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WJ^ greatly applaud tl
ot :hc Miaillcr in re
ta^e no pai t in on the
continent, and thcp^Hpie has exhi •
bited in the face Eura^^ that we are
Urepared to repel every noftile attack,
'will, wc truff, prelerve us from un
provoked violence, and long enfure to
^ritain the blcllings of peace, while
he calamities of war defolatc and im-
werilh her ambitious neighbours.
Choezim, which was almoft reduced
to afhes on the 26th of laft month,
demanded a truce of three days, which
was granted ; but they furrendered to
the combined army of the Ruflians
and Auftrians on the 29th The
whole ganifon were made priloners of
war.
The following is a copy of
fent by the Pacha of Scutari!
Command iiit of Montenegro, tl
they bs ought him the four heads'
Auffriaa oiiiccrs who had been aflal
Pnaivvi:
“ Mv my fydem, and my In
ch nati,>n led me to independence, and
to . ejecl every other alliance, however
fa ou able it may be. • The Emperor
thought othervvife, sn! I diflimulated
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t - icr* i’/e him ; 1 have la ceeded, and
I a n Cvjntenr. The cle tth of his oF-
r .. ’ s IS the
rccompence of
eighty
pui fes cont nning 4000 iequins, a great
quanti'y of provihons for war, two
air guns, and other prefents he fent
me. However, lam not entirely fa-
tisfied—I with (till for the blood of
the AuRrians that are in your coun
tries. I offer for this purpole fivefe-
fiuins for each German head that you
lend me, and five hundred for that of
Colonel Wukofowich, who I know is
in one of your forts. Follow my ex
ample—maflacrc the whole. If you
find any repugnance to obey me, I will
come in perfon to fee you wdth my
troops after the Ramazan.”
The Commandant of Montenegro,
on receipt of the above, fent a copy of
it to Colonel Wukofowich, who has
fortified a convent in Montenegro,
which the Pacha had nearly reduced to
alhes, and where there is an Auftrian
garrifv/n of 200 foldiers, with 300 re
cruits. The Colonel has fent tiie Pacha
the following anfwer:
That without waiting for the Ra
mazan, he begged him immediately to
come for his head, as he was ready to
receive him. And he has alfo publifh-
cd a manifcfto, offering ten fequins for
each Furco-Albanian head, and 16,000
for that of the Pacha ”
Salt, opium and rice, in fome'of the
Provinces, the three ftaple commodi
ties of Indian fubfiffence, were at an
enormous price—higher than ever was
known in Bengil. The purchafe of
the two former it the company’s iaies,
fr^^iilethe fcarcity of filver, was ffipu-
lated to be paid half in that coin :—
it had, however, but little effedl on
:he market. Thefc high prices will,
no'doubt, ihcreafe the Company’s re
venue for the prefent—but whether it
will be of eventual advantage, time
rtiuft determine. The^ price of la-,
hour muft be increaled, for it can bear
no burthen, being fo exceflive low.
Lord Cornwallis-lias done what he
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could to relieve the country. He has
fufpended the dudes on grain at Dacca
and the principal cities in that neigh«
bourhood, where the fcarcity was the
greateft. The colleftor in Bahar had
orders to furnifti the magazine with
30,000 mands of rice, and to fell it
out to the poor people at a moderate
rate The diftrefs of the poor* people
in that neighbourhood w^as very great.
An infurredion happened lately at
Vienna, on account of the fcarcity of
bread, and even that feat city fhort of
weight, and held back from fale in or
der to enhance the price. The town
guard was repul led by the mob, and
the bakers ill treated ; but the regi-
rtients of Kauniiz and Lafey reftored
the public peace, and government is
enquii ing iiito the frauds of the bakers,
for the purpofe of punifliing the cul
pable, to whom alone the commotion
is attributed.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Hh opinion relative to American Trade.
The queftion ^propounded to Mr.
Attorney, was on the 25th of Gcoigc
III.
The Question.
Whether a man, born in Britain, Is
capable, and by what means, of be
coming a fubjeSl of the United States,
To the effect of being qualified to
own, command or navigate an Ameri
can fh'.p, importing tobacco, or other
American commodities ?
The Answer.
c Very different queftions may arife
in confequence of the independence of
America.
But, if I iinderftand the prefent
queftion, it is. Whether a man horn in
Great^Britain. and not rehdent in Ame
rica at the time of hfr Independence be
ing granted, can make himfelf a fubjedl
of America.
“ I am of opinion-^that he cannot—
and that he.is, notwithftanding hrs le-
fidence in Am^ica, a Britilh fubje6^%
and confequently cannot command an
American ve£el in a Britilh port, ac
cording to the aft of Navigation.”
N. 3. Veffeis^ to belong to Ameri
ca, muft be' American built—owned
by American lubjefls—and at leaft
three-fourths of the cicw Americans.
On a failure of thefe requifites—the
vcfiel is forfeited,
' The return of taxes for the laft week,
as delivered into the Exchequer,
amounts to the fum of 207,1131.
15s. 4d.
Domeftic Intelligence,
NEW-YORK?Novxmber 12.
Extraft of a letter from Waterford
(Ireland) Augaft 6.
“ Arrived, the Prince of Wales
Capt. Shepard, from Eofton, alter
Jng out 9 weeks. She was ftopp-d by
an Algerine coiTair, w^ho took out
barrels of pork, and four of beef, be
ing rather Ihort of provifions.”
ALEXANDRIA. November
Laft Monday night coma.ciicrd
one of the fevereft gales of wind ever
remembered here, which continued t :i
Tuefday morning. The damage do
to the (hipping, lying in this port,
warehouies, wharves, &c, is very great!
The lliip Torbay, Capt. Boyd, r*i Mr!
Watfoii’s wharf, loaded for London,
was iunk near the wharf, and her car
go damaged. A brig belonging to
Meffrs. Jencks, Windier & Co. a: Col.
Ramlay s wharf, was ibrown on h^r
beam-ends and drove on Ihore. A
(loop bclpngirg to Mr Cleverly, funk.
Several fmall craft (hared the fame fate.
It is reported that many veftris in
the hay and li/ers have fou.nijrtd ;
and from the violence of tne wind, we
arc apprehenfi^e the report is too tr te.
WINCHESTER, (Virginia) Nov. 12.
By a perfon who p died thr-isi M
this town on Saturdav ad, from K-n-
tuckey, we are informed, that he wiib
lomc otliers, coming down the oh'. \
dilcoveied foriietbing on r!ie
which they fuppoied to be iiv^urjoii
going on ihorc it proved to be heaps
of feathers, and appealed to be emptie l
from beds ; upon further fearch. to
their great hirirrile they fointd at a lit
tle diftance three frefti fcalps, a j)lon^h-
fhare, See. It being evident that the fa-
vages had lately perpetrated a murder
on fome unfortunate per funs going
down the river, and our infonna it
with his companions, not being in a ii-
tuation to ftand a conteft with theenr*-
my, thought it moft prudent tn co iie
off. No cerain information couid
obtained who the above devot:.d vicfi.ns
were, but it was conjeftmed they be
longed to a boat whicli had left Rcd-
ftone about three weeks fince, loaded
with arms, &c. and was nut after
wards heard of.
Norfolk, November 26.
A Nova Csfanan correiponde.it
wonders extremely, that among the
many gentlemen mentioned of late in
the newfpapers as^ fit and propei pci-
fons (and candidates) for the
Prefident’s Chair under the propoied
New Government, the hon. Charles
Thompfon has never been mentioned.
This Gentleman is every way quali
fied for the place, having been in Cen-
greis from the beginning of our late
ftruggles ; is well acquainted with all
parts of public bufinefs (executi' e as
well as legiflative) and cf fucli infiexi-