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?he command of Commodore Davidfen to thy, flnp
ci w & raridfuaung battery be!. igirgtothis province,
and to iTueno orders to the Captains or other offi
cers of the row-values, sire-ship, or fire rafts through
th- said Commodore, until the Convention mee:s;
ae~ that itbe recommended Qthe Captains and other
ohictrs of die row-galbes, &c, to pay nd one obedi
ence to the.Corn? iitee of Safety until mat time, and
until a new appointnirn: ihal! take pAce.
ri trae cc,; from see donate ,
THOMAS M'KEAN, PrOGent.-
L ONDO N, Mar^h 21.
IN the debate which arede in the Committee of Sup
ply lalVM^odav night; on the citimate of the army
cxAaprdihar ies, the d;.".h of the- gainst General
MONTGOMERY was lamented in drains of the most
pathetic eloquence that ever were heard in the House
of Commons. Thee of the principal orators, Mr.
Burke, Mr. Fox, and Col. Barre, diftinguilhed them
fehes on the occasion; and vied with each other in tne
pa eg Tie o' that hero. GeneraPßurg^yne, though he
ex/ieTd a strong zeal agaiGh the American cause, in
a very han Lome manner, oid jaihee to his merits, and
laid, that all is virtues were abundantly rewarded,
when they were thus " praited, wefr., and honoured
by the mule ire loved.' *
Lord North censured the unqualified liberality of the
praises bellowed on General MON fGObIERY by
the gentler.." t in oppohtien; because they were bestow
ed upon a REBEL; and said heceujd not join in la
menting his death as a public Ids. He admitted, in
deed, that he was brave; he was able; lie was ! .•
^ane; he was generous; buriil he was only a brave,
able, humane and generous rebel; and laid, that the
verse of the/tragedy of Cxto plight be applied to him,
«' Cnrfe on his virtues, they've undone his country."
Mr. Fox role a second time, and laid the term Re
bel, applied by the noble Lord toth.it excellent person,
was no certain mark bfdisgrace, and therefore he was
the less earned to clear him of 4 he imputation; for that
all the great affertors of liberty, .the favours of their
country, the benefactors of mankind, in all ages had
been called REBELS; that they r ven owed the con
futation, which enabled them to fit in that Houle, to
a REBELLION.
Lord Irnham lai4 it was a fkame to punifa the poor
voters of Hindoo and Sha tbury for bribery, while
the names of f veral members of Parliament were to be
found in the lid of cootraaors, amMfiug lams of mo
ney cut of the calamities ofthejr country. He moved
that the accounts on rhe table of all the articles of ex
tras for the army at Lofton, four crout and all, might
be published.
Mr. Tuffnal complained of an extravagant article
for pickles and vinegar for fix thoufac. - men at Boston
for three months, and laid, that if they had lived upon
nothing eric the whole time, i: could not have come
to half the monyy.
Sir Joseph Mawbey objected to the war, and to all
the charges of it; he was bitter against the Ministry,
and said forebody must ant werin-the long run for this
deftruaive war.
Lord Norths Sir Grey Cooper, and Mr. Pownal,
spoke in support of the measures, the expences and the
resolutions of the Committee of Supply, and on putting
the questions they were carried.'
Mr. Burke then made the following motions ;
Revived, That it appears to this House that the sum
of £.849,00® 14s. 8d farthing, charged as extraor
dinary expeiices of the army, was chiefl, incurred for
services within the tow of Boston in North-America.
It gaffed in the negative.
Revived, That ample provisos for the comfortable
accommodation of our troops at Boston having been
made by the public, there could bero pretence to call
upon the nation for any farther supply. Faffed in the
negative.
By aa abdraff of the naval and military eftimat-s for
the year 1704, taken from the records of Parliament,
when Godcriphifiwas Lord High Treasurer, Prince
George of Denmark, Lord High Admiral, and the
vicarious and immortal John Duke of Marlborough,
Commander in Chief; when the campaign was ceded
on in Spain, Portugal, the Lower Countries, on the
Rhine, and the Danube ; when our fleets were victo
rious in the Weft Indies, the narrow seas, and on the
ocean; and when the lines of Scheldenburgh were
forced ; and the power, fame and military strength of the
Fre :ch monarch, then aiming at universal empire, was
nearly annihilated at Blenheim and Hockftet, it appears
that the grant for the navy amounted to £2,693,14;
For guards and garrisons, 357,000
For men in the Lower Countries, and sub
fidies re the I>ing of Denmark, Land
grave of Hesse Caffel, and Elector of ,
Treves, 933'344
To troops of augmentation serving in the
Low Countries, and subsidy to the King
of Portugal, - - - 594,661
Ordnance for the land service - - 153,000
ITotal 4,641,140
Lord North's budget for the year 1775,
when the campaign was carried on at
Lofton Neck, Bunker's Hill, M,frick|
River, Charleftown, Lexington, Con
cord, and Boston Common, a circuit of
eighty.fev,n furlongs, - - - 4886.651
*4'o%
By the above efti.ta.te it appears that the glorious
campaign of 1'775 coitus more than the ever-memora
ble victories gained in the year 17^4, though we had'
an army of fifty thbd%d m^n in the Low Countries
and in Germany; fifteen thousand men serving in Por^
tugal; forty thousand teamen; and that we traversed
with our armies the kingdoms of Spin and Portugal,
great part of the Empire, Handers, and part of the
dominions of France, while we defended our own coatis
against ail attacks, and fpreal terror through those of
our enemies. • he pay of our seamen ane jfoldiers was
the fame at both periods. Add to this, we had a pre
tender to the throne, Scotland was disunited and d'if
affixed, and a fourth part of the people even in Eng- I
land were zea!oefly attached to the Stuart family.
It may be depended upon as an abfalute fad, that
the Prince of Brunswick positively refufed t,Ht his re
giment go to America; and on its being infilled ort,
resigned his, commission immediately.
There hive been killed from September to January
lift, far the tile of the navy, at London, Portsmouth,
Plymouth and Dover, for sea fores and harbour meat,
eight thousand oxen, and eighteen thousand hogs, be
sides a large quantity of Sheep.
The accounts of a late decked pay matter, who
went under the Raine of the defaulter of unaccounted
millions, were lately finally fooled, when there appear
ed a balance due to the TreaSu y of two hundred add
thirty-four thoufind pounds.'
WILLIAMSBURG, (Virginia) June 7.
In CONVENTION. Fr% Mayy, ,776.
RESOLVE D unanimoufy, That the Commit
tee of Safety be directed to write a letter to tife
President of the Convention of Maryland, in answer
to his letter f the 25th instant, expreffiog the deepest
concern at the proceedings of that Convention refpe&-
ing Governor Eden, and our retfons for notbecoming
accetfory thereto, by giving b'm a passport through
this colony, or the bay adjoinin'; that we would with
reluAarice, io any case, intermeddle in the affairs of
a filler colony, but in this matter we are much inte
rested, and the Convention of Maryland, by fending
their procedings to the Comroitteeof Safety here, have
made it the duty of the Convention to declare their
sentiments thereon.
That, considering the intercepted letter from Lord
George Germain to Governor Een, in which his whole
conduct and confidential letters ire approved, and he
is directed to give facility and affiance to the opera
tions of Lord Dunmore against Virginia, we are at a
loss to account for the Council 0 Safety of Maryland
their having neglected to seize hm, according to the
recommendation of the Genera Congress, and more
so for the Conventions having promoted his passage to
affitl in our deftrufiion, under a pretence of his retiring
to England, which we conceive, bom the above letter,
he is not at liberty to do; that fqppofing he fhould,go
to Britain, it appears to us that such voyage, with the
Address presented to him, will enable him to aflame
'the character of a public agent, and, by promoting
division and disunion amongst the colonies, produce
conkqueoces rhe most fatal to the American cause ;
that as the reasons aligned for his departure, that he
must obey the ministerial mandates while remaining
in his government, are Very unfatisfaQory, when the
Convention declare, that in his absence the govern
ment in its old form, will devolve on the President of
the Council of State, who trill be under e^uai obliga
tion to perform such mandates. We cannot avoid im
puting those proceedings to fame undue influence of Go
vernor EJen, under the raafc of friendship to America,
and of the Proprietary interest in Maryland, whereby
the members of that Convention were betrayed into a
vote of fatal tendency to the common cause, and we
fear to this country in particular, and we feel it an in
difpenfible duty to warn the good people of that pro
vince to guard against the Proprietary Influence.
Refo^ed That the foregoing Resolution bn forthwith
published in the Virginia Gazette.
EDMUND PENDLETON, President.
John Tazewell, Clerk of the Convention.
'ey °f 4 letter addressed to 'tie frontier inhabitants, by
Mr. Stuart, the BritifoJuperintendant of Indian af
fairs in the foutbefn diftrift, ivbich was delivered the
loth 0/ May las, by a Monger font by him exprefly
for that purpose.
SO M E time ago Mr. Cameron and myfelf wrote\
you a letter by Mr. Thomas, and enclosed you
the talk we had with the Indians refpefling the pur
chase which it is reported you lately made as them for
the rivers Wattaugah and Nolachucky, &c. We are
Since informed, that you are under great appreherfons
of the Indians doing milchief, but it is not the de
sign of his Majesty to set his friends and allies, the In
dians, on his liege fabjeas, Therefore, whoever of
you are willing to join his Majesty's forces as soon as
they arrive at the Cherokee nation, by repairing to
the King's standard, shall find protection, and their
families and estates be Secure from all danger whate
ver. Yet, that his'Majefty's officers may be certain
which of yon are willing to take up arms in defence
of the King's just rights, 1 have thought tit to recom
mend it to you, every one that is desirous of prevent
ing inevitable ruin to himfelf and family, immediately
to fabferibe a written paper, acknowledging their al
legiance to his Majesty King George, and that they
are ready and willing, whenever called upon, to ap
pear in arras in defence of the British rights id Ame-
rica ; which paper, as Toon as it is air#,ed, fend t@
me by feme laic hand. Should any ofthe inhabitants
be dehrous of knowing how they are to be kept free
from every kind of infirit, or danger, inform them
that Lis Majesty will p mediately Sard an army in
Weft Florida, and march them through the Creek ra.
tion tothe Chicafaha, where 500 warriors from each
ration ate to join them. , and then come by the Chero
kees (who have also prombed their assistance) ihen takr
potij^lion of the fronticsof Noi' fCarolina and Vir
ginia, at the fame time that his Majeftys forces inah
a diversion on the sea coafis of thole provinces. If
aay of the inhabitants have cattle, pack horf^or flour
tb spare, by applying to us, they Shall have 2 good
price for them, as soon as his Majesty's ircopsare cm
bodied. I art/, Gentlemen, &c.
HENRY STUART, Deputy Superintendent.
l%ttaugab, fc.
no HIS day came Nathaniel Read before me, one
& of the Trustees aligned to keep the peace for
the diftria aforefaid, 2nd made oath on the Holy
Evargelifts of Almighty God, that a ftrarger rode up
to Mr. Robert Son's gate yelferday, in the evening (so
who he was he did not know) and delivered a Tetter
a true copy of which is above.—Given under my hand'
ibis 19th day of May, 1776.
Test. James Smith. JOHN CARTER.
A N N A POL 1 S, fo 13 .
16 CONVENTION, %, 24, 17'76.
^Refokued, That it is the opinion of this Convention,
that the Council of Safety of this province, upon the
fubjed of the late intercepted letters to Governor
Eden, duly and properly exercised the powers dele
gated to them.
Refolded, That it is the opinion of this Convention,
that upon t^e evidence before them ofthe correfpdnd
er.Ge which his Excellency Governor Eden has from
time to time held with Administration, it does not ap.
pearthat such correspondence has been with ar , unfriend
ly in ent, or calculated to countenance any hostile mea
sures agrinft America.
WHEREAS, byalateintercepted letter from Lord
George Germain, one of the Secretaries of State, to
his Excellency the Governor, itappears that a great
armament of land and sea forces was in readiness to
proceed to the sou hward, in his Lordffiip $ expreffiocs,
in order to attempt the restoration of le^al government
in that part of America ; but in effed to invade and
subdue the southern Colonies: Il hich armament was
to proceed in the firft place to North-Carblina and from
thence either to South-Carolina or Virginia, as circuro
ftances of greater or less advantage fhoTd point out- if
to the latter it might have very important confeouences
to this province: And therefore, in the Did letter, his
Excellency is called on, well to consider ofevery means
by which he may, in cgnjunflico vhh Lord Dunmore^
give facility and assistance to the operations cf the said
armament : And whereas, the Governor muff, if he
remains in the exercise of the powers of government,
fulfil and execute the inftru&ion of adraioiftration, or
hazard the displeasure of the Kring, which, can't beex
pe&ed he will do: And whereas, by ad of Assembly
of this province, the f wer of government, in the ab
fenceof the Governor devolve upon the President of
the Council ; and therefore the Governor's departure
cannot occafiop a dissolution or suspension of the pre
sent established form of government within this pro
vince, which this Convention do not think ought to
to be changed, Therefore Refolded, That it be Signi
fied to the Governor, that the public quiet and fafety,
in thejudgment of this Convention require that he leave
this province, and that h^is at full liberty to depart,
peaceably, with his effects.
Refdved, That a Ccmmir.ee of five persons be ap
pointed to wait on his Excellency with a copy of the
above resolutions, together frith the following address,
to wit.
To his Excellency ROBERT EDEN, Esq;
Governor of Maryland.
May it please your Excellency,
W'E are commanded by the Convention to wait
upon your Excellency, and to communicate to
you the resolutions they have this day entered into;
and we are inftru^ed to assure your Excellency, that
the Convention enterrains a favourable sense of your
conduct relative to the affairs of America, since the
unhappy differences have fubffted between Great-Bri
tain and the United Colonies, as far as the fame hath
come to their knowledge; a^d'of their real wiffies for
your return to resume the government of this province,
whenever we shall happily be reflowed to pence, and
that emhedion with Great Britain, the interruption
and suspension of which, have filled the mind of every
good man with the deefeft regret. Fi p m the disposition
your Excellency hath manifested to promote the real in
terest of both com fries, the Convention is induced to
entertain the warmest hopes and 'xpedations, that upon
your arrival in England, you will reprefeot the temper
and principles of the people of Maryland, with the fame
candour you have hitherto fnewm ; and that you will
exert your endeavours to promote a reconciliation, upon
terms that may be secure and honourable, both to
Great Britain and America.
Extras from the ?btat,jy
G.DUVAL-L.