The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1780-08-23 00:00:00, page 2

PII I LADELPII lA, August 16.
Ytfeida, arrived here the Mercury Packed Capt. Dil
lon, ft c.iFalmouth, by suborn cue have the follow
ing accents, iaben fowl the English prints brought
by her.
L OND O N, April 25.
'|'HE Court is in the highest difgult with Mons. Si-
I mohn, the Ambassador from Russia, on account
of a discovery from which has been made of the ex
treme duplicity of the power with which he repre
sents, toward) this unfortunate country. —It seems
admiaiftrahon have received recent dispatches from
Sir Joseph Yorke at the Hague, informing them that
, rt oiii°. Simoini was in Holland previous to his arrival
in London, and that he has the greater reafcu from
certain circunnhinces which he has been able to dil
cover, though the tranU&ion was conducted wi h
the utmost fecrccy and fineffe, to believe that the
whole of the Ruffian and Dutch affairs, with regard
to this country, has been carried on by mutual con
cert and delign, and that the'ill luccefs of Sir Jo
feph'3 repeated memorials, as well as the late memo
rial from the Empress herfelf, were the rcfult of their
joint councils, and reciprocal confidence.
May 25. About half past five Governor Pownall
moved for leave to bring in a Bill " to enable the King
to make a convention or truce, or to conclude a peace
M ith the Colonics 011 terms convenient and ncccll'aiy,
&c." He dated pruvioufly his unwillingness to offer
such a motion, unlcfs upon reading it to the Houle he
faould observe a disposition to receive and adopt it.
He took notice also of the mifehief attending debates
on such topics, uuiefs they tended to something cer
tainly ufctul, and therefore declined enlarging fur
ther on the fubjeCt till he should bring in the bill, Ac.
He was seconded by Mr. Dempher, who, among
other topics, pointed out the aukward situation of
conducting so great a war, in which no person could
enter the illand to propose or consult upon terms of
peace, without being liable to be fcized as a criminal.
The Speaker then par the question, which fecmed
likely to pal's without any diiient,
When Mr. Eden interrupted it.
Extract of a letter jrom Rochfort, May 16.
" Mr. Adams, who is deputed by Cougrefs to as
sist at any conferences that may take place for the
purpose of bringing about a peace, has been here
tome time, and has hud the honour of being intro
duced to their Majciiies and the Royal Family.
Extract of a letter from ibe Hague, Alay to.
" The States of Holland relumed their deliberations
this day.
Extract of a letter from Drogheda, May 1%.
" This evening has furnilhed a most horrid deed to
relate, no ids than five of our townfmen's corpse are
row lying in the Tholfal, from the army firing upon
the populace: What gave rife to the above was trilling,
only a little dispute that was agitated on account of
two men enlisting. One of the persons killed proved
fatally to be Mr. Samuel Woodhuufe, a most deserv
ing and refpcttable character, ard a member of our
" The Province of Zealand, in consequence of the
petition made by this fiate for the fitting out of 52
men of war, have agreed to it in folidum, with this
reftriftion, " That the quota of this Province shall
not exceed the expences of what is really fitted out
by the Admiralty of Zealand, and that the equipment
as well what is, as what shall be fitted out, Ihall not
be employed without the further consent of that Pro
vince, and only conformable to the resolution of their
High Mightinesses of the Bth of November, 1778,
which is exactly agreeable to the fentimeuts of the
Province explained in their resolutions of the 29th of
April and 24th of September of the fame year.
"In consequence of which, upon the report, '' what
equipment will be necehary for the year 1780? and
what money will be required over and above that
granted by the petition of the 3dof November, 1778?"
their High Mightinefles think that for the lervice till
the iff of May, 1781, as well for the defence of the
Republic as for the convoys, t^e Admiralty of the
Meze should equip two yo-gun fiiips, one of 60, thiee
frigates of 36 guns, and one of 20. The Adimralty
ot Amuerdam ihould equip one or 70 guns, three of
bo, seven of 50, fix frigatef of 40 guns, fix of 36, and
five of 20. Ihe Admiralty or Zealand should equip
two Ibips of 60 guns, one frigate of 36 guns, and
two of 20.
" The Admiralty of Weft-Friezland, and of the
Northern quarter, Should furnii'h two frigates of 36
guns, and two of 20, and the Admiralty of Friezland
two 50 gun ihips, one frigate of 56 guns, and one of
20 ot this equipment, one Ihip of 70 guns, and four
of 40 are to guard thecoart. and the others serve out
at tea, and 13,96001111 are to be employed on board
this fleet.
" Tee Deputies for maritime affairs have been re
quested to examine and deliberate upon the belt man
ner O' fuinilhing money tor provifiou, wages, repairs,
naval stores, &c.
" The petition for the making good one half of 1 he
expences amounting to 7,623.590 florins, three sols,
fix doigts, tor the above equipment, and which is to
be divided among the different Provinces, has also
been agreed to, except two firms, amounting to
477,507 florins, 16 sols, five doigts, destined for un
provided expences."
<Ma, 26 Advices are received from Holland, that
the Dutch are putting full garrisons into the sea-ports
of the Republic ; and that the fame steps are to be
taken immediately, with relped to the barrier and
frontier towns.
volunteer affuciaToo. There were also two men def
pcrately wounded^
" The soldiers were lodged in gaol, as also some of
the mob. It is fufpeCted they will attempt a rescue
to-night. All the volunteers are under arms ; weap
piehcud very desperate work."
Extract of a letter from Bref, May 9.
" All hands arc at prefcut at work to fit out a fe
cotid squadron, which is foou to follow that of Mr.
de Temay, and which is to convoy the second divif:on
of the army under the command of the Count de Ro
chambeau. Four Ihips defined for that expedition,
viz. le Cxfar, le Bien-Amie, le Adlif, and le Alex
andre, are already armed and dropped down the
road, where two more will join them in a few days.
This fecund division of the army confifis of 5,500
nien, now under the orders of Count Witgenllcin.
The greatest part of the troops are already arrived,
and more are daily expected. \
" We are also daily expecting a fleet from Bour
dcaux with ammunition, wine, and other provisions,
for the compleat equipment and victualling of the
fcveral ships fitted and fitting out at this port."
Extract of a letter front Toulon, May 7.
" His Majesty's Ihips le Z.lee and le Marseilles, of
74 guns tach, accompanied by two frigates, have this
day failed from this port, and it is generally believed
that they are going to Cadiz. As loon as the Terri
ble, of 114 guns, is ready, she will also foil with the
Sagittaire of 50 guns, for the fame port, defined for
our Weft-India Inlands. This and fcveral other rea
sons give room to fuppofc, that the squadron of
French ships, now lying at Cadiz, will not fail for
Bred, but will meet the second squadron, now fitting
out at Brest, in a certain latitude, and then proceed
immediately to the Weft-Indies."
'June 3. Yesterday morning pursuant to a refoluti
-011 of the Protejlwn Association, a number of persons
met in St. George's Fields, where Lord George Gor
don joined them about 1j o'clock. Between 11 and
12 they set out (fix a-breast) over London bridge,
thro' Cornhill and the City, to the amount of about
50,000 men, to the Houie of Commons, with the
Protestant Petition against the Bill passed last session
in favour ofthe Ronan Catholicks, which was carri
ed on a man's head, where Lord Gordon presented it.
The number of persons who had put blue cockades
in their hats, no sooner reached the avenues to the
two Houses of Parliament than they began to exercise
the most arbitrary and dictatorial power over both
Lords and Commons. Some of the member* they
obliged to take oaths that they would vote for the
repeal of the aC tpaffed last year for granting liberty
of confeience to the Roman Catholicks; and almost
every one they obliged to put blue cockades in their
hats, and cry out, "No Popery, No Popery." It
happened, we believe, rather by accident than design
that the Lords Spiritual and Temporal received most
in'erruption from them. They flopped the Arch
bishop of York, and grossly insulted him. They next
seized on the Lord President of the Council, whom
they pushed about in the rudest manner, and kicked
violently on the legs.
Lord' Mansfield was also daringly abused and tra
duced to his face. They flopped Lord Stormont's
carriage, and great numbers of them got upon the
wheels, box, &c. taking the most imprudent liberties
with his Lordfllip, who was as it were in their pos
s flion for near half an hour, and would not perhaps
have so soon got away, had not a gentleman jumped
into his Lordfllip's carriage, and by harranguing the
mob persuaded them to desist. The Duke of Nor
thumberland was much ill treated, and had his pock
et picked of his watch. The Bifliop of Litchfield had
his gown torn, the Bifliop of Lincoln's wheels of his
carriage were taken off, and his Lordship almost by
miracle escaped any personal damage. The Earl of
Hillfborough and Lord Townsend came down toge
gether in the carriage of the former, who was known
by the mob, and most grossly intuited. His Lordihip
would have felt their fury more, had not Lord Town-
Ihend, whom some of them recollected, and profef
fed a friendfhip for, been with him ; as it was, they
were greatly pushed about, and sent into the House
without their bags, and with their hair hanging loose
on their shoulders. Lord Willoughby de Brocks,
Lord Boston, and Lord Afhburnham, were exceed
ingly roughly handled; the two latter were in the
hands of the mob, and were buffetted about, not on
ly with an insolent and unwarrantable freedom, but
with a merciless and unmanly severity for a coniider
able time. Lord St. John, Lord Dudley, and many
other Lords were intuited and pcrfonally ill treated.
We do not hear that any of the members ofthe House
of Commons received much insult, further than ver
bal abuse, excepting only Wellbore Ellis, Esq. whom
the mob pursued to the Guildhall, Westminster, the
windows of which building they broke all to pieces,
and when they found Mr. Ellis, handled him very
roughly. They broke the front glass of Lord Trent
ham's viz-a-viz, and were extremely insulting to his
Lordfllip, whom they detained in his carriage a con
siderable time.
The avenues of the House of Commons were so
filled with them from the outer door up to the very
door of the House, (which latter they twice attempt
ed to force open) that it was with the utmost difficul
ty the members got in or out of the Houte. They
attempted, in like manner, to force their way into
the House of Peers, but by the good management of
S:r Francis Molyncaux, and the proper exertion of
the door-keepers under his diredion, all the passages
from the facet door, and round the House, were
kept clear. >
The above is only a hasty account of such of the
particulars of the conduct of the mob yesterday, as
suddenly reached the writer while he was himtelt em
ployed in the diichargc of his publick .duty below the
bdr^m the House of Lords. Poitiblc more and worie
consequences followed Lord George Gordon's as
sembling such a number of persons yesterday foi the
purposes which his Lordihip has already avowed.
What the writer has stated, he proumcb is fofficicut
to make every fiend to peace and good goicinment
heartily with that thof, -in power mav take effectual
means to prevent so gross an insult to Parliament, and
so daring a violation of the quiet of the city of Weft
minlter, from being again repeated on any occahon.
It is in vain to talk of the liberties of a country, where
the democracy can at the pieafuie, at the caprice, or
in consequence ofthe mifiaKcn zeal of any individual,
let his rank be ever so exalted, be summoned toge
ther in large bodies, and being so assembled, can ex
ercise the most hwlefs and oppressive tyranny, and
set the civil power at defiance.
j!axs. Lord George Gordon's conduft on Friday
at the House of Commons, was very extraordinary ;
he rather abetted the mob then endeavoured to ap
pease them; he rose frequently from his feat to talk
to them in the lobby, and inform them of what was
pa ti gin the house. Atlength the door being lock
ed, he went up and harrangued them from the balu
ftradc of the passage which looks down on the lobby.
As be was speaking from this situation, observing
the Chaplain near him, he asked him to address the
people, and, upon his declining, desired that thev
would call upon the Clergyman of the House of
Commons, to declare whether he approved of the
Popilh Bill. Lord George continuing to urge the
Chaplain to give his sentiments he replied with a be
coming warmth, that " the only opinion which he
thought himfelf at liberty to give, was, that all the
fatal consequences that might happen that night
wou/d be entirely owing to his Lordihip."
June 6. Yesterday morning a Privy Council was
held on the fubjed of the prefect disturbances, and
the lawless proceedings of the mob, as well in refped
to their violences on the chapels of the foreign mini
sters, as to their indecent and unruly behaviour to 0-
ther persons, and in other places. The result of the
determinations of this most august meeting was con
fidently declared in the drawing room to be, that a
proclamation should instantly be iffned, offering a re
ward of 5001. to those who would difeover, and give
such testimony as should bring to conviction the per
son or persons principally concerned in destroying and
fitting fire to the chapel of the Sardinian Ambassa
dor, and injuring that ofthe Bavarian Ambassador on
Friday evening. It was also laid, with equal confi
dence, that a commission was to be made out, autho
rizing certain persons therein named, to bring to trial
without delay those who fliould be charged as princi
pals in the late and present riots, in order that by mak
ing an immediate example ofthe most heinous offend
ers, future disturbances may be prevented, and the
lives of thousands saved.
On Saturday last died, at his house near Brornp.
ton, Thomas Hutchinson, Esq. late Governor of Maf
lachufetts-Bay, in the 69th year of his age.
June 7. About 7 o'clock a large party went to NevA
gate, and demanded the persons of the 4 men com
mitted for setting fire to the Romifli chapels, but
they were told it was not in the power of the keeper
to comply with their request : They then broke into
Mr. Akerman's house, and set it on fife, which was
done so effectually that in a little time the whole of
that vast building was one continued flame. In the
mean time they broke in and released every prisoner,
amongst whom were several persons under sentence of
death ; so deliberately did the prisoners make their
escape, that they took time to carry off their bedding,
and such utensils as they had in prison. Aman who
was to have been executed to-morrow, was so affect
ed at the unexpected change in his situation, that he
fainted away whilst his friends were knocking off his
irons. From hence they went to the Public Office in
Bow-street, the inside ofwhich they prefcntly destroy
ed, and burnt the contents, with the office books, &c.
in the middle of the Itrcet. These triumphs were
succeeded by a general illumination, which they com
pelled the affrighted inhabitants to make thro' the
cities of London and Westminster.
Lord Petre's house in Park-lane was gutted last
Yesterday the mob which take part with the Pro
teltants, continued very riotous in Ropemakers-Al
ley, Moorticlds; they continued to burn every thing
they could End in the Chapel school-house, and dwell
ing houses belonging to the Roman Catholick people ;
they took every piece of wood they could find, and
burned it, the roof of the buildings not ©leaping.
They pulled down a house belonging to the Roman
Catholick Ichoolmader, in Moorheids, in about one
hour yesterday, which when done, some thousands
went to the Roman Catholick school in Charles square,
Hoxton, where they behaved in a very riotous man
ner. Guards are placed at the Sardinian and Bavari
an Ambassadors chapels night and day.
Last night a large mob ot riotous perlons suddenly
attacked the House of Sir George Saville in Leicester
fields, made a forcible en+ry, and gutted it of belt
part of the furniture, which they piled up tn the
street, and set fire to; a party of the horse-guards
being lent for, the mob dispersed, but the furniture
was consumed.