Foreign Ifttelligence*
r* B E R ^ ^ Auguft 30.
W * £ have received accounts by the
way of Warfliw, that the Ruf
fians had attempted ^to take, Oczakovv
hy /form, but were'repuired-vwich-great
Jofs—that two of their generals fell in
the aftion, one of which is Shuwalow,
who is greatly lamented. “
The fame accounts alfo mention,
that the bombardment of Choezim
had recommenced on the 15th—that
the fuccors which the Turk? expefted
had a6fually arrived, and that the gar-
rifon in a vigorous fully, had gained
fohie advantages over the tombined
forces of the Auftrian and Ru/pans.
Choezim, in the mean time, is now ful
ly provided with all forts of provifion$.
LONDON, Auguft 9. .
The prefent attack vnade by Sweden
upon Rullia is in conformity to a trea
ty of defenfive alliance entered into by
the former power with the Turks fo
far back as i793» This treaty con-
iifts of nine articles, all of them pro
viding for their mutual a/Tiftance in
cafe either power Ihould be attacked
.by the Ruffians. Other dates were
alfo invited to accede to it, fo that Ruf-
fia could not be ignorant of its con
tents.
A cpmpa£l:, it h faid, has been en
tered into by the ICings of Great-Bri-
tain and Piu/fia, and the Prince of
Orange, ,to prevent Dcnmai k taking a
part againft Sweden ; and from the
declaration which is fent off from
Lord Carmarthen, and will be figtii-
fied at Elfinieur, however hoftile the
intentions of that court might have
been, their meafures will probably be
overtaken.
It is reported on the continent, that
12,000 Hc/fians, 4000 Brunfwickers,
and the Pruflian troops in Wedpha-
lia, are to form an army under the com-^
mand of the Duke of Brunfwick, and
that the defign is to make a divertion
in favour of the Swedes,
September 3.
By a private letter received by the
mail which arrived on Sunday from
Elfineur, we are informed that the
Swedilh cruilers in the Baltic had taken
a Ruflian frigate, with 30 lail of tftef-
chaatn^en under her convoy, richly la
den. .
The Hamburgh Gazette, which ar
rived by the Dutch mail on* Sunday,
contains an article, dated Copenhagen,
Augud 16, which fays, thata fevv days
previous a council of, date was held
there, which continued fitting from 9
in the morning until 3. in the afer-
noon j rt the broking up of which
it was faid, the council )iad come to
the refolution of affording the court
of Peterfburgh the iHpulated fuccours
of fix (hips of the dine and four .fri
gates, and twelve thoufand land forces.
I
III an article in the Hamburgh Ga
zette, dated Sr. Peterfburgh, Augud 8,
there B an ^account of a f urther en
gagement between the Ruffians and
the Turks on the f4th of July^ ne^ir.
Beodiffi, which proved ^mioently fuc-^
cefsful on the part of the Ruffians.^
The fleet of the Emprefs confidetbof
twofhips of thelinepf (^6 guns each,
four of 50, eight of 40, and twenty-
four fmalier veflels, under the com
mand of vice-admiral Wainowich.—
The Captain Pacha commanded fifteen
fhips of the line, three bombs and a
number of frigates,on the part of the
‘Turks.-*-The eng^ement laded five
hours, and after a feverc cannonading
and throwing of fiiells by the Turkifh
fquadron, the Turks were beaten and ^
obliged to quit the feene of aftion.—
According to the Ruffian account, they
loft only five men, and had but two
wounded ; and they took a chebccque
from the Turks.
It is reported, that Paul Jones died ’
on the Black Sea, of a putrid fever.
Domeftk Intelligence.
PETERSBURG, November 13.
ExtraB from the yourna! • of the Houfe
of Delegates oj the commomveahh of
Virginia.
Thurfday the 30th of October, 1788.
W HEREAS ^the Convention of
Delegates of the people of this
Commonwealth did ratify a Conditu-
tion or form of government for the U-
mited States, referred to them for their
confideration, and did alfo declare, that
fundry amendments to exceptionable
parts of the fame, ought to be adopted :
And whereas the fubjeft matter of the
amendments agreed to by the faid Con
vention, involves all the great, eflenti-’
al, and unalienable rights, liberties, and!
privileges of freemen, many of which,'
if not cancelled, arc rendered infecurc,
under the faid Conditution, until
the fame Oiall be altered and amend
ed ;
Refolved, That it is the opinion of
this Committee, That for quieting the
minds of the good citizens, of this
Commonwealth, and fccuring their
deared rights and liberties, and pre
venting thofe difarders, which muft a-,
rife under a government ^not founded;
in the confidence,or the people, appli
cation be made to the Congrrfs of
the United Stales^ fo foon as they ftfall-
ademble under 0e faid Conditution,
to call a Convention for propofing a-
mendtnents to the fame, according
to the mode therein .direffed. '
Refohed^ That it is the opinion of. j
'this Committee, That a Committee
ought to be appoint^ to draw up and ^
report fb this Hoede a proper indfu-
ment of writing, .expreffii^ the fenfe ofi
the General A/Tembly, and pointing out
the reafons which induce them to m'goi
their application thus early for thecal-
ling the aferefaid Convention of the
States. V
. Refohed, That it is the opinion of
this Committee, That the laid Com
mittee ought to be indru6ted to prepare
the draft of a letter in anlwer to one
received fmm his Excellency George
Clinton; Efq ; Prefident of the Con-
veqtion of New-York, and a circular
letter on the aforefaid fubjeft, to thco-
ther States in the UniOn, exprelTive of
the wifh of the General Aflcmbly of
this Commonwealth, that they may
join in an application to the new Con-
grefs, to appoint a Convention of the
States, fo loon as the Congrefs /hall
aflemble under the new Conditu
tion, '
And the faid refolutions being feve-
rally again read, a motion was made,
and the qnedion being put to amend
the fame, by driklngout from the word
“ whereas ’tin tire firdiine, to the end,
and infecting in lieu thereof, the fol
lowing words :
“ WHEREAS the Delegates ap.
pointed to reprefent the good people
of this Commonwealth in the late Con
vention, held in the month of June
lad, did by their a6f of the 25th of the
fame month, alTent to, and ratify the
Conditution recommended on the 17th
day of Sedtember, 1787, by the Fede
ral Convention, for the government of
the Uniied States, declaring themfeives
(with a folcmn appeal to the fearcher of
hearts for the purity of tjieir intenti
ons) under the conviction - that *vhaf-
foever imperfeciions might exift in tlie
Conditution, ouglit rather to be exam
ined in the mode Drel’cribed therein,
than to bring the Union into danger by
a delay, with a hope of obtaining a-
mendments, previous to the ratihcaLi-
on :* And whereas in ourfuance of the
i
faid declaration, the laid Convention,
did, by tlieirfubfequent ad! cf the zytii
of June aforefaid, agree to fiich amend
ments to the faid Conditution of Go
vernment for the United States, as were
by them deemed necefl'ary to be recom
mended to the confideration of the
Congrefs, which diall firft aiTemble un
der the faid Conditution, to be aded
upon according to the mode preferibed
in the fifth article thereof ; at the fame
time enjoining it upon their reprefen-
tatives in Congrefs, to exert all their
influence and ufe all reafonable and le
gal methods, to obtain a ratification
of the foregoing alterations and provi-
fions, in the manner provided by the
fifth article of the faid Conditution ;
and in all congreffional laws to be paf-
led in the mean time, to conform to
the fpirit of thofe amendments, as far
as the faid Conditution would admit:
“ Refohed^ thereforey That it is the 0-
pinicn of this Committee, That an ap
plication ought to be made, in the
name, and on the behalf ef the Legil-
lature of this Commonwealth, to the
Congrefs of the United States, fofoon
as thev lhall affemble under the faid