The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-11-07 00:00:00, page 1

FRI,DAY Novz a,71777
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LONDON, ]UNB 6.
ESTERDAY Sir George Howard's
regimenc marched from Charh-xm to
Portsmouth, in order to embark with
all expedition to America, in which
regimcnc (che 7ch) Lord Carhcart
. goes a voluntar.
JUNE 9. This da his Majesty gave his assent to
all the bill: which ad passed both Houscs, after
which his Ma'esty made the following most gracious
speech from t e thnone:
My Lord: and Gentleman,
" TH E conclusion of the public]: business, and the
consideration of the inconveniencics which I fear you
must have suffered by so long an attendance, call upon
me to put an end to this sesiion of Parliament; but I
cannot let you go into your several counties without
expreffing my entire approbation of ybur conduct, and
'without thanking you for the unquestionable proof.
you have given me, and to all the world, ofchc con
zinuancc of your attachment to my person and go
vernsiment, of your clear discernment of the true m
tereus or your country, and of your itcad perieve
xancc in maintaining the rights of the legil acute.
Gentlemen of the House of Common,
"I cannot sufficiently thank you for the zeal and
publick spirit with which you have granted the large
and extraordinary supplies which ] have found myself
under the necrsii,yof asking of my faithful Commons,
fof the service of the current year; and I must at the
same time acknowledge the particular mark: of your
affection to me, as_wel] in enabling me to discharge
the duties contracted on account of my civil govern
ment, as in making so considerable an augmentation
to the civil list revenue during my life. '
M} Lord: und Gentlemen,
" ! trust in the Divine Providence that by a well
concerred and vigorous exertion of the great force you
have now put int!) my hands the o erations of this
campaign, by sea and land, will be lesscd with such
success as may most esseccualiy tend to the suppresiion
of the rebellion in America, and to the re-elsitahlish
'ment of that conl'titutional obedience which all the
subjects of a free state owe to the authority of law."
' Then the Chanccilor, by his Majesty's/command,
flid : '
M Lord: um! Gentlemen,
" I is his Majesty's royal will and pleasure that this
Parliament be prorogued to Monday the 21st day of
July next, to be then her: holden; and this Parlia
ment is accordingly prorogued to Monday the Zlst day
, of July next." . -
' When the Speaker of the Hosiuse of Commons came
to the bar of the House of Peers, last Friday, he delivered
himself to the following effect:
" YOUR Ma'esty's loya] Common: have passed five
money bill; for the lervice of the current year, the first
a bill for enabling your Majesty to defray the extra
ex enses of the American war, and to make good che
deficiency of the gold coin; the fecond for raising
five millions by annuities, and for cstablifhing a lot—
tery ; another for laying a tax upon servants; another
for laying a tax upon auctions, and upon sales of
euates, Jeai s, and gqods, by auction; and another
for grancinz your Majesty a Certain sum out of the
smking fond, and for appropriating the several sums
granted in this sesslon to uses therein provided, to
which your faithful Commons, Sir, humbly desire
,Your aflent. Ycur Commons, Sir, in the course of
'the present seffion, have a plied therhsclves with all
.posiible diii encc to pub sick , business, and ha'cte
'done all in : eir power tq rocure the ease, happincsi,
dnd prosperity of your su jects, and have granted the
more ample [applies ; they havcstrcngthened the hands
of government, and done allin their power to procure
; speedy and effectual reconciliation with America.
The are fully consciqus how necessary it is that the
trou [as in Amcrica should be amicably settled, and
that the ]egiflative authority of this countr should be
established and maintained over all your su jects have
strengthcned your hands in the fullest manner, and
have every reason to expect that your Majesty's sub
jects in America will return to a proper icnsc of their
'duty, and that disordcr and rebeUion will give place
'to eace and conciliation." *
UNE 11. It is said that Earl Pcrcy will return to
'America with a commission of importance, and will
embm—k for that purpose on hoard a frigate which is to
sail for New York the middle of nex: month.
His Excellency the Dutch ambafladour has given
noricQ for the subjects of the states who belong to their
army and navy, at this time rcsident in this kingdom,
in sururn home with all speed.
Yestcrdny some fresh dclpatchcs were sent from Lord
Gclmaine's office to Falmouth, to be put on board &
Facku [or General Howc, which is to sail immediately
for New York, with sirict orders not to st
op at any
port, if the can possxbly avoid it.
General alilson goes to General Howe's army in the
Experiment man of war, Capt. Sir ]amcs Wallace.
JUNE 13. By the returns in the office of the Se
cretary of War, che armies' under General; Howe and
Carlcton, on the first of ,]ast month, consisted of
fifty thousand effectivc men, besides Canndians, In
dians, and ]oyal Provincials, who are supposed, on
the lowest computation, to amount to full [0,000
men. Whualie!
The Mar u & of Lindsey, Lord Cachcart, and several
officers, wisi embark with the last division of Hesiian
troops for New York.
JULY 5. Acorrespondcnt say:, it is impossible to
express his constcrnation upon hearing that there are
now twenty eight French ships leading ns Brirish
cargoes in the river Thames. Surely allsii'ound policy
is fled, both from the ministry and people; for it is in
short finding an employ which will make a most va
]uabie nursery for siamen tp our natural enemies, bc
sides enriching their merchants. It is also giving them
an opportunity to learn the nature and cxtent of our
Commerce ; and, what is as dangerous as any thing
else, it assords the most favourable occasion to make
themselves ilots in the most difficult parts of onr na
vigation. &his is one of the blessed effects of preffing.
Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, juna 27.
" On Saturday the Bristol received sailing orders,
and on Sunday (he fell down to St. Helen's, with the
Hcsiian troops and several storeshilts under cnnvoy."
AVGUST 2. A few days since Charles Jenkmson,
Esq; set out for the Court of Vcrihiliel, with orders to
demand a positive answer respeCting the part that court
intends taking rcspcctlng the Amenean disputcs. lsic
turns on mealures disagteeasible to our court, Lord Stor
mont will be ordered to leade the court of Versiiillcs
without taking leave.
The great lbarcity of cash might in some measure be
accounted for, when we are well informed that in one
man of war, lately sent to America, no let}. a sum
than 400,ooo guineas was shipped for the use of the
in 'I fprcet there.
he flute "of anxiety and apparent undecision in
which our troops remain on their conquered spot, New
York, sitpo plainly spegks the difficult tas}: they are en
gaged in, and too plainly indicatts that the Present
campaign will be as ineffectual as the past. _'
It is now openly affirmed, by the sufferers in the
presentwar, that the Americans are also the cat's paw
ofa certain nation, that mercy could never inspire w.th
ratitudc, nor punishsiment bring to repentance, to
Fcourge us for our long maintained superiority over them.
Itis said, that such is the disadvantage under which
we are fighting onr coinnists that all the 'American ]] iips
ate supplied with En lish pilots, whileshe English have
only their own peop e to run them into the harbours of
them enemies.
It is cansidently s poken of at the West end of the town,
that agreat man in office is meditating his retirement;
which he will put in practice the moment he can do it,
without the imputaticn Qf quarsidice, or the dreados a
pariiamcntary inquiry.
The astozu shment upss-i indignation of a great person
age at the conductof a neighbouring potentate, respec
tsimg our colonists, is said to be exsseme, as he had
not the least c0nception that a prince, whose possessions
on the American continent are capital, would have
dared to hazard so dangetou; an event a; teaching his
sub'ect: ts an evil lesson against himself.
B 0 8 T O N, Sepnmm 29.
SINCE our last four or five pfizcs are arrived sasc
in different ports, two of whlch arc laden with bcef,
,butter flour, and pease, being provifion vessels; the
former we hear bound for New York, and the other
for Halifax.
Extract ofa letter, (lated Bourdeaux, Yuly 1 2, 1777.
" The Americans have all the indulgen ce they can
expect, and there is great appearance ofa French war.
. The King of France has issued a proclamation, that all
the vesikls which are loaded with American goods, and
groperly cleared from the French West lndies, and
ound for France, if taken, he will make & demand
for them; and if they will not give them up he shall
declare war against them, which seems very pleasing
to all the merchants."
L'xtraft' as (; lemr from :: ctct/lombouj! qffir'sr at
Brixham, in England,- to his [an in New York,
taken in a prize", lately arriwd, dared ]unc 15,
1777
" l was glad to hear of your health and safe vulval
at New York, and am very glad to hear that the"
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English army have made such great c_on nests in_ the
East river, but should bc [) ; speedy re
etccr (Arisfied ' ct
Conciliation between England and America took place.
and put an end to the rcbelsiss'm, that trade may flourish
here as it did before it began. ! wishit may not make.
:: rsscbcllion in England before there is an and put to it
Thcrc is a great many American rivarecrs in the Eng
lish Channel, and on the coast Ircland; they take a
grc'ar many of our consiers and merchant vessels that go
up and down the coast, asind send them all to France.
I suppose it will at last end ina French war, and believe -
it wxll be soon. The press keeps on as when you went
awagr, although the grand fleet of observathn at Spic
hea
is fully manncd; ! shppose it is to mann other ship],
that are daJy putting in commiffion. Every thing in
rrade goes on very dull in Ennlanfl- n."... ...-- sisi-si
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luch times as now; the very fishermen here at Bkixhzm
are flarving for want of employment; however,
finuggling keep on here pretty well yet; but if there
comesa Isircnch war, I sup osi: there will be an end to
that too. Than]: God, ] have made & tolerablb good
hand of it since you went away; I made : middlin
good si-izucc yesterday in Tingmouch bay, qu floop gng
cargn."
The following is an extract from the London ngettez
Monda , D7ulr 28, i7si77
Cap) of :: [exterfnm NK (: Sartine, b' all (be Chmhfl yf
Commerce ( m they actre called in France) !obe fmwarde'd
to their governmenu abroad . Tbifluier, ctwbicb came
by Friday": French mail, ved: neither commen) nor plb
rashmsh; (be met spctuh pluin enough to every capacity.
Vusctuuns, ]ULY 4, 1777.
GENTLrMnn;
I HAVE just been informed, by letters fron!
Martinico, that it was given out there cha't the go
vernour of that colony had declared to the merchant!
and owners of ships, that it was agreed between the
court; of France and London that the English may seize
all commodicics of the growth of New En lmd *
which they may find on board such ships, and t at the
goods and vessels shall be lawful prize. Iam solicitous'
to prevent the dlarms which may be spread in people's
minds by this " min'dlesls asiZ-nion. If the overnour
of Marcinico hsiagp sgoxcen of the sesiizuses of ve ebin such
cdscsct, he Can on] have mentioned a pfesitension on ths
part of the Engli , which perhaps has been interprete
as the effect of an agreement between the court: of
France and London ; but ;he King charges me to ac
quaint you, thqc no such agreement exists between the
two courts, and that his Majesty is determined to replairl
every French vessel which might be seized under that
precext, and rcto protectthe trade. I?! SAnTlNE.
* A common ccrm in France for ;he British colqnies.
To Mfff RANDOLPH 85 CARK'llleTON, Rrpn/Eu
ratim of C'u'mberlasindss
17 OUR constitucms bcg leave to addresis you Of}
the present alarmingct and distrcsse'd situation
osmany poor familicswho arc now sufferin in con
sequence of the high price ofSALT, whi< cannotss
be prOcured for less than four pounds per bushel,
although, from the largsicquantitiectsss lately imported}
and landed on James river, we conceiss-e it might .
be soId for much less, and give a considerablesi
profit to the imporrer. \Vc are well assured that
many people convenient to the landing havesome
time past endeavouxed to monopolise this trade, for
the sole purpose of extorting large priccs from the
back inhabitants, which in our opinion is contrary
to cquity and fair dealjng, and therefore pray that
you will mmc to the Honourable House of Dcles
gates {or a remedial bill.
We know it has been urged that rcsirictions on
the price of this article will disencouragc the imsi
ortation, and renderctthac commodity still scarcer
Euc we think the present high price to be attended
with reatcr eviisand more fatal conscquences, and
pravt at you will recommend it to the Honourable;
Hobsc to allow the sailors only such priccs as will
be lufficisiencctco-encourage she imporcation of chap
arcicle, and ho more.
TRAYED or stolen from Col. .qumfs pasi-u're nen
b Ricbmond, Henrica county, on <7bu_rsdct_zssr the loth
instant (OSuber) :! large dark bay_h0rie_ ctgsiht or mno
years old, about fivc fret high, w:_ch a'lmrin hlS fore
head, has many white hairs in his tail, lo_me saddle;
s or; on his basick, one of his hind sect wh1te_to the
fgtlock, paccs flow, trots and canrers well, and lS much
given to startinhg. s Iwill give ten doilarleziehwarj ttcggxsiy
who delivers : e aid bone co_me, m :: _mm_ .
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