The royal gazette — [Charleston] S.C., 1782-07-20 00:00:00, page 2

hfyfej whfcßom^odore Elliot Supplied, by making the
Queen's lignal to assist the disabled ship.
At eight o'clock last night they bore S. S. W.fourmiles dif
tanqe of us :. Welay,to till ten in hope^f their joining, but
not perceiving them, 'we here up, and+an N. E. ±3 miles ph ?
day-light, when feeing nothing of them, we brought to, and
at half past eighsnade fail 'ty join the squadron. *
By all I carrlearn fromthe prisoners, this small fanardem,
composed of Le Protedeur, Moniieur de Soulange, Commo
frdore; Le Pegafe,-and & ? Androniaque frigate, was making a
second attempt to proceed on an expediwo, tQ the EaftAndie,
some of the troops having been before captured under that de
stination by the fquadton under the command of Rear Admi
%rt Kempenfeltrin thtrrefrncruf-thr above mentrorred -ftfr
of war. . J. JERVIS.
Foudroyant, April n,l^a. ' : '
N. B. Advice has been received that the Pegafe of 74 guns
idfoad atSpithead, and the folio wing, ships, part of. thefir.
bove mentioned captures, at Plymouth, v^z. La Fidelite, with
178 troops an,d' fibres ;; La Lionne, ^0 troops and Iscs;
Due de Chartres, stores and arms.
Admiralty-Office,. April 30, 1782.
Extras of a letter from Vice; Admiral MILBAN KE to A'Ir<, SJE-:
r p„ens, 'dated 'Plymouth, A,rtl fl. ''
rHAVtthefatMfa to acquaint Votg foftheir Lord^ipsj
, ; information, 'that: 'ft Malty's ship Latdh* drived here l@te*
laftmight, and Captain Conway brings thb Agreeable intelligence;
of his having, in company with the .Qrteejty lift Monday) south?
"of Scilly, fflieninwith thCFrench (hip the'Actionnaire, armeq'
*embtcf ivhich struck to the latter. ^Sh&hqs eleven chests oft
Dutch silver on board, and also lower malts for Four feveuty
fours, with- falls^4 ri'ggingboiflplcfe; Betides 'her own malts,i
, which were intended for the Hannibal. ^^" r '' l
% Captain Conway.further itf<>rms me, that on Thursday laft,<
, about ten leagues south of SciLly, he fell in with and took a^
- French lugger named Le Barnardine, mounting 14 guns, 'and)
,also retook a Scotch lugger of io guns# which the had cap-,
flured. .')«
'Aprils;. Late on Tuesday night Capt. Taylor, .commander;
. of his Majesty's ship Proferpihe, op the Jamaica station; ar-L
g lived at the Admiralty with di."patches fcom Sir Peter. Phrltlr^
Extract of a letterfrom Madras,. Ode ber 1% 178'1^•'.. ,
+ « Affairs, have taken rfavbtrrable, luiii in. this part of the;
world. The vidory; of Porto-Novrfasdx©Dfollo,ved by fm y
portant confequeuces.—Heyder Ali irhineaiately hastened itc_
' Arcot to provide for his fafety, and Sir Eyre Coote led hifl
army to Madras, to effect' a junction with the detachment from!
~ergot. This' desirable event was efftacfVtbtr beginning of}
* August, and tire combinedioi cfy confiding of near 15,000 edec-'
live men, marched towards Arcot the.middle of that month.)
, After taking the tort of 'EnpaiTouciHAhe way, Sir Eyre Coote|
fell in with the enemy on the 27th of Augwtt near pohiiore.i
They were strongly entrenched';' but after wheavy cahndtoade|
the enemy were routed. Want of prbvifons prevented apir-i
' fait, and Sir . Eyre Coote was once more obliged to fallback:
. to Tripaffbur. Here they were Applied Jroin Madriis ^thd
best manner that a Scarcity of bullocks would admit of. Hhw-j
ever, before the ijth.ofSeptembcr, the ahnyfi r a"s again enabled!
to move with twelve days stock of rice. Sir Eyre notv foolq
a circuitous road to Arcot, in which he hoperi to fioTgraiq.{
, “ 'On the 25th of that nionth he came in, fight of theene#
my's camp near Charlengor, and attacked it with fach viva^ij
, ty and address the. next day, that Hytteftwasforced to ri#; hid
ipen more than ufual,.in order to..favc, his guns. A braf/ii^
' pounder, however, fell into our hands, with fevtral flandards!
, and loco of the .enemy were deft bead upon fo©|gld{ htfideJ
the daughter cf! as. vfyy, more, which areGerapuud tty have
* been carried off by their comrades. .^
“ ,)is is perhaps the most Signal vi@ory#atever ^ofrnerf
our army; and when Sir Eyr^ha? fyrpifhed bimfelf with ricq
from the Polams., he will, we hope, go ty towai3 the ^e?
du&ion of Arcot. At the fame time the £iege of Nigapayma,
is forming by Sir Edward Hughes and our fouthern-armyl
The failure of Ihe design against the Cape is not displeasing t<f
Vis ; Colonel Meadows, with 4000 hioops, 'and three line off
"battle ships from Commodore Johnftone's squadron beingdaiirf
* expelled to reinforce us, and give us ftreugth to repel all the;
^machinations of out. foreign enemies." \ . # ,
April 27. Yesterday Admiral Pigot killed the King's hand
at St. James's, on being appointed to the chief command of
the fleets in the Weft-Indies.
Mr. Laurens, who arrived a few days ago from Paris, had,,
during his stay in that city, several conferences with Dr. Frank-;
lin on the fubjedt of a peace between .England and the Colo
nies; and we are authorial to declare, that Mr. Laurens is
empowered to make the following proportions tp Goyem-j
tnent : “ That provided we acknowledge the Independency of,
the American States, they, will entirely relinquish their Galick;
alliance, and not only put an immediate .hop to hoftilitics,,
but enter into a commercial union highly b.peficial to this'
country."
Extras of a letter from Plymouth, April 25.
“ Arrived his Mayfly's Hiip Artois, with the following
prizes taken by Admiral Barrington's fleet near Brett, bound
,to the Isle of France, under.convey of the Begafe and Pro-?
teefteur, of 74 guns each, and a frigate, viz. Bellona, Grand
Serpentine- Duc de Chartres, Villa Nova, Fidelity, Lionels,
Superb, and two others, (names unknown) all laden witlpnaval;
and military stores, provisions, eloathing and troops.
" Also arrived the St. Michael and Frederic, Roufnol, from;
Bourdeaux to. Stetin. She was run foul of by a galfeot off the
Lizard, which foundered, but the crew were laved." ' ? m
Extract of a letter from the Hague, April 11.
" The Stadtholder was yesterday informed by express, that
on the 15th of this month there arrived at Vlie, a Danish ship.
laden with sugar, coming from Copenhagen,, and deftinect for?
Amsterdam; the Captain of which (named Allifoe) has repor
ted, that of two fleets of Englifli merchantmen, which had
anchored at Hitteroe in Norway, on their way to the Baltiek
(one from Scotland, the other from England) the latter, being
under the.efcort of a frigate and a cutter, had been attacked by
a Dutch frigate of war and a snow; that the last had been dif
inafted at the firft onset, and that the frigate and cutter had.
been taken, with from seven to nine ships of the fleet.
“ Capt. Swart of the Loots, who arrived at the Vlie on the
19th, fays, that on parting from Cape Ter Neus, near Hitte
roe, in Norway, two Dutchfrigates had arrived there with an
English frigate, a cutter, and eleven merchant ships of, the
fame nation, which they liad taken.
“ M. Wildeboes, Captain of the Allege, also declared upon
Change, this day, that he had been on board the ship of war,
commanded by Capt. Van Treflong, in the Texel, on the 20th,
and had been requested by that Captain to announce the above
mews at Amsterdam, as being really true, and there would be
no delay in fending a full account of this action, which happen
ed at the mouth of the Baltic, near Cape Liudianes, or Ter
Neus..
“ They write from Amsterdam, that upon .confutation of
the Regency of that town, it was resolved to rejed the propo
sition made for a suspension of arms with the English, in order j
to a separate peace." w . ;,- I
This morning some dispatches were received at the Admi
ralty, from Admiral Barringtomat Portfmouty,drying an ac- ,
count of his fafe arrival there with all the fleet, except the .
Alexander and Queen,' the latter^f which was' left in chafe of
274 guufcuch ship of waif , .., - : ?
Ma, 2. This morninj^an e*preG arrived from the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, immediately after which the two Se
cretaries of State held a conference with his M^efty at Buck-.
ipgham-Hofffe.'
Extract cf n letter from Falmouth, April 26b
“ Arrived two large French tranfpofts, takenby Admiral
Barrington's fquadrou, deeply laden with stores from Brett for
the halt-Indies.",
Extraff of a letter from Plymouth, Aprils,.
. - " Arrived the Recovery frigate, with the ARichnaire French
man of war of 64 guns, taken by his Majesty's ship the Queen:
Arrived also, the Latona and Pelican frigates with two French
luggers."',
F^tr© of a letter from St. Matoes, Scily, April 27.'
" Arrived jpe Nightingale privateer from a cruize, aid has
brought in with hera Frenth imp bdund to Rteft, with 60 bar
rels of gun-powder, 1000 cannon balls for four pounders,
.4 pieces of brats cannon and 1000 muskets. She failed from
Amsterdam the 16th of April, and has been driven about ever
firice,' having 16ft her mhin and -mizen masts, bt,)g itow qutler'
jury-masts. She is a fine.velfel, about ^o* mouth's old, of
300 tons burtlien, and has 56 men on board."
WEST-INDIA INTELLI.CEN'&,
KIN GST ON, Y%%%) 'May 25, f
I AST Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Tynfday, #e|
u homeward-bound fleet failed from I'm-l<oy<u, wufer the
protection of hia Majelly's ships S^pdw.idf,' Vice-Admiral brr ;
Peter Parker, 90,guns, Rullel ancHntrepid; of Oguri'seach,.
.and the Pomona m;d LoweitoiTe frigates. : ' ''J'l
The Count de Graffe, with his fmte,<md'f&vh?al othtr French;
officers, prisoners on parole, embarked in the Sandwich ; for
Great-Britain. . '1
Monday, f tbe Grip ' Alexander'.Jr^^CTaqmqwn, apd a icF^o^
ner, express fro^ the'cominandfog officer there, anchored at,
Port-Royal. & .
~ *ty,the fehoouer, which lefthCharleftbwn the jd faffiM# Td-/
.vice is received of the embarkation of upwards of jo3o'tro^ps|
-.•for thjs illand, under the orders of Brigadier-General O'Hara,
whose maival maybe daily expected: °: , '' ^ # "f'; >•
Tuefray arrived at Port-Koval Rear-Admiral Sif'Sathyer
Ho(jd, J'art.inthe Barlterirofyo guuL
Sirsamuel Hood, during his duife, fell in Withhis Majeft/'s
fliip Lico:nc, arfti La Nejcide Bench frigates;,the ,fonder re-1
turning from Cape Francois. Whither the had been fet* hi a flag;
of truce ; the latter from the fame p 7 ace with Englffrpf*ifyer^
Tinder a fiiiWffiWo^ with,
I,a Nertide, Sir Sautuel Ant her immediately back to. Hifpa-1
niola. • .'
..«,Tiupu?!l the-chenrJ of the Licorne, the following state oft
enemy's force at Cape tyaatyis is received.
Spanish fhipsof the hue at ttye Cape, .at the time of the 7 ^
late engagement* - - - - '
,Ercnch ships of thedinegarrired since the action, inched- ).
ing the Pluton, lkrctil€, andMarfcillois, of 74 guns, (, t
and Eveille, 64, frox Curacoa, and the Saint Ffprrty( 4
of 84, feid tobe loft - - : - 1 - ..-> )
Total, 33 hups ofthe line, and a number of frigates, of which,
not more than out -third lire fit for sea.
^une 8. Monday his Majesty's armed schooner Endeavour/
Lieutenant Perkins,' conducted into Port-Royal a valuable
sloop from Cape Francois, her prize, .and a ship prize to the^
Alarnurigate.•
The sloop was captured about three hours after she left the
Cape. We have accounts from the prifofys that the whole)
Fi(ncL^nl Spni^^c at dreffiM^^
about 24,000 trobpfc'.Ninewf the Off wert so dreadfully fhat-'
te:red;in the action ofF-hc CTlvofeApril^rthat theTrep^h &p
---wrig^'ts deem. 'them not woHlLrep.iirf ig, an&totally unfit for :
service. The whole oftheir army &4bccn embarked onboard °
300 transports, for the meditated a^hek^on this ifl^'id, but
Shearing of the: Count de.Glances djfct>mfiture, the, were
landed again, and distributed in the. inland caniom.hc.uts. A
malignant distemper prowled amongst them which ha<farifen
to that heigth, as to carry oh from 56R0 joeVery day.
Same day arrived at Port Antonio, Rear Admiral Gravesinl
his Majesty's fhi,Rai,ilies, from a cruise, with thre^ other)
line es battle ships of hisriq&idton^ names unknown, and the
Endymion frigate; likewise the Spencer, Groves', Industry,?
Henderson; and Commerce, Symons; the two former frpm
Brifbjl'and CoiV,'aiLTFh'e JaH^ Glasgow and CoTE.
Monday also, anchored at Port-Royal his Majesty's armed,
brig Arrogant, - ..RoL; Esq; commander, exprtfs in 28 days;
from New-York, with dispatches for his Excellency Sir George
B. Rodney, and his Honour the Commander in Chief.
The Corh fleet, protested by his Mtfefty's ships Dolphin and
Tartar,, arrived also on Monday at Port-Royal, confiding of
the following veiled,—viz: — Ships Pamaflun, Carr; Bedford,
Clayton. ; Dorothy,Dekhnore ;' Mercy, —— ; Dev< nfh ire, ;
0 Munt; Betty, Fairclough; Druid, Powpl ; St. Thomas
in the East, -—; Abb,;'— —; Tobago Planter, Stephens;
Britannia, Budhanah; General Dal)ing, Moore; Brigs Betty,
Stoney, and one other, from Lancaster. This fleet bad a
troublcfotye, long, ' mid tempestuous pallage, in which they en
countered federal heavy galewof wind f particularly one, that
continued without intermission for three days, m'which a fine
ship foundered, name unknown, with five ladies and some gen
tlemen palTengers on board, very near several other ships of the
fleet, which were,unable to afford them the smallest affidance ;
every foul on board perilled, being upwards of forty.
We havq.bcen favoured by a friend, with the French papers
printed at Cape Francois, in regular succession from the 13th
of April last to the lych of May, but they do not mention a
single word ofthelate action, nor of the arrival of any of their:
squadron, excepting the Galatea frigate, on the 28th of April,
in which came the. Marquis de Bouille.
Wednesday his Majehy's ship Flcfra, sent a French foip, her
prize, into Port-Royal. „
Yesterday his Majehy's ship Licorne, the Hon. Capt. Cado-,
•gah returned to this port from a cruize. . Also, the ship Ellen,
.Borrowdale; and hoop,Affi'Gancfy^ftph^nfyti ; both from Li-,
vernooi, the former in eight, and the latter in seven weeks.
The Licorne in the cotirie of her cruife,' captured a very fine
Virginia pilot-boat, only a few months off the ffobts; which is |
hourly expected ; a day or two afterwards she fell in with two,
line of battle ships one of 74 and the othef of 64 giins, which'
she was near enough to count,, and toobfcrve they were both
coppered.—Capt. Cadogan fuppdfc thej'were enemies, as they;
chafed him a couliderable time, but v^erenot able to com/ up
withhijn.' h .f''' r, ,yt' .b^fryv,:^
Neither of the; velfelsfom Liverpool touched at any of the
Windward Jhar.d&, nor.did they meet with ^n energy's ship.
during the whole course of their paflage.
qh^fflYCTfare^^the James, Hewatt; are
both ^veeFat Liverpool from ¥l&ifantf,„ after a very footer
dble faffage Of fix we^ks. '' ') •
" %,^±. Saturday" last arrived, brig prize to the letter.of
• Marque Tartar, and. a fchooifa, Llg .of, truce .from Cape
Fratf 1 1
.Nf±&s a luig aniLfchooner, Both flags of truce, likewifei
arrived at port-Royal, the former from New Orleans, and the
riattq t@n.lbt Uavatn._ # -
• ^&M M to^-fr H„roi t^ Of^l 4J 1
We are informed by the arrival of the fag of triice from the
Cape, which place she left on Monday last, that two fail of the
line, and a ship of 50 guns (the Experiment) with several troops
on board, had failed from thence,, bound for Martinico, 011
the morning of their departure for this island. -The force
now at the Cape was 21 fail of the line, 11 Spanish and 10
French, the former in good condition, but most of the latter
without mafts.—ln the flag arrived some privates belonging to
the 13th, 15th, 86th, and 87th regiments.
The fhhooner Antonietta, and Ann (flag of truce) Barry
Burke Esq; commander, from the Havana, and his Majesty's
ffiip Vaughan, Stowe, Esq; commander, arrived at Port
Royal on Monday.
His Majesty's packet-bd^rGfeffidtfhd, Capt: Dun, arrived
yesterday from Falmouth, in 45 days.
Likewise arrived yesterday after a very favourable ' passage,
his Majesty's ship Preston of 50 guns, —— Leslie, Esq; com
niander, with the London fleet iftider convoy, cenfiftmg of
about 32 fad. They left Spithead on ,the 27th of April, and
arrived fafe at St. Lucia on the 7th ityftaht, where they waited
a week, and then proceeded for this island. The ffeeffor the
Windward islands likewise failed from" Spithead on the 17th
of April, under protection of his Majesty's ship Prudent of
'64 guns, and the Enterprize frigate.""
Great praise is due to Capt. Leslie, for his particular care
and attention to the fleet; on boardof which are several pas
sengers; and B part of the-'5 iff regiment, and the 'remainder
of the 99'h regiment, or Jamaica Volunteers, under the com
mand of Colorie Balfour, who iblikewifc Arrived'
On THURSDAY the 25th July instant,
-WILL RESOLD,
8,...C00 KE & WE BB„
At their Store in Broad-Street,
~A fix Year&Leafeof a Houle in Bottle-Allq,
Now occupied by Mr. Bradjhaav. " A
Possession will be given oh the tft of Augtift next.
COOKE & 'WEBB art extremely sorry they are under the
nereffi, yof acquainting all thole who are indebted to them, that uh
lefs their acrounts are difeharged before the Ift of August next,'they
.will on that day be per into the h?nds of a lawyer, as the nature^f
I their biiftiefs will hot admit 'of # a^v longer indulgence.
flobe joid at publics fate, befor^tbe .Exchange, on THURSDAY
the Bth day of August next, between Twelve and One o'clock,
A Convenient HOUSE.and OUT-BUILDINGS, No. 24,
in Tradd-ftreet,' between King-street and Meeting-street, and
: LOT of LAND, containing about ,fleet in front, and 150 feet
deep ; late theUnoDerty of Rhbaid Wumurigbt, seized on execution,
and fold by order, of the Board of ,Police. 4
cbarlfcn, x(rtb ~d,, 1782. JOHN DAVIES, Sheriffs
Cheap,
At No. 17, Meeting-Street,
ByTOTEKER, MAITLAND, & til
JAMAICA aid Weft-India Rum, /^"
, Port Wine io bottles,
Loaf andMofcovado Sugar, ' ,
Spires and Pickles,
Floury-Bacon Hams,'
Womens Calimanco Shoos, "?
Ofnahurgf : *c Ac. Ac. L
XArR FOR BALE,
MADEIRA WINE in pipes andihalf pipes—Mufeovado
Sugar in tierces and small barrels—Superfine Philadel
phia Four. H - ~ ,'
;fo b£ hired by 4ae 1,%% Mo,ah, or Trip, . Q
TWO.&^ell found and compleat SCHOONERS as any m
the harbour, burthen about one hundred and ten barrels each ;
Ifewifo QRrthe inoff reasonable terms will be hired, a GANG of
about twenty-five or thirty gpod FIELD SLAVES and one coin
pleat SAWYER. For terms, apply at No 2, St. Michael's-Alley.
N. B. On the fchaone^s being injured, with rhe negroes belonging
to them, they may be chartered for St. Augustine, St. John's, or
. Savannah,, f ..; ; =°.
AS the fubferiber is going to Britain by the firft opportu
nity, he : once more earntfly requeQs all persons indebted t@
him to difeharge thefr accounts immediately, that he may be thereby
enabled to pay off fach demands as are against him. His HOUSE,
No. 3, St.. Michal's .Alley, is to be let, and immediate poffeifon
given. He fesJQewife several good NEGROES, both Men, Wo
men and Bovs^tq difpofc of at private sale, and sundry other Articles.
%/y"^ 1782. , ft' TAMES COQK,
HAMILTON STEVENSON, having returned to this
place, and intending to remain some time in it, begs leave to
acquaint the publick, that during his stay, he will follow his business
of Fainting in Miniature, and executing designs in hair. Such
Ladies and Gentlemen as may wi&to employ him, willhe pleased
to enquire at Mrs. Stone's, No. „, Tradd-ftreet.^
J. B RO W N,
Intends, to tranfaft business as
Insurance and Ship Broker#
And begs leave to offer his fervies to .the
publick in that capacity.
)% 27, Church-Street, June lstb, 1782.
For Sale, per Package,
lEXCELLENTI EXCELLENT port and Iherry Wine in bottles
1 Irish Linens affofted, and leather Portmantua Trunks
Rappee and Scots Snuff, .thread and silk Stockings and Gloves'
A variety of printed Good, silk Gauzes, Sadlery, &c.
Military Shoes, Shirts, Overalls, Boots, &c.
Salt, excellent kiln-dried Englilh Floor, and best green Coffee,
By JAMES & EDWARD PENMAN,
No 15, Bay.
ELIZABETH HARVEY,
Begs leave to acquaint her Friends and Cuflomers,
THAT flic carries on the STAY-MAKING and M INTUA
MAKING BUSINESSES, in the neatest manner, at
No. 36, Broad-street ; where she will be obliged to such persona
s will favour her with their commands. || *
Charter Parties, Securities, Petitions;
Memorials, &c. &c.
.Done at Campbell's Notar,-Publick Office, "No. 38|, Bay. ||
~■Y/rg^l",.■Y/rg^l" —^ . :. —_ . ~
THB fdbforibef has for sale at his house No 9, Beaufain
lte&3+r®&fo^66o^rtrfaHrifzes. and better than any im ^rteck
and will fell them alt a rcafopable price, '.-
, " ' 'EDMUND FITZPATRICK.
'' TO BE RAFFLED f
A pai&wof Compleat Gatteerisw^
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