The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1780-05-09 00:00:00, page 1

MAY 9, m.. — - T H : NUMBER uWss-si
VIRGINIA GA ZETTE=
RICHMOND: PRlNsED BY DlXON 8 NICOLSON.
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. An. Puso-sin any be supplied with thin P-pra, and have Anvpctza-ss'x xsusizewm insuch, on :.s rsiasonssz'fle TERMS as she: Ti'm will ndoit.
G E N () A, . 'fnnua-ssy !.
. V'si"-*'si *" cti'qctb ;mjss ' ' '*- -* me: from
) unis, drong'u: :! letter to (he I) ulch usul,
dred Tul-is, ch. 19, WI-isih munnuns
advice being receiusid swm Tsisimli, io Bar
bury, " shat one ofthu unclcsi of the Each: hzul re
voliedsslgainsi him, and wzs advanced ac th; [usid olsi
asizi army to within a 'days journey of lhu (usual,
vihich bad caused the greatest confusion imssagi-mble;
shut the Chriffizns wusic (hipsi-iug thu sehcs and ihcii
mosi valunblq effects c-n board the we his in tl-c port,
assnd the Moon lnd ]cwa wu-c securing their mote)—
usind jewells, n': general pillago wan expcaectd if the
r'cbell could get into xh: city."
. PBTlnsIURG, Dcc. 14. There is no longer any
doubt but our cx un has resolved to uffist Great Bgiuun
a'glilzsi her revolted colonin in Americn, with :: ccr- ss
tain numbcf es ships nnd troops, which will be ready
if! I shbrtssime. At the above mentioned wnr in very
prejudicia! mour tude in many resch'ts, the merchant
of this empirc arc extremely well s-cissied th-t our
Fovernmen! have determined to asiill Uisieu annin in
punin'ss; an end to it, pu'lignlm-Iy as we are su'vmy
lhnngly camnefled in commncc with lhzc puwcr.
Tilis nffdr, however, hu mn wid- gieal ulzposilion,
did it was not till After the most mmuso deliberation,
that the Bmprch determined to conclude any such [: so
lution; bow ., m very high esteem me English
hiin'nfler. rolmng hen, hu found meam to acquirc,
did not a little contribute towards determining our
jugufl sov'reign in the part she has taken. It is said.
tlm the squadron defiined for the above purpose, will
cousin of a! siil of the line and 9 frignes, and will
sail in the spring.
- HAVll-dl-ssolACl, jan- 51. The Boulogue [m
utter, le Mirquise de chnelz , of 10 guns, cum—
manded by Captain Cottin, :fsir having cunductml
into this port, the London. en English prize, sailed
egain on the zd inflant, end on the Sth following, at
a small difllnce off the S. W. point of St. Helm's,
fell in with the Herpooner, enEnglish [Man of mzt'quc.
of 31 gon:, C t. Lion'shill, bound from London to
Plymoutlzsi whi it he took sister a short engagemcnt,
in which he had "to killed, apt! ten wounded; and
the Hz'rpooner had ten killed and fiftecnsi wounde-i in
his foote to this port he sell in with another Enzlish
vessel,'the Anne, of teo tom, fro- Londvn to cher
ter, which he also took, and sent into Chetbtctrg, with
56 sipijfimesess, ud eflenlay arrived safe ht re with
the Hll' ner. . King being informed sios the
brave s- iom qf Ca t. Cottinsihas presented him with
i very elegant swor'cli, end bzi sent him a commtssmn
9f Lmnunznt of : frigate during the clmpaisin.
si P/tlu. Found!) 16.
l.!!!" from 15: Kiitg to [be A-lmiml, on the subject ty"
throwing paper; into tie jeu.
Cousm.
' "ct l'AM insotmed that frequent difficultics arise
in the execution of, my ('siczrec-ss uyon pnzes, sciatiu:
to the p. pen which fllulliti he soumi m! tum! an)
vessell'llkcn or Copper! nt ful; am! this my ross-sizulzz
tion! obth-si edth of ]nly. 1773, ap-pct: n' implicxtiv to
enaosinsice that a proof of having tnmxn paptrs intssz
be fed of whatsoe'er nature they might: h', carried ss
with it the ftwfirmetiou tf the fizip; by this method
you on.! the commifflonc-u of the t'JH'csili of prizsis, ss
air: desirived of the liberty of considrri lg the cn'cttm
lmcu which influenced them to throw their papers
evev-hoard, and to mdke examinati-ms inn th: nature
of those plpen, which might pethups be found, not
die: th ssehmg tolde enemy, nor toconvt y any inxlli- ;
gence to them. This arhifrlr hssypfifion is entirely ct
tontlarv to the spirit c-flr.y cthmnm. ' Thil lent:
is therefore to acquztint you, that X cnthely confide in
you and the comtztzfliolten of the_ council for yrictes,
to exact a rigorous obedience to my ordcmmtces as d
regulations. or to make such deviutios-s flom as'pzr
ticuhr circumshnces may lequire. This being the
sole object of thin lettrr, [conclude, beseeching [he
Almighty to take you, my cousin, under his pro
tection. Slsiq/ml, !,ovt : "
ss Umln 175 xsiJ, SA u 's 1 :t ]; .
L O N [) O N, Fabruary 4.
* LETTER from Amflcrdrm, 'sidated the 18th ult.
says, that it it gencmHy believed there, the
) flute: ofHond wiil shottly declare publicsi'ly for the
\ Ameti ansct.
Bxlract sizf aleI/ef from Plymouth, 7an.'3o.
? Thin day, about two o'clock in thc astcmoon,
t'iiie'l out of" the sound for the 'Jv'elsi. Indics, or Ame
rica, :. large convuy os trantports, with trocps on
bond, viz. the 861h, 87th, and 91fl regiments from
thin place, and a (egtment from Portsmonth. Their
destinztion was not known by their commandmg
officer when they sziled. The Intrepid man pf war,
of 64, gum, Capt. St. ]ohn, the Milcford fligrtte,
Sir Wnlliam Buv-sszL). v-ith3-v o" 1" -ss*lhajctlhipnct
of sorce, had thc care of Efm... they et Tail with :
fresh' wind from the eztthrd, and will be clear of
the land by to-monow noon. Thc troops cmbarkcd
Fith great cheersuluct'a and alacrity, and in high
mts." ,
? The prize-mnstcr who is lrrivei at Plymouth, with
oneofthc trzctmsipous from Cnpe Finistcm— (one of the
fleet taken by 51: George Rodeq's squad-si'on) says,
that thete were upward: of" 3000 Spmjzh sezmen on
board their shet, but no suldiers. Several :ssfthctrans—
parts mounted gups, and some of them Soo tons hur
(hen. He had that more than hzlf ot them were
buih for frigarcs, and wrcho be emplcct ed as such
whzn they go. to the Hctxumnh, whither they were
bound. No guns went sired but those which hruught
them to.
A lesolmion of the Admimlty erd lns lately
Yrkm place to buEH no more zo gnn ships, nor any
(leap: under 16 gune; as tlja is adoptectl in the French
nzvy, and it ii' aFsz-lmely necessary m keep on an
equal ; sootinssz with them :! possible]; all the new
foigssm-s pre to carry 18 and 11. powders; the old
establishmem are " and 9 pound": only.
A privm: lene: received Qrcm The Hngue had the
snll ming pnfl'lge: " Advice i's rccechd that the KEn
os C'mdia having receivsid some offence from she
Dutch, was preparing 10 put himself at the head ofa
numercssm army. in OL'ET to much against the Dutch
srltlement of Point de Galice, on the island
Culsim." '
I: is said Sir George Rozlney has go! certain intel
Rigcme of": very lich fl-ch beingon their passage from
3 the sz ::1szh; z-ctrd m: he had f-xklen in with Can
modore ].)hult me.': l'quscthon, which he had detained,
'in order to zssm him in intercepting thsim.
Th: siilors formuly Lflonging to the (sig'becl; ssi
gzte, spsisik v.:siy much in the raise of the tuum
D'U-siviukerl for his amnrion w: .=m_wh;n thev wcm
,h) BME; :md h si I it no! hsisn for lum, ney mulHu—Nc
been tl'encsil He: xi.: sithes English plisorers.
A few dctys Fgossn lh'ung se port m'cmilcd here on
chmgc, fhat Sir John lcctvkhaat Rc-(v had sallm in
wieh che squzdmu which had raised the fiege us Gi—
.
hraknr, and after a long and oanade Wsi
shuk, defiroycd, and tooksixhe Moles - -.si,si -
"! lure ::n: private account: m MJ _
com'equencc to the honour and interests of Great . , .
min, which in tobeh'oped, before long, will becau— "
sirmrd by proper amhoricy; but at present no old.]
despazsi-hsis m: arrived, though daily expected.
Extract! (s a lemr from Plymoulh, jeu. I];
" just na [am simshing thislener, the sign] ico-l -
from Maker Tower, that a large fleet of ship. i!
cmning from the wesiwerd. They an supposed (ab
;thc Swnish ships of war and trans sunken by Rod—
ney, which h we bsien beszing in ! e be for sometime
'pqst, but as she wind is to the nonh, ! eywill find it
\ difficult to gct into the Sound." ct *
* Azivice is received from Paris, tlut put dispum .
dme lately m-zl'cn between the court and clergy, in
cuhscqucncc us the latter resusing to ply some dmndssl
; mx Ye upon them by the intemhnof che ecclesulinl
; cxchcqusi-rs ac Reuen, Lyone, Toun, Air, end
! Bourdeaux. .
There are letters in town from- Spain, which ma.
vion. thn on the each of December, Preceding dy
Carnivnl, the King retined to the Eseuml trode)!!
sih iJ, where he wan upected to continue some month;
'the Prince of Asturias now hae suprc-c power at
Mudnid, and doe: all publick businesiso, thou it 50
in the King's name. _
The Miniflcr osa sc ulhern wet hanged: "70"
some terms to the Minister oFodut departmelt at an
accommodation. -
[I is said Governmem intend : new lona-y n put
of the way: and means for nen years suppliel, upon
;\ plzm which will induce the whole nation to bade."
adventusch, as the princiya] prince will becxceedilgly
cnsssszi'n].
Fisceen per cent. wu given on the homewnd w
New Ym-k fleet, ansil it is said that one now
h;u chased upwards of sbcol. ' ss
The Marquis at" Caennmhen wn yesterdl' :! ib.
; lt-vce, and resigntd into his Majcfly'l hande clock?
los Lord Chamberlain to the Octtlccn. Th' above n
signation is sepoxted to have taken place on : yolitigl
Ldispulc relative to the shining Yotkshise petiuon
\ Lord Grmtham is to succeed the Matquiuf ur- .
wnarthen, .lfi Lord Chambetlain to the (Linen; but
the snccessuur at the Board of 'l'rtai'ury, in th'uoonff
Lord chudmmp, is not yet publickly knowi
Extrm'? of a letter [ram Folksione, jan- 14. 'ss-t'si'
?. " The Usii:y cmm, of thin place, hntakcn-M -
; sent into Lilbon an Americm letter of marqne Men
ss with tobacco and other goodt, from him to God" "
The [tate of the Flench fr-m: by sea. in the 3
'lnd-u, in a.— t'nllowq, vlz. six ships underct I.: Hath
Picquet, who took the troops from Slvannalt, old
; sail-sid for Mnninique; six under M. de Gufl'e, who
went to Chesnpenk, to nke the great fleet csvictnlllm
! and lumhcr ship:- from Philatlelphia and other par",
who were to ren-hzvous there, ned thengo under hid
convny to the Fli'Kh islands. These, with Ducks
ss sztnh'a L'szdton, make twenty five ships of the Hot.
.md (m .rigates. lnsu'e- any which the French na,
sshavc 1lreadyin the ;J'mnds. '
ss The Lhtc of ou; issue, by se), in the We! [W
Zs ss folkws, viz. sixtccn bztlered (hi under l' _
fled: Pnktr, mul sin: ships under Sir eorp . -
ner. ln all I].
From hence it appears, thu the French hm : "
sustel'nnity, -b--th in number and gctcdnesl of ship!
ss l'h: Frmch ships, immediately f-ctom Europe. I
be better found (a sad phrase, which lum