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Ee ;■' -d to P'jfciiih the enclcfed Addrrft
'ti Air. ffift.:<:i in your paper, and do
u * •••>• f >'«- 'p >« nit the cnclofed ex
t' t0 " - V! - ,v t>i any gfeutleman wild
may luvi tue curiofuy to perufc ihem.
7H. 'JCHA'SON,
. DAK STUART,
DAN. CARROLL
TO ?v . S MITEL BLODGET, ju»r.
"Zington iif A j 7W>
SIF,
Your » dvertifcm nts in Mr. Merino's pa-
P"'"'°f susie and tlje jdinftant,
i >'■ en •: . tar into particular"-., qliirfted
lr:.m • .« vrry ifcgrt anfocu; flmt thereiiigth
-Ivour a4vert»firo»dl)t i*i §« paper'of
ti ;'.mike -.improper to armg ionfc
things n to view, which it will be difficult
t(j pcrftude us, have altogether escaped
your memory.
Wc ina.ll pass over the manner of your
ir»g> it may be equal to the level of
v ir o .vis tp:h J, but a rivallhip in that way
Vv . 'jidiily become us> If we could even
' " 'aft yon—You know that there has
: a great deal of intercourse between us
the tlotel Lottery, and alfo,on No. 2,
a! as well as written: the result was,
v ,ich ought to hiv< ended all farther
i' 'n h:ion as to No. i, you ga've the fol
te r ; paper under your hand :
Philadelphia, I\Tny 19th, 1794.
fn orderlo remove any doubts that may
have arileii, or that may hereafter arise, I
do her-by declare, that it is not now, nor
has it vcr been ponlidered by me that the
Couinr ifTioners of the City of Washington
v,-ei er responsible either in their public
or i' private capacities, for the Lottery
No. 3 sr the condttdihg thereof, I having
V' K '-1 on the sales at my own private
r,\... ider their express declaiation that
tK~> rcfpiccljhU* directly
or in u.'-tollj? for thisUultiiefi in any eVent
or ir: a.nv manner whatever.
(Signed) SAML. BLODGET.
Now you seem desirous of stirring this
buiin ••". gain ; we aft you for ivhat end >
Is it to i :!d out the CommilTioners as any
way ac ountabie for both Lotteries, or ei
ther of t'lem ? When such an idea was firft
!t,;i".' l, and from that time you have con
stantly ' blared to us, and we believe to
ot'iic s here, that you designed no such
thing," nd-.vas sorry if your condufl might
poiti' <y involve us ; the covenant you en
ter d to the 20th of September just "be
foieth drawing began, and when Mr.
johafon was not present, exprefs'ly declares
that the Commissioners only gave per
fnit'iion ;£r the Lottery; that it was to be
conducted by you without their interfer
ence ; they, not making thenifelves anfwer
abl.: j;i .!:.)• mannef, but intending that the
refporfiih'Jlty IhouJd fall folelvonyou; and
vi have fcVeral letters from you expressing
or refuting to the fame idea as to both.
Now .jusS-ioned, you
i> we sever agreed to be rcfponiible j
■-» and that
we are nu r oived :t is againlt our will and
! your vniauthorifed conduct.
flr ttiis i< a truth, and you have often
'Vk. 1 . t, for what purpose do you
. <1 your publication of the scheme
/: in Jlay 179J, its continuance in
! ■ •• Hi's ? And our not disavowing
'or ■he ,inference you would have
is agaifll the truth. But you would 1
jlons wcil to have recurred to that
. ion we may not have seen all your
Jti' , but all thufe we did fee, pri- 1
the icjth of December had this I
la icd, "N. B. The sales of the <
it'™* Lottery No. 2 are deferred 1
„ ri i drawing of the Hotel Lottery, i
<U3>iVii,tticing on the 9 th day of September '
• dated zoth May; did you publifu i
heme the aotlt of May'ow/y with your *
• ' ' 1 and fell tickets before the firlt t
- ? It -ou did, who was it to ? And s
ft. ' n^»rm us of such sales ; for j
'T ' ' understood between you
arrcu : N T o. 2 was to be eventual only, i
_ . ; was apprized .there wauldXa
"iiST: oi tirkets till a. ter the drawing 'I
of the hotel Lottery ; it finifhed the 30th c
day of iViarch; nor did you ever inform us t
y our a ticket, or proceeding in
No. 2, 11 your letter of the sth of De- t
cember. 'ixtradls from that, your's of the j
13th, ir. Carroll's of the loth, 2jd, and j,
27111; and ours'of the 15th, 16, and 21ft,
so far as concerns this business are lodged f,
with the P nter, that any who are inclin- v
eu may fee them. By these letters, you I £
v,< re repeatedly warned of a disavowal if v
V'ou did rr t : fift: you promised, and belt y
kviOw w hetheryou kept yourpromife. S /,
on met us, in George Town in January, e ;
ny converfationson the Lotteries h
and ffiine o:!i;r bttfmefs ; on. your intrea- w
ties, and i>.ip,- s\ing ttrr opinions of some 0
consented that No. 2 might pro- w
d oil terms ; and the 27th of January 0
" them tips> the form of a letter to li
j v hkrh was read to you, and some ei
iterations made atgyour desire. It (lands cc
us ; " Through the fame channel (the cc
vretary) we have also informed him n>
of fi—ft---' •r. |
o. ihe'lccoTU.' Lotieiy going fur ward, oii+ni
the Iccv.rity and explanations proposed by at
the draft the bill ' encloft d, a copy of 01
which Wf have transmitted to him : But w
we V I have it perfectly understood as ar
intended, that the progress of the new m
Lottrry is to be arretted, 'till the President ar
fignifies hii approbation, and alio until the A
("curity is actually given and approved by cc
him or v ."
The bill endofed, if agreeable to the ar
original now in ->ur hands has this clause;
" Samutl B'odp.-t junior and William Dea- nri
- kins junior f- erally and their securities tit
i
m
• n ar; .r. 'v to be anf'.'-rrihiff fcr tnt *1
" prizes and complying, with the conditions 01
"of .his to .their borfs, o)
" and the dfawing wifl be under the ma- w
" nagement of gentlemen approved by the yi
" Commissioners for the tiriie being "and tc
x " " acting on oath." 01
"° Have you given any feclirit'y for No. 2 ? it
'• . Have you arrtfted its progress or have you m
car/led it dn : And whffrefore hSve yiu in f fh
your publications suppressed the vvoi d \ fu
and n&de -a new Lottery by introducing' i so
hiif tickets ? Is hot this a breach of the J pt
I, terms 011 yonr part, warranting the public ;lo
dil'avowal by us! • >
In yOU'r advertisement in the paper of "
the 15th of June, f'ou fay, " Letters on the "
■ " fubjedt'of the Walhington Lottery being "
lt "by miftjke repeatedly addressed to the "
. 1( l " CflmtnilSoners of tlic City of Washington "
j &e. kr.ow of any such "
a uCtCiaTTd VfM 01 i t W'^i' lrH
prizg-'mtmey iii 1 tfekcts fignrd by i yon
[ £ payment was refufed, and as we have > "
i( j heard nothing more of these prizes, ftippofe ■ "
you have paid them. This is the only,! "
Jr cirf uinftance that we know of which couid | "
0 £ possibly give any colour to your aifertion :j "
' You acknowledge in this advertifemeni,our « "
being clear of all ref'ponfibility: But what i
as ideashave you', or do you intendto co nmu
nicate as to lecurity for No. 2 ? You entered
into a covenant in September which bound
your person only for the Hotel Lottery; ,
' you afterwards made a mortgage of al! vour
"j lands ill' the Territory, and a deposit of ~
infurancc stock for, and confincd to the
fame object: and you have finee mSde a
farther deposit of stock to be restored on
your produciug redeemed tickets to a cer- -di
tain amount; this last in the hands of gen
tlemen irf Philadelphia. _Do you know of c
' r any way that the Commissioners have to
turn over these securities made for one fpe
n cihcd purpose, to answer for another ? In
' And if they could, do you expert they Cc
■ would, 'till the firft purpose is fatisfjed .' pri
e You know Mr. Blodget, you were re-' he
, t peatedty called 011 to. give an accont ps the sol
y Sales of your Tickets, and inlorma- p e
lt tion where, and in what the produce of to
them relied ; that serious explanation., were
entered into on this head, but that no such
account tho' often promised, never could be ani
is got from you. The very imperfect ac- ( ' r<
? counts or rather lifts you rendered, were tw
y without vouchers, and very fhorr of the he)
- number of Tickets with which you were s ot
t chargeable :It would be to your credit now an(
- to Ihew your Book containing a regular r
t> and full account of the Hotel Lottery. .'!
I» You know you also told us, at the time
t of taking the Mortgage and deposit, that his
- you then had about 40,000 dollars of re- hu:
- deemed Tickets, promised we (hould soon the
. be in pofleffion of them, and afterwards ft, 3
s pretended that you were afraid to bring ce j
- them forward, least their edges might be r
■ fretted, which would prevent an accurate
- comparison, if forged Tickets were pro
- duced ; th<- fecitrity was regulated on the °f
- tne luppofition that you had redeemed ty
I 40,000 dollars, but after four months o- dit
; peration you could cover only .<9,8.55 dol- Jj,
. lars with redeemed Tickets the 28th May.
must be confeious, that this is not C '''
: -the Tvirr r-, maintain our coutdcnce, and if c ®'
you are dve-.. i.c.... .■! ... -ThrtnT'-Ti
1 No. 2, we ad\ r ife you to pay up or I odge in
| Ca
some Bank to the amount of ail Prizes doi
I for -which you are chargeable, including the fra
1 Hotel, which is at a f and for want of
: money to carry it on, then will you be en
titled to the d.fpofition of your mortgaged ''
■ prop evty and deposits, and may carry them 'J lO
: yourfelf to the Columbia Bank or where- " le
dfe you p'eafe. fun
Y&ur Advertisement in the paper of the foil
jd betrays a vaftconfufion of ideas : It has p er
been long known to many as wellas yourfelf, £; n
that tiie ltate of the Hotel Lottery chiefly in- P-•
duced Mr. Johnson and Dodt. Stt.art to ,
remain in office. But No. 2 neverhaving
influenced their minds as to flaying in or '
resigning, we think you not warranted in and
in yopr aflertion, that two of the Com- tier
miffioners had fignified to you their desire s Ol
to be freed from any care or concern in No. j ...
2. in consequence of their intentions to re- .
Jign. ted
Overstrained profefiions of zeal in the s
interest of the City, or unfixed charges oth'
- —urill 1.m,i.. : — p,gj
' pretlion on a difccrning public—men ac- For
quainted with the world, know it is a mask hii e
to hide the real man.
The few things you did in the Citv, if t j le ,
they evince your zeal, are at least not itrik- \
ing evidences of your prudent manager
Instead of having any pique against you cor^
for joining in any neglected application, ons
> wedonot certainly know whatyou refer to : thot;
'At a time, when a moll important contract ted
was in negociation, we did not consult f an( j
; you on it for reasons then explained to you:
S After it was concluded there were differ- °
ent opinions as is common, whether we two
had made a good or a bad bargain ; and as evcr
we recoiled ycu were sometimes of one whic
opinion and sometimes of the other. But the
we supposed that before this time, all were have
of the firft opinion : For there are we be- rrr
lieve more than 800 mechanics and labor- Cq°
e« employed on public and private ac
count in improving the City ; and if the Thai
contrail had not been made ; our operati
be ei
ns would have been languid indeed. the 1
con "
with us but a iapcrvifor, you were i iYed
appointed by that name, and we explained 1 .
our ideas on your powers and duties by ?
way of letter which we suppose you have ' ons >
amongst the other originals ; but you w hol
make the most of it, according to you, you plied
are Supervisor, Commissioner of Sales, and be re
Agent for the affairs of the Citv, and ac- pa] t
cording to your logic we are more blame, j,
able for luffering you to do amiis,than you Q
are for doing it. " 3e
You resign in disgust Mr. Blodget I you f urt h
now continue an occasional agent for the fervet
city ! call to mind what past the 27th of Ja- reveni
; yoe km ~ .a foflowir.g cL_ie u;
:>ns our ktitr of that dittwas at least fettlec'
oh your request, aftd with your privity,
ni- with a view that your difmiflal might do
the you a» little injury as flight be ; and not
md to authorise you to do Jiy one ail for us
or the city, atultheleter plainly imports
2 ? it. We have never fire foitod occasion to
'i>u make requests to you, nor we believe ever
! in 1 {half, and we totally ditclaim your being
'ly, l supervisor, commilloier of sales, agent
ing' | tor the affairs of tK city, or having any
the | power derived from Us. The Letter fol
>lic ; lows :
" " Four engagement as Supervisor is
of " now expired : tlitimprobabilitjr of your
the " soon becoming a itfident here, your pri
ng " vatc avocations aid the probability of
the " the new Lottery aigaging much of your
on " attentioa tlig. /uc**ding year, make it
rs: ' « improper • t yon to. *c.
>' !>t.v rco raa—' v "
1 ; ■' :iHci£tiontL <hc c :at«W
ive > " its increifc 'and pkA>erity, allure us of
jfe ■ " your readiness to give us any affiflance
dy.! " yOu can, and your situation will proba
lid | " bly induce U3 to request your activity : —
n: J " occafionallv we fha.ll inake requests to
iur ! » you."
'at ; Th. yobnfon,
iu- Dcm. Stuart J- CommiJJioners.
Ed Dan. Carroll, J
*o * The publications on this fubjeS arc
y ' pa id for.
£ LAW OF VHE UNION.
■ a
on
. r . An ACT mal 'rn; appropriations for Cir
n- tain Purprfes therein exprffed.
Sec. I. T) E it enacted by the Senate
le _ JD *"><l House of Reprefenta
r > lives of the United States of America in
ey Congress aJfcnbtecL, That there be ap
propriated for the several purposes
•e-' hereinafter fpecified, the refpeitive sums
he following to wit: To defray , the ex
a- penfes which fhali be incurred, pursuant
0 to the act, intituled, "An act to pro-
vide a naval armament," fix hundted
i )t and eighty eigitt thousand, ejght hun
c. dred and eighty oght dollars, and eighty
re two ccnts; In addition to the sum
ie heretofore granted for the erection of
re fortifications for the protedtion of ports
w and harbours, thirty thousand dollars : ;
For the payment of a sum granted to
le Lieutenant Colonel Touzard, in lieu of
at his pension for life, three thousand fix
e- hundred dollars: For the payment of
in the salary allowed to the officer who
fttall be appointed to superintend the re
'S eeivmg, fafe keeping and distribution
of the military (lores of the United
States, pursuant to the aft of the second
, t of April last, eight hundred and feven
■d ty five dollars; For the salary of an ad- >
)- ditional clerk, and office rent, in the
department of state, four hundred and .
eighty four dollars, and seventy eight i
•f ? cents : For_?h« and subsistence .
Capraiii Joha ot the Worth
in Carolina nr.e fiundred and eighty
■s dollars, and S.inety one cents : To de
ie fray the farther, contingent expenses of
the House of Representatives autho- i
j rized during the present session, one 1
n thousand dpllars: For the service of.
». the war department, in addition to the
sums heretofore appropriated, the sums
le following, to wit : To defray the ex- '
's penfe of a corps of artiflerifts and en- j
'» gineers established during the present
session, sixty fix thousand, four hundred I
and twenty nine dollars, and eighty j
, r seven cents : For tie further protedtion
n and defence of the south weflern fron- j
- tier, two hundred thousand dollars:
" For the purposes oF the act diredtlng a
'• detachment from tfe militia of the Uni
ted States, twe hundred thousand dol
e lars . For the of galliei or
s other veffi' lrfW to ;... aft of the
- .
For the expence jif additional clerk
s hiie in the depa txeent of war, seven
hundred and fifty dollars: For defraying
the contingent expcnces of government,
to be applied, under the direction of
the President of tie United States, ac
, cording to the regulations and provifi
, ons provided in repeft of a sum of ten
thousand dollars heretofore approprin- ;
ted for the like pjrpofe, twenty thou- i
sand dollars—amounting in the whole 1
to one million, twn hundred and ninety j !
two thousand, one hundred and thirty i
seven dollars, and thirty eight cents : 1
which several Aims shall be paid out of 1
the proceeds of ftjeh revenues as shall 1
have been provided during the present f
session of Congrefa.
Sec. 2. And he it further enaited, c
That the President of the United States c
be empowered to b- row, on behalf of t
the Lnited State . he bank of the I
—}
nfed to lend t other t
body or bodie. politic, person or per- f
ions, any sum not exceeding in the t
whole, one million of dollars, to be ap- f
phed to the purposes aforefaid, and to c
be reitnberfed, as well imereft as princi- I
pal, out of the proceeds of the said re- C
venues.
Sec. 3. Provided always, and le it it
further enacted, That there shall be re- d
served out of the proceeds of the said b
revenues, a sum fufficient to pay the in- n
.. iSrtA of whatever ironies may Be bor
lec' rowed pursuant to the Jet, intituled,
ty," >< n a £t making further provision for
do the expenses attending the intercourse
rtot of the United States with foreign na
"ts tions; and further to continue in force
,to the aft, intituled, "An act providing
ttr the means of intercourse between the
ing United States and foreign nations
ent and such sum is hereby pledged and ap
"y propriated for that purpose, according
to the terms of the eontraft or contracts
; s which (hall or may be made concerning
,ur the said monies. And the faith of the
iri- United States is hereby pledged to
of make such further provision therefor,
m . r as may be neceflary.
Approved —June the 9th, 1794.
of ri jreign Intelligence.
ice
>a LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAOR
- DIN ART.
to
Whitehall, May 20.
A Dispatch, dated Pointe a Petre,
Guadaloupe, April 12, 1794,0f which
ire the following is an extract, was this
day, received from General Sir Charles
Grey, K. B. by the Right Honorable
r Henry Dundas, his Majefly's Principal
Secretary of State for the Home De
partment.
r " IN my dispatch of the~4th inflant,
I had the honor to acquaint you with
ite the success of his Majefly's arms in the
a- conquest of the Island of St. Lucia.
in Having left Colonel Sir Charles Gor
p- don to command in that Island, 1 re
es embarked the fame day, and returned
ns to Martinico the sth instant, where we
x- (hifted the troops from the King's ships
Dt hack to the tranfporta, took on board
0- during the 6th and 7th flic heavy ord
;d nance and stores, provisions, &c. and
n- failed again in the morning of the Bth
ty following :—The Admiral detaching
m Capt. Rogers with the Quebec, Capt.
of Faulkuot with the Blanche, Capt. Jn
ts cledon with the Ceres, and Capt. Scott
i: with the Rose, to attack the small I
:o flands called the Saints, which they
of executed with infinite gallantry aj\A
ix good conduct, having landed part of
us their seamen and marines, and carried
10 them early in the morning without loss.
e- The Boyne, in which I failed with the
>n Admiral, and the Veteran, anchored
d 1 off this place about noon the loth inft. 1
d and some more of the fleet in the
1- course of that afternoon ; but a frefh
1- > wind and lee current prevented mod of
le the transports from getting in till yef
d . terday, and some of them until thi*
it '> day. ,
e . Without waiting-, however, for the
h arrivat or all the troops, 1 made a land
y ing at Gofier Bay, at one o'clock in
?- the morning of the 1 ith inft. under the
)f fire of Fort Gofier and Fort Fleur d'
)- j Epee, with part of the ift and 2d bat
e talioris of one company of
if. the 43d regiment, and 500 seamen and
e 1 marines, detached ,by f e Admiral, nn
is der the command of Captain George
Grey, of the Boyne ; the whole un
i-,j der the conduct and command of that
t able and vigilant officer, Colonel Symes, 1
d • who had infinite merit in the execution 1
yj of it; a»d the landing was covered by
11 , Lord Garlies in the Winchelfea, his
!- Lordship having 1 , with infinite judg
: ment and intrepidity, placed his ship
a so well, and laid it so close to their bat- f
- teries, that they could not stand to f
- their guns, which were soon silenced. r
r In effecting this efTential service r
- Lord Garlies was {lightly wounded, a
; ami fttflTcr maici tally in any v
* other refpedt. Some more of the troops (
1 being arrived, and perceiving the ene
r my in considerable force and number at
, the flrong situation of Fort Fleur d' c
f Epee, I determined that no time should sI
- be loft in attacking them, and carried a:
■ those posts by storm at five o'clock this p
1 morning, under a heavy fire of cannon F
and mufquetry, although they were C
found infinitely ftmngj and changed E
' the name of Fort d' Epee to that of fe
Fort Prince of Wales ; our troops be- R
ing crdered, which was itrictly obeyed, bi
not to fire, but to execute every thing p<
with the bayonet, having previously pi
made the following disposition : The di
fir ft division, under the cOmmrnd of in
, his Royal Highness Pririce Edward. b(
consisting of the ift and 2d battalions C
of grenadiers, and 100 of the naval ta
battalion, to attack the Post on Morne de
Marcot. The second, commanded by at
-Msjur.OtTieral ijuiuihS, c-r.r,lifting of or
the ill and 2d battalions of light in- or
fantry, and too of the naval "battalion, na
to attack the fort of Fleur j* Epee in rii
the rear, and to cut off its communi- to
cation with Fort Louis and Pointe a m;
Petre. The third, commanded by G
Col. Symes, consisting of the 3d bat- C;
talion of grenadiers, and the 3d battal- qu
ion of light infantry, and the remain- fpi
der of the naval battalion, to proceed ce.
by the road on the sea fide, to co-ope- ba
rate with Major-General Dundas.— flii
X £.
&rc>.'?
lor- The detachments of the naval ba ta'
ed, ion, who were of most essential fei vice
for in those brilliant a&ions, were very s
irfe bly commanded by Capt. Nugent and
na- Capt. Faulknor. The signal given f or
rce the whole to commence the attack
ing was a gun from the Boyne by the Ad*
the miral, at five o'clock this morni j
The several divisions having march-d
ap- earlier according to the distance they had
ing to go, to be ready to combine and com
,fts mence the attack at the fame instant •
ing and this service was performed with
the such exactitude, superior ability, fpj.
to rit and good conduit, by the officers
"or, who fevera'.ly commanded those divi.
fions, and every officer and soldier un
der them, as to 'do them more honor
_ than I can find words to convey an
k adequate-idea of, or to express the high
• fenle I entertain of thejj: extraordinary
merit on the occasion. The fuecefj
we have already had puts us in pofTef.
fion of Grande Terre, and we fhallufe
our utmost exertions to get in pofieffion
of Bafleterre also, with all possible ex
rc> pedition, to complete the conquest of
ich this Island. The roturas of the killed
his wounded, and also a return of the
j cs killed, wounded and prisoners taken of
ble enemy, are transmitted herewith.
)a J The commanding officer of the artill*.
) e . ly, has not brought the return of,ord
nance and ordnance-ttores taken; but
ut they shall be transmitted by the next
opportunity.
he —
Return of killed, Wounded, and mijing
>r- in the army commanded by his
e- cy General Sir Charles Grey, -'K. B.
sd &c. &c. lie. Guadaloupe, April 11.
1L Ift Battalion of grenadiers. I Rank
Pj and file killed ; I rank and file wound
d- • <d "
Ift Battalion of light infantry. 2 Rank
and file killed ; I captain, 1 lieute
nant, and 15 rank and file wounded J
2 rank and file miffing.
1 " 3d Battalion ditto. 12 Rank and -file
killed ; 1 captain, 2 lieutenants, and
j 21 rank and f:!e wounded.
43d Regiment. 1 Serjeant and z rank
T and file wounded.
Total. 15 Rank and file killed ; 1
j captains, 3 lieutenants, I ferjeant,
1 and 39 rank and file, wounded; 3
rank and file miffing.
;c j Names of Officers -wounded.
I. Captain M'Donald, 21ft regiment;
ie captain Robins of the 60th regiment,
(h doing duty in the til light infantry;
of lieutenant Erlkine, of the Ift batta
f. lion of royals, doinj* duty in the 3d
it battalion of light infantry ; lieute
nant Thong, of the 6th regiment;
ie lieutenant Gunthorpe, of the 4-Sth
3- regimei t, loing duty in the 3d ba>.
in talion of light infantry,
ie (Signed)
1' Francis Dundaj,
t- Adjutant General.
J Return of the tilled, mounded, and pri
) foners of the enemy, in the Fort oj
e f'leur d'Epee, Grande Terre, April
T 3» 1 794-
U Killed, 67 ; wounded, 55; white
5> prisoners, 14 ; mulattoes ditto, 18;
n and blacks, 78. —Total 232.
y Wm. Allan, Dep. Prov. Marflial.
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Admiralty-Office, May 19.
p A dispatch, addressed to Mr. Ste.
phens, (of which the following is a co
-0 pvj was this day received from vice-ad
miral Sir John Jervis, K. B. and corn
- mander in chief of his Majesty's fliipi
, and vefTels.at Barbadoes and the Lee
)' w arti Elands, dated Pointe a Petre,
s Guadaloupe, April 13.
Sir,
t I desire you will acquaint the Lords
' commissioners of the admiralty, that I'
1 failed from St. Lucia on the sth initantt
1 and anchored with the squadron, tranl
s ports, ordnance ftorelhips, &c. in Fort
1 Royal Bay, Martinique, that evening.
• On the Bth I proceeded with the (hips
1 Boyne, Irrefiliiblt, Veteran, Wincbel
f sea, Solebay, Quebec, Ceres, Blanche,
■ Rose, Woolwich, Experiment, Koe
, buc, together with the neeeffary trans
ports, with troops, ordnance and hos
pital ships, and victuallers, for the re
dudtion of Guadaloupe ; and the follow
-7 ing day Captain Rogers, of the Que
, bee, having under his command the
Ceres, Blanche, and Rose, was de
tached to take poflciiipn of Les 1 flei
des Saints, which he effected without
any lols, at.threc A. M. on the 10th,
on which day I anchored here ; and at
one o'clock the next morning the gre
nadiers, from the Woolwich and Expe
riment, one company of the 43d regi
ment,' jo marines, and 400 fear;"J
made good their landing in tlie Areefii
Gofier, under cover of the Windiclfot
Captain Lord Vifcotmt Garlics ac
quit! ed. bimitlf with great addrels and
Ipirit on the occaiion, although he re
ceived a bad contusion from the lire of a
battery, against which he placed his
| Hiip, m the good old way within half-