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which they richly deferred at any rate, whether they a^cd
agonft their orders, or whether they idled without the know
ledge of the Court of Lisbon: and if this be done, the Court
of Madrid will confider themfclves amply farisned; but if this
request is not complied with, the latter will judge, (and which
Is mod probable) that it was done with pofiove orders from
the former Court, and consequently they will proceed to an
open war, in which they will be alerted by the C@urt of
Fiance.
" This is the nature of Don Cafton's (the Commander in
Chief of the united fleet) ambaffy to the Court of Lisbon.
All Europe is auxidUs to know how this matter will end; and
we hear that the Courts of Great-Britain and France have
both declared that the request of the Court of Madrid is
founded in justice and equity, and Should be complied with,
as a forifaCriou to the grossly offended Court of Spain. Mean
while' both France arid Spain are ready to crush the treacher
ous Poruguefe in case of non compliance."
The Richmond, Burch, from Jamaica, arrived in Margate
Road, fays, that the failed in company from thence with
seventy fail, tinder convoy of the Antelope, and that flic
had heard on her paffaje that the Lady's Adventure, and
thrive other Jamticanrep, were . taken by two American
privateers.•
To the Printer of the PUBLIC LEDGER.
$ I R,
no II & arrival of Mr. St. Paul from the Court of Versailles,
1 was unexpected at this critical juncture. You ma, af
furette public, that he is charged with dispatches from Lofd
Stormont, the delivery of which will much embarrass admi
niQration.
Mr. Sv Paul is a man of vigilance. He possesses that kind
of penetration, which renders it a very difficult matter to de
ceive him. During the absence of Lord Stormont he watched
rile motions of the Court of France with Such success, that
he traced the duplicity of that Court through all is different
♦iodings. He perceived that France intended Secretly to af
ford America that alhfiance which She openly disavowed, lie
defected the agents of the cabinet in the very a& of affoid
ing fuccours to the Colonies, and of giving every aiTutanoe
of protection to the American leaders. Intelligence of this
. was communicated to Lord Stormont whilst bis Lordlhip was
in England. He was dispatched in haste to Versailles, with
inst unions to remonfttate, in Spirited terms, on the inftdt
thus offered to tire Court of London. Lord Stormont obey
ed his inftru&ioin He pressed for a categorical answer. The
reply was couched in the moll ambiguous terms. The affair
was d opped. The Court of Versailles was more narrowly
watched than ever. Enough was discovered to convince Lord
Stormont of the intentions or that Court. Mt. St. Paul is
now sent over to allure our Ministry of the resolution of the
cabinet of Verfailies, which is simply this : That if the de
claration of the Cdngrefs/ Getting forth the independency of
America, fha!l b< generally relieved by the people through
cut the different Colonies, then France, in conjunction with
Spain, will hazard a rupture with Great-Britain, by openly
affiftiug the Colonifb, on terms highly advantageous to the
' commerce of France and Spain.
Ido not pretend to Specify every particular. Rut this, I
wolventure to affirm, is the fubftauce of that intelligence
which Mr. St. Paul is sent over to communicate to adminis
tration. The public will from hence perceive, that it is 4en
tire niadnefs to place any reliance on the pacific assurances of
France and Spain. They will not wantonly plungeinto war.
But no person can expert that they will forego national ad
vantages, out of compliment to the English ministry. The
idea is chimerical. Mr. St. Paul hath by this rime told admi
n flration thus much. The public have only to expeiSt what
hxthbeen repeatedly foretold; That the rupture with our co
lonies will end in thelofs of America, and a war with France
and Spain. If these are eligible events, the people arc very
right in-Supportingthofe plans which must produce them, if
the loss of America (which implies the total ruia of our com
merce) is not a thing to be deih<d, then are the people blind
to their own iuterefts, in not ceasing to protest ministers who
have long Ceased to pay any regard to the commercial welfare
of their country. MATIER of FACT.
A^gufl Ifo Yesterday Lord Shelburne attended the levee
at St. James's for the firft time for several years pad; at the
fame time he took leave of his Majesty previous to his de
pa- titre to France.
-Extraß of a letter from a &rrefponder.t at the Hague, Augufl %
"The diff renews between Spain and Portugal become dai
ly of more importance; and we now plainly lee, that the war
Between Great-Britain and America, has a great influence ov r
the above affairs. It is true, that the Court of France pre
tends to be peaceably inclined ; the court of Spain pretends
•to beef the fame inclination ; but the whole Spanish nation
(most undoubtedly led on by the Nobles and Grandees) all
cry out for a war, insinuating that whilst Great-Britain is so
deeply engaged in a civil war, it will be impossible tor her to
defend Portugal, and consequently the latter will soon be con
que-ed ; and if™ in- case Great-Britain should attempt to fight
for Portugal, the whole continent of America must then take
part with the Spaniards ; so that at any rate fuecefs is almost
fore. The British Mtnifter at Madrid openly declared, that
Ji;s Britannic Mijefty would not leave his allies on account of
the prefect civil war, Minorca and Gibraltar being well forti
fied/and battles by land and sea should be fought for the Por
tuguese, in case Spain infilled upon a war.
" By the last advices from Madrid, dated the rith ult. they
were rather apprehensive that it would end in an open war.
According to these advices, an army of 40,000 men were or
dered to march towards the Portuguese territories, command
ed by C rant Aranda, the Duke of Grillon, and Don Pedro
{evades ; and that the Portuguese Minifler was just prepar
ing to return to Lib n when these advices came away: About
10'000 men were ordered to be embarked for Buenos Ayres,
notwithstanding it being almost too late in ths season for that
undertaking; nay the intelligence from that quarter concern
ing the insolent behaviour of the Portuguese is very alarming.
" On the other hand we are ailonilhed to find the obflina
cy of the Court of Lisbon.
" In fbort, we may atfert that several courts in Europe are
concerned in the affair; and though this dispute may appear
tr^fiingto many, yet it is the very beginning of a general war,
in which many mighty empires may fall, and little ones grow
opulent and powerful."
A gentleman arrived from Cadiz informs us, that three
Spanith frigates, five transports, with four regiments cf foot,
and four victuallers, the day before he left that place, failed
for tbe.Hayanuah.
By a private letter from the above place we are informed,
that an American privateer had arrived in that bay, with
fame Spanish gentlemen on board that had been some time
at the Congress.
A great number of tsanfport fliips, in government Service,
now lay off Deptford, taking in naval stores for the use of
the fleet in America, which as faft as their ladings are com
plcated, fail round for Portsmouth, to proceed for Halifax.
• The Yankee privateer, with her guns and all her (lores,
is ordered to be fold immediately, that the purchase money
may be divided amongU the perlons who took her.
A correspondent observes, that nothing but infattation
could influence Administration in fending troops and money
to conquer the Americans ; Specie is what they principally
want, and we have sent them a million 01 niedey, wuhh will
circulate through that country, and never return to Old Eng
land. The mod effectual way to reduce America is by the
exertion of our naval strength, which would destroy their
trade, keep our navy on a reSpcCtable tooting, Strike terror
into the natural enemies of Great-Britain, and the money
raised for equipping our fleets would circulate at home.
The late heavy rains have greatly impeded the harvest,
which, by this time, would otherwise have been near over in
many parts of the kingdom.
On Tuesday afternoon died, at his house in Gnfvenor
place, the Right Hon. Lord Cathcart, one of his Majority's
moll honourable Privy Council, and lately appointed one of
the Lords of his Majefty'sbedchamber, in the room of the
late Lord Mirfham.
Tuesday a flrip arrived from Quebec, which brings letters
dated the 6th of July from thence, and of the 4th finn Mon
treal ; they inform us, that General Carleton had left toco of
the foreign troops to garrison Quebec, and as many at Mon
treal, and that the mrin army, confining of 8000 regulars,
and 2000 Canadians, with a large body of Ind ans, making
12 tribes, were getting and aOwbring the vctiejs and ba
teaux as fall as pollible upon Lake Champlain, in the neigh
bourhood of St. John's, (id which they had already made
great progriefs) towards embarking th- army, and proceeding
to Crown forGt in purfait of the rebels, and from thence to
enter the province of New-York, &c. Mean while, nothing
could exceed the eagerness of the Britilh army in genera to
come up with the enemy ; and several parties of the Indians
had already madeexcur^ ns through the woods and Iwamps
as f&r as Crown-Point, and (lain many of the scattered Pro
vincials, ?rd were frequently bringing in fcal^s (although
against General Carleton's orders) nor is i: pillule fror him
to prevent it efßiftuaHy, or these lavages to d.filt from their
cruel practices. The King s army arc in great fpirhs, very
healthy, and abound with all far, of provilio?'.
Copies of the Declaration of War by the Provincials are
now in. town, and said to be couched in the ftrongfltfevms-—
that having now drawn the (word in defence of ail that is
dear to them, they are determined never to iheath it till a
full compenfatma is made for the cruel oppreffious they have
sustained..
It is said the American provinces have not only declared
thcmfclves independent, but that they have feat memorials
thereof, and or their proceedings, to molt ot the Coutts in
Europe.,
Orders are given to the Commissioners of she navy to take
four ships into government service, to cairy corn and ober
provifibns to Jamaica and Antigua, all intercourse w' h lie
American Colonies, from which thbfe places were fopflcd,
being flopped.
From the Gazimer a»J New Daily Advertiser, Auguftig.
HO W unreafonobly some people will comp ain,! Lail
Saturday night's Gazette is unintelligible ! They ad ciy
out ; but they do not confider, that, if we caa believe he
date of Whitehall, the news was given to the Gazette on the
very day it arrived; and through the different hands or the
difFtent departments the ddpaxhes pals before given ,0 the
Printer of the Gaza tte, it must have beenveiy la e in&d
before the above news reached the Printing-office; the let
ters, perhaps, were too long, they probabiy contained Lune
other paragraphs of a friuH us nature; and, in order to nave
the fubdance appear that very evening, they were oblig'd to
curtail therrr, and confcquently the aric ts in the Gazette
could not have that fmoothnefi ot reading "hich is expected
of an original. However, in order to naae the matter en
tirely elwar and intelligible to your numerous readers, I fliail
take the liberty of explaining and paraphrasing the articles
alluded to, which, I doubt not, will meet with univerfalap
probarion,. .
Exit aft of two letters funn the honourable General Hove, be.
=" The Mercury packet is dispatched to nhum your Lord
flrip of the arrival of the Halifax fl et, &c. at Sandy-Hoc k,
&c. where I met wi h Governor Tryon on board of a fliip
(to vhicb a mil kyat fee ple obliged him to retire) and many
gentlemen, rift friends to government (a few Scotchmen of
no property n<r p fy) attending him, from whom I had the
fulleit information of the state of the rebels; who are very
numerous, and very advantageously posted with a firong en
trenchment, &c. With more than one hundred pieces of can
non for the defence of the town from the sea, and to ob
druftthe passage of the fleet up the north river (so that -we
may sooner think of fluffing toe moon than doing execution here.)
" We palled he Narrows with three men of war, and the
Gift division, &c. landed the grenadiers. &c. to the great joy
of a most loyal people (who, becauje th°y are now left to our
difc-etion, are exceeding loyal) who (as th, pretend) have long
fufft.cd on that account, under the opprelfion ot the rebels
Rationed amongst them, who precipitately fled on the ap
proach cf the fllipping (and probably to entice us to pu fae them,
in order to cut us to pieces; but thanks to our profound uifdom, -we
did not venture to fir an i«cb.)
" In justice to Captain Rayner, who made the disposition
of the boats in landing the troops, and to Captain Curtis,
who was to superintend the execution, I must expr«fs my in
tire fatisfadtion ih the (wife and /pitted) cbndu& Of these
gentlemen, (as I already mentined the rebels fed, andtbeie -was
not a Joul to hinder or barrafs our landing ) and the dependance
to be placed upon their services in this lint, (viz. in land.ng
troops -without the leaf eppofitiou )
'' I prppofe waiting here (though there is hardly a poffibdi, of
flaying, -without expofag n, few troops to the u.moft danger) tor
the Eoglifli fleet, or tor the arrival of Lieutenant General
Clinton, in readiness to proceed, (but by no means mmb fur
ther) unless bv some unixpedted change or ciru, # It^ees. (^d
etitre nows, / expeß that change every moment) it flieuld be
found expedient so a& with the prcleat force (to defend our
retreat on board the ftps)
" Vice Admiral Shuidham was joined on his voyage by
fix transports, &c. There is no other intelligence ot th^t cm
baikation, (that sands in need of being publifeed) except .on ac
count (became of its being) published in the New-York papers,
that two transports of 'the fleet wire taken by the enemies
privateers (but in what manner, place, or time, your Lorofip
need not know, and fuffice, it) that Major Me.zcs was Killed
in the engagement, and that Lieutenant Colonel Campbell,
with 15 other officers, and ab ut 45006 our men were made
prisoners (but bow many men -were killed and -wounded in the en
gagement Icannot toll, for it was not pubiifeed in the New-York
papers.)
" Governor Franklin, who for a long time maintained his
ground in Jersey (1 foppofe under pretence of beng a friend to
America but now difesvered) foas been lately taken in ^ cuftody(Z,
a most loyal people) at Am boy,and is now prifouer at Connecticut.
" The Mayor (t New York was a few days ago confined
on a frivolous complaint, (viz.) of fending intelligence to Go
vernor Tryon (in order to defray the main Provincial army of
30,000 men, a dto betray the whole plan of the Gngrefs laid in
defence of the glorious cauje of Liberty.) Brought to trial and
condemned to fuffer death.
", Notwith danding these violent proceedings (as we Tories
and Jacobites call it) I have the fatisfa&ion to inform your
Lordthip (in the fame manner as all cur Governors did before, and
fhsuld it turn out to she contrary, t & e Minister can but plead mijia-
formafen in the House cf Commons) that there ^ great r^fon t
expert a num :ou- bodv ot the icha 4 ants to join ear y
fiom the provinces of New York, the J Ttys, and Con c
ticut, who only wait for opportune;, to g ^el fs cf th ir
loyalty and zeal for government (witness tba f? m the co.
provinces, con ainvg 200 eoo i.babi:un s) sixty m. % can.e ~p,
two days ago w..h a t * arms and I itoderlhnd (th ugh 1 nil!
not be pofoive) thar sro5 r o more arc ready to follow then exam
ple. This disposition of the people (vij rie 500 men out rs
200,000, -who are ready to jon our ministerial arm,) makeme
impatient for the arrival of Lord Howe, concluding the p?w
---e s' with which he is furnifhed (übich as lam informed, is to
trea wi.b the Congress, and to make great condJeenjious) will
have the belt eff & at this critical time.
“ A naval force is preparing to be sent up the North river,
and orders are given for two of his Majesty's ships, one
of 40 guns and rhe other of 20, to proceed on that service,
(but your Lordfoip must lok tfn these two sip; as good as fori
already, as being exposed to the fire of the abovementLued roc
pieces of cannon of the rebels.)
" Several men have, within these two days, come over so
this island (I believe I have m:nti:ned that already) and to the
ships; and lam informed, that r h Continental C'ngreT
(and which your Lordjbip must bale kn.wn fm: months ago) have
declared the Un ted Colonies Free and Independent States?'
The other twb letters, one of Governor Tryon, and rhe
other of Vice Admiral huldham, need no paropbrofatibn, is.
they contain nothing new : they arc a mere confirmation to
the above, (< xcepting the contradiction concerning the t^c
transports of Admiral Stidham's fleet, which, according to
G:neral H w<'s account, were taken ; but, according to the
Admiral and Governor's accounts, they knew nothing of it,
is a mere triflig depute; and, it is (uppofed, when the
Vice Admiral feet away his dispatches (Bih uh.) he had not
read what a*& urt the N.w # Y rk paper, pave of bis voyage,
as, perhaps, did not Governor Tryon ; and, 'hercf-re, they
woU'd pass it in fdeocc. However, 1 hop, Me Printer, that
by the above paraphrase, y ur readers will find the new,
pr^ty clear and INI ELLIGIBL E.
tHRISrfANST ^ D, [%.%4 Sept, &
0a Srindav morning lad was taken up adrift at sea and
brought io here, several fars and a fail belonging ^0 force
topfall v ffri, who it is imagined either ra wrecked or co'
zway in the last gale. There ar t vast quantities o:.pieces oi
w ecxs come ashore on the d lie.ent parts cf the iflaqd, au;
tev, hogOrcads ^f rum taken up at sea.
Oi Monday ^ft put hr fitac ; 'n distress, a floor ,belonging
to Grenada, who per &in t'6r .gab Lorn St. Kins ; off Saby
die 00: foul if a brpaurioe rise Capain and M its, and one
or two others 'caped on boa d and left the vessel with ora f
CTe wh^e man and . 'dr . A w negroes to the meey cf the
wind hd : waves. ~,
Yrft ^day crth^u»'hMm S^-Iflarfd, Cipr. Robert Beatty
of the flop Maty, bl wu ut of St Ki't,, who put in there
rfrimOcri with ether d> r^,, done the fhi/ in the fate ga#c
Her from ds of a Spo ; (h drip, two English ships, a bri>
from B.ri^m're, —— 3' wh Mailer, and a fhmy br'ong.:
to Aorigua alloi moo dil 1 ao^d. Shale of the fya'cs above
mentioned, berift to tie 3r Marv.
W FLL LA MSoU R&, C^bf 75.
.B, agertriemah f fl' To t '?., we lear& that eleven for
tiers at the mu ^ fWh log: aboin go miles below tL
poll, were I<ried by the Taawehs; Wyoodhts, Mingbes, anp
dther ui^fl^^ec h drib on be ,+h cY ibis iriftrnt.
N ri W B U R Y PO R T< October rB.
Yesterday came in here a prize brig,' bound to Whi'e-Hh
ven, lad n chiefly wi h mahogany. —She waftaken abou
fortnigh a>o b, the Hancock privateer, Captain Wingate
Newman.' 0 ± -
BOST O N, oa ; & I'7/
Monday last was sent into Salem, by Cap:. Forrefler,^
prize brig, wih a large Quantity Of fc^ coal, and sixteen
Hundred pier sos wholen cloths.
SftbdaV HffCapt SriasAki s' sent into tape Ann, a flri
with four be deed and fifty quintals of green fifh.
PROVI D it N C F, (Rhode- Island) October 12.
Captaoi Cdffih in the Favorite privateer, of tlis ' port, ha
fak n a drip torn Jamaica, b mid for London; laden will
sugar, rim; dor s', pimento, &c. This prize is arrived in
fate harbour.
NEWPORT, (RhPde-HWnd) October x'r.
oDce our lad arrived at fate ports, a trabf^ort foow(
two hundred and fifty tons, l~ did with pr vfious for New
York, taken by Captain Jauncey; a bairk of about two bun
died t<ns, from Jamaica, loaded with sugar, &c. taken b;
theCabot, Caps. Hinman; a flrip of three huodied and ft
venty tons, loaded with fifh and lumber from Nova-Scuti:
for Jamaica, taken by C'^po in Job Pearce ; a ship of abotv
three hundred tens, from Quebec for London bahaft wit
coal, &c taken by Capri Stacey ; a febooner from the Weft
Indies for Newfoundland, loaded with rum, &c. tak p n by
Capri C ffm ; and several others, but by whom taken we hav&
not learned.
The Montgomery or a t~er belonging to Providence, ha
taken atd sent into his pirt a fchoon r from. Cape Nichol
Mole, bound to m i /.x, having 01 board gooo gallons of
molasses and 6000 we or sugar- The privateer had ' been
cu but twent -tour h^u s when flic took ibis veffeb
We heart hat the Cootie vital brig Cabot, Captain Elift
Hitman, has taken (even pi £e.
We cap allure the public,, that a letter from a person o'
diftmaiop in New-York, has been intercepted, the writer of
which informs iris friend,, that the regular army in the lar%
encounters, has loft twelve hundred men, and one Hundred
officers killed.
N E W-H AVE N, Oaober 23.
The Hon Richard Law, E'q: is appointed a Delegate, to
represent this State in the Continental Congress, in addition
tp those chosen lad year, who are re-eledled to that impor
tant trust.
PHILADELPHI A.
A cop, of one of the letters laief loft f, an expref having beer
forwarded to Congress from h d quarters, the jolt wing is an
etrait from grid eopyl PubfJhed by authority of Congress. 6.-
teber 1;, 1,,6.
" The situation of the enemy's army remains nearly the
fame as on the 21st inst, it differs in nothing, unbfs it 1, that
their main body is more colkaed about New R chclle. Ort
Monday night a detachment of our men. under the command
of Col. Hazlet, was sent out to furprize and cut off Myor
Rogers, if pcffible, with bis regiment, which was potted
there. By ferae accident the expedition did not faceted as
well as could be wished : However, our advanced party, led
on by Major Green of the firft Virginia regiment, fell in with
their out-guard and brought off thirty-lik prisoners, sixty
muskets and some blankets. The number killed is not cer
tainly known, but it is reported by an officer vho was there,
that he counted about twenty-five. Our loss is two killed and
ten or twelve wounded. On Wedaefday there was allo a Imall
Ikirmilh between a party of Col. Hand's riflemen, about two
hundred and forty, and nearly the fame number Of Heffiar
Chaffieurf, in which the latter were put to the row. Our me-,
busied ten of them on the field and took two prisoners, or;
N E W-L OND O N, Oaober I^.