The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-02-26 00:00:00, page 2

to every other power, not even excepting Great Britnin. He hhmed the
fill Lord of the Admiralty for his tardiness in Preparing :\ force sust
cient to inttrmpt France in her nuvzd preparattom; and called upon
Lord Stonnont to say_ whether he had received and communicated intel
ligence of the signing the treaty ot' Vertitilles at the time that Miuiltry
denied any knowlsisstlgc of it it! that House?
ct-Lurd Stutctmont rose after hts Grace, and expressed much surprise that
am person who Ind himse'tf hten a Minilttr, should pfopuu.-.d such a
mn llu n to an Amhaffitdour, who was bound to sccrecy by the mnue us
hlz . tlss..c: He was not obligssd to answer :t qufiion of that nature; but
hss; thought he might, without prejudice to hn duty. lay thit much on
the occasion for the fatisfssflio'n us the House, and in juttic: to himself,
that he had received czusily intelligence of the designs of France, and
which; in ms mind, amounted to the sullclk connexion us the duplicity
and hulfzh- tiews of that court.
He was aiso sm-prit'ed—that the noble Duke should he seduced into ;
behef, that the neat); pubhshed at Versaillu was the only or the true
treaty hetwe'tn hand: and Amerisia. There was another, the uhjrct of
ivf-ich is the total desiruflion us Ureut Britnin. They had even From: so
far ;u— to am-c-t'uon out the parts of um- pslhxlsimns which went to belong
., to Frarcv, and the parts which were to belong to Amenca. Was it that
a time to talk of any thing but unanimity to our determinzttions, and
vigour in our exertiuns? For his part, he had been sithlcnt flom ffilia
ment during all their yroceedings on the American business: ": was
not thc-re when the fiamp act pzssed: He was not there when it was
repealed. He wzs not bound, he wne not prejudiced by any former m e
ou the subject, tor he-hid never given any. He migh: therefore flatter
himsetsif that he was in no degree binll'ed in his prcssint opinion, which
was for tne molt firm and l'pizitcd me-atut-ee that unanimity could ldopt
against the eombined and mortal foes on this country.
— Lord shekburne took notice that all our Genernla tlnew the blame of
their ill succesn on the Mimttrv. Our Athmmh wen- reduc'ed t-vthe
, flute fimation; and now a new [tary comes out, that our Ambasi'adsimre
me not a jot better circumttanccd. Hi— Loldship thtn'm a very long and
' . det'ultnry speech, lraccdtheincalmcityL-fiht'pl't'lrntAdminish'atmn, (ten
" :by thy, through their whole sitfieinl hutunsisi. And havmg said in the
: course of his observatiom,ss that without : reuniou with America, this
country could not exitt. .
The: Lord Chnnctllosir got up to expossi- the impmdcnce of- making such
an ohssi-ivatit—n, even it' it were true; but :btsioluteiy denied the truth of
such a ptcpotition. -
Ne-v. :lt. About eighto'ciork on \thnestlay night, a sine male child
was found laid in the p-vliage- of Sir john P'ithting's house in an-flrec-t,'
Qsshen it was immediately taken in, and proper nounlhment sic'iv-n it. lt
? ssdecemly clothed, end in a short time removed to the Browrluw
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' pital, but bel'orehand was christened by the name of Tum jones,
_ r of Hurry lsiteiding'z hero of that celebrated romance.
' in ingenious proctor has, we hear, proposed to Mintltry, a pin for
forming : regiment ot looo men, from the clerks, and others employed
It present in the variotu luttery office;, as soon as the time of drawing
shall be over, and we m informed, that an emmrgo will inti-ntly be
laid on them so: that purpose, ac people vctlcted in : lottery, cannot but
'be thought well qualificd to serve n l'oldiers in a war, that seems in :
owner entirely left to chance. —
A Mr. Miils is arrived in England from Bengal; he came in the
. Clmltic French East lmiiamzn, taken by the Mcntor pt'ivateer, where
he qequired : large tortune. What it somewhat lingullr. this Gentle
lnnn wat seneoger of Bengul; for which pott he was allowed uool.
annum.
A letter from Liverpool has the following article: " The succese the
'vateen of this town have met with, has induced some private Gentle
men to subscrihe tor fitting, out three more. which will be ready to put to
se: by next Christmas. it it cumputed, that the Armed vessels that have
sailed out of our port, 'luve alread brought in a clear profit to the owners
of upward: of zo,oool. No tra ing town in Europe ever sent out half
the number of privateeu we have done; 47 in the whole, 40 of which
are now at se: on a cruize, The privateering trade is the belt trade going
on at this time, for we have but little other. Hall the peop!e must have
been bankmpu. hzd it not been for the great success our armed ships
due met with."
Extract of : [mer frcm Hull, Nossvmbzr 14.
" On Tuelday night last an alarm was spread here, that two or three
large French privatecn hsd got into the Humher, and intended to land
o number of men about midnight, to desire? that town, The Nntttng
'hamthire militiz quartered there, immediate y beat to arms, and all the
sailors, with airn-lt 'essery other person in th—si- town able to curry num,
flecked to the gamton and to the guns at the south end, waiting with the
greatest impaticnce for the arrival ofMonsisi-urs. whom the) vowed should
meet with a warm reception; the whole botiv renmined under arms the
whole night, when behold the next morning thele terrible privateen were -
discovered to he nothing more than two or three provision vessels from some
part of Lincolnlhirc: But it in With the greatest pleasure we hear, that
this eonlternation has been attended with so happy an affect, at to bring
some of the molt opulent and spirited inhabitants of that very loya] toWn,
to : determined resolution to sit out immediately b'y suhsct'iptinn. twenty
privatet'n, molt of which, we make no doubt, will he cluising ngainlt
lite perfideoiu enemien of Great Britain before the first day of ]anuary
next."
Dlt. 3. The court of France ha- insogmed the fizites of l-lolland, that
_is they (the States) do not protect their own trade, the King of Frznce
will not allow them a free trode to hispoltt in Eurn eand the West lndies.
This is an important fact, and a few days wil shew the Dutchmnn't
determination. Trade it hit object; and hlving tasted the sweet. of it
with Americ'sil, there is not much douht what part he will take.
it is now certain, that n.ooo men are to he sent to Ameriez in the
springflhe trct'mssimrtt from Newh'ork being come home for that purpose.
No general offiren are to go out wi*h the reinsorccments, as Government
are resolved to promote those officers in Americz, as bein well arsslttninted
with the country, and from their long services, are entitfed to promotion.
Letter! from Lishon s'cy, that they are in hourly t'XPt'cta'i m t-f rt de
ebntion of wu between Spain and England. An ordinance lus been
published et Mndrid, di-efling che Covcrrmursse of all the Spanish yern ss
to give all nccellZ-i-y uflithCt to every lctsirunch and Ametican ship and .
vessel of wsitr, to )m'mil lI-Clll tu htint-ss in this prizcs, to condemn and
sell them; nml to tsi-ct—Zw e-quipnwnts of n-cny kind. And by another
ordinance published sin Madnsii, cun- sumgn merchant in Spain is to
m'sske : lemrn of hi< nznnr, nation, :u-J tuttuse of truth. This last
otdinauce always lnuvdrs a mlnnnct '.' hc British merchants at Lishun
:tt'e tn thc gruttth conflcrnmiotz; ;w. it ts understood that Portugal will
ded tcsot' Spain, and thy imil't in th..t use Xk';\\'\' Lilhon.
Sir Hcm') Cltnlon his th'su'ui leave to come home. -
Several letten; from Ftsitnczsi, by the hast mail, j'ctssv, in the most positive
tenus, that the hit g ot &]min hit: ordered ]: ships of the line to join
France instantly. - -
l.ulers from the Hnguc mention, that the French court is treating
with several Priucrs of the cmpue, n'ot mking ]).tsl of their troops into
the service of France. si
To nvert the ruin which now hangs over our heads, some sicpl ought
to be taken towards opening the eyes & our dcludcd Sovcleign, and !
shew h'tn hemiscr ;hl-c condition which his Miniltry have blought hiscm
and kingdom into. The &" thy ncccllltry forth;" salutsiry purpose, seem: ss.
to he. :: joint remonkmncc and address of the Gentlemen of the minority
in both houses of Pnliamem to his Majetty; (us what millilfesidl coirup
tion will not permit those Gentlclmn to ]xssusm in the houses, they
should endeavour to do out of them. Such : join! remonflrancectlnd -
dress would certainly have some weight with his Majesty; m} sho ?;
it be followed, at we luppot'e it wo'uld, by similar remonfi-sce- ,
address" in m most of the countie— and great catieo in the ki '_ om,si it
might ditctpel the tlelulive cl-si-tul vhtch now hood—winks his Bllpfly, lnd ct
conceal from [1]. cycs the rumous condition of his crown and le. a
Machi-vel ubscrves, tun the must wny to destroy the liuertiei lit '
country. in to sup man by Jrgrsi'cs. ()ur Tory Mmish-y m praflifig ' .
thin wvh d_ll\0\let'nld refinunent, by encoura mg pleashre, idleness", a
profliqncy as aidsto their put'yetsie, by the alsi nce of which nemfli
rrtgnmts, the yenple will not be—awase of their dung", till the '
of the czmlhution tumhlcs about their ears. sictzsi' —
A letter from But}, by the tun mail, mentions, that on the ay}- lllCr
two ships of the line, and thee frngztcs, all with troops on botdffslilfl
out of that port for th? East lndics. '- - Ass:
Exn-ag? a] a l.!m- stom Bnt'n, Dttcnber !. j ]
" A Lady whulfc literary ta'sst uts on bne tide, and whcsc vanity on th' &
other, sunfu her an objcct of itnivert ctl izoticc, came hit night, within
tis'u-en mih-s us this city, in cmt p .uy with a young thipling school
whmn the has taken to her but, in 1 lawful way, but finding that
could neither get tidinittance into her ovin house, nor an intervi-siw w'
hei old shend, [he turned ots for Lnndon with hei' new one. Thio La
has now dsoppctt uniting upon piiblick suhjt-Ett. and got upon I snbje "
as much more importance (Sty) She tells her dear friend that she in
have: nmrisid him, bdt that he w.ts tno old." - _
Dtt. 9. Atltlie Rishops butfour. to their immortal honour, ded!
wrinsi; to:" that diaLoiical engine ut cruelty, the American procllml
and :n-uisit countenancing thu vindtfliv: thcdding of Christian h - -
The Bishop: of Peterburuugh and St. Asaph bended the mi —
the titVlsiun, :uid walked tiitsit below the bar.
The vacancies in the Hetsian troops alone, iiow at New York, .'
require upwards of 4000 to fill them up. ,
Geneizil Campln'il who in sailed for Georgia, with zooo men. hn
fullett assitrances ot being suppoi ted by :: powerful body of loyzl'zitb, ss -
in that provinre and Caiolina, usi-on his arrival. \ s ;,
On Friday latt, Count Weldrun the Dutch envoy, had in undiesin-ss
of his Mniesi), relativc to despatsht's received by him from Holland, ths
preceding evening, which ale said to contain : formal declantion of
their High Mightintfl'es dissatistaction at the answer sent _to them I fc'si
weeks since, with regard to the ililc of the cargoes of the ship- of their
merchants, taken by British shipe of war, &c. whichcthe had ordenctlp'si
ley before his phjctty. In sins:? which, : remonttiancejl said to
be under consideration, for the accon mcdation t-s affmirl, end to
prevent the Commencement of sup 1; on the tide at the Dutch, whom
untnimoufiy determined to support the freedom of their tude, and ted '
themselves against the depreddtions committed on their shipping , th
British privateers. &c. " _ .
Extract qs a ]!!!" from the Hague, Dumbcr !. ss
" W'e have aceonnts from Cope'nhagcn, that the court having Woe
thu the Punch t'quadron was to appnr in the Baltick next spring. hid
resilved to sit out six ships of the- lium, three of 70, and three of 64. giant, si
with four stctigates, which bulinris is now carrying on. though rathes in ,
an undc'hand manner, and w-thout the officers being appointed, (m *'
positive accounta are received of the dcttination of a French squadron fix
those: ten.
,ct-siff We arc impatient to hear what answer the court of London will
sigive the Danish minister, who was ordered to silk in what mlnner IN .
men of war and :umcd u-tlL-ls ot Lircnt Biiluin mean to conduct them- ;
selve: towards such Danish Vtsssi'la as they meet att-isi the loth of Nmn- .
her; : categorical answer is said to be thuircd."
Traq/latian of a challenge suit (1) :/;4 Marqui; de la Fayette to it: Ear! of
t):tt'ly]c-.
'l'lLL now, my Lord, ! never thought that ! should have mattere!
enotett except with your Genernls; and [expected not the honour of
seeing them, but at the head of th:- troops sttpectivtsilctv confided to you.
Your letter of the zGth otsi Augul't, to the Congrcl's of the United Statel,
and the insulting expression to my country, which you there have sighed,
could alone have givcn me muse to qunricl with v- u. ] do not deign t.
retssute the charge, my Lord, but ] desire to punilh it. lt is from you,
a chief oi'the cummifiion, that ] dein'ind a reputation as public]: a!
hath been the vti'cnce, and at a ii] he the lie which follows it. ] should
not him: drlni-ed this demand so long, is your lettersshad reachcd
me tbuner. Oliligcd to fli'scnt myltsilt ;. few day:. on my return ( hope
to find your answer. Drl. Cimot, :\ French (lffit't'l', tllte for me .
such arrangenwnts al mziv suit you. ] do not doubt th.tt, for th \
honour of his fellow Countisiyincm, General Clinlon will attend you t .
the field. .