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feaft, very probable to those who are acquainted with the abi-I
lities of the engineer." , „ ,
The above account is farther confirmed by the following
extract of a letter from Madrid, of the Bth instant.
'' On Friday last a courier arrived at the Pardo from Cadiz,
with the news of the Count de Guichen having fucly entered
the port on the 26th of February, with the following fauadron
under his command.
Le Terrible, 110 guns, Comte de Guichen, Lieut. General;
Contain, Chevalier de St. Riveul.
Le Majeftieux, 110, Comte de Rocheoquart, Lieut. General;
Captain, Chevalier de Eritreca Teaux.
Le Royal Louis, iro, Chevalier de Beaaffet, Commodore ;
Captain, Mons. Verdun de lx Crenne.
Lion, 64, Chevalier de Fournoue. , .
L'lndien, 64, Marquis d'Aubeyoin.
Frigates, le Amphitrite, et le Crescent, 32 guns each ;*and
the Pandour cutter of 12 guns.
“ Mons. de la Motte Piquet had parted company with the
above squadron on the 16th ult. with seven or eight ships of
the line, and the Brest convoy.
“ As the counterparts to the above agreeable intelligence,
we are informed to a certainty, that eight large vtdlels, laden
with provision, had within these few days arrived at Gibraltar.
Vice Admiral Sir Robert Harland will soon hoift,his flag at
Portsmouth, in order to proceed with a ftpiadron to reinforce
the British fleet in the Weft-Indies, of which, it is said, he Wil^
have the supreme command; Sir George Rodney's letters of
recall having already been dispatched by a [aft failing sloop.
Extract of a letter from Utrecht, March 16.
'" We have good authority to fay,that the talk of phace has
fdmething more solid in it than a mere amufetrient ; their liigh
Mightinesses have given notice to the French and Spanish 11<-
fidents of their willinghefs to enter intoa negotiation with
England, and expe& the concurrence of tiioic courts, as Hol
land will not negociate singly. ~
March 30. We hehr from Paris, that the Archbishop had
writ circular letters to all the Clergy for giving a free gift to
the Crown of twenty millions of livres, about 806,0q01. ster
ling; it is the firft given by that body, and is a sign the French
finances are in bad condition..
The new administration intend reducihg all the regiments of
foot to'leventy thousand effective men, and the surplus monies
arising from fuel! reduction are to be applied to the increase
cf the navy.
'lt is thought by the merchants here, that one of the firft
measures of the hew ministry in England will be a repeal of the
abts which prohibit, or lay additional duties on Mufcovado 111-
gars imported from Portugal and other places in amity with
Creat-Britaih. The immenft Teyeriue that arises from this
article, now almost a necessary of life, is an object too great
to be relinquished 'by government, while there is a pofybdity
of preferring it. the produce on the 17,090 hogfheVis dr Mul
covado and refined amounting to 110 less an annual sum to the
revenue than 150,000!.
It is said, that a generaTembargo will immediate^ tak^ place
on all shipping except the outward-bound fleets, which are
now ready to put to sea, aud that all the fhipwriglits in the
different yards will.be employed for a certain period in the
equipping of his Majesty's ships.
'This morning the Admiralty Sessions for the trial of offences
Committed on the high seas, within the . jurifdi&ion of that
Court, came on at the Seffions-honfe, in the Old-Bailey, be
fore Sir James Marriott, Knt. Judge Advocate of that Court.
After the commission wawopvited, and the jury sworn, Liike
Ryan and Thomas Coppinger were put t'o the bar, and tned
for committing on the high seas several robberies and piracies,
aid flopping a vessel bclorfgifig to tis Majesty's fubjeds of
* Great-Britain, and> under a. French commiffioh, taking and
carrying her away. Arter a trial of five hours, Luke Ryan
was found guilty, but nothing appearing against Coypingev,
he was acquitted of the charge, but detained on another
indictment.
Admiralty-Office, April 2, 1782.
Copy of a letter from Captain Pole, of his Majefl,'s ship the
Success, of 32 guns and 220 men, to Mr. Stefhens, dated
at Spitbead, the 30th of March, 1782.
'SI R,
I HAVE the honour td desire you will inform my Lords
Cornmiffioners ofthe Admiralty, that on the 16th instant, at
daylight, in latitude 35, 40 north, Cape Spartel bearing E. N.
E. eighteen leagues, with the wind at S. W. handing for the
gut, with the Vernon ftorefhip, we difeovered a fail right a
head, close hauled on the larboard tack: As soon as I could
difeovej her hull from the maft-hcad, which the haze and lof
ty poop magnified, I made the Vernon's signal to haul the
ivind on the starboard tack, and make all fail; soon after
hauled our wind, the strange fail tacked and gave chace; at
jalf past two P. 81. finding the chace gained oa the Vernon,
1 fliortened fail to let her go a head, and then brought-to, in
hopes at lean to make him ffiorten fail, and divert liis atten
tion from the flrip under my convoy. We soon after difcover
,d him to be only a large frigate with a poop: At alittle after
five he hoisted a Spanish ensign, with a broad pendant, and fi
red a gun: At fix, being witliin random shot astern of me, I
wore, and stemmed for his lee-bow, till we had just dift'ance
fufficient to weather him ; then hauled close athwart hisfore
fpot, given him our whole fire within half pistol shot; passed
close to windward engaging, while the enemy, expecting Us to
leeward, were firing their lee guns into the water, the
disorder our firft fire threw them into they did not recover.
We then wore, and placed ourselves to great advantage,
which our superiority of failing allowed us to do, supporting
without intefmiffion, a most astonishing close and well-served
fire, at never moie than half cable distance, till the enemy
struck, which was about zo minutes past eight. She proved
to be the Santa Catalina, Don Mig- Jaqpn, commander, of
34 guns, 2610ng Spaniffi twelves on themain deck, and 8 fix
pounders on the quarter deck. The number of men I have
hot been able to afeertain. We have on board 286 prisoners.
The Captain and officers fay, they had between 2$ and 30
killed, and only 8 wounded. Don Mig. Jacoh is a Captain in
the line, hath a diftinguiffiing pendant as such, and is senior
officer of the frigates cruizing off the Straits ; had a very par
ticular defcripticri of the Success sent him, whom he was par
ticularly diredied to look for ; had been cruizing three weeks
for us; had fecn us four times, chafed us twice with a squa
dron of four and fix fail, from which he parted two days be
fore: He speaks with much displeasure of the behaviour ofthe
flip's company. Lieut. Oakely, whom I had appointed to
take charge of the prize, was indefatigable in clearing the
wreck. Her mizen-maft fell feme time before she struck ; her
main-mast in a short time after, and her formafl must have
shared the fame fate, if the water had not been remaikably
smooth; in short, without affirming much presumption, I
may add, our guns did as much execution in little tihfe as
could have been done ; her hull was like a sieve, the shot going
through both sides.—From this Rate of the prize, their Lord
ihips may imagine my hopes of getting her to port were not
Very sanguine: Whilst we were endeavouring to feciire the
foremaft, and had just repaired our own damages, u hich'u ere
considerable in our yards, masts, and fails, at day light of the
18th, fix fail appeared in fight, two frigates from whorti had
chaced and were reconnoitring us; I instantly ordered the
Vernon to make all fail, hoisted all my boats out, feat on
to the Santa Catalina before he left her. She bww up in a
quarter of an hour, the wind being at D.E. I made fail from
the fix fail, and determined on proceeding u ith the Vernon to
Madeira, (he being now in want of propitious and water. We
had now 286 prisoners on board, whose intention to attempt
rising we had fortunately difeovered, encouraged by the su
periority of numbers, which appeared very hrikipg to them.
The Ipirited behaviour of every officer, and of the chip's
company, is superior to my piaife ; their real value and merit
upon this occation hath ihewn itfelf in much Wronger and more
expreliive terms than I am master of; but it still becomes a duty
incumbent on me, to represent them to their Lordflrips as de
serving their favour and protection : I have particular pleasure
in Io doing,
Lieut. M'Kinley, (2d) assisted by Mr. James, Master, were
very affidudus in getting she Succrtii's damages repaired as weH #
as they could admit. Lieut. Pownall, of the marines, by the
greatest attentions and good example, formed aparty that
would do honour to veteran soldiers. Indeed, Sir, the warrant,
petty, able, &c. did them duty in so noble a manner, that I
feel myfelf happy in rendering them my publick thanks.
I shall hope, if their Lordflrips are pleated to" confider the
conduct of the Success on this occasion as deserving their no
tice, that they will permit me to recommend the firft lieute
nant to their favour. Front the reports' given me since, it
adds tpjmy fatisfaction toknow, that, had I not beeh obliged
to set fire to the Catalina, she could not have swim, a gale of
wind coming on immediately after, which obliged yrs to lay
to under itorrfr fay-fail: She was the largest frigate in the
king of Spain's service. Her exact dimensions I have received
from the Captain. They were taken three months since, when
she was coppered at Cadiz. I am lorry to add, that amopgft
the lift of our woubdtd'is Mr. George Hutchinion, boatswain,
wl:o loft his arm. The service will lobfe a very valuable man.
Dimenlions of the Santa Catalina.
Ft, In.
Length of keel - - rig rx
Length of Deck; - - ±sl io
Extreme breadths ^ - -3, 4
Heighth of middle port when vic- %~
tualled for four months)
My thanks ate dire to Colonel Gladftpnes and the other offi
cers, paiTengers on board the Vernon store-ship, for thtir at
tention, particularly in affixing t'o feciire the prisoners.
Year's, &c. CHA. M. POLE.
Killed in the Succe^, r; wounded 4.
London, April %. The refusal of the new ministry to turn
out the inferior clerks in the fcveral public offices, hashurt
the second and third orders of the Quintuple alliance much.
Lord North had no sooner resigned; than every greasy rogue
;who had been honoured with half a crown's worth of eating
and drinking in company with Mr. Fox, looked upon himfelf
as an officer of state, either as clerk, secretary, porter, or fu
peruumyrary to the great man. But, lo! the feene is changed,
.and now that the glorious work is done, those handicraft pa
* triots are all defined to return home to their fefpe&ive trades
and occupations!-
The applications made to the new Ministers for places, are
at lead a thousand per diem. Almost every cobler that spoke
against his Sovereign, now thinks himfelf en titled ' t'o an active
part in- government,. It is almost impossible for the Secre
taries torefrain laughing at the petitioners. They apply, cer
tain of ah employment; return difeontented with the answers
they receive, and' abfolutciy become new patriots againft' the
new Admiuiitration.
April 5. Lord Howe will have his fl°?g on Board the Viftbr±
of 100 guns, Admiral Barrington on board the Britannia of
; 100 gens, and Admiral Kempenfelt on board the Roydl Gebrge
of 100 guns ; all whichdhips are.now at Spit head,' ready for sea.
Sir Thomas Fye, it is laid will fricceed to the government of
Greenwich Hospital, and Lord Howe will be made Lieute
, nant-Gtncral of Marines; vice Sir Thomes Pye.
Dublin, April 6. We hear that ,in conformity with the late
, ministerial revolution ft Great-Britain, one equally great ahd
popular is immediately to take place in this kingdoms the
ifollowing, is said to be part of the arrangement.
Lord Charletaont, Mailer General of the Ordriance.
Earl of Clanricarde, Mufler-Mafter-General.
Henry Flood and George Ogle, Ffqrs. vice Treafurefs.
Henry Grattan, Esq; Chancellor of the Exchequer. And
Uriffey Burgh, F& whatever he defiresin the law depart
ment. Sir Edward Newenham, it is hid, will be made a
Commissioner of the Revenue, and feveaal other subordinate
changes will neceffariiy take place.
From the Antigua Gazette of April 16.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman on board Sir George
Fodnef sfleet, qubo was prefect when the victory was obtained
over the Count de Graft.
" I AM happy in acquainting yowthat Admiral Rodney has
gained a complete victory over the French feet, confining 6f
32 fail ofthe line; the Ville de Paris, of iio guns, on board of
which was M. de GratTe, is amongst the number taken ; he was
the two firft days after his capture, with Sir George, but by
his own request is now on board his former ship; she had 470
killed and wounded. 1 have been on board her, she is larger
than any of our three deckers in the fleet, carries 42 pounders
on her lower deck, 24's on her middle, and ;B's on her upper
debit ; the Ardent of 64 is also taken, as are likewise she Hector
and Glorieux of 74 guns each. The Ctefar 0674, after having
been taken was ft on Gre by accident ; and there was a filin'
funk in the adtrai, fuppbfed to be the Zodiaque or the Diadem.
It was in fad a noble action ;. it began at 8 A. M. on the 12th
instant, and was not over till 6 P. M.- There were 27 chests
of money on board Admiral De Graffe. They were bound to
join the Spaniards, and attack Jamaica, whither I presume
our fleet will go. Our fleet have'repaired their damages, which
were chiefly in their rigging, and we have not half\the killed
and wounded in our whole stet, as there were on board the
Ville de Paris.
“ fefterday the Andromache frigate failed for England.
There were two anions, one on the 9th, wherein Caps. Bayne
of the Alfred was killed ; and in the victorious one 011 the 12th,
Capt. Blair of the Anson was killed; I^brd Robert Manners
loft his leg and broke hrs arm, and Capt. Savage, of the Her
cules, hds a wound in his foot, and his jaw locked. There
were 400 fouls on board the Crefar when she blew up. Lord
Robert is gone to England;
" T?ie Ville de Paris had' oh ooard 1300 men, and struck
to Admiral Hood in -the Barfleur. Each in the other drips had
150 soldiers on board. The .Ctefar blew up after striking to
the Centaur, and had sfo 150 soldiers on board.' 2
Further particulars of the above brilliant viapry gained by
the British fleet in the Weft-Indies, have been obtained from
gentlemen arrived in the Spanifli flag of true fhipfroitfWftigna,
ASpaniln ship with prisoners, that failed from Penficola
for this place last fall, was blown off the coast, and got
into Antigua ; but arrived here from that island last Saturday
evening in twenty-four days, and brings the following very
important intelligence, vix
AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE.
NEW-YOR K, May r 4.
Tn the engagement wu . . . .. , rt art. three
French ships of the line were so much mfabled as rendered it
absolutely necessary to tow them into Guadaloupe, to which
island the transports with ,troops, that failed from Martinico,
under convoy ofthe Admiral de Grade, had been ordered upon
#ie firft appearance of the British fleet. Two days after the
arrival of the transports there, a frigate brought orders for
them to came out; ini complying with which, they were ob
served by fame British frigates stationed to watch their moti
ons; they communicated intelligence of the movement, by
signals, to our fleet, which on the 12th bore down upon the'
French transports, and reduced Count de Graffe to the alter
native of fuffering them to be captured or to risk another action
with Admiral Rodney; he chose the latter, and Sir George
having a favourable wind, interfered the French line, by
which manoeuvre near one half the ships in it were prevented
from coming into a&ion. The engagement happened betwixt
Martinico and Guadaloupe.
Prizes sent inface our last.
Ship St. John, Bowen, from the Chefapeak, for Am
fterdaul, with tobacco, by the privateers Digby and Fair Ame
rican.
Brig , (formerly the Jay, of New-London) from
Guadaloupe for Connecticut, with 150 hogsheads of rum and!
sugar ;. by the Prince William Henry, Captain Tweed..
Schooner — , from the Cliefapeak for the Wel -In
dies, with a cargo of hour ; by his Majesty's fidop of war Sa
vage, on her passage from Charleftown.
The privateer brig General Greene, of New-London, of
j6guns, and 100 men, was sent in here last Saturday evening^
by the privateer ship Virginia, Captain Hazard, belonging to
Shedden and Goodrich: She was taken last Tuesday, and only
five days from Port,.
Head-Quarters, May 8
Promotions made by his Excellency General Sir HEnRY
Clinton, May 4.
17th Dragoons.. George Birch, Gent, to be Cornet, vice
Patei son, dead of his wounds.
19%b Regiment. Captain Colebrook Nifbet, from the eighty
legond Regiment, to be Major, by purchase, vice Lloyds
who retires.
84th 2d Battallion: Hon. lieutenant Alexander Murray, to
be Captain by purchase, vice A. M'Donald, who retires.
Ensign Donald M'Donald, to be Lieutenant, by purchaf%
vice Murray,, promoted.
Hon. L. Murray, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Donald:
promoted.
May r 6; The distress of the rebels and the nearly iaccom
plifhed annihilation df tlieir commerce, is an eulogy upon the
wife measures of the British Admiral Rationed here, and the
vigilance of the officers under his command, which mean*
adulation has not to bestow.
By a Gentleman just arrived ' from: Philadelphia we are in
formed,, thah Only thirteen fail of vessels are now float in that
harbour, and not one of them dare proceed to sea, as no
person can be found so adventurous as to insure a (hilling
upon any one of them.
Defterday the following Prizes were sent id hereV
The ship Three Friends,- f,om the Weft-Indies, bound for
Philadelphia, with eighty hogsheads of sugar: She was taken
last Sunday off the Capes of Delaware, by his Majesty's ship
Warwick, the Hon. Keith Elphingfton, Esq; commander.
Ihe rebel privateer sloop Chance, of 12 guns and 60 men,
from Providence, by the Bellifarius.
A sloop, with Tobacco, from Peterfburgh, (Virginia) prize
to the privateer Tyger, of this port.
And in the evening, a ship and a cutter from St. Thomas's^
captured by his Majesty's ship Aftrea, Mathew Squire, Esq:
Commander,' u
'hej>rivateer Tyger., of this port, has also captured afloop
ftom Grenada,, loaded with rum, not yet arrived:
Richmond, in Virginia, April 22. Accounts from the wefr
ward, just arrived, mention, that they have received ver,
alarming accounts in that quarter from the enemy at Detroit^
who some time last fall collected the Chiefs from the different
hostile tribes of Indians, and inftrufted them not to disturb the
country, particularly Kentucky, till towards the spring, when
they were to form finally parties for the purpose of taking pri
soners to learn what measures of defence the people were de
iigning y they were as much as possible to avoid alarming the
country till the spring, when the whole were to embody, re
duce Fort Neifon, lay watte the settlements, and at one blo%
drftroy the country. This information comes through various,
channels, and ' from the preparations at Detroit, and the con
duct of the Indians, the truth of it cannot be doubted.
April 27. Nothing very material from the Southward this
week. South-Carolina is in perfect security; the epemy being
confined to Charleftown, and afraid to advance the least. It is
expected that if they do net shortly evacuate that place, the,
will be drove from thence.
The Indians are committing horrid' depredations in the
back country. Kentucky is entirely over-run with them;
and unless some timely relief is sent to the poor inhabitants
of that country, they must fall a facrifice to those merciless
enemies; the Indians have deprived them of their horses;
they cannot make their escape.
Philadelphia, Ma, 11. As the British cruizers off our
Capes, have beem very injurios to the merchants of thiaeity,
it is thought highly expedient by a good old Whig, that &
machine of a peculiar conftrudtion should be made as soon
as possible, to give the fool-hardy lads a taste in this worlds
of that burning liquid, which their crimes jufily merit ini
the next.
BROWN & MICHI E,
No. 27, Church-street,
HAVE FOR SALE,
Bottled Claret
Old Madeira Wine of firft quality,l
Port
Sherry } Wines
Lifbon J
Malmfey 7 , ,^
Malaga § Sweet Wine in Bottles
Shrub, Brandy, Jamaica Spirits, London Porter
H'yfon & Bohea Tea, Loaf Sugar, Caftile Soap,
Wax Candles, Mustard, &c. &c.
To be Let, and possession given immediately,
Several Back Stores and Dry Cellars.
, For particulars enquire at No. 101, Broad-street.,
FORSA L & 7 *
Bottled PORTER and PORT WINE,
By ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL,
. No. 45, Broad-Street.
TO LET,
And ma, be entered upon the if of June next,
THAT convenient and well situated STORE, No. 92, in
Broad-street, together with the cellars, &c. now in the p offef
fion of Mehrs. Walker & Maitland. For further particulars
enquire of Mr. William Smith, No. 33, on the Bay, or of
COOKE & WEBB, No. 107, Bto«l-ftrec&