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MADRID (Spain) February io.
TH E Court has fecei^d dispatches from
Mexico, dated October 29, Havanna and
Guatimala, of November 28, and Campechey,
of a much later date. The President of Guati
mila advises, that they have taken Fort George,
on the coast of Honduras, and made the English
garrison prifonersi That the English are driven
totally from the river Tentd, and the several
establishments in that quarter. The English de
tachment, which had possessed themielves of
St. John, on St John's river, had their retreat
cut off by a naval force at the mouth of the river.
Accounts from Peru confirm the perfect tran
quility of that country.
Frankfort on the Mayn, Jan. 17. The new
corps of troops, which his Serene Highness the
Prince of Heffe-Caffel, is now railing for Great-
Britain, will consist of Soo men: And our Ma
gistrate has given permiflion to his SereneHigh
nefs to inlilt recruits in this city and its depen
dencies.
By letters from different parts of the empire, we
learn, That a great number of troops are railing
every where for the Austrian service : And that
a corps of 3000 Austrian troops have received
erders to march immediately for the Austrian
Netherlands.
Letters from Strafburgh, also mention, That
the recruiting for the French army is carried on
with great success in that city : And that all the
regiments in garrison at Alfa^e, have received
orders to keep themselves in readings to march
at a moment's notice..
Hague, Jan. 12. We are informed, from good
authority, that the Minister of a Neutral Power,
in conference with the President of the Assembly
of the States-Geqeral§ has already dropped a
hint of Sir Joseph's intention, offering at the
fame time his intercession : But the President of
the Assembly, has returned for answer, that no
proportions whatever would be received, unless
they came direaly from the part of Great-
Britain.,
Amsterdam, Feb. 27. We expe& the return
of the courier sent to Feterfburgh, to claim the
succors ftipUlated by the treaty of aceeffion, dated
November 20, 1780; , ,
Paris, March 4. The indifpbfition of the King
of Prdffia, becomes daily more ferrous. It is
much feared this Prince will fall a vidim to the
violence and obstinacy of his disorder.
It is expected that the combined fleets of France
and Spain, will mate some serious attack against
Great-Britain, this campaigns
Anfpach, March 8. The recruits from this
country, destined for America, amounting to 300
men, embarked the 4th instant.
Hess, March 9. The new embarkation of
Hessian troops, intended to be made this Spring,
for America, will amount to 1800 men.
LONDO N, January 31.
We are informed by private letters, brought in
the last mail from Jamaica, that the expedition
againit South-America, has been totally abor
tive. That by the inclemency of the climate,
storms, &e. out of 1700 rank and file, , only iq,
and out of 17 officers, only 3 have survived. We
have the pleasure to find, that Lord Harrington
and the son of Loyd Southampton are among the
few that survived.
Feb. 2 The gross deceptions by which the
people of this country are pradifed upon to con
tinue the ruinous war with America, can only be
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TUESDA Y, July 24, 1781.
equalled by the fhameful manner in which our
brave troops at New-York are deceived info the
expectation and belief 6f strong reinforcements,
to, assist them to carry on the War. Of this the
last New-York papers afford a driking proof ;
one of them fays, that " the public may be assur
ed, by advices brought by the Medea, that the
following corps were ready to fail for the Ameri
can continent, ' when the Medea failed, under
the convoy of a strong naval force, viz;
I ft Battalion, Royals,
2d, or Queen's,
18th, or Royal Irish;
69th, or Sherard's, all from England, %
5 Regiments from Ireland,
3 Regiments of Light-Dragoons, dismount
ed, to be remounted on the plan of Tarle
ton's legion."
What must fhefe brave, neglected men think,
when they find that the whole of this flattering
tale is, from beginning to end, a notorious de
ception ?
Another letter from a gentleman of diftinftion
in London (Mr. Galloway we suppose) fays,
" Lord Cornwallis must be reinforced from this
country. We can spare you 20,000 more troops
from this kingdom ; 4ood are nearly ready to
embark, &c, &c." Sedqui vult decipi, decipiatur.
It is curious enough to obferte the last Edin
burgh advertiser, republishing Cicero's infamous
7th letter to Cataline, and in plain direß terms
of compliment, ascribing to Jofepb Galloway,
Esq. Did one not know the marked sympathy
between Mr. William Strahan's correspondents,
and the malignant Refugee, one would be inclin
ed to think, that by thus pointing out the mif
cfeant, there was a dilpofition to hunt him down.
The Hon. Henry Laurens being taken prison
er, with all his papers, coming from Philadel
phia, and now in the Tower, which was # then
thought a great misfortune to the Americans,
proves in its coniequences the most fortunate e
vent that could ponibly happen in their favour.
His papers contained the treaty concluded with
the Dutch ; on which England has declared war
dgainft Holland. Thus the Americans will have
all the fuccour which that Republic can give
them, especially money, and Raffia comes in to
defend Hollahd.
A letter from Paris fays, " The proffers of
assistance to the States General have proceeded
immediately from the good disposition of our So
vereign,ananot in compliance to any formal re
quest of their minister, as has been suggested."
It further adds, “ The court have offered eight
fail of the line, and as many frigates, and a mili
tary affift^nce of 80 or even i0c,600 men, if oc
casion required."
The Mary, —, from Limerick to Corke,
is taken by two French privateers, and ransomed
for 3300 guineas ; the Mary is fihce arrived in
King Road.'
We are Sorry to inform our readers, that 15 of
the,fleet of transports, which failed from Ports
mouth for Corke, about the 20th uh. on board
of which Was part of the 49th regiment, were
captured by a cutter, of 16 guns, havirga con
gress commission, tho' the crew w^re all Welch
and Irish. The traufports were immediately
ransomed, and arrived at Corke.
We may now affvre the public, that the
,fian ambassador has communicated to govern
ment the intended mediation of his fov^eigp, io
getber with certain refolurions (he hrs taken, On
the Subject. It cannot be dissembled that
has made it impossible to re-eftablilh peace.
. The new loan is already advanced to eleven
and one quarter premiums.
March 2. Four great measures of the firft na
tional importance will be the abjetd of the pre
sent session of parliament; the firft, to new mo
del the government of the India company; the
second, to prevent the increase of poor taxes, ty
eftablilhing 100 houses of imployment for the
reception of futh as may be sent there ; the third,
a numbering of the people, with an intention to
establish a poll tax ; and the fourth, to double
the militia.
March 9. It would be ill-timed now to con+
plain of the want of news, when we have almost
one matter of such importance as might in al
most any situation take off our attention from e^
very thing else. We have for a considerable
time heard peace talked of. Lord North, the
firft minister, has spoke ofitas probable. In con
sequence of what tranipred from him on Satur
day last, stocks rose 3 and a half per cent. There
will be at Antwerp a congress of the rninifters
ofSt. James, Versailles, Madrid and the Hague,
Petersburg and Vienna; The fate of America
will there be determined. They will be effectu
ally included; They will be left in full and ab
solute possession of all the benefits of indepen
dence, although they may not be formally de
clared so. England will renounce a monopoly
of that country, which has been disagreeable to
the rest of Europe, and all nations will partici
pate in a direct trade to America, which will bd
declared free.
Many ministers have been perfidious, but the
whining premier surpasses all that ever went be
fore him for extreme deliberate perfidy and bafe^
hefs !--only to think ofhis employing traitor Gal
loway (in disgrace of the 'name of Cicero) in an
attempt to defame the brave and noble Lord
Howe, because his Lordthip held a correspon
dence (and before- either of them went out of
this kingdom) with a view manifeftly to prevent,
if possible, the horrid and fatal civil war which
hath since taken place between this country and
the American Colonies Land which correspon
dence was, in the time of it, duly communicated
to Lord North in person ! one might almost fa,
that hell itfelf was too good for a person who,
upon such ungrateful as weff as base principles,
could deliberately endeavour to rob another of
his good name.
It appears by an official paper, presented on
Friday last, to the house of commons, that since
the begining of the present war, the navy has loft
42,800 men, by desertion ; that 1200 have been
killed in the several engagements, and that not
fewer than 18,000 have died in confequer.ee of
diseases, occasioned by the bad quality of their
provisions.
Bridol, March 5. We have had more business
in our cloth nianufa&uries than for three year^
past. Our hopes are strong of feeing the com
merce. between this country^and her colonies
flourifn as heretofore. The purchases made for
the NeW-York and CbarlUWwn markets, have
vastly exceeded the former ulual consumption of
those two cities, and the qualities of the goods
evl lently prove, they are intended to pass into
the rebel lines. A Dutch merchant and a cer
tain American, better known than loved among
u, have engaged in great tranfaaions. They
have an unlimited credit from the house of Hope
at Amsterdam and from one of the full houses
Tn London,^
(No. 861.)