The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle — Portsmouth, N.H., 1773-05-07 00:00:00, page 3

We hear that Thomas Oliver, Esq; of Cambridge, is ap
pointed Judge of the Provincial Courts of Vice-Admiralty for
this Province and New-Hampshire.
We hear also, that his Majesty has been pleased to grant as a
Salary to Daniel Horfmanden, Est; Chief Justice of the Province
of New-York the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds S teriing, An
nually.
Monday, May 3,
His Majesty's Ship Sea Horse is arrived at St. John's (in
Antigua) from St. Vincent's, with Brigadier Dalrymple, Capt.
Chamberlaine, and Lieutenant Far'ley, of the 68th R egiment.
Capt Coulfon on his Passage took up the Crew of a French
Ship which had foundered, and brought them in with him.
We hear from Dedham, that 335 Persons have lately had
the Measles, in the Rev. Mr. Haven's Parish, and not one has
died ; but all have recovered to a good Measure of Health again.
Some of almost every age, between 60 YeArs and one Month,
have had the distemper.
Last Friday Afternoon arrived the Tartar Frigate from Ha
lifax. -And Yetterda'y arrived the Gafpee Brig from the
fame place, being a Vessel lately Commiffion'd in the Room of
one of the fame Name said to have been burnt at Providence,
some Time fincel
On Saturday failed from below for Halifax where they have
for some time remained Wind bound, his Majesty's Ship Cap
tain, with several other Men of War : also Capt. Symmes for
London, and a Number of Trading Vessels for different Ports.
We learn from Port au Prince, on Hispaniola, that a great
many counterfeit Piftoles had been brought into that Island and
circulated there, by some Traders from America ; that one of
the Offenders belonging to Rhode-Ifland had been convicted at
Cape Francois and set in the Pillory for it ; and that the French
Inhabitants in general were so exasperated on account of this
base Traffick, that an Englishman could scarce pass the Streets
Without being insulted.
The Cruiser Sloop of War, Capt. Howe, is arrived from this
Port.
We have now only his Majesty's Ships Fowey, Swan, Tartar,
Gafpee and Hallifaft armed Vessels in this Harbour, to protest
us from ourfehes.,
And if a Paragraph in the New-Port Mercury of last Mon
day be true, which fays, “ that Orders are arrived by the Packet
for a Number of Men of War on this Station to return to
England ; together with the Report of another Expedition to
Newport (after the Capital Ships lately gone to Halifax are
cleaned and fifed for Fighting ) we may possibly be left hill
more destitute of Naval Protection ; which however, we ima
gine, will not be much lamented by our Seafaring Brethren,
who are as much harraffed in coming in from Sea ( by Press-
Boats) as the) were when the Britilh Nation were atopen War
with their natural Enemies.
We hear that Capt. Calef, in the Ship London, fails for Lon
don, next Wedmefday, in whom go Pahengers Mr. Nathaniel
Wheatley, Merchant, and Phillis Wheatley, the ingenious
Negro POET.
Medfield, April 26, 1773.
Last Friday Evening we had very iharp Lightning ; it struck
our Powder-House, which is situated upon a Rock that is a little
elevated above the adjacent Ground. The House is built with
a square Roof with a Piece of Timber, which the Spars center
in at the Top, and rises a little above the End of the Spars:
The Lightning split that Piece and ran down upon one of the
Spars to a Post at the North Corner, which was split to Pieces,
and some Boards burst off the House ; it went down another
Spar on the South Side, to the Stud in which were placed the
Iron Hooks on which the Door was hung ; this was also split
and the Door burst open : It entered the Rock on both the
North and South Side, and shivered it considerably, leaving the
Appearance on thePieces, as if Stones blown withGunPowder.
The Powder was within about Two Feet of a Post on the North
Corner on which the Lightning went down, but received no
Damage.
Calvin, May 4.
One Evening, the Week before last, a Person unknown rode
tip to a Gentleman's House in Marblehead, knocked or called
for some Body to come to the Door, and immediately drove off,
leaving in the Entry, wrapped up in a Blanket, a lively, well
dreffed Male-Child, judged to be between two and three Years
old. It was sent to the Alms-House, to be taken Care of at
the Expence of the Town,as no Discovery could be made where
it came from, or who are the Parents.
DIED.]- --Last Thur fday, Mr. ROBERT PEELE, Taylor,
aged 6i.,--Alfo the Lme Day, Mr. NATAANIEL FOSTER,
aged 32 'ears.
At Boston, Mrs. Elizabeth Warren, aged 26, Consort of
Dr* Joseph Warren, Capt. Benjamin Derby, aged 64. Miss
Mary Botdry, Daughter of the late Mr. BoUdry, Blacksmith:
Mrs. Grunter, aged 40, Wife of Mr. Grunter, at the Sosth
End ; and Mrs. Douglass, Wife of Mrrbouglafs at the North
End ; both of whom had been married but a Fortnight. Mrs.
Sarah Revere, aged 87, Consort of Mr. Paul Revere, Jeweller
and Engraver.
At Raynham, Mrs. Lydia Brittan, aged 54. The Lon
gevity of this Family is somewhat remarkable ; there were 7
who lived till their Ages (added together) amounted to 572
Years,---They were Children of Capt. Thomas Leonard of that
Place, whose Poflerity were as noted fortheir Fertility as their
Longevity : His Descendants amounting in the Whole to near
a thousand Souls.
- At Lunenburg, Benjamin Goodridge, Esq; aged 73.
LONDO N, March 2 3 .
It is rumoured about Town, that Admiral Montagu, and the
other Commiflioners, who went with him on the Expedition to
Rhode Ifla/nd, had been tar'd and feather'd there, and were re
turned over Land to Boston in a very woeful Condition.
It is said three Gentlemen of the firft Character in Boston
(of whom the famous Mr, Otis is one) are deputed by the Ge
neral AfiemMy of that Province to come to England, in order
to deliver a Petition and Remonstrance into his Majesty's own
Hand : That they are also inftruAed to supplicate a personal
Hearing of his Majefty,upon the Subject of American Grievan
ces, that the People of that Colony may have certain Knowlege
their Prayers have reached the Royal Ear, and that they may,
once for all, know what they have to depend upon : And it is
supposed all the other Provinces will follow the Example of
that of Maflachufetts-Eay.
It is now said the Hon. John R&nfon Esq; of Boston in
New-England, is to be appointed a Commissioner of Excise, in
the Room of Sir Francis Barnard, who is to be promoted to a
Vice-Treafurerfliip in that Kingdom ; and that Reeves, Esq;
Nephew to Mr, Cooper, and Secretary to the Commissioners at
Boston, is to be advanced to a Seat at that Board in the Room
of the said Robinson.
- Irvine, Esq; of the Custom-House in Boston (and
Brother to the Ingenious Dr. Irvine, who turns salt Water into
freffi) is talked of as likely to succeed Mr. Reeves as Secretary
to the Commissioners.
Choice Flour, Bread, Pork, Hog's Fat and Bacon, from Connecticut, to be fold on Board th^
Sloop Industry, laying at the Long Wharf, Seymour Sherwood, Master.——cheap for Caflu
N E W-V O R K, April 26.
On Monday Afternoon, the Spirit of that facetious, good
Tempered, inoffenfive Convivialift, Mr. John Levine ascended
the Skies [Effex. Gaz.]
On Monday Evening last, as Mr. John Dewit, a very pious
young man, was officiating as a Member of a religious Society,
in a House on Cowfoot Hill, he expired in the following melan
choly Manner : After praying he gave out an Hymn,in singing
which he accompanied the Society, then read a Chapter, took a
Seat and seemed very solemn; and as another Member was
about concluding the devotion with a prayer, Mr. Dewit was
heard to make a Noise with his Feet, and on looking at him the,
perceived he had dropped from his Knees ; Water was imme
diately fetched and every Method taken to recover him, but in
vain, for he seemed to be entirely dead ; however, as no Signs
of Putrefaaion appeared, by Advice of the Physicians, he was
kept unburied till Thursday Night.
Last Monday Afternoon the House of Mr.
George More, at Middle-Brook, Somerset Coun
ty, Ea/l-New-Jerfey, took Fire, and in three
Hours Time was entirely consumed, with all the
Plate and Furniture. This unfortunate Gen
tleman by this Accident is reduced to Poverty.
A Change in the State of Europe.
To the POLITICIANS.
THE growing power of the Ruffians, the
enterprising genius of the Prussian Mo
narch, and the penetrating Jagacity of the Ger
man Emperor^ have all conftired to render the
Northern Confederacy formidable. To oppose it,
an unnatural Alliance is now entered into be
tween Great-Britain, France and Spain. Whe
ther the Treaty between these friendly States is
simply of the defenjive kind ; whether it is dic
tated by a fear of the Northern Powers, or is to
be considered as a mafier firoke of policy, the se
quel must determine ; but that such a compact
actually exids, and has been affected to by our
Privy Council the public may be assured ; so
that Should there be a call to arms, it will not
be against our natural Enemies, the French and
Spaniards, but probably against those, who, dur
ing the last war were our cordial friends, and
firm allies. Such is the inflability of human
policy, as well as human affairs.
A Key to the Cabinet.
What lover of liberty, did not revere the name
of Algernon Sidney, and yet, frame to tell, Al
gernon Sidney was a penjioner of France ; it is
just come out & cannot be gainfayed. Sir John
Dalrymple has been favoured by the French Court
with a fight of the date papers of Louis XIP;
among these are several letters from MonJicur
Barillon, Louis's Embaffador at our court in the
reign of Charles the Second; in which he gives
his Mafler an account of his having paid Mr.
Sidney and other popular Leaders for their ser
vices in oppojing a war with Francein the house
of Commons. To my Lord Hollis, another pa
triot, he tended, according to his Maker's orders
a box of diamonds, but he retufed them though
afterwards his Lady accepted them. This scene
of profligate bribery on all sides, of both parties
courtiers and patriots alike, at the fame time
that it raises one's deteflaton of that debauched
period, gives one comfort on comparing it with
the prefect age, and inclines one to hope that in
some refpefts we are belter than our forefathers.
[This Scotch Writer makes a great Noise in
England.]
London, March 24.
Governor Pownall gave it as his opinion in
the House of Commons, that the most likely me
thod ol producing a fufficient supply of corn had
been neglected, viz. that of encourageing the
importation of it from our American Colonies."
Onihe 11th of March, there was a Mutiny
among the sailors 'at Greenock & Port Glasgow,
two men were killed, and another man and wo
man who were wounded died soon after the riots°.
The Mob was quelled by the Grenadiers fA Light
Infantry of the 1 sth Regiment, who secured 40
of the rioters.
An Adion happened the 21 ft of January
last near the Capital of the Crimea, between
'3OOO Ruffian troops and 16000 of the mu
tinous Cossacks, who gained a compleat
Victory, killing upwards of 1 200 Ruffians,
and made 600 prisoners.
The Congress between the Ruffians and
Turks at Bucharest appears likely to break
up unfuccefsfully—and it is probable the
war will be continued.
Entred out of Bristol. William, Robson,
for Bofton*•
The Stateholder has catched the flame of
Monarchy from the Swede, and he has in
vited the King of Prussia to inforce such
do&rines in Holland. In return for this
service, he is to have a seaport from the
\\ New-Holdernefs.{
n^HEREAS/^e ASSESSORS for the PROPRIETOR S of,
new holderness, have given me an Afiffment
of fix /bil.ingt Lawful Money, on each Right in said
Town afleffed, and proportioned according to said
proprietors Vote, two /hillings on the Intervale Let,
two frillings on the hundred Acre Lot, and two
frillings on the undivided or common Right of each
proprietor, with a Warrant under their Hands and
Seal, dated the 24th Day of April, 1773, to colled
the fame, according to LAW; These are therefore
to Notify said proprietors to pay me the said Tax by
the firft of June next, otherwise their refpedive Lando
will be advertized and fold, to raise the fame accord
ing toLAW. SAMUEL LIVERMORE,
Msy 5. 1773. Colhaor for the proprietors
oj New He,darnels.
PORTSMOUTH, May 7.-
By Capt. Jones who arrived here last Wednesday, we are in
formed, that seven Days before, he spoke with Capt. Robert
Parker of this Place, bound for New-York, who gave him an
Account of the Death of Capt. Richard Keating, who died 12,
Days after he failed from this Port, on his Passage to Barbados
We hear from Hollis, that the House of Mr. Samuel Hardy
took Fire on Sunday last while the People were at Meeting and
was entirely consumed with most of the Furniture.
No Entries this Week.
; IRISH LINENS ,
Just Imported from the North of Ireland;
and to be fold by MARK FERRAN,
at Mr. John Stayers, at the Sign of the
. Earl of Halifax,
A parcel of seven Eight, and Yard wide
Linneus and Brown Irish Sheeting ; those
Linens and Sheeting were bought by
himfelf from the Manufacturers at Belfaft,
with the Cash, and will be fold as low as .
they can be bought in any Part ofEngland,
without Exception—He has a few Pieces
of fine Linnen, suitable for Gentlemen's
Shirting, of an excellent Fibrick, and care
fully bleached.,
N. B. As his Tarry will be but five or
fix Days, those who incline to purchase
must apply speedily.
Grenada RUM ?
Sugar and Coffee ; also South Carolina,
Corn and Rice, just imported and to be fold
By John Evans
at his Store on Capt. Jarivrin's Wharf.
Portsmouth, May 5. 1773.
Two thousand Acres of Land
to be given to eight Families, upon Condi
tion of settlement, in a good Townihip ad
joning upon Dartmouth, in this Province.
— Enquire at the Printing-Office.
To be fold by Au&ion,
By PHILIP BAILEY,
At his Vendue Room, this Afternoon; at
Three o'Clock ; Confining of
YARD wide Clpth,, Kerfeya, Long Jackets,
Weftecaat?, Breeches, Check Shirts, Irish Lin
mens, Demefk and Diaper Table Cloths ; with sun
dry other Articles. The Goods to be view'd the
Morning before Sale.
— Little Driver.
%'^ I 'pHE real noble thorough bred
lENGLISH RACE H&R>E,
J° %o "^^ ENGLAND for
F 1 » ° UNECLIPSED SWIFTNESS,
BEAUTY 4,7%STRENGTH,
Wid cover MARES this season,
At william vance' s a: Londonderry, in Nra-.
Hamp/hire, at fix Jbillingt a leap, or twelve fillings
for the season.
N. B. grass may be had on reafonablc terms for
MARES.
Dutch States. He is actually upon his marc!
towards the frontiers of Germany.
Whitehall Ev. Post.
—Vendue this Afternoon,—
Six O'CLOCK, the Dwelling House and Barn, of
William Fullerton, late of Portfmcuih, deceased, 10
be fold at the House of Jacob Tilton, Innholder.