The royal gazette — [Charleston] S.C., 1782-05-29 00:00:00, page 2

Mr. Chamberlains, -ore of the Clerks on the eftablifliment
at the Treafur,, and Mr. Strachey, who was appointed
Clerk to the Commission, which was originally granted to
Lord and Sir William Howe for restoring peace to America,
are appointed by the Mai'quis of Rockingham to be joint Se
cretaries of the Treasury, in the room of Sir Grey Cooper
and John Robinson, Esq. .
IWe have the mod authentick advice from Holland, that the
Dutch are determined to 'rifane every thing upon the iffhe of
{Liberal action; and that to do this with great probability of
success, they are making every possible exertion ia their dock
yards, that their industry and resource s will allow.
Paris, (Frank) March 1% An advice ship is arrived at
jUOrieut from, the Jlie of France^ which place the, left in
November last. She brings an account, that M. D'Orves,
the French Commodore, was preparing , for an expedition ;
and that Hyder Ally, for want of ammunition, which he had in
vainexpe&td from France for a year part, was unable to con
tinue the campaign.
ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, March 26, 1782.
Captain Everitt, late of his Majcky's'ihip Solcbay, arrived
this morning. at this Office with dispatches to Mr.Sr ep hens,
from Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hqod, Bart, of which the
following are extracts :
, Barfleur, at Sea, February 22,, 1782.
FROM the very krone assurances Governour Shirley gave
me of Brimstone Hill being in a Rate of the mod perfect fi cn
rity, and, from the spirited and encouraging mrdhge sent by
General Fraser to General Prefcolt on the 24th of lak month,
I had not the fmalltft doubt of relieving the island after I got
porfeffop cf the enemy's anchorage at Baficterre Road ; and
the Governour having expressed a with for an able fea-ckker
and a few fcamen, 1 fent.Captain Curgenven and Lieutenant
Jlare (late of the Solcbay) who were eager volunteers, with
thirty men in two bog, to endeavour to throw them into the
. garrison in the night,/ ,he oars were muffed, and every pre
. caption used that ript jne lead noise Should he made to give an
dhtm.^bytupdri putting the boats kerns to the ihorc, volley
Aft r.volley of^mufquetry weie fired at them, and they v-ere
t>W&d')o return. Two nights after, the man I firft sent upon
the and who Captain Curgenveh took with him, thought
he could make his way-alone to the gar rifon ; he made the trial
in afmall canoc, but, was forced to return, having been fired
at fitym,every part he attempted to land. On the fame even
ting Lieptepant Fayhie, of the Kuffel, was put on ftiore in Red
Flag Bay, on the north fide of the island: Mr. Fayhir, krow
i@'every acccffible path to the hill, was sanguine in his hopes
of beiiig aide to reach the garrifen ; but, after waiting two
fiiights,' Found it impossible, and returned.
Upon the foal's being made from the hill, on the Bth, that
the enemy's batteries had been fuccefsful in damaging the
Yorks "and bUiWfols) ,hat the garrison was reduced, and ffiort
of ordnance stores, Twas c^er to make further trials to get
on officer upon the hill ; and Captain Curgenven again offer big
'bis ter fee, as well, as Captain Bourne of the Marines, I sent
them an ay that evening in a small boat, towed by anolhtr
Ticai the place they expected to land; and after being on shore
about ten minutes, Captain Curgenven returned and ordered
the boats on board; but neither succeeded in reaching the
garrison, and both were made prisoners in different places.
About the time these officers left the Barfleur, Lieutenant
Fayhie was again landed on the notch fide of the island, berg
desirous of making another trial; but as he is not yet return
cd, and I have heard nothing from him, I conclude he was
taken prisoner.
I was extremely desirous of getting an officer into the gar
fifon, just to fay; T was very confident the Count de Graffe
was weary of his situation ; and as the Marquis de Bouille was
'deftroying every fort and magazine °at Baffeterrp, and blew up
their very foundations, T was persuaded be despaired of suc
cess, and that if the hill could hold out ten days longer the
island mud be fared.
But T am mudf]concerned to ffiy, that Captain Robinson, of
the r=th regiment,Trf the evening. of the /fib, came on board
the Barfleur to enquire for General Pfefcott, being- charged
wi;h a letter for him from. Governour Shirley and General
: Frafer, acquainting him oftheir having Surrendered the garri
son to the arms of the French King that morning.
r The information I got from Captain Robinson is a follows:
That he was sent from Monsieur St. Simon at seven in the
evening of the 12th, to propose a reflation of arms: at the
"•fame hour another officer was sent on the fame errand to the
Marquis de Bouille ; and so eager was the Marquis to get pos
session of the Hid, that he granted all that was asked, and the
rtetiri^ were agreed to at his (Capt. Robinson's) return to the
-garrTon at midnight. I enquires if no article was flipulatcd
for my being made, acquainted with the state of the garrison
•before the surrender took place ? and, to my very great fur
•prize, was answered in the negative.
On the 14th the enemy's fleet anchored off Nevis, confining
of the Ville de Paris, fix Blips of^o guns, twenty-three of 74,
and four of 64: One 64 was at Old Road, and another at
Sandy Point : The Triumphant and Brave had joined from
Europe.
Under this situation of things I had no longer any buknefs
an Baffcterre Road, especially as the enemy were preparing to
•get guns and mortars upon a height that would annoy the
fillips in the ran ; and I left it that night, unperceived, 1 ima
•gine, as not one of the enemy's Blips was to be seen in the'
morning.
With so vast a fupcriority ageing me, I had nothing left to
•do, but to endeavour to jo : n Sir George Rodney as faft as
I was able ; and as it wa, of very great importance to the King's
service that I fhpuld carry his Majcftyls squadron to him in as
perfect a state as possible, I judged it necefary, in order that
•every ship Should be under fail as nearly as possible at the fame
moment, for the better preferring a compact body, to give di
tedions for the squadron to cut, in which Rear-Admiral Drake
most readily concurred, and thought highly expedient from
the expectation there was of our being attacked; the enemy's
Blips being not more than five miles from us, and their lights
Very distinctly seen.
Except Governour Shirlev's letter, and the message General
Trefcott's officer brought from General Fraser of the 24th of
last month, I never heard a syllable from Brimßone Hill, or
•from anyone person in the island ; and what is Fill more 'ex
traordinary to tell, the garrison, in all probability, con'd not
liave been reduced but for the 8 brass twenty-four pound can
.mon, 2 thirteen inch bra's mortars, 1500 shells, and 6000 twen
ty-four pound cannon-balls, the enemy found at the foot of
the hill, which Government had sent out, and which the in
habitants of the island would not give a proper assistance for
•getting up. For the enemies ship with the shells was funk,
and it was with difficulty more than four or five of a dav coifl
be fifhed up; and LTfpion, in which were all the fhe'lTs that
could be got from Martinique, was taken by one of mv ad
vanced frigates, close under Nevis, in the morning I firft
peared off the island. 0 P
I understood the terms of the surrender have been founded
on the articles of capitulation agreed upon at the reduction of
Dominique. This is all lam able to tell you for their Lord
ships information ; and T am far from meaning, in the most
distant manner, to fugged that the garrison could have held
out a single day longer, as I am told the works and buildings
were a heap of ridns, and that no further defence could be
made with the least probable profped of success.
T anchored his Mftftyl squadron in St. John's Road on the
19th, after sun-set, failed again this noon to seek Sir George
Rodney at Barbadoes, and get a supply of water. The For
tunec and Pegafirs,which I left to watch the French fleet, have
this instant Joined, and report, that 36 'fail of the line quitted
Basseterre Road yesterday morning, with upwards of 50 fail of
brigs, Hoops and fehooners, and Reeled for Martinique.
Extract o, another Letter from Sir Samuel Hood, dated Fri
bruarj 22, 1782.
JUST as J was getting under fail from St. John's Road, I
received file enclosed papers from Capt. Dav, of his Mafefty's
Loop Surprize.
Surprise, Cartifle- Bay, Barbarities.,
'I IL February 12,1782.
LIEUTENANT Thomas Edgar arrived here the j-th, at
five in the afternoon, giving an account that a French squadron
had entered the river Demarara ; and that our ships were gone
up to Fort-Bland. He was charged with dispatches from Cap
tain Tahor.rden, which he has deffroyed, but has delivered me
a journal of his proceedings. I am, &c. GEO. DAY.
To Sir Soquel Food, &c. &c. fe.
Extras from the fourraltraxfmitted in the letter a'br°-ment'ored.
FRIDAY the iff of February, about two o'clock in the af
ternoon, a Mr. Rocker, a Dutchman, informed me, that De
marara had capitulated on Thursday the 31st, about three ih
the afternoon.
ifar-C/fe, .March 46. His Majefy has been pleased to ap
point Colonel His Royal Hwlmefs Prince Frederick, Byhep of
Olnaburir, to be Captain and Colonel of die 2d troop of Horse
Grenadier Guards, vice Lord Aml0&
i izita, (Mfr;a) March 9. The Vice Chancellor, Count
de Cobcnzel, jet out the sth, with the Imperial-off tr^o-fthe
apartments and kitchen, for Gortz, .where he will wait rtte
arrival of the Pope, and receive Him in the Empcrour's name;
his Imperial Atyefty will go to meet him as far as Neuftadt,
and conduct him to this capital. A magnificent Altar, orna
mented with a crucifix from the Imperial Treasury, has been
let up tor the Holy Father, in the palace defined for him in
the iuburbofthe Court. Cardinal Garampi, the Pope's Nnifc
cio at this Conrt, set out the 6th, to.meet his Hobnefi.
The coach i» which Thus the Vlth travels, is drawn by fix
horses: he has but forty-five in fll for bis retinue. Before he
left Rome,' he made his will. Eight Senators of Venice arc
let out for the frontiers of the Pepubiick, on the fide of Fer
rara, there to receive the Pope 'in the n?me of the Doge and
Senate, and accompany him to-Se opposite frontier.
J,onion, T, r il 2. A letter from on board the Alfred in ;Sir
Samuel Hood's squadron, aftcradefcription ofthe eng,gepwrfs,
fundar to what have appeared, adds, "The Chevalier de
Stuart (ton to the Chevalier St. GeorgejJeads @§,an of the
French fleet, and had the bohluefs to go to windward of the
rear of our fleet, but Captain Cornwallis of the Canada bore
up and. brought his breadline to bear upon the Chevalier, and
forced him to retreat,"
It tlie letters from France are to be credited, the large body
of troops now moving from the interior parts of the kingdom
towards Brittany, are not for the phrpofe of encamping, but
are deigned to embark for America to secure the Province
of Virginia.
A letter from Antwerp, by the Flanders mail Jvs the fol
lowing article: The four gentlemen who went to Vienna to
prefect a petition to the Emperor to make this a fre^ port
are returned with the following answer: That he was defirbus
of doing every thing that would be of benefit to his fubjedts,
but he could not conceive that it would be of that importance
which they bad set forth, and therefore must t^ks further
time to consider of it. However, thus far Ite fibri that if
the Dutch did rot before June enTer into a negotiation for a
peace with Great-Britain, he would then 'declare it afree port.
A letter from Bourdeaux fays, that Mons. de Stail'da,
Secretary to 'ne Comte de Rochambean, is arrived with dis
patches from America, and fit out immediate;, for Paris.
By him they learn, that the Congress have greatly difcbh-rd
the Comte by not affording fupphes to his trowp.: pn vouch
account he has given the latterleave to plunder therinh,bi
tants, which has spread a cbnfbfon amongß the Americans,
and is the principal cause of their being desirous of a lecon
ciliaf-m with their Mother Country.
A private letter from the Hague has the following article:
“ We are in great hopes that a peace will soon be brought
about with Great-Britain', through the mediation of the
Courts of Pcterfburuh and Vienna. -Many people here will
to lee Sir Joseph Yorke in the fame charaßer he was in
before, he being much respected by every one."
The Maker of the Ordnance fays, thgt he does not doubt
but he shall be able to save to this country, in his department'
only, 400,0001. per annum ; !!' 1
It is laid, that the place of Lord-Lieutenant of the Ord- I
nance is to be abolished, his Grace the Maker of the Ord-|
nance thinking that Officer finnecefarv.
NEWCOMEN &'COLtET,
Are removed from N 0.% &&$ Ady, to No. so Brefyffi
t~vc doors from Gad,den's Alley,
Where they have Opened
A frefh assortment of DRY GOODS,
Which they will fed on verv reakmahle terms for Cafli.
JUSI I M F O RTED front Liverpool,
I, the ship fEXNr, Opt. Ware,
The following ART ICL ES,
MESS Beef in barrels and tierces
Mck Pork in ditto ditto
New Role Butter in firkins
Flour, Pork and Mutton Hams
Chcfhirc Cheese
I'ort and Calcavella Wine
An AfTortment of Jewellery,
To be fY,d by the Quantity, on the most reasonable Terms for
Cassi, or good Bills of Exchange on board of laid Ship.
To be Let, and may be Entered upon the z%d mf^nt
The HUU SE, No. 8 9 , King-street,
With the fine large Garden adjoining. -Apply to'
II^UdMAMI I ^UdMAM SMITH, r„ Bav.
P 0 WEL L, HOPTO ^~&cjk
HACB FOR SALE,
SUPERFINE Philadelphia FI,OUR,
Mufcovado'SUGAß in tierces and barrels
Madeira WINE in pipes and half pipes. fl
Wanted to purchase,
A SMALL Gang of FIELD NEGROES, not exceeding
L 1 Twenty. Enquire of the Printers.
To be Let, and may be Entered on im mediately '
A convenient Horde in King-street
Capable of accommodating a large family.'
The House, No. 66, Church-street.
Apply to William Horton, or JOHN HOPTON.
The BARRACK OFFICE is removed
to No. 4, on the Bay.'
Charlestown; igth MayJl^2.
r pHE BOARD of POLICE, upon enquiry, find] th^aver
' 1 age priqc of FLOUR, of the firft quality, t@be^wexty
eightJhillings sterling per hundred weight, and dityl,^ agree
able to their regulations of-the2ift March last, thmhe LOAF
of two pounds weight shall be fold for eight-pence, and the
I'UUND LOAF for ,@:-p£taiJLcrling.. ...
By order of ttyß^rd,
WINSTA NFLY, Clerk.'
IJUBLICK Notice has been gBRn, that Saturday, the 25U1
J inflanc, was appointed for the dikribution of thc.nfiprocceds
of prizes, captured at Ecaufort id-N^rth-Cfrelma, by the Letters of
Marque, Peacock, Retaliation and Rose; but I am informed, since
inferring th 1 fame, that m direct end flagrant violation of reorders,
excessive enormities and depredations were committed Upon the pro
pectin of indivi w^n And I hereby therefore fhall,.^nd do, fidpend
and 'delay she fa^ dikrihuribn, until the Arleen scrutiny is made, 'to
wards the dete&ion of those guilty of fitch offences: but for the more
speedy apdeke&ual recovery of the property so unjuffifyabJypurloin
ed, I 'do offer to whatever person; that.fhall difeover, and deliver up
to me, any part of the fame; atthFrate G ten per emt.'(or ope tenft
of the whole) according to the sale or Oppraifenieut of the articles so r&
claimed : Aml Ldu herebydeclarefaiy Ij+mintenuonta repfefent asob
jeTsof most exemplary punishment, whoever shall 1k found fccludhg,
detaining, or knowing to be detained, any part of the 1@ property:
The proceeds of goods, so refc^d,. (that are by ,myrim4ru&iea, ex
empted from typtf e ai ! e gM capture) fall be retained by me, as well
as the-fyees, of delinquents, /which foall be forfeited, and purcfcrve&
ly appropriated, as 4g indemnity and compensation to the undefined
fukkrers at Beaufort.
May 7th, 1782.
Such I erfons as are wiP.ng to supply this Garrison with
F U E L,
For the Ufo of His Maiedy's Tr%&,
OHALL receive suitable Encouragement, by applying at this
°'* ce t a "d ready Money will be paid upon delivery of
the WOOD at convenient Wharves.-
BARRACK-OFFICE,
22d MAY, 1782.
P erfoi : s as f^ willing to contra& for the freight of
lUTL to this garrison, for the life of his Majesty's troops, will
plejfe fend tneir proporids, in writing, sealed, to this office.
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CUARLESTOWX, April If, 1782.
Board of Police have thought proper to dired the
,r ° f th - Markets to put in force the Ads entitled,
,n '° r a s 1 Market ; ' ard tor the encouragement of those
who fnad exert themselves in bringing fifh to market, the following
BOUNINS will be given 1
,!'?'.'" decked boat that fnall oring to market the greatest quantity
of nlh in the course of one month, 7m Pound? kerfing
I o the decked boat that shall bring the lecond createft quantity, 3
bounty of Seven Pounds. °
so the decided boat which ihail bring the third greatest quantity,
a bounty of Five Pounds. 1
rt? “ri °'°" '°" "'"^ ' na " bring the greatest quantity, a bounty
of F:ve Pounds.
To the open boat which shall bring the second greatest quantity,
a bounty of Three Pounds. °
And to the open boat which fiiall bring the third greatest quantity,
a bounty of %ro Pounds, ° '
1 he above bounties to be paid to those wlio may become entitled
thereto, upon their producing a certificate to the Board of Pt-lice,
from one or more of the Commissioners of the Market, fpecifying
their having merited it.
The above bounties to commence from Monday the Bth infant.
By Order of the Board,
W. SIMPSON, Clerk.
0 BE LE~T, '
A SMALL COMMODIOUS HOUSE, No. 64, Tradd
kreet. Apply to ALEXANDER WRIGHT, t
,WAN T E,D,'
A SMALL easy rented HOUSE in Broad-street, between
L I King-itreet and the Exchange. For further particulars enquirel
of the Printers.u
Charter Parties, Securities, Petitions,
Memorials, &c. &c.
Done at Campbell's Notary Publick Office, No. 3 8j, Bay. U 1
To exonerate myfelf in the eleareft manner from the most remote
imputation, forany excesses committed, which I very sincerely lament,
I annex an extras of 'federal of my inftra&ions, to Mr. Duncau
M'Lean end Captain Tfaac Stewart, commanding the expedition ;
which I mernt to be f riaiy^nd unequivocally obeyed';as 1 declared
the flan was primarily undertaken, and intended by me to be pro
secuted, upon the mofh liberal prinriplc of ho kite 'retaliation; as &
Briri^ ffthk-% and art individual, wbofe commercial losses have been
such that frame one capital harbour, in any of the Colonies, but
has contained a capture from my Uousk.
The following INSTITUTIONS to Mr. Duncan M%A^
Mefterml the ' Peacock, muff lie implicitly, and most ftri&ly obeyed.
" No officer, fcamzu, or m-iri^is in any cafewhatfoerer,
and be tee provocation ever 16 great, to insult a prisoner.
" No cne3<, on forfeiture of prize-money, and confinement
during the crdlie, to eptri- n dwelhhg-honfe, in -my part of the eric?
my's c-:*tty-, Without the leave of the Commanding Officer.
“ That the &mnft fefJeft muftbe shewn to prisoners of
any condition : and Udireakhat' they mess with the officers.
“ That whoever insults; maltreats, or behaves in any fnape
wharfoever, ftnbeconfyy, to women or children, flull forfeit pL,
money and be confined. '
" That any one, who shall in any shape injure, or embezzle
profr/ty by whoever owned, yd/bour orders from the Commanding
°' r ^ ,°G' filß@ the lame-forfeiture and ' punishment as above,
',', ','l" "'-4'''^ '° ^dullerflood, that wearing-apparel
pn< hou^yc-jurmture, 0! c-veryk-nA (except looms and maiwfaxkur
ing -ULcn^.-s- which arc.4;a ^c. deftroycd) are not upon any pretence
whatsoever, to tr t-te ,vA%.frf CT^ie inhabitants: And wherever
they me pofiefLu rfc^^o—yhich cannot be ufeful in profecuring
ire v,<w fucaaff to jfycncrea;. hue this is not understood to extend
to goods in foops, or Tarehocfe§ fop sale."
„ JOHN CRUDEN.
Ccerlfra 7; 2,b Mr,, T 782.
POLICE-OFFICE, 20th May, 17%.
TO PEREAS Damrl Can^r; Robert Patton, Samuel Ab^-
VV co^CT Davidite-, Keeffe ITKenwe, Nathan Child,
fames Spfh, Mm^fei, Cabbell, and Brian % e , who were
drawn and dmy fatrrrrtmed to serve as Jurors for May terra
1782, made default, arid were doted for non attendance.
Notice is therefore hereby given, that unless good and fuffi^
ent cxcufe is made, upon oath, for such default, and lodged
in bis office on or before Monday then2th day of August next,
they will be federally fined in the film of Five Pounds sterling.
By the, Board,.
THOMAS WINSTANLEY, Clerk.
BAR RACK OFFIC E,