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p r fi able trffi;k between the French ifliuds and
America.
A F e^ch f ira'e is said to be arrived in F a^ee,
in mcn ydy from Marrinico ; and tint she came
exp th With in pirta^t intelligence. There are va
rwas sapor t- concert gthecontents ofhis difprehes.
S me p^fo $ fay that a part of Admiral Byron's
sq adton. under the command of Admiral Barring
ton, has had a 1 engages, t with part of D'E hint's,
and that we hav: loti three fh ; ps a d the Admiral --
Others fry 1! e *ws h nor so bad ; but car .how
ever, ^e have had the ^erfi- Tit Morf. Graffe
join'd D'Eiain, on ;be 22d cf February, arid feve
ral Au© can fhqs did the fame fuona'wwsrds ;
from which it appears. Tai il e repertsof D'E£ain%
bein^ blocked up a' Mirtimico we e not true.
A 0 her report is, UM' Aim ral B,°rdn is blocked
up at S. L ca, by D'Eteng. who had been rein
forced by two sq madron ; one tin Brett, and one
from T ulon ; that the Eng! £h A Imjal is in ?rca<
wan: cf pov firns , and that the vclf.l he sent with
an account of his situation has been taken by the
French.
The dedfion cf a la+e Court-martial, it is to be
feared, will be p'odua.ve of many <1 conLquences
in the ravy f..Q kingdom, as deflations and p e
j dices orc? entertained amongst that body of men
are not e^y w'ped away.
Mons h Mothe Piquet failed frem Breff on the
4'h instant, kith t,vo th pi cf 84 guns, two of 74
guns, one o' 60 „uus, four frigates, about twenty
m-rchan. fhps, and about 2500 French t^t un
der the command of t! e Mvq J: de la F. y^ all
for Ruode Ifliad. M.Jnbn Adams, and other A
m:r cans who were in France, are gone on board
the floet. At the fame time failed from Biefl seven
m re Ih ps of the line who are to fee this fleet fafe
to a certain la inde, and are then to return. Twen
ty five more flrips cf he line ate now lying at single
aacnor, inßeft water, ready to put to sea on a me
men's notice. This intelligence is dated from Paris,
cn the 6.h of May.
D UB L I N, April 27.
YESIERDAY, pufua.u to noice ifLed by the
HQ S stiffs of thecity, a numerals body of
Lt a grrga e n brants affembied at the Thoifel to
take into co fijefa ion the mdfl effAaal method of
promoting tie trade and manufactures of this coun
try Rrfc'v^d, That from and after tbs firfl cf May
ncx. they would not, d f reA yor indticA), use a<y
ofihe goods or wares of Grea: Britain which can
be ma lu'aaurrd in this kingdom The refoktions
ate rinrlar o thef, eneed into by the corporation
ci the Q a ter Assembly.
A correspondent defi es to inform the public, that
government is became highly alarm d at the affoci
airs federally formed throughout the kingdom,
against the use of Bah sh manufiaure^; whch alarm
as government, our correspondent thinks, an excel
lent fi„n cf fuc^efs.
L O ND O N.
May 18 I s confidently reported that Sir Hugh
Pjlue will f cceed Admiral Harland, who has re
signed his command in the grand fl et, and that he
will set cff with Almirals D,gby and Darby, for
Po fmou;h in tire course cf this week.
Orders are gone to flop Admiral Arbuthnot from
p oceed n, to Amer ca. He was in Torbay with
his whole fleet, shen the iaft advices came from
hm. The reason for ftrpp ng him is, the fl ^t can
not be foamed ; they are wanted for our home de
fence. Except thi^ fleet there are not four fh'ps of
the line ready for sea. All the flips at Portsmouth
there ftripc to fit out Admiral Arbuthnot. And if
the A m rally were erde ed to fit cut 10 /hips of
the line to morrow, they could not do it in four
weeks.
An rxprefs frrm Torbay, dated Saturday noon,
fays, A?mual A buihno was hill lying with the
fleets in that place, and in al likelyhood would re
man there frmetime, as the weft and fonth weft
winds ,ere ally p eval at this time of theyear.
The Dich 2 S E iftatia, are carrying on a most
Mich has been fad about the Spaniffi negotiation;
aid of the long lift ofhird erms that were proposed
to out Ministry by the Mirquis D'Almadova rand
among the reit that of ccedmg G braider to Spain ;
but in contradiction to this we are afared, that the
only propefi ion was Amply the following ! "That
a ceffttion cf arms fh^uld take place between the
forces of G cat Bitain France, aid America, in or
der to enter into a treaty of general peace ; and that
darin, that c^ffition, America fh>ald be deemed
an independent ftae." The anf&er was immediate
and laconic. : ‘ The Miniffers ofhis B-rtannc Ma
jesty would willingly enter into the proposed treats
oncnofi taut grounds ; but the honor and inrereft bl
the B ifh empire demand the dependence and alle
giai.ee of all jj Ccloniq,"
E ring's fqmadron ; he bvia eiy receiv'd r ac
cefi>n of naval ft en,th by thearrival of five fh ; ps
oft.-.e li>*from F a ice, c mmmded by M if. de la
M^hePqrtt A few days ago he failed oian ex
potion tj G,ena Y. Wirch lam confident by this
time has capitula ed.
' Admiral Byron, reaming from a cruize was
much fur, zed to hear of the capture of St Vincents
a : d faded firm St Luc.a yefierday moroii^ with
2000 : o?ps, in order to retake it ; he is intirely it
no-.a it of ^e expedition farmed for the redaaiou of
G enada"
Ex rd of a let'er from the fame place, dated J^y 8.
" I Rem? p firive that all rhe „i,3s of Europe
have cons, red oeflablilh our independency. No
thing but our own m f:ondi& can c^n'e^A their
fed intentions. By the interference cf R ffi • :nd
France peace is leflorrd to the Emperor ad K ^
ofPofa. By the mediatory i L fl eccerfthe Court
0' Verfaille,, the difference tha' fubfifled between
R ffia and the P?rte are finally fettled a^d fvi sac
toriiy adjusted. A fpi-ii of traephilofopry seems to
have introduced iifelht Charts, which incline: Prin
ces to prefer he hrppiaefs of their fubjcfts, by con
futing their pea -and trarquality. to the blended
prefers of military Arae. The King cf Preffia,
that scourge of nations, "hose ifpiring v ews, have
spread depopulation and di'^efs throughout an em
p re, farms its have awoke fri^ahe iilufiva, dreams
of ambition and wishes to arioue for the m feri-, he
has caused, to mankind. Heis no an Advoca'e
for universal peace, and hi entered cc jointly with
Spain into the mediation of the difoutea between
Gieat-Britairi, France and America."
land of St. Vincent, he anchored the next day cff
that Iflsnd where hearing that the Count de Eflaing
had failed for the Grenada; the next day he weighed
anchcr and pursued them* and having landed his
so ces at the Gouyave, he offered battle to the French
fleet; in the mean while Gen. Giant having made
three attacks on the French troops, was as cfen re
pulsed With loft. The Count found means to detach
five fh>ps of inferior force; blocked up the transport
ships, and preceded in order to give battle with the
remainder ofhis fleet, which was equal in rumber to
the 20 fhi,s under Admiral Byron's command, but
rather inferior in the number cf Guns. The sh )ck
wa v.olent and bloody. The Count', ship in parti
cular feff-red more thin any of the others, but he
kept his wind: as the Ei,hfh ships were obliged to
retire five miles to leward. none doubts but the
French flag r.dcs triumphant in tbofe fear; it waste
parted that Admi al Byron h^j loft five cf his ships,
but as this is not accounted for, ft cannot be credited
fII co firmed by mo e amhentie accounts
Exuad of a letter from Martinique dated June
26 f 7?9<
" We have late news fom E irop?, that all the
northern powers are united t, nifure our indepen
dence, and that the King offcffii ha: -nered i^o
the c rnfederacy as Mediator be<wen F nee and
E island. He will fipp>r his arguments by 150 000
troops, that he can bring into the fird wrich I m
agine will render them irrenftible. The op-rations
in these fas begin to wear a promising afpe& St.
Vincents is taken by a dr^hment cf Count d'
PHILADELPHIA, Au^ 3.
Friday bit, arrived here from St. E mate, the bri
gantires AAive, Induft y and Convention, with ibe
fchccner Speedwell ano flo < p Mars - all loaded with
rum and fu;ar.
Ard on Monday arrived, the schooner Swan,
Captain Robit son, in 18 days from Martinique. —
The fame day was sent here Ly the Button frigate, a
privateer fchcorrer from New-York.
Letters By Captain Robinson advise, that the
squadron under M. de la Mothe P quet, failed from
Port Royal, (Iflind of Martinique) the 30h June,
bavin, on board 5000 laid forces, in order to attack
the Island cf Grenada. These letters further mention,
that the Governor and Garr son of that Iflrnd capi
tulated the 4th July: That Admiral Byron was re
turned from St. Kitts and on the 2d; took Gen.
Grant with 3 or 4000 land forcer, in 37 trsnfportr,
wi:h which he preceded to defend or retake the If-
BOST O N, August 12.
Extras ofa letter from the Hon. B fod:^ General
Lovell, to the Hon. Jeremiah Powel, Esq ,
P cedent cf the Hon. Council, of this S.ate, dated
M/j übagaduce July 28 >779.
The army under my cemma^d having arrived
in Pent bfco'-River on the 25 inst, I the tame even
ing at emptedtomakealod ementon Mfo bag^dnce,
but the wind springing up very strong I was obliged
to defid. lead the firffi division might fuffer before
they could be f pported by the freond.
4 On the 26 h I took polfcffion with the marines,
supported by Ger. Wadfworti's division. of an
isl a nd in the harbour- beat them cff- took 4 pe
ces cf artillery and feme ammunition. The worthy
M^jor Littlefield, with two men were drowned by
July 16, 1779:
" A Spanish veflfel arrived hoe about neon, and
the Captain has made declaration, that he was forc
ed by an English frigate crufing cff St. Lucia, to
put into that .Hand and fell his cargo :•- That he
tarried there 1 days, and that there arrived one of
Admiral Byron's cutters who rave the greaufi ccn
fiernation and conftfion to the Inhabitants, hav ng
brought the news to the C< rcmander of St. Lee a.
that Count D'Eflaipg had taken the fland of Tobago,
and laying siege with ihe,rc^3 vigour to the Ard
Granada : --That Admiral Byron thinking the Count
had not so much superiority to him. went to attack
him, and having met with the Count's fleet, an en
gagement tcok place; and after they had given a
btoadfideto each other, four Engliffi ffi'ps of the line
were sank ii the salon, or time of engagement : --
That Admiral Bytor.'s own ship having taken fire,
the Admiral and part of his Corps, bad only time
enough to re embark on board another fh : p of his
fleet, and his former vessel blew up. As soon as
Admiral Byron was on board, he ordered a fignabo
be hoisted. and every vessel to make the best of their
way where they could reach : -That Count D'-
Esta ng puffed the remainder cf'he flattered fleet,
with thed v^fion ofM. de la M'te Piquet, whie the
siege of G a ada censured. A French rentlcrraa
arrived from the island cf St, L, cia, had declared to
the G verror of this fl:id. that Admiral Byion had
put on there at Guiaba, j yro men; and that they
had been reputed four d fluent times by our irecps,
wirli only their small armr. Tie Cenmarder cf
Djminique writes to the M^qu f rs Beuibe a let
ter, in which he fays, that a Spar^fh vessel arrived
cn the i 4 b, in the evening, at Re fa, x the Cap
:a nos woich repors, that he had (en the F etch
fl. hoisted upon-all f be fortifications and bakeries
cf G anada :. That Admiral Byron had refused
h mfelf with hit flet, in the fl rd of Carribaccu,
w :re he went in as far as p-ffiLle: -That Count
D'E4aing joined him after he 1 ad landed feme cf hi#
troops snd taken pc^ffun cf a height at the enter
area of the port, which is calledSabbarcn Hill, and
which commands the harbour where Byron is at
anc 0%
she fitting ofa boat by a chance ffiotftem &Lee^c *my.
" The 27 liWe cre&eda battery 6a he .iLLd,
planted two 18 pounders, one 12 and cne ho^i-ztr.
' T is merging I have made n y landing ^cou^u
the S. W. head of the Pennfaal, woich is xco 'eet
high, and almost perpendicular, very thical) cover
ed with bushes and trees. The ^en aicsuasa u^
precip.ee with alacrity, and afieta very fuiait ecn
£a we put them to t^e tout. They left m the
woods a number killed and wounded, and we ~eok
a few prisoners--- our lots is about 30 Allied at d
wounded. We are within 100 rods & f the enemy *
main fort, on a commanding piece of ground - I
hrpe soon to have the farisia& on cf infcmug you
of the capture cf the whole amy - You ww peaf^
to excuft my not ben g more particular as you may
judge my fi nation."
Exuari cf a letter frem St. Pierre, (Martinique)
" An officer of the regiment of Auxerois, writes
to M. D'Bombiell, in which he confirms the above,
ftly adding) that the French fl?et had taken fix
Ih ps of 'he Lne, and funk four : - That al the En.
gift tranfport# had been also taken : -That M. Car.'
to. Captain of the Grenadirs of Auxeroi's regiment,
had both of his le, shot off by a cannon b?ll, and
h^ company cut to pieces hav ng loft half his men."
Ex raft of a letter frem an officer of diftin&ion ore
board the ordrarce brig, Samuel, dated Major-
bag^duce July 22, 1779,
'• We arrived here on Sunday, and have been bu
sily employed ever since; the enemy are much the
fame for strength as we heard in Boston ; after recon
noitering we could find no place to land on to ad
van age but deftly under a wood which they had
lined with mi fketry-. We attempted to hnd about
400 men. Monday afte/nron, a thick fog fettieg
in orders were sent for them to retire, but they had
got fj near the shore, that the enemy made a brisk
fi e upon them and killed one Indian. The next
day the marines attacked an Iflind, where the ene
my had a battery of two guns ; they were command
ed by C pt. WcUh, cf the Warren ; I sent one field
piece to iipport them; they landed under cover cf
3 v-ffeis. The enemy quitted it with precip tation,
left their colours flying, and four pieces of cannon,
two of them not mounted. We immediately buii? a
battery there and mounted two 18 and one 12 poun
der. This island is dire&ly opposite to the enemy,
and commands the mouth of the harbour. That af
ternoon it was dete:mined to land next morning,
with our whole force - We landed in three div fi
ons, the marines on 'be right, Colonel Mitchell oa
the left, and Cel. McCobb, tl e volunteers, and my
co-ps, in the centre. The land being so mountain
cur, and full cf wood, that our cannon could not
p : iy- I landed with my final! arms; the whole