The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1773-06-18 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
Friday June 18, 1773.
THE
Vol. XVII.
GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
NO. 870 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd. }
WILKES'S LETTER.
L O N D O N, April 22.
An ATTESTED COPY of a LETTER from JOHN WILKES, Esq; To the Right Hon. Sir FLETCHER NORTON, Knight, SPEAKER of the House of Commons. SIR, Prince's-Court, April 20, 1773. IN Pursuance of your Orders to the Sheriff of Middlesex, of the 7th of this Month, to summon the Representatives of this County, - - - I have received a Letter from Richard Oliver, Esq; and Sir Watkin Lewes, requiring my "Attendance on the 26th Day of this Instant April," with a Declaration, "that the House of Commons intended to proceed with the utmost Severity against such of their Members as shall then Neglect to attend the Service of the House."
The two Gentlemen, Sir, as well as every Man of Sense & Principle in the Kingdom, could not entertain a Doubt, that the Legal Members for Middlesex were Mr. Glynn and Myself, the Persons who were chosen into Parliament by a Majority of Freeholders. The Summons in Consequence issued to us by their express Directions. The Sentiments, however, of the House of Commons appear to me very Different, and not less in direct Opposition to every idea of Justice than to the Rights of the People. It is too evident they mean a Continuation of their former Injuries to the County of Middlesex, and the Nation at large, by their still suffering Mr. Luttrell to sit in Parliament, the pretended Representative of Freeholders, who voted against him. In this Spirit of Injustice they intended the Summons should Issue to a Gentleman, who has no Pretence to a Seat in the House of Commons, but finds his Usurpation supported by their Fraud and Violence.
I have not been Remiss, Sir, on this occasion in duty to my worthy Constituents and to my Country. I neglected no Opportunity of demanding the Seat to which I was so Honorably chosen, nor have I failed to protest frequently, both to the Parliament and Nation, against this Injustice done to the Freeholders of the County of Middlesex, as being suffered to be represented only in part by Mr. Glynn, altho' with the highest Reputation to Himself, and the most essential benefit to the Public. On the 27th of January 1769, I demanded, in Person, at the Bar of the House of Commons, to be admitted and sworn in, as one of the Knights of the Shire for this County. In a Letter to you, Sir, as Speaker, on the 20th of March, 1771, I declared, "in the Name of the Freeholders of Middlesex, I again demand my Seat in Parliament, having the Honor of being freely chosen, by a great Majority, one of the Representatives for the said County. I am ready to take the Oaths prescribed by Law, and to give in my Qualification as Knight of the Shire." I now to you, Sir, as Speaker, renew the same Claim in the strongest Manner, for the Injured People of England, and my Constituents, the Freeholders of the County of Middlesex. I will never cease to support, with Spirit, the clear right I derive from them by all constitutional Modes of Redress, till every, the most minute, Trace of the late flagitious Proceedings, be utterly done away,
and the Guilty fully expiated.
The People, Sir, are anxious that the House should embrace the Opportunity, which now naturally offers, of reviewing their Conduct, of doing a necessary Piece of Justice by rescinding that arbitrary Resolution of May 8th, 1769, which virtually repeals the Great Charter, and the Bill of Rights in the important point of Freedom and Election, "that Henry Lawes Luttrell, Esq; is duly elected a Knight of the Shire for the County of Middlesex." While this Resolution remains in the Journals of the House, I assert that the House of Commons in the Person of one Man illegally deprived of his Seat in Parliament, have disfranchised all the People of England, and in the Person of another have assumed to themselves the right of nominating to any County, City, or Borough, in Defiance of the legal Electors. The right of Election is in the People, which they hold absolutely Independent of the House of Commons, who are only the Guardians of that, and every other less sacred Right. The present Majority have betrayed their Trust, and given up those invaluable Privileges which they were chosen to Defend and Protect. Our Ancestors held the Freedom of Election subject only to the Law of the Land, to be of the Essence, as well as the nobler part, of the Franchise. Their Posterity have been robbed of this first, this distinguishing, and favourite Honour of Englishmen by a venal Senate—hitherto with impunity.
It is scarcely possible to imagine a Precedent more fatal to the free Constitution of any state, or more alarming to the Members themselves, who, indulging in supine ease and Luxury, and the Cries of the starving Poor, unfeeling as unrepenting, now glory in the rich Spoils of this ignoble Victory over their Bleeding Country, and perhaps their Posterity. I wish to awaken them by a Sense of their own danger, since they are Deaf to the Voice of Truth and Liberty. Should the Resolution I have mentioned not be rescinded, the Precedent is at hand to justify the future Violence of any Minion or Minister against themselves, on the slightest act of Disobedience or Neglect. It is not necessary to call in a Jury of our Countrymen to try the fact on Oath. A complaisant and corrupt Majority may be induced, after a mock Examination of two or three Witnesses not sworn, to Vote any man obnoxious to a Despotic Court or Ministry, guilty of a Libel, even against a profligate Peer, to expel him the House, and adopt in his Room some forward Slave of Power, who will court and kiss the base Chains, forged by a Tyrant, without any appeal having been made by the party pretending to be aggrieved by the Libel either to the Laws of the Land or of Honour. Such a Precedent is now on Record, the most admired Page in the thirty Folio Volumes of the Journals, & engraven on the cankered Hearts of our modern Courtiers and Ministers.
The Reverence I have for Parliaments, Sir, has induced me to state the Mischiefs, with which we are threatened, should the Resolution not be Rescinded. By the servile and iniquitous Conduct of the present House of Commons, the Regard of the People to that Part of our Constitution is visibly weakened. The Majority of the Members are abhorred as the Instruments of Ministerial Tyranny, not revered as the Protectors of the Rights of the Nation. They
are become odious as well as criminal; for, from the meanest and most interested Motives, they have totally subverted the Constitution, and effected an absolute Dissolution of that fair and equal System of Power, by which we have hitherto been, and alone can be legally Governed.—They have fallen into the lowest State of Humiliation and Contempt. If however they persevere in the Violation of our fundamental Rights, if they continue actuated by the same Spirit of Usurpation & lawless Violence, one Hope still remains, the Wisdom and Virtue of a future independent Parliament, which, cannot fail to give Vigour and Success to the honest Efforts of all real Patriots for the Restoration of the Constitution, and to pour just Vengeance on their guilty Predecessors.
I am, SIR, Your most humble Servant, JOHN WILKES.
Right Honourable Sir Fletcher Norton, Speaker of the House of Commons.
L O N D O N, April 22.
Lord North did not come yesterday from St. James's to the House of Commons till near 4 o'Clock. As soon as his Lordship arrived, the Speaker rose, and acquainted the House, that he had received a Letter from the Sheriffs of Middlesex, signed "Richard Oliver," and "Watkin Lewes," in answer to a circular letter he had written to them by order of the House; that he had the purport of their answer in a note, which he had in his hand, which was, "that they had summoned John Wilkes, and John Glynn, Esqrs as Knights of the Shire for the County of Middlesex;" that he would read it, if the House pleased, but that he imagined there was no occasion for so doing, as it had been already very faithfully copied in all the News-papers.—At the instant the Speaker had done, his Lordship called for the order of the day, and no person rising to speak on either side, no further notice was taken of the affair.
Lord Barrington acquainted the House of Commons yesterday, that he had a matter of great importance to lay before them in a few days.
The Rev'd Mr. Horne, we hear has thrown off the Clergyman's gown for the lawyers, grown tired of the law of God, he is to practice the law of man; he has distinguished himself in making quarrels, and he is now to learn how to make them worse.—This reverend youth delivered up his gown last Monday to the bishop, who very readily accepted of it.
Yesterday morning India Stock, which was done yesterday at 150l. fell down to 142, and Bank and all other stocks fell in proportion, the reason we have not as yet heard; but at noon they rose again a little.
Yesterday Morning about 3 o'Clock, the Royal Charlotte, Capt. Corfley, belonging to Dublin, burthen about 250 tons, laden with sugar, oil, cotton, and sundry other goods by some accident took fire, as she was lying at Bear-Key; she was cut out of the tier, which fortunately prevented other ships from being damaged.
Dublin, April 13. There are no less than 14 ships now advertised to take passengers from Belfast to North-America; 8 from Newry; 6 from Londonderry; 2 from Cork; one from Galway, and one Limerick; in all 32.

Boston, June 10.
Yesterday his Excellency the Governor was pleased to send the following Message to the Honorable House of Representatives. viz.
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, BY your Committees you have laid before me the Dates of six original Letters with my Signature to them, which have been brought into your House and read, together with other Letters from several other Persons. You have also laid before me an Extract from the Journal of your Proceedings, by which it appears you are of Opinion that the Tendency and Design of the Letters thus read was to overthrow the Constitution of this Government and to introduce Arbitrary Power into the Province.
I find by the Dates of the Letters with my Signature that, if genuine, they must be private Letters wrote to a Gentleman in London, since deceased; that all, except the last, were wrote many Months before I came to the Chair; that they were wrote not only with that Confidence which is always implied in a friendly Correspondence by private Letters, but that they are expressly confidential; notwithstanding which, they contain nothing more respecting the Constitution of the Colonies in general than what is contained in my Speeches to the Assembly, and what I have published in a more extensive Manner, to the World: and there is not one Passage in them which was ever intended to respect, or which, as I am well assured the Gentleman to whom they were wrote, ever understood to respect, the particular Constitution of this Government as derived from the Charter.
I am at a Loss for what Purpose you desire the Copies of any Letters the Originals of which you have in your Hands. If it is with a View to make them Publick, the Originals are more proper for that Purpose than the Copies. I think it would be very improper and out of Character in me to lay my private Letters before you at your Request. My publick ones I am restrained from laying before you without Express Leave from his Majesty. Thus much however I may assure you, that it has not been the Tendency and Design of them to subvert the Constitution of this Government, but rather to preserve it intire, and I have Reason to think they have not been altogether ineffectual to that Purpose.
Council-Chamber, T. HUTCHINSON. 9th June, 1773.
MONDAY, June 14.
Last Thursday, se'nnight the Lord Hyde Packet Capt. Goddard, arrived at New-York, in 7 Weeks from Falmouth; but has brought no late Advices.
Capt. Merrett from Cadiz, on the 12th of April in the Morning felt such a severe shock of an Earthquake, that it wak'd the People on board.
On Friday last a Committee from the Honorable House of Representatives waited upon his Excellency the Governor with the following ANSWER to his SPEECH at the Opening of the present Session, viz.
May it please your Excellency, YOUR Speech at the Opening of this Assembly informs us, that the Commissaries appointed by this Government and the Government of New-York have amicably agreed upon a Boundary Line on the Eastern part of New-York, from the South to the North Boundary of this Province, and that the Governors of the respective provinces have consented thereto. It gives us a very particular Satisfaction to find that an End is put to this Controversy, at a Time when Harmony among his Majesty's American Colonies is become so important and necessary: We hope this Agreement will meet with the royal Approbation. In the mean Time we are of Opinion that it will tend to the Establishment of the Peace of each Government, and that it will be of utility to the Borderers, to have this Line run and mark'd as soon as possible.
As we have the same Disposition to do any good Office for a neighbouring Colony, as if the Benefit were reciprocal, the House will take into Consideration some effectual Measure to prevent the Counterfeiting the paper Currency of Virginia, according to the Request of the Governor of that Colony, although we are without a paper Currency in this Province. We consider ourselves bound, as far as may be proper for us to
consult the Welfare of every Colony: And it will afford us a singular Pleasure to have it in our Power to contribute to the Good of that Colony, which has distinguished itself by a generous Zeal for the Safety and prosperity of all.
The other Matters recommended in your Excellency's Speech will have their due Consideration in this House: And every Thing before us, that concerns his Majesty's Service and the true Interest of the People, which are inseparably connected, will have all that attention which the Duty we owe to the King and our Constituents shall require.
Salem, June 15.
Capt. Israel Dodge, in a large Schooner, belonging to this Place, deep laden with Molasses, was lately cast away at Guadalupe; the Vessel and near all the Cargo lost, but the Men saved.
DIED.] At Boston, Mr. William Beatty, Merchant. \text{A.E.} 24. Mr. John Dupree. A Child of Mr. John Welsh. Mrs. Rebecca Hodgdon, \text{A.E.} 57.
---At Newport, Charles Bardin, Esq; Mr. John Scott.--- Mrs. Mary Lightfoot.
---At Bradford, Benjamin Mulliken, Esq; \text{A.E.} 77.
---At Gloucester Mr. Joseph Hiller.
---At Wester, in R. Island, Rev. Mr. Thomas Hiscox.
PHILADELPHIA, June 2.
We are assured from the best Authority, that neither the Collector or Comptroller of this Port have received any Advice with Regard to the Appointment of Ebenezer Richardson, mentioned under the Boston-Head, from whence it is concluded the above is premature, and the good People of this City may rest easy, as it is presumed a fellow of so infamous a Character, will not dare to shew his face here.
NEW-YORK, June 3.
The Mercury Packet-Boat, Capt. Dillon, sails this Day with the Mail for Falmouth. The Earl of Dunmore, Capt. Lawrence, is to sail on Sunday next for London, with whom are to go Passengers, his Excellency General Gage, his Lady and Family, Major Sheriff, Capt. Kemble, Capt. Dobson, Dr. Brown, and several others.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 26.
We hear that a Philosophical Society, consisting of one hundred members, is established under the patronage of his Excellency the Governor, for the advancement of useful Knowledge in this Colony, of which the following Gentlemen were elected officers for the year ensuing:---John Clayton, Esq; author of the Flora Virginica, President; John Page of Rosewell, Esq; Vice President; the Rev'd Samuel Henley, Professor of Moral Philosophy, Secretary, Mr. St. George Tucker, Assistant Secretary; David Jameson, Esq; Treasurer.
L O N D O N, April 15.
To the Right Hon. the Earl of Dartmouth. WILL your Lordship give me Leave to recommend to your most attentive Perusal a Sermon lately preached before the Society for Propagating the Gospel, by Dr. Shipley, Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. The Sentiments it contains might do honor to the best Christian and wisest Man that ever lived. It abounds with political Precepts of the most sterling and extensive Wisdom.
The Policy of this good Bishop, touching our American Colonies, is that which I have already had the Honor of recommending to your Lordship. To follow the Wisdom of our Fathers, to resume their System founded in the equitable principles of our most excellent Constitution, and hallowed by the Hand of Time; is the only Way to heal those Wounds, which the Folly, the Vice, the Intemperance of others have given, and which I am sure your Lordship laments.
May the christian Piety, the Political Wisdom and Virtue, which dictated the Sentiments in the Sermon, inspire your Lordship's Councils, and direct his Majesty's Measures, so shall the People be happy, and the Generations yet to come rejoice.
RALEIGH.
L O N D O N, April 22.
It is said that Mr. Wilkes's letter to the Speaker will be ordered, by the House of Commons, to be burnt by the hands of the common hangman, and the author sent to Newgate.
April 23. We are well informed, that a War is now unavoidable, for that orders are given for equipping 15 sail of the line and four frigates; and that Lord Sandwich has promised a great personage that they shall be ready for sail in twelve days. Press Warrants are expected to be out this day.
The command of the above fleet, which is intended for Channel service, is to be given to Admiral Pye, who is to hoist his flag on board the Queen, a 90 gun ship.
The grand fleet destined for the Mediterranean is to be commanded by Sir Charles Saunders; it consists of 15 sail of the line and four frigates, viz. one of ninety guns, four of seventy four, and ten of sixty-four.
It is said that France and Spain, by a secret treaty with the Porte, are to fall upon the Russian fleet, as soon as the armistice between the Turks and Russians expires.
The French fleet sailing out of Toulon, under the command of the famous Count d'Estaing, consists of twelve ships of the line; they are to be joined by a Spanish squadron at Carthagena, and are to act in conjunction against the Russians.
April 24. The Tars are all in high Spirits at the prospect of another Brush with the Dons and Monsieurs.
An expression of the B-----p of O-----g's, when Jonas, the flight of hand man, was lately diverting the royal Children, is talked of with much pleasantry at St. James's. Jonas, it seems, had exhibited many dexterous feats, with which the children were highly delighted; at last the B-----p bursting into a loud laugh, exclaimed,---"Why, Jonas, I fancy you could conjure people's heads away, and if you will only take off my brother G-----'s who stands greatly in my light, I shall be highly obliged to you."
Extract of a Letter from Paris, April 2.
"The sermons of the Abbe de Beauvais, who preached before the King this Lent, are full of energy; it is said, that for a long time past no Christian Orator has delivered such bold truths, nor supported his sacred mission with so much dignity. Yet this thundering preacher does not make many
converts. As he was declaiming a few days ago against the vices of courtiers, the King whispered the Marshal de Richelieu who sat next to him, Marshal, that is for you.--- But presently there followed a long train of invective against Kings, upon which the Marshal very wittily laid to his Majesty, Sire, you will be pleased to observe that here is something for you also.
It appears---that not only Protestant Dissenting Ministers,---a Bishop of the Church of England,---but also an Abbe in France, ventures forth in the Cause of LIBERTY.
L O N D O N, April 23.
It is now no longer a secret, that every thing is confusion and hurry in the cabinet; conferences are hourly held among his Majesty's servants, and some of them immediately after the breaking up of those conferences directly communicate with their Royal Master. Two Councils have been held each day since Monday; however nothing was finally determined yesterday morning, tho' it was debated in the cabinet the preceding evening, whether a proclamation should not be issued for impressing seamen and offering a bounty to such as would voluntarily enlist themselves.
A variety of extraordinary and contradictory rumours prevail relative to the true cause of the present ferment in the cabinet; some give out that the Prussian Monarch has already marched at the head of a numerous and powerful army into Hanover; others that the Spaniard, supported by means of a new family compact, is meditating some important and decisive blow against our possessions in the West-Indies; while the most rational and prevailing opinion is, that the House of Bourbon have planned a diversion in Italy, in order to draw the attention of the Emperor, and hereby defeat his designs against the Ottomans, and have likewise determined to drive the Russian fleet out of the Levant seas.
This country has not been for a century past, says a correspondent, so embarrassed what part to take in the affairs of Europe as at present. If we should unite with the House of Bourbon, ruin stares us in the face; if with the great northern powers, the indeficiency of the lesser is, from that instant, no more, and how long after we may enjoy our own, God knows. If we attempt to observe a neutrality, we shall be at best despised, if not totally undone, as such a measure might possibly unite our enemies and ambitious neighbours to our total destruction.
By advices of the best authority we learn, that the Spanish navy is manning and victualling with all possible expedition, and that their land forces are in motion from the interior parts of the kingdom towards the sea-ports; that a number of transports now rendezvous at Barcelona; and that it is generally imagined that some great blow is designed to be struck either in Italy or the Archipelago:
Charles-Town, (S. Carolina,) May 11.
The war between the two Indian nations of Creeks and Chactaws, which has subsisted for several years past, is still carried on with great inveteracy on both sides. In a late engagement the Creek Indians had 19 Warriors killed, among whom was half-breed Molton, a noted and principal Head-Man of that nation. The young Twin, another Head-Man, was in the party, but escaped and got safe, with an account of the disaster, to his own Country.
NEW-YORK, May 31.
That dilligent explorer and good old soldier Col. Putman, has, with the other military adventurers from Connecticut got up the Mississippi as far as New-Orleans, on their way to the Yazou, much delighted with appearance of the country, Governor-Chester gave the Committee an instrument, under the province seal of West-Florida, to take up land wherever they pleased, within the limits assigned so far as the Yazou River, and to settle five townships, these sedulous people by nesting in the vicinities of our ever jealous neighbours, will presently make us better acquainted with the roads to Menico, and their other superb resources in countries which they have hitherto most prudently concealed as much as possible from the knowledge of other Nations.
On Friday last John Burns sentenced to death, for robbing Mr. Benzon's house at Harlem, was hanged upon the Green; he was attended there by the Rev'd Mr. PAGE, appeared devout and died penitent.

When the Malefactors were going to the first Execution in this Year, and stopped opposite St. Sepulchers Church to hear the dying Words from the Bellman, their Hats being taken off, BIRD threw his Head on the Shoulder of the Clergyman who sat next to him, and whilst he hid his Face, his whole Frame was agitated in a manner not to be described, and he seemed to feel what Dr. Samuel Johnson in his Rambler calls "the utmost exacerbation of human Misery." This was the identical Bird, who a few years ago, made his Appearance at New-York, personating a Son of the very eminent, respectable, and opulent Ribbon Weaver, of that Name, in Coventry, by which Means he insinuated himself into the Company of many young Gentlemen, of the first Families, but prone to Forgery and Larceny, he was detected, and preferring Punishment in his own Country, he escaped our Gallows to die at Tyburn.
On Monday afternoon a most distressing scene was presented to the company assembled on the race ground at Powles-Hook, as some passengers in a pilot boat, which came to an anchor near a Wharf, crowded into a little yawl for the better convenience of landing, the shabby craft presently overset, spilt the whole crew eight in number, five of whom were with difficulty picked up and brought on shore in boats, but Mr. Allen a respectable store keeper in the Jerseys, Mr. William Hibbins, a very honest man, and a very excellent pilot, and a boy, an apprentice, were unfortunately drowned.
NEW-HAVEN, June 4.
We hear, that our General Assembly, have agreed to omit the Sum of Twelve Thousand Pounds, Lawful Money.
We hear from Stratford, that on Wednesday Evening, the 26th ult. five Horse Kine, belonging to Mr. Philip Nichols of that Town, were kill'd by Lightning, as they were standing under a Tree.
PORTSMOUTH, June 17.
On Thursday last in the Afternoon, died at Cambridge, and on Monday following was inter'd here, the Remains of the Rev'd ARTHUR BROWN, the worthy Rector of the episcopal Church, in the 74th Year of his Age, and 36th of his Ministry in this Town; on which Occasion a Sermon was preached in Queen's Chappel, by the Rev'd Mr BASS of Newbury.----- The Death of so respectable a Pastor, must to his Parishioners in particular, be a most affecting Stroke of Providence; his great Ability as a Divine, and eminent Preacher, are too well known to need any Enlargement.----- And as to his moral Character, Hospitality, generous and universal Benevolence, were the most striking Ornaments of his Conduct in Life; his Death is universally lamented by all who had the Happiness of his Acquaintance.----- He was an affectionate Husband, a tender Parent, a generous Friend, a truly pious honest Man.----- He has left two Sons, and four Daughters.
The last Week in May past, died of a Consumption, and was inter'd, ANNA, the amiable Consort of the Hon. SAMUEL HOBART, Esq; of Hollis. It is supposed, the Terror and Exposure of escaping, thro' Cold and Snow, from her House in Flames, a little more than a Year ago, was the Cause of her Languishment. RELIGION and VIRTUE were exemplified in her LIFE, increased the natural Endearments to her Family, and gain'd her peculiar Esteem in the whole Circle of her Acquaintance. Her Heart was full of Benevolence; to the Poor she was a great Friend and Benefactress; And by all her Neighbours she is much miss'd and greatly lamented. She died in the Faith of Christ, and the joyful Hope of eternal Life, and has left behind her four Children to mourn with their Father her Loss; yet with this Comfort, that tho' her earthly Tabernacle is dissolved, she has obtained a better Habitation, and is clothed with Heavenly Glory.
Last Tuesday arrived here Capt. James Ley from Biddeford in England, which Place he left the 6th of May, and informs, that Lord North declared, which he saw in Print, that all Thought of a WAR had subsided, and that the Fleet for the Mediterranean was only a Fleet of Observation.--- That it was generally believed, England, France, and Spain would unite in their Endeavours to accomodate matters between the Russians and Turks.
THREDFORD, June 2, 1773.
This Day was installed to the Work of the Evangelical Ministry in this Place, the Rev'd CLEMENT SUMNER, late of Keene, with the united Consent of the Inhabitants; the Rev'd Edward Goddard opened the Solemnity by Prayer; the Rev'd Bulkley Olcott Preached an elegant Sermon suitable to the Occasion, from Rev. 2. 1. The Rev'd Peter Powers prayed before the Charge and gave the Right Hand, the Rev'd James Weman gave the Charge, the Rev'd Bulkley Olcott concluded the Solemnity by Prayer, the whole was concluded with a Solemnity becoming the Occasion.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, PISCATAQUA, June 17.
   Inward-Entries FROM.     Schooner Britannia, Joseph Stanwood, Virginia.   Sloop Ether, Jonathan Paine, Antigua.   Sloop Dolphin, Joseph Simpson, Guadaloup.   Brig Britania, Mathew Lindsay, Barbados.   Snow Leopard, James Lee, Biddeford.  
   Outward-Bound FOR.     Brig Hannah, William Trefethen West-Indies.   Snow Leopard, James Lee, Biddeford.   Clear'd for Departure FOR.   Sloop Susanna, William Wyer, Philadelphia.   Sloop Mary Flower, Paul Reed, Western-Islands.   Sloop Friendship, John Light West, West-Indies.   Sloop Rising Sun, Aaron Wheelwright, Ditto.   Schooner Nonpareil, Robert Folger, Ditto.   Schooner Molly, Titus Salter, Ditto.   Brig Elizabeth, Thomas Clouston, Ditto.   Brig Nathaniel, Edward Wigglesworth, Ditto.   Schooner Industry, Robert Parker, Philadelphia.   Schooner Blossom, Joshua Moore, Newfoundland.  
THE best of eighteen Thread Burford Lines;—large Bank Hooks;—Barr Lead;—with a Variety of English Goods; Also West-India Goods;— and genuine Malago WINE per Gallon, to be sold by JAMES KING, at his Store on Spring-Hill, cheap for Cash.
Connecticut Pork,
Maryland Corn,—Carolina Pork,—South Carolina Corn,—New Rice,—Fresh Flour and Ship Bread,—Also Sugars,— Cotton-Wool,—and Salt,—Just Imported, and to be Sold by JOHN EVANS, at his Stores on Capt. Janvrin's Wharfe.
§ Perry's-Town. §
Whereas the PROPRIETORS of PERRY'S TOWN, so called, at a legal Meeting, on the second Day of November last, voted to raise the Sum of Fifty Shillings Lawful Money on each original Right in said Township, and the Assessors for said Proprietors have given me an Assessment of that Sum on each original Right, and proportion'd the same as follows, viz. Seventeen Shillings and six Pence on the hundred Acre Lots, Twenty seven Shillings and six Pence on the hundred and sixty Acre Lots, and Five Shillings on the undivided or common Right of each Proprietor, and a Warrant under their Hands and Seal, dated the 10th Day of November last, to collect the same according to Law—THESE are therefore to Notify the Owners of the said Lots and common Rights, to pay the said Taxes to me the Subscriber, at my Dwelling House in Haverhill, in the County of Essex, by the 16th Day of July next, And if Payment be not made accordingly, the Money will be levied by Sale of the Interest and Property of the delinquent Proprietors, as the Law in such Cases directs.
CUTTING MARSH, Collector.
Haverhill, June 5 1773.
§ Dummer. §
THE PROPRIETORS of DUMMER are desired to meet at the House of Capt. JACOB TILTON, Innholder in PORTSMOUTH, on THURSDAY the 24th of this Instant, at 4 o'Clock P. M. to which time the former Meeting was adjourned, as there is important Business to be then transacted. Portsmouth, June 11, 1773.
PAUL LANGDON, Proprietor's Clerk.
WE the SUBSCRIBERS, being appointed Commissioners by the Hon. JOHN WENTWORTH, Esq; Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. for the County of Rockingham, to examine the Claims against the Estate of TIMOTHY EASTMAN, late of Kingstown, Yeoman, deceas'd, Intestate, give Notice, that we will attend that Business on the last Thursday of this and the four following Months, at the House of JACOB EASTMAN, in Kingstown, from three of the Clock in the Afternoon to Eight.
June 10, 1773.
JOHN WADLEY, } Commisf. EDMUND MORSE. } oneri.
The BRETHREN of the
Ancient and Honorable SOCIETY of FREE AND ACCEPTED MASON'S, are hereby Notified, that the Right Worshipful SAMUEL LIVERMORE, Esq; MASTER of the NEW HAMPSHIRE LODGE, designs to CELEBRATE the FESTIVAL of St. JOHN the BAPTIST, on THURSDAY the 24th of JUNE Instant, at the House of Mr. DAVID GARDNER, at the GLOBE TAVERN in the Plains, where the BRETHREN are desired to attend.
RICHARD CUTTS SHANNON, Secretary.
DINNER precisely at 2 o'Clock.
§ Monadnock No. 6. §
Whereas the PROPRIETORS of MONADNOCK, No. 6, in the County of Cheshire, and Province of New Hampshire, have been legally Notified, to pay sundry Assessments, levied on each Right or Lot of Land, to me the Subscriber; and a Number of the Proprietors or Owners of Lots have neglected in whole or in part, these are therefore to Notify said delinquent Proprietors or Owners of Lots, that there will be sold by publick Vendue on Monday the nineteenth of July next, at ten o'clock
in the Forenoon, at my Dwelling House in said Monadnock No. 6, so much of each Delinquent's Right or Lot as shall be sufficient to pay the Sum that remains due, with all incidental Charges, unless Payment be made before the time mentioned above. The Names of the Delinquent's Rights, with the Lots in the North East Quarter, are as follows, with the same, being in Lots and Ranges.
   Rights of L. 1. d. q.     John Rendale 2 12 2 0   Samson French 3 6 10 3   John Hutchinson 1 12 6 2   Thomas McLaughlin 1 6 11 2   John Chamberlin 1 10 11 3   Robert Park 1 8 11 2   Josiah Park 1 7 5 2   Alexander Park, just. 1 6 11 2   James Miller 1 8 11 2   James Oginton 1 9 11 3   James Farson 1 9 3 2   Samuel Farson 1 11 1 2   Joseph Danforth 1 7 5 2   William Talford 1 7 5 2   John Talford 1 7 5 2   Josiah Willard 2 14 10 3   Benjamin Bellows 2 14 10 3   John Marshall 2 14 10 3   Jonathan French 2 14 10 3   Robert Fletcher 2 14 10 3   Zaccheus Lowell 2 14 10 3   Jacob Fletcher 2 14 10 3   Benjamin Farwell 1 7 5 3  
The Lots and Ranges of the North East Quarter are as follows.
   L. 1. d. q.     No. two in the third Range, 0 8 1 1   No. three in the third ditto. 0 8 1 1   No. 4 in the sixth dit. 0 4 0 2   No. 4 in the seventh dit. 0 4 0 2   No. 3 in the tenth dit. 0 8 1 1   No. 2 in the eighth dit. 0 6 8 1   No. 1 in the tenth dit. 0 8 1 1   No. 3 in the fifth dit. 0 8 1 1   No. 3 in the seventh dit. 0 6 8 1   No. 5 in the twelfth dit. 0 8 6 3   No. 5 in the eleventh dit. 0 6 8 1   No. 5 in the tenth dit. 0 6 8 1   No. 4 in the tenth dit. 0 6 8 1   No. 4 in the twelfth dit. 0 8 6 3   No. 1 in the seventh dit. 0 6 8 1   No. 1 in the sixth dit. 0 6 8 1   No. 2 in the seventh dit. 0 3 5 0  
ABIJAH BROWN, Collector.
Monadnock, No. 6, June 3, 1773.
ALL PERSONS that have any DEMANDS on the Estate of the Rev. ARTHUR BROWN, late of Portsmouth, in the Province of New Hampshire, deceas'd, are desired to apply for Payment to GEORGE JAFFREY and SAMUEL PENHALLOW, of said Portsmouth, Esqrs; Executors to the Last WILL of the deceas'd. And those who are Indebted to the Estate of said deceas'd, are desired to make Payment to said Executors. And any Persons possessed of any BOOKS belonging to the Library of said deceas'd, are desired to return them speedily to the said Executors.
Portsmouth, June 16, 1773.
NEWBURY PORT, MAY 5. 1773.
George Deblois
Acquaints his good CUSTOMERS and OTHERS, that he has received by the Last SHIPS from LONDON, and is now opening at his SHOP at the SIGN of the GOLNEN EAGLE, near the Court House in NEWBURY PORT, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF English, India and Hard Ware GOODS, which he is determined to SELL at such Low Rates, by WHOLESALE or RETAIL, as cannot fail to give FULL SATISFACTION to every reasonab'e Purchaser.
Some of which are as follows:
Black & white, plain and striped silk GAUZES, black and white PARISNET & CATGUT: black, blue and white SARSNETT, black & white BLOND LACES; pink, blue, white and crimson SATTIN; English and India TAFFETIES and PERSIANS; BENGALLS and PENIASCORS, sorted colour'd LUTESTRIGS,—COCOA; Bené and Ivory stick FANS;—red and white striped HOLLAND; silk DAMASCUS; Ladies best made Pumps and silk Clogs;—black and white Gauze Handkerchiefs with color'd Borders; natural color'd; dyed and bleached Russia Drabs; black and white silk Mitts;—Mens and Womens black and white silk Gloves;—A variety of Fashionable RIBBONS; yellow Canvis; English Worsted & Crewells; Russia and Clouting Dispers; best white Chapei and Milliners Needles; and a variety of CALICOES and PATCHES, &c. &c.
BOHEA, SOUCHONG and HYSON TEAS, by the Hundred or smaller Quantity; LOAF SUGAR, PEPPER, CINNAMON, CLOVES and MACE; Florence OYL and best French INDIGO; COD LINES and HOOKS; Salmon and sewing TWINE. (6 w.)

The following Lines wrote by Phillis (Mr. Wheatley's Negro Girl) just before she sailed for England, we have been desired to publish.
To the Empire of AMERICA beneath the Western Hemisphere. FAREWELL TO AMERICA.
To Mrs. S. W. A DIEU, NEW-ENGLAND's smiling Meads, Adieu, the flow'ry Plain: Farewell thy op'ning Charms, O Spring! To try the asure Reign.
In vain for me, the Flowrets rise, And show their guady Pride, While here beneath the Northern Skies I mourn for Health deny'd.
Thee, charming Maid, while I pursue, In thy luxuriant Reign, And sigh, and languish thee to view, Thy Pleasures to regain.
SUSANNA mourns, nor can I bear To see the Christal Show'r Fast falling,---the indulgent Tear, In sad Departure's Hour!
Not unregarding, lo! I see Thy Soul with Grief oppress'd: Ah! curb the rising Groan for me, Nor Sighs disturb thy Breast!
In vain the feather'd Songsters sing, In vain the Garden blooms, And on the Bosom of the Spring Breathes out her sweet Presumes.
While for Britannia's distant Shore We sweep the liquid Plain, Till Aura to the Arms restore, Of this belov'd Domain.
Lo, Health appears, celestial Dame! Complacent and serene, With Hebe's Mantle o'er her Frame, With Soul delighting Mein.
Deep in a Vale, where London lies, With misty Vapours crown'd; Which cloud Aurora's thousand Dyes, And veil her Charms around.
Why, Poebus, moves thy Car so slow, So slow thy rising Ray; Nor give the mantl'd Town to View Thee, glorious King of Day!
But late from Orient Skies behold, He shines benignly bright, He decks his native Plains with Gold, With chearing Rays of Light.
For thee, Britannia, I resign New-England's smiling Face, To view again her Charms divine, One short reluctant Space.
But thou, Temptation, hence away, With all thy hated Train Of Ills,---nor tempt my Mind astray From Virtue's sacred Strain.
Most happy who with Sword and Shield Is screen'd from dire Alarms, And fell Temptation on the Field Of fatal Pow'r disarms.
But cease thy Lays; my Lute forbear; Nor frown my gentle Muse, To see the secret Falling Tear, Nor pitying Look refuse.
It is observed that the Prussian Forces may overrun great part of Hanover, if the Arms, cannon and other Warlike Stores for their Defence are yet to be sent from England.
April 16. If the Door-Keepers of the House of Commons should refuse to admit Mr. Wilkes on the 26th Inst. Mr. E. Burke declares that he will move in the House not only to dismiss them from their Employments, but also to commit them to Newgate for Offering so gross an Insult to the Member of that House.
The Speaker of a certain great Assembly, it is reported, has actually told the Premier that he is greatly afraid of giving Orders to the Door-Keepers to refuse Admittance to Mr. Wilkes on the 26th Inst. as he had received Information that Col. Barre intends in that case to move for an Impeachment against him.
We are assured that Mr. Wilkes will certainly go to the House of Commons, on Monday, the 26th inst. to demand his Seat, pursuant to an Order of the said House, signed by the Speaker, and according to the Return of the present Sheriffs.
The Lord Hyde Packet-Boat, Capt. Goddard, is failed from Falmouth, for New-York.
From the PROVIDENCE GAZETTE. TO THE AMERICANS. Whose Bosom beats not in his Country cause! POPE.
HE that hath a Heart to obey the Dictates of Truth and Reason, let him attend. It is well known that the Inhabitants of these Colonies are entitled to equal Freedom with any People on Earth; that they only have a right to make Laws to Govern or Tax themselves; that the People of Britain have assumed this Right, & have for many Years been Endeavouring by force and Fraud to Establish their usurped Power in the Colonies. Many have been the
Efforts of the People here to put a stop to this usurped Power, which threatens this Country with Slavery and Ruin; but nothing has yet proved effectual to stop this growing Evil. Heaven seems at last to have Dictated to the Noble VIRGINIANS, the Plan for Deliverance. This will confirm the UNION, and the UNION of the Colonies will be a Wall of Brass against all Invaders of American Rights. O AMERICANS! Embrace this Plan of Union as your Life, it will work out your Political Salvation! Rouze up your Sleeping powers ye that have hitherto been only Spectators of the great Struggle for Native Freedom; Unite with all her Active Sons, in this important Day, to Support her glorious Reign. Let every one exert her Influence now to lay a sure Foundation for the Triumph of Freedom in America, to the end of Time.
It is vain for us to expect that our Liberties in America will be supported by Men in Britain; and it was long since truly said by a great Patriot, * "That our Freedom and Security, under Providence, depended upon OURSELVES." And we may be assured, that if we do not take care of our own Rights, and Defend them, we shall certainly lose them: But as a glorious Opportunity now Offers for Regaining all our Rights, & to lay a foundation to secure them to future Ages, may Heaven give us wisdom to Improve it. Amen.
SOLON.
* Hon. Mr. ADAMS Representative of Boston.
Good Newcastle COALS
TO BE SOLD
By WILLIAM PEARN, At his STORE in Portsmouth; Also, an
Assortment of English Goods, Among which are the following Articles, A Variety of Broad Cloths, of different Colours and Prices—Shalloons, Tammies,—Durants,—Stuff,—Irish Linens,—Garlix, &c.—Check Linnen,—Bed Tick,—Chinces,—Callicoes,—Bengalls—Ginghams,—Handkerchiefs of different Kinds,—Taffy Patterns,—Cambricks,—Men's, Women's and Children's Worsted Hose,—Cotton & Thread Hose,—Men's dit.—Caps of different Kinds,—Felt Hats and Dutch Caps,—A Variety of Cutlery and Hard Ware,—Japan Ware of different Kinds,—Nails of different sorts, from large Deck Nails down to 4d,—Fish Hooks of different sorts, from large Cod Hooks down to Trout Hooks,—Cod Lines,—St. Peter's Lines, &c.—Mackrel dit.—Window Glass 7 by 9, and 8 by 10—And a Number of other Articles,—LUMBER, FISH or WEST-INDIA GOODS, will be receiv'd in Payment for any of the above Goods. Portsmouth, June 9, 1773.
Will Cover this Season,
At the House of Mr. JOHN STAVERS, Portsmouth, The Horse call'd the Raven,
He is a HORSE of Size, Strength, and Beauty, equal perhaps to any in America; English Breed; of a Leap; he is of a beautiful Black.
WE the SUBSCRIBERS being appointed Commissioners by the Hon. JOHN WENTWORTH, Esq; Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. for the County of Rockingham, to examine the Claims against the Estate of DENNIS DREW, late of Portsmouth, Shipcarpenter, deceased, Intestate, give Notice, that we will attend that Business on the first Mondays of the six following Months at the House of JAMES STOODLY, Esq; Innholder in Portsmouth, from six o'clock 'till eight, P. M.
June 10th, 1773. GILLAM BUTLER, } Commissioners. SAMUEL HALE, }
TO BE LET,
A House opposite the Market. Enquire of CHARLES BANFIELD.
playment in administration, should England engage in a War. April 14. His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, is so well recovered as to ride out for the Benefit of the Air. It is the general Opinion, that this will be, by much, the longest Session of Parliament in the present Reign.
Mr. Charles Fox will most certainly have a considerable Em- mark in Consequence of many acknowledged Favours received, will be obliged to assist the King of Prussia, notwithstanding it will be a most disagreeable Business to three Parts out of Four of his Subjects.
ON D D O N, April 12. His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester now lies dangerously ill at his House in Grosvenor-Street. April 13. We are informed from good Authority, that if a Rupture happens between England & Prussia the King of Denmark will be obliged to assist the King of Prussia.
Just Imported, and to be sold by George Bell & Co'y
At their Shop at New-Fields in New-market, A large and general Assortment of English, India and Scotch Goods, among which are—
BROAD CLOTHS, Calicoes, Crapes, Taffy's, Cambricks, and Lawns flower'd and plain; flower'd Aprons, strip'd flower'd and spotted Gauze, plain ditto; Gauze Handkerchiefs, a fine Assortment of Ribbons of the newest Patterns, Silk Mitts, Breeches Patterns, silk Handkerchiefs of different Colours.—A fine Assortment of crockery and hard Ware—Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, Sugar, Molasses.—Deer and Moose-Skin Leather—With many other Articles, too tedious to mention; which they are determined to sell as low for Cash as can be bought in any Part of the Province. Those that please to favour them with their Custom, may depend on being well used and their Favours gratefully acknowledged.
N. B. constant Attendance given at said Store.
On the most reasonable Terms,
For CASH or short CREDIT,
TO BE SOLD, a LOT of LAND in Portsmouth, of about one hundred Feet square, excellently calculated to carry on the SUGAR REFINER'S & BOILING BUSINESS. On the aforesaid Lot, now stands a choice Building for that Purpose, finely accommodated with every Utensil necessary to carry on that Business with the greatest Ease and Dispatch, the Coppers, Coolers, and every other Material, almost as good as new, not in the least injur'd by wearing, with an excellent Variety of Moulds, many of them new; Also, a Warehouse and Store-Room enough to house and secure any Quantity of Sugar with the greatest Security; with an Accompting-House neatly fitted to answer not only the Refiner's Business, but also any Merchant's whatsoever; with a mathematical Beam, and Weights: Also, one other good Beam and Weights. The Cisterns are in good Order; with a fine Well of Water very handy. For the Particulars, enquire of WILLIAM TORREY in Portsmouth.
Ranaway from George Berry
of Falmouth, May 27th 1773, a NEGRO MAN named DICK, about Five Feet and 4. Inches high; bad on when he ranaway, a Mouse color'd homespun Coat, pewter Buttons; a list'd homespun Jacket with the Lips round him; and a red Jacket and Breeches, with pewter Buttons; mix'd homespun Stockings blue and white together; a pair of new single soled Shoes; Brass Buckles; a small Felt Hat; a blue mill'd Cap: the said NEGRO is about 40 Years of Age, something pock broken, with a Scar on his Under Lip; is something bow legged; and walks with his Toes turn'd in Who ever will take up said Negro, and return him to his said Master, shall have three Dollars Reward, and all necessary Charges paid by me GEORGE BERRY.
Whereas the Estate of CHARLES LIBBY late of Berwick in the County of York, deceased, has been Represented to me, and six Months being allowed by the Judge of Probate for said County, for the several Creditors to bring in their Claims and prove their Debts; we the Subscribers Commissioners appointed to receive & examine said Claims, do hereby give Notice, that we will attend that Service at the Dwelling House of Mr. NAHUM MARSHAL, Innholder in said Berwick, on the last Monday of this and the first Monday of the next five following Months, from three to six of the clock in the Afternoon.
BENJAMIN CHADBOURN, } Commissioners. WILLIAM ROGERS, } Berwick, May 7. 1773.
ALL PERSONS Indebted to, or that have Demands on the Estate of Capt. SAMUEL WARNER, late of Portsmouth, Merchant, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts to the Honorable DANIEL WARNER, Esq; of Portsmouth, Administrator on said Estate, in order for a speedy Settlement.