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have been ccnfiantly against us, and her ports
Ihut against our navigation, except in cases
where the measure would operate againfl her
lelf— She may at the present dav, be fair! to I
enjoy all the advantages ot the immense quan
tities of. our produce, exported to the Kuro
pean market I am amazed, Sir, when I
confider, how in copfeqtience of her regula
tion*, the whole proceeds of American fbip
xneuts are drawn into the vortex of the Britifli
treasury—Sir, this prept nderation ought not
to be—it is in our power to effect 211 alteia
tion—the productions of our country are more
necessary to Great and to the red of
the. world, than tliofe of the world 'at large’
or the manufaftures of Great-P.i itain ate to
vs—and the advantages on our part ate con
tinually encreafing.
The original motion for 6 cents on Fiench
brandy, was modified to a duty of 12 cems
per gallon on all difiilled spirits of Jamaica
proof, and ten cents on all other spirits, im
ported from countries, in alliance with the
Uuited States *
A motion was then made for the reduftion
of the duty on Madeira wine from 33 1-3
cents to cents per gallon, which was voted
in the affirmative, and the duty of 20 cents
ou all other wines were reduced to 15 cents.
The committee appointed yefierday, to
confer with the committee of the Senate, upon
the tubjeft of admimfiering the oath to the
Frefident, &c. reported, that they had waited
upon the Ptefident, who informed them, that
any time or place, the two honfes thould fix
upon, would be agtecibe to him.-—They
further reported, that they had agreed to le
commend to the Hotife, that Thursday next
lliould be the time assigned, to receive the
Frefident, when both branches should then
allemble in the Senate C hamber for that pur
po:ci— from thence (for the at con modation of
the citizens who would, be fpeftators ou the
occasion) the Prefidcnt ihould be attended by
to the Reptefentauves ( hambe* - , where
the oath ihould be adminilteted by the C'lian
cellor of the State—this report was accepted.
A committee was then cbofen, to attend
further to this 1 u fine Is, and Mr. Ben,on Mr.
Sherman y and Mr. Amts % were appointed.
Report of the committee of he whole huufe,
was then refnmed— and the sum if 12 cents
on ail other difiilled spirits, was voted agree
ably to the report : The attic es of barley and
lime were fti ut k out, and the duty ou Ihues
reduced ftom 10 to 7 cents.
A letter was received from the Senate, in*
forming, tna* they had cholcn for their Chap
lain, the Rev. Dotlor Provoji. Adjourned.
(To be continued.).
P E R A, December 21.
THIS morning we wete altomihed to hear
that Oczakow had been carried by the
■ afiault of the Ruffians This news was so
little expefled, that 1110 ft part of the foreign
Minificrs had sent advices to their Courts of
the siege having been taifed. In the after
noon the following was circulated, and a copy
of it sent to all the Foreign A mbr.fi ado rs :
COPY:
Lett rs from the Pacha , Commandant oj Ocza
hew, to the Mnnjters of the Sublime O/.a
tnan Porte •
Monday the 15th day of the month which
anfweisto December, a great moveme. t was
observed in the Ruffian camp, whuh occupied
all the land peat the town from he liver Bog
to the sea. The site of the ami e:y and mus
ketry, which lud ccSfea for fume time be
fore, began to play all this day.
The next day the mufcovi es penetrated the
entrenchments winch weie before the palli
fadoes 7 ftom whence they thiew a gieat num
ber of bonibt into the town, and let fie to the
few houlcs which remained sf;er niauy
months bombarding ; but this evil would not
have been much, if it had not been tolii wed
by a greater At daybreak on he ’hud day,
■ -and the 17th of the month, « site btoke out
in another quarter, near the ra e of AtaK.i
--• batfehi, and a violent noithw nd earned die
flames with amazing tapimt) into the envi
ron*, so that it wa* impufijhie to earitiguifh
them.
At the fame instant the Mufcovite* began
the afiault of the plat* from the nciutie*, and
olio front the fori us Hafian Pacha
*1 heer*nib.*t wa* very h«»r, and a number
us people pet Hired momentarily, uunn* which
three powder magazines blew up in the town.
They were in fad separated from each other,
bur, from the necessity of keeping the doors
open to fetch powder continually, the fiie
caught hold of them nearly at the fame instant,
and many thousand good Muffulraen loft their
lives. -* > \ .
■ Me, your fervant,found myfelf buried un
der the ruins during the space of near half au
hour, and was not taken therefrom without
gear labour. As by this accident iny troops
wete greatly diminilhed, and I saw that
longer refiftence was useless, I took the refo
lqtion to forreiTder; and having given the
signal, I sent, with the consent of the whole
garrison, the Chiare3 Pacha to the Muscovite
General, to inform him of our resolution.
But the answer arrived too late We could
not any longer kfeep in the town, much less
defend it, on account of the fire spreading
quite to its gates. The Muscovites profited
on the occafidt), and having palled over the
ice which covered the ditches,and over heights
of snow that fell the preceding night, they
entered the town sword in hand iu fix different
places.
Their arrival augmented the alarm and
confulion, as they cut in pieces all they met
with, not giving quarter to any. The gar
rison began to run on that fide towards the
sea, but a great part perilhed in the flames,
and the rest were cut to pieces on the ice in
the Leviail. The passage on the fide of the
island of Borezan being (hut, none had the
means of escaping that way. 1
As for me, your slave, who in this fitUation
did not know whether I was dead or alive,
I fell into the hands of the Prince d’Anhalr
Bernbourg, who conduced me to the camp
of Geo. Potemkin, where they gave me a
good tent, with many other conveniences.
In the interim the C'hiares Pacha eceived
petmiffiOn from the laid General to go to a
body of our troops which had retired towaids
the fort of Hallan Pacha, to announce the
grant of their lives These were more for
tunate than Deboker Pacha, Kuifetn Pacha,
Mchemed Pacha, Weftati Pacha, and Siefuenzi
Pacha, who were all loft in the affaiilt, de
fending thcmfelves with the greatest valour
Having obtained the liberty to write, I have
thought it my duty to profit thereby, and to
render an account to the Sublime Porte of the
unfortunate and humiliating filiation which
God has’pleafed to fuffet us to be in for our
fins It remains with the Sublime Port only
to determine whether they will put an end to
the war by a good peace, to deliver me with
the other prisoners, and to render tranquility
to the fubjerts of the empire.
Muftapha and Aly Pacha still live, and are
near me, with the other prisoners, who, in
exerting the fame courage, have fuppoited
themlelves against death. Hitherto the ene
my Commandants have given to the soldiers,
prisoners, all they wanted; they are very
well, although in need of rice for their pil
laus, (a Turkifli and Indian difli )
Salute cordially, on my account, the in
comparable Sade Mahemet, (Grand Viziet)
whose glory has reached our ears, as also all
thole who remember me. In fliort, I suppli
cate you to make known our unfortunate litu
ation to the very invincible and very power
ful Emperor, n»y Sovereign, and also to in
form my son Seidbeck thereof. I fend a Tar
tar to you with this letter.
Wi tten in the camp at Oczakow, in the
evening of the 19th December.
(Signed)
The PACHA COMMANDANT.
V I E N N A, February 21.
We have accounts from the Greek mer
chants, that the Ruffians have penetrated from
Mohilow as far as Galatz, and have taken
that town by aflault, in which, it being a rtch
commercial place, ihcy muff have found a
great deal of plunder. The -country is, by
this acqtiilition, laid open to the Ruffians as
far as to the gates of Buccharcft, which is
only 40 miles from Conftantinopie.
P A R I S, Mard 5.
New tumult* have arisen in Bretagne ; the
people r.f ihe third estate have formed them
le'ves into regiments, determined to oppose
am force that the nobles may bring against
them. They have already driven away the
Pat (lament, and railed a fund for the reun-
I" rleii.fiit of limit member* whom (hey mean
in ewiude foe the future. fur it i« to be uu«
t- '
d'rflood, that the office of member in the
parliaments of France is acquired by purchase
and has been confined to the peifons who have
privilege of nobility. The Bretons propose
that their new parliament fliall he composed,
one half from the nobles, the other from the
third estate.
LONDON, March 12.
Lexers from Stockholm mention, that the
King has bi ought about a second revolution ;
and notwithftandmg his declarations to the
contrary, he has made himfelf really absolute.
The cleigy, burghers, and boorS, were gained
over by the usual means About thirty of the
ch.ef nobility, who were in opposition to the
King’s measures, are arrested and put in con
finement ; among these are the Count Brahe.
f * *
• firft noble of Sweden ; Count de Ferfen, a most
refpertabie and patriotic nobleman ; and many
others of great honor and property. In con
sequence of this step, many others of the chief
nobles and officers in the army have resigned
their polls. The King has ordered a large
body wf the Dalecarlians to come armed to
Stockholm, and hopes to carry all his points
by their means. The two Courts of Peters
burg and Copenhagen cannot be indiffeieftfi
fpeftatois of these events; and all parties wait
most anxiouily to fee what aftive interference
the King ofPtuffia mav take in these matters.
The King of Sweden Teems bent on prosecut
ing the yvar with Rnifia ; and Denmark is very
busy in preparations to make good their stipu
lated assistance to the C ourt of Peterfburgh ”
On Friday last, the workmen employed in
repairing St. George’s Chapel,' Windsor, ob
feiving ’he pavement in one part to be funk,
took up fomc of the stones, when a frarture
in one arch appeared. On this they proceeded
to dig, and soon after discovered a coffin,
which, from the carved trophies upon, ifc
appeared to contain the Royal Remains of
Edw?rH IV.
Sir Joseph Banks, Dr. Hcrfchell, and Lord
Mornington, the fevei al Canons of W ndfor,
and other gentlemen, were pre.ent, when the
ltd of the coffin was lifted. The body of die
monarch appeared entne; the lineaments of
his face veiy diftinguilhablfe ; and the dress,
which consisted in part of very fine lace, not
appaiently decayed That the royal corpse
appeared thus perfeft, is to be attributed to a
liquid preparation, in Which it was immerged.
Sir Joseph Banks brought away part of this
liquor, in ordefto have it analized before the
members of the Royal Society.
1 he hifioi ians of the time relate, that Ed
wrrd died of an ague at Westminster, April
9, 1483 ; and was buried at Windsor. But
all enquiries after the royal tomb appeared
ineffeftual till the pfefent difeovery.
Lxtt aft cj a letter Jrom Copenhagen, March 3*
«* An attempt has been made here to burn
the Ruffian fleet by an incendiary, one Capt.
O’Brien, from Ofiend whose ftrp lying a
mongst them faft in the ice, it had been plan
ned to set on file, that a general conflagration
might ensue Providentially it has been dis
covered in time ; far if it had fucceederl, half
the town would have been blown up by the
large quantity of gunpowder on board the
Ruffian men of war. He had been bribed by
a Swedifti emifiary, and was to have received
a reward -of 40001. sterling. O’Brien is ar
lefted, and is to take his trial; but the villain
who planned this horrid plot has unfortunate
ly escaped.”
One hundred and sixty thousand is the num
ber of recruits levied this year on the here
ditary Bates of the Emperor of Germany.
By letters received yeflerday from Berlin,
we learn that it is generally believed there,
that the Emperor is only placing his Bohemian
dominions in a poflure of defence to attack
the PoJifli territories with effeft, when the
king of Pt uffia is more off his guard than at
piefenG
ihe preparations in Prussia proceed with
great alaciity. The Hmprels is unwilling to
step sot ward and . ive a polfitive answer to the
demands of the Poliffi Diet, until the is be
come mifttefs of Bender, and the Einpeior if
in pofleffion of Belgrade. Every advice feenia
to afiure us, that the is playing a very deep
game.
All the Auftriati troops were ordered to
quit winter quarters at the end of last month,
and to form the different camps as soon ao
possible. Those in Transylvania and Molda
via to he ready foe marching on the firft no«
lice.