The royal gazette — [Charleston] S.C., 1782-06-05 00:00:00, page 2

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AN evening paper fays, the following is the Spanish Re
count of the capture cf Minorca, which kmongft other
particulars of this unfortunate tranfaaion, rebates the
circumstances of a most extraordinary and unaccountable dd
feßtion between General Murray and Sir William Draper, the
Governour and Lieutenant-Governour of the place :
“ Barcelona, (Spain) February 13. The xebeck St. Louis,
which left Minorca on the 7th inftan', anchored in our port
on the 10th. She was dispatched by the General of our army.
Three officers came on shore, the firft of them, Mr. Le Sangro,
the General's Aid-de-Camp, set off post immediately for Ma
drid ; thev bring the agreeable news of the reduction of Fort
$. Philip,' which took place on the 4tbt.
“ Subsequent accounts contain the following particulars
concerning that important event :—During the night of the
3d, the enemy kept up an exceeding brilk and continual fire,
by which means we had eight or ten men killed, and fcveral
wounded.
66 Our batteries replied with vigour, ^nd with so much tuc
cefs, that the next morning we beheld the white flag hoisted
from the fort, and a short time after, one of their officers ad
vanced towards our lines; Colonel Caro went to meet him,
and having learnt that he was charged with a message to the
General, the Colonel supplied him with a horse, according to
his request, and accompanied him to the head quarters. Ihe
commander of the fort related in his letter that the want of
ammunition and frefh provisions, together with the barraffed
and fatigued Rate of the garrison, which was very much re
duced by sickness, obliged him to enter into a parley with his
Excellency; and that he was ready to surrender the fort to
him immediately upon the fame terms of capitulation that the
place obtained of the Duc de Kichlieu, namely, that the gar
rison shall be free, &c..
“ M. de Crillon returned immediately for anfirer, " That
it was entirely out of his power to comply with his Excellen
cy's principal demand, being bound by the orders of his court,
which, in case of a capitulation, laid an express injunction for
making the garrison prisoners of war ; that therefore he could
only grant him the honour and refpe& which the la&s of war
dictate, and the particular esteem he entertained for General
Murray prompted him to.",
" The English officer returned with this reply. The whole
day was 'pent in conferences, and it was not till the evening
that the English General relinouifhed his own terms of capi
tulation, and accepted of on fy^nd offered to put us into im
mediate possession of the out- ^rrks. Tn consequence of this,
at eleven o'clock at night, three companies of Spanish grena
diers took possession of Fort Marlborough, and the two neigh
bouring bastions were delivered up to the French troops.
“ The next morning, at nine, the capsulation having been
signed, the Duc de Crillon went in his coach to Fort St. Phi
dip, accompanied by L ; eut. General Don Felix Buch, the Ba
ron de Falkenheim, and another Spanish General. Our troops
put themselves under arms, and the English marched out in
columns, drums beating, &c. General Murray and the supe
rior officers closed the march; after this ceremony, rather
humiliating to the pride of Britons, the officers of the two ar
mies met, and the most speedy foccours were immediately
afforded to the garrison, both by supplying them with medi
cines and frefh provisions, and by removing the sick dot of the
Cafemats into a more airy and wholtfome place. The Duc
de Crillon then invited General Murray and the superior offi
cers to dine with him; one alone refnfed, namely, General
Draper, the second in command, who “ requested that his
46 presence might be dispensed with, not chufing to be found
5n company, much let's to fit down to dinner with a traitor to
•bis country." When they were all seated at table, General
Murray said, " You have been witness to the caprice of the
“ second in command. I am certain he will go and accuse
" me in London, and that his patizans will fill the payers
" with invectives against me, notwithstanding for more than
«' these ten days part he has been one of the most forward in
" advising me to give up the place, and in proving that all refi
" stance would be ineffectual.''
London, March 22. The following is a pretty accurate state,
in sterling money, of the expence at which France has revived
her marine, and which will explain very fatisfa^orily, the
cause of that excessive want and confufion now apparent in the
finances of that country.
1777 Building, rebuilding, and repairs of ships 987,000
1778 Ditto - - - 1,387,000
z 779 Ditto - - - 1,790,000
1780 Ditto • • - 2,600,000
1781 Ditto , , "., " 3^200,000
It is known, that the lame timber, masts, yards, hemp,
'fail cloth, cordage, pitch, tar, &c. &c. that before the war
cost at Brest 100,000 livres, now are not procured under the
enormous expence of 340,000.
One of the greatest exertions made by the French in naral
architecture this war, was building the Royal Louis at Brest.
She carries 112 brass guns, chosen out of 240, cast for the nur
pofe; the lower decks 54 pounders, the middle deckers' 36,
and the upper ones 24 pounders, which is such a weight of
metal as no other ship now in the world can boast; her full
.compliment is 1340 men ; and her burthen 2700 tons. Her
timbers are proportioned to her size, and were chiefly import
ed from Silesia, by way of Hamburgh. It is calculated,' that
her buildingcolt nearly as much as four seventy-sours. Two
other ships of equal size and force, and to be built on the fame
model, are now on the stocks at Brest, and expected to be
launched during the course of the year 178'4.
Of all the departments under the Crown, the successors to
the First Lord of the Admiralty, wilt have least difficulties to
combat. The fact is beyond all doubt, that the King's Yards
never were furnished with such an abundance of every species
of naval necessary, and that so great a fleet never carried the
flag of England as at this moment. So that if the future mea
sures of the Admiralty should, from judicious direction, be
prosperous, Lord Sandwich may well fay, & fecimus, fc re t
alter honores, as relative to the new Marine Minister.
When the pride and peevishness, inseparable from party, shall
subside, the merit of the First Lord of the Admiralty will ap
pear more conspicuous, and even now, during the high fever
offaCtion, the most zealous advocates, for what was called the
Opposition, acknowledge theirdoubts, whether in the nation
one man can be found better calculated, by talents, experi
ence, and assiduity, for this important office than its present
possessor. The following character of him from one of Mr
O'Bryen's poems, seems perfectly just, without any redun
dancy of panegyrick.
And when retired to that mysterious shore.
Where Fox's thunder fnall alarm no more,
Let Sandwich bear this tribute on his grave,
Gift of no sordid wretch, or purchas'd knave,
6 True to his trust, he fought the state's relief;
' Nor aw'd by clamour, nor deprefs'd by grief,
6 No subtle art he us'd to court applause, ° '
• * Not publick fame he lov'd, but publick laws
' He fhun'd the fafer for sweet mercy's fide,'
5 And ev'n his faults, were faults of decent pride.
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON, March 20.
' Too firm to yield, because he fairly though?,
' Nor yet too great to do the 'thing be ought;
' And when his foes their firing of crimes fl all end,
' The grtateft charge shall be, 6 A ct^j • f^-d'
The following is the infeription which is orderel th be en
graved upon the Monument now electing in Cuildhall^ by ol
der of the Court of Common Council, to the memory of that
every able and difintetefted Statefinan, the late Earl of Cha
tham:
“ In grateful acknowledgment to the Supreme Pifpofer
of events, who intending to advance this nation, for such time
as tb his wisdom seemed good, to an high pitch cf prbfperity
and glory, by unanimity at home ; by c< nfidende and reputa
tion abroad ;by alliances wifely choftn and fail hfolly observed;
by colonies united and protested by decisive victories by sea
and land: by conquests made by arms and geherotity in' every
part of the globe; by commerce for the firft time united with,
and made to flourith by war: was pleated to raffc up, as the
principal instrument in the memorable woik, Williem Put.
“ The Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, mindful
of the benefits which the Cify of London recci edig her ample
fhane in the general prosperity, have ere&ed, to the memory
of this -eminent Statefinan and powerful Orator, this Monu
ment in her Guildhall; that her citizens may never beet for
the transaction of their affairs, without being reminded, that
the means by which Providence raises a nation to gi eat' cfs,
are the virtues infufed into great men; and that to with-held
from those virtues, either ofthefoing or the dead, the tribute
of efleem 'and veneration, is to deny themselves the means iff
hap.pine.fc and honour.
“ This distinguished person, for the Service rendered to
King George the second, and to King George the Third, was
created Earl of Chatham.
“ The British nation honoured his memory with a publick
funeral and a publick monument amongst her illustrious men
in WeftminfteT-Abbey." •
March 25. The following is laid to be a table of the re
sources which Lord North laid before the King when he
went to resign, and was refufed:
Turnpikes - - ^ £. 500,000 %
Tobacco, Wine, Tea and Biandy,
to be taken from the Cufloms; and
added to the I xcife - - ♦ • 1,000,000
Receipt Stamps - - - 800,000
Cyder - ' = - . ,500,000
Equal Land Tax - - . - 2,000,0,00
Crown Lands . .. _ 800,000
Corporation Lands and Duties - - i,cco,oco
Abolition of Franks - - - 370,030
Legs - - - ^ 2Q0,e00
Horses •- • 1,000,000
Maid Servants ... 200,000
Total 8,370,0c0
From which it appears that these are Yefources in view for
carrying on the war nihe years t? come at the present expence,
in which time the resources of France and Spain would be so
totally exh lifted, as to raise an universal rebellion, or univer
sal ruin through those countries, if they pei fitted in the war.
Arbitrary power had row-score years ago exhausted affthe re
sources of taxation in France; and in Spain 200 years back ;
hence it is happened that in modern times so few new taxes
have been imposed in those countries ; and that wars soon end,
because they can only be carried on by management and hav
ing. Arbitrary Kings are soon tired of it, and cry out for
peace, long before it is necessary for the Prince of a free
people.
Thefollowing is dn'arco^f of the diffi rent ftuatitmspeffefai b? the
Ms MBhRS oh/je 4/^ Administration, and of~tbe different
offices formerly faffiffid by these members of the effifaion qvbo
are expensed tofucceed them.
THE Duke of Richmond was, in March 1761, appointed a
Lord of the Bedchamber, and Secretary ofState for the South
ern department in May 1766, and was fuccecded by Lord
Weymouth in Odober 1768.
The Duke of Grafton was appointed Secretary of State for
the Northern department in July 17'65, and was succeeded by
Mr. Conway in May 1766 —First Lord of the Treasury in Au
gust 1766, in which he was succeeded by Lord North in Janu
ary 1770. —In June 1771, he was appointed Lord Privy Seal,
and succeeded by Lord Dartmouth in November 1775.
The Marquis of Rockingham was appointed Firlt Lord of
the Treasury the 12th of July, 1765, and was succeeded by
the Duke ot Grafton, Augutt 2, 1766.
Lord Sandwich was appointed a Lord of the Admiralty.
December 1744, ^nd First Lord in February 1748, which he
resigned in May 1751 —In November 1746, Minister Plenipo
tentiary to the Congress at Aix la Chapelle—ln December 1755,
Joint Vice Treasurer of Ireland—ln 1763, Secretary of State
for the Southern Department—ln 1765, one of the Post-
Masters General, which he resigned December 19, 1770, and
was, on the 12th cf January following, appointed firft Lord of
the Admiralty.
Lord Dartmouth was appointed First Lord of Trade in July
1765, and was succeeded by Lord Hiliiburough in August
1765 —Secretary of State for the Colonies in August 1772, and
was succeeded by Lord Sackville in November 177 g—he was
then appointed Lord Privy Seal, in which office tie was on
Wednesday last.
lord Hillsborough was appointed First Lord of Trade in
September 1763, and was succeeded by Lord Dartmou h in
July 1765, he was reappointed in August 1766, and was suc
ceeded by Lord Nugent in December, in the fain, year In
January 1768, he was appointed Secretary of State for the Co
lonies, and was succeeded by Lord Dartmouth, in August
1772; and was appointed Secretary of State for the Southern
department in November 1779.
Lord Shelburne was appointed a Lord of Trade in April
1763 —Secretary cf State for the Southern department in August
1766, and was succeeded byword Weymouth in October 1768.
Lord Bathurft was appointed Lord Chancellor in January
1771, was succeeded by Lord Thurlow in June 1778, and ap
pointed Lord President of the Council in October 1778.
Lord Stormont was appointed Secretary for the Northern
department Odober 27, i;;§.
Lord Camden was appointed Lord Chancellor in July 1766
and succeeded by the Honourable Charles Yorke, January
1770'
Lord Thurlow was appointed Chancellor January 2, 1778.
Lord North was appointed Joint Paymaster General, August
2, 1766, succeeded by T. Townshend December 1767 —Chan
cellor of the Exchequer September 16, 1767 —aid First Lord
of the Treasury January 28, 177 c.
Lord Howe was appointed a Lord of the Admiralty in April
1763, and in^July 1765 was succeeded by the Hon. Charles
Townsend—Treasurer of the Navy in August 176 , and fuc
cecded in that office by Sir Gilbert Elliot in March 17,0.
Admiral Keppel was appointed a Lord of the Bedchamber
in 1765, in the room of Lord Bottefourt; and in the fame year
was made a Lord of the Admiralty, and succeeded by Sir
Piercy Brettin December w 66.
Hon. Major Gen. Henry Seymour Conway, was appointed
Secretary of State for the Southern department in July 1765
and was succeeded by the Duke of Richmond in May T 766---
In October 1767, he was appointed Lieutenant-General of the
Ordnance, and was succeeded by LordAmherft in 1772.
The Right Honourable Thomas Towh&nd was made one
of the Lords of the Treasury in July 1765, and succeeded by
Mr. Jenkinfon in December 1767 —Pay Master of the Forces
[December 3, 1768; and was succeeded in that office by Mr. 1
Rigby the r^th of June, 1768.
, Mr. Burke was appointed Secretary to the First Lord of the
Treasury, July 12th, 1765, and quitted his office with him in
August 1766.
The Hon. Charles Jenkinfon, in June 1762, was made Trea
surer of the Ordnance, and was succeeded in May 1763, by
John Ross Mackey, Esq; At the fame time, he was made Se
cretary to the First Lord of the Treafury—ln December 1766,
he was appointed one of the I,ords of the Admiralty, and
succeeded by Lord Charles Spencer, in March 1768. —He was
appointed one of the Lords of the Treasury in 1767, and was
succeeded by Mr. Fox, in December 1772. —He succeeded Mr.
Fox, as Clerk of the Pells in Ireland, in October 1775 —was
appointed one of the Vice Treasurers cf Ireland in December
1772, and yas succeeded by Mr. Flood in October 1775. —He
was appointed Secretary at War in 1778, in which office he has
remained fincei,
Mr. Fox was appointed a Lord ofthe Admiralty in February-,
T 770, and removed from thence, May 6, 1772. —A Lord of
the Treasury in December, 1772, and removed from thence
in December, 1,74. —He succeeded his father as Clerk of the
Pells in Irela: d iu.1774, and fold that office to Mr. Jenkinfon
in October 1775.
Colonel Barre was appointed one of the Vice Treasurers of
Ireland, in October, '766, and was succeeded by Lord Edge
cumbe in June, 1768.
Mr. Rigby was appointed one of the Vice Treasurers of Ire
land in December, 1762, he was succeeded in December, 1765,
by Lord Sackville—he was a aih appointed in January, 1768,
and succeeded by Lord Nugent in June the fame year—he
was appointed Paymaster General, June 14, 1768, and has
possessed that, office ever ir ce.
Welbore OT, Esq; was one ofthe joint Vice Treasurers of
Ireland, when his Majesty came to the throne, and was suc
ceed by Mr. Rif by in December, 1762. He was appointed
Secretary at War in February, 1763, and succeeded by Lord
Barringtonin J^y, 1.7%. —He was in the fame month appoint
t d one or ih< joint Vice Treasurers of Ireland, and in O&o
ber, 1766, he vn TwecertHd in that office by Colonel Bai re.—
In Juhe t 777, IT was appointed Treasurer of the Navy, in
which he con mued u 'll he came in 6 the office of Secretary.
He was agai ; c pp'rbr ^ a Vice I reafur r of Ireland in Febru
ary, 1770, and vas fi lcc , c( led in that office by Charles Towa
fend, in ORober, 177;.
Mr. Bunnniy wai^pywy cd Solicitor-General in December,
1767, which he el nee inrch, 1770, and was succeeded
by the present Lord Cudncdlor.
^WES i-iNLO \ 1 d ELLIGENcZ
? St. Pierre ( Martyr, l Ap, ct On Sunday night the
King s brigantine call I oe 1 Y : allis arrived here with or**
ders for all the veflels in th roan vhich were r<adyto fail, to
hold themselves preparedt weigh anchor at the firft signal ore
the fiicceeding day ; in co' cquence of which there appeared
on Monday morning ^ ^ h. fpoir ihips and merchantmen
under fail, foment vr .Ihad efom hence, and the rest
from Fort Royal. is valuable convoy stood to the north
ward, under protedhon of the Experiment and Saggittaire;
and very shortly as wa*ds pur fleet under the command of
Count de Grafie made its appearance, handing also to the
Northward with a fine breeze, part of the convoy having by
that time doubled Point Precheur.
"S''^"". 1 '"' / "eh had remained at anchor in Grofiflet
Bay, St. Luci, i, nil Monday morning, presented itfelf on
the fame day at 4 in the afternoon, with the line of battle very
much extended to the Southward. Three of their fwifteft fail
ing vessels were detached in the evening, to observe more
narrowly the motions of our squadron ; at 9 o'clock they were
recalled to the center by the night-signals, and the fleet tacked
in order so co ledt themselves mq^e closely. The nurrlber of
English mips taken all together, were certainly either 43 or 44;
but the most accurate obfervere have not been able to determine
precisely how many of these were of the line: according to
the best information, however, they must have been 35 or 36.
Who could have imagined, prior to the commencement of ho*
ftilities, that we should ever have seen here, in the course of
five or fix hours, two such formidable fleets!
We are ignorant hitherto what may have been the result of
this sally on the part of the English—whether Admiral Rod
ney really intended to attack our fleet; and if so, whether or
not he has come up with them. Our uncertainty and impa
tience on this fubha are equal.
P O S T SCRIP T.
What we forefaw has happened. Sir George made his ap
pearance on the 9th in the morning to leeward of Dominica,
opposite the Grand Savannah ; the engagement began at ,
0 clock and continued until 3 in the afternoon, when the enemy
quoted the field of battle, having one ship almost entirely dif*
rafted, and two or three others very much disabled. Such is
the lubftance of letters which a schooner from Dominica has
this moment brought us. We have to^dd to this important
urellig ace, that our convoy with their powerful escort were
met yefterdav morning'at fix o'clock, opposite the Saints^pro^
ceeding on their voyage in the most excellent order and best
state imaginable., #
St. Job's, ( Anfgun) April 27. On Thursday arrived the
brig Stag, Capt. James I eak, which failed from Cork on the
14th of 'arch, with a fleet of about 70 fail, under convoy of
'is MaieFy's ships Dolphin and Tartar. Capt. Leak parted
n thick Unwind weather on the 19th of the fame month.
RU N away from the schooner Polly, a Negro fellow named
Pompey, he is about 5 feet 2 or 3 inches high, and well set,
freaks good English, is very artful, arid, it is supposed, will endea
vour to pass for a free man ; he was formerly the property of Mr.
Stone, bricklayer; and had on when he went away, a blue fear
nought jacket, and brown corduroy breeches. Any person that will
apprehend the said negro, and deliver him to Alexander Mills,
No. 14, I radd-ftreet, or to the Warden of the Sugar-Houte. fnall
eceive TWO GUINEAS reward.
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Where they have Opened
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