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. &/CC K H OL M, March 6.
FRIDAY next, will beheld here a General Af
fqpbly of Free Masons, at which thirty
l odges will attend, and the Society expert to by
Ik)stored with the prcfcnce of the King.
COPENHAGEN, March io.
A cutter is failed for Greenland, laden with
pTovifions for the Brigantine destined for the re
covery of ancient Greenland. .
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LISBON, May f.
A Ragufan veflel from Algiers, which put
5n hoe a few days since, brings very difagree
ble intelligence of that place.—ln the (pace of zo
Aays last month, there have died 4000 perfone j
upwards of 300 died every day before the morta
lity teased. For all this, the corsairs of that re
gency have veutured out, and taken three Neopo
litan (hips. The Neopolitan Commis waited upon
' the Dey to complain of this infrartion of the truce,
which does not expire until the end of this monti ;
hut the Dev answered, that the (hort suspension of
: rm« concerned only Neopolitan (hips of war.
AMSTERDAM, May aa.
This city, after the example of several other
(owns, has eflabliihed a society for the maintenance
of the cunftieution, to which, in the course of five
days, *o>ooo inhabitants put down their names,
of whom 6000 engaged to carry arm* in case of
«efd to oppose those who call themselves patriots.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 10.
The Porti continues to make great preparations
fox war both by fe3 and land ; to convince the
7anifl'aries of her ficady resolution to confirm by
ihe force of arms the negative (lie has given to
the Emgrcfs of Russia — they are ordered three
months pay in advance. It is said the land forces
wilhsmount to 2.00,000 men, and that this formi
dable body are ordered to be marched to the con
fines of Siliflria, there to be encamped.
M A DAGORE, January a 6.
The 24th instant, the .Diana Swedish frigate,
commanded by Chevalier Chriftierne, arrived at
Tangiers, with the annual prefects from the King
of Sweden.
L O N P-Ol N, July 23.
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There is at this moment existing, it is said, in
different parts of Europe, particularly in Germa
ny, a society called the Secret Society, differing
entirely from that of the Free Masons, the mem
bers of which mull be prodigious great in point
of numbers, if the following accounts of its of
ficers only, which we hate had from a correspon
dent at Francfort, may be depended upon. These
officers are said to amount to 3*Bo, divided into
the" following classes: Three Generals, nine Vice-
Gcncrals, 27 VicarS, 81 Sub-Vicars, 243 Trium
viri, 729 Dirertors, 2188 Sub-Dirertors. The
nature of this society is not known, so secret are
all its proceedings Tl»e avowed objeft of its in
flitution is to prolnote good friendship ; but the
meetings of so numerous 2 body have given um
itrage to many Princes in Germany, who have re
solved to dissolve a society, which, however well
.int optioned, is capable of doing a great deal of
miCehief* .
A frelh in fiance of tove and m&dnefs happened
_At Enfield, on Saturday lad. A young couple of
(hat place had been asked in church, but ere the
# ceremony could be performed, the woman changed
|jtr mind, and refufed to complete the holy cere-:
-tnony. Oft did the lover intreat, but in vain.—
Qn Saturday he and formally demanded mar
riage, which was as fbrmaHy refufed. The un
fortunate man, yn a fit of frenzy, took a pistol
from his pocket,,•and- exclaiming, M If you will
t»t have mr, (hall,” difebarged the con
tents into his head,, and died on the fpot*
Vhe fountain ‘that cared Tbirft and Hunger.
A >ouug man who waaflarving, in consequence
0 of his elder brother potSrjJfog the family estate,
feeing him drowned in a fountain where be had
-• flopped to quench his third—“ Behold a miracle!
the waters have not only cured forever ray bro
. fherT tbirjf, but they have likewise cured my
hmrgtr.
-A noble Paac, eminent for. his musical taste,
complaining «« That he could not bring the if
fertivns of a lady into-lhe proper um/on with his
own? nor did her heart beat tune to hih n “ I
Jlfwid, my Lord, (replied Lady Bridget Tolle*
ip*ch) from (his want of harmony , yoyr («ordthip
(Joes not touch afen the right fp."
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After all the draggles which the Dutch have had
to gain their liberty, and to maintain it, they fcem
now to be in danger of losing it by their own io
teftine quarrels. No war is so boftile to liberty ••
civil war, and no constitution so liable to be
changed by it as a republic. Nor are there in any,
wars finre mankind have become civilized, fuefa
cruelties exercised as in civil wars. They are in
general carried on with such savage ferocity and
barbarity, as disgrace human nature. If France
or Pruflia interfere in this war, and it is more than
probable that one of them will, it rnuft wear a
serious afpett in a very fliort time. And if either
power does, the other will not be long behind
hand ; nor can England be an indifferent fpefta
tor. He argues weakly who contends that Eng
land has no intcrcft in the preservation of the pre
sent constitution, which has preserved her inde
pendency. What the war, jf it goes on, will
produce, time only can ihew; but it is a war that
will engage our most serious attention.
hxtrafl of a letterfrom Alg:ert , March 26.
** The following account cannot fail of being
entertaining to you, as it serves to (hew the difpo
fitionof the Dey in its true light.—On the 29th of
January, the St. Gertrude, a Spanilh frigate, ar
rived here, commanded by the Chevalier Fon
guion; a brig from Carthagena arrived immedi
ately after, on board of wh'ch was the Compte
D’Efpilly, accompanied by the Spanilh Consul
Herrera, the Vice-Consul Colonel Don Juan Tho
mas, and the Chevalier tie Landerfet, the two lat
ter came on the business of negociating peace for
the Courts of Naples and Lisbon.
The Spanilh Consul came on ftiore on the 30th,
and was received with some degree of politeueff.
On the 2d of February was brought on ihore the
remaining part of the money promised by the
court of Spain as the price of peace, 490,000 pieces
of eight. With this the Dey was uot fatisfied,
and exprefted his anger to the Consul, asking why
the king of Spain had not sent the 5,000,000 pieces
promised ? The Consul answered, that the Ibip
Minhohad brought 700,000 pieces, whirh, with
the 400,000 now brought, made the promised sum
of one million, reckoning 90,000 pieces of eight
for every 100,000 sequins, as agreed upon by the
articles of peace. The Dey flew into a violent
paflionon hearing this, and infilled upon the other
10,000 pieces, otherwise he would arrest the fri
gate, brig, and all the crew. But on the Consul’s
promifingto pay the whole, he became more calm
and seemed content.
On the 14th the Spanilh commander, accom
panied by the other officers and Compte D’Efpil
ly,. came to have their audience of leave from the
Dey. The Compte was grossly abused by the Dey,
who called him vagabond , thief impoflor, (Ac. and
least any part of this language thould be loft upon
him, ordered the interpreter to translate them li
terally to him. The Dey also added, “ Give back
the letter which I entrusted you with to the King
of Spain; deliver it to the Consul whom I lhaH
fend to him ; and remain you here until you have
paid the money to those whom you have robbed
and after a moment’s silence, cried out in a vehe
ment tone, “Go to bell, (va t'en au .liable” J—
and then turning to the commander of the frigate
and the Spanilh Consul, he ordered them to give
to their King a faithful account of this feene, ad
ding, that he would himfelf write to bis Catholic
Majesty. On the 25th early in the morning, the
Dey sent aChaoux-Maure to the Compte D’Efpilly,
to order him to leave the town direftly, and repeat
to him the language of the preceding day. Scarce
ly was the Compte on board, when the Dey sent
again a raeflenger to the Consul, to tell him that he
must give security for the payment of the Compte
D’Efpilly’s debts, otherwise he would have him
yoked to the plough, and made to work with a
chain about his feet; the Consul then promised to
pay those debts, which are, in faft, the sums of
money which the Compte had promised to the
grandees of the Dey’s court, in order to procure
their sftiftance in negociating a peace.
“ It is certaio that the Compte did not make
good all hie large promises; and as the Consul sent
, an account of the Whole affair to the Court of
Spain, the Compte is gone to Madrid to defend
himfelf and clear up his conduct. There is no
doubt that h# will be juftified, as the avarice of
the Barbarians is well known.”
A reifurluhfe instance of the hand of providen
tial was exhibited last Monday at Hoxton.
On the Saturday previous to that day, a man took
the diabolical resolution of destroying his wife
and childrenj to perpetrate which, he bought a
leg of mutton, and rubbed it over with a confide*
rable quantity of arfenick; so done, he took it
home, and told his wife to dress the mutton on
Sunday, and as he did not expeft to be at home,
he dtliftiillw (he and the chiidffA BUfht fat it
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without Waiting for him. On Sunday the unman
was dre fled, but he not coming home, his wife*
not wishing to eat it without his being at dinner,
made some yeast dumplings for herfelf and chill
dren, and left the mutton uneaten. He did not
return that evening, and still the leg of mutton re
mained whole ; but on Monday he came home,
end brought with him a few flat flth (as supposed
to save appearance of guilt, expecting his family
to be poisoned). On feeing his wife, hc fomewba?
agitated, aiked her if <he and the children were in
health ? and being answered they were well, he
aiked whether they had eaten the mutton f The
wife told him it had been drefled, bnt he not
coming home, they had made their dinner on
dumplings, and, the mutton they had not touched.
At that answer he appeared much vexed, and fur
lily ordered his wife to dress him some of the flat
fiih. She immediately drefled him three, and be
fat down and cat them. DireXly afterwards in
great confufion, he aiked his wife in what lhe.had
fried the fiih, and being told in the dripping from
the mutton which Ihe had drefled on Sunday, he
exclaimed, “ Then lam a dead man.”—He then
made full confeflion of his wicked intention, and
in two hours after he expired in great agonies.
At the commencement of the year, an Ameri
can, bringing with taima confiderabie sum of mo»
ney, but having no acquaintance whatsoever, ar
rived at Bourdeaux, aod fixed his residence in a
small hotel. Here he formed two connexions with
whom be lived in confidential intimacy; the land*
lord and a friieur, the last of whom officiated as.
his occasional valet de chambre. To none but.
these and his negro servant was heat all acceflible:
becoming at length more and more unguarded in
the ration of his concerns ond property in Ame
rica, ms two friends having corrupted the black
Have, contrived a plan for making tbemfelves the
inheritors of his fortune. At the expiration of
two months froflk his arrival, the American died
suddenly in his-bed; immediately afterwards, the
landlord and the hair-dreflcr concealed only for
such a length of time a6 suited their purposes the
.body of the deceased. One of these mis
dilguifing himfelf as much as poflible, and putting
on the appearance of a dying man, undrefled him
felf and entered into the lick bed, whilst the other
accompanied by the negro, went in search of a
notary to make the will of the supposed expiring
-testator. This ceremony having been concluded*
the pious triumvirate sent for a father confelTor to
hear a catalogue of fins, to comfort a peninent in
the last agonies, and to make him fyotlefs by his
hallowed absolution. Previous to. the coming of
this sacred visitor, the corps was replaced in the
bed, and then with feigned tears, the three villains
informed the minister, that death had made it too
late for him to execute his devout purposes, and
that the much lamented American was no more
The will was now read in form, and from this it
appeared that the innkeeper and the hair-drefler
were the foie legatees. These having buried the
American, began to administer; but too covetous
of the wickedly acquired spoil, they refufed total
ly to fulfil their liberal promises ot reward to the
negro ; in consequence of which, this irritated
accomplice has betrayed them to die magistrate.
They are now under arrelt, preparations are mak
ing for their trial, and the ifltie of it will doubt,
left prove fatal.
PHILADELPHIA, Angmft if.
It is with Singular pleasure we informed our
readers, that a society is now forming in this city
for the encouragement and eftablifliment of ufefn!
arts and manufaXures, by which means the indus
trious poor will be employed in our city, and arts
and manufaXures proteXed and rewarded in every
part of the country. Until we manufaXure more
it is an absurdity to celebrate the Fourth of July
as the birth day of our independence. We are
still a dependent people, and, what is worse, after
all the blood and treasure we have expended, we
are aXually taxed by Great- Britain. Our imports
help to fill her revenue, and to pay the intercll of
a debt contraXed in an attempt toenflave us. It
is said the society yrillbe very large, and will con.
fid of persons of all ranks and parties, and.thsf
certain articles of dress of American manufac
ture, will be immediately adopted by theniL as tbs
uniform of the Society. ' *
We learn by the Mediator, Captain Brougham*
jnft arrived here from Cadiz, that there were
three flout Algetine craizers ia that port, repair*
ing and Acting for sea at the King of Spain’s ex*
pence, and that they were expcXed to fail about
the latter end of July* to cruise ia the weflera
ocean. * .
Monday left his Excellency General Wnjbingtt*
set out fur Moore Hall, in order to visit hit ety
tuarttrs at tbt Valley Forge in this ftaif.