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L O N D O N, March 28.
'T'HE Empress's navy abounds with Engl.fli,
1 officers, who preferred lier service, from the
improbability . hat ever flie would be invohedl ma
,var with England ; if a war IhooW actually be
ileclared, of those ofhce.s would be
rendered very unplesTant.
Those who have not forgot how near « wrre
toatftual hoftilitiesaga.nft the Spamardsla t>ear,
will think it neceflary to carry oui prelentp
paraiions much farther, belore they give impli
cit faith to a war with Rulfia.-Nothing, in ou.
-b-i.unyhcrutn of
the Turks 5 and therefore the overthrow of the
balance of power in Europe. 1 Ins is
But something more alarming to us, dele, vc to
be mentioned; and that is, her for
rendering herself the first Maritime
Power in Europe, by spreading her a
v 1 f.s over NOT on. y the Baltic, but th.
Black sea!!! And in th.s project (he w.ll
fallibly succeed, if her career be not speedily
lt0 The d European officers, who have been for some
time refortiiiß on the Turkifi. lines, now form a
considerably body, and have communicated some
new confidence to the army of the Grand Vis.
There also the Asiatic troops began to return
and some new levies, of which the arrival was
doubtful, have lately appeared.
« Grim vifaged War" Teems ft ill to go on.
The press has at length nearly reached the c. -
pital.' It is not, indeed, i'een stalking 111 ou
ureets, nor has it yet invaded those dwe lings
nbout Wapping and the hermitage, which are
generally the rendezvous of the brave and hardy
jailor. But the river has been fairly swept rrom
Deptford to the Nore. The merchant-ships are
all stripped of their hands, and our outward
bound fliips detained by it.
The Trinity house have provided pilots toi
the Baltic. I' is not a little remarkable, that fe
deral Captains in the Ruffian and Swedifli trade
have actually refufed their services on this occa-
fi °Ruffia still continues to menace the Turks with
another campaign, far more bloody than the
former, .
The preparations in Germany keep pace with
those in Ruflia, and there is every appearance ot
some great and important event on the part of the
Emperor. „ ~ ,
A Deputation from the Rulfta Merchants wait
ed yefte day on he Duke of Leeds, for in forma
tion refpeeling the fafety and propriety of mer
chant-fiiips failing for the Baltic. The answer
was, " 1 hat in the present situation of affairs,
nothino- could be determined relative to the ex
pediency of the departure of the ships for the se
veral ports in the Ruffian Empire: 1 hat as soon
as his Majeity's Ministers should be able to give
any information on the fubjetf, the Duke of
Leeds would fend notice to the Governor ; bur
ir was uncertain when that notice might be ex
pected
ISM A E L
An account of the capture of this fortrefs has
teen published by authority at Peterfburgh, and
in this it is Itated, as a jnftification of tlie {laugh
ter which took place, that, previous to the as
sault, Aiilos Mechmet, the commander, wasfum
moned to surrender, and informed that, upon
resistance, 110 quarter would be given.
The Tuvkinlh garrison confilTed of forty two
thousand men, of whom thirty thousand, eight
hundred and sixty were slain oil the spot, and
nine thousand taken prisoners. The latter num
ber was diminished 011 the enfuirig day by two
thousand men who died of their wounds.
The loss of the Ruffians is ftatedat only eigh
teen hundred and fifteen men kiiled, with two
thousand, four hundred and fifty wounded.
Two hundred and fixty-five cannon were found
in the place, and four hundred and fixiy-fourin
the Turkish veflels upon the Danube, burnt by
General Ribas,
A defcripiion of the adtion we have before
given, when the intelligence was new ; he ni<-
niettical particulars of the /laughter are now ad
ded, becatife, as they are printed by order of the
Empress, the value of the conquest may proba
bly depend upon thein !
Extraordinary Will, made by a Miser, in Ireland.
These words are :—" I give and bequeath to
in) filter in law, Sarah Dennis, four old worsted
110. kings, which she will find underneath my
beii ;'o my nephew, Charles Macartney, two
other pair of {lockings lying in the box where I
keep my linen ; to Lieutenant Johnfm, of his
Majesty's sth regiment of foot, my only pair of
■white cotton itockings, and my old scarlet great
coat i and to Hannah Bourke, my house-keeper,
in return for her long and faithful services, my
crackt earthen pitcher." Hannah, in angei,
told the other legatees, that flie resigned to them
her valuable (hare of the property ; and retired.
April 8
1,, eoua l rare, Charles kicked down the P Utl, * r ,'
oar the floo'r. 0 This
,ncd wi h money.
KINGSTON, (Jamaica) March 19.
The circumstances which lead to the death of
the gallant and unfortunate Col. Mauduitt, ra
K: liiifrep't'ftmeil. it ft<®.
troops lately from Old France, were no foonei
landed at Port-au-Prince, than they revoked
joined the party which are contend.ns ™
independent legislature, and officersto
lefiance Seduced by the example, Col. Maodu
itt's regiment likewise deferred their colours,
and iofned the reft. In this f.tuat.on, they
thought proper to call to mind a disturbance that
had formerly happened among the people, am.
which the Colonel had employed them to .quel ,
and formed a determination to compel him to
lifavow his fidelity to the National Aflemblj, or
!ep> ive him of life. In this frame of mind, the
, fficer was led to the scene of the former action,
11 id there prefled to a compliance with their de
mands, which he peremptorily refuted. i hey
. ged and threatened in vain. Firm 111 his opi
ions, the Colonel, si. ft raking the cross of St.
nuis from his bosom, and giving it to a soldier,
, n d then breaking his sword in two, told his men
that his honor was in his own keeping, his lite
was in their hands; and, baring his breast, he
added that his d ""termination was fixed, and they
,„ieht nfe their pleasure. At this moment a mul
litude exclaimed, COUPE! and in an instant a
soldier fevered his head with a sabre, while ano
he- pierced his body through with a bayonet.
Thus fell an officer of tried bravery and good
condncl, and who, bur a few weeks bef re, had
been crowned with a laurel, as the true friend
and defender of the colony.
BOSTON, May 30
After the anniverfaiy Eleiftion Sermon - on
Wednesday lad,
His Excellency the Governor,
in his carriage,
His Honor the Lieuten int-Governor,
The Honorable Council,
The President and Sf.natf.,
The Speaker, and fevral Members of the House
of ReprpTentatives,
Foreign Confnls,
Strangers of diftindtion,
Several Officers of his most Christian Majesty s
Troops,
The President of the University,
Clergy,
Private Citizens,
Town Officers,
Officers of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
—Caftle—and Militia,
proceeded to Faneuil-Hall, efeorted by the Inde
pendent Fufileers, under Capt. Laughton, where
they partook of a sumptuous entertainment. —
After dinner, the following toasts were given—
1. Happiness to all mankind.
2. The President of the United States.
3. The States united, and the States separate.
4. The King of the French.
5. The King of Great-Britain.
6. The United Netherlands.
7. The Commonwealth of MafTachufetts.
8. The Town of Boston.
9. May the Ministers of Religion and Morali
ty, be amply encouraged and prospered.
10. The National Aflembly of France.
xi. The Marquis la Fayette.
12. May wifdoni and found be
the (lability of the free governments of America.
13. Long Life, long Health, long Pleasure.
14. The Officers and gentlemen of the Inde
pendent Company of Fufileers—may their obe
• lience, alacrity and attention, be an example
tor others.
The whole number of votes this year for Go
vernor were I 7,0"2 —of which his Excellency
Join) Hancock, Esq. had 15,996.
Whole number for Lieutenant-Governor,were
14,99? —His Honor Samuel Adams had 13,032.
LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The committee appointed to count the votes
for Governor and Lievu. Governor reported,that
His Excellency John Hancock, Esq. was cholen
Governor, and His Honor Samuel Adams, Esq.
Lieutenant Governor of this Commonwealth.
At half pall 12 o'clock His Excellency the Go
vernor appeared in the House (where the Senate
had convened) and in a short and pertinent ad
dress, informed the two branches of the General
Court, That he had been politely informed by
their committee of his having been re-eleifted to
the office of Fitft Magistrate of the Common
wealth , that he was fully sensible of the honour
done him by this fYefli instance of the confidence
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rcpofed in him by the citizens thereof ; that he
expeiienced the highell famf.uftion in contem
plating that the welfare and happiness of the
Commonwealth had ever been the chief objects
of his concern, and that he (hould nor fail 0 f
paying that attention to its interests which this
repeated instance of confidence demanded. The
Pi efident of the Senate then administered the
oaths to his Excellency. Before the President of
the Senate administered the oaths to his Honor
Samuel Adams Efq.he addrefled the two branches
as follows
Mr. President.
BY the Constitution of this Commonwealth,
powers fufficient for the preservation of the
rights and liberties of the people and the well
ordering of civil fuciety. are annually delegated
to such persons as the free citizens think fit to
confide in. Those original righrs of men,which
are deemed to be by the laws of God and Nature
unalienable, are secluded from the controul of
civil government ; and are lefc to be exercised
by eaHi individual, at his own discretion with
out injury to others. It is a Constitution, not
obtruded by any one man, or any number of
men who might combine to gratify their own
feelings to the exclusion of all others, but con
templated, deliberated, approved and adopted
by the people themselves.
You are very sensible, Sir, there are advan
tages in frequently recurring to fir it principles.
It is the express language of this excellent
Constitution, and I conceive it to be the clear
voice of Nature and Ileafon, that "all power
originally resides in the people ; and being de
rived from them, the several Magistrates and
Officers of government, whether Legislative,
Executive orjudicial, are their substitutes and
agents,antl are at all times accountable to them."
That " the people alone have the inconteftible,
unalienable and indefeafible right to institute
governments, and to reform, alter or totally
change the fame, when they find their own fate
ry, protection and welfare require it." That.
" the idea of a man born a Magistrate, Legislator
°r Judge, is absurd and unnatural."
May it not hence be inferred, that claims to
hereditary right, to shares in sovereignty, or in
the adminilb ation of government, tranfmiflible
to children, or relations by blood are ufurpations
of the natural rights of men, as well as totally
repugnant to the firft principles of our free Con
stitution. It is further declared, that " thr
people have a right, at certain periods, to cause
their public officers to return to private life, and.
to fill up vacant places by regular elections and
appointments." And, " that all elections ought
to be free."
Upon thele, and other like principles, the
people of this territory did solemnly and mutu
ally igree with each other, to form thcmfclvcJ in
to a free, sovereign and independent body poli
tic or flare.
When the year expired, in which I was called
to officiate in the office of Lieutenant Governor
of this Commonwealth, I freely and voluntarily
complied with a rule of the Constitution, wifely
calculated, and I conceive intended, to secure
and perpetuate annual elections, and returned
to my own native private ftatiou in the commu
nity,
A joint committee of the two branches of the
General Court, have by their order informed
me, that my fellow citizens have thought it pro
per again to elet r t me to the fame office. lam
highly honored by this repeated mark of their
confidence. I accept the trust : And am ready,
before this venerable and freely elected Legifla
iure now convened for the purpose, ro take and
fubferibe, the several oaths and declarations
which the Constitution of this Commonwealth
have made pre-requifite to my at r ting in the of
fice. Havingdone this I ffiall ufemy utnioft en
deavor, to perform the duties required, diligent
ly and faithfully, according to the belt of my
ability and understanding.
A petition from Mr. Winflow Warren was
read. It stated the circumstances of his commit
ment for debt under the authority of the United
States, and the peculiar hardlhips with which it
\ras attended—and prayed that relief might be
granted him by an a<'t or resolve being paned
explaining the law of the Commonwealth which
granted the privilege of iinprifontnent the
gaols, to the Unired States, so as that the prison
ers of the United States may not be precluded
from the liberty of the yard, in such cases asaie
allowed by the laws of this State.
Referred to a committee who reported a b.U
agreeable thereto.
Died at Concord, the 16th in ft. Col. John But-
TERtcic, in the 6oth year of liis age.—A widow
and ten children deeply mourn the loss of a ten
der husband and kind father—and the town and
Church sincerely regret the death of a very va
luable member. His remains were interred un
der arms ; and other marks of affection and ref
peJt accompanied his interment. The corpl'a