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DUBLIN CASTLE, Odob IA.

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DUBLIN CASTLE, Oaob r IA.
Ts Sp e:h IF ,he Earl Of Back nghsn hire.
Lord Liea;snanr, to ths Par.iausat Of
lsliad.
Lri, and Gs1,l'mea,
IT'S Maj"y Ia, bsen GRACEFULLY P'saf'
II 4 % honour me wiz q not ditin-
:. u. < oi hi, rr6de. ce, in appoint
nnst TO n .os;rnmens Of Iisla d With
al: {, NIL have iou.d an ADLER minii.cr
,sh iiihea ~ On, more anxiouly folicitou.
ri,diiy hi, chOi>s Ii mssiting you. appro-
bin.
laahcsa BY that tensvcl.at fpirit which
u jaaly command the sffsdi,ns OF all
u ub:fs. his ine,setions to m. are TO
.Psna. wi'n nv Parlirmsnl in every
s.san which esn promeu the iarrovs-
sa', iafu c ;as hafpins('. aad ehsrilh The
;" ia,rsM, Of ,hi' kingdom.
Tls i.ersse NJ hi, Msi,sy'. Royal farsi.
}, sssas b 10 q. a Rs4al,-.s, rssaacy. a.s-hs
idssd as mo& P!saGng'sn in,ereh.pg
rsst.
WiA ve'y pariieu ar f,issaetion hear cf
b cs,dter'bs P:cg,e eff which asriesi ore
'tny n,sss 5 and that the great fu GO
ss pref ifsrty OF this eoustry, tn. linen
ssst'tture, eentirues to aouriO,. No
ssa, sA more jualy claim yosr sonfdsr.
G0..
Tas sducstiag the dia:eaed children Of
n aa,icn il fousd Pr.asiples, asd he early
sa.i'y ttsm TO habits ef uieful LAB ur, il
sseh iuPo tsnes, that nut not init re.
annsading tie Proteitant cha ter fchoois
slasr Prsts6tior.
Gsas!essa OF the Houfi ofComnoss,
II" you may b. peiedIy spp I'D Of
sus' asu OF sGsirs, ! have di sesd the
e'pc sfics to lay the as,iosal sccosss
s'H yaG /; thoroughly confident. that
n slidOn, ycsr ssal, for the hcnosr Of
aM.sa,'s government. ard yoss st,seh.
%e 10 the saea,ial welfare Of this king
q. all iadsee yos 70 maks seh . provi-
'~ may BE- fsi.sbls to the preisss sir
sslanss' Of your eouatsy, aud lie sxigea-
adIAs public fsrvies.
~ Lords and Gsatiemss,
'assl''e nakiag say projections relative
~ 'u'afe eoadstt, II 10 BY The ,sass Of
.m0a' that the ehaaAsr Of ny admiAi-
'h'a msa b. d.vrni.ed.
osed iAa. ai. Exssslsaey's fpeseh Be
s~d 10 the josrssl,.
ts'd loyeslys moved tia, "a sddrefi hs
NMsd . his Mgsay in safwer to bis
"as.sls fpsseh. WAieA nerisn vas
erssd ~ Lord Ws&po,t.
=. Gasdsss @evsd for a. addish Of
y s' txeslleney for hi, excellent
ga f'on the tA,oas.
600 .it'es was sPpoia,sd to prepare
sidfsis 70 the Lord Lieu.ena,r, aAd
ss "-ae.r0s 70. sAa Parp.s.
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Ts his Erc.lleney JOHN Earl Of Buck
INGHAmsnIsE, l. I'd Lieu;ensL, Gene
n ano Cane a Go,e,nor Of | and, the
humb-c AnDsEss OF he Lo II Spii,usl
ano Ts; al ~ PatliamsL, .G.mb.si.
Nav it plesie yssr Exc llsney,
Wv 7E nj, MajrE,'s II q cu,iful and
!" loyal hbj,a,, te Lo'e, and
" firitu.l md ,empoi.j, In par.
lament a. bled, ntSrn you excslisncy
ear mOf r, III X, Ter ysEr freesh f.cm
tn, 'hro c, to b IN hoS.es Of Psr,ame
We beg le',e to sopsr;,u's.e your Fx-
esllers, up ay"ur spPoin.m at to hs 90
vsrnmeot Of this k;ngd. 10. Hn M jeay
ever inAus,eed by th.t b lev. lsni iPi it
whica moa jstly ecmm:nd' ths .fsttions
OF al his psUpl'. ulo h.t hive given ~
mf'e diff angs hed m. - his rR'rd
thaa ty pisciss al had ct til, kre
dom q 'ncblsm,u eminent f. hi, stiitiss
end 'xSuisnee is tubiie sf 10, spd de.
itsnded ''on ,nesao. j uf.;>sa ter hsit
AsTwtr'g &c . tne laws, and der a.tseh.
nsns 10 .ns eerfti,uuon. Asd we mall
noa thearfuliy eo.epers:s with ysu' Ell.
esi.sae, in every ntafurs which csa pro-
m'ts the Improvement, iufuie the saPpinsfs,
AID ehsii in tbs toe tr-Rs Of the king
dom, fa'i fed thar the p'ofpe i,y Of hi,
people i' ths g-sA: oj Ct f his Maj ay's
Wins. aid Of your Ex. .elleaey' sd.inii.ra.
top.
We re- oiee with your Exeel'ency, On ths
ine'sak Of bis M jeay . rsy al ,miiy, BY The
birth Of another priAseh, - every iueh svest
gives " - additional EepriIy to our reli-
sioa, laws and ib.rty.
We cAnast fliic est'y acknowledge eur
gra'ita|e to you Exsslleacy. for The hind
iatisfsSion you sxPieis on the imPrcving
k.s Of s.rieuI,s.e, ard OF the liasn msru.
fteu's. In ibis eosk,ry, obj as Of the high.
on eerkdsrUi . 70 us, and si which We Gall
sxers on: q m 4 sforts 70 promote and sx.
ted ,hs Pfst refs.
The eharse -fehool', 70 Rronely recon-
nssdsd 10 us BY yesr Pxcelleney, vii! s,sr
Dc Priaei2al obj.a Of cur eare, fully .ssG-
bic OF the in portaHes Of educating tn, Sif.
ssaed children cf this nation in fou.d rria.
eiPIs', aad the cary uaisiHs &sm to habits
Of iads&ry.
Thoroughly convinced Of your Exeellen
sy1 good wines and iatentiens fer the fer
vice and PROPERTY o. this eounry, We en-
tertiia the fullea and poa ples6ns conf
dsass, tAst yosr Exrsilensy will have he
ias''faaien sf 6sdisg your adsiniara,ion
s9aally bsnsf to W, sad safy and ho.
aoursbls to youslelE
To which ADssE:s his Exce!!saey hss been
pl:sfsd to give thi' mott &. seiossAxswIa
Ny Lord,
VOUR Lo'dhips will accept of my
u beR ,hank, for this mott oblisinp aa-
d'sis. II sill ever be my amb;,:en 10 cult
rae lhe tavsufabls lsatimeat, which you
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Ts hi, Erc,lleney JoHr Earl Of Buck
INGHAmsHIsE, l. I'd Lieu;ensL, Gene
n. ano G.ne a Go'e,nor Of | c and, the
humbs AnDsFss OF he Lot Sp;itusl
ano Ts, a! ~ ParlamsL, .Gtmb.,i.
Nav il piesie ysar Exc lleney,
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grsnt h.v;ek on the veasru h,n.;ec,.
On the Moaongehal., Ki.tsniny. and near
For' fh'. II IL laid, and 1 have reafen
o os'isve It 10 trns, that General Hand
esing 10 treaty with the Great C6,aftalk.
IN lndian chief, and ether Sachtm,. in .
vi'sd by him to MsGiseham, were all
chsiouny malliersd cenuary to tae
fa''h OF nations and every principle Of hs.
h'med. Ths operation. Of The Iadiaas,
mould they continue, will bs equal id
'neir ELECTS to a. army Of divsrion il
IN" quarter. Il will kc:p ths Milisis at
noms' and prevent recruits coming from
thshce."
Ex'raa Of . letter from Lspdes, Of De-
csmbsr 10.
lac seconnt Of Gensral Baraoyne's
htuaiion, occaGonsd the minority mem
eefs, in each Hou 9 Of Parliament, to ia.
inl' II not uasentlenen like terms. bis
Msi'ay'' Miniitsrs, imps!iag 70 them o,ly.
the mi'caniaes Of the Nsrtasra army, be-
tore 'hsy had feen the infrseti ,ns 70 The
unfortunate General. L.rd Gsorgs Ger.
maise bshared mcR elegantly, and with
eoaiammass iortirude, though maay hoars
baissd by Barre, Blu ks, FIX, &c. &c.
q" His M jeay's fssms 70 have an en-.
tire confidence il the prelsnt Miaifry,
and 70 tar are they from relax ng, on
aeeooss Of Gsnsrsl Rurgcynsi III fue-
Gels, that they fesm dt,erml.ed to purlue
the American war with hill more visosr
thaa ever to sif.et which, j, j, iaid n
smszing reinfo.cemens, will be fsnt shi-
sssr very early in the fpring. Pray God
PreiPer our arms, aad reaers 10 peace
On sqsisabls terms, con6ftent with the
digni y Of Great. Britain.
/ am, yours &C."
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N E w POR T, March s.

Lieut.. Otwsy, Of The Lark, and fsvesa
ether Gsnslemea Of the Navy hose as,iysd
here upon Their Paroles.
Three OGicsrs bslosgiay to Hh Ma
je&y's 7IR Rs4imsat have made their
EfcaPs frsn Woisstsr Goal, snd arrived
here Gass our lsa.
Tho Perie.itlag Spirit which RACES il
the CouaTy. has liksWils dreve Number
from their Families sad Connections TO
fssk a Afylsn here.
q, The Rebels &atioAed upon the NsNssaa.
lot Shore. few Nights fnce brought oO~a
q large Pisee ef CannOa opposite 10 whess
the Soms'fst 10 assisnsd, iateading to 6rs
uPoa the Saip towards Moraina. bus
Numbsr Of legal Sch; sSts affombled in the
Night, fpiksd the Caaaon, and other siis
70 dilsb ID it . to rsaasr II usfi. fcrSssvics.
Ltf Evening arrived BriG from New.
York. She failed from sheacs abeus ten
Days hnss 70 Company with Flsst which
may b. hourly sxpsasa here sndsr Convoy
ofths Spbynx.
ESinee Our Is& hlsi 1 Fleet efTraafpsrts
Isd-n With Hay for Philadelphia.
Z" Laa Monday disd the Rssd. John
Max S N, AiaiAss Of the Sevesth.
Day Baptia Chuleh in this Tows.-
In this Perfon were saited all the fr.ntiar
Qealitiss Of gsed CAriiisa and his me.
rel % well - focial Chsraeter dslervs the
Aighea Tribute Of Prsiie.- The
Principles Of thss RsliSion ~hieh 10 pro-
feaed - sslisve. he Vas led firmly 10 Asa
the Torrent Of popular E,ror and DsluGsn,
and happily prefsrved his Allegiance 70 his
latsR moments. The Coadad Of nasv
of bin B'stAres Of ths Bapsia Clergy, in
supporting the PislsAt aaassarL oPpoii.
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NEW .YOR X, February -.
y: following is from . very refp.A,-
p: ,sd veil iaforaed psrf,n,ss ia Phi.
acaPhia. da:sd Jaa. 81.
You nay be siTarsd thar M. Wan.
!Oa. army. now lyiag about 20 miles
- this city doe, not amosa, to 6x thou.
nea, sAes dyiag 'aR with . esnss-
ssop fsver-deifituss Of el,ashine,
.sssisk Ii great numbers 70 the Bri.
y. From hence ws may eoaelads.
s.s's tprisg he will BE- IL . much
sssas'sa sAsa hs va laR.-I csA fur.
s.s'e yen. sAas there il net the leaa
"a o. bis recruiting bic srmy IL The
~. seleaiss. TAsre 10 fseh IN aver
As PeePs to the iervice. aad to the
m,e and ty'annieal meafarss of .hsir
4. .ass',. that. an greatly mia.ksu,
..,.P ~. people sAemfslvss. was MI. Van.
,S.Si. ' army oies difpsried. OF hsd the
." af9! 10 shsr hands, they w,uid
,I.,':a I.:'.'sly rife sad Pu, "a cad % tn.
~, ! navs eerssia secoast. from III. vse.
'@'' that the Indian, a, c,mmi,,iay
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W 90 = -vs'nment. filed him with m.
u.epen Sonesr.' not shly a, being r.puy-
ns.s TO the Piiseiples Of .hs Chria;,n rs.
hgion' but a' having Tend sncv to eneou.
.sss ina! fa4ious, psrfscu.ire and in,oIs.
i:nt SPint they fhsnfslves had offer go
nneed and remosftra.ed spaipa. ,nd
weica from the & 4 Settlement of,b;,cou.
England. u iNew-
is cloled. Nj
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OU BLIC Notice is herebr
given thar Monday the orb 'Joa.,,-

given thar Monday the 9th Inasns.
nanpointed for Payment Of Hi. Ma.
jsays snip: Diamond, Flora asd Lark, Of
ths'r ievsfai and reflective ShsIes o. pro.
per Proportion Of asas Proceed. Of the Car.
g ct the SHIP Gsasrai Moatsc nery, aid
Psev ion: fold ost Of the Pri,asser Busk.
ssm, beth Veasl' taken by His Maisa,'s
snip Dismoad, CHARLss FRILDIsc. Eio.
CemmsEdss, esa eeA1ennsl ~ kwfnl
prise' by the Court Of Wee Adniral,v q
Halifax, o. which Day fsch P.yms., will
ce .ad: On Bo'rd the Diamoad, By the
SebieribsE Agsst for the Cspssrs.
WILLIAM WANTON.
NswPs's' Mach S, I77s.
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IL riGOT. to me dissetea. I have "a.
Ken Poftfhoa tefa eer,a;, Ou.o,:,,
o. FLAX SEED, &orsd ia ,hsFery WHAT
Market. whore j, will BE- fold =, PrTRfIc
AUCTlON,olSatusdsy n.x, a, XIo,Ci.er
70 sns nienaf Bidder, the Amouas ,b<vses
Eo esaffr:pri. % to ihs B. nsfi. f. asd Com.
tort Of the iseiesas iahabit:an Of ii.
Is.s Of Nsw9ort. in fush Diaribs,isss
and Proper,isns as may tend moa 20 ,llevi-
ate their Dinsi.--Sach Fsmili., ~ In.
tsnd to psrs.ke Of the Gene AS Boun,y.
vii give ne their Name, by Thu, ldsy
Asxt tha. foms Proportion nay be cone
-. aad Day sPPsissed for the d. fribu.i- Z
WILLIAM WANTON.
Newport March S, 1878.
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,,, were compelled thsreto, or
lia.d meh for ttc eseG'y, or accept
.o, Unit or commit IN for tha. purPole,
'".d intelligence to them foee the
). of iadependsncy, aaa fseh -
..Iied the enemy with P'ovilons.
.s,,y p.rion 70 sffsadius, who mall
w." ""oluo,arily re.ura to this State
,'Srr Of Coun:l, b, fent Of, as if
w., had refaled to take tbs oath or
~, % o,sf:;is:d in the act. excepting
e.ls, they h.l not be so.is.ed to
K.o,,9s, from their perioaal eRate +;
:. er they lhall voluntarily ressra -
k,,u. alter b.i.g 10 feat of. unlef'
@ s, @ob,.isei from tis GsAeral Court.
:, " r,,oois, he or they mall upon con-
,hsrsob in tbs Superior Court of
~. Court Of Alize aAd G:nera! Gaal
E,r,. iufsr death, vi hout bsne6t Of
ID bs j. enaaed by th' authority afors-
1 Thai al Members Of the General
,Sl,. and Ill officers civil end militia.
.od ali A,toraie, as la~, mall take the
! o. ,fi. nation bsfors .nentionsa +; aud
[, ,roa ih,ll have authority to execute
a IL, Offices Or truits afo.efAid, or N al
emitted TO appear and az q, Amesnsy
Cou,sii 10 aay Court Of Juhiss ia this
!, ,,,.sr the twentiesh day iiMsreh next,
|, he lhlll have taken faid os.h. q ailir.
in /; and all and every psrioa or per-
who lhall hereafter be appoinssd to
# the aforsisid Offices and places Of
or enolumea,, hall, bsfors he enter
, the execution Of fueh cffice or p ace
ua. t.ks the oath or affirmation before
:,ibsd And the fsid oath or sGi,ma-
lh,ll be admiaif,red to the members
ls General Court, by any three 81 the
'eil, and 10 al! othsrs appointed to any
, Offices and place, sf uua sforefaid,
y Two Of the Council, or faca ether,
II BY the faid Council. o. the major
+ tA'm shersunto appointed.
d Be further seaetsd By the authority
aid. Tha. fash psrfoss q, are Of the
aiaatioa Of ehriRians called Oa,kers,
ION The laid affirm ssion may b ten
, The verds I" snd dsfead" fh,lD be
d, and inaead Of the words, "fo
NJ Ged," hill be sfed the words, and
sai'm spoA the paias aud penal.iss Of
y.
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GARDEN SEEDS.

GARDEN SEEDS.
Imported frem LONDON and Z, be fsld
BY CHARLES DUNBAR. !.
a. CALEB EARL1 in Bscad Street, viz.
IARLY CollyAower, Ssss, m.ris-
'sm Eirly Yoskihire C,bbree. Sa-
- gar Leaf disss, Large hesd disso,
S.v0y ditto. Early du,eh turnip, La1as
whits ditto. Scarlet rsdiih, It.lisa ialIary.
Rsd beet, orssgs carrss. Purple ditto.
1nd'vs, Lstsies, Rousd ipisses, Pepper q
Io.sue graf. Long pIiekiy esesmber.
sho't ditss, Fssch besss, Large marrovfie
and Early reas, &c. &c. &c.
. n. B, Said Dnabar nqssas sesslsmsn
g fsPPly 'hsmfslvss viii ,GMden Seeds a.
loon - Po&bls a. he iatsads 70 move 6x
m,.s' oat efse~s BY The sosh Of this msatk.
Newport March s,h, 1875.
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lA'Aa isi!sr TO the foregoing hss beea
E:psed BY the pretended Lsgid .turs Of J,is
Csloay.
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w A N TIE d.
n GOOD MILCH-coW.
(. \ for which a generous
Price will be given. Enquire
of MIR. Arnold, Goldfmith i.
Thames-Street,
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Tha. he muff cssfeh himfelf extremely
diapP: iotsd.is hi, exp,tt.,ions of the ef.
feet OF our military force. He did not
mesn " thst lime to condemn, or even
Call into qaeaion ths condret Of any ef
the mm4nders. bot he had besa d.fsp.
poin ed. Th;t Sir William Howe had
not on'y been in 'hs late stticns, snd in
the whole eourfs Of The esmosien. in
gsednel Of corps, and in all n,n1er Of
Topples, but 10 numbsn TOO, much 1soe.
rior 10 the American a,py whish opp,l,d
him il the 6'ld. Tha. Geneysi Bur-
goyns' who wss al length oyerpowsred bv
aumosrs, had besa in numbers u.,;I ,h.
affair st Bennington. near twice ., a,o..
- the sray uacer General G,te,., Th.e
oil thsfs things had happened in 4 m,,s.,
vsry esn.rsry to hi, EXP xpsas.ion.
lhst. ior bis Parh he sevsr hid mad.
. promi's ~hish he did no. perfor.. ~
rsc'ivs ~ info,matisa which he did n.
eommunicate. Tha, he ,eply ken. ksek
the n'mes o! th,fs who lad pivep hin IN
i'r"stios. and which il would be snf,i,h.
10! and inhaman to dsvu'g. /, tha, heI,ro.
ehed greet army ihould be ient orr.
there were 10000 mes, and ,pv.rd, !.
that b: had promifd d . g'sai AsN fhsuld
be tmPicysd, rnd q great Ace, Ia, bee,
emP'o"d. asd 10 new employed : thst
they ihosld Be- provided fer xi.h ev,rv
kios OF iopp'y. ssd that they had b.en q
melt amply and literally, and miek, BE- "a
tor years to coms that II the Aoufa -.
dssei.sd, they h.a deceived .hamfelve,.
On the whole, his eoncetlisss were rom
Feaioa snd prop:irty, nss tom nsei f;,v
that we were in condition to carry on ths
war much longer. W.. might raiis nany
more men, and had msny more ready 70
iend, for the navy va, never in er.,se
a'esgth, the revenue very lissls iusk. ,nd
that he could raiis the fappliss ior ,hs
eu'rent year. asa li,tle tins sou!d fhsw :
that he fSbminsd ihs whsls. win resard
to the psoPriesy of hjs pa9 ssd p,eisat
sondua, e Il. jrdsmest Of The Hsufs.
n E W o K 4, APRIL 90:
Teddy evsaiag shs Orphsu. rssosi "a
from her Crsif:. during which hs ha.
takes 7 p'izw.-Soms q which ~c hear
ore very vslsabls.
Tbs Hserlsn Aoop. h,s ieas ia 6sce
eus laa, the 1eop Usisn. ladss win ron.
fuga', eofFse and mo'saes. and The fchoon.
:: Rsver. laden with luabss.
ThsFe will b - ASSEMBLY, ssxt
Monday.
a
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Extracts from Rebel Papers.

GhII dNAS liOIA hSOSl ApCISs
PHILADRL LPHIA, Oa. I9.
Exraa Of . Letter from Gensrsl Count
Pulaki, to the PrsGdeat Of Consrel,,
datnd Oaobet I6, 1878.
SIR,
".Fsr fear thst my letter concerning my
engagement fhould mifcarry or be delayed,
and having other particulars to menrion, /
though, proper to fead you this letter.
You mutt knew that one Juliet, an
officer lsie!y delersed from the enemy, went
IF to them two days ago with three men
whom he debsuehed, and two othsr', whom
they forced with them. The eaemy, ex-
cited without doub. by this Juliet, attacked
US tie Is.h inf. at thres o'clock in the
morning, with 1900 men. Th,y feemed
At frft to a,tac< our pieksts Of infantry
with fury, who loft . fe~ msn il retreat
i.g: Thea the enemy advanced to our in
fsntry. The Lieut.. Col. Baron de Bofe,
who headed his me =, aad fought viaoros0y,
va, killed with feveral bsyonss wounds. as
we'll as the Lieas. de Borderie, and . fmall
number Of foldieIs and Others were wound
I'd. This laughter would not have eeafed
70 foon, if on the fra alarm had not haf.
tened with my cavalry to fsppsrt the in
faniry, which thsa KEEP, q good eounte-
nance Tae enemy foon Aed in grsat diff
order, aad left bshind them . greet quan.
ti,y Of ,aras, aceo asremeAt, hats, blades,
&c.
" We took fome prifsner,, and fheuld
havs taken many, had il rot been for q
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f~snp. through which our hor.es eosil
fcsrc.ly wslk, Notwisb& andiss ;skis, ws
Gill advspeed, 10 hspS6 u eo1s % With
then; but they hsd taken - sAs pissks Of
. bridge Tor fear Of bsing overtsksn, which
accordingly fav,d thse however ny Hsht
ihfantry, aad particularly ,the eeap lay Of
,iAe me6, got over the rsRsias Of the plank
and fred fome vollies on their rear. The
FIRE began sRaia On both hdss. We h-d
the advantage. asd made then taa sxain,
alsho' t5sy were more 10 nanbeN
"I would not permit my hunssn to pur-
iue ssy farther, becssfs l. e,sldt not tiih
them, and they returned agaia 70 eur, hns
without any loh 4, .hAs ,ime. go 3. !
Our lof, is eaina ed, dead. wounded
and abfsnt, about IS or 80 men, sad fsne
horfe,. That Of the enemy appears ~ bs
much more eoni 3ersbe. We had cut { #
the retreat Of about IS men, who reti cd
into the couAty AID tbs woods, snd We
sssno. find them the gsse,sl epiaioa is,
that thsy are concealed by the to1es 10 the
aeighboushood Of This encap PmeAt."
In Cong'efs, Oeto' ~, ~ 7s.
Ordered t, be Publilhep,
HENRY LAURENS, Pref cat.
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B E Il L I NJ, Aass& s.
In the svsniss before lat, courier Or.
i rived here 9th. tho agreeable nsw,,
that Lieut. Gen. Beliine, who commands
the van guard Of Prince Heary's army, had
oecupisd o. tbs I'd Of thij meath the town
Of Gabel in Bohemia, sad Cot off the re reis
Of four AsAriaa baHalioas. Of whom At the
departure Of the courier, 700 thea were
made prifonsrs. The reuaisdsr Of the(s
battalisns being blocked sp il . wood,
will meet with ths fame fsts. The number
Of prifoners made in the different kirui hes
up TO the fecond inR. Is IL officers md 1000
folders. Our trophies coaGR Of tive Aags
and fome pieces Sf cannon.
Aug. II. o. she 5th inaant, the hesd-
4q9ar.srs OF his Ro5ai kighn.f, Prince Hen
~ Of P5uilia, were n Schwoicke. Lieut..
General Me- lsndoorR, VA The fame day a.
Langueaau, Lieut.. Gen. Bslling 1t Wsr-
tenberg, and Col. Uledom nesr G sbern.
The Auarians have svacaated Tetieh4a,
Txpliiz, Aulie. and Leitme:i,z. Thsfs
places, tese'her with Sandau. Lsyp,, Reich
fsadt, Mines, and Oliehwi,z, ~ alfo Krot-
tau and Kratzau, are occupied by Prufian
troops.
PARIS, AusuR =, The fhips Of war
which have uttered mott in the engagement
are Ia Bretsgae, Ia Vile dc Psri,, le St.
Efpri., in Csuronns, le SFiax, ct pAmPhi-
o., which are new all repairing expeaitiouf-
ly At Brett.
Dss,DsN, Augua IL. o. Msadsy
bstsees el.vsn and twelve hundred of the
prifons's taken near Gabel, were brought
into Dselden, and lodged in the New Town.
together sith the Colonel Of the regiment
Of Cap a, fsme Of the OAicer', thrse field.
pieces, aad three fandsrds (; the rsft are to
flow in 4 few days, and are all to proceed
to Berlin, and from thence to bs conveyed
to CuRrin and S,e.tin.
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PR VIDE EN- c E, Nov,nbe


Capt. DcnAifon, in the Privater He >,
Of this port, arrived from a c, uize On Ihsrf.
day Isf, duing which he retook ae~ a. p
Of 80 tons, lacen with 'ebacco, ead snd
fl ;ur,, and ordered her for Ph l-del phia,
where lhe j, dsubtles fac arrived, as he
coavOy.d her within the C-pe,. The 10
was from Baltimore, bound to the We
ladies, asd had been taken FIVE days b,fore
Capt. Doaniion fell In Ni,h he, by S'anton
Hazard, in q piratical brig b:lonsins to our
worthy friends the Tories ., Newport.
Extract Of Letter from Major T.loet to
the Hon. Major- Gensr,l Sul,ivss, d ted
S,oning,on, Uaober 20 I77s.
l failed from P'cvid nee il tn. 1o,p
Hawk oa Sunday the ze,h infant, with the
troops you were P!eai.d to put under my
comnasd, for the purpo:e tf capturing the
Pigot Gsl!sv, then lying on the ef& fde Of
Rhode Hand but the wiad being lmal,
came to anchor the fine ev"ning u.dsr
Racky Iland. Tae mex, day we gor.hro'
B'itol Ferry to Noun, HIPS. Wedneday
night, a. 10 o'clock made fall, and weIt
through Howl@nd', F.: ~. When we had
got IS far IS Foel;rd Ferry, h uled down
al, Sail, asd drif,ed through u.der bare
poles, to pr.ves, any firing rom the enc.
my, battery on RSode-!l nd, which mig's
have alarmed the eall-y. We psGed she
battery urdilcoveIsd, and at hal. ait o.e
il the morGing we W hin a fm,ll diasuce
Of the P.got. Wewere inmsdia'el hai.sd,
Ard tbe marines on Der g,ert:r fled upoa
Us. We efevsd our :, 'ill W. tad ian
our jib- boom thlosgh her f, { lhrouis,
then threw il vel'ey Of fmail arms, loaded
with mufques and buck fhot. The feansR
on deck fson ran below, calling for q aarser,
and thofs bsltw never ven;n ed on de
my men Immediately ran out upon tie b.
boom, from which they BEARDED, and = l.
cd htr without the 10 of nan. We f,on
after came to fail, ard arrived the fame day
in this harbour. The Pigot mounts 3
twelve po1ndsrs, and had IS men en- bosrd ;
her ne,tings were eight fee, above our gun
vale. The Captsin behaved with gres,
rsfclution, Ind defended tbs ides OF his
vshsl in hi, ihi't and awers for fome tine,
without Jingle man to sfit him. Ny
men all behaved well. Lieut.. Helme, of
Col. TophsA's reg ginear, b-haved with the
grsatef S;i'it, a.d wa, the Ara Man that
bearded the P:gct."
TIE Phones taken in the Pigoi Gsllsy
were coadsa d here on Monday lsR, asd
fent sn heard the Pilon Ship 10 the River.
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jsGyt ~hsrs' hlG Hishaiis 4 - l.vs I
comnaad. the war bstwssa iks King Of
PraiEs and the EpPesss q Gssnsny not
bsiag eomprami6 "a =; Al on Tusfdsy his
Ro,.l H;shasi will iss ous frsm Gloaeef
tsr.Houfe.