The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1772-12-31 00:00:00, page 1

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14 u m !) U N. October 23.
AST Sunday died the once ay, the once
beautiful, LU C Y C 0 0 P - R. Hcr lisc
was exceptionable, _her death excmphry.
When ,thc companions of her mirthsul
_ hours fled from her chcarless situation, they
:! odcc shewed their own unworthincss, and gave the
unhappy victim an o porcunity of ]ookin into her—
self. She shw her ollics, and repente of them.
She cgnsulch : Divine in her neighbourhood, to
comfort her the few hours she had to sojourn in this
wofld, and to sooth che passa ,e she was about tsio ex—
plure. May her repentance e in time! Her long
{lines: tore: away those beautics she was once admired
[or. The neglect shewad to that bankruilcy of charm
proved the inflability of them;' and : at. inward re
mors;- she felt in her lntest momcpts shews the danger
of a thoughshss gaiety. Fromcther 'carclcss mode of
enjoyment when in health, her suffering: in her ill
nesh and her repentance when dying, look as if Pro
vidinc'c (after (he had deserted herself) had marked
her is the bcacon to caution the unwary sex to avoid
thus. vortcx in which she had experienced all her in
Meicies.
On Monday last died, aged 72, PETER HOW,
of Whitehavenz in ehe count of Cumberland,' Fctsq;
He was Rcteceiver General o the land tar, window
m, end exeise, for the counties os Cnmberlnnd and
Weflmoresiland upwards of twenty years, much longer
(Im- tin-ctthe commisilon of the peace, and for sorry
ears one of the most principal merchants in the
{lamb of England. '
ss We hear that the Captain that carried out the late
Mr. Eyre, who_ was convicted 'at the Old Eailey for
healing paper at Guildhlll, has deposited in the' bank
ewo thousand one hundred guincas he found sewed
in the lining' of his coat and breeches after he was
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dead. Were, to whom doth it belon ?
-\ They write from the North of he and, that the
iasnrfeflions formed by, the Hearcs of Steel, are hap
.pily sup'presihd, and the!: every thing is again in'a
' [tate of runquisit}. But the same nccounts add.
that emigratiom to America were never so frequent.
and xhatthe principal Gcntlemch are ,using every pos
- fible means to keep their tenants relidenc on their
,. estates. ,
Tuesssdqy the Portland man of-wan, lafiy arrived
from the "West Indies, was paid off at Shcemess.
Captain Stifling, of the above ship, has lost his eye
sight, by a. Night, in'th'e iflznd of Antigua.
The picquet guard at' the Towcr was turned out
yesterday morning, in order to be in readiness to pre
vent any time among the sailors.
Yesierdny lstemoon several riotnus sailors were
committed to Clerkenwel] Bridewell. "
si The cause'of the rise of the seamen in the river,
" is owing to the Ca talns of fildiamen shipping
' forei ners, whirh theh)
onest ]ohns took in the light,
of di couraging the trade oflthc kingdom, and there
fore assembled at the Indiu House, to expostulate,
, viva sore, wit, the directors.
qn satucdaylast the Grcnadier, Captain Carter,
of {00 (ons. with timber and hemp, from Memel,
' too fire of Flamboroughk Head, and was entirely
si consumed. The fire broke out in the cabbin; the
crew were saved. ,'
]; is believed, that in consequence of the late inn
lignant diiZasi-s which have broke ,out in Newgme,
unless the building now raising for the nccommodmi
on of the prisoners be speedily sct forwurd, Parlia
ment will interferectio bring it to ;: complction.
A single rain of whom being sown last year in a
garden nt Lambcrwell, produced 116 ears of corn,
and 3568 grains of wheat. - /
A Right Honourable Viscoumess of the kingdom
of Ireland, preferred : complaint agaiufl ;! noble
Lord, for having- committed a violent outrage at her
apartmcnts in Southamptoxi row, Blcomshury, on
'I'uesday the ()th instant. It appears from the evi
dence of the landindy of the house where the Lady
lodged, that the Earl came there. and ]oudiy de
mandcd admittnnce into her Ladyship's room, suppo
sing her to be his wise; but she made her escape
through an inner apartmcnt, zmd got in_co the street,
where she nlzu'mcd the neighbourhood. As the Lady
swnrc in her information that she went in danger of
her ]ise, a summons was made mit for his Lordship,
ordered to be seaicd up, und delivered to him. in the
gentcclefl manner posiiblc, x'cquciiing him to appear
at ihc office in Buw sh'eet to answer che com
plaint.
Yesicrday ibsdrmatians Were givbn at Sir john
Ficlding's agninfl several persons, some of whom axe
said to be tradesmcn in town. for uttcting ba'sc coin
in divers parts'ofthe kingdom. ,ss -' ,
There are a great number of bad moidm-es now
cfrculnting about town. They an extreme] well
executed, but, on : cles inspeaioa. mny .* ly_be
known, as they are rat er pale, and diffame in
sqqnd when sung; they weigh well, blfl Ire net
worth above thirteen shillings. ; .
Several of the sailors who were concerned in-the
late rinn about Towcr Hill and Wappipg returned
yesterday to their shipi. and. from the vigllance and
' Mivity of the Nagifln'n'es, there is room to believp
the'rest will be dispersed before any further ill con
scquemesslill cnsue. \ _
A certam Lady in disgracc lately returned : palm
unnpencd, because he: proper title wu not annexed
to it. - , ,
The talk of :: uhion between lrcland zed-Great
Britain taking place is again revived, and. it usaid,
will be strongly pushcd for, next winter, by Lord
Harcourt. in the Irish Parliament. .
]: is certainly settlcd that Mr. Baron Smythe is to
succeed the Lord Chics Raton, and that the Attor
ney General is so succeed Mf. BaronSmythe. The
latter, it is said, Is prorhised tbsibe appointed Chin!
v— :
when a vacancy happens. ss_ .
Lord Hnrcourt is not set out sdk ffeland, hsiis ,com
miffion not beng ye: made out, whidh he must have
with him, as there are to be no Lord: Justim ap
pointed. , si ct , '
Lord Hilishorough has sent a plan tsio Lord Dare
mouthfor making several salutary and necessity ro
gulutions in regard to the Americfin colonics, and
recomme'nded it to his Lordship to btin the same
under the cnnsidcfflion of Parliament, :! tctctozsidning
such alteratioui nssnd amendmepu I.: may any; to
be necessary. _ - ' '
"(A pi'oposition is expected from thy.- lndia house
during the ncit scflion of Parliament, {or ivin up
all the company's territprial revsseqm to ! :: pu ]ic,
upon condipiqns no lcfsss yantageossuc to thc'propric
tors shun profitable to ' nation at large,
General Mnnckton is to_ be ,added 'to ( e others,
"with equal aushorig. in the supetjinten in cd'fd;,
misiion, which, as well as themhnle plan; is saidfl
meet with the concurrencc of the MinisirZ. _ *
Ycsicrday General Couway attended _t e leven "at
St. jumes's, and rcsigncd his place as Licutmantce
neralsiof che Ordnzm'cc. The reason of his resi ing
is on account of Lord Townshc'rid's being aller
General of the ()rdngmce, though shfcrior of rank,
in the army, as' thqysistand by rota'qinn.
One report cu'rreht is thalsiGenern] Conway will
be appointed Covernorj ofss'the island of jaysey, in the
roam of the late Ear] of Albemm-lc, and 3 to be (de
cecdcd as Lieutenamt General of the Ordnance by Sir
jcsi'ery Amhcrst; 'Ligutennnt General Armstron , it
is said, gets the 8th rcgiment of foot. and ajor
General Haldimand succeeds General Armsh-onw as
Culonc] Commandant of the second bntmlion of the
Royal Amcricmis.
1 ne mpmnafle, ! rrcncnmfln of fit Of go gum,
waa drove on ihore on Fflay ]afl; oh the Cornish
coast, where she bul c'd, and went to pieces.
We have advice tlfat the Whole crew osa French
ship, sl-sslving nt Buisso, on the coast of Asrica, were,
poisoned by the natives on Man, in boyfls ofpalm
Wine _nnd cocoa milk, an account of some liberties
they had taken with their Women. - ,
chnesdssay : bag, containing a large quantity of
Spanish dnflars. wan taken up by : river draggcr in
the Thames, off Horfleydown. ,
A woman of distinflion, being at court a few days
since, lost a vnluable dinmond ring, which was found
by a poor womad, and defivercd to her Ladyship,
who lalt week sent-hcr ! shi/liag as & tenard for her
honesty. ! '
Yesterdly Mr. Shefifl' Oliver ordeked ssa writing to
be put sip over the dnors on one side of" me Old Hai
lgy, with the words " No money to be paid for ad
misswn into this court of jullicc;" which was done
accordingly. ct ' _
Six of the hflddle'scxjury, who attended at the [fist
sesslon at the Old Bnilcy,ssure since dead.
The counsellors of" law, it is said, are afraid w at
-tend at the Old Bnilcy, on account of the late Jol
diflompcr. There has been only'eme there this se yon.
ss The following extraordinary affuir concerning a
Lady, whose marriage was very laxcly notified in the
public papers, is said to be fact: The Lady alludad
to came to town from Oxfordshire oh Friday, When
she immediately repaired to her attnrney's, who rc
ceived her with all the respect due to her rank, being
the widow osa Baronet. The first enquiry Was, s
his clerk, whom she had before seen, Was at home?
Bcing ansWcrcd in the negative, she' immediately m
down, and wrote :: letterpwhich she ordered cob
delivercd to him n_nsshis rctumsi, and said that!)
Would call the next day to receive his verbzl answer.
Her 'Ladyship had not quittcd the house above I
quarter of an hour before the clerk arrived: His [ur
prize and astonishment cxcceded description og -.
rnflog the letter, which informed him if _wa£lssctdss
consent to marry her, she would sctcle her siolectsotb
tune on him. He communicated the pbrporsofss-sskz
hin master, being his relation, and at the fames cl-sisi
dared that he could not entertain the thought: d'
mzmying where there was so much disproportion in
their ages, her Ladyship being scventy, and he only
twenty five ears of age: However, notwithstandi ,
thii great o jection, by the intreaties of his mflfiet,
and other friends, he was prevailed with to consent
to give her piu hand. She retdrned the n_cxt day
agreeable to nppoirssitmem, and received his a proba
tion' of her lovcvwith a satisfaction that bar ered on
enchusiashi; accordingly they were joined in the ho
ly (late of matrimony on the Sundn sollowin , and
next day she resi ed into his han s her who e sotji
tune, being an e flute of wool, :: year in Oxfordshirc.
ocqul :o,ooo:. in me mnas. " "
There were no less than scventy couple asked so!
marriage in Slsslorediteh church on Sunday last.
e unpopular Aldcrmen have already made ob
jcainm to ye of Mr. Wilkes's vates, but the [crud
ny to put irssr these objections does not commence till
next Saturdfly.
Notwithflanding what has been said :! ainst Lord
North, it is an undoubted sactthat he-is oing every
thing in his power to reduce the price ofprovifious;
and we are wcillinsormcd that, upon the meetingof
Parliament, he is determined to step the diliillation
of'barley. ' , - ,
lt ii generally believed that some secret compact
has been very recently cstablished between the Fge'n
and Pruffian courts, a circumstance in no dcgr ssct
pleasing to the present Ministry. , " - 'ct'-.
They write from Dunkirk that an embarffi'islaid .
on all vessels al Brest and St. Malocs, in order to man
a ( uadron which is fitting out at the same port.
he favourite schemc of the Miniliry is now zm'
union 'with lrelmd, for effccting which proper mel
sures arc said to have been concertcd, and ire robe
carried into execution by Lord HssJrcourt; bflrit it
the opinion of the politicians on this side lhssgwater,
that the Irish will most fircnuoufly oppose every lt—
tempt of that sort, as it wiil be a certain means tsip
lesson their importance. 5 '
They write from Copenhagen that the court has
just taken six regiments of Hcsiian troops into theit
pil?
Very disagrccablc news is said to have
on Friday mght from the contineot. -
have already begun to approach tow
- .usi' '
ties! oT'Norwav, and the Emperor o
ss. f-ct
wards the Ruffian dominions. .- . *
Mad;
it is :! probable opinion that the King of
will take care to settle affairs in his own i:
Be
sore he attempts any thing against his ncig _
Dafies; however, by their great zeal in scndin ct
to Norwny. seem to have scnrs for that kmsd ,
and at all cvcncs arcssdctcrmincd to put it in the be!} .
poshlre of descrive. si "7
Some letters from Hamburgb intimate that the
inhabitants "of Norway not being pleased with the}:
present government. have offered to put dumselvsicl
under the protection of chden, which was the ch
son that she court of Copenhagcn was sending troops
that way, to keep the Norwagiuns in aave.
W'c learn from Petershurgh that [he Emprcss, Yn
consequence of;: war between Dcnmzu-k and chden,
must lake part with the former, owing to .: guarzssn
tec treaty between them.
The Duke of Mecklcnburgh Srrclitz has rccalled
all his forces out of the service of France and Spain,
in order to employ them at home. Thc commotions '
in the north arc certainly the cause ofthis procs !urc'.
Theirc have been :: ('onsidcrablc number ospr:s<
Ratranfs lately made out. but none sisixxsi yet ili'ucd.
though it is expected there will be a call {or tlxzm'by
the end of this mouth.
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