The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-07-11 00:00:00, page 1

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'Anwus ton LlBERTY ;ssct' ' AND TnuPUBLlCK GOOD.)
High HEAVEN to CRAClOUS ENDS direct: 1/zc SI'ORMZ
] N () O U N C ] L,
july 2,. 1777.'
' HE General 'ssisscmhly havingdirectcd
that :: bucaliun of ten companies 0!"
artiilcry, one of which to be compa-scd of
arxisiccrs, should be [brthwith'railZ-d, and
that th each company there shouhl be onc
_ cuptain and three liesiutcnnnls, to be ap
pomtcd by the Govcrnuur with the advice
of the Pr-Vy Cnunci]: It is thereupon
resolved. that thin B-mrd will proceed to
make such appuimctnents on Monday the:
sunrth day of August next; and thzss ull
persons intcnding to (offer their survnces
may have due notice thereof, it is, ordered
that :: copy of this resolution be inserted
in the Virginisit Gctzcttc. .
(Ampy) Ancu. BLHR. deesik.
L () N D 0 N, [March 30.
Acorrcct .ct nd aui/zuntick rclatwn oft/zc [) F.
BATF. in the HOU *E q/siCUMMUNS.
BOU'FI 3 o'cluck, nu'. Bullcr (a lord
_ as the admiml'xss) mnveu lee- com—
mittee of sizpplies, sir Chrusil-rs \\ hi- worth
in the chair, to vote 45' ooo sc-siuncn for
the year 1777 . Sir George Youu'gc arose,
and," while he approved the pnning this
country in a proper flute of defence. re
lss'Obatcd at large that ru'umus s) llcm on
which the. present c'w'u war ]) ul in: i'sizunda
tion- Mr. Tempk' Lmtre'.l then got up,
and cntcr-sid at lnrgf- imo =hc [tale and ad
miniltratiss'm of'thc mariuc dcpartlncnt us
govequ'ufnr un-Iersi lord Hsimduich. llc
shewe , -that the navul str- ngxh us this
nazion, for the pruzrctirin (.s Great Brituiu
and lrclund, was by no means cqu :! to the
account puhfickly given by some, of the
most responsihle characters in office. So
far srum' 23 ships osthc ]inect sit for sea, us
was asserxed at the opening of parli um-si-m
by the first n'wal authnzi'y in Great Bri
tain, mul posisi'lvcly insill'cd On by ths. noble
lord over the way (lord G Gsirmainc) in
contradFction to real, through melancholy
fzcts stated by another right honourable
member (col. Bnrress) you had not, on
the first day ohh-ss: prss;sen:scssims, asum
cichc number of nr-n to complete the
sscomplcmentsos ! 3 sli!oF the 23 ;;u-erships
than in commiffissm, so as to render them
in a condition [it to cncounter an enemy.
He conceived it to be the i-umezdiatc duty
osn::r1i1ment to take measures snr putting
these kingdoms in a proper state osnavnl
defence, and not suffer the must usvsu] us
the ships, and lhu' !] )wcr osour siemns-n,
to be sent 3000 mihs off, 01] 11 sruilk'ss,
rmnsmdck acccmlnt, to reduce. the vast
continent OF America tn uuwmclitian !] sub
nflsion, utterly lust to these duminicms
(m horn'rwv the words of ;H'cry culph stick
emtm' ['sifi-siit Tgess-neral] oft.]lelungroh )
" by th: fully uF :] sow, ths: umclnes}, o!"
sossnc, and the cvsivl sl-rflpsiux ()Fnlnny, who
have g-m- h-ruihrnsi-j imn those dcspcrucc
enterpr'is's " !.csisst us; be ('si'xrcluf us what
Vct rcmctsima sisf-f-ysi-ssrc :ml f-Fl'lh-xxct-y, nor
C'WC t'n-s- 7!) v ?. in 11 (!r's' m;- Irsi state,
thFc vnw' c-v -s- 'css' te en: nzScct'ss us F' xncu
and Spusiux :nfitaailj cozmnssuul :dl the Euro
peun scas, with ." Heat ofj'o men of war.
[shall be told, pL 'zrh IPS, 'vtwoul lbc hsim hlv
impm-n r thus publickly tn cxnnsa tho
weakncls of the.- navy m those "l.uimh -.l
powusss m cnhich ] am exprelfing lo sui
ous ma upprehcnlion. N'lr if there could
be 51 my oi hope, consistent with common
sense, that such spec'mus Lchhoods of gu
vernmem could imposc upon the clcnr
lighted (Ltcctesincn on the mhcr side oflhc
Channel, or upon their miniiters and cmis—
sarics on tlfis. side, ] should :,1']ow that we
had, in the noble carl, the best commifli
oncr osthe .]mirnlty that ever prcsxd-ss-d
at the board, ] mean so long as the f'zzscly
of'yonr union depends upon conccaling
or disguising the truth; sor ] vm fly h- li-r vc
him to be the only man of his rank mcl
educatiou m thctse rc'alms (] an sure he as
the only professed morflist) who, al (sir
rc-iicratcd (setcdticn m the proflest impnii
tions, and deep laid kictinus, can mHy
,—
flgini" llH-l sclul'" [" lllC Ull'HssHC Wllll ["
smctimcminus :: composme, so (I: mmh [I;
an czliroutery, that the rarity and pcrl'sic
tiunol lhevicc almostcoullituzesitn .i: me.
llerc mr attorney general arose, mad cul
lcd mr Luttrcsill to order, appczahng to
the committce whether such language,
and so pcrshual an asittack, ought to be
sussurcd. Mr. Lnttrcll, however, p. L'isic
ver-ct-d in his prhilcgc, us a rcprcscmutivc
osthc people, to set forth, in an shomssr
colours as he pleased, the ( flicial tsssuhs oz *
iniquities of any of the pub' ick ministers
nsthis country, when he wns ready to
[import his allcgatimis by circuml'smlial
pwcls. The uttoruey general l'chli -,d
that as there was no accufinion smmsilly
lnl'ure that asicmbly, mr. Luttrcl] couml
not, consistemly with the rules at the
house, proceed any farther. To which
mr. Lotchll madeanswcr, that he would,
at all hazzlrds, procc ed in acquictihghim
sell" of his duty. He knew (with great
descrcncc to that learned am! relpcdtsiblc
gentleman) he was wumn me law or par
fiament and the rights of every individual
member osit, and that the plca of want
ingu formal nccus-uion was :! chicuctnc which
Wouhl avail nothing; for if the ministry
would shssrssr him to carry a motion for the
returns and state ofthc navy on which to
groundhischatges, he afihrcd the house he
could do no less, in confirquence ofthose
abulks am! mal-practiccs which must, on
inquiry, come out, than follow such ;!
moaion hy am address to his nujellsiy,
" that he would he graciously pleased, for
the wcH'ssrc of l'isiz pct oph', to remove the
earl Sandwich, not only from the osiscc he
now hul-isss but from the royal councils
and presrnce for ever." He then wem' on
by s-ying.si that to give the first cnmmis—
{inner us the navel depurtmem the palm
0s_lpcciumjhg/L'hcmd:, while he had so many
cuumetitnr— in the minill-ctrial fi'antruity,
wys indeed no trilling complimcnt. He
acknowledged he was run hard hy thulss'c
inen who give out to the world that they
have offered conditions of peace and :! rc.:1
redress osgrievances to the pcoplc osAmc
ricn, which c-ffcrs hsiwe h—nsi rc-j 'tctcdn" [,
those men on the fire;;shx'y bench. who ad
vance first the (Iongrcso have cii-"ctVflWCd
cvsssi ry pm'p-p-sc c-s'rzunuisznfisnl short usindc
pcmzcuce " VIH sit conditions of peace,
founded on redress osrcul jIX'icVfltCCS, have !
been <.—stsi.sircd m th: (Tansirsigs , or any defi
gates 'm whom the Amcsiicaus put :\ trust?
Shall ! be told again of your ambiguous,
lrctpcncx-ifica], and insi-Zinus playcard's and
pss-jsizlamussilons, tending; only to allurc and
csij-vlc a saw dns'uml lczncgadoes from the
c:.-usc us conffiuvimmf n'iL-c-rty to your cy-si
runniczzl liandards? We Were told by a
noble lord, the other night, that " si!
would nm-nr al/rrw lizc [qq-si/lative claim: ;!
this country -to Ire ;: grievance." The e"
vsi'm'c lus very words;; ( took them down
in wrilsimg at the inshznt he- uttered them.
Um- us the lirss crown lawyers added, that
nothing- Crmh! sutissv 9;-wcrnmrnthort'of
unconditinnul i'ulm-sisifli-sin. " Flw Ameri
cum lmvct no [t'l'flls 10 (lz-m/m-l ( find he) ji'nm
ysssssiurctjss/l'issh 1('/nt'(fU('r t/zry may hnpe'from
)")ursisssnnurcfmlzlmr'rcssjy " .'-ir, when the hea
dish cmpl r- -mct (jissuuhus Czcsar held Carac
mous m-dal! the shiaish warrieurs in chains
at his chaxirsic whccls, hc talked not so
proud :: language to his captive: as these
(;hvist'ean ministers while they invoke the
special in'simimsifhm of the Almighty, hold
forth to i'nc—ir own countrvmen-f hitherto _
supcxiuur to them ? the lists. ln short,
ship off the maflc and specious falsc—boodi'
from every departm'ent of state, asssit "u—
nnw modcllcd, and the war is a war for
taxntion, awarnsinjuffice, impiety, and
endlclsbloodshcd. Mr. Vfl'ombwell (mem
ber for Huntinctgsi-don) violently took !:
the cause oHord Snn-ctlwich, and cntere
.
into a long pancgyrsck np'on hifsspfivaw
virtues, publick talents, andsi Mbstr ';
said he was the best ;ninistcr, an'dsserhss !
the worthiest mzm in this couflny [here
the house laug'thcd heartily]h that he:,waa'
not to be hurt, lw the shafi-s of that when si'
ment mcml-sscr who spoke last. ss W
Lord _L\"'.m_oss-r:1';choko ncxnn the debalsi
said the British nation had never known al
first commiffioner of the admirrdty equal
to the present in capacity and meritfofious
services. Lord North ulso go; up in" be
halsoslnrd Snnduisi-h; said his majesty had
in that nobic earl :: very capable ansid zea
lous servant, who ought nbt to be thus
attackss-d in his ahichc,-srom & colh-ction
OF loosc shrmiscs; the most lnborfom and.
eminent pu'si-lick seniccs had been render
ed this cmpirc since he came to the mval
admhfistmeiun; neither cousscl kny of his
prcdccessurs (upon the whole) boast equal
prctcnsifss-ns tu'sihcsigippluuseuisilhis countrv,
and the u ("11th oi'cvery uuprcjudiccd indi
vichul. Hr. Isinm-r—H was called upon to
reply to these sworn] advocatea for the
mihlesi-m: ! , z-nc} mr'j-sitainhis sormqrground.
["lc" 'siofd fuz'z'r Mulzmve. he \\ asnm :isspt to
hussmzc .". csimvcrt "m principle or pt'l'silllsiq
on after ]!" 'n-ul nnw- formed hi mind up
on t'n-sshsilss 'nZ—ssgsi'n- hi- un.l<-r standing could
isiurnsilsh; 1'n-' \h—si- in 0 issuhlc lords on the
opposite bench did him hljulficc when they