The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-10-22 00:00:00, page 2

MADRID, June zt.
The due de Crillon, who is appointed to the com
mand of the troops employed to reduce Gibraltar, de
parted from this city on the 12th instant for Cadiz,
whence he is to go to Algefiras. As soon as the count
d'Artois shall arrive, the siege will be pushed with the
greatest vigour. In the mean time, we may fee by the
following letter, what immense preparations are mak
ing in order to give the last Broke to that redoubtable
fortrefs.
" I have (fays the author, who is arrived at Cadiz)
just been through the camp of St. Roch, which may
be called a city surrounded with a camp. The troops
which compose it have conftruded wooden barracks,
which, from their uniformity and regular arrangement,
exhibit a very pleafingappearance. The heufes of the
officers are almost all built with brick, with a small
garden to each, in which flowers and vegetables are cul
tivated. The nine battalions which lately arrived
from Minorca, are all in tents, and don't appear defi
rousof a more commodious situation. Great expecta
tions are formed from the judgment, bravery and ac
tivity of the due de Crillon, whole arrival is looked for
with an impatience which shews how honourably he is
esteemed. In the interim, plenty is to be seen every
where, attended with health and joy: the soldiers,
inured to hardship and fatigue, perform wonders. Ten
thousand men have hitherto done the duty of forty
thousand; and it has frequently happened, that a par
ty of the brigades de service have remained two days to
gether in the trenches. The Spanish are perhaps the
only soldiers of Europe who are capable of fuflaining
fatigue so painful, so conflant, and hitherto accompani
ed with so little success. Habit has familiarifed them
to danger; they go into the trenches and to the most
advanced poßs, with as little concern as troops are
seen to mount guard in a garrison.
The vessels arrived from Minorca, upwards of ico
in number, have brought an immense quantity of am
munition of every kind. It appears that the court
spares nothing in preparing for a terrible and decisive
attack. The advanced works and lines are already
furnifhed with near 200 pieces of cannon and mortars ;
and besides 150 pieces of ordnance which I have seen in
the park of artillery, many more are expelled. In re
turning from Algefiras f found the road almost cover
ed with carts, loaded with huge pieces of wood, which
will be made use of for the floating batteries. The
ways also contained vast numbers of soldiers, tailors
and labourers, who were going to the camp. The fir
ing of the enemy is not great; when they are fired
upon from the Spanish lines, as is the case from time
to. time, they return an answer. Some provision ves
sels got into the place during my flay at Ceuta and
Algefiras; but nothing difeourages the Spaniards;
they are willing to expose themselves to every danger
to follow the due de Crillon, and to finifh, under this
adored general, a siege which has lafled so long. 1
saw at Algefiras the ten vessels which left Cadiz three
weeks ago: they are cut down and difmafted, in or
der to be made floating batteries of; and are to be lin
ed to such a degree of thickness as to resist cannon balls.
As soon as every thing shall be compleated, Gibraltar
will be battered by land and sea at the fame time : 700
pieces of ordnance will make upwards of thirty thou
find difeharges in a day. The havock which this ter
rible fire will occasion, must very soon render a gene
ral assault practicable, which tne enemy will not be
ab ! e to resist It appears that the floating batteries
will be Rationed between the two moles, and that the
north part of the town will be destroyed by the crofs
fire of these batteries and that of the advanced works
on the fide of the Porte de Terre."
resolved by defamation and obloquy so pull down
others to his Own dirty and contemptible level ?
loth. Is it not bribery and corruption in a candi
date for representing us as a member of assembly in
the next legislature, to threaten an eleaor, that unless
he gives him his voice, he (the candidate) will, if he
Succeeds in his election, retaliate upon him, and use
his intdreft to turn the ehadr out of the office he at
present holds by the appointment of the legislature ?
nth. Is not a man a blockhead, and of course un
worthy to reprehend a free and fenfiole people, who is
continually in the pradice of throwing floats notwith
flanding his own house is made of glass ?
12th. Is that man like to reform the treasury when
in the hands of others, who so unfortunately loft the
public'money when in his own? or can we expef tany
check to peculation or exorbitant salaries (if any such
there are) from due who Bands recorded upon the jour
nals of the assembly aslgui ty of extortion himfelf?-
Vide Book H. page 133, for 1769
13th. Is any man fit to represent the free citizens
of New Jersey who annually receives the interest of
the principal of several thousand pounds sterling in
the English funds? of which sass, should any person
be in doubt, he may, by applying at the house of
an honefl old Quaker on the north weft corner of
Front and Walnut-streets in Philadelphia, be fully fa
tisfied that so it is. QU ERIST.
Sept. 30, 1782.
Foreign Intelligence.
H A GU E, July 10.
THE treaty of commerce between this republic and
the united Bates of North-America, is already
far advanced in theother provinces, and on the point
of being consolidated. We are assured that the pro
vinces of Holland and Weft Friefland are to deliberate
upon it this week.
G L A S G O W, Julyzfr
They write from Argylefhire, that the royal assent
which has been lately given to the bill for wearing the
Highland dress, has given universal fatiifa&ion ; and
that the inhabitants have met in different parts to' ex
press their loyalty and approbation of this bill, by
bonfires, drinking the health of his majefly and roya|
family, the duke of Argile, marquis of Graham, &c
LONDO N, July 18.
Veflerday fume dispatches were received at the admfe
ralty, from lord Howe. We are sorry to find they con
tain an account of Picquet's squadron having formed
a junction with the combined fleet, which now consists
of 38 fail of the line. His lordship was cruizing to
the westward of the enemy, in order to fall in with the
homeward bound trade; the several frigates were like
wise dispatched by his lordship to apprize the fleets of
their danger, and to order them into Ireland. He
likewise adds, that notwith landing the superiority of
the enemy, he has no doubt but he shall be able to
proteH them.
% Our readers may depend on the following account
being a correct narrative of the two fleets, from the
time the enemy was firft difeovered to the Sunday
evening:
Thursday, July if. The Vigilant, of 64 guns, with
the Mediator, Recovery and two other frigates, being
on a cruize, off Ufhant, saw a large fleet, which they
soon di(cover'd to be men of war, and found them
selves chafed by three or four large ships: rhe Recove
ry loft her top mad, and was very near bring tsken,
tlie enemy continuing to chafe till witnin a few leagues
of the Lizard.
Friday 12 In the morning one of the frigates which
had been chafed the evening before, met lord Howe
going down the channel with t 2 fail of th^ line, having
only been joined by the Ocean since he left Portsmouth
being informed of the combined fleet, whole strength
the frigate could not acquaint him with, he continued
his course.
1 S A' U ! d , ay ,' V° Di ' overed the enemy,confiding of at
least 38 fail of the line, with one or two 50 gun ships.
them in the night; and on Sunday, the 14th,
the English fleet was to the westward, most probably
with a view to protect the homeward bound trade, by
securing their retreat into Cork, or foihe other port in
Ireland. r
It is a proof of the abilities of lord Howe, that with
a fleet inferior by 16 or 17 fail, he Ihould be able to
pafsthe enemy, without being able to bring him to an
engagement.
' July 19. On the arrival in town of Mr Jay the
fecretaty to congress, that gentleman fignihrd to' lord
Shelburne, that the intention of lis v isi t was that of
a speedy andamicable n^gociation ; that the members
of congress had duly intruded and autorifed him to
accommod te and decide any technical differences which
might arise in the bufnefs, so as that the prelimina
ries for a firm and lading amity night be 'finally adjufl
ed and declared before ms return to America, and not
to be retarded by any other t an some very material
and important obstacle. A council was immediately
summoned, and has fat twice, to confider of receiving
him, and to be prepared with a set of determined ar
ticles to be proposed to him on the part of this coun
try*
Extrad of a letter from Cork, July i<
" Yesterday the Nancy Eafcfndia packet, captain
Heiffernan, from Bengal, arrived in our harbour, with
dispatches for the Rafi-India directors, which captain
Heiffernan immediately set off with for Dublin, in his
way to London"
This morning some dispatches were deceived from
Gibraltar, which were brought over in the lively
cutter : they contain an account of the arrival of four
corsairs, laden with provisions, which had given them
a very comfortable relief. Every thing remained qui
et when the dispatches came away.
On Wednesday evening a messenger arrived at the
right honourable Mr. Townsend's office at Whitehall
With tlifpatches from his grace the lord lieutenant of Ire
la% We have authority to fay, that they contain
a most direct and pofitivc resolution of immediate re
signation of his viceroyfhip; and so peculiarly averse
does his grace feel to aft in conjunction with the pr p
fent ministers, that he presses them in the Brongeft
manner to appoint an immediate successor, that he may
quit his employment without delay. In confequerce
of the above requisition from the duke of Portland to
refi ^ government of Ireland, a cabinet council
was held after the levee at St. James's, when the right
honourable earl Temple was, by his majefly's com
mand, appointed lord lieutenant of that kingdom and
his lordfhip'sbrother, the honourable Mr. Grenville
was appointed principal secretary to the viceroyfhip’
The tarl Temple has not yet been created duke of
Buckingham, as reported in the various bews-papfrs.
Yesterday the lieutenant of the Winchelfea frigate
the admiralty, with dispatches from
fir J. B Warren, bart. giving advice of his having
watched the motions of the Dutch fleet since their de
parture from the Texel; and that on the 14th instant he
left them Beering for the northward of Scotland
They confided of t 9 two deckers, f ve r al armed Indian
men and some transports. Part of the men of war it
was supposed, would return again to the Texel, after
escorting the outward bound ships to a certain latitude
He likewise adds, that a few days after failing he was
so fortunate as to pick up two transports belonging to
this fleet ; but it does not appear that any of the men
of war are intended to join the combined fleet of France
and Spain
S ALE M, October 3.
The British king's brig, called the Prince Edward,
pierced for 16 guns, and mounted with 14 double for
tified four-pounders, which was ca ried into Beverly
ri""'' we " ave " nce learnt, was surprised in a
small harbour called Chateau. Captain Simmonds,who
commanded her, having agreed to go ashore on a ffioot
party, insisted that captain Woodbury (late com
mander of the Hope privateer, and then prisoner on
br ^> ^'"^ accompany him. Captain
Woodbury endeavoured to excuse himfelf, but, to
prevent suspicion, was finally obliged to go. The
plan previously concerted by the crew of the Hope,
21 in number (then prisoners on board, as mentioned
in our last) was put in execution and compleated be
fore captain Simmonds and his company reached rhe
scarcely an Y oppofi ion was made, although
the number of the enemy amounted to 6t or 62 The
captain difeovered the affair while in his b @ at, and
The above brig was formerly a privateer belonging
to Cape Ann, aad was then called the Wilkes :—The
watch word of the Americans, when they rose to take
possession of her, was Liberty :—fhe number of men
on board her, including those of the enemy who vo
luntarily joined the captors, was exactly forty-five.
Those who remember and formerly relifhtd the popu
lar cry of Wilkes and Liberty, and No. 45, may be
pleased to hear, that these once venerated names, and
this celebrated number, are not, even at this day, al
together inauspicious to the glorious cause of freedom.
immediately acknowledged himfelf prisoner to captain
Woodbury. They returned on board; when all who
did not chufe to join the Americans were set at liber
ty, and permitted to carry with them the whole of
their private effects.
We are informed, that a new commission of the
admiralty has been declared • ,and 'hat lord Dun
cannon, and two or three other right honourable
personages, attached to the late noble marquis's po
litica fyflem, had retired from that board, at which
there had been a total change, except in the person
of the right honourable Hugh Pigot, esquire, admiral
of the blue flag, who is by his majefly continued
in the new arrangement. His grace of Portland,
having expressed a desire of resigning the vicereyfhip
of Ireland, was desired to continue at Dublin, until
earl Temple, his price's f^cceffor, shall arrive, and
assume the administration of that government. The
lord advocate Dundas, is appointed to be treasurer
of the navy ; and colonel Isaac Barre, to be pay
maßer of the forces, vice his old friend and ally Ed
mund Burke, efq ; RefpeHing the earl of Shelburne's
speech, of which much is said in town, and is mferted
in the above-mentioned Glasgow paper, we presume to
suppose, from our information, the fubflance of this
noble lord s speech, delivered in the house of peers
on the 10th of July, w^s publiflied in our Gazette,
dated the loth of September, when his lordship arose
to answer his grace of Richmond, touching the last
c fA'' °' m ' n '" ers > ind the introducing the fubjeft
of American independence in his oration, lord Shri
burne declaring, that the fun of Great-Britain would
be eternally set, Ihould the independ' ncy of America be
We ate informed, that a Glasgow newspaper of
'"' J R °' August is in town, in which some recent in
telligence is inserted from the Eaß-Indies, intimating
the loss of his majesty's ship Hannibal, of 50 guns,
commanded by captain Christie, who on a cruize,
as tis said, off the island of Sumatra, fell in with,
and was taken by the French fleet, which confided of
ten, and the British fleet of only 8 line of battle ships,
the latter not having been then joined by the rein
forcement gone out under fir Richard Bickerton.
That colonel Braithwaite, after an amazing defence of
two days, fighting with five times his own numbers,
had been forced to yield 1500 Seapoys, and about 200
Europeans to a part of Hyder Ally's army. There is,
we are inf rmed in the fame paper, an account of the
force of the British grand channel fleet, which had
ben so reinforced as to Confiß of thirty-two line of
battle ships, opposed to thirty eight of the combined
squadrons of France and Spain; lord Howe was
left off Cape Clear, and Ihould the enemy give the
noble and magnanimous English admiral an oppor
tunity of contending for pre-eminence in valour and
feamanihip, they will certainly be indulged in a well
foiig t field-day, notwithflanding the Superiority of
the allies in point of numbers.
That general Meadows, on the very day of his ar
rival in the East-Indies, marched to relieve the be
sieged post of Tillicherry, attacked and killed 500 of
t^e enemy, and made several thousands prisoners.—
That the superiority of the French naval force in India
had made it necessary for admiral fir Richard Hughes
to retire into port, where he might remain inaccessible
to the enemy until commodore fir Richard Bickerton
Ihould by reinforcements, enable him to bring comte
d Orves to action. The latter, it is said, had gone
to Pondecherry.
Sunday fe'nnight, the enemy evacuated their post
on Lloyd's Neck, demolished the works, and removed
the floresand garrison to New-York.
Friday last arrived here the brig Cumberland, James
Tindals, late mafl-r; her cargo, which is very valua
ble, confi's of fngar, cotton, &c. Was bound from
Tortola to Glasgow, in Scotland; but captured by
the letter of marque sloop Harmony, captain Jonathan
Hopkins, from this port.
N E W-Y0 RK, O&ober 16.
Last Sunday arrived the Mohawk privateer of Sa
leu, pierced for 22 guns, and 128 men, John Cairns,
master, he was taken in Boston bay by his majefly's
thip Enterprize, John Payne, esquire, commander, who
in Baknffable bay took occasion to drive on shore the
rebel brigantine called the Favourite, this was perform
ed the day before the Mohawk was secured.
The fame gentleman also took two brigantines laden
with rum and sugar from the Weftindies bound
to Newbury-Port, healfo forced on more and destroyed
upon Ca pe Cod, a copper bottom ship, name unknown;
his majefly's ship Chatham was in company.
On Monday arrived the brigantine Ceres, carrying
18 guns, 6 pounders, fix of which were thrown over
board, laden with 600 barrels of flour, 60 hhds. of
tobacco, bifeuit, &c. bound from Baltimore to St.
Thomas's, she was taken by his majesty's ship Centuri
on, captain Clayton.
It is certainly reported, that a corps is soon to be
sent from the American army, to relieve or reinforce
the troops at the northward : it is also believed that
a corps of cavalry will be quartered this winter in
the diflrift of Vermont, as the forage in the interior
parts of the country has not been injured by the
drought, as it has near the sea coast.
FI S HK I L L, Oflober 17.
We are informed, the French army, under the im
mediate orders of his excellency the count de Roch
arnbrau, will move in a few days to the r winter can
tonments at the eaßward. It is (aid magazines are
laid up on the Conne&icut river.
N E W-H AV E N, O^ober 10.