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THURSDAY, November THE Gr EOR; GI Ar 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.