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Eruption—and need I remind your Lordihips of the
evltrending our having so many leamen on board
the American privateers, as we also heard the other
night at our bag in 373 privateers were, on a very
moderate calculation, allowed to be 13,850 men Th.
dangers attending this evi!, and whuh we have not to
encounter in a war with France and Spain, h ve too
many bad consequences for me to enumerate now,
but wh^ch I think cannot escape your Loidfbip's dis
cernment.
My Lords, it appears ts me that the methods hi
therto purfaed to fubdoe this rebellion, and to put
an end to the depredations it occasions, and the ft ff r
ings of every individual in tiis country, as web as
the few remaining friends we h + ve in tha r , have been
filch, as have rather tended to promote than p^even
bur loffes'; to prolong rather than conclude the war ;
for the manner in which we have lent our recimts, om
eloathing, our ammunition, our stores, in (h rt, ob
supplies cf every kind to our forces a road, has, in
my opinion, rather conveyed a greater part of them
to our foes than our friends. My Lords 1 an un
willing to tr.fpafs on the time to point out to yur
Lordfllips the feyeial valuable captures of th s nature
that have be n made by the rebels, from what I fed
sorry t fay is the ill conduct of thole who were to fu
perintend this very efiential part of the war, tante
I am very certain that every Lord who hears the muff
recoiled the r plated instances we b^ve he.ru of to
prove thih § when, by a proper distribution of all these
kinds of n ctffrries 10 be sent to our fleet and army,
had they been put into the feverci men of war sent to
America, or had ten or a dozen of our fourth rites
that were in commiflion, and many more aloof the
line, and not fobdi employed, been armed n flute,
and dtftined for this particular then iaj fervict, a a
time when we knew of no fleet out to require their at
tention, they would not only have (ecured theft sup
plies for out own forces, deprived the enemy of what
they ft od so much in want of, and at that time could
not have obtained : ut by such mifrondi&, bu,l
will venture to ffi m, &ould have saved thu public a
bove hal theexpence thrown awav in tha mort txtia
tagant manner of hiring tranfpo is, and the buying of
drips and vessels for that pu poe ; which', in the tr nf
po t fe vice for the nav: only (exciufive cf orenance
and treatury tranfporu) hs a r<fy cost in freight
only, from Sept. 1,75 to Sept. 1777,
£1,265,231 2 11
The vQuailing these transports
also is 526 878 19 10
.Which m^kes the Cum of 1,,2,110 2 9
BefiJes these turns the e has beeri
paid for the purchase of (h ps
^nd vessels, fi ce Janutt7:6, 94,756 5 1
(Td be continued in ou r next.)
The following is 1 <op< <oGeneral G ITES'* 'et
ter to the Earlof THaNET aluded to in tee Du $
Of Richmond's motion.
My Lord, Albany October 26, 1777
" Prefu ning upon on termer trierdffiip, 1 take
the liberty of iddraffing thib letter to your Lor sh ,
Ge,thl Buqo;nehaviigaffured me it (hall tr tai -
fully delivered. Tae ver impe tant event of this
campaign lo far as it rtfp^ Gtera! Bu^o ne nd
my'elf, wi I, bv the un<x derating voice or trutu, be
related to your Ln/lhio, For, &hat les can be bi;(
of it, th^n that the King' a m,, which left C-.n da
in June, are all killed, ake 1, or have u r d^r a
prisoners, unde? th Convention of S ratog rt ? H A
thii complete vi&ory has en trd, nt> rcip &to
the.behaviour of the c 0 qu acts to the vrquilhcd,
General Burgoyne arid Lord Peterfham; as the are
folders, and men of honour, will declare. --But, to
the main design of my addieffig this letter to you
L'rd fti,,,
" Hdra and educated in England, I cannot he'p
feeling for the misfortune* rough upon my native
country by the wi kednef of that dmm ft tio , who
began, and hyeconrinu d h * molt unjurt, iia/tlil ,
cruel and unnatural war The nilmembtrient <4
the empire, the !ofs of commerce, of power an c n
fequence am ngft the natn 1 s with the < own'll ct
public credit, are but t e beginning of tuofe evil, tht
muff inevit. Iy be followed by a thouland more, un
les timely prevented by tome lenient lad, hme
/great Rate phvfician, with the firn riel , i regrity and
abilities of a Chatham, ji ed to the wild m vi tue
anQ justice of a Cambden, aid d and fupporttd by (uh
men as your L^rdfhip—men, as independent in tfeir
fortunes, as i^fuHied in thtir honour, and who never
bowed their heads to B al. Such a man, so fuppoit
ed, may yet save the fir,king state, by coifi ming th^f
Independency which the people of this Cm.tine t are
revived to part with but when they leave ths world.
Such a man #i'l do what all wil^ ftateiman hari dune
before him. He will be true tcrt%e welfare and inte
rest of hir cou try ; and by rtfeindjng the resolutions
pffed to support that system, which no power upon
earth can tlfahhfh, he will endeavour to pref rve lo
much of the empire in prosperity arid benom, astbe
circumstances of the times, nd the maleadmu iftrit
-00 of those who ruled before him, have left to his go
vernment.,
" The United States cf America are willing to b^
the friends, but never will fuhmit to be the drives, of
the par 6 nt country. They ate, hy con^n uinty, by
commerce, by language, and by the ft&ion which
naturally forngs from these, mote attached to En
pl nd, than to any other co ^y unde the tun.—
Therefore, spurn net ft'h ffing which yet reman §
Instantly withdraw ,^nr ^ ts and admits; cultivate
the friendfh p and commerce of America. Thus, and
thus or'y, can Engl nd hope to be great and h ppj.
^eek that, in a commercial alliance; seek ir 'tie it be
too late; for, there only, you must expert to find it.
“ These, mv Lord, are the undifeui^d fert'ments
of a man that/ j 1 ce* not in the bloodshed in th. b lata;
convert ; fa man, who glories in the name of En
glishman, nivrifhels to lee peace and fiienofh p b<-
t* en 6f,a Britain and America fixed upon th.
fimeft found t. : on,
" Our friend, General L e, has fuffered a longan 1
severe imorifunment; but the hour is at h^nd that
forces General Howe to what he mult for evr blidh
for not having done before. The prid , not tue
powe-, of the King's Generals prevents me from be
ing more particular as to the immediate tituatioa of
th mtn * you so much regarded. I beg your L rd
ihip will preie t my affectionate condiments to Hvl,
and Sir Chains Dneis. With the gr^tut reip.d,
I have the ho: our o be, my Lord,
lour Lordfo.fs most obedient bum'le fervent,
HORATIO GATE S."
To the Right Hon. the Farl ofThanet.
* Major -Cckcy al LFv..
Y O R KT O °W N, ^4.
On Saturday last SIMSON D£.iNß, Est arrived
at Chngrefs, express from the American Freni,cten
tiaries at the Court of France, and deferred hit dis
patches to the Prefdent. —The import mt contents
are, by a correfoondent, thus communicated.
O' ''HE news of the defeat and captivity of Cen.
A Bugoyne were received in France the begin
ning of December, wih as much joy as if a vidory
by their own troops had been announced. Our Ple
nipotentiaries took this oppor unity again to attra&
the attention of the Court of France to the objeft of
their negotiation. On the 16th, Monsieur Girard,
Ro,nl Syndic of Stratburgh, and S^re^ary of his
Majesty's Council of Slate - waited upon cur Pleni
potentiaries, and i formed them, b, order of the King,
" That after lo : g and tuilconfid'eration of cur aft'drs
and proportions in Crunch, it was decided, and his
Majesty was determined to acknowledge ocr [ de
pendence, and make a Treaty with us of Amity as d
Commerce. That in ihistie^y, no advantage would
be taken of ur pdent fruadon to obtain terms frm
us, 4 wh:ch others He would not be convenient for us
to agree to, his Majesty desiring that the.,treaty, once
made, fhowd be durable, and uur amity ftibfiß for
ever, which could not be expected, if each nation
did not find its inrereft in the continuance as wet as
in the commencement of it. It was therefore his
in ention that the erms of the treaty fhould.be uch,
as we mght be willing to agree to if ou r flare had
been long ettab'ih d, and in the fuhnefs of ibength
and power, and ! uch as we ihowd approve of when
that time (hould c >me. 1 hat his M^jefty was fixed
in h's determination, hot only to ack ,owledge, but
to support our Independence by every means in bis
power. That in doing this, he might probably be
lion engaged in war, with all the expences, rilque
ad damage ufuaHy attending it; fret he should not
expea any c mpematicn from us on that account,
nor pre end that he acted wholly for our takes, fece,
beti es his real goodness to us and our caule, it was
m.mieftl" the interest of France, (h.rt the power of
Eng'aid should be diminished by cur kp^rau m from
it. He should, moreover, not so touch as insist, that,
it he engaged in a war with England on cur account,
we fh>u d not make a feparae peace for Qle ves,
wheneVe pood And advantageous terms were, (Feted
to us. Ihe only condition he should require and
rely on wmd be this, thdrose, in nopeace to be made
•with England foetid give u, our independence, and
return to the obedience oj that government."
That up^ thele p incites, by virtue of full pow
ers by the King of France to Monfi ur Girard,
Royal Syndic of the City of Str. (burgh, and Secre
tary of his Mgdl,'s C uncil of State, dated the
30th of January. 1778, this Mmi^er, with our Ple
nipotentiaries, signed at Paris, on the 6:h 0 F bra
ary, a Treaty of Alliance and Commerce between
the Crown of France and the United States of Ame
rica, almost in the very terms in which the American
Plenipotentiaries had been inftruaed by Congress. In
the Treaty of Alliance, the following articles ate
confpicuoul
" Article I. If war fnould b r eak out between
France and Great Britain, during the continuance of
the present war between the United States and Eng-
I^d, his M^j ftv and the United States (hall m^ke
it a common ca^fe, and aid each other mutually with
their good < ffices, their councils, and their forces,
according to the exigence of conjunctures, as becomes
good and faithful allies."
“ Article 11. The effeutial and direfl end of
the p efent defenfive alliance is, to maintain efle&u
ally the Liberty, Sovereignty and Independence, abso
lute and unlimited of the said United States, as well
in matters of government as of commerce."
" Article VI. The Most Christian King re
nounces for ever the possession of the Island of Ber
muda, as <wef as ofary part of the Continent of Norths
America, which before the treaty of Paris in 1763,
or in virtue of that treaty, were acknowledged to
belong to the Crown of Great Britain, or to the
Uuited Suies, heretofore called British Colonies, or
wh'ch are at this time, or have ftef been, under th ?
power of (he King and Cio in of threat- Britain."
The Treaty of Commerce ft^nds upon the broat
basis of equality ; and, c^fiiering the eftablifhec
great power cf France, and the infancy of the United
Stages, is an act without parallel, in a word, the
sentiments delivered on the 16'h of December by
Mons. Girard, by irder of th IT g of France, a : e
fentimer^s rarely entertained byP ineqs. and which,
together with thele equal (reales, must ra r k him,
not only among the greatest Monarchs in France,
but in history.
The Independence of America is a favourite ob
jeft with all tho'e powers of Europe, who entertain
commercial views — With relptdtu the acknowledg
ment of our Independence, they have waited the ex
ample of France, and will new he determined in our
favour by hetcondeft. The Emperor, Spain and
Prussia are determined to 'up,pit us. On the 6th
of November last <he Pruffiao Minister wrote in the
following terms to one of cur Plenipotentiaries :—
" As to the reinforcements of troops which Great-
Britain may receive from other pore s of Europe for
the next campaign, I cm allure von. Sir, that your
Narion has nothing to fear from RuGa or Denmark;
and that even Gwaziiy vill not fornifh but some
hundred men which the Duke of Brunswick, the
Landgrave of Helle, and the Margrave of Anfpach,
in conformity to their treaties, cannot but fend an
nually, to recruit the troops vhich those Princes
hold in America in the pay of England. It is with
sincere fatisla&on I give you this agreeable informa
noo."—The King of Premia would net allow th#
troops of H (Land Fjanau, in British pay, to pass
through h^ dominions, —he has promised to be the
second Power io Europe to acknowledge the Inde
pendence of America..
The American prifeners in,England were treated
with such inhumanity,yas induced our Plenipotenti
aries to Write to Lord North on the fubj=&; and to
employ ^ g'r/lercan cf rank in London to relieve
their diftrefits. The British government thereupon
relaxed their feverioes. The friends of America in
Lend in called a meeting on the 24th of December,
^77, to collect lubferiptions for the relief of Ame
ric n prifoner.s, and on the sth of January they col
le&ed £ 2677 : 8: 6 fterhng for that purpose. Amorg
the fubicihers Rand the names of Marquis of Rock
ingham, Marquis of Granby, Earl Snelburne, Earl
Abingdon, Lord ChoLnordety, Vifeount Middleton,
Vlhoun^'s Middleton, Sir George Saville, Hon.
Th mas Townshend, Hon. Thomas Townfhend, jun.
Hoot Thomas Walpole, briides many Aldermen and
Gentlemen of the fird uUtmaien. Our Plenipoten
tiaries afire us that Britain, failing in this campaign,
ca^n>t phiblv make another in America, Jo low are
her finances reduced, so ruined is her credit abroad,
and so difficult is it for her to procure men at home.
That the gueateft prepaid inq of war were making in
all parts of France. That near 50,000 French troops
were actually marched ir.to Normandy and Brittany;
and that the navy cf France and Spain now confined
of 270 fail.ready for sea.
These important advices were brought over in Le
Sensible, Mon'. Marignie, Commander, a Royal
Frigate of France, of 28 twelve-pounders and 300
men. She left Brest on the Bth of March, and after
z p^ge, of 35 days arrived at Cafco Bay, from
whence fae fried on her return, alter two days flay
to take in water.
^^'X^^^^*^^'^s^ ±^£d^^
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
IGOOD CLOTHIER, or one that can only (hear
£, and manage a preis well. Such a petfon may de
pend on having good wages and conftam employ, bv
applying to the fubferiber, at his fuliirg mill near Do
ver, in Kent County on Dlavare..
..THOMAS NIXON.
STRAYED or 8 TO L N=
Fern Coventry Forge, Chester County, on Monday,
the 21st of April lift,
A Likely bay HORSE, nine years old, temark-
CL able good carriage, round bodied, fm; 11 head
and ears, .travels rough when he goes faft, a, natural
pac r. Whoever will deliver ('m to Rfbecca Grace
at the place aforefaid, or to Thomas Potts, nt P^r,
Grove, will be paid Forty Dollars and renfona
ble charges ; and if ftoitn, and the thief fecund and
brought to justice, a fui the- reward of Forty Dol
lars, by THOMAS POTTS
THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN cut cf the pTure of the fubferiber,
living near Dwek Creek, in Rent C unty, en De
laware, a large Black HORSE, near sixteen hands
high, a natural trotter, shod only behind whin ftohm,
has a split in his right hind hoof to the hair, and.fome.
thing appearing on his eyes like a film ; he is fix % irs
old. Whoever will leave far' horse with Mr. Glas-
FORD, at N^waik, or with the fubferiber, Ord have
the above reward and reasonable charges, prid by
fOHN SMITH.