The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-04-11 00:00:00, page 2

PART S, January ir.
The marquis de Carries, minify r of the marine, is
90' yet (et out for Brest but he will go in Bor 10
'-days. He has dispatched thither, in ttee mean time/
Nir. Guillot, intendant of the marine, and Mr. Groig
nard, chief fty^right, in order to haflen the repair of
the ships which have fu^cr din the storm. Toe fore
maff of the Bretagne was broken by lightning, which
also set fire to her Bern and has Gripped off mo^ of her*
cooper (heeding. The Zodiack has uot fuifered less,
a id brides 4ruck in entering Brefl, so that flie is the
tirh ship to be unrigged. The other ships of monsieur
Guichen's faudron need only flight repairs, which
may be soon made ; but the weft wind which continues,
wdl not allow these to be done ip the road. We reckon
tnat this fquadro.n will b: wholly refitted in a fw
weeks, and tint if one or two ships of tie li^ be too
much damaged to fail with the rest, they may be re
placed by two new ones the Protestor, launched at
Ereft, and tie Piffant, which is fitting out at I'Ori
ent. Ie will not be so easy to collet? the transports
and fh^eftips, of which only 27 returned to Brest. We
hope that many others, ' live gained the neighbouring
ports, as v- kno • t o at fix have anchored at /Orient,
where the frigate the Terpfiftore has also .put in with
two ^ffels of the Bordeaux convoy. It was owing to
a wrong fig nd from the Amphetrite, tbs monsieur
Guichen hAd announced the junction of this convoy :
it wjs di'perfrd >:s that of E-eh. Five of the v^ffels
which composed it were taken by the English ship Ag
amemnon, a fixfh escaped by favour of the night, and
regained the river of Bordeaux, and we wait whh per
plexity to hear of seven r eignt others, as well as the
rigate Nercide, one of their convoy. Many trans
,ports have foundered. Two thirds of those which fail
ed with aonfieur Guichen are still miffing.
v^ the fir Jine towards the enemy's artillery, great
part of which must have fallen into our hands in case
w^.had had a cotpssof cavalry. The enemy made re
petted attempts to break us with their horse, and
maintained a ery brisk cannonade, which our's, as
powerful as it was, ceuUnot for a long time silence.
Giving way at length to the firmhefs, ardor and brav
ery of our troops, comparitively few in number, they
retired precipitately and left us possession of the field
cf a& m. MtrUib, a favourite general of Hyder
Ally, vas wounded" mortally; and among 4000 men
flair, ^e many of bis principal officers. Please to com
wunica^e^his went to all the Southern garrisons."
YeOerday Mr. 3urke gave notice to the house cf
corm-.r of a motion he should make after the holidays,
co erring the fufpehfioß of the habeas corpus, with
reg - I to th American prifon^rs in ngland : speak
i. 4 ^^n on this occasion of the rigorous confinement
of president 'aureus he said, that after the news of
the .aking of lord ornwallis arrived,government relax
ed its rigours immediately, and an offer was made
%M r - Laurens to exchange him for this general, but.
that his nfwer was, “ Whilst I was in prosperity, I
believed I had no pride ; but iince Ihave been reduced
L O ND O N, December ts.
The Bast India" company having yelerday received
difyatci es over land from the Malabar co^ft, the di
rectors communicated them to lord Hilllbor mgh, fecre
tar, of dale; and to dj they have publifh.'d in the
Gazette the following extracts:>
^xtraQ'of a letter from the chief faflor at Ajingo
to me drdors, Avguft 6, 1781, received 16th D e.
" The Morning-Star, a cruiser from Bombay, hav
ing anchored here, on her way toward, Baffora, we
seize this opportun.iy of communicating the agreeable
news, that fir Eyre Coote has entirely defeated the ar
mv of Hyder Ally Chan in a general engagement be
tween Porto-Novo and Mocteapollam, on the firft of
last month. You vJI be fully informed of the parti
culars by the annex / extract of a letter from fir Eyre
Coote to colonel fathwaite at Tanjoure, dated the
6th of this month, which was sent by c ptam Edin
town. This gentleman has also added the following
details
' That tne packet boat Swallow (with lord M'Cart
ney, governor of Madra t) arrived t: ere on the 2d of
J^^ .rd " e packet Rodney toe 12th o' lass month;
t? ^ ha mg frparated from the fleet with which lh(
| r . Englund, sh Ipril, in 28 degrees of north lati
^: N h?t tne army of fit Tyre. Coote pat Ted Puma
ct3 the 18th of July, witn design to effed a junßion
w°h a rge detachment from Bengali, which, with
th <-e battJior.i of Cicars from the northward, had
>. • for fom° time on their march towards Madfats,
th^y vere by the last accounts almost arrived.'
Ektr. ft of a letter from fir Eyre Coote to captain
Brathwaite, July 6.
" The 3d current Mad the pleasure of informing
you c the 'uccefs of our little army in a general afb
en with Hyder Ally between Porto-Novo and Mon
te pdl^m- It !afted eight hours and was an hard
foo^t battle on both sides. The enemy confined of
25 regiments of infantry, 4@o Europeans and 100,000
men, Mufqufres, Peofts arid Polygans, with 47 pieces
of cannon well feryed. Our fecund line having posses
sed feme heights which covered our rear I advanced
V I E N N A, January 5.
Although we believed that the departure of the
•count and counters of the north (names under which
the grand duke and dutchefs of Russia travel incogni
to) as deferred for fome°days, yet it took place yes
ter^ / After the mod affectionate farewell, their
royal rieimeffes, between 9 and id of the clock, set
cwt for Italy; The emperor, prince Maximilian, the
count de Groningen ^dukc Rug ne of Wirtemburgh,
incognito) and prince Ferdinand of Wiriemburgh ac
com ^xed t, cm to Wrinerifck-Neufladt, where they
pafcd the firftnight but the countrfs of Groningen
bring incommoded with a cold, this prevented her and
tin princess Elizabeth, her daughter, from joining in
this Ihort journey T is y ,ung princess has 1 een de
amanded in marriage by the archduke Francis of Tuf
caoy ; on which account she is attended by the fieur
L.gnau Ocular priefr, who has already began to if
flru& her n the principal doctrines of the catholic faith,
4he being educated as a Lutheran.
From the B ARBADO^ S MERCUR Y.
BRIDG'-fOWN, February 23.
On Sunday noo, arrived in Carlifle-bay hit majefly's
ship Prothee, of 64 guns, and brought in with her two
American privateer ships, one 6f 24 guns, and the other
of 20, which she captured to the windward of this
iflacd ; they are part of a fleet fitted out at Salem, and
had cruized for some time to wind ward, v here they fell
in with and tock the December packet. The Prothee
was the fore runner of admiral Rodney's fleet, which,
it is with pleasure we add, also arrived on Tuesday
evening, corfifting oftz ships of the line, one frigate,
and-a brig. On Wednelday morning this very Lafon
able reinforcement failed for St. Chriflopher's.
A cartel verfel from Demarara with prisoners, has
also arrrived and there is at this time another ship to
leeward which has been off since yeflerday morning, in
a very distressed condition; a few of her passengers ven
cured to attempt to get on shore in a boat, and happily
succeeded ; they inform that the ship failed from Dema
rara on the 12th instant, that river and its dependencies
having capitulated on the 2d.
St. JOHN'S, (Achgut,) February 19.
The naval force of the French at St. Chiflophers
tontif ed, by the last accounts, # of 34 fail of the line
ad 2 fifties, all at anchor off Nevis, except two of the
line which were Rationed at Old Road and Sandy-point.
Only wo of the reinforcement from France had join
ed viz. the Tritimp aut and the Bave.
Feb. 26. Sir George Rodney, with his long expert
ed and mod welcome reinforcement of 12 fail of the
line and a frigate or two, arrived at Engliffi harbour
on Saturday, and lay off and on until y. fterday morn
ing, when being joined by Sir Samuel Hood, the whole
fleet flood away to the Sruthwardf it is presumed they
are bound for St. Lucia, but many perfoes think it
probable that t ey may fall in with M. de Graffe in
their route. Vve sincerely wish they may, as we have no
doubt that in such case the issue will be fortunate and
glo ious for the Enghfh nation.
On the 2tft infant, the whole French fleet made its
appearance off Mont errat, and on Friday morning that
du element thereof which is under the command of M.
Ie compte de Barras, was close in with the town, when
a fag of truce was sent with a letter from the count, re
quiring a furremder of the island, and accompained by
a draft of articles of capitulation. As any oppositi
on to so formidable a force was not to be thought of,
an immediate surrender took place.
If.i<confid*ntly said, that we have reason to expert
the London fleet, under convoy of 8 fail the line, very
shortly, ns they would fail about she time of, or soon
after, fir George Rodney's departure f r ^ m Torbay.
His majeffy's lhip the Prothee, which fep^rated from
fir George, and arrived at Barbadoes a day or two before
him, was lucky enough to pick up two flout American
privateers 111 I er way, one of which is the fame that
captured o^r December packet.
[The Antigua Chronicle of February 26, from which
the above are taken, contains the articles of capitula
tion of the i/land of Montserrat, which are similar to
those granted to the island of St. Chriftophers.]
March 2. The following is a returnof the French and
Britilh forces at the reduction of Demarara, &c. which
surrendered to # the French on the 30th of January,
1782, viz.
NEWPORT, March 23.
For several days this week our caaft has been infefi
ed with two refugee cruizers, who have taken a sloop
from Sorrinam, belonging to Providence: a sloop from
tlie eafl ward with fifh,and drove another ashore at Point
Judith. Query, wheti er it be not expedient for the flat#
or the merchants, immediately to fit out one or two
warm eruizers?
„ PROVIDEN CE, March 23,
Contain Thomas Jaekfon, in a sloop fr°m Surrinam
for this port, was aptured on Thursday last by an
armed boat, off Seconei-poin'.
We learnt at the enemy's armed boats have cap
tured several vessels in the Weflern found, within a few
days past.
T a H-K I L L, April 4.
Last week a ferjeant, corporal, and three men, deser
ted to us from Arnold's corps, with their arms, &c.
complete.'
By a letter from a gentleman on board the South-
Carolina frigate, dated Havanna, Feb 1, we find that
said frigate carried into Havanna five large Jamaica
men, one of which carried 18 eighteen pounders, and
the others 16 and 14 guns ; and that there was an em
bargo there at the time said letter was wrote, but for
what reason don't learn.
to adversity, I find that Thave a large portion, I dis
dain your offers ; I despise your favours,"'
Dec. 28. The endeavours which Mr. Burke has made
in parliament in behalf of the ancient Laurens, have
not been without success. What humanity alone
could not procure from government has been yeilded
to reproaches. Orders have been issued to permit the
relations and friends of Mr. Laurens to visit him in
the Tower, as often as they come.
FRRNC H.
Sl,ips names. Guns-
LTphigene, 32
L'Amiable, 32
Le Roffignol, 24
Le David, 24
Le Choefe Chaffe, is?
Le Caef r, 6
The articles of capitulation have not yet transpired;
the officers deemed prisoners of war, and seamen at li
berty to serve.
Tneabove paper contains a lift of the British fleet now
on that fiction, shaking in the whole, since the arrival
of admiral Rodney, 37 fail of the line, and between 20
and 30 frigates and fioops of wr.
This armament failed f om Rochefort the Bth of Oft.
last, with a convoy to Cayenne, and arrived there the
Sth of December
ENGLIS H.
Ships names. Guns.
Orohoque, 21
^*rbu&, 17
Sylph, ri
Stormont, j 4
Henry, 6
Rodney, 14
The enemy at New-York ate busy in prosecuting their
canal : but the work is not so considerable as has been
reprefented—lt is said however, that two thousand peo
ple are daily employed on it. They are also erefting
a line of works on Long-Tfland. It is said general Knyp
haufen is felling off his horses, &c. That a great
number of merchants are advertising their goods for
immediate sale, and preparing to take their departure
for Europe in the next fleet.
His excellency GENERAL WASHINGTON and
his Lady, arrived last Monday at head quarters. New-
Burgh, in good health.
' We have been the larger upon this article, for two
reasons ; the firft, because we do not think there ever
was a period, a circumflance, Which offered so inter
esting a fubjed : secondly, because, nothing else is fpo*
ken of here at present, except the embarrafy,nt in
which government is at the eve of opening the parlia
naentory campaign. If in 8 days news do not come
from Chefapeak, how shall ministers frame the speech ?
if bad newfo how paliate them? how will they bring
the oppofitian or even the independant country mem.
bers, to think of continuing the American war ? if good
news be received, what a revolution will happen in the
prefect Hate of things; what harmony among all ranks•
what ardour, what a&ivity ; what a profufion of trea
sure ; what an opening up of national resources : ne
ver in the brightest days of English glory, has she
appeared so great! we venture to foretell, from what
we fee, from what wq hear, that the great event, the
particulars of which we expert, will fix for more thaq
a century at leaib the defliny of Great Britain."
CHATHA M, April 3.
Since our last passed through this slate the honours
able Moses Robinson, Paul Spooner, Jonas Fay, and
Isaac Tichenor, esquires, agents and delegates from
the Gate of Vermont, on their way to Philadelphia,
with plenary powers to agree upon and complete a per
petual union with the United States.
We hear that Guy Carlton is named to succeed fir
Henry Clinton in the command of the British troops in
America.
Since our last a party of refugees, between Morris
town and Fish-Kill, killed one of the light horfemea
that escorted the mail, and wounded a person that was
riding in company with them. Accounts fays the,
w^re forty in number, and it is supposed they were
cut with a view of intercepting hi# excellency general
Washington on hi# way to Weft-Point. They were in
a lonefcme part of the country, in ambush. The mail
is fafe..
The last packet arrived at New York, brought ad
vice of the capital failure of Mark Cramer, esquire,
London: one in addition to the great number of Eng
lilh bankruptcies that have happened during the Ame
rican war.
Extraß of an authentic letter from St. Pierre (Marti
niq&e,) dated February 1,, 1782.
" Berbice, Demarara, and Essequibo were taken on the
fame day of the surrender of Brimflone-hill, by M. de
Kerbririt, who forme- this expedition from Mayenne,
with two frigates and some smaller vessels, and about
600 French and Spanish troops. Two British Frigates
two hoops of war, two cutters and some merchantmen^
were taken rath these settlements, without a gun being
fired on either fide."
Friday night a small party of our people, ten in
number, went over to the Bergen shore in a whale
boat, and took fix prifontrs; but being anxious to
pick up some more, they flayed until a far superior
force of the refugees came suddenly upon them, which
obliged oar people to take to their boat with precipi
tancy, and before they could get cut of their reach,
they received several vollies, which killed two of the
prisoners and wounded two more ; they likewise killed
fi rjeant Gaters of the continental troops, and wounded
Mr. Jonas Crane, an intrepid good citizen. Mr. john
Alling was wouned in the thigh by a bayonet of our
own people.
Philadelphia, April 11.
Yeflerday morning the sloop of war general Monk,
of >8 nine pounders, late belonging to the king of Eng
land, and commanded by captain Rogers, arrived here.
She was taken on Monday last by the ship Hyder Ally,
captain Barney, in Delaware bay, after a very smart
aßion of about thirty minutes. 14 which the Monk loft
20 killed and 33 wounded; among the former is the
firft lieutenant, and of the latter is captain Rogers. The
loss of the Hyder Ally is, 3 men killed and 12 wounded.
Captain Barney and his crew have great merit for the
bravery and good coodud difphsyed by them in this
severe naval fight with a fup&ior enemy. The Monk
is one of the veffel# which have for some time past fa
much annoyed our trade.
The marquis Bouille is appointed commander over
all the French islands in the Wefthidies. Ten ships,
with a numerous convoy of traafports, and about #
or 10 thousand troops, are hourly expend here from
France. With these, and the fleet already in these
seas, the marquis Bouille is to join the Spanish forces
arrived at St. Domingo and to co operate With them
in the intendedattack of Jamaica."
Extrad of another letter from the fame place, dated
February 28.
“ The French fleet is fafe arrived at Fort-Royal,
and are making preparations to put to sea again, either
to proted the convoy of merchantmen expeded from
France, or to form a junction with a powerful rein
forcement which ought to arrive in a very short time."
, London paper of 20th of November last, after
de.cribing the situation of lord Cornwallis, and the
naval and land forces destined for his relief, brought
by letters dated New-York 16th ORober, has the
following refleaion:
Several of De Lancey's freebooters on Tuesday last
advanced on this fide Croton river, and were driving
off a number of cattie ; they were followed, the cattle
recovered, one of the thieves killed on the spot, and
by the blood which was tracked, 'tis supposed 'feve
ral were wounded.