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No Debate ensued, and the Q^eftion being put,
it passed in the Affirmative without a 9 virion.
Lord John Cavendish tow moved tie House,
'-That an humble Add.cfs be presented to hie Ma
" jefty, praying his Majefly that the WHOLE
“ Force of Great Britain, both Naval and Military
f' might be immediately collected together, and di
y retted against ths HOUSE of BOURBON.”
M:, Jenkinfon, aware of the Ingenuity with which
this Motion was framed, instantly defined of the ho
ble Lord who proposed it, that he would inform the
House, whether by the Words the whole Force of
Great Britain, he meant to include the Nival and
Military Force at present employed in America.
Lord John Cavendish readily admitted this to be
included in the Meaning of this Motion, a^d was
seconded by Mr. Thomas Townsend.
This occasioned a very warm and general Debate
which continued till Eleven o'Clock, in the Course
cf which the whole of the American War was tra
velled over a frefh, and all the Errors and Fellies of
the Ministry brought into review, and pointed agaiaft
them with the most acrimonious Satire, andßeproach,
particularly by Mr FOX who was cp for an H^ur
and a Half, Sometimes /hooting like a Meteor thro'
the Regions of Eloquence* dazzling the whole Horse
as it were, with the Beauties .and Brilliancy cf his
Declaration and at other Times paring down his
Sarcasms, and Strictures, like a Cataract on the Mi
nifler, and his wretched Dependants.
The Ministry at length, afraid to Negative the
Motion, and unwilling to let it pass, Mr. Jenkiofon
moved, by Way of getting rid of it, that the House
Should adjourn, which being divided upon:
There appeared for the Motion 156
Against it - - 80
Majority - - 76
The House then broke up, and the Speaker is to
attend his Majed, at St. James's this Day with the
Address voted Yesterday.
BOSTO N, August 26.
Extra& of a letter from Bilboa, dated July 6 1779.
" The Bred, Cadiz and Ferrol fleets are all at sea
to the number of 70 fh ; pi of the line, beffdes fri
gates, bombs, &c. so that a little time will discover
their destination -All E^riifh effects have been pro
hibited with the utmdft severity."
Extra& cf a letter from Bilbao, dated July 8, to the
Honorable Board of War of this State.
" His Catholic Majefly having thought proper to
break off all intercourse with Great Britain, and to
order his Ambassador to withdraw from that Court,
the King of Great Britain has granted letters of
marque and reprisal against the Spaniards, and eight
or ten small vessels have been taken off this port.
All British ygffds were flopped in Spain by order
from hi: Cxart immediately to withdraw from this
Country ; His Majesty has judged it N^ceOary to
direct aCopy of that Paper to be laid before the H jufe
of Commons as a Matter of the highest Importance
to the C.ofyn and People; and his Majesty acquires
them at the fame time that he has found himfelf obli
ged, in Consequence of this hetiile Declaration, to
recall his Ambadsdor from Madrid.
His Majesty declares, in the me* solemn Manner,
that his Desire to preserve and cultivate Peace and
friendly Intercourse with the Court of Spain, has
been uniform and sincere; and that his GoaduA
towards that Power ha# b:en guided by no other
Motives cr Principles than those of good Faith, Ho
nor and Justice ; and his Majesty fees with the
greatest Surprize the Pretences on which this De
claration is grounded, as some cf the Grievances
enumerated in that Paptr have never come to the
Knowledge of his Majesty, either by Representation
on the Part of the Catholic King, or by Intelligence
from any other Quarter; and in all those Cases
where Application have been received, the Matter
of Complaint has been treated with the utmost At
tention, and put into a Course of E iquir, & Redress.
His Majesty has the firmed Confidence, that his
faithful Commons will with that Zeal and Public
Spirit which he has so often experienced, support
his Majesty in his Refahttion to exert all his Power,
and all the Resources of the Nation to refill and repi
any hostile Attempts of the Court of Spain, and that
by the bleffiig cf God, on the Rectitude of his In
tentions, and the Equity of his Cause, his Majesty
will be able to withstand and defeat the unjust and
dangerous Enterprises of his Enemies, against the
Honour of his Crown, and the Co amerce, the
Rights, and the common Interests cf all his Subje&s.
Tie important Papers being read, Lord North
moved for an humble Address to his Mfrfty, and
was seconded by Lord John Cavendish, alluring
his Majefly that his faithful Common# were r^ady
to assist him with their Lives and Fortunes against Ins
Enemies.
from Court, the 27th alt. The fleet from Cadiz
fried the.2lft ult. and it is here Lid they have in
vehcd Gibraltar, with 30 fh ; ps of the line and 12000
land forces. The fd infant, Count d'Orvilhers,
with 30 fail of the line and 12 frigates, were joined
off Ferrol, by 10 fail of the line and 3 frigates, from
that port. The English fleet, of thirty-three fail
of the line, remain in the channel. A fleet is making
up at Toulon, in order to lay siege to Minorca. —^
A very large number of transports are taken up in
Frit co, and a great body of land forces are marched
to the coast ofßritany and Normandy, 'tis supposed
a defeat on the coast of England orlreland is intend
ed, Should the fleet be temped to leave the channel.
The Deputy of this province, came to notify me (be
ing the only American refi lent here) that they had
orders ftom Court to furnifh all American armed (hips
with wha ever they may want, and to treat the Ame
fcans.as friends. Every thing mats the most pro
miffing appearance in oar favour here and I believe
this Summer the English will have bslinefs enough
on hand." - ~
Extract of a letter from Fjh-Kill, dated August 17.
" The following csme from th^French Ambas
sador at Philadelphia to General Washington offici
ally : The Court and King of France have ordered
andfent 25,000 men to Ireland to affid in effecting
the independence of that eppreffed kingdom. This
is glorious News, and requires noComent, and may
be depended upon as a truth."
HARTFORD, August ~
General Sullivan has penetrated the Indian coun
try ninety miles weft of Wyoming, and burnt Sha,
niong, one of the chief towns of the Senecas, and
killed and took 350 Indians. His magazine at Sun
bury remains perfectly Secure.
We hear that the enemy are contra&in, their lines
within Kingsbridge, and have evacuated Fort Indc-
On the 17th of June, the Day after the Spanish
Manifesto was delivered; the King cf Great Britain
iffaed a Proclamation, making Rtp ii^l# of all Spanish
Vessels. Pcperty, &c. comprehending much to the
fame Purpose, as that which took place some time
since agamfl France.
Lad Wednesday arrived at New London, a Packet
firm Martinico in zqDays, with Difp^cbes for the
H ah'. &tfx?nental Con^refa, and for the Board cf War
at Boston. ™FhfcAdvices brought by thri V^l are,
That Spain has acknowledged the Independence of
America and published a declaration of War against
G eat Britain ; That Ireland has revolted; and that
a combined fliet 64 Spanish and French sh ps of the
Line, with upwards of 20 Frigates, were at Brest
making propagations for an attack on Ireland; for
which Parpofe they were to take on Board 24,000
Treeps.
L.o Sunday Evening about 9 o'clock departed
this L fe, MRsSallv Olcott a young Lady abr ut
19 Year^ of Age, Daughter of Capt. Samuel Ol
cott, of this Town. Her sensibility of Heart,
sweetness cf Di'pofition and purity of Manners,
m:de her truly dear to all who had the Happintfs
of he# Acquaintance. Her Idnefs was long and
distressing, and called for the fjlleft exercise cf the
Virtues cfPitie: ce and Resignation, of which (he
has given a fiwßar Example.
In the Madrid Gazette cf the 29th of June, isthe
following article under the London head, of the nth
June:
On the zdinftant Lord Shelburne spoke in the
House of Lords desiring that immediate attention
may be given to al'eviate the poverty and calamities
of the well deserving and loyal fubje&s cf Ireland ;
and if it was seceffary for the purpose, that the Bri
ti^ Parliament should interfere, that it should not
break up without having provided what Bright be
nectffaty ; di eaiag at the fame time that the Parlia
p^dence &c.
Authentic letters from Cadiz dated the 15th of
June lad, mention the failing of the Spanish fleet
under the command of Don Co:voda consisting of
32 sh ,3 of the line, fix frigates, and two fireffi pz,
which were to be joined by nine llrpi of the line
from Ferrel. Toe French fleet is certainly gone to
m ^ tha' formidable armament
The Boston Paper of Thursday last fays, " The
accounts refpeaing the retreat of our little army from
Penobfeott being so various, we choose to omit at
tenipi % any particulars until we have it from au
thority."
Saturday fe'nnight the Continental Frigates Pro
vidence Qieen of France and Ranger, arrived at
Badon; daring their Cruize they fell in ^ith 2 Ja
maica Fleet of upwards of 100 fail under convoy of
fiveal Frigate# - This favourable opportunity they
improved as well as circamfl|nces would admit.
Trity picked out 9 (hips & a Brig deeply laden with
Rim Sugar, &c. Nine of the Prizes have arrived
at fife Port?. It is said the Rum and Sugar captur
ed in f&d Prizes amount to upward: of five thousand
Hot fheach.
Hartford county, )J)UBLIC NOTI E is
July 31st 1779. SA. hereby given to all con
cerned that a Libel is filed before, Jabez Hamlin
Esq; judge of the county court in the county of
Hertford, against the schooner Maria, burthen,Bo
tons, Erasmus Haynes late master, her tacklig, appar
rell, and cargo in favor ofDavid Brooks commander
of the Privateer Schooner called the Eagle and his
associates the captors; and fetters forth of the said
schooner Eagle who took her upon the high seas,
and sent her into the county cf Hartford, and for the
tryal of the jufiice of said capture the maritime court
for the county of Hartford, will be held at Hartford
in Lid county on Wednesday the 22d day of Sept,
next, at which time all persons claiming property,
may appear and (hew reason if any they have why
the said schooner Maria with her rpparielJ, and car
go, mould net be adjudged as lawful prize to the
captors and fetters forth, agreeable to the prayer cf the
libellants. By ordzr of the Judge
GEORGE WYLLYS R,,fl
CO RAYED from the patbare of John Martin, ta
O Wintonbury, a dark brown MARE, 5 years
eld, trots ard paces, strong built, good for draft,
no brand,or mark, has a few white hairs under her
foretop, (hod all round. Whoever will take up fad
Mare and return her to the fuLfcriber in New Haven#
or to Mr Daniel Goodwin, in Hartford, shall have
twenty dollars reward and charges paid, by
JOHKJMART,I N.
A%ufl 12, 1779.
ment of Ireland ftouldccnvene a# soon as pcffible 4
to examine into and remedy, the just complaints of
the . inhabitants of that kingdom, that we might not
fuffer the loss or estrangement thereof, as we have of
the Colonies.
Are our circumflances such, exclairaed he, that we
should venture to expose ourselves to encreafe the
number cf our enemies and to lose the only friend
from whom we can hope for a supply cf men, and
money.-.-We are in a conjuncture in which we have
not left us one Ally in all Europe. What is become
of the friendship cfSpain ? that power of which Lord
Stormont lately told us we ought not to speak but
with the greater admiration ; (he has withdrawn her
mediation, and all negotiation with her is entirely
ended.---I hold in the highest eftimatioa the fir ft
honor of Spain ; the Ministers of bis Catholic Ma
jefly are very refpe&able personages, and have always
behaved with the greatest generality and rectitude ;
for which reason I conjure that the language which
that Crown has held with England is very different
from what our Ministers have attributed to it, it be
ing in fubflance no more than that of intimating to
ns that if peace was not concluded upon the propor
tions (he had made, (he should be obliged to taken
part in the war against us; in which Ido not fee that
her conduct is any way reprehensible. Where in the
present conflict are the Allies to whom we can recur^
the little knowledge and abilities of those Ministers
whom we have cf late years employed in the Northern
Courts, is the cause that we are not now in possession
oftheir .friendship. We have deceived even the
Court of Pete;£bur„ which profeffed to have a par
ticular prejudice in our favour, and was well dis
posed to have assisted Great Britain ; but having dif-'
improved her favorable disposition, which in good
policy we ought to have encouraged, we have given
France an opportunity to bring about a peace be
tween Raffia and the Turks, conferring thereby an
obligation on the Czarina. Where is the King of
Prussia, our Ally in the lafi war ? he has not declar
ed in our favor, nor will he interfere in our affairs ;
he knows us too well, and is too well acquainted with
the political fyflem of our cabinet, to put confidence
in our Minifiry. In this exigence of affairs, nothing
appears to me so necessary as to secure the fidelity of
Ireland ; and in this very session we undertake to
relieve the people of that kingdom from their fuffer
ing and perplexities. --This motion was supported by
Lord Townsend, the Duke of Manchester, and Lord
Brifto! ; the fecend of these peers added, that he had
received authentic advices that emissaries were car
rying on negotiations with the difeontents of Ireland,
and that if a violent invasion of that kingdom
should not be apprehended, still the enemies of
Great-Britain might appear on their coast under
pretext of protesting them, and at last dismem
ber that kingdom from our crown.-- Lord Bristol
expressed the greater anxiety that when we were
not able to prepare a fufficient defence @f these iflandrt
by a fleet equal to that of France alone, much less
should we be able when that (hould be joined with
the powerful isetof Spain: But notwithstanding all
that was said in support of this proportion in favor
of Ireland, it was for the present overruled by a ma
jority of 61 to 32, by the influence of the Chancel:
lor; who said it would be abfard to take a precipiJ
tate resolution on this matter, without the House
being well informed of the grounds upon which
they ought to mike there determinations.