The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1772-01-10 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE
GAZETTE,
AND HISTORICAL
CHRONICLE,
CONTAINING the FRESHEST ADVICES
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
Friday Jan. 10, 1772.
NO. 794 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd.
Volunteers.
ALL True - blue British-Hearts of Oak, who are able and no doubt willing to serve their King and Country on board his Majesty's Ship Swan, under the Command of Capt. James Ayscough, now lying in Piscataqua River, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, are desired to repair on board the said Ship, where they will meet with every Encouragement they can desire, as he prefers one noble Volunteer, to 100,000 1/2 prs'd Men.
N. B. Capt. AYSCOUGH will always be very happy to receive any of his old Shipmates in particular, or their jolly Friends in general.
Keep it up my Boys, Twenty may play as well as one!
GOD SAVE OUR GOOD KING, QUEEN, and all the Royal Family.
Success to the British Fleet.
Captain JAMES AYSCOUGH.
Portsmouth, January 7th, 1772.
To the Printers of the New-Hampshire Gazette. IN Dec. 27, you gave us, from a London Paper, a Specimen of the political Logic now current on the other side of the Atlantic. It must be acknowledged, the Sophistry is specious, and it may be applauded by some, even in America, whose dependence on the Crown biases their judgments, or who are too weak to detect the fallacy. But perhaps the following remarks may un-deceive such as are not wilfully inattentive to the British Constitution and the common interest of the nation and her Colonies.
The Hypothesis on which that Writer builds with such high confidence is, that there must be a supreme Legislature of the whole Empire, and that the British Parliament must be that supreme Legislature; and must have a right to control the Colonial Assemblies in the exercise of the power of taxing the Subjects in America, or to exercise it without their imposition. Relying on this Hypothesis he glories that an honest Administration, when they repealed the other duties, nobly withstood the repeal of that upon TEA, that there might be an explicit and unequivocal decision of the right of Parliament to control or exercise the power of taxation. In consequence of this, he pleads himself with the imagination, that the delusion which so long prevailed in both Countries is happily removed, so that the people of England, as well as most of the Colonies, have recovered the free use of their senses, and begin to behold each other and themselves in the true light of Sovereign and Dependent.
But however plain, intelligible, and convincing he supposes this doctrine to be, it will hardly go down with any who thoroughly understand the rights of Englishmen.
Why was the British Constitution framed as it is, and secured with so much zeal and caution by Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights? Undoubtedly because the Nation was determined not to be subject to arbitrary power; but to be governed as freemen by laws enacted by their own consent, and submit only to taxation by their own Representatives. These rights they claimed, as natural and essential to freedom. The Parliament of Great-Britain was therefore modelled upon those principles, so as to form a supreme Legislature in which the whole Nation was represented, and all authority was concentrated. The distant Colonies of America did not then exist even in imagination, and therefore they could not be included in the general plan of government. They are now grown considerable, and are increasing with a rapid population; and if the claims of the British Nation we adjust, and their plan of government well adapted to their situation, the Colonies may be allowed the same claims, and ought to enjoy an equal privilege of making their own Laws, and taxing themselves.
The great distance of America from the parent Country absolutely debars them from any proper representation in the Parliament of Great-Britain. And besides; Local circumstances require a very considerable difference in their Laws, as well as many distinct taxes; so that there is a plain necessity of their being governed each by their own Assemblies, or else by one general Parliament in America constituted in the same form as that of Great-Britain. The latter is needless, while we remain united in one extensive Empire: the former is perfectly consistent with the unity of the kingdom, and, instead of weakening, adds greater strength to it, and is the most effectual security of its continuance.
But the grand question is, Whether a supreme Legislature over the whole is not so plainly necessary for the union and preservation of the grand Body politic, that all ought to submit to it, notwithstanding any claims which might otherwise be insisted on? To determine this, we may consider the Laws necessary for the government of a nation as ranged under these three heads, viz.---Such as are founded on natural reason and common equity, and which are every where necessary for the welfare of society,---Such as are merely political and requisite for the regulation of the Community, or lastly, Such as immediately relate to the national expenses. As to the first of these heads, every Colony will easily discover what laws are necessary for the due administration of Justice, and practice them, without being compelled by any supreme Legislature. As to laws merely political, they are subject to great variations according to the different circumstances of the several parts of the Empire, and very few require an universal operation. And as to the few which ought to take place universally, either the whole
Body has a right to judge of them and give their consent, or else some of the consistent parts of the Empire are as much under the arbitrary power of their Masters, as if they were at the command of a despotic Prince, and may be oppressed whenever it is for the interest of their mighty Lords to pretend the necessity of a general Law: and their condition will still be worse if they are subject to taxation at pleasure. Therefore such a supreme Legislature ought not to be conceded without the most unavoidable necessity; and such necessity can never be proved, so long as there is a plain & easy method pointed out, by the very nature of the constitution, & the present form of the Colonies. The Colonists are already represented in their own Assemblies. One King is at the head of all. The power and influence of his prerogative is very great, and even more uncontrollable in the Colonies than in Great-Britain. And there can be no doubt but what he recommends and inforces by reasons of general necessity or utility, will command the attention of the American Parliament equally as of the British, and gain their ready assent upon clear conviction.
When we consider the vast disproportion at present between the wealth of Great-Britain and the Colonies, and that far the greater part of the Americans are going thro' immense labor in clearing the vast forests, scarcely procuring in the mean while a very miserable subsistence, and being continually drain'd of their money for cloathing from England, nothing great can be expected from them by way of tax to the common expences of the Empire. Yet they have always cheerfully complied with every reasonable requisition from his Majesty, even beyond their abilities. Besides; since the Colonies bear the expences of their own immediate government, without any charge to the nation, it is but reasonable they should be exempt from the local charges of Great-Britain. And as to the general expence for the support of the Royal dignity, and the national force, the Colonies are fully charged with their proportion, by being obliged to purchase from England Commodities loaded with the taxes of the nation, even without the customary duties on trade. It would therefore be unreasonable for the Parliament to exercise the power of burdening them with new impositions. But if it can be made to appear that the Colonies ought to bear a greater proportion of the general expence, and this proportion can be any ways ascertained, there can be no doubt but that, upon a recommendation from his Majesty, they will readily grant the necessary sums, or be able to show good reason for non-compliance. In this way of proceeding the same liberty will be enjoyed in every part of the Empire; the constitution will be preserved through the whole; and all will be firmly cemented into one Body by a cheerful submission to one Sovereign and the bonds of interest and common security. The Government thus united in one Sovereign, though divided into distant Parliaments, will be actuated as by one Soul: It will have all the advantages of a powerful Republic, and a grand extensive Monarchy, without laboring under the inconveniences of either; and all the Motions of the political Machine will be directed to one common Design.
If such a plan is not adopted and pursued, the colonies will be under a Government more complex than any that ever was invented. Their Legislature will consist of no less than six Branches, American Governors, Councillors and Representatives, and King, Lords and Commons. And they will have nothing to boast of but the privilege of being subject to double taxation.
How much good sense Administration has discovered in continuing the duty on TEA, as a decision of the Parliament's right of taxation, may in process of time be prov'd by the event. The design is evident enough to the Americans, and it is this which continues their uneasiness. If Britain must be view'd in the light of a Sovereign power, on which the Colonies are in a state of submissive dependence, they will not easily be persuaded that they are free and happy. They will be held in subjection only by force, and it requires no prophetic Spirit to foretel, that they will wait only for sufficient strength, and a fair opportunity, to break off their connexions, and assert their natural rights. Half a Century will give them the superiority in numbers, and nothing but the enjoyment of all rational Liberty, & a sensible union of Interests, will preserve the connexion. Every kind of policy or force employed in opposition to these sure bonds of union, will certainly prove vain; and instead of preventing will only hasten on a breach, and render it more unavoidable; which every loyal Subject must deprecate.
But if, on the other hand, the supreme Legislature is considered as existing only in the Majesty of the King, as the common Head of all his Parliaments, and exercising his authority with their consent, while no one of them encroaches upon the rights of the rest, harmony will reign thro' the whole Empire; every part will enjoy freedom and happiness; it may be extended farther and farther to the utmost ends of the Earth, and yet continue firmly compacted until all the Kingdoms of the World shall be dissolved.
VERA X.
L O N D O N, September 27.
Yesterday a committee of merchants, deputed by the corporation of Dublin, waited on the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, and presented the following resolutions, as a testimony of their gratitude for his conduct and perseverance in the cause of Liberty; which will serve to shew the sense that city have of his Lordship, as a magistrate and patriot.
At the Guildhall on the 15th of July, 1771, being public Quarter Day of the Guild of Merchants, Dublin, the following resolutions were agreed to.
Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Guild, that the freedom of the press, is one of the chief bulwarks of the constitutional liberties of these kingdoms.
Resolved, That the sincere thanks of this Guild, be presented to the Right Honorable Bras Crosby, Esq; Lord Mayor of the City of London, John Wilkes, and Richard Oliver, Esq; Aldermen of the same, for their upright and manly perseverance in the cause of constitutional Liberty, particularly manifested by their spirited and successful endeavours in rescuing the Printers of London from the arbitrary and despotic hands of illicit power, and thereby securing the peace, honour and dignity of that great city, & these kingdoms,
Ordered, That the aforesaid resolutions be printed in the Freeman's Journal, Dublin Journal, and Saunders's News-Letter, and that a fair copy thereof be transmitted by the Master and Wardens of this Guild, under the corporation seal, to the above named Gentlemen.
Signed by order, BENJAMIN TAYLOR, Clerk of the Guild.
Octo. 4. Many speculations are occasioned by the Admiral Knowles and Elphinstone quitting the Russian service; some say, that it is occasioned merely by these gentlemen expecting distinctions which her Imperial Majesty could not grant them without disgusting the Russian officers; but the general opinion is, that there is work cut out for them in the service of their own country.
Extract of a Letter from Cadiz, dated Sept. 2.
Every thing in this city bears the appearance of an immediate war. No less than eighteen ships of war, including chebeckes, have sailed from this Port with men and ammunition for South-America within these six weeks. The City is filled with Soldiers, Mariners, &c. Two additional battalions are ordered to be immediately raised to add to the old regiments of marines. A battalion of Walloon Guards, 1400 picked men from the Italian regiment, and 600 Swiss, are to embark in a few days on board a small fleet which is now in the Harbour, and which is conjectured to be destined for the Spanish Settlements in the South Seas. The workmen in the arsenal are continually employed in the casting bomb-shells, cannon, &c. The Court have increased the tax called Alcabala (which is an impost of the 10th penny on all goods bought or exchanged) to seven additional pennies per Cent. In short, an immediate Rupture is looked upon as inevitable, but we English dare not even whisper our conjectures, for we are already treated by many of the Spaniards as if hostilities had already been commenced.
Some persons in Edinburgh, were lately murmuring and complaining, that none of the royal Family ever made a tour that way to visit Scotland, "recollect yourself," says an Englishman, Can you forget that the Duke of Cumberland paid you a visit in the year 1745.
October 14. The following is an exact state of facts. Mr. Townsend made no reply publicly in the common council to Mr. Wilkes, when he called on Mr. Townsend to name the certain person unworthy of the cup, who had been guilty of collusion in the business of the Printers, and made one of them guilty of Perjury, which ought to be imputed to him. Mr. Wilkes immediately, in the face of the Court, declared the assertion to be an impudent falsehood; a falsehood only to be paralleled by another of the same Aldermen when he went down with Mr. Horne to Farnham last summer, on a visit to Mr. Bellas, on purpose to tell him that Mr. Reynolds had given Mr. Wilkes 200l. for his interest to interest the Town-Clerk. To this, advanced in the face of the court, Mr. Townsend made no reply. Afterwards Mr. Wilkes sat down in his place next to Mr. Oliver, at whose left hand Mr. Townsend was, Mr. Wilkes then said to Mr. Townsend, in the hearing of Mr. Oliver, "You just now advanced an impudent lie." Mr. Townsend replied, "You are a Scoundrel." Mr. Wilkes then added, "Set your name to the charge, & I will prove you a lying Scoundrel to the world." Nothing more passed at that time, nor has since. When Mr. Townsend has settled his former affair of honour with Mr. Heaton Wilkes, he will, probably, begin with the elder brother.
Venice, Sept. 20. By a letter from a Greek merchant, at Smyrna, to his brother in this city, we learn that the famous Ali Bey, who lately revolted from the Grand Signior, has, at length conquered all Syria, and on the 27th of August made a public entry into Antioch, where he was received with the loudest acclamations by the people of that metropolis. He was immediately waited on by the patriarch at the head of his clergy, and by above 3000 monks of different orders preceded by an officer, carrying a standard with the cross. They were graciously received, and the patriarch addressed him in an elegant speech, beseeching him to take the distressed remains of the ancient church of Syria into his protection. His Highness assured them that all religions should find favour, and that no injury whatsoever should be done to his christian subjects, whilst they behaved with fidelity and circumspection. He seems to have taken a great liking to the patriarch, and spends several hours in his company, from whence large immunities are expected for the Christians in Syria and Palestine.
KINGSTOWN. (Jamaica) Octo. 26.
On Monday last died Dr. Edgar Milne. Same day died Mr. Davis Viel, he had not appeared for many days, and his house was for that time locked up; his death was discovered by the carrion crows, who kept hovering over the house; one of the back windows being left open, they had entered the same, and began to devour the body; it is supposed he died in a fit.

M A R B L E H E A D, Jan. 6. Capt. Baitel, who arrived here last Week from Falmouth, brought two London Prints, the 2d and 7th of November, from which the following Fresh Advices were extracted, viz.
L O N D O N, November 7. A Rupture, we are told, is likely to commence between the States General and the Sardinian Court, on account of some late Transactions in the Mediterranean.
Whoever awakens a Nation to the Sense of impending Danger, can no more be accused of fomenting Parties, than he who gives the Alarm of Fire can be called an Incendiary.
The very strong and expected Opposition to the Measures of A---n in a Sister Kingdom, it is thought, will make it necessary to change the Viceroy in order the more effectually to blind the already too greatly alarmed Populace, and prosecute the projected Schemes on that Side the Water.
As a Proof that the present A---n is the most disinterested ever known in this Country, we can assure the public, that a much less Number of Pensions and lucrative Employments has been obtained by the Friends and Dependents of those in power than was ever known at any preceding Period.
The Princess Poniatowski now here is Aunt to the Prince of that Name, with whom her Highness came hither, and not his Consort as has been said by Mistake.
Lord C---m has recommended to a Great Personage the laying Britain's and Dudley's Affair before an august Assembly, at their next Meeting.
We hear that a patriotick Baronet and Member of an august Assembly, will lose a very considerable Sum of Money by the late Failure of a House in the City.
A Dutch Fleet of four Ships of the Line and two Frigates is lately sailed from the Texel for the West-Indies.
It is thought the ensuing Lord Mayor's Day, on Saturday next, will be the grandest for many Years past, as all the ministerial Aldermen, an innumerable Herd of Courtiers, and almost every Minister of State, are expected to grace the Solemnity.
At a Meeting of the Bill of Rights on Tuesday last, 16 Gentlemen were ballotted for and elected; and several others were put in Nomination. The Number of Members is now upwards of 130.
Orders are sent to Plymouth for two Rate Men of War to be got ready immediately for the Newfoundland Station.
No less than thirty Jesuits are confined in a Dungeon at Lisbon without being permitted to converse with their Keepers: Their Food is brought to them, and they pass their Time in solemn Silence. These People are accused of designing to proclaim the Duke of D'Aveiro King of Portugal.
Count de Guignes has written this last Week a long Letter to the Earl of Rochford, disclaiming, in the strongest Terms, any previous Knowledge of the Fire at Portsmouth, or even of any such Persons as the Incendiaries? demanding, at the same Time, of his Lordship that the false Accusers (Britain & Dudley) may have such exemplary Punishments as the injured Honour of the Count has a Right to require.
Proper Enquiries have been made by the Ministry after the Pierre Rogers, said by Britain to have been the Principal in the late Fire at Portsmouth; but all their Letters from Paris, and from Calais, Dunkirk, and others Towns on the Sea Coast of France, import, that no such Person as a Pierre Rogers, or any one under any other Character that could be supposed to be the Party sought, is, or has been in any of those Places.
Clergymen are so scarce in Virginia, or so negligent in the Execution of their Office, that a Person lately, upon a visit to a Friend at one of the Settlements, baptized in one Day no less than seventy five Children, some of whom were five Years old and upwards.
The Conolly, Mills, of Londonderry, to Philadelphia, is supposed to be lost on the Coast of Wales.
A Correspondent says, "It is really a Fact, that the Rockingham Party have finally settled a Plan of introducing the 2 Burkes (Edmund and William) into the City on the very first Vacancies for Aldermen."
We hear there are now in Newgate no less than one hundred & Forty Prisoners under Sentence of Transportation.
The St. Joanna, a register ship from Carthagena, last from the Havannah, is lost near Cadiz, and only 15 of the crew saved.
Yesterday her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales took an airing at Kew, and appeared in good health.
We can assure the public, that the D---ke of C---d is married to the sister of a certain unpopular Colonel.
And we now further assure the public, that his R---l H---fs incog. and attended by two fair Ladies, took shipping on Friday last at Dover for Calais.
It seems his R---l H---fs intended that his marriage should have been kept secret, as his brothers has hitherto been; but the ceremony was no sooner over, than the lady informed her friends of her newly acquired rank. [The brother's marriage, here mentioned, is said to mean the D. of G---r's marrying Lady W. Idgr---e Widow of the late Earl W--- Idgr---e; which event it is said took place some considerable time since; but the lady has never been acknowledged at B---s C---l as entitled to the honours due to a Countess of a Duke of the Blood Royal of Great Britain.]
We can assure our readers, that the Duke of C---d is gone to France with Mrs. Horton, a widow (and sister to Col. Lutterell) whom he has married. He has left a letter to a Great Personage, informing him of the event, and that he will not return to England till the K--- will receive and acknowledge her as the D---ch-ss of C---d. We are also informed, that the R---l F---y is in great sorrow on this event.
Some letters, said to be of good authority, confirm the account that the Empress of Russia has lately transmitted to the Court of Vienna her last resolution relative to a pacification with the Grand Signior; and add, that she agrees to give up all conquered countries, upon condition that the expences of the war be re-imbursed to her. It is asserted that these last proposals are disapproved by the Court of Vienna.
The public may rely on the truth of the following anecdote of John Eyre, Esq; who, though worth upwards of 30,000, was convicted at the Old Bailey on Friday evening last, and sentenced to transportation for stealing eleven quires of common writing paper. It shews the natural depravity of the human heart; and the principles upon which he then acted, may probably account for the means of his late conduct. A few years ago, Mr. Eyre's uncle, a gentleman of considerable property, made his will in favour of a clergyman, who was his intimate friend, and committed it, unknown to the rest of his family, to the custody of the Divine. However, not long before he died, having altered his mind with regard to the disposal of his circumstances, he made another will, wherein he left the clergyman only 500l. the bulk of his large fortune to go to his nephew Mr. Eyre. Soon after the old gentleman's death, Mr. Eyre rummaging over his drawers found this last will, and perceiving the legacy of 500l. in it for the clergyman, without any hesitation, or scruple of conscience, put it into the fire, and took possession of the whole effects, in consequence of his uncle's being supposed to have died intestate. The clergyman coming to town soon after, and enquiring into the circumstances of his old friend's death, asked if he had made any will before he died; upon being answered by Mr. Eyre in the negative, the clergyman very coolly put his hand in his pocket and pulled out the former will, which had been committed to his care, wherein Mr. Eyre had bequeathed him his whole fortune, amounting to several thousand pounds, excepting a legacy of 500l. to his nephew.
It is said that Mr. Eyre made over his estate, to a near relation
of his the day before his trial so that it is thought the Sheriff's will only have his household furniture, of which an inventory has been taken by their direction.
It is an undoubted fact, that our Court have no serious intention of resenting the fresh insults offered by the Spaniards. The people have no confidence in the present Ministry, and the King will not remove them. By the wickedness of the one and the obstinacy of the other, the honour of the nation is tarnished: And Great Britain, from being in the glorious reign of his late Majesty, on the highest pinnacle of respect, is now, in the peaceful reign of his present Majesty, sunk into the lowest vale of contempt. The present wretched set of Ministers, cannot put the nation into a proper state of defence. They have no friends but those they purchase. And this annual corruption, to support the favourite schemes of governing by clerks and underlings, swallows so great part of the public treasure, that the remainder is not sufficient for the real current service. Hence 200,000. extraordinary were voted last year for the navy; and this year another great sum will be wanted. And still the fleet is in no condition for sea. In the Yards there are few stores, and less timber. Instead of 60,000 loads of timber (which the House of Commons were told last winter) were necessary, and ought to be in the yards, there are not 12,000. The Spaniards know this, and therefore they despise us. And it is also an absolute fact (notwithstanding another lying article may come out from authority) THAT THE SPANIARDS WILL NOT GIVE UP FALKLAND'S ISLAND--- They will indeed give us, for a little time, Port Egmont; but not an inch more. Our Court dare not take the Island; and the Spaniards know it. It is natural to ask, what is become of the great sums which have been levied on the subject, under the pretence of supporting the honour of the nation? The public are entitled to an answer. It is thus: Public credit is injured, the landed interest is plundered, trade is distressed, to raise money to procure a majority in both Houses of Parliament, to support the tottering system of the Minister, and the corrupt depravity of the Court.
Notwithstanding the many articles in the papers (and some of them by authority) that the Princess of Wales was in good health, and had been only ill of a cold, which had not even confined her, we can assure the public, that the contrary is the fact. She is very ill of a cancer in her mouth, which has extended to the throat, and is daily creeping downwards; so that her life must necessarily be but of short duration. She has been fed by pipes for some days.
The marriage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland to the Hon. Mrs. Horton, mentioned in the Papers of this morning, gains credit. It is said the ceremony was performed about 5 weeks ago. The Germans about Court are not a little affected by this manœuvre. They already see some consequences it will have and they fancy many more. This marriage may make sufficient atonement for the follies of youth; and in case of the Duke of Gloucester's and the Princess of Wales's deaths, he will stand first (by act of Parliament) in the Regency. Mrs. Horton is a widow lady, daughter to Lord Irnham, and sister to Col. Luttrell. The married pair are gone to Calais for a little while.
We are informed of the following fact from respectable authority: His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland being on a visit some time ago where Mrs. Horton, sister to the Member for Middlesex, was present, he fell so desperately in love with her, as to make a declaration of his passion that Evening. For that time the lady passed it off, as a piece of gallantry; but the Duke continuing his visits to her every day after, alarmed her so far as to acquaint her brother with the particulars. The Colonel immediately waited on his Highness, and in the most respectful terms told him, "that though he could not expect the honor of an alliance, he hoped he had a hand and heart to protect his sister from dishonor; and therefore begged he would discontinue his visits." This resolute expostulation, for some time, had the desired effect; but at last, finding all his happiness depended on possessing her, he sent for the Colonel, and told him, he was ready to marry his sister directly. The Colonel took him at his word.
We are well informed, that his Majesty is so much affected with the present situation of his family, as not to have been able to get any rest for several nights past.
The rank of a certain high Dutchess, we are assured, will shortly be declared, and an establishment provided for her equal to her dignity.
We are assured, from the best authority, that, before the Duke of Gloucester's departure from England, he recommended a certain Lady to a Great Personage's care in the most pathetic and affectionate manner.
The Squadron destined for the Bay of Biscay is to be increased to ten sail of the line, and will sail from St. Helen's early in January.
It is said that press-warrants will be issued out before the expiration of this month.
Orders are given from the War-Office for all the officers belonging to the additional companies to the regiments in Ireland, to join respective corps forthwith.
Oct. 8. It is very certain that some extraordinary advices have been received relative to the preparations of the court of Spain, and that in consequence of which, a noble Lord sold yesterday out of the funds upwards of 30,000l.
It is reported that in a visit which Prince Mazarano paid Lord N---b a few days ago, the latter told his Excellency that he was ordered to inform him, that if the court of Spain was determined to assist the Grand Signior, Great Britain would not consider the late convention as any tie upon her arms from aiding her Imperial Majesty; to which his Excellency answered, "the court of Spain is fully apprized of the intentions of Great Britain."
The motives of the Empress of Russia's dismissing Admiral Elphinstone from her service, may be probably guessed at from the following anecdote, which we assert to be a fact. "On the Admiral's appearing at court, some little time before his dismissal, in the uniform of an English Captain, the Empress was heard to observe to some of her attendants, "That it was high time that man should quit her service, who had thrown off her livery."
Last night dispatches were sent down to the commissioners of Chatham Yard, with orders for rigging four men of war of the line immediately for a secret expedition.
We are assured that ten transport vessels with land forces on board under convoy of four men of war, sailed from Brest the 28th ult. to the westward.
It is said that the Spaniards have in the West-Indies 22 ships of the line, and 10 frigates.
Letters from Dantzick informs us, that the Spanish envoy has contracted with some merchants there, to build and furnish 15 frigates, for which he is to advance 100,000 crowns.
Oct. 9. We are credibly informed, that some extraordinary advices have lately been received from the Lrds of the Regency of the Electorate of Hanover.
N E W H A V E N, December 27.
Last Friday Moses Paul, an Indian, was tried for the Murder of Mr. Moses Cook, & found guilty; and this Day sentence of Death was pronounced upon him.
P R O V I D E N C E, Rhode-Island, Dec. 21.
Wednesday last came to Town, from Taunton, Mr. SAMUEL NELL, an eminent Preacher among Friends. On Thursday he preached in the Friends Meeting-House here, to universal Acceptance; and afterwards set out for Smithfield, attended by a number of Friends, where we hear he preached Yesterday.
On Wednesday last Mr. Justice Story, Shipwright, in crossing the Ice with a heavy Knee of Timber on his Shoulder, unfortunately tripped, and was fatally wounded. About 10 o'Clock on Thursday Morning he expired.
Last Week a young Man tending a Mill at Richmond, in this County, after pushing the Gate partly up, and finding the wheel froze, he imprudently got thereon, with a shutting the Gate, when the wheel turned, and carrying him under, broke his Arms & Legs in a shocking Manner, which put an immediate end to his Life.
B O S T O N, January 6, 1773.
The Southern Post was the Week before last detained three days at Seabrook Ferry, whereby the Mails due that Week, did not arrive until Tuesday: The Post set out again last Wednesday, and is not expected to return until the latter End of next Week. There has been no Stopage of the Hartford Post.
We hear from Fort-Pownall, that a large Brig which was loaded there, and just ready to sail for London, by some Accident lately caught on Fire, while most of the People were on Shore, and was wholly destroyed, except Part of her sails and Rigging, which was saved by cutting away her Masts and letting them fall overboard.
S A L E M, January 7, 1772.
The General Court is further prorogued to the 19th of Feb.
We hear from the Vineyard, that a Schooner from Philadelphia bound to Marblehead, with upwards of 400 Barrels of Flour on board, commanded by Capt. Reed, by some means caught on Fire, while the People were asleep, and was entirely consumed. It was with Difficulty the people saved their Lives.
Capt. Robert Alcock, who arrived here last week in 63 Days from Jamaica, on the 28th ult. 70 Leagues from Cape-Ann, spoke with Capt. Stoodley, in a Brig from Piscataqua; also on the same Day, with a Snow, from the same Place, but cannot tell the Master's Name; both bound to the West-Indies.
On Sunday Night, the 29th ult. some Thieves plundered five fishing Boats, laying at Cape-Ann, from which they stole and carried off several Suits of Cloaths, a Quantity of fishing Materials, &c. to a considerable Amount. The Crew of a Sloop, then in that Harbour, were suspected; but she was got out before the men could be taken: Thick, snowy Weather, however coming on, occasioned the Sloop to put into Squam Harbour; and Mr. Norwood a Tide-waiter, going on board her, luckily detected the Thieves: They were carried up to the Town of Gloucester for Examination; after which three of them were committed to Goal in this place.
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L O N D O N, Oct. 8.
At half past one o'clock the Lord Mayor and Aldermen came upon the hustings; when the common Serjeant declared Mr. Alderman Nash duly elected. The Lord-Mayor Elect then addressed the Livery as follows:
The LORD-MAYOR Elect's Speech to the LIVERY.
"Gentlemen of the Livery, "I beg leave to return you my thanks for the high honour you have conferred upon me, by choosing me your chief Magistrate for the year ensuing."
"When I consider the dignity and importance of that exalted station, I cannot help reflecting how unequal I am to the great and arduous task."
"But, Gentlemen, if a sacrifice of my private concerns, by a constant attendance on the duties of the office, if a strict and impartial administration of justice, if a watchful attention to the franchises interest, and prosperity of my fellow-citizens, can merit your esteem, you may be assured of my utmost endeavors to deserve it; and in which, as I have the example, so I hope I shall have the kind assistance of my brethren."
"Providence having crowned my industry with an independent fortune, I am determined to be an independent Magistrate, uninfluenced by any motives that may lead me from the public service to my own advantage."
"I cannot conclude without publicly acknowledging my obligations to my Lord-Mayor and the Sheriffs, for their ready attention to the preservation of the peace, and the security of my person in coming to, and going from, this place, during the poll."
His speech was received with bursts of applause.
"Never did circumstances more strongly concur in favour of the Ministry than in the late election for Lord-Mayor. Mr. Nash's extensive business secured the votes of many merchants, grocers, and sugar-bakers, to the amount of some hundreds; his connections with the Dissenters gained him a third of the votes of that body; his good character likewise favored him; & the prudence of the Ministry in lending him their interest while they concealed their interference, gave him many votes without disgusting many of his own private friends who were of the popular party."
When Lord North was acquainted with the majority of numbers in favour of Mr. Alderman Nash, he replied, "So. So, I think the scum of the earth hath at last boiled over."
October 10. Alderman Townsend did not dine on Tuesday at the Mansion-House, but Alderman Sawbridge did. In consequence some conversation passed between him and Mr. Wilkes; and in the course of it, Mr. Wilkes declared that he would always inform the public of every Part of their conduct, that he thought interesting to the community; that, as long as he had an arm, and a pen, he would employ them in the cause of truth; and, when his arms failed, he would learn to write with his toes; and therefore he desired them to look to their conduct, for he would spare none of them.
It is said that the Lord Mayor elect is endeavouring to bring about a reconciliation between the city patriots, and it is thought he will afterwards accomplish an union in the Court of Aldermen.

Oct. 11. Letters from Naples mention the death of the Right Hon. Frederick Calvert, Baron Baltimore, of Baltimore, in the county of Longford, in Ireland, Lord Proprietor and Governor of Maryland, F. R. S. the 30th of last month, in that city.
Oct. 14. It is said Lord Baltimore has bequeathed a very handsome Legacy to Sir Stephen Theodore Janßen: and has left 200l. per annum to the celebrated Pauli.
A policy is now opened at Lloyd's Coffee House, which gives six guineas to receive an 100, if Charles Edward Stuart, the present Pretender to the crown of England is acknowledged King of Poland in the course of two years.
General S—— having taken Captain S——d, who is second Cousin to the General into an Intimacy, placed him in his own Regiment, and admitted him to his Table: The General's Lady, Mary, who was Daughter to the Earl of E. about 20 Years of Age, went off in a Tim Whisky with the Captain, but was overtaken by the General, who is much dejected at this Piece of Treachery.
The Captain who lately dishonoured the Bed of a certain General Officer will, it is said, be cashiered by an order from the Secretary at War, so much offence having been taken at his scandalous inhospitality by a Great Personage.
To the PRINTER.
SIR, FANCY is a ray of heaven. Neither our senses nor reason contribute to its wondrous operations. Imagination can transport us to the ethereal regions, is the vehicle of our most pleasant musings, and, whilst it acts, we are the happiest of beings.
Lately I was in company, when three old maids tore in pieces the character of a virtuous young lady. I was silent; but my friend, who is always on the humane side of every dispute, soon routed those poisonous vermin with the weapons of truth and rhetoric, when they and their censorious disciples hung down their heads with a meanness natural to frustrated envy.
At night, from reflecting on the uncharitableness of these vile cut throats, I fell into a pleasant dream. Methought a spirit conducted me through immense aerial regions, till at length we sat down near a pleasant city. "Now" says the heavenly Being, "you shall be a witness, that the purest virtues that adorn a man, only serve to expose him the more to envy and detraction." On this he conducted me to a large hall, where the inhabitants were assembled to choose a first magistrate. Among the crowd I espied a man, whose head and breast were covered with many high-sounding words, Religion—piety,—benevolence—wisdom—humanity. He had three guardians, good sense, virtue and sincerity. As he passed along, some endeavoured to tare off the labels, some aimed at his piety, some at his wisdom, and others at his benevolence. I was angry at first, 'till the spirit told me it was the prejudice and capricious envy of narrow souls, who thus tried to destroy and eat them up. His guardians, however, rendered him invulnerable; and I saw all the wise, the upright and just express great satisfaction at seeing him. The election began, and, during the ballot, the spirit gave me this history. "This man, says he, "received a liberale education, and, by industry and diligence, has acquired a competent fortune. This is laudable: but his most admirable qualifications are, the great goodness of his heart. He is mindful of his Creator. Behold yonder helpless orphans: these are supported by his charity. Prudence, justice, temperance and purity are the real tenants of his soul. Yet, notwithstanding, if you will listen to that numerous tribe of malicious detractors; if you will attend to the malignant breath of scandal, he has not one virtue; nay, he is a slave to many vices. His piety, they will tell you, is flagrant hypocrisy, his humanity palpable weakness, his acts of beneficence Pharisaic ostentation, his seeming temperance only a cloak to gain respect, his upright zeal despicable pride, his whole heart is actuated by self-love and private views. Such is the character his enemies gives him. However, imagine not, "says the spirit, that the slanderous tongue of envy can wound or destroy the tranquility and inward peace of this man. No—impossible! The impotent darts of malevolence recoil on those who threw them—Detraction's pestilen-
tial arrows fall down at his feet; for no real evil can befall the hero supported by virtue and sincerity—nothing can affect his happiness." At these words a repeated shout was heard in the hall—This man was elected—pleased with their choice, I joined in the acclamations. The noise brought a servant into my bed-chamber, which ended my dream. When I awoke, I was greatly charmed to find, (tho' in imagination only) that virtue was rewarded, and merit bore away the unfeigned honour.
Philaretas.
PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 10. 1772.
We hear from Kittery, that on the 24th ult. was found dead about a mile from his House, John Toby a Mulatto. The Coroner's Inquest gave it as their Opinion, "That he froze to Death the weather being then extremely cold.
Table with 3 columns: CUSTOM-HOUSE, PISCATAQUA. January 9th. FROM, TO, FOR. Lists various ships and their destinations.
Ames's Almanack,
for 1772, may be had at the Printing-Office next Monday.
The Managers of Newmarket
and Stratham Lottery, began Drawing the Fifth Class, on the Day appointed, but not having satisfactory Answers from the several Persons at great Distances, in whose hands Tickets were left for Sale, obliged them to postpone the further drawing for a Fortnight or three Weeks, during which Time proper Returns they expect will be made, and the drawing go on. — A few Tickets may till then be had of the Managers, and at the Printing-Office.
All Persons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of Capt. Samuel Nutter, late of Newington, Yeoman, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts immediately to Sarah Nutter of Newington, Administratrix on said Estate, in order for a Speedy Settlement.
To be SOLD at Public Vendue,
by Westworth Cheswill, on Monday the 27th Day of January current, at 4 o'Clock P. M. at the House of Mr. Jonathan Taylor, Innholder at Stratham Ferry, four Lots of Land, in the second Division of New Durham, Numbered as follows, viz 29. 39. 42 & 52, Containing about 130 Acres in each Lot: Conditions of Sale to be known at Time and Place of Sale, or by enquiring of said Cheswill, at Newmarket.
Province of New Hampshire. A Petition having been presented to the General Assembly, by John Plummer Esq; Agent for the Inhabitants of the Town of Rochester, setting forth that there have been two new Roads ordered to be laid out, by his Majesty's court of General Sessions of the peace, the one to East Town extending thirteen Miles, and the other to the Gore (so called) extending about four Miles. That there are likewise daily Complaints of the Insufficiency of the Roads heretofore cleared, leading to New Durham and Middleton. That there are upwards of thirty nine thousand Acres of Land in said Rochester unsettled, thro' which said Roads chiefly run which are owned by non-resident Proprietors; and praying that a Tax of one half Penny per Acre may be laid annually on all the Lands in said Rochester for the term of four Years next ensuing for the Purpose of cutting and clearing the said Roads
These are therefore to give Notice that a hearing is granted by the General Court on said Petition on the third day of their sitting next after the 10th Day of February next for any Person to show cause why the prayer of said Petition may not be granted.
GEO. KING Dep. Secy.
Portsmouth, Dec. 10th 1771.
TO BE SOLD, At Publick VENDUE to the highest Bidder,
By Ebenezer Knoulton,
A Good House and Barn, and a good Well, and three Acres of choice Land, with a young Orchard thereon, all lying in Sebrook near the Province Line, pleasantly situated for, and convenient for a TAVERN And also fifteen Acres of choice Land lying within half a Mile of said House; this House has been a Tavern House for thirty Years past. The fifteen Acres Lot to be sold separate from the rest if the Purchaser sees fit. The Day appointed for publick Vendue is January the 20th Day next, at One o'Clock in the Afternoon, at said House and Place, if not sold before at private Sale; one half of the Money to be paid down, and the other to be paid by the Purchaser as we can agree, with good Security.
Out of a small Vessel, which
sunk at the Long Wharf, last Saturday Night went a drift, one Barrel of Oyl, some Oats, &c. Whoever has or shall take up said Oyl, &c. and return it to George Howe, or give Information where it may be had, at the Printing Office, shall be handsomely rewarded.
Portsmouth, January 6th 1772
To be Sold by AUCTION
By PHILLIP BAILEY
On Thursday the 9th, and Friday the 10th Instant January, at his Vendue Room in Queen Street Portsmouth. Consisting of.
Broad Cloths, Shalloons, Irish-Linens, Checks, looking Glasses, Tables, Chairs, and Sundry other Articles.
The Sale to begin at 10 o'Clock each Day forenoon. Phillip Bailey.
The following Letter was wrote to the Dean of W——d in Ireland, by a Widower, Father of six Children, under the feigned Name of Elzevir, the Design of which was to invite the Dean & Company to Supper, in particular Miss Eliza Marshall, a young Lady about eighteen Years of Age, with 30,000 l. Fortune, who, the Dean's House being full, was then lodged in his Study.
SIR, AM told there is a Book which lies in your Study in Sheets, & all who have seen it, admire it should lay so long unbound. I think it is called Marshall's Epithalamium, or some such Name; but lest I should be mistaken in the Title, I will describe it to you as well as I can. It is a fine fair Manuscript, wrote with black shining Ink, on the whitest Vellum that can be imagined; the Strokes of the Pen are so very nice and delicate, as to discover it was directed by some masterly Hand, and there is such a Symmetry and Proportion in all the Patts of it, and the Features (if I may so call them) of each Letter so very exact, that it often puts the Reader at a Stand in admiring the Beauties of them. The Book has an additional Ornament, which it did not want, all the Margins being flourished with Gold; but that which recommends it most, is, that though it has been wrote above eighteen Years, as I have been informed, yet is not sullied or stained, insomuch that one would think it never wasturned over by any Man, and indeed there is much Reason to believe the first Leaves are yet unopened & touched. The Volume itself does not appear to be of any great Bulk, yet I understand has been valued at 30,000 l. It is Pity so valuable a Piece should be lost, and the surest Way to prevent this, is by increasing the Copies of it. If the Author will give his Consent, and you will licence it, I will immediately put it into the Press; I have all Tools necessary for the Purpose, and a curious Set of Letters that were never used but in the printing of one Book, and of this too not above half a Dozen of the whole Impression, so that you may imagine they are not the worse for Wear. For my Part, I'll spare no Cost nor pains to embellish and adorn the whole Work with the most natural and lively Figures, and I shall not despair of making the Edition as beautiful in the Eyes of all Men as the dear Original is at present in mine. If therefore you will do me the Favour of your Company this Evening, and bring this incomparable Piece with you, it will add to the Entertainment of every one, but particularly to him, who is always, with the greatest Respect. Your most humble Servant ELZEVIR.

William Pearne,
Cheap for Cash, at his Store in King Street, Portsmouth, the following Articles, viz. BROAD Cloths, Kerseys, Devonshire Plains, Ratteens, Baizes, Sarges, Druggets, Velveretts, large Denims, Thicksetts, Blanketts and Rugs, Flannels, strip, Swanskins, Shalloons, Durants, Calamancoes. Tammy, Russels, Camblets, Figur'd Stuffs, figur'd and strip'd Duroys, Antaloons, Ros-fattas, Gingham, — three quarter, seven eight and yard wide Irish Linnens— striped Bed Ticks— three quarter, seven eight, and yard wide check ditto, striped linen and cotton Hollands, Dowlas, sheeting Holland, Callicoes, Chintzes, silk Handkerchiefs, linen Handkerchiefs, and cotton Romalls, Cambricks, Lawns, Muzlins, Buckram, Twist, sewing Silk, Threads, best Basket Coat and Breast Buttons, Knee Garters, Black Taffity, black Sattins, colour'd Persians, Men's, Womens and Childrens wove and knit Stockings, worsted mill'd Caps, knit Patterns, Felt, Castor and Beaver Hatts, Womens English Shoes, Clogs and Goloshes, Wool Cards, Warming Pans, Frying Pans, Tea Kittles, Bras Kittles, Ironing Boxes, Sadd Irons, Pewter, black quart and pint Jacks; a variety of Knives and Forks, Jack Knives, Pen Knives and Cuttoes, Shears, Scizers, Stock Locks, Pad Locks, Chest and Box Locks, Hinges of different sorts, Hammers, Buckles and Buttons of different sorts, Writing Paper, Ink Powder and Dutch Quills, scrubbing Brushes, House and Harth Brushes, — Russia Duck, English Duck of different Numbers; Ticklingburg and Ozna-brigs, sewing Twine, Fishing Lines, Logg-Lines, Cod Hooks, Bar Lead; RIBBONS, Gartering, Binding, Tapes, Laces, pocket Looking Glasses, Spectacles, Jappand Tobacco and Snuff Boxes, Nutmeg Graters, Tea Tongs, Comb Cases, Needle Cases, Waiters, Candlesticks, Sand Dishes, Extins, guishers, Cork screws, and best Velvet Corks; Gun Flints, Powder and Shot, Bohea TEA, New Castle Coals, and St. Martin's Salt. Also Philadelphia BREAD and FLOUR.
N. B. Said PEARNE will want a Quantity of good LUMBER delivered early in the Spring.
ALL PERSONS Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of HENRY SHERBURNE, late of Portsmouth, Esq; deceased, are ONCE MORE desired to bring in their Accounts properly attested, to SARAH SHERBURNE, Administratrix to said Estate, in order for a speedy Settlement, otherwise they may expect their Accounts will be put in Suit next Court without further Notice.
Province of New Hampshire, Rockingham ss. PURSUANT to a Petition of the Owners of more than one sixteenth part of the Township of New Holderness, in said County, I hereby Notify and Warn the Proprietors of said Town to meet at the House of Mr. James Dwyer, Innholder in Portsmouth, in said County, on Monday the 3d Day of February next, at Three of the Clock in the Afternoon, for the following Purposes, namely, First, To choose a Moderator of said Meeting, Second, To choose a Committee to see that the College Road be called, in and through said town of New Holderness be completed according to the act of this Province, and to settle the Accounts of such Persons as have been or shall be employed thereon, and to make a Rate on the Lands within the same Town to defray the Charges of completing said Road according to Law. Thirdly to choose a Committee to manage the Affairs of said Propriety, and to call Proprietors Meetings as occasion may require for the future. Fifthly to choose a Clerk of said Propriety. WYSEMAN CLAGETT Jus. pac. December, 27th 1771. Recd. Com.
BLANKS of most Sorts, for the respective Counties sold at the Printing Office.
Province of New Hampshire, Rockingham ss.
Application having been made to me the Subscriber, by Owners of more than one sixteenth part of the Township of Moultonborough, to call a Meeting of said proprietors, to act on the following particulars, viz. 1st. to choose a Moderator, and other necessary officers. 2dly. to consult, and determine on the best Measures to be taken, for repairing the Province Road (so called) leading to Co's, thro' the third Division of said Township, and also for opening and making good and passable the Road, which has been lately laid out, through said Township, leading from his Excellency the Governor's Seat in Wolfborough, to Dartmouth College. 3dly. to see what sums of Money the proprietors will raise by Tax for any Uses they may think proper: in particular to defray the Charges of several Law suits, which were commenced against sundry Persons that Trespas'd on said Township, and for opening and clearing Roads. 4thly to choose a Committee to examine and settle Accounts with the proprietors Collector and Treasurer. Fifth to determine on some Method to enforce the Settlement of each Proprietor's Right in said Township, by the first Day of June next. 6th, To see what Part of the Cost there was in hiring Preaching in said Township two summers past, the Proprietors will allow, and also what they will give towards hiring preaching there next Summer. 7th, to see what the Proprietors will give towards building a Meeting House in said Township, the ensuing Year. 8th, to see if the Proprietors will approve and confirm their past Votes, and accept the Records, as they now stand recorded in the Proprietor's Book of Records. 9th, To determine the Method for calling Proprietors Meetings for the future, and to consider and act upon any other Matters that may be thought beneficial to said Propriety.
In Consequence of the foregoing Application, I do hereby notify the Proprietors of the aforesaid Township, to meet on Monday the 20th of January next, at the House of Lt. Jonathan Leavitt Innholder in Hampton, Two o'Clock P. M. for the Purpose aforesaid.
H. WENTWORTH, Just. Peace. Portsmouth, January 18, 1772.
Oliver Whipple
Late a Practitioner of Law in the Colony of Rhode-Island,
Having been duly admitted and sworn, At November Court last, in The County of Rockingham,
GIVES NOTICE,
To the Public, that he has opened his Office at Portsmouth, opposite the Post-Office, and near to the Honorable DANIEL RYNDE, Esq; where he will give faithful Attendance on Gentlemen, at all Times, who shall have Occasion for an Attorney to transact their Business in the LAW.
Portsmouth, December 16th, 1771.
A Pocket Book
WAS taken up a few Days ago, in which was a Note of Hand of considerable Value---the Owner may have it, by describing the Book, &c. and paying Charges.
Jonathan Moulton
OF HAMPTON, REQUESTS those that have Accounts open with him, to settle them in a short Time, as he is now and shall most of the ensuing Month, entirely attend upon that Business. — Notwithstanding his Request of this kind several Months past, many have neglected to comply with it; they may now assure themselves, that if this Manner of requesting them to a Settlement proves insufficient to induce them to it, he must, and shall (of Necessity) make use of more forceable Means. Hampton, December 25th, 1771.
Taken up a stray Horse the 6th of December last, about 14 Hands high, a Piece cut off his Right Bar. The Owner may have said Horse again paying Charges—Enquire of Joseph Pitman.
Wanted to live in a Family in This Town, a Woman of a sober honest Disposition, who can be well recommended by answering the Character of good Morals: To whom good Wages will be given, by enquiring at the Printers hersel.
On WINTER. NOW shivering nature mourns her ravag'd charms, And sinks supine in winter's frozen arms: No gaudy banks delight the ravish'd eye, But northern breezes whistle through the sky: No joyful choirs to hail the rising day, But the froze crystal warps the leafless spray: Brown look the meadows that were late so fine, And, capp'd with ice, the distant mountains shine: The silent linnet views the gloomy sky, Sulk'd to his hawthorn, nor attempts to fly: Then heavy clouds send down the feather'd snow; Through naked trees the hollow tempests blow; The shepherd sighs, but not his sighs prevail; To the soft snow succeeds the rushing hail; And these white prospects soon resign their room To melting showers, or unpleasing gloom: The nymphs and swains their aching fingers blow, Shun the cold rains, and bless the kinder snow; While the faint travellers around them see Here heaps of mud and there a leafless tree; No budding leaves, no honey suckle gay, Cowslips nor daisies, paint the dreary way, The lark sits mournful as afraid to rise, And the sad finch his softer song denies.
Encouragement for Settlers.
Jonathan Moulton
OF HAMPTON, WHO Advertized in April last, That he wanted a Number of Families to settle in several Townships he was interested in, has since that Advertisement contracted with upwards of Thirty Persons, most part of which have already moved on with their Families; and the others have been making Improvements and Preparations in order to move on early in the Spring. Notwithstanding as there will many Benefits accrue from his making further Settlements in said Township, he will still give good Encouragement to thirty suitable Persons, who will engage to settle in the following Townships, Viz. RELHAN, BATH, PIERMONT, MOULTONBOROUGH, or MOULTONBOROUGH Addition, (so called,) to begin to make Improvements in the Spring, and move their Families next Fall. Those who incline to settle in either of said Townships, are desired to apply soon, otherwise they may be disappointed, as the Encouragement he proposes to give will be so inducing that he apprehends he shall soon agree for the Number he proposes.—Active young Men will meet with as good encouragement as those that are married. If any should incline to move their Families on next Spring, they can in some of said Townships be accommodated with Houses to live in, and ground to plant or sow the first Year, and supplied with Provisions and Corn till a new Crop, at the market Price as sold in the lower Towns.
(‡) WEARE (‡)
NOTICE is hereby given to the Proprietors of a Tract of Land granted to Ichabod Rabie, Esq; and others, now called Weare, that whereas there was a Vendue to be held on Tuesday the 10 Day of December last, at the House of Capt. Jonathan Burnham Innholder in Hampton Falls, for the sale of the Lands of the delinquent Proprietors, but for Reasons was put off to the second Tuesday in February next, at two of the Clock afternoon; to be held at said House; at which Time said Lands will be sold unless prevented by payment of said Taxes, to me at my House in Hampton-Falls aforesaid. BENJAMIN LEAVITT, Collector. January 1. 1772.
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THE delinquent Proprietors of RUMNEY, that have not paid the following Taxes, voted by said Propriety, to be raised on each original Right in said Town, namely, one Tax of Twenty Shillings, and another of six shillings, voted the 21st of July 1767. Another Tax of Thirty Shillings, voted the 3d of November 1767; also, a Tax of Eleven Shillings, on each Right voted the 13th of September 1768; also, one Tax of Twenty four Shillings, and another of Twelve Shillings, voted the 15th of December 1768 — Are once more notified to pay the same, to James Heath, Collector of said Taxes at Rumney, on or before the 10th Day of February next, otherwise their Lands will be advertized and sold for the same, pursuant to Law. Rumney. Dec. 28th, 1771. James Heath, Collector.
Province of New Hampshire.
The delinquent Proprietors of the Township of Cockermouth, in said Province, are hereby Notified, that Thursday, the 23'd day of Jan'y next, is appointed by the Governor in Council for them to appear and show Cause, if any they have, why their respective Rights or Shares should not be declared Forfeited, and reprinted to others.
By Order, THEODORE ATKINSON, Sec'y. December, 4th 1771.