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t 0 N l> O N, July 4.
The Bank of Scotland has just
bow obtained a new charter from the
it >wu, empowering the proprietors to
rouble their capita!. This was originally
in 1 1
in on tinned till
It wilnfeuftbe no less than 600, c001.
That a general war, is now about to de
solate the northern parts of Europe, is
no longer a secret. Front dispatches re
ceived on Monday by theSweduh Conlul,
it appears, that general orders had beet)
JiTued for the return. of all fubjeCts of
whatever defeription, and a free pardon
to those whose misdemeanors had baniih
ed them.’; in addition to this, a hot prel's,
a nteafurc heretofore unknown in rirat
country, had taken place in every sea port
and principal town. This intelligence, in
•corroboration of- that already received of
the general motion of the Swedith troops
and the advanced Hate of the fleet, to all
which preparations the prince royal is in
defatigable in his attention, leaves not a
fliadow of : doubt concerning the intention
of the Swedes to take this opportunity to
attempt the recovery of Finland, wrested
from them by Peter the Great. How the
Empress will be able to quench this fire,
thus unexpectedly UghteJ up* time only
can tell.
Orders are sent down to Portsmouth
and Plymouth for two cutters to be con
llantly kept at those two ports, to convey
meflages to and from Admiral Gower,
while cruising in the channel.
By a gentleman just returned from
France, we have the following authentic
intelligence : He was at Reiys the lit of
June, the day on which- the parliament
was exiled* and finding thjt matters were
coming to an extremity by AMflHlary
being called to the afliflauce of the king’s
orders, he left town by the advice of his
friends ; the forces at Reins w ere not fuf
ficientto perform the talk ; exprefles were
sent for more troops, and a body of be
tween 10 and 11,000 men marched
for Reins, and encamped before the town,
the gates being fliut up against them ; they
cut all the corn down which was grown
near the city where they encamped. At
eleven o’clock at night on the zdof June,
an attack was made on the city, and after
throwing in a few bombs they forced the
fouth gate, and the people defended tbem
felves till upwards of eleven hundred
were killed. He fays, throughout Bri
tanv, and the provinces through which he
pafled, the freedom- of conversation for
their liberties was such, that he began to
think himfelf in England.' In Reins and
many other towns* the. following were
polled up in different parts of the pro
vinces : Louis le severe It present Roi dt
France , qui a donnez la liberie aux Amt
ricainesj etfoit ejclaves defon pen pie
«* Louis the severe, the present king of
France, who has given liberty to Ameri
ca, and made his own lubjetts Haves.” in
other places through which he pafled was
wrote in French, “ No parliament! No
king!”
Letters from Constantinople fay, that
the prime minister of the Ottoman em-'
pire, who is marching towards Sophie
with 100,000 men, was preceded a few
days by the Aga of the Januaries with
60,000 men. The captain pacha failed
the 10th of March with the fleet and
troops destined for the invasion of Crimea;
10 that towards the middle of .May the
troops were expected to be ill action from
Chcrfou to Belgrade.
Advices from the Porte speak in high
terms of the good condition of the Tur
k. iih fleet deftmedtj at} iuiiie Black Sea,
and lliould it be fortunate enough to heat
the Ruffian fieet, the Tut kith admiral is
to make defeeut on the Crimea with
men, in order to re-edab
-1 of that peuinfula,
and give the gtwernment of it to the new
chan of the Tartars. The beauty, riches
and splendor of* the Turkish arms, teats
and equipage, are said to be beyond de
feription.
HOUS E of LORDS, Friday,
july 11, iySS.
A little before four o’clock his Maiefty
, came in. date, and being seated on the
throne, a Meltage was font to the Com
mons by the Usher of the Black Rod, to
inform t|em that it was his Majedy’s
■ royal pleasure-that t!*ey (liould attend him
in the Houle ol Peers. The Speaker, ac
companied by level.vl members, loon af
tei appeared at the bar, when his Majedy
made the following moil gracious fpeeth
to boui Houses of Parliament :
My Lords and Gem lenten^
In the piei'eut advanced season of the
year, and after the laborious attendance
which the public b fiucfb has required of
you, I think it necessary to put an end to
the prefect fedion of Parliament. I can
not do this without expreffmg the fati&fac
tioti with which I have observed the uni
form and diligent* attention to the welfare
of my people which* has appeared in all
your proceedings.
Gentlemen of the House cf Commons^
The cheerfulnefs and liberality v.ith
which you have granted the necessary sup
plies demand my particular acknowledg
ments. It mud afford yon the gieatelt
fatisfa&ion that you have been enabled,
without any addition to the burthens of
my people, to provide for the extraordi
nary exigencies of the lait year, in addi
tion to the current demands of the public ;
service, and to the sum appropriated to
the reduction of the national debt.
My Lords and Gentlemen ,
! fee with concern the continuance of :
the war between Rufiia and the Porte, in
which the Emperor has also taken a part;
but the general date of Europe, and the
assurances which I receive from foreign -
powers, afford me every reason to expetf ;
that my fubjefts will continue to enjoy the
blessings of peace.
The engagements which I have recenN
ly entered into with my good brother the
King of Prussia, and those with the States
General of the United Provinces, which
have already been communicated to you,
are direfted to this objetf, which I have
uniformly in view, and they will, I trud,
be produtfi ve of the happiest consequences,
; in promoting the security and welfare of
ray own dominions, and in contributing
to the general tranquillity of Europe.
Then the Parliament was prorogued to
Thursday the 25th day of September next,
B O S T O N, Sept. 6.
We learn from New-York that the
R’hode-Ifland Delegates were fpeifator3 of
their federal proeedion on the 23d ult.
but that they eat no federal meat .
We hear from St. John’s, that a large
store in that place, belonging to Benedict
Arnold* on the nth ult. was confuined
by fire. The loss is computed at 550 c!.
sterling—the store 1500 —goods 4000 1..
A son of Mr. Arnold was considerably
burnt, iufomuch that his life was defpair** j
cd of..
To guard again*! the
Heilian Fly, the King of Gicai-Briuj?
( ounci], the 25th of June jftJj
orrier, prohibiting the entry in an% j
ports of that kingdom ts when tJwj
ouce of the United States of American
ALBANY, Augufl j
Tuefday last arrived in this city r j
New-York, His Excellency the Gove J
Ezra I’Hommedien, Egbert Benfrn, w]
liam Floyd, Richard Varick, and bat j
Jone -, Efqrs. fix of the t'oinmiffionc*? J
pointed by the Hon. the Lep.lhture 1
their last left on for holding treaties < V J
the Indians. They will set off 0,1 ,\j j
day, we are informed, for Fort Scfcu.jJ
where a treaty with the Indians is-i J
be Holden.
Peter Otfiqtictte,. son to the Kin? of J
Six Nations, who lately arrived t r ,j
France, came in company with the abJ
gentlemen, and will attend them terjJ
treaty.
NEW.Y OR K , J
Several reports Hava lately circuit J
refpecling an attack said to have t e |
made on a party of the troops flatioj
in the territory north-well of the Ohil
The heft information wc can coiled 1
fimu a gentleman jtift arrived from d]
Mu Ik ingum, who faysthat a small pari
of the Chippawas,-. about i O , had be]
some time loitering about the cainp,wiitJ
the stores were colic,ied for the generl
treaty, under toe guard of a corporal iJ
ten men ; that taking advantage of J
small party,, they in the night made anal
tack and killed two ceutiuds, wounded!
third, supposed mortally, a ud fcaipcdl
mulatt o man ; that being tired ny«u I
the remainder of the guard, they retreJ
ed, without doing any further damage, J
effecting their delign, which was to pluJ
der the ffores. Upon this outrage bciJ
committed, the Delawares, averyfiienl
ly tribe, not only- gave proofs of their dil
approbation of the measure by words,bfl
actually seized fix of the principallndiafl
who had beenguilty.-of this attack,anddl
livered them-into the hands of our troopfl
and that they w ere lase con|dufted to foB
Mariner, where our informant saw ihcfl
in irons.
The /lores have /tnce been removed fl
a place of greater security, and tbetrcaß
is now- exgetled to be held at Fort Ikfl
mer.
Notwithfianriing this accident, (forß
it is viewed in the Weflern country) itfl
expefted there will be a full meeting■
the Indians at the treaty; from wiaß
great>adva»tagcs will accrue, as the nsti’-'B
in general seem well difpofH to cHtn’aß
harmony and good imdertlauding withoß
settlers in that quarter.
Sept. £. Jefeph Howell, Ffq. w 5 B
Thursday lad elected CommifiionerofAß
my Accounts, vice John Fierce, Flq- -I
ceased.
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PHILADELPHIA, Srpi* '1
Friday the zzd ult. arrived
the of the naval armies cl V
Mod Christian Majesty, under the
mand of the Right Honorable the N j3 B
quis de Sennevilie. The squadron h'B
from Cape Francois the 2d of Aug'jMß
conliffs of seven fail, viz. the
80 guns (the Admiral’s rtiip), 1 J
of 74 guns, commanded by tbs
lier Macarty de Mertegne, four hJ. B *B
from 32 to 36 guns, aad one 20 g ua *■