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LE G H O'R N, April 6.
LETTERS from Constantinople, dated March 3,
mention an earthquake at Taura, the capital
0 e province of Aderbigan, in Perfa, which hit
been more fatal tla.i thit which happened in 1651.
If we are to credit these fird accounts, this town
which contained 15000 houses, and many mala,
zines of commerce, exhibits nothing bai a pareel of
rain*. Muy citizens, they add, are defrayed by
this difarter
Stockholm, April 18. The ordinance dispatch
ed by the C)lege of Admiralty to all th? A,rent and
Coafak, refill, 11 foreign countries, rtfpefting the
convoys neceffiry for the protection of the commerce
of this king lom, contains as follows ;
" Hit Majefiy having found it neceffvy to eq tip
a certain number of ihipr of war and frigates, dur
ing this year, in order to protel the navigation of
the S#ed:fh Merchants, the College of Admiralty
gives notice in confeqn+nce, that besides the ships
of war defined to protea the ships of other nations
bound to the ports of this kingdom, to prevent the
committing of any hostilities on the coasts of Sweden,
the said College has moreover judged it necessary
that :ome frigates fhoutd be employed in convoying
theSwedifh sh ps out of the Baltick. Fer this pur
pafe, the Royal College of Admiralty hat thought
• proper to give notice, that the road of Elfinear is to
be the rendezvous for all the ships that are willing
to take the benefit of the convoys, and which are
to fail at four different times, viz. The Sift convoy
the 29th of May ; the second the 14th of July ;
the third the 31st of ^Augufi; and the fourth the
30th of Sip ember."
Hamburgh April 29. Some tetters from Copen
hagen fay, tint the Court of Denmark has followed
the examve of those of Peerfburg and Sweden ; and
had even sent orders to the Governors of the forts
Started along the coafis. not to fuffer any (hips,
carrying the flag of the Powers at w.% to commit
any hostilities within cannon (hot of the forts.
BAL,TIMOR % Augu^ 1.
Capt. Jahfon who arrived here from Martinico
A ce our lift, brings advice, that the combined
fl ets of F ance and Spain, confining of 35 fail of the
line, a number of frigates and cutters, with 110 fail
of transports, having on board 18 000 Land forcer,
failed from Marinico on the firft of July ; touched
at Gaudaloupe and Porto R co, where, having aug
mented their troops to 26 000 effect ve man, they
proceeded to Jamaica ; an attack on that liland be
ing now psi all doubt. Tie 1 oth ultimo the above
fleet and armament patted by the Ifbad of St. Croix
--- That the British fleet under Admiral Rodney,
were at St. Lucie—And that a British 74 gun (hip,
In the left engagement with M. Gatchen, was so dis
abled, that after being towed into port, by a ffiip of
the l ne tad three frigates, funk in fiften fathom of
Water.
PHILADELPHI A, August 2,
Last night arrived a ship from Liverpool to Arch
angel in Russia, with a cargo of salt, &c. taken by
the Wallington, Alexandria, &c.of Virginia.
August 9.
Extract of* letter from a gentleman fn Edenton,
North Carolina, dated July 21.
'• The enemy have retired from their posts, anp
oar General has occupied them. Our little army to
the foutSward eonfifts of 10 000 regulars and mili
tia. We @ave an account from a gentleman who
has just left Charleftown, that the British officers and
fcldiers treat the inhabitants very ill, and especially
t lose who were dififfead to the American cause.
•' Our general Rutherford hearing of about 1000
Tories being imbodied and well equipped, going to
join the enemy, he immediately detached Col. Lock
with about 400 militia to reconnoitre them, when
Col. Lock came in fi,ht ofthern he found them feed
ing their horses, and a good deal off of their guard,
the Colonel seizing the favourable opportunity, a
battle immediately ensued. When our lines were
twice broke, but our men rallied again, and broke
the enemy's lines which they could never form a^ain,
and fled into the woods as fooa as pnffible. Col.
Loot purfoed them, failed 70 on the field and took
400 and upwards prisoners, and 700 horses with
their baggage, all this was completed with about
20 of our men Filed. I wiffi our arms may always
prove as fuccefsfeL"
Extract of a letter from Londonderry, dated March
2, 1,80.
" I have the pleasure to acquaint you, that our
native country, Ireland, is become at length a free
country, having the fame liberty of trade, both is
imports and exports, as Britain. The test ad repeal.
2d. and the abolition of Poyning's law at pref-nt io
agitation, which we eXpea will not be withheld by
England, as they are in such rod humour at present
with us, that they Ji not r^fe any tirn, ifod by
the Irish nation. All this is ga ned by the firmnsls
of our Parliament,.backed by the Spirit of 60.000 in
dependent volunteer,,.af¥d cqmpleatlyj accoutred
and drfciplintd at their o^n expence. At out fr*
fitting out in this way, alm.>% all the great, the court
and its tools, di(countenanced, and endeavored to
cruth it, but the people having arms in their hands,
and knowing their owl importance, ax well a; the
wants and distresses of their country perfided, until
at length a command in the independent battalions
was looked on as the highest honour „ the good
and great of our country. In this city are four com
panies, about 250 men, in the county are upwards
of 2500 man besides, which may give you some
idea of our numbers, for fevsral counties are before
us in number. This city however has the honor
of being the third in Ireland, which adopted the
glorious invitation. You may have some Cliefs
fom whence we took the example, bat all we want
is peace with Amtrica."
By accounts from St. EuflaHus we kirn, that
about the rz-b alt. the French and Smaniffi fleet,
being 33 or 34 Ships of the line; befidts frigves,
transports, &c. with 15 or 20 000 troops on board,
failed from Mertimco and went to leeward; what
island will feel the,, weight is Hill a secret ; but by
many in the vVeft.lndies it is thought J^maic, will
be % pher wuere they ©llbfyinel by Admiral
P Int, whois cruizing off there with four sh pa.
On the other hand it is said that Commodore Wal
fiagham, with for, some fay fix Ships, and three
thousand land forces, are arrived in the Weft.lndite
from hn^liad; which, when joined with Admiral
Rodney and General Vaughan, whoa^ atS'. Lucia,
will make the Brit sh fleet ibyit 2; or 2, (hips, by
replacing those the French have reads ed ufelefc,
and enable them to go on feme petit expedition, if
they have provfioa enough, which is f%id to be very
ferret in the English iflauds. as well as aboard their
fleet.
FISH-KI jL, Aicu.fi 17.
Certain iatelli fence having beta received that Sir
Henry Clinton hid e.nb&AH the principal p 47 t of
his force, and hit p^~eto to Huntington Biy,
on his wiy to Rhoie Illaif, to mm a combi i?d
a tack upon the fleet and ar^y of ou r a lli?i nor,
there, his Excellency General ; A,sfhin;ton marched
from his camp at Pickief, the 2g h of July, and
cro&lthe North RQ, the jilt where a j nidion
wit for nel rich the trj7,s a ids, the com nod of
Major General &,#e. ^l# Excellency had refold
ed. in case the 202117 h,rid continue their course
to Rhode bind, to march immediately to New-
Yjrk and attack it. All the nice ft,y preparations
were mile for this pirpufe, when intellnroc? ar
rived that the e leny had pit btc' xth. r3ll i< !nt.
It is to be regretted that they did not go 01 with
their intendei expelition, as oir allies wee well
prepared to receive then and they would have met
wth nothing but difftee and defeat ii that qitrter;
while in this re had every reifon to expel, from
the number and spirit of our troops, the mod deci
sive and glories fuceefs. Sir Henry do doubt re
liaquilhed his poje& in coafeqtehee of this move
ment of our army ; and it mud be confefid that he
abandoned it with much more prudence than he un
dertook it. The objel for which the ar ny eroded
the river hiving chafed, the whole re croifed the 4th
infant, and have marched towards D>b)'s ferry, in
prafecution of the original pho formed for the cam-
P"'"'
BOSTO N, AUGUST 17.
Taefday la, arrived here, a fhi, in 39 days from
Cadiz, with 61 prisoners, belonging; to the United
States. She was formely a letter of marque brig,
belonging to Salem, ani owned by Mr. Hrikeli
Derby, but taken by a Britilh cruizes, and after
wards purchased by a Portuguese. Captain Felt,
who formely commanded the brig, came paffmger
in her, and informe. That a few days before he fail
ed, advice was received there frora France, that
Lord George Gordan, at the head of 40 000 men,
entered the city of London in four different divisi
ons, and demanded o' parliament fatisfaAion for the
insults offered the people with regard to their petiti
cns, remonfrances, &c. when he was told to wait
till the morning ; but he infixing on immediate f&.
tis^aion. the guards fired 50 guns on the populate,
and killed about 500. when the remainder dispersed
for the evening, but were determined to enf* the
Parliament House the next morning ; that the po
pulace had secured Lor^ Man field, but he was af
terwards rifqued by the guards : That there were
46 fail of the line in Cadz Bay, including 13 fail
of French, and 'twas conjcAured they would fail
for the channel of England in about 16 or 20 day,
after this flip tailed : And that the Ruffians,
Swedes and Ditch./h<d°entered into an affiance to
^rm& the commerce of thek refpea.ve States.
Y^rday arri zed .here, the fang expeaed Conft
n=ntal frigate the Alliance, Capt. Landais, in fiv^
weeks and 4 days from port ? Orient, in France. By
th^s velel we have a confirmation of the great mob
in England, encouraged, it is said, by Lord George
Gjrdan. This infurreaion was occaflined, accords
in| to report, by the Romen Catholic 3ill ; bat the
iMurgrats seemed to have formed no political plan,
they confided of 40 or §o 000. They deliroyed
all the goals in London, polled down Lord Mans,
field's house, and attempted the bank ; but . the
guards and militia abp rf€d them and killed between
3 and four hundred. They kept together a number
of days, and then difperfad. The Ring, it is (aid,
privately retired for some time, and so did Lord
North. A number of the leading men in this infer
re&ion were taken and executed. Lord George
Garden was confined in the to*e?, upon account of
feme letters wrote by him to Scotland, and intertep.
ted by the mini^ry. Great.iineafinsfrs, however,
Continued in England. The Ruffians and Dutch were
determined tc carry all kinds of goods, rot out ex
ception of any, under the cover oftheir men of war ;
and would enter into a war with Britain to support
this point, if the letter 4 d not cede it- No prefpea
of peace, but Britain fill appeared bent to carry on
the war. The French and Spiiilh men of war at
Cales making upwards of 40 fail of the line, were
every moment expe&ed to join the B>eft fleet, fc,
channel and other fervicos. The British home fleet
was fa d to confifi of left than 30 fail.
Toefday lift arrived here Captain Hayden, from
Holland, after 70 days pafae. This vessel met
with a fleet, which she took to be enemies, whieii
occasioned throwing overboard all her letters and
pyert : The fleet, however, proved to be from Vir.
ginia, bound to France. By this veflfel weJeam B
that Russia, of whose expeAad tffidance Britain has
fb much Mailed, has verfie& all that our fr ends in
France hive fa d in their letters; of her friendly dis,
pofinon to the United States of America, to our al«
lienee with France, and to the dehgn of abating the
British power, grown so de'obic by sea. Raffiais
at the head of 41 affiance lately form'd between the
northern powers, Sweedland Dtnmnpk, and H 14
IML wi'h an undoubted view to promo e this de4
fill), and to enfare the rights of neutrality- ,0-tut
several contraAin< Powers • for which purpafe those
powers have already fitted ut a number of men of
war, making in the whale 1 firnu debit fleet. Sims
of these fhi,s vere at the Texel when thit vefrl fail
ed. So that Britain to lupoxt her chi ni in Ame
rica, and e,)r ithe ocean, mud not only tibdue the
conbtef ibne or' the Haufe of Biurbin and the
United States, bet all the maritime powers in
Europe.\
Lal-everting strived in this harboar, a cartel lip
fion Unit* Alvards in Newfoundland, having
01 board 140 Americans, w io have been prifoneri
for feme ti ne ; and w?:t is vsRY extraordinary,
they have exner.encad. liiae their captivity, ©&
common good treatment. One hundred and forty
more remained in ^he prif^n ship in Newfoundland.
Four frigates, and the Portland of §0 guns, are
in Newfoundland, and th^f port garrisoned by 1500
troops; they are appreheofiß of a villi from the
French navy.
Monday lad arrived here a f <e brig taken by
Captain Hinman, bdongnt^ to Naw London*.
Tiurfdgy evening la* a number of prisoners 0,
board the geard (hip ^utined, seized and difarmedl
the guard, confiding of eight men, cut the cable; and
she drove.ashore near Lichrnhre'a Point, leading up
Cambridge River. On the alarm being ^iven; the
Town-Major, (J)hn Ruf, jan. B'q) a tempting to
go on board to quell the mutiny, was fired on frbra
the guard flip, when the Serjeant, (Thomas Bick
ford) was killed ; on which, the Major calling t#
the fhpre°; and informing them of what had happe 4
ed, it being very foggy, the town was alarmed,
when a number of boats went off to his affihance,
and quell'd the mutiny. After which, 21 of the
prifeners were brought on shore, and committed ta
prison.-.-A Jury of Inqued be ng fammoned to fit
on the body of the deflected, after about 44 hours
examination of them fepvately, found frem thei,
own confelTiOßs, eleven ptinc^h and apconipliCCT,
acceffaty to the merger, who are now in I^, Wafa
lag for trial
N 8 W- LONDO N. Au,^ 18.
The British fleet mentioned in our laS to be fg
Gardiner's Bay, cu Wednesday carat to fail, and
focn after anchored about.three leagues farther Ba!!,
ward, where the, all remain, except three Ships
which went down the found Ye^erday.
S x Deserters from rhe above Meet .came to Towp
lafl Saturday.
It is said; that about 9000 British Troops are at
Whitt Stooe ,od %fi Chester.