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Zfindon, Merj 24. X,ett?rs from Germany mention that fome
iift.qjjauces “have lately happened in the tfrrtchy of Wirtem
bcrg*s but the particulars are dot re i*tvd. ‘ f “
pe#rl aihei, 1 cwf. henjp, *rerc imported front Carolina, sup
posed to be the fir!! hemp that ever was brought into England
trtttn that port; 1200 qrs. wheat, too ditto meal, for Opor
to ; 3obo lb. gunpowder for New-York ; and various forts of
good? and -merchandize, to the value of for Caro
lina, were exported.’
jjlia Majeity has been to constitute and appoint
the Right Hon. Major General Alexander Lord Lindore to
bo Colonel of the 41st regiment of foot cr invalids in the
room of Lieut. Gen. P. rlons deceased.
They write from S.ockholbv, that a treaty of alliance, of
fenlive and defensive, is nearly concluded, between the
Kings of Swadsn, Denmark, and Sardinia.
t it is reported that an additional number of forces will be
feptthis lummer to ail our American colonics.
, Aletj 26. his .Grace the Lord Primate of all Ireland, the
Right Hon. iienrv Earl of Shannon, and the Right Hon.
John Fonfifnby, Esq. Speaker of the Hon. House erf Com
mons in Ireland, are appointed Lords Justices oftfiat king
dom,” in the absence of the Lord Lieutc .ant.
r Letters frou.% iAdrid by the lass French mail advise, that„
orders had been difp-tched from the Admiralty to Fer
roi and Carthagena, for the immediate building of an addi
tional number 0.-riiaies from 2a to 40 guns each. ! .
-Ou Thuriaay came on, before Lord Chief Justice Pratt,
apd.the reil of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas,,
at Westminster-HA i, a hearing wherein the council for Mr.
Beard more were to; (hew caule why anew tryijLlhould not
bp granted,- in oider to set alide the verdied given in a tryal
a{ Guildhall againil four of his Majedy’s mehengers, on ac
count of excefiivcdamages. The arguments of the council on
bo'.h Tides continued till very late that night; so that the
ccuif adjourned the further hearing tillyeuerday morning;
at which tinje it again came cn, when Mr. Serjeant Glynn
g£ve an aofvver to what had been ailedged by th? council for
the defendants; and all the judges delivered their opinion
(in which they were unanimous) that the damages were in no
fi*rt excefiive as againfit’ne mehengers, and therofore refufed
to grant anew tr,al. Mr in the course *f the
motion, offered, that he would verdict, in cak the,
Harl cf Halifax would content to have the aftion, whifkis
depending between Mr. Beard more, his Lord&ip, and the
lpeftenger*, brought to a try4l, and to abide by the damages*
but the an Aver given by the council for*thc ifcfendants
that they had no authority to content-to such propofaL*’
. Private letters Com Wirtcmbcrg fay, that fate diffur
bances inxfhat dutchv arefe from the fubjedls beiug over*
lo dea with taxes without receiving redress.
, The last letters from Cadiz advise, that orders have been
received there tb get read)’ a considerable quantity of Bores,
gunpowder, Sec. in order to be font to the Havana. Two
Slips are ordered to be? got ready to carry the fame.
. May 29. We hear ar has larcly.heen entered into
with four eminent mailer Jhip builders, to burnilh ten new
•Britifii built frigate* of 30 gun* each for the Ter vice of the
King of Prufiia ‘’‘ ‘ ‘ • >-■- 1;; ,
Letters from Warsaw of the 11th inst, fay, that the fefli
ons of the diet went on with great tranquility. The third
f 61 nv.ashtld tha loth, when the SLur Ogrodzki was ap
pointed Secretary to the diet. The troops of the republiek,
-and those of tie nobility, who werenot of the Pomatovvflci
party, are encamped lacing the Ruffians, having only the
.river Vistula between them; and arnis havebeenordered for
them out of the arfcnal. They add, that the inhabitantsof
that city continue much intimidated leil the election would
, turn out double, whichmay occafton a great elfufion of blood,
as there are four parties, beiide* foreigners, talked of as
•competitors. *> - ,• v -
” Letters from Leghorn of the ipth iutf. advise, that the
. chieftain Paoli, with his adherents, had taken Baftia, the
capital of the island of Cqrfica.
A cuiioju- m* dal has lately been (truck at Stockholqj, in
honour of inoculation ; itreprefents an altar of
with a ferpenttwilled round it; the mojto, SuuLafo jure
. JwOCEMDt. ; ’ ‘ % * *
letters from Leghorn fay, that the Corsicans took
‘Baftia by dorm, in'tfie mgh*t of'the 7th inst. and made the
gariifon prisoners of war, among whbm was den. Matra.
We hear that by the Duke of York packet arrived r,em
Lilbon, a remonltrance is come over to our court f. ~ .
ICjag ftfinm ™
3*V ni**oyd Hi|hn, the. Duke V YoHt arriwa ’
at rlorcrrce the 2d inE where he was Waited on by the l i u
valier Mann, Mittifter from the court of Great- Britain and
in the evening his Royal Highnels went to 4he theatre
which was superbly decorated and illuminated for liL r cn’
tien. . 1 “
We hear a memorial is preparing to be >re fen ted by ntr
court concerning fome irregularities committed by the re
publick of Genoa. - .
We are-afiiired from very good authority, that a frefli rr.if
underftandiiig is broke out between our fcourtr And thin of
Versailles, relating to the'cutting of a fmuggliqg by
one of our cutters, out of tl e harbour of Boulogne, and*that
the French have presented a very w arm memorial 011 the fub
je£t, —Hy all tne laws of rations no power in friendftiir with,
, another fhouid harbour fn ugglers. -
Ii is-with p Iraki re w.e hear, -that the two moft con ft ant
attendants on divine service at our Ambaftador’s chapel at
; Paris are David Hume and John Wilkes, Bfqrs.
June 2. -Letters, from the south ofFfhncefay, that \y thin
a few months 2677 parsons from Germany have been (hipped
off from Marfcilles for the French \\ est-India colonies, to
fettle there.
Accoidmgto the frelheft advices from Warsaw, the Ruf
fian troops nave no thoughts of quitting Poland till anew
K ing be eleded; and- as to the King of Prussia’s forces none
of them will befent thither so long as no other foreign troops
enter that kingdom to fupportone or the other paitv.
Letters fro n Dantzick mention an being affcmbled
in Hungary on the confines of Poland, and of another corp*
forming in Moravia.
According to letters from Poland of the 17th last, no less
than four candidates aspired to the throne, viz. Count B a
nicky, if not for himfe.f, at least for a Prince of the houJ of
Saxony, Michael Gzartoryfk;, Great Chancellor of
Lithuania, Prince Lubomirfki, ancf the Count de Pouiatow-v
ski. > / - .
The fame letters fay, that an Envoy from the Kan of the
Tartars, was juil arrived at the Great Gene ai’- and affurei
him that the Kan had an army of 100,000 men read) to main
tain the-fiberties of the Poli.ii nation. -
A letter from Warsaw dated May fays, that the Ruffian
forces not only entered that city, but ven obtruded them
selves into the senate at the very rime the diet was fitting,
and shat when the jCfcaftoryflci party drew their fabres upon
Gen. Makronowfki, who had theold Marih&bMa
lakowfki r s refufal holding the diet unless tfie Ruffian troops
w r ere withdrawn, the GeneraFput up hisownfword into the
scabbard, and baring his bread to their naked weapons,
bravejy cried out to them to strike, adding,* that as he hal
jived io he was determined so dife flee., i'hc Czartoryfkis
iaterpofed aiid iaved his life. ; >
Tlicy write from Madrid, that eight ships of tire line are
fitting out at Carthagena and Ferrol, which are intended to
be ilationed in the Spanish Wdft-Indics..
They write* from Cos iflantinopie, that the fever and final!*
pox ma .e dreadful havock there. “
June c. Tiießigh: Hon. the Lords Comm’ffioners of the
Aamiral y have been pleaied to appoint William Spry,
L. L. D. and one of the Advocat e at Doctors Commons,
to b'e Judgeof the Court of Vice Admiralty overall Am rica.
It is reported that a iquadron of (hips of war, wit 1 an
Admiral, will speedily be lent to the East-Indies, to rd eve
those already there.
McCartney, Esq. is appointed Envoy to the court
of Russia, in the room of the Duke of Buckinghamfhire, who
is returning home.
June j. By ‘etters from Gottenbourg we learn, tint
the’hofpttal foundedin that city by the Society >fFr ‘e Ma
sons, for the inoculation of the smallpox, meets with toe
greatest: success, and daily gains the countenance of the go
vernment, and the confidence of the public, who support thi
eftabliflunent by very considerable free contributions.
The Holy Trinity, a Spaniih fiiip of great burthen, ta
ken’at the Manillas by Admiral Cornilh, is arrived at Ply
mouth. ‘She came hoirie under convoy of the Grafton and
J.enox men of war. It was with great difficulty they fte r and
her, being very foul. Many people go on board outo! cu
liofity to fee the lhip and a fine lhe-tyger. There is alO