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L 0 N°D O N Y Marchi.
Eytracl tfa later from the Hague, Feo. 26.
" The Court of Vienna is negociating the
fom of it millions of Borins in this country,
at four and one half per cent And itis said the
Bailor Boaz, of this place, has undertaken to
furnish fev:n millions, and the noufe of Goll,
at .Amsterdam the rest Ihe above court re
ferees to itfelf the liberty of repaying the ca
pita: in fix years if they chafe it.
“ Our last accounts from Dantzick seem to
give Some Imall hopes of the affairs of that
city taking rather a fav urabe tu:n,^as the
Court of Warsaw has defireri ^memorial may
be drawn up of the grievances they have fuffer
ed lince the Pru ffians have occupied the pro
vince former!) called I'obSh Prussia, and a
deputation to draw op the laid memorial. The
Court of Petersburg is said to have desired
that ofWi-faw to obtain the above-mentioned
memorial in order t@ take the opportunity f
furnishing the auxiliary troops to the King cf
Fruffia, and to use aUpoflible endeavours with
his Majesty t,redrc'fs the abuses which have
crept into that part of tor PruSlian adminilt,ra
tion again'd the tenor, ofthe, treaty of divifeon,
and to the'great disadvantage not on y of the
republic of Poland, but arid to the Ruffian
p , ff,ffions. If these abuts are not red relf d,
the city of Dintzic mult in a few years be ru
ined, as thei- expenses already much exceed
their revenues, their trade diminishes daily,
and bankruptcies am ng the merchants and
tradefmefi iricreafe very touch.
“ The Courier which the Frer< n^ irb^L
dor here sent to Vei failles with tmranove of
the States General to his haft memorial, is laid
to have returned last Saturday,' and as nothing
has yet appeared relate to he formid tble re
gulation which he threatened to pub'ifh, it is
apprehended th fc French government have al
tered^heit tone."
March 5. This day there wasa levee at St.
James's, when several Officers took leave, pre
vious to their fatting okit, being under ordeis
to go co America. After the Levee, there was
E. Privy Council.'°
The Right Hon. Lor& ,NQrth will have a
levee at the Cockpit, Whitehall, at one
o'clock to- morrows;
It continues to be whispered, that Admiral
Keppel will not be employed on the terms he
would propose, so that it is thought he will
resign his command.
Extract of a letter from Liverpool, Feb 2s.
“ Capt. Grim£haw,lbf the Griffin priva
teer, of this place, arrived here this day from
a cruize, and brought in Le Count St. Ger
maine, Capt Gage, bound from Port au Prince
for Nantz,' who was taken the 22d of February,
her cargo cor,Efts of §O3 hogsheads of brown
and 24. ditto of white fu 6 ar, 152 calks and 50
ba?s of coffee, io6 hogsheads of moiaffes, 8
caiks of cocoa, 19 calks of indigo, and 70
bags of cotton. The Captain of this prize
favs, he is one of a fleet of go fail."
The Le Vidory, from St. D mingo, with
fu^ar, coffee, &c. a prize to the Terrible, wf
Liverpool, is arrived at Cork.
The Conti, a French ship, bound from
Marseilles, to St. Maloe's, laden with bales of
silk, and other goods, is taken by a Jersey pri
vateer, and carried in there. Sire is valued at
about io.oool.
The Happy privateer, of Guernsey, has
taken a large (hip from South Carolina, bound
roNan z,called the Independent, Capt. Walih,
laden with indigo, rice, cotton, and other
' go°ds, and carried her into Kinfale.
Extract of a letter, from PortJmoutb, March z.
“ Latt night passed by this port, in her way
to Southampton, the Rose cutter, under the
command of Capt. Wallace, in the fervkeof
his Majesty's Cuttoms, and with her an open
Shallop Privateer, of St. Maloes, called the
Reward, of whi<h Antonio. Leifft was com
nritbr, woic.li he to)k yesterday morning,
havering off St. A bin's Head, waiting there
with an intent to Seize any defencelefs veffcl
pacing up or down the Channel. This is the
hvond priva ecr ihe has taken, the firrt was in
August last, called the Cerbere, belonging to
Cherburgh.”,
Monday the House of Commons, in a corny
miuee on Ways and means, came to the tollowl
iag resolution'.
" That an additional duty of §l. per cent,
be paid on all excise duties, except beer, soap,
candles and hides.
“ That fl. per cent, addition be paid on all
cuftora house duties.
" That ss. annually be paid for a Licence
by every perlon keeping a Diligence or polt
co. ch.-
“ That for every such Coach there be char
ged a Duty of one halfpenny per mile, to be
paid by the owner.
" That ,every person who Iball let any fad
dTTorfe for travelling - poll, shall pay annually
„. for j licence, and one penny per mile for
tlw ibid travelling poll, to be paid by the hirer.
" And for every pair of horses, hired for
driving a carriage, zd. per mile, to be paid
by the Hirer
“ That ev ry person keeping a Lottery
Office do take out a Licence of 501. The laid
Duties to be under the diteaion of the Com
npfliuners of Startups."
There arc now at Portsmouth twenty fail of
the line fit for sea, and seven more in the har
bour cleaning. At Plymouth there are eleven
jil in the found, and four ready to join at
} ammoaze, all full manned. These are to
ferm the grand fleet.
Sir Thomas Rich, Bart. Commander of the
Ernerprize frigate, on the Gibraltar Ration,
hs' already' made foot the Proclamation of
Rev ifals from France, upwards of io,oool.
efterday fe'nnight arrived in Portland Road
tie Hedor privateer, of Guernsey, Thomas
Naftell, Commander, with a St. Domingo snip,
valued at 20,000!.
Extras of a letter from Paris, Fib. 20.
" The great Bankruptcies in this city, which
have been before mentioned, could, not fail to
involve many others in their fall. The Cham
ber of accounts has already disposed of the
effeds of fcveral persons concerned in receiv
ing the Royal Revenues, and have just been
obliged to put their fe^ls on one of the Treasu
rers of Bridges, &c who has difappeared*
The Lieutenant of the police has alb lealed
up the effeds of a Receiver of Taxes, who
wis one of the greatest fitters-out of armed
Ships for America, and who was foppofed to
have gainel immense sums by his great com
merce with the American Insurgents."
A letter from St. Sebriiian's fays, " A French
man of war of 64 guns is foundered on this
coast, and her crew perithed This misfor
tune is attributed to a previous engagement
She had with two Ehglilh frigates, wherein foe
was severely handled."
From the Public .4dvertifer of March, 3.
SI R,,.
r l,'lß mock Patriots are dismayed. St.
Lucia a very important French liland,
is conquered, and Five Thousand French
Troops who attempted to recover it was totally
routed, and obliged to get back to Martinico
as well as they could.
The Province of Georgia is our own ; Gen
Campbell, after attacking and defeating ir,-
tirclv the. Troops allembled to defend it, toolc
P delfton of Savannah, the Capital of that
P ovince, where he was welcomed by many
Tjai Subjects. He has since penetrated the
Cguniry wihlittle Opposition, is received by
the people with GladneG, and is in complete
I'ofledion of that whole Province. Large
Quantities ofßice and fat Cattle have fallen
into his Hands ; the Cattle he has killed and
salted-, to insure a Supply for his Troops in his
future Progre,fy which I have no Doubt has
been crowned with equal Success ere this in
8 uth-Caroljna. The Men and Officers of
Frazer's Highlanders, which he has with him,
have many Thousand of their neared Relati
on- read, to join them in the interior Parts of
South and N(,,th Carolina.
Campbell is a Man of Genius and Enter
prize^ regulated bv a superior judgement; he
will understand how to seize the Uccafion, and
conciliate the People as he proceeds. For
these Reasons, great Matters may be expeded
from him; and this, Sir, is the Reason, as
much as his present Success, why the Factions
here look so dilmal To-day,
A Stripe is taken from the Rebe| Colours;
this of itfelfis a difmalTiding ; but tby fear
the Consequences, which they expeft will fol
low in that Part ot America. The poor un
happy Men looked melancholy upon 'Change ;
I walked into the Park, and they looked as
unhappy ; I stepped into federal Coffee-houfe's,
where they hung d<>wn their Heads; the Pros
perity of England is P^ifon to them; they
sicken at tie ouccefi of her Arms.
This Express certainly comes at a very un
fortunate Crisis; The Patriots can have no
m>rd illuminations for their Friends, left it
should mix with the general Joy felt by every
good Subject on account of this good News.
An Illumination for the Success of his Majef
tyWForces would be cauftek to their Stores.
Trioblige an incendiary American, or any of
his good Friends, the Opposition, to illumi
nate upon such an Occasion, would be intole
rable Tyranny, contrary to every Idea of Li
berty, or of the natural Rights of Man.
Feb. 23. One of the Many.
• • #—-. —.-+✓'Y„r:ggrt 'y. .
The following is copied from the Pennfylva,
nia Gazette, No. 2250, dated April 28.
To the Printers of the Pennsylvania Gazette.
The foll /wing extract of a letter from an offi
cer.of high r'ank in the American army, to
his friend in this city, conveys such ufeful
sentiments, that I mutt define you to give
them a place in your paper, and as they
are certainly very just, I hope they will
have the salutary effeft.
IT has been the misfortune of this country
that every year has afforded some amuse
ment to retard its exertions against the com
mon enemy. Atone time reconciliation;
another, our afliftance from France is to effect
our deliverance —this failing, oor alliance
with that people was to accomplish our re
demption. Now, Spain's acceding to our in
dependence is the tub of the day.
Those alliances are favourable and natural,
as they have mutual interest for their basis,
and there can be no important temptation to
either of the parties to recede from them, But
my dear Sir, if all Europe was to declare in
our favour, this will not pay our debts, or
restore our depreciated currency ; and foreign
loans will ruin us, by paying interest to fo
reigners out of our country. Our deliverance,
under God, must come from ourselves the
voice of Providence points it out, I had al
most said divine revelation does it. I own,
however advantageous those alliances are to
America, my hopes or expectations from them
are not so sanguine as that of many others—
one decisive naval victory in favour of your
enemies will give them courage, vigour and
public credit. That nation, as such, is poor;,
but the individuals of it are rich, and they
are well practiced in all the arts of financing.
If that people are once brought, oa such an
event, to exert themselves in favour of their
country, the war will be lengthened out much
longer than our sanguine politicians imagine.
We ought to be vigorously preparing for an
effenfive campaign, but instead of this Ame
rica is in a profound Sleep.
We vainly imagine the enemy will evacuate
Ntw-York. He has no such intention. lie is
New-York, Ma, 9.
Lift Saturday Night a Party of Col. Biilklrk'i
Regin ent, under the Command of Capt. Ryerfon,
and a Party of Refugees, went to a Place called
Clofler, about 25 Miles cn .he Weft Side of the
No th-Rivar, where they were attacked by a Body
of Rebels, 5 f which they killed, aof them of the
Name of D^naree, and brought eff five Prifone;#
without any Loss.
Yesterday departed tb°A Life after ft few Day#
Ulneft, Mr. Edward Laight, jun. Son of Mi.
Edward Laight, of this City, Merchant.
So Bariels of Flour, 10 Puncheons Ship bread;
and laTierces Mess Beef, all frefh imported,
to be fold at publick Audion this Day at the
+ C,ffee House Bridge, by
James Inglis.
ANY Persons willing to contrast for Sup
plying RUM, for the use of his Majesty's
troops at Pensacola, arc requested to; ud Sealed
proposals to the Comniffary General ™ffic %
in Maiden Lane, on or before ThurC /
the iith infant. _
- -
For Cash immedr .P,
The following Articles (being 'Airl
Cargo) will be fold wholesale excel, ngi ~„
APPLY to
B. W ADDINGTG
No. S. Qieen-freet, cppjite King's-ft reel,^
A FE W pieces ifthe belt fup© fine cloths, 1 uv
H of which ate fafhionable fummerc lours, i.^
pieces of blue, scarlet and green belt feQnds, as
pieces of ell-wide bleached Sheetings, dit^o of da /
printed callicoes and cottons, ditto of lan r\4
pieces of halfell wide Russia Liten, some: %
sewing fi'k, a few dozens of gauze h ^ f s
and aprons, a few pieces of ell-wide whir: ^.Kj:,
3-4. wide camblets, printed nankeens and i^r' t.
and ell-wide jacconet iriufiins.
LIKEWISE,
A few pipes and quarter-calks.of Made 3 Wi..
different qualities, two calks of allum and 1 :.#
:m' four puncheons and hoglhead cranes.
To be SOLD,
A Good Gull Mill, that has a fufficient R ;f
Cultom, and might grind a considerable Qu'in
tity Lor Market ; also a Saw-Mil that will with
Ease saw 500 Feet of Boards in 12 Homs, both on
a never-fading Stream in the dried Seatons, with 3
House, Stote.-Ifoufe, and three Acres of Land. &c.
in a pleafdbt, convenient Place for a Merchant or
Trader, situated on the South- Side of Lung-Island,
about 65 Miles from New-York Ferry,where Veffils
may come up the River within half a Mile of the
Mills, that will cany 15,000 Feet of Boards, and
finailer Boats tin to the Mill, where there is good
Navigation to New-York tinough the South Bay.
For further Particulars enquire of Seth Worth, on
the Premises, who will give an indisputable Title
for the fame.
confident our currency will fail us; and that|
three fourths of the inhabitants are pleated|
with the terms clle ed bv the Canimiffioners,
and that whenever the {applies for the ariny;
fail, the peo^e will return to their allegiance;l
he is now counterfeiting another emihioq,
which will soon be^ut.
I feci mortified that the troops in New-York
should hold America at defiance; and fu e I
am, t-w mght be routed this campaign, it
early preparations a-e mhde. Whilsthe me
myiis mailer of our coan, by our attempting /
to cover the u hole country we cover none of
it. I know the commander in chief is em
birraffed often for want^f lirength, and with
the partial cried and views of the different
states.
The want of the journals of Congress is a
greet impeaio)£M <o the public fervicc ; as in
many inst inces the country and army are tota'
Grangers tri the law of either, so far as it ie
fpe^s their conduct Refolvcs publilhed in
newfpape<sget loft, and although they may
be transmitted to the Commander in Chief,
and by him to GhceQ commanding depart
ments, yet the latter is often changed, and
the reliever is without law.
While we are pleasing and amusing our
selves with Spartan c mhitutions on paper, a
very contrary spirit reigns triumphant in all
rank., we ma/ lo^ out f p r Gme fatal ca
t/dhope to befal this people. Our pliti, al
c^nFitutipns and manners do no. agree ; one
or trie other mull fril—give wav—otherwife
America is a phenomenon in civl society.
Spartan conttituti <ns and Roman manners,
peculiar to her declining Rate, never w4l
accord.l
B O S T O N, April 22.
Saturday last arrived here, a Packet Boat,
in 39 days Torn Brest; /he failed a few hours
after receiving her orders and dispatches from
the Court ; the brought very few private let
ters, but large dispatches for Congress, and
the Minifler'of France at Philadelphia, which
will probably determine the arrangements of
Europe for the ensuing summer, and the issue
of the negociations of the Marquis u'Almoda
var, the Sparrilh Ambaffudor at London.
These dispatches were immediately forward
ed, with a proper guard, to Philadelphia.
By this Packet, which left Brest the begin
ning of March, we learn, that the armaments
of France, our good ally, were going on hill
with great rapidity and success; that the spi
rit of the nation was high, and their cruizers
against the British, foccafsful; particularly
that two men of war of the line, lately meet
ing with two Britilh cruizers, of i 8 and 20
guns, had taken one and funk the other; that
the navigation of the French and Americans,
was much more fafe and unmolested in the
European seas, than it had been, by the cap
ture of many British armed veftels; particu
larly that the Bay of Biscay had been some
time free, in a manner from their cruizers;
that the armaments of Spain were continued
with equal earnestness with those of France,
so that should no accommodation take place,
the whole Spanish naval power would be in a
condition to aft th: ensuing summer.
0 — < 0
GN
T DO hereby appoint Richard La vrertce. M der
l (arpentrr in &%Quutvr Mallei GenrraiL D^-
parjiftrf, 10 fopen^c d rhe Weed" ,on the Widow
Menis's Eltaie, at Mar, iff.ma, and to have the fade
]bitfli in and M tnagement then o': And all he. tons
coning Timber Horn off 'he laid Eitaie, for the <x
pie's U;e of hsM j lift Seiv.ee, in a„, of the puh
lick Drpartmers ot re A # my,o iNat y, aie ;eqo ed
to apy to the luh Roraid Lawrence,who will sh w
them tin: proper Places to hanilh woat may b;ic
j quiied.
Given under mv Hind and Seal a* Arms,t
K ngfu iCge, Fore-Putt, the 3J Day ot May
1779-
Win. Tryon, Gov.
By his Excellency's
Command,
B. J. Johnson, Pro. See+y.
S R . EXCELLENT^
Herrn Wilhelm von Knyphaufen,
IFuerrtlich Hellifchen General Lieutenant , und
I Commandcur en Chef des in Koeniglich
Grolz-Britannifchen Dienften ftehenden
Auxiliair Corps Fuerfllich Heffifcher Troup
pen, Chef eines Fuhiier Regiments, und
Ritter derer Fuerfthch He^ifehen Ordens,
I etc. c c. etc.
NA CHDE M von Sr. Excellent dem
Kcentglich Gr<Tz-Britar.nTchch Gene
ral en Chet, Sit heny Clinton, K. D. der
vorhin vor die Deferteurs dcr K^niglichcn
Armee erkffenc General Patdon verxn^ert
worden, nnd daon dutch die allzubekataite ferir
forgf^ltige feindiiche Bemuchungen, cinejede,
ihre wahre Lage entdevkende Nachricht, vor
der Wilicnlch dF derer fcindlichcn Truupicn zu
vei bergen, auch verfchiedene Deferteurs von
denen fuerrtlich Heffifchen 1 rouppen in Nord-
America veihindert feyn mcecfftcn, lich des von
Sr. Excellentz dem Kceniglichen Herrn General
cn Chef so wul, als von mir eriaftencn General
Pardons zu Nutze zu machen, auf we chea
fchon so manche zu ihrer Pflicht und Treue
rluecklich wieder zurueckgekehret iind; So
hnde ich suer noechig, damit es defto mehr zu
jedermans Wiffenfehaft, auch derer der Eng
laendifchen Sprat he nichtverftiendigen geiange n
moege, dten vdn mir vo hin erlJiencn, und mic
ablauf des Monaths May zu ende gqhenden
General Pardon, alles fe res Innhalts, wie hier
mit gefchiehet gleichmanlig zu verlengern. ich
ertheile demnach alien and jeden von denen
Fuerrtlich k ffifehen Trouppen in Nord-Ame
rica defe tirten Untcr-Officiers und Germeinen
einen freyer, und vaqligen Pardon, welche rich
fteywillig bey denen Kceniglichen Trouppen
vor dem Erften T a g des naechftkuenftigen
Monaths July einfinuen, und bey ihren Regi
mentern darauf ftellen werden,
Gegeben unter meiner Hand, Haupt-Quar
tier, New-York, den 26x11 April, 1779.
KNYPHAUSEN.
Auf Befehl Sr. Excellentz,
Justin Henrich Motz, Ober-Auditeur.
TO be LE TT, in the Broadway, tw. Doors
from the Oiwego-Market, A good dry Cellar,
fit for storing any Sort of £oo<ls. For farther
Particulars, enquire of Huge Gaine.
— CH ARLES'ROUBALETT
BEGS leave to acquaint the Gentlemen of the
Army any Navy, and the ref,rabble Publick,
that according to their Desire he has this Day opened
hit
ORDINARY.
Those Gentlemen who please to honour him with
their Company,may depend upon the bell of Liquois
and Attendance.
N. B. Dinner on the Table precisely at three
o'Clock, by the pnbhek'sm< ft obedient, and very
humble f vint, CHARLES ROUBALET.
A CO O K,
WANTED, with a good Chara&er, for a
final! Family either Maje or Femal . Aifo
a Servant that is ileady, and underftmds the Bufibefe
of a Footman, and the Care of Horses, Particulai?
with Charters in writing, from the Places of their
last Services, to be left with Hugh Game.
— C I, AREz
OF the firlt Qwit in Cases, Madeira, Port and
othe iWines, a usu I; with the best Hyfon,
London Green, and C mgo Tea, aud molt excellent
Potter, to be had at
THOMAS LYiCH's Store,
No „, in Dk. Street.
D/IUBENY't Store,
; Nt. %63 Broad Street, the erm,-,ot Priuce^-freel,
HAS mor SALf,
1 ESr N;aTi% ,ed port,., y .IGb,: , claret and
1 " • hnur ?n, WINE). Ho' and genera,
F cioranLy, chary, do; fouai^ , its, Hyfon,
"0° TEAS. ' s )wde.r and
A . Mipwd and 1 ipt candles,
4 cuoceate, rice,.corks,
m< ah, '0:. toEn,.fa rock'd hats, ditto
lIF id ' 'n.msiuJ tongues, ground
^i, r T'"P h " po. ~1 . cyder, clove'
ind vines
'''-.rmtipidmfos.
.'if c<.n;yh..nia, New erfcy^Re -
A;. ^ rifri,Europe % irdAfy
ric ? t,r. i n -„
\' Whu has for
Monthly Re Vr
Woll Alton's Religion
Radley's Antwei totj
L,w against Bangor,'
Sherlock on Religious A %
Letters on Theron and / 4 ,"
Fordyce on Education,
Beverertge's Thoughts on Religion,
Fordyce's Sermons to young Women,
, Tilloifon's Sermons,
Pyle's Sermons, % Vols.
Cramer on Me als,
The Elhhoratory laid open.
H p lfham's Leaures,
% Watts's Astronomy,
Sitfipfon's Algebra,