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LONDON, July 26.
The crops throughout the
country are of excellent prumife,
‘ind lome fine weather now would
render them not only forward,
but mo e abundant than for fome
years part.
The agriculturists in Cam
bridgefhire, and other countries,
are prosecuting vith luccels, a
iyfiem of clearing bean lands,
by means of a flock of sheep,
whick, when turned in, destroys
the weeks, without in the least
injuring the beans ; by which the
.heavy expence of aoing is in a
great mealure prevented, and the
land improved.
The Außrian M nifter, Count
Srarhembregh, is on the eve of
his departure for Vienna upon
bufinels of the uunoß impor
tance. His excellency is much
attached to England.
The new mode o. reefing now
generally adopting through the
navy, promiles to be attended
with incalculable advantages.
By this plan, the main-fail of a
fill rate ih:p is reefed by two men
or. the yaru with rriotc facility
than when forty were employed
to tfledc it.
Twenty thousand men, caval
ry and infantry, will we aie in
formed, be encamped immedi
at.iy on the Cnrragh of Kil
dare.
The Portsmouth letter in our
ship news yeßerdav, contained an
account of the arrival of the An
na Jaeobina, from Bengal, for
Copenhagen. By a pafienger on
board f this ship, it is reported,
that no account of any action had
been received at Bengal on the
ill of February, fublequent to
the attack on Halkar at Burt
pour, by the troops under the
command of Colonel Maitland;
Information had, however, ar
rived, that the enemy, loon after
the engagement quitted the
piace, and retired fcveral miles
into the country. 1 he chief had
very few followers with him, his
rtoops were ahnoit totally difper
ied, and the war was generally
conlidcred at an end.
La It Wednesday the Ameri
can ship Huntrtfs arrived at the
port of Lancaltcr, rec.-ptured by
rhe Neptune, Windier, of tha.
place, in company with the Cres
cent and Hiberna, of Liverpool,
on their passage from Tortola
l'hev also recaptured the Ame
can ship Charles Carer, Tom
kins, both which vtffds had
been ten days in pofirfiion of the
Spanish privateer Maria, Loho,
fiom l'orto Rico. Tne Nep
tune arr ved late c.n Wednesday
evening at Lancaller.
LIVERPOOL, July 3.
Among the late quarantine
regulations, it is of importance
to notice, that all ships having
on board cotton, horns, or horn
tips, Ikins, hides, furs, and appa
rel of all kinds, and aiio from
America ; and not producing a
declaration upon oath, made by
the owner, proprietor, shipper,
01 consignee, dating, either that
such articles are not the growth,
produce, or manufacture of Tur
key, or of any place in Africa,
within the Straits of Gibraltar,
or in the Welt Barbary, on the
Atlantic Ocean j or dating of
what place they are the gro\*.h,
produce, or manufacture, will be
liable to perform quaiantine.—
Ships deemed liable to quaran
tine, not having on board clean
tills fi/ health, bound to any port
or place in Great Britain, w.ll be
obliged to perform quarantine at
Standgatc Crcrk, in the county
ot Ke: t. Ships without clean
bills of health, bound to Liver
pool, ate to perform quarantine
in Hoyle-Lake, near Liverpool,
or in Miltoid Haven,
As it > always uncertain what
places government may abjudg<
liable to quarantine, it will be
highly proper that all the velleU
coming from any port in the Uni
ted states of America, be tur
m&cd with a HU of health, j
HAT.LtFAX. (N. 5.; Aug. *S ,
On rhe *6ih in ft. three lire 1
of battle fhi['S arrived here, the
St, George of 98 puns, Centuri
on of 74 and Eagle of 74. — 1
They belonged to Admiral-Coch
ran’s squadron, on the WeR-In
dia Ration, and were damaged
at fca in a hurricane, which last -
ed 19 hours. The 93 gun
ship was in great dißrefs.
LONDON
Articles of Impeachment.
Exhibited aguinjl Lord Melville, ly the
committee oj the House of Commons.
(CONCLUDED)
That after the said toth day of janu
a>-y, 1786, and whillt the said Alexander
Trotter so continued the paymalk-r of
the said Henry Lord Viscount Melville
as aforefaid, and with such privity, con- ■
nivante and pernnffion as alortfaid, so ‘
applied nd uted the said fu.n of money,
or great part thereof, fur purposes of prt- j
vate advantage, profit and emolument as
aforefaid, the said Henry Lord Viscount j
Melville ’riuduleuily concealing the ille- j
gal oie and application of the fame, did
procure, obtain and receive from the laid j
Alex. Trotter, advances of leverai large
hams of money, which were made to him
the said Henry Lord Viscount Melville
t y the laid Alexandre Trotter, in part
from money so as aforeiaid illegally drawn
by him the laid Alexander Tiotter, from
the governor and company of the bank
of England and in part irom Inmj of
money to placed by the laid Alexander
Trotter in the hands of the iati Mtffre.
Coutts & C. as aforefaid, when mixed
with and undillinguifhed from the prop
er monies of the said AlexanderTrutter : i
and for the purpose ot more .'ffcctually !
concealing laid advances ofrioncy, the
said books of account, vouchers, memo
randums and writings, were L> as aluie
-1 aid burnt aud deltroyed.
bIXTH ARTICLE.
That asiiongil other advantes of money
so as aforeiaid obtained and received by
the laid Henry Lord Viscount Melville
from the said Alexander Tiotter, the
said Henry Lord V.lcount Melville did
procure, obtain and receive from the laid
Alexander Trotter, a lun of 22,0001.
or lome other large ium or lunis ot* mo
ney, advanced by the laid A exauder
Trotter to the said Lenry Lord Viscount
Mclv.llc without interest; part whereof
was so advanced cxcluiively from public
money so as aforeiaid illegally drawn
from the governor and company of the
bank of England by the said Alexander
frailer , and other part whereof was
advanced Rom the said mixed fund,
composed as well of public money, so as
aforefaid illegally drawn, by the laid
Alexander Trotter from the governor
and company of the bank of England,
and placed by him in the hands of the
said Mcffrs. Coutts & Ca. as aforefaid
as the proper monies of the said Alexan
der Trotter in the hands of tire said
Mclfis. Coutts Si Ca. which had been
mixed therewith, and remained unditlin
guill.til therefrom. And for the pur
pole of more effectually concealing the
laid advances of money, the said writings
were so as aforefaid burnt and deftroy
td.
Seventh Article,
That among ft other advance* of mo
ney, so as aforefaid obtained and received
by the said Henry Lord Viscount Mtl
viile from the (aid Alexander Trotter the
fvid Henry Lord Viscount Melville did
obtain and receive a lure* of 22,0G01. or
fome other large sum or iums of money,
advanced to sum by the said Alexander
Trotter ; ami for which it has been alleg
ed, t>v the said Henry Lord Viscount
Melville, that he was to pay interest ;
and for the purpose of more effectually
concealing the* said last mentioned advan
ces of money, the said books of account,
vouches, rt'cmorandußW and writings
were so as aforefaid burnt and deftroy
cd.
Eighth Article.
That during all, or great part of the
time, the said Alexander Trotter held
and enjoyed the laid office of paymaster
to the laid Henry Lord Viscount Mel
ville, as aforefaid, and the Lid Henry
Lord Viscount Melville helJ and enjoyed
the said < ffice of ireafurer of his majesty’s
navy, as aforefaid, he, the said Alexander
Trotter did gratuituoufly, and without
salary or other pecuniary compensation,
act in and transact the private bufinels
of the said Henry Lord Viscount Mel
ville, as his agent, and was, from time to
time, in advance for the said Henry Lord
Viscount Melville, in that relpcd, to the
amount of from ten thousand to twenty
thousand, or tofomcotbergreat amount:
aud which advances were taken from the
laid sums of money so placed by the said
Alexander Trotter in the hands of said
Messrs Coutts, 2c Cos. confuting in part,
of public money drawn by hint from the
governor and company of the bank of
England, as aforefaid and in part of his
own private monies mixed theicwith, and
undiifinguithed thetefrom as aforefaid :
by means wheteof the said Henry Lord I
Viscount Melville did derive benefit and
advantage from the aforeiaid illegal acts
of the laid Alexander Trotter.
And the laid Alexander Trotter did !
gratuitously, and without salary, act in !
and transact the private butineis of the j
hud Henry Lord Viscount Melville, and
made him such advances of money as a- j
torefaid, iu coatidcratiou of the said lien- 1
i-y T.crd Viscccnt MidviiV connivio. si* 1
land cermitting and fullering the said
I Alexander Trotter so aforefaid as to ap
ply and make ufc of the said iums o‘
public money so drawn by him from the
bank of England, and applied and appro
priated for the purposes of private advan
tage, or interest, profit, end emolument,
as aforefaid ; and the said Alexander
Trotter would not have been, and was
well known to the said Henry Lord Vis
count Melville not to have been able to
make such ad’ anccs of money to the said
Henry Lord Viscojnt Melville as afore
faid, othrrwife than from and by means
of the said fuma of public ‘money so
drawn by the said Alexander Trotter
from the Band of England, with the pri
vity, connivance, and permission of the
!faid Henry Lord Viscount Melville as
aforefaid, :*:id applied by the said Alex
ander Trotter for purposes of piivate
advantage, interest, profit, and emolu
ment : ail which proceedings and con
duit of the laid Henry Lord Viscount
Melville, were contrary to his duty of his
; faitl office, in breach of the great trust
j repofrd in him, and in grc*(s violation of
j the laws and lfatutes of this realm ; and
\by all and every one of the aforefaid acts
■ done and committed isy him the said
! Henry Viscount Melville, he was and is
‘-guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors.
■■ ■ ■" ,| *~-2
COPY of the WILL.
I
Os a citizen of Bern, in Switzer
land.
At the city ot Bern, in Swit
zerland, a man of business, by
fuccrfs m his way es trade, had
acquired a considerable real and
perional est .tc ; being grown in
years, and having no family, he
made z will to the following ef
jfetft, viz.
I Being anxious for my fel
low citizens cf Bern, (who have
often luffered by dearth of corn
and wine,) my will is, that, by
the permifiiur. of providence,
they shall never for the future ;
fuller again under the 1 ke calarn- j
Ity ; to which end, and purpose
l give my estate, real, and per
lonal, to the Senate o’ Bern, in
truß lor the people ; that is to
fav, that they receive the pro
duce of my estate, tilt it Rial]
come to the hum of [fuppoie two
chouland pounds 5] that then
hey shall -lay out thole two
.houfand pounds in budding a
cown house, according to the
plan by me left ; the lower Rory
whereof to confiß of lartzc vaults
or repofitorics for wine ; the
Rory above, I diredt to be for
ned into a piazza, for Inch per
10ns as shall come to market at
Bern, for dilpofing ol their goods
■ ree from the injuries of the
weather, above chat I dire 6l a
council chamber to be ere6ted,
for the committee of the senate
to meet in frjm time to time, to
aojuft my accounts, and to dired
mch things as may be necefl'iry
for the charity ; and above th
council chamber as many floors
or granaries as can be conveni
ently raised, to deposit a quan
tity of corn for the use of the
people, whenever they Hull have
occasion for it. And when
this building ihall be ereCled, &
the expense of it difeharged, 1
direCt the fena f e of Bern, to re
ceive the produce of my eftat*,
till the fame Hull amount to the
Turn [luppofe two thousand
pounds j] and when the price of
corn (hall be under the mean
rate of the last: ten years, on*
fourth part, they then Ihall lay
out one thousand pounds in corn
and stow it in my granaries ; an.l
the fame in wine, when under
one fourch of ihe mean rate of
the last ten years ; and mv will
is that none of the laid corn or
wine Ihall be fold until the price :
for corn or wine ihall exceed, , c j
the common market one fourth j
of the mean ra e for the last ten
years; and then every citizen of
Bern ihall demand daily (or pro
portionably weekly) as many
pounds weight of whear, and as
many pints of wine, as he had
mouths in his family to confu.r.e
and no more ; and that for the j
lame he pay ;eady money, after j
the mean r-*te that it has been
for the last ten years, a due por
tion being allowed for watte, and
that to be fettled by the Senate
and that each houieholder lhali
be l'upplied, as long as the price
of corn or wine ihall continue a
oove the /ate of one fourth more
than the mean rate ; and what
soever incrcaic ihall be made ot
flit C".p:t !, it shall be iai.. ou*
under the lane rcftri6lions, 11
addii gto the Rock of corn ami
wine ; which, un let the blessing
and God, w 11. I hope, in a cer
tain time, reduce these two ne
cells ry articles of life to very neai
a fixed price, or the Glory of
God, and for the benefit of the
poor.
This Egacy has lubfißed near
wo hundred years, and has had
thedefired affedt at Bern.
An Engiilh merchant return
ing fro n Alepo, by Barn, took
this hint, and it'tied a sum of
money, for the use es the poor
-t Kingftorg on Thames, for the
pure hale of coals in the fame
manner. The right honourable
Artl mr Or.flow, fpcaker of the
hur.ourable houle of commons,
and Nicholas Ilardinge, cfq
(lately
• rufiees, under whole auspices of
ihe poor was abundantly Supplied
and the fund greatly augment
ed.
About five years ego the hint
was given, and fome gentleman
in N rthampton coledled a sum
of money, for purchifing fuel at
prime ct.R, andjeiing to the
poor at die fame rate, which an
iwered perfectly well.
FRRO RS OF THE PRESS.
From a late number of he Edinburgh
Magazine.
TO THE EDITOR.
Set—Though your rafcjlany be in
general conducted with comparative cor
rect nefs ; yet, in perilling its contents
for fome year* past, 1 find that you are
not, more than your neighbours, free
from errors of the press. These errors
. when no cue can mistake your meaning,
!or when it makes it nonfeufe, might be
pafll-d over in silence j but vhta they
! involve cither fee’s or ptrfons, may have
the effrdt of milbading pofto'ity when
turning over your magazine so- iong pail
occurrences. This is more lkely to be
done, as you very 1 seldom ctr ect your
u.rlUkes by an Errata. Peftiaps you
ilnuk this uniiectff.iry, as expufing your
blunders to persons who woulc not oth—
erwise obfervt them ; but l wonkl recom
mend the practice to you a> the be It
and oily apology you can mike to the
public. As an instance of your inaccu
racy, on a late occasion, you inserted a
royal proclamation for a national JeaJl ;
and tho’ I have paid particul;/’ attention’
to the times and the manners fiuce the
period, I have never obfrrved that it took
place. Nay, from the pressure of war,
and the high pi ice of provifio.is I
thought with myfelf that it was a very
improper time for fsch an entertainment
taking place. On reading farther down
however, I found it was a tiling Ha
very reverse of what you said it ought to
be ; and iuftead of being regailed with a
faf, we were enjoined to j afl-
But, Mr. Editor, this is not the only
error you have committed ; in comparison
with others, it is fight and trivial —You
gave notice, not lorg ago, ot a sermon
to be preached for the f.ns of the c’rrgy
Now, iir, though that respectable body
have, no doubt, failings, like other men ;
yet I cannot think that a sermon would
have been appointed to be preached for
their ftns, as being greater than the bulk
of their congregations. Sir, let me tell
you, you should be very cautious in throw
iiigoutrefledtionsagainlt either religion or
its ministers. as, in this age of infidelity,
it may give too much occasion to the ig
norant and the piejndicied, to speak
lightly of these fericus matters.
In another place Sir, you mention
that a certain hon. gentleman had loth
his seal in the House of Commons.—
Did you mean, Sir, to ir.finuate that
there were any pick pockets in that aw
gull assembly ; or, do you luppofe, if
there had been any such, they would not
have taken the watch alto ? In confulc
ing contemporary magazines fur the
truth of this affertiou, l found, that iu-
Head of seal it should have been fat.
On another occaiion, fir, you give us
what you were pleased to call a coiledti
•n of Stale papers ; although the papers
which you called by this name were high
; ly intejefting, and regarded a queftiou of
1 peace and war. May were diipofed
j think, by feeing the title affixed to this
j communication, that you were hazarding
j a reflection againtt his majelty’s mmiiteis
or faterizin r ttoeir delay in not bringing
them forward sooner for the fatisfadtion
of the public. The title should have ;
been, if not a wilful error of your’s Mr. I
Editor, State papers. lam disposed for j
my own part, however, to think that it |
was a wilful error ; for in the fame ma -
gazine, in notifying the departure of a
! fleet defined for fome important expedi
tion, y*u said it would fail in a few
; weeks. Sir, these erro s arc not trifling
they may have worst influence on focieiy,
by leading peopisalliay in their opini
ons j and by encouraging many to look
up tothofe who guide the itate with too
little refpedL
In one of your paragraphs announcing
ihe marriage of a person of (lifting an bed
rank, you faul Be let out £f>r his i'eat in
.he country, to (olace himfelf with the
toys of matrimony—Sir, this error was a :
dangerous one, afli though your bache
lors may fomcii(* Lett aad j.U at this
hr.npy state, vet, fir, L; n; t.!i ‘"'i, ■ -
wifcil nations have always toe >u \
■narriage, for the belt rr.oial and poii’ic. l
purposes. 1 am afraid you yourkit, fir,
have not entered into tht. holy Rate, e'.fi
you would not likewise in addition to the
foregoing, have inserted anew method of
managing dorrnftic fools, fir, this alarm
ed not a few husbands, and surprised my
felf not a little, till on reading a little
farther, I found that it should have been
fowls.
Sir, 1 have found you make the chief
of the government in India, the thief of
the government, This was a serious
charge ; but from the known character
of the governor at that time, every per
foil dilregarded your insinuation and
from well attelled facts we know, that
the affairs in India are not conducted oa
a worse footing than formerly.
in a late case, decided before an illui.
trious court, you made two refpeCtable
judges compare noses, initead of notes ;
and when the blaze ®f patriotism burst,
•out at the beginning of the present war,
and all ranks were arming, you said, that
an honorable perlon had left the house of
commons, and was gone to the d —/ with
his regiment. I suppose in this case
fome of your letters in the word alluded
to had been out ; but although fome pe
netrating people might read drill yet ma
ny others vrouid take it up in a very
different fenfe^..
Sir, it would be endlcfs to enumerate
all the niiftakes which you have com
mitted. Enough I trust have been
pointed out, to show you the danger of
palling these public errors, without a
public acknowledgment, and the bad ef
ie&s they may have among those who
have neither time nor inclination to in
vestigate the truth. What must the ig
norant think of parKatseut voting a fup
p!y for 95,003 Tay’ers, iiiftead of Sail
ors l — A beutitul country, covered
for hundreds of miles wi _h the fineft or
dure iiiftead of verdure J and your noti
cing a charitable provision for the wives
and children of I'ofdiers, in which you en
treat tiie humane to come forward and
contribute their mice.
Hoping, iir, that you will pay more
attention to these things in future, I am,
with much refpedf, yours, cc. S.
THE SEDUCER.
* c AYE, to you i'erve us,
‘ c Till we serve you ; but when
you have our roles,
“ You btrely leave thorns to
prick aurfelves.
“ And mock us with our btfe*
nefs.”
Sbeakespeare.
WHO is yon meagre, ruined
wretch, prefifed down by d.feafc
and coveted with ihame and ccn
fufTon i Suit it is no hntnan be
ing. The Afipighty never Ra ta
ped his image on a form so for-
Hu fin stranger ! cealq
ihy cruel animadvertions on rher
ziclirn of villainy. Turn thine
eye lor a moment, & b.holu the
reverie. Seeß thou yon fpright
iy coxcomb, glittering in the
sunbeams or prosperity and •-a-
Rening wuh eagerness from plea
iure to plcafure ? Lie is her
leducer : in an unguarded mo
rn nt, he triumphed o’er her vir
tue, he broke his faith and left:
her to brook o’er her nailery in
penury and want. Disease, like
a corroding cancer preys on her
vitals, and ihe will t’er long be
added to her native dust. Gran
ger you weep at her misfortunes*
vour tears are unavailing. Her
fate is determined. Her peni
tence is accepted, and fne Hull
yet be happy. Go warn thy
pratling innocents o; their future
danger I Go inew them this pic
ture of milery ; and when taey
inquire the cause, tell them a
lordly b-ute fixed h'.s cruel fangs
on the objeft of their pity!*; tell
them ihe once was as gay, as
lovely, as innocent, and as hap
py as they now are ; but she wjs
Betrayed and her fond expecta
tion olaßed forever.
GEORGIA,I f* f" ! f arJ H ' h ' u
LS. >1 t>e curl °f Ordinary t
E White ‘ ‘° r CDtiU ty °f Coalhairtr
in the state aforesaid.
\ITHEREAS Joh B. Bevnett appiie*
’ v for letters of adminiftr ition oti the
ellate ami effects of Thomas Greene, fate of
! the city of Savannah, House Carpenter, dec.
Jas principal creditor. These are therefore to
cite and idmanith all and Angular the kin*
dred a id creditors of the said deceaftef, to
file their objections (if any they have) m my
office on or before tne 4th day of October
next, otherwise letters of adminiitrauon will
be jranted him.
Given under my hand and fca! in the citr
of Savannah the 4th day of September m the
>earof our lord ißa,, and in the 30th year of
American independence.
September 10 im 4
Marshal’s Sales.
WIT-L be Old at the Ceuit-hcufe in Savan
nah, on the hrii'fuefday in Oothjer next,
at -the ufij i! hour,
One third of the wharf and building*,
known as the Coffee house wharf, the for
mer .urenafer not complying with rhe terms
of Lie. BEN. WALL; M. 1). G.
ijepterabrr 13 j