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The station chosen by lord Cornwallis, according to
the last dispatches, is almost as firong as either Clin
ton's or Washington's ; provided he has provisions and
ammunition, of which there is little doubt. Fayette
and Wayne may attempt his lines, but probably be
obliged to withdraw from before them, as D'Eflaing
at Savannah.
The fixation which count de Graffe, in anchoring
his fleet just within cape Charls, in Virginia, has tak
ten, effeaually blocks up not only the Chesapeake bay,
but also York and James rivers; so that he may land
what force he pleafe^, and also fend his small ships up
. those places, while he prevents any supplies being sent
to lord Cornwallis's army.
If our fleet should be able to enter the Chefapeak,
then there will be little reason to entertain fears for
the brave Cornwallis ; we fhal be able not only to land
the troops that may be sent to reinforce his lordship's
a my, but also to cut off the communication between
the marquis de la Fayette's army and the main force
of the cohtinent. •
The public are very anxious to hear of the fate of
lord Cornwallis's army ; if the provisions have been
landed from the transports, there are great hopes his
lordship may defeat the attempts of the enemy, and
hold out ti 1 relieved by the fleet from New- York.
OR. 15. Several councils have been held within the
Course of the last ten days, by the cabinet miniflers,
assembled in Cleveland-row, on the fubjeft of the vast
preparations which are now making at Brest, Toulon,
and the other ports of France, supposed to be intend
ed for the service of the Weft-Indies the ensuing cam
paign. The result of their deliberations has been, a
determination to lay the whole of the information they
have received upon this fubjeft before parliament, on
its firft meeting, and to move for an immediate vote
of supplies, adequate to theapparent magnitude of the
emergency, to enable them to dispatch a very great
force to that quarter with the greatest expedition. The
supply necessary to be raised on this occasion, added
to what will be wanting for the other services of the
ensuing year, in America, &c. have altogether been
efiimated at the immense sum of 30,000,000.
Lord Dunmore took artillery and flores to the a
mount of 27,000!. over with him to Virginia. It is to
be feared this flock will fall into the hands of the ene
my, if lord Cornwallis should not be able to keep his
post against the united force of Wayne and the French
troops under the marquis de la Fayette.
Sept. 10. We are informed by advice from Amfler
dam, that M. Walter John Gerard, baron Bontinck,
was buried with all the military honours, at the New
Church in the above city. A distinguished mark of
heroism in this officer, they add should never be for
gotten, and is as follows: His ship, which was the
Batavia, of 54 guns, was attacked at the fame time
by two English ships; the hero received a mortal
wound at the beginning of the aHion ; the captain
who was second in command, continuing the engage
ment with great intrepidity, informed Mr. Bentinck
that he was apprehensive superiority of the enemy
would oblige them to retreat ; but the brave captain
replied, it was much better to run all rife, than fly
before the enemy. The whole fhip's company had
already anticipated this answer, by declaring, that
they would never consent to surrender, and had ra
ther the ship should go to the bottom, than run a
way from the English. This and other instances of
Dutch courage afford a different idea of the martial
spirit of that nation (which had so long been latent)
than some persons entertained, and now give reason to
believe they will prove, whenfully roused and prepa
red, not a despicable but too formidable a foe against
us.
Commodore Johnflone is expected in England the
latter end of next month, with all the company's
homeward-bound fllips due ths year ; also his valua
ble prizes. Col. Fullerton's regiment has loft upwards
of 130 men by sickness, &c. Upon a moderate com
putation, if the commo lore brings home his Dutch
men fafe, the value of their cargoes will amount to as
much, if not more, than the great prize taken by
commodore Anson from the Spaniards.
Commodore Keith Stewart, is order'd to return
with tris whole squadron to the Downs, the object of
his cruise having so far answered, as to fruflrate the
commercial views of the Dutch in their expectations
from rhe Baltic, and it being impossible at this late
season for their outward bound East-India and other
fleets, to proceed to sea northward, so that they must
pass through our channel, where a proper squadron is
provided for their reception.
The weflern squadron, under the command of vice
admiral Darby, is hourly expe&rd to arrive in port.
No detachment whatever has been f nt from it to the
relief of Minorca, as was the general opinion; but
probably fix or seven of his cleaned ships will remain
cruizing in the chops of the channel, for the protec
tion of the homeward bound Jamaica fleet.
OR. 19. No news of any kind has been yet received
from America : Government are in the mod anxious
expectation of hourly di patches, as upon the next
intelligence from that quarter: writ in all probability
depend the future profpe€ts of the war. His majesty
feels so Prong and so truly paternal a concern upon
This fubieft, that when he yesterday left St. James's,
he gave the mod particular directions, that if any in
formation should be received from America, it should
be forwarded to him immediately, without Paying for
the usual ceremony of making out a precis for any of
the cabinet miniflers. This circumfiance, so very un
common, fufficiently demonflrates the supposed im
portance of the expelled dispatches.
Though the croakers of politics be busily employed
so prophecying the capture of Cornwallis's army, yet
ministry have the most sanguine hopes refpeding his
ftuation. The boafled blockade of the Chesapeake by
de Graffe is talked of at St. James's as but a very short
continuance, and that either the united fleets of Hood
and Digby will force him from his present flation in
the course of thrte weeks after the date of Grave's
last dispatches, oranother aftion will take place, more
general, and it is to be hoped more fuccefsful than the
last
N E W.Y O R K, January 23.
On Monday was brought in here by his majefly's
ship Bellifarius, Richard Graves, esquire, command
er, the rebel brig Venus, Henry Higginfon master,
piefeed for 14 guns, but had only 7 mounted when
taken ; she had twenty men on board, was owned in
Boflon, and bound from the Havanna for Philadel
phia, with about two hundred boxes of fuear, and
twenty thousand dollars, the proceeds of the ship
Washington, and brig Hound, both belonging to Sa
lem, and fold at Havanna. The Venus failed from
the last mentioned port on the second inflant, and
was captured last Tuesday off the capes of Delware.
A brig from ot. Lucia, bound for this port, was
lately taken by two rebel privateers, and ordered to
proceed for Ph ladelphia, but was soon after retaken
by the Pandora, and fern two days ago by the prize
brig Venus, fleering for Sandy-Hook.
On Monday arrived at the Hook, the ship Fox,
captain Montgomery, in (even weeks from Lisbon,
with a cargo of wine and fruit. We a>e informed,
that before she hit lifbon, intelligence was received
there of the arrival of eight large cutters from Eng
land at Gibraltar, loaded with ftotes and provisions
for the garrison. The fitge of which is raised.
Last Thursday evening was married at her father's
house in the Broad Way, Miss Franks, youngest
daughter of David Franks, esquire, to Henry J®hn
fon, esquire, neohew to general Waith, and lieutenant
co onel to the XVIIth regiment foot.
Jan. 28. Yetterday was sent in here by his majesty's
frigate Pandora John Ingles, e fq. commander, the
brig Lark, captain Kendall, form Chesapeake, for
Boston. She was taken last Wednesday, being the day
she failed.
N E W-LONDO N, January it.
Last Sunday, Mr Hammond, of the North-
Parish in this town, after having thrown some bay from
the top of a flack, for his cattle, attempted to Aide
down the flack; but a rake landing against it, he
came (as is supposed) with his whole weight on the
endofit, which ran into his bowels. It appears that he
pulled th- rake out of his body and went about two
rods from the flack, where he was found dead.
Captain Jason Crefter, in a Hoop belonging to this
port, is arrived at Newport, in tqdaysfon Hjfpaniola.
The above vessel brings an account, that the iflarid
es New-Providence is taken by the Spaniards; and
that 400 fail of fllipping were collected a Cape Fran
cois, with a large body of troops, in order to make a
defeent on the island of Jamaica. It was said the men
of war belonging to th€ fleet confided of French, Spa
niih and Dutch.
Jan. 18. Saturday last arrived the brig Marian,
captain William Packwood, and brig , captain El
dredge, in 18 days from the Havannad. In lat. 40,
off Sandy hook, captain Packwood fell in with and re
took a large Spanish ship, mounting 10 brass 6 poun
ders and 16 men; which ship had been taken by two
British frigates (the Cranna and Quebec) on her passage
from the Havannah to Porto Rico, with a large sum
of money and a quantity of brass cannon on board,
for the use of the troops and garrison the e. 7he fri
gates it is said, took out the money, and ordered the
ship for New-York.
We learn by the British prize-maAer; that the above
two frigates failed from Cork the 7th of November, as
convoy 0 33 fail of transports with provisions for the
grrifon at Charleflown South Carolina.
Captain Packwood informs, that when he failed, the
island of New Providrose was not taken, as has been
reported; but that a fleet was about failing to attack
that place.
Jan. 25. Captain 'ubel Worth, arrrived at Provi.
deuce last Sunday, in 52 days from Port I'Orient, in
France. He failed from tnence in company with 12
ships of the line and a number of transports bound to
the Weft Indies, having on board 10 or 11,000 troops;
Three days before he failed, advice was received of the
furrendery of ford Cornwallis and his army.
We learn by the Eafleru pod, that the Spanish ship
mentioned in our last to be re-taken by the brig Mari
an, captain Packwood, is cast away at Gayhead; that
several pilots from the Vineyard were on board the ship,
two or three of whom were drowned We don't learn
what part, or whether any ofthe cargo is fared.
A correspondent desires the following may be inver
ted; “It is moll earnestly dtfired, that the honourable
the Continental Congress, would be pleased; in their
great wisdom, to devise some way, ether by fettling
a cartel, or otherways, for the release of hundreds of
poor fuftering American prisoners now in the Wed-In
dia islands, perilling or languishing under the cruel
hands of British tyranny."
To the Printer, Sir, Afhford, January 2, 1782.
SOME time last month, Mr. Jonas Carpenter, of
Afhford, killed a remarkable beef cow—though she
had but thirteen pound of rough tallow, yet her two
kidneys weighed iggib. and what is equally Grange,
her.neat quaiers were not only lighter than either of
her kidneys, but was so poor ti at when he offered a
fide of the beef to one of the receivers, he was very loth
to take it. --—
PROVIDEN C E, January 19.
A vessel is arrived in the river in 15 days from St.
Croix, the master which informs, that before he failed
advices were received from Martinico, announcing that
a frigate was just arrived from France, which failed in
company with a fleet of 10 fail of the line, having 7000
troops on board deflined for Martinica; and that it
ws conjectured the British windward inlands would
soon be visited by the prevailing arms of our illufirious
ally. Admiral Graves was gone to Jamaica.
The public are hereby informed, that such of the
recruits of the army as have not had the small pox,
are now under inoculation in their refeflive canton
ments, where every precaution will be used to prevent
a spread of the infection. The inhabi ants are desired
to make such use of this hint as they may think proper.
FISHKIL L, January 31.
We learn from New-York, that Arnold's arid some
other new raised corps are preparing to embark for
Charleflown.
TO BE LE T T,
(And entered upon the firft Day of April next)
THE FOLLOWING
PLANTATIONS, vi*
4 TAVERN and PLANTATION, situate at Per-
M fcoming^rfy, on the Ruling road, now in the
tenor of Mr. James Phannon. A large PLANTATI
ON, within a few miles of Philadelphia, in excellent
order, and about 40 acres of winter Grain, to be fold
in the ground.
A'd to be Sold or Let, and entered upon as above;
a °d FARM, 21 miles from the city of
Philadelphia, on the Reading road, formerly occupied
Mr. Rudolph Bunner, now in the tenure of Mr.
John Singer. Payments for the fame wll be made ex
ceeding ea sy to the purehakr. For Terms apply td
JONATHAN^MEREDITH, in Cheltenham town(hip;
about three miles back of Germantown, or to THO
MAS MEREDITH, in Third, street, Philadelphia;
opposite the old Work house.
Philadelphia, Feb. 7.
We hear that the ship Franklin, captain Angus, oil
her passage from this port to France, was taken and
carried into England.
Extraft of a lettet from Nantz, dated November to,
1781.
" I embrace this opportunity to acquaint yob of the
fafe arrivel, at L'Orient ofthe ship St James, captairi
Trukton. The Franklin; captain Angus, is taken and
carried into Portland We have just received the glo
rious news of the surrender of Cornwallis by a French
frigate, the Shrvilante, sent by count de Grass, and
arrived at Brefithe 15th of November, after a pas-
Age of 22 days."
Departed this life, January 28, 1782, id the
year of his age, Mr. JAMES CANNON, one of the
profeffors in tie Univerity of Pennsylvania. Provi
dence had blessed him with a good natural genius;
which he had happily improved by a close application
to the Itudy of the sciences, and having gone through
a regular course of education in the college of Phila
delphia. His well known abilities procured him an in
vitation to a profefforfhip in that seminary where h^
had received the firft honours of literary merit. In thii
Ration he acquitted himfelf with hdnour; and by his
diligence, care and fidelity not only recommended him
felf to the esteem of those refpeßable gentlemen whd
firft appointed him, but also to the notice and appro
bation of the present honourable board. Resides his la
bilities as a scholar, he possessed those amiabe qualities
of the mind wlu. h in different parts of the Continent;
both in public and private life, procured him the efleerri
of the virtuous and difcetning. The cause of freedoiri
and of hi^ country lay always near his heart, which
was ever open to the tender calls of distress, and thd
manly feelings of a sincere and conflant friendfhip;
He ever paid a due regard to the important obligation!
and duties of religion, which growing irito a confirmed
habit, marked the last feene of his life with a degree
of patience, fortitude and resignation seldom to be met
with. In all the relations of social and domehic lifg
he (hewed an exemplary condud; and hiving paid the
debt of nature with that inward peace of mind which
attends a life devoted to the service of God, he bid a-~
dieu to the vanities of this world, leaving his acquaint
ance to feel the loss of a real friend, and well deserv
ing and affedionate wife to lament the loss of a ve r ^
tender and indulgent huflrand;'
S ate LOTTERY, may know the fate 0 their tickets;
oy applying at th, ffie, on Mr. John Meafel wharf,
where the lottery is now drawing
, JOHN GRAFF, check clerk.
N B Hours of enquiry from half past three in the
afternoon till dark. Philadelphia, Dec. i 9, 1781.
A very large body of land forces, it is said, will b&
sent to America very early in the spring, a number of
which are to be drafted from the regiments in Ireland.
The b ave and good lord Hawke, died at Sunbury,
on the 16th of ORober.
Extras of a letter from Lisbon, dated November 30^
" General Murray hae given the Spaniards a brush
at Mahon, I believe they will repent the advances they
purpose mAing, the Spaniards have been reimorced by
5000 Freuch."
The English papers mention the death of jolhua Lor?
ing) efq- he was in the last war, commander in chief
of his majesty's vessels on the lakes, in the province of
New-York, &c.
L O N b O N b
23. His majesty has been pleased to profnore
the fol'owing colonels, who were lieutenant colonel!
before the end of 1762, to be major generals, vit.
from colonels James Mure Campbell, to Robert Pres
cott, inclusive ; 27 in all, vide the lift of the arm, o
An express arrived on Friday night from St. Phi
lip's castle in Minorca, with an account that general
Murray ordered a party of two hundred mro upoh
the Spaniards, they threw in among them 1000 hand
grenades and and a number of (hells from the caftle^
which made a great daughter The Spaniards had
erected a battery within reach of the castle, which
general Mur ay fuffered them to complete, and wheti
mounting their cannon thereon, he pointed sixty pie
ces of large cannon to it, and in ten minutes levelled
it to the ground.
Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, dated OR. 22'.
" A detachment of fix ships of the hue With a flag
is intended to augment our squadron at New-York at
soon as admiral Darby returns into port, with a reid
forcemenf of 5000 troops, to be put on board trans
ports, which are to accompany the ships of war. it
this armament should reach New-York in time, there
is little doubt but it will gi v @ a very favourable turii
to the war now carrying on in that quarter of the
wo 1 Id."
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