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BOSTON, March 8.
Last Saturday his Excellency the Governor was pleased to prorogue the Great and General Court of this Province to Wednesday the 21st Day of April next, after delivering the following Speech to both Houses of Assembly.
Gentlemen of the Council, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, THINK it incumbent on me to make some Observations, before I put an End to the Session, upon your last Messages to me on the Subject of your constitutional Dependence upon the supreme Authority of the British Dominions. As the Council admit a partial Dependence, and suppose it to be consistent with the Principles and Nature of Government, I shall only endeavour very briefly to show the contrary.
In your first Message, Gentlemen of the Council, you made some Strictures upon the Nature of the supreme Authority in Government, both divine and human, the latter of which you determined could not be absolute and unlimited. I thought the Distinction between divine and human Power not pertinent, and in Answer to you I only remarked that I had given you no Reason to suppose I intended a more absolute Power in Parliament than what is founded in the Nature of Government; and this, in your second Message, you construe an Acquiescence in your Reason, which it certainly was not. You go on, however, to explain your Meaning, by asserting, that "what is usually denominated the supreme Authority of a Nation must be limited in its Acts to the Objects that are properly or constitutionally cognizable by it."
Before you thus defined the Nature of supreme Authority, I with you had considered more fully what Objects there can be in a Government which are not cognizable by such Authority. You instance in a subordinate Power in Government, which, whilst it keeps within its Limits, is not subject to the Control of the supreme Power. Is there no inconsistency in supposing a subordinate Power without a Power superior to it? Must it not, so far as it is without Control, be itself supreme?
It is essential to the Being of Government that a Power should always exist which no other Power within such Government can have Right to withstand or control; therefore, when the Word Power relates to the supreme Authority of Government, it must be understood absolute and unlimited .
If we cannot agree in these Principles, which no sensible Writer upon Government has before denied, and if you are still of Opinion that two Jurisdictions, each of them having a Share in the supreme Power, are compatible in the same State, it can be to no Purpose to reason or argue upon the other Parts of your Message. It is enough to observe, that this Disagreement in our Principles will have its Influence upon all the Deductions which are made from them.
I will also consider the last Message from you, Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, upon the same Subject, in as few Words as the Importance of it will admit.
You say you have not discovered that the Principles advanced by the Town of Boston are unwarrantable by the Constitution. Whether they are, or are not, will depend upon the Determination of the Point which you are now controverting. Your not having discovered that the other Towns and Districts in the Province were invited by the Town of Boston to adopt their Principles must proceed from Inattention. Have not the Doings of that Town been sent through the Province, accompanied with a circular Letter, "desiring a free Communication of Sentiments," and, among other Expressions of the like Tendency, lamenting the Extinction of Ardour for civil and religious Liberty, if it should be the general Voice of the Province that the Rights, as stated, do not belong to them, and that if this cannot be the Case? If this is not inviting to adopt their Principles, I have mistaken their Sense and Meaning. The consequent Doings of so many other Towns show that they understood them as I have done. I am sure I have no Disposition to represent unfavourably the Doings of any Town in the Province.
You assert, "that it is the indisputable Right of all, or any of his Majesty's Subjects in this Province, regularly and orderly to meet together to state the Grievances they labour under, &c. I never denied it. Does it follow that it is regular and orderly for the Inhabitants of Towns, in their corporate Capacity, to meet and determine upon Points which the Law gives them no Power to act upon? You have not asserted that it is, but you have not declared that it is not, as I thought a Regard to the Peace and Order of the Province made our Duty."
If the Fundamentals of our Government were not disputed, these Irregularities would appear to you in a very strong Light, and you would join in discountenancing them.
To support your Principle, that you hold your Lands and derive your Authority of Government from the Kings of England, and not from the Crown of England, you have very largely handled the Doctrine of feudal Tenures. I observed to you, in my last Speech, that you had been misled by the Authority of an anonymous Pamphlet. I am now obliged to observe, that you are again misled; by having a general View of this Doctrine brought before you as it respects States or Governments under Absolute Monarchs, and not as it is connected with, or grafted upon, the English Constitution. I shall not therefore spend Time in examining the Principles of your System, it being immaterial to the Point between us whether they are just or not. Instead thereof, I will, in as brief and clear Terms as I can, lay this Doctrine before you as it relates to the Government of England.
Let me then observe to you, that, from the Nature of Government, a supreme legislative Power must always exist over all the Parts and all the Affairs of every Dominion; that, in absolute Monarchies, the legislative and executive Powers are united in the Prince or Monarch; that, in the English Constitution, there is, and always has been, a legislative Power distinct from the regal or executive Power; that the feudal System, in your View of it, and without correcting, could not be introduced into the English Government without changing the Constitution from a mixed to an absolutely monarchical Government; that this System nevertheless has been introduced, the Constitution of a mixed Government still remaining, and consequently the System has been corrected or altered. What this Alteration has been will appear from historical Facts. Before the Reign of William I. the Traces of feudal Tenure are faint; the Evidence of a legislative Power, an Assembly or Council of wise Men, distinct from the regal Power, is strong and sufficient. After William had obtained the Crown, the other Nations of Europe being under this System, and particularly his Dominions in Normandy, and Wars being more frequent, and Commerce small, and the Means of furnishing Money, the Sinews of War, difficult, if not impracticable, merely for the Defence of the Kingdom, this Policy was so far established as that all the Landholders were made to contribute, by military or other Services, to the Defence of the State; and for this Purpose, and by a Fiction only, the Lands were in Form acknowledged to have been originally in the King, and held of him by his Subjects, and by this Form subjected to a supposed just Proportion of the Defence and Support of the Kingdom. This Establishment appears to have been made, not by an Act of regal Power alone, but by the Authority of the great Council of the Nation, or Assembly of the Realm; and the legislative Authority still remained, according to its Nature, paramount, and above all other Powers in the Dominion: And accordingly, from Time to Time, the Abuses of the feudal Power, either in the Sovereign, or in such as held under him, were corrected by the supreme Legislature; and Magna Charta itself was framed and agreed upon, principally, if not altogether, for this Purpose. In succeeding Ages, as Commerce and Money increased, and the Means of supporting War became more easy, these military Services were gradually taken away, either by
Purchase, or commuting for other Services or certain Rents; so that, at the Period when America was first granted, the Remains were inconsiderable, and the Lands of the Kingdom were held generally by what is called Socage Tenure, or, in other Words, an Acknowledgment of Fidelity to the Sovereign, and a certain Rent which was in Name only, or of Value so inconsiderable as not to be demanded. The original Claim in the Sovereign, whether at first a Fiction or not, so far remained as that all Forfeitures, all Escheats, all new discovered Lands, accrued to him, unless the supreme Legislative should limit the Right to them, or otherwise dispose of them. This was the State of feudal Tenure in England at the Time when the first Charter was granted, and the Difference between your System and mine will appear by this familiar Instance: Louis XIII. of France, I think the same Year the Massachusetts Patentees obtained the Grant of that Colony, by a Royal Edict granted to one Hundred Associates the Country of Canada, with Powers of Government, and all the Privileges of natural born Subjects of France, to all who should go and inhabit or be born there, with other very great Powers and Privileges. This, then, appears to be the different State of the People of the two Colonies. Louis, being an absolute Monarch, the regal and legislative Power were united in him. The Inhabitants of Canada, therefore, were subject to him, and to every succeeding King of France, as their supreme Lord; who, by Virtue of his uncontrollable Power, might at any Time revoke the Royal Edict at Pleasure, or dissolve any Charter whatsoever, even though, like the famous Edict at Nantz, it had been declared irrevocable. Charles, having in him the regal Power only, could grant no more than was in him, and the legislative Power which was in the Parliament must still remain there; and consequently the Subjects of England continued, when in the Colony, still subject to the regal constitutional Power of Charles, and the supreme legislative Power of Parliament. And I think nothing is more certain than that the constitutional Restraint of the regal Power in Charles prevented the Charter from being revoked, and annulled, in less than ten Years after the Date of it.
If this brief Account of feudal Tenure, as it is Part of the English Constitution, be just (as I shall think it is until I have better Authority than any I have yet seen to the contrary) the Fabrick which you have raised will still fall of Support; for it wholly depends upon very different Principles, and upon what you hope I do not mean to introduce, namely, the feudal System in its Perfection. If this Support fails, there is but little Occasion for me to remark upon the other Parts of your Message; and I shall pass them over, except such as may tend to make wrong Impressions upon any unwary Readers.
You cannot conceive "why the King has not the same Right to alienate and dispose of Countries acquired by the Discovery of his Subjects as he has to restore upon a Treaty of Peace Countries acquired in War carried on at the Charge of the Nation, or to sell and deliver up any Part of his Dominions against the general Sense of the Nation." I will venture to conjecture a Reason: By the English Constitution, the sole Power of making War and Peace is in the King. It often happens, that the restoring and ceding Acquisitions made in War is absolutely necessary to the Re-establishment of Peace; and if the King was restrained from such Restorations or Cessions, an unsuccessful War might be perpetuated, to the Destruction of the Kingdom. This Power, therefore, seems necessarily to result from this Prerogative of the Crown; and for selling any Part of the Dominions against the general Sense of the Nation, I never supposed it to be a Part of the Prerogative, but have called it an Act of Power , by which I thought no candid Reader would understand anything but mere Power .
Your Attempt to show that new discovered Countries do not become Part of the State, from the Authority of Puffendorf, &c. will fail; because the Instance given by him of a Colony erected into a separate Commonwealth plainly appears, by the Context, to be by the Leave or Consent of the Parent State, and it does not appear that the other Cases were not so.
Your Remarks upon the Authority I bring to show that the Colony, being feudal, is under the Government of the King's Laws, are very singular: You suppose it must mean the King's Laws absolutely ; or, as you explain it, not the Laws of Parliament. Do any of you remember ever to have seen the Expression the King's Laws , meaning the King of England, used in any other Sense than the Laws of the Realm ? You say I have not named the Authority. The Case I refer to is the King against Crowle, in the second Volume of Burrow's Reports; and for the Authority, which you will find mentioned there, I am not able to name a greater.
I would pass over in Silence your Attempt to show that Allegiance is due to the natural Person, and not to the Body Politick of the King, if I had not been well informed that the artificial Reasoning of Lord Chief Justice Coke upon the Doctrine of Allegiance, in the noted Case of Calvin, as you have recited it, had great Weight with some of the Members of the House. But have you recited this Case truly? After all the Refinements on this Subject, does it appear that they can amount to anything more than that Allegiance is not due to the politick Capacity only ? And is it not expressly said that the natural Person of the King is ever accompanied with the politick Capacity , and the politick Capacity as it were appropriated to the natural Capacity? Or have you any clear Idea of Allegiance to a King in his natural Capacity without any Relation to his politick Capacity ? From this Authority, misunderstood, you infer that I am mistaken in supposing your Allegiance to be due to the Crown of England . Without any Refinements, it is plain that it was one Condition, on the Performance whereof the first Chapter depended, that Allegiance should be born to King Charles, his Heirs and Successors. Wherever, therefore, the Succession to the Crown shall go, there Allegiance is to follow. The Condition in the second Charter is the same, and this is enough for my Purpose; which was to show, that in whatever Person the regal Authority shall be there your Allegiance is due. I with you had omitted all you have said upon this Subject; for neither the Reasoning of Lord Coke, nor the Declarations of the Judges, in any Measure tend to the Purpose for which you produce them.
Your Affection, that Parliament, in regulating the Fishery, had nothing in View but to prevent a Monopoly of the Sea, and claimed no Authority over the Plantations or Lands in America, has only your Authority to support it. It appears, from the Debates in Parliament, that it was the Refusal of the Patentees to suffer Fish to be dried upon the Land within their Patent, by any Person who had not Licence from them; which was complained of as a Grievance, and the Bill was brought in to remove this Grievance. The King might very well refuse his Assent, not because Parliament had no Jurisdiction, but because he did not think fit to join with the Lords and Commons in an Act which invalidated or abridged those Privileges in a Patent of Lands which by his Royal Prerogative he had a Right to grant.
I will make no particular Remarks upon those Parts of your Message which relate to the Sense the People have had of their Constitution; as there can be no End to Disputes upon Facts which, by small Deviations from the true State of them, may be made to serve one Side or the other.
It is evident, that the first Settlers of this Colony left England with a just Sense of their Dependence; that this Sense continued until the Principles of Anarchy in England spread in America; and it is conceded that these Principles were avowed by many of the Inhabitants here for near twenty Years after they were exploded in England. It is equally certain, that at the Time of the Revolution the People returned to a just Sense of the Supremacy of Parliament; and I think I may very safely say, that the oldest Person in the Province has never heard this Supremacy called in Question until within a few Years past.
You again express your Concern that I should thus repeatedly insist upon your giving your free Sentiments on so delicate a Subject as the Authority of Parliament. In the Beginning of your Message, you vindicate the Town of Boston, and the other Towns in the Province, which have met together and determined upon the same Subject, and made their Proceeding Matter of Record, and published them in Newspapers; and yet, in the Close of it, you assert that the Subject is too delicate, and of too great Importance, for you to consider. Certainly, then, it must have been extremely irregular in the Towns to take upon them separately to determine Points which they had no Authority to determine, and in this Way to influence, if not determine, the Acts and Doings of their Representatives in General Assembly, who cannot have the same Freedom of thinking and acting, after their Constituents have determined and resolved, as they had before.
Gentlemen of the Council, and House of Representatives, I AM sensible that nice Distinctions of civil Rights, and legal Constitutions, are far above the Reach of the Bulk of Mankind to comprehend. There are, however, a few plain fundamental Principles of Government which carry within themselves such Evidence as cannot be resisted, and are no sooner proposed than assented to; such as these, that in every Government there must be some Where a supreme uncontrollable Power, an absolute Authority to decide and determine; that two such Powers cannot co-exist, but necessarily will make two distinct States; that, in a State of Society, we give up Part of our natural Liberty in Order to secure that legal Freedom which it is the great End of Government to maintain and preserve; that a Right in Individuals, or Parts of a Government, to judge of the Decisions of the supreme Authority, and to submit, or not submit, as they think proper, cannot consist with a State of Government, and must work the Dissolution of it. Whilst these Principles had their due Influence, we enjoyed all that Freedom, and all those other Blessings, which a State of Government would admit of. Our Connexion with our Parent State secured these Blessings to us; and, by Means of a nominal Dependence, we possessed as great a Share of real Freedom as the Parent State itself, upon which we are said to depend.
I have laid before you, Gentlemen, what appeared to me to be the true Constitution of the Province, and recommended an Adherence to it; because I believed it would restore us to, and continue us in, that happy State in which we flourished so long a Course of Years.
Certainly it is of the utmost Importance to you that these Points should be settled; for I know of no Maxim in the Law greater than this, Where the Constitution is contested, and the Laws are vague and uncertain, there will be the greatest Slavery .
COUNCIL CHAMBER, March 6, 1773. T. HUTCHINSON.
VIENNA, January 15.
THE Measures taken by Government to alleviate the Misfortunes occasioned by the Dearth in Bohemia have proved ineffectual, and the Depopulation, in that Country, in Consequence, is every Day greater. The Quantity of Corn, Rice, &c. sent there, has been of little Use, as other Causes have concurred in causing a Scarcity. An unhappy Experience of two Years has now convinced the Court of Vienna of the Necessity of taking Measures entirely to suppress the third of the Statute Work which the Peasants are forced to do for their Lords; and Prince Furstenburg, Castellan of that Province, has lately returned to Prague to notify to the States the above Resolution. This will be very disagreeable to the Lords, but the Government seems determined to make this useful Arrangement for the Good of the People.
PETERSBURG, February 10. A Courier is just arrived here with a Confirmation of the Revolt of several of the Russian Troops in the Crimea, especially in the Capital of Crim Tartary, where they rose upon their Officers, killed several, rifled the Military Chest, and then plundered several of the Houses, Mosques, &c. especially the Houses of Tartars and Jews. The Troops foremost in the Mutiny were the Cossacks.
Some Persons, who are fond of playing at Games of Hazard, have found Means to evade the Ordinances published against that Practice, by inventing one of a very odd Kind: A Person throws down an Earthen Plate, and the Bets depend on its being broken into an even or odd Number of Pieces. There have been 80,000 Roubles [20,000 l.] lost lately at this Game.
TURIN, February 20. On Wednesday Evening, the 17th Instant, about six o'Clock, his Sardinian Majesty was taken ill, and at two the next Morning he lost his Speech, and apparently all Kind of Sensation, not taking any Nourishment from that Time, or showing any other Sign of Life than barely continuing to breathe, till near one o'Clock this Morning, when he expired, as sincerely lamented by all his Subjects as he had constantly lived beloved and respected by them, during a Reign of upwards of forty Years.
CONSTANTINOPLE, January 25. A violent Storm has lately happened here, which has done much Damage, and occasioned an infinite Deal of Confusion. On the Night of the 16th Instant a hard Gale came on from the East (which is the only Wind to which the Harbour of Constantinople lies exposed) and soon increased to such a Degree of Violence that many of the Gallies, Ships, &c. were driven on Shore and stoved to Pieces; others cut their Cables, and endeavoured to get through the Bosporus into the Black Sea, but many perished in the Attempt. Several Parts of the Seraglio, which stand on the Peninsula of Thrace, just at the Entrance of the Port, were blown down, and some Lives lost. Some of the Works at the Dardanelles have likewise suffered, and much Damage done in the Archipelago.
MUNICH, February 4. The Mortality still continues to rage among the Horses in this Electorate; it is a Sort of Inflammation of the Lungs, which carries them off. The only Remedy we have yet found effectual is bleeding them, when first affected.
In the Neighbourhood of Seisenfels an epidemick Fever makes great Ravages, by which many whole Families have been carried off. The Physicians have done every Thing in their Power to put a Stop to it, but without Effect, and have applied to Government to appoint nine Days Prayers to be put up to St. Stephen to stop its Progress.
LONDON, February 18.
TUESDAY a Motion was made in the House of Commons for augmenting the Halfpay of the Captains in the Navy. Lord Howe presented the Petition, signed by several Captains, which he desired might be read; which being done, he entered fully into the Matter, stating the Hardships many of those worthy Men labour under, who had only their Halfpay to live on, and a Wife and several Children to maintain. Lord North answered him; and having assured the House how disagreeable it was to him to be under the Necessity of opposing the Motion, told them, the principal Motive that had induced him to stand up against him was, that he plainly foresaw it would open a Door for many Petitions of the like Nature. Colonel Barré made an excellent Speech on the Occasion; but Sir Gilbert Elliott gave a Turn to the Debate, by proposing to refer the Matter to a Committee. After a Debate of four Hours and a Half, the Question was put, and the House divided, 154 for the Reference, and 45 against it. It was proposed by the Augmentation to increase the Halfpay from four Shillings a Day to six.
We hear a very extraordinary Race is to be run, at the next Newmarket Meeting, by an Ox against a Coach Horse for 100 l.
It is conjectured that the very bad Appearance of Lord North's Forces on the Naval Officers Petition will hasten his Resignation.

It is asserted that the real Original of the Quarrel between the Lords Townshend and Bellamont was that the latter solicited the former to fill up the late Vacancy of Adjutant General of his Majesty's Forces in Ireland, which Lord Townshend had promised to use his Interest for him; but that failing therein, through the Decay of his Excellency's Interest on this Side of the Water, owing to the Death of his Brother, his Pride would not suffer him to own it, which made him to trifle with Lord Bellamont in the Manner that has been related in all the Papers. The Cause, we are told, was that the Post which his Lordship solicited was previously promised to, and bestowed on, Colonel Luttrell, before his Majesty was acquainted with the Promise of his Viceroy to Lord Bellamont.
A few Days ago a Duel was fought in Dublin, between Colonel Blaquiére, Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, and Beauchamp Bagnall, Esquire, Member for the County of Catherlough. The Cause of this Quarrel was, Colonel Blaquiére, while he was Charged des Affaires at Paris, refused to present Mr. Bagnall at the French Court, because he had not been presented in England. They fired their Pistols without Effect; and the reserved Fire being with Colonel Blaquiére, he declared he bore no Ill-will to Mr. Bagnall, and fired his second Pistol in the Air. Here the Affair ended.
A Letter from Dublin says: "Orders are come over here from London for some Land Forces to be embarked from this Kingdom immediately for New England."
February 20. The Pantheon Masquerade was opened on Thursday Evening, about Half after ten; surrounded, as usual, by a mixed Assembly of Ragamuffins and Pickpockets, who greatly disturbed the Entrance of the Mails. By Supper Time 1450 People, as near as can be computed, were in the Rooms. There was a brilliant Concours of Mails, many Dominoes, and many excellent Characters, but very few supported with either Wit or Humour. The most grotesque and ridiculous were, Sir W. W. Wynne, a Taffy, with his Leek, &c. riding on a Goat; Mr. Schomberg, a Bacchus, well characterised; Sir Sampson Gideon, Cyrus; Lady Gideon, a Spinning Girl; Mrs. Clarke, as dress-ing for the Pantheon, with a Barber in Miniature at the Top of a Ladder; Mr. Montagu, a Friar; Dutchess of Hamilton, and Lady Ferrers, in Mens Dominoes; Mr. Ashley, in the Character of Charlotte Hayes; a Devil, a Nobody, a Somebody, a Falsaff, a Mungo, a Chimney-sweep, a Merlin, a Dina, a Fish Girl, a Fruit Girl, a Magician, a Conjuror, a Hussar, old Women, Sailors, Harlequins, Jockies, Lawyers, Watermen, Nuns, Shepherdesses, Cooks, and Clunty Moors, Indians, &c. &c.
Thursday came on in the Court of Common Pleas, Westminster, before the Lord Chief Justice De Grey, and a Special Jury, a Cause wherein the Liberty of the Subject is much concerned. The Action was brought by Henry Botock, Esquire, a Dutch Merchant in Hatton Garden, against Saunders, and others Excise Officers, for entering into and ransacking the Plaintiff's House, under Pretence of searching for smuggled Tea, but without finding any. For this Offence the Plaintiff laid his Damages only at 1 cl. The Officers pleaded a Justification, by producing the Commissioners of Excise Warrant; but the Jury brought in a Verdict for the whole Damages laid in the Declaration, subject to the Opinion of the Court, whether the Commissioners Warrant is for the Insult a Justification in Law.
On Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday last, the Committee at the Thatched House discharged 47 Debtors (who had 27 Wives and 60 Children) from the several Prisons in this City.
Yesterday was tried, before Lord Mansfield and a Special Jury, a Cause wherein a Haberdasher in the Strand was Plaintiff, and a young Baronet in Gloucestershire Defendant. The Action was brought for Goods sold and delivered by the Plaintiff to the Defendant's Wife, to the Amount of 77 l. but it coming out from the Evidence that she had eloped from her Husband before the contracting of the Debt, the Plaintiff was nonsuited.
This Morning came on, before Lord Mansfield and a Special Jury, a Cause wherein Mr. Popham, of Hampshire, was Plaintiff, and Mr. An-ford, a young Gentleman of eighteen, Defendant. The Action was for Crim. Con. with the Plaintiff's Wife, when the Jury brought in a Verdict with 200 l. Damages.
The distilling Spirits from Corn is wholly suppressed in Sweden, as it was proved more Grain was consumed that Way than the Kingdom produced.
The Estate of Thomas James Selby, Esquire, of Buckinghamshire (6000 l. per Ann.) has, within these few Days, been claimed by three Sisters, elderly Women, at Chelsea, two of whom take in Washing and Ironing; the other is married to a Painter and Gazier, and has three Children.
We hear from Kidderminster that the poor Carpet Weavers in that Country are almost starved, for Want of Employment; upwards of 3000 Persons, with Wives and Children, being out of Work.
The following odd Circumstance, says a Correspondent, is strictly true: A Chimneysweep, at a Village in Kent, has seventeen Children, Sons, who all follow the Occupation of their Father.
The Number of Persons who lost their Lives at the Fire in Bishopsgate-street, last Thursday, is now known to be eight; Mr. Collier, Hair-dresser; Mrs. Collier, his Wife, who kept the Shop; Miss Smith, her Sister and Partner; Mrs. Jewson; Miss Noble, and another young Lady belonging to the Shop; and two Servants. Some of the Bodies have since been dug out of the Ruins.
Yesterday Morning, between two and three o'Clock, a Fire broke out in Princes Street, St. Giles's, which destroyed three Houses, and greatly damaged two others. It was with great Difficulty that Mr. Colman's Timber Yard, which is adjoining to that Street, was kept from catching Fire.
Extract of a Letter from Cornwall, February 17.
"How shall I describe to you the deplorable Condition we are in! All the Tinners have risen, and been plundering the Country for these ten Days. On the 6th near 150 went to Ruan, where they were fired on, some of whom were wounded; however, they carried off and sold what Corn they thought proper. The Monday and Tuesday they were at Falmouth and Penryn, at the latter of which Places they were innumerable, and drove the Soldiers who were sent from the Garrison to an Inn, which they endeavoured to break into and take their Arms from them; on which the Soldiers fired and killed one, shot another through the Body who lay for dead, and wounded Numbers. Notwithstanding this, they did not quit the Town till they had plundered the Mil's and Malt Houses. An unhappy Girl, with a Child in her Arms, in Doctor Coade's House, was shot through the Body, and died soon after. They have been plundering in different Parts since. At Truro, the roth, they carried off about 60 Bushels from Teague, the Miller; and came again the next Day, when the Inhabitants of all Ranks took Arms, and, being reinforced by some Soldiers, forced them to retreat. They are now dispersed over different Parts of the Country, plundering the Inhabitants of Corn, Money, Provisions, Apparel, &c. and are so very desperate as to stop every Person they meet on the Highway, and oblige them by Oaths to give them Money. On Thursday they were at Tolven, where they winnowed and took a Quantity of Barley, &c. In short, it is impossible to tell the Mischief they have done. We have sent to the War Office for Troops, and the whole Country is arming. At Falmouth they have planted Cannon at the Town's End, and all the Inhabitants that are able to carry Arms. We have likewise guarded Penryn, Tolven, and King Henry's Passage, with 1500 Men, and at Truro Bridge. In short, we are raising Men, calling Ball, and consulting every Means to stop their Progress."
February 24. This Day his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will give an Entertainment at Buckingham House to several of the young Nobility, who have received very polite Invitations for that Purpose.
It is certain that Lord Bute will not permit the Society of Ancient Britons to pay their Respects this Year, according to annual Custom, to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, whose Liberty Principles the Scotch Favourite has taken a violent Antipathy to.
Last Night his Excellency the Portuguese Ambassador was sent for to the Queen's Palace, where he had a long Conference with his Majesty.
Sir William Young, Baronet, Governor of Dominica, is, we hear, to be appointed to the Government of Jamaica, in the Room of Sir William Treloar, Baronet, deceased.
The Foreigner lately presented at St. James's, and supposed to be the Dauphin of France, is a Relation of Count Guignes, the French Ambassador, and was here about ten Years ago. By the Laws of France, the Dauphin can never come to England, unless as a Conqueror or a Prisoner.
The Portuguese Ambassador, we hear, is about to leave this Kingdom, having discharged all his Servants.
A Discovery has lately been made on an Estate of Sir Nicholas Bayley's, in the Isle of Anglesey, of a small Stream of Water, that, by laying a Quantity of thin Iron Plates in it, forms a Crust on them of exceeding good Copper, which by being beaten off, and melted, produces Masses of that Metal worth 30 l. a Tun. The fame is now working with great Spirit by the Proprietors, who estimate that it will bring in 60,000 l. a Year, as they shall be able to obtain seventy five Tons Weight every three Months. This Discovery is the more valuable, as it is not attended with the Expense of Mining. The Stream is supposed to run through certain Copper Strata.
Yesterday in the Afternoon a Messenger arrived at the Secretary of State's Office, in Cleveland Row, from the Regency at Hanover, with Despatches of Importance, which were immediately carried to his Majesty at the Queen's Palace; and we hear that a Council is summoned to meet this Day at St. James's, in Order for the above Despatches to be laid before them.
Several of the Messengers have Orders to be in Waiting this Day at St. James's, that they may be in Readiness to be sent off with Despatches at the breaking up of the Privy Council.
Sunday Night died at Bramham Park, near York, the Right Honourable Lord Bingley; his Lordship was created Baron Bingley, May 4, 1762, with Limitation to his Heirs male by his Lady, only Daughter and Heiress to Robert Benson, Esquire; by whom, besides a Fortune of 100,000 l. he obtained the fine Seat at Bramham, worth upwards of 7000 l. per Ann.
Extract of a Letter from Rome, January 9.
"A Report prevails here that there has lately been a popular Commotion at Madrid, occasioned by the Council having assembled and sat while the King was gone a-hunting; but we know nothing concerning the Consequences of it."
Extract of a Letter from Poole, February 22.
"This Afternoon we had a most violent Storm of Wind, which drove seventeen Sail of Ships from their Moorings, which occasioned a most shocking Sight, some of which were carried near a League; others lost their Masts, and some their Boltsprits, besides being otherwise greatly damaged, so that several of them appear like perfect Wrecks. This is remarkable, to-morrow it will be 22 Years since such a violent Storm happened there."
February 25. The Committee of the whole House, to consider of the Subscription to the 39 Articles of the Church of England, is postponed for six Months.
We are credibly informed that a Meeting of the Convocation was lately advised by a certain Prelate, on Account of the Disputes subsisting with the Dissenting Clergy, but prudently rejected by the Ministry, who observed that there was no knowing where religious Disputes may terminate, and that the Compilers of the Liturgy were at least as remarkable for their Wisdom and Piety as any of the modern Reformers.
The new State Bed that is fixed up in the Queen's Apartment at St. James's, preparatory to the Christening of the young Prince this Evening, is Crimson Velvet, lined with Satin, and richly ornamented with Gold Lace.
The Racehorse and Carcase Bombs are ordered to be fitted out for a Voyage to the North Pole, to fix the Magnetick Needle. Captain Con-piphs is to command this Expedition.
It is said a general Settlement of all the several Degrees of Currency in his Majesty's foreign Plantations, for the better Regulation of the Course of Exchange, is now under Consideration.
Yesterday died in Rosemary Lane, Rag Fair, Martha Hatts, who by buying and selling Rags had acquired a Fortune of upwards of 5000 l.
February 26. The Bill to encourage the Subjects of foreign States to advance Money on Estates in the West Indies has passed the House of Lords, and lies ready for the Royal Assent.
We are informed that a Member of the Lower House has publickly declared his Intention of making a Motion to settle a parliamentary Establishment for the Issue of two Royal Dukes.
Early this Morning it blew a severe Hurricane at S. S. E. when all the Tiers of Ships from Union Stairs to London Bridge drove from their Anchors, and the chief Part of them went on Shore between the Tower and the Bridge; several loaded Lighters and Boats are sunk, and many Craft drove through the Bridge. Several Ships lost their Masts, others their Boltsprits; several Boats full of Men were jammed between the Ships and Bank, and it is feared a great many lost their Lives. A Ship from Dartmouth was stove to Pieces against the Starling of the Bridge, and a Sloop lies over the Starlings.
Another Account says, that at Limehouse a Tier of fourteen Vessels was driven from thence down to Greenwhich shore, one of which, lately arrived from Lisbon, has received considerable Damage. A large Brig coming up the River from the Nore was over-set in Sea Reach, just below the Hope, and every Soul on Board supposed to be drowned.
A Gentleman who came from Gravesend in a Boat reports that about three o'Clock this Morning the Clement seemed to be all over in a Ferment, and the Clouds appeared of a fiery Red for near two Hours.
Robinson and Barry who were committed to Carriekfergus Jail the Beginning of this Month, supposed to have entered into a Conspiracy to defraud some Bankers of a considerable Sum of Money. For this Purpose Robinson went to Shanes Castle, as a Stranger, where he caused several Cars to be loaded with Sand from the Strand of Loungneach, and carried to Antrim. At Antrim he got eleven Boxes made in Imitation of Cloth Boxes, and pretended he belonged to a Company of Hardware Manufacturers at Birmingham, who wanted the Sand for the Purpose of polishing some of their Hardware; and, to save the Duty, he intended to pack up the Sand in Boxes, in the Manner in which Linen Cloth is usually made up for Exportation, and to export them as such from Belfast to Carriekfergus. This unaccountable Story immediately caused very unfavourable Suspicions, and a strict Lookout for them was kept at the Customhouse there. Accordingly on Saturday last the said eleven Boxes, corded up as Linen Boxes, were brought to the Customhouse, and the said Robinson and Barry made an Entry of them as containing 240 Pieces, Quantity 10,500 Yard of Linen Cloth, to be shipped on Board the said Vessel bound for Liverpool, and made Oath accordingly to the Contents; but on opening and examining the Boxes, they were found to contain only Sand and Straw, covered over with a coarse Wrapper. On examining their Papers, it appeared they had made out an Invoice of 240 Pieces of Linen, which they had valued at 1047 l. 15. It is supposed they intended to have got the same and the above mentioned Vessel ensured, and then to have lost her at Sea, and afterwards to have recovered the Sum ensured.
The following is an authentick Account of Lord Bellamont's present Situation. The Ball entered at the Point of the short Rib, and extended itself towards the Navel; from the Entrance of the Ball to the Extremity of the Wound is full six Inches and a Half, during which Progress it sinks deeper to the Extremity, where it is of such a Depth, that, notwithstanding Lord Bellamont's repeated Solicitations, the Physicians and Surgeons that attend him do not think it safe to open the three last Inches of the Wound, which renders it very doubtful whether the Ball can be extracted. The open Wound is in as good a State as can be expected; but the covered Wound does not seem inclined to heal, notwithstanding it hath ceased all Discharge, since it threw off three Pieces of his Coat, that were carried in by the Ball. In this Situation, the physical Gentlemen declare they cannot pretend to pronounce what may be the Event, although they conceive favourable Expectations from his Lordship's good Habit of Body.
On Tuesday Evening last one Scarlet, a noted Cock Fighter at Burgess, Wits, eat for a Premium of 15. 9 d. at the Bear and Castle in Marlborough, a raw Cock of four Pounds Weight, which had been killed that Day in fighting. He eat with it Bread, Pepper, Salt, and Vinegar. After Scarlet had done, another Canibal, his Companion, eat for a trifling Reward a Cock of five Pounds Weight, without any Bread. This latter, worse than Savage, not content with displaying his first brutish Feats, out of a Bravado eat a raw Rat that had been dead four Days.
February 27. The Ministry is again restored to a State of Unanimity, and nothing but Smiles appear in the Cabinet. The King has held different Consultations with his different great Men, and convinced them that Concord is the only Method either of serving him or of doing the Business of their Country.
Yesterday Lord Guernsey made a Motion in the House of Commons to congratulate the Queen upon the Birth of a Prince, and on her happy Recovery from her late Delivery. He introduced this Motion with advertising generally to the Happiness and Security we derived from the present Family on the Throne, and to the real Joy it should give us on every fresh Occasion which might be a Means of ensuring and confirming those signal Blessings. He said, that the History of this Country had furnished many melancholy Instances of the Mischief which arose from the Ambitious, turbulent Spirit, and Pride, of many of her Majesty's Predecessors; but that, on the contrary, her Majesty was not only the Reverse in every Thing which concerned publick Affairs, but was likewise equally amiable in her private Virtues. She was the most exemplary Wife, the most tender and affectionate Parent; in fine, it was difficult to determine whether, in her publick and private Character, she deserved most national Gratitude or private Affection and Esteem. His Lordship was seconded by the Lord Mayor, and the Address was agreed to, nomine contradicente . Business now multiplies so fast upon the House of Commons that the Clerks are obliged to work Day and Night in copying Bills, Petitions, Minutes, and Extracts, for the Use of the several Members. There is now no Appearance of that Indolence which prevailed in the Beginning of the Session; on the contrary, every Thing is Bustle, and the Minister seldom sits down to Dinner till twelve o'Clock at Night.
The Clause in the intended Proposition of the East India Company to Parliament, which designs to lay the State of the Company's Revenue annually before the House of Commons, is a Plan highly approved, and carries such an Appearance of Probity as must secure the good Opinion of the Legislature.
The last Advices from Madrid inform us that Lord Grantham, our Ambassador, was a great Favourite with his Catholic Majesty. The King, who is a prodigious Sportsman, frequently takes his Lordship upon shooting Parties, and treats him with a Degree of Familiarity unusual with the general Reserve of his Temper.
Letters from Copenhagen advise, that on the 2d Instant a Courier arrived there from the Danish Minister at the Court of Peterburg, on the Opening of whose Despatches Orders were immediately issued for four Men of War and two Frigates to possess the different Stations at the Sound. The Order was executed as speedily as possible, but the Reason was unknown when these Letters came away.
The Prussian Envoy has it, we hear, in Command from his Court, to inquire whether there is any real Foundation for the Report of a British Squadron appearing in the Baltic next Summer.
There is to be a Lottery this Year, of exactly the same Number of Tickets, Blanks, and Prizes, as last.
Several Transports are taking in their Stores and Provisions in the River, to carry over three Regiments of Foot to North America, and to bring back three Regiments now there to England.
We are informed a capital Distiller has now purchased a large Quantity of Rice, to be made into a Spirit, somewhat in the Nature of India Attack.
A Person just arrived from France says that the Palmier, a French Man of War of 74 Guns, foundered in the Gulf of Florida, and all the Crew perished.
There are now living together in Lambeth Marsh two Women, whose Ages put together make 199. What is remarkable, one of them, who is 107, is Mother to one Mr. Fewcett, a Grocer in Whitechapel; the other, who is 93, is Mother to Mr. Fewcett's Wife, and both enjoy good Health and Memory.
Last Night was interred in one Grave, in Great St. Helen's Church-yard, the Remains of the unhappy Persons who perished in the fire in Bishopsgate Street. They were attended to the Grave by a vast Concours of People.
This Morning a Fire broke out in a Court in Redcross Street, in which one Mr. Hall, aged upwards of 70, was burnt to Death.
March 2. This Day the Society of Ancient Britons, according to annual Custom, attended divine Service at St. Martin's in the Fields, where an excellent Sermon was preached by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Chester; after which the Stewards went in Procession to London Tavern, where an elegant Entertainment was provided.
We hear that several Removes in the upper Departments of the Law are now in Agitation. This Morning the Marquis of Rockingham, Earl Temple, and Lord Camden, met at Lord Lyttleton's in Pall Mall, in Order to go to the House of Peers.
We are assured that there is no Foundation for the Report of Lord Cathcart's being under a Necessity of returning to Peterburg.
Lord North, we hear, has actually intimated his Desire of resigning to a great Personage, who has consented to it upon the following Condition: That his Lordship do procure a Successor who will agree to act under his Directions, the great Personage having the highest Opinion of his Lordship's Skill in Politics.
We learn from Gibraltar that the Emperor of Morocco has ordered out several Sail of Cruisers from Mogador and Larache to cruise against the Venetians, with whom they are going to break, on Account of the latter having espoused the Cause of the Russians against the Ottoman Porte.
On Saturday, at Noon, her Majesty, attended by the Ladies of the Bedchamber, took an Airing over Westminster Bridge, into some Part of Surry, and returned about three o'Clock to her Palace.
The Bill for preventing occasional Votes in Elections of Members to serve in Parliament, in such Cities, Boroughs, and Places, where the Right of Voting is in the Inhabitants only, has been read the first Time, and ordered to be printed. It is imagined that the above Bill will occasion high Contentions among the Country Gentlemen.
On Saturday the Bank began again to take Portugal Gold Coin, which has been followed by the Bankers.
It should seem as if the House of Commons read his Majesty's Speech, at the Opening of the Sessions, in the same Manner as Hebrew is read backward. The above Speech recommends the high Price of Provisions among the first Objects for their Deliberation; but though the Sessions is now three Parts over, the House have not yet come to any Resolution on the Subject.
The two Dutchesses of Gloucester and Cumberland now receive their Visitors according to Etiquette. They sit, and every Person presented has the Honour of kissing their Hands; but the Dukes decline this Distinction themselves, from Motives of very laudable Modesty.
The French Nobleman now at Count de Guignes's is in high Favour with his Sovereign, who has the greatest Opinion of his Abilities. It is therefore natural to suppose that his Visit here is not for his Pleasure, but for Lewis's Profit.
We hear from Jamaica, and by several Gentlemen just arrived from thence, that they have lately made vast Quantities of fine Rum; in Consequence thereof, the Prices are greatly fallen on the Keys at the Port of London.
The Vessel sunk near the Starlings of London Bridge has been the Cause of incredible Mischief on Friday Evening; several West Country Barges, unaware of the Matter, ran foul of it, and sunk. Several Lives were lost.
The King of Prussia is now endeavouring to conclude a Treaty of Commerce between the Courts of London and Berlin; but this, we are assured, he will never effect, our Ministry being too well aware of the Motive that induces him to this Step.
All the Vessels lying in the River, outward bound for the Mediterranean, are sitting as in Time of War; and some, we hear, have applied for Letters of Marque to fight against the Barbary States.
Extract of a Letter from Copenhagen, February 21.
"It is publickly reported here, that the Disputes between the Swedish and Danish Sovereigns, respecting the Claim of the former on the Kingdom of Norway, are now entirely settled, to the Satisfaction of both Parties; yet, strongly as this Report is propagated, the Measures now prosecuting by the Danish Ministry seem to falsify it palpably. The Government of Aggerhuus, in Norway, which is contiguous to Sweden, and the Government of Wardhuus, also environed by Swedish Provinces, are regarded with a very watchful Eye. Large Bodies of Military, with Cannon and Ammunition, are constantly throwing into all the Cities of Strength, or Places of any Importance; particularly at Oslo, the Capital of the Government of Aggerhuus. Still they affect a Silence respecting these extraordinary Preparations, though it must be evident to every Person that such Movements, without some Apprehensions of Danger, are most highly absurd and ridiculous."
The Court at St. James's has so far relaxed its Severity with Respect to the Dukes of Gloucester and Cumberland that no Offence is now taken at any of the Nobility or Gentry, though even in the King's Service, who visit them; so that we may speedily look for a Reconciliation between the Brothers of the Royal Family.
Extract of a Letter from Warsaw, February 20.
"His Holiness the Pope has, we are informed, wrote Letters to the Empress of Russia, the Emperor of Germany, and to the Prussian Monarch, in Favour of the unhappy Kingdom of Poland, and its more unfortunate Sovereign, who is now in a worse Situation than many of his Subjects, especially those who have submitted to either of the three Powers, they being treated with the greatest Generosity, and are much honoured and caressed. But there are still some few Poles left who seem to deliver up their Liberties, and are anxious to receive a Call from their King to endeavour to revenge the Oppression with which all Poland is now burthened."
On Account of the extraordinary Mildness of the Season, the Royal Society have made Application to Government for a Ship to sail as near the North Pole as it may be so far possible to go, and the Request has been granted.
It is an absolute Fact that 500 Carriages have been already struck out of the Excise Registers, and more laid down that were never entered; so that Frugality does, in some Measure, begin to make its Appearance.
Lord Greville Montagu, we are told, is to succeed Sir W. Trelawney in the Government of Jamaica. Lord William Campbell to succeed Mr. Montagu in the Government of Carolina, and the Honourable Mr. Legge to be Governor of Halifax.
We hear from Paris, that the King has taken a surprising Turn, and seems at present to find his greatest Pleasure in Politics. He has quitted the Bosom of Madam Barré, for the Cabinet; and, feeble as he is, never fails of assisting at all the Councils. Some say, that this in Consequence of the present Disposition of the three Powers who are now about to make a Division of the Kingdom of Poland; and that, if possible, he is determined to frustrate their cruel and ambitious Designs. For this Purpose, he is endeavouring to engage the Kings of Great Britain and Spain to join him, and to oppose those Usurpers. A Messenger is said to have arrived at the French Ambassador's in Great George Street, from Paris, on the above important Business. Should Great Britain and Spain acquiesce to Lewis's Scheme, which is not improbable, it is very likely we shall see Europe in Arms in less than three Months.

WILLIAMSBURG, April 22. The Brothers, Drew, from Bristol, and Bell, Moody, from Glasgow, are arrived in York River; the Peter, Lang, from Glasgow, and John, Taylor, from Liverpool, in James River; and the Liberty, Alexander, in Rappahannock, in five Weeks from Liverpool, by whom we have Papers to the 5th of March.
Captain Alexander, in Longitude 61, spoke the Ship Britannia, from Philadelphia, bound to Lisbon, six Days out, all well.
Captain Lang, from Glasgow, who had six and thirty Days Passage, informs us that there had been a great Riot among the Sailors in Greenock, on Account of their not being allowed River Pay. They refused to do their Duty, unrigged several Vessels in the Harbour, and would not suffer the Carpenters to work upon them; then assembled in a Body and paraded the Streets, with Colours flying, Bagpipes playing, &c. and committing several Excels. The Magistrates of Greenock thought it necessary to send for Assistance to Glasgow to quell the Rioters, and accordingly a Hundred Soldiers were sent, who upon being drawn up in the Town were pelted by the Mob, as also the Magistrates present. The Soldiers were then ordered to fire, which killed three Women, and mortally wounded a Boy, who died soon after. Some of the chief Rioters were apprehended and put in Jail, but soon released by the Mob; and, when Captain Lang failed, it was reported that three Troops of Dragoons had arrived at Port Glasgow, on their Way to Greenock, as the Mob, after the Soldiers firing, had become more outrageous.
[Marriages.] Mr. JOHN BOUGH, of Norfolk, to Miss NANCY WALLER, fourth Daughter of Benjamin Waller, Esq; of this City.
[Deaths.] Mrs. SARAH BOLLING, Spouse to ARCHIBALD BOLLING, Esq; of Goochland.
Last Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, the following Prisoners were brought to the Bar of the General Court to take their Trials:
John Chapman, from Halifax, for Grand Larceny: Acquitted.
John Dugard, from Caroline, for Bigamy: Acquitted.
William Strange, from Stafford, for Horsestealing: Acquitted.
James Hill, from Fairfax, for Horsestealing: Acquitted by the Grand Jury.
William Nickens, from Lancaster, for Burglary: Acquitted by the Grand Jury.
Leonard Burnett, from Essex, for the Murder of a Negro: Acquitted.
Benjamin Cook, Benjamin Woodward, Joseph Cook, and Peter Medley, from Pittsylvania, for counterfeiting Gold and Silver Coins, and passing Counterfeit Treasury Notes: Acquitted. [The Testimony of John Short, the principal Evidence against the Prisoners, was invalidated by short Evidences in their Behalf, who proved him a most atrocious Villain; and their Counsel even made a Motion in Court to have him indicted for Perjury.] N. B. He is since gone off; and has left behind him, in this City, a Wife and six helpless Children in most pitiable Circumstances.
Moses Terry, from Halifax, for passing Counterfeits: Plead Guilty, and pardoned.
Frances Sullivan, from Lancaster, for Grand Larceny: Acquitted.
Peter Sidebottom, from Stafford, for Horsestealing: Guilty.
Mary Murphey, from Augusta, for Grand Larceny: Guilty.
Edward Brown, from Charles City, for Grand Larceny: Guilty.
Eliphaz Musgrove, from James City, for Murder: Guilty.
John Bentley, from Prince William, for Horsestealing: Remanded to Jail, and to be tried in June.
Advertisements.
NORFOLK, April 21, 1773.
AS I find it very inconvenient to attend the Courts at Williamsburg, I must therefore desire all those indebted to James and John Taylor to discharge their Accounts immediately; those that remain unsettled will be put into the Hands of an Attorney, without further Notice. (2) JAMES TAYLOR.
JUST IMPORTED from London, and to be SOLD by the Subscriber, in Williamsburg,
A NEW Assortment of MILLINERY of the most fashionable Kind, namely: Caps, Stomachers, Suits of Blond, Fans, Ribands, Gloves, and Minionet and Brussels Lace and Edgings, Blond and black Do. Joining Do. A Variety of genteel white Lustrings figured and plain, white flowered Satin, coloured, plain, and striped Lustrings, black Mantua, Satin Petticoats, black and white Riding Hats, Ladies and Gentlemen's Gresham and Disbury Shoes, Childrens Shoes, Silk and Cotton Stockings, Childrens Do. Boys black and blue Caps, Ladies Cloaks, Bonnets, and Hats, Yard wide fine Book Muffins, Yard and a Half wide Do. fine Jackanet Do. of both Kinds, Striped Border Muffin Handkerchiefs, Gauze Aprons and Handkerchiefs, plain and flowered Gauzes and Cargut, Paste Bows, Necklaces, and Earrings, Shoe, Knee, and Stock Paste Buckles, Paste and Marcassite Sprigs, Paste Combs, plain Do. plain Gold and set Lockets, French Bead Necklaces and Earrings, Gold Bands, Buttons, and Loops, Silver Stomachers and Sleeve Knots, Silver Blond Lace, India Perfumes, Net Hoods, Cambricks, Lawns, and Long Lawns, fine Childbed Linen, Baskets and Chimney Lines, Diaper and Corded Dimity, Purl, Cotton Thread, French Do. Hair Rolls and Curls, &c. &c. JANE CHARLTON. * * * All Kinds of MILLINERY made in the NEWEST FASHION.
FREDERICKSBURG, April 29, 1773.
JUST imported from London, in the William,
Captain Livingsten, a large Assortment of MEDICINES of the freest and best Qualities, which I propose selling, by Wholesale or Retail, at the lowest Rates, for Cash, and to keep a medicinal Store opposite Fredericksburg lower Warehouse, well stocked twice a Year with fresh imported Drugs. I have PATENT MEDICINES, from the genuine Wholesale Warehouse, such as Bateman's, Walker's, and Norris's Drops, Jackson's and Greenough's Tinctures, Squire's, Daffey's, and Stoughton's Elixirs, Anderson's, Hooper's, and Lochey's Pills, Godfrey's Cordial, British Oil, James's Powders, Turlington's Balsam, Beaum de Vie, Balsam of Honey, Hungary and Lavender Waters, &c. &c. Also MEDICINE CHESTS, with full Directions, extremely useful to Families living distant from the Assistance of Physicians. CHARLES MORTIMER, Junior.
THE BEAUTIFUL BAY HORSE COUNTRY JACK,
late the Property of Mr. George Parker, stands at the Subscriber's, in Northampton County, and covers Mares at five Shillings a Leap, fourteen Shillings the Season, and a Guinea the Colt. Good Pasturage and Attendance. (11) ADEL MILBY.
At a COURT held for CHESTERFIELD County, NOVEMBER 6, 1772.
Thomas Osborne, Plaintiff, against Joseph Tucker and ? In Chancery. Daniel McCallum, Defendants. THE Defendant Joseph being beyond Sea, and the Defendant Daniel having Effects of the said Joseph in his Hands, on the Motion of the Plaintiff, ordered, that said Daniel do not pay, convey away, or secrete the said Effects, till the farther Order of this Court. B. WATKINS, Clerk.
B O L T O N
STANDS at Sandy Point this Season, and will cover Mares at fifteen Shillings the Leap, and forty five Shillings the Season. He is an imported Horse, upwards of fifteen Hands high, and a beautiful Bay! Also S P O R T S M A N, a large black Horse, got by BOLTON, on a Drey Mare, will cover at seven Shillings and Sixpence a Leap, and twenty Shillings the Season. Good Pasturage gratis, and the greatest Care taken of the Mares, but I will not be answerable for any that may get away. JOHN PIERCE.
A SOBER, well behaved Man, capable of teaching Children to read and write, and at the same Time properly qualified as an Accountant, may meet with Employment in a Gentleman's Family by Application to the Printer hereof.
THE Subscriber has for Sale, on very reasonable Terms, twenty Thousand Acres of LAND, in different Tracts, lying on Dan and Smith Rivers, and the Branches thereof. For Terms apply to me, in Petersburg. (1) JAMES WALKER.
THE GREAT COCK MATCH, BETWEEN THE UPLAND AND LOWLAND GENTLEMEN, WILL BE FOUGHT IN WILLIAMSBURG ON TUESDAY THE 25th OF MAY.
Wanted immediately, A PERSON well recommended as to Morals, and capable of teaching LATIN, GREEK, WRITING, and ARITHMETICK. To such a one I will give the Sum of forty Pounds a Year, and he shall also have the sole Profit arising from whatever Scholars he teaches above eight, not exceeding twelve. If Application is not made, either personally or by Letter to me, in Cumberland, in about a Month's Time, I shall not expect it at all from this Advertisement. ROBERT MCLAURIN.
The PLANTER, THOMAS LILLY MASTER, WILL be ready to take in Tobacco, on Liberty of Consignment, by the 15th of May, at eight Pounds Sterling a Tun. Notes or Orders will be received by the Advertiser, in York, or on Board the said Ship, at the Honourable Colonel Corbin's.
The Brig LIGHTFOOT, JACOB COOPER MASTER, WILL be ready to take in Tobacco, at Bermuda Hundred, on Account of Messrs. Norton and Son, by the Beginning of May. Notes or Orders may be lodged with J. H. Norton, Esquire, Williamsburg, Thomas Lilly of York Town, or the Captain on Board.
FOR SALE, SEVENTEEN Hundred Acres of LAND in Isle of Wight County, well timbered with Pine, Oak, and Cypress, about four Miles from Smithfield, and the same Distance from Warequak Bay. For Terms apply to LEWIS BURWELL, Junior. KINGS MILL, April 20, 1773.
To be SOLD, for ready Money, or good Bills of Exchange, on Friday the 30th of April, before the Raleigh Door, in WILLIAMSBURG, by the Sheriff of Middlesex,
A LARGE PARCEL OF YOUNG Virginia born Slaves, consisting of House Servants of both Sexes, namely, a Cook, a Laundress, a Gardener, and several very likely Girls accustomed to spin, a good Carpenter and Cooper, likely Boys to plough or tend on Horses; and likewise, on the same Terms, will be disposed of, a good CHARIOT, a SINGLE CHAIR, and four very large handsome BAY COACH HORSES.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Pittsylvania, a yellow Negro or Mulatto Man Slave named HARRY, who says he belongs to the Estate of Colonel William Lightfoot of Sandy Point, deceased; he is about fifty Years old, has a gray Beard, and wears a Pair of old Osnabrug Trousers, and a Negro Cotton Jacket. (21) JAMES ROBERTS, Jailer.
WANTED, A MIDDLE aged Man capable to take the Charge of a Store, and who will give constant Attendance. Such a Person, coming well recommended, may hear of good Encouragement by applying to the Printer.
TAPPAHANNOCK, March 13, 1773. I HAVE for SALE two Pair of French BURR STONES, four Feet Diameter, equal in Quality to any in the Colony. JOHN CORRIE.
WESTMORELAND, March 23, 1773. AN Advertisement some Time ago published by Mr. Richard Hanson, Attorney for Sir Lynde Lynde, informing the Publick that several Negroes by me advertised for Sale, as the Estate of Mr. John Monroe, deceased, had been mortgaged by Colonel Andrew Monroe to the said Lynde Lynde, to secure the Payment of a very considerable Sum of Money, gave me the first Information of that Transaction; since which I thought it incumbent upon me, as well to justify my own Conduct as to prevent any Unfairness in the Purchasers of those Slaves, to make an Inquiry into the Matter, and I can now, with the greatest Certainty, assure them that Colonel Andrew Monroe, previous to the Mortgage before mentioned, had not only given the Slaves aforesaid to his Son, the said John Monroe, by a Marriage Contract recorded in the County Court of Westmoreland, but had also given him up the Possession of them at least twelve Months before the Execution of the said Mortgage. Colonel Monroe may have imposed upon Mr. Lynde, but could not thereby effect the Title of his Son in an Estate given to him in the Manner aforesaid; and therefore I hope the Purchasers will immediately discharge their Bonds, which I presume some of them have been prevented from doing by Mr. Hanson's Publication. (4) JOHN ASHTON.
DINWIDDIE, March 30, 1773. I HAVE not yet sold the Land on Meberri in River, which was formerly advertised; and as I am still inclined to dispose of it, and in my former Advertisement gave a very short Description of the Land, with its Conveniencies, I think it necessary now to mention some other Circumstances relative to it, which may perhaps be an Inducement to a Purchaser. The low Ground, containing two Hundred Acres, is superior to most, and inferior to none, on that Part of the River; Part of the high Land, without the Assistance of Manure, will produce large Tobacco, but the greatest Part is more suitable for Grain, being a light, lively, and fertile Soil, which may be worked with Ease and Advantage; the back Land is still lighter, but affords extraordinary Range for Cattle and Hogs. On the Tract there is a high, pleasant, and beautiful Situation for a Dwellinghouse and Plantation, very convenient to an excellent Spring. This Land is almost equally convenient to all the Warehouses established between Petersburg and Milner's, as likewise to several Mills; and, in a Word, was it in the Possession of a Proprietor who lived upon or near the Premises, I am not acquainted with a considerable Inconvenience that would attend it. But as it is entirely out of the Circle of my Business, and I confess that I am but a Novice in Husbandry, I would willingly turn it into something that may be more convenient to me. My Price is allowed, by several who are well acquainted with the Land, to be very moderate, and the Purchaser may fix the Time of Credit, confining himself within the Compass of three Years. (4) JOHN RUFFIN, Junior.
HANOVER, April 7, 1773. AS soon as the Subscriber can dispose of his Effects and settle his Affairs, he proposes to leave the Colony. A valuable Collection of BOOKS in English, Latin, Greek, Mathematicks, Philosophy, and other Subjects, with BOOK CASE, DESK, TABLES, and other Furniture, are for Sale. CHARLES MAC IVER.
To be SOLD, or LET on CHARTER, THE Brigantine AMERICA, Captain William C. Latimer, Burthen five Thousand Bultels, or thereabouts, now lying at Kennen's Wharf, on James River. For Terms apply to the Captain on Board, or the Subscribers, in Charles City. (21) ACRILL & EDLOE. Who have for Sale a Quantity of SALT.
ANY Person having one, two, or more likely NEGRO MEN to hire out pay, by applying to the Printer, hear of one who will give good Wages for them the Remainder of this Year, or for twelve Months.
FOR LONDON, THE Snow NANCY, Richard Barron Master, Burthen about three Hundred and thirty Hogheads, lying at Bull Hill, in Appomattox River, will sail by the 10th of May at farthest, and take in Tobacco, on Liberty of Consignment, at eight Pounds Sterling a Tun. Orders sent to Mr. John King at Petersburg, or the Subscriber, shall be attended to. JOHN TABB.
RICHMOND, April 10, 1773. SO little Attention was paid to Mr. James McDowell's Advertisement of April last that many of the Accounts remain unsettled on the Books kept by him for Messrs. Alexander Speirs, John Bowman, and Company, at this Place. As they are now in my Possession, I desire those whose Accounts are unsettled to come and ascertain their Balances by Bond, without Loss of Time, otherwise their Accounts will be put into an Attorney's Hands. Immediate Payment is expected from those whose Debts have been long due. Those who have Demands against Mr. McDowell, on the said Company's Account, are desired to apply to me for Payment. ROBERT BURTON.
Wanted, on Charter for GLASGOW, A VESSEL from three to four Hundred and fifty Hogheads of Tobacco Burthen. For Terms apply to Messrs. John Lawrence and Company, Merchants in Norfolk, or the Subscriber, in Warwick. JOHN LEITCH.
I INTEND to leave the Colony for a few Months, and to return again. (1) THOMAS HARVEY.
PURSUANT to the last Will and Testament of Mr. John Smith of Hanover County, deceased, will be sold, on the Premises, some Time next Fall, and to be entered on at Christmas, a valuable Tract of LAND in Hanover County, on the Brook Swamp, between four and five Miles from Richmond, and two Miles from the Meadow Bridges, known by the Name of Pickney, containing about two Hundred Acres, whereon is an extraordinary Piece of Dam Work, nearly finished, which will effectually keep off the Overflows of the Brook from upwards of a Hundred Acres of exceeding rich well timbered low Grounds. Likewise a Tract of about two Thousand Acres of very rich and well timbered LAND in Goochland County, on James River, near the Mouth of the Great Bird, and opposite to Elk Island, having on it a Plantation in Order for working sixteen Hands; and the Soil is very suitable for Tobacco, Wheat, and Corn. This Land will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, as may best suit the Purchasers. Also the Reversion of a Tract of about five Hundred Acres of very good Tobacco and Grain LAND, in Goochland County, on the Branches of the Little Bird, contiguous to the Lands of Mr. Samuel Gift, at whose Death the Purchaser will have Possession. The Lands in Goochland will be sold by Mr. John Ware, near the Premises, and the Days of Sale and Time of Payment will be made known in a future Advertisement.
All Persons indebted to the Estate of Mr. John Smith, deceased, are desired to make immediate Payment, and those who have any Demands against the same are requested to make them known to WILLIAM ANDERSON, Executor. N. B. For the Convenience of those who may have Accounts to settle with me for Transactions had with Mr. Smith, I shall attend at every Hanover Court, and the two succeeding Days in Hanover Town.
FREDERICKSBURG, March 24, 1773. THE immediate Settlement of my Affairs being at this Time absolutely necessary, all Persons, therefore, indebted to me, are requested to be speedy in their Payments; and those who have open Accounts are required to come and settle them, and give Bonds or other Specialties, as all Accounts that remain unsettled the 1st of May next will then be put in Suit. The HOUSES and LOTS whereon I now live are for Sale; they consist of a large Dwelling-house, Storehouse, and every other necessary Building for a Merchant and a Family. The Terms may be known by applying to JAMES ROBB.
MARCH 30, 1773. AS the Bonds taken by Messrs. Tayloe, Thornton, and Fitzhugh, on Account of Mr. Benjamin Grymes's Estate, will very shortly become due, I take this Method to inform those whom it may concern that they are put into my Hands to collect, for which Purpose I will attend in Williamsburg the 25th of April; and for the Convenience of such as may not have Business in Williamsburg, I will also attend in Fredericksburg from the 15th to the 18th of April. As those Gentlemen are largely engaged for that Estate, and their Creditors very pressing, I hope all Persons indebted, either by Bond or Account, will be punctual and speedy in their Payments, as no Indulgence can or will be granted to such as fail. I am desired by the said Gentlemen to request a Meeting of Mr. Grymes's Creditors, in Williamsburg, the 27th of April, when a State of their Engagements, as well as Debts due to them will be laid before them, in Order to see if the Whole will pay the Trustees, and, if so, what will remain for the Creditors. (2) ANTHONY THORNTON, Junior.
RICHMOND, APRIL 22, 1773. WHEREAS John Woody, of the County of Hanover, did some Time ago purchase a Negro Girl from Samuel Allen, of Henrico County, for which we gave our Bond for a Balance of thirty seven Pounds, payable to the said Allen, this Month, and at the same Time we gave our Promise to pay fifteen Pounds, in Part of the said Bond, to Mr. Patrick Courts, and have paid ten Pounds in Part of the said Promise, since which the said Woody has been informed that the said Allen had no Right to the said Negro Girl, this is therefore to forewarn any Person from taking an Assignment of the said Bond, as we will not pay any more of it until the said Woody has a good Right to the Negro. HOGG and ROWLAND.
HANOVER TOWN, APRIL 7, 1773. THE Debts contracted with Mr. John Smith, late of this County, on Account of Mr. Samuel Gift of London, by proper Authority are now in my Possession to be collected. The Indulgencies already granted ought to be a sufficient Inducement for all those in Arrears to make immediate Payment; those who fail may depend that their Accounts will be put into the Hands of Attorneys, without Respect to Persons, or farther Application. The Books are in my Possession, at Hanover Town, where those concerned may apply. I shall regularly attend the adjacent Courts, for the above Purpose. THOMAS SMITH. N. B. I shall be much obliged to those Gentlemen Attorneys that have Business of Mr. John Smith's, relative to the above, to transmit me a State of it, that I may be enabled to know in what Manner to proceed.
TO BE SOLD, THE House whereon I now live, in the City of Williamsburg, with four Lots of Land, and all convenient Outhouses thereon. For Particulars inquire of HALDENBY DIXON.

POETS CORNER.
Advice to a young LADY, on seeing her DANCE.
O! may you walk, as Years advance, Smooth and erect, as now you dance; May you on each important Stage, From Bloom of Youth to wither'd Age, Assert your Claim to Merit's Prize, And, as at present, charm our Eyes; Observe of Decorum's Laws, And moving with the same Applause, May you, through Life's perplexing Maze, Direct your Steps with equal Praise; Its intricate Meanders trace With Regularity and Grace; From the true Figure never swerve, And Time in every Step observe; Give Ear to Harmony and Reason, Nor make one Motion out of Season! Thus will Life's Current gently flow, And pour forth every Bliss below; Till Nature failing, Ebb shall bring Death with his Dart—but not his Sting!
ANY Person who drew the HALF ACRE LOTS in the Town of Manchester , No. 285 and 288, may hear of a Purchaser by applying to the Printer.
RICHMOND, April 6, 1773.
IMMEDIATELY after the ensuing General Court I shall leave this Colony.—As there are many Debts still due to me which were contracted when I was formerly in the Country, I flatter myself that the several Debtors will now think it Time they were discharged. This I request of them as a particular Favour. Those who fail complying may be assured that their Bonds will, without farther Notice, be put into the Hands of a Lawyer. If there are any Demands against me, I beg they may be made known, and they will be instantly paid. ALEXANDER DONALD.
FREDERICKSBURG, April 2, 1773.
AS I intend for Britain in June, I propose selling, on Monday the 24th of May next, being Fredrickburg Fair Day, or privately, as may be agreed upon before, four Hundred Acres of LAND upon the Tall Hill , three Miles from Town, with TWENTY SLAVES, and STOCKS of CATTLE, &c. Ten and one Third Acres of MEADOW LAND, adjoining the Town. The FERRY and FERRY LOTS, together with the Store and Warehouses thereon. For ready Money, Bills, or Tobacco, as may suit the Purchasers. (6) JAMES HUNTER, Junior.
YORK TOWN, APRIL 10, 1773.
NONPAREIL STANDS in my Lots at this Place, to cover Mares at 20s. the Leap, and 3l. the Season: He is a fine Dark Bay, full fifteen Hands and an Inch high, is as full blooded as any Horse in America , and in the Year 1769 beat Mr. Galloway's famous Horse Selim . THOMAS LILLY.
To be SOLD, on Tuesday the 27th of this Instant (April) before Mr. Robert Anderson's Tavern, in Williamsburg,
A TRACT of LAND in York County , late the Property of John Goodwin , deceased, containing 196 Acres. It is to be sold for ready Money, and Security will be given to the Purchaser that a good Right shall be made to him. RICHARD ANDERSON.
To be SOLD, on Friday the 30th Instant (April) at five o'Clock in the Afternoon, before Mr. Southall's Door, in Williamsburg,
THE Dwellinghouse, Outhouses, Lots, and Pasture, where Colonel Philip Robinson formerly lived, in this City. The Commodiousness of their Situation need not be described, as it is so well known. Any Person inclining to purchase may in the mean Time treat with Peyton Randolph and Robert Carter Nicholas , Esquires. The Tenement may be entered upon immediately, and the Purchaser will have Credit till next Christmas , paying Interest from the Day of Sale, and giving Bond, with approved Security. (2)
RICHMOND, April 12, 1773.
RUN away, from on Board the Ship Donald, lying at Fair Mile Creek , on Friday Night last, the following Convicts: DANIEL SUTHERLAND , a stout young Man, his Dress unknown; LAUCHLANE WILL, WILLIAM M c WILLIAM, WILLIAM ELDER, DONALD ELDER, and ALEXANDER M c DONALD , all Highlanders, and three of them habited in their own Country Garb. They may easily be discovered, as Sutherland is the only one among them who can speak English distinctly. It is imagined they will endeavour to get on Board a Ship. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from harbouring or carrying them out of the Colony, at their Peril. Whoever secures them in any Jail, or delivers them to us, shall be amply rewarded. JAMES M c DOWALL, ROBERT BURTON.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, on Wednesday the last of March , a small dark bay or black MARE with a Star in her Forehead, one hind Foot white a little higher than her Hock, a Switch Tail and full roached Mane, several Saddle Spots on her Back, her two fore Feet shod, and branded on the Shoulder and Buttock, but the Brand is not known, nor on which Side. Whoever takes her up, and conveys her to me in Williamsburg , shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. JANE VOBE.
STOLEN from the Subscriber, at the Widow Gray's Plantation, near Frederick Zimmerman's Ordinary, in Culpeper, on the 1st of December last, a bright bay MARE about four Feet seven or eight Inches high, seven Years old, a little Hip-shot, very forward with Foal, paces very well, and branded on the near Buttock B. Whoever conveys her to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. WILLIAM PEARCE.
I PURCHASED of Robert Tunstall his undivided Part of the Land surveyed for the Officers and Soldiers late of the Virginia Regiment, on the River Ohio, and the Branches of the same, which the said Tunstall had in Right, as a Sergeant in the said Regiment, and is one of those mentioned in a Patent that has since been obtained for the said Land. And whereas I have sold the said undivided Right of Land to Mr. Robert Rutherford, this is to caution all Persons against making a Purchase from the said Robert Tunstall, or any claiming under him. JOHN CREAGH.
CABIN POINT, MARCH 30, 1773.
I INTEND to leave the Colony, and to return in a few Months. DANIEL MONTGOMERIE.
THE Badness of the Weather preventing
the Sale of James Parkman's Land and Negroes, advertised to have been sold at the last Brunswick Court, the same will now be exposed to Sale, to the highest Bidders, for ready Money, at Brunswick Courthouse, on Monday the 26th Instant ( April ).
P. RAMSAY, } Trustees. N. RAINES, }
MANCHESTER, MARCH 20, 1773.
LEFT with me to be sold, a large, elegant, and fine toned SPINNET; also a small Collection of BOOKS, among which are Ainsworth's Dictionary, and Translations of the greatest Part of Cicero's Works by Guthrie. JAMES LYLE.
IMPORTED in the Speirs, Captain Lusk, from Glasgow, last Spring, a Bale of Osnabrugs marked W Growsfoot R, No. 2. Whoever has such Bale in his Custody is desired to make it known to CUMING, WARWICK, and Co.
To be SOLD, at Wood's Mill, in Stafford County, on the 10th of June next,
SEVEN Hundred Acres of LAND on the south Side of Potowomack Run , now under Lease, and pays twenty five Pounds annual Rent. Credit will be allowed till April 1774 , and Bond and Security will be required, by CHARLES CARTER.
SEVERINUS DURFEY, TAILOR, WILLIAMSBURG,
BEGS Leave to inform his Friends and Customers, and the Publick in general, that he has removed to the House lately occupied by Mrs. Catherine Blaikie , nearly opposite to John Blair, Esquire's , and next Door to Mr. Charles Taliaferro's , where he hopes for a Continuance of their Favours, as they may depend on their Work being done in the best Manner.
He has both WEST INDIA and DRY GOODS of most Sorts to sell on reasonable Terms, for ready Money. N.B. He will be much obliged to all who are indebted to him more than twelve Months, by Bond, Note, or open Account, to pay off their Balances, as he cannot possibly give any longer Indulgence.
THE BEAUTIFUL HIGH BELOODED HORSE REGULUS,
LATE the Property of his Excellency Lord Dunmore , stands at the Falls Plantation , in Gilesfield County , and will cover Mares this Spring at twenty Shillings the Leap, or three Pounds the Season. Exceeding good Pasturage for Mares, and the greatest Care shall be taken of them; but I will not be liable for any that may be stolen, or stray away. (4) DAVID PATTERSON.
THE BEAUTIFUL BAY HORSE MERRY TOM
STANDS at Captain Edward Wade's , in Halifax County . He is in high Perfection, and will cover Mares at fifteen Shillings a Leap, forty Shillings the Season, or three Pounds ten Shillings Entrance. His Colts are beautiful, strong, and active. Good Pasturage gratis. JOHN BAIRD.
TO BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE Plantation known by the Name of the Beaverdam , containing twelve Hundred and forty Acres, chiefly good low Grounds, with a very extensive and fine Range for Cattle and Hogs. Also a Plantation well known by the Name of Boyd's Place , containing upwards of a Thousand Acres, with great Part fine low Grounds, and the rest good Corn Land; the Situation is the best for publick Business of any in this Part of the Country, and it commands an extensive Range on every Side. Likewise a Thousand and fifty Acres on Little River and Mountain Creek , in the lower End of Orange County , most of it as good Tobacco Land as any in this Province. For Particulars apply to William Johnson, Esquire, at Hillsborough, or Benjamin McCulloch, Esquire, of Halifax County . The Time of Payment will be allowed as may suit the Purchasers. (6) GRANVILLE County, NORTH CAROLINA, March 26, 1773.
FOR CHARTER,
THE new BRIG Mentor , John Curwen Master, Burthen about a Hundred and eighty to two Hundred Hogheads of Tobacco, sheathed on the Stocks, and well calculated to take the Ground in a dry Harbour. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in Norfolk . (tf) JOHN GREENWOOD.
*** Who has for Sale LISBON WINE in Quarter Casks, BARBADOES RUM and SPIRITS , GRENADA RUM , MUSCOVADO SUGAR , GINGER , PIMENTA , and a few Crates and Hogheads of EARTHEN WARE, well assorted.
Wanted immediately, on CHARTER for PORT GLASGOW,
A VESSEL of about four Hundred Hogheads Burthen. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, at Milner's Warehouse . (6) CUMING, WARWICK, & Co.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, near Baltimore Town, Maryland, on the 10th of February last, an Irish indented Servant Lad named PATRICK MALONE , about twenty Years of Age, five Feet five or six Inches high, well set, with short brown Hair, speaks quick, and a good Deal on the Brogue; he had on, when he went away, a Felt Hat, a Fearnought Jacket, Cotton Breeches, coarse Yarn Stockings, and Country Shoes; it is supposed he stole, and carried with him, a blue Coat trimmed with flat Metal Buttons, a blue Jacket and Country Cloth Breeches, a white Linen Shirt, and a Pair of white Yarn or Thread Stockings. Whoever secures him so that I may get him again shall have FIFTY SHILLINGS if he is taken in the County, and the above Reward if out of the Province, besides all reasonable Charges for bringing him home. (10) JAMES FRANKLIN.
To be SOLD, on Wednesday the 5th of May next;
ABOUT ten LOTS of LAND, situated in the Borough of Norfolk , and on the main River, on one of which is erected a Brick GRIST WINDMILL in good Repair. One Half the Purchase Money to be paid on the 23d of July 1774 , and the Remainder on the 23d of July 1775 , upon Bond, with good Security, carrying Interest. The Lands, &c. will be shown at any Time before the Day of Sale by applying to Mr. John Smith . (tf) THOMAS TALBOT, JOSEPH HUTCHINGS.
WHEREAS I intend shortly to remove from the Place where I now live to Fincastle County , on the Western Waters , it is expected that all those Gentlemen who have Business to do with me will attend at the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg , where I shall be from the 15th of April next to the 25th of the said Month, in Order to have all those Accounts which are now unsettled properly adjusted. (tf) ISRAEL CHRISTIAN.
FREDERICKSBURG, February 24, 1773.
WHEREAS some of those indebted on the Books here have not paid due Regard to my Advertisement of the 1st of December last, I give them this last Notice, that all and every Account not paid off, or a good Part of it, before the 20th of April , or our May Fair at the farthest, or settled by Bond or other Specialty before that Time, will most certainly be put into the Hands of a Lawyer, without Respect of Persons. Unavoidable Reasons will oblige me to this, which I shall probably in Time acquaint them with. Those who may be put to Trouble and Expense cannot now blame me for Want of Notice. *** I have sold Part of the Goods now on Hand, but so as not to disturb the Store, and have still a large Assortment on Hand, which I will sell by Wholesale or Retail, on the Terms formerly advertised. Any Person who will purchase the Whole shall have them on Terms which they themselves will say are very low and reasonable. (tf) GEORGE MITCHELL.
DOCTOR GRAHAM, OCULIST and AURIST, AT PHILADELPHIA,
THUS publicly gives Notice that he purposes to be at Williamsburg about the Middle of April next, where those Persons whose Circumstances or Situation have precluded them from the Benefit of applying for Assistance at Philadelphia may consult him in all Disorders of the Eye and its Appendages, and in every Species of Deafness, Hardness of Hearing, Ulcerations, Noise in the Ears, &c. Those Persons likewise who have been born deaf and dumb, or those who labour under any Impediment in their Speech, by applying personally, will probably be assisted. (tf)
FOR SALE,
THE PLANTATION whereon the Subscriber lives, in King and Queen County , about a Mile and a Half from Todd's Warehouse , containing six Hundred and fifty seven Acres, in good Order for Cropping, having a large Peach and Apple Orchard thereon beginning to bear, a Quantity of low Grounds which may be made good Meadow with little Expense; the Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, and other Outhouses, have been built between four and five Years. Any Person inclining to purchase may know the Terms by applying to (tf) R. DAINGERFIELD.
TO BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing about sixteen Hundred Acres, more or less, lying on the River Shenandoah , in Berkley County (formerly Frederick ) which is one of the most flourishing Counties in Virginia . The Land is exceeding good, well timbered, and adapted to the raising of all Kinds of Grain, as well as Tobacco, and has the Advantage of a very fine Stream of Water, on which is a Blomery with two Fires, a good Stone Merchant Mill with two Pair of Stones, a Saw Mill, a Distillery conveniently situated, a Smith's Shop, a Cooper's Shop, and many other Outhouses. There are about a Hundred and fifty Acres of Land cleared, and about fifty Acres of Meadow may be watered any Day in the Year. A Stock of Cattle, Horses, and Hogs, some Household Furniture, and all Kinds of Utensils proper for carrying on the above different Branches of Business, will be sold with or without the Land. For farther Particulars inquire of Mr. William Little , on the Premises. Credit will be allowed for Part of the Purchase Money, the Purchaser giving Bond, with Security if required. For Terms apply to the Honourable George William Fairfax, Esquire, Carlyle and Dalton in Alexandria, or Presen Bowdoin in Norfolk . (tf)
THE Subscriber will sell, on reasonable
Terms, his LAND and HOUSES whereon he now lives, known by the Name of HOOD'S , in Prince George, on James River . As to its Situation, it is hardly worth While to say any Thing about it, though it is looked upon to be the most pleasant Place, and has the finest View, of any Seat on James River . I have just now finished a House upon it, in the best Manner, thirty three Feet by thirty, with two large Rooms and a large Passage below, and three Rooms above; there is also a Garden lately paled in with good Cypress Palings, with all necessary Outhouses, a very good Storehouse, sundry Lumber Houses, and a Set of very good Tobacco Warehouses. I think, with very little Trouble, there might be an Inspection erected there again, as it is the general Cry of the People for it; and as the Place is very well situated for carrying on both the Inland and West India Trade, any Person, with a pretty good Capital, may carry them on to a very great Extent. Whoever is inclining to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Mr. William M c Whann, Merchant in Blandford , or to the Subscriber, on the Premises. (tf) DAVID SCOTT.
For SALE, in the Town of NEWCASTLE,
A LARGE two Story DWELLINGHOUSE, with three commodious Rooms on a Floor, each with a Fireplace. It is exceedingly well calculated for a Tavern, and is pleasantly situated near the River. The Terms may be known of the Subscriber, near the Premises. (tf) W. JOHNSON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at Peterf- burg, about the Middle of September last, a very likely Negro Man named PHILL , about twenty Years of Age, of a yellow Complexion, and about five Feet nine Inches high, proportionably made. He is a Native of Africa , but speaks broken English , having been some Years in the West Indies , and has lost two Joints off two of his Fingers on his right Hand. Had on, when he went away, an Osnaburg Shirt, an old Virginia Cloth Waistcoat, with a new Negro Cotton Jacket over it, and a Pair of old Check Trousers. As he has been used to the Sea, he will probably endeavour to get on Board some Ship and make his Escape out of the Colony; all Masters of Vessels are therefore forewarned from harbouring or carrying him off, at their Peril. I will give THREE POUNDS Reward to any Person who will deliver said Slave to me, or to Mr. Hugh M c Kin at Portsmouth , and FORTY SHILLINGS to secure him in any Jail, and give Notice thereof. (tf) THOMAS GORDON.
For SALE.
A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND lying on both Sides of Hunting Creek , in Halifax County , containing five Hundred Acres, the Soil of which is exceeding good for Tobacco and Corn. There is a small Plantation cleared on the Land, which has been tended but a few Years, and two Tobacco Houses, an Overseer's House, and Negro Quarter almost new. Any Person inclining to purchase may apply to Colonel Paul Carrington , in Charlotte , who will show the Land, and is fully empowered to dispose of it. (tf)
ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12s. 6a. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for 3s. the first Week, and 2s. each Week after.*** All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with Care and Expedition.