U FOREIGN Conftantinople, Jan 2. PON the remonftrances made by his Brittanick Majefty's amballador, jointly with the other foreign minifters refiding at the Porte, against the uncivilized and inbuman behaviour of the Turkish officers, in contenancing rather than restraining the mob in the barbarous fcenes of rapine and outrage committed by them during the late dreaful fire at Smyrna; the Grand Signior expreffed very high difpleasure againft the authors and abettors of those proceedings, fo contrary to ancient privileges, fo repugnant to hofpitality, and fo totally inconfiftent with the good faith and friendship fubfifting of old between the crown of Great Britain and the Ottoman Porte; and an Officer of diftinction was immediately ordered to repair to Smyrna, bearing an imperial command, directing all pos fible means to be used for difcovering the offenders, and punishing them in an exemplary manner, according to the degree of their offence, and ordering the plundered effects, as far as they could be distinguished and known, to be restored to the unhappy fufferers Though the imperial command has net perhaps, in this refpect, produced all the effect that could be wifhed, yet as the Grand Signior has ordered it to be registered in the proper offices, to ferve as a ftanding rule, and a public manifeftation of his pleasure, and to be rigorously maintained and obferved as fuch, there is no doubt of its producing very falutary confequences, if ever, in future times, the like calam ty should again befal that unhappy city. Mustapha Pacha, who now fucceeds to the Vizirat for the third time, arrived here, from his late government of Aleppo, about a fortnight ago. Copenhagen, Jan. 21. The French amballador, M. d'Ögier, has lately presented, in the name of the King his mafter, a gold hilted fword to Capt Lamb, one of the feven Danish officers, who had leave to ferve on board the French fleet. Three of that number have been already gratified with the order for military merit; and of the remaining three, two were killed in action, and the third died foon after his return hither. Count Schmettau, Lieut General of the cavalry in the Danish fervice, arrived here about ten days ago from Holftein, and is to have the chief command of the army in Norway, that poft not having yet been filled up face the dea h of Gen, Gruner, February 1764. AFFAIR S. Out of the regiments of foot guards and grenadiers, which were lately broken, they are now forming two life regiments; one under the title of Denmark, and the other of Norway: the former of thefe, it is faid, is to be given to Prince Charles of HeffeCaffel, and the latter to Prince Frederick, as being fuperior, in fome degree, to the regiments they command at prefent. On the 15th inft died, after a short illness, and at the age of 68, his excellency M. d'Often, Knight of the Order of the Elephant, and director of the Cuftom-house in the Sound. Lieut. Gen. Moltke, Knight of the Order of Dannebrog, and governor of the fortrefs of Cronenbourg, died there the 20th inft. after a fhort illness, at the age of about He was elder brother to the Grand Marshal. 62. An crdonnance, dated the 19th inftant, is come out this morning, which renews and prolongs, to the end of this year, the general pardon offered the 30th of December 1762, to all Danish feamen, who, having fecreted themselves from the'e dominions during the late war, fhall return again to the fervice within the time limited. By the ordonnance of the 17th inftant, the King alters fome points in the capitationtax: The peasants are no longer to pay for the poor in the country, but the proprietors of land are to bear that burthen: Children are exempted from taxation till the age of 16: But all perfons comprehended in the regulation of rank, are to furnish an annual contribution in the following pr portions, viz. thofe of the 1ft clafs pay 8 rix-dollars each; of the 2d, 70; of the 3d, 40; of the 4th, 24; of the 5th, 18; of the 6th, 15; of the 7th, 12; of the 8th, 8; and of the 9th, 6: Widows are to pay one half, except when their income does not amount to 100 rix-dollars yearly. All the fubaltern officers, both by fea and land, are to pay 24 Danifh fhillings (twelve pence English) every Madrid, Jan. 26. A regifter fnp, called La Galga, arrived at Cadiz the 15th of this month, in 69 da s, from Cartagena in the Indies. The registered cargo for account of the commerce, confifts of 1,827,706 dollars, feven chefts of wrought filver, 1732 ferons of cacao, 130 chefs of fugar, 20 of cafcarilla, and 3816 hides. Berlin, Jan. 31. The King fupped a few days ago at Prince Frederick's of Brunswick. The first apartment into which he entered, reprefented the hut of Baucis and Philemon; and a young peafant holding in his hand a piece of the bark of a tree, received him, conducted him towards a table covered with rural dishes, and appearing animated with a divine fire, addreffed him in fome French verfes. The young peafant then gave three blows with his piece of bark, on which the hut vanihed, and a fuperb room appeared in its flead, in which his Serene Highness Prince Frederick, accompanied by fome of the firft nobility of the kingdom, had the honour of fupping with his Majefty. Rome, Jan. 18. There has lately been dug up in the neighbourhood of Albana, a ftatue of Venus, of coloffal dimenfions, which, though mutilated in feveral parts, is admired by the connoiffeurs for the excellency of the workmanship. Warfaw, Jan. 18. H's Royal Highnefs Prince Charles of Sax ny, Duke of Courland, on the 25th of March, 1760, married, unknown to his father, a French lady of the family of Corvin Krafinsky, defcended from Marcus Valerius Corvinus, a noble Reman, and this marriage was acknowledged to be legitimate in 1763, by his Royal Highness the late Elector of Saxony. Prince Charles declared his marriage a few days ago to the grandees of the Republick, who went to pay their compliments upon the occafion to the Princefs. Vienna, Jan. 18. The Prince de Lichtenftein, firt Imperial Commiflary in the electoral Diet, fet out this morning for Francfort, with a retinue of fix coaches and fix. Lerdistermont, the English minifter, has receive a courier from his court, with difpares relative to the election of a bishop of Ofnabrug, which will come on the 27th of Lcx' moh. ゆう Vienna, Jan. 21. Count Bathiani was 10 Wednesday be rothed to the Countess Dowager d'Erdodi, born Countefs of Ba'hiani, his niece. He paid 50,0co Acrins to the court of Reme for a difpenfation to enable him to contract this marriage, Vienna, January 28. The Empress Queen having made a prefent of the old cafle of Gran in Hungary to the Archbishop of that fer, and that prelate being determined to refide for the future 4 at Gran, has obtained leave of her Imperial Majefty to pull down that caftle, and build a palace on the fame fpot. In the foundation of the old palace the workmen found an earthen vafe, containing 1258 Roman medals, 14 of which were filver, and the reft copper. Thofe of filver are of the Emperors Gordian, Maximilian. Diocletian, and Confantine; and thofe of copper were ftruck in the reigns of Claduius, Tacitus, Probus, Carus, Carinus, &c. There are alfo in this collection two meda's of the Empress MagnaUrbic Augufta,, who is fuppofed to have been the wife of Carinus. Vienna, Feb. 1. The contagion is fpreading along the Adriatic coafts. It is feared that Triefte and Fiume, and even the Venetian territory, will foon be infected, as the mails due from thofe parts are not arrived. Our line of guards extends as far as Lanboch. Gradifca has loft most of its inhabitants; and there is a famine in the diftrict of Friuli. Hague, Feb. 7. Her Royal Highness the Hereditary Princefs of Brunswick arrived at Delft on Saturday morning laft, on board the Prince of Orange's yaicht: Her Royal Highnefs was happily in perfect health, notwithstanding the very great fatigue he had undergone in her paffage. Their Serene Highneffes the Hereditary Prince and Prince Lewis went to Delft to receive her, and conduct her in the Prince of Orange's equipages, escorted by his Serene Highness's life guards, to the Palace of the Old Court, where his Serene Highness the Prince Stadtholder received her Royal Highness, and conducted her to her apartments. The States General, the ftates of Holland, and the council of ftate, upon news of her Royal Highness's arriva', nominated a deputation of their most diftinguifhed members, to compliment their Royal and S rene Highneffes upon their safe arrival, and the happy conclufion of the r marriage: but as they were pleafed to decline receiving the deputations in form, all the colleges had the honour to make their compliments without ceremony. The Prince of Orange has done his utmost to make their abode here as agreeable as poffible. Yesterday evening her Royal Highness and the Hereditary Prince were graciously pleased to honour Sir Jofeph Yorke, his Britannick Majefty's Ambaffador, with their prefence at a ball at his houfe; where were likewife prefent their Highneffes Prince Lewis of Brunfwick, Prince George of Mecklenbourg, and the Prince of Weilbourg, the foreign Minifters, and a very numerous company of perfons of diftinction of both Sexes. Her Royal Highness's affability, condefcenfion, and ease, have captivated all thofe who have had the honour to approach her; and it is impoffible to express the fatisfaction her prefence at this place place has occafioned. Their Highneffes dined at Prince Lewis's yefterday, and up there this evening. Hague, Feb. 10. The Prince and Princes of Welbourg, having expreffed their wishes to the Hereditary Prince and Princefs of Brunswick, that they would be fponfors to their new-boin dghter, their Serene and Royal Highneffes were pleafed to aßift at the ceremony of the baptizing, at the great church in thie town, on Wednesday evening laft, when the young Princess was named Augufta Maria-Carolina. The Prince of Weilbourg gave a grand fupper after the ceremony: The Hereditary Prince and Princefs fet out for Utrecht yesterday morning at nine o'clock, where they refted that evening. To-day they proceed to Loo; to-morrow to Twickel, and the following days by Ben theim and Ofnabrug to Lunebourg. Abbeville, Feb. 5. This afternoon at two o'clock an unhappy accident happened. The Ponte Rouge on the Somme is built of wood, and compofed of three parts. The middle part is a draw-bridge, which is lifted up to let barges, &c. país. A barge, laden with corn, having ftruck against the piles, immediately funk. This brought a great crowd of people upon the bridge, whofe weight broke that part which lifts up. Sixty or eighty fell into the river, fome were drowned, and others hurt. It is thought there were in all about thirty lives loft. Paris, Feb. 1. The Archbishop of Paris having acknowledged the Paftoral Inftruction, occafioned by the encroachments made on the authority of the Church by the fecular Tribunals in the affair of the Jefuits, to be his; the parliament ordered all the peers to be fummnned for Monday, the 23d paft, to confider of this matter. This affair beirg accordingly brought on the carpet, the firft prefident (who had gone to ask the King that he would be pleafed to be prefent in his parliament this day) reported from the King: That he had punished the Archbishop [by banishing him;] and that it was his pleafure that they fhould proceed no further againft him." Whereupon the parliament refolved to prefent remonftrances on this head. The Inftruction was burnt by the common hangman next day. B DOMESTIC AFFAIR S. SATURDAY, Jan. 28. Btween eight and nine o'clock at night, as Jonh Amphlett, Efq; of Hadley, in the parish of Omberfley, was returning home from Worcester marker, he was attacked by a fingle highwayman in a cross-lane, near the turnpike to Droitwich, who presenting a pifiol, Mr. Amphlett knocked it out of his hand with a flick; upon which the highwayman knocked Mr. Amphlett off his horfe, then difmounted himself, and began to rifle Mr. Amphlett's pockets; but fome gentlemen on horfeback happening to be on the road near the spot, and hearing the cry of murder, made up towards the place from whence they heard the noife; upon which the highwayman left Mr. Amphlett without having time to rob him, mounted his horfe again, and rode off full speed, leaving his whip behind him. Mr Amph'et's breeches pocket was very much torn by the highwayman's endeavouring to get a purfe that was in it, while Mr. Amphlett kept his hand clote upon the pocket. TUESDAY Jan 31. About feven o'clock, a gentleman coming over Wimbleton common, obferved a large ball of fire in the air of an uncommon bright nefs; the fame was obferved by another gentleman at Farnborough in Kent, where it burft in various fireams of fine azure, and A moft extraordinary robbery was committed on Thursday morning laft on Finchley Common, by a fingle footpad, who stopped a Gentleman's coach, in which there were two Ladies, a Counfeller of eminence, and a Captain of foot. The fellow had no weapon but a large clasp knite, which he thrust into the coach, and fwore inftantly to prod, as he called it, into the Gentleman, if they made the leaft hesitation in delivering their purfes; the counfellor gave him five guineas, and the officer three and a half. The ladies were all the time in the greateft agitation for fear the fellow would commit fome barbarity, and held their money out, begging he might be content with it. and go about his business; but he had no fooner done with the Genlemen than he removed their uneafinefs, by faying, "Nay, ladies, don't be frightened, I never did the leaft injury to a woman in my life, nor never will, damme; as for your money, keep it to yourselves; all that I fhall afk from you will be a kifs a-piece, and if you grudge me that, I am fure you are neither fenfible nor good.humoured," The ladies having complied, he took his leave very civilly, declaring that was the fift rob P 2. bery bery he ever committed, and fhould be the Jaft; that he had terved on board one of his Majefty's fhips the whole war, but that being foolish and extravagent, he had spent all his wages, and was then utterly deftitute of employment and bread; "but this fum, fays he, will carry me home cleverly to Deland, and then I shall be in no danger of wanting either, as I have a good many friends.' The whole tranfaction lafled near five minutes, yet no paffengers came up; and though there was a footman behind the coach, there was no attempt made for having the fellow fecuied. He was a lufty well made man, near fix foot high, drefled in a blue jacket, and had but very little of his country accent. Yesterday the fix boys who were taken up, being charged with picking of pockets, were re-examined before the Lord Mayor; when his Lordship was pleafed to difmifs four of them on account of their youth; their friends, who are people of credit, promifing to take care that they would prevent them from going out to play as before; one was fent back to the Poultry-Compter for further examination; and the boy who was firft taken up for picking the gentleman's pocket, is committed to the above prifon, in order to take his trial the next feffions at the Old Bailey; fome of them are not above twelve years of age. Letters from Philadelphia mention the safe arrival of Meffrs. Mafon and Dixon. The fe gentlemen, by the appointment of the Royal Society, obferved the Tranfit of Venus over the Sun at the Case of Good Hope in 1761, and were fent laft year, by the Right Hon. Lord Baltimore and the Hon. Meffis. Penn, to run the boundary lines between the provinces of Maryland and Penfylvania, on the recommendation of Dr. Bevis, who projected the plan of their operations, and directed the construction of their inflruments. Extract of a letter from Plymouth, Jan. 29. It is now to be hoped that a speedy ftop will be put to the many embezzlements committed in the King's yards. It is unnecessary to particularize to you what has long been the practice here; canvas, rope, yarn, tar, bays, and in fact very many other articles, were continually made away with, and all charged to the King, who they thought could well afford to be cheated. Quantities of ftores have been at various times found in the neighbourhood of this place, as at Plimpton, Mutton Cow, &c. &c. On a fearch lately made, a coil of three inch and a half rope, which was made in the King's yard on the 3d inftant, was on the 5th found in the poffeffion of a man who has been many years foreman of a gang; he was in courfe apprehended, and has given 5001. bail for his appearance to answer the charge; if he is guilty, I hope his punichment will be a terror to ethers, and that this perpetual robbing the public will be put a ftop to. It is, indeed, and has long been a growing evil; during all the last war the ftores aboard many King's fhip were converted, in a great meafure, to private ufe, and as bad examples are too often followed, even the red bays, allowed by the King for lining the fide-ropes, &c. is converted to private ufe; but his trade is pretty well over, Ence fo many fhips are paid off. Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, Dec. 10. Our Governors are not yet, it fhould seem, fufficiently rouzed, for the frontier inhabitants are left pretty much to themselves to refift a merciless enemy, 800 of our provincial troops being the whole allotted to guard an extent of near 200 miles, from Delaware Forks to Maryland. Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York, are also asleep, having hitherto contented themselves with fending detachments of militia to the frontiers; the laft province fupports 200 men there. The Merchants on your fide have drained us well of fpecie; for, by goed authority, within this year, 900,000 hard dollars have been exported from Philadelphia to Great Britain. Extract from the Norwich Mercury. Sir, on Wednesday, January the 25th, about twenty-five minutes after one o'clock at noon, as a gentleman was with his fervant in his garden at Brooke (a village about fix miles fouth of Norwich) they heard a noife large number of cannot at a great distance; which at first appeared like the found of a but upon a more close attention to it, it feemed to come under the earth as well as from the air above them; and at the fame time that they heard the found, they felt the earth move up and down like a wave of the fea, for the space of a few feconds. The found came from the north weft, continued for the fpace, of two minutes or longer, and both the gentleman and his fervant obferved that the air was remarkably warm at that time. Hamburgh, Jan 20. A difference which had arifen between the minifters of Sweden and Pruffia, has been happily terminated by a negociation between the Barons De Manteufel and De recht. As this affair is now fettled, the Swedish and Pruffian minifters to the States of Lower Saxony, Colonel de Bonlen and Baron de Cocceii, have fixed their refpective departures for the 23d inft. Since the reform made in the troops of the reigning Duke of Brunswick, a confiderable number of the troops of that principality have arrived here, the greater part of which have taken the route of Holftein, to inlift then felves under General Luckner, in the Corps d'Etrangers, in the fervice of France, According to letters from Conftantinople, dated Dec. 15, the new Vizir, Muflapha Bafha, arrived there the 8th, and went immediately mediately to wait on the Grand Sultan, by whom he was moft graciously received. He was alfo complimented by the Mufti, Captain Batha, and other grand officers and minifters of the Porte, who conducted him home to is palace. Soon after he went incog. to feveral of the principal markets, and gave strict erders to the butchers, bakers, &c. to fell eir meat, bread, &c, at the prices appointd, without cheating, or monopolizers defrauding any one amongst them: that, in afe any should be found guilty of the faid crimes, he was determined to punish them feverely. Harwich Feb. 3. A dutiful addrefs was prefented to their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Brunfwick, by the Mayor, Aldermen, and capital Burgeffes of this town, on their arrival here laft Friday in the afternoon; to which her Royal and Serene Highnefs was pleafed to return the following anfrer for the Prince and hertelf. 'I thank you for this feasonable mark of your attention to the Prince and me; for 'which we are much obliged.' They had all the honour to kifs her Royal and Serene H ghness's hand. The Prince and Princess of Brunswick refided at Griffith Davies's, Efq; on Friday and Saturday laft; and on Sunday, at ten o'clock, the weather being more moderate, their Highneffes embarked on board different yachts, but a gale of wind arifing, they could not fail that day. About five in the evening the Frince went to pay a visit to his Royal Confort, and afterwards his Serene Highness came on fhore to lodge. The next morning Mr. Davies carried a letter, that came from the Princess Dowager of Wales, to her Highneis on beard the yacht, when she defired him to tell the Prince that fhe was in good fpirits, and had flept from nine at night till feven that morning. On Monday his Serene Highness re-imbarked, and about two o'clock in the afternoon the yatchts failed with a fair wind, and, in all probability, arrived in Holland the next day : but as the wind has continued in nearly the fame quarter, neither packet nor exprefs had then arrived from Holland. When their Highneffes embarked on Sunday, the Prince was dreffed in blue cloa hs trimmed with gold lace, and the Princefs in farlet damafk, made up in the German fafhion. The behaviour of his Serene Highne's the Perdtary Prince of Brunfwick, in every place where he softed, till his embarkation at Harwich on Son ay laft, was fe affable and Deble, that it has gained him the efteem of all rank and degrees of people. S who had kept up her fpirits furprizingly, wa, on the point of taking coach, in going thro the hall fhe found all her fervants drawn up in a row, to take their laft farewel of an indulgent and most dearly beloved mifirefs. The fight of them inftantly melted her into tears, and clapping her handkerchief before her eyes, the haftened to her carriage, unable to exprefs the emotions the felt in any other manner. One of the most affecting scenes at the departure of our amiable Princess Augufta, we A told, was as follows; when her highnefs, Extract of a letter from a Lady at Minorca, dated Jan 5. We have had the Duke of York here, who has won all our hearts by his most amiable and engaging behaviour; it was, in fome measure, fortunate for us, that his highne's flaid but a week, or we should certainly have been danced to death; not a day paffed without a ball, as fplendid as our island could poffibly render them; the moft particular was given by Commodore Hair fon, which was, in this part, beyond any thing ever feen; the plate exhibited on the occa fion cost upwards of 50001. Christmas-Affembly, Dublin, Jan. 20. 1764 Ordered, that the thanks of the Sheriffs and Commons of this city, in Common-Council aflembled, be prefented to the Right Hon. Lord Chief Juftice Pratt, for the diffinguished ferting and maintaining the rights and liber zeal and lo alty which he has fhewn in aft.es of the fubject, in the high flat on which he now fills with remarkable dignity; and for his particular fervices to this kingdom in the office of Attorney-General. James Caldwell was voted the freedom of this Dublin, Jan. 24. Friday laft the Hon Sir fervices which he has performed to his councity in a filver box, on account of the fignal try, in raising, in the year 1759, a re-iment of light-horfe, at his own proper ex ence, for the defence of this kingdom, when an invafion was threatened. Extract of a letter from Amfterdam. The people of Holland are much furprised at the fudden departure of his Serene Highnefs the Prince of Brunfwick with his roval bride from London, especially as it is well known that he is particularly attached to the English nation. The Dutch are free speakers, and many conjectures are formed on the orcafion, but all of them I think wide of the mark. It is whispered that he will again pafs through Holland in his way to England before the re urn of the winter; but this is very improbable. His Highnefs has, it is faid, feen every thing that is remarkable in and about, London; and fuch was his continued attention and unwearied affiduity in gratifying that laucable curiofity, that fome wags fcruple not to affert, that after this campaign he has an undoubted right to fay with Cæfar, Veni, vidi, vici. Infcrip |