The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1774-09-22 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
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The Speech of the Right Honourable the Earl of CHATHAM, in the House of Lords, on the third Reading of the Bill for providing with Quarters the Officers and Troops in America.
Most illustrious LORDS, THE unfavourable State of Health, under which I have long laboured, could not prevent me from laying before your Lordships my Thoughts on the Bill now before you, and on the American Affairs in general. If we take a transient View of those Motives which induced the Ancestors of our Fellow Subjects in America to leave their native Country, to encounter the innumerable Difficulties of the unexplored Regions of the Western World, our Astonishment at the present Conduct of their Descendants will naturally subside. There was no Corner of the World into which Men of their free and enterprising Turn would not fly, with Alacrity, rather than submit to the slavish and tyrannical Principles which prevailed, at that Period, in their native Country. And shall we wonder, my Lords, if the Descendants of such illustrious Characters spurn, with Contempt, the Hand of unconstitutional Power, that would snatch from them such dear-bought Privileges as they now contend for? Had the British Colonies been planted by any other Kingdoms than our own, the Inhabitants would have carried with them the Chains of Slavery, and the Spirit of Despotism; but as they are, they ought to be remembered as great Instances to instruct the World to what a Stretch of Liberty Mankind will naturally attain when they are left to the free Exercise of themselves. And, my Lords, notwithstanding my Intention to give my hearty Negative to the Question now before you, I cannot help condemning, in the severest Manner, the late turbulent and unwarrantable Conduct of the Americans in general, and the Riots in Boston in particular; but, my Lords, the Mode which has been pursued to bring them back to a Sense of their Duty to the Parent State has been so diametrically opposite to the fundamental Principles of sound Policy, that Individuals, possessed of common Understanding, must be astonished at such Proceedings. By blocking up the Harbour of Boston, you have involved the innocent Trader in the same Punishment with the guilty Profligates who destroyed your Merchandise; and instead of making a well concerted Effort to secure the real Offenders, you clap a naval and military Extinguisher over their Harbour, and punish the Sin of a few lawless Raparees, and their Abettors, upon the whole Body of the Inhabitants.
My Lords, this Country is little obliged to the Framer and Promoters of this Tea Tax. The Americans had almost forgot, in their Excess of Gratitude for the Repeal of the Stamp Act, any Interest but that of the Mother Country; there seemed an Emulation among the different Provinces who should be most dutiful and forward in their Expressions of Loyalty to their Royal Benefactor, as you will readily perceive by the following Extract of a Letter from Governor Bernard to a Noble Lord then in Office:
"The House of Representatives (says he) from the Time of opening the Session to this Day, has shown a Disposition to avoid all Disputes with me, every Thing having passed with as much good Humour as I could desire. They have acted, in all Things, with Temper and Moderation; they have avoided some Subjects of Dispute, and have laid a Foundation for removing some Causes of former Altercations."
This, my Lords, was the Temper of the Americans, and would have continued so had it not been interrupted by your fruitless Endeavours to tax them without their Consent; but the Moment they perceived your Intention was renewed to tax them, through the Sides of the East India Company, their Restraint got the Ascendant of their Duty, and hurried them into Actions contrary to all Laws of Policy, Civilization, and Humanity, which, in their cooler Hours, they would have thought on with Horror, for I seriously believe destroying of the Tea was much more the Effect of Despair than that of Design.
But, my Lords, from the Complexion of the Whole of the Proceedings, I am apt to think that Administration has purposely irritated them into those late violent Acts for which they now so severely smart, purposely to be revenged on them for the Victory they gained by the Repeal of the Stamp Act; a Measure to which they seemingly acquiesced, but, at the Bottom, they were its real Enemies: For what other Motive could induce them to dress Taxation, that Father of American Sedition, in the Robes of an East India Director, but to break in upon that mutual Peace and Harmony which then so happily subsisted between them and the Mother Country? My Lords, I am an old Man, and will advise the Noble Lords now in Office to adopt a more gentle Mode of governing America; for the Day is not far distant when America may vie with these Kingdoms, not only in Arms, but in Arts also. It is an established Fact, that the principal Towns in America are learned and polite, and understand the Constitution of the British Empire as well as the Noble Lords who guide the Springs of Government; and consequently, they will have a watchful Eye over their Liberties, to prevent the least Encroachment of an arbitrary Administration on their hereditary Rights and Privileges. This Observation is so recently exemplified, in an excellent Pamphlet which comes from the Pen of an American Gentleman*, that I shall take the Liberty of reading to your Lordships his Thoughts on the Competency of the British Parliament to tax America; which, in my Opinion, sets that interesting Matter in the clearest Point of View.
"The High Court of Parliament (says he) is the supreme legislative Power over the whole Empire. In all free States, the Constitution is fixed; and as the supreme Legislative derives its Power and Authority from the Constitution, it cannot overleap the Bounds of it without destroying its own Foundation, for the Constitution ascertains and limits both Sovereignty and Allegiance: And therefore, his Majesty's American Subjects, who acknowledge themselves bound by the Ties of Allegiance, have an equitable Claim to the full Enjoyment of the fundamental Rules of the English Constitution; that it is an essential unalterable Right in Nature, ingrafted into the British Constitution as a fundamental Law, and ever held sacred and irrevocable by the Subjects within the Realm; and that what a Man has honestly acquired is absolutely his own, which he may freely give, but which cannot be taken from him without his Consent."
This, my Lords, though no new Doctrine, has been always my received and unalterable Opinion; and I will carry it to my Grave, that this Country had no Right, under Heaven, to tax America. It is contrary to all the Principles of Justice and civil Policy, which neither the Exigencies of the State, or even the Acquiescence in the Taxes, could justify, upon any Occasion whatsoever. Such Proceedings will never meet with their wished for Success; and instead of adding to their Miseries, as the Bill now before you most undoubtedly does, adopt some lenient Measures, which may lure them to their Duty. Proceed like a kind and affectionate Parent, over a Child whom he tenderly loves; and, instead of those harsh and severe Proceedings, pass an Amnesty on all their youthful Errors. Clasp them once more in your fond and affectionate Arms, and I will venture to affirm you will find them Children worthy of their Sire. But, should their Turbulence exist after your proffered Terms of Forgiveness, which I hope and expect this House will immediately adopt, I will be
* See Dr. Franklin's State of the Contest between Great Britain and America.
among the foremost of this illustrious Assembly to move for such Measures as will effectually prevent a future Relapse, and make them feel what it is to provoke a fond and forgiving Parent; a Parent, my Lords, whose Welfare has ever been my greatest and most pleasing Consolation. This Declaration may seem unnecessary, but I will venture to declare the Period is not far distant when she will want the Assistance of her most distant Friends. But should the all-disposing Hand of Providence prevent me from affording her my poor Assistance, my Prayers shall be ever for her Welfare.
Length of Days be in her right Hand, and in her left Riches and Honour; may her Ways be Ways of Pleasantness, and all her Paths be Peace.
Dean TUCKER's to establish a Form of Government, or Compact, between GREAT BRITAIN and its COLONIES, wherein the Power of the former, and the Liberties of the latter, shall be fairly and clearly ascertained.
 1. THE King's Supremacy shall be universally acknowledged.  2. It shall not be lawful for Great Britain to make or enforce any Law, or lay any Tax on the COLONIES, WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT.  3. That the Colonies shall make THEIR OWN LAWS, and be perfect Mistress of their own civil Policy, consistent with this Compact.  4. That all Lawsuits shall be finally determined IN THEIR OWN COURTS, except where the Crown, the Stranger, or Non-resident, are interested; and in all such Cases, there shall be an Appeal to the Court of King's Bench, in England.  5. The Crown shall retain the following Officers in each Colony, and no more, viz. A Governor, a Receiver General of the Quitrents and Free Gift of the People, a Superintendent of Trade, a Naval Officer, and an Inspector of Naval Stores.  6. That the CROWN OFFICERS be all paid BY THE KING.  7. The Intendant of Trade and the Naval Officer's Signature shall be deemed necessary to all Entries and Clearances from the Customhouse.  8. That the Colonies shall have Liberty to export (Naval Stores excepted) of the Growth and Manufacture of the Colonies, into Great Britain or Ireland, or to what other Part of the World they shall think proper, on the same Footing with the People of England; and shall carry back and import into the Colonies, of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture, of any foreign Nation, PROVIDED that Great Britain or Ireland does not produce Manufacture, nor export for Trade, Articles of the same or of a similar Nature.  9. That Great Britain and Ireland shall trade with the Colonies, on the same Footing as with FOREIGN NATIONS.  10. When the King wants Money from the Colonists, for Protection, and other Matters of State, it shall be BY REQUISITION, through the Hands of his GOVERNOUR, to the REPRESENTATIVES of the People; and shall be done in the following Manner, viz. by ASSESSMENT of so much in the Pound on every Person's Property, and this to be called the FREE GIFT OF THE PEOPLE. This Law would be a permanent one, that would neither want correcting nor reviving, but must necessarily enlarge and extend itself, as People and Riches increase, may be executed without Expense, and would be always agreeable to the People.  11. And here Machiavel's Rule may be introduced with some Propriety, which is to DIVIDE and GOVERN, by keeping the Colonies separate and distinct, ascertaining their Boundaries, and keeping them from being very populous, and which would at the same Time be keeping them from running much into Manufactures; and a Check of this Kind may be kept on them for a long Time to come, by giving them Encouragement to move into new Settlements on the Banks of the Mississippi, where some new Colonies are most shamefully wanted, especially at the Mouth of the Mississippi, and at the Conflux of the Ohio with the Mississippi, for the Purpose of raising HEMP and FLAX (which are much wanted) with COTTON, INDIGO, a superior Sort of TOBACCO, and many other valuable Articles, the Richness of the Soil and Climate being well adapted for this Produce, and must be a Species of Commerce that must prove of great Advantage to this Nation. Settlements here would be laying a lasting Foundation for carrying on the Trade of this immense fine Country. Were some such lenient Measures as these adopted, the Colonies would prove the Strength, Riches, and Pride of this Nation, as well as the Envy of its Neighbours, for Ages to come; but to pretend to govern a numerous, free, and high spirited People, with a ROD OF IRON, when at so great a Distance, for any Length of Time, or to any Advantage, is attempting to scale the Heavens.  12. All Disputes between the Colonies shall be decided IN ENGLAND.  13. All former Acts of Great Britain, relating to the Colonies, shall from henceforth be NULL and VOID. 
WARSAW, June 29.
The long expected Courier from the Russian grand Army arrived yesterday at the Hotel of General Romanus, and we have the Pleasure to learn that the late Reports of the Russians having been defeated by the Turks on the other Side of the Danube are entirely void of Foundation; and that, on the contrary, the Russian Troops under the Command of the Generals Kamonsky and Suwarow have gained several important Victories over the Turks in the Course of the last Month, an Account of which will be given in our next. It is true, that the Austrian General Bork, by mere Accident, has fallen into the Hands of the Enemy, with a few Hussars who attended him; but every Thing else, since the 7th of May, has been greatly to the Advantage of the Russians. It is confidently asserted, that a great Misunderstanding has of late taken Place between the Emperor and the King of Prussia, occasioned by some Pretensions made by the Elector of Saxony to the Republic of Poland, and some Claims made by Prince Charles of Saxony to the Duchy of Courland, in which they are supported by the Court of Vienna; and we hear that these Pretensions are to be brought before the Diet, by the Austrian Minister.
The King of Prussia has taken Possession of several Places in Great Poland, and his Troops have lately possessed the Cities of Gnesen and Zain. What is most surprising, they make the Polish Garrisons Prisoners of War.
It is said for certain, that our King intends to set out for Petersburg some Time this Summer.
They write from Dantzick, that a Russian Fleet, of six Ships of the Line and four Frigates, is ordered into the Baltic, in Order to oppose any maritime Power that shall endeavour to support the Dantzickers against the Claims of the King of Prussia.
BERLIN, June 28. The Canal which his Prussian Majesty lately caused to be cut from the Vistula to the Neze is now entirely finished, and will be open for the Use of the Publick on the 1st of July. This Canal begins at Bromberg on the Vistula, and extends to Lukosch on the Neze, which is now rendered navigable as far as Driesen, where it falls into the Drawe; the Drawe joins the Warta at Lansberg, and the Warta falling into the Oder, at Custrin, makes now a free Communication between the Vistula and the Oder, for the Passage of all Sorts of Merchandise.
BRUSSELS, June 30. They write from Vienna, that private Letters have been received there with Advice that the preliminary Articles of Peace are already signed between Russia and the Porte.
HAGUE, July 5. It is reported, that the Dantzickers expect Succour from Sweden. Six Swedish Ships of the Line are equipped, and 6000 Troops in Readiness to embark.
BASTIA, June 15. A vast Number of Cattle and other Provisions, with 8000 Muskets, and a great Quantity of Powder and Ball, were landed out of a Ship near Aleria. With these Succours the Malcontents rose at Cafina, at Niolo, and other neighbouring Districts, in Hopes of throwing off the French Yoke. In the Interim, upwards of 100 of the Banditti were drove away from the Environs of Ajaccio, where they were waiting to hinder the Transportation of Provisions to Corte. Several Corsican Volunteers, who were in the King's Service, joined the Banditti. There does not pass a Day without some Skirmishes, and Bloodshed.
LEGHORN, June 15. From Corsica, we have received Advice that on the 30th ult. there had been an Action in the District of Niolo between the Banditti of Corsica and a Provincial Regiment in the Service of France, in which the latter lost M. Gaffori, their Colonel, and several other Officers, and had afterwards defeated another Body of French at Campoloro.
VIENNA, June 25. The last Letters from Constantinople advise, that the Turkish Squadron destined for the Crimea had failed, and that most of the Asiatick Troops for that Destination were already arrived there; but that the Squadron sent to Varna had suffered greatly by a Hurricane, and that a thirty Gun Ship had been lost.
MADRID, June 15. The Court has received the melancholy News, that the Squadron which failed not long ago from Cadiz and Carthagena, for the Mediterranean, has been entirely dispersed by a violent Storm. It consisted of the St. Nicholas, of 80 Guns and 600 Men; the St. Raphael, St. Domingo, and St. Januarius, each of 70 Guns and 500 Men; two Frigates, of 30 Guns and 270 Men each; and four Zeebecks, of 28 to 30 Guns each, and whose Crews amount to 1000 Men. Of this whole Squadron only the St. Raphael and St. Domingo are put into Ageire, the first without Masts, and the other in good Condition. What is become of the rest of the Squadron is not known.
LONDON, July 11.
Extract of a Letter from Plymouth, June 5. YESTERDAY Sir James Douglas got under Sail with the Ships under his Command, except the Egmont, which sprung a Mast coming round from Portsmouth. The Ships belonging to this Port, on leaving the Sound, saluted the Admiral; and a most unfortunate Accident happened thereby, on Board the Kent. Immediately after firing the last Gun, which happened to be abaft, the Poop blew up, the after Part of the Quarter Deck fell in on the Ward Room, and above fifty Persons were either killed or wounded by the Explosion. Ten were brought ashore dead, and 38 Persons carried to the Hospital, two of whom are since also dead.
"No Officer received any Hurt, except Lieutenant Shea of the Marines, who is slightly wounded. The Captain and the Officers happened, at the Time of the Accident, to be on the Foremast Part of the Quarter Deck. The great Cabin Windows, Quarter Gallery, Taffarel, and upper Part of the Stern, are entirely carried away. A Signal was made to the Ships in the Hamoaze, who sent their Boats, and carried Assistance to her."
July 12. Since the Quebec Bill passed our two august Houses, by the Accounts received from Dover and Harwich, there are no less than 7000 Jesuits arrived in this Kingdom.
Extract of a Letter from Newcastle, July 9. Wednesday Evening, between nine and ten o'Clock, the Honourable Constantine Phipps, and Thomas Delaval, Esqrs. (in Consequence of an Invitation from the Meeting of the Stewards of the incorporated Companies) arrived here from London. The Streets and Road from the Big Market, to Gateshead Turnpike Gate (upwards of two Miles) were lined with the greatest Number of People ever collected together on any Occasion here, supposed to the Amount of 70,000, all expressing the greatest Anxiety for their Appearance. When they arrived at the Turnpike Gate, a Number of Sailors and Mechanicks (Freemen of the Town) stopped the Carriage, and, notwithstanding all the Endeavours of the Gentlemen, took out the Horses and drew it from thence, with amazing Celerity, to Mr. Nelson's, the Black Bull, in the Big Market, where they alighted. The Acclamations of the People as they passed along stand unequalled on any Event, whilst the Ringing of Bells and Firing of Guns contributed not a little to heighten their Exultations.
Thursday, according to publick Notice given last Week, a general Meeting of the Burgess was held in Barber-Surgeons Hall, for the Nomination of Candidates to represent this Town in Parliament, when Mr. Tysack was voted into the Chair, who opened the Business of the Meeting with a short and pertinent Address, after which the Honourable Captain Phipps and Mr. Delaval were put in Nomination; and on the Question being put by the Chairman for the Sense of the Meeting thereon, there was not one Hand held up against them. Captain Phipps then addressed himself to the Company, thanked them for their honourable Opinion of him, and spoke some Time on the evil Tendency of various Measures of Administration; of his own publick Conduct in opposing them [here he particularly took Notice of the Quebec Bill and Midshipman Election] his independent Principles, and of his hearty Concurrence in supporting the publick Cause. He spoke for a considerable Time, and was much applauded by the whole Meeting. Mr. Delaval then got up, and gave the Company, in so forcible and sensible a Manner, such Demonstrations of his Principles and inflexible Attachment to the Cause of the People, as impressed all present with the satisfactory Idea of the Rectitude of his Heart. The Meeting then broke up, and the People saluted the new Candidates with the most joyful Acclamations.
Yesterday the Burgess Candidates were elegantly entertained in Mr. Swarley's long Room, by a great Number of the independent Burgess, who had accompanied them to the Freemens Hall, &c. These Candidates are to be at no Expense towards their Election.
The Advocates for the Quebec Bill contend, that the granting the Canadians such Privileges as are expressed in that Act was doing no more than that Government was obliged to, by Article, on the taking of Quebec; but that Article had a Retropect to the established Laws of England, and the Canadians were only to be allowed such Rights and Privileges as were consistent with our Establishment. The passing this Act, therefore, in its present Form, where Poperie is said to be established agreeable to this Article, is surely nothing less than confessing we live under a Popish Government.
A Correspondent, who wishes Reformation to a Right Reverend Bench, proposes a Sermon to be preached before them for that Purpose, and at the same Time recommends the following Text of Scripture, taken from Zephaniah. Chapter 3d, Verse 4th: "Her Prophets are light and treacherous Persons, her Priests have polluted the Sanctuary, they have done Violence to the Law."
We hear that the above Right Reverend Bench intend adopting the following Corporation Motto, which they may use either individually or collectively with equal Propriety: Olim pro Deo, nunc pro Rege.
A Compromise offered to the Favourers and Opposers of the Quebec Bill: The great Object is Religion, whether it shall be Popish, or that established by the Church of England. To settle this Difference, send out John Wilkes, Esq; chief Governor (a Place he formerly solicited) and the Proposer of this Plan engages that all religious Disputes will soon have an End.
A second Notice was read yesterday in the Danish Chapel, Wellclose Square, for all the Soldiers and Sailors, Subjects of his Danish Majesty, to return to Denmark immediately.

A Plan is now in Agitation for the better Establishment and Protection of the Trade on the African and Guinea Coasts, and we hear a greater naval Force is intended in future to be kept in that Quarter for that Purpose.
The Sieur Blancourt, in the Thetis, is arrived at Brest from a Voyage off the Southern Continent, where he made some valuable Discoveries.
A few Days ago, some Workmen digging a Foundation for a House on the Side of Finchley Common, they turned up an earthen Pot, in which was contained a Number of Silver and Gold Coins, in remarkable high Preservation; one of them, a fair Gold Piece of Edward II. weighs about 19s. On one Side, the King stands in a Ship, with a Sword drawn in his right Hand, and a Child in his left, on which are the Arms of France and England quartered together; on the Reverse, Crowns round a Cross. Extract of a Letter from on Board the Endeavour, which was sent out on Discoveries, &c. dated at Sea, 1774.
"I am sorry to relate the following melancholy Account. A few Days ago we sent one of our Boats on Shore at a Place called New Zealand, with ten of our People, to get some Vegetables, with strict Orders not to separate, and to return at three o'Clock; when, on their going ashore, they were attacked by the Natives. We waited till the next Morning, with the greatest Anxiety, and finding them not returned, we manned all the Boats we could, and went to the Shore, where we found the Boat, and the Bones of the ten poor Men, who had been murdered by the Savages of that Place, and had eaten the greatest Part of their Flesh, even to the bare Bones, so that it was the greatest Spectacle that ever human Nature beheld. We could not see any of them, therefore I cannot give you any Description of them as yet."
Extract of a Letter from Wycomb, July 8. "According to your Request, I send you a short Account of the Experiments we tried here last Wednesday to set Fire to a Room which Lord Le Despencer lately built, the Ceiling having been plated according to Mr. Hartley's Direction. The Room in which we made the Experiment is 15 Feet long, and 14 wide; our Objects were, to try the Power of the Fire Plates to prevent the Fire from ascending to a Floor above, and from descending through an armed Floor to the Apartment below. Our first Attempt was upon the Ceiling of the lower Apartment, by setting Fire to two Cart Loads of dry Faggots, which burnt with great Fury for near Half an Hour, and seemed like the Heating of an Oven, but could not penetrate to the Joists and Floor above. We proceeded next to our second Experiment, which was to try the Power of the Fire Plates in preventing any Fire from penetrating from the Floor downwards. Accordingly we set Fire to several Faggots on the bare Boards, and let them burn to Ashes; but this was attended with no other Consequence than making the Boards look a little black, although the Room below was exceeding hot. This Invention may turn out to be of such signal Consequence, towards preserving the Lives and Properties of many Thousands, that I am happy even to bear my Testimony of its Efficacy."
On Sunday Lord Sandwich arrived at the Admiralty from reviewing the Dockyards of Sheerness, Chatham, Portsmouth, and Plymouth.
Since the Troops arrived in Boston, there have been great Defections among the Soldiers; being the surest Method to weaken us, and strengthen themselves.
The Queen's Library at Buckingham House, we hear, is ordered to be opened during the Summer, for the Inspection of the Curious; but no other Part of the Place is to be shown.
Yesterday Morning came on before Lord Mansfield, in the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, a Cause, in which the King was Plaintiff, and the Printer of the Morning Chronicle Defendant. The Subject of Prosecution was a Letter signed a Southern Briton , printed in that Paper on the 16th of February last, for which, at the Direction of the House of Commons, the Attorney General had filed an Information. Lord Mansfield, in his Charge to the Jury, observed, that the Libel in the Information was charged as a Libel on the Revolution. That the Revolution was the Basis of the Constitution; and if the Basis was wrong, the Superstructure would fall. That the Libel, as set forth in the Information, attacked the Revolution; and if the Jury thought the Inuendoes carried the true Meaning of the Writer, it mattered not how he erred in Chronology; they must find the Defendant guilty; the Degree of Punishment would be an after Consideration for the Court. If, on the other Hand, they thought the Inuendoes did not convey the Writer's Meaning, they must give a Verdict for the Defendant. After being five Hours out of Court, the Jury returned, and found the Defendant guilty.
Immediately after the Jury went out on the above Trial, the Printer of the Publick Advertiser (who was in the Custody of the Serjeant at Arms at the House of Commons when the imputed Libel was published) was tried on the same Grounds. The Attorney General was somewhat more full in speaking to the Information; and Mr. Wood, Messenger to the House of Commons, was examined to prove that there was free Access to the Defendant when in the Custody of the Serjeant at Arms. Mr. Wood also proved, that the Defendant expressed his Disapprobation of the Letter as soon as he saw it in Print. Mr. Lee was Counsel for the Printer, and after loudly expressing his Condemnation of the Letter stated his Reasons for supposing that some Man (misled by the Example of Men of Jacobitical Principles, having gained Pensions and Preferments by publick Abuse of the Revolution) had taken Advantage of the Defendant's Absence from home, and got it printed in his Paper, which had ever teemed with Sentiments of a very opposite Nature. Lord Mansfield gave his Charge in nearly similar Words to those he had used on the former Cause, except declaring the Plea of the Defendant's Absence a futile one. The Jury withdrew, and in about three Quarters of an Hour returned into Court, when the Verdict was obtained as follows:
Officer. Are you all agreed in your Verdict? Who shall speak for you?
Answer. The Foreman.
Officer. How say you, is Henry Sampson Woodfall guilty, or not guilty?
Foreman of the Jury. He is guilty of publishing the Publick Advertiser on the 16th of February, 1774.
Lord Mansfield. You must find him generally guilty, or acquit him. You mean that he is guilty of the Charge?
The Foreman hesitated for about Half a Minute, and then repeated the Word guilty.
A few Days ago was tried at Guildhall, before Lord Mansfield, a Cause wherein a Gentleman of Craven Buildings was Plaintiff, and a Person at Hoxton was Defendant. The Action was brought on the Statute of Usury, for receiving after the Rate of forty per Cent. from several Tradesmen, as Discount on Promissory Notes, and Bills of Exchange. After a full Hearing, the Jury found a Verdict for the Plaintiff, to the Amount of 240l.
Sunday Morning, about one o'Clock, four Men, armed with Blunderbusses and Cutlasses, broke into the House of Mrs. Colman, at Palermo Green, near Edmonton. They carried off the Lady's Gold Watch, Bank Notes, and Cash, to a considerable Amount. Though the Family was alarmed, and the Boy sent out to call Assistance, the Rogues got clear off with their Booty.
Yesterday Morning, about two o'Clock, the House of Mr. Stevenson, the One Bell, in Fleet Street, was broke open and robbed of Money, &c. to a considerable Amount, by four Villains. Two of them were immediately taken, and lodged in Woodstreet Compter; the other two made their Escape.
July 13. We hear from Haltwhistle, that on Thursday last, a Collection of wild Beasts being in a Barn, a large Russian Bear broke loose, and instantly devoured two of the other Animals of the Collection; then made an Attempt upon one of the Keepers, who narrowly escaped with his Life. Upon this Alarm, the whole Town assembled together around the Barn, and fired several Times at the Beast, but to little Purpose, as they could not readily procure Balls, but at last a young Gentleman shot it dead with a small Marble.
Ten Sail of the Line, from the Ships in Ordinary, at our different Ports, are ordered to undergo a thorough Repair, and get ready for the Sea as soon as those now fitting out are completed; the Ministry being resolved to keep a watchful Eye on the Preparations now going on in the French and Spanish Ports, especially those in the Mediterranean.
Last Week eight Transports were taken up in the River, by an Order from the War Office, to take in Stores for the Islands of Tobago and St. Vincent's, in the West Indies, and also a Regiment, which is to be embarked at Portsmouth for West Florida.
The Misfortune of Captain Phipps, in his late Expedition to the North Pole, should by no Means make us give up the Opinion that the Probability of arriving there is impracticable. We have the best Authority for asserting, that a Ship from Whitby, the latter End of April last, penetrated as far North as 80 Degrees of Latitude, without being materially obstructed by the Ice; and it is well known that Captain Robinson, of Greenland Dock, Rotherhithe, in the Month of June 1773, was as far North as 81 Degrees 30 Minutes, which he can prove by his Journal, in Case such Testimony should be thought necessary.
A great Number of Vessels are now buying up in the River, at high Prices, by Agents, for the Use of the Italian States. Most of them are fitted as Privateers.
They write from Naples, that there has been found at Preveza, a Town built on the Ruins of the ancient Nicopolis, in Epirus, a very considerable Treasure, consisting of Gold Coin, Rings set with precious Stones, and a golden Statue, having on its Head a Crown enriched with Diamonds, one of which is of great Value.
In all Probability, by this Time, the Inhabitants of Dantzick have been obliged to give up all the Privileges of their City, all their Liberties and Enfranchisements, to the King of Prussia. They have no Alternative, except having their City laid in Ashes; which is a Fate it is not impossible they may have undergone, from their inviolable Attachment to their lawful Prince, the King of Poland.
The Eyes of all the World are on Great Britain and her Colonies, to observe how each will act at the present critical Juncture. How careful then ought some to be how they go to Extremities, the Consequence of which may be fatal, and must be ridiculous; as it will probably be, as a certain Lord phrased it, playing a Farce for the Benefit of France and Spain.
From the best Authority, we are assured that there are now 62 Sail of the Line, which may be ready, at a very short Notice, for actual Service.
LORD HOLLAND'S WILL. "Stephen, the Wiltshire Estate, 5000l. per Annum, and 20,000l. Charles, the Shepy and Thanet Estate, 900l. per Annum, and 20,000l. The Captain, an Estate in the North, 500l. per Annum, and 10,000l. Lady Holland, 2000l. per Annum, with Holland House Estate, Plate, &c. to pay some small Legacies, and to be held sole Executrix."
Yesterday Governor Eden, who is lately come over from Maryland, and to which Place he will return in a short Time with his Family, waited on his Majesty at St. James's.
The same Day Governor Carleton took Leave of their Majesties at St. James's, in Order to his Departure for Quebec.
However one Royal Brother may distinguish himself in the Cause of Popularity or Common Sense, it is undeniable that the other has neither Taste or Inclination for aught but domestic Satisfaction.
It is now, at length, pretty clear that the fair Danish Sovereign must not hope to be restored to Home, to Fame, or her Children, let her Life be of what Continuance it may.
A Person at the west End of the Town has engaged a French Cook at 200l. yearly Wages, the usual Perquisites, and a Bottle of French Wine each Day.
Last Summer, as the late William Hawke, the Highwayman, was riding along the Kentish Road, he met a likely Woman, with whom, after some Conversation, he retired to an adjacent Corn Field, where they had not long been before they were disturbed by the Appearance of the avaricious Farmer, who (in a great Rage) insisted on 5s. Damage, for their beating down his Corn. Hawke, after some Hesitation, put his Hand in his Pocket, and taking out a Guinea, desired the latter to give him Change, when the Farmer eagerly seized the Guinea, and at the same Time pulled a Bag out of his Pocket, in which was upwards of 20l. in Gold and Silver; which Hawke no sooner perceived than he presented a Pistol, and after robbing him of the whole Sum, mounted his Horse, and rode off with his Booty.
The concealed Jesuits, with their numerous Converts, will furnish sufficient Employment in America for the Crowns of Spain and Portugal.
On Wednesday Evening her Grace the Duchess of Kingston arrived in Town from the German Spa, and after having exerted her termagant Disposition to the Terror of her Servants, and with very little Credit to herself, her Grace decamped yesterday Morning, about three o'Clock, in Order to revisit the Continent, from whence she is not expected hastily to return.
The Conversation at the west End of the Town turns chiefly upon the precarious Possessions of a certain travelling Dutchess, occasioned by an ill timed Parsimony. The Story is related of an old Woman having applied to her Grace, in Hopes of obtaining some Recompence for the Fidelity of her Silence; and on reminding the Noble Lady that she had been present at her Marriage with an Honourable Captain, previous to her ranking in the Line of Nobility, she was offered, as the ultimate Proposal, an Annuity of 20l. a Year, in Consideration of her past Integrity, and as a Padlock to her Tongue in future. This the Confidant refused, which transpired by Degrees, till it reached the Ears of the Heirs at Law of a deceased Duke, and it is now said that every Means will be tried by them to recover the noble Fortune which was bequeathed from them in Favour of this political Lady; and it seems there remains little Doubt of their Success, as the old Gentlewoman is enlisted in their Service, and has given ample Testimony of the prior Marriage. Should this Evidence be properly authenticated, the Consequence will be a Recovery of the late Duke's whole Fortune, no such Person being admitted, agreeable to the Description in his Will; and what is still more seriously to be dreaded by the present Possessor, her Grace will become subject to a criminal Prosecution for having imposed on the dignified Clergy, in solemnly denying any prior legal Connections.
Upon a very accurate Calculation, it is computed that every fifth Artisan in this Country has been hitherto employed in American Exports. If the Resolutions then lately entered into by the People of Annapolis become general throughout the Provinces, may we not seriously ask, "What will become of poor Old England?"
The true Reason of not giving the People of Quebec an Assembly is, as it is roundly asserted, lest we should delegate them a Power to oppose us, and put a Sword in their Hands; which, like the Bostonians, they may, in Time, ungratefully brandish over our Heads.
It is remarkable that the two Articles of Beer and British Spirits, the Duties on which are paid chiefly by the lower Order of the People, raise a greater Revenue than all the Taxes of real Luxury put together, and exceed, in the Proportion of at least six to one, the Duty upon Wine, which is chiefly the Beverage of the Great; Beer, including the Tax on Malt, producing a Revenue of 1,500,000l. and Geneva 500,000l. in the Whole two Millions, while that raised on Wine seldom exceeds 300,000l. per Annum.
Last Monday Evening the King, Queen, and the Prince of Mecklenburg, honoured Mr. and Mrs. Fitzroy with their Company, at Fitzroy Farm, near Highgate. The Elegance and Situation of the House and Grounds were much admired by their Majesties, and his Serene Highness.
To show the absurd Prejudices which have been maliciously and wickedly propagated against the Canada Bill, the following Story, which is literally true, may suffice. A worthy Gentleman, and a zealous Protestant, lately crossing the Thames, fell into Discourse with a gray-headed Waterman about the Times. "Master (says the Fellow) I hear sad News; we are all going to be Romans, and I do not like that; I was always for Queen Bess's and King William's Religion." "Honest Man (replies the Gentleman) you may die as you have lived, a good Protestant, for any Thing in this Bill. You are a Sailor, I perceive; pray have you never been at Minorca, and seen Priests and Romans there?" "Aye, many a Time (says the Tar) and they did me no Hurt, nor I to them." "Why this is just the Quebec Bill, quoth the Gentleman; the Minorquins have the Sanction of a Treaty for their Religion, that of Utrecht, approved of by King and Parliament; so have the Canadians for theirs both a Treaty and a Capitulation, and now the Sanction of an Act of Parliament. Protestants will live and exercise their Religion at Quebec, just as they do in London or York, and the Papists have no greater Privileges than the Minorquins." "If this be all that is in it (replies the honest Waterman) I see no Harm in the Bill, and am quite easy about it."
One Farmer in the County of Berks carried five Tuns of Hay, off one Acre, this Season; an amazing Instance of Profit to the Farmer, who pays only 18s. per Acre for the Ground which bore this large Crop.
A Gentleman at Lambeth having repeatedly had his Greenhouse robbed of different Plants, was resolved at last to find out the Thief, for which Purpose he put a small Man Trap against one of the Windows which he supposed the Rogue came in at; but, to his great Surprise, the next Evening he found his own Son dead in it, being caught by the Neck.
In Order to reduce the Swarm of Lawyers, who, our Governors think, prey upon the Publick too much, it is said a Bill will be brought into Parliament, the ensuing Meeting, obliging all Attorneys, at their Admission, to pay to Government 100l. and 5l. a Year as long as they act. The happy Consequence of this will be, that none but Gentlemen will be able to follow the Profession.
The Storekeepers at the different Dockyards of this Kingdom, viz. Portsmouth, Plymouth, Chatham, Sheerness, Woolwich, Deptford, &c. have received Orders to give in accurate Surveys of the Materials under their several Inspections to the Admiralty Office monthly, and the like Regulations are to take Place in the Tower.
It is whispered, that the Porter Brewers lately offered Government 20,000l. if they would consent to bring in a Bill the ensuing Winter to fix the Price of that Liquor at a certain Sum desired, which was refused. If this is true, it evidently proves that the Ministry will not be bribed to oppress the Poor.
A Person of Distinction at Naples having lost a Cause, next Morning shot the Judge through the Head, and took refuge in a Church; but the King ordered him to be taken from thence, and executed immediately.
The Courtiers laugh at the ensuing General Election, and sneeringly call it the Saturnalia ; an ancient Institution, where the Slaves were, at Times, permitted to speak their Minds freely, and be attended by their Masters . But it is our own Fault if we do not return this opprobrious Title on ourselves, and convince them that none are Slaves in this Country but those who are false enough to sell their Birthrights.
We hear it is settled to keep eight Regiments of Foot constantly in America.
We are informed from Glasgow, that the Exportation to Virginia is in a great Measure stopped, till farther Intelligence is received from that Country.
The Report is, that the Administration are determined to spend 50,000l. rather than a certain popular Gentleman should be chosen Member for Middlesex at the general Election.
The Commodities exported from Great Britain to America, on an Average of three Years, have amounted to 3,370,900l. The Commodities imported into Great Britain from the Colonies, for the same Period of Time, have amounted to 3,924,606l. 13s. 4d.
The 20th and 23rd Regiments are ordered to be placed on the Irish Establishment; and the 5th and 38th Regiments, gone to America, are placed on the British.
Some Time ago one of the Secretaries of State, by his Majesty's Command, sent a Letter to the proper Officers in Scotland, desiring an Inquiry to be made into the Causes of the Emigrations.
July 14. By Letters from Quebec, we learn that the Assembly of that Province had fitted out four proper Vessels, in April last, with Provisions and all other Necessaries, for a Voyage up to the Head of the River St. Laurence, at its supposed Junction with the Mississippi.
We are informed that the Prince of Wales and the Bishop of Osnaburg are going to visit several Parts of England this Summer, attended by their Tutor and Preceptor.
A few Days since a considerable Loss was sustained by a Farmer at Westmead, a Village in Cornwall, occasioned by washing and clipping a Flock of about 300 Sheep, and then turning them into a large Pasture. The Evening being cold, and the Wind in the North, brought on a sharp Frost, so that in the Morning near 200 fat Sheep were found dead, and the rest seized with violent Colds and Numbness in their Limbs.
In our Proceedings against the Americans, we should consider that arbitrary Taxation is Plunder authorised by Law, and the Support and Essence of Tyranny. To conceive what Misery this Right of Taxation is capable of producing in a Provincial Government, we need only recollect that our Countrymen in India have, in the Space of five or six Years, by Virtue of this Right, destroyed, starved, and driven away, more Inhabitants from Bengal than are to be found at present in all our American Colonies. This is no Exaggeration, but a plain absolute Matter of Fact, collected from the Accounts sent over by Governor Hastings.
In a private Letter from Holland is the following Passage: "From all the Manoeuvres of the King of Prussia, our Politicians prognosticate that the Theatre of War will be changed; that the War which is looked upon to be nearly extinguished between the Russians and the Porte will embroil other Powers, and kindle another War, which may possibly be more general, and prove more fatal, than the present."
Extract of a Letter from Boston, May 28. "Our Assembly have received Advice, from the best Authority, that Doctor Franklin's Successor in Office is authorised to open all Letters directed to Committees of Correspondence, and inspect their Contents."
Every Town, in every Colony of America, from which we have yet heard, consider the Case of Boston as their own, and agree in Sentiment to unite their Strength, and exert every Faculty, in the most determined persevering Endeavours to preserve their Rights and Liberties against the tyrannical Encroachments of Great Britain. To this End, a Congress is soon expected; and a total Suspension of all commercial Intercourse between the Colonies and Great Britain and Ireland at least, it is generally believed, will very soon take Place.
Some Time since two Jew Pedlars, Master and Man, went to the Red Lion at Rainham, in Kent, with each a Pack, where the seeming Master called for 6d. worth of Brandy and Water, which when the Landlady brought she found him very busy in examining the Contents of one of the Packs, which contained many valuable Things in Silver, Hardware, &c. He then sent off his Man with one of the Packs, and calling the Landlady aside, told her he had a good Bargain of Plate offered him in the Neighbourhood, but wanted five Guineas to complete the Purchase Money, which he desired her to lend him, on leaving the other Pack as a Pledge. This, thinking the Contents the same with that she saw open, she persuaded her Husband, though with some Reluctance, to comply with. The Jew not returning the next Day, according to Promise, on opening the Pack, it was found to contain nothing but Flints.
It is lamented by every Man capable of feeling for the Honour of his Countrymen, that a general Emulation prevails among our young Nobility to violate Morality, insult Justice, oppress Virtue, and degrade the Characters of Britons.
Yesterday Morning a Sturgeon was caught in the Thames, near Chelsea Reach, by some Fishermen fishing for Shads. It measured upwards of eight Feet two Inches in Length. It was brought to the Mansion House for the Lord Mayor, and his Lordship sent it as a Present to the Duke of Goucester.
July 15. At Madrid and Barcelona, Banks are said to be establishing, on the Plan of that of England.
The Earl of Sandwich arrived in Town on Wednesday Night last from surveying the Royal Navy, and was yesterday at Court, when he laid its State and Condition before his Majesty.
It is currently reported, that Orders were sent from the Admiralty on Wednesday last, to Portsmouth, for four Sail of the Line and two Frigates to be fitted out immediately, to join the British Fleet in the West Indies.
A general Survey of all the military Stores in Great Britain is ordered to be immediately taken, and be ready to be laid before Parliament by the Beginning of October.
Letters from Petersburg, of a late Date, advise, that the Negotiations for a Peace between that Court and the Turks met with very few Obstacles, and that the News of a Suspension of Hostilities between those two Powers is soon expected to arrive.
A Correspondent, who is lately arrived from Dantzick, says the Inhabitants are in the most alarming Situation, their Trade being in a Manner entirely stopped; and that it is the Opinion of many of the discerning People there, that ancient City must fall a Sacrifice to the Ambition and Avarice of the Prussian Monarch.
The following is a particular Account of a most daring Outrage that the Haymakers about Kingsbury, Edgware, and Hendon, in Middlesex, have committed on each other. A Quarrel arose between the English and Irish Workmen about the latter accepting of less Wages than the former. The former soon assembled together, to upwards of 100, and fell upon the latter near Kingsbury, cutting and mangling them in a most inhuman Manner, wherever they found them. On Tuesday the English were 600 strong, and scoured the whole Country, committing the most shocking Scenes of Inhumanity. Two Hundred more, of really innocent Hibernians, were cut in a shocking Manner. The Gentlemen and Farmers of the Country armed themselves on Wednesday, and apprehended eleven of the Ringleaders; who, being carried before Sir John Fielding, were committed to Newgate.
July 16. The Order which was lately given, for seizing all Vessels within thirty Leagues of New England, New York, Philadelphia, and Halifax, which had not proper Debentures of their Cargo, has given some Offence to the Dutch, who have made it known to our Court by the Count de Welderen's Application to Lord North on the Subject thereof; who replied, "that his Majesty was firmly resolved to support his Prerogative, as well in America and the East and West Indies, as in Europe." This Message the Myneheers have to comment upon.
Letters from Madrid give an Account, that Prince Masserano is now considered there no longer a Favourite of the King, as he is very seldom consulted on Affairs of State; which has given great Pleasure to many of the Grandees, who look upon him with a jealous Eye. The Letters farther add, that he was always against breaking with England; that it was now looked upon, that in a few Weeks a War would break out between those two Powers. The Letters also add, that the French Ambassador has been the principal Cause of the King's late Coolness to the Prince.
It is believed, that as soon as the King of France emerges from his present Confinement he will prepare himself for some Enterprises which must infallibly shake the present Tranquillity of his Neighbours.
Thursday the New River Head being cleaned out, immense Numbers of Fish issued through the waste Pipes, and Hundreds of People were employed in catching them that Day and all the following Night. Many Score Pounds Weight were taken within the first Hour, and several Hundred Weight in the Whole. The People caught them in Sieves, Baskets, Pails, Pans, and even with their Hands, in great Numbers.
The Aldermen and Common Councilmen of this City are to dine next Week with the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion House; a Turtle is provided for the Entertainment, which weighs upwards of 220lbs.

Several Parties are formed for Marybone on Monday, who will go in Groups, &c. in various Characters. On the Whole, more Amusement is expected, if the Weather continue fine, than has ever been to be obtained at so cheap a Rate.
The City of London, it is said, have it now under Consideration to allow the Dukes of Gloucester and Cumberland a handsome Sum yearly during their Lives, if they will deign to accept it, as a small Reward for their princely Conduct.
We hear that one of the vacant Blue Ribands, and the Lieutenancy of a neighbouring Kingdom, have been separately offered to two Noble Dukes who are near Relations, which were both peremptorily refused; the first with a loud Observation, "that his Honour was not low enough to be bound by a Garter."
We hear that a Noble Lord, lately deceased, two Hours before his Death, called up his second Son, and made it his last Request that he would renounce Gaming; concluding with these Words, "permit a dying, affectionate Father, Charles, to advise you in this; in every Thing else, you are very capable of advising yourself."
Extract of a Letter from Gosport, July 13. "The Warrior, a new Ship of 74 Guns, is begun building at Portsmouth, and is going on very fast."
"From an Estimate taken by the Builders of the different Dockyards, it appears that we have actually 68 Ships of the Line, a Number of Frigates, Sloops, &c. fit for Service, at a short Notice."
"For three Days past, such Quantities of Gold Coin have been brought into the Bank that the Clerks found it very difficult to take it all in. The Crowd was so great, and each Person endeavouring to get first to the Clerks who were to receive it, that several were much hurt."
"On Sunday an Affray began (and continued all Monday and Tuesday) between the English and Irish Haymakers employed in the Neighbourhood of Hyde, Mill Hill, Hendon, and other Places adjacent to the Edgware Road. The Quarrel is said to have arisen from the Irish working under the usual Wages, and dangerously wounding an English Haymaker; which being resented by his Countrymen, who assembled in great Numbers, they drove the Irish every Where before them. Several, on both Sides, have been dangerously wounded; and a Man, Woman, and Child, are said to have lost their Lives in the Confusion."
"Tuesday Night, between ten and eleven o'Clock, a Highwayman, mounted on a fine gray Horse, stopped Mr. Mofely of Chancery Lane, between the Obelisk and Blackfriars Bridge, and after cutting his Horses Bridle robbed him of a Silver Watch and about 30s. Soon after the above Robbery, the same Villain, as it is supposed, stopped a Post Chaise and a Gentleman's Chariot, and robbed the Passengers of what Money they had about them."
"The late Lord Chesterfield, on being told that a certain pretty Woman of his Acquaintance was frequent in using her Hands with too much Violence, replied, "that for his Part he had always remarked her for a striking Beauty."
"BIRMINGHAM, July 4. On Wednesday last, being St. Peter's Day, the Female Friendly Society of the City of Litchfield held their annual Festival. Near 100 young Women, neatly dressed in White, with Shepherdesses Crooks in their Hands, formed a most pleasing Appearance, in their Procession from the Guildhall to the Cathedral Church. They were preceded by two of the Clergy, their Apothecary, and the Clerk of the Society, each also carrying a Crook. At their entering the west Door the Organ played a grand March, while the whole Company seated themselves in the Choir. After the Morning Service, the Reverend Mr. White, one of the Prebendaries, preached a most excellent Sermon suitable to the Occasion; which being ended, they all returned in like Order to the Hall to Dinner, where they were honoured with the Company of the chief Magistrates, and the Evening was spent in the most sociable harmonious Manner. In short, this Society, one of the first of the Kind, for Regularity, Decency, and good Order, may serve as a Pattern to all others, and reflects no small Degree of Merit on the Stewardesses and other Members."
"YORK, July 12. Last Week were imported at Liverpool 1045 Barrels of Flower, four Sacks of Wheat, and a Parcel of Indian Corn, from Virginia; a Parcel of Wheat from Philadelphia; 230 Sacks, and 301 Barrels of Flower, also several Parcels of Oats and Beans, from Ireland."
"GOSPORT, July 7. Yesterday several Boats belonging to the Men of War rowed from the Harbour to Spithead and back again, when the Royal Oak's Boat beat. Lord Sandwich gave the first Boat six, the second four, the third three, the fourth two Guineas, and the fifth one Guinea."
"EDINBURGH, July 4. The Marriage of Lord Stanley, to Lady Betty Hamilton, gives general Satisfaction in this Country. On Saturday last the principal Inhabitants of the Abbey of Holyrood House, where her Ladyship was born, attended by some Gentlemen from Edinburgh attached to the Family of Hamilton, dined in a Tavern within the Abbey, on the Occasion. A large Bonfire was set up in the Abbey Court. After Dinner, a Number of suitable Toasts were drank, viz. Lord and Lady Stanley, the Duke of Hamilton, the Duke and Duchess of Argyle, the Marquis of Lorn, Lady Augusta Campbell, &c. Andrew Stewart, Esq; and all the Tutors and firm Friends of the House of Hamilton, all the Branches of the ancient and illustrious Family of Derby, &c. Every Toast was accompanied with a suitable Air, by the whole Band of Music belonging to the Regiment now lying in the Castle. At Night, a Bonfire was displayed from Salisbury Craigs, where Sky Rockets, and other Fireworks, were played off. The Band played three favourite Tunes under the Windows of the Apartment of the Palace where her Ladyship had her Birth, which were followed by loud Huzzas from a vast Concourse of People, Well-wishers to the Family. A Cask of strong Beer was given to the Crowd. The Whole was conducted, and concluded, with the utmost Decency and Regularity."
NEW YORK, September 8.
Yesterday, by a Gentleman just arrived from Boston, we received the following Intelligence in a printed Handbill.
The following is a Copy of a Letter, said to be wrote by General Brattle, to the Commander in Chief, viz.
CAMBRIDGE, August 29, 1774.
MR. Brattle presents his Duty to his Excellency Governor Gage. He apprehends it is his Duty to acquaint his Excellency, from Time to Time, of every Thing he hears and knows to be true, and is of Importance in these troublous Times, which is the Apology Mr. Brattle makes for troubling the General with this Letter. Captain Minor of Concord, a very worthy Man, this Minute informed Mr. Brattle that there had been repeatedly made pressing Applications to him to warn his Company to meet at one Minute's Warning, equipped with Arms and Ammunition, according to Law. He had constantly denied them, adding, if he did not gratify them, he should be constrained to quit his Farms and Town. Mr. Brattle told him he had better do that than lose his Life and be hanged for a Rebel. He observed, that many Captains had done it, though not in the Regiment to which he belonged, which was, and is, under Colonel Elisha Jones, but in a neighbouring Regiment. "Mr. Brattle begs Leave humbly to query, whether it would not be best that there should not be one commissioned Officer of the Militia in the Province."
"This Morning the Selectmen of Medford came and received their Town Stock of Powder, which was in the Arsenal on Quarry Hill, so that there is now therein the King's Powder only, which shall remain there as a sacred Depositum, till ordered out by the Captain General."
Extract of a Letter from Boston, September 2.
"In Consequence of the foregoing Letter, a Party of 250 Regulars set out early yesterday Morning to secure and bring away the Powder alluded to, which was effected without Loss or Damage. At the same Time a Party of 30 are said to have seized two Field Pieces belonging to the Cambridge Regiment of Militia. The Report of this Manoeuvre, exaggerated no doubt in the Country, brought this Morning, on Cambridge Common, at least 3000 People from different Parts of the Country, in Order to learn the Truth of the Matter. They were unarmed, and demanded the publick Resignation of two Counsellors, Inhabitants of Cambridge, which was complied with; and after choosing several Persons to stop the great Numbers coming in from the distant Parts, said to be many Thousands, and being satisfied that the Governor had seized only the King's Powder, they peaceably dispersed."
"You cannot conceive what an uneasy Day we have had, from the different Reports circulated in this Town, some of which were of the most alarming Nature, and by credulous People easily swallowed."
"It is said the Governor is determined not to risk any Troops in the Country, till he is reinforced, being apprehensive of their Loss, from the amazing Number and Fury of our People, who are all provided with Arms and Ammunition, &c."
"The mysterious Manner in which the Powder was removed from Cambridge has alarmed the whole Country between Boston and this City, as the Report was circulated with Exaggerations of the most dreadful Nature. The whole Province of Connecticut prepared, and many set off thence, in good Order, to relieve their Brethren."
Extract of a Letter from East Haddam, September 5. "Gentlemen, we have just now received Intelligence, by the Return of an Express which was sent on Purpose, who informs us that he met several Companies returning; but he still proceeded as far as Lebanon, where he saw and received certain Intelligence from Governor Trumbull's Sons, who went from here, and marched as far as Pomfret, where they had the Pleasure of finding that the Alarm of an Engagement having happened was premature. We rejoice with you, and the rest of our Brethren, on this joyful Occasion!"
Humphrey Lyon, for Self and the Committee of Correspondence."
To Captain James Hazelton, and the rest of the Inhabitants of the Town of Haddam.
"We learn from the Boston Papers, that the Gentlemen summoned to serve on the Grand and Petty Juries, under the Parliamentary Establishment, have unanimously refused to be sworn; and that, after many Difficulties, the Court received, read, and returned to them, the Papers which they had brought and signed, containing the Reasons of their Refusal, grounded on the Impeachment of the Chief Justice by the Assembly of the Province, and the Act of Parliament for the Dissolution of their Charter."
WILLIAMSBURG, September 22.
THE Purse of 100 Guineas run for last Tuesday at Portsmouth, was won, after a hard Struggle, by Moore Fauntleroy Esq's Mare Miss Alcop.
The Tayloe, Ogilvie, and Bland, Danby, from London, Neptune, Morrison, Peter, Lang, and Briscoe, McMillan, from Glasgow, are arrived in James River; and the Bell, Moody, in York River.
On the 26th ult. in Latitude 30, Longitude 62, Captain Mitchell, of the Trident, spoke the Molly and Peggy, Thomas Finlay Commander, from Jamaica, bound for London, all well.
FRIDAY, September 23. The Papers which came by the Northern Post this Afternoon bring no later Advices than what we gave the Publick in our last Gazette. They write from Boston, that Town and County Meetings are now held, and calling, in all Parts of the Province, and that it was expected a Provincial Congress would be soon appointed; that the Spirit of the People was never known to be so great, since the first Settlement of the Colonies, as at this Time; and that the Country in general seems to be preparing for the worst, being determined to DIE or be FREE. Governor Gage has issued Writs for convening a General Assembly, to meet at Salem, on the 5th of October next.
It is again earnestly requested that all Persons indebted to PURDIE & DIXON would discharge their Accounts between this and the End of the ensuing General Court, as their Partnership determines on the 18th Day of December following, and they have sundry Debts to pay off. — Those who have Accounts against the Partnership are desired to bring them in immediately, that Provision may be made for paying them off as speedily as possible, as it will be very inconvenient to admit of any Demands after it is closed.
Advertisements.
Wanted immediately,
ONE or two JOURNEYMEN TAILORS that understand their Business well. Such will meet with good Encouragement by applying to the Subscriber, in Williamsburg.
(2) JAMES SCLATE.
LOST, on Monday the 5th of September,
a Transfer Tobacco Note at Four Mile Creek Inspection, No. 13, 278lb. neat, and passed by Daniel Warinne. The Publick are hereby cautioned from purchasing said Note, it being already accounted for, and lost, with the Inspectors Names to it.
(1) RICHARD REYNARD, Inspector.
WOOLLENS.
THE Subscriber has just received, by the Kingston Packet, Captain Joseph Turner, from Hull, a large Assortment of coarse Woollens, viz. Six Quarter Cloths with necessary Trimmings, and other small Packages (of about 40l. Sterling Value each) consisting of coarse Duffils, Friezes, Fearnought, Halfthicks, Bearskins, Kendal Cottons, Negro Blanketing, Bed Blankets, White Plaiding, Rugs of different Kinds, and other Goods which he will sell reasonable for Cash, or short Credit.
(tf) JOHN STONEY.
** He has also for Sale SEINE TWINE in small Packages, SHOT in Barrels, West India RUM, Flat and Square BAR IRON of a good Quality, and a Quantity of COALS in said Vessel. NORFOLK, September 20, 1774.
FOR SALE,
A TRACT of LAND in York County, about four Miles from Williamsburg, containing 250 Acres. It lies in about three Quarters of a Mile of York River, and about the same Distance from the Oyster Rocks, joins Colonel John Tabb's, and Colonel Landon Carter's Land, and has as much Timber as will pay for it in one Year, by selling Wood to the Inhabitants of Williamsburg. It is under a Mortgage to Mr. William Graves of York County, for about 190l. which Sum must be paid him at the Acknowledgment; for the Remainder of the Money one or two Years Credit will be given, as can be agreed on, and Possession may be had at Christmas. For Terms apply to Captain William Gregory of Charles City, or the Subscriber in the same County, about three Miles from the Courthouse. (tf) AMBROSE JACKSON.
WE the Subscribers, having for some Time
past experienced very great inconvenience arising from the Uncertainty of the Time of our Meeting in Williamsburg, have now resolved, and are determined, for the future, to meet there every 25th Day of October and April; of which we give this publick Notice, that those who have Business to transact with us may know when to attend.
  JAMES LYLE.  NEIL JAMIESON.    ARCHIBALD RITCHIE.  JAMES GLASSFORD.    DANIEL MCCALLUM.  WILLS COWPER.    ROBERT DONALD.  MATTHEW PRIPP.    JAMES FAIRLIE.  JOHN HAMILTON.    JAMES DONALD.  THOMAS SIMPSON.    ALEXANDER BAINE.  JOHN GILMOUR.    JOHN FISHER.  CHARLES GILMOUR.    WILLIAM MITCHELL.  JOHN HAY, & Co.    RICHARD ADAMS.  BENJAMIN BAILEY, & Co.    ALEXANDER BUCHANAN.  ANTHONY WARWICK.    ANDREW CHALMER.  INGLIS & LONG.    EDWARD JOHNSON.  FIELDING LEWIS.    NINIAN MINZIES.  ARCHIBALD CUNISON.    THOMAS MAIN.  HENRY MITCHELL.    ROBERT RUTHERFORD.  JAMES ROBISON.    ARCHIBALD MCCALL.  JAMES SOMERVELL.    MCCALL & SHEDDEN.  WILLIAM HENDERSON.    ADAM FLEMING.  JOHN GLASSELL.    THOMAS RUSSELL.  ANDREW CRAWFORD.    HECTOR ROSS.  RICHARD HANSON.    NEIL MCCOULL.  JAMES INGRAM.    JOHN LINDSAY.  WILLIAM HARRISON.    JAMES GIBSON, & Co.  EDMUND PENDLETON, Jun.    JOHN JOHNSON.  JOHN BAIRD.    ROBERT BURTON.  THOMAS SHORE.    ARCHIBALD BRYCE.  PATRICK COUTTS.    ARCHIBALD GOVAN.  MOSS ARMISTEAD.    ANDREW JOHNSTON, Jun.  ELBECK, ROSS, & Co.    EDWARD BRISBANE.  JOHN TABB.    WILLIAM JOHNSON.  CORNELIUS CALVERT,    THOMAS YOUNGER.  ROBERT PLEASANTS, & Co.    SYMON FRASER.  THOMAS EVANS.    THOMAS HODGE.  EDWARD STABLER.    JAMES McDOWALL.  DAVID RUSSELL.    DAVID COCHRAN.  GEORGE PURDIE.  
Wanted immediately, A JOURNEYMAN SHOEMAKER that understands the Business well in all its Branches. Such a One, that can come well recommended, for an honest, industrious, sober Man, will meet with Encouragement to his Satisfaction, a good Seat of Work, and his Money paid every Saturday Night if he chooses it. Inquire for the Subscriber, near the upper Church, in Middlesex County. (tf) SAMUEL DANIEL.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, for ready Money, on Wednesday the 5th of October, at John Wilkinson's Plantation in New Kent,
TWENTY ONE likely NEGROES, consisting of Men, Women, Boys, and Girls, Stocks of CATTLE and HORSES, some HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, and one RIDING CHAIR. They are sold by Virtue of Executions obtained in New Kent Court, by Messrs. John Elbeck, and David Rojs & Co. against the Estate of the said Wilkinson. (tf) JOSIAH HOLT, D. S.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at Westbury, the Seat of the late Colonel Littlebury Cocke, in Charles City, on Thursday the 6th of October,
FIVE likely Virginia born SLAVES, Stocks of CATTLE, HORSES, HOGS, and SHEEP, belonging to the Estate of the said Littlebury Cocke. Six Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to carry Interest from the Date, if not punctually paid. (2) WILLIAM EDLOE. WILLIAM GREEN MUNFORD.
Twenty Pounds Reward,
WHEREAS John Garlington of Northumberland County, a Skipper of a Schooner, hired of me last Year a Negro Man Slave named AARON, whom he has not returned, but reported he was drowned in Potowomack River, but has never produced me any satisfactory Proof thereof; and whereas Garlington told me he was offered 150l. for the said Negro by a Gentleman on James River, I shall acknowledge it a particular Favour of the Gentleman that offered the above Price if he will write me, or Mr. Daniel Wistegar, Merchant, in Warwick, whether he knows any Thing of the said Negro, as I think it appears by Garlington's Behaviour that he is not drowned. The Fellow is about 30 Years old, five Feet eight Inches high, very black, well made, and has a long Scar on his Nose. If the Fellow is living, and such Intelligence given me that I get him, I will give 10l. or the above Reward, if brought to me in Lancaster County. (tf) GEORGE NORRIS.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, at New- castle, the 12th of April last, a CHESTNUT SORREL MARE about thirteen Hands high, and branded on the near Buttock A. G. Also a small BAY HORSE with a roached Mane and Bob Tail, a small Blaze down his Face, but his Brand forgot. Any Person who takes up the said Strays, or either of them, and gives Notice to Captain Francis Smith near Hanover Courthouse, or to Mr. Robert Bumpass, shall have 25s. Reward for each. (2) JOHN SMITH.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, the 10th of May last, a DARK BAY MARE about four Feet six Inches high, no Brand, mealy Nose, thick Mane and long Switch Tail, strong made, good Courage, paces, trots, and gallops. Any Person who will deliver her to Mr. David Anderson, Jun. Merchant, in Louisa (where she was bred) or to the Subscriber, shall have 30s. Reward. (2) MATTHEW ANDERSON, Junior.
To be SOLD or RENTED (Preference will be given to the first)
A PLANTATION on Allen's Creek in Mecklenburg, within a Mile of Roanoke, consisting of about 120 Acres of Land, the Property of Messrs. Alexander Donald and Co. and whereon the Subscriber now lives. The Land of itself is valuable, exclusive of the Improvements, which are a good Dwelling-House, with other necessary Outhouses, and a large and convenient Storehouse, 32 by 44 Feet. There are about 20 Acres of the low Ground well set in Timothy and Clover, and notwithstanding this dry Summer, 15 Acres of it have yielded above 30,000 Weight of Hay, which, with about 300 Bushels of Oats in the Straw, some Indian Corn, 40 Head of Cattle, 50 Head of Sheep, and some Hogs, will be sold on reasonable Terms. The Purchaser may have Possession of the Premises as soon as he pleases, and long Credit (if required) will be allowed for the Land, on his giving Bond and Security. It is expected the Store will be continued, and of Course the Purchaser will have the Benefit of the Board of the Storekeepers, and besides the Situation of the Place (being on Taylor's Ferry Road) makes it well calculated for a Tavern. (tf) EBENEZER MACHARG.
FOR SALE,
TWO Thousand Acres of exceeding fine LAND for Tobacco, Wheat, or Indian Corn, lying on both Sides of Bull Run, in Loudoun and Prince William, about 300 Acres of which are rich low Ground and Meadow Land. It lies within four Miles of two Merchant Mills, and about ten Miles of two other Merchant Mills in Loudoun; thirty Miles from Colchester, Alexandria, and Dumfries. If any Person or Persons incline to purchase the Whole, or any Part of the said Lands, they may be shown them, and know the Terms, by applying to Captain Francis Peyton, in Loudoun County, who has full Power to treat for the same, or to the Subscriber. It is laid off in Lots of two, three, and four Hundred Acres, with an equal Quantity of low Ground and Meadow Land to each Lot. (1 M. tf.) ROBERT BURWELL.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Din-
widdie, a Negro Man named SIP; he formerly ran away and passed for a Freeman, by the Name of Richard Hunt. He is about 48 Years old, five Feet six or seven Inches high, has a very down Look, and is branded on the right Cheek SV, but so dull as not to be perceived without strictly searched for. Whoever brings the said Fellow to me shall have 20s. Reward, besides what the Law allows. (2tf) SALATHIEL VAUGHAN.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a BAY HORSE four Feet and a Half high, with a Star in his Forehead, and branded on the near Buttock S. Posted and appraised to 3l. JOHN COX.
TAKEN up, in Bedford, a BAY HORSE about twelve Years old, four Feet six Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, has some Saddle Spots, branded on the near Shoulder E and on the near Buttock C, and had on a Bell of about 4s. Value. Posted, and appraised to 3l. JOHN EWING.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a BLACK HORSE near fourteen Hands high, seven or eight Years old, hanging Mane and Switch Tail, his near hind Foot partly white, branded on the near Shoulder W, and on the near Buttock M. Posted, and appraised to 3l. SIMON WALTON.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a small BRINDLED STEER, three Years old, some White under his Belly, Tail, and Legs, and marked with a Crop in the left Ear, and a Piece taken from the upper Side of the right. Posted, and appraised to 25s. EDMUND LOGWOOD.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a GRAY MARE about nine Years old, four Feet one Inch high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, is much Flea-bitten about the Head and Ears, paces naturally, but has no perceivable Brand. Posted, and appraised to 5l. DUNCAN ROSE.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a BLACK HORSE about ten Years old, four Feet five Inches high, with a Switch Tail, a Star in his Forehead, some Saddle Spots near his Withers, had on a Bell, has but one Eye, and branded on the near Buttock H. Posted, and appraised to 5l. THOMAS ROGERS.
TAKEN up, between Williamsburg and the College Landing, a very small BLACK MARE, appears to be old, and branded on the near Buttock T. Posted, and appraised to 40s. RALPH CRUTCHFIELD. (tf)

POETS CORNER.  EPITAPH on a FAITHFUL SERVANT. SHOULD full-blown Pride, in taunting Accent, say "What mighty Deeds have dimm'd this Clay?" "Or was he rich in Fortune, or in Blood?" Ah, he was more, much more, for he was good! His Life in Service and Obedience spent, He gain'd not Riches, but he gain'd Content; Whilst o'er himself he kept: strict Control, And heap'd up Treasures that enrich the Soul. Of Temperance try'd, an ever ready Hand, A yielding Nature, pliant to Command; Yet firm in Morals, resolutely just, Of softest Manners, but a Rock in Trust. His Sense was plain, nor yet his Converse rude, A feeling Heart, that teem'd with Gratitude. For this thy Kindred mourn thy early Doom, Thy Master lov'd thee, and inscribes thy Tomb. Go, take thy Wages now, by Heaven's Decree, Where Service is eternal Liberty."
CHARLES CITY, September 13, 1774.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about the first of August last, a Negro Man named PETER, by Trade a good House Carpenter, Cooper, Bricklayer, Plaisterer and Whitewasher, and Gardener, about five Feet five or six Inches high, rather of a yellowish Complexion, and a little pitted with the Smallpox; his Clothing as usual for Crop Negroes, except a Cotton Coat instead of a Waistcoat, which is dyed of a dark brown Colour. He formerly belonged to Mr. Willis of Gloucester, and by him given to Mrs. Kennon of this County. He worked some Time at Kennon's Mine in Buckingham, and has lived on the Eastern Shore; and I am of Opinion he is lurking in one of those Neighbourhoods, or endeavouring to get to Mr. Kennon's in North Carolina, where he may be harboured by his Negroes. I will give 30 s. to any Person who will deliver him to me, if taken in Charles City, 40 s. if in any other County, and if out of the Province 5 l. and I hereby forewarn all Masters of Vessels and others from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony. (4ll) JOHN WEST.
TAKEN up, in Bedford, a BAY HORSE about three Years old, thirteen Hands one Inch high, with a small Star and Snip. Part of his near hind Foot white, dockt, and branded on the off Shoulder r. Posted, and appraised to 5 l. ROBERT EWING, Junior.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 6, 1774.
I BEG Leave to inform the Publick, and particularly those Gentlemen who were pleased to take my Subscription Papers to their respective Counties, to raise a small Sum of Money in each for the Encouragement of making SALT, that after viewing many Places on this and the other Side of the Bay, and on the Sea Coast of the Eastern Shore, I have now fixed on a very convenient Spot on that Coast for erecting proper Works; and as nothing more can be done on my Part without Money, I must beg the Favour of them to forward such Sums they may be able to collect, to Robert Carter Nicholas, Esq; who is so kind as to take the Trouble of receiving and paying the Money out to me. Proper Security shall be lodged in his Hands, for any Sum that I may draw. The Certainty of my being able to make Salt, as good as any whatever, is hardly to be doubted, from the several Experiments which I have made, and which are pretty fully certified by Gentlemen of Veracity, whose Certificates will be lodged in the Hands of Mr. Nicholas.
Gentlemen will readily see the Necessity I am under of requesting speedy Assistance, when I inform them that I have for some Time past devoted my whole Attention to this Business, and given over every other Pursuit from which my Family might have derived any Advantage, and that; in Order to put the Works in as great Forwardness as was in my Power, I have incurred a considerable Expense, and been obliged to contract for some of the necessary Materials. JAMES TAIT.
MR. TAIT having produced to me a Sample of Salt made on the Eastern Shore, together with the Certificate of a Gentleman of unquestionable Credit, I have no Doubt, with proper Encouragement, of his succeeding in his proposed Scheme; from which, it seems highly probable, that this Country will reap the greatest Advantage. I shall therefore most cheerfully comply with his Request, and take great Pleasure in contributing every Thing in my Power towards carrying it into Execution. ROBERT C. NICHOLAS.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 8, 1774.
I INTEND to leave the Colony immediately. (ll) MARY THECHER.
GLOUCESTER County, September 7, 1774.
THE Subscriber, understanding as many Branches of the WEAVING BUSINESS as any Person in this Colony, would be very glad to set up a Manufactory for weaving LINENS, COTTONS, WOOLLENS, and SHIP CANVASS, which he will engage shall not be inferior to any imported from Britain. He was employed for three Years by Warner Lewis, Esq; of this County, to whom he refers any Gentleman for his Character and Abilities in his Profession; and will be ready to wait upon any One, at any Time or Place. WILLIAM ROBERTS.
WARWICK, September 1, 1774.
THE STORE here, of late kept by me on Account of Messrs. Dreyborn, Murdoch, and Co. of Glasgow, is now in the Charge of my Brother David Leitch, and the said Company's Store in Prince Edward County, hitherto managed by Mr. Henry Benkin Lightfoot, is under the Direction of Mr. John Graham. The Business of the Stores will, on the same Account, be prosecuted so far to their usual Extent as the Situation of publick Affairs will admit. The Debts due to this Store I continue to collect, and those contracted with Mr. Lightfoot will remain with him for the same Purpose. It will be deemed obliging in those whose Accounts are open, and inconvenient to be discharged, immediately to close them by Bond, or other Specialty, as may be approved of. JOHN LEITCH.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 8, 1774.
THE Legatees of Mr. Joseph Scrivener, deceased, being very pressing to receive their respective Dividends of his Estate, it is expected that all Persons indebted thereto, by Bond, Book Debts, or for Goods purchased at the Sale, will make Payment by the ensuing October Court, as no longer Indulgence can or will be given by the Executors. WILLIAM TREBELL. ROBERT NICOLSON.
WARWICK, August 30, 1774.
I INTEND to leave the Colony immediately. ANDREW FRENCH.
To be SOLD or RENTED immediately, in Halifax Town, North Carolina,
A VERY commodious Dwelling-House, and all necessary Outhouses, with seven Lots and four Acres of Land adjoining, all paled in, lately the Residence of Mr. James Milner, Attorney at Law. Whoever is inclined to purchase, or rent, may apply to the Subscriber, living in Northampton County. (ll) SAMUEL PETTE.
WILLIAM DAVIS, TAILOR, YORK TOWN,
BEGS Leave to inform the Publick that he carries on his Business at that Place, and will be much obliged to those who may please to favour him with their Custom, as he will ever make it his Study to pay strict Attention to their Commands. He will furnish the following Articles complete for ready Money, viz. a Suit of the best Superfine Cloth, middle Size, 7 l. 10 s. Do. of Cashmir, 3 l. Do. of Dury lined through, 4 l. 5 s. Do. of Sagathy lined, 4 l. 15 s. A best Bath Coating Surtout Coat, 2 l. 18 s. A Bath Coating Coat and Waistcoat, 3 l. 10 s. A Suit of the best Jeans faced, 4 l. 10 s. He will wait upon any Gentlemen within twenty or thirty Miles, and furnish them with any other Wearing Apparel at the same reasonable Rates. And that the Quality of them may not be doubted, if they are not made according to Agreement, or Orders sent, no Gentleman is desired to receive them, or make any Satisfaction whatever. (ll)
To be RENTED, in Warwick,
A STOREHOUSE, Lumber House, and Dwelling-House, conveniently situated for Trade; also several Houses fitted for the Reception of Tradesmen, to whom good Encouragement will be given by the Inhabitants. For Terms inquire of BERNARD MARKHAM.
For SALE at Norfolk, on the 1st of next Month,
THE Brig LIGHTFOOT, of 100 Tons Burthen, British built; likewise all her Stores, Tackle, and Appurtenances. The Time of Payment will be made easy to the Purchaser. The Vessel is very strong and well built, and her Sails, Rigging, &c. in good Condition. She may be viewed on Saturday next, and from that Time to the Day of Sale. For farther Particulars apply to Messrs. Phipp and Bowdoin, Merchants, in Norfolk, or the Subscriber in this Town. YORK, Sept. 7, 1774. JOHN H. NORTON.
To be RENTED for any Number of Years, and Possession taken the 25th of October next,
THE STOREHOUSE lately occupied by Mr. Adam Fleming, which has all necessary Conveniencies for a Merchant, with a good Storehouse at Law Point Landing; it is needless to describe the Situation of the Store, as it is generally known, being next House to the Tavern. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in Cabin Point. ARCHIBALD DUNLOP.
ISLE OF WIGHT, September 1, 1774.
DICK, the Property of the Subscriber, absconded about ten Days ago; he is a black Fellow, well set, about five Feet six Inches high, has remarkable white Teeth, thick Lips, and a Scab above his right Ear. He went off in a Boat, in all Probability to make his Escape out of the Colony. I will give a Reward of 20 s. if taken in the Colony, 40 s. if brought home to me, and 5 l. if taken and secured out of the Colony, so as I may get him again. I forewarn all Masters of Vessels from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony, at their Peril. HEZEKIAH HALLIDAY.
MECKLENBURG, September 3, 1774.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about two Months ago, a likely Mulatto Lad named ISAAC BEE, formerly the Property of the late President Blair, and is well known about Williamsburg, where I am informed he has been several Times seen since his Elopement. He is between eighteen and nineteen Years of Age, low of Stature, and thinks he has a Right to his Freedom, because his Father was a Freeman, and I suppose will endeavour to pass for one. He can read, but I do not know that he can write; however, he may easily get some One to forge a Pass for him. I cannot undertake to describe his Apparel, as he has a Variety, and it is probable he may have changed them. Whoever apprehends the said Slave and delivers him to me, or to Mrs. Burwell, in Williamsburg, shall have 40 s. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from carrying him out of the Country. LEWIS BURWELL.
EAST WAREHOUSE, Gloucester County, September 5, 1774.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, out of the College Pasture, the 10th of last Month, a very DARK BAY MARE, about fourteen Hands high, a natural Pacer, has some Saddle Spots, a small Star in her Forehead, a high Roach Back, her Mane hangs on the off Side, and she is branded on the near Buttock, I believe, with an R. Whoever delivers the said Mare to the Reverend Mr. John Dixon, at the College in Williamsburg, or to me at East Warehouse, shall have 40 s. Reward; or on giving me an Account where I may get her, 20 s. Reward. THOMAS DIXON.
To be SOLD altogether or in Parcels,
A TRACT of LAND containing 1000 Acres, lying in the lower End of Caroline County, on Pamunkey River, 100 Acres of which are low Ground, adjoining Horn Quarter, belonging to the Honourable Thomas Nelson, Esquire. On the said Tract, there is a good Plantation cleared, fit to work ten Hands, on which will be sowed fifty Bushels of Wheat; there are all necessary Outhouses, with a tolerable good Dwelling-House. Also a Tract of Land in King William County, containing 306 Acres, late the Property of Doctor Robert Campbell, within five Miles of Hanover Town, and where the Subscriber now lives. This Land is well improved, with all necessary Accommodations for a Family. For Terms apply to WILLIAM JONES.
For CHARTER to any Part of Europe,
THE Ship Sparling, William Priestman Master, Burthen about 500 Hogheads, 13,000 Bushels, or 2500 Barrels. For Terms apply to the Subscribers, in Norfolk. (8) JOHN LAWRENCE & Co.
Who have just imported in said Vessel, from Liverpool, Irish Linens, Osnabrucks, Kendal Cottons, Felt Hats, Sail Canvas, Mould and Dipped Candles, Hard Soap, Nails, Loaf Sugar, Fine Salt, Coals, Queen's China Plates in small Crates, Seine Twine, Bottled Beer, Cheese, &c. &c. They have also for Sale West India Rum, Old Spirits, Muscovado Sugar, Coffee, Ginger, Pimenta, Molasses, Madeira Wine, &c.
NEW YORK, July 27, 1774.
FIFTY POUNDS REWARD, WHEREAS, on the 19th of June last past, a certain JOSEPH THORP was entrusted with a considerable Sum in Half Johannesses, of nine Pennyweight, to be delivered by him at Quebec, and as he has not yet made his Appearance there, with other suspicious Circumstances, it is apprehended he is gone off with the Money. He is a Native of England, about six Feet high, swarthy Complexion, very dark keen Eyes, and pitted with the Smallpox, of a slender Make, stoops as he walks, talks rather slow, with some small Impediment in his Speech. He lived some Time in Boston, from whence he removed to Quebec, assuming the Character of a Merchant in both Places; he was also once in Trade in Newcastle, Virginia, and has a Brother settled there. It is believed he went on Board Captain John F. Pruym, for Albany, and took with him a blue Cashmir and a dark brown Cloth Suit of Clothes. Whoever secures the said Joseph Thorp, in any of his Majesty's Jails on this Continent, shall be entitled to ten per Cent. on the Sum recovered, and the above Reward of 50 l. when convicted. Apply to Euron and Seton of New York, Joseph Wharton, Junior, of Philadelphia, Robert Christie of Baltimore, James Gibson and Co. Virginia, John Bondfield of Quebec, Melatiah Bourne or John Rowe of Boston. It is requested of those who may have seen this Joseph Thorp, since the 19th of June last past, or know any Thing of the Route he has taken, that they convey the most early Intelligence thereof to any of the above Persons, or Greenwood, Ritson, and Marsh, in Norfolk, or to Robert Pleasants and Co. at Four Mile Creek, Henrico County; the Favour will be gratefully acknowledged. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from taking him off the Continent. (tf)
To be SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND in Surry County, containing 450 Acres, known by the Name of Cabin Point, on which are a new Set of Brick Warehouses, which bring in about 70 l. a Year, and a new Brick Merchant Mill completely fitted with two Water Wheels on a never-failing Stream, within 100 Feet of the Wharf. The Land is very good for Grain, and has about 40 Acres that may be made fine Meadow. This is one of the most improvable Estates in the Country. Half the Purchase Money to be paid in twelve Months, the other Half may lie for seven Years, on good Security being given, and punctual Payment of Interest. If the Land is not sold by Christmas, it will be rented out. (tf) BENJAMIN HARRISON.
To be SOLD, to the highest Bidder, at Amelia Court-house, on the 10th of January next,
TWENTY very likely SLAVES, to satisfy a Debt due to James and Robert Donald, & Co. Credit will be allowed till the 10th of October 1775. Bond and Security to be given to the said Company; and if Payment is not made to the Day, the Bonds to carry Interest from the Date. (7) WILLIAM WATSON.
To be RENTED annually, or for a Term of Years,
SWAN'S POINT FERRY and BOATS, with two good Dwelling-Houses, all necessary Outhouses, an exceeding fine Pasture, and Land sufficient to work four Hands, under a good Fence. For Terms apply to the Subscriber. (tf) JOHN HARTWELL COCKE.
FOR SALE,
TWO THOUSAND Acres of LAND, lying on the River Shenando, in the County of Frederick, eight Miles above Abby's Gap. One Third of the Purchase Money to be paid on the Day of Sale, and an extensive Credit will be given for the Remainder. Mr. James Brown will show the Land to any Person inclined to purchase, and I shall be on the Premises the 15th of November next. (tf) NATHANIEL BURWELL. ISLE OF WIGHT, July 19, 1774.
Pursuant to a Decree of the Honourable General Court, and by Letter of Attorney from Colonel George Mercer of Virginia, now in London, will be sold at publick Auction,
ABOUT 3500 ACRES of LAND in the County of Loudoun, near West's Ordinary, about twelve Miles from Leesburg, forty from Alexandria, and thirty five from Dumfries, on Potomack. This Land is well known, by the Description of Bull Run Mountains, and is very fertile. —Also 6500 Acres on Shenando River, in the County of Frederick, opposite to Snicker's Ordinary, and binding on the River about seven Miles. As this Tract is Part of a Survey one of the first in that Part of the Colony, its good Quality cannot be questioned, it is well watered, will admit of two Mills on Land Streams, and others on the River; there are now on it six Plantations well improved for Cropping, 110 Slaves, and very large and choice Stocks of Horses (some of the Dray Breed) black Cattle, Hogs, and Sheep; which, together with the Crops of Corn and Wheat now growing (expected to be upwards of 2000 Barrels and 5000 Bushels) will be sold on the Premises, on the 24th Day of November next, or next fair Day. —The Loudoun Lands will be sold at West's Ordinary, on the 21st Day of the same Month. Both Tracts will be laid off in Lots to suit every Kind of Purchaser, who may see them by applying to Mr. Francis Peyton, near the Loudoun Land, and Mr. William Dawson, who resides on the Shenando Tract. Among the Slaves are two good Blacksmiths, two Carpenters, and an exceeding trusty and skilful Waggoner. The aged black Cattle, and grown Hogs, will be fattened for Slaughter. —Purchasers above 25 l. will be allowed twelve Months Credit, on giving Bond and Security to the Subscribers, who will be prepared to make Conveyances. (20) JOHN TAYLOR. GEORGE WASHINGTON.
For LIVERPOOL,
THE Ship GREENWOOD, Mackey Reed Master, loads at Norfolk, has two Thirds of her Cargo already engaged, can take in 200 Hds. of Tobacco on Liberty of Consignment. Any Gentlemen inclining to ship by her will please to send their Orders to Mr. Richard Taylor of Petersburg, Mr. Richard Squire Taylor in King William County, or to us at Norfolk. (tf) GREENWOOD, RITSON, & MARSH.
To be RENTED, from Year to Year, or for a Term of Years,
BELVOIR, the beautiful Seat of the Honourable George William Fairfax, Esq; lying upon Potomack River in Fairfax County, about fourteen Miles below Alexandria. The Mansion House is of Brick, two Stories high, with four convenient Rooms and a large Passage on the lower Floor, five Rooms and a Passage on the second, and a Servants Hall and Cellars below, convenient Offices, Stables, and Coach House adjoining, as also a large and well furnished Garden, stored with a great Variety of valuable Fruits, in good Order. Appertaining to the Tract on which these Houses stand, and which contains near 2000 Acres (surrounded in a Manner by navigable Water) are several valuable Fisheries, and a good Deal of cleared Land in different Parts, which may be let altogether, or separately, as shall be found most convenient. The Terms may be known of Colonel Washington, who lives near the Premises, or of me in Berkeley County. (tf) FRANCIS WILLIS, Junior. NORFOLK, April 21, 1774.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Number
of Vessels will be wanted this Summer to bring about 6000 Tons of STONE from Mr. Brooke's Quarry on Rappahannock, and land the same on Cape Henry, for the Lighthouse. Any Person, or Persons, inclined to engage in such Work, are desired to treat with Matthew Phipp, Paul Loyall, and Thomas Newton, Esqrs. The Directors of the Lighthouse will also be glad to purchase one or two FLAT BOTTOMED VESSELS, from 80 to 120 Tons Burthen. (tf) BASSETT MOSELEY.
FOR SALE,
A TRACT of LAND in Amelia County, containing 500 Acres, about four Miles below the Courthouse. It is remarkable fine Land for Grain, and will bring good Tobacco. The Plantation is in good Order for Cropping, sufficient to work six or eight Hands, with all necessary Houses. Any Person inclined to purchase may depend on having a Bargain, and know the Terms by applying to (tf) WILLIAM MARSHALL.
For SALE,
ABOUT twelve Thousand Acres of exceeding rich TOBACCO LAND, in Amelia County, whereon are several Plantations and Improvements sufficient to work forty or fifty Hands. There is on the said Land for Sale a very valuable GRIST MILL, lately built, with a Stone Dam and a Pair of good Cologne Millstones, which Mill has for two Years past got upwards of 100 Barrels of Toll Corn, and is situated on a never failing Stream. The Land will be shown by William Womack, who lives at one of the Plantations, and the Prices of the Land made known by him. One or two Years Credit will be allowed, Interest being paid for the second Year, and also for the first, if the Money is not paid agreeable to Contract. The Land is to be laid off and surveyed by Colonel William Cabell, at the Expense of the Purchaser. Deeds will be made upon Bond and approved Security being given, either to Colonel William Cabell, or the Subscriber. Six per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, or good Merchants Notes. If any Person will choose to exchange Lands in the lower Part of the Country, on or near some navigable River, that are good, it is more than probable we should agree. (tf) CARTER BRAXTON.