The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-09-24 00:00:00, page 2

^y federal Vfeffels arrived at Boflon And Providence,
from France and Holland, we have received the
following Advices.
PAR I S, June 25.
h< H E four companies of the King's guards having
fupp'ricated his majefly to permit them to offer
him a fliip of 74 guns, the expence of conftruß ng
which to be taken from the appointments and pay of
tins corps; the kng has not judged proper to accept
this offer; but, by a letter which- his maj-fty has
written to prince de Eeav 0, the captain on duty, he
was pleased to teflify hts ferfibility, and how much he
was affected by thisimark of zeal in the four compa
nies, and to assure them he would never forget it.
July I. The marquis de Bouille came to Verf illes
on Friday last. The king gave him a very gracious re
ception : he conversed tor above an hour and a qua ter
with his majefly, who has raised him to the rank of
lieutenant renewal, T/ is officer has the greater repu
tation. M.de Bougainville, who arrived in the fame
fllip, is yet at Erefl.
, Since yefterdsy a report is spread that the negocia
tion for peace is broke off; but force people of credit,
who pretend to Know what paffespaffure us of the con
trary : however, thus much is certain, that Mr. Gren
ville continues ids conferrencts with the count de Ver
gennes, and it is _even said that an accommodation is
pretty far advanced.
JULY 6.
Extiafh of a letter from count de Guichen, to the mar
quis de Carries, (ecrera y of state for the marine de
partment, dated at sea, on board the Terrible, June
27.
“ I have the honour to inform you, that the com
b'ined fleet has tad very little wind since its departure
from Cadiz, which, howevef, would not have retard
edus much, had it not become quite contrary at the
entrance of the bay. We were a little recompensed af
terwards by meeting with a fleet of, the enemy's ships,
which we descried the 25th of June, in lat. 47. 36. N.
and -5. 20. W. from the -meredian of Paris.
This fl'et, competed of i 8 fail, was escorted by the
Portland, of 50 guns, the Oileu, of 32, the Danae,
of 24 and :'e Merlin sloop: it was defined for Canada
and Newf< vu Hand. Cur frigates have takeh the eigh
teen (hips, but could not come up w ; th the ships that
convoyed them. At the departure of the courier from
Bred, the prizes appeared off Ufhant.'
July 9 ft is not doubted but that on the arrival of
this interfiling news (the taking a fleet of transports,
bopnd to Canada or Newfoundland, and the ships of
war that convoyed tl em) M. de la Mothe Piquet, who
was ready, would fail with I is diviffon to rejoin the
cor W r ed.fleet, which most at prefect consist of 40 or
12 b ^ teline The Eneldh fquace.or, if it really
failed s he 29th or^oth of lab month, will : is conjec
tured, obliged to return to port. They are said
to have 28 :Fps of the line, since the division of admi
ral Ross caned-
O, N D. O N,
June 28. According o the plan of certain M'Bride,
vessels a., taking up in the principal pmb of Ireland,
to serve as fighters to transport in - F,nj...-.d the corps
of volunteers, which are comp ft of 15c men each.
Those cl Dublin are in the bay of her city, on board
the Artois, and those of Corke, az. its vicinity, on
board the L-ncorne.
July 3. It is aflopifhing how sensibly the gloom,
which for a few mon' s pa fl hung on every toy conn
tew mce in this metropolis, dissipated as the news of the
marquis of Rockingham' death was disseminated thro'
the city. There is a faymg of some ancient philofo
pher, whirl thsevent very I rurally verefies, “ whin
your friend or patron dies, go net among his depen
dants and ad nirers, to make a joft eßimate of his vir
tues, or gather materials for his epitaph, but marl< well
the faces of those who dreaded most his merits while
alive. Their intemperate joy will be the best measure
for your grie'."
The marquis of Rockingham, amongst his many 0
ther patriotic virtues, was a whig upon the truest
confitutional principles, and which he often gloried to,
declare to the very teeth,and in the full meredian of tory
power. Thy day of his death seemed to be propitious
to his principles, his lordship dying on theist of July,
a day rendered memorable in the annals of this coun
tiy, by the glorious battle of the Boyne by which
king William rooted out tyranny and papal power,
and placed th s conflitution on a basis of freedom,
which we hope will last for ages.
Netwithflanding the superiority of the combined
fleet in point of numbers, government have received
intelligence that may be relied on, that most of the
Spantfh Clips are so indifferently equipped, that they
will not be able to fland a close engagement. This in
formation determined ministry to haflen the failing of
lord Howe with all the ships that are now ready ; and
it is confides iy aid his orders are positive and decisive
to engage.
July 4. General Arnold was at court yeflerday, for
the firft time for feme month.
It is pref o ned tba< an acknowledgment of American
independent, wouE b- follow dby an immediate
ceffatzon >f hostilities on the part of our Trans. At
lantic brethren. W' y should we hesitate openly to a
vow w at we have already acknowledged by im
plication? The iate-m; Jftry authorised coromiffioners
to t r at vlth Congress, and the delegation of that au
thority was a.tacit renunciation ofour sovereignty 0-
ver the colonies.
Notwithßandin? our late brilliant successes, and the
profpeas we Have of late been able to pursue the war
with the advantage, peaces and p rticularly with the
Dutch, is the earnest wish of ths commercial part of
this kingdom ; being the common carriers of Europe,
the Dutch very largely contributed to the promotion
of our trade, which, notwith Landing the powerful foes
we had to resist, fuffered but little injury till the com
mencement of the war with Holland; but since that
time our goods have been rotting in the warehoufes,be
caufe we have no means of transporting them to fo
reign markets, where they would be bought up with
the greatest avidity, and at very high prices, so great
Earl of Temple was yesterday appointed fecret^y
of state, in the room of earl Shelburne, and Mr. Tho
mas Townsend, in the room of Mr. Fox.
The honourable Mr. Wiliam Pitt is appointed
chancellor of the exchequer, and fir George Young,
fectetary at war, on the room If the right honourable
Thomas Townsend, esquire, who takes the place of
one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state.
Were Chatham, Rockingham and Temple, these il
lustrious corn-patriots, to look back from their graves,
and fee how much the duplicity of one man has undone
the glorious fabric they endeavoured to raise in be
half of their country; the fight would chill their ge
nerous bosoms 'with anguish and horror They would
cbrfh the day that ever brought them acquainted with
a Sh- . It is a pity that the divine simplicity of the
dove, is facrifleed to the cunning of the serpent ; and
that the fonleft hypocricy triumphs over the bright^ft
honour.
There is a fleady persevering virtue in Mr. Fox and
his colleague, Mr. R. Burke, which will continue to
be admired while the name of patriot and freedom is
sweet in Britain ; they may be truly said to have Hoop
ed to conquer.
The admiralty o r Amfte r drra published a lift of their
naval force the middle of laflmon h, which they make
to consist of 28 fall of the line, and 21 smaller vtffeh.
July 12. Yeflerday at ii o'clock, an express arrived
at the admiralty from Portsmouth, with the alarming
information, that the combined fleet was under fail, and
actually coming up the channel in consequence of
which a council was immediately summoned, in order
to coofider the necessary measures to be taken on tne
occasion.
The above intelligence was received from a most re
fpeHable quarter, but at too late an hour for us to
make any enquiry into the particulars of the express.
We are sorry there does not appear the most diflant
hope of a reconciliation with America, une's w firft
either acknowledge their independency, or witl draw
our fleet and army. The messenger sent to Congress
by general Carleton, had been treated with great cool
ness, and a refufal to enter upon any treaty, unless
the above preliminaries was agreed to. This was their
fixed determination.
The duke of Grafted has certainly refuted a very
considerable appointment under the prefect butterfly
minifler!
The independence of America alluded to by Mr.
Fox and that of the present premier are widely differ
ent: the latter insists on the sovereignty of the crown;
while the former was for making America an indepen
dent sovereignty, the only terms on which they will
treat.
The debate in the house of commons on Tuesday last
is universally admitted to hav p been the moll impor
tant ever heard, as it not only involved in it the cause
of Mr Fox's resignation, and the great queflion of
American independence, but compleatly unfolded the
system upon which the prrfentCuixotte minister is toafl.
Notwithstanding all the par^d, made about the ar
rangement of the present mjniflry, every one knows
that it is meant for nothing more^than just tofil up
the gap till the new minister feels himfelf bold enough
to introduce the members of lord North's administra
tion, which are meant to be brought in by degrees.
The present fair faced firft lord of the treasury, and
his motly groupe, are a precious set to make peace
with America, the earl of She burne having more than
once pronounced the man a traitor, who would wish
the independence of that country, and Mr. Dunning
(who is now lord Afhburtou) having declared in his
place in the house of commons, that he would impeach
the minister who would dare to move fuel )a thing !
July 13 Authentic letters from Ireland mention,
that the people there are every where diffatisfied with
is the present demand for British goods in every quar
ter of the globe.
Many of the refugees are preparing to go back to
America, as their private letters from different parts
of the continent give the strongest assurances, that all
the differences between the mother country and the co
lonies will be amicably adjufled in a very short time.
July 6. The savings in the pay office, as regulated
by Mr. Burke, will alone exceed a gain to the nation,
of ioo,ooo|. sterling a year.
If there is one happy word in the Ehglifh Language
of such powerful efficacy, as to operate like a charm,
and reconcile two nations once happily connected, but
who have by the base artifices of infiduous and treach
erous men, been too long disunited : if North-Ameri
ca can be reconnected with Great-Britain, it most be
by the force of the word---independence. If that is
once freely granted, and without any reserve, it will,
in spite of all treaties and confederacies, loosen the'
Bands of friendship between the colonies and France ;
all difeontepts between themand us will be forgotten,
all farmer, friendships will be renewed in full vigour ;
the bonds of union will be Wronger than ever, for no
thing in future can weaken them.
July 8. The duke of Grafton will be firff lord of the
admiralty, and Charles Jenkenfon, efquirr, chancellor
of the exchequer.
Extraß of a letter from Hull, July 2.
'' We hear no news of the Dutch fleet being out
from the Texel; but there are several privateers on the
coaß, large vessels from 20 to 28 guns each : there are
so many troops now in the north, that we can be un
der no apprehension of a defceot; yet the trade must
fuller confilerably unless a fiuadrou returns to com.
maud the North sea, a>rthat in a very short period
-130 fail of colliers rfow blocked up here."
By the last accounts from Gofport, of, the Bth in
flant, we learn, that a letter was just arrived with an
account, that lord Howe, with 24 ships of the line, ar
rived off Brest, on Friday noon ; the Ocean and Vigi
lant are on their way to join.
The nation is in a most uncouth filiation, from the
so early and sudden change of administration, the most
momentous affairs are now on the tapis and the (mail
ed delays may prove fatal.
July 11. Mr. Fox waited on hismajeßy yesterday,
and delivered the seals in form, and declared his resig
nation.
A confirmation of the above intelligence was yester
day afternoon received at Lloyd's, and with this addi
tion, that thehench were fleering for the Texel, and
? rd J™ Dually in porfuit of them, endeavouring
if portable, to live them battle before they formed their
intended junHion with the Dutch Feet.
Juy ^ It is co Gently wifpered about, that pre
' "° x '' resignation of the seals, the present
firft lord of the treasury took great pains to persuade
him to continue in office, and even went so far as tdaf
fure him, that he should have his own measures, and
that his (lord S's) conduct should be the reverse of
what it had been since he came into administration.
The late changes in administration hold out the prof
pe& or a most formidable opposition in the ensuing
sessions of parliament. Various are the reasons assign
ed for toe resignation of the late secretary of slate; but
as the renouncing of emolument is the strongest criteri
on th man can gwe of his integrity, it is but just to
impute tiie resignation of Mr. Fox to principle-
The earl of Shelburne has imputed it to disappoint
ment, but r^edukeof Richmond, lord Derby, and lord
Keppel in the lord; with lord John Cavendish in the
commons, have 0 Ily contradicted the assertion, by de
claring that Mr. Fox had determined to resign, previ
ous to the death of tbe marquis of Rockingham.
' '° x a P° ea rs as great in his friendfhip as in his
pataothm Whilst he (corns the bribes of office, when
put in comparison with the good of the state, he bold
ly flands forth as a champion in vindication of the in
lur^d honour of his friends.
the resignation of Mr. Fox, and unable to hear
even the name of Shelburne!
a Shelburne declares for American independence.
At the beginning of the fefiions his lordship declared,
that whenever America was independent, the fun of
England would set—His lordship has been converted
"° m '" s o 'd political system, as Copernicus was from
the J tclemac— He now fees that the world goes round
the fun, not that the fun goes round the world- and
though the fun of England may set with American in
dependence, yet he looks to fee her rife again in all her
P"", e ,^°? from the weft—The excuse given for his
lordship's change of opinion is not unlike that of the
mock doCTor in the farce, who, being contradicted by
his patient for averting, that the heart lay at the right,
and the liver on the left fide, assured him, that the sys
tem of the human body had been totally reversed by
order of the college of physicians.
Is there not a strange contradiction in the oration of
the present premier? He condemns the stile of despon
dency, though the language of truth; when at the
fame time he asserts, that he has placed himfelf at the
helm when " the fun of England is about to set."
if lord Howe does not get out of the channel very
peedily (and the wind is at present very much' against
him ; especially as with a force so inferior to the enemy,
ne dare not extend his fq u ?dron, for fear of difaf
i''^ '°' s °' ""'' art °'°° r J amaica ^ n d Leeward
ligand fleets, is reduced almost to a certainty; as the
Frenh well know the dependence placed on them for
favors to man our ships of war, and therefore have a
double view in intercepting them.
rn'? e " '" e combined fleet failed from Cadiz, it con
fitted Qf 28 fail of t! e line Spanish, and five French,
making 33 fail of the line ; there were at Brest with Ist
\<')t r e Picquet, ten fail of the line; so that their squad
ron most be 43 fail of the line, instead of 37, as has
been mentioned.
Extract of a letter from Plymouth, July 9.
“ Yetterday passed by this port to the weflward, the
grand fleet under the command of l or d Howe, and
were joined from hence by his majefly's (hip Suffolk,
and the Egmont will follow in a few days. The Croco
dile in the found."
July 15. The present moment may justly be consi
dered as an awf.il crisis, that ought to excite the most
public (applications to Providence, to extend its pro
tection to this ide of liberty.'
' n! ™ erday , ornin ^ an express arrived in town from
" ith ad vice, that an express boat had come
tbe ' rand fleet under lord Howe, which then
confines of 24 fail of the line. The combined fleet was
" th ," " n ^ 2 4 leagues N. E. off Ufhant and the Eng
hfh fleet OIT the Lizard, half seas over. The foremoft
f^ps of both fleets were then within fight of each 0^
ther.
S ^'" N £'" ELD ' (Mafftchufetts-Bay) September 10.
^xtiaft of a letter from Albany, dated Auguff 26.
„'' The runaway tories of this state are coming
in large parties, and petitioning for grace, pardon, &c."
N F, W P O R T, September 7.
Last Thursday the brig , captain Handy, arriv
' ." ere , in 15 days from St. Kitts, by whom we are
informed, that ^ the 15th ult. the town of Basseterre,
in Guadeloupe, wig entirely conformed by fire.
N E Y/ - L O N D G N, September 13.
Thursday last, captain Burnham failed from this port,
in a brig, lor the Weft-Indies, and in the afternoon, be
ing near Montague- Point, a whirlwind carried away
both his tepmafis, without doing his vessel any other
injury.
Saturday arrived a schooner, laden with rum, bound
from Bermuda to New-York; pr^ze to the brig Mar
shal, captain Bulkley
Tuesday, th ( brig Marshal returned into port, wkh
a (hip and brig, having about 600 hogsheads rum and
sugar; they failed from Jamaica the 26th July, with a
fleet of 80 fail, under convoy of admiral Graves with se
ven ships ofthe line, bound to England, but had fepa^
rated from their convoy.
ALBANY, September 9.
In consequence of a report that the Indians are alt
called in, fun^ry families have moved back to their
former habtations on the frontiers.
FIS H-K I L L, September 19.
On last Saturday his excellency the count De RO
CHAMBEAU, commander in chief of the French ar
my, arrived with his suite at Verplank's point; he was