board one of which le catherine admiral now comte cieie n his flag paul jones by which name the american officer is known here has not refigntd his command the majority of the bntim officers refufej.however to fervt under him : nor has any ftep yet been taken to accommodate the difference 1 hi occafionsnofmall difficulties though the pfficers hare not yet lelt their ftipst their remonftances to the admiralty only are that they cannot ferve under the american j and that they will lay down their commiffions rather than to ferve " the filk fpeculation bids fair to be as ruinous'in its confeouen ces as that of cotton ; to fuch an enormous height has the brie e,n carried that within theft few days a^hie been 1 a the ale of a tingle bale weareaffured that on the 6th inft the garrifon at belgra furpnfed a fmall auftnan poft and took twelve men and afield piece without ftriking a blow amfterdam is at the expence of io,ooe florins every week to fupport a mihna to keep the public peace and 40,000 peodt art fuppofcd tohavcemigratedfince the commencement of uft september by a letter from france we learn that the war-ofrce is hut up exaflry in the fame manner it ufualfy is when they are at war and where noperfon is fuffered to enter but mud fpeafc to any one they want therein through the door ' , j^fcjwaian sera of humiliation to great-britain she loft a whote continent and was defpifed by every now in europe.-every „/, had a kick at the tick ik the day of retribution is come and france and ruffia are at this moment juft as low as their enemies could wi a they affe to care for nobody and nobody cares for them poland the little reoiains of a kingdom dwindled wrcp o  l.c-w,ll remain where if is during the life of the prefent-w narch who by the by is one of the beft good cbarasers that cw ' graced a throne-he hi the pledged word of the en&w for the fecunty of bis dominions-but on hi death bis kjffiljnv will n ah probability be divided by the imperial crowned &&' itpoffcffejnoftrengthfufficientto leftft and weferve its in d i pendency its revenues annualfy ace not fo much as cur kine is allowed for his privy purfe being no more than soo.oocl e*tr*ei.,f«kt te r fr*mtb*b*ifi*nf*l i<u etfinhr dot j h i « the sweedifli fleet fixteen of the line and four fr trs have been fcen three days ago ff gothland foppoled m^.jl to efcort above fifty gallies and double the number of tranfpor with above forty thoufand treops towards the borders of finland where the ruffian feem pretty much unguarded and not ad vancmg very far wuh thsir fleets cronftadt only three ih,ips of the hna being hauled out of the mole and fo ficwy thai the bury above forty men everyday " * b 1 } l m i n g t o n oftober i ' extract of a letter from gentleman in martinico to is friend in this town fy an ordinance dated the x^bpf augtaft mft enaftedby mr m damas and foulqmer ginieral and intendantof thi ifland ah foreign veflels are allowed to import until the fi-f of january next exdufively into the ports of fort rowl la trinitf an fe marigot rade de st pitrre lambj hail locks cod fifti rice corn felted beef cattle poultry onions and potatoes • • « all duties on the above imported article are taken eff excepting a duty of two per cent clearances for foreign vef feje hall be delivered up only in the ports of su pierreand tonl royal in paying the cuftomary duties of admiralty and harbour all other laws oh foreign trade remains in force ■ <■ • * {& the printers hereof have been unable.ro pubklh a paper ?™ l f c ?*' u ° a nj y half * sbect th week owing ta the fevere fickners which ftill cohtiunes in their of&ee • t h-v hope to bt able to publilh the wilmington cjemtinel asufualinafliort time - jz m d r.°je s hu !>%$£* m '-* a ' lm1s m<1 «» i " f " 1 * ' arrivals flnce the 3d inftant schooker william j miller charlefton sloop in duftry r dunn new yorfc schooner olive branch ik durfey martinico brig nelly f m«mafter newry stoop little peggy t ballewon jamaica sloop nelly j knowlet norfolk ship noryal d harvie barbados ■—. schooner friendaip j pavjs new-river schooner wil mington packet e lawrence charlefton c t e a red qrig nancy b leak bofton schooner william 1 jo miller charlefton sloop s harriot j moore schooner little d jam rea sloop samuel w meads n ycrk sloop union h rofe new river at public vendue o : u monday next the 20th inftaht w at 10 o'clock in the forenoon will be fold to the htgfieft bidder for ready cafhonly :— , the cargo of the sloop fly of king : flon ;— confifting of 46 barrels mufcovado sugar < puncheons and 7 hogdeadi rum and 4 bag pimento wilmington qoober 14 j788 their paffage to ftc nprthward again towards canton betw<«n the latitude of 7 and 4 degrees fouth and between the longitude of 156 and 16 degrees eaft--they difcovered a number of aflands theinbabitaati of which were black with curled and , wooly hair — among thefe ifl^nds they had no found ings about the latitwkje of eight de grees north and in ts longitude of 1 to degrees eaft t|^cjr difcovered two other iflands inhabited by a brown people—with ftraight black hair thefe dflands appeared to be v«ry fertile and much cultivated : and by the behaviour of the inhabitants the hip's company were induced to believe they were the firft difqoverers — on of them was named morris iflan4 the other alli ance iifland they xiid not land on any of them thcfc difcoveries were made in the month of noveiriber the officers of the european fhips in china were aftoniftidf to find a vef fel arriving at that leafon of the year and with eagernefs and pleafure exa mined the tract of their voyage jn coafting near new-holland they had the winds generally from s w and blowing ftrong with a great deal of rain they finifhed their voyage by arri ving again at philadelphia pn the 17th of september 1788 having returned by the ufual rout of the european fhips until they were in the atlantic ocean foreign intelligence l i s b on june 8 * th e laft account from the streights k reprefent gibraltar as in a very deplorable fituation a famine prevails be tides which illnefs ricgns there which ftilladds to the defolation of the inhabitants p a r 1 s k june 22 the fquadron of obfervatioif which has faiw frpm breft b ' fcound to cadi where it will join a divifipn from toulon and fail from thence peahaps to the mediterranean we are aflor • ed that thefe nayaj forces are ordered to repair ta naples when this fquadron returns they will fend fomeftfther fhips to relieve the leopard and uluftre ftationed in the wen.ind.ies ; . l o n d o n july 5 the total amount of the ordinary of the navy at the fevera out-ports as made up to the ift inft is one hundred and twen ty-feven fhips of the lln^-elevcn of 50 guns one hundred and ten frigatts forty floops and four cutters • gftraff of a uttfg from pttfrjburgb % every thin^&been hurry and^pnfufion here for feveral weeks paft s flect has not yet failed nor is it indeed as yeweady ; fome of thp large fffip frdrn 70 toxb^uns at con arandt have not 500 men en board and of thofe half at lead are lan^ftpien wholly unacquainted with naval affairs the veffels on the gulf at archangel and other places have been ftript for jailors who are arrived here } but even thefe have by no means equaled the demand for the men of war fitting out - which amounts to twenty threcfail of which feventccn are of the line fmn 66 ta 1 co guns of which uft there are two on new-york september 16 by the united states in congrefs jfembled september 13 1788 whereas the convention af fcmbled in philadsldhia purfu ant to the resolution of congrds of the 21ft of february 1^7 did on the 7th of september in the fame year report to the united states in cbngrefs aflemblcd a conflitiitiort for the ppdh pie cf the united states ; whereupon congrcis on the 28th of the famesep temper did refolve unanimoufly 44 that the faid report vuth the refo lutions and letter accompanying the u me 4>c tranfmitted to the fcveral le giflatures in order to be fubmitted to a convention of delegates chofen in each ftate by the people t hereof r in conformi ty to thz refolves of the convention ma<k provided in that ca!c and where as the constitution fo reported by the convcuiiuu fclid hy congrefs tranf mitted to the fcveral legifiatures x has been ratified in the manner therein de clared to be sufficient for the eftablifh mentof the fame and fuch ratifica tions duly authenticated have been received by congrefs and are filed in the office of the secretary therefore resolved that the firft wednefday in january next be the day for appoint ing electors in the ieveral states which before the faid day fhall have ratified the faid confutation $ that the firft wednefday in february next be the day for the electors to affemble in their re fpeftive states and vote for a prefiden ; and that the firft wednefday in march next be the time and the prefent feat of congrefs the place for commencing proceed ings under the the faid conflitution charles thomson . secretary new-york sept 27 capt thomas reid in the fhip a1 liance bound to china failed from philadelphia * in the month of june 1787 and-arrived at canton the 22d day of december in the fame year hav ing navigated on a rout as yet nnprac tifed by any other hip — — taking founding off the cape of good hope he fleered to the fouth-eaft-ward en circling all the eaftern and fouthern lflands of the indian ocean pafling the soutli cape of new-holland : and on w e d n el s d a jy october 15 1788 lvol.i r *■;■■*'" ' ; ... x h "$ -.. numb 31 wilmington centinel and q e n e r at iat vert i s e r