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THE VIRGINI'A GAZE TEsi-ssisi
[JULY 29, 1776.) WILLIAMSBURG: Printed by Dxon-UHUNTER. _ [Fm xgoa _
L 0 N D () N, March 21.
FWIOTWYTHSTANDXNG the paciflc notion of the
,ss * Spattinrtts, newe have been hitherto amused w'th, we
w; , ate Cl'cdleX informed tW have been a ]ongctime
N both recrumn their infamy and marine, that they
..ss " have no less t an four formtdable camp: at present
* si. . . {yrmi (33?! lindpsildoth'sshhceh is. not farfrtzsim the
WN' tneso :: it, an att reisinevc eart
k' i ment both civil mid military & great alacritPssfm Ever.
House of Common, April :. Mr. Haruy', ""Ah,..- sct Kingnon
Hull', rose : little after four, end in en introductory speech, which
liked till near sisix o'clock, he went through the management of the Ame
riean ver in all the departmenu of the army and navy, and cndeavoured
to shew that the expence far cxceeded what had been hated the Houte by
Mminifiralion; hat the supplies voted would prove inndequate; that
the eltim'tmfeu _ a: they had been laid before the House; and that
the red charge of was for the eun-enqear remzined unpmvi-Ie-i for.
He therefore nsio " ', ;hita'full and elen-sslecount of the total expence
for the nsivy Mmssmua be laid bestsi the Ro se, end he thought
.it would be found to "must to twelve mifione? ss "tie the best infor
mmion he could collectgsslnd-we hffle ikin sublhnde the meaning 'os the
motion; but the plkry doors. as usual, were lockcd.
' .Lord lnlmn seid it va : shame to punish the pool' voten of Hindon
find Shctastdhury for hribety, while tlusinames of several members sit Par
liumntctl'ere to be found imthe lilksiof contraflots, amaffing nuns of
no out of the enhmitiee oftheir country. He moved thctt the: account!
on Etable of all the uticles, of extra- for the u-my at Button, sour
erout and all, might be published.
Mr. Tuffnal complaint! of an extravagant anicle sot- pickles and
wine for Gooo then it Button fur three momil, and said, thzt if they
, bid ived upon nothing else the whoLe time; it could not have come to
hlhs th Wnctyc _ " = si _- [sd-j— - " si .
Girjol'eph anbey ohjected; to the war, and all the chm'ges of it; he
me bttter nga'ucttfl the Minisiry. and said sumcbody must answer in the
lbng run for the destructive war., .
Lord North, Sir Grey Cooher, and Me. Pownal, s he in suppmt of
the measures, the expences and thnsolutiom of the ommittee of Sup
ply, and on puttingsithe queitioplthey were carried.
Mr. Bttrke then made the following motions : , " . _
_. Re/bl-wd, that it appears to thitssl-louse that the sum of Ls49,ooo in
eld}, direct! tie extraordinary expences of the army, was chnfly initusiretl
for services withtn the town of Boston in Nolth Ametica. ]: passed in
the, ne tive. .
Refo wed, that ample provision for the comsox'table accoznmodntion of
our troops al Boston having been made by the public, thlc could be no
pretence tacall upon the nation to: any further supply. Passed in the
negatnve."
"7 _ ss. Mrdpfsldhrfivn Mnouo, March :7. .
' on;: 4l' i to have quite fiven up the proposed attempt of a
_ . ' ss int! A—lgien. !] the pse aratiom for thlt expedi
tion have" nosswctl destination, 'and are fai to be intended to watch
er ons scttlem'enu'in Americl, as the war between England and its
Go onin renders it necessity for a" power; who have any settlcments in
those parts to put them in so secure a'situa-ion, 'that they may be in no
danger uLsuti'e'ring from the above-muuionetl dii'putes."
Extract ofq lmnsrom Busxmct, April 13.
" Thin morning anived here the H.herniu, Kncthell, from Corke,
who sailed from thence tlie th inst. znd informs, that the men of war;
wjth upwald: of sdrty sail (} transports under their convey, sailed the
Sth from the (love; end as she wind blew fresh at N. E. end continued
so for many dnyi, it is imagined they must be got quite clear. The
Tartar, Ca t. Rufl'el, and the Friendly Trader, with several vohinteen
On board, ailed from this place for Conke and Americm."
dpril 11. A Council hu lately bcsi'n held at St. ]amee's on : vcxy
cxtuorsifinary'occzswn; no less, it is said, than a rcyresentation of the
Commander in Chief, end the rest osthe General oshcers in Amexicn,
containing their reasons against the prosccution of the war, and demon
sh'ating th: impracticability of carrying it into execution with any plos
pea us success.
A ncw corps of Roman Catholics, and said to consisi mostly of White
Boys, have been raised in Iscland, and are called 'shc Limexick voluntccrs.
Extract a !fllctfim COKKB. MMW six -"-si'*"' vsssi'Y'ctss _
Yeflerdzy and thin wishing the sdllowing transpora owhere:
the Christie, Bodfield; Ofleshollosifiobet h; Speedwell, sm-Bss .
shipf Coldsh-eam; find Lancer Thomae, rom flamdn ctogw
son; Thomas, Sndesz Amity': Succeflion, Co " Chum :,
Windey; Lucntia, Wiison; Providence, Wire}: SMF", )
andMon Hall, Pnrkel, fromsiLondom Gl'lcej Conkle; Suctcce
ma. Tishdl; ]ohn, Hunter; Lively, Witherden; Butann Blllssl
and Garltnd, Prelton, from Ponsmouth, with troops, &c. 's above
(dipt, which are expected to siil in a few day! fqr Boflomssn to 56 God
ye -ed by two men of war." _ - ' '
HnoL, A til 8, Thin morning came a to the K-ey- the'sno'
Dickmsun, Wilsil ameMebn master, from Philaerelyhy be (! ** "I."!
in Old France, where shcm-zo Mhnrge her lofldllsi? , _ siin-I
' cargo of warlike stern lnd ummuniti " son the use ,lsshe {WHEN
ann . She was when up and fitddp by order ofthycongkkfh'lfld
con gned to Mefs. Monlaudouinand Frere, merohanu'si "HW Ill!
pean by the Ca tain's orders. ;. r . : _ _ '- " '
The mate am people m boardsisiE-Jling thn they wet: Iosssikliffl'zp
warlike Rope- for. the'Amessricuu, _ having, pc t Wnct-W
forced into the service, took the you, and Me froeeechqg to
France, determinoi to mzko— :K'e' fist British poet. -_ The)! ncpordlngly
brou : her into Bristo], Istessf benin upward. of {fowl ! thou! the.
msiul of the Channel ; mdsi-the mite in edindy going s" Men,
and will "take all the letter; and paper: which were on beard the sad vel"
fel, to: the inspect'mnct of Govcmi-nent. ' '
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_ si ) ., firm 7". -'
dW,sisuryins.mMY "02? ,si'ct
. sun, CApt-Gimumsithn _ pd , 34,
{used utm- Clp-WMN' Pains,
wood; thel-hwk-nfsi uguno, Cuppc ;ssi
sel,_ C_e .Tinleyz nothi- am , siivsssspe -_ ,.
Bind)"; tlmdq-l Clpt. Deugllsqu-vzsi A sictsisi " '
to mse ?:l ships compatu'ec to the ss
Yonnjha- receivedsi- _ 'ctsi . =
two armed vessels, to ean'jft'cto mach; W '$-si.
nh—endy bought, lnd theconssvg'ghj iv'en [T ppt-sict'. ss ' \
'pused some extraordinary npedition leddgfo'mrdu _ ctf - ss _ct ,
lo the Admiral hat given ordertwfitersiutmsin'csslfl T' w—ssw " ."
Two large bn'gzmineo, 'thh fpefinacctisictoil, n're takcuctssoff
v
Barhzdoo, by ]lil Mnjcsty's floop'l-lawsi-k, Capt, C and ntjqssch my:
Enfilishharbour. We have cenaininformation, thatt Pass
Ea wood, has taken two prizes and sent them into St. Kit't'kct '. 4' x .
Wc are just infqmed, that the convey appointed to escofl t et!
lndrz homeward bound fleet, will cany them as far :- the.Westcrn.lflzndf
onxsy; where some men of war are to meet and carry them to England.
an the convey to return to their (tation here, " si ' si
This morning arrived in this harbour, : large fioo loaded withflum
her and flour, from North Carolina, taken by his ljefly't ship Pcmo
na, Capt. Eastwood, off St. Eustatia.
NEWPORT, 7une.-24.ss
CAPT. Campbell, late} from Antigua, vizx St. Eusiatiz, insot'rnt,
that a little before he eft Antigum, avcfl'el from Georgzia, belong
ing to [Mr. Samuel Brenton of this place, ws: seized ther:- by a man of
war, with all her cargo, consilting of lumbcr, indigo, &c. Nlr. Burn
ton, then present, urged his being a friend to Governnxut as a reason sur
hicbeing favoured; but the Admiral told him the act of Pariinment by
which he wat_t'eized, made no provismn sor friends to Gowernmcnt! He
then plendcd the same to the lvlarshal sat being indulged in l—u3in tlnc
indigo at :] moder'ate price; but the Mzrshal said it was d.fficult to Zsitcr
mine who were friends to (}ovemment, or' to that purport, an! that he
shouid huy the indigo himself to ship to England. ]ult so vmuhi fill Ame—
sicun 'I'orict i'zu'e, should this country be: conquered ngzl-cenut— to the-ir
wishes; but be assured the sun, moon, mul sidl'fi shall shH, tl'sic ocrnn
censc to roll, and all mun'c change its cmm'c, lni'uctc ;\ s..\\- :Zn-{ziiiiu
Scotch, and German shves shall conquu' (nisi vast continual.