The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1778-12-01 00:00:00, page 2

P A.R I S, July 24.
It passes here for a ffift, that Admiral
Keppel, being resolved not to fall a vi&im
to the Ministry, nor expose himfelf to
Ihare the fate of Admiral Byng, has, be
fore he put to sea the second time, drawn
up a protest, in which, to save his honor,
he exposes the bad Condition of his fleet,
most of the ships being rotten, and not
haying their complement of men, &c.
They write from Brest, that the frigate
I'Oifeau had carried in there two coifairs
of Guernsey, of 16 guns.
LONDON, August 5.
We are informed, by a gentleman Ar
rived express from Paris, at the Spanish
Ambassador's house, that the French fleet
is still riding off Ufhamt ; and that seven
fail of the line only were disabled in the
late engagement, and are returned to Brest
to be refitted. It is added, that their loss
ih bailors, marines, and officers, was very
considerable ; but the French being still at
sea, whilst Admiral Keppel is atPl,rributh,
is an instance not to be parrallelled in the
annals of Great Britain.
It is reported at the Weft end of the
town, that M. de Sartine has sent fix ships
of the line to meet our East India fleet,
under the command of M. de Rofiere, to
convey them frefh news from Europe ;
may Heaven preserve them from such a
meeting, which would most undoubtedly
return us very melancholy accounts from
our India trade.
It is said to be determined in the Cabi
net, immediately to recal the Earl of Gran
tham from Madrid ; and we are informed
the Count d'Almodovar, the Spanish Am
bassador, will leave London in a few days,
he having declared that his Court is under
a necefficy, by the family treaty, immedi
ately to declare in favour ofFrance.
The Spanish Ambassador, Count dAl
modovar, on Monday received an express
from Paris, by which his Excellency learnt
that the French claimed the victory in the
action with Admiral Keppel on Monday
fe'nnight, and confidently asserted, that
after the Duc de Chartres had driven the
English fleet off the coast of France, he
cooly returned with his squadron to Brest.
We hear government have received a
second express from Admiral Keppel, but
the particulars are not known.
When Keppel's fleet came into Ply
mouth Sound, upwards of 200 men were
sent from their ffiips to the hospital.
Last week orders were sent down from
government to all masters of armed vessels
on the Weft coast, to take, fink, and def
iroy, all French ships they meet with.
These orders being revocable at pleasure,
leave room for negotiation and treaty,
whereas a declaration of war would have
put a stop to any profpe& of accomoda
tion.
PHILADELPHIA, November 10.
In GENERAL ASSMEBLY
of Pennsylvania. Tuesday, Nov. 10.
THE committee appointed for that
purpose brought in a draught of refoives
expressive of the sense of this house ref
peding the manifefto and proclamation of
the Britiih commissioners, which being
read and considered by paragraphs, was
unanimously agreed to, as follows :
The house, having taken into their con
^deration a manifefto and proclamation of
York the third day of October lail, signed
" Carlihe, H. Clinton, Wm. Eden," came
to the following Unanimous relolutions;
viz.
Ift. That the assertion contained in the
said manifefto and proclamation of the
hon. congress having no authority to re
je'ct the propofitioh6 whibh were made to
them by the said commissioners without a
previous confutation of the refpedive as
semblies, either mahifefts an infiduous de
sign of dividing and disuniting the citizens
of these states, by misrepresenting the pow
ers of congress, or betrays an ignorance bf
the trust which the people of these United
States repose in that honorable body, and
of the powers with which they are vested.
2. That every part of the tranfadions of
congress with er relating to the Britifk
commissioners, is most thoroughly approv
ed of and applauded by this house, that
the house rejeds with indignation the said
manifefto and proclamation ; and will
treat with the utmost contempt every offer
which can be made to seduce them from
their independence, or their alliance with
France. Extract from the minutes,
JOHN MORRIS, juro C. G. A.
TRENTON, November 18.
On Saturday last a fleet of about sixty
British vessels, large and small, failed from
Sandy Hook --And two very large ships,
supposed to be 74's, came in from sea thT
mafted.
The enemy in New York, from many
corroborating accounts, are daily making
preparations as tho' they meant totally to
evacuate that place in a ihort time ; but
the probability of its taking place will be
much lessened when it is considered that
they have aded inconsistent with their true
interest, from the beginning of the war.
POUGHKEEPSIE, Nov. 23.
By accounts, though not circumstantial,
from the northward, the enemy have
struck us in that quarter, another blow,
which they had long threatened, and we
had reason to expert, but seem to have
made no more advantage of the intimati
ons, than if we had heard nothing at all
of the matter.---A body of the enemy,
consisting of about 700 Savages and To
ries, under the command of Brant and
Butler, with a company of British soldi
ers, came down to Cherry Valley, which
they entirely destroyed, massacred several
of the inhabitants, men, women, and chil
dren indiscriminately; with Col. Alden
of the Continental army, some officers
and privates of his regiment; and made
prisoners of Lieut. Col. Stacey, (of the
fame regiment) with a number of the in
habitants, men and women, whom they
carried off with thein, after having in
vested and attacked Fort Alden (a small
picket fort in Cherry-Valley) without ef
fect
BOSTON, November 27.
We have it from pretty good authority, that
the number of the enemy at New-York, face
the lafi embarkation failed, do not exceed 3000;
they are thought by some, not to be more then
2000 ; all the out posts have been sane time
abandoned ; even Rowles Hook, so near
to that city as a point blankfoot of an eighteen
pounder, is deserted by them.
By a gentleman who left London the 7th of
^guft, ^^ arrived in town on Monday lass
the Brit:11 ddmmittr nets, elated at Nev uia. ^ vrance, we La?ri, loaf the hfa^& 3
d'bomas Hutchinson, former Governor if tin
State, had font a petition to Dr. Franklin, A
Paris, to be forwarded either to Congress cr th
Afoahly of this State, defying leave to re(%a
here, to dijpofe of his p, operty, and fettle ^
affairs, [thus far is already accomplifeed, a%,^
return to England again. We a/fo learn, th'at
the majority of she county of Norfolk, had pe
titioned parliament for an acknowledgement of
the Independency of America ; and it was though
'many other counties would follow ; also tfo.
two thirds of the people of London were in ferv
our of that measure.
It isfaid a very rich prize, taken by th
Palas and Montgomery, has arrived at the
Eastward.
^he Privateer brig Free-Mason cf 16 guns,
which failed.from Marblehead, the sth infant,
and was taken by the Savage frigate, about 20
hours after foe failed, was re-taken by the
Speedwell privateer, of this port.
Saturday lofi arrived at Marblehead, a
schooner from France, Capt. fames, who left
Nantz the 2 Bth of September.
By this vessel we.khve an account, that the
Count D'Oryilliers with the Brest fleet return
ed to that port @out the 20th of that month,
without beings able to meet with Admiral Kep
pel wha thy, fay in france bad never failed, «r
kept out of the way.oftheir fleet ^--That the
CountD'Orvilliers brought in with him a num
ber of Britifo vessels he had captured, some of
them armed vessels, and among them the Fox
f ri £ at % formerly captured by Capt. Manly,
and retakenin a manner not very honorable to
us, by the Rainbow and Flord^.-That the
Privateer Miflin from this port, Capt. McNeil
had taken 13 prizes in her way to Europe, one
of which was worth 10,000 l. ft erling, being
afhip belonging to the French, captured by a
British cruizer and recaptured by the Mifin
foe was claimed by the orig inal owners inFrance,
upon this ground, that the British cruizer who
frft took her was not commissioned against the
French, but only American trade.---Fhe prize
however, it is said, was adjudged by the
French court to the Miflin. F/e alfe learn by
this vessel, that bankruptcies were increaJing in
England :-- That Spain was going on with her
armaments, and every preparation for war ;
but her Ambassador was frill in England, and
no appearance of an immediate departure ; and
that Holland, as usual seemed to be aiming at,
and was like to be indulged by England, with a
kind of neutrality in the present dispute.
HARTF ORD, December x.
Last Friday fe'nnight, Mr. MofesTyler
of Wallingford, was shot dead near hia
house, by one Cole, said to be disordered
in his mind, who is now confined in New-
Haven goal, to take his trial at the next
Superior Court.+
Les 1, the 10th inttaut, on the road from
Weftfield to Northampton, a Man's Blue
Broadcloth C LOA K; with a silver clasp. If any
person has taken up the fame, and will return it to
the fubfbeib r, or inform where it is, ffiall be gone
roufly rewarded, by
SAMUEL MATHER.
Weftfield, Nov. 17, 1778,
TAKEN into the cußody of the fubferibep,
on the 3d inflant, a Dark Red C O W, in
good flefti, with a gallows on her horns with two
halfpenny cuts the under fide of the right car, and a
fin in the end of the fame, about 6 or 7 years old.
The owner is desired th prove his property, pay
charges, and take her away.
GEORC E M'INTIE R.
Weft Springfield, Nov. 16, 1778.
# N. B, Said Cow was brought from Granville ta
this place, supposed tc belong to some droves