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Will soon be constructed : bark h fulling
mills are at present substitutes for soft
ening.
Hemp that grows early in the season,
has a bark or skin thick, tough, and oi
ly ; when cut at the time above mention
ed, tlie oil, which would qn ripening
grow up into the seed, remains in the
skin ; prevents its rotting with the core, j
nn 1 the hemp not being suffered to dry
before rotting, keeps the skin from cling
ing to the core ; and so it cleans easily.
Cutting permits the rot of the shives or j
cores to be quick at the roots, where '
thickest, and therefore equal, without
injury to the skin or bark, which is the
useful part. Nearly double the produce
iS obtained by this early and attentive
cultivation, compared with that which,
sowed late, grows when drought stints,
or moist and heat hurries the growth :
tne he trip is fine, mellow, and tough, ea
sily softened and bleached ; makes bet
ter linen than flax, fine enough in Eng
land for the best gentle men’s shirts ;
produces a profit to the farmer unequal
led by any other article so easily culti
vated ; is out of the way of other har
vesting, being earliest ready; and usu
ally yields from six to twelve hundred
pounds weight per acre. Fall crops may
be raised on the same ground, and the
g ound be left in good condition for flax
tiie i nsuing season. If some experien
ced farmer would calculate a statement
of the comparative value of crops, the
most incredulous would be convinced of
th< supe-ior utility of hemp.
INTE L LICENCE.
Boston, June 24.
Since Saturday we have received Lon
L don papers to the 18th May, containing
Hamburgh dates to the loth.
At the latest date the rumours of ap
proaching peace were frequent, and
more stable than rumours frequently are.
It was stated that Mr. Stuart, secretary
of embassy to Russia, had arrived in
London, bringing the proposition of a
mediation proffered by Austria to Rus
sia, and by Russia submitted to Grcat
Britain. There were, however, some
suspicions in France, that Austria was
playing a deep game. The.fate of the
propositions was not known.
In the nr an time the great armies in
Eistern Prussia continued to he sup
pli d and reinforced, and were wht ttiug
ir sabres for deadly work*- Most of
’ the piime troops of Russia had crossed
the Nieman and joined the grand army.
The F rench also were collecting troops
from almost every quarter: the part of
the army of Italy,'20,000 strong, which
had been ordered to penetrate into Tur
key, and for the passage of which by
Trieste the consent of Austria had been
obtained, had suddenly received a new
destination, and was marching across
Germany to join the grand army in Po
land. Bonaparte appeared resolved, if
the war continued, to overwhelm his e
nemies with the magnitude of his num
bers.
The Prussian fortresses in Silesia held
out with wonderful constancy : the gar
risons made frequent sorties, and their
return gave opportunity to the French
to represent them as having been vigor
ously repulsed.
London, May 15.
Mr. Stuart has brought dispatches to
government, on die subject of the strange
conduct of Austria. These dispatches
are not made public. Their contents are
thus reported : The states ofllungarv,
| in answer to the speech of the empe ror
| Francis, have recommended to him to
! pursue a strict neutrality ; and pledge
themselves to support him in it, with
their lives and fortunes. In conse
qvnnce the Austrian emperor had offer
ed his mediation ; and powerfully re
commended atte ntion to the propositions
of peace which have hern made by the
emperor Napoleon ! The emperor of
Russia had deemed it decorous to trans
mit those proposals to Great-Britain,
Prussia h Sweden, by special ministers.
It is added, that the Austrian emperor
had declared that Turkey is her ally ;
and as an ally has offered her mediation
between Russia and the Porte.
Yesterday the right hon. Mr. Canning
informed the foreign ministers that thy
Dardanelles and Smyrna were declared
to hr in a state of blockade. At the same
time an embargo was laid on all Turkish
vessels, and orders given to capture all
Turkish vessels.
The Barbary states have declared war
against Great-Britain, and several of
their corsairs are at sea.
The two great armies in Prussia, have
be«.n reorganized ; and instead of many
divisions, now consist of three each
or rather a centre, right, and left divi
sion.
The Allied Russian and Prussian ar
my. The centre is under Benningscn,
ccTTimrmdcr in chief, where the empfctflfr
ot Russia has his head quarters—
General Blucher (who has lately been
exchanged, and who fought so despe
rately alter the battle of Jena) commands
the right, where the king of Prussia has
his head quarters. The left is said to
be commanded by gen. Ruche), (geit.
Von Essen being ill,) where the prince
Constantine has a command;
The French right is commanded by
Marshal Massena, the centre by Murat,
the left by Bernadotte : the emperor D
versecing the w hole.
The Mayne, April 28.
Austria has undertaken to mediate
between France and Russia; and Russia
is to invite England. It is proposed
that the congress assemble at Prague, ia
Bohemia. Austria is certainly taking
powerful measures, by the augmentati
on of her revenues and army, to make
her mediation respected. The arch-j
duke Charles has formed a plan of mili^
tary conscription, similar to that of
France.
Schwerin-, May 1.
On the 29th ult. a new article
added to the Swedish armistice, that a?
month s warning should be given of the
recommencement of hostilities.
W II E E L I JVC,
Thursday, 16th July, isor.
To Correspondents.—The “Antipoedc
gamesian Club” at Jefferson College, ap
pear to have associated themselves to
gether for a very laudable purpose. We
t xhort them to perseverance : but we
doubt the propriety of publishing their
resolutions to the world. Philosopher
Squa re once declared, that “things wer:
fitten to be done, which were not fitter*
to be boasted of.” We recommend to
the members of this Club, to consider .
whether their resolutions are not thingd
of this description.
Wc are sorry to have occasion to re
mark, that since the commencement of
the trial of Purr, some newspapers have
laboured to impress a belief on the public
mind, that the Court was unworthv of
confidence. Because a strong suspicion
is entertained of the* guilt of the accus
ed, some persons seem impatient at the
trial being prolonged by the discussion
! of incidental points, and censure and de
lnour.ee the Court for permitting *thiBS