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MADRID, (Spain) JULY d.
THE King has notified to the Am
bassadors of the Courts of Vienna,
Sardinia, Portugal, Venice and Malta, and
the Ministers of Russia, Sweden, Holland
and Denmark, that one of the measures he
has taken against Great-Britain, is the
blockade of GT. alter by land and lea, and
that in consequence thereof, no (hip of war
or merchantman of any nation will be per
mitted to enter that port.
July 13. We a-e at present entirely
occupied in making tie necessary prepa
rations for the liege of Gibralter. The
number of troops defined for that expedi
tion configs of 15,000 infantry, and 12
squadrons of cavalry ; the artillery amounts
to 200 pieces of cannon. A numerous
corps is also to march towards the frontiers
of Portugal. We flatter ourselves, that
by the measures taken for the attack of
that place both by land and sea, the liege
cannot last above four or five months.
Warsaw, July 14^ An order is re
ceived here from Peter fburgh, for the Ruf
fian troops to evacuate Poland and return
to their own country. In consequence of
which, several regiments of that power
.have already entered Lithunia, and feme
of their magazines are fold ; but others
are left for the fubfiftance of the troops
which still remain. The departure of the
Ruffians is much regretted in Volhihia and
Podolia, as they pay for every thing in
ready money, which is of great advantage
to the Poles.
Amsterdam, July 26. We are inform
ed that the Court of Lisbon hath given
orders for equipping, with all speed, se
veral fliips and frigates of war, that they
may not be unprovided in the present
trouble in Europe.
Hague, July 27. The King of Den
mark has fitted out a small fleet to cruize
against the Barbary corsairs, who have
lately attacked and taken many merchant
lhips belonging to that nation.
July 29. The Dutch Admiralty have
lately put 10 flnips of war in commission,
mounting 64 to 46 guns each, which are
ordered to be victualled and manned with
the greatest dispatch.
LONDON, August 2.
The departure of the fleet which is to
fail from Quebec to England this autumn,
is fixed for the 25th of Odober, and two
men of war are to convoy them, one of
which, the Leviathan, is now on her pa,C
sage to America.
Extract of a letter from Exeter, Aug. 28.
<c Our hurry and confufion, occasion
ed by the appearance of the combined
fleet off our coast, are a little blown over.;
we do not, however think outfeives so
secure now as not to provide for a second
visit; (hould they dare to return. Ply
mouth is put in such a state of defence,
that should they attempt to land near that
place, their enterprize would be attended
with great loss; and,by the blessing of God,
we have some reason to hope that their
efforts of that kind there, or at any other
place, will prove ineffectual."
Sept. 2. The St Joseph, Capt. Cafler,
from the Havannah, with 3,000,000 cf
specie on board is arrived at Cadiz. She
left five others that failed in company
with her, ten days after they failed, in a
gale cf windr
Sept. 4. Orders are gone over to In
dia to demolish the fortifications at Pon
dicherry, and all other French settlements
that have or may fall into our hands.
By letters from Brussels we are assured
that the French are forming magazines in
the bishopric of Liege, in order, as it is
supposed to awe the Dutch from taking a
decisive part in favour of England.
The many late reports about Lord
Howe being to take the command of the
grand fleet, are certainly void of all foun
dation, nor can they answer either of the
purposes for which they fecm evidently
calculated. If they have any meaning at
all, it must be either to disparage the
character of Sir Charles Hardy, or to en
hance that of Lord Howe. But the re
putation of the former is too well esta
blished to fuffer by such little tricks.
Notwithflanding it is reported that Sir
Charles Hardy's fleet and the combined
fleets of France and Spain were, accord
ing to late accounts, in fight of each other
and that most probably a decisive engage
ment must 'ere now have taken place, 'tis
confidently said that a negociation is ac
tually on foot, in order to bring about a
reconciliation, and that thete is great rea
son to believe orders have been received
by the refpedive Admirals to avoid com
ing to an engagement, till such time as the
event of this negociation is known.
BOSTO N, November 25;
A number of letters from the south
ward, brought to town last Tuesday and
yeftetday by the post, from gentlemen of
character and the best intelligence, repre
sent, in the strongest terms, the meritori
ous conduct of the Count D'Ettaing and
General Lincoln, and their refpe&ivc for
ces by sea and land in Georgia: They
speak highly of the generous ardor of the
Count, in interrupting his fuccefsful ser
vices in 4 the Welt-Indies to come to the
fuccour of the United States of America
a* a critical time, and of the entire harmo
ny that subsisted between the two Generals
and their allied forces ; an indubitable
testimony of which we have in the candid
and judicious letter of General Lincoln:
They observe that the patience and valour
of the Americans in uncommon difficul
ties and hazards were truly exemplary, and
that nothing could exceed the intripidity
and zeal of our allies and their noble leader,
who denionflrared in every circumstance
of the service, how much their hearts were
engaged in it, and how truly they consi
dered the eaufe of America as their own.
and how ready they were to filed their
blood for it! This they indeed did, and
with profusion,
According to the accounts, the French
Admiral, from the situation of affairs in
the Weft.lndies, and from 0 her circum
farc.s, was indispensably obliged not to
remain long upon the coasts of the United
Stares, and that indeed he was full of hope
that this would net be needed ; but that
unforfeen delays arose in the expedition to
Georgia, from the nature of the country,
the situation of the enemy at Savannah,
the difficulty of bringing up the heavy
cannon before it, and the diffance of the
American forces at the time of the Count's
arrival. Ercry thing was done with the
greatest unanimity by the allied forces, that
ardor and perseverance could do, to lur
mounc these difficulties during a space of
The letters, however, do not forget to
mention the advantage that have rs Itilted
to these States by the prefehceofthe Coun€
D'Eftaing, though he has not compleated
our wishes : Such as the desertion of tie
ftroag fortreffes the Britons had creded on
North River, the evacuation of Rbode-I
fland, the enemy being obliged to call in
their cruizers^ which has given an advan
tage to our own, and no small relief to our
whole coast : They take also particular
notice of the important captures the Count
has made of the enemy's (hips of force,
transports, and stores of all kinds, as well
as the large number of prisoners he has
made, the check he gave to the designed
expedition of the Britons to Carolina,
when it was upon the point of being at
tempted, at the fame time diverting them
from other enterprizes they might have
had in view in the more northerly part of
the Continent ; by all which the common
cause has been served beyond what many
may at firft apprehend, and in short the
whole campaign wrested from the enemy
till the leafon is thus far advanced. These
letters add, that though the allies have
not succeeded in their attempt upon Sa
vannah, they have acquired new glory in
Georgia: That though the Count has
found himfelf obliged to change his ope
rations, his disposition to serve those States,
for which he has so bravely fought and
bled, is not changed ; that he is gone to
fight for us in the Weft Indies; thar our
common cause will reap the advantage of
the success he may obtain there.—After
which, should circumstances require and
allow, he may visit us again in a more fa
vourable hour.
The latest accounts from Georgia, men
tion, that on the 13th uic. Count D'Eftaing
with bis troops embarked on board the
shipping and flood to sea, their destination
a secret.
DESERTED from Capt Gam<l:e! Fame?,
company of art ficer', one A v^c Carver, a
boa, 20 ,CCT ofa^e, well fit fellow ab>ut 5 f-r 7
inches high^ Whoever wilLa^, p fyeCarver ^nd
return him to his Captain a 1 Flh K 11, shall have
three Dollars R,wa d, and all necessary charges.
JAMES THOMSON, Lieut.
Middletown Nov. 9 1779.
HEPHARD & HUN
A CQUAINT their former cv iftomei>, and ot.^r&
that the, have lately received a pretty gene
ral affonmeat cf ME DICINES, which they
will fell upon such terms as (tney doubt not) whi
givt'tirfa&ion to the purchase.
Northampton N<v. 22 1779
TO BE SOLD an elegant FARM, containing
176 acres, very pleasantly fixated within one
mile of the center of the town of Harwmtorf; there
is Landing thereon one large new dwelling hoofe
and two smaller ones, with a good well cf water at
each house. a large fnop, three good barria, a fine
orchard, {efficient in a common featon to male ore
hundred barrels of cyder, and a f<r,e nGrata of
young apple trees coming on ; a fujtahle quantity
of pew land and the oeft of padure, foffic ; ent to fap
port fiity htad of cattle fuminer and winter; a foe
brock running through said farm, and will water
upwards of 20 acres, a finable quantity of wood
land, rind the best of chestnut timber, enough to
Maintain said farm with fence perpetually ; the
whole cf said farm except a fc^ acres within good
fence, and under good improvement: all very con
venient for a grand farmer or tradesman, and may
be had at a low rate according to its quality, by ap
plying soon to the fubferiber living on the premie.
JOHN MATTHEWS.
Harwiatoa, Nov. 22, 177^.
time much longer than the Count deem
ed himfelf allowed to continue in this ser
vice ; the unfuccefsfulnefs of waich niufE
be attributed to circumflances beyond the
controul of the most wife and brave.