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To be SOL D, by the Subferiber,
A second-hand sett of Sails and
Rigging, compleat for a brig of 160 tons; English Casvafs,
from No. 2to 8; English Cordage; Tanned Leather; Deer
Skins in the hair or dressed ; Sugar, Salt, and fuprtfine Flour.
ARTHUR MAGILL.
Middletown, O&ober 28, 1783.
TO be Told,
And entered upon tbefirft of April next.
A Farm lying in Worthington
Parish, within one quarter of a mile from the Meeting House,
containing about 35 acres of excellent Land, under good im
provement, with a House and Barn. Also, about sixty acres of
wood land, being the lands formerly owned by Josiah Burnham.
The price ma, be known and a good title given by applying to
Mr. John Smith, of WcfrChciier, or to Jest Root, lilq. of
Hartford.
November 1, 1783.
IN the night after the 30th of Odober instant, the house of the
fubferiber was broke open, and the following articles Rolen,
viz. One Silver Watch, black ribbon in Read of a chain, Reel
key, and black seal marked TH. Also, Role out of the liable
two Horfcs belonging to Lieut. Toufley, of Salisbury, one a
dark bay orcheftnut colour, 7 years old, about 13 hands and half
high, a blaze in the face, one or both hind feet white, branded
with C on the left shoulder, with Lome white hairs on his breafl.
Also, one brown Horse, about 14 hands and half high, paces
and trots. Also, a number of other articles. Whoever will
take up the Thief or Thieves and Horses, and Watch, or cither
of them,and return them to the fubferibers, shall haycthe thanks
of their humble servants, and a generous reward and charges
paid, by
JOHN RILEY,
VICTORY SIKES TOUSLBY-
Goshen, ORober 31, 1783.
TAKEN up the ayth instant, a white MARE, shod before,
about 13 hands high, no artificial mark, supposed to be
very old. The owner is desired to pay c< fts and take her away.
odor TnrnrN er.
Hartford, Oftober 1783.
INOCULATION.
THE fubferiber (since the deftru&ion of his hospital by the
„c,em| on Duck-lfland) has crewed in Saybrook a large
aid convenient hospital, near his dwelling boule, which is now
complcafly finished, where he carries on Inoculation for the
Small Pgx (and by permiflion from authority,) The price is re
duced to the eld Duck ? lfland flardard, viz. Four Pounds Lawful
Money, every necessary provided, couftanc attendance given,
and every neceff^y precaution taken rot only for the fafety of
the public, but for the case and faftty of his patients. The long
experience, and the great numbers of the most refpe&a'ole fa
milies in this and different States having happily puffed through
the operation under my direction, renders any comment on that
head unnecessary.
I am, Gentlemen and Ladies, your obedient servant,
JOHN ELY.
October 23, 1783.
BROKE into the inclofure of the Subferiber, about the faft of
July,a pied COW, having a number of small brownistilpots
&n her sides, the end of her horns cut off, an unintelligible brand
on her hip. The owner is defined to pay charges and take her
away.
ELIAS WILLIAMS.
Wethersfield, O&ober24, 1783.
THIS is to notify the proprietors and owners of land in the
town of Stamford, alias New-Stamford, that at the Ge-'
neral Afferably held at Chirkftown, 1781, a tax was laid on said
town of tyro-pence per acre; and at a legal town-meeting, in
said town, it was likewise voted that said tax should be paid :
the said proprietors and land owners are therefore defied imme
diately to pay or cause to be paid, to George Wells, Collector,
of said town, the tax aforefaid, or their lands will be fold as the
law direds.
New-Stamford, Odober 14, 1783.
ALL persons indebted to the fubferiber, either by Book or
Note, arc desired to fettle the fame very loon, or may ex
ped to be called upon in a .more difagrceablc way without fur
ther notice.
JAMES ROBERTS.
Windsor, O&ober 2,, 1783.
TO BE SOL D,
At PUBLIC VENDUE,
On the 2o:h instant.
A FARM, lying in Wcft-Simbury, near Suffrage bridge, con
taining about 50 acresof land, well proportioned for mow
ing, plowing and polluting, with a young orchid, a boufe and
barn Handing thereon, very convenient for a tavern or trader :
Said farm was formerly owned by William Case. One quarter
of the paymeutto be made in cash on the delivery of the deed,
the remainder in produce as shall be agreed on at the time of
falc,
CORNELIUS REED.
WcR-Simfbury, November 4, 1783.
ALL perfens that are indebted to the estate of John Pantry
Jones, late of Hartford, deceased, are defied to come and
fettle with me the fubferiber, administrator to said efface, within
two months from this date.
, JOHN JONES.
Hartford, November 1, 1783.
uSDAx, November 18, 1783; THENuMBERg&2;
Connecticut courante
AND
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE R.
HARTFORD : Printed by H UDSO N and GOODWIN, near the Great Bridge.
From LLOYD'S EVENING POST.
L O N D O N September 24.
r Several {peculations have appeared in the papers,
concerning the various negociations that preced
ed the signing the Preliminaries on the part of
Holland, we beg leave to lay before our readers
the translation of the original letter, written on
that Subject by the Republic's Ministers at the
Court of Versailles : It is the only important
matter brought over by Monday's French and
Dutch mails.
PARI S, September 3.
A ' '°.°" a . s " ie secretf ecret resolution entered into by
; I their High Mightiness on the 28th came to
our hands, we repaired to verfailles, where we did
not fail to expostulate with Mons. de Vergennes in
the most urgent manner, on the hardships, injustice,
and real disadvantage, likely to accrue to the Repub
lic from the conditions infixed upon by Great-Bri
tain. We insisted, with great energy, on the pe
remptory arguments urged in the said resolutions,
Supporting them with fu.ch further arguments as
w e judged most to the purpose ; entreating the
Compt de Vergennes that he would interfere and
use his best endeavours in order to prevail on the
British Minister to relax from the very hard terms
by him proposed, and content to some more moder
ate requisition. To this we were answered by his
Excellency, " He was excessively concerned to fee
the English Ministry remain so unffiaken in their
purpose of infilling on thd conditions alluded to;
that for his own part, he had remitted nothing of
his endeavours to obtain fetoe fort of mitigation;
but.that, to his very great difappontment, all his
entreaties had been fruitless. He hoped, he said,
that the Republic would remember all that the
King had done for the United Provinces ever since
the breaking out of the war, and efpccially in pre.-
serving the Cape or Good Hope, and retaking from
the common enemy the very "important Settlements
of the Republic in both the Indies. From which
circumstances their High Mightinefles could not
but be sensible of the real affection repeatedly testi
fied by his Majesty towards the States General.
On the other hand, he observed, that the latter had
been rather remiss and dilatory in their opeiations,
by which the fate of war had taken a disagreeable
turn to the detriment of the Republic ; that the
enemy had improved every advantage ; that in the
year 1,63, France had found itfelf in a predicament
equally mortifying, and being compelled to accept
of the hard conditions prescribed by Great-Britain ;
that nevertheless, the French had, by no means,
leflened their dignity, but instantly put themselves
into a Situation that might Screen them from any
such misfortunes in future —ln fine, his Excellen
cy made it appear, that he had, by every possible
means, put oft, from time to time, the signature of
the articles, and hinted repeatedly to the English
Minister, that nothing could be finally fettled until
some more favourable terms could be agreed upon
in regard to the Republic : But that the present po
litical situation of Europe, together with the earnest
expostulations on the part of the other powers con
cejned, as well as the duty his Majesty owes to his
Subjects had obliged the King to put an end to the
ne^ociations, and fix a day for the signing the defi
nitive treaty. The Compt concluded by assuring
us, that during the Short Space of time that remained
he would renew his expostulations with the Duke of
Manchester, in order, to obtain, if possible, more
moderate terms, observing withal, that he could
not promise hirafelf any great success, Since neither
the Ambassador nor the British Ministers themselves
could in & the least deviate from the conditions pro
posed without becoming accountable to their own
nation for Such a conduct.
In a conference which, immediately after our re
turn from v erfailles, we requested and obtained of
the British Ambassador, we exposed to his Grace
the aftoniShment of their High Mightineffefs, when
they saw that whilst they had received so many as
surances of his Britannic Majesty's intentions of ce
menting a lasting amity with the Republic, the lat
ter Should be treated so Severely, and such conditions
imposed upon tire States, as were so diametrically
opposite to those repeated testimonies of friendship:
--- I hen endeavouring by the most earnest Solicita
tions, to bring him to agree upon some frefh pro
posals, we were answered by his Grace, that no
thing could be more pleating to him personally, than
to comply with our request ; but positively declared,
that he was by no means empowered to do it ; but^
on the contrary, by his very last inftruftions, found
hirafelf bound to Stick by the letter of the terms al
ready proposed.,
We thereupon recapitulated the propounded ar
ticles, when to our unspeakable surprise, we per
ceived that the British Ambassador not only insist
ed on the conditions proposed, which he would have
us adhere to literally, but the former demand ofa
free navigation and trade on the coast of Africa,z
demand which we had before rejected and never af
ter maintained in the latter conferences. We have:
had recourse to every noffible argument in order to
enforce the illegality of such pretension, contrasting:
^'fhh the right belonging to the Dutch company
of infiftmg upon his British Majesty not to grant his
protection to the Portugefe Ships, as the latter aim
at defrauding the duties payable to the said compa
ny, and have ever failed in the regulations establish
ed by the fame. At last finding it impracticable to
make the Ambassador desist from the above demand!
we were forced to acquiesce. Nor was it with less
relu&ance that we could be prevailed upon to ac
cede to the article concerning the salute at' sea; nay;
on this fubjeCt there arose altercations of a nature:
which threatened the immediate rupture of all ne
gociations. But we could not cppofe it any longer
when referred to tne IVth Art. ofthe treaty of peace:
Signed in Westminster in 1674.
We have been unanimous in regard to the other
articles, namely, that which fixes the refpe&ive
restitutions and evacuations of the places taken dur
ing the war—in a word, we have agreed to all and
every article. This important business being fet
qed> we proposed to the British Ambassador that
the affair concerning Cape Apollonia, Should be re
ferred to a commute, ± next exprefled our de
hre of coming to a definitive conclusion conforma
ble to the intention he in a former conversation had
hinted at in his maker's name, observing, that as
the mediation of the two Imperial Courts had been,
accepted they Should be , requested to honor our trea
ty with their Signature : But all we could obtain oil
thole heads was a promise from his Excellency that
he would dispatch a courier to London for the pur
pose of getting further inftru&ions from his Court
on the above Subjects.
Wein consequence found ourselves now so situ
ated as to have no other alternative left than to put
off the conclusion to a later day, or proceed to the:
immediate Signing of the articles as they flood • the
we „ deemed most convenient, the more so that
the said Preliminaries are entirely on the footing of
a definitive treaty, and fix for the Surrendering up
of the prisoners, evacuation, and restitution of
places in the fame Space of time as has been agreed
to for the like purposes between France and Eng
land. And as the intervention of the mediating
powers was not absolutely necessary to the Signa
ture of the preliminaries we thought it Sufficient to
request that the Duke of Manchester will notify to
his Court our proposals on this Subject, and wait for
rhe necessary inftrudions thereupon. We have the
honor to inclofe the original ofthe preliminary trea
ty, together with a copy of the plenary powers ex
hibited to us by the other parties ; in full confi
dence that however concerned we may be that we
hav< .not been so fuccefsful as we could have wished
in carrying on the present negotiation, owing to
, ve . r y critical Situation of affairs, their High
Mightinefles will be pleased to, do justice to our zeal
and approve of our best endeavours.
The Ministers Plenipotentiary of the Courts of
France, England and Spain, have signed the defini
tive treaties at Versailles, and that of America yes—
terday at Paris. By the latter the former prelimi
naries are only converted into a definitive treaty
there yet remain some contentious matters on which
the parties have not altogether agreed.
We are, &c.
(Signed)
^^^ 0N VAN BERKENRODE.
G. BRANTSEN.
Epitaph ona Marine Officer.
'' es , retir'd from busy Scenes,
A firft Lieutenant ofMarines,
Who lately liv'd in peace and plenty,
On board the Ship the Diligente:
Now Stripp'd of all his warlike Show,
And laid in box of elm below,
Confin'd in earth in narrow borders.
He rises not till further orders.