The Wilmington Centinel

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". , n _ ' ■ w e d n e s d a i october 26 1788 from the london gazette . st james's july ifc the following addrcfs of rhc agents for the american loyaiifts has been prcfentedto the king by sir william pepperel bart and the other agents being introduced by the iprds of his majefty'fe r>ed-chamber ii waiting : which adrftvts his majefty vas pleafed to receive very gracioufly ajid they had all the honour to kifs hij majefty s hand 1 to the kings mojl excellent majejly the humble addrefs of the agents of the american loyalists moft gracious sovereign i ' your majeft^s e\fer dutiful and loyal iubjefts thelagents for ; the american loyaiifts who have hi therto been the fupplicants or your ma jefty on behalf of their diftr rfted con stituent nowjiumbly beg leiveto ap pioach ycur uirone to pour forth the ardent effufions of their grat fu i hearts for your moft gracious ana effectual recommendation of their claitis to the juft and generous confidaraton of parliament i t to have devoted their fortunes and hazarded their lives in defentje of the juft rights of the crown andjthc fun damental principles of the briafti con ftitution were no more thaa their duty demanded of them in commdjn with your majesty's other fubjects bi|t it was their peculiar fortune to be called to the trial ; and it is their boaft and glo vy to have been found equal to the talk they have now the diftingiufh - cd happinefs of feeing their fidelity ap proved by their fovercign and recom penfed by parliament ; their fellow fubjects chearfaily contributing to compenfate them for the forfeitures their attatchment to great-britain in cited them to incur ; thereby adding dignity to their own exalted character among the nations of the world and holding out to mankind the glorious principles of juftice equity and bene volence as the firrneft bafis of empire we fhould be wanting in juftice and gratitude if we did not on this occafion acknowledge the wifdom and liberali ty of the provifions propofed by your majefty's fervants conformable to jour majcfty's gracious intentions for the relief and accommodations of the fcvcral clafles of tdffcrctfc to whofe cafes they apply ; and we are fen vinced it will give comfort to your royal brcaft to be affured they have been received with the mc»ft general fatisfjaihon profeffions of the*unaltcrable at tatchment of the loyaiifts to your ma jefty's pcrfen and government we con ceive to be~unnccclhry •, they have . preferved it under persecution and gratitude cannot render it lefs perma nent they do not prefumc to arro gate to themfelves a more fervent loy alty than their feuow-fubjess poflefs but diftinguifhed a they have been by their fufferingi they deem thcmfelves entitled to the fore molt rank among the moft zealous fupporters of the con ftitution and while they ceafe not to offer up their moft earneft prayers to the divine being to preferve your majefty and your illuftrious family in the peaceful enjoyment of your juft rights and in the exercifc of your roy al virtues in promoting the happinefs of your people ; they humbly befeech your majefty to continue to btlieve them at all times and upon all occafi ons equally ready as they have been to devote their lives and properties to your majefty's fervice and the prefer vation of the britifti conftitutibri w pepperel for the maffachufetts loyaiifts j went worth jun for the new hampfliirc loyaiifts george rome for the rhode-ifland loyaiifts ja delancey for the new york loyaiifts david ogden for the new r jerfcy loyaiifts jofcph galloway for the pennfylva nia and delaware loyaiifts robert alexander for the maryland loyaliftt * ., r john r grimes for the virginia loyaiifts henry euftace m'culloh for the north-carolina uyalifti . james simpfon for the soutfe-caro-p lina loyaiifts william knox for the georgia loyaiifts ; john graham late lieutenant gover nor of georgia and joint agent for th georgia loyaliftt n ew-y o r k september 19 hurricane at martinico a gentleman who arrived in town yefterday from martinico gives us the following narrative of the effe&s of the hurricane which happened at that ifl and on the 14 of auguft laft as he was on the ifland at the time and a itnefs of the effects of the ftorm and by remaining there a week after it en abled him to form a judgment of the lofles and damages fuftaincd at 9 o'clock in the morning of j&u guft the 14th wind being north eaft the clouds began to collect the atmofphere to darken the wind to rife accompanied with heavy fhovveis which arc almoft fare prefages of a de ftru&ive hurricane bat at twelve the weather moderated and the fea became much fmoother which confiderably relieved apprehenfioni of " the inhabi tants this flattering appearance laded not long ; it feemed as if this ceflation of the elements only ferved fot'colleftin'g their powers to one point in order to rage the more uncontroul ed ; for about 3 o'clock the wind fliifted fuddenly to the north and blew with aftonifliirlg fury the feche now be gan to be truly diftrefling the hip ping in the harbour got under way as foon as pofiiblej fome by flipping o thers by parting their cables except two which were both caft away before eight in the evening three of the fleet that went out were caft away by ten o'clock in port royal bay french frigates which lay in that fafe bafon the cataifh drove fr©m their anchors with the lofs of their rudders the remaining part of the fleet return ed to st pierre the fecond and third day after the ftorm except feven which it is fuppofed went to point petrc ; they had loft all their cables anchors and boats butthofe that returned received no material damage except the lofs of a boat a cable or an anchor the wind hauled by degrees to the weftward blowing hard all the time at eight o'clock at night it was n w and moderate for half aa hour butin ftantly hifting to the s w blew hea vy again by nine it hauled tos s w and came on with more than redou