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a country (hip, were lying at the islands, and|
could not get to sea for want of men. The
Dutch will not trust themon a^y terms, or
advance them a fingl,e rupee. When inform
ed of the capture of a large sum of money
intended for the Blands, and that the, convoy
was dispersed, they declared it muff entirely
ruin them."
From Harve de Grace we are informed, cf|
the loss of the Felicite, Capt. Douraine, of|
24 guns, belonging to St. Maloes, on the|
rocks S. W. of Scilly, in the night of the 20th.
ult. and all.on board periffied.4
Extract of a Letter from Deal, May 3. .!
" Sailed his Majesty's (hip Dromedary and
Ranger flbop of war for Sheerness; the Sally]
from Lisbon, for the River. Remain in the
Downs his Majesty's ihips Courageux, and
Bellona, the Atalanta and Helena sloops of
war; the Resolution, Sprightly, and Wells
cutters; the Grofvener, Rochford, and Nep-!
tune Eaft-lndiamen; and outward bound as
before. Wndat S. W."l
Extras of a Letter from Neivcafre, May 6. j
" Tuesday moping as a Farmer's servant
was cutting tipa large whin-buffi near the Red
Robin, on GatefneadTcll, to repair a hedge,
he llruck hisnxe into something that appeared
foft, on which he cleared away the loose whins,
and found a number of letters.that had been
tied together, very much dirtied) and drench-;
cd in wet. He carefully collected the whole,
and by the direction of a gentleman brought
them ip the Pest Office here, when they proved
to be the letters from this Port-Office for Lon
don, which were 101 l on the 22d of September
'777, by the carclefsnefs of the post-soy in
letting the horse get from him on the Fell.
The laid letters were sent off that evening to
the General Port-Office,"
Edinburgh, ripril 26. Yesterday orders ar-^
rived here immediately to engage in the service
ofGovernment all ihips of 200 tons & upward.
Various are the conjedures as to the reason of
these orders,
PeterJburgb, March 20. -Our Sovereign,'
ever attentive to the prolpcriy of her vast;
estates, hath ordered to be' delivered into the!
hands ofLieut. General de Baner, the sum of
three millions and a half of roubles, for the
conftrudion of a canal, one of the uses of
which will be to convey frefh water to Mos
cow. Other considerable sums are appropri
ated for eflablifhments not'lefsadvantageous
for Russia, and particularly for the building
feme new towns. .
Yesterday Col. Clarke, of the foot guards,
kiffedhis Majesty's hand on being appointed
Col. of the jift regiment of foot (and not Col.
Lafcelles as mentioned in our lift), in the
room of Sir Adolphus Oughton, deteafed,
and also on his being appointed Lieutenant-
Governor of Quebec.
A letter from Scarborough, dated April 50,
fays, “ We have had frefh visitors in the
privateering way ; three French frigates were
perceived very near as this morning, and
about ii o'clock four English frigates were
perceived in chaceof the former, one ofwhich
came up with and fired a broadside at the
teernmoft of the French frigates, passed her,
and gave immediate chace to the headmoft
frigate They made a running engagement,
and were soon out of fight, but hope a few
hours will confirm a good account of ' them.
This coast has become a very hazardous one,
as every week produces some disagreeable in
formation of the depredations committed
thereon."
Extrad of a Letter from Paris, April s 3.
" According to a letter from Cadiz, of
the 4th of this month, a French merchant
man entered that Bay, from Guadalpupe.
That vessel had left that island the zzd of Feb.
and reports, that M. de Graffe had joined
M. de la Mothe Piquet; that the place was
in a good ftateof defence, and that they ex
peded the arrival of M. de Guichen with the
greatest composure. She has also brought the!
melancholy news of the death ofM. de Vau-j
dreuil, who commanded the Fendant. That
brave officer on his way to Martinico, had
perceived the squadron of Admiral Parker
cruizing at the entrance of the Bay of Fort-
Royal ; but being favoured with a frefh gale,
he boldly fleered his course through the 'ene
mies squadron. He received the broadsides
of the nearest Ihips, which he returned with a
hr ik fire from his Artillery, Hill gaining the
Bay, which heentered amidlt the acclamations
of the inhabitants. Two days after this glo
rious action he fell dangerously ill, and sur
vived only a few days. His loss is greatly
lamented."
Extrad of a Letter from Paris, Aprilzf
'' Our ministry have received accounts, that'
M. de Guichen is arrived with his fquadron l
at Martinico.l
"Count d'Ertaign is set out for Madrid,'
and it is laid he will go from thence to Cadii,
immediately to take upon him the command
efthe grand fleet,which,with seven men of war
expeded from Toulon, will consist of 49 fail
of the line ; after which he will also take the
command of the two divisions under the Count
du Chaffault. and Mon£. de Bougainville.!
Count d'E'ftaign will boift his flag on board le-'
i errible, of 110 guns, but pierced for 120 ;
there will be three fhipsof that force in the!
fleet. All the privateers have orders to be at'
Brest by the end of this month. These ama
zing preparations, together with those on the'
cuart, make it imagined that the long intend
ed invasion of the British dominions will cer
tainly take place this campaign, Count De
Eftaing commanding the fleet, and Count &
Mailleboit the land forces. Is is alfa said th^
the Count de Rochambeau, will second the
operations of the fleet with his army.
“ By accounts from Cadiz, the convoy get
ting ready of 12 Ihips of the line, and 11,00 c
men, most ofwhom areembarked, will not be
able to fail till the end of the month, for want,
it is laid, of provisions. The fame accounts
add, that ten Dutch ihips have been released."
By letters received yesterday from In
dia, we are informed that our affairs in that
part of the world wear the mart prosperous
appearance, and that it is the general opinion
that Admiral Hughesis gone to the Manillas.
Advice is received from Fort St. George,
under date the 24th of July, 1779' that the
Seahorse man of war, with the Ihips Morse,
and Suceertj were preparing to'fail from Mad
ras to China, with the Resolution armed (hip,
to convoy them through the Straits of Ma
lacca.
Extras of a letter from Dover, May 1. 4 <
" This morning landed here a Gentleman
from France, by way of Fluking, who brings
in account that an attempt had been made to
let fire to .the lipping in the,harbour of Breit,
and that several perfons.were taken ,up there
on suspicion, and lodged in prison." „' ' f ;
Extras of a letter from Yarmouth, April 29.
" His Majesty's Ihip Jason, Capt. Pigot,
of 32 guns, having under his convoy nine fail
of transports, bound to the river Elb for
troops, on the zoth inst. fell in with threfe
French frigate- b^ilc privateers, from 30 to
18 gups each; at eight in the morning,
Lcwtfto± bearing then W. S. W. dirtant 10
or 12 leagues, Capt. Pigot made a ffgnal for
the transports to iteer different courses, then
bore down to the French ihips, and received
their fires, which was returned by the jafon
to each of them, when two of them made off
with an intent to take the transports; but
Capt. Pigot perceiving this, flood after them ;
four of the transports arrived in this road
yesterday morning, and in the evening the
Jason arrived here with one more, on board
of which was the Agent. Capt. Pigot saw
the French ihips yesterday morning having
with them one of the transports ; he tacked
and flood after them, but Laving his fare-top
maft (hot away, and finding, he could not
come up with them, bore away for the roads ;
the other three- transports are fu ppbfed to be
gone forthe River Elb. Capt. Pigot had one
man killed and three wounded. The
Agent's (hip Capt. Bell, was a good deal
(hattered by several (hot (he received from the
privateers.
" This evening arrived a small collier from
Sunderland, which was ransomed for 200 gui
neas by a French privateer of 10 nine pound
ers ; the Captain fays he had taken 30 fail,
and had chaced several into Scarborough and
Whitby."
A lettter from on board the Swan sloop,
dated in the Bay of Biscay, April 12, fays,
" We daily meet with Dutch ihips, who
swarm in the Bay, and carry on the French
trade. We have, l^wever, taken only two ;
one from Cadiz.for Brett, with (tores, sent to
Lilbon, the other from Bourdeaux, sent for
England; by which conveyance you will re
ceive this : These people appear as if sworn
to secrecy; ask what questions , you will, the
reply is, “ 1 know nothing."
Yesterday his Excellency the Danish Amb-af
fador introduced to his Majesty at the levee,
Count Molke, and his nephew, lately arrived
in England from Denmark, who were molt
graciously received ; the above Nobleman
was in the fleet last year under the command
of Sir Charles Hardy, and is now returned to
this country with the express view of going
cut again in the grand channel squadron.
"In the House of Commons in Ireland on
Wednesday, April 26, Mr. Yelvertor, after
a molt eloquent and learned speech, wherein
he went into an hittorical account of the con
flitution before and since the passing of Poy
ning's law, moved for leave to bring in heads
of a bill for regulating the transmission of bills
into England. He was ably supported by
Mr. Gratton, Mr. Burgh, Mr. Bufhe, Mr.
Ogle, and many others. This motion was
opposed by the Attorney General in an ele
gant and masterly manner, ^who (hewed the
inexpediency of it at present. He was fop
ported by Sir Hercules Langrifhe, Mr. Conol
ly, Mr. Provost, and many others. The
House divided at 12 o'Clock. For the moti
on, ayes 105, noes 130.
Extrad of a Letter from Amsterdam, April 6.
" A placart has been published here, re
calling to their own country all the seamen be
longing to the States of Holland that may be
employed in the service of foreign powers,
whether in the naval or mercantile account;
the latter end of April is only given those to
return that are in Europe, but a longer time
is set down for those that are in the Eall or
Well Indies, Africa, &c. The above mart be
acknowledged as a proof of the intention of
the Dutch to fit out a large fleet the enfuingl
spring. The number cf Ihips now getting
ready in their several dock Yards also confirm
it. Notwithstanding these preparations by sea,
we are told the army is to be augmented, not
by new regiments, but by increasing the
number of men in the present companies to
almort double what they were; this is a piece
of Dutch ceconomy to save field and ftaff offi
cers. Not a word has transpired about new
taxes to support the expences that will natural
ly arise from these armaments."
Yesterday their Majesties, accompa fed b
the Prince of Wales, Bilhop of O.aabur}
Prince William Henry, Princess .R yal an
Sophia, went to Somerset-house, in th
Strand, to view the exhibition of Arts an<
Sciences, at which they expielfed great fatis
faction. The Prince and Bilhop were attended
by the Duke of Montague, Prince William
Henry by the Sub-governor to his Highness.
1 The Board of Ordinance have come to th
resolution of building a redoubt battery for the
protection of the port of Leith against any at
tempts which may be made by the enemy. It
is to beert&ed iiunrediately to the westward
ofthe citadel, to contain a guard house, and
, accommodation for acompany of soldiers. A
!battery is likewise to be erected at Caffibletoun;
, both td be undertaken without loss of time
under tne direction of Capt. Andrew Frazer,
, Chief Engineer for Scotland.
Extract of a Letter from Rortfraouth, April 30.
" Yelterday evening arrived at Spithead his
.Majesty’s ship Dublin, Capt. Wallis, from
/Liibon, with five fail of merchantm^d under|
;convoy, all which were seen fafe itito the'
) Needles./ 1 |
; &tr#a of a Letter from Harwich, Afril 28. j
: "On Friday hit arrived, late at night, the,
-Prince of Orange and Dolphin packets with
two Mails and a Hanoverian MeiTenger; by!
whom we learn, that a French privateer of
four carriage guns and 39 men, which had
lain fomejime in Helyoet Haven, tock'an op
:puHunity in coming out with them, and'kept
pcompany a con fide/abld time, but finding the
, packets making ready to engage, bore away!
, for Holland again. Saturday morning ar-riv-^
.ed the Pocock cutter of this place, John Pooler
master, from Holland; Shewas pursued by the!
above privateer, and would inevitably have;
, been taken, had not the packets prevented it.
? Sunday arrived the brigantine John and GeOrge
;of Sunderland, John Lightfoot master, from
, Flulhing-for London, with brandy; by her we
Ilearn, that the day before he quitted Flushing,
;which was on the 13th instant fix frigates from
I Dunkirk and two from Havre de Grace, from
r 2O to 36 guns, abfulutely failed for the north
,Seas in one fleet, with inllrudlions to do all:
[ the mifchief they possibly can to the (hipping'
. and towns upon our coast. Monday arrived;
: the Earl of Befborough packet with a mail:]
, by her we are informed that the privateer,j
: mentioned above, watched the motions of
:force colliers which failed from Helvcetfluys 4
: last Friday, and followed them with intent to
[ biard and capture them; but the colliers get- 4
: ting below the limits of the port tacked and
engaged her, and obliged her to run alhore on
t Goree liland, where the chief part of the crew
. made their escape ; on boarding her they found
. several killed, and about four or five, who.
, had not time enough to run away, were, with
[the vessel, carried to Sunderland."4
Petefburgh, March 31. The Count Elexis,
, Orlow set out from hence lall week, to make;
, life of the mineral waters from Toplitz,
> Carlsbad, Aix la Chapelle, and Spa; after'
iwhich, we are are affured,he proposes to repair;
; to England, by the way of Holland. Many!
)perfons here think that this Nobleman is?
- charged with a commission at the Court ofi
. London.
I Vienna, April 12. It is pretended, that as no;
: treaty at present subsists between our court
and the Barbary States, and that our com-)
. merce in the Mediterranean is hereby exposed
,to their piracies, their Imperial and Royal
I Majefties have refolvcd to equip this year at
tTriette and Fiume, a man of war and two
ifrigates for the proteaion of the trade of their
lfu bjeds.
) Berlin, April Ifo Count de Mansfeld ha
rving died lately without heirs, one part of the
county of that name falls to the (hare of his
IMajefty, and the other to the Eledor of Sax
r ony ; in con sequence of which his Majesty has'
1 caused his portion of the said county to be!
. taken poffeflion of by a squadron of cavalry.
Berlin, April 22. We hear that the la-tel
>Duchefs Dowager of Wurtemberg, has left alii
sher ready money, valued at 84,000 crowns, to!
, Prince Henry of Prussia, and her plate, jewels,
, diamonds, &c. are to be divided between
5 Prince Ferdinandof Prussia, Princtfs Amelia
. of Prussia, thAQueen of Sweden, and the Du
: chefs Dowager of Brunswick.
. The King has sent an, order of the Cabinet,
.dated the 14th of this month, ordaining,
:" That from henceforth every individual
- (hall be obliged to present directly, and in
|perfon, his complaints and suit before the
'Judges, and there plead his own cause, with
• out being permitted to employ for that purpose
• retained Counfellors."
,New-York, Chamber of Commerce,
, Tuesday, 4th July, 1780.
RESOLVED, That in pursuance of the:
motion, made 'tfc last meeting of tWj
: Chamber, that the Thanks be given, AND]
-,he Thanks of thi,,Corporation is accordingly!
/given to Charles Newman Esq; Commander of
;his Majesty's late Carteret Packet Boat, for
/preferring when attacked by four rebel priva
/teers, to the southward of Long-liland, and
; bringing at a great rift in his boat, to the
, Port-Office in this city, the public and pri
vate dispatches. And in tertimpn,sf his me
,rit, itia ordered that a piece of plate be pre
sented to him, whereon (hall be engraved the
reprefeutation of the Seal of this Corporati
on. UNDER
Presented by the Corporation of the Cham
ber of Commerce of New-York, to Charles
Newman, Esq; Commminder ofhis Maje-
ft,'s late Packet the Carteret, for bis great
attention and prudence in saving and bring
ing at all hazards, his mail to New-York,
B; Order of the Corporation,
ISAAC LOW, President.
New-York, 4th July, 1780.
s [-
y BEG the favour of you to return my mod
X refpedful thanks to the Chamber of Com
. Fierce, for so honourable a teftimeny which
I they have been pleased to (hew of their appro
bation of/ny condad, in preserving the mails
and public dispatches, in m, late unfortunate
fituatiqfos 'l^b^ftark of diri&&,fr fom so
refe&able -rbody.rfrotnf.tts/ will ever be
: remembered with gratitude, and they may be
assured it shall always be my Pudy whi'ft I have
the honour to -command cne of his Majerty's
Racquets to accelerate and promote the corre
spondence of this city, as much as lie, in the
power of S i r,
Your mod obedient, and
IMort humble Servant,
CT CHARLES NEWMAN,
J^AAC Low, Efq;'
I President to the Chamber of Commerce.
I —ire ~h vzcjriwi ?A,
Who formerly kept SMITH's Tavern in this City
and Phrtadetplba,
pEGS teaveto return bis most grateful thanks to
" ° those gentlemenand others, for favours received,
in hopes of a continuance of them, and that of the
Puhlic*---Atthe elefi ebf many gentlemen of the
toya! army and navy, he h-s re-affirmed his former
fuuation, and has opened
I SMITH'S TAVERN,
1. ~ In Water Street.
I Between the Co^e-Houfe and Fly Market;
Opposite CommifAry LORINGS ;
^ In the morning from 7to n o'Clock, Tea, Cof
fee, &c. will be kept ready for breakfad, and gen
teel private dinners and suppers on the fhmteft notice
will be provided for such gentlemen as may favour
ihim with their company. Having laid ina good as
sortment of liquors of the very belt quality, and
, being determined to spare no pains or cost, he hopes
to give fatisfa&ion to those who may honour his
house with their company.
j Public Audion,
This day at 12 o'clock, on Murray's wharff,
I By Taylor and Bayard,
I Ten Hegfheads choice
;M O L AS S E S.
MR. JOSEPH CROSBIE, hornin Ireland, and
Ipte of Trenton, in New-Jer fep, and left that
Place about a Year ago, is requeued to. call at Mr.
Alexander McGregor's, in Warren-street, No. 333,
between the College arid General Hospital, where
there is a Relati >n come from the,.Country would be
glad to fee him as soon as pebble.
N. Bv If the above nam'd Person fs not in
.Town, any Person that knowahim and will plrafe 10
[call at the above-mentioned Place, and give In
formation where he is, or what is become of him,
^ifl b e fatiffi^d f>r thbr Trouble.
y^f -publDhed, and to be S 0 L D, b,
; 11 UG H GAIN E,
ITHE
fVEST-INDIA ATLAS;
Or, a Compendious Description of the
IWEST-INDIES:
^1 unrated with Forty Correct CHARTS
; and MAPS, taken from actual Surveys.
Together with an Historical Account
I O? THE SEVERAL
COUNTRIES and BRANDS,
.Which compose that Part of the World.
I THIER
! DISCOVERY, TRADE,
; SITUATION, INHABITANTS,
EXTENT, STRENGTH,
BOUNDARIES, GOVERNMENT,
PRODUCT, RELIGION, &c.
Bythe A. ?THOMAS J F .F.F"ER Y S,
4Geographer to the King.
I An INDf.X of the PLATOS.
:| A Chait of the B.rtilh Channel; the Atlantic
Jor Wettern Ocean ; the Azores or Wellers Blands;
/the Mateiras, and Canary Iflanfls; ,he Cape de
Verb IllatxL.; the Bennuda6.br Sinning 1 Inlands.
A general Index-Map of the Wett-Icdies ; the
Western Coalfof Lombana, End the Co^t of New
Leon; the Coati of Vveft-Floridia and fpuibana ;
the Peninsula and Gulf cf Florid,^ tlu Bahama
Islands; the Coalt of Mexicq^, from- Laguna de
Efmotes to Puma Braya ; the Coast o f Yucatan,
from Campeche to'BahH del Afrerrtwo, with the
Weft End of Cuba; the iftanb of Cuba, with
Part of the Bahama Banks, and the Martyrs ; the
, Windward Prffhge, with the several Passages from
the Weft End of Cuba, and the North Part of St.
Domingo; the CoMi of New ^Spain, from Neuva
Vera Cruz to Trieste Bland ; tire Bay ,of Honduras;
the Blind of Jamaica, and Cape Gracias Dios,
with the Ranks ; the South Part of Domingo; the
Caribb^ Blands, the Virgin Blinds, and Porto
Rico; Part of the Provinces of Cotta Ricq and
^Nicaragua, with the Lagunas; the hihmiri of Fz^
prama, with the Coaits from the great Rfyer bn the
jMHkito Shore to Ca thagena; the Coast of Terra
Irirma, fiom Carthagena to Golfo Trieffe^ the
Coad of Carraccas, Cumana, Paria, and the Mouths
of Rio Orinoco, with the Blands of Trinidad, Mo
garita, Tobago, Granada, St. Vincent, &c< th^
Island of Jamaica; the Blind of Ruattan, or Rat.
tan, with the Blind <>f Old Pu>vi<lence; the Virgin
Binds, with the Mauds cf Ab^uiha, Saba, St.
Euftatix, St. Martin's, tIWC-fo'Paffage Bland,
and Crab Tllaod, with- a Pair t* Porto Rico; the
Island of St. Christopher, and the Bland of Nevis;
the Bland of Antigua; the Bland of G3udai<mpe,
with the Bland of Mariega^ntej the.Biand of St.
Daminica ; the Island of .Martinico ; the Island of
St. Lucia ; the Island of Barhadoe, ; the Island of
St. Vincent ; the Biand of Bequi,, or Recouya;
the Bland of Granada; the Ifl^d of Taba„§
Turks l&rcdt; the island of Curare '