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Show Gov. jort::s‘roua'3 Serecu. FLATTERING ATTE NTION to Home. in this very ti-anlliclion will Vindicate my opinion; [be 1115, one of the worfi of the 50 gun lhips of Lord Howe s fquadron, _ fell in with the Czefai‘, the finelt 74 of d'Ellaing's fleet, and a flag lliip too, and in a fair engagement the Ills beat the Cmfar. Gallmcxamplc Much praife is undoubtedly due to the Captain, ofheers and in Cert-RAW"feanicn of the Ilis, for this extraordinary gallant aébon, but it fliews at the fame time that my opinions are not extravagant. The Afid Cart-RC)" Jupiter, one of our 50 gun fhips, very ill-manned, has lately had an engagement with the Trident of 64, guns, and the illue no‘ds' has been favourable to my opinion. The battle. was drawn without any claim to a lhperiority by the French fliip. I could give many proofs in the hillory of naval engagements, that my opinion is jullilied by experience, nor do I know any inllance where it can be contradicted upon any trial that has been made. But the Houfe will obferve by the liit of fquadrons which I have read, that no fuch difproportion of force willed, becaufc any dillercnce that may appear in the (hips of the line was fully R EMfl R KS on Gm. Home's Spea r/Iv, mid Candi/ft. T heGenc ‘ ralli' i) 3, " His l' only ‘ ‘" '~‘tulhfv ' himl‘elf-sthat cm view is to "W5" " man f .3' levere .4 cenlui'e . s h'ave ' b een thrown 'out againft i ' him; and "NM" i mimllers have been lilent-H-that when he was czilumni'itcd he " {hould have been Vindicated by the noble Lord " , ' - wui i (3 n. fgiggfi‘ ~‘ MES; Seriith ° . vv , '. tblggeneral ‘ ,Jho were the calnmmz itors ? _ ft 11‘. . , lflures pa . there has been no charge brough t Ltin in pailiament; and he exprefsly favs, " That his conduct has igaln been zippi‘pved of, and that the miniller couvcv- , . ‘ 3 ' . _ . l g ed that appioba,tion. Whatever were his delerts, hei can; not complain of want offupport from adminillra'tion. The pm Flatt. ering at~ *' . ‘ , ., . . pe‘rs heroic the HOUlC‘fl lC replete With the molt flattering marks Mile". of attention from the noble Lord at the head of the American department ; he pot only conveysthe approbation of the reign, but‘is hlimelt lavilh ofpraile and pCl‘lonzll Civility fove. Did not the King honour him with a red ribbon unalked; and can any thingr be more llroiigiy marked than the attention that has ever been paid to his recommendations P. almoll all hi3'aid de-AIJ de Camp: camps, who \VCI‘C‘CRIPY'JUIS at tiic beginning of the campaign ofCRPrains "75 1776, are now lieutenant colonels, and many of their. h:ive""" "Ll°""C"15‘ I ‘1) ' ‘ 1 l compenliited by the allillance they would derive from the frigates, three of which were two decks, and one (the Vigilant) an old India fliip, of 20 twenty-four pounders. All the others, excepting the Sphinx, were heavy metal frigatcs, of 36 and 3: guns, carrying tWelve pounders on their main battery.- Thefe, Sir, are the opinions which I am ready to avow, and I have a certain conViClion in my own mind of the truth of what I advance. 1d. How: might I am fiillat a lofstoknowwhether the nobleLord himfelfreally have beaten a'Efiuizzg, thought his fquadton was inferior in force to that of Monfieur d'Eilaing. I have never heard this allerted by any officer who fervcd in the fleet. I have always heard it alledgcd, that his Lordlhip was inanmuvering for the wind, and meant to give d'Eflziing battle, but was prevented by the florm. If {0, I conclude he expefied to defeat his opponent, which would have proved his fuperiority, and I fincerely believe this would have been the cal}: had the two louadrons engaged. Ne izrznim' ncr As to all the dreadful confequences of famine, or furrendct flimnd" "SIM-of the army, which the noble Lord has enumerated, fuppofing he" flaw" Monlieur ii'Ellaing had got pollellion of Sandy-Hook, Ican- not l'ubl‘eribe to them in the extent he has fluted. I have bCCII informed, that by driving Long-Illand there would have been '5‘ "mm"? PTO- found fix months fublillcnce for the troops, belides the various Edits: 0" ""55 means of obtaining fupplies through the Sound, whilethe bloc" ii ‘ kade of that port could not have continued Without i‘eliet abo‘e ‘ been promoted by the Ring, Without his even alking it. He exprell‘ed his u'ifli for particular oflicers to be fent out to lerve‘ Fverv th‘ug upon tne fiiifl , they "ere all fent as he dented. He wanted to done to kc‘o have Mr. 1U ‘KenZie, his fecretarv, appointed payinzil‘tcr to "3m 1" B01" the provincial forces, a very lucrative ollice; it was done; In ‘ ‘" lhort, every thing was done that could be done to keep him in 11:: Remark: I good humour. " But fays he, " I have been feverely cenfured, and miiiiilers . have been lilent." Does he allude to anonymous publications? he furely could not expeft the minillers lo vindicate his Charaéter againft fuch attacks as thefe l the noble Lord might as well expect the fame favour from the General. He could not be f0 weak as to liippofe that minifters could llop the mouth OfKIanfit-rs cm, Calumny, or influence the public opinion! they would undoubt- hotinflusuceth: edly be very glad to be able to cxercife inch 21 power; it might be public Opinion: often very convenient for them,- but the misfortune is,that in this lzindoflibert ', people willfpeak their lentiments in fpite of miniers,or any ody elfe. It is true, the general's condut‘l has been His cor Va P CCnfured-feverely cenfured, or rather univerl‘ally condemned. "iv".{dgi} W It has not been in news-papers alone, and anonymous publiewanmea' tions, that he has been attacked,but his inaflivity and his blun~ ers, have been fubjefts of general converfiition : people of all fix or eight weeks at moll. - 5'4 LL" 1 L' . Engl. so Cq'dal think alfo, that one of our new 50 gun lhips, with 12 and 2-4 ‘0 meh 64- pounders, is nearly a match for a French 6.1,. . I'Vhat happened ranks and defcriptions have {poken their minds freely upon the matter, and have tellified their difapprobatioa and unealinefs Without referve. But are minillers to be blamed for this ! . \If the general thinks that a vote ofthe Houfe of Commonijvvlll (L w iten «a»;3? 120 Wm.»A a." V |