The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1773-07-23 00:00:00

Further Advices by Capt. NELSON.
HAGUE, (HOLLAND) May 7.
THE Dutch East India Company have received an account, by the first ship of their homeward-bound fleet, just arrived in the Texel, that a most terrible earthquake had swallowed up a great part of a mountain on the coast Sumatra, about a league in length, and destroyed between 2 and 3,000 inhabitants, with all their cattle, plantations, &c. and that the fire, which issued out of the earth had been seen at a very great distance at sea. [Lond. Gaz.]
L O N D O N, May 11.
Yesterday by virtue of a commission from his Majesty, the Commissioners, being the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, and the Earl of Dartmouth, the following bills received the Royal Assent, viz.
The bill to allow a drawback of the duties of the customs on the exportation of teas to any of his Majesty's colonies or plantations in America.
The bill to regulate the importation and exportation of corn.
It is now said, that the Parliament will not break up till the latter end of next Month.
Letters from Venice say, "We have received certain, and very authentic advices, that hostilities have really commenced between the Russians and Turks at sea."
On Saturday orders were given from the Admiralty-office for recalling the serjeants of marines from the counties where they are gone to enlist men for that service.
Letters from Barcelona and Carthagena, brought by this day's mail confirm, that the fitting out the ships at those ports, and the enrollment of sailors on the coast of Spain, had been countermanded by orders from the Spanish court.
In the course of last month, no less than sixty-two commissions of bankrupts passed the great seal, an instance of which has not been known in the memory of the oldest man living.
JASSY, (the Capital of Moldavia) April 20.
The Russian General Romanzow, who has been very ill and reported to have been dead is now perfectly recovered. He has received orders to recommence his operations against the Turks, and to pass the Danube at the head of his army; but this circumspet commander has represented to his Court that it was impossible for him to proceed at present on account of the great drought that prevails in those countries, where, if his army advanced, it would be totally destitute of forage.
Hamburg, May 7. Our Letters from Poland are filled with complaints of the cruelties and exactions of the King of Prussia. Since his troops entered the Polish territories, they have carried off 12,000 families, which are set down on the barren heaths of Brandenburg, there to till the ground in the most abject slavery. On the 29th of Oct. 1771, he published an edict, commanding every person in the Polish districts, under the severest penalties, and even corporal punishment, to take in payment for forage, provision, corn, horses, &c. the money offered his troops and commissaries. This money was worth exactly one third of its nominal value. With this money he bought up corn, &c. not only to supply his army two whole years, but to stock magazines in the country
itself, where the inhabitants are now forced to come and repurchase corn for their daily subsistence, at an advanced price, and with good money, his commissaries refusing to take the same money they have paid. At the lowest calculation he will gain by this honest and masterly manœuvre seven millions of rixdollars, which, at 3s. 6d. each, is 1,225,000. Having stript the country of money and provisions, he tho't it an act of humanity to thin it still more of inhabitants.—He hit upon a new contribution; every Polish town or village where his troops came, was obliged to furnish a certain number of marriageable girls, the parents to give as a portion a feather-bed, four pillows, a cow, two hogs, and three ducats in gold [a ducat is 9s. 4d.] The little town of Kerztrym in Poinania was forced to furnish General Belling fifty marriageable girls, each with this portion; and a merchant, who was lately at Stargard, a town belonging to the King of Prussia, says he saw several waggons filled with this new kind of recruits pass through that town.
GALWAY, (in Scotland) April 21.
Capt. R——, of the Highlanders, who shot himself, the beginning of this month, is not yet dead; this will astonish you the more, when I inform you, that he shot himself thro' the head with a case of pistols, and a brace of balls in each pistol; his brains are working out at the holes made by the balls, and his death is expected every moment. Providence seems to have prolong'd the life of this unfortunate gentleman, to give him leisure to repent, and reflect on the nature of his crime.
L O N D O N, May 5.
Last Monday a petition of the clothiers and manufacturers of Devonshire kersey, and plain cloth, was presented to the House, and read; setting forth, that the manufactory is greatly reduced, and that consequently the consumption of wool, the growth of this kingdom, is proportionably lessened, to the great injury of the farmer and the landholder; and that the petitioners apprehended, the great decay of this branch of the staple of England, is materially injured by the great consumption of Russia drabs, and other low foreign linens, which is well known to be substituted by many of the lower class of people, in lieu of the woolen and linen manufacturers of this kingdom; and therefore praying, that such an additional duty may be laid on low foreign linnens as will prevent the ill consequences of farther lessening and reducing both the woollen and linen manufactory of England, or in such other way as the House shall think fit.
May 7. This morning came on, in the Court of King's Bench, Westminster-Hall, a motion made by Mr. Serjeant Glynn, in behalf of Mr. Miller, the Printer of the London Evening Post, to remove the action of 10,000. damages brought against the said Printer by Lord Sandwich, into the city of London, instead of trying the same in the county of Middlesex; but the motion was over-ruled, and the cause will be tried in the Court of King's Bench.
The following is an account of the legacies of the late Lord Berkley of Stratton:—To Miss Egerton, sister to the Bishop of Durham, Berkely-square for her life, and other effects to the amount of 60,000.—To the Earl of Berkeley, a very distant re-
lation 20,000. with all his plate and pictures, four large estates in Somerset, two estates in Dorset, & after Miss Egerton's death, Berkeley-square. To Commodore Bryon his estates in Hampshire, estimated at 20,000. 5000. to each of the Commodore's daughters, and 2000. to each of his sons.—To Lady Sophia Egerton 5000.—To the Hon. Mr. Wodehouse (his niece) 5000.—To Major Egerton 2000. To three of the Major's daughters 500. each.—To Colonel Egerton 1000.—To the Archdeacon of York 1000.—To Miss Davers an annuity of 50l. a year.—To the Bath, Bristol, Middlesex, and St. George's hospitals, 1000. each; and to the poor of Bruton 1000.
PREFERRED.] General Parker, to be Colonel of the 20th regiment of foot.
Two ships are arrived in the river with cargoes of cochineal to the amount of 40,000.
Since Christmas last they have used at Arthur's upwards of 30,000. packs of Cards.
May 18. Yesterday letters patent passed the great seal, creating Egerton Leigh, Esq; Attorney General of his Majesty's Province of South-Carolina, a Baronet of Great-Britain.
The Barbara, Nugent, from Bilboa, laden 500 bags of wool, and some iron, is foundered at sea, and all the crew perished.
May 22. The Racehorse and Carcase are fitting out for an expedition to the North Pole, under the command of the Honorable Capt. Phipps. Mr. Lyons is appointed, by the Board of Longitude, to make observations in Astronomy, Natural History and Philosophy.—The principle design of the voyage is to examine the countries and seas near the Pole, and to endeavor to find a passage this way to Japan, which is now a voyage of about ten months, whereas, if a passage could be found in the North, it might be performed in seven weeks. A very large collection of instruments are prepared for this expedition, for making observations and experiments on the state of the atmosphere in the frigid zone.
Sir James Lowther, we hear, has left the turf, and is turning his attention to the improvement of his country. He is building a small town on some of his waste Land in the North, and is peopling it with such poor people as might probably emigrate to America. He gives to each family a house, rent free, and an acre of Land on leasehold.—He engages to find the man constant work, and the children will be employed in some manufacture. To each family he also allows a bushel of coals a week; and he keeps a butcher in the town, whom he obliges to sell mutton at 2d halfpenny a pound.
His Majesty has been most graciously pleased to allow half the officers of the several regiments ordered abroad, for the relief of others doing duty in garrisons, to remain at home, and afterwards, at a time agreed on by the officers, they are to join their respective corps, and then those who came out with the battalion, are in their turn, to have leave of absence from the regiment. This arrangement evinces his Majesty's regard for the accommodation of his officers, renders the service much more delectable, and will prevent many a gallant Gentleman's retiring from it.
GLOUCESTER, May 24.
Extract of a Letter from LONDON, May 22.
"Last night came on in the House of

Commons, the important question moved against Lord Clive. General Burgoyne's motion was to this Purpose, 'That Robert Lord Clive had, in the year 1757, by the influence of his military and civil station, got possession of above twenty lacks of rupees, from the governing powers in Bengal, which this House look upon to be illegally obtained, and productive of bad precedents to the other servants of the EAST-INDIA COMPANY, and the Crown.' The matter was debated with great warmth and spirit from eight o'clock in the evening until six this morning, in the course of which Lord Clive had many excellent defenders, as well among those who had been with him in India, as the first and most independent Members of the House; in which number Sir George Saville stood first. Colonel Barre was the most virulent of his attackers; but his invectives were all deprived of their sting in a most eloquent and pleasing manner by Mr. Burke. Lord Clive himself left the House about 3 o'clock, & at his quitting his seat, he told the House he left himself in their hands; he hoped they would be tender of his honour, that as to his property, it was to be disposed of as they thought fit. The applause of the Members as he went out, gave a pleasing omen of the success of the debate, which, about five o'clock was reduced to two questions taken from General Burgoyne's motion; the House divided on the first, and Lord North went out at the head of those who voted against Lord Clive; 95 were on this side, and 155 against it. The second motion was then made, 'That the said Robert Lord Clive, in so doing, abused the Powers with which he was intrusted, to the evil example of the servants of the public.' It passed in the negative without a division. After this the Solicitor General begged to make another motion, 'That it is the sense of the House, that Robert Lord Clive has rendered most important services to the State;' which was carried almost unanimously without a division. Thus his Lordship has completed his trial, and stands in the possession of his fortune and his fame on the strongest tenure in this country. Mr. Becher was examined for near three hours in the course of this debate, and came off with much honour."
A terrible accident happened at Winckton, near Christ-Church, in Hampshire, on Thursday the 15th instant, at about eleven o'clock in the morning: Two of Mrs. Perkins's servants, the footman and the gardener, carried into the back kitchen 2 barrels of gunpowder, containing in weight more than forty pounds, and one of them throwing some grains of it into the fire, (each unhappy thoughtless wretch at that instant holding a barrel in his arms) the whole went off with a horrible explosion, burning them to a frightful degree, rending in pieces windows, doors, party-walls, and the ceiling, &c. &c. &c. Mrs. Perkins and two young ladies, Miss Hackman and Miss Randall, were sitting at work in a Room about 14 yards distant from the fatal spot, (a board partition only separating the Room from the Kitchen, without an intervening door) and the house-keeper and cook were nearer than they; and yet providentially they received no injury from the explosion, but were for a time deprived of their senses by the violent concussion it occasioned, and like to be suffocated by the sulphurous smoke which in a moment enveloped every part of the house; the footman died in great agonies the next morning; the gardener suffered the most excruciating torture 9 days, and then expired. By observing the course the powder took, and the progress of the explosion, which is seen by the devastation it occasioned, the hand of Providence is visible in preserving the family from either being blown to pieces in the air, or buried under the ruins of the house.
We are informed from Chester of the following singular circumstance, which happened there, and which is known and averred by many persons of that city: A woman, who in the melancholy catastrophe of the 5th of November last had been much
bruised and burnt, particularly on the back of both hands, and on the left eye brow, was discharged pretty well after a long confinement in the infirmary; April 16, she was delivered of twins, still born, the one having a blister as large as a pigeon's egg on the back of each hand, the other a similar one over the left eye, corresponding to the injuries the mother had received from the fire, which (tho' she continued tolerably well for some time after her delivery) at length occasioned her death the 13th of last month.
A Monkey belonging to some Foreigners, at a Lodging-House in Soho, London, being left alone, in an upper Apartment, got loose and took off some caked Cinders from the Top of the Fire, piled them up on the Floor, went to a Chest of Drawers that was open, took out some Handkerchiefs, Ruffles, and other Linen, laid them on the Heap, which taking Fire caused an alarming smoke, that brought up the Family, who found the merry Monkey capering round the Remains, and the Floor almost burnt through.
MONTREAL, June 21.
Yesterday about four o'clock in the Afternoon a young Man about twenty years of Age, named Prudhomme, went into the River to swim and was unfortunately drowned. His body is not yet found.
PHILADELPHIA, July 7. Extract of a Letter from Annapolis, July 5.
"Our assembly are passing an act for selling forty thousand sterling bank stock, and to lend it to the people, in Maryland, to keep their credit, which will be of great service at this time as there are such numbers of failures in England."
Monday last arrived here Capt. Hunter, in 33 days from the Bay of Honduras, by whom we learn, that the sloop Industry, Capt. Glyn, from the Bay for New-York, was in the night of the 10th of May, drove by the current on the Northern Triangle, where the vessel and cargo are lost, and one Mrs. Emory drowned; The crew, with John Peck, ship-carpenter, Peter Wright, his wife & child, passengers, took to the boat, on board of which they remained five days before they got to St. George's Key, without any provision, except one fowl among the whole, the blood of which was given to the child, which preserved its life.
NEW-YORK, July 8.
The following relation of a matter of fact is submitted to the public, that they may judge how far the Ministry's protectors of our trade are so in reality. On Saturday last, as the brig Mary, Capt. Anderson, from Liverpool, was coming into this harbour, her sailors deserted her for fear of being pressed by the man of war, called the Lively frigate, which lay at anchor in the Bay, near Staten-Island. A boat's crew, with a couple of officers, was dispatched from the said man of war: but with what intention I do not know; unless it was to provoke the inhabitants of this province to consider them as offenders of the same magnitude with the crew of the late Gaspée; for, notwithstanding the captain of the brig and his mate, with the assistance of a few passengers on board, were handing the sails as fast as they possibly could, in obedience to the arbitrary command of the King's boat; they were unnaturally, unjustly, and brutally fired upon from the said boat: One of the balls passed near the captain as he stood at the helm, and another between the mate's legs. It must be feared by every loyal subject, that such daring, cruel and unprovoked insults, are in consequence of some dreadful schemes hatched by the enemies of our King and constitution, to throw this country into confusion, in order to reap advantages, by accusing us of high treason, when we are forced highly to resent such flagrant breaches, not only of our invaluable constitution, but even of the laws of nature. How crimson the iniquity! How deep the villainy of such ministers, who against all VIRTUE, HONOUR, REASON, EQUITY and COMMON-SENSE, can be so savage, as to encourage such murderous attempts upon his Majesty's subjects, where there was not even the shadow of a provocation given, either by the captain, mate, or any of the passengers? An excellent way this, to preserve harmony between Great-Britain and her favourite colony. The officers after searching for run goods, on board the said brig, where they found none, though proper to take an exact list of every man's name on board; I suppose in order to be handed to the Commissioners for prosecution, there being no prey for the hungry at present.
We hear from Fairfield, in Connecticut, That on Thursday night the 17th ult. about midnight, came on a sudden storm of thunder, lightning and hail, which extended about 2 miles in width, & lasted about half an hour. The hail stones were of the size of small bullets, and were not melted next morning at 6 o'clock.
They stripped the corn, split the blades into slips, and broke many panes of glass in the windows: A tree was struck near the town, and an ox killed in the field, by lightning.
NEW-YORK, July 8.
A more Particular Account of the late Fire at the Orphan-House in Georgia.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Charles-Town, South-Carolina, dated June 15, 1773.
"On the 29th ult. being Sabbath-day, in the morning it thundered hard over the old orphan-house in Georgia, they thought it was struck, ran up and smelt distinctly the steam of sulphur and common smoke; but perceiving no harm, prepared and went to church in Savannah, 14 miles distant; leaving at home only the worthy Mr. Eccles (who is a domestic chaplain and a tutor) kitchen maid, and one black fellow. Near half after six in the evening a small flame was seen by the wench near the cupola. Mr. Eccles ran up, found the roof on fire, & a beam,
where it had been in the morning, burnt almost through. The red was like the rust of good Mr. Whitefield's natural philosophy. These enormous points of near half an inch diameter, to a rod of four inches. I had observed this when there, and had told Mr. Eccles that that rod would one day burn the house. The Gentleman was more active than human, and with the assistance of two negroes had wrung off the shingles surrounding the fire, and would have probably mastered it, had not a most melancholy accident prevented. The negro man fell from the roof, and dislocated his neck. Mr. Eccles with great dexterity and expedition fit it (the negro still lives) but in the mean time the flame triumphed, and in an hour laid that pile of buildings, evidently intended for the residence of some noble personage, as well as for the education of orphans, with the most elegant chapple in America in ashes. Little furniture was saved and only 20 volumes of a large library. Many thousands sterling of public charity lay there—had been given by good people to God—and God hath taken all away."
NEW-LONDON, July 9.
Monday evening last a valuable Negro man belonging to Mr. Benjamin Dennis, of Norwich Landing, was drowned in the River at that place, where he was bathing himself. Though a good swimmer, he was drowned in only three feet of water.
LONDON, May 18.
A few days ago a gentleman went to the new Excise-office to pay the duty on a coach, being unacquainted with the proper office, he applied to a gentleman whom he met on the stair case asking him civilly the way to the coach office. To which question he was answered by a look of the utmost disdain; he then repeated the question, and was again treated with the same contemptuous silence. A carpenter coming by at the same time, said, Sir, that's one of the Commissioners; to which the other replied, I beg pardon, I mistook him for a Gentleman.
ANECDOOTE.
TWO Brothers, that lodged together in the same house, perfectly resembled each other. A person wanting to speak to one of them, the footman that opened the door, asked "if it was to Mr. James or John?" "I know not their christian names" said this person, "but it is a counsellor I want to see. They are both counsellors. He that squints a little. They both squint, He that is married. They are both married. He that has a handsome wife. Both have handsome wives. He that is a cuckold. In good truth Sir, I believe they are both cuckolds. A fine pair of brothers indeed, and a charming resemblance!" said the other, turning on his heel, and walking off.
A new IMPORTATION of BOOKS
In various Arts and Sciences, To be Sold by JOHN SPARHAWK, At his BOOK-STORE in Queen-Street,
Among which are
DICKSON's Agriculture—Ferguson's Essays—Hume's Essays—Read Enquiry—Oswald's Appeal—Smith's Theory—Elements of Criticism—Campbell on Miracles—A new Church History from the Reformation, highly esteemed by the best Judges—Rollin's ancient History—Knights of Malta—The World—Rambler—Tatler—Guardian—Fielding's—Addison's—Pope's—Congreve's—Young's—Milton's and Hervey's whole Works—Arabian Nights Entertainment—Fool of Quality—Humphry Clinker—Tom Jones—Gil Blas—Hudibras—Joseph Andrews—And a Variety of other useful and entertaining Books—Also—
Large Family Bibles, gilt and plain, with and without the Apocrypha—A Variety of other Bibles—Testaments—Psalters, and Spelling-Books—Also Pot and Pook-Cap Paper, By the Rham, with which Shop-Keepers may be supplied very cheap; and Patent Ink-Cake, and Ink-Powder by the Doz.—Quills—Wafers—Sealing-Wax. &c.
Tebbits and Foster
Beg Leave to inform the Public, that they have just opened at Rochester, (in the House lately improved by Mr. Stephen Berry,) A large Assortment of English and India Goods, and Groceries; which they are determined to sell at the most reasonable Rates for Cash.—And any Persons that shall favour them with their Custom, may depend upon being generously used.
Constant Attendance will be given, and smallest Favors gratefully acknowledged. July, 1773.

Boston, July 15:
Last Thursday his Majesty's 64th Regiment was reviewed by the Hon. Lieut. Col. Leslie, at Castle-William, in Presence of his Excellency Governor Hutchinson, Admiral Montagu, and a great Number of Gentlemen of Distinction from this Town.
We hear that a Special Court of Admiralty for the Trial of Piracies, Murders, &c. on the High Seas, is to be convened here on Wednesday the 28th of July Instant, for the Trial of Ansell Nickerson a Prisoner in Goal in this Town.
The new Meeting House in Brattle-Street is so far compleated that the Church and Congregation under the pastoral Care of the Rev. Dr. COOPER, are making Choice of their respective Pews; and we hear that on the 25th Instant, they propose meeting therein for Publick Worship.
The Architecture of this Building is truly magnificent, & the Workmanship well executed.
When the Resolve for petitioning His Majesty to remove his Excellency the Governor, &c. passed the Hon. House of Representatives, the House did not vote by Yeas and Nays, but polled, when it appeared there were 85 for the Resolve, and 28 against it; and we hear that the next Day three of the 28, and some say 7, went over to the 85, which made the Number 92 for, and 21 against the Resolve.—When the petition passed, it was voted by Yeas and Nays, the Names have been published in some of the Papers—there were 82 Yeas and 12 Nays.
Yesterday died at Waltham, the Honorable THOMAS HUBBARD, Esq; of this Town, in the 71st Year of his Age.
Departed this Life on the 12th Instant, Mrs. REBECCA WHITE, aged 50 Years, Consort of WILLIAM WHITE, Esq; Merchant.
Last Sunday died, after a short Illness, Mr. BENJAMIN BAGNALL, Watch-Maker, of this Town, aged 84, one of the People called Quakers.
Last Saturday Afternoon as three young Men were sailing off Bird-Island, in this Harbour, the Wind being high and carry too much Sail, the Boat overset, by which Mr. William Mains, aged 17 Years, Son of Capt. ——— Maines, of this Town, was drowned: The other two were saved; one by getting on the Bottom of the Boat and the other by swimming ashore.
The Mother of the above Lad died a few Days before.
BOSTON, July 19.
Last Thursday Evening two Men, one of them named Brown, lately out of his Time, the other named John M'Cray, both of them Journeymen to Mr. Magner, Blacksmith, went from hence in a small Boat; and, it is said about 12 o'Clock at Night were unfortunately run down by an outward bound Sloop between the Castle and Spectacle-Island, by which the boat was sunk, and they both are supposed to be drowned, as they have not since been heard of.—The Boat, last Saturday, was discovered sunk in the Channel, near the Lower Middle-Ground in about 6 Fathom Water; since which she has been weighed and brought up to Town:—Her Foremast and Rudder were gone, and had a small Hole beat thro' one of her sides; otherwise she has received little or no Damage.
We hear from Shirely, that a young Lad going into the River to bathe was drowned there last Week.
Last Saturday the Body of a lufy Man, was found near low Water Mark on the Beach at Long-Island; his Hair was short and of a dark Colour, and had on a short red Jacket, lined with Baize, light coloured Cloth Breeches, new Check Shirt, and a Pair of flat Silver Sleeve Buttons, mark'd M. A. a Pair of Yarn Stockings, but no Shoes on; his right Hand was much cut, his Face and Mouth greatly bruised; but whether done before or since his Death remains uncertain; his Pockets were turned inside out, & he did not appear to have been many Days dead.
Last Saturday se'nnight the Lightning struck the Dwelling House of Mr. Crode at Halifax; also two Barns at Scituate, and another at Plympton; likewise at Plymouth, where it killed two Cows belonging to Col. Warren of that Place.
The Body of Mr. Caleb Bradley, mentioned in our last, supposed to be drowned out of his Canoe, has since been taken up and interred.
One Day last Week a Son of Mr. Samuel Bass, about two Years old, accidentally fell into a Tub of hot Water, by which it was so much scalded that he died the next Morning.
Last Week 2 Boys went a bathing into the Water at Marshfield, when one of them venturing beyond his Depth, was unfortunately drowned.
Extra of a Letter from Cherry-Valley, to the Board of Commissioners here, for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen Nations, dated July 2, 1773, giving an Account of the Ordination of Mr. Crosby, their Missionary at Onaghouquage.
Honorable and Reverend Gentlemen, I AM desired to transmit to you some Account of the Ordination of the Rev'd Mr. Crosby, now Missionary at Onaghouquage; present the Rev'd Messrs Samuel Dunlop, of Cherry-Valley, Samuel Kirkland, Missionary at Oneida, Alexander Miller, of Shenacade, and Samuel Johnston of New Lebanon.—Mr. Aaron Crosby appeared with a Testimonial of his being licenced to preach the Gospel by an Association held at Brookfield in New-England; and after Examination had of the Candidate, the Ministers proceeded to his Ordination by Prayer and laying on of Hands, &c. the Sermon was preached by Mr. Miller, from Mark 16, 15. Go ye into all the World, and preach the Gospel to every Creature. The Rev'd Mr. Dunlop presided in the Ordination, taking the Candidate's Obligation, and making the Ordination Prayer with the Imposition of
Hands; Mr. Kirkland gave the Charge, first in English and then in Indian, that the Indians might be made acquainted with the great Importance and Solemnity of the Charge; and Mr. Johnston gave the Right Hand of Fellowship. Near Thirty Indians as Representatives of the Church at Onaghouquage were present; and about as many more from Oneida attended on the Occasion, who behaved with great Decency and Regularity, performing the Psalmody, both at the Beginning and Close of the Work, in three Parts with great Exactness, to the Satisfaction and Entertainment of the whole Auditory; they also sang an Anthem in Indian, composed by the Rev. Mr. Kirkland for that Occasion. In the Evening the Rev. Mr. Kirkland convened the Indians again, gave them a Lecture in the Indian Tongue, and prayed both in English and Indian for the Benefit of the promiscuous Multitude; at which Time the Indians performed the Psalmody and sung an Anthem, with great Solemnity. Next Morning the Chiefs of the Indians returned their most Sincere and hearty Thanks to their Fathers the honorable Board, for their Care in sending them a Man with whom they were so well pleased, and who has now been set apart to the Work of the Gospel Ministry, particularly for their spiritual Good; and also to the Ministers who officiated in the Ordination, observing that they never before conceived or had even the most distant Thought of the Weight and Importance of a Gospel Ministry."
Salem, July 20.
John Corney, being convicted of stealing some Flour and Bread from Mr. Timothy Wyer of Gloucester, was sentenced by the Court of general Sessions of the Peace, held here last Week, to pay treble Damages, with Costs, and to be whipped twenty Stripes.—The latter Part of his Sentence, as inflicted last Friday, at the publick Whipping-Post in this Town.
At the same Court, Samuel White was presented for stealing from Mr. Edward Smith of this Town, in December last, sundry Articles of household Furniture, to which he pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to pay treble Damages, amounting to £9-15-0, with Costs, and to be whipped 20 Stripes at the publick Whipping-Post.
The Sloop dristed ashore at Bermuda, as mentioned under New-York Head, is supposed to be that lately commanded and owned by Capt. David Ropes, of this Place, which foundered in Lat. 31 half, Long. 66 half, as lately mentioned in this Paper.
The Ship Jenny, Capt. M'Ilvaine, with 170 Passengers from Londonderry, and the Snow Charlotte, Capt. Curtis, from Waterford, with 38 Passengers, are arrived at Philadelphia.
The Letters lately returned from England, and laid before the General Court of this Province, are reprinting in the Southern Colonies. The Publisher of them at Newport has given Notice, that "the Re-publication of the Letters ——— being finished," those signed Tho. Moffat, &c. would be published next.
DIED.] At Boston, Mrs. Bordman, At Roxbury, Mrs. Abigail Curtis, Æ. 44 At Hingham, Dr. Beza Lincoln, Æ. 40. At Charlestown, Mr. Robert White, Æ. 50. At Dorchester, Mrs. Katherine Spooner, Æ. 34.
PORTSMOUTH, July 23.
Last Saturday arrived here Capt. Todhunter in a Brig from White-Haven, but brought no later News than we have already had.
Castaway the 9th of last Month, on the Reefs of Volckmain, the Eastermost Part of Martinico, the Brig Occasio, Capt. Eppes Greenough, from this Port, loaded with Lumber, and Fish.—Tis thought there will not be any Thing saved.—The Men with much Difficulty were taken off the Wreck by Capt. Zechariah Gage of Beverly.—Two of which arrived in this Town. No Lives lost.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, PISCATAQUA, July 22.
   Inward-Entries—FROM.     Schooner Industry, Robert Parker, Philadelphia.   Schooner Squirrel, Samuel Hatch, Newfoundland.   Brig Dolphin, Jeremiah Turner, Grenada.   Brig Irish Gimblet, George Turner, Antigua.   Brig Irish Oak, William White, St. Kitts.   Ship Scipio, William Moore, Ditto.     Clear'd for Departure—FOR.     Snow Leopard, James Ley, Biddesford.   Snow New-Fortune, Daniel Evans, Grenada.   Ship Blizzard, Thomas Dalling, Antigua.   Brig Elizabeth, Samuel Briard, West-Indies.   Brig Resolution, Samuel Stacey, Ditto.    DIED.] A Child of Mr. Lear. BAPTISED One
To be sold at Public Vendue,
On Friday next, the 30th Inst, at two o'clock Afternoon, all the household Furniture belonging to the Estate of Mr. Elisha Briard, late of Portsmouth, deceased—Consisting of Feather Beds, Chest of Draws, Tables, Desks, Chairs, &c. &c.—Too many Articles to mention in an Advertisement. The Sale to be at said Briard's Dwelling House:
Dr. CALCOTT
From LONDON, I cure if curable, viz. KING's Evil, Wens, Fists, Sine and Gravel, Piles, Tooth Ach without drawing, Head Ach, Fever and Ague, Worms; Asthma, Bloody Flux, Deafness, Sore Eyes, Vapour, Falling Sickness, Scald Heads, Corns, Pimples on the Skin, Sore Throats, Dropsy, Shortness of Breath, St. Anthony's Fire, Itch, Cancer, Cholick, Canker in the Mouth, Pleurisy, Consumption, Asthmatic Cough, hooping Cough, Burns, Rheumatism, Scalds, &c.
N B. I knew the Person's Disorder by the first Water made in the Morning, or by their Pulse. I will not take any Person in Hand to cure, if I know I cannot help them.
Dr. CALCOTT is to be spoke with at the House of Widow Hicks in Madbury.
PROVINCE of NEW HAMPSHIRE, GRAFTON, ss.
|| Lancaster. ||
WHEREAS APPLICATION has been made to me the Subscriber, one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for said County, by Owners of more than one sixteenth part of the Rights or Shares in the Township of LANCASTER, in the said Province, to Notify and Warn a Meeting of the Proprietors of the said Township, to be held at the House of Mr. DAVID PAGE, in the said Township, on Thursday the Twenty sixth Day of August next, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon of the same Day, to act on the following Particulars. 1. To chuse a Moderator, Clerk, Collector and Assessors. 2. The Records of former Votes and Proceedings of the Proprietors of the said Township being Casualty destroyed by Fire, to ratify and confirm to the resident Proprietors the Lands formerly allotted to them and now in their Occupation in the Manner they ought justly to hold the same according to the Rights actually belonging unto each of them respectively. 3. To ratify and confirm any other Allotments which have been made to non resident Proprietors. 4. To ascertain the Proportion and Quantity of Meadow Land which belongs to each Right, and to establish a Mode of appropriating one Lot thereof, together with a House Lot, to each unlocated Right. 5. To pass a Vote for raising any Sum of Money which may be thought needful by the Proprietors for clearing Roads, and to chuse a Committee to inspect and see the same effectually done, and the Money properly applied. 6. To agree in what Manner to call Proprietors Meetings for the future, or any other Matter which may appear to the Proprietors to be necessary: And also to pass such Votes as may be necessary for accepting or establishing of any Roads, or respecting the future Regulations of the Mills in said Township, or accepting of any Plans, or for settling any Accounts relative to the Expenditure of Monies raised by the Proprietors for building the said Mills, or any other purpose in the said Township; and for providing a proper Book, wherein the Votes and Proceedings of the proprietors shall be Recorded:—
I do hereby Notify and Warn the said proprietors to meet at the Time and Place abovementioned, to act on the abovementioned Articles. June 30. 1773. ASA PORTER, Justice Peace.
PROVINCE of NEW HAMPSHIRE, Rockingham ss.
|| Alexandria. ||
APPLICATION being made to me the Subscriber, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County and Province aforesaid, by the Owners of more than one sixteenth Part of the TOWNSHIP OF ALEXANDRIA, in the County of GRAFTON, in said Province, and by the Owners of more than one sixteenth part of the ADDITION, granted to the PROPRIETORS of said ALEXANDRIA, in the County of HILLSBOROUGH, in said Province, and adjoining to said ALEXANDRIA, desiring me to warn all the GRANTEES of said Township, and Addition, to meet on the last Wednesday of August next, at ten o'Clock, A. M. at the Dwelling House of Col. STEPHEN HOLLAND, in Londonderry, Esq; in the County of Rockingham aforesaid, 1. To chuse a Moderator, and all necessary Officers and Committees. 2. To pay all past TAXES. 3. To draw their LOTS in said ALEXANDRIA and ADDITION, and to vote and determine how to call Meetings of said Proprietors for the future:
In Consequence of the above said APPLICATION, I do hereby NOTIFY all the GRANTEES of said ALEXANDRIA and ADDITION, to meet at the Time and Place aforesaid, for the Purposes aforesaid.
DANIEL PIERCE.
July 12. 1773.
WE the SUBSCRIBERS appointed Commissioners by the Hon. JONATHAN SAYWARD, Esq; Judge of PROBATE of WILLS for the County of YORK, to examine the Claims of several Creditors against the Estate of DANIEL GRANT, late of Berwick, in the County of York, deceased, Represented Intestates, and six Months being allowed for that purpose, from the 13th Day of this Instant July, give Notice, that we will attend that Business at the Dwelling House of Capt. PHILLIP HUBBARD, Innholder in Berwick, on the last Monday of this and the Four following Months, and Thursday the 13th Day of January next ensuing, from three to six o'clock Afternoon.
PHILLIP HUBBARD, } Commis- RICHARD HODSDON } oners.
Berwick, July 19th, 1773.
Taken up an old Ferry-Boat
the 8th Instant: the Owner may have her again, by enquiring of Capt. PETER SHORES, and paying Charges.
Cash to be given for a good new MILCH COW. Enquire of the Printer.

A NEW PRIVATE SCHOOL
IS now opened in King-Street, next Door to the Hon. MARK WENTWORTH, Esq; where the Subscriber proposes to teach the LATIN and GREEK Languages; also the HEBREW Language in the modern Way, without regarding the Vowel Points, and by an English and Hebrew Grammar, whereby the Difficulties formerly in the way of learning that Language are in a great Measure removed, and a competent Knowledge of it may be easily and expeditiously acquired by young Lads, without learning either Latin or Greek . He proposes likewise to teach the Rudiments of English Grammar , and to apply the Rules of it in a Course of Reading some of the best English Writers , with a View to enable Boys to read and write the Language with Propriety. — WRITING and ARITHMETIC will also be taught. Any who attend the School may be instructed in any ONE , or ALL the Branches abovementioned, as shall be agreeable to their Parents or Guardians.
DANIEL HUMPHRYS.
Portsmouth, July 7. 1773.
The JUDGE of PROBATE,
For the County of Rockingham, gives Notice, That he proposes to hold a Court of PROBATE at EXETER , on the last Wednesday of July Instant, being the 28th Day of said Month, at the House of Mr. Theodore Carlton, Innholder in said Town.
Portsmouth, July 7th. 1773.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, STRAFFORD, S.
§ East Town. §
THE PROPRIETORS of EAST TOWN, so called, in said County, are hereby Notified to meet at the Dwelling House of Capt. DAVID COPPS, in said East Town, on Tuesday the 27th Day of July Instant, at ten o'clock before Noon, 1. To chuse a Moderator to regulate said Meeting. 2. To chuse all Proprietors Officers that's thought necessary. 3. To see if the proprietors will vote to receive the Return of the Committee that was chosen to lay out Roads, and confirm them, and to see if they will vote the vacant Roads or common Lands joining to those Persons' Lands that have their Land cut by the Roads, as Satisfaction therefor, or what other Satisfaction they will make. 4. To see what other Roads the Proprietors will vote to lay out and clear; and to see if the proprietors will vote to run the Range Lines in the first Division that are not run, and to bound such Lots in said Division as are not bounded. 5. To see if the Proprietors will vote to make any suitable Compensation to the present Owners of such Lots in said Town, as are short Measure, by Reason of said Lots being partly laid out in certain Ponds. 6. To see what Money the proprietors will vote for PREACHING this Summer, and to see what Encouragement they will give towards the Settlement of a MINISTER in said EAST TOWN. 7. To see if the proprietors will vote anything further toward finishing the Meeting House in said Township. 8. To chuse all Committees that are thought needful. 9. To see what Money the proprietors will vote to raise this Season, and transact any other Business that may be thought necessary. And all concerned, are desir'd to attend at time and place aforesaid.
By Order of the Committee, JOHN GAGE, junr. Proprietors Clerk. Dover, July 8 1773.
|| Alstead. ||
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Cheshire S. WHEREAS the PROPRIETORS of the TOWN of ALSTEAD, in said County, at Four legal Proprietors Meetings have voted to raise EIGHT DOLLARS upon each Right or Share of Land in said Alstead, to be laid out to make and mend High Ways in said Alstead: These are therefore to Notify the said Proprietors to vote the aforesaid TAXES to me the Subscriber, at my Dwelling House in said Alstead, at or before the 20th Day of August next, otherwise so much of their Lands will be Advertised and Sold as will pay the same, with the Charges.
ABRAHAM KINGSBURY, Collector. July 1. 1773.
A Quantity of new Feathers, were good, if applied for immediately, to be SOLD by JOSEPH BASS, at the SHOP next Door to the PRINTING OFFICE.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, STRAFFORD, S.
§ Middletown. §
THE PROPRIETORS of MIDDLETOWN, so called, in said County, are hereby Notified to meet at the House of Lt. ISAAC DREW, Innholder in said Town, on Wednesday the 28th Day of July Inst. at ten o'clock in the Forenoon, to act on the following Articles, viz. 1. To chuse a Moderator to regulate said Meeting. 2. To see what Sum the proprietors will vote to be laid out this Year, on the GOVERNOR'S ROAD, so called, in said Town. 3. To hear the Request of NICHOLAS AUSTEN, and to see whether the proprietors will exchange with him the School Lot, in the second Division for the Lot No. 73, in the second Division in said Town. 4. To see where the proprietors will clear out the Road that goes by the Saw Mill, out to the main Road so that Teams may pass well, and fit it so as to haul Boards. 5. To see what the proprietors will do concerning the Lots in the first Division, where, as the Bounds and the Point of Compass do not agree, that a Committee may be chosen to run the Lots where Bounds and the Point of Compass do not agree, and make Report to the proprietors as soon as may be. 6. To receive the Committee's Accounts who were to finish the Meeting House the last Year. 7. To see what PREACHING this Year the proprietors will vote to be in said Town. 8. To see what the proprietors will vote relative to finishing the Meeting House in said Town. 9. To see what Sum of Money the proprietors will vote to be raised this Year. 10. To chuse a Committee to call the Collector and all the former Committees heretofore chosen to an Account, to see what they have done with the proprietors Money they have collected, in Behalf of said proprietors. All concerned are desired to attend at time and place aforesaid.
By Order of the Committee, JOHN GAGE, junr. Proprietor Clerk. Dover, July 8. 1773.
[Cardigan.]
WHEREAS APPLICATION is made to me the Subscriber, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Hillsborough, in the Province of New Hampshire, by more than one Fifth Part of the Proprietors of the Township of CARDIGAN, in said Province, for a Meeting of said Proprietors to be warned, &c. in order to do and transact the following Business, viz. 1. To chuse a Moderator and Clerk, and any other Officer or Officers necessary for said Propriety. 2. To reconsider and confirm or alter any former Vots or Votes heretofore passed by said Propriety. 3. To agree upon some Way or Method of warning the Meeting or Meetings of said Propriety for the future, and to do and transact any other Matter Necessary and Proper.
These are therefore to warn and give Notice to all the Proprietors of said Township of CARDIGAN, to meet at the Dwelling House of Elisha Pain, Esq; in said Cardigan, on Thursday the 5th Day of August next, at Ten of the Clock A. M. to transact the Business aforesaid. Dated at Hollis, the 24th Day of June, 1773. SAMUEL HOBART, Just. Pac.
TO BE SOLD,
A Right of Land in Chichester, in New Hampshire, containing two Hundred Acres, more or less, belonging to the Estate of Col. THOMAS WESTBROOK, late of Falmouth deceased, to the Person or Persons that will give most for the same, on the 29th Day of September next, at the House of Mr. Jacob Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth, by ENOCH FREEMAN, Administrator on said Estate. June 30th 1773.
TO BE SOLD,
Gunnison's ISLAND,
Near the Ferry on Kittery Side, containing about twenty Acres of choice good Land, with a good House & Barn thereon, with other Buildings; For other Particulars Enquire of Mr. BENJAMIN PARKER, near the Market on Spring Hill, Portsmouth.
[MASSACHUSETTS BAY.] BY ORDER of the SUPERIOR COURT, THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE to all PERSONS interested in LOT Number Nine in the third Range of the Division of the outer Commons so called, in YORK, in the County of YORK, containing one hundred Acres, and consisting of twenty Shares, that NATHANIEL DONNELL, Esq; and EBENEZER MCINTIRE have petitioned his MAJESTY'S JUSTICES of the said SUPERIOR COURT, to cause the same LOT to be divided, and a sum of the said Shares to be set off to each of them, to hold in severality; — And that said PETITION will be considered and acted upon at the Superior Court to be held at BOSTON, in the County of Suffolk, on the last TUESDAY of August next, when all Persons interested, may be heard touching the same if they see meet.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, GRAFTON, S.
§ Conway. §
WHEREAS the PROPRIETORS of CONWAY, in the County of GRAFTON, in the Province of New Hampshire, chose me the SUBSCRIBER Collector to collect the following Sums hereafter mentioned, viz. Seven Shillings on each original Right or Proprietors Share in said TOWN, to pay outstanding Debts and other incidental Charges. One Vote or Grant of Eighteen Shillings on each Right or Proprietors Share to pay the Expense of laying out a Division of one Hundred Acres of Land in said TOWN, and to pay the other Charges that may arise for future Services for said Proprietors; all which was voted the 30th of March 1773, it being in the whole Twenty five Shillings Lawful Money on each of said Rights: And whereas I have given proper Notice to said Proprietors in this Paper, to pay the above said TAX to me; and as many of them have neglected to pay the same, this is therefore to Notify those that are thus delinquent, that unless each of them pay the following Sums, viz. Seven Shillings and Three Pence on each common or undivided Right; and Eighteen Shillings and Nine Pence on each first Division, to me the Subscriber, at my Dwelling House in said CONWAY, on or before the sixteenth Day of August next by two o'Clock, P. M. so much of each first Division or common undivided Land will be sold immediately on said Day, at my House aforesaid, as will discharge the said Sums with incidental Charges.
The Delinquents Names are as follows,
Joseph Eastmond, Peter Parker, William Ingalls, John Mastin, junr. David Hicks, Richard Ayre, Ebenezer Burbank, Joseph Eastmond, junr. Conway, July 9. 1773. DAVID PAGE, Collector.
[Conway.]
TO THOMAS MERRIL, Esq; Clerk to the Proprietors of Conway in the County of Grafton, and Province of New Hampshire. We the Subscribers and Owners of more than one Eighth Part of said Township, Desire you to call a Meeting of said Proprietors to be held at the Dwelling House of Mr. Joshua Heath, Innholder in said Conway, on the 21st Day of September next, at Two o'clock in the Afternoon, to act on the following Articles, viz. 1. To chuse a Moderator. 2. To see if the Proprietors will give the Mill Privilege on Pudding Brook (so called) to any Person or Persons that shall appear to build a Grist Mill and Saw Mill on said Stream, nigh to Mr. Richard Eastman's; and to conclude on what Conditions—Also to see if they will give any more Land, and how much, to the Person or Persons that shall build said Mills. 3. To see if the Proprietors will raise any more Money to finish clearing, Bridging, Causewaying and digging the High Ways in said Town, and how much.—Also to chuse Assessors and Collector to assess and collect said Money and a Committee to do said Roads.
Abiah Lovejoy. Moses Eastman. Jonathan Cochran. Abiather Eastman. Thomas Merrill jun. William Knox. Ebenezer Merrill. William Merrill. Ebenezer Farnham, Benjamin Farnham. David Page, John Wilson. James Osgood, Benjamin Osgood. Richard Eastman. Thomas Russell.
Grafton, ff Conway. Agreeable to the aforesaid Application I do hereby notify and warn said Proprietors of Conway to meet at the aforesaid Time and Place, for the Purposes aforesaid in the Application. Given under my Hand, this 29th Day of June 1773. THOMAS MERRIL, Pro. Clerk.
THE Estate of ELISHA BRARD, late of Portsmouth, in the County of Rockingham, deceased. In estate, being Represented Insolvent, and the Subscribers appointed Commissioners to Receive and Examine the Claims thereon; they hereby Notify the Creditors to said Estate that they will attend that Service, at the House of Capt. JACOB TILTON, on the last Monday of this, and the five following Months, from six to nine o'Clock, P. M. JOSHUA BRACKETT, } Comm. GEORGE HART, } Comm.
Portsmouth, July 9. 1773
Whereas Hannah the Wife of me the Subscriber, has eloped from me, and refuses to live with me; this is to forbid any Person crediting her on my Account, as I will not pay any Debts by her contracted. SOLOMON DAVIS, Nottingham June 29th 1773.
EDWARD HACKETT
Has open'd his DANCING SCHOOL For Young GENTLEMEN and LADIES, At the ASSEMBLY-HOUSE, On Thursdays in the Afternoon, and Fridays in the Forenoon, and will continue 'till Nov. next.