1782. with of him who has the honour of being, with t Germaine, Salamander, † Blaf, Triton, great regard, Sir, Your most obedient fervant, Philip Stephens, Efq. G. B. RODNEY. A Lift of the French Ships taken. Euridice, to repeat fignals, Santa Monica, All accidental frigates to be opposite the centre division. N. B. Those marked † not with the fleet during the action. La Ville de Paris, 110 guns; had on board in A Lift of the French Fleet in Port Royal Bay, the engagement 1300 men. April 2, 1782, Guns. Men. Soldiers. Gung One fuck, name unknown. LINE OF BATTLE. The Royal Oak to lead on the starboard tack, and the Marlborough on the larboard. Le St. E prit 80 S La Couronne 80 Ships. Commanders. Guns. Men. Royal Oak Capt. Burnett 74 600 Alfred Bayne 74 600 Bowen Parry 74 600 64.500, 74 650 Sir S. Hood, bart. Barfleur Captain Knight } S*Le Brave ་་་ 74 74 74 Monarch Reynolds Warrior Sir Ja. Wallace 74 бод Le Scipion 74 Belliqueux Contaur Sutherland 64 500 74 650 Magnificent Pr. William Linzee Commed. Affleck 74 600 64 500 S Le Magnifique 74 Bedford Captain Graves } *Le Reflechie 64 74 617 Ajax Repulfe Charrington Dumarelq 64 500 Le Northumberland 74 Canada Hon. W. Cornwallis 74 600 St. Alban's Inglis 64 500 Namur Fanshawe 90 750 Sir. B. Rodney, Formidable Sir C. Douglas, bt. L'Eveille 64 Firit Captain 64 Captain Symons Le Jafon 64 Duke Gardner Agamemnon Caldwell Refolution SRt. Rt. H. Lord Robert Manners 90 750 } 74 600 Le Fler, Armee en Flute 54 Le Minotaur, Do. 74 Le Sagittaire 50 64 500 Hercules Savage 74 600 America S. Thompson 64 500 Ruffel Saumarez 74 600 † Prudent Barklay Fame Barbor Anfon Blair Torbay Gidoin Pr. George Williams SF.S. Drake, Efq; Captain Knatchbull FRIGATES. 64 500 74 550 74 600 * Out of repair. S* Joined at St. Kitt's. S Arrived with the Breft convoy. 64 500 Return of the Killed and Wounded in the Ships under the Command of Sir George Bridges Rodney, K. B. &c. &c. &c. on the gib and 13th of April, 1782. 90 950 7 577 74 600 64 500 74 600 74 600 Lizard, La Nymphe, Champion to repeat fignals, Zebra, Alecto, † Convert, Bodymion, Alarm, Andromache, † Fortunee, Flora to repeat fignals, Alert, † Sybil, † Pegafus, Royal Oak, captain Burnet-Mr. Gwatkin, first mafter, killed; licutenants Breedon and Bu- M m 2 Valiant 50 Valiant, captain Goodall-Mr. Richard Wim- Barfleur, Sir Samuel Hood, bart. capt. Knight. Warrior, captain Sir James Wallace.-Mr. Stone, Belliqueux, captain Sutherland.-4 feamen kill- Prince William, captain Wilkinson.-None kil- Bedford, commodore Affleck, captain Graves. 17 feamen wounded. Ajax, captain Charrington. Mr. John Elliot, May, Princeffa, Francis Samuel Drake, Efq; captain M'Douall, and lieutenant Laban of marines, wounded; 3 feamen killed, 19 wounded. Conqueror, captain Balfour.-7 feamen killed, 23 wounded. Nonfuch, captain Trufcott.-3 feamen killed, Alcide, captain C. Thompson.--No returns, Total 230 killed.-759 wounded. April 8. L BIRT H. ADY Frankland, lady of Sir Thomas Frankland, bart. a nineteenth child. Same day Mre, Nicholas, their daughter, a thirteenth grandchild. MARRIAGES. fit lieutenant, Mr. Thomas Roffiter, pilot, March 31.DR. Egerton, ihop, of Durham wounded; 9 feamen killed, 38 wounded. Repulfe, captain Dumarefq.-Captain of marines, and mafter, wounded; 3 feamen killed, 9 wounded. Canada, hon. William Cornwallis.-12 feamen killed, 23 wounded, men Namur, captain Fanshawe.-6 feamen killed, 25 wounded. Formidable, Sir George Bridges Rodney, bart. &c. Sir Charles Douglas, bart. fift captain, captain Symons, the right hon. lord Cranston. -Lieut. Hele, killed; captain Bell, and lieut. Harris of marines, wounded; 14 feamen killed, 37 wounded. Duke, captain Gardner.-Lieutenant Cornifh, Mr. Cooper, mafter, Mr. Scott, boatswain, wounded; 13 feamen killed, 57 wounded. Agamemnon, captain Caldwell,--Lieutenants Incledon and Brice wounded; the latter fince dead; 14 feamen killed, 22 wounded. Refolation, captain the right hon. lord Robert Manners The right hon. lord Robert Manners wounded; 4 feamen killed, 34 wounded. Prothee, captain Buckner.--Mr. Thomas Love, mailer, wounded; 5 feamen killed, 21 wounded. Hercules, captain Savage.-Lieutenant Hobart killed; captain Savage wounded; 6 feamen killed, 18 wounded. America, captain S. Thompfon.Lieutenant Collowhill, killed, lieutenant Trelawney, wounded. Ruffel, captain Saumarez.10 feamen killed, 29 wounded. Fame, captain Barbor.-3 feamen killed, 12 Anfon, captain Blair. Captain Blair killed; Prince George, captain Williams.-9 feamen Edward Boughton, bart.-April 3. At Leeds, to Mils Boughton, fifter to Sir S. Courtenay, Efq; to Mifs Cunliffe, eldest daughter of the late Sir Robert Cunliffe. DEATHS. ful illness, John Jennings, Efq; groom of of Cumberland, grandion to the late Sir John the bedchamber to his royal highnels the duke Jeanings, and nephew to the earl of Clanrickard.--At Bradford, Wilts, John Isles, aged 103-At Bath, aged 90, Mrs. Sarah Palmer. She has left iffue, children, grand-children, and ftate of health till within a few days of her great grand-children, 156. She enjoyed a good death.-In the workhoule at New Brentford, a At Aberdeen, Sir Alexander Gordon, bart.. woman of the name of Weyman, aged 115.March 29. Mrs. Polhill, wife of Nathaniel Pol hill, Efq; member of parliament for Southwark. ftreet, Edward Chamberlayne, Efq: F. A. S. At Mr. Keate's, furgeon, in Parliamentlately appointed one of the joint fecretaries to the treasury. The melancholy accident which occafioned this gentleman's death, took its rife appointment. The day on which the fatal accie from an excess of diffidence attending his recent dent happened, he was vifited by a friend, whe apprehenfion with which he appeared to be acturemonftrated with him on the abfurdity of the ated, and requested him to go with him into the their leisure. Mr. Chamberlayne promised to park, where they would difcufs the matter at comply, and pretended to go up flairs for his hat and cane, but took that opportunity to throw as to light upon his head, which produced the himself out of the window, in fuch a pofition best scholars of the age, equally proficient in efracture of which he died. He was one of the rudition and tafte, at once profound in literalate lieutenant governor of the Bahama islands. ture, and polite.-April 7. John Gambier, Efq; -9. The right hun, lady Mary Forbes, lady of the the hon. Adam Forbes.-10. Chriftopher Strickland, Efq; aged 102.-18. At Chefter, the revd. Edward Harwood, M. A.-19. Mrs. Fitzherbert. On the Wedne day evening before her death this lady went to Drury-lane theatre, in company with fome friends, to fee the Beggar's Opers. On Mr. Binnitter's making his appear ance in the character of Polly, the whole audience were thrown into an uproar of laughter; unfortunately the actor's whimsical appearance had a fatal effect on Mrs. Fitzherbert; he could not fupprefs the laugh that seized her on the first view of this enormous reprefentation; and be fore the second act was over fhe was obliged to leave the theatre. Mrs. Fitzherbert not being able to banish the figure from her memory, was thrown into hysterics, which continued without intermition until Friday morning, when the expired.-22. Sir Thomas Fletcher, knt.-25. Thomas Dickinson, Efq; aged 84; formerly a barrister in the Middle Temple, and fome years one of the reprefentatives in parliament for the county of Hertford.-27. The right honourable Earl Talbot. Fletcher Norton, lord Grantley, baron of Markenfield.-Earl of Effingham treasurer, and earl of Ludlow comptroller, of the household. Sir Stanier Porten, knt. vice Sir J. Frederick, bart. a commiffioner of the customs.- April 6. Harry D. of Bolton, governor and captain of the idle of Wight, governor and conftable of, Carisbrook caftle, and lord lieutenast and cuft. rot. of the county of Southampton.Right hon. lord de Ferrars, captain of his majesty's band of gentlemen penfioners.-Lord Rivers, a lord of his majesty's bed chamber.-13. Right hon, earl of Tankerville, and the right hon. Henry Frederick Carteret, poft mafter general. Right hon. lord Ashburton, chancellor of the duchy of Laneafter.-16 Lieutenant general John Burgoyne, commander in chief in Ireland--20. Charles Turner, Efq; of Kirkleatham, county of York, the dignity of a baro net of Great Britain.-Lloyd Kenion, Efq; attorney general; and John Lee, Efq; folicitor general to his majesty.-George Hardinge, Efq; folicitor general to the queen.-Earl of Shannon, earl of Scarborough, and the right hon. Sir George Yonge, bart. vice-treafurers of Ireland. -Duke of Manchester, lord chamberlain,— Charles Herbert, Efq; his fecretary.-23. Sir William Howe, K. B. lieutenant general of the ordnance.-Hon. Thomas Pelham, mafter-fur. veyor of the ordnance-The warden hip of the cioque ports granted to lord North during life; which office he before held during pleasure. INTELLIGENCE. Cork, May 13, 1782. N Sunday morning a molt unfortunate accident happened at a brewery in this city, a man going into the tun to clean it out too foon after the liquor was drawn off, was immediate ly fuffocated by the great strength of the fpirit which had not time to evaporate, and two men endeavouring to fave him, unfortunately fhared the fame fate. Poyficians were immediately call ed in, and every affiftance afforded them, without effe&t. This thould be a caution, to brewers in future, to give fufficient time for the fpirit to evaporate, before any perfon goes in to clean their veffels. DUBLIN. The celebrated Speech of Mr. Grattan, on the Address to the King, April 16, 1782. R. Grattan faid he would late to the Houfe his reafons for changing, in fome meature, the form of the addrefs propofed by the honourable gentleman, and hoped to induce the House rather to declare, that they had confidered the causes of jealoufy; and that they were contained in his original motion for a declaration of rights, which he would now move as an amendment to the addrefs. He faid he had nothing to add, but to admire by what Ready virtue the people had afferted their own rights. He was not very old, and yet he remembered Ireland a child. He had watched her growth; from infancy the grew to arms; from arms to liberty. She was not now afraid of the French; he was not now afraid of the English; she was not now afraid of herfelf. Her fons were no longer an arbitrary gentry; a ruined commonalty; Proteflants oppreffing Catholics; Catholics groaning under oppreffion; but he was now a united land. Turo, faid he, to the rest of Europe, you will find the antient fpirit every where expired. Sweden has loft her liberty, England is declining; the other nations fupport their confequence on the remembrance of a mighty name, but ye are the only people who have recovered your conttitution, who have recovered it by steady virtue. Ye not only excel modern Europe, but ye excel whatever the can boast of old. Whenever great revolutions were made in favour of liberty, they were owing to the quick feeling of an irreftible populace, excited by fome ftrong object prefented to their fenfes. Such an object was the daughter of Virginius facrificed to virtue; and fuch the Seven Bishops, whole meagre and haggard looks expreffed the rigour of their suffering: but no hiftory could produce an inftance of men like you, muling for years upon oppreffion. and then, upon a determination of right RESCUING THE LAND. "You will find, said he, that the lupporters of liberty in the reign of Charles I. mixed their fentiments of conftitution with principles of gloomy bigotry; but amongst us you fee the Delegates of the North advocates for the Catholics of the South: the prefbytery of Bangor mixing the milk of humanity with the benignity of the gospel, as Chriftians tolerant, as Irishmen united. This Houle agreeing with the defires of the nation, paffed the Popery Bill, Bill, and by fo doing got more than it gave; ye found advantages from generofity, and grew rich in the very act of charity. Ye gave not, but ye formed an alliance between the Proteftant and Catholic powers, for the fecurity of Ireland. Fortunately for us, England did not take the lead; her Minifter did not take the lead in the resto ation of her rights; if the had, we thould have junk under the obligation, and given back, in sheepish gratitude, the whole advantage; but the VIRTUE, THE PRIDE OF THE PEOPLE, was our refource; and it is right that the people fhould have a lotty conception of themselves; though it is wondertal they should preferve their ancient pride, not having amongst them any of thofe outward and visible figns of glory, thofe monuments of their heroic ancestors, luch as were wont to animate the antient Greeks and Romans, and roufe them in their country's caule. But they had nothing, fuch as there to call forth the greatnels of the land, and therefore it is aftonishing they should preferve their pride; but more aftonishing that they should proceed with a temper feldom found amongst the injured, and a fuccefs never but with the vir tuous. They have no trophies, but the LIBERTY they tranfmit to their poflerity, is more than Trophy. What lets one nation up above ano. ther, but the foul that dwells therein; for it is of no avail that the arm be firong, if the foul be not great. What fignifies it that 300 men in the House of Commons-what fignifies it that 100 men in the House of Peers alle t their country's liberty, if unfupported by the people? But there is not a man in Ireland-there is not a Grand Jury there is not an Affociation there is not a Corps of Volunteers-there is not a meeting of their Delegates, which does not maintain the independence of the Irish Conftitution, and pledge themfelves to fupport Parliament in fixing that conflitution on its rightful bafis. Gentlemen will perceive that I allude to the transactions at Dungannon; not long ago, the meeting at Dungannon was confidered as a very alarming meature; but I did think other wife- did approve of it, and confider the meeting of Dungannon as AN ORIGINAL TRANSACTION. As fuch only it was matter of furprize, what more extraordinary tranfaction than the attainment of Magna Charta; it was NOT attained in Parliament, BUT by the Ba rons, armed and in the field. A great original tranfaction is not founded in precedent, it contains in itfelf both reafon and precedent:-the Revolution had no precedent;-the Chriftian Religion had no precedent-the Apoftles had no precedent! In this country every man has a fhare in the government, and in order to act or to speak they must confer. Now did not neceflity compel them to act-did not neceffity compel them to fpeak, and will not their refolutions tend to restore the rights of their country?-they refolve," that a claim of any body of men, ether than the King, Lords and Commons of Ireland, to make laws to bind this kingdom, is unconflitutional, and a grie wance." Is there any man who, will deny it; for what were Volunteer Affociations formed, but for the maintenance of law? And what is the affumed power of the British Parliament but a violation of all law? What is Poyning's law, and the unconstitutional power of the Irish or English Privy Council, but a grievance? What is a perpetual Mutiny Bill, but a grievance? Is there any rean who will deny it, or fay that we have not caule to complain of this execrated ftatute? And if you feel the injury, the people are ready to fupport you. They proteft against an inde peodent army; against a dependent legislature; against the abomination of a foreign legislature; against the affumed authority of council:-they were more conftitutional than more formal affemblies-they have protetted only against what parliament ought to redrels; and pray, Sir, have not the conflituents a right to inform their re. prefentatives? Let other nations bafely fuppofe that the people were made for government; we affert that government was made for the peope; great and auguft as they are, they do but perform their periodical revolutions; even the Crown, that great luminary, whose brightness they all reflect, receives its chearing fire from the flame of the conflitution, and therefore we may peak the fentiments of public meetings; and when we speak, let us ipeak with effect; let us speak to the King as to a man who has feelings like ourselves, and like ourselves will refpect the claims of liberty. Did you ever imagine that the men who used to be laughed at in your streets-did you ima gine that they who were the coff of faucy affectation, fhould prove the faviours of their country? That they should proceed with fuch moderation, as to be dreadful only to the enemies of their country and of their country's conftitution. If England wishes well to Ireland, he has nothing to fear from her ftrength. The Volunteers of Ireland would die in fupport of England. This nation is connected with Eng. land, not by allegiance only but by liberty. The Crown is one great point of union, but Magna Charta is a greater. We could get a king any where, but England is the only country from which we could get a conflitution. We are not united with England, as Judge Backstane hai foolishly faid, by conqueft, but by charter. Ire: land bas British privileges, and is by them connected with Britain; both countries are united in liberty. This being the decided fenfe of the nation, the men who endeavour to make our con. nection with England quadrate with this fente, are friends to England. We are friends to Eng. land on perfect political equality. This Houle of Parliament knows no fuperior; the men of Ireland acknowledge no fuperiors; they have claimed laws under conftitution, and the in dependence of Parliament under every law of God and man. It now becomes a matter of policy, as well as of right. Will the noblemen, the gentlemen, the armed men of Ireland, stoop to any other people? No, never. question is put to us by an act lately made: what is it? but that America differing from Ireland in not having a conflitution, in not hav ing a charter, in having lefs loyalty than Ire land, in having fhed much English blood-that America thall be free! And will Ireland fink in a new point, and be the ONLY NATION, befe liberty England will not acknowledge, and sloje The 1 affection fee cannot fubdue. For acknowledging American liberty, England has the plea of neceffity; for acknowledging the liberties of Ireland, he has the plea of juftice. The British nation, if the conlults with the head or with the heart, will not, cannot refule our claims; or were it poffible fhe could refufe, I will not fubmit. The Members of this Houfe cannot fubmit; we have received honours from the people? can we take the Civic Crown, and lay it at the feet of British Tapremacy? Shall the Colonifts of America be free, and the loyal people of Ireland flaves? No-1 know the gentlemen of this country too well. I know they will not fubmit. The diftinction would go against their perfonal eftimation, as well as against their public right. They would not fubmit to the infult in the face of Europe. I have done with the fupremacy of England, and shall now fay a word on the appellant juritdiction of the House of Lords. I think, that in order to eradicate every cause of jealouly, the final judicature fhould refide in the Peers of Ireland'tis the conftitution, and must be retored. The incompetence of the Lords, to decide in queftions of law, is no argument: the lay Lords, in both kingdoms, are incompetent, but the law Lords are competent,-elfe why are they judges? Nor can we fear any abuse of this power: the Lords will exercile with caution a power restored to them by the virtue of their countrymen. Besides, let us recollect, that to reitore this power is a matter of neceffity, for we are this day called upon to lettle the conflitution; and if we leave any thing unfettled, if we leave any right unafferted. we are responsible. The people of England are indifferent: I have letters which affore me of it, and that the repeal of the 6th of George I. was oppofed, because that repeal was not in toro. This is the opinion of Lord Mahon, an English man, who understands good fenfe and the conflitution. Itherefore fuppole England meets our withes, and that the new Miniftry intend to remove every lubject of dilpute, and throw themfelves on the fupport of the people; then how can we fupport them, if any caule of difpute be left? And turely this is caufe for future oppofition-England has faid, flate your grievances; and fhall we neglect to do to? If we do, and if there shall be general meetings of the people and of the volunteers, to complain of grievances, after what is intended for a final adjuftment, would not England think that there was fomething infatiable in the Irith people? Let us then restore the appellant juriidildiction, for if that part of the act be not repealed, they leave not only the claim of British fupremacy ftanding against us, but they leave the exercife of the power exiting.It must be repealed in tote, and if repealed, their original right revert to the peers of courfe. Thus you must either reftove the Lords to their privilege, if you mean to remove the claim and exercife of British fupremacy, or you must divest them of it by Irith Act of Parliament. Bat will the Peers fubmit to this? Will the people submit? Will an act? It cannot be--the illustrious Houle of talents and abilities-aged men, matured in wildom-afpiring youth, animated to glory, never will reft in the fashionable infignificance to which they have been reduced. No; they SHALL fit in the feats of their ancestors, difpenting juftice to their country. England can have no objection to this-she is not lo ambitious of the trouble of being an arbiter. Mr. Grattan now again returned to the Mutiny Bill and Poyning's Law, which he conHe faid, demned in the most forcible manner. that he wished to become the decided friend of the Duke of Portland, for removing every caufe of complaint from Ireland, and that these were THE TERMS on which he was ready to fupport government: A repeal of the 6th of Gea. I including a referation of the appellant juridiction to the lords of Ireland. An abolition of the unconftitutional power of Privy Councils. And a repeal of the Mutiny Bill. 4 Judge's Bill be refrained from mentioning, as be bad heard it was returned. Mr. Grattan then moved the address, which fee in page 222. 29.] Early in the morning two veffels laden with bark, were drove on the Sand-bank called the Kish, between Bray and Wicklow, and only two boys and one man were faved on the wreck. The violence of the wind prevented any boats from approaching that dangerous place till about ten o'clock, when they were taken from the top of the malt by a floop, and brought into Dublin with great difficulty, as the wind was much against them. 30.] Between the hours of two and three o'clock in the morning, as Mr. Benjamin Haughton was returning home, (after attending a jury which fat very late in the court of Exchequer) he was attacked by feven armed vil lains, who not content with robbing him of fitteen guineas, defperately cut and abused him. May 20.] There was a grand field day of the feveral volunteer corps of this city and its environs, in his majesty's park the Phonix, where they were reviewed by the hon. col. Allen, as fenior officer, preparatory to the general review that is to be on the 3d of June, after which feveral of the corps marched to Clondalkin, where they were joined by a great number of the nobility and gentry of both fexes, when the earl of Charlemont, aflifted by lord Delvin, his aid-de-camp, and Barry Yelverton, Elq; laid the first flone of the powder mills which are to be erected there; on one fide of which was ins fcribed the following words out of the old tef |