The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

June 21. The definitive treaty between the Courts of London and Versailles is not signed by either of the contracting parties, owing to the following singular circumstance: -Mr. Swinburne, who possessed considerable property in St. Kitts, sustained great losses during the siege of Brimstone hill: his lady, a woman of the first talents and address, went in consequence thereof to Naples, and solicited the Queen of that kingdom, by whom she was always very graciously received, to interpose her good offices with the Court of France, in order to procure some compensation for Mr. Swinburne's heavy losses. The Queen of France was immediately applied to, and Mr. Swinburne, in consequence thereof, obtained "a grant of all the unceded and uncultivated lands in the island of St. Vincent, to be enjoyed by himself and his heirs forever." This circumstance coming out after the signing of the preliminary treaty, the British ministers do not think themselves bound to accede to the grant, on repossessing the island; the Cabinet of Versailles, on the other hand, insists upon the fullest ratification thereof-and there the matter rests for the present.