The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-11-06 00:00:00, page 2

, LEGHORN. Junr. 15.
Ronomo to ! 'vm letter from an other on board the Gut
inn; sut French ipc of the line keep thult-r blocked up; that
m il ptovided with lmmunition md p-avisiom for , months, wnh
:. prison of two men. Thlt letter adds, um Adminl Rodddm hu
den full of eape St. Vincent. making proper disposition! to clear the
i in; of Glbnhat.
lum. jub ;. The Amfledam gazetce. which arrived here
yeden}: , in the Peri- miele contains : reguldtion' of the ceremomnl
obsa-thi the junction of the French and Spanish fleets, and the dis
Pj tition for embarking the arm under M. de Vdux, which the French
Medly tull L'AJnec lslan oise. Thus lmuss, which confined of
30.ooo foot and woe horse, were on the loth ot june to go on hua-d
goo cnanspotts. which had been some time wauing to: them. The same
uette gwes an nccoum of the arrival of : hsiigate at Brett, whuch had
{is! the tquadron under the command of M. de la Mothc anuet off the
Arms, where they had captured she English privateers, wh-ch the sly
Were lymg in mit for the French homeward bound West lndna ships.
) t]. By Gentlemen who are arrived here in the last packet we ale
informed, that the fleet under the command of Sir Charles Hardy, had
put into sorbay the th imtant. there to wait for : leinforctment 0! 8
shipl of the line, whic are to 'yoin him from Porfl'mouth and Ptymouth.
The luddcn return of our fleet, it is said, is occastomd by their h-nnug
received mnin advice thut the united squldrom of France And Spaln
amount to 47 ship- of the line, beside: fngntcs. ]: is the said that his
Majeny htt "suelsiday lent t'or the Admints Kepnel and Lord Huwe, and
hung elosettd them. offered them jointly the command or the great
ehmmd fleet; the Admirals demrmded ln hour's consideration, after
which the returned, and thanksully accepted his Majelty's offer, on
eot ditiont ( Lord hndwieh un xemoved horn the Board osAd-niralty.
(delaring thlt under hnnfiuieet they mult ever decline serving then King
Im} Why.
LONDUN,_]ULY 3.
SPANISH wn mufl have the belt effect nnctgi-ulne in America,
n the privueen of the loyahttn wxll now to : csixsitainty unp the
not] tooke of 11! their mariners, who will lind the idea of Spanish
[dleom ard hard dollns. too powerful to be scilued.
How (! lserent in the conduct ot Liverpool and London! 'l'he latter,
though the fiend! city in the empire. end honuu ed with the most
diffinguished Fivikgei. which should make her ihnd sort'xrsiul'. in defence
of her country, refuses to on it the lest! atlmame, ": v.!zsi mssmcnt at
the most imminent danger; the former. on the conu-zzv, onlncs the
great East lndil eompmy. and by : Mtchos zeal .md patnot-t'm, utters
no lest l bounty to every able voluuteet seemen than tut simntus. Let
' o] he In example to London. or let the latter renounce every
epim nd patriotistn, snd cell hetseif by her new name the Jctjzrm- es"
M.?ftsiln ld :- !
Jnp 7 Sir fl altynple, But. a raising seoo men for Cover'
utent ssirviee in and Benmck. wh-ch ne molt of them filhet'mtut, who
Ire the most 'ttchy to prove usesul men sin (la ssinvtce.
. The Earl Floeonherg, end General Dundn hzn-e offend their serviccs
!: his Mailtey. to raise tooo men in the North kidn-sig nt' Yotkthue, nt
: -ir own upense; which offer has been nueevted.
'There he; been some difference; in the c.:fssmct of lat- , rrLt'ctwe to 'he
ssithdsl'wing the "ny from Ameuea, whncn. wr how, have t—n-n
entirely put an end t-, by the interpmition of '.l gtNt prt't-Jnlgf, who
lta- dechu-d, *' Am—ricz molt he eo- queud."
:The [( he of Swsi-dcn lus lately entewd into a treaty wi !: the French
King; in which hue Swedtlh Majett he: on ; cerum mnsi'nuon nipuhted,
lot topemnt lny Rufl'un (hy— olywn to puts the Sound, in order to
join the Br-tish nzvy. By thus treaty we an- assuzt'Iute—ly dep-tved ofthe
lfidnnee ns Rullsiu. though nere: so wet! dtlpo-sed to incur out enule.
Whtlz the Punch continue to alsrm us wtth lht' dread 0! In invasion,
it 5- mad reasonable to imtgine, th." they and the Spaniude ate sending
; hrgesisqtusiimn of ship- to the Writ ln-hes. with sufficient force to
emhle them to seize whxeh of our ishml- they piease. end to Anngsisshen
the power of :cthc Ametient
'The Gentian. of London seem detennined not to be behind hand
now in smit— out peivmen. A dpctwsh wu hn toused theiy spin'u to
even t'xeu puesn in defence at their country, for : t numhe: of
G_e ulem not let! night at the Crown "m Lezdenhell eet. end acreed
tq open et'dhteription sat fitting out winnen to emise epinfl on: nun—
nssl e ncmifl only. the French end Sputiude. '
ln-h'h-uuhle adnce it received the morning. and gre-t'y ertd'ted at
the We. entl osthe town. that l fleet of [) sail of szmlh m*n of war
of the lute, some sl'iyi'fl end zebeequea, with :: enusrdetlbk number of
meum Wu wen- sailed from Cadi: to ioZn M. D'Ettamg.
ct 8 0 5 T 0" N, Szp'rsusen 30.
\P FAIN Bevjatnia Atkim derived let} Satutdey evening in ;; d'yt
from C adu, andinsctrme, that sopoo troops had besteged Gihultar,
hsi' land, :t-ul to use]: of force hy sea, three wetks befon he sailed; that
lu- sbct m: Rtehwu bleeked uy in Gibnltnrz thlt the Monttenl srigate
um taken by the Psreueh. end ntted out again; that the English fleet in
lb Sound". heenng of : Spenishsiwar, had ut into thbon. and were
Noekdd um that : Pottuguese tnnt'port wit Rnres foe Gibnltu hid
h-ssen npmtelt end (hot no vessel could past the Suelghts without being
-We_h3ve.eeeoa_n_n by thin vessel, lhlt the French and Spanish Been,
mfiflmg of 34 htl of the line and 30 frigms; h-d so blockrd up-the
chapel of lnglend that no vessel could e-ther pus: o: repzse wnthout
fllhng into the [unde osour zllies.
Mine . thee erttved It Salem on Sunday he. with loo barrel:
osiwek and no. firkme of burter.
, _ e also hen- that Whet Fine. taken by : privateer belonging to
eke Ano. vtth go. blttele nf pewiflom, in hourly looktd for.
. undu- Iatt a-nve-i et New London. under jury-matts, Cept. Hodqet,
msit bet! stot. ssG-mhlnupc. ther : [age of four weeks, C t. Hodget
i-gM-u, me! In! 5.- to y fe'nhight s" . fleet one or go ' of hrge
WWYirsi-ia. main; w. n. w.
Snwrdny night lah arriwsid aq the same place, a (loop pxe toehe len",
Young Clomwdl. ansil LvJKCS, haflng on bsinrd god (] nls cl fish and
10 P pe: ot pun Wine, from N. ]uhu's, bound to New 'fork: And a :
SulssdAy allo mncd at the mue port, : bng._w*nze lqthe above privaner,
haVlng un bond upward, of 1400 bushcls o! len md lame eohacco, bound
from New You. w Qsixech. The Above privateu ssw : the! o! about
to [ctifl lus} suddsiy :: unight off Sctnssly Hook. _
A vfsid', Laplam Whlppy, (hat (usied from the Wefl lndiee with th
Couut D'r Rsit-ng, is amved at Nanluch. The (cry fleet being [hue
under contmcnul colours, she ran in.o the lnldst of them without .,
lsiutpncmu 'si-e male came to town yefludahsslnd informs lhll he le
the Conn: D'Elhmg on the first of Sepumber, m latitudc li. lsizngimsi -
74, um lkenng N. VV. When Ceptain Whippy tell um.- lhe hands
of the mien :: Namuckcc, zndreceived not she moot cuvil nen ment from
them. he told them he un no: under much concern them his musonme.
since zhmr ltign vu: shon, end he had left lbe Coum D'Edaisig not [a
off. ["his scuncd to make no smell imptefflon upon them. '
The private shnp ot war Oswu Crumwell " anived et Saiem. luvin'
lost her main and mnzen nui- in ! kmd us humcanc she me: with in In.
31, long. 71. Thu llnp me! : lime fleet on her pessuge, but in wh
luhude we have not inned.
PHlLADELPHlA, Offiber 26.
Extract of a letter j'rwn bi: Exmlm'} Gmrd Waxing", Me! to.!
quartssrl, \\ en l'o-si-x, omen ", '779
Y very recent ucounu tuum me pum :: Klll'l st'ssy' i: Would,
sippsissss ,hctss "es, mmg i: in me usimwl! readouel'o for an imnsicliqn
evacuation of Verpmnk'l and dlnuc) yuum. [( le hornes. by name
evident, whether (he eua.unnun :; to he immediate, or only go I;.
execnted in case of me me's a-ss-pusisizg agunll Ne. York. Th'
enemy ;: New Y- xk continue the.: p-qmnli- m m provide again. .
cumh'u—ed an sick. and sat .. conccm-lnon n' (zed-du}. force. m?!
arc uking me .n. .s nfsu, t - son}: the wssflfu Ihun ny nuns, .;
simfictm :, .- ffil'lc. in .- [me- how (;cnen-I Gneflhh: ],th influx,
he Wssilhl mr Uut " n.v icttelhg-mef m M. quuhu ..sid up-tu fxom '
all R.!ion ; Auuounce che cnenn au- p-epmng w evacuctte Newpm;
Monday or T-nclctJny it i imsig-usid tlm— mll (sicke the}: deparmse. A
durste: smm th': zed scgssunt'sst mornjy wounded, hut lc'eusid by .
pany of on .nl h-ps, decline. the uh. !: ol she non", now on Rhodc
llhnd, nc ?xmnd 'u rhc Weu lmpeq th : may be, but ] believe the,
will firfl risu Ne -' \ m'k." *
Hmsi" qctaum, V- m Po'n', Mr ". Heffffi ;o'dxb, ?. ].
5 1 x, ss
" Since clispazching the inclos'd, which ] reca'k', I have rrfciwd
information; that the enemy hue left both poimsi, hxv'usig du m and
deibo) cd theu- worke."
Pub "de by order .] Cecqress,
CHARLRS TI-sH-NpON. xv.-un.
CHARLEpTOfisN (S. C.) Octokr 6.
77): ]bllmu'ilag ihltltsilgmf may be tlt-pelatld "" a lu'b'llu'h
LAHP more SAVAnnnt, OMr :, 1779,
\ HEN the French fleet t'usitt atpnrett on the malt. a utuuhrl' a .h.
ene-ny'a uti'csis (amon; t em two armed [loop- of to am] no
g-vut) with the tln-Jisiiusie p-trt ut Sunbury ?trlison on boil'd, town shel'ef
m Ogsieclue liver, and :anded near the antauonoi' Thnmn double,
Ft'q. The night hes ne I-tt, CsiJ-mel W lte, wtth hia sstvlnt, and asie
uthe :, tummoned the cummanding ot'licen, Capt. French c-f De Lancey'l
t'mt batt..hun, to surrender, t'ug flung to him the contissquancaa o! .
Kulm. should he refuse. lntimtsated With the threat, he npdmlaldl,
and thut sue vcsssi-h, with one hundtedaad son, mpvismma, have
fallen tnto our l-nnda.
she pnsonen above mentioned, ate one Captain, one Lietttenant. one
surgeon, sujcmu, 6 co- potnls, one aflittant Commil'r), t7 private.
(..mtuy of,!)e Lance 'a cotpe) Motea Rtrkla- d and sins, and )! tation.
Our other advieea som cant are, that notmthrtanding the unavoiC-bty
remote situatwn Us the Cnunt 'Elhing's fleet irom ths tho-e nt Gcotgia,
on account of the tetnpettuona suson; the untssavountble ivoatherth- ) have
had; the consequent d-fiicultiea attending the landins of millery, florea,
&c. the great distance that the heavy rannon un manus;- te N
draggcd, through verss bad nuds; and on city other obllaelea to a rapid
progress; all which ad given time to the enemy to add Pml to the
number and strength Us the wotka they had erefled for thexr de me in
S.tvm nsi.h; the several approaches, and necessary batten'ct, for I ngnlt
attack upon them, were compctcted the zd inflzn'. so fitt a bound battety
was opt ned at midn-ght, mctd accompm-ed with a cannonvtde stout the
beating of the seventh on Nlonday. uhtch continued at to o'ebekz h
latest date of our letten, and it was supposed, would notcuse till .
gem ral atfault should take place, or a white king was tlsitown out. Out
pen le were all in good health and ht ]! l'pinta; the malt perfect [umo
sub utted between the French and merican Gemnls and twopa; an!
the hltwmtts of one of our letter: concludes, " every thing gon on a
well as heart can wish." _
A ship of 18 guna, laden with military dom for Georgia, and Even]
small vesselt, with people that! hzxd been bauishc-l from this fine. and
were returning, have fallen into the hande of the Punch fleet he: on
last. \
It is now said, that the Bnsitish General officer taken meam] the
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Expetiment man of war, is the same General (Earth, whnhaa so [(in-fie)
ably dittsimguishod himself on the late expedltion into Connectcht,
humanely burning the defcneeless town: of Falffldd and Nomlk in that
flute: And that the sum ot money tound un board the lame dip, to pay
the British troot : in Georgin, amounta to lande ptineas.
There have been lately taken. in a ( ol Mr. M Gilhsiway'a. mist!
into llavannah, and are close!)- confine in the More Calb, Mesu'n
William M'G-llivrae, William Stwshm and ]oha M lamb, sirha '
been extremely indultrioua, to exite the southern lndiana toactaof hole
litzu against the Spanianta in New Orleans, during lime o! Fosm.
aee. And on the 4th ult. toes troopa um unburied and satld &
vannah, under convey of 1 or . ttigam {mld New m