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" AGU E/ Jinuaty 3:
States General being assembled the 26th of
A last month; his Serene Highness, the Prince Stadt
kolder recalled to them, that io the course of the last
year, he had communicated his opinion to the respec
tive provinces, which wqs, that they should, as spee
dily as possible, put 50 dr 60 ships of force, in a con
dition to protest (if necessary) their commerce in ge
neral, and the effeimal interests of the Republic; that
they ihould augment at the fame time the land forces
then on foot, to fifty or sixty thousand; that they
Ihould put all rheir frontier places in the most refpe&-
able state of defence, and that they fhoulJ not neglect
to provide all the magazines in the greatefi abundance,
with every kind of ammunition and provisions, which
might be necessary in an exigency, particularly in a
situation when it might happen that the republic would
have to defend its most mcontefbble rights.—“ I have
seen with fatisfaftion," continued his Serene Highness,
" that regard has been had to my opinion, in putting
the marine, to a certain degree, upon a better footing;
but in a moment when the probable approaches of an
unprovoked war, prove that the republic cannot keep
too much on its guard, too much provide for the pre
fervatibn of its rights and of its honour, I , ope that'
the dates of all the provinces will perceive, with
me, that what lias been done is infufficient, and tlrt
they will redouble their affiduitv and warmth, in ad
ding to the service of 1781, considerable reinforcements
to what actually constitutes the naval force of the re
public ; in attending to this object, the provinces will
undoubtedly not negleH what relates to the date of
defence, which circum'tances may render indifpenfiblo
upon land, and I flatter myfelf that my firft advice
becoming more prefling, will be followed with regard
to # the fortifications and magazines; if it was negle&ed,
I declare that I would not answer for the consequences,
and that I ihould have nothing to reproach myfelf
with, fecaufe I have already laid, and do now lay
with yet more force, before the eyes of the confede
rates, their true situation, which admits of no d lay,
and which regle& would render dangerous. 1,, there
fore, now flatter myfelf, that my advice and exhor
tations will have over them more weight and influence,
than they have had at any time, in which, perhaps,
if they had been followed, they would have rendered
these last fuperfluous, for it cannot be dissembled that,
if at the epochs which I recall to this assembly, the
measures had been taken which prudence would fug
geft, very probably the belligerent powers would have
wdneffed more reCpeH for the republic."
Them High Mightinesses thanked his Serene High
nefs fcr the zeal which he deigned to witness for the
enential interests of the republic, and the care he had
taken to preserve it in the enjoyment of its liberty and
independence. It was/
Resolved, That there should be communicated to
tha re'pe&ive provinces, what his Serene Highness had
just propofedahd pressingly represented that it Ihould
be added to this communication, that an unprovok d
war appearing inevitable, it was equally the interest
and duty, of said provinces, to unite their efforts, to
avert the dorm, which menaced the confederation, and
to open, on this occasion, all the resources of prudence
and courage; that it fhouli be in consequence Wrong
ly represented, to the confederates, that the marine, in
its present situation, is not nigh fufficient, for the pfo
teaioi lof the commerce of the republic, considered in
the multitude of its branches, flip less for that for the
possessions of the republic in the two Indies. That to
these representations, their High Mightinesses would
join their rtfoft amicable and pressing prayers, to en
gage the confederates, to give the most serious atten
tion to the objects referred to their consideration, in
viting them to employ themselves therewith, without
the least delay, and not loose fight, that the florm
which rises on the sea-side, may extend rapidly over
the continent : a reflection which visibly shews the ne
cessity of also making an immediate augmentation in
the land forces of the republic
Their High Mightinesses finifh by faying, -that since
it is no longer in the power of the republic no choose
between peace and war, they flatter themselves- that
the confederates will find, in the intimacy of their uni.
on, in harmony and patriotism, what Circumstances
claim from their zeal, for the defence of their Country,
and of all which is dear to them.
Prom the London Evening Post, November 11, .1780
AMERICAN PRISONERS.
T'HE Committee for Relief of American Prisoners,
A are sorry to be under the necessity of again ap
plying to the humanity of the public for afliftance :
there are 300 prisoners now in England, many of whom
have been upwards of three years in confinement, and
who cannot be exchanged, because there are not in
Europe Engiith prisoners, taken by the Ameri ans, to
make the exchange with, and no other will be accepted.
The Committee hope the friends to humanity, and
well withers to reconcilement, will aflift them with
their benevolence.
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WESTMINSTER COMMITTEE
of ASSOCIATION.
King's Arms Tavern, Palace-Yard;
November 10, 1780.
RESOLVED,-
^•HAT the thanks of this committee be given th
• the honourable Charles James Fox, for his con-'
dud in the house of commons on Monday last, on'
which day, with a firmnefs be oming the representa
tive of a free people, he exposed the pernicious prin--
ciples and deftruttive measures of an abandoned admi>
nitration, and afforded the fulleft evidence tb his con
stituents, that neither the temptations of men in pow
, er, nor apprehensions of their resentment, could cause
him to deviite from that line of parliament ary conduit
which he hath hitherto pursued with so much honour,
or induce him to desert the cause of the people:
Resolved, as it is reasonable and just that public
approbation and support should be afforded to those
men who defend the public cause, that Mr. Fox, by
his conduH on that day, hath further endeared himfelf
to his constituents, and in the strongest manner inter
efled the inhabitants of this city in his welfare.
Resolved, That this Committee, being sensible
that the firm, constant, and intrepid performance
of his duty will probably render him in common
with other diftinguiAied friends of liberty, the object
of such attacks, as he has ah ready experienced, and
to which every unprincipled partizan of power is in
vited, by the certainty of reward, most earnestly exhort'
the inhabitants of Westminster, to do their utmost,
by every legal measure, to preserve to the /great
bdy of citizens, by whom he has been elected, and
tb his country, the benefit This fer- vices, and the*
inviolable fee mity of his person.
Resolved, That this Committee do adjourn to thi<
day feveonight; at eleven o'clock in the forenoon.
JOHN- CHURCHILL, Chairman.
The following advertisement appeared in the London"
Evening-Post, of November 18, 1780
Matrimon y.
4 Gentleman of a good famly, # nd liberal educa
- tion, whole ideas have been enlarged by a con
flant intercourse with the firft people in the kingdom,
bot. for rank and abilities, takes this method of offer
ing bis hand and heart to a lady of an agreeable tern
. per who is possessed of a fortune fufficient to render
them independent with resolution enough to think and
as? for herfelf. As this is a feriods ad refs, it is not
intended to make any unmeaning profeffions through
the channel of a newspaper : the gentleman's thorough
knowledge of the world, it will be found, must render
all that Superfluous, as he is bleffd with an under
flandmg to diflinguilh merit, and gratitude to reward
Any lady who may be inclin'd to pay a serious at
tention to it, will direct for Mr. Standly, to be left at
No. 31, Johhftreet, Rathbone- Place, The utmost pre
cautibn will be used to conceal the correspondence from
every one but the parties themselves; therefore as this
is grounded 011 the firiHeft reallity, any person who
may apply from idle curiosity (as is too frequently the
case) may save themselves the trouble, or repent their
impertinence.
From the St. CHRISTOPHER'S GAZETTE^
February 26, 1781.
To the PRINTER.
S rR,
WHATEVER joy and Satisfaction might re
fult to every Briton from the capture of St.
Euflatius by Sir George Rodney, confideriag it as a
national advantage, yet as Britons we cannot avoid
feeling for the miseries that have attended the inhabi
tants, and the many calamities they mull fu fer from
the confiscation of oeir property without difiinftion.
Amongst civilized nations, dominion has generally
been the objects of war, and never has didrefs to the
inhabitants of a conquered country been considered as
neceflar, for the purposes of national interest, nor a
greeable to that mild sy stem which has ever been adopt
ed of alleviating the calamities of war, as far as is
consonant to found policy and the dilates of univer
sal benevolence.
Humanity is always considered as the charafteri flic
of Britons; it is their boafl, it is their glory. Let us
therefore hope it is not possible for a character hitherto
so refpedable as that of admiral Rodney, to add mi
sery to the diflreff d, or insult to misery.
If it were a general rule admitted amongst polished
Rations, to confider the private property of individuals
as liable to confifeation, what fatal consequences must
result therefrom ? There are few of the Weft-India
islands so capable of defence as te prevent the landing
of any number of troops, and it is to the Strength of
our internal fortifications that we rely in case of an
attack. Dominion having been hitherto the objeft, the
inhabitants trusting in the Strength of such fortreffes,
and relying on the civilized principles of war, have
always considered their private interest fafe and secure.
let us trust that our commanders cannot establish a
precedent in war barbarous in itfelf and difgraceful to
the nation. Mercy to the conquered is the highefl
mark of courage, and is it possible that men of rank
can so far forget (for the fake of paltry pelf) that no
ble dignity of nature, as without discrimination to
confifeate the property and effeds of the innocent
merchant, the unfortunate widow, and the distressed
orphan? Forbid it heaven! Never let it be said, that
Brit r ns, like the wretches of Amboyna, had 1 ft the
feelings of nature, and despised the vengeance of their
God! Can the brave Rodney, without diferimination,
wage war with the innocent ? Can the man who his so
bravely fought the enemies of his country, be an Che
rny to the wretched and diflreffed? Can our gallant
proteflor yield the palm to count d'Eflaing, in his
conduct to t!ie inhabitants of Grenada, and other
islands he has taken? Letos hope, for the honour of
the nation, that such thing's cannot be ; but that a
proper diferimination will be made ihthe confiscation
of property at St. Euftatius, and' that such a line of
conduct will be observed as to preserve the rights of
human nature and the commercial benefits of mankind
HUMANETA S.
From Rivington's Royal Gazette.
N E TV - Y O R K, May 12.
Yeflerfay arrived the letter of marque Ship Ejeono
r^, Ca ptain Hamilton, in eight weeks from England, in
whom came p:iffengers the hon. major Cochrane, with
his lady. By this Ship we have received the following
intelligence.. °
Commodore Jbhnftone, it is thought, will fail on a
Secret expedition, when he has Separated from the grand
fleet; and reached a certain latitude, whither he i.
bound.
The following are said to be the Eritifh regiments'
intended for the continent: the 3d, 18th, 19th, 30th'
36th, 66th, 68th, and two regiments of demounted
dragoons-:and that the right hon. the Earl of Lincoln,
will embark with the latter, in the rank of brigadier
general
The Eleonora, on her passage, took a large and va
luable Dutch merchantman, laden wita iodico, sugar,
hides, coffee, &c. from Caracoa, for Amsterdam.
The Captain saw, about t'ree weeks ago, a fleet of
68 fail, and, by a vessel from Nantucket, which they
spoke, was supposed to be French.
Captain Hamilton failed, on the 13th of March, in
company with the grand British fleet of 40 fail of the
lirte, besides frigates, defined for Gibraltar, and by
letters brought in the Eleonora, we are informed, that
the Cotflit d'Estaing had failed for the westward from
Ereft, with a cons Jerable armament, but again meet
ing with an irrefutable gale of wind, was obliged to re
turn to port, with his Squadron and convoy much in
jured.
A very great augmentation of both our Sea and land
forces was preparing for this continent, and it is sug
gested that we may hope to be honoured with the
presence of Prince William, on board one of the ships
of the Squadron.
Five fail of privateers have lately gone to sea, from
New-London, to intercept the, vehe!s bound to this
port. The utmost exer:ion, sa?#e r ufi^g by the rebel
merchants at Eoflon, Salem, Newbury ' port, &c. to fit
out all their vessels, which are defined to fall in with
the British trade, in the Gulph of St, Lawrence, bound
to and from Quebec. Their feft year's success has
encouraged them to dolled a very . Strong force,
which cannot be overcome, unless Some verr7c fp en
able ships of war be Sent to the protection of our trade,
and def iroy their Cruizers. The house of MeffA. Tra
cey, of Newbury Port, it is said, have alone fitted
out three vessels, each of 20 guns, and upwards, des
tined for that service.
Extract of a letter from London, dated February 7,
ftr, to a gentlemen of the navy.
" The famous lord Gerrge Gordon was acquitted
yeflerday morning after a trial of 20 hours. You
cannot contrive with what indifference the matter has
passed over, except with his immediate part'izans : In
deed there might he prudence in it, for government
had discreetly collected a pretty body of troop* round
the metropolis,'and had even trusted ball cartridges in
to the hands of the Horse-guards ; but there has not
been a single halloo m thefireets on the occasion."
Captain Cummins, lite of the Assurance of 44 guns,
is appointed, by admiral Arbuthnot to the command
of the Confederate, laje rebel ship Confederacy.
By a gentlemen who left G^ernfey the 10th of March,
we are informed that the British fleet would fail from
Sp thead on the 11th or itth of that month for the re
lief of Gibraltar, wirh 40 foil of line of battle ships and
9 frigates; to be joined by commodore Johnflone's
fqaudron and other fyffels, total about 250 fail, com
manded by admirals Darby, Digby, and Ross. The.
Spanish fleet was waiting off cape St. Vincent to inter
cept this armament. A Ruffian man of war, of 74 guns,
was sheathing with copper at Portsmouth. A war is
expelled between the Emperor and France, as the
former has claimed the datchy of Lorain.
From the New Jersey Gazette, dated April 25, 1781.
TO the PRINTER.
IT may be rfcolleDed that in my address to the fe
giflature, publiftied in your Gazette, No. 149.
speaking of the new emitted money, I observed, that
upon the principles which it was emitted, aothing
but the unaccountable caprice which governs human
nature in certain situations, could depreciate it : lit
tle did I then think it could be neglected by its very
guardians.
I then prefutned that the legislature would fee the
fatal tendency of coupling it with the old continental,
and repeal the forty for one clause : this they did, and
put it perhaps on as good a footing as poflible, by au~
thorifing a competent body to declare the rate of ex
change as often as any alteration in it should happen.
Did not this alteration in the law and the consequent
declaration of the legal exchange making it equal to
the real, give universal fatisfadion? And did not
the money then circulate with greater freedom than
it lias ever done either before orfince? Why is it then
that the fame spirit is not kept up? Why is not the
legal exchange kept equal t -the rea'l ? Is it because
the flare of Prnnfylvania have not altered the legal
exchange there? Aul what have we to do with Peun
fylvania ? Is not our money our own ? Will they re
deem it for us? and redeemed it mud be. Will they
make good to ?he people of this date the loss they
filter by receiving it in a depreciated Bate, or hold
ing it in their hands while depreciating? ifnot, for
justice fake let us look to onrfelves, let us rpuze
from this lethargy, and make our money what it
ought to be, by keeping up the exchange equal to
gold aid silver.