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globe.".
Dispatches were this day delivered at Lord G. Ger
maine's office, from the Weft-Indies, brought overin the
Mary Ann, Capt. Leigge, bound immediately from St.
Kitts. They bring the very important information, that
• the Compte de Graffe had arrived at Martinique with 27
fail of the line, but thit seven of them had been so tlifa
bled, so as tobe rendered totally unfit for immediate fer
rvice, so that the effective number of this fauadrou con
fided only of 10 fail ; that to oppose that, Sir Sam. Hood
was every day expend at Barbadoes with rg.fail of the
line, to which was to be added the St. Alban's man of
war of 64 guns, Capt. Inglis, which arrived at that island
on the 26th of November last, with all her convoy from
CoYke entirely fafe. From these accounts, therefore, it
appears that affairs do not wear so gloomy an afpe& as
was lately fuppofefl.
If we can believe the Chevalier de Suffrein's account of
the affair at Port Praya, brought to Europe by Monsieur
Dordelin, late a Captain of a Dutch Eaft-Indiaman, the
Constantinople is.juft arrived here, and has been received
at Court in the politest manner, from which we may con
clude that no war is intended againg that part of the
ft is fai&fhat Lord George Gordon is Shortly to be mir
ed to a yung lady of 60,0001. fortune.
Lord Panmure is dead, as is Lieutenant Colonel Abra-;
hem Tovey.
Sxtrafi of a letter from the Select Committee at Bombay, da-
of the latter being etie&ed, and have reafop to believe a
>considerable property will be found belonging to the Dutch
East India company, which ihall be secured for the benefit
of the English Ealt India company."
waite, dated July 6, 1781.
" The 3d instant I had the pleasure to acquaint you of
the success of our little army in a general action on the
firlt indant, with Hyder Ally, between Porto Novo and
Mooteapellam, it lasted eight hours, and was a hard
fought day on bo'h sides The enemy's forces confuted
of 25 battalions of infantry, 4.00 Europeans, from 40 to
50,000 horle, and above 100,000 matchlock men, Peons
and Polygars, wtl> 47 pieces of cannon wII served. Our
second line having occupied some heights, by which our
rear was secured, £ advanced with the firft towards the
enemy's guns, many of which, had we had a body of ca
valry, mutt have fallen into our hands. The, made re
peated a tempts to force us with their horse, arid kept up
a brisk cannonade, which, for a long time, our heavy fire
could not silence; yielding at length to the Headiness,
spirit and bravery of our comparatively small number*)!
troops, they retreated precipitately, and left us matters of
the field. Meer Saib received a mortal wound, and a
mong 4000 killed are many of the principal officers. On
our tide we loft very few officers, and have onlyg or .400
killed and wounded. You will please to communicate this
fortunate event to ail the southern garrisons."
forts on shore fired upon the French, which, by the bye,
is the cleared proof that the Portuguese deemed them the
aggressors. But these accounts don't mince the matter.
They fairly avow that Mons. de Suffrein, having difeo-,
vered by one of the frigates that the English were in the
Bay, resolved infbmtly to attack them there. In conse
quence of this resolution, he took the lead of his squa
dron, and came to anchor within pistol Ihot of the En
^glilh ; the Annibal, which was next to him in the line,'
did the fame; and the Artefien, which was the third, ran
on board one of the English ships, and began the tight; but
Mons. de Cordillac, her Captain, having been killed in a
very short time after, Ilie bore away. In the mean time
the Sphynx and Venjeur, not being able on account of
the currents to come to anchor where they wiihed, kept
working and tacking, frill driving to get into their birth;
by which means the Heros and the Annibal were left ex
posed to the whole fire ofrthe English squadron, and of
the forts too, which were chiefly garrisoned on that oc-.
cafion by the English. In this date these two ships con
tinued to engage for an hour and a quarter, till Mons. de
Suffrein, feeing the Annibal difmafted, made a signal to
the Venjeur to take her in tow. The English fquadrqu
soon after put to sea ; but the French having formed the
line, the former, according to Mons. de Suffrein, thought
Jan.'Z. The island of Minorca is ably defended by the
besieged, who continued to kill many of the Spaniards in
Several (uccefstul tallies.
Advice was received yesterday from Guernsey, that a
French frigate in chafing a veflel off the back part of that
island run on a rock with such force, the nind blowing
hard, that in h If an hour the went to pieces in fight d
the people on shore. Another French drip which was in
company took part of the crewup, thf rest were drowned.
A letter from Bourdeaux, by the Flanders mail, brings
an account that a French man of war of 50 guns, in con
ducing an English ship which fhehad taken a few hours
before into Bctancos, belonging to Spain, ran on a sand
bank, the wind blowing hard, and in 24 hours went to
pieces. The prize was got into the harbour, and molt of
the crew belonging to the map of war were saved.
The lait ship that arrived at Cadiz from the Hayanna,
confii ms the report that the Meftees, of the provinces of
Popyan and Santa-Fee, had openly declared against go
vernment, on account of some grievous, and in their ap
prehension unneeeflary burdens, which had been imposed
upon them, but principally on account of tobacco. The
Jaft season for tobacco having proved extremely unfortu
nate, the Meftees have, with one voice, declarec lthey will
no longer work at it on the Ring's account. The muti
neers are said to be 18,000 itong, and to be headed by
nine chiefs, who are native Spaniards.
Extra& of a letter from Str Eyre Coote, to Colonel Braitb-
%„. 10. A letter from Petersburg has the following
CTticle : “ It is generally believed here, that the Empress
intends to engage in some important expeditiomearly in
the spring, ihe having ordered a great addition to be made
in her army and navy, and every preparation is.exerting,
as if file was upon the point of entering into a war. The
English Ambassador is in high favour, and consulted up
on all occasions, which has given great umbrage to the
French and Dutch Ambassadors. An Ambassador from
ted July 28, 1781.
" We hare given orders tor ddpoffeffing the Dutch of
their faftories at Broach and Surat. We have had advice
Philadelphia; Printed and Sold by DAVID C. CLAYPOOLE, in Market-Street.
don, dated December 5, 17X1.
" I cannot find that there is a disposition to give up
America, All men now believe the existence of the em
pire depends upon it, and I hope, on this principle, as
soon as they get over the present Shock, the national spirit
will rife, and we Shall yet recover from our misfortunes
with honor. Do not despond on your fide the water, but
let all our Friends keep up their spirits; for upon this,
and a reversal of oar measures in every particular, our
fafety must depend. That reverfalltruft is now at hand."
Extras of another letter from the Jame gentleman, dated
January 4, 1782.
" Itfeejis to belhe determination of all parties to carry
on the war I think more than ever, and not to give up the
colonies. All men, but the seditious, perceive that the
fafety and independence of Great-Britain Stand on her
union with America. This was not the case formerly.
The kingdom was then greatly divided on this fubjefl.
This alteration ought to give our friends in America great
comfort; as it forms the great ground of hope of their
future deliverance. Nothing is determined on refpe&ing
the manner of carrying on the war. Nor will any resolu
tions be formed on that head unfil the latter end of the
holidays ; so that you must remain in the dark till the ar
rival of the next packet. I cannot fay more to you re
fpe&ing the manner, than that 1 have reason to hopelit
will be much to our withes. The idea of abandoning
New-York, which some have entertained, has been great
ly opposed, ,and is now exploded. New-York will not be
abandoned till America is loft.
" It is said, and I believe on good authority, that the
King of Prussia has in a pretty decided manner interfered
in making a peace between us and Holland on the terms
Plymouth, Jan. 10. Tuesday about twelve o'clock failed
from the Sound Admiral Rodney, with the following
ships for the Weft-indies, viz.
Formidable, go I Hercules, 74
Namur, fo' Anson, 64
Arrogant, 74 Yarmouth, 64
Conqueror, 74 Nonfuch,' 64
Fame, 74 Protbee, 64
Marlborough, 74 Repulse, 64
With the Flora frigate, and the Alert brig. Soon after
they had got into the Offing a heavy squall came from the
S. W. and it is imagined they are put into Torbay.
Falmouth, Jan. 7. Yesterday evening arrved here the
Hyaena frigate, and this morning the Lord Hyde packet
boat with a mail, both from St. Kitts; rhe former had
five 'weeks passage, and the latter only twenty-eight days.
The Hyaena brought the disagreeable intelligence, that
the French had pofleffed themselves of the iffands of St.
Euftatia and St. Martin, and the packet confirms this in
formation; yet various conjectures are formed on this
event, as the French were but 400 men, and there were
on the island 700 Britilh troops. These ships bring no
recount of the capture of Barbadoes, therefore we hope
the report of its being taken is without foundation.
Dublin, Dec. 26. We hear a grant of money is to be
moved for immediately after the recess, Efficient for the
equipment, and maintenance for two years, of four frig
ates and two cutters, for the protection of thelrilh Chan
nel, but they are neither to be armed or built in Ireland,
nor are their commanders to be under the controul of
our Chief Governor, but entirely under that of the British
Admiralty, like the rest of his Majetty's fleet.
N E W-YO R K, March 6.
Extras of a letter from a gentleman of dtfimdion, in Lon-
proper to return to port. The French Commodore then
bore away for the Cape of Good Hope, and arrived in
Falfc-Bay the 21H of June, with his whole convoy, ex
cept one transport, which did not arrive till the 29th.
Tue lots was 37 killed on board the Meros, 100 on board
the Annibal, 4 of whom were commitfioned officers, and
8 orio in each of the other ships ;fo that according even
to the French accounts (a due proportion of wounded
being allowed) the infs of the French in the affair of Port
Praya was scarcely short of 1000 men; a very great num
ber in so small a squadron, and the loss must be more
sensibly felt in a quarter of tire world where sickness and
the climate will prove fatal to so many more.
The positive information brought by the Squirrel, who
saw four French ships difmafted and going into Bteft har
bour, with the account of the weather at the time his
Majesty's frigate La Prudente loft fight of the French
&et, leaves little room to doubt of their being dispersed,
add greatly fhattertd ; so that we may expert, if Sir G.
Rodney and Sir Ricard Bickerton can get out with the
firlt fair wind, our pofieffious in the Weft-Indies may be
prtferved, and our forces in the East so ftreugthened as
to enable the Commander in Chief in that country not
only to preserve our own territories, but to punish our
dangerous neighbours for the part they have acted. But
though Sir Richard toolr leave at the fame time with Ad
miral Rodney, we do not hear of his ships being ready,
though some of his convoy have been waiting at Spithead
these three months.'
His Majelly has directed a hand of arms and accoutre
ments for a thousand men to be provided out of his privy
purse, and presented to the militia of Antigua, for the
better security of that idand.
, We find that one of the transports which were cap
tured by Admiral Kempenfelt's fleet, and re-taken by a
Dutch man of war near the entrance of St. George's
Channel, was driven by stress of weathei ;into Bristol
Channel, when those English who were on board con
trived to carry her fafe into Tenby. She is nearly 400
tons burthen, and therefore of copfiderable importance.
The Magnificent and Warrior, of 74 guns each, are
ordered to be added to Sir George Rodney's fleet, to re
inforce it, previous to their failing for the Weft-Indies.
A letter from Portsmouth, dated Jan. 2, fays, " The
101st and lord regiments are embarked at this port, on
board the outward bound Eaft-Indiamen.
Certain accounts were yesterday received of most of the
French outward bound fleet having been dispersed, seve
ral drove back, and some of them wrecked in the late
Itorm. Five of their largest men of war have got into
Brest.
Advice is received, that the French have actually
marched 10,000 mtn to Geneva, which has been the
cause of forue movements in Switzerland.
we have proposed. This gives us flrong hopes that a
peace will soon take place on honoiable terms, which <iM
enable us to a& more vigorously and effectually againtt
France, Spain and America.
" The French fleet under Guichen is, from various ac
counts, dispersed, some of them put back to France, and
several of them taken since thole which were captured by
Kempenfelt. We hope that their design is in a great
measure fruftrated. Sir George Rodney will tail immedi
ately with such a number of ships as will give us a decided
superiority in the Welt Indies and America."
Extr&A of a letter from a gentleman in London, dated
January 1, 1782.
“ I wrote you by the November pacquet, the eff&
which Lord Cornwallis's misfortune in Chefapeak had
upon the nation, and acquainted you that th.-mrm
•war nvould not be abandoned, which I now repeat. The
force lent from Breit the beginning of lait month caused
great apprehensions for the fafety of our iflmds; but I
fancy the capture of 33 of their transports by Admiral
Kempenfelt, Captain Caldwell, and some privateers, wiiQ
the havock occasioned by a great ftonn, and their retura
much Shattered to Bieft, will entirely fiuftrate the
of their expedition. Sir George Rodney, with Sir John
Lockhart Rots, will fail the firft wi id for the Weft Indie;
with twelve fail of the line, and fix more ships of the line
are to follow him with the Weft India convoy, so that we
shall have, when they all arrive, 42 fail of the line in that
quarter. Our friends in New York may fafely stand their
ground—Government here does not intend to giv- up
the contelt, and I convinced they will fend out all the
force that can be Spared from this c untry and Ireland
early in the spring ; but the war will be c ndu&ed on a
new fj stem ; and so confiden am I, that this country will
ftr in every nerve for the rc^very of America, that I
(hall not think of any arrangements in my concerns
which Some panic Struck creatures might be induced te
adopt after the Chefapeak affair. Now the Welt-India
fleet has got und r weigh, administration are digesting a
plan for the next campaign in America ; but I am sure it
will not be merely a defenfive one. We Shill soon have a
Dutch peace, the King of Prussia hasgiven the Mynheers
to understand, that the terms proposed by the Empress of
Russia for a peace between them and us ought to be accept
ed, and we are to pay him 670,000). due to him at the
conclusion cf the lait war, and a further subsidy for future
services ; he has taken great umbrage at rhe demolition
of the barrier towns by the Emperor of Germany, and
both he and Russia view, with a jealous eye, the encreaf
ing power of the Houses of Bourbon and Austria ; and I
am in great expectations of feeing a Ruffian fl-et joining
our's, as soon as they can get here from their frozen fem
“ The King has, under hie Majeflys own hand, directed
Lord George Germaine to assure the Loyalists, that they
Shall have every support in his power, and reprobates ire
strong terns the treatment they met with at York-
Town."
His Majesty's Ship Amphitrite, Captain Biggs, has sent
in a brigantine, with about 500 barrels of flour.
The venerable and able Minister of Fiance, Compte de
Maurepas, died lately at Paris, and it is Gid will be Suc
ceeded by the very elegant Due de Nivernois.
The Lord Le Defpencer, Polt Matter General, is dead.
The Hon. Colonel Conway, who lately returned from
New-York, is appointed Aid de Camp to his Majeffy.
We have assurances that the preliminaries for 4 Peace
•with Holland were adjusted and Signed.
Ten thousand additional seamen, to thofeem^oyed last
year, are voted by Parliament.-The French convoy con
fined of 59 fail for the East and Weft Indies, of which^f
were certainly taken, and 23 of them had arrived fafe ire
the English ports.
We are informed, that the Count de Bouille, Comman.
der in Chief of the French troops before Brimstone Hil
on St. Christopher's. had his thigh br ke in a fall with hi#
horse which bad been Shot.—The Count on many occa
sions has manifested himfelf a very, generous enemy jn ad
vantages obtained over us during the present war in thb
Weft Indies.
To be S E E N, at the house
of THOMAS STILES, at the fignrf the -Perm',lva
nia Farmer, the corner of L^mb rd and Second-streets,
on Tuesday the 12th of M>rch; and on Wednesday
at the boufe of RICHARD BARRY, inMirke&ftre?t,
the corner of Letitia Court ; also, on Thursday at the
widow THELL's, the corner cf South and Water
rtreets; and at WILLIAM JONES's, in Chaneerv
'ane, on Friday; and at the house of JAME 3
M'CUTCHEOjN, Southwark, one of the grea est Cu
riosities that ever has been seen in this cit%: a CALF
that was carved within eight miles of PI ilidelpMa ;
the H^yl refembles the pfefent FASHIO N of the
CUSHIONS worn by the Ladies. The Pics for erich
perron feeing the fame, ONE SHtLI ING.
Wanted, a Gardener that un
dufrinds his business. Enquire of theT'r ntsr.
STRAYED or Stolen, on Friday night
Sh of Feb 1782, a BRO 0 N ROAN HORSE,
fifteen hands high, nine years old, Shod allround, bran
ded C. A. and P. for piopert,,±is head and mane /
remarkably large, one hind fern white, trot-, but pa
ces the most natural. Whoever .takes up frid hoift&l
have EIGHT DOLLARS -eward, and all rqafonahh
charges paid, by ELIZABETH WRIGHT, living ire
S nthwark, on the place of Anthony Morris.
Adventurers in the United
State LOTTERY, may know the fate of their ticket 9 ,
by applying.at the < ffice, on Mi. John Meafe'swhart,
where the lottery is now drawing.
JOHN GRAFF, check clerk.
N. B. Hour,of enquiry from half pall three in the
afternoon till dark. Philadelphia, Dec. 19 1781.