The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1781-10-09 00:00:00, page 2

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
VIENN A, May 26.
PREVIOUS to the departure of the emperor for
the Low Countries diverstfilans were presented to
his imperial majesty for the re establishment of
the port of Antwerp; but we are flill ignorant of the
resolutions taken on that matter.
A little before 1 is departure the emperor granted to
the Jewish nation, fettled in his eflates, among other
privileges which they have not hitherto enjoyed, that
of exercising all kinds of arts and trades, of applying
themfe'ves to agriculture, of resorting to the universi
ties, and of enjoying in general all the advantages of
other citizens.
The triple alliance between the courts of Peterfbourg,
Vienna and London, appears no longer doubtful . ad
vices from different parts confirm the conclusion of it.
Milan, May 25. A plan is formed for thefuppreffi
on of the remainder of the abbies in this city, except
one or two.
Paris, June 3. It is thought that Don Gallon
will be detached from the Spanish fleet with 20 Blips of
the line tp join the French fleet at Bred, whien will
compose all together a naval armament of about 40
flips of the line.
june 7. Yeflerday the queen, who is fix months
advanced in her pregnancy, had a fall. Her majesty
fell on her knees, but happily received no hurt; She
was bled twice, and it is hoped this accident will not
be attended with any bad consequences.
Letters from Brefl, of theist instant, announce, that
all the vessels are in the road. The fleet will consist of
22 flips of the line, under the command of M. de
Guichen. The time for it departure is not mentioned.
June 9. A few days go 54 large brass cannon and
several mortars were carried through the environs of
this city, from Daway and other warlike towns. They
are going to Brest, from whence, it is said, they are to
be sent to the Dutch settlements in the East Indies.
The French merchants, whose principals have fuf
sered by the conduct of admiral Rodney, at the taking
of St. Eußatia, have learnt by the last ships arrived
from Martinico, that M. de Bouille had not only
threatned to make reprisals but also that the count de
Durat, governor of Grenada, exasperated at the ill
treatment all the merchants had met with at St. Eu
flatia, had lignified, that if, within the day, Rodney
did not set at liberty the French, and restore them
their effeHs, books, money, &c he would immediate
ly fend him all the English fettled in Grenada, ftript
to their shirts. The admiral performed what was re
quired of him ; and we know that the court of Lon
don has even given frefh orders to the English
commanders, not to put themselves, for the future, in
the predicament of receiving similar remonflrances from
the governors of the French islands.
Versailles, June 6. We Shall have the happiness of
feeing the emperor here, but not until after his tour to
the Low Countries. Tiie queen advances happily in
her pregnancy, and is in perfect health.
Hague, June 7. We are informed that the augmen
tation of the troops to the number of 17,686 men, ac
cording to the plan of the prince ftadtholder and the
council of the slate, presented on the 18th of April,
passed yesterday in the Rates of Holland and Weft-
Friefland.
June 10. The dates of Holland and' Weft-Frieffand
have resolved to advance for the EaR India company
the sum of 1,200,000 florins at three per cent, for the
defence of their possessions, reimbursable in 33 succes
sive years, each year the sum of 36,000 florins, and the
fourth year the remaining 12,000.
Amßerdam, June 9. They write from Curacoa, da
ted March 19, that they are p-tting that island in a pro
per Rate of defence ; and a number of marines are em
ployed in ereHing new fortifications and railing strong
batteries. It is added, that four Dutch men of war
are at anchor in the port of Curacoa, where divers Eng
lilh prizes have been carried in.
LONDON, June 19.
Large as our navil force is at this time, it flill aps
pears, that we have now on the navy lift, out of em
ployment, 40 admirals, 126 post captains, and 187
makers and commanders; and a new promotion is ex
pefl^d to take place very Shortly, though every pro
motion is so large an expence to the nation.
There are letters in town which mention, that in com
sequence of a remonstrance signed by the officers of
captain Sutton's Ship, Bating the conduct of the cap.
tain during the engagement, commodore Johnfione has
ordered him to be released from his arreit, and refior
ed to his command.
p The American fleet at present consists of nine fall of
the line, two 50 gun ships, four es 44 guns, iu frigates
from 36 to 24 guns, and fourteen other vessels.
The Briitifh squadron intee Weft-Indies consists at
this time of 30 ships of rhe line, 14 of which are with
admiral Hood, ihrte at Jamaica, and the rest with fir
George Rodney at the Leeward Hlands.
The Dutch have already a fleet of 21 fail of the line,
and as many other vessels of inferior rates, now ab
solutely on foot, in cornmiffion, and ready for sea
There are at this time 16 regiments (12 of which are
militia) encamped in the county of Kent, viz. two at
Egerton, five at Lenham, and nine at Coxheath.
His royal highness the duke of GloucefUr arrived
ih town from Oflend on Sunday evening at fix o'clock.
Be got to Oflend on Thursday last. Previous to his
royal highness's arrival, the emperor ordered a milita
ry guard to attend his landing, and he was received
with all the honours due to a prince of the blood roy
al of England. He was met by the emperor in person,
at his palace, about 20 miles from Oftend, who hand
ed him out of his carriage, after which those two roy
al pc-rfonages had a conference alone for seven hours,
no person being permitted to be present during the con
ference. The event of the journey is supposed to have
been on a political nature, and from the friendly meet
ing of those two princes much good seems to be por
tended to thjs country, both in the political and com
m rcial lines.
his royal highness was present at a review of the
emperor's troops on Friday morning last.
A squadron of ten fail of the line have just failed
from Brest.
It is said the earl of Dunmore is making preparati
ons to en>bark for his government of Virginia, and that
he will fail with admiral Digby.
Government are in hourly expt-Rations of the most
important intelligence from fir George Rodney ; an en
gagement between De Graffe and fir Samuel Hood, hav
ing, as it is supposed, taken erteft long before this time,
the event of which must, in a great measure, determine
the war.
We are sorry to acquaint the public, that the brave
colonel Tarleton has : of lpart of his right hand, yet
we add with pleasure that in every other refpe& ne is
in health and fp rits.
A correspondent wishes to know, if there were not
two 40 gun Blips in commodore Johnstone's squadron,
which were fitted out by the India company, to cruise
near their settlements —.and, if there were two ships of
this force, how it happens that no notice is taken of
them in the gazette, as they muff have given a very
powerful affiflance.
Though Mr. Dalling is certainly coming home from
Jamaica, telucceffien to this very valuable govern
ment is not yet known to be determined on. The ap
pointment of lord Shuldham to the command on the
Jamaica Ration, is to be added to the mimberlefs other •
instances of lo.d Sandwch's social zeal.
T, fqudron ordered for the coast of Africa, will
take under their convoy all the ships defined for Afri
ca and Guinea, which consists of about 50 fail of vef
fels, from different parts of Great Britain and Ireland'.
The Newfoundland fleet, which is supposed to be
taken in their passage from Lisbon, fir? take a cargo
from England to Portugal where they load with fait,
and then proceed to Newfoundland, return back with
fifh to Lisbon, which they dispose of t. ere to a good'
market, *nd lastly return to England with a cargo of
wine : this generally turns out a very profitable v©y ge,
and thews the neceffit, of appointing fufiicient convoys.
June 23. If our Jamaica Beet is gone nortiabout, as
seems most provable, th' y will do well, if by avoiding
the French, they do not fall in with the Dutch ffet,
and thus by getting clear of Scylla, fall into :s bad a
Charybdis.
The court of Madrid have just published an account
of the retaking the fort St. Juan de Nicaragua on the
4th of January last, the particulars -re as follow : on
the gift of December don Tomaso de Julia left the head'
quarters near the lake of Nicaragua, and embarked on
the river with Sixty men of the old troops, 150 militia,
and 12 of tue artillery ; they arrived the 2d of Janua
ry at night, at Defaguno, where they landed and hid
themselves, in order to surprise the caftfe at the open
ing the gates ; bat disappointed in this hope, the gates
not b ing opened as usual, it was determined to gain
the heights, which was done the next morning early,,
and three fubalterms officers, and two surgeons w re
made prisoners -the next nighttire garrison, whiciiwas
but small, quitted the place, and Don Tomaso de Julia
took pofleffion of it the next morning.
The Ruffian minifier resident at tue court ofVerfail'-
tes, at a meeting held at the hotel de Narbonne, in Paris,
publickly declared, that a treaty.of alliance and Friend
ship was negotiating between his court and those of
Vienna and London.
It is a matter of general notoriety, that in king
Charles the Firm's time, the Dutch carried on the com
merce of Europe, and particularly that of England ; the
idea of guarding against the strength of naval power
that consequently arose to the Dutch, from this mo
nopoly of navigation, though alarming to England,
was loft in the troubles ofthe day : but afterwards just
ly flruck the comprehensive mindof the protector, who
firft deviled the great navigation aft; a law that ori
ginally founded Britilh commerce,and in process ofpime
carried the glory of her flag to the extremities of the
world.
Mr. Fox with a liberality of mind' that marks all his
anions, has broke those tramels, which have so long
and so unnaturally prevented an honourable and legal
intercourse between the sexes. The rectitude of re
pealing the marriage aft, is universally approved by
the good and virtuous, and the general prayer is, that
no northern blasts may blight the growing feeds of uni
versal population.
Though lord North, fays a correspondent, was hap
py in the temper of mens minds on his additional tax
es for the loan, he must hardly hope for such easy dupli
city in his present undertaking. His conduct in the firft
affair reminds us of that of an artful wag, who has jo
cularly Submitted the faces of some good-natured by-
Randers, and them laughs at them for their eafinef%but
whose next insult is rewarded with a hearty box on
the ear. The Eaff-India company may Shut their eyes
indeed, but they wi 1 feel the pressure of his weight on
their backs; that the galled jade will wince, is a pro
verb much older and wiser than his lordship's admi
nitration.
Extract of a letter from Hartlepool, June 20,
" Last Thursday fix vessels were captured by a
French cutter privateer, at the mouth of the river Tees,
within fight of Hartlepool,, five of which were ransom
ed, and one they carried to sea"
We are happy to assure the public, that on the most
minute enquiry, there does not appear the least foun
dation foe the late melan eholy report of the plague
having broke out at Nottingham; official letters were
dispatched to the mayor of Nottingham on thi^ very
serious report, but the mess enger was not returned
when this paper went to press.
PROV IDENC E, September 22.
" On Thursday last, pursuant to an order of the
honourable council of war, passed in confequer.ee of
the late expedition of the enemy against New London,
there was a general review of the militia, alarm and
independent companies, throughout this Rate. The
weather proved rainy and unfavourable, but the spirit
of the people for a ready compliance with the order of
government was so great, in all the places from whence
we have beared, that there were fewer delinquencies
than have been known since the war on a similar occasion.
Colonel Chriflopher Olney's regiment had been order
ed to parade at the old encampment, near the fortify
cations on the weft fide of the river. Several Compa
nies from the country, as well as from this town, ap
pear d on the ground, and the whole were on their
march; but the rain increasing, they were counter
ordered, after a due examination had of their arms,
It gave very singular fatfrsfaftion to every well-wisher
to hi country, present at the Bate house at the call
ing the rolls of the rdpeßive companies, to observe
almost every person answer in his place, and appear
under arms properly equipped. Upwards of 20c ia
the compiny ofthe senior class an 4 Harm lift under
command of their officers, viz. major Simeon Thayer
as captain, captain Benjamin Hoppen as lieutenant^
and lieutenant Samuel Black as ensign (who h^ve all
been officers of reputation in the continental army) ap
peared at the Rate-house, well equipped, felting at,
example worthy of freemen in a regular government.
The united company of the train of artillery, under
the command of colonel Daniel Tillinghaft, lieutenant
colonel Levi Hall, and major Robert Taylor, paraded
in the morning before the rain, and made a very mar
tial appearance, the company naw carrying a com
pleat sett of small arms. They have had granted
them, by the honourable general assembly, four ver,
excellent brass field pieces, which being kbpt in the
best order, render them the most refpeaable company
in this slate. The rain prevented: their going through
the manoeuvres apd firings cn Thursday, they there
fore met yesterday afternoon for that purpefe, and
performed the fame with their usual afertnefs and mi
litary Skill. We are informed that this company is
soon to appear in a @w uniform.?'
N F W- LONDON, September 28.
T'e letter of marque brig Firel id, captain Trow^
bridge, on her passage from this port or Holland, has
tak< r and fe t ir.'c port, a schooner from St. Kitts to
Halifax, with 80 h, gfneads of rum, &c.
We hear from N w York that the Trumbull frigate
bei°g r )tton, re condemned as unfit for service.
M riday a flag failed from New York with 26 na
val prifr/ners
Two cartels arrived at Shy Brook last Monday, who
confirm the account, that the British fleet under admi
ral' Hood has return d to New' .York, from off the Cht
fapeak - by which we may fairly conclude he has had
a severe trimming ; the consequence of which mufl be
the fall of lord Cornwallis's army in Virginia, not
withstanding the vain ioafling of the New-York prin
ters, that, ' from the innate bravery of their officers
and men they had every thing to hope and nothing to
fear."
Last Tuesday captain Thomas Chester came to town
via Philadelphia : He was taken in the Sloop Hancock,
in the river Ifquebo, in the month of March last ; af
ter which he was carried to the Weft-Indies, and con
fined in gaol in different inlands, but finally made his
escape to a neutral island, from whence he got apaff
age to Philadelphia.
HARTFOR D, Odober z.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Boston, dated
September ) 27
" Zhave the pleasure to acquaint you, that gover
nor Trumbull's son, who was a prisoner in England,
is arrived at Falmouth, Cafco bay, and a number of
vessels from Holland."
CHATHA M, October 3.
The annual eleOion of this Rate for members to
serve in the legislature, &c. will commence on Tuef
cay next,
Last Saturday two of Stew rt's dragoons m de an
attempt tmdefert from Staten-island. but in swimming
the Sound one of the men and ore horse was unfortu
nately drowned. By the surviving one wel arn, that
most of the provincial corps are heartily f tiat<d with
the British service, and that the greatest ueeeßnefs and
distrust prevails among them, particular/ in Barton's.
On Monday the 24th ultimo, admire! 'Digby arri
ved at Sandy Hook, with three ships of -the line ahrf
two or three frigates, from England, in whom came
over a young puppy of the old Whelps.
By a genleman in ten days from Boston we learn,
that the enemy have evacuated Penobicot, and that
the garrison have gone over to Halifax.
Congress, we hear, in order to retaliate on the ene
my for their cruelty towards our prisoners in Eng and;
have ordered places to be prepared at Symibury mines
for the reception of 500 of their prisoners, who will re
ceive the fame treatment, in every refped that ours
does from them.
TRENTO N, Oaober 3.
Princeton, Sept. 28, 1781.
On Monday the 24th inflant, the grammar fchoci
inthis place was publicly examined in presence of the
president and faculty of the college, and other gentle
men in the neighbourhood, when the several elaffes
gave specimens of their improvement in Greek, Latin,
English and writing, to the fatisfaHion of all present,
and the senior class were admtted to the freShman class
in college. Prizes had been proposed fame weeks be
fore, to excite their emulation, on the following fob
jt^s:
1. One on reading English with propriety, and an
swering quefiions on the orthography of the language.
2. Four upon extempore exercises on the Latfa.
grammar and syntax,
3. One for the best English oration.
These prizes were contended for on Tuesday the 25th,
in the forenoon and evening.—The prize upon the firft
fubjef f was adjudged to Christopher de Vintz ; on the
second. it was thought proper, for the encouragement
of beginners, to give one of the prizes to the best in the
in the two lower classes, which was adjudged to James
Finley.—The other three contended for by the upper
classes, were adjudged, iff, to Abel Johnson, 2d to Sa
muel Bayard, 3d to Thomas Pollock.
The orations were delivered in the evening in the col
lege hall, before a numerous and polite audience, and
the prize adjudged to Horatio L Stockton.
Qn Wednesday the zsth was held the annual com
mencement for conferring degrees.