The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1782-11-26 00:00:00, page 2

? A R I S, Auguft^., I
HE fourth instant, the Due de Ciillon re
-1 viewed, in the camp-before Gibraltar,4ooo
volunteers, who are to go up to the alTault of
that fortress ; 8000 bombs were distributed on
the §th, by his order, to the gun-boats.
The following is an extras from a journal at
Algefiras, from the 2^d to the 31st of July :
On the nd we law a French convoy, escorted
by two frigates, pass by in the Freights.
The 25th, in the morning, a corvette and bi
lander, both English, the one of 24, the other of
26 guns, having a crew of 15,omen onboard, had
got into Gibraltar in spite of us ; and immediate
ly after General Elliot had received intelligence
of the victory on the 12th of April, gave marks
of his joy by a dilute of 63 bullets, bombs and
grenades, which were returned by 150 red balls,
and was repeated in the evening.
The 26th, the English unloaded the veflels
which arrived in that port the evening before, of
a quantity of sacks and barrels. They added
some cannon to the battery below that of Efcale
rifa; they continued to repair that of Queen
Anne.
The 27th,the volunteers of Catalonia attempt
ed to take by force from the quarters of the vo
lunteers of Crillon, a party of women, who were
unwilling to go, and who remained, notwith
standing receiving several strokes on both sides.
The tranfportati@n of the fauciffes, to set the
mines on fire, continues. The enemy having
turned their mortars towards the sea, to the weft
of the point of Europa, they carried stones for
the purpose undoubtedly of ereaing a new bat
tery at the very summit of the rock ; they la
boured upon those of the Old Mole. We per
ceived in the port of the enemy a large felucca,
which probably entered there on the 25th, with
out our having perceived it, with the corvette
and bilander. Our centinefs have discovered at
the weft 5 (hips of the line, some frigates, and
four other small Spanish ships.
The 28, we continued to work on the floating
batteries. That called the Paula, which is of
24 guns, will be finifhed early in August, when
a trial of it will be made ; and it will be brought
to the bay of Algefiras, at Ponta Monjorca, un
der one of the batteries on shore, which the
French have erected, and raised 40 guns upon.
An express from the ambaflador of the King of
Spain at Lisbon, was brought this day to the ?o
principal commanders by lea and land, with dil
patches, in consequence of which some disposi
tions have been made ; and if the English ihould
come in the way of our gun-boats, they will not
speedily escape.
The 29th, a continuation of the transporting
of the facines,for which a gratification wasgiven
of a livre of France to each soldier, 30 sols to a
corporal, two livres to a ferjeant, and three to a
Captain. They have already 36,000. In the
evening four piquets of workmen relieved four
others, who were employed on both sides of the
line in afanging the fauciffes in piles, so that the
enemy, who difeharged 40 cannon, could Icarce
ly perceive them. On the part of the English
they worked on the batteries to the weft of the
mills, the castle of the Moors, the summit of the
rock, and at the epaulment of that of the mor
tars.
The 30th, nothing remarkable.
The 31st, the General dined at Algefiras with
the Intendant of the army, and after holding a
council, retained to his general quarters. Gen.
Elliot has opened two new batteries upon us to
wards the Old Mole. This day and for some
days past, some ships from Cadiz and Seville en
tered here, with cannon, some other ammuni
tion, and provisions.
Paris, ^r^f 29. It is almost certain that
Count de Eftaing will have the command of the
Antilles fleet. M. de Bouille set off yesterday
for Rochfort, where he will embark on board
the Venus, a frigate of 40 guns. Four regi
ments, which are intended for the Antilles this
autumn, are already on their march towards
Brest.
LONDO N, September 7.
Eleven fail of Baltic ships have arrived fafe in
the river ; they came over under neutral flags ;
four of them have cargoes for the King's yard.
According to letters from Madrid, the Court
were so very intent on the siege of Gibraltar,
that they had dispatched ten squadrons of horse
to oppose any sallies of the garrison, though it is
far from being certain that cavalry can be em
ployed to any good effect
Letters from, rqrtf&uty fay, that orders had
come down for 5000 troops to Be embarked on
.board some merchantmen which are lying there
for the Weft-Indies, and that they are expelled
to fail from thence in the course of a few days,
under convoy of the Proserpine frigate, and two
others.
A correspondent fays, a wife minister should
never resolve upon any thing, at least never let
the world know his resolution; a man must a&
according to accidents and emergencies.
The Dutch Hill insist upon being reimbursed
for the whole expences and losses they have sus
tained during the war; these they estimate at 5
millions.
The value of the fleet expected from the Bal
tic, is calculated at 2,230,000 1. sterling; the
cargoes on account of government are reckoned
at more than a million,
Thea& of the 6th of George I. which bound
Ireland on a dependence on England, having
given rife to much conversation, both beforeand
since its repeal, it may not be thought incurious
to hate the particulars which firft gave rife to it :
In the year 1718, or 1719, Maurice Annefly,
Esq; had appealed to the House of Peers in Eng
land, from a decree of the House of Peers in
Ireland, which was reversed. The British Peers
ordered the Barons of the Exchequer in Ireland,
to put Mr. Annfley in possession of the lands he
had loft by the decree in that kingdom. The Ba
rons obeyed this order, and the Irifn House of
Peers palled a vote against them, as having at
temptedto diminish the just privileges of the Par
liament oflreland, and at the fame time ordered
the Barons to be taken under the custody of the
Black Rod.
On the other hand, the House of Lords in Eng
land refolvcd, that the Barons of the Exchequer
in Ireland had a&ed with courage and fidelity ;
and addressed the King to lignify his approbation
of their conduct of some marks of his favour.
To complete their intention, a bill was prepared,
by which the Irish House of Lords was deprived
of all rites of final jurifdiaion. This, however,
was warmly opposed in both Houses. In the
Lower House it was asserted, that it would only
increase the power of the English Peers, who
already had too much. Mr. Hungerford de
monstrated, that the Irish Lords had always ex
erted that power offinally deciding causes, and
the Duke of Leeds produced fifteen reasons a
gainst the Bill : But notwith landing all opposi
tion, it was carried by a great majority, received
the royal assent in the year 1720, and was re
pealed in toto in the year 1782.
Admiral Hughes is not returning from the
East-Indies; nor is any officer appointed to suc
ceed him ; betides that, he has not been his time.
Government are perfectly well fatisfied with his
conduct.
By letters from France, it appears, that all paf
quinades refpe&ing the Count de Graffe have
subsided, and that the hero is almost become as
great a favourite as he was before he took the
command of the fleet in the Weft-Indies.
It was yesterday reported at the weft-end of
the town, that as soon as Gibraltar is relieved, a
squadron of light ships and veflels will fail on a
secret expedition against some of the Spanish set
tlements in South America. It is also said, that
two complete regiments of foot, and double the
compliment of the ships marines, will be embark
ed on board this squadron ; the command of
which is to be given to Captain Macbride, as
commodore.
The augmentation of the troops intended for
Gibraltar, will, it is said, increase the number of
the garrison to near 8000 men.
An officer in Gibraltar writes this to his friend
“ You read much of our distress in the papers,
and form, perhaps, the most extravagant ideas of
our wants, our fatigues, our dangers, and mise
ries of every kind—As a man of fancy, I allow
you to exercise your imagination to the utmost ;
and when you have done that, believe me, you
will fall infinitely short of what we fuffer."
The people of Portugal are considerable gain
ers by our war with America, whose veflels visit
their ports, and carry away considerable quanti
ties of their goods: it must, however, be ac
knowledged, that the American flag is not per
mitted to enter the harbours of Portugal, but
that the traffick they carry on there, is under the
fanaion of the colours of different neutral pow
ers#
BALTIMORE, Nov. 5.
Arrivals since our last. Ship Carolina, Capt.
Newel, and brig Hamburg, Capt. Blackwell,
from port I'Orieut; Blip Financer, Capt. Dar
by, and brig St. Patrick, Capt, Biddle, from:
Cape Francois.
The flrip Favourite, Capt. James Buchanan,
is fafe arrived at Nantz, from this port.
Letters from port FOorient, dated the 10^
of September, advise that Lord Howe, with 40
fail of the line, and §0 transports, with troops,
ammunition, provisions, &c. had failed from
England for the relief of Gibraltar, the garrison
of which was said to be in great distress.
Captain Biddle from Cape Francois, informs
us, that when he failed (about 22 days ago) a.
large fleet wasexpeded at that port from Fiance.
---Capt. Biddle adds, that Capt M'Carty, in a
brig, belonging to Philadelphia, from Cadiz,
bound to Cape Francois, was chafed by a fri
gate into Isabella Bay,.where Capt. M'Carty
and most of his people went on shore. The fri
gate anchored, and afterwards carried offthe
brig. As die left a schooner belonging to Sa
lem, that was in company with the brig, it was
supposed the frigate was one of the French con
voy, and she was expended at the Cape in a few
days.
On the 2§th ult. Capt Biddle, (in company
with Capt. Darby,in the Financer) a few leagues
from our Capes, fell in with a ship and a brig,
supposed to be cruisers ; but as the above men
tioned Captains did not attempt to make fail
from them, they did not choose to come along
fide their veflels.
A flag vessel arrived at Hampton (Virginia)
from Charleftown, with a number of French
and American prisoners, brings an account that
the enemy were positively to leave that capital
the loth instant. On their passage they spoke
with a fleet of transports from Halifax, and ano
ther from New- fork, bound to Charleftown, to
take off the troops, and such of the inhabitants
as were obliged to leave that place.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9.
Extract of a letter from Charleftown, South
Carolina, dated October 6, 1782.
“ We are all well, and hope to fee you here
shortly. The firft division, with troops and re
fugees, are to fail to morrow for East-Florida ;
the other divisions are to embatk directly. In
the course of this month the town, I believe,
.will be cleared."
Extract of a letter from Bergen, Nov. 8.
'' Last night a man came over from Long
llland in a deplorable condition, being almost
starved and naked—He gives an account that
the Long-Illand people, especially those ofKing's
county, are under difnial apprehensions of a se
vere winter, as they are very scant of hay, grain
and other provisions, owing to the late unfa
vourable season---Firewood also, he fays, is be
come so scarce amongst them, that it is hard to
be procured at any rate, there being hardly a
sapling left by the British big enough for any old
woman's walking flick, in the whole county,
except on some crags and precipices, inacceffa
ble to wheel carriages, and in some places even
to the human footften."
Office of Finance, November 8, 1782.
NOTICE is hereby given, to all whom it may
concern, that counterfeits have appearedof
the notes issued from the office, struck on copper
plate in the following form: “ Afight pa, to the
' e fr Twenty Dollars, for •which this Jhall be your
Sufficient warrant." Which notes were signed by
me, and directed to Mr. John Swanwick, Phila
delphia. The re were some notes of the fame
kind for Fifty and some for Eighty Dollars,
which may perhaps be also counterfeited, though
none have yet been difeovered. The counter
feits are badly executed, and might with care be
detected, but (from an apprehension that such
arts would be prattifed) I long since defined from
issuing them, and cancelled those which were
brought in for payment.—There are now out
only sixteen thousand fix hundred and seventy
dollars ; and as no great inconvenience can arise
from putting a flop to the circulation of so trivial
a sum, the public are cautioned against receiv
ing any notes struck on copper-plate and signed
with myname. All persons holding those which
are genuine, are desired to fend them to Mr.
Swanwick and receive the money.
ROBERT MORRIS.
THE Managers of Chicopee Bridge Lottery, hereby in
form the public, That the Drawing will absolutely
commence on the firft Monday of February next ; the town
of Springfield having voted to take all Tickets remaining
unfold on that day.
Tickets may be had of Meffi'rs James and Hezekiah Bull
and Capt. Joseph Talcott, at Hartford, of Mr. Henry Porter
of Lebanon, and of the Managers,
November 22, 1782.