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By Capt. Celons arrived at Philadelphia, from London,
and the Mercury Packet, Captain Dillon arrived at
New York from Falmouth^ we have the following
advices, viz.
•LONDO N, August 26.
SEVERAL Cabinet Councils have been held on
account of some advices lately received from
Madrid; and we are assured the Minidry are
at a stand how to 2&.
TheC^^zCOUßANT,and /Y^/W WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE^:
cm ; ten more---damn me, kill 'em all !
Orders are issued for all the officers of horse and
to , ferying in Hanover, to repair to their refpec
tae polls next month, on pain of being cashiered.
Among all the idle and groundless reports which
may naturally be expected at such conjunctures as
this, a remarkable one now engrosses much conver
fition ; which is, that a truce for eight months is a
bout being concluded on between Great- Britain and
America, in which time, it is said, they flatter them
felvrs some expedient may be found out to terminate
the differences which feenvdikely to embroil all Eu
rope. This is as much as to fay that both parties
are in too great a passion at prefont to adjust their
} putes, and that the winter will cool them so far
as to hear reason, and make them able to discern,
which now they do not.
A ihort sketch of the prefen' state of Europe :---
America in open rebellion ; Prussia and Denmark
consulting how they may promote it ; Russia offer
ing aflittance to fupprels it ; Holland upon the watch
to fide cither with England or America, as
may be most likely to turn to its advantage; France
and Spain preparing to give En land a desperate
wound the firft opportunity ; and, poor old England
running over head and ears in Debt. [Lend. Pac.)
Extrali of a letter from an officer of the arm, in Boston.
" When I left England, the service on which I
1 now come, was even at that time irksome and
ofagreeable, but now it is doubly so. The cause
1 which we are concerned is entirely obliterated ;
our disputes as if ,m man to man are of a private
nature : the people of the country have by various
methods exasperated and enraged us, and to free
ourselves from a filiation so disagreeable and confi
ned, there is not any thing we would not attempt.
I confefs, upon the grand basis of this business, we
all unanimously acquit the Colonists, and every hour
of the day pray Lord N to head us. After the
skirmish of the 17th, we even commended the troops
of Putnam, who fought so gallantly, pro aris ^focis.
When we marched to the attack of their redoubt,
_they called out " Col.Abercrombie,are the Yankees
towards ?" Nor did they difeharge a gun until we
were within fifteen yards. The fire on our left
wing was so hot, that our troops broke ; but the gre
nadiers with uncommon fury, attacked the trenches,
and forced them, when our soldiers rallied again.
We kept possession of the intrenchments till next
morning, when we marched into Boftori ; a fad re
mains of those glorious fellows we led into the field !
Gen. Howe was three times in the field left by him
felf, so numerous were the killed and wounded a
bout him ; and alas ! I grieve to tell you, that I fear
mine out of ten of these gallant fellows will die of
their wounds. The loss cf the Provincial troops is
trifling in comparison of burs ; and indeed another
such onset will be our ruin. A universal murmur
now runs through the army, which ever most disa
greeably invades the General's ears. An Lilh offi
cer humouroufly said on the cccafion, that indeed we
Jiad gained by the loss. In short, all yen have yet
feat by way cf troops to this continent are but a
mouthful. If you fend more to add to us, we may
make them a dinner ; and you may continue to sup
ply them with a supper, and then it will be a good
night ! Indeed we may fay with FalrtafF with great
propriety, that " they make us here but food for
gunpowder." I wish all these domeflic animosities
were fettled, and also our private ones ; but even in
our promotions, glaring and urjuft partialities pre
vail. So very secret was the late a&ion conduced,
that the General's Clinton Qd Burgoyne knew not
It is said that two regiments at Borton are ordered
Erme, on account of their dislike to the service.
In every paper, wherein the literary fcriblers of
gc ernment can squeeze their noxious venomous
doctrines, they are in full cry againftAdmiral G ,
for not Brewing (as they term it) a proper alacrity
against the Provincial troops under Gen. Putnam.
Nay, they even go so far as to accuse him with as
sisting the people cf America, and talk loudly of
Byng's fate, &c. They wFI do well to sing smaller
on tuefe occasions, for lie they reminded they have
taken a bear by the tooth.
The case of Putnam is now like that of Bobadil ;
rd ten thousand m )re --kill them ; ten more---kill
MONDAY, November 20, 1775.
The enemies cf freedom, fays a correspondent,
were never more capitally disappointed than in the
Lord Mayor's not dilobeying the order of govern
ment for publishing the proclamation in the city.
It is a molt torturing reflexion to them, that the
Chief Magistrate will give them no opportunity of
abusing him. -,
Sept. 2. Upon the arrival cf a dispatch lately
from Hanover, the K--- ordered a private council
to be summoned, confining es Mr. Jenkinfon, Lord
Barrington, and another. His Majerty seemed
highly displeased when it was over; flipped on a
p@tatoe and a glass of water, his usual food when
tbings go wrong.
A gieat number of officers, who are under orders
to go out with the regiments dellined for America,
have desired leave to retire from the service.
Anobleman of dirtinflion in Administration, we
are informed, has within these few days received
threatening letters of a very extraordinary nature.
No proclamation, fays a correspondent, was issued
agaiaft the Scotch rebels in 1745, although their
aim was to dethrone the King.
Friday night some sailors conveyed a certain paper
lately published, into an American tar-barrel, and
burnt it on Tower-hill.
Sept. 7. The plan proposed by government, with
refpe<ft to America, is precisely this; the K ng's
forces are to take Rhode Island, and as soon as the
capture of that island is effe^ed, the friends of ad
minillration throughout the colonies are to be invit
ed thither. Under the protection cf his Majetty's
commanders in chief, the loyal Americans are to
state such <erms of accommodation as Great Britain
can afl'ent to without fuffering any diminution to her
legislative authority. Government will very gra
ciously comply with these terms, and such cf the co
lonists as after this shall remain refradory, will be
treated with a feveri f y due to the worst of rebels.
Having separated the iheep from the goats, the for
mer will be applauded for the righteousness of their
deeds, the thunderbolts of vengeance will doom the
latter to deftrudion.
of it till the morning, though the town did in gene
ral, and Putnam in particular. This man Served
under Prussia, and does honour to his matter ; he is
sixty three, and brave to the back bone. I hope bet
ter times but these arc really lad ones,---Adieu.
A Letter so om Liverpool, dated August 30.
" the whole town is in the greatest cenfufion !
You know there are a greatnumber of Guinea ships
that go from this port ; but since the present dis
turbances in America, as soon as they return, they
are laid up, there being no fail for slaves ; this, to
gether with the arrival of tre Gieeplandmen, have
thrown as many as 3000 sailors out of employ in
this port. The merchants, on this account, have
lowered their wages, which cccafioned the sailors to
rife in great bodies, aud they immediately went to
all the Ihips that were ready to fail, and unrigged
them ; this has been pradifed for four nights suc
cessively. Yesterday they all met in a body in the
Change time, to offer terms to the merchants, but
on being refufed, they threatened to pull down the
Change that night. The magirtrates and merchants
planted 120 persons armed, in the 'Change ; and at
nine o'clock last night the sailors surrounded it, and
were fired on from within. There were two sailors
killed and several wounded. I reckoned this morn
ing sixteen holes in one of Mils Williamson's shut
ters, and many of the balls were found in the shop;
many other shops round the 'Change Glared the fame
fate. The sailors now grow desperate, on account
of some of their party being killed and wounded ;
and this morning they have broke open warehouses
for powder and muskets. At one o'clock they sur
rounded the 'Change, all Armed,fome with muskets,
and others with cutlasses, together with three can
non; they then hoisted their bloody flag, and began
to fire on the 'Change. How it will end I cannot
tell, but have given you the earliest information ;
further particulars you may depend on by Friday'^
post. Yours, &c.---“ P. S. All the houses are shut
up."
Extraß of a Letter from Liverpool, Sept. 1.
“ My last of the 30th ended with telling you,
that the sailors had surrounded the Exchange; they
fired fix rounds with mufquets, and fix cannon, hav
ing provided themselves with three pieces more than
I mentioned in my letter. One of the cannon was
fixed in Castle-street, between the houses of Mr.
Warren ^nd Mr. Cordeux, and being pretty targe,
and the ftrcet narrow, the houses were so shook by
it, that there is feafee a whole pane of glass in the
neighbourhood. From the Exchange they went to
the house of a merchant in Whitechappel ; a party
Sept. 14. Yerterdy 8 very refpcdable Aerth^t^
of Mancherter waited on his MajetL at St. James'K
being introduced by the Earl of Suffolk, with a du
tiful and loyal address, offering his Mijelty thi sum
of 600 0001. to enable his Majesty to c3riy on the
war againii the Americans, & expressing their warm
attachment to his Majerty and the Royal Family,
&c. which was very gracioufl. received.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. if.
In COAGRLbS, Wedn&fday, November 3, 177 P.
Refolded, That all letters to and from the Dele
gates of the United Colonies curing the fefficns of
Congre spafs and be carried free of portage, the
members having engaged upon their honour not to
fi ank or inclofe any letters but their own.
Nov. 9. By authentic intelligence from London
by the lart vessel, we learn that the Petition to the
King, which was sent from the Congress by Mr. R.
Penn, was sent to the Secretary of State for America,
and on the firft of September, the firft moment that
was permitted, the original was presented to him,
which his Lordffiip promised to deliver to His Ma-
J eft Y:
His Lordlhip was pressed to obtain an answer, but
those thatprefented it were told, " That as His Ma
jesty did not receive it on the Throne, no Answer
would be Given." Ordered to be published.
Extract from Min. Charles Thompson, Sec!
forced in, and threw all the furniture out of the
windows, which these iu the Itreet broke and cut to
pieces. From thence they ^procecl.d to another
merchant's hard by, where they repeated the fame
and finding plenty of liquors in the cellar, they
drank till they were quite disabled ; on which they
returned to the Ladies Walk, their place of rendez
vous. Yerterday afternoon a party of foidiers arriv
ed here, and last night and this morning they have
taken up ail they could ; so that there ate now be
tween forty and fifty of the sailors in cudody, and
the town is somewhat quieter.---! shall write again
on Monday next.""
Five thoufohd troops are clandestinely Dipped in
Ireland, and arc zbfolirtdy failed, for Borton.'
It is said that as soon as Parliament meets, a price
will be feton the heads, of theGenerals Washington,'
Lee, and Putnam in the rebel army.
Sept. 9. On Thurday eleven tranfpors, all bound
to America, parted by the back of the Isle of Wight
in their way to Ireland, in order to take in th@ foi
diers that are ordered to Borton.
It is said, that aihilling a Year increase of land
tax is absolutely fixed upon in the Cabinet.
A report is current, and gains ground among the
merchants, that the troops will not winter a.Borton ;
but the province they are to move to is not clear /
some lay Rhode - Island will be the head quarters, o
thers New-York, with Long Irtand as it lays' so
contiguous- ,
&//. 12. A council is summoned to meet to- mor
row at St. James's on the fubjef tof some advices
which arrived at Lord Dartmouth's office on Satur
day from America.
The Petition from the Congress to his Majesty, is
inserted in several of the London Papers, introduced
with the following Advertisement.
", The following is a Copy of the Petitioh from
“ the General Congress in America, to his Majef
" ty, which we delivered to Lord Dartmouth, thd
“ firftof this month, and to which, his Lordlhip
" laid, no Answer would be given! - % r,-
Sent RICHARD PENN,
hept. 4, 75- ARTHER LEE.''
The Parliament is prorogued, by Proclari^tiok
to the 26. h of O&obtr, then to meet for the dis
patch of “ divers weighty and important affairs."
OTRAYED from the pasture of John Cowls of
Hartland, 4 two year old dear of a dark brown
colour, white face, marked with a hollow crop ire
each ear, and a half penny under the near ear, and
is branded! Gon the horn. Said ftear was drove
from Hartford lad May. Whoever will return said
Hear to Aid,Cowls in Hartland, or the fubferiber in
Hartford, fliall have a reasonable reward, by
November 18, 1775. ,fah Gilman
g TKAYEU or Molen from Ebenezer Horton of
Hebron, on the 3th of November ihrtant, a sor
rel Hone Horse, abcut 14 hands and half high, trots
and paces well, 3 years old part, no brand, ffiod be
fore, with a white streak in his face, arid white spot
between his hind legs. Whoever will fake up and
return said horse to me or landlord Wright of Glaf
tenbury, shall have a kandf&me reward aud rcafona
ble charges raid, by Ebenezer Horton.
Hebron, November if, 1775.
[Number 56g.]