The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1770-05-11 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
Vol. XIV. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE,
CONTAINING the Frestest ADVICES
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
Friday May 11, 1770.
Numb. 708 | Weeks since this Paper was publish'd.
WALPOLE, April 26th, 1770. To the Printers of the New-Hampshire News-Paper.
THO' we are constant Readers of your Paper, as well as those who live nearer to you, that we may know what is doing in the World, as well as other Folks, yet must necessarily be a fortnight or three Weeks behind hand of your Neighbours, if we judge proper to tell the Public our Opinion of Things that we see in your Paper, by the same Way—which as Sons of Liberty and his Majesty's good Subjects (God bless him) we have a right to do as we suppose, as well as other Folks. Therefore we could not sooner let you know, how much we are pleased with the Story you told us in your News-Letter the 13th of April, of what the good Folks at Exeter had agreed to do, about living cheaper than they used to do, & we think their agreeing upon a Reformation, seems to argue they tho't it needful. And we are apt to think it was not without good Reason, for as we have always understood the gentle Folks there, lov'd to live up to the tip top of the Fashion — We are very glad to see this public Proposal, as it gives a good Example, and will doubtless make other Towns not so rich as they do so too, and it seems a comfort to us when we see able Folks, willing to agree to live in some sort as we are forced to do; it also shows a patriotick Spirit, as we think it is called, that is, when Folks love to see other Folks, love the Welfare of their Country. — But we shou'd have been gladder to have seen the Vote a little more positive about the not using out-landish Tea, they say they "will use their Influence to prevent the Consumption of it in their Families." We think by this cautious Manner of expressing their Design, that the ancient Eastern Law, that every Man should bear Rule in his own House, did not yet extend so far Westward, as the Town of Exeter : Therefore to render the Resolution express'd in their Vote, quite sufficient, we beg leave to propose by way of amendment, the following additional Vote ; that is to say,—let a Meeting be call'd as soon as may be, of all the Wives & Daughters (of full age) of all the Males who attended the first Meeting, that have any such, and let them pass a Vote of Concurrence with the former Vote, that it may without fail be thoroughly executed ; for a failure in such a Case wou'd be vastly worse, than it wou'd to have been wholly silent about Reformation. But if this Method be carried into execution, the Example may be of very great Service, by moving other Towns addicted to the use of this evil enchanting Herb, that it may not be drink't in other Towns, no more than it is in ours.
We are equally glad to see that same patriotick Spirit ingaged them, to chuse a Committee to inquire after the doings of the General Assembly, about seeking a Remedy of our Complaints, about the Things that very much grieve us ; which have been often mentioned in other News-Letters as well as yours. We judge it be a good Example for the People to inquire at any Time, what the Assembly are doing for the good of those that sent them. — In this Case the Committee tell us several Things ; and that a Petition well approved of was prepared, to be sent to his Majesty, (whom may God long preserve) — Now it seems to us, that this Committee would have much better executed their Trust to have left off here, than they did by proceeding further in their Report ; unless they had a Mind to throw the Fault, if there was any, on their Superiors ; which we suppose they did not intend ; however, let us in a few Words consider their Account as it stands — The House agreed this Petition should be signed by the Speaker of the House, and to send it to the Agent, to present as aforesaid ; but a Letter came with it to the Agent, which the Speaker did not like, unless
he might have put in Something by way of Explanation. — If the Reader was to form his Notion of the Speaker, only by this Report, he wou'd infer and conclude the Speaker cou'd not write, nor tell another what to write, neither by way of Letter nor Explanation — for if any Body wrote a Letter, supposing it might ease him of the Trouble, and that it would answer the End, as it was to be only a few Lines to the Agent, telling him what to do with this Petition, it seems a very strange Thing to us, who live so far in the Country, why he could not have wrote, or directed one to be writ, that he cou'd think proper to sign, that was not Obtruded upon him . Had he no other Choice but that or none ? and after when the Case was laid before the House, which was together twice at two different Meetings, before the Meeting in which this inquiring Spirit arose, was there nobody among them that was able to write a proper Letter on this Occasion, in all that Time — or why was it all passed over in silence till now, at the Town Meeting in Exeter ? There was some Reason, which the Assembly knew better we must suppose, than those out of Doors. This we think may be infer'd, that all Hands were grown cold in the Cause and were indifferent about it. But as to the Report of our good Friends, as we claim a Right, as Sons of Liberty, to give our Opinion about Things as well as they — we think of the saying of some other People about the English Writers, as we have heard our Parson tell the Story, they would be excellent Writers if they knew when to leave off. — We wou'd as their Friends recommend to their further Consideration, whether their excuse for the Speaker is much better than that which a Man gave his Minister, soon after the alteration of the Style, who took him to do for not attending the publick Worship as usual, said that the difference made in the Style, made him at a loss when it was Time to attend the publick Worship. There is an ancient Story in a Book almost the only one we are acquainted with, that the People on a certain Occasion brought their Gold, it was cast into the Fire and there came out a Calf, upon which it is said the People were naked, for A—n had made them naked, we say this Story is brought to our Minds on this Occasion, and we leave it your Readers to judge how far this Report tends the same way. On what is further contain'd in this Report we have nothing to observe at present ; but only that the Instruction given to the Representatives, to use their Influence to promote a more public Demonstration of their being govern'd &c. to the end of that Paragraph, has the Appearance of thinking that a stir and motion made by the Assembly of this Province, wou'd have more weight than all that the rest of the Provinces have done, tho' it shou'd come to hand after Matters are determined ; and as to the saving Appearances with regard to the other Provinces, it looks like a mighty bustle made a Saturday in the Afternoon, by one that has been loit'ring all the Week before, to mend a bad Week's Work. — We do not intend in these our Remarks, any Reflection on our Betters, and wou'd not pretend to say, or hint whether the House have done any Thing amiss, or neglected any Thing proper to be done — their Honors Wisdom is sufficient to guide them ; our Observations is intended to reach no further than the Report of our Neighbours, the Committee, which we wou'd not have them take amiss, for the wise Man says, "Open rebuke is better than secret Love, and the Wounds of a Friend, are better than the Kisses of an Enemy."
Pray Messieurs Printers make our Spelling right.
The following Piece of wholesome Advice and sound Doctrine is inserted at the earnest Desire of a staunch TORRY, which no doubt will be kindly received, as a Specimen of what may be hereafter.
To the Publishers of the New-Hampshire-Gazette.
I Am quite out of Patience with the Scribblers who have filled the News-Papers for a long Time past with Principles of Rebellion against the Royal Authority : And since none has dared lately to stem the popular Current, and stand boldly on the Side of the Prerogative, I am resolved to speak out my Sentiments, let the Whigs snarl as much as they please. We shall have fine Times indeed, when every Shoemaker and Plough-Jogger, sits up for a Statesman, and pretends to find Fault, not only with the Ministry, but even the Acts of the British Parliament ! Who made the Populace Judges of what is constitutional, and what is an Infringement upon Liberty ? They ought to leave such high Points to be settled by them who are appointed both by the Laws of GOD and Man, on purpose to govern. Kings ought to rule, and the People are obliged to obey. America is subject to Great-Britain, and if heavier Taxes had been laid on them by Authority of King and Parliament than any they have made such a Noise about, they would have had no more Reason to complain than their Fellow Subjects at home, who bear ten times greater Burdens, and yet do not make half the Clamour. In Truth, it is necessary that the common People should be taxed as high as they can well bear, that they may be kept in better Order ; for if they are suffered to live too easy and grow rich, they will be refractory, and make Opposition to all Authority ; whereas when they are once broke to the Yoke, will learn to bear heavier and heavier Burdens tamely, and make the Government rich and powerful by their Labors. I can't help wondering that Great-Britain has let the Americans alone so long, to make so many fine Plantations out of a Wilderness, and five in so great Plenty by the Produce of their own Lands, and Profits of Trade, without laying more Duties upon them, and even demanding of them the same Land Tax that is paid at home. I am afraid the Mother Country has slipt such an Opportunity of bringing them under Subjection, as would have kept down that high Spirit of Liberty which they have lately discovered in such a notorious Manner. As to the Taxes they have among themselves to support their own Government, they are nothing in Comparison with the Charges of the Nation. For it is well known, the Americans make it a Maxim to be extremely frugal in all public Affairs ; and their General Assemblies are very cautious of voting away the Peoples Money ; so that much more might be got from them, if proper Ways and Means could be pitched upon. It is true, Money is a very scarce Commodity among the Americans, but why may not their Beef, Pork, Rice, Pitch, &c. be demanded in lieu of it, and sent over to supply the King's Army and Navy ; by this Means the King's Power might be considerably increased, and indeed it would do a great deal toward supporting Troops in the Colonies, to compel them into Subjection. And why should we murmur ? Every Body knows the King has a Multitude of Officers to maintain of every Sort, and vast Sums of Money to pay to Pensioners, beside the immense Debt the Nation owes.
To prevent all future Encroachments upon the Crown, and add more Weight in the Scale of the Prerogative, that so the Royal Authority may become more respectable and effectual, the Wisdom of many of the ablest Politicians in the Ministry has judged it necessary to increase the List of Pensioners, create new Offices, and maintain as many Dependents on the Crown as possible in all Parts of the King's Dominions.
Now this must greatly exhaust the national Funds, and puzzle the most expert Financier to contrive Methods to defray such growing Charges of Government ; and what other Resource is there, but American Revenues ? Besides, we may expect to have many of these Officers stationed among us, who will spend most of the Money here, which we pay toward their Maintenance, and so it will only circulate the more, and we shall have the Advantage of something of the Grandeur of Government, and learning the fine Taste which prevails in the British Court. But if after all, the Americans are stubborn, and refuse to yield to the Authority of Great-Britain, they must remember that there is a Fleet and Army at the King's Command, and they have Power to compel them into Submission ! Boston has lately been kept in Awe by a very small Part of the national Force, and seen a small Example of the Terrors of Military Execution ; what should we do if an Army should be sent to every Province, with Orders to force us into a Compliance with all the Royal Commands ? But not to terrify my Countrymen too much, I shall rather hint to those who are Persons of any Note and Influence, that their own Interest should incline them to join in the Taxation of the Colonies ; for then, as they either hold, or may hereafter hold considerable Places in the Government, they will be likely to reap a good Share of the Harvest, and procure ample Salaries or generous Pensions for very little Labor, whereas they have little Hope from popular Governments, which will always be close handed. I will not be tedious, but I must vent my self, All the World knows how the French glory in their Grand Monarch ; tho' we are apt to look upon them as Slaves, they never complain, but cheerfully submit to every Ordinance of their King. — What is this owing to but the Perfection of their Form of Government ; absolute Authority begins in the King, and descends down through every Office under him ; all his Officers are revered by the Populace, and the whole Strength of Government is employed to support their Dignity ; the People labor and give up the Fruit of their Labors without a Thought of Rebellion : If the present or any farther Measures of Men in Power at Home may have a Tendency in Process of Time to introduce a like Form of Government into the British Empire, how would it rise in Grandeur, and awe the turbulent Mob, who are continually bawling Wilkes and Liberty .
A staunch TORRY.
BOSTON, May 7.
TUESDAY last arrived here the Brig Commodore Hood , Capt. Cummings, in 6 Weeks from LONDON, by whom we have public Prints of the 12th, 13th & 14th of March, which is 4 Days later than our last by Capt. Scott : The following Articles, are extracted therefrom.
S M T R N A, December 30.
WE have just been upon the point of suffering one of the most terrible calamities that can be imagined. On the 23rd of this month above forty Turks conspired to assassinate, the next day, being Sunday, all the Greeks whom they could find in the churches, then to set Fire to different quarters of the city, and to profit of the disorder which such a disaster would cause, by carrying off the richest effects of the inhabitants, and massacring all who should offer to oppose them. Happily, however, this detectable affair was

discovered on the evening before it was to have been put in execution. Muslim, or Supreme judge, has seized on the greatest part of the Conspirators, some of whom have been privately put to death, others have been exiled, and the remainder are in close confinement.
Leyden, March 9. We have this moment received, by letters from Warsaw, dated Feb. 21, the news that the Russians have taken the castle of Ibrailow, by assault, where they found 190 cannon, &c. 400 Turks have been made prisoners, 1500 cut to pieces, & a great number drowned in the Danube, which river the Russians are actually master of.
Extract of a Letter from Brussels, March 1.
"At two o'clock this morning, Prince Charles received on express from Vienna, with an account that the Imperial army of Russia, after their retreat from the suburbs of Bender, had retired as far into Pololia as the environs of Konetzpo, where being joined by sixty-nine thousand chosen Russian troops, they immediately advanced to Bender, at which place they arrived at night, the 1st of February, the eve of the grand festival of the Mussulmen, and at one o'clock the following stormed the gate of St. Sophia, of which they were in possession after a short contest; forty thousand Russians immediately entered the city, the Turks being in their Mosques. An incredible slaughter and plunder was made before any quarter could be granted. The loss of the Russians was inconsiderable, in comparison of the bloody slaughter of the Turks, of whom, it is imagined no less than thirty thousand have perished by the sword. One hundred and thirty-nine pieces of brass ordnance; two hundred and fifty iron cannon, the latter mostly unserviceable; forty-seven quintals of powder; the baggage of the new grand Visir; the Batons of five Basshaws; the Seraskier's tents and women; fifty pair of colours; nineteen standards; three hundred camels, the military chest for the payment of the Janissaries lately sent from Constantinople, and an incredible quantity of rich baggage, were taken in Bender."
Such was the ardour of the Cossacks, that they pursued the Tartars thro' the gate of Barlot, and, when the express left Bender, the Russian light troops had made a continued slaughter of them as far as Oblucece, upon the Danube, where the regiments of Livonia and Nevogorod, forming a body of six thousand grenadiers, with twelve thousand light troops, and a train of light artillery, were in full march."
Newcastle March 10. Wednesday the Right Hon. the Countess of Strathmore, Daughter of the late George Bowes, of Gibside, Esq; came of Age, when the Right Hon. the Earl of Strathmore took full possession of her Ladyship's immense Fortune.
Wednesday last, on account of Lady Strathmore coming of age, a grand entertainment was given at Gibside, near Newcastle (his Lordship's seat,) to a number of Gentlemen in that and the neighbouring counties. An ox was roasted whole, which, with other victuals, and some hogheads of strong beer, &c. were given to the populace, many hundreds having assembled there to celebrate the day. The house, it is said, will be open for ten days to all persons who chuse to repair thither to regale themselves.
L O N D O N, March 10.
Saturday morning arrived in Town the Earl of Chatham: About one o'clock the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor visited him, at his house in Pall-Mall, and staid some time; after which the Earl of Chatham made a visit to the Marquis of Rockingham, in Grosvenor square; and dined with Earl Temple, in Pall-Mall, in the evening returned to his seat at Hay's in Kent.
A correspondent at Collingham in Nottinghamshire, gives us the following melancholly relation of the death of Mrs. Swift, wife of Mr. Samuel Swift of that place. Towards the latter end of January the deceased was delivered of a son, and soon after was seized with a violent fever, which brought on a delirium; and on the first of February, about midnight she took the opportunity of the nurse's being asleep to get out of bed, go down stairs, and throw herself into a very deep well in the yard.---The nurse waking soon after, went to the bed side, and being surprised at not finding her Mistress there, alarmed the Family, when on searching about, they heard her calling out from the well for assistance. A ladder was procured as soon as possible, but the frame of the well was so small, that there was not room for the ladder to go down, and a person to come up; so that the poor creature was obliged to remain near breast high in the water, till the frame was taken up; when the ladder being put down, to the surprise of all present, she ascended it herself. She was immediately put to bed, and notwithstanding all possible assistance, died the 14th ult.---Being questioned, during the intervals of her delirium, concerning the above rash action, she said, that she imagined her child was in the well, and therefore went to save it.
Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, March 12.
"We have an account spread about here from on board his Majesty's sloop the Merlin , concerning the death of the late Captain O'Hara, that he was not murdered by the Moors as was reported, but that he died a natural death. The account is as follows: When he arrived at the place, the Captain failed up the river in a tender provided for that purpose, with swivel guns and small arms, and anchored within 2 or 300 yards of the shore, in the Tender's small boat, leaving orders with the people on board to be in readiness with their guns and small arms to fire in case he was attacked by the natives, which was to be made known to them by the firing of a pistol as a signal for their fire. As soon as the Captain landed he was received civilly by the Moors. He told them he was come by orders of the King, his master, to find that place, and likewise to fix the British Flag [an English Jack which he brought with him from his own sloop for that purpose] on an old ruined fort which they had: He did not by that intend the least harm. They did not seem to relish his fixing the colours on the fort, and made a little bustle about it; however, they seemed pacified, and asked the Captain, if the King, his master, had sent them any presents? He replied in the affirmative, and that if some of them would go on board the Tender, he would shew them the presents; on which a multitude of them crowded to the Beach in order to launch their boats, or canoes, that were out of the water, to get on board, which the Commanding Officer on board the Tender observing, and thinking that they were coming to seize the Tender, and not seeing his Captain among them, immediately gave them all his fire of swivels and small-arms, which killed near twenty of the natives; then he slipped or cut his cable, and made off. The Moors on this directly attacked the Captain and his people, and wounded him slightly before he delivered up his sword. The Capt. and his people were then made prisoners, and carried up the country. The Moors were satisfied when they found the Captain was not to blame. The poor Captain was seized with a fever in a few days, and for want of proper care, and with grief and disappointment, he died in less than a week. Had he survived, he would have been taken to Senegal, as his people were on a journey of upwards of 500 miles, and there ransomed. It is said the officer in the Tender heard a pistol fired as a signal; others contradict it; be it as it will, some fatal mistake was the cause of this poor gentleman's destruction."
March 12. It is strongly reported upon Change on Friday, that a vessel was arrived express from Jamaica, which brings an account, that a fleet of Spanish men of war, consisting of several ships of the line, frigates, bomb-ketches, and transports, with troops on board, was arrived off that island, but that they had made no attempt on any part of it.
There are more than common apprehensions about Minorca, as a small Spanish fleet has been joined by another off Toulon. Two Irish Generals have engaged their heads to reunite Minorca and Jamaica to the Crown of Spain, once such valuable jewels there.
It has been remarked that Lord Chatham's assertions, relative to the hostile designs of our enemies, seem to be realized, by the orders which have been given for augmenting the marines, and fitting out several ships of war in the Out-ports.
[Capt. Cummings informs us, That the Remonstrance, &c. of the Livery of London, was presented to His Majesty; but being on the Day he failed could bring no printed Account of it: Capt. Cummings was one of the Spectators, and says, the Lord Mayor went in the State-Coach, the Aldermen, &c. in their Coaches, about 2 o'Clock on the 14th of March; the Procession was from the Mansion-House, and the Carriages reached beyond St. Paul's Church, said to be above a Mile; the greatest Concurrence of People ever known there together accompanying them: When they arrived at his Majesty's Palace at St. James's, the Lord Mayor alighted from his Coach, three Cheers were given, as also three more on his Return, and likewise on his arrival at the Mansion-House; when the people dispersed without committing any Disorder: Capt. Cummings heard that the Remonstrance, &c. was graciously received, and that his Majesty would give an Answer, after laying it before his Council.]
L O N D O N, March 12.
Some additional circumstances relating to the reception of the SHE-RIFFS at St. James's.
WHILST the Sheriffs were waiting on Wednesday, Lord Denbigh came up to the City Remembrancer, and asked him whether the Addresses, &c. was signed and sealed, or how it was authenticated? The Remembrancer said, he was a City Officer, and that it was no part of his Office to give Lord Denbigh an answer to his question. Lord Denbigh then went to Mr. Sheriff Townsend, and asked him whether the business which brought him there was not new and singular; & whether the City had ever presented a Remonstrance to a King before? Mr. Townsend replied with another question, Did ever a King of England before turn a deaf ear to the Petitions of 60,000 Freeholders, and his back on those who presented them? Lord Denbigh then asked what made a corporate Act? Mr. Townsend, laughing, answered, an Act of the Corporation, to be sure.
On Thursday evening the Sheriffs received the following Letter from Lord Weymouth:
"GENTLEMEN, St. James's, March 8. 1770.
"The King commands me to inform you, in consequence of the Message which you brought yesterday to St. James's, that he is always ready to receive applications from any of his Subjects; but as the present case of Address, Remonstrance and Petition, seems entirely new, I am commanded to enquire of you in what manner it is authenticated, and what the nature of the Assembly was, in which this measure was adopted?---When you furnish me with answers to these questions I shall signify to you his Majesty's further pleasure. I am, Gentlemen, Your most obedient, Humble Servant, WEYMOUTH. "
Sheriffs of London. WEYMOUTH.
Friday noon at twenty minutes after twelve, the Sheriffs went to St. James's. About one, Lord Bolingbroke, the Lord in waiting came: The Remembrancer told him that the Sheriffs of London were attending his Majesty's pleasure, and that they required an audience. Some time after Lord Bolingbroke came out, & enquired of the Sheriffs whether he was to tell his Majesty that they came with a fresh message, or with a message? The Sheriffs answered, with a message. Soon after the two Secretaries of State, Lord Rochford and Lord Weymouth, came to the Sheriffs. Lord Weymouth, asked them "whether they had received his letter, which was written by his Majesty's order?"
Sheriffs. "We have."
Lord Weymouth. "His Majesty desires to know whether you come in consequence of that letter, or whether you come on any fresh business?"
Sheriffs. "We come in consequence of that letter."
Lord Weymouth. "Would it not be more proper to send an answer in writing through me?"
Sheriffs. "We act ministerially. As Sheriffs of London we have a right to an audience; and cannot communicate to any other person than the King, the subject of our message."
Lord Weymouth. "I do not dispute your right to an audience; but would it not be better and more accurate to give your message to me in writing?"
Sheriffs. "We know the value and consequence of the citizens right to apply immediately to the King, and not to a third person: and we do not mean that any of their rights and privileges shall be betrayed by our means."
His Majesty's levee began at a quarter past two, at which time the two Secretaries came to the Sheriffs, and Lord Weymouth said, "His Majesty understanding that you come ministerially, authorized with a message from the City of London, will see you as soon as the levee is over."
As soon as the levee was over, the Sheriffs were introduced into the King's closet. The King did not, as usual, receive them alone, but Lord Gower, Lord Rochford, & Lord Weymouth were present. Mr. Sheriff Townsend addressed his Majesty in these words:
"May it please your Majesty,
"When we had last the honour to appear before your Majesty, your Majesty was graciously pleased to promise an Answer by one of your Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; but we had yesterday QUESTIONS proposed to us by Lord Weymouth. In answer to which we beg leave humbly to inform your Majesty, that the application which we make to your Majesty, we make as Sheriffs of the City of London, by the direction of the Livery in Common-hall legally assembled. The Address, Remonstrance, and Petition, to be presented to your Majesty by their Chief Magistrate, is the act of the Citizens of London in their greatest Court; and is ordered by them to be properly authenticated as their act."
To which his Majesty was most graciously pleased to reply, in these most gracious and condescending words to the City of London:
"I will consider of the answer you have given me."
Whereupon the Sheriffs withdrew.
When the Sheriffs went into the closet, the City Remembrancer, according to his office and duty, would have attended them; but Lord Bolingbroke (like a Swiss porter) rudely shoved him back; insisting upon it, that he had not a right to go in, and should not enter there.---When the Sheriffs audience was ended; the Remembrancer, like a man, an Englishman, and a worthy officer of a great and powerful City, very spiritedly and properly told Lord Bolingbroke, that his Lordship had done wrong; for that as Remembrancer, attending the Sheriffs, he had a right to enter the closet with the Sheriffs. Lord Bolingbroke said, it might perhaps be so; but that he had never been in waiting on such an occasion before, and hoped he never should again.
The reception of the Sheriffs at St. James's on Friday occasioned it is said, a meeting of several patriotic Noblemen and Gentlemen, at the house of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.
The opinion of the public appears greatly divided as to the event of the Remonstrance from the City to the ----- Some think it cannot fail to inforce a compliance with what is required in it; others think it will subject the principal agents concerned in it to heavy punishments. The protracted delay made in the receiving it does not augur favourable to its success, or the indemnity of its promoters; as it may be presumed to arise from the motive of gaining time to consider of the mode of proceeding, as to those points. An intention to grant the prayer of it seems to demand no procrastination.
An honest Hibernian, on reading the Reply which was made to Mr. Sheriff Townsend at Court; said, By Jafus, this is very complaisant, to be after giving an Answer to the Remonstrance before it is refused.
A Correspondent writes, that he has doubts as to the authenticity of the Remonstrance which has appeared in the papers, for though the spirit and freedom of it may be every way consistent with the temper of the times, yet its being published to the world before it was presented, is such a breach of the common rules of decency
and good manners, that the Livery cannot be supposed capable of such behaviour. He also asserts, that the Chancellor's being the only Judge at the Revolution left in the power of the Crown, is not true, as they were all in the power of the Crown till his present Majesty's, greatly to his honour, put them out of it.
It is thought, that if a certain Remonstrance should be referred to the consideration of a great Assembly, it will certainly be ordered to be burnt by the common hangman, as the best answer that can be given to it.
A Correspondent says, the Address and Remonstrance agreed in Guildhall, on Tuesday last, cannot be deemed an Act of the Citizens of London, the Livery of this City being only a part, and that supposed not one third of the Freemen of London. The Freemen of London can only be represented by the Common Council, to whom they delegate every year their Right of Representation, and every one of the Common Councilmen that voted on Friday the second of this month to join in the request made by six Memorialists to the Lord Mayor, to grant a Common Hall to assemble the Livery of the several Companies in a Common Hall, may be truly said to have given up the Rights of the Freemen of London.
Yesterday the House of Commons broke up very early, contrary to the expectation of many, who imagined that something of consequence was to have been agitated.
The expulsion of three persons, at least, is very confidently talked of at the West-end of the town.
It is said the protesting Alderman will present their Protest on the day the Lord Mayor gives an entertainment to the Minority; that, while the parliamentary Minority are entertained in the City, the City Minority may be entertained at Court.
Some doubts have arisen about the propriety of the City Remembrancer attending the Sheriffs to St. James's; the original institution of that antient City Officer being asserted to be, to attend Parliament to see that nothing passed there to the prejudice of the rights of the City, and its trade.
A Correspondent remarks, that Lord Denbigh's question to the Sheriffs was a very proper question, much to the purpose, and the answer required, a very necessary piece of information relating to the business then in hand, and is surprised, the Sheriff gave no light a reply to it. "A Corporation Act (he says) is the resolution of a majority of the meeting of the Members of the Corporation, or their delegates, summoned according to Charter or the laws of that Corporation. The Writer, says he, hopes that some of our readers will either amend this definition of it, or give a better, as it is very necessary this point should be properly settled at this period."
A Correspondent says, The credulity of the present times is really astonishing, and I blush for our countrymen when I see them swallow the greatest absurdities. Who in his senses will believe, that there is the least truth in the account published in all the Papers, of the conversation that passed at St. James's last Wednesday? Is it possible to suppose a man of Mr. Alderman T-----'s delicacy could be brought to insult his S-----n? Or if that unlikely circumstance should have happened, could he forget the duty he owes himself, and assert a direct falsehood? Or could he have so small an idea of the consequence of an Alderman, as to affirm, that the act of the Livery of London "is the act of the Citizens of London in their greatest Court"? These things cannot be; the Alderman must know in the first place, that the Livery of London and the Citizens of London are distinct bodies, and he must know too that the greatest Court of the Citizens is a meeting of the Mayor, Alderman, and Common Council, and not the Livery.
An Evening Paper of last night says, It is a certain fact, of which the present Lord Mayor is well acquainted, that he, Mr. Touchet, and some others, were the merchants who were consulted at settling the late peace, and who persuaded the then Ministry to give up the Sugar-Islands.
It is reported, that Bender is taken by the Russians.
L O N D O N, March 14.
WE the Aldermen of the City of London, whose Names are hereunto subscribed, observing that the Address, Remonstrance and Petition agreed upon by the Livery, who met at Guildhall on Tuesday the sixth of this instant March, is entitled, "The Address, Remonstrance and Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Livery of the City of London, to the King's Most Excellent Majesty," do declare, That we were not assenting to, nor ever signified our Approbation of the said Address, Remonstrance and Petition. Dated this 13th Day of March, 1770.
Robert Ladbrooke, Robert Alford, Richard Glyn, Thomas Harley, Samuel Turner, Henry Bankes, Richard Peers, William Nath, Thomas Hallifax, John Shakespear, James Eldaile, Samuel Plumbe, Brackley Kennett, J. Kirkman, James Rosseter, John Bird.
On Monday Morning the Lord Mayor ordered Summonses to be issued for a Common Hall to receive the Sheriffs Report, and his Majesty's Answer; but the following Letter being on Monday Night received by the Sheriffs of London, those Summonses were postponed.
Gentlemen, St. James's, March 14. 1770.
"The King has commanded me to signify to you his Majesty's Pleasure that he will receive on Wednesday next, at Two o'Clock in the Afternoon, the Address, Remonstrance, & Petition, which you have informed his Majesty is to be presented by the Chief Magistrate of the City of London. I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient humble Servant,
Sheriffs of London. WEYMOUTH. "
Notice was accordingly given to the Lord Mayor, the City Representatives in Parliament, the Aldermen, Sheriffs, Common-Council, Livery, Recorder, and City Officers, to attend the Delivery of the Remonstrance as above directed. And Yesterday the Aldermen & Common-Council were summoned to meet the Lord Mayor this Day at Twelve o'Clock at Guildhall, to proceed from thence to St. James's, to deliver the Address, Remonstrance and Petition to his Majesty.
The Sheriffs of this city have been waited on by several very respectable citizens, to return them thanks, for manly and spirited behaviour at St. James's, on Friday last, when they so nobly asserted the dignity of the city, as a corporation.
By letters from the Hague, which arrived yesterday, it is said, that the Russians having sacked the citadel of Brailow were in full march for Constantinople, and that there were no fortifications to oppose them before their arrival at that metropolis, the outworks of which were constructed in so Gothic a manner, that it would not be able to sustain a siege.
The inhabitants of Cette in Languedoc, was as much alarmed at a terrible storm on the 20th of January last, as if the town had been under a bombardment; several shot were fired from one of the forts, in order to break the cloud which hung over them, and which deluged the place with rain.
March 14. It is reported, that a deputation from the principal merchants in this city is preparing to be sent to a noble Lord, to be informed of his Lordship's grounds for asserting that France has already struck a blow against this nation in one quarter of the globe. A piece of intelligence highly necessary to the commercial interests and security of Great-Britain.
There is not the least real foundation for a probability of an approaching war.
The American Merchants and Agents are much at a loss how to act with regard to the exporting of goods to the Colonies, as they are very doubtful whether any goods will be received, without a total repeal takes place, which seems not to be the intention with respect to Tea.
Fifteen principal American Merchants, we hear have declared themselves satisfied with the steps that have been taken relative to the colonies.

L O N D O N, March 24. Mr. Turner, son of Mr. Alderman Turner, is appointed to the office in Jamaica, for which Mr. Vaughan solicited. It is in agitation, we hear, for warehouses, or stores as they are called in our several malecontent colonies, under the immediate inspection of government, and the goods to be exported, for the first year, at the public charge, in respect to freightage; and sold at a profit only that will be sufficient to discharge the cost of agency and other great expences, whereby the purchasers can be supplied so very cheap with British manufactures, as will, no doubt, allure the discontented Americans to purchase them, maugre all their boasted resolutions and associations to the contrary. This really appears the most feasible, as well as the least violent method, ever thought of by the Administration, to bring back the colonies to reason, and revive the dying Commerce of the Mother Country.
A N N A P O L I S, (in Maryland) April 12. The masters of vessels just arrived from Jamaica, which they left the 19th past, inform us, that Commodore Forrest's ship, the Dunkirk, failed that day to windward, being dispatched, as it was imagined, on the information of the master of a schooner from Virginia, who came in two days before, and said he saw and reckoned upwards of twenty sail of capital ships off Cape Nichola. We hear that a parcel of Goods have been lately received from Virginia, by a House at Baltimore-Town, which, on examination, appearing to be imported contrary to the Association of this Province, were immediately delivered up by the Gentlemen to whom they were addressed, and stored by the Committee of Inspection for Baltimore.
N E W Y O R K, April 26. 1770. We hear the Grand Jury found a Bill against Capt. Mc Dougall, on Wednesday last, but the term being so near ended, his trial was put off till next term; whereupon the friends of Capt. Mc Dougall, being satisfied his confinement must be grievous and oppressive, procured bail for his appearance, and accordingly on Saturday he was admitted to bail, himself in 500l. and two securities in 250l. each. We hear from New-Orleans, that all the troops that arrived there with General O'Reily, but 200, were returned to the Havannah; that the Garrison was composed of them, and a new raised regiment of French volunteers; and that the General was gone up the Mississippi. By a vessel arrived at Baltimore from Londonderry in a short passage, we hear that news had arrived in Ireland that Col. Luttrell was DEAD.
Thomas Clay, and Jacob Osborn, have been tried and convicted of Burglary, and sentenced to be hanged on the 18th of May.  S A L E M, May 8. We have the Pleasure of informing the Public, that 360 Persons, almost all Heads of Families, have already signed the Agreement voted by this Town last Tuesday, against drinking Tea, &c. We hear that Capt. Bultman, in a Vessel belonging to this Town, was cast away, the 23d ult. on the Swash at North-Carolina, and the Vessel, with Part of the Cargo, like to be lost: The Men saved.
B O S T O N, May 7. 1770. We have the Pleasure to assure the Public, that our Friend JAMES OTIS, Esq; has already received very great Benefit by his Tour into the Country, and that there is the most agreeable Prospect of his perfectly recovering his usual State of Health. This Intelligence must afford particular Satisfaction to all the Friends of America, as the Loss of that Gentleman's Health has been principally if not altogether owing to his unremitting and strenuous Exertions in the Cause of American Liberty. It is said the 14th Regiment, now at Castle Island, is shortly to go from thence to Providence, there to embark on board Transports for New-York.
The Goods lately imported from London contrary to Agreement, are re-shipping with all possible Dispatch on board the Lydia Capt. Scott, who will sail in two or three Days. The Meeting of the Trade stands adjourned to WEDNESDAY next Nine o'Clock at Faneuil-Hall. At the Meeting of the Body of the Trade and others in Faneuil-Hall on Saturday last, a Letter was sent in by one of the Importers offering to set up two ships in Town if his Goods might be admitted to be Sold; but the publick spirited Tradesmen rejected it with Contempt, alleging that they chose, rather to be out of Business than have it at the Expence or Risk of the Liberty of their Country.
Last Thursday the Premium of Four Guineas on the best Piece of Broad Cloth bro't to Edes & Gill's Printing Office for Sale, of 12 Yards long and 7 Quarters wide, was adjudged to Mr. Toby Cambridge & Co. of Lynn, who from the 1st of June 1769 to May 1st 1770, have made upwards of 500 Yards of Broad Cloth from 5 and a half to 8 Quarters wide; and upwards of 3000 Yards of narrow Cloths from the 1st of April 1769 to the 1st of April 1770. And the Premium of Two Guineas was adjudged to Mr. Abel Golding of Marlborough, for the best Piece of Serge, which in the Opinion of the Judges far surpasses any Piece imported from Great Britain for at least ten Years past.
The extravagant and very impoverishing custom of wearing deep Mourning at Funerals is now almost entirely laid aside in this Province, the principal People laudably setting the Example; indeed there are scarce any that continue in the practice but those who are hired for the purpose, that is, have black Cloaths gratis for appearing in them. Formerly it was a Custom in Ireland; and to this Day it is so in many Roman Catholic Countries; to hire Mourners to cry and howl at the Funerals of People of high Condition, and those who have the greatest Talents that way, have the greatest Wages.
N E W - B R A I N T R E E, April 12, 1770. "On Monday the second Instant, the Dwelling-House of Mr. John Barre of this Town, with great Part of the Effects, were consumed by Fire, occasioned by a Spark from the Chimney falling on the Roof. But by the Generosity and Activity of the Inhabitants another House, with four Rooms on a Floor, was erected, covered, closed and made habitable by the next Week Tuesday. All performed in less than five Days.
"Lieut. Jonathan Force, of this Town, has a Sheep no more than 5 Years old, has had Lambs in the following Order viz. the first Year 1, the second Year 2, the third Year 3, the fourth Year 3, and the fifth Year 3." We hear from Plympton, that on the 20th Inst. one Mehitable Chamberlin, a young woman 21 Years of Age, having for five years past been troubled with the Dropsy, was tap'd by Dr. Adams of Windham in Connecticut, who draw'd off ten & half Gallons of Water of a redish Color, the weight of which was 92 pounds.
PROVIDENCE, April 28. Tuesday Night, about 10 o'Clock, a large Work-Shop belonging to Esek Eddy, Boat-Builder, on the West Side of the Great Bridge, was discovered to be on Fire. The Flames soon communicated themselves to his Dwelling-House, and a House belonging to Capt. Larcher, between which the Shop stood: These were entirely reduced; a Shoemaker's Shop was pulled down, and the Shop of Mr. Warner, Barber, partly demolished, to prevent the Flames spreading.
From a London Paper, March 10. When Mr. Muf----- appeared before a certain society, the president informed him that he need only answer to such questions as he liked, and that no person had a right to compel him to make any answers which were repugnant to his feelings. The Dr. with clearness and firmness answered, he came there with intention to declare all he knew; and spoke much to this purport: That before the peace of Versailles was concluded, the sum of 500,000l. was paid to the mistress of an unpopular Lord; 250,000l. to Lord Bute, and 250,000l. to Mr. Fox; that these sums were remitted from a certain banker in Paris, of which Lord Halifax knew.
P O R T S M O U T H, May 6. Last Sunday arrived here Capt. Thomas Hart, in eight Weeks from London, in whom came Passengers GEORGE MESERVE, Esq; COMPTROLLER for the Port of Boston, and GEORGE BOYD, Esq; Merchant, of this Town; by whom we are informed, BENJAMIN HALLOWELL, Esq; COLLECTOR for this Port, was to take his Passage in one of the first Vessels, and may be soon expected. Capt. Hart brought no Prints later than the ninth of March. By the above Vessel, the Reverend Mr. SAMUEL HAVEN of this Town, has received a Diploma from the University of Edinburgh, conferring the honorary Degree of Doctor of Divinity on him.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, Piscataqua March 10.     Inward Entries, FROM.     Ship Ward, Thomas Hart, LONDON.   Schooner Sea Flower, Timothy Mountford, Montserrat.   Schooner Rye, David Mitchell, Ditto.   Schooner Charming Sally, Ichabod Clarke, Barbados.   Brig Hannah John Elliot, Ditto.   Sloop Sybilla, Benjamin Donald, Montserrat.   Schooner Good Intent, Thomas Manning, Virginia.   Sloop Conway, Newton Cannon, Maryland.   Schooner Polly, Daniel Olds, New-Haven.   Outward Bound, FOR.   Brig Mary, Benjamin Randell, West-Indies.   Brig Abigail, Joseph Jones, Ditto.   Brig Intripid, John Clark, Ditto.   Cleared for Departure,   Sloop William and Mary, Samuel Lion, Nantucket.   Schooner True Briton: John Hill: West-Indies.   Ship Industry, Shadrick Hodgdon, Ditto.  
A Letter from London, of the 10th of March, encloses the following Sentiments, as delivered in an august Assembly the 5th of that Month.
M R. B-ckf-d urged the Repeal of the whole Act from the Principles of Reason and Justice, that British Commodities ought to be exported free of all Duties to America, as the best Method of preventing Smuggling; he declared, he did not found any thing he said on the Observations of the B-n-n Merchants on some Acts of Parliament passed in the Reign of his present Majesty, though he must confess he had read it; that it was an absurd and contemptible Performance;---these Merchants in the Strength of their Wisdom insisting that if their great Naval Officer and all the other Custom-House Officers were taken away, and a free Trade allowed them to every Quarter of the World, that then, their Trade would greatly increase, and they would grow much richer,--- they would then send all their Money to Britain to purchase our Superfluities; that however these Declarations of laying out their Money with us, were not much to be credited whilst they boasted so much of their Oeconomy. He then observed, that the B-n-n Merchants would grow richer if a free Trade was allowed them, nobody could doubt; but such a Plan was contrary to the Interest of Great-Britain, and subversive of the very Intent of permitting Colonization; the Meaning of which was to increase the Trade of the Mother-Country, by extending her Settlements, and binding and confining the Trade of those Settlements to the Mother-Country.
Mr. P-w-n-l, who spoke next, said, that he agreed with the Hon. and worthy Magistrate, who spoke last, in his Opinion of the Pamphlet entitled Observations, &c. by the B-n-n Merchants, that he would found nothing he had to say on such ridiculous Ground, that he had indeed seen the Pamphlet, and that the Writer's Name had been mentioned to him, that altho' he was well acquainted in that Town and Province, he had never before heard of the Man, &c. &c.
L-d C-t-h-m in the upper House said, That he loved America, because it was the Seat of Liberty, but that he was afraid, that the Americans had gone too far,---that whenever he found that they were attacking the Sovereignty of Great-Britain, no Man in that House would be more ready to correct them than he should.
A writer in favour of America says "The determination to amend the American Revenue Act, by taking off the duties on paper, glass, and paint only, does not relieve the commerce of this country, agreeable to the prayer of the merchants; nor redress any one grievance of which America complains. The merchants cannot in consequence of it ship one shilling's worth of the goods ordered; and the Americans are left to groan under every oppression which they felt before. But it will be said, there is some alleviation given in the quantum of the tax,---The produce of the whole duties in the Act amounts to about thirteen thousand pounds a year; or this nine thousand arise from the tea, the article which is left unrepealed.---The reduction of the revenue from thirteen to nine thousand is then the whole operation of this amendment. Neither is this saving any right to our colonies, because they had determined not to take those articles; and therefore, the next year's duty upon them would have been very inconsiderable.
PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.  WHEREAS by a LAW of this Province, among other Things it is provided, THAT every MAN who shall be MARRIED, shall within one Week afterwards, take Care to have his MARRIAGE recorded by the Person authorized to record Births and Burials, and in Default thereof, to pay twelve pence per Week for every Week's Neglect. That the Clerk in every Town shall record Births and Burials; and all Persons concerned, are to take Care to give Notice thereof to the said Clerk, and in Default thereof, to pay twelve pence per Month for every Month's Neglect; which LAW has not been duly observed, but would have been of great Service in many Cases, if it had heretofore been generally carried into Execution.
AND WHEREAS at the last annual Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Portsmouth, a VOTE was passed, directing the Clerk to give Notice, that the said LAW would be strictly executed on all who should hereafter neglect to observe it in said Town, Notice is hereby given, That from and after the 31st Day of May Instant, it is expected, that all Persons concerned in said Town, will give the necessary Information to the Town Clerk of the aforesaid Events wherein they shall be respectively concerned, on Pain of being prosecuted for their Omission, as said Law directs.
JOHN PENHALLOW, Town Clerk. Portsmouth, May 8. 1770.
Wanted immediately, a Nurse, with a good Breast of MILK, to go into a Family in Town. Enquire of the Pringers.
PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE EXCISE.  WHEREAS I the Subscriber, by Virtue of an ACT of the GENERAL COURT, have purchased the EXCISE on Spirituous Liquors throughout this Province, for one Year, which commences from the first Tuesday in September 1769, and ending the Fourth of September 1770---And by the said ACT it appears the Excise becomes due Quarterly--- Therefore it cannot be thought unreasonable to call upon the Taverners, Retailers and others, in some of the near Towns for their Excise, as the Time will permit, at the Expiration of nine Months--- And for this Purpose, I do give this public NOTICE of the Time and Place to receive the same, as hereinafter mentioned, viz. On Friday the first Day of June at the House of Stephen Holland, Esq; Innholder in Londonderry, from 9 to 10 o'Clock Forenoon--- At John Webster's, Esq; in Chester, from 12 to One o'Clock on said Day--- And at the House of Peter Abbot's, Innholder in Kingston, from 4 to five o'Clock Afternoon--- Saturday 2d of June shall attend at Exeter, at the House of Captain Jonathan Gilman, where I shall expect those of Newmarket as well as Exeter will meet me, from 7 to 9 o'Clock Forenoon. At Wiggins in Stratham, from 11 to 12 o'Clock--- At Clark's in Greenland, from 2 to 3 Afternoon--- At the House of James Dwyer in Portsmouth, from 5 to seven o'Clock on said Day--- And where constant Attendance will be given on Monday the 4th of June from eight o'Clock in the Morning, to six o'Clock Afternoon, excepting a small Intermission for Refreshment. At Hanson's in Dover on Wednesday the 6th of June from 12 o'Clock to 4 Afternoon. It is expected all concerned, and intend coming, will be very punctual as to their Attendance at each Town, Time and Place, to prevent breaking in upon my Appointment at either Place, which I would not chuse to do.  SAMUEL BLODGET, Excise Master.
[ Gilmantown. ]  Pursuant to a PETITION of a Number of the Proprietors of GILMANTOWN, in the Province of New Hampshire, desiring me to warn a Meeting of the Proprietors of said Town to act on the following Particulars, viz. 1. To choose a Moderator to govern the Meeting. 2. To choose a Proprietors Clerk. 3. To choose a Committee to examine the Proprietors Book of Record, and to rectify any Mistakes that may be there enter'd. 4. To see if the Proprietors will vote to make the Province Road thro' said Town, agreeable to the Order of the Committee appointed by the General Court, which if voted, to agree upon some Method how and when to do it. 5. To choose a Committee to new spot and number the second Division of Forty Acre Lots, and lay out as many Lots as will supply the Proprietors. 6. To choose a Committee to see that the Bounds between Barnstead and Gilmantown are kept up. 7. To see if the Proprietors will vote, that all their Proprietary Meetings shall be held at said Gilmantown for the future--- I hereby Notify all the Proprietors of said Gilmantown, to meet at the House of Capt. Jonathan Gilman, Innholder in Exeter, on Tuesday the Fifth Day of June next, at One of the Clock Afternoon, then and there to act on the Premises.  JOSIAH GILMAN, Proprietors Clerk. Dated at Exeter, May 1: 1770.
TO BE LETT, And entered into the 16th Day of this Instant May,  A convenient TENEMENT For a small Family, very commodious for TRADE, being situated in King street, and next Door above the Hart and Hands: For further Particulars, enquire of GEORGE GAINS.
NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons who have any Claims on the Estate of Joseph Judkins, late of New Market, in the Province of New Hampshire, Yeoman, deceased, to bring in their Accounts of such Claim, to Wenworth Cheswell & James Folome, both of said New Market, Executors of his Testament, in order to a Discharge thereof: And all Persons who were indebted to him, at the Time of his Decease, are desired to pay such Debts to avoid further Trouble. May 8. 1770.
(Stratham, May 1. 1770.  Whereas Elisabeth Jewell, of Stratham, WIFE of me the Subscriber, has absented herself from my Bed and Board, and refuses to live with me, this is therefore to FORBID any Person or Persons entertaining or crediting her on my Account, as I am determined not to pay DEBTS of her contracting from the above Date.  DAVID JEWELL.
Choice Bohea Tea, by the dozen or single pound, at 4s. & 5d.--- with a variety of English Goods, to be sold very low for Cash by HUGH HENDERSON, at his Shop near the Post Office in King Street, Portsmouth.
Choice BOHEA TEA To be Sold very cheap by large or small Quantity for Cash only: Enquire three Doors south of the Ferry.

To COVER, SCRIP, a beautiful
thoro' bred brown bay HORSE, of good Size, and without any Blemishes; imported from England the last Summer, where he was a noted Race Horse, and won many great Matches and Plates, being particularly remarkable for uncommon Strength and Bottom. As this Horse was imported with an Intention to improve the Breed in New England, HE will this Season cover Sixty Mares, FREE, except only Six Shillings, Sterling each, for the Groom, that attends the Horse. — No Mare under Fourteen Hands high will be admitted, and none after July. Enquire for Thomas Hodgson, at Mr. Stavers's, Innkeeper in Portsmouth.
* East-Town. *
NOTICE is hereby given to the several delinquent Proprietors of EAST TOWN, so called, in the Province of New Hampshire, that have not paid their respective TAXES, voted to be raised on each original Right in said Township, at sundry legal Meetings of said Proprietors (whereof Notice has already been given in a former Advertisement) that so much of each Proprietor's Right will be sold at publick Vendue to the highest Bidder, at the House of Mr. Ephraim Hanson, Innholder in Dover, on Tuesday the 22d Day of May Instant, at One of the Clock Afternoon, agreeable to the Laws of said Province, unless they prevent the same by paying said Tax before the Time of Sale, to me, at my Dwelling House in Madbury, with incidental Charges.
ICHABOD CANNEY, Collector.
The delinquent Proprietors are as follow :
The Sums are in Lawful Money.
   £. s. d £. s. d     Job Clements 4 11 John Ham 2 6   Benja. Roberts 4 11 Noah Emery 4 11   William Willard 4 11 John Brown 4 11   John Hanson 4 11 Joshua Roberts 4 11   John Hanson, jr. 4 11 Samuel Dam 4 11   Richard Downs 4 11 Thomas Downs 4 11   Gersham Downs 4 11 Ebenezer Tuttle 4 11   Joseph Hufey 4 11 Daniel Plumer 4 11   Isaac Horn 4 11  
Madbury, May 2. 1770.
JACOB TILTON
Hereby informs the PUBLIC, That he has Removed from the House, he lately occupied as an Innholder, near the Hay Market in Portsmouth, to a more commodious Situation in KING STREET, near the West End of the State House, where all Gentlemen Travellers and others, may be entertained in a genteel Manner, and with every Accommodation requisite and necessary for themselves, Servants, Horses and Carriages, at the SIGN of the MARQUIS of ROCKINGHAM, at the House lately improved by Paul March, Esq;
† Lyman. †
APPLICATION having been
made to me the Subscriber, one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Province of New Hampshire, by more than one sixteenth Part of the Proprietors of LYMAN, to call a Meeting of said Proprietors to act upon the following Matters and Things. 1. To chuse a Moderator, Clerk and Treasurer. 2. To consult upon some effectual Methods to bring forward the Settlement of the Township. 3. To lay a TAX on each Proprietor's Right to defray the Charges of renewing the CHARTER of said Township. 4. To appoint some suitable Person to get the Township laid out agreeable to the Plan, in Lots, as numbered and drawn in said Plan. 5. To see if the Proprietors will grant any Quantity of Land to ten Settlers as an Encouragement to settle on said Township. 6. To appoint some suitable Person to get the Roads laid out that are immediately necessary to forward the Settlement. 7. To lay another TAX on each Right for allotting out the Township and making the Roads therein that may be found necessary. 8. To chuse a Collector to collect said Tax. 9. To agree upon a Method for calling Proprietors Meetings in future. Lastly, And to do any other Matter or Thing that may regard the Settlement of the Township :
I do therefore hereby Notify and Warn a Meeting of said Proprietors to be at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth, on Friday the 18th of May Instant, at Three o'Clock P. M. then and there to act upon the Premises.
JOHN WENTWORTH, Jus. Pacis.
Portsmouth, May 1. 1770.
Any Person who has lately lost 7 SHEEP with 5 Lambs, some of which have an artificial Mark, may have said Sheep and Lambs, upon describing the Marks and paying Charges, by applying to Enoch Clark, Innholder in Greenland.
BARNABY BRENOCK,
Begs Leave to inform the Public, That he has removed his SCHOOL to the House lately occupied by Mr. Noah Parker, in King Street, near the Post Office, where he continues teaching Writing, Arithmetic, Merchants Accounts, Land Surveying, Gauging, and NAVIGATION in Theory and Practice, according to the most approved Method. A ROOM in said House is fitted for the Accommodation of young LADIES, who will be taught Writing and Arithmetic with great Care and Attendance.
WE the Subscribers being appointed by the Hon. John Hill, Esq; Judge of Probate for the County of York, to receive and examine the Claims of the several Creditors to Estates of John Lord, the third, and George Hight, both of Berwick, in said County, Gentlemen, deceased, represented Insolvent, and six Months from the 9th of April Current, being allowed said Creditors to bring in their Claims and prove their Debts : These are to give Notice that we will attend that Service at the dwelling House of Mr. Nahum Marshall, Innholder in Berwick, on the first of Monday of May next, and the first Monday of the five following Months, from two to six of the Clock in the Afternoon of said Days. Benjamin Chadbourn, Berwick, April 28, 1770. William Rogers.
RUNAWAY from his Master,
Capt. John Robinson of Falmouth, an Apprentice named John Yeung, a thick well set Fellow, about 17 Years old, has short dark curl'd Hair ; had on when he went away a light color'd blue thick Jacket and Breeches, & several other Things. Whoever shall apprehend said Runaway, and convey him to his Master at Falmouth, shall have 3/. Reward, and all necessary Charges paid. Falmouth, April 23, 1770. John Robinson.
TO BE SOLD or LET,
The House and Land improved
by Edmund Davis, in Jew Street : For further Particulars, enquire of said Davis ; who requests all those Persons who have Accounts open with him, to close them as soon as possible, as he intends to leave the Town in a short Time.
All Persons that have any Claims
or Demands on the Estate of the Rev. Mr. Jonathan Cushing, late of Dover, Intestate, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts to the Subscriber, Administrator on said Estate, in order for a Settlement. And those that are Indebted to said Estate, are also desired to make speedy Payment to prevent further Trouble from Peter Cushing. Dover, April 25. 1770.
Nathaniel Sheaff Griffith,
Clock and Watchmaker in Portsmouth near the Parade, HEREBY informs his Customers
and others, that he continues carrying on his Business as usual, and has now by him all sorts of materials for Clocks and Watches, and those who Employ him, may depend on being faithfully and punctually served, and cheaper than by any other Watchmaker.
He has the best of clarified Oyl, for Clocks and Watches, which prevents their stopping in cold Weather.
TO BE SOLD Cheap for Cash,
A likely NEGRO BOY,
Twelve Years of Age. Likewise a PEW in Queen's Chappel to be Sold or Lett. For further Particulars, enquire of the Printers.
---A Run-away BOY---
RAN-AWAY the 26th of June
last from his Master William Brewster of Portsmouth, an Apprentice BOY named Jehoshua Brewster, about nineteen Years of Age ; he is thick set, and about five Feet high : Had on when he went away, a Camblet Coat, a Serge Jacket, Buff Breeches, Felt Hat, and wears his own Hair, which is black, and short curl'd. Whoever shall take up said Apprentice Boy, and convey him to his said Master, shall have Two Dollars Reward, and necessary Charges paid by me, William Brewster.
N. B. All Masters of Vessels and others are hereby caution'd against concealing, entertaining, or carrying off said Apprentice Boy, as they would avoid the Penalty of the LAW.
TO BE SOLD Cheap for Cash or short Credit,
Two whole Rights of Land in
the Township of Barrington, containing Three Hundred Acres in the Fifth Range, No. 227 ; and Two Hundred and Forty Acres in the Third Range, No. 138: For further Particulars, enquire of Edward Butler of Portsmouth, or the Printers hereof.
War-Office, January 23. 1770.
WHEREAS it hath been represented to the King, that there are at this Time several Deserters from the different Corps in his Majesty's Land Service, that by an Offer of his Majesty's gracious Pardon they might be induced to return to their Duty, and that such an Instance of his Royal Clemency might have a due Influence upon their future Behaviour ; his Majesty is graciously pleased to grant his free Pardon to all Deserters from his Land Forces, under the following Limitations and Conditions.
1st. That such of the Deserters as are now in Great-Britain or Ireland, or in the Garrison of Gibraltar, or Island of Minorca, do surrender themselves on or before the 30th of June 1770, either to the Regiments to which they belonged, or to any others on those Stations, or to any recruiting Party of the Forces ; the Deserters from the Cavalry to surrender to some Corps of the Cavalry, and Deserters from the Infantry, to some Corps of the Infantry.
2dly. That such Deserters as are now in North America, the West Indies, or Africa, do surrender themselves on or before the 31st Day of December, 1770, to their respective Regiments, or to any others which may be stationed at the Places, where such Deserters happen to be.
3dly. That they shall be entitled to the Benefit of this Pardon, upon their declaring from what Corps they deserted, and consenting to enlist in the Corps to which they shall have surrendered.
4thly. And whereas it has been represented to the King, that many of the said Deserters, may have since enlisted into other Corps, and may be now serving therein, his Majesty is graciously pleased to extend to such Deserters the Benefit of this Pardon, and to permit them to continue to serve in such Corps, upon their confessing their Defection to their Commanding Officer.
5thly. And whereas it is probable that many of the said Deserters either from Age or Infirmities, may not now be fit to be received again into the Service, it is his Majesty's Pleasure that, upon such Deserters applying to the Commanding Officer of any Corps of the Land Forces, and confessing their Defection, a Certificate shall be granted to them under the Regimental Seal, and signed by the Commanding Officer, of their having surrendered themselves agreeable to his Majesty's Pleasure herein signified, which Certificate shall entitle them to the full Benefit of this Pardon.
6thly. And whereas several of the Deserters have been apprehended, and are now in Goal or in Military Custody, his Majesty is graciously pleased to extend to them his Free Pardon, of which they are to have the full benefit, upon their Arrival at their respective Regiments, or upon their being permitted to enlist in any other Corps of his Majesty's Land Forces.
BY HIS MAJESTY'S COMMAND, BARRINGTON.
All Persons Indebted to, or that
have Demands on the Estate of Jacob Treadwell, late of Portsmouth, Tanner, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts to Samuel Treadwell, Executor to the Last Will of the deceased, in order for a speedy Settlement. Portsmouth, April 21, 1770.
NOTICE is hereby given to all
Persons who are Indebted to me the Subscriber, whose Notes, Bonds or Accounts have been of more than one Year's standing, that unless a speedy Settlement prevents, their Obligations will be put in Suit to the next June Court, without Exception. Also all Persons who have any Demands, are desired to bring in the same for Payment. THOMAS WALLINGFORD. April 20th, 1770.
Garden Seeds
Warranted to be the last Years Produce, and just imported from LONDON, to be sold by
JOHN ADAMS, In Queen Street, Portsmouth, viz.
EARLY Charlton, early golden Hotspur, large and dwarf Marrowfat Peas, blue Roundicals, Ledman's dwarf, Spanish Moratter, and crooked Sugar Peas. — Large Windsor, speckled dwarf, and early yellow dwarf Beans. — Stratburgh Onion, White Spanish ; Silver Skin ; and Red Onions ; early Yorkshire, early Dutch, early Battersea, Sugar Loaf, and large Winter Cabbage. — Green Savoy, early and late Cabbage. — Green, Marble, Tennisball and Cabbage Lettuce. — Red Beet, — Parsnip, — Early yellow and Orange Carrot, — Early and late Turnip, — double and single Parsley, — White Mustard, — Round Spinage — Early and late Cucumber, — Cellery, — London Radish, — Asparagus, — Thyme, — Sweet Marjoram, Baum, double & Single pepper Grass ; Hyssop ; Sage ; Rosemary ; Lavender ; Herbs Grass and Clover, and sundry other Sorts, &c. &c.