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BOS T 0 N, May 2.
By the Ship Commerce, Capt. Welt, arrived at
Cape Ann, in 29 days from Cadiz, (as menti
oned in our last) we have received a Spanish
Gazette, from which we have extracted the
following intelligence, viz.
LONDO N, January 29.
GOVERNMENT has received advice of two
revolts among the German troops destined
for America. They were both suppressed, and
several of the men put to death by way of exam
ple. These circumstances prove to a demonftra
tien, that all efforts for recruiting our army on
the continent, mult henceforth prove totally nu
gatory ; so that if farther facrifices are to be
made to the impracticable wish of American
subjugation, the individuals must come from this
country alone, and Great-Britain muff prove the
sole fufferer for all her follies.
When lad war the Duke of Richlieu entered
with his army Fort St. Philip (in Port Mahon)
at the fight of the vast quantity of provision and
warlike Rores then therein, of the great number
of cafemates, which could shelter from bombs
the whole garrison, at fight of a fortrefs built and
cut in the rock, against which the cannon was
fruitlefs, and a number of large and spacious
mines capable of blowing up whole regiments,
both theofficers and soldiers stood astonished to
fee what dangers they had undergone, and their
little loss and fatigue, made them doubtful whe
ther they were really conquerors.
Since the restoration of the island of Minorca
to England, the fortifications of that already so
refpe&able a fortrefs, have been very much in
creased. General Murray is more adive and
brave than General Blackney was, when the
French took it ; and what is still more, the gar
rison have sworn to bury themselves under the
ruins rather than surrender. It is easy to guess
that the conqueff of it will cost a great deal of
fatigue and bloodshed to the besiegers, and that
they will prudently raise the siege before an En
glish squadron can come to the relief of the
island, and take prisoners the Duke de Crillon
and carryhim to Portsmouth or Plymouth with
the other Generals.
M A DRI D,, [Spain] February 19.
Col. Don Pablo Sangro, one of his Excellency
the Duke de Criilon's aid-de-camps, has brought
hither the important and agreeable news of the
surrender of Fort St. Philip the 4th of this
month, and that all the garrison were prisoners
of war.
The 4th instant General Murray hoisted a
white flag and sent articles of capitulation, which
were rejected by the Duke de Crillon, who sent
some new ones, which were received, and fol
low:--- ARTICLE I.
Proposed by the English General.
AS the Duke de Crillon, by positive orders of
his Sovereign, cannot receive any terms of ca
pitulation but under condition that the garrison
surrender prisoners of war, Mr. Murray agrees
to surrender; but he expects that his Excellen
cy will allow that the garrison go out with all
the honors of war, which will contribute to his
Excellency's glory, as it is manifeft that notroops
have ever given greater proofs of heroism and
courage.
Answer. The garrison shall be prisoners of
war ; but in regard to the constancy, valour and
great defence by Gen. Murray, and the garrison,
the said garrison shall go out, holding the fire
lock on the shoulder, drums beating, match
lighted and flags flying until it be filed off in the
center of the army, where they shall lay down
their arms and flags; and wishing to give a
proof of my high consideration to the General,
a covered boat is granted to him.
ART. 11. General Murray demands that the
garrison return to England prisoners of war on
oard of ships furniffied by the King of Spain,
and paid by the King of England; that provi
sions be given to the troops while on the island,
and that the transport ships be provisioned from
the stores of the place and with the fame quan
tity they used to be allowed ; and besides, they
shall be permitted to take in their beds.
Granted.
ART. 111. The Corsicans and the Greeks,
&c. shall be carried to Leghorn ; they shall be
furnished with provisions from the place, and the
freight flrall be paid by England. Granted.
Art. IV. Gen. Murray relies that the offi
cers are fubjea to the fame conditions as the sol
diers, and that it shall not be allowed to any of
them to go home by land, those excepted whose
health requires it; th^t his own being unable ,to
bear a tedious passage by sea, he hopes to be per
mitted, as well as his family, to go to Marfailles,
and from thence to England ; to which purpose,
a pass from the King of France will be granted
by the Duke de Crillon, Granted.
ART. V. The Duke de Crillon may depend
upon it, that the garrison of Fort St. Philip shall
not serve during the war, till exchanged as cu
stomary, or till a cartel takes place between the
belligerent powers. /
Anfw. The confidence I have in the honour
of the garrison of Fort St. Philip, leaves me no
room to doubt of the execution of their promise
not to serve against Spain and its allies, till ex
changed man for man, or by the way of a cartel
if any takes place between their Catholic and
Britannic Majesties : the officers will be priso
ners of war on parole of honour, given and sign
ed under their own hands ; as to the soldiers a
lift will be made of them, and the officers shall
explain to them the obligation they have con
traded not to serve during the war till exchang
ed ; and warn them, that if they are so bold as
to forfeit the said obligation they will be punish
ed by death.
ART. VI. General Murray does not questi
on the well known humanity of the Duke de
Crillon, who will permit that greens, vegetables,
and other provisions of the fame kind, be pur
chased in the markets of the island, to forward
the recovery of the sick. Granted.
ART. VII. General Murray expels further from the Duke
de Crillon's generofry, that the officers, soldiers, and arti
ficers belonging 30 the garrison, shall not be searched nor
ill treated by the Spanish soldiers; to prevent which they
will immediately be put in possession of the Marlboro' of
the Queen's redoubt, and of the Moon of the Kane.
Granted.
ART. VIII. The English garrison shall keep possession of
the other out works till the day of their embarkation, and
they shell not be insulted by the Spanish soldiers.
Anfw. The whole garrison shall to-morrow in the morn
ing evacuate the place, and be conduced to Aleyor where
they will remain till their embarkation ; and all attention
due to their valour will be paid to them.
ART. IX. Homages shall be given on both sides for the
faithful execution of the above articles.
In Fort St. Fhillip, February 4, 1782, eight o'clock in the
evening..
Anfw. According to the second and third article which
mention of the transports that are to be furnished by Spain,
his Excellency General Murray shall name some officers to
remain as hostages till the return of said transports.
Mahon, February 1782, 12 o'clockin the evening.
No return of the prisoners or ordnance being yet come to
hand, as soon as received it will be published.
So soon as the King received the news of so glorious an
event, he ordered immediately a public thanksgiving to the
Lord of Hosts ; and a Te Beam was sung in the King's chap
pel, and a general illumination was exhibited during three
nights.
S A L E M, April 26.
Yesterday arrived in a fife port, the prize brig
Feggy> taken by Capt. Leach, in the letter of
marque brig Hind, belonging to this port. 1 his
prize has on board 900 barrels of provisions, and
was bound from Ireland to Barbadoes.
NEW - LOND 0 N, May 3
Sunday last a flag returned from New-York
whicli brought 20 Americans, who had been a
long time on board a prison-ship. & About one
thousand of our countrymen remain in the pri
son-ships at New-York,great part of whom have
been under close comfinement for more than fix
months, and in the most deplorable conditon ;
many of them, feeing no profpe& of a releaf
ment, are entering into the British service, to
elude the contagion with which those ships are
fraught.
We learn that about 500 persons have died on
board the different prison-ships at New-York
during the lass five or fix months, and that about
300 are now sick.
Tuesday afternoon another flag returned here
from New-York, in which came Capt. Henry
Phelps, of Salem, who was taken in the brig Re
volt, on his paflage from Baltimore to Bilboa,
the 31st of January, and since that time has been
on parole on Long-Island : He informs, that last
Saturday night a packet arrived at New-York
from England ; that tho' no intelligence brought
by her had been published, yet it was currently
reported in the city, that in late debates in the
Britifli Parliament on the American war there
wereonly a majority of one or two votes for con
tinuing of it : That it was their design to prose
cute the war in the Weft-Indies with vigor,
and for that purpose 50 fail of the line were to be
sent there : That on Saturday last, 4 o clock,
P M. the Cornwell packet, Capt. Dilworth, ar
rived at New-York, in 4 weeks and 5 days from
Falmouth, (having failed a fortnight after the
above preket) ; immediately on her arrival
crowd of people flocked to the wharves to bear
the news,---Capt. Phelps fays he met with the
pilot of the packet on his landing, and being in
timately acquainted with him, alked him the
news, he was answered that America was declar
ed independent by Great-Britain ; Capt. Phelps
asked him if it might be relied on ? he answered
that be had been two days on board the packet,
and that this was the common discourse among
the people. Capt. Phelps fays he was afterwards
in various parts of the city and different compa
nies, in which were Gentlemen of the army and
navy, and this news appeared to engross their
whole converfation,—no one appearing to doubt
the truth ofit. -— Capt. Phelps left the city the
next morning.
We give our readers the foregoing account
as we receive it,---a few days will dubtlefs de
termine the truth ofit.
By the fame gentleman we learn, that five fail
of vessels arrived at New-York a few days before
he left the city, having been captured out of a
fleet of 25 fail from Philadelphia, and it was re
ported that eight others had been taken out of
the fame fleet and were coming up.
He likewise informs, that on Monday fe'n
night, at fix o'clock the enemy began to break
ground to cut a canal 'Oll Long-Illand, to run
from the Wallbeck to the Pond, taking in Cob
ble-hill fort. The length of the trench to be
two miles and a quarter. The militia were cal
led out to work in rotation, one day in a week ;
no person above 1; years ofage being excused
labour.'
HARTFORD, May 7.
It is said the traitor General Arnold receives
the most flattering attention from his tyrannical
majesty George the 3d is often consulted by him
in private, and particular regard is paid to his
opinions in whatever regards the future prosecu
tion of the American war. [How truly little
and despicable do kings appear, when, for the
purposes of policy, they are forced to smile upon
the meanest and basest of mankind !]
By accounts from the westward we hear that
the Indians have lately appeared near Fort-Pitt,
but that the inhabitants had turned out against
them, and have gained signal success. Upwards
of ninety of the Indians have been killed and
scalped at one time, eighty horses taken with a
large quantity of fur and (kills. Upwards of
three hundred men have let out for the neigh
bourhood of Fort-Pitt, properly equipped on
horseback, for Sandusky, on an expedition against
the hostile nations.
Lord Dunmore is arrived at New-York from
Charleftown.„
Formerly the common estimate in England
was, that the total expence of their navy amoun
ted to 10001. a gun; but Lord Sandwich, by the
King's desire, drew up a new one, and the total
is 16401. per gun.
Died, yesterday fe'nnight, the Widow Doro
thy Warren, aged 65.
At Coventry, last week, Miss Mary Root, eld
est daughter of Col. Jesse Root.
An ELEGANT ASSORTMENT of
Chintzes and Callicoes,
Just imported in the last Veflels from France, and to be fold
at the Store of S. A U S T I N and Co.
Hartford, May 6, 1782.
OST on Friday lalt, between Southbury and Waterbury;
out of a loaded Waggon on their way to Hartford, a
PORTMANTEAU, (belonging to a French Officer lately
prisoner at New-York, and met with great losses when ta
ken) with sundry cloaths and a number of Other articles,
among which is a Bank Note of Twenty Dollars, upon Ro
bert Morris, Esq- about eight or nine dollars In silver, one
pair of Silver Shoe Buckles, a Pocket Book with papers of
consequence to the oweer, one (nuff box with a Lady's pic
ture in miniature on the lid, and many oahcr fmalt articles
not mentioned. Any person finding the fame and delivering
them to Ralph Pomeroy, Esq. D. Q. "■ " Hartford, shall
receive a handsome reward for the fame when dowered, and
the sincere thanks of their humble servant,
D UMOUSSEA U.
Hartford, 6th April, 1782.
PUBLTe A UCTIO N.
At the Store of Meffi's. Zabdiel Rogers and Co. in Norwich,
on Tuesday the 21st day of May next, at 10 o'clock A. M.
WILL COMMENCE
THE Sale of a valuable Assortment of European GOODS,
imported in the Brigantine Fire Brand, Capt. Trow
bridge, from Amfterdam.' They consist of too great a va
riety to be inserted in an Advertisement. Any person that
purchases more than Thirty Pounds will be allowed fix
months credit, on procuring security to the fatiriadion of
the owner of said goods, Bank notes, or notes issued by the
Hon. Robert Morris, Efa; will be received in payment equal
to cash in hand.
Norwich, April 23, 1782,
* # ° ddverlifemcHts ouritud 'will be in our next.