The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1774-10-28 00:00:00

THE New-Hampshire AND HISTORICAL CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
Vol. XI GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
FRIDAY October 28, 1774.
No. 940 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd.
Last Friday Evening arrived here Capt. John Flagg, about 7 Weeks from London, who br't Public Prints to the 29th of August from which the following Articles are extracted, viz.
L O N D O N, Aug. 29.
THE Deliberations of the American General Congress, are impatiently waited for, and with more attention, by France and Spain, than even those of the British Parliament have been for some Years past. They have already their Agents and Spies in the Colonies.
From the London Chronicle, Aug. 29. 1774. To the PRINTER.
SIR,
AS the Conduct of the Province of the Massachusetts has occasioned a great Deal of Conversation and Writing for some Years past, and as all the Accounts hitherto published of that Province, are either very erroneous or defective, I send you, for the Information of your Readers, a concise Account of the State of that Colony, drawn up in the Years 1770 and 1771, from the best Authorities that could be obtained in New England. The Original is in Possession of a Friend, who permitted me to make some Extracts from it. I must observe that the Number of Representatives now and then vary, some of the Towns omitting to choose Members, for which they are fined.
THE Province of Massachusetts is divided into fourteen Counties, and is generally tho' to contain nearly two Hundred and fifty Thousand Inhabitants.
The Council is composed of twenty-eight Members chosen by the House of Representatives.
The House of Representatives consists of about one Hundred & twenty eight or twenty nine Deputies, sent from the different Towns; of these Boston sends four Members.
There are five Judges in the superior Court of Judicature for the Province; besides that Court, every County has an inferior Court composed of four Judges.
There are about 400 religious Assemblies in the Colony, mostly independents; the rest are four or five Presbyterian Meetings, with some Assemblies of Baptists and Quakers; in all the Colony there are only 13 English Churches.
They have a College founded in 1638, at Cambridge, four Miles from Boston, in which are three Professorships, Divinity, Mathematics, and Philosophy, and Oriental Languages. This College has very lately made a Number of the Independent Clergy Doctors in Divinity. The same Thing was attempted in 1692, under the Authority of an Act of their General Court; but that Act was disallowed by the King in Council. At that Time the Reverend Mr. Mather, President of the College, was the only Person honoured with a Diploma.
The Militia consists of between thirty and forty Regiments, very badly disciplined.
There are three Custom-Houses in the Province, at Boston, Salem and Falmouth; all the other Sea Port Towns are Branches of these three Ports.
In this Province are no less than 500 Justices of the Peace.
As to the Capital, which is Boston, it is ruled by seven Men, chosen yearly, called Select Men. In the Town is a Militia Regiment of 12 Companies, a Troop of Horse Guards, a Company of Cadets, a Company and Train of Artillery, all Militia.
The Climate is but indifferent; it is intolerably hot in Summer, and intolerably cold in Winter; during four or five Months in Winter the Ice, from one to two Feet thick, covers the Streets of Boston. The Inhabitants do not ex-
ceed 13,000. In 1768 there died of white people 369, of black 48; total 417. The christenings amounted to 414. Now admitting that only one Person out of 31 dies yearly, we shall not find the Inhabitants exceed the abovementioned Number. Consumptions make great Havock amongst them.
The Harbour is a very large and very good one, and they carry on a very extensive Trade wherever they can sell their Commodities, which consist principally of Fish, Oil, Lumber, Rum of their own distilling, pot & pearl Ashes, Shipping of all sorts, &c. &c. In 1768, 629 Vessels were cleared out from Boston, and the same Year 566 entered. Of these Vessels cleared out, 43 were for London, 22 for other Parts of the Island, four for Ireland; in all for Great Britain and Ireland 69. For different Parts of Europe 22; for the West-Indies 138; for the Colonies on the American Continent 400. Of the Vessels entered inwards, 67 were from Great Britain and Ireland; 16 from different Parts of Europe; 150 from the West Indies; and 333 from the Continental Colonies.
A M E R I C U S.
L O N D O N, August 25.
Part of a Letter from a Gentleman at New-York to his Friend at Edinburgh.
“ YOU have sent a number of Troops in hostile array against us, intending, as we apprehend, to frighten us to comply with those measures which your Ministry propose; but this will not answer the purpose you intend thereby. America will not enjoy the emoluments of slavery, nor suffer a military power to retail the mandates of government to her. We have yet one shift left us, to die gloriously with the sword in our hand, and our face to our foes. We are sorry to add, that if we die, we fall, murdered by false brethren, for the sake of gratifying their ambition.
“ Your regular troops will undoubtedly at first be much superior to our militia, but if ever it shall be our misfortune to resist unto blood, the consideration of what we have to lose, and the justness of our cause, will support us against this disadvantage. Time will teach us the art of war, and you cannot destroy us all in one day:—if we fall it is for a good Cause: on your side it is tyranny and oppression. And, Sir, you ought to remember how many of your own soldiers have already deserted, and how many more will desert.—Immediate possession of lands, and other enjoyments, are undoubtedly to be preferred to the chance of war which is glorious and uncertain; this your soldiers know, & we shall certainly give all encouragement to deserters. You can only recruit your army from Britain or Ireland, and every new armament which you send here will be an encrease to the Colonies, and an addition to our numbers.—Soldiers need not be afraid to desert, for they will not be delivered up to a Court Martial, and they shall have every privilege that free subjects can enjoy.
“ We wish that you would send more troops speedily, AN HUNDRED THOUSAND if you please; we have lands and freedom for them all; as soon as they come here we will provide for them; the meanest amongst them shall be independent, and live like Princes; the hostile weapons of slaughter shall give place to rural peace and country felicity.—We welcome all your regiments, and hope they never will return to Britain, but continue among the sons of liberty here. Our friendship and love I hope will conquer them all, and in ages to come the sons of those whom your Ministry have sent against us, shall together with our offspring, live in peace, and hold all Europe at defiance.”
The difference in sentiments of two Gentlemen, one of whom was formerly a Governor of Massachusetts-Bay and the other is now in that station, is very remarkable. The latter has issued a proclamation lately, declaring that the combinations of the Inhabitants for non importation and non exportation of goods to and from Britain are illegal, &c. but the former, viz. Governor Pownal, was of a quite contrary opinion, as appears by the following passages in his speech last session of Parliament in the House of Commons on the subject of the late non importation and non consumption agreement:
“ It has been said, that the associations under which this trade is suspended are illegal and unwarrantable. Associations to illegal purposes are unwarrantable and illegal.—But so long as one subject hath a right to purchase, or to refrain from purchasing, of another his fellow subject, any article, the terms of sale of which he does not approve, so long will the Americans, agreeing with one another in associations of economy against the unbounded rates now fixed upon them, be not only warrantable towards others, but justifiable towards themselves.
“ This measure is in consequence a species of resistance to our taxes, which the Law of God and Nature hath armed them with; and which the Law of Man cannot take out of their hands. There is nothing in this resistance which is either illegal or unwarrantable.
“ What irregular proceedings may have been gone into by some imprudent people in carrying these designs into execution, I neither know, nor will I take upon me to justify. But I will maintain, that associations of economy and self-restraint, in withholding from purchasing, are justifiable and may be prudent.”
Birmingham August, 22. On Saturday last Sir Watkin Lewes proceeded on his Canvas to Kidderminster, at some Distance from which Place he was met by upwards of 2000 of the Inhabitants, who drew his Chariot into Town, amidst the loudest Acclamations. He immediately waited upon the constitutional Club, lately formed by the Freemen of Worcester resident there, who unanimously promised him their Votes and Interest. The same Evening he arrived in this Town, and met with the greatest Encouragement. Extract of a Letter from Banffdon dale, in Herefordshire, Aug. 18. “ On Saturday Evening last a poor Family, consisting of a Man, his Wife, and four Children, eat a Quantity of supposed Mushrooms, stewed in the common Manner; in Consequence of which they were all seized with Sickness, violent purging and vomiting, and Pain in their Bowels; the Mother and one Child died on Sunday, and the Father & the other three Children died on Monday.”
L O N D O N, Aug. 25, 1774.
A Letter from Stockholm, dated August 5, says, “ In the Province of Nordland a new religious Sect has lately been discovered; it consists of above 200 Persons, who perform divine Service in the Woods, where they appear naked; and after some ridiculous Ceremonies light large Fires and pass through the Flames naked, by which they say, they are purified from their Sins, and bind the Devil from doing Mischief. The Leaders were committed, and are to be examined.”
On the 18th inst, the Friendship, of Fisher-Row, Archibald Kempt, Master, bound from Gottenburgh to Fisher-Row, discovered a Ship at Sea in great Distress.—He immediately made towards the Vessel; but just as she came up with her she sunk. Happily the Crew, consisting of ten Men, took to their Long-Boat, and were taken up by Capt. Kempt, and carried into Fisher-Row. She proves to be the Margaret & Elisabeth of Norway, Andrew Brown, Master, bound from France to Norway.
Saturday Morning, about four o'clock, two Houses fell down opposite the Duke's Head, Mint-Steet, in the Borough, and a Number of People were buried in the Ruins, 15 of whom have been since taken out dead, four sent to St. Thomas's Hospital, much hurt, and nine taken out without receiving much injury, one of whom was a Woman very far advanced in her Pregnancy.
It is said that Col. Barre refused the 55th Regiment lately vacant, which was offer'd him,

GRAND AMERICAN CONGRESS. PHILADELPHIA 1774.
In CONGRESS Saturday October 8, 1774.
RESOLVED, that the Congress approve of the Opposition, by the Inhabitants of the Massachusetts-Bay, to the Execution of the late Acts of Parliament, and if the same shall be attempted to be carried into Execution by Force, that in such Case all America ought to support them in their Opposition.
In CONGRESS Monday October 10, 1774.
RESOLVED, unanimously, That it is the Opinion of this Body, that the Removal of the People of Boston into the Country, would be not only extremely difficult in the Execution, but so important in its Consequences as to require the utmost deliberation before it is adopted; but in case the Provincial Meeting of that Colony shall Judge it absolutely necessary, it is the Opinion of the Congress that all America ought to contribute towards recompensing them for the Injury they may thereby sustain, and it will be recommended accordingly.
In CONGRESS Monday October 10, 1774.
RESOLVED, That every Person, or Persons, whatsoever, who shall take, accept, or act under, any Commission, or Authority, in any wise derived from the Act of Parliament, passed last Session, changing the Form of Government, and violating the Charter of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, ought to be held in Detestation and abhorrence by all good Men, and considered as the wicked Tools of that Despotism, which is preparing to destroy those Rights which God, Nature and Compact have given to America.
In CONGRESS Tuesday October 11, 1774.
AS the Congress has given General Gage an Assurance of the peaceable Disposition of the People of Boston and the Massachusetts-Bay,
RESOLVED, unanimously, That they be advised still to conduct themselves peaceably towards General Gage, and his Majesty's Troops, now stationed in the Town of Boston, as far as it can possibly be consistent with their immediate Safety, and the Security of the Town, avoiding and discountenancing every Violation of his Majesty's Property, or any insult on his Troops, and that they peaceably and firmly persevere in the Line they are now conducting themselves in the defensive.
In CONGRESS Tuesday October 11, 1774.
RESOLVED, That the Congress recommend to the Inhabitants of the Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay, to submit to a Suspension of the Administration of Justice, where it cannot be procured in a legal and peaceable Manner, under the Rules of the present Charter, and Laws of the Colony founded thereon, until the Effect of their Application for a Repeal of the Act by which their Charter Rights are infringed, is known.
BOSTON. In PROVINCIAL CONGRESS, October 21, 1774.
WHEREAS sundry Persons now in Boston, having as Mandamus Councillors or in other Capacities, accepted or acted under Commissions or Authority derived from the Act of Parliament passed last Session, for changing the Form of Government and violating the Charter of this Province; and by such disgraceful, such detestable Conduct, having counteracted not only the Sense of this Province, but of the united American Colonies in Grand Congress expressed: Therefore,
RESOLVED, That the Persons aforesaid, who shall not give Satisfaction to this injured Province and Continent within ten Days from the Publication of this Resolve, by causing to be published in all the Boston News-Papers Acknowledgments of their former Misconduct, and Renunciations of the Commissions and Authority mentioned, ought to be considered as infamous Betrayers of their Country. And that a Committee of Congress be ordered to cause their Names to be published repeatedly, that the Inhabitants of this Province, by having them entered on the Records of each Town as Rebels against the State, may send them down to Posterity with the Infamy they deserve; and that other Parts of America may have an Opportunity of stigmatizing them in such Ways as shall effectually answer a similar Purpose.
RESOLVED, That it is hereby recommended to the good People of this Province, so far to forgive such of the obnoxious Persons aforesaid, who shall have given the Satisfaction required in the preceding Resolve, as not to molest them for their past Misconduct. A true Extract from the Minutes, BENJAMIN LINCOLN, Sec'y.
In Provincial Congress, October 21, 1774.
WHEREAS the unnecessary and extravagant Consumption of East-India Teas in time past has much contributed to the political Destruction of this Province, and as Tea has been the Means by which a corrupt Administration have attempted to tax, enslave, and ruin us: Therefore,
RESOLVED, That this Congress do earnestly recommend to the People of this Province, an Abhorrence & Detestation of all Kinds of East-India Teas, as the baneful Vehicle of a corrupt and venal Administration, for the Purpose of introducing Despotism and Slavery into this once happy Country; and that every Individual in this Province ought totally to disuse the same; and it is also recommended that every Town and District appoint a Committee to post up in some public Place the Names of all such in their respective Towns and Districts, who shall sell or consume so extravagant and unnecessary an Article of Luxury. A true Extract from the Minutes, BENJAMIN LINCOLN, Sec'y.
In Provincial Congress at Cambridge, Oct. 22, 1774.
FROM a Consideration of the Continuance of the Gospel among us, and the Smiles of Divine Providence upon us, with Regard to the Season of the Year, and the General Health which has been enjoyed; and in particular from a Consideration of the Union which so remarkably prevails not only in this Province, but through the Continent at this alarming Crisis:
It is RESOLVED, as the Sense of this Congress, that it is highly proper that a Day of PUBLIC THANKSGIVING should be observed throughout this Province; and it is accordingly recommended to the several Religious Assemblies in the Province; That THURSDAY the FIFTEENTH DAY of DECEMBER next, to be observed as a Day of THANKSGIVING, to render Thanks to Almighty GOD for all the Blessings we enjoy. At the same Time, we think it incumbent on this People to humble themselves before God on Account of their Sins, for which he hath been pleased, in his righteous Judgment, to suffer so great a Calamity to befall us, as the present Controversy between G. Britain and the Colonies; as also to implore the Divine Blessing, that by assistance of his Grace we may reform what is amiss amongst us, that so God may be pleased to continue to us the Blessings we enjoy, & remove the Tokens of his Displeasure, by causing Harmony and union to be restored between Great-Britain and these Colonies, that we may again rejoice in the Smiles of our Sovereign; and in Possession of those Privileges which have been transmitted to us, and have the hopeful Prospect that they shall be handed down entire to Posterity, under the Protestant Succession, in the illustrious House of Hanover. By order of the Provincial Congress. JOHN HANCOCK, President.
PORTSMOUTH, October 27, 1774.
WHEREAS there has been a REPORT prevailing in this Town, for some Days past, that a Number of Artificers have been procured, at the Town of Wolfborough, and the Towns thereabouts, by some Person or Persons under the Crown, to assist the Troops now at Boston, in building Barracks, &c. contrary to the Opinion of our Brethren there: The Committee of Ways and Means for this Town, having met to consider of the same, and having great Reason to believe the said Report, and thinking it our Duty to bear Testimony against such proceedings, Do Resolve as follows, viz.
1. That it is our Opinion, the Person, or Persons (whether under the Crown or not) who has been so cruel and unmanly as to engage Artificers, in this Province to give the least Assistance, to the Troops now at Boston; when the Inhabitants there have nobly refused; discovers a Disposition, not only to Ingratiate him or themselves, with General GAGE, (which is mean and low) but also to give every Assistance to the present hostile Measures; and therefore should be considered as an Enemy or Enemies to the Community.
2. That it is our Opinion, these Men who have been so base, to undertake, as Artificers (and thereby reflecting not only on their respective Towns but the Province in general) should be considered as Enemies to our Liberties, and should not be received at their Return, as Members worthy of Society.
3. That it is our Opinion, should those Artificers (on Reflection) find themselves to have been imposed upon, by their Employers, to undertake a Matter which is so disagreeable, and determine to leave such scandalous Employment, and return to their respective Habitations immediately, may be received to the Friendship of their Townsmen; but if not, should be considered as in the second Resolve.
By Order of the Committee, HUNKING WENTWORTH, Chairman.
PHILADELPHIA, October 12.
We have Authority to assure the Public, that the Reports which have been circulated respecting a Neighbouring Governor, having wrote to the Ministry, recommending certain hostile Measures against America, are without any just Foundation.
Extract of a Letter from London, Aug. 6, 1774. Our News-Papers are replete with alarming Resolutions and Associations on your Side the Water, which does not little affect our Ministry. It is an unlooked for Event. The Talk is, that these worthy Men will make the late Governor Hutchinson the Scape Goat, if no other Resource is to be found.
NEW-YORK, October 17.
A Writer in one of the English Papers says, It is confidently asserted, that some secret Proposals have been made to Government by the Inhabitants of Boston, of such a Nature that it is imagined all Differences will soon be happily conciliated.
NEW-PORT, October 17.
Last Thursday Evening, 9 Minutes past 7 o'Clock mean Time, we had a pretty sensible Shock of an Earthquake.
Last Thursday Capt. Rogers arrived here from London, which he left the 15th of August, and brought with him one Mr. Sam'l Dyer, of Boston, who gives the following Account of himself: That on the 6th of July last, early in the Morning, he was kidnapped by the Soldiers in Boston, in Consequence of Orders from Col. Maddison, and carried into the Camp, confin'd in Irons, and kept so till early the next Morning, when he was convey'd on board the Captain, Admiral Montague, still in Chains. When he was first confin'd in the Camp, the Colonel ask'd him who gave him Orders to destroy the Tea, to which he replied Nobody; the Colonel said he was a Liar, it was King Hancock, and the damned Sons of Liberty, and if he did not tell, he should be sent home in the Ship Captain, where he should be hung like a Dog; then told him to prepare a good Story, that General Gage would come to examine him, &c. but he never came. He was kept on board the Admiral's Ship 3 or 4 Days, in Irons, before she sail'd: when the Ship arrived at Portsmouth, Dyer was sent up to London in Irons, and examined three Times before Lord North, Sandwich and the Earl of Dartmouth, respecting the destruction of the Tea; but finding nothing against him, they sent him back to the Ship in Irons; when he got on board again he was discharged, without receiving one Farthing of Wages. He then travell'd up to London, 70 Miles, (having but six Coppers in his Pocket) and made his Complaint to the Lord Mayor, who treated him with great Humanity; as did the Sheriffs of London and many other Gentlemen, who will supply him with any Sum of Money to carry on a Suit against those Governmental Kidnappers in Boston, in Case he can prove his Charge, for which Purpose he set out for Boston the Day after he arrived here. Dyer further said, he was offered Purse of Guineas in England to accuse certain Gentlemen in Boston with ordering him to destroy the Tea. We must leave Time to unfold this Dark, very dark Affair of Governmental Kidnapping, which is a true Spawn of Hell, nursed up by the Church of Rome! 'Tis practis'd almost every Day in France, Spain, Portugal, and almost every other Roman Catholic Country. Mr. Lee, one of the Sheriffs of London, wrote several Letters by Dyer, in his Favour, to some Gentlemen in Boston.
BOSTON October 24.
On Thursday last about 12 o'Clock, as Col. Cleaveland, of the Royal Artillery, and Capt. Montresor, Engineer, were returning together from the Neck, one Samuel Dyer imperceptibly went up to the Left of Col. Cleaveland, and snatched his Hanger from his Side, at the same Time made a back Stroke with it at his Head, which was avoided; upon which he drew out a Pistol and directed it at the Colonel, but it missed Fire; and observing Captain Montresor, with a Kind of half Dirk, coming up to him, he directed a Pistol at his Head at about 3 Yards Distance, which flashed in the Pan, and returned to the Colonel (who was disarmed) and made 2 or 3 Strokes at him with the Hanger, cutting a Metal Button almost asunder on his Sleeve, cut his Hat through, and made an Incision behind his Ear. On being pursued he threw away his Pistols, which were taken up by Capt. Montresor. He was the same Afternoon committed to Cambridge Goal, and has been since removed to the Goal in this Town.
On Saturday Morning last, after 3 Days Illness, departed this Life, Mr. WILLIAM MOLINEAUX, in the 38th Year of his Age, a noted Merchant of this Town. But what rendered this Gentleman more eminently Conspicuous was, his inflexible Attachment to the Liberties of America. His Watchfulness, Labour, Distresses, and Exertions to promote the general Interest, produced an Inflammation in his Bowels: The Disease was rapid and poignant: But in the severest Pangs, he rose superior to Complaint, he felt no Distresses, but for the Public.
O save my Country, Heaven! He said, & died. Yesterday Morning the Transports, with Troops, &c. on board, arrived here from New-York.
A Drove of Sheep from our Brethren of Scituate in the Colony of Rhode-Island for our suffering Poor, were received last Saturday Morning.
Last Week the Reverend Doctor SAMUEL LANGDON, of Portsmouth, was installed President of Harvard-College in Cambridge; he having accepted the Invitation of the Corporation to discharge the Duties of that important Office.
LONDON, August 6.
To censure the Measures of Administration respecting AMERICA, is not an easy Task, without having recourse to Epithets too harsh for a News-Paper. To say that they are UNJUST, CRUEL, TYRANIC, and INEFFECTUAL, is to say no more than what the AMERICANS feel, and Englishmen can demonstrate. They are unjust to an Extreme, because they violate the Colony CHARTERS, and thus, instead of supporting Government, they dissolve it; for the respective Charters of the different Colonies are the only Foundations of that social COMPACT whereby Allegiance and Protection are mutually promised, and mutually expected on the Part of Great-Britain and America; take away or ANNULLATE this social Compact, on what can the Claim to Sovereignty be founded? And where is the Difference between a total Annihilation, or a partial Invasion? The Colonists accepted their Charters on the plighted Faith of Government; their Promise of Allegiance pre-supposed a conditional Obligation on the Part of Government; it pre-supposed that their Charters should be maintained Inviolable. If it be urged, that the Power which granted, might take away at Pleasure, I deny the Position as a Matter of RIGHT, for the Superiority of Power does not constitute a RIGHT. The Americans, by soliciting the Protection of Great-Britain, clearly acknowledge mutual Compact ratified by both Parties, on this only do they found the Sovereignty of Great-Britain in Point of RIGHT. The mutual Compacts to the solemn Ratification of which both Parties have assented, are the several CHARTERS of the different Colonies; these Charters are so many COVENANTS, the stipulated Conditions of which are presumed to be equally binding on the GRANTOR and the GRANTEE. It is totally immaterial which of the Parties first violates the Condition of the Instruments; when violated, the Compact is to all Intents and Purposes DISSOLVED, and that which should be binding on both ceases from thenceforward to be binding on either. The single Question then to be decided is, "whether (admitting the Existence of such a social Compact) it was not FIRST broken on the Part of GREAT BRITAIN?" For if the Violation came from the protecting Power, what would have been barely unjust in the Americans was doubly so in Great-Britain; the Superiority of Power is an Aggravation of the Offence; the Abuse of Authority is more shameful when the Means of supporting that Authority are more effectual. In the Matter of TAXATION then I will venture to affirm, Great Britain FIRST violated the social Compact subsisting between her and America. We have no more Right to TAX the Americans, unless through the Medium of their REPRESENTATIVES, than we have to tax the IRISH, but through the Medium of their Representatives. The IRISH HOUSE OF COMMONS, and the AMERICAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES are, to the Inhabitants of the respective Countries exactly upon an equal Footing. Would the IRISH complain of being taxed by the ENGLISH without the Consent of their own Representatives? Would they call the very Attempt UNCONSTITUTIONAL? Would they remonstrate against, and resist such Attempt by every legal Mode? Would they not deem it an Infringement on their Liberties? Would they be satisfied because a Lord Lieutenant, like another T. arbitrary Hutchinson recommended an "Abridgment of Irish Liberties?" These Questions will apply exactly to the Americans; the Cases are precisely similar; the Answers to the one solve the Difficulties of both; if then the TAXATION MEASURES of Great-Britain were unjust in the first Instance, the Ministers of this Country, not the Patriots of America, are to blame for each resulting Evil; nor have the subsequent Measures of the present AGE at the Helm been only as unjust as those of his Predecessors; he has exceeded them as much in the CRUELTY as Tyranny of his Proceedings. The BOSTON PORT BILL is a BLOODY EDICT that would shock the Feelings of a sanguinary SEXANUS; it spares neither Innocence, Age, Sex, nor Condition; it involves an whole People in one common Ruin; it lays waste private Property, reduces the Wealthy to Beggary, & deprives the industrious of Bread; it seems intentionally framed to subjugate a Province by STARVING ITS INHABITANTS, unless relieved by the neighbouring Colonies. The Bostonians must be reduced to absolute FAMINE. Children, with Looks distorted, in the Agonies of Hunger, may grasp their Parent's Knees, and call impetuous for Food--the aged may droop, the Young be reduced to ghastly Spectres for Want of common Sustenance: these are Evils the Bill for shutting up the Port of Boston MAY produce; and if they happen not, their Prevention will be owing, not to the Humanity of the Minister, for he is callous to such paltry Feelings, but to the Generosity of the other Colonies. What Man who feels within his Breast a Glow of Pity, can refuse it Vent, even with a sympathetic TEAR (that Tell-Tale Herald of Commiseration) should pace it down his Cheeks? Who can forego a Curse of Execration on the Minister whose savage Measures MAY produce such Woes? Is this the Rectitude of the CABINET COURIER? Where is the EQUITY of which he so much boasts? Where that CANDOUR about which he cantankerously preaches Cobler? We know by what Balance we ought to weigh his Defects; we know, humpish as he is, that if thrown into the Scale of MERIT, he will kick the Beam, and be found 'lighter than Vanity itself.' There is but one Way of properly adjusting his WEIGHT, and that would be quite a PHILOSOPHICAL EXPERIMENT: the specific Gravity of his Carcase should be determined by SUSPENSION; in that Condition, for about half an Hour, he should be left, an HANGING SPECTACLE, between Earth and Air, on which good Men might gaze---the bad might take Example.
S A L E M, October 25.
It was currently said, and generally believed at Bristol, the Day before Capt Tyler sailed, that a War would very shortly commence between Spain and Portugal.
Capt. Thomas Palmer of Portsmouth, came Passenger with Capt. Tyler from Bristol.
Capt. Brown is arrived here with 1200 Bushels of Rye, and 50 Barrels of Rye Flour, as a Present from the County of Monmouth, in New-Jersey for the Poor of Boston.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, Piscataqua, October 27th.
Table with 3 columns: Inward-Entries, FROM, Outwards. Lists various ships like Maria Thomas Thompson, William Molineaux, and their origins/destinations.

PORTSMOUTH.
The following Articles are taken from a Paper brought by Capt. THOMAS THOMPSON, who arrived here the next Day after Capt. FLAGG.
From the London Morning-Post Aug. 30.
LEIGHORN, August 10.
ALL the Vessels which have arrived here within these three Months from the Coasts of Spain agree that the Spaniards are uncommonly busy in fitting out Ships of War at their different Sea-Ports; they add, that within this short Time 12,000 Men have sailed from Seville for America, on Board the Ships of War that have been fitted out there; and that 8000 Men went on board the Escurial, Angelo, &c. which failed the first ult. for America. The Reason of all these Preparations may be easily guessed at; France and Spain certainly intend to attack the British Colonies in America, and to take Advantage of the present Disputes between them and the Mother Country, while they are so much irritated against the British Government.
A private Letter from Toulon says, that Orders have been received at that and the Neighbouring Ports, that for the future all the Ships of War shall be armed and manned, and the Officers obliged to go on board the respective Ships, during the Summer Season. It is pretended this is only to exercise the Sailors, and to relieve the Officers, whose Pay cannot maintain them in the expensive Cities; but in the mean Time it is suspected, that France intends soon to break with Great-Britain, for which Reason she keeps her Fleets and Armies in Readiness.
Count Olow has received a Courier at Pisa, who brings the Confirmation of the Peace being concluded between the Turks and Russians; but the Russian Fleet is to remain in the Mediterranean for some particular Reasons.
L O N D O N, August 30:
Expresses are almost continually passing between Lord Stormont and the Ministry at Home, relative to the Designs forming by some foreign Powers, which forebode Disturbance to the Repose of Europe.
A Letter from America hints, that if Government had given longer Time to the Bostonians to have considered on, and digested the Act for shutting up their Port, the Inhabitants, dreading the Consequences, might have been induced to have made some Concessions; but it's coming on so suddenly, before their first Transports had subsided, it is to be expected they will now stand out, and this the rather, as supposing them ever so inclined to bow the Neck, it would be many Months before they could be reinstated in their Trade as heretofore, and many Individuals must be absolutely undone.
Duels, we are informed, are become very frequent in Boston; for it seems the principal Men in that Town are of late so divided, & Affronts so often given, that hardly a Day passes but Challenges are given and received.
A Gentleman just arrived in Town from his Travels through several Parts of England, say the Excise and Custom House Officers are now, as has been usual for many Years, let loose upon the Electors almost in every Part of England, by positive Orders from their Superiors to influence the Voters at the General Election. The Arts they use are the following: The trading Voters are flattered, upon giving their Votes and Interest as directed, to have Favour shown in the Course of their surveys, and threatened with the utmost Rigour, and Exactness upon Refusal. The Freeholders are allured with Places in the Customs for their Sons or Friends; and some of the most dextrous and crafty are intrusted with Sums of Money to lay out in Corruption, according to their own Discretion. Thus, Britons, if you will be bought, you may expect to be sold.
A Farmer in Hertfordshire, who withheld his Corn from the Market till it began to spoil, lately fed his Horses with it, in consequence of which, they were seized with a Disorder called the Frez, by which he lost eleven fine Beasts.
The daring Violation of the Freedom of Elections in the Middlesex Affair; the outrageous Usurpation on the Privileges of the City of London, by erasing a judicial Record; the unconstitutional Mode of Taxation in America, and the still more unconstitutional and arbitrary Quebec Act, are incontrovertible Proofs that the Majority of our Representatives are influenced by the Court to execute the Directions of Administration, however injurious to the sacred Birth-Right of the People. Can a Doubt then be entertained, that the glorious Liberties and Privileges of the English Nation must expire under the Hands of traitorous Patricides, who have insidiously dared to give such vital Wounds to the Constitution, unless they are immediately rescued from their Assassinations? The Time, however, is happily near when the Powers invested with these Panders to Despotism will again revert into the Hands of the People in their collective Body: And it cannot, surely be doubted but that they will then take effectual Precautions for the Preservation and Security of that Liberty which their Ancestors have transmitted as the most inestimable of all Inheritances, and be exceedingly careful in the Choice of their future Representatives, that a Trust of such high Importance as the Guardianship of English Freedom may be placed in MORE HONEST and WORTHY Hands.
The Intention of the Quebec Bill was avowedly to intimidate the Colonists from defending their religious and civil Liberties, by extending the French Popish Power at the Back of all the Protestant Colonies, to be ready for some black and dreadful Design. This will naturally unite those who were before Neuter, afraid of losing their Trade, and not so willing to relieve their Protestant Brethren; but the Case is now altered, their Religion, as well as their Laws and Liberties, are in equal Danger. They must and will be unanimous, when every Thing that is dear and valuable to them is at stake. They must now resist: "You will make them mad," as the Bishop of St. Asaph says in his Speech intended to have been spoke in the House of Lords, but it will not be a sudden Fit of Madness; it cannot be ever forgiven by them, or their latest Posterity.
WARRANTED.
Choice French INDIGO
By the Dozen or smaller Quantity — To be Sold By JOSEPH BASS in Portsmouth.
Lempster.
THE PROPRIETORS of LEMPSTER, in the Province of New Hampshire, are hereby Notified, that their Rights of LAND are assessed to the Amount of two pounds eighteen shillings Lewslul Money; and that they pay the same to me the Subscriber by the First Day of December next, at my Dwelling House in Lempster aforesaid, or their Rights will be advertised for Sale at Public Vendue in the New Hampshire Gazette.
WILLIAM MARKHAM, Collector.
Lempster, October 10, 1774.
West-India Goods,
OIL, — SALT, — CHOCOLATE, — INDIGO — NAILS, — LOCKS — JACK KNIVES — &c. &c. at the lowest Cash Price.
NEW BOOKS,
Among which, Are SWIET's, Ninth Edition (Cutt's) DICTIONARY of Arts and Sciences, 4 Volumes. PARKHURST's Greek and English Lexicon. FIELDING's Works 12 Vol. and a variety of others. Sold by HENRY SHERBURNE, in the Street leading to the Wharfs.
LOST, One Silver SHOE and one Silver KNEE BUCKLE. A good Reward to the Person who finds and returns it. Henry Sherburne.
Percy
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WHEREAS Application has been made to me the Subscriber, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Rockingham, in the Province aforesaid, by the Proprietors or Owners of more than one sixteenth part of the Township of PERCY, in the County of Grafton, to call a Meeting of the proprietors of said Town to act upon the following Matters and Things, viz.
 1. To chuse a Moderator and other Officers that may be necessary for the Management of the Affairs of the said Township.  2. To vote a TAX to defray the Expence already incurred.  3. To chuse a Committee to view said Township for the Purpose of advising to the most probable Method for immediate Settlement of said Town.  4. To vote a TAX for the aforesaid Purpose.  5. To chuse a Collector.  6. To agree on a Method for calling future Meetings, and to transact such Matters as shall be thought for the Interest of said property. 
Pursuant to the foregoing Application, I hereby Notify and warn the proprietors of said Township of Percy, to meet at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth, in the County of Rockingham, on Tuesday the 22nd Day of November next, at six o'Clock P. M. to consider and act upon the Matters and Things before specified.
DANIEL WARNER, Justice Peace.
Portsmouth. October 25, 1774.
To Mr. Joseph Peirce, Clerk of the Proprietors of the Township of PIERMONT.
WE the Subscribers being Owners of more than one sixteenth Part of the Land in the Township of PIERMONT, do hereby request you to call a Meeting of the Proprietors of said Town, to be held at the House of Capt. Zachariah Foss, Innholder in Portsmouth, on the Fourteenth Day of November next, at Three of the Clock in the Afternoon for the following Purposes, viz. 1. To chuse a Moderator to regulate said Meeting. 2. To chuse another Committee (if necessary) to examine all Accounts against said Propriety, and adjust the same, so that it may be known how the Proprietors general Account stands, that the same may be balanced. 3. To chuse and impower a Committee to receive or make any Proposals for the Settlement of all Controversies between the Proprietors of said Town of Piermont and the Proprietors of the Town of Haverhill. 4. To see if the Proprietors will vote any thing to the Inhabitants of said Piermont to enable them to settle a Minister. 5. To see whether the Proprietors will give any further Assistance towards repairing the Roads through said Town. 6. To vote such a Sum or Sums of Money towards discharging the Proprietors Debts if they should happen not to have sufficient in Stock. 7. To chuse Assessors to assess such a Tax as may be found necessary. 8. To choose a Collector or Collectors to collect said Tax when assessed, or any other Officers necessary. 9. To see if the Proprietors will vote a certain Sum for the Prosecution of the Law Suits now pending between Piermont and Haverhill.
Samuel Sherburne, Richard Jenness, John Wendell, Joseph Moulton, in behalf of Jonathan Meulton, Esq;
Portsmouth Oct. 25, 1774.
Rockingham ss.
PURSUANT to the above Request, and by Virtue of a Vote of the Proprietors of said Town of Piermont, impowering their Clerk to call proprietary Meetings, when required, agreeable to said Vote, I hereby notify and warn the said Proprietors to meet at the Time and Place mentioned in the foregoing Request, for the Purposes therein expressed.
JOSEPH PEIRCE Pre. Clerk.
Portsmouth October 26 1774.
Whereas Hannah the Wife of me
the Subscriber has behaved herself Disorderly, and left me, this is therefore to forbid all Persons crediting her on my Account, as I shall pay no Debts of her contracting from the Date hereof.
JOHN PICKERING, Jr.
Portsmouth, October 25th, 1774.
Warrantes and Quicclaim Deeds, Justice Writs and Execution, and Bail Bonds, Sold at the Printing Office.
Dummer.
WHEREAS the Proprietors of the Township of DUMMER, in the Province of New Hampshire, at their legal Meetings held at Portsmouth on the 10th and the 24th of June 1773, did at each Meeting vote a TAX of Five Dollars to be raised on each original Right or Share of Land for the Purpose of paying the Survey and Charter Charges; also for the surveying and clearing a Road through said Town — The Subscriber being chosen to collect said TAXES, takes this Method to desire the undermentioned delinquent Proprietors to pay the several Sums annexed to their Names, by the second Day of December next — if not then paid, so much of their Land will be advertised for Sale as will pay the same with Charges.
  Peter Gilman, Esq; 1 10 Joseph Gilman 1 10   John Giddings, Esq; 1 10 Charles Russell 3 0   Nathaniel Folsom, Esq. 1 10 Eliphalet Hale 1 10   Nicholas Gilman, Esq. 1 10 Thomas Johnson 3 0   Daniel Tilton, 1 10 Nathaniel Rogers, Esq 3 0   Maj. John Gilman, 3 0 Joshua Bailey, 3 0   Richard Langdon 1 10 Abraham Palmer 3 0   Nathaniel Dowsing 1 10 David Weeks 3 0   Walter Bryant jr. Esq. 3 0 Henry Eaton 3 0   John Wheelock, 3 0 Jacob Tilton of Co. 5 3 0   Samuel Gray 3 0 John Beard 3 0   Lewis Fribby 3 0 Jesse Johnson 3 0   Silvanus Ripley 3 0 James Lloyd, Esq; 3 0   Moses Parson 3 0 George Brimley 3 0   James Grant 3 0 Petiteah Bliss 3 0   William Knight, Esq. 3 0 Andrew Smith. 3 0   Isaac Lyman, 1 10 Sam'l Folsom Esq 1 10 
A. R. CUTTER, Collector.
Portsmouth, October 25, 1774.
Northumberland.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THE Proprietors of NORTHUMBERLAND are desired to meet at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth, on Tuesday the 22nd Day of November next, at three o'Clock P. M. for the following Purposes, viz. To chuse a Moderator and other Officers that may be necessary for the Management of the Affairs of said Township. To ascertain the Number of Lots that were confirmed to several of the Proprietors at their Meeting held the 5th of May 1771, and to confirm the Remainder of the Proprietors in their Lots pitched. To see if the Proprietors will determine in what Manner the Assessors of said Propriety shall proceed to assess the Lands in said Township for the payment of such Sums of Money as have already or may hereafter be granted by said Propriety, and chuse a Collector or Collectors to collect the same. To chuse a Committee to receive and execute Deeds for Lands agreed to be exchanged by the Propriety. To determine on the Appropriation of Lands from Tree No. 15, to Bog Brook, and to act on such Matters as shall appear likely to facilitate the Settlement of said Township, and beneficial to said Propriety.
By Order of the Assessors, THOMAS MARTIN, Portsmouth, Oct. 25, 1774. Proprietors Clerk.
Leavitts-Town
THE Proprietors of LEAVITTS TOWN, so called, are hereby Notified to meet at the House of John Leavitt, Esq; in North Hampton, on Monday the 21st Day of November next, at one o'Clock on said Day for the following Purposes, viz. 1. To chuse a Moderator. 2. To chuse all other Officers necessary to govern and manage the Business which concerns said Proprietors. 3. To receive the Report of the Committee who are employed to perambulate the Range Lines in the second Division in said Township. 4. To see what the Proprietors will allow the Inhabitants towards repairing the Roads and Bridges the Year past. 5. To chuse a Committee to examine the Assessors Accounts, and lay the same before the Proprietors. 6. To see what the Proprietors will allow towards hiring a Minister to preach in said Township. By Order of the Committee.
THOMAS PARSONS.
Dated October 17, 1774.
Run away from the Subscriber
the 17th of October current an indentured Servant named Enoch Thompson; he is about 20 Years of Age, of a middling Stature, well set, of a Fair Complexion and dark Hair — Had on when he went away, a dark brown Cloth Suit of Cloaths — Has a very conceited Poppish Air — is by Trade a Shoemaker — Whoever will take up said Servant, and convey him to his Master in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, shall have One Farthing Reward, and all necessary Charges paid by Samuel Foster.
All Masters of Vessels or others, are hereby forbid harbouring, concealing or carrying off said Servant, as they would avoid the Penalty of the Law.
Portsmouth. October 27. 1774.
SALEM, October 25.
We find no Accounts in the English Papers of any more Troops being Ordered for America.
Last Saturday The Dwelling House of Aaron Wood, Esq; of Boxford, was consumed by Fire, together with Part of his Household Furniture.

Excise.
PUBLIC NOTICE is here given, that I have purchased the EXCISE in the County of Rockingham, from November 1st, 1773, to November 1st 1774, and appoint to collect on the first Day of said November 1774, at Samuel Conner's in Pembroke—And at Esq. Webster's in Chester the Day following—and at Col. Holland's next Day in Londonderry—and Saturday Forenoon same Week at Lt. John Pearson's in Kingstown—and the Tuesday next following, viz. 8th of said November, at Capt. Jacob Tilton's in Portsmouth—and Tuesday the 15th at Col. Samuel Folsom's in Exeter—And I desire Taxpayers and Retailers would observe punctually to meet me BENJAMIN BUTLER, Excise Master.
§ Gilmantown. §
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Strafford, ss. PURSUANT to a PETITION to me directed by the Owners of more than ten Proprietors Shares in the Township of Gilmantown, desiring me to warn a Meeting of the Proprietors of said Gilmantown, as soon as may be, to act on the following Particulars, viz. 1. To chuse a Moderator to govern said Meeting—2. To receive and accept of the Committee's Report that were chosen to settle the Proprietors Accounts—3. To chuse a Committee to settle with the Proprietors Treasurer.—4. To see if the Proprietors will sell the Forty Acre Lot Number 18, in the third Range to Isaac Batchelder, who lives adjoining to it.—5. To see what the Proprietors will vote to give to the Inhabitants of said Town towards building a Meeting House in said Town, and to vote how the Expence thereof shall be paid, whether by selling some of the Proprietors Lands in said Town, or otherwise; and if voted to sell Land, then to chuse a Committee to sell the same:—This is therefore to Notify and warn all the Proprietors of said Gilmantown, to meet at the House of Mrs. Antipais Gilman, Innholder in said Gilmantown, on Tuesday the 22d Day of November next at One o'clock in the Afternoon, then and there to pass any Votes on the above Articles, as they shall judge proper. JOSEPH BADGER, Proprietors Clerk. Gilmantown, October 17, 1774.
To be sold at Public Vendue, By STEPHEN PIPER,
On Tuesday the 8th Day of November current, at the House of Mrs. Love Chase, Innholder in Strafford, at One o'clock in the Afternoon,
A Certain Parcel of Land in Deerfield, containing seventy Acres, at the Northerly End of the Lot No. 18 in the 5th Range and third Division.—Also, a good Pair of OXEN, and one Horse; and sundry other Articles, if not Sold before at private Sale—Conditions of Sale may be known at Time and Place aforesaid.—Strafford, Oct. 17, 1774.
Stop Thief! (4 Dollars Reward.)
BROKE OPEN and STOLEN out of the House of me the Subscriber, on the Night of the 17th Instant, a SILVER WATCH, China Face, Maker's Name John Adams, No. 1632.—Also a work'd POCKET BOOK—the supposed Thief calls his Name Charles Betton; at other times John Smith, about five Feet and eight Inches tall, light sandy Hair, short and curl'd; lost one or two of his Fore Teeth, scar'd on the left Side of his Face, stone grey Surcoat, light hemspun Jacket, light Velvet Breeches stained with a dark colour, blue Stockings, check Shirt; says he was born in Connecticut.—Whoever will take up said THIEF, and confine him in any of his Majesty's Goals, so that he may be brought to Justice, shall have Four Dollars Reward, and necessary Charges paid by me Nicholas Weeks, junr. Kittery, Oct. 18, 1774.
Stayed or Stolen from Jenkins's
LOF at Exeter, on Tuesday the 11th Instant, a dark Bay HORSE, about thirteen Hands high, five Years old last Spring, pretty thick forward, a small white Spot on his Nose very low down; and upon his left Shoulder from the Main down about six or eight Inches, which looks as if it had been scalded or burnt, and is about two Inches wide, looks like a Feather.—Whoever takes up said Horse, and brings him to the Printing Office, shall have Two Dollars Reward and necessary Charges paid by Nicholas Beuffard of Portsmouth. October 20th, 1774.
ALL Persons having Claims against the Estate of Ichabod Chesley, late of Durham, Gentleman, deceased, Intestate; and all Persons Indebted thereto, are requested to call on Stephen Evans of Dover, who administered thereon. Dover, October 13, 1774.
ALL Persons Indebted to the Estate of John Thurston, late of Strafford, deceased, are desired to make speedy Settlement with Stephen Piper, Executor, &c. for they may not expect any further Notice.
Stop Thief, (10 Dollars Reward) To any Person or Persons
Who shall discover and bring to Justice the THIEF or Thieves who broke open the Shop of the Subscriber, on the Night after the 12th Instant, and took from thence the following Articles, viz. six Pair of Stone Buttons, two dit. Rings, one dit. Locket, one large Spoon, one Snuff Box, one Gold Brooch, two Silver dit.—Some old Silver, a Paper of metal Buckles, three pair of Pinchback dit. two Boxes of Spectacles, a Quantity of Glass Buttons—Sundry small Articles—About 5 Gallons of RUM,—and some Cash. JOHN DAVENPORT. Portsmouth, Octob. 13, 1774.
§ Whitefields. §
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHEREAS APPLICATION has been made to me the SUBSCRIBER, one of His Majesty's Justices of the PEECE, in and throughout the Province aforesaid, by JOSIAH MOODY, Esq; Owner and Proprietor of more than a sixteenth Part of the Township of Whitefields, in the County of Grafton, to call a Meeting of the Proprietors of said Town to act upon the following Matters and Things, viz. 1. To chuse a Moderator of said Meeting. 2. To chuse a Proprietor's Clerk.—3. To chuse a Surveyor and Chain Men to lay out said Town into proper and equal Lots or Divisions.—4. To agree with, or appoint a Committee to agree with any Person or Persons to cut a Road through said Town.—5. To consider of the most easy and expeditious Methods to advance the Settlement of said Town, and what Encouragement the said Proprietors will give thereto.—6. To raise a Sum of Money on each original Proprietor's Right in said Town, to defray the Charges of obtaining the CHARTER of said Town, and running out the Lines thereof; and further, to lay a TAX on each Proprietor's Right to defray the Charges for laying out the said Town into equal Lots or Divisions, and for cutting a Road through the said Town, as before mentioned.—And lastly, To consider the most effectual Means to promote the Advancement of the true Interest of said Town:—
Pursuant to the foregoing APPLICATION, I hereby Notify and warn the Proprietors of the said Township of WHITEFIELDS, to meet at the House of Mr. ————— Pearson's, Innholder in Kingstown, in the County of Rockingham, on Monday the 31st Day of October current, at One o'clock P. M. to consider and act upon the Matters and Things before specified. Portsmouth, Octob 8. 1774 JOHN HURD.
§ Bow §
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Rockingham, ss. THOSE Proprietors or Owners of Land in the Town of Bow, that had their Lands advertised for Sale at Vendue for not having paid the taxes due thereon, as mentioned in the New Hampshire Gazette of August the 13th, 20th, 27th, A. D. 1773, are hereby Notified, that said Vendue has been adjourned from time to time, and now stands adjourned to Tuesday the 25th Day of this Instant October, at ten o'clock in the Forenoon, then to be held at the House of Benjamin Mead, Innholder in Newmarket, in the County of Rockingham aforesaid; and all Persons that do not pay their said taxes, with incidental charges already arisen at or before said Day, may depend on so much of their Lot or Lots and common Rights will be sold as to pay the taxes due thereon, and all incidental charges. WALTER BRYANT, Collector. October 4, 1774.
To be sold at Public Vendue,
On Tuesday the first Day of November next, at two o'clock Afternoon, at the House of James Stoodley, Esq Innholder in Portsmouth,
A commodious Dwelling House
and Land, lately the Property of Captain James Stillson, and adjoining Captain Tobias Lear's. Conditions of Sale to be known at Time and Place of Sale.
Evening School.
The Subscriber proposes to open an EVENING SCHOOL at his House in Divinity Street, the last Monday Evening in October current, if sufficient Encouragement offers—where he proposes to teach Writing, Cyphering, and Orthography in the most plain and useful Method—Whoever may think fit to employ him in this Way, may depend that the utmost Care and Pains will be taken to instruct in each or either of the above Arts all such as may be committed to the Care of their most obedient humble Servant Samuel Foster. Portsmouth Oct. 14, 1774.
ALL Persons Indebted to the Estate of the Widow Meribah Babb, late of Barrington, deceased, are desired to settle the same with Joshua Foss, junr. Administrator. And the Creditors to receive any Balance that may be due from said Estate. Joshua Foss, junr. Administrator.
LONDON, August 18!
The Bulwark and Eftrope, two Spanish Men of War, from Cadiz to Lima, are totally lost at Valparizo, on the Coast of Chili, and all their Crews perished. A Number of dead Bodies are driven on Shore, amongst which is one of the Spanish Captains.
They write from Paris, that it was daily expected there to hear of the Disgrace of two very celebrated and popular Noblemen in that City in Consequence of some secret Transactions which have been carried on since the late KING's Death, and are just come to Light.
If we quarrel with the Americans, says a Correspondent, Emigration will be a more melancholy Affair than it has yet been considered, as every Person left to England will be one gained to the Colonists; and what will this, with the usual Increase, amount to in Half a Century?
'Tis certainly true, that the Settlements on the Continent of America have been made at the Expence of much Blood and Treasure to the Mother Country; and that, Parent-like, she has used every Means in her Power to promote the Trade of her American Children, though they have not (on many Occasions) made the most dutiful Returns. The Smuggling they have practised; and the insolent Behaviour they have made use of to the Officers sent thither, are very high Insults to the Mother Country, and Forbearance so long the real Cause of the open and avowed ill Treatment of her at this Time. Had the Stamp Act been proceeded on, and carried into Execution, they would not have dared to have made Tea Pots of their Harbours, and given their finny Inhabitants an East Indian Decoration. We have only to blame our own Weakness; for, like an over-fond Parent, we have spoiled our Children, and now wonder why they are so rude, though we ourselves were the Cause of it.
A Correspondent proposes, as an effectual Method to give general Satisfaction, that all the Catholics of England go and settle in Canada, & all the Protestants of Canada come to England, by which Means Laws would be found ready made to please them all.
On Wednesday last the Cambeltown, of Leith, arrived from the Greenland Seas, with the Produce of 4 large Whales, yielding 150 Butts of Blubber; the Cargo of this Ship, Oil and Bone, will, it is supposed, amount to near 3000l. The Dunbar Ships are also arrived there full. The Scots Ships have been more successful this Year than at any Time since the Establishment of their Whale Fishery.
Ranaway from me the Subscriber
On the third Day of September last, Robert Halland, an Apprentice BOY, eighteen Years old, about five Feet seven Inches high, light Complexion. Had on when he went away, a new Felt Hat, hemspun Round Jacket, check Linen Shirt and long Trousers. Whoever will take up said Apprentice, and convey him to his Master, shall have One Shilling Reward—And all Persons are forbid to harbour or conceal and carry off said Apprentice. ROBERT BARBER. Newmarket, October 12, 1774.
Ranaway from me the Subscriber
Living in Portsmouth, on the ninth Day of October last, an Indented Servant named John Rawlins, (alias John Whittum) about 19 Years of Age, low Stature, black curl'd Hair, wide Mouth, a down, but impudent Look, his Little Finger grows down to the Palm of his Hand—He had on when he went away, a hemspun grey Jacket, two home made check Shirts, brown Breeches; he has run away sundry times; has bad Advisers, where he keeps, unknown to me.—Whoever apprehends said BOY, and returns him to me, shall have One Shilling old tenor Reward paid by the Subscriber.—All Persons are hereby cautioned against concealing or entertaining said BOY, on penalty of the Law. Samuel Sherburne.
Whereas Elizabeth, the Wife of
me the Subscriber, hath forsaken my House, and utterly refuseth to live with me; I do hereby forbid all Persons to trust her on my Account. But in case she will return to my House, she shall be well supported, and treated in the kindest and tenderest Manner. JOHN HOGG. Hampstead, Sept. 24. 1774.
ALL Persons Indebted to, or that have Demands on the Estate of Joshua Hill, late of Strafford, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts to Captain Reuben Hill of Lee, Administrator, in order for Settlement.
TO BE SOLD, A House and Barn,
In Greenland, now in the Occupation of Walter Philbrook, near the Meeting House. Also, Sundry Lots of Land in Chichester and Eplum And two or three Acres of Cedar Swamp, in Greenland, and a Yoke of young Cattle. Enquire of Robert Tustin Philbrook.