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with the General's difpatehes, which are not to be
opened^
(Signed) BP LINCOLN,
Charleftown,, May 8, 1780,
No. XII.
SI R, May 8, Half after Five.
AS I with to communicate with the Admiral upon
the fubjedtof your last letter, I have to detire
that an Aid de Camp may be permitted to pass to the
fleet for that purpose. I have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) H. CLINTON.
No. XIII.
SI R, May 8, Six o'clock, P. M.
IN order to give the articles of capitulation which
you have proposed a due consideration, I propose
that the cessation of hostilities Shall continue until to
morrow morning at 8 o'clock, and that in the mean
time every thing ihall continue in its prelent situation.
If you accede to this, you will please to give me im
mediate information of it. I am Sir, &c.
(Signed) 11. CLINTON.
Major-General Lincoln.
No. XIV.
SIR, May 8, 1780.
I ACCEDE to your proposal, that hostilities Shall
cease until to-morrow morning eight o'clock, and
that in the mean-time all works Shall continue in their
present Rate.
(Signed) B. LINCOLN.
His Excellency Sir Henry Clinton.
No. XV.
SI R, May 8, Eight o'clock, P. M.
YOUR answer to my letter proposing the continu
ation of the truce until to-morrow morning at
eight o'clock, only accedes to the cessation of hosti
lities, and that in the mean-time all works Shall con
tinue in their present state, but my proposition was,
that until that time every thing Should continue in
its present situation ; and my meaning was, that there
Should not be an attempt made to remove any of the
troops, or destroy any of the Ships, Stores, or other
effects whatever, now in the town or harbour. If
your idea is the fame, I mult request you will express
yourfelf more explicitly. I am, Sir, &c.
(Signed) H. CLINTON.
No. XVI.
SIR, May 8, 1780.
TN agreeing that the truce Should be continued until
1 eight o'clock to-morrow morning, and all works
remain as they were, I meant to accede to your pro
posal that every thing Should continue in its present
fituatioq, which I again assent to.
(Signed) B. LINCOLN.
His Excellency Sir Henry Clinton.
No. XVII.
Articles of Capitulation, as anfavered by Sir Henry
Clinton and Admiral Arbuthnot.
Art. I. Ail ads of hostility and work Shall cease un
til the articles of capitulation arc finally agreed to or
rejected.
2. The town and fortifications, with the Shipping
at the wharves, artillery, and all public stores what
soever, Shall be surrendered in their present State to
the commanders of the investing forces. Proper offi
cers Shall attend from the respective departments to
receive them.
3. -Granted.
4. The militia now in garrison Shall be permitted
to return to their refpedive homes, as prisoners upon
parole ; which parole, so long as they observe, Shall
Secure them from being molested in their property by
the British troops.
5. Granted.
6. Granted; except with refped to their horses,
which will not be allowed to go out of town, but
may be disposed of by a person left from each corps
for that purpose.
7. The whole garrison Shall, at an hour to be ap
pointed, march out of the town to the ground be
tween the works of the place and the canal, where
they will deposit their arms. The drums are not to
beat a Britifli march, or colours to be uncased.
8. Agreed ; with this reftridion, that he is to con
fider himfelf a prisoner on parole.
9. All civil officers, and the citizens who have borne
arms during the liege, must be prisoners on parole ;
and with refped to their property in the city, Shall
have the fame terms as are granted to the militia.
And all other persons now in the town, not described
in this, or other article, are notwithstanding under
stood to be prisoners on parole.
10. The difeuffion of this article, of course, can
not poflibly be entered into at present.
11. The fubjeds of France and Spain Shall have the
fame terms as are granted to the French Consul.
12. Granted; and a proper vessel, with a flag, will
be provided for that purpose.
All public papers and records must be carefully
preserved, and faithfully delivered to such persons as
ihall be appointed to receive them.
(Signed) H L CLINTON.
Mt. ARBUTHNOT.
Camp before Charleftown, May 9, 1780.
No. XVIII.
SIR, May 9, 1780.
TN reply to your answers on the articles of capitula
' tion I must remark, that in their present date they
are inadmissible, and have to propose, that those now
fcnt may be acceded to.
,If any further explanation Should be necessary, I
have to propose also, that two gentlemen be appoint
ed to meet and confer on the fubjed.
I have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) B. LINCOLN.
His Excellency Sir Henry Clinton.
Alterations of Articles of Capitulation, proposed by Ma
jor-General Lincoln.
Art. 2. The town and fortifications, with the Dip
ping at the wharves, excepting those which arc pri
vate property, and all public Stores, Shall be surren
dered in their present state to the Commander in
Chief of the British forces.
4. The militia now in garrison fliall be permitted
to return to their refpedive homes, with their bag
gage, unmolested, and not be considered as prisoners
of war.
6. Such of the officers as may be unwilling to dis
pose of their horses, may keep them.
7. This article to Stand as at firft proposed, the
drums not beating a British march.
rT'HE boaSted popularity of the Ministry begins to
1 decline very fait in Ireland, Sir Boreas Blubber
was carried, extended on a gibbet, thro' the town of
Belfast, lalt Thursday fennight, with Jemmy Twitch
er, in the character of Judas Iscariot, 011 his right
hand, and Judge Jefferies, in the character of Ponti
us Pilate, on his left ; a chimney sweeper in the cha
racter of Parson Bute, officiated as Jack Ketch, and
having undergone the ceremony of the firing, at the
common place of execution, were committed to the
flames amidst the largest concourse of people ever as
sembled at that place.
Major- General Cunningham is arrived express from
Ireland, his departure from thence is said to have
been sudden, and his business here, to condole with
ministry on the impracticability of managing fxty-five
thousand men in arms.
March 6. One of Sir Henry Clinton's transports
has just put into Cornwall, with a number of Heflians
on board. She was separated from the fleet on their
way to Georgia.
It will add, if possible, additional honour to the
minority members to move, that it be recommended
to his Majesty by that House to confer an hereditary
honour on Captain Pearson, with suitable provision,
for his most extraordinary conduct in the engagement
with Paul Jones. History can hardly parallel such an
action, and to have it pass unnoticed by the legisla
ture, would be a reflection on national gratitude.
The land-tax, which, at 4s. in the pound, produces
two millions, has been reckoned at a tenth of the an
nual rental of the whole kingdom, which, at 20 years
purchase, (the price land now fetches) is four hun
dred millions. This is the see-simple of half the lands
in England ; consequently, half the landed property
is eventually mortgaged to the public debt.
The Court of Portugal have ordered that the port
of Lisbon, and all the other ports in Portugal fliall
be Shut against the Englilh carrying any future prizes
into any of them.
March 10. Governor Hutchinson has not only a
pension of 20001. per annum for himfelf, but all his
sons and son-in-law are also pensioned.
Admiral Graves is said to be going out with the
Wcft-India fleet, in order to succeed Sir Peter Par
ker on the Jamaica Station, who has wrote home to
be recalled.
We hear the following Ships are appointed to con
voy the Welt-India fleet, viz. London, 90 guns ;
Berwick, 74 ; Egmont, 74 ; and Shrewsbury, 74.
Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, March 8.
" Yesterday the court-martial ended on Captain
Boteler, late Captain of the Ardent, when he was
dismissed the service ; and the rest of the officers were
all acquitted."
Extraci of a letter from a gentleman in Ireland to a
gentleman in London, Feb. 29.
" What I hinted at in my former letters is now be
gun. An almost universal declaration of the freedom
and independency of this kingdom. Three counties
and two cities have already declared it in the most
pointed language, and 5 counties more have advertised
meetings. This day the Sheriffs of the city of Dub
lin, attended by 300 citizens, 240 of the volunteers,
with their fide arms, waited upon their representatives
with an address and instructions to repeal Poyning's
law, and pass a counter declaratory aft ; so consider
able a meeting for number and property was never
seen in Dublin. They are more firm and determined
in having a free constitution than they were in having
a free trade ; some resolutions fay, that no power on
earth has, ought, or Shall have a right to bind Ire
land. In Short, the people are determined to revive
the constitution of their ancestors."
March 15. The victory obtained by Mr. Burke
over the drowsy Minister of this country, does the
virtue and the appearance, and the abilities of that
Senator and his 206 colleagues, immortal honour.—-
Whilst the defeat equally disgraces their opponents,
and in particular those paltry members of the Board
of Trade, (Billy Eden at their head) who forgetting
the common delicacy that every man Should have in
appearing in his own cause, fought hard for the loaves
and fifties. The Board of Trade has been a mere
Slate-engine in the hands of the crown for many years ;
it was the reward, or the retaining fee, of every par
tizan of government ; hence it at present boasts of 110
less than five authors, the 1110 ft part of whom having
( For the remainder fee the last page.)
LOND O N, March 3.
firft attempted to mislead the public, afterwards fat
down to fatten on the spoils it.
Lord HillSborough talks fcrioufly now of embody
ing the American refugees, and of appointing Go-,
vernor Hutchinson to be their Captain, as a corps he
can fully depend upon, for his body guard, in case
things come to extremity, either here or in Ireland.
Lord North has often declared, that he would no,
longer fit in the House of Commons than while he
was supported by the country gentlemen , the coun
try gentlemen have new deferred him, as Monday
night's glorious majority of eight voices fully evinces.
His Lordship is therefore called upon to fulfill his
promise, as they expert him to be a man of his word.
We are happy to hear the Duke of Devonfhirc
means to take an active part in favour of his country ;
and the firft inflance he means to give of it, is by tlw
bringing in a bill which will be very favourable to the
liberties of the fubje&.
Extras of a letter from Plymouth, March 7.
" Yesterday the gzd and 94th regiments of foot
embarked from Cai water on board the transports ly
ing there to receive them, but their deltination is
not known.
" One hundred American prisoners embarked this
day in Stonehoufe Pool, from Stonehoufe prison, on
board a cartel for Morlaix in France."
March 30. Lord George Germaine and the Sussex
Proteftors, who have ignominiously submitted to be
come the mouth-piece of this abettor of del^otifm,
affirm, that Committees of Correspondence for the
declared purpose of forming general associations, di
redly lead to an ove -ruling of the legislature, a fub
verlion of the constitution, and the introduction of
anarchy and confufion. Have these ungrateful miG
creants forgotten that even at this moment, when
illegality and oppression grow wanton in excesses,
they participate of those national felicities which have
resulted from the fair produce of Associations, from
Magna Charta, and from the Convention Parliament ?
It is exceedingly to be regretted, that those degene
rate Englishmen, who seem infested by a malignant
anxiety to undermine the privileges which have been
purchased at the price of virtuous blood, are not ex
cluded from the possibility of enjoying them.
If the States of Holland have declared themselves
in favour of France, Spain, and America, this coun
try must be in a mifcrable situation indeed; Russia
with all their wishes to assist us will be prevented by
the Porte, who are in league with France, and under
engagements to fall upon the Czarina's territories the
moment Ilie draws the sword in favour of England ;
and Sardinia, Sweden and Naples, are ready to com
mence hostilities upon us whenever France and Spain
calls for their affiflance.
April 4. Whether the intimation, which now lay
before our readers, may prove the groundless ru
mour of the day, or bear the marks of indisputable
authority, a very short time will certainly discover.
Commotions are reported to have arisen in the coun
ty of York, many of the inhabitants of which (if our
communications can be relied on) have prerempto
rily refufed to pay the taxes. It is said the Marquis
of Rockingham is already gone to that part of the
kingdom, where his public and private virtues have
rendered him too much beloved to leave a doubt of
the luccefs of his endeavours to appease the people-
Extract of a letter from Paris, March 21.
" The King has promoted the Count d'Aubigny to
the rank of Vice-Admiral of France.
" Monsieur, and his brother, the Count d'Artois,
after the example of the reforms which ceconomv has
dilated to his Majesty, have caused letter patent to
be published, setting forth the necessity of making a
reform in their households; in consequence of whi h
these Princes, in order to attain that end, have given
orders to their great officers to give them an account
of every thing susceptible of reform in their refpe&ive
departments.
" The Count de Rochambeau set out this day for-
Brest, where all the officers of his army have orders,
to repair by the 25th of this month. It appears,
that the Chevalier de Ternay's squadron is to con l y
that army to America, and that after the Count Dt—
chaffault shall have efeorted the troops with 12 Blips
to a certain latitude, he is to re' "to Brest."
The Dutch taking a decided part may be attended
with one happy consequence, it will oblige our hu
mane ministry to relinquish their favourite idea of en
slaving America, and put an end to the bloody and
unnatural war with our brethien on that continent.
March 31. The reports of the deputies from several
States to the Assembly of the States General, holden
at the Hague on the 3d instant, concerning the affair
between Commodore Fielding and Count Byland,
were as follow:
" Refolded, That Count Byland was by no means
the aggressor, but that Commodore Fielding, on the
contrary, insulted the flag of the Dutch nation, by
forcibly examining the Dutch merchantmen, and by
detaining such of them as he thought proper.
" Refolded, That a general and unlimited convoy is
absolutely necessary to protest the commerce of the
United Provinces, and that even such goods as are
not expreffedly deemed contraband by the different
treaties, are not to be tent out without a convoy ; and
" Refolded, That the deputies from the several
States do move in the General Assembly for an un
limited convoy, and intreat the deputies of the rest
of the States to vote and declare themselves for the
question."