I,
to ifflu ib few, a If Ut h?2L
to the price of wheat. . f
At Milhurft. and other places a the W e .,
tern parts -of Snferheat h bea ioW
at from 15I. to 17I. 10s. per joac
. . . .. y;ri7 12. f ;
There wasdv.s morning a report in this
ty , Taid to lave been receded by a gentle
man from Hull, ot admira; "'"b
lallen in with and captured tw 0 of the Dutch
' ' fleetTVe confider dvs as unfounded, Go
U'rernmenthave never received any informa
tion fpecting the enemy iuice they nnt
filled. , "
-ApWir Si SYDNEY-SMITH
. : ., .. . . . . . . : 1
f ;s ike tfuM&'it ji iks MitriUfi titf
I j r:u- :m-.a
was returning witn prouuee ui uut uuuu
The aforementioned v'effel 3 make .-1 6 in"
mxnber talfto from the French Republic by
this fquadrn within oi,e month j a proof of
T.1
' A gentleman yefterday.morning arrived m
town from Fvvce, ho left. Paris on Sun
daylaft; and liavrethc Monday following;
While he was at Havre on Monday, he faw
.Sir Sydney Smith taken, , who .with thirty
two of his officers and men had left the Dia.
mond frigate,"(it being then a dead calm, and
flood tide.) and gone in their boats, five in
number j into Havre roads, where they cap-rui-ori
- nrivsstpfr of ci dit cuns, w hen they
were followed from Havre by a lugger ot 1 4
guns, and 4ive gun boats, -who drove tnem
up the Seine, the lugger coming up, began
the encacrement. which lalted about 40 mi-
nutes. with the greateitiury, uin juuic
boats
iru nnfi knnlptl down his colorb. oir
Sidney, his officers and men, were imTnedu
ately taken to Havre, where the v were put
'in pr if 011, and from thence lir Sidney him
frit" u as tent,' under a guard, up the country.
. Thofe:ken were, S;r Sidney Smith,. V
, Moore, . R. Ucnnynon,, V. Burrow, and two
ther officers, with 27 men. .In all, 33
nee aitf rood tortune."
OffUlhant. April 16, 1706. -
' Since writing thtabove, we have cap
tured a twit loadedrwith fair ..and Le Re
bclle Itial Corvcte (hip of 22 guns,
and 145 men1, after a long chafe, thOtiip .
failing remafkaBTywell.V ' ' ,
One of the taxes at orefent imtofed is an
I a.
1 additional duty on Vines.This is ataxim
poiiticm every lenie. ivir. nttj ot aumen,
lhouldbethe lalt to vithold tmropiate trom
our fufterings. He'thould remember thi e
pigram : -
Why fiiouU you hivt ui cttUf think F
M If j$u would govern, rw mutt drink f
Mr. Alexander Lameth, who was folong
and cruelly confined in the pritbnsof rrullia,
is arrived in thh; country, in order to take
the benefit of the Bath waters, recommend
ed to. him for tfie recovery of his health,
which has fufFered greatly by hi&longimprU
fonment. -
th.
from' the C ape of Good Hope. The follow-
luff is a lcuci iroin an uiutcr ou uwiu uci ,
dated olt rlvmoutti iHiund. Aoril 1
eitttnter tn enetiVift kf fr ttutit
inftantly dartedsntathe river and naymg beat .
off the fox for a conlideraUe time with her
wings, actually fuccceded in drowning hit ;
to the altonilhmcnt of fevcral perfons fpec .
tatcrs of this fingular phexsooenon.
p U B L I N, tritii
Advices from, London by the laft mail
bring intelligence more-agreeable than we
had from thence lately refpedting the pecUnK
ary diitrefs'that prevailed there, t appear
that iiuce the ttock engagements werc-mad s
cood;x and the Tlan afcertained, without snf
mention that oart was for the EmDCior
-public confidence-has- much revived,--iotha
good paper is ealily convertable into lpecier
WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND TH&
PORTE.
PES T, March 30.
The march of theRuflian troopi tt tkc.
Ottoman frontiers has long announcedHf,
approaching rupture between RuflTia and thfe -Porte.
It is expected that hoitilities. will
ibon break out. v It is pretended thati,
which has determined the Empf efs to hallex. v
the opening "of the campaign, is her uneaft
nefs at the ' preoarations of .the Turks botk
by fea and land, -and information of r r?nc ,
having fent officers and arms of all forts tm
.y . ; , . : ,1. ,. r.j
, u " . , . 0 1 " rieaievdrjmorm at juioyu's Notice nouie, the l'orte ; in coniequence, me ou cauicw,
coming down, and the'EngUlli having we 1)eccillbcr.;. to be fon0wea by three armi of 50,00
ian killed, and tour wounded, Urea a 28thiXovcnibe r lVed three lhipS men cachr a manifeft0 that Ihe has publilheA
called th Droninguaru, Captain W alitord I againit the Uivan,. and we nas uetermineHf
.1 i ' . r i li it i .
tne ivioesv Laptauv Liee" anu a lmaii imp
commanded bv Captain Pontaing, and the,
'Priucels of ''Wales, Captain March The
Juliana lift the Cape of Good Hope the ad
of Februuy aiid the Dart packet arrived
in Falfe I5av three days before we left the
I f...m VI,. .l All ..T.lt n Vio
Another account ltates, that lir . bmith, ; r . .
Inheritaues is nearly an exact copy of that
i- II . L ' I I . i . I 1 ! 1 1 1
impoieu oy aucustu, wnen ne euamuncu
a permanent military force for the defence
of this Government, and for the extrordina-
ry expenles or War. uibbon in his- ao.
man Empire, vol. I. ott. ed- p 293 lay
TLe a'nplc revenue of the Lxciie.ibouh
peculiarly appropriated to thele ules, . was
f ound inadequate, I o tV.pply the deficiency ,
the Emperor fuggciiecl a new tax ot five per
cent. 011 all Legacies and Inheritances; but
the nobles "of Rome were more tenacious of
property than of freedom. Their indignant
mouth, intclbgence is brought ct tnecaPt-rc kjs he candidly referred the-
of La Unite renc ungate, 0140 guns, f Scnatc aud cxhortcd
the Concorde oUogcns, captain nunt, iikc- , nublic fervice bv
vifconeofbir-wwara'siquaarona uer aic- fwneotUerexwJlclllofaleY$ odious nature.
vt adion m which the enemv nau :o men - , . , , , - , .
I.:n-J ,-..4 imir.l(l-L-h;it hjnnilvfrom luoe- 1 . 7 . . ,
in ..-rr y , timatcd to them that their obUmacv would
rior (kill and management, not a ttngie man , , , . - f , , . ,
watpither killed or mounded on board the I . .,., 1 . 9 ,. r, n..
Britith llnp. ncw impofition cn legacies and inheritances
Xxtraft of a - le;ter from on board the La wCr miti, hvfrtWr.irtinnt
. m ' ."' . I . .. .
.... whilp 'retonnbiter'mn! the coift in
" a fingle boat, from wjhichjt is infectfid that
his life is in tome ..dangerThii' we do not
believe to be tif fact. ; '
The fol'oA-ing are the only veffels of fore
which were m Havre, on Monday when lir
Sydney was taken i
.. La Carmagnole frigate, and anew frigate,
3 floops mounting24 oumUrs, ndonupri-
tauer from Dieppe.
L O N D O N, :A)rni
Rr. the arrival of the Argo, of 44 g'ir.s,
i tne of Sir-Edward l'eliew'siquaaron, at 1 i.
to attack fome parts of the. Turkilh empire,
before the French can have time to combjaes
their plan of operations in the enfuing cam-e
paign with that of the MufTulmen. SicK
are the' motives that the Vienna Gazette af
(igns for the recent hoftilities oh which we
are informed.. We are allured the Ruilians
have already taken the fortrefs of Chocxim y
and that an army, under the command ot"
General Romanzo has already reached the
borders of the Dniefter. ' .
It is thought, that this fudden inrafion is.
an event concerned in execution of the terri
ble alliance and that its object is to oblige
the Grand Seignor ta kreak.all conneftif.
With the French.' .
. it uia not taw: piace unieis ice oDtect was
V 1 take the hber.y of again W ot a cJruln valuc ncr cou!d Lt te Jcjcaacd
you with our fuccefs, luvuig camured dofe fc Tm eonfequencs
of Cament Bay the entrance of Brelt, wuh ofthUUw hovevcr waJ lhat ?n . die
Ae boats of the huadron. courfe of two cr three generations, tHe whole
"OnehriT. Le Mariccf ot mitOcs, x , . ... n.i 1 u
wncoriol 'U4uv.w , f property of the fubject mult have gradually
. MttUfr iW name nnknoMn. 100 J . .', . . J. . . '
do. flour ; do. do. 1 20 do. wheat 5. floop l A!derm:iR-Macau!cy is bccome abanUnipt
do. 70 da. wheat which sre fent u.to FJ. snd aU his proprty lwsbcen brou,ht to
aou t . 1 - hammer. Tlirocgh his failure a capital houie
Alfo one tbriMtne :un,nown, wtoai -It hasalfoTallcn. TALou of Staple
telngleaky, fcuttkd aai.funh:r-bdcd ind Co. Inv-alio fallen. V , -
tthh wine and wood
NE'WBER N, June 15. ,.
Extract of a letter from Hamburg, date
lid April,
The fituation of Europe is at this mi.
mfnt exceedingly critical : a war is cn the
eve of breaking out between the emprefs cf
Ruflia and the Swedes ; valt preparations ara
making by 'both powers ; 60,000 Ruffians
are on the borders of Swede', and all the
troops of the latter arc in motion. The
king of Pruflia is faid to have n , army- of
40,000 men ready to join the petty princi
pal'ities, then toniarch into Holland and one
more rcftore the ftadtholder, in conference,
ss he alledges of the French having violated,
their treaty. On the other hand in confe
ccer.ee of this republic having reiuiea to ac
knowledge. the r rench minuter, tneynavft
lalcl an embargo upon all the (hips of this fl-5
n I'tp'ir nnrts s in confeciu?ncc of which, num.
The enemy muft fcehhi want of the corn
tnd flour very much, as we are given to un
derftand the allowance for the navy and ar
ny has been confiJcrably reduced, incenfe.
cnience of the fcartity of grain at prefent in
ranee
" We detained alfo a flilp (hewing Ame
, ;can colours, from the Mauritiou 3 . loaded
with cotton, coffee, fujar, indigo and pep
prr, and fevcral French paiTengers on board,
which was (leering for L'Orient (Jayc ui a
long thfe and uicd ever method by trin.
mins Hi p to ret away. We trull Ihe will
be condemned, as the nrnperty mult be
French. She failed from i rar.ee IOrient
lift tear v'.-.h a car; tfwin? aakrindv
- 7 ,
Tlie bank have bcrun to pay the 4 rer
cent, and per cent red- and the lhort and
long annuiucs. The want of ready money
was fo great, that the hc!.kr of a lottery
pmcofao,cool.whiclib payable 1113 months,
could not get it difcountcd for lets r than" 10"
per cent, fo tint, inltcad of receiving the
whole fum, the holder only received i8ocol
Through the fudden fa'.lcf the funds one
Uoufe alone, it u faid, his bit 90,0001.
ilerUiig. '
Thefollowirf! rerv extraordinary circum.
ftar.te took place, a few days fince, at Penfy,
tn Buckinrhamflilre A I wan, while fitting
on her ci, on the fide of the river, cbfer-
... 1 . r ' 1.. 1- 1 e . '
yea a iox lwmicung lowsru nrr ircm.tr.e
op'Hjtite Dorf, an4 riV.ulvuJ-lnfl: ciuld
hi rs. of ihins that wers ready to proceed t
th2 different fouthcrn ports have been detain.
cd.Er gland and France feem to maintain
the war with unabated sctivity ; fo that,' in
ftiort, froni prefent appearance it is reafon
able to conjecture the fumtner will find all
Europe m a blaie."
ri i
j Atli pffid ct the Firi Sejfisn if tie Feurth
' Ltrgrejs
f An i& maU-.g' appropriations for the
lupport ot governmcni nr me c-r 7yu.
tt Further extending the time for re
ceiving on lean the domcftic debt of the U
nited State.
' . For the relief of Ben;m:n Stroth:r.
4. For the relief of Ifrael luring.
5. For allowing comjenfation toth? ra?m
bcrs cf the Senate and Hoafe ofReprefenta-
tives of the .United btatts, ioa tccrt;n
cfitcrs of both Houfes.
6. Providing relief for a Vimlttii time; in
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