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THURSDAY, November
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SAVANNAH : Printed
HAGUE, August 12.
followirig is the report made by
Rear Admiral Zputman to his Se
7?.JMk SL/T\ renc Highness the Frir.ce of Orange,
nn Hereditary Stadtholder, Captain and
Admiral General of the United Pro
iA-** vinces of the Low Countries, &c.
7rv * £* of the engagement with an Englilh
tL&WXMjft fijuadron.
“ Sunday, August c, T7ST, at
break of day, between the hours of three and four in the
morning, we fifty a number of (brange /hips to the
North North-Wist of us; we got every thing rea ly for a:i
engagement j the wind was North-East, rather fre/h, and
our course was North-We.'l ; we made the frgnal to form
the line of battle, at the dlftance of a cable’s length front
each other, and we advanced. The Ajax cutter, Capt.
Count de Welderen, came up in the mean time to make
a report, that the fleet we saw was a convoy- of the enemy,
which had failcd the 26th through the Sound, escorted by
Xt Engli/h men of war and four cutters. Ac'feven o’clodc
the /hips of war hoilbed their Engl'fh colours, among
which there was r Ttce ~Admiral’s
Upon us, their convoy remaining to windward j I made the
lignal to tack, and we came up thus in order of battic,
and took our station, to the Ealb South-Eafb, and ordered
our merchantmen to the weft ward ; we saw that the Eng
lilh men of war that bore down upon us in a line were of
- 6ft, 74> 9° and one of 40 guns: At eight the Englilh
Vice Admiral, being abread to windward ot me, they
us, and the adbion began ; at that inftanf the
fire was vCryTrifle on both sides, and our whole line was
heralj of 74., Capt< de Rin/beigeh; the Argo; of 44,
Capt. Storing; the Bat ay a, of 54, Capt. Van Ben tj nek ;
the Admiral de Ruyter, of 63, Capt. Zoutman, Rear
Admiral; the Admiral Piet-Hein/of 54, Capt. Van-
Jlnam; and the Hoilande, of 64, Capt. Dedel. I was
confbantly and very brilkiy camionaied by two large ships;
the engagement lafled until half part xj, and was very
bloody. Our ships, mine included, were gftatfv disabled,
and had received so much damage that they could not be
worked any longer. The Englilh Vice Admiral mult have
equally fuffered, for he wore,to the ealbward. At noon’
%e teak.dflwa.tbt signal to engage, and hare awav to the
we A ward, to repair our sh ip# as much as possible, all Seffig
extremely crippled by the constant fire of so long an en
gagement. We perceived also that the Englifli Vice Ad
naira! tacked about at half pall. 12 with hh flrps, and ftapffi
to the North-Weft, whcie they i L * u f,i e and floating to re
pair also their damage. Among their fhipi, we.faw one, a
three decker, whose main-top-mast fell by the board.
i We found ourfelvcs at noon, according to our cibima
tion, at 55 degrees 56 minutes North latitude, and 011-
the point of Tcrncus in Norway N. N. E. one
third North 30 miles from us.
“ As all the ihips of war were become utiferviccable wc
Xjiade the signal for the convcSy to run it, with the frigates
Medcnblik and Venus, and put themftlvea, according to
the circumlbances, out of danger, to avoid being taken by
falling into the hands of the enemy.
In bearing away, the Bntava, whole mizen-yard was
turned upside down, and who had loft her mizen mast,
almost fell on her fide ; her office! cried out to us that her
Cap tain-was wounded, anJ the ship so disabled that the
was no longer manageable. 1 sent two frigates toaffift and
take her in tow, if neccffary ; but before they could come
up with the Batavalhe drove before the wind and came up
to us. Capt. Kin/bergen sent a boat with Capt. Abrcfon
end Capt. Staringh to report their situation ; l told them
that as soon as we fliould .be a little refitted, and able tp
manage the Ihips, I would make the signal to return,
CSpt. Dedel made a signal of being very much damaged;
Capt. Van Braam that he was much etnbarraffed ; I made
a signal for the Zaphyr frigate to come alongside ; ffi re
ported having spoke to Capt. Van Brjam, and that Iris
fhip.had lome /hots under water; I font her of in.tucdi
ately to give alf poflible affiftar.ee to the Cunts. V i •• 13:uam
and Dedel. —rtjpf;.
In tne mean time Capt. Dedel fi. cd f?.ve:al guns of
diftrefi, and steered his course fouthw uu t > wards the coa.ft
of Holland, I made a signal far Capt. Van Wanfel to
come to speak to me, and I detached him to a (lift Capt.
Dedel, with orders to fray with him, and fide a port.
Between four and five I made a signal to fail, upon which
all the /hips near us, alter having repeated the signal to
Capt. Kinglbcrgen, Tore away as well as they could with
vhat fails they could make use ot. I drew near to Capt.
Braak, who cried out to me that he had fercral (hot under
water, and that his /hip had made much water, but was
now much diminished by the help of the pumps; in the
Evening we saw all the ships under fail with us.
The Admiral ue Ruyter has many killed and wound-*"’
and is, as well as all the /hips in general, damaged in
theirhulls, nulls, and rigging; but 1 hone that, with the
help of God, we /hall be able to gain a port of the Rc
publick.
“ 1 fcnd thls dif P atch by Capt. Count dc Welderen-,
who can, in person, make a more ample report of the
whole to your Serene Highncfs.
“ I have the honour to recommend myfelf to. the era
uous protedbion of your Serene HigWfs, and to fublcribe
myfelf with refpeft to y ur Sejcile Highiicfs, vodr mod
fumble andobedientfervant, (SigneJj J. A.Zoctman.”
■ f 1 N D O N, July 30.
-. i-xccvtiort of Mons. De La Motte on the i 9 tb infijit.
A BOUT fix o’clock in the morning the Shcrifts at
• cnded at the Tower, in conlequence of an order
t * xe Hon. the Earl of HtUAoroagli; one of itis
i ‘I I II ‘ ‘
Majcfty’s principal Secretaries of State, and demanded the
body of Francis Henry c!e La Motte, ordered for execution,
pursuant to his sentence, for High Treason, at the last
Commission of Oyer and Terminer holden at the Old
Bailey.
Ihe unhappy man immediately was conducted to the
carriage of Mr. Sheriff Creighton, and brought to New
gate, where he remained until within a few minutes of
nine o’clock.
He was then informed that the machine In which he
was to be drawn to the place of execution was ready, and
tli3 “officers waiting at the gate to receive him. To this
he immediatedy replied, “ then the sooner we depart the
better,”
i— He wag then plactd on a fieJgc drawn by four horses,
the Shcrifts in their carriages preceding the machine, and
their officers mostly on hor/eback following it.
i lit proee/Tion moved rather slowly to the place of exe
cutioni, as it wanted but nine minutes of ri when the firft
charjot, in which was Mr. She rift Sainfbury, arrived at
Tyburn turnpike. Such multitudes had a/Tembled near
the gallows to view the exit of this remarkable man that
—it was with..the utmost difficulty the Confriblcs could
in.uvC way for the Sheriffs, and the miserable creature
lu sered a /hocking suspense of at lcaft a quarter of an hour,
before a pa/Tage could be cleared to get him near the place
o execution. With the utmost difficulty they at laft'got
t.ie (ledge within about 20 yards of the tree, he fhen got
out, attended, by the executioner, who condufbed hirri to
the cas t placed under the frames La Motte walkcd'up the
into the cart with the utiricfc fteidinclY and compo
/ure,. notw-itnftaridiog his hands and aims were piniomed;
’ (t H cs> ..
in hTs hand.; In this situation he lcqif tied for about two
m.iiutcs, and then arose with n countenance perfefHy fc
rcnc ; after fayijig. a few words to the executinne'r, be ad
lanccd to the front of the c rt, and fluted the Sheriffs in
a manner so truly graceful that pity and forgiycnefs were
evident hr the countenance of every beholder. • •
* * l! S d< ? ne np°n Ins k ‘ •/:> a fecund time, cover*
ing hi 3 face -as befou-, and praying for about the fame
lc'gt.i ot t.me, he.then got up perf.fJ , tciiqned to his
unhappy fate, and aadrefling the executioner, defited him
t> tip his duty.” The firm tiffs he cii/cotcrcd at this
awc/ul moment is not-to be defer bed; fee assisted the .
t-H-move the rPibr of M*. Cn.tt. uh.ch might
impede the con n its operations, and during the melan
choly precede; fixing, the tope about the* foe me on which
.” die his countenance never■ <>::ce’betrayed a n.ir
ticlc of tear. When this bujinc.r was adjiiltcd ne 7 # .ted
to Ills iyt hand pocket,. and dcfmht the tnecut-ionci to
Jkeout bis cap, wh.Ch was immedijr-hy done, and dram
w e f A . wonh l - lcn pafiU between him and
J ck Ketch, an<l after a (lrn-t “eiuic the miserable ofciia
.lopt is handkerchief. This being the signal for the ex
, T ANARUS, c nVC , avVay tac cart ic was the i,-
l.i-it, and the unhappy man launched into eternity..
After the body had hung 57 minutes it was cue down
and laid-upon a table which was placed under the gallows,
i he executioner then began to perform the remainder of
-c qntence. He firft made an ineifion in- the neck with
a knife, and then with one ftrokc of an axe fevered the
w J* Irom tlie bod y* He then proceeded to open the chest
with great deliberation, and taking out the heart ;hrcw it
into a fire which was kindled near the gallows. The law
eing complicated, the mangled remains of this unfortunate
VMftim vvas put into a coffin, and delivered to an Under-
who attended to receive them.
’ , she man beforementioned anpeired at the
place 01 execution ut.afuit.of mourning, with his hair ele
powdered. He.was tall, about 50 years of age, ex
tremc.y wc.l proportioned, and had the look, and, we are
informed, poheiled the manners of an accompli/hed ventle
man. llji wheiiifofferijigxhctnri^r^cj
ous of human milcry did honour to human nature, and
CVon “ Qm thofc he had endeavoured to del'trov,
§^~ fi tribute of aTeark
-—"Such was the curiosity of the popple to fee this famous
fore.gner that the tops of the Uoufes and windows of the
meets through whpeh he palled, and thofc leading into
them, were thronged, with people. The middle parts of
t.ie ‘/erects were filled with coaches, carts, wagg L, &e ,
drawn up m ranks, and crowded with pople to the greaj
emolument of their owners. This canfed many accidents
others, a hrewer’s cart at tire end of Chancery Lane’
fail of men, women, and children, broke down undej
tll L e ' l i^ eig^1 '’ and tum bled all upon it into the ftrect, bv
vpich leveral of them were much bruised and wounded.
*he concourse of people aflcinbled at Tyburn to fee the
execution of La Motto surpassed any thing of that kind
finee the day Lo"d Ferrers fuffered. Jt was computed the
were not less in number than 50,000. ■
A Frelub gc'iulcman who hid the cuiiofity to attend at
Tyburn to lee the execution of his countryman La Motte
was lo aftedbed when he saw the unhappy mao aicend the
cart that he was in an instant bereft cf his faculties, and
earned away in such aTtatc that it is thought he will pass
the iEinaintl.er of his days in a mad house. *•
M. de La Motte, thinking the Sheriff’s officer who
haltered Iris arms to be his executioner, gave him a purse
vnt.i sot guineas ; but prcfcntly aftcrwaids the latter a/ked -
the pafonerfor a prefont, and the Shcrift'’s officer was then
requiteu by the Keeper of Newgate to deliver up the mq
ney, which he did, and thereby prevented the confulion
likclv to happen.
Alter M. dc La Motte bad hung about half an hour a
very venerable looking gentleman went up to both the
S, term’s, and after a /hurt : mvcrfiHfcnppMg to t eld
of his departed friend, and purchased kfe Vtock, handker- *’
chief, and hat, at tlac price of fome gold, that it might
nut .e:n**.n ; k in.’ ‘anhailcwci hands of the exetutibner,
8, 1781. fN 0 -. 141.]
R, O Y A L
gazette.
by J AMESJOHNSTON.
who would undoubtedly have derived fome advantage
ex,>ofing them to the .die view of insatiable c U riofi?f by
Augtift 18. Sir Hyde Parker, son to the Admiral ‘a
a 74 gun ffiip, with fix frigates, is left cruizing off’the
Ie! with a view to intercept two East India fairs which
are daily expe&ed to arrive there. w * ,c ®’
Auguf ai. On Tuesday last an express from the AA
miralty arrived at Harwich, and was ,
.rd.d by one of hi. M.jefty, armed cntterTto
Os war. A signal for feili„ 8 as imraeHiat '”
and the next morn ng at davlieht the • °^ n out
cd for the coast of HoUand, Vis rte SatllnKf^' 1 ” f,U -
Apoiio 36, Amphion 31, Myrmidon 2/ , r ,i
cutters. The Anogant of -4, and Pril’ceft dml’
54 guns, ate expefted every honr to join them Thl rJ f
den departure ot these (hips, we hear J is wirh f “ d ”
to intercept a fleet of a<L fail oflol eh
from different parts of Holland, which are mw^TS-”’
in the Texel to go north about Afm n olledfeng
failed with the (hips of war returnedTlHarw’^
evening, /he left them seven leaguTs fromh Tand ft
•g E. by N. with a favourable Jase. land
The Zjiii Bevcland, of 6S guns, one of rho tv.* i n •
winch failed with Admiral zLman from the
was in the engagement, is omitted in the Di.c-l,
of the fight, from what canfe time.mo^S^^—^
f( n-L of a Uuer from o fiend.
The papers which are handed about hem ft a m .u
A_c°,nvoy is appointed to fail fo r
p'articuwT* Lmtf
Dummy-c, as GovernoV of Virginia • Gen
Commander in ahicf of his
Indies, late under the command of Maior Gen ‘V
reckon 24,-but .'3 of those a,e under 6o t ln’„' h °“ 6h **
;n:
tjuf'im; whh ttttclUgeiacefthat'sir
duccd to the grcatel’t diftrefs'f **' Cd srJ , tllf l>' r fi'dj and re
-1:
join, him with fix battalioT’of Europeans hoi prom!f ' a nd , t< ‘
a r l?the l Sh , \tn' n ht 1 *“ nW '‘ ‘ HyJ ”
& i:,- w 7^*
rious by land and Sir Fi i r_r ‘ r Ey re Coote is vi&o
on the coast. A tre v„f ’ “ Sh ”
-cut fcttlementta“'fa&arie'T"'’* “ th ' ir iWC
r “ ,h ’ G > bi '< to fend Lord
■T s fa and thl Cx regiments of infhntry.
14 fail of Ruflian'fcior h"’ ,ete ‘s' e<l l ! r Oovernment that
letter from P?’ 4 SSS merc . hant o/thls city received
fi
„ . , - txir f Ft f A htler from Exeter, Sept. 3.
the feemii y'a’ Sok tf? lZ'£ * ft ” '*
havefo
our it T C °f binCd flcCtS bcin 6 °™
rich Wefe India and ha PP‘ff tu™* out to be our
Sv arrival rf^’ W,th a convo y °ffo*nU men of war.
lately arnved and ghing up the Channel.”
.< //'TJ r r I°-
Ot-a Admiral Parker h behaved like a Briton, a§
y t cv L cr y °fcer in his fleet, in the late aftiort
with the Dutch. The grand fleet, confuting of 40 line of
battle /hips, will fail this week for Torbay, in uueft of
the combined fleet, which is said to be 1 little to the west
ward of the Channel.” c
We arc now fully authored to contradift the report,
which were lately so prevalent, of the Prince William
Henry packet-boa: being captured—that vessel having ar
mail fr ° m lbiS 3t FalmoUth on the 13 th of
The Scorpion privateer, Capt. Butterfield, of New
rrovidcnce, returned from a crui/e to Nail’au on the 4th
The Captain reported he had fecn three wrecks..
4 bnund tp Aavana, witfe
flour; a /hip from Glasgow, and a Spani/h polacre.
Death. Major Marjoribanks of the JQth resimchte
gflUaat and much cftteftcd oftccr.
