The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1780-01-13 00:00:00, page 2

8I R,
¥ T is an ad ige as juf as it is trite, that a man may oe
I known by h ; s fronts. Y>cr r^yal Grandfather of il
-1 iftrious, bcciufe of honed memory, (corned to be the
friend ml compmi m of vihians anl lories, wuofe princi
ples were a bod opo 1 his gov rn nent, and incompatible
wit I hi* cr>w; mJ li,vry ; as their poverty rather qua
lm I them Hr tat inftunents o, a plot, than the rulers of
aSrntr Ymr Mijedy mud be ftnfible, whatever your
other unhappy prepoffeffims and delufims may be, that
you owe the crown )f thfe realms to the spirit of the
Whirs , who not only feateJ your family upon the throne,
but defended them from toe treachery and disloyalty of
rebellious fubjeßs, who more than once attempted to cut
off v )ur inheritance. They nooly (corned to hold their
lives, liberties, or property at the disposal of an abitrary
tyrant 0 i this basis, an I this alone, stands the revolu
tion, and the tit eof the Brunswick line. It supposes go
vernment on the face of it, to be a delegated authority;
and the o^d of it, the propion, and the prosperity of
the principals of all legal government, the people. Yet
th^ tories, whole opinions are eternally repugnant to the
revolution, and confequ^tiy to your right of fnccef
fion, are your chief friends and favourites, and the go
vernment mis been prepofteroudy conducted upon princi
ples fl nd ir to toofe which d prived another family of the
crown, w;t: infinite cruelty and injuflice, if the tory doc.
trine be true, as t sn>w hid down by the pensioned wri
tersoft^e crown. I is therefore incumbent upon you as
a prNeffMly pious Prince, to be jul to one fide or other,
of the great question, which involves Kingdoms in its de
cision. ( yen hod toe cr^wi from the inherent rights, and
free choice of the people, govern, Sir, upon these princi
ples which.alone could entitle you to wear it ; upon po
pular price ples, and to popular ends. For, as your fa
mily are K o s from the people, they can only be fuck le
gally, while toey are Kngs for the people, not in con
tempt of, or defim.e to them. If you have adopted from
a Smaft, the old doctrine of a prerogative, paramount to
all the rights of the people, by what right is the prior
claim anl title of another family set afi le, who, on that
principle, cou'< legally do no wrong, and confequemly,
could not legally fuTer. Truth and justice are more
sacred than Kings. There is no uivine right in King
ly government, but when Kings govern by the laws of
God, and the law of their office, the constitution of the
State; not from childish caprice, lull of dominion, or the
impure of brutal violence. There is indeed nothing sa
cred in the character, but as it is derived from, and repre
fnts the power and dignity of a great community, or
Commonwealth. Its honours and importance are all re
fleaed ho n, not communicat'd to the people, as tory
writers a item. There is f.> much folly and preemption
in the co trary opinion, that the wretch who can brook to
live under it, is unworthy the reason, or the shape of a
ma Iris true, Sir, you are the firft man in the State;
but you are to fir rom being the matter of the State or na
tion, tnat you are not your own matter, but under the
controul of the fame laws that bud the peop e. In that
refoefl you ...re a follow fubjea. The crown and king
dom are called your., by courtesy offpeech ; but firialy
and truly fpeakino both your crown, your prerogative,
and your perlon, belong to the nation. You can neither
life the one, nor d/pofe of the other at your own pleasure.
Y m are as much bound by sacred oaths and obligations
as the people § and the faithful difeharge of your duty, is
the only legal obligation to theirs. The welfare of the
nation is the only true dignity of the crown. They can
never be fepar^d but by tycop ants and slaves, while the
crown is held in trust, and upon conditions from the peo
ple, whose prosperity and happiness are not to be risked,
muct ilets deliberately facrificed to the pride add preemp
tion of lifted royalty.
You are acting, S'r, in an office, for others, by the au
thority, and the means of others, to which you have no
claim but their own voluntary consent. if therefore your
Ministers (be whom they may, take foul means to come
at this coqfent, if they fqua^der the people's property,
and exhaust their firength, in ruinous attempts to place
the Donor of the crown above the welfare of the nation,
they are not only traitors to their country, but they make
an accompli eof the Crown itf.if to their nefarious trea
son. Tne Indie of the royal diadem is from that moment
{allied, and becomes the di,race instead of the honor of
the realm. It is a baleful meteor in the clouded horizon of
tyranny, that alarms and threatens, infiead of enlighten
ing ana protesting. It no longer fluids benign influence OR
me regions of peace, liberty, and plenty; it glares the
raging dog star of wild ambition, and from m Uign afpea,
scatters difeord. and civil war, with all their fatal train of
calamities. Indent of protection, becoming the fierce
minifler of oppression; the jealous rival, inhead of the
loitering parent . trampling willing obedience into uncon
ditional lub,ovation, and turning the very guaidans of
freedom into instruments of defobtifm. When such are
the shameless perverfims of law and government, imputa
tions of a tremenduous nature wi l rest somewhere, either
of incapacity of treachery ; an incapacity which in private
life would legally disqualify for (elf government, how much
more, in public characters, tor the government cf others!
Nor ban Rate idUufik, or slate treachery be less obnoxi
ous to law, or m re at liberty to bet&y nations, or tool
a v^y km Joins, than individuals o squander edates, and
beggar families. Toe man wno should expect " grapes
from thorns, or ti,s from tirifllea" would in private life,
be debt.led to :ne Slobbering nb. If the demon of rod
chief sh mid predominate over tout of folly, and he ihould
attempt todettroy ms uLieriLmce, and Cut tae throats of
his children, a limit waistcoat ana a dark room, would
be his infallible portion. Ine appocation is obvious, to
tee man, who puis the inveterate enemies of nis family in
Lis botom, and flints iris do as against his bed friends.
Woomtac leading firings^ fatter, and fraud, fancies
Lrnheb ir-c, tad bring me fruppet of a villainous con
spiracy, (times toe Hero bi a migtny stage ! < Who throws
uoouf firebrands, arrows, and deaths, and fays, like the
fool of SoloraoG, am 1 no: in (port ?" Who, to know his
resources, becomes a ipendthrii. and beggar; and in
support of his moaor, L reduced to bankruptcy of charac
ter and credit.
A PLAIN DEALER.
F„^ the LONDON EVENING POST.
To the K I N G.
'' At this dangerous moment, the Corke outward
bound fl et, confining of above 80 fail, under convoy of
only one 50 gun (hip and a frigate, made a fortunate c
fcape. When the French were turning up by Anti .ua,
on the one fide, the Corke fleet were handing in for that
ifland"oa the ether; and had they been two hours sooner
or later, must infallibly have been all captured. The
force of the French was two 84, two 64, a 44, and a 32,
besides frigates. Since the 6tn ult. wenave.al some rest.
There has been no alarms since the affair ofSandy Point,"
Sept. 17. We hear from Sligo, that a duel was late
ly fought between J. C. and C. O. H. Efqrs. when, af
ter difeharging a case of pistols each, tney were prevent
ed from pioceedingf urther b> the interpofiton pt the se
conds.
From the fame place we also hear of another duel beiag
fought between P. Esq; and H. O. R. Effru
which the latter was (hot dead on the spot.
Advice is received from Gibraltar, that an engagement
had happened in the Mediterranean between a >pauifli
squadron of light cruizers and a squadron of Algerine movers,
wherein two of the latter were funk, and their crews pe
rilled. The remainder were carried into Cadiz.
Newcastle, Sept. 11. A gentleman in the neighbour
hood of Morpeth has received a letter from his friend m
Scotland, wh ch contains the following particulars, viz.
A farmer at Cruflerphen having made some cakes 'ir, poi
soning of rats, by accident one of them fell out of the win
dow, apd was taken up by a poor woman, who carried it
home, and gave part of it to her husband, and 5 children,
who eatit, and the refl (he eat herfelf. 'three of thechil
dren ate since dead, and the husband and wife are in a
dangerous way.
Sept. 18. The favourite Court doftrine in the reign
of James the First, and all the succeeding Stuarts was,
that all the liberties, franchifes, and privileges which the
people enjoyed, proceeded from original grants of the
Crown.
This absurd de^rine rendered Jernes the First
odious and contempt ble, occasioned the civil wars in
the reign of Charles the First, brought teat Monarch to
the block, and banilhed James the Second and his poste
rity.
At the Revolution, the boundaries between the King
and the people were fettled. During the last r our ye is
ot Queen Anne the ridiculous doctrines of paflive obedi
ence and non-refinance were revived; and to the
eternal disgrace of our country gentlemen, tkey did all
L 0 N D 0 N, Angull 14 .
Extra& ot a letter from a gentleman in St. Kitt's to bis
friend in Stirling, dated the 14th of June.
“ Since my lad to you of the 11'th of January, we
have had fever- military duty. There isa foperior force
of the Rriifh navy here to the French, by fix or eight
(hips oi the line. However, there has been nothing
done.
“ In the months of February, March, April, and
May, every other week there were fleet of 40 and 50 fail
of Frenchmen coming down from Giulal upe and Marti
nico, escorted by eight ®r ten of their war flips and fri
gates bound to S'. Euftatia, for provisions ; and, fa soon
as the merchantmen came to anchor, the (hips of war
went about cruizing, and took several of our <effels, They
were so bold as to come close into our harbours; and
might have done us very great damage- It was general
ly believed they intended to attack this iflanA Statia
was the place they appointed lor their rendezvous, which
is only two hours fail distant from us.
" Our General had secret intelligence, that the attack
was refolyed upon : In consequence of which, we got a
reinforcement of (hips from Admiral Byron, which cer
tainly saved us at that time. However, in the interim,
the French fleet, loaded with provisions from St ri, arri
ved fafe at Goad lupe. In tie middle of April lad, fix
French fliips, three schooners, and two floups all armed,
came down; and flood off and on this Ifiind for several
days .We were then under arms, expecting their imme
diate landing ; but fix ®f our frigates of a very inferior
force, get notice, and flood directly for them The French
were lying to, within cannon (hot of my house, waiting
the arrival of our Chips, who were come within fight,
about four o'clock in the afternoon. We were all happy,
expelling to fee the engagement, but were greatly disap
pointed ; for, as soon as both fleets were drawn np in the
line of battle, night cameon, and the French fleet reti
red to Guadaloupe.
" Their force confined of two 40, two 36, and two 32
gun ihips Ours only one of 32, one of 28, and one of
24, two of 20, and one of 16 ,uns, commanded by most
of our countrymen : The Aurora, Cspt. Cummings;
Perseus, E'plunfton of Cumbernatill ; Deal Cattle, Park
er; Maidflone, Da # res; Ariel, Mackenzie ; Favorite,
Folks: The day after their arrival at Gau hlo upe, being
reinforced with two line of battle fllips, and 'another fri
gate, they immediately failed after our fix Chips, which
came down to protest the fhippmg^here. We being new no
match for such combined forces came to anchor under our
forts for proteaion, and drew up in line of battle, with
feme other armed fllips that were lying here; and it was
refolded to defend the town and flipping to the last, ihould
they be attacked ; but, after cruizing round the island for
some days, theenemy at last we.Jt to Statia, and carried
up with them 40 fail of victuallers to G udaloupe,
" On the 28th of April, early in the morning, appear
ed five large fllips and a frigate Handing into oar harbour.
They proved to be French, on which an alarm was fired.
After coming within gun (hot of the town of BTfeterre,
they put about, and went down to Sandy Point town,
whereour firongeft fort is; then they handed all their
foil, hoisted out their boats, and cameclofe on shore, upon
which account we expected an attack tob-gin immediate
ly There was then a double alarm fired, and expresses
feat to all the militia to repair inflantly to Sandy Point,
where we expelled a&ion to begin: Ana lam oroud to
inform you, that I never saw a set of braver fellows in my
life. We went to meet the Monfieurs with that spirit
which is the chara&erifiick ofEnglhhmen; and sure I am
they had got a severe drubbing had they attempted to
land. They occupied that ftaticn five days, and in that
time we received information from Statia, that they only
waited the arrival of some troops from Martinico to at
tack. However, as fortune favours the brave, thetroops
did note,me; and the lhips, after laying fix day^, re urn -
ed to Martiilico, cruizing and capturing through all the
windward ilhßds''
" On the 22d of December, we began to get our guns,
ammunition, (lores, &c. up the pass, and got that busi
ness accomplished by next day, when the enemy began to
cannonade our camp.
“ On the 25th, we advanced a few miles, where the
country was so narrow that our army reached from bill
to bill. We now waited for the Commissary with his
provisions, and on the twenty ninth Lieut. Col. Cay
received a mortal wound with a rocket, when he was
sent to Bombay, we Laving a free communication with
that place.
" By the 2d January 1779, the Commissary had joined
us with the provisions. On the 4th we advanced about fix
miles, and when we came to our ground, we loft Captain
Stewart by a nine pound (hot.
" We had now loft the two best officers in cur army.
The ne was fecend in command, and commanded the
firft division of the army ; and the other commanded the
third divfion.
'• Oo tde 26th, we marched at three in the morning.
At fun-rife, the enemy began to dispute every inch of the
road we went, but we forced them to retire to the other
fide of a fmali river, killed a number of their men, and
almost took five of their guns. The enemy defiroyed
all the country before us, and what they could not carry
away they burnt. We made three mere marches, and
came to a village called Tuttargaring ; it had been a very
fine village, but the most of it had been laid in ashes the
night before.
“ Wewere now within fifteen miles of Punah, and had
accounts of their pu'ting hay in the houses to deflroy it
also, lo that we could get no provisions but what we had
with us.„ .We were in this camp three days, and, on the
iith of January,orders were given to march ar 11 o'clock
a: night. We were all in high spirits, thinking it was to
rout up the enemy's quarters, as their camp was only three
miles from us. In the room 0 going to their camp, it
was to retreat. In cur way back curing the night, we
left the road. Carts broke down, an I the enemy plunder
ed all our baggage and camp equipage.
" At day-light, we were only two miles from the vie
l^ges, when the enemy brought three guns to flank our
line, with three or four in front, with a number of marks
men, picking off both officers and men, and they kept a
continual fire on our line until three ia the afternoon.
They forced us to retire into a fmal) village, and to leave
one eight-inch howitzer and the killed on the field ; for we
loft a number of officers and men.
Extras of a letter from an Officer in the Bast India Com
pany's service, to his father in Edinburgh, dated Bom
bay, March 14, 1719.
" I wrote you thefirft of this month, and (hall now give
you a short account of our campaign
" On the 22 I Nov. 1778, a detachment corfifling o f
600 feapoy grenadiers, and four final! field pieces, em
bark d to take possession of a pass over the Gots, (the Gots
is a ridye of mountahis that extends from Cape Comorin to
the high lands of St. John's). On the 23d, the whole ar
my embarked, and landed next day on the continent op
posite to Bombay, which is about twelve leagues over.
We took a fmali fort, embarked, and went nine miles up
a river, when we had accounts of the detachment t king
potteffion of the pass without being opposed. We were
now thirty miles from the foot of the pass, and from the
foot to thetop was fix more, up hill all rhe way. We weie
obliged to flay below to colled provisions and bullocks
for the use of the army.
J -The enemy cannonaded eur camp from the 23d of
December until the 14th of January. Our army was only
3 co fighting men, and the enemy upwards ot 60,c00
fighting men; including the market, they had about
120.000 men, women, and children.
" There is an army of 7000 meh matched from Ben
gal, and is arrived at S crat. They were thr^e months in
marching round; they i^d several engagements, but were
fuccefsiul. Captain Scott is well, so are Dr. Carmichael
and Captain Nicholson."
On Wednesday 'ngh # , between the hours of eleven 3rd
twelve, the neighbourhood of Catherme-ftreet, Covent^
garden, was alarmed by the me ft piercing shrieks and
cries o' murder, which issued from the fitft floor window
of the house of Mr. N. an attorney The neighbourhood
and paffebgers bring alarmed and entrance obtained, Mrs.
N. was discovered in a most bloody condition, with a
long wound cut by A pm knife, which reached from the
right ear aimeft to the corner of the mouth, and of a very
dangerous nature, with several other cuts and flabson her
arms. The wound on her cheek, Mrs. N. declared, was
given her by her husband who was then present, and that
he attempted to cut her throat, which (he prevented, and
that lay in their po^rto flrengthen tfie arbitrary meafurfs
of the Court, by giving countenance to fuco ridiculous
tenets.
In the beginning of the present reign, the favourite plan
of Government was to extend prerogative, and to depress
privilege. The enormous and absurd proposition that the
people were made for the King, and not the King for tle
people, was revived under the influence of a oaleful Stu
art, affixed by all the Dili and encouragement of a
Mansfield : But the great engine to bring this bluffed
scheme of abfoluie dominion to perfection has hithet t@
failed.
The behaviour of the gallant Admiral Barrington, and'
the fllips of his division in the action off Grenada, on the
6th of July, (efficiently assures us of the courage and forti
tude of our Britifli sailors, who dare flare death in the face,
without dismay, when the honour and glory of their
country calls for their exertion. The courage and intre
pidity of Capt. Fanihaw, of the Monmouth, during the
action, does him immortal honour, and brings to cur
mind the never to be forgotten names of Russel, Blake,
Bembo, &c. names celebrated in history as worthies of
this country, and ameng ft whom Capt. Fanfhaw is truly
worthy to be ranked.
Mr. Stephens, Secretary to the Admiralty, in a letter
to the Lady of Admiral Byron now at Bath, dated Sept.
9, fays, he has the pleasure to acquaint her, that the re
ports she may have heard to the prejudice of Admiral By
ron are malicious, scandalous, and void of all foundation ;
that he has the fatisfaaion to learn from Mr. Byron's
difpatchesj that he did every thing that could be done to
brin• th^ whole squadron into adion, but that the French
as indnPrioufly avoided it, and consequently the brunt of
battle fell upon the van, which was Admiral Barrington's
division.