The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1780-03-14 00:00:00, page 1

LOND O N, Nov. 4.
O iHE Earl of Cornwallis will be ap
, pointed commander in chiefin Ame
rica, in the tool 1 of Sir Henry Clinton, re
turning home.
By advices from France we learn, that
every ve had been exerted, and drained
to th' utmost, in support of their late na
val equipment ; that all ranks of people
were disgusted at the disappointment of
the successes they were led to expert from
it ; that their treasures were exhausted,
their trade was ruined, and their internal
resources were at the lowest ebb ; and that
all their dependence now rested on the
manoeuvres of the cabinet, which was art
fully contriving tu influence the courts of
Peterfburgh, &c. in their opinion of the
strength nd power of the House of Bour
bon, so as to induce them to advise Great-
Britain to sue for the peace at their hands,
wFch, if rightly understood, they would be
very happy to receive at our's.
A letter from the Hague, dated- Sept.
z 4, fays, “ Yesterday Sir Joseph Yorke
received the final answer to his memorial.
It was notified to him in form, that the
States General were resolved to observe a
ftri<st neutrality in every concern which
related to the belligerent powers. That
in confquence of this resolution, the assis
tance required on the part of England
was not to be expected "
Yesterday his Excellency the Hessian
Minister waited on his Majesty at St.
James's, and laid before him a schedule of
the subsidy treaty entered into between his
Majesty and the Prince of Hesse for twelve
thousand Hessian troops to be taken into
British pay, to form part of the body of
forces destined to open the next summer
campaign in America, under the command
of Prince Ernest of Mecklenburgh, her
Majesty's brother.
They write from Corke, that provisi
ons are at present dearer in most parts of
Ireland than ever was remembered, owing
to the very large quantities which still con
tinue to be bought up for government
service.
Nov. 6. If the mediation of the Courts
of Peterfburgh and Berlin, to accomplish
a peace between the three belligerent pow
ers, prove abortive, his Prussian Majesty
will fend an army of 50,000 men into
Cleves, under the command of Prince Hen
ry, his brother ; and as he has guaranteed
the dominions of the three powers at the
peace of Versailles in 1763, he has assured
the Dutch, that he experts they will per
form their treaties with Great- Britain ; and
the Empress of Russia has given the fame
intimation to their High Mightinesses.
A memorial was presented on Monday
morning by Count Weldren, the Dutch
TUESDAY, March 14, 1780. THE NUMBER 796.
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Ambassador, to the Secretary of State,
containing frefti and heavy complaints of
their trade in general being much annoyed
by the English cruisers.
By a letter from Brunswick we learn,
that a body of 50,000 Prussians have re
ceived orders to affemb'e on the Lower
Rhine, and they are of opinion there, that
with the Hanov&ians, their own troops,
and those that may be procured from Hes
se, this will co-operate to turn the balance,
by enabling the Dutch freely to declare in
favour of Great-Britain.
Frequent imposts, political fqueezings
and experiments, are to business and ma
nufa&ures what the sword is to commerce
and liberty, viz. decay or death. A pro
digal, taxing adminiftrdtion is the pesti
lence itfelf in the walks of commerce.
The Due de Choifeul privateer, of Dun
kirk, has taken the Fortune cutter, of
Weymouth, after an action of near an
hour, and carried her into St. Maloes.
The Fortune had only fix guns and 24
men, and the Frenchman 14 guns and 100
men.
Since the arrival of the express which
bro't the agreeable new^of Count d'Ef
taing's defeat, several other reports have
prevailed. One, that the Count arrived at
Brest on the 9th, with two ships of his
fleet, having left the command of the rest,
which still remain in America, to M. de la
Mothe Picquet, and that immediately on
his arrival at Brest, he set out for Paris.
The arrival of the good news, given in
the Gazette Extraordinary, was announc
ed yesterday to the public, by the firing
of the Park and Tower guns, and in the
evening there were illuminations and other
rejoicings.
We have the pleasure to inform our rea
ders that Gen. Preyoft's dispatches are ar
rived, confirming the defeat of d'Estaing,
and his departure from America.
We are assured that the value of Ame
rican paper, fell 40 per cent, upon d'Ef
taing's being repulsed at Savannah.
Capt. Cook, the famous circumnaviga
tor, is fafe arrived at Canton, in China, on
his return from his third voyage round
the world.
Lieutenant General Burgoyne has re
signed his regiment and his Government
in Scotland.
It is certain that an epidemical distem
per which in November prevailed on board
the French fleet at Brest, had carried off
12,000 men.
Admiral Barrington is to command a
fleet to cover Gibralter and watch the
Spaniards in the Mediterranean. Admi
ral Rodney failed from Spithead for the
Leeward Islands on the Sth of December.
Major Gen. Vaughan is to embark in a few
days for the Leeward Islands with a body\
of troops, and he is to take the command
of the army there.
Deaths. Thomas Lord Littleton, with
out issue the title extinft. Maj. Gen. Va
lentine jones.
Promotions. Alderman John Wilkes,
chosen Chamberlain of London, in the
room of B. Hopkins, Esq; deceased ; Earl
Bathurft, President of the Council, vice
Earl Gower, who at present retires from
Office, together with Lord Weymouth,
the latter is succeeded as Secretary for the
Southern Department by the Earl of Hillf
bourough, who has many years enjoyed
the confidence ofhis Sovereign and affec
tions of the good people of ^reat-Britain,
Ireland, and America, from the exertion
of his Lordfllip's superior talents a speedy
conciliation is presaged with some mista
ken and obfteperous spirits in the kingdom
of Ireland.
Extrafl of a letter from the Haff,, Dec. 14.
" Yesterday the Viscount de la Herre
ria, Minister Plenipotentiary from the
King of Spain, held a long conference with
the President of the States General, in
which he presented a new regulation, pub
lished by the Courc of Madrid, concern
ing foreign vessels in the ports of Spain ;
and at the fame time lodged a complaint
against several Dutch fbips, who, in direct
opposition to the King's orders, have en
tered the Bay of Gibraltar, and provided
that place with provisions &c. adding that
henceforth all ships ading against these or
ders will be declared lawful prizes, and
that no remonstrance or complaints from
the part of their High Mightinesses, or
any of their fubjeds, will be admitted."
From Bergen, in Norway, we are in
formed, that another English merchant
ship, which had been carried in there by
an American privateer, has been released
by order of his Danish Majesty.
. Our late successes in America will not
only give spirits to our troops, but proba
bly also fix the resolutions of our allies.
Extract of a Letter from Paris, Dec. 6.
" The exchange of prisoners is fettled,
all difficulties are removed, and the En
glish will bring back the French in their
ships, and we are to carry over the English'
in our's : this we never could obtain dur
ing any former war."
Yesterday Lieutenant Packenham and
Captain Carden, who arrived with thq
news of the late acquisition gained over the
Spaniards at Omoa in the Bay of Hondo
ras, waited on the King at St. James's,
being introduced by Lords Sandwich ana
Amherst, and had a long conference
concerning the state of affairs in that
part.