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FOR S A L E,
THE very valuable FARM of the Subscribers, in Ame
nia Precin&, about two miles from Sharon meeting
house, pleasantly situated for profped, in a good neigh
bourhood, it contains about 250 acres, is well wooded and
watered, with a good brick House, Barn and Orchard on the
fame For further particulars enqure of,
JOEL HERVEY, jun.
November 20, 1782.
STATE of VERMONT.
WHEREAS application hath been made to me the Sub
scriber, by more than one sixteenth part of the pro
prietors of the townships of Adiffon and Panton, in said
State, to warn a meeting of fail proprietors.—These are
therefore to warn the proprietors offaid townships, to meet
at the dwelling house ofCapt, Willerd, innholder in Pollet,
in said State, on the 16th day of January next, at one o'clock
afternoon, then and there, ift. to chufe a moderator to
preside in said meeting, 2d. a clerk, 3d. to fee if said pro
prietors will agree upon some method to fettle and adjust
the lines between the aforefaid townships, 4th. to regulate
the former doings offaid proprietors, and to do any other
hufiriefs proper to be done at said meeting for the benefit of
said proprietors. JOHN STRONG, J. P.
November T, 1782.
LOST out of the pocket ot uictubferiber, between
Esquire Noble's of WiEiamßown, and Widow Bing
ham's in Stockbridge, a large BUNDLE of PAPERS, con
taining sundry Letters, and four Notes of Hand, one against
the Treasurer of the State of Connedicur, in favour of
Jeremiah Biel, for the sum of twelve pounds ; and one
against Mr. Peleg Hyde of Norwich,for one thousand dollars;
the othertwo of thirty dollars each. Any gentleman that
should find said Papers, and will return them to landlord
Jones, in Hartford, Widow Bingham, in Stockbridge, or
to the fubferiber, in Barrington, shall be handsomely re
warded, by their humble Servant,
J. HYDE, jun.
November ifo _____ _
STA fl of CUNHC rLCU T,
Hartford County, October 24, 1782.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to all concerned, That
a Libel is filed before the Hon. Jabez Hamlin,
Esq; Judge of the Maritime Court in said county, by Noah
Potter and others, of Farmington, against a quantity of
Broadcloth, Corduroys, Hairbines, Coating's, Muslins and
other Goods, Wares and Merchandize, taken and seized in
said Farmington, the 23d day of O&ober, and apprized at
more than thirty poundslawful money, said to be of the
manufacture of the kingdom of Great- Britain, and brought
into this State contrary to law : For the trial of the justice
and legality of said seizure, a Court will be holden at the
Court-House in Hartford, in said county, on the third
Tuesday of February next, when and where all persons
claiming property in said goods, or any part thereof, may,
appear, and they shall be heard.
By order of the Judge,
GEORGE ^YLLYS, Register.
Hartford November T,, 1782. _
WE the Subscribers being appointed Commissioners,
by the Hon. Court of Probate^for the diftrift &f Sha
ert,to examine the claims and demands of the creditors on
the estate of Capt. JOSIAH STODDARD, late ofs.l&ry,
deceased : Do hereby give Notice; that we shall attend said
business at the the dwelling house of Stephen Tuttle, inn
holder in said Salisbury, on the second and third Mondays
of December next, at one o'clock afternoon on fail days.
HEZ FITCH, ) Commif-
ADO. STRONG. ) fioners.
N. B. ALL persons indebted to said eftace, are desired to
make immediate payment, to
LUTHER STODDARD, Adminiftratcr.
Salisbury, Nov. 10, 1:782.
BKOKE into the inclofure of the fubferiber, abotitthe 12th
of September lift, a black Mare COLT, supposed to
be two years old last spring, about sidling for bigness, a
natural trotter, no brand. The owner is desired to provehis
property, pay charges and take her away
HEZEKIAH HART.
Kensington, November tt, 1782.
TAKEN up by the Subfefiber, a Sorrel MARE,.with white
hairs interspersed all over her, a blaze in her face, the
fore part of her main lies on the right fide, a very remarka
ble score or split on the right fide of her right hind hoof,
trots and paces, about 14 hands high, no shoes, had on ri
poke made of walnut sprout, and tied with a leather strap.
The owner is desired to pay charges and rake her away.
ELEAZAR PRINDLE,
Watertown, Nov. 13, 1782.
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TUESDAY, December 3, 1782.
From a British publication, entitled, The Week
ly Mifcellan,, of Feb. 11, 1782.
MEMOIRS of the Hon. CHARLES
JAMES FOX.
THE Hon. C. J. Fox received the firft ru
diments of education at Eaton school,
where he soon rendered himfelf conspicuous for
the brilliancy of his parts, as well as for a cer
tain happy affiirance, which the unbounded in
dulgence of his father could not but heighten.
Never, perhaps was paternal partiality carried to
greater excess. From a variety of instances we
shall feleH only two. One day the young gen
tleman perceiving a valuable gold watch on the
table, expressed an inclination to throw it on the
ground: " Do so my dear," answered the in
dulgent father, and the watch was instantly.
dashed to pieces. At another time when his fa
ther was Secretary of State, he was so busy,
late at night, in fending off some dispatches of
consequence, that he took them from the office
to his own house.—Charles, who, though then
only nine years old, had been accustomed to
give his opinion freely ore every fubjedl, coming
into the study, took up one of the papers which
had been just laid by for sealing up, and perusing
it, seemingly with some attention, said, that he
did not approve of it, and immediately thrust it
into the fire. Tie Statesman, one would ima
gine, could not have contained his rage, at such
an irritating incident; but the indulgent father
without the least emotion, turned to the office
copy, and immediately fat down to write ano
ther*
An education, under such auspices, we may
naturally suppose to have been productive of fu
ture feenes of folly and diEipation: nor was it
without effeft; but at the fame time it contri
buted much to enlarge an excellent understand
ing, to give him an early tin&ure of general
knowledge, with that boldness and facility that
at present so much diltinguilh Mr. Fox as a pub
lic speaker.
From Eatori he removed to Oxford, where he
does not appear to have resided long; and tire
grand tower compleated his education. On his
return from this tour, which was far from being
conducted by the rules of oeconomy, our young
gentleman was soon conspicuous for his extra
vagant attention to the decorations of dress, and
the follies of the gaming-table..
With regard to the firft, he was fanciful to
such an extreme,' that, ,among other excefles, the
macaroni world were indebted to him for the re
novation of red-heeled times; and, as to the
latter, it has, at various times, involved him in
some fad reveries of fortune. But, while he
fuffered himfelf to be hurried away in the career
of pleasure, he was' not unconfcibus of the won
derful powers be pofleffed, nor did he permit
them to lie dormant.
In 1768, being then nineteen years of age, he
was elected member for Midhurft in Sussex.
Not being of age, this election was illegal; but
this circumstance was either Unknown to the
committee of privileges, or the (Length of his
connexions Rifled all enquiry. He was now
enrolled among the adherents of administration,
and immediately spoke with such a fluency, as
surprised the oldest members of the house. The
minister who was sensible to all the merits of
such a valuable acquisition soon appointed him
paymaster of the pensions to the widows of land
officers, and early in 1770, made him a lord of
the admiralty. In February 1772, he quarrelled
with Lord North. This breach however, was
healed in December following, when he accept
ed the office of one of the lords of the treasury.
For some time he continued the warm partisan
of administration; but whether the minister
gave him any frefh cause of resentment, or whatr
ever were his motives, he began at length to ap
pear in opposition ; and in February, 1774, hag
the following laconic letter delivered to him
while fitting on the treasury-bench in the House
of Commons, by the fide of the minister:
". S IR ?
" His Majesty has thought proper to order %
new commission of the treasury to be made out,
in which I do not perceive your name.,-
. (Signed) NORTH."
From this time Mr. Fox has been invariably
in opposition, and the undeviating enemy of the
minister. In the ardour of the debate, he has
been sometimes hurried into personalities, which
onone particular occasion, produced a rencounter
with another member of the house (Mr. Adams,)
in which he was wounded in the belly. With
his change of party, there appeared a revolution
of manners; which, however, was but a partial
one. He now afteaed a contempt for dress,
appearing on all occasions in very plain, and
even mean apparel. Happier perhaps, for his
political consequence, could he at the fame time
have bidden adieu to the fafeinating charms of
play, and have devoted himfelf 'olely to the great
duties of the senate, for the discharge of which
he has such faperior abilities.
In 1 74, Mr. Fox was eleae< lmember for
Malmfbury, and, in 1780, for Weftminfler;
of which city, his grandfather. Sir Stephen,
was representative in 1679, and 1695. He is
now receiver for South Whiles, and the office
of clerk of the polls in Ireland, which reverted
to him on the death of his brother, and which
he difyofed of in favour of the right hon. Charles
Jenkinfon..;.
His unabated opposition in the House of Com
mons, has naturally drawn upon him the se
verest censures of every partizan of Lord North's
ministry. One of these the author of 'Consi
derations on the American enquiry,' who writes
not without, elegance and spirit; has given 3
fleetch of his character, which, without adopt
ing on the one hand, or censuring on the other,
we shall now lay before our readers:,
" Mr. Fox wants every requisite to form the
exterior of ah,orator. His person is fliort and
fpqalid: his appearance mean and disagreeable.
His voice, naturally inharmonious is rendered
more so by his unikilful management df it. His
countenance is strongly judaic. At his Jerufa
-Icm levee, if a firanger were to be afleed, which
of the chosen race present had most of the bleed
of Jacob in his veins, M r . Fox would be pointed
out as the man. He pofleffed strong ingredients
to form a political character. He has early been
accustomed to' the vicissitudes of fortune, and
marked out by the storms of fate. He is z
Granger to those indulgences of youth, which
unerve the intellectual fyflem; the lißlefs lan
gour that fi T Gceeds the excessive hilarity of social
pleasures; the abuse of wine,% or the immoder
ate enjoyment of women. Play has filled up
the measure of his time, and he has experienced
all its diftra&ion. From affluence and prosperi
ty, he has been reduced to beggary and want,
from a command of fortune and friends, to a
fertile dependance upon usurious creditors.
.This has fitted him for the great business of a
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