The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-06-09 00:00:00, page 1

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. il reported that four Spanish srigatcs
;, _ having met seven zcbccks belonging to
Emperour of Morocco, in the Medi
t'essxsiranean, a warm engagemens. cnsued,
in which the latter were much worsted,
;? , ee of them bezng sunk, and the other
si__ct-ss durcarl'siiedinto c. 1 . If this is confirm
sil ed, the Emperour of Liorocco will have
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'xfp cause to rePent lus declarmg war
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:ctctct' ' ' W'Cathohck Majesty:
\% ydu'xc, March 21. They write
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ssMosizow, that a courier was arrived
. _ __ sie With the ratisication of the treaty of
since sighed bi' the Grand Seignior, per
ssct {fitly cdhsistent with what was agreed upon
ct-sisiss ween'the two courts. The same ad
, Fif- ssflcea {'a , that the peace will be celebrated
; . _ __t dothof July, the same day that
5 ct sighed last year; and that they ex
si si _ct ' every day to hear of'thc evacuation
* she fortkess of Kimburn by' the Turks,
ct dfthnt of Choczim and Bender by the
and." Th likewise say, that the
' " bfkn in will soon publish :. ma
',' Wijtl'tflfe'Whole treaty of peace con
, & with tho-Form. _ 1
'- si_ onctnnm F.??- Mass-ch 18. The project
ss ;" ma Iceland, and in particular
flat (n' siw es on the coasts of Greenland,
si W'Bqsien'ssap'proved'os , will be carried
zssWmsiouRon as soon as possible; and
if, there in! him purchased in Pomerania and
ctf-jct Medlenbm'g a quantity of wood, to the
5; him of '3q,ooo crowns, which is soon CX-f
iisisisi-si-rct cited her'e, for'the csionstruction of a sus
..sifient number of lar e and small vessel!
Which Willbe wanted or that urpose.
;; , On the 19th ofNovember lali) an English
. (lflp, laden with grain, was lost near Elsi
. "car. Five peasantl in theneighbourhood
"Jsi 'ved'thesi master-of the ship at the peril of
ss cteir lived, and refused to accept of a ref
sizsi) sompcnsih which he affered them -for_ so
*-greatsia benesit. Aperson unknown, in
ss prdersito revsiva'rd 'so noble an act, and to
-' animate 'othefl'to follow such an exam le,
hazjust assigned to eachof the five peasxnts
:si ;; crowns a year during their life ; and in
casesol' the dentiii of any or either of them,
the ussrvivexsh di ' ehisannuit between
_ _ Moscow, Feb. 27. According to the
, last accounts from the head quarters of
field marshalRomanzow. the Rullian troops
continued to- evacuate Moldavia, and to
' approach the frontiers; nevertheless, we
do not find that the towns of Choczim and
. Bender havebeen delivered up to the Turks ,
nor that the latter have surrendered Kim—
burn to our troops.
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_ L O'N D O N, March :7.
Extract of a letter fl-om Dantzick, datccl
. Fabruary 28.
- . E are very sorry to acquaint you,
tlut by :! stoppagc osthc ice in the
river, the water, ona sudden, in the night,
from the zȝd to the 24th, rolZ: to such a
height that all the neighbouring luw
country, and those parts in town where
the salt and groccry wan.-houses and our
publick ash y-siml are situatesi}, u-ch over—
siowed ditsiccsstlv, which has ouailoncd :!
very great loss-, particularly to the pot—
sisisilshcs, whereof the damagb is valucd to
about 25,oool. sterling-. As to the loss of
salt, it cannot be ye:. estimntcd. Several
country peOple, with their houses and
goods, were carried away to the sea,
where they pcrished; and a great many
cattle were drowned inthe fields and stable: .
The general loss occusioncd by this un
happy accident mny amount to about two
millions cf'our guilders ."
Yesterday, as soon as the managers on
- the part of the House of'Commons return
ed from the conference, and reported their
proceedings, Mr.ssHartley made amotion
to repeul the declaratory acc which was
made during the Rockin ham administra
tion upon the repeal of the stamp act.
The purport of the motion was, that his
Majesty might be addressed to issue letters
under the reat seal, directed to the seve
ral Annrican colonies, desiring certain
specisick aid, according to their respective
abilities, by way of royal requisitiun, to—
wards contributing to the general exigen
cies of- the state.
Lord Grantham, We hear, is eomin
from Madrid; and neither he nor Lor
Stormont will returnagain, it is thought,
till ambassadnurs .a're appointed to come
hero by the courts of France and Spain.
it is (iron ly reported in the cit , that
the ministryghave receiVed, within these
twodays, some very alarmin intelligence
fi'0m our ambassadour at Ber n, relating
to the gteat preparations which are mak
ing there by the King of Prussm to begin
: campaign early in the spring; and that
he has 80,ooo men, well trained to arms,
ready to take-the field, at a few hours
notice. It is also said, that he has an eye
upon Hanover till he is paid the three mil
lions of subsidy due to him ever since Lord
Chatham went out osadminis'cration, and
which Lord Bute, who succeeded Lord
Chatham, peremptorily resiised to pay.
They write si'om Gibraltar, that they
haVe had vc tempestuous weather there;
that a Danii ship of war os sixty guns
is lost in the gut, and every soul on board
perished.
_ It is hid, imce Lord Sandmcnss'l Lait
Journey to Portsmouth, no soreigners are
admitted into any of the dockyards of this
kingdom, without having : properosiicer
to attend them wherever they go.
' On Saturday morning early ass poor wo
man was attacked by three sootpads in
Oxford street, near Tottenham Court
road, who robbed her of'what money she
had ; after which she knocked one of the
villaim down, and on her drawing some
thin ;; from her pocket, \\ hich the courage
ous robbers took for & pistol, and present—
ing it to the other two, they instantly ran
off, and she, unassisted, stoutly concluded
the scoundrcl she had knocked down to St.
Giles's watch-house, after which he was
committed by justice \'Velsh to Totbill
Held: bridewell.
'l'hey write from Poland, that the gar
rison at Choczim has been lately rcinsorccd
bv sex eral Ruiliun battulions at the request
usis the Purte, which has desired them to
Let-si) poll'ciiion till circumstances \\ ill per
mit hisitsisiking polleflion 01 it. In the mean
time the Aush'ians have fin'roundui it, and
cltctblilhed themselves near liaminicck.
_ A-silct'zrc/z 53. Latgcremittances are mak
ing to Paris on account of the English quai
]ixctv, many of whom, we hear, intend!"—
ing present at the approach corqqltsiip);
of the French monarch. ss _ ctct _ct -
XVe learn from. Amcrica, that'nosshflcho
standing the vigilactnCe of the King"; (Tail:
crs, a Dutch ship hath gained : port !? the
northward of Louishurg, and hathlanded
16,ooo stand ofarms, with :;propqrtiqn' of
powder, &c. and that the'shmricgmm.
in posscssxon of them, and in high W
on the acquisition. -, 14 sins-s
hair week : remittance was made m
Copenha en to the bank of ujoool. fy:
the use o the Queen of Denmlrk-' ctm
allowance is always senthere, from whom
it is remitted to Zell, according to agree- -
ment, and is ctpunctually paid half-yearly.
The transports getting ready for. Bosftm
are ordered not to be crowde full of Men,-,
23 the usually have been, t ' ttherect ct yss.
be (" ient roomsor the office;-((to ct
asmuchba'r a'e'as theylin _ ;
and as Europsiefng ooda are becqnessimsspsi
at Boston that all one are ndvasineedinpriee,
it is supposed these nanspom ,W'lll be the
richest that ever sailed from England , there
being near 5o,oool. worth of merehlndise
now getting ready for then}, . ":: less-si.—
Tucsday ni htct, by. Full-masses ; selfe]:
warrant from tie Lord Me or. Mr. God! '
the city marshal, nailed by; sevenl
Gentlemen and com'labkd; pW well of!
the good: that were-stolensiomMr-Metflp
man's in St._MaryAxc, together With sits
note: belonging to Mr. FemndWAKQ-sidn si
amount of ! 1,oool. sterling, besides aye-t:
deal of Mr. Fernmdez'lsswearing apparel."
in the houseos Mrs. Hare in Gravel laste.
Mra. Hurt received sentence of duth-Zsin'
the Old Bailey, in the name orFanny'Soq
lomans; but obtained & up;-lex, and as—
on of her Majesty. w
terwurds a pardon, tB'ou t e -
Sunday died at his lodging! at Deptslm] ,.
in an advanced age,. Mr. julius VVorstone,
formerly a purser in the royal navy, reck
oned _to have died worth 16,oool. but
was so penurious he would not keep anjy
servants, nor allow himselscommon nece -
saries. His fortune he left _to a common
neighbour, whole _wue tue-1 to go every
day to make his bed. - - ct .
This day his Majesty c'ame to the House
of Peerl, and was pleased to give the Roynl
assent to " An act to restrain the trade and
commerce of the proyinces ofMafl'achusetts
Bay and Newllzmpshire, and colonies of
Connecticut and Rhode [Hand, and Pro
vidence plantation, in North America, to
Great Britain, _Ireland, and the British
island: in the West Indies; and to pruhibit
such provinces and eolonies from carrying
on any fishery on the bank: ot'Newfound
land, or other place: therein mentioned,
under certain conditions and limitatioun." *
Also to several other bills.
The greatest quantities of corn have
been brought into the river within these
ten davs known for many years, and not a
single lickosit lms been (am-led tu market.
The [O,pssijssl. for pnyment of the two
capitalpri/ies in the Mulsicum lottcry, within
one month after tlsi-e drawing, was this day
paid into the bank L.; -.Zr. Cox.