This day the following letter was received by the Lord-Mayor: "My Lord, St. James's, Aug. 29, 1783. "I Have the honour to acquaint your lordfhip, that defpatches were this morning received from the Duke of Manchefter, dated the 26th curt. in which his grace informs me, that the 3d of next month is the day agreed upon for figning the definitive treaties with the plenipotentiaries of the Molt Chriftian and Catholick Kings, and thofe of the United States of America. "I lofe no time in fending your lordship this information, that you may give fuch publick notice of it as you fhall judge proper. "I am, with great refpect, my lord, "Your lordship's moit obedient, humble fervant, "C. J. FOX." Meffengers were fent off, from Mr. Fox's office, to all the great trading towns in GreatBritain, and to his excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, with the above notification. William Wynne Ryland, John Lloyd, James Brown, alias Oatley, Thomas Burgeís, James Rivers, alias Davis, and John Edwards, were executed at Tyburn, purluant to their fentence on the 2d inftant. MONDAY, Sept. 1. A little before twelve o'clock last night a moft violent form of thunder, lightening, and rain came on, which continued near four hours. Vaft damage was futtained in the cellars and warehoufes near the water-fide, and in almost all the low parts of the metropolis and its adjacencies. Among the flaughter-houles between Saffronhill and Turn mill-treet above 1000 lambs, theep, hogs, and calves were afloat; and it was with great difficulty they were faved from drowning. The flood was to exceffive, that a great number of theep and oxen, intended for fale in Smithfield, could not be driven to town in time for the market. The house of Meff. Mount and Page, ftationers, on Tower-Hill, was almost unroofed by the thunder and lightening, and by the great fall of rain a great quantity of paper was damaged. Several chimneys were alfo thrown down in dilferent parts of the town. The water role lo amazingly by the ftoppage of the thores in the neighbourhood of Pimic, that part of Buckingham houfe was overflowed: the water rofe from 12 to 16 inches before the grates were cleared to let the thores have their proper Current. Some outhoufes on a wharf near Ratcliff Highway, where goods are lodged till they can be put on board vefels, were thrown down by the itorm, and the goods much damaged: the lightening then pafied on to a publick houfe adjoining, unroofed it, and fhattered all the windows to pieces, but no perfon received any hurt. No lefs, we are told, than feventy-eight loud thunder-claps were counted in the pace of two hours and a quarter. It was very violent at Gravefend, and many miles round that part of the country; at Greenwich the lightening was equally as ftrong, and the torrents of rain as great as in town; their cellars were filled with water, and the inhabitants employed both Monday and Tuefday at the pump. Five horfes belonging to Judge Allhurit wore found dead in a field belonging to his lordship, at Eaft Barnet. We have received accounts of its being feverely felt to the wettward, more than an hundred miles from the capital. In fome parts of Wilthhire they mention the exceeding vividness of the lightening, the flashes of which were perpetual, and the thunder louder than vollies of cannon; but there was fo little rain for near two hours atter it first commenced, that the farmers were in pain for their hay-itacks, barns, granaries, &c. yet it afterwards fell in fuch torrents, that the crois roads were in many places wholly impaflable, and labourers were employed in cutting trenches to let off the water. At Hatfield, in Hertfordshire, feveral houfes were untiled, many windows broken to pieces, and fome perfons hurt. In the fields belonging to the Earl of Salisbury feveral theep, horfes, and cows were found next morning ftruck dead by the lightening, and a poor object, who went begging about the country, was found dead under a tree, within half a mile of the town, with lome blue fpots like blifters on his hands, face, &c. At Hemitead, in the fame county, befides other confiderable damage, feveral theer, horfes, and cows were found dead in the fields, and three farmers fervants, who went out after their naiter's cattle, were fo much hurt that their lives are defpaired of At Yarmouth, feveral of the houfes were greatly damaged, and all the windows thattered to pieces; fome were likewife untocfed, and many of the ground-floors fo much under water, that the inhabitants were obliged to get, by means of boats, in and out of the one-pair-of-ftairs window.. Numbers of thips too, lying in the roads, had their matts and rigging much damaged. At Folkstone it lafted feveral hours, during which time the thunder was continual, and the flashes of lightening beyond defcription tremendous.-A loop that was coming in at the clofe of the day has been no more heard of. At Wrexhain, the caufe against the Dean of St. Afaph, for a libel, was called on for tryal, by a special jury, betore Lord Chie: Justice Kenyon and Mr. Justice Barrington. After Sir Watkin Williams Wynne and another gentlemen of the ipecial jury were fworn, the counfel for the profecution moved the court to put off the tryal, on the ground of an affidavit, stating that a perfon had diftributed papers about the town, printed by the Conftitutional Society, tending to prejudice the minds of the jury who were to try the caufe. Alter the counfel for the protecution had been heard, and the affidavit read, Mr. Erikine (who came from London as counsel for the Dean, at the inftance of the Conftitutional Society) addreffed the court in a very cloquent fpeech, in which he went pretty much at large into the Conftitutional Cucition. Some of the auditory very imprudently expreffing their approbation of Mr. Erfkine's argument, by clapping their hands, the Chief Justice having fixed his eye upon a gentleman to offending, fined him twenty pounds. Mr. Erfkine's argument was fupported by Mr. Corbett, likewife of counte for the defendant, and by the Dean himfeif, who made a very pathetic address to the court, urging that his tryal might be then proceeded on; and he made an affidavit, denying any knowledge or privity in the diftribution of the papers; but the judges were unanimoutly of opinion, that under the circumftances of the caie the tryal ought to be postponed till the next great feffion, when the fpecial jury might come to try the caufe without any prejudice on their minds. An exprefs arrived from Rye, in Suffex, to the Lord-Mayor and theriffs, with advice that the convicts, confifting of 153, who were latt shipped off for Nova Scotia, &c. had riten upon the crew, run the veffel on fhore, and all efcaped, except one man and a woman. FRIDAY, 5. At the Court at St. James's, the 5th of Sept. 1783. Prefent, The KING's Moft Excellent MAJESTY in Council. HIS Majefty in council was this day pleased to order, that the parliament, which ftands prorogued to Tuesday the 9th day of this inttant September, thould be further prorogued to Thuriday the 16th day of October following. It is this day ordered by his Majesty in Council, that the embargo at prefent fubfitting upon thips and veffels laden, or to be laden, in the ports of Great-Britain and Ireland with proviions be taken off; and that the feveral regulations contained in his Majesty's order of the 18th of Auguit, 1780, fhall ceafe and determine. W. FAWKENER. SATURDAY, 6. Copy of a letter received by the Lord-Mayor, this morning, at half paft nine. "My Lord, St. James's, Sept. 6, thirty minutes past eleven, P. M. I HAVE the honour to acquaint your lordship, that Capt. Warner is just arrived with the Preliminary Articles between his Majesty and the States-General, figned at Paris, on the 2d curt. as alfo the Definitive Treaties with France and Spain, figned at Verfailles the 3d curt, by the Duke of Manchester, his Majesty's ambafadour extraordinary and plenipotentiary, and the refpective plenipotentiaries of the faid courts and States. "The Definitive Treaty with the United States of America was alfo figned at Paris the 3d curt. by David Hartley, Eiq. his Majesty's picnipotentiary, and the plenipotentiaries of thote States, and will be brought over by Mr. Hartley himself. "I fend your lordship immediate notice of thefe important events, in order that they may be made publick in the city without lofs of time. "I am with great refpect, My Lord, "Your lordship's mott obedient humble fervant, "C. J. FOX." Right Hon. the Lord-Mayor. TUESDAY, 9. This day's Gazette alio contains the above information. Both Houfes of Parliament met at Weftminfter, purfuant to their latt prorogation and were further prorogued to the 16th of October, by Earl Mansfield, their speaker. WEDNESDAY, 10. The Lord-Mayor, attended by Aldermen Crosby, Peckham, Clarke, Sainsbury, Kitchen, Gill, Sanderfon, and the fheriffs, with the Deputy Recorder, City Counfel, Remembrancer, Town-Clerk, and about 100 of the CommonCouncil went to St. James's with the following addrefs to his Majefty on the fafe delivery of the Queen, the birth of another Princess, and his Royal Highnels the Prince of Wales arriving at the age of 21. To the KING's Moft Excellent Majefty. The humble Addrefs of the Lord-Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the city of London, in Common-Council affembled. "May it pleafe your Majefty, "WE your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal fubjects, the Lord-Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the city of London, in CommonCouncil affembled, humbly beg leave to approach your Majefty with the fincereft congratulations on the birth of another princefs, and the happy recovery of your illuftrious confort. "We would exprefs with more than ordinary effufions of joy our feelings upon this occation, that Providence has been pleated to anfwer the prayers and withes of every order of your Majetty's loyal fubjects in preferving the invaluable life of our gracious Queen-a life fo eminently ufeful, and to conspicuously exemplary! "We earnestly hope that the throne, thus adorned, may be itrengthened and bleffed by every addition to your royal houfe, and that a long and eafy reign may be accompanyed with every domestick telicity. "At the fame time, we beg leave to congratulate your Majesty upon his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales having attained the age of 21 years, and hope that he being called to the great council of the nation, may contribute to its profperity, protection, and fafety." To which addrefs his Majesty gave the fol lowing antwer: I Return you my hearty thanks for your dutiful and loyal congratulations on the happy recovery of the Queen, and the birth of another Princefs, and upon the Prince of Wales having attained the age of 21 years. Nothing can be more acceptable to me than thefe teftimonies of affection to me and my family, on the part of my taithful fubjects: it is the warmest with of my heart, and has been the comitant object of my life, to promote their honour and happiness.' They were all very gracioufly received, and had the honour of kiffing his Majefty's hand. THURSDAY, II. Various reports of a contagious diforder having broken out among the cattle in Derbyshire, having caufed a confiderable alarm, a meffenger was fent off from the Secretary of State's office, to enquire into the truth of it, who is fince returned with the agreeable intelligence, that it is now nearly cealed. This evening David Hartley, Efq. arrived with the Definitive Treaty between his Majefty and the United States of America, which was figned at Paris the 34 curt. by him, as his Majefty's plenipotentiary, and by the plenipotentiaries of the United States. formed at St. James's palace. The peers and peereffes, foreign minifters and their ladies, affembled in the Queen's drawing-room fome time before the ceremony began, and from thence were introduced into the grand councilchamber, where the Queen was lying on an elegant bed of white fattin, under a fuperb canopy of crimfon velvet, embroidered with gold. On the right fide of the bed stood his Majeity and the Duke of Cumberland; at the feet, his Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales, Princets Royal, and Princefs Augutta; and on each fide the whole of the royal children, arranged according to their age. state, the King's and Queen's attendants, foreign The great minitters of minifters, peers and peerelles, formed the outer circle. The fervice on this occafion was read by Dr. Moore, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Prince of Wales, Princefs Royal, and Princefs Auguita were the fponfors to the young Princets, who was named Amelia, in compliment to the Princefs Amelia, the King's aunt, who, we understand, was one of the fponfors, reprefented by the Princefs Royal. SATURDAY, 20. The Archbishop of Canterbury, with the reft of the bithops, met in Westminster-Abbey, it being the fint convocation-day, by royal mandate, fince the deceafe of the late archbishop, and were further prorogued to the 17th of October next. The feflion ended at the Old-Bailey, at which 58 convicts received judgement of death; 97 were lentenced to be transported to America, 73 of whom had been capitally convicted, but received his Majetty's mercy: three were ordered to hard labour on the river Thames; two to be kept to hard labour in the houfe of correction; 12 to be publickly and feven to be privately whipped; fix to be imprisoned in Newgate; and 32 were difcharged by proclamation. MONDAY, 22. Charles Thomas, William Matthews, Thomas Millington, David Hart, Abraham Hyams, and Chriftopher Trufty fix of the convicts who efcaped from the tranfport veflel, were executed at Tyburn. TUESDAY, 23. Laft night one of the King's meffengers, defpatched by his Grace the Duke of Manchester, arrived with the Moft Chriftian and Catholick Kings ratifications of the Definitive Treaties of peace, figned the 3d of this month, which were exchanged with his Grace, against thofe of his Majefty, on the 19th at Vertailles, by the ambaffadour and plenipotentiary of their Moit Chriftian and Catholick Majefties. On this occation the Tower and Park guns were fired this day, at one o'clock. By accounts from moft parts of England we learn, that there has not been for many years fo fine a harvest as that got in at prefent. The advices from Effex, Suffolk, Wiltshire, the Idle of Wight, and Norfolk, give the moft favourable relations of a plentiful crop. Cumberland and Northumberland have been rather backward, but the produce of the lands has been exceedingly fertile, and in most parts of York thire it has infwered the farmers warmeft withe.. LOND. MAG. Sept. 1783. 273 PRELIMINARY ARTICLES of PEACE between his Majesty the King of Great-Britain, and their High Mightineffes the States-General of the United Provinces. In the name of the Moft Holy Trinity, THE King of Great-Britain and the StatesGeneral of the United Provinces, animated by have authorifed their refpective plenipotentiary a defire to put an end to the calamities of war, miniiters to fign a declaration between them for the fufpenfion of hoftilities; and being willing to re-establish between the two nations union and good understanding, fo neceflary both for the good of humanity in general, and for that of the States-General and their refpective subjects, have appointed for this purpose, viz. on the part of his Britannick Majefty, the moft Illuftrious his Excellency George Duke of Mancheiter, his ambaffador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to their High Mishtinefies the faid States-General his Moft Chriftian Majefty; and on the part of their Excellencies Mathieu L'Etevenon de Berkenrode, and Gerard Brantfen, their ambaladours extraordinary and plenipotentiary. Who, having duely communicated their full powers in form, have agreed upon the following Preliminaries: Article I. As foon as the Preliminaries fhall be gned and ratified, fincere and conftant friendhip thall be cftablified between his Britannick Majelty, his estates and fubjects, and their High Mightincfles the States-General of the United Provinces, their eitates and fubjects, of whatever quality or condition, without exception of place or perfon; fo as that the high parties contracting thall pay the greateft attention to maintain between them, and the ftates and fubjects, this amity and reciprocal correfpondence, without hereafter permitting, that, on the part of the one or the other, any hoftilities be committed by fea or land, under any poflible pretext or caufe; and they shall avoid carefully every thing which may alter the union fo happily re-established, being aftiduous, on the contrary, to procure reci procally, on every occation, fuch means as may contribute to their glory, interefts, and mutualadvantages, without giving any fuccour or protection, directly or indirectly, to thofe who do tracting parties. There shall be a general obliany prejudice to one or other of the high convion of all things committed or done fince the finished. commencement of the war which is about to be Article II. With regard to the honour and falute by fea, given by the veffels belonging to the Republick to thofe belonging to his Britannick Majetty, they shall be continued refpectively, in the fame manner as was practifed before the commencement of the war which is about to be finished. Article III. All the prifoners taken on either part, both by land and fea, and the hostages day, fhall be restored without ranfom within fix appointed or given during the war, and to this exchange of the ratification of the Preliminary months or more, reckoning from the day of the which thall be incurred for the fubfiftence of the Articles; each power defraying the expences prifoners by the fovereign of the country where they may be detained, according to the receipts N and and other authentick titles which shall be produced by one or other part; and furety fhall be given reciprocally for the payment of the debts which the prifoners fhall have contracted in the ftates where they have been detained until the recovery of their full liberty; and all vetiels, whether of war or commerce, taken after the expiration of the terms agreed on for the ceifation of hoftilities, fhall be likewife reftored, with all their crews and cargoes, and they fhall proceed to the execution of this article immediately after the exchange of the ratification of the Preliminary Treaty. Article IV. The States-General of the United Provinces yield and guarantee to his Britannick Majesty the town of Negapatnam, with its dependencies; but, feeing the importance which the States-General attach to the pofleflion of the faid town, the King of Great-Britain, as a mark of his good will towards the States, promiles, notwithstanding the ceffion of the place, to receive and treat with them for the reltitution of the faid place, in cafe the States shall have an equivalent to offer. Article V. The King of Great Britain fhall reltore to the States-General of the United Provinces Trincomale, with all the other towns, forts, harbours, and ettablishments which in the courie of the prefent war have been conquered in any part of the world, whether by the ans of his Britannick Majefty, or thote of the English Ealt-India Company, and of which they shall be poffetled, in the entire ftate in which they found them. Article VI. The States-General of the United Provinces promife and engage not to moleft the navigation of the Britannick fubjects in the Eastern feas. Article VII. As there are differences between the English African Company and the Dutch Eat-India Company, relative to navigation on the coalt of Atrica, as well as concerning Cape Apollonia; in order to prevent all caufe of complaint between the fubjects of the two nations on thole coafts, it is agreed on both fides to name commillioners, who thall make the proper arrangements. Article VIII. All countries and territories, which may have been conquered, or may be conquered, in any part of the world whatever, by the arms of his Britannick Majefty, or the StatesGeneral, which are not comprehended in thefe articles, on account of ceffion or reftitution, fhall be restored without difliculty, and without a demand of compenfation. Article IX. As it is neceffary to affign a fixed epoch for the reititutions and evacuations to be made, it is agreed that the King of Great Britain fhall caufe Trincomale to be evacuated, as well as all the towns, places, and territories of which his armies have taken poffeflion, and of which he is in podertion (excepting that which is yielded by these articles to his Britannick Majesty) at the fame time that the reititutions and evacuations are made between Great Britain and France. The States-General thall reftore, at the fame time, all the towns and territories, of which the neceffary orders thail be fent by each of the contracting parties, with reciprocal paffports for the thips which are to carry them, immediately after the ratuication of thele preliminary articles. Article X. His Britannick Majefty, and their High Mightineffes the faid States-General, promife to obferve fincerely, and in good faith, ail the articles contained in, and established, by the prefent Preliminary Treaty; and they shall not fuffer any contravention direct or indirect by their fubjects; and the above-mentioned high con tracting parties do guarantee, generally and feparately, all the ftipulations of the prefent ar ticles. Article XI. The ratifications of the prefent Preliminary Articles, expedited in due and good form, fhall be exchanged in this city of Paris between the high contracting parties, in the space of a month, or fooner, if it can be done, reckon. ing from the day of fignature of the prefent ar ticles. In faith whereof, we, the undersigned, their ambaladours and plenipotentiaries, have figned our hands, in their name, and in virtue of our full powers, to the prefent Preliminary Articles, and have appended our feals. Done at Paris, the fecond day of September, 1783. Signed (L. S.) MANCHESTER. (L. S.) L'ESTEVENON VAN "I am commanded by my Lord Lieutenant to acquaint you, that he has figned a warrant to the proper officers, to make out the draft of a commiflion to be fubmitted to his Majesty for his royal fignature, appointing the feveral noblemen and gentlemen who are to be entrusted with the fettlement in this kingdom of the colony of Genevans, as alfo the draft of a royal letter, granting the fum of 50,000l. to thofe commiffioners for that purpose. "His Excellency has alfo given further directions to the Prime Serjeant, Attorney and Sollicitor-General, to prepare a draft of a grant of a charter of incorporation for the faid colony, and drafts of fuch bills to be laid before Parliament, at their next meeting, as shall be requifite for effecting the feveral purpotes defired. "His Excellency has, at the fame time, commanded me to affure you of his cordial difpofition to the new fettlement, and of his intention to forward every measure which shall be neceffary for the protection and encouragement of the colony, with as much defpatch as the neceffary forms in a bufinefs of fo much importance will admit I have the honour to be, with great regard, Sir, your's, &c. (Signed) "J. HAMILTON.” Sept. 2. The Lord Lieutenant illued a proclamation for proroguing the parliament, from Saturday the 6th init. to Tuefday the 14th of October next. EAST-INDIES. From the INDIA GAZETTE, Mar. 22, 1783. Extra of a letter from Madras, March 3. Extract of a letter from the Government of Ma dras to their fubordinate fettlements. "General Matthews, on the 27th of January laft, took poffeffion of Bedanore and Candapore, without firing a gun, and the whole country, except Mangalore, yielded in confequence. In the former of the above forts were three battalions of Col. Baillie's feapoys, who were releafed; 1500 cavalry have been taken, and many picces of cannon from the different forts; alfo three 50 gun thips. General Matthews defcribes the Gauts as a strong barrier between him and the Myfore country, the cafeft afcent feven mile; forward, and all the paffes fortified. Capt. Donald Campbell, who was a prifoner in HeiderNagur or Belanore, was fent out to General Matthews to make terms, which were immediately granted, That the manager fhould continue in the fame appointment as under Heider.' "Col. Macleod," as ufual, behaved nobly; he attacked the rear of the enemy, and made a great flaughter of them, with fome lofs on his fide. Capt. Haflop, of the Royal Artillery, was wounded in the leg by a cannon ball. "A detachment is gone againft Mangalore, which expected to fall immediately; afterwards the army is to move for Syringapatam." Col. Jackton commanded the ftorming party against Onore, and 2500 of Tippoo-Sahib's people were killed or taken in the tort. Heider Nagur, a very strong fort, alfo yielded; in this place were found 8000 ftands of new arms, and a very great quantity of powder and fhot, and other ftores. Prior to the capture of Bedanore, Col. Matthews had taken poffeflion of three 50 gun fhips, and one of 64 guns, almoft ready for launching. Thefe fhips had been built by Heider's orders, under the direction of a French fhip-builder, and the capture of them will give the highest pleasure to the government of Goa, who were very much terrified at Heider's naval preparations. Advices have been received over land from Fort-William, Bengal, dated the 10th of March latt, which confirm the accounts of the treaty with the Mahratta ftate being concluded on the 17th of May, 1782, and ratified at Fort William on the 6th of June following; that it was completely ratified by the Peshwa and minifters at Poona, on the 20th of December; and that the original counterparts of the treaty were finally interchanged, with every publick formality, between Mr. Anderfon and Madajee Scindia, on the 24th of February left. are carried on with unremitting ardour. The Aga of the Janiffaries is depofed, because he refufed to comply with the alterations in the difcipline of the troops, ordered by the Grand Vizir. He is fucceeded by Kouli-Kiaga. We are affured, from all quarters, that marches, encampments, the formation of magazines, and all the first movements of war, are already entered upon both by Ruffia and the Porte. Peterburgh, Auguft 1. The following is a tranflation of the manifefto published by order of the Empress, upon the occafion of her troops entering the peninfula of the Crimea, the Cuban, and the island of Taman; which countries are thereby declared to be annexed to her Imperial Majefty's dominions: WE Catharine the Second, by the Grace of God, Emprefs and Sole Monarch of all the Ruffias, &c. &c. &c. OUR laft war against the Ottoman Empire having been attended with the most fignal fucceffes, we had certainly acquired the right of reuniting to the territories of our empire the Crimca, of which we were in poffeffion: we, however, hefitated not to facrifice that, with many other conquefts, to our ardent defire of re-eftabiithing the public tranquillity, and of confirming the good understanding and friendship between our empire and the Ottoman Porte. This motive induced us to itipulate for the freedom and in lependence of the Tartars, whom we had reduced by our arms; hoping to remove for ever, by this means, every cause of diffenfion, and even of coolnefs, between Ruffia and the Ottoman Porte, expofed too often to thete inconveniencies by the form of government which then fubfifted among the Tartars. Great as were our facrifices and our efforts for realizing thofe hopes, they were foon, to our great regret, confiderably diminished. The reftlefinefs natural to the Tartars, fomented by infinuations, the fource of which is not unknown to us, caufed them eafily to fall into a fare laid by foreign hands, which had fowed amongst them the feeds of difturbance and confusion to fuch a degree, as to induce them to labour for the weaken ing, and even the total ruin of an edifice which our beneficent cares had erected for the happines of that nation, by procuring them liberty and in dependence, under the authority of a chief elect ed by themfelves. Hardly was their Khan eta blifhed according to this new form of govern ment, before he faw himfeit deprived of all authority, and even obliged to defert his country, to give place to an ufurper, who would again fubject the Tartars to the yoke of a dominion from which our beneticence had releated them. greater part of them, as blind as they were ig norant, had fubmitted to that ufurpere the reft, thinking themselves too weak to rehit, would in fallibly have yielded to his yoke; and thus we fhould have loft the fruits of our victories, and the principal recompence for the facrilices which we willingly made at the laft peace, if we had not inftantly taken under our immediate protection fuch of the well-difpofed Tartars, who, ptize ing the bleffings of their new political exiftence, lamented their being forced to fubmit to the ufu!per who had expelled their lawful Khan. By thus effectually protecting them, we furnished Na 2 The |
