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To which Address his Excellency was pleased to re
turn the following Answer.
Gentlemen,
J RETURN you my thanks for this address. The
A sentiments which you have expressed of duty towards
our sovereign, and of attachment to his government,
I shall with pleasure transmit to be laid before him. I
feel myfelf highly obliged by your favourable opinion,
which I Ihall endeavour to preserve by the ftrifteflat
tention to the duties of my Nation. J lament with
you gentlemen, that a mighty empire of one common
family and one common interest; ffiould be so unhap
pily rent asunder to the manifeft injury and insecurity
of every part. The dispositions both of the govern
ment and people of England are, asyoa observe, high
ly pacific and full of benevolence towards those of A
tnerica; a return of the like sentiment from this coun
try cannot fajonce more to re-unite us on the prin
ciples of common liberty and general advantage.
The ROYAL GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY,
NEW-Y 0 RK, May 25, 1782.
Published by James Rivington, Printer to the king.
The following account we have from good authority.
Yesterday arrived the Maria, Peter Starks, from
Antigua, by whom we have the following advices;
St. J O H N's (Antigua) April 20.
E French fleet left Port-Royal the Bth, was seen
£ by admiral Rodney the fame day, who endeav
oured to bring them to action. Wednesday the French
fleet was becalmed to leeward off Dominica, admiral
Rodney, favoured by a fine breeze, came up with his
van, confining of 18 ships, and with those engaged the
whole French fleets The rear of the English being
On Monday the Britilh and Hessian troops in this city,°
and cantoned in its vicinity, werejreviewed by his ex
cellency general fir Guy Carleton, K. B. commander
in chief And yeflerdiy the grenadiers, 17th, light dra
goons and the other Corps on Long-Island, passed like
wise en revieu before his excellency ; the appearance
of the troops on both days infinitely surpassed every
exhib tion hitherto presented in America, highly ho
nourable to the officers and the brave veterans they
command.
They esteem it a mark of his majesty's royal care,
and paternal goodness, that he hath given this impor
tant command to one, who, by his prudence and mili
tary abilities, has already been the preserver of the
province of Quebec, and whose vigour of mind and
energy of aflion, so often displayed on other great and
arduous occasions, prove him to be fully qualified to
gratify his majesty's expectations, and the ardent willi
es of his people.
They fincerei, lament the wretched state of this un
happy country, at present rent from the British empire,
and in close alliance with its natural and most invete
rate enemy, involved' in confufion and wafted by the
ravages of war.
In behalf of the inhabitants, and at their request.
DAVID MATHEWS, Mayor.
New-York, May 24, 1782.
Earnefily willing for peace on equal and honourable
terms, they flatter themselves, that the pacific dispo
sition of the parent ft.te will abate the prejudices of
the deluded inhabitants of America, and dispose them
to listen with candour to that system of reconciliation
and union, which, under your excellency's auspices,
is now to be offered them : and they beg, leave toaffure
your excellency, that their loyalty and affeftion to
their 'gracious and beloved sovereign, and their attach
ment to his government, Ihall ever excite them to con
tribuietheir befi endeavours to promote the success of
the great.and benevolent design which has brought your
excellency t® this country, to restore it to peace and
civil government, to re-unite it 10 the Britilh empire,
and make it permanently happy in the free and full en
joyment of all those privileges and blessings which flow
from the Eritifh con ftitution.
Vefterdty arrived the brig Boflon Pacquet,
White, commander, a letter of marque of 8 guns, and
19 men from Boflon, for the Caraccas, laden with bran
dy, wine, beef, pork, &c. prize to his majesty's ship
Hussar, Macnamara Russel, efq; commander, who has
also taken a sloop from Dartmouth for the Weft-Indies,
laden with fi(h, lumber, &c. and yesterday also arriv
ed a mast ship from Halifax, where was arrived the
rfhip Lively laden with provisions prize to his majefly's
fllip Pandora.
On Sunday lafl the privateer brig Sampson, belong
ing to New-London, of r 6 guns, and 120 men, was sent
into this port by his majesty's ship Bellifarius, Richard
Graves, efq ; commander.
It is said that captain Graves has brought in upwards
of 200 rebel prisoners.
An Address from the Inhabitants of the City of New-
Vork, to his excellency fir Guy Carleton, K. B.
general and commander in chief of his majesty's
forces in North America, &c. &c. &c
PT^HE inhabitants of the city of New-York beg leave
to congratulate your excellency on your appoint
ment to the chief command of his majehy's armies in
America, and on your fa fe arrival in that country
which, they trust is, once more to be the theatre of
your glory.
Sloop Swordfifh, Collins, from Warren, in Conne&i
cut, for the Weft-Indies with lumber.
Privateer fbop Cnance, of 12 guns, and 60 men, from
Providence, Rhode-Ifland.
Cutter Two Friends, Watson, from Santa Croix, for
Baltimore, by his majetty's ship Ceniurian, S. Wb Clay
ton, efq: commander.
Sloop Patriot, Robinfen, from Richmond in Virginia,
for the Weft-Indies.
[ The exhibitions of the Eritifh and G rman troops
at Saratoga and York Town, passing en review
before their rrfpeHive captors, infinitely surpassed
the foregoing, and is beyond any idea Mr. Riving
ton can form ; as his well known aversion to HA
.zardous enterprizes will, in all probability,
prevent his soon being a fpedatcr of such a review,
which alone can enable even one of his fertile geni
us to describe it.]
NEW-Y 0 RK, May 22. -
Prizes since our last.
MAY 25
becalmed; which count de Graffe observing, ordered
his whole fleet to engage. But they were received so
warmly, that the Citoyne and two ot ,er French ships,
were drove entirely out of the line. Captain Bayne
of the Alfred, fufiained the fire of four ofthe enemy's
ships; al of Whom he obliged to sheer off ; —having ex
penned all his ammunition, as was likewise the case of
the Monarch, both of which ships were ordered out'
of the line on the second day's adion being the 12th.
Thursday though admiral Rodney continued a press of
fail the enemy were not viable, but early on Friday
morning, the headmoft ships made signal for feeing a
ship in tow, and several others a-head crowding fail
on which the admiral made signal for a general chafe,
which count de Graffe observing, edged down to co
ver his disabled ships ; on which the admiral made sig
nal f>r the line, and soon after for adion, fhbwing a
noble ex mple himfelf, by bearing up to the French
admiral and beginning the action, a few minutes before
eight A. M. He was seconded by the Duke and Na
mur, who Puck close to him during twelve hour. A
bout two fir George was perceived to have broken
the French line, and to have got to windward, on
which fir Samuel Hood set all the fail he possibly could,
and made signal for all the ships in fight to do the
fame, which was inflantly obeyed, and about an hour
afterwards some of the enemy's fhip* flruck, viz. The
Glorieux to the Formidable: the Caesar to the Cen
taur; and the Ardent to the Belliquieux; the Duke
funk the Diadem, and it is supposed the Canada funk
the Zodiac. The Hedor flruck to the Namur, and
about 6 P. M. the Ville de Paris flruck to the For
midable and Barfleur. Our loss is incenfiderable con
sidering the victory we have gained.
The gallant captain Bayne, of the Alfred and
Blair of the Anson, killed, also fifteen lieutenants and
about 270 seamen, and 800 wounded, among whom
lord Robert Manners, and the captains Savage and
Charrington, and 25 lieutenants.
The admiral detached fir Samuel Hood with 12 fail
of the least damaged fllips after the enemy.
The Monarch, Prince WiEam, Alfred, Formidable,
Princeffa and Drake have Buffered most, the Centaur
also who took the Ctefar without the affifiance of any
other ship by grappling her. The Anson, Ajax, Ca
nada, Belliquieux, Warrior, Namur,Refolution, Prince
George, Montague and Barfleur have also loft many
men, and had great Share in the honour ot the day.
Formidable, at Sea, April 18th.
“ Time not allowing me at present to giveyou a full
hiftor, of that glorious d y, let it fuffice to fay, that
we came up with the French fleet near the Saints, they
being to windward of us handing to the southward,
we to the northward. Our van reached their rear,
and near the center, and began the action. On the ap.
proach of the Formidable within mufquet Shot, the
wind favouring a couple of points, She gallantly
luffed up through the enemy's line, fuflaining
and returning a heavy fi r e ; theirfine broke and doub
led on ; this putting them all in confufion, a general
a&ion followed, in which every body appeared to be
animated by one and the fame principle. By fix
o'clock in the evening the Ville de Paris, C^far, Hec
tor, Ardent and Glorieux fell ; one funk after She had
passed the Formidab.e and her fec< nd the Namur. The
Caesar, through the care effnefs of our seamen, was
burnt the fame night. The others escaped in a hor
rid plight indeed! .• e are now handing for Jamaica."
" The number of killed and wounded in our fleet, I
conceive to be very inconsiderable, compared with
those of the enemy. The Formidable had 14 kill
ed, among which is lieutenant Hele, and about 30
wounded.
Farewel—now for the Spaniards !"
SPANISH. 5 of the line, from Europe, already at
the Cape.
By her we learn, that on the iff instant the Vi& o r sloop
of war arrived at St. Lucia from Jamaica, after a long
passage, the latef ladvices which file brought from
thence being, as is said, of the 26th of March.
The French fuffcred greatly, none of their ships had
less than 1000 men on board, having in each ship 160
soldiers besides seamen and marines, Their fleet con
sisted of 33 ships in the firft day's engagement, and 30
in the second, three of their ships having been disabled
and put into Baffetterre and Guadaloupe. The French
cannot have loft, in killed, wounded and prisoners,
less than 10,000 men.
The following is handed to us by a well informed and
obliging friend, as the Hate of the forces intended, wnen
they should be all assembled together. That this for
midable junction is not likely now ever to take place,
we may thank the gallant Rodney, and the brave men
who so nobly supported him on the 12th of April last.
Extras of a letter from Richard Griffiths, a soldier in
the 13th regiment of foot, to an officer of the regi
ment in St. John's.
“ On board the Alert, April 29th, 1782.
" I was kept a prisoner on board the Caesar, a French
74, till the late aCtion with our fleet, when She was,
by an unfortunate accident, set @ll fire ; all the crew,
and upwards of twenty of our men were blown up,
and I was providentially saved, and picked up on a
wreck by the Alert brig. All the troops that were ta
ken at St. Euftatius were distributed among the French
fleet, bound to St. Domingo, on their way to Europe."
May 7. Yesterday evening an express came in, with
dispatches from Head-Quarters at St. Lucia which
place She left on Saturday la fl.
The following is just received from one of our kind
and attentive friends.
It is also said, with some degree of confidence that
two of the enemy's line of battle ships were chafed on
Shore at Curacoa, where one of them was loft, and the
other carried off by the victorious pursuers.
The packet does not yet appear, but we think She
cannot be far distant now.
Th" intelligence of the present hour seems to go a
good way towards eflablifhing the flattering report
whicu has been circulated for some days pa 0, "relative
to the capture of a French 80 gun ship off St. Chr;f
topher's, by an English 64, some Sho t time after the
general aHion.
SHI P S.
Stable, Chair-house and a con
veiient Cellar, fit ,?or Coring either wet or drv °ooJs °
in a good stand in Market street. Enqu re of th;Ptin-'
ter.
Ditto. 7 ditto, and 1 forty, expelled from th^
Havanna, and supposed tb have been
seen on their passage by one of our fri
gates.
FRENCH, roof the line, expelled under command
of M, de Vaudreuil.
Total of ships, 22 of the line, and i forty.
TROOP S.
SPANIARDS. 5500, already encamped at the Cape,
under don Bernardo de Galvez.
7000, hourly expected to arrive froni
• the Havanna.
12,500
FRENCH. 800 Regiment of Enghien, at the
Cape-;
1000 2d battalion of regiment o<
Port-au-Prince.
500 Train of artillery from do.
8000 Expected with the Squadron ufl
-— — der command of Vaudreuil.
10,300
Total of troops; -22,800 men.
We are further informed, that the Victory saw in the
course of her passage (but on what day, or in what la
titude and longitude we have not been able to learn)
25 fail of French line of battle ships, the majority of
which were in a very disabled condition. The captain
of the Victory saw allo another fleet, which he supposes
to have been fir George Rodney's; these lafl are said
not to have been more than 12 hours fail a-stern of the
fugitives; and if so, we think there is good reason to
hope that fir George might come up with them.
Th addition to the above we hear, that according to
the report of an officer of his majefly'snavy sent to look
into Fort Royal bay and the Careenage at Martinico,
the following was the state of the French fleet there 011
the 2d instant, viz.
In consequence of orders from the court of France, the
French flag has been hoified at St. Euftatius, in place
of that of the United Provinces: the reason of this
change we have not been able to learn.
Philadelphia; May 30.
Tuesday last the South-Carolina friga'e, command
ed by commodore Gillon, with a part of the Havanna.
fleet, arrived here. They left Havanna on the 22d ult.
in company with an armament defined for the leduc
tion of the Bahama islands, and arrived at Providence
on the sth inst, The. 8m the whole of those islands
were furrehdered by a capitulation the principal terms
of which were, that the troops, about 300 in number,
commanded by lieutenant colonel Maxwell, who was
also governor of the said ihand, should be sent to
any of the Britilh Weft-India possessions except Ja
maica, and the inhabitants, who were to retain their
private property, allowed eighteen months to move
off, those who remained after that to be fubjefts of
Spain.
In our next we shall give some particulars of this
tonqueft, which was effected without any loss 011
either fide, the enemy having surrendered without re
sistance.
In the Careenage. 1 line of battle ship, with a broad
pendant flying, all her yards and topmasts being struck,
and i small frigate.
In the bay, 4 large frigates, 1 (mall ditto, 1 corvet
te, and i cutter.
We hear fir Charles Afgil, captain in the British
service, is the person on whom the lot is fallen to be
executed for the murder of captain Huddy, and that
he is now on his way from Lancaster for Head-Quartets;
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