The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1780-03-11 00:00:00, page 2

* Within- srnl Nulz, Stpt. 14.
_" Ctphin Sampson of the Mereuv path: belt
sailed from Bolon on the 4th of A u , and acrived
heddwmh of thin month. [le logs word that a
day or do before hit depmure lu was Snfonshcd by
the Comishry ofprisonen (who wn then g-ctir ; (or
't- Yosk with jeo prisoner: sor m umz-n-pssc) xhat
In.- lhc Commissary hud put into iron; . nd confined
in I dun si , ! young (}simlcman of good summe
and sami y, on whom it wan crmincd w ymsieerl
in every respect, llClptlin (. ingham should be
m after his arrival in England."
apt. Chghan, who is arrived :! Modon from
Galenburgh sin Swedan) after a pmhge ssctsp days
O! lure the so lowing sr.sh udvisiesi, viz. N.) ndvirey
from Gibralu-r, it is hid, hwe been zecli-ed by'
Go" mlaver than the :!th of Augusi, when the
. Bl (: wu continued n from the beginning; nor
kid the Spmish army or mvy been' ninfcsccd wilh
My troops or shipping, m hn Men reported here.
A Ge "leman who c-mu from Por-smouthss sayn,
(hat be passed thmusih line grud-siefl ", Spulund;
that he told 50 fail of (m: line, bcfidcl 50 gan ship):
Healso sayn, (Put mofk nsihr srigum west sent out
on : few days crude, sumc to lie of Bnd htbour,
Go wife!: : .- wi du French.
'* 11 in sin suling agsidn on" (be fleet :! Spit
hud, e'y 71:- thc opcnnonc of the con
fined fleelo te am! Spin
A'ccording on !; privafc .euer fron Hollnnd by (In
-, . mzil; we are assured that th' Sutn Gum] an
' the utmofi' perpkxiry how to us} in chid uitican
sib-jnsun. Si: Juscsizh Yolk: had insilkcd upon (
'siiflegoriea'l ur-l'vnr to lu- lost memoriaI-(wnich m
key [pitiful " soun' hyt. The sh-tu required
llomh. uses], ud were debuing, when
' _ 'I " tho Rep- psoper to be
Lord if mrlonnge, will:
in those 7 text e-sy usisiefiing
So home defend, s 'h' rnsslgn to him: 64
piplos the line mdy lo su by lhc ! slh os
ri un.
Tbelsinfl letten from - 'ibnlur, by way of Lllbon,
mention, that the blueka-iu-f chn pllce wu noK col
phtcly formed bz si); nal this they had . commu
nicnion fill wit the Barhary'eolfi.
A messenger l'rm'cd :! lb. Admiralty (tom F.]
mouth, soon after which methe! un delpdlched to
annomh, since w'sinch it in 1- rnd shut the com
fleel wu : few lngm is th flrl unmov'd
., ' ly sone ppen sound on bond on of the hand
um:- rbat'wrssl nkeo by the lcpiur sin;: us not,
Wdiseoveriu have bocn ma nlnive unh- fulctm
intended tiom of the unbind len, which nen
hmshu sent up to the Ad-inlty for th'}: in
pulled.
I:!ruct Jsi . lcmr fit. Amlcrdzm, 05- ..7.
" The Punch fripn edled the Fillet du jul en
md the Tcxel, in eomplny with the lullish ship of
75! the Senphit. lnoly nkn by Paul joun, Us
which hchn taken thc conmnd, hil owl ship hnving
\
soon sunk After !hc nale.. Cop:. shent, commune!
ctlbc Vengeancc, fro- L'Ol' _ an Amnicn
- sn'pn; named thahflimee,
_ ss lio. pen es
Edfl'l squadron, un llso ani 4 hav- btonghf
with them the Countes- of Sclrburongh arncd ship.
" Aleucrsrom Nnnu, d-ud tho lhh ult. ld'lsel,
tho! I come of 57 merehnm shipl. from Clpe Fun
cois, wu ju anived " Brefl. Thelcn-r lddl. lhc \
len wssu replrinl to an lo son." \
Gener Slr Henry linwn, we hour, in !. ba u
cd for Lord Cornwalhu next ynr, lo nkc con
lnn in chiefof the form &! Now York, end : sush
number of Hcshns and Hnnonrilm He to be sum lo
Almricl.
A cossuion os lum hu been akin proposed on she
in of France and tho rebel coloniu, through tho me—
dinion of the King of Sunfisssin, vhlch (he "British
cabincl hue refused to lilim to, unllsl llu depend.
lncc of Amerien on the pnzcnt fine be made the
ct dwork of such cell'nion.
.Gentlcman who can;: ever in lb! packe'sibo
" Dutch mail, sue, th') msict! :lunussh ]
* n pf wlr in full chase, lnd that in luflmscd
in pursuit of Plul ]oneo. _
that General Climol will ocrssinlybc so.
his own bin; ,ic in thought that (.sssicncul
will he" do chief commune! in Nonh
.;
Despatchee wert- seat from the Seermtry os Stete'e
offiee to his ]oscph Yotke, at the Haguej and, it in
"x.-ned, that they contnin ; lequcu to the mates
(sict'nctsial to {top Peul ]aun, the ptute, and me dips,
end to deliver him up, that he may be brought to\
England, find puttilhcd accutding to law.
'l here are very few Btntish or ltish turnen in thy
Spanish fleet, lnd nu Amenenne; the) llsilct. monly
n'ttivee, excepting only a few Genocsc end Venetiamsi
who meet with cvety encourdgtment. _ '
The Ftrcbom Swisl, tctesidcm in Greek Blitti-n, ne
sormlng a untionai b-ualiou to serve lue LIej—ll) end
the sin: in the present circumthnul. :
Otdm tue gone (wet te India. to demollsh the for- '
lisi'tznionl M Pondicltenyg end all oxlur Fteueh settic- ss
ment- tbzt hue, or may fall into our hands.
By letters from Btussele we ere assured, ther the!
ent.: srw forming meint in the Btthoprtnk nt
]
he i u !rr, et " te sow aw Dutch
' ' Zstve pen is. {- of end.
ss rout .- q'ic-r an beard rlu Content
eo pen, lo bi: b: other u- .eweelle,
i/del, legty? 16.
!s pzfl eleven )etletdey forenoon, we
met the Fm Love Greet-zlendmm, end we yteflsid te
of her men. butsent 14 on boerdmflhel- roam. She
eppnred first to us in the h. E. quarter, elon' with
two other vescie, end " gtving edacc to them, the
Gtcgnlandman we- thsi- fltl we Lum- usiwalh, but the
could not tell what the omen were, ee they unied
English eulnurl. Sulpcfling then. hWevt-r, ll ene
mire, we cleared ship lot mien; end et . quarter put!
twelve they bore down to ue, busied ["tench cololn.
and then to cut we tmtt inth then both. _We
engaged them nal t'ottr .lelsel, omit sim'dsi hot flying
like showe" es belt; shot ewey thetr censsure (Ilus,
naked them for- end est, end med. (itets stic- like :
riddle; sihdl'og thcmkhee n-btc ler 'th- unfi-d, end
being v-ry talk seilort, tney sheerod off. ]! the Gum
lendmztn had supported ne, we should proved], hue
brought then both mto bhtelae, :- (be mounted tq
it: and four "undern; but being: merchant ship, lie
made towemuhe those, cttmtgintng woldould be tzken.
One of the Privnenl cerned t8 su pounden, the other
24 dottu. Our ni nuing wote very need
Jemeged. The at Cup Roy, efflecre end
um, WJI very : [on one mue delengmg
to Newume, n ele. Two were wounded,
one of the. bed rmt [hot as, end it it [med
will lose his eyt-sightzsisi he other tue wounded in,tbe
arm. We spoke writhen Qsiteen, Mendedxmermed
lhtpe thin nothing. gotttg ttt quel et ! tute'ete,
but they are too late, Time were [in Gressnlnndtm
te leeward os Ill as the engepnmn, which we ere
now convent"; to Whitby."
MA'RTINIQUL, Deaz.
we think it our duty co-eqnin ons mdm with
- tho m-znmennof the nn-l nmzmntcmifi-g
in sith ch-nml. undu- lhc comnnd of M. lo Cn'nt
cI'Osvillin-l, of ulich " find she following puni
aulm. ubliludin France, underthcmleos " The
flxght o the !nglish defend the combined fleet, from
the in;. of killy to the emnnce of Plymolth sound."
0- tbc jli of Aog-ltfnn- che flee: commudel
by M. ]. Could d'OrvilIm-l being in three division,
Rnripg I. by I. with vuinhlc mind:, from w. 8. w.
(o w. ! w, nnd ". the Comnnndcr in Chiei, .:
the had of hid proper ctdivlsoon. M. Io Could d
Guichcn in th nay:: of hh division, on the lust of the
white sqndron, and bid Excellency DOI Wild do
Gut.. m che centroof tho blue. on th' right; hi
Excellonoy Dan Looil de Cordovl, .- the left of the
fand fleet; Lad thy light squnlron, commanded by
L. do la Twelve Trcvllle, on the: sight of the blue;
the in shipu, bombo, !md ulhcr "Nun, on both of
th- winp. At bruk osday (be irigun ahoad dis
cnend lie B; ixish sink lying too on she Rubozrd tuck,
night uLnd of tLe cumbmod fine, lnd : quarter lftcr
sin o'clock ZL. M.) the Bnemgue, who wauhe
leading ship o her divisi lainly see the ene
who by that time ' whh (heir shr
lack! abound, to form the line,
lus bouring !. 'r Van R. by ].
" about 4. or 5 ] . same xime the
isle: of Scilly went in (: -head, bening
N. Il. ]. Uyon whii m Chirs made
.\
the sollqwing dis fit -—The white
lquxdwn were or am] .ubocrd nek
one lfm ("no other. in posi
bly could. the blue ' Mr.. tobssring touch the sick
boatd uckz lnd on lhehrbuatd tack. 'lsihc
object of (hit evo. sets e'ldtlll, M. ]: Coun
: de Gnichen _wu.h ht ddsocbcing deshned to cure!
sstbe xcv.-eat at the Bnghsh b) tunning be-wrcn them
I and their own coafl, and (it privins them as the mem
of lhclturin my os thein pot"; (91*:t2tbough .he bui
siush flcct appcaled to be m) dingcnt lu fmmmg she]!
; but on the thrboard tuck, ," the Co-nt d'OtVthnIO
1much not be usy until thc conm-ul-lcuion between
; thcm lnd the hnd wn cut off; narcrmuels, he du!
.nut neglefi to wept: for defence on m ltarooanl ble;
ssscciug'that tho enemy wan time tonning m sinc-t unto
in this design, lnd to keep the weather gage of the
'ensmfl un, he hated the wind and brought too th
other two squldsomz : movement ol so much the more
impurtlncc, " it wu then pit! : doubt th..t the wound
an nerin t'mmd'by the nurth to tho N. E.. to which
the helm; lnd clnmcs- of th weather pve cvidcnt
proof. The ship Itale.. Iyi on the hrboard
cult p" diffemt prim- to mssct. and to the
Dogs. le Chafl'urc, i-nwdiately to nconnoiu- th.
me so lut, that In might be mfonncd mry no
ncnt by s n-lo sm- these ussek ot us the motion. of
the lnssti , by the positmr. of tho uhm t' uodmn,
distinct to form the inir- body of the line al tle 't
tiu unbind fleet; this squadron mn'und in ml
hunt to follow without lah of tin tho notion- as .
thee er two. which, a circumflamn miss.! hippes,
should fon- thc vu'os the :ombimd led utim on tho
itarboard " the luboard tub, so tdn it 'a iu'pos
siblo for the line to bill disptuyiug itself with th th
cxpedilin & large . fleet tun cupsble of; but th!
sswh'nh in no], nuyottnt, and above ever] othor
thing; ought to wngh not with every able sun:.
who consider: the" position of two Into canpzmivel,
in the bunch of th: bore, which doubtless tude :!
nurssuy to run the wild: not] the blue sqnadrom into
the'chuml, to cut ofl' the mrut'ot' the Enghb (son
tbcir own hasbotm. The second object un, not to
lose the udvnnge of the wnnhfl 31... in nso tho
.
lnglishcontinued to find on with their Mad tukn
about], to get out to so:. in soonu tho lash.
Adminl ceivud that M. lccoussntd'Guichu. with
hi- squaJrYn, wn standing in townr-h the!.glih
cock; he won away his whoh leet with preciyinioa.
lnd Bed, with all the sail h- eould fliNy creed.
The light squadron of th combincd ! hid order.
to claw; thou wn likewise : fignll mld. for the
whole int to pursue tho enemy, ud It th sun til.
lss sign! to the leading ship of the tion of buttle, !.
din- bot nurse in such : numm on to sorelly th'
tellin- ship of th: cnmy'o But, but unlmnmty
ous 'orstrit an in 'Iil. although we duM d
Knghb into the very ntnnee es Plymutlt sound, for
this reason. that it it not easy for one fleet to gai
fosiu or five lnguoc in the cuts. of. day, of mother
fled, (who lien with nil tho sail thny un sibly make,
' especizlly with light un iabk windt. on! it]! happen to
favour tho nmwayl, lna op'nt to thin: on turbow
where they my be safe. leaving to mnrd thric
pursue". " *
si The English kept mll together dlring choir flight,
wind lc-din them on their siri course, ne
pl'ncd them fly cb-qmrl. which
defence againsi any dotachsiei
flm, in clsi (boy could hue
ruin! , ;
will is !houmbined
, their 'pow-r !. fetch
gh they we . shll pm
_ do ]! Gloire, d seven]
(lo pbgu calf. bended the
ocllbmtd flux nd itsi lanlcd round.
\Somuinc [flee M. M. du C
\ M. M. do Mount]. do Anbli
co-mlnddn in the un. mndZ h for seci'hg 11.
13, up w :; suil es hip- lo luwud of the combined
flee"; thod fijnnh dom- made unsi
puted by firin' os union, wnic
:omnhin of impoltincez (he Ad
(he imposfibmly ut overtakmg the (
then had it .n (heir power to selchthe Rm—houd, whiz ].
nnkn tho menace of Ply-ouzh sound; and fellinss
that the ship :nn-ucnd to him by du soreg-Jnl 63.
ss * 't loud lu-var sn from th lnugn'! Put!"
3 dull fart :] th: English ship: balo-w their rcpszzss,
4! wbic tinue sss'u- Brmaglu qual :! lb: b-mlosflu sin.? .
di-vi/FM, and :: Vlfj—[lfct borixcn.