The Newport gazette. [volume] (Newport [R.I.]) 1777-1779, 1778-11-19


svsf to be sdnitssd to fes the preparations
gsisg On At ,hefs places Add The like ia
Rrhasoas are. 6ens to the Commiilioasrs of
all the dock yards BY order Of the Admirsl-
ty. 3.
Avg. 20. Y.tsrdsy . Csbiket. c ouscii
Fas held st St. Janes's. st which the Lord
Chance lor, Lord North, Lord George
Gsrmaine, Lord Sand wich, snd Lord Towa.
hend, aflited the Counsil broke up st
half paa four, having difpsschsd On exprefs
to Ply asssh for sur aset to fai' imnediats.
ly 70 watch the Count D'Orvillisrs, who
has re6'ted and Pu, to fs. aeain-
Copy Of a istt,s from he. + each King 70
Count d'Orvllisrs, dated Vsrfiilles .Asg.I
81 rave received, Sir, with the greAseft
Joy, the news ofthe ceabat which you have
4Raiaed agan& the Ensl,(h Gee, and am
excee, ipgly plesfsd to find sha, by your
pruden, conduit and excellent maa Guvres,
y1u hsvs ju&iA d the CHOICE have made Of
ycdr nss41 abilities. ukfi,e you will let
tic efice s, and sll your fsanea in general
know, tha. their gallant behaviour has met
with my full app obation. / fncsrely feel
for the wolad of Mr. Duehafaul,, bu, I
hope that will have no dangerous eonie.
quence. and that hs will loon be abe to
prefecute his good fervicss. hsvs given
hriet orde,s that svsry proper care hruld
be aiken Of the wcuadsd and dsfire ycu
to anu e the widows, a, well as ths relatisns
Of i.e deceafed, that am extrensly gris.
we'd for their lols.
"Mr. de- Ssr,ias fhall inpat you my
fur:he: orde 8, asd have evsry rsafoa to
bslievs thay will be exscated ~ita f'csef'.
(sisnsd) LOUIS.
Thy write from Verfaille,, that his
NJ # c ri ian Maje1y FAD promoted tw,
cfthc Cap,.ins OF the Brett Aeet that beha-
v d 70 s-laatl, in the elgagsmsat vita the
En- i'm quadron to the rsak Of Chef DEF
cadrs and thar fun Of money was ALTO
srdeted 10 BE- difribat.d smong shs wound
ed f.anen,
Letters rom c dis bring advice that two
So.nih t,gst.s asving met near the river
Nj iGippi, sb >pt8oo leagues from New o.
leans, two American privstee's in the u,moa
danger Of b:ing oblig-d TO ariks to fome
Eng IN fr gass who were chaeing them,
the Spsnia dl lent .ncm the AsceG.,y afif-
arcc, aud took the privatsers sadsr thsir
p:o eaioo. Tas Eng in notsithaaudiag
tont'nsed tn. ch,ce, ana the Gpaaiafds in
tcro 6n., a warn engagemra. esfusd, ia
which the Sranih frig,tes wee d!fablsd
ard obliged to .es;re for lhclter into . neigh-
boring bay, but the privateers we're taken.
On Toelday an exprefs arrived from Ire
land, with an account that Frsach home-
ward bound Ealt-lndianen. very deeply
lsden is taksn by one of his Maj sfy's fri.
gaNs, and carried into the C1ve o. Cork.
ST, JAMEsi, AuguR al. His MfjeAy
wa, tli. say Pleaied to order, that the Par
liamen', whica ftsnds p-orogued TO Tuefday
the # Gay Of Septe nber nexs, be further
pr-rosO'd to Tuefday the & :a day Of Oeo-
Der f. loving.
Ausua II. 1t is at length fsttled il
Court e. declare war in a few dsys.
Ii il, iep:r.ed that thsre has beea . def
rsr.te ,nysgsmsat bstween the Emperor
aad the King Of PruHi, the lz,,sr is faid
n h We had the ad'araSe, ba, ,h,t he had
b:en w9uaded, and had ~ hofiss killed
under him.
Yeacrdav the baggage Of his Royal High
Eefs the Duke Of Gl.uceter was carried
from G QUO fer Houfe for Dover, to be
embarked On fhip bard, il which fh,p his