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* Bui. All the publick Papess thall be delivered to the Seeretarics of the Admirs! and General (0 be ex- amincd, which fisll bz retusned to his Cashelic Ma j:fty’s Officess,"cxcert they fhould fiad them Ne ceflary foe the good Goverament of the Iflsnd. Arr. XVil. That the public Archieves thall 1e miio in the Polefiin of the Ofizers who have them - in Charga, w*:m the lexl Dimunition of the Pa- sra end IniiMThenis therein contziced, which wonld ¢ a vaft P fudice ¢ the Right of the Public,Privace, and Pamid@i.r. Anfwered in the foregoing Articles, Art. XVIIL. That the Officers sndSoldiers that sre in the Hofpitals fhall be treated in the fameMan ner as the Garrifen ; and when recovered, fhall be provided with Carrisges or Veflels to convoy them gwhere the reft of the(Gerrifon fhall be with all Things receffary for their Subfiftance and Sccarity in their Voysge, mean while they fhall be furnithed withP o vifizns snd Medicines as sre mec&Jl2 of by the Sur- geons of faid Hofpitals, who with their D:pendents ihisll be comprenended in this Cupitulstion. Ans, Graated ; theGovernor bavingCommiflaries fufficient to fupply them with Provifione; Su geons . and Medicines neceflary at hisCatholicMajefty s Colt, whilit they remein in the Hofpital. Art. X1 X. That theP:ifoners made on both files from 6ih o June,being theDay the Englith Spuadren appeared off this Port, fhall be reciprocally rcftored, without releafing any in twoMonths time ; in refpeét to thole that have been fent out of the Cicy to other places on the fland for went of a proper plice to confiic them in,or before accordinges they fhell arrive, Ans This Article cannot bz concluded on tiil the Britifh Prifoness ave delivered vp. Ary. 20..The articles of this capitulation being ggreed cn and agreement on beth fides to comply with the {eme, the port gate fhall be delivered to his Britannic Majefly's troops, who fhall plece & guard there, another confilting of the garrifon of the plece, till the evacustion fhall be compleated, the Earl of Aibemarle will be plesled to order foine foldiers ta be feni to gusrd the churches, convents, and Gene- pels houles, and other ichabitanis that fhall be em- ployed. Ans. The number of {afe guards requefted for the fecurity of the churches, convents and cther places, fhail be granted, the reit 15 aniwered in the prelimi- nary anticie. : . ArT. 21. Tt the governor snd commeundast of the iquadion fhall difpaich veflels with advice 1o his ¢ethoi:c mejeily, and o other puite they fhall think moft convenicent, to whom fhall be grantsd psfiports® #or their fecurity in thieir voyege. Ans As the troops ere to be fent to Spuin, other sdvice would be fupeiflacus. Art. XXII. Thatin aitention to the vigorous de- fence made of the caitle, the ganifon fhallse facind . #d in(his copitulation, snd enjoy the fxme henors a3 thofs of the tawn, #nd fhell march out &t one of ihe mofi convenisnt breaches, Granted. Art. XX1il. Thattlis capitulaticn (hall be i ly obierved and ditersily, without interpretadion, whereby the contrary may not under sngy preerce of any of the articles not being complied with meke reprifals. Granted. At the Hlesd Quarters g¢ the Havaaash, the 12¢th of Auguft, 1762, GEORGFT. POLOCK, ALBEMARLE, MARQUIS BEL REAL TRANSPORTE, : JUAN DE PRADO. Return of the Guni, Moriars and principal Stores, Sfound in the Mvre Callle, and City of Havansab. Brafs Ordpance of different dimentions, 102 Iron ditto, 249 Mortars, (g Brafs and 2 Iron) @ i Powder, Quintals 537 Muflete, ot diffzrent callipers. 4175 Hand Granadoes, fizzd, 500 Moufket Ball, Quintsls, 30 Shells, Empty, of forts, , 460 Round Shos, different forts, ° 16 404 M. fkat cartridges, fill’d, in the city, 125,000 PO 0 e T S = P CHARLES - TOWN, (8. Carolina, O¢t.2. Several veffels bave arrived bere 1his week from tbe Havannab, fome of which bave been out only feven days : Some letsers Jay, that tbe forigue the troops underwent, in the courfe of fo long a fiege in that climate are not to be def- ¢ribed, and their [pirit and perfeverance not g0 be equalled : That mujor general Keppel commanded at the florm, and brigadier gen. Flaviland (who arrived bere laft ¥ ednefday ) gas fecond there: That thofe which arrived from Fomaica after the reduction of the Ha- mannah, were fent back : That a late difcovery 'Bad been made of 800 cbefis of money concealed under a terras in the Governor's Caftle : That the Morro-Cafle, and oiber works of mop iniporiance, were repairing with all polfible ditigence : That fcarce any of the cannon ibzere, which were all brafs, were found fevviceable, when the caflle was flormed : T kat theSpanifh men of war (unk in the entrance of the barbour, bad not yet been weighed : That fince e fur- render a Spanifh brigantine from Campeachy, went in,not knowing that tbe place was taken. Tbat the general, in order to prevent im pofitions on the Britifl foldiers and f[ailors, tad afcertained the price at which provifions Soould b2 fold [ W hich has been fo generally mifunderftood here, that feveral veflels de- figned thither from. hence have now altered their voyage.l ThatGen. Keppel was not yet made governor, but it was thought would be; and 1hat it was imagined brigadier general Howe will be lieut. governor : That the Gene- ral and Admiral were to fail for England a- bout the 1t of next montlh 5 That Mr.William Michie, late of this town, was appointed col- leflor there : That there was on the 12 ult. at leaft 500 fail of veffels in the Havanmab, including men of war, iranfports, and prizes : That the Mercury wan of war [aid to be or- dered for Virginia, may probably come in bere in ber way : They bad accounts at Havanwab of the [ailing of theFrench fleet from the Cape for St. Fago: That Capt. FebnCampbell and Capt. Fobn French of the 224 regiment, for- merly reported to be dead, were well at the Havannab, but that lieut. Barber of Burion's was killed, avd lieut. Weflal wounded. Extract of a letter dated tiavannah,Sept.2 3. *“ The Rayals in gensral gained greas box- our during the fiege, bul efpecially the day of the florm. Thdy firf entered ths breach (if it may be fo called) fword in kand,led by lieuten- ant Forbes, now a captain in the 42d4. The breach did not allow of more than one man a- breft, and was [s fituated, that bad they miffed a Bep,they muft bave gone beadlong a bundred yards into the [iaon one fide, or ditch on thke otber. Indeed the very men whe entered a- gainf} great and fmall arms of the enemy, were afraid 1o veturn by the fame way, leaft they Jhould tumble down, even afier the place was reduced,and the affair all over. It is agreed there mever was a more defperate attempt. nor mare bravely executed. Upon the whole of this expedition,wbich bas been long and frvere, bern from the emersy and climate, never a man (one excepted, bas been known 10 fhew the leaft backwardne[s, nor bas been beard to complain of bard duty 5 though many, botb officers and men,bave been [everaldaysinthe trencheswith- out being relieved. “ Theldons were alittlemore obflinate than we expelled 5 but bad tbey known how to dif- pofe and make the moft of their firength, they might have encreafed our difficulties. They muflered 6000 men under arms when the place Jurrendgred ; and we were not able to bring more than balf that nxmber fit for duty. In the King.ef Spain’s wareboufes were found a large quantity of 4ar, and other naval flores in proportion. The prize goods all go to England on account of the caplors, except the dry goods belonging to the Royal company, which are to be fold bere on the fime account. The prize veffels will be left, owing to want of bands, except one [hip which carries home fugars to be fold there for the bencfit of the captors. ; “*Tis uncertain when Lord Albermarle and Sir George Pococke willleave us, but’tis imagined, fomme time in November. “ Things now go on bere quiet and eafy, the Spaniards are brought into preily good order, and bave no veafon fo complain of any bard- Jbips being put wpow them by their conguerors. A fmall detachment of 3 of 400 Men, wnder Wy, Bocw B By, Mojor N permsiy, [ails LA day or tuw g veduce the flatanas, an incesfiderably Co. vernment, but independent of ibe Favinaab, at about 20 leagues diftance from besce. CammodareKeppel wiil f2il in a few days Jor Famaica, with fime fbips of war | and iz is jard, wwill cruize fome time off Cape St, Ni- ¢cholas, as it feems the French men of war and privateers do great damage 1o the trade thus 3 way. ® - Brigadier Haviland arrived at Carolins in a Sloop that was bound jrom theHavanyas to Liverpool, laden with Sugars, but theSlosp Jprung a Leak, and ibey were obliged 1o put into Carolina to flop 1t, . Brigadier General HAVIL AND, bas ta- ken bisPaffage in the ShipCharles Town,Capt. Barnes, for London, from CharleBoron, South- Carolina, v PHILADELPIHI A Oa.is. Extra® of a Letter from Lifsin. We have littie or no News about our War, The Spinierds are making grestPreparations to invade us, and we sre doing ell wecan to prevent it ; but our Csmpaign cannot begin forthis Month to come yet. We heve 2 firongCamyp formed up thitRiver, about forty Bdiles off,which fecures theT'own ; for.to come et us any other Way, would be too diflicult for the Speniaills, havirg very narrowDefiles to pafs through, which, afew Men could defend sgeinft an Army.” Captein Ireland, from Barbidos, -to' Windward of Aantigus, met with a funkenVeflel, a very largeShip, {uppoled to have been a corfiderable Time under ater. From Jameica we have Advice, that his Masjefty’s Ship Echo has letely carnried intoPort Reyal aFrenéh $hip irom Hifpaniola : That theDanac Man of War hed cut five Sloops out of ManchiontslBay, onHifpa- -picla : And that Cupt. Bendell, fromGeprgis, had car- rizd into Kingiton 16 Seamen,which he tock up in'g Longboat #t 8ea, and belonging to a NorthAmericse Baip chat had beea taken by aFenchPrivaicerSchooner, from 8t Croix in theWeit Indies we are informed, that the Slocp Charming Bedey, @apt. Johs Knox, bound from Georgia 1o Antigua, having put in s¢ the Welt Bud of St Croix, for Provifions and Water, while the Csptein was on Shore, the 3d of O&tober William Fofter and JohnBzutle, with (wo other Men ran eway wiih the Sloopsnd Cargo after puiting tha Mate sfthore If the faid Sloop fhould put into sny Part of the Continent, it iy hoped fhe will be fecured for the Owgers. $25 We have turther Advicefrm St. Croix, that capts Berjamin Pacls {aii’d the 4th ofAvguft in sBiig from ‘Toriols for Liverpoo!, and the 6:h, was ovaifet in'g Squall. ThePeople being eighteen inNumber, faved themfelves in thir Boat on a fmall Ifland a Jintle to the Eaft End of PortoRico, and was taken off foon stier by a Danifh Flag of Trute bound toPorteRico, theGovernor once thought of detaining them, bug upon {econd confideraiion. let them depart for St. Cr0ix, inthe aforefsid Flag. N E W -Y O R K, Noggmber 4. Wednelday 12tCaptainJohn Seymour asrived here . in 15 Days from theHavannah : By him we have ad- vice, That the Provincials, and aNumber of the Re- gu'ars, moftly fick, were to fail for theContinent the 20:h of Oobher, under Convay of his Majefly'sShip the Insrepid of 64 Guns, JohoHzle Efq;Commander. The zoth ult. in Lat. 33 Captain Seymour was _ chafed by s Ship, which he imagined was a {mall French Frigate ; fhe fired feveral fhot at him: CommodorcKeppel, with 7 fail e the line, failed from the Havannah in company with Capt.Seymour, and ’twas (uppofed intended (@ look after the Frerch men of wsr that lately failed fromCapeFrencois for St. Desga, with Spanifh troops, s meniicned in our Jaft. Sarurdey laft his #ajetty’s fhip theScarborough of 20 guns. John Stot, Elq; commander, sirived here tromt England, but lsft from Madeira, having failed from Porifmouth the 24:h of Auguft, with the fol- lowing veffels under his convoy, viz. The Csptaing Davi: and Chambers for this post, Wynn and Frieed for Philidclphia, Adams snd Lering for Boften, and M Kanabh for Virginia ;... All the above veffels {siled from Madeira laftSaturdey 6 wecks,in compzny with a fchooner snd faow for Philadelphis ; and the Ed. ward, Davis, came up st 10 o'clock laft Sarurday right, havieg left capt. Chambers ia foundisgy. enly twa deys be'cre. By capt. Divis we heve the fol- lowing edvices, viz. " That while he was at Madeirs, hie Wwas credibly in: formed by a gentleman who hed been but 14 deys from L:fbon, That Burgoyne, with 6oo light horfe snd 1400 Englifth and Portuguele troops, made a for- ced march inteSpain, furprized and tock the town of Vilence de Alcantare, [VATENCE D’ALcanTara, 2 confiderable Town in. Spain, in Eframadura, ow ths Frontic rs. of Pertugal, with awold Cafile put very froxg,