ANt) GENE X V WE D N E S ^ A D VERTISER. OCTOBEI^ 26, 17^8. From the LONDON GAZETTE. St. James’s July it. ' The following addte^ ofxhc agents for the American LoyaUfts, has been prefentedto the King, by Sir William Pepperei, Bart, and the other agents, being introduced by the l^rds of his MaieftY*& ned-efaamber id waiting : winch addreis his Majefty |vas pleated to receive very graciouily, add they had all the honour to kifs hi^ Majefty’s hand. To tie Kings mojl excellent^ Majejl)\ The bumble addrds of the agents of the American Loyaiifl|s Mojl Gracious Sovereign^ Y our Majefty’s e^fcr dutiful .and loyal lul^efts thelagents for the American Ldyalifts, who have hi therto been the fupplicants of your Ma jefty, on behalf of their diftrrfted con- ftituents, now^humbly beg leiveto ap- pioach ycunSirone, to pour forth tlic ardent cffufionsof their grateful hearts for your moft gracious ana effedtual recommendation of their claims, to the juft and generous confidiaton of Parliament. ^ I To have devoted their fortlines and hazarded their lives, in defence of the juft rights of the Crown, andtthc fun damental principles of the Briiifti con- ftitution were no more than titeir duty demanded of them, in commdn with your Majefty’s other lubje^fs bi(t it was their peculiar fortune to be dalled to the trial; and it is their boaft ^d glo- 4‘y to haVe been found equal to the talk. They have now the diftingiufli- cd happinefs of feeing their fidelity ap proved by their fovercign, and recom- penfed by parliament j their fellow- fubjcdls chcarfally contributing to compenfate them for the forfeitures their attatchment to Great-Britain in cited them to incur; thereby lidding dignity to their own exalted, charafler among the nations of the world, and holding out to mankind the glorious principles of juftice, equity, and bene volence as the firmeft bafts of empire. We fhould be wanting in jiiflice and gratitude if we did not on this occafton 'acknowledge the wifdom and liberali ty of the provifions propofed by your Majefty’s fervants, conformable ’ to your Majefty’s gracious intefttions for the relief and ac^roinmedation s of the feveral clalTes of tufffert^ to whofe cafes tl^y apply and wcarc ilmvinccd it will give comfort to yptfr royal breaft to be affured they have been received with the moft general fatis^Sion. Profeflions of the#oiialterabIc at tatchment of the loyalifts to your Ma jefty’s perfen and governtncnt,.wc con ceive to bc'^unneccft iry; they have preferved it under perfccution, and gratitude cannot rend^ it lefs perma nent. . They do not prefume to arro gate to thernfclves, a more fervent loy alty than, their fellow-fubjeSs poflefs^; but diftinguifhed a^ they have been by their fufferingi, they deem thernfclves entitled to the fcxremoft rank among the moft zealous fupporters of the con- ftitution. And- while they ceafe not to offer up their moft earneft prayers to the Divine Being to preferve your Majefty and your illuftrious family in the peaceful enjoyment of your juft rights, and in the excrcifc of your roy al virtues in promoting the happinefs of your people ; they humbly befeech your Majefty to continue to believe them at all rimes, and upon all occaft- ons equally ready, as they have been, to devote their lives and properties to your Majefty’s fervicc and the prefer- vation of the Britifti confti^tibn. W. Pepperei, for the M^affachufetts loyalifts. J. Wentworth, jun. for the New- Hampfliirc loyalifts. . ^ George Rome, for the Rhode-Ifland loyalifts. Ja. Delancey, for the New-York loyalifts. David Ogden," for the NewrJe rfey loyalifts.* Jofeph Galloway, for the Pcnnfylyk- nia and Delaware loyalifts. Robert Alexander,, for the Maryland loyalifts. ^ John R. Grimes, for the Virginia loyalifts. ^ . Henry Euftacc M‘Culloh, for the North-CarolinA loyalifts. James Simpfon, for the South-Caro* lina loyalifts. William Knox, for the Georgia loyalifts. . , , John Graham, late lieutenant gover nor of Georgia, and joint agent for the Georgia loyalifts. N E W-Y O R K, Sepitember 19. HURRICANE at MARTINICO. A gentleman who arrived in town yefterday from Martinico gives us the following narrative of thecffc6Vs of the hurricane which happened at that Ifl- and on the 14 of Auguft laft. As he was on the Ifland at the time and a witnefs of the offers of the ftorm, and by remaining there a week after, it en abled him to form a judgment of the loftes and damages^ftained. ‘ At 9* o’clock in the morning of Au- guft the r4th, wind being Nonh- Eaft, the clouds began to collect, the atmofpherc to darken, the wind to rife, accompanied with heavy ftiovvcis which arc almoft fufc prefages of a de- ftruftivc hurricane. But at twelve the weather moderated and the fea became much fmoother, v/hich confiderably relieved apprehenfioni of ^ the inhabi tants. This flattering appearance lafted not long ; It feemed as if this ceflation of the elements only ferved .for'colkfting their powers to one point in order to rage the more ancontroul- cd ; for about 3 o’clock, the wind fliiftcd fuddenly to the north, and blev/ with aftonifliing fury. The fcche now be gan to be truly dlftrefling. The (hip ping in the harbour got under way as foon as pofiible, fomc by flipping, o- thers by parting their cables, except two, which were both caft away before eight in the evening. Three of the fleet that went out were caft away by ten o’clock in Port Royal Bay. Two French frigates which lay in that fafe baion the CaVnifli, drove from their anchors, with the lofs of their rudders. The remaining part of the fleet return ed to St, Pierrs, the fecond and third day after the ftorm, except feven, which it is fuppofed went to point Petre ; they had loft all their cables, anchors, and boats. Butthofe that returned received no material damage, except the lofs of a boat, a cable, or an anchor.' The wind hauled by degrees to the wcftvvafd, blowing, bard all the time. At eight o’clock at night it was N, W. and moderate for half aa hour, butin- ftantly (hifting to the S. W. blew hea vy again. By nine it hauled to Sr $. and came on with more than redou-