The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1772-02-28 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE
AND
HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
Friday Feb. 28, 1772.
GAZETTE,
CHRONICLE,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
NO. 801 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd }
ON TRUE PATRIOTISM.
HERE is a disposition of mind called public spirit, or the love of our country, which good men in all ages have exerted; which prudent men have encouraged by endeavouring to make it fashionable and honourable; which ingenious men have consecrated to immortality by their praises of it; which few men, how profligate soever, have had the impudence to censure openly; which ridicule, that spares nothing, hath been almost afraid to attack; which in our country hath been much talked of, and seldom found.
A Patriot is a religious man, who employs himself in serving the public; and a good citizen is one who loves God and his neighbour. Whosoever neglects his duty to God cannot perform his duty to the public in a compleat and effectual manner. A Patriot without religion, and an honest man without the fear of God, is one of the most uncommon creatures upon earth; and unhappy are the people who have nothing better to trust to, than the honour of such counsellors and magistrates. Let revenge, ambition, pride, lust, or profit tempt the man to a base and vile action, and you may as well think to bind an hungry tiger with a cob-web, as to hold this debauched patriot in the visionary chains of decency, or to charm him with the intellectual beauty of truth and reason.
By the Hartford POST.
NEW-YORK, February 13.
THE ship York, Capt. Provoost, arrived here last Friday, in 9 Weeks and two Days, from Portsmouth, having sailed from thence in company with his Majesty's ship the Portland, of 60 guns, for Antigua, but parted with her a few days after they came out, in a gale of wind.
Capt. Provoost informs us, That his Majesty's ships Royal Oak, Terrible, Worcester and Lenox, were to sail from Portsmouth for Spithead the day after him, in order to join Admiral Pye, who lay there with nine ships of the Line.
The 17th of January, in lat. 36, 37, lon. 85, 10, Capt. Provoost spoke with the ship St. George, Capt. Muir, from South-Carolina for London. 16 days out, all well.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6, 1772.
Our Navigation is still impeded by the Ice. —The Ship Philadelphia, Capt. Malcom, from this Port, was obliged to put into the Mouth of Duck Creek.—The Brig Elizabeth, Capt. Davidson, for Jamaica, was drove on shore by the Ice, at Bombay Hook.
Died at his Farm in Newcastle County, Evan Rice, Esq; aged 52.—One of the Members of the Assembly, and President of the Court of Common Pleas.
Thursday last, Seven o'Clock in the Morning, a Fire broke out in the upper Part of the House of Mr. Thomas West, Merchant, in Second-Street, a little below Market-Street, in this City which communicated to those of Mr. John Wallace, Mr. William Smith, and Mr. William Savery, adjoining, and consumed the roof and upper Story of each of them, together with a considerable Quantity of Merchandize, & valuable Furniture, contained therein. The Activity and public Spirit of the Inhabitants were, as usual, very conspicuous on this Occasion; notwithstanding the Inclemency of the Weather,
the Wind blowing a Storm of Hail and Snow, they continued indefatigable till the Whole was extinguished.
The same Morning about two o'clock a terrible Fire broke out at Trenton, New-Jersey, which in a short Time consumed eight Dwelling-Houses, and several other Buildings. The Wind carried the Flakes of Fire to some Distance, whereby the Roofs of eight or ten more Houses were set on Fire the same Time, by which means the necessary Help could not be collected to assist at those Houses that were burnt.
Extract of a Letter from Mr. Dunlap Adams, Merchant, of Trenton, to his friend in New-York, dated Feb. 2d.
"About 2 o'clock in the Morning of last Thursday I awcke, hearing the cracking of fire; I desired my wife to arise, for that I thought the house in flames! I ran to the store door in the hall, from whence the noise proceeded, and opening it, the smoke and flame issued out in a torrent;—passing up the stair-case, it prevented my ascending to the relief of the rest of my family: I then made all the noise in my power to awake them, which succeeded, but the smoke and flames prevented their descending; providence inspir'd them with presence of mind and courage to retreat to the back window. My second daughter jumped down with her younger sister in her arms, who, with the rest of the children, a young lad, & a servant girl, all escaped unhurt.—Thanks be to God for opening my eyes at the instant he did! In a few minutes after, we must all have awoke in eternity! I can scarce muster spirits to write to my brothers, but request you will do it, and inform them that I sav'd neither book, paper, nor any thing except one bed and a few trifles. The inhabitants came to our assistance as quick as they could with fire engines, &c. but the flames spread so rapidly, they could not be stopped, 'till the following Houses were destroyed, viz. Micajah Howe's, Esq; Mr. Cummin's, Mrs. Merciles's, Mr. Job Moor's, and a Stable belonging to William Morris, Esq;"
NEW LONDON, February 14.
Last Friday Capt. John Chapman arrived here from Hispaniola; on the 2d Inst. he spoke with Capt. Snow from Virginia, bound to Bermuda, who a Day or two before had met with a hard Gale of Wind, when it was with the greatest Difficulty he cleared the Land; and as he stretched along Shore from Cape Charles to Cape Hatteras saw near twenty Sail of Vessels on Shore, most of whom Sailed from Virginia the same Day with him.
By Capt. Chapman we hear that Capt. Jacob Goodwin and Capt. Peabody, both from this Port, have been seized at the Cape by a French Man of War, under Pretence of their having too great a Quantity of Flour on Board.
The adjourned County Court for the County of New-London concluded their Business at Norwich on Wednesday last, without the Trial of so much as one Jury Action—a Circumstance that seldom happens.
Last Friday the Dwelling House of Mr. William Huntley, of Lyme, took Fire, and was entirely consumed, together with almost all his Furniture. Mr. Huntley was so terribly burnt that his Recovery is doubtful.
Wednesday Se'nnight, as Mr. Moses Dodge of Groton was going out of a Swamp
in that Town, with a Burden of Wood upon his Back, he fell upon some Ice, which cut his Head in a terrible manner, and he died of the Wound the next Day; leaving a very needy Family consisting of a Widow and four Children.
The next Day as two Men near this Town were attempting to roll a large Log upon the Axeltree of a Cart, the Log, by means of a block slipping gave way, and a Boy who was near the Log, accidentally falling upon some Ice at the Instant the Log gave way it rolled upon his Body, and he died of the Wound thereby received, in Half an Hour after. He was about 11 Years old, Son of Mr. Jonathan Smith, jun:
BOURNE'S Fæmina Munditiis simplex, &amp;c. imitated.
A Neat quaker-girl in her Sabbath-day gown, I ever prefer'd to the belles of the town; Averse to the giddy meanders of dress, Nor fond to exceed in each modish excess; No stiff formal plait cramps the curl of her hair; No art can disguise or the black or the fair; No sparkling pompon's hieroglyphical art, Or graces her head, or exposes her heart; No custom can force the thin gauze from her breast, Or shorten her stays half the length of her waist. Content with the beauties from nature receiv'd, Who sees her and likes her is never deceiv'd; Her neatness and modesty please us still more, And heighten each charm we discover'd before; For ev'ry perfection which modesty hides, But serves as a guide to a thousand besides.
BOSTON, February 20.
A Correspondent desires to have the following inserted in the Papers, for the Advantage of the Public, viz. That having received a dangerous cut in his Leg, about three Weeks ago, he tried the various expedients commonly used to stop the effusion of Blood, but without the least Efficacy, until the Wound had bled about 20 Hours, and his Life was in great Danger, when he washed the Wound with a Decoction made of the Bark of Bass Wood, and then spreading some of said Bark on the Wound, the Blood in about Three Minutes after entirely stopped, and did not bleed afterwards.
Last Week died at Boston, Miss Elizabeth Simpson, who was troubled with dropical Complaints for a number of Years, but did not undergo the Operation of Tapping till Jan. 5, 1772, were at different times taken from her 366 Pints and an half of Water & Matter of different Colours and Qualities. The Measures made use of was Winchester or Beer-Measure, a good deal was generally lost in the Vessels and spilled on the floor.—What was drawn from her on the 1st of February 1770, the seventh tapping, was thick concocted Matter, each Pint weighing 24 Ounces Averdupoise. On the 23d September 1771, after the Formation of an Abscess on the Part she had usually undergone the Operation of Tapping, there was an Orifice left open, from which the Matter daily discharged more or less till the Day of her Death, and by its wetting of Cloths, &c. on a very moderate Computation could not be less than half a Pint per Day, which is 74 Pints more, this added to the 366 Pints and an half, make 440 Pints and an half. She underwent the Operation of Tapping fourteen Times, besides several Dilatations of the Orifice Nature had of herself made. Her disorder on Inspection after Death was a Dropsy of the Incysled Kind, proceeding from a diseased Ovarium.

On Tuesday last, being the Day by Law appointed for holding the Superior Court at Boston, in and for the County of Suffolk, after opening the Court in the usual Form, His Majesty's Commissions were published, appointing the Hon. Peter Oliver, Esq; Chief Justice, and the Hon. Edmund Trowbridge, Foster Hutchinson, Nathaniel Ropes, & William Cushing, Esquires, Justices of the said Court. His Honor the Chief Justice gave an elegant and pertinent Charge to the Grand Jury. There was a very numerous and respectable Auditory upon this occasion.
The Paper in the Massachusetts Spy of the 14th of November last, signed MUCIUS SCEVOLA, was laid before the Grand Jury, and we bear a Bill was prepared by the King's Attorney, agreeable to an Order of the Governor and Council; but the good Men of the County returned Ignoramus thereon, not being able to find upon their Oaths that it was "FALSE." &c.
Last Saturday Afternoon two petty Officers of the Beaver now in this Harbour, bad some Words in a Shop in King-Street, which arose to Blows on the Side of Mr. Bryant, Captain's Clerk, and were returned by Mr. Quelch, the Gunner, with a Stab under the Left Pap, which penetrated the Breast, but immediately closed and the Patient fainted away. Dr. Young was brought speedily, who recovered him a little with Volatiles, and Dr. Warren coming directly after, they dilated the Wound and gave Vent to the Blood, on which he came to his Speech, and being laid in a proper Posture, passed the Night, and the Forenoon of the Sabbath, in a tolerable easy Condition; but in the Afternoon Mr. Bryant had a slight Delirium with Spasms, whence the Doctor's fear his Life is much in Danger. Mr. Quelch readily surrendered himself, and was committed to Prison, much concerned for the unhappy Accident, of which probably the Sufferer was but too much the immediate Cause.
Terrible Effects of a DUEL.
LATELY reading some very sensible remarks on the ridiculous height to which the French in general carry their resentment, through a false punctilio of honour; which made me reflect on the many bad consequences too often attendant thereon, an instance of which not long since happened in Germany while I was at the Spa there. In the public room an English gentleman (whose name I afterwards learned was Musgrave) who happened to tread on a French officer's toe, at which, tho' it was done undesignedly, the officer was highly provoked, and beckoned him into the field. Some of us followed, in hopes of making a reconciliation, which promis'd very fair on the English gentleman's side, who tho' very far from a coward, genteely begg'd pardon, saying it was not done intentionally. However the French officer taking his civil submission for a sign of cowardice, let drop some taunting words, upon which they drew, and, after a parry or two, the Englishman was killed, and the French officer, instead of making his escape, remained at the Spa till he was clapt into the Bastille for life, as a punishment for this crime, by which his wife a very virtuous lady, and four children were reduced to extreme poverty. The former part I was an eye witness to, the latter I have from the best authority. G. B.
MARBLEHEAD, February 24.
Captain CALLEY arrived here last Saturday Night from Falmouth, by whom we have the following fresh Advices, viz.
THOUGH Lord Bath is seldom seen publicly about St. James's or Richmond, we are assured that he is more frequently with a great Personage than any other Minister, and in the disposal of Places he has more than all the Ministry put together.
L O N D O N, December 3.
The Lord Chamberlain has signified to the Duke of Cumberland, by order of the King, that his Royal Highness's presence at Court will be dispensed with; and it has also been signified, by authority, to the Ministers, and to all the Servants of the Crown, that if any of them visit the Duke or Dutchess of Cumberland, they must not appear at St. James's.
The Duke and Dutchess are at Windsor.
Advice is said to be received, that a great Lady at a Northern Court has been guilty of infidelity to her royal consort, with one of her household Physicians.
A treaty of marriage is said to be on foot, between Lord Hol- derness's daughter, and the Queen's brother, now in England.
A letter from Scotland to a gentleman in town says, "Your news-papers will have informed you, of the vast inundation in all parts of the North, and the extraordinary movement of Solway Moss. I had the curiosity to ride to see the devastation it had made. Many hundred acres of the most beautiful inclosures are covered with it, and now appear as wild as any part of Pentrich Fell. Ten villages are destroyed by it, but no lives lost. The people, goods, and cattle, were taken out of the roofs of the houses, and walked into the moss. Before we came to the part in motion, the ground was broke into vast chasms as with an earthquake. We stood and saw many acres of ground in motion; by my watch it moved about 2 yards in a minute."
Dec. 5 Yesterday Earl Temple was at the levee at St. James's.
L O N D O N, December 7.
Orders have been issued, that the guards which usually attended the Duke of C----- on days of State should henceforth be discontinued.
It is by some conjectured, that the approaching session of Parliament will not only be the busiest, but also one of the most important ever known in this kingdom.
They write from Carlisle, that there are about 30 villages, as they call them, which consist of four or five houses together destroyed by the breaking of the Solway Moss.
ec. 10. We can assure the public, from undoubted authority, that the King of Prussia has already advanced the Empress of Russia four millions of rubles, all were coined very secretly at Magdeburg, for the use of the Russian army in Poland, Moldavia, and Walachia; the sum is very near 800,000. sterling. From this loan of the King of Prussia it appears, that he will in a secret treaty, have secured to himself some important acquisition on the side of Poland; as it is well known, that this Prince never was used to throw his money away.
Notwithstanding the continual reports of the pacific intentions of the Spanish court, an order has been issued to get 25 sail of the line in readiness at the ports of Cadiz and Ferrol----- Does this look like peace?
On Saturday evening last the Grand Jury for the City of London, at the Old Bailey, found a Bill against Joshua Dudley for wilful perjury, in making affidavit before the late Lord Mayor, Bras Crossby, Esq; that he was concerned in the fire at Portsmouth, by swearing he was at such and such places at Portsmouth, on July the 14th and 24th, in 1770, the contrary of which was fully proved by some reputable gentlemen at that place.
Saturday night last as a great officer of State was returning home to his house, not far from Duke street, Westminster, he (not being very sober) thinking that his coach window was down, thrust his head through it, in order to speak to the coachman, by which his face was so terribly cut by the glass, that his Lordship is now confined to his room under the care of two surgeons.
Dec. 12. Yesterday, after the levee, Edward Le Grand, Esq; resigned his office of Treasurer to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. 'Tis expected all the officers of the household of this disgraced Prince will do the same in a few days.
Some letters from Silesia say, that the King of Prussia had put a body of troops in motion, with which he was marching towards Saxony.
Extract of a Letter from Plymouth, December 3. "Yesterday morning, in a most violent storm of wind, the Rachael, Capt. Henry, with lumber, from Boston for London was driven ashore near the Bolt; the Captain and all the men were saved, but the ship and Cargo are entirely lost."
Dec. 14. A correspondent says, that when Capt. Stott arrived in London, neither of the S-----ries of S----- were in a condition to present him to his Majesty; one of them being laid up with the gout, the other having two black eyes; he was therefore under a necessity of waving ceremonials, and obtained a no less gracious than satisfactory audience, though not agreeable to the common forms.
The accident L---d S-----k met with, of thrusting his head through the front glass of his chariot has, we hear, been attended with such disagreeable consequences, as at least to disqualify him for public appearance for some time.
Notwithstanding all the application that has been made to a Great Personage for the appearance of the D. of C. again at court yet we hear he still remains inflexible.
Yesterday a gentleman at the Change laid five guineas to one that press-warrants would be issued within a fortnight.
Orders are sent to Scotland to raise immediately a number of men for his Majesty's service, who are to be sent abroad, but to what part is not known.
The powder mills within twenty miles of London had orders to work on Sundays.
The Earl of Chatham, and Earl Temple, we hear, have absolutely agreed to the terms proposed to them.
Lord North, by the new measures with the two noble brothers (if the report of those measures are really to be depended upon) is not to remove from his present department, nor is Lord Sandwich: In the rest of the ministerial arrangements it is said, there will be a very considerable change.
It is said that a discovery of a Dutchess of York, which seems to gain much credit, has created a great consternation among the Lutterels, and damps the hopes which the account of the Dutchess of Cumberland's pregnancy had given to that aspiring family.
FALMOUTH, December 19. Arrived, the Eagle, packet boat, Nicholls, from South-Carolina, who spoke with the Britannia Dorrington, from Boston for London, in lat. 43. 44. long. 19. 36.
Dec. 7. We are informed that a Great Personage has declared against all measures for rendering a late unpopular marriage void.
The Ministry have determined to pursue the most vigorous measures, if satisfactory concessions are not made for the late insult offered to the British flag.
The satisfaction on which it is tho' the Irish Commons will insist, is a law declaring all pensions totally illegal that are given without the immediate consent of Parliament.
The Irish House of Commons voting the pension of 1000. a year to Jeremiah Dyson, Esq; and sons, as undeserved, unnecessary, and that no provision shall be made for it, is said to be totally a new manœuvre, and has thrown the Court Party into the utmost consternation; several of whom are trembling, lest a revival of their own deservings of the Irish Pensions they enjoy should one day follow.
Several Privy Councils have lately been held on the present proceedings of the Irish parliament; and we are told that all the Judges will be shortly required to give their opinion with respect to the power of the Royal Prerogative over the money of that kingdom.
Letters from Giberaltar mention, that the Spaniards are embarking 10,800 men, designed for the West-Indies.
We are informed that the D. of C applied to the L---d C----- to interfere with a Great Personage for his H---n's admission to court, but the former genteely excused himself.
It is undoubtedly, says a correspondent, a mere farce which is playing in the pretended opposition against the Duke of Cumberland. His Highness was seen to go into the Queen's Palace out of a chair, last night, soon after dark.
Dec. 17. It is certain that the Princess of Brunswick is not to visit the Duke of Cumberland.
We can assure the public that Lord Temple's visit to court was merely ceremonial, and not in the least connected with politics.
We are favoured with the following intelligence from our correspondent at Genoa.---Letters from Madrid speak of nothing but the arrival and departure of the different couriers belonging to that Court, France, & England, and frequent councils held by the Spanish Administration. Extraordinary levies and armaments have been continued for upwards of a year, and as they are resumed at present with the greatest vigour, it furnishes matter for speculation and surprise. It is said, that if peace be not concluded this winter between the Russians and the Turks, the war will become general; in which case Austria will side with the Turks, and of consequence France and Spain will do the same: England therefore will be obliged to assist Russia.
Letters from France advise, that thirteen men of war and three frigates were fitting out at Toulon, with great expedition, they are to be ready for sea by the latter end of February next.
Dec. 19. According to the last advices from Constantinople, a discovery had lately been made of an immense treasure in the
Seraglio, to the value of many millions sterling which had been buried under ground some hundred years by one of their former Emperors, during the time of a popular insurrection.
It was Miss Flood, sister to the Irish patriot of that name, and not an Italian Lady, as mentioned lately in the papers, to whom the D--- of Y--- was married.
Miss Flood, who is at present stiled by her friends and intimate acquaintance, D-----s of Y---k, has been pressed by the K---g's friends to marry, accompanied with a promise of bestowing a very lucrative employment on whomsoever she may chuse to honour with her hand.
Dec. 21. A great puff, it is said, will be made for the dissolution of a late marriage, notwithstanding the first lawyers in the kingdom have pronounced in favour of its validity: however we have had certain proof that a H---e of C-----s can do what they please with this country, for an example of which we need not look farther back than the middlesex election.
H A M B U R G, December 3. M R . Gros the Russian Minister here, received the following account of the operations of Count Romanzow's army from his court, dated Nov. 20.
"The 20th of October Major Gen. Geisman attacked Tulcea, and Major Gen. Miloradowitz attacked Maczin, and after having forced the two Turkish retrenchments, they made themselves masters of the two towns, and their camps, where they found a great quantity of artillery, ammunition, provision, and all the baggage of two Turkish corps. The following night Gen. Weisman marched towards Babadagh, where the Vizir Selictar Mahomet Pacha had a grand retrenchment; a great quantity of artillery, and most part of the military chest. After Gen. Weisman had dispersed the different Turkish detachments, who came to oppose his march, he attacked the Grand Vizir, and drove him out of his camp, which he took; as also the town and castle of Babadagh.---The Grand Vizir fled by the road to Basarezi, situated 30 miles from thence in the mountains; Gen. Weisman taking the advantage of the terror, and having sent more than 50 pieces of cannon on the other side of the Danube, went himself, the 23 of October towards Ialaccia, intending to drive the enemy from thence."
At the departure of the courier, Gen. Romanzow received the agreeable news that Lieut. Gen. Essen had totally defeated the army of Serafkieff Mouffon Oglou, that he was then pursuing them, and that he had taken all the artillery and baggage.
(A later Account says,)
The Victory of General Essen over the Body of Turkish Troops, which was posted over against the Fortress of Giurgevo, and the Defeat of the Grand Vizir by Major General Weisman, are now fully confirmed, and the Advantages, it appears, are greater than were at first known. The Consequences of these important Events are, the Loss of the whole Camp and Baggage, and more than 165 Pieces of Artillery:---The Iron Cannon were burst or sunk in the River, and the 105 pieces of Brass Cannon were carried off by the Victors. To these Successes we may add the retaking of the Fortresses of Giurgevo, and the demolishing the Fortresses of Ialaccia, Babadagh, Tulcea, Medzin, and Hirskova. And what is still better, these Events have obtained for the Russian Troops safe and quiet Winter Quarters, especially as the whole Turkish Army is now at a great Distance from the banks of the Danube.
Vienna, Dec. 4. A Report prevails this Moment, that the Grand Signior is dead, at Constantinople, of the Consequences of a natural Sickness.
From the L O N D O N G A Z E T T E.
St. James's December 11.
THIS day was received from Capt. Stott, Commander of his Majesty's ship Juno, who arrived at Plymouth the 9th instant, in 70 days from Port Egmont, the following account of the execution of his commission to receive the possession of Falkland's Island, in his Majesty's name. On the evening of the 13th of September last, Capt. Stott arrived at port Egmont, with his Majesty's frigate Juno, the Hound Sloop, and Florida Store ship, under his command. The next morning, seeing Spanish Colours flying, and troops on shore at the settlement formerly held by the English, he sent a Lieutenant to know if any Officer was there on behalf of his Catholic Majesty, empowered to make restitution of possession to him, agreeable to the orders of his Court for that purpose, duplicates of which he had to deliver to such officer. He was answered, That Don Francisco de Orduna, a Lieutenant of the Royal artillery of Spain, was furnished with full powers, and ready to effect the restitution. Don Francisco soon after came on board the Juno; when capt. Stott delivered to him his Catholic Majesty's orders. They then examined, together, into the situation of the settlement and stores; adjusted the forms of the restitution and reception of the possession; instruments for which were settled, and reciprocally delivered. On Monday the 16th of September Capt. Stott landed, followed by a party of marines, and was received by the Spanish officer who formerly restored him Falkland's Island, Port Egmont, its fort and other dependencies, giving him the same possession as his Majesty had before the 10th of June 1770; on which he caused his Majesty's colours to be hoisted, and took possession accordingly. The next day Don Francisco, with all the troops and subjects of the King of Spain, departed in a Schooner which they had with them.
Accounts of the Russian Victories.
Warsaw, Nov. 16. This moment we are informed, that General Romanzow has taken Giurgevo by storm; there was in the fortress a very large magazine and above 150 pieces of cannon. The Count effected this enterprize with a detachment from his army; the main Body he sent over the Danube to oppose the grand Vizir, and to prevent him from coming to the assistance of that fortress. The grand Vizir declined making his way to Giurgevo through the corps of Russians; the latter therefore, attacked him, totally defeated him, and took 167 pieces of cannon, besides a great many other trophies of war; the Grand Vizir then fled towards Adrianople. This advice is confirmed by another private letter from the same place; but as this account is of great importance, we must wait for a further and more authentic confirmation thereof.
House of Commons of Ireland.
Monday, November 25. 1771.
This Day was spent in a Committee of Supplies, in which the most material Passage was the Debate on the Pension of Jeremiah Dyson, Esq; (one of the Buckingham-House Junto, and known in England by the Name of Mungo.) It was urged, that this pension was very burthensome, as it was one thousand pounds a year; and it was unnecessary, as it was bestowed on one who had never been of any Service to Ireland, whose chief Merit consisted in a pliability to every Administration that existed in his time. The Proofs expatiated very largely in Jerry's praise, and said, that where ever any Motion was made in the British House of Commons, relative to Ireland, he always took that Side of the Question which was for the Advantage of it, and particularly in Regard to the Linnen Manufactory. This Eulogium was replied to by Sir William Mayne, and taken to pieces in so ludicrous a Manner, as to excite the Laughter of the whole House. It was often remarked, that this very Pension was an actual breach of the Royal Word, and for that Reason, if for no other, ought to be provided for. At length the Question was put, and on a Division, it was carried against the Pension, by a Majority of one: the Numbers being, For the Pension, 105, Against it 106.

RESOLVED, That the pension granted to Jeremiah Dison, Esq; and his three sons, is an unnecessary charge upon the establishment of Ireland, and ought not to be provided for.
ORDERED, That the said pension, be struck off the list of pensioners, upon the establishment of Ireland.
When the numbers were declared, there was a great plaudit, both in the house and in the gallery, as was ever heard in a theatre. So dextrous is every tool in the King's service throughout all his dominions—except Scotland.
S A L E M, February 25.
The latest advices from London, before Capt. Calley arrived, were to Nov. 30; the Prints by him are in order of date from that Time to December 21; from London; from which we have extracted the material advices. The Lord Hyde Packet, Capt. Goddard, from New-York, was arrived at Falmouth.
P O R T S M O U T H.
Last Monday, at Five o'clock afternoon, two Horses started from Mr. Stavers's House in this Town, and in 19 Minutes & an half, ran to Pickering's at Greenland, which is about five Miles and an half— The Challenge was, that one of them would do it in 15 Minutes. The riding was not very good.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, PISATAQUA, February 27.
   INWARD ENTRIES, FROM.     Sloop Mary, Nathaniel Bragdon, Turks-Island.   Schooner Sally, William Pillow, Barbados.   Brig Industry, Nathaniel Giddings, Ditto.   Clear'd for Departure, FOR.   Brig Shellaly, John Pearce, West-Indies.   Sloop Sea Flower, Daniel Tappan, Ditto.   Sloop Speedwell, Henry Swan, Ditto.   Ship Success, Giles Seward, Barbados.   Schooner Return, Daniel Jackson, Ditto.   Snow Westmorland, William Washman, Jamaica.  
To the PRINTERS.
THE Increase of Inhabitants on Connecticut River and the adjacent Towns in this Province, is beyond all Imagination, and truly astonishing. The Richness and Fertility of those Lands, in their Production exceeds the most sanguine Expectations of the Planter, almost spontaneously yielding the common Blessings of Life: I observe, that those Lands are mostly settled by People from other Governments; and although I have no Objection to their Persons or Places of Nativity, yet I am sorry to see such fine Lands taken up by Strangers, which are properly the Birth Right of the Children of this Province, yet what can we say against it? His MAJESTY views all his Subjects in the same Point of Affection, and makes no other Discrimination between them than to promote those first who first seek his Favours; And the GOVERNOR, who is his Representative, cannot do more or less than to wish those of his own Government might reap every Advantage from his Administration; and has been always disposed to extend his Favours in granting the Out Lands to any that would apply: I have heard frequent Reflections passed upon the late Governor, that he granted away the King's Lands to his Friends and to Strangers in preference of the Inhabitants of this Government, who have been heavily taxed for the Support and Defence of it in all Times of Danger; this may appear Specious at first View, but I can't see with what Propriety any Governor can refuse the Grant of his Majesty's uncultivated and wild Lands, when it is the Means of their Settlement and the Populating his Government. It is a Maxim of State, that the Richness of a Prince consists in the Numbers of his Subjects, and therefore should such a Refusal be made, it would justly render such Governor obnoxious to his Majesty's displeasure, as both injudicious and impolitic; besides the Reflection equally extends to the Hon. COUNCIL, without Advice of which, the Governor cannot make any Grant. And if the Lands so granted are not settled, they revert again to the Crown; so that it is immaterial to whom the Grants are made, whether to one Man or 10,000, so long as the Conditions are complied with: But on the reverse, the Practice is to grant to certain Persons really petitioning from 60 to 100 for a Township, where Names are annexed to the Charter, under certain Stipulations by them to be performed; which if not complied with, revert (as I observed before) to the Crown, that I think such Reflections are void of any solid Foundation, and they must only blame themselves in not being sooner in their Application; Either Fondness for our Children, and perhaps (what is worse) a Desire of retaining them in our Service till they are free, does so much prevail in this Government, that very few Parents would have sent their Children from Home, into those inhospitable Regions but a few Years ago, both dangerous and uninhabited, till People from Connecticut broke the Ice, and now by their Industry and Resolution, that they are become pleasant, delightful and profitable, they murmur and repine at the Government for making the Grants to them. For my Part I think it to have been the very making of this Government, and has bro't in some Thousands of very valuable Settlers; Those political People wisely considered that the Towns in Connecticut were filled with Inhabitants, and forelaw, that according to the common Course of Nature, in the Increase of the human Species, all the New England Governments would be crowded in a few Years: And the only Resource they would have left, would be the most distant out Lands of New York and Quebec, they therefore resolutely emigrated in Season, by which many have amply provided for themselves, and their rising Generations: And altho' we have neglected the same favourable Opportunity; yet it is not even now too late, and there is yet a good Prospect remaining; good Settlers may have one Hundred Acres given them
only for settling in different Parts of the Province, which Hundred Acres, are now intrinsically of more Worth and Value than a whole Right formerly granted, comparing the then Situation of those Lands with the present; and the Fatigue and Expence a Settlement was then attended with, to what it would now be. And how many do we daily see living on the little Pittance of poor, barren and worn out Land, which is all that their Parents can give them, and often times more than they can spare: If these inconsiderate People would resolutely remove they would soon become rich independent and free from their present necessitous Condition; while they are here perishing with Cold, they might assuredly be happy in the comfortable Enjoyment of a cheering FIRE upon their own Lands; by Industry (especially if they have Boys) they can soon get five Acres under Improvement, which will procure them their Grain; and as Labour is always very dear in new Townships, they might be employed when they inclined. Better it is, (says the Proverb) once to smart than always ach. The first Year of their settling may be hard, but by perseverance they know the second will be easier, and so of the third: Whereas, Numbers whom we daily see labour hard, and yet seem to want the common Necessaries of Life, and are certainly nothing advanced in their Estates at the Year's End, and have the same hard Task to do over again the succeeding Year: But it is not so with the new Settler, his Labour is sweet, he not only receives an immediate Profit therefrom, but when his Land is cleared, he is amply repaid for his Toil and Care; there are many Expedients now practiced by new Settlers that greatly facilitates their Settlements from the Consumption of the Wood, cut down on their Lands, into Ashes. Their Women make a strong Lye, and boil the same in Iron Kettles into Salts, which they sell at the Pat. Ash Works, and receive the Money upon Delivery, which nearly pays them for clearing their Lands; their Maple-Trees yield them plenty of Sap, from which is made an excellent Sugar, and Molasses; Nature soon supplies her Productions, and gives them an easy contented and happy Existence. Parents who have Sons grown up and cannot provide for them themselves, should encourage their going out into the new Townships, and help them all in their power, which they will soon be able to repay with Gratitude, the Improvement of the New Lands, soon enriches the Planter, and Industry, Frugality and prudence will forever produce their happy Effects.
Shushong, Hyson,
Congo, and Bohea TEA, to be Sold very cheap by PETER PEARSE.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Rockingham, ss.
NOTICE is hereby given to the SELECT MEN of those Towns and Parishes that have not paid their County TAX that unless it is paid to said County TREASURER by the Tenth Day of March next, EXTENTS will be sent to the Delinquents, Feb. 27, 1772.
Taken up adrift, a Small YAWL,
Almost new, and left in Charge with JOHN COCHRAN at FORT WILLIAM & MARY. The Owner is desired to send for her, paying six Shillings Lawful Money, and Charge of this Advertisement.
[ Sanborn-Town. ]
WHEREAS the Proprietors of Sanborn Town, in the County of Strafford, and Province of New Hampshire, at a legal Meeting, Voted, and laid eighteen Shillings Lawful Money on each original Right or Share in said Township, and chose me the Subscriber Collector of said Tax: This is therefore to give Notice to all said Proprietors that unless payment thereof, be made to me at my house in Exeter, in the County of Rockingham, in said Province, by the third Day of April next, so much of each original Proprietors Right or Share of Land in said Sanborn-town, will be advertised for Sale agreeable to Law, as will answer the demands aforesaid, and Charges. DAVID FOGG, Collector. Febuary 24 h, 1772.
Wanted a SLOOP, Of about Ninety Tons, to freight to the West Indies, by SAMUEL FREEMAN of Falmouth Casco Bay. Feb. 19 1772.
From the London Papers. Extract of a Letter from Eye, in Suffolk, dated Octo. 31 to a merchant in London. "We have had this week a very odd affair happened within four miles of this Town. Farmer W. whom you know is
very wealthy; and a great engrosser of small farms to the great hurt of many people about him; having three Years corn by him, and the poor being in great want the parson of the parish, a very good sort of a man, desired him divers times to supply the poor with it, at a moderate price, but in vain. Last Sunday the Farmer being at church (a thing not common with him) the Parson took his Text from Prov. xi. verse 26. "He that with-holdeth corn the people shall curse him; But blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it." The gentleman handled his discourse so well (being an excellent preacher) that it wrought so powerfully upon the Farmer, that next day he employed workmen to thresh out his wheat; but to his great surprise, on opening the first stack, he found the whole Year's Crop destroyed by vermin! & they had begun upon the next year: this so affected him, that he retired to his bed-chamber and hanged himself; but was discovered by his wife before he was dead, cut down, and he is in a fair way of recovery. This has so much alarmed the rest of the Farmers, that they are determined to thresh out their corn, by which we hope soon to be supplied with it at a reasonable price. But it is to the Parson's eloquence we are indebted for it, and not to the goodness of the Farmers, many of whom are a disgrace to human nature."
L O N D O N, Nov. 16.
By a gentleman just arrived from Dublin we are informed, that Dr. Lucas, the late celebrated Irish Patriot, died so poor, that like a second Aristides, his family must be taken care of at the public expence.
A rare instance of modern patriotism, when it is well known he has often refused 1000l. a year pension for himself, and a majority for his eldest son, who has been living ever since the last peace on Lieutenant's half pay.
We hear that Mr. Cunningham is modelling a design for a monument to the memory of the late Dr. Lucas; the design of which is the statue of Liberty letting fall her staff; and exhibiting a bas-relievo on a shield, representing the Doctor defending Hibernia from oppression, with other Emblems, &c. the expence of which will not exceed 300l.
Of the astonishing increase of the trade of this kingdom, the following fact is a recent proof:—In the reign of Queen Elizabeth, a survey was taken of the shipping belonging to every port in the kingdom, when the largest vessel at Liverpool was but 40 tons burden, and the whole amount of tonnage of all the vessels belonging to that port was but 225 tons. At present there are about 5000 vessels belonging to it; and each vessel, on an average, may be supposed to carry 150 tons; so that the quantity of shipping in two centuries, has increased as 269, to one: Nay, we may say, it is in less than one century that almost the whole of this increase has taken place; for it is not much above 80 years since the first vessel sailed from Liverpool in the American trade.
The Gardener at Wansworth who lately engaged to drink a butt of beer in fourteen days, has actually affected it in eight. He performed the same about 8 years ago.
A gentleman at Winchester meeting a friend, told him that Vowel was condemned to be hanged. Well says the other, I am glad to find it is neither you or I.
A correspondent assures us, that General Parker, Lord Bolingbroke, Lord Claremont & the Hon. Mr. Charles Fox, were the 4 gentlemen who committed the riot at White's Chocolate House yesterday morning, between one and two o'clock; and that after breaking all the windows, they broke open the door with the chairmens poles.
Oct. 17. A greater instance of fatality in one family has not been known for many years than in that of Nicholas Pool, Esq; tobacco merchant, in Fore-street: His wife died last Saturday morning of a putrid sore throat, their child the same afternoon, yesterday Mr. Pool fell a victim to the same disease, & this morning his mother and servant maid, obeyed the same awful summons.

Tea, Warranted good to be sold by Jaseph Bais, Next Door to the Printing Office by the Dozen or smaller Quantity as cheap as can be bought in Town.
TWO FARMS
TO BE SOLD,
BY JOSEPH KELLY of Nottingham, in said Town, with Buildings and considerable Improvements. Also Three Hundred Acres of good new Land; All which is near the middle of said Town: Also a good FARM in Salem within five Miles of Haverhill Town; all, or any of said Land will be sold cheaper than any Land in this Province of the same Kind and Quantity, provided one half the Money be paid down, as he wants his Money for Trading; the Remainder may be paid in Goods or Lumber of any Kind at any Time within one Year from the Time of Purchase. Any Person inclining to purchase, may apply to said Kelly, who will show the Premises and Title to the said Land. February 16. 1772.
(WEARE)
WHEREAS Application hath been made to me the Subscriber, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Hillsborough, by the Owners of more than one sixteenth Part of that Tract of Land granted to ICHABOD ROBIE, Esq; and others, now known by the Name of WEARE in said County, and Province of New Hampshire, to warn and call a Meeting of the Proprietors of said Township, to be held at the House of Aaron Quinby, of said Weare, on Tuesday the 10th Day of March next, at nine of the clock in the Morning, to act on the following Articles. 1st, To chuse a Moderator. 2d, To see if the Proprietors will vote to chuse a Clerk that resides in said Town, that the Proprietors Books may be brought into the Town, so that the Business of the Proprietors may be done in the Town for the future. 3d To chuse a Committee to receive the Proprietors Books to examine the Accounts and settle them, or defend Disputes relating to said Proprietors. 4th, To chuse Assesors. 5th, To chuse a Collector, Treasurer and a Committee to call Proprietors Meetings for the future. 6th To see what sum of Money may be raised for defraying Charges, and vote the same. In Consequence of the foregoing Application, I hereby notify and warn said Proprietors to meet at the aforesaid Time and Place accordingly. JEREMIAH PAGE, Just. Peace. Dated at Dunbarton, February 10, 1772.
ALL PERSONS Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of Deacon John Lord, late of Exeter, deceased, are desired to settle the same immediately with Bartholemew Gilman and Ward Clark Dean, both of Exeter aforesaid, Executors to the Last Will and Testament of said deceased.
WANTED,
A COOPER on Board his Majesty's SHIP SWAN. For Particulars, enquire of Mr. JAMES BATES Purser of the said Ship.
Choice Connecticut CORN,
At Three Shillings and six Pence per Bushell,
And New-York FLOUR,
At Nineteen Shillings per Hundred, to be sold on Board the Sloop Friendship, lying at the Long Wharfe, by JACOB BELL.
WE the Subscribers being appointed Commissioners by the Hon. JOHN WENTWORTH Esq; Judge of Probate of Wills, &c. for the County of Rockingham, in the Province of New Hampshire, to receive and examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of Joshua Pool, late of Haverhill, in the County aforesaid, Yeoman, deceased, represented I believe, and six Months being allowed for that Purpose, We do hereby Notify said Creditors, that we shall attend on that Business on the last Tuesday of this and the four following Months, at the House of Dr. Samuel Hais, Innholder in Newbury New York, from six to nine o'Clock P. M. Haverhill, Dec. 17 1771. Asa Porter, Andrew Crocker.
ALL PERSONS having any Demands on the Estate of John Bowing, late of Salisbury, and County of Hillsborough deceased, are hereby desired to bring in their Claims properly attested to Andrew McMillan, of Concord, in the County of Rockingham Esq; Administrator on said Estate. And all who are Indebted to said Estate, are desired to make speedy Payment to said McMillan.
Newmarket Lottery Tickets, to BE SOLD AT THE PRINTING OFFICE.
Province of New Hampshire, Cheshire ss.
[Monadnock No. 6.]
NOTICE is once more hereby given to the delinquent Proprietors of said No. 6. who have not paid a TAX to me the Subscriber, voted Sept. 1st 1768, laid on each settling Right, that so much of each Delinquent's Rights of Land in said Township as shall be sufficient to pay the Taxes and all Charges, will be sold at Public VENDUE on Wednesday the 18th Day of March next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, at my Dwelling House in said No. 6. The Names of the Delinquents are as follows. The Sums annexed are in Lawful Money.
  On each settling Share £. 2 10 0   Thomas Mc Cloughan 2 10 0   Joseph Dantforth 2 10 0   Two settling Shares each   Jeha Kendle 5 0 0   Sampson French 5 0 0 
BREED BATCHELOR, Collector. Monadnock, No. 6. Feb. 5. 1772.
Province of New Hampshire,
[Monadnock No. 4.]
WHEREAS the Proprietors of said Township have been legally Notified to pay sundry Grants of Money legally assessed on each Proprietors Rights or Lots of Land in said Township to me the Subscriber, and several of the Proprietors being yet delinquent in the whole or part, these are therefore to notify such Proprietors, that so much of each delinquent Proprietors Lands will be exposed to sale at Public VENDUE, at the House of James Reed, Esq; Innholder in said Township, on Thursday the 14th of May next, at Two of the Clock in the Afternoon, to pay said Taxes with incidental Charges: The Delinquents Lots being as follows, with the Sums due.
  Abel Lawrance, Esq; alias Josiah Parker, No. 4 in the 4th Range £. 1 16 0   No. 7 in the 4th Range 1 16 0   No. 23 in the 4th Range 1 16 0   No. 11 in the 6th Range 1 16 0   No. 20 in the 11th Range 1 16 0   No. 18 in the 12th Range 1 16 0   Jabez Mead, No. 2 and No. 3 in the 4th Range, each 0 12 0   Sampson Stoddard, Esq; alias Henry Willard, No. 12 in the 2d Range 0 12 0   And half No. 13 in the first Range 0 6 0   Sampson Stoddard, Esq; No. 17 in the 4th Range 0 12 0   And No. 18 in the 4th Range 0 12 0   Thomas Spalding No 9 in 7th Range 0 12 0 
DANIEL MELLEn, Collector. Monadnock No. 4. Feb. 8 1772.
[Chichester.]
NOTICE is hereby given to the several delinquent Proprietors or Owners of Chichester in the Province of New Hampshire, in the County of Rockingham, that unless they pay the respective Sums which their respective Lands are assessed, to me the Subscriber, Collector for said Proprietors, that their Lands in said Township will be exposed to sale at public Vendue, on Wednesday, the 11th Day of March next, at the House of Lieut. Jonathan Leavitt, Innholder at Hampton, at ten of the Clock, in the forenoon, agreeable to a Law of said Province, unless the said Delinquents prevent by paying the respective Sums affixed to the several and respective Names herein after mentioned and set forth, with incidental Charges, viz.
   In Lawful Money, 1st D. 2d D. 3d D. 4th D.     Josh Batchelder 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 6   Moses Bake 10 6 10 6 10 6 10 6   Gov. Jonathan Belcher 12 12 12 12   Capt. Currier 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6   John Cram 14 14 14 14   Benjamin Cram 6 9 6 9 6 9 6 9   John Downing 16 16 16 16   Jacob Freese 10 6 10 6 10 6 10 6   Jonathan Garland 6 6 6 6   Capt. John Gilman 9 9 9 9   Nathan el Healey 6 6 6 6   Hezekiah Jenness 6 9 6 9 6 9 6 9   George Jaffrey 14 6 14 6 14 6 14 6   Nathaniel Lock junr. 6 6 6 6   John Odlin 12 12 12 12   William Odiorne 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6   Jotham Odiorne 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6   Christopher Page 8 6 8 6 8 6 8 6   Jarys King 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 6   Joseph Redman 9 9 9 9   Samuel Kleg 9 9 9 9   Jethro Tilton 10 6 10 6 10 6 10 6   Samuel Tibbetts 12 12 12 12   John Wentworth 9 9 9 9   Bradstreet Wiggin 8 8 8 8  
Rye, Feb 12. 1772 SAMUEL JENNESS Collector.
Province of New Hampshire, Rockingham ss.
[Middletown.]
THESE are to Notify the Proprietors of Middletown, so called, that a Meeting of said Proprietors is to be held at the House of Mr. Ephraim Hanson, Innholder in Dover, on Tuesday the Third Day of March next, then and there to act on the following Articles, viz. 1, To chuse a Moderator to regulate said Meeting. 2. To chuse a new Collector, instead of Mr Charles Baker, who declines serving longer. 3d. To see what Method the Proprietors will agree on, relating the Bounds of the first Division which are found not to agree with the Point of Compass first laid out by. 4th. To see whether the Proprietors will vote to settle a Minister in said Town according to Charter, or otherwise to hire preaching for a certain Time. 5th To see what the Proprietors may chuse to do, or how to act respecting the delinquent Proprietors Rights that have not made Settlements according to Charter, and whether they will vote those Delinquent Rights shall be forfeited to other Proprietors that will perform the settling Duties for said delinquent Rights agreeable to Charter. 6 To hear the Request of Lieut. Jonathan Drew, respecting the covering and Shingleing the Meeting House; the building being somewhat larger than first propos'd and agreed for. 7. To hear the Request of John Kielle relating to his being a former Collector, what Allowance should be made him for his Service therein. 8 To see whether the Proprietors will agree to make further Repairs on the Governor's Road, so called, three Miles from Rochester head Line. 9th To see what Money the proprietors will vote to be raised on each Right to defray the Charges, and carry on the Settlement of said Town. 10 To see whether the Proprietors will vote to clapboard and glaize the Meeting House the ensuing Summer, and all Persons concerned are desired to attend at Time and Place aforesaid. By order of the Assessors. Dover, Feb. 8th, 1772. JOHN GAGE, Prop's Ck.
TO BE SOLD,
SEVERAL Shares of a valuable Tract of Land, containing about 500 Acres, pleasantly situated in Amherst, the Shire Town of the County of Hillsborough, in the Province of New Hampshire, most of which is under Improvement. It lies about six Miles from Merrimack River, upon and on both Sides Soheganock River, at present improved by Capt. Kendrick. The Situation is very commodious for any Officer of the Court, or for any one in Trade. Inquire of Edes and Gill Printers in Boston.
John Stavers,
INFORMS THE PUBLIC, That his Stage Coach or Post CHAISE still continues to ply between Portsmouth and Boston, once a Week, in which Ladies and Gentlemen, are carried for two Dollars each. It sets out from Portsmouth, every Tuesday Morning, and from Charlestown Ferry, every Friday Morning. A careful Driver will always be provided, and Passengers gently used. All Bundles are carefully delivered, and Business done with care.
Just Published,
And TO BE SOLD by the Printers hereof, A Civil, Military & Ecclesiastical REGISTER of the Province of New-Hampshire, for the YEAR 1772.
CONTAINING a List of the Governor, Council and House of Representatives. Judges and Officers of the Superior Court, and Court of Admiralty. Division of the Province into Counties, Bounds of the several Counties, and the Towns and Parishes included in each County. Justices and Clerks of the Inferior Courts, Sheriffs, Judges and Registers of Probate, Recorders of Deeds and Treasurers of each County. Justices of the Peace through the Province and for each County, with those of the Quorum distinguished. Barristers of Law and Practising Attornies with their respective Places of Residence. Custom House Officers and Notaries Public. Field Officers of the several Regiments in each County, Trustees and Officers of Dartmouth-College, Ministers, Churches and religious Assemblies of the several Denominations in each County. Times and Places of holding the several Courts in each County. Deputy Sheriffs in the several Counties. Road to Dartmouth College, and the upper Cohos, by the Way of Keene; &c.