The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1770-10-18 00:00:00, page 1

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B] the Honourable \VlLLlAM NELSON, Esq; Prgstdmt eff his My'gflj': Cotmcil,
and Comnunder in Cbigf qs this-Dominion : ..
AssPROCLAMATIOsi-N.
HEREAS by the Death of his Excellency the Right Honoumble NO R
B () R N F. Baron de B O_T E T O U R T, his Majesty's late Lieutenant
and Governor General of this Golony, and by the Resignation of the Honour
able ]OHN BLAIR, Esq; the Administration of the Government is devolved
upon me: Now to the End that the Peace of this his Majesty's said Dominion
may be the better secured, and all Proceedings at Law continued, and that the
crdinary Course of justice may not be interrupted, I have thought fit, by and
with the Advice of his Majesty's Council of this Colony, in his Majesty's Name:
to publish and declare, that all Magishsiates and Officers, both civil and mili
tary, do continue and remain in all and singular their Powers, Authorities, and
]urisdictibns, until farther Order be taken therein; hereby requiring them to
proceed in the Execution of their severalDuties. And all his Majesty'z Sub
- jects within this Colony are tobe aiding_and asiisting to them therein, and to
yield all due Obedience to this Proclametion. " '
G IVE N at the COUNCIL- CHAMBER, in W'u. LlAMsnunc,
(bit 15!!! Day qf October, 1_77o, in the Tentb Year qf hcti:
Ma'gst ': Rei n., ss
] ' ct WILLIAM NELSON.
GODSAVETHEKlNG.
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VIRGINIA. sc.
By the Honourable WILLIAM NELSON, E_squire,'Pr-sigstdcut of his Majesty? Couucil,
and Commnder in Lies qf the/hid Colon] and Dominion:
A PROCLAMATIO-N.
EREAS I have recetved Information on Oath, that one Thomas Saw/be,
who Was committed to the Gaol of ancestor county on Suspicion of hie havm murder-ed ]obu Cbaver),
Meriner, on Board the Schooner Pully. fall;: (orrie, Master, did, on the goth Day oflas? Sepunber, break the said
Gaol, and makehit Escape. (He isa middle seed Man, about 30 Years of Age, wears his owe long black Heir, is
pitted with the Small-Pox, and has usually followed the Sea.) To the End therefore that thefaid flow: Son/in:
may be brought to Trial for the Crime he in charged with, ] have thought sit. by and with the Advioe of his
Majefly's Council, to issue this Proclamation, hereby in hie Majefiy'a Name, commanding and requiring all hie
Majeliy't Officers. bwh civil and military, and all other his bjajesiy's Subjects within this'Dominion, to make
diligent Search after the said That-a: Snn on, and him having found, to apprehend and semre, so that he may
be dealt with according to Law; strictly orbiddiog all Persona to harbour or conceal the hid Sun/by, as they
shall answer it at their Peril. And I do hereby promisea Reward of TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS current Money
to any Perfon or Persona who shall apprehend the said Tbormn Sun/in, to be paid on his Couviction. And I do
spyointthis Prodamation to he read by the Sheriffs in their respective Counties.
G [VE Not the COUNCIL CHAMBER in Williamshurg, (be "th Day of oaobes,
1770, in Me totb fear as his Majesty: Rcigu.
WILLIAM NELSON.- '
- GOD save rue KING.
WH—
LONDON,Aug15/I n.
T it an alas-ning truth, that the Portugal gold
that used to circulatecin thia country, is now
transferred to our coloniea, and that the tradc
for corn, which used to supply England with thsi
coin of that country, is now wholly carried on
by the Americans. It it said they have exported with—
in these two years, wheat, flour. and lndian corn.
from three provinces only, to the amount of seven hun
dred thousand poundt; and that many of the merchant:
of that country are so rich, as to have thousand: os
pound: in the hands of their correspondems in London,
by which they make 8 or to per cent. in hill; of ex
change.
The affain of Ameriea you every day more and
more embanafling: the union among the colonies is
very alaming. Foree attempted against one colony
will be resented as force against the whole; and as the
people are growing rich, they in proportion grow sturdy.
Prrsen! state osEurope. Ruffldm, fighting. Turh,
running away. Germans, drinking. Dutch, getting
money. [la/inn:, praying. French, bowing and de
ceiving. State/:, getting plocee. IrZ/b, grumhling.
English, doing nothing at all!
ss When the Minisler of . neighbouring kingdom, the
lother-day. eomplained to the Premier of the public al
*legatiom so injurious to the honour of his master, re
lspeaing the setting on fire the naval (lore: at Portsmonth;
he had the effronlerin also to declare, (on being told
that no such allegations had been made by authority,
and that the report: of the people could not be prevent
ed and were not to be regarded) that his master would
not be contented with such an evasive anlvler; and that
is punishment of some of the propagators of such a libe/
did n'ot follow this complaint, redrrs: me} be bad in
some otherstmpe.
The very large sum: of money that have lately been
won by known gamstera from young Gentlemen of
fortune. have been taken into consideration by the
sagee of the law; and We hear a hill is next session to
be brought into Parlinment, -by which every person
iwho shall be proved to have lost more than toool. in
any one day and night at any game or game: at chance.
or at any horse-race, or by any wager. shall be deemed
a lunatid, and the next of ltin shall be entitled to thi
posseffion of his ellate. In the same act it will be
made infamous to receive from any person more than
that sum, without a valuable consideration.
By : rivzte letter yeflerday from Innee we but I
nost me ancholy relation of the miserin which the !!0'
.incet of that kingdom now sufferfroul the ss
vt' corn. Bnley breed infour son: (about d.) I pound
a Normandy, ths-zest fruitsnl Psgssy' Thin
amine ba MWW fl '
4reat number: of the unhappy people hand—killed;
particularly at Cherbourg, where are only 9oo m.
.icanu, boo person: were killed; at Rouen 600; et
Valogne 500; the tion have been still worse inAn
verne. The King has no camp etCompeign thin ye: on
account of the scnrdty. -
A eorrespondent has sent us the origin of the nine
of Sir Ball-first double-see being : plied to I certain
lawyer: that Gentleman, long be ore he uiteed the
bar, was well known to stand upon the first of le
putation. Hit business cro'ded so full apt-& et
one time, and his neme wu so eshhlishechgsis:
ver. well known nose the: came on before she
of Lord:. it is : well-know be, he received-cles: .
sum than 15001. an incredible see! During dien, .
remarkable cause was to come on in the King'n-Beneh :
And us the plaintifl' m determined to be ed], in If—
application to that Gentleman. for (and .. upp
rnent, he seed him the term beset-53 do day of
trinl, just as be was (leonine into ' ' H.! -:-l
the cum accompaniment, wan hunded'sih by the up
polite part]; it is supposed thot the length osthefinss
tervening time might hlot from his memory the reool
lection of the first see; r itia certain he totnlly
forgot the ii.-si client, si entered with all his power:
For the second. He lind well nigh finished hit hanngne
when he was put in (! of his mistake by a counsel
concerned for the p! [; when he immedinely stopt
(host, pleadeddhej ry be'n in,!te. &c.
and begged Ieavejpsisib ' _ '
court however good hyujo , si ' _ .
him, that he spoke so' well already, ct , ct
matter so much to their satisfactiod'siss'ssss- ' _ctctmsisind.oc
casion of entering further into the _ ' _ med:
ately determined in favour of the desendant; who, "
Augigst 16. The most authentic in si ;ss'd l'e-_
eeived- of ; sea sight betwixt the capitd f fifthe.
Rusiim and Turkt, whied ended in a Chyle-t 'iflory
on the side of the Rufliane. ,_
At the ldvioe whinfought the deadned—Rosi
au victory over the urks came away very.— nfoer
the action, the more minute particulars conHI-f Boul—
lected and impatted; but the genenll ofctthegnfitmresssi.
si. follows: si - _"'{ss.-;iig
The Ruflians were so lncky in to make 'pd their
way into the Archipelago much sooner th!- 'I! and—
ed, as the usual course of the wind: could not be des.
pended on to carry them sooner than Se .si ' ct
were not however far advanced into this sffl, when, "
:he is!!! of ]uly, being nineteen ships commandedby
Admiral El hinstooe, they fell in with the Turkilh M.
consisting oleg ships. commanded by Zesier Bey. Thy
engaged each other with the appearance of gred ardont
on both sides ; and, after an obstioate engage-nent, the
Turka were obliged to yield the victory; lad those &
aheir vessels.,which remained in a condition to it,
'aved themselves by flight. It is supposed the lark-!
admit-al, Zeffier, was very near being token, oathe vessel
isiunk in which he was presumed to be, and the moan-ler
was seen to get out as her, with gr.:MgfltLjlel
boat.
The loss os the Turlu in the above mentioned ,
ment, is 3 ships taken by the Rolliana, 2 stink,
ral others sodisabled as to be in great dangerof' , ss ,ss
ing; the rest were dispersed, most of them in : ' ' --
conditioh. The Rufliana have received very '
ble damage. - _ .jsssssi .
This action will gain great credit to Adminl :-ss " "
stone, and put the character of the Rush'an m - ct
respectable footing; the sending : fleet into the .
lago by the Czarina having been considered by' A (
and even by some person: os intelligence here, ill -
merical and impracticable project. ' , sssi -si
The Ruslian fleet will not at present endelvdiff}
force its passage to Conllantinople, ouccount ofthi.
plaguc's being in that city and neighbonrhood'; "
whileit wait: a more favourable season, it will find'
:mportant work in deslroying the remainder of the Tulk 'si
ish marine in those sea;, in taking the principal " _
of the Archipelago. and in Cutting off the sunlysi-M
vision: from Conflantfnople. ; : .si .