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how at Spithead, and the number of ships nearly|
fit for sea, give reason to hope that the British flag
wih ride triumphant off Brest this summer, and
not be under the disgrace of flying into port
when the enemy's fleet appears.
It is reported that the Empress of Ruiha has de
manded a categorical answer from the Dutch, re
lative to a peace with England ; and indicated,
that as the terms offered by Great Britain were
liberal and just, she thought it incumbent on her,
as mediator, to enforce their compliance.
June 11. An express is certainly arrived from
the Court of Russia, with the molt unequivocal
declaration. "That the Empress shall think her
felf juftified in supporting Great Britain, ifthe
Dutch hesitate any longer in giving that fatisfadti
on to her mediation,hat die has long been endea
vouring to bringabout with this country and the
States of Holland."
Extras of a letter from Madras, August 4, 1781.
"Since Hyder Ally's defeat, Lally, his Gene
ral to the northward of this place, has deserted
his pod, and we have taken possession, with the
loss of three men only, of a small illand near Pu
licat, wherein there was a great deal of grain
and rice. We are now in daily expectation of
letters by land, the road being clear.
" In the engagement with Hyder, by the re
turns which we now have, we find there have
been near 400 of our army killed and wounded ;
and several officers, among whom is Mr. Grant-
Hyder loft his second son, Carin Khan, as well
as Meer Saib, and 17 head Generals : Mons.
Lally is dead of his wounds. Hyder's killed and
wounded amount to about 18000. Hyder ran
off with the utmost precipitation, and is now at
the poss of the Goths, a place called Trinomol,
where he is recruiting his fcatered army.
" Tippo Saib has been continually against
Wandewafh. Captain Flint wrote the Council,
three days ago, that unless he is immediately af
fixed by a reinforcement, he mud be under the
unavoidable necessity of surrendering the garri
son, confiding of about 400 men. He has been
night and day underarms for some time pad,
both himfelfj officers ,and people, and are so re
duced by fatigue, that they are scarce able to Hand.
— Tippo made an attempt to blow up the gates
with his heavy cannon ; the firft he succeeded
in, and entered ; but Captain Flint writes, that
when the enemy entered and laid their cannon to
the second, he brought two peices to bear upon
them and the whole of bis infantry played so
warmly upon them, that ripper was obliged to
make a fpeody retreat, having loft one of his legs,
and a great number of his men . Tippo died
of his wounds soon after. Allthefe misfortunes
coming so fall on Hyder, will either render him
desperate, or call a total damp on his military
character.
" Mr. Lloyd, an Englilh Jew, deserted from
Hyder in the lad engagement. He was Hyder's
head Doctor for some time, and he has supplied
our army with intelligence from Hyder's camp.
A collection of 7000 pagodas was made in our
Camp for him. General Sir Eyre Coote sent him
down here, and he gives an account of Hyder's
effective army, amounting to 178,000, horse and
foot, executive of irregulars.
PHILADELPHI A, August 3.
By the fliip Nonfuch, Captain Wells, arrived at
Chester in fix weeks from Nantz, we have
the following Advices.
From the COURIER DE L'EUROPE, a News
paper printed in London.
LONDO N, May 28.
SOON after the revolution in the ministry, Mr.
Adam , lately acknowledged by the States
General of the Netherlands, as Minister Pleni
potentiary of America, communicated to our
new rulers, and through the medium of a trusty
messenger, that Congress had deputed in Europe
five commilhoners toopen and conclude a trea
ty of peace; that consequently their powers were
most extensive; and that they were ready to use
them, in case they should find in the new gover
nors of this country, a disposition equally pacific.
In consequence of that commission from Mr. A
dams, the new administration cohfulted Mr. Lau
rens, one of the five commissioners, and imme
diately after the firft conferrence on the fubje&,
he was released from his parole, as well as his
securities. They did more: tho' they did not
immediataly proceed to a general exchange of
prisoners, Earl Cornwallis was released from his
parole, in confederation of the favour granted Mr.
Lawrens.
Mr. Ofwold, one of Mr. Lauren's securities,
was immediately sent to Verfailies, to confer
with the French ministry and Dr. Franklin.
He had several other audiences in the beginning
of April, and availed hirnfelf of them to make
proposals, which were better received, and pro
cured more favourable answers than could be
expected..
The courts of Madrid and the Hague were al
so visited for the fame purpose, with similar pro
portions ; and it was in that epocha that the
known correspondence was opened between Mr.
Fox and M. Simolin, and the Ruffian Plenipo
tentiary at the Hague. It was then thought pro
per, under a plausible pretext to fend to Paris
the Hon. Mr. T. Grenville, who is now there,
continually receives and dispatches meflengers,
relative to that great affair.
', The 12th init. Mr. Laurens left England. He
is supposed to be now near the place where the
negociations are to be decisive. It is said they
a r e on the following terms :
All our iftands, that of Grenada excepted,
shall be reftituted by France, which fnall again
be in poffedion of St. Lucia, Pondichei ry, and all
her other fettlemeuts in India.
Minorca to be ceded to Spain, who shall give
us Porto Rico, renounce her pretentions to Ja
maica, in confideratiqn of which she shall be put
in full pofleffion of Gibraltar.
Florida to be ceded to the Americans.
We shall reltitute to the Dutch all their posses
sions taken during the war, and secure to them
the exereife of a free and neutral trade, on the
terms of the armed neutrality.
America will be granted her independency,
and a general liberty of trade. England on her
part will equally divide with her the fisheries of
Newfoundland and New-England; preserve the
peaceable pofleffion of Canada to its old limits,
and all the lands to the northward of that pro
vince. Wefhall, in consequence of thisgive up
New-York to the Americans, and whatever we
possess to the southward.
Lord Keppel moved yesterday in the House of
Peers, a vote of thanks to Admiral Rodney. It
passed unanimously ; but Lord Sandwich seized
this opportunity of observing, that the services
done the country by this fortunate commander,
were not due to the new administration, which,
far from acknowledging them, did in a manner
punish the author of them by recalling him.
He demanded Lord Keppel's declaration of the
motive for that recall; but this firft Lord of
the Admirulty refufed complying
May 29. The King has created Sir George
B. Rodney, Baronet and Knight of the Bath,
Baron of the kingdom of Great-Britain, under
the file of Baron Rodney, of Rodney Stoke, in
Somerfetlhire ; and Sir F. S. Drake, Baronet of
Great-Britain; as also Captain Edmond Afflick.
The King hds likewise created Sir Samuel Hood,
Baronet, an Irish Peer, under the title of Baron
Hood, of Cathrington.
The Kings of France and Sardinia have sent
troops to Geneva, toreftore public tranquility in
that unfortunate republic; and at the fame time
took the most effectual lleps to persuade the Hal
vatic body that it was not their intention to make
any attempt on the independence of that city.
General Monckton, Governor of Portsmouth,
died 23d May, Lord George Lenox is to succeed
him.
Al! the measures of the new administration
are equally opposed; that, for instance, which
puts arms into the hands of the people, has oc
casioned the following paragraph; " When it
was proposed to a great personage to arm the peo
ple, he difeovered the greatest repugnance, and
made the most sensible representations against it.
The Chancellor declared, he considered that men
fare as the most proper for deilroying the very
foundation of 'government: he observed, that
the loss of America had been effected by armed
associations; that with the fame assistance Ire
land had disengaged herfelf from all her connec
tion; with England, except those which suited
her; and that from the fame causes, the fame
effects ought to be expected from England. The
majority carried it in the council, and the King's
acquiescence was founded but on the hopes of
feeing the plan miscarry."
It is said Lord North has been somewhat nig
ardly in arrangeing the Prince of Wales's settle
ment; that young Dauphin of England, who is
doubtless more taken up with his pleasures than
politics, is supposed to tread in the steps of his
predecessors; to have the fame principles, and
holding necessarily, by his situation, to the whig
party. The better to keep him in fuc'npretend
ed dispositions, it is given out that the new mi
nistry out-bid each other for him.
The Marquis of Rockingham, fay they is for
fettling upon him a yearly income of 30,0001.
Ilerling. Lord Shelburne would have him to be
allowed 45,0001. The Duke of Richmond car
ries it to 5,0,c001,,and Mr. Fox lays, it is mean to
fix any lum; that a Prince of Wales ought to
have the liberty of drawing on the treasury for
every sum of which he may Band in need.
PHILADELPHIA, August %
The drip Nonfuch, Capt. Wells, is arrived 'in
our river from Nantz, which she left about the
middle of June. By her we have European pa
pers as late as the ill of June, from which the
most material articles are copied into this ,paper.
Yesterday morning the brig Mercury, Capt.
Faris, arrived here from Bilboa, after a paflage
of 5,0 days. At the time of her failing a large
fleet of French and Spanish ships lay in the bay
of Cadiz, with a body of Beoo French and 22000
Spanish troops, commanded by the Duke de
Criflon. This powerful armament was defined
for a frefh attack upon Gibraltar, a new plan
having been adopted for carrying on the feige of
that fortrefs, which it was not doubted would fi
nally be compelled to surrender..
Bolides the account given in our last, of the
evacuation of Savannah, we have the pleafare of
alluring our readers, that the garrison had arrived
at Char^Hown before some perfons(who arrived
in town yesterday from that place, by way of a
flag) left it,which was on the 1 ith ult. They also
fay, that St. Augultine was certainly abandoned
by the enemy.
In addition to the above article our informant
fays, that a number of heavy cannon, &c. were
embarked on board some veflels in Charleftowa
harbour, and that every appearance indicated &
speedy removal of all the British forces from that
quarter.
Ibe following is said to be a copy of an application
from,feme perjons in Savannah, to brigadier
General 1/ a^ne ; and of bis answer.
B I R,
AS there is reason to believe it is the intention
of the British troops to evacuate the town and
garrison of Savaunah. Weare deputed by diffe
rent classes of the inhabitants to wait upon you,
as the commander of the army, and also Gover
nor Martin, to know whether such of them as are
inclined to remain will be protested in their per
sons and properties, and for more fully difeufing
this business, we are entrusted with the honour
of requeuing a conference.
We have the honour, &e.
JNO. IRVINE,
ANDREW M'LEAN,
JNO. WALLACE,
HENRY KEALL,
LD. CECIL.
General Wayne,
A NS W E R.
Should the garrison eventually effe& an eva
cuation, the perfens and proporties of such inha
bitants, or others as chufe to remain in Savannah
will be protected by the military, and resigned
inviolate to the hands of the civil authority of
this State which mult ultimately decide.
Givea at Head-Quarters, 17th June, 1782.
August 10. By a gentleman from New-Jer
sey, we are informed, that a prisoner from New-
York had handed him the following intelli
gence. That Saturday morning last was usher
ed in, at New-York, with the news that Great-
Britain dad declared America independent, and
that an Ambassador was sent to notify it to Con
gress, and to lay before that Hon. Body, the
terms on which Great-Britain has proposed a
peace with America.—That it was in confe
querce of inftru&ions received by Sir Guy
, Garleton, from his Majesty's Privy Council,
that this news was made known to the people.
Great was the consternation that it occasioned,
and the greater part of the day was spent before
much credit was given to it. The loyalists were
bold to affirm, that it had proceeded from the
whigs, who were affidious to promote the re
port ; but the true Americans, ever too consci
ous of its validity, to be Tiluaded to the con
trary : whereever they met, hearty congratula
tions were given and received. On Sunday it
was reported, that a resolution had passed the
houses 01 parliament to acknowledge the absolute
unconditional independence, of America, and to
I tr~at with the ocher belligerent powers imme
diately.—That ia order thereto, it was said.