The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1772-05-07 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
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Table with 4 columns: PRIZES, £, s, d. It lists various prize amounts and their corresponding values in pounds, shillings, and pence.
894 Land Prizes. 1518 Cash Ditto, at £. 5 each, 1 Ditto to balance, 2413 Prizes, 9862 Blanks. 2275 Tickets, at £. 4 New York Currency, or 46s. Sterling, or ten Dollars each, is £. 49300. About four Blanks to a Prize.
The Lands and Houses have all been appraised by impartial Persons appointed for that Purpose by the Managers, and the Titles inspected and approved of by Counsel of the first Reputation in New York. The Managers are Gentlemen of the first Reputation in New York, who will see that strict Justice is done, and will make a good Title to the Persons who draw the fortunate Numbers, without any Expense of Deeds, and without any Deduction. The Drawing to begin with all convenient Speed. A List of the fortunate Numbers will be printed in the New York and Philadelphia Newspapers; such Prizes as are not demanded in three Years after the Drawing are to revert to the Society of the Hospital in the City of New York, in America, and esteemed as generous Donations to a most benevolent Institution lately established, for the Relief and Recovery of the Poor, Diseased, and Distressed, of all Denominations. The fortunate Adventurers distant from New York shall have their Prizes paid by, or their Deeds lodged with, the Persons who delivered out the Tickets, clear of any Expense. 114 TICKETS to be had at the POST OFFICE in WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA.
LONDON, February 22.
THE following is an authentick Copy of the laconick Letter which Mr. Charles Fox sent to Lord North, previous to his Resignation: "My Lord, You have grossly insulted me, and I will revent it. I am just now going to set off for St. James's, to resign my Seat at the Treasury Board to the King. I am, my Lord, your Lordship's humble Servant, C. J. Fox."
The Resignation of Mr. Charles Fox, we are assured, was owing to a Dispute between him and Lord Sandwich, who had disposed of a considerable Post in the Navy which had been promised to a Friend of the former.
His Majesty has appointed Captain Shuldham, late Commander of his Majesty's Ship Royal Oak, to be Admiral and Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships on the Newfoundland Station, in the Room of Commodore Byron, whose Time is expired.
Several Transports are taking in Stores in the River for Boston, New York, Charlestown, St. Christopher's, &c.
February 24. We are informed that the Salary and Perquisites of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland amount, in the Whole, to upwards of ten Thousand Pounds a Year, besides the Advantage accruing from the Disposal of Places, &c. and, considering the Cheapness of living in that Country, it is thought to be equal to twenty Thousand Pounds a Year here.
We hear that a Regulation will soon be made to shorten the Time of his Majesty's Troops serving in Garrison abroad; those in Europe to be relieved once in three Years, and those in North America once in five Years, which it is thought will save the Lives of many useful Subjects.
A Correspondent advises, that the Bill for regulating the Marriages of George the second's Posterity may be entitled "An Act for enslaving the Royal Family."
The Propriety or Improperity of subjecting the Royal Family, in their Marriages, entirely to the Will of the Crown, may be clearly seen in the following Question: Would any Father in England wish for a Law to place the Happiness of all his Children in the Power of the eldest, especially where it is ten to one that this eldest will, for his whole Life through, be surrounded by evil Counsellors?
The Queen of Denmark is not the only Princess of her Family, a Correspondent informs us, who has suffered in Consequence of an imputed Attachment for an undeserving Favourite: Her great Grandmother, George the first's Consort, died in Prison, and never was permitted, after that Prince's Elevation to the English Throne, to go beyond the Precincts of the Castle in which it was judged proper to confine her.
The Danes are very busily employed in strengthening their Fleet, and twelve Men of War are building with all Expedition in Norway (as a Correspondent assures us) which seems to indicate, on their Part at least, an Apprehension of Hostilities.
The Lord Mayor has, we hear, declared, that so long as his Conscience justifies his Conduct he is totally regardless of popular Clamour, and that he should consider himself as much a Slave if he sacrificed that Conscience to the Huzza of a Party as if he carried it immediately to the Market of a Minister.
A Correspondent thinking the Lord Mayor very ill treated by the publick Prints not giving the Whole of his Lordship's Reply to several Members of the Common Council, when solicited by them to grant the Livery a Common Hall, he therefore has sent it us, which he assures us is genuine, and was as follows:
"Gentlemen, "It having pleased Providence to crown my Industry with Success, I have therefore been enabled to make a very considerable and extensive Fortune; in the Acquisition of which, Gentlemen, I have always deemed myself with Moderation, Temper, and Evenness, neither looking to the right Hand nor to the left, sensible that going on in the straight Line was the only Way to mind my own Business, and at the same Time live without Reproach in the World: Therefore, Gentlemen, for these Reasons, I must take Time to consider of your Request; my Determination you shall know in two Hours Time."
It is said that a Lady now under the matrimonial Bar in Doctors Commons has afforded her indignant Spouse Proof positive of no less than eleven Facts with eleven different Men. It was of this Lady it was said that she had not Passion enough to love an Angel, yet was abandoned enough to have criminal Commerce with a Hackney Coachman.
The Patriots of Ireland have brought that poor Kingdom to such a blessed State, that at present, when the Viceroy wants to be recalled, and the Ministry want to recall him, not One is to be found, notwithstanding the Profit of Employment, and the Exigencies of our Nobility, that will venture or condescend to accept of that Station.
It is remarkable that the Duke of Cumberland, who once professed such Warmth of Passion for Lady Grosvenor, will now hardly forgive his most intimate Friends if they mention or even hint at her Name. Some condemn him for his cruel Treatment of her; but others, who have some Knowledge of his private Concerns, say he was necessitated to slight her in the Manner he did, unless he could condescend to some proposed Terms, which would have involved him in irretrievable Misery.
"If we are to judge by Appearances (said a Lady on Friday last, in a fashionable Company) it should seem as if Mrs. Cornelys, in a Fit of Despair, had given up every Intention of exerting her Genius this Year for the publick Amusement. Indeed, my Dear (replied a second) I am quite of your Opinion, and I find myself finely cheated of a Masquerade, after being at the Expense of three of the most striking Dresses for myself and Daughters that ever appeared at a Masquerade yet. Hold Ladies (were the Words of a Man of Fashion present) you are too precipitate: If my Information is genuine, the Masque Ball of the Soho Subscribers, which was only postponed by the late melancholy Event, is certainly to be on Tuesday next; as every One will, for that Night, be out of their Sables, the splendid Masks will have the Advantage of appearing in the Comparison with a double Brilliance. "Here, John (was all the Reply) run to Mrs. Cornelys, and inquire if there be any masked Ball, and when; I die to know the Truth of it." John was back in a Trice, winged with the happy Intelligence that the greatest Preparations were then going forward, and that it would absolutely be on Thursday next.
Since the Commencement of the Suit now pending in the Court of King's Bench, relative to the Freedom of a Negro Servant, the Spirit of Liberty has diffused itself so far amongst that Species of People that they have established a Club near Charling Cross, where they meet every Monday Night, for the more effectual Recovery of their Freedom.
Saturday Night a Disturbance in the Boxes at Drury Lane Theatre, between two Gentlemen, stopped the Play for a few Minutes; they retired no farther than the Boxkeeper's Lobby to settle it with the Sword.
On Saturday twelve Ships broke from their Moorings near the Tower, and drove upwards with the Tide; but by the Assistance of a vast Number of Boats they were all stopped almost close to the Starlings of London Bridge, and towed back with very little Damage.
A few Days since a Diamond Ring being pledged at a certain eminent Pawnbroker's, near the Haymarket, on Inquiry, the Ring was missing, and searched for in vain, till a Boy recollected he had seen the Dog gnawing of Something black like the Case, and on examining his Kennel the Ring was found. One Hundred and forty Guineas had been lent on it the same Day.
The Bill for incorporating and well governing the Society of Free and Accepted Masons has been read the first Time, and ordered to be read a second.
February 27. The Lower Assembly yesterday went through the Bill for discontinuing the inland Duties on Single and Black Teas, and for allowing a Drawback on Teas exported to Ireland and the Plantations, which is to be this Day reported.
Tuesday Night an Express was sent from the Admiralty to Portsmouth for the Men to work double Tides, in Order to get the Men of War fitting out there completed for Sea as soon as possible. The same Orders were sent to Plymouth and Chatham.
It is said that the whole military Establishment of the British Colonies is to consist of thirteen Thousand effective Men, exclusive of their Militia.
Extract of a Letter from Naples, January 29.
"His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester seems to grow better daily, though he is still very weak. Doctor Jebb and Mr. Adair have done great Service, though the fine Air, a Milk Diet, and moderate Exercise, they, and all the Italian Physicians who have been consulted, seem to think are the only Things that can produce a Change for the better in his Constitution.
February 28. An Express arrived at Lord Rochford's Office on Tuesday from Paris, which brought the Arrest of the French King for the Payment of all the Canada Bills, the Property of British Subjects.
The Diamonds and Gold in Mr. Cox's Museum are estimated at more than a Million; and, for the Credit of our Country, we can assert that Mr. Cox has brought the Jewelling Business to a Degree not only of Perfection, but of Excellence among us, which is unknown to any other Part of Europe.
February 29. It is now said that the Cause of our not making vigorous Preparations against the Danes is owing to Advices received from Mr. Keith at Copenhagen, which seem to indicate that the Queen's Life is not in Danger, as the principal Nobility of the new Council have given the strongest Assurance of their Determination to make a fair Scrutiny into the Charges against her; and it is universally believed, if she has Justice done her, our Court need be under no Apprehensions on her Account.
This Day his Majesty was pleased to confer the Order of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath on Lieutenant Colonel Robert Murray Keith, his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Copenhagen.
March 2. The sixtieth Regiment, commanded by Sir Jeffrey Amherst, is ordered from Canada, where it is now on Duty, to Jamaica.
March 3. Yesterday a Motion was made in the Lower House, by Mr. M. for expunging out of the Kalendar the Observance of the 30th of January, in Commemoration of King Charles's Martyrdom. The Debates thereon continued upwards of two Hours; when the previous Question being put, the House divided, and there appeared for the Question ninety seven, and against it one Hundred and twenty five, after which the House adjourned to this Day.
Yesterday the Bill for discontinuing the inland Duty of one Shilling a Pound on Single and Black Teas, and for allowing a Drawback on Teas exported to Ireland, and the Plantations, passed the Lower House, and ordered to the Upper House for their Concurrence.
The following Letter was lately written by the King of Denmark to his Queen: "MADAM, I pity your present just Fate. Let this prove my last Adieu. I wish you a sincere and Christian Repentance. CHRISTIAN, Rex."
It is now confidently reported that the late Revolution at the Court of Copenhagen proceeded not from any Charge of Infidelity in the Queen, but only from a Suspicion that she had too great an Ascendancy over his Danish Majesty, by which the Conduct of the State was entirely under her Regulation, the having by that Means displaced from the Offices of Government those Men in whom the People most confided, and put others in their Stead rather obnoxious to them. It was therefore judged necessary that the Queen should be removed till Affairs are settled under the new Government, in such a Manner that no ill Consequences may ensue. Prince Frederick, the King's Brother, is no Favourite of the People, and therefore any Revolution on his Account appears absurd. Count Struenfee will be tried by the Council; for that he, being the Queen's Favourite, has been the Instigator and Adviser of the Changes made.
March 4. We are credibly informed that a Fleet of Men of War is ordered to be got ready to proceed to the Baltic.
The Ensigns of the Bath were given to Mr. Keith as a Reward for his late spirited Behaviour in Defence of the Queen Consort, and we are told his Majesty is so greatly pleased with Mr. Keith's Conduct that he has ordered all the usual Expenses attending the Creation of a Knight to be defrayed out of the privy Purse.
It is imagined that the Opposition will divide a greater Number against the second Reading of the Royal Marriage Bill in the House of Commons, in its present Form, than upon any publick Question since the Year 1764.
The 4th of March the House of Commons was fuller than it had been this Session. Mr. Sawbridge made his Motion for shortening the Duration of Parliaments. He was seconded by Mr. Townsend, who said that his Friend had moved it as a great constitutional Question, and he hoped it would be considered as such. For his Part, he should always consider that Question as one of the greatest that could come before that House. To make Elections frequent would be to make them free. As his worthy Friend and Brother Alderman had said so much upon the Subject, he should content himself with seconding it.
Mr. Cox got up, and observed that he could not think the Honourable Gentleman had gone far enough; that it was the Corruption of the Times that would prevent a free Election; that had he moved, or could find out a Way to abolish that, he would readily join him in the present Question; but while that subsisted he could not come into the present Question, as giving any Prospect of a more free Election and Representation than at present. The House divided, Nos two Hundred and fifty one, Ayes eighty three.
The 2d of March the Debates in the House of Lords were upon the Bill "For the better regulating the future Marriage of the Royal Family."
Lord Temple, in the Course of the Debate, remarked, with a Mixture of Spirit and Concern, that the Tone of the Bill was exactly in Unison with the whole Strain of Politics for these last nine Years.
The Duke of Richmond begged, and prayed, to be sent to the Tower; upon which a facetious Member said, that they never gave any Thing to Beggars in that House.
Lord Rockingham's Toast is, Success and Security to the Hanoverian Succession.
The Lords Rockingham and Temple, and the Bishops of Lincoln and Peterborough, spoke a considerable Time in the House of Lords on the third Reading of the Royal Marriage Bill. Lord Camden spoke almost an Hour; he was answered by Lord Mansfield, who spoke an Hour and five Minutes, and was replied to by Lord Temple.
March 6. The Duke of Cumberland was in the House the whole Time of the Debates, and claimed the Pity of every One present, from his visible Agitation of Mind. He did not speak, though, in the Fullness of his Heart, he was several Times on his Legs seeming for that Purpose.
Most of the Cabinet Lords, it is said, whatever Appearance they may assume, do by no Means relish the Bill in the present Form.
All Thoughts of a Change in the Ministry are laid aside; on Account, it is said, of the late Contentions on the Royal Marriage Bill.
March 7. Yesterday the Lords Committee sat on the Tea Bill.
At a Meeting of the Supporters of the Bill of Rights, it appeared that fifteen Hundred Pounds of Mr. Wilkes's Debt remained yet unpaid.
The noted Dudley is admitted to plead "guilty" to the Indictment for Perjury. His Sentence is left to the Opinion of the twelve Judges. The Trial of Britain, for various Forgeries, will come on at Reading next Week.

The Lords of the Treasury have now appointed three Gentlemen, jointly with John Temple, Esquire, to be Surveyors General of the Customs in England, at the Salary of four Hundred Pounds a Year. John Granier, Esquire, is appointed Paymaster of his Majesty's Forces in North America.
At a late Privy Council Measures were resolved on, which are to be laid before the Parliament, for supplying the long complained Want of a Paper Currency in the American Colonies.
On the 23d of February, while Colonel Thomas Eyre was speaking to a Bill before the House of Commons in Ireland, he was seized with an apoplectic Fit, and dropped down dead in his Place.
We are informed that the Money arising from the Sale of the City Marshal's Place, amounting to about fifteen Hundred Pounds, will be generously given by the Lord Mayor for the Relief of poor Prisoners who now lie in the Jails of this Metropolis for small Debts, and some only for their Fees.
On Saturday Evening, as Mr. Parkinson, of Castle Yard, Holborn, was standing on a Platform at Westminster to see the Princess Dowager's Funeral, he suddenly missed his Watch, which was a Repeater, but judiciously took no Notice of his Loss, from a natural Supposition that the Person who took it would speedily attempt to retreat. He was not disappointed in his Conjecture, for a Woman decently enough dressed attempted to retire from the Crowd. Mr. Parkinson on this seized and charged her with the Theft, whereupon she immediately dropped the Watch, which, besides its intrinsic Value, had two Gold Seals belonging to it; and the Mob hearing of the Affair, dragged her away by Force, and gave her the Discipline of the Kennel with an uncommon Degree of Severity.
Extract of a Letter from Abercrombie, February 14. "I cannot help lamenting the shameful Want of Principle in the People of this Country; for though the Goods lost from the Landlord Waggon have been kept up, few or none of them have been restored to the unfortunate Carrier, a most worthy honest Man. A laughable Circumstance that happened upon this Occasion came to my Knowledge, which may be worth mentioning. A rich Farmer's Widow, and her two Daughters, had found one of the Boxes, the Contents of which they had dried at the Fire, and taking for granted it was fine Hylon Tea, were regaling themselves in an extravagant Manner; but when they had drank plentifully they found a wonderful Effect both upwards and downwards, and after having suffered much in Body and Mind, from the Apprehensions of Poison, the Tea was at last discovered to be the famous British Herb Tobacco."
A Cause is instituted in Doctors Commons against Lady S. with a Jew, in which some Family Transactions of a very extraordinary and uncommon Nature are likely to entertain the Publick.
We hear from the Confines of Poland that a Jew who deals in Gunpowder having lately received a large Cask of that Commodity, and not being able to open the Bung Hole so easily as he expected, applied an Iron Gimlet to the Wood with such Force that the Friction set Fire to the Contents, and blew up the House, together with the Jew, his Wife, and seven Children.
Wednesday Night, about ten o'Clock, an old House in Whitechapel fell down, by which a Man, his Wife, and Child, were buried in the Ruins. The Wife was dug out alive, but so much hurt that her Recovery is not expected. The Husband and Child were killed.
Celebrated as the English are for their Humanity, their Resentments extend beyond the Grave; as a Proof of which, a considerable Part of the Mob, as the Body of her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager was conveying to the Abbey, staggered, and bid the Bearers carry her to St. George's Fields.
It is said that their Majesties have made the Princess of Brunswick many valuable Presents out of the Princess Dowager's Collection of Jewels, as also that the Princess Amelia has been particularly generous in this Visit to her Niece, from conceiving it very probable they may never meet again.
The masculine and cruel Conduct of the Queen Dowager of Denmark is surely but a very indifferent Recommendation of her to the Regency, much less to take Care of an infant Prince the Competitor of her acknowledged Favourite, and the lawful Successor to the Crown that Favourite seems on the Point of usurping.
No one Section of Parliament, in the whole Annals of this Country, has ever been distinguished by the salutary Bills that are now either brought into the House, or are preparing for that Purpose; and yet perhaps we may find few or none of them carried, as where they will not be opposed from publick they will meet with Opposition from Party Principles.
Notwithstanding the general Appearance of Peace throughout the Kingdom all the Members of our several Corps have received Orders to repair immediately to their respective Quarters, a Circumstance that seems rather to contradict what is called the Evidence of our own Senses.
Two Things are again talked of as being now under Contemplation with the higher Powers, the first of which is a Bill against Pluralities of Church Preferments, and a Bill for the Taxation of our publick Places of Amusement.
We are informed that her Majesty is again pregnant, so that there is very little Probability of our ever wanting Heirs to the Crown of Great Britain out of the immediate Posterity of Royalty.
It is said the petitioning Clergy are resolved to apply again, by Petition, to the House of Commons the next Sessions.
LIST OF PATRIOTICK PARAGRAPHS.
 1. Mr. Wilkes was observed to shed Tears at the News of a late Defeat in Pall Mall. Iron Tears from Pluto's Creek!  2. There is some Storm brewing in the political Hemisphere, which will unite the Patriots.— Now they are scattered like Sheep without the Shepherd.  3. Mr. Dunning owned yesterday, in the House, that all Opposition was now over.— Why may not a Lawyer speak Truth?  4. Edmund Burke distinguished himself in a most masterly and elegant Speech in Favour of the Church of England.— With mental Refutation for that of Rome.  5. The young Cub lost twelve Thousand Pounds on Tuesday Night at Almack's.— Squire, had the Cub so much to lose?  6. The present unexpected Tranquillity has given Birth to Jealousy among the Members of the Cabinet.— Then there is a Dawn of Hope for hungry Patriots.  7. Lord Bellamont declares, and Mr. Luttrell denies. Which of the Worthies are we to believe?— Neither.  8. A certain celebrated Orator distinguished himself on the thirty nine Articles, with an Eloquence truly Roman.— Edmund is a Roman in Religion only.  9. Lord North declared, in a late Debate, that he dreaded some Hostilities from the French in the East Indies.— War is then at a GREAT DISTANCE.  10. We hear that the late Adulteration which happened in a certain Malt Distiller's Mill is the Contrivance of his political Enemies.— To throw a Fortune into his Pocket.  11. Pork is lately risen to Sixpence Halfpenny a Pound.— Why do not they permit Sir Joseph to mind his Hogs?  12. A Correspondent asserts that Mr. Burke is not the Author of Junius.— The Declaration is late by two Years.  13. Dear North, said a great Personage, the Misfortunes of my Family disturb my Peace and Happiness more than Mr. Wilkes and Junius.— What a mortifying Declaration to these good Subjects!  14. By the new Law which is about to pass, a Common Councilman must be worth three Thousand Pounds.— I do verily believe that most of the present PATRIOTICK Ones are worth-LESS.  15. Mr. Edmund Burke cannot possibly be the Writer of Junius, because one of these Letters was published and answered when he was two Hundred Miles distant.— We believe it impossible even for an Englishman to be in two Places at ONCE, but we all know that the same Person can be both JUNIUS and PAUL-JUNIUS. 
By the Bowman, Captain Taylor, in five Weeks and five Days from Glasgow, just arrived in JAMES RIVER, we have the following Advices.
H A M B U R G, March 3.
THE 25th ult. Count Struensee had his third Examination. We are assured that the Questions to be put to him are in Number six Hundred and thirty, and that in his three Examinations he had not given Answers to above two Hundred. The same Day his Horses, together with those of Count Brandt (which are mostly English Ones, and excellent in their Kind) were sold by Auction. This gives Reason to think that the Fate of these two Noblemen is fixed, and there are some who say that an Ecclesiastick had been admitted to visit the latter.
ALTONA, March 6. The English Courier who passed through this City lately for London was accompanied by the Sieur Holberg, a Courier from the Danish Cabinet. The Mercury of this Place, dated February 20th, says: "We pass by our Advices from Copenhagen, as very uncertain; Time, however, must discover what is going forward."
L O N D O N, March 13.
WE have Authority to inform the Publick that there is a moral Certainty of an immediate Peace between the Russians and the Porte. The Congress is already opened at Jassy, the Capital of Moldavia; and it is thought that all the Demands of the Czarina will be complied with, the Chief of which is the absolute and entire Cession of the Crimea, and all the Provinces to the east of the Danube. The Russians will derive immediate Advantage from the Possession of the Crimea: It will give them the Command of the Euxine, and carry Terror to the Walls of Constantinople; which City will now, in a great Measure, depend upon their Nod. The Cultivation of Tobacco is already high in the Crimea, and there is a particular Article for permitting the Russians to transport that Commodity through the Propontis into the western Parts of Europe. The Empress of Russia, in Consideration of these Cessions, is to guarantee to the Porte all its Dominions; and the Russian Fleet in the Archipelago is to be sold at a set Value to the Grand Seignor, who intends to turn his Arms against Egypt. The Empress hath also promised to use her Influence with the Court of Persia to prevent them from aiding and abetting the revolted Bashaw of Bagdad, who has usurped the Government of Babylon. The Turks, upon the Whole, will lose little of their annual Revenue by this Cession; and they will, with their now disciplined Armies, be soon able to reduce the revolted Provinces in the south and east. Egypt has fallen off, Syria totters, and Mesopotamia is lost, together with the Possession of the Arabian Shore of the Gulf of Persia towards the Mouth of the Euphrates. These will certainly be recovered, in a very short Time, by the Armies now stationed on the Danube. It is imagined that Russia, in the Course of the War, has lost about three Hundred Thousand Men, besides Ships; and Money to the Amount of forty Million of Roubles, or nine Millions Sterling.
A certain General Officer is said to have had a Message from a great Person, acquainting him that he must either give up his Regiment or stand a General Court Martial. It is said to be in Relation to clothing of his Regiment while on Service abroad.
On Wednesday the 26th of February last the Wife of Mr. Charles Grinfeld, of Whin Lees, near Retford, Nottinghamshire, was delivered of a Boy dead born, and continued in Labour until Friday Morning, the 28th, when Mr. Bird, Surgeon and Man Midwife, of Stockwith, was sent for, and in less than two Hours she was delivered of two other Boys and a Girl, all alive, who survived but a few Hours, and were all buried in one Coffin. The Mother is in a hopeful Way of Recovery.
March 16. Yesterday the King's Letter was read, in most of the Churches in the City, exhorting the Benevolence of well disposed Persons to the unhappy but industrious poor Members of the Community, who are, at this particular and inclement Season of the Year, environed with the deepest Distress, even beyond the Conception of a tender Heart.
Mr. Burke declared on Friday Night, in the Debates on the Marriage Bill, that it should not be allowed to pass without a minute Dissection of all its Parts, and that he would begin the Operation.
When the Queen of Denmark was first seized Count Rantzau behaved with the greatest Insolence and Brutality, making Use of several opprobrious Expressions in the English Language, which it seems the Count understands, at least the vulgar Part of it. As her Majesty was imprisoned early in the Morning, the secret Committee, and their Emitters, were assiduous to prejudice the Minds of the People, by making them believe that her Majesty was taken in Bed with Struensee.
Private Letters from Copenhagen confirm that the King of Denmark has repeatedly desired to see his Queen, but the Authors of the late Revolution have always found some Pretence to prevent their meeting, and it is said that in Order to avoid all farther Applications of that Kind it was determined to remove the Queen to Alborg in Jutland.
March 17. Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held at St. James's, at which his Majesty was present.
A Letter from Hamburg, March 6. "Letters from Copenhagen, dated the 20th ult. advise that the Queen Dowager has not appeared in publick since the 25th, when her Majesty, in stepping into her Carriage, slipped and bruised her Leg, since which she has been confined to her Apartment."
"After the Examination of Mr. Berger, Professor of and first Physician to his Majesty, Leave was given that he might be shaved, have the Use of his own Bed and his Books, that he might have Tobacco, and also Knives and Forks. From hence it is conjectured that he has cleared himself of the Crimes laid to his Charge."
"The same Letters add, that they begin to treat the State Prisoners with more Lenity than heretofore, allowing to them the Use of their Books; and that the commissarial Inquisitors appeared satisfied with the Openness and Honesty of the Answers given by Count Struensee, in his last Examination."
"The People are very turbulent at Copenhagen. The frequent Ordinances published, forbidding, under the severest Penalties, any Persons being found in the Streets or in Coffeehouses in the Night, appear to authorise the above Assertion."
By a Letter from a Gentleman of Distinction at Copenhagen we learn that Nothing of any Importance has transpired with Respect to the State Prisoners. The Proceedings against them are carried on with the utmost Secrecy, and the Judges are bound by Oath not to discover the minutest Title of their Examination. The Intelligent, therefore, will judge what Degree of Credit is due to the many Reports which have lately appeared about the Danish Politics in our Newspapers.
A Danish Messenger arrived early this Morning from Colonel Keith, at Copenhagen.
Somerfiet House is fitting up, and new Furniture putting into the Kitchen, in Order to make it complete for the Reception of the Queen of Denmark, who will certainly be over some Time in May next.
The first Families belonging to a certain northern Dominion still continue to emigrate, on various Pretences; though the Truth is, that they are so much alarmed at the new Inquisition lately introduced into their Country that they prefer any Climate, where they can enjoy these common Blessings of the Individual, Freedom and Security, to the most affluent Situation within its Grasp.
This Morning some Despatches, said to be of great Importance, were received by the Russian Ambassador.
An Express arrived on Sunday Night last from Petersburg, which brought Advice that her Imperial Majesty was very ill of a Fever.
Advice has been received from Gibraltar that an Algerine Corsair has taken two small English Vessels, and carried them into Algiers.
Letters from Jamaica mention that the Spaniards have formed a new Settlement at Rattan, which they have garrisoned with two Hundred and fifty Men from the Havannah.
Letters from Marseilles mention that fourteen Ships had been lost in the Road of Gibraltar, in which Number was an English Man of War.
Yesterday Morning the Archbishop of Canterbury, and many other of the dignified Clergy, were sent for early by his Majesty to the Queen's Palace, on Business of great Importance.
The Friends of the Constitution grow hourly more alarmed at the Marriage Bill, because it is now discovered to be a declaratory Bill, specifying that the Crown is not only to have, but that it always had, a Power of controuling the Choice of our Princes, and that consequently whatever Unions are made without the King's Consent are absolute Nullities.
A Correspondent desires us to acquaint the Publick that the Insinuation propagated by Opposition that the Royal Marriage Bill, in its Preamble, annuls a late Marriage, is false, unfair, and frivolous.
Many People wonder that the Archbishop of Canterbury is not strenuous in Opposition to the Marriage Bill, since his Grace can expect no Translation but to the Kingdom of Heaven, to which the Defence of a divine Ordinance must have contributed considerably.
The parliamentary Nabobs are extremely pleased with the Method of fighting the Marriage Bill Inch by Inch, as the more it is delayed the less Time there will be to inquire into their Proceedings in the present Session; for twenty Millions of People must groan unpirated till the junior Branches of the Royal Family are stripped of their first Rights, not only as Men, but as Subjects of England.
Lord Camden, in speaking against the Marriage Bill, actually urged an Argument which made considerably in its Favour; this was the Information he gave the House of Lords relative to a Descent from the Crown, and who he said kept an Alehouse. Such a Piece of Intelligence many Gentlemen thought mal-a-propos, as they imagined the controuling Power granted to the King would be less unreasonable if it prevented the Possibility of similar Disgraces on the Royal Family.
The following Removes are now much talked of: Lord Suffolk to be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in the Room of Lord Townshend, who is to resign, and Lord Shelburne to succeed the Earl of Suffolk as one of the Secretaries of State.
In a late Conference between Lord Barrington and the Premier, it is said that the former declared his Intention of resigning very shortly.
Orders are given for all the Officers belonging to the Regiments now on Duty in Ireland to join their Corps by the 7th of next Month, without Fail.
Letters from Paris say that a dangerous Insurrection has broke out in the Province of Brittany, and that a Body of twenty Thousand Troops had been ordered to march there directly to suppress it.
It is said that some Despatches of great Importance were received yesterday from our Ambassador at the Hague.
On Friday next a beautiful new Monument will be opened in Westminster Abbey to the Memory of the late General Wolfe. The Doors are ordered to be shut till two o'Clock, on Account of his Majesty being expected there to view it.
On Sunday Night Mr. North, one of his Majesty's Messengers, arrived at the Queen's Palace with some Despatches of Importance from the Court of Copenhagen.
Mr. Zimmermann, Physician in Ordinary to his Britannick Majesty at Hanover, who is a Swiss, in his Essay on national Pride (just published) thus represents us: "Well bred People among the English make no Difficulty of owning that a Contempt for all other Nations under the Sun is, as it were, hereditary in that Country. Whenever one of those Islanders is engaged in a Quarrel with a Foreigner he is sure to let fly a Volley of opprobrious Epithets against his Adversary's Country: "You are a French Braggadocio, an Italian Monkey, a Dutch Ox, a German Hog." are but slight Specimens of English Contumely. The bare Word French carries so much Indignity with it that they would not think the Foreigner sufficiently vilified by calling him only Dog ; therefore is French added to it, by Way of Amplification. This national Prejudice spares not even their Fellow Subjects, the two Nations who live under the same Laws as they themselves, and are fighting for one common Cause. Nothing is more frequent in England, that is among the Commonality, than You beggarly Scot, You blood-thirsty Irish Dog Trotter . In a Word, an Englishman, after guttling on Pudding and Beef, well diluted with strong Beer, talks away, of all other Nations, as if they had not the same Creator."
EDINBURGH, March 21. It gives us Pleasure when we can inform the Publick of any new Species of Manufacture erected in this Part of the Kingdom. A new Invention has lately been discovered at Leit, for working black Silk Lace, or white Thread Lace, in a Loom, to imitate any Pattern whatever; and the Lace done in this Way looks fully as well as if sewed, and comes much cheaper. It is done of any Breadth, from three Inches to three Quarters of a Yard wide. The same Manufacturer has also made an Improvement on Carpets, to imitate any Figures that may be drawn or printed on Paper, and much cheaper than such Carpets have been sold for in any Part of the Kingdom. Several of the Nobility and Gentry have viewed these Works, and expressed their Satisfaction at the Ingenuity of Mr. Brotherson, the Inventor, who we hope will meet with that Encouragement which he so justly merits.
Extract of a Letter from London, March 16. "There is Reason to believe that there will soon be various Changes in the publick Employments. I doubt not that most of their Places may be very well supplied; but I hope Lord North will continue, because I know not the Man capable of succeeding him. Integrity, Capacity, and Application, are not easily to be found in one Person."
A few Days ago a Man belonging to Mr. Harrison of Oumbay, near Lincoln, found, as he was ditching, an Urn filled with Gold and Silver Coin, with the following Inscriptions: On one Side D. AVG. C.ES. IMP. round a Head; on the other, the Roman Standard (namely, an Eagle holding a Thunderbolt) and Q. V. SBVI. These valuable Remains of Antiquity were purchased by a neighbouring Gentleman.
B O S T O N, April 6.
Extract of a Letter from London, February 7.
I PURPOSELY deferred writing till the opening of the Sessions; and I never was any One in this, or the last Reign, more peaceable. The Faction is no more. Lord Temple will have Nothing to do with them; Lord Chatham stays in Somersetshire; Lord Shelburne is going abroad; and Barry, on the Motion of twenty five Thousand Seamen, spoke for the Motion, and is manifestly trimming round, and seeking out for a new Master on the Failure of the old One. All are desponding; the only Appearance of Life is in the Common Council, and in the Newspapers. These are written by Wilkes and his Set of desperate Printers, who are counting a Jail in Order to lift them into publick Notice, and to keep themselves from starving. As to the Common Council, it has been long sinking, but is now fallen upon the very lowest of the Inhabitants."
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in London, February 9. "It is with the greatest Difficulty an Admittance into either House of Parliament is obtained. I got in, however, the 7th of this Month, upon a Debate more general, and of greater Consequence, than any which it is likely will come on this Session. It was upon a Petition of about two Hundred and fifty of the Episcopal Clergy, some Gentlemen of Physick, and some of Law, praying that a Subscription to the thirty nine Articles for the future might be dispensed with. An Account of the whole Debate will be published in the Papers, so that it is needless to be particular. It is remarkable, however, that not one Member stood up in Defence of any of the controverted Articles, or scarcely of the Church itself, upon any other than mere political Grounds. Lord North even rose the second Time to explain himself, by saying he was misconceived if any One understood him to assert that the Articles could be defended from Scripture. In short, the Articles, Church, and Bishops, never had so severe a Trimming. I sat myself very near four of the Bishops, during the whole Argument. Even the Solicitor General (Wedderburne) was for receiving the Petition. He said as handsome Things of a late Piece, called The Confessionalist , as Man could well utter; he said it was in his Opinion unanswerable, and that the Author seemed possessed of infinitely more Candour than the Gentleman who had endeavoured at ridiculing the Performance. And although the Petition was voted out, yet the Petitioners met with more Encouragement than they expected, and are determined to persevere every Session. It will at least keep their Bishops, &c. better employed than in thinking of an American Bishop, of which I think there is no Danger at present. The Presidents of New York and Virginia Colleges are both here, but I believe totally for different Purposes; and I have good Reason to think so. I am confident America must wait some considerable Time before the Means of her Deliverance arise, yet the unavoidable will be relieved. I think they have Nothing at present to do but to be careful to cultivate Harmony amongst themselves, and for each Colony to look upon her Neighbour as her Sister, and her Distresses as her own. Such a Conduct appearing here will convince Administration that Nothing farther can be done with a Prospect of Effect against the Liberties of the Colonies, and Things may at length come nearly as they were. I hope I propriety truly; and indeed Administration, if they did but know it, have their Hands full at home, without fishing in troubled Waters. Our King must be in a very unhappy Situation: One Brother, at a Distance, in a very dangerous Way; another Brother wounding the Honour of his Family, at home; his Sister the Queen of Denmark, in close Confinement, under Suspicions of dishonourable Conduct; and his Mother now lying dead. Add to this the unsettled Minds of his Subjects, and he must be far from a happy Monarch. How is the Scene changed from the Day he ascended the Throne of his illustrious Grandfather! His State is not to be envied."
P H I L A D E L P H I A, April 20.
WE are informed that the Prospect of a Scarcity of Indian Corn becomes every Day more likely at Charlestown, in South Carolina, notwithstanding that they have had six Thousand Bushels from other Provinces brought into that Port.
Captain Robinson, from Liverpool, failed the 31st of January, in Company with the Ship Two Sisters, Captain Taylor, bound to Norfolk, in Virginia; but in coming out she ran ashore, and received so much Damage that she was obliged to put back, and go into Dock to be repaired.
Last Week Doctor Graham, Oculist and Aurist in this City, couched the Eyes of Mrs. Rivet in Front Street, near the Sugar House, for total Blindness, and restored her Sight, which she still retains perfect and clear. The Son of Mr. Glasford, of Newcastle County, was likewise perfectly cured of a Deafness in both Ears, which he had laboured under for several Years. We hear that fourteen have been restored to their Sight and Hearing by the same Gentleman, since the 1st of this Instant April.
W I L L I A M S B U R G, May 7.
HIS Majesty's Ship Glasgow, of twenty Guns, Captain Malby, from Boston, is arrived in Hampton Road. The Arethusa, Captain Hammond, failed for that Place last Friday.
Arrived in James River, the Randolph, M'Nabb, and Fanny, Galbraith, from London; from Glasgow, the Bowman, Taylor, and Katie, Clark; and the Polly, Duncomb (with four Hundred and thirty Negroes) from Angola. In York River, the Liberty, Outram, and Hanbury, Easton, from London; the Lowther, Cowling, from Whitehaven; and from Bristol, the York, Meriwether, Cæsar, Martin, and Father's Desire, Moffat. In Rappahannock, the Sally, Foster, and Ritchie, M'Larty, from Glasgow.
On Wednesday last the two following Criminals received Sentence of Death, at the Bar of the General Court, namely, Peter Geoffson (alias John Scott) from Northampton, for Negro stealing, and Richard Thompson, alias Richard Gray, from Fauquier, for Felony. An James Conner, from Frederick, for Grand Larceny, John Highways, from Prince William, for Maiming, and Bridget Rogers, from August, for Grand Larceny, were burnt in the Hand.

VIRGINIA, to wit. By his Excellency the Right Honourable JOHN EARL of DUNMORE, his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of the said Colony and Dominion, and Vice Admiral of the same:
A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS I have received authentick Advice of the Death of her late Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, and that his Majesty had been pleased, on that melancholy Occasion, to order in Council that in the Morning and Evening Prayers in the Litany, and in all other Parts of the publick Service, as well in the occasional Offices as in the Book of Common Prayer, where the Royal Family is particularly prayed for, the following Form and Order shall be observed, namely, Our gra- cious Queen Charlotte, his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family : I have therefore thought fit, by and with the Advice of his Majesty's Council, by this Proclamation, to give publick Notice thereof; hereby, in his Majesty's Name, requiring every Minister and Reader within this Colony, in his respective Church or Churches, to con- form henceforth to the above Direction.
GIVEN under my Hand, and the Seal of the Colony, at the Council Chamber in the City of Williamsburg, this 5th Day of May, 1772, and in the 12th Year of his Majesty's Reign.
DUNMORE. GOD save the KING.
We are authorised to inform the Publick that the new Comedy of THE FASHIONABLE LOVER, now acting at the Theatres Royal in Drury Lane and Edinburgh, with the utmost Applause, will shortly appear on our Theatre. Such is the Industry of the American Company, that, though the Piece has not been above ten Days in the Country, it has been rehearsed more than once, and is already, we bear, fit for Repre- sentation.
Advertisements.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, May 5, 1772. NOTICE is hereby given, to all whom it may concern, that his Excellency and Council will sit for the Hearing of the several Caveats on the Council Docket on the Wednesday im- mediately following the Court of Oyer and terminer in next Month. JOHN BLAIR, Clerk to the Council.
THE Treasurer, Trustees, and Subscribers to the Fund for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Cler- gymen, collected last Sunday, from the two Audiences, thirty nine Pounds ten Shillings and nine Pence, for which they beg Leave to return their Thanks to the generous Contributors. On the Day following they or- dered sixty eight Pounds to be distributed among six Widows and the Or- phans of three Clergymen, and appointed Officers for the ensuing Year, namely, the Reverend Messieurs John Camm, Treasurer, William Wilkie, Henry Skyring, James Maury Fontaine, Samuel Klug, William Bland, and Thomas Lundy, Trustees, William Harrison Morning Preacher, and Price acher, and Price Davis Evening Preacher.
Two unknown worthy Gentlemen are desired to accept the Thanks of the above Association for the several Sums of two Pounds six Shillings and two Pounds three Shillings, sent by Colonel Carter and the Reverend Mr. Fontaine.
The very liberal Donation of one Hundred Pounds to the Fund, con- veyed through the Hands of the Reverend Mr. Fontaine, by a charitable Person who desires to have his Name concealed, could not but be received by the Friends and Supporters of the Fund with those peculiar Marks of Esteem and Approbation which it so eminently deserves. By Order. JACOB BRUCE, Clerk.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 7, 1772. GENTLEMEN Surveyors, and others, may be supplied with Mr. THOMAS MARSHALL's new invented Instrument for finding the VARIATION of the NEEDLE by the Sub- scriber. This Instrument is extremely simple and cheap, and will be singularly serviceable to Surveyors if the Act takes Place which obliges them to return Plot and protract their Surveys by the true Meridian. EDMUND DICKINSON.
HAVING several Debtors removed to North and South Carolina, I purpose (God willing) to pursue them next Fall. Any Gentlemen Merchants, or others, having Money due from Persons in either of those Provinces, properly proving or ascertaining their Accounts, and lodging them with me by the last of August (as I intend to set off about the first of September) may depend on the utmost I can do to serve them, at a reasonable Rate. Apply to me near Culpeper Court- house. N. PENDLETON.
NORFOLK, May 2, 1772. WANTED , on Charter for Liverpool, a VESSEL from three to four Hundred Hogheads Burthen, that may be despatched quickly. JOHN GREENWOOD.
As the Sheriff of Charles County, Maryland, hath given Notice that he is possessed of my Bond to Mr. Robert Horner for conveying to him, or his Assigns, eight Hundred Acres of Land, Part of a Tract called the Kettle Run Tract, belonging to the Estate of Charles Carter, Esquire, deceased, and that the Sale of the Land will shortly be advertised; it may be necessary to inform the Publick that the said Horner gave his Bonds for the Consideration Money, namely, a Hun- dred and fifty Pounds payable in December 1770, and two Hundred and fifty Pounds in October 1771; that he paid only a Hundred and seventeen Pounds ten Shillings of his said Bonds, and the Executors of Colonel Carter will expect the Balance of Principal and Interest before they part with the legal Title, and on Receipt thereof will be ready, at any Time, to convey the said Land to Mr. Horner, or his Assigns. CATESBY WOODFORD.
SUFFOLK, May 5, 1772. DELIVERED at our Store here, by a Craft, a small Seal Skin Trunk marked I.G. 1. containing Shoes, Stockings, Calicoes, and Irish Linen. The Owner may have it on pay- ing the Charge of this Advertisement. GIBSON, GRANBERY, & Co.
LANCASTER, May 4, 1772. THE Subscriber intends for England in a few Weeks. S. S. McCROSKEY.
WANTED. A PERSON capable of managing a Tavern, in the Town of Fal- mouth, to whom good Encouragement will be given. Such a One, With or without a Family, who can be well recommended, may apply to the Printers at Williamsburg any Time between the 4th and 10th of May next, and if afterwards at Falmouth, to the Owners of the Swan Tavern. FALMOUTH, April 27, 1772.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 7, 1772. A NEAT Assortment of JEWELLERY, SILVER WORK, &c. just imported, to be sold on reasonable Terms by JAMES CRAIG.
WESTMORELAND, May 5, 1772. I INTEND for ENGLAND immediately. ALEXANDER BALMAIN.
DENBIGH, April 25, 1772. WANTED , by the 25th of October next, an industrious, sober, single Man, who is a good Planter, to act in the Capacity of a Steward. Such a One, well recommended, will meet with Encouragement from WILLIAM DIGGES, Senior.
WANTED, A YOUNG Man who has been bred in an Apothecary's Shop, and understands the Composition of Medicines. Such a One, by ap- plying to the Subscriber, in Petersburg, will meet with good Encourage- ment. DAVID BLACK.
Just IMPORTED in Captain WOODFORD, and to be SOLD on reasonable Terms by the Subscriber, in Williamsburg,
A NEAT Assortment of JEWELLERY and MILLINERY, namely, Paste Shoe Knots, Ditto Shoe, Knee, and Stock Buckles, Marcasite and Paste Necklaces and Earrings, French Bead and Jet Ditto set with Marcasite, enamelled, Garnet set in Gold, plain Gold and Mar- casite in Silver, Lockets, Paste and Marcasite Crosses, Paste Cocque de Pearl and Marcasite Sprigs, Gold Wire Earrings, French Bead, Pearl, Agate, and Garnet Necklaces and Earrings, fine Minionet, Brussells, Mouselin, and Blond Lace, Italian Flower and Riband Stomachers and Sleeve Knots, Suits of Childbed Linen, Egrets, Breast Flowers, Nose- gays, Fancy, laced, and Gauze Caps, Cambric, Lawn, Gauze, Catguts, fine Book and thick Muffin, Gauze Aprons and Handkerchiefs, Gold Bands, Buttons, and Loops, set Combs, Plain Tortoiseshell and Horn Ditto, Gresham's white and coloured Satin Pumps, white and black Silk Gloves and Mitts, Kid and Lamb Ditto, Boys blue Satin Caps, white and coloured Silk Hose, Cotton Ditto, white Satins and Silks, coloured Silks, Trimmings for Ditto, &c. &c. JANE CHARLTON.
THE fine thorough bred Horse KING HEROD stands this Season at my Quarter in King William, where Mr. Thomas Baker lives. He is a fine bay, sixteen Hands high, came out of a Mare called Kitty Fisher, that was got by Cade, and im- ported by Mr. Braxton. The Terms are twenty Shillings a Leap, and the Money to be paid when the Mare is covered. RALPH WORMELEY.
BY Decree of the Honourable the Court of Vice Admiralty, to be sold, on Wednesday the 13th of this Instant, at York Town, for ready Money, the Schooner LOVELY BETSEY, with her Tackle, Apparel, and Furniture; also fifteen Hogheads of TOBACCO. JOHN TYLER, Marshal.
On Tuesday the 26th Instant, at this Place, will be LET to the highest Bidder, for a Term of Years, THE FERRY from COBHAM to JAMESTOWN; also the Building of a good Ordinary, and other convenient Houses, for the Accommodation of Travellers and Passengers. The Proposals will be made known at the above Time and Place. The Trustees will give their Attendance to grant Deeds to such Persons who have taken up Lots, and built upon them, agreeable to Law, and to such as may be willing to renew their former Entries, or become Purchasers of new Lots. Those inclining to become Purchasers are desired to apply to William Hay, at the aforesaid Time and Place, with whom will be lodged a new Plan of the Town for their Inspection, to make Entries in Writing of such Lots as they choose to purchase, specifying the Number and Time of Entry. All Entries after that Time must be left with the same Person, who is appointed by the Trustees to receive them. And in Order to prevent Dis- putes among Purchasers, they are to take Notice that the Conditions of building are as follows: "On every Lot there shall be built a good House, to contain four Hundred Feet of square Flooring, within two Years after the Date of the Grant for the same." The above will be strictly adhered to by the Trustees.
To be LET to the lowest Undertaker, at Urbanna, on Saturday the 16th of this Instant (May) THE Building of a BRICK CHURCH, in the Form of a Cross, sixty by thirty each Way in the Clear, with one Gallery. RALPH WORMELEY, Junior. Churchwardens. JAMES GREGORIE.
For SALE. A TRACT of LAND in Halifax County, containing two Thousand and seventy five Acres. The Soil is good, and fit for Tobacco or Corn. On this Tract there is a complete Grist Mill lately built, and extremely well situated for Custom. Also another Tract on the River Hyco, about eight Miles distant from the other, containing two Hundred and fifty six Acres of exceeding rich low Ground, equal to any on Dan River, on which is a Dwelling-house, and every Convenience for Crop- ping. For Terms apply to Alexander Shaw, in Petersburg.
To be SOLD, at private Sale, A THOUSAND Acres of Land (or more, if desired) whereon the Courthouse of Prince Edward stands. Credit will be allowed on the Purchaser giving Bond, with approved Security, to PETER JOHNSTON.
To be SOLD, on Monday the 18th of May, before Mrs. Mitchell's Door in YORK TOWN, A TRACT of LAND, lying in York County, between Mrs. Digger's and the E D Plantation, on York River, containing two Hundred Acres, whereon are a Quarter, Barn, Cornhouse, and a fine Huger's Orchard. Credit will be allowed until the 25th of April next, on giving Bond and Security to THOMAS DIGGES.
To be SOLD at Edenton, North Carolina, on Tues- day the 16th of June next, by publick Vendue, TWENTY five valuable SLAVES, HORSES and CATTLE, several SEA VESSELS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, and a Quantity of EUROPEAN and WEST INDIA GOODS. Six Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to the Executors of Mr. George Blair, deceased.
YORK, May 4, 1772. STRAYED, or STOLEN, from this Town, on Saturday Evening last, a dark roan HORSE about ten Years old, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail; his Brand, if any, forgot. TEN SHILLINGS Reward will be given upon Delivery of the said Horse to J. AMBLER.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub- scriber, near Peter's Bridge, in Sussex (but supposed to be stolen by a Negro belonging to John Neally of Botetourt) a sorrel HORSE about four Feet nine Inches high, with a Blaze in his Face, a Snip on his Nose, a roached Mane and Bob Tail, some white Hairs in his Mane, but no Brand that I remember. Whoever brings the said Horse to me, or gives me such Intelligence that I may get him, shall have TWENTY FIVE SHILLINGS Reward. CHARLES KNIGHT.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a few Days ago, two Servant Men, namely, EDWARD EAGE, about six Feet high, of a swarthy Complexion, wears his own black Hair, and had on, when he went away, an old Felt Hat, a Lead coloured Broadcloth lapelled Coat, a Cotton Jacket with Sleeves, Leather Breeches, a Pair of old Gambadoes the same Cloth of the Coat, and old Country made Shoes Half soled. WILLIAM NIVES, a low squat Fellow, about twenty Years of Age, wears his own short black Hair, had on an old Hat, a Lead coloured Sagathy Coat, a Pair of Leather Breeches, a Pair of Cloth Ones, a Pair of old single channelled Pumps, and large Silver plated Buckles. Whoever delivers the above Servants, or either of them, to me, in Fauquier, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward for each. WILLIAM WITHERS.
PRINCE GEORGE, April 28, 1772. RUN away from the Subscriber, on the 1st of this Instant, a young Negro Fellow named NED, about two or three and twenty Years of Age, five Feet six or seven Inches high, of a yellowish Complexion, and frowns very much when spoke to; he has a bulky Head of Hair, a large Mouth, thick Lips, is slim made, when he speaks, and has lost some of his Teeth, which may be discovered when he speaks. He is well known in several Parts of the Country, having waited on me and Mr. John Fitzgerald (of whom I purchased him) for several Years; he also lived in Blandy's Town, and had frequently worked on Board several Ships in Appomattox River before I purchased him. I ima- gine he is either harboured about Petersburg or at Mr. William Watson's in Amelia, as he has Relations at both Places; and as he may attempt to pass as a Freeman, I forewarn all Persons from harbouring or entertaining him, as they may expect to answer it at their Peril. I will give FORTY SHILLINGS Reward to any Person that brings him to me, if taken ten Miles from home, FIVE POUNDS if fifty Miles, and TEN POUNDS if one Hundred, or out of the Colony. NATHANIEL HARRISON.
RUN away from my Plantation in King and Queen, the 11th of last Month, a likely Negro Man named ABR- HAM, about five Feet seven Inches high, has lost Part of the fore Finger of his left Hand, and plays on the Violin. He got on Board a Ship at Newbern some Years ago, but was apprehended, and, as he is a Water- man, I imagine will attempt it again. All Masters of Vessels, and others, are hereby cautioned from entertaining or carrying him out of the Colony. Whoever brings him to me, or secures him so that I may get him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. SAMUEL MEREDITH, Senior.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Tues- day the 17th of December last, a likely Virginia Negro Fellow named PETER, about five Feet ten Inches high, lets his Hair grow from his Temples Half Way down his Face, very long and frizzed, has a large Scar on his right Leg, is a very artful Fellow, well set, and very active; he had on, when he went away, Negro Cotton Jacket and Breeches, and white Yarn Stockings. I suppose he will change his Name to Peter Winn, or Peter Harris, and get on Board a Vessel under Pretence of being a Free- man; all Masters of Vessels are therefore forewarned from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony, at their Peril. Whoever brings him to me in King William, or to Mr. Henry Gilbert in New Kent, at Colonel George Westinghouse's Plantations, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Re- ward if he is taken in the Colony, and FIVE POUNDS if out thereof, besides what the Law allows. JOSEPH CRENSHAW. N. B. The said Slave is a Shoemaker by Trade, and I suppose lives by that Craft.
THE AMERICAN EDITION of the first and second Volumes of Judge BLACKSTONE's COMMENTARIES on the Laws of England is just arrived, from Philadelphia, at Mr. William Rind's, and at Messrs. Purdie and Dixon's, in Williamsburg, for the Convenience of the Gentlemen of Virginia who are animated with the Wish of seeing native Fabrications flourish in America, by the humble Attempts of their most respectful Servant, ROBERT BELL. A few Sets of the American Edition of ROBERTSON's celebrated HISTORY of CHARLES V. complete, in three Volumes Octavo, at the small Price of three Dollars, may be had as above.
Just IMPORTED from London, in the Randolph, Captain McNABB, and to be SOLD at a very low Advance for ready Money, next Door above the Coffeehouse in Williamsburg,
A VERY large and elegant Assortment of JEWELLERY, MILLI- NERY, &c. namely, beautiful Paste Bows with Solitaires and Collars, Ditto set in Silver and full of Work, large Cluster Branch Ear- rings with three Drops, Ditto blue Agate, Pearl, French Wax, Wax Pearl, Garnet, Jet, Marcasite, and Paste, in Form of Diamonds, Stars, Hearts, and True Lovers Knots, set and plain Necklaces suitable to Ditto, Paste and Jet Stay Hooks, handsome set Sprigs and Pins of various Kinds, set Combs, Garnet and Paste Crosses, plain Gold Lockets, Garnet set in Ditto, Silver Cluster, Pinchbeck, Marcasite, and Paste Ditto, Cluster Stone Rings, Garnet and Marcasite Ditto, Bristol Stone Buttons, Mocha and Paste Ditto set in Gold, fine Blond Lace Hoods, Shenell and best Italian Branches, fashionable Lace Caps for a full Dress, Gresham's Shoes and Pumps, equal to Satin in Beauty, full dressed Stomachers, Lustrings, Tafetas, Chintzes, &c. various Sorts of Necklaces, Earrings, large Sprigs and Paste Pins, plain and set Combs, Lockets and Crosses, Garnet and Marcasite Hoops, Ditto Tortoiseshell lined with Gold, many little curious Watch Trinkets, set Shoe, Knee, and Stock Buckles, Gold Bands, But- tons, and Loops, Sword Knots, fine China Hose, &c. Ladies Riding Hats, Boys blue and black Satin Caps and Feathers, Satin Cloaks and Bonnets, blue and white Satin Pumps, white and blue Satin Quilts, Blond and Minionet Laces, Gentlemens fine Minionet Lace Ruffles, complete Suits of Ditto for Ladies, Ribands, Riband Lace, Italian and Silver Stomachers and Knots, true Italian Fancy Caps, Nosegays and Breast Flowers, Egrets and Plumes, fine striped bordered Muffin and Lawn Handkerchiefs, laced and founced Ditto, Cambricks, fine Book and thick Muffins, Gauzes, Catgut, Queen's Net-worked Muffin Aprons, Lawn and Gauze Ditto, Gentlemens and Ladies Silk, Kid, and Lamb Gloves, Woolpacks with Drop Curls, netted Hoods, Gauze and laced Caps, and many other Articles too tedious to mention. MARY DICKINSON. N. B. She expects another Cargo by the June Court, and returns her Thanks to those Gentlemen and Ladies who have favoured her with their Custom; they may be assured the Goods are exceedingly well bought, nicely chosen, and will be sold very cheap, which the flatters herself will preserve a Continuance of their Favours.
TREASURY OFFICE, April 29, 1772. I TAKE the Liberty of reminding the several Pur- chasers of the publick Tobacco, at different Ware- houses, that their Bonds are payable the first Day of next Month. It is hoped the utmost Punctuality will be observed, as NO INDULGENCE CAN BE GIVEN. RO. C. NICHOLAS, Treasurer. N. B. To prevent Disappointments, the Office will be open every Day, throughout the Court, from Sun- rise till two o'Clock; and occasionally, in private Times, as Business may offer.
NORFOLK, April 27, 1772. HAVING taken Mr. James Ballantine into Partnership with me, we beg Leave to inform the Publick that at our Shop, facing the Parade, we mend and make all Sorts of PLAIN, REPEATING, and MUSICAL CLOCKS; also PLAIN, REPEAT- ING, and HORIZONTAL WATCHES, with or without Gold Cases, in the neatest Manner. As we both served a regular Apprenticeship to our Trade in London, and worked some Time after in several principal Shops there, such Gentlemen as will favour us with their Custom, either in the making or mending Way, may depend on having their Work faith- fully done, by their humble Servants, WILLIAM SKINNER. JAMES BALLANTINE.
HANOVER Town, April 25, 1772. THE Subscriber intending for Britain soon after the October General Court, those indebted to the Store kept by him in this Place, to prevent Disputes in his Absence, are requested to come and adjust their Accounts, either by making Payment or giving Bonds for their Balances. ROBERT PATTERSON. N. B. The Goods on Hand I will sell at a low Advance.
To be SOLD by publick Auction, at HAMPTON, on Thursday the 28th of May, being Court Day, A VALUABLE Tract of well timbered LAND, containing a Hundred and fifty six Acres, with convenient Houses and other Improve- ments thereon, lying within five Miles of Hampton, and two Miles from a good fishing Place on James River. It will be shown (and agreed for privately, if desired) at any Time between this and the Day of Sale, by applying to ROBERT MANSON. N. B. The Terms, and Time of Payment, will be made known at the Sale, if not disposed of by private Bargain.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub- scriber, near Woodson's Store, in Prince Edward, about the 20th of October last, a sorrel MARE about four Feet seven or eight Inches high, branded on the near Shoulder with a Stirrup Iron, has some Marks of the Pollevil, and was with Foal when she went away. I will give FORTY SHILLINGS Reward on her being brought to me, or for such Intelli- gence as will enable me to get her again. HENRY SMITH.
To be SOLD at Suffex Courthouse, in July next, THREE likely SLAVES, namely, BOB, a young Fellow, who is a good Shoemaker; a Negro Woman named SUE, and her Daughter FORTUNE, a very likely young Wench. I have a proper Title to these Negroes, which I advertised in Mr. Rind's Gazette in the Year 1767. If shall attend the Sale, unless any private Agreement can be made, which may be known by applying to MATTHEW HOLT.

POETS CORNER. REQUISITES of a HAPPY LIFE.
THESE Things, my Friend (the Muse believe) To Life the highest Relish give: A Competency not procur'd By Care and Labour long endur'd, But ready gotten to our Hand, Whether in Cash, or fertile Land; A decent Villa of our own; Grounds that to Seed in Handfuls sown Return in Autumn's sultry Reign Redundant Crops of golden Grain; Freedom from Strife of every Sort; A Visit once a Year to Court; A Mind in its own Empire blest; A Body which no Pains molest; An elevated Turn of Thought, That soars beyond the Vulgar's Lot; A Child's Simplicity of Mind, With all a Sage's Prudence join'd; A Set of faithful Friends, our Peers In Rank, in Fortune, and in Years; Provisions easy to obtain; A Table plentiful, but plain; The Night in drinking never spent, Yet pass'd with Ease and sweet Content; A loving pleasant temper'd Wife, True to her Marriage Vow through Life; Slumbers so gentle, so serene, As leave a perfect Blank between The Moment when our Eyelids close And that which wakes them from Repose; In our Condition so much Bliss As to be pleas'd with what it is, Nor sigh for one Enjoyment more In Nature's wide unbounded Store; A View of Life's last Hour, that brings Our Dissolution on its Wings, Without a Wish to urge its Speed, Or from its rapid Flight recede.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, about the latter
End of May last, a bright bay HORSE about four Feet nine Inches high, seven or eight Years old, gamut made, his Mane has been roached, but much grown out, the Part near his Withers hangs on the off Side, and the other Part on the near Side, is pretty much Crest-fallen, paces well, and branded on the near Buttock O, but very blind. Whoever brings the said Horse to me, in Goochland, shall have THREE POUNDS Reward. CHARLES LEWIS.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub-
scriber, in Charlotte, some Time last October, a forrel COLT about four Feet seven Inches high, two Years old last August, with a Star in his Forehead, and branded on the near Shoulder w; he is dockt, but not cut. Whoever brings the said Colt to me shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward; and if stolen, and the Thief convicted, FIVE POUNDS. WILLIAM HARVEY, Junior.
TAKEN up, in Augusta, a gray MARE
about ten Years old, four Feet five Inches high, very much sway backed, trots naturally, and branded on the near Shoulder D. Pofed, and appraised to five Pounds ten Shillings. JOHN BURK.
TAKEN up, in Augusta, a bay MARE between twelve and thirteen
Hands high, six Years old, with a small Star in her Forehead, but no perceivable Brand. Pofed, and appraised to six Pounds. THOMAS FEEMSTER.
WILLIAMSBURG, April 23, 1772.
MATTHEW HOLT begs Leave to
acquaint the Publick, and his Friends in particular, that he has opened a Store, on the South Side of the Capitol, next Door to Mrs. Aylett's, where both dry Goods and West India Commodities may be had upon very reasonable Terms for Cash, or short Credit. He would be very much obliged to those who are indebted to him to pay off their Accounts, &c. this April Court, as Indulgence cannot be granted any longer. To be SOLD, a very likely Fellow named YORK, who is a good Butcher; also a likely Fellow named CAESAR, who understands Ditching, Gardening, and all Kinds of Plantation Business. For Terms apply as above.
Just imported from LONDON, and selling by the
Subscriber, A LARGE Assortment of MILLINERY, and other GOODS, consisting of the neatest Hats, Cloaks, Bonnets, Teresas, and Whisks, Caps, Hoods, and Fillets, worked Linen, white Satin and Lustrine Stomachers and Knots, Italian Flowers, Sashes and quilted Puddings for Children, black and white Silk Aprons, white and coloured Satin and Sarcenet quilted Coats, Patent Net Hoods, flowered Patent Aprons and Pieces for Ruffles and Handkerchiefs, equal in Beauty to joining Lace, fine white and black Silk and Worsted Breeches Patterns, Breast Flowers, Muslin, Cambric, Gauze, and Catguts, white and coloured Satin, Queen's Silk and Stuff Shoes, white and coloured Silk Hose, ribbed Thread and Cotton Do. Gloves and Glove Strings, Silk Mits at 4/. a Pair, new fashioned Hair Collars, Boys trimmed Satin Caps, Ladies newest fashioned riding Hats bound and trimmed with Turbans and Feathers, new Musick, both Dances and Songs, Gentlemen fine Beaver Hats, thin Bone and Packthread Stays, fine Night Caps, French Beads and Bugles, Stone, Silver, Pinchbeck, and gilt Buckles, set Combs, plain Do. of all Sorts, Stone and Gold Brooches, Stone and other Pins, Marcassite Lockets, Silver bow'd Scissors, Silver Teaspoons, Tea Tongs, Pap Boats and Spunge Eggs, Etwee Cakes and Pocket Books, Traveling Shaving Cakes and Shaving Powder, Silver Screws and Shoe Claps, Fruit Knives, Pocket Rules, Gold and Silver Handbands, Canes and very neat Riding Whips, Toys for Children, Bead and Marcassite Earrings, Paste Do. with and without Drops, plaited Shoe Buckles, bordered and spotted Gauze Handkerchiefs, Hair Nets and Powder Bags, Watch Papers, Fillagree Trinkets, Inkpots, Fiddle Strings, with many other Articles too numerous to mention. C. RATHBELL.
Just arrived, and to be SOLD by ROBERT MACGILL,
Bookseller, during the present General Court, at the House of Mr. William Rind, in Williamsburg, A SMALL Collection of BOOKS, consisting of HISTORY, ENTERTAINMENT, NEW NOVELS, SONG BOOKS, some LAW BOOKS, and a few DIVINITY BOOKS; likewise a neat Assortment of Ladies and Gentlemen's Morocco POCKET BOOKS, with or without Instruments; also a Variety of MERCHANTS ACCOUNT BOOKS. N. B. Printed Catalogues, with the Prices annexed, may be had gratis.
For SALE,
A TRACT of LAND in Bedford, above the Courthouse, containing two Hundred and ten Acres, the Timber upon which is red Oak, Hickory, and Poplar. There is a small Plantation upon it, with a Dwelling-house, sundry Outhouses, and other Improvements. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Mr. Alexander Stewart, at Rocky Ridge, or to the Subscriber, living near the Premises. JOHN CLEMENT.
CAROLINE, April 20, 1772. THE noted Horse FEARNOUGHT,
now in high Order, will cover this Spring, on the former Terms, and at the same Place. To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on six Months Credit, at Chesterfield Courthouse, on Friday the 2d of October next, TWO Thousand Acres of LAND on Swift Creek. It is exceeding good for Grain, very well timbered, and will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, as may best suit the Purchasers. It is five Miles from Petersburg, and about the same Distance from Osborne's Warehouses. Any Person inclined to purchase may see the Land, any Time before the Day of Sale, by applying to John Randolph, Executor of Henry Randolph, deceased.
To be LEASED, for a Term of Years, and entered upon immediately,
A TRACT of LAND, containing one Hundred and fifty three Acres pleasantly situated, opposite to the Borough of Norfolk, called Windmill Point, on which are two Brick WINDMILLS completely fitted for grinding, with a large BAKEHOUSE which contains four Ovens and three Bolting Mills, all under one Roof, and a large GRANARY sufficient to contain four or five Thousand Bushels of Wheat; also several NEGROES, among whom are Millers, Bakers, a Cooper, and a Wench; likewise a commodious DWELLINGHOUSE, with four Rooms on a Floor, and all necessary Outhouses belonging thereto. Any Gentleman inclining to take a Lease of the above Place may know the Terms by applying to me, on the Premises. ROBERT TUCKER. N. B. The Subscriber would be glad to undertake the manufacturing of any Quantity of Wheat, or Seconds, on reasonable Terms, not exceeding fifteen Thousand Bushels.
To be SOLD, on the Premises, to the highest Bidder, on Wednesday the 29th of July,
SEVENTEEN Hundred Acres of LAND, formerly the Property of Mr. Nathaniel Edwards, Junior, deceased, lying on the South Side of Mobjack River, in the County of Brunswick, great Part of which is good for Tobacco. Six Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchaser giving bond, with approved Security. 5- WILLIAM EDWARDS.
EIGHT POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away, on Monday the 6th Instant (April) from my Plantation in Culpeper, near Frederick Zimmerman's Ordinary, an English Convict Servant Man named JOHN BOOKER, born in Yorkshire, about thirty three Years old, five Feet six Inches high, with a narrow Visage, ruddy Countenance, a little pitted with the Smallpox, and dark Hair entied; he speaks broad, is fond of Liquor, and talkative, has been near two Years in the Country, and is an excellent Ditcher. His Clothes consisted of a Frieze Frock, almost new, not lined, with Metal Buttons, cut in the Fashion, with a Button and Strap to the Hip, Breeches of the same, but more worn, an old black Jacket, new Felt Hat, Yarn Stockings, and Country Shoes tied with Strings, the Heels and Soles thick nailed. Also went off, at the same Time, with the above, another English Convict, belonging to Mr. William Allan, adjoining my Plantation, named THOMAS DRYBROW, a tall stout Fellow, with a full swarthy Face, which appears to be swelled or bloated, and wears his own thick fancy curled Hair; he had on, and took with him, two Osnaburg Shirts, a Pair of old brown Rolls Trousers, old Leather Breeches, a coarse Kersey Fly Coat with Metal Buttons, the Body lined with Plaid, an old blue Jacket without Sleeves, good Shoes, an old Felt Hat, and Country made white Yarn Stockings, much wore. It is probable they may change Clothes with each other. The above Reward shall be paid to any Person who will deliver the said Servants to Mr. Edward Stevens, Merchant at Culpeper Courthouse, the Overseer at my Plantation, or to me in Fredericksburg. FOUR POUNDS will be given if they are secured in any Jail, so that we may get them again, or in Proportion for either of them. JAMES DUNCANSON.
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg, a black HORSE
about four Feet and a Half high, and branded on the near Buttock 4. Pofed, and appraised to eight Pounds. REUBEN MORGAN.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a yellow bay MARE
about four Feet eight Inches high, six or seven Years old, with a long bushy Tail and roached Mane, two Saddle Spots on each Side of her Back, paces naturally, and branded on the near Buttock N.W. Pofed, and appraised to ten Pounds. AMBROSE CUMPTON.
THE convenient, well built Brick House,
on the main Street, in Fredericksburg (formerly advertised) being full unfold, with two Lots, or Half Acres of Ground, adjoining, together with a Water Lot, on deep Water, and a back Lot at a small Distance, will be offered for Sale, on Tuesday the 26th of May, being the second Day of the Fair. JOHN DIXON.
NORFOLK, March 27, 1772.
THE Subscriber, Executrix to the Estate of
her late Husband, Matthew Rothery, deceased, hereby requests all those who have any Demands against the Deceased to bring in their Accounts, properly attested; and those who are indebted to the said Estate, or to Rothery and Mahan, are earnestly entreated to an immediate Compliance of their Contracts, and Payment of their respective Dues, at the April General Court. There will be sold, at Vendue, on Tuesday the 12th of May, for ready Money, the Ship MOLLY, with all her Materials, consisting of Sails, Rigging, Anchors, Cables, &c. belonging to the said Estate; also a Hundred Pound Share in the Town Point Company Wharf. There will also be sold, a few Months hence, two Thousand three Hundred and fifty Acres of LAND, lying up the Southern Branch, Part of which has a Quantity of choice Timber on it, with a Grist Mill, now in Repair, which rents for sixty Pounds a Year, and a convenient Place to erect a Saw Mill. A large Flat can come within a few Yards of the Mill. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, who has for Sale, or to hire, several valuable SLAVES, among whom are two that have been used to work in a Blacksmith's Shop. MARY ROTHERY, Executrix.
THE Weather setting in very bad on the
third Day of the Sale of Mr. Benjamin Grymes's Estate (before advertised by his Trustees) prevented the Whole from being sold, this is to give Notice that on the fourth Monday in May next, being Fair Day, will be sold, in Fredericksburg, on Credit till the 25th of April 1773, between twenty and thirty SLAVES, a Tract of LAND, containing two Thousand Acres, near Lewis's Bridge, which will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, as can be agreed on at the Sale; also a Tract, containing six hundred Acres, adjoining Recovery Furnace Tract, a BRIG about one Hundred Tons Burthen, several WAGGONS, CARTS, and their GEER, sundry BEDS and other HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, as well as all the BOOKS, and every Thing else belonging to the Estate of the said Grymes. Five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, and all Bonds not discharged at the Time they become due to bear Interest from their Dates. JOHN TAYLOR, FRANCIS THORNTON, } Trustees. WILLIAM FITZHUGH, }
For SALE,
THE following Tracts of LAND, in Pennsylvania, namely, four Hundred Acres on Banister River, seven Hundred and seventy on Beaver Creek, three Hundred and forty five on Burch's Creek, three Hundred and eighty on Leatherwood, and four Hundred on Snow Creek. These Lands were formerly the Property of Mr. Samuel Gordon, deceased. The Price, and Time of Payment, may be known by applying to me in Petersburg. JERMAN BAKER.
PRINCE EDWARD, March 10, 1772.
ALL Persons who have any Demands against me, on Account of the Estate of Robert Walton, deceased, late of Cumberland County, are hereby requested to make them known by the last Day of August next, as on that Day I purpose to sell, to the highest Bidder, at my House, sundry back LANDS belonging to the said Estate, in Order to satisfy all Demands that may then appear against it, and that my Executorship may be finally closed and discharged. GEORGE WALTON, Executor.
To be SOLD, or RENTED for a Term of Years, and entered upon the 1st of March,
A COMMODIOUS well built STORE in the Town of Petersburg, adjoining the Tobacco Warehouses, three Stories high, with a good Room fronting the Main Street, four good Rooms with Fireplaces, and a Granary, with a Cellar that will hold sixty Hogheads; also a Warehouse forty Feet by twenty, built last Year, Stable, and Kitchen that is also new. The Lot is well enclosed, and the Whole is in good Repair. For Terms apply to Richard Lamb, on the Premises, or to the Subscriber, in Norfolk. JOHN GREENWOOD.
GOOCHLAND, January 13, 1772.
RUN away from the Subscriber, some Time
ago, a likely Negro Man named SUBA, talks but indifferent English, and squints pretty much. He ran away twice before, was once apprehended at Hobbs's Hole, and another Time at Essex Courthouse, and is now supposed either to be in that Part of the Country or lurking about Mattox Warehouse. as he once lived there with Mr. Archibald Brice. I will give FIVE POUNDS for taking him up, and SIXPENCE a Mile for conveying him to me from the Place where he may be apprehended; and in Case it should be inconvenient to bring him to me, I will give the above Reward for securing him in the Jail of the County where he is taken. JOHN BOLLING.
WARRASQUEAK Bay, November 18, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Isle of
Wight, a Negro named JACK; about five and thirty Years of Age, five Feet ten Inches high, a slim, clean made, talkative, artful, and very saucy Fellow. Also a Negro Woman named VENUS, thirty two Years old, five Feet four Inches high, stout made, very smooth tongued, and has been five Years accustomed to the House. They worked in the Dismal Swamp about two Years, under Mr. John Washington, and carried with them several different Kinds of Apparel. Whoever delivers the said Negroes to me, or secures them so that I may get them, shall have a Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS for each. NATHANIEL BURWELL.
To be LET on LEASE,
A VERY large and commodious HOUSE in the Town of Petersburg, built for a Tavern, and well fitted for that Business; it is two Stories high, has a Number of very convenient Lodging Rooms, and large and small Rooms for the Entertainment of Guests. Any Person qualified for the Business of a Tavern Keeper, with a proper Capital, may find this as advantageous a Situation as any on the Continent. Apply to the Subscriber, who lives on the Premises. THOMAS EGLETON.
For SALE,
THE LAND whereon I live, in Middlesex, containing about two Thousand two Hundred Acres, in good Order for Cropping, with Orchards and Buildings equal to any in the Colony; also thirteen Hundred Acres on the River Pianketank, in the County of Gloucester, with a Mill, and good Orchards. The Stocks, which are very large, may be had with the Lands. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to AUGUSTINE SMITH.
For CHARTER to any Port in BRITAIN,
THE Brigantine BETTY, now on the Stocks at Alexandria, Burthen about three Hundred and twenty Hogheads, and will be launched on or about the 15th of May. For Terms apply to Mr. William Templeman in Fredericksburg, or to me in Alexandria. WILLIAM WOOD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at Rocky
Ridge, on Friday the 17th Instant (April) an indentured Servant Lad named JAMES PATTERSON, about five Feet four or five Inches high, well set, with yellow Hair, and a fair Complexion; he had on, when he went away, a blue Waistcoat and Breeches, Shoes, and gray Stockings, but no Buckles. The same Night he ran away he went on Board the Betsy, Captain Ramsey (the Ship he was imported in) and stole from thence sundry Wearing Apparel, which it is probable he will make use of. They were a blue Waistcoat lined with white Flannel, a Pair of striped Canvas Trousers, and two striped Holland Shirts marked C.M. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned, at their Peril, from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony; and I hereby offer a Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS if he is secured in any Jail so that I may get him again, or delivered to Mr. William Russell, at Rocky Ridge, or to me in Charles City County, near the Long Bridge. ALEXANDER GORDON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Essex,
about seven Miles below Tappahannock, upon Rappahannock River, some Time last August, a very likely Negro Man named JOE, about twenty three Years of Age, a very tall slim Fellow, with little or no Beard, yellow Complexion, thick Lips, a sulky Look, and a Bending in his Knees; his Variety of Clothes makes it needless to mention any Particulars. He has been used to going by Water some Time past, in a Sloop belonging to Mr. Archibald McCall, but was hired to Doctor Ewen Clements last Year, who employed him to work upon his Plantation, and Sometimes to go up and down the River in a Flat to Fredericksburg, and was in his Service when he went off. As he is an artful cunning Fellow, I expect he will attempt to pass for a Freeman, and get on Board a Vessel. All Masters are therefore hereby forewarned from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony. Whoever brings him to me, or secures him in any of his Majesty's Jails so that I may get him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward if he is taken in the Colony, and THREE POUNDS, besides what the Law allows, if he is taken out thereof. WILLIAM GATEWOOD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Din-
widdie, on Tuesday the 14th Instant (April) a Negro named BOB, about twenty three Years of Age, five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, by Trade a Blacksmith, very dark and thin visaged. Whoever apprehends the said Slave, and brings him to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, if he is taken in Virginia, and THREE POUNDS if taken in Carolina, besides what the Law allows. ROBERT WALKER.
RUN away from Richmond Town, on the
19th Instant (April) a Servant Man named PETER FISKIN, a Scotchman, and a Tailor by Trade, well set, with long black Hair; he had on a brown Cloth Coat, red Waistcoat, and black Breeches, and took with him a French gray Suit, &c. Whoever delivers him to me, or secures him so that I may get him again, shall have THREE POUNDS Reward. JOHN ORR.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, the following Strays, namely, a small
black MARE with a long Bob Tail, a white Spot on her near Flank, some Saddle Spots, is branded on the off Shoulder SI, and had on a Bell. A forrel HORSE COLT about a Year old, neither cut, dockt, nor branded. Pofed, and appraised to five Pounds. A bay COLT about two Years old, with a large Star in his Forehead, his two near Feet white, neither dockt nor branded. Pofed, and appraised to four Pounds. JAMES HUNT.