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and deftruftive tendency of fiich publications to the intcreftaand happjnefs of the commu nity ; and pointed- out klie particular male volence of the libels in queflion. After this, Mr. Justice Afhurft paflcd sen tence of the Court, viz. That his Lordfliip (hould. be -£onfined r for the term of three years, now next enfning, in Newgate; and, after the expiration of the term, for two years more ; to pay a fine of 5001. and to find sure ties for his good behaviour, himfelf in 10,000 l and two sureties in ajool. each, for the fur ther terni.of fourteen years, after the afore said five years are expired, and the fine of 5001. paid, or else to remain in Newgate un t'il-k is done. N. B. His Lordfliip made a very grotcfque figure ; he was wrapped up in a great coat, liis hair lank, as usual, his beard about three inches long, extending under his chin and thfroat,' from ear to ear, and differing from the colour of his hair. No authentic accounts whatever have been received to juflify the report of war between the King of Pruflia and the Einperor, which las been industriously propagated within these feW davs. * Notwithstanding the bluflering of certain continental powers, it is plain that they would all avoid a war if they poflibly could. The mediating fyftein never was more prevalent —lt has already w bin these few years pre vented a war between *he Emperor and the Dutch—the King of Pruflia and the Dutch— England and France—and are now employed in preventing the progress of the war between the Empress and thp Porte. St. JAMES’s, February 20. This day John Adams, Esq. Minifler Ple nipotentiary from the United States of Ame rica, had his audience leave of his Majefly. To which he was introduced by the Mar quis of Carmarthen, his Majefty’ ‘ ncipal' Secretary of State for Foreign AfFa , and conduced by Stephen Cottrell; Esq. Afliftant Matter of the ceremonies. NASSAU, (New-Providence) April 2?. E*t rail of a letter from Col. Alexander M*Gil~ lev ray, chief of the Creek Indians , dated Little Talajfe, 'January 6 , 17 88 • “ In my last I informed you that the Georgians had barbarously murdered eleven of my people on the hunting grounds, for which vve demanded fattsfatfion in form. In flead of complying with this our just demand, they returned us defiance, conceived in the inott insolent terms, and threatened to drive us over the Miflifippi • I came then to the de termination to accept the alternative of com pelling them to take refuge on the sea illands, or being forced to the threatened extremity. In consequence of having decided in this man ner, our warriors turned out, spread deva luation on all the frontiers, and excited a ge neral panic and confiernation throughout,the whole ftatc—You mutt be sensible, my friend, and so mutt every difpafiionatc man be, that the obftinatc perseverance of the Georgians in afts of injuttice, barbarity and oppreflion, obliged us to have recourse to such desperate resolves. Self preservation, the love of coun try, and on every other sentiment that digni fies human nature, dictated them ; nor lhali we throw aside the bloody hatchet, until our enemies defilt from their encroachments on our territory, and give such afliirances as we can lely on, for their never being renewed in a future time.” \ N E W -YORK, April?. Ex c; of a letter from St. Croix , Feb. 9. “ On the 31st of December last, his Ex cellency Major-General de Schimraelman re figrted, by his tyTajeftv’s permiflion, the com mand in chief of these islands. His Excel lency is succeeded by the Hon. Frederick de Walterftoeff, Chamberlain to his Majeftv, and Governor General. His commiflion as Governor General is daily expefted. This is the fame gentleman who it was once imagined wou.d have been rent as Envoy Extraordinary to Arne, ica, had ( ongrefr appointed any Mi n ftcr 0 the Daniflt Court. Although ft is i ed that our new Commander in Chief will keep a watchful eye over all kiud of jjfnuggliug, particularly that offugars, car ried to foreign markets, contrary to the ordi nances of this country, yet there is no doubt but commerce will at the fame time meet ■ with every encouragement under his govern ment, and the fait* tracer with every pro tection. The intimacy which subsists between his Excellency and several of the firft charac ters on the continent, cannot but be favor able to the American trade, and .render Bill more lading the friendly intercourse which is already eftabliftied between- the United States and these colonies.” PHIL A DELPHI A, April ExtraQ of a letter from Baltimore, dated April?,, 1788. “ The belt information from Virginia fays, it will be a dole* poll, but the tederalifts will certainly carry, but by no great majority. Maryland is a haiiow matter. We are fede ral in convention : I mean they will be as five to three, or fifty to thirty. Out of conven tion, we' are three to one all over the state.” The ihip United States, Captain Be)!, i 3 arrived at New-Castle from the Eaft-Ind:es. It is about fifteen months since the failed from this port. It is with singular pleasure that we inform our readers, that in most of the counties on this fide the Susquehanna the jpinning wheel 'has become a fathionable piece of family fur niture, and that looms areeftabliftiing in most of the town drips of these counties. Great preparations, we are told, likewise are mak ing for cultivating flax, and an attention is paid to the means of encreafing the quantity of wool, by leffetwng the consumption of lamb. By these means only the United States will become refpeftable and independent. RICHMOND, April 3. Intelligence from the State of Franklin fraufenpt of a letter from General Russell, dated the 9th of March, 1788. “ You have heard that Governor Severe had besieged Colonel Tipton’s house, had offered terms of capitulation ; which being rejeded by Tipton, he sustained a fire from the Go vernors whole body of troops, without da mage to any in his house. Two women were sent out in the day tune on some occasion, one of whom received a ball through her ftioulder, but not yet dead. The experienced General, to show his abilities in war, attempt ed a moving battery to fire Tipton’s house; employed thereon, early in the morning of— “ Colonel Maxwell stole a cautious march, surprised the Governor and his party by the firft fire, and forced the Governor to retreat without his boots. It leems the retreat was intended to gain an eminence, not far from the encampment ; which being recovered by Severe’s party, returned some lbot on Max well’s men, killed one and wounded one or two more; but the fotce of the latter charg ing with firmnefs, soon diflogded Severe, and effected a total defeat—We learn that twelve are dead of their wounds, and the Governor seen fifteen mile's from home barefooted—The last account fays both parties are railing more men ; How it may end God only knows.” AUGUSTS, May 17* Letter front M. LA MBERT, Councilor of State and of the Council Royal of Finance and Commerce, Comptroller General of Fi nance, to M. JEFFERSON, Minijler Ple nipotentiary for the Catted States of AME RICA at the Court of VERSAILLES. Versailles, December 29, 1787. I HAVE the honor, Sir, to feud you a co py of an Arret palled in Council, for encou raging the commerce of the United States of America in France, I lhall furniih you with a number of others as fooa as they lhall be printed. You will therein fee that several consider able favors, not before promised to the Ame rican commerce, have been added to those which the King announced to you, in the let ter addTeffed to you on the 2id of Oftober of the last year. If in the mean time any duties have been levied, contrary to the intentions of that let ter, they lhall be repaid on fight of the vouchers. I have also ordered a verification of the fads whereou it was represented to you,- that the decision of the 24th of May, 178 6, relative to the commerce of tobacco had not been fol ly executed. Be allured that if it shall ip- 1 p£ar that engagements have been evaded*, Which were taken under the fandion of the King, effectual provision lhall be made for their scrupulous fulfilment. You will learn also with pleasure that the measures I have takeH to prevent the inter ruption of the commerce of tobacco, have had full success. This commodity shall not be excepted from among those to which the right of eutrepot is ' given. ’ The Farmers General lhall have no preference in the purchases; the proprietors lhall be perfedly inafters of their fpecnlat ions, and free to export their tobaccos by sea to foreign countries. Measures only must be taken to prevent those frauds to which the entrepot might serve as a pretext ; and the chambers of com merce for the ports lhall be consulted, in or der that the precautions necessary for this pur pose, may not be incompatible with that li berty which commerce ought to enjoy in its operations. Although the present stock of the Farmers General amounts to about three years con fumotion, I have engaged that company to continue to purchase yearly from the firft day of January 1788, to the end of their lease, fourteen .thousand hoglheads of tobacco brought diredly into the ports of France n any French or American bottoms, and to Ihew at the end of every four months that their purchases amount to four thousand fix hundred and sixty-six hoglheads At to the prices, you. have been fenfiblc yourfelf of the necessity of leaving them free ; and this freedom es price was the principal objed of the applications of the American and French merchants when they complained of the contrail of Mr. Morris. The determination then taken to force the purchases of tobacco, though at high prices, insomuch that the Farmers General now find themselves poffefled of three years provision, ftiews that the imereft of the planters and merchants of the United States of America have ever been precious to the King. The Arret of Council herein inclofed, and the other regulations which I have the honor of communicating to you, are a further con firmation of a truth tending so much to rtrengthen the bands which unite the two na ; tions, I have the honor to be, with a very sincere and inviolable attachment, Sir, your most humble and most obedient servant, Sigma, LAMBERT. An A r T of the King’s Council of State, for the encouragement of the commerce of France with the United States of America. December 29, 1787. ■ Extract from the Records of the Council of Statel The King, delirous of encouraging tha commerce of his fubjefts with the United States of America, and of facilitating between the the two nations Connections reciprocally ufeful: having heard the report of. the Sieut Lambert, Counfellor of State,and of the Royal Council of Finance and Commerce, Comp troller General of Finance, his Majelly being > in his Council, has ordained, and does ordain . as follows : ARTICLE- FIRST. Whale oils and Spermaceti, the produce of the fiftieries of the citizens and inhabitants of 1 the United States of America, which lhall be brought into France dire&ly in French vessels, or ifi tliofe of the tJnited States, lhall conti nue to be fubjetted to a duty, only of seven livres ten sols the barrel, of five hundred and twenty pounds weight, and whale fins lhall be fubjeet to a duty, of only fix livres thirteen sols, four demriers the quintal, with the ten sols per livre on each of the said duties; which ten sols per livre lhall cease on the last day of December, 1790; his Majesty reserving to himfelf to grant further favors to the produce., of the whale fiftieries carried on by the filher men of the States of America, which lhall be brought to France in French vessels,, or in those of the United States, if on the in formation which his Majesty lhall cause to be taken thereon, he lhall judge it expedient, foe the intereftof the two nations. 11. The other filh oils, and dry and salted filh, the produce in the like manner of the fifhtfrics of the citizens and inhabitants of the r Uuited States, and brought also direlily into France, in their, or in French vessels, ftiail not pay any other, nor grericr duties than those to which the oils and fith of the Jam•