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hh orders, in dic^nionth of January, 1787, and who/e zeal and labours have merited his approbation and ob- taified the confidence of the public. Thcfe Notables having been convok ed the iiid time for affairs abrolutely forei^^n grand queffion on which the Xing willies to confult them at pre/eut, his Majefty’s choice thereby luanifelfs the more that fpirit of im partiality which is fo clofely allied to the purity of his views. ^ B The king has ordered, that all per- fons who formed in 1787 the allem- bly of Notables, he convoked a-new, to' meet united in this town of Ver- failles, on the 3d of" next November, according to the particular letters which are to be fent to each, to deli berate only on the moft regular and proper manner of proceeding, to the formation of the Statcs-Gcncral of 1789; to effccl which, his majefty will communicate the different accounts which it will be pofliblc to procure of the conffitution of a former States Ge neral, and of the forms which have been followed for the convocation and the eleftion of Members of thefe natio nal Aflemblies in fuch a manner, that they may be able to give him their ad vice in the courfe of thefaid month of Novenaber 5 and his Majefty referves to himfelf the replacing, by perfons of the fame quality and condition, thofc among the Aflembly of 1787, who are deceafed, and who are found legally difqualified. Done at Verfailles, this 5th of Octo ber. 1788, the King being prefent in Council. L’AURENT VILLEDEUIL. November 13. Intelligence is received that the Da- nifh troops have completely ev^acuated Sweden—and that the combined fqa- dron of Ruftia and Denmark, under command of the Ruflian Vice-Admiral Deflein, has alfo left its ftation before Gottenburg (which port is now again open) and returned to Copenhagen Roads. •taMwnnMBRM WEST-INDIES. NASSAU (New-Providence) Jan, 10. T he general aftcmbly of thcfe Wands, which flood prorogued to the 13th inftant, is further pro rogued to the fc^ond of next month, then to meet for the difpatch of pub lic bufinefs. Among the various matters which demand the attention of the Icgiflature, the cftablifhment of a night watch, or patrole, to guard the properties of the inhabitants againft the depredations negroes and other bandi- ti* is fa rely not the ieaft: important. During the preceding week, fcarce a night pafled without fome ftoreor cel lar being broke open ; and fo expert the perpetrators of thefe enormities in theii habits of villainy, that neither accomplice nor principal, have, in any cneinllance been detedlcd. ^ Until fome regulation of the fort al luded to, takes cfFdtf.'^thc ncceflity of continuing the volunteer night patrole ^lately begun, mufl ftrifcc every.perfon "intcrefted iri the w^fare of the com munity. Every theft or burglary is attribu ted to the run-away negroes. They are a convenient fort of folks to bear the blame of what may at times be done by thofe nearer home ; and it is a pity that cfFeftual meafures, if fuch tan bedcvifcd, ior rooting them out, were not immediately adopted. AMERICA* PROVIDENCE, December 23, O N Tut fday rhe brlj; Polly, Capt. Samtid lolmfon, arrived here frotti ochslle, alter a paflage of ho days.—He in- loitnj, that th« vintage in France has been uncommonly great. PHILADELPHIA, December 13. A celebrated French writer ohfcrvci, that Gazettes are fingu- larly multiplied in the United States—That they will become ntll more fo, with an incrcafe of population ; and that this is an advantage, for they arc what that wifj patriot Dr. Jchb call- ed them (it not permittad to dejteneratc into licenticiifnef;;)— ‘ Ssntineii which watch over Public Liberty and the Prtftrvatr- on of Truth.” * difeover, that the Hon. JOHN ADAMS, Efq. is generally fpoken of in the Eartern Vice-Prefidcnt of the United States. It is to be hoped the Middle and Southern States will concur in the choice of th.it great liattfman and honed patriot, to fill that important fla- tion. As the Southern ."States will furnilh a Prefidert, it is rea- fonable that an Eafiern State Ihould furnirti the fecond oftlcer of the new government. Notliing but an union in the choice of Mr. Adams can exotude Governor Clinton irom the Vice Prefi- dent s chair. 1 he aliihtics and virtues of Mr. A-'^ a ns have been **^•1 nearly occafionr, from his early epp' fition to tlie wily Governor Hutchinfon in 1772, to the tfl.-.:ilil]iiT.cnt of iha l^ederal government in i7Sj«. His fptec^cs in Congufs in 1776, in favour of indepentence, bore »lown sli oppolitien. Both *ol that meafure prcr.cunced him urri* valkd in his eloquence in tliat important dch.ite. His fcrvices while In Eurep.*, in the negociations with Frirce and Holland, are too well known to be mentioned. H sin> t^iity and republican manners, wherever he went, com.Tianded efteem and adin:ration. Few men in America h.ivc explored fo deeply, or Audicd fq cxteiilfvciy, the piirciple.s of government, lo thcconftitution of the United States he has er-^fted a mo nument in the conchifion of his cflays, in an encomium, which places It among the fird produflicns of human wifdom m-J be nevolence. With cur American Romulus in the Prefidert’s and a jehn Adams in the Vicc-Prefident’s cliair, the United States cannot f.nl rf becoming rcfpeflable abroad, and of bear ing down ignorance, felfiflinefs and faction at home. J he pcrtc^Iion i f the Philadelphia dtel manufaflory, and the reduction of the price (one titth of the old value) give the m.ina- faCturete in fieil a certainty of fucceeding. By the prices of bread and meat publidied in the Irilb papers It appear-s that thofe articles are 20 percent, lower in Philadel phia, as aifo are rents and excifes—indeed there is no cxcifs but on fpirituous liquors. Malt liquors arc as free as pump \va- loris ** killings tteiling for 32 g il- 1 he French Lave lately difeovered, that a flout paper can be madeof the bark ef the Linden or Linn tree. Pot-Aui can be made of the wood. There are tens of tUoufands of thofe trees encumbering the fertile lands of New-York and Ptnr.fylvania, on the waters of Sufquehanna and Delaware. Baltimore, January 2. It appears by the late New^-York News-Papers, that that citj hath been, for fome time, infefted by a Gang of armed villains, (part of the wheel-har row gentry from Philadelphia, which lately ftruck fo much terror in the in habitants of that city) whofe depreda tions have been attended with circum- ftances which evince the higheft degree of defperation.—Thele daring mifere- ants have committed divers ftreet-roh- beries and Burglaries, and a few nights fince, they aft'aulted Dr. James Cogf- well, who was Ihot with a piftol, and narrowly cfcapcd immediate death; they alfo bid defiance to the City Watch, and cut one of them acrofs the face in a dangerous manner.— Two of the Jhoni gang, with falfe hair, have been apprehended and properly fecured, ■' WILMINGTON j. ■ January 29, 1789. 1 W HILE thisflateand Rliode-in^r.d, ar" only i all the other itates arc bufily employed inlrtr J • rnw lyrtcrn of goveniment. “ The ^reat^Jl ^e;erjl ® will, undoubtedly, fUl tlie prefident’s frat-lTl'-.t n v' dent, by that flatefman and repu:d:c.m,‘ Elqmre. /iDAr,.,^ The brig Nepture, captain Zaci-a i h Wee-bury f. Kingllon, Jama-ca, to this port, unrr.rtuHsrelv fti.uT-’ MWH,. Ground on rire Ear Z Mend.j, ' n^ecapum and crew arc faved. Iris f id dis had ,VU cam on board, winch was aifo loll with th * v' trfl T' •" I*' svas owned in Nova-Scotia. " ^ o-j A Coi rdpondent thinks the follow, mg paragraph from the Bahama Ga, zette, piTnted at Nafiau, very applic.^ hie to the fituation of the Church aM hurying-ground in this place.—Redlv fome nieafurc ought to be adopted to render that Sanduary and place of in. terment decent—viz, A Correfnondent exprcfics a wift that the ruinous ftate of the church and the expofed condition of the lie burying-grouuds, may be attended to by the Legillature in ihcir next lef- fipn. It is not, lays he, reaionable to expc6l tnat woiks Oi Inch public ture fiiould be executed at the exncace of iiiciividoais Vviio mij'jlit be diluofcd to contribute towards'^ them, liide-. pendent of the d.fiicultv of l aifiiig liv fubfeription, a fum large enough’ for the pnrpoie, it is but right that pub lic w'oiks fhould oe done at the p'ene- ral ex pence.—Our Correfpondent thinks that money adeqiiatcto the bu- finefs jult meniioned, might be raifed by means of a Lotterv.” Lalt Monday evening v»’as Married, at the icat of Bemamin Sniirh, "Ii'fq. Mr. Francis IhucE, Merchant, of \ the Ifland of Jamaica, lo Mifs Betsy VjoNEs, o( this j.'lace. DIFD—On the 22d inftant, at Mr. James Burnfide's tavern, Fayette-Ville, Charles M‘Kenna, a native of Scot land. Lie had been drinking freely with fome of his companions, until he appeared a little intoxicated, and Lived down on a hendh in the tavern. Soon after he puked a little ; but made no complaint, and layed fo ftill, that peo ple in the room fuppofed him aficep. In about half an hour, Mrs. Burnfid^ was palling through the room, and of - ferved his face pale and of a livid np • pcarance.—She went to him and con 1 not perceive that he breathed—nnri upon farther examination he was foun i to be dead. Every thing by the iiTi- mediate advice and afliftance of a pay fician was doqc for his recovery, hut all to no purpolct—He had the apjiearance of perfeft h^lth an hour before.— He lately canie into Wilmington from Barbadoes—Irqd by his own ftory fol lowed the feas for a number of veais— went up the rivtr from Wilmington in one of the Fayelte-Ville boats a day oi two before his Mcath. He appeared about 35 years of* age, middle ftatme and of a ftrong healthy conftitutton. The foregoing is publifned, that the friends of the cfcccafed might he in formed of the particulars of his death.
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