fed in it, for the particulars *. I flatter myfelf that your Lordship. will believe, that nothing was omitted that could poffibly have been done for the prefervation of Grenada. This reflection is the only confolation I have under the misfortune of its lofs. In my former letter I mentioned, that it was intended that my fellow-prifoners, of the remains of the five companies of the 48th regiment, &c. fhould imbark with me for Europe in a ship set apart for that purpose; but, I know not why, its deftination was altered: the troops were fent, as I am informed, to Guadaloupe; and I was put on board a French frigate bound for this place; where we arrived laft night. I have written to M. de Sartine, through whofe hands this letter paffes, to know the intentions of his court with regard to my enlargement, and expect his anfwer in a few days. M. d'Eftaign would not confent to any exchange of prisoners in the Weft Indies on this occafion. An affurance was given to the inhabitants of Grenada, that they should retain quiet poffeffion of their eftates; and that, during the war, they fhould not be obliged to carry arms against his Majefty. The other arrangements, I prefume, will depend on the court of Verfailles. I am, &c. MACARTNEY." An account of the fea-fight off Grena da, July 6. [437.] was likewife published at Paris, by authority, Sept. 1o. viz. "The King's fleet having kept the fame anchorage from the 2d of July, the fort of the Hofpital morne having been taken by affault in the night between the 3d and 4th, we did not change a pofition that was more to windward than that in the bay. The royal fort in the town of St George, and the colony, having been furrendered at difcretion the fame day by Lord Macartney, fome fhips, which the foul ground in Molenier creek had caufed to drive, had ftretched as far as the bay, to find better anchorage. The 5th of July, having notice that the English fleet had been feen off the ifland of St Vincent, steering fouth, at day-break a fignal was made for our fleet to weigh, and then another fignal to prepare for action. At half past one in the afternoon, the ignal for rallying having called back the [This letter has not yet appeared.] fhips which had driven and were under fail, they worked up against the strength of the contrary currents. If the wind had been to the fouth-east, the fleet would have got under fail directly, to meet the enemy, and bring on a battle, which was more defired than expected; but as the winds were from east to eaftnorth-east, the currents and the calm would have driven us further off, and most likely have thrown us to leeward, fo far as to have made it difficult to beat up again, it was therefore thought preferable to pafs the night at anchor. The 6th of July, at half paft three in the morning, our frigates who were looking out to windward, made fignal of the approach of the English fleet. The fignal for getting under way was immediately made; the repetition of the fignals from the frigates made it neceffary to renew the fignal for failing at a quar ter paft five. In a quarter of an hour more the day broke, and the enemy's fleet appeared to windward, at about a league and a half diftant, coming down upon us with all fails fet. Some of our flips being ftill at anchor, we made fignal for them to cut their cables. We all got under way. Signal was made, at three quarters paft five, to form the nearest line on the ftarboard tack: the e- nemy approaching, it became neceffary to form our line of battle as speedily as poffible, without paying any regard to the poft or rank of the hips. The English fleet was then compofed of nineteen fail of the line, and a frigate to repeat fignals; made a tack oppofite to our fleet. There lay to, to windward, a fleet from twenty-five to twenty-eight fail, which we knew had Englifh troops on board, deftined for a debarkation, efcorted by two fhips of the line, and fome frigates. The fea was smooth, and we had a pretty breeze during the whole day. At half paft feven the fignal for engaging was thrown out, the brifknefs of getting under way not having permitted a just formation of the line. that the island was taken: it is to be prefumed they thought they had a fufficient force. They ftretched along our line; which prefented to them fewer veffels to engage than they had; yet they received a fire equal to their own. As foon as they had paffed our line, they put on the fame tack with us, and wore with the wind aftern. The headmolt fhip of their van had continued on her tack as far as the opening of the bay of St George, when the forts fired on her. The enemy carrying fail, and keeping as near the wind as poffible, was then joined by the two fhips of the line which had hitherto kept with the tranfports, and who coming down full fail, got to the head of the line. Three hips of the rear-guard then appeared very much out of order, and began to fall to leeward. The reft of the English fleet got clofer together, and appeared to ftrive to get farther from our fire. At a quarter paft nine, and at half paft nine, fignals were thrown out to form in a line, to keep as clofe to the wind as poffible. Three of the English rear feemed defirous of attacking fome of our fhips which were to the leeward of the line; but having been better acquainted with them, they flood off at twenty minutes paft ten, to regain their poft in the line, which ftill kept up in the wind. At forty minutes paft ten fignal was made for ten of our fhips, which were to leeward of our line, to wear, and form a rear-guard. The fignals were repeated by the frigates; two of the fhips worked up, and by keeping their wind got into the line. The fifteen fhips which firft conftituted our line, had handled very roughly the van of the Eng. lifh, whofe courfe, by the extenfion of their line, and by the efforts they made to keep the wind, could not affift, but through our rear-guard. At a quarter paft twelve the action ceafed. The fire had been very brifk: five English fhips were greatly hurt in their mafts and rigging; three flips of the rear-guard were feparated from the reft, and more to leeward. The fignals made to our leeward fhips to tack, and form in a line, had been fucceflively o beyed, as well as they could be done, and at a quarter paft two the line was completely formed. As foon as that was certain, a fignal was made to be ready to engage all together. The object of this manœuvre was to feparate, if poffi. ble, the three fhips of the English rear from their main body. We continued to keep on the ftarboard tack till three quarters after two; when, being certain the preparatory fignal was fufficiently underfood, the fignal for the execution of the defign was then made, and the whole line tacked at once without any veffel miffing ftays. -- The enemy made a like manœuvre at the fame time. The King's fleet finding itself thus at a ftand, made the fignal to form the line with a contrary pofition; and the fignals to croud fail, and to hold the wind, were fucceffively thrown out. The leewardmoft of the three English ships im mediately put before the wind, and confequently was totally feparated from the fleet. If the had been chafed, it is very likely fhe would have been taken; but it was thought proper to avoid any fe paration of our fleet, that we might not fall to leeward of Grenada, a return thi ther being the most useful, and the best proof of the advantage it had gained. The two other Englith fhips continued on the fame tack, and making a stretch to join their own fleet, we paffed to lee ward. The centre had received the whole fire of the line, but our critical fituation did not bring down the English fleet, who continued to keep their wind to get from us. Our fire during the night; the two tacks we made in the fame water; the bad condition of fome of Adm. Byron's fhips; his perfeverance in keeping his wind, when one of his fhips was cut off by putting before it, and when another flood in great want of affiftance; his te treat; his quitting the field of battle; in fine, the capture of an English transport with 150 foldiers, and a colony loft, wil not leave any doubt of the fuccefs of his Majefty's arins. It would have been ftill greater, if it had been pofiible to have got the wind of the twenty-five tranf ports, and to have got nearer to the enemy. But it is the more glorious, fince the King's fhips, who fought together, and in a line, were always really inferior in number to the English fleet, which came to attack them, completely formed, and with the advantage of the wind. The particular manoeuvres of the general officers and captains, who, by their fkill, and their zeal, have replaced that which alone can conftitute the force of a fleet, uniformity,—the manner in which they ey mutually fupported each other, — efmall fhips, which thought themselves their place when at the head or midst Fa line of battle, and who, in posts hich were not their proper fituations, fifted an enemy whofe fleet was formof only great fhips, and where they ow attacked with boldnefs, conducted memfelves with much bravery and dexrity, the prudent and well-directed re of divers fhips, the promptitude ith which fome of them got into their ations, the care they took to keep in hem, the good-will and cheerfulness f the crews, who did not hesitate a mo ment during a long and bloody fight, this would require that we fhould en rge feparately on the conduct of each articular ship." -- We fee no account of the number of rivate men killed or wounded; there is lift of the officers, by which we fee, here were killed, of naval officers, three aptains, five lieutenants, and two mid hipmen; and of military officers, one aptain, and one lieutenant: and there vere wounded, of naval officers, four aptains, five lieutenants, one enfign, and hree midshipmen; and of military offiers, one colonel in fecond, feven auxi. iary officers, a captain of cavalry, an oficer of the artillery, an officer of Walth's egiment, and a captain and fublieutelant of the regiment of Auxerrois. The day after this engagement, prolamations were iffued by the French commandant, viz. "By the King. John Francis, Count de Durat, Colonel of Infantry, Knight of the Royal and Military Order of St Louis, GovernorGeneral of the Grenades, and its dependencies, &c. THIS is to give notice to all the inhabitants of this government, That Lord Macartney, having furrendered himself, together with the colony, at difcretion, his fate, that of his troops, and of the inhabitants, depend entirely on the cour tefy and clemency of his Majefty; in confequence of which the faid inhabit ants are acquainted, that being become, by the said surrender, fubjects to the King, they ought to fulfil their duties as fuch, under pain of the crime of high treafon of the first degree, and to be judged and treated accordingly. Given at Grenada this 7th of July 1779, By the King. John Francis, Count de Durat, &c. BEING informed of the many oppreffions exercifed by the English government, particularly against the French inhabitants of the island of Grenada, called new fubjects, contrary to the capitulation of the colony on the 4th of March 1762 [24.215.], the treaty of peace at Verfailles in 1763 [25.137.], the treaty of Utrecht in 1713, and others, confirmed and recognised by the faid treaty of 1763; in violation of their natural rights, and the rights of nations, as well as the laws of England; who, in revenge, have committed acts which have been injurious to the whole members of the colony, and which will be the object of a particular memorial to be sent to our court: We have therefore, from henceforward and for ever, discharged all the inhabitants of the island of Grenada, (or according to the exigencies of the times only, and this for a certain term, which will be limited), from the payment of all mortgages and other agreements of whatfoever kind by them contracted with the city of London, and all other places of trade fubject to his Britannic Majesty, without any exception; reserving to the court of France to make good all reclamations that are juft and well founded, and dependent on the prefent articles. As the reprefentative of his Britannic Majefty in the island of Grenada, instead of agreeing to yield at difcretion, might have propofed fuch honourable conditions, as his bravery, his good defence, his birth, titles, employments, and honours, would have induced us readily to have agreed to; and as his only motive could be, to prevent the inhabitants of the Grenades from enjoying those advantages granted by the English to the inhabitants of the island of St Lucia [86.]; whilst the principal inhabitants of the Grenades, deceived by a point of honour, have facrificed their intereft to that degree as to permit their money to be taken from them, and to lose all they had accumulated, after the example of Lord Macartney, in a place which they thought impregnable: To recompenfe them for thefe and other confiderable loffes which they have fuftained, it is prohibited, un, der pain of difobedience, military execution, and confifcation of their effects, to all and every of the inhabitants of the Grenades, to make good any payments that that may be due to the fubjects of his Britannic Majefty, whether directly or indirectly. And as the debtors of the inhabitants of Grenada who refide in England, may refuse exact and speedy payment of what they owe, royal judges fhall be appointed by an ordinance, who, after examination of the claims, fhall oblige the factors or managers of houfes or farms, whofe owners fhall be in any of the dominions of his Britannic Majefty, to give up fums equal to those which shall be due in England to the inhabitants of Grenada, whether French or English; and the furplus of the effects of fuch Englifh abfentees fhall be provifionally lodged in the treasury of the colony, in order to be reftored at the peace. The factors or managers who fhall have taken an oath of fidelity, fhall not be put out of their employments whilft they execute them well; but there shall be appointed by government guardians of abfentees effects, who, after having been duly fworn before the Senechauffe, fhall reckon, pay, and give them in charge to the actual factors, or difpoffefs them, only according to the decree of the judges. Given at Grenada, the 7th of July 1779. "By the King. John Francis, Count de Durat, &c. BEING informed, that feveral individuals of the United Provinces have fupplied divers of the inhabitants of the Grenades with confiderable fums of money, under mortgage of their habitations, flaves, or other immoveables, with the guarantee of English merchants, and by authority of the parliament of G. Britain; and as thefe money-lenders cannot be confidered but as borrowed names of the fubjects of his Britannic Majefty, all thefe creditors come under the clafs of those which are specified in our proclamation of the 7th of this month: we therefore defer the payment, as it is ordered in that proclamation, being evident that the fubjects of the United Provinces cannot thereby be injured, having their recourfe upon their correfpondents, and that all the loffes muft fall on thefe laft, which fo far diminishes the property of our enemies. Given at the Grenades, 10th July 1779. THE COUNT DE DURAT," The Lion, of Adm. Byron's fquadron, which it was feared was taken [44], got in to Jamaica. — Vice-Adm. Parker writes to the Admiralty, from on board the Ruby, in Port-Royal harbour, Jamaica, July 26. " His Majefty's fhip the Lion arrived here the 20th inftant, almoft a wreck, having fuffered very con fiderably in an engagement, the 6th inftant, off Grenada, between the English and French fleets. I think it but juftice to Capt. Cornwallis to affure their Lordhips, that, from the diftreffed fituation of the Lion, the could not poffibly rejoin Vice-Adm. Byron. The gallant behaviour of Capt. Cornwallis during the action, and the unwearied pains taken by him afterwards to attack a fhip of equal force, [this proved to be the Monmouth, of 64 guns], fupposed to be one of the French fquadron, are worthy of commendation." Extract of a letter from St Chriftopher's. "I was ftanding near the ftrand, on the 14th of June, I faw the Supply ftorefhip, mounting 26 guns, on fire, in the middle of the fleet. The next fhips to her flipt their cables, and food out to fea. Some of the King's fhips fent their carpenters to cut the cables, and fet her afloat. I haftened home, as did every one, for fear of the fire reaching the powder-room, and of her blowing up. The flip, all in flames, began to fail; but the fails which were fet were foon burnt, and no fail left but that on the bowfprit. At the clofe of the day, it had juft paffed the town, and Irish town, and burned till between twelve and one, when it blew up with a fhocking noife. A lieutenant of the navy, who happened juft to be rowing by the thip when the took fire, was, in all probability, fent as an angel by God, to preferve the great fleet, and the town of Baffeterre: He leaped into the fhip; ordered that all the cannon, which were loaded, fhould be pointed upwards, and then fired off: be then drove the failors, who were fo comfufed that they knew not what to do, verboard into the fea, out of which they were taken by boats from the fleet: he thereupon feized the helm, and fteered the fiery fhip almoft through the whole Reet: and when he could bear the heat no longer, he faftened the helm as well as he could, and let himself down by a broke, and this brave man fell into the rope at the ftern; but the rope took fire, boat, and was much hurt. It is uncertain whether any or how many lives were loft. WHO'S WHO'S AFRAID? S Daddy Time, in his career, here Joy is chequer'd 'deep with Sorrow, hile thus chears Hope, in fmiles array'd, the Hope, who never quits my room, ho feast on pleasure, till replete, all, calmly grave, now wing their flight; l yields its kindliest, richest fruit, hich lefs maturer days in vain ay wish, but feldom can obtain." hile thus chears Hope, in fmiles array'd, o Time I'll echo, - "WHO'S AFRAID?" Once more comes Father Time :-"My friend, ou're verging to your latter end; ill Winter freezes in your veins, or Health, scarce Memory remains: o longer now you flit the wing, ike wild papilios in the spring; or like the fummer-eagle fly o dare the fun with dartlefs eye; or like th' autumnal red-brean move With plaintive tales of former love; The moulting feafon now is come, ou now must drop the jaded plume, Vithin the grave, your fhell, to rot, Incertain of your future lot; rom children, friends, and all you love, A virtue 'tis to ancient maids unknown, A WOMAN TO YOU! A new fong. But when, without art, Your kind thoughts you impart, When your love runs in blushes thro' every vein; When it darts from your eye, when it pants in your heart, Then I know you're a woman again. In our fex, the reply'd, And thus, might I gratify both, I would do; EPIGRAM on the heroic and lamented death of Capt. FARMER, of the Quebec, who was blown up with his ship in an engagement with a French frigate on the 6th of October 1979. [567.] Hus faints and heroes, facred and pro Thus fane, Were wont of old celeftial wreaths to gain ; And thus the Tishbite † foar'd on wheels of |