The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-02-16 00:00:00, page 2

Wolsey, 'fdt th' sake os Britnin and her
colonies. The brave Americans are above
accepting ospity; ssthey are not so mean or
pitiful; they will die first.
Nov. 9. An intelligent correspondent
says, he can" take upon him to assure us
' time there are more lottery fic/cet: in the
sipusieshon of the inhabitants of some ad—
dressing town: than in all the other towns insi
England put together.
: It can hard] be donbted, unless the
Amcricana receive proposal— of accommo
"(lation soon, but they will relinquish all
hope of; ce, and throw away the (Eab
bard. T ev have been accused of enter
taining vicws of independence; it is hard
to say on what that accusation is founded.
Profeffions sios anachment to Great Britain
can never be suited to'advance such a de
sign. _, .Besides embarraffing their- own
councils, And diffusing lmong the people
* sentiments of veneratlon and respect for
the mpther 'countr'y they Must, so long
as they ate made ufle 'bf, absulutely pre
d'u'de all' hope of fareign asiistance; for
who wmtmerposc in' their favcmr while &
i'Econciliation seems probable? if they
aimed at independcnce, they woukl never
. talk of submission.
" 'siMI the lords are ordered to be summon
fed on the farther consideration of the peti
tion art:} address from the' Americ-m
Congre :, which is to come on to-mor
ssmw.si
— Nav.si.1o'. The king wmmicw she'gzd
ct_ isi'eg'lment ofsoot, commanded bysicol. Am
berfl, on Monday next, on Pume com—
"hion, previous to the embarking or be
" :: ctu fMthe proportion as she militia
for-Sbotland is to be go.ooo men. . Lord
Nctth was stagger'ed at this demand in the
j_ Scotch, but sir Gilbert' Elliot and the si li
silfiwf-general insist upon it, and they are
si'fugs'zborte'd by all their coun'trvmen .
: battafions raising by 1ord Lovat'l
son are to consist of 2000 men.
!
. James Harris, esq; his majesty_*s_ minis
fet' at the court of Berlin, arrived in Bon
' sidm en Monday lashsi He had but four
'days notice to settle hit affairs, and leave
that kingddm; but the reason is not yet
knovvn, although it is conjectures! his Prns
sssum majestyintends making some incursionl
into our German dominions. '
'Extralt of a letter from Mflford'. Nov. 4.
_'ct QOn the goth of Octoher," the comq
manding-officer of the regiments ciesiined
for America received orders to disembark
".the troops till farther orders. ' ]t is talked
ss here, that they are-ndt to go to Ameriq
'till next s ing.". . ,
_ Yestcr ); the right hon'. 'john Saw
Lridge, lord mayor of this eitv, wsient in
'the city barge, accompanied by the late
flord mayor, and the different companies
fit! their barges, by water, to Westminsicr,
Where he was sworn in at the Exchequcr
tak before the" Cursitor Barons, and then -
"Yetnrned to Guil-lhail, where a ve'ry sump
,".tuouq entertainment was prbv'idcd. -
The DUKE Os GLOUCESTER is cer-si
fainly dead ; the newa is not declared, that
minish'y may have time to scttle the dis
posal of his places.
" 'There is nothing so convincing in this
, ,ministerial conduct of/the certainty of mis
Marriage', that all the experienced soldiers,
" ct mirais, sailors, statesmen, and orators,
- he in the opposition, which proies the
posite party have neither heads or hands
to'ctssconduct the measures.
'_7]t is confidently asserted in the city, that
'ssrhe court of Portugal has entered into &
heat with the court of Spain, to give the
sssiSpamards all the nffistance in their power,
in case they should be at war with England,
and the Spgniard are to give them the
_]ike affistancc, ssin case they should be at
tacked bv any European power.
'si'- Several thousand psszirs of worsted stock
inpss-s, and insisiie Hannssl wnistcnats. wrctre
flhiyped yesterday on board :. vessel in the
siriver bound to Americn, For the use of his
anjtsilf} 's tro. ps during the muter.
Nav. 17. On \-Vednc-\Zmy the House of
Common: went into a committee to cun—
sider ofthe petition from the provime of
Nova Scotia, when they Came to the sul
loucting reshlutions, viz. " That the pro
positious contained in the address , ])cli'siiun,
and memorial of the Council and liuulc of
Assembly ok'th'e province utsi hova Scotia,
of granting to his msiajesty, in pel'pcluily,
a duty of poundagc, ad valorem, upon all
comtnodities imported into sui- ] n-uvince,
not being the produce of the British domi
nions iu Europe and America (bay salt
only excepted) the said d'uty to be under
the dispohon of parliament," is fit to be
accepted, and thatsithe amount' ok'said
duty shall be eight per cent. upon all such
commodities. _
Lord North gave riotice he had matter
of great consequsie'n'Ce to impart to the
House, toward the latter end of the week.
" Order: were sent Tuesday night to
" Porsitsmouth for the Greyhound floop
" of war, now in duck, and fitting for
" Amesiica, to he got ready with all pos
** sible despatch. it is reported some
" persuns are to go in this ship with pow
4' ers to propose terms of reconciliation,
" the events of 'which may be known
" time enough to pruent the sending
" more forces in the spring.
A letter from Lancashire mentions the
great damage done in those parts by the
late storm. " I have been (says the wri
ter) a spectator of'ctdreadfu] havock among
the shippiug. Os six ships, returuiu
from Cheiter fair, * not one escaped ; amidI
a Vefl'el Wort]! 4o,oool. with several res
pedtable passengeru on board, sunk before
my eyes." .
The charming Sally, VVilson, a transi
port, from London to Boston, is lost on
the Goodwin Sands', and all the people
perished. ' ct .
Sir jeffery Amheflh ene'ral Harvey,
and general Frasei', 'it is ' aid, are all fixedss
on, and have agreed to go to America '
next sprin , is the unhappy difference
subsish so ong petwen Great Britain and
her colouies. - .- - '- —
At !: o'cloek this day arrived a mail
from New York, brought by'the Harriot
packet, eapt. Lee', to Falmouth; she has
broughta eat manyietters. Thilisthe
last mail t at will arrive from thence till
farther orderl.
The _order of the day being yesterday
read in the Houseoanmmctom, mr. Burke
proposed his much talked of plan for :: re—
conciliationsi between the mother country'
and America- After very ab! touching
upon the-general [founde of t e dispute,
and pointing out t e apparent errnurs of
administmtion, .tsihis accomplished orator
begged leave to introduce : reconciliatory
bill, which he read to the House, and was
up full three hours and-a hals , in giving a.
full account of the "reasomct, and their force,
upon which every clause of his bill was
sramed, and the happy purport which it
might effect. _Ca' t'. Walsincham, in a
short speech, seconsi ed mr. Bur 'e'smotion .
A long and very in teresting debate ensued,
which continued many hours.
Monday last mr. alderman Oliver gave
notice to the House of Commons, that he
should, on that da se'nnight, make :
motiou for an addre 5 to his majesty, re—
questing him to impart to the House who
were the original authors and ndvisers of
the measures which have been purshed
against America, before those measures
were proposed to the House.
On Friday, in the Upper Assembly, go
vemour Penn, of Pennsyivania, was ex
amined and gave very shtissactorv answers
to the questions put to him, after which
he was ordered to withdraw; when amcm
ber, aster desczmting on the necessity of an
immediate conciliation, proposed the last
petition from the Contiucntal Congress to
the king as :; bztsis for a ";:hm Os accom
mudsilliun, um] ll)()\'tl!, " that the [Zsihl
" petition furnishedgruundz—zul contiliut'mn
of the unhappy thflctcrentcb ut prcstnt
suhsisting between Great liritain and
America, and that some mode should
be immediately adopted for cflectuatin
(l'
&
so dcsirablc & purpose. '
lt is said, that the examination of the
great Qssusisker (governour I'enn) has had
a womlerful effect upon the minds of the
majurity in' a certain House. Many were
observed to turn pale at the account he
gave, how well the Americans were pre
pared for a long and tedious war with
England ; and when he dedrrcd how ca
pable thev were of making saltpetre, gun -
powder, &c. casting czmnnn, and mukin
finall-arms, the whole assembly bt-casilc
QUAKFRS. It is believed he will be
equally succefflhl in the Lowrr House,
when he isczdled to his examination there,
and convert at least the Bedsord party
among the mnistr}; aud is he cannot make
the king's hiend—_jrie17d: OfGreat Britain
and her culunics, he willat least make them
QUAKERS. 4 _
she six trnnsporte that sailed From the
Downs ]sizll' Thursday are put into Ply
mouth, by contrary winds; a'nd we are
well assured, that the castle on board die
very fast, owing to the different changes
osthe weather. si,
.. "One of the transports with the Isinovess
rian troops on board is on [here on the
Flemish hanks, and from her sitnation it
is thought she cannot he got off.
Last night general Sage, and some.
other officers, whose name: are not men-_
tioned, arrived 'm town from Pctoflon. 'lhey,
bring most terrible account: of the situatioq
osour army there. _
The information given at the bar of the
House of Lord:; by governour Petm; def
serves_ very serious consideradou. 'l'he
known character of that enthman, for;
honour, probit ., and me eration, being.
equally remove from fgctionsi and venctality,
renders what he assdru, of much morefim-o
portance than the accouhtl which have,
from other quarten, been laid before the,
pctUb'iCko . . . si ' .
Lord Rochsorssd retired npdn : pension Of
goool. per annum.' A .pretf' moderate
flice of the plum pudding of 0 d England-si
Seven regimeflt of 6 50 men each, two'
bombs, and four friga'tes, are to sail foe
Carolina the first of December; it being
determines! to attack the southern provin
ces, while the Americait army isin the'si
north. [( is said this expedition is under
taken at the request of" governour Martin,
of North Carolinn (brother to 'For _et
Martin, whd shot mr. Wiikes) who has
promised government great things, great
support, and success, is they send him a
pro er force. Among other thing:, it is ,
saic he has promised to raise zooo men for
the service of the ministry in Caroliua. If
he has so much interest ssand influence in the
province, why did he run away from
it ? '
ST._]Auts's,Nov. tof Hismajest hav
ing been ieased to deliver the cu' mlyof
the privy ealto the' right hon. William
earl of Dartmouth, the oath of keeper of
the privy seal was this day administered
to him, and hisiordship took his place at
the board accordingly.
His majesty having been pleased to ap—
point the 'right-hon. Thomas viscount
VVeymouth to be one of his majesty's
principal secretaries of state, his lordship
was this day, by his mujcsiy's command,
sworn one of his maiesty's principal secre
taries osstate accordingiy.
His majesty having been pleased to ap—
point the right hon. lord George Sackvme
Germnine to be one of his mnsi'jesty's prin
cipal secrctzries of state, his lordship was
'this duv, bv ]1it maniefiy's comnmnd,
sworn ossne of'hisi. mnjesty'a prinkipul secre—
taries of state accordiugly.