The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1777-05-23 00:00:00, page 1

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[MAY 23, 1777.] .WLLUAMSBURG: Printed by ]"):on CS'HUNTER - ['Nsi, .ss !
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ETTERS from Peteflbur 11,_ datcd january I7\ , mention, dm
the Rnffinn 'jxssmy had de' eatea "joqo Tufln, who lind mon;],
cuischbod theniseivel nea'r Pr'ecz, cnsid sdree'd the [inn At the "Thumb
which weie seven werfls in "len ' , &)!th fl'om the see of As cth ob
Paulns Meoiis' to the Black ea. He'r' fm ri sisiM-jefly'e (:,oosspFKive
taken a great qunnLily of blggsige and asim uni on,ct end from the sign]
victory an' become entirely me ""of the Crimctea. .
, hb. 6. The Ameriem dCYKchbl 'hmugh't qverctih the Aorou have
iffdrded gnatsaflssaflion w : eMiniflli, The -vefl'e'l ma cajcsien in the
hrzvety of four En lishm'en, who, heppeniflg to be upon duck with thei;
loaded useee, win it the Amekican sailors we're up in the fhroud'lsi, pre
sented ( eir pieces, and ordering them to come down fingly, secured (hem
under :heluteh , and fleered for LiverpooI.---—Enelosed wctu : packet
fn'am the Congr foi- Dr. Fsa'nkfin, sealed with fheiramu, dish, with
KMquY pot ship}: ulpss met qith in Bcitish tare, they—ssforebdre tmopcn,
' htly jp s ussiqpropgr for the cementsct to be mad,: known to my
melt __ '_ ss ' Wonctuss-Thi: packnt'hey broughttoLondon, lad
on Saw? {looking deliver'usiit into the [hande ofct Lqrd Ndhh. The
wot; the yae'ket-wm ' form Gowemment of vhat they have long
wished when, ;he ssimeln 'vee of Dr. Franklin's jmnqlo the Court
ss & FW; . sssi-. _ . ss
. Her Maid) ;: lsilctlhe th ihnnth of her pregnmey,
field. l. '1 nsssdzy urived ;: Gh ow, one of, the independenx
' companies of the ud tejment. or to lghiandcrl, from to:: G e,
in ogder w embal'k folk Amedca; our eompaniee of the 71st mflso
mdurd for tbfi-Sncsslm. !! is nisi: slfld the first battilion of the Scoll
rqyzb m: combed: or Ameriea from Greenock at the same time.
An addition] epmpzny to every relimmc in Canda te ordered to be
mdy foxembarhu'pn.
Twenty oEceq of the gwds, &" different unite, are ordered to be
ready to embar to relieve the like number in Americn.
Yesterday ehe nfi'enh neceived : co y of : convention concluded
b-twcm hit Majesty and the andgrave of esse Cafel, lctelative to taking
more soreign troops into our selvice, dared on the tzth of Decemberiast,
which un prdc'ed'to lie on the table to be pcrused.
Fab. 9. Two Ameriun vessels. with about zooo barrels of flour on
boandy {can Phihdelphia for Bactnrdnult, are taken off the Bermudn
iflnds, lod sent to the West lndies. -
si A further number cftroopl, it is said will be asked from Ireland, end
thei: place: to be supplied by new leviea.
'The-addition] tro s for which the treaty was signed last Decemher
with the Prince of 8 e, consistemirely of foot, and mogenerai officers.
Exfract Jalatcttrsrcm Hanau. jammy 24. "
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" Asicorps of volmssneer Men: me filling here for the service of,
and to be in the pay of Great Briz [in , destined to join the-corps of troops
of Hesie Hand in America. They will have th: same high pay which
the Court of London hath givensim the flefl'un chzxfl'eun." ss
' Feb. 10. Friday last order: were given for ship ing zcoo burn]- of
porter, in order to be sea: en soon as yonIem Rsiodc [Hand, for our
troo n. ' ' —
Fsib. 17. Every preparation is making on the side of Govemmcnt,
- inordercosudonhe cnshinfpampaipin Ami- adeeisivesi a: shsihnd
forces ye to be considerab y augmente'd, md sloubk the nunbet of
cmism um be employcd, the more Mudly tc- black xssp :!!er of
the coldnies,'and prevent their carrying on any unde at al .
General large)" in expected to ('sz in lbmu six week] for Cuada,
to which produce he will be mendcd by sent;; siymmg Noblemen and
Gendemcn :- volume". _ ,
Fob. ac; T-wo imenn ordmdiuu of foot m-wp frmnEngland
shifl-spl'ing, and theme number from I,:clmd.
T-be above Umbeaddifiosuchctrmn auxiilriea. will make
: reinfcccunent (: Woman!!! uwy in Amcricass
The Raisonable ofiqssumt. th? womb, and the !su, of 50 gone,
M Putsnouffi. are to reflect (be and Experiment, returned from
Ancien
ssAdcheio-ffid to have been rccn'vectdfmm Parie , tpat Lnrd Storshont,
having Mu'mniun than an American ptiyauev was 1: Brell. (akin on
board a cargo of warlike Rorcs. made applicatim so she Court of {ler
', shilles, who sent orders for the above vessel to leba .d her ladmg, and
depart from that port immediately. ( Ver} prnlussssblel)
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Yelkn'ny . hught wan made-fm the guards, when 0si\'\' m. m-f
of every w Y we:! nium. ss nnd twehe um out of. sh-en-l u' ssI-ct- cum
pniel of! dunklveo us voluntcm. - '
lt Tu'kued tinn- messenger. (lum: sicsterdny for l'mnst-u- gh, vssish
inflrctctioni for fhecthilish Minisiersiat : :: Cow: Qu z'urw-siu uizh ab]
aifiblem' "un amble." A whom . hv whdsslhc Em cli
anagussto surnish Great-Bsitlin mid: mbod, Is mpoo men. Ps
The bill IO—ssc—Uc bil Mkfly whenne andsidefaiu grsuns chmgcsl
U'Kh high .nlson in Amaicz. u- sor—pincy on the sees. wn read fhe
second ume; whereupon great dMeo eased, which conlinurd from
four UILIinmb-zfoso nimf-whcnIac-M diridnd. {m xh- bin 1-95,
_ Was.- mw usi- -
nsizssshjplctkffl 15! "44? 54 "Jason, tqmfffqy ssjuctNortllgAmev'im
sibill to an or bit Mu't Jq m)" um! (&!be zr m (Lay a! cwilb,
pr on the high flat, or the _crim' irqg,ct—--_d_.ssfflqd ipssapl ;crrrfiqctl m
th (mnine, udsigqbicbsiwp e;- ' __ si ;bieffio'osiu, augjdjzftbfyzb
{Mnm- 1727— . ; ct ' ssctct _.
" WsifiEREM : rcbelfioqpnd wctmch dun Munimofflss
levid and carried coin certupaf Ne , si 'ssg ' Wade's
in Amcrssca, md acts of;]:reason and pirac i nvectbeen committed onsichs"
'hseu,nndu she i land oodco berN y'M' md
::Sny person" mffiussn senpnd un taken, who an e: ss y charged or
strongly shspcctcdos Inch uenl'ssm and feloniu, . any more sum
; person: mny be hemsiel so seized and taken: ._ ' = . -,
" And whcruo-filohpcrson lum besica or-mzyizelmmght into this
kingdom, and into other pmoof hie chRy'a dominions; and it may he
inconvnnicm in man such cases. cowocped fol'shwith no [heed] osl'uch
criminak, and at tie sung tinned evil exa'mplp to suffer them to go &:
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large :
si _ silssct, siss l-ss _ ,.
. :: Beit thucsote eded by. the Kin 'e ' ' , cup" '
8.- Fit.; _ sit? --
and with the advice,:mfi consent of the _ '_ss '
and Common, in thin present Pprliammc-sslfinss'
ssqd. nel cthrw \
thor-it of the lium, that all andneq pe mo:, -w mct_
orsh {M.whesciud andnkmmihw' ct Lusig
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ilt any of-ht'e Majesty,. eolqniu or glmtim ' _ music: for onctssiw
bush seal, or m-theagmf pu-agy, arm up,, "N.- _ Egd UM'
or silW'd ct "3 """ of Whm' 50 . HUD lny of the said
coloniee, or on the high seal, or of Zmy, and in oluvq hm, or she"
be committed, in ny put qfhia ngcfly's dpmiqolu, swsssuch crime,,
or sinny of them. or for shspiqion of inch criina, artitlm- of thtm, by '
any magistrate hnin competent ntuhotj'uyjn that behzls, to-th-si— can.!
mon gaol, or other )) m of eonsiaement, :: il hercin ntsitcr provided sur *
that purpose, shall and may be thereupon seemed md detained in safe
cuflody, without hail ,ot mainprize, until the first day ]anuary 1778,
and that no udge er justicd of peace shall bail o: try any such Pcrson o,
person], without ordetfifmm his Majesty,; Most Honourable Privy Coum
cil, figned by fix of the said Privy .Council, until the said firxt du)- of
lax 177}. my hue, Lump, or usage to the contrary in an)- wjsi
llsio ("4 0 , a :
" Actnd wressrea it mnj he necessary'to provide for such FisulK-rs'
within thil-sum ct Athn'ctglacct ofssconfinemcnt, beside: commzm
; beiteuctcdsi dhe authority aforesaid, 'that it man and um
b'n hwsid sot- hilMaj ], -by wan- t under his sign manuctzl, to appmsi'z
one or re phce or plnccsusc emeut, qitnin the realm, t'sisi; sim
cuflodyzctfsudz prisooeu;ss and all and .eycrssv ngilh-are find 1n:.ss-';;_zsisi, '
having competent authority in that behalf, a): hereby aulsz- ;;sisiss-J si,
oomnnt such person as aSorc-said, to such place o: places of confirenctm
so to be appointed, instead of the cummongaol.
" Provided always, and be it enacted, that no uffimcel jh'dl b-z- w"
sh-ued to bepiracy within the meaning ofthis act, except 34" or" ,v'ctj'si-W
committed on the ships andgoodaof his Mcjesiy's subjects by pert'gds 95
the hlghseu. (, si "
" And he it further ennacd by the authority asoresnid, thu Qisiuct
she" continue and be in sone until the (hid fact day of ,pWy ,",
and no longer." ct ss (si , - _
!}:b 25. All the troops desiined for Amerin will be mbidd-bctsi
f-sire the gold ofhlatsich. in order to be early in the field. .. _
Ftb. 17. Ycsiez'dny the House resolved itself into it mnmsikdm. to
consider the permtling theunportation of lumbcr, and the foliuw 1774 e—
solutions were agreed to. ct '
Resolved, that it is ths: opinion of this committec, 'hn th: p'ct-a- .mz :
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