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was taken had captured a rich Spanish vessel, with a Quan
tity of specie, &ci on board, which she sent for England,
after taking out the chief of the cash. Captain Manly,
Ave hear, took on board his Chip, one bag containing about
fifty weight silver or gold we know not.
By letters from our friends in the country we are in
formed, that the cause of our late faulty supply of provi
sions was entirely owing to the wicked and falfe reports of
our internal enemies t fat our market was over-flocked.
Several reputable farmers, who within a few days past
have been in town and feta the want of provisions in our
market, have assured us, that as the Country abounds with
,cattle, sheep and grain, they will encourage their brethren
to fend' us a ful supply at the regulated prices: And as
they in the country are determined to abide by and sup
port the late rvulations, hope the town of Boston will
join them in it, and thereby fruftrate the attempts of an
infernal set of Tories to break thro' said regulations, in
order to destroy our currency, and thereby cause misery,
distress and confufion.
S,pt. 23 By a gentleman lately from Ireland we learn,
thatthere were no small commotions in that kingdom:
that he saw with his own eys, a number of the military
companies railed there by affiliation, the whole forte of
which amounted to 30,0-0 men ; that they were com
manded by some of the principal nobility and gentry ;
that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland expressed great unea
siness, and sent to enquire the true deflgn of their arming,
and was answered, that it was for the defence of the king
dom, that at the fame time they were determined not to
lay down their arms till the liberties of Ireland should be
eflablifhed.
We hear that a court is now fitting in this town to en
quire into the failure of the Penobfcot expedition.
Extrafl of a letter from a gentleman of character and the
be# intelligence, at the fouthivard, Sept, 7, 1779,
tc We hive good intelligence that the British ministry
are about to fend out two emissaries to America, for the
purpwfe of drawing its off from our alliance with France,
.with fine promises, &c. So persevering is their fruitlefs
folly. I trust that some important ' blow against Britain,
in consequence of the junction of the two fleets, will
strike America more than poor British promises and
threatnings."
L O NDO N.
House of Commons, June 18.
MR. D. Hartley moved for leave to bring in a bill to
appoint Comm ; ffianers to treat with America.
The Honorable Gentleman pressed the necessity of this
motion with very forcible arguments ; and he read the
foUowiu? articles as
TERMS of NEGOCIATION:
I. That Commissioners be appointed to hear, consult,
and agree upon the final settlement and pacification of the
present troubles in America, upon fafe, honorable and
permanent terms, fubjeß to ratification by Parliament.
11. That any one of the aforefaid Commissioners may
be empowered to agree, as a preliminary, to a suspension
of all hostilities, by sea and land, for the certain term of
ten years.
The withdrawing of the British forces is not proposed
as a preliminary, but is reserved as the firft article of the
negotiation. The condition against which this should be
set in balance, @n the other fide, must be a stipulation f®r
the security of the British government in America.
111, That any one of the aforefaid Commiffieners
may be empowered to agree, as a second preliminary, to
suspend the operation of any and all alls of parliament,
refpeaing America, during the term of the truce.
IV. That a truce for the aforefaid term of years be a
greed to, and declared between Greit Britainand France.
V. That the general treaty thill be set on foot for ne
gociation, as soon as may be after figging the aforefaid
preliminaries.
VI. That any articles of the negociation may take ef
fect as soon as agreed to by the parties, in the course of
the negociation, without waiting for the final conclusion
of ths treaty.
June 19. The inquiry into the conduct of the American
war, may be brought before parliment meerly with a view to
have some colorable pretext, for giving up the contest. The
testimony oj tie officers may give ministry an opportunity
to fay ; that they have received new lights, and finding
the fubjunftion of the colonies to be impracticable, the
ministers themselves may move, for withdrawing the troops
and recognizing the Independence of America. The pub
lic fhou'd not be furprized at this, for stranger revoluti
ons in principle have happened in the political world.
The Saratoga convention most affuredl, put a decisive
period to the American contest. In the firft place it oc
casioned this political dilemma ; the troops could not be
relieved without the convention being ratified ; and, to
ratify the convention, the Independance of America must
be recognized. In the second place, the Saratoga conven
tion flattened the treaty with France and the public noti
fication of that treaty to our court. General Burgoyne
then, without designing it, has done the business for A
nierica
From GAIN E's NEWYORK GAZETTE,
of September 2.7, 1779.
HAMBURG H, June 25.
IT is still strongly reported, that the Empress of Russia
will use her 'mediation to establish peace between Eng
land and France, and that Prince Repnin is going to Lon
don for that purpose.
LONDO N, July 7.
The following are said to be the terms of the alliance
certainly contrasted between this kingdom, Russia, and
Denmark, within these fix months :
I. Offenfive and defenfive between the three contracting
parties, relative to all powers whatever.
11. That Russia and Denmark, shall between them assist
Great-Britajn with 20 fail of the line of battle mips, 5 fri
gates of 36 guns each, and four sire-ships, all fully and
corripleatly manned, and kept up in constant service.
111. Great-Britain pays Kuffia a subsidy of 200,000!. a
year, while the ships are in her service.
IV. In case that Russia or Denmark is attacked at a
time that they have not assisted Great-Britain with the
said ships, then Great-Britain to assist those Powers with
an equal force, and to be paid the like subsidy for to do
ing.,
V. The 2d fail of the line, if called for by Great-Bri
tain witbin the year 1779, sh ill not be recalled on any pre
tence whatever, before September of that year.
VI. In case any of the said ships are taken, burned or
funk by an enemy, Great-Britain to pay fw the fame at
the rate of 12001. per gun, in lieu of all other demands
whatever.
This treaty was signed in November lafl, and, upon
the Marquis D'Almadovar's memorial being delivered,
messengers were dispatched to Peterfburgh and Copenha
gen ; so that we may expert the fquadrou in the Downs by
the 20th of July.
On Thursday evening laid, an express arrived atthe Ad
miralty, and to the Ministers of State, from Sir Charles
Hardy, with an account of his having taken a frigate, go
ing from France to Count D'Orvillier's fleet, withdifpatch
es, from the Captain of which we learn the following par
ticulars : That, on the 4th of June, a signal was made from
Ferrol, for the failing of nine fail of Spanish ships of the
line, befidcs frigates ; that the above ships ed'eHed a junc
tion with the French fleet, under the command of the Count
D'Orvilliers, on the twelfth, (the sixteenth, the refcript
was delivered in London, by Count D'Almodovar) which
made their united force forty-two fail of the line. Sir
Charles adds, from the superiority of the French and Spa
niards, he makes no doubt btit they will venture an engage
ment, and that he is determined to give them battle. He
further advises, that he was then off Ufhant, in chace, and
in fight of the enemy ; that all his fleet was well, and the
officersand men in the highest spirits, and that he hoped
to be able in the next dispatches to give such an account
of the united fleets of France and Spain, as would be high
ly fatisfadory to his Sovereign and his country.
The Culloden is failed to join the gs md Peet in Torbay a
#nd in a few days will follow the Resolution, Terrible,
Sandwich, Formidable, Barfleur, Arragant, Marlborough,
and Ajax, with the Princess Amelia.
The general conjecture now is, that the combined fleets
of France and Spain will make the attack of Gibraltar and
Port Mahon.
'duty §3. Sir Charles Hardy failed from I'orbay last
Friday. Commodore (late Governor) Johnftone's fleet,
led Portsmouth the fame day, with five frigates to look
into St. Maloes and Brest.
Bom the LONDON GAZETTE, July 3.
St. James's, July 2.
This day Sir William James, Bart. Chairman, Willi
am Devaynes, Esq; Deputy Chairman, and the other Di
reftors of the United Company of Merchants of England
trading to the Eatt-Indies, presented the following address
to his Majerty, being introduced by the Lords of his Ma
jesty's Bed-Chamber in waiting; which address his Ma
jesty was pleased to receive very graciously ; and they all
had the honor to kiss his Majesty's hand.
To the KING's Most Excellent MAJESTY.
W E, your Majesty's loyal fubje&s, the United Compa
'V ny of Merchants of England trading to the East In
dies, beg leave, in this time of general alarm, to express
our sentiments of zeal and affedion to your Majesty's
royal person and government. In an hour of threatened
ruin to our commerce, and of possible insult to this island,
it is a duty incumbent on all your Majesty's fubjeds, but
peculiarly on great commercial societies, to exert their
best means of Hreugthening that important and constitu
tional defence, the naval p@wer of these kingdoms; which
we trust, not with standing the various services required in
the distant parts of the empire, will prove superior to the
combined force of the house 01 Bourbon in Europe. As
a small testimony of our earnest desire to promote this es
sential interest of our country, by an immediate supply of
men, we have offered bounties to those who shall volunta
rily enter themselves to serve on board your Majesty's
fleet ; and at t.e fame time, that we may contribute our
affiftante to its future llrength, we have resolved, at our
own expence and with all possible dispatch, to build three
ships of war of 74 guns each, with their masts and yards,
of which, when finifhed, we request your Majesty's gra
cious acceptance.
Whatever judgment posterity may form of the unhappy
contest with our fellow fubje&sin America, one fentimerat
can only arise refpeaing the conduct of those Powers
who pretending injuries which never existed, and affem
ing the patronage of rights which they neither feel nor un
derrtano, could have been one objed—amidft the dirtrac
tions of the British empire, to gratify their own ambition
Success, which sometimes palliates injustice, his not hi
therto attended their arms; We have seen your Majesty's
enemies driven from India, we have seen their commerce
aimed destroyed by the animated exertions of your Ma
jerty's fubjeds in Europe and America ; and we are con
fident that the vigour of our countrymen will rife pro
portioned to every new danger. Those who have con"
spired the ruin of Great-Britain, may number her peo
ple, her fleets, and her armies, but they know not to efii
mate the energy of a free nation United in affedion and
ardent in defence of their dearest rights; which, under
the blessing of Providence, we dare to hope will finally
defeat the perfidious designs of all your Majesty's enemies
Given under our common Seal, this 30th day of y une j„
the year of our Lord, 1779.
DUBLIN, July 6.
Since eur last express which arrived here from London
the military dispositions in this kingdom have been chang
ed, refpeding the quarters and cantonments of the forces
particularly the design of an encampment in the Phoenix
Park has been laid aside, and the regiment of light caval
ry, now on Dublin duty, is immediately to march from
hence to the grand camp at Clonmel, which is to be the
only one formed in Ireland this summer. This camp, we
hear, will consist of 8000 foot, and 900 horse, and a corn
pleat train of artillery ; the whole appointed t® as at an
hour s warning to decamp, and march wherever the exi
gency of affairs may require. The camp, it is said will
be formed 111 15 days hence, which will be in full time to
? p ^^ ny attempt ° f the euem J a ^ ainft thi s kingdom, as
Lord Weymouth has declared, that should our fleet be so
unfortunate as not to defeat D'Orvilliers, no hostile defeent
can be made on this island before the 25th of July. A
regiment of heavy dragoons are to succeed the light horse
in our garnfen.
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY of Fennfylvania.
Mon da Y, Oltober 4, 1779.
The Bill, intitled "An Alt for procuring an imme
" diate supply of provisions for the purposes herein men
“ honed," was read the second time, and being debated
by paragraphs, was ordered to be tranferibed for the third
reading, and in the mean time printed for public confi
deraticn. Extract from the Minutes,
JOHN MORRIS, Junior,
Clerk of the General Assembly,
dn AC T for procuring an immediate supply of provisions,
for the purposes herein mentioned^
HE REAS His Most Christian Majefly, the illus
trious friend and ally of these United States, hativ
sent a great and powerful fleet to co-operate with the arms
of these Sates for the annoyance and deftrudion of the
common enemy, which will require a very considerable
and immediate supply of provisions, and more especially
of flour, which it is both our duty and interest to furnifh
without delay, so as to give vigour and efieH to the Whi
ted arms and realize the happy profpeds of terminating
the war.
Be it therefore, enaßed, and it is hereby enabled, by the
Reprefentatroes of the Freemen of the Common-Health
oj Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and by the
authority of thefame, That the county of Philadelphia shall
farnifli barrels of good merchantab e flour ; the
county of Chester barrels ; the county of Bucka
barrels; the county of Lancaster barrels;
the county of Berks barrels; the county of North
ampton barrels; to be paid for at the market
price.
PHILADELPHIA, O&obe r 5.
At a Sessions of Oyer and Terminer, held at Philadel
phia, the 20th day of September last, John Ricnardfon
was tried for a rape and acquitted ; and John Holdep,
Robert Strettle Jones, and Edward Cutbufh were tried for
treason, and acquitted ; Peter Schwoob, a Turn-key,
was tried for the voluntary efcApeof three prisoners, found
guilty, and was ordered by the Court to be removed from
the said office of Turn-key^ and to pay a fine of 5001. also
bills for high-treason were found against Peftr Miller
Richard Mason, William Caffedy, alias Th^mpfon, and
Joseph Wirt ; bills were preferred against Lawrence Stuart
and Elizabeth Ellis, for murder, and returned ignoramus.
No perlons appearing to prosecute the following persons,
they were difeharged by the Court, to wit. Jonn Br .wh,
William Williams, Michael Ryan, Christian George,
Charles Huftes, John Dubre, Joseph George, Philip Al
lebach, and William James. J^hn Pike was also ordered
to be difeharged, on giving security himfelf in 20001. and
two good fsreties in 10001. each, for his good behaviour
during the present war.
Yesterday arrived here the privateer sloop Royal George,
mounting 14 carriage guns, a prize to the General Picker
ing, Capt. Harradan.
In CONGRES S, Sept. 28, 1779.
CONGRESS having appointed the Honorable J.
Jay, Esq ; their Minister Plenipotentiary, to negociate a
treaty of amity^and commerce and of alliance between the
United States of America and his Catholic Maierty, and
he having lignified his acceptance of that office, and
thereupon resigned the chair,
Resolved, That Congress proceed to the choice of a.
Pfefident.
Congress accordingly proceeded to an election, and the
ballots being taken and counted,
The Honorable Samuel Huntington, Enquire, was
elefted.
October 1, 1779.
Resolved, That the thanks of Congress be given to the
Honorable John Jay, Esq; late President, in testimony
of their approbation of his conduit in the chair, and G?
the execution of public business. To which he returned
the following answer:
Philadelphia, October 4, 1779.
S I R,
IT gives me very sensible pleasure to find from the alt
of Congress, inclofed in your Excellency's polite favor of
the firft instant, that my conduit in the chair, and in the
execution of public business, has been honored by the ap
probation of Congress. The teflimony given of it by
this alt, demands my warmest acknowledgments.
Be pleased, Sir, to assure the Congress that my happi
ness is inseparable from the welfare and esteem of mfr
country ; and that my endeavours to promote the one and
merit the other, shall continue unremitted.
I have the honor to be,
With great refpeft and esteem,
Your Excellency's
Most obedient servant,
JOHN JAY.
His Excelleney Samuel Huntington, Esq;
President of Congress.
PubUfbed bv order of Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
TRENTON, September 29.
OnThurfday the 23d instant (September) a Mr. Vad
Matter was knocked off his horse on the road near Long
fireet's mill, in Monmouth county, by Lewis Fenton and
one Debow, by whom he was slabbed in the arm and 0-
therwife much abused, besides being robbed of his saddle.
In the mean time another person coming up, which drew
the attention of the robbers, gave Van Matter an opportu
nity to make his efcap°. He went dire&ly and informed
a ferjeant's guard of Major Lee's light dragoons who
were in the neighbourhood, of what had happened. The
ferjeant immediately impressed a waggon and horses, and
ordered three of his men to secrete themselves ia it under
some hay. Having changed his clothes and procured a
guide, he made haste thus equipped to toe pla^e where
Fenton lay. , On the approach of The waggon Fenton
(his companion being gone) rushed out to plunder it. Up
on demanding what they had in it, he was answered a lit
tle wine and spirit. These articles he said he wanted ; and
while advancing toward the waggon to take possession of
them, one of the soldiers, being previously informed who
he was, shot him through the head, which killed him
instantly on the (pot. Thusdid thevillian end his days—
which it is hoped will at least be a warning to others, ^ not
induce them to throw themselves on the mercy of their
injured country.