The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-02-17 00:00:00, page 3

c.] willing to avoid the re.-.l merit—:. He
was lssor the gunuulment .
stir. Van \\;-_5 ili'!'_\', :si'is lffsszr'al, (clitl spoke
[ironsszsilsi for the most [ill-1 ;sind du.silct;si.o
h:£'.lisiLH'L'*—L.
My, \' .lititor Cener'siil s-ssef : very full)"
;m-ctl ;zlzix , ;:1.d ende-sin oure si'. io 'sinis'sisi. er ex -_r_siss'
thin;; ill.:L hmsil idCL:Z offered on the other
side: iielide; the 'sizbm e, Mr. Duke, and
um." or two other Gentlemen, ipoice in the
debate. _
The question being put at about hzdk
after ten, the Houle divide-.]. For the
mnendhent 73, uguinst it 264; and the
qutition for the address being then put, it.
passed otss'course in the asiirnmtivc. si
It is thought, by many, that nothing
will be done in the present sell-on on Ame
rieun affairs, (xcept & recommendatoiy
address to his ?ssl'si-tjesty, to enforce, with
all the poer placed in his hsimds, the late
wits with regard to the Anlcricans.
The: tollozsiing singular occurrenee imp
pencd on Saturday. As a poor young wo
man was crying fish in Gray's Inn lane, an
eldcrly Gentleman stoppcd, looked at her
veil)! eagerly, sssecmcd extremely agitated,
an aiked her name. She told it, with
emotions that intimated her gueiling the
reason ofits being alked ;_ and it at length
appeared that the inquirer was her own
father, from whom she had been stolen in
her infancy, He took her home, in a.
curriage, to SouthAudle sh-cet.
Dec. 7. The Earl osC lathamhas taken
a house in Old Bond street, for his reli
dence this winter.
Extract of:: Ietterfiom Paris, Nov. 28 .
*_* It is determined that the Count de
Gmgnes shall return to England with the
character okssAmbaflhdour, and he is to set
out ycry soon. The Parliament has grant
ed lumsiwhat the Chatalet refused, si) that
hls affan-s' are now settled; and as he has
constantly acted as Ambali'adour since he
lest London, the King has made him a
Hrcsent of the amonnt of his appointment
for ten months, which will enable him to
return to London with eclat.
" The Dukc- d'Aiguillon has not re
ceived his recall, nor permisiion to return;
but a limited order to come and he an
account of certain transhctions during his
administration, which will soon be made
publick. All complaints against the old
ministers are to be referred to the Parlia—
ment, the King being determined not to
interpose his authority in the adminiflrati
on of publick justice, which his Majesty
entrusis entirely with that tribunal."
The Hcreditary Prince of'Brunswick has
lately obtained the post of a I'ield Murlllul
in his Pruslian Majesty's service. ,
A correspondcnt says, that a law is to
pass to render it high treason to assemblc
mobs to force the King's civil officers to
resign, as has been done at and near Bos
ton, and that eve individual in such
mobs is to be deeme to be in a flute of
rebcllion.
On the 26th of Novcmber died Stcphen
FOX, Lord Hollzmd. He has lest :l son,
a_minor ; his brother Charles Fox succccds
him as Clerk of the Pells of Irclzmd.
Dr. Johnson, Silhop of \V0rccitcr, died
near Bath, in (TOflsi'QUCZICC ofa fall from
his horse. He is sheen-ded in that see by
Dr. North, l'aithop us Liuhlicld; the lsiztsict
tcr by ])r. liird, Bishop of lisiuxgor.
Dr. iiill'l'iliglOH, Bishop oksilsizsindzlss, is
translated to liansifur, and ])r. Nlourc,
])um of Christ church, is constcrutcd l'.i
shop of" Lzmduil'.
_ (lo! . Amhcrli is appointed (lovcrnour of
52. _]olm's in N'eu'lbundlznul, in the room
01 the hit-: Msizjur (lum—ral lirzulflrcsict.
.-\ number of lrunissport—s are (hilcd snr
lri kind, to ru'c-h e on hoard the czd, .;sisszxi),
Tf'sii'ss and by] rcsiimnztsi. _\l;.';<>r (it::si r.:l
ilimu', ;.inl ?iil' \\ illizlm Drsilpsisi-r, ;usit sssct'u
"'f-Zct ("l'- —i*- fsil'siljsict'siuiisrsi (m iilk' shall}
siHK' L':- 1 [. prize, dmnn in the "wi;
l'ls" ! \ - iii.:isi\'(i :me-zw-_H sun;" lll'xsi. its
"] \lt'ss.l):1zl(l.1n(i(fl.silnss'ctilsifit'c'c
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Jsi'ss'ctssFctYH'YLssF. ! si}: \'.hu:n'ri\('cln-1l'v'ss
([--ss"\il'<>11li'inicti'L lss ..l liu— m at (in .: lssmsi;
l' _ \ ., __ . . .
("si-'H' Hu uisih lilc ec-sirctsim-si'ff ul N.:u.
Dr. 2. There is at this: time avcry
large deiuxsinfsil sor ihilcloth to be llsictipped for
the pen-te olsihpain; upwards of 2330 ells
ct\\ ere enteredlust week at the Customhousc
for (l.uli'sct
The :annnitv to be setilul on the \\iclow
osjuhn llol-siossn, who \*.;:> lsiilledby falling
under the bsiiresisi'z, couch, 59 20]. and (he
has H'Cc'i\t'(l 41. from her hnllmnsssl'si cluh.
'i'uesiL-ssx e\ eninsizrss' Mr. ()oll'm, in.-lier us
the lied Iiussrt, in little St. M.;rtin's lane,
lilting a large call; of gin, ltre-kc a blood
\'cssel inwardly, and bronssznsshl up near sonr
(sin;:rts ossiclcar blood. he died the next
IllUi'lllllg. ,
])uc. 9. The substance os the-late news
srom Atnerica is said to he as sollows.
The Congress have unanimoully voted &
non—import;ition agreement. The pro
\'ince os \ irgctinia (by their dclesipsi'asesjn the
Congiess) have agreed not to plant any
more tobacco, and the plant now in the
ground the other colonics have agreed to
take ; so that the present year's crop is the
last that will be sent to Great Britain, un
less matters with America are accommo
(lated. The duty upon tobacco is a very
principal article of the re\ enue of Great
Britain.
The following address os thanks to his
)Iajesty, sor his most gracious speech from
the throne, was presented on VVednesday
by the Speaker of the House of Com
mons: _
Asq/l gracimu Sovereign,
"- Vv e, your Nlajesty's most dutiful and
loyal subjects, the Connnons of Great
Britain, in Parliament assembled, return
your Majesty our humble thanks for your
most gracious speech from the throne.
" Per-mit us to assure your Majesty, that
we receive With the highest sense of your
Majestctv's goodness the early information
which you have been pleased to give us
of the state of the prorince of ILdihchu—
setts Bay.
" \'\'c see] the most smeerc concern that
a spirit oi'disobedience and reiistance to the
law should still unhappily revail in that
province, and that it has roke forth in
fresh violences of a most criminal nature;
and we cannot but lament that such pro
ceedings should him been countenanced
and encouraged in a other of your Ma
jest)" s colonics, and that any .of your sub
jects should have been so far (leluded and
milled as to make rash and unw arrantablc
attempts to obshuct the cominerce of your
Nlujcsty s kingdoms by unlau) ful combi
nations.
" \\ c beg leave to present our most
.dutisul thanks to your NIajesty sor ha)in
taken such measures as your M ajest)" judges
most proper and effectual for carr ing into
execution the laws which w ere pulled in the
last icsiion of the late Parliament, for the
protection and security of the commercc of
your )lnicsty' s subjects, and for restorincr
and preier) "19; peace, order, and good
qovemmcnt , in the pro) ince or the \1usizl
chuscttsB Bav.
" Yourfiiithful Commons, animated by
)"our \I.1icst)""'s gracious assumsinccs. will uie
(") er)" means in their power to nilist )our
)luicst)" m muintaining entire and inviolate
the supreme nutli()1""it) of this it ziliziture
0) or all the dominioiis of )""()11( (iron n, '
l (inn' truly suilihlt th rt ))e should betray
ths: sstiull i"(1_)<>i("(im us, and he ))zmtin-r to
(" . ( ". ") (hit , )). luiich )) ( 0)) (" to ) our Ilmcst)" ,
and to ()(11".("'.l"()\) si_d)j(("sit:s, il )) (" lailcd to
;; i" (" om" most" (; don) support to those p"! ('th
("on.litutionul ]n" i.)(i;11(") )' hi(" h sso) ( rn ) oui
."")lsi" :i(lt_)-"' :; ("(nidrut in thismmo"";tmtln"1i
11(i), :ind ))hi (h .u (" in "lient! sil to t.i( dis"—
me) , lum) , (nal ))("li ."-\1(, 0! 1]:( brizilh
L'ill}siii'-_'.
" V- (" l("u"11 )"ssi'h ;")"(z sit sati- ssisisssiion,
11. (I :"(tu :(t) ol ))si" "1(( 3)" (or-(hu ("(l l)( t\) ( ( n
'.'\ul.1t ;m-si' tl:( ; or to , {mal thsisit , in," (His
)" my. ( \ ('Hl . tiu- psiunile 11";".i".(;-_;i53i"si)ct i);
111- ."(Hli (multhl ("; ;.ssnd ))(si (ill.'l'lsi'l'l :!
l
))(H s-1->11:1\i("(l '-:(>-,n- (!: :: )sxm" V.](iix'si
(viii.-i.(Htif'flU'siH')lU]H(\'('Hl'11'"il"si L
"._" (in: (vii1(_.ilii' --.-i>."1((" —)-.i. ( .;iiLlHi
(ssi i!) ))i'si'ss lit-(ful). .!) ).nm" \i ii,-if), (m!—
.] l'. . 1; ,'_ ..
(.iL' : '\IAS(1{\\ll.i]\L(\
l..)Hsid t(>i'((;,)( si
from (sithcr power; (] ths-"n- lsicrsi'sifsi; (gan-day
disposed to l'" sine the ])(Jitc'.
" Vt c ahuusi your .\l;*si]( it}, that we mill,
With the nl :noli sisihu rsnim is, grant to ) our
}.l1-_j<ll_'-,' Her)" noediinssv suppl) ; :{Hissl th n
-\\(.' (Ulllith'Y' on] ill—"m bour-(: Isi-si. Humiin'siiv,
;15 ucsiil as clut) . to gixc e\ erssv proosul'tizsi
most nsiL-csi'siinnss'ue ;;ttuchmn-t to ;1 Prince
who, during the whole— course of hi> reign,
has made the happiness of his people the
(;!zjc-ft of his; xievsss, and the rule of all his
ucziuns."
His MAleST "s mg/Z graciom azz/sswer.
Gentlemen,
] return you my particular thank: for
[his very low! and dutifixl mkires} . [receive
with the highe/Z/htigf'action and approbation
your afflictrances of affi'stance and sufimrt, in
rmziutainizzg the ju eme authority of the le
gg'flature over all t e dominiom of'ny/ Crown .
it shall be my care to justly}! by my conduct
the cozg/z'dence you so affectionately exprq/s,
and to show that I have no interq/Zsjcsiparate
ji'om tho/e osrhy people. si
EDINBURGH, Nov. 26. We hear
that the Lords of Police in Scotland have
formed a plan for the recovery of drowned
persons, which is soon to be published and
transinitted to the Sheriffs, Magistrates of
Royal Burghs, and Synods, and Preshy
tcrics in Scotland. A scheme sor making
a naviguble communication between the
north and west seas is also said to be under
the consideration of the Lords of the Po
lice.
They write from Carron, that last week
the Gentlemen -of the east part of the shire
ok'Stirling, at a meeting held there, un
animoufly agreed to build a bridge over
the river Carron, at Carron works, which
will be of great advantage to the carriages
designed for that place. Sir Lam ence
Dundas subscribed 1501.
BRISTOL, Nov. 29. There is an or
der from one house in the north to ship on
board the Chalkle , Capt. - Spain, 'now
loading here for Philade'lphia, sixty tuns of
nails. The non-importation ofthat articlc
by the Americans will hurt that branch
more than any other, and there must very
(bon be some thousauds of'people want em
ployment in that way.
B O S T O N, january 26.
AST Monda adctachmentof me men,
draughtedfrom the several regiments
in this town , and commanded b Major Bal
sour, embarked on board a veslizl bound to -
Mars] isield . This manoeuvrehas occasioned
many conjectures .
N E VV TO R K, February 2.
[From RivLNGToN's Per/xv.]
AST Thursday & motion was made in.
the Honomhle House of Assembly, to
take into consideration the proceedings
of the Continenml Congress, which oeoah—
oned the following prcyious question to be
first put : " Whether thc question upon the
" motion should be then put, upon which
" debzitcs arose; and the said previous
" question being aceorclingly put, it was
" carried in the ne'gative."
Last Monday the Honourable House of
Assembly unanimoufly agreed to a motion "
to statethe complaints of the colony, and
ordered apt-tition to his Majesty, :] memo
rial to the House osPeers, and & represent
anon and remonstranee to the House of
Commons, to be forwarded to England.
His )l-sizssielly's Ministers at the soreign
conrts hming acquainted the princizd sove—
l'c-isicsissms us Furope uiih the eonsuiions in
su ersixiof'his Amcriccttn ]n'ovinces, aishmn
(( si; \\'*_'I'C gh en to the former that no sort
(n' :dl'elisiuussc should on ;mv account he
win:—ded to them; and a vessel loaded with
;xxsimsir, :mmnmitinn, &c. sorNcw Engiand,
<-;1 lu-r depsstnre srom Amsh-rdzmisi wns
stopped, ;md ".dl her tsizn'ctzsi'u landed .
Um- us] he Parliament,-s oslsi'rsimec remon
lirctu—d ;];Lsssisiinli the King's order refiwcrctinsiz;
lhsi &} TH-lnssg-si- usshpiss-lies sursimssv osthc linssgrlih
(sillltnllt'u, him is *.\ nsipt-renlptorily nverrnhsd .
[liss.-'t! ("s-1 li':*hsil'_/isi'1!l.>l London, Drt', [O.
si * ch \.si1ll<.l1lsit'l'\ t',l1\ tllt'l'siinsif'sii-Z't;L'll,
and. (T'? :lddi'; :ct, ulut .u'c til; lsi'nlimtuts