The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-02-19 00:00:00, page 1

. FEBRUARY 19, .779. (\ si/ctct/ ct-si-r ,} E/siZf/ffisi siUNiIF-ssl .
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ssHssO U S E OF C 0 M M O N 8, FRIDAY, Nov. 27.
]! E House proceed-d on the bulctness-ss of me preceding
- L_ . day, by the bpeeker's desiring Mr. Grcville to bring
_ _ lup the report of the committec :uppoinvecl to sih-siw up
,... the address of thanks to his Majesty. The IctLpu-t
being then presented at the table, and uncl ny one of"
the clerks, the queshon wat put sorleadiny, it ;] lecund
_ . time, when Sir Ph:lip ]ennings blexke rose w uhisisich
to it, declaring thlt be found himself under a neCcss-(y other lo sin.- .:
negative up:! the address, or 'to contan for the uncmlsincn: p-sssi fsii
this day nyon , He seid. it was highly improper 11t t'as— crzm t.- w,
complimtsh-Io .lhe throne, at : trmc of publick GJlu'IlIl 3, n'hsizss :he
safety of lb! kingdom wn manisestly at (tale:, and even tum wns ;, g.
mmt with some new instance of the inupsiccity at the ps .sint Muni-lss-s to
govern this country. [! lp cared to him highly irwjml-vus to the mnuu
m promise hie Ma'csty the e .:ctuctl support of lhut duule m meahusi-s
deitructive of hil- (loctlninimu, and for continuing m nlsice, men who W. ne
resoked to adhere lsioxhect same ruinous plassne that in;] brought multo cut
yresent ahlming hugtiqnq .
- Mr. Adam; asscqnmmi the House, that he had poflpmed giving his
sentimenssu oathe War the z-eceding evening. m cicsheme to me
' gfen number ofilble splkesl on oth side. of the question, ch-mli ug
ra her zoddivee caution to a thin House, tnpn (a vb rude ;: oz. a (bed
awliencect He si "see the amendment on thnsssnnclple, lhqc hss-shpuzsisit
)it impfi'shlesiss ' whn had appeared to the case m me counse of the
long, dehnssc, but Wsscoumry could provide land and sea force: lufficimm
forctm offensi siylcysivsiith Ametica, another with Fuance, and perhaps
anmher wit}; 7 menthu' power, without leaving these klngdoml .flmust
deseneelelq. He qbfenssed; that the defence not only of the capnals of
;ss - , but'llso of ever lm-pont town, ought m be
"-'* osil' - 'sssict-sct _ss Glmflensm won donl'rodvmw the case of
-- la aussussmct ct, when : bandini of 400 men were mutan- ol the
live: on somctmel {mood of hie Majesty'n subjects for seven] days,
before the commodin officer, with all his bravery and coudua, could
qudl du motion us he hoped thi- matter would be found wssrthy of
pmliamenuey enguiry. _ fled not some towne in the same country been
phmdered by Frmefi psl'llal'l? is therefore the Miniltry were to be
indulged in their fuourite lct'yflem of vigosous exertion: in Aonerica,
France would Wlinly lussil itself of an hour of weakness tn attack us at
home; and mwlithflpqdi all that had been Lustly said in favour at the
inilitiz. itmjghflneoye i uzl against the operiour force the nemv
mi ht lind open mz-ct M hie pan he was as ready to sacrifice u'u life
zing soflqqq_®lct "'I! man in the H-buse, but he wished to be undcntuod
' fight, he Wasss sjlqgly spcdflce mem in defence of this country ag um}
our ye ,qmsssssshe Frencn. For this rusnnsihe winhed'to see a
change ct ib si ", end men employed; who would neither gr.: up [he
deyemlency Qf- ; 'ea on Britain, nor continue year after ye I to make
f fruitlesictl lt'cmpfi to inforce it dy the lssvord; but ww would I:.we
s Wxiqsiqlsipe'hafieonqumd qunce, and then see it [he renrhed plo
] vinceTs wottldmt return to their aliegi-since to this country. ]: nnd l'xen
ashed, who would M have for thbtersi He did a ,: men] to pomt
them mtt, bathe wu certain it would ne mucn bclzcr to end lot: for a
new ldmin'tttnttkm an to continue". the present set ot men in office.
V Mr. Baiky ' si ' , admimttt'ztton to tlechre to : e House tt they
telligenee fromjamssuca to the lame pu pose :
ip'pflygte letters from his frlnndl, whtch he
' __ ssdhd wzl to the following puz-pott: that
' - Wpauioln, and tum tpnrtt ready
_ sorn French flss-et, to cunvoy
" _ ss- - , two' of his Majeltyk stigntea, had
been, tlken by (ws an of war: and camed. into Htspamsi-la; and
that the Gowesnm." zmasca had been ubliged to ptoctmm tn-utial
'- lpw, and to put thessifla in,the best pollure of detence hewas abfe, but
without hopes of bein able to hold om against the sudden attztck of :
flrong fleet And : Iarg regular fotce; havmg only 600 te ulan and the
si, mixed militia, _composed of mulattoes, negmes, &c. hat both the
,'Govemour and the Admiral on the flation had cotnphincd in private
ss letten of the nbglect of Govectmment in not sending stittfdsccmel-Il, or
e'vets condefc'endmg to let them know if they were to mamtmt- : hate of
peace or war with France. Thin was another instance of the want of
-<zpzcity for Govef'n'tnentsi and : reason for voting for the amendtnsiznt.
Msir. Thomas De Grey. iun. (Sccrenry to Lord Geo-ge Germaine)
gave the House a very satisfactusy answer. He said the uffice hassi no such
tntelfigenee as the honourable member had mentioned; but they h1d let
ten from the Governour of Jamaiea of a 'very contrary nature, dechring
that he had put the island in such : flatc of defence zl to ennble him to
testfi any sudden attack till succour- could arrive from England; but they
, had no offiei count: of any number of troops eoueeted at Htlpaniola,
' m any ship o wat- on that flztion.
* Mfi Pox rash, and after complimenting the Gentlemen for the candid
answ he had given, just observed, that he thought the Secretaty of dtate
' for tle coloties shculd have been in his place to have giveti it; but he
sc'l- " honoured the House with his attendance. [Lord George Germaine
ca- ' since lo mit gsiy n-gt, that the __ 'vate letten to
the Hun. Mrmbctzk' (Mr. Batieyi had mit been MdMibntkssMs
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theres-te he should take it for granted, they were true, al they came
from sllsprct'lhik? inhabitants of the place; und thie was a flesh instance
('t t -e m simesul :;eg eft of the Adsliil'Th) depanment, and of the folly
of te. ding luc'n mv sii surcss; tu America, that he could not protect our
old :t- & most rnlusittvle te:tlcmerts. He then went over the giounde of
hn nhTt-ctiom to the ad -retsis, ltated in his furmet speech; and added a
lo _:_ss 'hin, us the must bitter reflectluns on Lord North that could posibly
bt- mte-eci. He sud it hssd been} given out, that nor situation was not so
!) -tl n'IW as it Was it the heginninssz us the last war. This we apprehend
he confirmed :is :: reflecti-ssn on his father, the late Lord Holland, who
was Minilt-ctr at 'htt zer-i; after a t'esving that we were in : much worse
sitsitzttt n, ful we lind .hcn only ]oli hltnnrca, now we had Ioit thinlfll
p- n'ivicm. But the noble person alluded tsiv, had different motivtl of
[1 r. ur from those of tht- present Minilterz and as he had received hie
ednczttinn under him, this might be one reason wh he alway. diffeted
from his L rdlhip on points of honour. The per on alluded, to it the
he. inring 'f ]Jst war thought it a point of honour to restgn hie office.
uht'n h.- found he could no longen ho!d tt tor t'-e benefit yf hie country.
But the no' le Land in the blue rihnnd makes it hit point of honour to
kecp l'I his ('fflce year after year, though his admimttration hue been e
se.ies of misfortune: to his country; and in the very moment of ad
diti :tnl mlsiuftities, he goe— into the cahmet. and advise: his Suvereign to
it flow on him a most Iucrsitwe vacant place, the wa-denshipoi the Ctnqlle
Poyts. And whv? Because in mmther year the crown might have
nothing lust to give, if his Lordfhip continued to g- vm. But it had
b-sien sad. it is a rule of government with foteign Pri-zeee, to effifl the
w—akt T-n indeed was a reason for the noble Lord weont'mlein csice,
_vm Rusfi . and other foreictpn p.:wers might affln thin cmuy. - He then
mld ("sovetttnent Upon sending out : commifftunet' who could he" th
A-nericam wh'at (" rt of ment the Minifiry were. This llonewn enough
to m.u tht success at the treaty. He concluded with tepeeting hie Illn—
tinn. that a falle account had been given to the House [all year of th
nate .! tht- ctnztvsiv.
Lord Mulgiaue rqse. sever-Y r rehended Mr. so: for the espetiq of
his inn: u ge, and t id him, he ould have imagined him leasdida
ior -. vacml ' Aldcrman'a gnwn, and hie eddtel'e adapted to theinhabiunu
of 15 th ztssatsi- w1rd. He then decizressi the hue of the'nevy last year,
as given to the House, to have been true; zcnd added, ous sisi sszl force il
supenour to thzt us Frtm—e in ill,}nru ot'the globv; it wi] he Wrpur
to that of Frmee and Sp in us) m. Lord dumb, in I short, wh
tpeeeh, exculluted htmt'elt' from t'ie charge of so'ic'nirg honour.,ot cines
l-un-si-ms; they were the spovtuemm to unsi-simctv gitts of his Rozd Mls
ter, am: few yesss services. He had not buncscd hie fDl'leM since he.
came into office; and the duty he oned ; lsstige family made it ineuhtch
en him, in his tituition, not to sL'f-vssi. a moderafe pt'ovifion for (hell.
But at to lb.- ba yhce he had obtained, it was not of luch'conscqqenc'e
as the Getr leman imagined; tor it an owmg' to hie own mn'det'atioi
that the Kirg had not given him till the salary annexed to it in the late
puffefl'or'l time. He then requelied Cenuetnen not to raise
where there could he none: Neither lht' speech nor the adds: s. mnshggd
the Ametican Wil ; the on] requelhd a'vd pmmised gem] n."
Hie Lordsht'p corclude! wit protefiing a rendinese to reli hieofie,
whenevet it should appear that his country would he hent: ted by ctfucd
tesignation. ss 3
General Burgoyne now rose and desired the attention of the House to
an injury which, though it inn done to an individual. shewed the dispo
sition of the ruling pswen, a thcreshre came within the subject of th.
enquiry into their conduct proposed by the amendment. He then sh-on
blzmed Lord George Germaine for preventing hisi- seeing the King, md
givmg as a reasi-n, that he could not appear at St. ]amn'l till I esio'rt
of enqusiry had sat on his conduct, when at the same time the noble sictict
had mld the House, that no court of cnquiry could be held,-it "
gal. He said, insinuationo hld been thrown out that the Anteri— ss sssi '
gre ss had been uncc mmonly kindtohin'! Alla British osieer, how"
"; hqt ac : Gentleman, be uhnodidged he-hnd received more eivillty,
in their permining him to dumlmnjuflisy himself. than from theCon'.
greio - f Minifler! at home, "wan. all in Weii-meent it."
He then produced letten from the Qetretzty of Wnsi in-the course bfm
summes, requinng him, in hid Mzsh'o name, to' repair th BoM'n
soon-as his humlth would admit. 'fld cllled this letter I cahimt le"
and s ud the noble Lord wan one who ndvilsied ie in Co'neilz xci- ssss.
thought it could hardly be. that he wanted him me of the kid ' ' ss
wheshhc kn-w he hed :! publick dispute tofeuk with him. "
thsi- order wr- made percmptory, he knew hmwlnqmglfto da- - "1 '
Lossd George Genuine in-reply, observed, the? d-vn Io '
p] 'asuze GCnClfll Bmgoyne shouid not lppsonch-hie xvefine'e'tfflsi.
rsif enquiry had (I: upon hireoojufl; that in up" so ss si _' ctss" (
had afterward: advmd I court martial us the shire! nests ""Hast (