The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-10-03 00:00:00, page 3

Britain, formerly the provider of the whole globe, nowfuf
fers foreign nations to enrich themselves by trafficking with
her own colonies, while (he is contending with them for power
and vain superiority. The armament of France and Spain,
which of late has so much taken up the notice of Europe,
we now find to be for the following purpose. It is far from
the intention of either of those two powers to interrupt
Great Britain whilst (he is engaged in the present contest,
but their views merely are to carry on an open trade (warlike
stores excepted) with the colonies of North-America. They
argue thus: As the colonies were kept in fubjeclion by the
mother country, the latter prevented other nations from deal
ing with them, and the former, through filial affection and
mutual interest, submitted their trade to be monopolized by
the mother country; but now the ties being dissolved, the
colonies being declared as enemies, the monopoly ceases from
itfelf, and every nation may go to market according to their
interest. It was in the power of Great Britain to prohibit her
colonies to trade with foreigners, but it is not in her power
to prescribe laws to other nations, prohibiting them from
trading with America; nor does it consist with the laws of
nations; just as if Russia, as long as (he was at war with
the Ottoman Porte, would have prohibited all Europe from,
trading to Turkey. But if Great Britain ihould insist upon
it that he has a right to pievent other nations from traffick
ing with North America, both France and Spain are deter
mined to oppose her by force of arms ; to which purpose a
Erong united force of these two nations is cruising in the sea,
merely to a# in their own defence: And as it is impossible
for Great Britain to fabmit to this, nothing is more fare than
open hostilities to be soon commenced at sea, which cannot
fail from involving all Europe in a most horrid war.
A correspondent assures us, that some accounts of a very
disagreeable nature have been received from America, within
these few days ; but whether it be relative to the rumour
spread of Lord Howe being killed, and the troops under his
convoy cut to pieces on attempting to land at New-York or
Rhode-lfland, or whether these disagreeable accounts relative
to any repulse in the southern colonies, have n®t yet transpi
red. Certain it is, however, th^the c®urt, and all the great
official officers, were in the utmost confufion and embarrass
ment, on Sunday and Monday last.
The fame correspondent fays, that after repeated attempts
anthorifed by the most fpecific inftruftions, our Ambassador
cannot bring the French ministry to any direct or absolute
engagement relative to the trade carried on by'their fubjeds
with our American colonies. The French cabinet treat the
complaint as having no ground, but a mere smuggling com
merce, opened by some persons of desperate fortunes in the
northern part of the kingdom. They fay it is not in their
power to repress or annihilate the illicit trade carried on
within their own dominions, both by foreigners and natives,
much less that carried on at three thousand miles diftanoe.
In short, they insist on being permitted to remain passive,
and declare they have no manner of objection to Great Bri
tain's taking every step in her power to put a hop to this ille
gal intercourse, which may be confident with the law of na
tions.
The post office have kept back the last prints published at
Hallifax, none being delivered but up to the iith of June,
and the flhip did not fail till the 24th ; so those of the 18th,
we suppose, contain femething material.
The expences of the campaign of seventeen hundred and
feventy.fix, army debt, transport service, and navy extraor
dinary, at the most moderate computati on, it is believed,
will amount to full seven millions iterling, a sum considerably
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more than was expended in any one year of Mr. Pitt's focceG.
ful administration, when this country had almost all Europe to
contend with, and when (he waged war in every quarter of
the globe, from Bengal to Lake Ontario, from the deserts of
Africa to the banks of the Wefer.
From the LONDON GAZETTE, June 22.
St. JAMES'S. The King has been pleased to appoint
his Grace George Duke of Montagu to be Governor; Ri
chard, Lord Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, Preceptor ;
Lieutenant Colonel George Hotham, Sub-preceptor ; and
the Reverend William Arnald, B. D. sub-preceptor; to their
Royal Highnesses George Augustus Frederick, Prince of
Wales, ank to Prince Frederick, Bishop of Ofnaburg.
The King has been pleased to grant the dignity of an
Earl of the kingdom of Great-Britain unto the Right Ho
norable Thomas Bruce, Lord Bruce and his heirs male, by
name, stile, and title of Earl of Ailfbury, in the county of
Buckingham.
The King has been pleased to grant the dignity of an
Earl of the kingdom of Great-Britain unto the Right Hon.
Thomas Hyde, and his heirs male by Charlotte his present
lady, by the name, stile and title of Earl of Clarendon.
The King has been pleased to grant the dignity of a Vis
count of the kingdom of Great-Britain unto the Right Ho
norable Robert Lord Treyor, and his heirs male, by the
name, stile, and title of Viscount Hampden, of Great and
Little Hampden, in the county of Buckingham.
The foreign troops, which are on board the transports at
Spithead, are diffatisfied, and their officers far from being
pleased ; they do not choose to make regular returns of their
men, pretending ignorance of the language ; but the fact is,
they expert to receive the full pay for the number agreed to
be sent by the treaty, though there is a deficiency. Lord
George Germaine, who understands this branch of business
as Well as any man in Europe, and knows, by experience,
the behaviour of German officers, will not permit the money
to be paid but on condition they make their m nthly returns,
which is a conduct highly prudent and praise worthy in the
minister. 1 /
ADMIRALTY OFFICE, June 8. Admiral Shuldham trans
mits the following account, which he had received from Capt.
Tyringham Howe of his engagement in the Glasgow, with
five armed Blips and vessels of the rebels, viz.
" On Saturday the 6th of April, 1776, at two A. M.
Block-ifiand then bearing N. W. about eight leagues, we
difeovered a fleet on the weather beam, consisting of seven
or eight iail, tacked and hood towards them, and soon per
ceived them to be two or three large (hips, and other fquarc
rigged vessels, turned all hands to quarters, hauled up the
mainsail, and kept standing on to the N. W. with a light
breeze, smooth water, the fleet then coming down before it.
At half past two alarge brig came within nail, and seemed to
hesitate about giving any answer, but hill kept (landing to
wards us ; and on being asked what other ih ps were in com
pany with her, they answered, The Columbus and Alfred, a
twenty-two gun frigate, and almost immediately „a hand,
grenadoe was thrown out of her top. We exchanged our
broadsides ; (he then (hot a-head, and lay on our bow, to
make room for a large (hip, with a top light, to come on cub
broadside, and another (hip ran under our stern, raked as
(he passed, and then lust up on our lee-beam, whdda brig
took her station on oar larboaid quarter, and a fbep kept
altering her Ration occasionally. At four me Ration of every
vessel was altered, as the two Chips had dropt on each quarter,
and a brig kept a-stern, giving a continual fire." Bore
away, and made away to Rhode-dL nd, with rhe whole Leet