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the po-ph:I; ia a :vd for the popular rights. InDe
ram.:of GJ what can this necNEy m;an, if their
is no deficiency in our forces and finances, the jus
tice and popularity of the war, or zeal of the people;
,vhch is not occasioned by the fear of involving us
in war with France arid of which we nave only
the name necessity given to us ? Let us confider thde
quellions in another point of View. Their is a
configurable number of noble Lords who without
being in the administration have uniformly sup
ported the Minitters, in whom they had plac'd
their fulled confidence. Moy of those Lords are
absent at this time; I will ta&e upon me to in.crto
gate the MhufteL in thyr name. T e a rife of the
confidence they had given them edabliflies fully a
right to infid on the reafuns. V^hen an arUnmaa.
was change of opinions and m chutes defrays in one
inflant the principle which la- :be;i, ill now the
uniform rule of their conduQ.
You have told us hit the Americans were pol
troo.is, that 5000 men were {efficient 10 drivetbem
before them, and to go through the whole country ;
tnat a finale campaign would.cud the war, that Ame
rica would fabmit, that you had nodo tbt of it, that
in confluence Great Britain would from thence
derive a revenue which would relieve us from our
lead cf taxes.
However Title truth may be in these reports it
mnft be janted that nothing can excuse nothing
can palpate the effrontery and wiok^dnefs of imp ring
0:1 the nation so cruel a measure as that of propofin„
in the present circumstances these bills of recam
tation. which can only aggravate its emoarrif
meats, and addto its d.fhoiour At all evens!
venture to predict, my Lords that America w 11
never t eat with the prefect Miaifters; while they
are in office the nation cannot c:xpe& either peace,
prcfperity or honour.
Lord Littleton. lam one cf the Lords ftp
pofed to hav- been abufad by the Miniflers I'have
placed my confidence in them. I have t^e Satisfac
tion. to find that having done w iatcver was in the
power of man to do they are free from any wJI
grounded reproach. When the Mniders affared
this House. that 5000 mtn wire ftifficie it to exdn
guifh this flame in its rife, they had full reafo 1 for
faying so, If when Gen'. Cage firft went co A
merica. he had known hew to have conduced the
forces he commanded the rebellion wood have
been crushed inns birth. But what was his con
duA? He fiifßred the spirit of rebellion and (edition
to take deep, root, and to spread it felt w.de. He
left the rebels time to provide arms and ammunition
and to form magazines withinlns own view ; And
at last. having made feme fruilefs acemps. found
himself at the moment he lea' exposed it. blocka
ded and w7s held many months in that fituatioi.
The gentleman who fucce a d him in the command
fuffered the fame fate. This neglect, at the fifft out
set, this inactivity and lethargy, have in fid been
the cause of all the mifch ; efwnch has since happen
ed. The gentlemen who have since been in the
command, have characterifed their operations with
the fame backwardness and flupid conduct. But
what exceed,all expression is the extraordinary and
inconceivable condu<fl of Gen. Howe in the ccurfe
©f the last campaign. On the other hand what could
b^ expected from the expedition of General Bur
goyne, unlefsits object had been to effect a junction
with a body of troops for the purpose of penetrating
into the provinces of N'w F/^'^J?
PHI l D bLrlla2s.
It is sud that a considerable body of the Indians
and tories, who destroyed the settlement at Wiom
ing. have crofted the country and attacked a settle
ment on CafhiAon, on the Delaware River.
The following is a lit of prizes taken by the
French fleet, tender the com nand of his Excellency
Count d'Edaing.
The ship Peggy from Barbados to New-York Be
longing to Liverpool 14 guns $7 m:n; : ffipfrom
Rhode-Illand, bound to New York, belonging to
ditto, iqguns 43 men ; a ship from the Weft In
dies. 4Runs;a snow from New York, bound to
Lord Howe's fleet with 13 and a half tons of &un
powder drivenby a violent fqual nnr Long Island
ihore, and taken by the boats of the fleet ; a fiow
from Barbados, 6 guns, a flo-p from St. Kitts, 6
guns, a iloop from Antigua a brig from Barbados, a
sloop from the Weft Infes, a sloop from Antigua, a
bri? from the Weft Indies, a fluon from ditto, 6
guns, all bound to New York or Head Quarters ;
the sloop York, a tender, commanded by a Lieuten
ant. 12 guns, ;, men , a brig tender to the Roebucks
11 guns 54 me< ; a f:hooner, tender to ditto, 4
carriage guns .1 2 swivels aid 2 cohorns. Retaken
with the ffiip Peggy, a brigantine belonging to M.
Marmajo&
T RIE KT 0 N : jdy. 19.
Eztra& of a letter found on bo^rd the ship Peggy,
lately captured by the Count de BfWng on her
passage from Barbados to New York dated June
My correspondent in London, in a letter a
very late date, informs me, and his intelligence has
hitherto proved pretty authentic that the troops in
your part of the world are Shortly to have orders to
remove from the continent --That the guards part
of the artillery, and tome of the oldcft corps, are to
fab together with the foreign troops for England un
der a fbong convoy That the li.ht troeps and the
othercorps, competed to their full complement by
drafts out of t m e other regiments are to embark and
fail for this pwt of the world, partly to Brengthen
the garrhe is cf our iHands and also on an expediti
on, whica is kept a profound secret to every body
but the King, P.emier and a very few official peo
ple from whom the destination in its nature cannot
be concealed. As they will.undoubtedly touch here
for refreshments, &c. I flnll take care in time, to
purchase on our joint account such things as they
will in all probability Band in need of. I would
have you dispatch the schooner Lively with flour
and lumber, ifto be had if not let her fail in ballart."
FISH-KI L L, August 6. #
By a gentleman, who left Flushing, in
Long Island, laffe Lord's day, we learn.
That there are about twelve thoufancf of
the enemy's troops flationed at New-
York, Long Island, Staten Island and
Kingibridge, and about five thousand at
Rhode-Illand. ^That bread is very fearce
with them, peafe and oat meal being ser
ved out inficad thereof,-- the Commissa
ries rations are entirely flopped, and the
soldiers wives, who were entitled to half
a ration, are reduced to a quarter.-- That
two vessels, last week, arrived from Ire
land, and brought loop and odd barrels
of provision ; the Captain of one of them
said the Cork fleet was to fail for New
York ten days after him ; the other said
he believed they never would fa 1. A
veflell or two had also arrived with wheat
from Quebec, Which would give them a
few days relief. That it was reported,
that Lord Howe's facadren had failed
in quest of the French fleet, and that
'three ihips were left to guard the coast of
Sandy Hook, but it was generally believ
ed theFrench were too strong for theßri
tiilii-That the Long Island people wer~
felling off their final! cattle, poultry, &e.
as they were daily robbed of them by the
soldiery. He further adds, That the
British give our Generals and soldiery
great credit for their gallant and orderly
behaviour in the battle of Monmouth.
--.That our friends on the Island are
now in high spirits, and the formerly ac
tive Tories now begin to hang their heads
and cry Percai-i
PROVIDENCE August ~
Wednesday last, to the great my of every good
fubjed, the fleet of his Most Christian Majesty, the
great and wife Ally cf these States, commanded by
Admiral Count d'Estaing, arrived tiff Point Judith,
when a number of pilots belonging to this town
went immediately on board and brought them fafe
to anchor off the harbour of Newport, whereby our
savage enemies arc ; n their turn, compleatly bloc
kaded. On Thtirfday two French ships of the line
camcup the Weft fide of Conanicut, and took their
Unions above the North end of that island; federal
(hot were fired at them as they passed and a few re
turned; theenemy's ship which lay there got un
der fail on the near approach of our friends, and en
tered Newport barb by the Eatt fideof Conanicut.
Their troops soon afar evacuated Conanicutand fled
to Rhode bland, having previously blown up the
magazine spiked their cannon, destroyed their
Works, ard set fire to the barracks. The Kingfi
ffier, cf i 5 guns with two gallics were blown up
by the enemy in Seccnet River, on the approach of
twoothcr French Bfps. The Britons with their
friend; the tories arc in great confternatiQn; and
few days will probably freebee everts ofiNu^ .1
importance.
The fleet hare brought in if au of pr^es, one
of them a ship bound to New -York, ia-cn %;.h
warlike Abies, among which ate hr large mortars,
and a quantity of shells.
The Hon. Major General Sullivan with his
fruite, went on boaid il:e French Admiral's ship ca
ThdrMay last and yesterday returned to town.
Since our last several defer.ers have arrived here
from Rhode Island, who inform t' :at the enemy';
troeps c% fiftof between 5 and 6000 more teen
one half of them Hefliana: Toe laoer were greiriy
diffatisfied on hearing of a French f!^ : hemg cn the
coast ; the Britons end&'vnu^d to pacify b^m by
fug.efting that the French Admiral Kicoded octb ng
more then to trade jvith the Rebels. 1 ei^runr
being new blocked up, the Heihant wil; ba^e an
opportunity of judging what bird of ri ade i: pro
posed and were they on the Main would duubt
lefs desert in great nni,ber<,
BOSTO N, Aug:]? 6.
Tuesday came 'o this town and Yeberdiy morn
in, early marched from hence, 108 volunteers
from Salem to join General Sullivan's army in the
intended expedition igainft Rhede hbrd. And
Yelerday a corn pinv of artillery volunteers from
Newbury. a'f> da ne 1c town and this day march
to join in sud ex,ed 01.
Ties af:e,no CT theß^on light infantry erroany,
marches for tre it.,ve purpose.
A Brigirti ne laden with Rov fiors, one of the
Cork fl^et, is fafe arrived it Beverly feat in by a
small Privateer belong!nz to that port.
Gen. Pigot is not failed for England as has 1 een
reported rbo' he was lately preparing f^ ). Gan.
Pefcot is a. Rhode Island andh^s theta .nand of
the forces there.
HARTFORD, August if.
We hear from Providence, tba; by the
last returns the army under the comnan 1
of ivtyor General Sullivan amounted to
13,000, and that large numbers cf vo.
lunteers arrived daily offering their ferNce
at the wished for expedition.-- The
A^eric^n arm, i, now truly rffief.hUe in
numbers, diici,lLe and < xpe r; ei)% whih
with a fpiiit equally removed from idle
fears and inloknt &flurance; gives the fair
eft hopes of fucctfi, and proinifes a foee
dy and happy iffiae to this severe and m
terefting ['niggle.
On Lord's Day he 2d of inlint Augtift, died
very fudd^nly at Farmin ton in the „;M ?cir of
her age M~. Euoice Fitkin the consort of R,v.
Timothy Piokin, and daughter if Cel John
Str.ng hue of Farmington deceas'd A person
of superior natural abilities and many desirable ;c
---complifhmeni f; an amiable wife a bird partit a
faithful friend and well fipponHthe chiidiincha
ra&er : She has left a mother and tinee filters to
join the surviving bufband and his bereaved family,
to deplore the loss. - Fi r remains were decently
interred onLlor.day theyd infant ; a sermo n preach
ed i pon the occ.fi./n by Rev. Samuel Newell, cf
New Cambridge, from Psalm x.xvii. 7
On the 4th infant departed this life in the hopes
of a happy immortality thro' the merits of a S.:vi.
our, at Ilirifcrd in the 23d year of her are MR
Elizabeth Trumbull, daughter of Rev. [ohn
Trumbull, of Waterbury, after'a ! ong diflmfng
sickness, which Ilie bore with chriftiah mG'.cefc.
A young lady of a fine difp fition uncommon ge
nius, great reading and many amiable art ompliih
mepts She lived beloved and died Lrreoerd/
By WILLIAM ELLERY ainl Co.
Near the Great Bt;d(.e Hartford for Cffi only,
CHOICE old Madeira Wine; by the nice quer-.
ter calk or less quantity ; Weft Inda Ro 1
by the hogshead or gallon ; Loaf and Frown Sugar
by the hbgfhead, hundred or single pound. Also,
Pepper by the bale bundled dozen or fing'c bound.
Code Chocolate Allspice, ledi 0, Scotch Snuff,
best Bohea Tea Nail Rods Shear MaibD, ,\
small affoitment of Cheapand fashionable Rib! on-,
&c. &c. August 10 1778.
THE commanders cf the several crmraGcTrf
jniiitia that were in fcivice last fa I dtfir
ed to fend in their bounty rolls to the frefoiber at
teOed under oath, as ibe bounty canrot be obtained
without. Charles Kellogg d P Ml.
Hertford, August i f 77^