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From the Gazeta de la Havanna, 25th April, 1783.
Extract of a letter from Cape Francois, dated the
6th inflant.
English fqhadron Commanded by ad. Hood,
§ appeared yesterday off this port, and they an
chored in our road, that prince Wiiljam Henry, who
was on board, might fatisfy his desire of feeing this isl
and, and the French and Spanish generals. Upon his
landing the general of the French troops received him
with military honors, and sent word to Don Bernar
do de Galvez, of the desire which the prince expressed
of feeing the Spanish Hero, as he called him, our ge
neral waited immediately upon his highness, and was
most graciously received. In the evening there was a
splendid ball at his house, of which lady Galvez did
the honors witn that peculiar grace by which she is
so peculiarly diftihguifhed. Toe next morning our
iliuftrlous general wrote to the prince the following let
ter:
May it please your Highness,
THE Spanish troops Scattered about the country
have not had the good fortune which the French troops
have enjoyed, of taking arms to pay to your highness
the honors tnat are due to him, and give him proofs
of that high refped and confederation which they en
tertain for your person, a sentiment which they will
preserve and cherish as long as they live. But, fir, I
have in the prison of New Orleans the chief of there
btllion of the settlement at Natchez, with some of his
accomp'ices, who having broke their paroles and the
oath of fidelity which they had fwarn to his majesty,
a council of war, founded on just and equitable laws,
has condemned them to futfer death, nothing is ex
peded for the execution of the Sentence but the appro
bation which I am to give to it as governor of the co
lony.—The criminals are all Englishmen.—Will ybur
royal highness be pleased to accept the pardon and the
lives of those men, in the name of the army and of my
sovereign? 1 believe, fir, that such an homage is the
most worthy to be offered to a prince in the name of
another; and [ know that his majefly, who is ex
tremely generous, will approve of this. If your high
ness should deign to interest yourfelf for those unhap
py men, I have the honor to enclose an order that
they may be immediately put on board of such vessel
as you may please to fend to Luifiana. We shall
think ourselves happy, if we have done any thing that
may be agreeable to your highness.
I have the honor to be, &c.
BERNARDO DE GALVEZ.
The prince could not answer immediately the fore
going letter on account of bis departure from the
Cape, bathe was graciously pleased to fend the fol
lowing by the firft opportunity.
Barfleur, off Port-Royal, Jamaica, 13th April, 1783.
S I R,
I WANT words to express to your excellency the
pleasure which I have received from your letter, and
the lively sensations which were excited by your gene
rous proceeding,in remitting, for my fake, to criminals
the punishment they justly deserved, an homage (a
bove all others) worthy my acceptance, and which
chara&erifes a gallant and generous people, as is the
Spanish nation. I confider this as a frefh proof which
your excellency adds to those you have already given
oa so many occasions, of the generality of your pro
ceedings, during the late war ; admiral Rowley will dis
patch a vessel to Luifiana to take the prisoners, who
1 am persuaded will always hold in grateful remem
brance, the clemency of your excellency ; I have sent
to the king, my father, a copy of your letter, who, I
am sure will be highly fluttered by the attention you
have {hewn me. i desire my refpeds to lady Galvez,
and beg she will rest assured, that her attentions, as well
as those of your excellency, (hall ever remain in the
memory of
WILLIAM HENRY.
His excellency Don
Bernardo de Galvez,
The Havanna Gazette of the 10th of May mentions,
that prince William paid also a visit to the island of
Cuba, where he was received and entertained in a
manner suitable to his dignity. His excellency gover
nor Unzaga also wrote to him a very poli e letter, and
made him a tender of the lives of several British officers
who had been taken in disguise in the kingdom of Gua
temala, and had not been able to clear themselves from
the suspicion of their being spies. The Gazette gives
a particular account of the several entertainments that
were given on the occasion ; the account contains
three folio pages of a very (mall print, and concludes
thus:
W^ know very well, that if we were to give every
" particular of the condud of the prince, and of the
THURSD A Y, ^-^ t „
THE JUNE 19,178%
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O R, THE
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
VOL. X!I.1
Published EVERV TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY.-Price Six-Pence.
c< principal officers, during the short period of two
u t() describe with a minute exadnefs every
barge and galley, tell the number of cannon that
<< ""' " ie dimensions and ornaments of the
<<fa° u 1 'hemumber of candles that were lignted,
°" rs °' the dresses of the ladies, who began
and who elofed the ball, the number of individuals
wuo were there, their ages and their sexes, what part
ner such a one or such another danced with; in a
„ word, if we were to relate ever, particular motion of
every one, their words and their looks, no doubt
<< account would be more agreeable to the vulgar,
coi "" ! ourselves with relating what is effeu
" tial, &c. &c.”
Londo n.
April 9. There is not any man who has resigned in
the late versatile change of ministers and placemen,
that goes out of office with greater credit to himfelf,
and more sincerely regretted by the public, than his
grace the duke of Richmond.
L %<,l° rth is a PP° inte d secretary of slate to the East
and Weft Indies, which is the true reason that the duke
of Portland declines any interference at the East India
house.
April 17, From the bed accounts wehave been able
to obtain of the state of affairs at Madras, it seems
clear, that when fir Edward Hughes left that road, the
rainy season was set in, and neither party could aft.
The French and Hyder were as much in want of rice
for the natives, as our government of Madras, where
the unfortunate policy of our governor and council,
who wanted to serve the settlement by e ftablifhing the
price at a low rate, difeouraged every attempt that had
been intended to supply (he market, and though there
was plenty of provisions for the Europeans, the na
tives, whose religion prohibits the use of animal food,
where dying in great numbers.
Though Hyder pretended to disbelieve the treaty of
peace being concluded witn the Mahrattas, it was uni
versally credited in the country, and htscavalry defer
ring in great numbers to our army The armies could
not aft before February, and it is reasonable to sup
pose, that the accounts of [the preliminaries of peace
concluded in Europe, must arrive in India about the
end of this month, or by the loth of next.
April 19. Lord Southampton is talked of to suc
ceed to the governor generalship of the Settlements in
the East Indies, and lord Cornwallis to the governorship
of fort St. George, in the room of lord Macartney, who
comes home from an ill state of health.
April 24 An evening paper fays, that when the
American commissioners, now at Paris, were founded,
by order of our ministry, as to their difpohtion for
entering into a commercial treaty with this country,
without the interference of the French minister, thfy,
without the lead hesitation, declared, that though they
knew that Congress was not bound by any treaty to
France, not to make whatever regulations in trade,
which that assembly might think necessa r y, with any
power upon earth, without the interference of any
court whatsoever, ftil) their inftruaions from Congress
were peremtory, not to conclude any treaty, political
or commercial, with Great-Britain, without confuting
with the ministers of the most chriftian king in every
Stage of the negociation.
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Southwark Au&ion.
THIS
M O RN I N G,
Will be Sold by Public Au&ion,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
MERCHANDIZ E,
As USUAL: ALSO,
Houfliold Furniture & Wearing
APPA R E L, &c.&c.
WILLIAM BROWN, Auaionrer.
N. B. Hand-Bills will be discontinued for the future,
except on particular Occasions.
London Porter of the best qua
lity, and Philadelphia bottled BEER, fold by the fuh
fc-iber at his house in Front-Street, near Walnut-Street ;
where matters of vessels, and others may be fi ppiied by
the grofe or dozen, on the most reasonable prices now
going. PATRICK BYRNE, Tavern-keeper. May 16,
At the City Auction, on
FRIDAY Next,
The 20th of June, 178,.
At THREE o'clock in the AF FERNOON,
Will Commence the S A LE
Of a Large and very General ASSORTMENT of
MERCHAND I Z E,
(Particulars of which will be published by the Bell on
t^e Morning of the Day cf Sale)
With a QUANTITY of
Houfhold Goods, Kitchen Furniture,
Wearin g appar el, & c ;
JOHN BAYARD, Auctioneer;
J? ft ' n :° rt '. d in th * Shi ? Maria, John Wilson, matter*
from Dublin, and to be SOLD a: the STORE of
James 'Taylor,
Water street, between Chesnut and Market ft reets,
the most capital and elegant Assortment of European
GOODS ever Imported on the Continent of Ame
rica: Cv.Gftin^ of—
IRISH Linens,
Cambricks,
Lawns,
Sheetings,
Printed Linens,
Chintzes,
Cotton,
Handkerchiefs,
Tamboured M^flint,
Diaper and damask Table
cloths,
Ditto in pieces,
2 and 2-3 ya d wide, 6,7,
8, 9 and 10-4 neat wil
fon and Turkey Carpet
ing,
Bid and house Furniture,
Sdiery,
Mens neat calffkin Shoes,
Ladies ditto Silk and fluff
ditto,
Ditto ditto Stockings,
M,ns ditto,
Ditto worked and yrrn
ditto,
Ditto farfnet ditto,
Tabbinets anl Poplins,
Elegant fattin P.tti oati,
An extensive and genteel Affertment of
M 1 L LI N AR Y:
Admirably wril adapt'd for any per son to difpefe of
'grin, or for any two or three Ladies; they being
fepirated in fmril packages for that purpose ; Black
&c ° &c J"" e 1 7?
Philadelphia, June 14.
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
On FRIDAY the 20th instant, at the late Dwelling
Hoefe oi Joan Winters, deceased, in George-street,
Southwark,
gUNDRY Horses and Mares, viz. two draught and
CT breeding Mares with their foals ; one of the foals
was got by the famous horse Winchester ; likewise two
saddle Horses, with 2 man's and woman's Saddle, a
good strong Cart and Gears, a Riding Chair and Gearr,
a Carpenter's Chest of Tools, a large quantity of old
Iron, and sundry Wearing Apparel ; also two Watches,
one gold the other filv<r, and sundry other Articles
too tedious to mention. The Sale to begin at One
o'clock ; where due attendance will be given by MA
RY KENNEDY and SAMUEL RICHARDS^
ALL persons that stand indebted to the ettate of the
late JOHN WINTERS, deceased, by boad, n< te,
or book-debt, are defined to call and make payment to
prevent forth r trouble; and those that have demands
against said estate are desired to call with their accounts
duly proved, in order for frttlement, to
MARY KENNEDY. Admirifratrix.
SAMUEL RICHARDS, Adminiffrator
gOAME io the plantation of the fubfenber, living in
Hdltown township, Bucks county, about the 15th
Of May last, a dark Bay HORS E, about 14 hfy $
high, h^s a star in his forehead. The owner is desired
to come, prove property, pay charges and take him a
way. THOMAS MORRIS. June 7.
Hihe;dafhery.
Gold, fiver and thread
Lam,
Ladies' and gentlemens
Gloves,
Eleg^t embroidered and
tissue waistcoat Shapes,
Florentines,
Faddonable, oval & square
Locking Glcff^,
Dit. most Superbly mount
ed,
Hard Ware,
Tin ditto,
Stationery.
Wax and Wafers,
Ink Powder and Cards,
Paper Hangings,
An excellent Co^dion of
Books, well adapted for
^ private Library,
Supei fine Broadcloths,
Caffimers,
' Forrest and Ratteens,
Oznabrigt,
Soap,
Canvas,
Bags refined Salt,
[NUMB. 1056.