The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-08-11 00:00:00, page 3

carried by a person os distimssssl'mh, who is
to demand un csisi-Zplsi'sicit unlwss, and are
sin] to be in Cunsu ucncc u! the I.:tc unim
tu: nate queen 's lust xcqucst n.!pchinsi she
(me of in.-1 cluhhcn.
Psn ulc lene: - [lum " Iris asscrt, that the
kimr ui l'rmli. ). was hid} [hue-1: lcun' zmd
aitcr a i*.1\.'olshlcc duxs [six'ddcnlv but; p
eucd, which hzs occactiuncd nluch (} c
cul uissm mnungst the: politici ms.
Aduces we: received at PJ! 15, that the
I :cnch have sust tincd a lus:- us mrcc men
of war, :.nd upwzss ls ui 800 leumcn , in ;;
lmm'icnne at t-zc1flc of Buur bon. m the East
lndies.
it is affirmed, that the riotstn rranee
are much exaggercitcd, with-a \ ic—x-ct todruw
oiisi the attention os our court lt'om the
verv tbrmidable urniumcnts nor. going on
ass's-rest, Rochsort, and 'l'oulon.
It is said that the French court haven
peuted the most solemn ullitrnnces, that
they have not any hol'tile dehgns against
this kingdom. ' .
On suturduv lull, about 5 o'clock in the
morning, a duel was sought in iixsicle Put-la
by mr. M . and inr. 'l'. osAntericsit. Al
ter engaging each other to perform certznn
conditions previoully agreed upon, inr.
Isl. desired mr. 'I". to fire, which he did,
but missed his uutagonilt . Mr . 31 .dischurg
ed his pittol in the air, and nikcd inr. T.
it'he was satisfied. ]{eceiviug an answer
in the negative, he desired him to lirc
again, the contents ot'which went through
mr. M 's coat, between the left arm and
the body, without doing- any execution.
They then drew their sw ords, and engag
ed; when, after a few passes, mr. T.
was disurmed, receiving a (light wound in
the sword arm. The occasion of" this
uarrel is said to be a dilputc that lldt sub
ltsted for some time.
Yelleidzw the sesiions ended, when the
two l'erreasius, and 13 Cdpltitl cot-nicts, re
(cired judgment o'sideuth, two or whom
Geoi ,sie Morris, and William Hroomu ich,
for coining lhillings) are to be dr-an on
a (ledge, or hurdle, to the place osexe
cution. "
The two Perrezius are confined in sepa
rate cells in New-gate. Before entering
those dreary npartments. tht-v afteCtionate
ly embraced cucli othnr; and Daniel,
bursting into tears, repeatedly called Ro
bert his halle/i innocent brother..
Great prepui'utions are nisiiking in be
halfosthe two Perreaus. It is even said
that the jury who tried tient men".. to pe
tition the throne, recommending them as
Objects deserving of royal mercy .
A petition, We hear, is preparing— in he—
hsictds osthc Pcrrcnus, in order to be pre—
sented to her majesty, ligned by most of
the great people in the kingdom.
Ycltcrday morning mrs. Rudd was
brought to the bar of the Old Bsi'tiley,
when nu'. Recorder informed her, that
the judges \\ ere of opinion that she should
be detained'in custody till ncxt seflion;
when she is to answer to a charge brought
by sir Thomas Franklund, sor hzning for
ged two separate bonds to & conlideruble
aniount, which nr Thomas produced, and
entered into ;; recoguizsiincc to prefer un
indiccttinent against her. Mrs. Rudd desir
ed to know if she couch notbe admitted to
buil, when [he was insorincd it could not
be done in that court, and thut the must
apply to. the court os King's BC'JCll. She
was uccordingly renianded back to New
guile,
Mrs. Rudd scmncd much 'lsritzltcd yes
lrlLLu when the court '. x'uc t'm- siu' opmion
th it [he mu. !. be rcmamlul till uc :<.t icsii
0115.
01] lucsifllzw night, ut 1 : o'clock, :1 dread—
su] flrc broke out at mr. Rnusse's house
at Nine Elms, which entire-ly duflrm'cd
the sum-, :lmla]1u*_0'c mult- house- ndjufn
i-w. 11 {in- it was cxunpnilhccl. _\h.
lvsi; simc : ].uni'ly all csumsil out o! the win
(low nolssczl, except mrs. R mssc, who
was. l-lg null amid. and Put-10 m t. c
13 :mw. 'l he lm- \\ ..s meum nu'. hv lunc
cluthcsi that were. lctt upon the hurlchmsic
the fare.
jade to. They \\1ite from jumalca,
thrt ;: conlicleruhlc llc'tt usl'rcnch men of
war lus lately arrived in that part of the
World from Brclt and 'luulun ; that they
have troops on hoard, bcntcs bomhs,
mortal-5, &c. and seemed to be steel-ing
for some of the French iilzsinds to land them
then, who were in ;: vsi-rctv licsi'issl-7 comlltion.
Extract of a letter ji'om thsi'ctsiltctn', datcd
silassv 15, 1115 o'c'ius/f.
" This morning four Spanish ships of
the line, commanded by a reur—admirul,
9 li'isipss'utes, severul zebeckz, and too lsisizil
ostrunsportz, were seen to pass the llruits,
from Cadiz, bound to (lctrthztgennfi'
At a special meeting this dsi-y osthe se
VCI'Jl mcznln i'd of the (Jonstizutional Soci
ety, ;] gentlenun proposed that ;tlubscrip
tion should be imzuedirttely entered into
(by such members present as might ap
prove the purpose) for raising the sum of
iool. to be applied to the tcliel of the
widows, orphzms, zmd aged parents, of
our beloved Americun fellow subjects ;
who, isiuithsul to the clmrucsiter ofh'nglish
men, preserring death to (livery, were,
for that reztson only, inhumsimly murdered
by the king's troops at or near Lexington
and Concord, in the protince otssM'sidlil
chusetts Day, on the loth ot'April; which
sum being- immediately collected, "it v. as
thereupon re/blvtd that int-.Hom do pay
to-morrow into the ltzmds ofmess. Brrm'ue!
and Colli/bn, on account of doctor Frankliu,
the said sum of too ]. and that doctor
Franklin be reqneltcd to apply the same to
the above-mentioned purpose.
\VILLlAl\rlSBUR G, dage/in.
\ E have advice from Cape Fear, in
' North Carolinzi, that onthe 19th ult.
between 6 and 7oo men, under the com
mand os col john Ash, marched from
\\ ilmington to fort johnllon, governour
Murtin's late relidence, to demand his
delivering up a number of negroes which
they had intelligence were harboured there
by his cxccllency and cupt. Collett, the
comntander; but that the governour,
hearing of their intention, precipitutcly
abandoned the sort, withthe gurrison,
and took refuge on board the Cruisct' floop,
which lay :tt anchor close by, after dis
mantling the sort of its guns, which they
placed under cover of the sloop. Col.
Alh, upon his arrival, linding this nest of
fresh-water pirutes fled, immediately list
fire to the sort and adjacent buildings,
which Were consumed ; and the wheel car
riages belonging to the guns he sound
means to bury in a swamp, to prex ent
their being carried off by the pirates.
The ship ]ohnson, belonging- to mr.
Gildart of Liverpool, was ].ttely burnt at
Annapolis, in Marylund, with her cargo
otsisult and dry-goods, for having know
ing-ly violated the general all'ocidtion of
America.
Lust ffiday the following- melancholy
accident happened in Middlescx county.
A number ospeuple had agreed to rendez
vous early in the morning ill mr. Ncilson's
mill, in orderto go in quest osthrcc negro
fellows that had rubbed ;! poor widow wo
man, the shndav before, oshc-r all ; and
some of themsinrrixing besore the rest,
were umusing lhemsch es in the meanwhile
Will] going through the manual excrule,
when one Mitchum csinne up jnlt us thssctv
presented thcii'fil'clocks, who, ffH'LLCslUffsisisi'
that he had loaded his piece \\il_h guide
shot, pointed it nt them. one! in:]plud,
which immediately \\(.'llt off. and killed
two of the czomlmny desid on the lpot,
one Abbnt, a dist.:nl nsilulion of his (inn,
and :! young); msim named Smith. u'sim sit
on licissstbaek looking at the rest. Mix—
chu'n w r- szz xr- sif'ftxsily assectcd with the
;l-sszl-ic-nctc, (.lll si- —-\- lhuuzssht danger—us
to lesine him ulum ,
By letwrsi llum PYM .dclphsiia, we learn
thzn LDMC \ D HAsiDou-H, esq; then in
that ci'si) , is ;npsiwinleu nmzk—r-muster—ge
neral lo the (mnine-mld array, and was to
set out for [he cctunp near Button in & tsiew
dzns. _
By the Ocean, EMng, in six weeks
from Glnsgcm, there is advice that fix
more regiuu-ma are ordered for Americcte,
with sundry shipsnf'wur, and that the mi—
lilia throughout L'nghmj is embodied.
Death;.) Mrs. ["]ARRISON, lpouse of
Charles Hurrisim, csq; of Humington, in
Surry, much lamented by all her ac
quaintance. si
IN CONVENTION,
Tt'EsDAY, Augtg/t 18, 1775.
LETTERsrom the Honourable [Matthew
'Tilghman, president of the convention
of the pravinee of Maryland, in answer to
a letter from the president oft/tis convention,
enclo/ing a rdblationpaffed the 24th of 7uly
last, by which it was resolved that no
'u'heat, flour, or other grain or provi/ion:
'of an)- kind. be exported from thi: colony,
to any part ol'the world, from and after the
fifth day of,-lnsizsirn/l nesixt, until the Conventi
on or AfffZ-mblr. or the Honourable the Conti
nental c'ongnfi, should order otherwise," be
ing read, and it appearing that the Conven
tion of llhnj'land will not come into fiich ::
meafizre, and as the good pu osZ-s intended
to be answered by the fiiid re olation cannot
beeffected without a general agreement of
the neighbouring provinees, Resolved there
fore, that thesaid rctj-rlutionos ths-s Conven
tion be repeaIed and rescinded . .
PLYTON RANDOHJH, president.
70hn Ruffin, for Yolm Taze'well. c . c . "
At a meeting of the committeesor Sussex
connty, held at the-com-thozde, on Mon
day the 31ct/t oj'july, 1775.
CHARGE being laid against a certain
\VILL1AM NELSON, merchant, OF
Prince George, that he had purthsiised'
wheat for thessuse ofour enemies at Boston,
and having voluntarily appeared before
this committee, declares, that he had in
structions from a correspondent in Englss md
to purchase certain commodities, the pro
duce os this country, to be shipped to the
port of London ; and having read part of
a letter relative thereto, the committec
are of opinion, that mr. Nelson is altoge-ss
ther clear of the said charge. ' '
Bless. HUNNlCUTT and VVILLlAZUS
having been sulpccted osaiding and aslist
ing mr. Nelson in the said purchase, have
alsiso cleared themselt'es of such suspicion,
to the satisfaction of the committee.
A charge being laid also against Rl—
CHARD BLOW, of Sussex, merchant,
that he had purchased, or been employed
to purchase, for or on account of mr.
]OHN HAY, merchant, osSurry, aquan
titv osprovisions for the use ofour enemies
at Boston, the said Blow, heincr examined,
has also sully cleared himselsot the said ac—
cusation, to the satisfaction of the com
mittee. .
MICHAEL BLOVV, chairmm.
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Yohu Alaffi'nburz, clerk.
ADVERTlSEMENTS.
A Lf (; U s T 10, 1775.
HE ship M OL L Y, 70/172 Cowan
c'omm mder, will [sin] for London on
01 hesorc the: first of Seiztem/zrr next.
\\ \ \ T E. ]),
P} RSO\ who " :m pla} upon the FlFE.
Such :! one who ( m play the ficll
([ut) will meet un]: siru xt encouxagcment
ln mplsisinp to Harmsir Lmu, esq: in
C'zmccj/Zcr, to T/zsswmr D/mis, adjutctut,
on the plinter. zj)