The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1770-03-30 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
GAZETTE, CHRONICLE,
CONTAINING the FRESHEST ADVICES
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
Friday March 30, 1770
Numb. 702
Weeks since this Paper was publish'd.
The following London Advices are from the South-Carolina Gazette of March 3, 1770.
L O N D O N, December 13.
We hear a design is on foot to augment the Salaries of all his Majesty's Governors in the West-Indies and North-America, for the better support of their Dignity, as his Majesty's representatives in their several governments.
Dec. 26. We hear the result of the many Cabinet councils lately holden, is a fixed resolution Not to dissolve the parliament.
We are well informed that Lord Chatham has declared in publick, as well as to his Lordship's private friends, that he shall never rest satisfied until the gap that has been given to the constitution, in the Middlesex election, is healed.
It having been a matter of doubt in many companies, whether the news-papers reach the royal presence; we can assure our readers, that all the papers are every day laid before his Majesty; and that he not only peruses the news part, but every political essay that appears.
Dec. 28. The present patriotick toast is---May his---be no longer like a clergyman's horse.
The unfortunate captain Gordon, who was lately executed at Brest, was an officer in one of our marching regiments, on the Irish establishment, and possessed of an estate of 800 l. per annum. Having some time since fought a duel at Lucas's coffee-house, Dublin, and killed his man, he was obliged to go abroad, to avoid being brought to justice by the friends of the unfortunate person he engaged with.
Extract of a private Letter from Lisbon, brought by the last mail, dated December 3, 1769.
"You will hear by the mail of the strange attempt made on the King: but take the current story, a soldier in the artillery having lost in the late war the use of one of his arms (which I believe was almost the mischief done in it) was disbanded, with, as I hear, the promise of a pension, which has never been paid, nor, I believe ever will be paid; however, he by some means or other purchased a little mule, and by her assistance procured bread for himself and a large family. On the King's journey to Villa Viciosa this mule was seized, as is customary, and by ill usage died. Reduced to the utmost distress, the poor man petitioned the King, but got no redress. Actuated by despair, he determined to take an amendo honorable, by thrashing his Majesty's jacket, which he did with a bludgeon; he was presently seized, and the consequence you may easily imagine will be paying the tribute due to his temerity: but there is another I shudder at. In this country what a handle may be made of this affair? his trial will not be publick, and he may confess or impeach---what he never did confess or impeach---It is a paradox, but you may easily explain it, so I shall not take the trouble. Happy English I wish I had thy sons in some of these blessed climes for one twelvemonth! Experience would teach them to reflect with pleasure on the happiness they are born to."
Constantinople, (Turkey) November 3. It is assured that hitherto the porte has refused to listen to any of the propositions for the re-establishment of peace, made by the meditating powers.
Paris, (France) December 10. They write from Rome, that the Pope has issued an ordinance, which proscribes, for ever, within his dominions, the indecent outrage committed on young male subjects, in order to preserve their voices for the choir.
Hamburg, (Holland) December 13. A copy of a letter from Constantinople, dated the 9th of last month, is handed about here, advising; that on the 4th the people rose with a design to dethrone the grand signior; that the mutineers approached the seraglio in the evening, but were received very warmly by the bonfangis, or body guards, and that some thousands were killed and wounded on both sides; that the grand signior escaped in the night Adrianople, where he remained with 20,000 of his best troops, while another corps of 12,000 was left at Constantinople to secure the publick tranquility. This news, however, seems to require a double confirmation.
Peterburgh, (Russia) November 2. The last advices received from the army under count Panin bring, that one of his detachments had penetrated as far as the suburbs of Bender; on which a large body of Turks instantly sallied out of the fortress, and attacked the Russians, but pursuing them too far, fell into an ambuscade, from whence a part of them only retired with great difficulty. It is added, that the Russians after examining the fortifications of Bender, withdrew quietly, and are gone into winter quarters.
Peterburgh December 5. A few days ago the court received from general count de Panin, commander in chief of the second army, a circumstantial account of the expedition of the count de Witgenstein, near Bender, at the head of four battalions of grenadiers, eight hundred hunters, and two regiments of fusileers. In several little engagements he had with the enemy, the latter were always defeated, and the Russians, besides prisoners, took from them five pair of colours, a general's staff of command, a pair of kettle drums, 264 camels, 21,000 horses, 11,500 oxen, and 67,000 sheep.
L O N D O N, December 30.
Letters from Dantzick inform us, that orders have been given by her imperial majesty to fit out another fleet of twelve ships of the line with the utmost expedition, the command of which it is said, will be given to Mr. Kosmin, a Russian officer, who was educated in the British navy under the late admiral Warren.
A bet of 100 guineas was yesterday evening made at a coffee-house not far from Charing-cross, that the author of Junius would be in custody before the first of next February.
The whole Russian fleet, which is gone to the Mediterranean, is built of fir-timber, without any oak. The ships were designed by an English builder, and are much of the same construction as our seventy-four gun ships were formed about twenty years ago. In consequence of the Russian ships being wholly of fir-timber, they are able to carry a much greater weight.
Yesterday John Wilkes, Esq; gave a grand entertainment to a great number of gentlemen, at his apartments in the King's-bench prison, among whom were many members of the Bill of Right Society.
We hear that a patriotick party are very sanguine in their hopes of being able to bring about the expulsion of a certain military gentleman.
The Friends of the Ministry, and those who are denominated the Flying Squadron, having found, in most parts of the country, such a thorough disapprobation of their measures last winter, that several of them (whose future elections are problematical) will not attend at the beginning of an ensuing meeting, but wait till the first heat is over, in order to discover on which side is the best of the lay.
It is believed, by those who have an opportunity of judging, that the last letter of Junius has put matters in such an agitation, as must bring them to a crisis with the ministry; either they must make the safest retreat they can, or they must collect sufficient force to put an effectual check to such bold attacks. Whether either of them can be easily effected, some doubt.
It is said the ministry are endeavouring, with the greatest affidavit, to fix the last Junius upon Mr. Wilkes.
We are well informed that a certain law officer has given it as his opinion, that a much talked of production is not Treason, but a High Misdemeanor.
It was yesterday reported, that the author of the last Junius is known, and that proper measures were taking in order to come at his person.
We hear that the officers on furlough, belonging to the garrisons of Gibraltar and Minorca, have received orders to join their regiments with all possible expedition.
A great man absolutely declared this week that Junius's last letter had operated totally different from it's intentions; for that "thereby the ministry were now become immoveable."
It is reported that a Great Personage has within these few days, had the real name of Junius, with the intelligence properly authenticated, sent by an anonymous hand, through the channel of the common post.
Letters from Paris say, that his most Christian Majesty offered to deliver up the Sieur Gordon to the King of Great-Britain, but that the latter monarch replied that he ought to be punished where he committed the crime.
A private letter from Berlin says, that a new treaty of alliance has been lately concluded between the Empress of Russia and the King of Prussia, by which the latter engages to assist the former against the Turks, and the Confederates of Poland with an army of 30,000 men, which are now on their march to Warsaw.
By an officer, on board Commodore Byron's fleet we are assured, that the Newfoundland fishery has turned out better this season than for many years past, every ship having come away with her full complement; and we are also informed, that, notwithstanding the many reports to the contrary, the French have not made the smallest encroachments in those parts.
A certain very popular nobleman, and a great officer in the law department, have of late had several conferences on the subject of the Middlesex petition.
The national debt of this and our sister kingdom, Ireland, seems to terrify several among the moneyed men, who, in our present distractions, with so heavy a burthen, do not think their property would be over safe in the publick funds, especially in case of another war as expensive as the last.
We are assured that some advices of great importance are hourly expected from Madrid.
We are credibly informed, that the Kings of France and Spain are to have a personal conference in a few months, but in the dominion of which power we cannot yet determine.
We are informed, that the last advices from his Excellency the Earl of Harcourt, our ambassador at the court of Versailles, contain matters of an extraordinary nature, & very alarming to our ministry.
The premium of insurance on outward-bound ships and goods continues daily to advance.
It is said, that should the advice of Lord Chatham be taken on an important subject, Mr. Wilkes will certainly take his seat without a dissolution of parliament.
It is said that a noble Lord, who lately matched a certain cast-off Dutchess is, in the jockey phrase, already sick of the lay, and would willingly pay for it.
January 2. The court at St. James's yesterday, it being New-Year's day, was very numerous and splendid; when their Majesties received the compliments of the nobility and gentry.
We are well informed, that a certain unpopular American Governor, has refused the offer of a Peerage.
We are well informed, that Lord Chatham intends to support an entire new character on an ensuing occasion.
A correspondent remarks, that Junius, in all his letters never once showed he wanted a head, till his last long laboured epistle, in which he struck at the supreme head both in church and state.
We hear that a petition from Mr. Wilkes will be presented to the House of Commons, at the beginning of the ensuing sessions, desiring the house to examine the several parts of his former petition, which have not as yet been enquired into: such as the evasion of the Habeas Corpus; the cloe commitment of their member for three days, without the permission of seeing any person but his jailors: although charged only with a misdemeanour; the breach of privilege, by serving a member of parliament with a subpoena; the counter notices, signed Summoning Officer, sent to several of his jury only the day before the trial; and the papers seized under the general warrant, produced as evidence on his trial.
We are assured, from undoubted veracity, that the present state of the nation will undergo a very serious consideration at an ensuing meeting.
From the 15th of November to the 22d instant inclusive, the East-India company have entered for their outward bound trade, of the woollen manufacture and other home commodities, to the amount of 213,000 l. and as yet not one half of their ships freighted.
An evening paper of yesterday says, the marriage of the Duke of Gloucester with Lady Walgrave is now publickly known. They have apartments at Windsor Castle, where she is addressed by her new title.
We hear that at a meeting of the commissioners for Trade and
Plantations some time ago, their Lordships took into consideration a Memorial of several merchants, containing proposals for better regulating and encouraging the importation of pitch, tar, and turpentine, whose propositions were as follows, viz. "First, That the bounty on the importation of green tar made in the manner prescribed in the act which gives such bounty, be altogether discontinued; there being little or no green tar imported or used in the manufactures of this kingdom. Secondly, That the duty of 9s. 7d. per last, of 12 barrels, payable upon common tar imported from North-America, be taken off, and the bounty of 44s. per ton upon such tar, be reduced to 24s. but that no such tar be entitled to the reduced bounty, or exempted from payment of the duty, unless shipped in America, and imported into this kingdom in well hooped casks of 32 gallons. Thirdly, That the bounty of 30s. per ton, now payable upon turpentine imported from the colonies, be discontinued, and the duty of 38s. per ton reduced to 8s. per ton. --- Fourthly, That the duty of 9s. 7d. per last, of 12 barrels, of pitch, imported from the colonies, be taken off, and the bounty of 20s. per ton reduced to 10s." A bill, we hear, will be brought into parliament at the opening of the sessions, for the regulations above-mentioned; and there is no doubt of its passing immediately, as the treasury and navy boards have approved of the plan. Tar is risen in London to 9s. per barrel, on account of the above regulations, and the late hurricane in North-Carolina.
London, Jan. 4. A certain great man whose appearance on the political stage has been long wished for, is preparing to exhibit a very spirited scene on tuesday next.
Advices from Constantinople declare, that the Grand Signior has sent orders to the King of Morocco and the other Princes of Barbary, to hold their naval force in readiness to oppose the entrance of the Russian fleet into the Archipelago.
When the Pope was thrown from his horse on his public entry into Rome, on his recovery, he only said, "I never learned to ride, and God was pleased to humble me because of my presumption."
It is said an act of parliament that passed the Commons, 17th of Charles I. for restraining bishops and others in holy orders, from intermeddling with secular affairs, will shortly be revived.
The report of a war with France, is again very current, and yesterday a gentleman on change laid ten guineas, that war would be declared before the first of July.
It is said the last dispatches received in London by the French ambassador, have entirely removed the doubts of the ministry, respecting their present disinclination to break the peace.
A bill is actually preparing to be laid before a great assembly, for a repeal of the most oppressive part of the game act. And what is worthy notice, this measure is promoted by the ministry.
Some very interesting papers are come from Ireland, which will shortly be laid before the public.
Portsmouth, Jan. 3. This day came to Spithead, admiral Elphinstone, of the Russian fleet, and was saluted by admiral Geary: he failed from the Sound, with eight other men of war, but his ship only is arrived. They say the ship is very leaky, and must come into the harbour to be docked.
Gosport, Jan. 5. The Russian man of war that has been in the dock some time is come out repaired, just sufficient to carry her home; she is not to proceed with their fleet.
Jan. 6. Yesterday the Yorkshire, Worcester, Somerset, Northumberland, and Newcastle petitions, were presented to his Majesty.
A protest from the town of Liverpool was yesterday presented to his Majesty at St. James's, against the petition now soliciting in the said Town, desiring his Majesty, for certain reasons, to dissolve the present parliament, which protest concludes as follows:---
"To say that the house of commons is partial, unjust, or corrupt, or does any thing out of malice, is, in our opinion, highly criminal, and tends to raise a scandal upon the whole nation, whose representatives they are. For these reasons we cannot approve the matter, manner, or intent, of these petitions, and hope to be justified in making publick the reasons for our dissent thereto. Our actions, in the most perilous and critical times, have proved us to be faithful subjects; and we trust, our conduct & candour in this affair, must prove us to be good citizens."
A council was holden this morning at the Cockpit Royal, when several important regulations, previously necessary to the meeting of parliament, were determined upon.
It is now confidently asserted, that the celebrated Junius has set out on his travels into foreign parts.
A certain nobleman, who labours under a very dangerous complaint, is not expected to live many days.
The Duke of Bedford's disorders are reported to be an asthma and a dropsy.
Some of our patriotick petitioners begin to be alarmed, least the parliament should in earnest be dissolved, and their seats come to be re-purchased, which would make them look as wise as the Irish patriots did on a like occasion. It is supposed therefore, that they will be content with the King's sending his parliament to Coventry for a month, as the French King has formerly sent his to Pontoise. But some think it better that a bed of Justice should be holden at St. James's, the commons and their journal sent for, and all their presumptuous votes about the Middlesex elections struck out by his Majesty's command, after the example of his royal brother at Versailles.
Yesterday the following gentlemen waited upon his Majesty at St. James's, with the petition of the citizens of Bristol, and were graciously received, viz. Sir William Codrington, Bart. Richard Hippesley Cox, Esq; Mr. Henry Cruger, and Mr. Samuel Span, merchant of that city. The two last gentlemen were deputed by their fellow citizens to present it.
We hear that Lord Chatham has a plan in contemplation, which, if executed, will entirely reconcile all parties, and give satisfaction.
A report strongly prevails that a number of very eminent merchants have a scheme in agitation for presenting a petition, setting forth the necessity of taking the American affairs under immediate consideration.
We are informed that the Bristol petition was signed by 2445 freemen.

SAVANNAH, (in Georgia) January 31. LAST Sunday his excellency the Governor, Council and Assembly, having been invited by the Reverend Mr. GEORGE WHITEFIELD, attended at divine service in the chapel of the Orphan-house Academy, where prayers were read, by the Rev. Mr. Ellington, & a very suitable sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. WHITEFIELD from Zechariah iv. chap. 6th and part of the 10th Verses: "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, his hands shall also finish it: and thou shalt know, that the Lord of Hosts hath sent me unto you; for who hath despised the day of small things?" to the general satisfaction of the auditory, in which he took occasion to mention the many discouragements he had met with, well known to many there, in carrying on this institution for upwards of thirty years past, and the present promising prospect of its future, & more extensive usefulness. After divine service, the company were very genteely and politely entertained with a handsome and plentiful dinner, and were greatly pleased to see the useful improvements made in the house, and the two additional wings for apartments for students, of one hundred and fifty feet each in length, & other lesser buildings in so much forwardness, and the whole executed with taste and in a masterly manner; and being sensible of the truly generous and disinterested benefactions derived to the province through his means, they expressed their gratitude in the most respectful terms.
Bethesda, Jan. 29. A more particular application being impracticable, the Reverend Mr. Whitefield takes this method of begging the favour of the company of as many gentlemen and Captains of ships in and about Savannah, as it may suit to accept this invitation, to dine with him at the Orphan-house academy, next SUNDAY, Public service to begin exactly at 11 o'Clock.
GEORGE WHITEFIELD.
Copy of a letter sent to England from Savannah in Georgia.
Savannah, January 26, 1770.
My Dear Sir,
"You would have been pleased to have been at the Orphan-House Academy yesterday, where his Excellency our Governor, the Honourable the Council, & the Commons House of Assembly were agreeably entertained in consequence of an invitation given them by the founder the Rev. Mr. Whitefield. Every thing was conducted with much decency and order. His Excellency was received at the bottom door by the officers and orphans and other domesticks, and then ascended up stairs by Mr. Whitefield through a gallery near 60 feet long, into a large drawing room, 30 feet in length, with six windows, canvassed and made ready for blue paper hangings. In a room of equal length, over against it, (which is intended for the library, and in which a considerable number of books is already deposited) was prepared on a long table and adjacent side boards, cold tongue, ham, tea, &c. for the gentlemen to refresh themselves with, after their ten mile ride from Savannah. Hither all were directed at their first coming up, and from thence went alternately into the opposite room to pay their respects to the Governor. Between eleven & twelve the bell rung for public worship. A procession was formed in the long gallery, and moved forward in the following order under a large piazza, round to the front door of the chapel. The orphans in flat caps and black gowns, like the servitors in the university. The chaplain in his gown. The workmen and assistants. The steward and superintendent with their white wands. The clerk of the chapel.---The founder in his university square cap, with the Rev. Mr. Ellington, now missionary at Augusta, and now designed to be chaplain and teacher of English, and oratory at the Orphan-House academy. Then his Excellency followed by his council and the chief justice. Then the speaker, succeeded by the other commons, and some other gentlemen and strangers, among whom were the Governor's two sons. As they were walking, the clerk of the chapel began a doxology. The singing was harmonious and striking, and I must own I was particularly affected, when at the chapel door the orphans, officers & domesticks broke into ranks on the right hand and the left, and as his Excellency with his train went up the chapel stairs, concluded with---
Live by heaven and earth ador'd, Three in One and One in Three, Holy, holy, holy, Lord All glory be to thee.
"The Governor being seated fronting the chapel door in a great chair with tapestry hangings behind, and a covered desk before him, the council on each side, & the speaker in another great chair, with a covered table before him with the other members seated on benches on both sides directly fronting the pulpit, divine service began. Mr. Ellington read prayers, and then Mr. Whitefield enlarged for about three quarters of an hour on the former part of the 4th chapter of Zechariah, concluding with these words, verse 10. and who hath despised the day of small things? To do him justice, his whole paraphrase was just, pertinent and affecting. But when he came to give us an account of the small beginnings of our now flourishing province, of which he was an eye witness, and also of the trials and hardships, obloquy and contempt he had undergone in maintaining for so long a term, such a numerous orphan family in such a desert, as well as the particular remarkable supports and providences that had also attended him in laying the foundation and raising the superstructure of the Orphan-House academy to its present promising height, especially when he came to address himself to his Excellency, the council, speaker, &c. &c. the whole auditory seemed to be deeply and universally affected, and his own heart was so overflowed, that it seemed too big to speak and unable to give itself proper vent. Sermon ended, all returned in the same manner as they came, the clerk, orphans, &c. singing as they walked,
This God is the God we adore, Our faithful unchangeable friend, Whose love is as large as his power, And neither knows measure nor end. 'Tis Jesus the first and the last, Whose spirit shall guide us safe home; We'll praise him for all that is past, And trust him for all that's to come.
"In about half an hour the bell rung for dinner.--- All went down in order, to a large dining room, intended hereafter for academic exercises. It is forty feet long, with six windows, and the founder's picture at full length at the upper end. Two tables, the one long and the other oval, (at which sat the Governor and Council) were well covered with a proper variety of plain and well dressed dishes. The domesticks waited. Plenty of wine and punch were served round during the time of eating; and after toasts were given by his Excellency, viz. the King, and success to the Orphan House College, the whole company broke up and went away in their several carriages about five in the afternoon. One thing gave me particular pleasure, when the Governor, drank the King, Mr. Whitefield added, and let all the people say Amen! which was immediately echoed back with a repeated loud Amen from one end of the room to the other. Upon the whole, all seemed most pleasingly surprized with their spiritual and bodily entertainment, as well as with the elegance, firmness and dispatch of the late repairs and additional buildings and improvements. The situation is most salubrious and inviting; the air free and open; a salt water creek which ebbs and flows, and which will bring up a large Schooner, east and west at some small distance from the great house. I suppose there might be above twenty carriages besides horsemen, and
I suppose there would have been twice as many more, had not the invitation been confined by way of compliment to the Governor, council and commons house of assembly. A strange sight this in the once despised deserted province of Georgia, where, as Mr. G. Whitefield told us in his discourse, about thirty years ago scarce any person of property lived, and lands which now sell for three pounds an acre might have been purchased for three shillings. But I must have done. Excuse me for being already so prolix. Yesterday's scene lies so before me, that to tell you the truth, I wanted to give a more general invitation to the gentlemen in and about Savannah, I will endeavour if it can be done with propriety, again to make one amongst them, and then you may perhaps receive a more explicit account of several other particulars. If not, accept this hasty scribble, as the ship sails to morrow, as a mark of my being, Dear Sir, your obliged friend and servant.
Commons House of Assembly, Monday January 29.
Mr. Speaker reported, that he, with the house, having waited on the Rev. Mr. Whitefield, in consequence of his invitation, at the Orphan-house academy, heard him preach a very suitable and pious sermon upon the occasion, and with great pleasure observed the promising appearance of improvement toward the good purposes intended, the decency and propriety of behaviour of the several residents there, and were sensibly affected when they saw the happy success which has attended Mr. Whitefield's indefatigable zeal for promoting the welfare of the province in general, and the Orphan house in particular.
Ordered, That this report be printed in the Gazette.
JOHN SIMPSON, Clerk.
NEW-YORK, March 12.
Extract of a letter from London, December 20.
"I have just now been informed, from good authority, that the East-India company's petition to parliament is, to take off the duty on Tea imported into America, and to lay 6d. per lb. on all Teas exported from Great-Britain, which duty is to be paid before it can be shipped. From the best information I have been able to procure, I make no doubt but our trade with the colonies will be very soon opened by a repeal of the revenue acts."
Captains Cummins from St. Croix, in 23 days, arrived here, informs, that it was confidently asserted there, that the said Island was either rented or sold by his Danish Majesty, to a subject of the King of Prussia, then in Holland, and that it was to be made a free port.
Captain Currey from Barcelona touch'd at Gibraltar the 20th of January and informs, that a day or two before about 30 Russian men of war and transports failed from thence for Mahone, and that a great number of Russian soldiers &c. were sick.
BOSTON, March 26.
Mention has been made of Numbers being near the Custom-House on the Evening of the late Massacre: It is proper to observe that the Commissioners were pleased to remove to the Custom-House in King-Street, where they might see and hear what passed, or was said on the Merchants Exchange; and to add to the Military Parade of that Street, a Centry Box was placed before their House---On the said Evening the Centinel heard a Boy say something of an Officer's not paying his Debts, he left his Post and followed him into the middle of the Street, and desired to see his Face, upon the Boy's shewing it, the Centinel gave him a Blow with his Musquet which staggered him; this naturally collected a few People about the Boy and near the Custom-House, which accounts for any ill-language that might have passed---And when Capt. Preston's Party fired, the best Accounts say there was not above 40 or 50 in the Street against the Custom-House, and these mostly Boys who did no other Injury than throwing of Snow-Balls; yet it is said some have been base enough to procure private Testimonies for Commissioner Robinson, to deceive Administration into the Belief that there was a Design upon the Custom-House.
The Zeal shewn by the Inhabitants of Salem and other great Towns in the Province, in support of American Rights and their Readiness to assist their distressed Brethren in Boston on a late Occasion, must greatly tend to strengthen and maintain the present Union, and will do them Honor through the Continent.
We hear from Cape-Ann, that on Friday Night last, a number of People there, who knew that Town had sustained great Damage by the Misdemeanors of one Jesse Savil, an Informer, and that he deserved Chastisement therefor, went in a Body to his House for that purpose, about 10 o'Clock, and finding him in Bed, took him from thence, and walked him barefoot about 4 Miles to the Harbour, then placed him in a Cart they had provided for that Purpose, and putting a Lanthorn with a lighted Candle in his Hand, that every one might see him, they carted him through all their Streets, and stopping at every House they roused the inhabitants, and obliged him to declare and publish unto them that he was Jesse Savil, the Informer; and having gone round in this manner, they then bestowed a handsome Coat of Tar upon him, & placed him upon the Town Pump, caused him to swear that he would never more inform against any Person in that or any other Town, and then dismissed him, after having received his thanks for the gentle Discipline they had administered to him.
We hear from Esopus, that Captain Christopher Hoskins, of the Schooner Fortune and Jane of this Port, was unfortunately drowned, together with three other Persons, viz. a Passenger, a Seaman, and a Negro, in the Night of the 12th of December last, occasioned by a sudden Squall, whereby the Boat sunk. His Body was some Days afterwards taken up; and as he was much respected there (having for a long Time used that Trade) was decently buried.
We hear from Fort Pownal on Penobscot River, That on the 2d of March Inst. several Buildings were destroyed there by Fire.
We hear from the same Place, That the Indians say, that the last Winter has been the most severe there that ever was known.
The Betsey Packet, a prime sailing Schooner, owned and commanded by Capt. Andrew Gardner, has been hired by this Town, to carry to England, a full representation of the tragical Affair on the Evening of the 5th of this Month; and we hear will sail the first Wind.
CAMBRIDGE, March 20. 1770.
THIS Day the Reverend SAMUEL LOCK, late Pastor of the Church of Sherburne, was installed PRESIDENT of HARVARD-COLLEGE.
There was a Procession from Harvard-Hall to the Meeting-House in the following Order:
The Students of the College Resident Graduates The Librarian, with the College Seal, Records and Charter; and the Butler with the Keys The Reverend Corporation The Professors and Tutors in their proper Habits. His Honor the Lieut. Governor, & the President elect The Honorable and Reverend Overseers The Honorable House of Representatives The Reverend Clergy A considerable Number of respectable Gentlemen The Solemnity was begun with Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Apple-
ton. After which his Honor introduced Mr. Locke into his Office by a Latin Speech; delivering to him the Seal, Keys, Books and Charter, and seating him in the President's Chair. The President then delivered a Latin Oration, to which his Honor made a short Reply. This was succeeded by a Latin Oration, pronounced by Mr. Dunbar, a senior Bachelor. The Rev. Mr. Pemberton made another Prayer; and the Solemnity was concluded with an Hymn & an Anthem, performed by the young Gentlemen of the College.
After the public Exercises were over, the Procession returned to Harvard-Hall, where an elegant Entertainment was provided for his Honor the Lieut. Governor--- the Overseers of the College--- the House of Representatives--- and the other Gentlemen who honored the Solemnity with their Presence.
The whole was conducted with Decency and Propriety, to the Satisfaction of all present.
The General Assembly now sitting at Cambridge, have remonstrated to his Honor Lieut. Governor Hutchinson, against proroguing the Court from Time to Time, in Obedience to a ministerial Mandate, as a Grievance; and an Infringement on the essential Rights of that Assembly, derived to them by the British Constitution and the Royal Charter. They have also remonstrated against holding the Court at that Place, and prayed to be removed to Boston, which his Honor absolutely refused---Upon which the House passed the following Resolves, and then proceeded to Business.
Rolved , That the holding and keeping, as well as the convening the said Great and General Assembly by force of instruction or otherwise, at any other place than in Boston aforesaid, is attended with very great inconveniences; is contrary to the ancient custom and usage of the said Assembly; in direct repugnance of the constitution and establishment aforesaid: And therefore a grievance.
And whereas both Houses of this Assembly have remonstrated to his Honor the Lieut. Governor and present commander in chief of this colony, against the holding this General Assembly in Cambridge; and have prayed his Honor to remove the same to its ancient seat, the Court-House in Boston: But his Honor hath repeatedly refused to comply with their request.
Therefore Resolved , That this House do now proceed to business under this grievance, only from absolute necessity: Hereby protesting against the illegality of holding the Assembly as aforesaid; and ordering this their Protest to be entered on their Journals, to the end that the same may not be drawn into precedent at any Time hereafter.
And whereas his Honor the Lieutenant-Governor hath been pleased in his Answer of Yesterday to a Message of this House, to intimate, that the aforesaid Act of this Province, of the tenth of William III. in no wise establishes the Town-House in Boston as the Place for convening, holding and keeping the General Assembly; expressly declaring, that "the words the Town of Boston in the Writ prescribed in said Act, like the words William the Third, were understood to be meer Matters of Form."
RESOLVED , as the Sense of this House, That his Honor's Stricture thereon is not satisfactory or conclusive. The Name of the King is of the Substance of the Writ: But the Words William the Third, as all other Words descriptive of Things in their own nature changeable, must in all established Forms be equally changeable themselves; and so far may be considered as meer Matter of Form, or Gratia Exempli . Yet, that can by no means be the case with respect to words descriptive of Things in their own nature fix'd & perpetual; as when a certain Place is designated.
Therefore RESOLVED , That the Determination of this House to proceed to Business, is by no means to be considered, at any Time hereafter, as a Renunciation of the Claim of the House to the legal Right of sitting in General Assembly at its ancient Place, the Court-House in Boston.
In the Massachusetts-Gazette of the 1st Instant, is a further Account of the COMET, which we saw in the beginning of September before Sunrise with so magnificent a Train--- The Author of said Piece observes,---
"This COMET is a very remarkable one on two Accounts: 1. For the length of its tail. In the beginning of September, when it was about the same distance from the Sun as the Earth is, its tail could easily be seen for 40° or more. It was then seen almost perpendicularly; and therefore must have been 30 million miles, at least, in length: An enormous column of Vapor this, to be raised from a Comet, which for hundreds of years had been at an immense distance from the Sun; and was not then exposed to a greater degree of his heat than our Globe always sustains. Which by the way shows, that the Atmospheres of Comets are infinitely more volatile than those of the Planets. But some persons of credit have declared, that in a clear sky they could trace the tail to the length of 80°. If their Eyes did not deceive them, the tail must then have been 200 million miles long.---Few Comets are mentioned in History, whose tails were apparently longer, (that is, in degrees).
2. This Comet approached very near the Sun, and was consequently exposed to an extreme degree of heat.
At its Perihelion-distance, the Sun's heat is 66 times greater than it is at the distance of the Earth; and therefore, by Sir Isaac Newton's estimate of the degrees of heat, must be about 6 times greater than the heat of red-hot iron. There are but three Comets, which are known to pass nearer the Sun than this, viz. those of the years 1665, 1680, and 1689.
The orbit of this Comet runs not very near that of the Earth, or of any other planet, except Mars.---By calculation I find, that had the Comet come down 20 days later than it did, its distance from the Earth would have been little more than 1-9th of the Sun's distance; it would have had a parallax of one quarter, and its tail would have appeared about three times as long. But even this least distance is near eleven million miles. It came almost 5 times nearer the orbit of Mars on the 18th of August, the distance being upwards of two million miles. Mars himself was almost in the opposite part of his orbit at that time. This is the nearest approach which the Comet can ever possibly make to any of the Planets.
'Tis natural to remark here, that the all-wise Author of the Universe has adjusted the situation of all the orbits of the Comets, in reference to those of the Planets, with such exquisite skill, that, the numerous class of mighty bodies, with their sweeping trains, can run by the Planets without interfering, or doing them any injury.
L O N D O N.
Dec. 26. We are informed that Col. HOARE will shortly be appointed Governor of Boston, in New-England.
It is said Sir John Colleton, Bart. is to be appointed Governor of South-Carolina.
It is said General Draper is to be appointed to command in N. America, in the room of General Gage.
The petition of the county of York, was signed by near 11,000 freeholders.
Nov. 24, In case of a war, 400 American ships may, as trade stands between us and the Colonies, be converted to privateers. If this is not tempora mutantur , we should be glad to know what is?

From the London Chronicle of Nov. 16, 1769.
—Liberty! thy thousand tongues, None silence, who design no wrongs; For those, that use the gag's restraint, First rob, before they stop complaint.
THE freedom of speech, and of writing or printing, are only different and more extended ways of speech or of communicating our thoughts; this is one of the natural and unalienable rights of all men; as necessary for common happiness and security, single or in society, as respiration is for maintaining animal life. All free and virtuous states have encouraged this freedom to the utmost; and have thus been strong with the strength, and wise with the wisdom of every individual of the community, concerting the whole into one point for the public good, and availing themselves of the praise or dispraise of their people. So, to borrow an illustration from our ingenious profession, those famed Printers, the Elzivirs, were wont to hang the proof-sheets of the books they were printing, at their office-door, and invited passengers, by a reward, to point out any fault or misprinting.
But Tyrants, and weak and mercenary blundering Statesmen, whose aims, actions, and characters, cannot bear the light and scrutiny of the Public, have ever been jealous of, and feared and hated this liberty of men's talking, and publishing their thoughts about them and their doings.
The infamous decree of Star-chamber concerning Printing, made July the 11th 1637, was an engine of Laud's own forging, when there was a concerted design to enslave the nation, and destroy liberty, civil and religious. And no politic Archimedes could ever have devised any thing more malignant or effectual for the purpose.
Charles the II. under the influence of the same enemies of his country, with the same malevolent designs, seized the Press as soon as he dared to do it, and turned it against his people. For, whilst writings in defence of Popery and arbitrary power, had all encouragement from his Licencers , those detestable Inquisitors in a protestant country difficult; it would have cost a man his ears, and perhaps his liberty for life, to write in defence of the liberty of the subject, and his country. Messengers of the Press , a shocking sound to English ears, "were appointed, and Constables, to search all houses and shops, where they shall know, or upon probable reason suspect, any books to be printed, bound, or stitched, and to examine whether the same be licenced." Proclamations were issued for suppressing Coffee-houses; and Spies appointed, as now in France, in all places of public resort, to note down and report what honest men uttered in the freedoms of friendly confidence and conversation. The progress was natural. Suspicion is endless; as was eminently display'd in the counterpart of our Charles II, Tiberius Nero; especially where Governors have iniquitous designs to carry on, as these had, by means as iniquitous.
In our own days, in bad Walpolian times when a corrupt minister was sacred at the detection of his wide-wasting corrupt arts, all his efforts were tried, but in vain, to put the Press under ministerial restraint . Then stood forth that good Citizen, the late James Thompson, and republished Milton's defence of unlicensed Printing with a preface, and published also his own noble Poem on Liberty.
Still nearer our own times, but the other day, when an attempt of the same kind was apprehended, Dr. Hayter, the Bishop of Norwich, our present Sovereign's most worthy Preceptor, did then write and publish that fine, bold, true English pamphlet, "An Essay on the Liberty of the Press, chiefly as it respects Personal Slander." It was a most seasonable, well-timed service to the Public, for which all lovers of England must honour this Prelate's name, as he therein invincibly pleads the liberty of the Press, and demonstrates, that good and upright Statesmen will ever cherish it; and that those that are otherwise, are of too little consequence in themselves, or to the Public, to cause this liberty and birthright of Englishmen, of British Subjects, to be given up for their private ease and emolument.
HERPORT.
PORTSMOUTH, March 30, 1770.
Last Sunday Evening was Married, HENRY BELEW, Esquire Commander of his Majesty's Ship the Bever, to Mrs. NANCY WENTWORTH, Relict of the late THOMAS WENTWORTH, Esq; a Lady of a most excellent Character, and adorned with all the Qualifications that can be required to render that most honorable State happy and agreeable.
On Monday Evening was Married, Mr. JOHN CLAPHAM, of this Town, Merchant, to Mrs. MARY APPLETON, Relict of the late Capt. SAMUEL APPLETON, and Daughter of the Honorable JOHN WENTWORTH, Esq; a very worthy Lady and qualified to render the Marriage State truly honorable and perfectly happy.
Last Wednesday Morning a Party of ten Men went from this Town to settle on Lands in the Township of Saville, in this Province: As they went from a Principle of making Provision for the future comfortable Support of themselves and Families, we wish them Success.
How many are they, that at this Time, thro' the Discouragements of Trade and Business, are become unable to provide for themselves, and daily see their Families wanting the Necessaries of Life, if such would take a second Reflection, they would not long feel these Distresses; it requires only Resolution to surmount and overcome them by retiring into the interior Parts of the Province, and cultivate such Lands as would be given them for their Encouragement: Even the first Year of their Departure they would not suffer so much as they do now. Here they are in want of Firing, there they will have plenty; here they suffer for Necessaries, there Providence has so wonderfully provided for them, that the Wilderness yields plenty of Venison, and the Ponds plenty of Fish; Add to this, that the first Settlers of a Township will have their Choice of the settling Lots, in such Order as they apply for them; and as its most probable they will chuse the best, they would soon reap the Fruits of their honest Industry; there they would be also free from the baneful and destructive Influence of RUM, which in some Times of Distress, is more made use of to drown the excruciating Thoughts of Want and Misery, than of real Desire. There is scarce any Man so destitute of Friends, but would be assisted by one or other of them; and Lands are daily offered to be given away to Settlers that can muster up Courage to improve them; and such is the Fertility of most of the new Townships, that they yield almost spontaneously.
Newmarket, March 28. 1770.
The 7th Instant died here, greatly lamented, Deacon JOSEPH JUDKINS, in an advanced Age; he has left a very plentiful Estate, and was the last of his Family, having many Years survived his first Wife and all his Children: His second Wife he has left a Widow, with a handsome Dowry, and generously provided for many of his Relations, Friends and Domesticks, and a Gratuity to Mr. Moody's Church, of which he had been for many Years a very worthy Deacon: His Funeral was attended the roth, by a numerous Concurrence of People from this and the neighbouring Towns, who were entertained with a very acceptable Sermon, by the Rev. Samuel McClinton of Greenland, from 1 Cor. 7. 29. But this I say, Brethren, the Time is short.
[A Good Deacon! plentiful Estate! generously provided for all Friends, Relations, and the Church! Nothing yet for the Printers!]
A List of PRIZES in Newmarket and Stratham LOTTERY, is come to hand, and will be in our next Paper. Those Ladies and Gentlemen in Town who are anxious to know their Fortune, may see the List at the Printing-Office after Three o'Clock this Afternoon.
Salisbury.
NOTICE is hereby given to the several delinquent Proprietors of SALISBURY (late Stevens Town) in New Hampshire, that have not paid their several and respective Taxes, voted to be laid on each original Right or Share in said Township, at sundry legal Meetings, that so much of their said Rights be sold at Publick Vendue at the House of Peter Abbot, Innholder in Kingston, on Monday the 30th Day of April next, at Two o'Clock Afternoon, agreeable to the Laws of said Province, unless they prevent the same by paying said Taxes before the Time of Sale, to me, at my House in Kingston, with incidental Charges.
The delinquent Proprietors are as follows, viz.
   The Sums are in Lawful Money.   £. s. d. £. s. d.     Tristram Quinby 3 7 0 Samuel Brown 0 7 6   Ephraim Collins 1 6 9 Jer. Webster Esq; 0 9 6   John Hontoon 2 0 0 Humphry Hook 0 5 6   Jonathan Greeley 0 17 0 Peter Dearborn 0 7 0   Phillip Call 0 2 5 Edward Scribner 0 2 0   Abraham Green 0 14 6 Enoch Bean 0 2 7   Nathaniel Ladd 0 15 0 William Loverin 0 3 2   Ebenezer Page 0 8 0 John Chalis 0 2 0   Samuel French 0 12 8 John Fifield 0 3 2   Ebenezer Long 0 4 0  
JOHN CALEF, Collector.
Kingston, March 29. 1770.
TO BE SOLD.
A good new Dwelling-House, Barn, Well, and other Accommodations, with half an Acre of choice Land, on which is a small Orchard; a pleasant Situation, lying in South Hampton, on the main Road, within about ten Rods of Phillips White, Esq; very suitable for a Doctor, (there not being one within Four Miles) or any other Business. Enquire of Micahiah Morrill, living on the Premises.
THIS is to Notify and forbid all Persons from purchasing any Notes of Hand of the Subscriber, given to Benjamin Shepard, Esq; before the Fifth Day of October 1769, as we settled all Accounts, Notes and Demands the Day and Date above said; and the Reason I had not my Notes taken up, he said they were in an Attorney's Hands, which he the said Shepard promised to take out and deliver to me immediately, yet it is not done, which is the Cause of this Advertisement. David Baverly.
Nottingham, March 5, 1770.
TO BE SOLD,
By the Subscriber, at PUBLICK VENDUE, to the highest Bidder, at the House of Capt. Samuel Folsom, Innholder in Exeter, on Monday the 16th Day of April next, at Two of the Clock Afternoon,
A Valuable Tract of LAND,
with a Dwelling House thereon, situate in the Parish of Epping, containing about Fifty two Acres, near the Dwelling House of Mr. George Purington. Also one sixteenth Part of a Saw Mill at Petuckway Lower Mill. Conditions of Sale to be seen at Time and Place above mentioned.
March 26. 1770
M. WEARE.
We the Subscribers being appointed to carry on the Building of a MEETING HOUSE in the New Parish in Londonderry, Notice is hereby given, that the best and cheapest Workmen we can get will be employed: Any Workmen that inclines to undertake the Framing of said Meeting, by appearing at the House of Adam Dickey, junr. in said Parish the second Tuesday in April next, at One of the Clock, P. M. where they may hear the Conditions, and agree if they please with their humble Servants,
Robert Wallace, Samuel Anderson, Peter Peterson, Committee.
$ Trecothick. $
Twelve Settlers that incline to settle on the Township of TRECOTHICK, adjoining to Rumney and Campton, in this Province, may hear of the Encouragement by applying to John Wendell, or the Printers hereof.
This is to desire all those who who have Accounts open with me the Subscriber, to come and settle them immediately, or they may depend upon being sued. Joseph Savel Hart.
Portsmouth, March 21. 1770.
The Proprietors of Relban are desired to meet at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, on Friday Evening the 30th Instant, at seven o'Clock in the Evening, being the Time to which said Meeting stands adjourned.
This is to desire all those that are Indebted to the Estate of John Leavitt, late of Hampton, deceas'd, to make immediate Payment: A so all those that have any Demands on said Estate, to bring in their Claims as soon as may be to me the Subscriber, Administrator on said Estate. Jonathan Leavitt.
Hampton, March 7. 1770.
PURSUANT to a Licence from the Hon. the Judge of Probate, &c. for the Province of New Hampshire, will be exposed to Sale by publick Vendue to the highest Bidder, on Monday the sixteenth Day of April next, at the Dwelling House of Mr. Eliphalet Giddings, Innholder in Exeter, the Real Estate that belonged to Doctor Eliphalet Hale, late of said Exeter, deceased, consisting of a large Dwelling House, and about twenty Acres of Mowing and Tillage Land, with a good Barn and Garden thereon, and a good Well, in Exeter aforesaid, and about Five Acres of Salt Marsh adjoining to Exeter River, which are to be sold by Eliphalet Hale, Administrator of said Estate, for the payment of the Debts & Charges due therefrom. The Sale to begin at Three of the Clock Afternoon, when and where the Conditions of Sale may be seen. Exeter, March 12. 1770. Eliphalet Hale, Administrator.
ALL Persons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of Ephraim Dennet, Esq; late of Portsmouth, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts to Lydia Dennet, of said Portsmouth Administratrix on said Estate, in order for Settlement.
Nath'l Sheaff Griffith
Clock and Watchmaker in Portsmouth near the Parade, HEREBY informs his Customers and others, that he continues carrying on his Business as usual, and has now by him all sorts of materials for Clocks and Watches, and those who Employ him, may depend on being faithfully and punctually served, - and cheaper than by any other Watchmaker.
He has the best of clarified Oyl, for Clocks and Watches, which prevents their stoping in cold Weather.
ALL PERSONS Indebted to the Printers for News Papers, or otherwise, are desired to make payment, at the Printing Office.

The following is Messrs Edes and Gill's Reply to the Commissioners Piece, publish'd in our last, relative to Richardson's and Wilmot's Affair, when young Snider was killed at Boston.
*** That the Printers might not with the least colour be charg'd even by the Commissioners of the Customs with partiality, they have inserted the above publication at their request. It may be necessary to assure our readers that we have no authority for what is alledg'd in it but theirs, & we desire the Public to consider it as their account, and not ours. They say that "Ebenezer Richardson has never been employ'd as an officer or under officer of, or in any capacity in the Customs." This is pretty extraordinary for gentlemen to say, some of whom never saw this country till two years and an half ago, before which time they were perfect strangers to it. It is well known that this same Richardson not many years past, solemnly swore before a Grand Jury that he acted in a certain riotous affair by a commission or warrant from Charles Paxton, which Paxton was then an officer in the Customs, and is now a Commissioner. Paxton indeed upon oath denied it, and said that Richardson was a d—d villain: The Grand Jury at that Time chose rather to think that Richardson was the perjurd person, & thereupon complain'd of him to a Magistrate; and it was currently reported that Paxton was his bondsman. If this is not true, Mr. Paxton is at liberty to let the matter right in the Boston Gazette. Richardson has for many years been known by the name of THE INFORMER. And we dare appeal to Mr. Paxton, Whether he has not been known to be an informer, to the officer of the customs: And whether he himself has not frequently encourag'd him & paid him as an Informer—and if so! How could Mr. Paxton with any face desire us to publish, that "Richardson has never been employ'd in any Capacity in the Customs."
They say that "Wilmot was not sent with any message from the Commissioners." Whatever jealousy may be in the minds of many, of this matter; no one that we know of has yet said it; what need then have they to labour to clear themselves till they are accus'd? Or is the common proverb which we shall not at present name, in this instance true—They add, "or by any crown officer or other person with the knowledge or privity of the Commissioners." Here we would again observe, that no one has yet accus'd the Commissioners; we sincerely hope that the base murderers and ALL their Abettors WHOEVER THEY BE, will meet with due punishment. Wilmot himself said before the Magistrate that he was sent on an errand to Richardson's house by a Crown officer: This was published in our last; we did not say by the Commissioners. There are other Crown officers, many others besides the Commissioners, and what particular reasons they may have to disturb their minds about it, they certainly can best tell at present—the Public may perhaps be inform'd of it hereafter. They also say that Wilmot "has never been employ'd in the service of the Commissioners UNLESS as a seaman ship'd by the commander of the Sloop Liberty." This exception, (unless) affords at least a colouring of their own, if it needed any, for our saying that the Liberty Sloop was in the service of the Commissioners, on board which by their own account as well as ours, Wilmot was a seaman. They further say, they have not "any sort of knowledge of him, except that he became a petitioner to the Board, which corresponds with our account, saving that we say "he had a PETITION before the BOARD at the time the barbarous Murder was committed," which they have not denied.—The Public will now judge whether the foregoing publication of the Commissioners does not, in a great measure harmonize with our account of the barbarous Murder last Monday. And whether any insinuation abroad that "they or any of them were concern'd in or privy to any of the acts of Richardson or Wilmot are groundless or injurious."
THE PRINTERS.
WHEREAS a number of mean, lowly'd Fellows, who have not Souls large enough to be at the trifling expence of a News Paper, yet are continually stealing their Neighbours, and others, by taking them from the Taverns they are left at in the several Country Towns, which Papers they carry Home, and never deliver to the proper Owners, and as this vile & scandalous Practice discourages the Customers from continuing them, and is often a Damage on Account of Advertisements: This is therefore to desire our good Customers, only to give a list of those Fellows Names, and they shall be publish'd at large in the Papers, with their proper Character, and prosecuted as the Law directs for stopping Letters, News Papers, &c. as we are now determined to make an Example of some of them, who have abused both the Customers & Printers in this Way for Years past.
BLANKS of most sorts, and a variety of BOOKS, Pamphlets, &c. sold at the Printing Office near the State House.
THE Superior Court by Law held on the first Tuesday in February ult. was then adjourned to Tuesday the 17th Day of April next, at Ten o'Clock A. M. at which Time the Petit Jurors are required to attend. By order of Court, GEO. KING, Clerk. Portsmouth, March 20, 1770.
§ Piermont. §
WHEREAS the Proprietors of the Township of PIERMONT, in the Province of New Hampshire, on the 12th Day of March, 1765, at a legal Meeting held for that purpose, voted to raise the Sum of Eighteen Shillings Lawful Money on each Right in said Township; and also at another Meeting the Sum of Forty two Shillings Lawful Money on each Right in said Town, which several Sums have been legally assessed, and the Subscriber hath been authorized by a Warrant from the Assessors of said Propriety to collect the same, according to Law: And notwithstanding Notice has been given thereof, several of the said Proprietors have neglected to pay their said TAXES; these are therefore to Notify the said delinquent Proprietors, that unless they pay their said Taxes to me the Subscriber by the tenth Day of April next, the whole or so much as may be requisite, of their Right, will be then sold at a publick Vendue, at the House of Mr. Enoch Clark, Innholder in Greenland, to pay the same, with incidental Charges, according to LAW. The original delinquent Proprietors are as follows, viz.    James Nevin, Esq;  2 2 0  Col. John Goffe,  3 0 0    Nathl. Barrell, Esq;  3 0 0  C. Ezekiel Worthen  3 0 0    Andrew Clarkson,  3 0 0  Jonathan Church,  3 0 0    Benjamin Stevens,  3 0 0  Robert Temple, Esq  3 0 0    Col. Samuel Barr,  3 0 0  Timothy Bedel, Esq  2 2 0    Maj. Joseph Smith,  3 0 0  Thomas Packer, Esq  3 0 0    John Page, Esq;  3 0 0  Samuel Wentworth,  3 0 0    Samuel Emerson,  3 0 0  J. hn Tufton Mason  3 0 0    Joseph Wright,  3 0 0  George Levius,  3 0 0    Dr. John Hale,  3 0 0  Charles Paxton, Esq;  3 0 0    Joseph Blanchard,  3 0 0  Robert Achmuty, Esq  3 0 0    Capt. Sam. Greely  3 0 0    
RICHARD JENNESS.
[ New-Brittain. ]
The Proprietors of the Township of NEW BRITTAIN, (so called) are hereby Notified, to meet at the House of Capt. Caleb Sanborn, Innholder in Hampton Falls, on Monday the Ninth Day of April next, at One of the Clock Afternoon, 1. To choose a Moderator for said Meeting. 2. To choose a Proprietors Clerk; a Committee to call Proprietors Meetings, Assessors, a Collector. &c. Also a Committe to wait on the Honorable Gentlemen the Grantors of said Township, if Occasion calls for it; Also to see what said Proprietors will do further towards clearing and repairing Roads in said Township; Also to see if they will raise any Sum of Money for the above Purposes or any other Charges that may arise in settling said Township.    Anthony Emery  } Com mittee    Caleb Sanborn    Nathaniel Healey    Hampton Falls, March 19. 1770.
THIS is to forbid all Persons crediting Love, the Wife of me the Subscriber, as I shall pay no Debts of her contracting from the Date hereof, her behaviour being such as obliges me to this. Lee, March 19, 1770. John Runels.
TO BE LETT,
A convenient Store with a Shop Fronting the Street on Spring Hill, next to Samuel Cutts's Esq; Also, a good Wharfe adjoining the same very convenient for a Merchant or any Person in Trade. For further Particulars enquire of DAVID MOORE, or the Printers.
Taken up a Handkerchief, with old COPPER in it, which the Owner may have by applying at the Printing Office, and paying Charges.
NOTICE is hereby given,
That the HOUSE, WARE HOUSE, and WHARFE that belong'd to Nathaniel Seargant, late of New Castle, Physician, deceas'd, Intestate, will be Sold by Public Vendue at the House of Alcock Stevens, in said Newcastle, on Monday the second Day of April next, at three of the Clock Afternoon. The above Estate is pleasantly situated; the House large and commodious, well finished, a large Garden.
Garden Seeds
Warranted to be the last Years Produce, and just imported from LONDON, to be sold by
JOHN ADAMS, In Queen Street, Portsmouth, viz.
EARLY Charlton, early golden
Hotspur, large and dwarf Marrowfat Peas, blue Roundicals, Ledman's dwarf, Spanish Moratter, and crooked Sugar Peas.—Large Windsor, speckled dwarf, and early yellow dwarf Beans.—Stratford Onion, White Spanish; Silver Skin; and Red Onions; early Yorkshire, early Dutch, early Battersea, Sugar Loaf, and large Winter Cabbage.—Green Savoy, early and late Cauliflower.—Green, Marble, Tennisball and Cabbage Lettuce.—Red Beet,—Parsnip,—Early yellow and Orange Carrot,—Early and late Turnip,—double and single Parsley,—White Mustard,—Round Spinnage,—Early and late Cucumber,—Celery,—London Radish,—Asparagus,—Thyme,—Sweet Marjoram, Baum, double & single pepper Grass; Hyssop; Sage; Rosemary; Lavender; Herbs Grass and Clover, and sundry other Sorts, &c. &c.
TO BE SOLD Cheap for CASH,
Choice West-India RUM and MOLASSES, by the Hoghead, Barrell or smaller Quantity. A few Barrells of BROWN SUGAR, and Philadelphia FLOUR: Also a good Assortment of ENGLISH GOODS. By SAMUEL GRIFFITH, Or, RICHARD CHAMPEINEY.
‡ Canterbury. ‡
THE Proprietors of Canterbury in the Province of New Hampshire are hereby Notified, to meet at the Meeting House in said Canterbury, on Thursday the Fifth Day of April next, at One of the Clock P. M. to transact the following Matters, viz. 1. To chuse a Moderator. 2. To sell so much of the Common Land in said Canterbury as will defray the Charges of a Law Suit already pursued to final Judgment and Execution, between the Proprietors of said Canterbury and Chichester, and also to defray the Charges of a Law Suit now depending between the Proprietors of said Canterbury and Chichester, upon a Review of the former Case.
Canterbury, March 4 1770. Stephen Gerrish, Archelaus Moor, Thomas Clough, } Select Men for Canterbury
§ Barnstead. §
To the Proprietors of the Township of BARNSTEAD, in the Province of New Hampshire. YOU are hereby Notified to meet at the House of Mrs. Sarah Hoyt, Innholder at Newington, on Tuesday the 27th of this Instant, at Two o'Clock, P. M. 1. To chuse a Moderator. 2. To chuse all needful Officers for the Propriety this current Year. Delinquent Proprietors are hereby Notified, that unless they pay their Arrears, at, on or before the 27th of this Instant March, so much of his or their Common Lands in said Barnstead, will be sold at Public Vendue as will pay the Taxes due thereon, with the Charge of advertising. Per Order of the Propriety. RICHARD DOWNING, Proprietors Clerk. Newington, March 7, 1770.
STOLEN from Joseph Sias, Esq; of Lee, last Night, a large Red MARE coming in Four Years old, a small Spot of White in her Face, paces pretty fast, and shod all round. Whoever shall take up said MARE, and the THIEF, so that he may be brought to Justice, and convey said Mare to me, shall have FOUR DOLLARS Reward, and all necessary Charges paid by. Lee, March 10, 1770. Joseph Sias.
It is supposed that one Stephen Noise of Hampstead stole the above MARE, as he was seen upon her this Day at Capt. Sanders's of Ambury in the Massachusetts.
ALL Persons indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of Capt. John Ayers, junr. late of Portsmouth, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts to Henry Sherburne, junr. of said Portsmouth, Administrator on said Estate, in order for Settlement. March 12th. 1770.