The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1780-01-25 00:00:00, page 1

BOSTO N, December 30.
Tuesday Afternoon arrived here Capt. Cla^han, in
42 Days from Gottenburgh, by whom & have
London Papers to the i,h October, from which
we have ex ra&ed the following frefh Intelligence.
PARI S, September 21.
COUNT D'O.villiers being in too bad a fate of
health to permit him to continue fps command
of the combined fleet, has obtained the King's leave
to rrfgn, and his Majesty has appointed Count Da
chaffwit. Li,ut. Gm. of the Navy to facceed him.
Sept. 28. We have accounts from Cadiz that
32 well for fecrefy fake as on account of the hot
weather, the preparations for the siege of Gibraltar
are carried on much more by sight than by day ;
35 000 bombs and near 400 pieces of cannon, haye
been brought behind the wall of the lines of St.
Rech, and as there ^re but iooo Gunners, it is said
that hi# Catholic Maj^fly will,ik for forae from
France, at well a# Engineers.., In truth, it it tho't
the garrison, which amounts but to 3500 men, will
be inftfficienf to guard ill the polls, and serve up
wards cf 900 pieces of artillery. Notwithstanding
the vigilance of Don Barcelo, tome yeffels have found
means to gat into Gibraltar with provifigna; how
ever that Commander has taken several Portugoefe
vessels laden with prayificns, on board of which
were some Engliffi Officer#, and dispatches for the
Governor of Gibraltar. „ ,
Rotterdam, OQober 5. By accounts, da'ed
Nautz, September 28, we h^ar a fleet of 57 fail of
French vefteb from Cape Francois are arrived at
Bred, and that the combined fleets are ready to fail
with the firfi favourable wind.
LON DQ N, September 27.
No advices from Gibraltar, it is laid, have been
received by government later than the 18th of Au
gu.s, when the blockade was continued as from the
beginning ; nor had the Spanish array or navy been
reinforced with any troops or Whipping, as has been
reported here. ~ - f 1
Sept. 29. A gentlemen riho rathe from Pcrtf
mouth yesterday, fays, that last Sunday he passed
thro' the grand fleet at Spithead , that he told 50
fail of the line, besides 50 gun {hi,#; he also sys,
that raoft of the frigates were feat cut on a few davs
cruize, feme to lie off Brett harbour, to watch the
motionsofthe French. j
L is (aid, that the failing again of the fleet at Spit
head, depends ^ti&ely on the.operations of the oom
baled fleets of France and Spain.„<
A letter from Hull fays. " Most of the Baltic
fleet escaped ; many cf them are got in here and
others are hourly coming in ; so that it is hoped that
Paul Jones has not taken many ; but we are j'uff now
informed that he is gone for Norway with his prize,"
OR. 1. According to a private letter from Hol
land by the lari Mail, we are assured that the States
General are in the utmost perplexity bow 'o a& in
this critical conjun&ure. Sir Joseph Yorke had in
fixed upon a categorical answer to hit last Memorial,
which was very spirited, in four d^ys. The States
required a month, which was refnfed, and were de
bating when this post came away, upon the ftept
proper to be taken.
Extract of a letter from Brest, Sept. 25.
“ Yesterday afternoon 25 sips of the line and
frigates, both French and Spanish appeared in the
road. The orders from Court are for the Fleet to
put to sea as soon as pcffible."
A F F ID A V I T.
Bast Riding) The examination of Thomas Berry,
of ! born at North Shields, taken upon
Yorkshire. J oath before Humphrey O4aldifon,
one of hia Majefly's Justices of the Peace in and for
the laid R'ding, this 24th day of September, 1779,
he wat taken about eighteen months ago. in the
Hawke letter of marque, and carried into Port I'o
- ; in hopes of getting his liberty he entered fix
months since on board Paul Jone's ship, Le Bon
Homme Richard, of 40 guns, and about 3,6 men ;
they failed from rodent about two months go ;
r UESDA Y, January 25, 1780.'
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HARTFORD: Printed by H UDSON ahd GOODWI N, near the Great-Bridge.
their force consisted of L Bor . Homme Richard;
the Alliance, an American frigate of 3'6 guns ; the
Monsieur, 36 guns ; and t Pellas 0(32 guns; also
the Vengeance brig, of 12 uns. and the Granville,
of 12 guns ; with a cuttercf 18 guns,which is fop
posed to be taken on the tail of Ireland. They
failed from I'O/ient to the z/efiern coast of Ireland;
from thence to the north ri Scotland, where they
took a valuable prize bourl to Quebec, laden with
military floret ; and anoth prize, a, letter of marque
from Liverpool ; aifo two other prizes; and several
colliers were funk near W itby. Jones's fqnadrrn
had been fix days betweer Berwick and the Hum
ber, and his declared inter ions were to make a de
feent somewhere on the cc-ft: and on Tuesday lift
ordered all his cars to be r/ffi# and the boats rea
dy to be hoifled out ; and on Wedo?o%y morning
the Alliance and Pallas joined Jones off Fiarn
brough Hsad ; and on Turfday evening, about 7
o'clock, the, met with th< Raft Country Fleet, con
voyed by a 40 gun ship, ; dan amed flhip ; the 40
gun ship engaged Jones one ab-ut 4 hours, till
Jones's fire ceased; bavi been several times on
fire and very near finking, he called to the Alliance
for affiance which came rp. and gave the 40 flin
ship a broad fide, whic* being totally disabled,
flruck. Jones's officers alled to the Alliance to
hoifi out their boats, as i'?eir ship was finking, in
one of which the deponen and fix other men madl
their escape to Filey.
Lord Sandwich has Glared a.C~eat Perforce,
within thtft few days, th he may reftsafy tefe&-
ing the hem^ defence, for at he will engage t have
64 fhip^ cf the line ready to proceed to La by the
15th of April next.:
An Agent,from the Uongrei# arrived at tire La
vannah the 8 h of July, and had b^en instrumental
in pfenning an expedition to Weft Florida, which
country has been cff<red to.the Spaniards, as feme
rarity for theirdoan of 750,000;. Sterling to the
Unted States. It confits of two mater several
privateers and armed vaffels, a regiment cf ft Idlers,
and a great number of armed people who go there to
fettle. r
The left letters from Gibraltar, by way ofLYbon,
mention, that the blockade of that place was not
completely formed by sea, and that they had a com
munication fl II with the Barbary coast.
Oft. 6, This day a commission was signed by his
Mafefiy in council for the prorogation cf Parliament
to Thursday ‘b, 18th day cf November; aifo a Pro
clamation for tP?ir meeting for the dispatch of bu
siness. ; -
Oft. n. This morning a messenger arrived at the
Admiralty from Falmouth, soon after which another
was d;fpatched to Porifmouth, since which it is re
ported that thecombined fleets were a few leagues
off the firft mentioned p'ace.
A cessation cf arms has again been ' xfed en
the part of France and the rebel -Colonies through
the mediation cf the King of Sardinia, which the
Brifffi cabinet have refufed to liden to, unless the
dependence of America on the parent state, be made
the ground work of such ceffuion.
• Extra& of a letter from Ponfmouth, Oft. 1.
f " This morning arrived his majefly's frigate
Ma ; dftone, from the Weft-Indies. Admiral Byron
is come in her ; but nothing new Fas tranfpir,d,
Extradof a letter from Amfletdam, 06. 7.
" The French frigate called the Pallas, h,s just
entered the Tezel, in company with, tie Enghfh
sh p of war the &raphis, lately taken by Paul Jones,
of which he has tikan the command, his own sh p
having furk soon after the aßion. Capt. Rcot,
commander of the Vengeance, fre m L'Orient and
an American privateer rained the Alliarce, Capt.
Landes, part of Jones's fquadrer, are also arrived.,
and have brought in with them the Ocuntcfs of Scar
borough armed ship.,
ExtrzO ofa letter firm Neritz, Sept. 14.
" Capt. Sampson of the Mercury packet fort
failed from Bofion the 4th cf Au^t fl, and arrived
THE
here the 4th of this month. He brings word that
day or two before his departure he was informed by
the Cemmiffary of Prifoers, (who was then going
for New York with 300 prisoners for exchange) that
he the Cemmiffaty had put into irons ahd confined
in a dungeon, a young gentleman cf good fortune
and family, on which it was determined to proceed
in every refpe&, as Capt, Cunningham Should be
treated after his arrival in England." .:,
Extract ofa letter from Brest, Sept. 25. ' *
Mi. de la Touchee Travilh's squadron will be
readyfa failing in three or four days, and it is tho't
will fail as feon as herprovifions qan be got on board
The grand fleet will be able to depart by the 6th or
7th of next month. It appears decided, that the
campaign is finished, and that the Soanifh ships will
winter at this port and at Rochfort in order to be
ready in good time the next spring."
Ext^a cf alerter from Bergen. Sept. 14.
" The Alliance American privateer of 36 gunej
Capt. Landait, has sent in here, two days ago, two
.prizes, viz, the B.,fey 4 F (her frtm Liverpool to
New York ; and the Uaion Jchr.fm from London
to Quebec fhehas also taken three ;hers, which
she sent for Fiance. She only failed from I'Oricnt
the 14'h of Augufi."/
Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, we hear, is to be ex^
changed for Lord Cornwallis next year, to take the
commaad in chief es the forc^i at New York, and
a fielh number cfHfffians and Hanoverians are to be
sent to America.^ # -,
i-A Gentleman who came over in the packet beat
with the Dutch Mail, fays, they puffed through it
fail cf men of war in full chace, and that he fupJ
posed they were in pursuit of Paul Jones ; this was
i&ir vv 6vu2cv,u,.
We hear that Gen. Clinton will certainly bfrej
called by his own desire ; it is thought that Gut.
Rcbertfon will have the chief command in North-
Arterica,.
Yesterday in the afternoon difoatches were sent
from the Secretary of State's Office to Sir Joseph
York at the Hague ; and, it is reported, that they
contain a request to the States General to flop Paul
Jones the pirate, and his fh.ps, and to deliver him
up that he may be brought to England, and punifhid
according to law. < ~
Sept. 23. An American gentlemen, new in Lon;
den, who is well a< quainted with General Washing,
fen, gave lately the following account of him:-.--
That althc' advanced in years, he is remarkably
healthy; takes a great deal cf exercise, and is very
fend of ridingen a favourite white hone ; he is ve
ry reserved and loves retirement; when cut of carcp,
he has only a Angle fervent attending him Ind when
he returns within the lines a few ts the light horse
efeert him to bis tent ; when he has any great cb
j<a in view, he fends fcr a few of those officers, cf
whose abilities he has a high opinion; ard Bates hit
piefent plan among half a dozen others, toall which
they give their feperriejudgments, by these means
he gets all their opinions, without indulging hie in
tentions ; he has no tirQure cf pride and will often
convert with a centinel with mere freedom than he
would with a general efficer; he is very fy and
reserved to foreigners, altho' they have letter of re^
commendation from the Congtefs ; he punishes ne
gle&of duty with great severity, but ir very ten
der and indulgent to recruits until they lean; the
articles of war and their exercise perftSly ; he hag
a great antipathy to fpts, although Le employs
them himfelf, and has an utter averfcn to all In
dians.. He regularly attends divine feivice in bit
'tent every morning and evening, and seems very
fervent in hk prayers. Heis so tender hearted, (hat
no soldier mufi be flogged ri,h his tent, C if he it
walking in the creep, and fees a man tied to the hal
beids, he will either cider him to be taken down,
or walk another way to avoid the fight ; he lm made
the rit cf war his particular fudy ; his plans are in
general good ard well digefled ; he is particularly
careful always of securing a retreat; but his chief
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