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EXTRACT from GENFERAL ORDERS
d6a ed ac Head Quas ¢2 in Newport, tae
23d of February, 1778,
H E Shop of M:, Hows, Piater,
I hiviig been broke oren .aft Nighe,
sad .« comfideradle Qaintiey of
JEWELLERY, acd viiver Buckivs, &c. fo
lea 'rem ‘herce, by ‘cme So'diers, = Revard
of TEN GUINEAS wi! b givea eny
cas who wiu difcuver the Perl n or Pefons
concerned *——And if aty of he Acomylices
(sxcept th: Pertoy who aéka:lly bicke cpan
tae Shep) wiii mrke a D fcevery he, or they
will be ¢ntitled 10 the sbove Reward s2:d a
fre: Pudon, .
By the Gonoral's Commaad,
HENRY BARRY, Secretary,
HE S H OP oi ths Subferiber way
T broke open iat Sazd:.y Eveni g by
fome Villsin or Vii alas bet ve-n the Hours
of 730 d 8 o’ lock, and r :bed of a afs
co fitiny of JUWILLERY and other Arii
vl znomg wkica wass inge AT roment of
Ladi:s Siene 3ackles, Earings, Solices,G 1d
L: ckes, varioafly fact, Srracies, aitto, Gold
Seals, Stock Buckies both Patte and Piach
beck, alf> a very neat Gz'd and Gsinet one
with four Siads, GHid Riung*, one wiih a
Paintisg of Shak fpsar’s Head, Gilt Sn+ff
Buxes, Deceptive ditto, To:ceith*l!, China
sod Piper ditto, a Variety «f fafhionabls
Arwis Buck!es bo.h Gold and Silver pleted,
Smelling Bottles in Ivory Cafes and & Yard
of Ribbon in the Bott:m, Erwes Cafes, Sil
ver Thimbler, Sprigs, and a Variety of other
Atiicles which canr.og be rzcol'o@ed, fim'Ter
i Kind witn Ihe foregoiig.——Shonld sny
of thefe Articles be ¢ fF:-ed for Sals it is de
fired they may flopped, and Notice given to
te Suslcriber, who will give TEN GUI.
N.EAS t 0 any Perfon who thall di‘cover the
Villsins conce ned ¢hat they may be brought
© Jultice,end sny Number of theAriicles be
Tecovered. . JOHN HOWE,
Newport, Fibroary 25 1778, -
Copy of a latter fram Vice Admiral Lord
Vifcoant H,we, to Mr. Stephens, dated
08 boz-d his M jsit+’s hip Esgls, i the.
River Delaware, O&oter 25, 4777
HE Lords Cou.‘flionja of the
Adamiralty will be informed by my
. Isft letter of the 28th of Augult of
the arrival of the fest 3 tae head of Ch:-
fapesk Bay, and tne debarkatioa of the ar
®y the 25 h in the river E k.
The piovions, militazy ftores, and bag
2'ge required haviag gcc: landed under
thy diretign of Cap:. Duncaa, by the 7th
of the next moath the aray advancad to.
wards the rebei farces afimbled near Wwil.
Wingten on the fide of the D:laware.
The enemy coofi 'ing in the fice2gth of
Ui fiteation, and waiting the spsloach of
T.DURSDA Y, M#: R c u 5y 12790,
the army, were charged the I:th in the
evzring with fo muca fpirit, Ihat nowithe
ftazding the advantages of their p-ft, they
, were qrickly forced cn every part, and re
, tienea in gicat confefion towards the town
of Pailadel hia. - .
, Wien tols account was forwa:ded, the
lofs in citinr a:my was mot a'cert i~ed.
~ B.tewelve picces of cannn had beea taken
~ Imthe heid ; smd the vidory would have
~ Probibly bzen compleat, tut ior the great
fati:ue of tee King’s forcos in a long and
dificclt march reund by the Forks of the
L.andywine, !0 arrive in the et ned pofi
4on for the commercement of the stiack.
Upen jate’igenze ot this event received
th* 13th, prepaiation was made for takicg
the fi it favourabie opro-tatity to move the
ficei zound to a proper anchorage for pre
frviag a free ¢ mmanication wi.h the ar
my in this river. . :
The pro-rets down the hav was cenfider
aby ietarded by the Rtate of the weather
ap. Intricacy ¢ f .he navigation which ¢id
nct idmit of contiuuing ender fail during
the night, wherilo ¢ though quittiog the
Elk tte 14th, the flest coald not pu to fea
fr m the Czpes o 1 Virginia until the 23d
of the fame month. I then procesded ier
waid in the Esgle with the Vigilent and
lfis, and 8 {mall divifion of traafports in
wh.ch fome articies of provifions and mili
tary ftores, likely to be feoneft wanted for
the army, hatdl been for that purpefe em
barked, and left the body of the fizet to be
coadeited by Cap:gia Griffith, with the reft
of the fhips of war. . -
Having hid very tempeftuous' weather
of foms dura:ion to the rorthward, ‘ia the
plfl'afe down Chelepesk Bay, the profpeét
was faveerable for the {peedy arrival of che
fleet in the Declaware.
But whea the two divifions (little fepar
stcd) were advaoced witina a few leagues
of the encrance of the river, the wind chang- |
ed in a {udden fq:all from the fowmthward
in the evezing of the 25'h; and having
cootinued between the N. W. and N.E,
with a degree of force much too great for
the tranfperts to make any way agaiatt it,
I was unable to get into the river (followed.
8 few days afier by the firfk convoy, which
I bad left iu the care ot Capt. Corawallis
when the weather beczme m-re fottled) un- -
til the evening of the 4th inflaat. <
The larger convoy with Capt. Griffith,
though mach mere difperfed, arrived be
tween the 6 h and Bth of the mcath, with
no other materizl accident except the lufs
of thg tranfport named the Fatber’s Good
Will, which haviag fprusg a leak when ne
aflitasce csuld bs given ddring the b.d
wanther, fanc at (21, bat the crew wers
favel, ‘ _
Tae thip: o war asd tranfports we-e 2n.
chored ia th 3 mo.t conveaient fitaatoa ia~
the wefien fhore, rom Newcaftle dowa to
wiMds Rzedy Ifland.
Oan: my arrival « ff Chefter on the 6th joo
flant, I learnt, that the rcbel army fince
the 13:h of Jaft moath, had aiways been re..
tiring with precipitetion to avoid geveral
atior, {rmetimes a'iemplisg advenseges by
fu prife, but the K:ag's fo'ces maie aloing
the r ufual afcendency on-ev.ry cccafion.
« Tie General wasis piflefi-n of Pailse
d-lptis, ard a frigate of 33 guns, n med
the Delaware, atiem;ried 1o be p*{f-d abave
the towe, had brea taken by the ro:pe
which were firft pofled: there, «
Captain Hiwmond (+ho was retarsed
here in tie Roebuck) rad moved np the. .
river with the: Pearl, Ca:il'a, and Livezs.
p+ol. ad the army advenced. ~ v,
Whea I came-to this fation, he was Iy~
ig with thefs frigates off of Billing(pore,’
where the rebels b d resrly compleaied s
very exterfive.wo k for ¢« fending the ap
proach to the firé dosblg line. of. fasls,
framif®, or chevaux de frize, which croffed
the navigable channel in that part of ths
river, ’ :
The General haviag 8 few days before
appointed a flrong carps of infantry to be
l:nP:cd on the Jct?'ey fhore, to difl:?‘o the
enemy from that pott, they, ebandoaed it
at his approachs ; The froat to ths river
had theicupon beea deftroyed, apd the
troops that eveping withdrawa,
A trial hed ia the mean.time been begum
for opening 8 paffage threagh that- firft ab
firoQ@ion, which the enemy with their firg
refte, gallies, and other armed craft repeat
edly. endesvonsed 1o prevent under cover of
the night ? bot without any material.icjury
to the trigates :- Ard a {ufficient channel.
was st Jength (though net without s:uch
difficultyl made for the larger fhips, by the
advanced fqardren ; the condn of hick
was op every occafion to be much app oved.
.- The remsicing obfrutions te aa nsin
terrapted ccmmenication with the towa of
Philadelphis, confifted of 2a igclofed woik
ercited on a fi.‘;, muddy ;l‘!llqd. .::nd Fert
Iland, a liule diance. W the estrance
of the Schuylkill, A!an:-«l by fode
blockbarfes ; with "_t.-n',l‘fld.nt z" '
of nine gens e:ch, and twelve of g ‘
gallies, . mcanting - heavy ra_no bt_fi"u ‘
zrany other armed tufe of k fler. fores, add
feveral fire fhips, Oppofite thereto ‘on thy
eaftein fhore at Red Bank, . Miito"
creck a tedoubt was con i d, “upller
-which their movasb'e ware( force couldfind '
preteQion cecafionally. T A b YT
In tbo?ag of thefe defencey, to th:j. ‘
tent of hal’a/mile or more below (he ifland, *
bygag the pait of uu"::qu where tle |
nayigation, was eontiact n'fic‘!uli 1 o
sbout joo fathoms] feveral’ rows of \3: S
chevaax ce frize were Taxk o 74 to’ v
the nearer spprosch of the thips imprs&ica-