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Art. I. That all hostilities cease in Europe on
the 15th day of January next, and all captures
made in Europe after that day flhall be restored;
and in like manner, such as are taken in the A
merican or African seas after the 15th day of
March, and in Asia after the 15th day of July.
Art. IL That Great-Britain shall withdraw
her armies and fleets, and ever renounce all
right and title of sovereignty over the Thirteen
United States of North-America, from Georgia
to New-Hampshire, both inclusive, and doth and
will forever acknowledge them in full sovereign
ty, Thirteen United and confederated free and
independent Sovereign States.
Art. 111. Great-Britain to restore to France,
Pondicherry, and whatever ihe has conquered
from her in Asia, as also the island of Lucia, in
the Weft-Indies, and to give up the island of
Cape-Breton, with the Ille of St. Pierre and Mi
quelon, together with a right to cure fifh on the
coast ofNewfoundland.
Art. IV, Spain to withdraw her troops, and
evacuate Weft-Florida, but to remain in possessi
on of New-Orleans ; and Great-Britain to with
draw her forces from Nicaragua, and every other
part of the French and Spanish territories which
they may have conquered in the course of this
war.
Art. V. France to restore to Great-Britain
the iftands of the Grenades, the Grenadines,
Dominico, St. Vincent's, and all their dependen
cies, in the state as when surrendered to them.
Art. VI. France, Spain, and the Thirteen
United States to guarantee all Canada, together
with Eaß and Weft-Florida for ever to Great-
Britain.
Art. VII. It is also agreed by the high con
tra&ing powers, that none of them shall have
any retrofpe& to the desolation made by the
war, or have any claim or demand for damages
Suffered in the course of it ; but on the con
trary, they engage to live in amity as good
friends and allies, and that their refpedive ports
shall be open to each other for mutual support
and assistance in time of need, agreeable to the
law of nations.
tind maintaining a running fire for two hours
and an half more, when ihe Bruck. She proved
to be the L'Efperance, from Cape-Francois,
bound to Bourdeaux, a frigate belonging to the
King, but loaded by merchants, and having only
a letter of marque, mounting 26 twelve pounders
on her main deck, and 2 fix pounders on her
quarter deck, with 173 men : She had 20 men
killed, and 24 wounded. I think it a justice due
to the Captain to fay, that he defended his ship
with great bravery. The Pearl had 6 men killed
and 10 wounded ; among the former was Firß-
Lieutenant Foulke, of Marines; and the latter
Mr. Dunbar, Master.
'' The very cool and determined behavior of
the officers and fhip's company merits my moil
sincere acknowledgments."
LONDON, November 22.
Yesterday Lord Stormont had a levee at his
office in Cleveland row ; after which his Lord
ship waited on his Majesty at St. James's, and
had a long conference relative to some expresses
received on Saturday last. .
The following basis of a treaty of peace is said
to be received by the last two mails from Ma
drid and believed to be authentic :
in the name, &c. In order to prevent the
further desolation of war, and to flop the effufion
of more chriftian blood, we the belligerent pow
ers of Great-Britain, France, Spain, and the
Thirteen United States of North-America, be
ing by our Plenipotentiaries assembled at Ma
drid, have and do hereby agree to the following
articles of pacification :
Yesterday morning dispatches arrived from
Admiral Darby, in the grand fleet, which are
dated Friday the 17th instant, when they remain
ed all well.
Extrad of a letter from Cork, Nov. 10.
" The Assurance man of war, of 44 guns, a
two decker, Captain G. Cumming, with the
Ranger frigate, and St. George, armed ship, ar
rived here last week from Portsmouth, they are
defined as a convoy to the viauallers, bound to
New-York : The fleet will amount to 47 fail
from hence, and near as many more will join it
off Kinfale ; they are expected to fail the firft
fair wind."
Yesterday the son of a Governor of one of the
rebel colonies was re-examined before Sampson
Wright, and William Addington, Esquires, at
the public office in Bow-street, on a charge of
high-treason, in carrying on a correspondence
with some emmaries of the French court, and
thereby giving them intelligence of the most dif
advantagcous kind for this country, when, after
a minute investigation of the whole affair, by the
above magistrates, he was committed to prison.
Advices have been received of the 11 Blips of
the line, under the command of Admiral Row
ley, after having convoyed the Jamaica fleet
through the Gulph of Florida, having joined the
squadron under the command of Sir George
Rodney.
Admiral Hood has received positive orders to
fail the firfl fair wind, from St. Hellen's ; and is
to be joined at Plymouth by two other men of
war, and two frigates.
An underwriter in the city has failed for a con
siderable sum.
RICHMOND, (Virginia) January 27.
The latest accounts from below are, that the
enemy have proceeded down as low as Ports
mouth ; they landed about 23 men, command
ed by a Lieutenant Brown, at Newport-news, to
collect cattle ; who advanced near two miles in
the country, and made a pretty good collection
of beef, hogs and poultry. A party of militia,
about 14, being apprized of it attacked them in
their retreat, killed and wounded about 17, and
recovered the plunder f among the wounded is
the Lieutenant, a prisoner, together with eight
others. Our loss is only one man killed, lhe
party having expended their ammunition, pre
vented their pursuit.
BALTIMORE, February 6.
Extra& of a letter from Frederickfburg, Feb. 1.
“ I have this moment seen a letter from Hamp
ton, dated the 28th of January, to a correspon
dent in Frederickfburg, advising, that on the 22d
7 of the enemy's vefiels were forced on shore 111
Hampton Road, by a severe gale of wind in the
night, three of them square rigged vcfl'els. Also
that a packet arrived there from New-York, to
order all the fliipping and troops that are in Che
fapeak-Bay, to repair immediately to New-York;
and! really believe, from Concurrent circumstan
ces, that this m^y be relied on."
PHILADELPHIA, February 14.
A letter by way of Virginia, dated St. Euftatia,
January 5, fays,
" The British fleet and army made an attack
on St. Vincent's lately, and have been repulsed
with considerable loss, on which Rodney retired
to St. Lucia."
Sunday last arrived herey the brig Amsterdam,
Capt. Magee, from Boflon, who, on his passage,
took the ship SB Bee, Capt Williamson, from
New York for White-Haven. Captain Willi
amson failed from New-York the 2d of Febru
ary, and expected to overtake the convoy which
failed the day before for Europe.
Thursday last came into port, the prize bri
gantine Chance, late commanded by Alexander
Wiley. She was taken on her intended voyage
from Lisbon to Charleftown, by the privateer
brigantine Ariel, Capt. Lawler. Her cargo con
sists of 150 pipes of wine, 90 boxes lemons, rai
sins, figs, &c. &c.
Sunday morning arrived here the brigantine
Virginia, Capt. Mitchell, in 40 days from Ca
diz. By this veflel we learn that the siege of
Gibraltar is Bill continued with the greatest spi
rit; that a Spanish fleet lay in Cadiz Bay at
single anchor, ready to co-operate with the other
forces on any emergency ; and that another fleet
was cruising off Gibraltar, to intercept any sup
plies destined for the relief of that port ; that all
assistance from the Moors, on the coast of Bar
bary, to our enemies, in the way of provisions,
&c. had been denied them, and the most favour
able countenance shewn to the besiegers, who,
it is thought, must succeed ere long, in their
arduous undertaking.
FISH -KI LL, February 22.
By a gentleman from Westchester, we are in
formed, that on Wednesday the 14th inst. a party
of the enemy, of De Lancey's corps, command
ed by Major Huggford, consisting of about 2;o
foot, and 90 horse, came out as far as North-
Castle, where they burnt Lieut. Carpenters,
and Esq. Lynch's two houses and barns; Mr.
Benjamin Clap's house and barn, and some
others, eight in all ; —plundered the inhabitants
of every thing they could carry off, and what
they could not carry off they wantonly destroy
ed. The next day a party of horse came out,
and continued their deftru—ive work ; they car
ried off ten prisoners, two of them Negroes.
BOSTO N, February 22.
The Baron Von Arrant has been font by the
King of Prussia to the Congress of the Thirteen
United States, to treat with them upon divers ob
je&s, political and commercial, ana has "held fre
quent conversation with many members of Con
gress. A committee has been named to treat
with him, and his negotiation appears to take a
favourable turn, and promises to prepare the way
for a treaty of alliance and commerce between his
Prussian Majesty and the United States.
Thefollowing paragraph is taken from the London
Evening Pojl of Nov. 4. 1780.
The public need not be alarmed at the suspen
sion of payment at the Bank. It has taken place
but for twice 24 hours, and ought to be entirely
attributed to the indisposition of the two cashiers
which happened at the fame moment. Thebank
now continues to pay as before, and those who
are under the lean uneasiness, may go there and
receive as large a sum as they judgeproper. Mea
sures are now pursuing to prevent any such acci
dent for the time to come. The Bock-jobbers
have indeed availed themselves of such a circum
stance to make a considerable advantage from it;
but it is not to be doubted Rocks will rife again
as soon as it is known that payments continue to
be made with the greatest regularity.
[We do not wonder to find by the above article
the shock that public credit hasreceived in Britain.
The immense charge of the war, which that na
tion has madly continued, the takingof theQue
bec, and the outward bound East and Weft-Tn
dia fleets, and the failure of the resources she for
merly possessed in the trade of these States, may
naturally account for it. When we add to all this
the loss her wealth and commerce mult have sus
tained by the late hurricane, and trace to theex
treme link of commerce, the full effect of all,
what mult her situation be ? She Bill bears her
head high ; so do many persons in desperate cir
cumstances, and the more for that very reason.
The reception Arnold met with when he went
over to the Britons ; the boast they make of the
acquisition of such a mifereant ; the employment
they have given him ; their extravagant elation
upon small circumstances of success, and the abo
minable cruelty with which they treat our pri
soners of war, all bear the marks of the meanness
and madness of desperation.—The insurers in
England must have been greatly affected by her
late losses ; these, we have good information, have
been so great as to difenable or difeourage them
from insuring. -Her own trade muff now be car
ried on at a great rifque, while that of her ene
mies, by the armed neutrality, may be conduced
at a comparatively small one. Britain is a lion in
the net ; her fiercenefs and rage may be increas
ed, but the net is too strong for her. What en^
couragement have we to prosecute the short re
mainder of the war with vigour ; short indeed,
if the vigour of our exertions are proportionable ter
our real strength, and the importance of our
caufe.]
A letter from Hispaniola, ofthe 12th of Jan.
fays, that a ship had arrived there in a short pas
sage from France, which 'tis said brought intelli
gence, " that Count D'Eftaing had met withthe
squadron of Admiral Hood, of ten (hips of the
line, and two frigates, and had taken seven of
them and two frigates, and forty-nine trans
ports, and several small vessels."
HARTFORD, February 27.
From the best authority we learn that the State
of Maryland hath agreed to the confederation
ofthe United States, by which means the con
federacy is now complete.
We also learn, that the State of Virginia have
given up their claim to the back lands, and have,
in a formal manner, by a law, ceded to the Uni
ted States, all the lands lying to the westward of
the River Ohio.
The Hon. Brigadier-General Hand, is ap
pointed Adjutant-General of the American Ar
my, in the room of Col. Scammell, who has re
signed as Adjutant-General, and joined his Re
giment.
The Rev. Corporation of Yale-College, have
made choice of Mr. Abraham Baldwin, to suc
ceed the Rev. Doctor Dagget, deceased, in the
Profefforfhip of Divinity in Yale-CoHdgtu
Capt. Asa Benton, in a Schooner from thistown,
for the Weft-Indies, is taken and carried inte
Bermuda.
WHEREAS the General Assembly of this
State, at their sessions in OHober last,
appointed a committee for the purpose of burning
and destroying all bills of the late emissions,
which might be received in the treasury.
The public are informed that said committee
have waited on the Treasurer, and have already
burnt and consumed to allies, of March, Tune
and July emissions, 1780, to the amount of fort,
five thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
pounds, fourteen Killings and nine-pence,
Treafury-Office, State of Connecticut,
Hartford, Feb. 21, 1781.
The several Printers in this State are rfo
quested to infer, the above,,