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Yle College, Aur.'# §, 1,79
Jud com: to Hand, ana to oe ^d az ^is S up of
THADEUS LEAVITT,
In buFFIRLD.
Broadcloths, Coann^s, Ba : z<s, Shaiiconf,
Dawboys, Camlz's, figur'd Ruffcls, Morc^fy
b ack and colour'd Crapes; Miffiaeis, silk Cambium
Dorfetteen#, Mecklenburg Callimancc^, twenty
pieces printed Linear, Calicoes and Chintzes,
printed been Handkerchiefs, firip^d Luteffriq,
Coat and Bread Battens, Sewing Silk, Twifi end
Moha% Gauzes and Cup Wire, German Siedj
Quality and Slice Binding, best Boh*: T^a by the
Che& or Ib. Jamaica Rum by the Khd. or Gallons
S ? h Bdr*% 500 weight of ^xcelW' Sz^b 1.^%%
1 60LD
next, at one o'clock in the afternoon on each of said
days. William Wait, ) r
'c c $ Comm ffijnerr.
SAMUEL SMITH.,
N. B. No accounts will be allowed unhfs well
altered. South Hartley, A^u^ 11 I^9
To be Sold at the North Door unubr thu
Pr inting Office,
WRITING PAPER, Press Paper. Cartridge
P^per, Spelling Books Pfi&rs, Pocket
Books, Sugar, Coffee, Pepper, frc.
By GOODRICH& WRIGHT,
In Pittsfield,
RUM Tea, a good affor^ent of Cloths, Mel
low Ware, Atom, Cop^ras, Indigo. A gene
ral afloitment of Medicines by wholefile or retail.
A variety of other articles tou tedioni to root 9.
FOUND, by thefcbfc^&r, h# b^gu d cij :
last, a black leather POCKET BUOKjecn^n
in^ a small sum of mo^ey and a few paperr. The
owner may have it by proving his property and
paying charges, to
ELISHA WELLS.
Hartford July 12, 1779.
STRAYED from the pafmze of the uinict her at
Litchfield, a large brindled OX Whoever
will take up said Ox and return him or fend word to
the fubferiber, ihall be hendfomely rewarded, by
THOMAS PHILLIPS.
Litchfield. Au„ift 10 1779.
CT,AKEN up toe 6th day ufAdguft, a dark brown
L or black HORSE, 4 years old, 14 hands and
a half high, a small white strip in his face, his right
eye put out, branded with a figure 9 on his left
ffioulder; paces and trets. The owner may have
him proving his preperty and paying charges to
JOSEPH HURLBUT.
Judea, in Washington A^uft 10 '779.
q' frib. commdho&crs appelated to fettle anc ad
X just the claims of the creditor, to the efface of
John Taylor, late of South Hadly deceas'd, repre
sented insolvent, hereby give notice that they shall
attend on the bufiucfs of their appointment at the
hcufe of Wid. Abigail Smiih innholder in Sruh-
Hadley the fi ft mondays in October and November
ALTHOUGH there will b, no public Com
menceoent in Yale College thi# Year ; yet
the Candidas fir the firft and fecoad Degrees
are hereby notified to give their Attendance, by
Divine Pt/m.fli^, at New-Haven upon the second
Wednesday 0 Bth of September nwxr, when they
may expea to receive th^r re',:dve Degree#; to
be conferred in a general Diploma. T.e officer# of
I .ftru& an will a' the fame time attend the Examin
ation of fach as off/f themfelv^ for Admission into
the College, Such is the dangerous Situation of
the Town of New Hwen, that it is not judged ex
pedient to call the Undergraduate Cliffes together
again this quarter. It is however recommended to
the Scholars, to apply themfelver diligently to the
Studies of their refeaive Claffcs, under the beo
Tuition they can fi ± .d, until God in hie Providence
may permit them to be peaceably re aff^rtibied at
this Seat of Learning.
EZRA STILES, President.
T U ESD A Y, August 24, 1779: T fIE Number fa,
CONNECTICUT COURANT,
AND THE
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE R.
H ARTFORD ^PRINTED by HUDSON and GOODWIN, near thx Great-Bridge^
LONDC N, May 18.
THE King has been pleased to ap
point Major-General James Robin
son, to be Captain General and Governor
in Chief of his Majtf y's Province of New-
York, in America, in the rcz m of Major-
General Tryon.
Ma, 26. Yefterda* morning Gen. Grant
arrived in town from St. Lucia, in the
Weft-Indies, and in mediately waited on
Lord George Germain, at his office, to de
liver his private dispatches: he held a
long conferrence wi;h his Lordihip, and
went afterwards to the Admiralty, to deli
ver dilpatches from the Admirals Byron
and Barrington, and this day was present
ed to the Kino at St. Tames's.
It is determined in the British Cabinet,
to attack and seize at. Dutch ships laden
with naval frees for 1 rance; .hotwithftand
ing thrir convoy, art-to hazard, a war,
rather than fuffer ths COTS, to be amply
supplied through that cf^rter.
A Letter from Tor a,, dated "May 23,
fays, " Admiral Arbuthnot being now
joined by the ships trader the con mand of
Admiral Darby, the fleet consists cf 20
fail of the lire, fix E gates, two firt ships,
and fern: anr^d vc^s, besides upwards
ct 300 fail of merchant ships. The Ad
mind has just made a signal for all the fleet
to prepare for failing to-morrow morning.
It will be a fine fp ht 10 fee rhe whole fleet
under fail, many ladies and gentlemen are
come to have a v;ew cf the fleet, and to
take leave of their friends, who are going
to New-York, &c."
ExwaSl of a teller from the Jfle of Wight,
M, 10.
“ The Merlin Sch Toner just arrived at
Cowes from a cruize, has brought in with
her four Eglifn tailors, whom she took
up at sea in a Imall boat ; they were lately
prisoners at Cherbourg, and escaped fre m
thence the morning before Capt. Todd
took them. They report that there are
in that harbour upwards of 100 fail of
transports, all marked in their bows ; that
there are 10,000 soldiers in and near the
place, ready to embark as soon as feme
men of war come to convoy them, which
were daily expected. They fay the report
in France was very strong that England
will be invaded in three or four different
places in a very short time, and that there
are to be embarkations at Havre and Bou
logn, as well as the port they camel 1."
There are no less than sixty Admi.als
now on the navy lift ; out of which eight
are employed on foreign stations, and what
is very extraordinary, though there are so
many at home, net three can ft fourd who
are thought fit to command the squadron
now fitting out at Spitbead.
The gallant Sir James Wallace is ap
pointed Commodore cf a squadron cf fix
trigates, on the Georgia Ration,
Count D'Eftaing had twenty fix fail ofc
the line, and ten frigates, four of them ta
ken to be forty gun ships.
When the Biitilh fleet arrived at Gre-'
rada, it consisted of 21 fail of the lire,
and the Ariadne, three of which the Ad
miral was obliged to leave as a guard to
his convoy ; and kept the Ariadne to re
peat signals ; with 18 fail of the line the
Admiral determined to attack, and the
Count weighed to receive him.
Notwithstanding the great disparity of
force in the two fleets, the British far from
being intimidated though the odds were
almost two ships to one, made a signal for
a general chace, and immediately after;
the signal for a close engagement, and
thought it necessary to call in to his assis
tance the ships he left to guard the traof.
ports, the preservation of which engrailed;
a great part of his attention. The Ad
miral singled out the Langued! ck fur
himfelf, for which purpose he gave orders
to be laid close along fide the French Ad
miral; but here he was disappointed for
Admiral Barrington in the Prince of
Wales;, ranged up with the Languedock ;
here Admiral Barrington fecmed to fwini
in liquid fire.
We cannot undertake positively to as
sert the number killed and wounded in the
different ships, but the loss is estimated at
about three hundred killed and wounded-
Lieut. Hutchings of the Grafton, foi nirly
commander cf the ship L< ndon Men h mt,
of Nevis, was kilh d, and the third Lieut,
of the fame Chip is dangercufly wourded.
This allien upon the whole may be
BASSATER RE, July 17. ,
ON Thursday morning last arrived
here Admiral Byron, with rhe fhipi
under his command, On Tuelday the
6th of July instant at 6 in themorning
Admiral Byron engaged Mons. D'Eftaings
fleet off Grenada.
The Monmouth engaged a French Rear
Admiral for 3 hours, made her fh.er off;
a second ReatAdmira! engaged and fought
her feme time; the Boyre came up to her
support, at which time 8 French ships of
the line were firing on her and the Boyne,
Admiral Barrington then came up and
kept a continual fire on the French ships,
feven^or eight of which were firing on
|iim„ The Grafton then came up, with
the Vigilant, Sterling Castle, Albion,
Cornwall, Magnificent ; the Lyon then
b'ore away, and the Sultan came up and
kept a smart fire, on which the. French
stood away from the English fle-t as fait
as. possible.
The fleet engaged the French from fix
('clock to twelve, and drove them into
Granada ; The Lyon and Monmouth were
very much disabled; but the Prince of
Wales, Grafton, and feme others did won
ders, fighting sometimes eight to one,