The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1781-06-26 00:00:00, page 1

PROVIDENCE, June 9.
Monday lafi ar rivedfrom a /bort cruise the privateer
Jloop Success, Captain John B. Hopbine, of tb's
port, and brought in a copper-bottom'd brig, called
the Brothers, from Liverpool, but lafi from Cork,
laden with beej, pork,flour, ebeefe, dry goods, ^c.
The following intelligence is extracted from Cork
papers of the §th and 9th of April, being the latef
that were taken in the' above prize, viz.
PARIS (France) March 6.
IT is asserted that government will relume,
this year, the project of a descent in England,
and that Count D'Eitaing will have the command
•f the fleet that is to cruize in the channel.
War-Office, Paris, March 19;
The King commands all officers belonging to
the regiments under orders of secret service,
now cantoned near Brest, Aevre and St^Maloes,
to join their refpedive corps, or they will be fu
perceded in their commission.
Hague (Holland) March 22. Prince Galinin,
Envoy Extraordinary from the Empress of Rus
sia, dispatched yesterday for Peterfourg a courier
from London, who arrived by the lad packet
boat. Since his departure a report is spread that
the Court of London will a& only in concert with
the Emperor in obtaining a general peace, and
therefore has not accepted of the mediation or
Russia; on the footing offered her.
Amferdam ( Holland) March 21. The news of
the taking of the iffands of St. Eudatia, St. Mar
tin and Saba, has occasioned a great coniternation
among the merchants, and especially among the
Jews fettled here, who are greatly intebefted
therein. That loss will not be less sensibly fek
by the French and Americans, than by the
English and Irish houses fettled in these islands,
the number of which had grc itly encreafed since
the commencement of the war.
L O N 1) O N. March 29.
East-India House, March 28.'
By some papers lately taken an board a French
fliip from the 'Mauritius, there are accounts that
Hyder Ally had made an irruption in the Car
natic, and that a detachment under the com
mand of Colonels Baillie and Fletcher had been
defeated ; but the Court of Directors of the Ead-
India Company have no advices thereof from any
of their Prefi Lucies. ~ , ,
The following are the particulars of the fatal
hews from India, which was brought yesterday
to the Secretary of State's office:.
That a French packet, with advices from India,
has been taken by the Phoenix privateer, Captain
Pddgly, of Dartmouth, and carried into Pen
zance. They had thrown their packet over
board, but from the letters found in the cabbin,
and particularly from a number of Mauritius
Gazettes, they learned, that some time in the
month of July last, and soon after the departure
of Sir Thom is Rumbold from the government
of Madras, Hyder Ally with an army of 100,00?
men, 20,000 of which were cavalry, invoked the
town of Arcot.--Sir Hedor Munro, as soon as
he heard of the siege, marched with all the farce
he could colled to the Nabob's abidance ; but
finding, from report, that his numbers were too
fay to venture an engagement, he clutched
orders to Colonel Baillie, the commando $ of
ficer at Chucknam,to collect all rhe troops which
he possibly could, and by forced marches tojoin
him. Hyder Ally received information 0 this
circumstance, railed the nge or Aicot, anA mad^
a rapid movement towards Chucknam, where he
forced Colonel Baillie to an adion, and gained a
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T U E S D A Y, June 26, 1781.
complete victory, killing 600 Europeans and 4000
Seapoys. In eonfequence .of this gredt and de
cisive disaster, Sir He&or Munro made a preci
pitate retreat to Madras, leaving all the kingdom
of Arcot to the conqueror's mercy.
Ail the artillery, baggage and ammunition of
the Company's troops, were taken, and every
part of the country of Arcot was submitting to
Hyder Ally, when the dispatches came away ;
and he was preparing for an expedition againfe
Pondicherry, which it is fid muff yield to him
on his arrival; There is n&accoupt of the cap
ture of the Namure. In eonfequence of this
alarming intelligence, India stock fell 8 per cent,
yesterday.
Another account fays, That on the firft infor
mation of Ilyder Ally's motions, Sir Heftor
Munro took the field with about 12.00 Europeans^
fraong which was Lord MacLeod's regiment of
Highlanders, and 6000 Seapoys ; and he at the
fame time sent orders to the troops at 1 richino
poly, and other parts tothe southward, to the
number of 14,000 Seapoys and 4000 Euroneap
troops, to join hi— without loss of time. Ihefe
began their marefunder the command 'of Cels;
Letcher and Baillie; but they were attacked on
(heir way by Hyder's fob, whom, notwithstand
ing his great superiority of forae, they so farpe
feate4>as t° remain masters of the field. They
acquainted Sir He&or, however, that they did
not think it prudent to proceed further through
a country so much over-run with the enemy,
without a reinforcement ; but that they would
endeavour to maintain themselves in their pretcnt
Nation till that should arrive. After they were
joined by the body which the General sent to
their relief, they resumed their march, but were
again unfortunately attacked by Hyder Ally him
felf, at the head of a vast army or horse, when
th y were abnoft all cut to pieces. This dhalcer,
together,vith a considerable lols iuftained
felf, obliged Sir Hecdor to retreat ip the cent
manner he could, and though he directed his
ceurfe through grounds the moil unfavorable tor
cavalry; yet Hyder Bill harraffed his rear. vVith
much difficulty he at last arrived at Madras,
where he found it necessary to Rut himfeli up in
Fort George, and was followed by Hyder fry
with an immenle army, with which he is find to
have thoroughly inverted Madras. Immediately
on this event, Hyder wrote an account of it to
the Governor of Mauritius,- accompanied with
some valuable presents, and many cordial con
gratulations to his old and good ally toe King
of France. , , ,
If fignified, at the fame time, that a similar
enterprize was meditated againit Bengal, by a
combination of the native powers towards tnat
fde of Indoftan ; and he gave the molt pootree
a Durance,that with the afhftance of 3000 Europe
an troops, he thought it possible to exterminate
the British power from that quarter of the earth.
In eonfequence of this news the Directors have
ordered, that all the ships, now ready, shall take
I^o soldiers each, out with them; arid itisiaid
they intend to take up immediately all the ships
just arrived, as soon as they are cleared, being
determined to keep up a relpeetable xorce in
India. ,
This afternoon it was currently reported, that
an exp!l fs was arrived from Holland, which left
it the day after the packet, and brings advice that
there wis an infurreftion of the people ; they
had dei'royed the house of Van Berkel, and .onie
others belonging to American agents; but by
A capital house at Paris has been obliged to
stop payment, owing to the great concerns they
were pofiefled of at St Euftatia, at the time it;
was taken by Admiral Rodney. Some aver them
to be ofthe value of 240,000!. flerling. Another
house loses upwards of 90,000 b
Admiral Sir Hyde Parker is to have the com
mand ofthe fleet fitting out for the channel ser
vice, which is expected to be ready to fail by the
loth of next month. It is to consist of the
Victory, of 100 guns ; Princess Amelia. 80 ;
Sultan, 74; Minorca, 70; Magnanime and Buffa
lo, of 64; two 50 gun ships, and four frigates.
April 3. Advices is said to be received from
France, that the Breit fleet, confiding of 26 tail
ofthe line, failed out of the harbor thezid u!t.
A letter from Paris fays, that Dr. Franklin has
paid off all his tradefmen's lulls, and was prepar
ing to depart from that city on bolrd one of the
vefiels lying'at Brest to take him to America.
Yesterday Gen. Clark set off for Portsmouth,
to embark for Canada, his Majesty having been
pleased to appoint him Lieutenant-Governor of
Quebec.
Sir Edward Hughes has with him in the Fad-
Indies, the Superb, of 74 guns; Eagle, Exeter,
Burford, and Worcester, of 64 ; Sartine, 32 ;
Coventry, 28 {York, 24; and Nymph sloop, of
16 guns.
The Directors of the East-India Company have
requested es government some forces to be im-
Should the loss of the troops under Tarleton
be found to be as great as there is every reason to
expert, from the studied concealment of the par
ticulars when the Adventure failed from New-
York, it will be a material impediment to Lord
Cornwallis's progress towards the north.
Government are under the greatest apprehen
sions for Lord Cornwallis's army, since the ac
count of Col. Tarleton's defeat.
There is themoft authentic private intelligence
in town, that Lieutenant-General Don Louis
Cordova, with 34 fail of the line, &c. under his
command, were moored in Cadiz bay on Monday
the.l2th of this inonth.
Private advices from Paris inform us, that
there are upwards of 25,000 mertunder orders of
embarkation for secret service; that the tranfpofts,
flat-bottomed batteaux, &c. ready for their re
ception, are lying at Bieft, Havre and St; Mr'cos,
and that they are most afiuredly designed for in
vading some part of the British dominions ; that
a squadron of 8 fail of the line, under M. Ie Mo ha
Picquet, is preparing to act with the army on th@
intended secret expedition, and they will be ready
in a few days. Jersey and Guernsey are supposed
to be the objects.
April 2. We received the following very in
terelling intelligence, from a mod refpe&able
authority, just as this paper was going to press,
that the Spanish troops before Gibraltar were
withdrawn, and that the French and Spanish
Courts had determined not to rilk an engagement
with the Engliih feet going to the relief of that
fortrefs.
the activity of some of the magistrates, the peo
ple were in some degree fatisfied with promises
of having the matters accommodated.
But another account fays, that by a decree of
the States, Van Berkel's etiedis had been confif
cated ; and the attempt to put the decree ip exe
cution had occasioned the infurre&ion.
It is further reported, that the gates of Amster
dam had been shut, and that the Standtholder
was resolved to force them.
(No. 857.)