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N A P L E S, February 16. -
THE lift of persons killed by the fate earth
quakes are not yet all receives hy govern
ment, but the number already amounts to 27,571
persons.
Cadiz, Feb. 2ft The nnni^ry rave augment
ed the duty on all goods imported into the king
dom fifteen per cent.,
Versailles, March 28. On the ^of this
month „the King received some official, fpatches
ffom'M. de suffre in, which (after giving a de
tail of the late proceedings in the East-Indies be
tween the French and Englifb fleets, as has been
already mentioned) conclude as follow: ,—
“ M. Duchemiii died with his arms in his
hands, in a battle fought at the gates of Madras
against General Munro, a part of whose army
was cut in pieces, and the rest fled in the greater
disorder to Madras. M. d'Orfelifs, formerly
Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment of Auftru
fia, and lately appointed Colorielj took the com
mand of the French after the death of their Ge
neral. The crew of the advice boat, which
brought the above n,s to Cadiz, have deposed,
that they met with four ships of war belonging
tp the Dutch Company a+Surat, failing to the
Road of Batecato, and that having hailed- them,
they declared that Trincomale was in the power
ofthe French, who had recovered that important
possession by the assistance of the Ducth from
Columbo."
Paris, March 30. On Thursday last the
Compte de Graffe obtained from the King an
order, which authorifes the Council of War to
take cognizance of the caufesx>f his defeat in the
battle of the 12th of April. And the said Coun
cil will be held in June next, on the return of
M. de Vahdreuil's fauadron.
Paris, April 5. The number ofkilled in the bat
tle of the 6th of July last in the Ead-Indies i$
178, and 601 wounded. '.
From the London Gazette, April 5.
St. J AME S's April 2.
HIS Majesty in Council was this day pleased
to declare the Right Hon. David Viscount
Stormont Lord president of his Majeftfs Most
Hon. Privy Council, and his lordship took his
place at the Board accordingly.
His Majesty having been pleased to deliver
the cuflody of the Privy Seal to the Right Hon.
Frederick Earl of Carlisle, tire oath of Keeper of
the Privy Seal was this day administered to him,
and bis Lordfllip took his place at the Board ac
cordingly.
His Majesty having been pleased to^ appoint
the Right Hon. Sir Frederick North, Knight of
the Most Noble Order of the Garter, commonly
called Lord North, and the Rityt Hon. Charles
James Fox, tobe his Majesty's Principal Secreta
ries ofState, they were this day, by his Majesty's
command, sworn his Majesty's Principal Secre
taries of State accordingly.
Whitehall, April 5. The King has been pleas
ed to constitute and appoint his Grace Wm.
Henry Duke of Portland, the Right Hon. John
Cavendish, commonly called Lord John Caven
dish, the Right Hon. Charles Howard, com
monly called Earl'of Surrey, Frederick Monta
'gu, Esq; and Sir Grey Cooper, Bart, to be
Commissioners for executing the office of Trea
surer of his Majesty's Exchequer.
NE W-Y O R K, June 3.
On Sunday lap arrived here the Swallaau Packet,
Captain Green, from Falmouth, which he left
the 24th of April; h her me have thefollowing
advices :
~H All T F~O"RD: Printed 'by ~ H UDSON AND GOODWI N, near the Great Bridge;
1 U E S DAY, ~ Ju ne 17, 1783.
The King has been pleased to grant to the
Right Hon. John Cavendish; commonly called
Lord John Cavendish, the offices of Chancellor
and Under-Treasurer of his Majesty's Exche
quer.
The King has also been pleased to grant to the
Right Hon. Charles Townfhend, the office of
Treafurer^of his Majesty's Navy.
April, 1783.
PRES E N. T,l
The Kings Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
This day the Right Honourable William Eden
was, by his Majesty's command sworn of his
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, and
took his place accordingly.
Whitehall, April 8.
The King has been pleased to constitute and
appoint Admiral Lord Viscount Keppel, Admi
ral Hugh Pigot, the Right Honorable William
Ponfonby, commonly called Lord Viscount
Duncannon, the Honorable John Townfhend,
Sir Jolin Lindsay, Knight of the Bath, William
Jolliffe and Whitfhed Keene. Esquires, to be
Cornmiffioners for executing the office of Lord
High Admiral ofthe Kingdoms of Great-Britain
and Ireland, and the^dominions, inlands and ter
ritories thereunto retyeftivfy belonging.
The King has been pleased to grant to the
Right Honorable Edmund Burke, the office of
Receiver and Paymaster General of his Majes
ty's Guards, Garrisons, and Land Forces.
April 9. A Court of Directors was held at the
Erilt-India House in Leadenhall-ftreet yesterday,
being the last before the annual election, which
will be this day, when the difpatebes received by
the Rodney packer, arrived at King-road, were
opened and laid before the Court.
From these it appears,ahat the French fleet,
from'their firft a&ioh with Sir Edward Hughes's
fleet, had never left the coast ; but that after
having, repaired their damage, at Moguelofe, one
of the ports belonging to Hyder Ally's territory,
they failed to Colombo, where they were joined
by two ships ofthe line, a frigate, and fix large
store mips from Europe, which had 1600 soldiers
on board. On the latter end of August they
failed before Trincomale, which place they 0-
bliged to surrender on the firft of September.
This was done in the absence of Sir Edward
Hughes; who appearing ofU'eylon on the tft
ofSeptember, the fleets came in fight on the 4th,
and the next day a battle happened, which was
so defperate,tbatboth fleets parted in a condition
totally incapable of renewing it. Sir Edward
Hughes kept the sea, but.de Suffiien went into
Trincomale, where his own snip L'Orient, of
74 guns, foundered before her stores cotild be
got out ; they were also obliged to run on shore
Le Flamand, of 50 guns, to prevent her fltaring
the fame fate-
Onthe i3th of September, Sir Edward Hughes
being again ofFCeylon, Mons. Suffrein came out,
and another most bloody conflia ensued, in
which it is impossible to fay which of the squad
rons fuffered most. TheCaptain Hood, Watts,
and Lumley, and seven other officers, and up
wards of 200 men of the English fleet were kil
led. The Illuftra, a French ship of 74 guns, had
her Captain killed, and five officers, and was
towed away a mere wreck. This last battle lait
ed seven hours' during which period vidory
seemed alternately to incline on both sides; but
such was the fyirit of both fleets, that nothing
but inability to arrange the flrips prevented its
From the London Gazette of Tuesday, April 8.
At the Court at S T.JAMES's the 7th of
continuing longer. During the engagement, a
ihip of the French line Was twice set on fire from,
the cannonading of the Sultan, her antagonist;
two fhjps fell on board their admiral, and had
Sir Richard Bickerton joined, as had been expect
ed, the fate ofthe day had been decided, which
now remains to another day. De buffrein went
to Trincomale, and Sir Edward Hughes to Ma
dras.
The above is all the intelligence that can at
present be gathered from that part of the dis?
patches which has been decyphered,,
April 10. The further tonfideration of the
American trade bill was, upon motion in the
House of Commons put off for a month.
Yesterday the order of the day was read in the
House of Commons for the House to be put in
to a committee of supply; three army estimates
were upon motion ordered to be referred to the
committee; the speaker then left the chair, a^d
after a Ihort time, the committee came to the
following resolutions, viz.
" That a number of land forces, including
4155 invalids, amounting to 41,755 effective
men (commission and non-commission officers
included) be employed from the 25th of April,
1783, to the 25th of June following both inclu^.
" That a sum not exceeding 155,8911. 14s. 6d.
be granted for maintaining his Majefty's^ forces
and garrisons in the plantations and Africa, in*
eluding thbfe in the garrifow of Gibraltar for 61
days, from the 25th of April, 1783, to the 24 of
June following.,
" That a sum not exceeding 180,2911. 1% 6d.
be granted to his Majesty for defraying the
charge of 1755 effective men, for guards, garri
sons, and other his Majefty'sland forces in Great-
Britain, Guernsey and Jersey, for 61 days, from
the 25th' of April, 1783, to the 24th of June fol
lowing.
“ That a sum not exceeding 932©!. 135. 6d o
be granted to his Majesty for defraying the
charge of two Hanoverian battalions of foot in
Great-Britain, for 112 days, from the 25th of
December, 1782, to the 24th of June, 1783, both
inclusive.
A motion was made, " That leave be given to
bring in a bill to repeal so much of the said arils
as prohibits the trade and intercourse with Ame
rica" the fame was agreed to, and Mr. Fox and
Mr. St. Adrew St. John ordered to prepare and
bring in the fame._
A vote of supply to the Eaft-lndia company
must be among the firft business, without delay
tranfarited; esute que route ; it must be forthcom
ing before the Ealler recess.
It is crith great concern we inform the public,
that the recent dispatches from Lord Macartney,
Governor of Madras, are of a very unfavourable
nature, his Lordship informing the dire&ors of
the East-India Company, that of Monsieur Suf
frein's squadron being in possession of the coast,
Hyder Ally, was making rapid advances for
the investiture of that garrison; in addition to
which, the calamity of a general famine in that
quarter was daily experiled: That General Sir
Eyre Coote had unfortunately been thrown from,
his horse at the head of the Company's troops,
by which he received such violent bruises, as to
incapacitate him for the present, for public fer*
vice, in consequence of which, the chief com
mand will devolve on Brigadier General Stuart,
who signalized hitnfelf so remarkably rin the af
fair of the late Lord Pigot.
(No. 960.]