The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1778-11-11 00:00:00, page 2

LONDON,
August 11. It is asserted in this city, that war will
not be declared until the Parliament meets, the King
being determined not to enter further into a war
without their advice.
The left Edinburgh Advertiser contains the two fol
lowing articles:
Lord Seaforth's regiment, now in the castle, has, we
hear, received orders to hold themselves in readiness
to march at an hour's notice.
We hear similar orders have been sent to all the
troops in England and Scotland, the ministry. having
received advice that the French intendto make an in
vasion upon some part of Britain.
It was yesterday reported.that three French frigates
are cruizing to intercept the Holland mails bound to
England. The Dutch mails did not arrive yesterday.
A Morning Paper fays, “ The cabinet ministers
have, beyond doubt, received information that an in
vasion has been seriously resolved upon in France, un
der the command of Marßal Broglio, and preparati
ons are making accordingly. The regiments on Cox
heath received orders on Saturday lalt from General
Keppel, to fend for their reipeUive allowance of in
trenching tools. In case inch an event takes place,
either in Sussex or Kent, Lord Amherst is immediate
ly to join the grand army, which is to be reinforced
{with the army on Warley common, and a large de
tachment of the guards."
From the LoNDON Gazette.
At the Court of St. James's, the 29th of July, 1778.
Prcfent,the King's mod Excellent Majesty in Council.
HEREAS many injuries and aids of hostility
'' have been committed, and many unjust seizures
made, by the French King and his fubjeUs, unto and
upon the ships and goods of his Majesty's fubjeds,
contrary to the faith of treaties: And whereas his
Majesty has lately received advice that such ads of
hostility are now publickly encouraged and authorized
by the French King's orders. His Majesty has taken
into consideration these injurious proceedings of the
French court ; and his Majesty being determined to
take such measures as are necessary for vindicating
the honour of his crown and for procuring reparation
and fatisfadion for his injured fubjefts, is pleased, by
and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order,
and it is hereby ordered, That general reprisals be
granted against the fubjeUs of the French King, so
that as well his Majesty's fleet and ships, as also all
other ships and vessels that Rall be commissioned by
letters of marque or general reprisals, or otherwise by
his Majesty's commiflioners for executing the office of
Lord High Admiral of Great-Britain, shall and may
lawfully seize all ships, vessels and goods belonging to
the French King or his fubjeds, or others inhabiting
within any the territories of the French King, and
bring the fame to judgment in any of the courts of
admiralty within his Majesty's dominions; and to
that end his Majesty's Advocate-General, with the
Advocate of the admiralty, are forthwith to prepare
the draught of a commission, and present the fame to his
Majesty at this Board, authorizing the commissioners
for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, or any
person or persons by them empowered and appointed,
to issue forth and grant letters of marque and reprisal
to any of his Majesty's fubjeds, or others whom the
said commissioners shall deem fitly qualified in that
behalf, for the apprehending, seizing and taking the
ships, veffelsand goods belonging to the French King,
and the vaflhls and fubjehts of the French King, or
any inhabiting within his countries, territories or do
minions ; and that such powers and clauses be insert
ed in the said commission as have been usual, and ac
cording to former precedents. And his Majesty's
said Advocate-General, with the Advocate of the
admiralty, are forthwith to prepare the draught of
a commihion, and present the fame to his Majesty at
this Board, authorizing the said commissioners for
executing the office of Lord High Admiral, to will
and require the high court of admiralty of Great-
Britain, and the Lieutenant and Judge of the said
court, his Surrogate or Surrogates, as also the several
courts of admiralty within his Majesty's dominions,
to take cognizance of, and judicially proceed upon,
all and all manner of captures, seizures, prizes and
reprisals of all flips and goods that are or shall be
taken, and to hear and determine the fame ; and ac
cording to the course of admiralty, and the laws of
nations, to adjudge and condemn all such ships, ves
sels and goods that are or shall be taken, and to hear
and determine the fame; and according to the course
of admiralty, and the laws of nations, to adjudge and
condemn all such. ships, vessels and goods as shall be
long to the French King, or the vassals and subjects of
the French King, or to any others inhabiting within
any of his countries, territories and dominions ; and
that such powers and clauses be inserted in the said
commission as have been usual, and according to for
tau, near to Pletz, and half a mile from Jaromirz.
The attack began the 13th, at half part twelve at
night, but the croats and hussars, who were posted
there; sustained the unexpected assault with great cou
rage for half an hour, before the carabiniers of Duke
Albert and the hussars of Wurmfer advanced, and
took the enemy in flank. The aUion theii became
serious, and the enemy was obliged to retire, leaving
a great number of dead on the field ; among the rest
one Colonel, two Lieutenant-Colonels, and twelve
Lieutenants. On our part we had 264 killed and
wounded. The Prussians in retreating abandoned
several posts they had occupied previous to the action.
mer precedents : And they are likewise to prepare
and lay before his Majesty at this Board, a draught of
such inftrußions as may be proper to be sent to the
courts of admiralty in his Majesty's foreign govern
ments and plantations, for their guidance herein ; as
also another draught of inftruUiops for such ships as
shall be commiffipnated for the purposes afore-men
tioned.
A- letter from Paris, dated August 5, 1778, fays,
" The Captains who did not answer the signal for
coming into the line of battle are under disgrace, and
one of them, as is said, will be' Rot. Ink few days
Te Deum will be sung all over the kingdom. The
Duke of Chartres was at the opera last night, and re
ceived with the greatest demonstrations ofjoy."
Extract of a letter from Dantzick, dated fuly 30.
" An order of his Prussian Majesty to his custom-house
officers at Wefterdeep, that in future no masts shall
be permitted to pass that are destined for certain Eu
ropean powers, has just reached this place, and causes
much {peculation. The French Consul immediately
dispatched a courier with this news to Paris, which
is indeed highly interesting to all the naval powers."
Extra# of a letter from Paris, dated "July 27.
" A letter from Brest of the 20th inst. informs us,
that the Juno, a French frigate of 32 guns, having
descried an Englilh cutter, called the Alert, pursued
her; flie carried 14 guns and 75 men. When the
Captain of the cutter saw himfelf on the point of be*
ing taken, he threw 10 of his guns into the sea. Be
fore he was taken he was matter of his ship, and could
do with his guns as he pleased ; but not so afterwards.
The Alert being taken and conducted to Brest, seven
of her sailors, who are Americans, and were forced
into the service, have sworn that the Captain threw
his guns overboard after he was a prize, in consequence
of which he is committed to prison. The Captain in
fills he threw them overboard before he was taken,
and then only to lighten his ship.
August 13. On Tuesday passed the great seal a corn
million empowering the Lords of the Admiralty to
issue letters of marque, also authorizing them to fend
like powers to the Governors of the leeward inlands
.and in the Weft-Indies.
The fame time a commission passed the great seal,
empowering the High Court of Admiralty to condemn
such prizes as shall be taken from the French.
Yesterday there was a full Board of Admiralty, at
which Lord Sandwich presided: Several letters of
marque and reprisals were granted, and several offi
cers attended, who received their commissions, with
orders to repair on board their refpeUive ships.
At the breaking up of the above board, a messenger
was sent off express to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland,
with warrants to his Excellency for issuing letters of
marque and reprisals to all Captains and Commanders
of ships and vessels in that kingdom, to seize and de
stroy all vessels belonging to the French King.
And also a messenger to the Lords Commissioners of
the police in Scotland, to issue the fame in all their
ports.
Yesterday Countßruhl, the Saxon Ambassador, and
Count de Maltzan, the Prussian Ambassador, having
received packets from their several courts, set off toge
ther for Windsor, to communicate the contents to his
Majesty in person.
Advice is said to have been received by Count
Maltzan, the Prussian Ambassador, though the parti
culars have not yet transpired, that the treaty entered
into by the Emperor of Germany and the King of
Prussia for accommodating the differences between
them relpedting Bavaria, had been entirely broke off,
the Emperor not chocking to reimburse the King in
the sum total of the expences incurred by the military
preparations he had made. —News of a battle is there
fore daily expected.
A letter from Rotterdam, dated July 31, fays, "We
have accounts this day that the French have taken
four of our merchantmen.
N E W-Y O R K, October 26.
Last Monday morning a large fleet failed from Sandy-
Hook for England, under convoy of the Leviathan,
Capt. Brown ; in which went patiengers his Grace
the Duke of Ancafter and General Sir Robert Pigot.
Saturday morning lalt about two o'clock, the Old
Mansion-house belonging to Mr. Nicholas Stuyvesant,
in the Bowery, took fire, and was burnt to the
ground, with part of the furniture therein contained.
The above fire is said to be occasioned by means of the
affi-houfe being near the dwelling.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRAORDINARY.
By letters from Philadelphia we learn, that, on the
receipt of the last manifefto from the Englilh commis
sioners, one of the Congress had the resolution to
make the following ihort speech:
' 1 have listened to this manifefto with great atten
' tion, and am not aßamed to acknowledge that it
' breathes a spirit of candour and resolution by which
' lam considerably influenced. No man in this august
' assembly will dare to express a doubt of my sincere
' attachment to the true interest of my country. I
' am convinced that the true interest of America is
' inseparable from that of Britain, and that our al
-6 liance with France is unnatural, unprofitable, ab
' surd. I therefore move, That this phantom of in
' dependence may be given up.'
—He had scarcely uttered the words before the Pre
sident sent a messenger to fetch the Poliß Count Pu
laski, who happened to be exercising part of his legion
in the court yard below. —The Count flew to the
chamber where the Congress fat, and with his fabre
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 5.
SI R, Paffi, near Paris, Aug. 12, 1778.
I Have the honour to enclose a few news-papers,
and a letter from Spain. They contain all the
news, excepting that the men of war at Toulon have
gone out and taken four rich Rips belonging to the
Englilh, said to be worth four millions of livres. I
have the honour to be, with all puffible refpeU, your
most humble servant, JOHN ADAMS.
President Laurens.,
Publilhed by order of Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec.
Extra# of a letter from Baltimore, dated Oct. 31, 177 I.
" This morning a vessel arrived in 21 days from
Statia, and brings an account of the French having
invaded St. Vincents. A letter which I saw mentions
a Hoop having arrived at Statia from Barbados, whi<h
intended calling at St. Vincents ; but feeing the French
flag displayed there, Re run past. Same letter men
tions the report of its being taken having prevailed
there some days."
Yesterday Abraham Carlifle and John Roberts weye
executed on the common of this city, pursuant to
their sentence.
In an instant fevered from his body the head of this
honest delegate. The head was ordered by Congress
to be fixed on the top cf the liberty-pole of Phi
ladelphia, as a perpetual monument of thefr^dom of
debate in the Continental Congress of the United
States of America. [Rivington's Royal Gazette.]
Nov. 2. The Harriot Packet, Capt. Spargo, failed
from Falmouth for this port, the 7th of Sept, and on the
17th following was taken by the Vengeance privateer,
after a very obstinate engagement, and sent into New
bury Port. In the action Capt. Spargo had one man
killed, and several wounded.
PORTSMOUT H, (New-Hampßire) OU. 29.
Thursday the 15th instant arrived here from France
the frigates Providence and Boston, and the ship of
war Ranger, commanded by Captains Whipple,
Tucker and Simpson. They left Brest the 20th of
August, from which port the French fleet, confiding
of a large number of ships of the line, frigates, bomb
ketches, fire-Rips, &c. had failed a day or two before,
in quest of the Britilh fleet. The French confidently
assert, that their present naval armament, under com
mand of the Count d'Orvilliers, when joined with the
reinforcement which they expert from Toulon, Roch
fort, &c. will be superior to any power the Englilh
can bring to oppose them, and bid defiance to the
whole force of Great- Britain anting by sea.
The following is a copy verbatim of the sentence ?f
the Court upon John Roberts, pronounced by his
Honour the Chief Justice, which was sent to the
Supreme Executive Council, at their request, about
ten days ago, to shew the opinion r s the Court re
specting the conviction. It is now publiffied by per
miflion of the Chief Justice, with this obfervatica,
that it was originally written to help his memory,
and not for the public eye.
JOHN ROBERTS,
YOU have been indicted, and after a very long, a
very fair and impartial trial, been convi^ed of
High Treason. You have had all the indulgence and
advantage that the law would allow you ; you have
had a copy of your indictment, and of the panne! of the
Jury, a Sufficient time for your defence and challenges.
The Jury who have found you guilty, were such as
may be justly said that you yourfelf approved of, for
though the law gives you a liberty to challenge thir
ty-five, you have challenged but thirty-three, so you
allowed the rest to be an indifferent Jury to pass be
tween the State and you, upon your life and death.
Your Council have moved for a new trial, and the
Court have disallowed that motion, being fully fatis
fied you have been convicted upon legal and clear evi
dence ; their next step is to proceed to judgment ;
and furry I am, that it falls to wy lot to pronoun^
BOSTO N, October 29.
The squadron of the Count D'Eftaign is compleat
ly refitted; and the ships are in readiness to put to
sea at the shortest notice.
A letter from Holland, dated in June, fays, " The
proposals for a treaty between the Americans and the
United Provinces, now lie before the States ; the an
swer the Americans received on the delivery of them,
was, that the business required a very serious attenti
on ; that they should nevertheless use every dispatch
it would admit of, and as soon as the States had come
to a determination, they should immediately be made
acquainted therewith."
WILLIAMSBUR G, OU. 9.
Col. Clark, with a Rody of militia, has taken
pofleffion of fort Chartres and the other western
posts between the rivers Ohio and Miffifippi. - The
commandant is on his way to this city, a prisoner.
Capt. Boon, the famous partizan, has lately crossed
the Ohio with a small detachment of men, and near
the Shawanefe towns repulsed a party of the ene
my, and brought in one scalp, without any loss
on his fide. Major Smith has marched with three
companies of the Militia of Washington county to
support the garrisons in Kentucky. The noted
Cherokee chief Cbea-Connafen, or Dragging-
Canoe, is lately dead, which event it is likely will
unite the nation in the interest of America.