The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-12-18 00:00:00, page 1

siDECEMBER 18, T H E NUMBEsiR 4}
VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
WILLIAMSBURG PRINTED BY DIXON 69 NlCOLSONss'
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LONDON.
Extract qf :: [(ttctffram Gibrnlur, [In!)- 23, broug/q 17)- 4 Swedish
moj'uur, lb: Mars, fussbirbsml i! 01 share aJ/l'e )sffd through
lb! Down.
E have jult received advice here that an Engfish ship,
.bout tso lous burlhcn, laud men call on (hurt on the
coctll of Bubary, near Tangsims; that when she was
distovtsctl, (be an lying on her henm ende, am: th: :;e
seemen on the wrcek, who were got use lo land cthvr, but two of
them died : few houn after their utivai. The survivor mid, that
she was bound up the Mntiternneln. but in : l'qzull of wind, by
clnving too much sail, cvert'et, and that this was so ludden, that
MClptztin end All the rest at the hands wue washed ovcthoatd,
except himself and the two other; found on the wreck, who had
contrived to get in the main chzim. whe-sie they had tuiusitincJ ahuvc
Ifortnight, during which time. on a time day, one of them, by ::
rope, got down into the Glblll, and found thrte some hiscuit, chest,
hotter end wine, on whkh they had subtittetl, :! si.- Yet'y simll al uw
loft) p: neither oftltem wquld o down agtinctfot' more, the haz 'ld
Qf'pen'btng being so' gtnt. flcy had all tied themselves to the
' et, to prevent their being Wfllhud uvcrboastl. and one of
them nlwe 's watched while the omen nept. They hnd two days es
excesiding had Whey, by which they suffered excusi-Hngiy, at they
Wcontinullfy walked by the sea, and sadly bruised by the waves
_ ting azlinl the flfipz and he suppolL-d the two men who died on
! i't' gttting on llore, wu wring to the hurt they received. The
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nose behaved exceedingly well to the tut'vivinz sesitmnu; and as
soon at he was 'ablc to travel. he intended to come over to this ylace.
No mention it reade of the name of the ship."
" Yeflefdny General Bnrznyu's regitnent of' lightthagoont. being
mentimho their Full csio-nphment ot man.' relieved Genes-l Elliut'l
n.?ibesint at Stssjutesj}; which are" muched on ccttmp duty.
Mad .mp— . join thc, qf lb: ' tle" Hawke.
Act,: n [:]er- tu "nen, lend St. Mml'a, m aftbt
.WM May. - . -
siw"m<-tew ! hie! an engagement with two French pri
mssm i 'MM lctbfigmntine, shr lids an hour, when
abated es; nen uttermost we set! in wnth them again,
" MpMW} they set fail And put :lbout. Our tiggmg',
.. being lssfinh In". one! three l'IlNI' wounded, ] did not thtuk
' ther them. We use limyiuyed in scrubbing the
ewke'. , ad [id'zg'ng !: si the that holes we nceived in !h'
hflsssinfl 'I! all nine thtm shut. l'hc brigantiur mounted 14
his! 'lsihtl (ut wedde?" the 'sh'tp mounted 16 uincs m.! sixt'l. !
!. been instruct] pa'ihe antsh (".-vnsul. the! there wan : fl 'et of
1 , dip wsflfmqi Lrtiniqtte the mitldisi't-t' jttne l'tfi; ! intend
qctd {o} Wekwdstl, twndeavour to sin in with them. Qut'
Mad ' ' ""if-"rect service in the engagmn-nt. We sent our
laund " m ' sszjor'utda. through both titles of the bri en
tine'. Thick wet- 'ut sivrmed us by : vessel we boat-ded, and w ich
eh'evssh-uf sptike with the t'atsine day."
flessAmbT-I'Qddurosutjnn Brittlzin to the State: Genml of the
qu ,Provinpssn *. en ; zirite memori otltcir Hi hct ' silm—
ted;? qnphinisi'; of the shhlishtzr o! thezsiiAydcn ngetntss-ct.8 ]:
w'e'l't refdw the hate psPHolland, and the publisher wan fully
imntzdt -si--_- -. -. . . . .. . ss
" WyJsiscsi'ff-Zd Amffi'uhm (hit grene conflernleiol prevails
asimng a]! rank! 'ospeq'pk who are intenfled in the English sunds',
sssizsi h'ud sdksin ; pu- c'emf many him: onlcred their comspondeuu
to 01"- .1_ " ss . .
"'Adflm Mss' authority say, that the Empreso osRuffia ha
ufidemmsi bss im'i penn- bctwecn Brimin aml Prince, ssand
di'n ill romance !sshereosPl-ince Repnin will very soon proceed
(& cmctoss . "ssct— ' d ! shM 8 l\ s
AWWMpQ If '-Utl{:'? " y
mmfl We me to 1 m Briti ini b ! : Ru un
. _" flesil' fm' ubri'al Mfisify of all the Ruffxas, confldcrin (but she
mvigzflon _ the lion]- sea, and she consts of Kulfiz, enmmk,
amiss Sweilknissrdjfl-u w immflsillc protection. and that of those
No Crednd; rnnfly (: she hfl year. m Amesican privatczs took
flocks? 'Wi' hcnfid th 'Archangel, hat d.r.sinni.-zcd to order :
s uadmsimpfsi-MW as the line und some frignes, to cruisc in those
fis- ' fill! pecommanded m protect nur cofnmerce m.! nnvi
Pdoff ulz; l'nd to expel from those parts all cruising vefl'sil;
of;." ndfiod ' er'witbourexccplion. usir M.ct.jel\y in making
thiisidedlhffifod so dle Court & London. expect: and insish, that to
um My" &fiiikthem which mly arise from its execuuon, the
'tish Couny'll'expremv forbid any of her ship. of Ir'ls,ct winnen
o'lene'nbsd ne'm cmis- in those parts, or to chase my vesssl in
the Nonh set, them lhccthret Crowns hlve the sole and exclusive
nvhtltbn. Her Majesty Gums herself, that from this mellure,
th: Couxt of London wil} (lain nd'vsmagu to her own tude." '
Very flattering truly to Grent Britain! is she een be so ting: I.
to imagine :: fleet of the line and fuipm intended by By to
oppose two of time Americnt crujsen. lt i: many Mlyryng w
hieudiy at was the representetion made to the ritilt Mtnlfir by
Ft ance, of her havin mld: a trrnty with the Amerieut snm, ppdl
the molt generootctprlnciplet and with the most skin?! intention.
A prit-uteer ct M-rsaines, met tour English hip- 0 or convey of
a f-igate, whom she fought sometime and was ubouttoretise, then
the l-reneh flisi-ate Flotn came up. and sailed in capturing the son:
th! it, which ate ulued at five milliom.
she Flemh Ambashdour at the Part:, hu obnined for th
Anneniatn L'athuiickt in the Turkish dsiminiont. free exercisect
their teligion.
The ill sounded tumoura which have been eircuhted for_some
ynn pafl of pletcnded alliance ln men and lnpt to be formshed w
England by Rutsie, no longer] eve the least aedtt. The Ccunos
Ruflia has deteuuined to follow the example of Swed n and Den
matk. and lv sotect their tude with Fcnnee. ln ccnl'equence of
thie rclblution . de Mouffllt-l'ottlEMln, Minifler Plen-potentiuy
of the Empress at our court, hu Lttety mule the following deeleu
tit-u u-Lord Weymodthz " That uotwithttzndin the many fmndly
tepsescutztioul : ainlt the English arropting to lemselvel . sight I.
dttain and seen all vessel: belongix to netione no weye interefled
in the difference; between Frence and England. the Ct-llll of London
l.:u hitlmto given no redrese. On the century. every dny mue]
ships arc Huppul on the high len, and enricd into Bngush
where they are detlincd under nepy irnoluut pretend. lnd suhyefled
to tedious end canstve proecti, highly pzejudicial to their ownssn.
Th-t theretore her lm rial Ma'edy, determined w !: ln end to
this t-i sslence, is ncce nuted to ollow the exemple o the Rings of
Smdcn and Denmn-k, by cquippieg : square" to protect .hetnde
of her subjeal. And that is my Enghsh vessel extenpue lo llop :
vessel curryin the Russin colours, her Moiety he ordered [me to hl
opposed to orce. and that such English vessel [hell be ueetd n :
ptrete. Such procedure being contrary to the may of commence
subsifliug betWeen the two Crown, lad by virtue of which Grec
Btiuin enjo ed l free tude with the Ottomea State: during the war
betw-en Ru te end the Parte- &e. -
_ The Statee Genernl being informed, thet some use!- .! fares
were fitting out in the posu of Zeeland to cruise under Englib
coluun, hue issued In order torbulding thie Wine. or shut ny
Dutch subjects should sense or be concerned or intended in my such.
or in any vessel of war of any nation.
Dr. Frenklin. Minitter Picnipotcntiuy from the Unitcd Stmof
America, at the Court ot Frmce, has recommended to Ill Almrieu
cru-t'ere, m ehltsitin from cvety kind of violence to Clpt. Cook, in
an English-yessel, now on ;t voylgt: from Btiuio to make dismwiee
in the End ladies, and shortly ex &ed home.
We hear the Court of Verszi le; hn consented h me to the
division ot Polaad, is the German powen cpnsent w : Made.
the independence of the Amerieqt Unjted Stnm. , Thin will he..
severe Make to Britain, in it will thorough] diseng Rnfie sn
herinurett. nt : crisu in which it in molt e untill to welfm.
Fourteen ships et! arrived fronsiFeuel to join I ship of the line"
now it the Rulnnah. _ —. si !
3 A s 5 A T E & n E, (31. Kuw) 00. 40.
GENTLEMAN in Cork writ" to bid Mind isil &.BUl-ltil,
A Lhn the fleet: hid been in sight of cut other (at (one (I: ]
that should numbon get the better of British "low du! unbuc
os that devoted island must he th: consequence.
A lzle Muniniquc pipes mentions. th: I [un]. hid been south .si
in (he thenne] between the united Been of Fruncc nod Splin- lad
that of Grut Bmain, wh.ch luste] I I boun. Ill] w— tbc bloodh.
that was ever fought :: sin (but the French hnd rhne of Mru '
ships sunk And the Enghsh two. Their be! confined of 51, sE d'
the [in: and 30 srigam, and our: ofu su'l ol'chc line and so stinted.
A Gudmu m town ha- recu'ved . knel- soon . unctuous:—
in'St. Eufluin; informing, ehnc um vessel. had arrived llunon
Thu: (Jay Infi from Amsterdam, the Capuinwf whom by, that—
en : emgnt lud been fought in the boy between tho Dihfi be
an 31: united fleeu of From nnd Spain; but they could [in no
puticulm,
PHILADELpfllA, NWMJH' 30.
Extuct q/ :: letterfion Bsi-Ron, cloud Nm 18. 17 9._
APTAIN Harr-dan (in the ship Pickering) lslds hql ( m
C off Sandy Hook fell in wish : floop of 14 gum 6 'My-len. .
brig of loguns, :, nmf 3 poundcrl, and . floopof ! cut. foul .
pounden, !" letten of mzrque. bound from New York w ct
for wives; they all englged him, when after in nai— 'Heh
three ghssee, he took all three. They son : him well: lb sisi
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: men wounded; And he killed and wound . mbuofth-u
The Duckdng hu m-ived life witlrduso thmpicu."
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