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tuents has been publiihed in the papers, explaining
his reasons for resigning all his military employments.
It contains his correspondence with the Secretaries of
State, relative to his return to America.
The following amendment was proposed to an ad
dress from the Parliament of Ireland to his Majesty,
and was carried in the House of Commons, and House
of Lords there: " We pray your Majesty to be per
suaded, that in the present situation of affairs, no tem
porizing expcdients'will allure this nation to its de
ftruCtion, and that the only means of faring it, is to
extend to its ports a free and unreftriCted commerce."
It passed the Council also unanimously. Mr. Henry
Flood is gone over with this address to England, and
it is not doubted, but that Ireland will have a free
and unlimited trade, and will rear its head among the
tnoft powerful nations of Europe. The foundation
killed and 20 wounded, and another frigate coming
upon my larboard quarter. In that situation Haw it
was in vain to contend any longer, with any profped
of success, against such superior force ; I struck to
the Pallas, a French frigate of 32 guns and 275 men,
but in the service of the Congress. I likewise beg
leave to acquaint you, that my officers and Ship's
company behaved remarkably well the time they were
engaged. I am with great refped, your molt
obedient humble servant,
T. PIERCY.
BRES T, September 28.
Extra# of a letter from Cleves, Oct. 9.
((THE merchants of Amsterdam made an imme
-1 diate application to the States General for con
voys to protect the trade of the Republic. Eight or
nine of the principal cities have determined that Am
sterdam ihould equip Blips for protecting itsown trade
independent of any protection the city may receive
from the Confederated States. The traders of Ley
den who have a considerable traffic, have resolved to
quit Leyden and eftablilh themlelves at Amsterdam,
unless the States General Ihall furnilh convoys for
their trade. As to any fucccurs which Great-Britain
is now demanding from this Republic, whatever the
part.zans of England may pretend, we are fully au
thorized to declare they will receive none."
Hague, Nov. 25. Letters from Amsterdam bring
an account that Paul Jones, in consequence of the
injunctions of the states General to fail with the firft
fair wind, is actually failed, but that the famous Capt.
Cunuyngham, who eicaped out of the prdon in Eng
land, and was to have gone with Jones, has altered
his intention and is gone to Paris.
accoutrements, to form a double line along the street,
through which the Members of Parliament pass from
the House of Commons to the palace of His Excel
lency the Lord Lieutenant, to present the address for
a free trade." The volunteers, that is to fay, all the
male inhabitants of Dublin, attended accordingly,
and performed the military honors to the members
of the glorious address.
State of Parties in England.
King's Party. Bute, Mansfield, Talbot, Nugent,
Marchmont, Jenkinfon, Ellis, Stanly, M'Kenzie, &c.
Bedford Party. Gower, Thurloe, Sandwich, Wey
mouth, Rigby, Carlisle, &c.
Ministerial Party. North, Germain, Rochford,
Wedderburne, Dartmouth, Cornwall, Butler.
Ministerial Followers. Johnson, Eden, D'Orfey,
Frazier, Strachay, Chamier, Knox, Lifburne, Powell.
The principal parties of the opposition are the
Rockinghamites and the Shelburnites.
of this was laid, when we heard of the voluntary
armed affociati >ns formed to military exercise and dis
cipline. These alfociations saved Ireland. The Houle
of Commons who were encouraged under their pro
tection to attume the language of an independent na
tion, have passed a vote of thanks to them, which has
been formally lignified to them. The Duke of Lein
fter and Lord Shannon appeared at their head ; and
the Duke distributed through the city the following
hand-bill : " His Grace, the Duke of Leinfter, begs
you to appear to-morrow, at half after 12 o'clock
precisely, to appear at Leinfter House with all your
ing to consult his Englilh Parliament, that of Ireland
will adjourn itfelf from week to week, and will not
enter on any business, or make any grants till they
receive a decisive answer.
The Duke of Leinfter affcmbled them on the 22d,
and entered into and ligned the following association:
" We fledge ourselves one to another, on our honor,
to regiment ourselves for the defence of the city of
Dublin, against ail internal as well as external ene
mies, and to obey rigidly, all orders we ihall receive
from such officers as may be chosen by us."
An addrtfs from. General Burgoyne to his confti-
The volunteers actually embodied, amount to
40,000 men, and form a national army, independent
of Great Britain.
Count de Welderen,, the Ambassador irom Holland,
is making thole preparations which usually precede
the departure of foreign Mmifters. It is also laid,
Sir Joseph Yorke, the British Minister at the Hague,
is taking the fame measures. But these reports make
left impression than they did, as the Court of Lon
don has lowered its tone of haughtiness, with which
it demanded the delivery ot the vessels which Paul
Jones had carried into the Texel.
OCt. 30. It is said, that if the King hesitates to de
termine immediately on the demands of the Irish,
and gives only vague and conditional answers, wait-
L O N D O N, October 19.
Extract of a tetter from Dublin, dated Nov. 15, 1779.
" The expectation of a free trade, or rather the fear
of being deceived in this expectation, has put every
one into an agitation of which it would be difficult
for you to form an idea : To oblige England to grant
us this freedom of trade, the measure most agreeable
to the people, to limit the duration of the money bill
to fix months, in the room of voting it for two years,
as was the custom : some of the most judicious per
fon> and those molt attached to the country, appear
to disapprove this measure, which they look upon as
a too precipitate declaration of war, and think that
before taking this extreme, they ought to have wait
ed until England had refuted ; but these very persons
are obliged to concur with them, asit's the only means
to create an unanimity in the breads of the opposition
itfelf: and the popular cry is so universal in this re
fpeCt, that there is 110 town or county, but what have
given inftruCtions to their representatives to vote for
this measure. This morning the people, not liking
to wait for the decision of Parliament, took upon
themselves to decide the affair, thegefult of their firft
deliberations was that the surest means to succeed in
their intentions, and to obtain an unlimited freedom
of trade, was to destroy the enemies of Ireland : In
consequence of which, the Right Honourable John
Scot, Attorney-General, Sir Henry Cavendish, and
M. Monk Mason, were marked out as the proper vic
tims to appease their rage. About noon a prodigious
multitude went to the house of the Attorney-General,
with an intention to deftioy it ; but some of the heads
of the Patriotic party found means to flip in amongst
the croud, and to engage the allailants to give over
the enterprize, after having broke the windows which
were on a level with the ground, and doing some da
mage to the firft story; The associates went from
thence to the palace where the Courts were fitting,
and sent in some of their body to look for Mr. Scot :
these entered with force ; but the object of their fcarch
had escaped from them, as likewise §>ir Henry Caven
dilh, who they appeared particularly to want; the
populace thus deceived in their expectations, sur
rounded the Parliament House, and made all the mem
bers that appeared take an oath to be faithful to Ire
land, and to vote for a money-bill of fhert duration.
In the midst of this the Lord Mayor called for the as
sistance of the company of volunteer Lawyers, repre
senting to them, that their influence upon the fpifits
of the people was alone fufficient to retrain them.*
The Lawyers affcmbled in consequence thereof^ and
marched without arms towards the feat of disorder.
Mr. Yelverton, Member of the House of Commons,
and of that corps, addrefied the people in an excel
lent speech, which made great impression on them;
then the Lawyers scattered themfelvcs, drawing after
them different kinds of people, whom they had the
audrefs to lead off through different streets, the croud
infcnfibly disappeared. A strong guard is placed at
the Attorney-General's door. I believe they have
done the fame thing for the other Members.
" Ten o'clock at night.—l learn that the number
of inhabitants that were assembled round the Parlia
ment House and in the neighbouring streets, exceed
ed eight thousand: They were workmen mostly arm
ed, who continually cried out, a money-bill of short
duration —a free trade-let just ice be done to Ireland."
Dublin, Nov. 6. Last Thursday the REVIEW of
our constitutional forces, or volunteers, on the Col
lege Green, caused a pleasure before unknown in this
country. A body of 1000 citizens, of various profef
lions, ranks and fortune, appeared in arms perfectly
disciplined. They formed an hollow square round the
statue, while the light-horse paraded on the flanks.
(The statue is that of King William.) At the head
of the battalion were two pieces of cannon, bearing
this label, " A free trade, or I . The statue
was newly painted and decorated with orange colour-
* The Lord Major firft appeared with a body of
troops, but finding that the people jirmly waited for him,
he had the prudence to fend the troops back, as their
appearance only irritated the people, and made them
carry things to greater excess.
It is said, that immediately after the accounts from
the Weft-Indies, a Council was held, in which, for
the firft time, the great question, so often agitated in
Parliament, was considered, viz. Is it expedient to
withdraw from America those troops which are do
ing nothing, and employ them in the islands where
they may be ufeful? Lord Amherst, it is said, de
clared this measure to be indispensable, if we wished
to retain any thing in the Weft-Indies, but the Bed
ford party rejected it as pusillanimous, and carried
their opinion as ulual.
Nov. 11. The Jason, Sloper, from Cowes to New-
York, is taken by an American privateer of 16 guns.
The Earl of Carlifle is appointed firft Lord Commif
lioner of Trade and Plantations. The States Gene
ral intend to have 30 Ihips of the line ready for sea by
April next, and to augment their land forces. The
Bth instant, the Who's-afraid privateer carried a large
St. Domingo man into Liverpool. The Felucca,
from Cape Francois, is carried into Fa)mouth.
Nov. 13. The Earl of Hilifborough is appointed
Secretary of State for the northern department, in the
room of Lord Weymouth, who retires on a pension
of 30001. a year. The King of Spain has forbid any
Ruffian men of war to enter any of his ports in the
Mediterranean on any account. Four British regi
ments, 6 of Hanoverians, and 4 Anfpachers, will be
sent to America in the spring, and will amount to
io,oco men.
Saturday last the Swift Packet, Capt. Nicholls, arriv
ed here, with the October, November, and December
Mails, from Falmouth, in 55 days, by whom we
have Ihe following Advices, viz.
The humble ADDRESS of the Right Honorable the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliament as
sembled. Die Jovis, 25° Novembris, L 779.
" Mofl Gracious Sovereign,
gg YT7E, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal sub-
VV jeCts the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in
Parliament assembled, beg leave to return your Ma
jesty our humble thanks for your most gracious Speech
from the Throne.
" The just sense we have of the blessings we enjoy
under your Majesty's go~ rnment, and the indignati
on we feel at the unprovoked and unwarrantable ag
gression of our enemies, who feck to deprive us of
those blessings, and threaten your Majesty's kingdoms
with invasion, will continue to arimate our resoluti
ons, and redouble our efforts in the national defence.
We trust that those efforts, seconded by the zeal of a
faithful and loyal people, will, under the providence
of God, be fully fufficient to repel every attack, to
fruftrate the hopes, and defeat the designs of any con
federacy that may be formed against your Majesty's
crown and dominions.
" In such a crisis, the approach of danger can serve
only to call forth that national spirit which always
rises with the occasion that demands it, but never dis
played itfelf in a more important conjuncture, tho'
it has so often protested the liberties of these kingdoms
and of Europe in general, and has enabled the British
fleets and armies to withstand, and defeat the designs
of that restless and aspiring ambition, which has so
frequently disturbed the peace, and invaded the rights
of mankind.
" We are deeply sensible of your Majesty's paternal
goodness, which docs not confine itfelf to one part of
your dominions, but is anxious for the prosperity of
the whole, and, in the midst of your care and solici
tude for the fafety and welfare of this country, has
led your attention to the date of your loyal and faithty
ful kingdom of Ireland. Guided by the fame fenti-'
ments which promoted the humble address we pre
sented to your Majesty the last session, we will con
tinue our attention to those important objects your
Majesty's wisdom recommends, and after deliberate
ly weighing the whole, will confider what further
benefits may be extended to that kingdom, by such
regulations, and such methods, as may molt effectu
ally promote the common strength, wealth, and in
terests of all your Majesty's dominions.
" Your Majesty's approbation of the good conduct
and discipline of the militia, and of their steady per
severance in their duty, and the fatisfaftion your Ma
jesty expresses in the conduct of your loyal fubjeCts of
all ranks, who have flood forth in this arduous con
juncture, muE redouble that zeal, extend that influ
ence, and increase those personal exertions, which
have given confidence, as well as strength, to the na
tional defence.
ed ribbands. (On this day the Prince of Orange had
landed at Torbay.) On each of the four faces of the
pedestal was an infeription, so written that beginning
at the southernmost, and finiftiing at the easternmost,
it read thus : Ireland must be relieved. —70,000 volun
teers read, to die for their country. —A money-bill with
a short period.—The glorious Revolution !
The refpeCt and veneration which this fight impres
sed on the populace were remarkable. At the third
discharge of the musketry, the Duke of Leinfter threw
his hat into the air, crying huzza! The whole croud
were instantly uncovered. Three successive acclama
tions resounding from street to street, filled the whole
city with a ihout of joy, which grew louder and loud
er, as the distance increased. In the evening the who>
city was illuminated, a fight never before exhibited.
All distinctions fublided and universal harmony pre
vailed, and the day closed without a single unfortunate
accident notwithstanding the immense concourse of
people.
While the Irish are thus vigorously prosecuting the
freedom of their trade, the cities in Britain are exert
ing themselves to counteract them, as the following
letter from Paisley will thew : "We are all alarmed at
the proceedings in Ireland. If a free trade is given
them, we Ihall have no sale for our goods, as they will
be able to fell cheaper, which will totally ruin this city.
Britain is brought to the dust ; the is overtaken in the
moment of distress. We have been much iurprized
that the Irish were fuffered to form military companies
and to, discipline themselves. We fhali instruct our
representatives in Parliament, to use all their influence
in opposing the granting a free trade to Ireland ; we
fhali doubtlcfs be followed by all the trading cities in
England.".
By a gentleman from Boston, we learn, that the
fllip Blaze-Castle had taken one of Arbuthnot's trans
ports (a brig) w hich failed from New-York about the
24th Dec. last. She had thirty officers and men on
board, and a number of horses ; they had thrown the
horses all overboard in a storm except one, which
they reserved to eat, being in great want of provisi
ons. The Captain of the Blaze-Cattle took out five
of the officers ; two of them ot the New-Ltvies, and
three British: He gave the brig up to the people on
board, to make the firft port they could. 'Tis said
the whole fleet were scattered ; many of them dif
mafted, and fuffered extreme hardlhips in the storm."
N E W-Y O R K, February 21.
FISH -KI LL, March 1.