The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1780-07-05 00:00:00, page 1

-JULY 5, 1780. T H E NUMBEqsictsiz-q
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LONDON, Apnl 4,
ORD PdOUNTMWAR-Tw who is
'ng Ambafldour to the Court nfTurin,
!: the greatest equipage, end vctniu make
' the molt considerzble lgure osany Ambas
sndour for many yew: til}. Greut part of hie Lord
ship't suiteit to follow m) but in the train that went
with him from London, he had llpwude of thirty
horses. Bi- Lordship takes Lady Mountflfwart, hit
eldest son, 'Isind two of his danghten, : great number
of remote. those for her deyshipdeing lll English,
then elegmt curingee, four running footmen, &c.
His Lordship huthe rivilege of going through France.
lxM : letter flew- Pnlon.
" You will hue'heard before this of the different
mob: tltn leve ll'enbled in this neighbourhood to
delroy the eomnsp'ning machines, Chich ! think
th have very new mmpleud, except Mr. Watson't
ef'Zrefle'n', _' kill hold- out spin.- theo. They
werehqsset yedevda , qdsomesh-gzunflcm
soneni but are "un thu ' n
number of 5000. knot" how it will , but
numbers m likely to lose their Lives on both side.
Pezgle ate shiftip; the mob valuohle part of their
off t, and from the refilanee mode against them,
'IRTW newgothey will l'ett'u'el to the town. dl sup—
Po pltfldowez- l'fins vsirz-wcu, W e '
e nenezr I me . e, in at
' in the world."
he peace elablishment for Great Briuin befote
the ntpmre, wet um nen for the truly; it it now,
in regulate, tnilitil, provineill corpl, marines, &c.
upwards of tGo,ooo. All these ere clothed from the
woolen manusactune of Yorldhire, by which there it
an zdditien of lhove t4o,ooo lu'tu es clothe: annuzlly
from that county. Keckonin these (a : weittcoat is
new given) noneguinu the uit, the money umually
then for cloth alone (not te mention hate
and sheen) is lb oeoguineu.
The sitoetion this country, sayd : conefpondelt,
it exceedingly similar to that of the (old lion, in the
feble, at the point of duth; who nfter being derided,
mocked, and msulted by every animal, that before
even trembled at his roar, at [an had the mortificltion
to be kicked in the flee by the assz—How :ppliuble
this treatment from our dear— brethren over the water!
By St. Pztn'ck, it in none be borne with!
'A Cornspondcut was greatly :: : lose for the Mi
siniflq's reason for promgmng thePau-linment, when the
affzin of the hue require, morethln at lnyotherPcriod
of the English history, the mol vigoroue exemon of
the wisdom of Perlicm, our correspondent finds the
reason for this pmrogation in the proceeding: of the
Parliament of ltchnd. He sty: the Minillry, from
their well known intelligence. have for some time
discovered that the lrish nation were tending to : hue
of rebellion. and therefore thought it prudent to defer
the mecting of the British Parliament as long n pos
sible, lsselt any measure should be proposed and adopted
that might crush the [fish rebelhgnn its infancy. u
collefling bow nearly the ninont plan os vigorous
,rocedinge inthc beginning of the merich rebdlioo,
ad taken place, which must have finished that was
in the first campzign. The ld'e the Minifler is dis
tuxbed by Pulmnent the man successful hie endel
voun for the pubfick welfare. Let then meet to pro—
vide the milluonl, And the soone: they retire to their
domestic]: occzsiom the better for the publick. Leave
xheprd'ent Minilry to cool ere the plan of the Scotch
uhmet, continue: our corr poodent, end we shallh-ve
[peace by cppghl'epfsithe winter. Our cmespndent.
consident of being in the seeyet. sinsih it is the ruling
pnndple in the ubinn. 'ct'Th ny must bssc worse before
the are better; wehanlol' i we havelostsome.
nnluelofi mhenostheweshn' ndo; wehavelost
the empire o the fen, our tude in going, and when that
is gone, and ire and :: independenc :: Aqerica, then,
end not tils , we shall have em Mad, and
nothing to 5 for It home. This slyl our corres
pondent, is t e gent object of the Miniker, and he
approves the lull prmogzcion, which prevent: acheck
or delay to the independenee of lreland, which in the
la! object of the Minisier'l plan for eompleu'ng the
peace and happiness of- Great Britain.
A French enishry has been ap'rehended at Man
eheker, lnd government have discovered some very
secret and dangerout machinations of rsont in vari
ous towne in Lancashisg, (hpposedto employed by
ance, in debauching the mind; of the lower manu—
fafiureu. _
ss .Govemment feel all the 'gnlncy of the lhoek
which the resolution of helm hu given them. They
:revdwleddm the ssme supineneslhand finish venzlity
in that uplmns. , ieh the have suc
cesehlly introduced into this; And thatythey could
temporize md trifle to the !d of the chapter. They
are now brought to {hetm'ifying brinlt—there il no
receding—and to ndvntee anew? plunge: them end
ss their view- into etemal des-ir. he Writ: Court
doctrine of bindi- lrelznd by British htutu is at'
an end, and me ty will now force them to be just.
Letter: from ance sly. that Paul ]met it made
: Knight of the Order of St. Lcwis.
NEW YORK, jane 7.
ESTERDAY arrived Major Croshie, Ald-de
i cum to hie Excellency the Commander in
Chief, w' despnchee and further particulars of the
sueees: of hie Maje 'e me, in the conquelt of
Charlelown, the equal & Sooth Cuolina, from
which the following are extended.
At the surrender of the town the following General
office", hetnliom, &c. and their commanden were,
to the mount of six thousand, taken pfifbnm, 'm
thousand three hundred of which ere continentalu
Maid: General Lincoln, the rebel Commender in
Chies; Brigadier Generlll Scott, Ho an, Woodford,
M'lntosh, Moultn'e, Du Portail, hief Engineer;
Col. Beekman'e brigade of lnillery; Col. Simond't
Charleflown brigede; Bri ier Genenl Scott'e bri
gade; Brigadier Genenl gan'ebriglde; Brigedin'
Genenl Woodford'e bn' lde; Lamen'a light mfan
tryli Wier General J'lnwsh's bfigade of country
ml ma. ;
Abflnct of the ordnnnce tlken. :: cannot], '9ss
meum, ! howitzer. burn; 180 iron cennou. Ten],
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fifteen stand of imennl colours, and four thou-i
send five hundred sixteen land of French mushetsu]
Thin glorioue ltchievement hn been effected with\
the lose ofonly seventy si: British, German, lnd pro- !
vincial troops killed, includin tWo Enfignl, one ser
iemt; and : 89 wounded, inclu 25 one Captain. seven
Lieuwnann, end one serjeent, in of them nigh .
The dispatehee of his Excellency General Glr
Clinton, alnouncing to his Mejefly end the good
people of Great Brimn end helznd, the joyful event
of the :eduction of the capital city of Sooth Carolixu.
were carried by the Right lion. the End of Linealn
to the Secretlry of Stace; and these from Adminl
Arbmhnot, for the Lamb of the Mminltyfipy Sir
Mdrew Snape Hammfl.
POUG HKEEPSlE, jane
lS Excellency the Gowemm Nun at -
H when intelli ence wan received, than of
the enemy, consisiing chiefly of toriei yf sonb
lndians and British soldien, to the munbb' of nbm
400, under the command of Sir John ohnson. H.
on the ud ultimo, made an lttack I the frontiu'
inhabitants at Conwagz, Conajoh , lie. on":
]ohnstown, in Tryon county, where
and sczlped !! person, nmongwhom were .I'
seniour, Col. Fisher and two sone, the lame! wh—
they bublroufly tortured to death, took aboundin—
prisonen, anJ got about rso (chiefly of Sir ]ohn'd
tenants) to join them. They plundafl the Wi
tants of the most valuable of tlfir clothes and
with which they loaded 70 hot es, lad burnt
with the houses, desiroyed all the amend flock
could find, except the horsel, which thy ended
with them, together with the negroee belongingb th
inhlbitanu," m :
Hic Exce enc , on receiving the inte ' "
Thursday the zin- ult. immediately it 53
Kingflon, and proceeded to Alben ; whence wish
: considenblebody or militie, hl ily music. x.
set out for lake George, the militi: continuing tom
him by the way. From lake George With hu
?; th.-
he croffed the lake on Tnesday len, and in
adding to Ticonderoga, when he was to be '
by : body of the militu from the Grlnu. ::
is reported and believed, he has hi- M ct
batteaul of the enemy, and got beyond it
hoped he may cut off their mt. Ill! 50le m
t
: good account of them.
' Hi: Excellent) Cane am... We.
PHILADELPHIA,7M:_0Z
Eymctqfulmctfi—lceulna Wd
Mzdrid, to mtbtr t'- th': inn, duuctl-Isiu- W- si '
UR set and had force! have besieged '
from themonth of uly, end reduced the
'rison tossPch : picttcftssfsic exhaufled of '
weery o : ' ue u ] knefi, end '
with the ho "5 succour, which the on:? la.—
had promi ed since the beginningoffie w, nd I
commp it was Fobahle, thnt ]! would have hin
dered m alhorttlmc, mdthatwewoulduquin'sh
out the spilling of blood to our denied", dun in
romnt place, the only one which art hu him
ooked upon an inexpugnable.
" The melsures taken wet: theme! m
proper to that intent, an may of upoo—_
the siege by the land side, the Sun Roqnel line"
prrisoned with numerous batteriee of me in! no!
tan, to hinder the sllliel of the enemy. Wri
when good opening: ofeted me!. to permit I! fer "
their firee reached, novefl'el which could hsibfllm
evade the visiilmce ofour flute; in the ] {&
ciru opposite Gibnlur, wu Dan Antonid '
with twolhi los the line, someffigltee, the
gallies, mdflthe: very swift (liliu- "fele, '
m the most convenientplaeee, to nnmcept num,
or neutral vessel which could intend to ? up:
ssthe piece; another fleet of !: lbipe of the 'ne us]
some frignes, under the command of Dan Jm de
3 Lanpn, was on the sh-eight'e mouth, Io inp'b lb]
fusptciout vessel ing into the Medim sen
'* Whill the pamsh and Punch u mld hop
the fen, England beingof infeflm and fine, Ill
limited to the defence of her own island. eveq no
ment furing : powerful innsion, when the m