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VOL. II.]
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1772.
[NUMB. 83.
For the MASSACHUSETTS SPY. To LORD MANSFIELD.
MY LORD, THE late cloud of incense gone up to your name, for your righteous determination in the Negro cause, we acknowledge is a wonderful display of your regard to the gain of your office, and incites me to press you to go a little farther in the way of your duty. Descended from a Scotchman myself, you cannot imagine what a flow of spirit I receive from every honest action performed by one of my nation. You are sensible, my Lord, that occasions of this sort have of late years been very rare. You can, and I think indeed you must, of necessity encrease them. The emancipation of the Negro Somerset, whom our sage politician, Mr. John Mansfield, has proved was created on purpose for slavery, will draw the eyes of millions upon you, with this hard question in their mouths. With what colour of right can you emancipate a man taken in war, and sold to me by his captor for a valuable consideration, and yet hold millions in chains for whom you never paid a farthing? The difference, my Lord, between a freeman and a slave, you need not be told, is the absolute government of his person and property, by the former, agreeable to his own will; by the latter, agreeable to the will of his master. You know of few persons, my Lord, in this extensive empire in the former predicament; all but Somerset seem to be in the latter.
I aim at no quibble, or strain of meaning, my Lord; when I talk of a freeman's being governed by his own will, I mean the public will, or the will of a majority of the honest and sensible part of the community. The will of these in Britain and Ireland, my Lord, is to have an equal, free, and unbiased representative, changeable at the pleasure of their constituents; the will of those in this country is to make or adopt such laws as they find salutary to themselves, to repeal what they find detrimental, to constitute what officers they think fit to put those laws into execution, and to allow those officers what they account an adequate reward for their services. I presume my Lord, that no article in this Bill of Rights, is worse founded in nature, or less amply supported by authorities than the plea on which Somerset obtained his freedom; they have every one been as solemnly offered and as strongly plead, at the highest tribunal of the nation, and they have been rejected with disdain, and measures in direct opposition to them pursued with vigor, as if done in despite to the general voice of the people. You well know, my Lord, that were the reason of the proceeding less evident than it is, a fermentation must be dreaded from so great an alteration of the conditions of men as will ensue from robbing a master in the Islands and Plantations both ways. First of his money given for the slave, on account of that trade being inconsistent with the great charter, and then, by acts infinitely more repugnant to said charter to take the monies himself earns, after his slaves are gone about their own business, to maintain custom house officers and judges of admiralty, appointed to try causes on land without juries. The negroes themselves my Lord, will spurn at such absurdities! If Magna Charta is again coming into play, for God's sake let us have it altogether. The parceling of it out piece meal will be as fatal to us as the Agrarian-law was to the Romans. Remember the fate of the worthy Tiberius Gracchus. It is not impossible that in you, my Lord, may be an exact reverse of example.
I ever thought Gracchus an honest & imprudent patriot: He failed. You
by a more favorable disposition of the times, with a millionth part of his good qualities, may succeed to the amazement of all men. The way is certainly open for you now to fulfil your own prediction, and be the most popular Chief Justice that ever filled the Bench of England. Who dares to contradict you, my Lord, if you deliver it as your candid opinion, that the acts of a House of Commons, many of whose members were seated in direct opposition to the fundamental laws of the land, cannot be legally binding on the people? If you declare that the Parliament of Great Britain had at no time a better right to vote themselves septennial than perpetual; and in fine, that the interference of the crown in any shape with the election of the commons is a vitiation of the whole legislative. You know My Lord, that to these important truths you will have the echo of the whole Empire; and for delivering them, at a period when your master must confess them forced from you, the applause of all Mankind. On these principles my Lord, you may have the credit of procuring a dissolution of the most universally hated and despised Commons that ever entered the doors of the British parliament-house. With your advice, writs may go forth, for a triennial, or even annual election. This would be no stretch of prerogative in altering the constitution, nor any more than a generous restoration of the ancient and undoubted rights of the people. As to this the court would add an example of that justice and true honour which ought to distinguish it, as once to suffer the people to act themselves in the next choice, and then go on with those real constitutional advisers of the crown, to redress the numerous grievances of which the people have so long and so loudly complained, such a jubilee would commence as can hardly be imagined. Our nation, my Lord, sufficiently prone to follow their chief would resume their ancient character, and a union through all the members of this august empire would take place, which would render it the proudest, the envy, and terror of the whole earth. Would not your heart exult even in the pangs of death to have such a mighty revolution ascribed in any measure to Lord Mansfield? Nay, my Lord, I who have never yet had the meanness to deny my descent, but of late years have too frequently been driven into former periods to find a chief to boast of, shall lift up my head when I can produce a Murray, as the deliverer of a sinking state. You know, my Lord, that it is nothing but the miserable condition of our neighbours that holds them in peace with us. A time may come, when we shall be attacked by a foreign enemy, and what have we to unite us in a common defence? Where is the almost adoration of the Brunswick name? Where the American filial affection for the parent state? All gone my Lord! All converted into their opposites. And should it be asked, Who has been the author of this dismal change? The world in general would answer a Scotchman! Fortunate would I esteem the day wherein I was assured one Scotchman had in earnest began to repair what another had so nearly destroyed. Snatch the palm from all the contending patriots my Lord! It seems from what has happened that you can reap more glory from one single, and very trivial action, than a Pitt, Burke or Barre, from the labours of a whole life. Certainly that ambition for which our countrymen have ever been famous will inspire you to follow the blow; and however late in the day, emancipate yourself from the drudgery of supporting the reign of oppression and tyranny, and spend your remaining days in dispensing impartial justice to every one, and giving such advice on the constitutional questions which may come before you, as may restore that mutual confidence and sincere
affection between the Prince and people, as are indispensably necessary to the well being of both. I am, my Lord your Lordship's most obedient humble servant. Boston, Sept. 12, 1772. BEN SCOTUS.
F R I D A Y, September 11. B O S T O N.
There are thirty members of the general Assembly of the province of New Jersey; all of whom appeared, and were qualified the first day of the session: They have chosen Cortland Skinner, Esq; their Speaker. We hear the name of the preacher that people were lately cautioned to beware of was Blanchard; and that he has since been detected in stealing and committed to Springfield goal. KINGSTOWN, [St Vincent] July 4. The Sloop Bottetourt, Cap. Halliburton, arrived here on Sunday from Dominico, having on board a great Quantity of Ordnance Stores, and a Detachment of the Royal Regiment of Artillery under the Command of Lieut. Rofs; and on Friday Morning Capt. Halliburton sailed for Grenada with dispatches from his Excellency the Governor.
On Monday his Majesty's ship of war the Favourite, Captain Bigg, sailed from Kingstown for Queen's-Bay. And on Tuesday the Romington, Capt. Clarke, sailed for Tyrrel Bay.
On Saturday last was published in Kingstown, an Act of the Legislature of this Island, entitled, An Act to empower the Person commanding in this Island for the time being, by and with the Consent of the Council, to order out a certain number of negroes and mules, to be employed from time to time as occasion may require. And,
On Wednesday last was also published, An Act for laying a duty of powder on all vessels trading to and from this Island, for the Protection and defence of the same.
BASSETTERRE. [St. Christopher] July 29. By a vessel which arrived yesterday from St. Vincent, we are credibly informed, that the Indians were intrenching themselves on the boundaries of that part of the Island which they claim, and are resolved obstinately to oppose the entrance of our troops into their country, so that it is imagined there will be many lives lost. The troops from Antigua were expected the day after this vessel left the Island, and it is supposed those ordered from the continent are there by this time.
S A T U R D A Y, September 12. B O S T O N.
His Excellency General Leyborne, Governor of Grenada, having lately requested of the Legislature of Antigua the Loan of six or eight small field pieces of Artillery (of which it is said they possess a very excellent Train) the house of Assembly declined complying with the Requestion, although Sir Ralph Payne, their Governor, assured them that he knew the pieces of Artillery, for the Loan which the General had applied, were intended to be employed upon a very essential service to his Majesty. The Assembly say, "As from the orders which have been lately issued to his Majesty's Troops in this Island, to hold themselves in readiness to go upon some service in the vicinity thereof, we have great reason to believe we shall be deprived of, at least, a part of them, we cannot at this time give our consent to any measure that can at all tend to the lessening of our own Security."
NEW-YORK, September 7. Since our last 6 Companies of his Majesty's 6th or Royal American Regiment, embarked here for Elizabeth-Town, Amboy, and New-Brunswick, in New-Jersey.
Thursday last the Lord Howe Packet,
Captain Goddard, failed from hence with the Mail for Falmouth.
The Coroner of Brookhaven, on Long-Island, informs the Public, that about the 16th of last Month, the body of a man was found at a place called Old Field Beech, very much consumed, and supposed to have been drowned; his head, hands and one foot gone, and had a stocking, shoe, and buckle, on the other foot: His stocking was of a mixed blue and white colour, very fine yarn, and footed with very coarse yarn: His buckle was of hard metal, washed and flowered, of a long form, and somewhat round at the corners, with a steel chape and tongue. The body was buried on the Old Field Beech, in a decent manner.
Capt. Deane, from St. Kitts, the 31st ult. in lat. 31, 48, lon. 70, spoke with Capt. Fullerton, in a ship of this port, with three brigs in company, from St. Augustine, for St. Vincents, having the 31st Regiment on board.
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From the OXFORD MAGAZINE.
To the KING.
MASTER, carest thou not that we perish? was the pitiable, affecting exclamation of his perishing Disciples, who went about doing good; who, as soon as this called upon, delivered them out of their distress. A noble example this for royal imitation! Many, very many of thy Subjects, grievously afflicted on account of the high price of all kinds of Provisions, have long had an eye to thee and to thy Parliament for redress; but, hitherto, alas, in vain! Ye live in plenty, enjoying not only the conveniencies but the luxuries of life, and are not duly touched with a feeling for the distressful situation of the Poor, whose wages are much as they were thirty years since, and yet the price of such Food as used to be purchased by them, is double to what it was then. Add to this, that Taxes are increased, and House rent greatly enhanced. Notwithstanding all this, thou, O King, seemest not either by Message or Speech to thy Parliament to recommend it to them to take the deplorable situation of the Poor into speedy consideration. Thy Parliament spend their time concerning mere trifles, when compared with what is hereby earnestly, and with due humility, I hope, recommended; though of all the sins of omission, a disregard to the general complaint of an universal suffering Poor must stand foremost. Wouldst thou but reflect upon what the Poor have done for thy family in particular, and upon what they do for mankind in general, it would certainly excite in thee a grateful pity for those, who have fought for thee and Family, both in Great Britain and Germany? Who have crushed two Rebellions in favour of a Pretender to the Throne of thy Predecessors, and so eventually preserved it for thee: Who have endured sieges, and fought thy battles wherever ordered: Who now labour, travel, and watch for us, and so severely suffer by the inclemency of ever-varying Seasons: Who make repair, our houses, furniture, and apparel: Who make, and repair, and navigate our ships: Who cultivate our fields, orchards and gardens: Who keep us sweet and clean, by doing the meanest and most servile offices for us: In short by whose labour and industry it is that we partake of those things which make life agreeable? Doubtless the Poor are chief Agents. Seeing these things cannot be spoken against, is it not cruel in those, who have it in their power to receive them, to continue deaf to their complaints? What, O King, have they done to merit thy displeasure? or if not thy displeasure, thy disregard? Thou perhaps, will say, they have been turbulent, and insolent even to thyself. This, I know, is true, and am sorry for. But it may be said, in extenuation of their fault, that they have been prompted thereto by designing persons, more culpable than the open offenders; and though, perhaps, the far greater part of them cannot reason well, yet they all can tell they are very ill used, and very much oppressed, and this is the main cause of their dissatisfaction and behaviour; therefore, because a few have offended, let not, O King, the very innocent be punished indiscriminately with them. Excuse me who mean not to offend thee, or any one else, if I use great plainness of speech, and tell thee what perchance, thou hast not been accustomed to hear, namely, that the late Duty on Malt Liquors, the Tax on windows and Houses, and the insufferable high price of the Necessaries of Life, have so operated, as to lose thee the affections of by far the greater part of thy once loyal, dutiful and loving Subjects; insomuch that, it is to be feared, if some great national commotions do not happen in consequence in thy days, they will in thy Son's days, if not prudently and timely prevented: Therefore, O King, for his sake, for thy people's sake and for God's sake, exert thyself in behalf of thy Kingdoms. Nothing is easier than to have the affections and to rule in all the hearts of thy people. Convince them that thou labourest for their good. Tell thy Parliament that an adequate remedy must be speedily applied to the present distempered Body Politic. Shew thyself the Father and Friend of thy people, and they will be so affectionate and dutiful to thee, that they will love thee as the apple of their eye, and the very sight of thee will give them joy. Regard not any who wills thee to disregard the just complaints of thy distressed subjects. "Let but this one contest be between thee and thy people, whether the King loves the people better than the people him: And may it be long, a very long contest; may it never be decided, but let it remain doubtful; and may the paternal affection on the one
side, and the filial obedience on the other, be had in everlasting remembrance"—So with-eth, O King, Subditus pius.
LONDON, June 29.
The KING OF SWEDEN'S SPEECH to the STATES on the first of June, 1772.
OU are this day assembled, in order to confirm, in the manner of your ancestors, the band of union which ties you to me, me to you, and you to the whole commonwealth: We must therefore remember, with the most sensible gratitude, the benevolence of the Almighty, who has ordered things so, that this very ancient kingdom of the Swedes and Goths is still existing, after so many foreign, as well as national shocks; and that I, on the Throne of my ancestors, can yet address Free and Independent States.
Assured of your hearts, most sincerely purposing to merit them, and to fix my Throne upon your love and felicity, the public engagement which you are going to enter into, would, in my opinion, be needless, if ancient custom, and the law of Sweden, did not require it of you. Unhappy the King who wants the tie of Oaths to secure himself on the Throne; and who, not assured of the hearts of his subjects, is constrained to reign only by the force of laws, when he cannot by the love of his subjects!
I need not put you in mind of the weightiness of the engagement you are going to take; the States of Sweden know best the extent of their duty to themselves and the commonwealth; may concord and harmony ever unite your hearts; may foreign views, and private gain, ever be sacrificed to public interest; may this alone be a perpetual band of union amongst you; and may the ambition of any part of you never raise any such disturbances, as may endanger the Freedom and Independency, of the whole commonwealth.
Gentlemen of the House of Nobles,
Preserve always the honour and intrepidity of your ancestors; be an example to your fellow-citizens; and as you are the first order of the Kingdom, be also the first in virtue, and love of your country.
Good Men of the Reverend Order of Clergy,
May mutual friendship, and peace, obedience to the laws, reverence to God, and the King, bear witness to me and the country, of your zeal in the execution of the sacred office with which you are intrusted.
Good Men of the Respectable Order of Burgheers,
Strive always with your fellow-subjects, who shall contribute the most to the public good: May the fruits of the extensive share, which belongs to you, be general credit, and confidence, useful institutions, frugal living and moderate gain; which lead to sure and certain wealth.
Good Men of the Worthy Order of Peasants,
May piety, diligence, temperance, and old Swedish faith, and modesty, be the strongest confirmation of the honour always due to that Order, which gives subsistence to all the others; and honour, which the Swedish Peasants have in all times attained.
This is all that I ask of you: When you observe this, you perform, in the best manner, that duty to me, and your country, which, according to the Swedish laws, I now call upon you to confirm by oath.
LONDON, June 30. We received the following extraordinary narrative from Berlin, May the 25th. In the year 1770, a Neapolitan young man settled at Warsaw, and set up as a merchant, but finding that his industry was not rewarded with success, he made love to a Polish young lady of fortune, and after a courtship of six months gained the heart of this beautiful young lady, and married her; but a few months after this marriage, a Venetian young lady came there and proved her lawful marriage with him, with a fortune of 20,000 chequins. Scarcely was he accused by this Venetian young lady, but there came a Provincial young lady, and proved her marriage with him, and that she had brought a fortune of 30,000 French livres. In the same week, an Austrian young lady came and proved her marriage with him, her portion was 20,000 florins, he then was by the law of that country condemned to death; but according to the custom of Poland, the night before the execution, all condemned persons are put in a fine room, and are at liberty to have a conference with all their friends. On this occasion the Polish young lady came to see him for the last time, and was struck with a strong compassion on seeing his
melancholy situation; and at last found the way by the means of a Jesuit, to save him. The plan of escape having been agreed on, she resolved the same moment to fly with him; accordingly she went home immediately, and took all her substance in ready cash and jewels, and thus they both set off together; but this inhuman wretch of Naples was not ten Polish miles from Warsaw, when finding himself quite out of danger, and in a dark forest, he took this amiable young lady, bound her hand and foot with strong ropes, threw her into the forest, and set off with all her substance. In this most unhappy, miserable state the young lady lay forty eight hours, but luckily was discovered by a peasant, who saved her life and brought her to Warsaw. When this story was known at court the King compassionately granted her 100 ducats per annum, and the Jesuit and Jail keeper were sent to prison.
On Monday near 200 blacks, with their ladies, had an entertainment at a public house in Westminster, to celebrate the triumph which their brother Somerset had obtained over Mr. Stewart his master. Lord Mansfield's health was echoed round the room and the whole was concluded with a ball. The tickets for admittance into this black assembly were five shillings each.
MONDAY, September 14. BOSTON.
Suffolk, sc. At his Majesty's honourable Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Assize and general Goal Delivery, held at Boston in and for the County of Suffolk, and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England.
August Term 1772.
BE it remembered, that this same term in a case here depending, wherein James Otis of said Boston is Appellant and original plaintiff against John Robinson, late of said Boston, Esq; the said John Robinson, Esq; by James Boutineau, Esq; his father-in-law and Attorney, comes into Court and on the behalf and in name of the said John Robinson, Esq; who is now in Parts beyond sea, to wit, in the Kingdom of Great-Britain, being thereunto fully empowered as by his letters of Attorney on file in the case may appear, freely confesses that in the assault committed by him the said John Robinson, Esq; on him the said James Otis, in presumptuously attempting to take him the said James Otis by the nose, was the first assault, which occasioned and brought on all the consequent insults, wounds and other injuries whereof the said James Otis in his Declaration more particularly complains: He the said John Robinson, Esq; was greatly in fault, is very sorry for his conduct and behaviour that night towards the said James Otis, and asks the pardon of the said James Otis.
JAMES BOUTINEAU,
Attorney to JOHN ROBINSON, Esq; Done in court and ordered, that this paper be filed among the records of the court.
Att. SAMUEL WINTHROP, Clerk. A true copy as on file, Examined, SAMUEL WINTHROP, Clerk.
WHEREUPON the said James Otis, being personally present here in court, duly reflecting that he has ever been as ready to give, as to ask or demand gentleman-like satisfaction for an insult real or supposed, at the same time being fully conscious, and, as he apprehends, able abundantly to prove, that he then publicly offered that kind of satisfaction to the said John Robinson, Esq; previously to the said first assault, as on the part and in behalf of the said John Robinson, Esq; by his said Attorney James Boutineau, Esq; is above confessed—And the said James Otis having ever entertained a most consummate contempt of seeking a purse or a pecuniary reparation for a personal insult, if any other more gentleman-like could be obtained, by the consent of the parties, and that consistently with the laws of his country: Accepts of the above submission here in court, in full for the assaults, insults, injuries and damages above complained of in the declaration of the said James Otis, and confessed as above. And upon the same submission, so far as the said John Robinson, Esq; was concerned in the assaults, insults and injuries above-mentioned and confessed, as he thinks a gentleman and Christian ought in such case and on such submission, freely forgives the said John Robinson, Esq; and by these presents remisseth, releaseth, acquitteth and dischargeh him the said John Robinson, Esq; from all actions, suits, and demands, by reason of, or occasioned by the premises; and also, all right and cause of action in the declaration specified.
FURTHERMORE the said James Otis knowing full and right well that by operation
of law hereupon, he also of course releaseth and dischargeh the alleged and supposed confederates of the said John Robinson, from all demands supportable on the premises by our laws, but the said James Otis would by no means be understood to give up any other demands he may hereafter make by reason of the premises against any of the said alleged and supposed confederates—At the same time the said James Otis of his own free will and mere motion thinks fit to give it under his hand, to remain on record in favour of the said John Robinson, Esq; as the said James Otis has often privately and publicly, in the hearing of his friends and others, and even in the Court of Common Pleas declared, as he now does in this honourable court, that he looks on the said John Robinson, Esq; to be infinitely less to blame in this (for both parties in the suit) very unhappy affair, than those, who the said James Otis, were he inclined to give himself the trouble, thinks, and is persuaded, he could fully prove artfully and most insidiously as well as maliciously incited the said John Robinson, Esq; to so very unworthy an action.
Provided the said John Robinson, Esq; by the said James Boutineau, Esq; his said Attorney, pay the common costs of court, amounting to thirteen pounds ten shillings and eight pence, with thirty pounds each, for the use of Samuel Fitch, John Adams, Esq; and Sampson Salter Bowers, Council, retained by the said James Otis, in the case, and very diligently attended the business for three years; also the Doctor's bills, amounting to seven pounds, twelve shillings, the sum of one pound eight shillings for taking affidavits out of court, amounting in the whole to the sum of one hundred and twelve pounds ten shillings and eight pence, lawful money, but not a farthing for the use of the said James Otis, he having (as before observed) a most thorough contempt for pecuniary recompence when a better can be obtained.
JAMES OTIS.
N. B. The sum mentioned above as agreed upon, viz. one hundred and twelve pounds ten shillings and eight pence, was paid in court; and it is ordered by the court that this paper be filed in the said case among the records of the Superior Court.
Att. SAMUEL WINTHROP, Clerk. A true copy as on file, Examined, Per SAMUEL WINTHROP, Clerk.
Monday last his Excellency the Governor was pleased to prorogue the general assembly to the 2d day of December next.
Monday last a Schooner arrived at Charles-town from St. Kitts, the Master, Capt. Paine, on the Passage in Soundings, fell over in the night when throwing the Lead, and was drowned.
TUESDAY, September 15. BOSTON.
Field Officers of the first Regiment in Bristol County, viz. William Bullock, Esq; Colonel, Peleg Gardner, Esq; Lieutenant-Colonel, Timothy Walker, Esq; Major.
The Name of the Preacher, that people were cautioned to beware of, was Blanchard; and we hear since he has been detected in reeling and committed to Springfield Goal.
The Newport paper of last Monday mentions, that an armed Schooner was arrived there from Boston, and that another was expected, to lie close before the Town of Providence.
PHILADELPHIA, September 2. Capt. Mullet, from St. Kitts, informs, that on the 2d. of August, they had there a gale of wind, in which a Schooner, belonging to New-England, was obliged to put to sea, but it did no other damage: He was informed that several vessels, at Dominica and Montserrat, were obliged to put to sea.
Capt. Newman from Anguilla, but last from Bermuda, on the 13th ult. in lat. 34, long. 67, 37, spoke a Snow from Virginia for London; and on the 22d, 40 leagues from our Capes, spoke a Schooner, Capt. Goodwin, from this port for Boston, out 3 days. Capt. Newman informs, that Capt. Skinner, who arrived at Bermuda about the 7th ult. reported, that twelve leagues from the island he spoke a Schooner, who said the ship then in sight was from Philadelphia, with lumber, for Hispaniola, but had struck on some rocks off the island of Bermuda, had carried away her mizen-mast, and was so full of water that they were obliged to make an awning on the quarter-deck with some of the sails; and that the Captain of the ship had engaged the said Schooner to keep him company to Cape Nichola Mole, least any other accident should happen.
By Capt. Brown, from St. Vincent, we learn, that part of three Regiments from Antigua and Grenada, were arrived at that

place, where they wait for the arrival of the Forces from North-America, and then were to proceed to suppress the Insurrection of the Indians there.
WEDNESDAY, September 16. BOSTON.
ARRIVED here. Daggett from North-Carolina; Begbie from New-Providence; Paine from Maryland; Miller from New-London; Manis from Newfoundland; Jones from New-Haven; Lamson from Philadelphia; Elkins and Searl from St. Lucia; Murphy from Esquebo; Throlo and Nash from Cape Nichola; Martn from St. Kitts; and Bartlett from Madeira.
OUTWARD BOUND. Thacher, Gray and Paine for Maryland; Trevett for Rhode-Island; Drew for Virginia; Willis and Sweetser for West-Indies; Rice for New-Haven; Arnold for Halifax; Marshall for Glasgow; Miller for New-London; Lorain for New-Providence; and Jacobson for London.
MARRIED. J Mr. Samuel Flagg, of Salem, Merchant, to Miss Drowne, daughter of Mr. Thomas Drowne, of this town.
PHILADELPHIA, August 29. Last week, two persons blind with cataracts were couched by Dr. Graham, oculist and Aurist in this City.—One of these, a gentleman advanced in years was couched in one eye, but the operation proved in effectual.—The other, son of Mr. Thomas Walling, of Crosswicks, in New Jersey, now at Mr. Allen's nearly opposite the Coffee-House, aged Eleven, and who for upwards of three years, had been totally blind of both eyes, was instantly restored to the sight of both.—Mr. Barton, of Baltimore County, Maryland, has likewise been restored to his perfect hearing in one ear.—We hear that since the 1st of August 23 persons have been helped in their sight or hearing.—Of that number seven had lost their sights by Beards of Rye, and other grain, getting into their eyes in time of harvest, of these three only have perfectly recovered. This may serve as a caution to that useful, though poor, set of people, the support of whose families depend so much on the possession of that invaluable blessing, the sight.
NEWPORT, September 7. Last Tuesday arrived here the brig Spywood, Capt. William Rhodes, from Anguilla, who, on the 24th ult. lat. 31, 17, long. 69, 33, spoke with two ships and two brigs, with troops on board, from St. Augustine bound to the Island of St. Vincent, to assist in subduing the Indians of said Island.
Last Thursday evening, a young woman, died very suddenly, at Providence; she set out to go a family distance to see some rockers fired, and complained of being ill in the street, went in a neighbour's house, and expired in a few minutes: It is supposed that her death was occasioned by the bursting of a blood-vessel, as a large quantity of blood flowed from her mouth.
We hear that on the 2d of August there was a hurricane in the West-Indies; but can learn no particulars, except the following:
Last Saturday arrived the brig Catharine, Captain Joshua Rathbun, in 24 days from the Mole, by whom we learn, that just before he failed three ships arrived there in distress, viz. the Homecastle, Capt. Mackintosh, the Kepple, Capt. Curling, and the Milford, Captain Watson, all bound for Great-Britain; also Captain Job Thurston, of this port, from Jamaica, put in there at the same time. These vessels all received considerable damage in their masts, &c. in a hurricane between Jamaica, and Hispaniola. Capt. Caton, in the ship Otter, from Philadelphia, was towed into the Mole about the 7th of August, almost full of water, having run on Burmuda, where she lost her rudder, and received considerable damage in her bottom.
WHEREAS, about the latter end of last March, Seven IRON POTS, without any directions, were put on board the Schooner Picenix, ROBINSON CROCKET, master, bound for Casco-Bay, and as no owner has ever applied for them either here or at Casco-Bay, it is supposed they were put on board by mistake: And on August last Six Bolls of RUSSIA DUCK, were put on board said vessel, in the same manner as the above. The owners of the above mentioned articles, are desired to apply to said master, on board said Schooner, now lying at the Mill-Creek, by which means they may have their POTS and DUCK again, proving their property, and paying charges.
Boston, September 10, 1772.
LONDON, June, 1772. To the PRINTER.
A MAN who studies the world with so much attention as you seem to do, must be wonderfully struck with every thing in it which constitutes the Ridiculous. If this kind of contemplation is not calculated to afford much instruction, it is an inexhaustible source of amusement, and as such ought to have a place in the pursuits of every man. If one gains a laugh by it, he is well paid; and, for own part, I always esteem a laugh of more consequence to my health than the most judicious prescription of a Brown or a Fothergill.
In this branch of study, the abuse of words, I think, occupies a principal department—at least with respect to men who know the use of them. Have you not often, Sir, heard an impudent fellow, in a shop, a coffee-house, or a church, after telling his hearers one of the greatest lies in the universe, and sealing it with an oath, conclude the whole with saying, " 'Tis true UPON MY HONOUR."—What a much abused term!
Hear part of the advertisement of a candidate for a seat in the House of Commons.—"And I beg leave to assure you Gentlemen UPON MY HONOUR, which I hold dearer than my life, that if I have the honour of being returned to parliament, I shall always give my voice consistent with my MOST SACRED HONOUR and the interest of my constituents."—Well, the electors take his word, and perhaps his money too.—This man of honour is elected; and in the first ministerial question that is before the house, he gives his voice to the minister, UPON HIS HONOUR."
You are on a journey to York, to Bath, or to Dover. A man meets you, claps a horse pistol to your forehead, and says— "You may deliver up all your money without being the least afraid, for I assure you, you are fallen into the hands of a man of HONOUR."
A rich, but foolish young Lady goes into the shop of a Mercer on Ludgate-Hill, who praises her beauty much, but his own honesty more, and then makes her pay six guineas for a piece of silk that is not worth six crowns; for, says he, I always deal UPON HONOUR.
A lady of quality, no matter whether lady G. or lady B. or lady L. or any other whore on the court list, retired in a private bed room with her gallant, clasps him rapturously in her arms, and exclaim— "UPON MY HONOUR, I love you better a thousand times better than I do the wretch my Husband."
Two low villains are standing together at two in the morning, at the end of a court in Fleet-street—"Assist me says the one to the other, in breaking open yon shop, and, UPON MY HONOUR you shall share the plunder."
Your pocket is picked of your handkerchief, you turn about to a little impudent looking boy, and say "Sirrah, you have got my handkerchief."—"Who? me got it?" replies the boy, not I, Sir, UPON MY HONOUR"—and runs away as fast as he can.
Lord North says to the French Ambassador, "Inform me, Sir, UPON YOUR HONOUR whether the fleet now lying ready at Brest is intended for the East Indies." "It is not replies the Frenchman, UPON MY HONOUR." Lord North goes away; and Monsieur Le Comte, bursting into a fit of immoderate laughter exclaims—"what a credulous man is this!—He'll believe any thing."
"UPON MY HONOUR, says a girl of the town, slyly pulling a raw young gentleman's watch out of his pocket, if you will go along with me, I shall use you with the strictest HONOUR."
You employ an attorney to recover a sum of money due to you. He recovers it, but keeps the whole sum for his trouble. You remonstrate and tell him it is too much—"O not at all, replies the honest attorney, there is no other man would do it to cheap UPON MY HONOUR."
A Bailiff tips an unhappy debtor on the shoulder, and tells him he's his prisoner. The poor debtor is much concerned. "Oh don't be in the least concerned says the Bailiff, I'll use you like a MAN OF HONOUR—While your money lasts."
A gamester having bubbled a young heir out of three hundred guineas, is charged with the cheat—"Who? me? replies the gamester, looking impudently in your face—No, damme—I scorn it—I'm a MAN OF HONOUR."
These, Sir, are instances, and I could fill fifty of your Magazines with others of the kind. But, however inconsistent this ph...
is, as it is usually applied, and however little is meant by it, you may believe me when I say, that I am UPON MY HONOUR, one of your greatest admirers.
THURSDAY September 17. BOSTON.
By a store ship, arrived at Halifax, in 37 days from London, the Printer of the Halifax Gazette received London Prints to the 13th of July, from which he extracted the following Intelligence, viz.
"That orders had been given from the Admiralty-Office, for opening houses of rendezvous at Newcastle, Leith and Glasgow, for enlisting seamen into his Majesty's service—That seven capital ships were in repair at Portsmouth, among which was the Britannia of 100 guns—That the Queen of Denmark would shortly appear in England—That Lord Hillsborough had some intention of resigning—That several hands extraordinary were ordered to be employed in Plymouth dock-yard—That several ships of the line were ordered to be fitted out with all possible expedition at Plymouth—That Commodore Shuldham with 13 men of war had lately failed, for Newfoundland—And, That the Ohio petition being now disposed of, the Petition of 180 Gentlemen for lands in the neighbourhood of the Mississippi, which was lately presented to the Privy Council, was expected speedily to be heard, as well as the Petition for erecting a civil Government in that part of the British territories.—That, a report was circulated, that Gen. Paoli thinks of taking a colony of Corsicans to America, and that the borders of the Mississippi will be the seat of the settlement.—That an advice boat from the Manillas was arrived at Ferrol, with an account that Port Emanuel had been almost totally destroyed by a violent earthquake which being succeeded by a violent tornado and inundation of the sea, all the fortification, were carried away, and the harbour destroyed, at the mouth of which twenty ships French and Spanish, with great part of their crews were lost."
Yesterday arrived here, Capt. Silas Atkins from Barbados, but last from St. Eustatia, in twenty days passage, who informs, that he met with a severe hurricane in lat. 18. North, the wind beginning at N. E. from that all round the compass, and with great difficulty he kept off the land. On the 30th ult. he fell in with the sloop Delight Gamalian Bayley, master, from New-York, bound for Grenada, in a most deplorable condition, and had the misfortune to be wrecked in such a manner, as to lose mast and bowsprit, and all his other spars, also his sails and boat, and his hull in such a condition that he was obliged to quit her, and proceed here with Capt. Atkins; no lives were lost.
Capt. Atkins on the 10th inst. fell in with a sloop, from Cape Nichola Mole, bound for Salem, under jury-masts, it blowing very hard; the master's name unknown.
We hear that yesterday morning Charles Paxton, Esq; had a Levee, at his house, near the bottom of Milk-street, in commemoration of
Last week the workmen laid the foundation and began to raise a tower to the Scots Church in this town whereof the Rev. J. Moorhead is pastor.
We hear that last Saturday se'nnight, there was a considerable frost in the low lands, between Brimfield and Springfield, whereby many fields of Indian corn received considerable damage.
Yesterday a woman was detected in stealing ten pair of stockings, out of a shop near the Mill-bridge.
This morning Capt. Callahan arrived here from London.
Capt. Callahan, failed the 17th of July; Capt. Scott was to sail in 3 days after him.
With Capt. Callahan, came passenger, John Robinton, Esq; one of the board of Commissioners.
DIED. J Mrs. Hannah Bayley, wife of Mr. Thomas Bayley, housewright—Miss Abigail Brazier, daughter of Mr. Christopher Brazier, bricklayer.—Mr. White, from the Eastward, on a visit to his children.—Mrs. Wheeler, wife of Mr. Nathaniel Wheeler, blacksmith.—At his seat in Dorchester, John Jones, Esq; formerly an eminent merchant in this town.—At Lincoln, Mrs. Rebecca Finlayson.—At New-York, Mr. John Lambert, merchant.
By Capt. Callahan, who arrived this morning from London, we have received the London papers to the 16th of July, from which we have extracted the following, viz.
LONDON. July 15. It is asserted that Mr. Morris
is undoubtedly married to his Ward; and further, that the ceremony was performed not only once, but three times, at different towns through which they passed.
We hear that the marriage of Prince Frederic of Denmark with the Princess Royal of Sweden is concluded upon, but that the time for consummating the same depends on the pleasure of the King of Prussia.
His Majesty is said to have ordered a list of all the tradesmen's debts to be made out with the utmost dispatch, and to be laid before him.
We hear that a Great Lady is three months advanced in her pregnancy.
Saturday morning Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander set sail for Iceland, to prosecute new discoveries in botany.
DEAL, July 13. Came down and failed the Pennsylvania Packet, Osborne, for Pennsylvania.
Port of London, July 15. Cleared Outwards, Sparks and Penn, for Philadelphia.
Gravesend, July 14. Past by the Joanna Brown, from Boston.
LONDON, July 16. Yesterday a board of trade was held at the plantation office, Whitehall, in consequence of recent dispatches from America.
An anonymous correspondent says, we may assure the public, from good authority, that notwithstanding the pacific disposition of our ministry, and the happy tranquil state their minions labour to persuade us we are secure in, there were scarce ever known even in the midst of war, greater demands for all kinds of stores for the use of the navy than at present, inasmuch that that the contractors for almost every branch especially hops, are far from being able to supply them on this emergency.
The same correspondent also says, we may be assured that Messrs. Vere and Fletcher in Cornhill have received orders for 20,000 suits of seamen's cloaths, and 50,000 Dutch caps, to be got ready with all expedition, and that in all likelihood pre-warrants will be issued out before this month's at an end.
We are informed, overtures are now on foot, between our ministry and the Court of Denmark, relative to pecuniary appointments of the unfortunate Queen.
So critical are the affairs of the Ministers that they are doing and undoing almost every hour.
An accommodation is almost completed between Alderman Wilkes and his lady, through the pious interpolation of his amiable daughter.
It is said that Mr. Sheriff Wilkes stands a very fair chance of being Lord Mayor for the year ensuing.
The proclamation inserted in the Gazette of Saturday and Tuesday last, for preventing any infection from the plague, which now rages on the continent, is said to be one of the largest and most cautious ever published.
A correspondent, on reading in our paper, that the great defaulter had not yet made out his accounts, says, that the public may suspend their expectations, for his accounts will not be made out till after his death, when all his secrets will be revealed by his will.
Lord Hillsborough's objection to colonization, if founded on the observation, that a considerable part of the native Country lies waste and uncultivated, is just; it certainly should first be improved.
Orders are sent to Deptford, for fitting up the Carcase and Thunder bombs for service with all expedition.
All the men of war now outward bound at Portsmouth and Plymouth, are ordered to take on board their full compliment of Marines.
The last packet from North America has brought a letter of thanks from the City of Boston to Colonel Barre, Agent for Massachusetts-Bay, for his spirited behaviour in Parliament during the last session.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of JOHN GOULD, Esq; late of Boston, Merchant deceased, are desired to make immediate payment to THOMAS BROWN, Attorney to SARAH TROUTBECK, sole Executrix to the last Will and Testament of the deceased: And all who have demands upon said Estate are desired to bring them in to said Attorney, in order to a speedy settlement.
* * The Distilling Business is still carried on, and all the custom rs of the deceased are invited to apply or send for what Rum &c. they may want, occasionally, as they may depend upon being supplied upon the best terms, and with as much care and dispatch as formerly.

LD on reasonable terms, TRACTS of LAND , in the county of Lincoln, being part of the real Estate of the late JAMES ALSEY deceased, viz.
ONE Lot of Land , lying on Jeremy Squam Island, called, containing 112 acres and 40 rods: one ditto on the east side of Sheepscot River, No. 44, containing 100 acres; one ditto on the same side of said river, Letter U, a choice tract.
ALSO , The following TRACTS of LAND , lying in the Township of New-Boston, in the province of New-Hampshire, viz.
No. 121, one hundred and fifty acres. No. 94, one hundred and fifty acres. No. 64, one hundred and fifty acres. No. 20, one hundred acres. No. 22, fifty acres.
Those who incline to purchase the whole, or any part thereof, by enquiring of the Printer hereof, may receive further information. Likewise, to be SOLD ,
A convenient Tenement, at the north part of Boston, having two rooms on a floor, with good water, and a large handsome Yard and Garden spot. Enquire as above.
To be SOLD , On board the Brigantine HERMOINE , CHOICE Newcastle COALS . Enquire at PETER HUGHES's Store in King Street.
To the PUBLIC . A HE subscriber takes this method to inform his friends, and the public in general, that he has prepared a complete Room, in his dwelling house, near the Conduit, for the RECEPTION of GOODS to be sold at
PUBLIC SALE ; Those who are pleased to favour him with their commands, may rest assured that the greatest punctuality and honour will be strictly observed. As the situation is very suitable for said business, he flatters himself the result of his undertaking will be attended with mutual advantage to his employers and self, therefore respectfully solicits the favour of the public, and the same will be thankfully received by their humble servant
MARTIN BICKER . N. B. He has to sell, at private sale, a neat assortment of Broad Cloths, 3-4ths. 7 8ths. and yard wide Irish Linen, 3-4ths. and 7 8ths. Check, Galtix, Dowlas, Bedticking, knit Patterns, Velveretts, Shallons, men's and women's Hose, Handkerchiefs,
THIS is to notify the proprietors of Pearson-town in the county of Cumberland, that, at a legal meeting of said proprietors, held at Falmouth in said county, on the nineteenth day of March, Anno Dom. 1771, a tax of twelve shillings was voted on each right, and at another meeting of said proprietors held at said Falmouth on the 31st day of March 1772, a tax of eight shillings was voted to be raised on each proprietor right for the support of the minister, and other charges of carrying forward the settlement of said township; and to request said proprietors to pay said taxes as well as all former arrearages of taxes due on their several rights heretofore granted by said proprietors and legally advertised, to Ephraim Jones of said Falmouth, treasurer of said proprietors, or to the subscribers, the Proprietors committee, on or before the first day of December next, otherwise their several lots and rights there, will be sold at a public vendue at the house of Mr. Moses Shattock, Innholder in said Falmouth, on said first day of December next, for the payment of said taxes as the law directs, the sale to begin at ten o'clock, forenoon.
ENOCH FREEMAN, MOSES PEARSON, STEPH. LONGFELLOW, } Proprietors committee. Falmouth, August 26, 1772.
To be sold by Samuel Sloane, at his Distil House, opposite the Blue-ball and Mason's Arms, formerly Green-Dragon, New-England RUM, and all sorts of SPIRITS, cheap for cash or Molasses; and as he makes the articles himself, he will warrant them fit for any market.
To the Encouragers of Literature. The THIRD Volume of BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES is now PUBLISHED, and the FOURTH Volume being now in the Press, will be published with great expedition: And as many of the Subscribers to this Work have expressed an earnest Desire for an American Edition of
An interesting APPENDIX to Sir WILLIAM BLACKSTONE'S Commentaries on the Laws of ENGLAND . CONTAINING ,
 I. Priestley's Remarks on some Paragraphs in the Fourth Volume of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the Dissenters.  II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks.  III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply.  IV. The Case of the late Election of the County of Middlesex, considered on the Principles of the Constitution and the Authorities of Law.  V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone, concerning his Exposition of the Act of Toleration, and some Positions relative to Religious Liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries on the Laws of England.  VI. Authentic Copies of the Argument of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of the Judges Delegates, and of the Speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of Lords, in the Case between the City of London and the Dissenters. 
The EDITOR always attentive to the desire of the Public, and ever willing to gratify the growing taste for the advancement of literature in America, proposes to publish by Subscription the above-mentioned performances, (Price One Dollar and One Half of a Dollar) in neat law binding, in one volume royal octavo, printed on the same letter and paper with the American edition of said Commentaries; therefore all gentlemen desirous of forwarding this publication, by signifying their intention speedily to those Booksellers who have supplied them with Blackstone's Commentaries, will greatly oblige their most respectful servant,
ROBERT BELL , Philadelphia, July 20, 1772.
N. B. The lovers of religious freedom—the right of private judgment—and universal and impartial liberty in matters of conscience—are requested to remember, that the names of five hundred subscribers will be necessary to carry on this undertaking. They are also requested to observe, that those who have not subscribed for Blackstone, may, if they please, encourage these curious controversial tracts on civil and religious liberty, in which all mankind are interested. And the public are hereby notified, that as soon as the fourth volume of the Commentaries is finished, the price of the set will be raised considerably above its present very moderate price.
TEN DOLLARS Reward.  WHEREAS the shop of the subscriber, in Wing's-Lane was broke open last night, and the following articles taken and carried off, viz. 3 3/4 yards of superfine cinnamon coloured broad cloth; one pair of Pompadore coloured velvet breeches, cut out ready to make; 2 yards of blue serge; a blue serge coat and waistcoat, partly made; 1 superfine blue cloth coat ripped in order to turn; 1 ditto waistcoat; 1 blue serge coat, without buttons, almost new; 1 pair black cloth breeches, about half wore; 1 pair raven grey ditto, almost new; 1 dark brown wig, almost new; 1 beaver hat, about thirds wore; 1 drab coloured double alapeen coat, the lining single alapeen, ripped in order to turn; 1 dark cloth waistcoat with yellow buttons, about half wore; about one quarter of a pound of twist of different colours.
Whoever will apprehend the thief or thieves, so that he or they may be brought to justice and convicted, shall receive TEN DOLLARS reward, and all necessary charges paid by JOHN GREENLEAF . Boston, August 26th, 1772.
To be SOLD , A single decked BRIGANTINE , About Eighty tons burthen, a prime sailor and well found. Enquire of the Printer.
PENUEL BOWEN , Takes this method to acquaint his friends and the PUBLIC , THAT he has just opened Shop and Store in the WEST-INDIA and GROCERY way of business, at the house lately improved as a public house by Capt. Daniel Jones, a little to the southward of Deacon Church's Vendue room, Where he has for SALE ,
The best of brown Sugars, by the barrel or hundred; green Coffee by 100 wt. or doz. Loaf Sugar, Chocolate, French Indigo, Cotton, best Durham flour of Mustard, New-England ditto, in various sized bottles or by weight; best Poland Starch and Crown Soap by the hundred or dozen, Hyson, Souchong, Green and Bohea Teas very fine; Spices of all kinds; Florence sweet Oil; Raisins fresh and good, by the cask or smaller quantity; Kippen's Snuff by the dozen and single bottle; Redwood, Logwood, Brimstone, Saltpetre, Alum, and Copperas, by 100 weight and smaller quantity; Almonds, Ginger, Rice; 18 and 15 inch T. D. Pipes by the gross or dozen; a good assortment of Glass, very cheap, with other Crockery Ware; he has also a few neatboxes of the best flint Glass, each containing a pretty and small assortment for shops, samples of all which he can shew from boxes of the same kind that he has opened; they will be disposed of at a very low advance indeed for the money.
Choice West-India Rum , by the noghead and barrel. All his articles have been procured with cash, and he hopes well bought, so that he expects to sell as much to the advantage of the purchaser as other shops or stores. And he shall hold himself much obliged to all who may please to favour him with their custom.
DANIEL SCOTT , At his Medicine Store the sign of the Leopard, South End.
TAKES this method of informing all Gentlemen, Ladies, and others, who have had the Misfortune to lose their Teeth, that he still continues the Business of making and fixing artificial Teeth as usual, in so elegant a manner as to be but little inferior to the natural, either in Use or Beauty, as many who have experienced them can testify: Where also any Person afflicted with painful Stumps or unsound Teeth, may have them removed with a peculiar Dexterity and Ease.—And all Persons who have the Scurvy in their Teeth, which threatens their removal though sound, may have them cleaned without hurting the Enamel, or in the least degree impairing them, and may be supplied with his DENTUM CONSERVATOR , which is an excellent Powder, the best adapted for preserving the Teeth and Gums, and preventing them from Aching, of any Preparation ever offered to the Public: It will cure the Scurvy in the Gums, bring the Teeth to their original Whiteness, and by a continuance of its Use, will Preserve both Teeth and Gums in a pure state during life.—It is not pretended that it will perform Impossibilities, that it will make rotten Teeth sound, or will ease them when they violently ach; but it will assuredly preserve those Teeth sound that are so, and cause the Gums to adhere to them and prevent those that are decayed in part, from becoming worse.
At the above Store may be had, Morgan's useful Eye-Water, which has in so many cases been found serviceable, that it must escape the censure of the most critical Oculist—Brigsten's famous Bug Liquid, which effectually destroys those hateful Vermin,—be they ever so numerous.—An assortment of genuine patentee and other Medicines of the best quality, and Medicine Boxes for Families or Shipping, with exact and particular directions for using them, and a variety of other articles cheap.
The above Powder may be had also of Cox and Berry in Boston, Doctor Kafft in Salem, and Dummer Jewett, Esq; at Ipswich.
WANTS a PLACE.  A WET NURSE with a fine breast of milk. Enquire of the printer.
To all Master-Builders and Contractors for Building
THIS is to give Notice, that there are public Buildings, consisting of a Church, Court-house and Jail, to be immediately carried on at Charlotte town, island of St. John, in the gulph of the river St. Lawrence. Such persons as are willing to undertake the same, are to apply for further particulars, at the bar of the British Coffee-House.
To be SOLD by JOSEPH PALMER & SON , At their Store, at the lower end of King Street, Boston;
SPERMACETI CANDLES : Also, An Assortment of ENGLISH, SCOTCH and IRISH GOODS .
They have also to sell, at the House of JOSEPH GREENLEAF , Esq; in Hanover Street, near the Orange tree, A good Assortment of IRISH LINENS . Also, BRISTOL BEER , by the Cask or single dozen.
N. B. The above Goods will be sold Wholesale or retail, for little more than the sterling Cost and charges.
JACOB HEMET , DENTIST to her Majesty and the Princess Amelia.
BEGS Leave to recommend to the Public, his newly discovered Essence of Pearl , and Pearl Dentifrice , which he has found to be greatly superior not only in elegance, but also in efficacy, to any thing hitherto made use of for complaints of the Teeth and Gums: Particularly they will preserve the Teeth in a perfect sound state, even to old age; they render them white and beautiful, without in the least impairing the enamel; fasten such as are loose, keep such as are already decayed from becoming worse, prevent the Tooth-Ach , perfectly cure the Scurvy in the Gums , and make them grow firm and close to the teeth; they likewise render the breath delicate, sweet, and remedy almost all those disorders that are the consequence of scorbatic gums.
Sold (by appointment of Mr. Hemet) wholesale and retail, by W. Bayley , Perfumer, in Cockspur-street, near the bottom of the Hay-market, London, and at William Scott's Irish Linen Store, near the Diaw-bridge , Boston, New-England.
WHEREAS Ann, the wife of me the Subscriber, of Salisbury in the County of Essex and Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, Mariner, hath frequently threatened to run me in debt, in order to send me to gaol, by which I was induced to publish her in July, 1771; and having since sufficiently convinced me of her infidelity to my bed, I do now forewarn all persons, as I formerly did, not to trust her on my account, as I am fully determined not to pay any debts she has or may contract from and after the first and present Advertisement. Witness my hand,
JOHN McGLAUGHLIN . September 1st. 1772.
ALL persons that are indebted to, or that have any demands on the estate of JAMES NOBLE , Esq. deceased, are hereby desired to settle the same, as soon as may be, with RACHEL NOBLE , sole executrix to said deceased's last will and testament.
This day was published, price 10d. A SERMON , preached at the Ordination of the Rev. Mr. SAMUEL NILES , to the pastoral Care of the Church of Christ in Abington. By EZRA WELD , A. M. Pastor of a Church in Braintree.
Printed and sold by ISAIAH THOMAS , near the Mill-bridge.
To be SOLD , for want of employ, A LIKELY , healthy NEGRO Man, about 27 years of age, fit for town or country business. Enquire of the Printer.