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The following is a lift of the officers, soldiers, &c.
hat eompofed the garrison of Fore St. Philip:
Staff. &outeant-Genrll Maurray, Commander
in Chief; Lieutenant-General Draper, second in
command ; Major-General Sydon, commanding the
Hanoverians ; Major Kirollis, Quarter-Matter-Ge
neral ; Mr. Doa, Adjutant-General, nephew (o Mr
Mdrray ; Mr. Hamilton, Major of the place ; five
Aids de-Camp, two Colonels, three Lisutenant-Co
lonels. and four Moajors, .
English regiments, No. 51 and 61, 62 officers and
885 soldiers. Regiments of™ Prince Ernest ard Gol
dacker, g officers, and 824 soldiers; ariillery, 18
“officers and 132 soldiers ; Corsicans, 3 officers and
" 6 soldiers ; engineers, 5 officers and zoo workmen ;
marine 30 officers and 54 failo's; 1 Chaplain, 10
Surgsons, z assistants ; 132 women and 17 children ;
in the whole, 3032 heads. - : ‘
This lift is signed by Cornelie O’Brigr, Brit. General,
Ordnascs. 222 Pieces of cannon in good condition ;-
13 thatmay serve in case of need ; 143 ufelefls ; there
are 17 of brafls,, the others are irom ; 11 morters,
swivels, and obuzers, brass, and 10 irom. '
sick in the holpital, 1407 men,
H AG UE, March 7.
The States of Friefland have come to the
following resolution, and have sent it by
their deputies tothe aflembly of their High-
Mightinefles : '
¢ The demand of Mr. Adams having been
carried to the aflembly for delivering his cre
dential letters from theUnitedStates of North
America to their High- Mightinefles, as also
the ulterior address for the like purpofe,pray
fag a catagorical answer by rhe fame, and’
more amply mentioned in the notes of their
High-Mightinesses of the 4th of May, 1 781,
and of the gth of Jan. 1782 ; upon which it
- having been taken into consideration that the
said Mr. Adams had probably some propofi
gions to make to their High Mightinefles,and
to lay before them the principal articles and
fundamentals on which the Congress on their
part are willing to enter into a treaty of com
merce and friendfhip,or other affairs to pro
pose, with regard to which dispatch is re
quisite. |
‘¢ It hath been thought proper to autho
rize the Deputies of the province to the ge
nerality, and to charge them to manage the
matters at the Board of their High Mighti
nefles in such a manner that the said Mz,
Adams be admitted, as soon as pofiible, as
Minister from the Congress of North Ameri
ca, with further order to the said Deputies ;
that if any other propositions be made by
the fame,to inform theisr High Mightinesses
of it as soon as possible. And an extraét of
this present shall be sent for their informa
tion, and to condu&t themfielves accordingly.
¢ Sorefolved at the State House, the 26th
of February, 1782. |
(Signed) ~A. J. V. SMINTA.
Which baving been deliberated upon,
the deputies of the provinces of Guelders,
Zealand, Utrecht, and Groninguen, have ta
ken a copy. of this resolution to be com
municated more amply to the refpeitive
provinces, | ’
. March 9. The. States of Friefland have
ordered their Representatives at the assembly
of the States General, to declare, that it was
proper to acknowledge Mr. Adams as Mini
nifter Plenipotentiary of theThirteen United
and Independent States of America ; adecla
ration' which has been put on the table of
their High Mightinesses, and which the De
puties of Guelders, Zealand, and Utretcht,
immediately sent copies of their principals.
Nevertheless, their High Mightinesses fiave‘
resolved, that 2 negociation for peace should
be entered into with the mjnifters of Russia,
PHILADELPHIA, May 8. '
The following is said to be a genuine copy of
the letter from his Excellency Gen.Wafh
- ington to Sir Henry Clinton, on the subject
of the murder of Capt. Huddy.,
SIR, Head-Quarters, Apri121,178%,
. The inclofed representation from the in
‘habitants of the county of Monmouth, with
testimonials to the fact (which can be cor
roborated by other unquestionable evidence)
will bring before your Excellency the most
wanton, cruel, and unprecedented murder
that evet.difgriced the arms of 2 civilized
people. I Ihall not, because I conceive it
altogether unnczfl'ary, trouble your Excel
lency with any Taimadverfions on tvhis trani
action. Candor obliges me 1o be explicit :
—To save the innocent I demand the guilty.
Capt. Lippencott therefore, or the officer
who commanded 2t the execution of Capt.
Huddy, must be given up ; or if that officer
was of inferior rank to him, so many of the
perpetrators as will, according to the ta:iff
of exchange, be an equivalent, To do this
will mark the justice of your Exceliency’s
cha_raé’te.r. In failure of it, I thall hold myfelf
juftified in the eyes of God and man, for the
measures to which I thall resort.
I beg your Excellency to be perfuaded,that
it cannot be more disagreeable to you to be
addrefled in this language, than it is to me
to offer it ; but the subject requires franknefs
and decision, -
I bave torequeft your speedy determina
tion, as my resolution is fuipended but for
your answer, = - _
I have the honor to be, &c.
We hear that Sir Henry Clinton-has sent out’
to his ExcellencyGen.Wathington, the prin
cipal perpetiators ‘of the murder of Capt.
Huddy, viz. Lippencott, Tilton, and a third,
whose name is not ‘mendioned.
C.H 4T 84 M Mas
Sir Hemry Clinton and Gen. Knypbaw'on fails this
queek, inm the Pearl frigate fox Enrope.
Las awesk Sir Henry Clintsn, in general orders. [o/f
--pended all bofiilities on the partaf the Britith. They are
to a&? enly om the difenfive. It is peported ihat all their
gruizers are called in, and that a number of weffels they
§ave lately takemawill be reflorsd 1o their formar oauners,
: BOSTON, Maya2;s.
The following is acopy of @ band bill received from
New-York, om Tuesday lafi.
Sir George Rodney's Letter en bis immortal Vidtory,
Glorious News from the Weft-Indies.
The ROYAL GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY,
NEW.Y ORK, May 12, 1782
Publifted by Fames Rivingtom, Printer to the King.
A true copy of Admiral Rodney’s letter to bis agest, Mr.
Carr, at Antigua, dated April «8, 1782.
‘“THE Freach flcet, afier an altion that lsfted
from 7 in the morning till {un set, on the 1 3th
of April, 1782, met with a total defeat.
“ The Vilede Psris, with four other ship: taken,
and the Diadem furk, graced the vifto:y, and their
whole flcet so exiremely shattered, that had there
been but two hours more day-light, more than half
would have been taken.
* 230 British kilied, 750 wounded.
“] would have- compcunded for 3000 at lesft;
the Freach muk have loft many more than 5000,
‘Their whole army was on board.
“ Le Ville de Paris, 110 gons ; Le Glorienx, 743
Le Cxfar, 74 ; Le He&tor, 74; Ardem, 74, taken ;
Le¢ Diedem, 74, {unk.”
The Admiraladds, he the next day had repaired
hisrigging, and was proceeding down to visit Dor
Salano, the Spanish Admiral,
FROM THE ANTIGUA GAZETTE.
It is not in language to express the heartfelt
joy with which we communicate to our
loyal countrymen, the contents of a letter
received by the Editor, just as this paper
was going to press ; they happily render
. useless a paragraph which had been com
posed on the fubjeét of the reporis of the
. last two or three days—but let us not de
‘tain our readers any longer from the pe
rusal of the glad tidings : o
St. fohn’s, Antigua, April 16, 1782,
I A M happy in acquainting you that Ad-
A miral Rodney has gained a complete vic
tory over the French fleet, consisting of 32
fail of the line.; the Ville de Paris, of 1:0
guns, on board of which is Mons, de Grafle,
is amongst the number taken ; he was the
two firft days after his capture, with Sir Geo.
but by his own request is now on board his
former thip ; fthe had 470 killed and wound
ed. Ihave been on board her, she is larger
~ than any of our 3 deckers in the fleet, car
ries 42 pounders on her lower deck, 24’s on
ber middle, and 1 B’s on her upper deck, the
Ardent of 641 is also taken, as arelikewife
the Hector and Gloriux,of 74 gunseach. The
Cezfar of 74 after being taken, was set on
fire by accident ; and there was a ship - funk
in the aftion,fuppofed to be the Zodiaque or
the' Piadem. It wasin faét a nobls aflinn g
it begun at 8 A. M. on the the 12thinfi, and
was not over till 6 P. M., There were 27
chefls of money on board the Admiral de
Graffe. ; . e _
They were bound to join the Spaniards,
and attack Jamaica, whither I presume our
fleet will go. Our fleet have repaired their
damages, which were chiefly in their rigging,
and we have not half the killed and wound-,
ed in our whole fleet, as there was on board
the Ville de Paris.
Yesterday the Andromache frigate failed
for England. 'There were two adtions, one
on the gth, wherein Capt, Baine, of the Al
fied, was killed ; and 1o the viforicus one,
on the 12th, Capt. Blair, of the Anson, was
killed ; Lord Robert Manners loft his leg
and broke his arm and Capt. Savage, of the
Hercules, has a wound.on his foot, and his
jaw locked. There were 400 fouls on board
the Gz{zar when she blew up.—Lord Roberg
is gone ro England, | BB
N. B. The Villede Paris had on board
1300 men,and firuck toAdmiral Hood inthe
Barfleur. Each of the other ships had 150
soldiers on board. The C=far blew up atter
striking to-the Centaur, and had also 150
soldiers on board, L
. His Majeity’s frigate Santa Monica, com
manded by Capt. Johnl.inzee,was loft about
the 28th or 2gth ot [aft month, upon a sunken
rock, near the Island of Tortola, which had
been entirely unknown 'iill that unfortunate
event.- Her whole crew, excepting only one
man, together with alk her zuns,and a great
parcel of tackle, apparel,furniture and stores,
were saved. |
A true Translation of a Hand Bill lately
received from Amsterdam.
Exiraerdinary News, tending towards the Inde
pendence of America, declared by the States of
Holland, '
Gentlemen, ‘ ks
IT is about 25 years that I have alted asan
Attorney, and was never trusted with bu
finets of such importance as I am at present
with this of America : I can assure you that
I never was happier than I am now in cop
gratulating you, and thz whole nation, with
the resolution taken T+ the General Statesof
Holland this day—thor have charged their
deputies in generality o decl2re in their
names (and help bLiing to effeét) that Mr,
Adams may be known 2nd received as Mi
nister of the Congreis of North- America ;
and they have charged their Raad Penfionary
to acquaint Mr, Adams of this resolve in a
{ecret manner. A
1 congratulate you and the whole body of
merchants with so agreeable profpeét of af
fairs, which I hope and trust will {foon exceed
our most sanguine wishes, The eighteen
towns have unanimouily voted for his admis
sion, and only the Piilice was against it, e
You will give me p':alure if you will inform
all our friends o/ th: = ws of this evening, |
Trarflation of the Hond- Bill, printed in Amflerdam,
A Declaraiion of [NDEPENDENCE from the
UNIJED STATES of HOLLAND to. ths
UNITED STATES o AMERICA, Done at tke
Hacue the Twenty eighth of March, 1782;
X 7 E the United States of HOLLAND, have
Ub these Twenty-five Years past seen the Inigui
ty of the Britifb Administration to the American Co
lonies, and finding ourselves in gratitude to the calls.
of Religion, Freedom and Virtue, obliged to consent
to defend the Freeden of AMERICA, and grant
them their INDEPENDENCE, from the T'wenty
eighth of March 1782 and are willing to aid and as--
fift them in every thing they think necessary.
Done and fettled with the Honorable JOHN
ADAMS, Minister Plevipotentiary from the
United States of America, to- the United States
. es Holland. Ei g
‘A letter from a capital House in Amsterdam, of
the 25th of March, fays,==—* Things begin to
have a much more pleasing afpet than they have
had for a long time * Mr. Adams has bought 8 house
‘at the Hague. The Province of Fricfland have ac
ceeded to the resolution to admit his Excellency 23
Minister from the United States of America: Hol
lsnd has dome the fame,and is expetted the other pro
virces will follow : the principal of the different ci
ties of Holland have presented petitions to accelsrate
ghat flep.” | : - :