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The Virginia Gazette from Williamsburg, Virginia • Page 2

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Williamsburg, Virginia
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Tarliamextf Oicdd gran'tingfuai tliat'toWh, ipftcadf, upbcdicnqs All meeting arc wie 4 iovertv nf th irrnhn find tpthI1 thp frthhhrt rabblekprefs for the authority of the mo 'prtswBch are to admit cF no xport or; ther country; rand its Parliament; import dui io aim mm i iuua ana: is houiekeeDersand traders lcem to oe, ory. ooukiiuwuu uj i flncelfelyiroiiilble with ybu and friendY' ia America to choofc two ofthc deriry each again to the treafurcrs reinilarlv appdmK Another letter, irom the lame place, the Commons to chbofe" two lav tdahd therefore thev choofc not to pay fays: JLThc Amcncan afcairs now 'j 41 men ia each county, to repretent the them to.this new one wiucn is cenainiy to a very gioomy aiptxt. ogvcrn 'Ldfda and' romrnnn in 'that'cbnntv i for accordinir to meat fecin relolved to enforce the late zfaA 5 and borbuglis cr li tojtlea two citizens hoId Mh a. better; 1 4 i may perhaps involve you in" calamitiei to impair to JYeftefavtherB was a'nnmerbusmeet of a civil war' viv.wt a tc fiitk lum' andi te'cbungl, as concerned in the American at Nonews from the Parliament' only that 'well on the government or tbe iand or theiiino 's Arms tavern i orniuu, agree tranipons arc nura ip cany rcgraicnuj as tnctaid and lupport ot tne able to apunucK mmmonsrromine caair 10 Aincnca jraim uwup um zv giuuuip. igsvwiS; manlAt twelveloclcj IrVjLanc are ordered, for your coaflsj as Jvifecl took ihcxhairV when Ihe bulincfs was yon in my :4 y.

r. i opened tyMr. In a very able man TheSpeirs, Cipt Lufki.ixv 9eek fromi lare traiQjOt aruUcry, iano, two which me comiucrauou or tuc siincuiau ngianuycucitsiiuwuuuiciiuv.ju, Orders tr fent. down to )Pbrtfmouth for, papers had been referred on Thurfdaylaft; Deaths, Tames, lUtrQUR, the Falkland floob of' war to hold.herfclf that as the Houfe had' appointed a fepa Little En dand. near Hampton reaainew.

to lauvrjor jioicon? wnn ex raie commnice iv twmua wi uiciuci uiu4 ior juiq uuww uuwjra vu prefTes'tojGeiieral 1 petition, Iiearing of their evidence before London, to. whom he was mofi: faithfn It is faidthata detkehmeit of the Royal: that committee was rtfuVatory unnecefla feryant and executed his trait with the i i ri tij xf Vr fetting forth tlut the petition pf tho arriyed jii James rivcrj bfl. merchants, had been pre whom we. learn that; the Bo wmw, fTay irinHJicQWinffweJiear, anexact, lented, to tlie iiouieot commons on mpn or, got taic iwrne uays pauagc. JL liu Bofton.

Efq; at" an agent? Artulery, wui loon be tor wpiton ry, ana precmaea uicm nom ineie aavan eaie ana pomeneis oaiUreniiepwi? ExtmofjdierfrorriQh 7mz tages wjych tliey hoped to receive from a was aij agreeable ja (teady; fX)rder the pmniif proper confideration of their peUtioft, friend, had a yeryr humane, and pcneyolent: ftis" dockyard the Serjeant enlarged thereon, and in heart, no man wiiled better, to the foUowmjy floops tobete fomied the company that after due de caufe of America or had a higher fenfe cf; eft eipe4tion; forfci 14 nins, liberation, he thoughtit expedient to pro liberty general ephyr6f jp the of pofe a mouonfor leave to withdraw a peu guns the tormer isto be htted at tins tion, wnicn lie conceiveq was tne moit iwwutiwk jrcyiuiwvimiwjpu port, and tbe wg latter at Sheerne Scc to Prefident, Richard Henry Lee, George Is faid tliey are to go nicrica fliow. their, fenfe of the reception of the Wafliington, Patrick Henry, jliclwd eMQhmentiPf marines cpnlimng To.tlus refolution many ftrong objecli rentueion, zjquires, vwgaiesjromws; orlvate men. are ordei ed to mai'ch from mealiire would, as it were in the beirin Gentlemen. this divilion to; Portimouth. in order to mnp ot tlie eno arement.

be retreatini?" 11 nave it in command. trom tlio embark ibr; America' fpm the fervice, and thereby give the freejiolder. of Augufta county, by 'fw Miniltry that advantage whicii they 10 their committee, Jielpthe ti lb" 'i'U ''ince my Jafl a9 order, has been re mucji.wiflied for, and be. the inftrument aryf to prefent you with grateful, acki ceived to get ready 250 marines for em of difcouraging other manufaduruig towns nowletlgements of thanks for the prudent oarisaqoiv. yj "uicy iiye nyi irom lepamg uu ucuuuns ranidiiieni aiiu nooie cxeruons or me ragui r.

number an tney are unaer uie 1 ne ODjeaions were rainy ana qenoeraieiy lies wun wmcn tieaven nas enaowea you, 1 necejnty liraugnung inem ironnne aebatea, wnen a mouon was maae mat in ine cauie or uoeny ana or eyeryinuig rii ivvh 1 the previous queiuon be put, when a very that men ought to hold lacred attheiate, juiTei, one the pay clerks here, great majority appeared in favour of it. General Congrefs; a conduct fo nobly inr is appointed a purfer of the Otter (loop of Mr. Iderman Kirkman then propofed terefthi, that it muft command, that trh war and 'Mr Lucas purfer of the Merlin that the committee fliould withdraw and bute ofapplaufe, not only from this, butf Aoopj whichfloops are ordered for com preface a petition to the Houfe of (Horn fucceeding May that facred flame. miilion immediately. that they would not enter that has iUuminated your minds, andinflu 1 any refolutions on the American papers enced your conduct, in projecting and conr ed tp it ftut for lea vith expedition, laid before until the merchants be curnng in fo many falutary determinations mr III A A 1." mrmsl i mt Tm rXr.W MKnJt4l 4 Ua mm4 4.

A l.lAvf 1 .1 ii 1. 1 1 1 11 tw i een on Monday laft. A motion was made, ever continue to direct your conduct, piedjff.clito rgmoiiit Admiral Young tp the and feconded, that a petition be immedi the lateft period of your lives May lie commaftd pf lis Majeity at Barbae ately drawn and figued, and prefented thi? bright example be fairly trahferibed on the dos Thomas "Pumerux. Efq; to the com day, which was unammouny anTeed to. hearts and reduced into nradice by every of the Portland, Benjamin Mar The committee then brought in a petition, Virginian, by every American, May our 'Francis Grant which, being, three dnies read, was unani hearts be open to receive and buv arni Gordon fq; to the Argus JamesRead moufly approved of, rand directed to be ftrong to defend that liberty and freedom, Efq; to the Carcafe, Wilfiam Barnaby, figued immediately, and prefented to the the gift of Heaven, now.

bamflung from its Efq; to the Merlin, and Matthew Squires, Houfe of Commons this day at one o'clock. Jaft retreat in Europe. Here let it be hofuk the Otter Of all the. American5 papers given into tably entertained, me very breaftj there let It wasyefterday reported, that General the Houfe of Commons, by Lord North, it take deep root, and flouriih in eyerlafting Gafjc vas (not being violent" none appeared fo obnoxious to government bloom that under its benign influence, enough) and that General MKay was to as that ftiled A league and covenant and the virtuoufly free may enjoy fecure repofc, fucceed him, and that two other general it is faid the crown lawyers have given it and Hand forth the fcourge and terrqur officers were to be.fent alfo. as their opinion, that all the Boltonians of tyranny and tyrants, of every ordean Major General Howe is one of tlie general who limned it have committed an overt denomination, till time (bail be no officers who is talked of to take upon liim act of high treafon Be pleafcd Gentlemen to accep of their a command in North America.

Private letters from Holland mention, grateful fenfe of vour important fervices, The iytii regiment of light dragoons, that there' had been (hipped from thence and of their ardent prayers for the belt in commaiided by Majpr General Prefton, is to America a va(t quantity of fire arms tercit of this once happy country; ami i ordered to embark (or Bofton, at Corke, and ammunition and that the exporters vouchsafe. Gentlemen, to accept of the oerore me rauer cna or jrcoruary but not taKe 111 return the produce ot that country, lame trom your molt humble fcrvants, Elliot's light a mentioned in fomc and cairy on a coiif 'Thomas' Lewis,.

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