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The fame day General Burgovne tiffed the King's hand bn
feeing appointed Commander in chief of the forces in Ireland.
The fame day Lord Torrington kissed his Majesty's hand on
being appointed Joint Post-Master-General, in the room of
Lord Barrington.
The fame day Lord Effingham kissed the King's hand at jr.
James's, and received the wand as Treasurer to the Houf
hold.,,
The fame day Lord Ludlow kissed his Majesty's hand on
being appointed Comptroller of the Houlhold, in the room of
Sir Richard Worfley.
Lord Shelburne has appointed to be his principal secretary
Mr. Morin, one of the clerks of the Signet, arid fob of the Mte
P. M. Morin, Esq; formerly Under Secretary to his Lordlhip.
The Earl of Scarbrough is to be one of the Vice-Treasurers
of Ireland.
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WEST-INDIA INTELLIGENCE.
KINGSTON, (Jamaica) May 25.
ON Wednesday last George Crawford Ricketts, Esq; on^
of the Representatives of the parish of Weftmoreland,
accompanied by Joseph Williams, Edward Wbwlery, James
Robert Tomlinfon, William Hylton, and Jacob Jbhnfon, of
the fame parish, Esquires, waited 00 Admiral Sir George
Brydges Rodney, on board the Formidable, and presented
him with an Address from the inhabitants of the parish of
Weftmoreland, after the following introductory speech:
Sir,
We have the honour of prefer tin or you an Address from the
Magistrates, Vestrymen, and Inhabitants of the parish of Weft
moreland, on your late important victory ; and we are happy
in the opportunity of paying our refpe&s to an officer wh^
has so nobly exerted himfelf in the service of his King and
Country.
Savanna la Mar, May ;, 1782.
Sir G force Brydges Rodney, Bart. Knight of the Bath
Vice Admiral of Great-Britain, Admiral of the labite, and
Commander in chief of hi. Majesty's fcf 3 °f ^dr, <fo. ^c.
Sir,
Tn the mjdft of that feftivity which is the copiequence of
victory; in the mjdft of that applaufefo juffly due to your
conduit as an Admiral, and to your character as a man, permit
us, the inhabitants of the parish of Weftmoreland, to offlr
our early thanks and' congratulations to you Sir! and to the
gallant officers under your command.
We feel with fenfibillty, and acknowledge with gratitude,
your preservation (for the ferohd time) of this valuable iflknd;
and we beg leave to assure you, that the fplendour of your
conquest can only be enhanced by the sense which we enter
tain of the importance of it.—You have made yourfelf con
spicuous in the annals of your countty; arid have set an ex
ample, which it will be difficult to follow, but glorious to
imitate.
We beg leave to felicitate you upon your fafe arrival 'in Ja
" rnaica: may your reception in it be such as your services de
serve; and when you shall retire from that station, which you
have so much dignified, may frefli honours (if any can be ad
ded to those which you have already acquired) diftinguifti your
person; and immortalize your name,
We have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient and
obliged fc'rvants.
Signed by a number of refpedable inhabitants.
To which Sir George was ,leafed to return the following;AnfQr.
Sir George Rodney presents his most refpedful compliments
to the inhabitants of the parish of Weftmoreland : he is truly
sensible of their polite and generous sentiments in his favour,
and shall always efteein, as one of the happiest incidents of
his life, that he has had an opportunity of (hewing his sincere
attachment to the island of Jamaica, from which he has re
ceived so many tokens of hospitality and refresh
Montego-Bay, (Jamaica) June 8. Tuesday morning be
tween eight and nine o'clock, a pickaroon was so daring
as to take a boat, within a league and a half of the dripping
in the harbour; which being instantly made known to Cap
tain Fairfax, of his Majffiy's ship Tartar, he immediately
flipped, overtook the pickaroon, and then retook the boat;
the former was sent in about four o'clock in the afternoon,
But the boat, by the violence of these& breeze, was obliged
to bear away for Lucea. The pickaroon belongs to Tri
nidad, is a small Virginia pilot-boat, schooner rigged, and
barely fitted within the limits of the convention, having eight
swivels, mounted as carriage guns, with 4% men The boat
had eight puncheons of rum, and one hoglhead offogar, be
longing to Tryal estate in Hanover.
. Yesterday afternoon arrived his Majesty's sloop Childers,
captain Mackay ; —paffed by his Majesty's hoop Jamaica, Cap
tain Dixon, With a pickaroon, the contort of the above, and
alike in all reflects, taken by the Jamaica and Childers: She
had taken three negro men out of canoes, between St. Ann's
and Port Maria ; and also plundered a long boat off St.
Ann's. , .
Yesterday arrived at Great-River, the schooner flag of truce
Antonietta and Ann, Captain Barry Burke, from Botovano in
Cuba, in eighteen days, with between eighty and ninety pri
soners. In the above vessel came passengers, Captain. Noble,
late ofthe ship Nelly, belonging to Glasgow, Captain Scott of
the Elderfly, Captain Williamion of the Chance, and Captain
Cummins ofthe Marquis of Rockingham; who, together with
Captain Murdoch, in the Christie, were taken on the ,ih of
January last, and carried into the Havana, by the South-Caro
lina American frigate, of 40 guns twenty-eight 24-pounders
on her gun deck.—When the above vessels were carried into
the Havana, they found the Sally, Davis, "and Nancy and Pol
ly, Patterson, two of the fame fleet, they having been taken
by a French frigate.
There has been an embargo at the Havana these five months
past; their force there is very inconsiderable, about five hun
dred soldiers, and only three ships of the line in bad order.
The frigates which went againll Black-River and Rattan are
returned, and the soldiers made prisoners at those places are to
be sent to the Northward, supposed New- York. The South-
Carolina, with the Govertiour of the Havana on board, and
transports carrying two thousand men, are failed on an expedi
tion against Providence ; the crui'zers ofwhich iffand have con
ftderably annoyed the Spanish and American vessels.
King,on, (Jamaica) June 15. On Thurftlaythe 19th inst.
Walter Murray, Esq; one of the Representatives of the parish
of St. James, waited on Admiral Sir Geo. B. Rodney, at Green.
Wich-Park, and presented an Address from the Justices and
Vestrymen of that parish, after the following introductory
speech :
SI R,
IT is with the highest fatisfa&ion T obey the directions of my
Constituents, in presenting you their Address of Thanks and
Congratulation on your late memorable victory over the fleet
of France.
Permit me, Sir, which the most refpe&ful deference and
esteem, to express my gratitude with that of the Publick, and
fly sincere wishes that you may live long And happy in the pos
session of what further honours your grateful country can bellow
on worth so distinguished as yourfo
To Sir George Rodney; Barone; IG.&ift ofthe Bath, llce-
Admiral of Great- Britain, Admiral of the White, and Com
mander in chief of bis Maje/tfsfsips and vessels of war in the
Well-Indies..-
„ST R,
THE Justices and Vestrymen of the parish of St. James, sen
sible of the important service rendered to the Nation in general,
and to t^is Ifkind in particular, by the ever-memorable victory
obtained by the fleet under your command, on the 12th of
April, beg leave to offer you, on behalf of themselves and the
rest of the inhabitants of this parish, their tribute of thanks,
and assurance that they will always hold in remembrance the
obligation they are under, for the protection which you there
by secured tertheir pci Tons and properties.
Perfiiaded that you will receive pleasure in doing justice to
merits they take'the liberty, bf intruding on your time, to lig
nify to your brave officers and Teamen, the high estimation en
tertained of their gallant conduct on the day of action ;—< Icon
duct which will reflect lading honour on them individually, and
convince our enemies that their navy is, as heretofore, inferior
to outs, wheri led on with confide nee.
Their grateful acknowledgments are also due to their gracious
Sovereign, for his care ofthem at focritieal a. periods and par
ticularly, in appointing to the command an Officer whole pei^
fonai attachment to this Island WAS well known, and' conie
quently most likclv to be attentive to its lately.
Being already in poffeffiou of Honour and fortune, we need
only will), that, when you retire into private lift, you may en
joy those sweets which are due to merit, and'the consequent
attendants of a man confeious bf having difeharged his duty.
BY desire of the Justices and Vestrymen of the parish of St.
James, I am, with profound refpeCt, Sir, your most obedient,
and most humble servant, J: PALMER, Custos.
To which. Sir George was - pkafed; a few days afterwards, tor
fend the following anfiver :
Greenwich- Park, loth June, r^h.
SIR George B'rydgcs- R-odney entreats the Hon. Mr. Walter
Murray ter,return his,grateful thanks to the Cnitos, Justices,
and Veftryhien of the parish of St. James, for the very favour
able li,t in which they have been plea fed to view his difeharge
(aided by the brave officers and mem he had the honour to
command) of that dhty be owed his King and Country.
If any conlwlerationcan add to the discharge of duty; it is,
that the event fffould turn out propitious to those we esteem.
—The attention he has ever met wish from this Island, and'the
knowledge he has of it's value to the Mother-country, could
not possibly do otherwise than fix a rooted attachment in him
towards it ;- —but to his Majesty alone is due the timely plan
ning, and funding out a force adequate to the preservation of
the Island of Jamaica:
To you, Sir, he esteems him felf particularly obliged for your
'polite manner of conveying this token of regard from the opu
lent parish you reprefe^t ; —-and he sincerely wishes it may ever
continue to-enioy every publick-and private happinefs.^
The Hon. Walter Murray,. Ffqr.T
Representative of the parish of >
St. James, Jamaica. ')
James Irving, Ffqr.. orie of the Representatives for the parish
of Trelawny, being charged with an Address from that parish
to Sir George Brydges Rodney, could not have the honour of
presenting it personally. Sir George being indisposed ; he,
therefore, thought proper to traufmit it to Greenwich-Park,
accompanied with the following letter :
SI R,
I HAVE the honour to transmit to you, the Address of
the Magistrates, Vestry and other Inhabitantsmf the parish of
Trclawoey;
It gives me very great concern that your indifpofitibn will
not allow me the hapinefs of presenting it in person, and which
deprives me of the 'honour of paying my refpe(fts to anofficer
who hath so nobly distinguished himfelf in the defence of his
country.
Wiffiing-you a speedy re-effablifhment of your health, I have
the honour to be, with grtiat rdfyea;. Sir, vour most obedient,
and most humble servant, JAMES IRVING..
ToSir Gsorge Bridges Rodney, Baronet, K. B. Vice Ad
miral of Great-Britain, Admiral ofthe While., tfc.
SIR,
DEEPLY impressed with such sentiments as must arise in
grateful minds, towards the protestor of their lives, liberties,
and fortunes, We, the Magistrates and Vettry of Trelawny,
in behalf of ourselves, and the parish at large, beg leave to ex
press the sense we entertain of the benefits so generally diffused
by your glorious and ever memorable victory of the nth of
Aprils'-
The many proofs we have received of your watchful care over
the fafety of this inland, convince us, that your sincere attach
nrent toit, had; on that well fought day, added force to those
exertions, which naturally refiilt from a nice sense ofiluty, and
a noble third" of glory ;.—and, amongst the tributes and bene
dictions offurrounding.parishes,, we beg to be permitted to of
fer ours!
Those gallant officers and men, who ft) nobly fought under
your victorious flag and fliared the honours ofthe important
conquest, are eminently entitled, through you, to our warmest
acknowledgements ;—may they, meet the rewards due to their
difliuguifhed merits !
May you, Sir, live long to serve your King and Country !-—
May you never protest a l&fs grateful country than Jamaica ;
and may it, when in danger, be always so fortunate as to
meet so greats deliverer!
By order of the Cuftos, Magistrates, Vestry, and other Inha
tants of the parish of Trelawny.
WM. ACKERSALL, C. V.
Trelawny, 3d June, 1,%.
Sir George's Anfivere
Greenwich Park, loth June, Tfll.
STR George Brydges-Rodney is extremely lorry that his pre
sent indifoofition does not permit him personally to return an
answer to the very obliging Address ofthe opulent parish Mr.
Irving represents ; and to him for the honour done him for
taking charge of it fraud begs he will make his acknowledgments
to the Magistrates, Vestry, and Parish of Trelawny, ih the.
most acceptable manner, for the very obliging testimony of
their approbation of his conduct.
JAMES IRVING, Esq; &c. &c.
Yesterday fe'nnight arrived at Anotto-Bay, the (hip Minerva,
Spears, from Glasgow. Also, a Spanish brig her prize.
Monday the ship Benson, Oates, arrived ftom Liverpool in
eight weeks ; and the brig Free Maibn, Holmberg, from St.
Thomas's in sixteen days.
Tuesday a brig prize to his Majesty's frigate the Diamond.
The prisoners mention, a fleet ot about fifty fail of merchant
men, having failed from Port au- Prince on the 4th instant, un
der protection of two fllips of the line, and were bound to the
Mole, there to wait for further arrivals, and them proceed for
Old France.
His Majesty's ship Unicorn, Captain Archer, failed from
Port-Royal, for Great-Britain, on Tuesday last, with dis
patches from . Sir George B. Rodnev ; and on Thursday his Ma
jesty's schooner Lyon, likewise failed express for Great-Bri.
tain.
Montego- Bay, June 15. To the eternal diffionour and in
famous treachery of certain characters in this island, authori
ty is received to fay, that'Admiral Don Solairb, with Bis fhipg
now at Cape Francois, and the frigates that desolated Rattan,
could not have proceeded on their refpeCtive expeditions, but
for a schooner loaded with canvass and cordage in this island,
ar.d sent immediately to the Havanna, where die arrived before
last March.
It is hoped this hint will be properly attended to, that de
tection if poflible, may take place, and the offenders be brought
to condign punishment.
King flon, (Jamaica) June 22. On Saturday the Honour
able James Rifby Whitehorne, Efiuire, Chief Justice of the
Common Pleas, and one of the ve >refentatives for the parish
of St. Arm, waited on Admiral Sir 3. B. Rodney, at the Go
vernment Penn, and presented. an Address from the Magiftratety
Vestrymen, and other Inhabitants of that parish.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to present you an Address from the
Magiftrat^s, Vestrymen, and other Inhabitants of the pari&
of St. Ann; and permit me, Sir, to assure you of the great
pleasure it affords me, that in presenting you with this token of
the high effeem and veneration in which your name is held by
my conftituento; I should have an opportunity of paying my
personal refpeds to an officer, who by ferics of gallant a&ious,
had added 1 so much honour and luftre to the British Empire!
The Address of the Magistrates, Vestrymen and other-Inhabi
tants of the parish of St Ann..
To Sir G. B. Rodney, Baronet, Knight of the Bath, Tice
Admiral of Great Britain, Admiral of the White, &c. ^fc.
We the Magistrates Vestrymen, and other Inhabitants of
the parish of St. Ann, gratefully return our thanks to the
deliverer of our country, from the imminent danger wits
which the powerful united forces of France and Spain threaten
ed its. security, by the glorious action of the twelth of April.,
I he gallantry of your conduct on that day, the bravery of
your officers, and the uniforms good behaviour of the British,
seamen,. we must be fatisfied to adtnire, as we are unable to
express ; but you had taught us on former occasions to be con
fident in your protection; and we anticipated that victory,,
" which i&unequalled in the ann ds of naval history," and by
which yew have rendered the most effectual service to the Bri
tish Empire ! We ardently willi you a long enjoyment of the
blessings of providence: Your splendid merit must secure you,
the approbation of your Sovereign,, and'the applause of every
loyal British fubjeft. =
St. Ann's, u'th. June, 178%. (Coty)
Sir GeorgeT Answer:
s J R , Gorrnment-Pen, igtA June, L&,
BE pleated to offer my most refpeCtful compliments and thanks
to the Magistrates, Vestrymen and other Inhabitants of the pa
nfh of St. Ann, for their very flattering Address; and to assure
them, that I confider myfelf highly honoured by their publick:
approbation of my conduct.
I shall ever reflect with pleasure, that in the difeharge of the
duty I owe to the best of Sovereigns, it fell to my fortunate
lot, through Divine Providence, to refcOe this valuable island
from the great and impending dangers of a serious attack. I
have the honour to be, with the highest regard,. Sir, your most
obedient and most humble servant,
„ G. R. RODNEY.
J. R. Whitehorne, Esq,
I he Leiden Gazette, of April 16th, has the following account
under the article Ide of France, December f, 1781 ;—“ His
Majesty's frigate, which is ar rived in 26 days from Ceylon, bring;
advice,, that Heider Ali having pretended to fly, after his en
counter with Sir Eyre Coote, took a favourable opportunity of
cutting off a body of 3000 feapoys and 500 Europeans, who
had been lent in purfnit of him, Major-General Monk, the*
commanding officer of the artillery, and three Colonels, are
numbered amonglltfe dead. After his exploit Heider Ali earner
back again, and is now matter of the whole coast, from Como
rin.to Madras ; the latter is so effectually blocked up by Heider
on land, and by his [hips at sea, that Admiral Hughes, in or
der to make it up by some easy conquest, lays waste the de
fenceleis settlements of the Dutch. Heider Ali waits for the
alliance of the 11 ships which arc to fail from hence, to make
himfelfmatter of Madras. The Dutch want us at Ceylon, ali
is ready, and in a few days we fliall put to sea."
$ The foreign papers inform us, that Mons. D'Orves, with
the ships above-mentioned, left the Isle of France on the 17th
of December last.
A correfyondent has favoured us with the following lift ofthe
French squadron, which left the Isle of France on the 7th olf
December last, to proceed to the coast of Coromandel where
they were expected to arrive in February:
Ships.. Guns. Commanders.
L'Orient 74 D'Orves
L'Heros 74, De Suffrein
L'Annibal 74 ' Cromeliu
Lc Severe 64 Palliere
J.e Vanqueur 64 Forbin
Le Bizarre 64 La Landel
La Sphinx 64 Du Chilio
1) Artfzien 64 Maurville
L'Ajax 64 Bouvet
Le Brillant 64. St. Felix
Le Flamand 50 Cuverville
La Pourvoyeure 38 De Galle
La Finne 32 Salvert
La Bellonne 32 Cillart
La Subtille 24 Beaulieu.
La Silphide 16 Cromelin.
A vessel of 14 guns, and another of 10; an hospital ship; and
seven transports, carrying from 28 to 16 guns.—These vessels
carried many field pieces, mortars, carriages, baggage, &c°
ALL Persons having Claims on the Quarter-Matter Gene
ral s Department for the Hire of Vessels, Horses, Waggons and
Carts, or for Wages as Waggon. Matters, Conductors, Carpenters;
Blacksmiths, Seamen, Boat and'Batteaux Men, Guides. Expresses,
Waggoners and Labourers in the Province of South-Carolina and
Georgia, previous to the 30th June 1782, are requeued to lodge
them with Captain John M'Kinnon, Deputy-Quarter-MaFer Ge
neral, No, 2, Bay, that immediate paymentmay be made; it is also
requeued that all Persons, with whom the Quarter-Matter Genera!
may have entered into any Contrast, Charter Party, or Agreement:-
of any Kind whatever, on Account of Government, or to whom his
Department i&in any ways indebted, may have them finally fettled,
with Captain John M'Kinnon, before the gift inst. as Claims after
that Date cannot be attended to.
9$ July, 1782.
SOUTH-CAROLIN A.
LAWRENCE DUGGON, of the province aforefaid, who
is in custody of the Sheriff of the Board of Police, at the suit
of Barnard Kane, having petitioned the Intendants of the said Board
that he may be admitted to the benefit of the a& made for the relief
of insolvent debtors: It is ordered, That the said Barnard Kane,
and all others to whom the said petitioner is any wife indebted, be,,
and they are hereby summoned and have notice to appear at the
fitting of the said Board, which shall happen three months after the
date hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the petitioner
ffiould not have the prayer of his petition granted.
Maj 3 if, 1782. TEO. WINSTANLEY, C. P.