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Friday morning an en oy from the emperor of Mo
rocco, who arrived in (own on Thursday, went to Mr.
Townfen 'a office, Whitehall, and from thence to the
Queen's house, and had a conference with the king.
Several flout fllips are hill taking in stores in the ri
ver, and are to follow the grand fleet to Gibraltar, as
soon as their cargoes are complected.
If the winds are favourable for lord Howe he will re
turn in less than a month from the time of his failing.
By advices from Curfica, we have intelligence that
the natives are very troublesome, and have given great
disturbance to the French troops there. We are fur
ther informed, that several of the principal men in the
island have been confined in the castle at Baftia, charg
ed with a treasonable correspondence with Great-
Britain, which had excited the indignation of the Cor
sicans so much, that they were privately buying up
arms and ammunition, in order to make another ef
fort towards regaining their ancient liberties.
By advices from Vienna, we learn, that it having
been hinted to the emperor, that the French had an
intention to make an attack upon Hanover, his imperi
al majefly made a public declaration, in the presence
of the French Ambassador, that if an, attack was made
upon the king of Great-Britain's German dominions,
by any power whatever, ire should consider it asa de
sign to difiurb the peace of the empire ; and io order
to counteract such intentions, he would, upon the mod
early intelligence, ord r a body of 80,000 men, to
march to the Hanoverian frontiers.
September 25. Yeflerday evening about 9 o'clock,
(and not before) arrived at his house in Hertford-
Rreet, May fair, that great and deserved favourite of
his country, the right honourable lord Rodney. His
lordship set out from Eriftol on Sunday morning, and
arrived at his feat near Ataford, in Hampshire, the
fame evening. The fatigue of the journey obliged
his lordship to remain at his country residence the whole
of Monday; yeflerday morning he set out for Lon
don, and arrived, we have the ratisfaaioß to inform
the public, in perfect health, about nine o'clock.
It was reported ,eflerday evening, that Mr. Lau
rent and his son lay on Monday night at the George
at Sittingbourn, in their way to London, from France.
Mr. Laurens is fail to be invested with full powers
from congress to treat with this country.
It is generally believed, that a congressional assem
bly of deputies from the different belligerent powers,
will meet before the conclusion of the prelent year, to
treat for a general pacification.
It is generally credited, that lord Howe has inftrat
tions to take a peep into Cadiz, after the relief of Gib
raltar is accomplished. Should this be the case, it is
to be hoped the Dons will not find his lordship qui e
so polite as they appeared to be when they ofteotati
cully paraded before Plymouth without firing a gun.
Admiral Milbank's peep into the Texel, flruck such
a panic into the Dutch, as entirely prevented theiz
putting to sea in search of the Baltic fleet, the Myn
heers fufpeding that the admiral would proceed with
bis squadron to Elfineur, and take under his convoy
j^e trade, inflead of returning to Spithead.
The last advices from Peterfburgh are more expli
cit and declaratory of the empress's inclination to
wards this country, than any that have been received
since the war began.
Orders have been sent from Peterfburgh to the dif
ferent commanding officers in her majesty's service, to
complete all the regiments of infantry as faft as pof
fible, in imitation of the emperor and old Frederick,
who took the fame measure some monthsago.
, The French ambassador at Berlin is busily employ
ed in counteracting the endeavours of the Eritifh en
voy at that court, to accomplish an alliance between
piuffia and Great-Britain.
Several conferences have lately been held at the
houses of many leading members of the cabinet, on the
critical fituati n of affairs in the East-Indies; the re
gulat on of which great objects will engage the attenti
on of Parliament very early in the ensuing sessions.
Several members of both houses who are attached to
the Bedford party, have declared their determination
of opposing any motion that may be brought into Par
liament, for acknowledging the unconditional inde
pendence of America.
When the East-India fleet Separates from lord Howe,
two fifty gun Ihips are to be detached with them for
convoy.
The few Weft-India (hips which failed with the grand
fleet are only to take a frigate with them to Antigua.
Lord Howe will want a northeast wind till he
doubles cape St. Vincent, when he will require a west
erly gale to carry him through the gut of Gibraltar.
Governor Elliot, whose military prowess has render
ed him the admiration even of his enemies, it is said,
will visit England shortly after the Spaniards raise the
siege before Gibraltar. A circumflance that is general
ly believed will take place shortly after the arrival of
lord Howe, with fuccours for the garrison.
The Spaoifh works before Gibraltar, which the gar
rison set fire to, had em ployed some hundreds of their
men for several weeks before. The railing of them
was a mere experiment of the due de Crillon's, contra
ry to the general opinion of his officers, who had re.
presented to him the certainty of their being within
the reach of some new batteries which general Elliot
had ereDed to destroy them.
The Danes are equipping a fleet of Ihips with all
possible expedition; nine are already fit for sea, three
more in a forward slate of repair, and five are building
on the flocks, some of which will be launched in the
course of the present year.
All the late accounts from the north seem to threat
en a general rupture in that quarter of the globe, if
peace is not concluded during the ensuing winter.
Near 2000 seamen will be procured to man the ships
now lying in harbour, as soon as the northern and
western fleets arrive.
A negociation for peace goes on with great spirit in
the Alley ; from which quarter we learn, that Gibral
tar is to be given up to the Spaniards, and Quebec to
the French ; that America is to be declared perfectly
independent; the Dutch are to have five millions paid
down for their losses; and the few islands that remain
to us, are to be given as a present to the Congress, by
It is said, that the fleet under the command of lord
Howe was spoke with by a neutral ship on Wtdnefday
lafl, within two days of Lisbon, all well.
The letters of yeflerday from Holland, bring intel
ligence of a terrible hurricane last Wednesday night
and on Thursday, all along the Dutch coast; many
trading (hips are loft, and the men of war in the Tex
el are much damaged, but it does not appear that any
of them are on shore. A letter from Oftend fays, five
ships foundered within fight of that place, and the Fie
mifh coast is almof lcovered with wrecks.
way of recompence, for the trouble they have had in
opposing the arms of Great- Britain.
We hear that a commission, empowering fir Guy
Carleton to treat separately with the colonies, went on
Monday morning to the chancellor to have the great
leal affixed to it.
It is confidently reported that the las lmails from
France bring an account of an express being arrived
there over land from India, with news that the soldiers
carried to the coast of Coromandel by monf. Suffrein,
had joined Hyder Ally, and had jointly attacked the
entrenchments of fir Eyre Coote, but were repulsed
with incredible daughter, and the loss of some artillery.
It is added, however, that the English did not think
proper to purfoe them in their retreat.
Toe N. S. de Bom Fim S. Maria, captain Sylva, a
rich Portuguese ship, is arrived at Lisbon, after a (hort
passage from the Cape of Good Hope. Iris computed
that upwards of 90,0001. has been injured on her in
this city. Before the left the Cape 8000 French
troops were arrived there from Europe, with two ships
of the line, which were going to the Mauritius and
the 1(10 of Bourbon.
Ten fail of the Leeward Island fleet are arrived, which
fepa rated in a gale of wind on the Banks of Newfound
land ; before the gale there were 49 ships in company,
between twenty and thirty of which are for London,
the remainder may be expected in a day or two, the
w nd being fair, and the coast quite clear of privateers.
The Janus man of war, with two or three more of
the Well India fleet, were left well three or four days
since off Cape Clear. It is supposed the remainder of
the fleet is put into Ireland.
The following are said to be copies of two letters
which lately patted between the due de Crillon and ge
neral Elliot ; —
" SIR, Camp of Buenavfti, Aug. 19, 1782.
“ His royal highness comte d'Artois, who has re
ceived permission from the king his brother to assist at
this siege, as a volunteer in tne combined army, of
which their most chriftian and catholic majesties have
honoured me with the command, arrived in this camp
the 15th instant. This young prince has been plea'fe
in passing through Madrid, to <ake charge of some let
ters, which bed been sent to that capital from this, and
which are addressed to persons belonging to your gar
rison: his royal highness has desired that I would
transmit them to you, and that to this mark of his
goodness and attention I should add the strongest ex
pressions of efleem for your person and charader. I
feel the greater pleasure in giving this mark of conde
feenfion in this augurt prince, as it furnifhes roe with
a pretext, which I have been anxiously looking for
these two months that I have been in this camp, to as
sure you of the high esteem I have conceived for your
excellency ; of the sincere desire I ferl of deserving
yours; and of the pleasure to which I look forward
of becoming your friend, a ter I shall have learnt to
render myfelf worthy of the honour of facing you as
an enemy. His highness the duke de Bourbon, who
arrived here twenty-four hours after comte d'Artois,
desires also that I should assure you of his particular
esteem. Permit me, fir, to offr you a few trifles for
your table, of which I am sure you must Hand in need :
as 1 know you live entirely on vegetables, I should
be glad to know wha kind you like best. I shall add
a few patridges for the gentlemen of your houfhold,
which I presume will not be disagreeable, in the exCef
five heat of this climate, at this season of the year. I
hope you will be obliging enough to accept the small
portion which I fend with this letter.
<I have tle honour to be, &c."
His Excellency General Elliot, &c.
The ANSWE R.
"SIR, Gibraltar, Aug. 20
“ 1 find myfelf highly honoured by your obliging
letter of yederday in which your excellency was so
kind as to inform me of the arrival in your camp of his
royal highness the comte de Artois, and he duke de
Bourbon, to serve as volunteers at the siege. These
princes have shewn their judgment in mating choice
of a master in the art of war, whose abilities cannot
fail to form great warriors. lam really overwhelmed
with tue con Mcenfion of his royal highness, in fuffer
ing some letters for persons in this town to be convey
ed from Madrid in his carriages: I flatter myfelf that
your excellency will give my most profound refpea.s
to his royal highness, and to the duke de Bourbon, fcr
the expressions of esteem with which they have been
pleased to honour so infignificant a person as I am.
“ I return a thousand thanks to your excellency for
your handsome present of fruits, vegetables and game :
you will excuse me, however, I trufl, when I assure
you, that in accepting your present, I have broken
through a refoluuon, which I had faithfully kept since
the beginning of the war ; and that was, never to re
ceive, or procure by any means whatever, any provi
sions or other commodity for my own private use ; so
that, without any preference, every thing is fold pub
licly here, and the private soldier, if he has money,
can become a purchaser, as soon as the governor. I
conftfs I make it a point of honour, to partake both
of plenty and scarcity, in common with the lowest of
my brave fallow soldiers: this furnifhes me with an ex
cuse for the liberty I now take, of entreating your excel
lency not to heap any more favours on me of this kind,
as in future I cannot convert your presents to my
own private use. Indeed, to be plain with your ex
cellency, though vegetables at this season are scarce
with us, every one of us has got a quantity propor
tioned to the labour he has beflowed in raising th p m.
The English are naturally fond of gardening and
cultivation ; and here we find our amusement in it,
during the interval# of rest from public duty.
" The promise which the due de Crillon makes to
honour me, in proper time and place, with his friend
fhip, lays me under infinite obligations: the interests
of our sovereigns being once solidly fettled, I shall
with eagerness embrace the firft opportunity to avail
myfelf of so precious a treasure.
" I have the honour to be, &c."
His excellency the due de Crillon, &c.
(C IRCULA R.)
My lord, Whitehall, Sept. 10, 1782.
The very great deficiency of men in the regiments
of infantry being so vary detrimen al to public ffer
vice, the king has thought proper to give the names
of the different counties to the old corps, in hopes that
by the zeal and activity of the principal nobility and
gentry in the several counties some considerable assist
ance may be given towards recruiting these regiments.
As this is a point of the utmost public importance, his
majefly has no doubt of your lordship using your ut
most influence among your friends for the accomplifh
mrnt of it.
The king has been pleased to appoint the twenty
fourth regiment to the county of Warwick, and to
bear the name as second regiment.
I have the honour to be, my lord, your lordflhip's
most obedient humble fervaat, T. TOWNSHEND.
Lord lieutenant of the county of Warwick.
September 27. An express was received by govern
ment, in the forenoon of yesterday, from Gibraltar.
The contents are substantially as follow, that the go
vernor hadexpeded the grand attack, by sea and land,
to commence on the 9th instant, and that he had made
such prep rations for receiving the enemy, as would, in
all human probability, defeat their utmost endeavours
to reduce the garrison by storm. These advices add,
that the combined fleets, to the number of 50 fail of
the line had arrived in Gibraltar Bay, and were moor
ed head and flern, fully determined to oppose lord
Howe's throwing fuccours into the fortrefs. As a ship
is arrived, which spoke with the grand fleet on the 16th
infant, in lat. 42. 24, all well it is probable the fate
of Gibraltar has been determined before this day.
DUBLIN, September 17.
The nation will be not a little anxious to know the
6rft observations of his excellency earl Temple on the
doctrines of limple repeal, renunciation, or the Irish
bill of rights. It is imagined some addresses will
fp<edily be presented to him from refpe&able bodies,
not only in the flile of congratulation on hii fafe arri
val, appointment to the government, &c. but to know
if his excellency has it in commission to intimate any
desire of the king, that the rights of Ireland shall
have a fatisfadory security.
It is mentioned by fom', that our new viceroy has
an authority to declare, that an Irifli bill of rights,
adapted to the present cirCumftances of the nation,
and her relative connection with Grea t Britain, will
receive the royal assent, when such a bill shall be pre
sented to the throne.
COPEN H AGE N, August 20.
We are assured that our court have received with
great fatisfaffion the provisional answer of their high
mightinesses the Rates general of the united provinces,
to the memorials presented by M. de Saphorin, our
minister at the H gue with refpe& to what took place
at the Cape of Good Hope wim t^e Danfourg, a Danifli
vessel : this affair is now coniferdas entirely fettled.
The Ruffian squadron, commanded by vice-admi
ral Czitgatos and commodore Cruse, whose deflination
is for the Mediterranean, confiff of one 74 and nine 66
gun ships, and four frigates of 34 guns each.
The grand fleet under the command of lord Howe
got under way this morning for the purpose of reliev
ing Gibraltar, and coolies of 34 ships of the line, one
50, eight frigates and three fire ships; the merchant
men and tfanfports defined for Gibraltar and Opor
to; the fleets deflined for the two Indies ; 'the Heart
of O:.k and the Four Friends defined for Guernsey
got under way at the fame time.
If the wind continues eatterly, lord Howe may are
rive at Gibraltar in twelve days, but as it has blown
from that quarter for ten days past, it is not probable
it will continue there so long ; indeed we may expert
every day that it will fh:ft to the southward or west
ward. Tie wind frem either of these quarters will be
contrary to the route of the fleet, and our navigators
calculate in general that if so large a fleet arriye at the
Straits in toree weeks from the time of their depar
ture, it may be looked upon as a very fortunate
passage.
The grand fleet is commanded by five admirals and
one commodore: fix regiments of intamry are on
board to perform tie service of marines, viz. tie 2d,
25th, 59th, 61st, 62d a and 6th, of which I do not re
colleH the number. It is proposed to reinforce the
garrison with the 25th and 59th, and it is conjeftured
that the four others will be sent with the ten ships of
the line defined for the Weft-Indies, under the com
mand of fir Alexander Lood. We fee then that th^
Sept.l9 It is positively afferted/hatamong many who
have declared they will warmly take up and oppose in
parliament the infamous job of the fencible regiments,
that t he recorder of this city has declared, he will bring
on the business the moment the sessions commences,
and will move for an impeachment of those who shall
be found to have advised so unnecessary and fhamefut
a measure.
Had government fludied for a means, in addition to
the gener 1 diffatiefaaion a rising from the shadowy se
curity of fimp'e repeal, whereby thoroughly to damn
the plan of raising 20,000 men for the British navy,
they could not have struck cut so effeftual and impo
litic a one, as that of insulting the whole volunteer ar
my of Ireland by establishing fencible regiments in so
unseasonable an hour. But the venality of apoflate
traitors to their country's fame and interests, was too
urgent to delay a job the most glaringly iniquitous,
when the present ftcure Bate of the kingdom is consi
dered, that ever difgraeed a nation.
From the Foflon EVENING POST.
PORTSMOUTH, September it.