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^l^ fl^nne Packet, Capt. Johnson, f
^y^rced here on 'ELurfday loft, in, nine s
JPWs from Falmouth, with the De-|
- ce;r.ler Mail•,'end his Majefifs Ship
the Halfar, on the Day following, j
with the November Mail, via Charlef
town, we halve the following Advices.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 22.
^ X7ITH coufent of the Prince Stadholdcr,|
VY the Admiralty of this city have put
into rommiJion three ships of 56 gers, and ]
four frigates of 36 guns.
St. Roche, Nov. 3. The new parapet forl
our batterv of mortars being finished, we have 1
been employed every night from the 25th in
carrying all the materials for forming the Es
planades, &c. The enemy perceiving our
works, fired upon us during one whole night,
bombs, cannon, and grenads; but they only
killed eight of our men, and let fire to feme
frki^es which were soon exring&ilhed. On
the 28th we perceived that the enemy were
building fame new works without the Land
Grte, and no doubt they intend placing an
advanced battery there.
Madrid, O^'o. 3^ The Court Gazette, pub
lished this day, contains the full,wing mucle:
" Lisbon, Odober 29. By a Grip arrived
frem Janeiro, frveirl letters are received,
written to performs of that country by others
from Buenos Ayres ; among which is a tetter
from Artquipa, which elucidates many cif
cnroflarccs pubilfhej lately Concerning the
troubles arifeuiM that city : We have thought
proper to inlert the said letter, as it may in
icrcll and fatisfy thecuriofity of the pubfe.
" Apequipa, Jan. 26. The menaces which
appeared in many pafquinades and other more
iclßlent papers, fixed up in the public places,
began to be realized in the night of the 15th
inib bva tumult cf people be! + e the Cufturn
houfe.,On the 14th, the rioters began to
.pillage it : They burnt the papers therein,
and ftc^ .4.000 piallres in specie: The Go- .
vernor and his subalterns made their ricape,
except the principal officer, whole head they
pierced through with a javelin. In the night
of the 15th, the commotion became general
and disorderly amongil the populace: They
entirely stripped the noafe of the Corrigidore
of every thing, leaving only the bare walls :
An office in which here 30,000 pi Abes in spe
cie, belonging co one of hrs farmers, named
Don Joseph Compares,met with the fame fate :
and the rioters forced 'open all the goals, aid
let Rose the prisoners. Cn the ruth, the
nubility and the principal inhabitants of the
city put thcmfelvcs into a better ,polture of
defence: They formed a company of Nobles,
commanded by Arrambia, and another of
grenadiers, under the orders of Solares. A
bout four in the afternoon I got my regiment
together : Nine companies secured the en
trance of thecity, and patrolled there. Two
parties were formed, one against the Cullom
houfe, the other composed of the populace
againll the Corrigidore, and some other per
sons. Notwithftdndmg the date of defence in
which they were pat,the Indians of Pampacame
and affaiied us the fame night at 10 o'clock,
to the number of about 800. The company
of Don Raymundo Telan, who guarded that
entrance, made a good refinance ; but was at
lafcforcod by a flower of denes to retire to
the square of St. Maria : He was mere joined
by the company of Nobles, by that of the
grenadiers, and by three others or cavalry,
who obliged the Indians to retreat, leaving
many dead and wounded on the road to Pdm
y& An hour after midnight not cue Indian
remained behind : and on the 17th in the
morning Ltraverfed with four companies, all
the reads and the barracks, situated on the
cminencies, and made many prisoners.
Tne fame day, the 17th, in the evening, two
companies of the cavalry, and that of the No
bles, fee 'fire to all ri e barracks of Pampa, and
destroyed the greatest pare of them. The day
following, fix Indians were hanged. Many
bounded Indians are ir. the hofpicai, and others
in prison. The dead bodies of those who
were (lain in the night of the :6th, remain
hanged up before the Ahembly House.
Madrid, Nov. 2. The King and Royal
Family continue in perfect health ae St. Lau
rent. The Infanta Donna Charlotta Joaclri
raa is daily recovering at St. Ildefonlo, from
her be mdifyofitioti. Our lait letters from
Sc. Roch, dated CCt. i6;h, contain the fl #
lowing pawculars:
0 A ne enemy have contiued every night
till the iz'h iniknt, to throw sac Is and hand
grenades, in tre fame 'direction as before, and
1 > the fame un,ailingpurpofe. Trey have be
gun to plough the gardens a befh, which we
ludaehroyed fbme time ago. They a:Cequal
ly busy to repair their inside And outward
works, and thus every day add to tncfe means
of defence, with which the nature ana iituati
on of the pla.e luve abundantly furnished
item.
StechhJm, Otto. 2;. It is now certain, that
the flips which his Majrily has ordered to be
equipped; with all drip-itch, at Cariferme,
cannot put to fca thkjear; bu; it is said, that
ad poflibic efforts will be used to have next year
a refpeciable marine.
Liston, Nev. 8. The English privateer the
fame, arrived here on Monday last with two
rgeFrinch Merchant Chips, and a polacre
i-ry richly laden. Theft drips are part of the
, <zcs made by the said frigate, and earned
iAlgiers.
Parii, Nov. 16. They write from Toulon,
;- ;t a Rash n flbp, in the -Mediterranean, was
. - ? tn upon toe rocks of the Island Hierct,
1011, but the crew were fived.
«.fyfoa, Neu. B. Lull Monday evening there
arrived in this port four Ruffian men of war
and a frigate, being part of tae squadron de
stined for the Mediterranean, under the com
mand of Vice Admiral Borifiow. who expects
another firip of the line and a frigate. After^
the reciprocal salute these llrip^ anchored in(
the road. Their names are the St. Ihdore,)
of 74 guns and 74.0 men; the Ana, the Ver-|
dure, and the America, of 60 guns each aid :
650 men; and the frigate the Simon of 32 |
guns and 370 men. 1: i^ Gid the whole fqua- 6
dron will winter in this port. „
Pcrerfurgb, 080. 20. Tile Ruffian fqua*l
dron, commanded by Admiral Krofe, arr I
rived yederday in the road cf Cronihadt; it|
came last in fix weexs from Copenhagen. At|
the fame time came in alhip of the line lately
built at Archangel. The squadron cf nl. de §
Kruse, which had been appointed to cruise in ;
the North Sea, will winter at Crondadt; and ;
those of Admiral De Bunffow, and of Captain ;
Commander ])e I'aribip, wjll paL tut winter /
in the ports efLifbon and Leghorn.
LONDON, November 10.|
The following may serve to throw a p^per -
Light cn the real DHpoinion of the Du ch
t«,wa ds this Country.
Extract of a Letter from the Hague, Nov. 1,
17'80.
" TO" 8 rlighnefs the Stadtholder gave the
J I following notice on the zpih tilt to
the Afibmbly pf their Noble and High iMghti
nert'es.•
" Noble and High Mightinesses ! I he Che
viber Yorke, his Britannxk Maj rib's Ambaf
-1; d )r, having delivered to me, in the name us
hh R yal Maftc,-, the papers here.o annexed,
found among those of Laurens, ! late President
cf Congref, and now'a State prrfoner in Lon
don, I thought it my duty to lay them before
your Noble and High Mightiness, that you
may take fucb resolutions on tnem, as to your
enlightened wisdom may seem belt and neces
sary. I cannot but aver, that 1 never had the
least knowledge of anv deliberation, much less i
cf any power or authority given, to enter into 1
a treaty with the colonies of [forth- America. J
46 After thanking his Highoels for tris un
wearied and paternal care, it was token into ,
coafideration that the papers alluded to were ;
the refaltofa private correlpuhderce between
one of the Commillione,s ot the Amer,can ;
Cungrtfi, and a merchant ot Ainltcidam.
RefoLeJ, That the Indepcndance bf Arne- 4
rica, whch is acknowledged b, no one power ;
in Europe except F ance, ha:h never been so,
by their High Mightinefles/ —Refilled, That 1
the above notification Gall be f nr to the bur
gomaders and regents u: Amtterdam, in order
to obtain the rece:G r y li&ht c nice?ning the ;
correspondence alluded to, tending to make \
some overtures concerning a treaty of com
merce to be 'fet on toot between the Republic 1
of the United Provinces and North America.\
" In confequenep of this intimation, the 1
burgomasters and regents of Anrilerdam deli
vered on the 2 fth ult. their aniwer to the fol
lowing purport:
" 'i hat whac had passed between rheir eldest
penfionary,and the merchant alluded to on the
one part, and the Americans 9. the o.her, was
done by their unanimous direction ; but that
such a'n overiu e> for a treaty ot commerce,was|
built only on eventual circunritances, and to|
take place foiely in case the independence ofl
America fiould be acknowledged by cheßritifh|
Government ; and that such a ttep had been
takeh, only to prevent the town of Amsterdam |
being loreclofed from trading w<tn the said co-1
,lorries, by feme exchtfive treaty — That they ;
think ihcrnfelves authorifed in having done|
wnat, in jufbce to their interest and welfare, 1
it was their duty to do. They conclude by
facing, that they expert their Noble and High
Migbeineffes will lose no time in publilhing to
the world that they are perfectly fitisfied with
the above declaration: a matter on which the
laid burgomahers and regents beg leave to in
lift tne more Wrongly, as several disagreeable
reports have reached them concerning this
affair, and conclusions drawn train it which a
mmber cf a free hate Gould by no means be
liable to; it being their unanimous determi
nation to oppose the influence of such rumours,
in an efficacious manner, arid by every ways
and means in their power, confonaat with the
'fbiaeft propriety."
IMEMORIAL prefoaed to the States Gene
rAt, oh the loth in/i.ty .Sir Joseph lurke,
I his MgM/s Ambafl.M.r at ;be, Figue, cow.-
I (tming the hit Papers found amongst tbfe cf
Mr Lauras, late Prefdent cf the Congitf.
I High and ofighty Lords,
I °ri[~T.£ Ring 0 ylvla has thro' the whole
IJ cuuife of his reign, shewed the moll fin-
I cere desire for preserving the union which has
।fublitted upwards of an age, between his Crown
l and the Republick. This union is founded on
I the durable baft* of a reciprocal intcrell ; and
las it has greatly contributed to the welfare of
|both nations, the natural enemy of both the
I one and the other is using his utmost policy to
!delhoy it ; and for sometime pad his endea-
Ivours have been too fuccefsful,being supported
Iby a faction taat aims at domineering over the
IRepublics, and which is at ail times ready to
I ficrifice the general iutereft to their own pri
-Ivatu views.
The K ; hg has beheld, with eqwal regret and
furprize, tne small effeß which his repeated
:claims for the stipulated fuccours, and the re
prefenutions of iris Ambassador, on the daily
violation of the molt felemn engagements,
have produced,,
lIBs Majesty's moderation has induced him
' to attribute this coudud of your High Mighti
belTs, to the intrigues of a prevailing fadion ;
and he would Bill persuade himfelf, that your
jafLcc and difcerament will determine you to
f"b'fil,our engagements towards him, and to
prove by your whole conduct, that you are
refolded vigorously to adhere to the system %
formed by the wisdom of your ancellors,;
which is the only one that can secure the fafe
ty and glory of the Republic.
The aufwer which your High Mightinesses
return to this declaration, which the under
signed make ? by the express order of his court,
will be considered as the touchflone of your
intentions and sentiments refpeding the King.
For a long time pall the King has had in.
numerable indications of the dangerous de
signs of an unruly cabal ; but the papers cf
Mr. Laurens, who styles himfelf President of
the pretended Congress, furnifhes the disco
very cf a plot, unexampled ir . all the annals
of the Republic. It appears by these papers,
that the Gentlemen of Amfterd^m have been
engaged in a claudchine concfporlence with
tie American rebels, from rhe mouth cf
Augurt 1778, and that irrilruriious and full
powers have been given by them, for the con
clusion of'a treaty of indifputable,Amity with
those rebels, who are the fubjefts of a Sove
reign to wßom t^e Republic is united by the'
closest engagements, The authors of this
plot do not cvou attempt to depy it, but op
the contrary vainly endeavour iujGbf, their
conduct.
In these circumflances, his Maj rify, golflog
cm the equity of your High MightincrilK, de
mands a formal disavowal of fuel, irregular
conduct, which is no kfs contrary to your
mrit sacred engagements, than thrhe funua
inental laws cf tiw confitution of Batavia.
The King demands equally a prompt laris
faction, proportioned co the offence, and an
exemplary punishment on the Pensioner Van
Berkel, and iris accomplices, as diftorbers
of the public peace, and violators of the law
of nations
His Majesty persuades himfelf, that the an
fiver of your High Migntineffes will be fo^edy
and fatisfadory in all refpeds; but Gould the
contrary happen, —if your High Migbtinelfes
should refute so just a demand, or endeavour
to elude it by silence, which will be regarded
as a refu fal; then the King cannot bar coufi
der the Republic itfelf as approving of those
outrages witich they rafale to disavow, and to
purith ; and alter such conduct, h^ Majefly
will cud himf.il under the necerity cf taking
those meafares woich the preferva ion us his
own dignity, and the t Hcutial intcclls gj his
people demand.
G v r n at the Hague, Nov jo, 1,8.0.
(Signed) JOSEPH YOR KE.
Extrua of a Letter from DeM, Lv 2X,
“ Tre Revenge cutter privateer has fentin
here two Dutch ibips laden with caval stores,
which the took off Harve de Grace, handing
in for that port. There were three moc in
company, which she went in chafe of,
Extras of a Letter from Ca,t. Wait, of the Pe
gafos, in Yarmouth Reads, to Mr. Stepbtxs,
dated 22d of No-v. 1780.
" cleafe to inform the Lords Commission
ers of the Admiralty, that EG Mujetty', .Gips
under my command, arrived here iaft night,
and in case their LordGip- have not lately
heard from Cupt. Murray, <f the Cleopatra,
(which Gip I was feparared fain on the eight
of the 13th iutt. in thick bowing weather),
please to mention, that in company with her
0:1 the j!th ioft. we fell in with, and took a
very faft failing privateer of to guns, and 1 io
men ; Ilie is called La Comteffe de Provence,
and had been out &f Dunkiric near two
months, without doing any other damage
than taking aid ranfomirig a brig and a Amp.”
Dec. z. Yesterday Colonel Campbell, kissed
the King's hand at St. James's, or his late ap
pointment to be Governor of rhe blind of Ja
maica, in the room of General Dallfug,
This morning fame dispatches were received
from Gibraltar, but the contents are not yet
known.
Dec. 5. Amougft the papers intercepted in
the rebel Mail, isa document containing an
absolute disavowal of the rebel confederacy
for independence, by the province of Mary
land. This was done in 1778, and it is re
markabie that so important a tranf-dion has
never before trawfpirtd.
' Extract of a Letter from Southam,ton, Dec 3.
“ His Majelly ever ready to reward merit
and real services, has fettled gool. per annum
upon Mrs. Andre, mother of the late ' unfor
tunate Major Andre, and after her decease to
his three lifters during their fives; and his
brother, a captainrin the army, is to be pro
moted the frit vacancy.
Extract of a letter from Liston, Ofl. 20.
“ On the 3d infant, the Crefeent frigate of
28 guns, and 200 men, from Plymouth, in
1\ days; and the Cerberus of 32 guns, and
zzo men, from Plymouth, in 14 days, part of
Commodore Johrrilone's squadron, came to
anchor in the Tagus. Also rhe Enterprize
privateer of 18 guns, and 73 men, came in to
visual and careen. The Tartar and Rattle
faake Cutters, with some small privateers, are
all that were in the port."
N<,v. 30. The Granville, a French Gip cf
goo tons, bound from Marfeillestj Bourd'&ux,
laden with bales of silk, &c. is taken by the
Scahorfe privateer, and carried into Guernsey.
The Jupiter privateer has taken, and carried
into Jersey, a large Spaaifh ship deeply laden,
from Cadiz.
Dec, 7. The city of Kilkenny, in Ireland,
has sent the freedom of that corporation, to
the right hon. Lo:d North, in gratitude for
his lib ral extension of the commerce of that
kingdom. The above was presented to his
Lordship a few days since, by the Earl of Dy
fart, in a gold box.
Extract of a Letter from Fabnoutb, Nov. 27.
“ Since my last arrived the Sandy-Hook,
an American privateer, mounting 16 gens,
which was taken and sent in here by the Phil
by privateer belonging to Guernsey, after am
engagement of an hour and a quarter, in which
the Americans had eight men killed and nine
wounded ; the Philby had five ncr killed and
11 wounded, and her mizen mak Getaway.
Decern. 9. Her Majelly, and all the royal
Offspring went to Wtudfor jefterduy. Letters
from Bred mention a great scarcity of seamen
and Grip timber to fit oui ;their fleets. Died
at Madrid ia the 106 year of his age, Gen.
Don Ferdinando EArtes, the ole^ll land officer
in the Spanilh service. He was much averse
to the prefect war.
The Lady Mary privateer cf Jersey, has
taken and carried into that ifladd, a French
privateer, of i 8 guns, after a very obftinato
engagement.
HOUSE of COMMONS.-
Novem. 27. The/efulutions of frida, last,
on the iuppiy, vig, that 39,666 effective men,
commiGumed 2nd 1 )n-commiffioned officers,
including .pi^inv^hds, be employed for land
forces for ,78;.
That 1.4-0.774;. be granted for maintain
ing fa:d men.
That 1 488,927 l. be granted for defraying
the charge of the forces 'in the garrison of Mi
qoica, Gibraltar, the flactations, &c. foriySt.
That 42,927 1, he granted for the pay of
General and General Staff Officers.
'f hat {6,074. I. be granted for the pay of five
Hanoverian battalions serving in Gibraltar, in
Erriilh p^v.'
That 13.472 l. be granted for the pay of the
troops of Landgrave of Ilefie Caffel, in di to.
That 39,597 1. be granted for the pay of two
rtg-mentb of Hanau, in ditto.
That 17,498). be granted for one regiment
of the troops vs Waldeck, in ditto.
That 95,947 L be granted for the pay of
4013 of the troops of BrunGick, in ditto.
That 39.644. l. Ire granted for the pay of tbe s
troop's of the Margrave of Brandenourgh, in.
ditto.
That 16,630 I. be granted for the pav cf the
troops of the Prince cf Anhalt, Zernft, in ditto,
.That 49,373 I. be granted for defraying the
charge'of provisions for the foreign troops serv
ing in North America, for 1781.
That 6 1,63 1. be granted for the pay of the
troops cf tha Prince of Hesse, io British pay,
not hefo-e' provided for.
Ihat 27 6831. be granted for the charge of
artiif ry for the foreign troops, in British ser
vice,
That 672,4;, L be granted for defraying the
char; e of the militia in South-Britain, and four
regiments of Fenciblcs in North-Britain.
fhat93.670 I. be granted for defraying the
expence U pay and eloathing the militia for
1781.
The further report of the progress from the
Commiffiorers appointed by Parliament to take
and state the public accounts, was delivered in .-
at the bar by Mr. Pigot, which were ordered to
Tie on the table ; and afterwards it was ordered
(on the motion ofMr. Dunning) that the fame
be printed.
TO BE SOL dV
And possession given on the fi ft day of May next,
A Large and elegant three dory brick huufe, co
vend with tile, and built last fununer, situate
in an agreeable part of this city, confiding of th<ee
cl gant float s, (b.fides a large garret) each contain
ing t.vo excellent rooms with fire places, and a bed
room between ; an excellent dry cellar under the
whole, wiih two fire places, calculated for two
ki chens ; all in complete order for the reception of
a family's lefidence. Piopofals in writing to be
received by Terence Kerin, attorney at law and pub
lic notary, No. 52, Wall-ftieet, neatly opposite ter
Pi t's flame ,
Younghufbaud and 'Harrifon
HA V E removed from their ftoie in Hanover-
Square, to No. 35, Water-street, (late Smith's
Tavern) where they tell every article in the hosiery,
haberdashery, mercery, linen and wcofen drapery
; benchis, on the very Lweft terms for ready mcney.
They beg leave to return their mod fiacre th nks ta
their friends for the favours they have deceived, rod
:are determined to merit a continuance cf them, by
felling articles of the very bed qalirier and iowelt
I prices A few pipes of excellent OLD PORT, on
ireafonable trims for cafli.
IT&jOili.G is hereby given, that it all C praia
IDelancey's tenants do not within fix weeks
I from this day discharge ard pay unto his attorney
1 George Stanton, all arrears of rent now due to the
I said Capt. Delancey, that they may depend upon
I being difpeff.ffid, agreeable to the tenor us their
:kerfes, end rbe lotslet out to other pe^fou's.
r N, B. A number of vacant lots cf laid Capt. De^
;la cey to be leafed. Enquire of far'd George Stan
; ten.
I- TO BITT £T,
TWO or three ROOMS near the Coffee-
FL.ufe Bridge, proper for a small Fa
;mily.—Enquire cf the Printer.
I — ^,^^- ——
lAt 11 o'clock at the Coffee-Houf?,
Will be fold,
"T" '" Puncheons of old Jamaica Spirits,
1 I 18 Calks cf Starch,
!4.2 Hampers of Cheshire Cheese,
106 E n gbfh Hams,
3 Pipes of Geneva,
IWith sundry valuable Houfhold Furniture,
1 Feather Beds, Plate, &c. &c. belonging to the
; Ellate of the late Dr. Ceffiing, deedafed.
P. M'DAVITT.
AVID FLYNN,,
No. z, Fly Market,
DESIRES all those ti whom he is indebted to
fend in their accounts; he likewise requests
tn&ri indebted to him to make ipeedy payment as lie
intends moving to Long-Island immediately. His
books are in the hands of Mr. Charles Kane, who
I Mil atte dduing his absence, at the house of Capt.
I M'Niel, Fly-Market, where all having any de
?mands oi debts to d fcharge, will please to can.