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Britiih vcfl*els found dtnding Into, Or coming out from
t He illcs of St. Pierre and Miquelon, or hovering, Sec. on the
<oa!ls, or .vita goods on board from t ience, fha.il be forfeitei
goods, apd the mader, Sec. A all forfeit al
so treble Value .*’ . *“ ;
Concealed goods found on board, after report made by the
rndftcr, and not coinprifed in his report, (hall be forfeited,and
the matter, being privy to the fraud, (hall forfeit treble the
vdflue.’ ~
If cudomed goods be either laden on board, or landed, be
fore the duties are paid, or prohibited goods be imported in
to, or exported out of, any of the British colonies in Ameri
ca, the persons concerned therein (hall forfeit treble the value
together with the boats, carriages, and cattle employed. An
omccr receiving any bribe, See/ conniving at a falfe entry,
making a cclluliye leisure, or being guilty of other fraud
in his oiF.ce, dull forfeit 5001. and be disabled fromferving
the King in any office* And persons giving, or. promising,
any bribe, &c. to such ofEcer, in order to betray his trust,
Ihali forfeit 501.
Penalties and forfeitures in America, may be recovered in
the courts of record there, or court of vice-admiralty; and
the nett prodocp (hall be paid, one third to the King, one
third to the •.overuor, and one third to the prosecutor. But
feizurcs made at sea by the King’s (hips are to go, one moiety
to the King, and the other to fne prosecutor; fubjeti never
♦ thplefs to such didributio.i, as his Majedy, by order of
council, or proclamation, (hali make.
Where the seizure (hall not answer the expence of condem
nation and sale, ora verdidYfce given for tne claimant, the
charges, with approbation of the commilfioners, maybe
defrayed out of the customs in America.
No claim (hall be admitted till security to answer cods be
* given, to the amount of 601. and in default, (hip and goods
(hall be condemned.
Where iTiip or goods are seized for any caufeof forfeiture,
the owner (hall prove the matter in di'pute.
In tiiaU upon information, in America, where a probable
cause of seizure appears, the judge thall certify the fame on
the record ; and the defendant lhali have no cods nor action;
and in suits, where no information diall be commenced and
brought to trial, and the court thall certify there was a pro
bable caufeof seizure, the plaintiff (hall have but 2d. dama
ges, and no cods, and the defendant be fined not more than is.
Bell ft OPE A-N INTELLIGENCE.
1 Pttirjbourg, Junt 1 2.
treaty concluded here, between the Em-
P r *k 04 Kuflia an(4 the King of Prulfia, on
<2 r £ the 11 th of April, is in fubfiar.ee as fol-
O w lows:
w By articles I. and 2. a treaty of defen-
li ye alliance, and a mutual guaranty are
agree and to, after relerving the liberty of
concluding other treaties not Contrary to the present.
3 —9. In case of a foreign attack, 10,000 infantry, and
7000 cavalry are promised, three months after the firll re
qtiifition, to be continued till a ceflation of hostilities. If
rbefe arc not fufficient, means to be concerted to employ ad
ditional forces. ‘1 he troops to be paid and furnilhed with
ammunition by the party finding: Provisions and quarters
to be furnifHed by the p*rty abided. Ihe troops to receive
orders from their own general, and to have their own reli
gion and laws.
* 10. No peace, Sec. to be concluded without mutual con*
lent.
11. In case of war on the part of the affiding party, it
(hall be exempted from furnilning its quota, or (hall be at
liberty to withdraw its forces after two months notice, ,
- 12. A free commerce between the two Hate's.
1 13, 1-4. The treaty to be in force eight years, and renew
able before the expiration, according to circumstances. Ra
tifications to be exchanged in Jix weeks.
* By a secret article it is engaged to maintain Poland in its
right of a free eledion, and to prevent all hereditary fuc-
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London, Augufl 6. < It has been computed, that exclusive
of the vail quantities of French silks lately ijnported into this
kingdom, our Georgia and Carolina men carry over yearly
fjvm Hamburgh, the Mediterranean, &c.little Ihort of 50001.
worth of that manufailure every voyage on private com*
millions, which are afterwards (hipped off for the Well-Indies
in country velfeis,
/fy u ji iG As the wearing the raanufadurcs of France is
deubtlefs an injury to every individual in this kingdom, ft
mud give every loyal fubjeii pleasure to hear that their fo've
reign has very lately fignilicd in the tqK
lowing terms : Do these people think that they mak: then court $
me, by jh: wing me that then do what they can to jhirve my Juhjcctf
by enriching tboje of France f 1 fa net car* to fa a /hocking thine to
any My, or elfi 1 would forbid them the court. *’
Jugu/t 18. They write from Genoa, that they continue to
receive nothing.but ill n ws from Cornea, where the inhabi
tants of the places dill in the hands of the are (a
danger of perilhing by famine, it is (aid the nobleman lately
sent by tlje court of Vienna to that of Liibon, to notify
form the election and coronation of the King of the Rom in>
has indrudions likewise to demand in marriage the Infanta
Maria FrancilcaßenediT., who has juil enter’d into the iqu
year of her age, for that monarch.
On the id ind. an extraordinary chapter of the Brrear,
Bennifon was held at the Britifn cott'eehould by his Excellency
Gen. Crajifurd, Governor oi Minorca, and sovereign of the
order south of the Tweed; ;.t which meeting several new
knights were created, and his Excellency Governor Melville
of the Grenades received a charter, condituting him love
reign betwixt the wellern tropicks.
Augujl 23. By fome letters from Peterlburgh, we have
been informed that several tumults and commotions have
been occasioned in that city by the rumour cf a marriage
being intended between Major Orloff of the life-guards, and
a person of the highed rank in the empire. This rumour
was grounded on fome odd appearances; but has now given
place to another,which only changes the person, and supposes
that a firm union between two northern crowns, of which
one is yet vacant, will be fcon formed by the tender bonds of
wedlock. The progress of a splendid court through certain
northern provinces, is said to be performed with a view to
this important event. The court thinks it expedient, no
doubt, to drerigthenitfelf on all fiaes, and thus to prepare it-.
felf,as well as pcfiibje, againd theindability of human things.
A letter from Berlin, dated Aug. 5, fays, ** J am juil in
formed that four regiments ot infantry, and tv. o of cavalry,
are ordered by Our (overcign to join the corps which is forth
with to ad'emble on the banks of the Oder, in Silelia, to*
which part of his dominions it is every day cxpec'eii to de-*
part, as the garrisons are ail to be di.iwn out and reviewed
to fee that the men are coinpleat, and none of the office; ab-:
sent. It is moreover said, that the period fixed for ihis re
view, is the time in which the Poles arc to ehet a king;
this occasions forne ('peculations; but why ihouiu it be
thought furprizing, that our patriot king, who is ever atten
tive to the good of his (übjects, ihould atfo important a crids
be watchful over the peace of his dominions: in fad, the
troops afieinbled on the Oder are, they fay, to form an arrtiy
of obiervation, and will by no mear.s enter the territories of
Poland, unless an Aultrian army lhculd fird attempt tr dis
turb the peace of the republick ; and of this at present there
is very little probability.”
A M E R I C A.
Boston Sept. 27.
people of this town in general are into
0 T # the pradice of wearing no mournings at funerals
except a crape by feme of the neared relatives,
and gloves of their own manufadory; and many
reputable tradesmen are refolvcd to have no other
working habits but leather of their own making.
New-Tort, Oftober 1. An extrad of a letter from England
dated July 17, fays, ** There have been several things before*
our house of commons, very pernicious to America; Toms
have been dropt, fome purfueJ, and feme depending.
The report of your gaiety and luxury, has reached your n.o
ther country; and they infer from thence your opulcncy,
which is further confirmed by the extravagant experevs of
youth sent here for education, and therefore you are well a
ole to bear part of the expences your defence has cod the
nation; and can you b’rme them for such aconclufion ? is
it not natural ft> infer it from the premilTes V* /
Bojion , Oa. b. A furprizing concatenation of events to one
man in one week :—Published on Sunday—married on Mon
day—had a child on Tuesday—dole a horse on Weducfday
—banilhed on Thurfday—di*d on Friday—buried on Satur
day—all in one week.
It is now confidently affirmed by fome, which however
may not be true in fad, that the severity of the ne*v A—t
of P 1 is to be imputed to letters, reprefentaiionif
narratives, &c. tranl'mitted to jhc M 7 about two*