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LONDON, April 8.
On Thursday next Parliament will adjourn for the
holidays to the ,6th. After which the King's debts
are to be paid, and the budget to be opened. Also a
vote of credit, of one million, to be given to support
the civil war in America.
A great Personage, who has given the lead in all
the virtues as well as the decencies of her sex, has
expressed her disapprobation so intirely of the un
natural manner of the present feathered head-dress of
the ladies, that flie has more than once wished not to
fee any of them in the circle.
Extract of a Letter from an Englifo Gentleman at
Calais, March zr.
“ I have just now been informed that the Irish
brigades are ordered to be recruited, and that several
persons in different disguises, have already failed from
this and other places for Ireland on that service."
April 13. The house went into a Committee of
supply, and came to the following resolutions, which
were ordered to be reported to-morrow.
That it is the opinion of this committee, that a
sum not exceeding 262,447!. 7s. rod. be granted to
his Majesty for extraordinary expences of the army,
for the service of the year 1774, and not provided
for by Parliament.
To almost every article in this estimate Sir William
Mayne objected, either on account of the manner of
remitting money to Boston, which he contended
might be sent by a man of war, by which a favingof
one and a half per cent, would be made on the sum
of 92,0001. which monstrous sum had been incurred
under the head of extraordinaries at Bolton alone in
the course of the last year. The other items he
particularly adverted to, in the fame account, where
11,0001. charged on a contrast to Anthony Bacon,
Esq; for negroes in the ceded islands; 40001. to a
gentleman in another place ; ii,oool. paid for extra
ordinaries incurred in Scotland; 3,4001. :n one
article, for oatmeal for the use of the troops there;
ii,oool. to Mr. Adair, the surgeon, and others,
for several articles furnished to the army, with a
variety of other items of a civil nature. Lord North
and Mr. Cooper endeavoured to explain the propriety
of the present mode of remitting money to General
Gage, and the contrasts relative to the negroes, and
the providing the troops in America with provisions.
Lord Barrington defended those refpe&ing the extra
ordinaries incurred in Scotland for medicines, to,
surgeons, mates, &c. but it was plain that their
answers were by no means fatisfa&ory ; and that the
accounts in general were very loosely drawn up,
without referring to proper vouchers, and totally
deficient in point of fpecification.
Mr. Grey Cooper made several motions of supply,
among which was the following, “ That 1,250,0001.
be granted to his Majesty, to enable him to pay off
the like sum of Exchequer Bills."
A squadron of men of war, all completely manned,
with fix months provisions on board, are ordered to
be constantly nt Spithead during the summer, to fail
on the shortest notice, wherever occasion mayrequire.
Assistance to the Americans is riling from a new
quarter; the following information, may be depended
upqn---A.lhip failed from Stettin lad month, loaded
with small fire-arms, gun-powder, ball, and accoutre
ments, thirty field pieces of a light conftru&ion, and
eight general officers who have served long in Ger
many, three of them are Messrs. Robeveils, Laoafont,
and Gurgenftein : The arms and ammunition are
actually paid for by an American agent at Berlin,
who went thither from Paris, but what the footing
is upon which the officers go is only conjectured ;
they are Lutherans, and certainly do not go upon
mere hope of preferment. This must be a scheme of
— QtPiufiian Monarch's, for ^ifeoncerting the Court
of London. h^rtWTTonrhe upon the Wc ; :1 rcrms7
April 14. The Spaniard have lately formed a
settlement on the Island of Tinian, between Manilla
and Acapulco, in the pacifick ocean, on which they
have built some works, and formed a garrison. The
frequent expeditions to the South Seas have been the
cause thereof.
Saturday last arrived the Lord Hyde Packet, Capt,
"Jefferies, in five Weeks from Falmouth, and
brought the following Advices, Fiz.
CADIZ, March 28.
THE preparations of the grand armament which we
thought to be destined to aCtagainft the Moors still
continue. Perhaps the raising of the siege of Meliile,
the news of which we heard yesterday, will occasion them
to be suspended.
ExtraCt of a Letter from the Hague, April 25.
“ Two Merchants arrived here lately from Amsterdam,
and have complained to the States General of the beha
viour of the King of Prussia, in laying additional bur
thens upon the navigation of the Rhine ; that he has not
only laid heavy duties on all goods that pass through his
dominions on that river, but has lately issued an edict, by
which all vessels, that before were subject to 300 florins,
now pay to the amount of 600 florins, by which the trade
fuffers so much as hardly to answer carrying it on. They
have entreated their High Mightinesses to make use of
their good offices with his Prussian Majesty, in order to
engage him to take off these new duties, and restore things
to their former footing.
Madrid, April 10. As it is no longer to be doubted
but a speedy and solid peace will be concluded with
the Emperor of Morocco, every body is much fur
prized that the fitting out ships of war still goes on
with great diligence. The King has taken a foreign
vessel into his service, and has laid an embargo on all
the transports. Several regiments are a&ually march
ing towards our sea ports.
LONDO N,
April 15. A great quantity of ammunition is
ordered to be fllipped from hence, and from Ireland,
for Boston immediately.
A gentleman who was in the presence chamber on
Monday, when the city address and remonstrance
was preferred, has given us the following account of
the condu& of the two principal a&ors in the tragi
comedy of the day. When the city council had read
the paper, he gave it to the Lord Mayor, who
delivered it to the King with a half bent knee, and
the most profound reverence. His Majesty banded
the petition to a Lord in waiting, and then deliber
ately taking a paper from his pocket, read the answer.
A silence of two minutes ensued, when the Lord
Mayor made a low bow, then retreated backwards
to the middle of the room, made a second, and, in
like manner, a third at the door, when the Kino
moved his hat to his Lordship, and thus ended the
business.
It was last year reported, that Sir Jeffery Amherst
had said, that with 5000 English regulars he would
en ^ a g e to march from one end to the other of the
continent of North-America. This being spoken of
publicly in a coffee-houfe in North-America, Colonel
Washington, who was present, declared, that with
only toco Virginians, he would engage to flop Sir
Jeffery Amherst's march. It is the fafhion at St.
James's to despise the Americans, to call them
cowards, poltroons, &c. and the resolution seems to
be taken to put their courage to the proof. The very
able, spirited, and prudent conduct of this gallant
officer when he covered and preferred the remains of
the English army, after one of their defeats last war
in North-America, has endeared him to every brave
man, and damped him with the name of being an
able officer.
Aprils. A report prevails, that the Parliament
will not be prorogued but continued by short ad
journments, till the event of theAmerican Congress,
which is to meet on the 9th of next month, shall be
known.
A bill is preparing to be laid before the two houses
to enable his Majesty to appoint the council in the
several American colonies, where the right of chufing
is at present vetted in the Assembly.
It is averted as a fa& in the city, that letters from
Spain, give an account, it is no longer a secret, that
the Court of Madrid have ordered a very confider
abie fleet to the Weft-Indies, in order to attack some
of the western islands, as soon as our troops are en
gaged with the Bostonians ; at which time, the let
ters fay, there is no doubt but they will become
matters of some of them.
A new tax is in contemplation, in order to produce
a fund ready for necessities that arise in America. It
is a dispute between Mr. Jenkinfon and Lord North,
whether it shall be laid on malt or on horses? The
firft thinks that malt will bear it ; the second looking
more to popularity, advises that 20s. per head be
laid on all horses whatever.
April 22. It is imagined that Lord North's plan
for extending the British and Irish fiflieries, is meant
as much to the exclusion of the Dutch on our coast,
as to the Americans on the banks of Newfoundland.
April 25. On Saturday a messenger arrived with
some dispatches from the Earl of Grantham, his
Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of Madrid ; his
orders were to deliver the dispatches into the King's
own hands, in consequence of which he set off for
Kew, and met his Majesty on the road, returning
from thence to town,
On Wednesday next the firft troop of Grenadier
guards will embark for Borton with a large quantity
of ammunition, &c. for the use of the army in
America.
The Dutch have adopted the thoughts of Dr.
Franklin, mentioned in the philosophical tranDaions,
of Filling waves by means of oil being poured into
the sea ; and I'he Sieur Van Lelyveld, a citizen of
Leyden, has offered a prize of 30 ducats or a ipedal
of equal value, for any one who shall establish the
certainty of this difeovery, together with the fort of
oil ufety and the methods taken to afeertain the truth
of it in different waters, and in different depths of
the sea. The prize to be delivered in the month of
May, 1776.
HOUSE of COMMONS.
April 27. The House went into a Committee of
the whole House upon the encouragement of the
British fiflieries, when Lord North moved the fol
lowing resolutions.
Resolved, that it is the opinion of this committee,
that the following bounties should be paid : that is
to fay, 401. for 25 veflels of the burden of 50 tons,
and upwards, that fliall firft arrive from Newfound
land with a cargo of Bank fifli and not less than
10,000 in tale; and disposing of the fame, shall
catch a second cargo of the fame.
Resolved, that zol. per vessel, for 100 vessels that
shall next arrive as before mentioned, shall be paid.
Resolved, that ipl. a vessel, for the next 100 ves
sels that arrive as abovementioned, shall be paid.
[Upon this he remarked, that the design of it was
to encourage the going outearly to make two voyages
a year, which is very practicable. He observed,
that there could not be a doubt but it would be infi
nitely for the advantage of this country to make New
fowadland as rimQ as poffiLL .an IsnglhE illanJ,
rather than an American colony; that sedentary
fiflieries ought to be difeouraged, and the Bank fllip
fifliery encouraged, which was the great nursery of
seamen ; that the experiment was not an expensive
one, and the whole demand could not exceed 40001.
a sum not great enough to alarm any one.]
Resolved, that it is the opinion of mis committee,
that the following bounties fliall be paid; 5001. to
the ship that shall bring home the greatelt quantity of
oil, being the oil of not less than one whale, caught
in seas to the south of Greenland and Davis Streights
fiflieries. 4001.r0 the firft that shall bring home the
next greatest quantity. 3001. to the next greatest
quantity. 2001. to the next greatest quantity.
Resolved, ft is the opinion of this committee, that
the duties on the import of oil, blubber, bone, &c.
from Newfoundland, &c. shall cease and determine.
[Heexplained this point by observing, that while
these imports from Greenland were allowed duty
free, the fame from Newfoundland, &c. were charged
with a duty; an absurdity he was till lately ignorant
of-]
Resolved, It is the opinion of this committee, that
the duties at present payable on the importation of
seal skins fliall cease and determine.
[Lord North said, that it appeared from Mr.
Lifter's examination, that many seal skins would be
imported, were it not for a duty of about 4d. half
penny each, which they paid at present; it was
therefore thought right to exonerate them from that
charge, ]
Resolved, It is the opinion of this committee, that
it fliall be lawful for the fubje&s of Ireland to ex
port provisions, hooks, lines, nets, tools and imple
ments for the purpose of the fifnery.
[He remarked, that the Irish being tied from these
exports at present, was in effect excluding them from
the fifhery. He however observed, that this resolu
tion must be followed with limitations, in order to
prevent a elandertine supply of the colonies with Irish
manufactures.]
Resolved, It is the opinion of this committee, that
it shall be lawful to export from Ireland, clothes and
accoutrements for such regiments on the Irish esta
blishment as are employed abroad.
[His Lordfllip remarked on this resolution, that as
the Irish were burthened with the expence of several
regiments Serving eifewhere, which they were ill able
to bear, he thought it but fair, to allow them to
export the eloathing and accoutrements of such
regiments, which at present theycould not do by law;
that the export must be guarded very carefully against
frauds, which would not be difficult, as the cloaths
would consist only of uniforms.]
Resolved, It is the opinion of this committee, that
a bounty of ss. a barrel should be paid on the import
to Ireland of flaxfeed, from any place whatsoever.
[Upon this resolution Lord North said, that he had
framed it much more in obedience to the desires and
apprehensions of others than in consequence of any
he had himfelf. But as some gentlemen were appre
hensive that the non-exportation agreements of the
c °l°"' e s would be lasting, and have the effect of
doing a great prejudice to Ireland, by withholding
flaxfeed ; and as it was found that the feed railed in
lieland was not so good as that imported from abroad,
he had in compliance of these ideas come into the
proportion. That his own opinion was
directly contrary. He was clear, that engagements
10 very contrary to their interests would never be
lasting ; however, for a limited time he agreed to the
bounty. ,
These resolutions were agreed to without opposition,
by the committee, and reported to the House.
Aprilzg. APlacart is published at Stockholm,
allowing the free importation of grain into that
country for the present year. 1 .
They write from Stockholm, that the firft Speci
mens of the projected translations of the Bible into
the Swedish language, had made their appearance,
but were but little relished. They are said to be too
overttudied, and in many places appear more like a
paraphrase than a translation.
They write from Paris, that the farm of the ports
of that kingdom, which has hitherto been let at
5,200,000 livres per annum, has just been renewed
at the augmented sum of 9,000,000 livres per annum.
Yesterday General Irwin kissed his Majesty's hand,
on being appointed Commander in Chief of his
Majesty's forces on the Irish establishment, in the
loom of General Elliot, who has resigned.
The fame day the Honourable William Tryon,
Esq; Governor of New-York, took leave of his
Majesty, and on Monday will set out to embark for
his government.
All the officers to the fix new railed independent
companies of Invalids were yesterday nominated by
his Majesty.
Major General Johnston, Colonel of theist
regiment of horse 111 Ireland, is appointed to the
command of the late Marquis of Lothian's iith
regiment of dragoons.
Lieut. Col. Flower Mochev, we hear is appointed
to Succeed to the command of the 9th regiment of
horse, in Ireland.
May 4. Yesterday the House of Lords met at half
after two o'clock, and went through a great deal of pri
vate business. At half after three Lord North arose, and
' in a Speech of full two hours and a quarter long, delivered
himfelf of his annual burden. He firft, as usual, fpeci
fied the several giants, and explained the nature of them
as he went along. He then enumerated the deficiencies,
and lastly Hated the ways and means ; the detail of which
was mostly contained in the several resolutions reported
from the money chair since the commencement of the
feflion. His next step was to sum up the total of both
accounts, and strike the balance on which his operation
of finance was to depend. According to this statement,
the total of the ways and means was 6,500,0001. the to
tal of the grants or supply, 5,500,000!. which left a ba
lance of 1,000,000 k which he propoled to apply towards
the reduction of the national debt in the following man
ner : To pay off one million of the 3 per cent, annuities
at 88, which Would be 380,0001. by which means there
would be a balance or refihue of 120,000!. to make good
the deficiencies, or to pay off the ico,oool. granted to his
Majesty, which he did not include in the general state
ment. Among the items contained in the grants, he took
credit for 150,0001. to be gained on a lottery, at the rate
of 50s. per ticket, on 60,000 tickets, and then pkopofed
his motion, which was to the following purport :
That all persons who were pofTelled of 3 per cent,
annuities, on or before the 24th of April, should have
liberty to go to the Bank on Monday next, and fubferibe
any sum not exceeding twenty thousand pounds each ;
that the books should remain open from nine o'clock in
the morning of the said day till fix o'clock in the after
noon for that purpose; that every fubferiber, fubferibing
look flock, shall be entitled to fix lottery rickets, at the
price of 121. 10s. per ticket; that as soon as proper en
quiries can be made, and a fair and just proportion struck
between the amount of the several sums fubferibed and
the said sum of 1,c00,c001, meant to be paid off, every
person shall be entitled to a rateable share of the said sub
scription, provided it shall appear that he was possessed
of the stock for which he wrote his name: that is, sup-
I posing a person, possessing 20,000). stock, on or before the
I 24th of April, fbould fubferibe 20, pool, and that upon
I carting up the whole of the fubferiptien, it ihould appear,
Ithat five, ten or twenty times the money meant! to be paid
I off, was fubferibed, then each flockholder shag ^ c etici
-Itied to a fifth, a tenth, or a twentieth part ^ his sub-
I fcription. This proportion seemed to be extremely well
ireceived on all sides of the house, as preventive of all that
iimputed partiality and confufion, riot and ftrife, that had
I been experienced on former occasions, when the ftrengeft
;arms, the belt known face, or the person who was fortu
;nate enough to take his hand nearest the door, derived
I every advantage, to the total exclusion of such as were
not thus happily qualified or stationed. His Lordship
entered into a general view of the public debts as they
ftdod on the sth of January last, and of the several wars
since the Revolution which occasioned them ; and under
the former head dated the national debt at that period,
compared with what it was at the commencement of the
late peace in 1763, by which he fliewed there was above
nine millions paid off.
May 5. On Wednesday evening, between eight and
nine o'clock, General George Bofcawen was seized, at
his house in York-street, St. James's-fquare, with a fit
of coughing, which broke one of his blood-vessels, and in
about half an hour after he expired in great agonies'.
The fame day Gen. Lockhart took leave of his
Majesty, and to-morrow is to set out for America.
Two cutters are detained at Portsmouth to carry
the last inftru&ions to the men of war and transports
which lately failed for Corke, as well as such stores
which in their hurry may have been forgot and left
behind.
Yesterday the following -veflfels, loaded with wheat,
arrived at their moorings in the river, viz. the Sa
ralbogondo, Architaing; the Consul, Dixon ; both
from Dantzick: and the Endraught,' Force, from
Koninfburg. These make 12 ships with whewt, that
have arrived since Monday morning.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Malaga, to
his friend at Bristol, dated the 10th of March,
“ The last post from Cadiz brought us accounts
of 40 vessels, of different nations, being embargoed
there, by an order from court; they are to take in all
kinds of military stores, troops, &c. their dertination
is kepta secret All the ships of war in said har
bour are likewise fitting out ; the St. Genaro, a 74
gun ship, is now in our Mole unloading bombs,
cannon, balls, and other things. What'all these
great preparations are for, time only will inform us;
it is whispered that they are for Naples, as the
Emperor seems to threaten an invasion there ; o,thers
fay they are destined for some part of the Barbary
cpaft.---God grant them success.
Since writing the aforefaid, an order has been just
issued to embargo all the empty vessels in Mole, which
are about fourteen in number, by which you may
judge there is something of importance in agitation.
May 6. Yesterday a messenger arrived at Lord Dart
mouth's office from America, with an express from Gen.
Gage, which was laid before his Majesty at St, James's.
Yesterday arrived a mail from New-York, brought
over by the Duke of Cumberland packet, Capt. Mar
fham. She failed from New York the 6th of April, and
arrived at Falmouth the 2d instant.
I RE L AN D,
Limerick, April zz. As there is little probability
that the differences between Great-Britain and her
colonies will be soon accommodated, it would be a
great a& of prudence to sow as much flax-feed this
year as possible, in order to raise that necessary com
modity in Ireland, so as to lessen the evil effects which
the American disputes must otherwise bring on the
staple manufa&ure of this kingdom.
Whitehall, April 2fr The King has been pleased
to appoint Robert Duff, Esq; Rear-Admiral of the
Blue, to be Governor and Commander in Chief
in and over his Majesty's island of Newfoundland in
America, and of the islands of Madelaine, in the'
Gulf of St. Lawrence.
WHEREAS Benjamin Shelden, Benjamin Gard
ner, and Jabez Spencer, did make, and with
their hands fubferibe a certain writing, bearing date the
ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord 1775, and
published the fame twelve weeks successively 1^ John
Holt's New-York Journal, or the General Adverafer,
and the New-York Gazette, and Weekly Mercury,
printed by Hugh Gaine, being two of the public news
papers of this colony ; which said writing is by the
tenor thereof directed to all petfons interested in the land
hereafter mentioned, and recites, That whereas Stephen
Van Rensselaer, late Lord Proprietor of the Manor of
Renffeiaerwick, in the county of Albany, deceased, did
in his life time, lay out and set apart a certain tract of
twelve thousand acres of land, situated on the eart fide of
Hudson's River, in the south-east corner of the said
Manor, known by the name of Stephen-Town, being
butted and bounded as follows: Beginning at a black
birch tree Landing in the south boundary line of the
said Manor sixteen miles east by the needle, from the
south end of Bearen-Ifland, in Hudson's-River, and runs
thence east by the needle four hundred chains, to a
bass wood tree marked; thence north twenty-one de
grees east three hundred and thirty-two chains; thence
weft by the needle three hundred and eighty-one chains,
thence south twenty-three degrees and thirty minutes weft
thjee hundred and thirty-nine chains, to the black birch
tree firft mentioned. And whereas five thousand acres,
past of the said twelve thousand acres of l?nd, has been
laid out and surveyed into fifty lots of one hundred acres
each, being numbered from one to fifty,
And whereas the said Stephen Van Rensselaer,
did afterwards in his life time, in and by several inden
tures of lerfe and release, the lease bearing date the day
before, and the releases the twenty-fourth day of October,
in the year of our Lord one thousand foven hundred and
fixty-five, grant, bargin, fell, alien, reieafe and confirm
unto James Grey, Samuel Brown, James Grey, jun.
David Pixly, Benjamin Willard, Jahleel Wood bridge,
Nathan Ball, Joseph Willard, Josiah Ball, Elijah Wilson,
Phineas Whitney, Abel Rowe, Eli Pixly, Ebenezer
Noble, Araos Beard, Jonathan Walker, Daniel Hub
bard, David Noble, William Wright, Samuel Wilson,
David Bagg, and David Pixly, jun. and to each of them
feverallX, and to their several heirs and aligns forever,
each two of the said fifty lots of one hundred acres, as'
also two fiftieth parts of the said undivided lands in the
said track of twelve thousand acres, to be divided into
fifty equal parts, of which said last mentioned undivided
land we the fubicribers were part owners ; and did there
by give notice, that Daniel Hull, Daniel Denifon, and
Samuel Sherman, all of Little Hoofack, in the said
Manor, persons not interested in the said lands, pursuant
to the several afts of this colony made for the partition
of lands, are appointed Commissioners, to make partition
of the said undivided lands so released as aforefaid, and
that the said Commissioners would meet on Wednesday
the twelfth day of April then next, at the house of
G+hniel Gardner, inn. keeper, at Little Hoofack aforefaid,
as by the laid writing so published as aforefaid, relation
being thereunto had may appear.
Now therefore, we the said Daniel Hull, Daniel
Denifon, and Samuel Sherman, Commissioners so ap
pointed as aforefaid, hereby fignify our appointment, and
do give notice, that we will meet at the house of Jabez
Spencer, in the said Stephen-Town, Manor and County
aforefaid, on the 25th of July next, to proceed on the
said partition; and we delire all persons concerned to
attend accordingly. Given under our hands at Albany,
this nineteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord,
1775-
DANIEL HULL, 7
DANIEL DENISON, > Commiffioners#
SAMUEL SHERMAN,)
Brook-Haven, June 10, 1775.
PUBLIC Notice is hereby given to all the creditors
of Daniel Jones, an insolvent debtor, row in the
curtody of the High Sheriff of the county of Suffolk,
being one of th, persons named in a certain a& of the
Governor, Council, and General Assembly, entitled,
" An aft for the relief of insolvent debtors within this
colony, with relpckh to the imprisonment of their per
fens ;" that he the said insolvent debtor hath presented
his petition to the Honourable Samuel ' Landon and Isaac
Port, Enquires, two of the Judges of the Inferior Court
for the said county of Suffolk; which petition, together
with his accounts and inventories annexed to the fame,
are filed with the Clerk of said Court for the inflection
of his creditors aforefaid ; and the said insolvent debtor
doth hereby notify the said creditors, that the said Judges
have appointed the eleventh day of July next, at two
o'clock in the afternoon, to fyew cause why an assign
ment shall not be then made to Capt. Jonathan Baker,
jun. and Samuel Tobey, Esq; of all his estate for the
use of all his creditors, at the County Hall, in the said
county, arid he the fafti Debtor be discharged agreeable
to the directions of said aft.
WAN T E 1),
A Middle aged Woman, who would undertake the
Work of a small Family, Such a Person, well
recommended, will hear of a Place where Encourage
ment equal to her Merit, will be given, by applying to
the Printer.
- 0 TcT
Is hereby given by the Subferiber, to all Persons who
may have Occasion to transport any Goods or Mer
chandize, or to go by Water from New-York to Perth
Amboy, or from Perth Amboy to New-York, that he
has a good convenient Boat, fitted out for the Purpose,
named the York, with excellent Accommodations and a
prime Sailer. He pu poses going two Trips a Week, or
as Occasion may require. The Boat to attend at the
lower End of the Long Bridge, near the Exchange, when
at New-York. DAVID COLLINS.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given to all the creditors of
John Osborn, an insolvent debtor, in custody of the
fherift of the city of New-York, being one of the perfong
named in a certain act of the Governor, Council and.
General Assembly, entitled, “ An aft fir the relief of
infolyent debtors within this, colony, with refpe&: to the
imprisonment of their persons ;" that he the said insol
vent debtor hath presented his petition to the Worihipful
Benjamin Biagge, and George Brewerton, Efqrs, two of
the judges of the Mayor's court for the said city; which
petition, together with the several accounts and inventory
annexed to the fame, are, agreeable to the directions of
said ad, filed with the clerk of the said court, for the in,
fpeai<?n of the creditors aforefaid ; that he intends to
apply to the said judges on Thursday the 20th day of
July next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day,
at the corporation room in the goal of said city, for his
difeharge agreeable to the directions of laid act.
THOSE Gentlemen who are forming themselves into
Companies, in Defence of their L I B ERTI E S;
and others, that are not provided with
SWORDS,
May be suited therewith by applying to
CHARLES OLIVER BRUFF,
In Maiden-Lane, near the Fly-Market.
Small Swords Silver mounted, Cut-and-thrust and Cut
teau De Chafe, mounted with beautiful green Grips;
and, Broad Swords with the Heads of Lord Chatham,
and John Wilkes, Esq; with Shells pierced and orna
mented with Mottoes,---for Pitt's Head, Magna Cbarta
and Freedom,—-for Wilkes's Head, Wilkes and Liberty 3
or mounted in whatever Form Gentlemen may fancy,
being a Collection of the most elegant Swords ever male
in America, all manufactured by said Bruff,
N. B, Bert Small Arm and Pistol Oyl Flints.