The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1780-05-23 00:00:00, page 1

MAY zz, 1780. T H E. NUMBER 64.
YIRGINIA GAZETTE.
RICHMOND: PRINTED BY DIXON 65" NlCOLSON.
' Am, Parson: may be supplied with thil PAPER, and have Anvnnsuuu'rs insmcd, on as reasonlble Tums as the Tim.: will admit.
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--_ .ssP ,Asi-ctRj S, Jaw, 13.
2 have not_yet received ny account: of
the depatture of the Brefl fleet. Is, at
it it sand, Don Gxston has no other oh
jqa in view than to hinder the Engiish
fron succouring Glbnltar, it it astonishing he should
not snil till to or 12 day: after the sailing of the
English squzdron; and if the Brett fleet should delay
sailing but a short time longer, it is to be feared
nl Rodney will have time to throw succour into
Gibnltar, in spite of the Spanish fleet under Dun
Cofdm.
* nss 14. As soon as we received account: of the
English Admisah Rodney, Dighy, and Rose, orders
were immediately sent to Breft for . squadt'm to sail
immedineh from thence; but it was not sailed on the
Itb, though they were positively to go on the next day,
or by the loth at latel}. The) are to uke in provisione
sotfour monthe
HAool, Fu. ". The GtesierFagelhu receiv
ed an express from Coum Wel-ieren, the Dutch Am.
Kzfl'adom' at London, with d sl'p'nchn rglativo to'the
ukihg of the Dutch ship: under convey of the Count
Kylmsi at the reading of which, it is said, ." th
uemhen of the Assembly of the (tun were greatly
lffefied, however, & it not imagined that this affqir
will have nypsd consequences, from the offer: of
Us?" and indqmification mnie by the Court of
n on. sssi
' We do not find that the French Ambasszdour hat
pken any farther measure- relative to the seizure of
the Dutch vetsels than to speak to some of the members
Prince of the government, and to the Stadtholder. It
is imogined he reservet what he has to say on that sub
ject till the meeting of the lum", which is fixed for the
uCthof this month. ln the mean time we hen, that
Miniltet' hu acknowledged that he has received au
thority from his court to excmpt any particular mer.
ehlntt in the republick from the duty of fifteen per
eent, &c. deehring. :: the same time, thnt the King
his miller sor'mlom known to himself had judged .:
proper to na in that manner towavds the Dutch mer
chlnn, end that even nster the conclusion of :: eace.
Thin lrnngement, however, does not piea : this
n. vifmm D'lhreria. the Spanish Misimct .: ]
country.
the e, has received an lnswer from the State!
Generg to hid memoriala, relative to Gibraltar. Thi
lnswer in very flvourzblc. and consormable to the pla
nrd pubfiflnd on that subject by their High Mighti.
nelseo. At lheeud of the znswer, the Stntes \ ieneral
loud che Ambzfl'adonr to use his good office: with
the King bin mnhr, that it mczslclsehne Mijcsiy to
order till: the procednre- again _ utch vdsel- may he
I! shonnposible, that they might obtain exact justice,
"lnd tlut in future they would not a& in so pe-emptory
. nunner against them, but examine the case well.
We hear that : depumion of merchants from Rot
urdnn came to the Hague last week, and presented
i request to the Saw General. sigled by 16 merchunu
sidfdut city; inwhich it is said they complain grievoufly
of the strange and even inimicl] conduct of the Court
of Madrid towardl the Dutch vesselo, &c. and request
ndrefo on that held. 11 in said that they at the lame
time hint their disappmbation of the placard published
the Sutu on the "(t of December, :- being in
their oyinion too bvounblc to the Court of Splin.
Anon". Drc. 4. An English melchznt ship or
tived here from port Mahon, with cznnon for the
corsam us this 'xcgeney.
L o N 1) 0 N., Februm 6.
DVICE is received that the Dey of Algiers had
. given olde: : for his cruiurs toseize every Fiench
and Ameriun vessels they met.
A letter from France by the last mail mention: that
seventy fail of merchant shlps, trom M-trtinique were
arrived at Bourdeaux, under convoysioi three French
men of war.
Sixteen slil of Dutch ships, laden with hrmp,
gtch, tar, and cordage, &c arrived at Brest stor
ollmd,
The publication of the late proclamntion, which
;orden ships of any nation that bow goods, merchan
\ dine, stone:, oreffectt osany kind on board belonging
to the enemy, wlmn taken by any ot'ous eruisers, to
be condemned and sold, :" well as their clrgoes, was
oocafioned bythe behaviour of France and Spain, those
power: having condemned and sold semal neutrnl
ship- thet were bound up the Strnics from England,
with Btitish property nn board, without any regmd
to the molt incontestibl' proof of their being neutral
meny. _
he last despntches received from Hollmd are of the
molt lmicable future, every difference ielntive to the
cnyturc of the ships by Commndose Fizlding being
sinelly settled; in consequence of which the Dutch
men of our ere expebted to sail from Spithead the sislf
suit wind. . _
Despatches of: very inter'eling nature are 'hourly
expected from Sir George Rodney at Gibmlursi that
cemmnnder having found it expedient to rsse-urn into
the guiph, when the last advice boat sailed sor
England. '
Sir George Rodney has oii'.;.' one sixteenth share of
the late capture, the remainix-g an us xlze Admiml's
eighth going to the other two ago under him, viz,
to Admiral owy and Sir ]ohn Lockim-l Ross, whose
dividend will he'about zo,ooo]. ench, and Sir Gectge't
of course 4o,oool.
One of the Spanishct transports. capturtd by Sir
George Rodnet, i: arrived, and it is fain], brings
advice, that Sir George tmk the 64. gun ship, and
such of the tmusports as haJ pzomions un board,
along with him to Gihraltar after manning the 64,
lnd ehristening her the Prince Wiliinm.
Extract of :: [zlltrfrom Chztham, ,Fz'b. l.*
" Yefler-ily upwards of an hundred sailo-s, v'ven!
up to Rochefler, when : battle royal very soon com—
menced between them and the soldiern os Colonel
M'Cormick's regiment; heppil a liop wasput to it,
\ with no further d- mage then : cw tetsisible bruisee.
! " The riots between tthlue-s and Yellow: of thwct
doek vard, seem to hzvsse tonjly subsid-d, as an order
it come down from the Navctv Board to ne-enter the
Blues whnchweredischarged for their abusive hehlviour
the week before Ial ."
Petitiom are preparing in Norsolk, Suffolk, Essex,
and Sussex, to be signed by the frecholdess, praying
the attention of Pzrhmnent to the alarming situation
of the whole landed intent}, from the ruin of an
lmuing number of farmevs, owing to the priceu of
all the enrth'l products being lower than they have
been before for 30 years, while poor rites ere higher
thanever, and the prices c'f !uhour rising, from the great
demznd of the gover- ment for men.
The London tpers say, that " yeflerday the Right
Honournble tne ctrquis of Rockingham was c oseted
with the King It St. Jamn'c, "for above an hour,'-t
being hil only lppeuance et Court for kvenl
mouths." '
_ . . sisi '
The King- seeing Mr. Rigby At the levellfew
mo, said to him in one osthosemomennof n'
si'h-ch nuvsser tnl to enlwcn d-ee-inle, " dlysiML-ctsisi
Righy, as you are emmiied man, y zu may hueeflnu _
now for nothing." [in Mnjelty hughed exceedingly.
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PHlLADELPHIA, May 6.
ss Emmfi qf a 'mctfrm Button}, April 13.
ss OUR Assembly have chsed their sesfion, hnvsiin'
! complnted their business. They have perfectly
} compii- d with the resolvca of Congresc upon sinne"
ss t - which there wu no grgnt opposition. A number
usmerchants declared in the Huuse_otAssen1bly, that
whatever they had which were u-ecessuy tus the con
\ suntion of the army, they would purcsswtth cheenfully,
\ and recEive in paymentsi either the hill: betore ordend
} by this state, or those to be emitted ursuant to the
'P-szives of Congresl, as being- equiwa ent ro silver or
' g-vld. The rich fumes: made the like declarntion.
I she Kfi'emhly ot Mlssmndsetu hue also complied
with tho:e resolve-s." 4 .
Extract qs another lemrfrm !l-estvu place.
" Our Assemmy rose on Saturday cvcmng. They
h-Ivc passed nn act conswmzble to the recommend;
tion of Congresn, for cal'ingin theold cmreney, and
emitting a new upon ndequate (unde, They hue
agreed to furniflvthe su plice for the army in kind, "
tl-lsiu—cd by Congress. (Ve have the plensure to find '
th': new Mem otssfinaneeie zppmvdby ous muche
in general. Twelve of the puincital one- presentedn
midiesl to the Aflcmblv, in which they decline! their
rr s-dution to support the credit of the,:iew bill., .
( ff'u-ed :: large proportion of the sum required or
:uppiies, at the price elablished by Congfeu, foe the
n- w hills. Flour in lar quantitin wn purchlsed
east week by the commit my, for twenty five pound]
per ton, of the sctrmers. We flatter ourfdvel lie
\ utlhliCk credit will he restored by ,the measutee Col
\gisictes< havsse recommended."
No tb: Hou. GENERAL AIIBMBLY, fftbcflauf
Connecticut', affmbledal Hanfusd. . '
The merchssnts and tnzden, deeply sensible of the
greet importance, that the money directed to beemitud
by : late act of the legitimate of this line, loud
have a free circulation, beg lezve to infom your
honours, that notwithhnding the lesse: we Ivm si
ss mmed hy sea. end the depreciarion of the continenul
] currencv, and receiving mmv of our old debt! et th.
ssnoininllsum, we m neverthelesa reldy, willing, ldd
determined to sell such articles to the ::Nick :- ne
usuellytnde in, nt the rate Mind by t Bmmbl'
C-mtinentas Conpeso, [or the sevml late: to supply
then at, nnd receive the 'aforesnid emiflons in
mew:; we having a firm reliance that the bill: will
punctually and ]uffiy redeemed. And wedolfl'un
.)urselvel that our brcth ren the smnen end mdesm
will be as ready as we are, to fumilh in them
manner we do, their produce and minuslctum, ..
we believe a spirit of harmony and friendship i- [ii.
to prevail between the trade am] landed Imerefl, lad
hat :ll order: of men in this lhte ne resolved inunp— _
diarcl to contribute Ill in their power to (until: s"
plses of the a-misi-s of the Unitcd State., and to coo
.inue these su plica to the end ot\the war. We desire
y_(-us purchasiog commifla may be immediately
ordered ro-make his perch on of such anicln .! ln
m our wlsiy, that we mqy have an opportunity to."
how much in rlrncfi we m in (M. our declined..."
Hearing the Ass:mhly were about to be dil'olnd,
w: hue many collected such ofb m".
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