Answer.Granted. Art. II. That the officers, troops, and feamen of the garrifon, fhall go forth with arms fbouldered, drums beating, four field-pieces, lighted match, ball in mouth, and twenty one rounds per man. Anfwer. The garrison of Black River fhall furrender themselves pritoners of war. Art. III. The garriton fhall be conducted in the veffels of his Britannick majefty to the port of St. Fernandez de Omoa. Anfwer.The garrison of Black River fhall be conducted to St. Fernandez de Omoa, in the moft convenient and expeditious Manner. Art. IV. That the officers fhall be allowed their fide-arms and baggage; and that their fervants fhall be conducted with them; and that the troops fhall not be plundered. Aufwer. The officers to be allowed one fervant each; the rest of the article granted. Art. V. All that belongs to the king shall be carried off without moleftation. Answer.-Every thing belonging to the king, comprehending cannon, arms, ammunition, mi. litary cheft, provifions, and in general every thing under the defcription of king's flores, fhall be delivered up to a commiffary appointed for that purpose. Art. VI. It shall be permitted that a petty auger may be tent to the port of Truxilia, with a suffic ent passport from the commander of his Bitannic Majefty's squadron. Anfwer. A petty-auger fhall be permitted to go from hence on the 8th day of September, furnifhed with a proper passport. Propofed by Lieutenant-Colonel Defpard, as a Sup. plement to the above Articles, Art. VII. All property found at Black River, including flaves, &c, taken from the English inhabitants, on the capture of that place, thail be delivered up, that they may be reftored to the In the above article, petty-au proper owners. gers, crafts, dorys, &c. falling under the defcription of English property, are meant to be included. Art. VIII. The British flag fhall be hoisted on the eastern block-house, at fix o'clock in the evening of this day, when the garrison fhall march out and pile up their arms before the governor's house. The cannon, stores, &c. forts, pofts, &c. belonging to that place, shall be deli- IX. The officers and foldiers belonging to the Ed. Marcus Defpard. Don Thomas Julia. Camp Black River, Aug. 31, 1782. LONDON, December 18, 1782 GARRISON ORDER S. Gibraltar, Oct. 17, 1782. The Governor is extremely happy to communicate to the Garrison, the following lattructions he has jutt received from England: Extract of a Letter from the Earl of Shelburne, Principal Secretary of State, dated St. James's, July 10, 1782. · I AM honoured with his Majefty's commands to affure you, in the strongest terms, that no encouragement shall be wanting to the brave officers and foldiers under your command. His royal approbation of the past, will, no doubt, be a powerful incitement to further exertions, and I have the king's authority to affu-e you, that every distinguished mark of emulation and gallantry which shall be performed in the course of the fiege by any, even of the lowest rank, will meet with ample reward from his gracious protection and favour. Thefe, his majelly's intentions, you will communicate in the molt public manner to every part of your garrison, that they may be perfectly fatisfied that their royal matter feels for the dif ficulties they are under, admires their glorious refittances and will be happy to reward their merit.' Extract of a Letter from General Conway, Commander in Chief, Aug. 31, 1782. I am now to add, that I have the king's commands to inform you, that he is in the greateft degree fatisfied with the brave and fleady defence made by your garrison; and that his ma jesty is defirous of thewing them every mark of his royal approbation. It is in this light that his majefty has been graciously pleafed to confent to the granting of bat and forage money, as a proper indulgence to your officers.' Extra of a Letter from James Luttrell, Efq; You will please to acquaint their lordships with my arrival here with the Menagere, one of my prizes, having left the Alexander to follow two days ago. It was my intention to have returned to England as loon as poflib e, for the realons given in my letter, dated off Ferrol the 6th curt. but having received intelligence from a neutral vedel, that an American frigate was ready to fail from Bourdeaux. the wind being easterly, I returned to the fouthward, to be able to fall into her track; and on the 12th of December. 1 at each other. At fix a fodden fquall caught me, with three of my lower deckers run out, and obliged me to put before the wind, the water rushing in till knee-deep on the deck; bat with the chain pumps we foon cleared our hip, and as foon as he was fafe I hauled towards the enemy, crowding fail to regain her. At ferea began again to fire at each other, and our maiotop gallant-mait and fore-top gallant-yard were hot away: continued inceffantly firing at each other till nine, when I had got within piftel fhot of the Menagere's quarter, and put my helm a weather to pour in a broadfide of round and grape thot from all my guor, which the, being aware of, threw up in the wind, hauled down her colours, and hailed that he had ftruck. inftantly ordered my people to defift firing, shortened fail, and judging myself then within about five miles of the entrance of Ferrol, where they must have heard our guns, [ haftened to get both fhips from off the land. At eleven P. M. my prize the Alexander joined ur. The fore-shrouds and a great deal of running rigging being shot away detained us, but is two hours we received two hundred pritoners more, and were able to make a little fail together to westward off fhore. At day-break we law the inland of Sifargo, diftant about five or fix leagues, and in the Offing the Dauphin Roy. al, with her main-top-maft gone, and otherways difabled: and the brig with all her mafia gone, except part of her lower mails; I thought it, however, improper to risque the king's fhip, by leaving ourtelves with fewer men; for bv. jug fent fifty on board the large fhip, and twenty on board the Alexander, be fides manning the Spanish prize, I had remaining only 190; half of whom must fleep at nights, and the rest wee few to work the ship, and guard 340 prifozers; for this reafon I hope their lordships will approve of my not chafing the Dauphin Royal and the brig; the former flood in towards the land, and the brig feemed returning to Bourdeaux, from whence this armed convoy failed on the 9th curt. feven A. M. we discovered five fail on our leebeam, made fail, and gave chase. At eight their hulls were above water; they were forming in a clofe line of battle, and shortened fail to their top-fails to wait for us; the headmoft was L'Eugene, frigate built, of 36 guns, and 130 men, commanded by Monf. Le Capitaine Baudin, laden for the French King, and bound to Port-au Prince; the lay with a French pendant and enfign flying-next to her was an American brig, of 14 guns, and 70 men, with American colours-next to her a two-decked thip, the length of a 64, armed en flute, called the Me-, magere, French peodant and enlign flying, commanded by Monf. De Foligne, Capitaine de Brutot, of the department of Rochfort, mounting on her main-deck 26 long twelve-pounders, and four fix-rounders on her quarter deck and fore caftle, with a complement of 212 men, laden with gunpowder, naval ftores, and bale goods, for the French King's fervice, at Port-au-Prince -next to her lay the Alexander, of 24 ainepounders and 102 men, with a French pendant and an American ensign flying, commanded by a capt. Gregory, who appears to have been an Irithman, but has a congreis commiffion, laden with ftores, provifions, &c. for the French king's ufe, at Port-au-Prince-next to her lay the Dauphin Royal, of 28 guns and 120 men, bound to the Eaft-Indies, having a French pendant and enfigo Aying; and having determined, without lofing a moment's time, to endeavour to throw their fquadron into confufion, and if poffible, to take advantage of some of them; and relying on the good failing of the Mediator, to bring her off, -if I could not fee a probability of fuccefs after a few broadfides, I continued bearing down, with all fail fet, on the enemy, except fuch tails as might be in the way of quick manoeuvres: at ten received a few hot from the Menagere's upper deck, which convinced me fhe had no low er deck guns, though he had all the ports complete to the eye; continued to approach the enemy, and receive fire from their line, and employed occafionally in tacking, wearing, bearing down, &c. At half past ten having very much On the 14th of December, at ten P. M. cap approached the rear of their line, it broke, the tain Stephen Gregory, of the Alexander, laid Brig and Dauphin Royal crouding fail away a plot to occafion the prifoners to rife, and hoped from the reft; upon which the Menagere, Eu-to have taken the Mediator from me; bat gene, and Alexander, wo e under an easy fail. At eleven I bore down, and cut off the Alexander from her conforts, employed fighting both fides occafionally; and the firft broadfide, when very close to the Alexander, made her ftrike her American colours, and let fly her sheets; the Menagere and Eugene, after firing at us for fome time, crowded all fail, and went away before the wind: boarded the prize, and laid her head towards the enemy, under an eafy fail, to permit us to take out too prifone:s, meaning to chale the Menagere. At half past twelve made all fail in chate, leaving the prize to follow, or bear away for England if we run her bull down. At three the Eugene hauled her wind away from the Menage e. At five began fing at the Menagere, to prevent her aiming at our maits, by covering ourselves with fmoke. At half pall five had gained very confiderably on the Menagere, and occafionally fired broadlides through the indefatigable attention of heute nant Rankin, of the marines, in the difpofal and regulation of centries, &c. as a guard, and the lucky precaution we had taken of ordering the gratings of all the hatches in the lower gua deck to be battoned down with Capitan bare, leaving room for only one man at a time to come up abaft, where, in cafe of an alarm, we had fixed our rendezvous, the desperate (cheme of Geg ry was prevented without bloodfeed, the prifone's finding no paffage where they could go up. The alarm he fixed on was, to бre an eighteen pounder gan in the gua-room where he lay, for he mefled with my lieutenants, and had received every friendly attention. At tea at night I felt a terrible fhock from fome explofion, and heard a cry of fire: I was food after informed, that the lee port was blown away by the gun into the fea, and the water making in. As foon as had wore thip on the other tack, to get get the port hole covered with tarpatkins, and fecured, I went down, found the gun-room on fire, and every thing thattered that was near the explosion; Gregory, with his accomplices, dreffed, though they had pretended to go to bed; and in their cot was found gua-powder, which they had provided to prime the gun with; and, in fhort, every proof neceffary for a conviction of Gregory's having fired it for an alarm to make the prifoners rife: He had also endeavoured to provide himfelf with a fword, but being difappointed in his project, he begged his life. A cry of fire forwards was heard among the prifon ers when the fignal gun was fired; but all being difcovered and fettled, I ordered Gregory, together with thofe of his Officers and men, whom I fufpected concerned in the plot, to be put in irons, and kept on bread and water. I think it my duty to trouble their Lordships with this narrative, in juftice to bis Majefty's colours, under which no prifoners are undefervedly treated with rigour. The officers of the Menagere having always conducted themselves like men of honour, I was happy to have the pleature of continuing them at my table, with the ufual confidence in their parole; and the prifoners in generat have had every mark of huma. Dity and attention fhewn to them that our own fafety would admit of -When their Lordships confider the force offering us battle, and at firft united to oppofe us, they will, I truft, be convinced, that our fuccefs was chiefly owing to the exertions and activity of the officers and men in working the fhip, as well as in fighting her. The enemy's thot having been entirely aimed with a view to dismalt us, fortunately prevented my officers and men from receiving any hurt : my lower rigging forward and fome abaft was shot away: allo the main-top gallant mat, ftudding fail and yard, and fore top gallant yard, topmaft, rigging, fails and running rigging in geDeral much cut, which, with a few shot in the bows, is all the damage we have as yet difcovered to have happened to his majefty's fhip Mediator in the action. Killed and Wounded on beard the Menagere. Monf. Darmaignac, a gentleman of property in the island of St. Domingo, killed. Three learnen killed. Seven or eight ditto wounded. Killed and Wounded on board the Alexander. Eight or nine ditto wounded. This lift is taken from the report of their officers, not having had time as yet to examine the prifoners by lift. N. B. An Account is received from the purfer of the Mediator, of his arrival at Portmouth with the Alexander. AMERICAN NEW S. Mr. Rutledge relative thereto, and also another Refolved, That the commander in chief be Copy of a Letter from General Wafbington to SIR, It affords me fingular pleasure to have it in my power to tranfmit you the inclofed copy of an act of congrefs of the 7th inftant, by which you are released from the disagreeable circum. fances in which you have fo long been. Suppofing you would with to go ioto New-York as foon as poffible, I also inclofe a paffport for that purpose. Your letter of the 18th of October, came regularly to my hands; I beg you to believe, that my not aufwering it fooner did not proceed from inattention to you, or a want of feeling for your fituation. I daily expected a determi Dation of your cafe; and I thought await that, than to feed you with hopes that might in the end prove fruittels. You will attribute my detention of the inclosed letters, which have been in my hands about a fortnight, to the fame caufe. better to "I cannot take leave of you, Sir, without affuring you, that in whatever light my agency in this unpleafing affair may be received, I neverwas influenced through the whole of it by tanguinary motives, but by what I conceived a fenfe of my duty, which loudly called upon me to take measures, however difagreeable, to prevent a repetition of thole enormities which have been the fubject of difcuffion; and that this important end is likely to be answered without the ef fufion of the blood of an innocent perfon, is not a greater relief to you, than it is to, Sir, Your moft obedient, (Signed) L And humble fervant, G. WASHINGTON. BIRTHS. ADY Grantham, a fon.-Her excellency baronefs Kutzleben, a daughter.-Lady of lord viscount Tu nour, a daughter.-Lady of hon. Fra. Talbot, a fon. A M ARRIAGE S. of the earl of Suffolk. From the Royal Gazette, published at New York. A Copy of an Order of Congress releafing Captain Agill, by the United States in Congress affem bled, November 7, 1782. On the report of a committee, to whom was referred a letter of the 19th of Augufl, from the commander in chief, a report of a commit tee thereon, and motion of Mr. William on and D E A THS. T the calle of Horsens, in Jutland, aged 29. the princes Elizabeth of BrusfwickLunebourg, daughter of the late Duke Authony Ulric of Brunswick.-Charles Lee, Elq; a ma jor general in the Polith fervice. He was in the fervice of the American States, who fulpended – him in 1778. He was brother to William Lee, who was theriff of London in 1774, and 4775 chulen alderman of Aldgate Ward, which he religued refigned 1780, having retired to the Continent. -In America major-general Horatio Gates (the captor of Gen. Burgoyne) his wife and fon. - Jenkins, a day-labourer, at Wefterham, Kent, aged 111.-At Kentmere, in Weftmoreland, Mr. Martin Stevenson, in the 117th year of his age. At Copenliagen, princefs Charlotte Amelia, great aunt to the king of Denmark, aged 76. At Bath, aged 84, hon. Mrs. Carmichael, relict of Dr. Carmichael, archbishop of Dublin. She was fifter to Sir Robert Godfchall, formerly lord-mayor.-At his feat at Scarborough caftle, Surry, Sir James Burrow, knight, master of the crown-office, aged 81.-George Gibfon, Efq; grandson of the late bishop of Lon July 19, 1726, and married to the earl of Hertford in May, 1741. She has left a numerous family, and died universally respected.—At Bath, hon. Mrs. Harvey, aunt to lord viscount Bulkeley, and relict of George Harvey, Efq; of Tiddington, county Oxford-At Briftol, coun tefs dowager of Weltmoreland, fifter to the duke of Gordon.--At Ulverstone, Lancashire, Mrs. Macartney, relict of the late gallant Capt. Macart ney, of the Princess Amelia, who fell in the action with the Dutch off the Dogger Bank, Augut 15, 1781-At Clapham, aged 16, Mils Charlotte Dylon, daughter of the late right hon. Jer. Dylon. PROMOTION. OUNTESS Dowager of Aylesford, ane of the ladies of the bedchamber to the don.-Right hon. flabella Hertford, Cof one of the ladies of the bedchamber to the queen. Her ladyfhip (who was fecond daughter to Charles, the fecond duke of Grafton) was born A DO queen. INTELLIGENCE. MESTIC Tralee, November 22. Number of villains, with their faces black. ened, broke into Mr. Dempley's houfe near this town, and plundered it of cloth, plate, &c, to a confiderable amount; they fired leve. ral fhots both before and after the robbery, but fortunately without doing any mifchief. Cork, Nov. 25.] Laft Saturday two young men, hofiers, were publicly whipped from North to South Gate, purtuant to their fentence, for unlawful combinations. Dec. 5.] On the night of the 25th of last month, a gang of robbers broke into the house of Mr. Pierce Cotter, of Rathdrum, in this county, and robbed him of 240 guineas, 3 gold rings, befide other articles; they alfo robbed Mr. Sherlock of Mallow, who was in the house the 30s; hand bill 81. and filver Charlemont, to Mifs Fitzgerald, of DominickAtreet.-John Griffin, of Balbriggan, county Dublin, Elq; to Mils M. Butler, of Merville, county Kidare.-Counsellor Weft, of Feterick-street, to Mits Hutchinson, of Staffordfreet.-John Fitzgerald, of Moret, Queen's county, to Mifs D. Fitzgerald, of Grafton-ttreet. -Theophilus Blakeney, Efq; M. P. for the borough of Carlingford, to Mils Stafford, of Stephen's-green.-John Morris, of Tankardtown, Efq; to Mils Dios, of the county Meath. —Jeremiah Vickers, jua. Esq; of the Ins'squay, to Mifs F. Page, county Louth.—Wiliam Billing, Efq; attorney, to Mifs Gaffney, daugh. ter and heiress of James Gaffney, of the coun ty Kildare, Efq; DEATHS. faid villains.' DUBLIN. way, Efq;-In Cork, Mils Harris,-in Bally. maicanlan, in the county Louth, Robert M. Neale, Efq;-At Raffen, county Cork, Joss than Bufteed, Efq;-At Ballagh, county Kil kenny, the relict of the late John Fitzpatrick, Elq;-The rev. Mr. Pafley, prebendary of Do The Lord Mayor and Doctor Cleaver went to the city marthallea at the inftance of Lady Temple, and examined feveral pritoners contined tor fmall debts, thirteen of whom have already been discharged by compofition, in full for debis-noughmore, county Wicklow. The relia of and fees, with money ordered by her excellency for that most humane purpose. Dec. 4. Two young men who were employed in cleaning windows at the caftle, went into a room where their bufinels was not required, and ftole a large quantity of lace; they were apprehended and brought before the right hon. the Lord Mayor, who committed them to gaol. IN BIRTH S. N Mecklenburgh (treet, the lady of Sir George Ribton of a daughter.-At Trabulgan, the lady of Edward Roche, Efq; of a fon and heir The lady of Charles Lionel Fitzge rald, Efq; of a fon.-In Palace-row, the lady of the late Thomas Tipping, of Beaulieu, county Louth, Elq-In Aungier-ftreet, Abraham Bradley, Etq; one of his majefly's ftationers in this kingdom. He paffed a long life in the faithful ditcharge of every religious, relative and focial duty. Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my laft end be like his."-The hoo. Coote Molefworth. In London, Sir Nichola Bayley, Bart.-In Grafton-street, the relict of the late John Tyrrel, Efq:-James Sterling, Efq-In Cork, Benjamin Bousfield, the elder, Eiq-In Euftace-ftreer, the wife of aldermas Hart. the hon. Mrs. Moore, of a daughter. PROMO TI O N S. HE rev. Dr. Lamilliere to the vicarage of Christ Church, Curk (Dr. Pigott, dec.)— The Rev. James Pratt to the parish of St. Nicho las, Cork, and to the chancellorthip of aid diecele (Dr. Lamilliere, pro} JOH B ANKRUPT S. OHN Byrne, of Hackettown, county Cat low, diftiller.-John Duffy, of Hanover. fane, grocer. TO THE HIBERNIAN MAGAZINE: O R, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge, By James Rennel, Efq; An Account of the Ganges and Burrampooter Rivers. F. R. S. of their borders fmoothness and colour of their waters; HE Ganges and Burrampooter ribranches and adjuncts, interfect the country of Bengal in fuch a variety of directions, as to form the most compleat and eafy inland navigation that can be conceived. So equally and admirably diffufed are thofe natural canals, over a country that approaches nearly to a perfect plane, that, after excepting the lands contiguous to Burdwan, Birboom, &c. (which all together do not conftitute a fixth part of Bengal) we may fairly pronounce, that every other part of the country has, even in the dry feafon, fome navigable ftream within 25 miles at fartheft, and more commonly within a third part of that distance. It is fuppofed, that this inland navigation, gives conftant employment to 30,000 boatmen. Nor will it he wondered at, when it is known that all the falt, and a large proportion of the food confumed by ten millions of people, are conveyed by water within the kingdom of Bengal and its dependencies. To thefe must be added, the transport of the commercial exports and imports, probably to the amount of two millions fterling per annum, the interchange of manufactures, and products throughout the whole country, the fisheries, and the article of travelling. These rivers, which a late ingenious gentleman aptly termed fifters and rivals, (he might have faid twin filters, from the contiguity of their fprings) exactly refemble each other in length of courfe; in bulk, until they approach the fea; in the Hib. Mag. App. 1782. iflands; and, finally, in the heights to PPPP |