Maryland Gazette October 1782

PARIS,J1 H E four companiet of tricking'!-1 having fupplicatcd hi* i"MRy to .them to offer him a (hip 0*^4 gun*, the fcX expence of conlUucling which to be taken ji from the appointment* and pay of thii the king ha* not judged proper to acce, t thit 'crV but, by a letter which hi* majefty hat written o prince de Beatau, the captain on duty, he wat leafed to teftify hi* lenfibility, and how much he wa* ecled by thit mark of zeal in the .four companiet, d to affure them he woulu never forget it.Tulj i.The rnarquit de Bouille came to Verla'vllet n Fiiday latt. 1 he king gave him a very graciout reption i he converted lor above an hour and a qu rter ith hit majefty, who hat raifed him to the rank of utenant-general.Thit officer hat the created repution.M. de Bougainville, who aimed m the lame ip, it yet at Brelt.if a Ittttr frtm tmutt It Gmtbm, rt tkt C*ftrui> fitrt tn tf A*lt Jir tin marat daltd al/ta, bttrd tbg TtrribU, JitMt 17. 1 have the honour to inform you, that the corn* ined fleet hat had very little wind fjnce in departure rom Cadiz, which, however, woulcLnot have retard, at much, had it not become ^ Fe contrary at the .tranceol the bay.We wrre-a JiMe recompenled afrwf' by meeting with a flee(4oPB| enemy'* (hipi, bicb we delcriedthe 5th of Jun, m lat.47. 56.N. d 15. *o.W. from tbe meridian of r'arit. Tni fleet, compoled ot 18 tail, wa* efcorted by t Poitland of 50 gunt, the Oileau of ja, the Danae of and the Merlin floop i it wat deftined for Canada d Newfoundland.Our frigaiea have liken the iS >, but could not come up with the fhipt that con.d them.At the departure of the courier from Jtelt, ll>e prize* appeared off IKhani."JHJJ 9.It it not doubted but that on the arrival of tail i,,tcrelting new* (the taking a fle;t of tranlporti, fcouiul to Canada or Newfoundland, and the (hi * of var thai convoyed them) M. deU Motte P>qu t, who m teidy, wouid tail with hi* divifion to rejoin the combined fleet, which mult at p rfent confift *f 40 or 41 (hi))* ol the line.The K"glim Iquadrpn, if it really biled the tgth or joth of loft month, will it it conjec-, be obliged to return to port.They are laid to hae >l (hip* ot the line, fince ihe divjfion of admiral Kelt ha* joined.--. ..._.. -___...._ LONDON, Jiifyt.The favingt in the pay office at regulated by Mr. Burke, will alone exceed a gain to the nation of . 100,000 llerling a yrar. .-If (here u one happy werouii the Englifh language of luch powerful erhcacy, AAppentte like a cbarm, nd reconcile two nation* once happily connected, but who have by the bale artifice* of infidiooi and treache.rout men, been too long dilunited i if North-America cat be reconnected with Great-Britain, it muft be oy Ihe force ol the word independence.If that it once freely granted, and without any relerve, it will, in fpite of all treatiet and conlederaciei, loofen the band* of friendfiiip between the coloniei and Fiance j all dif.contenii between them and u* will be forgotten, ail former fnendfhip* will be renewed in lull vigour i the bond) of union will be ftrooger than ever,-for nothing in future can we.ikenthem.Jtlj it.Yelterday at ii o'clock, ao expref* arrived at the admiralty from Portfmouth, with the alarming informttion that the combined fleet wai under fail, amj actually coming up the channel } in conlequeoce of which a council, waa imnfidiatrly fummoned, in order .lo confiUtr the necefft/y .jnjaluret to be taken On tbe ccafion..K, The above intelligence wai received from a moft reiptftable quarter, but at too Utc an hour for ut to Bike any enquiry into the particular* of the cxpicfi.We are lorry there doe* not appear the molt diltant bopeof a reconciliation wilh America, unlel* we fiilt either acknowledge their independency, or withdraw our fleet and^iqtj.The tmffcnger tent to congref* by general Cineton, had been treated with great cool.Beli, and a reful'al to enter upon any treaty, unleu the above preliminaries eie agreed to.Thit wa* their a*ed determination.The independence of America alluded to by Mr. Fox and that of (he prelent premier are widely different j the latter infill* on ibe lovereigfey of the crown \ while lie former wa* fur makiffg flnenta an Independent fomtignty, the only term* on which they will treat _ The dettate in the houfe ot common* ori Tuefday laft it universally admitted to have been the moft important ever KfcarjfTiijrft not only involved in it the caufe of Mr. FoxVWWfci^, and the great qutftion of A. ttcikan iVepcBeiict^Vut completely unfolded the lyfttm upen which Die prelent Quixotic minirter ii to act.Notwnhhanding all the parade made about the ornogtrrirnt of the prelent wiinittry, every one knew* tit it meant for nothing more thanjult to 6)l1ip the Pp till the new minillcr feelt himi'elf bold enough to iatiodocixTheWiembeta of lord North'* admioiltration, *h' c b*re fltetjR to be brought in by decree*.Tke prefcnt fair faced fiitt lord ol the treafury, and ' *otly grouse, are a preciou* ft to make peace the earl of 3i<elburne having more than ti'o man a traitor, oho would wifjt of that country, and Mr. Dunning place in the KoXife of common*, that he would impeach the mmifler who would dare o move loch a thing I jTWf i) Authentic letter* from Ireland mention, that tbe people there are every where diflatiifie.lwith the rt fignation of Mr. Fox, and unable to hear even die name of Shelburne I ' II lord Howe doe* not get out of the channel very fpecdily (and tbe wind it at prelent veiy much againlt himj especially at wi h a force fo inferior to the enemy, he d.ue not extend hit (quadron, lor fear of dilalter) the loft of j.-reat part ol our Jamaica and Leeward ifl.ind fleett, it reduced almolt to a certainty ; at the FrencJi well know the dependence placed on them for failori to man our fliip* of war, and thenfore have a double view in intercepting them, j W en the combined fleet lai.ed tram Cadiz, it con-fift<d of at tail of the line Spanifh, and five French, making jj fail ot the lintj there were at Breft with Motte Pi.quet, 10 fail of the line } lo that their (quadron mult be 4) fail of the line, inllead of 37, at hat been mentioned.NEW-YORK, stptmkr is.Extr*S ) m (tiler frtm *</, dattJ Julj a, I7<a." Peace Iremt to be at at great-* diliance now ai ever.We flattered ourOlvet that lord Rodney'* lucceft over d-Orffe would have been productive ol it, but notwithstanding that, and our victories in WLhaft.Indiet, botn Dutch and r tenth feem at obllinatcly^bcnt on the proiecution ol war EI ever." Thit country feemt, were we to judge from appearancei, to be indifferent to all tboie animating motivet that rail.dher to her envied greatnell.Two faction* divide (hit nation, the Hock ngliam and Bed.ford interelt, at it it > ailed, the firft leemi governed by republican pnnciplet, and m an more than they ate willing ftiou.dmeet the eye, are indeed lor giving the Ameiicau* ind'pendeiuy an.. inde<.ery*eitthing they ftul) a/k.wi'ich the latter1 a* ftrenupufly^pjib*.From the div.iion* cf the miniftiy who are compoled of (he above lacriont, it it thought they will not hold their placet longi par iament itfelfdoct not leem inclined to (up port them, but a few dayt ago (luch are the changei here) the minister wit leit in the minority, a proof ol the Ihortncii ol their reign.For tbit rcalon it it thought a new parliament will be lummonrd, on whom they may have moie influence than on the prelent.Though tbe public it pour, individual! are rich, the elegante of their eqtiipaget, dreffei, and living, exceidt all delcription, and Hyd* Hark for horfei, carri.igt*,and mew, exie.di the iplendour of the world i every thing, not excepting independency, will be granted Amencii j the war with her never wai popuur, and the ill luccel* attending it make* it execrated.Il.e repu ilican* mourn over any advantage* obtained a.ainft their brethrlen, and the nation at large never fincerely rejoiced in'them.Ke-union a-.d advantage* anting from commerce by mutual intercourle ol inter til and good offi ci aie the wilh ol all, (o that unlcft our countrymen ire infatuated, peace it not far off." 1'he marqui* of Kockingh.iru'tdeath it a great blow to toe new ministry, and nojtitar it may nffect the interelt of America, time aiofie* wi(f drover, but I ant purluaded America my now have every th>ng (be can wilh i but in her hour of Jucceii, and puffed up with inlolence, and the counielt of violent and inteicited men, (he may reject them, and make tint nation defperaie, wlio routed from her ftuj>or, and in defpcra.tion, may yet adopt luch a (yltem at to make tbe true loven ot America for ever lament her prcieut alienation from the parent Kate."P I S H -K. I L I., Sffttmttrii. 1 he encamp nent now foimrd at Verplank't-point is faitt (and with great propriety) to be the molt -egular and uniform of any fincc the v.\r.I be whole it decorated with a bowery ol interwoven vcrduic, equally uleful and elegant, whuh extcndt from tight to kit of the line ( in the execution ol which the different ic.flirted, that we (hall retBcmbtr them forever with tb warmett acknowledgmenit.' ..

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