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H A G U E, March 2.
THE Minister from the King of Prussia presented, the 24th of last Month, a Memorial respecting his Pretensions to the Towns of Wesel, Emmerick, Orsoy, Rees, and Roderick, in the Dutchy of Cleves, under the Dominion of this Republick. These Pretensions, as well as those of the Elector Palatine to a like Claim, are at least a Century past, and the Sum demanded is stated at 4,141,667 Florins of Holland. This is not the first Time of making the above Demand; the Prussian Minister having in 1766 presented a Memorial on the same Subject, and another in 1770. The States General gave an Answer to it in 1771, and this now presented is the Reply. The Prussian Minister makes the strongest Instances for Payment, giving for a Reason the Calamities occasioned by War. He has offered to the States General to leave it to Arbitration, if their High Mightinesses should choose rather a direct Accommodation.
POLAND, February 22. The Success of the Negotiations for Peace at Bucharest is still an Enigma; nevertheless, those Persons who pretend to know what passes there assure that the Continuation of the War is more probable than the Conclusion of the Peace, on Account of the Difficulties that arise concerning the Independence of the Crimea. What confirms this Supposition is that the Court of Petersburg has sent a second Ultimatum to M. Obrescow, which is said to be less favourable to the Turks than the first, and that the Preparations of both the belligerent Powers are formidable.
PETERSBURG, February 4. The Empress gives a powerful Support to Commerce. An English Merchant, whose Credit was shaken by the Failures in London, was on the Point of breaking, as he could not procure the Payment of 96,000 Roubles due to him from several Lords, who had themselves some Demands on the Crown. In this Dilemma, he resolved to apply directly to her Imperial Majesty, who not only ordered that Sum to be advanced to him, but has also lent Word to the foreign Merchants settled here that there was one Million of Roubles at their Service, to support them in Case of Need, on their giving sufficient Security.
L O N D O N, March 11.
WE hear from Berlin that his Prussian Majesty is going to establish in that City an Office, under proper Directors, for assisting Merchants and Traders, who shall be straitened, through unavoidable Losses, to keep their Credit. The Money is to be advanced without any Interest.
They write from Gibraltar, that a Hamburger, laden with 40 Barrels of Gunpowder, and ninety Tuns of Lead, had fallen into the Hands of a Barbary Corsary in the Mediterranean, and was carried into Larache.
They write from Turin, that the new King of Sardinia, who is about forty Years of Age, since his Succession, has discovered a very great Genius; and that he seems to apply himself with great Industry to the Business of his Cabinet, and confers with his Ministers daily, both in publick and private. These Letters farther say, that all the Sardinian Posts near Nice are ordered to be reinforced with twelve Battalions of Guards, and that his Majesty would set out on a Review of his Troops in that Quarter some Time in May next.
We have Advice from Paris, that the French Court have lately published an Ordinance to recall all their Subjects from out of the Dutch and Russian Services.
A private Letter, received late on Tuesday Night from Spain, says that the Spaniards are preparing a Fleet of ten Men of War of the Line, at Ferrol, which are to cruise in the Mediterranean and Archipelago.
Orders are issued for sending a large Body of Troops to his Majesty's Garrison of Gibraltar and Minorca, and two of the oldest Regiments are ordered there.
Wednesday one Pitman, a Shoter, near sixty Years of Age, gathering Coals, &c. that had been thrown up by the Tide on the Surrey Side of London Bridge, found a small Deal Box; on opening of which he found two laced Waistcoats, and near 200l. in Cash.
Sir Basil Keith, who is appointed Governor of Jamaica, is Brother to our late worthy Minister at Copenhagen, who acquitted himself with so much Applause with Respect to the Troubles in which the Sister of our Sovereign was so unfortunately involved. It is said that the King spontaneously gave Sir Basil the above mentioned Government (the best in the American Department) without consulting the Minister, for which Instance of Spirit and Gratitude his Majesty is much applauded. Sir Robert Murray Keith is now Ambassador at Vienna, in the Room of Lord Shelburne, who goes to Paris.
When the Gentlemen appointed by the House of Commons waited on her Majesty with the congratulatory Address of that Assembly, her Majesty was pleased to say, "Gentlemen, this Repetition of your Duty to the King, and Attention to me, calls forth my warmest Acknowledgments."
A young Gentleman, not of the strictest Sobriety, having lately refused to qualify himself for a Benefice, which had been purchased for him by his Father, was taken to Task by the old Man, who took upon him to wonder where the Devil such a Bon Vwant had got his Scruples; to which the Youngster replied, "Sir, I am, it is true, orthodox enough to go Lengths with a Bishop, even so far as Half a Dozen or Half a Score Bottles; but I am not such a Rascal as to certify, under my Hand, the Truth of Propositions which I either understand not or cannot believe."
By an Account from Loché, in Touraine, we are informed that Madam LaCoron, a Lady of Fashion in that Town, who is now in her 30th Year, gave on her Birthday a magnificent Entertainment to such of the Inhabitants as had attained to 50 Years of Age, or upwards; and that in the Evening the Company were summoned into the great Hall to dance, when her Ladyship opened the Ball with the oldest Gentleman in the Room.
The Bishop of Osnaburg is said to have very quick Parts. When the Prince of Wales, last Week, seemed greatly mortified at not being permitted to receive the Gentlemen of the Principality, the Bishop broke out, "Why, Brother, I believe I shall see my German Sheep before you will your Welch Goats."
The Prince of Brunswick is appointed a Field Marshal, in the Service of the King of Prussia.
March 13. It is said there has been a Meeting and a Treaty between the Son of a great Defaulter and his Annuity Creditors, whose Demands are so great that a Sum not less than 80,000l. is proposed by the Father to discharge them. It is but just that the Fortune raised by Sharpe should become a Prey, in its Turn, to Sharpsers. What a fine old Reservoir spouting in his Heir!
It is reported that a certain great Man, rebuking his younger Son, told him, "If you go on at this Rate, were you as rich as I am now, you would soon be as penniless as I was when I began the World." "Never fear, Sir (returns the confident Youth) when I know not where to go for a Guinea, it will be Time enough to think of the Value of Money; and having experienced one Part of your Fortune, I shall not fear attaining to the other."
When the Family of a late Paymaster was lately the Subject of Conversation, what a fine young Gentleman this Charles is, cries a Gentleman, to be able to make his Father an Earl! True, cries a Byfander; but is not his elder Brother as great, who has lately made him Paymaster?
Another Gentleman observing that the Meeting of a certain young Spendthrift's Creditors was at the Devil Tavern, cried, Don't you think it is a kind Father who goes to the Devil for his Children? May be so, replies a Gentleman near him, but is not that the Case of every Gripus?
A droll Circumstance happened during the late Carnival at Paris. At one of the Masquerades, which are always permitted there in Lent Time, a Mask appeared in a Dress representing a Windmill. A Prince of the Blood, struck with the Novelty of the Character, put some trying Questions to the Mask. The latter replied in a Manner that piqued his Highness greatly. The Prince, chagrined at his Answers, stepped up to one of the Sentinels, and bid him take Care not to lose Sight of that Mask, but to arrest him when all was over, with as little Noise as possible. The Mask retired to a Corner of the Room, where he seemingly sat down and went to Sleep. After nodding these several Hours, in the Morning when the Sentinel came to execute his Orders, finding the Mask, as he thought, still asleep, he gave him several Shakes in Order to awake him. These proving ineffectual, he examined the Mask more closely, when to his Surprise he found that the Bird was flown, and nothing but the Carcase of the Windmill left behind.
The critical State of Lord Bellamont's Health seems to affect the Repose of more than one Right Honourable Personage; a noble Peer, who was so unfortunate as to have been a Second on that Occasion, having his Baggage kept constantly packed up, in Order, as supposed, to take a Voyage to the Continent, should a certain Event make such a Trip necessary.
A Correspondent remarks, that not one Thing during the present Session has yet been done for the Relief of the Poor, but to assist the East India Company has already been the Subject of many Days Debate.
The same Correspondent asserts, that if such a Company had never existed it would have been better for this Country, especially as there is scarce an Article imported from their Territories that we have any real Necessity for.
A Correspondent desires, that those Officers of Rank in the Navy who are offended at Sir Basil Keith, Brother of Sir Robert Murray Keith, being promoted to such high Honour and Dignity, would reflect that he has two of the best Claims to Preferment in this Reign; namely, his being a Scotchman, and the Brother of a Murray abroad.
At a Masquerade last Spring in the Haymarket, a Devonshire Gentleman, Mr. B—, being rather familiar with a certain great Lady's Daughter, well known in the polite World, the Mother, very tenacious of her Daughter's Character, told him that no Gentleman took the Advantage of a Mask to use those Liberties. He immediately replied, with the true Wit of a Macaroni, I am much mistaken, Madam, if you have not put up with much greater from Gentlemen out of Mask.
A few Months ago a certain Cornish Member going down to his Country Seat stopped at a noted Inn on the western Road, and as the Chaises were getting ready a fine Newfoundland Dog he had with him was faulted by a Masstiff belonging to the Inn and severely torn. The same Dog, soon after his Arrival in Devonshire, was, with another, missing for near a Fortnight. Upon the Gentleman's Return to Town, happening to stop at the same Inn, he was asked by the Landlord if his Newfoundland Dog, with another, had not been absent from his House; when the Gentleman answering in the affirmative, the Innkeeper informed him of their having killed his Masstiff that Morning, and that they afterwards set out with the greatest Composure for Devonshire.
Extract of a Letter from Glasgow, Sunday, six o'Clock at Night. "There is just now a Riot at Greenock among the Sailors, who insist that their Wages should commence immediately on their going aboard at the Tail of the Bank, instead of when they set Sail, as was the Practice formerly. They are assembled to the Number of 500, headed by some Irishmen. They have not only prevented some Ships from sailing, but put a Stop to all Business at the Port, and not even allow Tobacco to be weighed at the King's Scales. What Military we have here, which is about 100 Men, are gone down this Morning."
Another Letter, received since, mentions that the Mob continuing to behave in a riotous Manner, the Magistrates read the Riot Act; the Mob still continuing, the Soldiers fired their Pieces over the Peoples Heads, when unfortunately two Women were killed, and a Man and a Woman dangerously wounded. The Military then seized the Ringleaders, and the Mob dispersed. They however assembled again at Midnight, and the Magistrates thought it prudent to deliver up the Persons they had taken. We have not heard of any Mobbing since; but this Morning Letters were received by General Oughton, desiring the Assistance of more of the Military, which is to be immediately sent.
A Correspondent writes: "By a Letter just received from Holland, I have the Pleasure to acquaint you that since the Frost went off they have had very full Markets of Wheat, Oats, Pease, and Beans, which they are now shipping for London; and the Orders from England are at present so great, that though near double Freight has been offered they could not procure English Ships enough, so that a considerable Quantity is now coming in Dutch Vessels. However, this Difficulty will soon be got over, as several large Newcastle Ships, with Coals, are now bound for Holland, and principally with a View of taking in Corn for London, so that in a few Days we may expect large Quantities at our Markets."
Yesterday a Board of Admiralty was held, at the breaking up of which Expresses were sent to the Commissioners of the several Dockyards of Portsmouth, Plymouth, Chatham, and Sheerness.
Their Majesties were attended on Wednesday and Friday this Week, in the King's Box, at the Oratorio at Drury Lane Theatre, by the Duke of Ancester, Lords Hertford, Falmouth, Bruce, Waldegrave, Cadogan, and March; Dutchess of Ancester, and Lady Hertford. Their Majesties paid great Attention both Nights to Miss Linley's Singing, and seemed very much pleased.
As in annual Parliaments it can neither advantage the Ministry to place or pension the Representatives, or the Representatives to bribe or debauch the Constituents, so nothing appears so reasonable as that the People should immediately adopt this Measure, thereby avoiding the dreadful Attendants on septennial Parliaments, Bribery, Corruption, and Venality.
The Oratorios at Covent Garden Theatre are conducted in a Manner which does great Discredit to the Person who is intrusted with the Management of them. Miss Venables, a young Lady who is a Pupil of Michael Arne, and whom Nature never designed for a Singer, as with all her Master's Skill he cannot teach her to sing either in Time or Tune, has most of the capital Songs allotted her, while Cately and Mrs. Mattocks, one of whom has astonishing Power of Voice, and the other a great Degree of Judgment, sit silent Auditors of the young Lady's Murder of Harmony.
By the general Applause that the primitive Puppet Show met with last Night, from a numerous and brilliant Audience, it appears that the Town have now entered into the true Spirit and Meaning of the facetious Manager. During the Performance they were agreeably surprised with an unexpected Stroke of Wit: Mrs. Candy is taken suddenly ill, and another Person is introduced to read her Part, when Mr. Foote stepped forward to apologize for it, and remarked that Mrs. Candy, though indisposed, was really in the House, and had not mistaken this for an Oratorio Night.
A Frenchman and an Irishman lately disputing which were most renowned, the King of England, or the King of France, "Faith (says the Irishman) but our King will quite eclipse the Fame of your's in History; because why, Honey, he has begot more Children and created more Knights than all the Kings that ever sat upon the Throne of France."
Many Censures have been most liberally thrown upon Lord Townshend for his Conduct in his late Duel, declaring he wanted Spirit, and that he behaved in an unmanly Manner. It is difficult to decide between such powerful Parties: The Stories of the Antagonists are good, when delivered by good Orators; but, if we may impartially judge, we cannot
blame the Conduct of the Lord Lieutenant in any Particular but in fighting. There seems to be a partial pointed Revenge against his Lordship in many Breasts, who from Disappointments, &c. have desperately determined the Fall of his Lordship, not that he merits such Accusations or such implacable Malice. But there is a peculiar Species of People in Ireland who are fond of this gentlemanly murdering; they seek it from false Points of Honour, and they adopt it from a false Zeal. The Man who kills you from his hungry Necessities is hanged; the Lord who draws on a Kid Glove, and runs you through the Body, is called a Man of Honour. The Gentlemen of Ireland have too much of this false Fury, which neither belongs to Breeding, Sense, or Fame. I remember, when I was in the County of Galway, I had Occasion to have a Pair of Breeches made; when the Tailor brought them home, I complained they were too full and loose between the Legs. "O no, Sir (replies the Snip) if your Honour will only throw yourself into a Position, you will find them just suited for a long Lunge, when he immediately, with his Sheers in his Hand, stepped quart & terfe . It is the natural Genius of this Country; a Cobler cannot appear in Company unless he has had his Awl through one of the Trade."
My Lord Townshend's Situation has been unfortunate; it is impossible for a Viceroy to give universal Pleasure. But the Condition is unhappy when a Man so dignified in Rank is under the Obligation of accepting a Challenge from any Fury that dare wield a Firebrand. The subsequent Letter breathes highly the Character of the Gentleman, as well as the Man of Courage, Honour, and Humanity; nay conveys an Eulogy with it, that shows peculiarly the calm Temper of his Lordship upon such an Occasion. An exact Copy of a Letter which Lord Townshend wrote to Mr. Foote immediately after his Duel with Lord Bellamont.
My dear Friend, "Lord Orford is not yet dead. I will not forget your Solicitation. Alas! dear Sir, I have just now most unhappily that poor Lord Bellamont into the Belly. I am much chagrined for his Misfortune. His Lordship behaved with all the Firmness, Politeness, and Humanity, becoming so distinguished a Character. I lament my own Fortune, to escape. I had been happy to have saved his Lordship, by changing of Conditions. I give you my honest Word, that I have not shot off a Pistol before these six Years. It is an unhappy Circumstance, that, as Governor of Ireland, I must be liable to such Misfortunes. I shall be happy if it stops here. I grieve for the Fate of poor Lord Bellamont, and I am your's sincerely. TOWNSEND."
By the Accounts we have received from Cornwall, the Tanners are at present quiet, the Appearance of the Military having brought them to better Manners; and every Method is under Consideration to give them Employment, and prevent the like Disturbances, which have merely arisen from the great Scarcity of Money, and the very high Price of Corn and other Provisions.
A new Fashion is come up among the fine Gentlemen of the west End of the Town, which is to use red Powder in their Hair; and a certain young Officer of the Guards was so fashionably Brick-dusted at a late Assembly, that, with Respect to Head, he seemed to have been a Savage just escaped from the Wilds of America.
A Gentleman at Paris has been lately put into the Bastille for the following extempore Couplet on an equestrian Statue of Lewis XV. with the four Cardinal Virtues at the Sorners of the Base.
O le beau Monument! O le beau Pedeſtal! Les Vertus ſont à-pied, et le Vice à-cheval. O the fine Monument! O the fine Pedeſtal! The Virtues are a-foot, and Vice a-horſeback.
March 16. As the Dutch, with their natural Allies the English, are resolved on a perfect Neutrality, it seems a stumbling Block to the Politicians at the Hague what mighty Business the States have at present in Contemplation.
Some Advices of a very extraordinary Nature were yesterday received from Sir Joseph Yorke, his Majesty's Ambassador at the Hague, which occasioned a Cabinet Council to be summoned in the Evening.
Advices from the Hague say that it was very confidently reported there that the Prussian Monarch has concluded a very private Treaty with the Court of Versailles, which is likely to cause some farther Commotions in the North.
Orders are given at the War Office for making up the Accounts of the Army in Great Britain and Ireland, for the Inspection of the Cashier General; as also for a general Muster and Return of his Majesty's Forces in Great Britain, Ireland, and the Isles, with all Expedition.
They write from Gibraltar, that the piratical States of Barbary seem preparing to guard against the most dangerous Strokes which may happen to them from the Christian Powers. At Tunis, Algiers, Larache, and Mogador (particularly the latter) they are building some additional Works, for the better Protection of them.
Letters from Cornwall bring Advice of there being, on Account of the late Disturbances in that County, above 100,000l. Worth of Tin in the Streets of Penryn and other Places, which the Proprietors are not able to raise so small a Sum as 500l. upon.
Charles Stewart, Esquire (Son of Lord Bute) is appointed to the Command of a Company in the 35th Regiment of Foot.
March 17. In the House of Commons, last Wednesday, the Order of the Day being called for, which was on the Dissenters Bill, a Member (we believe Sir William Baggot) got up, and in a very elaborate and learned Speech declared against the Bill. He founded his Arguments principally on the Tendency of it to favour Freethinkers and Atheists; spoke in great Abhorrence of Voltaire, Rousseau, and David Hume. He quoted Horace and Lucretius, and said every Thing that an able Adversary could allege.
Mr. Edmund Burke answered him, with great Ability. He spoke in Favour of Toleration, in the most noble Strain of genuine and unaffected Eloquence. He described the Purity and Excellence of the Church of England's Doctrine, in the most manly Terms; said he wished her Foundation might be laid broad and deep, that her Head might rise to that Heaven to which she conducts us; the Gates open to all the World, and embracing every inoffensive Sect. He replied to every Part of the last Speaker's Objections, in a Manner that did equal Honour to his Heart and Head.
Yesterday being St. Patrick's Day, the same was observed at Court, when the Knights Companions of the Most Noble Orders of the Garter, Thistle, and Bath, appeared in the Collars of their respective Orders. The Court was very brilliant, and the Drawing Room much crowded.
Saturday a Journeyman Calico Printer of Old Ford, who had a Wife and seven small Children, for whom, as he had but 15s. a Week, and received no Assistance from his Family, he found it impossible to make due Provision in these dear Times, cut his Throat in Despair. A humane Lady in the Neighbourhood, who had often assisted him and his Family, sent for a Surgeon; but he refused to live, like another Cato, and would not even let his Wound be bound up, that he might not have the Trouble of tearing it open. He died on Tuesday.
The strong Party now forming in Order once more to bring on the Question of short Parliaments, however seemingly well intended, a Correspondent says, can only prove, as usual, a Tub to the Whale, whilst Placemen and Pensioners constitute so large a Portion of the House.
In November last the Parliament assembled, for the Consideration and Despatch of Business; and this is now the Month of March, though they appear to be considering still how they shall make a handsome Retreat to their Country Seats, and enable themselves to renew their Farce of Much ado about Nothing, with Profit and Security the ensuing Winter.

However Population may be discouraged or disregarded by our wise Administration, it is not to be concealed that both our military and naval Forces, at this Period of Peace, are frequently demanding fresh Recruits. What then have we not to apprehend should a new War break out, when even the common Casualties of Humanity put us to Inconveniences from the great Decrease of Births in this Kingdom?
It is now said that our Episcopal Disputes are on the Point of an amicable Termination, by Means of an all-convincing Power, the Operations of which may be comprehended without any supernatural Gifts.
The singular Attention paid to India Affairs, and the glaring Disregard of publick Distresses, are likely to operate very unfavourably at the approaching General Election; for, say the People, if our Representatives are nothing more than mere Quacks, it is necessary we should endeavour to choose Men who will consider our Suffrage as a perpetual Fee, if they can even forget their solemn Engagements for protecting us and redressing our Grievances.
The Conduct of the great Elizabeth of Russia, respecting the Support of commercial Credit, deserves to be celebrated by the liberal as well as the polite Arts. Painting and Sculpture ought to immortalize her Person, whilst Poetry and History display to future Ages her glorious Efforts for averting, if possible, the general Bankruptcy of Europe.
A Correspondent, who seems to enter with uncommon Precision into national Matters, observes, that whenever the People of England are brought to their Senses they will confess that their Patronage of Foreigners was the Corner Stone of their own Destruction.
Notwithstanding what is said to the contrary, from some unexpected Intrigues and Cabals, it is now believed the Death of his late Sardinian Majesty will produce some very formidable Revolution on the Continent.
Letters from Holland say, the States have received the strongest Assurances that the Court of Versailles is meditating some hostile Invasions.
The Method proposed by Mr. Cox, who has a Petition depending in Parliament for the Disposal of his Museum, is, we are informed, to raise the Price of Admittance to one Guinea each Person, Half of which is to be deposited with Sir Robert Ladbroke and Company, Messrs. Fuller, Halford and Company, and Messrs. Drummond and Company; that when the Sum so deposited amounts to 50,000l. the entire Museum, with all its magnificent Decorations, and great Addition of new Pieces, laid to infinitely exceed, not only for Elegance but Mechanism, every Thing which even Mr. Cox has hitherto exhibited, are to be delivered up to the Subscribers, and the Money deposited as aforesaid to be then paid to Mr. Cox. All Parties seem agreed, that Mr. Cox has deferred well of his Country; and however they differ in political Matters, unite in Opinion that he merits Support, because he has proved that for these last seven Years he has not only employed from 800 to 1000 ingenious Men, but brought above a clear Half Million of Money into the Kingdom.
March 19. Yesterday Mr. Sheriff Lewes, accompanied by Peter Roberts, Esquire, the City Remembrancer, waited on his Majesty at St. James's, to know his Majesty's Pleasure when he would be attended by the Lord Mayor, &c. with their Petition and Remonstrance, and his Majesty appointed this Day fortnight.
We learn from Cracow, that the Grand Marshal of Poland, and great Numbers of the Nobility, &c. have protested against the Division of the Kingdom, and refused to take the Oaths of Allegiance to the three Powers.
They write from Vienna, that the Emperor has given Orders for another large Body of Troops to march for Poland.
Letters from the North of Ireland say: "Our Linen Manufactory suffers greatly from Emigrations to North America, where it is said there will soon be Occasion for all that come."
It is observed, that the deferring the Petition relative to the Price of Corn and Provisions may have a good Effect: Those who are either starved or hanged will not want its Assistance.
Yesterday, at a quarterly Court of the Bank of England, the Dividend was unanimously declared, as usual, at the Rate of five and a Half per Cent. per Annum. The Governor then told the Proprietors, that many unfair Methods had been taken to depreciate and run down the Stock of that Company; but that he had the Pleasure to assure them, by Authority of the Directors, that their Losses had been very inconsiderable, so as not in the least to affect their Dividend.
There are Letters in Town from Lisbon which say that two Polish Jews are apprehended there, on Suspicion of being concerned in setting Fire to different Places in that Capital.
Sunday last Lord Falmouth's Steward, by Order of his Lordship, sent Oxen, Loaves, and Clothes, to be distributed among the Tin Miners Families, to the Amount of 1000l. which has been a Means of putting a Stop to the late Riots.
March 20. The Petition from the Corporation of London, which was presented to the House of Commons on Wednesday last, sets forth, that the Petitioners, always ready to unite in every Degree of Support necessary for the Security, Interest, and Honour of the Nation, cannot help lamenting, with serious Concern, the frequent Toleration of Lotteries in Time of Peace, and conceive that such a parliamentary Right of Gaming (especially in this trading City) is highly injurious to the Commerce of this Kingdom, and to the Welfare and Prosperity of the People, many of whom, from an ideal and flattering Prospect of rapidly accumulating Wealth without the Means of honest Industry, resort to Methods of raising Money by dangerous and unwarrantable Practices, in Order to become Adventurers, thereby involving themselves in a Labyrinth of Difficulties, oftentimes terminating in very distressful Consequences, and in the Ruin of many Families. The Petitioners therefore pray the House to give so important a Subject that full Consideration which the Nature of it necessarily requires, and to grant such Relief as shall be judged expedient.
By Order of the Lord Mayor, an Account is making out of all the Grain that has been brought into the Port of London for some Time past, which Account his Lordship intends to lay before the House of Commons.
The following is given as an exact Copy of the City's Remonstrance, agreed upon in Common Hall March 11th, 1773, and delivered on Thursday to his Majesty's Secretary of State, that an Answer may be prepared against Friday next, when the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, &c. are to present it in Form to his Majesty.
To the KING'S Most Excellent Majesty.
The humble Address, Petition, and Remonstrance, of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery, of the City of London, in Common Hall assembled.
Most gracious Sovereign,
"We your Majesty's dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery, of the City of London, beg Leave to approach the Throne with the Respect becoming a free People, zealously attached to the Laws and Constitution of their Country, and the parliamentary Right of your Majesty to the Crown of these Realms.
"We desire, with all Humility, in the Grief and Anguish of our Hearts, to submit to your Majesty that the many Grievances and Injuries we have suffered from your Ministers still remain unredressed; nor has the publick Justice of the Kingdom received the least Satisfaction for the frequent atrocious Violations of the Laws, which have been committed in your Reign by your Ministers, with a daring Contempt of every Principle, human and divine. Your People have, with the deepest Concern, observed that their former humble Petitions and Remonstrances were received with a Neglect and Disregard very hardly brooked by the high Spirit of a great and powerful Nation; but the Hopes of Redress still encouraging us to persevere, we again supplicate your Majesty to listen to the Voice of your aggrieved Subjects, in Vindication of your own and the Nation's Honour, against your despotick and corrupt Ministers, who have perverted the Fountains of publick Justice, and undermined the Foundations of our excellent Constitution. Our Representatives, who were chosen to be the Guardians of our Rights, have invaded our most sacred Privileges. The Right of being represented in Parliament is the inherent unalienable Privilege, as well as peculiar Glory, of the free-born Inhabitants of this Country; and a Person qualified according to Law, a Magistrate of this City, was duly elected a Knight of the Shire for the County of Middlesex, by a great Majority of legal Votes, yet has been excluded from the House of Commons, by a Resolution of that House; and a Candidate, who had only a few Votes, declared the Representative of the Electors of the said County, against their Consent. Through the like corrupt Influence of the same Ministers, the chief Magistrate, and one of the Aldermen, of this City, were imprisoned for not obeying the illegal Mandates of an arbitrary House of Commons, and violating the solemn Oaths they had taken for the Preservation of the Liberties and Franchises of the Capital of your Majesty's Dominions. We recall to your Majesty's Remembrance, with Horror, that unparalleled Act of Tyranny, the erasing a judicial Record, in Order to stop the Course of Justice, to introduce a System of Power against Right, and to tear up by the Roots Truth and Law from the Earth.
"We therefore, your Remonstrants, again supplicate your Majesty to employ the only Remedy now left by the Constitution, the Exercise of that salutary Power with which you are instructed by Law, the dissolving of the present Parliament, and the Removal of those evil Counsellors who advised the Measures so generally odious to the Nation; and your Majesty, as the true Guardian of our Rights, shall ever reign in the Hearts of a grateful People."
Yesterday the Lord Mayor concluded his Speech, in a great Assembly, with asserting, "that Misgovernment had gone on so long in this Country that the quicker they proceeded now the better."
GLASGOW, March 18. It is with Pleasure we acquaint our Readers that Mr. Golburn is still successfully carrying on his Operations in deepening the River Clyde; and that three coasting Vessels arrived lately at the Broomilaw, directly from Ireland, with Oatmeal, without stopping at Greenock, as formerly, to unload their Cargoes.
On Thursday a Motion was made in the House of Commons, for Leave to bring in a Petition, by Mr. Dundas, from the Proprietors of the Forth and Clyde Navigation, for Liberty to borrow a farther Sum of Money, in Order to finish the intended Cut from the Frith of Forth to a certain Place near Glasgow.
We are glad to inform our Readers that the late Disturbances among the Sailors at Port Glasgow and Greenock are now entirely suppressed, and that Business is now going on again at these Places as usual. About 30 of the Ringleaders are apprehended, Part of whom were last Night brought to Paisley under a strong Guard, and are expected in Town this Day. The spirited Conduct of the Sheriff, and prudent Measures of the Inhabitants, rendered the Assistance of the Dragoons unnecessary, and contributed not a little in bringing this alarming and dangerous Insurrection to so speedy a Conclusion.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 6.
AT a Meeting of the Governors and Visitors of the College last Saturday, the Reverend Mr. GWATKIN was universally chosen Master of the Grammar School, and Mr. JAMES MADISON, one of the Students, to succeed that Gentleman as Mathematical Professor.
JOHN PAGE, Junior, Esq; of Rosewell, is appointed one of his Majesty's Honourable Council of this Colony.
Mr. RODHAM KENNER is elected one of the Representatives for Northumberland, in the Room of Mr. Spencer M. Ball, who has accepted the Commission of High Sheriff of that County.
The Liberty, Outram, and Rising Sun, Peterton, from London, the York, Rose, from Bristol, and James, Thompson, from Whitehaven, are arrived in York River; and the Eliza, Leitch, from London, Katie, Clark, Virginia, Thomson, Patuxent, Luik, and Blandford, Troop, from Glasgow, in James River.
Captain Clark, on the 4th ult. off the Western Islands, took on a Boat with six French Sailors in her, who belonged to a Ship from Cape Francois for Bourdeaux, that had been cast away five or six Days before. They informed him that the Captain and seven Men took to the Longboat, whom they parted with the first Night after they left the Ship. Captain Clark put three of the Sailors on Board a New Englandman, and brought the rest in with him.
This Day the following Criminals were brought to the Bar of the General Court, to receive Sentence: Eliphalet Musgrove, for Murder, condemned; Peter Sidebottom, for Horsestealing, condemned; John Brown, and Mary Murley, for Grand Larceny, were burnt in the Hand. [Marriages.] Colonel WILLIAM ROWLEY, aged 62, of King George, to Miss NANCY GRIGSBY, of the same County, in her 63rd Year; a Maiden Lady, and who, it is said, is in a likely Way of increasing the Colonel's Family.
THE ORTHODOX LAYMAN, LUCIAN, a Dialogue, The COMPLIMENT to the AUTHOR of the BALLAD, &c. &c. are all come to Hand, and will have Places as soon as it is possible.
Advertisements.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 6, 1773.
THE Gentlemen who have failed paying the Fines adjudged by the Committee of Trade are hereby desired to discharge them by the 26th of July next, to Andrew Sprowle, Esq; or the Chairman who may then preside; otherwise they must expect to see their Names published, in Terms of their Agreement entered into last November.
ANDREW SPROWLE, Chairman.
ON the 1st of this Instant (MAY) the
Treasurer, Trustees, and Subscribers to the Fund for the Relief of Clergymen's Widows and Orphans, met according to Appointment. On the next Day two Sermons were preached, suitable to the Occasion; and Collections were made at the Church Doors, producing (with three Pounds two Shillings and Sixpence from a Person unknown, by the Hands of the Reverend Mr. Professor Howley) the Sum of fifty three Pounds ten Shillings and seven Pence, for which the generous Contributors are desired to accept the grateful Acknowledgments of the Clergy associated for the Support of the above named Fund. On Monday, the last Day of meeting, seventy five Pounds were ordered to be distributed among seven Widows and several Orphans; and the following Officers were appointed for the ensuing Year: The Reverend John Camm, Treasurer; the Reverend Messrs. Benjamin Blagden, Henry Skyring, James Maury Fontaine, Thomas Price, William Bland, and Alexander White, Trustees; William Leigh the Forenoon, and John Bracken the Afternoon, Preacher. JACOB BRUCE, Clerk.
HANOVER, May 6, 1773.
THE Debtors of Mr. John Bland of London, Merchant, will be pleased to take Notice, that by their having delayed to discharge their Balances, and long withheld many Thousands from that Gentleman, he was lately reduced to the sad Necessity of conveying all his Estate, Debts, and Effects, to Trustees for the Benefit of his Creditors, and that I am fully empowered by the Trustees to act for them, and collect the Debts and settle the Affairs of Mr. Bland in this Colony. I shall be happy if I can conduct this extensive Business to the Satisfaction of all Parties, without the Trouble or Expense of Suits at Law; but the urgent Demands of Mr. Bland's Creditors, and the unhappy Situation of himself, and of a numerous worthy Family (who are involved in his Difficulties, and now tasting the Bitterness of his Distress) will not admit of Indulgence or Delay, and I therefore hope the Debtors will provide for the immediate Discharge of their Debts, and come to settle their respective Accounts with me, without farther Application, for it will not be convenient, or possible, for me to wait on them at their respective Homes. The Debts contracted at the Stores kept for Mr. Bland, by his Son Mr. John Bland, Junior, at Blandford, Mr. Andrew Grant at Boyd's Hole, and by Mr. David Briggs at Falmouth, will be settled and collected by these Gentlemen severally, with whom they were contracted; and the Debtors are hereby required to pay their Balances to them, without Delay, they having Instructions to enforce Payments, and to close their respective Concerns immediately. The Goods now on Hand in the Stores are to be sold as soon as an Account is taken of them, and if Persons inclined to purchase will be pleased to apply to the above Gentlemen, at their respective Stores, they may see the Goods, and know the Terms of Sale, as they are severally empowered to sell them. Mr. John Bland, Junior, being very worthy of Confidence, and greatly interested in these Matters, has full Power to act in them, on all Occasions in my Absence, as he thinks right; and Payments made to him, in Discharge of the Sterling or current Debts, will be allowed by (4) PETER LYONS.
N. B. I shall be obliged to the Persons who have Demands against Mr. John Bland of London to let me know the Nature and Amount of their Claims before they put his Estate to the Expense of Attachments or Suits in Chancery, as I shall be willing to pay out of his Effects any Debt that I can be justified in discharging.
SOUTH CAROLINA, April 24, 1773.
I LEFT at Jacob Whiteley's, in Fredericksburg, in the Month of December 1771, my Saddle Bags, in which were sundry Clothes, and many Papers of Consequence, particularly a Bond of William Rea's for six Hundred and eighty Pounds, one of Richard Farrar's for three Hundred and eighty Pounds, and a Note of John Furnace's for two Hundred Pounds, all South Carolina Money. I do hereby promise any Person a genteel Reward who will deliver me those Papers, and I also forewarn any Person receiving the Payment of them. (211) JAMES MCLANACHAN.
TAPPAHANNOCK, May 4, 1773.
AS it is now three Years since I discontinued Store-keeping on my own private Account at this Place, I request all those indebted to me to come and pay off immediately, otherwise their Accounts, &c. will be put into an Attorney's Hands, without Respect of Persons or farther Notice. Those who have any Claims against me are desired to bring them in. (6) ARCHIBALD M'CALL. * * * I have LOTS, and a genteel and pleasant situated two Story HOUSE, &c. in this Place, which I will sell on reasonable Terms.
BURWELL'S FERRY, May 4, 1773.
FROM some Circumstances, I am induced to believe that a Man of the Name of PETER LYALL, who hired a Horse of me to go to Williamsburg yesterday, has made off with him. He attempted to pass in Norfolk by the Name of Randolph, and was some Time in the Employment of Mr. Meriwether Skelton as an Overseer. He is very remarkable, the Back of his right Hand, and the right Side of his Neck, being marked with a Colour resembling Clare; he is about five Feet ten Inches high, has short black Hair, dark Eyes, and is of a swarthy Complexion. The Horse is of a bright bay Colour, about thirteen Hands and a Half high, with a Star in his Forehead, a roached Mane and Bob Tail, and on the Inside of his left fore Leg, between the Footlock and Knee, is a Knot as large as a Hen Egg, supposed to have come from a Hurt. I hereby forewarn all Persons from purchasing the said Horse, and offer a Reward of TWENTY SHILLINGS, and to pay all reasonable Expenses, to any Person who will secure and convey him to me. JUDITH COKE.
THE Trustees appointed to treat with Persons for clearing Mattapony River, above Todd's Bridge, will meet, for that Purpose, at Atley's Warehouse, on Wednesday the 17th of this Instant (May).
Those who incline to undertake that Work are desired to view the River before that Day, that they may be the better able to judge of the Reward, as the strictest Punctuality will be expected. (2)
HOBBS HOLE, May 1, 1773.
JUST arrived from London, in the Susannah, Captain Dobbie, three and twenty indentured Servants, among them two valuable Blacksmiths, two Weavers, a Tailor, two Saddlers, a Shoemaker, three Gardeners, and several Farmers and Labourers. Six Months Credit will be allowed, and the Captain will attend here until all are sold. (11)
NORFOLK, May 1, 1773.
THE Concern of WILLIAM FORSYTH and Company being dissolved, the LEATHER, which was all imported from London, and the MATERIALS and TOOLS, will be sold at publick Vendue, on Wednesday the 19th Instant. All Persons indebted are desired to make Payment to me immediately. JAMES INGRAM.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 4, 1773.
LOST, in the Garden at Mrs. Vobe's, on the 3d Instant, a plain SILVER WATCH with a Steel Chain, the Impression out of the Seal, William Glover, Liverpool, No. 126. Whoever brings the said Watch to the Bar of the said Mrs. Vobe shall be handsomely rewarded. (1)
SUNDRY likely Virginia born NEGROES,
belonging to the Estate of Mr. Samuel Hill, deceased, will be sold to the highest Bidder, for Cash, at the Halfway House between Williamsburg and York, on Tuesday the 18th Instant (May) to pay the Debts due from the said Estate. (211) CHARLES HANSFORD, Executor. N. B. All Persons who have Claims against the said Estate are desired to bring them in, properly proved, and receive Payment.
To be SOLD, at publick Vendue, on the 10th of June next,
ALL the real Estate belonging to the BUSH RIVER IRON WORKS COMPANY, at the Head of Bush River, Baltimore County, Maryland, now laid out in the following LOTS for Convenience of Sale.
No. 1. The principal Seat, containing about fifty Acres, on which is an Iron Furnace not in Use, a Merchant Mill and Sawmill on a very fine Stream of Water, with the Mill Race and Dam. About twenty Acres of the Land is very fine improved Meadow, and most of the fifty Acres may be watered from the Race, and is very rich. There are divers small Houses, Outhouses, &c. on this Lot, which is pleasantly situated at Bush Town. The Stream is capable of manufacturing thirty Thousand Bushels of Wheat per Annum, in an extraordinary fine Wheat Country, and about forty five Miles distant from York Town, in Pennsylvania, to which is a very good Road. The Mills and Furnace are at the Head of navigable Water, and the Flower Barrels may be rolled out of the Mill into the Craft, and transported from thence, by Water, to Baltimore Town, on the Head of Elk, about thirty Miles equal Distance, at nine Pence a Barrel.
No. 2. A Tract of Land called Coombs's Adventure, on Patapsco River, about two Miles distant from Baltimore Town, containing, by Estimation, one Hundred and seventy five Acres. On this Land is one of the best Banks of Iron Ore in the Province, and is rendered very valuable from its Situation, and many other Conveniencies; it lies high, a Vessel of two Hundred Tons Burthen may come close to the Shore, and it is a fine Place for a Gentleman's Seat.
No. 3 and 5. Contain about seven Acres of Land, adjoining Bush Town, between the Furnace Race and Bynam's Run, pleasantly situated on the main Road, and very convenient for building on.
No. 6. Is a Lot of one Acre of the same Sort of Land, and adjoining.
No. 7. Is a Lot of seven Acres, adjoining Bush Town, between the old Race and the Dam, valuable Meadow Ground.
No. 8. Contains about twenty five Acres, near Bush Town, on the west Side of Bynam's Run, below the Dam, some of it fine Meadow Ground.
No. 9. Contains about thirty one Acres, above the Dam, adjoining the Land of James Mathers, Part of it fine Meadow Ground.
No. 10. Contains about five Acres, between the Race and Run.
No. 16. Contains about two Hundred and thirty Acres, at the north End of a Tract of Land called Nova Scotia, very good Land, and well timbered.
No. 17. Contains about two Hundred and seventy Acres, Part of the same Tract, very fine Land, about twelve Acres valuable Meadow Ground, well timbered.
No. 18. About a Hundred and thirty Acres, Part of the same Tract, very good Land, with a sufficient Quantity of Meadow Ground.
No. 19. About a Hundred and twenty one Acres, about thirty Acres of which is some of the finest Meadow Ground in the Province, which, together with the Upland, is exceedingly well timbered, such as large white Oak, Poplar, and Ash, and is Part of a Tract of Land called Abbot's Forest.
No. 20 and 21. About a Hundred and ten Acres, Part of the aforesaid Tract called Nova Scotia, on the west Side of James's Run, near Bush Town, and Part of it good Meadow Ground.
No. 22. About a Hundred and twenty Acres, Part of two Tracts near Bush Town, and some of it rich Bottom.
No. 23. About eighty Acres, Part of a Tract of Land called Friendship, pleasantly situated between the main Road and James Webster's Plantation, and about a Mile from Bush Town.
No. 24. Is a Grist Mill and Stone Mill House, with twenty Acres of condemned Land, on a good Stream of Water, adjoining Bush Town, a Quarter of a Mile from Tide Water, and near the main Road.
No. 25. Is a Wharf on Bush River, for the Convenience of Vessels loading and unloading, near the Town.
No. 26. About twenty eight Acres, Part of the aforesaid Tract called Nova Scotia, near Bush River.
No. 27. About nine Acres, called Broken Islands, on Bush River.
No. 28. About sixty one Acres, Part of a Tract called Friendship, south east of Lands of Hannah Richardson.
No. 29. About a Hundred and eighty Acres, Part of the same Land, on the main Road, near Bush Town.
No. 31. About a Hundred and thirty four Acres, four Miles from Bush Town, pleasantly situated on the main Road, and some of it cultivated.
No. 32. About three Hundred Acres, Part of two Tracts, on which is a good Plantation, an Orchard of good Fruit, and a great Prospect of Iron Ore.
All the above Lands (except the Lot No. 2, called Coombs's Adventure) are situated at and near Bush Town, and none of them more than four or five Miles distant from navigable Water. The Sale to be held at Joseph Stiles's, at Bush Town. Reasonable Credit will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving Bond and approved Security. The Premises may be viewed any Time before the Day of Sale, and the several Lots above described will be shown by applying to Isaac Webster near Bush Town, William Cox for Jacob Giles, or Thomas Bond, Son of John.
As the BUSH COMPANY have but lately purchased the Iron Bank on Lot No. 2, called Coombs's Adventure, and the Iron Ore on Lot No. 32 (two Miles distant from the Furnace) has been but very lately discovered, should any one Person, or two or three in Company, incline to purchase the Whole, and carry on the Works, the Furnace has all the Advantages from Situation and Convenience that can be found at any one Place in the Province, and could not fail of making Money fast, provided the Partners were unanimously engaged to conduct the same agreeable thereto. The Furnace Stack is allowed to be staunch and good. (5)

NAVAL OFFICE, Hampton, May 1, 1773. THIS is to acquaint the Publick, that in future, at the Office here, the Duties on TUNNAGE and IMPOST will be exacted in Sterling Money, and no other Mode of discharging them be admitted. WILSON MILES CARY, Naval Officer.
FALMOUTH, April 23, 1773. THE Subscribers having met with many Disappointments, and much Trouble, in collecting the Inspection Money for Tobacco shipped from Falmouth and Dixon's Warehouses, hereby give Notice that they are determined in future not to ship any Tobacco unless the Money is sent with the Notes. WILLIAM NEWTON, } Falmouth. THOMAS HOARD, } JOHN POLLARD, } Dixon's. THOMAS SHARPE, }
TO THE PUBLICK. AT the Sign of the King's Arms Coffeehouse, in Church Street, Norfolk, is established a very genteel and convenient INN and TAVERN (with good Stabling for Horses) for the Accommodation of Travellers and others; supported by a Society of Gentlemen, and under the Direction and Management of TERESE PEARSE.
LOUISA, April 14, 1773. AS I intend removing my Family and Effects out of this Colony some Time next Winter, I request all Persons indebted to me to make speedy Payment, which will prevent Trouble; and those who have any Demands against me are desired to apply for Payment. (1||) JAMES CHILES.
ALBEMARLE, April 16, 1773. I INTEND for SCOTLAND soon. (||) PHILIP MACRAE.
GREAT BRIDGE, May 4, 1773. I INTEND for Great Britain soon, and to return in a few Months. (||) CHARLES MAYLE.
A PERSON duly qualified to teach the Languages, and who can produce a Recommendation for Sobriety and Diligence, may hear of an advantageous Offer by applying to the Printer.
TO BE SOLD. A TRACT of LAND upon Rappahannock River, in Essex County, between Hobbs's Hole and Urbanna, containing two Hundred and sixty Acres. Also to be rented for a Year, or for a Term of Years, a HOUSE situated on the back Street. For Particulars inquire of Mr. James Shield, near Williamsburg, or of the Subscriber, in Charles City. HENRY ARMISTEAD.
FOR SALE. A DOUBLE decked VESSEL, Burthen about a Hundred and thirty Tons, fit either for the Tobacco or Grain Trade, as handsome and well built a Vessel as any in the Colony, whose Timber and Plank have been seasoned eighteen Months, and which will be finished to a Cleat in fifteen Days. For Terms apply to BENJAMIN HARRISON.
FOR SALE. A PLEASANT Seat in Northumberland County, containing, agreeable to my Purchase, two Hundred Acres, more or less. The remarkable Point called Smith's, on Potomac, makes from the said Land; and I think I may venture to say, with Justice, that it is one of the best Places in Virginia for Fish and Oysters, both in Quantity and Quality. It is supposed any industrious Person who understands curing Fish may make a Hundred a Year, without much Hindrance in his Crop; and there is also a Quantity of Wildfowl. Also forty three Acres of LAND for Sale, almost joining the above Plantation. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, on the Premises. (||) JOHN WEBB.
To be RENTED annually, or LEASED for a Term of Years. THE STOREHOUSES at Todd's Warehouse, lately occupied by Mr. Robert M c Candlish and Mr. Abraham Archer. They are large, very convenient, and well situated for Trade, being at the upper Landing on Mattaponi River, where large Quantities of Grain, and about two or three Hundred Hogsheads of Tobacco, are annually delivered. The Terms may be known by applying to the Subscriber, near the Premises. (||) WILLIAM TODD.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 13th Instant (May) 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. (1||) THOMAS TALBOT. JOSEPH HUTCHINGS.
To be SOLD on the Premises, at publick Auction, on the 25th Instant (May) if fair, otherwise next fair Day, pursuant to a Decree of the Worshipful Court of Caroline, to satisfy a Debt due from William Dudley to Robert Hart.
AS much of that Tract of LAND whereon the said Dudley now lives, lying on the Reddy Swamp, in the County of Caroline, known by the Name of New Flanders, as will be sufficient to discharge the Debt agreeable to the Decree. The Place is so generally known (lying on the main Road from Caroline Courthouse to that of Hanover) that it needs no Description. Six Months Credit will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to GEORGE GUY, JEREMIAH RAWLINS, } Trustees. JOHN BAYNHAM, }
To be LET to the lowest Undertaker, on Thursday the 27th of May, at Joseph Williamson's, where Benjamin Chapman formerly lived, in Micherrin Parish, Brunswick County.
THE BUILDING of a CHURCH fifty Feet long and twenty six Feet wide, to be completed within two Years from the Undertaking. One Half the Money to be paid upon raising and covering in the said Church, and the other Half upon receiving the same. The Undertaker to give Bond and approved Security on the Spot, to JAMES WALL, JAMES WALL, Junior. DOUGLASS WILKINS.
For SALE, at Captain Langbourn's Plantation in King William, A FASHIONABLE POST CHARIOT, almost new, with HARNESS for four Horses; also an old fashioned, strong made, CHARIOT and HARNESS, the Box broken, but the Wheels good, other Parts strong, has much substantial Iron Work about it, mostly new, and would make an excellent Carriage for a light Wagon; likewise an old ITALIAN CHAIR; a stout, strong, large bay HORSE and MARE, both used to the Wheel and Saddle; a likely young bay MARE, now with Foal; and about three Hundred BARRELS of CORN, &c. For Terms apply to his surviving Executor, WILLIAM COWNE. N. B. The HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE will be sold the Tuesday before next King William Court.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 17th Instant (MAY) before the SWAN Tavern in YORK Town, A DWELLINGHOUSE in the said Town, pleasantly situated on the main Street, where Mrs. Robinson now lives, with convenient Out-houses, and two LOTS adjoining. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving Bond and approved Security to (2) BEVERLEY DICKSON.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 14th of June, at Mecklenburg Courthouse, being Court Day, A TRACT of LAND in the said County, containing upwards of 200 Acres, upon which Mr. Thomas Eshelby formerly lived, and where Mr. John Johnson now keeps Store. The Purchaser will have twelve Months Credit, on giving Bond and Security to Mr. Paul Carrington, or CHARLES DUNCAN.
KING HEROD,
A BAY HORSE near sixteen Hands High, his Sire Colonel Bayle's famous Fearnaught, his Dam Mr. Branton's English Mare Kitty Piper, stands at Mr. Wormeley's, at Rappahannock, and will cover Mares, the present Spring, at twenty Shillings a Leap, or four Pounds the Season; the Money must be sent with the Mares. There are good Pastures; but should any of them stray away from the Grounds, I will not be answerable for them. RALPH WORMELEY, Junior.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on White-oak Swamp, in Henrico, about the last of January, a likely Negro Wench named SALL, about twenty Years old, very black, short, and well proportioned; her Dress was of the common Kind wore by Plantation Negroes, but has a Variety of fine Clothes. She has been seen about Richmond and Warwick, on James River. All Masters of Vessels are cautioned against harbouring or carrying her out of the Colony. Whoever delivers her to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS if she is taken in the Colony, and FIVE POUNDS if out thereof, besides the Allowance by Law. (4||) WILLIAM FERRIS, Junior.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 5, 1773. RUN away from the Subscriber, on Saturday the 1st Instant, a Negro Woman named JUDITH, who carried her Child with her, a little Girl at the Breast, about twelve Months old. I bought her but the Day before, at the Sale of the Slaves of Mr. Austin Smith of Middlesex, in this Town, and having her so short a Time in my Possession, I am not able to give a particular Description of her, but think she is middling tall and slender, not very black, appears to be between thirty and thirty five Years of Age, and I have been since told she is with Child. I expect, if she is not already gone back to Middlesex, she will soon endeavour to return to her former Master (Mr. Smith) or some of his Neighbours. Whoever secures her so that I may get her again shall have FOUR DOLLARS Reward if she is taken in Williamsburg, SIX DOLLARS if taken in Middlesex, and delivered to Mr. Hugh Walker there, and so in Proportion to the Distance of any Place she may be apprehended at. I shall take it as a Favour of Mr. Smith if she returns to him to give Directions for securing and conveying her to me in Norfolk, and any Expense attending the same shall be thankfully repaid by (2) JOHN MACLEAN.
THREE POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Amherst, a young Mulatto Fellow named TOM, six Feet high, with a large Scar on one of his Ankles, which appear swelled, and another on one of the Fingers of his right Hand; he had on, when he went away, a Jeans Coat and Waistcoat, and a Check Shirt and Trousers; he has been used to the Sea, and speaks French. All Masters of Vessels are hereby forewarned from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony. I will give the above Reward to any Person who will secure him, and give me Information thereof. EDMUND WILCOX.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in King and Queen, about the Middle of March last, a Country born Negro Woman named SARAH, a very lusty stout made Wench, about two and twenty Years of age, very artful, and, though not a Mulatto, may attempt to pass for a free Woman. She carried with her several Changes of Apparel, among which are remembered a red and white Calico Jacket and Petticoat, a white Holland and blue Plains Ditto, a red Flannel Petticoat, a purple Cloth Cloak, a black furred Hat, with a Gold Band, Button, and Loop, a black Silk Hat, several white Linen Shifts and Aprons, a spotted Yarn Rug and Dutch Blanket, a Pair of English made Leather Shoes, and several Pairs of Thread, Cotton, and Worsted Stockings, with a small red Leather Trunk. She has been chiefly a House Servant, is a fine Sempstress, Knitter, Washer, and Ironer, was born, and chiefly lived, on James River, in Prince George County, and is supposed to be lurking somewhere near Mayes's, Merchant's Hope, or up about Petersburg. If she is apprehended on the south Side of James River I will give FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, with reasonable travelling Charges for bringing her to me; and if nearer, TWENTY SHILLINGS. WILLIAM BLACK.
RUN away from ROSLIN, in Chesterfield, about the 26th of April last, two NEW NEGROES, one of them a small black Fellow, about thirty five Years of Age, the other a middle sized Wench, about twenty seven Years old, both clothed in white Cotton and Plaid Hose; the Wench carried with her a Pair of new Leather Shoes, with wooden Heels. Whoever brings them to me, or to Mr. Russell at Blandford, shall receive a handsome Reward. CHARLES DUNCAN. N. B. I have just received, by the last Ships from Britain, about thirty Bales of GERMAN OSNABRUGS, and ROLLS, which will be sold at a low Advance.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 5, 1773. STRAYED from Mr. Pasteur's, last Monday, a bay HORSE about four Feet eight Inches high, with a Blaze in his Face, branded on the near Shoulder D, and on the Buttock M. Whoever delivers him to Mr. Pasteur in Williamsburg, or to Mr. William Beatie in Petersburg, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. (1||) ALEXANDER BOYD.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Middlesex, on the 11th of February last, a short thick black Fellow, who says he belongs to Benjamin Gwynn of Spottsylvania, and that his Name is TOM. He has been Frost-bitten, and has lost Part of his Feet. The Owner may have him on paying Charges. (2||) JAMES WORTHAM, Jailer.
For SALE, either for Wheat, Corn, or Cash, and may be entered on at any Time as may suit the Purchaser,
A TRACT of LAND, containing upwards of six Hundred and fifty Acres, in James City County, on Chickahominy River, just above Barret's Ferry, and about ten or twelve Miles from Williamsburg. It is good for Grain or Tobacco, a fine Place for Stock, Fishing, and Fowling. The Terms may be known of the Subscriber, in Norfolk. GOODRICH BOUSH.
GLOUCESTER County, April 1, 1773. WE, the Subscribers, finding the Wreck of a Vessel upon York Spit, which was broke all to Pieces, being but the Stem, Stern, and Floor, which we supposed to be the Boat belonging to Mr. Stephen Goff, in which the white Servants were drowned; and by founding the Bottom with our Boat Hook, we found the Foresail, fore Halliard and Blocks, Jib, Anchor, Cable, Rudder, and two short Pieces of Cable. THOMAS POWELL. FIELDING HOGG. RICHARD HOGG. JOHN AUSTINE. ROBERT FREEMAN.
CHOICE MADEIRA WINE, A FEW CASES OF CLARET, BARBADOS RUM, BRANDY, RAISINS, and MOHOGANY, TO BE SOLD BY PREESON BOWDOIN, NORFOLK.
RICHMOND Town, April 27, 1773. I INTEND to leave this Colony immediately. (||) JOHN MILLAR.
NORFOLK, April 13, 1773. FIFTEEN BALES of WOOLLENS, marked as below, and shipped by Messrs. Wakefield, Pratt, and Miers, of London, on Board the William, Miss Livingston Matter, consigned to Order, will be delivered to any Person who produces Captain Livingston's Bill of Lading, and pays the necessary Charges. G R, - - - No. A B C D E F G, 7 Bales. R in a Diamond, No. A B C D E F G, 7 H, - - - R in a Diamond, - 1 JAMES ARCHDEACON. Who has for Sale a few Hogsheads of old JAMAICA SPIRIT, WEST INDIA RUM, COFFEE, MUSCOVADO SUGAR, PIMENTA, GINGER, &c.
PETERSBURG, April 27, 1773. BY Virtue of a Deed of Trust from Terrance Lambgildervell to Messrs. William Cuninghame and Company, of Glasgow, will be sold to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 17th of May, at Dinwiddie Courthouse, being Court Day, a Tract of LAND in the said County, containing one Hundred Acres, adjoining the Lands of Abraham Smith, William Ford, and Drury Oliver; also two likely African born SLAVES. The Time of Payment to be agreed on at the Sale. THOMAS GORDON.
TO BE SOLD. A VALUABLE Tract of LAND in Bedford County, about four Miles below the Courthouse, containing seven Hundred Acres, three Hundred of which are surveyed; the Land lies well, is in good Order for Cropping, and may be entered upon in the Fall; it is well timbered with Walnut Trees, and has on it a tolerable Dwellinghouse, other convenient Out-houses, and a good Barn. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms, and be shown the Land, by applying to the Subscriber, who lives on the said Plantation. (||) WILLIAM WILEY.
FOR SALE. A LOT in the Town of Newcastle, whereon is a convenient dry Store, with a Counting Room, a large Granary shedded down each Side, a Stable, and a Chair House; all of which are in good Order, and built on the main Street. Also an Assortment of EUROPEAN and EAST INDIA GOODS, to the Amount of five Hundred Pounds Sterling. For Terms inquire of the Subscriber, who intends for Great Britain some Time before the Fall. SAMUEL PEARSON.
For SALE, and to be entered on immediately, THE HOUSE in which the late Captain William Prentis lived, next Door to Mr. Spurr's, below the Capitol, in Williamsburg. Inquire of JOHN PRENTIS.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Thursday the 20th of May, being Norfolk County Court Day, AN exceeding pleasant and commodious LOT of LAND just above the Town Point Wharf, on the main River, in the Borough of Norfolk, capable of great Improvement, on which is a new two Story Brick Dwellinghouse, with two good Warehouses, and other necessary and convenient Out-houses, extremely convenient for a Merchant who carries on the West India Business, and with little Expense a Wharf may be made for a Ship to lie alongside. The above Lot and Improvements will be sold on paying one Half ready Money, and six Months Credit will be allowed for the other Half, giving Bond and Security to (2||) WILLIAM SIMPSON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Prince George, on the 10th Instant (April) a lusty, strong, boney Negro Fellow named BOB, of a brownish Complexion, upwards of six Feet high, about fifty Years old, bow-kneed, and had on a Cotton Waistcoat and Breeches, and an Osnaburg Shirt; he carried away with him sundry other Things, namely, a blue Coat and gray German Serge Waistcoat and Breeches, has a long Visage, a Roman Nose, and one of his upper fore Teeth is out. He has a Wife at Mr. John Nelson's in Louisa, and I imagine he is gone up there, and may be harboured by some of his Negroes. The said Fellow is outlawed, and I will give TEN POUNDS Reward for his Head severed from his Body, or FORTY SHILLINGS if brought alive. He has been burnt in the Hand, and I suppose some evil disposed Person has given him a Pass, that he may pass for a Freeman. JOHN WOODLIEF, Senior.
PETERSBURG, April 23, 1773. RUN away, last Night, from the Subscriber, two Slaves, namely: A Negro Fellow named FORTUNE, about six Feet high, slim made, has a thin Nose for one so black as he is, and appears to be about forty Years of Age; he took with him sundry Wearing Apparel, particularly a Pair of Buckskin Breeches almost new, a Thicket Coat, a brown Sailor's Jacket, a red great Coat, a fine Hat, pretty much worn, with a large Brim, and commonly has it cocked up, wears a red Worsted Cap in common, and sometimes a Silk one. Also a Wench named AMINTA, appears to be about thirty Years of Age, short and well made, has much the Look of an Indian, and is so, her Mother having been brought from the Spanish Main to Rhode Island, has long Lank Hair, which she wears in her Neck, and took with her a black Quilt, a red Flannel Petticoat, a dark Ground Calico Gown, a blue and white one, and an old light coloured Stuff ditto, a red Cardinal, a black Bonnet, and several other Things. I lately had them of Captain John Aldridge, and as they were brought from Rhode Island, it is probable they will endeavour to get there again, as they pretend to Freedom. I request it as a Favour of all Masters of Vessels not to harbour or entertain them, as it will probably be attended with bad Consequences. I will give a Reward of THREE POUNDS if they are taken fifty Miles from home and secured so that I may get them again, and THIRTY SHILLINGS if within that Distance. WILLIAM BRADLEY.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in King George, on Wednesday the 30th of December, a Virginia born Negro Fellow named WILL, about forty Years of Age, very tall and slender, has a long Visage, is very talkative, and by Trade a Carpenter; he had on an Osnaburg Shirt, Negro Cotton Coat and Breeches of a green Colour, a spotted Jacket of the same, and a Pair of white Virginia knit Stockings. I will give TEN POUNDS to any Person who will deliver him to me, or FIVE POUNDS to secure him in any Jail, and give me Notice thereof. I do hereby forewarn all Masters of Vessels from carrying him out of the Colony. (2||) JOHN TALLAFERRO.
COMMITTED to Northumberland Jail, A NEGRO WOMAN about twenty five Years of Age, about five Feet high, very likely, and well made, says her Name is HANNAH, that she belongs to Mr. Charles Pinckard of Fauquier, and that she has been from her Master ever since July last. The Owner may have her on proving his Property, and paying Charges to (||) JOHN CRAINE, Jailer.

***** POETS CORNER. *****
A ROUNDLAY, addressed from the Author to his Mistress.
Y O U I love, my dearest Life, More than Georgy loves his Wife, More than Ministers to rule, More than North to play the Fool, More than Nabobs love to rob, More than Pitt to catch the Mob, More than Camden loves Grimace, More than Barrington his Place, More than Clive his black Jagheer, More than Bute the royal Ear, More than Patriots love their Price, More than Fox loves Cards or Dice, More than Cits the Court to spite, More than Townshend not to fight, More than Celebrooke Heaps of Pelf, More than Elliot loves himself, More than Aldermen their Gut, More than Hillsborough to strut, More than Cullies love a Jilt, More than Grosvenor Horns well glit, More than Dartmouth loves Field Preachers, More than Huntingdon her Teachers, More than Carlisle those who cheat him, More than long Tom those who treat him, More than Pomfret a Lead Mine, More than Weymouth Play and Wine, More than Fools at Wits to nibble, More than Walpole loves to scribble, More than Lyttelton to write, More than black-legg'd March to bite, More than Country Squires their Dogs, More than Mawbey loves his Hogs, More than Demi-Reps a Spark, More than Martin a sure Mark, More than Grafton loves his Pimps, Or the Devil loves his Imps, More than Tories love the Stuarts, More than staunch Whigs love all true Hearts: Thus, my Fair, I love you more Than ever Man lov'd Fair before.
***** At a COURT held for CHESTERFIELD County, NOVEMBER 6, 1772.
Thomas Osborne, Plaintiff, against Joseph Tucker and } In Chancery. Daniel McCallum, Defendants. T HE Defendant Joseph being beyond Sea, and the Defendant Daniel having Effects of the said Joseph's 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
S TANDS 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 Dray 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.
FREDERICKSBURG, April 9, 1773. JUST imported from London, in the William,
Captain Livingston, a large Assortment of MEDICINES of the freshest and best Qualities, which I propose selling, by Wholesale or Retail, at the lowest Rates, for Cash, and to keep a medicinal Store opposite Frederickburg lower Warehouses, well stocked twice a Year with fresh imported Drugs. I have PATENT MEDICINES, from the genuine Wholesale Warehouses, such as Bettman's, Walker's, and Norris's Drops, Jackson's and Greenough's Tincture, Squire's, Daffey's, and Stoughton's Elixirs, Anderson's, Hooper's, and Leckey'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 Subscriber has for Sale, on very rea-
sonable 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 Pittsylvania . (||) JAMES WALKER.
T H E G R E A T
C O C K M A T C H,
B E T W E E N T H E
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 A 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 M c LAURIN.
The PLANTER,
THOMAS LILLY MASTER,
W ILL 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.
F O R S A L E,
SEVENTEEN Hundred Acres of LAND in Isle of Wight County, well timbered with Pine, Oak, and Cypress, about fourteen Miles from Smithfield, and the same Distance from Warequeak Bay . For Terms apply to LEWIS BURWELL, Junior. KINGSMILL, April 20, 1773.
The Brig LIGHTFOOT, JACOB COOPER MASTER,
W ILL 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.
TAKEN up, in Goochland, a MARE and YEARLING COLT.
The Mare has a bay Rump and Back, her Belly and the under and upper Part of her Neck are mostly white, has a Glass Eye, a Blaze in her Face, which breaks down the right Side to her Nose, one hind Foot and Part of both her fore Feet white, paces very well, and branded on the near Buttock FIF ; the Colt is a Bay, with a Blaze in her Face, which breaks down the left Side to her Nose, both hind Feet white, and paces and trots. Posted, and appraised to six Pounds. (||) RICHARD D. HINES.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, two Yearlings, one a dark brindled BULL,
marked with a Crop and Slit in each Ear; the other a red brindled STEER, marked with a Swallowfork in each Ear and an Underkeel in the left. Posted and appraised, the Bull to twelve Shillings and Sixpence, and the Steer to twenty five Shillings. (||) GEORGE BROWN.
TAKEN up, in Halifax, a bright bay Horse, about four Feet seven Inches high;
he trots and gallops slow, has a Star in his Forehead, a small Bell upon him, and is branded on the near Shoulder and near Buttock II, and on the off Shoulder and Buttock T, but very dull. Posted, and appraised to seven Pounds four Shillings. || ABNER ECHOLS.
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, a brown pied Cow, marked with a Swallowfork and Underkeel in each Ear.
Also a brown Cow Calf marked with a smooth Crop in each Ear, and an Underkeel in the left Ear. Posted, and appraised to fifty Shillings. (||) WILLIAM LOURY.
TAKEN up, in Botetourt, a small black YEARLING FILLY, with a small Bell on, trots, and is branded on the near Shoulder R.
Posted, and appraised to four Pounds ten Shillings. (||) DAVID SMITH.
TAKEN up, in Botetourt, a bay HORSE about fourteen Hands high supposed to be eleven Years old, a natural Trotter,
has been lately trimmed behind the Ears, is shod before, docked short, but has no perceivable Brand. Posted, and appraised to seven Pounds ten Shillings. (||) DAVID SMITH.
TAKEN up, in Prince Edward, two COWS, one of them without Horns, one is a red Cow with a short Crop in the right Ear, and a Hole in the left, the other is a brindled one, has a short Tail and white Face, with a short Crop in the right Ear, and a Hole in the left.
Posted, and appraised to five Pounds ten Shillings. (||) ISHAM RICE.
TAKEN up, in Pittsylvania, a dark bay MARE about four Feet six Inches high, four Years old, with a white Spot on her off Side, several notable Flesh Marks, some Saddle Spots, a small plain Star in her Face, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, her Mane pretty much mixed with white Hairs over her Withers, paces naturally, shod all round, and branded on the near Shoulder H.
Posted, and appraised to five Pounds. (||) DAVID KERBY.
WESTMORELAND, March 23, 1773.
AN Advertisement some Time ago published
by Mr. Richard Hanlon , Attorney for Sir Lyonel Lyde , informing the Publick that several Negroes by me advertised for Sale, as the Estate of Mr. John Monro , deceased, had been mortgaged by Colonel Andrew Monro to the said Lyonel Lyde , 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 Un easiness 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 Monro , previous to the Mortgage before mentioned, had not only given the Slaves aforesaid to his Son, the said John Monro , 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 Monro may have imposed upon Mr. Lyde , 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. Hanlon's Publication. (4) JOHN ASHTON.
DINWIDDIE, March 30, 1773.
I HAVE not yet sold the Land on Meberrin
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 Conveniences, 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.
PURSUANT to the last Will and Testament
of Mr. John Smith of Hanover County, deceased, will be sold, on the Premises, some Time next Fall, and to be entered on at Christmas , a valuable Tract of LAND in Henrico County, on the Brook Swamp , between four and five Miles from Richmond , and two Miles from the Meadow Bridges , known by the Name of Pickenocky , 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 shown by Mr. John Ware , near the Premises, and the Days of Sale and Time of Payment will be made known in a future Advertisement.
All Persons indebted to the Estate of Mr. John Smith , deceased, are desired to make immediate Payment, and those who have any Demands against the same are requested to make them known to (tf) WILLIAM ANDERSON, Executor.
N. B. For the Convenience of those who may have Accounts to settle with me for Transactions had with Mr. Smith , I shall attend at every Hanover Court, and the two succeeding Days in Hanover Town.
FREDERICKSBURG, April 2, 1773. AS I intend for Britain in June, I propose
selling, on Monday the 24th of May next, being Fredericksburg Fair Day, or privately, as may be agreed upon before, four Hundred Acres of LAND upon the Fall 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.
FOR CHARTER,
THE new BRIG Mentor , John Curran 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, BARBADOS RUM and SPIRITS, GRENADA RUM, MUSCOVADO SUGAR, GINGER, PIMENTA, and a few Crates and Hogheads of EARTHEN WARE, well assorted.
F I V E P O U N D S R E W A R D.
R UN 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.
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 distort 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.
F O R S A L E,
THE PLANTATION whereon the Subscriber lives, in King and Queen County, about a Mile and a Half from Todd's Warehouse, containing six Hundred and fifty seven Acres, in good Order for Cropping, having a large Peach and Apple Orchard thereon beginning to bear, a Quantity of low Grounds which may be made good Meadow with little Expense; the Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, and other Outhouses, have been built between four and five Years. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to (tf) R. DANGERFIELD.
T O B E S O L D,
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 Biomery with two Fires, a good Stone Merchant Mill with two Pair of Stones, a Saw Mill, a Distillery conveniently situated, a Smith's Shop, a Cooper's Shop, and many other Outhouses. There are about a Hundred and fifty Acres of Land cleared, and about fifty Acres of Meadow may be made with a very small Expense, one Half of which may be watered any Day in the Year. A Stock of Cattle, Horses, and Hogs, some Household Furniture, and all Kinds of Utensils proper for carrying on the above different Branches of Business, will be sold with or without the Land. For farther Particulars inquire of Mr. William Little , on the Premises. Credit will be allowed for Part of the Purchase Money, the Purchaser giving Bond, with Security if required. For Terms apply to the Honourable George William Fairfax , Esquire, Carlyle and Dalton in Alexandria , or Prescot Bound 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 inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Mr. William M c Wann , 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.
ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12/6. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for 3/ the first Week, and 2/ each Week after. *** All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with Care and Expedition.