The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-10-03 00:00:00, page 1

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1776.
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H A G U E, July 11.
LETTERS from Canton, in China, mention the great
barbarity which the French have exercised upon the
island of Borneo, in November last. It seems that in
December, 1772, Mons. Le Veyer de Buzidon,
commander of the Eorile, with some of the crew, had been
killed by the inhabitants of the above isles ; and to be re
venged for this, Mons. Trobiant went thither with two fri
gates, L'lndifcreet and Labadine, attacked the ille, murdered
about three hundred, without diftindion of age or sex ; some
hundred were thrown into the sea, besides several hundreds
killed and wounded in the engagement ; they have carried
off about thirty vessels of the inhabitants to a considerable
amount, destroyed their fifheries, and burned all the effeds,
which they could not bring on board their vessels.
LOND O N, July 11.
Capt. Charles Douglass, of the Isis, who arrived so criti
cally at Quebec, after passing through a most dangerous na
vigation, is appointed a Commodore.
The fcaffolding that was ereded in Westminster hall, for
the trial of the Dutchefs of Kingston, is purchased by an
architea for five hundred pounds, and will soon be taken
down ; after which the hall will be repaired and beautified
against Michaelmas term.
On Wednesday came on, in the Court of Common Pleas,
Guildhall, London, before Sir William De Grey, Knight,
and a special jury, the cause wherein a nobleman was plain
tiff, and the printer of a Morning paper defendant. The
action was brought to recover some recompence for the great
injury his Lordship sustained by the defendant's printing a
libel in his paper of the twenty-second of March last, declar
ing the Noble Lord's sentiments and opinion to be hostile to
the Americans, and such as totally coincide with those of the
Ministry. The plaintiff's case was fully proved ; but there
appearing a variation of the word rigour for vigour between
the libel and the record, a nonfuit was the consequence.
Extrad of a letter from Portsmouth, July 9.
" Since my last arrived at this port the John and Elizabeth,
Scott, from Gallipoly, and the Ann, Shapter, from ditto,
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1776.
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who inform us, that on their passage, the thirtieth of June,
they saw a fleet of French ships, confiding of fifteen, viz. ten
frigates, two two deckers, a snow, a brigantine, and a large
cutter, off Lisbon, all under French colours ; and on the
second of July saw another fleet, confiding of ten frigates,
under the fame colours.
" Our fleet bound to America, remains here wind bound."
A letter from Copenhagen, dated June 22, fays, " The
Company of Commerce of Guinea is dissolved; and the
King, having taken the affairs into his own hands, hath ap
pointed the Privy Counfellor Count Gaspar de Moltke, the
Counfellors of Justice Trant and Bredahl, end the merchant
Black, directors of that commerce. We forefee that, soon
or late, the fame lot will happen to the greatest part of the
India Companies now existing in Europe, particularly to the
Danish Asiatic Company."
They write from Minorca, that not only fort St. Philip's,
but all the fortreffes on that island have been lately repaired,
and put in a proper date of defence, pursuant to orders from
England.
Monday the eighth inst. was fixed for a battle at Chinkford
_hatch, between Wm. Wood, a horse hair weaver, and a
noted Irish bruiser. Large sums were laid on the issue of the
battle, which indeed was more fatal than could have been
apprehended. The combatants took the ring at two o'clock,
and fought with the utmost fury for about three minutes,
when Wood gave his antagonist a violent blow, which
brought him to the ground, and appeared as if it would have
decided the contest ; but at this instant about one hundred
and fifty Irishmen, armed with flicks and bludgeons, which
they had secreted under their coats, broke into the ring, laid
about them at a horrid rate, drove off the Englishmen, put
an end to the battle, and revived the history of Balf and
M'Quirk at Brentford. One James Parrot, a distinguished
bruiser, was beaten so dreadfully, that he was laid on &
dunghill as dead ; but afterwards recovered so as to be carried
to London in a cart; Happy would it have been if the mat
ter had ended here; but the battle was afterwards renewed
on the spot, and on the road to London, till in the end ten
persons were killed, seven Irish and three English, whose bo
dies were conveyed to Stratford, to be owned. More than
seven hundred pounds, it is thought, depended on this battle,
which is to be fought again on a future day.
July 12. Yesterday his Majesty signed inftrudions, which
were immediately sealed and sent off express to Portsmouth,
for Gen. Howe in America.
Letters from Berlin advise, that a messenger was just ar
rived from Peterfburgh, that there was a report that a very
dangerous conspiracy had been discovered ; the aim of it was
against the life of the Empress, and to place the Grand Duke
on the throne, but it had been discovered by an intercepted
paper. There were only three persons supposed to be privy
to it, and they were all fled.
The following letter was received yesterday from Mr.
Charles Barns, commander of the snow Elake, in the service
of government, dated Cadiz bay, June 20. —" Yesterday
morning I chafed an American ship, of about two hundred
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