The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-02-17 00:00:00, page 5

SUPPLEMENTfss-siss.
L O N D () N, Descmlu'r to .
R . E. B . inhis li-ccth on Nlonday lull,
on the amendment of the address,
amongst other hunlorons rede,-ctions which
he made on Adminish'zuiun 's buoying up the
new members, by telling them the address
was nothin but a vote of" compliment,
compared luch conduct to adeligning dis
sipated lover, who, under the show of the
most honourable solicitations , first shueezes
his mistress': hand, then asks her to take
a turn in the Park, next an eXCursion in
the country, and so on, ,flep by step, till
he dishonours her, and brings her in- the
end to such a state that what Was original—
ly her misfortune becomes at last her shame
and dis-frere. , "
Mr. siurke, in the same speech, menti—
oning the present simation- of America,
drew a fine allegorical picture ot'thut coun
try,whichhecom arcdtoafuneral. 'l'mde
and commerce, te said, were the pall
bearers ; the principal merchants and tra
dcrs wcresichiesmmu'ncrs, the W'est lndian
aml Asrican merchants closed the proces
sion; whth the army and navy, at a dis
tance, looked on in gloomy silenec at ib
melancholy a sicht.
An ctingeniousctlyarber at present living in
Norwich, as a method to enforce the fash—
ion of wearing wigs , and consequently draw
benefit to himself , lately put tip alarge well
painted sign, the (For; of which is dlz/alom
filstenezl by the hair oj'hi; head to a tree, and
_70ab plun'ging his javelin into his bosom ; at
a distance, King David is seen lamenting his
loss, and exchuming,
O Absalom, my son! my son!
' Had'st thdu but, worn a peruke, thou
had'st not been undone. si
Yestersiday "morning a bill of indictment
Will-I Prelcnlcu Lo lllc Ul'ulm si'ulss lus I-llC
county osMiddle-sex, atHicks'shali, against
the Dutchesir of Kingsion for felony, in
marry-ing the late-Duke of Kingston, at
the time she was actually the Wife of the
Hsson. Abgushuss Harvey, when the jury
'found the bill to be a true bill; in conse
quence os which she must appear to take
her trial at the Old Bailey as & t'elon, or an
outlawry will issue against her.
_' e Ministers, it is said, are much of
fended with General Gage ; they certainly
have great reason, for he has molt griev
oufly dishppointcd them. They had great
hopes of throwing the blame upon him;
but. he, acting upon the desefltive, has
thrown it upon them.
We hear that a late protest has 'ven
more uneasificss to a great person than the
"whole of the city addresses put together.
The latter he only bore his part in,' as they
remoustrated ax ainil: government in gene
ral _: this he scei ctperlunzdlsiy.
A celebrated Lady has disposed of all her
moveable eflects in this kingdom, with &
sidesign osendiug her days on the continent;
on' which accoussnt, it is expected-, an out
law will take place without opposition.
T ley write from Gibraltar, that a
Spanish srigat of 28 guns had been board
ed in the hlediterranean by three Moorish
cmisers,- who, astcrsiinhnmanly murdcring
fill the crew, sunk the vellel.
Des. 16. . Yesterduy Lord Lvttlcton
made & second motion in the House of
Lords sm- opcning the doors to the mem
bers of' the House of Conmmm, the sons
:md brothcryos Pecrs , I'eers of Ircl-simd :md
Scotland, " and to so many of the publick
at large as should be introduced hv English
Pecrsi, each Lo*'d to have the prisstilcgc os
introducing om- pvrsim. The Duke nt'
blunchctlrr sc-condcd the motion, which,
With infinite pleasure VVC (":ttl :thuuint the
publich, was carried. [low highly are
We indebted to the :lbilities and (".uulourol'
this' young noble-man. the cmsilic-ll exertion
ut whoso power has been directed to a
point so truly constitutiona], and so con—
listent with the wilhes of every friend to
this country ! si "
HUUSF, OF COZJRIONS.
'i'he Spcuker took the chztir at three
quarters past two o'clock.
Mr. Grny moved for the order of the
day, for the House to go into a committec
to consider of so much us an act passed in ss
the last sesiions as relates to the exporta
tion ofutensils made use osin the woollen
manusacture. The Speakcr accordingly
lest his chair, and Mr. Bootlc peing seatcsid
as chuirman, he read the motion, which.
was, " that so much of the act as made it
" . felony to export the said utensils should
" be repczded."
Mr. Fullcr proposed an ambmhudnt,
which being made, and the motion again
read, Mr. Van urusc, and up osed the re—
pealing it; he said, we ougllzt to be ca'u
tious, particularly at this tune, how we
allowed any thing to be sent to the colo
nies which respeCted our tradc.
He was answered vch full by Mr. Saw
bridgc, who observecct, t at it was the
greate-!}: absurdity imagmfablc to hinder the
exportation of any utenhls made use of in
trade ', for if the utensils were not suffered
to be exported, and the n'adc abroad could
not be carried on without them, the next.
step was, the mmufacturer would go
abroad himself; that if'we hindered them
from exporting wssooL-c ARDS , they would
export wire, and make the sicards abroad ;
if we hindered the exportation ssos wire,
they would expert iron, and make, the
wire abroad; therefore, he was sorry to
say'ic, that the legiflature osthis country
had been, for several sesiions past, making
laws on purpose to drive the ampnfacturen
from hence .
-- , . 1. A! .. -
lVls- V M al[emPI-cu "] lecr'tussr'. DaVV*
brid'ge, but it wot in (7) feeble a manner
that he was taken no notice of. ,
, The question 'was-thensiput, " That it.
is the o nlion of. this connpittee _ t' so
much of an act. passed in the last efflona as
relates to the exportation of utensils made
use of in the woollen manusactures be I E
FEALED," which pallbd in the affirmative.
The House then adjourned to this day.
WIL LIAMSBURG, February 17.
AT a meeting of the Govemours and
Viiiters of William and Mary college
velterda , Ronsx'r BJNELLEY, Esquire,
of Blan eld, in Essex, wan chosen a mem
ber in the room of the Hon. ]ohn Page,
Esq; deceased. ,
The whole proceeding! of the Continen
tal Congress arrived in London the 14th
of December.
Extract of a letter fi-om .a Gentleman at Nor
folk, ,to the Printer, dated the 14th
instant.
" You may confidently-assure the pub
lick, that the New York Assembly has
adopted and approved all the proceeclings
ofthe Contincntal Congresiz, complimented
thc members of it Upon their abilities and
good conduct , and returned them thanks for
the eminent services theyhave remleredto
t heircountrssv . They have likewise appointed
the same. Gentlemen to attend the Con
gresh in May next, as Dclc ates from their
provinee, and have thanke them for their
former conduct,
" We have a vesl'c-lsijnst arrived from
New York, which lms brought usthe whole
proceeding-s of the New York Assembly,
signed by their Speulwr. In m) opinion,
Rivingsiton lus behzn'ul molt liunnlzzloully,
by ('oncezding the cunsc ol'the lirst vote of
tlsin llonse, which was only objec'u-(l to be—
fool}: it was f()-'l calls}! in the li'llion to fill;
the motion; for \\l1cn it was again pro
pol'ul, after the House had gone through
ilu- l-nlinclk, i: pussul maw-1. cssw.
" Our slippci szz>s that a \eslcls10m
()lJsgUH :"sii'nul at New 'Yoxk the 241 Of
thi s instant, hav ino- ;: conlideruble quantity
of goods on lz0u1d3b1tt that she was 0!
(qul instantly away, and had only 24houis
allowed hu to take in water, a vessel at
tending- all the time to see her despatehed.
'lhis prm 05, I think, in spite of a most
violent party there for GOVemment, that
the bulk of the people are firm friends to
Amcrican liberty , and determined to stand
by the glorious cause." ss
[Dian-lages}? William Dandrldgc, Esi]; _*
of King VV liam, to Mrs CHAMlzl-_
LAYNF, osNcw Kcnt. _
Dan/n.] lsAAC Enysiblos', ?; Au—
ditox General of the provifiee North
Caiolina, and Rep rest-smart" m Assemtfly ' ct
foi the town of Newbei'ii, shhis27th year ,
Mr. PURctnlxsi
RlCllMOND county, SAB'INct'E'si: m
Feb. ] 1775. .
F ] am obliged to .Tait, the adv
turer in 3 (31: work ,
person, for twelve sack! of msarlflssysso
ed for me at Hobb's Hole frsiom N
I shouid 11 He been glad of alettcr
ing the same, as I never sat: to ;
go:- one thing (weep;;-a small )box ss ,.
I read the Bostciiimpm' tWT )ca si
icmes, wluchl _ si'
try what necessity could do at in ' si
rather than deal with those (whetsifiessr
rents or not) who will not SM -'
equality' in freedom, w hich in ce "(But
only golden rule on which any
jnshce can be sounded. Such a lette,
from Mr. Taic to me as chairmannj
count mcommittee would havccnabledm
to do's under t jushcek scmpto
deserve; and if it communicated
price os the salt, [might pOWY
served him in oint ofprosits. si" .
As to mysesi , I do not_asit sent ssss .
want. felt,; but, neverthele , Isi ss' '
desire to phy'for ii, not ' ,(si.
have, on nial, heenpble to eoM' ? -
the sedge and marshes llon m w - ,
quarters, sometimes in'a (fly (Fell, sisictss
a very high tide, and m hot suni, ct sssi
water, evcn bushels ofinaustectd or .
lated salt, which shoutgh impurewsisidsi ,
usesul, and might be made more so:
but a common process. it seems upside
late now to be informed by Mr.
the above particulan, ere}; if he "
fore advcrnsed suchsi hisintedtioni,f '
as he brought his work to adegfsiee'f '
fection; but I hope no; anypqsl,
that very mustard seeclin strain ,jsiss
may now-.cssall it, Ilon ,eacs ,W' ,
operate as a prece ent, and (is M
reduce branches lar e enough for!
Fowl—1 of the air to buifi such nests filsisifi
cause not at first cto posed) which ma
destroy this only laurof freedom, Ann
RICA, if it is not now resisted with firm
ness and sssirlr. ' -
Being ust stepped in as it were, Vfflli
one sen xble proof ofthe certain effect (I
necelllty, lNssVENTlON, permit me, Pur—
tlie, to tell the Gentleman who hintecl the
making molosses, &c. from Punckins, as
they nrelcnlled, that the late Presidcnt
Cor-ter was always fond of a beer made
from them, at least 50 years ago. From
the same usc, then, to which molosses is
generally put, the making .molosses
from Pnnekins must only be arzmonul but
& vcrv fcafible suggestion. Now to show
that the making molusscs on she comment
may he a thing easily effected, Imust bcg
leznct'c to thron in my mite towards pro-si
curing; so necessary a comeniencc to life.
Some vczn's ago, when my late brother
(lol. Csisilz'fct'r, osh'ing Georgmlivecl at Stan
{lend, ] made him ;{ visit once in the
nuzulh of Julsig late; 'When ]. wsizs enter