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acknowledged. We are now informed, that his lord -
fllip added, " That such an avowal should never be
consented to by administration, while his lordship
bad the honour of a fiation in his majefly's council,
but that the sense of Great-Britan should be taken
on the important question, rather than any other
mode of procedure be adopted, it should be mod so
lemnly and deliberately dis off d, and finally decided
upon by the great council of the nation, assembled
in the next session of parliament.
We ha^e given the above general hints of the latest
intelligence from England, exactly in the desultory
way it was cole&ed, from the accounts of gentlemen
who have perused the British newspapers, so that if
any errors on our part should be difeovered, we hope
they will be excused.
Captain Richardson has also brought in with him
the sloop Nancy, captain Dedrick, from Egg-Harbour,
for Philadelphia, with lumber.
Saturday was sent in by the Perseverance and Ceres
frigates, the bri? Richmond, Hewe, mafler, from
Baltimore, for the Havanna, with flour; and sloop
Archibald, Scifm, mafler, from the Havanna for Phi
ladelpbia, with fngar, &c.
His majefly's frigate the Magaretta, captain
Saltar, sent into port on Sunday morning, the
ship Hendrick, captain Benson cf Sdpm, of t 8 guns,
and 120 men, which he took a few days since: the
Hendrick had been from port ten days, and had taken
captain Burner, of this place, from the Wed-Indies,
bound here. The Hendrick was brought in by
lieutenant Rose, of the Margaretta, who last Friday
ran a schooner privateer ashore, of 14 guns, supposed
from Egg-Harbour, but could not get near enough to
destroy her.
Captain Mowat, ina sloop from Pennbfcot, arrived
•here on Monday, with a cargo of lumber ; she failed
from that port on Monday fe'nnight. By letters
brought by him we leran, that near three hundred
Brunswick troops have lately arrived there from Hali
fax, under convoy of his maje fiy's ships Charledown
and Savage, and that the Chatham and Savage had
since failed from thence on a cruize.
Brigadier-generai Campbell had arrived from Halifax
at Penobfeot, and taken the command of that garrison
before captain Mowat failed.
The printer has pleasure in announcing to his fellow
citizens, from good authority, that a Cork fleet, load
ed with butter, beef, pork, soap and candles, was spoke
with a few leagues off the coafl.
From the LONDONGAZETTE, July 13, 1782.
At the Court of St James's, the roth of July, 1782.
PRESEN T,
The KING'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
THIS day the right honourable William Pitt,chan
cellor and under treasurer of his majesty's exche
quer, was, by his majesty's command, sworn of his
majefly's mod honourable privy council, and took his
place at the board accordingly.
His majesty having been pleased to appoint the right
honourable Thomas Townfhend, to be one of his ma
jefly's principal secretaries of state, he was this day,
by his majefly's command, sworn one of his majesty's
principal secretaries of state accordingly.
WHITEHALL, July 1%
The king has been pleased to conflifute and appoint
the right honourable William earl of Shelburne, of
the kingdom of Ireland, knight of the most noble or
der of the gainer, the right honourAb ,William Pitt,
James Grenville, Richard Jackson, and Edward James
Elliot, esquires, to be commissioners for executing the
office of treasurer of his majefly's exchequer.
The king has been pleased to grant to the right ho
nourable William Pitt, the offices of chancellor and
under treasurer of his majefly's exchequer
The king has been pleased to constitute and appoint
the right honourable Auguflus vifeount Keppel, fir
Robert Harland, bart. admiral Hugh Pigot, Charles
Brett, Richard Hopkins, John Jefferies Pratt, and John
Aubrey, esquires; to be his majefly's commissioners
for executing the office of lord high admiral of the
kingdoms of Great. Britain and Ireland, and of the do
minions, islands and territories thereunto refpedively
belonging.
The king hits been pleased to conflitute and appoint
the right honourable fir George Yonge, bar't. to be
his majf fly's principal secretary at war.
The king has been pleased to appoint Archibald
Campbell, esquire, to be captain genera! and governor
in chief of the island of Jamaica, in the room of major
general John Dalling.
The king has be p n pleased to order letters patent to
be passed under the great seal of the kingdom of Ireland
Constituting and appointing the right honourable Wal
ter Cuffey Burgh, to be chief baron of his majefly's
Court of exchequer in that kingdom, in the room of
the right honourable James Faron Trafton, deceased
Also like letters patent, conflituting and appointing
Barry Yelverton, esquire ; to be his majesty's attor
ney general in the kingdom of Ireland, in the room of
the right honourab'e John Scott.
The king has been pleased to appoint Barry Yel.
verton, esquire ; to be of his majefly's mod honour
able pt ivy council in the kingdom of Ireland.
L O N D O N, July 13.
The Suffolk of 74, and the Crown of 64 guns, we
underhand, are already failed to join lord Howe; and
it is with fatis'dßion we learn, tnat the greatest part,
if not the whole of the undermentioned fllips will short
ly be ready to follow.
Blenheim, 90 I Asia, 64
Royal William, 84 Rippon, 64
Ganges, 74 ' Polyphemus, 64
Egmont, 74 I BeUeifle, 64
Vengeance, 74 ] Panther, 64
Admiralty-Office, July 13, 1782.
Copy of a letter from Thomas Shirley, esquire; cap
tain of his majefly's ship Leander, to Mr. Stephens,
dated off James Port, Accra, April 25, 1782.
SIR,
As the Ulysses tr-nfport is very short of provisions,
and having nd further occasion for her, I have ordered
OCTOBER 17.
K I N G S T O N, (Jamaica) August 31.
On the 1 f linflant failed from Antigua, the home
ward bound fleet from that ifla id, Bar^adoes, and St.
Lucia, under convoy of his majefly's ship Prudent, of
64 guns, commodore Rarklay,— Janus of 44, captain
O'Hara,- —Triton of 40, captain M'Laurin, and Sur
prize of 20. captain Day.
MONTE G O-R A Y, Au,oft t 7.
On Wednesday morning the 7th inflant, the follow
ing vessels failed from Port-Royal, on a secret expedi
tion. His majefly's ships Preston, of 50 guns : AH<-
on, 44; Diamond, 0; Alarm, 32: Reforree, 28 ;
Tobago, 18; Jamaica, 16; Du Guay Trouin. 16 ;
and an armed schooner and sloop.—With the above
squadron fail d two or three transports, having on board
a part of major Odell's corps of loyal American Ran
ger
Sept. 14. On Tuesday the 3d inflant arrived at King-
Eon, the ship Sybil, captain Mattocks, from Bristol ;
she failed from thence in company with two otlu r ships
for the Windward ill nds on the 15th of July. On the
26th of t at month, in 1at.45, captain Mattocks spoke
his majefly's ship Letona, captain Conway, which had
been dispatched by lord Howe to reconnoitre the com
bined fleet, and obs r"e their route. His lordship was
then cruizing in the mouth of t; e channel, with 9 three
deckers, twenty-four two deckers, two fifties, and a
number of frigates, fl ops, &c. and was supposed to
be at leaf? a match for if not superior to the enemy.
Philadelphia, O&ober 22.
Many British soldiers have defer ted from New York
within she last four weeks -some of them have arriv
ed here.The last who came out fay that ir is probable the
enemy will hold New York this winter, as barracks for
3000 men are ereHing on Staten-Island ; and altho' some
of their out works have been lately demolished, the in
terior fortifications are strengthening. What depen
dence can be placed on this news time will best deter
mine.
Extras of a letter from Paris, dated Augufl 9.
“ Mr. Fitfherbert, minifler plenipotentiary of his
Britannic majesty, at the court of Brussels, being ar
rived here to resume the negeciations of peace, has had
his firft audience with count de Vergennes. As it was
but a very short one, it is not probable that the fub
jetls of his mission have been entered upon.
" The journal of the combined fleet from the rgth to
the 27th ultimo, has been received here. The 16th at
day break, the weather being hazy, the English squa
dron was like to fall in with ours; and had the fog lafled
but a quarter of an hour longer, the fleets would have
been mixed. But admiral Howe had just time enough
to perceive the danger he was going into ; he withdrew
according to cuflom, without leaving us the possibility
of attacking any cf his vessels. The 19th and 20th
the English squadron was yet fruitleffly chafed ; the
fight of it was loft on the day following, and Don Louis
her to England ; and although she is a very bad sailor,
yet, as the race is not always to the fwift, there is a
possibility of her arriving before my dispatches ; you
will please to acquaint their lordships that I have taken
and deftrnyed, with his majesty's ships under my com
mand, and the Alligator sloop, (without the a ffiflance
of a man belonging to the two independent companies)
as per margin*. I have sent the abovementioned
sloop with my dispatches.
I have appointed the Mackarel transport, a cartel,
to convey the Dutch governors &c to Europe, and
have sent in her Mr. Van Court, my firft lieutenant,
who carries duplicates. lam &c.
THOMAS SHIRLEY.
* Deftroyed.—L'Officieufe, a French hore ship of
Senegal, computed worth 30,0001.
Taken —Forts, Mource 20 guns ; Cormantyne 32
guns ; Apam 22 guns ; Berricoe 18 guns; Accra 32
guns.
N. R. By a letter from captain Frodfham, com
mander of the abovementioned sloop, to Mr. Stephens
dated at Brest the if inflant, it appears that he was
taken on the 26 of lad month, by the French king's
frigate La Fee, of 36 guns, and c 'rried into that port;
and that the dispatches. with which he was charged by
captain Shirley, were thrown overboard and funk.
RICHMOND, (Virrini^ OTobe r f %
We hear official accounts have been received by go
vernment of the late unfortunate affair near the mouth
of Licking. The Indians were commanded by the no
ted Simon Girfy, and were upwards of 400 flrong; co
lonel Todd had not more than one hundred and eigh
ty men with him ; seventy N them are fa d to have been
killed on the fpot,as the Indict ~fy ted n - ne, b ut mang
led and disfigured them to such a ^ tt that wh^n
colonel Logan came to the +c~ of allien, m^ny of
them could not be diftinguifrd - ' ''v w-rc. The
Indians retired, but, we hear, have H. romped an 1
taken a flation in that country, atd carried c,r all the
inhabitants that were affembl ' in i'.
We learn from good authority, hat the Gnickafaws,
who claim all the country from tir fills cf the Ohio
down the Miffifippi. ^ave Onta talk to general Clark,
expressing a define of peace, and alle ping as their rea
son for attacking fort JefFerfon, two or three years ago,
that the fort was built upon their hunting ground with
out their leave. This fort was situated at the conflu
ence of the Ohio and Miffifippi, but has since been
dismantled and quitted.
The British fuperintendant of.lndian affairs, ata con
ference lately held with some of the Six nations, to the
northward, informed them, that the great king had di
reded him to tell them, that his American fubfefts were
very sorry for what they had done, bad asked his par
don, and he was going to forgive them, and therefore
desired they would kill no more of the Americans.
The Senecas, however, in their blunt way, told the fu
perintendant they believed tie great king told a lie,
and that he was going to forgive the Americans he
cause he could not btlp himfelf, and for their parts they
would not be of his fide any longer.
of Cordova having received orders to draw closer t©
our coasts, to protea the convoy of St. Domingo,
which was expeHed. The fleets have not met one another
since. The 27th the fleet received the packets from the
court, which permitted them to make fail for Cadiz,
where they will be able to arrive before the 15th inflant,
if wind favours tht-m. At the fametime Don Louis de
Cordova had orders to draw near enough the island of
Aix, to get intelligence whether the convoys had made
ready, and in case they should Bill be in this anchorage,
to take them under his protedion. The French divifi
-00, confiding of 9 vessels, remains under the command!
of M. la Motte Piquet, as the count de Guichen was to
bring back to Ereft the Terrible, the Majeftuous, and
the Britania, three deckers, which are going to be cop
pered. M. la Motte. Piquet's division will be increas
ed with the Prote&or of 74 guns, which, after having
brought the convoys beyond the Cape, will leave that
of the Weft-Indies under the escort of the Amphitrion,
and will make fail for Cadiz, where are to repair about
the fame time the Deflator and the Suffifant, each of 74,
lately built at Toulon. These will not flay long in tne
fleet, as they appear to be deflined, as the Puitfant of
74, to go to the Bast-Indies. The Spaniards will find
before the Streights 8 or 9 of their ships, which being
joined to the 27 of Don Louis de Cordova, and to iz
French ships, will form a fleet pretty refpeflable to make
head to the Englith, in case they undertake to disturb
the fie, e of Gibraltar with 35 or 36 vessels, which they
are able to arm since the convoy of Jamaica has lucki
ly arrived to them."
George Olney, esquire. receiver of continental taxes
for the gate of Rhode lfland c certified, on theist inst.
that he had received from tnat state, for the use of the
united states, in the month of September last, four
thousand and thirty-five dollars.
*, The Dancing Assembly will open on Thurs
day Evening the 24th inflant, at the City-tavern,
Strangers may be supplied with Tickets on application
to the Managers.'
DESERTIO N.
SUCH RECRUiTd of the Penufylvaoia Line, that
have deferred since theist of January, 1781, and
do surrender themfrlves to any cffi er of said line, on
or before theist of December nex', (hall be pardoned ;
but iuch as do no: avail themfelvea of this indulgence,
miy :xpta to be pord/hed in the mott exemplary man
ner. RICHARD HUMPTON, Colonel
6th Penney vania regiment, fuperintendant
recruiting f-rvice Pennsylvania line.
Philadelphia, Cdouer 17, 1782.
A Person that has had several
yens practice in teaching the English Language, Writ
ing ^d A ithmetick, together with Book-keeping and
tie Mathematicks, would be willing to engage a School
in any prrt 0 this or 'he neighbouring dates, that
w ud p r odu e a fallacy adequate to the perfon'sabili
ties. Good recommendations "' Ibe produced if re
qwred. A few lines left with the Printer hereof, and
dreaed to J T. will hr duly attended to. O&o. a.
A Billiard Table to be fold.
Enquire of the Printer.
On MONDAY,
The Twenty eighth instant, October, at Ten o'clock
in rhe Forenoon, at the Marshal's Wharff, between
Arrh and Rae-ftrr.ts,
Will be Sold by Public Au&ion,
One Hundred and Seventy Barrels
F L O U R,
And Two Hundred Kegs
BRE A D,
in small Lotts:
And at Twelve o'clock at Noon, of fame
Day, r t the Cofte-Houfe, w:||be S OLD The
Sloop D O V E,
With her Tamale, A,pa r el, and Furniture, agreeable
to inventory to he seen at the place of file. Said vef
ft I and cargo tak n 1 y the state ship of war Hyder Allv,
and condemned in the court of admiralty for this state.
By order of the court,
CLEMENT BIDDLE, marfhaL
P rt of Philadelphia, Pennfylvanij, ff.
To ALL whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Court of Admi*
raitv rill be held at the State-house, in the cify
of Philadelphia, on Saturday the 26th cf Octo
ber, instant, at to o'clock in the forenoon, for the
trial of the Sloop or Veßal called the JAME , Peter
Drummend Ute owner and matter, taken in the bay of
Delaware, on ter passage from Morris-river, in New-
Jersey, to this port, by the armed Whaleboat Black
Snake, commanded by Richardson D v-nport, and re
takes, sent into this port and libelled against as prize,
by John K?mp, esquire (qui tarn, &c.) To the end,
that all persona concerned may appear and fh s w cause,
if any there be, wherefore a decree should not pafa put
fuant to the prayer of the libri, &c.
By older of the judge;
O&o. 21, 1782. JAMES READ, register.
A Miller who understands the
management of a mer bant tnih is wanted o go to
Maryland. Such a person with a wife and f m tll fa
mily, or a single man, would he treated with by apply
ing to CLEMENT BIDDLE. Ofto. ar.