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Monday, May 2% 178th
N E W-YORK
AND
W E EK LY
Ry the Carteret Packet, Capt. Newman, in five
/Peeks and four Days from Falmouth, <we have
the following Advices,
AMSTERDAM, Marcbig.
LETTERS from Malaga advise, that
it has been resolved not to permit
the importation of merchandizes from
Holland, under any pretext whatever, or from
any neutral ports, except that certificates fliall
be signed by the magistracy of the pla.e from
whence they were actually fitted out and failed
from.
Frankfort, March 6. They write from Ha
nau, that General Faucit is arrived there, to
receive the recruits from the corps of Chas
feurs of Hanau, now serving in America, who
are to embark next month on the Rhine, and
march through the Duchy of Cleves, in con
sequence of the permission granted by his
Prussian Majesty.
Vienna, March 4. A courier is arrived from
Varese, with advice that the Duke of Modena
died there the 23d of February, in the Bzd
year of his age.
Paris, March 12. We are assured that the
blockade of Gibraltar by land will be raised,
and that Spain will fetid some ships of the line
and troops to America.
Cadiz, Feb. 28. All the ships belonging
to the division under the command of Don
Miguel Gaston, are now repaired, and fit for
sea. The French ship le Heftor has received
orders tojoin the said division, which is Shortly
to return co Brest. Don Cordova will remain
with a few ships near the Straits of Gibraltar :
the rest of his squadron, with 10 battalions
of our troops, are ordered for America and
the Weft-Indies, where it is expected the
greatest scene of war will open next summer.
The liege of Gibraltar will also be carried
on will great vigour, as soon as the season will
permit; for which purpose fix battalions of
frefh troops, viz. three of the Walloon guards,
and three of the Spanish guards, are arrived
in the camp of St. Roch, with a very consi
derable supply of ammunition and provisions.
Lifan, Rb. 2. Commodore Johnftone, who
has the command of some armed ships cruis
ing on our coasts, hath hired a house in this
city. As it is fufpe&ed that the English
merchants fettled here, favour the equipment
of privateers, and that they are interelted
therein, some complaints have been made on
that fubjed. Seven privateers have failed
from hence by order of the English Envoy ;
and four others are arrived here. It is sur
prising that, in the present situation of affairs,
our Court hath not yet appointed a new Am
bassador to reside at Madrid. We kill conti
nue to enlist young recruits ; and we are not
without our fears with regard to a war.
Bref, March 11. The ship le Conquerant,
of 74. guns, failed yesterday morning from
this port, but returned again in the evening,
in conference of an order sent after her for
that purpose; which it is imagined was done
through fear, left she should fall in with Ad
miral Digby's squadron.
Hague, March 23. Sir Joseph Yorke, Am
bassador Extraordinary from his Britanic Ma
jesty, presented a Memorial to the States Ge
neral on the 21st in! which, after a recapi
tulation of many matters that had been part
ly urged in former Memorials, and some other
representations, concludes than:
4< His Majesty has ordered the under-writ
ten, to declare to your High Mightinesses, in
a manner the most amicable, and at the fame
time the molt serious, that if, contrary to his
just expectation, your High Mightinesses do
not, in the term of three weeks from the day
of the presentation of this Memorial, give a
fatisfadory answer rcfpe&ing the fuccours
which were claimed eight months ago; his
Majesty, regarding such conduct as an aban
doning of the alliance on the part of your
High Mightinesses, shall no longer Gonfider
the United Provinces on any other footing
than that of other neutral powers, not privi
leged by treaties; and consequently will,
without further delay, suspend provisionally,
and till further orders, with regard to their
fubjefts, all the particular stipulations of the
treaties between the two nations, especially
those of the treaty of 1674, and will adhere
solely to the general principles of the law of
nations, which ought to serve as a rule be-
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leged.
Signed. “ The ChevaLiere YoEke.
" Done at the Hague, March 21, 1780."
Amferdam, Marib 22. According to the last
letters received here from Cadiz, the Spanish
fleet has b?en so much damaged by jh»ate
ftor/ns, that out of 30 ships of the line, which
put into that port, not a dozen of them art?fit
for immediate service, all the others wanting
repairs, which will, take up a great deal of
time to accomplish. The fame letters add,
that all the Dutch ships which had been taken
in the Straits, since Odober lad, about 36 in
number, are still detained in the port of
Cadiz.
Paris, March 19. A Courier Extraordinary
arrived here yesterday from Brett, with the
very agreeable news of the arrival of the fleet
of merchantmen, which failed from St. Do
mingo the 13th of January. This fleet, con
fining of 60 loaded ships, was efeorted by the
Tonnant of 80 guns, and the frigates the
Nymph and A&ive.
Cartbagena, March 4? The regiment of
Flanders, in garrison, is by orders from the
Court, marched for Cadiz, where they are to
embark, with a great number of other troops,
for North America.
Bref, March 12. The works at this port
are continued with great adivity. Many
workmen are arrived here from other ports,
to dispatch the repairing and fitting our of
the ships defined for America. Several brass
cannon, 48 pounders, have been taken from
the batteries of this port, and placed on board
the Royal Louis, of 100 guns, on board of
which Count Duchaffault will hoist his flag.
The Conquerant, 0/74 guns,^belonging to the
squadron under Count de Guichen, and forced
into port by stress of weather, will fail with
the above division defined for America.
Hague, March 29. The Deputies of the
States of the province of Holland, have deli
vered Unto the Assembly of the States General
theij iopinion concerning the requisition of the
Court of Great-Britain, of the Stipulated fuc
cours; which is in fubfance as follows .
“ That having considered the two Memorials
presented by Sir Joseph York, Ambassador
Extraordinary of the King of Great Britain,
in which he claims the fuccours Stipulated by
treaty, their Noble and High Mightinesses
have found that the guarantee and the fuc
cours Stipulated and promised by all the trea
ties of alliance now existing between this Re
public and the Crown of Great-Britain, are
only confined in the mod explicit manner to
the limits of Europe, as it is evidently and
clearly expressed in the fecund article of the
treaty of 1678, in the following words ; " The
whole, however, within the extent of Europe
only ;" whicli has been confirmed and finally
ratified by the separate article of the treaty of
the Sth of January, 1717. That i: is incon
tefti'ble that the present war began in America,
and that its extension and communication to
Europe cannot be considered othenvife than
an acceffary event to those primitive troubles ;
and that thus it cannot be said, that the case
of the alliance (Cafus fa^eris) is in any refpeft
applicable to the present war. That from
these motives it is further their opinion, that
their High Mightinesses may excuse them-
Telves from granting th, fuccours required by
the said Ambassador in his two Memorials."
The States of the province of Friezland have
come to the fame resolution.
Hague, March 30. We find that the States
General have, by their Agent Mr. Vanden
Burgh Van Spierings Hock, given the follow
ing provifioual answer to the English Ambaf
iador's Memorial: ‘ That their High Migh
tinesses are very defirqus to coincide with the
wishes of his Britannic Majesty, by giving a
,ofitive answer to the Memorial delivered by
his Ambassador, but that their High Mighti
nesses forefee, that from the nature of the go
vernment of the Republic it is impossible to
. h 'm m answer in three weeks time, as the
fra tori,' must be deliberated upon by the
Gfla rent provinces, and their resolutions waited
That their High Mightinesses are assured
h^ Majesty ould not wish rigorously to keep
to wt before mentioned time, that their High
Mightinesses might be able to conclude upon
an answer in a manner conformable to the
conniption of the Republic, in which they
had nd right to make any alteration, and they
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promise to accelerate the deliberations upon
that head as much'as poffible.' It is further
said, that the English Ambassador having read
this answer, excused himfclf from accepting
it on account of the King his Maker's orders,
but said he did not doubt but that the repre
sentations which Count Welderen had orders
to make to his Court would entirely fulfil the
Intensions of their High Mightinesses. It is
also said, that Sir Joseph Yorke, communi
cated this his answer to the States General on
the 28th of this month in a conference.
LONDON, March.2l.
A large ship from Norway, laden with
malls, pitch, tar, hemp, &c. bound to Brest,
is taken by the Dolphin privateer, and car
ried into Corke.
This morning Messrs. Mair, Son, and At
kinson, Weft-India merchants, received by
express from Capt. Johnson, of the Molly,
<who is arrived in ,the Downs from .Jamaica,
the following account, viz. That in lat. 40,
and long, qg/his Majesty's ship the Leviathan,
Capt. Lampert, one of the convoy from Ja
maica, had sprung a leak in a gale of wind,
and made so much water that the crew were
obliged to take to their boats and leave her,
and in a few hours afterwards she foundered.
The crew were dispersed amongst the fleet ;
50 of them were allotted on board the two
Capt. Howe's. About two or three days after,
ten fail 101 l the convoy, and fome^of the Li
verobo! Pips. The Susannah has foundered,
but tie crew are saved. Capt. Jqhnlon parted
with his Majesty's ship the Charon about 14
days ago.
March 23, Yesterday the House of Peers
b'pke upat four o'clock, and adjourned till
Friday the feveath day of April next.
Yeflerday morning a duel was fought in
Hyde Park, between the Earl of Shelburne
and *'m. Fullerton, Esq; Member for Plymp
ton, in Devonshire, in which the former was
shot in his groin, but luckily without any
great danger. The seconds were Lord Fre
deric Cavendish and the Earl of Balcarras.
The cause and circumflances of this duel we
underhand to have been these: Mr. Fuller
top, on Tuesday, sent 'he Earl a copy of
what he had said the preceding day, relative
to his Lordfllip, in the House of Commons,
accompanied with aletter, containing farther
matter which he declared it had been his in
tention to speak, had he not been prevented
by the House. In consequence of this, the
Earl sent Mr. Fullerton word, he should give
no apiwer, but would meet him the next
morning in Hyde Park, at half after five.
They accordingly met yesterday at the time
appointed. After exchanging Pots, Mr. Ful
lerton fired his second piflol, and lodged the
contents of it in his Lord Pip's groin ; he im
mediately walked up to the Earl and demand
ed a concession. His Lord Pip said, he did
not come there to make concessions, and was
not so wounded but he was able to proceed.
Mr. Fullerton bid him fire, when his Lordship
desired him to go back to his ground, which
he did accordingly: his Lordship then fired
his pistol in the air, and the matter termina
ted.
TrarJlation of a letter from Don Juan de
Langara, to bis Excellency Don Andre
Regio, Lieutenant-General of the Naz,, and
Commander of the Cadiz Department.
SIR, Gibraltar, Jan. 21.
The bad weather which my fleet has en
dured from the time of its entering the ocean
on the second of this month, the thick fogs
which prevented me flora taking the latitude,
and the violent south weft winds, hot permit
ting me to reconnoitre the land, Iwas obliged
to direct my course according to the best cal
culation I could form, which placed mein the
latitude of Cadiz, arid Cage St. Marie on the
N. N. E. quarter, till the 16th between one
and twoin the afternoon, when I gave a signal
to tack, and run tothe S. E.
During this manoeuvre the weather having
cleared upa little, they perceived, from the
top-masts of my Pip, which formed the va:
guard, 20 fails, N. N. W. I did not alter my
Ration, but gave the signal for forming the
line, and preparing for action. The line
was formed by my nine vessels, le Phcenix,
le St. Auguftim le Su Eugene, le St. Domi
nique, le St. Laurent, la Princeffa, le Dili
gent, le Monarque, and Ie St. Julien. I
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ffeteign ano DomcOiC^.
placed to the leeward of us our frigates U
Sante Rosalie, and la Sante Cecile, together
with the four prizes we had made. We re
mained on the main-top-masts to make oh
fervations on the strength of the ships which
went upon the fame tack with us, and to take
such measures as prudence should direct. At
two o'clock we began to diHinguiP from be
low 20 large vessels, and 60 small ditto. We
judged them from their signals to be enemies,
but were not able to difeover their force.
While they remained at the distance of three
leagues from us, we counted 22 Pips of the
line, of two and three decks, and several
frigates, which were divided in two columns,
the one running 1 orthward, and the other
seeming to intend doubling upon our line,
and thereby cutting off cur retreat.
The superiority of the enemy determined
me to take advantage of the weather, co en
quire of the Commanders by signal, if they
did notthink it advifeable to gain the firft port,
and their opinions being unanimous for it, I
gave orders for making the firft port in the
order of retreat, by a forced fail,
At three o'clock I bore eattward to engage
the enemy to run into the Bay of Cadiz, if
they perfidy to chace us; but they always
came up ^fh us by a forced fail, and the
Edgar, the best sailer of them, approached
Le St. Dominique, which having loft her
main yard in a hard gale of wind, on the 13th,
could not follow us ; the Edgar secured her
flag, Le St. Dominique did the fame, with an
intention of defending it, and at half after
four, the English gave a broadside, which
our vessel returned from the larboard fide;
the fire of the latter was so well directed that
the Edgar was obliged to retire, and Le St.
Dominique made up to us, when she was en
closed by two of the enemy's ships, and put
between two fires, but nevertheless she con
tinued firing, both on the Rarboard and lar
board, with the utmost spirit, particularly
with her guns of retreat. We were in admi
ration of the gallant defence she made, and
the bravery of the Captain, the Officers, and
the crew, when, after a thick smoke, thfo
unfortunate vessel disappeared. I presume she
must have blown up, by the firing of her pro
perguns of retreat. Such was the tragic end
of the valiant Spaniards who were ,on board,
whefe noble defence merited a better fate.
At the fame time three other ships of the
line engaged La Princeffa, who defended her
felf alone by a forced fiil, and an exceeding
brisk fire, till La Dilig nt came to her abid
ance.
Atfun-fet the English ship the Defence of
74 guns, 32 on her firlt deck, and 18 oi bher
second, began to attack the Phcenix, which I
commanded, mounting 80 guns, 24 and 18
pounders. The brilkhefs of our fire obliged
the enemy to retire, and attack us on the lar
board fide, while we were engaged on the
starboard with the Le Bienfafant of 64 guns,
24 and 18 pounders. I got within piltol shot
of the Defence, which appeared to have luf
fered much, my intention being to rid myfelf
of one of my enemies : and I was equally de
termined to flop the best failers amongst the
English ships, to give our vessels time to
escape; but 1 found myfelf immediately at
tacked by a third vessel of 90 guns, command
ed, as they said, by Admiral Ross ; andwho,
in one of her broadsides, cut off our mizen
maft, the fall of which for a few minutes, in
terrupted the fire of some of our larboard
guns; but we, however, soon disengaged
ourselves. At fix o'clock in the morning 1
received a musket ball near my left ear : I
continued in the sore-castle giving the neces
sary orders, and the action continued without
interruption, notwithstanding the enemy's
superior force.
Owing to the high sea, and few batteries
we had. we were so overflowed with water be
tween decks, that we were obliged to order
several new feupper holes to be made to carry
it off' .At seven o'clocic a fourth vessel came
upon cur poop, and soon after I received a
wound in the right thigh, and immediately
after another in my head, which made me
faint away, and they carried me into the Sur
geon's room. A fifth Ship now came up and
fired a broadside into as, which broke off our
large scuttle mast, which fell on the deck,
together with the yard and the top ^41 ant-
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