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0r,hmpi,n CKronkk 'SATURDay. September i, oL'PtV a'x* tbe nwitt i«i» ^ “ f 7 j’ ,0ll*E „r.TV OK THE TREATY. >irtec3}V. fpnilaJcl- • a.ui rhc -2 or vf'®*'IratarrT li=:'vee».'»"; ’ .mfiiV ^ ~ -lu li.ive recei'cci and the molt lolemii proiniles of the holy Roman cn»pire. At this moment 1 perceive mylelf alnindoncd by my al lies, the Itrengih of my people reduced, and my trealures exhauRed, whillt iny allies have only confidcred their own iinerelt. I have therefore fent my ini- niller. the count de Lehrbach, to Bri- tenfee, to conclude a peace, for the fake of iny hereditary Ibies, of which I fliall len^ler an account to no ouc» Snt, ever iniudfnl of the engagements which I have conrraeted towmds the Gc-rman co-eftates, 1 am/dent on the lubject of their ingratitude for ihefe niy lalfc eli’orrs, and thertiive, at tiie lame time, lent to Briienrce my vice prcfi- - nnaiiut™"- „ . ’‘'■'It' ‘'"'.live, ibc bmon Jc JJ,»' Wxander J. Dal- tctllAn, ihcretoncgotiaieanadvan- T,.!v., Swan- t:»geo»s peace for the empire. 1 invite (it they (hould (h picnic) thofe of the Germanic boly who Ihould he inclined to nniie ihrmkdvci lo „ie^ lo fend in- Itiuciions and full powers to this ani- b ill.i.lor, w itli an allnrance t'.iat by ])lac- inga reliance on the ancient Auitrian ti leliry to its proiaifes, tiiey will molt iatallibly meet w idi uur.e fi:cce!s, than th.ofe who with a biijn! cutdidence l.ave iisvoiv^d theml’clves with a]v.)\vcr faiili- icls iti iite mol. lolcinn eiigagcmcnts. (Signed) fllANCiS.” Vid. T. receiveci i’;-^;^5rpertib ]«•“* • rrw. lohn Lunu, Abnihain Co.ates, Girard, S'VM">"V"Tcr?. W'll" 1,Tl'"'""' Eee vonr letter of the |.,Ik, covering the nieuiorial „l>i.ilu!el]«’.iia. , ,vl,ici. I hnvf given 'ft I , ’Caf^ontothe leletft men /'Is applicable to this me: : -iiiprepcr to tiain.ni: a - T ' r l^j^Dfrelp^ct, larti, hr, ] iourobfdieiir, no- a CO- 1 /giShippen, j G. W w» un. Thomas Walley, Wll- .'ilaian, Kl>t‘iiezcr Seaver, -'jGratis, Thomas Kdw arris, 1 Lettle, \\ iiliain Scoll.ay, [rPamam, ciiirs. feiccfmen ot Boituu. . :nofmyaflminillrar;on, I i; :;;::!ie happiiiefs of iny fel 1 o \v L fxfteinfo'* the attainment iflitd has uHlrorndy been to |..iiliperronal, local, and partial concein|>late the p;:2ues as one Jire.it wliole : to h,’, diat fuiiien IiiiprclTion.v. when Rsa, wJi held to catulid re- i '.-amitoconfulronly the fubj* Hi:r.dptrKu:;£nt intei eusof our ;i’li:v;L'fpiitfdfrom tiiis liite of hi, on ihe oralian \vi-,IrJi has jti iherdultirioiis coiuaiiied in j reroftcei;!!! uir. 5 -st: p.vedilectuKii for n'-\ ow-n ihav;weighed with atteji“ which has at any |■ti':o'ght into view. But the 1 juidc which { never I-•0 .-It has aliigned to the ''f power of inakitig t c.,- - i/'idTice and cDofent^f the f^'^stloubiiefs fuppole'.! time of etneviiinent , 'vichont pallion and ■ ^ ntwrs of itiforamtion, .^-‘pnndplev, upon which ..//'irforeign relations will . Jl, = that they ought not ronviv^'on, orto leek truth , _ ^.nel !n,t that ofare.n- eWormedinveftig^^tion. {V,!""?on,lhave,efolv. r , .’^’’iwecntingtlte rlutv •:,:“;^'l^'^href;anftbility 1 ‘ f'eely fubmit: and 3s the grounds 1 fel It hn.fc . '’'■H-V'-v it than I' •'•««« ot inyconfci. ’”''*‘,11™’ Gn ’^,1795. t,'o^hea^f'’’5.^Colleredo, L^pire. “^^unalofihe k'te "-"w., *• .♦i.'pii, fianr^ ERlTiSI! parliament. I.is inajclly .s Hiofl; graciuus Ipeech to boiii i.4>ult':> ol p.iiliamciit: J-V/Vt’ 27. Tuy nudlit!i:77j:t!^ TiiC ze.uons and nniiorm regard which y.»u h/tvelLewn to ihe general intcrcdL^ of my people, and txn i Icularly the pi udenr, firm, and fpli iitd fnppoir WiJJcl: yon i..ave coiul.med to'; ir.»r,i me :n t!:e prclecuiior. of ;lic o'eatccnull in whic!; we are liill iinavt*itlah!y cn- gaged, dcsna.id in\ waimcib ackhow^ leiiginents. i he encouragement which inv allies muR derive f on. ihc kncwl.'ige of your feiulments, aiul the eN;u .io. lii;ary exertions whicn >on have cm.l.>le«i me to make in (up^siTni iganrl angmenii' ■' my na'al tmd ’uilitary R>;ces, alfi'rd the ineans molt l.kely to con *ucc* to the re- lloraiioti of p*eare to the l.ingdt.ms, and to t’ne re eltaVdiniuicnt ol geneial iran- quility, on a fecure, lading, and ho- noural'de foundalion. CcfitiC7/:e/i tj the tioT/fe cf cOTtuncns^ ' I have to rcrum you my Iiearty ih.ar.ks lor the liberal and ample lup- plies which the rcfources of the coun try have eitabled you to provide, be- joml all former exnmpie, for the vari ous exigencies of 1 he piildic lervice I liave alh> to acknowledge, vvitit pe culiar I'e. fibiliry, tije reccit proofs whic’i yon have giveti of your attruh- mciir 10 mv pei fui mu! family, in the })iovilion which you have made for fettling tl'.e cllablll Inneiit of ilie prince asicl p.inc cfs cf Wales, and for extricat ing rhc luince from tlic incumbrances in which he wys involved. ]\I} J.rds andgentlcvuny It is inipoilihle to contemplate the inrernal firuailon of the enemy, sviih wltoMi we are coniendniig, witl out in., ili'.lgiiig a hope tliac tht prefent cir. ciimltances of fiance inav, in tlieiref_ lec'ts, hrdten the return of fuch a Rate of ortltr ar'l regtdar government as may be cajiable of inai.viiaining the ac- cuitomed rtlaiions of amiry and peace with other powers. The iil’ue, l:owe— ever, of thefc extraoriliuary tranfaifii- ons is our of ilie reach of human fore- fight. Till that deli cable period ar-«- rives, when niy fubjetfls can l.-e reltoreA to the (ecure eiijovinent of liie bleffings of iieace, I fiiil not fail to make tlie molt cffetRual ufe of ti.e force wliicli you have jnit into my hands. It is with the urnioR fatisfadtiAn that I have recently' rcceiverl the advices of an importJint and Ljiiliant fuccels ob tained over the enemy, by a detach ment of my fleet under the able coiiduift of lord Bi id port, I have every reafon to rely on the coniinuaticeof the dillingnifhed bravery of my fleet and tinnies, as well as of the zeal, fpirit, and pei leverance of my people, which have beeti uniformly manifefled through the whole courfe of this j lilt and ncct fl'iry war. 7hcn the lord chaficelhr, by his tnaj([iys cominaudy Jaid :— My lords and gentlemen. It it bis ninjtfly’s royal will and plea- to Wednf«n^* P^tliament be prorogued Sim i ’’T WedneMal to next. " ® day of Aoguft from the London g.azette. % ^di/uralty-OfficCf June 27. are following rlca!r»''f*V Nvereyefterdaf received at this office^ ^ Hoard his ma- J > S fliip R,)yal Sovereign, the i rth Nepean, efq, fbtie- taiy of the admiralty. Sir, nrn will be pleafed to quajiit the lords commiiiioneis of the aannral'y, that on the 6th inftaut, a Ihip having been chafed by the fquad- •011, a igual Nt'as iv,acie to me from the f Jiston, that it was an eueniy’s f. irate- ni the cvcniiig captain Stopford m.ti.e me a figual, that lie could not come up wMiii iiic chacc, upon which 1 cubed him in, and brought to tin uighr, U'liig then i:, Lriiude 47, 28, I'Ji If: S, SI- In i.'.cmv.rnijjg of theVh' a Jan w.s l.en again lo the eaUward. 1 uuidf a lig.iid lor the Piiceion, Ptdlai. uiu. Knm F.iher, to chace, and follow, cd tlicm widi the Luc of battle fhins It was blow ing frelh from the iicri'h : a-.u: as we cdiie in wiih the land le- veraUarge fniJS were fecn under a fbil. w huii proved lobe a rrench fquadroir coLiiding of three line of battle Ihip.s! li.x rrigaics, a brig, a floop, and acuitjr! Smiie ol them were at fi.fl (landing off fhrre, hut uiifouimaielvi the wind vva fan-ior them to get into Bellifle road, w!:etc v e faw levernl large fhips atun- clmr. We line! got very near to the enemy’s flr.]'s, and had liopes at fii fl we fhotiid have got up with them before they could have reached their pons ■, t iui made liguals for the fliips to form lortl;eir miiiual fupporr, and enaage ii»e enemy us iliey catac up. The Phre- ton fa cfi levci'ui Rots wiiich the line of batilc reti:n:ed from their Hems. ] foilowed as far as I thought prudent, auii loen haulel the- jutl. Seen afier 1 law three lail iLn>lii>g in, 1 niade the fjgjtrd to cl.ace, they were tW'O French L iitstes and a laroj J^utch hidlt fhip iu low cf one of them—TTicy ILjod muud tiie foutii cntl cl BelLfle tathc hiiuimufl fiiip got within gun lliot, and feveral were exchanged. Tite King Fifiier filed feveral hroac'fides at the fVigutes ; tliey were oblige! to call off the fliip in tow, and rounding the point of ih.e illand, we came upon a convoy, chiefly biigs. Eight of them were taken, but the frigates ruiiuiug in fliore among f.iouls, the Triuu'jih and Phesiou hav ing niaile ligual.s to me of danger, we were obtif_ed to give over the purfuit. By w h it I can learn the ci nvry^ came from Doui ileanx, laden with waives, aiid utidc-r the charge of three line of battle IJiips, atid eight frigates. A brig cor vette I’.a.l anchored clofe in with the jfiand in the tveiling, Whillt the fri gates were chafed at night, 1 direlTcd captain Stopford, in the PhaEton, to w ork in fhore, and if he did not per**- ceive any works toproteth the ccrveiic, to endeavour to bring l:er out. lie at tempted it in the morning, but they epeued a liartery on the llilp which he liad nor fecn ; and the brig being clofe hauled in fliorc dm iug the nigtit, cap** tain Stopford very properly tlioughr it not an objedt of confcqucncc to 1 lance the lofs the (hip was likely to fuf- iain, and therefore returlied, having had one inan killed, feven Wounded, and two of Ids guns dirmoiintcd. I find the vefiels have naval ftores as well as wine; the.fldp l.as cannon, and 1 uu- deiRand is laden with naval and ord nance Acres. ! Two American vtfkis, laden With provifions of tliflc’. ent kinds, have been* detained here b} rhe Iqnadron. I fciid them in ly the King Fifiier. I have ordered captain Gollelin to join inelierc again immediately. Copy of Si letter from captain GoRelin, of his majefty’s (loop King Fifner, dated Falmouth, Jmie 24tb, 1795. to dd.. Nepean, elq. fecretary to the admiralty. You VI-ill be pleafed to infornv my, lords comndflioners of the admiralty, of the arrival ol Ids luaiefly’s floop under my command, off this port, and having feen the large fliip captured by vice admiral Cornw allis’s fq’jadrcn the 7th inftant, in fafety; all the reft of the iquadron parted company with me oil the 19th, in a fevere gale of wind. I am, &c. T. L. GOSSELIN. Extradl of a letter from vice admiral lord C6rnwallis, dated June 25,1705, on board the Royal Sovereign, at lea, to Evan Nepean, elq. fecretary to the admiralty. I have the honour to inform you, for t le information of the lords commifli- oners of the admiralty, that on the i6t h, in the morning, ftandirtg in with the land near the Peiimarks, 1 fent the 1 hgeton a head to look out for any of the enemy’s fhips on the coaft. 1 Rood after her vvIlIi the reft of the fhips ; at ten (he made a f^gnal lor feeing a fleet a-head, and afterwards that they were of lapevior force; upon her b.*inv.iu«r to, I made a figiiai to haul the wind upon the ftarboard tack.. At this lime 1 con! 1 Ice the hulls of the fti ange fails. T i.ii ty were courted, and foiiic of them had All ’iieir fails on upon a w ii;.! to !t ew arc! of cs. 1 Rood upon the ftavlaun tl tack v. irh all r.ur fails, kecp'iig the flips collecicd. L p.ui erq-.iringby figual, theerenn’s Rmcc. capiaiu btoplord aufwertd, 1 q Lue of battle fliips, 14 fi igaies, 2 brips rud a cutter, in all "o laib Near lialf of tliem tacked in lliore ; in the afienicon the wind fell very much and cair^e round to the iiortJi\vard,and ol courfe brougliC thole Ihips of the enemy which knd tacked to windward^ and the other laid up for US; they were fecn in ilie morn- iug, before it wasday-ligiit, upon both qaaiicrs of the fquaJrcm At nine in the nioruinn one of the front litie of battle fliips bectan to fire upon the .Mars ; their frigates vi erc ar- ranging up abreaft of us to wind ward, except one, which kept to leeward and ran upon the larhoard quarter of the Mars ; then yaw led and fired, w hich w as fi c'quenr ar.d repeated. Tl;is w as rl'.c only frigate that attempted any rinpg. A reizing lire with intervals w as kept up during the whole day- in the evening they made a fhew of a more feiioiis attack upxni the Warn, wliich liad fell aliiileto leeward, and c’cliged me to bear np for her fupport : fins was ih.eii- laft tlfort—if any thing de- ferves tliat innellation. Severar fliot w’cte fired or two hours after, hut they appeared to be drawing IT, and before rl.e fun had let, thrir wlmle fleet had tacked and Was Rpnding from us ; the Marsr'and Triumph bcii g the fleinmoll fliips, were of coni fe more cxpolcd to the enemy’s li-.c ; r.iul I cannot loo mucli commend the fpi * ed conduct of lir diaries Cotton and fir Evalinus Gow er, (he captains c.f th.ole fliips. Lord Charles Fi zgevald alio, in the Brunf- wick, kept up a very good fire from the after guns ; but that fliip was obliged the whole time to carry every fail. The Eclleronlicu, being nearly in the fime circ-umftanre, I vvas glad* to keep in fome meafinc in referve, having rcafoij fi ft to fuppofe there would be full cccnfioii for the utmoft exertion of us all: and being a head of me was not able to fire much. I confidered that fliip as a treafure in Here, having lieard of lier former archievcments, and ob- fe;vcd the fpirit manifelted by all on boardj W’hcn fhe jiafied me. Joined to I lie aJiiviry and zeal fliew- Sovereign. The frigates fliewcd the greateft attention and alertncfs. 1 keiit the Pallas near me to repeat fignals, which captain Curfen performed very much to my fitisfacfticn ; indeed I fliafl ever feel the imprtfiiojis which the good conducTt of the captains, cfTiccis, feamcn, marines and loldiers in the fquacb on, has made on my mind ; and it vvas the greateft pleafure I ever re ceived to fee the fnirit manifefted l y the men, who, inftcad of being caft down at Iccinp, zo fail of the enemy’s fliips attacking our little fquadroll, were in the liighctt fpirits imaginahle. I do not mean the Royal Sovereign alone, the fame fpirit was flicvvn in all the fliips as th.ey came near me, and al" though, cii cumftanced as we were, w e had no great reafon to complain of the condintt of the enemy, yet our men could not help repeatedly exprefling their contempt of them: could com mon prudence have allowed me to let loofe their valour, 1 hardly know what might not have been accompliflied by luch men. Little damages have been received by
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