The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-04-24 00:00:00, page 2

lefgiflature here the necessity of such a law, but'has. since the compietion
o it, : pened wall occasions, and on every alarm, the molt activc man
am us."
Euract qsa !etlcrfi'm St. Vincent'.* Sept. 14; ,
" This day account: were brought of the Carribbs, or native: of this
island, cutting off two of the windward posta, and 40 sohsiers who wel'!
on these posh. On Saturday night, the lath inltant we had a very hard
florm of wind, rain, thunder, &c. ] may almoct say :: hurricane. lt
has desioyed a great it of the ensuing crop. The Jupiter, osGrcenoch,
Capt. B ere, was rove un shore out of the bay, and has not since been
hdil'd o . She was in ballaR, and it is to feared she has overset. ! am
much afraid the militia will be called out on an expedition againli the
Carribbt, which will be very disagseeablc at this season of the year."
A letter from Brest, by the last mail, mentions, that on the :oth ult.
two ships of the line, and three srigates, all with troops on hoard, sailed
out of that harbour for the East lndin.
Extract of a lemrsrm SssEustatia.
" Thin you will receive by :- pafl'enger on board the St. Mark, bound
to Hollandg she is now under way, therefore I have only time to inform
you, a ship of war belonging to the Scales os Holland, on :: frivoloua
uarrel, has sunk a French man of war of 60 gnm, near this port, and
the atest part of her crew rished." *
75]: sudden storm of tho er and li htning that happened early yester
day momingwu the most violent, : the time it continued, ii'nhe
memory of the oldest man of the age; the rain in articular that asscsicom
panied it, though but of a short duration, came own in a torment that
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at once surprised and alarmed the few, whom business or chance had
rendered &atorz.
' _ xtract efa [elm- fron Brisiol, dated New. 24, 1778.
" Thin morning also came in here the Aurora, dispatehed by the
Gavemdnr-os St. Kitt': with an express for Govemment. The officer
who brought it immediately set offfor London. From what he transpir
ed, and b letten, we learn, that the French are formidable h land
sotcea in artinique, &c. and that Admiral Barrington had cdlected
above too fail of transports at Barbadoes, to transpon a large body of
land forces, which he gave out he expected every cla to arrive, and that
junspom, with provihoctm sufficient for 5000 mcn' or six month, had
"alte'ad anived at Barbadoea. We alsolearn, that Admiral Youn , with
fewe": ship, had sailed to intercept the St. Domingo fleet, consthing es
itpmxds—of too sail, and wan left cmising in their tract. The Aurora,
&
' met with two French ships, which, for want of hands,
.an .. ssqssc
" Its 91) iged to letgo, after taking outof them money, and other
.ectl'efie,_tc$_the yalnc of soqolsifl'grling. si
Advice is laid to he received from Leghom, that a great insuttection
had luppened in Corlien, and that a number of French troopt hid been
yut to the sword. , '
Dtt. 9; It it now a certainty, that the French court have sentseveml
filipl of the lineto the West lndies fingly, and that the Captains them
selves did hotknow their deshnation till they arrived at : cenlin latitude,
, 'where they'kwre toopen their ordere 'fim eeui'ed ;; meeting of the West
ct'siIndia merchants on Thursday laft, and Commotion Rowley. with nicesnil '
of the line, only waite for : fair wind to join Admin] Blrrington.
. ' ., We have aceountt from Breflaw, that the Prince of Pmslia it arrived
"there, and. that the Aultrizm have sailed insitheir different attempts ngaini
Jagemdors. . -
An old politician is of-opinion, that seven] of out news pulilhen ve
themselvee : great deal of needless trouble, in printing the last ong
'Guette ordiny; for robabl , few readen llld patience enou 11 to wade
through such oninter in , unhnporunt matter: the taking of ominiea;
end the contentpt in whic Congre'lt hold our Gener-l, excepted. ' Diffu.
' five reeitelepf : few forces uken,ct of men killed to little purpose, but to
Mix; : dinous war, are mlsenble tecompehcee, for the blood that hath
' syilkd. end treasure expended, in the present hateful contest. If
_' we may iiid from past proceedings, it it now to defeated, we lhzll hear
of nothin' xcisive, ' ut : dismemberment of empire! An ineffectual
conflict this sort t-so enomioue an expence on our side, il just what
the eoloniltt'wilhed for":' it promises, smell , to enutt up, and to have
(tent in posseslion of their bravely flni led sir independeoey.
. 11 in certain thee; most Revetutl lete has been deed fix dayt;
'ssthough the event ie jconcealed, for fidpentiel reason.
Some people imagine, : Right onourahle heed of : learned body
intend: to enter into holy orders, to qualify himself fcm Archi isco ]
. .
fee, is there we no hope: of : speedy vacaney of Commander in hie of
the em'y here} end 'it is : determined point, thzsit no lrishmm shall be
- Lord Chucellor. _ .
si-A Guemfey privateer, of eight gone and thin men, is taken by an
si Americen lteer of eighteen gone, ofter two houre en agement, in
which the eptein of -the Guemsey privateer loll one of ll legs, end.
' several of his men were—wmmded.
The Guernsey cutter priveteer it taken by, two Ameriean privateefe,
one of eighteen gon:, and the other of ten gone, end carried into Bilbon.
B letten received from Hollaod we are advised, that the Dutch are
cut oying their shipwrighte in their smrll doekyarde, night and day.
in tting out the twelve ship! of the line that they have ordered to sea;
md it wot thit morning current in the west, thet count W—n would
- shortly berecalled from hence. ,
Letter: from Cadiz say, thnt : fleet of men of war it ordered to sail
si imnndiltely in quelt of the But ronr of Morocco'e fleet, which it eruising
in the Methterranezn, and hu ately nken several Spanish merchant shipe,
end sent the crew: into (levery.
Several English vessels are cttziten end carried into Dunkirk, they are
immedinely condemned upon their lsfivll, and advertised for public]: sale.
t" ' 'ffltit still doubted among the learned in the law, how the several prisee
token from the French can be le ! condemned, and sold under the pro
-- Shnnion- for reprisalt, no war ning been declared.
- — Thesswriw "from Havre, thzt the armed ship Le Rose, sailed yeflerday
mornip , and before noon fell in with no English frigate from Mldl'lsl,
' which took vithont much trouble, the English Cdpnin not knowing
. of qui- being-zt war with Enfland. That frigate, which ought to have
, Wnctml, but hid on
_ 7 6 ss wan richly laden and her ear it
am 'that two milliont as hvmsi tournout. , si go
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* Extract'qf a [ellerfim Paris, No-tmulm- 4. si' _ ' '
" An English ship, named the Chaumont, laden at Bengnl on En liar
account, is anived at Post L'Orient with her cnrgo, vahted sin t '
millions of livres, and yn put under an uisiriefl; but in consideration
that at the time of her depasture from Bengal, they were t'macqva'nted
with the misundti'stnnss-ling that hath ai'iscn between France and England,
the arrcR was taken off sunge days after, and the cargo hat been declard
free bv order of our court.
" They have: at length wcighetl up at St. Maloct, : Swedish ship;
laden with iron, whit It was sunk three years since in the entranceof that
Mad. The iron is [tell good, though it hts contracted muehrul}. In thss
Captain's cahin was found his bones, his watch, and a small box con
taining his treasure, valued at twsi-nty five thousand lines. it "seems the
Captzun rtsked his life rather than quit his treasure,, and would not quit
the ship with the rest of the ship's company when sinking. lt is ? be
hqped the treasure, if not the casgo, will be given to the heir: of the ap
um." '
We hear from Chatham, that the London man of war, lately dossclted
in that et, is one of the most beautiful, and likely to turn cutone of
the m usesul ships in the navy. She mounts 36 gunb o'n two deck's,
and will carry as heavy .metal as any of the French ships on the same
construction, which in navel engagcmenn is much more useful than on:
three-deckemE s. ] ' fit & .
xlructouetmfro- 'n on, .t.-- .ss
1" On Wedr'tel'day last : midshipmm 'baeldnginsgtcto tri,- Majefiy'n
Active, arrived :: Port Royal, with an ttceount of that vessel being taken
about ten days before by two French frigatu, and carried into c
Nichoh Moie. The Astiu sailed from Pensacoln for this iflandsi obey!
the loth of ]uly, and before her falling in with the above fr' tes,. out
with a mo'fl violent gale of wind. in "Inch she was oblige! to t ro ," of
her gum over board, and was thereby rendsred incapable of um [India
inga resistanccsi" si si '_ , .
Extract of :: [merfnu Brefl, Nwmber :.
" Yesierday morning entered unto the read, _a prize of :: gone, and
130 men, taken by the Zephyr, : ffigate of 16 gune, twelve pounden,
commanded by M. de Viiiencuse Cillard, after an engagement of three
quarters of nn hour. She also brought in another prize, aprivateer of 14,
guut, which struck after a very short engagement. _ss {( 'ss
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" The ship which went out on a cruize with the Belle Poule, hue
made together, eight prizes, among which are five privateen. It u
reckoned. that there ne upwards of no English prisoner: here, at Dinnt,
;
Ilui the neighbouring placed. ct
" The taking of_en English frigate by the Ven cence is confirmed by
several letters from Cldil and Bzyonne. M. de ontue, i: not (lad
of the wound: he received in the en agement. M. de Mandnit, hie
Licutenant, who took thecommand, ad lilsio taken an Ilnglish Guilessl
man near the Medeita isiands, valued at {meat; iivm."
'TbefolIo-wizg he to,) (see auflmm'rb letter. date! Amflerdam, Nov- I 3.
" At latt the s pint of the nation it mused, and I see: the consequence,
is your court does not make immediate and ex'emplu-y snisfefiion. fshe
, ptsirgcmflera of Dort assembled the eonumttee et merchant, on the cut
in ant. " " is! - .. ct. )_
" The merchants of Rotterdlm were called together the 7th. and on
the 9th the Couneil os Amnerdm summoned the ,eossmmittee of merehuite
of that city. The muse of these meetingewu the same, beiitg tsio'edn.
municate the resolution of theirl'ligi: Mightinefl'ee the State. General. on
their petition: for recites: egeinsi English treatment of their leg". end
of the violence: committed hgainn their property."
Colone] Ackland did not die in consequence of 1 fall from - hie
horse, n mentioned in seven! papen, but fmm the following 5?
lar ctaccidcnt: During his service in America, : misunderhndmg ad
arisen between him and Captain Lloyd, which it length bony} of so
serioue : nature, thatthey mutunlly egreedto settle it by fighting the sirfl
convenient opportunity; the Colonel however being when prisoner by the
Amerieanl, they were thus separated, and he came over to England on
hit parole. A few days since Captain Lioyd likewise mived. and imme
diately went down in pursuit ot Colonel Aeklend, whom he found et hi
sent in Devon. They met immediately, and exehenged : piiol eac
without effect; they then drew their swordl, lad made several pesee : -
each other, tiil the Colone] meking : lunge at his ldvcrsary, fliyped
end fell upon : pavement with his forehead, which caused an inlctedie .
eoncuflion of the brain, end he expired in the greatefl lgoniee in Iefi thllsi
three houre. Thus by the mosi singullr, and unfortupue ci ,
the publick have lost the service: of an gallant :: shldlfl', end wa'thy ss
country Gentleman, le GreatJh-itain ever knew. ss
We, hear it it intended, in order to suppi the navy with seemen in
future, without prefiing to a point a commi ary in every (upon, whd
it to_ mzke : true list of Ill ! seasaring men within his district, at a *
office in the most populace pert of the town, of which he in to mkenonthlj
returns; and when men are wanting for the navy or merchut'e service;
the commissaries are to [umish them in rotation, giving the preference 7
the call from the navy.
The Thomas, Robinson, from Dominiea to chec, ie taken
carried into Bosion. .
The Champion, Everit, from Newfoundland to Naplel, is taken
sent into Bilboz by : rebel privateer.
The Sally, Jonee, from the Grenadee to head quarters, il taken
m American privateer and carried into Saiem. .
CHARLESTOWN, Mnacu 24.
COMMODORE Hyde Parker, find Lieut. Col- Archiblld C
bell, sailed from Georgiu for England on the teth inhat. in
Phcnix man of war Jf 44. gone. The nlvnl force then retnllnio
were the Fowey of 14. gone, and the Vigilant floating but: (th!
et Tybee, end the latter [( Cockspur) 3 armed brigt, lad: o:
Five deserten who nine last week to Puryshurg, informed that
British troops were moving down the country to Szvannah. fmm wh
they said, : body of them was to go to Pon Royll. The else ment"
ed there having been : mutiny amnr-g the soldiert, occz oned by
ellonnce of rum being stopped by Prevost, who wu knocked down
the night, but the person not discovered) and that ! diffnglsse! p _
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