The Newport gazette. [volume] (Newport [R.I.]) 1777-1779, 1778-02-12

,h'"sht Il hn da;y 70 fet his Lo.ih . nigh.
lie p.ctla2 lavssl Pantioula, wrieh n. a;d
sdy4n,ed. md whicn wsfc Abfo.u!ey falfs
10 al. lie pr mi.d tina, he wa ~s,la.as
te heole GAl cid no. mean to mile the
H3uie br to mn.sp'ef.at any o,e rarsr
@nl-n h had tsken Il IN q m 40 msntion IA
th' Cure II his I=ech dacs b w<v-r il
was e'iie4t tna the n b.. tarl h.d bee IN
/ formed, &c woa.d unl: awe HIM ia re-
i..sa 10 fath OF Ihs piih % isll In media c.
y uadsr his esgniz snce, a. ~u.ca ne COZ j
P'o's to be very d.fs enty ii.s.sd from he
'ols Esrl's delcrIp,i.r. Tbs f.a Of .h,ie
was the fais Il the Macy 10 Ea..pe, which
the nooe h had de,l-.el not .uy - be
W. k, and 4nh. .or fersice. but 10 lo deipi-
cab.s .Ao d rl.r.bis a itA e, .hat no in4A #
CT d.t IN his pr,f.ll,)n ~,ull Lket.s en-.
mA.d VI it. So tar was thi, from beis the
car, tina: ae va, moA ae1 Ii ppy to Re
aols q iay, ia ,he h.ariog II ihe tiosis, and
the itran :Ti, And MOI 10 care no aver
isiIy i. ~As fsP1red, that oar n,vy v-r
va, in 10 Pows fol md refpea,bls q ,oadi-
Iioa IS st pr. .Ient. We save NO lsf, IN
forty tSo fhsPs # ths Inns in commiili n in
Europe, thirty five Of which ws.e fully man-
n .x:sP.ing nay a deh.i.scy OF aoost
alas mad ed men upon IN .ir en- ire CON.
plSm nis, which was "a uncohmoa!y TIL
fling defcieacs, and very {. lily mads up ia
eA.e II n.ceiIi y: that iks .es.n oshsr Hips
wsre Ia.cly pax i4ts eonmi.ioa, and there.
fore yer maaned bat IN al h: ma
iias. neIch ~ tJr IN III Hsfs teady, I'd tnst
NO do-bt heir sonPl- -m:sts woxId .oon te
P.oc ..ed. rms naval face, Els L1rdlhip
rs-aark:d, was 10. .Isrior o wnat FIR .nc-, or
any st the Continental powers haa Axd that
wass it Ias SonEd:rrd se had N ors live of
CA.lis ihil', tuli .AAaaed, la diff .esat pirts
Of tns world, an ihcredi Il: numbsr Of tri-
gates, and otasr DR. Aed vsiTs.s .n America,
AID . mott exuaordinay xsdisisa Of irigsteS
and fnail vtH.is buiis ..d oSaxAt, a.d .ow
P'sParing Tor lea, iufsiy I coaId not be ar
gued, th-t our navy w.s IN aay taink ike
ak hats, CT an unisrsicsaols eondi lion.
WHn :essfd further to the aiTsr,ion, thai
no oti-er OF credit would lake the com Aaad
ct tas hset In Earops," it was equally faife
noo.s, .ad N abs ofa:er, Of one Of ths
h'h t:miiiss il che kiaxdom; nd OF On ir-
Tsp.Ca.nAsls chsrsefr, was osth rssdy and
w,i!ilg 70 tsks the command /; nor was he
1e oa,y off e. OF rsPu .asioa re.dy to accept
1t; ot1srs; mAay othss, wsrs aiis wiliiax,
and 6 ID forbid ,ha sAs iafety of the kiae-
dom III 'uld reR lolely on ths experiences and
va.oar Of an iadi,idsai in any pioi elton,
however sx:slleaID kis character, hossysr
geas his abilities 1! -.
His Lofdihipi with . view to fsti,fy this
Houle rsfp:dtinS the fats Of the Navy, pro.
dassd P4peu, from whica he read vi iety
Of m ,ttsss, al tsuding - prove hi. aGs. tion,.
BY ipscifying the pm nuculArs asceaa va Goa.
vsy "A exaet IaformA,ioa Of the nambn,, fize,
crews &C.. &c. Of the tsfieus veasls ia the
iefvics.; ana after very eirer m liaatially pro.
wing, 'shst" t"our aavy wss no~ msch iuperiol
.toshs aaiISd fleets Of the Hsufs Of Bosrbon,
the Esri dsel.r.d, that X was . doctrine h
noa heartily fabierIbsd 70, ssd hoped every
fue:sf'r. 10 him weuid feel the force Of, that
the Perf,a Who Preadsd st the Admiralty
Bard il Grsat Britsis, wss No leskst worthy
Of nsfdiag bis ofies, thsa while hs kept tA,
aavy Of this county In Gate Of fupsriority
over that Of every Other Huropsan power.
He paid Lsrd Cnatham very high eonpli
menn on his decla lion, thst hs wiflsd no,
TO have America indspsadent. bu, wosld q,
al svea", prefervs The fapsriorisy Of G.sat
Bri;sin, and obligs the Americans to allow
the torres Of lhs Navssstioa "A. This, his