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These adventurer's up Hufen's river, are the Phoenix, Capt.
Parker, agd (he R fa, commanded by that infamous WAL
LACE, 3rdthei: three te dcr>.
o .he Printer oj the Whi chad Evening Post.
IN antwer to a tory letter in y ur paper of Dec. 5, 1775,
permit me, Mr. Printer, to observe, that it is to Oliver
Cr unwell, and the people whom your emrefpondent laugha
bly calls Puritans, this kingdom (lands indebted for the Island
of Jamaica, which, at a moderate computation, hath brought
above one hundred millions of money into Great-Britain, be
sides the other great advantages attendant on its fi nation, and
will continue a lading mine of gold to us. Let it ado be
farther remembered, that it was the puritan Cromwell who
forced France to deliver up Dunkirk into hi hands; and
that it was the people commonly Itiled whigs or puritans, who
were the cause of fixing the crown on the bead of King Willi
am These arc fom^ of the noble deeds done by puritans:
But never, to my knowledge, have I read of any great or good
adfion done by a tory. T RUT H.
,°""b R E M E R-L E B E, Marchzfc
TOROM the 14 h co the *6th the firft brigade of the Reffian
, troops arrived here, under the command of Lient. Gent
de Heister. From the 13 hto the 23d there arrived here fuc
cHlively, 15 Eogfifh transports, on board of which were em
barked, on the 23d, the regiments of Trembach, Prince
Cha les, and Ditto th; and on the 24th the regiment of
guards. Since the 23d there arrived seven more traafports.
The Second Brigade, under the command of Major General
de Mirbach, is arrived hevc.Since the 20h. We exp & here
yet 22 transports, which, it is said, mull have failed from the
Thames by this time.
LONDO N, April s 6.
Extraß of a letter fr.m Madrid, March 1,,
" Our court seems to have quite given up the proposed at
tempt of a fecund expedition against Algiers. All the prepa
rations for that expedition have now another destination, and
arc laid to be intended to watch over our Settlements in Ame
rica, as the war between England and its Colonies render it
necessary for all powers who have any Settlements in those
parts to put them in so fecuie a filiation, that they may be in
no danger of fuffering From the abovementioned disputes."
We h ar from Cork, that on the 26th arid 27th ult. the
24th, 34th, and 6xd regim nts, were carried in lighters down
to Cove, and embarked on board the tranfpofts at that place;
and n the 3d inst. the ph regiment which lay at Cove, and
the 53d regiment from Kinfale, were also embarked under
command of Lieut Col. Fraser. The 300 Germans, who ar
rived at Cork on the sft inftaut, in the Utrow Anne, & Eliza
beth, from Hamburgh, are difcmbaiked, and next week will
go ^r Dublin, and the other parts of the kingdom, to be in
corpora ed with the ftveral regiments.
The Minerva Capt. Gregory, from Jamaica for London,
a miffing ship, having failed thence the 16th of January, is
fire off Dover, all well.
A letter from on board the Carysfort, C ve of Cork, April
6 fairs, " This fleet are under the convoy of the Carysfort
and prari, and only want a wind to put to Ca. The Grey
hound man of war, Capt. Dixon, with ten ordnance (tore
fliins and transports, failed yeftetday for Boston. The de
fertion of the troops here upon embarkation has been very
great as wHI as the feameu from the different Blips."
The last Ship which brought feme difpa ches from Lord
Dunmore, off Virginia, was to have brought fevtial pass n
gers, who wanted to leave hat country on account of the
trouble s; but ffie could no ' get provisions for them. A party
of fai<is went ashore in order to procure prov fions; but 7
of them were killed by the provincials; the remainder efoap-
CG to the (hips.
An Admiralty Court is appointed in Virginia, by authori y
of the Congreft, and John Blair, Edmund Randolph, Efq.s;
and another gentleman, are appointed Judges of it. They
Lave cord mod Several English veffeb which have been a
ken by tie American privateers, as lawfu prizes. This
fliews the Americans are proceeding to the establishment of a
government.
It is reported that there are feme private letters from Ame
rica, which fay, that the Americans had heard of the prohi
bitory aa, and the hiring of foreign troops; in eonfequence
of which the ContinentJ Corgr< fs came to two refuiutions,
viz. to lend no more petitions to Great-Britain. And to open
their ports to the Blips of other nato ns, and invite them to
partake of their trade. Men of difeemm nt fay, this last re
solution is of more importance than people seem to be aware
Oft The Americans a& withcochefs and wisdom; while our
counfeis are all violence and ignorance. The nation in ge
neral seems abforbedin uuny and dissipation. Every venal
wretch {crumbling tor a contract. In Short, the people are
enervated by an universal depravity; are unfeeling co the
{offerings of their felow Subjects, and unthinking of them
selves. And hence arises that total dfregard, which every
man of reflection fees with Sorrow, of that inevitable train of
ill consequences, from this encreafing wound in the empire.
But few of the German hirelings have been embarked, for
want of calks for their water. Orders have been given at Am
ftcidam, for 3000 to be immediately fnt to Stade; ad it has
been under coofideration here, whether roo coopers Should
n®t be sent from hence to Hamburgh, to help to make the
necessary quantity of those water calks.—Lack a-day, what
forefeeing mortals our bleffcd ministers are!
Had not the poor Corsicans been fold and betrayed by their
priests, and some of their chit fs, there are good reasons to
think, that the French would never have bem able to con
quer them; yet Corsica lies very near France, and the French
were ten times the number of the Corsicans- Now, what prof
pea of success have we before us against the Americans, com
p„^ whh the above case? None, not even the fhadow'of
any; yeia great p ail of this infatuated nation foo'iihly
thinks, that the troops that are to go out, will bear down all
before thm. A as! they may perhaps ravage the coasts, but
wid never be 4 able to pwera.e into the county; or if they
are {offered to do it, it will then be to their utter deftru&ioD.
Though it may feemto be a paradox, yet there is nothing
more true, han that the generality of officers are the worst
judges of the policy of war. To all ages and countries, when
Similar expeditions to the prefect American mad one have
been proposed by ignorant and tyrannical ministers, they have
always been approved of and represented as very easy to
ta fc, and sure to & crowned with success by mod of the
military men, as th y think their honour is concerned ingrec
dily embracing every opportunity to fight, right or wrog,
that they may Shew their prowess, .and above all get prcfer
ed.
They find great diffiulties to get transports in Holland, to
bring over the Dutch Scots troops.
Copy of a letter and memorial from James Wilson, Esq; to
L rd George Germaine:
To the Right Hon. Lord George Germaine, one of his Mnjeflfs
principal Secretaries of State. 1
IT Is not without concern that I find myfelf obliged to
address your Lordship on this occasion, as one of his Majes
ty's principal Secretaries of State. I trull your Lordship will
riot require any apoltfy for the retffition of that favor which
in your official character it may be proper for. you to comply
with. Presuming, therefore, that you are the perfot iby
whufe theans my sentiments may be most regularly conveyed
to his Majesty, I beg lea etointreat your Loidmip may lay
before his Majesty the i- ofed memorial.
1 have the 1. nor to be, your Lordfldp's
, most obedient humble servant,
Gilgorum, March i,tb. JAMES WfL'Ob^.
To the KING'S Most Excellent MAJESTY.
The Humble Memorial of JAMES WILSON.
Shewteh,
THAT the memorialist has served your.Majrly for up
waids of fi teen years as a ( p an in your M-fcity's marine
forces, during which time cunorialift d {charged his duty
with fidelity to the utmost of his power, and that memorialist
has had the honour of a feat in the House of Commons in
Ireland, during the prefect parliament, in which capacity,
as a servant of the people, his conduct has been 'uniform:,
directed by the best of his uaderftending, to promoter e in
terest of this kingdom, humbly conceiving the witl-btog of
this illind essentially conducive to the honour and Support of
your Majesty's government; that mcfnorixlilt is, by every
binding influence of allegiance and inviolable inclination,
ready to rlk his life and property, if required, to maintain
those inestimable principles by which your Majesty's illustri
ous family obtained the sovereignty of these realms; but it is
with the most poignant concern that mtmoriaiift finds himfeif
compelled, by the perriicibus meafmes cf your.M jelly's ml
nifters, and the indeliable dilates of nature, to implore your
Majesty to withdraw him from the rank and honour he en
joys under your Majesty, as Captain on half-pay, mcmoriahft
tbit king it incontinent with fidelity to yuur Majesty, as a
subject, or the people, as a repreftetativc, to receive those
wages which render him liable to the command of ministers;
the perpetration of whufe designs death would now be as
much preferable to, as it ever had been in the mind of memo
rialift to befitate in the fuppert of your Majeftt's reed glory
and happintfs. Mem.orialift, therefore, humify intreats your
Majesty, in your royal clemency, graciously to take his duti
ful memorial into confederation, as the only reward for his
service, that memorialift may be emancipated from the drf
treffing apprehenfidn which the present military preparations
against America suggest, of being obliged to difotief the com
mands of bis foverTgn, or adopt the horrid alternative of
ftiffling every impure of humanity, arid rushing into the
blood of kindred, fellow fubjedb, and countrymen.
[The above gentleman, who is a member in the Irish Par
liament for Tagmon, in the county of Wexford, as a Capt.
in the year 1760, raised 130 men (as the purchase of his com
pany) on his own estate in Ireland, and served all the re
mainder of the war in adfual service with the highest credit to
himfeif.J
WILLIAMSRURG, Virginia; %& 13 .
The heavy cannonade from our lines in Gloucester, l^ft
Tuefdav aud Wednesday, obliged Lord Dunmore ~ 'with
draw his troops and flapping from Gwin's Island. His Lord
fliip, it is laid, received a wound in his leg or thigh. The
men of war were hulled ftveral rimes, and received confider-'
abe damage, particularly the Dunmore at d Otter, which lad
was obliged to be tow d off io the g eateft hurry. Their
flight from the iflind was on Wednesday evening, with preci
prtati n and confufion, leaving to the pufleffion of our troops
a large number of cannon, swivels, thirty black prif^e s, and
three tenders, wbich they fct on fire, but we e son exriofuifh=
ed. The n f v loss on our fide was Capt. Dbhicky Arundel,
who was unfortunately killed by the burning ofa mortar.
The en^rpy are gone u thy 'ay, and it is conj>&u>ed they
are bound to Kent fland. Befo ~ their departure th y burnt
zfhip, fuhpoled to b : Dunmore, unf ifor ^ny further ice,
vice, and two small vessels.
SALEM ( ri?w-England)f"!j g
On W d^efilay lad was taken and Cut into Cape Ann by
the Yankey privateer stoop, in the C wrincntal service, (lately
fitted ow of Belton ) t > cruize againit h uaarurai enemies of
America, commanded by Capt. He rv Jobofon, the ship
Creighton Ross, maft~r, ab u 350 tons burthen ; the
was bound from Airiguat> Boston, and has on board a car
go of 400 puncheons of rum.
Samu dry was also sent in by Captain Johnson, the ship
—— Zachariah Bally.mafter, 4 §o ton- butthen, with a cargo
of turn, sugar, spices, pepper, cotton, &c. She was taken
about a fortnight ago, 00 her paifage from Jamaica to Lon
don. This ship was a letter of masque of 24 guns last war.
N E W-Y O R K,'y ,2®
OP Thursday last, by order of the Convention es the State
of New-Y ft, the Declaration of the Independency
of Tie United States of America was read at the State-
House to a numerous and rcfpe&able body ot the F eeh Id
ers and principal inhabitants of this city and county, which
was received with general applause and heart-felt fatisfaaion;
and, at fame time, our late King's coat of arms was brought
from the Hall, whee bis courts were commory held, and
burned amidst the aclamations of thousands of fpeaztors.
Extras of a tetter fr.m Albany, ]"',, 'S, r 77#,
LIB Satrnd v evtorg, a plot was d.foovered here, (by
co, (lion rtwo Tories) .hat this week this city was to be set
o r fife in different places, and the magazine blown up.—
Yefbtday between two and three hundred men went out with
their arms, to take up these fcouudrels; who, by information
were feulking in the woods, &c. and they have taken ftveral
of them —As there are no so diers in town, the inhabitants
watch 24 hours round to guard the tory goal, magazine, &c."
By advices from Martimco, we learn, that the French Ge
neral and Admiral in the Weft-Indies, will commence hostili
ties against Great Britain the moment that the Independence
of the American Colonis is authenticated to them.
Extras of a htter fr m Bofior. July 1.
" Last Sau day Commodore Banks's nift Lieutenant, kil
led in the engagement with Capt. Mugford, was found by a
fiter on Deer- Island—had in his pocket, five guineas and four
dollars, a gold wach, and by his fide, a silver hilted /word."
In Convert on of the Representatives of tire State cf \Neiv-rork,
White Plains, in ^ejichefer County, July 16, 1776.
Refolded Vnammcufl,, That all persons abiding within the
State ot New York, and deriving protection from the laws of
the fame, owe allegiance to the laid laws and are members of
the Kate; and that all persons passing through, visiting, or
making a temporary flay in the said State, being entitled to
the protection of the laws during the time of fueb paffige,
visitation, or temporary day, owe, during the fame time, al
legiance thereto.
That all persons members of, or owing allegiance to this
Stateras before described, who shall levy war against the
said State within the fame, or be adherent tn the King of
Great-Britain, or others the enemies of the said date within
the fame, giving to him or them aid and comfort, are guilty
of treason agaioft the State, and being thereof convicted, thall
fuffer the pains and penalties of death.
Refrived Vxanimoufa, That all magiftratesand other officers
of justice in this State, who are well affected to the liberties of
America, be required, until further orders, to exercise their
refpcaive offices: Provided that all processes and oth;c their
proceedings, be under the authority and in the name of the
State of New-Yotk.%
Extract from the minutes.
ROBERT BENSON, Secretary,
ful, 22. Wednesday feverai fliips, to the Lumber of about
16 or xo part of the fleet at Staten Ill.^d, got under wav
and flood through the Narrows, but we have not been able to
get any certain intelligence of their destination. Sera • cos
je&ure they are bound totlie Eastward, to attempt an entrance
through the Sound ; should that be the case, it affords us
pleafurc to think we are in a St condition there also to give
them a Suitable reception.
General Sullivan, with the whole northern army, we hear ^
retreated to Ticonderoga, (165 miles from Albany, and 26$
from this city) a very advantageous spot, and where it is be
lieved he will in a Short time be {efficiently reinforced arc
fortified to withflahd any attack that may be made, by 0.
Cruel and unrelenting enemies.
The mips up Hudson's river, that paired our batteries th
12th itiftaut, prove to be the Phoenix C<p. Paiket, ard th
Rose, commanded by the infamous Wallace. We hev: nr:
learnt that they ventured to appoach nearer cur fort than th
didance of eight miles, and from the ready muherieg of th.-
militia in that quarter, it is not doubled they will be prevent.
ed from committing any depredations on the inhabitants.
In is said that William Barrack and John Sweden, two
the pilots on board the above mentioned riops were belli h.
led by the flint from out batteries in puffing them.
Yetterday fe'nn ; ght iu the afternoon, a barge from the fleet
appeared in our bay with a white flag, which was there m
by the General's barge, with ftveral gentlemen of the acmv
on board. The flag was sent by Lord Howe with a Letter io
his Excellency General Wallington. But as the letter w
improperly direct'd, it was not .received though mucf
solicited by the officer, who, we hear said it container,
nothing of an hostile nature—that Lord Howe came over pel
feifed of unlimited power, asd was much concerned be '.:
not arrived a few days sooner, which would have effect; d
reconciliation &c. However it seems his unlimited pour
did not extend even to the UeceKarv preliminaries of a neg?
ciation—an acknowledgement of the right of the perfuns tc
whom he came, to treat with him.
On Tuesday another Sag from the fleet appealed, and w 4
met as before, when a letter wo a%tn eftzed, but fox fr
the fame reason as the farmer rejected.
On Friday a third flag from the fleet,appeared, which ?'
bear brought only an open letter, directed to Miss Matgarpt
Moncrieffe.
Saturday forenoon cur people discovered a fourth flag c
truce, whecupon the mechanics barge Was sent to meet -
and conducted the Officer, said to be Adjutant Gent al of 1
forces under Lord Howe, to the dwelling of C 1. Knox,
this city; where hisjExccllency General Wafning:oll,attends.
by his body guards, waiting hiv arrival, which was 2 St
past one o'clock : The interview was flport, and the par It:
hrs we believe are not as yet made known p we can the cf
only fay, that at parting much comely was seen to pais 0.
tween the gentlemen who bore the flag, and thole of the coz
tinental forces who had the honor to be preferit.
Yesterday several difeharges of cannon and rcufketry ~
heard in this city, and by the appearance of a dleud of finoa
over Bergen phirr, it is ' imagined our people cnthe Jerri
Ihore have had a drirmifh with the enemy, horn Sritcn-tiian
In PROVINCIAL CONGRESS or NEW JERSE
Trenton, Jui, 16, 17,6:
ORDERED, That the Several Townflrip Committer
throughout this Colony do immediately exert themfeives 1
p ocuring LEAD for the use of the army now engaged in am
defence, as the demand for that article is very great an.
,effing; that, to this end, they do forthyrith 401 f.& all tim
leaden weights from windows and clocks, and all the lead:n
w rights of drops, stores, and mills, 6f one pound weight aod
Upwards; also all other bad in and about boules 2:04 other
places; and that they forward all the lead which shall by
th<m be so colltaed, to the hands of Alexander Chamber
Abraham Hunt; David Pinkerton, and William Tucker, of
Tentwo; Hendrick Filher of Somerset County, Azariah
Dunham; of New- Bitnifwick; John Ross, of Woodbridge ,
Isaac Woodruff, of Elizabrth-Town ; and Dr. William Bur
net, of Newark; or any of them, Commissioners appointed
for purchasing arms, &c. And the said Coramidionarsare
directed to pay for all fitch lead at the rate of fix pence Pro
clamation money the pound weight, together with the rea
sonable expences in forwarding the fame. JULY 17.
WHEREAS the Hou. the Continental Congress have de
clared the United Colonies Free and Independent States : WC
the Deputies of New-Jersey, in Provincial Congress aflem
bled, Do Resolve and Declare, That we will support the Free
dom and Independence of the said States with ous
lives and fortunes, and with the whole force of New
Jerfty., JULY 28.
Refolded, That this house from henceforth, instead of tin
ftyle and title of Provincial Congress of New-Jersey, do adoc
and assume the stile and title of The Convention of the Star,
of New-Jersey. Extraft from the %rM#%
Wm. PATERSON, Sec'ry.
In tire Convention of tie State of NEW-JERSEY
Trenton, Juf 18, 1776.
WHEREAS it is neceftary in these times of danger, tha
crimes Ihould receive their due punishment, and the Safety 0
the people more cfpeciaily requires, that all persons wl
fhail be found so wicked as to devise the deftruaien of „><
government, or to aid or assist the avowed enemies of th
state, be pooifhed with death: Therefore be it refolded a^
ordained by this Convention, and it is resolved and ordain*
by the authority of the fame, that all persons abiding witrih
this State of New-Jersey, and desiring protection fiom^
laws thereof, do owe allegiance to the government of thi-
State, as of late established on the authority of the peopb.
and ate to be deemed as members of this state; and that all
petfons passing through, vifitijg, or making a temporary day
in this State being entitled to the protection of the D-=
during such passage, visitation, or temporary stay, durie
the fame time ewe allegiance to th s government
And be it further resolved and ordained, That all and every
person or persons, members of, or owing allegiance to tho:
government, as before described, who, rtom and after Ut,
date hereof, shall levy war agaiuftthis date within the Lme,
or be adherent to the King ot Great-Britain, or others, the
enemies of this state, within the fame, or to the enemies ~
the United States of North-America, giving to him or tb^n
aid or comfort, shall be adjudged guilty of High Ti af n„
and fuffer the pains and penalties thereof, in like manner at
by the ancient laws of this state he or they Should have fur
sered in cases oi h gh treason.
And be it further resolved and ordained, That all and ever
perlon or persons, who, from and after the date hereof, Iha.
be found guilty of resiling the government of this state, a
by this Convention eflablifhed, or of other seditious Speeches
or practices, Shall be punished in like manner as by the fc,