The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

PORTSMOUTH.

Further advices selected from the papers bro't by Capt. Trencher, who arrived here last week in a short passage from Grenada.

From the MARTINICO GAZETTE.

St. PIERRES. January 9, 1782.

The American frigate Alliance, Capt. John Barry, arrived in our Road last night, she sailed from L'Orient the 8th of December. The Captain reports that the Squadron sailed from Brest for Cadiz four days before his departure: that he conversed with the Captain of a Corvette, who was charged with dispatches from Dr. FRANKLIN, for announcing to Congress that the Preliminaries of PEACE were signed: This Corvette had a passport from the King of England.

JANUARY 16.

The interesting news which the American frigate Alliance, brought us, being inserted at the end of our last publication, just upon the arrival of the vessel: it is with pleasure that we now, for our readers satisfaction, embrace the opportunity of giving that intelligence more particularly, from the account of Capt. Barry, who commands her.

The Alliance having in her cruise taken several of the unfortunate Jamaica convoy, and sent them into different ports of France, the Captain intended to continue his cruise on the coast of England, to pick up some of the remains of that scattered fleet: in which he would undoubtedly have met with the desired success, had he not been forced by the blowing weather, which had done his ship a good deal of damage, to put into Port L'Orient: the time which was necessarily taken up in refitting, rendered it too late for him to pursue that design --When the Marquis de la Fayette,(who had been once a passenger in this vessel, and particularly knew and esteemed Capt. Barry) heard of his arrival, he went to see him at L'Orient.& there informed him that there was a grand expedition preparing at Cadiz, and asked him the favor to carry him there, in case he should not be in time to overtake the fleet at Brest.

Capt. Barry was afterwards informed that that young nobleman had arrived in time at Brest, and that he had embarked for Cadiz.--

An American Packet boat, which the Congress had sent from Philadelphia to France, was lying at L'Orient when the Alliance was there; the Captain of the packet received a letter from Dr. Franklin, on the 6th of December, in which this Minister ordered him to hold himself in readiness to set out as a moment's warning, saying that he was going to send by him his dispatches to the Congress, announcing the signing the preliminaries of peace, on the 2d of December and adding that he would also forward him at the same time an English passport. Capt. Barre the 2d Commodore of the Continental marine, and an officer worthy of credit, saw this letter in the Captain of the packet's possession, they read it over and over several times. -He further gives an account that before his leaving L'Orient, they had got intelligence of the safe arrival in the different ports of France, of the fleet which sailed from St. Domingo, the 2d of October last, under convoy of the Palmier of 74 guns.-- The letters from London look upon the Ville de Paris, Centaur, and Glorieux as lost, and they had certain information of the Ramillies, of 74, and the Jason of 64 guns having been abandoned, and afterwards gone to the bottom, by the damage they received in the gale of wind on the 17th of September. Some days before the sailing of the Alliance, there was a general talk of peace, and they were informed there were two new Commissioners arrived from London at Paris: and that the King of Great Britain had contrary to custom, prorogued the Parliament to some time in December, no doubt with a view to give sufficient time for signing the preliminaries before the opening of the session. Capt. Barre on his arrival to the windward of Barbados, intended cruising there for some time, but was chased for 24 hours by an English 20 gun ship. A Merchant who arrived last Friday at Dominica, in a Danish schooner from Barbados, brings an account that about three hours before his leaving that place, the English ship of war the Anson of 64 guns, commanded by Capt. Rodney, had arrived from Europe in 32 days, that she brought the news of the signing of the preliminaries of the Treaty of Peace; on the second of December; that Mr. Parry, who was appointed Governor of Barbados, came out in the Anson, and that Admiral Pigot's fleet fired a salute a short while after the arrival of the Anson, but it was not known whether it was to compliment the Governor, or on account of the news of peace. It is likewise added that the Anson on her passage fell in with a French frigate and a sloop of war, which she would not give chase to. However it may be, there now seems to be no further doubt of the Preliminaries being signed at Versailles.

CARENAGE, (St. Lucia) January 20.

Last week arrived at Barbados, his Majesty's ship of war Anson, with dispatches from England. She brought with her the King's Speech, &c. a copy of which was received from that island.[The Speech referred to was inserted in our last Gazette.]

We hear that the Raven sloop of war was taken yesterday by the Resolue French frigate, and carried into Martinique.

We are informed, that his Majesty's ship Dolphin, had chased the American frigate Hague, of 32 guns, and run her ashore at Guadaloupe. [It appears that the vessel, which chased Capt. Manly on shore was a 20 gun ship. and that he lay at the mercy of her incessant fire for two days, who with the assistance of three ships of the line to back her, were not very sparing of a heavy cannonade; but by the timely assistance of the Governor of Guadaloupe, he has got off, repaired the damage sustained in his masts and rigging, and sailed for Martinique to heave down.]

BASSETTERRE, (St. Christopher) January 15.

The important and agreeable intelligence of PEACE being concluded on between the belligerent powers, which has circulated here for some time, gains scarcely with it to be true: It is said that the intelligence ground daily, and seems now to be confirmed; we have it from good authority, and that the Anson from England with that interesting news. The reason, of 6 guns, is absolutely arrived at Barbados are said to be, America to be acknowledged an Independent State by all parties, the loyalists to be at liberty to sell their property, and have a grant of land if they may remain peaceably in America; but if they quit, buror for all their losses, and such of them as choose tend in East or West-Florida, Nova-Scotia or Porto-

Rico, which places are to be given to England, and guarantied by the powers at war; Gibraltar and Minorca to be given to Spain in lieu of Port-Rico. and all places and islands taken by either party, to be reciprocally restored, except Grenada, which France is to hold, to reimburse her for the expenses of the war.