The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1772-08-21 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
Friday Aug. 21, 1772.
Vol. XVI.
GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
NO. 826 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd. }
The Declaration of the Sultan Mahomet 4th, which he sent to the Emperor Leopold, by his Ambassador; dated the 25th of March 1683.
M AHOMET the 4th, Son of Emperors, and the famous renowned God, Emperor of the Turks, King of Greece and Maedonia, Moldavia, Sharmatia, and Hegha, King of greater and lesser Egypt, King of all the Inhabitants of the Earth, and Prince of the earthly Paradise, acknowledged Prince and obedient Son to Mahomet, preserver of the Cities of Hungary, Possessors of the Sepulchre of your God: Lord of all the Emperors of the World, from the rising of the Sun to the going down thereof: King of all Kings, Lord of the Tree of Life, Conqueror of Malonjah Hegha, and the City Prokenia, the great persecutors of the Christians, and all wicked People, Joy of the flourishing World, Commander and Guardian of your Crucified God, Lord of all the Multitudes of the Heathens: We Command thee to Greet the Emperor Leopold, in Case he desires it; that you are a Friend to our Majesty, whose power and Will we have extended very far.---You have some Time acted to our Prejudice, and violated our Friendship, tho' we have not offended you by War or otherwise; yet you have taken secret Advice with other Kings, and your Councils, how to shake off your Yoke, in which you have proceeded very indistinctly; and thereby you have exposed your People to fear and danger; who have nothing to expect now but Death, which you have brought upon yourselves, for I declare I will make myself your Master, and pursue you from the East to the West, and extend my Majesty to the End of the Earth:--- In the Procedure you shall find my Power exerted to your extreme Prejudice, and shall feel the dreadful Effects of my Wrath; and since you have put your Hope in the strength of some Towns and Castles, I have given command to overthrow them, and trample under my Horses Feet all that is delightful to you, leaving no room hereafter to make friendship with me, or suffer you any fortified Places to remain to put your trust in, for I have resolved forthwith to destroy you and your People, and to depose you of the German Empire, after my will: Leaving in the Empire the remembrance of my dreadful Sword, that it may publicly appear that I will establish my Religion therein, and pursue you---whose wrath I fear not, nor his coming to deliver you out of my Hands; but will condemn your sacred Priests to the Plough; and suffer the Breasts of your Women to be sucked by Dogs and Beasts; you will do well to forsake your Religion, otherwise I will give Order to consume you with fire. This is enough to let you know my Will, if you will be wise enough to know it.---
PHILADELPHIA, August 3.
We have the pleasure to acquaint our readers, that the proprietors of the China Manufactory in this city, have lately made experiments with some clay presented to them by a gentleman of Charles-Town, South-Carolina, which produces China superior to any brought from the East-Indies, and will stand the heat beyond any kind of crucibles ever yet made.
Last Wednesday evening about eight o'clock, an old lady, Mrs. Eleanor Bartram, (mother to Messrs. Alexander and George Bartram, of this city, merchants,) was standing at her own gate in Front-street, Southwark, when one Philip Hines, a worthless fellow, who had been formerly publicly punished for misbehaviour, ran out of his house, opposite to her's, with an axe in his hand, swearing he would kill the first person he saw, and coming up to her, immediately with the pole of the axe, struck her a violent blow on the head, which sunk her to the ground, cover'd with blood; and her life is almost despaired of. The villian immediately fled but was taken and secured. There was no other motive for this cruel action, but that he had just been quarreling with a woman with whom he lived in a disorderly way.
A few weeks ago, about twenty Indians, in passing through Ann-Arundel to Annapolis, in Maryland, in order to complain to the Governor of the encroachments of the
back settlers on their territories, took up their lodgings in a Gentleman's barn, when the Christian inhabitants arose in the night time and massacred every one of them.--- Tell it not in GATH, neither publish it in the streets of ASKELON.
N E W - Y O R K, August 6.
On Tuesday last arrived the Ship Hope, Alexander Stewart, Master from Liverpool, in 9 Weeks and 4 Days. Spoke with the following Vessels, viz. July 10th, Lat. 41, 42, Long. 54, 49. Ship Liverpool, Nathaniel Haynes, Master, 9 Days from Rhode Island, bound to Liverpool; July 23d, Lat. 38, Long. 63, a Schooner, seven Days from Newbury bound to Dominica.
The Mercury Packet, Captain Dillon, this Day sails with the Mail for Falmouth.
HARTFORD, August 4.
Since we published the account of the hail storms at Simsbury, we have receiv'd a very particular account of the damage done by it, which far exceeds what was then inserted. This account says, "That the storm was about three miles north and south, and three & half east and west---that more than thirteen hundred squares of glass were broke that six hundred acres of wheat, rye, oats &c, was beat into the ground and scarcely a straw to an acre left standing---that above four hundred acres of Indian corn, is terribly mangled, & in many places totally destroyed---that the apples, of which there was a prospect of great plenty, are chiefly beat off from the trees, and the trees themselves very much damaged. In short, it is imagined that such a terrible storm of hail has never happened in NEW-ENGLAND since it was first inhabited. The damage sustained by the above storm, on a moderate computation, is said to amount to fifteen hundred and thirty pound, L. M."
N E W - H A V E N, August 7.
A few Days since, Mr. Samuel Harrison, of Branford, fell from a Load of Hay, by the Oxen's starting, which dislocated his Neck, and he expired in an instant.
A Lad belonging to Wallingford, about 14 Years old, named Munson, who has been for some Time, disordered both in Body & Mind, one Day last Week, hobbled on his Crutches about 6 Rods from the House where he lived, and hung himself on a low Shrub; he was soon after found without any Signs of Life.
L O N D O N, May 22.
Further particulars relating to the debate on Tuesday in the House of Peers on the Dissenters Bill.---The motion for committing the bill was supported by Lords Chatham and Lyttleton, Duke of Richmond, and Earl of Shelburne, and opposed by Lord Bruce, (who opened the debate) Earl Gower, Archbishop of York, and the Bishops of Peterborough, Landaff, Oxford, and London. Lord Chatham spoke very warmly and spiritedly in favour of the Bill, which he attempted to recommend & defend on the general principles of liberal toleration; and the Duke of Richmond enforced its expediency in a speech that equally pleased and
surprised his auditors, and which lasted upwards of an hour. But the principle speaker who distinguished himself in this debate was the Bishop of Landaff, who attacked and exposed the principles of some living dissenting Ministers, with an eloquence that astonished both his friends and opponents. He quoted a variety of passages from different publications, by Dr. Priestly, which equally excited the wonder and abhorrence of his hearers. Amongst others, Lord Chatham interrupted him with the acclamations of "MONSTROUS! HORRIBLE! SHOCKING!"
The Bishop of London, to whom the House listened with great attention and respect, said, that he had taken some pains to inform himself whether the bill was promoted and patronized by the dissenters in general; and that he had authority to declare, from the most respectable persons and ministers of that sect, who had waited upon, and that it was disagreeable to them, and that they did not wish it to pass. That he had been informed from the same respectable authority, that at a meeting lately of ninety persons, when it was proposed to return thanks to the committee for soliciting the Dissenters bill which had passed the Lower House, six were against it, twelve were for it, but far the greater part were silent and said nothing one way or other.
The Earl of Radnor concluded the debate with declaring, that he was born, had lived, and hoped to die a member of the church of England; and that he did not know any grievance that the Dissenters lay under, since the present Family came to the throne, any more than they did before, and therefore he thought there was no necessity for this bill. At nine o'clock the question being called, the house divided, 23 and 4 proxies for the motion, and 73 and 29 proxies against it. Lord Camden, Mansfield, and the Lord Chancellor, never spoke in the debate.
We hear that a Board of General Officers is to sit at Whitehall this Day, to consider the Abolition of the Ranks of Major and Captain Lieutenant in the Army, and to report thereon to his Majesty.
On Saturday the Officers of the Foot Guards signed a Memorial to his Majesty, representing that the abolition of the above Ranks would be a very great Injury to them.
General Strode, who was lately tried by a General Court Martial, is acquitted.
May 23. It may be relied on as an undeniable fact, that the true Cause of the young Cub's differing with Lord North, is in consequence of his being refused the appointment of collector (which he solicited for his kinsman Mr. Obrien) in one of our American islands a place of 200l per ann. and which may be executed by deputy.---Hence the rise of Patriotism! O Tempora! O Mores!
Lord Townsend, we hear, has lately transmitted here an Account of his proceedings in Ireland within this Month last, which is so pleasing to Administration, that they are determined to continue him as Viceroy for some time longer at any Rate.

The following Account of the Bloody Execution in Denmark, being more full and particular than any Published, we lay it before our Readers.
COPENHAGEN, April 28.
YESTERDAY it was made known that the Execution of the Counts Brandt and Struenfee was fixed for to Day. The Timber for Building the Scaffold had been previously brought to a Place before the East-Gate, called the City-Field, and was Erected Yesterday with the usual Ceremonies on such Occasions, under the Sound of a Band of Music; it was about 15 Feet high, and 14 square. This Morning early, when both the Convicts had been prepared by two Clergymen for their Untimely End, and received the Sacrament in the presence of the Officers on Duty, Mr. Ortwed, the King's Sheriff, and Councillor of the State, came at Eight o'Clock in the Citadel, called Frederichshaven, to Conduct them to the Place of Execution. They were separated conveyed thither in a Hackney-Coach, in company of the Officers under whose Custody they were. Each Carriage was Escorted and surrounded by a Party of Dragoons with drawn Swords, and some Infantry, with fixed Bayonets. Mean while 400 Infantry of different Regiments in Garrison, had formed a Line of Circumvallation round the Scaffold, and in their Rear was a Detachment of Dragoons. Lieut. General Eichstedt was at Seven o'Clock in the Morning at the Place of Execution and had given the above Orders. The Marines Marched out in separate Bodies, though without forming themselves round the Scaffold. The number of Spectators was incredible. The Populace began leaving the City at Four in the Morning. About Eight o'Clock two Clergymen arrived in their own Carriages. The Executioners (one of the City and the other of the Marines) arrived likewise, and gave necessary Orders on the Scaffold. The first was to do the Execution (which he did) and the other was to assist him. Before the arrival of the Clergymen and Executioners, every body was admitted on the Scaffold, to satisfy their Curiosity. About Nine o'Clock the unhappy Sufferers arrived with the Sheriff, the Attorney-General, and some Servants belonging to the Court of Justice.
They alighted without the Line of Circumvallation, and entered the Doors of the Scaffold, where Abbee Hee received Count Brandt. The Counsellor of the State, Mr. Ortwed, the Attorney-General, the Servants of the Courts of Justice, went immediately on the Scaffold; Count Brandt, in company with Abbee Hee, followed and stood on the higher Part thereof, being erected for that purpose. The Abbee held an admonishing and consolatory Discourse to the Count, which he heard with a serious and undaunted, though not an unbecoming Countenance, keeping his Gold-Laced Hat on all the while. Then the Judge Read that part of the Sentence in which his Crimes were enumerated, during which he shrugged his Shoulders several times, and looked up to Heaven with a Countenance that expressed his inmost Sorrow and Repentance. When the conclusion of the Sentence was to be Read, Command was given for the Infantry to present their Firelocks, and all those on the Scaffold took off their Hats, which the Count did also, but put it on again with the rest. Abbee Hee held another Discourse with a loud Voice to him, under which he expressed several signs of Devotion, mixed with a recitation of Soul, shewing no fears of Death. The Count spoke several times with his Face steadfast to the Abbee. When he had done, the Abbee laid both Hands on his Head, administered to him the Sacredotal Benediction, and gave him up to the Executioner.
The Executioner took the Count's Coat of Arms, which was Painted on a Panel for that purpose, shewed it to all the Spectators, broke it in pieces, and flung it on the Ground, saying aloud, 'This is not done without just reason, it is done deservedly.' On which the Count threw his Fur-Cloak off, and stood in a green suit Laced with Gold. He pulled off Coat and Waistcoat himself (having previously felt into all the Pockets, which it is supposed he was accustomed to do) he began to unbutton the Shirt-Sleeve of his Right-Hand, and took the Stock off, when the Executioner began to assist him, and pulled the collar of his Shirt down. He knelt down of his own accord, and laid his Head and Right-Hand on the Block. Abbee Hee continuing near and administering Comfort to him. The Execution was done in a Moment. The Count died manly. The Servants of the Executioners came now forward, strip'd the Body naked, cut off the Genitals, took out the Entrails, put both into a Tub, quartered the Body, and conveyed it by means of a Rope into a Waggon under the Scaffold, let down the Tub, took the Head, and after shewing it round to the Spectators, cast it along with the Hand into the Waggon also.
Now they swept the Scaffold, and strewed Sand to hide the Blood; after which Count Struenfee, with Pastor Munster appeared on it. His Countenance was serious, expressing devotion and humble Repentance. As soon as he trod on the Scaffold, he took his Hat off, and did not put it on again. His Sentence was proclaimed in the same manner as Count Brandt's. The Clergyman held a short Discourse to the Count, administered the Sacredotal Benediction to him in the same manner as Abbee Hee did to Count Brandt, and delivered him also up to the Executioner who broke the Count's Coat of Arms with the same Ceremony as before, and flung it on the Ground. Count Struenfee took a white Handkerchief out of his Pocket to give it to the Executioner to Blindfold him; but on being told it was not necessary, he put it up again. He took his Fur-Cloak and Hat, put them aside, and began to undress himself, in which he was assisted by the Executioner; he also kneeled down of his own accord. When the Executioner had laid him aright, and cut off his Hand, he rose a little from the Block, but in the very Moment the Head was severed from the Body: mean while Pastor Munster continued to speak to him. The manhood and Entrails were put in a separate Tub, and the Body after being quartered, was let down into another Waggon. Both of them were conveyed without the West Gate of the City, and there fastened on Wheels in a conspicuous place. The Spectators were excessive quiet during the whole Execution.
EPITAPH on JONATHAN BRITAIN
Written by himself the Day before his Execution.
WHEN thou art told—here Britain's Ashes lies Suppress thy Censure, thou thyself art frail. Would'st thou avoid a FALL like his? Then tread His latest Paths. So will that GOD who all His Sins absolv'd, forgive thee thine; and Crown Thy End like his, with everlasting Peace.
Bristol, May 14, 1772.
JONATHAN BRITAIN.
By Capt Bowes from Whitehaven; Capt Moore from Bristol; and the Captains Jacobson and Symmes from London, the latter in 6 Weeks, all arrived at Boston, we have the following late Advices, viz.
From the LONDON GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, June 9. 1772.
THIS Day his Majesty came to the House of Peers, and being in his Royal Robes, seated on the Throne with the usual Solemnity, Sir Francis Molyneux, Gentleman Usher of the black Rod, was sent with a Message from his Majesty to the House of Commons, commanding their Attendance in the House of Peers: The Commons being come thither accordingly, his Majesty was pleased to give his royal Assent to the several Bills which were ready. After which his Majesty was pleased to make the following most gracious SPEECH:
My Lords and Gentlemen,
I cannot put an End to this Session of Parliament, without expressing the Satisfaction I have felt in observing the Temper and the Prudence, which have governed all your Deliberations during the Course of it, and without returning you my particular Thanks for the fresh Proof you have given of your affectionate Attachment to me, in the additional Security you have provided for the Welfare and Honor of my Family.
I can with great Pleasure acquaint you, that the Dispositions of the Powers of Europe, give me the strongest Reason to believe, that this Nation will not be disturbed in the Enjoyment of the Blessings of Peace.
Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
I thank you heartily for the Supplies, which you have granted with so much chearfulness and dispatch, and for the more ample Provision you have made for every Branch of the public Service: And I see with Pleasure and Approbation, that you have at the same Time been able, by a proper Disposition of the public Money, to make a further Progress in reducing the national Debt.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
I make no Doubt but that you will carry into your respective Counties the same Principles, and the same Zeal for the public Good, which I have experienced from you in Parliament; and that you will continue to exert your best Endeavours to cultivate and improve a Spirit of Harmony and Confidence amongst all Ranks of my faithful Subjects: Let it be your constant Care to convince them, that, without a due Reverence for the Laws, and a chearful Obedience to just Authority, neither their civil nor religious Rights and Liberties can be enjoyed in Comfort or Security; and to assure them, that I consider their Interests as inseparably connected with my own, and that I am, and have ever been persuaded, that the Prosperity and Glory of my Reign must depend on my possessing the Affection, and maintaining the Happiness of my People.
Then the Lord Chancellor by his Majesty's Command, said, My Lords and Gentlemen,
It is his Majesty's royal Will and Pleasure, that this Parliament be prorogued to Tuesday the 11th Day of August next, to be then here held; and the Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the 11th of August next.
L O N D O N,
June 8. When the present Session of Parliament in Ireland is finished (which will be during this Month) Lord Townshend will return to England: and General Conway, who so strongly opposed the King's favourite Marriage-Bill in the House of Commons, will, for that Opposition, be turned out of the Ordnance; and Lord Townshend will be appointed Master General of the same.
June 9. Yesterday arrived at the general Post-Office a Mail from New-York, brought by the Duke of Cumberland Packet-Boat, Capt. Goodridge, to Falmouth in 25 Days.
June 11. We hear the Earl of Harcourt, Ambassador from this Court to that of the French King, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in the Room of Lord Townshend, who is preparing to set out for England, and that Lord Harcourt will not be recalled till an Appointment to the Embassy has taken Place. The Savage Sloop of War is sailed from Portsmouth for America.
Copenhagen May 30. Thursday last 3 English Ships, viz. two Frigates and a Sloop, came to an Anchor before Elsinour, where they will take on board the Queen Carolina Matilda, to carry her to Stade. The same Day Sir R. Murray Keith, the British Minister went from hence to Cronenburg, together with the Count de Holstein, grand Master of the Moshin, who are to accompany her Majesty to Stade. All the Provisions for the Voyage of the Queen and her Attendants, were carried from hence the Day before Yesterday to Elsinour. We imagine these Ships will sail this Day or tomorrow, if the Wind permits.
L O N D O N,
Extract of a Letter from Hamburgb, May 29
"I have the Pleasure to inform you, that an Express is just arrived here from Copenhagen, with the agreeable News of the Queen Carolina Matilda having left her Place of Confinement in the Castle of Cronenburg, and being arrived at the royal Palace in Copenhagen, on which Event great Rejoicings were made all over the City, excepting by the Queen Dowager and her Party, who seem quite dejected at the sudden Change of Affairs. Neither the Dowager nor Prince Fredrick have paid, nor are permitted to pay, their Compliments to the Queen, and therefore they are preparing to set out for Brunswick; but it is apprehended that they will not be suffered to leave this Place; they seem quite uneasy in their present Situation, being apprehensive that the Blood of the two unfortunate Counts Struenfee and Brandt, cries aloud for Revenge. Many of those that assisted the Dowager in her wicked Schemes, have fled in order to escape that Punishment which they justly deserved, not only for the Murder of the Counts, but their barbarous behaviour to the Queen, and the rest of the state Prisoners, who are now discharged. I hope when I write to you again, I shall be able to inform you that Peace and Harmony are again restored in Copenhagen, which I believe will be as agreeable to you as it will to yours, &c."
They write from Copenhagen, that the Day after the Execution of Counts Struenfee and Brandt, the Count Wolinski was carried before the Commissioners, and convicted of calumniating the King and Queen Dowager, and he was sentenced to have his Tongue cut out, and banished the King's Dominions. The former was executed immediately.
Extract of a Letter from Copenhagen, June 2.
"The English Ships on board of which the Queen Carolina Matilda and her Suite embarked last Saturday, in Order to sail for Stade, are still detained in the Sound by contrary Winds."
June 12. Advices are said to be received from the Continent, that some disagreements had happened between the Court of Sweden and that of Denmark, and that both Powers are pre-
paring to decide by War if amicable Methods should not succeed. Letters from Spain say, that the Governor of a principal Province in America was lately brought Prisoner from Lima to Cadiz, and strictly guarded to Madrid.
An eminent Banker (Mr. Fordyce) was up with his Clerks all Tuesday Night to inspect into the State of his Affairs, and early on Wednesday Morning set off for France. It is said he has failed for upwards of 300,000l.
Letters from the Hague advise, that the Innocence of the Queen Consort of Denmark appears every Day more conspicuous, and some new Lights on the Troubles of that Kingdom; and some go so far as to report that the Queen Dowager of Denmark had privately retired to her Castle of Almahalle in the Night.
Last Week as Lord Manners, Brother to the Duke of Rutland, was mounting his Horse, he was thrown off and killed on the Spot. His Lordship died worth 400,000l. exclusive of his Family Estate, all of which he is supposed to have acquired by play.
The MARQUIS of ROCKINGHAM, is so extremely ill, as to be attended by two Physicians.
June 13. The Resignation of General Conway, shows that the King never forgives a Man who will not blindly support all his Measures. This is the Forfeit which the General has paid for having an Opinion of his own in the Affair of the royal Marriage-Bill. But it is unfortunate for his Majesty that the very Circumstances which recommend to his Favour make Men detestable to the Nation.
Sir Jeffery Amherst is appointed Lieut. General of the Ordnance, in the Room of General Conway, turned out, for voting against the royal Marriage Bill.
June 16. The report that a very powerful Squadron having lately failed from the French ports for the East-Indies is confirmed by the Nancy Snow just arrived from the Philippine Islands.
June 18. A coalition is said to be on the carpet, under the direction of Lord Mansfield, who had a conference with the Marquis of Rockingham at his house at Wimbledon on Saturday last, since which we hear the latter has visited Lord Chatham on the same account.
We are assured, notwithstanding any reports to the contrary that there will not be the least change in any part of the administration during the recess of Parliament.
Orders are given for a quantity of small arms, some pieces of ordnance, and other stores to be shipped off next week for America.
There are letters in town which say, that the Queen of Denmark has frequently declared her entire resignation to the will of her royal brother, but seems desirous of a retreat in the British dominions, when matters are compromised.
Yesterday morning a fire broke out at Chiswick in Surry, and consumed upwards of twenty houses, among which was the seat of the Duke of Devonshire, with all the out-houses, and several small tenements adjoining.
Letters from Copenhagen, dated June 2, say that before the Queen MATILDA embarked for Stade, she had carried her point so far as to have an annuity for life assured to her of 30,000 rix dollars, which sum in English money, amounts to 7125l.
June 20. Recruits are raising at ALL PARTS of the kingdom to be sent over to America, in order to compleat the regiments now on duty there.
The Livery of London are to meet to-morrow evening at eight o'clock, at the Half-Moon, Cheapside, to consider of instructions to their representatives for shortening the duration of parliaments.
On Friday last Sir ROBERT MURRAY KEITH, late minister at Copenhagen, arrived in town from that kingdom, and next day had a long conference with his Majesty.
His Majesty has signified his intention of conferring some signal honours upon Sir ROBERT MURRAY KEITH, as a testimony of approbation of his conduct at the Court of Denmark.
The injury done to private bankers since the failure of Mr. Fordyce, (which was occasioned by his gaming in the alley) is amazing, as they have been surprisingly drawn upon, and it's tho' many of them will be obliged to stop payment.
June 23. It is beyond the power of words to express the general Consternation of the Metropolis Yesterday, on the Report of another Principal Banker stopping Payment. No event for these 30 Years past has given so fatal a Blow both to our Trade and Credit as a Nation. An Universal Bankruptcy was expected, the stoppage of every Banker in London was looked for.
The above Report proved too true, for the House of Sir Richard Glyn and Halifax has actually stop'd Payment, and a Commission of Bankruptcy is issued out against them.
The Diffidence occasioned by the present Bankruptcies in the City of LONDON, has thrown many Families, lately in affluent Circumstances, into inextricable Misfortunes.
So general is the Desolation spread among Trade by the late Failure of the Bankers, that we are assured that no less than 20 Carriages of Merchants were sent to Long-Acre last week to sell.
The Effects of the late Bankruptcies become every Day more Deplorable. One Merchant shot himself Yesterday with a PISTOL; a considerable Silver-Refiner had Recourse to a Knife; a Lady has followed their Example; and a Gentleman near Bloomsbury is become melancholy through the losses sustained thereby.
The late Crash here among the great Persons in Trade is expected to extend to Paris, where many of the English, Tempted by an Interest of 10 per cent. have lent large sums of Money.
We hear a Number of the principal Merchants, with some of the Nobility are to meet this Day in order, if possible, to support the Credit of the other Bankers, that so they may enjoy the confidence of the Public, and an end put to the present shocking Distress.
Letters from France say, that a great Embarkation of Troops, Provisions, and Ammunition of all Kinds, is making for North America.
The Royal Oak, Centaur, Terrible, and Worcester, are hovering about the Isle of Wight, waiting to be joined by three more of line and three frigates; but where they are bound we can't learn, neither do the Captains know; for they are not to open their commissions till they get into a certain latitude:—They have on board four months provisions, and are also to have with them two bomb ketches.
'Tis said Lord Mansfield has lost 50,000l. which he had in the bankers hands which have failed.
The very greatest house in England, which was also reported to be shut, but it seems by the great run of orders upon it, occasioned by the failure of Messrs Neale, Fordyce, James, Down, and Sir Richard Glyn and Company, was only in a tottering condition, but has since received a timely supply from the Bank of England on the credit of two merchants.

Advice is received that a violent Earthquake had destroyed the greatest Part of the City of Manila, Capital of the Phillipines. So great are the Losses and Inconveniencies sustained by those Individuals (particularly those concerned in Trade) from the late Bankruptcies, that a great Number of eminent Merchants and Gentlemen of Fortune, have come to a Resolution not to keep their Cash in the Hands of any Bankers who are known to sport in the Alley, in what are called Bulls and Bears, since by one unlucky Stroke in this illegal Traffic Hundreds of their Creditors may be ruined. And it is hoped the late fatal Consequences will be a Warning to others of that Profession to confine themselves to the usual Track of the established Regularity of their Houses.
S A L E M, August 18.
Capt. Benjamin Goodhue, of this Place, is arrived at Philadelphia. On the 27th ult. in Lat. 39. 30. Long. 73. 30. he spoke with a Sloop from Barbados for New-London, the Master of which informed him that he had taken 8 Men from a Vessel that was foundered, and that about Half an Hour after he got them on Board the Vessel went down; that she was bound for St. Eustatia, but Capt. Goodhue did not learn the Master's Name or where she belonged.
The several Prisoners confined in his Majesty's Goal in this Town made their Escape last Saturday Night. They were all committed on criminal Actions viz. Charles Lee, Francis Lewis, Samuel White, William Campbell, and George Mitchell, for Theft, and George Penn, a Mulatto, for being concerned in a Riot at Cape-Ann two or three Years ago. For the better Security of them, Mr. Brown, the Prison-Keeper, had them all confined in the two lower Apartments, which were deemed the strongest of any in the Prison. They however, by means of a Gimblet, and Chizel, made a Hole through the Partition, which divided the two Rooms, and thereby all got together: They then bored off a square Piece of Plank in the Floor, and with the Chizel cut it quite out. Having thus got through the Floor, they applied themselves to work out a Passage through the Stones and Earth, and finally forced their Way through the Underpinning of the Building, quite into the Yard, which is inclosed with a very high Fence; they however, with their united Strength, forced open the Gate, and went off entirely undiscovered.
Price and his Wife, and one Barbary Hall, who, with much pretended Innocence, accompanied Mitchell the Thief into Town, made a precipitate Retreat from their Lodgings one Night last Week, leaving behind them, in their Hurry, supposed to be stolen, two Remnants of Shalloon, and a Number of small Pieces of scarlet Broad Cloth which appeared to be part of a Gentleman's Cloak; the whole tied up in a Bundle, and found behind a Trunk, in the House where they lodged. Capt. Higginson, from this Portis arrived in London, in 33 Days.
B O S T O N, August 17.
Extracts of a Letter from Providence, July 14.
On Wednesday last came on the Case of Nathaniel Green, &c. against Duddington, at the Superior Court in the County of Kent. The action was Trover and Conversion of Rum, Jamaica Spirits, &c. which Green had entered at the Custom-House, and paid the Duties of. Duddington who has since been Wounded by the Narraganset Indians in a Riot, seized these Goods of Green's, sent them to Boston, & had them Condemned, contrary to Law and Justice. After he was Wounded he was carried to Patuxit, where he was arrested, because he could not fly from the Sheriff, as he had before done. The Jury gave their Verdict for the Plaintiff to recover £. 295 Lawful Money, the Sum sued for and Costs.
In Capt. Jacobson from London came Passenger Mr. Richard Harrison, Son of Joseph Harrison, Esq; Collector of his Majesty's Customs for this Port; who, we are told is appointed Deputy under his Father. Several other Gentlemen also came Passengers.
Arrived in London, the Captains Cales, Gardiner, Scott, and Davenport from Boston.
The Lightning last Saturday se'nnight, we hear was very severe in most parts of the Country, where many Trees were torn to pieces: a Building was burnt at Hartford; a Barn at Leicester, belonging to Capt. Joseph Henshaw of this Town, was also burnt, with a large quantity of Hay therein; eight Sheep were killed at Marlborough; an Ox was killed at Medfield; & a Hog at Reading.
The Lightning was also very sharp at Newport and Places adjacent; it set a large Stack of Hay on Fire at Narraganset, and entirely consumed it.
This Morning Capt. Laha arrived here from Halifax with two Companies of the 64th Regiment now quartered at Castle William; two other Transports sailed with him with the remainder of the Regiment.
P O R T S M O U T H, August 21.
On the 13th of this Instant at Four o'Clock in the Morning, died at Berwick, and on the 15th was decently inter'd, Mrs. SARAH HILL, in the 59th Year of her Age, the Widow Relict of the late Hon. JOHN HILL, Esq; of that Town, with a dropsical Disorder. She was the Daughter of the late Hon. JOHN FROST, Esq; of New-Castle; was first married to the late Rev. Mr. BLUNT of said New-Castle, by whom she had seven Children, six of whom survive; a Lady as generally respected as known; as she was possessed of a good natural Genius, so her Situation in the first of Life, gave her an Opportunity for considerable Improvements. She was also an affectionate Wife, a tender Mother, a sincere Friend, and a good Neighbour; and may truly be reckoned among those Daughters who have done virtuously. As she made Profession of the Doctrines of the Gospel, so she gave Evidence of enjoying the Comforts of them in her last Hours. Blessed are the dead that die in the LORD, henceforth; yea saith the SPIRIT, that they may rest from their Labours, and their Works do follow them.
We hear that Mr. Joseph Hart of this Town, who lately went from hence to Philadelphia, died there of the Small Pox.
Kittery, August 18. 1772.
On Wednesday last died here in Child-Bed, and Friday was buried, Mrs. ANNA GERRISH, the virtuous Consort of Mr. JOSEPH GERRISH of this Town, and only Daughter of the late Rev. Mr. THOMPSON of Scarborough.
We hear from Berwick, that on Saturday Evening the 8th Inst. a House and Barn were struck there by Lightning, but no great Damage done.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, PISCATAQUA August 20.     Inward Entries. FROM.     Brig Charming Molly, Ebenezer Ricker, Grenada.   Brig William, Samuel Paul, St. Martins.   Sloop Hannah, John Cogges, Ditto.   Schooner Molly, Titus Salter, St. Vincents.   Schooner Defiance, Michael Hodge, Gaudaloup.   Outward Bound, FOR.   Schooner Endeavour, Richard York, West-Indies.   Sloop Betsey and Polly, James Johnson, Ditto.   Clear'd for Departure, FOR.   Brig Betsey, Nathaniel Nowel, West-Indies.   Brig Naney, John Carroll, Ditto.   Brig Neptune, Andrew Breeding, Newfoundland.   Brig Triton, Richard Pearce, Ditto.   Schooner Hope, Enoch Coffin, Halifax.   Schooner Wismerog, Mark Dennet, Antigua.   Schooner Industry, Robert Parker, West-Indies.   Sloop Betsey, John Archer, Tortola.  
George Libbey
Hath to sell at his Shop in the pav'd Street next Door but one to the Printing Office, A Genteel Assortment of Paper Hangings; a neat Assortment of Glass and Crockery Ware;—English and West India Goods;—Best Velvet Corks;—A few Boxes of best London 18 Inch T. D. Pipes; Also best Kippen's Snuff per Dozen or single Bottle; cheap for Cash. N.B. Cash given for old Pewter at said Shop
GREGORY PURCELL
will receive Coppers at 13 Pence Old Tenor in all Payments in his Shop.
(MARLOW)
WHEREAS the Proprietors of MARLOW have appointed me the Subscriber a Collector to collect the several Taxes of the several delinquent Rights, in Marlow aforesaid, I do hereby warn the said Proprietors that have not Paid up their Taxes, to come and settle them with me, before the second Tuesday in September next, or expect them soon to be advertised and sold to pay the same; the first Tax was voted July 15th, 1768, for twenty Shillings lawful Money, the next for fifteen Shillings, to clear the Roads in said Town, the next Sept. 5th, 1769, for the Sum of six Shillings, to pay Mr. William Mason for fees if he could recover the Land taken off by the Patent Line; the next January 6th 1772, to pay for getting the Charter extended, four Shillings; The last was voted March 10th 1772, the Sum of two Shillings, all lawful Money Taxes, the whole of the Taxes were to defray the necessary Charges of said Proprietors, which I desire the Proprietors to settle with me before the 20th of September next, or I shall advertise the Rights to be sold as the Law directs. Aug 5, 1772 EBEN LEWIS, Proprietor's Collector.
(PIERMONT)
THE Proprietors of PIERMONT are hereby notified that a TAX of 18 Shillings was voted in the Year 1765 on each Proprietor's Right; also another Tax of two Pound two Shillings, voted the 12th of March 1768; also another Tax of 18 Shillings, voted in August 1770; all which Sums sundry of the Proprietors still neglect to pay, although the Collector has so indulged them as to pay it himself, and been out of his Money for Years past: Also another Tax of eight Dollars voted in July last, on each Proprietor's Right, to pay sundry Debts now due; the Proprietors are hereby earnestly desired to pay their respective Taxes to the Subscriber, otherwise their Lands will be advertised for Sale as the Law directs; those Delinquents in the three former Taxes are desired to pay them speedily, otherwise their Land will be sold first. Rye, August 17, 1772. RICHARD JENNESS Col:
Dorchester.
WHEREAS at a legal Meeting of the Proprietors of DORCHESTER on the first Day of June past, they Voted to lay an Assessment of TEN DOLLARS on each Original Right, and committed to me the Subscriber to collect: This is therefore to Notify the said Proprietors, that unless they pay the same to me, at my House in Hanover, by the Tenth Day of September next, their Rights will be advertised for Sale. Aug 1, 1772. JOHN HOUSE, Collector.
Advertisements &c. omitted, will be in our next.
SAMUEL LIVERMORE, Esq; and Mr. RICHARD CUTTS SHANNON, having entered into Partnership in the Practice of the Law, have opened an Office, next Door to the Revd. Doctor HAVEN'S in Portsmouth, where constant Attendance will be given by one or both said Partners. Portsmouth August 13th, 1772.
§ Dorchester. §
WHEREAS the Proprietors of the Township of DORCHESTER, have been legally Notified, to pay an Assessment on each Proprietor's Right of Land in said Township, to me the Subscriber; and said Proprietors being yet delinquent; This is therefore to notify such delinquent Proprietors, that their Lands will be exposed to Sale at public Vendue, at the House of William Bell Junr. Innholder in Lyme, on the second Monday in September next, at one of the Clock, P. M. to pay said Taxes, with incidental Charges, unless it's prevented by payment of the same. Delinquents as follows.
   John Wright 1 16 John Smith 1 16   Thomas Porter 1 16 Abijah Smith 1 16   Gideon Rud 1 16 Saml. Hobart Esq; 1 16   Jonathan Freeman 1 16 John Pengrey 1 16   Jonathan Burnap 1 16 Williams. 1 16   Timothy Bush 1 16 August 13th, 1772.   WILLIAM SIMPSON, Collector.  
Province of New Hampshire, Cheshire ss.
WHEREAS Application has been made to me the Subscriber one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for said County, by more than the sixteenth Part of the Owners of the Township of MARLOW in said County, desiring that a Meeting of the Proprietors of said Marlow might be warned to be held at the House of Mr. Nehemiah Royce, in said Marlow, on Tuesday the 15th Day of September next, at 10 o'Clock in the Forenoon, to act on the following Articles, if they see fit, viz. 1. To choose a Moderator to govern said Meeting. 2. To choose a Proprietors Clerk and Treasurer. 3. To see the Minds of said Proprietors, whether they will agree to confirm all or any Part of the Votes that have been heretofore passed at any former Meetings, and vote the same. 4. To choose a Committee to settle all former Accounts that have been translated by said Proprietors, with former Committees or Collectors, or Treasurers, and make Return to the Proprietors at their next Meeting of those Proceedings. 5. To choose a Committee to transact any Business for said Proprietors that shall be thought needful. 6. To agree upon some proper Method for calling Proprietor's Meetings for the future and vote the same. 7. To vote such Sum or Sums of Money that shall be thought needful for the Use of said Proprietors, to bring forward the Settlement of said Town and clear Roads. 8. To choose Assessors for said Propriety. 9. To see if the Proprietors will agree to lay out all or any Part of the undivided Land.
In Consequence whereof, I do hereby notify said Proprietors to meet at Time and Place aforesaid. Walpole July 7th 1772, BENJAMIN BELLOWS, Justice Peace.
To be sold by Auction, By PHILIP BAILEY,
At his Vendue Room, Queen-Street, Portsmouth, On Friday the 29th Inst.
TWO Desks and Bookcases, Tables, Chairs, Ozagbrige, Ticklinburghs, strip'd flowered and plain Lawnns, Handkerchiefs, &c. &c. &c.
The Goods may be viewed the Morning before Sale, which will begin precisely at three o'clock.
ALL Persons that have any Demands on the Estate of James Mc Hard, Esq; late of Haverhill, deceased, are desired to send in their Accounts to James Mc Hard, Executor, for settlement; and also those Indebted to said Estate, are desired to make speedy Payment. Haverhill, Aug. 7. 1772,
Whereas Anna the Wife of me the Subscriber, has absented herself from my Bed & Board, and otherwise misbehav'd herself, and threatens to run me in Debt; This is to give public Notice to all persons not to credit her on my Account, for I hereby declare, I will not pay one Farthing of any Debt she may Contract. As witness my hand at Seabrook this 3d of August 1772.
N. B. I do hereby forbid any Person or Persons harbouring her, as they would avoid the Penalty of the Law, Jonathan Chase, junr.

(Newbury-Port.)  George Deblois,  Acquaints his Friends and Customers in Town and Country, that he is removed to his new Shop at the Golden Eagle, near the Court House in Newbury Port where he has for Sale,  A large and general Assortment of ENGLISH GOODS, and HARDWARES, which he sells, at the low price they are sold in BOSTON, — Wholesale and Retail — He will thank all those that are pleased to favour him with their Custom — Constant Attendance given early and late. — New Pewter given in exchange for Old:
Province of New-Hampshire. Rockingham, ss.  WHEREAS the Clerk of the Propriety of ORFORD, was empowered by Vote to call a Meeting upon an Application of more than one Tenth part of the Proprietors thereof, and such an Application having been made to said Clerk for that purpose, and by him declined; so that there is no Relief to be had, but by Recourse to the Province Law, for calling Proprietary Meetings: And an Application being made to me the Subscriber, by more than one Sixteenth part of the Proprietors of said Township, to call a Meeting of the proprietors to be held on the 28th Day of September next, at three o'Clock in the Afternoon, at the House of Mr. John Stavers, Innholder in Portsmouth, then & there to act upon the following Matters and Things viz. First, To chuse a Moderator. Second, To chuse a new Clerk, if thought necessary. Thirdly, To agree upon some Method to ascertain the Right of Voting at proprietors Meetings, so that every proprietor of a whole or part of a Right, shall have an equal Representation. Fourthly, To see if the Proprietors will agree that a pitch may be made by any original proprietor, (who has not already made his pitch) out of the Hundred Acre Lots laid out, and to cast Lots for said Pitches, provided the same be made in a Time to be allow'd for that purpose, after which period, Draughts to be made for the Residue. Fifthly, To appoint a Committee to allot out all the Common and undivided Lands in said Township, and to agree upon a Time when the same shall be drawn, to the Right of each original proprietor. Sixthly, To appoint another Committee to examine the State of the Treasurers and Collectors Accounts; as also to inspect into the proprietors Records, and make a Report whether any Votes therein made are illegal or not, that the same may be advised upon, by which much Expence may be saved. Seventhly, To see if the proprietors will agree that all future Meetings be held in the Township of Orford, and in such case, that the present Clerk shall deliver the Records of the propriety to any other Clerk that may be chosen.
Agreeable to said Application, I do hereby notify and warn a Meeting of said Proprietors of Orford, to meet at the above Time any Place, to act upon the several Matters notified.
DANIEL ROGERS, Jus. Pac. Portsmouth, August 13, 1772.
( \frac{1}{2} )(CANAAN)( \frac{1}{2} )  Province of New-Hampshire, Rockingham, ss.  NOTICE is hereby given to all the delinquent Proprietors of said Canaan, that the Vendue Meeting of said Proprietors stands adjourned to the 28th of this Instant August, to the dwelling House of Mr. Charles Hill, Innholder in Lebanon, at 3 o'Clock Afternoon, and if all the Delinquent's Lands are not sold that Day at said Meeting to be adjourned to the Monday following.
JEDIDIAH HEBBARD Collector. Canaan, August 31, 1772.
ALL Persons indebted to, or that have Demands on the Estate of Mr. Ebenezer Odiorne, late of Portsmouth, Chaise Maker, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts to Sarah Odiorne, of Portsmouth aforesaid, Administratrix to said Estate, in order for a speedy settlement.
PROPOSED to Print by SUBSCRIPTION At Portsmouth in New-Hampshire, A Work Intituled A rational Interpretation of the prophetic Visions of St. John.
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Portsmouth, July 23, 1772.
Clocks & Watches
Cleaned in the cheapest and best Manner by Nathaniel Sheaf Griffith,
in Portsmouth, who has for sale, Men's and Women's Silver plated Shoe Buckles; and an Assortment of Stone and other Buttons and Buckles of all Sorts, also very neat Children's Locketts.
N. B. said Griffith will change new Buckles and Buttons for old Gold and Silver; and a few Watches for sale at a low Rate.
Blanks of all sorts, &c. fold at the Printing Office.
Mr. MORGAN
BEGS leave to inform his Subscribers, and the Public in general, that the 2d Week in September his Exhibition will begin with a Benefit Night for the Poor of the Town, — and the Subscribers Nights will commence the ensuing Evening.
All Persons indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of Thomas Jewell, late of Hopkington, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts to Meriam Jewell, and Jonathan Straw, Administrators on said Estate, in Order for settlement. Hopkington, June 29th, 1772.
(Hanover)
WHEREAS the proprietors and Owners of Land in the Township of HANOVER in the province of New Hampshire, have been legally notified to pay an Assessment of a penny half penny per Acre, made on all the Land in said Hanover, both divided and undivided, agreeable to an Act of Assembly for making a Read from Dartmouth College to Wolfborough, this is therefore to notify those who are delinquent that so much of each of their particular Lots and parcels of undivided Land as will pay the Taxes with incidental Charges will be sold at public VENDUE at my Dwelling House in said Hanover, on Monday the 24th Day of August next, the Sale to begin at nine o'clock in the Morning — The delinquent proprietor's Names with the Sums due on the several Lots and undivided Land as follows.
   Original Proprietors River 1st Hd. 2d Hd. undivided   Lotts. Acres Lotts. Acres Lotts. Land.     John Downing Esq 2 7 2   George March 2 7 2   Col. Joseph Smith 2 7 2   John Knight 2 7 2 12 6 12 6 11 11   Hutchins Storrs Jr. 2 7 2   Prince Aspenwell 2 7 2 12 6 12 6 11 11   William Farwell 2 7 2   Elijah Walcut 2 7 2   Noah Janes 5 8   Abraham Blackburn 2 7 2 12 6 12 6   William Johnson 2 7 2 11 11   Hutchins Storrs 2 7 2   Joseph Storrs Junr. 12 6 12 6 11 11   Moses Walcut 2 7 2   David Richardson 2 7 2 11 11   Elisha Adams 12 6   John Heuse 2 7 3 12 6 12 6 11 11   Edmund Freeman 2 7 2 12 6 11 11   Prince Freeman 2 7 2 12 6   Phineas Allen 2 7 2 12 6 5 8   Jonathan Freeman 2 7 2   Stephen Walcut 2 7 2   Samuel Herrick 12 6 11 11   Eben. Dunham Jr. 12 6   Nath. Freeman Jr. 12 6 5 8   Sylvanus Freeman 2 7 2 12 6 12 8   Herman Atwood 12 6 12 6 11 11   Nathaniel Hopkins 6 3 12 6 5 8   William Carey 2 7 2   Oliver Barker 6 11   John Walbridge 2 7 2 12 6 12 6 11 11   Ozias Strong 12 6    Hanover July 4th 1772. ISAAC BRIDGMAN Col.
TO BE LETT OR SOLD.
By Pierce Long,
HIS HOUSE in Queen Street, Adjoining Mr. Richard Champney's. If any inclines to become the Purchaser, the price and Terms of Payment will be made so easy, that they can have no Objection.
Edmund Wendell, intending for England in the first Ship, desires all Persons that have any Demands on him, to bring in their Accounts to him, or to Mr. Joshua Wentworth, Merchant in Portsmouth, for an immediate Payment thereof; and all Persons indebted to him by Book or Note, are desired to discharge the Same, as he does not expect to return to this Country soon again. EDMUND WENDELL.
Portsmouth, August 13th, 1772.