The High Inquifitor executed by the populace at Rome. Hungary, to Buda, the inhabitants of that city defired permiffion to erect his ftatue to perpetuate their gratitude. His Majefty's anfwer, written with his own hand, was to the following effect: "When I fhall have eradicated the prejudices which oppofe themselves to the progrefs of reafon, and they are replaced by a pure and well-directed zeal for the intereft of our country, and the certain knowledge of what may be moft advantageous to it; every individual of the ftate fhall make his happiness, confift in contributing, according to his abilities, to the well-being, fafety, and increafe of the monarchy when I fhall fee equity and good order reign in the Tribunals, knowledge increafe by the perfection of learning, the inftruction of the people more attentively regarded; the difcipline of the clergy more regular, and harmony firmly efta blished between the civil laws and the precepts of religion when the true interefts and duties of lords to their vaf fals, and of vaffals to their lords, fhall no longer be misunderstood when an agumented population, an improved a griculture, a patronized induftry, and manufactures brought to the utmost perfection, finding a ready, fafe, and a free circulation thro' all the provinces of this vaft empire, fhall produce a Pure and fruitful ftream of real wealth, which, I truft, will one day be realifed then, perhaps, I fhall deferve a ftatue: but fuch an honour is not due to me for having, by the transferral of public of fices to Buda, afforded to the inhabitants of that city the means of felling their wines at a higher price, and of raifing the rents of their houfes." Ratisbon, Sept. 13. In a conference held by the Ecclefiaftical Princes of the Empire, the three following points were debated upon : 1. To withdraw themselves entirely from the jurifdiction of the Pope. 2. To revive the ancient complaints of the German nation against the Holy See, to acknowledge no other Supreme than the Emperor, and to claim his protection for the restoration of former rights to the German Bishops. 3. To eftablish new regulations relative to the ecclefiaftical difcipline. Thus, in the year 1786, the dominion of the Pope is finally clofed in Germany! Rome. On Wednesday, Auguft the 3d, about four in the afternoon, as Cardinal Turlone, High Inquifitor of 471 the Holy Office, was coming from the He Hague. On the 18th of September, the Count de Goertz, Envoy Extraordinary from the Court of Berlin, delivered a letter to the States General; in which his Pruffian Majefty declares his refolution of taking a warm part in the unhappy diffenfions which have fo long divided the provinces; confirms and renews the contents of a letter fent by his predecellor on the 18th of September 1785; offers to contribute his coun cils and mediation; and concludes with expreffing how much he is interefted,, that the Government of the Republic, conformable to the ancient conftitution, fhould not be changed in any effential, point, but always perferved untouched; and that the inteftine divifions and differences, which certainly were caufed' merely by miftruft, may be fettled as foon as poffible, by an equitable, just,. and fincere reconciliation, and by a durable good understanding between all the parties concerned. On the 20th of September the city of Amfterdam came to a refolution to fufpend the Stadtholder, for a limited. time, from all his military employ-. ments. On the 22d, the States of Holland finally fufpended the Prince of Orange from his office of Captain General. In confequence confequence of this refolution, the notification of which was immediately difpatched to the Prince, the form of public prayer in the churches was chan ged, by omitting the title of Captain General in the prayer for the Stadtholder. On the 26th, his moft Serene Highnefs addreffed a letter to the States of Holland, in which he complains in very strong terms of their late conduct, particularly as it respects himself, and infifts upon being re-invested with thofe rights and privileges, of which, for a confiderable time paft, fo many daring attempts had been made to diveft him. His Serene Hignefs maintains, that with out violating the conftitution of the country, thofe rights and privileges cannot be wrested from him; nor does he ftruple to declare, that if the States hefitate much longer about doing juftice to him, he will certainly take proper steps to do justice to himself. The States of Holland, after having deliberated on the letter fent by his Royal Highness, paffed a vote, that the refolution formerly agreed to, refpecting fufpending the Prince from the exercife of his command, was a legal itep. The French begin now to interfere penly and unequivocally in the difpute prevailing in Holland. Indeed fo much is this the cafe, that the opponents of the Stadtholder look up to the French Ambaffador, not only for encouragement, but abfolute fupport. By the laft mails, it appears that in Utrecht the French Ambaffador's houfe is daily befet by the turbulent and licentious townfmen, who regularly receive fuch donations as enable them to neglect their bufinefs, and apply folely to that tumultuary oppofition which the Prince of Orange at prefent experiences. The Dutch have fent to Count de Vergennes a moft fuperb fervice of plate, which is publicly fhewn as exceeding all others in point of elegance and workmanship. Spain, by a judicious furrender of the two Floridas to France, has prevented all the dangers that were to be apprehended for the fafety of her Southern Provinces, and deftroyed the ambitious views of America on those valuable poffeffions for ever. In confequence of this ceffion, France is bound, not only to fupport a fufficient military force to prevent any irruptions into the Spanish Provinces by the American States, but never to allienate the Floridas from the French Crown, except by receffion to Spain, on any conditions whatever. This is, perhaps, the only instance in which Spain has, for many years paft, derived any advantages by negociating with her fifter. EAST INDIES. A very valuable and extenfive charity has lately been eftablished in Bengal by the officers of the Company belonging to the fettlement. By this charity a provifion was at first made for educating and introducing into fuitable profeffions the legitimate children of officers fprung from a promifcuous intercourfe with the native women of India, fince which it has been extended to the care and support of the illegitimate children of the European foldiers in general by the native women of Afia, for placing them under the care of proper mafters and miftreffes to be instructed in the knowlege of the Chriftian religion, and in fuch other branches of education as may qualify them to become useful members of fociety. By a letter received from Mauritius, by way of Pondicherry, we learn, that the King of France has granted the Americans and Spaniards a free port in the island of Mauritius, from whence they will trade to Manilla, and other parts of India. IRELAND. The diminution of the value of the landed property in the Province of Munfter, in confequence of the tumultuous rifings of the yeomanry, is become truly alarming; many refpectable perfons, who hold eftates in that quarter of the kingdom, have advertised them for fale, and when they came to the hammer, there has not been a fingle bidder! There has been, in the opinion of many, a mistaken lenity in the government of Ireland refpecting the infurgents; they have been indicted for misdemeanors when they were liable to a capital conviction, and many of them got off with whipping who for their cruelty deserved hanging. ENGLAND. By the convention between his Britannic Majefty and the King of Spain, figned at London the 14th of July laft, it is agreed, That his Britannic Majefty's fubjects, and other colonifts who have hitherto enjoyed the protection of England, shall evacuate the country of the Musquitos, as well the continent in general, as the islands adjacent, without exception. The Englifh line beginning from the fea, fhall take the centre of the river Sibun or Jabon, and continue up to the fource of Gommercial Treaty with France. of the faid river; from thence it fhall 473 the regulations which the Spanish government fhall think proper to establish among their own fubjects in all communications which they may have with the latter. His Britannic Majefty engages to give the moft pofitive orders for the evacuation of the countries above mentioned, which fhall be com pletely effected within fix months after the ratification of this convention, or fooner, if it can be done. October 2. This evening the Rev. Mr Gilbert, fecretary to the Right Hon. W. Eden, his Majefty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minifter Plenipotentiary at Paris, arrived at the Marquis of Carmarthen's office, with the Treaty of Navigation and Commerce between his Majefty and the moft Chriftian King, figned at Versailles on the 26th of last month, by Mr Eden, his Majesty's Flenipontiary to his Moft Christian Majefty. Gaz. The articles of the Commercial Treaty with France have been published; but as it cannot take effect till it has received the fanction of the British Parliament, and in all probability will undergo many confiderable alterations, we, for the present, shall give only the following abstract: Abstract of the French Treaty of Navigation and Commerce, figned at Paris Sept. 26. I. The feveral articles of the Com→ mercial Treaty of Utrecht, refpecting the detail of commercial privileges and regulations, are revised and confirmed. II. It is provided that all articles not fpecified in a tariff, which makes part of the treaty, fhould be mutually imported on the terms of the most favoured nation. III. The feveral articles which fol low, being thofe which are included in the tariff, are to be importable on the following duties: 1. Wines into Great Britain and Ireland on the fame duty as is now paid in each kingdom on the wines of Portugal; but with a liberty referved to Great Britain and Ireland to lower the duties on Portuguese wines (if they fhall think fit) to the proportion ftipulated by the Methuen treaty. 2. Vinegars into Great Gritain, on a duty not exceeding 321. 18s. 11d. per ton. 3. Brandy into Great Britain, on a duty not exceeding 7s per gallon. 4. Oil of olives, on the fame duty as 30 is is now paid by the most favoured nation in Great Britain. 5. Beer on a duty of 30 per cent. ad valorem in each country, befides a duty on each to countervail the internal duty. 6. The duties on hardware, cutlery, cabinet ware, and turnery, and all articles, whether heavy or light, of iron, fteel, copper, and brass, are to be claffed, and the highest is not to exceed 10 per cent. ad valorem, in addition to a duty to countervail the duty in France. 7. All forts of cottons and woolens, including hofiery, to be importable on a duty of 12 per cent. ad valorem, reciprocally, except goods mixed with filk, which are to remain prohibited on both fides the cottons to pay in addition a duty, to countervail the internal duty in each country. 8. Cambrics and lawns reciprocally on a duty of 5s. the demi-piece, of 7 3-fourths yards English meafure, and linens of all forts in Great Britain and France reciprocally, on no higher duty than those from Holland and Flanders now pay in Gr. Britain, with the addition of a duty on printed goods fufficient to countervail the internal duty in Great Britain; and linens of all forts in Ireland and France, reciprocally, on no higher duties than thofe from Holland and Flanders now pay in Ireland. 9. Saddlery, on a duty of 15 per cent. ad valorem, reciprocally. 10. Gauzes of all forts, on a duty of 10 per cent. ad valorem, reciprocally. 11. Millinery made up of muflin, cambric, lawn, gauze, and all other articles admitted under the treaty on a duty of 12 per cent. ad valorem, reciprocally. 12. Porcelain, earthen ware, and pottery, on a duty of 12 per cent. ad valorem, reciprocally. 13. Glafs of all forts, on a duty of 12 per cent. ad valorem, befides a duty fufficient to countervail the duty in Great Britain. The treaty is to take place in France, with respect to Great Britain, as foon as laws are paffed to give it effect here; ---and with respect to Ireland, the principle of the most favoured nation and the tariff are to take place refpectively, as foon as laws are paffed to give effect to them there. The above treaty is to laft 12 years. Oct. 12. A curious negro boy, who came in the James, Capt. Calon, from Jamaica, is now at Mr Dale's, the King's Arms tavern, in Water-street, Liverpool. He is about fourteen years old; part of his forehead, part of his hair, breast, and the back of his legs, are white, with a few spots. SCOTLAND. Edinburgh. A committee of landed gentlemen here, who had taken into confideration the cornlaws, propofed the following alterations, viz. That the proof of the prices of grain fhould be taken at Edinburgh at ftated periods, and the Mid-Lothian prices be a just average for opening and fhutting the ports of Scotland; the proof to comprehend the felling prices for five years preceding, and the witneffes examined not only as to the quantity, but the quality of the grain they have bought and fold. The proof to be taken by a jury of 15 perfons, compofed of landed gentlemen of a certain fixed valuation in the county, and refpectable citizens in Edinburgh, who are not dealers in grain. The chanceller of the jury to have a power of fummoning witnefies, who shall be obliged to appear before the jury under a penalty. The jury to examine at least ten witne ffes before they return a verdict. The Court of Seffion, or Court of Exchequer, or any fix of these Judges, fhall, if the Court is fitting, fummon the jury, and receive their verdict, and in time of vacation, the Ordinary fhall do it. The Court, or Lord Ordinary, fhall fend an extract of the verdict to the General Cuftomhouse at Edinburgh, with fuch directions for the opening or fhutting the ports as the return of the price fhall authorife in each particular species of grain. The ports to be open or fhut, as the cafe may be, for three months together. The above propofal has spread a very general alarm through the country; and the news-papers have for fome time paft been filled with refolutions of manufacturers and others against the scheme. An advertisement appeared in the Edinburgh papers on the 21st of October, intitled, New Cinder Business. As it relates to a new branch of bufinefs, we fhall lay the fubftance of it before our readers, viz. "A general complaint prevails, that there is a want of cinders on the east coaft of Scotland for Maltfters, Diftillers, Brewers, Bakers, Founders, and other manufacturers. To fupply this defect, a work to extract tar from coal, under Lord Dundonald's patent, is eftablished at Cranston, near the turn pike Marriages, Births, and Deaths, in October. pike road, about ten miles fouth of Edinburgh. The cinders left in the oven, after the tar is extracted, are of a far fuperior quality to cinders made in the open air. It has been found, upon trial, that cinders are more proper, and much cheaper for Bakers, than raw coal. To be fatisfied of this, the Bakers of Edinburgh may look at Mr William Aitchifon's oven in Chapel-ftreet, who will be fo good as to how it for the public benefit. The price of the cinders at the tarwork is 7 d. a boll of the coal meafure. The cheapest cinders in the Lothians coft 10d. per boll at the hill; but the general price is I s. There are two kinds of coal from which the cinders at the tar works are made. The cinder of the one is ftrong and hard, of the other fofter. Cuftomers, upon trial, may have the cinders either of the one or other kind, according to their different likings. Cinders are as proper as raw coal for moft ufes in private families, particularly in the kitchen. At the above price of 7 d. a boll, three bolls of cinders, which make the fame bulk with 1200 wt. of coals, will coft 3 s. 3 d. at Edinburgh, carriage included, when 1200 wt. of Woolmet-coals cost 5 s. 3 d. Sept. 12. The degree of Doctor in Medicine was conferred upon the following gentlemen by the Univerfity of Edinburgh. The titles of their Thefes are annexed to their names refpectively. From Spain. Mr Ignatius Maria Ruiz Luzuriaga, De reciproca atque mutua Syftematis Sanguinei et Nervofi Actione. From Ruffia. Mr George Bachmetiev, De Variolis Inferendis. From Antigua. Mr J. Watfon Roberts, De Morbillis. Mr Sam. Latham Mitchill, De Genitura. Prom Pennsylvania. Mr John H. Gibbons, De Veftitu Laneo. Mr Edmund Goodwyn, De Morbo Mor- Mr John Prendergast, De Colica Pictonum. Mr James Jeffray, De Placenta. 475 Mr Geo. Kirkaldie, De Duabus Aeris MARRIAGES.- -Aug. Mr James Oct. 2. At Whitehaven, Archibald Douglas, Efq; of Edderston, to Mifs Jane Gale, youngest daughter of the late John Gale, Efq; of Whitehaven. 15. At Edinburgh, Bruce Bofwell, Efq; Commander of the Chesterfield Indiaman, to Mifs Mary Lindsay, eldest daughter of Martin Lindfay, Efq. 16. At Hawkhead, the feat of the Countess of Glasgow, George Douglas, Efq; member of Parliament for the county of Roxburgh, and fon of Adm. Sir James Douglas, Bt. to Lady Elifabeth Boyle, daughter of the late Earl of Glasgow. 18. At Edinburgh, James Clerk, Efq; to Mifs Janet Irving, daughter of the late George Irving of Newton. BIRTHS.-Copenhagen, Sept. 18. Princefs Frederic, confort to his Royal Highness Prince Frederick, was this morning delivered of a prince. L. Gaz. Oct. 3. Mrs Dalzell, younger, of Glenae, of a fon. 5. Mrs Campbell of Fairfield, of a daughter. 6. Lady of George Drummond, Efq; of a fon. 9. At Putney, the Lady of the Hon. Mr Hamilton, nephew of Lord Abercorn, of a fon and heir. 13. At Kinfale, the Lady of Lord Napier, of a fon and heir. 21. At Rochefter, Mrs Frafer, wife of Major Frafer, chief engineer for Dominica, of a daughter. At Loudon Caftle, the Lady of Vifcount Maitland, of a fon. DEATHS.Aug. 7. At Washington, in North Carolina, Mr Archd. Colquhoun, fon of James Colquhoun, Efq; Provost of Dumbarton. Sept. 27. At Aberdeen, Mrs Margaret Hamilton, daughter of John Hamilton, Efq; of Dalziel, and relict of the deceafed James Dallas, Efq; of Lantray. 30. At the Mains of Buchanan, Mr John Lackie of Bidshillock, in the 97th year of his age. Lately, at Paris, Signor Sacchini, the celebrated musician and compofer. Oct. 2. At his feat at Elden-hall, in Suffolk, the Rt. Hon. Auguftus Viscount Keppel. His Lordship was born April 2. 1725, and from the early part of his 302 life |