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r ■ 4 * » > Numb. 6 0 1 T H E 4M. - New-York Gazette From Monday May 9, to Mo,) 16. 1757. L O N D 0 N* M a r c h 7. 1737. Y 1C T ® a(^v,cc ^rom T h a t they m / \ l are employ’d in publick Proceffions %w and Prayers* to obtain the Blcifing cf R a i n , t he D r o u g h t having continued lo long, that i h c G o v e r n m e n t is very apprehenfiveof the Scarcity o f Proviiions, all proper Mcafurcs arc taken to prevent an exorbitant Price upon Corn, and lotnc Bakers have already been co m mitted to Prifon, for r a iling the Price of Bread too high. F r o m Vienna we learn, that the G r a n d Vizier lad r e turned an A n l w e r to C o u n t K o n i g l e g g ’s Letter, in a Stile little expected. T h e C o u n t lad reprefented in policy and gentle T e r m s , thc Neceffity his Imperial Mnjclty was under o f joining his Arms w i t h thofe of Ruflia, in calc of a W a r with the P o r t e } at the lam 5 time offer ing his Mediation to make up the Breach b e tween the tw o K i n g d o m s , in a friendly manner. T o this the G r a n d Vizier replies in a haughty and ' arrogant manner, which will be belt judged ol by the f o ll o w i n g E x t r a # from his Letter* ‘ It is in vain fays the Vizier, that the E m p e r o r k I menaces us w u h an Alliance w i t h Ruflia, and ' , a R u p t u r e w i t h the Sublime Porte j he ought 4 to k n o w , that by thc Peace of Paflarowitz he c is n o t at L i b e n y to a # in this manner. N c - 4 v e i t b d e f s the Mu Allmans are little c o n c e rned 4 w h e t h e r the Em p e r o r be t h e i r Friend or their t F o e . ' - T h e Sublime Porte has taken a D p r o p e r Mcafurcs to fecure its G l o r y and make head againll all* the Enemies or the Empire, and t hat w i t h the greattft Confidence ot Succcls, fincc w e have never given the E m p e r o r any Occafion to begin H o l h l i t i c s w i t h ui* O n € the c o n t r a r y thcChriflians have violated their * Treaties 1vith us, upon different Occafions, * 4 and under t h e moft frivolous: Pretences. As 4 to Afoph, w h i c h the Ruffians unjuftly keep ' • in t h e i r H a n d s , the Sword m u f t very jfhonly 4 decide, w h e t h e r they, or tbc M u f lclman have ' 4 thc moft r i g h t t o t h e Pofleluon o f it, N e v e r * w i l l thefublime Porte confcnt to give it u p r o f them m u c h lefs f u b m i t t o ask Peace of Ruflia ’ 4 & c , W h a t makes the L a n g u a g e o f this L e t t e r t h e more lurprizing is, that it Ihould be conceivedin fuch T e r m s juft at the T i m e w h e n . it was apprehended the Porte w e r e in dread of a W a r with the E m p e r o r , and had a f t u a l l y noirii- nated their Plenipotentiaries to treat o f a Peace. Monfie'ur Lc Memier , o n e o f the A c c a d c m if b . fent into the N o r t h to m a k e Agronomical O F * fervations (of w h o m you have had fome a c c o u n t in fomc o f o u r former Gazettes) has lent a Letter t o Paris from Pcllo, a high uninhabited M o u n tain in Lapland , giving an account, thac they had built t w o little T i m b e r Houfes, in one o t w h i c h t h e y placed a S e # o r o f ix F^etfcm i - diameter, an Inftrunnenc w i t h w h i c h they mea- fure exa&ly tbe fnacc of the Heavens that an- fw e r s t o thc G r o u n d they had mealur’d G e o metrically. T h a t they pafs thc Days in Sleeping o r H u n t i n g , and t h e N i g h t s in making O b f e r - vations : T h a t they live moftly upon Fifli, p a r ticularly frefh Salmon, rhac iht Laplanders have alfo wild F o w l fuch as C o c k o f thc Wood* W o o d - c o c k s . D u c k * T e a l , S n i p e s &c. arid T o n g u e s o f R e i n dear, exceeding Cheap. H e adds, T h a t they fee thc S u n at M i d n i g h r , 8 D a y s before and 8 Days after t h c Sum m e r Solftice : and as that Star, in turning about thc Eartli o f that Climate w i t h o u t felting, confiderably belts the Air, t h c French arc prodigioufly i n c o m m o d ed by it, efpecially by rhe incredible m u l m u d c o f Gnats. T o w a r d s the Autumnal Equm o j t , thc Aurora B o i e a l i s i s f p frccjucnt there, tlu t they fee v e r y well both the Day and N i g h t . .And moft c o m m o n l y i o m e N o d e is then heard in the Firmament* W e are informed that Application will i m m e diately be made to bis M a j e l i y by the Merchants concern'd in the Wcjt± India Trade,-concerning the Difptite between t h c Englijh and French , a b o u t taking t h c Ships o f f Antigua and Marttneco 5 a u d ’(is not doubted but the iamc will be put on. t proper Footing. T h e y write from NUmhonr^ T h a t a very violent T e m p e f t arofc at N o r t h - W c f t , i t _o£ January^ w h i c h laid a great Parc o f tbe C i t y undef W a t e r again 5 thac j u f t before thc H e i g h t of the Storm a Ship arriv’d, the C r e w o f w h i c h reported, that they nud met wich feveral W r e c k s floating in the Sea : aud that the Damage done to Eaft-Friefland by the laft I n u n d a ti o n a m o u n t s to above a M i l l i o n o f O r o w n s . All Differences now being ended w i t h t h t Spaniards* thc w h o l e A t t e n t i o n o f the Imperial Court t u r n s upon the Tnpkifli W a r # w L e h f t l
