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March 3; Intelligence was 

 received from Jamaica, that on 

 the 17th of December last, a 

 smart ftiock of an earthquake 

 was felt at Kingston and other 

 places^ On the 31st of the 

 same month, another very smart 

 Ihock was felt. 



The Pope has publifhed a 

 bull for the supprelsion of 

 twenty festival days in Spain. 



The debts of the United 

 States of America, to the a- 

 moiiat of between fifteen and 

 ^ixteen millions sterling, have, 

 Ly an act of congrefs, been fun- 

 ded iu the three following 

 scocks, viz. 



Three per cent, whereof the 

 interest is now paid every-, quar- 

 ter. 



Six per cent, whereof the 

 interest is likewise now paid 

 every quarter. 



Deferred stock, which, after 

 the year 1800, will bear an 

 interest of six fier cent, payable 

 every quarter. 



The interest on the three 

 percent, and i\x fier cent, stocks 

 is paid with the utmost punc- 

 tuality on the days on which it 

 becomes due, viz. ist of April, 

 1st of July, 1st of October, and 

 1st of January. 



I'he three fier cent, stock 

 can only be redeemed at fiar, 

 when congrefs (hall make pro- 

 vision by law for it. 



The six fier cent, stock is 

 subject tc redemption, by pay- 

 ments not exceeding in one 

 year the proportion of 8 fier 



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cent, on account both of the* 

 principal and the interest of six' 

 fier cent. 



The deferred stock is sub- 

 ject to redemption, only in the 

 same proportion as the six fier 

 cent, stock. 



But it is exprefsly stipulated 

 that the United States are not 

 bound or obliged to redeem 

 in the above 'proportion ; but 

 only that they have a right so 

 to do. 



The stock is in dollars, which 

 are reduced to money, at the- 

 par of exchange of America, 

 viz. 4 s. 6 d. fier dollar^ 



Three fier cent. L. 75. 



Six fier cent. L. I20. 



Deferred stock, L. 75. 



The produce of the taxes' 

 laid to provide far the payment 

 of the interest on the American 

 funds, has far exceeded the es- 

 timate made of them, yielding 

 a surplus of above one- million- 

 two hundred tiiousand dollars, 

 which, by an act of congrefs,' 

 is laid out in the same manner 

 as in this country, in reducing 

 the public debt. 



The deficit in the French fi- 

 nances for the current year, on 

 a supposition that taxes will 

 not be better paid than they 

 have been v^e two preceding 

 years, is calcmated at twenty- 

 five millions sterling ; a sum 

 exceeding, by one-third, the 

 whole revenue of Great Britain, 

 and fully equal to what the 

 Vvhole revenue- of Fruiice ia. 



