The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-04-16 00:00:00, page 2

St. JOHN'S, (Antigua,) March 2, 1782.
The following HR of the fleet now on thisflation, being,
to the bell of our knowlege and belief, a very accurate
one, we take the liberty of borrowing it from the An
tigua Gazette of Wednesday last.
SHIPS OF THE LINE.
Ships. Guns. Commanders.
Admiral Rodney
Formidable 98 ) fir C. Douglas
c Symonds
/Admiral Hood
98 (Captain Knight
Prince George 98 Williams
Namur 98 Fanfhaw
Bedford 7 d /Commodore Affleck
gGraves
Centaur 74 Inglefield
Aj^x 74 Charrington
Invincible • 74 Saxton
Alfred 74 Fayne
Torbay 74 Gidoin
Evolution / 74 Manners
Shrewsbury 74 Well
Canada 74 Cornwallis
Montagu 74 Bowen
Monarch 74 Reynolds
' Ak ide 74 C. Thomson
Russell 74 Saumarez
Royal Oak 74 Burnet
^obufte 74 Colby
Hercules 74 Savage
Marlborough 74 Penny
Conqueror 74 Balfour
Arrogant 74 Cornish
Fame 74 Barbor
Intrepid 64 Molloy
Belliqueux 64 Sutherlend
St. Alban's 64 Inglis
Priaceffa 70 (Admiral Drake
' \ Knatchbuli
Prince William 74 Wilkinson
prudent 64 Barkley
Am er i ca 64 S. Thompson
Pro" !ee 64 Buckner
Yarmouth 64 Parry
Nonsuch 64 Trufcot
Anso n 64 Blair
Repaid 64 Dumarefq.
FRIGATE S, ,&c.
Ships. Guns. Commanders.
Yanns 44 O'Hara
Fortunee 40 Christian
Flora 38 Marshall
Nymphe 36 Ford
Convert 32 Harvey
Triton 32 M'Laurin
Lizard 28 Dod
Sybil 28 Rodney
Pegasus 28 Stanhope
St. Euftatius 28 Lord Cranftoun
Champion 20 Alex. Hood
Eurylice 20 Willfon
Pacahunte 16 Coffin
Hornet 16 Tinfley
Experiment 16 Herbert
Surprize 16 Day
Germaine 16 Keppel
Tickler 16 Drary
Star 16 Ingram
Renard 16 S. Hood
Zebra 16 Bourehier
Gros Met Schooner Saunderson
Alert ) Cutters Vafton
Efpion ) cutters Shivers
Salamander \ Fire fy Luces
Blast/ r Carnegie.
their taking possession of their captures, a number or
them made their escape and rejoined the fleet, A
gale of wind blowing N. E. from the night of tie 15th
to the 16th, forced all the ships to return to Brest, being
only fifty leagues diftantr The English squadron dis
appeared that night; M, de Guichen kept the sea till
the 28th, toobferve the enemy, and finding then, that
force of! is th ps had fuffered, determined to detach the
Triumphant and the Brave, for these seas, where M. de
VaudrenQ had a particular commiffioh. They add,
that it will take about 10 day to refit the fllips that
Suffered mwfl.
Two ships, la Lifitte, and la Pelerin, being part of
the rand fleet arrived at Fort Royal the 2d infl. The
two Qrps Ie Triumphant and Brave, with the frigate
Mercide, made fail for St. Chriftopber. Arrived the
fame day the Medea frigate, from St. Domingo, and the
t<anfportduc de Chartres, which failed from Brest with
the grand convoy ; of seven or eight ships that were
miffing of that convoy, three are fafe here. The brig
Pr oce William Henry, Pacquet Boat, arrived here the
,2d infl. she failed from Falmouth the 12th of December,
and was taken the 2^th of January, by two Ante ican
"privateers, the Pilgrim and Scorge.
Add to the above the Warrior of 74 guns, command
ed by fir James Wallace, which arrived here from Eng
land (last from Barbadoes) yesterday evening. She fail
ed from Portfmou h the rith of January.
ORA N, (a Spanish town of Barbary,) Novem
ber 10.
TOURING three days, viz. the 30th and gift of ORo.
° and on theist inst. the Moors in the environs of this
place to the number of 6000, commanded by their bey,
came, according to annual custom, to fire vigourouf
ly against our fortifications, and have killed one lieu
tenant and three soldiers ; but, according to the report
of two deserters, who have taking refuge within our
walls, they had a number of men wounded and 30 kil
led by our troops.
We have received accounts, that on the 10th of OHo
her the bey of Algiers was attacked with a very violent
fit of illness, which, joined to his advanced age, make
people fear he may not recover, which is the wore to
Foreign Intelligence.
GENO A, November 20.
FRANKFORT, on the MAIN, November.2B.
General Faucitt has again made his appearance here,
the 17th of this month, and after a short flay, conti
nued his rout to Hanau, in order to raise more Ger
man troops, at the rate of thirty pounds Herting per
man. The king of Great-Britain, it is (aid, has set
his heart so much upon the railing this pew body of
troops, that he delivered in person to general Faucitt
his inftruaions, without the medium of lord Amherst,
commander in chief, or of the secretary at war ; but
the preceding levies made in these countries for the
crown of England, without our having seen hardly
one man return, of all that went over to America,
render them now the more scarce, as it is but a short
time since two Hanoverian regiments of foot were rais
ed for the Eafl-Indies. The court of Hesse Caffel, in
order to facilitate general Frucht's business, has given
orders to several bf her officers to recruit in different
places. The baron de Kniphaufen, commander in
chief of the Hessian troops in America, and who has
loft an eye, is to'retnrn fooh, and will be replaced by
lieutenant general de Lofsberg, who commands under
him.
Jan. g. France has at this time in America and the
V/Gi-Indies 37 fail of the line, besides the reinforcements
new go,ng thither, without mentioning a syllable of
the Spanish or Dutch, which are not supposed to be
fewer than fourteen fail more. To oppose these Great
Britain has about 25 fail of the line in the whole; if
the French can, by any means, preserve this superiori
ty, of which there is at prefect too Specious an appear
ance, they will reserve to'themfelves their own terms to
conclude the war.
According to letters from Portfmoufh, the cables
and cordage, taken on board the French transports,
prizes t® the Agamemnon man of war, are fuffictent
for the compieat equipment of fix ships of the line,
all new, and of the befi quality; there are also soldiers
cloathing for 4000 men complete; the wine and flour
are the most inconfiderabte parts of the cargoes, but
will be a great loss to the enemy.
The following is told by gentlemen of veracity, who
are lately arrived in a cartel from America, as certain
fact ; cc When the capitulation was about being sign
ed by general Washington and the'French officers, the
former was exceedingly desirous to know, if one Arnold
was not in one of the British ports, at York or Glouces
ter? a common reply was given, no. The general
doubted, and asked the fame again; the fame answer
was given : Mr. WafhingtoiLthen wrote to lord Corn
wallis to declare, on his honour, whether Mr. Arnold
was there or not? intimating, as no capitulation
would be made for him on any account whatever.—ls
one Arnold had been there, his fate was certain!
As far as can be judged from the accounts which
have hitherto passed, the present year's expence will
not be less than 33 millions ; and it is laid the loan
will be 16 millions, in order to fund a part of the un
funded debts, which at prefentbe ars so hard on govern
ment.
be lamented, as his death will certainly occasion a revo
lution, from three competitors disputing the sovereign
dignity, namely, the grand treasurer, the aga and
the commandant of the horse.
Dispatches, it is said, have been received over land
at the I'ndia-houfe, from governor Hastings, at Bengal,
containing a minute and explicit account of bis pro
ceedings during his governerfhip, and particularly giv
ing the company a full relation of all the circumflan
ces which gave rife to the late war in the Carnatic,
„ The letters brought over 'by the Sophia Julia Frede
rica, Danish Eaft-Indiaman, from Tranquebar, confirm
the account of taking of Surat ; the defeat of Hyder
Ally, by fir Eyre Coote, and of the preparations which
were goingonat Madrafs and Bengal, for further ope
rations against the Dutch settlements : there was no ac
count of morif. Suffrein being arrived at the Mauritius,
to reinforce monf. D'Orves, who had the command of
the fleet. Admiral Hughes, with five fail of the line and
two frigates, was come round the Peninsula, from Bom
bay, in order to affifi and second the operations of the
company's forces. The EaR-India company have,
however, letters of later date than those brought by
the Dane. , J
The roift and iozd regiments of foot areembarked on
board the outward bound ships for the East Indies,
The whole force that can be (pared to fail with fir
G. Rodney, will hardly put our squadron in the Wes
tern world, on any degree of equality with the enemy ;
and our home defence and North seas are yet to be pro
vided for.
Accounts from France are however circulating in
town, which fay, that com{ede Graffe took with iiim,
from the Chefapeak to the Weft-Indies, only twentyffail
of the line ; le Caton 64, 1: Solitaire 64, le R<fi.ce 64,
and le Zele 74, were left behind in Virginia, in order,
it is fap,ofed, to guard the conquests, du Barras, with
10 fail of the line and two ships of 30 guns, made force
diversions to the Southward.
The Mary Ann, from St. Kitt's, arrived at White
haven, had a tolerable good paffag% neither de Graffe
nor fir Samuel Hood had, however, arrived in the Weft-
Indies when file failed ; all the islands were in alarm left
the French fleet should arrive firfl', not on account,
merely for fear of an attack, but as they might cut off
the supplies they were in daily expectation of receiving
from Europe. All the settlements are much distressed
for provisions.
It is somewhat remarkable, that the commanders of
no fewer than four ships of the line, on notice of being
ordered for a particular station, on a particular service,
and a particular flag officer, all made an excuse of ill
ness, and resigned : among these are two of tried cour
age and large fortunes, who applied for commands as
soon as the war with France commenced.
The cannon which were taken out of the Terrible
man of war, of 74 guns, burnt off the Chefapeak, on ac
count of the damage she had received in the engage
ment with de Graffe's squadron, were landed at New-
York, in order to be mounted bn force new works rais
ing there, and on Staten-island, for the defence of
New-York.
L O N D O N.
„ '' For the public service, thanks to Heaven, we.are
in no want either of sailors, soldiers or money ; and the
orders @f @ur able rainiilry, have b.en cxe~ Red with
BOSTO N, April 4 .
Extraft of a letter from Brest, dated February 4.
" I he capture of lord Cornwallis has produced here
the most agreeable and lively sensations, though we
knew, we were convinced before, that we had brave al
lies.
" The naval armament, commanded by the count
de Guichen, that failed from this port theigth of De
cember, soon met with a violent storm, during which
admiral Kempenfelt took eleven merchant ships which
failed heavily, and were at the difiance of three or four
leagues from the men of wa r . These lagging veffets
were defended by a ship of the line, the AHive, of 74
guns, which fought for an hour and a half, and glori
ously sustained the attack of the greater part of the
English squadron. Our fleet dispersed by the storm,
returned to this port in the space of three weeks, a
number difmafted, and some of the three deckers lea
ky, but without any other loss than that of the eleven
Blips: a ship of 80 guns, and another of 74, with force
transports, having continued their course for Martini
cb.
The following is entered against the proceedings ire the
house of lords on Tuesday last.
It was proposed to leave out, after the second para
graph of the motion for the address, the remaining
part of the motion, and to insert,
" And we will, without delay, apply ourselves with
" united hearts, to propose and digest such counsels,
" to be laid at his royal feet, as may exite the efforts,'
“ point the arms, and command the confidence of al!
" his fubjeffs."
After long debate,
The question was put thereupon.
It was resolved in the negative.
Contents - 31
Not Contents - 65)
Proxies - 10)"
Then the question was put, That the motion, as firft
proposed, do stand part of the question,
It was resolved in the affirmative.
Dissentient,
For reasons to often urged in vain, for these last seven
years against the ruinous prosecution of the unjust war
carrying on by his majesty's ministers against the peo
ple of North-America, and too fatally confirmed by
repeated expence, and the late difgraceful loss of a
second army, to stand in need of repetition.
RICHMOND,
FITZWILLIAM,
, ROCKINGHAM.
“ At three o'clock yesterday afternoon .the Roop
Betsey, of Leith, Colin Henderson, master, from Alloa,
with coals, drove from her anchors in the roads, and
ran ashore on the sands near the Beacon. No boat
being able to live, about eight o'clock, the tide fal
ling, an attempt was made with feme carts to save the
lives of the crew and passengers ; but not ebbing fuffi
ciently for their approach to the wreck, they were
ob'iged to return.
" The fame humane gentlemen, however, who were
obliged to relinquish this method of rescuing their fel
low-creatures from so miserable a situation, with much
difficulty (owing to the opposition of the wives of the
Newhaven fifhermen, who were anxious for the fafety
of their husbands) procured a boat at that place, which
put off about ten, and got within a few yards of the
vessel ; but after every effort, and finding it impossi
ble to fetch her, they called to the people on board,
that in the next attempt the hoped to be more fuccefs
ful, and relu&antly were obliged to return on shore at
the back of South pier. At fix this morning, the gale
decreasing, they at last got on board, wheirthey found
the master, who had remained aloft.upon the rigging,
alive, who informed them, that four women and a
child, pa ffengers, and his ctew, a man and a boy, had
been ali washed overboard since their firft attempt,
and that the boy had only dropped about half an hour
before their return. Mr. H> deffon, was immediate
ly brought on shore, where i:a remained very poorly-
It is hoped, if the weather continues fair, the vessel
will be got in."
Yefterdy arrived in the river, 20 fail of ships from
Peterfburgh, fix from Riga, 11 from Memel, two from
Hamburgh,and seven from other different foreign ports,
in the whole 46 fail.
and how far it was unavoidable in hhu to puriue the
measures which he did on that occasion.
Admiral Edwards, lately returned from Newfound
land, is lucceeded by admiral Gambier, who is to take
the command on that Ration early in the spring.
A letter from Weymouth brings an account, that a
cartel ship is arrived there from Cherburgh, by which
it is learnt, that on the 22 ult. there was such a violent
hurricane in the harbour there,that several vessels were
funk, and double that number thrown oa shore, most
of which were so much damaged that they will be unfit
for further service, that a great deal of damage was
done on shore, a whole range of ware houses and seve
ral old dwelling-houses were blown down, and force
lives loft.
Extract of a letter from Feterfburgh, Dec. 2.
" This place daily arrives at a higher pitch of com
mercial consequence ; , it appears, by the clearance at
the house of imposts, that from theist of January,
about 700 vessel have failed from hence, which are 130
more than last year; all this Russia owes to her enjoy
ing the blessings of peace and a neutral trade. There
are several ships that must winter here."
Extract of a letter from Edinburgh, Dec. 29.
" By a letter from a noble lord lately returned to
Europe from America on parole, we learn, that on
the latter end of last August, a treaty of peace and al.
liance had been entered into by general Greene in his
camp on the Santee, in the province of South-Caroli
na, with thechiefs of the Nottawega Indians, the most
defparate and warlike tribe of the Cherokees ; who be
fore that time had been extremely troublesome to the
rebels by their obstinate adherance to Great-Britain-
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