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the exigencies of the fervica, and the ease of my people.
And you mu. ne allured that the confidence yen repose
in me Ihall be used with proper frugally, and applied
only to the purpot ; for which it was intended.
My Lords end G airmen,
We are env iged in a great national cause, the profe
cut°n o' which mull inevitably be attended with many
difficulties, uni much txpence; but when we consider
th it the fkntial rights and interests of the whole empire
^rc deeply concerned in the issue of it, and can have no
ft.e.ypr fcemnybut in that Gouftitutiohal subordination
for which we are contending, I am convinced that you
rail not thick any price too high for the prefervati n of
such objects.
I wilful entertain a hope that my rebellious fubieris
may ne awakened to a sense of their duty, they will
jellify me in bringi? g about the favourite with of my
heart, the restoration of harmony and the re establish
ment ol order and happiness in every part of my dp
nusons. Burif a due fubnvffion should not be obtained
from such tnrives, and such a disposition on their part,
1 truirl ihall be able, under the bluffing of Providence,
to effectuate it, by a full exertion of the great force with
widen you have obtruded me.
Then the LORD CHANCELLOR, by his M^efty's
command, said,
PR Lords and Gentler,im,
It ?S his Majesty s royal will and pleasure thatthis par
liament he pr ;rogued to Thiirfday, the firth day a>fAucuft
next, to be then here holders, and this parliament is ac-
Cordmgly prorogued to Thursday, the firft day of Augud
next
PARIS, May TO.
IF we may creditthe letters from Spain, a rupture be
tween that court and Portugal feerns inevitable.
M?" rd This day his mod Christian Majesty declared
'the, Marquis de Noailles his Ambassador to his Britannic
Majenv, in the room of the Count de Guignes, by the
title of Duke de Guignes.
L . N D O N.
Ma % 2. The mmiftry are.now convinced, that the
United navies of France and Spain are meditating some
Broke, vlnch may prove fatal to the honour And interest
bt the Brrtuh, empire. Lord Stormont has been closeted
On the .re ion at Buckingham-house, and a certain per
fonagtys laid to have fpuken rather sternly on his bad in
formarop, refpe&ing the present intrigues between the
Courts of France and Madrid.
HOUSE of COMMONS.
The Commons agreed to the report of the refoltitions
of yetterdey. on whale oil, flax feed, teas and coffee,
mullirs, calicoes, &c. bounties .on ships bringing the
greatest quantity of whale oil from the South, 44 degrees
N-.rnth; 506 b for the firft, 400]. the next, 2001. the next,
idol, the next;
That five fluTngs per hogshead be paid upon flaxfeed
imported uu 0 Ireland, the growth of the Austrian Ne
therlands*,
That the time for allowing the drawback on the im
portation or mufhns and calicoes, imported by the Eaft
'„: a Company m 1,7$ and 1774, be enlarged.
That a further tme be allowed to the Eaft-ladia Com
pany to expose to- fafe bohea and fingio teas, and coffee,
as remained unexpired pn the jth of. April last; or that
shad be imported before the 31st of December next, with
the usual drawback.
That a dra .back be allowed on all .coals, iifed jn the
copper works in the ilk- of Anglefea, for melting cop
per ore.
. A corr^foondeut fays, Lord Howe goes out to Ame
rica wuh Hie lulled and nub ample con- .mission ever given
to a British tdmiral. His conduct is to be entirely go
verned by the nature of things when he takes the com
mand, WUL lit waiting the inftruTons of the Admiralty
Lords, ^f these terms his Lordihip accepted the com
mand. T^o of the commissioners mentioned are Lord
Howe and ms brother, others are mentioned, but vari
ous, by ri:Pc-ent peffons.
„ Advice has been received by government of four Ame
rican veflels that came there to buy up arm's and ammu
nition, having been detained by the Magistracy of Ham
burgh, in order to be delivered up to his Britannic
Majesty.,
Tuesday the bounty for seamen to enter into the navy
expired, and the.Gazette of that night gives no continu
ance of it. —Qnere, has the navy got men enough ? has
the bounty failed of its desired effects? or is the uncon
• Buutjoua; method of impressing to be had recourse to?
All the transports have been victualled at Corke, or
,th Irish provisions, but all the men of war (outward
bound) have received Englifb salt beef and pork.
A gentleman, who came on Friday last from St. Mi
loe% bimgs an account that fix ships from America, la
den with wheat arid other things, arrived there the 12th
ult. and that th'v mere taking in return gunpowder, &c.
That each °b had ten guns, besides fwivcls and small
arms; an ' that the Captains had agreed to fail together,
and fioht as long as their ships would keep above wa
ter, in case an, Enrlilh men of war lloald attack them.
Thru- 1 ms have been for some time ready at Cadiz^o
fail on an expedition to the South sea, on discoveries. A
little iquadron we t from the Havannah to Peru, on the
fame bminefs opt November, which was to proceed to
the norh o'California: it fhculd seem, from these mo
tions of the Spaniards, that they were jealous of the de
signs r G^eat- Britain in those parts, and it is not impos
sible that if they meet with Captain Cook or Clark they
may a? in a mannerv.ry little confident with the apology
for a peace that fi hiPts at present between the two
Crowns.
May 2=. gefiermy enemas Daw, Efa; was appointed
Secretary to Lord George Germi re, in the room of
Join Powhall. £<]; mho has refigfr.
Ma, 22. The Brie M'nerva, Captain Winning, aft ^ a
puree -f5 w^ from Salem in NewTerfey. is err vol
London,ri^r, v,m fh CT !< : t , ferzed by the Ca-
Itom-Houfe officers, in confegu cure of the reftrainior adt :
She bad 320 b ^ bead f T..w r i ml on b&d: all thc"m
pew which the officers could find be v ft T.d?D% ~
A letter fr an Ireland to a gendem.m in Liverpool,
mentions, that # - ^ e ffA arrived a?Newrv the firft cf May,
in 28 days fee New-fork.
Yesterday there was a gr^d mfetriw of ail the foreign
ministers, at :3c Hotel in St. James's street, on account
of some advices received from Portugal.
Advice's fed to be received of a ttal change in the
French lhmi!try ? and that those who are nowte take the
jeart have n^t the fame pacific sentiments as their prede
ceffrm .
YePerday a gentleman of diftin&ion was sent off ex
press to h/Udrtt
May 27. Yesterday a firil Board of Admiralty was held,
a. the breaking np of wh?cr il2 men of war of the line
were ordered to be cut into cem'miffion.
I he change „* the French minipry has alai med A----n
It is said that the Lords of the admiralty have issued
an order for the railing 6000 more marines.
The 20th of May arrived at Spithead 3 vessels of 600
tons each, with flalls, &c. for the reception ofthorfes to
be lent to America with the floet ; and the second division
of the Hefiian troops were under fail at Stade the 14th
instant.
Toauer-Hil!, Ma, 22, 1776.
M r . compliments to Mr. , may rely on it
that the French ministry is changed, the pacific men are
turned out, and the spirited men, friends to America, to
come in, viz. Duke Choifeul, &c. &c. therefore, French
war, or submission to America, inevitable.—T he docks,
from the battle of Lexington to this day, have fallen up
wards of 6 per cent, a loss on the national debt of at least
seven millions. These things Should be publicly made
known. At Saracens Head.lnn, Friday Street.
W I LLI AMSB U R # G, August 3.
Einemflie, ff
THE deposition of Jarrett Williams, taken before me
Anthony Bledfoe, a juftite of the peace for the
county riorUhid, being firft five.rri on the holy evangelists
of Almighty God, depofeth and .faith, that he left the
Cherokee nation on Monday night the Bth instant (July)
that the part of the nation called the Overhills were then
prepaid . to go to war against the frontiers of Virginia,
having purchased to the amount of 1000 skins of there
abouts, for mockaibns. They were also beating flout
for a march, and making other warlike preparations.
Their number, from a calculation made by the- Raven
warriors, amounts to ab ut fix hundred warriors; and,
according to the deponent's ideas, he thinks we may ex
pect a general attack every hour. They propose to take
away negroes, horses, &c. and to kill all kinds es cattle,
sheep, &c. for which purpose they are well flocked with
bows and arrows; &c. aifo to destroy all corn, burn
houses, &c. and he allo heard, that the Valley towns
were, a part of them, set off; but that they had sent a
runner to flop them, till all wete ready to start. He far
ther relates, that Alexander -Cameron informed them,
that be had concluded to fend Capt. Nathaniel Guest,
William Faulin, Isaac Williams, and the deponent with
the Indians, till they came near to Nanachukey; then the
Indians were to flop, and Guest and the other whites
above-mentioned were to go to fee if there were any
King's men among the inha ritants; and if they found
any; thTy were to take them- off to the .Indians, or have
a whitedtgnal in. their hands, or otherwise to distinguish
them. When tins was done, they were to fall on the
inhabitants, and kill and drive all they possibly c uid.
That on Saturday the 6th instant, in the night, he heard
two prisoners were brought in about midnight, but the
deponent saw only one. That the within Williams saw
one scalp brought by a party of the Indians, with a priso
ner; but, from accounts, they had five scalps. He aifo
fays be heard the prisoner examined by Camerorf though
he g j r e a very imperfect account, being very much cast
4,vn He farther lays, that the Cherokees had received
:e w<u belt from the Shawanele, Mingo, Taawah, and
Delaware nations, to strike the white people. That fif
teen of the faui nations were lately in the Cherokee
towns, amt that few of tne Cherokees went in company
with the Shawanefe, &c. That they all intended to flrike
te c... rs on Kentucky, and that the Cherokees gave
the said hawaueie, &c. fur scalps of white men; which
they carried away with'them. I he said Shawanefe and
Miugee: n: need the tnerokees, that they then were at
peace with every other nation: that the French were to
Supply them w....i ammunition, and that they wanted the
Cherokees tc join them to ;tnte the white people on the
frontiers, which the Cherokees hwe agreed to.' And the
deponent farther faith, that before he left the nation a
number of the Cherokees of the lower towns were gone
to fall on the frontiers of. South Carolina and Georgia;
and further faith not. JAR RET WILLIAMS.
S^M before Anthony Bledsoe.
Wednesday ar express arrived here with the following
account of a battle fought by a party of the Fimcafde
mriitii with a number of Cherokee and Creek Indians,
near the Great Island of ITolftein, the 20th of July last.
“ Owr scouts returned and informed that they had dis
covered a large number of Indians making into the set
tlement, upon which information, the few men station
ed at Baton's fort, within the boundary line, completed
a break work fufficiently Itrong, with what men were
terc, to have defended thimfelves against a considerable
number. Expresses were sent to the different Rations,
and such a number of men were collected, that next
morning we turned out with 170 in search of the enemy.
We marcuec in two divmona, with flankers on each
v^ t 'nd Touts before, ivho soon difeovered upwards of
20 Infills mil bred upon them. They immediately re
ter.mdtoCTfc, but our men rufliing on them with such
vm.cr'c obeyed them to make a precipitate retreat..
They left ten bundles and a good deal of plunder, which
cvr.men f cured. We have gre:>t reason to believe ft ve
rb of timm were wouncu in the skirmish. Though it
lurtued ,n a ground very cif.dvantageous to pursue,
yet it was with the greatest difficulty they could be re
drained. .4 council was held, and it was judged ad
vifealie to return, as we had reason to believe a party
greatly fwperior to ours were not far off. We had not
mmc./cl iucce than a mile in good order when, cur rear
was ^w,co by upwards of 100 of the enemy. Our
men firmined the attack with great firmnefs, until a line
was formed. The enemy endeavoured to surround us,
but were prevented by the vigilance of Captain fames
Shelby, who, with his division, took possession of an
eminence, and wbravtly defended it, which prevented
their debgro Our line extended upwards of 600 yards,
and after diluting the ground some time, we found 13
of them dead on the field, and have reason to believe
that many more might have been found, if we bad had
exceedingly; the Comptroller General of the Finances,
Torgant, w,s a warm Friend to peace and domestic im
provement, and would not listen to the Spanilh faction;
but the dew arrangement is of a very different complexion.
Yeft&day, in consequence, as it is imagined, of the
above alarming intelligence, the different flocks fell two
per cent.
Another Admiral, we hear, will shortly make his
appearance at Spithead*
Extract .of a Letter from Lfbon.
By the great preparations here, it seems we are at the
eve of a war, however the PortugUefe have taken care to
fill their granaries with corn fiifficient for two or three
years, which has been brought to Portugal by American
velfels, in return for which they received fire arms, gun
powder, &c. and what they now buy is flhipped for their
good friends the French, who, it is said, are rather in
want, but they make them pay an exorbitant price for it.
Fifteen fail of American veflis are now in the Tagus,
and will soon imoceeu on their return home; there are
likewise nne fal of men of war almost ready for sea,
exclusive of frigates and smaller vessels.
H A L IF A X, Juki.
Thur'c >y morning last arrived here from her nation h\
Boston-B v, the Milford frigate, Captain Bmr.
Yesterday evening arrived here hw'Mfcftys f-T/te,
Brune, in eight weeks from Port fmoath, and two mrrf.
ports, haying onboard a number of the foot-guards, and
some foreign troops.
B OS T O N, Az^f
Friday last was taken, to the Eaftwar : of Mount De
far;, by two whalemen, and last Wednesday sent in to:,
Vr™ Chooser of 160 tons, from Jamaica, bou . 0
Halifax, laden with rum, sugar, pimento, &c. She Lis
laid, was formerly owned in Salem.
PR OVIDEN CE, August 5.
Sunday last the Montgomery privateer, Captain DCT=i
Bucklin, of this port, returned from a cruise, Curing
which she took three valuable prizes; also tw orimrs. in
company with a privateer belonging to Salem: She
brought in with her a frew of 180 tons, Captain C od
win, bound from Nevis to London, having on board 1 y
hogsheads, 37 tierces and 20 barrels of sugar, 62 hm,-
ffieads of rum, &c.
On Monday arrived a brig, taken by the Diamond pri
vateer, Captain William Chace, of this port; her ce ;ce
consists of 195 hogsheads and some ba Teis of fugar,' 65
bales of cotton, 25 tons of fuftick, and a qu urtity of
fiaves and heading, ihe was bound from Tortola u Li
verpool.
Extras of a letter from a planter at Tortola to bis f?knd
in Liverpool, dated fitly 1, 1776, found on beard he last
mentioned prize.
c< If this unhappy dispute between Great Britain red
America should be brought to a conclusion., ano they
be once more united, there will be an opening for f. of
rum, though to the windward the price keeps up 1 rear
to as. 6d. per gallon, owing to government c ntrarimg
with Mr. Blackburn, for 100,000 gallons, for the troops
in America. I am afraid many planters here fuffer fcr
want of lumber, as they have it not in their rower to
fend for it. I am informed there is a deal of good lu&
ber to the Southward of Georgia."
N E WPO R T, August 5.
The following is Governor Cook's answer to Lord Howe's
Letter.
Rhode-fland and Providence Plantations.
My Lord, Newport, "Juf 21, 17/6.
TAM favoured, with your Lordihipri Letter of the
JL 20th of June last, including your declared^ r. I have
communicated them to the General Affemhiy of this
State, now fitting here, and at their request inform your
Lordship, that they will transmit copies of them to tfe
most Honourable the General Coagrefs bf the United
States of America, to whom every application refunding
the difpute^ between the said States and Great Britain
ought to be addressed, and mull be referred.
I have the honour to be, with great refpeft and
esteem, my Lord, your Lordlhip's molt obe
dient humble servant,
NICHOLAS CCOKE.
_Laft Friday fe'nnight a fl.oop' from Bermuda arrived at
Nantucket, who the day before, to the southward cf
that island, saw 53 fail of square rigged vessels, falling
to the westward; which 'tis likely are part of toe Eef
ban fleet.
Last Wednesday arrived at New-London, the sloop
time to have searched for them, as there were great
quantities of blood found every way they retreated.
'£ hough the'a&ion was Tort, it is believed the execution
was great. The enemy attacked us with their usual
fury. But our militia fought with a calmuefs and intre
pidity that would have done honour to the veterans of
any country. The behaviour of our scouts, not only on
their duty, ¥ but in the action, deserve the greatest ap
paufe. Befidcs a deal of plunder, we took a good many
guns. We did not lose a man, and had only four Right
ly wounded. The soldiers are in high spirits, and long
for another engagement on equal terms. Though we
have every reason to believe that the enemy are pouring
in upon us in numbers superior to our forces, yet we
hope for a reinforcement from our friends. Signed by
Captains J< hp Campbell, William Cocke, Thomas Mid
difon, James Thompson, Jam@s Shelby and William Bu
chanan.
We have juR received at a certain port in this colon,
a supply of 450 barrels of gunpowder, and near 200 stand
of arms.
'ANNAPOL I S, August 8.
Lord Dunmore, with his piratical squadron, having
been beat o/f at Gwynn's island, thought proper to move
up the bay, and came-on Saturday the 13th of July laft'
into the mouth of Patowmack.
Amongst others were the Roebuck; the Fowey, with
Governor Eden on board ; the Otter; the Dunmore; mid
a number of tenders. Part of the fleet, after a few'days
Ray at St. George's island, near the mouth of St. Marv's
river, went up Patowmaek tc get frefti water, of which
it is said they were in great want. They burnt the dwel
ling house of Mr. William Brent, and did other damage
on his plantation. After returning again, they bu nt feme
vessels belonging to their own fl'et, and on Friday last
took their departure down the bay in two divilions. Se
veral Ikirmiihes happened during the interval of time
between their firft coming and their departure; we had
Bone killed on our fide, and only one man (Capt. Kerin
Beall) wounded, who is in a fair way of rec overy. The
enemy had diverse killed, whose bodies wcr^ found, and
many more wounded. A great number of dead bodies
floated on ihore of those who diedi f difeafee; amorgft
which were many blacks. The most intelligent of the
deserters fay, that upwards of one thousand negroes
hawe died within these fix months; they have the finall
pox and pestilential fever amongst them, which last riges
with great violence,- particularly amongst the negroes.
™ s ''" ''" Roebuck is going to New-York, and the
tory families some to the Weft-Indies, and some to St.
Augustine. No considerable damage hath been done in
tins province that we hear of, except plundering St.
George, island of stock, &c. when they firft landed'; but
on fending-down cannon, and ordering the hßitia ^da
few troops there, they became cautious bow they ap
proached the shore. The officers arid men on duty be
haved with great spirit and alacrity, and we hope Lord
Dunmore hath taken his leave of us, not finding any en
couragement to continue in Maryland.
B A L TT M ORE, August 7 .
Capt. John Campbell, Commander of the Enterprize
privateer, from Baltimore, has taken and sent into Chm
gbteaghe, a brig loaded with melaffes; and a >hip, from
Barbados to England, is sent into Sinepuxent, on the
24th uft. When the brig left Capt. Campbell, he was in
chafe of a fliip, deeply laden, and expended to be in
possession of her in a few hours. The prize ship, which
is fafe arrived in Sinepu ent, is said to have on board a
great quantity of Spanilh dollars, &c. &c. and was taken
by Capt. Campbell the 18 h ult. ' ~