The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1771-02-01 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the FRESHEST ADVICES
Friday Feb. 1, 1771.
Vol. XV. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NO. 746 { Weeks since this Paper } was first Publish'd.
Confess and pay.
Province of New-Hampshire. The following Act was past the present Session of the General-Assembly of this Province, and ordered to be printed at large in this Paper, that the contents of it may be the sooner known.
Anno Regni Regis Georgii Tertii, Magnæ, Britaniæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, Undecimo. AN ACT for the more speedy recovery of small Debts, and to save the cost usually attending the recovery thereof, in the usual course of the law; and to secure the returns of execution, serv'd on real estates.
WHEREAS the common and ordinary method, of recovering small debts, by actions triable by justices of the peace, and appeals afterwards sustained by the Inferiour Court, thereon, often increases the cost beyond the debt, and prove very burdensome to poor debtors.
For prevention whereof, BE IT ENACTED, by the GOVERNOR, COUNCIL, and ASSEMBLY, That any person or persons, who shall voluntarily and without any undue influence, personally appear, before any justice of the peace, for said province, and confess, that he, she or they, do justly owe, and stand indebted to any other person or persons, in any sum not exceeding five pounds, and that such person or persons, consent that a record thereof should be made, and execution be issued immediately, or suspended for such time, as shall be agreed by the parties, debtor and creditor; the justice is hereby directed and authorized, to enter and make a record of such confession and agreement, and to order the party so confessing, to sign the same; and the justice shall issue an execution in favour of the creditor, agreeable to such record; and if such confession, shall be made after legal process shall be issued and return'd for trial, the justice shall tax the legal cost for the creditor, so far, and issue the execution for the same, with the sum so acknowledged to be due. And the evidence of the demand shall be cancelled, by the said record, and the justice is directed to express in his record, the grounds of the demand, and shall write on the evidence of the demand that judgement was given by him, at such time, by confession of the debtor for that demand.
And be it further enacted, that such execution may be served on the debtors person or estate, real or personal, in the same manner as executions issued by a ward of the inferior or superior courts, which shall also be duly return'd, and the return enter'd under the judgement on which it was issued.
And it is further enacted, that all executions that shall be served and satisfied by being levied on any real estate, shall be recorded in the clerk's office, as is already provided by law, and by the justice of the peace when issued by him, as aforesaid, and the plaintiff therein mentioned, shall also cause the same to be enter'd, and recorded at length with the return, in the registry or records of deeds, of conveyance of real estates, and the original execution, afterwards returned into the office from whence it issued, and copies from either shall be admitted as evidence, and have the same operation, as copies from the clerk's office have heretofore had, in any trial of the title of such estate, wherein such executions and returns shall be judged necessary and proper, provided the original is so recorded.
And the fees to be received in these cases, shall be regulated by the table of fees already provided, excepting that the justices fee for taking the confession and making the record as aforesaid, shall be two shillings only, and any constable under oath, is hereby enabled, to serve any of the executions which shall be issued, in pursuance of this act, by any of his majesty's justices of the peace.
And in the form of the execution, issuable by virtue of, and agreeable to this act, the word estate, may be entered in the execution, instead of the words goods and chattles, and make any other alteration in the form of an execution, to conform to this act.
This act to continue and be in force for the term of two years, and no longer.
Account of the late Engagement between the Russian & Turkish FLEETS, and the Destruction of the latter.
Taken from the Public Advertiser, October 8. To the PRINTER.
IF you think the inclosed circumstantial Account of the late Naval Victory by the Russians over the Turks (which I received by this Days Post by way of Leghorn) will be agreeable to the Publick, it is at your Service. Robert Witby.
Ilkington, October 1. My dear Friend,
TO Omit writing to you after our Glorious Conquest over the Turks, I know must offend, but my State, maimed and wounded, will little answer the glowing Warmth in a Heart in Pain, that can only give you the Heads of our late Actions, burying all our former Misfortunes in Oblivion. After being well beaten at Maden, drubbed out of Naverino, in the Morea at which Place I worked hard at to take, we learnt, in the Middle of May last, that Admiral Elphinstone was in the Archipelago, Accordingly Admiral Spiridoff sailed with four 66 Gun Ships to join him Count Orloff, our Generalissimo, and Commander in Chief, hoisted the Imperial Flag at a Main-top-mast-Head, taking the Command of both Army and Navy. On board the three Bishops, Commodore Greig, in which Ship I was then second Captain, we joined Admiral Elphinstone June 22 and was acquainted that he had seen the Turkish Fleet, consisting of 23 Sail small and great; as we then were all assembled together consisting of nine 66 Gun Ships, one of 84, Elphinstone's Ship; and five Frigates, we went in Quest of the Turkish Fleet, and the 2d of July in the Morning we saw them at an Anchor off the Islands of Cheffalono, opposite the Island of Scio, seemingly to us very advantageously posted, and that they intended to fight us at anchor. As we drew near, our Suggestions were true; for they were anchored with a small Island to the Westward, with a Chain of Rocks joining the main Land, and Rocks East, that we could only attack them on one Side, and those Ships who began must each of them receive the Fire of two or three of the Enemy. In the first Line of Battle we were the Van Ship. Accordingly the Line was altered, Spiridoff led. We came into the Center, Elphinstone in the Rear.
At Twelve o'Clock the Europa opened the Ball, received two Doses from the Enemy; and to our Surprise tackt. Spiridoff came up Yard-arm and Yard-arm to the Sultan, the Capt. Bashaw's Ship of 84 Guns, and a most glorious Cannonade ensued. The Europa returned to Action. Another Van Ship came to Action, being then three engaged. By this Time the English Hero, so called our Ship, came close along Side an 84 Gun Ship, who gave us a warm Reception. In half an Hour after this I discovered the Sultan on fire; the Estaffey, Spiridoff's Ship, unfortunately fell on board the Turkish Admiral then on fire; both Ships were supposed to be lost. We by this Time were much damaged, having our Fore top-sail-yard shot away, Cross-jack-yard also, two shot thro' the Head of our Mainmast, and all the Main-shrouds gone but two on the Starboard Side. At one o'Clock the Estaffey blew up, with 660 Souls on board, nineteen being only saved. The Admiral, his Brother's Son, and the young Count Orloff, having quitted the Ship before the Explosion. The Prince Cassofski was lost, Capt. Cneze was taken up in the Water alive, with a few more. Presently the Turkish Admiral exploded, that struck the Enemy and ourselves with Amazement. We both quitted firing for some Time. As to my Part, I thought the Ruins would have reached the Sky; however, at it we went again. By this Time Admiral Elphinstone came up, but it fell little Wind, and he engag'd at a great Distance and attempting to put his Ship about, she would not stay. We had drove from the Enemy, therefore I prevail'd on the Commodore to come to Anchor; The Signal being made, we did so. The Turks cut their Cables and ran into a small Bay, which proved their Destruction, as in the Sequel. Thus ended our first Day's Work. Only four Ships of ours engaged closely, and no Advantage gain'd: Oh! my Friend, I must lay down my Pen.
Well, after we were anchored Elphinstone came on board. On a Consultation, four Fire Vessels were proposed, but none seemed fond of the work, to shorten the matter I offer'd to go, provided I had the Command, which much pleased the Count and Prince Golgorucki. Matters being thus fixed, Elphinstone was to prepare them,
but it was next Day before they were ready which was much against me, as the Turks recovered themselves and were erecting Batteries on a point of Land where I was to pass. Well, every thing being ready, Who was to take the Command of the Ships to cover the fire Vessels? The Count asked this before Elphinstone. No Reply being made our glorious Commodore Greig said, I will go. Every thing being ready, the Night only waited for, at the Approach of which I took the largest Vessel, being 150 Tons for I intended to do the most Mischief. At Ten o'Clock at Night the Signal was made for the Ships to weigh, being four Line of Battle Ships, and two Frigates. At Twelve they began to fire on the Enemy, not above 400 Yards Distance. The Enemy had three 74 Gun Ships with their Broad-sides to them and had erected two Batteries of 19 Guns. The Fire on both Sides was incessant. At one o'Clock July the 5th, in the Morning, my Signal was made to bear down upon the Enemy. I obeyed it cheerfully, begging of the Almighty to give me the Fortitude of twenty Alexanders. I had before given my Orders to the Officers, commanding the other Vessels, how to proceed, which was that I should board the weathermost Ship, the next to me to board the second, and the other two to run to the Leewardmost Ships, being determined to light them at both Ends. Fortunately just at this Time the Main-top-sail of one of the center ships took Fire. When I came very near, my Boat's Crew wanted to desert me, having forced them out of the Boat with my Pistols. I went forward to the Vessel, placing a Man at Helm. I was within twenty Yards of the Ship intended to fire, when on calling to Starboard the Helm, I found myself alone; the wind had last; however, I lash'd the Helm a-leer, run forward, could not reach the Ship, saw a Boat full of Turks coming to me; to die brave and do my Duty, was the last Resort; I fired my Pistol at the Fuze, but there was loose Gunpowder unknown to me, which took fire, blew off the Skirts of my Coat, burnt my Hand terribly, and the Hair of my Head. In my Retreat I tumbled down, perhaps in a State of Stupidity; but the Almighty God gave me Senses again to know my Situation. I leaped on the Forecastle, found I had hook'd the Cable of the Ship on fire, seeing no armed Boat, who had retired I suppose; I got to the Quarter of the Vessel on the Outside, the Inner Part being in Flames: I discovered my Boat at about 100 Yards Distance. By this Time the Fire began to gush out of the Ports, and the Hand Grenades, designed for the Enemy, took fire; I leaped over-board, going down some Feet below the Surface: When I rose, I found I had directed my Course to the Land, being very near. The Enemy fired on me Musquetry; I turned, saw the Boat, called out to them; the Enemy quitted their Fire, not thinking me an Object I suppose worth Notice; the Boat came slowly to me, and had the Turks kept their Fire, they never would have come. I was just sinking, having my Boots on, my Coat dragging behind me, and quite spent; I caught hold of the Blade of one of the Oars, and held fast; they got me in, and burnt me greatly in so doing, having no Strength to help myself. By this Time all the Turkish Fleet was on fire, one or two exploded. When I got on board my ship, I was lifted in, and carried to the Count, who embraced and kissed me, as did the Prince Golgoniki, Admiral Spiridoff, the maimed Capt. Cneze, and many more: I then was told by the Admiral that I was raised to the Rank of a Colonel, and to the Dignity of a Port Captain of the first Rank, being as far as the Count could do; but that I had a generous Empress to kneel to, who would crown me with Laurels; I was then carried down, having a Contusion on my right Side, wounded on the left by the bursting of a Grenade, my left hand terribly burnt, with many Bruises about my Body. Now sum up the whole, and say, is there that Man alive that has felt and received the Protection of God like myself, deserted by Man at Extremities, Fire, Water and Sword to escape, and to live and to have done my Duty too when only Death appeared, will imprint for ever in my Mind, at least in this World, the glorious Protection of God on his Creatures, when he is pleased to stretch forth his helping Hand.
Thus was a Fleet of fine Ships in five Hours reduced to Ashes, viz. five of 84 Guns, four of 74, six of 50 and 60 Guns, with two Frigates: Saved a Ship of 62 Brass Guns, that I am to have the Honour to command, being commissioned, but can't yet take possession from my Weakness, with six Gallies saved also. Soon after I was gone to Bed in the utmost Pain, not forgetting to drink a Pint of strong Punch, the victorious Commodore Greig came on board and went through the same Salutes as myself from the Count and Prince, was likewise acquainted that he might look on himself as an Admiral, the Count's Limits not so far extending immediately to order him to hoist his Flag; and that a little Delay only added more Laurels.
No more at present from your sincere and obliged Friend, ROBERT DUGDALE.
Off Scio in the Archipelago, July the 10th, 1770.
I can't help telling you, that before I went on Service, the Prince lays, "Now, Dugdale don't be foolish to burn all the Ships; save yourself one." The Ship saved is that I intended to set fire to, had I not been cruelly deserted; but the Commodore has the Merit I think of the whole.
Nov. 8. An evening paper lays, "A certain great Lady, L—d M—d and L—d N—h, are for peace. A great Personage was some time ago inclined to resent the insult of taking Falkland-Island, but since the return of a great Lady he is not so determined, L—d R—d, who knows the secret disposition of the Court of Spain, is for war."

Important Advices.
S A L E M, January 29, 1771. By Capt Johnson, who arrived at Cape Ann last Week from Falmouth, we are favoured with the London Chronicle of the 20th and 22d of November, from which the following Advices are extracted, viz.
M A D R I D, (Spain) October 22. THE motions made by our troops appear to announce war as inevitable. They have actually formed three encampments; one in Andalusia, another in Galicia, and a third in the province of Murcia.
L O N D O N, November 20. Notwithstanding what has been said to the contrary, we are assured Lord M-----d's opinion is for war: and that this is the occasion of the present difference between his Lordship and the Ministry.
On Saturday the Earl of Egmont was pronounced by his Physicians to be out of danger.
"Late last night (says the Printer of a morning Paper) we received the two following paragraphs from an anonymous Correspondent."
"On Sunday an express arrived at the Admiralty, with an account of the French fleet from Brest having sailed, consisting of the following ships of the line and frigates: Duke of Bourgogne, of 80 guns, Conquerant 74, Defenseur 74, Glorieux, 74, Diademe 74, Guerrier 74, Magnifique 74, Robuste 74, Dauphine Royale 70, Palmier 64, Vierge de Rosaire 64, Solide 64, Vengeur 64, Actif 64, Protecteur 74, Le Galliard 36, L'Archeuse 32, La Cheval Marin 32, and La Courvette 20."
"It is a certain fact that Capt. Gower, of the Pearl, and Capt. Jarvis, of the Alarm, both slipped their cables and got off by night out of the bay of Cadiz, having an order sent them so to do; telling them at the same time the designs of the Spaniards against Gibraltar were no longer a secret, and that 25,000 French troops were arrived that day and the day before at Ferrol, with some of the best Engineers of France."
Last Saturday summonses were issued out to the Alderman and Common Council, to attend tomorrow at one o'clock, the Lord Mayor, with the City Address, Petition, and Remonstrance to St. James's.
This day there will be a Court of Aldermen, when, it is said, a protest will be moved for against the Remonstrance now in agitation. This protest will be founded on the impropriety of praying a dissolution of Parliament, at a time when there is so much real occasion for sitting.
L O N D O N, November 22. Yesterday Lord North had a long conference with his Majesty at the Queen's palace.
The packet of the 16th ult. which should have arrived in England from Barcelona, containing the letters of Mr. Millar, the English Consul at that place, and those of the Merchants who trade to the Spanish ports, was never received here. The letters were stopped in Spain, opened for intelligence. The packet of the 30th ult. shared the same fate.
Yesterday, at one o'clock, the Right Hon. Bras Crosby, Esq; Lord Mayor of this City, attended by Aldermen Trecothick, Stevenson, Townsend, and Oliver, the two Sheriffs, and about a hundred of the Common Council, proceeded from the Guildhall to St. James's, to present to his Majesty the City Remonstrance, &c. They arrived about two o'clock, and were introduced to his Majesty by the Lords in waiting, when the Remonstrance was read by Sir James Hodges, Town Clerk (the Recorder not attending). His Majesty was pleased to give them an answer to the following purport: "That he had communicated his sentiments to them on the same subject before, and could by no means comply with the prayer of their Petition."
S A L E M, January 29.
Yesterday Afternoon Captain Grise, arrived at Marblehead from Falmouth, which Place he left December 25, by whom we have received two English Prints, which contain the following Fresh Advices, together with the interesting Speech of the great and famous Lord C-----m.
L O N D O N, December 4. A Marriage is talked of between Prince Henry of Prussia and the Empress of all the Russias.
It is said that an universal change will shortly take place in his Majesty's several governments in America, and the West-Indies. Though our fleet should be, from the additions, nearly one third more in number and strength, than before the commencement of last war, we have neither twelve vessels fit to send to sea, nor men enough to man so small a number completely.
It is positively asserted, that a few days after the last arrival of the messenger from Madrid, the Spanish Ambassador acquainted our Ministry, that he had full power to treat with them on the subject of our demands on the Court of Spain, and appointed a time and place for a private conference with the Premier for that purpose; but when the hour arrived, he gave Lord North to understand it was as much as his life and character were worth to give him a satisfactory answer in less than a month, till he had received further dispatches from his Court.
The following affidavit was yesterday stuck up at New Lloyd's Coffee-house, in Pope's Head Alley.
An authentic Copy of an Affidavit made on Tuesday the 27th of Nov. by Capt. John Pitts relative to the English Ships being detained in Spain.
"John Pitts, Master of the Schooner Catherine, left Riva Dios the 15th of November 1770, and saith, that he waited on the Governor the 23th instant to demand his clearance, in order to sail that day; the Governor replied he would give no clearance until he should have an answer from Madrid, when he should write for that purpose by that day's post: This deponent being then detained until the 15th of November, in which he applied to the Consul for advice; he told him that a war now seemed inevitable, and would advise this deponent to take the first opportunity of the night to escape, for that he, the said Consul had received intelligence from the British Consul at Corunna, Henry Banks Esq; that the Spaniards had detained the English ships there, and unshipped their rudders to prevent their escape: That this deponent following the said Consul's Advice at Riva Dios, and escaped in the night of the said 15th of Nov. unseen by the Spaniards, and arrived at Arm, with in the Port of Plymouth the 23d of November."
Sworn before JOSEPH HOSKIN, Attorney at Law, in Plymouth.
Dec. 6. We hear that on Monday, 15 more men of war and sloops were put into commission.
It is said that some new regulations, no less salutary for the colonies than satisfactory to the mother country, are now agitating; the hint of which was suggested by a Nobleman, who has on several occasions distinguished himself in a Great Assembly.
We hear that the Lords commissioners of the Admiralty will soon be required to attend the House of Peers on very important business.
Dec. 8. Yesterday the augmentation of the Seamen was taken into consideration, when 7000 men extra were voted besides the annual number of 17000.
By a Gentleman from Boston, we learn that
It is now more than ever credited that a certain C---l will soon retire from all public business. And it is said the above expected retirement is in consequence of the warm attack he has lately received from the E---l of C-----m, and L---d C-----m.
Whitehall, Dec. 8. His Majesty has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. William Earl of Dunmore, now Governor of New-York, to be Governor of Virginia.
William Tryon, Esq; now Governor of North-Carolina, to be Governor of New-York, in the room of the Earl of Dunmore: And, Henry Martin, Esq; to be Governor of North-Carolina.
Dec. 18. Yesterday Lord Viscount Weymouth, Secretary of State for the Southern department, resigned the Seals.
The Earl of Sandwich is appointed Secretary of State, in the room of Lord Weymouth.
The Hon. Henry Frederick Thynne, is appointed Joint postmaster General, in the room of Lord Sandwich.
We hear that Lord Weymouth, has resigned in good humour, and will continue to support administration unplaced and unpenioned.
Yesterday Lieut. General Cornwallis set out to embark for his Government at Gibraltar. And col. Philips, for Minorca.
The last time L---d C-----m went to the Upper Room of the Reuben Society, a person put a paper into his hands, with a request that he would speak upon the contents immediately in the Room. His L---p repeated the circumstance, with observing, the writing was very familiar to him, having received in the course of the last war many of his intelligencies in the same hand.
He further observed, that it intimated, that the very French engineer, who had planned the taking of St. Philips, had given a second plan for taking of Gibraltar, which was agreed to by the Courts of France and Spain; and according to the immediate preparations made in consequence of this scheme, he did not doubt that the garrison of that fortress was already besieged.
L---d N-----th, it is said has openly declared himself in C-----l for war.
By a gentleman who arrived on Friday night from France, we have undoubted intelligence, that the French have 26 men of war manned, and ready to sail, in the harbour of Brest; and also that the French soldiery were marching in great numbers towards the sea coast.
A courier is expected from Spain, we hear, the latter end of this week.
It is said that the House of Lords will adjourn for the holidays on Thursday; and the Commons on the day following.
It is a certain piece of information, that the joint efforts of the Courts of France and Spain have not been able to procure as yet a sufficient number of sailors to man half the number of ships that we have now ready for service.
***** B O S T O N, Jan. 28.
A correspondent has sent us the following.
"An odd and sad accident lately happened to a Gentleman, who has a considerable post in the----- This Gentleman had the misfortune to fall deeply in love with another man's wife—she was adverse to his importunities for a long while, at length, tired of them—he informs the husband—he advises her to make an appointment with the Gentleman—this he does. The wife is put out of the way—the husband equipped in the wife's cap, &c. at the time appointed goes to bed—the Gentleman gets in at a window, and softly makes his way into the room where his supposed mistress lay—he undresses for bed—where, behold just as he was entering, madam with the cap on, gave a whistle, when three or four sturdy rogues bursted out from a neighbouring closet, seized my Gentleman, who met with an irreparable loss, & is now under the care of skillful surgeons." Massa. Spy.
Last Tuesday evening one Mrs. Elizabeth Sheppard, at the South-End, accidentally fell down Stairs as She was going up to Bed, broke her neck, and expired instantly.
Last Thursday Evening a Negro Man belonging to Capt. Boynton, of this Town, fell between a Vessel & the Wharf, at the North-End and was drowned.
***** P O R T S M O U T H, Feb. 1, 1771.
Last Tuesday died at Dover, Col. JOHN TITCOMB, Esq; in the 44th Year of his Age. He had a considerable command in the Military Way in this Province, during the last War, and was esteemed a good and faithful Officer.
All the Letters from London, by Way of Philadelphia, &c. speak of a WAR as very certain, and there is little doubt but a Declaration, has taken Place before this Time.
The great Number of fresh Advices from London, relative to WAR, together with the famous SPEECH of that great and old Patriot, commonly known by the Name of Mr. P-----t, now Lord C-----m, has obliged us to croud the most of the Paper in very small Letter, and omit many Advertisements &c. which will be in our next.
Last Saturday the body of a Man was taken up on the Beach at Noddle's-Island, very much disfigured; supposed to be the same that fell out of his Majesty's Ship Salisbury's Boat sometime since and was drowned.
S A L E M, January 29, 1771.
By Vessels from Lisbon, arrived at Marblehead, we are favoured with Extracts of Letters dated the 1st, 13th and 17th of December; one of them contains Advices from Cadiz of Nov. 16th, which indicate an Accommodation of the present Dispute, which seemed to be a general Opinion thro'out Spain. But when the last Vessel, also arrived at Marblehead left Bilbo, which was on the 30th of November the Spaniards were under fearful Apprehensions of a Rupture taking place soon, and she dispatched as fast as possible. We hear Capt. Collins arrived at Bilboa 3d Dec. who no doubt will be dispatched in the same Manner, and may soon be expected, as well as Capt. Pearce from Cadiz.
James Duff, Esq; Consul at Cadiz, in a Letter dated Nov. 6th writes the Governor of Pennsylvania, that there is the strongest appearance of a Rupture betwixt Great Britain and Spain.
Great Search was made last Week and the Wreck before, by the people of Lynn, after the Wife of Mr. Thomas Hadly, of that place; and last Saturday her Body was found drowned in the Mill Pond. She had been absent about a Fortnight; and no Search was made for her till several Days had elapsed, it being supposed she was at some of her Relations, as it was Customary for her to travel from one place to another.
On Tuesday the 24th Inst died at his Seat in Milton, the Hon. Andrew Belcher, Esq;
A packet sailed for New York 4 Days before Capt. Grise came out. Another was arrived from New York in 18 Days.
A Declaration of War was speedily expected when Capt. Grise sailed.
Deal, Dec. 16. Came down Bascawen, Robinson, for Boston. Arrived and sailed for the River, the Lucretia, Folger, from Boston.
WHEREAS a NEW EDITION of the PROVINCE LAWS have been ordered by the Government to be publish'd; and a certain Number to be printed, which we suppose will not be sufficient for supplying every particular Person, who may be desirous of having a LAW BOOK. These are therefore to give Notice to all such Persons, that if they will now Subscribe and pay Twelve Shillings, they shall have a Book at the same price of the Government.
Those who neglect giving in their Names and paying their Part at the Time of Subscribing, will not only run the risque of not having a set, as very few will be printed, exclusive of what the Court and others take off, but also have a quarter part more to pay for those few, than Subscribers.
THE PRINTERS.
§ MONADNOCK No. 5. §
WHEREAS the Proprietors of Monadnock No. 5, so called, in the Province of New Hampshire, have at a legal Meeting held in Monadnock No 5, in said Province, at the House of Benjamin Tucker, Innholder in said Monadnock No. 5, have voted that the Sum of Three Pounds Lawful Money, should be raised on each proprietor's Right, and have assessed the proprietors for the Same: and whereas the proprietors whose Names are hereunto subscribed are delinquent, and have failed to pay their Assessment; these are therefore to give Notice, that unless the Sums annexed to each name are paid to Charles Beglo Collector to said proprietors at his House in Shrewsbury in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, on or before the 18th of February next the Rights of each delinquent Proprietor, will be advertised for Sale, and in Failure of payment will be Sold pursuant to a Law of this Province in that Case provided. The Names of the delinquent Proprietors are as follows, who have Three Pounds each to pay.
Thomas Wilson, Henry Neal, Samuel Steal, Robert Allen, James Moore, Hugh Montgomery, Thomas Mellary, James Loyne, Thomas Cochron, Isaac Cochron, Samuel Allison, Archibald Dunlop, Hubbard Morrison, John Wilson, John Moore, Robert Clark, David Morrison, Samuel Wilson, Samuel Mitchell, Thomas Morrison, Samuel Allison, junr. James Wilson, David Church, Jonathan Blanchard, Esq; Jonathan Blanchard, Jonathan Green, William Eager, Anojah How, Abel Woodard, Silas Wheeler, William Barker, Noah Church, John Woods, Jsse Rice, Daniel Goodenow, Daniel Goodenow, David Warren, John Taylor, Ebenezer Dexter, Ebenezer Dexter, Ebenezer Dexter.
Shrewsbury, January 6th 1771.
CHARLES BEGLO, Collector.
and inform'd that orders was given in London for declaring WAR two Days after she failed.

The SPEECH of Lord C-----m, (Mr. P**t.)
LONDON, Dec. 6.
He who has Ears to hear, let him hear. He who regards the Honor and Safety of his Country, let him attend.
THE Duke of Richmond having on the 22d of last month, moved that an Address might be presented to the King, that his Majesty might give orders for laying before the House, all letters and papers received by the Ministry, between the 12th of September 1769, and the 12th of September, 1770, and this being opposed by the Ministry upon the ground of the impropriety of it, while the matter in question was the subject of a negotiation with the Spanish Ambassador; and that infinite regard and tenderness ought to be shown to the delicacy of the Spanish Honour, and the punctilios of that Court. And Lord H-----gh having spoken in a very exalted tone on the occasion, the Earl of Ch-----m rose up and spoke as follows:
My LORDS,
I rise to give my hearty assent to the motion made by the noble Duke; by his Grace's favour, I have been permitted to see it before it was offered to the House. I have fully considered the necessity of obtaining from the King's servants a communication of the papers described in the motion, and I am persuaded that the alarming state of facts, as well as the strength of reasoning, with which the noble Duke has urged, and informed that necessity, must have been powerfully felt by your Lordships; what I mean to say, upon this occasion, may seem perhaps to extend beyond the limits of the motion before us. But I flatter myself, my Lords, that if I am honoured with your attention, it will appear that the meaning and object of this question are naturally connected with considerations of the most extensive national importance. For entering into such considerations, no season is improper; no occasion should be neglected. Something must be done, my Lords, and immediately to save an injured insulted, undone country. If not to save the State, my Lords, at least to mark out, and drag to public justice those servants of the Crown, by whose ignorance, neglect, or treachery, this once great, once flourishing people, are reduced to a condition as deplorable at home, as it is despicable abroad. Examples are wanted my Lords, and should be given to the world for the instruction of future times, even though they be useless to ourselves. I do not mean, my Lords, nor is it intended by the motion to impede, or embarrass a negotiation, which we have been told is now in a prosperous train, and promises a happy conclusion.
In the distress and weakness of this country, my Lords, and conscious as the Ministry ought to be how much they have contributed to that distress and weakness, I think a tone of modesty, of submission, of humility, would become them better; quædam causæ modestiam desiderant . Before this country they stand as the greatest criminals. Such I shall prove them to be; for I do not doubt of proving to your Lordships satisfaction, that since they have been entrusted with the conduct of the King's affairs, they have done every thing that they ought not to have done, and hardly any thing that they ought to have done. The noble Lord talks of Spanish punctilios in the lofty stile & idiom of a Spaniard. We are to be wonderfully tender of the Spanish point of Honour, as if they had been the complainants, as if they received the injury. I think he would have done better to have told us, what care had been taken of the English Honour. My Lords, I am well acquainted with the character of that nation, at least as far as it is represented by their Court and Ministry, and should think this country dishonoured by a comparison of the English good faith with the punctilios of a Spaniard. My Lords, the English are a candid, an ingenious people; the Spaniards are as mean, and crafty, as they are proud and insolent. The integrity of the English merchant, the generous spirit of our naval and military officers, would be degraded by a comparison with their merchants, or officers. With their Ministers I have often been obliged to negotiate, and never met with an instance of candor, or dignity, in their proceedings; nothing but low cunning tricks, and artifice; after a long experience of their want of candor, and good faith, I found myself compelled to talk to them in a peremptory, decisive language. On this principle I submitted my advice to a trembling council for an immediate declaration of a war with Spain. Your Lordships well know what were the consequences of not following that advice. Since, however, for reasons unknown to me, it has been thought advisable to negotiate with the Court of Spain, I should have conceived that the great and single object of such a negotiation, would have been, to have obtained complete satisfaction for the injury done to the Crown, and people of England. But, if I understand the noble Lord, the only object of the present negotiation is to find a salvo for the punctilious honour of the Spaniards. The absurdity of such an idea, is of itself unsupportable. But, my Lords, I object to our negotiating at all, in our present circumstances. We are not in that situation, in which a great, and powerful nation is permitted to negotiate. A foreign power has forcibly robbed his Majesty of a part of his dominions. Is the island restored? Are you replaced in statu quo? If that had been done, it might then perhaps have been justifiable to treat with the aggressor upon the satisfaction he ought to make for the insult offered to the Crown of England. But will you descend so low, will you so shamefully betray the King's Honour, as to make it matter of negotiation whether his Majesty's possessions shall be restored to him or not? I doubt not, my Lords, that there are some important mysteries in the conduct of this affair, which, whenever they are explained, will account for the profound silence now observed by the King's servants. The time will come, my Lords, when they shall be dragged from their concealments. There are some questions which, sooner or later, must be answered. The Ministry, I find, without declaring themselves explicitly, have taken pains to possess the public with an opinion, that the Spanish Court have constantly disavowed the proceedings of their Governor; and some persons I see, have been shameless and daring enough to advise his Majesty to support and countenance this opinion in his speech from the Throne. Certainly, my Lords, there never was a more odious, a more infamous falsehood imposed on a great nation. It degrades the King's honour. It is an insult to Parliament. His Majesty has been advised to confirm, and give currency to an absolute falsehood. I beg your Lordships attention, and I hope I shall be understood, when I repeat, that the Court of Spain's having disavowed the act of their Governor is an absolute, a palpable falsehood. Let me ask, my Lords, when the first communication was made by the Court of Madrid, of their being apprized of the taking of Falkland Islands, was it accompanied with an offer of instant restitution, of immediate satisfaction, and the punishment of the Spanish Governor? If it was not, they have adopted the act as their own, and the very mention of a disavowal is an impudent insult offered to the King's dignity. The King of Spain owns the thief, while he leaves him unpunished, and profits by the theft; in vulgar English, he is receiver of stolen goods, and ought to be treated accordingly.
It is proposed, that Public Prayers in all the religious Assemblies in America, be every Lord's Day devoutly offer'd up to Heaven, for the Preservation of the inestimable Life of the Earl of CHATHAM.
If your Lordships will look back to a period of the English history, in which the circumstances are reversed, in which the Spaniards were the complainants, you will see how differently they succeeded. You will see one of the ablest men, and bravest officers this or any other country ever produced (it is hardly necessary to mention the name of Sir Walter Raleigh) sacrificed, by the meanest Prince that ever sat upon this throne, to the vindictive jealousy of that haughty Court. James the first was base enough, at the instance of Gondomar, to suffer a sentence against Sir Walter Raleigh, for another supposed offence, to be carried into execution almost twelve years after it had been passed. This was the pretence. His real crime was, that he had mortally offended the Spaniards, while he acted by the King's express orders, and under his commission.
My Lords, the pretended disavowal by the Court of Spain is as ridiculous as it is false. If your Lordships want any other proof, call for your own officers who were stationed at Falkland Island. Ask the officer who commanded the garrison, whether, when he was summoned to surrender, the demand was made in the name of the Governor of Buenos Ayres, or his Catholic Majesty? Was the island said to belong to Don Francisco Bucarelli, or to the King of Spain? if I am not mistaken, we have been in possession of these islands since the year 1764 or 1765. Will the ministry assert, that in all that time the Spanish Court have never once claimed them? that their right to them has never been urged, or mentioned to our ministry? If it has, the act of the Governor of Buenos Ayres is plainly the consequence of our refusal to acknowledge and submit to the Spanish claims. For five years they negotiated. When that fails, they take the island by force. If that measure had arisen out of the general instructions, constantly given to the Governor of Buenos Ayres, should the execution of it have been deferred so long?
My Lords, if the falsehood of this pretended disavowal had been confined to the Court of Spain, I should have admitted it without concern. I should have been content, that they themselves had left a door open for excuse, and accommodation. The King of England's honour is not touched till he adopts the falsehood, delivers it to his Parliament, and makes it his own. I cannot quit this subject without comparing the conduct of the present ministry with that of a gentleman (Mr. George Grenville) who is now no more. The occasions were similar. The French had a little island from us, called by us Turks Island. The minister, then at the head of the treasury, took the business upon himself; but he did not negotiate; he sent for the French Ambassador, and made a peremptory demand. A courier was dispatched to Paris, and returned, in a few days, with orders for instant restitution, not only of the island, but of every thing that the English subjects had lost.
Such then, my Lords, are the circumstances of our difference with Spain; and in this situation, we are told that a negotiation which must have commenced near three months ago, is still pending, and that any insight into the actual state of it will impede the conclusion. My Lords, I am not, for my own part, very anxious to draw from the ministry the information, which they take so much care to conceal from us. I very well know where this honourable negotiation will end; where it must end. We may perhaps be able to patch up an accommodation for the present, but we shall have a Spanish war in six months.
From what I have said, my Lords, I do not doubt but it will be understood by many Lords, and given out to the public, that I am for hurrying the nation, at all events, into a war with Spain. My Lords, I disclaim such counsels, and I beg this declaration may be remembered; let us have peace, my Lords, but let it be honourable, be secure. A patched-up peace will not do. It will not satisfy the nation, though it may be approved of by Parliament. I distinguish widely between a solid peace, and disgraceful expedients, by which a war may be deferred, but cannot be avoided. I am as tender of the effusion of human blood, as the noble Lord who dwelt so long upon the miseries of war. If the bloody politics of some noble Lords had been followed, England, and every quarter of his Majesty's dominions, would have been glutted with blood; the blood of our own countrymen.
My Lords, I have better reasons perhaps than many of your Lordships for desiring peace upon the terms I have described. I know the strength and preparation of the House of Bourbon. I know the defenceless, unprepared condition of this country. I know by what mismanagement we are reduced to this situation; and when I consider, who are the men by whom a war, in the outset at least, must be conducted, can I but wish for peace? I think it would be treachery to the nation, to conceal from them their real circumstances; and, with respect to a foreign enemy, I know that all concealments are vain and useless. They are as well acquainted with the actual force, and weakness of this country, as any of the King's servants. This is no time for silence, or reserve. I charge the Ministry with the highest crimes, that men in their stations can be guilty of. I charge them with having destroyed all content, and unanimity at home, by a series of oppressive, unconstitutional measures, and with having betrayed, and delivered up the nation, defenceless, to a foreign enemy.
Their utmost vigour has reached no further than to a fruitless, protracted negotiation. When they should have acted, they have contented themselves with talking about it, Goddeus, and about it . If we do not stand forth, and do our duty in the present crisis, the nation is irretrievably undone. I despise the little policy of concealments. You ought to know the whole of your situation. If the information be new to the ministry, let them take care to profit by it. I mean, to rouse, to alarm the whole nation---to rouse the ministry, if possible, who seem awake to nothing but the preservation of their places;---to awaken the King.
After taking notice, that the ministry, early in June, had received advice of a commencement of hostilities by a Spanish armament, warning the King's Garrison, to quit an island belonging to the King, yet they lay dormant as if nothing had happened, till the 12th of September, when they heard of the blow being actually struck. And that since this time, after all their boasts, in a period of considerable more than two months, they had not raised ten thousand men at the utmost; for in his own breast, he was convinced the number did not exceed eight thousand: And that forty ships of the line, with their necessary attendant frigates, required forty thousand seamen; and that in the last war, there were eighty five thousand seamen actually employed. That the number newly raised, added to the peace establishment, did not now, much exceed twenty thousand. He then proceeded to state the extent and variety of the services which must be provided for, in the following words:
The first great and acknowledged objects of national defence, my Lords, in this country, is to maintain such a superior naval force at home, that even the united fleets of France and Spain, may never be masters of the Channel.
The second naval object with an English minister, should be to maintain at all times, a powerful western squadron.
The third object, indispensable, as I conceive, in the distribution of our navy, is to maintain such a force in the Bay of Gibraltar, as may be sufficient to cover the garrison, to watch the motions of the Spaniards, and to keep open the communication with Minorca. The ministry will not betray such want of information, as to dispute the truth of any of these propositions. But how will your Lordships be astonished, when I inform you in what manner they have provided for these great, these essential objects?
As to the first, I mean the defence of the channel, I take upon myself to affirm to your Lordships that, at this hour (and I beg that the date may be taken down, and observed) we cannot send out eleven ships of the line so manned and equipped, that any officer of rank and credit in the service, shall accept of the command, and stake his reputation upon it. We have one ship of the line at Jamaica, one at the Leeward Islands, and one at Gibraltar,---yet, at this very moment, for ought the ministry know, both Jamaica and Gibraltar may be attacked, and if they are attacked, (which God forbid) they must fall. Nothing can prevent it, but the appearance of a superior squadron. It is true that, some two months ago, 4 ships of the line were ordered from Portsmouth, and one from Plymouth, to carry a relief from Ireland to Gibraltar. These ships, my Lords, a week ago, were still in port. If, upon their arrival at Gibraltar, they should find the Bay possessed by a superior squadron, the relief cannot be landed; and, if it could be landed, of what force do your Lordships think it consists? Two regiments of four hundred men each, at a time like this, are sent to secure a place of such importance as Gibraltar! A place which, it is universally agreed, cannot hold against a vigorous attack from the sea, if once the enemy should be so far masters of the Bay, as to make good a landing, even with a moderate force. The indispensable service of the lines requires at least four thousand men. The present garrison consists of about two thousand three hundred; so that, if the relief should be fortunate enough to get on shore, they will want eight hundred men of their necessary complement.
Let us now, my Lords, turn out eyes homewards. When the defence of Great-Britain or Ireland is in question, it is no longer a point of honor; it is not the security of foreign commerce, or foreign possessions; we are to contend for the very being of the state: I have good authority to assure your Lordships, that the Spaniards have now a fleet at Ferrol, completely manned and ready to sail, which we are in no condition to meet. We could not this day send out eleven ships of the line properly equipped, and to-morrow the enemy may be masters of the channel. It is unnecessary to press the consequences of these facts upon your Lordships minds. If the enemy were to land in full force, either upon this coast, or in Ireland, where is your army? Where is your defence? My Lords, if the House of Bourbon make a wise and vigorous use of the actual advantages they have over us, it is more than possible that, on this day month, we may not be a nation. What military force can the ministry shew, to answer any sudden demand? I do not speak of foreign expeditions, or offensive operations. I speak of the inferior defence of Ireland, and of this country. This subject, my Lords, leads me to considerations of policy, and foreign alliance. It is more connected with them, than your Lordships may at first imagine.---When I compare the numbers of our people, estimated highly at seven millions, with the population of France and Spain, usually computed at twenty-five millions, I see a clear, self-evident impossibility for this country to contend with the united power of the House of Bourbon, merely upon the strength of its own resources. They, who talk of confining a great war to naval operations only, speak without knowledge, or experience. We can no more command the disposition, than the events of a war; wherever we are attacked, there we must defend.
I have been much abused, my Lords, for supporting a war, which it has been the fashion to call my German war. But I can affirm, with a clear conscience, that that abuse has been thrown upon me by men, who were either unacquainted with facts, or had an interest in misrepresenting them. I shall speak plainly and frankly to your Lordships upon this, as I do upon every occasion. That I did in parliament oppose, to the utmost of my power, our engaging in a German war, is most true: and if the same circumstances were to recur, I would act the same part, and oppose it again. But when I was called upon to take a share in the administration, that measure was already decided. Before I was appointed Secretary of State, the first treaty with the King of Prussia was signed, and not only ratified by the crown, but approved of, and confirmed by a resolution of both Houses of Parliament. It was a weight fastened upon my neck. By that treaty the honor of the crown, and the honor of the nation were equally engaged. How I could recede from such an agreement; how I could advise the crown to desert a great Prince in the midst of those difficulties, in which a reliance upon the good faith of this country had contributed to involve him, are questions I willingly submit to your Lordships candor. That wonderful man might perhaps have extricated himself from his difficulties without our assistance. He has talents, which, in every thing that touches the human capacity, do honor to the human mind. But how would England have supported that reputation of credit and good faith, by which we have been distinguished in Europe? What other foreign power would have sought our friendship? What other foreign power would have accepted of an alliance with us?
I have taken a wide circuit, my Lords, and trespassed, I fear, too long upon your Lordships patience. Yet I cannot conclude without endeavouring to bring home your thoughts to an object more immediately interesting to us, than any I have yet considered. I mean the internal condition of this country. We may look abroad for wealth or triumphs, or luxury; but England, my Lords, is the main stay, the last resort of the whole empire. To this point every scheme of policy, whether foreign or domestic, should ultimately refer. Have any measures been taken to satisfy, or to unite the people? Are the grievances they have so long complained of removed? Or do they stand not only unredressed but aggravated?---Is the free right of election restored to the elective body? My Lords, I myself am one of the people. I esteem that security and independence, which is the original birthright of an Englishman, far beyond the privileges, however splendid, which are annexed to the peerage. I myself am by birth an English elector, and join with the freeholders of England, as in a common cause. Believe me, my Lords, we mistake our real interest as much as our duty, when we separate ourselves from the mass of the people. Can it be expected that Englishmen will unite heartily in defence of a government, by which they feel themselves insulted and oppressed? Restore them to their rights. That is the true way to make them unanimous. It is not a ceremonial recommendation from the throne can bring back peace and harmony to a discontented people! That insipid, annual opiate has been administered so long, that it has lost its effect. Something substantial, something effectual must be done.
My Lords, if the general representations which I have had the honor to lay before you, of the situation of public affairs, has in any measure engaged your attention, your Lordships, I am sure will agree with me, that the season calls for more than common prudence and vigour in the direction of our councils.
The ministry are now balancing between a war, which they ought to have foreseen, but for which they have made no provision, and an ignominious compromise. Let me warn them of their danger. If they are forced into a war, they stand at the hazard of their heads. If, by an ignominious compromise, they should stain the honor of the crown, or sacrifice the rights of the people, let them look to their consciences, and consider whether they will be able to walk the streets in safety.
The above Speech is worthy a Place, with a gilt Frame in all Houses, with that made by the great P-t., in the days of the famous and never, never to be-for-gotten Stamp-Act.

Messrs FOWLE, In your Gazette of the 18th of January under New- York Head, is a strange Account of a Woman being burnt to Death in her Chamber without setting Fire to the House, which is looked upon by some to be quite Fabulous—Therefore to convince such that there have been similar Instances, please to give the fol- lowing a Place in your Paper.
AN ACCOUNT of the DEATH of the COUNTESS CORNELIA BAUDI, of Celena , who was con- sumed by a Fire, kindled in her own Body; with an Enquiry into the Cause.
THIS Lady was in her 62d Year, and well all Day till Night, when she began to be heavy; after Supper she was put to Bed, and talked three Hours with her Maid; at last falling a sleep, the Door was shut. In the Morning, the Maid go- ing to call her, saw her Corpse in this deplorable Condition. Four Feet distant from the Bed, was a Heap of Ashes, two Legs untouched, Stockings on, between which lay the Head, the Brains, half of the back Part of the Skull, and the whole Chin burnt to Ashes; among which were found three Fingers blackened, all the rest was Ashes, which had this Quality, that they left in the Hand a greasy and stinking Moisture. The Air in the Room had Soot floating in it; a small Oil-Lamp on the Floor, was covered with Ashes, but no Oil in it. Of two Candles on the Table, the Tallow was gone, but the Cotton left, some Moisture about the Feet of the Candlesticks; the Bed undamaged; the Blankets and Sheets only raised on one Side, as when one gets out of Bed. The whole Furniture spread over with moist ash color'd Soot, which penetrated the Draw- ers, and fouled the Linnen. This Soot even got into a Neighbouring Kitchen, hung on its Walls and Utensils; and a Bit of Bread, covered with this Soot, was refused by several Dogs. In the Room above, the said Soot flew about, and from the Win- dows trick'd down a greasy, loathsome, yellowish Liquor, with an unusual Stink. The Floor of the Chamber was thick smeared with a gluish Moisture, not easily got off, and the Stink spread into other Chambers.
The Narrative is followed by an Enquiry into the Cause of this Conflagration; the Result of which is, that it was not from the Lamp, nor super- natural, nor from a Flash of Lightening, but from her own Body; though some concluded that it must be the Effect of a Fulmen. The Dogs refused the Bread, because of the sulphureous Stink, and No- thing but a Fulmen could reduce a Body to impal- pable Ashes. But it seems there was no sulphureous or nitrous Smell of Fulmen, and the Effects of it would not reduce a Body to impalpable Ashes.— The Fire was caused in her Entrails, by inflamed Effuvia of her Blood, by Juices and Fermentations in the Stomach, and many combustible Matters, a- bundant in living Bodies, for the Uses of Life; and lastly, by the fiery Evaporations, which exhale from the Settlements of Spirits, Wine, Brandies, &c. in the tunica villosa of the Stomach, and other fat Mem- branes, engendering there a Kind of Camphor; which, in Sleep, by a full Breathing and Respiration, are put in a stronger Motion, and consequently, more apt to be set on Fire.
The Cause of the old Lady's Dullness, before go- ing to Bed, was an Effect of two much Heat con- centrated in her Breast, that hindered the Perspira- tion through the Pores of her Body, which is calcu- lated to about 40 Ounces per Night. Her Ashes, found at four Feet distance from her Bed, are a plain Argument, that she, by natural Instinct, rose up to cool her Heat, and perhaps was going to open a Window.
A similar Instance is added of one Grace Pett , a Fisherman's Wife of Ipswich, who going down into the Kitchen, when she was half undressed for Bed, was there found the next Morning, lying on the right Side, extended over the Hearth, with her Legs on the Deal Floor; her Body appeared like a Block of Wood, burning with a glowing Fire with Flame; the Trunk covered, like Charcoal, with white Ashes, and her Head and Limbs much burnt; there was no Fire in the Grate, the Candle was burnt out of the Socket; a Child's Cloaths on one Side of her, and a Paper Screen on the other, were both untouched, and the Deal Floor was not dis- coloured, though the Fat had so penetrated the Hearth, as not to be scoured out.
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Province of New Hampshire. COURT OF VICE ADMIRALTY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN WENTWORTH, Esq.; SURVEYOR GENERAL OF HIS MAJESTY'S WOODS IN NORTH AMERICA, has exhibited an Information against Two Hundred and Sixty Nine LOGS or TRUNKS of White Pine Trees, fit for Masting the Royal Navy, lately seized by him, as forfeited, at a Place call'd Piscataquog River, in Goffe's Town, in the Province aforesaid, One Hun- dred whereof, being each of the Dimension of 24 Inches and upwards, 12 Inches from the Ground, as being cut contrary to the Statutes in such Cases pro- vided, moving that they may be Decreed to remain Forfeit according to Law.—Any Person or Persons claiming Property therein, may be heard to support the same, and to shew Cause if any they have, why they should not be Decreed at a Court of VICE ADMIRALTY, to be holden at the Court House in Portsmouth, in said Province, on Thursday the Seventh Day of February next, at three o'Clock in the Afternoon. Portsmouth, January 11, 1771. per Curiam, JOHN SHERBURNE, Dep. Reg.
Province of New Hampshire, January 4, 1771. THE General Assembly of the Province of New Hampshire, having provided for exchanging and redeeming the Paper BILLS of Credit of said Province; Notwithstanding, some of those Bills of Credit yet remain in private hands — And by an Act of said General Assembly, passed the 3d Inst. it is further provided, for the speedy Redem- ption and Exchanging of said Bills of Credit, and "That "such Bills that shall be offered or brought to be "so exchanged or redeemed, shall not be received "or exchanged after six Months, to be computed "from the Time of passing this Act, without special "Reasons, to be allowed by the General Assembly." And by direction in said Act, the limitation for ex- changing and redeeming said Bills of Credit, is no- tified in the New Hampshire Gazette, by GEO. JAFFREY, Treasurer.
WE the Subscribers, Commis- sioners appointed by the Hon. John Wentworth , Esq.; Judge of the Probate of Wills for the Province of New Hampshire, to receive and examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of John Church , late of Portsmouth in said Province, Cordwainer, deceased, represented Insolvent; and six Months being allowed for that Purpose, HEREBY give No- tice, that we will attend that Service at the Dwel- ling House of Capt. Jacob Tilton , Innholder in Portsmouth, the last Wednesday of this and the five following Months, from five to seven o'Clock Af- ternoon of said Days. John Wendell. Portf. Jan. 22d. 1771. John Pickrin.
WHEREAS the several Debtors and Creditors to the Estate of Jeremiah Wheelwright , late of Portsmouth, deceased, have been frequently called upon to adjust their respective Accounts; this is to give them further Notice, that the Executors are determined to sue every unsettled Account to next March Court, without any Distinction of Per- sons, as there is an absolute Necessity to have the personal Estate settled; and the Heirs think it un- just and unreasonable to have the real Estate sold at this Time, when they have great Reason to believe there is a Sufficiency due to the Estate, to discharge the Debts.—That no Person may think them- selves neglected, this Advertisement will be contin- ued three Weeks from this Time. Portsmouth, Jan. 24th. 1771.
Jonathan Moulton Of Hampton, Informes his Customers and others, who have Accounts open with him, that this is his usual Time of Year for settling Accounts—Therefore hopes and desires they'll re- spectively close them by the 10th of February next, especially those of long standing, that they would settle them, either by paying the Cash, or giving their Notes of Hand on Interest.—Those that are Indebted to him by Notes of Hand, (of more than a Years standing) are likewise desired to pay them by said Time, or at least the Interest thereon.— The Request being so reasonable, he flatters himself that no one will give him Occasion, to adopt the dis- agreeable Remedy, prescribed by Law, to oblige him to it, which he really intends to do if they ne- glect. Hampton, January 10, 1771.
A few of the TRIALS of the SOLDIERS in Boston, are just come to Hand, and may be had of the Printers hereof.
George Craigie Hereby informs his Customers and others, that he has removed from his SHOP next the Market House, on Spring Hill, Portsmouth, to the Shop lately improved by Mr. James M'Don- ough , in the Pav'd Street, leading from the State- House to the Market, where he has to Sell, A good Assortment of English GOODS suitable for the Season, exceeding cheap for Cash.
BROAD Cloths, German Serges, Ker- seys, Bearskins, Flannels, Swanskins, Blankets, Thicksets, Shalloons, black, pink and cloth color'd Calamancoes; black, blue, green, pink, crimson, & cloth color'd Tammies and Durants; plain and strip'd Camblets; cotton Gowns; Cambleteens, Poplins, Calicoes; Chincies; 3 quarters, 7 eight and yard wide, Irish Linnens; strip- ed, plain & flower'd Lawns; lawn Aprons, demy Cambricks; fiesia Linnens; check Linnen; strip'd Holland; check Hand- kerchiefs; bed Ticks; Taffities; Persians; Capuchin Silk, plain black Sattin; blue and cloth color'd silk Damasks; black and color'd Barcelona Handkerchiefs; silk and cotton Romalls; Oznabrigs; Tick- lenburgs; castor and felt Hatts; Breeches Patterns; Mens plain, and ribb'd Stock- ings; worsted Caps; worsted Mitts; mill'd Caps; mill'd Gloves; Buckrams, sewing Silk; knee Straps; white & color'd Threads; Twist; Mohair; Buttons, Qua- lities; Gartering; Needles; Pins; Tapes; Shears; Scissors; Thimbles; Fans, Buckles; Shoes; Combs; Penknives; Pewter Plates; Platters and Basins, Porringers; Spoons; blocktin Tea Pots; Knives and Forks; Box Irons; Tongs and Shovels, Frying Pans; 4d, 6d, 10d, and 20d Nails; new Raisins; Currants; Tea; Coffee; Choc- olate; Loaf and brown Sugar; New-En- gland and West India RUM; Indigo; Cotton Wool; Wool Cards; Molasses; Pepper; Allspice; Ginger; Cinnamon; Cloves; Mace; Starch; Nutmegs; Flour; Rice; Mustard; Salt; Kippens Snuff by the dozen or single bottle; Stone Tea Cups and Saucers; Bowles; Mugs; Sugar Dishes, Cream Pots; Tea Pots; Stone Plates; —Looking Glasses; Powder; Shot, Writing Paper, &c. &c. &c.
INN AT NEWBURY: William Lambert, From Yorkshire in England, Begs leave to inform the Public That he has lately taken the INN at Newbury- Port, formerly occupied by Mr. Choate ; which is now compleatly Repair'd, and new furnished with convenient Furniture, and the greatest variety of ex- cellent LIQUORS.—He has also provided com- modious Stabling for Horses, and every Accom- modation for Travellers and others. He humbly in- treats Custom, and will strive by his good Entertain- ment to merit the public Favour, at the SIGN OF THE WENTWORTH'S ARMS, near the Ferry in Newbury Port.
The Proprietors of Sandwich, are hereby Notified to meet at the House of Samuel Folsom , Esq.; Innholder in said Town, on Monday the Fourth Day of February next, at 2 o'Clock, P. M. for the following Purposes. 1st, To see if the Pro- prietors will allow those Settlers who did not make a Return of their Lots, agreeable to a Vote passed February 1768, a further Time for their Return. 2. To see what Encouragement the Proprietors will give those persons who will settle in said Town. 3. To see what Land the proprietors will give the Agents for services done the proprietors. 4. To see if the proprietors will sell some Land to pay the Charge of clearing Roads in said Township, and to chuse a Committee for that purpose. JOSEPH GILMAN, Prop's Clerk. Exeter, January 15th, 1771.