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who -id ransomed, now arrived, fays, he
w , ; ize taken. The transport (aid to be
,tried off, is supposed to have had great
ie officers, &c. of the 4th regiment on
m 24. We hear that several of the prizes taken
Weft Indies by Admiral Rodney, are already
med as British prop rty.
The Jesuit who was some time since captured on his
passage from the South seas to Spain, afterwards bro't
to town, is gone out in the fleet under commodore
Johnftone.
The king has written a letter to fir George Rodney
with his own hand, applauding his whole fyhem of
conduct since he failed from Plymouth, on his coun
try's service.
The troops are in motion all over the kingdom, and
marching to the sea ports and garrisons along the coarts,
to prevent a surprise, fhou.d the French attempt the
threatened scheme of invasion.
The island of Manilla, which is presumed to be the
obj-a of fir Edward Hughs's fleet, is the chief of the
Philipines, and is about 400 miles long and 100 broad.
Ta this place the Spaniards carry silver from New-
Spain, Mexico and Peru • gold dust from China and
Japan; and diamonds from Golconda ; so that the
Eritifli' tars will find treasure enough there. It was
near this island that lord Anson took the large Acqua
pulco ship.
Thursday the committee of Weft-India planters and
merchants waited upon lord George Germaine, on the
fubje& of fir George Rodney's and general Vaughan's
proclamation, refpeding the seizure of all private pro
prty at St. Euftatia. Alderman Crichton addressed
his lordship in a speech of considerable length ; and
his lordship seemed very attentive to the aiderman's
argument. R. Backford, esquire, aiked, whether the
ministers approved of the proclamation ? His lordship
answered, lie had no right to disclose the king's coun
cils. Upon the whole, it is probable ministers have
confirmed the orders of fir George Rodney and gene
r 1 Vaughan.
A private letter from Paris, dated the 15th instant,
fays, " The Spanish ambassador has declared to the
Court, that the king his master, will not enter into any
treaty for a peace with Great-Britain, without the
concurence of our sovereign ; but that he will shew
that refpeA to the mediators which he imagines, and
is convinced, they are entitled to, and therefore pro
poses to fend a minister to meet the delegates at Vien
na, to declare his dissent in form."
AppreT nfions of an attempt upon our coart during
the absence of the fleet are publicly acknowledged by
miniflers; and on that account al! the members of
parliament, and colonels of regiments, have orders to
hold themselves in readiness to depart for their re
fpeßive corps at a moment's notice.
The capture of St. Euftatius and its dependencies,
together with the Blips, flores, &c. prove so immenfly
valuable, that every commander of a king's ship on
that service is expeded to share at lead 16,000!. fieri.
It is reported, and very probably with truth, that
when fir George Rodney made himfelf master of St.
Euftatius, he got the books of the merchants into his
poOeffion, by which means the different properties
may be pretty accurately ascertained. While fir George
may be pleased with indulging his well known disposi
tion to lenity, and gratify every reafonabie desire of
the Dutch inhabitants, yet it may be supposed that he
is not so blind to the case of the inhabitants of St.
Euftatius to be parallel to that of Grenada, or any
of the Weft India islands.
Lord George Germaine has written over to fir George
Rodney and general Vaughan, to inform them by
command of the king, that his majefly has been gra
ciously pleased to relinquish in favour of the British
captors, the royal claim to his share of the effects,
&c lately taken inthe Dutch Weft India islands.
Dublin, Jan. 29 We are assured that government
intend railing 4000 men in this kingdom, in the course
of next spring and summer. They are to consist of 40
companies of 100 men each. The officers from the
major to the ensign, are to have comrniffions according
to the Bated number of men. The captain 50, lieu
tenant 30, and ensign 20.
Eaß-India house, March 27, 1781.
By f me papers lately taken on board a French
flip from Mauritius, there are accounts that Hyder
Ally had made an irruption into the Carnatic, and
that a detachment under the command of colonels
Bailie and Fletcher had been defeated ; but the court of
directors of the Eafl-India company have no adv ces
thereof from any of their precedencies.
“ The following are the particulars of the fatal news
from India, which was brought yefierday to the secre
tary of date's office:
That a French packet with advices from India, has
been taken by the Phcenix privateer, captain Pidgly,
of Dartmouth, and carried into Penzance. They had
thrown their packet overboard, but from the letters
found in the cabbin, and particularly from a number
of Mauritius Gazettes, they learned that some time
in the month of July lad, and soon aft er the departure
of fir Thomas Rumbold from the government of Mad
rafs, Hyder Ally, with an army of 200,000 men, 20,000
of which were cavalry, inverted the town of Arcot.
Sir Heftor Munro, as soon as he heard of the siege,
marched with all the force he could colled to the na
bob's affiflance; but finding, from report, that his
numbers were too few to venture an engagement, he
dispatched orders to colonel Bailie, the commanding
officer at Chucknam, to colled all the troops which he
possibly could, and by forced marches to join him.Hy
der Ally received information of this circumflance,
railed the siege of Arcot, and made a rapid movement
towards Chucknam, where he forced colonel Bailie to
an action, and gained a compleat vidory, killed 600
Europeans and 4000 Seapoys. In consequence of this
great and decisive difarter, fir Hedor Munro made a
precipitate retreat to Madrafs, leaving all the king
dom of Arcot to the conqueror's mercy.
All the artillery, baggage, and ammunition of the
company's troops were taken, and every part of the
country of Arcot, was submitting to Hyder Ally,
Moutmorin.
'' O" '° e "''' current, two Portugueze vessels ar
" rived at this port from Madrafs, on board one
of which was a French Miffonary, who gives the fol
lowing account, which is also confirmed by the other
passengers- At the time of our leaving Madrafs, which
was in the evening of the 23d of October the last year,
the English were in the most critical situation. In the
month of June, Hider Ah Kan marched to the coart
of Coromandel with a considerable force, and took Por
to Nova, and other small British set tlements in that
quar er ; destroyed their factories th^re, and plunder
ed all their poff-ffions. He afterwards directed his
rout to Pondicherry, which the English abandoned on
his approach, aud on which he displayed his flag, shew
ing honor and humanity to the inhabitants. The Eng
lish sent ambassadors to him, of which he took no no
tice: from whence they concluded they mutt prepare
for war. Accordingly while Heider Ali was besieging
Arcot the capital ofthe province, they formed a camp
at a small distance from Madrafs, to a& as future cir
cumft nces might direct. But Beider-Ali had taken the
precaution to lay warte country fourteen leagues
round that city, to cut off their fubfirtence. In the
month of September the English with a great part of
their troops advanced to give him battle. The result
was fatal to them: the Marrattas having surrounded
them with such courage and vigor, that before the re
mainder of the British troops, at two leagues diflant
could arrive, they killed eight thousand ofthe best dis
ciplined and bravert Seapoys, eight hundred Europeans,
and forty officers, 47 others would have perished at the
fame time had not the French in the army of Heider
Ali interposed to save their lives. This defeat entirely
difeoncerted the English, and produced the greatest con
sternation in Madrafs, where a resolution was immedi
ately taken to call in the troops from another Fadory,
on the fame coast. But before these troops could em
bark, the Seapoy officers represented to the English that
they and their soldiers were engaged to serve only in that
part of the country, and not at Madrafs ; and that they
had their wives and children which they could not a
bandon. The answer the English made, was, to treat
roughly the officers who made this represen tation ; upon
which the Seapoys immediately fired upon the British
officers and killed many of them: after which they re
paired to the governor's house, forced the gates, took
the military chert, and went off with it. This is the
firft example of mutiny or revolt which the natives have
ever given.
" To remedy the want of troops, the English have
enrolled at Madrafs all the merchants, traders, &c.
of the town, intruding them with great diligence in
military manoeuvres; though little dependence is to
be placed upon so feeble a resource. When we left
Madrafs, there was a great scarcity of provisions in
tne place; and the light troops of Hider Ali took eve
ry day the few cattle which the English had between the
City and their camp for the supply of both. The French
merchants, Armenians, Moors, and others who had
any property, were preparing to leave Madrafs and
go to Pondicherry for security.
" Some days before our departure from Madrafs,
the English received accounts that threw them into
consternation: They were careful to conceal them from
the strangers ; but we knew they imported the arrival
of a French squadron in those seas from the isle of
France. Wek '0 hat their fort Tallycheri was
taken by alfault, o nd th. arrifon put to the sword;
when the dispatches came away ; and he was preparing
for an expedition against Pondicherry, which it is said
murt yield on his arrival. There is no account 0 the
capture of the Namuro. In consequence of this alarm
ing intelligence, India flock fell eight per cent, yester
day.
Another account fays, that on the firft information
of Ayder Ally's motions, fir Heßor Munro took the
field with about 1200 Europeans, among which was
lord Macleod's regiment of Highlanders, and 6oco Sea
poys; and he at the fame time sent orders to the troops
at Trichinopoly, and other parts to the Southward, to
the number of 14000 Seapoys and 4000 European troops,
to join him without loss of time.— Those began their
march under the command of colonels Fl-tcher and
Bailie ; but they were attacked on their way by Hy
der's son, whom, notwithflanding his great superiority
of force, they so far defeated as to remain makers of the
field They acquainted fir Heftor, however, that they
did not think it prudent to proceed further through a
country so much over-run with the enemy, without a
reinforcement; but that they would endeavour to main
tain themselves in their present Nation till that should
arrive. After they were joined by the body which the
general sent to their relief, they resumed their march,
but were afain unfortunately attacked by Hyder Ally
himfelf, at the head of a vast army of horse, when they
were almost cut to pieces. This disaster, together with
a considerable loss sustained by himfelf, obliged fir
Hector to retreat in the bert manner he could ; and
though he directed his course through grounds the most
unfavourable for cavalry, yet Hyder hill harraffed his
rear. With much difficulty, he at last, arrived at
Madrafs, where he found it necessary to shut himflf
up in fort George, and was followed by Hyder Ally
with an immense army, with which he is said to have
thoroughly inverted Madrafs. Immediately upon this
event, Hyder wrote an account of it to the governor
of the Mauritius, accompanied with some valuable
presents, and many cordial congratulations to his old
and good ally the king of France.
He fi nified, at the fame time, that a firpilar enter
prize was meditated against Bengal, by a combinati
on of the native powers towards that fide of Indoftan;
and he gave themoft positive assurances, that with the
assistance of 300 European troops, he thought it possi
ble to exterminate the British power from that quarter
of the earth.
The following important Account was brought from
Bilboa, by French gentleman who arrived here since
our last.
ExtraH of a letter from a French Missionary, dated at
Lisbon the 14th of April, 1781, to the Count du
BOSTON, June 21, 1781.
Office of Finance,
JUNE 3 0tb, i7 Bi.
IN parlance of an Ad of the United States in Con
gress affembted; NOTICE is hereby given,
that Proposals will be received in this office, from the
d te hereof until! Saturday the seventh of jaly next,
for Applying, by centrad, the Rations to be delivered
by the public to the Troops, Artificer.?, Pr : f ners, &c.
which are or may be in this City, from the day of finn
ing such contras until the fill day 0 January next.
The ration to cgnfift of one pound of Bread, one
pound of Beef or three quarters of a pound of Pork, and
one of jill of Rum.
The payments to be made in Gold or Silver, at the
tim s to be ftpil^ted in the contrast.
The Proposals t? be felled, and to contain the low
est prices and longest terms of payment at which the
parties relp^aively will centra.
Office of Finance,
JUNE 30th, 1781.
IN pursuance of an Aft ofthe United States in Con
gress assembled : Notice is hereby given, that pro
posals will be received in this office, from the date here
of until Saturday the fourteenth of July nex 1 , for fop
plying by contrad, the rations to be dalivend by the
public to the troops, pifoners, &c. w ieh are or may
be in the town of Lancatter, from the day of signing
such contrast, until the firft day January next.
Tiie ration to consist of one pound of bread, one
pound of beef or three quarters of a pound of pork,
and one jili of rum.
The payments to be made in Gold or Silver, at the
times to be stipulated in the contra&.
The propolais to be sealed, ^nd to contain the lowest
prices arid longest terms of payment at which the par
ties refpeaively will contrast.
TO BE SO L D, BY
Andrew and James Caldwell,
tyESTINDIA Rum, French Brandy, Madeira
' V and Sherry Wines, Bohea Tea, Cinnamon, Je
suits Bark, Bimftone, Copperas, White Lead in keg,,
Russia and Raven's Duck, Oznabrigs, fine Hollands,
an Assortment of low priced Linen, white Threads,
Britannias, Womens Mitts, Mens Gloves, Mens
Shoes, some Ship Chandlery, and Carpenters Tools,
Needles.
Five Hundred Pounds,
In Gold or Silve r , wanted on Interest.
AN Y person having the above sum, or any part
thereof, may let it on int<reft upon the following
terms and securities ; a bond bearing legal interest, to
be paid in gold and silver, here or in Amsterdam or
Paris, at the option of the lender ; the penalty double
the value in wheat. Th? money will be t^ken for any
time not less than one year, and will bf made payable
only upon three months previous notice in writing be
ing given by the lender; so that the payment may al
ways be prevented by witholding the notice : an un
exceptionable mortgage will be given, and every other
fecurrty which fhatl be required. The borrower'*
name may be known by application to the Printer, and
the Appliers will not be known unless they approve of
lending the money after hearing who the borrower is.
TO BE L E T,
Furnished LODGINGS,
In an agreeable Part of the City. Erquire of the
Printer.
TO BE SO L D, A
Good, three story Brick House,
well fini&ed, and convenient Lot of GROUND, in
S^cond-ftreet, in an excellent Neighbourhood, and
well faulted tor Business, or for a Gentleman who dap
Bufiuefs near the Water. Enquire ol the Printer, %
and we further knew of the loss of their late acquisiti
on in the Guzarote.
“ The slate of their affairs in Bengal is not at all
more pkafing: An army of sixty thousand Marattas
was in the environs of Ballaffon, which had given
them the greatest une^finefs. The funds of the English
were exhausted, and they supported themselves en
tirely by fallacious loans drawn from the rich Banians
of the country. The freateft diffention prevailed in
their councils and among their commanders, between
two of whom a duel was fought with pistols two days
before we left Madrafs "
A small privateer from Portsmouth has taken and
brought in a brig from Scotland, bound to Quebec,
with goods, &c. her cargo valued at 70001.
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The Loan Subferibers,
TO THE
Pennsylvania Bank,
Are requeued to Meet at the
City-Tavern,
TOMORROW, at XI. o'Clock/
Upon B U S I. NESS of
Great Consequence.
GEORGE CLYMER,)
JOHN NIXON, ) Direßors.