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HISTORICAL SECEHEIPERO CHRONI CL E,
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ContAiNing the Frethet ADVICES
Friday April 23, 1773,
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Extraét of a Letter from a Gentleman of Dij
tinétion in Virginia, to his Friend in this Town
. dated March 14, 1773,
RECEIVED the Papers * you sent me,
and am much obliged to you for them,
8- our Assembly fitting a 2 few days after,
they were of use to us. You will fee by the
enclosed Resolutions the true sentiments of
this colony, and that we are endeavouring
to bring our sister colonies into the firiéteit
union with us, that we may RESENT 1N
ONE BoDY any steps that may be taken by
adminifiration to deprive ANY ONE OF US
of the least particle of our rights and liber
ties ;we thould have done'more but we
could progure nothing bt news-paper ac
counts of the proceedings in Rhode-I{land.
T hope we fhail not be thus kept in the dark
for the future, and that we shall have from
the different Committes the earliest intelli
gence of any motion that may be made by
the TYRANTS in England to carry their
INFERNAL purposes of enslaving us into
execution ; I dare venture to assure you the
firiGeft attention will be given on our parts
to these grand points. .
In the House of Burgefles, in Virginia,
' Mareh, 1773 .
¢« WHEREAS the minds of his Majesty's
faithful fubjeéts in this colony have been
much disturbed by various rumours and re
ports of proceedings tending to deprive them
of their ancient, legal and constitutional
rights,
-+¢ And whereas the affairs of this colony are
frequently connefted with those of Great-
Britain, gs well as of the neighbouring colo
nies,which renders 2 communication of fen
‘timents necessary, in order therefore to re
move the uneafinefles and to quiet the minds
of the people, as well as for the other good
purposes abovementioned,
* ¢ Be'it resolved, That a flanding com
mittee of correspondence and inquiry be ap
pointed, to consist of eleven persons, viz.
the honorable Peyton Randolph, Esq; Re
bert Carter Nicholas, Rich’d Bland, Rich’d
Henry Lee, Benjamin Harrison, Edmund
Pendleton, Patrick Henry, Dudley Digges,
Dabney Carr, Archibald Cary, and Thomas
Jefferfon, Efqrs. any fix of whom to be 2
committee, whose business it thall be to ob
tain the most early and authentic intelli
gence of all such aéts and resolutions of the
Britith parliament or proceedings of admi
piftration, as may relate to, or effeét the
Britith colonies in America, and to keep up
and maintain a correfpcndence & commu
nication with our sister colonies, respecting
these important considerations, and the re
sult of such their proceedings from time to
time to lay before this House. :
¢ Rejolved, That it be an infiruflion to
the f{aid committee, that they do, without
delay, inform them{elves particulariy of the
principles and authority, on which wascon
ftituted acourt of inquiry, said to have been
_lately held at Rhode-Ifland, with powers to
transport persons accused of offences com
mitted in America, to places beyond the
seas to be tried. .
¢ Resolved, That theSpeaker of thisHoufe
do transmit to the Speakers of the different
assemblies of the Britith colonies, on this
continent, copies of the said resolutions, and
desire they will lay them before their re
spective aflemblies, and request them to ap
point some person or persons of their re
ipetive bodies, to commuricate from time
to time with the said comrg\ittcc.”
* The Vates and Proceeding of the *swn of Boflon.
pofton, Apnl 16.
Sunday last arrived here Capt. Calef and Capt.
Cartaright, and on Monday Captain Scoit,
Capt. Callahan, &8 Capt. Coffin fromLondan ;
and Capt. Marth from Liverpool ; by whom
we have the following Articles from the pub
lic Prints, viz. ~
” HAGUE Jan.l9: 1978,
T H OSE Nations of Europe which at
present enjoy the pleasures of peace
almost all of them are embarrafled with
their several colonies. The natives of the
“western parts of this continent of America
have risen against the Spaniards : The
Brazilians, joined by the natives of thein
terior parts, have risen against the oppres
sions of the Portuguese, who are fending
troops and ammunition to quiet them :—
The Englith have met with resistance from
the Savages on one of their islands, besides
great diffatisfations manifetting them{elves
among their Colonifts,who think themselves
greatly abridged of their rights : The Dutch
are at war,in their colony of Surrinam, with
the naturilized Africansin the Deserts of A
merica, where they have recovered their li
berty which they had loft in their own coun
try. In the midst of these troubles, France
alone enjoys a happy calm, being perfectly
at quiet both at home and in her colonies.
LOND® NHiJm. 28 1773. ‘
A deputation from the body of American
Merchants will very thortly wait upon Lord
Dartmouth, to receive his Lordthip’s an
{wer to some proposals lately submitted to
his consideration, for reconciling the dis
agreements between the colonies and the
mother country.
an. 30. The affairs of America have
within these few weeks been under consi
deration in the Cabinet, and it is reported
that they will very fthortly be the fubjeét of
particular difcuflion in a great Aflembly.
The 26th of January, Mr. Sawbridge
made a Motion in the Commons the third
‘Time, for leave to bring in 2 Bill to shorten
the Duration of Parliament, after a fthort
Debate the question was put, and there ap
peared only 45 for it, and 133 against it.
The Ift of February the House of Com
mons received a Petition from some Manu
facturers in America, in the Steel Business,
&c.—and a Petition of the ‘Captainsof the
Navy, for relief.
The 3d of February the Jewels, Plate,
Gold Medal, China, &c. belonging to her
late Royal Highness the Princets Dowager
of Wales were fold at Public Audtion at
at Mr. Christie’s : It is almost the only In
stance in Europe of the Trinkets of a Royal
Personage being put up to Public Aulion.
The Commons agreed to the report of
Wednesday’s resolutions on ihe supply, viz.
that 63361. be granted for the civil eftab
lithment of Senegambia.
18851, for defraying the expences of ge
neral {urveys in North-America for 1773.
That 172741. be granted for the support
of Weit-Florida, & 49501. for E2ft Florida.
30861. for the support cf the Civil Eftab
lithment of Georgia, and 51 461, for the {up
port of Nova-Scotia, !
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No. 862 R
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On the 3d of Feb. When the motions
were read for grantiog the different tuppiies
that of granting a jum for the {upporting
of his Majesty’s Agents to his Colonies was
spoken to by Governor Fownal. S
Gevernor Pownall—lt appears extraordi
nary to me that the Crown should employ
Agents to the Colonies. Ido not mean to
objeét to the motion, but merely to enquire
into it. The Agent appointed by the Co
lonies, I know, aé as a species of Ambaf- |
adors to the Court of Great-Britain ; and I
have the honour of being employed in that
capacity ; but the Crown correiponds only
with the Governors and can have no use at
all for Agents. The supplies were voted.
Feb. 4. Tuesday aiternoon, betweea four
and five o'cloek, the long subsisting difter~
ence between Lord Townsend and the Earl
of Bellamont, was finally decided in Mary-le
bone Fields, when the latter received a ball
in the right fide of his belly near his groin,
which, it is feared will prove mortal. ‘They
were armed with imall swords, and a caie
of pistols, but it was agreed to use the latter
firft. Lord Townsend fired firft,which gave
the unfortunate wound, and Lord Bellamont
discharged his pistol immediately after,
withouteffe@. The seconds were the Hon.
Mr. Dillon for Lord Bellamont, and Lord
Ligonier for Lord Townsend. Lord Bella
mont was immediately taken up and put
into a chaise, but, from the agony arising
from his wound, he could not bear the mo
tion, a chair was therefore immediately sent
for, and he was with great pain put into ity
and carried to his lodgings, Mr. Bromfield
and Mr. Hawkins were immediately calleu
in, who endeavoured, but in vain, for a long
time, to extraét the ball, , .
The noble Peers who fought cn Tuesday
afternoon behaved to each other in the field
with great politeness. When they had ta
ken tEeir ground, Lord Bellamont took off
bis hat, which was returned by Lord ‘Town
fend, who asked his antagonist which ‘he
chose thould fire firft, Lord Bellamont ans
wered, he begged Lord Townsend would;
which was immediately complied with.—
Lord Bellamont then direétly fired and funk
down,on which hisantigonift ran up to bim;
and humanely assisted him to get into the
carriage. i e
We are zflured Lord Bellamont’s wound
is in 2 very bad state ; the ball was not ex
tracted yesterday morning, and is supposed
by Meilrs. Hawking and Bromfield to have
fallen down between the intefiines of the
muscles of the thigh ; it penetrared the low
er part of the belly, near what the anato
mists call the ring of the abdorninal muscle;
and narrowly miffed the inquinal artery,
which if it had wounded must have pro
duced inflant"death. - :
A late account fays, Lord Bellamont is
now able to fit up in his bed, & eats bearty.
The fate of Lord Bellamont must effeét
every sympathizing beart. The whole of
his conduét evinces that he poffefled a 2 foul
fraught with the nicest {fenfe of honor, ard
however we may decry the custom ot duell=
ing as gothic and barbarous, yet every ge
nerous mind will allow that in Lord Bella
mont’s case nothing but personal fatisfaéion
could atone for the injury his honor bad fu{-
tained. A Peer of the realm waits upon
the Lord Lieutenant of his country; ke
pays him the necessary refpeét due tc a Re~
prefentative of Majefly. The Lord Licut.