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•uein as luriouh as ever. In the interim, ptovitiuiiS m this get fesreer and Icarccr, which is chiefly owing to the loss of the Crimea on one hand, and the troubles which have broke out in Egypt on the other. 11 1 . ' ■ LONDON, February 26. We are informed, that when the Ambas sadors of Tippo Sultan were taking leave at the Court of Versailles, they requeftctl to know what marks of friendlhip from their matter would be molt fatisfatfory to the King of France : On which the King declared, that the liberty of any Englitti officers ox soldiers, who might still be detained prilon;rs in the Sultan’s dominions, and tnortf'efpeci ally of thofc who had been prisoners with M. Suffrein, would be the greatest test of regard for his Majesty.” A declaration Which re fiefts honor upon the throne from which it proceeded, and which exalts its author above tbe rank of Kings ! The-Protector of huma nity ! It was not, we are informed, the intention of the Court of France to make this intereft iag requert known, till it took a happy effect in India : The Indian Ambassadors gave the firft public intimation of the request : Mr. Suffreiu wrote upon the fame fubjeft a Veiy ttrong letter to *i*ippo, and orders have been lent to the French Governors in India to use evbry possible influence at the Court of Tippo to carry a point equally interesting to huma nity, and to the policy of an enlightened and powerful nation. The particulars of a negociation, so cre ditable to its author, and which displays so happily the liberal spirit of the age, cannot and ought not to remain long unexplained. [The above article exhibits an evidence, among a thousand others, that daily occur, of the encreafing urbanity and refined sensi bility of the present age—and while it ex torts a just tribute of applause on the Monarch of France , the generous acknowledgment of the Engliih is highly complimentary to their character.] 18. By private letters from Madrafs we learn, that Tippo Sultan has made on the frontiers of the Carnatic, some military movements that indicate a strong desire to break a peace to which hd contented so re luctantly. Educated in camps, and accuf fbmed from his infancy to the din of war, that turbulent and eaterprifing Prince will never ceafc to employ against the Eugliftx, every engine of force or fraud, till such time as he has driven them from the Carna tic, or ruined himfelf in the attempt. Every thing announces a second campaign against the Turk*. The company of miners, commanded by Capt. Chatelet, quitted Plefs some time since to go to Gradifka ; they are cfdercd to march as faft as possible. The " next campaign we expect will be opened by the siege of Birbin. The peace of the North, which many have exprefled a hope to fee eftabliftied, does not teem likely to be fettled without a farther appeal to arms. For although the Kiug of Sweden, on the 25th ult. declared his mind to the Diet of that Kingdom, yet their con tinuing to arm with vigour, and the general unanimity that seems to prevail between the King and his States, are strong motives to ex cite our belief, that war will codtiuue on the part of Sweden THEATRE, COVENT-GARDEN. A few minutes before the curtain drew up, ou Saturday night, Dr. Wtllis took hia feat'in the King’s Box: His green glasses were on, and he kept them on during the whole evening. The moment he was feat-' ed, the band, as if by previous intimation, UrucK up Godjavt the Ktng. Aud at the ‘ cn i of the piay, the aftors came on the stage ' aud lung it. Aud, as Garricklaid, all this lor Dr. Willis. What a pity Dr. Willis was not sent for, previous to the breaking out of the American war! Who knows but he might have fived America, as well as an hundred millious of ' money, and a huudicd thousand lives ? March We have long intimated a se cret correlpondence which has passed between the Courts of Vienna and Versailles. The b* been trying every art to give the fciuperor'Toiue effectual affutancc, aud it now ' teems that tbe country of Brabant is to be * the price of if. - Jtbiviy remains tube know’ll m what manure kU ?ifcmiug» will retift f ae jr» au ulurpAiion. The Emperor Las prefenled Prince Potem kin with a liar, of the Value of lcO,OC& flo rins. ** *- Extra# of a loiter from Gottenhurgh , March 7. “ Preparation!* are making at the Ducal Caflle in this city, for the reception of the King our Sovereign, who is expefted before the conclution of the mouth. A irioft' ftu peudous work is just now completed here, the performance of two American engineers, who have flung a large boom and chain across the mouth of the harbour, by which we are rendered perfedly l'ecure from any attempt of an enemy y the whole is of iron* partly cast, and partly manufactured.” In the new form of confiitution which the King of Sweden has ordered for the future government of his kingdom, an oath of al legiance is to be taken, by* all members of the senate, to the following tenor; “ I acknowledge there is an hereditary king, who 1123 the power of governing the kingdom j of making war or peace ; of con cluding foreign alliance; and of distributing favors as he lhali think molt fit. “ Tb*t the fupteme tribunal of the king dom lhall con lilt of plebeians, as well as no bles, and thef number (hall depend oh thff' pleafurc of the king. “ That every fubjeft lhall have an equal right to purchaTe'lands, and that the repair ing of the highways dial! rzll equally on every description of perlons. I hat in lefpeft to tfie highest oflices in the ftatc, they (hall be exclnfively’ given to the noble and equeftriab orders; in refpett to all others, tholi who give the greatest proof of public virtue lhall always have the ptefcrence.” The oath has been fubferibed to by three of the ordets, and the has* therefore declared a law'/' The latest accounts from Sweden a: t ;tcd the 15th iuft. at which t?roe nothing mt happened at Stockholm free the change of government. The people ah appeared zea lous to support the king; the’preparations for war were carrying on with vigour, and the Diet fully employed. The Duke of 3u dermania, brother to the king, has the com mand of the troops which guard the capital, and general quietness prevailed when the last accounts came away. go; 111 confeqderice of Mr, Fox’s having moved for a repeal of the Ihop tax, and Mr. Put s having acceded to the motion, the tax doubtlels will be repealed. Both, of coorfe, have mem in the business ; and indeed, the committee of ihop-keepers have considered the affair in this just point of view, having voted thanks both to Mr. Fox, and the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. This circumftanee, however, is vefy obvious, specially to'thofe who know the bulk of the members of the House of Commons, namely, that Mr. Pitt’s influence went much farther towards a repeal than Mr. Fox’s. For if Mr. Pitt had urged the neceflity of the tax being continued, he would have urged the poiut fucceEfully, not withllanding any exertion that might have been made against him ; while, on theofcher hand, if Mr. Pitt had infilled that the iliop tax ought to be repealed, it would, confi dermg his vast influence, have been forth with repealed, although Mr. F«x and all his adherents had set their faces against such re peal. Extra# of a letter from Vienna, Jan . 7. Ihe conquest of Oczakow, which our court did not expert, mull of course chan*; the plan of operations in many'refpslfts.l. T c Ruffian forces, no longer rtopt by an‘y considerable place of ftr-ngth, will be able next lprmg to advance towards Wallachia and appear before the enemy on tlie banks of the Danube. It is true, Prince Potempkin’s army hasifuffered some very visible dimihu tions, especially i n the infantry, which is now only a third part of what it was at the -beginning of the campaign ; hut as they are recruiting in Ruffa as fall as partible, that army may be refitted in three or font months. Tranfylvania, by the approach of ■ the RurtTans, being no longer expol'ed to the lucurhcns of the enemy, our troops ftatioued in that province will b c able even to aft often-* lively, and secure the Bannat from any attacks (rom the Turks. The Grand' Vizir’s fault will now appear in an‘evident manner, who Urnuhl have profited by his fuccef-, have pur sued shy Impeiial army, and inverted the for r w1.i1.1 h;s troops were fall * of ardor, vvhifh he might have done the tt fier, as such a blow was not thought of, . Had that general done this, he would certain ly have entirely changed the face of affair r inficad of which, owing to his flowhefs or Other reasons, he has given his enemies time to re-eltabliih their affairs so well, that the Ottoman em P ije will now find the? have by their own fault brought upon theiufelves greater losses than they might have experi enced by a second campaign.” AOGUS *T A> J u fy 18. In COUNCIL, July 13, 1789. On motion of Mr. Fitzpatrick, fecondetf by Mr. Cleveland, It is Ordered , That the final fettlcment of the pay rolls for militia duty of the frontier counties, under the refo- Unions of the House of Assembly, be pro longed until the meiting of tbe next Legisla ture ; but this order not to operate againß the said pay rolls befng brought in. Extra!} from the Minutes , j: MERIWETHER, S. E. C In C O UXCI L, July 17, 1780 V The Governor stated to the Board that the General Officer of the Weftern diftritt had. made application to him to publilh in orders that the reports which had prevailed for feme time pad of ten or twelve Creek ludians being killed by some perfpus, of VVilkes county, in December or January laif, which amounted, in fa ft, to a charge agiinft fdme of the of ficers under his command, were without foundation : but that, as Council had ordered an inquiry to be made therein, he considered it as improper to comply with the General’? request, until their further direction. Where** upon It is ordered, That, as the Indians have made no com plaint of any such killing, and as a consider able time has been given to those inclined to e abiirti the laid reports, if they had been true i it, therefore, appears to this Board,* that the fame were altogether without foun dation. .* * f 1 * * ,' Extra!} from the Minutes, J* MERIWETHER, S. E. C. . ' > . • - • ‘ 1 In addition to the foregoing order of Coun cil, the Governor and Commander in Chief cannot forbear to express his difapprobatioo of the practice of circulating reports, affeft- * ing the conduft of public officers, which do not carry the conviction of truth, or have apparent probability of foundation ; as they tend to excite animosity and distrust among the citizens, and to lessen that confidence in authoiity which is so essential to good order and public happiness, GEORGE WALTON. At a Meeting of the Vejlry 0 f the Parij7j St. Paul's, on Friday , 17 th injh 1780. Refolded,- 'HAT the Rev. Mr. Boyd, and the Rev. **«. Mr * **! mer » do perform morning service alternately in the Church of the said m the town of Augusta; the Rev. Mr. Boyd beginning the ipth inst. an d that either of the above Clergymen not officiating m the may preach in the afternoon. Rejol'ved also, That no itinerant preacher shall ip future be fuffered to preach in the said Church, unless permission for that purpose has been previous ly obtained either from the Chairman of the Vcftry, or one of the Wardens. . Ey Order of the Vefiry, GEO. BARNES, Chairman* . */,• ■» The Honorable the Trustees have been pleated to appoint the Reverend Mr. Palmer to be Chaplain to the Richmond Academy j and to assign to his use one of the chambers ibetein. . . On Wednesday evening Est died of a ner vous fever Matter Spencer of this place, a proimling youth. He was interred in the Ce metery next morning, when a funeral ad dress was delivered in Sr. Paul’s Church by Pal >ner, which excited the feu fibimy, and called forth the affections and tcgiets of a icfpcflable attendance. M'ritjhorougb, July 4 . This day a number cr ic.peCtaEe inhabitants of this town and neighbourhood, aflembied at Independent hall, m Older to celebrate the return of. ? w.y frcoflfpjeuoueit; Ji* sra of American