The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1780-03-25 00:00:00, page 1

MARCH 25, 1780. T H ]. NUMBER 59."
VERGINIA GAZETTE.
WILLI/lctMSBURG: JPRINTED BY DIXON &? NlCOLSON.
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From the LONDON GAZETTE.
OMMODORE ]ohnflcmc, in his [mer dlud
on hand hu Mlioly'l ship Romncyj (:
Lilbon, the zlfl os Nmmbtr, relates, that
on the nsh of Novcmbel, standing tomrda.
cap. Finmm-e, with the squadron unde! hit com
mind, he dismned : slil. to which do gave chafe;
the Tamr, one of hi- srigatel, of al gum md can
me.. coming up with her, and porec'ning In hld
Spuish coloun hoisted, began . close mpgenem;
else encmy, ofter uchunging one brndsidc, und shin
sone irregulaf shot, Rruck to tho Tartar. Shd mous
to he tho Uann Mnrgnrin fflgzu os 'uof si twolve
pounded lnd . fix ponnden. turning 177 qui, ad
commanded by Capt. Andru de Vinm; The my—
lud one man killed and three wounded; th' Turns1
noon. ' -
Cnyuin Pascy, of hi- Mijeny'o ship UM lybil, in
bin lcmr dllrd in IN Tqm, che .och of Numbu,
"79, given in nccoum of h'n having token; and
brought in with him, the anbler. : princes as
lib., of 14. gan- lnd 90 men; lad th- Plugcn; n'
Spanish plein, down! from the muchel Tennis!
lo Common, armed wifh lo carril'c lul'md 55
nen, nmmndcd by I King'- officer.
FORfilGN INY'ELLIGENCE.
CAur "- S-r. ROCH. Nov. :.
. AST week the enemy continued thoirctln lgniul
our camp, without doing on the in! dln'lgo,
though it wu kept up with great vivuity. Th' mit
on the you, with this cpulmnior m hun
cuiu, - ich they un about 00 cnct. sinne- puupgi.
,. . . .
TouLou, Nay. 7. The Hmssie lhd tho Lio
fisoof m, Is! pupflrinsito sail i-mdiauly. It is
l'ni they m (o jcin the Splnish shipl in the bhcsi
had. of Cibrnhu. '
PAlu, Now. 28. The office" of she nrmy of
Bcicuny an rqlm ning in find numbcm th! rher'N-u
hardly pull,).orsn enough _to bring them. Mny
people say that the lln pmwhnrion wn only doo
fnvo-r the dcpn-tm-e of Don Coldova'l sqvldron, {;
pbliging the English be: to keep cn-thcir one end!
]! il said. that (he Admisal will rcunn in lhl sprin
with 30 sail of the line) which, with tho " he le !
lum, and so of our'-, will make the combjnod But
men yea; c61.sist of I: sail of the tine, beside: (ripen.
Four thousand men arc going to lndia, under she
ct you! of sianuis D'Accombzli _ ges: qll be
'feoned by squr ship: ohhe line. ss_ ,
' LON DSN, December- 8.
[15 olccr who in mind with despnche- sum
Gibralur, cum in : Dutch floop of war: He
sly! thltvthc sonifienjou nxhn ppcc an in , much
pme'r pokurc of defenge than at an cim'e dnnng Ran
War; ,thn the Gssovemur in : vigi m: offic-r; tho
gm-rison are in goodsihcalth. wall suyplicd with pro
Vifiom, amslivc in th. nel} perfect amicy. -
le il :: oned cttlut Admirol Bmsimgton'in but !he
iommnn of :: Rr'ossn But, doing on for the relief os
Gibuhar) lnd thus;]: own ship'o cu- os [he Prince
of Wnlea. upon their desire not to be seplnted. will
du named ovb' to the Blrflcur, on bond of which ship
si the Admirjl'i Bag will be hoilsid.
Yeiefdcy m expnsl arrived from Lishon. with
advice thut Commotion ]ohnflom'o squddron bad
fish- in with me] ukn : In 1 Spanish llllnn, of
foe tom bunhm, und cnn-ied or into um pen; hn
urge is vsifluesid .: hflf . niu'wn flufing. _
Advinic renived that the Grnnd Terrein. I French
Wofl lndiumu, homeward bound, fmm Mnnint'o,
in tibi. by the ngje'd R'obhin prince", Cnpuin
Willilmc,-of tinue um, belonging to Antigul,
lnd _fin'ld into that isimd. The Gnld Terscm i
uluqd MWI. lnd hzd two mcrchcnts with their
familiuoobcnd, :! likewise : young French officer,
"laud to du Deum D'Eshing, plffengtr.
[shode] nlctter fian Livcrpool, Der. !
'* The Richqrd, ]ncktsicn, ('a-fled from hence for
(]!in lndsnon Thursday hit, about seven o'clock,
lnd m lost that time night mar Buumuu, lhd only
!! peopl- out of 60 were saved.
" Another vessel sup used to be the Grifin, Cham
bsicrhinc. wn totally ofi tho snme night. near the
sin! plan, and I" the people drowned; he wan
bound [m Liverpool to Afrin.
" A loopsroo Parkgsizn lo Dublin, lnd : Swede.
so" Indm, from Chettu, were likewise lost tho sum:
nij t, and nur th- slmo plzce."
lxlud q/"l lum ru- Portsm'outh, Du. 6.
"' Arrind' the Hu 4r mln of wlr from Lifbnn;
hosislilod on the "th ult. in eomyny yith the Cfizt.
inn nldsi till Portupl Trlde. under convey, but
)nncd Groin them tbrn thy; utter. when the son in
with and took, utter an cngd ment of the. quuten
of in hour, in Which grnt ughur wu mld. s-n
xboth Husl rich Manilln lip", named the Nuflrl
{Nun dal Bucn Conlch, Don 'juan ]cseph Espdiu,
sum Lion, with 16 tnlve pound." mounted, and
"he! .! ]oomodl. but th'! pfize hlvin heard I! the
"lent island. of : war, hd tended :] her end: and'
bullion at Fyu], Athcnzise she would have ken more
vdnblol"
.lxtuct of :: lrmr fron Dnh Det. '6. '
- " Yeshsdly the crew of the ]lckxll cutnr, in hit
Majdy'o service, rose upon this ofiicuru, wd rai
lwny with the vessessrom the Downu it ts suppos'd
thy 'lre gone into some ionign port."
Genml Gnnt it to go shortly with GoootMYu to
thGLuw-rd Ifllndu. ss ( *
(jessmnl Clmpbcll in "pointed to the chief com
tnml in ]amin.
him! is a lemr from Nn lJt, No-v. :. '
" The Workman it! the Ar mal here and fittin
oul, by oMc-r ossiqhd Hours! of Wzt, two ship- of
wis, three fugnn, 'and four zehecku, Jvhich are to
proceed to set with the grant! desp-tch; the pretence
:: the rotcflion of our tude; but at we hnvc already
Munrguiflh conne lt sea, ald those vessel: to ap
pnnndc, In fitting ny for : long voyage; we rather
think they ll" going to leqa or some other of lhi
Splnilt puts, to be employed at the Court of Madiid
nay diua."
amcta qf nium srm Lishon, How. to.
" Th' French Amhfikdour .: thi- Comt but had
ndvice from Mndrid, thn 10.ooo troops, to be dnmd
fron du diffium regimenu in Spain, um to be sent
to ninforce the nmy besm Gibralnr, but no ngi—
mentum; to go; also thn five sin of the line of
this flqt, now lying in But}, were to join the three
' how sore that pluce." ,
,A phnin said to be in ngitation for crefiing : bay
tery)! sithe Needlu, by sxnking some light vessels on
the Nun!) Me, and erecting such work: :: litay make
that passage into Portsmouth impenetnblc. Two
louinz batteriu m likewise to be plnud to the wel—
lnfd es Yumoutft, to co-opentc with the Ihove.
The forty four gan shipo, lately built, :rqconvesud
into (thin, by the nddition of six clrroludel on their
[wm-dpeh. whcn thy did not us. penny (um.
A most all the other ships in (he mvy have likewifl
was] me number oflheir gon: mchscdz those of' 90,
w4, 60, nnd 50, hue e'uch ofrhgm recenedoqboord
our clrrunmctec, which mvcsy light, short, liken,
but little room; and lxc worked vc handilv.
The few nmalnl rsss the gallant (: nen lnd sum
of the uutnnuv-uc Qedtck srigne. are wmivelhci:
pay lo she um: of 'her bting blown up; not on. of
them brave mo, on their 3. nval on their nuiv'c bon
wsire luffcred to be impreflsstd, but wcre left at theil
own discretion, to entu for any ship the) chose. und
Lm receive lhc' bounty to us sun quent Such of th.
slbo'd sclmen n wert wounded wul receive Joynt
moncy.
Extract ofc' laursro- Puh, L'wmber 4.
" Newe being nnnuupeed to us, trum Bm-ntsseux,
of the err'uei o! put oi tue grand fleet. confining of
men]. ilil of mtsilctzhnnt vesssile, "who filled hold St.
Dz-mingo under csi nvoy of me Fue'dency Le Coun!
D'Eluing, ne flattered omseivee that zhesswhole he.
come in safe, but we have since reoeoue'tbe meint?
choly newe that thu fleet hed suffered read ' un,
;in : violent hurricnne off the illndl of ermuuae.
ard were all dispnsed. The chagrin ofuur meui-ente,
on thie occlsion, :: beyond nyreffion, only sitten
,seil, with one man of wlr, being .! yet lni en]
\ us thefe several are in : shuttend condrtion, thin
;cerzues mue'n damnged. We hell the English
valeere have czpturcd twenty sniij we hewe eceom
of in) sail mon having foundered imncdietely in of
soofl sister the hurricene ceased; end what add. tom
milsortune il, th-t their urgoee end crew- went I..
me bottom; whet il become of the remainder with -
their convey none cen tell, but by the direction end
vioisi-nee of in ltorm, there in too much reason to sm
they have perished'on the Bumudinn shoaie, or been
captured by the New York And other AngloAmetieel
p'ivnteerl. who swarm in those sue. At ell unto,
hfldthey been fele, we think they cum hue bee
husd us by this time. - ;
" We cannot presumeto say how Count D*!sh'
fleet weuthend ihe tion., but there ere greet enu
Iienfiom for hie safety: ee we know meny of s—
shipe n'ere old, end had been out a long while."
So greet hn been the suecese of the Grey bound prf
vamr ot ]lmnicn, that the owner: of her heve share].
thence]. sterling ench.
Sir George Coilier ie said to have made upwarde of
Co,booi-'by prize- money, since he hat been on the
flnlifax an'i New Yurk Ration. -
Extrsi-ct of:. l-mr fron Providence, Now. ;.
" Our success in printeering he: been very greefl
end as we heve the Splnierdl now to eope wrth. not
e week passe: but we have : prize brought into thie
porti We have lately taken ten seil es Spanish shipe,
three of them very vniuable. Two of our [nium
likewise fell in with a French ship from Chlrkldwl
to Namz, leden chiefly with indigo, and menting
lo gone; they engaged her for nels two hoten. wsihn
er Ill} they forced her to surrender, end have beo
her sake in here. it is surprising whet e number of
people have come to settis: here hnce we retook -
scffiun of this illan-J; lmong them are seven] ro
the continem, who fled from the persecution ofCen
gresi, lndjiue brought with them valueble cfefll,
" well ee proved'very good neighbour. to ue'. Th
Gover'ecur [in. every encoungement to these who
scttle hen- " -
Friday in! the Muhlull privateer of vaille. i
24. nipe pohodere, so swivele, end am mee. m
driven en thin iq : ple of wind near the Llnd'l