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London, June is.
THE Emperor was to set out from Vienna on
the iotb March, to meet the Empress of.Ruf
fia, under an effort of only fifty grenadiers, which
I*#.has himfelf picked out of different regiments,
and given them a magnificent uniform cloathing
of scarlet cloa:h laced with gold. What a con
trad, to the great tram attending the female mo
narch !
Extrafhtf a letter from Jfopb , February 16.
“ Very great preparations are made heie for
the teception of the Emprcfs, our sovereign, who
is expected to visit this city in her tour to her new
dominions. This ga'rrifon cOn fills at ptefenf of
J i,ooo men. We have thirteen men of war in
the port, and four sn6re ai d building in the afftn-
.'Jhis may feive togivefome idea of the im
portance of this place, as well as the splendor
that may be tfifpb >ed op the occasion.”
Exited if a letter jnm A iaiagu, March 18.
“ The tmpeior of Morocco has just sent a
eonftdeiable naval foite into the Mediterranean,
binder command tff an admiral who bears a yellow
flag at the foie top, in a two deck ftiip of 46guns,
foimerly a French man of war, and prefeuted to
the t mpeior fiom the port of Toulon. This Ma
hometan is at war with the Malthefe, and has a
difpnte with the slate of-Algiers, which is likely
to come to a rupture.”
A private letter fh>m Fortfmouth’fays, that the
Dolphin frigateTs brdeied toUegot ready for sea
immediately, and to take in twelve months provi
sions, being to fail with spine dispatches for Lord
Cornwallis, and to bring home some officers who
have defiicd to be recalled on account of their ill
state of health. The fame letter fays, that able
tailors ate much wanted to*man some ftiips of war
that arc getting ready for sea.
Mr. Hcflop, one of bis Majesty’s messengers,
is gone express to Mr. Firzherberr, to Kiow,
where the Empress of Ruflia has fixed her present
quattcis during the imperial route. Messengers
are almost daily dispatched to this place from every
court in Europe, to learn the Empress’s inten
tions, ;.■> .
F.xtraQ ts a litW'from Farit, May 9.
“ We no longer entertain a doubt concerning
**,«. rfwth'itfonS dlfoofitioijs of the Empress of Rus
sia ; but we have many reipeermg me n.vwr- .
the has promised herfeif from her enteiprizes
against the Tutks. We know that the Porte has ■
■anfweied with fnuch firmnefs, the different pre
lenfions that wer.e fignified on the part of that so- *
vereign; and that the Sultan backs his just refufal
with a considerable army, in which they reckon a
great number of foieign officers. Catharine 11.
on her tide, is-prepariug to leave Kiow, to embark
on the Diuipcr for f'hei foil, where the Emperor is
Xu meet her, as foot) as the troubles that have
arisen in his slates of Hungary may permit him to
continue his route. The numerous army which
the Empress has in her train, would render her
maicb much more formidable, if almost all the
powers of Europe, interested in Oppdting her de- ’
figus, did not, in some measure, make a common
caufc with the Tui'k, and seem determined so de
fend him. The cabinet of Verfaillcs, whose po
litical system inclines towards the ways of conci
liation, has nevertheless thought it pruder.: to
tender her mediation refpedable, by ordering the
armaments necessary for that purpose.”
The interested and important intelligence, taken
from the India'Gazettes brought by the last ftiips
from Bengal, lhews that the troubles in India are
cucreafing to a very alarming height."—The Mah
rattas and Tippo Saib arc at open war. * The My
for troops have received a check; aud the Mah-.
Irattas, flulhed with vi&ory, arc proceeding to at
tack Tippo’svfortreflts. The Nizam lias already
taken part with the Mahrattas; ’lie is a very
poweiful Mahometan prince, and having hitherto
beeu neuter in all the late troubles, he comes now
frelh into atlian, his coffers full of money, and
his country full of people. The next lhips will
doubtlefis bring a further account of the progress
of this new war, and which-of the other country
pow ers are taking, or preparing to take part in it.
—The Nizam appearing in it, certainly gives it
a ft rmidable afpeft.
In loaning an opinion on the extent, importance
or duration of either, or both these wars, every
man of the smallest penetration, will turn his at
tention towards France ; for France is now, not
withstanding the divisions in her counsels about
the mode of finance, in the happy, honorable
and enviable situation, of having it in her power
to exercifc arbitrator or fomeuter, whenever
the thiifes to nuke her choice.
1 In India, if (he chufes to support Tippo Saib,
her intcifeience must inevitably extend the war,
and involve Great-Britain. There needs no ar
guments 19 what is obvious to 4hc plained
underftandiflg. Ts on the contrary, France chufes
to adopt a mediating character, the can oblige
Tippo to accept of peace. <—•
Pretty nearly the fame degree of influence
France holds over the councils of the Turkifli em
pire. If (he cbufes to espouse the interest of the
Grand Signior, (which for several years past the
has strongly favoured) ctf&i though it were only
privately, that circumstance will inevitable induce
the Etnpcfor and others to take part j in ttecourfc
of whjch, it is more than probable, die will be
eventally introduced. On the contrary, it is very
likely that France may, by withdrawing her coun
tenance totally from the Turk, oblige him to ac
cept of the belt terms he can get.
A letter dated Paris, May 7, and received bn
Wednesday, via Holland, contains the following
melancholy intelligence, imparted by one of the
companions of Mons. de la Peyroufe, during the
latter’s voyage round the world : it is dated Mon
telery, in New California, September 18, 1786.
“ We were fondly congratulating each other on
having travelled from one end of the world to the
other; visited whole generations of men hitherto
unknown, and unjustly by us set down as barba
rians, and readied the distant spot without the loss
of a Angle man, when, 01; the 13th of Juiy lad,
being in latitude , within 15 leagues of a
'port in North America, an unexpeded catastrophe
hath plunged us into the deeped for'row. The sea
broke in with great violence at the entrance of
the harbour, which formed a kind Os a bar moic
or less dangerous, according to the date of the
tide. In order to try the proper soundings, three
boats were dispatched under the command of
Mons. Defcures, knight of St. Louis, to whom
the commander in chief delivered proper inftruc
tioiis in writing. But whether they were dridly
obeyed, or whether the boats could not dem the
current, and weie carried off by its rapidity, we
know not —the fad is : the one commanded by
Mons. Defcures and another have never been heard
of—the third came back to bear the melancholy
tidings of a catastrophe they had witneded, and
which it was not in their power to prevent; nor
even cculd they afford any aflidance to their un
fortunate companions. By this ever lamentable
fcv'cnt, we have loftjtp men, the bided of them
id* vet in his 34th year, and "fix'of'our bed and
mod zealous officers; amonjiu theft; we hive »b
deplore the death of the sons of Mons. de la Borde.
They had left their country, where they were to
have lived in case and opulence, to indulge a very
laudable curioiity, 'but which "hath so fatal
to them. Though we cannot re'fufe to so many
departed friends and companions the tribute of
tears which they are so judly entitled to, yet we
are by no means difeouraged, and after making
an useless learch for the remains of our departed
fiiends, our commander has weighed anchor, and
to morrow we leave this place to continue olir
Voyage.”
The accounts by the last mails, relative to the
iiivedment of Oczakow by the Ruflians, are con
formed by feveralprivate letters, in which the fol
lowing interesting particulars are giveu.—Soon
after the Empress arrived at Kiow, die told the
French Amballador., 'die perceived he was not well
equipt, and tlie neced'ary accommodations Were
prepared for his, journey to Peterfburgh, and he set
off in difgud. Immediately after his departure,
a.numerous army marched towards Oczakow, and
when these accounts came away, they had seized
a large magazine belonging to the Turks, anil
taken one of their geuerals,prifonei'.
A L B A N Y, June 21.
We learn from Wathington, that the Magistrates
of Salem, on the evening of the I.2th indant, re
ceiving intelligence that Shays was lurking near
the cadernmoft part of that settlement, at one
Wilfou’s, iu Sandgate, recommended to Lieute
nant Colonel Martin immediately to colled a fuf
heient force, and apprehend him and his abettors
.at all events. Col. Martin, with a lecrecy and
dispatch which did him honor, immediately distri
buted the necellary orders, and at fun rife the next
morning about 16 of the -Hebron militia, under
the command nfCapt- Sheperd, and an equal num
ber of light infcnrry, under Capt. Clap, of Salem,
marched to the place where Shays was said to be
concealed. After searching every fufpeded place,
and making die ft ride ft enquiries of persons who
were taken up, they returned disappointed in the
objed of theii expedition. It appeared that Shays
had for fome* days past beeu concealed in a log
house, which he chose, it is presumed, partly on
account of its equivocal fituatiou, it bciug ou the
borders of Vermont, and poflibly, within the li
mits where ibexercifes jurifdittion : he decamped
the receding aui left word <&t be gte^ut
to fetum to Canada, convinced he could no longec
remain in these parts with fafety. They were uot
able to learn whether Shays had received any no
tice of this excurlion, though it is highly probable.
Upon the whole, we axe happy to inform the pub
lic, that the authority of Washington are deter
mined to proceed in the most rigorous mauner
against any person or persons that may have given
Shays intelligence, if he or they can be dilcovercd.
NEW-Y OR K, July 16.
Extra 3 of a letter from a correspondent at St> Eu<
fat: us, dated June 7*
« I wrote a few days since, by the way of Phi
ladelphia, noting the eflfeds likely to take place iu
consequence of a late prohibition of all communi
cation with the Englilh illands; it is adually the
cal'e, and days are advertised in each island when
it 111211 commence. Some are allowed 3 days,
some more, to look round.-—St. Christopher’s, it
is said this morning, has 30 days to get a supply ;
and it is irapoflible for us to tell the consequences ;
but if the states l'ubmit tamely to it, they are cer
tainly able to do the whole, and our veifels may
be immediately destroyed. There will be fpiriteJ.
remonstrances on account of another at! of parlia
ment, which obliges them to have two thn ds white
l'eamen. Mr. Pyle’s Bermuda lloop is felzecl in
consequence of being navigated by Negroes —It
will Severely affed the Bertnudians, who navigate
altogether with Negroes.”
The last accounts from Holland mention, that
“ a formidable fleet was in preparation, by order
of the states General, to be lent to the East Indies
—and conferences had been opened between
Commidloncrs appointed by the Prince of Oraftge
and the States, for thermal settlement of all dif
ferences.”
Mr. Ileddr’St. John in his letters from an Ame
rican Paimer, expresses hiinfelf in the following
feeling manner on the fu! jeci of davery—
“ To be poor, is to be wretched ; to be a Have
is hard indeed—existence is not worth enjoying on
these terms. I cannot enduieto l'pencl more time
in the fouiheru provinces, the method with which
they aie treated thete, the meanneis of their food,
tiie severity of their talks, are fpefhclfs, I have
not patience to'behold.
White all is joy, fefllvity and happiness iti
Chaifeftou, would you imagine that feenes of mi
sery overspread the country ? Their ears by habit
are become deaf, their'hearts are hardened ; they
neither fee, 'hear, aior feci for, the woes of their
poor llaves, from -wliftfe painful labour all them
wealth proceeds. Here rhe horrors of llavery,
the hardihip of inceli'ant toils, areunfeen; and nt»
hue thinks with compaflion of th.-.fe (bowers of
sweat and of tears which-fiom the bodies of Afri
cans daily drop, and'-moiften the ground they till.
Ihe cracks Os the Whip, urging -these miserable
beings to exce&ve labour, are far too distant from
the gay capital to be heard. Thechofcn race eat,
drink, and live happy, while the unfortunate one
giub up the ground, raises indigo, or hulks the
rice, exposed to a fun full as feorebingas their na
tive One, without the support of good food, -with
out the cordials of any cheering liquor.
“ This great contrail has often afforded mt fub
jcils of the most afteding meditations. On the.
one lide, behold a people enjoying all that life af
fords molt bewitching and pleasurable, without
labour, without fatigue, hardly fubjeded to the
trouble of williing. With gold dug from Peru
vian mountains, they order vessels to the coasts of
by virtue of that gold, wars, murders,
and devaftatiens, are committed in some harmlefa
peaceable African neighbourhood, where dwelt
innocent people, who even knew not but that all
men were black. The daughter torn from hec
weeping mother, the child from the wretched pa
rents, the wife from the loving htilband ; whole
families swept away, and brought through storm»
and tempelts, to this rich metropolis! Here ar
ranged like horses at a fair, they are branded like
cattle, and then driven to toil, starve and to lau
guilh for a few years, on the different plantation*
of the citizens. And for whom mull they work?
For persons they know not, and who have no other
power over them than that of violence ; no other
than what this accuried metal has given them t
Strange order of things 1 O nature, who art thou P
Are not these Blacks thy children as well as we i*
Extras of a letter from M. Berryman, mcjler 'f
the t ayal Packet , to henry bufb, Ejq. of AVw-
York, dated at Fayal, May 17, 1787.
“ Captain French and crew are here in prifeoj
for running his veftel on fliore plump on'the beach,
in a fine day off town, with seven feet water in.
her held. Thepe are Ihilc in the wftfc