiral and
Commodore, and 3000 land forces arrived there.
The death of the King of Portugal is confirmed,
and it is supposed the Spaniards intend renewing
their old claims on that kingdom.
1 here are in this harbour at present, four prizes,
viz. one ship and three brigantines, all laden with
fpermaceti oil. The ship was taken by his Majesty's
ship the Hind, and the brigantines by the Hawke.
W I LLIAMSBUR G, July 26.
Capt. Denny has lately taken up before Gwyn's
island ii anchors and 10 cables, whic*. wefe left by
Lord Dunmore's fugitive squadron. One of the
anchors is of 1300 wt witli a new cable 120 fathoms
long, supposed to have belonged to the Otter.
By advices since our last we learn, that Lord
Dunmore, in attempting to cake possession of St.
George's island, in Maryland, was drove off with
the loss of ii men killed, and 2 tenders, which the
Marylanders set fire to, after taking out what was
valuable in them, and fending back to his Lordftiip,
by way of present, the stinking black prisoners they
had taken.—His fleet has since gone up Potowmack,
to get water, of which they, are in much want ; and.
some of them, it is said, have appeared in fight of
Alexandria.
B 0 S TO N, Julyzfr
Last Lord's day arrived here Captain De Silvere
in twenty-fix days from Martinico; he informs that
a number of fail were soon to follow for this port,
and the different parts of the continent.
Same day the transport ship Queen of England,
Captain Arnard, came into Nantafket road, when
she was soon made prize off. This ship failed from
Cork last September, bound to this port, but by
reason of contrary winds and bad weather, put into
Lisbon to refit, from thence came upon this coast,
and meeting with bad weather again loft her rud
der, &c. she was obliged to put away for Jamaica;
she failed from thence the tenth of May, and was
upon Iler last calk of Water when she arrived: Her
cargo confifls.of 1760 barrels of pork, 550 calks of
butter, 100 calks of oatmeal, and a quantity of oats
in bags and casks.
July 29. Yesterday was carried into Marblehead,
taken by the privateers Hancock, Captain Tucker,
and tlie Fianklin, Capt. Skimmer, tlie ship Peggy,
commanded by James Kennedy, mounts fix 3 and
two 2 pounders, bound from Halifax to New-York;
-she is one of tlie fleet of 24 fail who came out
with tranfpoi ts, under convoy of two men of war,
tlie Renown of 50 and the Flora of 20 guns, having
on board a number of troops.—The cargo consists
of 75 dozen liofe, 180 yards Irish sheeting, 2 boxes
cord. 74 dozen porter, 83 dozen strong beer, 311
tierces lalted beef, 6 barrels herring, 24 camp ket
tles, 5 dozen canteens, 2 dozen kettles with covers,
candleflicks and spoons, 2648 mutton hams, 40
dozen rappee fnuff, 100 gallons rum, 3884 yards
oznabrigs, 12 dozen claret, 4 barrels flour, 2 kegs
barley, 230 dozen of red port wine, 50 dozen ffierry,
53 dozen white port wine, 16 dozen of strong beer,
amounting to £1509 is yd. sterling, and some cafli.
Also the following Tory gentlemen and ladies, viz.
Patrick Reed, Thomas Frazier, Robert Semple and
wife, Elizabeth Burns, John Burns, Abigal Pecit,
Thomas Semple, and the pious Benjamin Davis and
ion, Benjamin Davis, Thomas Pamp, and John
Whitehead. The privateer Warren, Capt. Burk,
.engaged with another of the fleet, and near taking
her, when by some accident she had 3 of her men
blown up, and 7 wounded, which obliged them to
put into port.
Tuesday 2d of July put into Halifax, a transport
ship. having on board a number of Hessian troops.
The above Tories were brought to town in a
Marblehead schooner early this morning, and es
corted up to gaol; they fay they left Halifax near
a month ago; that 3 transports with Hessian troops,
failed in company with them bound to New-York;
and that the day they left Halifax, they saw a fleet
of 40 fail, which they supposed to be transports
with Hessian troops.
NEWPOR T, July 29.
Yesterday the privateer Montgomery, Captain
Buckley, of Providence, went in the east fide of this
island, and carried with him a fine large snow, Capt.
Gooding from Antigua, loaded with '3OO hogsheads
of sugar, and 100 hogsheads of rum; and we hear
Capt. Buckley, in company witli another privateer,
has taken five other considerable prizes, viz. 3 ships,
I snow, and 1 brig, which were but about one day's
fail behind him, two of which with the other priva
teer were to make some port to the eastward.
Last Saturday night, as the Cerberus was lying
about three miles from Block-Island, Frank Gould,
a mufteeJad, of this place, swam from the ship to
the island, where he got a cedar boat with two fails
in which he came off, alone and naked, and landed
at the fort on Brenton's point yesterday in the after
noon. He is one of the hands Capt. Biddle put on
board one of the Scotch transports some time past,
and which was retaken by the Cerberus, and again
taken by a New-York privateer. He fays, Mr.
James Josiah Capt. Biddles former Lieutenant, who
was prize master on board the transport, is treated
very ill on board the Cerberus, as are fome'others,
for refufing to a& against their co untry; that there
are about 40 Americans on board said ship, her
whole.number of men being now about 160 she
has taken on this Ration 18 vessels, mostly small
sloops and schooners, 16 of which have been burnt;
and that 'about a week ago they Ipoke with seven
fail of transports, with Scotch troops on board,
bound to New-York, who had been into Boston bay.
NEW-Y O R K, Auguf $.
The public are desired to take notice, that no per
son whatever, either male or female above the age
of 14 years will be permitted to pass any of the fer
ries in the State of New. Jersey, without a proper
pass from the place they leave.
Since our lad a number of vessels have come in
from sea, and joined the ministerial fleet at Staten-
Island; but whether their cargoes be English,
Scotch, Irish, Hessian, or Hanoverian, we know
not at present.
Saturday afternoon a heavy cannonade was heard,
supposed to be an engagement between our Gondo
las and the men of war that lately went up the
North-river ; and we have been favoured with the
following particulars by a gentleman who was an
eye witness to the attack.