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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.
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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.
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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.
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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* .
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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. ?
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