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THE VlRGINlA GAZETTEsiss
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sifssff-JULY 25, sil777._] WlLLlAMsnuao: Printed by Dxxou &? HUNTER. [No. 1354..]
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Lsi O N D O N, March 17,
HE sracas which lately happened in :; coffce-housc neat St. Jnmes's,
hnving been varioufly aml unfairly related, the fu'tiuwusitg is the
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] fict from one of the hy-ltanden. Mr. R
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"(olen- in the Eatt lndiz Company'e service, being over prot'ul'c in the
" 'jiu'se of the Americans, whom he repeatedly siiied a cowardly, illitt rsim ,
"andsitrelcherous set of people, and among whom he had never found out:
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that wn worthy the trust and eonfidence of a Gentleman; was repliett to
w Mr. [) I (: Virginia Gentleman then taking chocointc at the
fine table) that he was an American, and' had mony valuahlc acquain
duce in that country, whom he looked upon :: much above the iihhe-al'
'thetl thrown out :gainst them, a a Gentleman was the superiour of:
sihdnlppet, end demanded of Mr. R. to seen} his words; this being
si lied to, that he yet saw no reason to alter hie opinion. Mr. D. threw
Behocohte into his face, which for some time covered the biufms
mnnifettly produced !) the appellztion of tidnapper, and gave no (mail
diverfion to a few ( lution, during the application of a wet towel; 1
few thmtn pafled in the aggressor. which we: all then, and from
lppeenncee, all that will happen further.
As the lttention of the public has been of late much engaged on the
! situltion of Genenl Let, : correspondent hn sent us the follow
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ing date: of his persernent in on: way, the nuthenticity of which may
ct be depeflled- on. " ]. the year 1153 he was appointed 7eh Lieutenont
in the qcth regsiunent; in "56, Cnptajn in ditto. in 1761, Maius in the
up:] regioun; in 1163, he was put on half pa , the regimcnt being
ledmd; in ln- promoted to Lieutenant Colom: ."
The public have been under : rent error in beiieving that the Duke
.! Winembwg was able to tsuisi hie engagement of raiiin woe men
for the service of Grqt lskein; since the fact in, that be- ore it could
well be upctimentedjss the French Miniflef at the Court of Stut ard de
meded : conference with the Duke, immediately after which t e mea
ftue m ne to end, sect yhich it is plain that France focbad it.
The mild why thin We: of Parliament will be so much shorter than
was Tid, ipct _ sense] very eonsodsienble object: not coming into it,
yard; u-ly ehectaztl liR-debt and nngmentation, the silver eoinuge, and
the thin Company'c cherte"; all which are put off to the next.
On Tuesday-M, in the House of Common, when Mr. l.uttrell stated
lk in condition of the men of war .: Spiebnd, and charged the Admi
si mity lond with wilfully znd wickedby deedving Parliament, and the
"jack MMp {a , _ Mr. Bctuuer and the other Lord: of the Admi
play from Mut- u-qlleganom, that though he eepeatedly called
then to deade du eenwomsy 2:an the weekly returne,
' and which nui-fully hue lsoerteined
truth, they-lhrunk uuy under
ss elunefvl :TZ'wmn end confine guilt; neither was there one mi
de advance Mr. Laurel] but uhich he undertook to authenticate,
ofi ]
upon the m zed-competent testimony.
Gonntorlohnstene te very soon to occupy : post of considcmblc im—
Pfluce m dn-mshatun. 7 si ss
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3 0 .ssT- 0 N. : Juice 16.
- LAGT Sunday orived at Cape Anne, from Halisax, in Nova Sco
tin, len American failen, in,: whale boat, who mzde their escape
, [tom the Lord Sunley, : Prifon ship in that harbour, the m insiant.
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,,They were ym of" Amermn prisoners, that were drau hted from on
ss "hoard the sild prifim ship, to help to man the Rainbow, 0 44 gone, the
Miiford of 18, end the Caboc of 16.
We lum by the above men, that all the reinsorcemenu comir, to
Asindefica, from Europe. confined but of 4000 men; and that they ad
ill suiIed, inconcen with a large fleet of viEh-allers.
We likewise learn thn two trznspom, laden with all kinds of brass
moon. Immunmon. &c. irrived at flalifax, some time in may, from
'. w at New York.
.ss'N. ' plrlte ship Of 84. sum (lately mentioned to have been chased b
\. Cannula
{: Man] ) With the two transpom under convoy; it is sai ,
mslse arrived It irate rond, near Sandy Hook.
. M Week "esse! bound to this port, from Mminico, was chased
, Men the Highllnds, If the cape, by : British see plunderer. The
flr mffived. '
t_ie said that : hrge ship from France, with : vnluahie cargo, be
longing to the continent, had lately been uken by the enemy.
Two or three transports, with recruits, arrived nt Rhode island Ill!
Wednesday, fom Europe.
Extract ay a [tlttrj'rom that excellent, not too enlea/firal philosopher,
Father Becczria, afTut'in, la Dr. Prielily.' _
" I am sorry that the politiral fwarld, which is so very transitofy,
should !?kc the great Franklin from the worldqsnature, which can never
change or f-t-l." ! own it is with peculiar pleasure, that ] quod; this
passage, resptcting this truly great man, at a time when some of the in
szttmted politicians of this country are vainly thinking to build their
wretthsi-d and destructive projects on the ruin: of his eshtbhshed reptm
tion; : reputation as extcnsive at the spread of ffiiuu itself, And of
which it is saying very little indeed, to pronounce dutitwill laflctnd
flourish, when the names of 5" hioctenemioe shall;. forgotten. [Extuct
ji'om lb: 71 'He r wolumeprrie man's.
July 3? jBy swifte]: from Albany/igted the zflth usslt. we learn, 'that
the enemy's fire,: and army arrived at Crown Point) that they hjve
sh-ong dttachments, one to cut of? [on George, nndthe other tithes to
surprise Skeensborough, ohhrow themselve. on th communication pe
tween that and Tieonderogz. ' > _
The advice: by the Harttord pofl make the enemy very conndenHe at
Cro'wn Point. ' .
Sunday last three of the enemy'e sri nel went into the hlrbour of
Truro, and took from thence : bri; he origin; this State, which had
been pretty well gutted of :: valuable cl_ "
From Cape Cod we learn, thujwp Rtish frigztet bove in , of
said Cape, and knowing the desqffit hues dint luce, mlda , ed to
run into that harbour, where lny-in nnntctned brig pden with salt, &c.-,
which they most courageoufly boarded, and then beiug'none to 9Ppose
them, they czm'ed her cleo; off. si '
Yesterday the eargo of Hefflanl, Iltely mentioned to hugbeen taken
by one of the State. vessels of m end sent into Townsend, mind safe'm
thil_town, under : ro : guard, and were et'coned to a piyceossf :.
great safety u New or , to which place they at first set_('1_ii. '
A prize. _ taken by Cgpt. Day, in the General Miflil, ,_ pnived at :
safe port at the Eszat-d yesterdzy se'enni _ t. She va- ull'n two'd-yt '
before their time was out with the eontinen . The prize me bound from
Londdn for New Yorh; her cugo consta- of salt, lbout zoo calksss of
shesry : goo canto of raisins, and 30 or 40 tinues of bark, con
siaipiqe'a out won wt. — 7 -
HARTFO'RD, 7145'7.
UR account: from the northvnrd are so various end uncertain, than
we ire unable to give our readen any thing particular stern that
quarter. -
We hear the militia from the western art of this State, and the county
of Berltshire, in the State of Mlssachuxne Bay, w universally turned
out and marched for Ticonderoga, on the nlzrm l seek, are all re
turned, but still hold .themselvea in l'eadinQsl to prq'cictq- the [honest
notice, for the relief at our brethren on that flation. ,=__ 'ss'si 5.
Extract qs . letterfreu Ticonderoga, daled :]mfi
" On the l7th instant, about one o'eloclt, the catmp wan number! with
the firing of:: number of gum at a small dishnce from the French Iictnee.
Two soldier'z of Col. Hnle*e regiment were killed and one made prisoner,
by a yzrty of Indians. The some day : ran mg party had : Licutcnant
Wounded and two men killed. The) brougit in : scalp and omamenu
of an Indian who appenred to have been of some note amongst the war'
riors. On the xgth inhnt : soldier flumzde prisbner by three lndians
and a Frenchmau, but mlde hie escape in the evening. _ Indians hzve
been almofl every da discovered near this place."
K 1 N 6 8 T o N ,(Eshpcta—T yu/y 7.
Account: from the mtb-ward.
HE enemy have lately made their apparence at Crown-Point. and
!: their gasconndes, would lead us to believe that they mean (o
carry ass before them. lt is said that one party is to come by Skeensho.
rough on the east, and one by Oswezo on the wet], and so to take For!
George, and then Albany, &c. &c. But is th?- were m force for all
these movements, which cannot be unlesa it thou] rain soldien tofill up
their exhausied regimeilts, it in no! unworthyol considrrztinn, how the
Gentlemen are to obtain pmvifion during these excurhom thwugb a wile