Hijlorical Chroriicfe^ 



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fhort time the whole of the 

 ftupendous mills, and fcveral 

 dwelling-houfes. The conftcr- 

 nation and terror excited by 

 this fudden vilitation, may be 

 more cafily imagined than de- 

 fcribed : near 500 unhappy per- 

 fons perifhed in the water, and 

 the damage fuftained is com- 

 puted at upwards of a million 

 of dollars. 



To cultivate the fpJces of 

 the Eaft in the Britifh Weit-In- 

 dia Iflands, has been a defign 

 meditated for fome years part ; 

 and notwithftanding the diffi- 

 culty of procuring the neceflary 

 plants or feeds, on account of 

 the extreme caution and unre- 

 mitted vigilance of the Dutch, 

 yet fome have been already ob- 

 tained, and no doubt a fiiffici- 

 €nt quantity of all the fpecies 

 of trees might alfo be procured 

 from the Moluccas, and the 

 Iflesof Borneo, Java, Ceylon, 

 &c. The cinnamon plant al- 

 ready flourifhesin Jamaica, and 

 there is no doubt but that nut- 

 meg and cloves would grow as 

 well in the tropical regions of 

 the Weft as the torrid regions 

 of the Eaft. 



The American prints fay, 

 that accurate calculations have 

 been made, by which it is af- 

 certained, beyond a doubt, that 

 there are maple-trees in the in- 

 habited part of the United 

 States, more than fufticicnt, 

 with careful attention, to pro- 

 duce fugar adequate to the 

 confumption of its inhabitants. 

 It is like wife faid, that refine- 

 ries are about being eftabliftied 

 by fome wealthy foreigners, 

 rclident in America ; by whom 

 agents wil be fettled in diffe- 



rent parts, who will loan out 

 kettles, &c. on reafonable terms 

 to perfoiis unable to purchafe. 

 With thefe agents caih will 

 like wife be lodged to purchafe 

 all the raw fugar in their p»w- 

 er. 



The Indian war, the or.Iy pu- 

 blic calamity fuftered by the 

 Government of America fince 

 its eftablifhment, is at an end. 

 Colonel Proftor arrived at Phi- 

 ladelphia on the loth of Juntj, 

 after having had a conference 

 with the Chiefs of the Six Na- 

 tions, and brought notice, that 

 a treaty of peace would be lign- 

 ed bet.veen them and Colonel 

 Pickering on the 15 th. 



BOMESTIC. 



The marriage ceremony of 

 his Royal Highnefs the Duke 

 of York with the Princefs Roy- 

 al of Pruflia, took place at Ber- 

 lin on the 29th ult. with the 

 ' greateft magnificence, andevery 

 mark of fatisfadion was teftified 

 ^by the Court and all prefent 

 ;on the occafion. 



On the 4th inft. the Michael- 

 ; mas Head Court of Freeholders 

 of the County of Ayr was held 

 at Ayr. The biifiuefs was to 

 confider objections lodged a- 

 ga^nft no lefs than 108 votes, as 

 being nominal, JiBiiious, or con- 

 fidemial. 



Sir Adam Fergufon doubted 

 the competency of the Court 

 to ftrike any names off the roll, 

 which had ftood four months 

 without challenge, and that 

 there was no evidence before 

 the meeting, that thefe votes 

 were of the above defcription. 



To which it was anfvvered 

 by Mr Bofivell of AuchinUck, 

 that from the opinion of the 



