The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-10-25 00:00:00, page 1

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Higb- HEAVEN'M GRACIOUS ENDS direct; the S'lctORM'.
L O—N D o'N. vulv 12.
- LL'F'FER trom Gibraltsitr says, that
a ship from Ali'czmt was put in there,
the umlter of which reports, that soon
after he sailed he met three Amei'ican
vcsseh, under Spanish colours, siailing
for the Above )ort, under convey of two
Spanish mon o war, who sslud met them
on thrir psinsssiige, in order to protect them
from being sciLed by the English cruisers.
A letter srom C'idiz, dated june lzth,
says, that the Heat which sailed from
thence abput a fortnight ago was bound
to the coast os New England, where they
are to have orders From the Cougrcss to
act in conjunction with a French fleet,,
which is to join them there.
Faly 16. in the examin'uion which mr.
-Burke hat lately mule, with the greatest
attention, into the state of the manusac
'tnreu of this country, he has found that
the loss of the'North Amcrican trade is
principally made up by a prodigious in
crease of cxports to Ruffia, Jzasirticularly
"in the hardwaresi branch, an in coarse
oolieos. There is a great commerce
tirely opened from that empire to the
Black sea; by which route, itis supposed,
our fabricks have found their way in great
qu antities- into Persia. '
By a gentleman who is curious in cal—
sscuhtions, we are informed, that from
.the period of sending out general (Sage to
Boshm, to tho'sirst of this present month,
he has reckoned no less than 119 ram
phlets pubiiihed on the American dillpute,
nosi two of them (except thnse'writtep by
'thc same authors) exactly agrccing in po
litical sentiments.
Thurssilay Duucan Camphell, esq; was
appfsizinted governour over su_ch persons as
shall be 'cnnvictcd df selnnv and adjudged
to hard labour on the 'I'ha'fies.
Extract of a letter sro'm Plymmth Sound,
dated 7uly 7 , to a gentleman inBristQ].
" We have been nine d-zys from Parts
mouth, and put in here yesterday. Our
fleet consists of 66 fail of ships, under the
command osthe Diamond, capt.Fic1ding,
and two other frigatcs. Wsse have on
board the fleet 4500 Helsians, looo Wal
ssdeckers, shme hundred English recruits,
and 2300 baggage horses. The troops
. are all strong 'hcalthy oung men, in
great spirits, and seem ond of the expe
dition; and we have some companies of
, riflemcn with us, very dexterous fellows."
Extract osa lettersrom Amstcrdmx, _'7u[y 9.
" There is not a maritime mation in
Europe but which privately carries on &
tmdc with the British colouies of North
- Amasirica, Frmee and Spa'm in pm'tieular,
who have the best opportunity for it;
witnuss, th .1'z cmn-sinoz'cc never flourished
sh much t'uqausizimut :sili iss-Zumpc as it has
adinsissjly done fine;: the beginning of the
'Prsssi-sunt Amenicsi'sin war. Thus Great Bri
tsisim, (L—mr-si-fflv the pruvider of the whole
giuhc, now (Tzzisicrf. iss-xrfmn nvtions tocnrich
tznrszl-T'scx hsiv trsizsficking with her own es.)
. lflnh ss<, whlfc !}si-si- i—si; cuntcmhngsi with thcm
lJa' fsiwczwuzss ;..1' 'ssx v.;th stsictsi-crfwrh} . 'i he as
mamcnt of France and Spain, which of
late has so much taken up the tunkss'c us
Europe, we now find to be for the sulhw-si
ing purpose: It is far from the intention
of either of these two powcrs !u interrupt
Great Britain whilst [he is cnctxgagcd in the
present contest, but their vicws merely
are to carry on an open tradc (warlike
stores cxccpted) with the colunies of
North Amcrica. They arg-nc' thu's: As
the colonies were kcpt in subjection" by \
the mother country, the latter prevented
Other nations sromdcal'mg withsithcm, and
the former, through ffl'i 1] aitdcnbu and
mutual interest, shbmittcd their trade to
be monopolised by the mother country ;
but now, the ties being disiZ-ctivcd, the co
lonies being declared as enemies, the mo
nopoly ceaseslrom itself, and _cvcry nation
may go to market accordiug-to their in
terest. It Was in the power of Great Bli
tain tc') prohibic hcr cplonies m trade vsit'n
foreigncrs, but it is not in her pOWH' to
prescrihelaws to other nations, prohibitiug
them from trading with Amct'ica, nor
does it consist with the laws os naticms;
just as is Russia, as long as she was at war
with the Ottoman Porte, would haVe pro.
hibited al] EurOpe from trading- to Turkey .
But isGrcat Britain should insist upon it
that she has a right to prevent other nati—
oni from trafficking with North Americu,
both France and Spain are determined m
oppose her by force Os arms; to which
purpose & stronsg united force of these two
nations is crui mg in the sea, mcrclv to
act in their own defence; and as it is im
possible sor Great Britain to submit to this,
nothing- is more sure than "open hostiiiiics
to be soon commenced at sea, which can
not fail of invohssing all Europe in a most
horrid war."
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The expenles or tne campmgn or 1770,
army debt, transport s'en'ice, and navy
extraordinary , at the most moderate com—
putation, it is believed, will amount to
full seven millions sterling; a sum con
derably more than was expended in any
one year of mr. Pitt's successful adminis—
tration, when this country had almost all
EurOpe to eomend siwith, and when she
waged war in every quarter of the glohc,
from. Bengal to Lnke'Ontario, from the
desert: of Ah'ica to the banks of the VVeser.
Extract from a remarkable s/mcch (s the
steur Theodore Vander Calx-llan, (Icputy
from the province of Upper T ffbl , delivered
in fidl assembly &] the States'Geneml of,
Hollaml, on the question, " H/lzethcsi'r his
Britannick majesty '.s requq/feancerm'nsszg the
) Scotch [1rigade:, in the service of the
republiplz, be granted?"
REMEM B ER , that troops of our state
_are to act, and be made use of to quell
that which some ure, pleased m c.1ll & re
beHion of the culonsites os Americzt. ] am
bold to say, that, for an expeditiou us
that kind, junisarics, and not the troops
osz'si free state, should be employed. How
deteshddc is the war between mother and
daughters! Sodetestableitappears, even
to the eyes osthe iltvztg'c ]ndians, that they
, ,si
nctually-rctcf'ul'c to take a part in it, But
how much more enormpus, how much'
more hcmousi, would it um be for a free
people m attempt it! [say asrec people;
but I shuddcr when ] consider that very
srcc people themselves were once settcrcd
with the heav'u-lt clm'ms of shvcry, bare
the name of rcbels, and made Lhcmsclvcs
i'rcc w'uli sword in hand. ' -
" The Very idea of emplqying our
troops against Americu, in my opuzion, '
is deccshxblc in the highest degree. ! take
the Amcricans wbe a people descrving ssis
universal esteem. They are brave, they
took up arms in defence of their rights,
ri hts which they, as men, recewed hunt
: () [) himself, and not ii'qm' the ]cgiflnive
power of Great Britsiaiu; and these fight:
they now descnai with a becoming, god
]ikc, and iutre' id spirit. And their cause,
I hope, will ! ir up all other nations and
)cople, whose liberty. is hurt, and who
iuckily have strength enough to rcsist op
prcslion, _to imitate the exasilmple (is the
brave Amcricans, to maintain or regain
their ]ibcrtZsffl '
PllILADh-LPHIA; Octaber !.
Explsi'mation of a late Declaration.
By Richard vi/bozmt llotve of the kingdom of
]rcland, and William Howe, csq: general
oj 'hi: maje/iy'lforccctin Rmerica ,the ting ':
commzffioner: for deluding the good people
of America [: in/ictliou: offer: of peace,
or shedding tdir blood withddt merry.
DECLARATlON.
L'l'l-IUUGH the Congress, whom the
much injured Americans suffer to di—
rect their opposniun to the cstablishment
of: tyranny, and an unconliitutiona] go
vernment over these provincesss have: dis—
avowcd every purpose of rcqonciiiation
not consonant with that liberty to which
they have the most clear and undcoiahlc
right, the king's commiffioners asorcssiiid
think fit to declare, that "they are equally
desirous to conser with his majelly's 'sub
jects (is any so weak and abandoned are
to he:.f'osiund) upon! the means osestu'biish
ing a permancnt tyranny over every co
lony, and six them the evcrlalfing ilavcs
of the British empire. '
The king being most graciously pleased
to direct a revision of such of his royal in
siructions as may seem not to lay & sush'ci
ent restraint upon the freedom oslcgillati -
on in any of the colonics, and to concur
in the rcvisal of all acts by which his sub
jects there may thinkthcmseivcs :tggrieved ,
for the better strengthcningsiz and cousirming
thc sinne, it is recommendcd to the inha
bitants at large to rcilcdt seriously upon
their presmt condition :md expcctations,
and to judge sor thc mssiivcs, whether it be
more cnnlistesint with their honour and
huppincsi to fill; their lives in dcsencq os &
glorious imlcpcmicncy, or return to the
ssussuliing ynkc— ui'tyrsimnitctk usurpzttion, and
he deprived utsievcry seemizy in the crrjuy
me ntns their iiiu'l'! '1' and prupcrtics, upon
the: true principics us & wiz'km] mul (its—
tt'ucsstivc poiicy. llOVt T..
VV. IIQH'E.