The Newport gazette. [volume], October 30, 1777, Image 1

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By MA]OR-GENEEAL‘ )
ROBERT PIGOT,
Commanding Bis Majelty’s
Forces within the Colony of
Rhode-Ifland, &c. &c. &c.
HEREAS many of Bis
A esTY's loyai Subiee, inhabie
ing tbe Town of NEwPoRT, 416
willing to af:ciate for the Pa pofe of pre
ferving he interns] Peace and Security of -
the Towa, sad to perform fuch other Daties
2 the Commandiag Officer of His M. j-&y’s
Troops wi h u this Colony thall think nccef
fary : Lave thereiore thought G, in.
Order to give all poffible Encoura_ement to
a Spirit fo truly Jau able aad preper, t 0 per
mit His Maj:fty’s dege Sebjells, inbabiting
this Town, te ag-es and affociate, far ihe
Purpole afo ofaid ; and, to thet End, have
diredied an AGREEMENT 10 be lodged . at’
the Priating Office ; whers the fteady and
f-m Friend 1o dis Kinc and the LA »s, may, ..
by ‘ubfc:ibing the c.O, havean Qpporiusity:
sf¢itioguith'ng him/elf from'toe dif* - Gsds
“Given under my Hand, at Hlad Qu'r
ters in Newport, this 15th Day of '
* Ofeber, 1777, . s
5 ] '"'A l‘.'. PlGOIon,
3 ths Goneral’s Command, _ ¢
. Hawtr Barry, Sccretary; :
TO. BE .SOLD,
At the Printing-Office, -
_'in Thames-Swest. =
The Life of Dr. D OD,D.
LIIKEWIE, |
Au Addrefs to the Inhabitapts
- of Pennfylvania, « .+
By thofe' Frecment of Pennfyl<
. vapla,who were.baniflied by
Congrefs te- Virginia.
rTe y i
Prom the LONDON G'a 2'r 7.8, July )2,-°
A& of a Letier from General Sir wa-"
.lwm Howe to Lord Gep.ge Germaia,
~ M..'qu-\'olk the 3‘l“.]“'- 1777
EJ» L 7 ‘Whitehall, Joby 12z :
X/, O.UR Lotthip's, Numbers. gs 4,
Y b e
>} ol the 5 b io"owins, I had the'
W receive b/ sz:;,x.'lfum ‘on the -
o hls Majelty’s ipAogults the Sth
THURSDAY, OQcToBER 30, 1777,
of May, the cuplicates of which hsve fince
arrived by the Samdwich, packei. The
earlick oppa:runity wes taken of fignifying
bis Majeity’s molt gracious apyrcbaiivn of
the . ensviaur of the Qificers, whofc names
aie pari culaizea by your Lordfhip.
Tne arrival of the camp cquipage on the
24 b of May, both for t'e a.my and previn
cials, has selicved me from ou h anxiety,
b.ing artic'es gre-tly wa.ted for the open
iog of the' camp iga , whih will now im
mediite'y take place in Jerfey, where tha
e «mj’s principal .fire gio flill remain: ;
and 1 fh.il progceed, as oc.u rerces may
a'ife, according tvthe plax mace kaowa to
your Lordfh p ia my fo mer di'vacle .
The re ucunmt horf.z or the X 2 hand 17th
dragocns are a’ ived .0 good Crdem wi b the
lofs of ten Lo fescn thy paflage, The fh
cers of Ihs guarcs and Britifh recruics alfe
arrived on h: 24 h o May, the Agfpach
troo 9, 432 Germaarec uits, and g 4 Ges
man Ch . ars, on th: 311 # .nt, convoyed
by the Someriet. Thei troop: appear to be
in_very good Fealth, ;a7d bv: difemb rked
‘wpon ‘Statea [laud ¢o reircth for & thori t'me,
I have the plealgie to n:orm 30, »,' ord
fhip of th: arivelof M.jor Geserah Gy
iu th Somcr[gt.,,, o s X aBET Y "
"“M.j -+ Dixpn, .of the corps of enginsers,
why s as his ll.{:_’.;y_:a leave t) retagn to Bi
talv, will have g hoacur of dgliyerisg my
‘difpatcie; to.yo_cr't rdfhip by ths Ha'ifax
-plch' ; ind & pre?qq-. pocw the acknow
@d abi'i‘ies of Ihis;Gendrmar,, and his tho
rou'h k o 12 ge of the fiusnon of the
c+ubtry, ojaflif, mein refering your Lo.d
fhip to him, t.r the moft particular as well
as geneicl i, formgiicn, |
Almirally-Office, July 10,1 377.
"Extra®_ of .8 Latte: fiom Vige - Admirsl
L'é‘t.i Vil-pusHows, t 2 Mr Stephend,
datid £ Jey-Ya ke 8h of Jaaa
“4€ The Noefuch asri ed. he'e the asth
Faf, a ¢ the Same!l-and ihe Bate- the 23.0,
with !l be Irayf;ora,, th e excepied, of
e q;'mvuy th x,({llcd at_th: famz Time
‘flam Poit mé';:%. "I'bey bad contineed ua®
der thCiecm 4,0 f, CapaFicch of thr Camel,
’b’nl"*fifl.cé th 6 b of May, she Ifis and Swift
' Navihg been 1t porajed.on the Py flage.” Two
“of the miffing Tranf.o.t+ camg in a fev
Ddyi'be ore, #nd the thicd a few Days af
"ter; bat the Ifis apd Swifs, cid, mot amzive
"(m"!?r 7:h iek.et. R :
¥ Oa the 34 icflant, ._Celfa Ougry arrived
In the Sdn.er:ct, wi h the Tiaufp gis b had .
in" Charge ;' bet (he Mircary, parged Com
pany tie c\ild‘l?;:y_l'}nu chey lefi-she Bii
'siff’ Coafl, “The Tr cps, by both thefs
* Cortvoys, #re {1 good l're-.l'-hq paamst i 3
e Capt, Mafon, arrived herg on the g h_
irk. in the Dmt,c . with ths Sgriv.fir 'd
"“i"' m. tr:- ;_c;u.,‘l.’::z of the C;:;'
‘voy' thit fr and, wnler
'c?‘igc of Ct,'c.‘u“m:: Aq ihe Sepaca
tioa happcmed whea ,itey wgse, 4ot mo ¢
thh 150 Leagags (rom this Pt_.o.. the Arii
“valof the S, A _'&-i_u ' C‘o&op&o'
~Tranfporis, may bedaily cxpeited,
““ As there is reafon to believe it m
be foon' requifice 1o enibark & c'nfi
Part of the Army, timl] Preparatioa has
bicn made for the Parpcfe; and as my At
ten iance wou'd benece I ry with theTranf~
purts is Confequence, I have reca'led Com
modore o b'm from tie Delsware, to di
-le@ the nava]l O, e siions, and carry om the
curren Service o the P rt,
“ 5i Geurge Coilier, who commands the
Detuch - ent of the tq .ad 04 a: H.lifex. will
be attrntive to afford sll poflible Prot&tion
toth Fifberies at Canfo a d llls Madame.”
Ju'y 30. Y:feiday, previous to the Leves
a C+bmzi Council was held, at v hi‘iw
North and the Se: e aries of §tate wers
prelcat, whin the Anfwer 10, the Memorial
delver:d by L rd 8 ormont to the Court of
Verisilies was l.id officioufly befose his Ma
jeßy., We are info med ihe An‘w:riv ol
tha mot pacific nazare, snpexed lo,,w‘icl isy
on o'cer or the Mating D, patma- 1y crdire
ing all Awericsa V =2, «ad wicir Prigzes,
tc git any of the Ports of F ance they may
ente... within the Space of 24 Hanes., -
Leticis ‘rom Hll‘éfiffitfi.-t‘lt-&.
Troops of Ihat E'eflorate age now, come
pleated 10 iheir full Complemest, and that
a large Body of Mrn a'e ket in Redipefs to
em a k for Ame ica 9n the .figfi;flofl“.
A _L.n?; from Pais conglpdes thus .m—
-¢ A'ter feveral Flo&yaticos; u"Cu;: t::
ac fic Syllem fecms 50 . ghip. ground, t
s.ni preparations are fn!:’?n’d:g. and it is
coxfidenily affirmed, (hat the. fip:i(h. Miri
fier hay at I:ngth giined hia_point.; :hat of
a peronal promile from, his nfl‘ Chiiftisa
M - Ry, that he Rncergly withes to c!llnnu
th “molt friendly coirsfpondepcy with the
Kiog «f G-eat B:itsin 3 and that be would
give di-c@i s to his; M niflers, 2o difccun
ten#-ce, prohbit, ud,guprtfi. gvary thing
wh ch wight ia the mol gm-t_m feem
to jm’pc;-c‘h. or_crea 3. doube. relhtive to,
tke fiaceriyy. of ,‘(‘dffiW" o vifd
. Awgult'7 T'e Hop. Sir, C ulu»l&uu
gue who d ed laft lépx, was Licui. Gane
ral of his Myjelty’s fi"’ Knight of the
Bath, 2rd Colozel of the Second, 6r Qagea’s
Royal Regiment of Fuofe... .+
C | Frucit is figfel{ arrived stthe B:u.
cn bisßerarn 1o England, having fettled for
the Geiman Tioops .or the nexi Embatkas
tion. { i xS
Aoovft the 9. Yaferday Lieut. General
_Boyd?_ l‘;}g . Governor é GWWg wee
aypointed Govarmor of that Plaes, ia the
Room, gf the late Sie Gilbers. Eilfot, Bart.
dic_e?(o's‘ o 1 which e had .she Hoaout 0
kifs Pis Majery’s Hondeo ser o
tflesday C.J. Joner pbthe yd Rogiment
of '‘Guud:, kiffed \b» King’s- Hond 08 be
irg ‘appointe to the Queen’s Ragiment. of
Foot, vacaat by the Densh, .0i Sir Charles
M Eom Yorke, Wqs s appalated Mojor
Millism Yor e ated Ms
wm 69!1 Ro;iu::c of Feo, Cul-ntld
.8 soem| Shegaids - &0
,f-.gfiz;.u,f:{uliun.m are affared,
thatall Ame ican privasesrs in' that pert
bad beem ordered, in the moßt perempoty,