The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1770-03-02 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the FRESHEST ADVICES
Friday March 2, 1770.
Vol. XIV GAZETTE, CHRONICLE,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
Numb. 698 | Weeks since this Paper was publish'd.
Messrs. FOWLES, Please to insert the following, on EDUCATION. T HE great Difference among the Inhabitants of the different Nations in the World, in Courage, Policy, Trade, Industry, Ingenuity, Humanity, Knowledge, and the various Gifts and Qualifications which enoble and adorn human Nature, and make a Nation formidable and happy, are principally owing to the Education of the Youth, and good Government; and the latter always depends on the former. Therefore the Instruction of the rising Generation, demands the most serious Attention of every wise Man, and more especially those who are clothed with Authority, and have a Share in Government; for this is the Foundation of all the Power, Felicity and Glory of a flourishing Kingdom. Youth is the Spring of Life, when the Seeds of every Virtue, and Qualification which adorns the human Mind, should be sown: This lays the Foundation for great and worthy Actions; it inspires the Mind with a noble Ambition to excel other Countries and Nations in all that is laudable; opens the Mind to behold and admire the Amiableness of Virtue in all its Charms, and to abhor Vice in every Form. It is the Basis of LIBERTY, and paves the Way to all that is good and great. And as every Community reaps the Advantage, or Disadvantage, of the good or bad Education of the Youth, they should provide for their Instruction; for many have Children who have not Ability to give them a proper Education; and those who have Ability, are often solicitous to feed and adorn the Body, while they leave the Mind, the infinitely better Part, to perish with Hunger and Nakedness! And to the Shame of all Nations under Heaven, be it spoken, The Education of the fair Sex is generally neglected by the Public; if their Parents are not able to instruct them, (as is often the Case, for the Poor generally have the most Children,) they, however adorned by Nature, and amiable in their Minds must grope through low Life in the Darkness of Ignorance, when Nature has fitted them for elevated Stations and eminent Service! A wise, benevolent Mind, cannot forbear weeping at the Thought, and lamenting the Folly of Men!
Perhaps no People in the World have equalled those of New-England, and other Parts of America, in their Care to instruct the Youth; in this they have discovered their great Wisdom; this has contributed greatly to their Opulence and Glory; but even the generous, Eagle-Eyed Americans, have failed in this very important Concern, they have not maintained a sufficient Number of Free-Schools to instruct all the Youth of both Sexes, and given sufficient Encouragement to Persons of Genius, to undertake the arduous Employment of Preceptors. The Cause for this great Neglect, is, the Poverty of the People; which is in Truth, the strongest Argument for maintaining Free-Schools, and giving generous Encouragement to virtuous, ingenious Men, to employ their Time in the Tuition of Youth, and forming their Minds to Virtue; for this is the only Way for a People to grow rich; good Education qualifies Persons for all Employments in Life, which are the Channels for Wealth and all the Delights of Life, to flow in upon a People; and this will forever remain an established Maxim, "That as Learning flourishes, or declines, among any People, so in Proportion will Religion, Wealth, Power and Liberty."
May America, ever be wise to discern, and pursue, the Things that belong to her Prosperity, and every one contribute all in his Power to this glorious Design! Portsmouth, 28th Feb. 1770. FORESIGHT.
As Mr. M'Dougal is the first who has been imprisoned since the present Troubles, we cannot omit the following: N E W - Y O R K, February 12, 1770. To the FREEHOLDERS, FREEMEN, and INHABITANTS of the Colony of NEW-YORK; and to all the Friends of LIBERTY in NORTH-AMERICA.
F IVE Years are now elapsed since the American Press has been boldly employed in asserting the Right of this Country, from an Exemption from British Taxation: Nor can a single Instance be assigned in any of the Colonies, of an Attempt to restrain it, or imprison any of the numerous Writers in this glorious Cause, 'till Mr. Colden and his Council, thought fit to take up Mr. Parker, the Printer of the New-York Gazette, and to commit me to the common Goal; from whence I beg Leave, by the Advice of many of the Friends of Liberty, to address you.
That the impartial Public, to whom I most cheerfully appeal, may be informed of this first Step against me, by those in Power: And tho' a Person of my humble Station, and so unequal to a Combat with Men in Authority, must necessarily foresee numerous Difficulties, and perhaps suffer private Ruin in the End; yet as I trust in God, that he will preserve this Country from Slavery, and as I was early in Sentiment opposed to the detestable Stamp-Act (and as far as I know my own Heart upon true Principles of Patriotism) I am willing to RISK ALL, and shall think the Destruction of my Family, and the Loss even of my Life, trifling Sacrifices, if I can be in the least DEGREE serviceable to the common Cause of these distressed Branches of the Empire.
Every Body knows that the first Statute to amend the Mutiny Act, which passed in 1765, authorized the Governor and Council to appoint a Barrack Master, who was to furnish the Army with certain Necessaries; and enacted that the Province should reimburse his Expenses, and for that Purpose Money should be raised in such Manner as the public Charges for the Province respectively are raised.
This Act alarming the whole Continent, as it evidently was designed to support a Standing Army while we were contending against the Stamp-Act; nor could any Man rationally draw a Line of Distinction between a Law imposing a direct Tax, and one obliged us to impose it upon ourselves.
Embarrassed as we were in the Beginning, by a thousand Difficulties, it was then thought best in this Province, to contribute to the Army, and the whole Account of our Gifts for this Purpose, since the Year 1765, now exceeds the Sum of Fourteen Thousand Pounds; tho' to the Honor of our former Assemblies, it must be remembered, that they have remonstrated against the Contribu-
tions, and made such reluctant Compliances, as discovered an Attachment to the American Principle; and that they shunned as much as possible, a formal Recognition of the Mutiny Act.
But whatever Reasons there were for these Aids formerly, surely they were inapplicable to the State of the Colony at the Time Mr. Colden convened his Assembly on the 21st of November last, when the former Gifts were made; we know not that there was a single Colony on the Continent, that would have conspired with us in a Refusal. Now we know that Boston and Carolina had ventured to disobey the Mutiny Act; rightly arguing, that a Conformity was NOT ONLY a Confession of Authority in the Parliament to tax this Country, but a tacit Approbation of the Revenue Acts, so distressing to our Trade, and unfriendly to Liberty; for as those Acts imposed Duties upon the Pretence of protecting, defending and supporting the Colonies, all Aids for the Troops could be considered in no other Light, than that of Supply for the Deficiency of those Funds.
At the worst we had nothing more to fear than our Neighbours, and had every Thing to hope from the Embarrassments of Administration, on Account of the domestic Troubles in England, and the universal Agreement of our own Merchants, to break off the commercial Intercourse, 'till America was relieved. We might then also conclude from the Circular Letter of the Secretary of State, promising a Repeal of the Duties upon Paper, Paint and Glass; that the Ministry were giving Way to our Complaints, and it became us to follow them up, and the rather because the promised Relief was a Trifle; and the unforeseen Demands from Russia, so much inervated the Non-Importation Agreement, that its Continuance must be longer than we expect, when that Bolt was launched.
We had besides been Spectators of unusual Severity to our Boston Neighbours, and felt a loud Call to Animation, by the Miseries of a People, suffering for the common Cause: And how could we avoid joining our Friends in Parliament, in testifying an Abhorrence of the ministerial Despotism, in ordering Troops to awe that Colony into Compliances unfriendly to Liberty, and destructive of their Charter Privileges?
Every Motive therefore of Gratitude and Interest conspired to induce us to stand firm, and maintain an unbroken Bond of Union with the other Provinces, that a deep Impression might be made upon the Parliament now sitting, and to refuse any further Aid to the Army, as the only Arrow left in our Quiver, until the Revenue and Mutiny Acts were repealed.
The Poverty of the Colony--a Poverty occasioned by the Restrictions upon our Trade, (even supposing the Point of Taxation out of the Question) was an invincible Argument also for refusing unnecessary Aids. It was known that the Province Treasury was exhausted, that all our Funds will by the 1st of January, 1771, fall near 4000l. short of our Disbursements before September next; that a general Tax must soon take Place, to the Ruin of the Poor; that several Counties are besides in Arrear for former Taxes; and that the City of New-York alone, must now raise above 8000l. for Deficiencies, besides 3000 l. for the Poor Tax, and 1600 l. more for the Lamps and Night Watch.
Add to all this, that proportionate to our Prospect of being relieved with Respect to the Revenue-Acts, and our Trade, should have been our Zeal for a Redemption from the Mutiny Act; for besides its Repugnancy to the grand Principle, we have been contending for, we are not able to bear that Burthen for supporting the American Army any longer: And would not the Enemies of our Liberty, afterwards have urged our Compliance now, as a Reason for its Continuance; and retorted with some Force, that this was the Juncture, for holding up all our Grievances to Parliament.
These were some of the Reasons that inspired a general Expectation, that our Assembly would have followed the Example of the Massachusetts-Bay and South-Carolina, and to many worthy Members were of the same Sentiments that the Vote for another absolute Gift was carried only by one Voice.
It was nevertheless known in the City of New-York, that some People were for granting the Arrears, which would have been a Compliance with the Mutiny Act; and as I understood, it had been agreed in the Spring Session, to withhold any further Donations of this Kind, and to give the 1800 l. at that Time, merely, to shew that the Statute for suspending our Colony Legislation, which was then become obsolete, had not excited the former Aids upon Supposition of its Validity as a Law. I attended the House almost daily from the 2nd of November to the 15th of December, to learn upon what Principles any Motion for this Purpose could be supported.
That was the Day this important Matter was to come on; but from its peculiar Delicacy, Mr. Cruger, the Speaker, did not take the Chair for several Hours after the Members came in, and the Doors could not be opened till he did. I was told by a Member, that the Debates ran high, and that great Pains were taken to come, if possible, to a Conclusion without a public Division of the House. A verbal Message at the same Time was sent to the Governor, for Information, as to his Willingness to pass a Bill for an Emulsion of Paper Money, in Case the House would consent to one for the Troops; and when the Members returned from the Fort, the Doors were thrown open, and Capt. De Lance soon after broke the Ice, upon this grand and momentous Concern, in the Manner appearing in the Votes of that Day.
In two Days after appeared in Public the Paper for which I am now imprisoned: The Assembly inserted it in their Journals, declared it a Libel, and voted 100 l. for a Discovery of the Author. Mr. Colden and his Council also proclaimed the Reward. Whether it is a Libel or not, or how far I am answerable for it, if it is, are important Points, with a Jury of my Neighbours (who, according to our glorious Constitution, are to be my Triers) will in due Time consider: And supposing it to amount to w. at the Crown Lawyers call a Libel, another grand Question will arise, whether considering its Import & Tendency, its Consequences, the Aim of the Author, his Principles, the virtuous Jealousy of the Times, the Parliamentary Claims, and their actual Session at this Juncture, how far it consists with the common Weal of the Colonies, to search for and
attack the Author, whoever he is? This Question I shall leave to be settled by all the Friends of America: And I trust there are many Thousands who will speak out, regardless of the Frowns of our Enemies on both Sides of the Water.
Whether this Paper influenced any Member of the Assembly, I do not presume to determine. The Fact is, that the Vote for 2000 l. to the Troops soon afterwards passed into a Law, providing for Necessaries to accrue after the 1st of January last, and that the Deficiency demanded by Mr. Colden, as Arrears (amounting to upwards of 1000!) were left unpaid; for which alone, had there been a Provision, the Compliance with the Mutiny Act would have been formal and complete. But concerning the Origin and Progress of this Bill, I shall have Occasion hereafter to publish some Anecdotes of a very singular Nature, and will at present relieve the Patience of the Public, after a short Account of the Manner in which I became deprived of my Liberty.
It is supposed on good Grounds, that one CUMMINS, a young Stripling from Cork, then a Journey-Man to James Parker, one of the Printers of this City, but afterwards discharged for bad Behaviour, allured by the proffered Reward, lodged a Complainant against him as the Printer of the above-mentioned Paper. For on Wednesday the 7th Instant, the Sheriff took him into Custody on a Warrant issued by his Honour the Chief Justice, in which, as I am informed, he was charged as the Printer of that Paper, and made amenable before the Lieut. Governor and Council, to be examined concerning the Premises. This Proceeds was in all Things strictly executed. While he was detained, in a Course of Examination in the Fort, before the Lieut. Governor and the Council, the Sheriff returned to Mr. Parker's House, and took all his Apprentices into Custody, and immediately conducted them to the Fort. Upon their Entrance, their Master, who had not the least Opportunity of seeing them after he was arrested, was ordered into another Apartment, under the Custody of the Sheriff, and by that Means was absent at their Examination. The eldest, as he declares, was first examined, and the Paper in Question, being produced to him, he was asked whether he had seen it before? To which he answered, that he had frequently seen it, as many others had, for that printed Copies of it had been dispersed about the City: He further alledges, that tho' repeatedly pressed to declare whether it was printed at his Master's Office, he refused to make any such Declaration; but that at Length being threatened with a Commitment, he confessed that it was printed by Mr. Parker, and at the same Time assured the Lieut. Governor and Council, that he was ignorant of the Author. The younger Apprentices, after his Example, charged the printing of the Paper on their Master; after which they were all dismissed.
Further Proof being thus procured against Mr. Parker, he was again brought before the Lieut. Governor and the Council, and re-examined on the Subject; and tho' he repeatedly refused to discover the Author, yet being at length wrought upon by Threats that Application would be made to his Superiors, to procure his Dismission from his Employment in the Post-Office, and that he must either give Bail or be committed, unless he would discover the Author; and not having had it in his Power to consult with the Publisher about an Indemnification from him, he resolved to make the Discovery, provided he could procure the Engagement of the Government, that he should not be prosecuted. This Engagement his Honour and the Council, after some Consideration, tho' proper to make. Upon which he submitted to an Examination on Oath, and then was discharged on his single Recognizance, to appear and give Evidence against the Person, whom he charged as the Publisher of the Paper. Early the next Morning the Sheriff came to my House and took me into Custody, on a Bench Warrant issued by his Honour the Chief Justice, wherein I was charged with causing the Paper to be printed, which in the Warrant is said to be a false, seditious and infamous Libel; and the Sheriff, according to the Command of the Precept, conducted me to the Chief Justice's Chamber, to be examined concerning the Premises, and to be dealt with according to Law. Tho' no Questions were put to me upon my being presented to the Chief Justice, yet immediately on my Entrance into his Chamber, his Honour said to me, "So you have brought yourself into a pretty Scrape."
To which I replied, "May it please your Honor, that must be judged of by my Peers." He then told me, that there was "full Proof, that I was the Author or Publisher of the abovenamed Libel." I replied again, "this must also be tried by my peers."
His Honor thereupon informed me, that I must either give Bail or go to Goal. I answered, "Sir, I will give no Bail." He was then pleased to order the Sheriff to take me to Goal, and made out a Mittimus, charging me as the Author and Publisher of a certain false, scandalous, seditious, and infamous Paper, addressed, directed to the betrayed Inhabitants of the City and Colony of New-York, and subscribed a Son of Liberty; and commanding the Sheriff therewith to receive me, and safely keep me in Goal, until I shall thence be delivered by due Course of Law.
The Purport of the Paper for which I am imprisoned is as follows. That while this unfortunate Country has for several Years past been striving under many Disadvantages to preserve its Freedom; and the Merchants of this City, and the Capital Towns on the Continent, have cheerfully sacrificed their private Interest to the public Good, rather than promote the Designs of the Enemies of our happy Constitution, it was not to be expected that we should contribute to the Support of the Troops, thereby facilitating the Designs of the Ministry, and acknowledging our Approbation of the Revenue Acts. That such a Conduct would implicitly censure the Patriotic Denial of the Bostonians and Carolinians, and invigorate the drooping Spirits of the Promoters of that unpopular Mode of Taxation; That highly contradictory would be our Conduct in lately voting public Thanks to the Merchants, for entering into the Non-Importation Agreement, 'till the Repeal of the Revenue Acts, and now contradicting it by countenancing British Acts, and complying with ministerial Requisitions, utterly incompatible with Freedom. That what could render such a Benevolence the more inglorious, was, that the Money required, was to be applied

The affair of Snider Death &c
to the Support of Troops ever dangerous to a free State; and thence the perpetual TERROR of all who prize our EXCELLENT Constitution. Nor that Instances were wanting of the illegal interposition of the Military, to screen the Enemies of the Public, in their open Attempts to battle the only practicable Expedient to secure our Liberty. That certainly dangerous were all Precedents of making Grants to the Crown; and no Time so opportune to refuse such Requisitions as the present. That every Overture for procuring the requested Aids, by promising the Emission of a Paper Currency, must be insidious and hollow; it being against all Probability to expect the Royal Assent to any Acts of that Import, as directly repugnant to his Majesty's Instructions. That EXTRAORDINARY indeed, and boding no Good to the common Weal, was the late sudden Coalition between Politicians, who had so long been at mortal Odds, and even unfavourable to, and destructive of the Freedom and Independency of the House, had been all private Cabals between the Assembly and the other Branches of the Legislature; and upon the whole, advising a Convention of the People, to take their Sense on the important Point, and to wait on their Members, insisting on their Opposition to the Bill, and in Case of their Refusal, to appoint a Committee to draw up a State of the whole Matter, and send it to the Speakers of the several Houses of Assembly on the Continent, and to the Friends of our Cause in England, and to publish it in the News Papers, that the whole World might know our Sentiments on the Matter, in the only Way our Circumstances would admit.
This is the Substance of the Publication, which occasioned the late keen Resentment against the supposed Author, and the Reason why it so acutely stings, no Man can be at a Loss to determine. And now, my Fellow Citizens, and Fellow Americans, when the infamous Star Chamber Doctrine of Libels, has so long been exploded in the Mother Country, I rejoice to think that I may in the least contribute to prevent its Appearance in these happy Regions! Once indeed! it attempted in this Land of Light and Liberty, to rear its baneful Standard, and round it flocked the Adherents of the very Party who now endeavour to re-introduce it. But Liberty herself, in the Form of ZENGER, instantly prostrated the infernal Engine, and gained an illustrious Triumph. Again, do they presume to introduce that Absurdity of Absurdities; that every Quintessence and Consummation of all Non-sense, that it is a Crime to speak or write the Truth! It is more than their Fellow Labourers in Despotism, in the Mother Country dare to do: Amidst all the Engines, these employed to render public Villainy triumphant over Virtue and Law; no Minister has been so presumptuous, no State Artificer so audacious, as to violate this Palladium of British Freedom.
Whatever public Robberies the Nation may groan under; whatever Venality and Corruption a ministerial Jobber may diffuse thro' the Land; whatever Insults may be offered to the Freedom of Elections, the most insolent Tool of arbitrary Power has not yet dared to dispose them of this distinguishing, this priceless Peculiar of the British Constitution: For tho' in arbitrary Times Juries have been led to take the Directions of corrupt Judges, to find special Verdicts in the Case of Libels; yet no minister, with the most venal Commons at his Heels, had ever the Assurance to move for a Statute obliging a Jury to pay Obedience to such Directions: and this in all State Prosecutions is the Bulwark of English Liberty against the Despotism of Court Favourites. What in Britain no Man dare to attempt, let none expect to see accomplish'd in America; for tho' there be among us of Sycophants many, and of Miscreants accustom'd by slavish Principles, and destitute of any Principles at all, not a few; still of Men or Spirit also, of avowed, determined, inflexible Friends of Liberty, there is a numerous Multitude. I therefore rejoice, that on me the Trial is to be made, I rejoice I am the first Sufferer for Liberty since the Commencement of our glorious Struggles; and if my Sufferings shall in the least conduce to promote the Cause, I shall esteem my Confinement a singular Felicity, and my very Bonds (however I abhor even the momentary Loss of personal Liberty) Glory and Triumph.-----The Arm of Power could not perhaps, have fallen on a Subject more fearless of its Menaces, or more resigned under its most rigorous Exertion. Let it be tried, let it be fairly tried, whether of public Affairs faithfully administered, and of the Majesty of the People vilely debased, a British Subject may not openly---complain. Let it be tried, let it be fairly tried, whether Freedom of Writing are not the natural Effect of the Freedom of our excellent Constitution, and whether on suppressing that Freedom, the Constitution can possibly survive. I should therefore be sorry that any of my Friends should give themselves the least Pain or Anxiety on Account of my Imprisonment; for myself I feel none, the Cause for which I suffer is capable of converting Chains into Laurels, and transforming a Goal into a Paradise. For the many Visits I have already received from the Friends of Liberty of all Ranks, I am affected with sincere Gratitude, and am The Public's most obedient humble Servant, ALEX. M'DOUGALL.
From the New Goal, in New-York, Feb. 9. 1770.
ON Saturday Morning last, a true Female Friend to American Liberty, presented Capt. M'Dougal with a fine Saddle of Venison, marked with the important No. 45, in Allusion to the 45th Page of the Votes and Proceedings of our House of Assembly, in which the Paper that furnished the Occasion for that Gentleman's Commitment is printed at length. The above mentioned small, tho' sincere Testimony of Approbation, afforded an agreeable Repast for himself and some of his Friends, in whose Sentiments, even a Goal in Connection with a noble Struggle for Liberty, contains nothing horrible. Most People are of opinion, that his Case is similar to that of Mr. Wilkes, in Instances more important than the No. 45, and even in this Similarity, many think there is something providential. Capt. M'Dougal is so warmly espoused, that in the two first Days of his Confinement, he was visited as a true Son of Liberty, by upwards of two hundred of the Friends of American Liberty of all Ranks.
Mr. M'Dougal intending to devote a considerable Part of his Time to do Justice to the Public, in the Cause for which he is imprisoned, has notified his Friends, being many, that he will be glad of the Honor of their Company from 3 o'clock Afternoon till 6.
L O N D O N,
One of our Correspondents observes. That had Junius's compositions been employed on the manly subject of discussing political subjects at large, and not confined to the low business of pointing out and ridiculing the errors of persons in Administration only, and their friends; of making forced applications in regard to occurrences which have no immediate connection with Administration; and of descending to transactions of such a private and personal nature, as to make even common sense and common humanity revolt at such conduct, which has very justly excited deserved indignation, they would indeed have charmed beyond imagination; but as their censure has been extended only to some particular persons, it is evident that they are the productions of one or more, who think it their interest to defame the characters in Administration, with the hopes of producing, by these means, a Revolution in Administration, and of attaining personal advantages.
L O N D O N, November 21.
Last Saturday the following melancholly accident happened.---A young woman, who had been discontented in her mind for some weeks past, took an opportunity to escape from her parents, and went into Ilkington church-yard, where she was observed by several people to sit in a melancholly posture for some hours, and was often seen to burst out into violent fits of crying. At length she asked a gentlewoman, who was passing by, whether she had seen her husband? for says she, he has left me, & I shall never see him more. The gentlewoman seeing her very genteelly dressed, went up to her, and begged her to be pacified: the young woman immediately threw herself at her feet, and embraced her several times, and replied, "Indeed I cannot live without him." The gentlewoman thinking her disordered in her senses, did not care to leave her in that distress, but told her, if she would go to her house she would take her to her husband; which she immediately complied with, and on her entering the house she begged of her to perform her promise. The gentlewoman desired her to sit down, and told her, when she had pulled off her hat and cloak, she would return. In the mean time the unfortunate young creature took up a penknife, which lay in a window, and stabbed herself in several parts of her body. She had a paper in her hand, directing where she might be sent to; which likewise signified a great desire she had to be laid in the said church-yard. She was conveyed to her unhappy parents but expired that same night.
Nov. 26. In digging lately for the foundation of a garden wall in the great bank between Gilly-gate and the great wall of this city, a Labourer found a serrated Roman silver coin, which is a great curiosity. On one side is a head in profile, with this inscription: CAPIT. CXIII. On the reverse, two oxen with the yoke on their necks, but no plough; over their backs CXIII. under their feet C. MARI. CAPITO was the surname of the Marian Family; but what is meant by CXIII. on both sides the coin we cannot at present say, for it can have no relation to the number of times he was Consul, as he was slain in his seventieth Consulship, 84 years before the birth of Christ; so that this coin was struck at least 1853 years ago, and is yet very fair. As the oxen are sometimes the symbol of Peace, it is not improbable but this coin might have been struck upon Caius Marius's conquest over Jugurtha, 105 years before the birth of Christ, and the year before Pompey and Cicero were born; or over the Cimbri, when 200,000 were slain and 90,000 taken prisoners, in his fourth Consulship, which was five years after C. Marius had defeated Jugurtha.
Nov. 14. It is remarkable that Friday last, the day on which Mr. Wilkes gained the cause against Lord Halifax, was the anniversary of the birthday of his late Majesty King George II.
From the Middlesex Journal
Historians tell us that the foundation of the city of London was began before the days of Samuel the prophet; consequently it has been in being near 2900 years, as appears by a sepulchral stone, dug up (after the great fire in 1666) where Ludgate church is situated; which stone is still preserved at the Theatre in Oxford.
"Nothing surely," (says a correspondent) "would so effectually secure the liberty, independence and lasting dignity of this kingdom, as triennial parliaments, and the choosing all representatives by ballot, since it would be scarcely worth a man's while to bribe any one, of whose vote he could be in no degree certain, even after he had paid the money."
By the laws of England, if a man owes ten pounds, he is left to die in gaol, if he owes 10,000, he becomes a bankrupt, obtains his certificate, and begins the world again. What has the small debtor done, that his punishment should be greater than that of the large one?
A Serjeant of the guards being on duty, (some time since) asked his Colonel leave to be absent to bury his wife; the Colonel not giving him a speedy answer, another Serjeant stepped up, and offered to do duty for him, and pay the charge of the funeral, if he would take his wife off his hands.
ANECDOTE of the present Lord L-----t of I-----d.
HIS Lordship, who is very fond of shooting, not being able to procure any gunpowder to his mind, by his servants, went one evening, incog. into several shops in Dublin, in order to purchase it. At length he met with some powder that suited him, and asked the woman who told it, how it happened that the pavement "was so bad.---Oh! Sir," said the woman, the Mayor is a drunken fellow & never minds the people, or the good of the city; "I wonder then" said his L-----t, "you do not apply to the L-----t"; "Why Sir," said she, "he is ten times worse." His L-----t said nothing, paid for his powder and ordered the pavement to be mended the next day.
N E W-Y O R K, February 15.
Extract of a Letter from Coracoa, Dec. 12, 1769.
"We have much talk of WAR with us: By Ships from Amsterdam they write, That the States are fitting out a very large Fleet, and a French Gentleman told a Friend of ours, in confidence, that every Planter at Gaudaloup, was ordered to keep 10 Men in readiness, with Arms and Ammunition, and that eight Men of War were daily expected from France."
Yesterday arrived in 3 Weeks from Falmouth, the Earl of Halifax Packet Boat, Capt. John Boulterston, The public Papers by her are not near so late as we received by the way of Boston.
We have neither Time nor Room to collect and insert the News from the Papers by the Packet. The Lady of the Earl of Dunmore, our Governor, is Sifter to Lady Gower. A Gentleman from Paris writes, Dec. 1st. That the French have every thing in readiness to second another attempt of the Pretender, on Great-Britain. Lady Frances Arundel, who died the 29th Nov. worth near half a Million Sterling, has left her Nephew Gen. Monckton, our late Governor, a Legacy of 12,000. per annum.
Yesterday, the Forty fifth Day of the Year, 45 Gentlemen, real Enemies to internal Taxation, by, or in obedience to external authority, and cordial Friends to Captain M'Dougal and the glorious cause of American Liberty, went in decent procession to the New Gaol; and dined with him on 45 pounds of Beef stakes, cut from a Bullock of 45 Months old, and with a number of other Friends, who joined them in the Afternoon, drank a variety of Toasts, expressive not only of the most undissimulated Loyalty, but of the warmest attachment to Liberty, its renowned advocates in Great-Britain
and America, and the freedom of the Press. Before the Evening the Company, who conducted themselves with great Decency, separated in the most cordial Manner, but not without the firmest Resolution, to continue united in the glorious Cause.
A Correspondent in West-Chester, desires to inform the Public, that a young Man in that Neighbourhood, after eating three Squares in one Evening, can, (by Way of Deiert to the 4th) eat 7 Yards of Sausages; having given a Specimen of his Abilities, last Christmas, before a Number of credible Witnesses, sufficient to confirm the Truth of the above Account. All Persons having occasion of such an Operator, to eat any Thing out of the Way, may know where to apply.
B O S T O N, February 26.
LAST Thursday Morning about 10 o'clock, some Boys & Children set up a large wooden Head, with a Board faced with paper, on which was painted the figures of four of the Importers, who had entered into, and violated the Merchants agreement, in the middle of the street before Theophilus Lillie's door, who was one of them. Soon after it was set up, Ebenezer Richardson, the famous informer, came by, and endeavoured to persuade a countryman to overturn it with his waggon; which he refusing, he applied to a Charcoal-man to drive his Cart against it; but he said he had no business with it, and would not concern himself about it. Richardson (as the Boys say) pressed him to it, saying he was a magistrate in the town, and would bear him out in it: The man still denying to meddle therewith, Richardson laid hold on the horse and oxen and endeavoured to shove them upon the pole which supported the pageantry; the cart however passed without disturbing it. Richardson then left the place and came towards his own house at about 50 or 60 paces distant, and meeting with Messieurs Edward Proctor, Thomas Nox, Capt. Riordan and Skillings, faced them in a very impudent manner, and cried out, perjury! perjury! often repeating it as he passed them. The Gentlemen halted in the street, till getting within his door, he turned about and again repeated the insult. Mr. Proctor with the other Gentlemen stepped towards the door, and asked him what he meant by perjury! He said, I don't mean you Mr. Proctor, but looking spitefully on Mr. Nox, said d---n you perjury, villains! Mr. Nox, retorted the abuse; on which Richardson said, (by the eternal G---d, I will make it too hot for some of you before night! The Boys on hearing the words began to gather round, and call him informer; on which both he and his wife, or woman, went out & talked to them in a very provoking manner, flourishing their arms, and advancing out into the street, with high threatenings; on which the children would retreat, and on their return, advance, with the squealing and noise they usually make on such occasions. This farce soon made a notable diversion in favor of Mr. Lillie. Mr. Richardson and Lady having drawn the whole attention on themselves. The Boys at length began to throw light rubbish of one kind or other, as if to drive them into the house; this the woman often returned, till the matter became more earnest. They then retreated into the house, and speedily Richardson opened the door, and snapp'd a gun presented upon the people indiscriminately. This raised them so much that they then pelted the house, and broke some of the windows.--- In a few minutes after this, Richardson fired out of one of the windows among the people and wounded Mr. Sammy Gore, son of Capt. John Gore, thro' both thighs and fingers of his right hand, besides which, drove (one would think) a moderate charge into the breast and abdomen of Christopher Snider, a boy about 11 years of age, who lived with Madam Apthorp. The child fell, but was taken up & carried into a neighbouring house, where all the surgeons within call were assembled, and speedily determined the wounds mortal, as they indeed proved about 9 o'clock that evening. The people on hearing the report of the gun, seeing one wounded and another killed, got into the new brick meeting and rang the bell, on which they soon had company enough to beset the house front and rear; by the latter of which they entered, and notwithstanding the menaces of Richardson & his faithful aide and abettor George Wilmot, seized on both, and rendered a gun from the latter, heavily charged with 176 goose and buck shot.
'Tis said that some Persons went into Richardson before he fired, and dissuaded him from it, but the event showed he was not to be diverted from his design. The criminals were first carried before Mr. Justice Raddock, who was pleased to send them to Faneuil-Hall, under a sufficient guard, where three other magistrates, Richard Dana, Edmund Quincy, and Samuel Pemberton, Esqrs. with Mr. Raddock, took their examination before at least a thousand people, and committed them. The numberless affronts and abuses both these persons had heaped on the inhabitants, exasperated them to such a pitch, that had not Gentlemen of influence interposed, they would never have reached the prison; but to the satisfaction of every good man, they are now in safe custody, where we leave them, to observe, that soon after the Child's decease, his body was opened by Doctor Warren and others, and in it were found 11 shot or slugs, about the bigness of large peas, one of which pierced his breast about an inch and half above the midriff, and passing clear thro' the right lobe of the lungs, lodged in his back. This, three of the Surgeons deposed before the Jury of Inquest, was the cause of his death; on which they brought in their verdict, wilful murder by said Richardson. The right hand of the Boy was also cruelly torn, whence it seems to have been across his breast, and to have deadened the force of the shot, which might otherwise have pierced the stomach.
The worthy Mr. Mc Dougal of N. York will be justly celebrated by Posterity as the first who has suffered actual Imprisonment for asserting the Cause of American Liberty. A very distinguished Patriot in this Town was long before made the Object of the Fury of the cursed Cabal; and by the good Providence of God escaped an Assassination evidently intended in September last, tho' not without the Loss of Blood: And the barbarous Treatment this Gentleman then met with, tho' not yet revenged, is not forgot.---Others have suffered in their Reputation---Others in their Estates; having endured the fiery Trial of modern Courts of Admiralty, where they been harassed and distressed for no other apparent Reason but their being steady and able Advocates for the Cause.---This innocent Lad is the first, whose LIFE has been a Victim to the Cruelty and Rage of Oppressors! Young as he was, he died in his Country's Cause, by the Hand of an execrable Villain, directed by others, who could not bear to see the Enemies of America made the Ridicule of Boys. The untimely Death of this amiable Youth will be a standing Monument to Futurity, that the Time has been when Innocence itself was not safe! The Blood of young Allen may be covered in Britain: But a thorough Inquisition will be made in America for that of young Snider, which crieth for Vengeance, like the Blood of righteous Abel. And surely, if Justice has not been driven from its Seat, speedy Vengeance awaits his Murderers and their Accomplishes, however secure they may think themselves at present: For who so sheddeth, or procureth the shedding of Man's Blood, by MAN SHALL HIS BLOOD BE SHED.
Upon the Examination of the Murder committed last Thursday, Wilmot, the Accomplice, in giving an Account of himself, said, that he was sent with a Message from one of the Crown Officers to Richardson's House---and tho' he added, that the Message did not relate to the Pageantry near the House of Lillie the Importer,

yet if it be true, that Richardson, immediately upon receiving the Message, went into Lillie's House, and from thence began to act his villainous Part, which is commonly reported, the World will judge of the Probability of the additional Part of this Fellow's Story. He has since denied the whole, but no one will wonder at it. It is hoped the unexpected and melancholy Death of young Snider will be a Means for the future of preventing any, more especially the Soldiers, from being too free in the Use of their Instruments of Death.
It is confidently reported, that Wilmot was employed by ----- to act a Part with the INFAMOUS RICHARDSON, in a late tragic Affair.
We are assured from pretty good Authority, that Wilmot had been a considerable Time in the Service of the Commissioners; and that he had a PETITION before the BOARD at the Time the late barbarous Murder was committed.
The unfortunate Parents of the young Lad who last Week fell a Sacrifice to the Rage and Malice of an old Offender and his Abettors, however hitherto defined by the Providence of God to the humble State of lower Life, we are told, are Persons of Sobriety, Industry and good Morals.
The general Sympathy and Concern for the Murder of the Lad by the base and infamous Richardson, on the 22d Instant, will be a sufficient Reason for notifying the Publick, that he will be buried from his Father's House in Frog Lane, opposite Liberty-Tree, this Afternoon, when all the Friends of Liberty may have an Opportunity of paying their last Respects to the Remains of this little Hero and first Martyr to the noble Cause. Whose manly Spirit (after this Accident happened) appear'd in his discreet Answers to his Doctor, his Thanks to the Clergymen who prayed with him, and the Firmness of Mind he shewed when he first saw his Parents, and while he underwent the greatest Distress of bodily Pain; and with which he met the King of Terrors. These Things, together with the several heroic Pieces found in his Pocket, particularly Wolfe's Summit of human Glory, gives Reason to think he had a martial Genius, and would have made a clever Man.
A MOURNER.
It is said that the Funeral of the young Victim, this Afternoon, will be attended by as numerous a Train as ever was known here. It is hoped none will be in the Procession but the Friends of Liberty, and then undoubtedly all will be hearty Mourners.
By the last Advices from London, we learn, That the Non-Importation Agreement of the Merchants in America, begins to be severely felt by the Manufacturers, as to render it very necessary for Parliament to do something for their Relief, that if we continue to be united and firmly to adhere in that salutary Measure, we may be sure of Success. The Ministry begin to see that they have been deceived by the fallacious Representations of some interested Tools on this side the Water, they no longer believe that the opposition in America is a petty dying Faction, that instead of the Colonies being irresolute and divided, they are more firmly united than ever, and that they can neither be intimidated nor amused. In short that the Ministry had hitherto built much upon accomplishing their Scheme for raising a Revenue in America from the disunion of the Colonies: That they now found themselves mistaken, and that they have built upon a wrong Foundation. We further learn, that Sir Francis Bernard never will or can have any Connection with us, or be able either to serve or hurt us.
The Corporation of the College in Rhode-Island Government met at Warren on the 7th Instant, and voted, 21 to 12, that the EDIFICE be built at Providence.
Sunday last the Vessels that were at Martha's Vineyard, some of which had lain there two Months, came out: Those for this Port got in timely on Monday before the Height of a Storm came on.
Since our last, we hear, that above 100 have been added to the List of the Mistress of Families who signed the Agreement against drinking Tea. Also, that an Agreement has been carried about for the young Ladies to sign against drinking Foreign Tea; and that 126 had signed by Monday last.
On Monday Evening last about Nine o'Clock, the Weather being cloudy and dark, Fire! was cry'd here, the Light of which appeared not far distant from the Middle of the Town, the Inhabitants with the Engines and Fire-Buckets ran towards where the Light proceeded from; but were greatly deceived, the Fire being at Chelsea, which is three or four Miles distance from hence. We have since heard that it was the Tan-House, of Mr. Sergeant's, & which was entirely consumed.
The same Night a Prisoner in a lower Apartment of the Goal at Charlestown, endeavoured to burn a Place to make his Escape, but not having Water enough to quench the Fire when he had burnt the Hole, the Fire proceeded up into the Room above him, and awaked a Prisoner that was there, who immediately alarmed the People in the Neighbourhood by crying Fire! They had an Opportunity of putting a stop to it, & very providentially; for the Wind being exceeding high at about West, the greatest Part of the Town would have been in great Danger of being laid in Ashes.
NEW TOASTS.
The patriotic Ladies of Virginia, who have nobly distinguished themselves by appearing in the Manufactures of America, as may those of the Massachusetts be laudably ambitious of not being outdone even by Virginians.
The wife and virtuous Part of the fair Sex in Boston and other Towns, who being at length sensible that by the Consumption of Tea, they are supporting the Commissioners and other famous Tools of Power, have voluntarily agreed, not to give or receive any further Entertainments of that kind, until those Creatures, together with the Boston Standing Army, are removed, and the Revenue Acts are repealed.
Part of a Wreck of a Vessel, we hear, is come ashore at Black-Point, at the Eastward, but can learn no further Particulars.
CUSTOM HOUSE Piscataqua 22. Feb.
PORTSMOUTH, March 2, 1770. Last Friday Morning departed this Life at Newington, JOHN KNIGHT, Esq; whose Remains were interr'd there last Wednesday, attended by most of the Inhabitants of that, and a number of Gentlemen from this Town. He was a Gentleman well respected.
Last Tuesday sennight was married Mr. THOMAS MARTIN, Merchant, to Miss NANCY PEARCE, only Daughter of the Hon. DANIEL PEARCE, Esq; of this Town; A very agreeable young Lady, adorn'd with every Qualification that is requisite to render the Marriage State happy and agreeable.
Part of a Wreck of a Vessel, we hear, is come ashore at Black-Point, at the Eastward, but can learn no further Particulars.
  Inward Entries, FROM.   Schooner Hawke, Joseph Greenleaf, St. Lucia.   Outward Bound, NONE.   Clear'd for Departure, FROM.   Sloop Hannah, Abner Lowell, Philadelphia.   Brig Nancy, John Wheelwright, West-Indies. 
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 Roundivals, Ledman's dwarf, Spanish Morattei, and crooked Sugar Peas. Large Windsor, speckled dwarf, White Spanish; Silver skin; and Red Onions; and early yellow dwarf Beans. Straitsburgh Onion, early Yorkshire, early Dutch, early Battersea, Sugar Loaf, and large Winter Cabbage. Green Savoy, early and late Cauliflower. Green, Marble, Tenn-shall and Cabbage Lettuce. Red Beet, Parsnip, Early yellow and Orange Carrot, Early and late Turnip, double and single Parsley, White Mustard, Round Spinage, Early and late Cucumber, Celery, London Radish, Asparagus, Thyme, Sweet Marjoram, Baum single pepper Grals, Hyssop, Sage, Rosemary, Lavender, Herbs Grals and Clover, and sundry other sorts, &c. &c.
§ Middle-Town § NOTICE is hereby given to
the several delinquent Proprietors of Middle Town, so called, in New Hampshire hereafter mentioned, that their respective Rights of Land in said Town will be exposed to Sale at Public Vendue on Thursday the 29th Day of March next, at the House of Mr. Ephraim Hanson, Innholder in Dover, at three o'Clock, P. M. agreeable to a Law of said Province, unless prevented by their paying the several Taxes assessed on their respective Rights, as the Balance is hereafter mentioned, and set forth viz.
  John Tinker £ 9 5 0   Benjamin Mason 8 19 0   Samuel Clements 7 12 0   Ephraim Wentworth 5 19 0   John Ham, jun. 10 0 0   Richard Philpot 6 8 0   John Bickford 8 0 0   Dover, Feb. 20, 1770. John Kielle, Collector
[ Lime. ] APPLICATION having been
made to me the Subscriber, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace by more than one sixteenth part of the Proprietors of LIME, in the Province of New Hampshire, to notify a Meeting of said Proprietors to transact the following Matters, 1. To choose a Moderator. 2. a Proprietors Clerk, Treasurer, Assessors, Collectors and necessary Committees. 3. To inspect and examine the Transcripts or Records of former Meetings, To confirm such Votes as shall appear consistent and necessary for quieting and securing the several resident Proprietors, and for the efficient and peaceable Settlement of the Town. 4. To receive, examine, and pass upon such Accounts as may then be exhibited. 5. To grant and raise such Sums of Money by Tax as may be thought necessary for defraying the Charges of renewing the Charter, allotting out the Town, clearing Roads, building Mills, and to promote the Settlement of the Town. 6. To consider and Vote in what Manner to let out the Remainder of the Town. 7. To determine upon a Method for calling Proprietors Meetings for the future. In Compliance with the above Request, I do hereby notify said Proprietors to meet at the House of Mr. Jonathan Sumner in said Lime, on Tuesday the 15th Day of May next, at 2 o'Clock, P. M. then and there to act upon the premises.
H. WENTWORTH, Just. Peace. Portsmouth, 22d Feb. 1770.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. A Petition having been presented
to the GENERAL ASSEMBLY, by RICHARD JENNESS, Esq; of Rye, in behalf of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Deerfield, in said Province, shewing that the said Inhabitants had passed a Vote to erect a Meeting House and Parsonage House, as well as to determine the bigness of said Houses, and the Place where to set them; but that by Reason of the heavy Expense they are at to support their public Roads, they find themselves unable to go on with said design, and therefore praying that an Act may be passed to lay a Tax of Two Pence, per Acre for seven Years, on all the Lands in said said Parish for the Purpose aforesaid:
These are therefore to Notify all Persons concern'd, that they may be heard on said Petition on the third Day of the sitting of the General Assembly, after the first Day of March, to show Cause why the Prayer thereof may not be granted.
GEO. KING, Dep. Secretary. Portsmouth, Feb. 12, 1770.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WHEREAS Application has
been made unto me the Subscriber, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for said Province of New Hampshire, by the Proprietors or Owners of more than one sixteenth Part of the Rights or Shares of Land in the Township of Leavitt's Town, in said Province (to notify and call a Meeting of the Proprietors of said Township, to be holden at the Dwelling House of Capt. Josiah Robison, Innholder in Exeter, in said Province, on Wednesday the 28th Day of March next, at two of the Clock, Afternoon, to come, into the following Measures, and pass the following Votes, viz. To choose all necessary Officers. To open and clear a Road from Phillips Town, (now called Stanford) to said Leavitt's Town, and what Roads are wanted in said Leavitt's Town; and also a Road from said Leavitt's Town, to his Excellency's Seat in Wolfborough, in said Province; and how many Families they will indent with to move and settle in said Leavitt's Town, and what Consideration they will give to each Family for making said Settlement. To choose Agents to prosecute those who have not fulfilled the Bonds they gave to make a Settlement in said Township the Year past, and also prosecute those who are indebted to said Proprietors by Notes of Hand or otherwise; and to choose a Committee to call upon the Assessors and Collector to account for the Sums of Money they have assessed and received of said Proprietors. To grant and raise by Tax what Money is further wanted to defray the Charges of clearing Roads and settling said Township. To settle and agree upon some particular Method for calling Proprietors Meetings for the future; and to establish and confirm the Transactions of any former Meetings, if the Proprietors shall see fit. In Consequence of which Application, I do hereby notify the said Proprietors of Leavitt's Town, to meet together at the Time and Place aforesaid, for the Purposes aforesaid.
NOAH EMERY, Just. Peace. Exeter, February 27th, 1770.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Meeting of the Proprietors of a Tract or New Township of Land, commonly known and called EAST TOWN, granted to Lieut. John Ham, Gersham Downs and others, by the Purchasers of John Tuten Mason, Esq; his Right, to be held at the House of Mr. Ephraim Hanson, in Dover, on Monday the 19th Day of March next, then and there to vote and act on the following Articles, viz. 1. To choose a Moderator to regulate said Meeting. 2. To see if the proprietors, at said Meeting, will choose an Agent or Agents to wait on the Honorable Grantors, to see if they will give the Grantees a longer Time, or lengthen out the Charter, so that the Grantees may complete the Settlement of said Tract or Township. 3. As it may be necessary that said Meeting may be adjourned after said Agents are chosen, to a proper Time, to hear the Report of said Agents, for what Instructions or Conditions said Grantors may propose to said proprietors of said Township; and at the Adjournment of said Meeting to hear said Report thereon, or any Thing thereon, or to act and vote any Matter relating to the said Grantors proposals, or any other Matter relating to the carrying on the Settlement of said Township, as the said Grantees may then then think needful. And all the proprietors are desired to attend at Time and Place.
By Order of the Assessors, JOHN GAGE, junr. proprietors Clerk. Dover, Feb. 20. 1770.
ALL Persons having any De-
mands against the Estate of Orlando Bagley, late of Kingston, Gentleman, deceased, Intestate, are desired to bring in their respective Claims to Jacob Gale of said Kingston, who is Administrator of said Estate, and all Persons indebted to the said Estate are desired to make speedy payment. Kingston, Feb 22 1770
American Grindstones of all sizes
manufactured in Nova Scotia, To be Sold by JOSEPH BASS,
At his Shop in Portsmouth. These Grindstones are by best Judges esteemed superior to those imported from Great Britain. The Grit being much finer and sharper, and the Stones more durable. Allowance made to those who purchase in full again.
WE the subscribers, appointed
Commissioners, to receive and examine the Accounts of the several Creditors to the Estate of Patrick Taggart, late of Merrimack, deceased, represented Insolvent; hereby give Notice, that we will attend that Business the first Monday in December next; and the four following Months, from 2 to 6 o'Clock in the Afternoon of each Day, at the House of Col. John Goffe, Esq; Innholder in Derryfield.
Nov. 18, 1769. John Goffe, James Underwood.

To be SOLD, by Hugh Henderson, At his Store in King-street, a little below the Post Office, in Portsmouth.
A Variety of English GOODS, lately imported from LONDON, among which are the following Articles, viz.
Broad Cloths, German Serges, Shalloons, Calamancoes, Durants, Tammies, Plaids, Camblets and Cambleteens, strip'd and shaded; coarse and fine white Linen, Lawns, Cambricks and Gauze, Chints, printed Linen, printed Handkerchiefs, check ditto, strip'd Holland, Cotton Checks, Linen Ditto, Tassaties, Sattin, Alamoide plain and figur'd, Persians, silk Handkerchiefs, silk Gloves, silk Mitts, sewing Silks, Bedticks, white Thread, colour'd ditto, knit Patterns for Breeches, men's Stockings, plain and ribb'd, cover'd Wine, black Mitts, red and green Baize, Cotton Velvet, Coverlids, Milled Caps, Ribbons of all sorts, Ladies Head Flowers, Oznabrigs, Scotch Snuff, men's and women's neat made English and Lynn Shoes, Table Cloths, Bengals, Fustian, Coat and Jacket Buttons, Pound Pins, Needles, Buckles, Scissars, &c. &c. &c. all cheap for CASH.
WHEREAS the Vendue which
was to have been held on Thursday the 15th of February, at the House of Mr. Samuel Pickering, Innholder in Greenland, is adjourned to the 5th of March next, when there will be exposed to Sale sundry Articles, viz. One Tract of Land lying in Epsom, joining on the Westerly Side of Benjamin Shepherd, Esq; containing sixty Acres of Oak Timber Land, and Interval, with a young Orchard on the same, and cuts yearly 4 or 5 Tons of English Hay, also another Tract or Piece of Land in said Town of Epsom, joining Northerly on Land of Abraham Wallis, containing 50 Acres, more or less, it being well timbered with white Oak, and well watered. Each Tract within half a Mile of Shepherd's Saw Mill, and Mr. M'Clare's Mill, in said Epsom. Conditions of Sale will be shown by William Blazdel, who will give Warrantee Deeds to the Purchaser, when full Payment is made good.
LOST , on the 6th Instant, between Lieutenant Nathaniel Batchelder of Sandown, and Colonel Greeley's of Kingston, a pair of Saddle Bags in which were knit Breeches, two Ruffled Shirts, a Pair of Shoes, a Pair of Pinch Back Buckles, several Pair of Woollen Stockings, with some few other small Articles. Who ever shall take up said Bags, and convey them to Col. Greeley's, of Kingston, Capt. Fulsom's at Exeter, or Capt. Tilton's at Portsmouth, shall be handsomely Rewarded.
By George Frost,
A very good profitable FARM to be Let on reasonable Terms, in New Castle, lying on the South Side of Little Harbour (so called) in closed with a Stone Fence, a good Dwelling HOUSE, two BARNs, and sundry other Out Houses, a good ORCHARD, a full Stock of CATTLE, &c. (or the Tenant may stock it himself if he chuses it) with Implements of Husbandry to carry on the same; a good Market in said Town, and but three Miles by Water from Portsmouth: Also well accommodated for the Fishery: to be entered upon in March or the beginning of April next. For further Particulars, Enquire of said Frost, living on the Premises. Also by said Frost A new Milch Cow to sell for Cash.
WE the Subscribers being appointed Commissioners, by the Hon. JOHN WENTWORTH, Esq; Judge of Probate for this Province, to receive and examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of John Ayers, late of Portsmouth, deceased, represented Insolvent—hereby give Notice, that we will attend that Business at the House of James Stoodley, Esq; Innholder in Portsmouth, the last Tuesday of this and the four following Months at 5 o'Clock in the Afternoon of each Day.
Portsmouth, Feb. 12, 1770. JACOB SHEAFFE. WILLIAM WHIPPLE.
§ Chichester. §
NOTICE is hereby given, to the several delinquent Proprietors of Chichester, in the Province of New Hampshire, that unless they pay the several and respective Sums, at which their several and respective Lots are assessed, to me the Subscriber, Collector for said Proprietors, that their several and respective Lots of Land in said Township, will be exposed to Sale at Public Vendue, on Wednesday the 14th Day of March next, at the House of Lieut. Jonathan Leavitt, Innholder at Hampton, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, agreeable to a Law of said Province, unless the said Delinquents prevent, by paying the several and respective Sums, affixed to their several and respective Names herein after mentioned, and set forth, with incidental Charges. viz.
   Lawful Money 1st Div. 2d Div. 3d Div. 4th Div.   £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d.    Nicholas Gilman 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 7 0  James Jeffery 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6  George Jeffery 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0  Nathan Longfellow 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0  Benjamin Perkins 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0  John Prechoot 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6  John Robinton 6 0 6 0 6 0 6 0  Daniel Weare 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0  Benning Wentworth Esq 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0  John Wentworth 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0  Broadstreet Wiggin 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0  Ebenezer Weare 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0  Peter Weare, Esq; 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0  John Gilman, Esq; 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0  Peter Weare, jun 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0  Benjamin Cram 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0  Jonathan Ffield 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0  John Odlin 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0  Jonathan Philbrook 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0  Joseph Redman 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0  William Staniford 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0  Samuel Tibbits 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0  John Webster 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0  Thomas Webster 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0  Thomas Cram 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  Jacob Freese 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  William Fellows 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  Jacob Freese, jun. 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  Capt. John Gilman 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  Winthrop Hilton 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  Cyprian Jeffery 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  James Jeffery, jun. 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  Nathaniel Lock, jun. 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  Samuel Marston 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  Jotham Odiorne 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  Jervis Ring, jun. 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  John Redman 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  Benjamin Sandborn 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  Charles Stuart 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  Stephen Sandborn 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  Benjamin Thomas 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  Samuel Thing 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  Jerbro Tilton 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  Edward West 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  
SAMUEL JENNESS, Collector.
Rye, February 16, 1770.
(Sandwich.)
NOTICE is hereby given to the several Proprietors of Sandwich, in the Province of New Hampshire, that have not paid the Tax of Seven Pound Ten Shillings Lawful Money, voted on each Right, at a legal Meeting February 9th, 1768, that their several Rights will be sold at Public Vendue, by me the Subscriber, at the House of Samuel Folsom, Esq; Innholder in Exeter, on Monday the 12th Day of March next, at Two o'Clock Afternoon, agreeable to the Laws of said Province, unless they prevent the same by paying said Tax, before the Sale. The following is a list of the Names of the original Proprietors.
  Hon. James Nevin, Esq; Benjamin Atkinson,  Hon. Nathaniel Barrell, Joseph Atkinson,  Rev. John Chipman, John Folsom, junr.  John Chipman Esq; John Folsom, 3d.  Edward Bean, Josiah Gilman, 3d,  Thomas Runnolds, James Thustun,  Jacob Longfellow, Josiah Miles,  Benjamin Bachellor, Owen Runnolds.  
Exeter. Feb. 14th. NATHANIEL FOLSOM, Collector.
ALL Persons indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of John Churchill, late of Portsmouth, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts to Joseph Churchill, of Portsmouth, aforesaid, Administrator on said Estate, and in his Absence to Elizabeth Churchill, Wife of said Joseph, who has Power to settle the same.
§ Dorchester. §
Application having been made to me the Subscriber, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Province of New Hampshire, by more than one sixteenth Part of the Proprietors of Dorchester, in said Province, to notify a Meeting of said Proprietors, to transact the following Matters.— 1. To chuse a Moderator. 2. Proprietors Clerk, Treasurer, Assessors, and Collector, and all necessary Committees. 3. To grant and raise such Sums of Money, as shall be necessary, in bringing forward the Settlement of said Township. 4. To see what Encouragement they will give for building Mills in said Town. 5. To see what Encouragement they will give to a Number of the first Settlers. 6. To agree on a Method for calling Proprietors Meetings for the future. In Compliance with the above Request, I do hereby notify said Proprietors, to meet at the House of the Widow Mary Childs, Innholder in Woodstock, in the County of Windham, and Colony of Connecticut, on Monday the 12th Day of March next, at 1 o'Clock, P. M. then and there to act upon the Premises.
SAMUEL HOBART, Just. Pacis.
Holmes, February 8, 1770.
§ CHATHAM. §
THE following Original Proprietors Share of Land in the Township of CHATHAM, in the Province of New Hampshire, will be sold at Public Vendue at the House of Jeremiah Folsom, jun. Innholder in Newmarket, in said Province, on Monday the 26th Day of February, Instant, or as much of each Right as shall pay Thirty Shillings Lawful Money (which was a TAX voted to be paid to Walter Bryant, junr. Collector for said Proprietors for each respective Proprietors Share of Land in said Township) if said Taxes are not respectively paid to said Collector at his House at said Newmarket, before said Day of Sale.
Delinquent Proprietors Names are as follows, and the Sum to each is Thirty Shillings Lawful Money.
Jonathan Trickey, George Meserve, Broadstreet Doe, John Doe, John Burley, junr. Clement March, Esq; David Gilman, Winthrop Hilton, junr. Josiah Hilton, John Bennet, junr. Daniel Foster, Thomas Merrill, Benjamin Smith, Esq; Noah Emery, Esq; George Levius, Ichabod Hilton, Joseph Senter, Nicholas Doe.
THE Subscriber hereof being
far advanced in Years, and about to move from the present Place of his Residence, to some one in the Country of a more retired Situation, and being desirous (before he moves) to settle all his Affairs, of Debts and Credit; and to answer this proposed End, he begs leave, (in this Method) to inform all Persons, that are indebted to him respectively, in any Way or Means whatever, that unless they settle their respective Accounts before the 25th of March next, the several Evidences of their respective Debts, will be put in Suit before the setting of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in June next, and this without any further Advice or Delay.
THEODORE ATKINSON.
Portsmouth, Feb. 9, 1770.
WE the Subscribers being ap-
pointed Commissioners to receive and examine the Accounts of the Creditors to the Estate of Captain STEPHEN PARSONS, late of Portsmouth, deceased, represented Insolvent—hereby give Notice, that we will attend that Business at Capt. Zechariah Folsom's, the first Tuesday in March next, and of the four following Months, at 5 o'Clock in the Afternoon of each Day.
Portsmouth, Feb. 12, 1770. JOSHUA BRACKETT. PETER PEARSE.
N. B. It's desired the Accounts may be brought in as soon as possible, in order to a speedy Settlement.
TO BE SOLD OR LETT, this Spring 1770.
By John Newmarch, Esq; Of Portsmouth,
A large Dwelling House, and a large Barn, and Orchard, with upwards of Forty Acres of good Mowing, Planting, and Pasturing Land, well water'd, adjoining the Country Road, leading from Kittery Ferry to Old York, and very near the Ferry.
To be SOLD, cheap for CASH. As the Person's Stay will be short in Town, English and Scotch GOODS, at Jacob Tilton's, Innholder in Portsmouth.