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MADRID, Afrit 30.
nr " E courier lent from our court to that of
1 Ldbou, to demand perfed fatisfaclion for
the h utilities committed in America by the fubjrcls of
l.iefon'tul Majesty, is not yet returned. People are
vety cu itus to koow how these troubles will be ap
pealed. In the mean tim p , they learn fiom Cartha
g^na, that the fix regiments of infantry whicn are in
g^nlon there, have received orders to march for
Catte Rodrigo, upon the frontiers o' Portugal.
ilois, May 13. It is reported that there are fitting
out in the leveral ports of this king-lorn, above twenty
fan of the line, and that there will be very Ihortiy a
promotion of 60 Field Maßhßs and as many Lieu'e
n^nt Generals; it is allo rumoured that a c rum
Prince, who riQinguifhed himieifio the Aft war, has
entered hinfelfioto the fervid of this croton, and is
expected'hefe hnnlv.
Frankfort, My 14. It is raid, in ord~r to termi
nate the chfpuus between t • counts of Rulfo, Ser
lm and Sweden, and to adjuL their diff rent pretenti
ons, the Duchy of Coudaud is to be united to Sweden,
who is to cede to rhe court cf Berlin Swedish Pome
rama, and as an aronem^^ to the Duke of Courland,
toe govc/omem of Wdt rrudia is to be granted to
him..
L O N D O N.
Moy24. Toe Kenufh Gazette of Saturday last,
cm airs the fuhfeat arde; dated Canterbury.
" The fGlowmg very extraordinary circumstance we
can lay before vur readers as a certain sass. Afio.de
woman in n neighbouring viibig:, woo was about 60
years of age. had d fired that a large orken cited,
whiflh she had let in a back room, laying it contained
ft,me things of value, but w;u ! d not want to bet pened,
and that it beGnged to one B many ,ars her ac
(luainta ce, might at her deaih be given up to him.
About a fortnight ago ;he died,and lier three brothers
fu?p fi^g the contents cf the ched to be valuable,
and having at d frcre.it times advanced B. confideraMe
sums of money, opened the fam?, without acquainting
B. thickin;,, that when they knew the contents, they
inn,hr oblige him to repay them. B. as soon as the
woman's dea'b was known, abfeonded, and has not
been beard ot free. The brothers on opening the
ched feundthe Contents to be find, pLc^ of watte
paper, and other rubbish, a d the sides lined with parch
nr ft : On removal of the find, Btc, a 'decayed band
% { an 1 an old hair trunk were found at the b rttom,
in which were contained, to all appearance, the fkele
(70s of three c uidreu, with a price of ribband and
two pieces us end, each of them drawn inr, a right
knot, as though they had been drawn round some
.thin, of.about three inches circumference ; horrid
fpeclicle this to the dilappointed brothers ! Amazed
and cons bladed, they could scarce Support themselves,
and defroas of .c^ceafrg the flame of their lifter,
out the bones in a faT, aid got a h^le dug in the
Churchward for burial. The Parish Was form alarmed,
and before the hole was filled up, an order came from
a Judice to twice the bones up again, and the Coroner
was lent for : and on the examination of several per
foos, which kilted many hours, it appeared, that the
dec TD woman was :npp&Ld to have had a child
about 40 years ago, but no account ever given what
became of it. Many corroborating circurafheces ren
d-red it very fuipicicus, that flie had been the mo
ther cf all three; and the verdict brought in was,
< # that two children were found dead, but whether
filborn, or murdered not known." The Jury
b 0 tfit in—two children only—as rhe bones were mot
I fofficieatly perfect to make out three Peletons, yet more
than completed two. Strid search ismaking after B.
in hopes that this dreadful story may be fuJy cleared
up."
hi© 26. Letters by the Hayfield, Capt. Clarke, who
is arrived at Dover from Cadiz, bring an account,
that is the latter end of March fix Spanish men of war,
four frigates, twenty transports with loldiers, and other
veflUs with artificers and materials for building on
board, failed from thecae, but to what part of the
World they were bound was kept a profound secret.
Orders were lent yesterday to the via^alliog office to
continue killing so long as the Weather remains ^ool;
vast quantities of fait pavilions being wanted, and Ire
land 'cab no longer fapply the navy, having been so
much drained of every necessary cf life, that the poor
are in a starving condition.
The m juris yon thelaß night's queflion was, as usual,
large in Support cf the Ministry, 128 to 38, three to
one. The qnedion, however, was of the utmost im
portance. At the opening of this fefiion an ad was
passed to prohibit all commercial iotercourfe with the
A nercins ; and the cfR& of this Bill Lord North in
filled would be, that America, cut off from the advan
tages of the British commerce, would be bereft of all
resources of wealth, arid consequently must fall pros
trate, arid confefs unconditional tubmiffi >n toour com
mands. The consequences indeed no more followed
in logic than it has in fad, for the commerce of Ame
rica wid 11> I its own channel in fpiteof us. The rea
focing however had its tffeA for the moment, and the
good people of England were cycled into ruinous ex
pence; but nothing was at the time further from the
Miniiler's thoughts than (hutting up the trade cf the
two countries. The os£t was to take a monopoly of
th trade to Arteries into their ran hands. Ihe Ministry
referred a power to themselves cf licencing fllips to car
ry provisions, and under color of provifi&ns, every ar
ticle of commerce was engaged in under treasury orders,
and at the treasury expence. It appeared by lair . night's
examination, that men who would not on their own
bottom have got credit for a suit of clothes, did, upon
the authority of Sir Grey Cooper's letter, which made
the treasury answerable, get credit for valuable car
goes of all forts of goods. Mr. Payne of the Bank was
examined, and though a ministerial man he by no means
defended a job that took the trade of England out of
mecahtie hands, and threw it into the lap of the
Minister. It cam p out that Mr. Payne had comp'ained
of Bris dirty traffic to Lord North ; and that his
Lordffiip, thinking the stale plea of provision that had
latis fcd his Maj u+y, would co'otent a Merchant, had
made use of it to Mr. Payne, who very fehfibly and
fhrewd/y had anf^ered his Lordship “ that he thought
nai's a bad fort ofprovifion for the King's troops, and
hard of digeflion." It appeared by his Evidence, arid
Mr. Whitlock's and Mr. Wooldridge's, very clearly,
th< Sir Grey Cooper, with the knowledge of Lord
North, h d opened under those licences, an illicit,
c'lndedine trade with the Colonies. To fay no werfe
of it, this muff throw the whole mercantile body at
the feet of the Minister. Sometimes it answers for
the purpose of paying for Addresses, ^nd other com
pliances ; and it palpably opens a door to the most
exte r five corruption ; it depends only on the nicety of
Lord Sandwich's honour and Lord North's, what
quantum of fortune they may please to make, without
appearing concerned. The mere fees of offices for
the'e licences, enhance the benefit of those offices:
but when a Bankrupt, or a Party writer, or a school
boy, the fan of a man in favour, obtains t^efe licences,
and turns Merchant, one plainly fees that the detention
of the portion of profit the great ones take to them-
Gives, or that the Underlings about them get, cannot
be ascertained, though the corrupt benefits which must
arise cannot be doubted. Sir Grey Cooper and Mr.
Robinson will probably, by a year's war or two, be
rich enough to be made Lords, and Lords as rich as
Jews, tho' England may become as poor as a church
mouse. But perquisite and jobb are the glory of the
times.
GEORGIA.
By bis ExceFenc, Archibald Bulloch, Efg; Pref
dent and Commander in Chief of the Jaid province :
A proclamation.
WH EREA S the present struggle for cur in
valuable rights and liberties in this province
makes it requisite to give every encouragement to all
such peifons who are willing to enter into the service
cf their country, a^d our .Provincial Congress, at their
lad meeting, having taken the fame under confider.i
tio'n, and being willing and ready to promote the
welfare of every friend to the American cause, have
thought fit to Resolve, " That all perlons enlisting
in the service of this province, who do faithfully serve
in the present contest, u-tI a peace (hall be concluded
with Great-Britain, or shall serve three years in the
present war, fhail be entitled to 100 acres of land in
this province ; and fliould any of the aforefaid men be
killed in defence of this province, his wife or family
dial! be entitled to the fame." Ido therefore issue
this my proclamation, declaring that every man who
shall erilift in any of the troops of horle, or companies of
foot, raised for the defence of this province, and fhali
serve agreeable to the terms abovementioned, Ihall be
entitled to a grant of 100 acres of land, as aforefaid ;
and in case of accident, his wife and family Hull re
ceive and enjoy the fame emolument.
GIVE N under my band and seal, at Savannah, the
12th day of fu/y, 1776.
ARCHIBALD BULLOCH.
By bis ErcePeng's command,
Edward LanOworthY,/?c'rr.
WILLIAMSBU RG, (Virginia) Augufl 30.
By Mr. William Harrifoo, in nine days from Fort
Pitt, we have advice, that Capt. John Hingfton, with
number of fettle rs, arrived from Licking creek, near
the Kentucky, the very day he left home. Capt.
Hingtton gave the following account, that one James
Cooper, and another person, a Dutchman, being on
their way to a buffalo lick, were fired upon by a couple
of Indians, who (hot down Cooper, and frightened
the Dutchman's horse so that he flung him. His foot
hanging in the stirrup, one of the Indians made up to
him, to tomhawk him; but, although in that disad
vantageous situation, he found means to aim his gun so
well (which he never quitted) as to Iheot the lavage
dead on the spot, and, feeing the other Indian making
up to him, he disengaged himfelf from his own horse,
mounted Cooper's, and got clear off to the inhabitants.
Upon his arrival, many of the Kentucky settlers im
mediately went about furting themfeives at Boonfbo
rough and Harwood's town ; and numbers agreed to
come into the neighbourhood of Fort P itt, with Capt*
Hingfton. Mr. Harrtfon likewise informs, that Mr.
Jacob Hite, who lately removed from Berkeley county
to the neighbourhood of the Cherokee country with
his family, and a large parcel of negroes, was murdered
at his own house by those savages, with most, of bis
(laves, and his wife and children carried off prisoners ;
P H I LADELPHI A, September 10.
We hear from New-York, that a few days ago a
man of war of forty guns came to anchor in Turtle-
Bay, upon which General Wafaington ordered two 12
pounders to be carried to a convenient piece of ground
to attack her. They loon obliged the fbio to retire,
having hulled her twelve times.
On the 12th ult. the Continental flocp of war Sa
chem, Capt. Robenfon, of eight g^ns, fell in with, and
after a short engagement tock, the brig Three Friends,
Andrew Stalker, Master, mounting fix carriage guns,
bound from Antigua to Halifax, laden with rum, su
gar, &c. which arrived fafe in this port on Sunday
last.
Anboy, September 5, 1776.
HE frft and third divisions of Artillery of the
I Philadelphia Associators having served with
chearfulnefs and alacrity at this post, and otherwise
discharged their duty as g^od soldiers from the tipoe
of the firft march of the troops from Philadelphia, rs
hereby regularly difeharged from theif present Action
at/Amboy, and to return to their families, with ray
heffiy thanks in behalf of the public.
DANIEL ROBERDEAU,
Brigadier General.
To Samuel Tiflis, Efe; Colonel ofthe
Train of. Anil,cry fPhihdefbia,
his fen, wtiorosl2 the Cherokee country, was LEG
wife murdered,—The Shawacefe, Delewarer, and
Mingoes, bad net met our commissioners, although
two expresses had been sent to them for that purpose,
and returned without any answer. A third express
was sent off, but had not returned.
B O S TO N, Augnfl 29.
Last Saturday afternoon was chafed into Marble
head by the Milford frigate, the prize ffiip [faac, from
Tortola bound to London, three hundred and fifty
tons burthen, commanded by Capt. Afhburn, laden with
five hundred hogsheads of sugar, forty-four puncheons:
of rum, one hundred and fifty bags of cotton, a con
fiderabG quantity efold copper, and a number of tur
tle. She was taken by the privateer flocp Warren,
commanded by Capt. Phillips, and had it not been for
the fort at Marblehead, which tired at the Milford
several times, (he would have been inevitably retaken.
And on Sunday the above frigate tock off Cape Ann,
a prize brigantine coming into port, said to be one of
Capt. Whit's of Salem, laden with rum from Grenada.
Also a large (loop, which our informant could not tell
wh^re from, or who commanded her.
« My affairs are in the utmost confufion an account
of the present disputes, which God grant to 'be fona
over, and a happy reconciliation, which if not focn,
never will be; for depend upon it the Americans will
declare themselves free, and will open their ports to
all nations except England. They have at present
80,000 men in pay, as good troops as any nation ever
produced, betides a militia of 80,000 more, always
ready to join the grand army. Every man from fif
teen to fifty is in arms. Their army is well supplied
with every thing necessary to carry on the war. Their
cruizers have taken a great number of English veiTels.
This and the neighbouring islands are in great distress
for provisions, and in three months will be a general
famine in this part of the world, if some speedy relief
is not given to them. At present any man that warns
Negroes may have as many as he pleases, to work for
him for their food. You cannot form an idea of the
difbefs that appears in every one's countenance."
On the 4th of August, in lat. 32. 25. and long. 59,
46. the snow Ann, John Bowes Captain, from Toba
go, bound to Lancader, and had on board one hundred
aad sixty nine hogsheads of sugar, twenty tierces ditto,,
twenty fix barrels ditto, forty bags of ginger, and cne°
hundred and eighteen bales of cotton.
On the 4th of August, in lat. 33 47. and long, 60,
16. the brig Carolina Packet, Mark Towell Captain,
bound from Antigua to London, had on board one
hundred and fifty one hogsheads offugar, twelve tierces
ditto, ten barre's ditto, two hogsheads of rum, and
fourteen tons of lignum vitz and fuftick.
On the 7th of August, in lat. 3,. 95. and long;
60. 18; the brig John, Capt. Daniel M-Kay, bound
from Grenada to Dublin, had on board ninety hog
sheads and two tierces of rum.
Yesterday the General Assembly of this State con
veiled at Watertown agreeable to adjournment.
PROVIDENCE, ^^l7.
Extras of a letter from a planter in Grenada to bir
friend in London, dated fune 17, found on board the
ship Eagle, lately taken by the Montgomery privateer
of this port.
Yesterday the Honorable Samuel Adams, one of the
Delegates from this State, arrived in town from. -Phi
ladelphia.•
The privateer flocp Broome, Capt. William Nott
commander, belonging to New-Haven, arrived at Dart
mouth on Monday latt from a cruize, and has taken
the four following valuable prizes, viz.
On the 3d of August last, in lat. 32. 25. and long.
59. 46. the ship Charming Sally, John Stell com
mander, bound to Europe from Dominica. She had cn
board four hundred and sixty five hogflieads of firearm
thirty-one tierces ditto, thirty five barrels ditto, and
twenty five tons of fuftick.