The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1783-05-20 00:00:00, page 2

LONDON, February 4,
A true copy of a letter from a British officer on
board one of the transports lying in the har
bourof Charleftown,the day after that import
ant garrison was evacuated. Though in hurry
and confufion of writing, the date is omitted,
it is ncverthelefs a genuine letter verbatim.
" I take up my pen, my dear friend, in the
midst of rioife and confufion, just to give you a
Ihort account of the re-delivery of this town
to the Americans. Yederday morning closed
the melancholy scene.
" The evacuation and re-possession of Charlf
town, rendered supremely melancholy on ac
count of the unhappy loyalists, has been in o
ther refpeas the most liberal of any tranfa&ioy
that has taken place since the commencemnt of
the war. It was evacuated and entered by trea
ty ; —signals were agreed upon and adhered to :
of course, every thing was conduced with the
utmost decency and decorum. The embarkati
on lafled two days. Idid not quit the town til!
the American horse made there appearance be
low the State-house. I then thought it high
time to decamp.
" The inhabitants and merchants who thought
proper to remain in town, were directed to keep
within their houses ; all stores and warehouses
were shut up. The streets, formerly croudedand
cheerful tothe view, now presented one mourn
ful scene of the rhoft complicated wretchednels.-
The poor unhappy loyalists whom the Britilh
government, not many months before, had most
solemnly pledged its faith to protest in their per
lons and properties, were now victims to their
merciless enemies, or to be sent on board veffelsfor
the Weft-Indies, to encounter, with their dis
tressed families, every misfortune, and to fuffer
every species of indigence and want in a strange
kind. Many, indeed, remained in the town,
preferring the rifaue of immediate death to the
cruel uncertainty of adhering anylonger to a
government, whose perfidy and treachery stands
unparalleled in the annals of history. But by
far the greater number, whose activity in the
cause of their king and the British constitution,
left no hopes for mercy, embarked. As these
past the windows of their friends and acquaint
ances, in their way to the places of embarkation,
they silently, with grief unutterable, bowed their
lift farewell. This melancholy salute was re
turned with feelings that could only beexpreffed
by tears and fobs. A gloomy despair fat on e
very countenance ; and all was wretchedness
and woe. The scene was too affecting for des
cription, too great for human feelings. Even
the most obdurate and unprincipled of your
patriots, had he been present at this awful view,
must have felt some remorse for the part he has
a&ed, and lamented the falfities he has palmed
on parliament as faffs, and which have brought
the most complicated misery and ruin on thou
sands and thousands, whose only crime has been
loyalty to their king, and affection for their pa
rent country.
"Throughout the whole of this transaction,
though the most melancholy one I ever beheld,
it mult be observed, to the honour of the officer
who commanded, that the whole has been con
ducted with the utmost attention and humanity,
as far as it rested with him. Certain places were
appointed for embarkation. Centinels were fix
ed to prevent plunder being taken offby the sol
diers and seamen. The vessels were all search
ed, and whatever plunder was found, was return
ed to the inhabitants of the town from whom it
was taken
LONDO N.
HOUSE of COMMONS.
Wednesday, March 5, 1783.
MR. PITT presented the Bill, and moved
that it might be committed for Friday
next..
Mr. Eden was for postponing to a further
'%„ Pitt said, that he had been so often called
upon to bring this matter forward as soon as
possible, that he was amazed there should be
any objection to it now.
Mr. Eden thought that as Ireland was not
mentioned in the provisional claufes^he feared
the trade of that country would be injured, and
therefore he wished to have them included.
Mr. Solicitor General thought that would be
highly improper for this country to make any
trade laws for Ireland just in a moment that
Parliament had come to a solemn determination
that they hud no legislative authority over that
kingdom.
of North-America.
I T recites, that the provinces of New-Hamp
shire, Maffachuletts-Bay, Rhode-Ifland andPro
vidence-Plantations, Connecticut, New-York,
New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina,
and Georgia, in North-America, have lately
been Solemnly acknowledged by his Majesty, to
be Independent and Sovereign States, by the
description of the United States of America.
It therefore enacts, that all statutes heretofore
made to regulate trade between Great-Britain
and America, or to prohibit any intercourse be
tween the fame, shall, so far as they prohibit the
intercourse between Great-Britain and the terri
tories now composing the said United States
wholly and absolutely be repealed.
It reciteswhilft the aforefaid provinces were
annexed to Great-Britain, the inhabitants of the
said provinces enjoyed all rights, franchifes, pri
vileges and benefits of Britilh fubjefls, as well in
refpe& to the trade and commerce with Great-
Britain as in other instances: And in confer
quence thereof their ships and vessels, being na
vigated, as British ships and vessels are by law
navigated were admitted into the ports of Great-
Britain, with all the privileges and advantages
of British built ships.
That by several laws now existing for regula
tion of the trade with foreign States,the Subjects
of the latter are, as aliens, liable to various com
mercial reftriftions, as also to various duties and
customs at the ports of Great-Britain, which hi
therto have not been applicable to, or demanda
ble from the inhabitants of the said several pro
vinces of America.
That it is highly expedient the intercourse be
tween Great-Britain and the said States should
be established 011 the most enlarged principles of
reciprocal benefit to both countries ; but from
the diftapcebetween Great-Britain and America,
it must be a considerable time before any con
vention for eftabjifhihg the trade and intercourse
between Great-Britain and the said States of
America, upon a permanent foundation can be
concluded.
Therefore, for the purpose of making a tem
porary regulation of commerce and intercourse
between Great-Britain and America, and in or
der to evince the disposition of Great-Britain to
be on terms of the most perfed amity with Ame
rica, and in confidence of a like friendly disposi
tion on the part of the faidStates towards Great-
Britain, it further ena&s, that afterfa time to be
named in the bill) the ships andveffels of the fub
jeds of America, with the merchandizesonboard
the fame, fliall be admitted into all the ports of
Great-Britain, in the fame manner as vessels of
the Subjects of other independent States ; but the
merchandizes and goods on board such vessels,
being of the produce of the said States, shall be
liable to the fame duties only, as the merchan
dizes would be fubje&ed to, if they were the
property of British Subjects, and imported in
British built vessels.
It further enads, That during the time afore
faid, the ships and vessels of the said United
States, shall be admitted into the ports of his
Majesty's Islands, Colonies, or Plantations in
America, with any merchandizes, produce of
the territories of the aforefaid States, with li
berty to export from the said plantations in Ame
rica to the territories of the said States, any mer
chandize whatsoever ; and such merchandize,
which shall be imported or exported from the
said British islands in America, shall be liable to
the fame duties only, as the said merchandize
would be fubje& to, if they were the property of
British fubje<fts.
It then enads, that during the time herein
before limitted, there shall be the fame draw
backs and bounties on merchandizes exported
from Great-Britain into the territories of the
said States of America, as are allowed in the
Case of exportation to the plantations or colonies
now belonging to the crown of Great-Britain,in
And further ena&s, That all ships and vessels
belonging to any fubjefts of the United States,
which shall have come into any port of Great-
Britain since (a time to be fpecified) together
Some further conversation took place with re
fpe& to what effect it might have as to Birming
ham and Sheffield, and then the question being
put, it puffed, and
The following is an abftra& of a Bill for the
provisional establishment and regulation of
trade and intercourse between the iubjeas of
Great-Britain and those of the United States
Who were all murdered by his own Hands on the Morning
of the ixtb Instant.
By JOHN MARS H, A. M.
Pastor of the First Church in Wethersfield.
To which is Annexed
ALETTE R, from a Gentleman in Wethersfield, to bis
Friend, containing a Narrative of the Life of William
Beadle, (so far as it is known) and the Particulars of the
Maflacre of himfelf and Family.
Excellent LEMMONS,
By the Box, or left Quantity,
Loaf Sugar, Raisins by the Cask,
Rum per Hogshead or Barrel,
And a small Assortment of
DRYGOOD S.
JAMES & HEZ. BULL
Hartford, May 16, I7 B F
A few Hogsheads
Weft-India R U M,
r To be Sold reasonably, for Cash, by
JAMES WATSON.
Hartford, May 20, 1783.
- To B ~ E "s'O L D,
At PUBLIC AUCTION,
At the Store of Mr. David Bull, opposite ttie
Court House, in Hartford, on Tuesday and
Friday next, a large assortment of English and
other G OODS, among which are the fol
lowing Articles, viz.
Rattinets, Shalloons, Durants,
Camblets, Crapes, Broadcloths, Baizes, Calamancoes
black Princess Stuff, Coatings, Gauzes, Ribbons, fik Veil
Patterns, Cotton and Thread Stockings, Cotton Velvets,
Carpenters and Joiners Tools, Irish Linens, Silk Handker
chiefs, a number of Books on Physic, Surgery, &c.
F RZEDERIC BULL.
May 17, 178;.
Port & Teneriffe WINES
To be SOLD. Enquire at
BEARDSLEYS and HOPKINS's Store.
Hartford, May 19, 1783.
with the merchandizes on hoard the fame, shall
have the full benefit of that aft.
March 6. The Duke of Bridgewater on Satur
day last waited upon the King as an independent
Peefy and offered his services to aft as firftLord
of the Trea fury, without any emolument what
ever, until his Majesty should he able to ftqn
the present torrent of faction; his Majesty
thanked his Grace for his loyal offer, and said he
would duly confider it.
All the fliips that have cargoes for America,
are ordered to wait till a final commercial set
tlement has taken place between this country
and the United States.
Just Published, and now Selling by the Printers
hereof, (Price One Ptfareen)
ASERMON,
Preached at Wethersfield, December 13, 1782.
At the Funeral of
Mrs. Lydia Beadle,
Wife of the late William Beadle, and their
Four Children,
TO BE SOL D,
A Quantity of CORDAGE.
ALS O, One Half, or three Quarters of a -
Small SCHOONER, about 25
Tons burthen. Enquire of
AARON BRADLEY.
Hartford, May 17, 1783.
DIMMED TA tEL"^
B, JOSEP H HART^ Co.
A NUMBER of gay, well made, pacing S A D DLH
HORSES, in good order for Shipping-—a sorrel
colour would be preferred.---Who have for Sale at their
Store, on the most Reasonable Terms, for Cash or Country
Produce—Weft-India Rum, per hogshead or barrel—Mo
lasses, per do. or do.—White and Brown Sugar, per box
or barrel—Bohea Tea, per chest or less quantity.---Black
Pepper—Holland, Russia and Raven's Duck, per bolt.---
Writing Paper, per ream—-and many other Articles.
N. B. They likewise want a quantity of Rye, Corn and
Oats.
Hartford, May 19, 1783.
Twenty Dollars Reward !
LAST night the Suhferibers Shop was broke open, and
robbed of one Silver Watch, one piece of fine Holland,
of 25 yards, and one piece of dark Calicoe, of about 10
yards. Whoever will take the thief or thieves, and the
goods, and return them to,me in Norfolk, shall be intitlcd
to the above, reward and all charges paid, or ten dollars
for the thief or goods.
ELIJAH PHELPS.
Norfolk, May 13, xySj.