The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-02-17 00:00:00, page 2

There are two pztmplilets brought by
the last ships from \ irginiu, \\ hieh ctsi-_i\ e us
a pretty ClCM' insight into the [west nt Amc -
l'iczm politieks. Mr. jelscrlon, in his
" Summurssv View," speaks os the net.—
us trode, 'petssed in (Zhsiirles li. time, as
proceeding from ;: spirit ostyrunnctv ; ('l'silillls
a right of sending their tobueeo to uh-sitt
part osl'Zurope they please, and of hnying
the goods they wztnt at such soreign mur
kets as the shall think proper; und thinks
it great injullice that they must leave their
tobacco with the British merchzmt, to be
by him reshipped to soreisisin murkets. - - -
Another Gentleman (" in his (jonlidc-rn
tions") Very gently hints to us, that it'
the English inerchmits withhold their ullis
tance, and do not second thele \'i('\\'5 us
the Americans, the people osVirgini-J may
thenbc justifiedin stoppin all exportution
, ocrcmittances for what t iey owe to their
English creditors. That is (say these
thssGentlemen together) is you English
merchants will not support us in our :tt
tcmpts to take away all your future trnde,
we will llop the payment of the debts WC
owe ou sorl the past trude. Doubtless,
(he it 'nia and Disiryland merchants
ougfflt ;! to go 11 to Parliament, as soon
I! it meets, an clamour for their own
ruin.
The late Lord Clive has lest an estate os
: on]. a year, and 30,oool. to his second
on, and 30,oool. to each. ok'his daughters.
" Dec. 2. Yesterday Francis Sykes, Ell];
sinsiwmher sor Shastelbur , and his new
itn'ied 'ssLady, were presented to their
"'esties at St. ,]ames's. Mrs. Svkes was
particularly dishnguishcd by the finest suit
ofsspearls ever seen at Court, those of her
Mlje'sty only excepted ; and we are told,
that her diamonds arc equally remarkable
full their beaut and magnificence .
' anednes ay last the Right Hon. the
Ldsird Dfa or was complim'ented by the
Maker d the House of Commons, onhis
si g rqtumed member s or Middlesex .
ctsssiss A eorrespondent from St . Stephen's chsi
_ la ;, it was not a little entertaining
t'ssdsi ab er'vc the many con atulatory com
plh'hents, and fine speec es, "spssh were
made by the Speaker to Mr. VVlees when
"he took his seat. He had also the honour
to be s worn in by his old fi-iend Lord Tal—
bosit, whom he had not met with lmce their
expedition to Bagshot. They exchanged
n'o words, but some very curious looks.
It is said that Qmiah, the native ok'Otu
heite, is going to be married to a young
Lad osEssex, with whom he will si-t off
for is native country early in the spring.
.. We are informed, that on Friday last,
at a meeting of the tradesinen oshis Royal
Highnesi the Duke osGlouCc-ster, to cele
btate his bh'thday, at the King's Arms
tavern, in Bond street, Mr. Showell, whip
maker, of Oxford street, and Mr. Pinch
beck, of Cockspur street, stewards, the
knowing stanza was added to the song os
Godsave the King:
- " May each unkind report,
" Which keeps our Duke from Court,
" Quickly he o'er ;
. " And the whole samily
si " Live from all discord srcc,
" ln love and harmony,
" Till time's no more."
Many'Joyal tonsts, beiides the liosix ;d Fa
mily, Were drank; among which was,
" ' A happy reconcilintion hetu'ccn Crczlt
Britain and her Colonies_!" The whole
day was spent with the utmost ljririt ;uul
deccncv.
Lastsinightct :! meeting of the minorit ,
Lords was hcld at Lord 'I'cmple's house
in Pullmal], and it is shid that Lord Lyt—
tleton and Lord 'l'emple have hsizd scrcml
conscrenccs within thch' scw days.
The reashn ol'Lord ()huthznn not hzssing
among the oppofinp; Lords was, his Lord—
ship having :: sudden attack of lilt'.;lssssssi)ll[,
which prevented his coming to to:-. 11.
The week ulsitcr ncxt, \\(' :m- told, iizmc
resol'vcs, stissgnmtising sinne ]oz-rllm'si- ;md
proceedings with the titles ol'si'diliozxs .md
traitorous, will he proposed, and it is c.\—
pectcd will be ugl'ccd to.
Yesterdzu' the Lord (Limnecllm . (iiii mied
l'v liw-erul of the iionli' (,lsi Pur- , united
oil his Muielh with their address, ;.ud re—
ceived thesilinlioning most gratiolis :mlu sir:
" 11-71' Lord;,
" ] tiuink xou for your nfieetionzite us—
surnnees olsi dun und loyalty. The zeal
um express for {he support or the. lirsinsieme
isinthoritv of the legillsiiture, nhieh ] !hull
(onllzunsilv ]!Hlillil'iu, is very zagreeuhie'to
me; and your reiolutissim to "proceed \) ith
temperzuid unxmimity in your deliherutxons
gives me the (rreater littisiizution , as it eor
responds with the hearty eoneem ] shall
ever have for the true interests of all my
people." ' . _
Dec. 3. Yelisierday the Nsarqms ol stock
ingham attendedthc lcvee at St. jumes's,
for the first time this winter.
Yesterday the Lord Mzi) or of London,
niittlc before the House of! Ionnnonsis broke
up, took the uuths of' uifegiunee, supre
maey, and :ihiursiuion, and delivered in
his qualilication as Knight of the shire for
the eounty oksiMiddlelL-x, and subserihed
the said oaths and quzililimtion, according
to several statutes made and provided for
that purpose.
Dcc. 5. Letters from the [highe advise,
that GenerulYorke, in a conference late]
\\ ith the States, told them, that his Ma
jest Hattered himselsthzit during the mis—
uiitlerltandiiig between him and his Ame
riean s uhjecctts their High Mightinclscs would
strictly forbid all their ful-jects from furnish
nishiug arms or warlike ltores to the Ame
riezms, and doubted not ostheir eompl ing
with this request, considering- the irict
peace and friendship subliliing between
them. '
The flocks have been rising some days
past, said to be owing" to a report that it
is now in eontemplution to lower the inte
rest of money from live to four-per cent.
Is this should be the case, it is supposed to
be prepuratory to the,]owering the" rate of
interest in the funds . —'
House osCoMMoNs. Dec. 5'.
This day some few members Were swom
in, and the several usual standing orders,
relative to prhileges, trade, religion, con—
troverted elections, the inter erenee of
Peers, and double returns, were read and
agreed toZ
While these matters were transactin ,
the gallery doors were shut; but pernus
lion was given, at length, to show of'thc
members to introduce several ostheir friends
through the body of the House . This or
der was no sooner given than people began
to press in, above and below; and the
noise, confusion, and tumult, was so great,
that the House could not proceed to busi
nesssor some minutcs. This, with several
persons rushing in with their hats on, not,
it msity be supposed, being able. to take
them off on account of the crowd; giving
great offence, the Speaker ordered the
House to be instantly cleared of all sh'nn
gers without exception; and Sir Archi—
haldEdmonltoxw, Burt. having, itis shid,
lost his hnt coming in. moved thnt the
gullerv might be cleared. The slrungers
at first shewed great rehtctancc to eompiy
u ith this order, but the Serjeztnt being sent
up to see and ztsiist in its exeention, the
gsitlletsiy \\ us cleared, the doors locked, and
the kev brought to the Spenlsser about hzds
after three o'tlotlss
As soon as the l.urry attending this re—
gulution uns- complied with, Lord lleztn
ehninp rose and moved sor un address to
his Majesty, to return his Majesty the
thanks osthis House [or his ).lujeth 's inoi'c
gracious speech from the throne. 'He-tides
the nsim] sorm ossissnldrefling, his Lonllhip
introduced seven] pertimnt oldi-rvutions
on the present spirit ostiie tolotziiis, their
reshh es, meetings, out] in particular their
intended non-impcmution :lpss't'eentult . liis
speech usits in general tull receiv ed, ztnd
much 1111])1'(1V('(l of".
"in !,urdship \\.l*z ssieonded bv )lr. De
sirev, inn. who said ver\ ]izliesimsitterizd.
Lord John (.ss:l\(ll(iilil thni rose, and il:L\'
it;; prt \iotdl_\ condemn-ed the conduct of
'\(illliniiil'tliiun, and the turbnlent spirit os
tlst'c'-,-lniiis<. mmrd :n' :siusi'sssssinzsi-nt, in
15. l'lt a
v
calling; lor saw?! l'vzssut- rc' - . 'lu ,--.',.
;l—ss had been nunui ;:rssu ). :e (sin;/:: ct'
,
will-on! which, lll\l1(-l'tll*'HZ)2\l :.' ;.Hiss it
would be impossible- lctul' tlzu ilssctsict'e to is?
tcrmine with prophet) or r_"<-rt:'n:t_v nien
thef' it i-iig-siht or might not be ll'si't't'i;ctil!':s to
adopt other mantle-"es.
Ictord ct\orth anissssu rc (l Lord jo'sstn (law. ;";
(lilh in a short liffi (ll, and s. Zd he illhlllll
gixc himself or the House tery little tron-'
ble, 'as be imagined when he came in that
there wasnot a member present who would
not perceive the neceslit ' sor acting in the
manner proposed by the speech . His Lord
ship on ned himself to be the sahriealor of
it, and said that it was drawn up shortly,
pure-]) to avoid all cavil, and to promote
an nnanimity osopinion at this important
crilis.
He was answered by Mr. Frederick
Montagne, who in rentral disapproved of
the address, and cconded the motion
for the amendment very strenuously.
(lovernour johnstonc spoke very fully
on the lame side, and was heard with a
good deal of attention. He contended
very ably, that Anterica was not worth
keeping on the terms and principle-3 c'on
tained in the address.
He was followed by Nlr. Pox, who was
very pointed in his observations on the
manner in which the galler was cleared.
He said it was & mere minil erial trick, to
stille inquiry and shorten debate ; for isthc
gallcry had been o en, Administr'ation
must hch: been ob iged to break that
silenec and unconeern they now affected to
hold. lt. was extremelysiunshir, he said,
that persons should he shut out from being
present at the discussion of a question, in
the event of which they Were so highly
interested; and concluded, b asueeclsiOn
of very pointed and sevcre anunadversions
on the conduct of the Minister.
Mr. Hartley (a new member) spoke
next, and entered pretty fully into the
contents as the speech and address, and
urged strongly the necellitv of Lord lohn
Cavendish'sctpssroposcd amendmenta.
Col. Barre was very able on the same
side. He was of the same opinion with
Governour Jolmstone . He said the scheme
of reducing the colonies by force was
wild, incoherent, and impracticable; and
thought that a dominion su orted by
force would answer no purpo e whatever.
He said, :: report prevailedvthat General
Gage was shortly to be recalled ; but that
would signilzvnothing, for send whom ou
may, send a second, recall him, andlend
a third, sit 's he, it will be all to no effec
tual or snhs untizd purpose.
Sir George Macartney an s wered the Col .
and spoke with great facility and tolerable
preeiiion . He was against the amendment,
and in general sor spiritcd measures.
Lord Cacrnmrthen entered Full into
the contents os the proposed amenc ment,
and dwelt much on the lpirit of sedition,
turhulence, and rcbellion, which had ma
uisestcd itsclssrom one end to the other of
the Amcrisxzm contincut .
Sir VVillimn Muyne declared himself un—
onncdtcd with either side of the House,
ildd his mind was nnhirdlsiccsil, and his con—
duct should he unscttcrcd; that on the
present occasion hc wosugninst thc amend—
nusiut, but rcscrrcd his opinion till the
qucltion, :md thc insinfinntion ncccliiu'y to
discuss ;md determine on it (":llnC propcrlv
l)('ll)l*C the Houtc. He was heard with
great attention, :md ;_=_cncr;d :lpprohrttion.
(}cncrzd Smith was" olsithc liuuc opinion,
owl-ning.. shut the present 'Wffi' no pt'npct'
time to tnkc to great and important :1 ([in—1".
tion into couiidcrutiou; uud that his l)cinss5\_'
now :tctsgrtiult thc ;um-udnuut would lmt
hcrczdsstcr prtsiclude him from ghizog hit
thoughts lsircclv, when thc muttcr cumc
hc sorc thc !:ffisisisi- in mmthcr sorm.
R'r. 'l'. 'l'ou ulhcnd was for th-si-tuncutl—
ment, :qu \-. :is \'cl'v sc\ crc on thc !? ner.]
conduct olss.-\d'.1cttinilir:ttion. ss
Mr. llurlssc wo'- mthcr \\itt\' th:m sulid,
infsi'cuious than cominci'issct'f. si !t- ]).lt th:
llousc into great good htuuour, lzut seuu—