The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1771-05-17 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the Frestest ADVICES
Friday May 17, 1771.
Vol. XV. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NO. 761 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd }
Important and serious Advices.
[In our last Paper, under the Portsmouth Head, we mention'd a Report, That the LORD MAYOR of the City of London was sent to the Tower, on Account of his screening, or refusing to give his Assistance for taking up the Printers, who were charged with printing and publishing the Papers known by the Names of the Whisperer and Junius's Letters,—Since which by the last Post, it is confirm'd by the Arrival of Captain Alexander Coffin, in a short Passage from London, by the public Prints.—Least any one should imagine this Officer is of no great Consequence, it may be observ'd, That London is govern'd by a Lord Mayor, a Court of 26 Aldermen, and another of 216 Common Council Men, in some Measure resembling the KING, LORDS and COMMONS, in Parliament — This LORD MAYOR of London, annually chosen by the Citizens out of the Court of Aldermen, is reputed, for the Time being, the greatest Citizen in the Universe—The show he makes when he goes in State to be sworn, at Westminster, is very grand—In the TOWER of London, which is a Mile in Circuit, are kept the Records and State Prisoners; it has an Arsenal with Arms for 60,000 Men; here are also the Crown Jewels, a Mint, &c.]
From the LONDON GAZETTE.
By the KING.
A PROCLAMATION.
For apprehending John Wheble and R. Thompson. GEORGE, R.
WHEREAS on the eighth day of February last, a proclamation being made to the House of Commons of the printed news-paper, intitled the Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser, Friday Feb. 8, 1771, printed for R. Thompson; and also of the printed news-paper, intitled, The Middlesex Journal, or Chronicle of Liberty, from Tuesday February 5, to Thursday February 7, 1771, printed for J. Wheble, as misrepresenting the Speeches, and reflecting on several of the Members of the said House, in contempt of the order, and in breach of the privilege of the said House, it was ordered, that the said J. Wheble and R. Thompson should attend the said House of Commons; and they not having obeyed the said order, it was thereupon ordered, by the said House of Commons, that the said John Wheble and R. Thompson should be taken into the custody of the Serjeant at Arms attending the said House, or his Deputy. And whereas the said Deputy Serjeant having informed the House that he had not been able to meet with the said John Wheble and R. Thompson, or either of them, though he had been several times at their respective Houses, and had made diligent search after them, to take them into custody, an humble address hath been presented to us by the Knights, and Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Boroughs, in Parliament assembled, that we would be graciously pleased to issue our Royal Proclamation, for apprehending the said John Wheble and R. Thompson, with a promise of reward for the same: we have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to issue this our Royal Proclamation, hereby requiring and commanding all our loving subjects whatsoever to discover and apprehend, or cause the said John Wheble, and R. Thompson, or either of them, to be discovered and apprehended, and to carry him or them before some of our Justices of the Peace, or Chief Magistrates, of the county, town, or place, where he or they shall be apprehended, who are respectively required to secure the said John Wheble and R. Thompson, and thereof give speedy notice to one of our principal Secretaries of State, to the end, he or they may be forth coming, to be dealt withal and proceed against according to law. And for the prevention of an escape of the said John Wheble and R. Thompson, or either of them, into parts beyond Seas, we do require and command all our officers and subjects of and in our respective ports and maritime towns and places within our kingdom of Great Britain, that they, and every of them, in their respective stations, be careful and diligent in the examination of all persons that shall pass or endeavour to pass beyond the seas; and if they shall discover the said John Wheble and R. Thompson, or either of them, then to cause him or them to be apprehended and secured, and to give notice thereof as aforesaid. And we hereby strictly charge and command all our loving subjects, as they will answer the contrary at their peril, that they do not any ways conceal, but do discover him or them the said John Wheble and R. Thompson, to the end he or they may be secured. And for the encouragement of all persons to be diligent and careful in endeavouring to discover and apprehend the said John Wheble and R. Thompson, we do hereby further declare, that whoever shall discover and apprehend the said John Wheble and R. Thompson, or either of them, within three weeks from the date hereof, and shall bring him or them, the said John Wheble and R. Thompson, before some Justice of the Peace or Chief Magistrate as aforesaid, shall have and receive, as a reward for the discovery, apprehending, and bringing the said
John Wheble and R. Thompson, or either of them, before such Justice of the Peace or Chief Magistrate as aforesaid, the sum of fifty pounds for each; which our Commissioners of our Treasury are hereby required and directed to pay accordingly.
Given at our Court at St. James's, the Eighth day of March, 1771, in the eleventh year of our reign.
GOD save the KING.
Extract from the Guildhall Rota Book.
Guildhall, 15, March 1771.
John Wheble, the Publisher of the Middlesex Journal, was this Day brought before Mr. Alderman Wilkes at Guildhall, by Edward Twine Carpenter, a Printer being apprehended by him in consequence of a Proclamation in the London Gazette of Saturday the 9th of March Instant: but the said Edward Twine Carpenter not having any Reason for apprehending the said Mr. Wheble than what appeared in that Proclamation, the said Mr. Wheble was discharged; and then the said Mr. Wheble charged Carpenter for assaulting and unlawfully imprisoning him, and on his making Oath of the Offence, and entering into a Recognizance to prosecute Carpenter at the next Sessions in London, Carpenter was ordered to find Sureties to answer for this Offence, which he did, himself being bound in 40l. and his two Sureties in 20l. each, and was thereupon discharged. Carpenter requested a Certificate of his having apprehended Wheble which was given to him.
(COPY.)
Guildhall 15, March 1771.
This is to certify, that John Wheble, the Publisher of the Middlesex Journal, was this Day apprehended and brought before me one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the City of London, by Edward Twine Carpenter, of Holier-lane, London, Printer.
JOHN WILKES, Alderman.
Immediately after this Mr. Wilkes wrote the following To the Hon. the Earl of Halifax, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
(COPY.)
Guildhall of London, March 15, 1771.
My Lord,
I HAD the Honour of officiating this Day as the sitting Justice at Guildhall. John Wheble, the Publisher of the Middlesex Journal, a Freeman of London, was apprehended and brought before me by Edward Twine Carpenter, who appears to be neither a Constable nor Peace Officer of this City. I demanded of what Crime Wheble was accused, and if Oath had been made of his having committed any Felony, or Breach of the Peace, or if he lay under a Suspicion strong enough to justify his apprehension or Detention. Carpenter answered, that he did not accuse Wheble of any Crime, but had apprehended him merely in consequence of his Majesty's Proclamation, for which he claimed the Reward of Fifty Pounds. As I found that there was no legal Cause of Complaint against Wheble, I thought it clearly my Duty, to adjudge, that he had been apprehended in the City illegally, in direct Violation of the Rights of an Englishman, and of the chartered Privileges of a Citizen of this Metropolis, and to discharge him. He then made a formal Complaint of the Assault upon him by Carpenter; I therefore bound him over to prosecute in a Recognizance of Forty Pounds, and Carpenter to appear and answer the Complaint at the next Quarter Sessions of the Peace for this City in a Recognizance of Forty Pounds himself, with two Sureties in Recognizances of twenty Pounds each.
I am, my Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
Rev. Hon. E. p. 1: Humble Servant, JOHN WILKES. (Signed.)
Yesterday Afternoon Mr. J. Miller, Printer of the London Evening Post, was assaulted in his own House by William Whitham, a Messenger of the House of Commons, who declared that he made him a Prisoner. Mr. Miller immediately sent for a Constable, to whom he gave Charge of the Messenger, & the Constable carried him to Guildhall, but the Sitting Alderman being just gone from thence, he proceeded to the Mansion House, where the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Wilkes, & Mr. Alderman Oliver, jointly heard the Cause and discharged Mr. Miller. They afterwards actually signed a Warrant of Commitment of the Messenger to the Compter, for the Assault and false Imprisonment, but on his entering into a Recognizance with two Sureties for his Appearance, he was admitted to Bail.
March 20. His Majesty was at Carlton-House all Sunday Evening: In an adjacent Room a particular Cabinet was held, where Sir Fletcher Norton was expatiating on the City Behaviour. Six hot-headed Members moved to have the Lord Mayor and Alderman Wilkes and Oliver at the Bar of the House, and even to March a Party of the Horse-Guards into the City to see it executed. Be it as it will, all the Crown Lawyers are ordered to give their Opinion, tho' not to be made public.
March 18. Further Particulars concerning the Publisher of the London Evening Post, who was on Friday, between the Hours of two and Three in the Afternoon, assaulted and made a Prisoner in his own House, by William Whitham, a Messenger of the House of Commons. He sent for a Constable, to whom he gave the Messenger in Charge, and the Messenger did the same by him. They proceeded together, and with several other Persons who were Witnesses of the Transaction, to Guildhall; but the sitting Justice, Mr. Alderman Wilkes, having dispatched the Business of the Day, and signed the Rota Book was gone to the Mansion-House; they went immediately there, and made Information to the Lord Mayor, who was then in Bed Chamber ill of the Gout. The Messenger desired that he might have Leave to send to John Clementson, Esq; Deputy Serjeant at Arms, which was granted; and the Lord Mayor adjourned the hearing of the Business till six in the Evening. At that Hour the Lord Mayor, and the Alderman Wilkes and
Oliver, heard the Cause in his Bed Chamber, Mr. Clementson being present as well as the Messenger, the Publisher, Robert Morris, Esq; as his Council, and many other Persons. Mr. Clementson said, he came from the Speaker of the House of Commons, "to demand both the Messenger and Mr. Miller, the Publisher," which demand was refused by the Lord-Mayor, and the Refusal minuted down by the Serjeant in a Book. The Lord-Mayor demanded of the Messenger what his Accusation was against Miller, and by what Right he had apprehended one of his Citizens, and if he was a Peace Officer in the City. The Messenger declared that he did not accuse Miller of any Thing criminal, but had taken him into Custody by Virtue of an Order of the House of Commons. The Lord Mayor demanded to see the Order, which, after much Altercation, was given in by Mr. Clementson. Mr. Morris then argued the whole Cause very ably, and insisted particularly on the Invalidity of such a Warrant. Mr. Clementson desired to convince himself to its being signed by Sir Fletcher Norton, Speaker of the House of Commons, and to the two Demands he then made of the Messenger, and Mr. Miller, being delivered to him. The Lord-Mayor then and the Alderman Wilkes & Oliver discharged Mr. Miller from the Custody of the Messenger. They proceeded next to the Complaint of the Publisher for the Assault and false Imprisonment, which was clearly proved by the Evidence of John Topping & Robert & Henry Page. The messenger called no witness, & Mr. Clementson admitted the Facts. The Lord Mayor then asked the Messenger for Bail to answer the Complaint, but he said he had none; and Mr. Clementson declared that the Messenger should not give Bail. On this Refusal, the Lord Mayor and the two Aldermen signed the Mittamus of the Messenger of the House of Commons to the Compter. As soon as this was done, Mr. Clementson said, "I waited for this, and now I see the Warrant of Commitment actually sign'd, I will offer Bail; upon which the Messenger was bound over for his Appearance in a Recognizance of 40l. with two Sureties in 20l. each, and the Publisher in a Recognizance of 40l. to prosecute for the Assault and false Imprisonment. The Mansion House was exceedingly full of People, but not the least Confusion or Disturbance happened.
Thursday Morning arrived the Lydia, Capt. Hood, from London, as did also the Paul, Capt. Hall, this last in but 5 Weeks, from the London Prints bro't by them we have the following.
L O N D O N, March 25, 1771. ABOUT two o'clock, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, attended by Mr. Alderman Oliver, went from the Mansion House, to attend in their respective places in the House of Commons, pursuant to orders issued to them on Friday last. There was a prodigious concourse of people about the Mansion-house to see them come out, and the crowd continued to increase the whole way to Westminster-Hall.
When the Members of the House of Commons had taken their Seats, the House proceeded to the discussion of the very tender and delicate matter before them. Their Debates, relative to the Lord Mayor, we are told, turned principally upon these three points, Censure, Expulsion, or the Tower. The Majority seemed inclined to the second. Very early, however, in the evening they had divided twice; and the numbers on the second Division, which was an Adjournment, are said to have been 234 Noes to 57 Ayes.
About half past ten o'clock, his Lordship finding his strength exhausted, and being unable to bear the pain and fatigue any longer, begged permission to retire; which being granted, he returned to the City, attended as before by a vast concourse of people, who took the horses from the coach, and drew it all the way to the Mansion-house, testifying their approbation of his Lordship's conduct by the loudest acclamations and repeated shouts of applause.
March 26. About three o'clock in the morning the Debates in the House of Commons ended, when Richard Oliver Esq; Alderman and Member of Parliament for the City of London, was ordered to be sent to the Tower, but was indulged to lie at his own house in Frenchchurch-street, where the Serjeant at Arms attended between the hours of 7 & 8 o'clock, and conducted him in a coach to the above Prison.
The numbers on this last Question are said to have been 138 Ayes to 83 Noes.
Lord Temple, and a great number of the Nobility, and Members of the House of Commons, visited Mr. Oliver in the Tower.
March 27. This day the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of the City of London went from the Mansion house, about one o'clock. (accompanied by the Committee) to attend in his place in the House of Commons, pursuant to order. He was accompanied as on Monday, by an amazing number of people, who seemed anxious to know the issue of the affair.
The Justices and High and Deputy Constables of Westminster were all attending, and the Guards, both horse and foot were ordered to be in readiness, in case any tumult should arise.
The members resolved, "that the proceeding of the Lord-Mayor, in discharging Miller, and committing the Messenger, was a breach of the privilege of that House." A motion was then made, that the Lord Mayor should, for his contempt, be committed to the custody of the Serjeant at Arms, but upon his Lordship's observing, that if any offences had been committed, he was the greatest offender, & that he longed to join his brother in office; an order was signed for his commitment to the Tower, permitting his Lordship to sleep that night in the Mansion-house.
March 28. About four o'clock in the morning the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor arrived at the Tower, and was lodged at Mrs. Bradshaw's, on the parade, next door to the Bloody Tower. His Lordship, notwithstanding his indisposition, was in great spirits.

Col. ISAAC BARRE'S SPEECH,
when the motion was made in the House of Commons, for sending Alderman Oliver to the Tower.
Mr. Speaker,
SINCE I had the honour, or rather dishonour, of sitting in this House, I have been witness to many strange, many shameful transactions; but, since I could call myself a member of the British Senate, never were my ears shocked with such an abominable proposal, as that which now disgraces this Assembly. A Representative of the first City in the empire, or perhaps in the world, is to be treated as a state criminal, for supporting the general rights of the nation, and the peculiar privileges of his fellow citizens. It has been proved to a demonstration, that your claim of privilege was meant as a bulwark against the encroachments of the Crown, and not a check upon your constituents. It has been clearly shown that you have acted contrary to Magna Charta, and that the arraigned magistrates have adhered to the law of the land. Nor is this all--You have been convicted of invading the peculiar franchises of the city, and of trampling on numerous statutes made in its favour--while the objects of your important malice have only acted according to the dictates of conscience, and the religion of their oath.--You will punish them, because they would not for the purpose of your tyranny betray their trust, and be guilty of perjury. What can be your intention in such an attack upon all honour and virtue? Do you mean to bring all men on a level with yourselves, and to extripate all honesty and independence? Perhaps you imagine that a vote will settle the whole controversy? Alas! you are not aware that the manner in which your vote is procured, remains a secret to no man. Listen--for, if you are not totally callous, if your consciences are not seared, I will speak daggers to your souls. Whence did the motion take its rise? Where was the scheme concerted? Did it originate in this House? Is it the legitimate offspring of this Assembly?-----No;-----it is the abortion of five wretched Clerks, who, though a disgrace to this whole House, have the management, I beg pardon the mismanagement, of all national affairs. These pitiful drudges brought the Treasury into the scheme; the Treasury influenced the Junta of Charlton-house; Charlton-house set all the administration in motion: and the administration gave life and vigour to the machines that compose the majority. Thus are you played off, like puppets, for the entertainment of the magicians that act behind the curtain. Do you not blush at such infamy? Do not your cheeks burn with conscious shame as being mere walking plants, perfect oxen in a stall, fed by the hand of your master, and forced to draw in his yoke? By Heaven, I had rather not be, than drag such a heavy, such a galling, such a detestable chain. There are, indeed, those of whose commands I should be proud, because their service is perfect freedom. The instructions of your constituents you should be always ready to obey. But you have inverted a maxim of the Gospel, and made the servant greater than his master. You, who are only deputies or factors, have usurped a power not only superior to that of your creators, but destructive of the very rights by which they exist as freemen. In the gulf of your privileges you have swallowed up the birthrights of the people, who are ultimately paramount to all the three branches of the legislature. Had you been as tenacious of your duty as of your interest, you would have first provided for the safety of the people's rights, and entered into the discussion of your own privilege. It is the privilege of the people to be tried by the law of the land, and to see the course of justice free and uninterrupted. Both you have flagrantly violated, and opened a door for anarchy and confusion. But where is the wonder that you act in this arbitrary manner, when you would not allow mention to be made of the traitorous member, who declared, in the face of day, that he hoped to see his Majesty as absolute and despotic as the King of Prussia; and that he had bought his constituents, and made of their instructions an use not fit to be named? Had you been true representatives, you would have immediately dropped every other subject, and blushed to determine any national affair, till you had removed from you such an accursed thing, such an abomination to all honour and honesty. But you love to protect such culprits, because of such is your kingdom composed.--How then can you imagine, that the people will tamely acquiesce in injuries received from men of your stamp? How can you imagine, that Britons will endure an act of tyranny, as alarming as any practised by the despot of France? Louis, the well beloved, erases the acts of his parliaments; and our beloved House of Commons, erases the legal proceedings of our courts of record. Why, the violence of Charles the First, when he entered this House, in person, and seized the five Members, was not a matter of such pernicious example! You have struck at the very root of all law and justice, and endeavoured, at one blow, to annihilate all our liberties.
The consequence is natural. After having assumed an arbitrary dominion over truth and justice, you issue orders, warrants, and proclamations, against every opponent, and send prisoners to your Bastille all those who have the virtue and courage to defend the expiring freedom of their country. But it is in vain that you hope by fear and terror to extinguish every spark of the ancient fire of this Isle. The more sacrifices, the more martyrs you make, the more numerous the sons of liberty will become. They will multiply like the Hydra's head, and hurl vengeance on your devoted heads. Let others act as they will, while I have a tongue or arm, they shall be free. And that I may not be a witness of this monstrous proceeding, I will leave the House; nor do I doubt but every independent, every honest man, every friend to England, will follow me.
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Mr. Alderman Wilkes followed the Lord Mayor in Mr. Reynolds's Coach with him and another Gentleman to Palace-Yard, and then returned to the City.
March 29. Mr. Wilkes, when he went to the House of Commons yesterday, designed only to attend the L. Mayor on his way. When his carriage reached St. Martin's Lane, the populace took off the horses, and drew it to the King's Arms Tavern, Palace Yard.
The crowd was so great yesterday in Old Palace Yard, and Westminster Hall, that it was with the greatest difficulty many of the Members, especially the Court Party, got to the House of Commons; Lord North had his chariot glasses smashed to pieces, as well as his carriage; his wrist was cut; and the Mob also took off his hat and cut it into pieces, and he narrowly escaped with his life. The two Mr. Foxes, and Mr. Hans Stanley, were greatly insulted and pelted with mud; Justice Kelwyn attempted to read the Proclamation, but was so pelted that he was obliged to desist; two hundred Constables, could not keep the populace in order, for on their endeavouring to keep the peace, the mob seized their staves, and broke them to pieces: As soon as a Member's coach appeared, they stooped it and obliged the coachman to inform them of his Master's name and they were treated according as they stood in their approbation, some with hisses and groans, and others with loud acclamations.
The Right Hon. Lord North is extremely indisposed of the wounds he received on Wednesday at the door of the House, & is attended by two surgeons and a physician of eminence.
The populace were very riotous yesterday in the Park, and frequently insulted a Great Personage. Among the rest of the expressions made use of on the above occasion, were a number respecting the P----- D-----; and many called out, Where is the Lord-Mayor? Set him at liberty! Tower! Tower! &c. &c.
The Russians are determined to carry on the War with Vigour against the Turks.
The Division in the House of Commons for committing the Lord Mayor to the Tower, was 202 for, and 39 against it.
Extracts from the Speech of Alderman Townsend, in defence of the Lord-Mayor.
"Salus populi suprema lex esto, was long the maxim of the Roman commonwealth; and I could wish that it were more attended to in this house. Unfortunately for this country too many of us are more assiduous to please female caprice than to satisfy their constituents. Instead of endeavouring to deserve well of the public, they strive to deserve well of one woman, who has during the present reign, governed this nation.
"Here several members cried out, Name her! Name her! Why then, if I must name her, her name is, Augusta, Princess Dowager of Wales. [Here he was called to order, but he proceeded.] Sir, I am not in a humour to retract my words. That infamy I leave to the ministerial gentry. I am not yet courtly enough to say and unsay the same thing in a breath. Were I such a crouching spaniel, I should plead the cause of liberty with a very bad grace. I do aver, that for these ten years past, we have been governed by one woman and that the woman is the Princess Dowager of Wales. If you doubt what I advance, appoint a committee for enquiring into her conduct, and I dare say, that you will find my assertion to be a fact.
March 30. On Wednesday last, in consequence of the great mob, and their riotous proceedings, when the members were going to the house, (least the civil power could not prevent disorder) a battalion of the First Regiment of Guards, in the Savoy Barracks and the Tilt-yard, were ordered to be in readiness to march, when the urgency of the occasion required their assistance. Fortunately for the military, the civil Officers did their own duty.
On Thursday as the King was going from the Parliament house, a Gentleman cried out, "No Lord Mayor, no K-----!" The Constables took him before the Justices at Guild-hall-where he told them he was a Citizen of London, and should not retract what he had said. After a little advice from Sir John Fielding, he was discharged.
The true friends of Liberty abhor all violent and illegal behaviour, even to the most obnoxious of the ministerial tribe. They could heartily have wished my Lord North had not been ill treated by the populace. As for the Hon. F-----, it is believed, that nobody is sorry that his clothes were dirted or his face begrimed; the Mob were only determined to make him as dirty without as he is within.
April 1. On Saturday the Dukes of Manchester and Portland, the Marquis of Rockingham, Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord King, Sir Charles Saunders, Admiral Keppel, Sir James Pennycuick, Bart. Mr. Dowdeswell, and Mr. Edmund Burke, attended by the two Sheriffs, Baker and Martin, waited on the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Oliver, at their apartments in the Tower, in order to express their regard for the persons of those gentlemen, & their sincere disapprobation of those proceedings in which sentence was passed, without a full and fair discussion; and a most delicate question of constitutional law decided by inflicting a punishment upon Magistrates who pleaded the obligations of an oath, without a hearing of Council to their whole defence, whereby the foundations of parliamentary justice have been sapped, and the credit of the commercial city injured by the obstruction given to public business.
It is reported that silver coin is now privately buying up for the use of the Bank, in order to be tendered in payment, should certain threats of monied persons be carried into execution.
Every species of ministerial vengeance, we are told, is denounced by the Carlton-house Junta, against a popular Patriot who has lately disobeyed the order of a great Assembly.
Wednesday night last the mob about the Parliament-House grew very outrageous, and insulted not only the members, but even the magistrates: for when the Justice Sherwood very spiritedly went in among them, and harangued them, his hat was pulled off, and he was otherwise misused; and on his producing the riot-act, and assuring them if they did not immediately disperse, he would read it, they roared out, "Read, and bed-----d, that's all we want." They then threw mud and dirt in his face, and at all the magistrates, who were compelled to retire; Mr. Sherwood being called to the bar of the House, he shewed how he and the other magistrates had been used, and after receiving the commands of the House, to use their discretion in quelling the mob, he and the other magistrates, assisted by the Sheriffs, did (to their honor be it said) keep the peace afterwards, without any military aid whatsoever.--Would to God the Surrey magistrates had done the like on a former occasion!
April 2. Last Saturday the House of Commons sat about an hour and a half, and then adjourned till Tuesday, April the 6th, so that they have adjourned beyond the day appointed for Mr. Wilkes's attendance, which was the 3th.
Yesterday policies were opened at several coffee-houses about the Royal Exchange, to receive five guineas to pay one hundred if the Spanish Ambassador does not leave this Court on or before the 25th inst. Very few chose to underwrite it.
Yesterday at noon a heart, followed by two carts, was drawn through the city, and accompanied by a very great mob. In the first cart was the figure of the P. D. of W. and another of Lord B-----, attended by a Chimney-sweeper praying for them; in the second, the S-----r and both the F-----x's. They were dragged to Tower-hill, and there burnt.
We hear that the Lieutenant of the Tower having sent his compliments to the Lord-Mayor, informing his Lordship that he is at liberty to walk about any where within the Tower wall attended by a warden if he desired it; his Lordship returned him thanks for his kind offer; and added that he did not chuse to ask or accept of any favours that he was satisfied with the apartments allotted him, and would continue within them till his discharge shall be ordered.
April 3. Notwithstanding the reports spread in the daily papers, for lucrative purposes, on an approaching rupture between England, France, and Spain, we can assure the public, that there is not at present the least foundation for such reports but that there is the greatest reason to believe that peace will continue for a long time.
The confinement of the Lord Mayor puts a total stop to all plantation business, as every deed or conveyance executed here must have the city seal to it in presence of the Lord-Mayor.
So great has been the run on the Bank, since the commitment of the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Oliver to the Tower, that bets were laid on Saturday last at New-Lloyd's, to pay 300 guineas to reserve 100, if Baskin's notes were not discounted before the expiration of one Month.
We are assured from authority, that private orders have been given for eight men of war of the line to be stationed in the Downs immediately. Admiral Buckle is to have the command.
April 4. A rumour is spread about town, that many of the
Majority have seen the ghost of Cromwell, dressed in full armour, which has filled them with terrible apprehensions.
A court of Common-Council was held yesterday when the thanks of that court were voted to Barlow Trecothick, Esq; James Townsend Esq; John Sawbridge, Esq; and the 2 Sheriffs for their support of the Lord Mayor, and Mr. Alder. Oliver.
A Correspondent asks, Whether it is not better to dissolve the Parliament, than run the risque of a total dissolution of government.
Business of every kind is at present so generally suspended, that it is said, should an accommodation unexpectedly be effected, Government will not recover from its confusion and embarrassment for many months.
It was Yesterday morning strongly reported upon 'Change, (on what Authority, or for what Purpose, we pretend not to say) that Gibraltar was attacked by the Spaniards both by Sea and Land; that the Fleet which lay before it consisted of 30 Sail of Ships from Barcelona, and other Spanish Ports; and that the Army employed against it consisted of 17,000 Men, who had raised several large Batteries within Gun shot of the Fort; and that it was expected before this Time that the Spaniards had made themselves masters of it.
March 30. The Committee for enquiring into the cause of the late riot, consists of twenty-one members which was chosen by ballot. On Wednesday last, the Chairman of a certain Assembly said, if the Sheriffs could not disperse the people, the military must be sent for.
The guards, foot and horse are ordered to be in readiness at a moments notice.
The London Packet has the following extraordinary Paragraph:---Letters from several parts of Devonshire say, that when the Account was received of the Imprisonment of the Lord Mayor and Alderman Oliver, the People assembled in large Bodies, and behaved in a very riotous Manner, calling out, "To Arms!" It was with great Difficulty that the Justices dispersed them. They declared that they would at any Time (if Gentlemen of Distinction would head them) take up Arms in Defence of those Magistrates who attempted to prevent the Laws from being trampled under Foot, and who preferred the Rights and Privileges of the People from Violation.
L O N D O N, March 27.
Yesterday when the news was confirmed of Alderman Oliver's being sent to the Tower, there was not a coffee-house in town that did not cocho with the repeated sounds of mercenary scoundrels! corrupt villains! pensioners! placemen! enemies to law and liberty!
As soon as the news of the King's Proclamation being stuck up at the Exchange had reached the ears of some patriotic gentlemen at a coffee-house, they immediately sallied forth to tear it publicly from the walls; but they could not reach the Exchange before every atom of it was destroyed by the enraged populace.
Mr. Burke says, that the House, in raising the present flame in the city, had "unsheathed a sword to stab themselves through the heart."
The history of the country cannot furnish such a parliament and such a ministry as the present.
March 29. The Lord Mayor at his two former attendances having fully justified his conduct, contented himself on Wednesday with only saying, as we are informed, nearly the following words:
"Mr. Speaker, "An honourable gentleman has talked of the lenity to be shown me on account of my health, and my being only committed to the custody of the Serjeant at Arms. I thank God that my health is better than it has been for some time past. I know that I was prejudged on Monday, and that the string of resolutions and warrants is now in the Gentleman's pocket. I ask no favour of this House. I crave no mercy from the Treasury Bench. I am ready to go to my noble Friend at the Tower, if the House shall order me. My conscience is clear, and tells me that I have kept my oath, and done my duty to the City, of which I have the honour to be Chief Magistrate, and to my Country. I will never betray the Privileges of the Citizens, and the Rights of the People. I have no apology to make for having acted uprightly, and I fear not any resentment in consequence of such conduct. I will thro' life continue to obey the dictates of honour and conscience, to give my utmost support to every part of the constitution of this kingdom, and the event I shall always leave to Heaven, at all times ready to meet my fate."
Between the hours of twelve and one yesterday morning, the Right Hon. the Lord, attended by his Chaplain and two Messengers, left the House of Commons; as soon as his Lordship and the above Gentlemen had got into his coach, the populace proceeded to take the horses from the carriage, and immediately joined hand in hand, and drew his Lordship to Temple Bar. As soon as they arrived there, they shut the gate, and informed his Lordship that two of the company he had with him had been drawn to the extent of their boundaries, and insisted upon their immediately getting out of the coach. His Lordship informed them they were not the people they suspected them to be, but two of his friends and his chaplain, who were going with him to the mansion-house: They gave him three huzzas, and then opened the gates, and drew him within the city, to the mansion house, amidst the loud acclamations of a prodigious concourse of people, and by the ladies and gentlemen from almost every window as they passed along. When they came to the mansion house, they insisted that none but his Lordship and his own domestics should enter, which as soon as they had done, they gave a number of loud huzzas, and then departed very quietly.
It is computed that there were above 50,000 people on Wednesday night in the different avenues to the House of Commons most of whom appeared to be respectable tradesmen.
Lord North said in the H. of C. It had been reported that he was going out of office. He took that opportunity to say he knew nothing of it. That nothing but the mob, or the King, should turn him out. That though he was ready, and wished to give up his place, yet this was not a time to resign. That he very narrowly escaped being demolished in coming to the House He thanked Sir William Meredith who had rescued him from the fury of the people; and burst into tears.
We hear from Versailles, that on the 5th of the present month a young man of that place, come home to his father, and asked for some money, which being refused, he killed him; his mother then coming to the assistance of her husband, he killed her likewise; and his sister hiding herself behind the bed, he ran after her & killed her; then, with the same knife, he stabbed himself, and ran down stairs, and threw himself into the well and was drowned.
On Wednesday a city clergyman, after these words in the Litany, "for all prisoners," added, particularly for the worthy Alderman now in the Tower.
We hear the Lord Lieut. of Ireland carries all before him, and that his secretary will be made an Irish peer.
It has been hinted by a great man in administration, that upon certain terms he is willing to act in conjunction with opposition; and we are assured from good authority, that Lord Bathurst will soon appear a servant of the crown again.

MARCH 19. At a Special Meeting, it was Resolved by the SUPPORTERS of the BILL of RIGHTS.  1. THAT a Gratification be given to John Whipple , Printer of the MIDDLESEX JOURNAL ; Roger Thompson , Printer of the GAZETTEER ; and John Miller , Printer of the LONDON EVENING POST , for having appealed to the Laws of their Country, and not having betrayed, by their Submission, the Rights of Englishmen .
2. That it is the Intention of this SOCIETY, That the Gratification to the Printers should extend to the Sum of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS to each.
The Squadron for Admiral Montagu for the Halifax Station is getting ready with Speed.
The Lord Hyde Packet-Boat Capt. Braily is sailed from Fal-mouth for New-York.
The Toast of the Day is, "Crosby, Wilkes and Oliver."
March 22. A concise Account of what passed on Wednesday last in the House of Commons.
MR. Alderman Trecothick moved that as the Lord Mayor or is ordered to attend in his place this day, he may be assisted by Counsel.
Mr. Baker seconded the motion.
Mr. Welbore Ellis, moved an idle preamble by way of amendment,
This was debated several hours.
Mr. Wedderburn, to shew his principles, or rather to shew that he has no principle at all, took an opportunity, like a coward, Mr. Dunning and Col. Barre being absent, to make a most violent speech against the opposition. He abused every body who had either within or without doors, opposed the conduct of the Ministry. He defended the late illegal proclamation; and said the House of Commons had no right to enquire whether that measure was legal or not. If the legality of it was disputed, it was a question proper only for a Court of law to determine.
Mr. Dowdeswell said the proclamation was illegal; and Parliament had not only a right to enquire into it, but to know who advised his Majesty to issue it. He said instead of censuring the Lord Mayor, for going, as some might think, beyond his due bounds, they ought to begin with correcting their own errors.
At length the house divided on the amendment; 194 for it, and 83 against it.
The question, as amended, was then put; and the ministry put a negative upon it altogether.
General Conway next moved, "That the Lord-Mayor may be assisted this day by Counsel on all points, except such as may concern the privileges of this House." After some debate, the Ministry carried the motion. [Thus the Lord-Mayor's Counsel can be of no use to him, as they are not permitted to argue upon that ground, where he puts his defence.]
The order of the day was then called for,
That John Wilkes Esq; do attend.
Sir Joseph Maybey stood up, and gave a letter to the Speaker from Mr. Wilkes.
The Speaker immediately charged Sir Joseph with disrespect, in delivering him a letter in the chair; said he had a right to do as he pleased with the letter, that he should not read it, and that he would put it into his pocket; which he accordingly did.
The Ministry took part with the Speaker, and abused Sir Joseph Mawbey most grossly. Sir Joseph defended himself with a good deal of spirit; and said Mr. Wilkes could not act otherwise, unless they would permit him to take bis seat , and hear him in bis place .
General Conway jumped up, and in great rage, called Sir Joseph Maybey to order. Said the house had decided that matter and would never permit it to be called in question by any person.
Mr. Dowdeswell supported Sir Joseph Mawbey. Said he should have done exactly the same; he would not have delivered the letter, until the order of the day was called for.
Mr. De Grey abused Mr. Wilkes exceedingly. Said that Mr. Wilkes and Oliver were two officious assistants to the Lord Mayor, in hopes of being made considerable; and moved that Wilkes's attendance might be put off for two months.
He was not seconded.
Lord North likewise abused Mr. Wilkes very much. Said what would be punishment to others, would be reward to him; called him a wretched, undone man; and moved that Wilkes's attendance might be put off to Monday next.
Mr. Sawbridge said, Monday was appointed for his motion (for Triennial Parliaments); and as Wilkes was a party with the Lord Mayor, he ought to attend with his Lordship this day.
Lord North carried his motion.
In regard to Mr. Wilkes, it is intended to wink him out of sight. [Thus L. North can, when he pleases, make the House blind ; and, as on Monday last, when Oliver spoke, and avowed the part he had taken, and added, that he was as much a principal as the Lord Mayor, for he had advised his Lordship to do what he did. Lord North can make them deaf ; and the two Onslow he has ordered to be dumb . Why did he not issue that order three weeks ago?]
Mr. William Morgan, the Lord Mayor's Clerk, with the minute-book of recognizances, was then called in, and ordered up to the table. The book was opened, and the recognizance of William Whitham, messenger of the House, read.
The Alderman Oliver, Sawbridge, Trecothick, and several worthy Members of Parliament, were so shocked at this violent and arbitrary attack on the laws of the land, that they could not bear to be spectators of the alarming transaction which they expected would follow, and therefore immediately left the House.
Lord North moved, that the messengers recognizances may be erased out of the Lord Mayor's book.
Lord Beauchamp seconded the motion.
Then, as they had the Lord Mayor's Clerk in their custody, they made him erase it.
A motion was then made by Lord North, and the question proposed, "That no other prosecution, suit, or proceeding, be commenced or carried on for, or on account of, the said pretended assault or false imprisonment."
It was ordered in the affirmative.
March 22. Yesterday there was a grand Court and Drawing Room at St. James's; after which the great officers of state had a long conference with his Majesty.
Yesterday a full board of treasury was held, at which Lord North presided.
The same day Lord Sandwich presided at a grand board of Admiralty.
Yesterday judgment was given by the upper assembly, in the Sutherland cause; Lord Mansfield spoke for a considerable time, as did likewise Lord Camden; and we hear that it is decided in favour of Lady Elizabeth, now under age.
The idea of a war is still very strong about the Royal Exchange, and has a very powerful effect upon the flocks, which fluctuate in a surprising manner.
We are told from pretty good authority that, since the ratification of the late convention, no less than 18 private letters have passed between the Ministry and the Court of Versailles, the purport of which will transpire in a few Days, not very much to the satisfaction of this nation.
Q U E B E C, April 11.
Yesterday were executed on the Grand Parade of this City, John Best, William Stewart, and John M'Ewen, late Soldiers of his Majesty's 10th Regiment of Foot, for assaulting and robbing Jacob Rowe, Esq; on the 18th of February last.
P H I L A D E L P H I A, May 1.
Monday last arrived here the ship Rising Sun, with four companies of his Majesty's 21st Regiment from St. Augustine.
N E W P O R T, May 6.
Last Wednesday, agreeable to the Royal Charter of this Colony, the annual General Election was held in this Town, when the following Gentlemen were elected--for the year ensuing, viz.
The Hon. JOSEPH WANTON , Esq; Governor. The Hon. DARIUS SESSIONS , Esq; Deputy Governor. Henry Ward, Esq; Secretary. Henry Marchant, Esq; Attorney-General. Joseph Clarke, Esq; Gen. Treasurer. The General Assembly, at their Session last Week, appointed HENRY MARCHANT , Esq; joint Agent for this Colony with JOSEPH SHERWOOD , Esq; at the Court of Great-Britain.
B O S T O N, May 29.
At a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants at Faneuil-Hall, on Tuesday last, the following Gentlemen were chosen Representatives for the Year ensuing, viz. 470 Voters. Hon. James Otis, Esq; Hon. Thomas Cushing, Esq; Hon. John Hancock, Esq; and Mr. Samuel Adams.
We have Advice from Halifax that 2000. sterling, had been found, out of the 3000. which was cast ashore when the Granby Sloop was lost, and every Soul perished, lately mentioned.
We have now certain Advice that the Beaver Man of War got to Antigua, as also the Gibraltar, and both soon expected.
On the 15th of March last, the Post-Boy, in coming from Georgia, was robbed of the Mail, containing the Bags with the Letters for Wilmington, Virginia, Philadelphia, Boston, &c.
May 13. We hear that Orders are received for the Recruiting Parties lately arrived from Halifax, and since gone into different Parts of this and the neighbouring Provinces, to return and join their respective Regiments again, his Majesty's Service not now requiring any Reinforcement.
Two Packet-Boats arrived last Week at New-York, with the February and March Mails.
It is said the Populace who assembled on the Commitment of the Lord Mayor, filled up a space of Ground of three Miles.
We hear that Alderman Sawbridge was likewise committed to the Tower. And that five Regiments were ordered into the City of London to quell the Mob, when the Lord Mayor was committed.
We hear from New-York, that on the 17th ult. Captain M'Dougal was discharged from his Recognizance, by the Supreme Court then sitting there, (without having been brought to a trial) after being in Bonds for twelve Months, and suffering Twenty three Weeks actual Imprisonment.
By a Vessel in 8 Days from North-Carolina we learn, that the Governor there, at the Head of 1200 Men, marched on or about the 1st Instant, to the interior parts of that Government, in order to quell what are there called Regulators, who consist of about 900 Men, and are determined to defend themselves.
P O R T S M O U T H.
On Tuesday Night, Mr. Gardner of Boston, was married to Miss Mary Underwood, of Kittery.
The same Day a notorious Thief, named _____, was taken up in this Town, put in Lrons and sent to Boston, where we hear, he had stolen near 150 Guineas, &c. from one Mr. Goldthwait of that Town. He came to this Town last Saturday, in the Stage Coach, in the Character of a Midshipman, belonging to the Rose Man of War. A considerable Sum of Money was found upon him, with a Number of other stolen Articles.
In one of the Mast-Ships which arrived at Casco-Bay last Week, his Excellency our Governor had five large English Horses, which are come to Town.
Last Monday at a Town Meeting, the Inhabitants of this Town, made Choice of William Parker, Esq; John Sherburne, Esq; and Mr. Jacob Sheaffe, to represent them in the General Assembly, which is to convene here on Wednesday next.
Last Monday a small Schooner, burthen about 18 Tuns, bound into this Harbour from the Eastward, laden with Shingles, &c. overset off the Whales-Back, and in about an Hour after sunk, and is entirely lost, with the Cargo: The People were taken up by some Men in a Boat, belonging to a Sloop then coming into this Harbour.
Last Monday PETER GILMAN, Esq; of Exeter, was sworn into his Majesty's Council for this Province, and took his Seat at the Board accordingly.
A number of Articles relating to the commitment of the LORD MAYOR, to the Tower, Mr. Oliver &c. we are obliged to omit for want of room, which will be in our next.
A L L Persons in Town or Country, Indebted for this Paper, are once more called upon to make payment for the same, if ever they design it. Those out of Town who send Money by different Persons are desired to be careful in getting Receipts from the Printing-Office, as no others will hereafter be accepted, on a Settlement.
A large Dwelling HOUSE to be let, opposite the GOVERNOR'S; Enquire of the Printers.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, Piscataqua, May 16th.
   Inward Entries,  FROM.      Sloop Dolphin, Abraham Bates,  New-Haven.    Sloop Friendship, Everett Birdsey,  Ditto.    Sloop Liberty, Samuel Pike,  Hispagnola.    Schooner John, Samuel Moore,  No. Carolina.    Schooner three Friends, Thos. Parsons,  Guadaloup.    Schooner Martha, Joshua Winlow,  St. Martins.    Brig Martha, Thos. Thomas,  Guadaloup.    Brig Betsey & Polly, Joseph Choate,  Ditto.    Brig Pitt, Wingate Newman,  St. Lucia.    Cleared for Departure  For    Brig two Brothers, Daniel Evans,  West Indies    Brig Dreadnaught, Samuel Batchelder,  ditto    Brig Industry, Thomas Jones,  ditto    Ship William, Titus Salter,  ditto    Sloop Peggy, William Friend,  ditto    Schooner Hawke, Jonathan Jewet,  ditto    Schooner Molly, Gerham Lambert,  ditto   
TO BE SOLD By JAMES KING ,
On Spring-Hill, A Variety of Hatters Trimings, Cheap for CASH.
TO BE SOLD
A valuable Dwelling House, pleasantly situated near the Water Side; the Land adjoining the Town Wharfe, near Mr. Jacob Sheaffe's Landing and Warehouse; being the Estate of the late Capt. _____ Jones, of this Town, deceased. Enquire of the Printers of this Paper.
TO BE SOLD reasonably for Cash,
Two Lots of Land, one with a piece of Flatts, easy to Wharfe, commodiously situated, adjoining Captain Robert Parker's: The other within about Thirty Feet of the upper public Landing at the North End, both very convenient for Gentlemen in the Merchantile Way, or a Master of a Vessel, &c. Any Person inclining to purchase are desired to apply to William Langdon, in Portsmouth.
Hugh Henderson, At his Shop in King-Street, has for SALE,
A fine ASSORTMENT of ENGLISH GOODS, which he will sell very low for Cash ONLY, viz.
Broad Cloths, Shalloons, Tamies, Durants, Calamanes of different colours, cotton and linnen Checks of most kinds, Crapes, Poplins, Dorseteens, Irish Linnens, Tandem Holland and Garlix, Calicoes, Chinces, printed Linnens and Handkerchiefs, check linnen ditto. Silk Handkerchiefs of most kinds, Pelong Sattins of different colours, rich figur'd Alamodes and Sprig Sattins, rich black and plain Alamodes, alamode Handkerchiefs, Serfets, wide Persians, Taffeties, fine strip Linnen for Jackets, strip Holland, Bed Ticks, Table Cloths, figur'd Fustian, sattain Hats ready made, chip Hats and Bonnets, flower'd lawn Aprons, needle work ditto. flower'd Lawns, clear Lawns, Cambricks, Baugalls, Catgut, Pariset, Nauskeens, plain and sprig Gauze, Mens & Wemens Stockings, a neat assortment of Fans, blond Laces, black Lace, Trimming for Womens Hats, Quality Bindings, Shoe Bindings, Tapes, doted Threads, white Ditto. black Lasting, black Russell, Plads, Mens Buckram, Buckram for Stays, Sewing Silks, Twist Buttons, Mohair, Knee Gartres, black Silk Mitts, white Ditto. black Worsted Ditto. Snuff Boxes, Cases of Knives and Forks, Jack Knives, Pen Ditto. Buckles, Razors, a neat Assortment of English & French Wax Beeds, Necklaces, Scissars, Cap Wire, Silver Sleeve Buttons, black Snail, Pound Pins, Writing Paper, Scotch Snuff by the Dozen, Ivory & Horn Combs, Great Pins, black Beeds, Ribbons, TEA, Coffee, Rum, Molasses, Indigo, Cups & Saucers, Glass Ware, such as Wine Glasses, Tumblers, Salt, Drinking Cans, Mustard Pots, Cruets, &c. &c. &c. with a great Variety of other Articles, too tedious to mention: The above Goods will be sold, either by Wholesale or Retail.
Scrip a fine Horse
To COVER until the 10th of June next. THE beautiful, strong, and thoroughbred Race HORSE, called SCRIP, imported from England, with a view to mend the Breed of Horses in this Province. He is to Cover Twenty Mares this Season, free of Expence—except Eight Shillings Currency, equal to Six Shillings Sterling each, to be given the Groom, who takes Care of the Horse. Enquire for Thomas Hodgson, at Mr. Stavers's in Portsmouth.

NEW-YORK, April 25.
On Tuesday last, being the Anniversary of St. GEORGE, a Number of English Gentlemen, and Descendants of English Parents, amounting in the whole to upwards of an hundred and twenty, had an elegant Entertainment at Bolton's.--in Honour of the Day:--PRESIDENT, John Tabor Kemble, Esq; His Majesty's Attorney General; present, the Right honourable the Earl of Dunmore, his Excellency General Gage, the Gentlemen of his Majesty's Council, &c. &c. On which Occasion the following Toasts were drank; and the Company parted early, and in high Good humour.
 1. The King.--2d. The Queen.--3. The Prince of Wales, and the Rest of the Royal Family.--4. The Constitution of England, in Church and State.--5. The Navy and Army of Great Britain.--6. The Governor, and Province of New York.--7. The Commander in Chief, and Army in America.--8. His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State.--9. Prosperity to Great-Britain, and Ireland.--10. Prosperity to British America.--11. The Universities of Oxford, and Cambridge.--12. The Mayor and Corporation of the City of New-York.--13. Prosperity to King's College in do.--14. Chamber and Commerce, in do.--15. Marine Society, in ditto.--16. The Worthy Descendants of the first Settlers of the Province.--17. Our Brethren the Sons of St. David.--18. ditto, of St. Andrew.--19. ditto, of St. Patrick.--20. Prosperity to the Manufactories of Great-Britain, and Ireland.--21. May the Friends of Old-England, ever enjoy her Protection, and her Enemies feel her Resentment.--22 The Roast Beef of Old-England.--23. The Sons of St. George, in every quarter of the Globe, &c. 
***** A Receipt for the DROPSY. Whereby many Persons at Hispaniola, New Orleans, &c. have been effectually cured of that disorder, even after they had been tapped, and given over by the Physicians,
TAKE an Ounce and a half of Gum Guaiacum (Gum of Lignumvitae) dissolve it in a Quart of Rum or Brandy, or (if the Patient dislike Spirits) in Madeira or other white Wine. After the Gum is dissolved, take every Morning fasting a small Glass full, and if the patient can bear it, the Dose may be repeated 2 or 3 times a Day, viz. before Dinner & at going to Bed. It will purge gently, but if it Works too powerfully, the Quantity may be lessened. Continue this Medicine till the Disorder is removed, which will be generally on taking two or three Bottles. The Patient in two or three Days will find sensible Relief.
L O N D O N, January 2.
A little while ago, Specimens of several parcels of indigo, produced in a part of his Majesty's Dominions in America, where that Article is lately introduced, was sent by the Earl of Shelburne, Secretary of State for America, and First Lord Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, to the Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, for their inspection: And they were thought, by good Judges, to be of good quality, and some of them even extraordinary. Among them was a sample of a drug, which has been called red indigo, from its supposed similitude in its quality and uses, to the blue; but, on being sent to some very able dyers, who tried to dye with it by their processes, it was found not to be capable of being used, with the least effect, by any of their methods of dying; and they were thence seduced, in their account of their trials to the Society, to declare they did not believe it to be at all applicable to their purpose. It is certain, however, that this only holds good, in fact, as to their methods: it being certain, from unquestionable authorities, that the Musketo Indians, from whose country it is brought, dye with it their manufactures of silk grass; the stripes of red in a kind of stuff made of that material for their common habit, and also their hammocks and other woven articles, are dyed with that substance. The colour is very permanent, both with regard to the air and washing with soap. The means of dying it does not appear to have been hitherto known to any Europeans; but the discovery of it might probably afford a momentous improvement, at least with regard to cotton.
***** BOOKS bound in the neatest Manner, as cheap or cheaper, than at any Place in Portsmouth; Account Books, &c. of any Size are made--Enquire at the Printing Office.
Gillam Butler,
Takes this Method to return his Thanks to the Ladies and Gentlemen, that have been so kind as to favour him with their Custom; and informs them that he has a new Assortment, which he is determined to sell as low as can be bought any where in Town, at his Shop near the Printing-Office, in the new Pav'd Street; among which are the following Articles, viz.
B ENGALLS, Taffies, Persians, Gauzes, Lawns, Cambricks, Linnens, Checks, Brown Hollands, Dowlass, Oznabrige, Callicoes, Jeans, Dimity, Shalloons, Tamies, Calimancoes, black and white Breeches Patterns, silk Mts and Gloves, Leather Ditto, lawn, gauze, silk, linnen and cotton Handkerchiefs; Chip and Felt Hats, Lawn and Gauze Aprons, Pins No. 4 & 12, Mimickens Ditto, white Chappel and common Needles, Ribbons, Fans, Lace, head Flowers. Mohair, Silk, Thread, Twist, Knegarters, Buttons, Buckles, Brown & White Buckram, Sealing Wax, Tapes, silk and worsted Ferrits, Kippeus Snuff, Mustard, Wool Cards, Powder, shot, Cartridge Paper, Loaf Sugar, Paper Hangings, &c.
Also, a fresh Assortment of Garden-Seeds, viz.
Early Charlton, Golden Hotspur, Marrowfat, and other Pease, Long Pod, yellow, speckled, and English Beans; all sorts of Lettice, Battersea, Early Dutch, Early Yorkshire, Early Sugar Loaf, Winter and Green Savoy, Cabbages, Raddish, summer Savory, Carrot, spinage Cucumber, Parsnip, Onion, sweet Marjoram, Mustard, Pepper grass, Salary, Colliflower, squash, Turnips, Beet, Parsley, Asparagus,--and others too many to be enumerated, &c. &c. &c.
[ THIEVES. ]
Ten Dollars Reward
WHEREAS the Dwelling-House of JOHN WEBSTER, Esq; of Chester, last Saturday night was broke open, and the following Articles stolen out of the same. viz. A Coat and Jacket, of a dark reddish brown colour, of coarse Cloth, something faded, lined with good Shalloon, near the same Colour, but something lighter, trimmed with Hair Buttons of near the same Colour: Said Coat is about Forty Four Inches round the Breast, and about Forty Seven Inches round the Belly.--A Pair of black Everlasting Breeches, considerably wore, and darned upon the Right Knee, in which was a large old-fashioned Watch, which had a Steel Key; the Hole for winding up was very large; also a considerable Quantity of Cash in the same, to the amount of about Sixty Dollars, chiefly in Gold, amongst which was a Moidore, six Grains too light, and one Dollar, judged to be Counterfeit, being considerably scratched and rub'd, looked of a Copperish Colour.--Also a Bever Hat, something wore, had a Button on it, small in Compass round, but high and toping, lately cut round the Edge.--Also a Pair of Silver Knee-Buckles, flower'd, not over large.--A check'd Linnen Handkerchief, marked with the Letter I. if not I. W. Whoever shall apprehend the said Thief or Thieves, so that he or they may be brought to Justice, shall have TEN DOLLARS Reward, and all necessary Charges paid by John Webster. Chester, April 30th. 1771.
N.B. The Person that is suspected to have done this, is one Blasdel, some Times calls himself Smith; the same that broke open Mr. Mansel's Shop at Haverhill, some Time since: He is of a light Complexion, fresh Countenance, reddish Beard, light color'd Coat, old Hat, blueish Stockings, whiteish or yellow color'd Whig, very mean; but as he hath got considerable of Money, he may change his Cloathing: He some Times calls himself a Shoemaker, some Times a Goldsmith.
Just Imported
In the last Ship from LONDON, and to be Sold by Jacob Treadwell, A general Assortment of Goods,
Amongst which are
SUPERFINE, midling, & low priced Broad Cloths; a Variety of Looking Glasses, &c. &c. Which will be Sold as low as can be purchased in the Government.
TO BE LETT
For a Term of Years, or SOLD for CASH, or on CREDIT with good Security, and may be entered on immediately.
Four GRIST-MILLS in the Town of Portsmouth, with Accommodations for storing a Quantity of Grain, and sufficient Water for four other Mills.--For further Particulars, Enquire of Peter Levin, or the Printers.
( BARNSTEAD. )
THE Proprietors of the Township of Barnstead, in the Province of New Hampshire, are hereby notified, that the Annual Meeting, held at Newington, the 26th of March last, was adjourned to Tuesday the 28th of May Inst. to be held at the Parish House in said Newington, to begin at Ten o'Clock, A. M. All concerned are desired to give their Attendance at said Time and Place, because some Matters momentous and of great Concern to the Propriety, may or will be then transacted. By Order of the Propriety, Richard Downing, Prop. C. K.
Newington, May 7th. 1771.
For QUEBEC,
The Schooner GREYHOUND, Abraham Trefethern, Master, will sail in about Eight Days.--For Freight or Passage, apply to James Stoodly, Esq; in Portsmouth.
The Subscriber hereby informs those Persons to whom he carries this Paper, at the Eastward in the County of York and Cumberland, that unless they very speedily make payment to the Printers for the same, and to him for Postage, he shall put their Accounts into an Attorney's Hands, which if they are so ungenerous as to oblige him to do, they must not expect he brings them any more Papers of any sort afterwards. James Libby.
NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons who have any Claim on the Estate of John Knight, late of Portsmouth, in the Province of New Hampshire, Esq; deceased; and those who have any Claim on the Estate of John Knight, late of Newington, in said Province, Esq; deceased, to bring them to William Knight, of Portsmouth aforesaid, and Temperance Knight, of Newington, Widow, relict of said John Knight, late of Newington, aforesaid, who are Executors of both the Testaments of said deceased Persons, in order to a Settlement and Discharge thereof:--And all who are Indebted to either of said Estates, are desired to make payment thereof, to avoid further Trouble. Notice is also hereby given, that the said Executors are impower'd to sell the Land in Rochefter, purchased by said John Knight, late of Newington aforesaid, at James Lock, being part of a first division Lot: Any Person disposed to purchase the same, are desired to apply to said Executors who will make sale thereof on reasonable Terms. William Knight, Temperance Knight. Portsmouth, May 7, 1771.
( A Runaway BOY. )
AN indentured Servant, named John Folsom, sixteen Years old, about five Feet high, round Shouldered, with very strait light color'd Hair, and a remarkable homely Countenance, deserted the Service of his Master, Joshua Pickering, of Greenland, last July: Whoever will take up said Servant, and convey him to his said Master shall be entitled to one Shilling L. M. as a Reward for his Trouble.
WHEREAS sundry Persons have and do still make a Practice of crossing my Farm whereon Abraham Eliot now lives, to the great Damage thereof; I hereby give Notice, that I am determined to prosecute all such Offenders for the future. Samuel Sherburne. Portsmouth, April 9th. 1771.
TO BE SOLD,
For Money in Hand,
OR, on good SECURITY,
The following VESSELS, viz. The SHIP PEPPERELLBOROUGH, burthen about 145 Tons, sheathed last Year.--The Schooner True Britton, double deck'd, burthen upwards of 100 Tons. And three small Schooners suitable for the Fishery; all lying in Kittery, in the County of York.--For further Particulars Enquire of Samuel Serviss, at said Kittery.