The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1780-03-25 00:00:00, page 2

End, lnd'vrecked; the zrmtefl pzrt of the crew were
slvld by two of his M1jsi-llv's culter!
Extract afa lullrjrom VVhilhy, Dn. 11.
" Lus! ni'ht clme ashorc near thia place-tize Be]
lonl, ! French pxiu'xu of ten grim, m!!! m.?y sun
me on bond, the rest of the clc-v, lo llle number
of 39, having bren 1" wnshsi-J off n., c.!esi'k. "A her.
dish, that they shim'csil from Buuiugnc H.- Sih, in
compnny with two onu privctucl =, Imh which, I! is
-expectcd, have suffered 'lve same hue, 35 li-cy pansi-d
in : heavy 5;le of wind) and lust light of (h-n- (On!)
pniom vuy so.:dmly she day before khm'shisi; came
m here." '
By : lette: from For! Au-mshm in Scmhm], we
learn, shzu mmy pf th;- hss'ssmn-l Gentlemen, hun
ordered their tennuu to lrzn'n He militzuy exsi-nise;
lad seven! of the inniids, [;ueiy anivcd srmu Ame—
tiu, m made cll-SH sssss-sijmsits lo them. and :hcv have
already mule cono'z-Qezct..blsi: pmgnl'sx They are in
undcd co 36} ac t'unciblcs, and as : nurscry for th:
bighland regunents now abroad. '
lx/rad qf :: lmn- jmn Wincbcler, Do't. n.
" Un Tuesday las} then to men, belonging to the
-.
park of uru'llery hart, were draughud iml marched
off with two (eld piece. for Portsmouthno join l'uverll
others of the main, who an no cmbark then for Ju
mien."
No Man whuem arc nw ldmim-d into (be or
dinance office :: the tum, or into Wunlwich w'ar
m; and mien m also given that no l'u-angen but
you miued to-l'ec lbe opcrniom going 03 in m- doek
yards.
- . . . nl , . .w,
Captain Luttcnl, in the Chamn of 44 gon, together
with the l'omnna and Lowesiosi' os :! gon:. the Por
cupine and Raeehnrse floopt, took on the a6lh us
()btober. the son of ("now, in the bay of ll—mduns,
son the mnsom of which, ;mpoo dollan were offend.
Two hundred and fifty quint'xlo of quick silver were
found it the son, for which the Spsitniatds off: red
double the nine, na thev could not work their wives
without it. Both the offi-n vnto refused. C nptzin
Lutterell took beside! two segilku ships of the value
of;,ooomoo nf' dollan. The ton was taken by an
infe'ionr force by florm. Capvain Lotnrell't summons
of surrender, and his conduct alter telling of tho sort,
were replete with the courage and humanity wsmhj
fond the chancterishck of the British nation, and
li'ord a very flmng commit to the bath: rity of the Ssi-c
niarda at St. George. Kcy, vhete they have "cited ss
Me for their Fifonen, having given man: w"
: to immediate death every one who refined. St.?
sctcosge's Keku maken by the same fleet. ]
The pdl'efion of thin fort will be of great muse.}
. tune, u it will serve to protect the logwood tradq
tom the M-squim more. ss
A It will be. : satisfaction to the friend: and remiom;
ctlhebgeniauc phizosopher nnd udv-mznmm seamao,'
C-ptth Cook, to be assured that we have the hefl zuss '
Mty to say in was safely atrsved tn the river Can
.ol, in China, jn perfect health, three days hei'otc
du DLnZsh-shm who Mngsthe intelhge: cn lest that
since, and flhl ho- anuldj'xm sail for Europe.
Dcc 9. Yettertiay an express oyer land from'the
East lndic- arrived in town with Id'lce, that the
Frwch an um) . jtspoffl-fl'si-d of every seltlemem they
bid t' Asia
' '! he-SJ. ! 4'm'1 de Begona, a Spanish ship from th!
an-uusnh m (ladiz, with five cneflo of dollan on
bon), n - zxm d] tm Layton privat-er, and carried
into ]ecscv. "
" an L-H 4 privateer of ]trsvy, had tF-ken and clnied
into M-zford, the Snntugl, : Spdnlsh shiy, lzden
vnth :mhtneal. hidea, &c. -
The 'And-se French private", belonging to Dun.
ctkirk, in turn and lent into Lisbon, by the Potly
letter of mnrque.
They mit: smm Bres}, that despltches had been
sent srt-m thence sm- thc Governonrl of their Welt
Indit iflmdo,' containing !ome fresh inflmctoom ter
: better resolution of unde between the subject. of the
American Statea, and those of h'u Most Chrillilu
Majesty in those part.. -
thrc'ctafn laursmu lemouth, Du. 4.
" Let) Thuvsdag' night. in a violent g'pssle of wind.
.sikrmch rqivatcer wu bkwm un show neat- thi'fphce,
lnd entirelv infl, " wan all the people, enlpt one
um and : boy, who ngc m lccosstmt thy: they sntled
how 'thrhurg that mosain , iq compmy vith
um. which they believed conduct! at sea.?
Extract as: [mar]? um Antigun, Sepl. 17.
" l'nc Button u-nch' of 14 cum, h as nk .-n and
brought in here, a Frencn shop, bound tum cup:
p'canmu to the n-ntmunt ot Ammca, wnh sugnr and
molaflsiua. dhv is about tune hundred tom lmrlhtn,
and is quite mit. The Lion rrivaiecr had ulm brought
in two !!oops niLh lumhcr, &c. h'tsim Amuitsia, bound
to me Hctvunnah. No less than ten issues nave been
iuaugnt m her: wnhin one month."
Extmsisi'ss' 0} a letter [ram Dcal, Dtt. !.
" 'lsihe lssin si! go gnns, l* 4 the St. An'oln'l of 64,
.ucmzsivci but in m t'uz'xs-nunh, (" thuir way to un:
nvsr 10 in- 1'- h' ul, A chdisn man of was, with six
dwednh murclz -n.z-m-n undcr convey, :: now] mg in
thc !) w: &. llzr-y I': l'siH to be laden wit nant
Atosn :m spun, ".dsii that the mm ni' vur in to psutcEsit
lmm, !n-vsi-m ctnv c-r- ntcmyt (a lmporseascd them."
Yedenday :lu t'x_)s'. ns w" received at the Adminlty,
with an .-C.'u'.l..7. n; lh; ssi-tc axnvm 01 the whole of the
Lilbnn and Upw'n) neeu; they had been separated
from the c-rn'ssuy m ;\ 'lmzsiu g'silc of wind, and in
no ning through the: hay hznl isixghtot the Spanish fleet,
wno wewon tneir nt-nx- lu Cnmz, and look no nonce
of the English ships, but mlfcncd them to return un
molelted. ss
A plan hn t-eeix laid bzsore the Lord: of the Trra- ;
fury, for the more tfi'csisistunHv warming thc expmn
cu-n of bullipn out of the kmgdom, and it he now
under consideration. _
it it neltevcd that : certaFn great personage begins
to find that he how been deceivrd m the account. (A
the power and insihnzmmn os Nonh Amuisi-a; and it
in likely :! new plan s-s Which, rctsipecling the colu
nia, will he zdoptedin tune locumcj wnich sulmshea
hope the manent an: "(A gone tosi: hu- sor : reconci
liation between the mother and her chiidren. '
Ftt'ty thousand men;, 1: is said, will he cmlmtkrd
thin sprinz for the Leewarol Hands, ]lmaica, and tnectss
cunnncnt ot Ammca. ss
T he jamlica merchant! (mited un Lord Sandwich '
yeficsdny mth their memonas, praying ; tun] force]
\ for the protection of thut tfiu _ andlpning forth the
sidngemu: ansil zhrnnnz sivualion it in now in sou
, want of that forcc; when it.. an pleased Lo inform ss
them that men st-p to sxcme their ]Wupetct'y in tim4
part should unmc-h: tely he liken. They kcztzossssh'ated
with him on the n-siceflit) of strong convoyactomxnffl
ss with the mule through the guisin, am! likewise lhcw-z
Ie-ctl him no list of the nine ships which wen taken off]
{sithe'bansikl of Ncwfonndlnnd, merely sqr want of a]
? FoZ'FSPn'ssssYsi _All of which he assured them Humidss'
be flrictl amended to. lss
The ! n-ee fleus now sitting out for sea, will consufl :
of upward: of 30 sail ut the nine.
General Vuughan is appointed to the command of
the troops going to the WM ladies; which itiolhid,
ss will confifl of upwarde ul_ no,ooo men.
> Wednesday tctne Syth rsigimsinteommmdcd by Col.
\ Clrey, marched to Por'lmssum. to umhmk on board
{the transpono for ]amaica; rhxa :- oneof lbencw
1 raised regimu.
' We ale assuml that Lord North is in full polfeffion
of every paper of IHY coniequence nelalive lo the lnsh
(rede, and (but he has had she her: ctlhfm'mwriun on that
head. So that if his ])supulsiniun do not tum out eon
cilialory, it must be ennrcly his win (dull. A newss
Lord Lieuunam :: in thought will Ells] over the pro- '
position.
Yeflerdny an English officer arrived in town from
France, who cnme from Grenada with Lord Macm
aey. He bling: an account that advice; were jul:
come to France, of two French men of war, and
:bmn14 or : ; unsporu, which had sailed from Gu
nmlz for France, having soundatd ne sea; :nd that ss
unfortunnzely, ches: ships lzad many of the Enghsh
belonging to Grenzda on board msi-m.
Extract qs : laten- from him D. French, daud lb:
loth q/"Dea/nber, 1779.
" I have the pleasure to inform you that ! came
plffenger on home] (he suu-v St. Thomu, from 5!
Cloix. bound to Cu flungen. and landed at Dover
yederday. 'Lsssshe 141 54?" November'in lztitude 39.
30. N. Imigim-k 32. 40. fill m with lhd spoke (he
jacknll. belonging to'Brmul, : Bermudian built vessel,
shufhed um copper. She had them in company with
her : large Spmish ship, from Butnoe Aynes, laden
wuth hidu and ( large quantity of sure, &c. lnd
zboue l.$oo ooo dollus; the rash xhey were enin
on board the pnvateer. in of:!er to mnke the est o
Their my for the fist post. She is called the Nucshl
Stnora dela Tom' Scnorc, Don Antonia ch'on's
dsi-la Gomez, mflLr; she was me,} as weeks fro.!" her
11, and when taken by sctud reste: unew l.uthug os
Kssosishlisies being: nnmenced with Ssssizsim. ;.z-_.l from me
accmmu 1 leceivcd mnn the Cnpmin .m-i ss-arucn, they
look upon her to be the most va} xsi-h'sse pur- um! has
been xuzen lhis was. 'l'he Jhr vsi: yr-n u ') rect on 34
'I fact."
Extrlctqf , lrlhsir sun: !] wsi-x', she, 9.
ss " Bv some Uemsiuncn whu l.: nisi—sil hcze ,chcrdzy
from Ft'lvxt, am! ram: Z-y x.;siv 01 ['I Him,}, w: ss-ctjc
mid, thcttt a nezs).1'.::.;,\ wsisiss. on. the: cz-ptl, and (as
mlvmccd, for a pr'ussc i} :siwcsi-n susssizsi-css- msid England,
Which was supposed to l-e t'fl" .tazm. wi che Span'su
lL'tt'l leaving then, tnn-turn home. Tha- Gentleman
ssiH they wu-e {ningis,],simdwm.!hmme5:1r*i-.siusm$
relative to llh' ncssociuiun, :ossi !:s ad u- fwn Aipmi.
chase! couhi he g'n ready for them." "
It in resolved in the cnbinct, ncvcr N- have kss than
a hundred regimcms in sunnes 'sln- ].e xre chhi-sh
ment will consequently occasion an anmuct-z] exptnse
, to_che people of lhinly regiznenn. -.
ss A general salt in to be u-Irl'r-rvcd :hrnughuut Grul
Britzin un Friday the +zh of Fcbruary uzzxt. -
NEW YORK, Fclv. :. .
Al' ! AlN Child infmrm us, tlut about the tull
C of December [on the greatest part of the uwn bs
.ssnvauulh Ln Man, in the xsishnu of ]ammca, un
burnt hy uceident, and thin : few days at-sicz ize lest
Kingltnn he tell in with his Mnjcfiy'l ship ancsh—Q
who dun had under lureonvoy : Spnnii gulleoa and
anomer Psln.
Caplsilm Hall from St. Eufllfin, which pine be ksifc
ss the zd ull'. nssuru un thn dn the 18 ): of Deccmb-r,
! tion of 36 sail, several of csivem mour ting; 40 sun..
laden wit]: provisione, nant nsim, &c. fm M 'ssnmiq-e,
nppured offtht illu-d; they wgrdiscc-vned !) son.
srngztn belonging to Admioal Parku's fleet, w i..
m-dincly unde the proper fignzk; the A-i—inl with
his fleet wue :! that mue " St. Lusll, and did")
put to set. He immediately dcmhed put to! die But
to inweept them, and with the nunznindes proceeded
to the Dinnond, :! the (such end of Mamm'qn, ,
m] or French men of war cas: : out oF Part Royal lo
esiudnvour to save then flee! us vifiozlicn. Adminl
['a-lus observis-tjss them, gave chase lnd got betwee
ss them and the irsird. Some vefiih bclun, ing to Sand;
,laymg at .-.n :imr a: ?.u: Royal, ;mj ducavfing ln llfnssk
ontho ifland, susi—q-ss-sil liJ-ia' titles, al-d ssgot undu
my, and before they ]e—fl' sight of the two fiend; Ill.
van of the B\iush wn engaged with the rur-of th.
French: Of th- Hctuallen " won token nml felo
shoved. _ '
- By the sum! Gentleman wun told. that Addird
Rodn-ev is nrrived in the West lndiu with 6 lip; i
the iine, 7 frignet and zooo laud form. " .
CHARLESTOWN, Feb.17.'
CAPTAlNS Enns and Fohn, srnm St Eumm,
' ; on the zozh u'ss. fell in with nn-i luc'si. a British
ship !or Georgh. one of the sin? (hit lzilvd from
New York the 162'1 of December Inch, but a mln of
our comising ssm fight, they tiwnvht i! prudent to unk
her, after mking out :; imm UL: flux were on fond,
\ lbout 70 Rmd of arms, lnd some chdh .sif en.
The shlpbad been obliged to lay too 17 days, by sue
c'essiu gllel of wind.
The Colvmhm, Capt. Nowe", also fell in, sifom
day. afur, with another of the above fleet, laden
with horse flirniture, nncl hzfsng un board besides,
about 30 dnzoom and na manyhorscl, 'wltich lb (00
lnd carried into Nonh anlinu '
W] LLlAMSBURG, Much 25;
RRlVED in ja-nel river, : shg of'lruce. from
New York, with several :pl'l of wine and stosu'
for [he Snratoga voopl, sswhicsi axe pssisoneu of cut.
in "sin state. '
DEATHS.) Mn. ELlZABBTl "All", os
jamestowo, after!lingeringillness. si
,si'. Some people in the coulzty of Isle qs'
IVig/n or Surry (through mi/ln/ce) took
from an board the [arigmnine Elizalretb, i):
75"!!! river, two bare.: of PRIN'TING
TYPES, about four hundred weight. Tbct
printtn hereof will give a bandstpm' reward
to any Perfim that will rrssslore 'rbemsi.