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forces have been weakened there by sickness and many
actions. Calicut, on the coast of Malibar, where was
a Dutch factory, was taken by general Abingdon, on
the 13th of February. By the last accounts, the army
of general Conte and Munroe, were not in a con
dition ro face Hyder Ally after his reinforcement by
the French Ret.
The ame papers mention, that the court of London
looks ferrous upon toe situation of Gibraltar; tnat ge
neral E hot had written in toe most pressing terms for
a reinforcement: that the Spaniards had begun a
^ork near the rock, which, in spite ofallthe labour
and cost, they intended to bring upon a level with his
own ; 1800 of the garrison were in the hofpial; fait
provisions and bread were not wanting there, but an
extreme Scarcity of live flock and refrefhments, and the
men worn down with continual duty and fatigue, and
mlny not off from duty affe& d with the feurvy and
dysentery. The Spaniards will have in the Straits 9
fhipsof th^ line, wnich, joined to 27 ships of the fame
force, under admiral Cordova, and 12 French ships of
the line, wdl form a force fu fficient to face admiral
Howe, fhoud he attempt the relief of Gibraltar. It
is added in theft papers, that should admiral Howe
succeed in throwing fuccours into the place, such is
the plan of the duke de Crillon, as not to be much re
tarded even by that event.
Friday last arrived here the ship Phoenix, in-- days
from CuGalcup"; in lat. 42 she difeovered a fleet of 30
fad of transports, landing East.
Lite ^ddees from Europe by the late arrivals in this
port.
L 0 N D O N.
Auguftv. All prufpeH of either a separate or gene
ral peace seems entirely to be at an end ; the repo t of
fir J. York's going to the continent, has not the least
foundation in truth; on the contrary, he has ordered
all his effect, which he left at the Hague, to be (hip
ped for London, so little hopes has ne of revisiting the
continent.
Aug. 3. The minifler who perfifls in the impious
fyflera of pr tra&ing the American war, and of baulk
ing the folicitudeand anxiety ofthe public for peace,
seems not less blind than Sampson, and like lim too,
pulling down the pillars of the Rate, though sure of
being eventually, as well as others, overwhelmed
in its ruins!
Aug. 7. General Elliot's last dispatches occasion
the mod furious alarm to government of any that bare
been received from him. He particularly requ^Rs an
additional bo^y of troops;.mentioning that the Spani
ards are carrying on a work close to the rock; Which,
notwithßanding the immense expeace and labour that
it will be attend'd with, they are determined to make
level with it, for the purpose of erecting a g and bat
tery. The general writes, that the fatigues the men
endure from their close attendance to duty, inevita
bly prevents him, till he can get a supply of men, from
giving the enemy any interruption in the carrying on
of their works. He fays, that since the last effectual
sally which he made, they have been cautious, for that
inflead of having their grand camp at the diPance of
four miles from their works, they have now contrived
it to be within half a mile of their engineers, which
makes any attempt in the garrison of Gibraltar to dis
turb them, very dangerous. This circumdance had
determined the cabinet to fend them immediate relief
Aug. 10 The attention of all Europe is now turned
with infinite apprehension and solicitude to the fate of
Gibraltar. On this theatre the greatest exploits are
shortly expelled to take place. The fame acquired by
the duke de Crillon in his siege of Minorca, on the one
hand, and the tried and determined bravery of general
Elliot, on the other, mud produce a contest m which
every Rratagem and manoeuvre in the art of war will
undoubtedly be exerted on both sides. The vast ar
mament from sea, will also not a little augment the
prodigious fpe&acle on land ; and more courage and
flfill are not expeAed, either from the English or Spa
ni(h army under their refpeHive able commanders,
than from the British fleet led on to viftory or death by
the gallant Howe. On that bloody and important day,
whenever it shall happen, may the God of battles take
charge of the fate and honour of England !
The present cabinet, so far from being unanimous,
are divided upon the American q ueflion by a formida
ble opposition. The certain loss of all Georgia, and
evacuationof Cuarleflown, has confirmed the proprie
ty of Mr. Fox's judgment; and the probability is,
that before the meeting of parliament we shall not pos
sess a foot of ground in the thirteen colonies. Would
it not then have been b tter to have in some measure
conciliated the minds of the Americans, by declaring
them independent at once, than to have precluded our
selves from that at? of favour, by giving them an op
portunity of boafling that they had fairly driven us
out of their country ?
Lord Howe's fleet, when he next fails, is intended to
consist of three ships of 100 guns ; fev^n of 90 ; four
of 80 ; seventeen of 74; five of 64 ; two of 60 ;' three
of 50 ; eleven frigates; five firefhips, and two bombs,
with three cutters; in all 62 fail of vessels, 38 of them
of the line.
Aug. 13, As lord Shelburne is exactly of the fame
principles with lord North in refpe& to America, the
people, notwith Landing the late changes are exactly
in the fame predicament as when lord North was at the
helm.
Yeflerda, morning about e : ght o'clock the count
de Graffe set out from royal hotel, Pdhmall, in a post
coach and four, in which also was the count, his ne
phew and his sirs llieutenant • ,two others of his officers
followed him in a port chaise. they passed through
Kent- street in their way to Dover, in order ro embark
for France.—A servant in livery rode before the carri
ages, and a black servant followed them.
Aug. 14. Tie Dutch fleet for the East Indies ap
pear to have taken such a route, that we shall probably
hear no more of them till they arrive in the Asiatic seas,
and join the French, whole combined squadron will
then be twenty three fail of the line; fir Edward
Hughes, when joined by commodore Bickerton, will
only have sixteen, including the Isis of 50 guns.
The duke of Richmond, duke of Grafton, duke of
Manchester, earl of Effingham, lord vifeount Keppel,
and general Conway are all expected to resign in a few
days, agreeable to the public declaration of the latter,
" That neither himfelf nor his friends would continue
in office one moment after the further prosecution of
the American war had been agreed on."
The cabinet we hear are divided in the following
manner, refpeHing the further continuance of that de
hruHive war.
For the measure- Shelburne, Afhburton, Gran
tham, Pitt.
Against it. Richmond, Grafton, Kepple, Camden,
Thurlow, Conway, Townshend.
In consequence of which the Jesuit cannot enforce
the obnoxious measure, till some of these honest mini-
Rers are removed.
A squadron of ten ships of the line and four or five
frigates will fail from Spithead for the Ration in the
North seas, either this day or to morrow. —Amiral
Milbank, with fir Richard Hughes, and commodore
Keith Stewart, go upon this service; the Ocean,
Princess Amelia, and two other 3 deckers, with fix 74
gun ships, are to compose the squadron; but it is
much to be feared that the Mynheers will by this rime
be in fafety in the Texel.
The attention of the kingdom is now directed to the
ensuing session of parliament, which it is expected will
be more fully attended than any since the commence
ment of the present reign: the important question re
fpeHing America will be then finally adjufled.
Don Galvez has destroyed Rattan and all the Bri
tish settlements in Honduras, and throughout the Spa
nish main, by the maintenance of which Britain had a
profpeft of drawing the mofl important commercial
advantages from that quarter. An account of the
services of Don Galvez, published by the court of
Madrid, contains 20 pa es.
The spirit of independence seems to have pervaded
the world. An infurredion has lately taken place a
mong the Tartars, which very seriously employs the
court of Russia.
Persons the bed informed at Madrid, ha r e declared,
that there has been no r volt in New Spain since the
war, notwithstanding the pompous accounts published
here upon that fubjeft.
General Meadows, who carried 2500 men from Eng
land, on his arrival at Bombay had no more left than
itco
The French have secretly sent four fllips of the line
with troops to the Eaft-Indier, which with their other
forces there mud give them a inferiority in that quar
ter. Other powers besides Hyder Ally are difaffefted
to the English, and wait only a fair opportunity to
aft against us. A diffention has arisen between the
governor of Madras and fir Eyre Coote. India flock
falls every day
According to many letters in town, which have late
ly bean received from Warsaw, all the powers of the
North are arming with extraordinary aßivity. The
em press has been laying up magazines for some months
pafl, and has already railed ten thousand recruits in
addition to her peace eflablifhment. The emperor jea
lous of this hostile appearance, is increasing his forces
in every part of his dominions; while the king of Pruf
fia has ordered every regiment in his service to be com
pleated, and is making every possible provision for a
war. What part these different powers intend to take
is not so easy to determine; but this we are well in
formed of, that it is generally underflood,both in France
and Holland, that the emperor will fide with the house
of Bourbon, in oppefition to Old Frederick, and her
imperial maj^y.
One of lord Home's cruizers saw the combined-fleet
fafe moored in Brest harbour before the fleet left their
Ration.
Yesterday some dispatches were received from Lisbon,
which were brought ov^r in a Ruffian man of war, ar
rived at Pbrtfmouth; they contain an account of 20
fail of Spanish ships having failed from Cadiz the 24th
ult. under convoy of four men of war, and are sup
posed to be gone to the Havannah.
Augufl 16. The Bedford party to a man have inlift
ed with the Rockingham, under the banner of Mr.
Fox, which was brought about by they ung duke and
colonel Fitzpatrick.
Extra& of a letter from a gentleman in Pari e , dated
Auguß 3d, 1782,
" You will receive numerous accounts of peace from
this quarter, none of which you mutt credit After
many goings and comings, and much talk about a ne
gociation for a general adjußment of differentes, Mr.
Grenville has taken a final leave of Paris Tais gen
tleman never was sincere, and I wish his successor may
be more so. Mr. Fitzherbert is charged with a royal
commission, empowering him to treat with the mini
fters of their high mightinesses, and with the powers
and Rates at war ; so that our empire, you fee, is or
is not comprehended, just as the changeable course of
things, may or may not make it an objeflof primary
attention. Comte Vergennes, however, wil Ibring his
point to a speedy explanation, at least he will oblige
Mr. Fitzherbert to speak a plain, intelligible language,
as soon as the forms which lead to such business can be
got through.
" Fitzherbert, in my opinion, is inßruOed to push
the negociation till the terms of the lea : ued piwers can
be afeertained, but no further. One principal end for
gaining these terms is, that they may be uled, if ccca
fion requires, at the fitting of the next British parlia
ment to oppose an acknowledgement of our independ
ence; for it seems that this question is, either materi
ally or formally to be debated; and there can be no
doubt but that Shelburne, the premier, and the late
ministry will call into action every obflacle to prevent
what they think carries with it the ruin of Great-
Britain.
“ The public reception which doctor Franklin and Mr.
Jay meet with from comte de Aranda is nt a little
promising, and mwR serve to give them additional con
equence in the approaching negociation.
Philadelphia, O&ober 29.
" America should know how much she is indebted
to major general the marquis de la Fayette—This
French nobleman has been particularly serviceable to
our miniflers : they have wanted no information, nor
the united Rates any friendly affiflance which he could
give, thathas not been rendered—His exaft knowledge
of our army, both under his excellency general Wash
ington and general Greene ; the temper of the troops•
their number; their virtues ; their wants, and their
necessities—His perfect acquaintance with the spirit:
and disposition of our people wherever the enemy have
been, ayd wherever he has been himfelf— His enter
courfe with our men in high trust—His accurate ideas
of the finances and abilities of the refpeaive Rates, with
their capacities and inclinations to prosecute the war—
I fay, all these things could not fail to make his in
telligence and presence, during a negociation, of the
utmost importance. His informations muR have been
such as no other person in France could have given to
our minivers; and such, perhaps; as the whole body
of congress could not have communicated; because
his knowledge was collected from observation and per-
Nnal enquiries, and theirs, from the nature of their
fituatjon, cannot be so various, so critical and ex ten
live.—He was very anxious to return to America, and
was only detained here on a special requefi of our mi
niflers. For my own part this man surprises me: we
of America are not less virtuous or less firm for the de
fence of our rights than we were at the beginning of the
war ; but ourenthufiafm which blaz'd beyond descrip
tion at that time, is now nearly extinguished. This
nobleman, who has been so long with us, brings with
him to France all our earliest and brightest enthusiasm,
with all our present firmnefs and virtue. Much may
he be rewarded by his own country, for much he de
serves from ours, which can give him nothing, save
gratitude.
" You cannot well conceive how affeAingly de
Gaffe's defeat was felt by the gayest and dvelieft peo
ple in the world : had I been an uninterefled fpe&ator
I also must have been affected. But this shock was not
of long continuance, and was succeeded by a patriotic
spirit which gave a new vigour to every thing. Vo
luntary fu bferiptions from provincial Rates, cities, and
private societies of men, soon made up a much larger
number of ships than what has been taken. So great
was the spirit of giving, that the king would not per
mit all that was offered to be received, because he saw
that numbers had rather consulted their zeal than their
fortunes. I blushed during this feene for my own
country, there being no instance of the fame kind to
be found on our records.
" One word more on politics—The recovery of Gib
raltar remains the fixed object of Spain : the siege is per
tinaciously kept up; new measures and a new arma
ment are in a train for the most determined attempts ;
and it is not improbable but that a grand assault will
take place on or about the 25th of this month."
The last Chatham paper fays, that there has lately
been a very hot press on Staten-Island ; and the Fish-
Kill paper informs, that the enemy are demolishing
No. 8, a redoubt near Kingibridge. Delaney's corps,
formerly protested by this work, are to take a fafer
post on York-Island.
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