The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-12-20 00:00:00, page 1

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A: as! declzring what stull [)s: 'Hi l-LAf-,ON.
XssJziERi-LAN :}sichz'ss' opinions; m. 1}! [22
what case i'n LH be: adjudgcd trzctzssiss -,
and wh-rz. not: HE if Lctsszzzzfyd by the -'.ctsssi;si
ner.?! zfffsifflfsizy office cssnsinomueact/t/z of" Jss
g'n'xiJ, LLHL is a msim du ];73' wgr zlsijxius't
this comsssisiozz'ssvcaith in the same, or
cta-Jhirezn-sst in the enemiss of 'sihc common
wczsizkh within the ssiam-Lsi, ;:ivinfg lo t'n ,).—
aisi and comfort in t'm- comm-m-si-ct'cctfss'f: :: . -sisict
si-elszwhcrc, and [her !.zslm I.: si-ct-siY-ss' -. -- s
ed of opm dead by the. miss; 1sif-s-sijzzsizu
sufficicntand lawful wimcsilsix, sisi—ss-ctsi' --'.=' :; ..u
voluntary carzictcssbn, the casct—s ;ct-F. zw si usi
hearshd "] M be ju-igsiesj treason w'si...ss; m;
tcndeth to the cammonwcsisi-hh, and the
person so convicted shali suffer death with
ssout benefic ofcl-zrgy,'and forseiz: his mesis
and cluttles w the commonwcakh, saving;
to the widows of such offenders their (lower
in the lands .
PROVIDED alway:, and it is cnacted,
'that no s uch attainder shall work any cor—
ruption of blood .
AND it if farther enacted by the authori
"ty afaresuid, that the Governour, or in
case ofth death, inability, or necessary
absence, the Counsellor who acts as presi
dent, (lull in no wise have or exercise: a
right of gramin pardon to any person or
pckshns convict: in manner afarcfuid, but
may shspcnd che execution until the mect—
' ing of the General Assembly, who shaHd-c
tcrminc whether such person or persons
-_are propa' object: of mercy or not, and
order accordingly.
M—
At :: cbmmittee held jorK me Gzonaz
county, October 3, 1776.
HE sub- committec for the upper d'; s
trict, who were directed by an order
osthe committcc of the loth of! ast month
to tender the oath preschbed by the late
Convention to all says,- wctcd 'v-rsms w ithi: 1
their diitrict, having repor xca'si, that they
' hid rendered tac {ame to the loHow'mg
prrsonsisisi, inhabitants of the town of Fa—
mouth, v z David Brictz -5, William Love,
?sizme: Kobis'n, Edward I'sslaore, George
Hsizmz'lton, William Blm'r, Dugald Bzumz
t'me, and Robert Dzmbar, vyho all leshscsid
to take the (sinne, lt. 15 ordcred,th:1t they
be severallv dislrmed, and deprived of
their ammu nition, as the said xclohv' 1031
req fires; and that the clerk transmiza
copy of the cntrv vcm thc minutcs reshect
ing them 1 : Jr. PURDXE, to be pubiished
in the Gum arc.
'I'Ho MAS jz r'r, clnsin'man [)ro tempare.
ANDRF.\V ct-sVlmkoW, cie-k.
L 0 N D 0 N, Augzg/Z
ESTERDAY mr. alderm-sim Lec laid
a Eompsizainc before the lord m.;vor
ag-ssuini'k capt. Ross, who was one of the
p-si rssims th; *b1'*u'*ht home the Yankey
)) iv Itecz r l >r si-sssinhing (11 11 on the Royal
? xcnsimgs , bv ru mingr his fist m lus lace,
and sniasif, un: was not a proper place
to stt}: th: matter, &csi which m'ulc it
h siii voi thsi ahifzrm 111 was in danger oshis
life; whcrcupou the lord mayor granted
:: wasiz'rnt ('or apprehending the said cnpt.
Horsisi, zhat he may be brought to jisslilisie.
Tl'c :.ispute began about some letters that
bed been intercepted.
'The account of'the safe nrrivn! of' the
V est ]ndiamen in the provincial parts has
csi'zite dispirichl the nnderwritcrs , : s they
ssssisizsi! hopes that they might have burn met
wiLh by some of our srigatcs : ::d rctakcn.
By a gentlemnnjust dnsiivcd from Paris,
the answer which lord Stoz'mon't I;:u! just
received from that court was the mik at
all the English ruclz'es, and other phzrzfsss
where the company dared tzdk pn'iifZJ-cs,
and it is said to be as scsssisiiows: Lord Ster—
numt, accordinct'z; to his ini'siru'sissfmmz, rc
peatedly de'sinnmied us ths; :sisircnch minister
me cause and intent of their :zsmrxmcnts
both by sea and land; to mizich he sen
i'ume time received evafivc answers, )4ct
such as seemed to breaths: 1hz: spirit of
peace. However, beiuglateh- shrsihcrin
strucicd to demand a- cazegoriccsij answer,
hewas told, " that asthe French ussurthad
always remained silent in regard tnpntling
similar qucffions whenever Great Britain
thought proper to increase her armaments,
it was but handsume on the part qf Great
Britain to observe the same silcncc; that
his lordship had already received wlm: the
French court thought a proper answer,
to Which, and to which alone, 'thcy must
then refer him."
We arc -crcdib]y informed, that the
unprovided de bt aheady incuned, and to
be: incurrcd, by the cxpiration of the ' car
1776, under the heads osnavy, victual]
ling army. an: ! orduancc, will exceed
eivht millicssizs sterling. 'l he trmiporcscr
v.cc alone, it is afflr med, amounts to the
enormous sum of 25osscooss}. per month.
Judgc. ye sxopzsiicwrs in (he sumls, where
this will shnrzly end.
Alsiss.l A concs' ondcnt msso'sims us,
t! or in cnnsi qumcc of :\ late chomaicn of
the c binet wz'rn mts 0! 11 ]ucuhm na ture
arc soon to be u. ucd. for she purposi: of
apprehelluing scvcru] Amcvicm. .s, who
were well ]czaown to have talsicn an ait'he
part against govegnmcnt, in consequence ot
which. a gentleman from New York has
retired to some part of France. Some
others, who have lately lost vcsibls, laden
with military storcs for the use of the Con
grcsh, intend also in a few days to set out
for the continent. There are 'sevcml
other persons of less consequence from
America, who, we are told, have eilsilur
already removed from London, for the
benesit of their healths, or intend \e1y
soon, to take a tour to some distaut part
of the countrv.
fizx imall linps are now hmng out in the
river, as priunucers, to cruise about the
W'indzvard Pdssag'c, in order to protect.
the homeward bound ];zmaica ships.
Aug. 21; Ncws of the utmost impor
tance is now hnurly expected from the
Amcriczm cominfnt. Gnvernment wail:
for it with trembiing expectation, and the
hall: and bear: in Change Alley arc mak
ing their nercsssicr)" arrangcments, in order
to take ihc banelit, isposhblc, Osthe fixisst
auvuscs.
Nulwiths'siandixtg administration, and
th: ir mols, me to ready to assure tl'sieworld
that the prcparmions of" the French and
Spaxfiards mean nothing inimicnl w Great
L-siimln, yet ]uzvc they occasionedss some
scvcre (!cl-mm in the interionr cnbinct,
owing m Iord (ilrsire propcsiug it as his
opinion that the houscosfiuusbon certain!
means to brfsi'sik wish us, and that if they
rdussicl a prsiiiiivc and categorica] answer,
is. dusi-ssht, in cunmnn {Lust, to be deemed
95 11 dcclzzrzsisizion ' uznct. Sir Gi'ssbcrt Elliot
untied, with ccrmix: quafsilsicmions, to the
snssn-e vp'n'ssion; but the timid counsels of
]ss-zn? Msiznsiii-ss-Id prevailed, and orders were
delps-sitchui to lass-rd Stormont to negotiate
in the old sh'a'n.
Astcr the ;sibzve ddiberation, the king
mld mr. Vin'ct'sicrburnc v.]zat was going
fsi xv.-an}? am} alkfd lsiis opinion. He gave
ii. (},rn-x wiolen-ss' measure, but at all events
w Zsic prepared snr the worst by having a.
li-si uc {qundron s.-ssh?ps of the line ready at
Ell ixhasssiu' , v. )zich he llroughttheonly means
clsiavuidmg a man from a cor-vici'ion that
Frsnca wi]; not engage in one is {lar, finds
us properly armed.
me ng nau :; ccmcrencc with lord
Ssssi-ndwich on the state ofthe fleet, in con
scqucnce us the above representation, but
what the rcshit of it was is not known.
'l'lzat great officer has all along declared,
that he could hzne 20 sail oi'the line ready
in a month; and it deserves attention,
that for some v.c-. ks past they have been
very busy in Hze duckynrds upon large
sisips', iszilcad ct-{ctsrigzvxs, which fully em—
ployed them bcsurc.
Lord Szmdsict-Zrh prctcn-ls. in common
ccnvu suion, lhzsit. The French preparaticns
arc mere gnsi-onndcs, for that they
could not have ten sail osthc'line in com
plete crdn' at sca in fix months, instead of
between 20 or 30, which French accounts
n.!k osbcivpss' ready at prc sent. ]shc bziiids
];is own conduct on these adviccs, he mny
find himself as much deceived as when he
assured the house of lords the Amcrxcanl
were all cowardx.
We near that a lubicnpuon is Jult let
on foot, by the patriotick party. to pur—
chafis the rcmaindcr of the scaffolding in
Wcsisiminshzx- H ::1] jZ-r tlsi'e uscrftlzc mimstry.
In order to asiilk the rccruiting service,
which goes on very {lowly, considering
the dcnmns] for men, new privilcgcs will
be offered to those that shall enlist; among
the rest, that at the end of the presinc
disputc the) sin;]! bf: to" free in every city
and market toun in Enghnd.
Aug. 24. '1 he Frenchcc'ur: has ordered
an exact revicw if) he made of all the har
bours, &c. in the king.!om, and also di
rected an exact account of their nava]
strength to he sent in wish ::ll possible ex
pedition.
Friday last som- ships Were taken up into
government service, and m-sfusicd to be
fitted out immediately as privnzcers. 10
sail by the 41]: of Sep'sicctmber at surshest.