The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1779-12-21 00:00:00, page 1

TUESD A Y, DEcEMBER 21,1779° THE NUMBER 775.
CONNECTICUT COURANT,
AND THE
Majesty in making this declaration to the
court of London, experts and insists, that
to prevent any disagreement which may a
rise from its execution, the Britifo court
will expressly forbid any of h^r ffiips of
war, privateers or letters of marque to
cruize in those parts, or to chafe any. vifki
in the North-Sea, where the three Crowns
have the sole andexclufive navigation. Her
Majesty flatters herfclf, that from thi^mea
fure, the court of London will derive ad
vantages to her own trade."
(Very flattering^ truly, to Great Britain !
if foe can be so craped as to imagine a feet of
the line and frigates intended by Ruffiato op,oofe
two or three American erasers. lis equally
flattering and friendly as was the representation
made to the Britifo Mir.fr, by France, 'of her
having made a treat, with the American States,
upon the most generous principles, and with the
most friendly intentions.)
A privateer off Markilles, met four
^e,t. 2. A private letter from Paris,
fays, that a certain Alderman of this city
was beheaded in the Battile, and his body
privately buried the 14th inst for divers
frauds and forgeries he had been g'.)y
of.
The Ambaffadbr of Great Britain to the
States General of the United Provinces pre
sented a spirited memorial to their High
MightinUfes, complaining of the publisher
of the Leyden Gazette. It was referred
to the States of Holland, and the publisher
was fully jufbfied.
They write fiom Amsterdam that, great
conftetnation prevails among all rank, of
people who at iotcrefted in the Englilh
funds, which have ftllen ^per cent, ma
ny have ordered their correspondents to
fell out.
The following was p'efinted to the Bri
ti(h Minirtry fy the Ruffian Amfoffador
at London.
" Her Imperial Majeftyof all the Ruf
fias, considering that the navigation of the
North-Sea, and the coafs of Reffia, Den
mark and Sweden, requires her immediate
protection, and that 01 those two Crov ns,
especially as the last year, an American
privateer took several veflMs bound to
Archangel, has determined to order a
fquadraft of ftiips of the line and some fri
gates, to cruize in those fas. They shall
be commanded to protest cur commerce
and navigation effectually, and to, expel
from those parts all cruizing vessels of any
nation whatever without exception.---Her
LONDO N, August 20.
FIFTEEN thousand Hanoverians,
new regiments, have been ordered to
be railed immediately ; probably to be
brought over to England, that in case of
a v^t^y at lea, great reinforcements may
be feat to North-America and the Weft-
Indies.
HARTFO RD: Printed by H UDSON a^d GOODWIN, near the Great-Bridge.
WEEKLY IN T E L L I G E NC E R.
The French AmbafEdor at the Forte,
has obtained for the Amenian Catholics
in the Turk^fh dominions free exercise of
their religion.
The ill founded rumours which have
been circulated for some years past, of pre
tended assistance in me; and ffiips to be
furn,fhed to England by Russia, no longer
have the least credit. Tie court of Russia
has determined to follow the example of
Sweden and Denmark, and to prot< ft their
tr de with France.---In <joftquence cfthis
resolution M. de Mouffin Po. fchkin, Mi
nifer Plenipotentiary cf the Empress at
cur court, has lately nuke the following
declaration to Lord Weymouth : <' That
notwithstanding the many friendly repre-
Enrations agaiuft the E. ^ifh arrogating
to themfeives a right to etain and learch
all vtffcls belonging to n dons no way in
terefied in the difference between France
and England, the coco of London has
hitherto given no radrtfs O Efe contra
ry, every day neutral ships are flopped on
the high seas, and carried into the Englifn
ports, where they are detained under many
frivolous pretexts, and fubjeded to tedious
and expenfiye process, highly prejudicial
to their owners. That the^/ore her Im
perial Majesty, determined to put an end
to this violence, is nec^ffitated to" follow
the example cf the Kings cf Dei ma: 1 and
Sweden, by equipping a squadron t : pro
tect the trade Gt her lHfy.de. And that
if any Eoglifh vessel attempts t; flop a
vessel carrying the Ruffian colours, her
Maj fly has ordered force to be opposed
to force, and that fuc.h Englilh vessel shall
be treated as a pirate. Such precedure
being contrary to the treaty of commerce
fubfidirig between the two Crowns, and by
virtue of which Great-Britain enjoyed a'
free trade with the Ottoman States du ino
the war between Russia and the Porte," &c.
The States General being informed, that
some vtffris of force were fitting out in the
ports of Zeeland, to cruize under English'
col >urs, have iffu<d an order forbidding
this practice, or that any Dutch fabj^as
should Frye or be concerned or , inrer-fted
in any such or in any vessel of war of any
nation;
Dr. Franklin, Minister PlenirHerTary
from the United States of America, at the
court of France, has recommended to all
American cruizers, to abfeain from every
kind of violence to Captain Cuok, in ah
Eigbfn vessel, now on a voyage from Bri
tain to make discoveries ;n the Eaft-'lndtes,
and shortly cipedted home.
Englifn ships under convoy of a frigate,
whom ftie fought some time and was about
to retire, when the French frigate Flora
came up, and assisted in capturing the
four ships, which are valued at five mil
lions.
BOSTO N, December 10.
The fodowin^ Letter and Rfives of the Hono
rable Continental congrtf, was received the
,th inftahl,
(Circular.)
Philadelphia, Novi 12.1779.
SIR,
^7 O U will receive herewith enclosed,
an ad of Con,refs of the 19th inst.
earnestly recomhvndiug rotbefevcral
States forthwith to enact lavr for establish
ing and carrying into execution a limitati
on of prices throughout their resp dive
juritdiffions; to commence in heir epera
tations fro u the f^ft day of February next.
I have the honour to be,
with great refpe&,
your very humble f v' r .
SAM. HUNTINGTON, Prefid^t.
Hen. Prejident oj Council cfMfu&zge^sc
In CONGRESS, Nov. 19, 17 9.
^7 HEREAS the fle&u^mg bate
of prices not only causes inequality
and irjuhice in private dealings, and in
turnrihing the public supplies from the
fev^ral States, but renders it impracticable
to make the proper estimates for future
expences, and co fix equitable fabrics tor
those employed in the Service ofthe United
States : And whereas the estimates ac
cording to which the requifuions for the
taxes of the furceeding year have been
made by the isolation of the 6th of Oc
tober last have been founded on the prin
ciple that the prices of commodities ne
cessary for the public use, would not ex
ceed twenty fold of the former prices, and
should they rife above that rate, the texes
must be accordingly enoreafed, but should
they fall below it the surplus cf the sum
railed may be applied to the finking fund•
therefore,
Refolded, That it be earheftly recom
mended to the several States forthwith to
ena& laws for eftablifniog and carrying in
to execution a general limitation of prices
throughout their refpe&ive jurifoi&ions,
on the following principles, and to ccm
mence in their operation from the firft day
cf February next.
Articles of dotneftic produce, farming
and comtnon labour, the wags of tiadef.
men and mechanicks, water and land car
riage, rot §0 exceed twenty fold of the
prices current through the various seasons
of the year i? 74.
We hear the court of Versailles has con
tented to agree to the division of Poland,
if the German powers consent to acknow
ledge the Independence of the American
United States. This will be a severe stroke
to Britain, as it will thoroughly disengage
Russia from her irttereft, at a crisis in which
it is most essential to her welfare.