The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1780-05-16 00:00:00, page 2

mmwdmmmm. Whe'- the
brelklng out dsthc Amicl'unr, sent up the M-s
stsippi Mfinwd, dho'hudi'ng on the eafiem [hote
of tho kin:, : unde inmdo and phdltory incur
finnctn on the bed: fettlemenu of —eof[ia, 'and the
Cardinsin, end fomented : disaffclion to Conglesa
now: the indigne and Scotch pl'anten in those pzm,
in filssc : manndt' " to oblige Congres- to flztjon lzrge
bathed of troon on these irontiers, by which means
theinru'ly on the coal! hat been e-sidmidenhiy weak n-d.
"It is firmtze, thy our Miniflry did not prevent the
'paniards from_malin :th attempt, c. we find that
.so early : ]uly laft, t sc'hooner Roohuck wat nos
_ 'sipnched from Penstcola to England, where the arrived
ufter : short pzlsstge, wirh an times! to Lord Georgess
Genuine, advisinsicthe mtennon oi Spnin agamfl the *
dfilfifippi. A Gmtlemnn who came passages in this
schoousir, is now hete, from whom we had the above
'ss - rttcttInn. .
- , ;—' Lord H'tlllbomugh hn written over exPrc—my to
Lord Bucki ct—gn'am, that it is the determinmqn of hit
,ysi. ,
* lietty'n Mmiflen, that embargon shall no man be
M on the [fish provision made.
ssss & Dinflionl are sent over to Lord Buckipghwn, to
ale even meam p6ffihle so! carrying . bill sor per
mittidg the Papistt the use of arms. through the lnsh ]
- Minute"! '
Pnten tare preparing to crea e the Earl: ofihmnon,
' Twmne md Ely, D-tkes, and for advancing snt other
l'rkos lreland tobc Me uifl'ct, six Vlscounll to be
!
Bark, twelve kind. to : Viscountt, and eight
Commonm w be anu. '
Stmvlly lad died Mr. Thmnn Elcomhe, fumes,
It Elcomhc. in Kent, whose anceflon have lived in
Ill. same firm ever since the time - s Henry [V.
(Town, 7". 17." Thin morning we received
ldviee, by the miner os . sishing b-siat which put in
'lle'n'. thn all the Spanish prizes, underconvoy of two
m of war, m use mind I! the; back of this ishnd
'When they lny to. the wind being again:} them; but
'- the wind it now coming lbout, we doubt not but
si - duy will act to Bgzlth-nd hy Saturdzy morning, though
,dn W Upon} poor uil'mg vctefl'dpt
Y O , R X. Dmhr 30.
.4,
]! ! vny m: al respectablc music,: of th
fl'flfifl nf mjderaliaa ' me?!) in tbixfnurrssy,
—- bon it:: do], the fizbwiug petition nel resolution:
' magnum! m '
-'1'o cheaononnblo the Common of Greu Britainjn
' Pulilmem 'Asiiemblcd.
IUWJ th Gmlm. Cbrgy- ulfrubldcrl
ct ' qf th cant} J sort.
Inwu-n, _
_' "'THA T this lution bath dun engaged; for
bony vein, in a most uyenfive and unforlunate war;
' that may of your vnlulble coloniu, h ving actualh
decline! themselvn independem, hue formed : shict
bonfedeney 'nh France and Spain, the dlnguoul
I'ndimmu enemy of Grm B iuim The consc
of thus: cambined miol'ortuntn had been a
- ldd'nion to the lution] debt, : heavy accunctm
8 (!. num, I npid decline of ill. !radn. mon
- Moses, lnd land rent- os thin kingdom.
' " Alamd at lhcdiminiM resourcee and growin
— hrthenl cfthi- coumrysi and convineed thn ri '
implily i- m indls'es-sably necessary, in every ? -
11th of the line. yonr_£:ti-i-men observe, with
ries, that nourilhnandingt calanitoua and impo—
Veuished conditioh as the union, much ynblick money
in been improvidemly'squandmd, und th: indivi
duall mjoy inocure plan, (ficient plucefwim exal
Imme omolumenn. end pinslonl umvired by publick
sisnvioc, do I large lnd flill incrvafin. nmounc; whence
du . crown hn ocqnired : gmc oil! unconsiiuxionl m
[nonce. which. if not checked, my soon pzm {nal
on the Iibdstiel ostkis coonvy.
" Your pu'tionen ooncciving till! the men:! of
II-Y lijitione government in not the emoll-nt of
'Ipyindlvidul. but the dwelsm: of the eommunity; lnd
'o-siderinl. um by lie consiimliol of chi- mlm,
IN union] pursc io nerufiod, in : uliar mount, to
4 ducufiody osdis hmunble ho- :. bcg Inv- farther
Dupgcl'ont, sin;, until usefiual .easuru biuken w
m lb. mass!" rievlnm honin nued, che
. _ of:" (tion! !um of publid money. beyond
Fodflc ofth present tun, till be injuriouo to
light: M _ of tho people, md d-ogumy
S- WW ofkulin—nl.
" Your petition", -Mcfon,' lppeflsl' to 'he
juflic- et this honnlr-bhflouse, do molt nrnestly se
quest, lhn beforenj new bundan- an laid on tlm
country. effectual measure: ney be" uken by this
House (. enquire inn end eorrefl the grass the!. in
the up- oditun of publick none) ; to reduce ill not
blunt condemned; "to nseind end nbohsh Ill simcuse
pace. end ulnerited'peesion; end to lppro since the
produc- to the nerffnieo as the Ram. in sue murm
n lo the wisdom os Pulh-enc shall sum am.
" And you: petitiomn lull net pny.- &c."
Aflcr wbicb tbo flu'lnpnf resolmou 'wtrc proposed
And my) 4:ng lo, viz.
RESOLVED. shut the petition now read to thin
meeting, 14!an lo the Houle of Common, end re
uefiing. lhn, beche an) new bunheno be laid upon.
! ecountry. efectu'nl me-suru my be taken by that
House to enqu1_r5jnq and correct lb grass abusee in
(he exyend'uussre 4 public]: money to reduce all exer
pimt enolunun; so nscind en} nbolish lll inemn
pllceo end untrust! pdnsiom; and !. lppropfine' the
produce to the necdidee of the stale, n opprovod ol
by thin meeting. ' ;
Ro/ol-wd, than I compline. of (6ny on Geldemn
be ap lend heart, on the necessary eonelpondnce
for ctuellv promotiu the objea as (he petition;
ssnnd no proper. the plan o an lfl'ocintion, on legal end!
eonkiunional ground, to supper: um hvdnble refimn,I
nnd such nim- measuru n ney. conduce lo restore the
freedom et Parliament, to be presented by the ehlir
ucnosxhe eonmitrn to thin meeting, bold by aljoum
lum. on the Tuesdav in Elker weet next ensuia].
—-—A——— -—
D U B LsissI N, siI-"ctbruaiy 10.
O-MORROWthe House of Common: oflnlend
resume their delibenal'lom. Tne eyen of clm
kingdom and of Great Britain, nay ofall lurope ne
now upon them, hl 'My interested oqsilhe scquel o! pro
ceedings began wipe such decided spirit of nbeny and
patrionsm, as Io become the fl-eme ofmodern policicku,
end musi in future'timeo sum: one'of che mob conspisi
cuoui page: in history, if she patriotick shmc in our
Senate be not like that of the merous, ctwhose inslam
brightn'dl's dazzles, )et whose bcam for 'I!!! of duu
tion ln- neither vbarmth nor vigour. The monster of
usurped dominion ba. been !unmd by the first plw;
sueznding ((a-ons um! put an eeemd period to in
no ence. 4 -
The attempt made yelterday by Adminilgation in
the House of Commone, me of st'tch a nature, that
while it reflected in the passen manner, on the under
thnding of that aught} afisiembly, ezhibited a scene of
the (hallowefl polititks, that ever disgnoed the Coun'si
cila of thie or no, other country. Our [fish financer
with All that specimu them or collected gnvity, which
eharacterisee him, rose, to acquaint the House, of the
necessity there wu to open the Committee of Supply,
to giveuperation to the tadeb lawe, by originating and
revinng money bille. Was there a member in the
House who heard him ! Is there : man in the kingdom,
who fill] bear it, so Rupid. in not to see through the
flctmsy scheme, Under pretence os commcscial regula
ttont, the great object of over nment, the money bull
we're to be pulled, lad ten ameu to the scheme of
national tetrenchnent. the Irish Declarltory Act,
the lel ofRighu, the te ] of Poyning'e Law, &c.
A prot ation count!" t e seshtm. "So much for
lucking ." '
The merehante and tender: in lelfei have, in their.
"a? excellent late: to our different members, usitol
se onably taken msslead in this important business,
of furnishing the legilatussre with such hime and ob
shnnine. in my end to promote the national wel
fere, particularly nspecting sugars, and equ'tlizing
the dutin, &c. The seven! articlee in the letter,
m]! meet peculiarattention of our Smaton, for, unless
the refiniug of our own sugare be properly seemed,
rate sogate cannot be imported to advantage, conse
quently a free tude, in thin respea, will be but a
name. The truly usefttl observatione, in the letter
moded w. are not ]oeel and confined, but nobly ex
tenfive, and designed fot- pronotin the whole mer
cantile intent. It ie hoped our mere ante and under
in either parte, will, with the same eccuncy and pu
ciston, lay their sentiment before out- representetivee.
Those in the metropolie, ought to be an'tong the fore
mofi in (hie molpneeefl'ary work. The field is large.
and almoR every artfele ofcommerce, with the apper
taining dntiea, bunfiee, and dnwbaclte. he. will
require : suitable Medea. To gwe us equal
!
advantages with British ended, our Hadde, cien
ltanees, and several disadnntagee (which will r
on : comparison) must he do]! considered. 01 (hie,
the molt imwscant consequence. may depend. - .
Should the puhlick eneeuuimer proceed on Saturday
next to burn the act passed in the Gth oi Georggct .
declaring : right in the British Parliament to bmd
Ireland in all eased whatsoever, ae voted by the Pin:
- lico Parliament in their'He meeting on the sth cur
rent, which it !! me. finmdy hoped he will, did it no
thou ht, that a glqter eoneonrse of people never
assent led at'one time iqnllege green, than would be
on that occasion, to convinee the tsiepresentativee of
peoplein Panliunent, lndthe British Miniflry, of the
abhomnce am! detellation in which such an assumed
poun- to the Parliament of England is held, end that
a eontinuztion ossuch ellim may bring on1 smil—
Lafi Friday night, about ten o'eiock, a party of
each of the two regimenu in garrison here,, marched
from thin city to Kilmsh near 1I_ mile: fl'om thin city,
to take ffefiion of an estate, the property o! Mr.
-—-—— itagcrald; which was by some of arme ltepl
f-dm lum by one'Bihle. The party ofthe army con
fining of them 60 men ettieked the Mapion house
with : fix pounder, end after a few shot they made
a large breach in thehouse and killed one as the people
therem. The party in the house flred : number of
shot by which the wounded five of the lnnyy two
of them den emu y. When they entered the house
they f-mnd pro isiom suicient to lad them fix mouthe.
-0P—lN10N$ o! Tll'jRXSH.
.THAT : resolution when necessary. vuzbt to be
Cfftcted. "
'l'mt resihnee torevil King. and Governom but
(ful? eonltitutionelf and the indispensible duty of free
su 'eat. '
{'hlt the executive power- of Govemment aught
ever to be under the eonttoul of legiflztive sutpnmacy;
and triennial Perlitmente reltored.
- That all our volunteen ought—to be freeeud ind
pmdent in their principle... . .
That in the sent crisie. eommitteee of corres—
pondenev' shoulxssbe every where eflablcshed, son the
regulation of the different corps, and the more effec
mally to obtain the greet national objeae now in view.
That the futureeddnsee of lrishmen (in spite ofhissl
Excellency and contpany) ooght w exprese the full
duem'inetion, " to support conflimtionzl righte, ai
the freedom and indemndency oflrd 4d."
ThathieM 'elly, 'ng XIII. ct Britainand
inland, thou] with hie !. ' '_
wear, English, hid, end _ ss
about. ' - -'ss' ' \ -
That he ought Dsiit hit bill before hit Genu
dominione. '
. That is his right polieiul eye be still shut, Amerien
will probably o it. '
That whiggu'm il unslfionable at Court. That _
selommion :n'd inprovemme in church end hue un
ye;}? Wsisisi'" it be yet! no ted m
utteeonztto I ,'
the modeyof eollefiing them find., ": " ' "
That : free press in the pnliadium oflibmy.
That I kzfi-day, without a good close. 'ie solemn
meekely, and : religious farce, lcted !: parson.
That sineeure officer: m public]: nmszneee, ,nnd
enemiee lo [fish prosperity.
That" have seven! timeferving seonndrell in both
Houses, who would lell {heir country for : mist of
na :. ' ,
That hie !:eelleh mede iul end friend] reptb
senntiom relpectin cthe state of lrelund; bucthat we
would have had a free tricle without them. '
That virtuout eontedencies and resolutiqns ough
to tlke place at the enffilg affizet.
The! Lord Shlnnon it not fit to command Tr
Blue end Enniskillen eorps.
That liberty it' the birthri he of 11] mlnkind; "in]
that all ! rlnu ought to be Ageposed and punished.
That Lord Clnnricard's answer to the volunteen
under hit command, it the law lnd che propheu; i.
Irish politirlu. ; - -
The bell curectsor the King's evil, is the people.
That certain parts. of a lite prentice] Fowl i"
Prlyer, ought to be burned by the hind: yf th corn,.
mon hangman. '
In a Pwliamnt beldrba slb que , ! 700. Pr
(be (night:, atizem, cal lurga : oj'PimIico.
RBSOLVED nem. con. that a certain pzmpfileg
pubfiM in GreatBriuin. entitled, an act madesiix