The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1782-04-02 00:00:00, page 3

LONDON, December 13.
The following is the petition which was agreed
upon on Monday, by the inhabitants of West
minster, assembled in Westminster Hall.
To the King's most excellent Majesty,
The humble address, petition and remonstrance
es the Electors and other Inhabitants paying
Taxes to Government, resident in the City
and Liberties of Westminster.
IMPRESSED with an awful sense of the dan
gers which surround us, feeling for ourselves
and our posterity, and anxious for the glory ofa
country as much renowned for the virtues of
justice and humanity as for the splendor of its
arms, we approach your throne with sentiments
becoming citizens at so alarming an hour, at
the fame time with that refpe& which is due to
the monarch of a free people, and a prince of
the illustrious house of Brunswick, to which we
feel ourselves in a particular manner attached by
all the ties of gratitude and affection.
" It is with inexpressible concern that we
have heard your Majesty declare, in your speech
to both houses of parliament, your intention of
persevering in a system of measures which have
provedfo disastrous to this country. Such a de
claration calls for the voice of a free and injured
people. We feel the refpe& due to Majesty;
but in this critical and awful moment to flatter 'is
to betray.
" Your Majesty's Ministers have, by falfe as
sertions and salacious suggestions, deluded your
Majesty and the nation into the present unnatu
ral and unfortunate war. The consequences of
this delusion have been, that the trade of this
country has fuffered irreparable losses, and is
threatened with final extinction^
" The manufactures in many valuable bran
ches are declining, and their supply of materials
rendered precarious, by the inferiority of your
Majesty's fleets to that of the enemy in almost
every part of the globe.
" The landed property throughout the king
dom has been depreciated in the most alarming
degree.
" The property of your Majesty's fubjeHs,
vested in the public funds has loft above one
third of its value.
" Private credit has been almost wholly anni
hilated by the enormous interest given inthepub
. lie loans, superior to that which is allowed by
law in any private contrast. Such of our bre
thren in America, as were deluded by the pro
mises qfyour Majesty's ministers, and the pro
clamations of your Generals, have been surren
dered by your Majesty's armies to the mercy of
their enemies.
" Your Majesty's fleets haveloft their wonted
superiority.
" Your armies have been captured.
" Your dominions have been loft.
" And your Majesty's faithful fubjedts have
been loaded with a burthen of taxes, which,
even if our victories had been as splendid as our
defeats have been difgraceful, if our accession of
dominions had been as fortunate, as the dismem
berment of the empire has been cruel and dis
astrous, could not in itfelf be considered but as a
great and grievous calamity.
^ We do therefore most humbly implore your
Majesty to take all these circumstances into your
royal consideration, and to compare the present
Situation of your dominions with that uncom
mon state of prosperity to which the wisdom of
your royal ancestors, the spirit and bravery of
the British people, and the favour of divine pro
vidence, which naturally attends upon principles
ofjuftice and humanity, had once raised this
happy country, the pride and envy of all the ci
vilized world.
"We do beseech your majesty no longer to
continue in a delusion from which the nation
has awakened, and that your Majesty will be
graciously pleased to relinquish entirely and for
ever the plan of reducing our brethren in Ame
rica to obedience by force ; a plan which the fa
tal experience of pad losses has convinced us,
cannot be prosecuted without manifeft and im
minent danger to all your Majesty's remaining
possessions in the western world.
'' We wish to declare to your Majesty, to
Europe, to America itfelf, our abhorrence of the
continuation of this unnatural and unfortunate
war, which can tend to no other purpose that
that of alienating and rendering irrecoverable the
confidence of our American brethren, wirh
Whom we still hope to live upon the terms of in
tercourfeand friendship, so necefrary to the
commercial prosperity of this kingdom. We
do therefore further humbly implore your Ma
jesty, that foui'Majefty will be graciously pleas
ed to dismiss from your presence and councils, all
the advisers, both public and secret, of the mea
sures we lament, as a pledge to the world of your
Majesty's fixed determination to abandon a sys
tem incompatible with the interest of your
crown, and the happiness of your people."
[The above petition is an exa& copy verbatim
of the address, agreed to by the livery of Lon
don at the Common Hall on Thursday last. The
Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Livery ordered the
Sheriffs to wait on his Majesty to know when he
would receive it ; his Majesty was pleased to fay
" I shall take time to confider of the manner in
" which I shall receive it, and the time when,
" and will let you know." The nth of Decem
ber Lord Hertford informed the Sheriffs, that
his Majesty would receive the address, &c. at the
levee, on the 14th; but as the Sheriffs were or
dered to present it to his Majesty fitting on his
throne, and in no other mode, the address was
not presented at all.]
January 1. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Laurens
attended by the Deputy Governor of the tower,
waited upon the Privy Council, and after up
wards of an hour's examination, during which
he quitted himfelf with great case and perspicui
ty, in answering every question that was put to
him. He was referred to Lord Mansfield, at his
chambers in Serjeant's Inn, where his Lordship
attended in person and admitted Mr. Laurens to
bail. It was expected this gentleman would set
out either last night or this morning for Bath,
being recommended to the waters of that place
by his physicians, for the recovery of his health.
FOR T^R () Y A L, (Grenada) Feb..
By several vessels lately arrived here from
Marseilles, in short pailages, we hear that our
troops from Toulon, commanded by the Baron
de Falkenbayn, had arrived at Minorca ; as had
the reinforcement expected from Carthagena
and Barcelona, whichlanded a considerable train
ofheavy artillery ; and that the middle of De
cember near three hundred pieces of cannon, 24
and 36 pounders, was ready to play upon St.Phi
lips, the reduction of which was thought to be
very near at hand. The Captain of a Spanish
flbop of war, lately arrived at Martinique, from
Cadiz, fays, that in the beginning of January it
was believed at Cadiz that St. Philip's had sur
rendered, but this wants confirmation. We
can however declare as certain, than an embark
ation of twelve or fifteen thousand men, which
was going forward with great dispatch at Cadiz,
will Shortly fail under a strong convoy to the
place of its destination ; and by a vessel arrived
here from Madeira in twenty seven days we are
informed, that a fleet of above 150 fail were wait
ing at the Canaries for a Spanish fleet, which
they were to join, bound, it was thought for
these colonies.
By advices from the neighbouring islands, we
underhand, that the American privateers Mo
hawk, Porus, Pilgrim, Hendrick and Scourge,
have had great success in these seas, frequently
fending prizes to Martinique ; in particular, to
windward of Barbadoes they have taken within
a month past, a vessel of 16 guns from New
foundland, with codfifh, for Jamaica ; another
with a cargo of the fame fort from Halifax ; a
very fine letter of marque ship of eighteen nine
pounders, which left Bristol late in November,
with a cargo of provisions and very valuable mer
chandize ; a packet from Barbadoes with three
officers on board, carrying advices to Sir Samuel
Hood, of our expedition against St. Christo
pher's, also the Packet Prince William Henry ;
and the ship Daniel, laden with codfifh, for Bar
badoes.
PHIL A I) ELPH I A, March to.
Capt. Clifton, from St. Fhomas's, informs,
that about the itt inst. a vessel arrived therefrom
St. Croix, which reported, that a transport with
troops on board, had put into the weft end of
St. Croix, said they belonged to a small fleet
from Charleftown, South-Carolina.
Letters from South-Carolina, dated the latter
end of January and the beginning of February,
mention orders being given at Charleftown for
the embarkation of some Hessians. This may
account for the arrival at St. Croix.
The settlements ofDemarara, Iffequibo, &c.
it is said are retaken by a few French ships.
The Solebay British frigate was run ashore by
her Grew at Nevis, and there burnt.
On the 9th November last the Custom-House
inDublin, and all the goods on the quay, were
confirmed by fire. This is attributed to design.
H A R TFORD, April 2 .
The St. James, Captain Truxen, is arrived at
Philadelphia from I'Orient, with a cargo of dry
goods, valued at 8o;oool. sterling firft cod.
On the tenth of November last, three line of
battle fliips arrived at Madrid from theHavannap
with i2,0c0,000 dollars on board, being the trea
sure of theKing—arid on the 19th, a fleet of 90
fail of merchant-flrips, from Domingo and the
Havanna also arrived, with 10,000,000 dollars
belonging to the merchants.
Died, last Thursday, Dr. Matthew Rock
well, of Eaft-Wihafor, in the 75th year of Iris
age. ___
By the GOVERNOR and COUNCIL of
SAFETY.
Lebanon, March 27, 1782.
RESOLVED by this Board, That the Re
ceivers of Provisions in the several towns
in this State, on the tiuo /billing and fix-penny
tax, granted in May last, be, and they are here
by directed, to delilver to Ralph Pomeroy, Esq;
D. Q. M. or order, all the Oats that have been
collected on said tax, taking his receipt therefor,
which shall be allowed said Receivers and Col
lectors in settlement of their said tax bills with
the Tfeafurer and Committee of Pay-Table, &c.
Extrafh
THESE are therefore to request all the Re
ceivers and Holdersof faidProvifionsinthe
bounties of Hartford, Windham and New-Lon
don, to deliver the Oats they have received on said
tax, agreeable to the above Resolve, to the pub
lic magazine, at Hartford ; Major Lemuel
Stoughton, East-Windsor ; Mr. Josiah Grimes,
Wethersfield Rocky-Hill; Dr.ElihuMarvin,Nor
wich,orAmosPrentice, Efq;at Groton, asmay be
most convenient : And the Receivers and Hol
ders of said Provisions, in the counties ofNew-
Haven, Fairfield and Litchfield, to have theOats
they have received on said tax ready to be deli
vered when called for; and all those Receivers
that have not made a return thereof to his Ex
cellency the Governor, are desired to tranfmic
an account of the fame to this office as soon as :
may be. By their humble servant; $
RALPH POMEROY, D. Q^M.
in the State of Connecticut.
Quarter-Mafler's Office, Hartford, March 30.
N. B. The several Printers' in this State are
reguefted to insert the above in fheir next papers.
WE the fubferibers being appointed commiffioners/fy
the Honorable judge of Probate for the county of
Berkshire, to examine the claims of the several creditors, of
the estate of Thomas Williams, Esq; late of Stockbridge', in
said county deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give no
tice, that we shall attend for that pnrpofe, at the dwetling
houfe of Capt. Isaac Marsh, in said Stockbridge, upon the
firft Monday of April next, and upon the firft Monday of
each succeeding month until January seventeen hundred and
eighty three inclusive.
JOHN BACON,
JAHLEEL WOODBRIDGE,
j OLIVER PARTRIDGE.
All persons indebted to the estate are desired to make im
mediate payment, to
ASHBEL STRONG, | m
HENRY Vm. DWIGHT. ; Admimftrators.
Stockbridge, March T^th, 1782.
AFIN^ TRACT of LAND, lying on the east fide of
Conne&icut river, containing about 3000 acrek in
the townships of Lyman & Apthorp, between the Upper 'and
Lower Cohoos; on which are two good Farms, plcafantl,
situated near the river, and confidcrabl, brought too, fu ffici
ent now for three or four families, having two comfortable
log-houses, and a large barn, „ by 32 feet; where has been
cut several years successively, upwards of $3 tons good hay,
and between 4 and 500 bushels wheat, corn, oats, &c. raised
yearly, and a flock of cattle, 30 head and upwards wintered*
together with several valuable isl ends, on which are about 30
acres already cleared up and under improvement ; there be
ing moreghan 100 acres in all the iflandsof remarkable rich
foil, equal to any interval on Conne&icut river, upwards of
300 bushels of wheat of the best quality have been raised on
one of the islands two different years, and with a little more
culture may eafi:y raise 1000 bushels a year; also, afford
ing in the summer season a fine out-let for cattle to grafe on
the islands contiguous to the upper farm, ifto the number of
100 head, and the whole range easily fenced in.--A law-mill
and grist-mill in fight of both settlements, on the weft fide
of the river, built on Stevens's river (so called) from which
is presented to view, as fine a cascade or fill of waters as
any within 100 miles—there is also plenty of fmatl fish to
be caught at the foot(f the neighbor ing falls most of the
year, and good hunting ; fresh salmon in the season.
These settlements arc but a few miles fiom the great road
that will lead into Canada, and other settlements increasing
vciy rappidly in That part of the country. —Any persons in
clining to view the above premises, may be directed there
by enquiring of Capt. Timothy Barron, or Major Joshua
Hayward, living in Haverhill, it the Lower Cohoos—? n d
for terms of sale, may be informed by writing to John
Hurd, Esq; in Bolton.
N. B. Continental Loan-Office Notes, or Massachusetts
State Notes will be taken in pay, for one half, at the com
mon difeount, and the payment of the other half made eriy
to the purchafcr.'