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ft was pbffible that they must have all arrived
at Gibraltar last Sunday.
The annals of our history can (hew no pe
riod in which Great-Britain flood in so power
ful a point of view as she now does, sur
rounded on all sides with an,hoftof Enemies,
yet carrying on offenfire operations in every
part of the globe, and defending her exten
sive possessions with equal spirit.
Yesterday the East India Company received
some Dispatches from their Settlements at Ben
gal, Which was brought over in a Danilh
East Indiaman arrived at Dover.
Three Men'of War of the Line and two Fri
gates are now under failing orders for the East
Indies as 2 Reinforcement to Admiral Hughe's
Squadron. #
A letter from Amsterdam, received by a
Merchant in this City, fays. “ 1 have read
in the London Papers several Paragraphs,
which asserted with great Confidence, that the
American Loan was very near being fully com
plete, &c Let me assure you, that the Sub
fcriprion was flopped before the Bth Part of the
Sum required was subscribed for, and in that
Situation it now rests, and is likely never to
be received,"
Extras of a Letter from Paris, April I.
" The fleet which failed from Brest on the
22d uk. confilts of 20 ships of the line, bound
for South and North-America; and fix for
the Ealt Indies. The 2§o transports under
convoy of the above squadrons, have troops
and guards on board. Besides the above ships,
there arc several frigates and cutters."
Extract of a letter from Paris, April 4.
" Monsieur de Graffe's commission is of a
greater magnitude than that ever given to any
former officer gone on his Ration. It appoints
him Commander in Chief of all his Majesty's
forces by sea and land in the Weft ^dies, and
in America; also Governor General of all the
Weft India lilands; the lafl of which he holds
as a temporary honour without any emolument,
but has a power annexed to pardon condemned
criminals."
From Brest we have advice that the fleet
fitting out for M. d'Estaing will consist of four
firft rates, eleven third rates, and four fourth
rates, which are now at that port. Toulon
joins with one firft rate, and three third rates ;
Rochfort with two third rates, and one fourth
rate. In the whole thirty fail of the line.
Extract of a letter from St. Mary's (Scill,) Apr. 5.
" A privateer belonging to Guernsey has
taken and sent into this port the Three Bro
thers, a Dutch ffiip from Surinam to Amster
dam, laden with sugar, coffee, indigo,tobacco,
&c. She is a large fh'ip, and the cargo said to be
vary valuable. She failed in company with 7
more fhips,bound from Surinam to Amsterdam
but parted from them all on the paff^ge in a
hard gale of wind, ten days after they left that
island The Three Brothers sprung her fore
tonmalt in the gale."
Extras of a Letter from Portfmoutb, April 11.
“ A ived yefteiday the greyhound frigate,
Capt. Stoakes, from St. Euftatia ; in her came
passenger, Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle.
" Yederday failed the Berwick of 74 guns,
Capt. Ferguson : Belle Po r le, of 36 guns,Capt.
Patten ; and Tartar of 28 guns, Capt. Sutton ;
for the North Seas."
The officers which came over from America
to winter here, have received orders to return
to their different regiments by the next fleet,
otherwise new officers.will be appointed in
their Read.
The Alfred, Portgate, from Charleftown,
is arrived in the Downs ; she failed in com
pany with the I ft packet.
April 16. The Merchants of France have
been very unfortunate in losing several of their
fineft privateers, from 44 to 28 gur.s, on the
home Ration. The lifts of St. Maloes give
the loss of one of 44, two of 56, and four of
30 guns. Havre-de Grace, four of 36, three
of 32, and three of 28 guns. Brest, two of 36
guns. Bavonne, one of 32, and two of 28
guns. Dunkirk, one of 30, and one of 28
guns. Total, 24.
Extrafl of a letter from Dublin, April 7.
" Letters were on Thutfday received in
town from Captain Murphy, of the Charming.
Mary privateer of Dublin, to his owners,
which contain the agreeable news of his hav
ing taken and brought into Loughfwilly, a
rich Dutch merchant ffiip from St. Euftatia,
bound to Amsterdam, computed to be worth
30.000 1. She had 300 hogsheads of sugar on
board. The Charming Mary mounted only
eight guns.
" On Thursday an Express arrived at the
Secretary of State's Office, at the Castle, which
left Letterkenny on Tuesday morning, said to
have contained a great number of papers (for
the infpe&ion of Government) which were
taken on board the Dutch prize brought into
Loughfwilly."
Six new regiments are ordered to be raised
in Ireland The Colonels of five of them aie
the following: Lord Ross, Col. Stopford, Col. |
Rowley, (brother to Admiral Rowley,) Col.
Maunfell, and Gen. Cunningham. This last
Officer has already an old regiment, which is
to be given to his brother, the Governor of
Barbadoes. Gen. Cunningham is to name all
his Officers; his Companies are to be com
manded by old Lieutenants, who are to have
leave to fell their Lieutenants Commiflions.l
Extras of a letter from on board a Spanijb Jhip,|
dated Cadiz, March 6, to a Gentleman at Paris. |
" We lie here Rill, under the command of
three flags, with a pretty numerous but ill con
ditioned fleet, in point of ships as well as men .
the variola [fmall-pox] has been very rife,
and carried off numbers; the Trinidada loft
250 by this disorder in fix weeks: El Aftuto |
and San Julian have been evacuated on that [
account, and lent into dock to.be fmoaked ; |
" The Blagrove, from Glasgow for this port
and Jamaica, was taken last Tuesday, offTuf
kar, by a French privateer of 14 guns, after a
brave defence of two hours, in which a Cap
tain of the army, passenger on board the Bla
grove, was killed. The privateer left fix or
seven of the prize's crew on board, and put 16
of her people into the prize to conduct her to
France; but the prisoners having watched a
favourable opportunity, when the Frenchmen
were at dinner, secured the arm chest, retook
the prize, and brought her fate into Cove ye
sterday evening. She is said to be worth
15,cool."
The following interesting intelligence refpeT
ing the failing and equipment of the fleet
lately failed from Brest, under the command
of Mons de Graffe, having been transmit
ted to us from the most authentic and ori
ginal dispatches from France, received on
Friday, we lay them before the public.
The fleet was originally intended to be
commanded by M. de la Touche Treville,
who resigned the fame for the regions men
tioned in his Memorial to the King, presented
the beginning of February, and from which
the following is extracted. " Your Memori
alift finds the ships under his command to be
very unfit for the service they are to be em
ployed in, several of them having but lately
returned from the Weft Indies, and required a
thorough repair, inßead of which they have
but barely been docked." On the difmiffion
of M. Treville, the command was proffered to
many Officers, but refufed, being jealous of
their own and their country's honour, parti
cularly Mons. de Guichen, who declared, in
the presence of the King, that he would sooner
resign his commission and rank in the navy,
than take upon him the command. How
ever, M. le Graffe being neither rich in ho
nour nor pocket, accepted the fame with very
uncommon advantages, emoluments, and pre
cedencies.
The equipment of the fleet has cost the na
tion an immense sum of money, and yet we
are assured Monsieur Le Graffe, though he
accepted the command, is not fatirfied with
it. In his last letter to a principal Naval Of
ficer in Paris, he fays, " Though I am far
from being fatisfied with the equipping, Cor
ing, and manning my armament, yet I will
molt chearfully obey my Sovereign's orders;
but fnould I be disappointed in the promises
of the Court of Madrid, for their fleet to j in
me from the Havannah, it is my determipa
tion on moor the fleet in Fort Royal Bay, Mar
tinique, and take my passage to Europe in a
frigate, and lay my grievances perfonaliy at
the King's feet."
Correfl Lift of the Fleet, Force, and Commanders
Names.
Guns. Commanders.
Le Ville de Paris 110 M. de Graffe, Com
mander in Chief.
L'Auguße 80 De Burras.
L'Efprite 80 De Chaubert.
Lt Languedoc 80 De Arras.
Le Sceptre 74 De Retz.
Le Diademe 74 De Monteclair.
Le Zodiacque 74 De Charry.
Le Hercule 74 De Renaurd d'Allaine
Le Scorpion 74 D' Ereas.
Le Sovereigne 74 Glandeves.
Le Citoyen 74 De la porte Vifeim.
Le Magnanime 74 De Vaudreville.
Le Caesar 74 D' Efpinoufe.
Le Heros 74 De Sufpein, Commo
dore.
Le Hannibal 74 De Tremignion.
Le Pluten 74 D' Albert.
Le Zele 74 De Grafperville.
Le Marfellois 74 De Caftelain, Maiftre.
Le Hedor 74 De Clanville.
Le Glorieux 74 De Turpin.
Le Northumber- De Bouganville, Corn
land 74 modore.
Le Vaillainte 64 De Cary.
Le Vangeure 64 De Forlyn.
Le Sphynx 64 De Challcau.
Le Lion 64 D' Eftis.
Seven frigates, four Rore-fhips, two fire
fhips, two bombs, three sloops, four cutters.
We are told, from good authority, that Sir
Joseph Yorke is making preparations to set out
for the Continent in a public character.
Dublin, April 17. A Gentleman of credit
in this city has received a letter from Madrafs
by the EaR-India Packet lately arrived at Gal
way, which, after mentioning the defeat of the
East-India Company's troops, under the com
mand of Colonels Fletcher and Bailie, fays
that General Monro immediately after the re
ceipt of the news called in all his out posts,
which, with the forces of the Nabob of Arcot,
amounted to 50,000, at the head of whom,
and a large train of artillery, he attacked the
army commanded by Hyder Ally, and Son,
amounting to 120,000 men, which he totally
routed, taking all their baggage, cannon, &c.
and it was not doubted at the time the letter
was wrote but Hyder and his Son would be
taken prisoners or killed, as General Monro
was Rill pursuing them, they having fled from
the field at the head of about 700 cavalry.
The above intelligence is further corroborated
by what transpired by the officer who brought
the express, and who failed with it last Thrrf
day for Par Gate, on his way to London.
this is a great loss, as they were both well
found ships, of 70 guns each."
Extras of a letter from Madrid, March 25.
" According to the lhft letters from Cadiz,
a convoy, confiding of eight ships of the line,
four armed ships, and 42 fail of transports,
with land forces on board, were to fail from
that port for the Weft-Indies as this day. It
is notorious the Court have it much at heart
to reduce Florida."'
Extract of a Letter from Cork, April 2.
Boston, Jane 11, 1781. Wednesday arrived here the
continental frigate. Alliance, Capt Barrey, from L'Orient
in France. She left that port on the 29th of March, in
company with the Marquis de la Fayette, a Ihip of about
600 tons burthen, mounting 26 eighteens, and 14 fix
pounders, and had 250 men, with eloathing on account
of the Congress, with whom she parted company in a
violent gale'of wind, and she has not since been heard of.
—The day after the All anee failed, a conspiracy was
difeovered, which was, that the crew was to rife and take
the command and carry her into the firft port in the
British dominions ; Capt. Barney secured three of the
ringleaders, and after feveicly whipping them, put them
in irons, hand and feet, and ordered them to be kept on
bread and water. On the 2d of April, they fell in with
two privateers, viz. fitted out at Guernsey, mounting 20
twelves, 2 fixes, and 12 or 14 carronades, with 112
mea j the other the Minerva of 10 guns, and 55 men,
" I bad the honour of addreffing,our Excellency un (er
the 23d ult. by the Cyclops, with a detail of the opera
tions oj that part of bis Majesty's fleet under my com
mand, from the 15th to that da, incluf^e.
" On the following da, I received the honour of ,our
advices by the Sylph cutter, and in conference thereof,
I immediately proceeded from this harbour with the
/hips under my command, to windward of Martinique,
in order to intercept the announced reinfoi cement of the
enemy.
" On thatfation I continued with the whole of m,
divifan, extended N. and S. which occupied the extent
oj the windward ceaf cf the Ifand, and effefluall,
prevented any thing getting in from the eastward, until
the a,th when finding the feet jhort of water, Iwas
under the neceffit, of detaching the Ajax, Belliqueux,
Monarch and Alfred to St. Lucia for a fuppy.
" At three o'clock, A. M. in the morning oj the 3°tb,
the Triton frigate, and Sylph cutter, who bad been fee
tioned to the eafward oj the feet en faction were ob
jirved making the night fgnatsjor the approach oj the
enemy.
' It was immediately repeated by all thefhips of the
divifon, and the night Jignal jor forming the line of
battle a bead, on the larboard tack, under top /ails, at
three cab:es length, for the better intercepting any of the
enemy's fleet, who might attempt puffing us under fa
vour oj the night was made by the Earjieur, confirmed
by guns, and repeated b, the Cyclops. Ibe Triton and
Sylph being directed at the fame time to pof tbemfelves
on the flanks oj the feet, to observe the enemy's motions.
In this portion bis Majefy's fleet la, until morning,
which happened to be so ver, hazy as to prevent our
feeing an, oj the enemy's jbips, or even the extremes of
our own line, which induced me to contrad the extent
by finals. At it minutes pas fix, the fog fuddenl,
cleared up, when, to my afoniJbment, we difeovered
ourselves nearly surrounded b, 22 fail of the line, of
which three were three deckers, carrying fags at the
jore, main and mizea..
" In this critical filiation, the defre offaving bis
Majefy'sfeet surmounted all other confderations. The
signal being madejot fighting our way through the ene
my's defile, was cbeerjull, and unaauntedl, ob/erved
by every commander in the fleet, which they judicioufy
endeavoured to oppose. At zo minutes after seven the
jbips were all in adEon, and I could perceive; with
exulting fatisja&ion, that alibo' every one bad at leaf
double her force to combat with, tbe juperiorit, of the
British fire, tbe intrepidity and feadinefs of bis Ma
jefly's officers, supported by tbe native braver, and dif
cfline of tbe British tars, proved a bulwark invincible
to tbe enemy altbo' near twice their force.
" By io minutes after eight tbe lbips were all out of
adjion, and continued feering a feady course for this
harbour, with no more than ordinary jail • Tbe enemy
ill treated (J may venture to affirm as ill as we)
fbewed no difpofitwn to pursue, and as I thought,our
receiving this intelligence as fpee il, as pofible, might
be conducive to his Majefy's service, 1 ordered tbe
Russel, by private signal (as jie appeared to have fof
fered tbe leaf in her mass and rigging) to proceed di
realyfor Statia where I d übt not jbe isfafely arrived.
The remainder of m, divifon, including the* watering
foips, are all here, and repairing their da&ges, in
order to be read, to accompany ,our Excellency to a more
equal confifl.
" Our loss on this occafon is not so confderable as
might have been expelled from jo unequal a contef, but
tbe fate of Captain Brijbane, of tbe Alcide, who was
unfortunately killed by a cannon foot early in tbe affair,
is much to be lamented.
" Tbe conduEE oj the officers and seamen of bis Ma
jefly's fleet on this occajion, beggar description, tbe
fighting tbemfelves clear of so superior a fleet, carries
with it conviflion, which my eulogium would add no
lufre to, and I flatter myfelj will merit his Majesty's
approbation.
“ I have tbe honour to be, ^c.
“ SAMUEL HOOD.
<c To Admiral Sir George Bridges Rodney."
From the Boston Gazette.
Count de Graffe, with his fleet, appeared off this
island on Saturday last : As soon as the squadron at St.
Lucia had notice of his arrival, two British ships of the
line, at anchor there, came to fail and joined the fleet of
Admiral Hood, then cruising before the Bay of Fort-
Royal. The text morning, at bteakof Gay, our fleet
having doubled Point Salines, and being before the Dia
ment, difeovered the British squadron off Cape Solomon,
consisting of 17 fail cf the line, two frigates, ano another
armed vessel. When our fleet was before the Anccs
d'Artes, Sir Samuel Hood appeared to hesitate some mo
ments, but soon came about, and his design was judged
to be to regain the Canal of St. Lucia. During this
interval, the Count d'Graffe, putting his convoy be
tween the land and the ships, bore down upon the
British squadron, and manoeuvred to cut them off their
course ; and happened in coming about, to bring himfelf
on a parallel line with the enemy, so that his advance
guard /hut up the passage of that of the Engfifh. At
half after ten, the action began by fkirmilhingi; it was
very warm from half after eleven to two. The English
at that time feeing our four ships of the line from Mar
tinico coming to join the Count de Graffe, betook them
selves to Right. Our ships pursued them with all the
fail they could make. Three ships of Admiral Hood
appeared to be very roughly handled. The English app at
to have made more attempts than one to get back to St.
Lucia, having on board part of the garrison of that island.
Reports are various of the aiftion; all that we yet
positively kno% is that the flag of France has triumphed
and the enemy fled.
When the Count de Graffe left Brest, the 22d of
March, his fleet confined of thirty fail of the line, and
more than 200 transports and',merchant ships, part \of
which were detached to the Eaft-lodics, the coast of
Africa and other places. He arrived on the 28th of
-April, with 20 ships of the line and a convoy of 153
vessels, without losing one. This uncommon short pas
sage for so large a fleet was greatly owing to the taking
thedull failers in tow, for which the Admiral gave not *
only the orders, but the example of his own.
—Extratlsfrom Rebel Papers.—
From the Pennsylvania Packet, June 16.
From the MARTINICO GAZETTE, cf May so
ST. LUCI A, (Gros-Inlet) Ma, 3.
Saturday las tbe Alliance's prize brig arrived here
Since our las tbe Thorn, Captain Tucker, returned
into Salem, after a fort cruize of 10 days, to land bis
prisoners, ba ving taken three prizes, viz,afoop from
St. Eufatia bound to Halifax, a letter of marque brig
oj 14. gum, boundfrom Antigua for Quebec, laden with
rum and molasses. and her retaken prize, being tbe
snow taken by tbe Alliance above mentioned, with 300
hogjbeads oj sugar, all of which are jafe arrived in
port.
Six or eight prizes besides tbe above mentioned have
arrived at eaflern ports since our las.
Friday las, the Captains Adamson and Ingraham,
arrived be r c in four weeks from Surinam ; tbe, bring
accounts oj tbe place being almof impregnable, having
badjive thousand men cons anti, employed in fortifying
it, ever since the, beard the fate of St. Eufatia.
Since Thursday las arrived in tbiSportjrom France,
4 5° g u b sos, 2 jrigates, and so .or 14 transports;
to join tbe arm, of our all, at Newport.
bum ti± fame port, both of which they cty tired &?&
manned, and peered for Philadelphia ; the turmer was
manned by the Alliance, fend has since ^r ived at thtli
port as has bera already mentioned) and the letter 6,
the Maiqojs de lay Fayette, and is supposed w r ,rf to
France, as they were separated in the above gale.--. 04
the 2d of May, the Alliance fell in with a brig and
show, part of the Bristol Meet bound from Jamaica tor
London, the former laden with 230 hb^ flieadsbf sugar,
and the litter with 300, both of which they caotcred
and ordered for pert ; loon after they defer,cd a Meet of
95 fail, convoyed by ten fail of the line, of which fleet
the above two were a part,but the Alliance did not think
it prudent to meddle with them.—-On the 7th cf Ma„
in a thunder florm, the Alliance bad her main top mart
split in two by the lightning, from the cap to the heel cf
the mast, and a number of men knocked down and some
burnt. On the lift, the Alliance fell in with two
fibops cf war, viz, the Atalanta*, commanded by Capti
Edwards, nephew to Rear Admiral Edwards, and the
Trepaffey, commanded b, Capt. Smith, who war killed
in the engagement; they bore down upon the Alliance,
and after a smart engagement of near three hours they
both struck. In the action the Alliance bad-five men
killed, and twenty-four wounded, four cf which have
since died ; Capt. Barrey is amongst the wounded, ha
ving received a ball through his Moulder, but if in a fah
way of recovery. According to the accounts of the
Capt. of the Atalanta, he had five men killed, and fif
teen wounded, amongst the latter is his firft Lieutenant,
who had his right arm Ihot off ; oft board the Trepaffey,
there were fix killed, and twelve hr fifteen badly wound
ed, a number of which died afterwards. Capt. Barry
having a great dumber of prisoners on board, thought if
prudent to fend the Tepaffey as a cartel to Newfoundland,
which he did with about 221 prisoners, firft throwing
her guns overboard, and taking away her military ftoresj
referring the captain of the Aralanta, and fiift Lieut, of
,the Trepaffey, as hostages for the return of the Trepaffey.
Of the killed on board the Alliance, were Lieut. Samuel
Pritchard, of the marines, Mr. John Pounding, and
Mr. David Brewer, son cf Col. David Brewer, all of this
town, On board the Alliance came paifer,gers,Mr. Samuel
Bradford, son of Capt. John Bradford, of this town,
Capt. Samuel Gerrith, of Portsmouth, and a Mr; Trent,
who came to serve as a volunteer in the American army.
, , Tbe Atalanta is a sip of 16, and tbe Trepaffey of
14 .guns.
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