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Wf will reap mat ad van tages by being comfortably quartered cars, naval and military, commanding in America ; partfea Hurina the iur and f aoDrrhrnd can not be much harrraiTed on Sir Henry Clinton, wbo bad done things fcarcely parral by Wafhinton's army. I am under great obligation to a friend in hiftory. He imputed our difappointmentt, or rather ho r . rr i- x i l : . r o o r. r .- iorer i n fnfmatirm ? he infilled, that everu u: war, which carries defpatcnes to the General. In terefted as yon aavancea irom umc so umc wa uniiiy uia in po,n -i . r.i- i 1 1 i i ' r.A nwika hi Uti . ccntnmo to information he bad p: u - iu I lie eye u uj L 11 j i v. isvi i ivu . a iu nuuwiur twui . u.-- - I a . . . . zzte ; t- u :r l:. : r. ..m .rlan nmH KaJ if tits nnf hn fault-V a:ii : ment ro tm. rnuntrv. i am arraia tne ai ma cnes wnicn now u ma iuiuunov .. . 4U4 iE wilJ Teem very dirpleafing, and that you will be apt to think your ed that what he related of the Britim troops was ftricily true, ft lend LrOrd in has ion tnat uiuai lortituae or mina, iot wnicn mai so ru-n v. uunivi 7 Vy on I have heard you fo often extol him. But be not too hafty in part of the Britifh troops, and that the lan difpatches proved ii m : r i r -jj r- r2 o-n l H.wf haH nnlv i nnn rank and file, on hie U j: m - , r - j a ' " - . i - Mt , . - . e". ,. ,1, k, rr-, kio, th.n r,rr at th? head nl Jiik. His lordlhio. however, concluded, m . linsily his lordfhip took the reins of government. It was aUa he declared againit negociation, ana iaia, u America maft time when fome of the mod able men in the kingdom had ablo lutely abandoned them. The difturbances in America were then fan growing into rebellion. The minority iu both houfet-of par liament were not only encouraging the Americans privately in their opposition to legal government, but they efpoufed their caufe openly in both houfes. Lord Chatham rejoiced that Ame rica had refined. When the outrages of the Americans rofe fo high, that parliament found it abfolutely neceflary to declare them tm'rA with, in tnv oiher ho-ht. but as deoendenc flatp k. t much rather declare tne colonies independent, than treat wit ili.ni rtw n.rtn i r thf m rn nrfirrxhf terms T He adrlH h. e-. ' tn rnnrnl his ient:menti as others did. he pave hit nm'.;...! thar hnue in a free, ooen and candid manner as a memlw iJi V A U C-x mi a t m -,1m f Km la ma a n rr r talt 0 fnl i man. B in rebellion, the minority flill gave their countenance to their re bellions proceedings. They have, daring the war, thrown every obflacle in the way of the sninifter to retard the operations. The principles of thefe men have pervaded more or lefs through every department. In fhort, they have hung like a mill-ftone round the neck of the minifter. The unfortunate defeat of the brave General Burgoyne, was matter of triumph to the oppofition. It had a different effect on the nation at large. It routed the Sleep ing Lion ; and from every quarter of the three kingdoms his ma jelly had an offer of the purfe and perfons of his royal fubjecls This alarmed the factious minority, and it was neceflary to ring the alarm bell. They olj.cled in parliament to the mode of rai- monies received by him on fuch agreement. fiog new levies. They prettnded to be apprehennve of an mva fion, and of courfe bawled forth the impropriety of fending any more of the old regiments out of the kingdom. Tbey complain ed, that a proper ufe had not been made of the force already fent That there were not, nor had not been, any terms mould they incline to fubmit. That it i BALTIMORE, May 26. v r 1 : . J r c xt r ' . r PKpra n rr r it u ictu rs. rum in r-w- w orw. ir tht th foeech of Lord Nnrth- f which is callerl A..:. I? . 1 J I l .1 ki .1 Vki Li r ... r r m n i r vf nvn vrt r nr. mrrr lanis i in rn nrmnit i . . - WM-H....r and conlternatmn. . rAfS rlt K ts ksa r Ar ArV msn mm rn tiy Tvi H 3nwAa. Mf L fivp ftaftWs 1 rn Hi ri itflHfv. hv law. Jill nrirnpr? anri r., r OVa m o i kfl r m .r t r 1 K o rl rftnt J . a ' -1 -o- r -r . - v viiuci a : " w : 1 j i - viviiu iv ii . a l . " - r r m . .. ., .. j, . may oe engagea as a monitute, to appropriate to nis own ale to America. held out to the rebels, was proper to declare on what footing they mould be received, if they returned to their allegiance ; and many arguments of the like nature, which were only thrown out as (tumbling blocks to the rai oilier. Lord N , fenfible that the minority did not mean what tbey exprefled, determined to attack them in their own way, and therefore moved for the two bills which now go by this conveyance. It is not expected that the Congrefs will re fund their claim of independence. But as they have now an of- L Secret intelligence transmitted to America, a correjpondent faytt one of tbe ctertj in the Secretary of state s Office, in London. OKD NORTH depending entirely on the, ficzh eamnaion i'7'7. was extremelv mortified to find all h r & 'iti 1 " nnin pvnprtarinns jnn rK firiitf. nr hl I&Hrtiir Mm. A, TH the capture of Philadelphia only. This, he was very fece was far wide of the object he aimed at, and would by no anfwer the large afTuraoces he had given the King and peopF a II ho xnnM RnnA fnr in 1 1 n o hrmriMi a o o m ll mi r m" , : TT. ' " W4 iidti in. tuu uis ucriuii iiu ii mc rcicuimcu i ui me nuannnir" muitituae. jROf tnis purpoie ne wrote in January, 1778, k r. ri ; . : r i i . r i i tn pvf-rf hf inHiienrp uirh the lr ' n r tn a r n ruu Iftitmm a vi.-lj... fer in vplicit terms of what they pretend they have been alone ci ntendiie for, they mult either accept of thefe terms, or fhow . m, m m, .l a fc, , , . 1 t r ; 1 t " V - 1 I ' , 1 f I i a L UI WUU lHW I If K Ivl iiivii ivkqi u si vi vuiiiuiuvwu cas m ir 1 J wy mv uiiuviuivj -wki-. i- v. t j. rruaV'vJ ail The coniequence of which will be a total overthrow of all oppofi- vantages the court of Great-Britain, or his lordfhip, might deriv lion in CqI8 Country. lv is liicwuc vxpckicu turn iv;iiic jjuuu ion- jruui nits luiiuuli Kji viiv. vuuiv v i "an", nc whs lure uic King ft-quences will arife on your fide of the water Irom thefe meafures. We are confidently allured that many people are heartily tired of the tyranny of the Congrefs. At any -rate be not alarmed, but rUt allured that every vigourous meafure is now purfuing to com pel America to fubmiffion. And whatever may be the ifTue of the terms now offered, the people in America, who have ma- nifefted their loyalty to the king, and their con Dilution, will be properly attended to. jo may he affured tv7 haw a proper retinue. attachment to the Tbe commiffivnerj, Adieu." F I S H K 1 L L, April 2. Abjlraci of the fpee:h of Lord Gevrgt Germaine, copied from a Lon don paper. LORD GEORGE GERMAINE defended faimfelf with great ability, againit the attack of Mr. Fox ; he acknow ledged there was little or no profpect of fuccefs, if America conti nued unite A and was refolded to rejifi ; he faid, however great the power, flrength. and refources of this country were, they were tuiefuui to the tajk. He palled the higheli encomiums on the offi- tunn Iri nnt a!rrr hi? fvlrpm mcrelv fnr rhft nnrnrir ni iifannmnr. ing his lordfhip.- 1 hat it was more than probable the indepen dency of America would be acknowledged ; and he had no objec- tion to his lordmip s urine lucn an event, in. mid it happen, as a fcreen for his own conduct, or an excufe for not profecuting tha war with fuccefs but that thefe were objects of no importance to him or the Grand Monarch' On the declaration of the court of France foon after, and her entering into an alliance with the CongrefsLord North, and his nrlhererifs trrk oreat naihs to inculcate, amanolt the neonle. 2B . , fc- i - - -- r i , idea that the conquelt of America was a certain event that the meafures taken by adminidration would have infured fuccefs, and that every circumltance tended to a happy conclufton of the war, i i .u c j : u. u i ., r cA n. r ki I iu nut ins ucruuiuui i'lCUkii uutinv iiujuicu kUG wauic ui iwuvt" lion. f. ', f June 2. The following extracls, taken from a letter lately re cejved from in American gentleman in France, in high employ ment, will ferve to counteract the nefarious arts of tories and their abettors, who are now bufily employed ia deluding th
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