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From the London Gazette, November 2^.
White-Hall, November 27.
Extras of a letter from Sir Henry Clinton to the
Right Honorable Lord George Germain, one
of his Majesty's principal Secretaries ci State,
,dated on board the London, off Chesapeake,
Odober 19, 1781. By Capt. Melcomne, of
his Majesty's hoop the Rattlcfnake, who urriv
in town late on Sunday night lait.
AGREEABLE to the information, which I
had the honor to give your Lordihip,in my
laid dispatch, the fleet under the command 01
Rear-Admiral Graves, failed from Sandy-Hook,
on the 16th inst. and arrived off Cape-Charles
the 24th, when we had the mortification to hear
that Lord Cornwallis had proposed terms 01 ca
pitulation on the 17th ; this intelligence was
brought by the pilot of the Charon, and other
perlons who came off from the Ihore, and laid
they had made their escape from York the 18th,
and had not heard any firing there since the day
before. The Nymph frigate also arrived the next
day from New-York, brought me a letter from
his Lordlhip, dated the 15th, the defponding te
nor of which, gives me the most alarming appre
hensions of its truth. Since then we have been
plying off the Capes with variable hard gales of
wind to the present hour, without being able to
procure any farther information, except from
two men taken in a canoe, whose report exactly
cbrrefponds with the former.
Comparing, therefore, the intelligence given
by those people, and feveralothers since cernein,
with the purport of Lord Cornwalls's letter, a
copy of which I have the honor to enclose for
your Lordship's information, we cannot enter
tain the least doubt of his Lordship's having ca-
pittflated, and that we are unfortunately too late
to relieve him ; which being the only object of
the expedition, the Admiral has determined up
on returning with his fleet to Sandy-Hook.
I beg leave to mention to your Lordship, that
the army is under the greatest obligations to the
Admirals, the Captains, and the officers of the
King's ships, fortheir chearfulnefs with which
they submitted to many and^great inconveniences
for our accommodation on this service.
Copy of a letter from Earl Cornwallis, to his Ex
cellency Sir Henry Clinton, dated York-Town,
Virginia, October 13, 1781.
.SIR„
LAST evening the enemy carried my two ad
vanced redoubts on the left by Borm, and during
the night have included them in their second pa
rallel,which they arc at prefentbufy in perfecting;
My Situation now becomes very critical. We
dare not ihow a gun to their old batteries, and I
expert new ones willbe opened to-morrow morn
ing. Experiehcehas Shewn that our frefh earthen
works do not refill their powerful artillery, so
that we shall foen be exposed to an assault in
ruined works, in a bad pefitiom, and with weak
ened numbers.
The fafety of the place is therefore so precari
ous, I cannot recommend that the fleet and army
Should run any rifque in endeavouring to save us.
I have the honor to be, with great refpe&.
Sir, &c. &e.
(Signed) CORNWALLIS.
His Excellency
Sir Henry Clinton, K. B.
LONDO N, December &
Wednesday morning, the Dutch Admiral By
land failed through the channel, with four men
of war, and two frigates, and as Commodore
Stewart is failed to meet him, it is highly proba
ble that an action will ensue.
The foreign mails bring us an account of the
death of Compte Maurepas, Minister of France,
at 81 years of age ; and of the Emperor's acces
sion to the armed neutrality.
In the House of Lords, the address to his Ma
jesty's Speech was moved by Lord Grantham, it
was seconded by Lord Walfingham. LordSbel
burne proposed an amendment, was seconded
by his Grace the Duke of Richmond, to whom
Lord Denbigh replyed The Duke of Dorfet
and Lord Stormont opposed the amendment,
which was supported by the Lords Derby and
Abingdon. The house divided ; and Lord
Southampton's original motion, without amend
ment, was carried by 71 against 31.
The Duke of Richmond, Marquis of Rocking
ham, and Earl Fitz-William, afterwards entered
ther protests against the proposed address.
In the Commons, Mr. Percival moved an ad
dress to the throne,and Mr. Orde seconded him :
The honorable Mr.Eox proposed an amendment,
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. tg.
A barbarous murder was committed about
Thursday last, in Bradford township, Cheder
county, on Susanna Davis. It is Strongly fufpedl
ed, that it was perpetrated by a certain George
Holt, who has abfeonded.
Inlit Saturday Count Dillon, who commands
the legion of France, in the absence of the Duke
de Lauzun, left this city to join the said corps in
Virginia.
Sunday last a small boat with five paflengers
and two ferrymen, proceeded from Cooper's
point upon the standing ice, when (he approach
ed within two hundred yards of the western
shore just above this city; it became necessary to
launch into an open space, in doing this from
some inattention in placing the passengers, the
hinder part and one fide of the boat dipped un
der water, the inside was filled, and the ikiff was
fucked by the tide under the fixed ice. By this
melancl.oly accident two men, two women an'
a child were drowned.
TRENTON, February
We hear from Monmouth, that on Friday
evening the rith instant, about forty refugees,
commanded by one Stevenson, a Lieutenant,
came over from Sandy Hook, across the Gut,
and thence into the country to a place near
Pleasant Valley. They vitited the houses of sun
dry perfens in the neighbourhood, from whence
they took upwards of twenty horses, five flcighs,
which they loaded with plunder, and eight or
nine prisoners, namely, Hendrick Hendrickson,
and his two sons, Garret Hendrickson, Peter
Covenhpven, Esq; Samuel Bowne and son, and
Jaques Venice. They then made offwith their
prifoncts and booty. At Garret Hendrickson's,
having entered the house and made him prison
er, they went to the barn to take his horses and
heigh. In the mean time two yoting men his
sons and one William Thomson, who slept in
the second llory of the house, being awaked by
the noise kelo^, secreted themselves till the ene
my were gone to the barn, and then came down,
escaped and went to the house of Captain John
Schenck, of Col. Home's regiment, whom they
alarmed about an hour and a halt before day.
This gallant officer immediately colluded a small
party, left orders for as many as could be got
together to fellow him, pursued the refugees on
the rout they had taken, and arrived at the Gut,
just as they had got the prisoners, two or three
of the horses, and a small quantity of the other
plunder carried over. He immediately attacked
those which were with the remainder of the
horses and plunder, and after a few fires, in
which unfortunately young Mr, Thomson tell,
and Mr. Cottrel was wounded in the knee, he
made them prisoners, to the number of twelve,
three of whom were wounded^
firnil^r to that in the House of Lords, but the ad
dress was carried without the amendment, by
218, against 129 :and the next day'in the report
of the Committee to form the address, without
amendment, 131; against it, 55 ;majority, 76.
Capt. Schenck finding it impracticable tocon
tinue the pursuit for want of a craft to cross the
water, was returning with his recapture and pri
soners, when he suddenly fell in with Steven
son and sixteen others, who had remainedbehind
to secure the retreat and favour the passage of
those who were before; A firing immediately
ensued on both sides, but Capt. Schenck, order
ing his men to charge and give the enemy the
bayonet, they thought proper to lay down
their arms and submit. This rencounter
being altogether unexpected, eight of the priso
ners firft taken found means to eicape. Captain
Schenck was left Saturday forenoon on his way
through Middletown, with 19 horses, § Weighs
with the plunder which had been taken from the
inhabitants, and one and twenty of the enemy's
prisoners. The people reported that they huzza'd
and triumphed as they returned to their boats,
boafling of their success, and that the next time
they would penetrate as far as Mount-Pleafint,
several miles further into the country. Among
the prisoners are several attrocious vihians, who
have at different times, done much mifehief in
that part of the country.
F I SH-K I L L, February 21.
By a gentleman who left Philadelphia, the 14th
infl. we are favoured with' the following intelli
gence : That juil as be was leaving the town, let
ters were teceived by the Ship Hyder Ally, from
St. Thomas's, iuforqung, that the French had
landed a large b^dy of troops on the Hand of St,
Christopher s, cohered by Count de Grafle, with
a fleet of 41 fail of the line : That the town of
Basseterre, had capitulated; the whole iiland
was reduced, except Brimflonc-Hdl, against
which batteries were ready to open, of 60 pieces
of cannon, 24 and 32 pounders. The British
were assembling all their navy in that quarter, at
Antigua; to go to the relief ofSB Kitt's ; but had
only 24 fail of the line.
BOST ON, February 21.
Yesterday a letter of marque Ship, of 20 guns;
from London, bound to New-York, prize to the
privateer Jpnius Brutus, ofSalem, arrived fife in
port: Her cargo is 15CO barrels of flour, some
bale goods, &c. &c. She left port the latter end
of November: An account of the capture of
Lord Cornwallis and his army, was received in
England before she failed.
A fpetimen of African humour.
On the arrival of the news of the capture of
Lord Cornwallis and his whole army, one Afri
can meeting another, salutes him thus :
" O! how do Cuffee. You hear about Corn
wallis! No. What about Cornwallis ? Why,
General Wafhjngtoh Shell off all the Corn, now
he C^wabis.
CHATHA M, February 23.
Last Wednesday George Ogilvie (son of the
late parton Ogilvie, of New-York) a Lieutenant
among the refugees, left them and came over to
Newark.
In the course of last week, near twenty of the
enemy, (moitly of. the provincial corps) came
over to our people at the different polls, on the
lines. The contagion is so epidemic, that the
officers on Staten-Bland were obliged to patrole
tbemfelves, to prevent a total diflolution of the
corps.
HARTFORD, February 26.
By a late refoldtion of Congress, the Com
mander in Chief is to inform the Minister of war
of the number of Generals wanting for the ser
vice of next campaign, and the surplus are to be
upon half-pay, fnbje£ lto be called into service
when wanting; all other officers not attached to
any corps, are to retire on half-pay except such
as the Minister of war may think necessary to be
retained!
Died, last Wednesday, Mr. Nathaniel Good
win, 2d. in the 38th year ofhis age.
F C O n'n ?C T I C U
By the GOyERNOR,
THOSE selectmen and Receivers of taxes, who have not
yet made their returns of the numbers of Inhabitants
and quantity of provisions colk&edon the if 6 tax of Ma,
last, within them refpedive towns, are hereby directed to
compleat and forward those returns to the Governor, as ex
peditiously as poflible.
Given at Lebanon the 21st day of February, 1752.
Jonathan trumbull.
To be S O L D;
And may be entered upon the firft ofMAY next.
ABOUT ten acres of excellent land, lying in Hartford,'
within about one hundred rods of the Cou t House, a
very fine Situation for a rradefman. Also about sixteen acrea
lying about twomiles frofii the court house, on the road to
Windsor, proper for plowing or mowing. Also, about 30
acres lying on the road tb Simfbuty, about thiee miles from.
Hartford court house, confining of plowing and woodland.
Also about five acres of pallure land, about one mile from,
the court-house. Also, about four acres of; low land, lying
in the South-Meadow, on the River. The whole of the above
lands will be fold reasonably, and a good title given by
JOHN P. GOODWIN.
Hertford. Feb. 21, 1782.
= ' To be s"6 L
A Farm lying in Wcftlield, Commonwealth of Massachu
setts, on the great foad leading from Hartford to Ben
nington through Worthington, and contains about 80 acres
of good land with a suitable proportion of mowing, plow
ing, pasturing and woodland, with a good new house on the
fame, thirty eight feet id length and twenty eight in breadth,
with a good well of writer near the door, said farm is well
watered, situated conveniently for a trader or a tradefma%
an indisputable title will be given by the fubferiber,
ELNATHAN TAYLOR.
WdlfidJ, Feb. T< , T^2.
ALL perlons indebted to the cltate of Thomas Allyn, late
of Windsor, deceas'd, (represented insolvent) are re
quested to meet the fubferibers in order to fettle their accounts,
on thefecond Mondays of March, April and May next. Those
who have any demands on said eflate, are defiled to exhibit:
them to the fubferibets on said days, in order for a speedy and
final fettlemcnt.
SXRAH ALLYN,
THOMAS ALLYN. ) FxeLLt ° m
Windsor, ™L 201 "7"'
ALL persons that have any demands on the estate ofMr.
Thomas Warren, late of Hartford, deceased, are re
quested to exhibit their accounts to the fubferiber for fer
tlcment: And all pctfons that are indebted to faideftate arc
desired to make immediate payment.
ELIZUR WARREN, Administrator.
Hartford, Feb, 22, 1782*