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with contrary winds till the 16th September, in lati
tude 55. 35- longitude 90. wind N. W. by N. when on
a return iron)the purser, of the provisions then on
heard, it was thought prudent to hold a council to
confider if it was but to proceed as we were, or to put
irto port to secure the head and bowsprit, stop the
flip' leaks and procure provisions; it was greed that
we flmuld make the best of our way for the most conve
nient Spanish port in Europe. The 23d of September,
in the evening, we arrived at Corrunna ; the 24th
captain Joyner and you went on Ihore to procure the
needful (upplies, and to prepare the methods to refit
the fllip ; you returned in the evening, having adjust
ed every thing; the 25th you wenrto Ferol and re
turn'd the 26th, having got the promise of the use of
the king's docks to dock the ship, and the use of the.
barracks, hospitals, floras and king's carpenters -
this we deemed a happy event, as we now promifed'
ourselves the fatisf^aion of the ship bring compleatly
refitted, and of getting to sea in twelve or fifteen
days, but we lament that the outrageous and violent
condud of colonel Searle and major Jackson from the
instant they got on shore the 25th in the morning, by
telling the merchant who was to supply us, that your
bills were not good, requeuing him not to take them,
their faying the ship never was going to America, that
she was going a pirating, that they had taken effectual
means to prevent her failing, by writing to the Ameri
can minivers and creditors : we repeat that we lament
that those cruel assertions compelled you to give up
the great pofped of refitting the fliip so as to be ufeful
to the continent and to have avoided the heavy
expence and trouble caused by putting into the
Havanna, and here. But when five hundred and fifty
men were by Searle and Jackson's conduct deprived of
even daily fuppiies, it was high time for you to adopt
other methods and to get the ship away as soon as pof
fible, which could.not be done but by felling any ef
ferts on board, this done, we found that this Searle and
Jackson's expectations of detaining the ship, was baf
fled; tliey then used their utmost efforts to induce the
American vo unteers and the fcp's officers and men
to leave the ship, by continually alluring them flie
never was going to America, but to England, and of
fered them every support and protection if they would
leave they ship; in this the succeeded so we las to over
rule some of out officers and men, and most of the A
merican volunteers, and by their fa fe affections had
a great influence on the minds of many of the crew,
particularly of the French marines, whom they assured
that they were loft men, if they continued in the ship;
for that fhecertainly w^s going a piratings By forbear
ance and perseverance, we.happily got to sea the 17th
Oftober. Warm weather and little winds increased a
fever that fcr force time had prevailed on board to an
alarming height. You having determined to run down
the trade winds, thought it little out of your way to
touch at the island of Teneriffe, where we, arrived the
3d of November, happy we did, as at one time we
had 130 of our men in the hospital, you departed
from there as soon as the health of the crew would ad
mit, which was on the 24th of November, and
on the 27th of December made the coast of South.
Carolina, when after tarrying five days on that coast
and receiving no intelligence, you called a council,
and laid before them your orders, which were now ex
ecuted, and desired them to confider on the best means
now to be pursued to get into force port to refit ; when
it was unanimously resolved on, that at that season of
the year, the Havannah was the best port to proceed
to, particularly as we had no advices of what was do
ing on the continent since June, 1781. The firft of
January we flood off, and on the 13th of January we
arrived at the Havanna , with five prizes captured in
our way. You immediately ordered the ship to be re
fitted, and we are sure the means you pursued, parti
cularly those of joining on the Providence expedition,
were the only ones to get the fliip out, the more so as
our men were da.ly deserting by the encouragement
given them by many of the American captains we left
then in that port, who not onlyprote&ed them on board
their vessels but furoifhed them with monies to keep
out of the way. We failed from the Havannah
the 22d April, arrived at Providence the 6th May,
tarried off and on there till the expedition was finifhed,
and waiting for the American vessels coming out to
avail themfeivs of our convoy : li ft Providence the :3th
May, arrived off the coast of South-Carolina the 19th
May : findingour maiamaft gone, we gave our opinions
to captain Joyner that it was unfAfe to ta ry longer
out, so as to finfh our cruise. We arrived here in the
Delaware the 28th May.
This, fir, is the particulars of what our log-book ve
rifies, and what came to our knowledge; from that
we form this opinion—that no man could fliew a great
er desire to carry the goods of the united Rates in the
South-Carolina, than you did; but that the ship being
only calculated by her extreme sharpness, to carry her
three or four months provisions and water, was the rea
son why the did not bring out those goods, and it was
impossible you or we could judge what room was left
in the ship, till the whole crew, water and provisions
were on board, which was not till the latter end of June:
that you did your utmost to get the two Dutch ships
loaded with the goods of the united slates, and to hurry
them oyt; that it was full time you failed on the 7th
August, as that was the surest means of hurrying those
who had the direction of those goods and two ships:
that your tarrying at sea 18 days on fucha danger
ous coast, without a pilot on board, and no port with
in one hundred leagues to put into, not five seamen on
board, a British fleet within forty or fifty leagues,
were the strongest proofs you could give of your desire
to convoy those ships, with the goods of the united
Fates, to America ; and we presume was more than any
other man but yourfelf would have done. The Britilli
fleet arriving off the Texel on the 27th and 28th of Au
gust, was the clearest proof that it was high time you
left that flation.Your conduct from the firft moment we
engaged under your orders to this day, appears to us to
have been uniform, persevering aud feaman-like,fhcwiug
in all your ads the fulleft desire to serve your country,
and to get to America as soon as possible ; and we 'are
convinced that no other conduct but that which you
pursued could have extricated the fliip South-Caro
lina out of the many difficulties she was placed in
+ unmanly and cruel conduct of colonel
Searle azd major Jackson, but that it was your forbear
ance and perseverance that overfet their bale plans of
x:"°f g '° ta ^ ^ ' hip from you whilst at s ea, and
then afterwards doing their utmost to prevent her fail-
, g f '° m . S P a ,. Many in your situation would have
conceived it their duty to follow the advice of force of
their officers put this colonel Searle and major Jackson
in irons, and to kept them in the hold till you could
deliver them up in America. We come now to give
° ur opinion of these two enemies to this country and
to the fliip South-Carolina, which we form on thei'r con
hu'k;ifand ^ we 4 are that had ma J° r Jackson exerted
? T S 7 s " s duty ' that all the ^°°^ which were
we failed, belonging to the united
states, and all the goods belonging to the state of South-
Carolma, that were to be brought to America under
he prote&on of the South-Carolina, would have been
landed in some part of the united Bates before last No
vember; and thaj had not these two imprudent men
(,% le a " d Jackson) arted as they did at Corrunna,
the ship South Carolina would there have been copper
ed, compleatly fitted, and would have avoided the
heavy expences at the Havannah and here. It is there
fore their bad conduct that last winter debarred the ar
my of the united Bates receiving under convoy of the
^South-Carolina eloathing to the amount of about fifty
thoufahd pounds Berling, and that debarred the Bate
of South-Carolina at the fame time from receiving a
very ufeful supply of cioathing for their army, and
that prevented the ship from being to refitted as to cruise
oft this coast to lend ;n valuable supplies for the Bate
of South-Carolina, and the southern army ; and that
caused the heavy expence this ship has been at at the
Havannah and here. Much could be said about the
methods this colonel Searle and major Jackson took to
compel you to use violent measures with them,
and more could be said of the pains they took to en
courage the French officers on board, commanding the
malines, to revolt and take charge of the fhipand con
duct tier as they would order, but your generous and
firra treatment to them and indifference about their at
tempts daggered them. Wethink it necessary to affirm
that what coionel Searle nas asserted of your Crutfing
is, as is mod of his letter, an absolute lahhdod• for
we never cruised forty eight hours from the day we
failed from the Texel, fay the 7th August, 1781, till
the day we arrived in the Delaware the 28th of May,
excepting the eighteen days we cruised off and on the
coast of Holland, wailing for the two Dutch ships, la
den with the united Bates goods coming out, the five
days we cruised off the coast of South-Carolina in De
cember, 1781, and the fix days we cruised off the
island bf Providence in May lafl. It is also as falfe
country, he would have avoided the curious compli
rnent'Mr. Searlenow pays him, of assuring Mr. Jay,
that Mr. lackfon confuted him in every flep he took,
as he had advisers at hand whose attachm<ut to this
country was known years ago, whose caneid advise
would have been of more avad, than all Mi. Searl-'s
solemn declarations, which sec-med necessary to guide
Mr. Jackson, as Mr. Searle declares. Wethank you;
fir, for cherishing that harmony whichf happily fub
fifled amo n gst us during our voyage, aud tho' we may.
be dispersed on this continent, yet we will chearfully
attend whenever the Bate of South-Carolina, or you,
think it necessary to commence a fuitagainft col. Searle,
and major Jackson, for the heavy losses that the Bate
of South-Carolina, and the ship South-Carolina, have
received by their inimical conduct.
We are, fir, with the greatest wishes for your welfare,
Your most obedient fervadts,
John Joyner, captain of the ship
South-Carolin?.
Thomas White, firft lieutenant
of the ship South-Carolina.
John Moyrant,third lieutenant.
T. FiTS-Gerald, formerly rraf
ter but now fourth lieutenant.
Samuel Perry, mafttr.
M. Kaltesien, commanding of
ficer of the marines
James Carpenter, 2d officer do.
Nicholas Bartlett, firft lieu
tenant of the ship till the 30th of September quitted
her at Corrunna N. B. Signs to every part 0 this letter
except, what is comprehended between the 49th and
90th lines of the second column,
upon having ample fatisfaaion."
To Alexander Gillow, esquire,
commodore of the navy of the
state of South-Carolina
I do hereby certify, that I received orders Bern com
modore Gillonjand captain Joyner, to attend with 14
men (belonging to the South Carolina) on board
of the two Dutch ships the Liberty and the Aurcra,
to be laden with goods of the unit~d Bale.-, to assist in
lading and getting them ready lor sea, to go under the
convoy of the South-Carolina, and that after the
South-Carolina was at sea, I was sent on fllore by com-
modore Gillen, to compleat this business, and tarried
several days for that purpose, but aliho' the ships were
lad n on tie 9th of August, they were not ready to
to proceed to sea on the 21st of the farce month.
I do further certify that the ship South-Carolina was
seen from the Helder and Texel waiting for these ships
coming out, until tie 19th August, the day when the
florm commenced that drove ashore a S^edifh 74 g un
ship and several merchantmen off the I(xel,lhat weie
to windward of the South-Carolina when the storm be
gan. Robbet Coram, midshipman on
board the fliip South Carolina.
that any men under your command were wretched by
your condyd towards them, the fad being clearly
proved that no men in any fliip of war had better or
more provisions, had better flops or better usage, than
every one under your command received. As to the
American volunteers, it was by the advances you made,
and the pains you took, that you got most of them
from British gaols to Amflerdam, and then you further
advanced them one month's pay in cash, and one
month's pay ,in flops ; and that every ad
of your's manifefled a desire to alleviate those
virtuous Americans diflreffes, inßead of tyran
nifing over them. Had this worthy young American,
as Mr. Searle calls Mr. Jackson, who by the-by€ re
ceived his political education where he received his
breath, in Nord-Britain, a&ed as a true friend to this
Letters from the Cape of Good Hope, of the sth cd
February, assure that this colony was in a very oro'-
perous state. I hey had received letters there of the
2,t0 of September, from Batavia, by which it appears
the Dutch had fitted outa fleet of 6 fail of 64 gunseach.
Friday last the two secretaries of state passed thro'
both hollies propofols so conformable to the demands
of Ireland, that this great business may be considered
as good as finished to the mutual fatisfadion of both
countries. Our next will give an account of these fit
tings.
The talk of the day is chiefly about Rodney's vifto
ry. He has now recovered all his popularity, so far
that administration, which had thought proper to re
call him, has dispatched orders to admiral Pigot, his
intended preceffor not to proceed.
Saturday lafl there were great rejoicings and illu
minations, yet we are not quite easy about Jamaica.
For it is probable, that when Mr. Bougainville, who
now commands the fleet late under de Graffc, got
down to Cape Francois, he will find himfelf reinforc
ed by the Spaniih ships there, so as to proceed.on the
intended expedition with a great superiority of force.
In the billets received from admirals Rodney and
Hood, by their intimate friends, the following ex
pressions are remarkable. “ This battle," fays ' the
firft, “is not of this age. It recalls the d^vs 0 Vo
Tromp, de Ruyter, &c. The French fought like h
ons. The count de Graffe is a brave man. This
was a hard fought vidory." « The count de Graffe
fays the other, who on board the Rarßeur fupport^d
the Formidable again ft the Ville de Paris, 'having
shewn a design to attack me in particular, I was so
happy in taking my distance, that in to minutes t^e
fire of the Barfleur decided toe bulinefs. When the
count struck, he had 400 men killed, lying on hi®
deck. He # fought like a hero. Hi: Bd” kept'up a fire
like heli, and we exported the would blow up ; for
till the last, he did not cease Brirp from both sides
at the fame time. The French are brave and no Ie
enemies."
We read in force of the morning papers that Gan
ges and Crown, Blips of war, are ordered to join lord
Howe. They lie at Woolwich.
Yesterday general Burgoyne, commander in cHef
of the forces in Ireland, took leave of the king, pre
vious to his going over to that kingdom.
The marquis of Rockingham has been very much
indisposed for feme dtys, but eras yesterday so veil
as to affiß in the cabinet.
There is no further talk of lord Howe's f'nadron.
The letters from Holland Blew how much we have
been aftfay on this head.
Philadelphia, July 2;
last week arrived at New-York a fleet of 32 victual
lers from Cork, under convoy of two frigates.
On Tnurfday latt arrived nere from New-England,
the rev. Mr. Thomas ÜBlck and family, being called
to fettle as pastor to the Baptist church, in thi^ city.
L O N D O N, May 15, 1782.
Letters from Deal of the 12th, bring that lord Howe
left the Downs that morning with 10 fail of the line.
It is said, that the Dutch Beet, Wronger than was im
agined, amounted to 15 of the line, and 7 frigates
had failed from the Texel, on the Friday before; as
the wind between Friday and Monday was at east or
south had advanced far towards the Orkneys. Iflor.i
Howe cannot come up with them he is to make a des
cent on some part of their coast, having taken land
forces for that purpose,, whilß his fire ships are to car
ry deftruftion among the ships within the Tezel.
However, we have been and Bill are in uncertainty a
bout the Dutch fleet. Letters from Holland of the
icth are quite silent. In the Utrecht Gazette of theSth
appear only three lines concerning this armament.'
" Our fleet which anchors at the Texel, has the
honour of having on board the two princes of Anhalt
Bunburgh and Waldeck. Vice admiral Hartfink is
there too."'
By these lines it Ihould seem that this fleet w^s
nearly ready the Bth, it might have failed the lotii
The lord lieutenant of Ireland, on the 4th Instant
went to the house of peers, and gave the royal also t
to 27 public, and 4 private bills. After wliich both
houses adjourded till May 27.
Advices from Lipftadt, of the 29th of April, f y
that the recruits furnifhed by Germany thi/year
England, are 970 Hessians, 300 of Anfyatcn, 387 ol
Hannau. These troops were embarked in vessels
h ^ 13th and 14t ^ ° ftliis mcm-h, and
fell down below Haelen. The recruits of drunfwick,
219 in number marched the 11th instant from Woi
feinbuttle for Nienburg, to embark 011 tne Wefer
and join the others at Bremerleke.
May 16. Tuesday last, a respite for 14 days was sent
to Newgate for Luke Ryan, Maccater, and three ei
ther unfortunate persons condemned for piracy. They
were to have been hanged that day. This which is
considered as a step to a pardon, was obtained by the
iiiterpofition of France, in whose service these persons
were taken.'
Monday last, Messrs. Curfon and Governor, were
difeharged of their, recognifance to appear in tie
kings bench; their books and papers having been
given up to them by lord Shelburn.
May tB. Various letters from the ille of France
fay, that a very important maritime difeovery has
been made there; ho less then an easy method to as
certain longitude. Mr. De Somay, major of foot is
the author, and the success appears to be confirm'd
by the result of different operations easily m^ie bv
his instruments. * '
A M S T RR D A M.
Between the 9th and 15th of May, there left the
Texel, and the Vlie, 94 merchant vessels, bound for
the Baltic, and other northern places. The frigate
Waekzaafnheid, arrived the 10th, in the Texel, and
the day following part of the Beet which failed force
days before under count Byland, came to an anchor
there. These were the Amsterdam, the Kortnaorf
the Prince Frederick, the Unic, the admiral Trompj
the Dolphin and the cutter Saelheid.