The Virginia Gazette

This day, between 12 and 1 o'clock, a firing of cannon was heard by some people at York, supposed to be at or near Hampton.

Mr. PURDIE,

A GENTLEMAN from Norfolk having said, that he was assured lord Dunmore had written a letter to the hon. Richard Corbin, in which he expressed the sincerest regard for this country, and the most ardent wishes for a reconciliation, and had offered his services to the colony as mediator between her and Great Britain, and this gentleman's report being confirmed by some circumstances which have happened in Williamsburg and York, some people have been led from hence into a fond belief that his lordship is sincere, and that we may soon hope for an accommodation; but as to his sincerity, we all know how much dependence is to be put on that. We can recollect his professions of regard for our country before he laid his damnable plot with Conolly, and before he issued his more execrable proclamation. We all remember his professions when he sent his lady home in a little wretched leaky vessel, that she might appear to be flying from the vengeance of enraged savages. We remember his solemn protestations to our Assembly, when both Houses earnestly invited him to return to the seat of his residence. We remember this, and must be fools not to know that his lordship could not give a stronger proof of his aversion to an accommodation. What then has made this wonderful change in his lordship? Is it not possible that he may have received some hints of a recall, and may be struck with the difference between the figure he may cut upon his return, in case of an accommodation, and that of governor Penn? But on what are our hopes of an accommodation founded? The addresses and votes of Parliament leave no room for hope, and all reports tending to excite in us an expectation of PEACE should be suspected as so many plots to surprise us, and take us off our guard.