The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1778-11-18 00:00:00, page 2

THE Duke of Manchester in the House of Lords
cautioned Adminiftratiou to be attentive to the
great preparations now making on the coasts of
France, of which they received intelligence not to be
doubted. It is certain that at Dunkirk, Calais, St.
Omer's, and Bouligne, are at present assembled an
army of 40,000 men; that the officers who are to
command, are at their posts ; that transports are col
le&ed at Dunkirk, and are ready for sea: that an
invasion is meditated on different parts of England,
the fleet from Brest prepared to support it; that Spain
was to give her assistance, as soon as her flota had got
home. These fads are laid before the public, in or
der to awaken them, if possible, from that state of
supineness, that has permitted a bad Administration
to bring so many evils on the country. The Ministry
has loft America ; a continuance of their administra
tion must lose Great-Britain. The King still places
his confidence in them, and by them will be undone.
But the voice of the nation ihould loudly tell him
he has no right to undo his people.
Jul, 3. On Friday several deserters from the militia
corps were, pursuant to sentence of the Court-Mar
tial, flogged in the face of the camp on Coxheath.
The following are said to be the particulars of a
negociation with Lord Chatham, a short time before
his death, but it is generally believed to be cooked
up since:
" Sir J. W. an avowed friend of Lord Bute, was
employed to found the disposition of Lord Chatham
to accept a post in Administration. After some in
direct efforts, Sir J addressed the following card
to his Lordship :
" Sir J. W. presents refpe&s to the Earl of Chat
ham; he is authorized to assure his Lordship, that
his noble patron (Lord Bute) has not the least ob
jedtion to accept a responsible post, if Lord Chatham
would consent to join him in office."
To this Lord Chatham returned the following an
swer :—
LABOUR in VAIN: Or, the Inefficacy of
Truth. Occasioned by reading the following <words
in the K —g's answer to the London Petition, viz.
" I can never be persuaded."
TRUE Britons give o'er,
1 Petition no more,
With falfhood no more be upbraided ;
You'll ne'er find relief,
While the King's unbelief,
Still answers, " I can't be persuaded."
Fox, Richmond, and Burke,
In vain do you work,
For how can that man be dissuaded
From any thing wrong,
By your speeches so long,
Who tells you, he " can't be persuaded."
How blind must he be
Who refufeth to fee,
Whose prowess is justly degraded ;
Because in the spite
Of the clearest of light,
He can't, that is, won't be persuaded.
" Lord Chatham presents his compliments to Sir
J. W. he is requested to inform his noble patron,
that the man who hath endeavoured to save, will never
art in concert with him who hath endeavoured to
ruin his country."
fuly 6. Several General Officers on the service in
America, have applied for leave to return to Eng
land, but have been refufed till the end of the pre
sent year.
The conduct of the Ministry in their orders re
fpeding Admiral Keppel's fleet, appears very myf
teribus. The Admiral writes home in his difpatchcs,
that he had let a number of French merchantmen
pass through his fleet, not thinking it proper to in
terrupt their commerce ; soon after he leaves his fta
tion,' and the Fox immediately takes two French
merchantmen, and brings them into Portsmouth.
July 7. The army is now arrived at New-York from
Philadelphia. Some little time ago they arrived at
Philadelphia from New-York. How finely, fays a
correspondent, are the charges funk! From Phila
delphia to New-York — to Long-Island— to Mud-
Ifland —fromadion to eeling—from eeling to action !
Our American possessions are not equal to the space
between Smithfield and Highgate. Omne quod exit
in.— Hum.
It is remarkable, that the hostilities with France
commenced just that day three years on which the
firft battle of importance happened in America. The
battle of Bunker's Hill was fought on the 17th of
June, 1775, and the hostilities with France com
menced on the 17th of June, 1778.
Letters from Paris positively affirm, that Spain is
at length disposed to unite her land and naval forces
with France A letter which the King of France
wrote to his Catholic Majesty, is said to have deter
mined the latter not to delay any longer in making
one common cause against Britain in favour of Ame
rica. It was under this affurauce that the Brelt fleet
With tyrants of old
Let his name be enroll'd,
He answers exactly as they did;
Till the tott'ring crown,
From his head tumbles down,
He'll tell you, he " can't be persuaded."
From the London Evening Post.
LONDO N, June 9.
was permitted to fail ; and it is further remarked,
that the Marquis d'Almondavar, who is there with
all his family, is in no hurry to set off for England,
to which he was appointed Ambassador from the
Court of Madrid. —The courier who brought the a
bove intelligence, has announced also the arrival of
the grand fleet from Mexico, only one vessel having
been detained on the voyage by a trifling accident.
Aug. '2O. They write from Versailles, that his Most
Christian Majesty had promoted two of the Captains
of the Brest fleet that behaved so gallantly in the en
gagement with the English squadron, to the rank of
Chief d'Efcadre ; and that a sum of money was also
ordered to be distributed among the wounded seamen.
Copy of a letter %om the French King to Count Orvil
liers, gated Versailles, August 1.
" I have received, Sir, with the greatest joy, the
news of the combat which you have sustained against
the English fleet; and am exceedingly pleased to
find that by your prudent conduct, and excellent
manoeuvres, you havejuftified the choice I have made
of your naval abilities. I delire you will let the of
ficers and all your seamen in general know, that their
gallant behaviour has met with my full approbation.
I sincerely feel for the wound of Mr. Duchaffault,
but I hope that it will have no dangerous consequence,
and that he will soon be able to prosecute his good
services. I have given ftrirt orders that every proper
care should be taken of the wounded; and I desire
you to assure the widows, as well as the relations of
the deceased, that I am extremely grieved for their
loss.
" Mr. de Sartine fliall impart you my further or
ders, and I have every reason to believe they will be
executed with success."
(Signed) L O U I S.
It is said that the last dispatches from Madrid be
gin to open the eyes of the Ministry a little; they
now begin to fee they have been duped ; and except
they make certain concessions, which are said to be
very derogatory to the honour of England, they will
have another ally of America to combat with.
Orders are sent to Woolwich, Warren and the
Tower, for no person whatever to be admitted to
fee the preparations going on at those places; and
the like inftrurtions are sent to the Commissioners
of all the dock-yards by order of the Admiralty.
On Tuesday an express arrived from Ireland, with
an account that a French homeward bound Eaft-In
diaman, very deeply laden, is taken by one of his
Majesty's frigates, and carried into the cove of Cork.
Aug. 22. It is at length fettled in Council, to de
clare war in a few days.
Yesterday morning, some merchants in the city,
came to a resolution to petition his Majesty to make
peace with America.
The demand of the execution of the family com
pact, was made by France on the „th of lAft month,
in consequence of which, they expect twelve Spanish
ships to join their fleet.
It is reported that there has been a desperate en
gagement between the Emperor and the King of
Prussia ; the latter is said to have had the advantage,
but that he had been wounded, and had two horses
killed under him.
Yesterday, at noon, an express was received, that
the French fleet, under the command of the Count
d'Orvilliers, was at the dispatching thereof, upwards
of forty leagues out at sea.
Extrart of a letter from Cape Francois, Sep. 12.
" I have the pleasure to acquaint you of two Eng
lish frigates having been brought into this place since
I arrived. They were taken with their two tenders
by two French frigates of equal force. The English
frigates are the Active and Minerva of 32 guns each.
The tenders are schooners; one of twelve 4 pound
ers, and the other of sixteen swivels."
Extract of a letter from Paris, April 10.
“ Mr. Adams, the celebrated Member of Congress,
is just arrived here. He fat out from the neighbour
hood of Boston the 17th of February. The frigate
that brought him took on her passage, in the latitude
of the Azores, a large vessel called the Marths, bound
from London to New-York, laden with dry goods.
This prize, which was insured for 70,000!. sterling,
was sent to Boston. According to the accounts re
ceived by this opportunity, the Congress arc deter
mined that not a man of General Burgoyne's army
fliall go off, until the King of England shall have ra
tified his capitulation. The molt perfect union and
agreement fubfif tin Congress ; and that body is de
termined to art with the greatest vigour."
April 24. Mr. Adams, who lately arrived at Paris
from America, with his son, at firft took lodging at
the Hotel de Valois, in Richelieu-street, but as se
veral English people lodged there, he chose to live
at Pastry, in the fame house with Mr. Rey de Chau
mont near to Dr. Franklin. Mr. Adams gives aflurance
that before his departure from America, the General
Congress had resolved, “ Not to listen to any pro
position of peace, from the part of Great-Britain,
without the participation of the House of Bourbon."
Nov. 2. We have good information, that on the
morning that Count D'Eftaing repaffed the Britilh bat
teries on Rhode-iflard, to meet Lord Howe, the latter
was holding a council of war ; and upon being told that
the French fleet were coming to fail, he immediately
gave orders to his ships to cut or flip their cables, and
stand out to sea. This account came from one who
was then a prisoner on board one of the British ships,
BOSTO N, Ortober 29.
HARTFORD, Nov. 3.
We hear that General Washington, upon applica
tion to General Clinton, being refufed the privilege
of transporting provisions by water for the use of the
troops of the Convention, has ordered General Heath
to march them from their present quarters into the
back parts of Virginia.
General Gates left this place yesterday for Boston,
in order to take the command in the Eastern depart
ment.
Last Friday an entertainment was given by his Ex
cellency Governor Trumbull to Major-General Gates,
the Brigadiers-General, together with the field-offi
cers of the Continental army that were in town. At
twelve o'clock a company of the train of artillery pa
raded before the state-house, and by the exartnefs of
their discipline rendered themselves refpertable to
the numerous fpertators. Dinner being served at
three o'clock, was succeeded by a difeharge of
thirteen cannon, in honour to the United States of
America, when thirteen patriotic toasts were drank.
POUGHKEEPSIE, November 9.
An account is just arrived from Rhode-Ifland, that
the enemy there have withdrawn all their heavy can
non from the North end of the island, and had em
barked them—this however, comes by deserters, and
wants confirmation—if true, it is decisive of a gene
ral evacuation of these States. It is said that the
merchants in New-York are packing up — but this
too is deserters news.
We have advice from several quarters, that the
enemy have destroyed all their works upon, and en
tirely evacuated Staten-Island, except the Watering
place.
We hear likewise, that for some time past, Sir
Henry Clinton had ftrirtly forbidden all converfatiou
upon political matters—and that for fix days past,
all intercourse between the country and the city of
New-York has been flopped, and no flags permitted
to go in or out.
For some weeks past, we are advised, all the sol
diery have drawn their provision from on board the
ships. The hospital however was dill in the city of
New-York, when we last heard from it.
PHILADELPHIA, November 10.
Letter from Major Talbot to Major-General Sullivan.
Stoningtown, October 29, 1778.
Dear General,
THE Sunday that I failed from Providence with
the troops you put under my command, I got no
further than the Rockey Island for want of wind.
The next day I got through Bristol ferry to Mount
Hope. Wednesday at ten o'clock at night made fail,
run down through Howland's ferry, in order to at
tack the schooner Pigot.—when I came to Fogland
ferry, I hauled down all my fails, and let her drift
through the ferry under her bare poles, for fear of the
fort on Rhode-Ifland firing upon us, and giving the
alarm to the schooner I intended to attack; it had
the desired effert, I failed through undifeovered, at
half past one A. M. got fight of the schooner Pigot,
but a small distance from her was hailed by her, and
fired upon by her marines from the quarter-deck,
but referred our fire till we had run our jibb-boom
through her fore shrouds, then threw in such a vol
ley of musketry loaded with bullets and buck Ihor,
and some cannon, that the seamen that were on deck
immediately run below begging for quarters, and
them that were below never made their appearance
upon deck —the consequence of which was, my men
run out upon our jibb-boom and boarded her with
out the loss of a man —we came to fail with her and
run into this harbour, where my men are all landed,
and on their march to Providence in good health.
The Pigot mounted eight twelve pounders*, had
forty-five men on board, their nettings were eight
feet higher than our gunnel. The Captain of the
Pigot behaved with the greatest resolution, and de
fended the sides of his vessel in his Ihirt and drawers
* General Sullivan fays foe also mounts an eighteen
or twenty-four pounder in the prow.
PROVIDENCE, Ort. 31.
A small sloop, mounting two carriage guns, was last
weel< fitted here by a number of gentlemen, for the
purpose of boarding and capturing a large galley that
had been stationed in the Seconet passage, near Rhode
ifland. Ihe sloop accordingly failed a few days since,
having about 8c brave volunteers on board, belong
ing to Glover's brigade, Col. Cary's state regiment,
and the guard-ship in the river. The command was
given to Major Talbot, a brave and enterprizing of
ficer, who 011 Wednesday evening conducted her along
fide the galley, which he immediately boarded ; some
firing of mufquetry ensued, but the was soon carried,
and was next morning seen fleering for the Welter;
found, in company with a sloop. The prize mounts
8 twelve pounders, besides a heavy bow-gun, and
was well manned.
and who wag eye-witness of the furprize and confufiox
in which they fled.
Nov. 5. A gentleman who came out of New-York:
about ten days since, informs, that the second divi
sion of the enemy's fleet, confining of about fifty fail
of men of war and transports, with troops on board
had failed from that port before he came away, their
destination unknown, and that a third was making up.