The Newport gazette. [volume], November 20, 1777, Image 2

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e Subfiente of L:d LYTTLETON s
SPLECH. at the Corciufi'n of Lid
Cha ham's Moticu in the Heule of Loy,
the 30'h ot May lafl, from & late Fisu.
KivLs Pager.
I ORD LYTTLE TON controvert
+ ¢d almolt every thing msterial wrge ' by
the soble Lords who { cke ia tavcur of toe
moticn. He direéled his attention firtt 1o
th: m tiva, aad the roble Lori who mad?
3. Has scknowled el the eminent {5 vt es
wehich hi. Lorcthip haad pertore ed for his
couniry ; and lai¢, what vt no.ice the mo
ti n ifslf was deferving of, the mocerae
terms it <ff2led, :+d the rrmarkat @ co In (s
ans decorum ia which tue arg-monts io fup
pot ol itwe e u ged, called or candoar aud
s deraiion em hue part. H: f.emed muca
jupiized st the imid d {.cedent tone af
fecét o -y the nob e Ea 1, is r.ldtiom to the
co & & and ultimaie views of fureign powers,
whofe fi ¢, ip:i a d zcal for thelo.our and
dignii, of uis countiy, had ca ried terror
and crrqueftawong the furr unding matioxs,
He sfk-d his Lo¢th p, whether he could re
con Jeit 8@ his fermer cced. &, to hold ter
30is ¢ut ‘rom thi refifance we might meat
in juif.’'m: ssd afl.rung cur und-übted
yights, tither from Ammica or ellewhere,
H remembeed the t'me, when the scble
Lo-. b:!d - diffs en. langcags, when bein
£ ired. toe naci m v ih be mcf exa' ed and
he oic ide s ; «hea bhe ¢l ed wpin the pec
¥ ‘e io flers vhiir boa wr, and do ttemfclves
j ftce, h ugh eve y powerin Europ: fhould
comb az agaioft th m. His Lordfhip rex:
tu ced :0 ihs flaie 0 Amerca; the anarchy
thet st preicut prevaiis thee ; the acli of
viclence, treachery, crue'ty and injuflice -hat
are daily commitied in tuat covnt y by our
sebellious fubj és upon the'r luyal and duti
fu! b.ethren mercly bocaufe they weald nog
j iv im their diab. lical i.h.mes of cve throw
-3 ga jult pdlegal governaent, Tae I:ws
taaipl d B 0, wei gouit: of julhic: fhut go
vernoent diff lved, magiiia es imp ifcned
or binifhed, tte /athfui and cbeai nt part
of the p:opl: deprefled, defpoi ed of lgrir
prorersy. uff-ring iv dunieons, or obliged
so fly their native | nd. He obferved, that
o a | ke horcors of =ar, the sebels bad ad
ded the brutalisy of farages and the treache
ry ofcowa-ds. Thet« were ihe perices, and
ghis was the canfe, fome of their Lo.dfh ;s
thought fit to efposfs and cefend. His
Lo.cfhip lezindcd bis opponents ef their
pre: ictions concer: ing the condut of Frince
apd their vopested sfiirtions, tha: Ameica
Yad mever aay thoughts of ind:peadence.
Exreric:c~ had ve: §id be Janjurge of ad
gniftration on besz thofe peiats, The no
bl: Lord who mice .he motion langhed at
ghe abicrdi.y of fuch «a iles, 38 no laterfe
ye.ce onibe part ef F.ance ; and the Cone
gc s have losg fince deciared the united Co
nies icd pesdent f:tes. The oiher soble
Lorss, oa the fame fide, denicd ihe leuft pro
bability of asy fach cveat, and pledged
themfelves, if i. fhould hippen, that they
would be the fi:it aad m. & 3:alces in ended
vcusing 'o compel (hem t 2 a rtara of th.ie
duty. Toe cvest hu alicl'y taken jlace,
sud: what is cbeir cenoud’? laftead o 1 re
somm:ndi'g vigirou: me fures ; i:fead of
fuvpor ing ipinted sud cecifi-e ex:rtions of
oar whoic & cagth, we are iold that Fiance
does aot iuieifeie ; but ieh fhe thould, it is
now propoled to open a treaty wih ceclared
scd open Rebels. Our right: are to be a-
Lasdoped vt conceced, 1 R F.ance fh u'd
go to war, when our & engh B+d rifou.cas
weweskened end exhaufied, This i (ure
1y Rrange lsvguacs, and eqra'ly pufilleni
gnoes, 48 usworby the at.emtion of this
B ule. ;
France, 1 am fatifisd from my owa
i 1 dep ‘s pilther ab’e cr willng to o
’\'“V"'; s Uibcurd fhewee,] trull me ir6
pre,ared to meet ary fo.eign cazimy vhat
ever. Let us turn cue t/f: to the ftve of
our refpeflive fiaanee:, tand we way be ena
bitd 10 julge, in {imne mea‘ure, cf tae re
fpeitive adilvies of both cousmtries, Let
us rcfle@ om the eafls snd expedition five
mi'lions were Borowed in & nation laid to
be verging towarus ruin. [ wiil vearu e ta
fay, that & fim lar ctfcr would not preduce
the ten:h pa:it of the (am in France, Does
this acco d with thy horrible pic¢ture drawa
by the noble Dike, or the teicors fuf ended
over our he.ds, by the Ri, ht Rov. Prelate :
Merchants and men is tiade,hovever fiiend
ly o governmeat, fel iom care to truft (heir
piofe ty to precariou. feeurity. Th:y sie,
o »| men, the moi cantious of difn Arg
or tr.lling t' ¢ir mosey ot of thrir hands,
and know teft bow to lay it cur, where it
pr mifes profis, properly fecured. This ua
bounde! credii is feldom a forerunner of a
bar krupt goversment, or empty Kxchepuer,
Hi: Lordiiio next anlwared thai pa t of the
zoble Duk ’s argument in re'p. ¢t of the
petition f-om the Corgrel, a.d the svi
cence given by Mr. Pean. Hci filted that
tha form r was the «ff & of-mere hypocri y,
snd tha la ter, from his own kaow.edge, far
from beiog fupporied by truth. But fup
p fing the fo.mer was ferious, whac did it
impo't » An sppeal from the Pailiam ot t 0
his Majefty, and an endeavour te detach
him trom his Par.iament by tn abue of his
Mi itsrs. As a proof that tae Congrefs
gever m-azt to fubmit 1o the fupremacy cf
Pa:li ment at the v ¢y time they feat the
pe.ition a ludzd te, they made the mott dar
ing and inflammatory appral to the whole
I.ifh nation, axd invited them 10 mike 8
common caafe with them, in refilting the
legiflative c-nt-culing power of tue Britith
Piriament over all tbe domimions of the
B:itith Crown. His Lordthip impu.ed the
preie:t &t te of public affairs, to the back
wardne's and miftaken lenity of M mice's
in the early ftages of the comtelt. ke re
minded ¢ oir Lordfhips of the part hs teck,
and how frequently hs preflcd adminiftia
ti'n en the ?u'-j-&. He was cocfidear, if
vigorus mezfures had been adopted earlier,
tha. ihe rebeilious Lolories wou'd now have
beea in & flaic of peace aud obdience ; and
repested, be faid, what he had frequently
fiid befu:s, that leni:y, by its confequeaces,
caufed often greater als of crueity, thaa
thefe which were at the time defitted from
os acceunt of their harfhnefs. His Lord
fhip fpoke of thz fevere wfage Col. Camp
bell ! ad fuffered in am Ame:ican dengecn,
which led him agaia to repeat his charge of
cruelty and timicity. He allowed tzaila
trade was carried om by the Rebels to fome
poris in France, but denied that it received
any counienance or protelisn from thst
Court. They were private tranfalliens, he
faid, which it would be difficult to preveee ;
and which hiad mo origin but the fpirit of
mercantile adventure, and motives cf piofit.
His Lordfhip to-k greai pains to fhew
that tha meatares of Goverameat we:e po
pular ; aad to poiat out the abilities of the
Minifter, wha had fo judicioufly plenned
taxes, that would fcarcrly be felt, and yet
would be fo ve y prods&ive. He fpcke of
the country pen lamen, as fupooriing the
prefent war almoft ueanimoufly ; paflid
grest excomiams an their coafeqience and
laiegri'y, and affirmed, that while meafures
ware thus ftrongly fupported and approved
of, both wi h n and withoet doors, by fech
d:cifive and refpe&able majori‘ier, we- bad
every reafon not only to expeét am hippy
iffae to the prefent rebellion, but thet if we
fhou'd be interrupted by any power what
ever, tha; we were boih ablc to defead cur
{C;'.'.‘. erd irake cur CEchu €5 I#ene 3
their seflire’s. lis cbhoved eB v b ()
from the recle Vol who fpekefecord ‘(e
debaie, (Lcic Goser) rslaive to the loygl
'Fd CUHIU] . l‘}‘,‘: lip of greae rumbers ¢f
pecple in Ameiics, where they were fig 2 1y
declare their festimenis, #nd nct undeg
the tyrsnry azd cefrotim aibing lrom duga
cky snd military gevoine eni: he was cor
tan that it was 10, and ' € hed bimlelr Jate.
ly received a leter to that purpefe frem
perfon cn ke fpot; and wany eihers of 5
Jike temcr, giving an acccurt of the g ea;
pembers who camz in urder this preclama.
tion, in crder to claim the protedtion of the
Britith goverement, as 10 cffer (Liis ic.vices
in aflifing to ext'nguilh rebeliicn,
BOSTON, C& 27
By the retarn of an exprefs, we Liave the ‘ol.
lowirg copy of a lewer frem his Excel.
lency Gegeral \Wathiagton to Congrels,
Camp near Penibaker’s Mill, O& 5, 1777,
$ IR,
IIA‘.’IZ\'G received in‘e'lizence, threush
iwo ihte.ce, te’ latters, toar General
Howe kad deac ed s part of ks torce for
the purpefe of recucing Eillings-Fort jsnd
th Fcrizon the Deliwa o 5 I<o municar=d
the accoents 10 my gecerai officers, who
were unipnim ofly of cpision, that a fa.
veursb e opjortunity I+ ed to make an at
tack ugon the trecps which were at aud
near Ge'man Tosn; it wai sccordingly
sgreed, that it fheu'd taks place yeferday
morsing, aid e f !lowing dif efirions
we ¢ made, The divifions of Sullivan aad
Wayne, flarked by Cocnway’s brigade, were
to emier the town by the way of Chefuug
Hill, while Gen, A'mftreng, with the Penn
fyivanis miliiia, fhouid fa:l down the Ma
natowney rcad, by Vardeeiing’s mills, acd
get upon the sxeay’s left ard rear, The
divifions of Greea and S erhens, flasked by
M'Dougzl’s b igade, were to enter by taik
iag a circuit by wry of the Lime-Ki s road,
&t the market hau'es; and to attack their
right wing ; asd the mil tia of Maryland
acd Jafey, wuder Genera!s Smallnood and
F.eeman, weie to march by th: old York
road, and fall upon the rear of their righs,
Lord Stirling, with Nafh's ard Maxwell’s
brigades, was to form a Coips de Referve,
We marched about fevem o’clock the pre.
ceding evening, and Gen. Suliivan’s ad
vanced party, drawn from Conway’s b.idge,
attacked their picket at Moun: Riag, at
Mr. Alien’s houfe, about fun-ri e the mext
morsing, wkich prefen‘ly gave way, ard
his mrin b dy, corfilling of the right
wieg follewing fcon, sugsged the light in
fantry, aed o her woops, excamped near the
picket, which they forced frem the grevn?,
leaving their bagg-ge. They reirested &
corfiderable diftsnce; baving previocily
tbrown a party ints Mr. Cew’s houfe, whe
were in a fituaticn nct to be esfily f:rced,
and hrd it ia their jower from the windows
to give us B 0 ‘mall anncyance, and in a
great mezfure to cbft uét oa- advances.
The attack from our left colem=, under
Gen. Green, begsn absut three quarters of
an hour after that from the right, azd was
for fome time equally fucc:if fu'. Bar I
camnot enter upcn the pa:ticulars of what
ba;pened ia that qeaiter, #s [am not yet
info med of them with fvff:iont certai ty
and piecifion.
Them:reing was ext-em:ly fogey, which
prevented our improvieg t' e advintages wé
hsd gained o v cl! o 1 we otherwife fhould
bave dere. Thi: circam ftrnee, by coaceal
irg frem us the true fiicat'on of the eremy,
cbliged us 10 2@ with mo'e cavtion, asd
lefs expediii-n, .h-n we cculd have withed,