The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1772-04-23 00:00:00, page 2

" H A (! U E, fame") [O.
THE first inlhnt public prtyeu were offered up for
i celshion oslfir sickness among the caule. T hese
psinyen nre w be confined the first wedneldayin every
mouth, whin thesi shop: are to be all'. (but. at the sound
iug of sshe hlls. The sime (purge ha- shevm itself in *
sithe envirom osif Damzick which, with [he contribmions
("used by snct'me neighbovgiog uoops, has reduced us!
nuinbcn of samilies to great misery. *
-ss Hugqu,]cu.19. Advise]: received bete By exsi us;,
that he: Ro :! fflghnesn die Landgravine of Hessl- assel
(the Prince : May of England) died at Hanw on the
rqeh of his inomh. "me eourt' will go into mourning
Wow do this occasion.
?- j Wlsitfdsifllssi, jau.l.1he King. lying perfectly dared
)m wounds. proposu w !" u- in public on the 5rh .
dfsissfflsil dumb. His Majesty will not go- out in a coacssh
sin- ehe sunne lgithom beidg lumded bya guard of : 30
mill....
vuu-v;
, L O N, 0 0 " N, ]anua'r} 17.
WEsi ne told it is : find point sstm [he nffiirs os
" A'merica shall be' taken qssnder consideration sqon
' xster the metiog'of Parliament. "
'.si Lord uhd Lady Grosveysixor arisibbth said to be con
__ unctufsuxbe mn'nied dm'ost imni'ediztely after the ex
' jected divoree uknphce belwcteen thrm. -
-: ]an. ii. A c'ommiflosi iquqparing to pasflbe gren
' sin! for appointingi'oew Heard of Tnde and Planm'wng.
' The Royal speech has becn much approved at the
eocip's'l; and We hear than Lord Nosinh begged several
'sioshis'besl friend: to. seek indufirioufly sor objection: to
it. - Nothing no dryed in opposilit'm that was not im
mpdjn'e". refined with lhe grene!) fieiliuy.
": sign}, yield, du elssprqssed in thimne wish, that the
lamjsqr gqqilpipgjs'lgm cayiully were llterfd, siace'
. age dW'of eigpmonsik'vidbnfljct man that they are
: {bad; {niti'lqflgurpsasios thei! inflimfiou. and only,.
FW {window rbqovj-gqbe Mucjxmct
-- - vsiz _-- ,.ct '_ss __ :si-ssl 'sssi . '
9\.-.' "A '
fless'pct" ct if} ,wliudss an H.
silk thalt address to his Ma
', um ictawessdsi
hint in he my}. n'c;
yo'tt exmsufny dcsssiu
Cctsicth "
'(I on the"?
Duke?
: gnn
ct l-W ned];L ctsis.flctoesdiy, that sshqss
_ psssidgcthw on the th of Fehmary nex:
ct ' mid Wffinflii, * sii'isfhn shut
Msiu 'ssgedpos thq-Mm— zfmf'zida ay.
ken meeting of the
Betw- in order?
'Vil lyfe
side: of the exotbi
"Him! YO '
. . ;Zfdlsi" gjsW " ,? 'tsjl ;*
sictsq' hsinyy upon the
in a sigrm siassemb'y,
.nsi Wysshsitfl wmmi, through the wisdom
- Gfltio Mijdy, "it m :!Wdlde'wtuld, nod likely to
gazed. flies ' IW his directing their
D."
, " _ malversaion ns
.' the East lndi-Comp'sigsiy'gj, ' '
' interposition, anduihltM itte'd they should have an
oppohunity of lispkyiug thctr bgiflnivc wisdom in ad
jushn these miner! {ss'fle sithen tun' over the head: of
the" disemn ctchngel ctbroii i igssiinst the Company and
in fcsuntl. which n'e We {pays- to the public. -
fiyss fa legter from Mind; gsp
'q'q'ted Decembcf 29, it
m Deep calculned, by the" 'obsiz ationl made in the' year
sijss. , ctqesyecting the mnfig of enus, that the Sun ]!
sictfss. (8 869 time! Hggir than our globe; and that the
- 'Vssenuc bean.; proportion with our globe as 23 to
"a !} shppofsi-h! upon an avenge, that London drains
the country of five thousahd of its inhabitants yearly.
' mvukct- of Cumbcrhnd has little less than 130 ser
: "fllsitos dis rent denominztions at Windsor- lodge: and
it _tl sqallv not only on edisying but an affecting sight,
. sito see siwith white gulnsity his Royal Highncss and the
- 'vihctpal part of (Li- lzrgc samily, attend divine worship
I.! the chapfl every Sunday Somehody rallying the
Duke on thin un! yected turnin his conctufl, he rsi:
plied. " whui No d you luvtt me resorm, but when
my some: have rendesired me most exposed to censurc: !
have played the libertide too lang, and it is now high
time ] should take up_thc charactsir of the man."
The most sensible member: of the chscct of Common!
look for : golden sc-ffion this winter ; that d. for : num
ss besit' of very saint", law. and as government has now
no o pofttibnsift me!} be very much the fault of the
Mini ryjif die sriefo'djssos thctr country arcssdiscypointed
in their expefiaiiom. . ' ct
sict'ssSome Mempidcthavl 'bnn lately t'mde at Boflon to
nvive the spirit—of'dlscojtqnt, but these mcmpu. we
upsiqfigedsshue passed totally ubortive, mdman of
tli'qedlhtfiash the'mselvu hue' deep among the sits} tosi
ssoondfllsimsithe inceidiariu. ss .. _,
sssi We'm informed, from ; luthoritsiy. thll nothing
Wl ssbect done by Pnrlilmen , either toinvalidate the
mamage of the Dukect of Cumbcjlmd. "or ' bar his issue
from succeffloh,nthe Mpiflr hue determined, through
thqooutsc of thit-Mon, to (frikcsion no string that may
belp', sin they slyssid ruictve the tm-bnlencect of the: people.
n. 29. By the !: of the In; Ear] of North
in to:. kclnd in _ ) -of a yenfiou bs 4oocl. per an
A new French, 3! os : guns, called the
Gicy of Peris. : ' . . flinfflfztky'b (lie [(in of
Flancc. was Pately'iluhfflled (! Rochfort. '
Order: are issued omspr chidingten ton_mote of half
pence. to he read uhe delivered on} next neck.
[( i: said thausse legiflamlejntend obliging, for the
future, pil person: who deal in proviliom, to suppky th:
mnrkcu :: ceusdu find pricel, to bess .reguhted by in
spcctor] lppoime'd so'r that purpose. '
A bin is ordered inso' Plfliamem, to make it dealh,
without b'enefit of 'Ckergy, to brenk insiw any house,
xhongb'fiubffig shodld beflol'msi ' ssl -
: _ h si'u 't'liissiend (hat -' certain Rnfonsimme jupg min,
'hd'il the ye" 46 am so ill.!rea'ted by the Enghsh and
Scotch nobilis, :: to be wmpcllsid to make ; ,recupime
kmmsi-M these lingdomc, landed on Monduy-mc-rn
in} 'li'ssDoch,- ind-ctsmm- thence pvoceeded across lb:
'"Qsionlty 'io t'hg'qlmach of : private Gsiemlem-n.
The flosi'qsesipf prsiqun, haymg sink to do, broke
i., efipjday at 1}:ij o'clockct _ _ si
,. Ms'mbifl wi rsind lb; figfl timsie yeshrdsszy in the
Wife"!!! Commom. lad she Cbeshunt sond bill ssflm re
. low " I commit!!!
dden'ssm gim seen accouiit of sii the qmtisstiea
JM iiflp'tmeti' into Gtut Btiuin {of seven yx un past,
ctssso he same d! be lscsfilidsdsi. !. be lsid before
,ssnut ii-sisssicsi 4 ct'ctsisiss'Z-im su ! be
,ct , es er fond cult e , to noted
"the 55} Him Wine;! fly ths ynse ofss Cossmmom
this d-Lnn
sende -thsss flute of the my will alsobe taken
idtsiMM'Effi hilsi'l-loese us, Dominus (hil day.
"le IW htcdded !. be mnde' i'n regetd '
{0 53 en fain; compsny um prtclude any pt rson
{23 nepssuisicufly u-quiripg such inimense fortunes as
efiflifflb thin-d bcty Maid unsitir and tile gql
. FM
'- 'ODWedues illssssfl I invation its maile.- in : Certain
jets! JMZ'M YMP. Bullet, burosthe Lotds of the
* Wsiscsipnieg to be taised {or the cur
{sent assi- miles K'uftip psimtdd liy Lord North, -
'Coj. ; lit] ssoddes'e o did "the inismg so
ilsssiEts fain rea'son for t', unless
'He!
;:ik 'hn-ldseldkhfi ass. 14de Nosth answer
ssthcm : ndsni'dsip'e ssn . wondered those Hoiionractble
eppnfldbsmssffgdy men t-sifed this year,
'ss ear dun were now
' ysind after tiden. debate,, which inned till ssi_ix
si
si iii- flctdkif, Go}, line, 'pdss some mit" popularlend
si' ! ws? dnied Unhwuditsiifiossm si
i
ufin tife Hodse GFC am, prsibpose sssssihgissng to a hill
ctzscctsifid'll siof Puiiam'sni. for reducing thsie plice oseortl,
;Rsiiflsh-m n litd ;!islilkrs, with resyefl to their enor
ieh tsiii'e ctssmcsiun to do by reg'uhtin'g the practicea of
' (am consnmptictcn os flm priocsii :! necessary of life.
A hill is now in igimion sot spying : tax on all pub—
lie pieces of diversiqn. and all yerformera at the said
Imsd ' ss '
, The pjoliticilns at New Llayd'n coffee house are very
Fei- meiq'ygd in speculnive. bem upon : war wctith
mit; bet co'nsidtme people imagine that Lord
No'nl ]. much too Wife, tongnge offensiv'eiy against any
point, meresy oil sceount 'dTssa famiiy' faux pay. especi
aily where the condtffl of the person to be tupponed is
evident! indestn'sihle.
" High ) to .sithc honour of government, the new esh—
blishmchr iMded on the Misstsippi was spomaneousiy
taken up, and referred 'lo the Board os Trade without
in'y petitibn being lodged for the purpose, before his
Mljefly m Counci]. ,
Mr. Penn, of Spring Gardcn,' is now the :ich: sifl sub
z—ject m Europe. Ilis efiate to the province of Pennsyl-_
vania alone, was, in the year 1739, csiimatezi, on his
own principlcs, at ten millions sterling- , and his dignitv
:msid powu are not less than his enormous wzalth ; for
he is absofue (lovernor, Proprietor, and Captain (Je
neral of Punnsylvania, a'nd nominfites his Liemenant
Goveroor, and ail his judges, juliices, Militia Officers,
&c. during his plessure.
Lord North declares, that he expects : humony to
the approaching scflion of Par'iamcm, greatly superior
to any thing known since the meeting after the corona
tion of his present Majesty ,
On Tucsday : person belrnging to : public cffice was
taken up, being charged Wiih fpiguysi , he was examin
ed before Sir sohn Fidding, when : discovcry was made
of schral ,.cflr s ! gr-u diliimtion b' in); concerned
in drffucm torg- nsis. He was second fer further ex
nminmon; and [all night nnmhcr wu taken up go the
sum account.
A man wu'on Tuesday sent down to Chenccshs to
take h'u trial for a shame: which he hu conflssed to
havsi- committed sixteen year:,ago.
The budget will not be opened till the end of Fe
bruary al the-soonefl, unless somethingflnfovesctn shruld
happen to expedite the discovery of our national simzzion.
The Spanctl Ambzsscdos, in a late conference wish
th! anier, dedared in the name of hi- ,mafler, end
gave the most solemn assuranccl, that the preparilion!
now making m lhs marilime force: of Spain, were not
intended (: sely: in any respect aglinst the English; but
that (he King'hn ssmaflcr wu resolved for the lmure [.
keep hia navel powu do : more rcsp-ctable fooling,
which won the sole motictu ds so many shfys being lined
out. .
Dulr/in.. ]an. ;. The following is the speech osthe
Right H-mourabsc thgctSpeaku oi ihe House of Com-.
man: of lrslnqdssssto his Excellency Lord Townshend,
Lurd Lieutenim'nnd Gonmor General os lrcland. this
41 :
si , " lily ,it pleasejolr Excellent), '
'* (a osihfflisince to the command: of lhe House of
Commons. I present in your. Excellincy, for the Royal
assent, nbifl of; pply; by _which, and the bill ssl had
the hohouctr'os 37 nLing to your Excellency lhis sesiion,
ample provifioqzssp made. for the honourabh luypun of
his Majesty": gqyem'mcot andihe security osss the king
dom. The conssshsim ancmioo'os the Common: to ihzse
twogrguss objsictqsin all )imes, and under all ciicum
flmcusiaffctds tcthsse mosi convincing picofctl of iheir in
thigh]; aiiachrqenl to his Majdiy's sacred person and
Rssqulfussnily, and of their zzal for his service; and
thgycthpmbly p'resume lo hogesithal your Exc- ]!ency's
just andsisuoutable r pnsenmion of ihcir conduct their
duiyss, lnd their Isscctlon, on which ihey uly With the '
fullefi assurance, Wlu emit]: them no! oniy to the con
tim'ussnc: of, hit Majefly's countenznce and protection,
bin ,w n—cm'eqsipnct,qf their commuce, by which alone
lhvect! cm entenninsi any sensomble expctz-ctaiion of being
lble,'t'ndcb Jo'tiiir', to'sug'portjrhe exyence of the" yre
sent Mn'blishmejm. ' * , .
une-oul l_-- nlvc new me honour o! preleming to
youfrct'hg- ilessnssz isitj emitulsi-dsiAn na for granting unto
his Majsi-flf en additiqmssl duty on the seven] commodi
ties, goodlsipqci qctt'ch'dndiun therein mentioned; and
fotjptosihsithitipgss jmpqrtgtipn—of—all gold end silver
lace, .lfld. of;,alisi ,WTZKI att'q lawn, exceyt of the
moct-dur-di-Gsm- _.si suit. " " . ". '
'ct . .B jQZJiscts ?: 0 ", . -Ml",£ct (69
The iosmu mdetet .Ebenezer Kie-hudsow vu,
ou'suesdey lest. lffpd by his ngefly'l justicee of the
Superior Court. tom hit confinement in gzossissfot the
murder of thitsictinnpeeot yomh young SNElDEI, tecogsi
tiiziog wisdom fitieties in the sum us five hundred posiundo,
for hiesiippearlnSe-"When the court shall calI-upon him t. *
pleid ffllfiltjsieii'jfi'parddn! "O temporel ! 0 man: ! May a
)te'pt'n zdoptsi the—Iangua'ge of Cain find say, _whosoever
meeteth me gillshy me! 'sishie Jen- wu transacted in
nesence of a very few" People. nll the idhzbitanu being '
assembled at 'Fineuil-P : ", it being their anon:! town :
ctmeetidg. Thessm'utdeter 'fle'd with precipiution; and
stoffed the fen, before the iohnbttenn Were informed of
it; fell this ittsiBt-itpin, pobiish itrin lteiand, end oil,
Ameriei remember it for ever! si *
ct ctThe quid 'si(_e"_3*ns9se) which lnteiy so universally)"
sivailed in thie prdz'ssin'ct, we'heer has circuieted through—
out the whole pfontinentsi 'by which manf pitsom have
died. . .
We ere. insosirmed that great improvemem hnth llteiy
been made-in__tbe method of iilnmioating Iight-hmtsel,
by an invention- of the Hurt. Henry Newton,-Esq;' of
Haiisn't, Novaf-Scot'ia. lo the same! Method the oilsi
dccrtesing left the with dry," which of coufse' occasioned
: saint light; }pe smoke zffd datmed the glass", end
obscusssed . th: __t_:_.. To remedy which soontain lamp;
are consirufledushznbutn 20 hours without my seeming
decmsem' oiigzbzy which meane the tick had" the oil float
ing canflantiy iesiitpend went: no snusiing (at moli but
once itt' d ni'ghi) and is so contrivud that the wofie oil falle
back into the .fcmnsitain. And tonkeep !h: glass" clad.
tin sunnch: scim'efish'at'ih'the ship: of spenking now it;
hang dvlfsi. ejcsihz'lflshi; find pus! through the toes . th' ..
lunthorn. with raisei] csiaps of tin upon them, (. [prevent
rain or snow sqlhngdown. By this means the attendant
at the light-house has only to iight the lamp: in the even
.ing, and they burn bright all night; whereu formerly
the lamps wambd to be (upplied two ot the: time: in a
night. and slt'lsisscd every hour; and the glass could not
poshbly be kept clean from smoke. Ezch lamp has three
spouta which run into; buson at the bottom of the soon;
tain, and thereby keep the oil so warm, thlt it nesh- ct
chtiis whzle they are burning. Another aduntage it,
that they burn : less quantity osoil than the other:. The.
Halisax light house is lately altered upon the Ibove plan,
and' is now acknowledged by all masters of vessels to ex
hibit : remarkeble bright and coniiant light.
w1 L L ].A M s !! UssR G, Aprct-zzgct
A R R l V A L S. si
The Many, Fox, from London, in Rlppzhanno-k.
The Ocean. Ewing, and the Pcttttr, I.:mg, from
Glasgaw; and the George, Coau, stout London, in
_jamcs river. '