The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-06-30 00:00:00, page 5

JH'TLZZSV si S Uct P'": Pss L E M E N T gem
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BAsszTLRR E (St. ("in 1/70fl-cr :) s/jril 2
)- 'sihurshiv lust anncd :: me from
zafingland his Majcfiy' s ship Bind,
apt 'Garfflxr, hauibp put in lure ."un &
il'ot, ' her d'cstin'atiou is to be bctwccisSt.
'ustatius and the; Doo and Pricklcv Po: at ,
pxevcm the Assmcrican \c.]c}s tra m" to
wit . Bustatius .
Maj! lo. By advice siom Dum'm'nccta,
he huu' of the death of Gox cmo..z Shig" ley ,
who was killed m & duel by Licutcx..u.t.si
Bchmour Sthart. ' 'I be (hl'pun: was,
Licutcnant Gave-1nourhzviu-rsi'pulchuisi
&} assbureq) of the Govcfnour, upon exa
'ussntion of which in found.-1 cop) of :;
ther comming many thingss so the pac
ctijche of the. L'leufcnant Gov— 01 nour.
si> P 0 air s M 0 15 '1' 11, jane:.
m AST Tuesday about 30 01'40 men
from on board the Scurbcrough man
ss war, now in this hat-hour, came on
siore m. Fosirt William and Mary, and have
'om down great part of-the hreattwork of
;idsotsi'tss,si_andsszlid other damage. si _
;;The day Bilore this attem t the Scar
Lsictbsiositjc'uglx toossk two provision Vessela, loaded
{FMthsicgj-n, pork; flour, r e, &c. coming
Tlctsiijfroifi Wg lsiflamd, wlnch'Wcrc for the
ctii'ctjctesos (liisis_place,-as the inhabitants are
si ss great want "ofprovisions; and notwith
-_llandin'z the.-mill prudent aPPlication of
.ct' he pictificjgil Gentlemen oFtlnsifiitsiown, the
e ffl to release them.
, PfQi-sicg __ ss .. - -
' fsictU, siohctsicthixsict'funwa'rrantable Mans-action,
, sighahaants of this and "thess'heighb'otzr
, ,!antzwere greatly alarmed; and. the
_ _ morning between 5- or 6oo men in
simu—ssctqvekfi down 'to the Battsiexjy "ssc—allc'd
pjbyryfe Point, and bmugltt-dffessigrht czsim
pyrsiin (ctg ' nd gcpounders). being the whole
si-sizlmt-Wctere there, _actnd brought them up to
_si this,-towih. While they were taking; oss
( sshe Wapnsion, Canceauzt, with act
'cttendasixctffitct'siseil w the two "provision
?esselifbr pqctsspn. 'hssess next day the
; sivsicsi'uwai sull'ybfctmen from the sicountry,
_*"-T*hizsidneo ' on exertion of arbitrary
spoweijinuasifflatgctlyalarmedtheiqhabitants,"
"and thedshmitfssfe of safety fhzvctin met,
ctmemo'rial'was, bssy their-appro ation,
:ctng'esenwd-t-b the (lovemour ai ss ! 'ouncil,
'ctss'vsibhoxtookveve'ry pfude'nt' rueth " in their
sissPower tg'fizcitctysi the people; and to obtain
ritelcasise of the captures . His Excellency
"'Hpaircd on board the Seat-borough, yond
-_ feigned the Coptain that the provisions'
sssi were;,ffisshe prepercy of some of the inhabi
ssitahtin-s who had before contracted for the
idle same"; but the only ainsu'er he could
sidbminsi was, " that Admsixml Grcuvcs and
gthc Ccneral had sorwm'dcd orders ' to
Lsitul'sie every provifion vessel that should
be met with, on every (tation, and to send
ihem forthwith to Boston, so!" the supply
of the army and navy." Cnpmin Buz'kct
siley, the comm'simder ot'thc Scarhorough,
informed two of the committee at fort
William and Mary, that his orders were
such that he must even tzsisilsssie (all vessels with
salt or molosses, they being a species of
provision, and send them to Bostou.
ss N E VV Y O R K, 7une 15. "si'"
OF Tuesday arrived the ship, Mary
and Suszmnuh, Capt. Thompsun, in
75 weeks and 3 days from Corke, in he
silsimd. Capt.'l'lmmpctsun reports, that when
"be left Corke, the 5111 of May, several
ct trunsports laythere, having on bsivsiml three
regimems of shldicrs; that another regi
mcsu, at the same plsilcc, was preparing
ro' embark; and that the sour wereimme
(Hare-ly to shil for New Yuzjk, where they
may be every day expected.
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'p _H 1 L A 1)_'rsi ]. P [! I'A, j'mct-e 19.
' Extract, (isle-tie;- jf'onz (Isizmsi'siru/sississ'ct? .
HE rcgulnrs, in the zzlifiir (is-ling island
. on the 27th, uLnight,and :8Li], insithc
morning, had more than :30 killed and
wounded, as I have reason to believe,
while we had not one killed, only four
wounded, and not one Of them mortally. 7
The p'iecu of cannun that we had there
\\ ere amuzinctgly well sun-ed, as is acknow
ledged by the rcgulssirs. 'l'hc provinciais
in general seem to aduiirc the kind provi—
(lence by which our men were preserved,
for the bullets flew amnzingly thick. It is
apprehended that, this lust allairlms discou
ruged the regular: as much, or more,
than that of Lexington, they being con
\inced by it that we have cunnon and en
gineers. ] heartily will) that all the colo
nies, by :! bold Push, would posilfi them
selves ol'nll the small armed vessel-; emjluy
ed against them;: This is," I believe, of
great consequence, and, would be—dttended
"'.with the best effects . . ' - '
w LLLLAMBUURU, ynnego
AST Friday there was a very i'nll -
meeting of the inhabitantl of, this city
at the courthouse, converted there by ,de
(ire ostmr representa'tive, sheklon. PEY—
ToN RANDOLPH, Esqfto consider'of-thect
expedienee of stationing a number-ctosmen
here for the publicksasety, as well as to'
asiist the eiti/ens in their nightly Watcsslies, =
_to jsictnnrd against any surprise srosiqssi our
enemies; when it was unanimouily agreed
.(until the General Cdnvention meets, who
no doubt will provide against 'cvfcry comin
ss gency) to invite down,;sifrotsin a niim'bcr
of ebumies, "to the ambusint of a5o"men, ss
'who are ex ected in a Very few (32 l- -
Meanwhile, until the arrive, the nel. si-si
"bouring counties siare hind enough to lenctd
'ns thctr aslistimce, the James-city. volun'ss
teers having furnished us'vtith a guard 0n
VVednesday, aparty (yf—the New Ken(_vo—
lunteers did duty last.-night, 'and this day
wcss exnect another detachment from that
county, as well as a number of the York
volunteers . 'si' '
" sslfiarly yesterday 'momfing sitiled si'om\
York cttuwxi his Majesty's ship Fowey, and
the Mztgdfllen sthooner ;.si-siwhich lust,-si; we.
' are insprflxed, proceeds tosissfEnghnd im ',
'ssdiatfly, with Lady DUNMOR'E, siand t '"c
sins} of-thefiim'ernoutcts Family; attended .
by'his Lort :]ip's chaplain, the Revermdss}
Mr. OWA'i:ittN._ The Fowey', we hear;-;
tarries Lord DUNNORE, and Capt. Ed-siss'
w .t no FOY , to Boston, on a visit to Gene- '
ral (huge, &c. &c. ct si ct
The Brillizmt, Macphersim, and Blztnd
soul, 'l'roop , are arrived in james river,:
from Glusgmv; this lull: vclicl only lest
Col. Burweli's office the 15t—h of April,
getting; home insizg days, and had a pus
suctsxe or'gt days out . , .
DElll]II.] -Mrs. MARY LiGnTFo'dT,
at York, reiitsit of the late Hon. Philip
Lightshot, Esq ; one oshis K'lsizjesty'sCoun—
(il ofthis'culonctv, in the 79th vear of her
age . Her corpse passed through town this
morning, to be deposited in the samily
;
vsitult atssSnndv Point.
I-lousz WSATURpAY,ss
jeu-: 24', 1775.
.Rejzort fi'om the commit-fee of the whole
Hazg/Z: nlpointed to take into consideration
the-state eft/le colony,_ and the Cover-must:
'zvritten aizfiuer to the held,-es} of this
Ho!/s) Ofij'cjierdajf. [Both published in
our lust supplement] .
Hl-Z committee having taken into
their most serious Considernlion the
unhappy stctte osthis Cuhsimssv, and consi
dering-; the mzmy ohsh'uctions given to the
due and ngulsiu prolbcutiou ufthc. impor
o "" !
turn I: unz' .csis dcpcnsnnffkcfure the Gene—
ral Ahcnloi .), by hisctExeeHency the Govcr
nous, in first icmo—vmctoj irom the palace
on [maid one of the Kinctgf .s ships, \\ hereby
:: fsir-zcc cccis to him, and that mct'eccssary
i-iteicoui [e between his Lei'dship and the
other two blame} es of the ]e31flptui'o hath
been m 2 01 eat measure cut off confiden
ing that his Loidihipzhath wictchstood the a
repeated enneatieo of the Caua'cil and
Burvesics to letmn to the" seat of his go
senisiment, and hwing this day received
such .an ansvv'el siom his Lordffi-ip, as,
when COlnpal'td with his different mes
siu'cs, and other arm off-his conduct, con- -
\i. ces them us. is determinzuipn lief. to
do any thing tLial may be of advantage
to this Colouoy, and panieuhrly to she" in
habiumts on oprswmim, by hisssrequiring ct
the Roof! t6 nsiend law of) board the
Fowey man ofctw war, Duct-de} ctto pnesent
sixch bills as are now ready fafi'his aflZn't, - -
(bought; it a duty highly Mnmbensit on
__them, for thenflB-vesss , and' she Whole body
siof- their eonstiffiems, to make'w re
chsfssffln mass-Venus': of? ffirsi'si light:
And n'ivil se, had in bopsifi o moving
she e prej ces. ysisiibichcbz'sse by? "
and mayhea gaffisszttssempt' ted}
ed m the brzdizoftlfir mo'Rsisi; -'
.ver. an or their & .__ct'siss-ct' -sict
Gfgsiwhri si , w _ -
" _ct '. he said {q/blt'cs be'fugsi-_repv si
zffcctiandsevemlbsi agreed to_,'ct' ( si -
RZSQ_LV£n_ct,-ssncm.simn.' This my -_
v' m. .
ship's message, reguinfing sit" ffsi-H siew'fj
attend himsssion boa one of ssis ' llsiy'; :
'ships-osssivar, is a h' ]] breach oftlfeiffrightl sict
and pflvikgesibssf t . House. :— -.
Rtson'vt-o, m. can. _Thar-_t\l_sie'uo— ,
reasonablcdelqys thrdim in the Lia-si ;
ceedingssi' of this House by the", 'Ev'ZrnG-r,
and, hissievasisivc ansu erltbsitheshiceve and
decenctt addressessssigf thergprefgntativessiof
theqzmrkct'gw W'Watfiason to fear ct
siatsi' : dagetfoupsictattaa.ctnisiiy,?ck1:editatefl_ct4
\ f si siss, - Nss'ssessss 0 sit _si ss'colun .*,.'ss
'M'Pmplsi: that,,tllcy przf
!
? sissss'tionoft—hfisiffiropertyss}
sisi Ell; right: and libertie'l,
care-and attention". siss
55?- j_IW. "feaste-hat we do;-ct-ss'i
. ss . fij and ;tfvsallegm: to
ct ,, _' sidqqs shrerdigusiccoraylsi
'bnrsi%bnfj;si£:vsiffl;_end rightful King'sfthap si,
Him-Ah,? allffisstimcs, to tlfle utmzst osml'sir ; ss
,, si, : in: an, 'eriikof'our "Ye-gan _ rosi ssysi
Atfezzgaimfiin and defend hisct govghysinsisient '_
ihsssi this c'oloncty, as founded on the ffiabfished
'lssdwsct andmusiciples of'the constitutiunsi . -
" sikssivsotvsinn; nim. can. That it is our
sim-ssteamst desire to presesil'ycssand she the
cnthOse band: osssamity, with all our Mow
subjects in Great Bi'itain, which are Try
dscmial to theprospclity aLd happin'e : o
both countries; it ;
, ltzsosiveo', yern. can. ,That itiswith
the-decpest concern We find ourselves cle
prived ofan opportunity osnmkingimme-si
diate provision ,sor those gallant ofssficers
and ibsildicrs who so nobly defended thin
country against the incurhons of the Indi-'
am. unlcis ivc would sacrifice their own
and the inesiimable rights and privilege: ;
of all other inhabitants of this colony3,_
that, as We have already endeavoured to .
make the most ample provision for this nc
cejlhry purpose. so will we gladly ssseize
every opportunity afforded us ot'cloing the
utmostjusslcc to those brave men, and all
other publick creditors.
T 0 the Gentlemen oft/te commit-'a? and/fee
hoctlder: qfssBuckinglmm comzty.
GI'.NTLlNEN ,
ElNG stu scnsiblc of the obsigation
we are under to you , by your gen'ero