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On Tuesday there was a full Board of Ad
miralty, several Officers attended and received
their commifuons, and several letters of mar
que were granted.
A large French ship, of 400 tons, with an
American supercargo, najied Cotton Davis,
is taken by his Majesty's ship Seaford ; flie
was leaded at Havre, for Martinico and North-
America ; her cargo consists of 10,000 stand
of arms, 170 bales of tents, two, brass mortars
with 300 shells, seventeen pieces of cannon,
18 pounders, a quantity of ball, powder, &c.
The above ship mounts 14. guns, and is a very
fall sailer.
jub 8. Yesterday force dispatches were re
ceived at the Plantation office fr^m General
Elliot, Governor of Gibraltar, brought by
the ship James, Capt Smith, arrived atDover
from that place, which are to be laid before
the Privy Council to-morrow.
Admiralty-Office, July 7. The Hon. Captain
Barrington, of his Majesty's ship the Prince
of Wales, has taken and sent into Plymouth
the ship Lord Cambden, of 350 tons, bound
from Nantz to Philadelphia, to which place
flie belongs, laden with salt and dry goods.
Lieut. Hunter, commander of*a tender in
his Majesty's service, has brought to Spithead
'the ship Grace, from Jamaica so Liverpool,
one of those taken by the Reprisal privateer,
laden with rum and sugar, which he retook in
Torbay.
The Hawke, Grible, a letter of marque, is
arrived at Falmouth, and has brought in with
him the John and Thomas, of Whitehaven,
from Norwav, laden with deals, which had
been taken by an American privateer. 1
A large American vessel, called the Ranger,
'from Philadelphia to Nantz, laden .with rice,
indigo, tobacco, &c. is taken and carried into
Fayal.
Sunday orders were sent to Hanover for a
number of troops of that electorate to hold
themselves tn readiness to embark immediately
For America, and transports are ordered to be
fitted out immediately for their reception.
A treaty is actually entered into with the
Chur r of Peterfburgh for 20 000 troops, but
conditionally, as government have still some
hopes that this may prove the left campaign in
America. The objection, that as the Sound
woud not be clear of ice before June, they
would arrive of course too late in America
for the next year, has been entirely got over,
as they are all to be drawn in fledges over the
{row and ice to Holland, where they are to
embark if wanted, the beginning of April.
One of the great objeds of the present
campaign is, the getting poffeffioh of the pro
vince of Pennsylvania ; by being makers of
this co/ony, the communication will be en
tirely cut off from the southern and northern
provinces, a measure that is likely to be at
tended with very filutary effefts, as it will
keep the rebels in the north and south totally
ignorant of each other's movements ; every
Source of inE^igepce will be barred, as our
frigates are so Rationed, that none of the rebel
veTels can land in fafety.
it is.positively said that the Empress of Ruf
ha has granted letters of marque to the captains
of mips and merchantmen in her service, to
taxe and make captures of all American pri
va.ccrs they may meet with, in conjunction,
and after the fame manner as those of his
Britannic Maj fy, and that several flout ships
in their ports as St. Peterfburgh, Ac. are
fitting.out for that purpose with all expedition.
Lak week, as rhe Captains Kichardfon and
Sealy, of the IndiaTervice, with a parry of
:T:r friends, we r e returning in a plcafure boat
from Guernsey to Weymouth, they were cha
fed by an American privateer full of men,
wh ^, coming up with them, engaged them for
some time with final! arms , —the pleasure
bo^ having four swivels on board, made a gal
lant refinance, and fought her till a man of
war's sloop luckily came in fight, when the
privateer thought it prudent to croud all her
fa I and quit her prize, which in all probability
ihe must otherwise have taken, from the vast
fhpbr,iorjty of force. Capt. Sealy was wounded
in the Shoulder by a musket ball, and Capt.
Richardson was likewise slightly wounded by
one of their own fwivefs.
The dispatches from Rome and Verona,
previous to those received last Friday at St.
Juraes's, gave the most flattering accounts of
the re-cfbblifhmert of the health of his Royal
Highrnds the Dukeof Gloucester; but he was
suddenly Seized with a violent pain in the fide,
and from several symptoms, the faculty in
Jtaly had a fefpicion an abfeefs was forming
^ Iris lungs, of which they made a very un
favourable prognostic.
• July 9 The Prince of Wales has expreffpd
an earned desire of having the real command
of a regiment of foot, and to attend himfelf
to the prrßftioo of their difcipliae.
It is impoGble to express the regret of the
army upon the departure of Lord Percy; pro
vircials as well as our own people, if in dif
uHs, feared alike in his liberal benefactions.
Admiralty -Ofer, Jane 23. Capt. Varlo,
ofhis Majesty's Ship the Bedford, has taken
and brought into Portfinouth the Freeman,
• ■, from South Carolina, laden with rice
and indigo. ' &
In consequence of some private intelligence
lately received, the Lords of the Admiralty,
have appointed four men of war to cruize from
150 to 200 leagues to the westward.
Yeferday Lord Barrington attended the
Levee at St jimes't, and laid before his Ma
j-n'ty a Lift of intended Promotions iu the Ar
my, which were all approved of and signed.
The fame day four Dutch Noblemen, lately
arrived from the Hague, were introduced to
his Majesty by Count Welderen, the Dutch
Ambassador.
He kept open table far the inferior officers.
In short, he spent while in America, ten thou
sand pounds a year of his own fortune, all his
pay, and upwards of twenty-five thousand
pounds remitted him by the Duke and Duchess.
General Burgoyne's army in Canada, when
joined by the different detachments, and the
troops from England, will be 18,000 men,
including Canadians and Indians.
On Wednesday orders were sent to the com
missioners of the several dock yards, for the
immediate fitting out of several sloops of war,
to be employed as craizers for the better pro
tection of the trade.
A person of eminence is gone to Geneva for
the purpose of tampering with the Protestant
Cantons of Switzerland, for the hire of some
of their troops, if it should be found necessary
to make another campaign next year.
Dr. Dodd, the evening before his execution,
desired it might be made known, that he
thought his Majesty, in justice to his people,
did right in not giving way to the various
applications made to save him from the sen
tence of the law.
Extract of a letter from General Sir William
Hoove, to Lord George Germaine, dated at &eov-
Nork, the 3d of 'June, >777.
" Your lordship's dispatches, No. 3,4, and
5, of the 3d.of March, and No. 4, of the
sth following, I had the honour to receive by
Major Balfour, on the arrival of his Majesty's
ship Augusta, the Bth of May, the duplicates
of nhich have since arrived by the Sandwich
packet. The earliest opportunity was taken
of fignifying his Majesty's most gracious ap
probation of the behaviour of the officers
whole names are particularized by your lord
ffiip. The arrival cf the camp equipage on
the 24th of May, both for the army and pro
vincials, has relieved me from much anxiety,
being, articles greatly wanted for the opening
the campaign, which will now immediately
take place in Jersey, where the enemy's prin
cipal strength still remains; and I Ihall pro
ceed as occurrences may arise, according to
the plan made known to your lordship in my
former dispatches. The remount horses for
the 16th and 17th dragoons are arrived in
good order, with the loss of 10 horses on
the passage. The officers of the guards and
British recruits also arrived on the 24th of
May, ,the Anfpach troops, 432 German re
cruits, and 51 German chaffeurs, on the 3d
inst. convoyed by the Somerset. These
troops appear to be in very good health, and
have disembarked upon Staten-lfland to
refresh for a short time. I have the pleasure
to inform your lordship of the arrival of major
general Gray in the Somerset. Major Dixon
of the corps of engineers, who has his Ma
jesty's leave to return to Britain, will have
the honour of delivering my dispatches to
your lordship bv the Halifax packet; And I
prefurae upon the acknowledged abilities of
this gentleman, and his thorough knowledge
of the situation of the country, to juftify me
imreferring your lordship to him, for the most
particular as well as general information.
" The Nonfuch arrived here the 25th past,
and the Camel and Bute the 28th, with all
the transports, three excepted, of the convoy
that failed at the fame time from Portsmouth.
They had continued under the conduct of
Capt. Finch of the Camel only since the 6th
of May, the Isis and Swift having being sepa
rated on the passage. Two of the miffing
transports came in a few days before, and the
third a few days after Capt, Finch. But the
Isis and Swift did not arrive til! the 7th inst.
" On the 3d inst. Capt. Ourry arrived in
the Somerset, with the transports he had in
charge ; but the Mercury parted company the
third after they left the British coast. The
troops by both these convoys are in good health
" Capt. Mason arrived here on the 7th inst.
in the Dispatch, with the Springfield and two
more transports, part of the convoy that fail
ed from England under the charge of Capt.
Onflow. As the separation happened when
they were not more than 130 leagues from this
port, the arrival of the St. Albans, with the
rest of the transports, may be daily expected.
" As there is reason to believe it might be
soon requisite to embark a considerable part
of the army, timely preparation has been
made for the purpose: And as my attendance
would be necessary with the transports in con
sequence, I have recalled Commodore Hotham
from the Delaware to direct the naval opera
tions, and carry on the current service of
the port.
" Sir George Collier who commands the
detachment of the squadron at Halifax, will
be attentive to afford all possible protection to
the fisheries at Canfo and Isle Madame.
The following is a lift of ueffls seized as prizes, l
and of recaptures made, by the American squa
dron, between tbefrft of January, 1777, and l
the twenty second of May following, according ;
to the returns received by Hice-Admiral the Kif
count Home.
Daphne, 10. Emerald, 18. Brune, 13, and
I recapture. Phoenix, 19, and 1 recapture."
Preston, 9. Roebuck, 8. Pearl, 12, and 1
recapture. Perseus, 8, and 3 recaptures.
Thames, 4. Camilla 6. Chatham, 1. Or
pheus, i. Amazon, 4. Juno, 3. Unicorn, 11,
and i recapture. Merlin, 3. Senegal, 1. Lark,
2, and i recapture. Diamond, 1. Diamond
and Greyhound, 13. Diamond and Unicorn,
i. Falcon, 5. Galatea, 21. Syhynx, 1. Mil
ford, 3. and i recapture. Liverpool, 1 fecap
Admiralty- Office, July 10; 1777®
Extract rs a letter from Nice Admiral Lord Eif
count Hoove, to Mr. Steubens, dated tf'Ne c w-
York the 2th of June.
WHITE H A L L, July 12.
" It is currently reported on board here and we
believe not without some foundation, that some
American vessels, cr privateers, harboured in the
ports of France, have bound themselves in a league
by an oath, to cut out his Majesty's guardflip Con
queftador, from her moorings at the Nore, where the
lays for the reception of new railed men to man
the fleet; it is aftonifliing to us, it being such a
scheme as the united naval powers of Fiance and
Spain never attempted against our ships at the Nore
all last war. The Dutch, indeed, once upon a
time fired some of our flrips in the River Medway
when one of our brave Captains chose to perim in
the flames, rather than leave'his ship. But we aie
very doubtful that those heroic Bravadoes, after all
they have fakl and sworn, will not feel so bold as to
put their boasted menace into execution (though they
may be American Dutchmen) with the assistance of
all their confederate Incendiaries, of what Nations
or Complexions soever.
“ It is granted by all hands, that we Emglifh
Jonnies took this ftme fltip of 60 guns with our
boats, at the Havannah, amidit the fire of all their
batteries; andas we are lads of good metal, we chal
lenge the whole strength of these American deluded
wretched Rebels, with all the banditti of outlawed
Smugglers, which they may colle& as their abettors,
in the Ports of Fiance, or in any other Ports in
Europe to the combat. We should soon fend them
to perdition, where they are now helter fkelter on
their own accord, fafter than we, as good friends,
would have them; we have 600 North Country
jolly boys to receive them, who love fun, and the
smell of gunpowder dearly.
I am, &c.
Timothy Trunnion."
Extract from the Rebel Papers.
Instructions for Lieut. Col. Baum.
RpHE obje& of your expedition is, to try the
affe&on of the country; to disconcert the 1
councils of the enemy, to mount the Rudeffels dra
goons, to complete Petre's corps, and to obtain large
fitpplies of cattle, horses and carriages.
The several corps of which the enclosed is a lift,
are to be under your command.
The troops must take no tents, and what little
baggage is carried by officers mult be on their ownl
battalion horses.
You are to proceed from Batten Kill to Arlington,
and take post there till the detachment of the provin
cials under the command of Capt. Sherwood shall
join you from the southward.
You are then to proceed to Manchester, where
you will again take post, so as to secure rhe pals of
the mountains on the road from Manchester to Rock
ingham ; from hence you will detach th. Indians and
light troops to the northward, towards Otter Creek.
On their return and receiving intelligence that n®
enemy is upon the Connecticut river, you will pro
ceed by the road over the mountains to Rockingham,
where you will take post. This will be the mod
diflant part of the expedition, and muff be proceeded
ture.--Alfo 29 veffcls seized or deftreyed last
year, not mentioned in the return of Decem
ber 31st, 1776.
Total number of captures 203
Ditto recaptures 15
(Signed) HOWE.
Names of the Recaptures. Dtintreath, Creigh
toh. Ranger, Renown. Little John, Thomas,
Nicholson, Mackall. M. cf Rockingham,
Pocock. Thomas, Read. Experiment, Friend
ship, Elizabeth, of Liverpool, Providence,
Penterick. Betty, Brice. Grace, Markland,
Nevis, Coffin. Devonshire, Fisher.
July 12. The London, Proud, from South-
Carolina for Nantz, with 500 barrels of rice,
70 barrels of indigo, and some tobacco, is
carried by the crew into Bermuda, where they
fold the cargo and ship for iz,cooL sterling.
Authentic accounts from Amfterdarn, fay,
that the Van Trump, a Dutch brig, from Su
rinam, the beginning of June left, took four
men out of a small boat near Tobago, who had
been three days at sea without fukenance. One
of them was a Swifsoflicer, and had failed from
Nantz with 18 of his Countrymen, and a large
quantity of naval Bores for the service of the
Americans, on board the Adelaide, bound
for South-Carolina, which had foundered in
a hurricane, and all the crew perished except
the Swiss, and his three companions. .
A memorial has been presented by our Am
bassador at Paris refpeding the great afliftance
given or at leak winked at, by that Court, in
Offering the American cruizers to carry in pri
zes to Nantz, or ports in France. It is drawn
up in spirited terms, with proper vouchers
annexed : and that they were given at the fame
time'to understand, that if a flop was not
immediately put to it, the Britilh fleet would
no longer be idle fpedators of these matters :
About a fortnight will serve to shew how the
above memorial has operated.
July 17. On Monday night about 12
o,clock, the press for seamen broke out again
with great spirit in the environsof Westminster.
It was confidently reported last night in
some of the firft political circles, that dis
patches arrived in the evening from Lord
Stormont, containing a full and folenin assent
of the court of France, to the late spirited re
quisitions sent over on the part of Great-Bri
tain on American matters.
A letter from Cork dated the 17th inst. to a
gentlemen in this town fays, “ That on Mon
day the 14th he (the writer) being then off
Dungarven, heard a heavy firng to the south
ward; on Thursday morning an account came
to Kinfale that the Torbay man cf war had
brought in an American privateer of 26 guns.
This account may be depended upon, though
the name of that privateer is not mentioned.
As his Majesty has declared that the sailors
oni board the American ships, who shall take
the fame from the persons having the command
thereof, and bring them into any English
ports, having two thirds of what such ihips
and cargoes Ihall be fold for, (and for three
years be exempted from being impressed) it is
appfeh mded that when the fame shall be pro
perly known among the sailors, it will be the
means of bringing many a valuable ship and
cargo into England, which would otherwise
go into French Ports.'
Extras of a letter from on board the Conqueflador,
dated at the Nore, 'June 23. ,
Should any corps be moved from Mr. Arnold's
main army, in order to intercept your retreat, you
are to take as ftreng a post as the country will afford,
and fend the quickest intelligence to me ; and you
may depend upon my making such movements as
shall put the enemy between two fires, or otherwise
eff>&udly sustain you.,
It is imagined the progress of the whole of this
expedition may be effected in about a fortnight; but
every movement of it must depend on your success in
obtaining such supplies of provisions as will enable
you to subsist for your return to this army, in case
you can get no more. And should net the army be
able to reach Albany before your expedition should
be completed, I will find means to fend you notice of
it, and give your rout another direction.
All persons a&ing in Committees, or any officers
under the direction of the Congress, either civil or
military, are to be made prisoners.
I heartily wi/h you success, and have the honour
to be, Sir,
Your humble servant,
J. BURGOYNE, Lieut. General.
Head Quarters, Aug, 9, 1777.
(t^ <^A ^^^^y ^%^^m^^^fo.)
TEN DOLLARS Reward.
T EFT Brigadier General De Lancey's service, from
L his farm at Bloomingdale, a negro follow named
HARMAN, of a yellowish colour, bread face and Moul
ders, hollow back, big buttocks, and remarkable strong
well shaped kgs, with a very large foot, is about 25 years
of age, understands farming. Had on a Dutch thrumb'd
cap, a blue sailors jacket, speckled or white shirt, good
trowfers and ffiors, with a spare buckskin breeches. This
is his second elopement, and by his dress may induce
matters of ships to entertain him, who are requeued ^
deliver him to New-York goal. Whoever takes him up
fiall have the above reward prid by General Delancey, the
printer, or Mr. Joseph Allicocke,
- —l — ——
Blackwalnut Beadftead,
WITH four pofc, and a lacking bottom; to he
fold cheap. Enquire at Mrs. Johnston, next
door to the French Doctor's, Golden-Hill.
Wanted to hire, a Ditcher,
WHO understands the English method of ditching.
Such a perlon, if properly recommended for his
diligence and sobriety, will meet with encouragement.
Enquire of the printer.
yft-^
A Quantity of H O PS. Any person having any of
them may hear of a putchafer, by applying te
Medeef Eden, at his brewery, on Golden-Hill, New-
York. N. B. He ahb gives the heft price for good clean
BARLEY. Merchants, captains of vessels, and others
may be (applied with strong and Ihip beer: Enquire as
above,'
upon with camion, as you will have the defiles 01
the mountains behind you, which might make ;
retreat difficult. You must therefore endeavour te
be well informed of the force of the enemy's militia
in the neighbouring country : Should you find it
may with prudence be effe^cd, you are to remain
there while the Indians and light troops are detached
vptf' river ; and you are afterwards to defeend the
river to Brattleborough, and from that place by the
quickest march you are to return by the great road to
Albany.„
During your whole progress your detachments are
to have orders to bring in to you all horses fit to
mount the dragoons under your command, or to
serve as battalion horses for the troops ; together
with as many saddles and bridles as can be found:
Thrnumber of -horses requisite, besides those neces
sary for mounting the regiment of dragoons, ought
to be thirteen hundred ; if you can bring more fee
the use cf the army, it will be so much the better.
A our parties are likewise to brin^ in waggons and
other convenient carriages, with as many draught
oxen as will be necessary to draw them ; and all cat
tle fit for Slaughter (milch cows excepted, which me
to be left for the use of the inhabitants); regular
receipts in the form hereto subjoined, are to be given
in all places where any of the above articles are ta
ken, to such persons as have remained in their habi
tations, and otherwise complied with the terms of
General Burgoyne's manifelto : But no receipt to
be given to such as are known to be a&ing in the
service of the rebels.---As you will hive with you
persons perfe&ly acquainted with the country, it may
perhaps be advifeable to tax the several diftrißs, with
the portions of the several articles, and limit the
hours for the delivery ; and Should you find it ne
cessary to move before such delivery can be made,
boftages of the mod refpe&able people should be
taken to secure their following you the next day.
All possible rheans are to be med to prevent plun
dering. As it is probable that Capt. Sherwood, who
is already detached to the southward, and will join
you at Arlington, will drive a considerable quantity
of cattle and horses to you, you will therefore fenh
in this cattle to the army, with a proper detachment
from Petre corps to cover them, in order to difincum
b r yourfelf; but you-muff always keep the regiment
of dragoons compa&. The dragoons themselves
must ride and take care of the horfts of the regi
ment. Those horses that are destined for the use of
the army, must be tied by firings of ten each, in
order that one man may lead ten horses. You will
give the unarmed men of Petre corps to conduct
them, and inhabitants whom you ean trust.
You must always keep your camps in good pofi
tibn, but at the fame time where thete is pasture, and
you must have a chain of centinels around your cat
tle when grazing.
Col. Skvene will be with you as much as possible,
in order to distinguish the good fubje&s from the
bad, to procure the best intelligence of the enemy,
and choole those people who are to bring me the ac
counts of your pro^refs and success.
When you find ft necessary to halt a day or two,
you must always intrench the camp of the regiment
of dragoons in order never to risk an attack or af
front from the enemy.
As you will return with the regiment of dragoons
mounted, you must always have a detachment of
Capt. Fraser's or Petre corps in front of the celumn,
and the fame in the rear, in order to prevent your
falling into an ambufeade when you march through
the woods.
You will use all possible means to make the coun
try believe that the troops under your command are
the advanced corps of the army ; and that it is in
tended to pass to Connecticut on the road to Boston:
You will hkewife insinuate, that the main army from
Albany is to be joined at Springfield, by a corns of
troops from Rhode-Inland.
It is highly brobable that the corps under Mr.
Warner, now supposed to be at Manchester, will
retreat before you, but ffiould they contrary to ex
pe&aticn be able to collect in great force, and poll
themselves advantageously, it is left to your difere
tion to attack them or net ; always bearing in mind
that your corps is too valuable to let any considerable
loss be hazarded on this occasion.