and retire without being reftrained on account of their relig on, or any other caufe whatever, except in cafes of debt, or of criminal profecutions. Art. IX. The Ki g of Great Bri tain thali cece and guaranty, in full ngut, to his Moft Cariftian Mijefly, the river of Senegal, and its dependenCies, with the forts of St. Louis, Podor, Galam, Arguin, and Portende; his Britannic Majefty fhall reflore likewife the land of Goree, which fhall be given up in the condition in which it was when the British arms took poffeffion of it. Art. X. The Mt Chriftian King hall, on his fide, guaranty to his Majetty the King of Great-Britain, the poffeffion of fort James, and of the river G mbia. A.XI. In order to prevent all difcuffion in that part of the world, the two courts fhall agree, either by the definitive treaty, or by a separate at, upon the boundaries to be fixed to their refpettive poffeffions. gum trade fhall be carried on a future, as the English and French nations carried it on in the year 1755. The Art. XII. In regard to the re of the coafts of Africa, the fubjects of both powers fhall continue to frequent them; according to the cufom which has prevailed hitherto. Art. XIL The King of Great Britain fhail reftore to his Moft Chriftian Majefty all the establishments which belonged to him at the com mencement of the prefent war on the coaft of Orixa, and in Bengal, with liberty to furroundChandernagor with a ditch for draining the waters; and his Britannic Majetty engages to take fuch meafures as may be in his power, for fecuring to the subjects of France in that part of Ind a, as alfo on the coafts of Orixa, Coromandel and Malabar, a fate, free and independent trade, fuch as was carried on by the late. French Eaft India Com. pany, whether it be carried on by them as individuals, or as a company. Art. XIV. Pondicherry, as well as Karical, fhall likewife be restored and guaranteed to France; and his Bitannic Majefty fhall procure, to ferve as a dependency round Pondis cherry, the two difries of Valanour and Bahour; and, as a dependency round Karical, the four-contigeous Magana Art. XV. France hall again enter into poffeffion of Mane, and of the the Comptoir, at Surat ; and the French fhall carry on commerce in this part of India, conformably to the principles laid down in the thirteenth art cle of this treaty. XVI In cafe France has allies in India, they thall be invited, as well as thofe of Great Britain, to accede to the prefent pacification; and, for that purpose, a term of four months, to be computed from the day on which the propofal fhall be made to them, fhall be allowed them to make their decifion; and in cafe of refufal on their part, their Britannic and Moft Chriftian Majefties agree, not to give them any affiftance, directly or indirefly, against the Brith or French poffeffions, or against the ag cient poffeffions of their respective al lies; and their faid Majeft e thall of fer them the r good effices towards a mutual accomm. dat on. Art. XVII. The King of GreatBritain, detirous of g ving his Moft Chriftian Majefty a fincere proof of reconciliation and friendship, and of contributing to the folidity of the peace which is on the point of being re-eftablifhed, will confent to the abrogation and fuppreffion of all the articles relative to Dunkirk, from the treaty of peace concluded at Utrecht, in 1713 inclufively, fo this time. Art. XVIII. By the definitive treaty, all those who have exifted till now between the two high contracting parties, and which thall not have been derogated from, either by the fad treaty, or by the prefent prelimi nary treaty, fhall be renewed and confirmed and the two courts fhall name commiffioners to enquire into the ftate of commerce between the two nations, in order to agree upon new arrangements of trade, on the footing of reciprocity and mutual convenience. The faid two courts fhall together amicably fix a competent term for the duration of that bufinefs. Art. XIX. All the countries and territories which may have been or which which may be conquered, in any part of the world whatever, by the arms of his Britannic Majefty, or by thole of his Moft Chriftian Majefly, and which are not included in the prefen articles, fhall be restored without difficulty, and without requiring compenfation. Art. XX As it is necessary to affiga a fixed epoch for the reftitutions and the evacuations to be made by each of the high contracting parties, it is agreed, That the King of Great Britain hall caufe to be evacuated the ilands of St. Pierre and M quelon, three months after the ratification of the definitive treaty, or fooner if it can be done; St. Lucia, in the Weft In'dies, andGoree inAfrica,threə months after the ratification of the definitive treaty, or fooner if it can be done. The King of Great Britain fhall, in like manner, at the end of three months after the rarification of the definitive treaty, or fooner if it can be done, enter again into poffeffion of the illands of Grenada, the Grenadines, St. Vincent, Dominica, St. Chriftopher's, Nevis, and Montfer rat. France fhall be put in poffeffion of the towns and comptoirs which are reftored to her in the East Indies, and of the territories which are procured for her, to ferve as dependencies round Pondicherry and round Karical, fix months after the ratification of the definitive treaty, or fooner if it can be done. France hall, at the end of the fame term of fix months, reftore the towns and territories which her arms may have taken from the English, or their allies, in the East Indies. In confequence whereof, the neceffary orders fhall be fent by each of the high contracting parties, with reciprocal paffports for the fhips which fill carry them, immediately after the ratification of the definitive treaty. Art. XXI. The prifoners made refpectively by the arms of his BritanDic Majefty, and his Moft Chriftian Majesty, by land and by fea, shall be reftored reciprocally and bona fide immediately after the ratification of the definitive treaty, without ransom, and on paying the debts they may have contracted during their captivity; and each crown fhall refpectively reimburse the fums which fhall have been advanced for the fubfiftence and maintenance of their prifoners, by the fovereign of the country where they' fhall have been detained, according to the receipts and attefted accounts and other authentic titles, which shall be produced on each fide. Art. XXII. In order to prevent all caules of complaint and dispute which may arife on account of prizes which may be made at fea after the figning of these preliminary articles, it is reciprocally agreed, That the vesfels and effects which may be taken in the Channel and in the North Seas, after the space of twelve days, to be computed from the ratification of the prefent preliminary articles, fhall be restored on each fide. That the term fhall be one month from the Chapnel and the North Seas, as far as the Canary Islands, inclufively, whether in the Ocean or in the Mediterranean. Two months, from the faid Canary Islands, as far as the EquinoctialLine or Equator. And laftly, five months in all other parts of the world, without any exception, or any other more particular defcription of time and place. Art. XXIII. The ratification of the prefent preliminary articles fhall be expedited in good and due form, and exchanged in the space of one month, or fooner if it can be done, to be computed from the day of the fignature of the prefent articles. In witnefs whereof, we the under written minifters plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majefty, and of his Moft Chriftian Majefty, by virtue of our refpeftive full powers, have figned the prefent preliminary articles, and have caused the feal of our arms to be put thereto. Done at Verfailles, the twentieth day of January, 1783. ALLEYNE FITZ HERBERT. (L. S.) Monthly Monthly Chronology for Foreign News. PARIS, October 23, 1783. HEY write from Vivarais, that T a natural ft naving examined into the nature of the lava of some extinguished volcanoes in that province, hath difcovered the secret of employing it in making bottles of an extreme gutnefs, and which weigh no more than four ounces, though those of glass weigh from fixteen to feventeen. Some particulars of this difcovery are expected foon to appear. The bottles made of the lava are leis transparent, and more britle, than the ordinary, ones; but if their price is lefs, they may be useful; and there is reafon to think that other veffels may be formed of the lava, and, by new combination a folidity given them,, which did not occur on the first experiment. BOLOGNA, October 25. They write from Fermo in the Marches of Ancona, that the Neapolitan courier was a few days before murdered in the Pouilla, by a gang of banditti, who robb'd him of 25,000 ducats, which he was carrying to the Treasury. The Court of Naples immediately fent in purfuit of the robbers, and finding they had embarked in a vellel for the Ecclefiaftical Rate, 24 Miquelets were put on board of a bark which purfved them to Fermo, where the Neapolitans landed, and found at au inn seven of the villains: five of whom they apprehended (the two others having made their escape) and at the fame time recovered the whole money, after which they immediately embarked for Naples. The Pontifical government have caused all the foldiers whofe duty it was for that night to guard the coaft, to be imprisoned because they did not oppofe this violation of territory. LONDON, December 2. The cruel treatment of the Rajah of Benares, by a great officer in the fervice of the Eaft-India Company, 18 almost unexampled in hiftory, it March 1784. appears, by the most authentic accounts, that accepting the fum of 23,000l. from the Rajah, who had ever acted as a friend to Great Britain, this officer, upon' no real foundation, perfecutes him to defiruction. The unfortunate Indian Prince was arrefted in his capital, in bis palace, in the face of all his people, to give occafion to an infurrection. On pretext of that infurre&ion, all treaty and explanation was refufed him, and he was driven from his government and his country, profcribed in a general amnefty, and fent over all India an unhappy fugitive, to publish the thame of the British government in all the nations to whom he fucceffively fled for refuge!! A gentleman of the name of Wilson, who is now about 66 years of age, who inherited an eftate of about a thoufand pounds a year in Cornwall, when only 23, fet off (within a year of his father's death) for the continent on his travels, and it is very remarkable that he has continued on his travels ever fince. He has rode on horseback, with one fervant, over the greatest part of the world. He firft viewed every European country, fpending eight years in doing it. He then embarked for America, was two years in the Northern part, and three more in South-America, travelling as a Spaniard, from the extreme facility he had in that language. The climate, profpe&s, and fome other circumftances of Peru, enchanted him fo much, that he hired an eftancias, or farm, and refided near a year in it...---His next tour was to the Eaft; he paffed fucceffively through all the territories in Africa, to the fouth of the Mediterranean, Egypt, Syria, &c. and all the dominions of the Grand Signior went twice through Persia, once through the Northern, and once through the Southern provinces, al over India, Indofian, Siam, Pegu, &c. made feveral excurfions into China, for fome months each time. He was twelve twelve years in the Ea Indies. He afterwards, on his return, ftopped at the Cape of Good Hope, penetrated far into Africa, and on his returning to the Cape took the opportunity of a fhip that went to Batavia, and from thence viewed the islands in the great Indian Archipelago. Returning to Europe, he landed at Cadiz, and paff. ed in a trait line from that place to Mofcow, in his way to Kimchatka and Pekin: he is now fuppofed to be fomewhere in Siberia. He has been ia correfpondence all his life with one or two Cornish gentlemen, with whom he was at college, and their opinion is, that he is determined never to put a period to his travels, while able to move. At 66 years of age, he is in all refpects as healthy, hearty and vigorous, as other people at 46. December 18. Yesterday there was a very curious revolution of principles in two diftinguifhed leaders of powerful parties. Lord North became a Whig, and Mr. William Pitt a Tory. Lord North fpoke against fecret influence, and Mr. Pitt for it. HOUSE of COMMONS, Dec. 19. At three o'clock Lord North appeared in the Houfe, and confirmed a report of a change of Minifters, by taking his feat on the oppofition fide, over against the Treatury Bench: He was foon after followed by Mr. Fox, who finding Mr. Dundas (the late Lord Advocate) fitting with Lord North on the oppofite fide, jocularly took him by the arm, faying, "what bufinefs have you on this? go over to the Treafury Bench," This raised a loud laugh in the House, the two Ex Minifters and Mr. Dundas joining in it most heartily. Lord North and Mr. Fox being feated by each other, were foon followed by Mr. Burk, Col. Fitzpatrick, Gen.Convay, Gen. Burgoyne, Lord John Cavendifb, Lord Surry, Sir Grey Cooper, Meffi'rs Lee and Mansfield, the late Attorney General, the late SolicitorGeneral, and General Lutteril, who all ranged themselves on the fame fide with the vo Secretaries of State; and the Houle having foon after be gun to fill, a most formidable body of members appeared on the oppofition fide; while the benches on the Treafury fide of the Houfe, were, comparatively, very thinly occup.ed. Not a (ymptom of gloom appeared among the former; all was gaiety and good humour. Letters have been received from Ireland, which mention the most serious apprehenfions to be entertained, in confequence of the late refolution of the House of Cominons. The reprefentatives have not only determined against a parliamentary reform, but they have in direct terms called. on the government for asstance, to fupport their refolution against the general fenfe of the nation expreffed by the delegates. Both parties muft contend, or one party muft yield, and all the advices from Ireland concur in announcing the moft determined refolution on the part of the volunteers to effect a reform of parliament, and the fixed fyftem of the Caftle being not to give way, another conflic attended with fatal confequences, is much to be dreaded. The refolution of her Imperial Majefly to make an annual increase of her navy in order to increase her ftrength and dignity upon the ocean, occafions great jealoufies at the court of Versailles, where, it is well underflood, fhe is an enemy to French politicks, and at the farne time fufpicious of the views of the House of Bourbon united. The language of her ambasfador on a late occafion, respecting Turkish war, carried with it an infinite degree of firmness and determination, expreffive at once of the frength of her own mind, and her indifference for foreign interferences. There has been an experiment at Paris very aftonifing, and very much to the honour of its inventor, Mr. Quinquet, made upon electricity, which proves that hail, fnow, hoar froft, and all the aqueous meteors, are formed by the electric fluid. He reduced water to a vapour, and (in a receiver) placed it in a cold bath 18 and 1-2 degrees below cypher. The fides of the receiver were inftantly covered with a hoar froft, and by introducing a large quantity of electric matter, Dd hail hal and foow were formed. He like wife reduced water, placed in a vafe, in the aforesaid cold bath, to hail, by electrifying it, and immediately letting it rua off into the cold bath. The electric etter only palles through the water in the vale, and the forming of the hail depends great ly on the quick efs of the operation. In thirteen experiments, two only had Complete fuccefs. To fhew that electricity expels the rain from the clouds, Mr. Quinquet filed a cord of cotton with water, and discharged the elec tric fluid into it, when immediately the cotton contracted itself, and expelled the water in drops like rain. American News. HALIFAX, December 1783. By the General Ell of we learn, that the Royal George had been got up, and that many of the dead bodies were in her; but do not learn whether Admira! Kempeniet was antong the number.The Spinards have been bombard ing Alptors, and as ufual upon tacfe occafibus, returned home again ha ving received about as much damage as they had done. The probability of a Turkish wat feems to gai ground, and great preparations are making by the powers likely to be engaged in it. Many of the Brith Navd Officers are entering into the Ruffin fervice. There is likew:fe a Ruffin agent in England, hiring tranfports for the fervice of the Emprefs. BOSTON, March 27. The Trial of Sufannab Jones. March 4, Came on, before the Su preme Judicial Court, the trial of Sufannah Jones, fingle woman for the murder of her battard child. She was indifed upon the fature of concealment fo called, by which it is enaded, that if a woman be deli. vered of a biftard, and the conceal the delivery that it may not come to Fight, whether the baftard were bern alive or not, the offender thail fuffer death except the can prove by one witness that fuch child were born dead." The first witnels for the government proved that the, prifoner denied her pregnancy, fome weeks before her delivery, to a man of her acquaintance, and threatened to profe cute him for charging her with being with child. The fecond witness for government was a woman whose service the prifoner had entered as a maid, fome weeks before her delivery. This witnels deponed that the prifoner denied her pregnancy Toon after the came to live with the depoment; further teftified that the pri foner the day before her fupposed delivery, work'd exceedingly hard at washing, and at evening complained to the deponent of being in great pan, and after taking fome ivă, te. tu'd to bed. The deponent aifo, a few hours after, retired to bed and lay in a lower room under the prifoner's chamber, and at midnight heard, as he thought, the cry of a chud over head, and mentioned it to her (the deponent's) hubind, who aughed at his wife, telling her that he was used to hear founds in the night, being a woman of nervous complaints. The deponent, however, left her bed and went up to the prioner's room and asked her if any thing was the matter to which the pri foner antwered NOTHING, and that fhe was very well, and appeared quite compofed; upon which the depenent came down and went to bed again. Next morning, quite early, it being intenfely cold, the prifoner came down, went out of doors, tarried fome time, returned and went to her daily labour, and appeared to the deponent every way as ufual, except that the looked imaler about the wait. About ten days after, the prifoner weat abroad to fee fome of her acquaintance, and in her absence, the deponent weat into the prifoner's chamber and found a dead child between the two beds on which the pri foner ufed to lie. The child was wrap'd in linnen, had no marks of violence on it, but appeared in foine parts con. fiderably putrid. On the prifoner's return the child was shown to her; the faid it was her's, but that it was born dead that, ever fince it was born, the had taken it to her arms in the night and in the day placed it where it was found, between the beds. Upon this the prifoner was taken into cuftody; but, before her departure to prifon, beg'd to take a laft look of her |