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the flute Toifon d'Or, laden with goods and am
munition for the army, which anchored the fame
day in the Bay of Fort-Royal/ ~ , , r
The packets Sappajou and Bananier, which left
Marfedjes the 27th of December, arrived here the
4 th instant. By the publick prints of Paris, De
cember I§, we are informed that a very rich fleet
of more than 160 fail from St. Domingo arrived at
Brest on the 7th of that month, ten excepted, which
being leaky returned to the Cape, and the Union,
armed en flute, laden on the Kings account, which
being in a leaky condition, the crew and great part
of the cargoe were taken on board other vessels,
and the hull left at sea. That the grand fleet, un
der the Count de Guichen, confiding of 19 fail of
the line, 55 transports, and a very great number of
merchantmen, set fail from Brest on the morning of
the tenth of the fame month. Seven fail of the line,
?is said, are destined for the Weft-Indies. M. de
la Motte Picquet, on board the Courronne of 80
guns, with a 74, and the frigate Engageante, was
going on a secret expedition, and the red of the men
of war were to join the Spanish fleet at Cadiz. Pri
vate letters from Marseilles declare also, that new
armaments are preparing for the Islands, and seem
to confirm the taking of Madrafs.
On the 31st ult. arrived here the Triumphant of
80 guns, Count de Vaudreuil, and the Brave, a new
.4, which left Brest the loth of December, with
the grand fleet. We are told by persons who came
depending on the said colonies belonging to his Brj
faunick Majesty; all powder, arms, ammunition and
Kings' vessels, Ihall be given to the commander of
the French troops, and an inventory of them pre
sented to the Governor.
17. Out of refped to the courage and determin
ed conduct of Generals Shirley and Fraler, we con
fcnt, that they dial! not be considered as prisoners
of war; but the former may return to his govern
ment of Antigua, and the latter continue in the ser
vice of his country ; being happy to teftify this mark
of our particular esteem for these brave officers.
At St. Christopher, the 12th of Feb. 1782.
Le Marquis de BOUILLE,
THOMAS SHIRLEY,
Governorand Major General
of his Majesty's army.
THOMAS FRASER,
Brigadier General.
It is moreover covenanted that the inhabitants of
these islands, with the permission of the Governor,
may export their merchandize in neutral veflels for
ail the ports of Europe and America.
Ke M. de BOUILLE,
THOMAS SHIRLEY,
THOMAS FRASER.
BASSETERRE (St. Chriftophers) Feb. 19.
The marquis Bouille lias been plealed to older
the editor to carry on the printing business as usual,
and to insert what he may deem proper, except
against the King of France: The publick are there
fore informed that this Gazette will continue to be
publilhed, uni er the present form, every 1 uefday
and Friday.
An account of the invasion of this island and of
the different engagements will be published as soon
as the particulais can be carefully collected.
The unremitted attention, the mildness and hu
manity with which we are treated by the marquis
de Bouille, count Dillon, count Flechin, captain
Nolan, and by the French officers in general, de
serve our warpleft acknowledgments.
Count Dillon is appointed governor of this island,
and monsieur Fraine, lieutenant-governor, the for
mer is to embark on a grand expedition ; the latter
is a gentleman of an amiable character, and is to
continue with us; captain Nolan is to remain in
Basseterre.•
An English fleet of ten fail of the line, five fri
gates, the trade, and some transports have certainly
arrived at Barbadoes : The Vidory of 100 and ten
guns, and Queen of 98, are two of the above squa
dron. ,
Six fail of the line and a number of transports
have arrived at Martinique, and two fail of the line
which were separated from them have joine tm
count de Graffe. . , . . .
It is said that admiral Hood tn hrs way to Anti
gua, fell in with four Spanish line of battle ships,
and has captured theffi.
The following articles are transited from the Gre
nada Royal Gazette, dated February 14.
St. PIERRE, (Martinique) Feb. 7.
The 21st of last month arrived here the mer
chant ships Sardine, Meffager, St. Jean Baptiste,
Juene Julie and Furet. They left the Mediterra
nean on the 7th of November, with the frigate
Gracieufe, and the store-ships Rhone, Durance and
in these vessels, that QU the 14th, when there wus
a violent storm, and the sea ran very high, 12 En
glish ships fell in with some stragglers from the fleet,
in a thick fog, but the English soon made the bed
of their way off, when they discovered that Count
de Guichen was pursuing them to attack them. The
next morning the enemy were seen to windward,
and only seven or eight of our merchantmen were
miffing. It was thought that the English, not be
ing able to take possession of the vessels that had
struck to them, the sea running very high, molt of
them escaped. A heavy gale from the North East,
from the fifteenth at night to the sixteenth, obliged
all the transports or merchant ships to make the best
of their way for Brest, about fifty leagues distant.
The English fleet disappeared in the tempestuous
night. Count de Guichen kept the sea, in the fame
lititude, to seek the enemy, till the 28th December,
when finding that some of his ships had fuffered
' greatly through stormy weather, he ordered the
Triumphant and the brave to these seas (where M.
de Vaudreuil had a special commiflion to execute)
and set fail with the rest of the fleet for Brest ;
whence, 'twas thought, after a short time taken to
repair the damage they had received, they would
again fail for this Island.
FORT-ROY A L, (Grenada) Feb. 14.
By several vessels lately arrived here from Mar
seilles, in short passages, we hear that our troops
from Toulon, commanded by the Baron de Falkcn
bayn, had arrived at Minorca; as had the rein
forcement expected from Carthagenaand Barcelo
na, which landed a considerable train of heavy ar
tillery; and that the middle of December near 300
' pieces of cannon, 24 and 36 pounders, were ready
to play upon St. Philip's, the reduction of which
was thought to be very near at hand. The Capt.
of a Spanish sloop of war, lately arrived at Marti
nique from Cadiz, fays that in the beginning of Ja
nuary it was believed at Cadiz that bt. Philip's
had surrendered; but this wants confirmation. We
can however declare as certain, that an embarkati
on of 12 or 15,000 men, which was going forward
with great dispatch at Cadiz, would Ihoitlyfail un
der a very strong convoy to the place of its desti
nation; and by a vefl'el arrived here from Madeira,
in 27 days, we are informed that a fleet of about
150 fail were waiting at the Canaries for a Spanish
fleet, which they were to join, bound, it was
thought, for these colonies.
By advices from the neighbouring islands, we un
derstand that the American privateers, Mohawk,
Porus, Pilgrim, Scourge and Hendrick, have had
great fuccels in these seas, frequently fending priz
es to Martinique; in particular, to windward of
Barbadoes they have taken, within a month past, a
vessel of 16 guns, from Newfoundland, with cod
fifh, for Jamaica; another with a cargoe of the fame
fort from Halifax; a very fine letter of marque ship,
of 18 nine pounders, which left Bristol late in No
vember, with a cargoe of provisions and very valu
able merchandize; a packet from Barbadoes, with
three officers on board, carrying advices to Sir Sa
muel Hood of our expedition against St. Chiifto
phers; also the packet Prince William Henry;
and the ship Daniel, laden with codfifh, for Barba
does.
Further ADVICES from Europe, by the Antonie,
Captain Angus, and St. James, Capt. 1 ruxen.
LONDO N, Dec. 12.
IT is certainly the determination of government
to fend very great reinforcements to America
early in the spring, though the plan of military ope
ration for the next campaign, it is thought, is not
yet fixed upon in the Council.—M. Poll
Those who argue for withdrawing the troops
from America, and confining our operations to a
marine war upon their coasts, Ihould confider that,
unless we keep a garrison upon the continent, we
cannot find an harbour for our Dipping, at lead
such a one as will be always open, becaule it is well
known that the river St. Laurence is froze up more
than half the year; and consequently, if our fleets
were to rendezvous either at Quebec or Halifax,
they would be useless for many months, and the
Americans might carry on their trade in the south
ern colonies without molestation; it is therefore
absolutely necessary, on their own way of reasoning,
to keep a garrison to protect the fleet which they
recommend for the continuance of the war.
The three following arrangements have been ac
ceded to in the cabinet:
I. That the American war shall be persevered in,
the mode to be governed by contingencies, no fet
tled system being yet agreed upon.
2. That Sir Henry Clinton be immediately re
called. And that,
3. Sir Guy Carleton, who had a previous command
56,0741. for defraying the charge of five Han
overian battalions of foot in Gibraltar and Minorca,
and for provisions for three battalions of said troops
at Gibraltar.
307,2031. for defraying the charge of 13,472
men, troops of the Landgrave of Hesse Caflel, in
Britilh pay, pursuant to treaty.
61,1081. for defraying the charge of 2,904 troops
of Hanau, in Britilh pay, pursuant to treaty.
17,4981. for defraying the charge of a regiment
of foot troops of the Prince of Waldeck, in Britilh
pay, pursuant to treaty.
93,947]. for defraying the charge of 4,300 troops
of the Prince of Brunswick, in Britilh pay.
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677,4971. for defraying the charges of the em
bodied militia and fencibles in North-Britain.
10,5491. for defraying the charge of clothing for
the embodied militia in South-Britain.
43,8401. for the pay of Generals and General
Staff Officers.
43,6601. for defraying the charge of 1559 troops
of the Margrave of Brand©nburgh-Anfpach, in the
, pay of Great-Britain, pursuant to treaty.
23,8181 for defraying the charge of 903 troops
of the Prince of Anhalt Zerbft, in Britilh pay pur
suant to treaty.
55,4691. for the charge of provisions for foreign
troops in North-America—Britilh pay.
15,4991. to make good the deficiency of sums
voted for the troop of the Prince of Hesse Caffel
in Britilh pay, being a charge of an augmentation
to said troops, from 6th of April, 1781, to 24th of
December following.
3,2821. to make good the deficiency for sums
voted for the troops of Anfpach in Britilh pay, be
ing a charge of an augmentation to the said troops,
from 2d March, 1781,10 24th December following.
4,9421. to make good the deficiency for sums
voted for the troops of Anhalt, in Britilh pay, be
ing the charge of an augmentation to the said troops,
from the 18th April, 1781, to 24th December fol
lowing.
27,6831. for defraying the charges of artillery
for the foreign troops, pursuant to treaty.
11,3291. for defraying the charges of a regiment
of light dragoons, and two ditto of foot, from the
24th September, 1781, to 24th December follow
ing.
TRENTO N, March 27.
Extraft of a letter from Monmouth, March 25.
" I am sorry to inform you our guard at Toms
river were cut off yesterday morning by about 100
refugees under command of one Davenport. On
the alarm capt. Huddy repaired to the blockhouse,
in which some of the inhabitants joined him, and
others remained outside: the house was defended
till the ammunition was expended, when it surren
dered. Major Cook, who was out of the house,
fell; five others were killed and two wounded ,
Capt. Huddy, Daniel Randolph, Esq. and several
more, are carried off prisoners. Davenport was
wounded, supposed since dead, and one negro was
killed. The enemy then burnt the village, except
the houses of Aaron Buck and Mrs. Studfon, aftef
which they went off immediately. The unfitly
in that quarter, and was fiiper feded on the appoints
ment of General Burgoyne, be appointed Commands
er in Chief, in his room, of all his Majesty's fort
ces in that quarter, and joint commissioner for form
ing terms of peace with Congress, with Admiral
Digby, who is to take the chief command of the
fleet after the departure of Admiral Graves.
There is little doubt but that two of our trans-
Atlantic commanders will experience the weight of
ministerial vengeance, as, to their mal-condud is
solely attributed the fatal disaster on the banks of
the Chesapeake.
Dec. 14. Yeft^rday Lord Rawdon arrived at
Lord Huntingdon's house, in St. James's Palace,
on his parole from France.
Dec. 15. Yesterday Lord Rawdon and Colonel
D'Oyley were at the levee at St. James's for the
firft time since their return from France, from
whence they came on their parole of honour.
SUPPLIES granted for 1782.
That 49455 effective men, commissioned and
non-commissioned officers, including 4,175 invalids,
be employed for land service for 1782.
That 1,242,835!. be granted for defraying the
charge of maintaining the said men.
1,315,5231. for maintaining the forces in the
plantations, Minorca, Gibraltar, North-America,
Nova-Scotia, Newfoundland, and the Weft-Indies,
including Africa.
36,2801. for the pay of one regiment of light
dragoons, and seven battalions of foot, for the East-
India service.