The royal gazette — [Charleston] S.C., 1782-06-08 00:00:00, page 2

POET R Y.
Ata following ingenious piece of levity ^as occasioned by a
laughable circumfance that happened at the Ball at St. 'James s
en her Marfo's last birth night. By the Royal Couple
are meant the Prince of Wales and the Prince, Ro^l; it being
the etiquette at St. James's that those of the btgheft rank
Jbould dance together, noPwithflanding, as in the present instance,
'an, relationship of the partners.
« 'Twas at the Birth-night ball, Sir,
God bless our gracious Queen,
"Where people great and final!, Str,
Are on a footing Teen;
As down the dance,
With heels from France,
A Royal Couple flew.
Though well she tripp'd,
The lady flipp'd,
„ And offfhe cast her flioe,
Poodle, doodle, doo,
< The P -fc loft her shoe;
Her Hizhnefs hopp'd,
The fidlers flopp'd;
, Not knowing what to do.
Amaz'd at such a faufe, Sir,
The dancers to a man,/
Eager to hear the cause, Sir,
, Around the Princess ran,
Lord Hertford too,
Like light'ning flew,.
And tho' unus'd to truckle,
Laid down his wand,
And lent a hand,
Her roral (hoe to buckle,
Doodle, doodle, doo, &e.
The vestal maids of honour,
Attentive to their duty,
All crouded close upon her,
The Prince furvey'd their beauty,
Admir'd their zeal,
^or's partner's heel,,
But told them he conceiv'd
Though some falfe (heps,
Made demi-reps..
This soon might be retriev
Doodle, doodle, doo, &c.
The Princess soon was shod, Sir,
And soon the dance went on; #
Tis laid some guardian God, Sir,
Came down to get it done §
Perhaps 'tis true,
Old ENGLAND too
Might dance from night to noon,
• If flips of State
\Amcngft the great,
Were mended half as soon.
Doodle, doodle, doo,
Egad 'tis very true,
Or late or soon
They're nut of tune, „
And know not what to do.
To be fold, Cheap,
For Cash, Bills or Produce,
At No. 91, corner of Broad and Cbutcb freels,
EXCELLENT Madeira, London and other bottled Port
Wine—Old Rum—Pickles—Loaf Sugar—Raifine—Vinegar,
&c. &c. Also, a quantity of Ofnaburgs, with a general Affort
,nent for the seasonable goods ^ _
RUN away from the schooner Polly, a Negro fellow named
Pompey, he is about 5 feet 2 or 3 inches high, and well set,
speaks <mod English, is very artful, and, it is fuppbfed, will endea.
vour to°pafs for a free man ; he was formerly the property of Mr.
Stone, bricklayer ; and had on when he went away, a blue fear
nought jacket, and brown corduroy breeches. Any person that will
apprehend the said negro, and deliver him to Alexander Mills,
No. 14, Tradd-ftreet, or to the Warden of the Sugar-Houft, shall
'eceive TWO GUINEAS reward. , ,
HAMILTON STEVENSON, having returned to this
place, and intending to remain some time in it, begs leave to
acquaint the pubtick, that during his flay, he will follow his bufnefs
es Fainting in Miniature, and executing defigas in hair. Such
Ladies and Gentlemen as may ,wish to employ him, will be plcafed
to enquire at Mrs. Dawson's, No. 92, Meeting-street.
" " TO BE LET,
A convenient wooden Tenement,
No. 3, in Pinckney-ftreet. For particulars enquire of Capt.
Wallace, or at No. 106, Broad-street, of
£ WILLIAM RUSSEL.
MORRIS'S VOLUNTEERS.
A New Song.
YE Lads of true Spirit,
Who wish to inherit,
A Fame to increase with your Years ;
For the King and his Laws,
Come join in the Cause,
With Morris's bold Volunteers, brave Boys,
- With Morris's York Volunteers.
11.
An Example so glorious l .
Heaven fend them vidorfous;
May they ever be strangers to fears ;
May the Trumpet of Fame
Ever give fhem the Name,
Of Morris's bold Volunteers, brave 80,3,
Of Morris's, ^e.
in.
'May they ever oppose
Great-Britain's proud Foes,
And make them confefs, e'en with Tears,
'Tis in Vain to withstand
So united-a Band,
As Morris's bold Volunteers, brave Bo,s,
As Morris's, &c#
IV.
Then let us unite,
'Gainft Rebellion to fight ;
Come, Lads, then aflift with three Cheers;
And let each hearty Soul,
Drink a Health in a Bowl,
% Morris's bold Volunteers, brave Boys,
To Jack Morris's York Volunteers.
WEST-INDIA INTELLIGENCE.
From the ANTIGUA CHRONICLE.,
To the P RINTE R.
51R,...,...,
AS no circumstantial account of the late threatened expe
dition agairft the Virgin Islands has yet found a place
in print, the filllowing short deduction of the hiftdfy of th#t
business may not prove unacceptable to your readers —Ithere-
fore submit it for their infofmation.
A squadron of American privateers, armed, equipped and
manned at Boston, and other neighbouring northern ports on
the continent, having planned a predatory expedition agairift
the Virgin Islands, took wth them a party of difbdrided con
tinental volunteers, who were, by agreement, to come in tor
a (bare of the plunder. On their prdgrefs to Martinique, where
they firfl intended to rendezvous, their squadron fnffered a di
minution by capture —Ihey therefore, on their arrival in that -
island, had recourse to the expedient of beating up for volun
teers, who, on the principles of freebooting, Were to be al
lowed etcry privilege incident to that humane and honourable
profeffion. Not contentnith the force that flocked to, be pi
ratical standard, (Which were al out one hundred and fifty in
timber) they had the modest assurance to solicit their Excel
lencies the Marquis de Bouille and the Count de Grade to give
them three hundred men and two frigates to co-operate with
them in securing the glorious and important objeft; but were
unfortunately given to underhand, that the forces of his Most
ChrifliarrMajeFy were employed in the atchievement of honour
and conquest, and never made plunder an obje&.
Although thus thwarted by this Unequivocal teflimory and
avowal of the sentiments entertained by their ally refpe&ing
their defigms, their noble courage was not to be cast down ;
they therefore perfided. Their squadron, consisting of four
large Blips, the well known Holker brigantine, and a fart failing
(loop (tender to their Commodore, and a repeater of figrials)
took their departure from Fort-Royal, Martinique, about the
firft day of March last, having on board the freebooters and
about three hundred arid fifty continentals, compofingjn the
whole a force of about five hundred men, who were officered
by persons who had borne commissions under Congress.
Early in the evening of the sow th of March, this squadron
was descried from the heights of Tortola, bearing diredly for
one of the entrances through that chain of keys to windward
of the inland, which defcrihe a kind of semicircle, and contri
bute to form t'ne baton of Tortola. They efßtied their entrance
into it some time before the night closed in ; and by their ma
noeuvres announced themfclves to be enemies who were well
acquainted with the coast. The alarm was very speedily com
municated in the usual manner, by signal guns, throughout
the island ; and the militia evinced a spirit and alacrity on the
occasion which reflected the hipheft honour on them. The
hostile squadron continued manoeuvring to windward < f Road
Town harbour for fevei al hours; and the boats were all hoisted
out and put in readiness to conduct the military and freebooters
to the intended place of debarkation, at a final! distance frm
the principal fort, which lies North-East of the town. The
dead of the night was the time fixt on for the operations to
begin. The largest ship was to have anchored close under the
principal fort commanding the harbour, and to have brought
up with a spring on her cable; and the second ship in point
of force was to observe the like rule as to another of the
forts: and the intention in so doing was to cover the landing
of the troops, in case they ihonld be cannonaded from the forts.
The person who commanded this expedition was a Continen
tal Lieutenant-Colonel, who, the more effectually to preserve
the pageantry of this business, went on board the Commodore
to hold a Council of War, where a full Board of Officers at
tended, in order to come to a full underßanding Tcfpetting the
final plan of operations: but the last cheating gluts of the vm
du pays (which constituted a necefiary part of the warlike (lores
taken on board at Martinique) was so well rclifhed, and so fie
quently repeated, that the awful hour of defeent was pof poned
until about three or fo # r in the morning. 'I hey accordingly
flood out again, and returned about two, in order to come to
an anchor. As they were bearing down into the harbour, close
in a line a-breast, they were clearly distinguished by favour of
the moon-light; and Fort George, the principal fort, repeated
the alarm, which was taken up and repeated, in regular suc
cession, by five other forts to the fouthwafd, about two miles
diftantwne from the other, and all within fight of the foe.
This feafor.able, well conducted, and awful signal of prepara
tion, had so great an effect on the irritable nerves ofthe foe, that
it was once more deemed advifcabk to defer the attack until day
When that approached, the enemy were again presented to
the view of the inhabitants, manoeuvring in the offing. Their
great delay admitted of no other interpretation titan that of
timidity, which impreffid the inhabitants of Tortola with the
mod confident affiirauQe es their being Americans, whose de
signs were to plunder and defu oy ; and every animated airange
ment was accordingly fixed on, in order to meet them man
fully in the firft instance, and to leave every thing to the issue
ofthe bayonet. The force of the enemy, as you may fuppofc,
was not at that time known ; but the militia alone would have
been a full match for that which is already described: liowe
ever, proper arms were prepared for about four hundred trusty
negroes to co-operate with the militia; and the laws of neces
sity and of felf-prefervation juFified the m'cafure.
About eight o'clock, three brigantines in the Road Harbour
weighed anchor, crouded fail, and direded their course to the
South Weft, along the coast of Tortola, in order to endeavour
to effect their tfcape through the channel that divides Tortola
from the Danffh Island of St. John, which is about a mile and
a half in width. They bad not been well under way, when the
Holker and one of the fliips were difeovered to separate from
the squadron, and to bear down under a press of fail in order
to cut them off—Two of them got fafe through the channel;
the third was taken in it by the Holker.
There were, at this time, several letter of marque fliips and
brigantines taking shelter in the different bays of Saint John,
which belonged to London, Bristol and Liverpool, were re
ceiving their freight from Tortola, and almost in readiness to
fail.—So soon as the Holker and her contort effied them, they
threw out the necessary signal to windward, which was obeyed,
and two other fliips bore down. These flood in so close to the
shore, that they were fired at f om President Chalvill's, and
all the other batteries to the south-west of his. To some they
returned the fire ; but as it happened, no injury was received
on either fide. About an hour after, the last fliip, after dis
patching the flocp to windward of the Keys upon the look-out,
bore down, and flie and the fiernmoft of the other two fliips
were mofl manfully met by the two letter of marque fliips the
Fame, Capt. Saunders, mounting 18 guns, and the Northum
brian, Capt. Chapman, mounting 12 guns, who both weighed
anchor, and went out from Smith's Bay in St. John's to offer
them battle.—A smart engagement ensued, which lasted better
than half an hour ; in which time, so well directed a file was
preferred against the foe, that they received very considerable
damage, and loft some men. The two letters of marque find
ing the enemy disposed to draw them to leeward, where the
othei * ffels were lying to with their prize, could not venture
to pursue their advantage, and therefore returned to their port
without having received any damage. The hostile squadron
having refitted, kept hovering about to the westward. A day
or two afterwards, the Holke? and one of the mips worked np
again through the channel, and the other three fliips Wretched
to the northward, where it was supposed they would form a
junction, and attempt a defeent on the north fide of the island.
'1 he Experiment sloop of war, Capt. Herbert, having just
come in from a few days cruize, and anchored at the Vailey of
the Island of Spaniih-Town, to water his ship, espied the Hol
ker and ber consort standing toward him: Being at that time
ignorant of the coast being infefted, he hoisted his private
signals, which riot being answered, he flipped his cable and
flood for the passage between Anegada and Spanish Town.
The endeavouring to preserve his Majesty's ship from capture,
was his obvious and indifpenfibly duty; for each of the vessels
was, in point of real force, superior to the Experiment—How
ever die was soon overtaken by the Holker, and a smart engage
ment ensued. The funius Brutus soon after came up under
English colours, and fired several broad sides at the Experiment,
while under her quarters, with an intent to rake her; but the
Holker having, in the mean time, been most severely handled,
and having had her rudder dangerously wounded, and part of
her cabbin stove in, and being otherwise much crippled, for
tunately enabled the Experiment in a very short time to give
the nobV Roman so warm a reception, that she and the Holker
wil ingly took their leave, an,d left the Experiment to pursue
the r voyage to Antigua, where she had just arrived, when
the Santa Monica appeared off, took her into the squadron de
(lined for the relief of the Virgin (Bands. The injuries sus
tained by the Experiment were trifling; and the cool and de
termined valour shewn in opposing so superior a force, and
with so much success, reflects the highest honour on Captain
Herbert, iris officers and people.
The squadron having formed a junction to the northward,
cruized there for some days, between the latitudes of 19 and 21,
in order to lay in wait for the running fliips, which they learnt
frorp their prize were then about t 1 fail; but two of them
having taken a rich prize, bound from Liverpool and Cork for
Jamaica, while flit rest were not in fight, they quarrelled about
the division of the spoil ; and this incident happily put an end
to the expedition. The Holker went to Martinique with her
Tortola prize, named the Brigantine Delight; and from the
officers and crew of the Delight, as well as from the most un
doubted evidence of others, who have had the account of the
iuteij,d operations from the commanded of the squadron
thiim.ives, you may depend on the foregoing narrative being
fubftantiaHy juft#
Tortola is indebted to Providence for averting the intended
calamity. Had a landing been effected, the island mud have
been indebted to its own internal force for protection ; and the
most cruel ravages niigrt have been committed; and the enemy
removed far from the coast, long before the arrival of any re
lief. This circumftante, added to the consideration of the
remote lee^j^rd situation of Tortola, awd its great importance
to the nation, in point of the vast revenues accruing to the Mo
ther Country from its annual imports, trmft evince, in the fai
led manner, the neceflity of allowing it a (landing naval pro
tedion. I am, Sir, vour most obedient servant,
An INHABITANT of TORTOLA.
Tortola, 6th /prif; 1782.
A QUARTERLY Communication of the Provincial Grand
Lodge will be held in the Lodge Room at the State-House, on
Thursday the 13th of June next, when and where the Masters and
Wardens of the several regularly conftityted Lodges, holding under,
and acknowledging the jurifdiaion of the Provincial Grand Lodge,
are desired to attend by themselves, or Proxies, precisely at 7 o'clock
in the Evening. B, Order of the Grand M<tfer.
Cbm laflaum, 22J May, 57^2,
AS MACNAIR and MAXWELL are about declining
Business, they once more c quell all Persons indebted to them
to call and fettle their Accounts.
They wish to dispose off their GOODS oh Hand, consisting of
Wines, Groceries, Pickles 'Perfumeries, &c. by Wholesale, on very
reasonable Terms, for Cash or Government Bills.
N. B. The House they at present occupy, to be Let, and imme*
diate Possession given.
r rHE Subferiber intending to go to Jamaica the firfl Oppor
tunity, desires all Persons to whom he is indebted to call for
Payment ; and all those that are anywise indebted to him, are de
sired to make immediate Payment, otherwise their Accounts will be
put into the Hands of an Attorney at Law.
/ ¥ c. PFTFR CAMPBELL.
(B Y PERMIS SI 0 N.J '
TO BE SOLD,
THE commodious HOUSE and LO f, No. 186, King street,
fit for a tavern or a (lore, with three rooms, a final! barn, a
kitchen and Acre, a very large liable and other buildings and conve
aiencics. The Lot in width is 50 feet 4 inches, and in depth 14c feet.
*;. THOMAS EUSTACE.
AS Daniel O'Hara intends going for New-York by the
. next opportunity, intreats every person indebted to him, im
mediately to paythe fame.
To be Sold for Cash only, the remaining Stock on hand:
Consisting of Madeira ard Port Wjnes, by the pipe, quarter calk,
dozen or gallon; with sundry other articles in the grocery way,
fuperfine flour by the barrel; fliip buifeuit by the hundred. ff
POWELL, HOPTO N, &Co 7
H^TE FOR SNLE,
SUPERFINE Philadelphia FLOUR,
Mufeovado SUGAR in tierces and barrels,
Madeira WINE in pipes and half pipes. flf
To be Let, and may be Entered upon the aid inflant,
The HOUSE, No. 89, King-street,
With the fine large Garden adjoining. Apply to
X WILLIAM SMITH, No. 33, Bay.
C U K R 1 E & NORRI S,
HAVE TO DISPOSE 08,
By Auction or Private Sale,
Ct ARGO and Mess Beef and Pork in barrels and tierces,
,4 Bed Rose Butter, full bound,
Gloucester and Cheshire Cheese and Hams,
Superfine Flour, and a few calks of Raisins,
'Juft imported in the last Vessels from Liverpool.
AL S O, ~
Choice Philadelphia Flour,
Mufeovado and Loaf Sugar,
Madeira, Port and Calcavella Wines,
Fresh Orange Juice, :?
Bar Iron and Blister Steel,
Military Shoes, Boys and Girls ditto,J
Two trunks of fashionable Millinery Articles,
Broad Cloths, coarse Woollens, Corduroys,
Velverets, printed Jeans, Russia, Sheeting,
Nankeens, coarse Irish Linens, &c.
A few boxes of Mustard,
One box of Ann ifeeds, T
An elegant Assortment of Jewellery,2
A case of Perfumery, and a box of Watches,
A parcel of Cypress Scantling on Burn's wharf, ,
A quantity of Pewter Bafons. and Frying Pans.