The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-08-11 00:00:00, page 2

Should the sword be drawn in America
in the course of summer, it is said the
parliament will meet on the day to which
it is prorogued.
Two men of war and three transports,
with two regiments os suldiers, are ordtr
ed to sail immediately for Boston.
It is said that orders are given sor ad
miral Duss's squadron to be reinsorced
with three 20 gun ships, and several small
floops, to prevent the Americans carrying
on any silhcry on the banks of New sound
land.
Extract ofa lettcrfi'am Plynmulh, [Way :8 .
" Early this morning orders came
down here for six ships of the line to be
fitted for sea, as soon as puflihle ; and in
pl'der to man them, houses of rcnde'u ous
i are opened, and good encourngcmcnt
!
given for men to enter into his meijcsty's
ervice."
The Marten floop ol' war is ordered
round to Portsmouth ininicdiatc-ly, u_ lu'rc
an express is to put on hoard her, \-.ith
which she is to proceeddiredtl) to Bolton
in New England.
A number of affidavits, tending to
show that the ikirmishes at Lexington
Was occasioned by the military [irst ininpss
upon the provinciul troops, me inserted
in the London papers by mr. ,ee, npmt
for the house of representatives of the
Massachusetts B.:y, and the originals are
said to be lodged With the lord ma)or
of London.
We are assured, from the host autho
rity, that the French have at this minute
no less than 22 bsiittalions ot'insantry, zmd
" squadrom of horse, amountiug in the
whole to 17,ooo men, within a_ day's
march of Dunkirk.
Yellerday morning a courier arrived at
St. james's. He came over land from
Gibraltar, and is said to have brought
advice that hostilitied have been commen
ded bz the Spaniards against the Por
in e .
Md e Spanishsiships of force now ready
4,- proceed to l'e'a, or sitting out, :imount
75 54", 27 of which are of the line, be
esides go frigatcs.
The naval armamcnt lately fitted out
consists Of 13 sail of the line, on board of
which there are emburkcd 9530 of the
best troops Spain czm boast; there is also
one regiment of'cavah'y. 'l'he ships are
ballasted with briclcs; above zoo hrick—
layers, and about an equal number of
carpenters, are also emharkcd for the ser—
vice os this expedition .
. Advice is arrived at the sccrctarv of
siate's office of the sailing of ;] spsiinish
fleet through the strain of Gibrnhnr.
Gibraltnr is now put in that (tate of de
fence as if a siege was hourly cxpsi-cud;
530 soldiers have been sent to rcinsorcc
the ganison.
The master olssa vessel arrived from the
VVell Indies says, that the ship Goldllnn'y ,
.capt. Taylor, from New Lnglctnd, has
been l'unk by a Spanish man ot'wnr off the
anunnah; the crew wert: lined, the
ship and cargo totally loll.
Letters from Janulcu mention, that a
Spanish man of war having lired scrersill
shot at one of his 1nujclh 'si l'risirzues, off
the coast os Cuba, an engugcment ensued
between them, nhcn the dpzmiurd blew
up, and all on board ])L'l'llllul .
Several ships of war will soon suil to the
bay osBiscny, in consequence us some pri
vate intelligenCe from Lillmn.
()n l'rlduy next the earl ol' Snndu-ich,
accompanied by several lords of thy ;ld
mlrnltv, nill set out to embzn'lsi on hoard
one of his mojelh'si ync'lnz, m msidm a
general survn ol'lhe different dorkmrds.
Yellcrduv his excellsiency ]nsimce )lctxife
rano had usiprhalc ;ludlem'e ol'lz'zs nmsijellv
at St. jamc'a's. lssor near three (;uurlc rz ul'
r an hour, and delnercd his lk'lt'sii'd ol sire—
-(lcllce. -
The same day the prince oi Hoiflein
\\ as mnuduccd to his in iieih hx [! lL Rul
si m ;unh.1(*i.uic>iir, ;.s \\ ;ld .l hniiian noble
mun, lmth -ti'l'i\cted in liii;_l..lisil {sum Rulhct.
\\'c hur from Dubhn, th.1t the regi
ments us shut on duty in this kingdom
will be :mssgmcntul 15 men in!" cmnpgin} ,
in order to scp] LCC the trnonsiz that are ll-nt
to \rsiiui(:1,th;it the i'i ,ctsim'sisitul numbu
usiusscsis m ny rem [in in ]ld nul.
Lettcm liom Brest mention, that three
men of war which had sctihd from that
port for the \\ est lndies had bc-(n ch'ivc'n
hruk in a hard gaie of nind, ;:ml tun of
them unckcd on the coait of bi'it..nct\',
the crcws of which perished.
Advicc is ssstid to he received from the
Hague, that sour Dutch ships nt' \\ ;n',
outward bound to the But luni: . ;uc
[oft in their p oiihge, with .1'] tncir uc us.
'lhey\\iitelrom(1.idiz, th. !! the h'cnch
s-iuzne ].n Licmne, huinu; put in thue,
(ailed ugsslin the bth ult. but the in xt li.]V
founde-red in :] gnle of wind. ;ii-nut scussn
leagues from that place, and all the crow
periihed.
'l'lns dav came on at H'elhninster "all,
before lord Mctnslield, un action in which
the earl of Briliul was plaintiff, and the
printer of the Morning l'ust 'descndunt,
for ;: libel in the ssitiu paper on the 5 h of
])ecember lal . 'l'hejury guve n wrdict
for the ]zlsiiintili', with goolb. dzmmges;
mr. Dunning and tnr. llzn'ding for the
earl, scrjeant ()lynn and mr. Dzuctenport
for the desendztnt.
Yelierduy morning died at his [edgings
in Portmztn street, Portmun square,
George Aug. Rochsord, esq; of the
wound he received in the due] last satnrday
evening between him and mr. G---—--.
Sunday asternoon died at his country
seat near Croydon, in Surry, after two
years lingering illness, ]}n'low Trecothick,
esq; who some time since religned his
gown as alderman of the ward of Vintry.
Eurly this morning came on at the Old
Builey the trialos mr. Robert Perreau,
for surgery, which lasted till 3 o'clock
this nfternoon; after which the judge (sir
Richard Alton) summed up the evidence,
and thejury returned their verdicsssst, guilty :
Death.
Mrs. Rudd was taken into custody, in
order to be tried for ti>1*ger_y. -
The following are said to be some of
the resulutions adopted by the provincizd
arm)" in Anicrica.
" 'l'o treat the mercenaries, who may
be taken prisoners, with every indulgent
species ostem'.ernes$ ; but in case any of
the prminchxls should be put to death,
then to hung man for man.
" To be us lparing as poslihlc oshiood,
and never dililiurge the tnsili iire unlsiss in
open ncttun.
" '1'0 commit no sort us dcprcdzttions,
but on no account whatever to permit
the mcrccnurics to be furnished with srclh
proviliuns.
" ln case rewards shall he osscrcd to
those who clcsi-rt fromtlu-provincictl ;n'niv,
to usscr equal rcwurds to every privzisitc
shhlicr who shall ulmndon the mcrc marks,,
and go ()\'('l' to the pruvincictis.
" To nuintain an cxuctitudc OF disci
pline; but, in'thcir fix-ings, to let their
mzmwnrrcs he few, and their cvolulions
us simple as ]mlhblc.
" And, hilly, having takc-n the sick!,
never to quit it until, hy-thc ble-fling us
pruriclcncc on tlnir ;n'ms, thc-y silit" hznc
obtained :ln nmpic rcflitntiun as their
rights, scun'cd to them on sum-: bc-ttcr
tcnurc than the faith ol'Lings, or the (un
nipotcncc oisirzn linglilh senntc." _
From the king's troops il'siH ing hrs} firm]
on the Americnns, um] thus (h'iisiyssncdlv
L'mmncnu—d ]:ustiiitisi's, there i\ ("\t'l'_\' ;.luss
pzn'cn: rmshn to ((mtsiilhic that the pri\ ;m:
Znsh'nttiuns to the truoln ;sirc l/sisi'ct'siss' [)[ssJ'Jsi-ss
[H'ss'si' 'lll.
To-morrow, sister the luce is over, a '
council ict summoned to lslCCL-lf. St .james's,
silld to be on the l.ull despatehes lsiromAine- si
t'ica, France, and lreland.
Orders, we hear, have been issued for
an inquiry to be made into the multer rulls
of the several regiments, to ascertuin the -
number of each, and to know whether _
they have now their full complement o} ;
men; that, is they have not, they may si
be filled with all cxpctlition.
\'\ hen the last pnt'kct lest Calais, two
large vessels Were loaded with sireloeks and
mnmunition, but what place they were :
dellined for was not known.
Considere-sible quantities of ammunitiesii
and navallloi'cs have been lately sent froi-s.
Holl'simd to St. Eullzttin, and the othc ;
Dutchstttlements.
Go]. I)itll')llllolL kissed hands on si'id.
He is going to Aznu'ica vssith despatches
They \\iite (i'om Brcll, that two lllt =
of waros the line, and :: srigxt, are saile
srom that port, on a secret expedition.
they are iictuullcd and ilored sor twelv
mouths.
The following- intelligence was yestel'tla)
morning-feet ix ed l-_\ 3 merchant in the city
from his cornelsspunsiients at the Hague:
" At it full uiiknulllv of'thc senatc, orders
were given isssior the llL'C'L ol'lix men uswar,
l\li'-_5ss in the ]zurt ul' llucrlem, to ssitil with
all polllble dclpateh l'ur the \Vest lndied."
injure-s hum :}..mz. mlorm us, lhntlct
ter-si had ]au'l_\';1\'1'i\cdfivnlcshsi, in Sons]:
Amuicct, sigctn in;;- .m ;durming account ni'u
gem 'zd inhnctrcctiun breaking out through
that whole ])ruvincc amongst the ll'sidismsi.
It is added, that there has been a most
incrediblc (laughter us (he nulivcs osdsspuin,
and those. cl'hpunish descent.
'l'hcrc- un letters :md prints by the Qua—
rn, Calklun, u': i< ixi; arrived at lf'nlmuuth
h-um S'sidcm, \\ hich confirm :dl the uccnunls
Ilmt ]];nc hc-cn received of the u-si'liun Ere
tween the Lizsig'ct troops ;wd the Button}
;msz :md add. lhsizl scvusisi'. sm dl iizirmiiiu-s
]unc h appcncd liucc, in sin our ulsilhc lat
lcr.
Ycsifl-rrdzn l]l('l):ls_"_'_'_'11(s(' osu-um (}nijjncs
;n'r'zusid a! hi> ].ousr in (si-zsi- 1'. (Ye-urge sh': rt,
[sir-un ] r.:mc; ;md lu-HHH'HAK m cnsimzj, (:1'
ilxl' 'sidfzv ;zt i'ssu'l! ('H, ]sih ('siullcncv cth <:.
Ind:—([in !Cncsi-szzd. "
34an- (lk ssibsssiu 11; &, Os ;x very I::zP-sin'rdl't
nulm'v, _.-_,. :H':t*;::?1'si'_- lo lw- ("m-! l-v " ("
L'U'siil : ul (ssi>1>\1\;..ss-_vct_ n.
sz—six ;si1'-' 'sissi if
:
7ct'sim- 9 . (Zrncrssz'. (Lz'f' si_ '. ti'HUPsi' :u'c- \ :siz'ss
iiugsissx , iullmnu'sip lizsixL un Ezsiictsisssict
— 11: .)u!
ton are full uk lln-.n. ':1;,lss' !Z-Jsizsil ;
said to by (ming In tiussxr .siz'izzlss'zzsizgsi \. sil'
sl'cch ui'ncu !utn, \\siz1h \-hsi.cn ihn hsing
])Lcn'suppliui by the mhal-thmis. '
E.\'!i'.usi:' a] 'a t'z'ttcr_/Zsiu;n l'urll'nz-uuih, _'7/u1u : .
" ()n sssllnnluy ;msil shnsilzz} llnsssc usi'si isi
sis url'nui ]wu- li'um the ;!ci:*.'.i:*.isl\ , un}.
Uldk'lsib shx' fix lelh usshc ]inc to be llLl-sid
( ul sor ssinic-ct in;:nss-(Ziahlsi ; :m-si sur she.:
Ahahssul cuaur, {Luxtcnctnc Ran-.:(siix', m
ssixii \\i\hcic1siizsiuchc> with lllL' ulmulfi n'o—
diliun. 'l'Lc L'llutl" ])rucculsid m liusicssu
Imil'ss..1\', and \;.1isi:usisi..\!'c [he Hctporu us! rsir
clcliinctsikion ; iumsi ill) lu (;Zizmkctr, othsirs
to jsisinmicu, ..n'sii others to the lsirsisssssill
L-uuh." .
'l'hcv write fisi<n11P131110n1h, shut the
mucm.;siss.siss_>_si:n<nt ;ziu-n sm' sailors lo (um
inh- zsiiss m li{_\'> isi'niusi um. :msh'usifng
tvu- inn-mist; .:urpussi, ]1rcisi—\\'z.rr.—.l.1si. :H'c
huulctZ' -xsiu-ssc-six.i there; When it i. no!
doubltu but ;; sin;-t Lumbcr oi'alzlt-bo
(usiith lfzilmsi- msizx si). :; Lo got, who (are
lurking uhuul (he country, rather than
340 un buum siu-y at" lm muj-ss-sh '.— ships.
()sdc-s's an': slsshi lu have been sictnt from
the um" office., to the cummumi-si-rsi in.
Sun'simd .m \ h'cluml, to grant nu l'urlmvs
to pr'n utt- men or uisinccrdliHllerthc-l'nut'xcc.
By the best uccuumsi, it does not appear '
that the Americans are in pusiL-shon of
more than 40 pieces ol cunnun. of which
not more than :o are in [ur sinkc.