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z 6. The Emperor i^ out for
'hx^Ht-s ii Poland this morning, his suite
+,etaday. It is Aid that the Emperor
Ls take; Gme very rich pre^, ^^ In,
td that he will have an interview with the
rimoreL of Ruliia, at Mihilow, when he will
- ^ear with A suite agreeable to his dignity.
^^ M^ <We have accounts from
, I, X^ thn Count Welderen had a confer
.,ce with Lord Stormonton the sh of this
^onth, when he delivered him a memorial
.burnable to the resolutions of their High
ninths of the 25th of lall month. After
L oloj-mont had read this memorial, he f>rd
he fn nil Oliver 1c to the Krig his ; matter,
: )d wai. his orders, but that he could declare,
: hat his Majesty not only approved of what
Loinmod^e Fielding had done, but also in the
maner in which be did it. In England ^
was thought that Commodore Fielding had he
aved entirely agreeable to treaty, and that
Count Byland had-gone beyond it. Such an
anlver gave rife to a.w^rm altercation between
C^ H Welderen and Lord Stormont, in which
carb letehded his own country, and in answer
.^ar r art where their High Mightinesses re
(port that all ftups detained (hould be released
out any further proceedings, Lord S«M>
uont bdd' that the King was n a empowered
v> ma^e. any alteration in the fenteoce of the
Cour # f Admiralty; but that the way of ap
pA was open to those concerned- In conse
quence of all this, the two minivers separated,
<l2 one may ealily imagine, not very well
'pieal h
Cfoibagen, April 1. Count de Moltke is
set out for Er {land, in ordet to serve again, as
1. II year, in quality of a volunteer on board the
Engblh fleet.
His Majedy have given orders for railing
two ore Squadrons of hussars, bekdes the
ci^ht herly on foot. Of these ten squadrons,
two reg., .ants are to be formed, one to be
com .Bonded by Col, de Schinkel, and the other
by Col. de Spacffi.
Phnaa, April ^. We are assured, that the
d'^rt^re of the Emperor will take place be
tweem he f^h and 20th inst. This Monarch,
i. A lail, will havean interview with the Em
profs of Ruflia.
Berlin, riprili. We daily hear of the mis
forunes occasioned by the overflowing of our
livers. Part of this city is Ilill under water,
and the gardens of Sans Souci are likewise
overflowed Wedo not oven perceive that the
waters have diminished since the 24th of lull
month.
IParfaw, March 22. Letters from Kami
nieck bring an account, that at the beginning
of this month Solomon Bey, Pacha of Choc
?; n. had caufyd to be thrown into the river
eider, which runs by the .walls of his palace,
fcveral of his favourites, and upwards of §o of
th- women who formed his Hafem. About
lodr months ago a feene of the fame nature
r k place, by his order, at another Hourie,
la J to be occasioned by his fufpicions,\ that,
with the abidance of a Physician who had been
b riih.d from court, they wanted to poison
hm. : '
.—_i^r^it^M^ wa, Bernt. —c— ;—
LONDON, May 18.
Yesterday Captain Elliot, lately arrived from
GTrr.ltar, in the Edgar man of war, was at
i^ levee at St James's, and had the honour to
10 kiss his Majelly's hand.
Extrafl of a letter from Rear- Admiral Gambier,
to Mr, Stephens, dated on board the Dunkirk,
at Plymouth ^e. 14th of May, 1780.
" The Duke de Coigny, a flip privateer,
b ' m gi n o ^ o Granville, of about 400 tons,
itrying 28 guns, 6 swivels, and 191 men, ar
rived this morning, which vessel was taken last
WAdneiday, Uihant bearing eafl 30 leagues,
by the Milford, after an hour's engagement,
i, which the Milford had four men killed, and
lit wounded; and the privateer eighteen
kilhd, and fourteen wounded; among the
termer 'is her Captain, and the latter her firft
Lieutenant. She had been cruizing between
Scilly and the coast of Ireland, and had taken
only one prize, a brig."
Extras of abetter from Dover, May if.
" A yeffel is put in here from Flushing, the
master of which informed me, that there are
eight fail of fliips alhore on the coast of France,
tVee of which are privateers ; that they all lie
in so dangerous a situation that he believes
fine of them can be got off. He also fays that
he saw a vail many pieces of wrecks of Ihips,
which makes it appear that a great deal of
damage has been done on the French coast as
well as on ours, by the high winds on Tuesday
night and Wednesday last.
' A gentleman arrived in the fame vessel,
who came by the way of Flulhing from France,
Dys, thy; three capital heufes in Paris flopped
but Monday, the Sth infl. and that there are
‘ bankrupt; in most of the principal towns in
'France, and those that had opulent fortunes
before the war begun, are now reduced to a
date of beggary. Healfo fays, that a person
Aho had redded at Paris some years, is taken
uj and feet to the Baftile, on suspicion of
bedding a correspondence with the English
ministry." ,
A r cent anecdote.] There is a rope belong
-1 ^to a ffiip called the Painter. One day last
week a man was painting the head of a ship,
when the commander wanting the rope loof
^cd, cried, "Let go “ the Painter." The
boy litterally obeyed, and the man fell into
t : e Thames. “ D—nye (fays the "Captain)
v hv don't you let go the Painter:"—"! have
Sr. he's gone, pots and all." This was found
1 be the fad, and by the immediate exertions
& man's life was saved.
Between three and four o'clock on Sunday
morning lall, the 7th inti, a moil Locking
murder was difeovered at birch Morton in
Worcestershire, where Edward. Gommery, a
very honest labouring man; his wife; their
daughter, about nine years of age; and
Thomas Chinn, his brother in law, (who had
slept there that night) were ail mod inhumanly
murdered, and perhaps-exhibited a mbre hor
rible feene of barbarity than ever imagination
can paint, It seems Gommery and the inhabi
tant of an oppofitc cottage were accustomed to
set out together early of a Sunday morning to
make their marketings, and avoid hindering
part ofaday's work in the week. To this end
his neighbour having gon< that morning to
Gommriv's door, heard uncommon groans,
but upon calling could get no answer; howe
ver, the doer he found fall. Going into
the garden behind the cottage, he likewise
called to no purpose; yet the groans were still
heard.—The man then returned to his wife,
and desired fae would get up immediately, ex
pressing his fears.-— About a quarter of on hour
the man fuppefes by this time might have elafi
ped; when returning, the clock struck four,
and the door then appeared to be fufficiently
open to have admitted a dog.---Entering the
houE he found blood running through the floor
from ^ove; and going up stairs beheld the
whe^ family molt horridly mangled in various
places on the face, head, arms, and legs, and
th^ hulbang in the Hank and belly, so as to let
out the icteftines. Fhe weapon made use of,
seems to have been ether a hatchet or hedge
bill. From every circumstance yet remark
ed of this shocking feene, it gives too much
reason to believe the plan was maliciously pre
meditated, as it was certainly executed with
unremitting cruelty ; and the house was not
rifled, for feme money was foundin the room.
Some strolling people have been taken up on
I fufpicion, but nothing yet leads to a difeovery,
land the inhabitants near the place are struck
Iwith dread, horror, and amazement.
I Extract of a letter from Portfafuth, April 26.
" Arrived the Heet Hoff Vanderlyn Jorn
Kaffen, Otter, from Morlaix for Rodin, with .
tobacco, the was tlopt and lent in here by the
Portland man of war.
" The Marlborough man of war is come
into harbour to be fmoaked and cleaned.
The Attorney General will attend the House
of Commons no^more, having received his
patent cf peerage, creating him Baron South
ampton ; by which title he will be called up
to the House of Lords immediately after the
Whitfun-holidays.
Extract of a Letter from Plymouth, April 27.
" Yellerday came in the experiment, Biih,
from Guernsey.";
In the Course of last Night's Debate .the
Speaker positively asserted, that at the break
ing up of the present Meeting, Parliament will
certainly be dissolved.
Extras of a Letter from Porffmouth, April, 30.
" Yesterday Evening arrived at Spithead his
Majesty's Ship Dublin, Capt. Wallis, from
Lisbon, with 6ve Sail of M rchantmen under
Convoy, all which were seen fafe into the
Needles.
" Yesterday failed to the Westward the Mar
tin Sloop of War.
WILL LA MSBURG H, July 1.
Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, June 13.
" The eyes of all America are now turned
to the Virginia Assembly. All the states north
of this have already, altogether or nearly com
pleted the scheme of finance adopted in Febru
ary and March last. Penfylvania, like a giant
just awakened from his wine, is laying about
her, seizing provisions and horses for the army,
and muttering her numerous bands of substan
tial yeomanry.
“ The new money is struck. Connecticut
has received her ffiare. The French agents
offer specie for this money, Filling for flrilling;
and these wife and frugal people are taking
the advantage of getting specie into their trea
fury at the rate of forty for one, whereas here,
and I underhand with you, it is sixty for one
Immense mull be your exertions to com
ply with the payments that mull be made to
keep the army together. The wisdom of your
councils, no doubt will provide for it; but to
provide for the demands which will continually
incieafe with the depreciation, I fear will call
for the utmost reach of your wisdom and (kill.
^ Strange! that the landed interest cf Vir
ginia should agree to increase the burthen cf
their taxes by continuing it to be every man's
intereit to help on with depreciation!
" Virginia was wife; fne is yet wife; but
her friends fay she is in the delirium of a fe
ver; a paper money dream, dike opium has
relaxed her powers. I for my part will, as
we did about Charleftown, hope for better
things to the lad. Politicks! thou art an
enigma; ignis fatttus; a lamp to lightone into
fafety and to peace."
The 29th ult. a fleet of merchantmen, con
fiding of 24 fail, at one o'clock, ahreaft of
Cape Henry, difeovered nine fail of vessels to
the fouth-aft; at 2 o'clock difeovered 2; all
square rigged vessels, except a cutter and'one
otner small sloop; four of them appeared to
be large men of war. The wind to the eall
:'"^ ^ e fle " b ° re u ? and stood in again. At
fix P. M. above Walloughby'sPoint, a ship
arid 2 brigs of the eurmy being within g un
hot, the ships renown and Fair Americanl
brigs Hero, Minerva and Industry, hove to j
and prepared for close adion to proted the'l
fleet; an action ensued which laded about an
hour without any intermission ; but the enemy
A "F, 0 ^ thrce ln number , and some conli
derable dillance from the raft of their ship s
did not think proper to engage in close a&ion!
Our vessels of war having se cured t h e ir con
voy, and obiemng a frigate and several other
NEW-YORK, July 28,
On Tuesday the 2„h inst. departed this life,
Major-General De Hayne, of the army of
his Serene Highness the Landgrave as Hesse
Caffei, in the 6oth year ofhis age, and 42d of
his service in the armies of his Prince. He
went with his Excellency Sir Henry Clinton,
upon the late fuccefsful expedition against the
rebels in Souths Carolina, and returned to this
after the reduction of Charles-Town; but
while there, he was attacked by a consumpti
on, which eventually carried him off, to the
inexpressible regret of all the gentlemen of the
British and Hessian army here, by whom his
merit, as a most gallant officer, polite gentle
man, and Sincere friend, was highly valued.
They many virtues he possessed endeared him
te ail who had the honour to be intimate with
him, and his death is universally lamented.
Last Wednesday afternoon his funeral was at
tended by all the general officers in this garri
son, amongst whom were his Excellence Lieu
tenant General Robertson, and Major-Gene
rals Tryon, Pattifon, Philips, L^fsberg, and
Hdchenberg. The regiment of Donop, and
a company of Anfpach'grena iiers, with three
pieces of cannon, (from each of which three
rounds were fired) marched to the place of en
terment, where his remains were deported with
the honours of war.
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NEW-YO RK, July 29.
Several inaccuiate copies of the following
LEI !ER and ADDRIsSS having appeared
in the News-Papers, a correct one is now re
published by particular desire.
LONDON, May 16.
The following Leiter and Address were received on
Tburfday last, and on Friday the Address was pre
sented by the Right Honourable Lord George Ger
main, Secretary to the American department, and
most gracioufy received by bis M jefly.
New-York, Dec. 22, 1779.
Gentlemen,
A ' President of the Board of Loyal Refu ers
£ji from the Several revolted colonies of Amiris,
Niw-Y oik excepted, now within the British li^s,
1 am directed to request the favour of you, in mrir
beha f, to lolicit of my Lord George German the
honour of his LoidShip's patronage and care / the
mclofed addreis to our molt gracious Scuheign,
and that his Lordship will be so good as t/ pais it
properly to the Throne.
Highly fenhble of the firm and fpirit/d fiipport
that his Lordfli p, as Minister for the American de
partment, has been pleated to give to ey/fy propofiti.
on for the relief and protection of hisMajeSty's co
lonial Suffering fubjefts, the boards you would
express to his Lordteip their war^ acknowledge
ments for his attention to their i^ereits ; and that
his Lordfllip's generous and tr/y patriotic con
duff will be ever remembred Xnd felt by them
With the moft^atcfyl fenfibiliv.
vessels of the enemyh ^ T
it u^u ^ud^t so dbcont^e ^e
a&ion, and made the bed pl their way for the
bay. The chace continued until datk. when
five of the enemy's ships anchored above New-
Port-News, the rest are fuppofcd to be in
Hampton Road. We do not hear that our
fleet have fudained any damage.
BOST O N, June 29.
Yesterday returned into port, alter a Eort
C ruize, the privateer snip Tracey, Captain
Hopkins, and brought in with him a ship
with about 4000 firaits of barter, beef, poik,
and fume dry goods. She mounted 16,guns,
and had {6 men/ 7 of vhTh the I'^cey ki:-
lel the h d broadiide, belites 14 wounded ;
ihe was bound f..ou Leland for Ney-Yo.k,
and failed with the Well-lndia convoy, con
lifting of about 1)0 fail, and has had twelve
weeks passage; the Tracey had 2 wounded.
Besides the above, the Fracey has captured a
brig and a sloop, which may be hourly looked
for. i
NORWICH, June 29.
Last Friday the General Assembly of this
state closed their sessions, having previously
ordered 1500 men to be forthwith raised by
voluntary inlidment, (being this state's quota
to compleat the Connecticut line in the con
tinental army) and 2500 to be ready, com
pleatly equipped, by the 13th of July next,
to rendezvous at Danbury, agreeable to a re
quisition from Gen. Washington, to co-ope
rate with the army ®f the united states in such
operations as tne particular exigencies of
affairs may then require. The several towns
in the state have been, and dill are taking
measures for the above purpose; which gives
the moll sanguine expectations that in a very
Ihort time the whole of the men will be raised.
N E W-LONDON, June 30.
Last Satuaday arrived in port, a fchocner
laden with upwards of 500 bushels of fait,
captured by the American Revenue and Ex
periment privateers.
An embargo is laid on all privateers in this
state.
PHILADELPHIA, Jul, 18.
Lalt Sunday arrived at Chester, a flag from
Bermuda, with 40 prisoners..
Letters from Virginia advise, that the Lower
House of Assembly of that state have voted
their 'ratification of the boundary lines be
tween them and Pennsylvania, as adjusted by
the commiilioners from the two states, who
met at Baltimore in August last. As there is'
no reason to believe the senate of Virginia
will refufe their concurrence, we venture to
congratulate the public on. the profped of an
amicable closure of a debate which produced
anarchy and confufion within the controverted
territory, and which weakened the common
cause.
To the KING'S Most Excellent Majesty.
The humble Address of the Loyal Refugees from'
your Majesty's revolted Colonies of New,Hamp
shire.. MADchufett's Bay, Rhode-lfiand, Con
neifticut, New-Jeifey, Pennsylvania, the Three
Lower Counties on Delaware, Maryland, Virgi
nia, North-Carolina, and South-Carolina, now
within the British lines at New-York.
Most Gracious Sovereign,
irOUR faithful and dutiful American fubjefts,
I who, to avoid the resentment and persecution
of the rebels, have been compelled to take refuge un
der the prote& on of your Mjefty's troops, humbly
beg leave to approach your Majefty,with the frong
eft #flurance of theit inviolable attachment to your
most sacred person and government.
The happiness we ever enjoyed under the mild
and parental au hority of your Majesty, and the
prosperity derived from our constitutional depend
ence upon the government of Great-Britain, have
fixed in our minds, in the most indelible characters,
the warmed principles of gratitude and affection, and
excited in us a just refitment at those men, who,
under falfe but fptcions pietences, have had the art
to delude so many of their fellow fubje&s; and
who, to ^6 Ithen own wicked and ambitious pw
pofs, have nm pruned to overwhelm this once
happy and fl mriflrug country with misery and ruin,
Convinced thiiour intereif, as well as our duty,
requires our unodt exertions to procure a restoration
of your M j<d)'> g vernment throughout Ameiica,
we Ordl peel's to give everv a ffittance in our power to
accomplish that mft desirable ev nt. And ahho'
the very great effoirs of your Majefty,and the Par
liament, which, wuh due gratitude we acknowledge,
have not hitherto had all the success that in human
probability ^as to hare been expected, yet we trust,
that the period is fall approaching, when thp infatu
ation vill cede, and the deluded people of this
continent awakened to a true sense of the r happi
ness, will, with j>y, recognize your Majesty's just 1
• authority, and fuc for reconcilement with the parent|
Statzs
ft is with the utnioft surprise, and the deepest con
cern, that we find feme persons have so far midaken
rite characters of your American fubjefts, as to
conceive that the pemfle in general are difaffeded to
your M jeft;'s Government ; we, therefore, think
curfehes irdifperdhbly called upon to affuie vour
M j fly, that very many of your faithful fubfrasl
in America, rather than violate their duty, have|
abandoned their e^at'-s, and cheerfully submitted toI
all the miseries of penury and exile; that others fcr I
being actively instrumental ria Supporting your Ma
fifty's government, after long confinement in dun-1
geons and in chains, have Suffered death by the [
hands of the executioner; and although a dread1
of the fanguinaiy laws which have been tenanted andl
are daily multi,, ed, by the tyrannical AmericA [
rulers, procur s, in many instances, a relw&ant ac- D
quiefeence under their usurped authority, yet we |
can with truth affine your Majesty, that whenever |
proper measures can be adopted, to cill forth tiel
strength of your Loyal American fubjeds, they will |
contribu'ean aid, which will givefo decisive a fupe-[
riority to the British cause, as will fyeedily relto^l
your Majesty's government, with peace and libertyl
to this diffracted country.
We n,oft fervently pray that your Majesty, enjoy.l
ing every possible felicity in this life, may long|
reign in the hearts and affections of all vour fubjefb,,
The Board also diie& n.e to fa\, fft tor'-
fllip's intuimatiou, tha % , boiwiiMi idling ;.<,} igno
rant or wilful m freprefentations to the conoar,
from their own particular knowledge of the teal
state of this country, the spirit of loyalty and at
tachment to the British conftituticn dill remains
firm and unabated among many thousands within
the rebel power.
In duty to his Majesty --from a regard to govern
ment, and that the national councils may no longer
be milled, the Board direct me further to add, that
could the natural force of all, or indeed ts any of
his Majesty's colonies, be properly collects to one
point, in a way most agreeable to the people, 01 of
those among them having influence and possessing
their good opink n---could they be substantially sup
ported by his Majesty's irdops, while embodying
under tier o^o leaders ;---were their confidence
rifrd ^y.cornea air^d^cc A protection---,Was a
facted r^ato pa , to the perlons and property of the
loyal fubj^a (Heretofore 00 little attended to, and in
many inltances shamefully violated) and civil go-,
vernmeut eftabliflied upon constitutional principles,
the moment any favourable opportunity offered for
that purpose; they are bold to affirm, that in all
the colonies, almost without exception, there might
be found a number of loyal eflive fubjefts, who, by
(Farming the difaffe&ed, intimidating the waver
ing, and driving the violent, would be mere than
Efficient to suppress the present wanton and lan
guishing rebellion ; and in a little time restore the
whole continent of America to the former mild and
just authority es his Majesty and the parent date.
The Board are h^,py also to express as their fin
cete opinion, that from the present internal calami
ties existing among the rebels, as well as those im
pending and inevitable from the utter ruin of their
currency--- the alarming apprehenficns of fedrein,
2nd many other important difteffes incident to their
ptefent situation, theie is the happiest profpe&, if
wifely improved, of suddenly diffclvjng the rebel
lious union. IJiey therefore trull, and hope, that
neither the exertions of goverment, nor those of its
faithful servants, will be hffened, or wanting to
complete so definable an event. But that, on the
contrary, every fair opportunity may be afforded to
his Majesty's faithful and loyal lubje&s, as well
those fuff ring within the British lines, as those
without, of teftifying their undiminilhed refpea and
zeal for the p^fon and feivice of their beloved So
vereign - .their wifoes for a re union with the pa
rent date .-and the sacred regard and veneration they
entertain for the constitution and authority of Great-
Britain, which it is their utmoff ambition to express
by their actions.
These, gentlemen, are sentiments that, as found
ed in truth, the Board wish to have conveyed to my
Lord George Germaine, if in your opinion the
freedom with which they are spoken may not be
deemed difrefpe&ful. Should this be apprehend
ed, they with them not to be introduced. The
Board, therefore, with the highest regard for your
chara&ers and judgment, submit the whole to your
defcretion, relying however upon your politeness,
and obliging attention to execute the substantial part
of their wiles, in handing forward the Address to
the King, as directed.
I have t e honour to be, Gentlemen, with the
greatest refpe&, your most obedient, and most hum.
ble servant,
DANJ COXE, President,
To Sir William Pepperil, Bart.
and Joseph Galloway, Esq.