The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1780-01-22 00:00:00, page 2

L 0 )] 0 0 N, September 28.
' TO th KlNG': no] Excellent Majesty.
sk lctqfl Jth Lord My", shnsiffi, (man:, and
rit", ossilh sit _ sin, in roamen must]
now. ] J w _
" Grecian Smrn'gu, *
E the Lord Mlyor, shusiiffs, commune, a'nd
,
.si eitizeno of your ancient city ut ])ublin, t! ut
.
dutifully npproucteh the tluone, rouscd with honefl
indigmtion It the infldiou- designs of)otu Mreje'iv's
cnemiee of the House cs Bourbon, and w mn wnlsi. :in:
mon udeot m] to mainnin the safety and honour of
our government; influenced by these scmimcms, we
01' l while forget the unjusi and unpolittck reltctx ictzone
on our eammerce, continued at the desire of you]
jcfly'o subject: of Btitain, lnd casiex to press sur
Ulld in their defence. we lay far behind us ple senu !] -
bnnn of the many wrongs we hnve borne, )et we
-ct usiufl your Mljelsilsiyfl ml'dom lnd clcmcncy will accgp!
the tender we now unke of our livez and sortunesm
" ' support of any jot} or necesu-y war; not .u the offer of
! people insensible to the accumulated distressesis heaped
upon them, by false policy and ignorant Miniltcrs;
not a : mere formal aJdrefs, procured by miniltmsizl
influence from pensioncd hirchngs, who in the day u
_trizl would hriuk from you. but as ths sx'tc wis] osss
fering ofmcn zulous lo ln-mit'cl's the tuls,-ott-.d luynlzy
of their country to th: auguli house of Ilrunhss-ick; :.—
the first deurminntion us i'ubjcits c-infi !an in the bv
ltsiccnt intention: of [hk ir Suvueign. mtd who ema
nin un humble: hope, that by the t'L-vour ot Divi. e
Providence, the united cflsiar 5 yf all -ctnur lubjulzss,
lld the asistlnce of wisel' coursschs thun h-ve lately
Nn ldopted, the Britishempirc may not only debsssit
Unguent]! enemies, but m'e once more to th'tt
and los), from which it ptsi-L'en: (int em
E'E; so IltF-serlbly fallen."
J (latter from :! Gentleman (! Peccssuurg,
si it If: am "den! i: London.
" The polifl'ckl o Engllnd and her enemies, me
_-I contigul md almoit univsirl'a'si (object here. ]
want uptesi : molt agreeable sensatu-n, ] set], in
' eril . eraus partiality here torlutcounny,
which! the lduntage and the honour of being
_ I !- cpnvcrsnut with some of the sir! fnmilizs
'Mk'w the Bcitish arms,g is received here
- at]; and glory in siyin , thn any news
m I a concern lnd sympathy. The vast
VM " exerted nyinlt one poor ishnd; du
Wood
ct a of American rebe-Hion and French
milk]. m aided by the Court of Spain, have
'IM the most liberal sent'uunts in : Ruffian breast;
94 the La l'llch of : French'nmn is held in the
. _ (! nion.
ct , ct ]] no lfliflame has been yet given by this
sisi bench the imbitionsins the Hmas: of Bout'buzl,
ct Krnrshl force will shonly be at the set nce
. is report: now girculnu'ng here be nue,
__ lhsic Emyl'esl hill actually engaged to supply
" _ _lck Majcfiy, with mooo of the best troops
4? si _ now be:" Majesty ie-well attached to the inter
" altoglud. She rends n.. English history, is
of th' Ellll'lll language, and encourage} th'e
til, hue received great favour; from
Wssrfimsi, and pronounce h-sir one of the
. _ _ ;andillustrioul characters us the age."
w J Charles lb! third, ib: prtfint King q/
ct .si, Spain.
she ng u : much better lookmg man than
sinsct his picture: mnkc him, he has a good n .mm-'
fl—bing tye; she kowcr :! of hil lace, by being
ed wpll wnther, " become of : deep copper
; whlt hit In! cover: it tain, us l.: 11: :!uralh
but I -an in hmu ! : it mher short, thicklv
built! ! tl- nd lhighs, and narrow in 'the
W— Hil eldoln vm'es sxom : large hat,
E. Mfw-cmctcs I:"! wosficd Rockings, hor
:: stock : bufl'waii'con. : small
on an llwnyo stuffed v'vfsh knives, gluvcs, and
n' tlekk On (Gall) ccun dip, : fine suil
il ding upon'bi: shoulde :, but :- he had an eye (0
kid usunoon : spurnfl great monomist of his
till:. the bllck beechf-s me firm to :" mals. !
believe there _lre but three du ; in 'hc whole Knr, thn
ding: shewing, nnd ches: an
Tclyddsiocmshn hit health won] ! he m du , and
est mark m tho galendcr, were
umidmht wnss to confine hm. tu tue ho qwould
!
msaHibiy bring on a sit o!" fllncsi. No sh-tm, heat,
cold, or we;, can keep him at home; and when he
heat: of : wolf being seem, distance is counted for
nothing; he would dnve over half the kingdom rather
thnn mild an opportunity of siringupon that favd'urite
game. Besidu : mofl numerous retinue ot pefl'ons
belonging to the hunting eltablishment, s=veralsitimes
a year all the idle fellows in and about Madtisil, an:
hired to beat the couwy, end drive the wild boar;,
deer; and hard, into ; nng, where they pass hcsorc
the royal samily. A very large znnual l'uu- is de-shi
buted among thc'propl icton of land about the capim],
and nur the country palacn, by way ofindemnisic ]
tion foctr che: namagcs done to the corn. ] was asurcd
thnt it cast scvcnty llluullnd pounds [testing for the
envitom of M uls-d, and thirty thousand for those of
* si. Hx'cshnsc. ln order to be entitled tothzs reimbut li.;
meht, the i'zumcrs scutter jufl :; much see ! corn over
their glounzl, ctasi x.:li gtom ul: mto something like I
crop; but tn-siry do not tways'giv: !hcmsehcs the trou
ble of getting in the scanty hmsich, being l'ufficiently
paid for thetr labour by the royal bounty.
Bring r.:ltursitlly of an even, phlcgmatic temper, the
King is' stuc- to 17:- events on their favzssumblc tide
only, and \\'h..t:"1icts he hn detenninsid in his own
mind, that a measure is proper to be pursued, he if
an utter strangcnu alteration. As far as ! can judge
by csimtpa-inz the different accsitzr-ts ] )...te hzd, he
isss A man cz—t' the shsiictessj ymhicy, incapable of adopt
ing any l'chf-me ursilcs he is perfect!) satisfied in his
shvn conit tuce, that it is just :md honourable; of
1'=.;h unm-zvsiasitzle sunnes, first the molt fortunate or
she must Jtztttruu- ocqsim'n-nc : arc aiike 'umble to
acute the ."-.H.'tsi--'si ) usiunm in them; rigid in his
morals, :tsi-sit'. 'Tt-Htu mllv att :cIu-d'to his religion, but
he does m -: un:- 'us ucvsissnnn tu Xay him open to the
cnzsi-rpsiii; e to. *:1 : 14- siit (,f Romsi:, or she encroach
.1.cntsis 01 1 is own Lizsisigyz on the contrary, they have
he lu.ml)' xx.;i Wtssn, lullgllcs usage at his hands
thnn they n.:gut lmc expected from 2 free thiuksi-r.
The regulaxizy m hzsi mvn life renders him very flrtct
about the cundntt ( s inn chlidrcn, whom he obligee
to be out fishExsizg orshootir. 31 long as he is absent on
the same business; this he (int to prevent their hning
time of opponr-nity to harhourbadthouglnl'nnd tmiy
! beliuc he: goes out so consiamly htmself to keep
down the visiuur of hie own conflittsinion. He seldom
nddresses himself to any young men of hie court, but
delights in : vessing .md joking with eldcrl 'pessons.
lnd such as of his own age, especially Bionks and
Eriars. He is very partial to Npplcs, and alway:
spcctks of that counsiy vmit grrsisitt seeking.
L
:; A 3 5 .\ T .si-si. a us., No-v. 30. ]
Cupid:): Rosz _r_:ct s). Wajq/ijfir 't'p Roebuck, (] 44
- guu, just n- rivc.) cum .;1 jclIu-wiug account,
Sopmxbrr ; 5
5 fcihn wiisin twelve szil of French line of but]!
E.: ships sun icngun ent of Tybge. He szwv an
English many!" wis of two dccks, under jury-mastn
engaged with n- ci-hty un ship, to which he flruck,
nstcr engaging; thirty ve minutel. Captain lose
took one oi th'. French Rose ships, by which he was
informed, that the French fleet hud lost all their ll'l
churs and czblu off St. Augustine, that they were
obliged to put to su in a bird ale of wind, which
cntried [way the masts lnd belt ,)rin ostwelvc sail of
the line, ansii ieparned them from the Colnt, which
he ordered to the Chet'cpeakc. Two of the line. six
siigatn, and : number of merchuntnen lest him at
the some time, some of them for the Chelsicpeakc, some
for Bosion, and some ' -r' Europe. Thetmu ship.
met by the BoRon briv, mul hue been of these
t A'elve, because their log books mentioned the cqmne
uslhc Experiment. _ "
Ex/rac'l of a lam- srou : G'Mllailn in It. Mattim.
- annlur 19, 1779.
" Frcsh provifiom [tow selrce dlily, we (hill hue
none tom. A pilot boat lsl ived yeRerday in seventeen
dsl)! fron Bsil-imore, who can give no hccount of
D'Elhing or his fleet, znd hal brought no pn n."
'fln i'awss-goins extract convinces un our or-ner
observniom are just. ' When lny untowud accident
hu happened to the Amelicauc, or their great uzd
good ally the- King of [! "yes, they mtotllly silent as
to matters of new;; but, is the lean fn'ournhle turn
hoppeu: to thtiraffam, they, like om- smzem hmher
princes ofBrussels, of lying memory, or even like our
good friend ]Wonsieur le imptimcur ah Mminiqux,
will bO-xsi of viaoiics never glined, bntlce nevu
sought. and fuccrffus uhey lsizad :m light w sir,;- ct. V.]
h-si-pc the following wul evfinu. the \. u-Z uf fixes: obser—
\ i-UUH-s
I\ in cermin D'Eshing land d : mnsi-jeml leg num
hsi-r of troops in Gemgia, am! sisim a t] 'ssg w Liuvnnour
W'righ! (0 offer nvcmy sam- hu-us w consider of a
cnpimlation. Sir ] xmes immxdmc!) ('a-ac word to '
General l'rcvust, who 01 And ths. up,}.lsimdusic (the
42) to march to opposc xhc enemy, who, thoughthey
pzol-okd twemy four hunrs, kepkuhapcing usimary
to she faith usueatica (son the off:- imgiic-l .; kiud' 1
of treasy).bu\ was me! by xhe highllnders, and some
other troops, at a place al d why: (he) did not expect
them; when the hnghlandus gave .; iixc unduzshcd on
with such fury, as threw the French inn:) such conso
sinn, nnd : llonn coming on at th: s-mc nme, oblsiged
th: Count to endeavour : surcac, but was su duely
pmsucd by the B.ilish (suopl, tho: he kh all his a:
nilery behind him, lcjetl-cs v-irh all (he (lum he had
landed. Thix account, whicpw-e mightnlmmf much
for : fact, did not reach our Baltimou hero, though
he had been only out IL 'lcnleen days before hit arri—
val :: St. Martim. si
'This morning adxice wan received, ,khpt th' Vonus
sngnu hn fallen in wish, ma taken the Rcsulu of 4.- !
gum, w thfi suuLhwzu'd of M-vulzsienuz. ]
The account given in our last vs 'si'oum D'siEKuing'l
def-nt :! Gmgi: nnd che licrm he afterward. ne":
with which dishbled hit fleet, cumes cuksssmzd be
: doubt. both from St. Euziuiul and the French
ithnds; : friptc belonging to the Counss fleet in.
m—ivsid :: Guadaloupe with : numhcr o!" woumbd
officers and men; the Maninique accounu sly, til!
lhc French army lost 1500 men; a vessel iron Now
England anivcd a few uql ngo at St. Eulhtinl, who
sly, that the Counl was rooted by ('olonel Mlitllnd,
And would have: been entirely cut. off but for Gum]
Linculn, who cume to hit uffiflucc with good Ame
xiczm, but was himsell lo songbly haunted thn he
Iosi 7000 men ijlcd Wounded ::nl taken prisonenj
and'Count D'Eflaing hnd hio thigh broke; that after
the flight of the French army and navy, : sh'om arose,
which dismafled many of them, seven! wore seen
driving zhuut in the gulph shnm, lad seven wert
at mchor in Chefcpeake bay, much shiuered; thu
Admirzl Arbuchnm had sailed from New Yctnk with
the fleet, :: it wot imagined in qvefl of the French
When- General Climon received inulligencc of !.
French fleet being on lhc coast, he sent direction:
Rhodc lfland for the troops to dehoy the works
evacuate the lace. ud join him 01 Now York;
:: soon :: he and of the French fleet being dis
in : storm he sent to countcrm-nd ths omen. but
late, for the troops had already evacuated Ihn pl
mssl were on their way to New Yurk, whish pine (&
.iuixcd m, besone Captain Wiikie lest in -,
]: was reponed here yesterday, but by what amhof
rixy we cannot learn, th': hid Mujcliy'n frigme, Pr
seryinc, George Anson B)r0u, Esq; command
had sensicn, wax ferenoon, between :th Afsiasid in
51. Euflalius, the Ceruc floop of war.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23. '
INCE our llfi che wnther had been so extremely;
cold, thlt our mvignion in nmirdy stopped by;
the icc.
, The ship ]ly, mentioned to'ho nshorc in our last,
is got of lnd arrived at Childs. l-ler cargo cousin}.
osdry good: and you bushel: of sllt.
Clyt. Done, in I ship with uoo bushcle ofsnlt,
dry oodl, &c. lull Clph Pater Yourgct, in : br'
whh salt and VVest ln-Jil produce, from M. Bushvjl':
;.nd : schsionu from Cup. Francoia. arc nn-iv'zd ::
Marcul Hook, where they axe Ropped by the i. .
By the ghove vessel: it in:... :*-at ah!: Loonur
, Clpt Cliffton, from thin post s Sutia,
in uke'nand curied into Ami :. . '—
The brigE-gle. Captain A end, from thin port
wan cut out osScbl, by some English fifatacrohxlu,
who bended him in the nighL—Thc BU'Ch (} -m.
our had demanded (he prig to be delinmd, lo [hung
nken contrary m treams.
The schoor-er . Cipvin Strong. from &.
Eushfi- for this eiYV- has go! into Egg hnrbour, hnx
inz sira mss- alhurc on the bar. "
"Account: from St Fuffmi- snv. dm there hu be:,
urge impoucnionl of flour into thn ishnd s
Enphnd, sn flwc sit sold for eizht do'fss
-The W-st lnd-anc have been !'
goods w Dun *: Olk for so:.
.