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letters from Cadi* mention the (hipping on board two
Spanish men of war in that harbour, a large quantity of mi
ll tJ>d fto m ft>rtfle|F nSfeTettfemeafrof New-
Orl4n; ia Africa., Jfy an ocdjfe fro%the feveral
experienced workmen are alib in these (hips, in
if there irh pomfittity of uniting the se
veral mouths of the great river Miffifippi into one, and to
cfeepenthectahhel capable oT receivinglKips of war or bur
then over the bar.. . i ’ „ .*•. * ’ ? •
Private letters From Paris meiJtion, that the Isthmus of
fanama, which has been emphatically termed the neok and
throat of the Spaniffi Monarchy in the Weft-Indies, has been
for (bine time paftthe grand objeft ofthe French court, for
fettling a colony on the east fide; and that a few months
jwquld probably dfcover this work to have been already far
adyanefd. uo *• r
S2k bumbU Address of the House ts Commons to tbt KING:
Mofl gracious Sovereign, t -
w W/& your Majesty’s moft dutiful and loyal fubjeft?;
VV the Commons of Great-Britain in pajHafnent
assembled, beg leave to return your Majesty the molt hum
ble tharikrs of this house, for your moft gracious Speech from
dethrone.
* Pormit 4 us, at the fame time; to offer to your Majesty,
our dutiful congratulations upo.n the marriage agreed to oft
ftlemaized betweet) the Prince-Royal ‘of Deumark and her
fcoyal Highness the Princels Caroline-Matilda, as*foon as
their will permit; which happy union cap
not but be moft pleasing to your faithful cpmmons, as itgiuft
•ttnd torment and ftrengtnen the ancient alliance between
/h crowns of Great*Brftain and Dehftiark, and thereby add
fedufity to the ‘pfcoteftant religion. r 1 ?
We leave aHb to declare our frtisfaftion at those e
ventt of the lift year, which promise the continuance of the
|>eace so happily eftabliflied, and maintained by your Majef
fty’s wife and Ready ednduft, and to express our hopes that
hhe freftj affuraftces, which have bceti given by the courts
of France and Spain, of their good difpbfitions, the tmani
tftdus choice Os a frccelfor
Itmdifturbed eleftion of the Kang of Poland, will secure and
confirm the general tranquility of Europe. In this situation
we think it our duty to give our particular attention to fudh
Regulations as will mofteffeftually promote the internal gbod
cflrdOr and prosperity of these kingdoms. ’*
v Your Majesty may be affared that we will, with chearful
npfs and dilpatch, „raise such ftjpplies as (hall be found ne
ceflary for the current service of the year. And, being
thoroughly fen ft ble of your Majefty**} paternal concern fbr the
-relief and welfare of your people, in recommending to us
the improvement of the publick revenue, and the diminu
tion of the riationel debt, on which the future fafety of GreSt
•Britain rauft depend, we will apply ourselves, with the ut
most zeal and aifiduity, to carry into execution every pro
per meaiurc which may contribute to these great and salu
tary purposes, and which the toe of your Majesty’s domi
nions, and the circumstances of the times, (hall require.
< acknowledge, with the liveliest gratitude, the graci
ous expressions of your Majesty; j tender affeftron, and of
your constant care for the mutual benefit and support of all
•your fubje&s. And we allure your Majesty, that, animated
-with these sentiments, we will endeavour to deserve the con
fidence which your Majesty is pleased to repose in us, by pur
suing every, plan which (hall appear to us to be calculated
dor- the publick advantage; and will proceed therein with
that temper and firmnefs which will best conciliate and in
fare due fubmiftion to the laws, and reverence to the legif
- tanve authority of Great-Britain.’*
Y 7* fevers from France advise, that an order has
lately been transmitted to the count d’Estaing, governor of
• St. .Domingo, that a certain number of able Teamen may be
ikept up upon the register books of the settlements under his
commitfion, for the ufeof the royal navy on any future oc
casions ; and that the fame scheme was to take place at all
-the other French islands in the Weft-Indies.
-Four new 70 gun (hips have this week been ordered to be
.laid upon the (locks in order to be built with all expedition.
It is said a scheme is now on foot to establish a royal bank
each of the three principal provinces in North-America;
their refpeftive capitals fubjeft to an in tereft of five per cent.
13. The fettlemem of the British part of Louisi
ana, on the eastern fide of the Miffifippi, said to be the moft
ferti ’c lands of the new possessions in America, we are inform
ed will be vigorously prosecuted this summer.
Feb. \\. Orders are given for a detachment of the Roy
a! Regiment of artillery to be in rcadiuefs to embark on the
just notice for North-America,
Im's confidently said, the important affair of the Manilla
ransom will speedily be investigated in a great affemb’y
when officers employed in that Expedition tvili
be fummOnpd tt* attend, after which a delivery of holt p CS
on the part of Spain,’ or an immediate payment of the c-*pi*
tulatron bills, will be the* final alternatives proposed by
Great-Britain to the court of Madrid, previous to certain
vigorous dispositions now upon the tapis,
The fettling certain bounties on the produce of his Majtf
ty*s provinces OfEaft and Weft-Florida, particularly on cof
tee, cochineal and indigo, is now under consideration of the.
board of trade.
. Letters from Leghorn mention, that no less than, fifteen
complaints have already been exhibited by the Genoele fub
jefts in ,Corsica, agarnft the conduft of the Cop\tede Mar
beuf, commander in chief of all the French auxiliary troopi
in that island, said to be dn account of fubje&itfg the inha
bitants to the difeipline of martial law. *
We hear that the proposed alterations in the marriage aft
will extend to Scotland, and all the colbnies.
It is said no less than fourteen new manufij&ures have been
lately established in North-America; by which it is com
puted Great-Britain is annually injured in a sum liuj e (horr
ofhalfa million sterling.
* Authentick letters from Dublin mention, that by accounts
received from different parts of that kingdom, the preient
number of preaching Jesuits there have been computed to
exceed 3000.
..AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE.
Philadelphia , February 70
Q APT AIN Alhmead, from Jamaica, informs us,
that several men of war with fome troops on board
were ordered to sea; their destination not cer
tainly known, but generally believed to be for
the bay of Honduras. And by him we have the
following (
Entraft of a letter from Kingjlon, dated Nov. 23.
“ The men of war that arrived lately from England, are
ordered (in number four of the line) to be in readiness by
-Monday next, to take in 500 troops,, that are going down
to the bay of Honduras, for the proteftion of our trade.’*
Feb. 23. We are allured that his Majesty has nominated
i6 comnrifi]Oners (who are officers of the crown in different
sarts5 arts of North-America) to adjust and afeertain the boun
a ies ofthe New-England and other neighbouring colonies;
•that four of these gentlemen reside at Halifax, and are Coon
expefted from, thence at Boston, to meet the Hon. John
Temple, Esq. who is appointed president in this bufmefs,
which is to commence very speedily.
Bofloth Nmv-England , Feb. 25. By a letter from St. Ni
cnola, dated December 28, we are informed, that out of seven
hundred Acadians that went fr m these colonies, four hun
dred are dead. They had been put to many difficulties; when
they were landed they had no house to put their heads in,
till they built one themselves; they were kept at work like
negroes, allowed no land, and had no money for their work.
March 4. We learn that the several French governors
have absolutely forbid all trade with the English.
Providence , Rhode-IJland , March 2. Thursday last Capt.
Joieph Crawford, in the (loop Squirrel of this port, arrived
here in 27 days from the Weft-Indies. He informs us, that
on the 3d of February, in lat. 22. 30. N. and long. 65. 7.
W. he fell in with a large brigantine, which fired upon him
under a red burgee, and ordered him to bring to, hoi ft out
his boat and come on board, which he found himfelf obli
ged to do, notwithstanding it was attended with great dan
ger:—when he got on board, he found her to be a Spanish
veftel of 14 carriage guns, and had about 50 men; he was
there detained about five hours, and used with great inso
lence and contempt by the haughty commander:—During
this time, the brig’s barge, with a number of armed men,
were dispatched to overhaul and search the (loop, which
they did effectually, in hopes of finding money, and after
committing several disorders, they returned with the final!
booty of 17 dollars, which they took from one of the foremaft
men. Capt. Crawford i\as then difeharged; but he could
not difeover whether (lie was a guardacolta, or an uncom
miffioned pirate.
By a letter from Surinam we have advice, that the French
settlers in the neighbourhood of Surinam are exceeding sick
and die very fall, and that out of 5000 people lately arriv
ed there, not less than 4000 are already dead. ‘1 his has in
fome measure dissipated the apprehenftons of the Dutch,
who now begin to flatter themselves that none but Dutch*
men can live in that country.