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Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document <h5>Page 1</h5> THE VIRGINIA GAZETTE OR THE NORFOLK INTELLIGENCER. THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1775. NUMBER 47. UNI AEQUUS VIRTUTI ATQUE EJUS AMICIS. – HOR. <div> <h6>Column 1</h6> MOSCOW, JANUARY 23. ON Saturday last the 21st instant, the rebel Pugatcheff and four of his ac- complices were executed according to their sentences. Pugatcheff and his principal associate named Persilieffe were beheaded, and three others were hanged; eighteen were beheaded and knouted and sent to Siberia. Pugatcheff’s head is fixed to an iron spike over a wheel on which his body and Persilieff’s are placed: and his limbs are exposed in four different parts of the town, where they are to remain till to- morrow; when, it is said all the bodies are to be burnt together with the scaffold. LONDON, FEBRUARY 17. LORD North presented the AMERICAN RE- STRAINING BILL; his Lordship declar- ed that as the Americans had refused to trade with this kingdom, it was but just, that we should not suffer them to trade with any other nation. That the restraints of the act of navi- gation, were their charter; and that the seve- ral relaxations of that law, were so many acts of grace and favour; which when the colonies ceased to merit, it was but reasonable that the British legislature should recal. In particular he said, that the fishery on the banks of New- foundland and the other banks, and all the others in America, was the undoubted right of Great Britain. Therefore we might dispose of them as we pleased. That although the two Houses had not de- clared all Massachusetts’s Bay in rebellion, they had declared, that there is a rebellion in that province. It was just therefore to deprive that province of its fisheries. That in the province of New-Hampshire, there was still a governor and a government; but government was weak in that colony, and a quantity of powder had been taken out of a fort there by an armed mob. Besides the vi- cinity of that province to Massachusetts’s Bay was such, that if it were not added, the pur- pose of the act would be defeated. Rhode-Island he stated not to be in a much better situation than Massachusett’s-Bay; that several pieces of cannon had been taken up there, and carried up in to the country; and that they were arraying their militia, in order to march into any other colony in case it should be at tacked; and this could, in the present circum- stances, be for no good purpose. That from Connecticut had marched a large body of men in to the Massachusetts’s, on a re- port, that the soldiery had killed some people in Boston; and thought this body had returned on finding the falsity of that report, an ill dis- position had been shown, and that this colony was in a state of great disorder and confusion. To this, he added, that the river Connecti- cut afforded the inhabitants of that colony an opportunity of carrying on the fishery. The same might be said of the port of Rhode-Island: and as the same argument of vicinity might be applied to both those province as well as to New-Hampshire; in order to prevent the de- feating of the act, they also ought to be in- cluded in the prohibition to fish and trade. His Lordship having laid open the rigorous part of the plan, declared that he was not averse to admitting such alleviations of the act as would not prove destructive of its great object. 1st. Therefore, he would move it only as temporary, to the end of this year and to the next session of parliament. 2dly. He would permit particular persons to be excepted, on certificates from the go- vernor of their good behaviour; or upon their taking a rest of acknowledgement of the rights of parliament. The bill was opposed with great spirit by </div> <div>class=”column”> <h6>Column 2</h6> Governor Johnstone, Sir George Saville, Lord J. Cavendish, Mr. John Johnstone, Mr. Tho. Townsend, Mr. Burke, and several other gentlemen. Governor Johnstone said, that the proposi- tion was absurd and cruel; absurd, because it took away tradesmen from our colonies now, which, those who understood trade must know, we should not be able to transfer to ourselves, when it was taken from them. That God and nature had given that fishery to New, and not to Old England. That when it was once destroyed, we should not be able it to those from whom it was thus violently taken; because the little capital, the vessels and implements of fishermen (many of them poor) were only kept up by constant re- turns of profit: When the profits failed, the capital and implements would not be restored. That France, who was sufficiently alert at taking advantages, would come in for a part at least of the benefits of which we thus thought proper to deprive our own people. It was cruel, he said, in the highest degree and beyond the example of hostile rigor. That a maritime people always drew a consi derable part of their immediate sustenance from the sea. This bill therefore would be inhu- manly to starve a whole people, except such as a governor should think it proper to favor. That this partial permission must give rise to unjust preference, monopoly, and all sorts of jobbs. He said he had served in the navy the whole of the last war. he had in his eye se- veral captains, who had cruised off the ememies coasts during the whole war, and he appealed to them for the truth of what he asserted, that it was a constant rule in the service to spare the fishing craft, thinking it savage and barbarous to deprive poor wretches of their little means of livelihood, and the miserable village-inha- bitants of a sea coast of their daily food. Sir George Saville, with great pleasantry, happily exposed the idea of depriving a whole province of its subsistence, because a rebellion we know not where, nor by whom, is lurking in it; and then punishing a second province, because it is next door to rebellion; a third, because it would be doing nothing if you let them escape; and a fourth, because otherwise ministry could not square their plan. He then took it up in a serious light, and said, that he had heard with pleasure many young mem- bers speak with much ability on this occasion. They all had apologized for their want of ex- perience in this business. That he was obliged to consider and apologize for himself, as a very YOUNG member of parliament, “This ”will appear (said he) very strange to those ”who know I have sat a great many years ”in this House. it is true I have carried ”through may turnpike bills, several drain- ”ing bills, a multitude of navigations, and ”inclosures without number; but I am now ”come quite a novice to the ways and ”means for the ruin of trade and com- ”merce, and the dismemberment of a great ”empire.” He then entered, at large, and with great precision, into the general argu- ment. Sir W. Meredith spoke next, and expressed great sorrow and surprise, that the Honor- able Gentlemen should call the rebellion in American a justifiable rebellion, since it was the laws which they resisted; and he (Sir George) had consented to the declaratory act, which asserts a right in Parliament to make laws to bind America in all cases whatsoever The power of God himself was bounded with- in the limits of strict justice; a power to bind, in all cases whatsoever, had never been claim- ed by the greatest tyrant upon earth, nor by any earthly power, before the declaratory act. He thought therefore the Hon. Gentleman should move a repeal of the declaratory act, and of every act that he thought injurious to </div> <div class="”column”"> <h6>Column 3</h6> the freedom of America, before he exhorted the Americans to bring on themselves, their families, and their country, all the horrid consequences of a rebellion. That three times in the space of a few years, the Americans had thrown the whole trade of Great-Britain into confusion; that it had better be given up than preserved on their conditions. Life itself was not worth keeping in a state of uncertain- ty and fear. Things were now brought to a crisis. The conflict must be borne, and he hoped would never end, but in relinquishing our connections with America, or fixing them on a sure and lasting basis. As to the propo- sal of stopping the fisheries, whatever distress it might bring on the Americans, they had no reason to complain. It was no more than they had begun to practice themselves. They had taken a resolution, as far in them lay, to ruin our merchants, impoverish our manufacturers, and starve all the West-India islands. To them therefore it can only be said, _______Non Lex hac justior ulla, Quam necis artifices arte perire sua. The bill was read a first time and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday. Feb. 21. We hear the following resolution was carried in the Committee on American papers last night, by a majority of 274 to 88. That it is the opinion of this Committee that when the Governor, Council, and Assem- bly, or General Court, or any of his Majesty’s provinces or Colonies in America, shall pro- pose to make provision, according to the con- dition, circumstances and situation of such pro- vince or colony, for contributing their propor- tion to the common defence (such proportion to be raised under the authority of the General Court or general Assembly of such Province or Colony, and disposeable by Parliament) and shall engage to make provision also for the sup- port of the civil government and the admini sStration of justice in such Province or Colony, it will be proper, if such proposal be approved by his Majesty and the two Houses of Parlia- ment, or for so long as such provision shall be made accordingly, to forbear, in respect of such Province or Colony, to levy any duty, tax, or assessment, or to impose any further duty, tax, or assessment, except only such duties as it may be expedient to continue to levy or to impose for the regulation of commerce, the neat produce of the duties last mentioned to be carried to the account of such Province or Colony respectively. Lord N_____grounded the expediency of a motion of this kind, on certain articles of news from America, to which he gave the appella tion of proposals; and said he could not but listen to proposals which might so infallibly direct the operations of distributive justice. It had been objected, as the extreme of cruelty, to blend the innocent with the guilty in the ap- portioning of necessary punishment; by giving therefore, the well affected provinces an op- portunity of testifying their loyalty, the parent state might shew indulgence, yet not relax one tittle from her asserted rights of sovereignty; this was to act with firmness, though with pru- dential caution also; it was to unit the wisdom of deliberation with that attention to conse- quences so highly necessary at this important epoch of political events. Nor was lenity dis regarded by the minister. The house was given to understand, that although when the dignity of government required a spirited and a determined exertion, he would go every length in support of that dignity, yet when healing measures were at all compatible with the public welfare, no man int hat august as- sembly could wish more fervently for the adop- tion of such measures. A suspension of the American acts would afford a convincing proof of such a disposition in those who participated of the government of this country; a suspen- sion on the terms proposed by demonstrating </div> <h5>Page 2</h5> <div class="Column”"> <h6>Column 1</h6> the lenity of Great-Britain, might work a change of mind in the most refractory; or if they continued obstinate in error, and harden- ed in contumacy, then would government be entirely acquitted in the eye of every unpreju- diced person, let the consequences prove ever so calamitous.____The troops however to re- main till the final result of the colonies be known, and all military and naval perpara- tions at this side of the water in the mean time to be suspended. LONDON, FEBRUARY 18. At a very numerous meeting of independent merchants and traders of the city of London, yesterday at the Lon- don Tavern, it was unanimously agreed to contribute to the relief of the Americans; a subscription was opened, and in less than half an hour 1 [illegible, creased], oool. was subscribed. In the letter from Lord D--more, Governor of Virgi- nia, brought into the H-of L---s on Tuesday last, by Lord D---mouth, there is the following paragraph, which created no small amusement, at least among the minority L---s: ”That he (Lord D—more) was much obliged to Lord D---mouth for his repeated assurances of government, but he was afraid it would avail him nothing, as the very name of government was held in the greatest contempt, and the greater part of them (the Virginians) would accept of no protection of that kind.” The intelligence which is said to have arrived on Tues- day last from Boston, but more particularly that received from Lord Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, has thrown the ministry into the greatest consternation: and they are now said, to be more at a loss to know what measures to take than ever. A scene of greater confusion, misrule, and injustice, cannot be conceived, than is described in a letter of Lord Dunmore’s dated December 24, as now prevailing in the province of Virginia:____Committees are appointed in every county to enforce what they call the laws of the Congress, and exercising higher powers in visiting private houses, and calling persons before them, than were ever practiced by any legal government in Europe. Armed companies are raised in every country there, to enforce the orders of these committees, and in some places the men are sworn in, directly in defence of the legal prero- gative of the Crown. The courts of justice are shut, merely because a bill for settling the fees happened to be lost with other bills, when their assembly was dissolved last summer. But it is fairly to be supposed, that the true reason is, to aggravate and inflame the clamour at home, by preventing the legal demands of creditors here from being determined in their courts. Lord Dunmore apprehends that such violences may spread themselves, by the general disorder which they must occasion. It is to be wished, adds our correspondent, that the parliament would order this most remarkable letter to be printed, as it will convince every order of men in this country what part they are to take, when such iniquitous proceedings prevail in every part of the dominions of the Crown of Great-Britain. Let it be observed, that Virginia has no reason to complain; their charter has not been touched; they have paid no duty on tea, and yet they have been amongst the foremost in throwing off their constitutional dependence on this country, without provocation, and at the risk of involving their own province in riots and con- fusion. Part of Lord North’s speech on American affairs. Parliament cannot divest itself of the right of taxation in every part of the empire, because it may become necessary to demand assistance and supply from every corner of it. The colonies complain that parliament is ignorant of their true state; but this is only a specious pretence: let them first tax themselves, and then it will be seen whether suspension of taxation accompanies their contribution. The proposition I have now the honour of offering to the committee, is no dishonorable concession, because, in the present condition of things, the mother country, in the moment of victory over them, would de- mand no more: we are not treating with enemies, nor wishing to take any advantage of them; but only to set- tle a dispute between subject and subject, on a lasting foundation. it may likewise be objected, that America pays enough already; but I beg leave to remind the com- mittee, that the subjects of Britain now pay 1,800,000 l. yearly, to discharge the interest on the debt contracted last war, our conquest in which, left the colonies in a state of ease and security. Again it may be said, will you treat with rebels? I am not inclined to suspend our mili- tary operations by sea and land, until they submit to the laws. Whether any colony will come into these terms I know not; but I am sure it is both just and humane to give them the option. If one of them consents, a link of the great chain is broken. If not, which possibly may be the case, and that they shall make no offer whatever or none that we can with any propriety accept, this con- duct of theirs, must convince men of justice and huma- nity at home, that our dispute with America is not about modes of taxation, but that they have deeper views, and mean to throw off all dependence upon this country, and to get rid of every control of the legislature, I hope at least this will not lessen our unanimity at home, though I never expect to see that unanimity so much to be wished for, on a matter of this importance. Every impartial person will admit, that the minister, by making the parliament take such contradictory reso- lutions that might occasion them, hath let down the dig- nity of parliament to the lowest degree, and rendered the legal authority of the nation ridiculous. Hath not the minister shewn thereby, to the whole kingdom, that he is absolute master of the parliament, and can make the members of it jump backwards and forwards, like a par- cel of spaniels over a stick, just as he pleases? What a contemptible idea must the people of England, from such inconsistent proceedings, entertain of their legislators? Is this a proper method of inducing the people to pay respect and obedience to legal authority: Is it not the ready way of rendering parliaments the scorn, contempt and derision of the people? It hath been long known that the ministers or the crown, by its unconstitutional influence </div> <div class="”column”"> <h6>Column 2</h6> in parliaments have directed all the measures of it; but then they took care to preserve some shew of parliamen- tary decency in their proceedings, and never did till now total throw off the mask, and expose the corrupt sub serviency of the house to the ridicule of the kingdom. The motion made by Lord North on Monday, makes great speculation; it is held forth by the friends of ad- ministration as an act of grace, or great condescention, on the side of government, while those in the opposition laugh at it as the offspring of folly and weakness: Reports say, the motion originated between the premier and a great law lord, who are afraid of impeachment, in case matters are pushed to extremity. The friends of Ame- rica imagine all that is meant, is, by hanging out the false colours, to divide the provinces: people of no party wish for a reconciliation between the mother country and America, on fair and equitable terms for both, as it must be acknowledged there have been faults committed on both sides; and the sooner matters are made up, the better, as an American war will be fatal to both, even if other powers were to take no advantage from this civil war: but the present plan is too ambiguous and equivocal to expect any benefit from it. Lord N----has now deserted the cause he so warmly espoused; for what reason it is difficult to say; however his conduct is much censured. Britain may now give up all hopes of retaining the colonies under any subjection. The Americans will, it is now supposed, now, when their rebellious acts have succeeded so well, soon shake off the yoke altogether: Then farewel to the glory and happi- ness of Great-Britain. The blustering of the minister and his friends hath ended in smoak, and the mountain has brought forth a mouse. The ruinous and ill digested system of American politics has at length given place to the dictates of com- mon sense and of sound policy. Last week the Ameri cans were rebels and were to be treated as such. This week it is found out that it is cruel to make the innocent suffer with the guilty, although thousands of innocent people have been ruined for the acts of an unknown mob at Boston. About a fortnight ago Lord Chatham’s plan for a reconciliation with America, was treated with the greatest contempt by the friends of the ministry, and not suffered so much as to lie on the table.____only because it was Lord Chatham’s. Now Lord North has in effect brought in the same plan which is declared to be the best of all possible plans---because it is Lord North’s. The noble Lord gave out in the house that he was still as firm and resolute as ever, but that he was now to temper his firmness and resolution with prudence and moderation. It is amazing to see with what facility the well trained troops obeyed the command of their general, next week if their leader shal think proper to return to his old sys- tem, with him [llegible, creased] Proteus like they will again change and nothing will be heard amongst them but delenda est America. How this great salvation has been brought about many are the conjectures. Some allege that Lord Dun- more, who is not courtier enough, like the other gover- nors, to feed the ministry with vain hopes and delusions, had represented the state of Virginia in its true colours, which opened the eyes of the people in power. Lord Camden was sent for to court last week, where he had not been for some years, and closeted with the ____for three hours. It is supposed he had represented those facts, which it is too often the aim of courtiers to disguise and conceal. What figure think you will these disputes make in history? for my part I am of opinion that suc- ceeding ages will look upon them and the conduct of par- liament as fiction and romance. Feb. 21. Yesterday about a quarter past four o’clock, in the House of Commons, the Lord Mayor got up in his place, and moved that the proceedings of that house of the 17th February, 1769, might be read, which being done, some other extracts which his Lordship called for, were likewise read. He then made an excellent speech upon what he called pro- ceedings unjustifiable, illegal, and unwarrant- able; and moved, that the resolution of the 17th February, 1769. which declares, “that John Wilkes, Esq; having been in this present session of parliament expelled this house, was, and is incapable of being elected a member to serve in this parliament” be expunged from the journals of this house, as subversive of the rights of the whole body of electors of this kingdom. Mr. Serjeant Glynn seconded the motion, and then a general debate ensues, in which Lord North, the honourable Charles Fox, Colonel Fitzroy, Sir George Saville, the Attorney and Solicitor General, Colonel Barre, Mr. Burke, Mr. Wallace, the two Mr. Grenvilles, Mr. Onflow, Mr. Adair, Captain Luttrell, and several others, were speakers. The arguments were warm, and to the point. Most of the speakers were in favour of the motion, and plainly proved that the book of numbers does not prove that those who divide with the majority always think with them. Several who spoke, rose more than once. The question was repeatedly attempted to be put, but was as often prevented by new speakers rising. A little after twelve, however, “the question, the question,” was so far the pre- vailing call, that it was put, and the house di- vided, when the numbers were For the motion, 171. Against it 239. The house was remarkably full by three o’clock, and no strangers were admitted; even peers sons were excluded; the Lord Mahon in particular waited at the door in vain near two hours. Feb. 23. This day Lord North’s very un- expected motion for conciliating the differences </div> <div class="”column”"> <h6>Column 3</h6> with America, by giving up the long contested point about the right of taxation, and allowing the Americans to tax themselves, to what ex- tent they should think proper, was reported to the House of Commons, and agreed to. Last week the dignity of parliament required that the Americans should be declared rebels and traitors: now that very same parliament hum- bly begs that these rebels will grant them a subsidy. What is more extraordinary still, no reason has been given, either in or out of the House, for this inconsistent conduct. On Friday evening, in the stable yard at a certain house, there was a private meeting of the Lords Bute, North, Mansfield, -G----d, &c. to consult about such measures as might put things on a better footing, as they were much divided in opinion the day before, in the Privy Council, on the bill of attainder, and the majority was against it. Every court engine is set to work to silence the city, and to prevent an address; but such is the honest spirit of the citizens that nothing can damp their zeal and truth, when embarked in a good cause. The intentions of the manufacturing people to come up give the town much uneasiness, for many are actually on the march towards St. James’s to remonstrate viva voce. Sir James Lowther and his friends have deserted the Ministry. This is a desertion of such a nature as greatly alarms. Some days ago, in the Warren of Woolwich, there was a call of men, to try who would voluntarily offer ther services in America; only one man offered, and he upon conditional terms, viz. that he should be pardoned an offence which he had committed. Also, out of 250 of Burgoyne’s light horse but 15 offered to serve in Ame9 rica; they also murmured and said, “they would not go to America to fight.” On Saturday evening the select committee finished the inquiry into the merits of the Bristol petition, and deter- mined the election to be in favour of Edmund Burke and Henry Cruger, Esquires. The report will be made this day. WLLIAMSBURG, APRIL 22 Last Thursday night Capt. Collins, with a party of men, belonging to the Magdalen armed schooner, buy command of Lord Dunmore, came to this city, form Burwell’s ferry, and privately removed out of the maga- zine, and carried on board said schooner, about twenty barrels of gunpowder belonging to this colony. The in- habitants were alarmed with the intelligence early yester- day morning, the Common Hall assembled, and the fol- lowing address was presented to the Governor. To his Excellency the Right Hon. JOHN Earl of DUN- MORE his Majesty’s Lieutenant Governor General, and Commander in Chief of the colony and dominion of VIRGINIA: The humble ADDRESS of the Mayor, Recorder, Alder- men, and Common Council of the city of Williamsburg. My Lord, WE his Majesty’s dutiful and loyal subject, the May- or, Recorder, Aldermen, and Common Council, of the city of Williamsburg, in Common Hall assembled, humbly beg leave to represent to your Excellency, that the inhabitants of this city were this morning exceeding- ly alarmed by a report that a large quantity of gunpow- der was in the preceding night, while they were sleeping in their beds, removed from the public magazine in this city, and conveyed, under an escort of marines, on board one of his Majesty’s armed vessels lying at a ferry on James river. We beg leave to represent to our Excellency, that as this magazine was erected at the public expence of this colony, and appropriated to the sale keeping of such mu- nition as should be there lodged from time to time, for the protection and security of the country by arming thereout such of the militia as might be necessary in cases of invasions and isurrections, they humbly conceive it to be the only proper repository to eb resorted to in times of imminent danger. We further beg leave to inform you Excellency, that, from various reports at present prevailing in different part of the country, we have too much reason to believe that some wicked and designing persons have instilled the most diabolical notions into the minds of our slaves, and that therefore the utmost attention to our internal security is become the more necessary. The circumstances of this city, my Lord, we consider as peculiar and critical. The inhabitants, from the situa- tion of the magazine, in the midst of their city, have, for a long tract of time, been exposed to all those dangers which have happened in many countries from explosions, and other accidents. They have form time to time, thought it incumbent on them to guard the magazine For their security they have, for some time past, judged it necessary to keep strong patriots on foot; in their pre= circmstances, then, to have the chief and necessary means of their defence removed, cannot but be extreme- ly alarming. Considering ourselves guardians of the city, we therefor humbly desire to ne informed by your Excellency, upon what motives, and for what particular purpose, the powder has been carried off in such a man- ner; and we earnestly entreat your Excellency to order it to be immediately returned to the magazine. To which his EXCELLENCY returned this verbal answer: THAT, hearing of an insurrection in a neighboring county, he had removed the powder from the ma- gazine, where he did not think it secure, to a place of perfect security; and that, upon his word and honour, whenever it was wanted on any insurrection, it should be delivered in half an hour; that he had removed it in the night time to prevent any alarm, and that Capt. Collins had his express commands for the part he had acted; he was surprised to hear the people were under arms on this occasion, and that he should not think it prudent to put powder into their hands in such a situation. To the merchants, and masters of vessles. Last Thursday th schooner Endeavor, Michael Dyer commander, was tried and condemned in the Court of Admiralty, for having taken on board Indian corn with- out having previously given a non-enumeration bond; </div> Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Ink on paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John H. Holt & Co. Title A name given to the resource The Virginia Gazette, or, The Norfolk Intelligencer Number 47, Thursday, April 17, 1775 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1775-04-17 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCNP2020.16 Subject The topic of the resource Newspapers--Virginia--Norfolk unique