The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1772-10-30 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE
AND
HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the FRESHEST ADVICES
Friday Octo. 30, 1772.
GAZETTE,
CHRONICLE,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
NO. 837 } Weeks since this Paper } was first Publish'd.
FRESH ADVICES
On Tuesday October 13, arrived at New-York, the Earl of Halifax Packet, in 34 Days from Falmouth, by whom we have the following Advices,
From the London Gazette, printed by Authority August 15, 1772.
AT the Court at St. James's, the 14th Day of August, 1772.
PRESENT.
The KING's most Excellent Majesty in Council.
HIS Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable William Earl of Dartmouth to be one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, his Lordship was this day, by his Majesty's Command, sworn one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State accordingly.
St. James's August 12. The King has been pleased to grant unto the Right Honourable Allen Lord Bathurst, and his Issue Male, the Dignity of an Earl of the Kingdom of Great-Britain, by the Name, Stile and Title of Earl Bathurst, of Bathurst in the County of Kent.
The King also has been pleased to grant unto the Right Honourable Willis Hill Earl of Hillsborough in the Kingdom of Ireland, and Lord Hawick Baron of Harwich in the County of Essex, and to his Issue Male, the Dignities of Viscount & Earl of Great-Britain, by the Names, Stile and Titles of Viscount Fairford, and Earl of Hillsborough in the County of Gloucester.
St. James's, August 15. The King has been pleased to constitute & appoint Soaine Jenyns, Edward Eliot, and Bamper Gascoyne, Esqrs. the Honourable Lord Robert Spencer, the Honourable George Greville, Esq; commonly called Lord Greville, William Jolliffe, Esq; & the Hon. John Stewart, Esq; commonly called Lord Garlies, to be his Majesty's Commissioners for Trade & Plantations.
Sir Robert Murray Keith, K. B. is appointed His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Court of Vienna Ralph Woodford, Esq; his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Copenhagen. Emanuel Mathias, Esq; His Majesty's Resident with the Hanse Towns. Horan St. Paul, Esq; his Majesty's Secretary to the Embassy at the Court of Versailles.
William Hacker who sailed with Captain Shaw in the Brig Pitt, from England to St. Kitts, about the Year 1765 or 1766, Son of Dianna Hacker of Bath, is called upon in the Gazette, if living, to apply for his Part of his Mother's Effects.
Among the Prisoners that applied for the Benefit of the insolvent Act, is one Aaron Eaton, in the Fleet prison, late of Stonington in the Colony of Connecticut, Cordwainer.
St. James's, Sept. 1. The King has been pleased to grant unto George James Williams, and Francis North, Esqrs, the office of Receiver-General of his Majesty's revenues within his colony and dominion of Virginia.
Also passed the Great Seal a reversionary grant of the office of Secretary of his Majesty's province of New-York, to William Knox, Esq; during his life, on the death, or any looner determination of the interest therein, of George Clark, Esq; the present Secretary.
Yesterday a proclamation passed the Great Seal, promising a reward of 500l. for the discovering and apprehending any of the persons concerned in burning the Galleon Schooner in Providence river, on the 10th of June last; also a further reward of 500l. and his Majesty's pardon to any of the offenders, for apprehending each of the ringleaders. (Thus far Gazettes.)
ALTON A, August 22.
THE last letters received here from Stockholm confirm the news of a great revolt in Sweden, which first broke out at Christianstadt, where the Burghers, accusing the States of not having employed any means to prevent the exorbitant price of provisions and the oppression of the people, and resolving, they said, to have but one God and one King, they at length joined the soldiers of the garrison, who had seized the arsenal, & put several officers under arrest, for refusing to fall in with their measures. These letters add, that at the departure of the post, the gates of the town of Christianstadt were shut, and the Prince Charles of Sweden was marching at the head of a regiment towards Christianstadt, with some pieces of artillery, to re-establish good order.
Petersburg, Aug. 4. We are informed, that our fleet in the Archipelago and the Black sea are to be reinforced with 20 ships of war and a number of troops.
Count Alexis Orlow hath received orders to sail immediately from Leghorn to the Archipelago, with all his men of war and transports, in order that he may be in a situation to continue the war with vigour by land and sea, in case a peace should not be concluded, when the time of the armistice finishes.
Our merchants rejoice before-hand, on account that we shall obtain a free commerce in the Black-sea; and they also promise themselves great advantage from the passage which hath been discovered from this empire to the East-Indies.
L O N D O N, August 24.
On Thursday Captain Bluit in the American trade, was suddenly taken ill when at dinner with his mother & some friends, at his mother's house, in Mill-street, Southwark; and notwithstanding all proper assistance, died that evening.
It is confidently said, that, besides the Peerage already granted to Lord Hillsborough, his Lordship is to have a pension of 1500l. per annum, on the Irish Establishment, as a reward for his eminent services respecting America, &c.
Instructions are sent off from the Admiralty-office to go by the Halifax Schooner for Commodore Shuldham at Newfoundland.
It is said the complaints in Trade in Lisbon are now in a fair way to be redressed by the new Minister, who, it is said, is as good a judge of commerce as he is of heresy.
August 17. The last conference Lord Hillsborough had with a Great Personage, previous to his Lordship's setting out for Ireland, was merely to thank his Majesty for the great confidence & distinction he honoured him with in the course of near five years service; and from the cordiality this compliment was received, there is no doubt, if his Lordship should chance to come into administration any time hence, he will gladly be accepted of.
Before Lord Hillsborough set out, he delivered the Earl of Dartmouth some instructions for proceedings in the next Session of Parliament, together with several papers of consequence, which his Lordship received some time since from the Continent of America.
Lord Dartmouth, if an American Bishop should take place during his continuance in office, is, we hear, to make the first Prelate, Dr. Madan, of the Lock hospital.
It is reported, that a Great Personage has wrote a letter in his own hand to a very eminent Dignitary not far from Lambeth, commanding him to discontinue his Lady's rout, &c. under pain of the severest displeasure.
Lord Townshend is recalled from Ireland, and is to be rewarded on his return to Great-Britain with the command of the Coldstream or second regiment of foot guards. The old and gallant Col. the present Commander thereof, is to retire upon a pension of 4000l. per annum, which sum Lord Townshend is to pay Lord Tyrone during the latter's life.
August 18. This day a commission of Bankruptcy was sealed against a capital merchant in the city, who has failed for upwards of 270,000l.
Important dispatches said to contain matters of a very singular nature, were received yesterday at the Secretary of State's office from their High Mightinesses the States-General.
It is a fact that a fleet of four sail of the line, with two companies of artillery, sailed the 2d Inst. from Brest for Martinico.
Sir Joseph Yorke is set out for the Hague as Ambassador to the States General.
26. They write from Paris that the Royal Academy of Sciences there have elected Dr. Franklin, of Philadelphia, to fill the vacancy made among their foreign members by the death of Baron Van Swieten; and that the King has approved and confirmed their choice.
DIED John Calcraft, Esq, Member of Parliament for Rochester, worth upwards of 100,000l. he has left an annuity to B-----, the actress, of 200l. per annum.
August 29. A considerable number of merchants trading to the British colonies, having prepared the following Address to the Earl of Hillsborough; a committee from them waited on, and presented it to, his Lordship on Tuesday.
To the Right Honourable the Earl of Hillsborough.
MY LORD, THE Resignation of so important an employment as your Lordship lately filled with such distinguished abilities, though a circumstance extremely interesting to the nation at large, affects the whole body of merchants connected with the commerce of the British colonies in a very particular manner, and calls upon them to bear a public testimony to your character.
During your Lordship's continuance in office, the merchants were received with the utmost respect at your Board, and experienced every attention that could justly engage their esteem: they found the mutual prosperity of the Mother Country and her dependencies the unalterable object of your attention, and even in any speculative points where the Minister differed from their opinion, they always retired highly charmed with the politeness of the Man.
The merchants connected with the commerce of the Colonies, my Lord, do not feel more gratitude for the distinction with which they were treated, while you held the American Secretaryship of State than admiration for the motives which induced you to resign it.
They do not mean, my Lord, to enter at all into the political rectitude of these motives; the liberality of them is sufficient for their purpose; and it gives them unspeakable satisfaction that their gracious Sovereign, himself, has honoured them with an exalted proof of his royal approbation.
The Gentlemen, my Lord, who now address your Lordship, would feel your loss with an aggravated sensibility, if the well known integrity of your successor did not furnish them
with ample consolation. In that integrity, they repose, great confidence, & are persuaded, that your Lordship's example will lead every Board which the Merchants have occasion to attend to merit a like encomium from so considerable a part of the community."
To which his Lordship was pleased to give the following answer:
GENTLEMEN, "I am truly sensible of this very obliging and honourable mark of your attention to me in my present situation."
"Your approbation of my poor endeavours to promote the King's service, and the joint interests of this kingdom and her colonies, administers great consolation to me at a time when I have found myself under the disagreeable necessity of relinquishing the service of a most gracious Master, for whom I entertain the most dutiful and respectful affection; of giving up my share in administration, whose principles and measures I in general approve, and in quitting an office, which in some degree, constituted me agent for the merchants in Great-Britain, and was in many respects most pleasing and desirable to me."
"I am happy on your account, as well as that of the public, in the integrity and ability of my successor, whose amiable character and disposition cannot fail to give universal satisfaction."
Arrived at London, Hannah, Jarvis, from Boston.
At Hull, Bristol Packet, Skimmer, from Boston.
Arrived at Liverpool, the Liverpool, Haynes, from Rhode-Island.
Sept. 2. They write from the Hague, that the partisans of the House of Bourbon have been for some time secretly soliciting the Dutch to come into a treaty for the mutual security of their possessions in the East and West-Indies, but that the English interest had proved strong enough to break off the connection.
A gentleman resident at Berlin writes to his friend in Town that the King of Prussia's health visibly declines daily, & that, that active Monarch begins now to feel the fatal consequences of having gained his friends only by the sword. Probably his successor in the throne will some time hence with his Majesty had not added so many provinces to his dominions.
Several letters have been lately received in town from Copenhagen, but they are so various and contradictory that no true judgment can be formed from them, as to the real situation of affairs in that capital, though from the general tenor of them it is conjectured the writers declined giving their sentiments, apprehending their letters would be intercepted; and that a second revolution either had happened, or was upon the point of taking place when these letters came away.
No less than eight commissions of bankruptcy passed the Great Seal yesterday. One of them is against a person who is said to have stopped for near 300,000l.
Extra of a Letter from Amsterdam, August 20. "The Dutch ships which went this year to Davis's Straights were thirty-eight in number; all came home very safe with very good success, having caught 239 and half whales, from which they had 10,351 cardles of fat."
NEW-YORK, October 15.
On Sunday last arrived here from London, the 7 following Transports, viz. The Ships Noble Bounty, Capt. Dutchman, Argo, Captain Graves, Isabella, Capt. Brown, Maria, Captain Davison, Jamaica, Capt. Adams, Dispatch, Capt. Philipson, & the Brig Ocean, Capt. Tendall. We have not yet learned the Business of these Vessels, but understand they have some Recruits on board.
Sunday Evening arrived the Ship Dutchess of Gordon, Capt. Winn. Sept. 29th, he fell in with a Wreck and sent a Boat to examine if any Person was on board, found her to be a Brig or Schooner, with a Billet Head, Streaks painted green and Mouldings yellow, with a Flower Pot on her Stern, she appeared very fresh, all her Decks were blown up, and Nothing standing except the Bowprit, one Pump and the Stump of the Foremast.
Extra of a Letter from London, dated August 8. "An attempt to confine the exportation of grain from America to Great-Britain and Ireland, is expected to be made at their next meeting of Parliament, as it is now certainly in agitation amongst some of the members of business. Should it succeed, it would certainly give as much umbrage to the people in America, as any act that was ever made respecting them."
By the Virginia Post, we hear a Sloop from St. Kitts, for Philadelphia, in the Night, ran on board a Ship from Glasgow, lost her Bowprit and all the People (except two Negro-Boys) got on board the Ship; next Morning they saw the Sloop within two Leagues of the Cape, the Ship did not go to her, but brought the People to Norfolk where the Captain hired Vessels to go in quest of her; she had 800 Half Joes on board.
Saturday the Duke of Cumberland Packet, Capt. Goodridge, sailed with the Mail for Falmouth.
His Excellency Sir Ralph Payne, Governor of Antigua, &c. issued a Proclamation for a solemn Fast throughout the said Island, on the 16th of September, on Account of the late dreadful Hurricane there, to render Thanks to Almighty GOD for their great Deliverance, and to Deprecate the Infliction of any further Miseries from the Divine Vengeance.
The Governor of Pennsylvania has issued a Proclamation setting forth the Distresses of the Islands in the West-Indies, and recommending to the Merchants and Traders especially to give immediate Assistance to the afflicted Inhabitants to send Vessels with Provisions.
Wednesday last the Sloop Sally, Capt. Montgomery, arrived here from Barbadoes, in 30 Days: He lay at Carlisle Bay the 27th of August, and says that only one Vessel was drove ashore there, that a Brig; and a Sloop having parted one of her Cables, was obliged to cut the other and stand to Sea. Capt. Montgomery says, That all the Transports with the Troops from Boston, were safe arrived at Barbadoes, and had failed for St. Vincent.

[ARTICLES omitted in our last for want of Room.]  A faint Description of the St. Croix Hurricane. On the 31st August came on the most dreadful Hurricane ever known here in the Memory of Man, the unborn Child must rue its effects; a true Description of which (if a true one could be given) would seem rather Poetical than Historical, fictitious than real; it was not less violent than that which happened in Antigua on the 8th Sept. 1751; like that it began about Night fall, and lasted about 6 Hours; all our Shipping were drove on Shore, and the Buildings both in Town and Country tore to Pieces; all Nature seemed to be unhinged, the enraged Elements portending Death and Destruction to Animals and Vegetables, and terrifying even the Just, for who could stand undisturbed amidst the Ruins of a falling World? The loud Roaring of the Sea, the frequent Flashes of Lightning and Balls of Fire play'd from the Artillery of the Sky, and the dreadful Whistling of the Wind must give a Man some Idea of the Day of Judgment, when the last loud Trumpet's wonderful Sound shall wake the Nations under Ground ----- Many perished in our Harbour, many ashore, and others lived to see themselves ruined in a Night; the Face of this once beautiful Island is now so calamitous and disfigured as not to be described, a few such Events would ruin us in Temporal, but help us in Spirituals, and make us fit for the Kingdom of Heaven, for the Turk, the Jew, the Atheist, the Protestant and Papiſt, would join in unanimous Prayer to appease the Lord of Hurricanes.
LIST of VESSELS lost in the Gale of Wind that happened at ST. KITTS, the 28th of August, 1772.
Sloop Pompey, Yarr, St. Martins, in Ballast, lost in Frigate Bay, owned by Gov. Heylegar, nothing saved. Sloop Watson, Hood, St. Kitts, in Ballast, Hull ashore, at Basseterre, owner, John Satterthwaite. Schooner ----, Smitten, Nevis, in Ballast, lost at Pym's Land, owned by Daniel Ross, nothing saved. Sloop Juno, Liddle, St. Kitts, in Ballast, lost at the Salt Ponds, owned by John Corlet, nothing saved. Sloop Fanny, Reap, Nevis, in Ballast, lost at the Salt Ponds, Owners, Lawrence and Reap, Part of the Hull saved. Schooner Mary and Elizabeth, Wright, Sandy Point, in ballast, lost at Sunday Point, Owners, Woodburne and Garner, nothing saved. Sloop, ---, Britnell, New-London, in Ballast, lost at Sandy Point, Owners unknown, nothing saved. Sloop John, Hill, St. Croix, Horses, lost at Sandy-Point, Owner, John Campbell, nothing saved. Three Hulks, Gill, Salt Ponds, in Ballast, lost at the Salt Ponds, Owners, Clifton, Corlet and Gill, nothing saved. VESSELS lost in the Hurricane on the 31st of August 1772.
NOTE, Those VESSELS whose Names are in Italick , are supposed to have foundered at Sea.
Ship Farley, Cook, London, with dry Goods, lost at Bloody Point, only Crew saved; owned by Captain Cook and others. Ship New-York, Craig, New-York, some dry Goods lost at Basseterre; Part Cargo saved. Brig Appollo, Manning, PISCATAQUA, with Sugar, lost at Deep-Bay, 60 Hogheads saved. Brig Isidore, Byrne, Cork, with Rum, lost at Deep-Bay, owned by John Blake; 200 hogheads saved. Snow Thistle, Hunter, Glasgow, with Sugar, lost at Limeh Bay, owned by Buchanan and Company, Crew saved. Sloop Blake, Browne, Antigua, in Ballast, lost at Deep-Bay, Crew saved; owned by Crosby and Company. Schooner Hazard, Butler, Basseterre and St. Kitts, in Ballast, lost at Hart's Bay, Crew saved, owned by William Priddie. Schooner Deep Bay, Beach, Deep Bay and St. Kitts, with various Freights, lost at Sandy-Point, Crew saved, owned by Osborne and Manning. Schooner Chatham, Maurishaw, Sandy-Point and St. Kitts, in Ballast, lost at Sandy-Point, Crew saved, owned by Lumley Woodyear. Sloop John and Elizabeth, Sanders, New-York, with Rum, lost at Hart's Bay, one hoghead saved, owned by John Watkins. Brig Tryon, Maranan, Cape Fare, in Ballast, Foundered at Sea, one Negro saved, owned by Mr. Quince. Brig Mercury, Seaton, Bristol, with 100 Hogheads Sugar, owned by Mr. Span. Schooner Relief, Moore, St. Croix, in Ballast, owned by Capt. Moore. Schooner Margaret, Bachop, South-Carolina, with Rum, owned by Mr. Buckle. Schooner Mercury, Morgan, Basseterre in St. Kitts, in Ballast, Owners Henderson and Murray. Sloop Experiment, Howard, Basseterre in St. Kitts, in Ballast, owned by William Neale. A Ship from London, with 500 Hogheads of Sugar, lost at Nevis, Crew perished. Brig Fortune, Potts, Basseterre in St. Kitts, with Mules and Timber, lost at Nevis, Part of Cargo saved, owned by John Corlet, &c. Sloop Jenny, Smitten, Nevis, in Ballast, lost at Nevis, Crew perished, owned by Capt. Smitten. Sloop Ithi Gimblet, Cartering, Nevis, in Ballast, lost at Nevis, Crew perished, Owner, Bowrin. Schooner Two Williams, Siborn, Sandy Point, in Ballast, lost at Antigua, Crew perished, owned by Mr. Somarsall.
Boston, October 15.  DARTMOUTH-COLLEGE, in New-Hampshire, September 21, 1772.
THIS DAY Mr. SILVANUS RIPLEY, and his companion, and Interpreter, Lieut. JOSEPH TAYLOR, returned from their Mission to the Indian Tribes in Canada, and brought with them ten Children from those Tribes, to receive an Education in this School; two of which are Children of English Captives, who were taken by the Indians in former Wars, while they were young, and naturalized; and these Children are brought up in the Language, and Customs of the Indians. The great forwardness and unanimity of their chief Men, when they were called in Council on the occasion, to have their Children come, and their final resolution to send them, notwithstanding the most forcible opposition their Priest made to it, the Cheerfulness, orderly and good Behaviour of the Lads on their Way, and intire satisfaction on their arrival Home (as they called it) and the Accounts they give of Numbers of their Acquaintance which they have left behind, who desired to come with them for an Education, & may be expected in due time, & all this from a Thirst for Learning, founded partly on a Conviction of the Utility of it, which they have got by observing the great Advantage which the Learned have, above others they have lived among & only thro' their superior Learning, also the great and general Veneration the Chiefs expressed towards the benevolent, and charitable Design of this Indian School, exhibit a truly encouraging Prospect that God yet mercifully designs something shall be done in that Quarter for the Honour of his great Name. Among these Children, is a Grandson about eight years old, of Mr. Tarbull, who was taken from Groton in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, about sixty-eight Years ago, when he was about ten Years old, he greatly
rejoiced to see them on the occasion, & earnestly encouraged his Grandson's coming: the old Gentleman is hearty, and well, and is the eldest Chief of that Village,---he expressed great Affection to his Relations in New-England, and desired they might be informed of his Welfare, and also that he had a Grandson at this School,---also a Grandson of Mrs. Eunice Williams, who was Captivated with her Father, the Rev. Mr. Williams of Deerfield, in the Year 1704, would have come with them; but was sick with the Measels; but may be expected in the Spring, if they meet with nothing discouraging.
N. B. The Number of Indian Children now in this School is 17, besides one that is put out to a private Family on account of his being too young for the School.
L O N D O N, August 1.
It is said that his Majesty's pardon will be extended to a certain criminal captain, if any lady of sense and virtue will declare under the gallows that she is ready to marry him.
A few days since a young lady of fortune, near St. James's street, eloped with her uncle's black servant, lately arrived from Barbados; intelligence was soon received of the rout they had taken, on which they were immediately pursued and overtaken near Morpeth, a few Miles from Newcastle. The fellow made a resolute defence before he was secured, and the enamoured fair one fainted away several times and now lies dangerously ill at a gentleman's house near Newcastle.
At the breaking up of a council the other day, a member was heard to say, that the confusion occasioned some little time ago by the Stamp-Act, with the behaviour of certain Governors, will forward the era of the North-American empire a century or two.
A young lady, daughter of a gentleman in the neighbourhood of Islington, (has within a few days) been discovered to be pregnant. What is worthy of remark, she positively denies having had (with her knowledge) the least connection with the other sex.
August 15. A Correspondent informs us, that the late Archbishop Secker, being in conference with an eminent Colonist, desired to know of him, if his countrymen would be averse to the sending a Bishop among them? "Pray my Lord," said the gentleman, "can one Bishop make another?" "Undoubtedly," replied his Grace. "Why then my Lord" rejoined the Colonist, "you may send your Bishop as soon as you please, it will be "one considerable step towards our living without you."
August 19. Wagers are laid at the west end of the town that a newly appointed Secretary of State will not remain in office till the meeting of parliament.
Sept. 3. The Earl of Dartmouth, who has succeeded Lord Shelburne in the American department, is reckoned, besides being a Man of business, one of the most accomplished noblemen in England.
Yesterday the French Ambassador took leave of his Majesty, and sets out this Day for Paris.
The Spanish Ambassador; Prince Masserano, set off for Spain yesterday.
Lord Harcourt, our ambassador at the court of France, is returned from thence.
A letter from Lisbon mentions, that on the 3d of July was executed there, pursuant to her sentence, one Louiza de Jesus, for the murder of thirty-three infants that were at different times committed to her care by the directors of the hospital, for no other inducement but 600 rials in money, a covado of baize, and a cradle, that she received from each of them. She was 22 years of age. Going to execution she was pinched with hot irons, and at the gallows her hands were struck off, she was then strangled and her body burnt.
The old visionaries have appeared of late at Carrickfergus, in Ireland, who say the war will be general in 1773.---Constantinople destroyed in 1774.---The true God acknowledged by all nations in 1775.---A valiant man give his testimony to it in 1776.---England overflowed in 1777.---An earthquake all over the World in 1778.---The fall of the sun, moon, and stars in 1779.---The globe of the earth burned in 1780.---And the universal judgment in 1781.
Extract of a letter from Mentz, Aug. 6. 1772.
"A Man arrived in this city about six days ago from the neighbouring country, attended by a retinue of several hundred country people, who followed him from their habitations with shouts of admiration and praise. The account he gives of himself is very extravagant: He says that he is endowed with universal power of good and evil; that he can dethrone Kings and Emperors with as much ease as he can cure the dumb, the lame and the blind. The infatuated populace who follow him say, that they have been witnesses to many of these cures perform'd in the country; and the impostor is even so confident as to invite our magistrates to be witnesses of his power in raising the dead. He was conducted last night to our prison, where he is likely to remain some time, notwithstanding his power. He would accept no money; but had a woman with him, who refused nothing."
L O N D O N, August 11.
The following account (tho' of the marvellous kind) is strictly true.---On the 2d of July last the wife of John Charlesworth, who keeps the Crops Keys Inn at Balfover, in Derbyshire, was safely delivered of three children. The good woman continued in tolerable health ten days, when she was delivered of a fourth child; and, to the surprize of her friends and neighbours, she was on the 22d of July seized in labour for the third time, and brought two more children into the world. These six children, tho' very small, were perfectly well formed; four are dead, but a boy and girl, with the mother are likely to live.
August 12. Some time ago Lord Chesterfield being ill, sent for Cæsar Hawkins, Esq; his Majesty's serjeant surgeon, to bleed him; but upon stretching out his arm, Mr. Hawkins observing his Lordship to shake a little, desired him to be more composed and steady; "how is that possible," replied his Lordship with his usual wit, when I am under the lance of Cæsar?"
CHARLESTOWN, South-Carolina, September 29.
Tuesday last Capt. Pitts arrived here from Jamaica, who informs, that on the 4th instant, about 25 leagues to the westward of the Grand Caimano's, he met with a violent gale of wind or Hurricane, which lasted 14 hours, and he imagines has done much damage at sea: On the 12th instant, Captain Pitts spoke a schooner from the Havana for the Matanzas, who informed him, that on the 28th ult. a terrible Hurricane began at the Havana, and continued 'till the 30th, which had driven all the vessels in that harbour from their anchors.
On Saturday last about one hundred and sixty passengers arrived here from the North of Ireland, in order to settle in this province.
N E W - Y O R K, October 15.
Capt. Moore from South-Carolina, the 25th ult. in lat. 38, 10, long. 73. 41, spoke the Sloop Fancy, Capt. Banker, on a whaling voyage from Nantucket, who informs that on the 15th, about 35 leagues of Cape-Hatteras, he fell in with a single deck dismasted brig, with green quarters and black stern; and had
every thing taken out of the cabin, and said that he took out of her 30 barrels of flour marked W. H. branded Pennington, and he saw on board shaved staves, Indian coin, &c. He also informed Capt. Moore that the same day he saw the timbers of a large ship above water, and a brig bottom up, with her spars along side. And on the first inst. about 20 leagues E. S. E. off our Capes, Capt. Moore saw a brig which had lost her foremast but it coming on dark, he could not speak her.
B O S T O N, October 22.
We hear circular letters to the Governors upon this continent from the Right Hon. the Earl of Dartmouth, secretary of state for the American department, were dispatched by the last packet.
A Sloop of war lay ready for sailing for this place, the first of September, with dispatches.
Monday last arrived here his Majesty's Ship Tamar, from the Bahama Islands, and we hear sails directly for Halifax, the Rev'd Dr. Breynton goes passenger.
Jacob Haller and Samuel Cole were drowned crossing Hudson's river.
October 26. Yesterday Capt. Myrick came to town from Nantucket, where he arrived about ten days since from London, which place he left in company with Capt. Shand for Rhode-Island, who arrived there last Friday, and Captain Cazneau for this port, who is not yet got in.
The following article we find under the London head of the 2d September, viz----- "A commission of oyer and terminer this day passed the great seal, authorizing and empowering the governors of New-York and Connecticut, and others named therein, to try any person or persons that may be taken in consequence of the proclamation issued for apprehending any that were concerned in plundering & burning the Gaspee Schooner."
S A L E M, October 27.
His Excellency the Governor with the Advice of his Majesty's Council has been pleased to appoint Thursday the third of December next to be observed as a Day of Thanksgiving throughout this province.
Thursday the fifth of November is appointed at Connecticut, as a Day of General Thanksgiving.
The Snow Endicot, Captain Ebenezer Ward, of this Place, was lost with all her Cargo, in the late Hurricane in the West-Indies.
Mr. Robert Davis of Andover, as he was bringing a Load of Cyder to this Town, 3 or 4 Weeks ago, fell from the Tongue of his Cart, and came with his Head to the Ground in so dangerous a Position as that a Wheel of the Cart took off one of his Ears close to his Head. After he got up, finding his Ear hanging by a small Piece of skin, he twitch'd it off and threw it away.
Died---At Barbados, his Excellency Governor SPRY.
Portsmouth, October 30.
WOOD being very scarce in this Town, we are desired to give Notice, that Sloops loaded with that Article from the Eastward, may have a good Price and Cash paid for Wood.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, PISCATAQUA, October 29.
   Inward-Entries, FROM.     Sloop Sufanna, William Wyer, Philadelphia.   Schooner Friends Adventure, William Wilcott, Madeira.   Schooner Industry, Robert Parker, St. Kitts.   Schooner Harris, John Clark, St. Martins.   Brig Polly, Joseph Tappan, Ditto.   Brig Abigail, John Wheelwright, Barbados.   Outward-Bound FOR.   Ship Dartmouth, Tobias Lear, West-Indies.   Ship Avon, Peter Coues, Ditto.   Sloop Sufanna, William Wyer. Philadelphia.   Clear'd for Departure FOR.   Ship Houstoun, John Shannon, Virginia.   Ship Friendship, John Salter, West-Indies.   Ship Prince Frederick, Samuel Gerrish, Ditto.   Brig Occasio. Timothy Mountford, Ditto.  
Thursday next,
Four o'Clock Afternoon, Will be SOLD at PUBLIC VENDUE at a House near the Printing Office in the pay'd Street,
A large Collection of Books,
too many to insert in an Advertisement, Among which are the following, viz.
Peel's Synopsis Criticorum, St. Austin's Works, Tyrrel's History of England, Buxton on the New Testament, Barrow's Works, Moore's Works, Scot's Works, Calvin's Institutes, Rawleigh's History of the World, Rapin's History of England, School Books and Law Books by different Authors.
[Wolseborough]
THE Proprietors of Wolseborough are once more desired to pay their respective Taxes to the Subscriber, otherwise they may expect their Lands will be advertised for Sale, as the Law directs.
A. R. CUTTER, Collector. Portsmouth Oct. 29 1772.
The Proprietors of Relhan, are
Once more called upon, (particularly those in and about Portsmouth) to pay their Taxes, or the Rights will certainly be advertised for Sale.
ROBERT L. FOWLE, Collector.
Leather Breeches of all sorts.
Made as neat as cheap & as good as any in New-England by
James and Mathew Haslett, Leather-Dressers, & Breeches-Makers, in Kingstreet. Portsmouth.
Choice Vinegar for Pickles, by
the Barrel or less Quantity, to be sold by SAMUEL BOWLES, oppposite the Post Office.

This Evening,
Being the 30th Inst. (and next Tuesday Evening the 3d of November,) at the ACADEMY-ROOM in Pitt-Street, Portsmouth, will be performed the following Pieces, viz.
 1. A NEW PROLOGUE.  2. A SONG.  3. THE DEVIL and the DOCTOR, or, a hint to the College of Physicians; A DRAMATIC SATIRE.  4. An Interlude of SINGING & DANCING, call'd, NAVAL GLORY; or, the BRITISH TARS TRIUMPH.  5. A PANTOMIMICAL ENTERTAINMENT in Grotesque Characters, call'd WIN HER, and WEAR HER; or, HARLOQUIN SKELETON.  6. To Conclude with an EPILOGUE, address'd to EVERY BODY, not meant at ANY BODY, to be spoke by SOME BODY, in the Character of NO BODY. 
The Doors to be open'd at 5 o'Clock, to begin Punctually at 6.
Complaints having been made that the first Gallery was very In-commodious, Mr. MORGAN takes this opportunity of informing the Town, that he has alter'd it as much for the better as the House will allow, in order to do which he has been oblig'd to take away the upper Gallery intirely.
TICKETS at 3, & 2 Pistereens each, to be had at the Printing-Office, Mr. Morgan, and the other usual Places.
(Lancaster.)
Province of New Hampshire, Rockingham, ss.
WHEREAS Application has been made to me the Subscriber by Owners of more than one sixteenth Part of the Rights or Shares in the Township of Lancaster, in said Province, to notify and warn a Meeting of the Proprietors of said Lancaster to be held at the House of David Page Esq; in said Township, on Friday the fourth Day of December next, at ten of the Clock, in the Forenoon to act on the following Particulars. First, To chuse a Moderator, also Clerk, Collector and Assessors. Second, to see if the Proprietors will pass a Vote, for ratifying and confirming all, or any of the Votes past at a Proprietor's Meeting, held the tenth Day of March, 1767, or at their last Meeting by Adjournment, Dec 5, 1771; or to pass any other Vote or Votes which the Proprietors may judge necessary for making a full Settlement of the Affairs transacted at the abovenamed Meetings. Thirdly, to see if the Proprietors will pass a Vote to ratify the Agreement made with David Page Esq; respecting building a Sawmill and Gristmill in said Township, by him to be kept in good Repair, for four Years, at his own Cost and Risk: and to pass a Vote to raise four Dollars on each Proprietor's Right for paying said Page, according to said Agreement. Fourth to pass a Vote for raising any Sum of Money, which may be thought needful by the Proprietors for clearing Roads, and to chuse a Committee to inspect, and see the same effectually done. Fifth, to agree in what Manner to call Proprietor's Meetings for the Future; or any other Matter which may appear to the Proprietors to be necessary, and also to pass such Votes as may be necessary for accepting or establishing of any Roads in said Township, or respecting the Mills in said Township or accepting of any Plans; or for settling any Accounts relative to said Proprietors. I do hereby notify and Warn said Proprietors to meet at Time and Place abovenamed, to act on the abovenamed Articles. Hunking Wentworth, Just. Pac. Octo. 23d 1772.
NOTICE is hereby given to the following original delinquent Proprietors in Lancaster, that unless they pay the Taxes now due (which has already been advertised in the New Hampshire Gazette, according to Law) their Rights of Land in said Town will be sold at public Vendue at the House of David Page Esq; in Lancaster aforesaid, on Friday the Fourth Day of December next, at One o'Clock Afternoon. The Delinquents Names are as follows, viz.
  Benjamin Sawyer £. 4 18 0   Samuel Martin 4 18 0   David Page, Collector. Lancaster, Octob. 23 1772. 
Strayed or stolen from Caleb Robinson's Pasture in Exeter, about 14 Days ago, a small dark gray Horse, 13 and half Hands high, Trotts and Paces, has a Bunch on the left side of his Belly, the bigness of a Teacup. Whoever has or shall take up said Horse and bring him to William Ward, or Deacon Langdon, at Portsmouth, shall be well Rewarded.
The Copartnership
Of ISAAC WILLIAMS and WILLIAM STANWOOD, being Dissolved this Day, they desire as a Favour, of all Persons that have Accounts open with them, to settle, receive and pay their respective Balances as soon as possible, to said Williams or Stanwood. The Business carried on as usual by ISAAC WILLIAMS, who will make it his Endeavour to give the best Satisfaction that he is capable of, and hopes the Continuance of all his good Customers. Stock and Tools for Barbers sold at his Shop as usual. Portsmouth, Octob. 28. 1772.
A Silver Strainer and Spoon
was lately stolen out of the House of SAMUEL SHERBURNE of Portsmouth—Any Person discovering the Thief, so that the Owner may have them again, shall receive three Dollars Reward of said SHERBURNE. It is desired that the Goldsmiths would stop the aforesaid Articles if offer'd for Sale.
Province of New Hampshire.
[Moultonborough.]
WHEREAS the Proprietors of the Township called MOULTONBOROUGH, have been legally notified to pay sundry Sums of Money, voted and assessed on each Proprietor's Right or Lots of Land in said Township, to me the Subscriber; and several of the Proprietors being yet delinquent in the Whole or in Part. These are therefore to notify such Persons that so much of their Lands lying there will be sold by public Vendue at the House of Lieut. Jonathan Leavitt, Innholder in Hampton, in the County of Rockingham, and Province aforesaid, on the Third Monday in November next, at one o'clock, P. M. as will pay said Taxes and Arrearages of former Taxes with incidental Charges. The delinquent Proprietor's Names with the respective Sums due are as follows, viz
N. B. The first Sum is Arrearages of former Taxes. The 2d. is a tax voted in March 1772, on the first Division. The 3d, on the 2d. Division. The 4th on the 3d Division.
   £. 1. £. 1. d. £. 1. d. £. 1.     Thomas Rand 9 1 2 6 1 2 6 2 15   Worth Moulton 9 1 2 6 1 2 6 2 15   Benjamin Mason 9 1 2 6 1 2 6 2 15   Joseph Garland 9 1 2 6 1 2 6 2 15   Simson Nudd 5 1 2 6 1 2 6 2 15   Jonathan Garland 1 2 6 1 2 6 2 15   Jonathan Shaw 1 2 6 1 2 6 2 15   Jeremiah Tewle 1 2 6 1 2 6 2 15   Philip Towle 1 2 6 1 2 6 2 15   Chris. Teppan Esq; 2 10 1 2 6 1 2 6 2 15   Joshua Towle 1 2 6 1 2 6 2 15   John Tayler 2 10 1 2 6 1 2 6 2 15   Samuel Towle 1 2 6 1 2 6 2 15   George Place 1 2 6 1 2 6 2 15   Ebenezer Blake 1 2 6 1 2 6 2 15  
JONATHAN MOULTON Pro. Col. Hampton Octo. 19 1772.
ALL Persons Indebted to the Estate of the Honorable THOMAS WALLINGSFORD, Esq; deceased, are desired to make immediate payment to the Administratrix; also, those Persons who have any Accounts yet open are desired to bring in the same for settlement.
ELIZABETH WALLINGSFORD. Also, two convenient HOUSES in Portsmouth, to be let on reasonable Terms. Enquire of the said Administratrix. Somersworth, Octo. 24, 1772.
I propose to attend the 2d and 3d Days of November next at my own House in Nottingham, to receive EXCISE; and at Pembroke at Samuel Conners, Thursday following, and at Chester, John Webster's Esq; next Day, 2 o'clock P. M. and next being Saturday at Col. Holland's, and Monday after at Peter Abbot's, Kingston, and Tuesday 10th same Month at Portsmouth, at James Steedly's Esq; and desire the Taverners and Retailers, would meet me accordingly with their Accounts properly made out. BENJ FULTER, Excise Master.
To be sold by John Marsh,
A Few Casks of Sterling
Red Port Wine,
And fine old LONDON PORTER, in Bottles, very cheap for Cash.
A good COW and Calf is immediately wanted, for which the Cash will be given. Enquire of the Printers.
Blanks of sundry sorts sold at the Printing Office.
To the PRINTERS.
SIR, AT a period of time, when learning seems to flourish in this new world, and men of genius are distinguished and rewarded by a generous people, I cannot but express my concern, that the study of the fine arts, especially those of polite literature are so much neglected, and considered only as an amusement in comparison with the more solid branches of learning.
It is very certain indeed, that the knowledge of languages, metaphysics, mathematics and philosophy, cannot sufficiently engage the attention of the greatest genius (and we shall always revere the memory of a Bacon, a Newton, and a Locke) but when they are carried to a certain point, by being employed upon questions which human nature never with certainty can determine, and of course can answer no use in the common affairs of life, they can be of no other service than to enlarge our ideas, and entertain us in our leisure hours, when we unbend our minds from the fatigues of business; for, of what greater service is it to the public, the geometrical labours for the quadrature of the circle, the metaphysical controversies about the existence of matter, and the essence of spirit, than the contentions of antiquaries concerning medals, or the disputes of commentators, about the various readings of their ancient manuscripts.
In order therefore to illustrate this subject, let us consider the advantages arising from this study, the effects it produces on our manners, and how very highly they add dignity to our sentiments and purify our passions.
It is a truth too obvious to be doubted, that we are extremely liable to be drawn away by mean and sordid vices, attached to the low enjoyments of sense, and thus almost degraded to a level with the brute creation, but the Divine Being, ever watchful over the welfare of mankind, to prepare us for happiness hereafter, hath implanted in our minds a taste for more sublime and intellectual pleasures; and this is only found in the elegant entertainments of polite literature: For, they ennoble the soul, purify the passions, and give our thoughts a better turn, and by that means set us above our meaner pursuits, scorning those low enjoyments heretofore considered as our greatest happiness.
And, I dare advance it as a fact, that no person of good sense can rise from perusing a fine poem, or viewing any masterly performance of genius, or hear an harmonious concert of music, or even the organ well played, without the most lively sensation of pleasure, an openness of heart, and sensible of the dignity of nature, and despising whatever tends to degrade it.
If we look into the history of ancient times we find that the Grecians, at their highest era of learning, were universally encouragers of science, and all were judges of literature, and thus by their refinement of manners and correctness of taste, were universally deemed famous throughout the world, and worthy of its imitation. Then was the time that Greece produced those conquerors that astonished Europe and Asia with their victories, and then was the time when Athens, Sparta and Thebes gave laws to the world; and, what nation indeed is there, who could fail of rising to the highest pitch of glory, when animated with the thundering eloquence of Pericles and Demosthenes, fired with martial ardor by Homer, and cherished with the noble sentiments of Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides.
I have not time to pursue this subject further at present, but will at some future opportunity transmit you a few more thoughts on the same, for the amusement of the Public, if you should deem them worthy of publication. I am yours, &c. B
This is to give Notice that the FARE will be held the 10th day of Nov. next at the House of Mr. Abraham Libbee, Innholder in Rye, the second Tuesday & Wednesday in the Month, Rye Octo. 29. 1772.

(Saville.)
Province of New Hampshire.
Application being made to me
the subscriber, by more than one sixteenth part of the Proprietors of SAVILLE, to call a Meeting—I do hereby Notify the said Proprietors to meet at the House of Capt. Zachariah Foss, Innholder in Portsmouth, on Friday the 13th day of November next, at 3 o'Clock P. M. then and there to act upon the following Matters. First, To chuse a Moderator. 2dly, To appoint a standing Committee to determine where all necessary Roads shall be laid out for the Accommodation of the Settlers. 3dly, To appoint another Committee to sue or defend any Trespasse or Incroachments made or to be made on his Majesty's Grant of said Township. 4thly, To appoint a Person to run out the North Line of the Township, with the proprietors of the Township of Protectworth, and to mark out a Road for a Communication with said Township, and to cut out the same of such a width as the proprietors shall think proper, by which the North Division will soon be settled, and such a Road soon become very publick. 5th, To receive the Reports of the Committee for settlement of all Demands upon the Propriety and Treasurers Account. 6th, To appoint a Committee to know the Reason, why the Town Roads are not compleated agreeable to their Contract with Capt. Oliver Corey, and to cause any Obstructions to be removed immediately, as good Roads will forever be a Credit to the Township. 7th, To see what Encouragement the Proprietors will give for the building of a Grist Mill and Saw Mill, as they are very much wanted, and the settlement greatly retarded. 8th, To see whether the Proprietors will hire Preaching for the settlers (of which there is a large Number) the next Summer, or a Schoolmaster which will greatly increase the Settlers, and be beneficial to a Number of poor Children, who are destitute of Schooling. 9th, To chuse a Committee to examine into any Petitions that may be sent in to the Propriety and report thereon for the Consideration of the proprietors. 10th, To raise such a sum of Money by Taxes as the Proprietors shall think may be wanted, for Roads, Mills, & Contingencies. 11th, To chuse Assessors and Collectors of said Taxes, and any other necessary Officers, and to do and act upon all such Matters as may promote the Benefit of the Township.
JOHN WENDELL, Prop's Clerk. Portsmouth, October 13, 1772.
[ UNITY. ]
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the Proprietors of the Township of UNITY, in the County of Cheshire, that unless they pay the Taxes which has been assessed on each original Right or Share of Land in said Township, by the Fifth Day of November, next, to Benjamin Hunton of Kingstown, in New Hampshire, Collector of said Taxes, they may depend upon it their Lands will be advertized for Sale at public Vendue according to Law.
BENJAMIN HUNTON, Collector Kingston, September 30th, 1772.
Province of New Hampshire, Hillsborough ss. Oct. 14
WHEREAS his Majesty's Goal at Amherst, in the said County was broke this Day, and the following Prisoners made their Escape thereout, viz. JOSEPH KELLY,
late of Nottingham - West, in the same County, Gentleman; and one JOHN THOM, late of Peterborough Slip. Whoever will apprehend the said Escaped Prisoners, and deliver them up to me the Subscriber, Sheriff of the County aforesaid, at Amherst Goal aforesaid, shall receive for Kelly a Reward of 100 Dollars, and 10 for Thom.
Said KELLY is a dark complexioned Man, is pitted with the small pox, is about 5 Feet 9 Inches high, knock kneed and had on when he went away, brown Manchester Velvet Cloaths very much faded. Thom is a tall Fellow, black Hair'd, and has a remarkable Scar on one of his Thighs. The said Kelly was lately advertised in the public Prints, for an Escape from a Sheriff's Officer.
BENJAMIN WHITING, Sheriff.
RAN away from his Master Josiah Barker of Exeter, an Apprentice Boy, named Henry Barter, he is about five Feet five or six Inches high, 20 Years of Age, thickset, of a hale Countenance; he had on when he went away a brown fustian Coat, Jacket and Breeches, a felt Hat, &c. &c. Whoever takes up said Servant, and conveys him to his said Master shall have no Reward, nor Charges paid by
JOSIAH BARKER.
TO be sold by RUTH KELLY, a FARM in Nottingham West, sixty Acres of Land and a Wood Lot, good double House, Orchard, a good forty Foot Barn, and may be cut near full of Hay; plenty of good plow Land also. One third of the Rent of the said Place belongs to a Widow Woman, during her Life; she is old and very infirm, and cannot be expected to remain long, otherwise the Place will be delivered up to the Purchaser, and a good Title given. It will be sold for about 1350. Lawful Money, on Account that my Brother Joseph Kelly is confined in Goal, and has no other Way to be relieved; the Money need not to be paid down, if good Security be given. Any person who wants a Place may enter immediately, and will not complain of the Price after seeing the Premises and Situation. The said Ruth lives on said Premises, near the Meeting House. It will be sold a great Bargain, which it is at that Price, and very soon; suitable for a Trader, and a pleasant Situation. Octo. 14, 1772.
[ Leavitt's Town. ]
THE Proprietors of Leavitt's Town, (so called) are hereby notified to meet at the House of John Leavitt Esq; Innholder in North Hampton, on Monday the 16th Day of November next, at 10 o'clock, P. M. for the following Purposes. 1st. To chuse a Moderator. 2, To chuse Assessors and a Collector. 3, To see if the Proprietors will preambulate the Range Lines in the second Division in said Leavitt's Town; and in Case the Lines are not to be found, to run them out and new lay the Lots, according to the first Survey of said Ranges. 4, To open and repair what Roads are wanted in said Township. 5, To see what the Proprietors will give toward hiring a Minister to preach in said Leavitt's Town the Year ensuing. 6, To see what the Proprietors will give towards building a Meeting House in said Township, and also provide a suitable Piece of Ground to erect it upon. 7, To see if the Proprietors will chuse a new Committee to prosecute and settle with those Persons who have not fulfilled the settlements they have agreed to make in said Town. 8, To raise by Tax what Money is wanted for the Purposes aforesaid. 9, To chuse a Committee or Committees to represent and act for the Proprietors, in any of the Particulars above mentioned; by Order of the Committee.
September 9, 1772. { John Leavitt, Thomas Parsons.
( Marlow. )
WHEREAS the Proprietors of the Township of MARLOW have been legally Notified, to pay their Assessments on each Proprietor's Right of LAND in said Township, to me the subscriber; and the said Proprietors being yet Delinquent, this is therefore to Notify such delinquent Proprietors that their Lands will be exposed to sale at Public Vendue, at the Dwelling House of Elisha Royce of said Marlow, Innholder, on the 1st Monday in January next, at 10 of the Clock in the Forenoon, to make the Payment of said Taxes and the incidental Charges arising thereon, unless its prevented by Payment of the same. Delinquent names are as follows.
   £. s. d. £. s. d.     Ezra Selden 0 8 0 Nathan'l Jones 2 7 0   Benjamin Hide 2 7 0 Gideon Waterhouse   Samuel Mather 0 12 0 1 3 6   Ephraim Breckway Stephen Nat 2 7 0   1 17 0 Hopeful Crittenton   Evey Rolen 2 7 0 2 7 0   Jonathan A'ger 1 12 5 Jared Spencer 2 7 0   E'jah Hudson 2 7 0 Rich Wibert Esq; 4 15 0   Joseph Clark 0 13 0 Joseph Newmarch   William Lay 0 7 0 2 7 0   Jiles Lees 1 3 0 Capt. Geo. King 2 7 0   John Bull 0 12 0 John Bettingham 2 7 0   Samuel Holden Parsons Ebenezer White 2 7 0   0 12 0 Joseph White 2 7 0   John Nelson 2 7 0 William Ayers 2 7 0   Stephen Wilcock 2 7 0   Stephen Clark 2 7 0  
EBER LEWIS, Collector.
The Subscribers being appointed
Commissioners by the Hon'ble John Wentworth, Esq; Judge of Probate for the County of Rockingham, to examine the Claims against the Estate of Joshua Beck, late of Portsmouth, deceased, Intestate, and Insolvent, give Notice that they will attend that Business on the last Monday of this and the five following Months at the House of Jacob Tilton's Innholder in Portsmouth, from 7 o'Clock till 9, P. M. Portsmouth, Octob. 20
JOSHUA BRACKET } Commissioners. SAMUEL HALE, junr.
WANTED on hire by the Month, two House Carpenters, and a Blacksmith, young Men— Any such that incline to engage for 6 or 12 Months, in service to be done at the Island of Granadilla next Year, will meet with good Encouragement by applying to JOSHUA WENTWORTH. Portsmouth, Octo. 22.
(Orford.)
WHEREAS the Proprietors of ORFORD, in the County of Grafton, and Province aforesaid, have been legally notified to pay sundry Sums of Money, voted and assessed, on each Proprietor's Right or Lots of Land in said Township, to me the Subscriber; and several of the Proprietors being yet delinquent in whole or in part. This is therefore to notify such Persons that so much of their Lands lying there, will be sold by public Vendue, at the House of Lieut. Jonathan Leavitt, Innholder in Hampton, in the County of Rockingham, and Province aforesaid, on the second Monday in November next, at one of the clock, P. M. as will pay said Taxes and Arrearages of former Taxes with incidental Charges.
The delinquent Proprietor's Names, with the respective Sums due are as follows, viz.
   Arrearages of former Taxes. Tax voted to be rais'd in March, 1772.   River Lot. Common Land.     Joshua Towle 2 10 12   Ephraim Marston 2 10 12   Edward Moulton 2 10 12   Thornton Walton 2 10 12   Jeremiah Marston 5 2 12   Meseach Weare, Esq; 2 10 12   Mark H. Wentworth Esq; 7 8 12   Theo. Atkinson, Esq; 7 8 12   Theo. Atkinson jun. Esq; 7 8 12   Philip Towle 12   Josiah Dearborn 12   Jonathan Philbrick 12   Jeremiah Dow 12   William Wallace 12   Cotton Ward 12   William Lane 12   Worth Moulton 12   William Marston 12   Benjamin S. Randal 12   Nathaniel Showers 12   Edmund Mason 12   Thomas Nudd 12   Jonathan Towle 12   John Weeks 12   Jacob Brown 12   Joshua Lane 12   William Smith 12   Jos. Moulton 3d. 12   Jonathan Sanborn 12   Abraham P. Towle 12   John Moulton Junr. 12   Benjamin Batchelder 12   Joseph Philbrick 12   Jonathan Leavitt 12   Nicholas White 12  
JONATHAN MOULTON Pro. Col. Hampton Octo. 19 1772.
To be Sold by JOSEPH BASS
At his Shop next Door to the Printing Office. The following GOODS at the very lowest Rate for Cash only.
BED Blankets, Coverlids, Quilts, Rugs, Bed Ticks, Mattrasses, green, blue Chaney and print Curtains; Mehogoney, and black Walnut Looking and Dressing Glasses; a small Quantity of good new Feathers, if applied for immediately, with a variety of other Articles, &c. &c.
TO BE SOLD BY
George Turner,
A few Hogheads of Choice West India RUM.
Portsmouth, Octo. 22:
A few Tickets in the Harvard College Lottery, (5000 Dollars the highest Prize) to be Sold by Joshua Wentworth, at 6 Dollars each. The Scheme was published in this Paper a few Weeks ago.