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1 O N D o N, Augnfi 21. That their inajefties Hiould on the Prince of Wale’s birth day, take occasion to be absent from Windsor on a trip to Oxford and Lord Harcourt’s villa, is a circnjnftance that can only be equalled by the treatment his highness received, when after a fatiguing journey from Brighelmftone to Windsor, he was permitted to take the common repast afforded by the White Hart inn, while the dinner tell was ringing at the Koval Lodge. On the birth-day of our beloved prince, the king’s eldeff son, his Majesty went to Oxford, and escaped the, dull ceie mony of irksome congratulations. Three days afterwards, on the hirth-day of the duke of York, his Majesty received the compliments of the nobility at Windsor, and appeared in the evening at the ball in usual good spirits. N E W-H AVE N, QJlolcr 4. On Monday afternoon, the Right Reverend Bifliop Sea hury came to this city, on his return to New-Eondon, from attending the Convocation.of the Episcopal Clergy at Derby ; and from tifiting a number of the Congregations of the Epis copal Church in the North Weflern part of the State. —We are informed that the Convocation has directed the following Supplication to be infer ted in* the Litany “ That it may please thee to bless and prolctt the United States of America in Congress aft'embled, and to diiett and prosper all their confutations, to the advancement of the public welfare, and the promotion of thy true religion and virtue : “ Wee lefeecb thee And when the litany is not read, the following Collett is to beufed : “ ALMIGHTY GOD, the fountain of all goodness, \ve humbly befcech thee to bless the United States of America, in Congress aft'embled, together with the Governor and Rulers of this State, in which we live Endue them with thy Holy Spirit; enrich them with thy heavenly grace ; prosper them with all happiness, and grant that under their wife and just government, wc may lead godly and quiet lives in this world, and by thy mercy, obtain* with them, everlasting happiness iu the world to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord. /tnen- y Extratt of a letter from an Officer of rank in the Eaft-ludia Company’s service at llcngal, dated Feb. 20, 1786, and received by the latl dispatches. “ A letter from Chittagoug gives an account, that the Pegu General had deft toyed in oft of the Arracan country ; that one of the Arracan Rajahs having taken refuge iu Chitta gong, the Pegu General had threatened the Chief, that he would destroy all the Province with fire and sword, if the Rajah was not given up, and that in consequence of this, a regiment was ordered out to the borders of Chittagong to oppofc him.” We hear that William Fawkener, Esq. is appointed Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Portugal, to negociate a Com mercial Treaty with that Court. Notwithstanding the ingratitude of the Dutch to this coun try, yet an Englilhman cannot but feel himfelf injured, when he contemplates the idea, that liberty is to be extinguilhed in country, if the claims of power ftiould ultiinatey prevail. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 4. Letters written yeflerday from Elbourgh inform, that confidciable supplies of arms, ammunition, and'provifions, #re received from Amsterdam, being supplied by the citizens and the armed association of this city marched from hence ; they were this morning followed by another detachment, together with fix flat bottomed boats, and an armed veflel. Their objett is to keep the entrance of the port of pbourgh free from the passage of reinforcement by l'ea* At half past four yeflerday afternoon we received intelli gence, that on the preceeding day ten regiments were drawn up before t the caftleof Loo, of which 1500 men were appointed to make au afiault upon Elbourgh, being provided with artil lery, bombs, mortars, &c. The rest of the troops were to march to Hattem, The above cities are only a league and a half distance from each other, and four leagues from Loo, the present refidenceof the Prince of Orange, Yeflerday, about half past nine in the morning, the troops had not arfived at the place of destination ; and this morning no news was re ceived of their arrival. A large Tuscan flop commanded by Captain Monteverdi, is taken by the Algerines, who have palled the Straits incon siderable force. Extratt of a letter from Paris, dated August 24. “ As Frederick William is at length seated on the throne of his philofophtcal uncle, the Dutch and Genoefe are at the eve of receiving considerable sums due to them, by the new monarch, who, when be was hereditary prince, borrow ed from them atleaft thirty millions of livres. It probable that he found in the Royal Treasury at Potfdani more than l'ufficient to pay offhis debts. The general opinion heie is, that the late monarch, by his well-timed oeconomv, was able to lay up two hundred millions tcurnois . Frederick the 4th owes about two millions in Paris. “ Frederick the 4th is to be iii Paris in a very ihort time. The new king’s intentions are known by the Bag and de Perch, his friends and his confederates. M. de Ver geniies fays, that within two months, Frederick will be at ' the Court of Verlailles.” That the king of Prussia’s death will occalion no diflurb anccs on the continent, is very much to be doubted. Princes, as Do&or Johnson observes, can eaiily find’reafons for making war; and surely it will be no frivolous excuse for them to fay, that they are juflified in endeavouring to recover by force, what territories the king of Pruflia by force took from them. The following legacies are said, in our lad letters from Ber lin, to have been left by the late Kjug Frederick 111. third king of Pruflia : To the Queen Dowager, belides her dowry, 10,000 rix dollars per aim. 200,000 ditto with 50 barrels of Hungary wine, and the fined chrydai luftre in the palace o£ Potfdain, to the Prince Henry ; 50,000 fix dollars to to Prince Ferdinand, together with.his Majcdy’s bed coach and the fix fined horses in the dables ; an annuity of ! 0,900 rix dollars to Princess Amelia, and a service of plate ; ditto »f 600.0 tothe. consort of Prince Henry ; to the lady of P. Ferdinaud 10,000 ditto in money, and a geld fnuff box of the highest value 50,000 dollars to the duchess dowager of Bruufvvick ; a costly ring, and two valuable bridle horses io,cco rix dollars and a rich gold fnuffbox to Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, tothe mother, duchess of Wurtemburgh go,ooorix dollars; to tlies, dowager of Hefle Caflel 10,000 rix dollars; to each private and subaltern of the horse and foot guards two rix dollars each; to every officer of the said guards a gold medal, record ing the moil glorious actions that took place in the fevea years war. The Dutch mails which have arrived yesterday, the report, that the States of Holland had resolved to deprive the Stadtholdcr of the nomination of military appointments ; the decision palfed by 15 voices agaiuft 4 ; and mefiengessof Hate were immediately dispatched to acquaint the Stadtholder of this agreeable news. The Hates of Utrecht and Holland have quarrelled.—The Utrecht Hates complain that the Hates of Holland have set ’ their troops in motion again!! them, and add, that they, arq determined t 9 maintain their rights and their fovereiguty. By letters from the Hague, dated the 22d iijft. we learn, that the credential letters ptefented by the Count de Goertz, Minifler of the Stateto his Prussian Majeity, and Grand Mailer of Wardrobe, to the President of the States General, announce that nobleman in quality of Eqvoy Extraordinary to their High Mightinefles from the Court of Berlin* Extraft of a letter from Berlin, dated Sept. 1 6. “ We are afliired that there was found in the late King’s bureau, afumofnine millions, and seven millions of crowns in Bank notes, and upon which was a paper which \yas inferib ed thus, in his own hand writing :—“For the difti qfled part of my fubjefts.” Pour la parte fo'ujferante de mes fujets. BOSTON, November 27. Whereas the excessive price of the articles of foreign growth, and manufacture has been attended with the mofl pernicious consequences, by cxbaufling our circulating medium, and by diffufing a taHe for extravagance : And w hereas it is of the utmost importance to encourage industry, frugality, and our own manufactures; to recover a circulating medium; to reflore public credit ; and to facilitate the payment of public and private debts, and thereby to promote the welfare and happinefs* of our country. With a view tothefe salutary and important purposes, w'e the fubferibers do enter into a folem agreement and aflbeiation, to refrain from, and as in our power, to prevent, the ex cessive use and canfumption of articles of foreign manufacture, especially articles of luxury and extravagance ; and that we will exert our befl endeavours for the promotion of industry and our own manufactures. We do hereby engage to use our utmost influence to promote aflbeiations for the above mentioned purposes, W'ithin ourrefpeCtive spheres of influence. JAMES BOWDOIN, Gov. THOMAS CUSHING, Dep. Gov. Abraham Fuller, Samuel Philips, Solomon Freeman, Char les Turner, Cottun Tutts, Joseph Holmer, Nathaniel Wells, Benjamin Austin, Benjamin Goodhue, Hugh Orr, Stepheu Motcalf, Richard Crouch, Joseph Is. Varnum, Josiah Thather, David Sexton, Waterman Thomas, Senators.