Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1775-07-10 00:00:00, page 2

L O N D O N, a&y 23.
Ma 7 /IRINE TAB / F. T, sawing G^: a SUPERIOR Naval Force France mid
Spain zu uid poffs even ft nid at; equal number of their Ships, with these cf England,
le destroyed by a Genera! Engagement in different Parts of the World.
^ the English Mediterranean Service. In the french end Spaniffi Mediterranean
Sail. Service.
Let us suppose there be destroyed or taken, ; Sail,
cf Ihe lice, —— — 8 France hath at Toulon, of line of battle (hips, 17
Spain hath at Carthagena, ——• 8
We have scarcely mote than Eight fail „ At Cadiz, —. 14
'cf the line in the service, therefore the W/."'•
•of dur Mediterranean fquadion would be ~ Total 39
thus abohfhed. Let us then suppose there to be burnt, or
-funk in the engagement, —— 8
Still France and Spain would have 1 Me
diterranean force, amounting to 31
in the English A MFR Ican Service. ,„ ,/, French and Spanish American Service.
Let us suppose that there are destroyed or Spain hath now, or had very lately, at the
taken, of the line, 10 Havanna, line ®f battle, —— If
In various parts of America, —— 14
We have scarcely more than Ten fail of Francehath now, or had lately, in America, 14
the line in our American Service, therefore ——
to lole that number, would be to lo!e the Total 43
who eof our American squadron. Not so Let ns, as before, suppose there to be 7 )
with France and Spain, as appears by the burnt or funk in an engagement, )
ropotitecolumn. There have failed of the above Chips for ) (~'
the East Indies, —— j')
Still France and Spain would have an
American naval force, amounting to, >8
ire Engomi Fast India Service. /„ ,/,, French and Spanish East India
. ..^de there to be burnt, funk, or Service.
Me line, 7 French and Spanifli /hips at the Inlands of
.. r the number we have on the Boutbon, Mauritius, and the Phillipines, 15
tt a ian^fo that were they destroyed Let us suppose there to be burnt and funk in
-v c mru'd he defencelefs in that part. France an engagement, —— — 7
nod Sonina,fuppofing them to I>fe an eq'ual
number, would Riil have left Eight Ihips of Still the naval forces of France and Spain
the line. in the East India service, amount to — 8
The deftru&ive ravages of war being thus supposed totave dealt out an equal portion of loss among
Great Britain and her energies, let us fancy the whole of the remains collected for the formation of
two opposite armadas, in order to decide the question refpe&ing the sovereignty of the sea. The reader
is to recoiled, that according to the draught in the preceding tablet, England, though the fuffers only
equally with France and Spain, yet loses the whole of her naval armament in America, the East Indies,
and rhe Mediterranean; her force ffiould therefore be considered as confiftimgin her Channel Squadron,
and the mips which might bs gotten ready for immediate service, agreeable to which eflimation the
account w:ll Band nearly as follows.
7% Eng lish ARMAD A. The French and Spanish ARMADAS.
Sail. Sail.
Channel finadron, as Rated in part these- Spain, at Ferrol and Vigo, of the line, 20
cond of this review, -^ y 18 France, at Rochfort, Rochelle, —— 15
Unmanned of the line, but fit for immediate And at Brest, 29
service, as dated, but now manned f>r In the Mediterranean, after losing an equal
ferries, ^ 5° number with the English, as stated in the
preceding tablet, —— g[
In America, after dosing an equal number
with the Englifh,' — — .—lB
France, in Sweden and Genda, —— 10
Total 68 Totalize
Ko account is here taken orthe mips unfit for No account is here taken of the flips unfit for
service. service.
COMPARATIVE VIEW.
Sail of the line.
The whole of the French and Spanjh Armadas (mips *nnt for service excepted) 123
The whole of the English Armada ((hips unfit for service excepted) —— — 68
L UNDO N, May 16.
A MILITARY nobleman, at thehead ofiooo
men, marched lately from Boston some
hides into the country, by way of trying the fpi
ri'tof'he colonies. The people not understand
ing the feeret intention o£fuch a march, took to
arms, rind with such military skill and vigour,
that his Lordship thought proper to wheel about
and retire to the town again.
Colonel Goreham is promoted to the rank of
Brigadier General in North-America, and it is
said, is to have the command of a detachment
from the royal army, to be Rationed at Mafhfield,
and other places on the south shore of New-Eng
land; and that Lieutenant Colonel Dalrymple,
of the 14th regiment is to be second in command
of said detachment under Brigadier Goreham.
May 18. Private letters from Paris, by yester
day's mail, bring an account that 40 persons are
taken into custody, by order of the King, and
ferit to the Baftile, for having engrossed the
corn, wlrereby the poor have been starving, which
have caused all the late disturbances there :
among them is the Prime Minister to the late King.
It was confirmed as a fad yesterday in the ci
ty, that a Dutch vessel loaded with arms and am
munition, bound to St. Euftatia, is taken by ah
English man of war within five leagues of that
place, and carried to Boston.
May 19. A correspondent who was prefect at
the debates in a certain Houle on Wednesday, ob
serves, that it appeared most evident from what
game out in the matters relative to the armament
row ready to fail,that Spain must intend it against
Portugal or Ireland. It also ftodl acknowledged
by both parries, that England must support Por
tugal at all events. What then is our condition
when we exped to hear by the next ships that
America is in arms against us.
It may also be depended on, that orders are
now gone to P^rtimouth to impress men. Lord
Sandwich allowed that 17 ships were not fuffici
ent for our prelent situation; for he said if they
were wanted for Gibraltar we should be left de
fertcelefs at home.
The strength ofthe Spanish marine having been
made on Wednesday lats a question in the Upper
Houle, it may not be amiss to inform our readers,
that according to the best advices which have
lately arrived, besides the squadron departed from
Ferrol, amounting according to some accounts to
2 $ fail, and which is to be joined at Cadiz by a
much larger force, thirty vessels more are gone
from M laga for Carthagena in the Mediterrane
an, but on what deification is not known. As
great pr partitions also, weare allured, are mak
ing by,t te Spaniards at Barcelona, and some
even at Marseilles, by permiffioo of his most Chri-
Majority in favour of France and Spain,
Ilian Majesty ; the French likewise on their part,
are very busy in fitting out an armament at Brest
and Toulon, but as pretended only for the pro
te&ion of their commerce in the Levant. Till
time shall unravel the cause of all these naval
preparations, it :nay not be amiss to lay before
our readers the following extract from the last
Arafterdam Gazette:
' Paris, May 1. Not withftandiog the fafpenfi
c on of humilities with the Emperor of Morocco,
‘ they continue working at Cadiz with great ar
' dour, in fitting out very large maritime arma
' ments, the deftinarion of which is a mystery.
C These armaments are by much the most confi
' derable, that Spain has made during the present
' century. The Ferrol (quadron is to be joined
' by that at Cadiz, and among the troops which
' the latter is to take on boaid, is a detachment
' of cavalry.'
They write from the Hague, that the States Ge
neral have concluded private treaties with the
Courts of Copenhagen and Stockholm.
May 22. Saturday evening an express arrived
from Copenhagen, but not in consequence of the
Queen of Denmark's death; some important na
tional business is said to have caused it.
1 he remains of the unfortunate Queen of Den
mark will be interred at Zell (in the fame vault
in which the Princess, spouse of King George the
First, her great-grandmother, was buried) with
all the honours pfual to crowned heads after their
decease. The report of her body being to be brought
toEngland is very idle, even in idea.
May 23^ A messenger arrived on Sunday from
Paris, at St. James's, and immediately set 0 t for
Kew, where after waiting about three hours, he
was sent off again with an answer.
Orders are given to take up feme transport ships
in order tocarry flores and ammunition to Jamai
ca; likewise for two reflels to carry salt provisi
ons for Gibraltar.
A report was current yefterdav at the weft end
of the town, that a new Indian war is begun with
the English in the East-Indies.
Letters front Silesia advise, that the King of
Prussia had just ordered three camps to be formed
immediately in that dutchy, one at Glogan, ano
ther near Breflaw, and the third in the neighbour
hood of Niefs.
The Ruffian ministers at Ratifbon and Ham
burgh are engaging a great number of German fa
milies, manufacturers. &c. to go and fettle in the
north-east part of Rufaa; as soon as they enter %
man has eicht, a woman five, and a chid three
(killings, heavy money, allowed them daily for
their maintenance, and t'hey are sent to Lubec at
the Empress of Rulha's expence, from whence they
embark for Peterfburgh.
A private letter from Hamburgh sos, that all
their accounts from Berlin announce, that the
King of Prutlia is going to augment his troops,
and that,fome grand projects are in agitation ; and
it is likewise added, that all tl>eir letters from
Vienna hold the fame language; they positively
adert, that a resolution Has been taken in council
to augment their forces, and that orders are given
fur railing four or five new regiments.
Extraft of a letter JrPm Algiers, March r.
" The i6ih ult. arrived and call anchor iff
this road, his Britannick Majesty's Ship the Alarm,
of 24 guns, and about 180 men. The Dey, on
being informed of the fobjed of his mission, caused
him to be saluted with twenty-one cannon, which
the Captain returned. The Commander then
landing, was introduced to the Dey, to whom be
delivered a letter from the Grand Signor, in which
his Highness exhorts the Dey amicably to termi
nate the differences that had arisen between that
Regency and England. Some days after the Eng
hfh Commander went on more to have his audi
ence of leave of the Dey, when the latter,/ besides
an answer to the Grand Signor's letter, delivered
to him a letter to his Britannick Majesty, in
which he demands a new Consul to be sent. The
Commandant seemed much fatisfied with his re
ception here, and the Algerines are as well plcaf
ed with his conduA. The 23d he failed for Port
Mahon."
Sunday fe'nnight an express arrived at Dublin',
for four more regiments to embark for America.
It may be remembered that one chief inducement
to palling the augmentation as f was, that twelve
thousand men fbould be always kept in Ireland, if
then four regiments follow those which are gone
already (and which are not yet replaced) there
will be a great deficiency in the number to be kept
there; and this, betides being a breach of royal
promise, will expose that island to the attack of
the Spaniards, who seem to be meditating some
capital firoke.
Ihe port of New-York exported last year
19,500 hogffieads of flax feed, and Philadelphia
and Baltimore 24,000.
We are informed that Miss Hutchinson, a
daughter of Governor Hutchinson, from America,
is to be appointed a Maid of Honour to the Queen,
in the room of the Hon. Miss Johnston, deceased.
Orders are given for the men of war defined
for the Newfoundland Ration, to be considerably
augmented, to carry into execution an a& ofthis
sessions, to prevent any vefiels from some of the
North-American provinces timing on that coast,
&c.
A treaty of marriage is said to be on foot be
tween the Hon. Mr. Hutchinson, late Lieut. Go
vernor of Boftoo, in New-England, and the ISight
Hon. Lady Dowager Townfhend, mother to the
present Viscount Townfhend, cf Portman-fquare.
1 he speech for putting an end to the present
session, we hear, is already determined on: It is
e%preffive, 'tis said, cf his Majesty's hopes that
the unhappy disputes in America will foun be fa
tisfddorily fettled; and that he had no other
view in fending troops there, than the vindicati
on of the just rights of his crown, to preserve
tranquility and proteß his loyal fubjeds in all
their privileges.
The Death of the Queen of Denmark it is ex
pefted will greatly affeft her royal husband, as he
was just perfectly convinced of her innocence, and
was taking such measures as promised her amends
for the hard fate die had experienced ; and had
die lived two months longer, there is no doubt
but that me would once more have made the fub
jeds of Denmark happy by her presence at Co
penhagen.
We just learn the important intelligence, that
the republic of Ragufa have thrown of the yoke
of the Porte, and put themfelvcs under the protec
tion of rhe Emperor of,Ge;many; and all their
ships are in future to havethe imperial flag. What
eonfequences this revolution will he attended with,
we ve/y anxioufiy expert to learn.
The Florence Gazette, gives an account, that
the Austrian troopshave taken possession of the
Venetian Wolachia.
By letters from Captain Bond, of the Charm
ing Betsey, who was obliged toput into Guern
sey by stress of weather oh the izth inft.we learn
that when he left Lisbon a few days before, a
war with Spain was deemed inevitable, and that
the Portuguese were making preparations to stand
on their defence. He fays their navy contifts at
present of only thirteen men of war and three
frigates.
The BILL brought into the HOUSE ^ LORDS
on Wednesday taft, by Lord Camden, for the
repeal of the Quebec Bill.
" A BILL to REPEAL an Act made in the
" lafl feflion &f the las Parliament, entituled,
" An Act for making more effectual provision
" for the government of the province of Que
“ bec, in North America."
WHEREAS an a& was pa/Ted in the last
session of the last Parliament; intituled,
' An aft for making more effectual provision for
<the government of the province of Quebec, in
' North-America.'
" And whereas the said a&, contrary to the
example of all farmer times, and to the faith of
his Majesty's proclamation issued in the year 1763,
has established an arbitrary government in the
said province.
“ And whereas the said a&, by permitting both
the clergy arid lairy there to hold offices and be
nefices, without taking the oath of supremacy, and
by granting to the Pop ; (h clergy in the said pro
vince, the enjoyment of their accuftorried dues and
rights, has intirely flopped the growth and pro
pagation of the Protestant religion, and in the
room thereof has eftablithed the religion of the
church of Rome in the said province for eVer.
" And whereas the said a&, by enlarging the
boundaries of the said parish, and making the le
gislature thereof co-extensive with the fame, may
put the Indian trade, among other things, tinder
the sole management of that legifhrure, as in
truth appears to be already dore by the ioftruai
ons lately given to Gov. Carleton, by which that
trade, which had before bees fieely^arricd on by
1)19 olajcity s raujtm in Aunnmiuefu-d with
out redri&idn, is now to be confined to such re
gulations as the said legiflaturc may think fit to
impose upon it, and thereby the rights of his
M ajefty's other colonies are unwarrantably abridg
cd and invaded; and by a like extension of the
said legislature, the said other colonies may come
to be excluded from having any intercourse or
correspondence whatsoever with the Indian nations
of that vast continent, without the leave or per
mission of the said legislature, which would natu
rally give rife to unnatural divisions, and endlafs
controversies between his Majesty's fubje&s o^the
old colonies, and the inhabitants of the new pro
vince of Quebec.
“ May it therefore please your most excellent
Majesty,
" That it may be enabled, and be it csa&ed by
the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with
the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal and the Commons in this present Parli
ament aflembled, and by the authority of the
fame, that from and after the firft day of May,
1776, the above-mentioned a&, and the several
matters and things therein contained, Shall be, and
is, and are, hereby repealed and made vcid to all
intents and purposes whatsoever."
This hill being read, Lord Camden acquainted
the House, that he had delayed the proposed re
peal until the firft of May next, to the end that
time might be obtained in the interval to provide
a better plan of govern. Dent for the province of
Quebec.
W ATER T O W N, June 26.
In Provincial Congress, Watertown, June 21,
] 775-
WHEREAS a number of our inveterate ene
mies, have taken footer under the protection
of General Gage, and his troops, and have est a
confidcrable interef, thereby it becomes neceffiry,
that feme provifonfbould be made for the dispose cf
th Jame: Therefore
Refolred, That the deleft Men and Committee,
es Correjpondence of the federal town: and difl rifts
of this Colony, be direGed ti rate under their earn
the effefts and eflates of the federal perfrns who have,
fed fir protection to Boflon or efewhere, and to i?n?
prove the fame to the bf advantage, and render a
true account of the profits arising therefrom, to this
C^grefs, or some future H^ufe of Repr fentatives of
this colour, they being allowed a reasonable conside
ration for their trouble.
7Z WARREN, President.
A true Copy from the Minutes.
Attest. SAM. FREEMAN, Secr.
Writs are ifued (agreeable to the recomihendatiorz .
of the Cont nental Congress) for calling a General
Affemblj, to convene at this town upon Wednesday the
19th day of July next.
N E W P O R T, Jude 26.
reflerday Capt. R'i liam Dennis arrived here in a
(loop from Philadelphia, loaded with four, &c. NefA
and car^ois taken under the ptoie&ioQof the men of.
war.
The men of war in our harbour have, fnce our
' c f, seized on 6or 7 vefels in a fair trade, loaded
with rum,fuga~, melaffcs, and provision ; all wlidi
tis supposed, will be applied to the fu,port oj the.
enemies to American liberty.
PROVIDENC E, June 24.
Saturday las his Majeffsfcip Rofc, Capt. IFal
bace, and she Swan sloop, Captain Ayfcougb, with 4
tender, came up the river as far as Conanuicut point;
but not meeting with any prey, they returned to their
fasion at Rew-Port ; while on this cruise, fee vefcls
which they bad piraticady taken, and left in the har
bour of Newport, were boarded by a number of peo
ple and cirried off.- The men of war haveface takers
federal vefiels in the river.
N E W - Y c7-R~K, July 6.
On Monday last Col. Lather's battalion of city
militia, was reviewed by Major General Schuyler,
accompanied by the Brigadier Generals Montgo
mery and Wooster, in the prefince of a very ref
pc&able number of the principal gentlemen and la
dies of this town ; they went through the exercise
and evolutions with the greatett order, alertness and
decorutn —That country can never be enllaved,
whose rights are defended by the bauds of its ci
tizens.
Yeftarday owr provinci 4 CongreA being inform
ed by a number of freeholders of this city, that our
corporation had prepared, and intended to present
an address to Governor Tryon, congratulating him
on his return to bis government, the Congress una
nimously voted, that they disapproved of the fame,
and ordered that the Secretary serve a copy of the
above vote, on the Mayor ; which was done accord
in ob•
Major General Schuyler has been pleased to ap
point Captain Richard Varic to be his private Se
cretary.
William Lee, Esq; late Sheriff, is chosen an Al
derman of London, in the room of Alderman
Shakespeare, defeated.
In PROVINCIAL CONGRESS.
New-York, ,idy 5, 1775.
REFOLDED, That no vcffel now in port, hos
any th rt may hereafter arrive, belonging to & r , f
portin Great-Britain or Ireland, or the iflarids rs
Jerfev or Guernsey, which fend vessels to the New
foundland hfhery, be permitted to load any brevi
or flower, beef or pork, unless the proprrty'of those
articles he in some merchant or inhabitant of this
Colony, and not intended for Newfoundland, until
it dull be otherwise ordered by this, or the Conti
nental Congre Is.
zL true cony from the Mi wte<,
JOHN M'KEtos ON, Secretary.
PHI L A DELPHI A, JA?^.
We are informed that the PEOPLE CAT.! ED
QUAKERS, at a meeting in this city a few da\s
since, have agreed to recommend it to therb;eth
r-n, in them several meetings in this previucv and
New-Jersey, to pi&nore fubfrrirtioos to raib mo
ney for the relief of the nrc<Fir<ms cf all ieb, toc%
denominations who ate i?d\ ced to l r *ks and dis
tress, in this time of public calami:?, to he ('cbi.
htned among them by a Commits e of th: jr hi tthreß
in New-Englan?, and a Comnri'tee reprint d for
the fame parole litre.
On Frilay < venirg a verv exre Pent di'enorT v'=s
delivoed at Citrdt(hurch/bi tie \ ^ M, FrC^
to tee Gnrthmeu ol the t^tt b^.;?;...: 1 L %
Milina.
Attest.