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THURSDAY, Octobir j 1781. [N 0.138.] GEORGIA GAZETTE. SAVANNAH: Printed 8 TdNk K fe w - y O R K, September 12. are informed that Mr. Walh £7s > n g ton has moved from Chester Q-** w in Pennsylvania, where he hait /5v OTI f^e inst. a °d ** is ■V ■ ---X expeded he would. reach the ° f ElkM Monday*him fell is to proceed by land, but his (lores, provisions, and baggage, by water, down Chefapeak Bay. On board the ship Marquis de la Fayette, of 12:0 tons, w ere, besides many other valuable ar ticles, 100,000 louifdoes, cloathing for 43,000 nien, and a great, number of braft cannon, field pieces, rr.orta-rs ? &c. She was taken by the En* dymion frigate. We feel vast regret in mentioning that the noble and brave Lord Rawdon, on his paftage to Eng land in a South Carolina packet-, in an infirm Hate of health, has been taken by the French fleet com manded by M. de Gruffe. Sept. 28. By a gentleman who arrived here yesterday from Philadelphia, we learn, that pre vious to his departure from that city a report pre vailed. and was. univerfnlly credited * thatVn cx*- piels had arrived fioni Vng:nia toT'oiig-cls^with tween the atm y commanded by the Right Hon. Gen. Earl Cornwallis and a jarge body of French and Rebel troops, commanded by the Marquis de la Fayette, in which the latter 101 l sco men killed, and 500 taken prisoners. His Majesty's frigate Perseverance, one of the Hon. Admiral Digby’s fleet, tin her paflfage from England, retook, ofl toe Welle:n lfles, the Lively of 20 guns, which was captured by the French grand fleet in the year 1778 ; also the brigs Rola mond and Catherine, (her prizes) from Glalgow, bound for this pott, ail of which were ordered (or England. Laift Monday arrived at Sandy Hook, in a fleet of the King’s thins from Great Britain, under tiie command of the Hon . Admiral Digby, His Koval Highness PRINCE WILLIAM HENRY, thud son ofdur tnofl: gracious Sovereign. The honour conferred on this continent by the arrival of so ex alted and amiable a character- upon it, is sensibly felt by all ‘his Majesty’s faithful fubjedts on this tide the Atlantick. His Royal Highness came up to this city on Wednesday afternoon in perfedt health, and was cordially received upon his landing with the hon ours due to his merit. It is impoflible to describe the exultation of the navy, army, and loyal inha bitants, on the occasion. The brother of the Right Hon. Gen. Earl Corn wallis commands one of the line of battle drips in Admiral Digby’s fleet, which has brought over the mail for July last, and 230,0001. lleiling. The following is an exuadl of a letter from an officer in the looth, regiment, dated on board the Jupiter man of war, off Madeira, March 31, 1781. “ After haying touched at St.- JagO, one of the Cape de Y'erd Islands, wc (Hall proceed from thence diredlly to Buenos Ayres, the capital city of the Spanish territories in Paraguay, on the River La Plata. The famous pried it ora that country to gether with 100,000 Hand of spare arms, painted in the Indian llile, are on board the fleet. To re taliate the encouragement the Spaniards have.given to the fpitit of ri*volt in North America 1 conceive to be tire objed of this enterprise, as promifingas it is just.” 7Q- - One of the (hips of Admiral Digby’s fqundron on the passage fell in with a Poituguefe veflel from the “Brazils, by which wo have assurance that, on the 18th of July, Commodore George Jbhirfftofie, to the aftonilhment of all mankind, the deft i nation of his squadron being generally fuppclcd againll the Cape of Good Hope, had landed his troops in the River Plata, on the coast of Brazil, and taken pofleflion of Buenos Ayres, an immense rich city, in the province of La Plata, on the call fide of South America, lying 50 miles within the river’s mouth, which is there seven leagues in breadth, well fortified and defended by m any guns. N. B. Sixty thousand inhabitants of that country in arms againll the Spaniards, so that the revolt ofqhnoft every province in South America is now accomplished. Tburfday fe’nnight a cartel strived here in ten days from Boston, with a nurnbei of prifoners* a- mong them about 12 mailers of vcflels, one of whom is Capt. Cobb> of the Lockhart Ross, from Quebeck to Cork, that, had the misfortune to be taken by the Herniione and Aftrea, two French frigates, and carried into Boston. By the above prisoners we have certain advice of the capture of a number of the enemy’s privateers that had been dogging the Quebeck fleet; that no less than nine of them had been cairied into Hali fax, among them the Thorn, (but it is find Ihe was afterwards retaken by a French frigate) and 15 into Newfouhdland ; a lift of them we have not yet been able to obtain, we only know the names of a few of those carried into St. John’s, New foundland, viz. Brig Sharp, Capt. / Hen, belonging to Boston. Ship l ongrtfs, Capt. Rhodes. Salem. Ship Lewey, Capt. Nicolas, Portsmouth. B:ig ‘Aflive, Capt. Pattin, Beverley. Sloop Fill) Hawk, do. Brig New Adventure, Cant. Neil, do. Ship Oliver Cromwell, Capt. Bray, do Ship Mercury,’ letter of marque, Capt. Scorer, * belonging 19 Pc-rtfinouth. Ships Alexander', Neptune, and Marquis. The day op which the last: packet arrived at F n*fch fng*?Voer'-’ mione failed either for Philadelphia or Virginia.. When the cartel left Boston harbour there were then there a-French <0 gun lliip and four frigates. ’ The whole of the Quebeck fleet (three excepted, which were taken) areTpppofcd to be fofe arrived, as they were seen in the River St. Lawrence, pretty far up. The following prizes aro taken and carried into Fenobfcot by hi/ Mnjcfty’:, ihips the Amphitnte, Capt. Biggs, and the Mjbnk, Capt. Rogers, viz. The flup v alemPackt t, from fttU a, with nlk and conLge. Brig Dolphin, loaded with lumber. The ft,ip Enter prize, formerly bdonging to us, of 22 gups. • And tiie Brig Endeavour. 1 he following is said to be a pretty accurate ac count of the engagement off the Chcfapeak, the ir.it mt, between the Britiih and French fleets: * lie fti.il certain notice our Admjral received of thc cnemy’s fleet being actually upon the coast was from the advanced fhip-of the fleet on the morning of that day, when the French fleet’ were seen at au anchor/ extending from Cape Henry to the center of the-m iddle g our.d, ( a fhoai so called which con fi es the entrance into the Qhetbpeak) apparently in- three dlvifions. As the Britiih fleet advanced with a fair wind the French got their ships. underfail, nncj’extcndiyg themselves in a line of battle ahead ftrctched out to seaward. The Britifli ran down upon an call and weft line with the wind at N. N E formed, and put them fcives into order and preparation for battle. As the British advanced towards the fhoai of the middle they weie prepared to veer by signal, the whole fleet together, to bring them upon the fame tack with the enemy, who were alLthis tilde form ing the line as they advanced to fea‘. Q"’ The moment it was no longer fafe for the Britiih van to. advance further, on account of “the fhcal, the fleet* wore together, and came to the fame tack with the French, and formed a line ahead nearly parallelled with them, with their main-topfiuls square, to let the enemy's van guard advance un til the Britiih could-operate to advantage, The'French came forward slowly, and Ihewed 24 large ftiips of their line of battle. The Britiih formed 1 q in theirs. It will be needless to give you a detail ‘of flgna Is. A great number were made, and J believe all that we:e necessary to prepare the Britiih line for an united effort. ■ The French van had extended themselves consi derably too much from their own* center and seemed to present the favourable momentfor atfitek. The Britiih line had been continually pressed down to approach the enemy as near a$ ppftiple, and the moment the French van betrayed fheinap prehenfion of our dcfigq, by bearing away, the signals for a close ailion were made, and the signal for the line taken down, that nothing rqight cross the opportunity. The adiqn began at a quarter after four, about the fourth or fifvh lliip, and in a few minutes ex tended from the van to the lecond Ihipaftern of the center.’’ * Rear Admiral Drake’s division composed the van of the Britiih line, Rear Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, Bart, that of the rear. The action in the van was very close and lharp for fome time, and continued so until the French “■ftiips put before the wind to prevent being cut up. The French center and rear pulhed forward, and kept much from the wind as they approached the .Biitilh center, and appeared to have little more in view than to advance far enough to receive their own van, who were nearly before the wind, and the better to effed this purpose they conllantly de clined, close attion with the center of our fleet. Every neceflary signal was made to urge a close as well as a general adion, which the enemy ap peared as much to decline, and did not permit our rear to close with them, which prevented that part ot our sic-et from having any {hare of the adion. All firing ceased on both sides soon after sunset. About ten o’clock it was made known to the Ad miral by two frigate?, which had been sent through out the line, that several of the Ihips.of the van, were not.capabhrof keeping extended"with tKe en* emy, having ‘luffered so much in their malls and mailed that’ two pf the ftips which came very ‘leaky from the Weft Indies had.aggravated their complaints, and one of them could only b 6 kept free with all her pumps. The two fleets'remained near each other for five fucccflive days, at times'very close. The eneniy, it was visible, had received much damage to their van lhipsj| and frpjnj thence on the of the Admiral’s j but our mails and yards had fuffeied much more apparently—this enabled the French to gain cbe rwnd of us, an*d two changes Qf udnd so their favour prevented auir retoveiing it. No time or effort was negletted which could put the Britiih improper £>rder, for the enemy, with their foperiority of number*, ought certainly to have attacked us. On the 10th the Terrible coaid no longer refill.her leaks, and the fleet was obliged to bring to, as 4 well as to give time to fhift fome top-malls. This was done at night, and the next morning we saw no more of the enemy, who cer tainly pulhed to regain'the Chefapehk, having been dliven a great wav to the foutnw.ard. The day belfig-cafm she Terrible was dismantled apd let oq fire, aid several of the Weft India fqua dion that had very lit tie, bread on board, and but a few days wafdr, d’ere fuppliVd from-otjier (hips of the fleet, and the whole mov*d ;owarfts Cape Henry, which wc made On the 14th ; and finding the French fleet had placed themleiyes so advanta geously between the %hds as to give no probability ol our. being dble to force them, or get any fuccour up to York River, it became abfoiutely neefffary to Ihelter the fleet before the approaching equinox, as a gale of wiefl, by diftnantling .our fliips, might do us more injiiry than a general adion. The fleet therefore returned to New-York. the adion one Lieutenant and §0 men killed, and 246 wounded ; one Captain hav ing loft his leg*. ‘ Cbarkfionjutt, OSober 10. Yesterday his Majef-'” ty’s Ihip Solebay returned from a cruize. Same day arnvefl off our bar from New-York, his MajeftyY Ihips Santa Monica, Capt. John Linzee, and L* Fortnne, Capt. Christian, of guns each, with Ae Jane sloop, Capt; Burr. When thefeiveffcls left New-York a large body of land forces? were embarking on a.fecret expedi tion. It was said .they were to be escorted by rh*e fleet under Admirals Graves, Digby, Hood, and Drake, and that the objedt of their deftiuation is Virginia, there to ad in co-operation with the ar my under the command of our gallant and nqblc; Earl Cornwallis. The Magicienne French frigate, of 40 guns, h taken by-the Chatham aad sent into Halifax ; an other French frigatb is taken by the Assurance. \ < Ott. 11. Yesterday arrived here the brig Dia mond, Capt. Tinker, io h day* front New Pro vidence, by whom we learfi, that the brig Regu- fropi Ph jadelphia Tor Havana, laden with flour >yas lately lift rtf the Lion priva teer, Capt. Bell, beltioging. to 4hat port. The day he failed he spoke a sloop from Cubs* bound for the Continent, laden with sugar, &c. prize to the Union, Capt. JohufoUf, alfo’of that port.