The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1773-06-03 00:00:00

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To the GENTLEMAN, who is pleased to style himself "A CLERGYMAN OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND."
SIR, WHEN I find a Gentleman, who attempts to write upon serious and important Subjects, earnestly soliciting the Passions of his Readers, and endeavouring by every specious Art to interest those Passions in his Favour;—when I see a Vein of paltry Ridicule opened and substituted in the Place of manly Sense and solid Argument; I confess, to my Understanding it betrays a Consciousness in the Writer, that he hath undertaken the Defence of a Cause, in his own Opinion, indefensible. Of this sort I cannot but consider your Hand Bill lately addressed to the Vestry and Inhabitants of Bruton Parish, and circulated, I presume, by your express Mandate. It seems intended to prepare the Way for another high season'd Entertainment, which the Publick, no Doubt, must be waiting for with eager Expectation. You have entered, Sir, a VOLUNTEER into your Friend's Service, and I do not question your being paid with his most unfeigned Thanks and his warmest Gratitude. I cannot doubt that the Gratulations of your Friends must have given additional Life and Vigour to that Complacency and Self Applause, which you must have enjoyed, from the very dexterous Arrangement of your Artillery; but give me Leave, Sir, to attempt the Removal of those Prejudices, you have laboured to excite. Your first Endeavour is to win over to your Party the Compassion of your Readers; in this, it must be acknowledged you have shewn no inconsiderable Adroitness and have paid a just Compliment to their Humanity; when you thought a favourable Disposition had been effectually secured, your next Attempt is to rouse their Resentment and Abhorrence. But, be candid for once, and confess that all these Things should be laid aside, when the Understanding ought solely to be addressed and not drawn from its proper Object by delusive Phantoms.
You appear to have considered the Parish of Bruton as Mr. Henley's PECULIAR; his undoubted Property: Else, what can you mean by representing it as incurring a Punishment, if the Vestry should reject him? Have not the Laws placed the Right of Election in the Vestries? If they refuse a Candidate because they do not like him, and this, perhaps, for various good Reasons, can it be said, with the least Propriety, that Punishment is inflicted? Or can it be said that the least Injustice is done? In a former Part of your Address, you seem to think you have deduced a regular Title to this Gentleman. You say "After the Death of the Reverend Mr. Johnson, it was the Opinion of most Men that he would have been chosen our Minister by the Consent of all or at least the far greater Part of the Vestry." A Gentleman, whose Attention to the Duties of a particular Department may seclude him pretty much from the World, cannot be supposed so well acquainted with the Opinions of most Men, as those, who mix with them; indeed, I believe, it is no uncommon Thing for such a Person to imagine that all others think nearly, as he does; he may be too apt to draw a Circle round himself and then fancy that he sees the Opinions, Judgments and Inclinations of all the rest of the World dancing within its Circumference: Either you or I have been egregiously misinformed as to this Fact. Instead of the Parish's standing Candidate for Mr. Henley, I had many Reasons to believe, when the former, as well as the present Vacancy happened, that it was disagreeable to the Generality of the Parishioners, that he should be their Minister. As a pretty strong Evidence of this, and that his Friends were suspicious of it, I think I need only rely on the very early and earnest Solicitations, which were said to have been made in his Favour. How the Votes may turn out, upon the very extraordinary Canvas, which I hear has been carried on, I do not know; but I can say, from good Authority, that several who have signed a Petition in Mr. Henley's Favour, have declared that they were teased and worried into it, and that they prefer another Gentleman. If a Vestry approves a Candidate in other essential Respects, I think it is right to pay a proper Regard to the Inclination of the Generality of the Parish; as the Institution of the Inhabitants, their regular Attendance on divine Worship, in short their Happiness depends on having a Minister, whom they esteem and respect; but the making an Election of this Sort merely a popular one is surely very improper and I am persuaded it will not be countenanced. "The Time of his Residence in this Colony," &c. &c. are much relied on; but recollect, Sir, that Length of Residence is not always a sure Recommendation; nor can I see a good Reason, however great my Regard may be for that Seminary, why the Parish of Bruton should be wedded to the College; but I could point out many Instances, in which the Parish may lose considerable Benefits by not having a Minister unconnected with other Employments, which must engross a very large Share of his Attention. Whether his Manner of discharging the ministerial Function, during the Time he officiated for Mr. Horrocks, was agreeable to the Parish, they are the best Judges. I presume Mr. Horrocks paid him for his Services. As to his "literary Merit and the many Perspicuity of his Compositions", I am not at all concerned to question them at present, though I cannot help observing, that I believe those Things have, in more Instances than one, been rather taken for granted, than proved. You insinuate by one of your Queries, which implies the strongest Affirmation, that Mr. Henley hath been "persecuted, as if he had rendered himself unworthy of partaking of the common Rights of Humanity;" and, in another Paragraph you assert roundly that I have "openly avowed the Doctrine of Persecution under all its frightful Forms," which you have endeavoured to paint with the most hideous Colouring, by holding forth "Fire and Fagot" and sending your Readers to Spain and Portugal, that they may see them burning with the greatest Ardour;" and for the Truth of your Assertion, horrid to relate! you invoke the Name of the Blessed Jesus. But, I beseech you, Sir, in the Name of Common Justice, what doth this Persecution consist of? How do you prove me to be either the Author or Apower of it? Or by what Kind of Evidence can you satisfy the World that I have openly avowed or even entertained in my Breast the slightest, the most latent Principles of Persecution? Let the Reader examine my Observations on the Passage of the Sermon, you have quoted; let the impartial World view a naked and true State of the Case, which you have, unprovoked, again dragged before the Publick; but let it first be stripped of all Art, Colouring or Disguise, and I will acquiesce in the Decision. A Parish becomes vacant by the Death of its Incumbent. A Clergyman applies to one of the Vestry to supply the Vacancy. The Vestryman is, as he ought to be, a Friend of the Established Church and considers himself, as bound by a most solemn Subscription, to be conformable to her Doctrine and Discipline; not approving the Candidate, for Reasons, in his Opinion, the most cogent, he tells him so, in Terms the least offensive; he is very cautious of saying any Thing, that might reflect on this Gentleman's Character, though he doth not deny but he might have mentioned his Objections in private Company, when the Conversation happened to turn upon the Subject. In Vestry, he contents himself with giving his Vote for a different Candidate, without even hinting, that he can recollect, the Objections he had to the other, and this because there was no apparent Occasion for it. The Parish again becomes vacant; the Candidate makes the same Application; the Vestryman repeats his Objections, and that he may be the better understood, descends more to Particulars, than he did at first. In Vestry, finding that there was Occasion for it, he made some of the Objections to him, which his own Writings had furnished; upon these he was then willing to have rested the Matter, expecting that they would have been sufficient; but, at a succeeding
Vestry, thinking, for many striking Reasons, that he ought no longer to be on the Reserve, he mentioned some heterodox Opinions, which he was informed by good Authority the Candidate had avowed and made such Observations, as he thought pertinent and necessary. He did not expect or desire to have his bare Word taken for these Things, but was willing to give up his Authors. He could not doubt but the Candidate would be made acquainted with every Thing that was said, and supposed the Matter would be inquired into at a future Vestry; here it might have rested; and surely this was the proper Place for the Inquiry, so far, as the Election was concerned; any other Measures, which the Candidate might have chosen, were at his Option. The Thing, however, was very soon made publick in the Parish, though not by this particular Vestryman, and produced from the Candidate a very insulting Card in the publick Paper, by which the Vestryman was plainly charged with Hypocrisy and Falsehood. Thus I stood publicly arraigned for doing what my Duty, as one of the civil Guardians of the Church, demanded; and, for discharging this Duty, thus have you, Sir, endeavoured to brand me with the odious and delectable Name of Persecutor.
Now for the Resentment of your Readers, which you have endeavoured to call forth into Action. If your Artillery should recoil and do you an Injury, don't be too uneasy; you may take for your Comfort that you are not the only Man in the World, who has been hurt by such Accidents. You venture to affirm "that you have confuted every Argument that has been produced against Mr. Henley's Orthodoxy," except such as are purely personal "and relate only to Matters of private Conversation." If your Dictum is to be taken, it may be so; but I beg you will not triumph before you have obtained a certain Victory. You tell my Fellow Parishioners, "that they will do well to consider that Men of Letters frequently defend Systems for the Sake of Information and often maintain Tenets, which they never think of carrying into Practice. If a Word dropped in the Warmth of Disputation be sufficient to destroy a Man's Credit; if the minutest Deviation from the Rules of strict Orthodoxy can overthrow all the Labours of a Life of Learning and Virtue; if private Pique and Resentment authorise the Violation of the Laws of professed Friendship and Hospitality, then farewell; a long Farewell to every Thing that is capable of smoothing the rugged Path of Humanity. But I shudder, when I reflect upon the Consequences of such Principles." Very pretty Words I must confess; but I fear that some Gentlemen are so enraptured with the musical Sound of their own sweet flowing Periods, that they attend more to the Euphony of their Language, than to the Propriety and Justness of its Application. This String of Sarcasms seems to wear a double Face; but I am sure none of them are applicable to either of the Persons, whom I have alluded to, as the Authors of my Information; they must be acquitted of every Design to prejudice Mr. Henley, as what they related was previous to any Competition for this Parish or any other Office, that I know of. If these Censures are just, let the whole Weight of them fall upon me, as the only Person, that can deserve them. As to catching at Words dropped in the Warmth of Disputation and turning them to any one's Prejudice; or, as to my ever betraying the Secrets of any private Conversation, which the Laws of good Breeding or Hospitality require to remain such, I defy you or any Man living to accuse me of it with Justice. But can't you suppose a Case, in which a Man's Silence would be extremely culpable? I take the Liberty, for once, of consulting you, as my Casuist. What, if I should hear you, a Gentleman of undoubted Credit, declare that, in a private Company, you had heard a certain Person avow Sentiments and Principles not only inconsistent with, but utterly subversive of the Duties of an Office he might afterwards solicit my Vote for? You might be led to this Relation by the accidental Turn of the Conversation; perhaps you might mention these Things with a View to know the Company's Opinion (for Men of Letters are very desirous of having their Scruples cleared up) or you might do it with a just and laudable Design to censure such Principles, and this perhaps too with Reluctance: But how am I to act? Must I disbelieve what you have declared, when I really believe every Word of it true? This would be dissembling and deceiving myself with a Witness; or, must I, notwithstanding what I have heard and believe, give my Voice for the Candidate to fill the Office? I do not know what Answer you will give to this; but my Conscience dictates to me, that, though, in Tenderness to the Man's Character, I ought not wantonly to make Use of this Information, yet, if nothing else will avail to prevent his Election into such Office, it becomes my indispensable Duty to urge these Things, in a proper Place, as Objections against him. If any Injury or supposed Hardship ensues, it is all resolvable into the original Cause, his own Imprudence. But it is suggested that private "Pique and Resentment" was at the Bottom; if you mean that a Dislike of a Man's Principles and Measures can, with Propriety, be expressed by these Appellations, you may be right; but, if you design to insinuate that I have been actuated by any personal Animosity or Resentment against your Friend, I repeat a Declaration formerly made, that it is without the slightest Foundation. If "Men of Letters frequently defend Systems, &c. for the Sake of Information," &c. They should, especially if Clergymen, and, more especially, if such Opinions are heterodox, be very cautious in doing so; if they have a Fancy to show their own witty Parts or to try the Skill and Dexterity of their Opponents; should they not, at least, after the Argument is over, be at some Pains to undeceive their Hearsers, by convincing them that they had been in Sport? Or would it not be more decent to refrain from Things of this Sort altogether? I own myself one of those, who should always expect to see a Clergyman on the orthodox Side of the Question. In publick Schools it may be allowable for a Tutor to exercise the Faculties of his Pupil in Order to ground him well in the Proofs of whatever Science he is engaged in, provided it is done with Discretion; but it may be highly injurious to draw some Things of this Sort into common Life, especially in mixed Companies. I learned, when a Child, how dangerous it was to play with edged Tools; and, since I have grown up, I have had an equal Abhorrence at hearing Things sacred treated with Levity or Disrespect. But, I should be glad to know, after all, what Information can "Men of Letters," of profound Erudition want in that Science, which is their peculiar Profession, especially in the leading fundamental Articles of it? Or what Instruction can they expect to receive from those, who must be supposed less acquainted with Things of the Sort, than themselves? You must be acknowledged a warm and zealous Friend, but you surely are a very indifferent Apologist.
It is far from my Intention to pursue you through all your puerile Observations on my Remarks; with me, there is still a very striking Difference between the Words, you are pleased to ring so many Changes upon; I acknowledge, however, that I have no Right to alter one Word of Mr. Henley's, and, since his Friend forbids it, let the Word "approve" stand, and it will only make my Objection the stronger. But, to show your Dexterity at a Shift, I must take Notice of one very ingenious Remark on the Word "Rubrick." The Passage in the Sermon is this; "If the Mde which the Rubrick prescribes," &c. You say "it is evident that the Term Rubrick cannot in any exclusive Sense mean the Rubrick of the Church of England, for the Writer is treating about those Establishments only, which enjoin antisciptural Forms of publick Devotion." And was the Writer, in Reality, treating only of antisciptural Forms? Had this been the Case, I certainly must have agreed with him in Opinion. But, as to the Rubrick, does not every Churchman understand it to mean the Rubrick of our Church; the Word, it is true, according to its Derivation, may mean Things more at large; but we know, when an appropriated Term is used, it must be understood according to its common Acceptation. Every one knows what is meant by THE BIBLE; and yet the Word Bible signifies simply any Book. Besides this, Sir, you have misquoted my Observation; I did not suggest
that a Man might officiate in a Church, "although he does not think the Form of her publick Service the best possible;" perhaps you might have been led into the Mistake by the over great Hurry you were in to put a favourite Question, which you do with an Air of so much Triumph. Who was the Author of Criticisms and Hoadleianus, or the Letter to A. W. I never asserted; I did, indeed, say, as you do, that Mr. Henley was suspected; and I undertook, as I do again, if required, to prove that he avowed the Sentiments and Principles of Hoadleianus. But you have now, Sir, left the World very little Reason to doubt who was the real Author of these decent Performances; and I would ask him, whether they do not favour much more of Socinianism than Christianity? You say that you would have answered my long "String of Questions," if they had been put to you, by demanding, "whether it was reasonable or fit to oblige a Man to prove a Negative." Take Care of your Consistency, Sir; for, if I mistake not, I shall find you, in a second Breath, after mentioning the several Accusations brought against Archbishop Secker, demanding, "Why are not these Accusations proved to be void of Foundation?" In my Understanding, here is Proof required of a pure Negative; demanded too of the Friends of a Prelate, after he is dead and laid in his Grave. But it seems the Memory of Secker is not entitled to the Indulgencies of common Candour nor common Sense. After all this Pother about Negatives; how did I demand a Proof of one? Some plain Questions were put to Mr. Henley; if they are answered in the Affirmative; no Proof is necessary; if in the Negative; the Querist undertakes to prove the Facts suggested; and this is surely all fair. You insist that the strictures made upon Hoadleianus were both improper and indecent; which of us may be supposed to have the greater Partiality for him, let others determine. I can tell you, however, in the mean Time, that these strictures were much commended by many Gentlemen, who, I believe, are as good Judges, as either of us. But let Hoadleianus defend his own Cause. Whenever he undertakes it, I don't doubt but we shall find him applauding Mr. Gwatkin's literary Merit; the many Perspicuity of his Compositions, and perhaps he may add his exceeding great Candour and the Consistency of his Reasoning into the Bargain. I know full well how very friendly some ingenious Authors are to one another, and how very dexterously they can play into each others Hands.
When you find yourself disposed to exercise your Quill again, pray be cautious and take Care of Facts, before you venture to assert them. You say, "as to the much disputed Question concerning the Scheme of an American Episcopate, all the World knows this Gentleman concurred in the Vote of Thanks for the Opposition that was made to it." On the contrary I do aver that no Man in the World knows it; but it is well known that I was not present, when the Vote passed. I do not pretend to say that my Presence would have made any Alteration; nor do I presume to censure the Measure, having always considered it as my Duty to acquiesce in the Determinations of a Majority. What particular Reasons might have governed, it is not for me to determine. The Scheme was new and of Importance; there seemed to be an Impropriety, that so few Clergymen, as were present at the Convention, should take such large and hasty Strides into it; what was proposed must nearly have concerned the Community at large, and therefore without Question, their Representatives ought to have been consulted; the Method taken in thanking the Protesters, was thought an expeditious and proper Way of expressing the publick Disapprobation of the Proceedings. I own to you that I, as well as many others, had my Doubts from the first as to the Motives of some of the Protesters; but these were fully cleared up by some of their Publications, which furnished the most explicit Comments on the Protest. Several subsequent Transactions opened the Scene still fuller to my View.
"That something called Principle," which you are pleased to compliment your Friend with at my Expense, I have not the least Inclination to rob him of, and sincerely wish you both a daily Increase of it; perhaps the Influence of Time and such proper Examples may, in me, produce wonderful Effects.
I wish in reading my Defence against your Friend's severe Attack, you could have indulged an Inclination to do it Justice. You select particular Passages, and, in Order to invalidate them, you try to crush them individually by representing the whole Weight of my Objections to rest upon each; this may be artful, but I will venture to say it is not ingenious. My obvious and manifest Intention was to rely on a Series of Conduct. I may know a Man do a Thing, which I think extremely blameable, and, at the same Time, incline to palliate it, upon a Presumption that I may have either mistaken the Action itself or the Motives to it; but a uniform Tenour of Conduct may put it out of my Power to doubt the Tendency of the Action or the Motives, which influenced it. Thus I considered the Opposition to the American Episcopate as fully explained by the illiberal and horrid Abuse of Archbishop Secker, and the Design of this farther elucidated by subsequent Incidents, which I will not repeat. "But who is this Secker?" A Character which you ought to revere. And pray who is Mr. Gwatkin? I wish he may live to be a Saint of the eighteenth Century. You seem to think Mr. Henley justified in abusing Secker, because "Mr. Gwatkin has treated that Prelate with full as little Ceremony and it was made no Objection to his Removal into the Grammar School." Do not plume yourself too much; I hope Mr. Gwatkin will not avow your Sentiments. You farther ask, "what Concern have the Inhabitants of this Parish with the Character of Secker?" No other Concern, I acknowledge, than one good Man ought to have for the Character of another, who is dead and gone. But, pray Sir, have the Inhabitants of Bruton no Concern in the Temper and Disposition of the Gentleman, who offers himself for their Minister; these Things, trifling as they may appear to you, are, with me, of much Importance. You have given us a Specimen of your own Disposition in your Remarks on Messrs. Porteus and Stinton. Doctor Stinton may not be much known in Virginia; but I must tell you, Sir, that Doctor Porteus's CHARACTER had crossed the Atlantic long before, I believe, you did; he is well known to several worthy Gentlemen here, and his Name is not to be depreciated by any Thing you can say of him. But, "they were both Chaplains and all the Preachers they hold, they owe to his Grace's Munificence." Do you mean to insinuate that you should be ready to prostitute a venal Pen for the like Considerations? If you do not, the insinuation is at least uncharitable. As to Secker's literary Merit; that surely the Inhabitants of Bruton can have very little to do with; his Works will speak for themselves. They appear to have been designed for the Bulk of Mankind and are therefore more extensively useful. I am persuaded for Justness of Sentiment, Solidity of Argument and that true Christian Spirit, which breathes through such of his Works, as I have read, that they will long survive all those frothy, flimsy Performances, which can only excite the Admiration of the Day. As to the Principles of Persecution, which you charge the good Archbishop with, how groundless must this Accusation appear when his extensive Charities are known; besides the numberless good Deeds of his Life, by his last Will he bequeathed no less a Sum than eleven Thousand Pounds to charitable Uses; one Thousand of this was appropriated towards establishing a Bishop in America; here seems to have been the mighty Rub.
You do not deny that your Friend's Sermon was calculated to destroy the Alliance between the Church and State; were it to have the Effect, which you seem to wish; "then farewell" an eternal Farewell to those invaluable Blessings, we have enjoyed under their Union. You ask "whether this Opinion be an Article of Faith?" I presume you mean an Article of our Church. I never said it was; and, if it had been I find it would have been as little regarded by some People, as several other Articles; but I consider it as a Doctrine necessarily and essentially incident to our religious and civil Establishments. The contrary Doctrine

we know is a prevailing Tenet in the Church of Rome, and you cannot be ignorant of the dreadful Mischiefs it hath produced. When you mention your "Vein of Ridicule," you surely mistook your Talent; I wish you could have prevailed with yourself to try the farther Exercise of it; I am sure it could not have hurt my "Sensibility;" it might have excited a farther Degree of Merriment and Laughter, and these Things you know help to keep one in a good Humour. But, remember, Sir, that just and useful Ridicule is not the "Growth of every Soil;" nor is it a Test or Criterion of Truth; it may, indeed, with weak Minds put the most serious and sacred Things out of Countenance; it often proves a dangerous Tool to its Possessor, having no other Effect than to render him ridiculus . I cannot help admiring one other masterly Stroke in your Address; should what you wish for take Place, your Plan would become complete. A latitudinarian Vestry might answer every Purpose. But I must acquaint you, if you do not know it already, that our Laws have anticipated the Proposal and guarded against it. So much, as to what you must, have had immediately in View, when you published your Hand Bill .
The Compass of this Paper will not allow it and Time would fail me, were I to attempt a full Exposure of the Inconsistency of your Doctrines with the Signature , you have assumed. A few Observations, however, may be expected and may be necessary. You tell us "however necessary a monarchical Government may be in the State, we cannot admit of any other in the learned World, besides one strictly republican ." How strictly and inviolably have you adhered to this Text? What good Christian ever questioned the Justness of the Principles, on which "the Reformers first broke the Bonds of Popish Superstition?" Or, who hath suggested a Doubt, whether the sacred Scriptures contain the sole Rule of Faith? Need you be told, at this Time of Day, that the best Defenders of Christianity and the ablest Expounders of the sacred Writings are to be found in the Bosom of the Church of England? It is to their Wisdom and unremitting Labours that we are indebted for our happy Establishment. Great would be my Presumption, should I multiply Words in endeavouring to justify this Establishment, when I find it ready done to my Hand by so much abler Pens. But, Sir, I fear you are averse to every Establishment; what else can mean the Number of those Quotations you have picked out of Billop Burnet and others; your strenuous Reliance on the unlimited Rights of private Judgment and the Conclusions you evidently draw from the Whole? If you intend to insinuate that the Church and State had no Authority to establish Articles; tell us so plainly; or if you object to any of the fundamental Articles, which she has established because they are the Productions of "fallible Men," let us know which they are. If the Propriety of some Establishment is, as it must be, admitted; the Necessity of Rules and Articles must also be allowed; a Society without these is an Existence to no unreligiously. But let us not mistake each other. You insist upon the Rights of Men to exercise their private Judgment ; I grant it; but don't insist farther upon their Right to publick Promotion too, be their private Judgments what they will , provided they think they are agreeable to Scripture; here we should for ever differ. The true State of the Case appears to be this. Our Church avows the holy Scriptures to contain the only Rule of Faith ; she interferes not with the Rights of Conscience or of private Judgment; doth not wish, much less use the smallest Compulsion to force any one into her Communion. Seeing that different Opinions prevailed in the World, a Truth much to be lamented, she formed the principal, leading Articles of her Faith from the Holy Scriptures; she hath constantly and still doth appeal to those sacred Oracles to justify these Articles, which are approved and confirmed by the State; Provision is made for such as choose and are qualified to become her Ministers; that Uniformity of Doctrine and Worship may be preserved, Subscription to her Articles is required; and is there any Thing unreasonable in all or any of these Things? But some Gentlemen will insist upon the Rights of private Judgment and of publick preaching their private Opinions. This I think must evidently be your Claim, if you mean any Thing by your Appeal to the sixth Article of our Church and that Part of the Ordination of Priests, which you have quoted. But how strangely is the Sense of this Article perverted? The Church, in the five preceding Articles, had established the grand Pillars of her Faith, as she found them in the Scriptures; left any Innovations should be made upon the Scriptures (for you must remember that there were Disputes in the World, as to what particular Books were canonical, and what not) she proceeds to establish, upon what she judged the best Authority, what appeared to be the true canonical Books; this sixth Article stands, as a Preamble and is, as you have recited it. But can you, or any other Man of Sense, think it will bear the Construction you seem to put upon it? I sincerely wish it may never have been perverted to the Purposes of Equivocation or mental Reservation. I will suppose, for a Moment, that every Thing, was set at large, and that every Man was allowed as much Freedom of Judgment as you would wish; let all Men, think and speak and preach as they will, or rather, as they can ; instead of that Uniformity of Doctrine, which our Church has hitherto been blessed with, what a Babel of Religions should we have amongst us? What a deplorable Condition would the Bulk of our Inhabitants be plunged into? Look round the World, when you are thinking of the Rights of private Judgment , and consider who make up the far greater Part of its Inhabitants; are they capable of reasoning upon many Parts of Religion? Would you have them hear and decide the Controversies of the Learned? You might as well expect them to compute an Eclipse. Must they not in a great Measure depend upon the Advice and Opinions of their Teachers? And whether, think you, might they rely with greater Safety upon the glorious Luminaries of our Church for Instruction in the sacred Scriptures, or upon every private Preacher. Let those, who dissent from us serve their Maker in their own Way; but let us remember, Sir, that we have had Moses and the Prophets; above all that we have already had the BLESS'D JESUS upon Earth, and that we have no Right or Reason to expect any future Miracles for our Instruction or the Confirmation of our Faith. I could say a great Deal more to you; but I forbear, and take my Leave. I am, Sir, with as much Sincerity, as you will allow me to be, Your most obedient Servant,
RO. C. NICHOLAS.
LONDON, March 27.
YESTERDAY, at two o'Clock, the Lord Mayor, attended by Mr. Sergeant Glynn, Recorder, Alderman Bull, Mr. Sheriff Lewes, City Remembrancer, Common Sergeant, Town Clerk, eight of the Livery, and the rest of the City Officers, went to St. James's, where the Recorder read to his Majesty the address, Petition, and Remonstrance, from the City of London, to which his Majesty was pleased to give the following Answer:
I HAVE the Satisfaction to think that my People do not doubt of my Readiness to attend to their Complaints, or of my ardent Desire to promote their Happiness, which I cannot more effectually do than by resisting every Attempt to sow groundless Jealousies among them. Your Petition is void of Foundation, and it besides conceived in such disrespectful Terms that I am convinced you do not seriously imagine it can be complied with.
Yesterday a mortifying Fray happened between Doctor Goldsmith, the Author of the new Comedy called She stoops to conquer , and Mr. Evans, the Publisher of the London Packet of the 25th. The Doctor, it seems, thought himself injured by some Passage in the Packet; and calling upon the Publisher to retract the Insult, took an Opportunity, while Evans was looking over the Paper in Question, to lay his Cane over the Bookseller's Shoulders. The Compliment was immediately returned by the Welshman, and a bloody Battle ensued; in which the Doctor received two black Eyes, and was otherwise much bruised. When the Engagement was over, Mr. Evans called a Constable, and insisted that the Doctor should be carried to the Compter; but a Brother Author, who was present, interposing, led Doctor Goldsmith to a Coach; and thus ended the Fray.
BRISTOL, March 27. The many Failures that happened the last Summer in Great Britain have occasioned an incredible Jealousy and Distrust to prevail among all Ranks of People, and now the Country Gentlemen have withdrawn their large Sums of Money that were constantly deposited in the small Banks of this City. Newcastle, Hull, Nottingham, Birmingham, &c. resolved to be their own Cash Keepers; and, what is still more alarming, the Notes and Bills issued by the Bank of England are peremptorily refused when tendered for Payment, so that there is now no Circulation of that Currency. During the Rebellion in 1745, when Bank Paper was thus slighted, the monied People of London associated and subscribed an Agreement to support the Credit of the Bank, and to take its Notes and Bills as freely as the current Coin of the Kingdom.
BOSTON, May 10.
WEDNESDAY last a Committee was appointed to prepare Instructions for the Representatives of this Town, who reported in the Afternoon the following Draught, which was unanimously accepted by the Town, and ordered to be published.
To the Honourable THOMAS CUSHING, Esq; Mr. SAMUEL ADAMS, the Honourable JOHN HANCOCK, Esq; and WILLIAM PHILLIPS, Esq; Representatives for the Town of Boston.
GENTLEMEN, BY the renewed Suffrages of your Brethren of this Town, you are once more called upon to represent them in General Assembly. The Unanimity so conspicuous in your Election, at this important Juncture, affords the strongest Testimony of the Confidence the People repose in your approved Abilities, and inflexible Attachment to their constitutional Rights.
Your Constituents have beheld with Indignation that purposed Neglect, and insolent Contempt, with which the Representative Body of this People have been regarded by Administration. A total Inattention to the Privileges of the Commons in America has disgraced almost every Transaction that materially affected the Colonies: A clandestine, capricious, and destructive Mode of Government, couched under the specious Umbrage of Instructions from Majesty, has been uniformly adopted and wantonly exercised for several Years past, thereby rendering the Assemblies of Commons throughout the Colonies mere Ciphers in the Constitution. For this Reason, Gentlemen, we were almost discouraged from renewing the Choice of Members, as INEFFECTUAL for the several Purposes for which they were originally ordained ; but still retaining that Respect to good and orderly Government which has ever distinguished this Metropolis, agreeable to the Charter, which on our Part remains inviolate, we once more recommend the important Concerns of this aggrieved People to your Vigilance, Wisdom, and Integrity, in Confidence that you will regard with Jealousy your own constitutional Power and Importance, of which the Honour and Welfare of this People should render you extremely tenacious, that you will vigorously oppose any Encroachments on your ancient Privileges, and never will betray your Constituents, by surrendering those Powers of framing Laws and Taxes for the People to any Usurper under Heaven.
The constitutional Mode by which Legislation and Taxation are conducted in Great Britain being nothing more or less than the Exercise of the Power of the People by their Representatives, this Form of Government is extended, by sacred Compact, to the English Dominions in America: Therefore, the Privileges and Powers of the Commons of this Colony, respecting Legislation and Taxation, are, to all Intents and Purposes, as full, express, and uncontrollable, within the Colony , as those usually exercised by the Commons of Great Britain within the Realm , and alike subjected to the Revision of the King. These Powers and Privileges were secured to our Ancestors by solemn Covenant between them and the King of England, and perpetuated by the Charter to their latest Posterity. From the free and full Enjoyment of these original Rights of English Subjects, we are determined never to recede; and although they have been repeatedly and daringly invaded, the Hand of Oppression shall never induce us to relinquish our Title to Freedom. We still perceive, with Indignation, that the governmental Powers of Legislation and Taxation, by arbitrary Claim are assumed, and vigorously exercised, by those who, by their local Situation, can have no adequate Knowledge of our Circumstances, no Kindred Feelings in our Distresses, and, when swayed by a corrupt Influence, may impoverish, weaken, and enslave us.
To the numberless Grievances flowing from this iniquitous Source, which we have already frequently and fruitlessly complained of, we may justly add a dispensary Soldiers, stationed and continued, in the chief Fortresses in the Metropolis of this Colony, by the inexorable Enemies to our free Constitution. Standing Armies have for ever made Shipwreck of free States, and no People jealous of their Liberties ever patiently suffered mercenary Troops to be quartered and maintained within their populous Cities. The Militia of the Colony are its natural and best Defence, and it is an approved Maxim in all well policed States that the Sword should never be intrusted but to those who combat pro aris et focis , and whose Interest it is to preserve the publick Peace. We cannot therefore but resent these standing Troops, within our capital Cities, as the appointed Executioners of Tyranny, and prepared Instruments to massacre the defenceless Citizens, at the Nod of any Master who may have Authority to appoint or discharge, or reward or punish, them.
Thus armed with brutal Force, the Enemies to our Freedom persevere with Alacrity to complete their infernal Plan of enslaving America. The above atrocious Violations of Right, Justice, and the Constitution, are succeeded by the pensioning our Governour, the Justices of the Superior Court, &c. which, in Effect, is bribing them on the Side of Despotism. Those who, by their several Offices, should be the Asylum of publick Security and Liberty, are no longer the Objects of Confidence and Regard with the People. We cannot but esteem them as subordinate Tyrants, intrusted with a Rod to scourge us, and supposes that Spirit of Freedom which is the glorious Characteristic of America. While they are thus purchased with ample Salaries, extorted from the Colonies by Great Britain, we must be jealous of a corrupt Influence whenever an arbitrary Measure of Government is to be carried, or a Claim of Right subjected to the Decision of our Courts of Justice.
We shall not recapitulate the black Catalogue of Abuses which the Colonies have been subjected to for several Years past. That we have suffered them so long is disgraceful to us; but we cannot pass over in Silence the late extraordinary and formidable Innovation in constituting an arbitrary Court of Inquisition, which has lately assumed Jurisdiction within our Sister Colony of Rhode Island, in direct Violation of all Law and Justice, who arrogate the enormous Power to transport supposed Offenders to a remote Kingdom to be capitally arraigned for Offences committed within that Colony. Agreeable to the Constitution of the Colonies, said Court, in the Exercise of such extravagant Powers, are to be held in the same Contempt and Detestation with a Banditti of Slave Makers on the Coast of Africa . We therefore expect you make due Inquiry into a Measure so truly alarming, and protest against every Exertion of lawless Power which threatens the Ruin of the Colonies.
Harassed and provoked by such repeated Abuses of Power, we esteem it our indispensable Duty to demand Redress. To your Wisdom, to your Fortitude, we commit ourselves; not doubting you will readily pursue such Measures as have a Tendency to relieve us, in the most easy and effectual Manner. For this Purpose, we recommend to your serious Consideration whether an Application to the English Colonies on this Continent, correspondent to the Plan proposed by our noble patrick Sifter Colony of Virginia (which, in our Opinion, is a wise and salutary Proposal) will not secure our threatened Liberties, and restore that mutual Harmony and Confidence between the British Nation and the English Colonies so important to both, especially the former , which, if rescinded from her Connections with this Continent , must eventually fall a Prey to her numerous and jealous Neighbours.
We have likewise the most sanguine Expectations that an Union of Councils and Conduct among the Colonies will assuredly, by the Smiles of Heaven, fix our Rights on such a solid Basis as may intimidate our implacable Enemies from any future Attempt to invade them.
WILLIAM COOPER, Town Clerk.
NEW YORK, May 6.
WE hear from Crown Point, that about Noon on Wednesday the 21st of April last, the Men being all out a-fishing, at Chimney Point, the Commanding Officer, from a Summer House, perceived a Fire breaking out at the Roof of the Barracks, in that Part next to the Store Bedding. He immediately ran to the Flag Staff, hoisted a Signal for the Men to come in, and ordered the Women out of the Garrison. Captain Anstruther and Doctor Miller exerted themselves to the utmost, but it was impossible to stop the Flames, which were risen to a great Height in the Store Bedding, and were soon communicated to the Magazine, which contained 25 Casks of Arms, 25 Stands in each Cask, and 99 Barrels of Gunpowder. In a few Minutes the Arms were destroyed, together with all the Mens Goods, &c. The Magazine blew up with a dreadful Explosion, and the Buildings, except some of the Stone Walls, were burnt and destroyed to their Foundations. The People all escaped unhurt.
May 13. Some Time ago one Sarah Wilson, who attended upon the Honourable Miss Vernon, Sister to Lady Grosvenor, and Maid of Honour to the Queen, having found Means to be admitted into one of the Royal Apartments, took Occasion to break open a Cabinet, and rifled it of many valuable Jewels; for which she was apprehended, tried, and condemned to die, but, through the gracious Interposition of her Mistress, her Sentence was softened into Transportation. She accordingly, in the Fall of 1771, was landed in Maryland, where she was exposed to Sale, and purchased by Mr. W. Devall, of Bush Creek, Frederick County. After a short Residence in that Place, she very secretly decamped, and escaped into Virginia, travelled through that Colony, and through North to South Carolina; when at a prudent Distance from Mr. Devall, she assumed the Title of the Princess Susanna Carolina Matilda, pronouncing herself to be an own Sister to our Sovereign Lady the Queen. She had carried with her Clothes that served to favour the Deception, had secured a Part of the Jewels, together with her Majesty's Picture, which had proved so fatal to her. She travelled from one Gentleman's House to another under these Pretensions, and made astonishing Impressions in many Places, affecting the Mode of Royalty so inimitably that many had the Honour to kiss her Hand. To some she promised Governments, to others Regiments, with Promotions of all Kinds, in the Treasury, Army,
and in the Royal Navy. In short, she acted her Part so plausibly as to persuade the Generality she was no Impostor. In vain did many sensible Gentlemen in those Parts exert themselves to detect and make a proper Example of her, for she had levied heavy Contributions upon some Persons of the highest Rank in the southern Colonies; but at length appeared the underwritten Advertisement, together with Mr. Michael Dalton, at Charlesstown, raising a loud Hue and Cry for her Serene Highness. But the Lady had made an Excursion a few Miles to a neighbouring Plantation, for which Place the Messenger set out when the Gentleman who brought us this Information left Charlesstown. How distressing to behold a Lady, of this exalted Pedigree and Pretensions, thus surprised into the Hands of her inexorable Enemies!
ADVERTISEMENT.
Bush Creek, Frederick County, Maryland, October 11, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a Convict Servant Maid named SARAH WILSON, but has changed her Name to Lady Susanna Carolina Matilda, which made the Publick believe that she was his Majesty's Sister. She has a Blemish in her right Eye, black rolled Hair, loops in the Shoulders, and makes a common Practice of writing and marking her Clothes with a Crown and a B. Whoever secures the said Servant Woman, or takes her home, shall receive five Pistoless, besides all Costs and Charges. WILLIAM DEVALL.
I entitle Michael Dalton to search the City of Philadelphia, and from thence to Charlesstown, for the said Woman. (A true Copy) WILLIAM DEVALL.
PHILADELPHIA, May 26.
BY Captains Henderdon and Johnson, arrived here from Cape Nicholas Mole, in Hispaniola, we learn that the latter End of April arrived there, from Old France, four armed Vessels, with express Orders to seize all Vessels belonging to or bound for any English Port which should have on Board any Articles except Lumber or Molasses, in Consequence of which the following Vessels were taken into Custody: Sloop Trial , Thomas Crippen, of this Port, 12 Hogheads of Sugar on Board; Sloop St. Andrew , Rotch, of New York, 110 Hogheads of Molasses and 10 Hogheads of Sugar; Sloop Brown , 20 Hogheads of Sugar, and a Schooner with Bread and Flower, both belonging to Mess. Sheddens and Company , of Virginia; Brig Charlotte , Fryers, Brig Freelove , Brown, Brig Charlotte , Wolf, Sloop Cesar , Forrester, with Flower, Fish and Spermaceti Candles, of Rhode Island; Brig Gordon , 165 Hogheads of Sugar, of Marblehead; Brig Hudson , and Schooner Eunice , Davis, of Boston; and three Frenchmen, two of them with 75 Hogheads of Sugar, and the other with English Goods on Board. The Particulars of their several Cargoes were transmitted to the General at Port au Prince; and as they consisted of such Articles as were contraband by their Laws, it was apprehended they would all be confiscated. We also hear that many others were taken into Custody in the different Ports of that Island.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 3.
THE Arnold, Waterman, from London, is arrived in York River, and the Jane , Auburn, from Liverpool, in James River. Both have had long Passages.
[Marriages.] PHILIP L. GREYMES, Esq; of Brandon, in Middlesex, to Miss JUDITH WORMELEY, Daughter to Ralph Wormeley, Esq; of the same County.
[Deaths.] JOHN WAYLES, Esq; at his Seat in Charles City County.
FRIDAY, June 4. This Day Eliphalet Musgrove, for Murder, was executed at the Gallows near this City. He appeared penitent, but said he suffered unjustly.
Last Tuesday Mrs. COBB of this City, aged sixty six, who for several Years had been totally blind with a Cataract in each Eye, was couched by Doctor GRAHAM, Oculist and Aurist, and in less than five Minutes was restored to the Blessing of Sight in both Eyes. The first Person who applied to the Doctor for Deafness, on his Arrival from Philadelphia, May 1st, was Mr. THOMAS PLEASANTS. That Gentleman was cured, and still retains his Hearing. The first Patient with a Gutta Serena (a Disease hitherto deemed incurable) was Miss PEGGY HAY, kinswoman of this City. She too was happily restored, and still enjoys her Sight perfect in both Eyes; and Mrs. COBB, as above mentioned, the first Patient on whom the Doctor has operated in a Cataract. To these we may add a young Gentleman born deaf and dumb, the first likewise who applied for Help under that great Misfortune; and who, having received Benefit in Hearing and in Speaking, will, it is hoped, be equally fortunate. Thus the Inhabitants of this Colony have been presented with indisputable Specimens of Doctor Graham's Art, and of the Success which attends his Practice in the three important Branches he professes. Many other Instances of Success might be adduced; but the limited Intelligence of a Newspaper forbids it, and the Doctor's established Reputation renders it unnecessary. We are at the same Time informed, that there are Numbers of pitiable Objects (blind, deaf, and dumb) who crowd daily for Relief, whose Misfortunes, deplorable indeed! the Doctor pretends not to cure, nor even to palliate; but the above Facts are laid before the Publick in Justice to Doctor Graham, and to excite those who with for Assistance in Distempers of their Eyes or Ears to apply immediately, as we hear he intends positively to set out on his Return to Philadelphia on the 15th Instant.
To ROBERT CARTER NICHOLAS, Esquire.
SIR, HAD you not informed the Publick that you read my Letter with great Indifference as to yourself, though not without Pain upon my Account, it might have been mistakenly conjectured that certain Figures of Speech, in which your Answer abounds, had proceeded rather from the selfish than sympathetic Disposition. If you suppose that to give you Pain was my Motive for writing, I am injured; and should have been sorry, had it, as to yourself, produced this Effect. My only Object was to procure Redress for a mortal Blow aimed at my Character; which, to obtain, I desired nothing but an Opportunity of answering your Accusations. Professions of Rectitude, Candour, and Religion, are, in my Opinion, entitled to general Esteem. You quote a Letter of my own to prove that I thought your Conduct corresponded with them, and yet pretend that I meant to satyrize you in representing them as Components of your Character. Is this Suggestion bottomed on Truth? Or, since you have no zealous Friends , or Trumpeter of your Fame , to boast for you, it was designed, perhaps, less as a Charge against me than an Opportunity for paying a Compliment to yourself. You insinuate, that I attempted to injure your Reputation. Unorthodox, as it may be deemed, in this Instance, I will reverse your Example. It should seem that my admired PROTOTYPE JUNIUS his Style is affectedly borrowed by more than myself. You tell me, I have * DRAGGED you before the Tribunal of the Publick , at which you implore their FAVOURABLE Indulgence . I am sorry you should be backward in appearing at that Tribunal, unless your Aversion arose from Contempt for myself. To it I appeal, and have a Right to be heard. I ask not for Indulgence , but Justice ; yet my Complaint, you apprehend, should have been confined within the Parish of Bruton. Excuse me, Sir, if I think your own Importance rendered it incumbent on me to carry it farther. When I applied to Mr. Kidd for the Ground of those Assertions he retracted in the Papers, to be mentioned as his Authority; and it is well known the Charges he renounced were used to procure Subscribers for Mr. Bracken. This indeed was in the Parish, but at the Time these Reports were industriously spread there were Persons in Williamsburg from every Part of Virginia; and so efficacious in their Operation were the Calumnies themselves, that a poor Man out of the Country came purposely to see the Creature not orthodox . You perceive, Sir, how universal becomes the Alarm when you issue the Watchword!
But to your Letter. You profess in the Exordium an ARDENT Zeal for the CHURCH , and trust it is not without KNOWLEDGE . Though Knowledge (according to St. Paul) sometimes puffeth up, yet I would not suppose it produced this Effect upon you, when, appropriating the Language of CHRIST, you so tenderly speak of the little Ones in the Church; but rather as (the same Apostolic adds) CHARITY edifieth , that under its Influence you would exterminate from Society all those who differ from yourself. Me you accuse of not approving the Doctrines of the Church, and, instead of recommending her Rules and Orders, treating them with Levity and Disrespect. Your Allegations I will examine as briefly as may be, after affirming that I am not, as the Publick will find, what you represent me, and also that you have taken an undue Advantage of saying Things behind my Back .
In relating what passed at my first Application, some Circumstances have escaped your Notice. You may recollect, Sir, that when you refused me your Vote, because my Sentiments did not agree with your own, I asked whether we were not equally bound by the same Doctrines to which we both had subscribed, and if you had ever known me to hold any Opinion incompatible with them? Was not this the proper Time to
* JUNIUS's Letter to Lord CAMDEN.

have objected against my Disapprobation of the Doctrines of the Church, and the Levity and Disrespect with which I treated her Orders and Rules? But, what was your Reply? I dislike your Sermon on Toleration. For the Representation you have given of my second Application I return you Thanks, Sir. But, though you tell us that your Objections to me were at that Time increased, did you then mention either of the Charges? No, still it was the Sermon. I answered your Objections, and, as I thought, to your Conviction. You desired me, on a Review of that Publication, ingeniously to tell you whether some Expressions of it might not bear the Sense you had given them. Early next Morning I complied with your Request. The Result of my Investigation was the Letter you quote, and the Design of it "to thank you for your candid and manly Conversation of the preceding Evening, to assure you, that, in Compliance with your Request, I could discover no Words which would admit of your Interpretation, but that if you were still unconvinced, and therefore could not upon Principle give me your Vote, though I should think myself unfortunate in that Respect, yet I should always esteem you no less than if you had been among the foremost of my Friends." To this Letter you returned no Answer, nor have I conversed with you since. The Conversation of that Evening I did think candid and manly, but now believe most Persons would justify me in changing my Opinion, on being informed that instead of charging me with not approving the Doctrines of the Church, and treating with Levity and Disrespect her Rules and Orders (although both were Topics of that Conversation) you only objected to one Publication. Be assured, Sir, it is not because you vote against me, or exert yourself for Mr. Bracken, that I complain; but that you, in my Absence, have brought Charges against me which you never mentioned to my Face. There are two Kinds of Testimonials upon which my Conviction depends—your own Evidence, and the Depositions of others. The LATTER you think is not worth While to publish: Why then threaten me with them? The PUBLICK, you say, is too little concerned with the Matter: The PUBLICK, Sir, is deeply concerned that the Innocent be not treated as guilty, and that no one be condemned unheard. On this Hearsay Testimony, however, you charged me in the Verity with maintaining, in a private Conversation, the Principles of the Socinians. Supposing this to be the Case, does it necessarily follow that I am a Socinian? Nothing is more common in our Universities than for Disputants, in their most publick and solemn Exercises, to maintain, for the Sake of Argument, Ecclesiastical Opinions. Must it therefore be inferred that this constitutes them Heretics? But your Suspicions were increased by my pretermittting a Part of the Service which contains those Principles. That the Omission of the Athanasian Creed (which Archbishop TILLOTSON wishes the Church had got rid of) should give Offence, is, I own, rather odd; because, in our last Conversation, you told me that you yourself could not adopt the damnatory Clauses*. But are you certain, Sir, that your Informant understood the Principles of Socinus? I ask this Question, because my Argument, to which you refer, was a Defence of the Doctrine of our Church in Opposition to them. Disprove it, if you can.
In examining your Accusations of Heresy, I shall follow the Order in which you have arranged them. The first is, that I am not orthodox because I opposed an American Episcopate. May I not ask, Sir, by what ARTICLE, CANON, or CONSTITUTION of the Church, is it declared Heresy to oppugn such a Scheme? Whether it be possible for an Episcopate to be erected in America possessing the Essentials of Episcopacy in England? If I ever advanced any Thing against Episcopacy in general, or an American Episcopate, if properly introduced? Whether I did not second the Motion of the late Commissary, in Convention, for asking the Aid of the Legislature to effect its Establishment? And whether, when I last applied for your Vote, you will deny telling me that my Opposition to this very Episcopate had not given you Offence, as you left Gentlemen to judge for themselves.
Your second Reason is founded on my Treatment of Archbishop SECKER, Did you, Sir, know the Archbishop? I wish not to disturb his Affair; but it seems somewhat strange that he should be applauded for his Orthodoxy who professed himself a Deist till he went into the Church, and who carried with him to the Grave as perfecting a Spirit as ever inflicted Tortures in a Popish Inquisition. Mr. CANNON, Sir, and you, have seen him the Profile of his Character, delineated by the softening Hands of his Chaplains, whose Gratitude, rather than their Judgment, have conferred an Apoteosis on him. It was obliging in you to curtail the Quotation from my Paper, as it contained a Compliment to the Bishop of LONDON. Your Delicacy, I suppose, led you to imagine his Lordship's Character might suffer by the Contrast. As to his Power over Clergymen in Virginia, you are mistaken; in asserting it nominal. It is personal, not local, and no less than over Clergymen in the Diocese of London. Furnish him with Proofs to convict me of Heresy, and you will immediately find that I shall be suspended. The Address signed Criticus was neither written by me, nor with my Knowledge. I was SUSPECTED to have been the Author of it, you tell me, by some; and therefore, as Charity BELIEVETH all Things (Corinthians, 1st Epistle, xiii. 7.) you, like a good Christian, turn Suspicion into Proof.
Your next Subject of Crimination is my having either written or avowed a Paper published under the Signature of Boadiceanus . The Author of that Paper, Sir, will do me the Justice to declare that I knew nothing of it till after it was published, as also that I have always objected to the Passage you mention. The general Principles it contains I most freely avow; and while I believe that God is the Father of all Men, and that Jesus Christ died to redeem them, I shall ever consider universal Love as the first Principle of Religion, that which infinitely supersedes all Knowledge and Orthodoxy, can alone give Value to Devotion, or entitle the Church of Christ to its just Pre-eminence. If this be Heresy, I glory in it!
From my Sermon, on the distinct Claims of Government and Religion, you have produced two Passages only to authenticate my Guilt. The former of these is as follows: As Society cannot be injured but by Actions which violate its Property or its Peace, those who demean themselves honestly and orderly ought not to be molested, either on Account of their Sentiments or their Worship. If these Sentiments, and this Worship, be the Efflux of Sincerity and Devotion, God will APPROVE them. THE MORE SUCH PERSONS ABOUND IN ANY COMMUNITY, THE BETTER WILL THAT COMMUNITY BECOME. Here, you tell me, we differ widely. Do you then think that the more there be in any Community who worship God with Sincerity and Devotion the worse that Community will become? But, you say, they might be ignorant, or Enthusiasts. Perhaps they might not. Be that as it may, from our Saviour we learn, that such ONLY are true Worshippers, and that the Father SEEKETH such to worship him. (John, iv. 23.) The Drift of this Discourse, in your Understanding, was to beat down and destroy that necessary, that friendly and amiable Alliance, between Church and State, which the best and ablest Divines have thought essential to the Prosperity of both. Surely, Sir, you mean to be pleasant, or you never can pretend to be orthodox. The World will be infinitely obliged to you for a List of those best and ablest Divines. The REFORMER you must universally exclude. TAYLOR, HOOKER, LAUD, CHILLINGWORTH, MEDE, TILLOTSON, BURNET, SACHEVEREL, ATTERBURY, CLARK, HOADLY, GIBSON, LEBOT, BUTLER, SHERLOCK, and SECKER, you must absolutely reject. Nor, excepting his Lordship of Gloucester, can you admit one Bishop now on the Bench. This ingenious Conceit is of but a few Years Existence, and was begotten on a Fondness for Novelty by the creative Imagination of a paradoxical Theologue, whose orthodox Regard to the HEBREW VERITY hath been justly celebrated by the Bishop of Oxford, and is, to most Readers of Divinity, pretty well known. So far as Temporal are concerned, the Clergy of the Church of England are not Allies of the civil Power, but Subjects. As to Spirituals, they acknowledge no Authority but Christ's. (See Articles 6th and 20th.) The other obnoxious Passage is this: As to the external homage of the Deity, can a legal Injunction excite the Spirit of Devotion? If the Mode which the Rubrick prescribes is not the best in the Worshipper's Opinion, he will offer only the Sacrifice of Praise. Whether the Reformers were idly employed in compiling our Liturgy every one must determine for himself. I look back with Reverence on their venerable Characters; and, Sir, know from their Writings too much of their Piety to believe they could think any Service acceptable to God which came from the Lips, not the Heart. Yet, had they judged otherwise, the Deity himself hath declared his Displeasure against those who draw near to him with their Lips while their Hearts are far from him.
But it is my Fate to be condemned by you on Suspicion: Yet, even allowing such Conviction to be just, what will the PUBLICK think, Sir, of you, who, in the Beginning of your Letter, declare that you never heard any Heresy from me yourself, and in the latter Part, ask if your Suspicions can be thought groundless when you heard me, with much Warmth, endeavour to expose some Persons whom I was PLEASSED to suppose bigotted to a formal Ritual? Trust me, Sir, it never gave me
In what Light the Use of this Creed is viewed by the most zealous Defenders of the Church at present, see Doctor TUCKER's Apology for the Church of England.
For a just Character of SECKER, see Page 86th of Remarks upon the first of three Letters against the Confessional. Pietas Oxoniensis, 1st Edition, Page 9th. Letter to Doctor NOWELL by the Author of Pietas Oxoniensis, Pages 40 and 41. Strictures on Doctor NOWELL's Answer to Pietas, Page 38th. Goliath slain, Page 66th. An historical View of the Controversy concerning an intermediate State, 2d Edition, Page 241st, &c.
PLEASURE to suppose any Person bigotted, even to the best of all R'tuals. But if it be not Heresy to expose Bigotry, why do you charge it upon me as such? And, if it be Heresy, how can you reconcile your Inconsistency in declaring, both that you yourself have, and yet have not, ever heard any Thing like Heresy from me? It certainly is the Duty of Christian Ministers to expose Bigotry under all its Forms, notwithstanding Bigots should be offended thereat; and they who will perform it faithfully, in an Age which too generally substitutes ritual Observances for the substantial Virtues of a good Life, will be but little concerned at whoever may be offended upon that Account. This Discourse, you say, was occasional, and aimed at a Majority of the Verity. Be kind enough, Sir, to point out the Discourse; any Gentleman of the Verity is welcome to peruse it. If I am right in my Guess, it was that which I preached on the Death of Mr. Horrocks. But did that Delineation of the clerical Character offend you?
You charge me with bringing Refinements into the House of God. Refinements against Bigotry and Hypocrisy, Vice and Profaneness, I shall always bring thither; all others I absolutely disclaim. It would appear, however, if we may credit your own Words, that my tremendous Declaration bath excited your Herreur, though you affirm that I have wantonly, and without the slightest just Ground, charged you with being influenced by this Disposition, instead of COMPASSION and PITY.
You object too, that I NEVER knelt except when upon immediate publick Duty. This, Sir, is a Mistake. But, were it not, it supposes me that any Objection of this Sort should proceed from you, who yourself do not kneel in one Part of the Service where kneeling is by the Rubrick expressly enjoined. So much for the Charges with which your Documents have furnished you.
I observe, Sir, in your Letter, an Insinuation on my Veracity. If you have any Thing against me on that Score, speak out. Perhaps it was meant as a saving Clause. Aware of some Circumstances that would bear hard upon you, it was prudent to prepare for whatever might happen.
You ask me, why I, who have had the fairest Opportunity of recommending myself to the Parish, am not more generally respected? Though it be not easy to assign the Motives of liking or disliking in different Persons, yet I will venture to assert that I have received many Marks of Esteem and Respect from far the greatest Part of the Parish; and that these have not been more general, I owe to the unmerited Calumnies of Malevolence and Envy. For nearly two Years that I officiated in Bruton, I performed the Duty of a Clergyman with as much Assiduity as any Clergyman could possibly do; and, Sir, in the Face of the PUBLICK, I defy my most malignant Foe to fix upon me one Immorality. Show, if you can, a single Instance in which my Conduct hath been unworthy a CHRISTIAN, a CLERGYMAN, or a MAN OF HONOUR. As to the Articles of the Church, no Person ever subscribed them in a Sense more conformable to that of their Compilers than I. Once more, to adopt the Words of St. Paul, if I am become a Fool in glorying, you have compelled me.
Accept my Acknowledgments for this Opportunity of vindicating my Character; and permit me, on that Account, to subscribe myself, Sir, your obliged humble Servant, S. HENLEY.
P. S. For a farther Confutation of the Topics advanced against me, I beg Leave to refer to an Address to the Verity and Inhabitants of Bruton Parish, wherein many Things are anticipated, which otherwise I should have answered more fully. At the End, an Excuse for my Conduct is obligingly made by the Author, upon the Supposition that the Charges brought against me could be proved. He might, however, have spared himself that Trouble, as I frequently have, and still do insist, that I never preached any Doctrine contrary to the Articles of our Church; and, in the Name of injured Innocence, I now call upon my Enemies to show the contrary.
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SUFFOLK, May 26, 1773. WHEREAS , by the Death of Mr. Josiah Granbery, the Partnership of Gibson, Granbery, and Company, is dissolved, it is therefore requested that all Persons indebted to that Concern do settle their Accounts, without Loss of Time, either by paying them or giving Bonds for their respective Balances, in Order that the Books may be closed. The Business is now continued under the Firm of James Gibson and Company, and Orders complied with in the same Manner as heretofore. All Persons who have any Demands against the said Concern, or the Estate of Josiah Granbery, deceased, are desired to give in their Claims, that they may receive Payment. (6)
WILLIAMSBURG, June 3, 1773. JUST imported from Liverpool , a very large Quantity of LOAF and LUMP SUGAR, with any Quantity of which the Publick may depend on being regularly supplied on as low Terms as Sugar from England can be sold for. Also an Assortment of other Goods, namely, IRISH LINENS, THREAD STOCKINGS, THREADS of all Sorts, CUTLERY, CROCKERY WARE, ENGLISH SOAP, NAILS, LIVERPOOL BEER by the Tierce or Dozen, CHESHIRE CHEESE, &c. &c. on our usual moderate Terms. We shall have a constant Supply of MADEIRA WINE, in Quarter Casks or bottled, New York Quality. ALLAN & TURNER. N. B. Those who have fine Cotton or Thread, and are inclinable to have it made into Stockings, Frame-knit, may have Mens for five Shillings, and Womens for four Shillings. Those that have been made are judged to be equal, nay superior, to Needle knit.
BROOKESBANK, May 15, 1773. AS I intend for Britain some Time this Summer, all Persons who have had Dealings at this Store are desired to make immediate Payment, or come and settle their Accounts by Bond or other Specialty, so that there may be no Dispute in my Absence; and those who have any Demands are desired to make them known. Those who do not comply with my Request may assure themselves of Suits being commenced immediately. The Store will be continued under the Management of Mr. William Hamilton, to whom I shall deliver up the Charge immediately. (4) JAMES ANDERSON.
JOURNEYMEN BRICKLAYERS will meet with good Encouragement by applying to the Subscriber, in Williamsburg. (2) HUMPHREY HARWOOD.
MANCHESTER, May 24, 1773. I INTEND to leave this Colony soon. (24) JAMES LOCKHART.
SWAN'S POINT, June 1, 1773. BEING properly informed that a Brother of mine , in London (from whom I have not heard these three Years) wrote to me in January last, by a Ship then coming to Virginia; and as the said Letter is not yet come to my Hands, and may probably be mislaid, or have met with some unexpected Misfortune, I shall esteem it a singular Favour of any Person who will give me Intelligence respecting it; or if conveyed to me, the Expense attending the same shall be thankfully paid. (24) THOMAS FENNER.
To be SOLD, on SATURDAY the 19th of this Instant (JUNE) on the Premises, A TRACT of 233 Acres of LAND , whereon Thomas Booth lived, near Mr. Benjamin Hubbard's, in Caroline, which has been several Times advertised, and sufficiently described. Possession will be delivered on the 1st of December next, when the Money is to be paid. Purchasers may be shown the Land by applying to James Weymouth, the present Tenant. (1) EDMUND PENDLETON.
RUN away from York Town, on the 1st Instant (June) a Convict Servant named JAMES RYAN, by Trade a Cabinet Maker, about five Feet eight Inches high, with a fair Complexion, short brown Hair, a pretty large Nose, and smooth Speech. He had on a blue Cloth Coat, with Buttons of the same Colour, a blue Waistcoat with a Half Belt and yellow Buttons, a Pair of Russia Drill Breeches, ribbed Worsted Stockings, new Shoes, and Silver Buckles. Whoever brings him to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS if he is taken within twenty Miles of this Place, in Proportion if at a greater Distance, or TEN POUNDS if out of the Colony, with all reasonable Charges. STEPHEN MITCHELL.
Just IMPORTED from LONDON, in the VIRGINIA, Captain ESTEN, and to be SOLD at my Shop, in WILLIAMSBURG,
A FRESH ASSORTMENT OF Drugs and Medicines, CHYMICAL AND GALENICAL;
Also fine Salad Oil, Pickles, Spices, Currants, Figs, Prunes, Gold and Silver Leaf, Ivory Syringes, Tooth Brushes, and Lancets. A GREAT VARIETY OF PATENT MEDICINES, such as Doctor Norris's Antimonial Drops, Keyser's Pills, James's Powders, &c. &c. WILLIAM PASTEUR.
** I am in Want of an Apprentice for six or seven Years, who must have a tolerable Education, and be well disposed. A Premium will be expected.
RUN away from the Subscriber, two Convict Servant Men. One of them is named JOSEPH STEEL, by Trade a Hatter, about thirty Years of Age, five Feet ten Inches high, of a swarthy Complexion, has a small Scar on his upper Lip, short brown Hair, and had on, and took with him, a new Felt Hat, an old brown Cloth Coat, an old Fustian Waistcoat, an Osnaburg Shirt, a Pair of Sheep Skin Breeches buttoned from the Knee to the Hip, blue Stockings, and a Pair of old Shoes; he had on an Iron Collar, and is supposed to have an Iron Ring round his Ankle, the Impression of which may possibly be discovered. The other is named WILLIAM SMITH, about five Feet six Inches high, about twenty two Years of Age, well set, has brown Hair, and had on, and took with him, a new Felt Hat, a light coloured Country Cloth Jacket patched with Green, and a Pair of Sheep Skin Breeches. It is supposed they will change their Names. Whoever secures them in any Jail, or brings them to me in Frederick County, near Bladensburg, in Maryland, shall have THREE POUNDS Reward, or FORTY SHILLINGS for either of them. JONATHAN NIXON.
Qui visum vitam dat—Cic.
THE infinitely wise Author of Nature has assigned to the Eyes and Ears the most useful and important Offices of Life. The Structure of those delicately tender Organs is so exquisitely minute, the Mechanism and Properties of their various Parts so admirably curious, that they may be styled, with Propriety, the Miracles of Nature. The great Variety of Dangers and Diseases, manifest and occult, to which those precious Senses are exposed, the little Attention that hitherto has been paid to the Improvement of this noble Science, and so few, properly qualified, have engaged in its Practice, that to study them, in any Degree suitable to their Importance, is full Business for Life. The inestimable Blessing, and great Advantages, which attend a perfect Enjoyment of the Sight and Hearing, are obvious to all; but the deplorable and truly pitiable Condition of the Blind and Deaf is attended with such solitary Discomfort, such gloomy Ideas, and constant Uneasiness of Mind, as no one can be truly sensible of who has not in some Measure experienced it himself. How noble therefore, how deserving of the nicest Cultivation, must that Art be that can restore Sight to the Blind. Hearing to the Deaf, Speech to the Dumb, and keep in Order the Springs of those Master-pieces of creative Wisdom! That Art must needs be divine; because, thus assisted, our Minds are inspired with the grandest Apprehensions of Almighty GOD!
To the INHABITANTS of VIRGINIA.
DOCTOR GRAHAM, OCULIST AND AURIST,
MOST respectfully offers his best Services, and acquaints them that he may be consulted at his Apartments at Mr. Hyland's, in this City, in all Disorders of the Eye and its Appendages; and in every Species of Deafness, Hardness of Hearing, Ulcerations, Noise in the Ears, &c. Those Persons likewise who have had the unspeakable Misfortune of being born deaf and dumb, and those who labour under any Impediment in their Speech, by applying personally, will probably be assisted. These Persons whose Eyes are utterly perished, or sunk in their Heads, may have the Deformity removed by artificial Eyes, so curiously fixed, and adapted to the Orbit, as to have, in Appearance, the Beauties, Motion, &c. of a natural Eye in its healthy State.
MEDICINE and SURGERY have always been his favourite Study; but the Structure and Diseases of those tender, sympathetick, and nearly connected Organs, just mentioned, have for many Years particularly engaged his Attention and Practice; whence, regardless of vague conjectural Hypotheses, he hath deduced, on rational Principles, Methods of Cure, improved and confirmed by the most accurate Observations, in a Course of Practice the most extensive, and perhaps the most successful of any of his Contemporaries in Europe, or on this vast Continent.
Notwithstanding it has ever been a Custom with the professed Oculists and Aurists of Europe to conceal their Method of Practice, and to refuse to communicate to any one the Knowledge they possessed, yet as his Concern in England will not permit him to remain long in America, and in Order that his Method may be rendered of as diffusive Utility as possible, he proposes to instruct and appoint, after a Series of actual Practice, one Person in every Province through which he may pass to succeed him in treating, after the most improved Method, the Diseases of the Eyes and Ears, and to communicate to them from Time to Time such Discoveries and Improvements as may result from future Practice. A Premium will be expected, and none need apply but those who have been regularly bred to the Profession of Physick or Surgery.
The candid and intelligent Inhabitants of these Parts of the British Colonies can readily distinguish true Merit from pretended Knowledge. To conciliate, therefore, their Favour, Doctor Graham begs Leave to assure them, that, with Tenderness and Moderation, even to the poorest Individual, his best Abilities shall at all Times be exerted to serve them; and as the Success which daily attends his Practice is a better Testimony of his Skill than any Thing he might advance in his own Behalf, let it suffice only to mention, that, after several Years Study at the justly celebrated University of Edinburgh, he has travelled in Pursuit of Knowledge, in his favourite Branches, attending the Infirmary and Hospitals, as well as the Lectures of the most eminent Professors, in Europe. In the Course of his Practice at Philadelphia, several Hundred Patients have been cured or relieved of the following Disorders, many of which had been of long Standing, and deemed incurable by other Practitioners, even by Gentlemen who otherwise do Honour to the Profession; the Success attending their Practice sufficiently evincing that they are worthy and capable of the great, the important Charge, with which they are intrusted. The chief Disorders are as follows: Total, partial, and periodical Blindness; Weakness and Dimness of Sight; Squinting; Pain, Swelling, and Inflammation of the Eyes; Spots, Specks, Pearls, or Films occasioned by the Smallpox, Blows, or extraneous Substances; weak, watery, red, spongy, and ulcerated Eyelids; spasmodick Twitching of the Muscles; involuntary Weeping of the Tears; Tumours, and Excrencencies; Fistula lachrymalis; total and periodical Deafness; Thickens of Hearing; Pain, and Inflammations; painful Sensations in Consequence of loud Sounds; Cracking, Itching, continual and remitting Noises in the Ears; offensive Runnings occasioned by Colds, Swelling, Swimming, Picking, and improper Applications, or by long and severe Sicknesses; Infects and extraneous Bodies getting into the Ears; Ulcerations, with Caries of the Bones, Polypi, &c. and several Persons born deaf and dumb, Impediments in their Speech, &c.
N. B. Business in Philadelphia will not permit the Doctor to remain in this City longer than the 15th of June. Those, therefore, who have Occasion for his Assistance, will be pleased to apply immediately. The Poor, who apply properly recommended, will be assisted gratis with Advice, Medicines, or manual Operations, as their respective Cases may require; and for that Purpose he will appropriate every Morning, Sundays excepted, between the Hours of five and seven.
The Doctor, next Fall, on his Progress from Philadelphia to Charleston, South Carolina, will stop a few Days at each of the Places hereafter mentioned, where those Persons whose Circumstances or Situation have hitherto precluded them from the Benefit of applying for Assistance in their respective Complaints may have an Opportunity of consulting him, namely: ALEXANDRIA, FREDERICKSBURG, NEWCASTLE, HOPE'S HOLE, URBANNA, PETERSBURG, RICHMOND, NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, &c.
Æque pauperibus prodest, locupletibus æque, Æque neglectum pueris senibusque nocet. WILLIAMSBURG, May 12, 1773. Hoo.

***** POETS CORNER. *****
ON CONTENTMENT.
H AIL, sweet Content! could I but possess, I'd ask no greater earthly Happiness; Then say, thou Spring from whence all Blessings flow, Thou genial Source of Happiness below, Where may I find thee? Where do'st thou reside? In Beauty's lofty Temple, crown'd with Pride? Or do'st thou visit 'mongst the Rich and Great? With Politicks, or Ministers of State? Dost thou frequent among the glittering Things In Towns or Cities, Palaces, or Kings? No; vainly will you seek me in a Court, The Place where knavish Patriots resort: I on the great Ones Bosoms never fix, Nor do I glitter in a Coach and Six; At Beauty's Shrine I seldom do attend, Nor to the vain Coquette was e'er a Friend. Believe me, if Contentment you would gain, Seek not the Paths where Wealth and Power reign: I never with the Mighty yet was seen, But aid the rural Palatines on the Green; There am I seen in homely neat Array, Sweeter than Sol, the Monarch of the Day. Possess'd of me, the rural Maiden fair Ne'er feels the Stings of Horror and Despair; Her Mind's an Asylum for Peace and Ease, Secure of me, her Thoughts can ne'er displease. With Innocence and Virtue I remain, But Envy, Pride, and Vanity, disdain. With guilty Conscience I did never dwell, Nor aid the Slanderer envious Lies to tell; The Heart ne'er felt me that delights in Strife, I only visit those of quiet Life. If true Contentment then you would obtain, Seek, seek the Paths where Peace and Virtue reign.
NORTHUMBERLAND, May 25, 1773.
THE Subscriber lately had consigned to him, from London, an Assortment of the newest fashioned LUS- TRINGS, to the Amount of four Hundred Pounds Sterling; like- wise a large Assortment of WORSTED STOCKINGS, and a Quantity of PORT WINE; which Goods will be disposed of for ready Money or short Credit, at a very low Advance. Any Person in- clined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Mr. Robert Gilmour of Norfolk, with whom Patterns of the Silks will be lodged. ROBERT GILMOUR, Junior.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 28, 1773.
BARTHOLOMEW LE PETIT begs Leave to acquaint the Publick that next Monday Week, being the 7th of June, he proposes opening School for the Education of young Gentlemen, and has for that Purpose taken the Brick House belonging to Mr. Robert Jackson, in the Market Square, where he will teach the ENGLISH, LATIN, and FRENCH Tongues, and WRITING and ARITHMETICK in their different Branches. As it is his Intention to do Justice to every Youth who may be intrusted to his Care, he has confined himself to the Number of twenty five. His Terms may be known by applying to him at Mr. Maupin's. (2||) N. B. The LADIES will be waited upon at their own Houses.
ESSEX, May 10, 1773.
IMPORTED, last Fall, in the Emperour, Thomas Cockerill Master, two Parcels of GOODS marked M G, No 1, a Trunk, and No 2, a Case, which have not yet come to my Hands. I shall therefore be much obliged to any one who will inform me where I may get them; or if the Person in whose Care they may be will be kind enough to send them by a safe Craft to my Store, at Layton's Warehouse, on Rappahannock River, I shall esteem it a particular Favour, and thank- fully pay Charges. MUSCOE GARNETT. (2||)
NORTH CAROLINA, May 3, 1773.
BY Virtue of a Power from Sir Nathaniel Dukinfield, Baronet, now in Great Britain, will be sold, all his LANDS, known by the Name of DUKINFIELD, finely situated upon the Bay, opposite to Edenton, in Bertie County. The Lands are so well known, for their remarkable Fertility and fine Situation, that it is needless to give any farther Description of them. They will be laid off in Lots of about five Hundred Acres; and any Gentleman inclined to pur- chase may apply to the Subscriber, who resides on the Premises. JOHN PEARSON.
For SALE, at Mr. JOHN PRENTIS's Store, in WILLIAMSBURG, AN EXCEEDING ELEGANT
S P I N E T, in a genteel Mahogany Case, with a Musick Desk, spare Wires, Quills, &c. This Instrument is entirely new, and just imported in the Virginia, Captain Eben. The lowest Price is twenty two Pounds Currency.
I SHALL attend at ALEXANDRIA on the Court Day in June next, to dispose of two Tracts of LAND in Fairfax County, for ready Money or Bills of Exchange. One contains upwards of eleven Hundred Acres, and lies on Four Mile Run, adjoining Colonel Carlyle's Mill, about four Miles from Alexandria as the Soil is equal to any in that Neighbourhood, it needs no farther Recommendation, and I am told will admit of as constant a Water Mill as any on this Side of the Ridge. The other Tract contains eleven Hundred and fifty nine Acres, lies on the Waters of Pohick, about five Miles from Colchester, and the same from Pohick Warehouse. I am informed it is common Forest Land, but for Pine and Oak Timber it is said to equal any in the County. A good Title will be made at the Sale.
The foregoing makes it necessary for me to say, that I am not one of the happy few who are not in great Want of Cash. I must therefore earnestly request all those indebted to me, either on my own or Father's Estate Ac- count, to make Payment in Time, to prevent farther Sales of my Estate, or Expense to themselves. (4) JAMES MERCER.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Publick that the Reason of his not sending out the Models of his Wheat Machines, according to his former Advertisement, is occasioned by an Alteration he has made in it, which he thinks will be an Advantage to the Publick; and as it cannot be proved till Harvest comes in, he hopes this short Delay will be excused, but as soon as that happens he intends to set out with Models, in Order to instruct as many People in each County as may be necessary to put them in Practice. JOHN HOBDAY.
WANTS EMPLOYMENT,
A YOUNG Man who has been brought up in a Store, understands Book-keeping, is capable of taking Charge of a Store, &c. and can be well re- commended. Apply to the Printers. (tf)
I INTEND for Great Britain in September next, and hope those indebted to me will make immediate Payment, to prevent Suits being commenced against them, as they may depend no Indulgence will be allowed after the 28th of July next. Those to whom I am indebted are desired to bring in their Accounts, that they may be properly settled. SERAFINO FORMICOLA.
AMELIA, May 18, 1773.
WHEREAS, on the 28th of JANUARY last, we purchased a Negro Fellow of Miles Robertson of this County, for the Sum of eighty Pounds, and gave our Bond to one Nathaniel Friend of Chesterfield for the same, payable the 22d of July next; and whereas we are much imposed on in the Sale of the said Negro, this is to forewarn all Persons from taking an Assignment of the Bond, as the Money will not be paid when due.
RULER RICHARDSON. JAMES BAGLEY.
To be LEASED for a TERM of YEARS, or for LIFE,
THREE Thousand Acres of valuable LAND in Hanover County, about eight Miles from the Courthouse. It will be laid off in Lots of one, two, and three Hundred Acres. For Terms apply to GARLAND ANDERSON. PAUL THILMAN.
RICHMOND, May 18, 1773.
I INTEND to leave this Colony in a short Time. DAVID KIPPEN.
A SMALL CARGO OF CHOICE
Gold Coast SLAVES,
well assorted and healthy, also a fine Fellow who understands the Sail- making Business, will be sold at Alexandria, on Potomack River, on Wednesday the 9th of June, for Cash, or good Bills. (2) BALDWIN MATTHEWS BUCKNER.
COMMITTED to SUSSEX Jail, on the 13th Instant (May) a Virginia born Negro Man, taken up as a Runaway, who will not tell his Master's Name, but says he is a Free- man, and that he served his Time with Mr. John Fletcher of Paines- ville. He is about five Feet seven or eight Inches high, has on a brown Linen Shirt, a Cotton Waistcoat, blue Plains Breeches, Yarn Hose, and a white Hat; he has three Pair of Osnaburg Breeches, two Osnaburg Shirts, and a Coat made out of a Duffel Blanket. The Owner is desired to pay Charges, and take him away. (||) JOHN BERRYMAN, Jailer.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a dark brown COW, marked with a Crop, Hole, and Halfmoon under the left Ear; there appears to have been a Hole in the upper Side of the right Ear, which was torn out, and makes it like a Halfmoon. Posted, and appraised to thirty Shillings. (||) JAMES BAUGH, Senior.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a red and white HEIFER, marked with a Swallowfork in the right Ear, and a Crop and Hole in the left, the Hole torn out. Posted, and appraised to thirty Shillings. (||) WILLIAM HATCHITT.
To be SOLD at the PRINTING OFFICE, A few Copies of
AN EXPERIMENTAL TREATISE on the HUMAN BILE. By J. M'CLURG, M. D.
TO BE SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND in Goochland, containing five Hundred and ten Acres, on the Waters of Beaverdam and Genete; the Soil is ex- cellent for Wheat, with about seventy Acres cleared, and in good Order for Cropping. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, at Four Mile Creek. (4) JOHN PLEASANTS.
YORK, sc.
AUGUSTINE MOORE, Gentleman, a Justice of the Peace, and one of the Judges of the Court of the said County, to all Sheriffs, Mayors, Constables, and Headboroughs, within this his Majesty's Colony and Dominion of Virginia, greeting: Whereas Arthur Miller, late of this County, was lately a Prisoner in Cus- tody of the Jailer of the said County of York, charged in Execution of the Suits of James Gordon for the Sum of one Hundred and twenty five Pounds two Shillings and seven Pence Halfpenny for Debt and Costs, and Interest from the 10th Day of August 1772, a so Judith Banks, Administratrix of George Banks, deceased, Action on the Case, Damage fifty Pounds, which the said James Gordon and Judith Banks lately in the Court of this County recovered against the said Arthur Miller, whereof he is convicted, as ap- pears to me of Record; and for as much as it has been duly proved that the said Arthur Miller has escaped, and is going at large, therefore, in his Majesty's Name, I command you, and every of you, in your respective Counties, Cities, Towns, and Precincts, to seize and retake the said Arthur Miller, and him to convey to the Prison where Debtors are usually kept in the County where he shall be retaken, and delivered to the Keeper thereof, together with this Warrant. And I charge and command you, the Sheriff or Keeper of the said Prison, to receive into your Jail and Custody the Body of the said Arthur Miller, and him there safely to keep, until he shall have made full Satisfaction to the said James Gordon and Judith Banks for their Debts and Costs aforesaid, until he shall be dis- charged by due Course of Law, pursuant to an Act of Assembly in that Case made and provided. Given under my Hand and Seal, this 30th Day of April, 1773. AUGUSTINE MOORE.
NEWPORT MILL, May 20, 1773.
I INTEND to leave this Colony soon. EDWARD PELL.
IF Richard Rogers, who went from England to America about the Year 1750, be living, he is desired to give an Account of himself; or if any Gentleman of his Acquaintance can give Information of him, so that a Certificate may be obtained of his being living or dead, by Letter directed to Mr. Henry Adams, Attorney at Law in Mark Lane, London, or to Mr. Thomas Coales of the Bank of England, the Favour will very much oblige the said Rogers's Friends, and will be gratefully returned the first Opportunity. All reasonable Expenses, &c. will be paid by Messrs. Perkins, Buchanan, and Brown, Merchants. The said Richard Rogers hath not been heard of since the Year 1754, at which Time he kept a School in Lunenburg County, Virginia, and or- dered, in his Letter dated September 29th, in the said Year 1754, to direct to him, "in Lunenburg County, Virginia, to the Care of Mr. Clement Read, Clerk of Lunenburg Court" (adding, that "that Gentleman is much esteemed, and generally known by most of the Gentlemen in Virginia") or to direct to him "at Mr. John Speed's in Lunenburg, to be left to the Care of Mr. Theophilus Field, Merchant at Bowling's Point, on Appomattox River, Virginia." (6)
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on six Months Credit,
THE HOUSE, and two LOTS of Ground, with the Appurtenances, where Mrs. Campbell keeps Tavern, below the Capitol, in Wil- iamburg. The Sale will be before the Raleigh Porch, on Thursday the 29th of July next, at 5 o'Clock in the Afternoon. Bond and Security for the Purchase Money to be given to Benjamin Waller, Attorney for the De- visees of Nathaniel Walthee, Esquire, deceased.
COMMITTED to Surry County Jail, a very likely Negro Man about twenty Years of Age, who says his Name is HARRY, and that he belongs to Sarah Sumner of Nansemond. His Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges to MICAJAH COGGAN, Jailer.
RUN away from on Board the Matty, lying in Pagan Creek, on the 21st of April, a Negro Man named JACK, alias Phil, about twenty one Years of Age, five Feet nine Inches high, of a yellow Complexion, proportionably made, and has lost two Joints of two of his Fingers on his right Hand; he had on a new green Coat, a blue Jacket, a Pair of gray Breeches, a white Shirt, and a Pair of black Stockings. This Fellow is the Property of Mr. Thomas Gordon of Peter- sburg, who has already advertised him in this Gazette. I will give a Reward of TWENTY SHILLINGS, besides what is allowed by Law, to any Person who delivers him to his said Master in Petersburg, Mr. Hugh M'Mekin in Portsmouth, or to Mr. Andrew Mackie near Smithfield. (tf) JAMES PRUDDEN.
TO BE SOLD,
ABOUT fourteen Thousand Acres of exceeding good LAND in the County of Pittsylvania. For Terms apply to Mr. Hugh Rose of Amberst, who will treat with any Person inclined to purchase, and be empowered to make a legal Title. CAROLINE, May 7, 1773. (tf) THOMAS LOMAX.
NORTHAMPTON, May 8, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber's Plantation in Brunswick, last December, two Negro Men, DAVID and SAM, about twenty five Years of Age, of the middle Stature, and had on Cot- ton Clothes, new Felt Hats, Osnaburg Shirts, &c. David is likely, strong, and full faced; Sam is thin visaged, with a wide Mouth, and a higher Nose than common. They were carried from York, where they had Wives; but as no Advice can be had of their returning thither, I suppose they have taken some other Course, and perhaps may depart the Country. All Masters of Vessels are hereby forewarned from carrying them away. Whoever conveys them to me shall have FIFTY SHILLINGS Reward for each, and if taken out of the Country FIVE POUNDS, besides the Allowance by Law. (6) GRIFFIN SMITH.
TAPPAHANNOCK, May 4, 1773.
As it is now three Years since I discontinued Store-keeping on my own private Account at this Place, I request all those indebted to me to come and pay off immediately, otherwise their Accounts, &c. will be put into an Attorney's Hands, without Respect of Persons or farther Notice. Those who have any Claims against me are desired to bring them in. (6) ARCHIBALD M'CALL. ** I have LOTS, and a genteel and pleasant situated two Story HOUSE, &c. in this Place, which I will sell on reasonable Terms.
PURSUANT to the last Will and Testament of Mr. John Smith of Hanover County, deceased, will be sold, on the Premises, some Time next Fall, and to be entered on at Christmas, a valuable Tract of LAND in Henrico County, on the Brook Swamp, be- tween four and five Miles from Richmond, and two Miles from the Mea- dow Bridges, known by the Name of Pickenack, containing about two Hundred Acres, whereon is an extraordinary Piece of Dam Work, nearly finished, which will effectually keep off the Overflows of the Brook from upwards of a Hundred Acres of exceeding rich well timbered low Grounds. Likewise a Tract of about two Thousand Acres of very rich and well timbered LAND in Goochland County, on James River, near the Mouth of the Great Bird, and opposite to Elk Island, having on it a Plan- tation in Order for working sixteen Hands; and the Soil is very suitable for Tobacco, Wheat, and Corn. This Land will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, as may best suit the Purchasers. Also the Reversion of a Tract of about five Hundred Acres of very good Tobacco and Grain LAND, in Goochland County, on the Branches of the Little Bird, contiguous to the Lands of Mr. Samuel Gift, at whose Death the Purchaser will have Posses- sion. The Lands in Goochland will be shown by Mr. John Ware, near the Premises, and the Days of Sale and Time of Payment will be made known in a future Advertisement.
All Persons indebted to the Estate of Mr. John Smith, deceased, are desired to make immediate Payment, and those who have any Demands against the same are requested to make them known to (tf) WILLIAM ANDERSON, Executor.
N. B. For the Convenience of those who may have Accounts to settle with me for Transactions had with Mr. Smith, I shall attend at every Hanover Court, and the two succeeding Days in Hanover Town.
FREDERICKSBURG, February 24, 1773.
WHEREAS some of those indebted on the Books here have not paid due Regard to my Advertisement of the 1st of December last, I give them this last Notice, that all and every Account not paid off, or a good Part of it, before the 20th of April, or our May Fair at the farthest, or settled by Bond or other Specialty before that Time, will most certainly be put into the Hands of a Lawyer, with- out Respect of Persons. Unavoidable Reasons will oblige me to this, which I shall probably in Time acquaint them with. Those who may be put to Trouble and Expense cannot now blame me for Want of Notice. ** I have sold Part of the Goods now on Hand, but so as not to disrupt the Store, and have still a large Assortment on Hand, which I will sell by Wholesale or Retail, on the Terms formerly advertised. Any Per- son who will purchase the Whole shall have them on Terms which they themselves will say are very low and reasonable. (tf) GEORGE MITCHELL.
F O R S A L E,
THE PLANTATION whereon the Subscriber lives, in King and Queen County, about a Mile and a Half from Todd's Warehouse, containing six Hundred and fifty seven Acres, in good Order for Cropping, having a large Peach and Apple Orchard thereon beginning to bear, a Quantity of low Grounds which may be made good Meadow with little Expense; the Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, and other Outhouses, have been built between four and five Years. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to (tf) R. DAINGERFIELD.
TO BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing about sixteen Hundred Acres, more or less, lying on the River Shenando, in Berkley County (formerly Frederick) which is one of the most flourishing Counties in Virginia. The Land is exceeding good, well timbered, and adapted to the raising of all Kinds of Grain, as well as Tobacco, and has the Ad- vantage of a very fine Stream of Water, on which is a Blomery with two Fires, a good Stone Merchant Mill with two Pair of Stones, a Saw Mill, a Distillery conveniently situated, a Smith's Shop, a Cooper's Shop, and many other Outhouses. There are about a Hundred and fifty Acres of Land cleared, and about fifty Acres of Meadow may be made with a very small Expense, one Half of which may be watered any Day in the Year. A Stock of Cattle, Horses, and Hogs, some Household Furniture, and all Kinds of Utensils proper for carrying on the above different Branches of Business, will be sold with or without the Land. For farther Particulars inquire of Mr. William Little, on the Premises. Credit will be allowed for Part of the Purchase Money, the Purchaser giving Bond, with Security if required. For Terms apply to the Honourable George William Fairfax, Esquire, Carlyle and Dalton in Alexandria, or Prescot Bowdoin in Norfolk. (tf)
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