The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-05-22 00:00:00, page 1

MAY 22, .779 T H, ]: . si' " ctsi NUMBEnz;
siV 1 R G 1 N I A G A 2 5 T E
WssILLIAMSBURG:
L_ , () N D 0 N, DE (3sz But "235" ss
: SPA NlSH man of w-ssr, of 50 guns, called the—jsnn, ' ltomlly
' lo!! in the Bav of BJ'cay th: zgtu uk. in a viosent go!": ctTpZd- and
all the (: 'w. wct'c drowned, exccpt cmcpssoyf, wsto, siwed hiiyjfsi': [" upon a
' uft, till takmctpp by aPortuguesc ship, ,.- ss .; si , i
.. thorctoqossUm-eu cazn: home in theJ-ev' W shr'e ship si(ss'].1tc 2 70
pusimbp) 'and other lrltnsporn from ?? si__ ssqffiffsiss they bdonqed to the
King*s (him that were lost or suitk in Awissig;ct';apci, "from there being
too wr-r-t of seemen :u New York. wipe; ffi KW fro man the ships lure:. '
f six-T-Isizey wzingfum the ll-zgqe .4 that the Mpgzflg'sigmendng the rgnrri-j.
-_ , _ .. . -qss-_ in their [own both
.shwmof the hot'uln Proceediuge of an —- - A;
_ hbousmg powers
inch Mads or the continenc. This, siyss -- , -.- "
.ces, is the certam' _
M..- 2 si _ . " *' —
. si- Tb pnepantions'makin by the Dutch need strike no alarm- they are
lnotmso-cxpiulao what! ey made in the year i76z, when "our rnsiptm'e
monumencedwith prtin. ln the present poshm: of a'ffairs they wouH be
uppz'rdmahle not to make defenfive proparations. Self—prdl'rvation so
"far justifies the ueasesire, that none of the neighbouring powers can Luke
Mn'tesssiuss .. -ssss
.ssss .] bcv write from Amsierdam, thnt thedireEtot-t osthe Dutch East lndia
Mpaay hid resolved to send four more ships to their scttlements inthc
Mindin thanwm lzst year; one of which is For the fsm'poscof carrying
:Mnarv floressi . ' . '- " ' . -
' 'Tb Nipmne, Hu-ison, from Limerick to Pensacoln, with rovisions
fotdnssgmvifdn, is'ftaken by L'Ampbitriu, : French fripu :: 51. gon:,
'Mdusisir'ssdssinw (t. - - _ , ss . . , '
_ ; si -. <-* . Eu- uf a-lmer from Mzrseilles, Nm-mbzr 17. A -_
.' .; sictst'flt chLmber of commercc hath deputed two merchants to court to
make a ' flrancg on there being no squadmn or some- frigates in the
Smu'n, l'tsssssmvcutthc English from intercepting our Americm merchant
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,: ssAn ecconntiq rooeived that two French sn'igatessi of 36 guns ench, and a
short, hue taken and burnt in the North Seas several large flii s-fl'om
Atdtangel and Om-ga; one of whiehsiis the Resokxtion os Sdn eriandu
So very greet is the business now at the admiralty, that the extra Flerke
4, fiaExceed in number those on the estabhshment. _ '
] want of seemen is the only ohsiacle to the sendihg out the Medi
'si * 'wfleeu 'Thesueeekos Weeks hu dram: Member. of
'" numb- mld otherwise miss entered into the new." f
-.<.7Th_e Spmrds' have, !) al accwnts, pr ared find : orce as to des ,
ifltet vl—pk m: T hilyhas been known 12:- some mbnthe. There w:
. title Mfidsher the French nor Spaniardo would have dared to con
tinue such pursue preparation after so many repeated remonsh-ances.
'The Wild in all iikelihood 'pteparing w brlve us too. What these
sitfixvfilend time only can discover. -- - '* '
i-nkeepen in zeneml- are much diRressed by the breaking up of
15 clapt, b- fectmd of the smallest public]: house: in the by-roede are
body mitted by lb number of soldiers quartered upon them;, the little
si't vilhgeoslllfiree, in Hertfordshiw, had on Monday more men of-the 69th
? jegiment then thesiwhole place contained-bede; end in the house. they
' ven- under the necessity os-sifl'rewing straw in every room, in which the
,oorfellovn were lad to take their rest. , - . ,
A ,mhoapoeare tobeoneoi' theminority, deelamhe
! thinks the only hopee'this nation can entertain of a change of men 15 to be
Berissved from tienccz To represent, to remonsirate, is in ectual; the
;Bitfei'_fruits o their folly and wickedness must insitime rais version asfd
wisisi
"addition ctthi'bughont' the kingdom. We- have long md mislioiu
'Mshd jnsi an ill-actdvised and worse conducted war in Arneriea'; w'e line
' _ , flesigt-yand agmies'disgraced by innftivity, and , coinmandets
ct ss i" ' "anothing but 1 great fortune, to show dy have been
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ct'em'psoy, ix. feflice of their country. Our tsse is almost s'uined;
, thbusqnds useth; nfmu'sacturers zre flaming with their amiiies; oat- public
? Eredit sunkjt'qthe lowest state. We are involv'dd in a war with France,
; am} of course shall be sodh with Spain; our West lndin islands, is not
one, ere at the mercy of the enemy; the Minit'try have them'fflves as
\ sittle hope: for the safety and welfare of their country as the op sition;
. and thete men nrsse still to conduct our affairs, and navigate' th: vessel
'2 through this fu'rrotmding [tom. The hour of sinking cannot then bect'far
-' "off, unlese Dmeabier hand is put it the helm. This situation musi elarm
thenne,- and Every shan will presently cry out for a newsipilot'.
' " An mdatnff King William" the Third, of glorious mer].
Duke Wilfm, Who lost his life in Hyde Perk, frequently tellin
hit Ma'jefly of the greet- importance of the Scottish nation, which at leg
gave otttpnge to the King.; hie Ma'efl'y one day replied to the Duke in
{hit meum; " M Lord Duke. or God's sake let me hear no more
'of thii subject, for sineereiy wish that the kingdom of Scotland was
ra lago:- fepanted from England, end that your Graee was King of"
with all My son].
t,
hap it would have been for England, if George III. agreed in
flew
mog' thnt great and good Kctng, whose known characteristic wal.
_' t'e'a'dy to rede?" petitions and rrmonstrant'e'o from his faithful
' ' ., he read them with Patience, imd, Kin -like_, relieved them
* Moie- On : remortltmnce being prcsmted Fame time since by the
, ' Mayorof London, &c. to his present Majesty, (he _received the
' for encwer thereto: " fam nlwayo ready to , and hapss
w m complaint of my people. ] bin the monstnsinee and
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a-issdresn'lssz a reflzction on myself, injurous, to "i! ,Pctarshmem, Mutterly
i-le-Mable to eve? princxyze of the consistimeion. I neverssrshall' in
sh'cjgsis'oflkhe liberty o my subjects", and I wilstake dare they Wrsishafl '
inya eke prerogauve of my croivn." - 4 ., '-'"' '
' him! :im'nounce, that William [H. Would W-hive' sufeultzsssirh'aflss
answer ti-"}:zve ocezded from bin]; it being Mfi'Mijffiy-ssl ' disdain
es revgnZn-sig-in gssusse hearts of his people, ihe best And M'smid'sejsiuiiess'
for any Prince," far- superinnr to flatte- ers'ssand standing armies'. ;ct 7 4 - si
-. (3 A M ( N 0 A .N (} css .Dsi- o T E.- ct'*-.'si*--"-'
On).- cvenThg las! Fyfipg. while the Condzd' '—-_ . ' ct - -' \ " ct
Chsirguss-w-upi ibg vsirydeey - si -
ffis'sssssss-jsixafgfiap EMZ'M ; a - -
man,. r- si '. — 'y,
ig. oW-fip," or three'Iouis d'orssiapiece; but, when it wzo'held " "&
nerql fishith. who was just go-hsisi to thr- w for a stake of five hundred Iouipsi
d'ors, he [said, " 'flop : mmm—uf, if you [Head; sssi't; here g'bssu tortsnss
widowl'si He threw, was successful, and instantly swap! the whole into
the plate; and sent it dqwn to her. The above dnegdofejs : fafl, and
sheresore' deserves, to be recorded, in-honour of 'thfi bewobnt M.—
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B'A 8 8 E T'E R & E, APRll. l7ss.
HURSDAY momin IaR i'rrived at Old Rohrl, from St. Luciz, hd
Mafifly's ships Me way (:fct' 74, Boyne 62, Venus of 36, Diamond
of.;yxnd- the Tobago (lure the Govemonx Tr -inbul) of 11. ,
Yalie. day prrivedhere, the pruateer schooner Grex bound, Capt. Kerie,
whp dmughtct in a Virginia schooner loaded with 36 ,h she'ads oftohceo.
sheer, shmglcl, &c. from lame: river buund to St.- uflam. ' ct
. 'Ydfisi'jssy arrived che llo-fp that went ress m_ 8}. Lucia, by. her fv'e
bearsisi ' and of the FrenchsiSo gun shipact ad ton on shbn'the dny'ehe'y'
camefint 65 For! Royal, Aon Admiral Bynm'u given them chase, but do
not kuB'si fletherssshc got off or not, and some say it is impossible for he?:
' to get ' , as the sea :- commonly running nigh at lpa; pine, btsh —
yea: in of land where the current and wmd them directly " -
each :. . . si ' si ' _ '
By her, also, we learn, she: the packet was "rides! at Bubndqssi'whh' "
bi-insd an account that. the bpve Admiral Kepple ctwn deonnply le,
qul! _._ ss . ' _si j ,.—ss
up":
siss-si fn sioctssi'si'rsi(F'siit:*si*sssiA1-si*fii1sisisi*isi}hsisiss-ss-fssss'
THE Dutch understand their'own int'erest 'They arefgood alliel Po
si Britain, butlove themselves better tlan their old alliei. They se"
England unable to maintain itq power over America, ind are Williu fo
tame ib for a flice of the pluurb phdcfing, the American tradsie. T ry
stand ready, it is said, to tjnake : treaty of commifle vbi'th in upon the
smefl terms. Thie strengthen: us, and weaken: ossur idve'rsary. We
stand upon go'od ground- in :; treat) of aesicommodatibn, if we knew hosssi
to improve sit. Union, discretion, and firmness may soon'fndke us due
of deemen respectnble' find hisippy "56qu ipq'n earth. s - -
Tfio days ago a vessel amved at NewburyctP'ort, ib zj-ssdajs, soon ,
Bilboa, in Spain. She brought a great nuinbectr of lettte'rd From
that have been oyened, we can only' learn, that Admiral Keppel wu - -
likely to be aoqmned with honour; by'the COurt-Martial appouited m
enqthr'lsiihto-lfiedondua in the nlvhl engagement of last fumes: Thlt
there hid licenctsgren storm upon the coast of England, and much
damlge done-to'sithe men of war, .and m'erchantmen, m the Downs, and
lother'placssekr" That greet nen! tions ware ffllpsigoihgon in the
m of' Spain; " well at France.,ss e can find no mention of nee,
not do the lettest sifpeak of any nurhbbr of men of int, " or land TCBQ.
bound to the Asimericz'm eontinent." si si, . ,
. To the advice: brought by the vessel from Bilbon, we they add; due die
Parliament of Britain had voted zommen this yelt fctor merit;; ,rbh
Gov'ernour ]ohnftone 'w'ai strenuou's for persevefin'g in the dkign '_ tol
quering America, b'ut thlt hie brother commisfimerj Eden, opposed hid,
and said it was impossible. . _ _ si ' . , ,, . - 'ss
A letter from : Gentlemtn of ehm&er at the Southwnd, mention;,
ther the American commtfflomn at Puric have been ssenfipcssw'ured by Con
gress finally to ndj'ust cerms-os eccommodation on the part of these haue,
through the mediation of Spain, _' _ _. ss ' .
A letter from a Gentleman osobsenatio'ssn in the West sadness acquainu,
that France and Britain m Continullly augmenting their force: jnsithn
umer, which is now like prove the chief thenne dflwarpn this 64:
0 utlmticlt; so that him no accommodation take pike, North
America may soon have a conlt'pancive pace. ct ' si
]: is highly probable thnt nice and Spuin wodd chooffldfictfiablish
the ihdependence of America, ssct {plant a,- fiend] w ,_ if it chyld lp
avoided; and it it evident enough Grdgt ssss'tein drc " zflsie' &onshq'uence
of such : war. Shehas theref: _ pffly lcqviefoed Ten pusst courteathe
mediatory negotiadon of SFainlh ' hthe winffllct ( he,?dispute wish
spain about the affair- of an ' up" ct ' _and, die cond'e'fcended to accept
the interposition of Prince; in he!- pre'sed't qsspute vithlAmerica end
France, (he it brought to lqw-aa tp lbfitfi the mediation of the Hand
brllnch ofdthe Hgtsixse o'sch'zm-ban:I th; f': . 2" "11 " ' _sssio'
cum um om'edi i ui '_ "'sp 33 ct .n' ,
have lefely hot only hid Dian; Sdfssihesi de :?sin' Lesso
'overto France in a private Mimshsi; w th th'e
respefiilg the ultimne We! the shstiss