The royal gazette — [Charleston] S.C., 1781-05-23 00:00:00, page 2

CADIZ, (Spain) February 6.
WE have received intelligence by express, that a Bri
tish fleet is ready to fail from s he ports of England,
to carry provisions and stores to Gibraltar ; in con
sequence of which, orders have been given to the Spamfh
squadron consisting of 30 fail of the line, two frigates, two
fireships, &c. making in all 36 vessels, to set fail. This fleet
is commanded by the Admirals Cordova and de Gallon, who
. will have three others under them., „-
Paris, (France) February 23, It is now actually decided
that M. le Compte de Graffe will command the fleet, which
will fail shortly from Brest, consisting of 20 ships of the line.
The other five lying in that port, are destined for Rhode-
Island, under the command of M. de Barras, who is appoint
ed in the room of the late M. de Ternay. M. Ie Compte de
Graffe has already taken leave of his Majesty, and as all the
, officers belonging to his squadron who were here have departed
very suddenly, it is presumed that this fleet will put to sea
sooner than was at firft imagined.
LONDO N, March 10.
B ~U D G E T.
The following is an authentic^ Copy of the federal Resolutions
some to by the Committee of quays and means on Wednesday, and
agreed to kv the House next day. x
"THAT, towards raising the supply granted to his Majesty,
the sum of twelve millions be raised by annuities, and the fur
" ther firm of four hundred and eighty thousand pounds by a
Lottery, in manner following ; that is to fay,
'' That every contributor to ,the said 12,000,000 mall, for
tool, contributed and paid, be entitled to the principal sum
of jool. in annuities, after the rate of 31. per cent, and to an
additional principal sum of sol. in like annuities, after the rate
of 31. per cent, and also to a further principal sum of 251. in
annuities, after the rate of 41. per cent, the said fcveral annui,
.ties, after the rate of 3 1. per cent, and 41. per cent, refpedive
'ly, to commence from the sth day of January, 1781.!
" That the sum of a2^oo,pool. to be contributed as afore
faid, together with the additional capital of 501. to every 1001.
advanced and paid, amountingto 6,099,000!. making together
• in the whole 18,000, pool, in annuities, after the rate of 31. per
, cent, be from the lime of their commencement, added, and
made one joint stock with the 31. per cent, annuities confol.
"ty the ads 2c, 28, 29, 32, and 33 George 11. and by fcveral
subsequent acts, and charged upon the finking fund, and fhall'
be payable and transferrable at the bank of England at the
fame time, and in the fame manner, and fubjed ,to the like
redemption by Parliament, as the said 31. per cent, confol.
annuities are payable and transferrable there, and redeemable
by Parliament.
" That the annuity, in refpeft of the said additional sum or
capital of 251. to which every contributor of rool. contributed
as aforefaid, shall be entitled, making together in the whole
3,000,000!. to carry an interest, or annuity, after the rate of
4 1. per cent, shall be paid at the bank of England for one quar
ter of a year, from the sth day cf January, 1781, to the sth
.day of April following, and from .that time shall be added and
made one joint stock with certain annuities, after the rate of
41, per cent, which were confelida^d by an a& of the last fei
fidn of Parliament, and shall also be charged upon the finking
r found, and shall be payable and transferrable at the bank of
England at the fame time, and in the fame manner, and fub
:jed to the like redemption by Parliament, as the said confoli
'dated 4!. per cent, annuities are payable and transferrable there,
and redeemable by Parliament.'
“ That every contributor towards raising the said sum of
m,0c0,0001. shall for every 10001. contributed, be entitled to
Jfour tickets in a lottery, to corifift of 48,0.00 tickets, amount
ing to 489ip001. upon the payment of the further sum of 101.
for each,the said 480,000!. to be distributed into prizes for the
benefit of the 'proprietors, of the fortunate tickets, tin the said
lottery, which shall be paid in money, at the Bank of England,
th fiich-proprietor upon demand, as soon after the firft day of
March, ife, as certificates can be prepared, without any de
dupion whatsoever. •
“ That every contributor shall, on or before the 15th day
of this instant March, make a deposit of 151. per cent, on such
sum as he or dire shall chufe to fubferibe, towards raising the
said sum of i%0c0,0001. with the chief.tafhier or cashiers of the
Governour and Company of the Bank.of England ; and also a
depof+ of I;h per cent. With the said carrier or cashiers, in part
of the'monies to be contributed towards raising the said sum
of 480,0001. by a lottery, as a security for making the future
payments refpe&iyely, on or before the days or times herein
after limited; that is to fay,f
;“ Gn 12,000,0001. to he raised by annuities,
zol. per cent, on or before the 27th of April
101. per cent, on or before the 18th of May.
101. percent, on or before the 14th of June,
101. per cent, on or before the 24th of July.,
15k per cent, on or before the 21st of August.
jol. per cent, on or before rhe 18th of September,
job per cent, on or before the 23d of October.
101. per cent, on or before the 23d of November.
On the lotter y for 480,0001.
&sl. per celt, on or before the nth of May.
4, per ceit. on or before the loth of July.
2©k per cent, on or before the 11th of September,
per cent, on or, before the 9th of October.
"rihat all the monies so to be received by the said chief
Calmer or Cashiers of the Governour and Company of the
bank of England, shall be paid into the receipt of the.Ex
ehety^r, to be applied from time to time to such services as
/half then have been voted by This House in this session of
parliament. , . ,
" That every contributor who shall pay in the whole of his
or her contribution money, towards the sum of 12,000,0001. to
be contributed as aforefaid, at any time before the nd day of
oaober next, or on account of his.or her share in the said lot
tery, on of before the ioth day of September next, shall be al
lowed an interest by way of discount, after the rate of 3!. per
cent, per annum, op the sum so compleating his or her contri
bution reflectively, to be computed from the day of compleaf
ing the fame, to the 23d day of November next, in regard to
the sum to be paid for the said annuities, and to the Bth day
of October next, in refpe& of the sum to be paid on account of
the said lottery ; and that all such persons as shall make their
full payments on the said lottery, shall have their tickets deli
vered to them as soon as they can conveniently be made out.
" That every person who shall keep any office or place for
buying; felling, insuring, registering, disposing, or otherwise
dealing in, any tickets or chances, or parts thereof, or on the
numbers of any tickets in any lottery whatsoever, or shall by
writing or printing, publish the setting-up or using such office
or place, shall firft take outa licence for that purpose.
" That there shall be raised, levied and paid, unto his Md
jefty, his heirs and successors, the fifth of 501. for every such
licence.
“ That the monies, to arise by the said duties', shall be ap
plied towards defraying the expences attending the commission
to be made forth, for managing, directing and drawing such
lottery.'
“ That the sum of 18,986,3001. remaining urfubferibed of
the sum of 2,0,240,000 in 4!. per cent, annuities, made on
joint stock by an act of the second year of his present Majesty's
reign, which ' flood' reduced to three pounds per cent, per
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annum, from the sth of January, i,Bn, be, with the consent
the several proprietors, from the sth day of April, 1781, ad
ded to, and made one joint stock with, certain three pounds,
per cent, annuities, consolidated by the a<%s of the 25th
And 26th years of his late Ma efty, and an a& of the sth year
of his present Majesty; and that the charges and expences,
payable in refpedt of the fame, shall continue to be paid and
payable out of the finking fund, until redemption by Parlia
ment, in the fame manner and at the fame time, as the last
mentioned annuities are paid and payable; and that such
persons, 'who shall not, on or before the the 20th of March,
1781, fignify their diflent in books to be opened at the Bank
for that purpose, shall be deemed and taken to assent thereto."
Advice was received in town on Thuifday night, that the
Conquerant, a French ship of 74 guns, was cast away a few
nights since off the rocks of Scilly, and not a single man out
of 700 has escaped the wreck. Her masts and stern beam,
with the word Conquerant carved upon it, and her head, a
lion rampant, are driven on shore off Penzance.
A gentleman who left Cadiz upon the Bth of February, gives
the following information refpe&ing the fleet of Spain in Ca
diz, under the command of Lieutenant-General Don Lewis
de Cordova. The fleet consists of 32 fail of the line, com
prised of the Cadiz, Ferrol and Carthagena squadrons, viz.
that of Cadiz, 22 fail of the line; of Ferrol, fix; and that of
Carthagena, four, fifty gun ships 7, frigates 11, rebecks 4,
bombs 7, firefhips 4, store ships 6, and tenders 5.
On Wednefda, and yesterday several Dutch vessels, which
have been detained in port in confluence of the commence
ment of hoftilitic's between that nation and Great-Britain, fell
down the river to return to Holland, agreeable to the late
stipulation of both powers, that the ships belonging to both
nations, detained in consequence of the rupture, should not
be deemed prizes, but have liberty to return without inter
ruption.
A charge is brought against Mr. Morris, late Governour of
St. Vincent, for surrendering the inland of St. Vincent's to
the French, at a crisis when a reinforcement was promised
him, and which did actually arrive a few hours after the island
had capitulated.- Mr. Morris, in his defence, urges his not
being a military man, and.directly impeaches the conduct of
the commanding officer, Col. Etherington, who had neglected
to fortify, and aflemble what troops there were on the island
on the mountain that commanded Kingston Bay, and that
of Warrawarou, which Gen. Vaughan mentions the French
had taken care to defend, and which circumstance, alone had
prevented Admiral Rodney and him from attempting it. Mr.
Morris having thus publickly attacked the conduct of Col.
Etherington as an officer, and as being alone the cause of
delivering up the island, the report was laid before his Majesty,
who commanded a board of General Officers to fit as a court
of enquiry into the conduct of Col. Etherington, which board
is now fitting at the Judge-Advocate's apartments, at the
Horse Guards.
Extras, of a Letter from Plymouth, March 3.
4< Arrived his Majesty's frigate Cerberus, with the Grande,
a Spanish frigate, of 32 guns, and 158 men, taken on the 18th
ult. off Cape Finifterre, nfter an engagement of 25 minutes,
in which the Grande had 30 men wounded, and the Cer
berus one."<
A daily paper has the two following paragraphs.—We can
assure the publick from unquestionable authority that the
sudden and great rife of the funds on Saturday, was not
owing to the interference of mediating powers for a general
pacification, but in consequence of a treaty of peace now on
the tapis between the courts of London and Madrid, and
which is likely to be brought to an immediate conclusion.
By a gentleman well known in the political world, and just
arrived from Spain, we learn, that the present war is the most
unpopular the Spaniards were ever engaged in, supported
entirely by the intrigued oW^rance, whose interest is at pre
sent in so rapid a decline, that peace certainly will be restored
in less than fix months./ #
An evening paper of last night, has the following Para
graphs:—.
“ dir JofephYorke holds himfelf in perpetual readmefs to set
off on his iourney to Vienna. If no recent circumstance oc
curs, however, to render his departure previously necessary,
he will wait till the return of the messenger from Peteriburgh.
There is every reason to form .the most flattering presages from
this embassy, which is certainly addressed to a power amicably
disposed to this country, and to be conducted by a person of
the most indisputable ability. The immediate occasion on
which Sir Joseph sets out is this : The court of Vienna, since
the death ofthe late Queen, have felt their natural consequence
in a natural way, and have given the Empress of Russia to un
derstand, thatthey wished to take a joint part with her in the
mediation she proposed between the belligerent powers.—Af
ter various communications upon the fubjedt, it has at last
been adjusted as follows :—That the Courts of Russia and
Vienna shall undertake to enquire into the causes and circum
stances of the war between France, , pain, and England, and
after having formed such a determination as shall appear to
them iuft and reasonable from an impartial investigation of the
business, they will immediately declare against any of the par
ticular powers above mentioned who shall refufe to acquiesce
in their decision, and submit to their decree. One thing,
however, the Emperor has infixed upon in favour of England,
and that is, that America shall be left entirely out of the ques
tion, as a separate power, and that no aft of this confedera
tion shall appear to fan&ion the independence of that country.
Ambassadors are to meet at Vienna from all the Courts con
cerned in this grand andinterefting business, and there is every
reason in the worlu to believe that a general peace will be the
result of it, and a peace too favourable to this country, as we
have every thing to expeß that an established partiality on the
fide of one ofthe arbitrators can possibly effe^. & .
“ Government are exceedingly anxiops jn waiting the arri
val of a messenger from Vienna ; by the last dispatches received
at Lord Stormont's office, from Sir Robert Murray Keith, he
mentions .his expectations of being able to fend away his dis
patches on the 22d of last month. The usual time taken at
" this season of the year for this journey, 1$ from 15 to 18 days;
so that agreeable to.this calculation, an account of this most
interesting negotiation mast arrive by the 12th of this month.
« The roads through Westphalia are so exceedingly bad, as
not to permit any traveller to go more th^n three German
miles a day, about .fifteen of our miles, which circumstance
accounts for the length of time that elapses before we receive
our expresses from Vienna.
Complimentary Cards from Belligerent Powers.
The King of Spain prefects his. compliments to the King of
France, and requests the fulfilling pf that engagement, which
his Most Christian Brother entered into, of delivering up Gib
raltar into his Catholick Majesty's hands. The King of Spain
on his part, has done every thing—he has expended his pow
der, wafted his ball, loft his ships, and disappointed his sub-
j e &6—lt now remains for.the King of France to do what he
promifed,' or the King of Spain will /ecede.
The King of Franee, with profufion of compliments, ac
quaints his brother of Spain, that Gibraltar will surrender as
soon as it is starved into compliance—and this cannot be very
distant, as the quantity of provisions which will be wanting to
vidual the Dutch navy, new building, must of course exhaust
both England and Ireland of their beef and pork, and conse
quently make the strong fortfefs of Gibraltar surrender.
Hunger will eat through stone walls.
Versailles, fan. 12, 1781.
The United States of America, to their good al#, the Kit.
of France, fend the compliments .of the season, and mop
earneftly' requ'eft 1 speedy remittance of money,:cloaths,
a cargo of beef and fork, otherwise the Sons of Liberty at
determined to fececfe.
The King of Francevrifhes to do every thing for' his faiths
allies, The United States, but money is not to be had ft
France, wool cannot .Be got from Ireland, and beef and p^
are provisions unknown in the armies of his Moll Chrifti^
Majesty. Ferfailles, 'fan.l3, 178 ft ' ^ "_.
NEW-Y OR K, April 9 .
ON Saturday another Rebel Mail was brought to this
city, taken last Thursday with Montaigne, the Post
Rider, who was in person brought to town by the
captors. It contained a great number' of letters in the bags
from ;New-England, Rhode-lOlnd, Conneaicut, ^ilh-Kih,
New-Windsor, &c.. The publick may depend on the genu,
indnefs of the following letters. ,^
SIR, Providence, March ir,~i,Bi.
YOUR favour of the 3d ult. reached me a few days ago,
the contents of which give me great uneaiinefs, # as Isa
little or no profpea of removing the evil that tl\reaten us, fa
such is the disposition of the people in all popular governments,
that they are afraid of divesting themselves of any power they
possess; upon this principle they will be loath ' to place^authori
ty in hands from whence they cannot re-call it, although the
fafety of the community depends upon the measure, and thty
are actuated in general more by appearances and prejudice
than a principle of publick good ; uppn this. plan have many
members been continued in Congress, who a&you justly ob
served, are so convinced of their own importanee; that they
think it impossible for any body to know so mitchas they do;
but, as the consideration is now compleated, I am irt'hopes
this difficulty will be.removed, and the places of those old
Dons will be filled with better men at their next election,
who will attend to the good of their country, with less cere
mony.
On Tuesday last General Washington arrived at Newport,
with his suite, and on Thursday evening the french stet, ,
consisting of 8 fail of the line, the Romulus, and 2 frigates,
failed from Newport, with about fifeen hundred land forces,
commanded by the elder General De Omeny, but where
bound for is unknown, though generally supposed for Vir
ginia.
The Assembly met at Little Rest, agreeable to adjournment,
on the last Monday in February, but the business was,inter
rupted by a requisition for 12 hundred militia for one month
to be turned out immediately, which was complied with,
and the Assembly adjourned to the third Monday in M^rch,
and the members hurried home to forward the failing
the militia, who were ordered to be ready on the 4th inftapt;
they are raised accordingly, and are doing duty at fogland
and Bristol Ferries, with about the fame number qf Massachu
setts militia ; the remainder of our militia have orders to hold
themselves in readiness to march at a minute's warning.
There are about two hundred of this State's quota of troops
for 3 years passed muster, and I am in hopes that the remainder
will soon be ready, as those towns who appeared a .little
soured, seem more pliable than they were ; and though their
men have not passed muster, I am informed they have got near
halfthem.. -
The plan of raising a revenue by duties on imported articles,
will be very unpopular among the mercantile interest, not that
they would mean to pppofe any measure that should be thought
beneficial to the country, but this they think would fembarr^ts
trade, and would be as pernicious as a state bill ; for. it.will
most certainly injure the fair trader, unless the ads ^re asap
bitrary as those formerly adopted by Great Britain, for it is
the nature of mankind to think his neighbour fares better than
he does ; from this they will be induced to smuggle, and as
our ports are situated, there is nothing to prevent their run
ning as many goods as they please, and those eddds can cer
tainly be fold at a much lower rate than those that have paidh
duty; this makes me afraid of the consequence of the 5 per
cent, duty, as trade already labours under too many difficult
ties, tho' I imagine the mode will be adopted.
The South-Sea trade is again revived, and has been follow
ed pretty steady; several have been taken up in consequence of
some difeoveries made, but they are all admitted to bail, and
lam afraid their informations will come.to nothing. 1 am,
refpcdfully, Sir, your most obedient servant, .< ;
. Ino. J. Clark.
The Hon. fames MTernum, Esq; 1 '
Delegate for the State of Rhode- 1 '
Ifland,—Philadelphia.
Conneßieut Camp, Highlands,'
21st March, 1781.
Dear Colonel,
AFFAIRS in Camp since you left us, have proceeded in the
fame old routine. Recruits arrive but slowly, and k
am sorry to fay that very few of those which have, are fallen to
our share ; the mode prescribed in general orders has by no
means been adopted—the recruit has been fuffered to chufe hii
regiment to serve in, and that choice has generally been direct
ed by the officer conducting them to Camp; none of Oura
(commiflioned or non-cqmmiffioned) have been employed in
that ferv'ice, for which reason but seven or eight men but of
upwards of an hundred have joined your regiment ; this is the
only reason which I can think probable (in ihort 'tis a damn'd
Connecticut trick !) The Companies from sufquehanna
have arrived, and have been disposed of in the fame manner,,
not a firtgle man has fallen to us; the moment General Parfona
arrives, I am determined to enter a pointed complaint againt
such conduct, and should that measure prove infufficient, shall
desire his leave to wait upon his Excellency, who, in that case,
shall not want proper information. I wish to know your senti
ments as to furnishing the Regiment with leather Caps, if pos
sible, as you well know the difficulty of procuring Mats, but
the former I imagine, might be had from, Conneaicut; T
know of no other chance of procuring a uniformity in that
part of dress. We have no late news from the Eastward, you
have doubtless heard of the embarkation of a confiderabl epart
of the French troops ; that England had declared war with
Holland ; and I wish I could add the profped of Pay for the
Army; it seems our wife Assembly are much nonplused about
that fame thing called Pay; they never ought to have had any
thing to do with that ; or indeed any thing eife that had re
ference to the army. Two Captains have lately joined, Par
sons and Allen; Hopkins I am informed is gone Eastward with
General Howe, if so probably I may differ with, him, as you
are acquainted with the reasons which he urged for his ab
sence ; your party for deserters I am told has met with success,
and that they are on their way to Camp; I have not a word
from H—g-tn, nor know I what he is about.—Weenjoy our
selves here as well as we can ; I am just returned from a ram
ble upon one of our highest hills, where we had made a match
at firing the pistol. I reel fatigued, and wish you a good night
—a much happier one than will fall to the share of
Your friend and humble servant,
John Philips.-
Colonel Samuel B Webb,
North Branch Rariton,
Nevy-ferfc.
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