The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1772-10-08 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
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S M Y R N A, May 27.
CAPTAIN Bonneau failed from Alexandria on the 21st of last Month, and arrived here three Days ago; who hath deposed that on the 7th of said Month, in the Latitude of Lero, he fell in with the Russian Admiral's Ship, with two other Men of War, three Frigates, a Bomb Vessel, and a Tartan, which had on Board two Hundred Land Forces, and that the Captain of the Tartan (a Grecian) who conducted him to the Admiral's Ship, informed him that the above mentioned Squadron was going to burn the Turkish Ships which are in the Dockyards at Bondroum and at Rhodes.
On the 12th of this Month a Battle was fought between the Troops of Cara Osman Oglou and those of Ayvas, another Aga, who encamped in the Environs of this City. The Action was very sharp, but the Advantage remained on the Side of Cara Osman Oglou, who put his Antagonist's Lieutenant to the Rout, that Aga not commanding in Person, being detained by Sickness at Baindir. The principal Inhabitants of this last mentioned City are preparing to send a Deputation here to bring about an Accommodation with the Conqueror. The Russians have formed a Squadron of twelve small Vessels, the Command of which is given to a Greek; it is pretended the Destination of this Squadron is against the Isle of Cyprus and the Coast of Syria.
The Captain adds, that having put into Cape des Arbres, in the Gulf of Mengalia, on the 9th, he heard the Report of Cannon, and it was conjectured that the Russians had begun the Attack of Bondroum.
BRESLAW, July 24. A Camp is ordered at Reiss, to consist of Prussian and Austrian Troops, where both their Majesties, the Emperor of Germany, and the King of Prussia, are to have a Conference the Beginning of September next.
MILAN, July 15. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last, an Experiment was made of a Remedy which will merit great Applause if it should produce the expected Effect. Each of the above Days two insane Persons have been taken out of the Hospital of St. Vincent, who being bound with Cords, &c. were suddenly plunged into a Boat full of Water which passes through this City; then having them out, and wiping them dry, a Draught of excellent Wine was given them, and they were immediately bled. The Publick wait with Impatience to know the Success of so easy and simple a Remedy, which is to restore their Senses to those who have lost them.
AMSTERDAM, August 7. About five Years ago a Greek Gentleman named Gregory Suffras came from Ispahan in Persia, and brought with him an extraordinary large Diamond, weighing seven Hundred and seventy nine Carats, which he deposited in the Bank here till he could meet with a Purchaser, and has lately sold it to the Empress of Russia for one Million two Hundred Thousand Florins, which is upwards of one Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling, and an annual Pension of four Thousand Rubles; and about the Middle of July last it was shipped on Board a Vessel for Petersburg, which passed the Sound the 21st of last Month. Five Hundred and fifty Thousand Florins were ensured on it in this Country, and the same Sum in London.
ELBINGUEN, July 4. When the King of Prussia was lately at Marienwerder, he sent an Invitation by his Minister, M. Benoit, to the Russian General Bibikow, who commands here, to come to the Review, and see the Manoeuvres of his Troops; but the General desired to be excused, on Account of some Orders he had received from the Empress his Sovereign, which he was to put in Execution, and therefore could not possibly absent himself from Town, upon which his Prussian Majesty, on his Return to Potzdam, wrote the following Answer to the General:
"Monsieur le General, "If you are sorry you could not come to Marienwerder at my Solicitation, I am not less sorry to have missed the Opportunity of being acquainted with a Warrior of your Merit. I ought absolutely to prefer the Motives that prevented you to my own Satisfaction. This Incident, far from diminishing the Esteem I have for you, has so far increased it that I shall zealously seize every Opportunity that may offer to give you convincing Proofs of it. A General such as you, who sacrifices all to your Duty, is ever, in my Eyes, a Man worthy of being respected. This is the best Voucher I can give you of the Sentiments of my future Esteem, and of the Sincerity with which I pray God to take you, Mons. General Bibikow, into his holy and worthy Keeping."
PARIS, July 27. The Establishment formed by the Board of the City of Paris, to recover Persons that have been drowned, continues to meet with the greatest Success. The 18th Instant a Boy named Serf, belonging to the Duke of Orleans, aged about seventeen, sunk to the Bottom in a Pond where he was bathing, and continued there a full Quarter of an Hour. When he was brought out, he was to all Appearance dead; but, after rubbing, chasing him, &c. for several Hours, he recovered. The next Day a like Accident happened to a Mercer in this City, named Bray. He had no Signs of Life when taken out of the Water, but on meeting with Assistance, as in the above Case, he came to his Senses in an Hour and a Half, and was afterwards able to walk home.
BERLIN, August 8. His Prussian Majesty came to this City on Monday last, the 3d Instant; and, after the Parade, saw the foreign Ministers at his Levee. His Majesty dined and supped that Day with the Queen Dowager of Sweden, and returned early next Morning to Potsdam, on Horseback.
There is the finest Appearance of all Sorts of Grain that has been known in this Country for many Years; and, as the Weather continues fair, it is hoped the Harvest will be very plentiful.
NAPLES, July 12. On Occasion of the happy Delivery of the Queen, his Majesty has not only distributed prodigious Sums among the Poor, but has also granted a general Pardon to all Offenders, not only in this City, but throughout all the Provinces.
VIENNA, August 1. The Corn Harvest in Hungary, Bohemia, and Austria, hath been so abundant that the Empress Queen hath ordered that the publick and military Magazines be furnished for three Years. The Vines also promise exceedingly well.
HAMBURG, July 14. According to Letters from Copenhagen, of the 11th Instant, Matters seem not to be settled: Count Arensdorff has been dismissed from his Regiment of Norwegian Guards, for not taking proper Care in arresting Colonel Falkenschild, who had by that Means an Opportunity of burning some Papers of Consequence. Several other Persons have been dismissed from their Offices, and the Salaries of others greatly lessened.
L O N D O N, July 23.
ON Tuesday Night the Earl of Sandwich arrived in Town from surveying the different Dockyards, and yesterday he went to Court, and laid before his Majesty the State of the Royal Navy, which is reported to be in excellent Order.
Yesterday General Conway laid before his Majesty a State of the Fortifications, Garrison, and Stores, at Portsmouth, which he lately made a Survey of.
On Tuesday last, as the Birmingham Fly was coming to Town through Beaconsfield, a Soldier, being on the Box with the Coachman, the latter laid the former a Bottle of Wine that he could not hit the King's Head (a large Sign in that Town) with one of the loaded Pistols he had with him, on which he discharged one of them, which went directly through the Head, and split the Sign to Pieces, the Value of which is said to be fifteen Guineas.
The Governor, Council, and Assembly, of Grenada, have unanimously appointed Edward Montagu, Esquire, Master in Chancery, their Agent for managing the Affairs of that Island.
July 24. A great Personage a few Days since sent an American General a Bank Note of five Hundred Pounds, and settled on him two Hundred Pounds a Year.
The Right Honourable Lord North has had a Present sent him, from the Bahama Islands, of a Dozen of young Turtles; one Turtle weighing six Hundred Pounds Weight, and the others of a very enormous Size.
We are told that the Marine Corps was never upon a more respectable Footing as since Lord Sandwich last began to preside in the Admiralty Board.
A few Days ago a very considerable House in the American Trade stopped for between sixty and seventy Thousand Pounds, owing to the slow Circulation of Money from that Continent.
Yesterday about seventy Convicts, under Sentence of Transportation, were taken from Newgate, and put on Board the Vessel bound to Potowmack River, in America.
Would not the sending the most hardened of our Transports to the East, instead of the West Indies, be a more proper, because a more severe, Punishment?
We are told that the French Ambassador and our Ministry are employed in a Negotiation of much Importance both to England and France, and that when the same is concluded his Excellency will leave this Kingdom.
We are informed, by an Officer of high Rank in the Imperial Service, now in London, that there are upwards of fifty English and Scots Gentlemen Officers in the Imperial Army, besides one Field Marshal, four Generals, six Lieutenant Generals, eleven Colonels, and upwards of two Hundred and fifty inferior Officers, that are Natives of Ireland. A most alarming Circumstance, that their Religion should thus, by some Defect in our Policy, exclude them from being employed at home, as it is impossible to determine but their Swords may be too soon drawn against the very Country that gave them Being.
Numbers of Persons are daily resorting to Guildhall to view the Statue of the late worthy Lord Mayor, William Beckford, Esquire. Among the rest, a few Days since, were his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, his Dutchess, and several other Persons of Distinction, who seemed fully satisfied at the Sight of it.
Last Month there was a fine Appearance of Spots on the Sun; several of them are now returned, and in about two Days the rest are expected. The Astronomers are desired to be very attentive to these Maculae, as in last June a small Spot was observed to transit another, and they appeared as one for a considerable Time. The like Phenomena were seen by Messieurs Fisher and Dodson in the Years 1769 and 1770.
Tuesday last was landed, from on Board a West India Ship, the largest Allegator that ever was seen in England. It is said to be designed for a Present to the Royal Society.
Among the English and Irish Nobility at present at Spa, in Germany, are, the Lord Primate of Ireland, Duke and Duchess of Bolton, Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, Earl and Countess of Carlisle, Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam, Earl and Countess Spencer, Earl and Countess of Barrymore, Lord Algernon Percy, &c. The Company consists of near four Hundred, about a Third of whom are English.
From Candia we hear that an English Ship was lately wrecked on the Coast of the Morea, and that the Captain and Crew were inhumanely massacred by the Inhabitants, who took them for Russians, or at least belonging to the Russian Fleet.
Extract of a Letter from Constantinople, July 6. "The Cessation of Arms between us and the Russians is to continue no longer than one Hundred Days. The Porte has presented the Ministers of Vienna and Berlin with fifty Purse, or twenty five Thousand Piaftres, as a Present."
We have the Mortification to inform the Publick that more Bankruptcies are still talked of; though, what is extraordinary, not one Irish House has suffered in the late commercial Concession of the Metropolis.
The following has appeared in the London Papers. We can assure our Readers, at the west End of the Town, that (to save them the Trouble of going into the City) the Annuities for the Douglas and Heron Bank are now negotiating, by a Gentleman properly authorised, at Mr. Baxter's, Piercy Street, Rathbone Place, Soho. The Annuities from fifty Pounds to one Thousand Pounds a Year are granted on the Purchasers Lives, at only seven Years Purchase, or on any two Lives, and the longest Liver of them, at eight Years; and are the most advantageous Terms that ever were offered. Real Estates, to the Amount of several Millions Sterling, are subjected to the Payment of these Annuities. The Subscription is nearly full.
The late Sir W—— Y—— was famous for the Keenness of his Wit; it was also remarkable for the Foulness of his Breath, so remarkable that he was commonly called the Bug. Coming into the Smyrna Coffeehouse one Day, after a Ride, he complained bitterly of the north Wind, as it blew full in his Face all the Way home. "By God, Sir William," said Colonel Cutwell, who sat next him, "the north Wind had the worst of it."
Tuesday a Cause came on in the Court of King's Bench, before Lord Mansfield and a Special Jury, on the Statute of Usury, wherein the King and Beaumont were Plaintiff, and an eminent Colourman Defendant; when it appearing the Plaintiff had borrowed of the Defendant two Hundred Pounds, and paid him ten per Cent. Interest, the Jury found a Verdict for the Plaintiff, with two Hundred Pounds Damages.
Extract of a Letter from an Asiatick Merchant at Bengal to another of the same Country now resident at London.
"Such extraordinary Duties are laid on every Thing that the Manufactories must be ruined. Millions of People died here last Year for Want. The Company's Servants have made a Monopoly of Bamboos, Cheese, Rice, Corn, Brandy, Salt, and even the Stuff which Brooms are made of; by Means of heavy Duties thereon, imposed on all other Dealers. There is no inhabiting this Country any longer. The People of all the other Eastern Nations will be forced to quit it as fast as they conveniently can, there being Nothing here now to be acquired by honest Industry. You must not think of returning to these Provinces any more, for certain Ruin will be the Consequence of your so doing, where the very Manufactures are monopolized, oppressed, and plundered, without Mercy. Such are the Proceedings of the present Servants of the Company."
The Noblemen and Gentlemen at Almack's have offered a Premium to the Wits of the Age for the best and noblest Inscription to be set upon General Wolfe's Monument.
July 25. Advice is received from Zell that Preparations are making in a Palace there for the Reception of the Duke of Gloucester, who is expected there very soon on a Visit to the Queen of Denmark; who, on his Royal Highness's leaving Germany, is to return with him to England.
Some fresh Instructions have been lately sent to Commodore Shuldham, at Newfoundland, to keep the French within their Boundaries, for carrying on the Cod Fishery, as every Season since the Conclusion of last War they have given great Trouble to the Governors and the Captains of the Men of War on that Station, by setting up fresh Claims to Harbours, Fishing Works, &c. besides pretending a Right to the Whale Fishery.
We hear, from undoubted Authority, that an immense Sum of Money is now remitting to the Continent by the most secret Channels; several Jew Brokers are concerned.
Five Stallions, four Mares, and fifty three Coach Horses, are bought up at the Price of one Thousand eight Hundred and seventy Pounds, besides three Hundred Pounds Expenses, for the Use of the King of Portugal, and are now waiting for Exportation to Lisbon.
Advices from Dublin give a melancholy Account of a late dreadful Fire which broke out on the 15th at Drogheda, by which near Half the Town is destroyed.
During the Course of Lord Valentia's Claim being pendent in the House of Commons in Ireland, the Prime Serjeant of that Kingdom (the Right Honourable John Hely Hutchinson) being Counsel for his Lordship, spoke, at one Time, for five Hours and thirty seven Minutes; and notwithstanding the Difficulty of supporting a single Subject for so long a Time, he interested his Audience through every Part of it, but more particularly towards the Close, when, describing the unhappy Predicament that young Nobleman stood in Respect to his Family Honours, this last Part had such an Effect on the Audience as to make the Majority of them shed Tears. During the Course of this Appeal Lord Valentia's Expenses, in the bare Article of Witnesses, amounted to thirty Guineas a Day, for one Hundred and twenty Days.
This Morning came on to be tried at Guildhall, before the Right Honourable Lord Mansfield, and a special Jury, an Action of Trover brought by Messrs. Townsend and Everett, as Assignees of Thomas Woolen, a Bankrupt, against John Wilkes and Frederick Bull, Esquires, as Sheriffs of Middlesex, to recover Part of the said Bankrupt's Estate, levied by them in Execution of a Judgment entered up on a Warrant of Attorney executed by the Bankrupt to his Brothers in Law, to secure them the supposed Balance of an unliquidated Account, in Preference to his other Creditors, and in Contemplation of a Bankruptcy; when, after a Trial of three Hours, the Jury found a Verdict for the Plaintiffs for sixteen Hundred Pounds, the Value of the Effects, to the Satisfaction of the whole Court. The Counsel for the Plaintiffs were Mr. Serjeant Davy, Messrs. Dunning, Davenport, and Cowper; Defendants Counsel, Messrs. Wallace and Mansfield.
July 28. The Lord Chancellor has enlarged the Time of Mr. Forde's Surrender till the 12th Day of September next. If he does not then appear before his Creditors at Guildhall, he will be subject to Death if ever he is seen in England after. He is now said to be in Paris.
Our amiable Queen, who is ever delighting in, and setting good Examples, has just finished a very curious Tambour Waistcoat for the Prince of Wales. [Would it not be highly commendable if our Ladies would fill up their vacant Hours with such like Amusements?]
General Paoli is to have the Grant of a considerable Tract of Land on the Ohio, whether he intends to carry a Colony of Corsicans.
The Earl of Chatham, it is said, is now busy in writing a History of his own Times; but whether that History will reflect the greater Honour upon the Wisdom of his Country, or his own particular Virtue, is only to be guessed at, till the World is favoured with the Publication.
His Majesty has settled five Hundred Pounds a Year on each of the Physicians that attended the Duke of Gloucester in Italy, and on two Lives after each of them.
A few Days since died at her Lodgings at Paddington the celebrated Kitty Fell, on whom a Song was written some Years ago, which was a favourite Ditty through the Kingdom, Adieu dear Kitty Fell!
August 3. On Thursday last a Dinner was dressed, at the Red Cow, Kent Street, Southwark, by a Black Cook, who is Master of the House: A Hog barbecued, two Turtles, two mock Ditto, and a great Quantity of East India Dishes, for the Reception of Gentlemen, &c. that pleased him with their Company, and it was thought to be the grandest Dinner ever dressed in that Neighbourhood; and after Dinner, which gave great Satisfaction to the Company, were drank several loyal loyal Toasts.
Extract of a Letter from the Hague, July 28.
"The last Letters from Hanover advise that the Queen Caroline Matilda of Denmark celebrated her Birthday the 22d Instant, with great Splendour; on which Occasion there was an Opera at Gorde, by Performers which were sent for from Hamburg. These Letters add, that this Princess has at last pitched upon Zell for her Residence during the Winter, and that the Castle there is fitting up for her Reception."
A Letter from Copenhagen mentions that the greatest Part of those Persons who were chiefly assisting at the Revolution of the 17th of January last, instead of being rewarded for that important Event, are either disgraced or forced to resign their Employments. Among these is Count Rantzau, who was forced from all his Offices, and is retired to Lubeck.
August 4. The Report of Lord Lyttleton's coming into Administration is again revived; and it is next to a Certainty the Ministry, before November, will consist of Men truly noble, patriotick, and sensible.
On Sunday Lord Mansfield gave a grand Entertainment at his House at Cane Wood to several Persons of Distinction, some of the foreign Ambassadors, four of the Judges, &c.
The Cause of the Favour shown to the present Prime Minister. The present Minister was one Day expressing his Wonder at the great Reconciliation between himself and the Royal Family, when it was notorious that his Father visited very seldom any of the Royal Palaces. The Earl of Ch——, being one of the Company, replied, "But, my Lord, it is no less notorious that George II. frequently visited Walderfshire and Wroxton Abbey, as well as your Mother's House in Grosvenor Square."
We are assured that the Lords of the Admiralty have actually issued out Orders for the Keels of twenty Ships of War of the Line to be laid upon the Stocks at Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Chatham, and to be finished with all Expedition.
How happy would it be for the Nation if the King's Favour was like Dogget's Coat and Badge, where the best Sculls are sure of having it.
Extract of a Letter from Lindhurst, in the New Forest, August 1, 1772.
"Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland dined at the Lodge at this Place, and on Tuesday will go over to Southampton to the Assembly, where there is a great Deal of Company impatiently expecting his Presence, and his Dutchess, in whose Praise too much cannot be said."
The French Ambassador has a greater Acquaintance among the Nobility than any of his Predecessors had, or any Ambassador now residing at the Court of Great Britain. He has a particular Liking to the Country, which induces him to spare no Pains or Expense in rendering himself agreeable to every One.
We hear, from repeated Trials of North American Oak, at the principal Dockyards in this Kingdom, the Master Builders are entirely of Opinion that the Timber of that Country is by no Means hard enough, or of sufficient Durability, to be used in the Construction of his Majesty's Ships of War.
A great Man, in the Neighbourhood of the Minories, stopped Payment on Saturday; but soon after that received a Supply of two Hundred Thousand Pounds, which it was supposed would not keep him above Water longer than to-morrow or Thursday.
August 8. We are assured, from good Authority, that the Russians, if not compelled, will not permit any other Foreigners, but themselves to gain a Footing in Poland.
Through the same Channel we learn that Nothing but the avowed Intentions of the Part the Courts of Vienna and Berlin intended to take could have prevailed on that of Petersburg to enter into any Measures towards an Accommodation of their Disputes with the Porte.
By a Letter from Rome, dated June 12th, there is Advice that Cardinal York died there the 10th of the same Month. All his valuable Estates and Effects, except some Legacies which he has left towards the Support of those Jesuits which have been drove from Spain and Portugal, &c. he has bequeathed to his Brother the Chevalier, who was at the same Time incoq. at Turin, waiting for some great Event, which was expected to happen very soon. The Letter farther says, that a Courier was despatched to Turin with Advice of the Death of the Cardinal.
A few Days ago, as the Servants of a Merchant in King's Arms Yard, Coleman Street, were getting Dinner ready for the Family, the Noise of a Bell was heard. The Cook, who was a Frenchman, being in a Sort of Re-

verie, conceived the Host was passing along the Street, fell upon his Knees, lifted up his Eyes, crossed and blessed himself; the Footman damn'd his Eyes, and swore the Devil had appeared in the Form of a Bear; another said, it was in the Form of a flying Fish; and a third said, it was like a Bat. The Accident caused much Confusion and Altercation among the Servants.
A private Letter from Cork says, that a great Number of Roman Catholics in that City, and the adjacent Country, are preparing to emigrate shortly to Canada in America.
August 10. We hear from Vienna that the Emperor is raising Troops in Bohemia, and making other warlike Preparations with the utmost Despatch.
Letters from Rome inform that the Princess of Stolberg, Consort to the Chevalier Stuart, has been declared to be pregnant, and they have both received Compliments of Congratulation from several Persons of Distinction thereon.
We have received Accounts from Rotterdam that the Rottekai broke down about ten Miles from that City, by which Accident not only a large Extent of Land is laid under Water, but the River Rott is run dry from Rotterdam to Gouda.
Extract of a Letter from Dunkirk, August 5. "An Arrest of Council was received here the other Day, empowering the Corporation and Board of Trade of this Town to raise two Hundred and twenty Thousand Livres, in Order to defray the Expense of repairing our Key and the great Tower, and likewise the Canals of Fuernes and St. Omer's. As any Reparations of the above Kind are expressly against the Treaty of Peace, it is expected that your Ministry will not behold these Reparations, of so much Consequence to the Harbour, to be finished without the Ceremony at least of a Negotiation."
They write from Toulon that the Court had given Orders for some Fortifications being erected at the different Seaports belonging to them in the Mediterranean.
The Removal of the Massachusetts Bay Assembly from Cambridge to Boston, before the Right of the Crown to convene at Discretion, within any Part of the Province, has been acknowledged, gives great Uneasiness to every considerate Individual of the Mother Country, and seems a fresh Forerunner of improper Concussions to the most turbulent Members of the British Empire.
That the Province of Massachusetts Bay should be distinguished by so uncommon a Spirit of Disaffection to Great Britain surprises many sensible People, because in the last War the Inhabitants exerted themselves in a most remarkable Manner against the Enemy, and exceeded their acknowledged Ability so far that our Parliament thought proper to vote them no less a Sum than two Hundred Thousand Pounds.
It is said that a new and capital Arrangement will be made in the Departments of State before the Meeting of Parliament. Lord Chatham's Plan for arranging East India Affairs, and for placing the Army and Revenue of Bengal in the Hands of the Nation, will be adopted; and as his Lordship has declined to accept the Offer made to him of the Office of Secretary for East India Affairs, Lord George Germaine, at his Lordship's Recommendation, is to fill that important Department. The Measure of sending out a Commission of Supervisors has hastened the Completion of the above Arrangement, it being now perfectly understood that it is only a Scheme for throwing Money into the Pockets of some Friends of the leading Men in the City, at the Expense of the Company.
It is whispered at the west End of the Town that some very interesting Proposals, with Heads of a Treaty, have been laid before a great Personage for arranging the different Pretensions of the invading Powers in Poland, and adjusting their respective Claims so as to give general Satisfaction to the contending Parties. This Treaty, if approved, and duly carried into Execution (which we hope it will be for so glorious an Event) will, we hear, not only highly add to the Glory of the British Crown, by a timely Interposition for restoring the Tranquillity of that distressed Country, but also establish the Peace of Europe upon a permanent Footing, and greatly extend our Commerce, by several national Advantages. The Publick is impatient to know the Particulars of this Treaty, and the Fate it may meet with, as well as to hear whether the Propositions for taking off the Duties on Soap, Candles, and Leather, without Prejudice to the Crown Revenue, and relieving the Distresses of the Poor of this Kingdom, are likely to meet with Success.
Though the Affair of Falkland Island has happily terminated without Bloodshed, the Spaniards do not seem in the least willing to relinquish their Encroachments on the Property of the English. The last Arrivals from the Mississippi mention that General O'Reily had built a Fortification on a most convenient Island belonging to us, which commands the River, and which must, unless speedily taken Notice of by our Court, render our Dominions in that Part of the World entirely useless to the lawful Sovereign.
Notwithstanding the foregoing Circumstance, we are assured the most perfect Harmony reigns between the English and Spanish Governments near the Mississippi; and indeed so there ought, when the English indolently suffer the latter to plunder them with Impunity.
We learn from Vienna that General Esterhazy has marched into Poland with an Army of twenty four Thousand Men, to join General Haddick. The French and Spaniards are now fitting out Ships of War at their Ports, and making other warlike Preparations with great Assiduity.
A Gentleman lately arrived from that Part of the Continent which Mr. Morris has chosen for his present Residence says that Mr. Morris has instituted a Suit for Damages, in the supreme Court of Vienna, against the Preror Hanckel, and the two Englishmen hired to pursue him; and that he has made a Purchase in the Territories of the Baron Shimmelman, and taken a Quantity of wild Grounds into his Hand, in Order to show the Improvement of English Husbandry, in which Mr. Morris has a very competent Skill. Upon his removing into a separate Jurisdiction, of Wandlbock, he caused a Suit to be instituted in the Court there in Order to prove the Validity of his Marriage, which has since been solemnly affirmed by a judicial Decree. Two Men despatched after Mr. Morris having industriously circulated a Report at Hamburg that a Recompense of a Thousand Pounds would be given to any One that would assassinate that Gentleman, Mr. Morris, as he was lately riding out near Baron Shimmelman's Woods, was fired at by a Russian, seduced by this Temptation, who wounded him in the Side, but we hear not dangerously. The Villain made his Escape.
The Creditors of Messieurs Neale, James, and Downe, have behaved, we hear, with a most exalted Generosity to these Gentlemen: To Mr. Neale they have granted an Annuity of a Hundred Pounds for Life; to Mr. James they have allowed the Life Possession of a Hundred and sixty Pounds a Year, which was settled on him at Marriage by Mrs. James; and to Mr. Downe they have given the Interest of five Thousand Pounds for his Life, the Sum settled in Marriage on Mrs. Downe, and which after his Decease becomes the entire Property of that Lady. All this the Creditors have done, besides returning the Deposits of the Bankrupts; and, in the true Spirit of English Lenity, made the strongest Distinction between a Crime and a Misfortune.
It is asserted that a certain great and amiable Lady has appropriated no less a Sum than four Thousand Pounds for the Relief of poor Families, with in these two Years.
We are informed that Mess. Glynn and Halifax have paid all Bills that have been presented to them, and are ready to pay all Demands, with Interest, as they shall be tendered.
Letters from Vienna say that a young Girl there, a Native of Bavaria, has the same Gift as young Parangue, the Hydroscope of the South of France. Several Attestations have been made of her surprising Discoveries of Water, which she has declared she could perceive under Ground.
Letters by the Indiamen lately arrived say that the Marattoes, to the Number of twenty Thousand, have entered the Carnatick, and have actually committed great Depredations in the Territories of Madras. The same Letters add, that Schah Allum, whom these People had placed on the Mogul's Throne, was then at Delhi.
Extract of a Letter from Compeigne, July 25. "The Sieur de Kerguelen, Lieutenant in the Navy, who was sent out to make Discoveries of the Terra Australis, is lately returned, and the following Particulars of the Success of his Voyage are published here: After three Weeks Navigation from the Island of Bourbon, the Sieur de Kerguelen discovered, in forty seven Degrees of south Latitude, westward of that Island, an unknown Country, which he has named South France. He coasted along an Extent of fifty Leagues, and according to the Report of some of his People, whom he sent on Shore, the Country is very fine, and appears to be extremely fruitful. It is peopled by a vast Number of Inhabitants, of a blackish Complexion; there are Forests, and Meadows covered with numberless Herds of Cattle."
On Thursday Night a Man intoxicated with Liquor was so elated with the Performance of Columbine at Saddler's Wells, that he, after expressing the greatest Admiration in the most vociferous Terms, jumped from the Top of the Balcony to the Stage, where he broke his Arm, and terribly bruised one of the Musicians, on whom he fell; he was immediately taken Care of by Mr. King's People, and carried to a neighbouring Surgeon's.
Thursday a Woman at Greenwich was taken into Custody, on a violent Suspicion of starving her Nurse Child to Death. The Infant (being only two Years and a Half old) had gnawed Part of the Flesh from off its Fingers.
Two Regiments of Highlanders are shortly to be raised in Scotland, intended for Garrison Duty in North America.
Orders are sent to Ireland for a Stop to be put to the Exportation of Salt Provisions to the Spanish Islands in the West Indies.
Monday last arrived at Spithead his Majesty's Bark Endeavour, Lieutenant James Gordon Commander, from the Falkland Islands. She left England December 5th, 1771. Thus she was not quite eight Months going and coming, which is the quickest Passage ever known.
Saturday Morning a Transport Vessel fell down the River for Gravesend, with Part of the Troops on Board destined for America.
Thursday Afternoon a famous Boxing Match was fought, in the Presence of many Thousand Spectators, in the Valley between the City and Goswell Street Roads, near Islington, between the noted Bruisers Sam Stevens the Shoemaker and Ben Hamilton the Tipspeman, for a considerable Sum of Money. Bets running high among the knowing Ones. Their Arts were never more conspicuous, which occasioned the poor Fellows to fight four severe Battles; towards the Ends of each, one Side or other cried, a foul Blow, and then the interested Mob broke in and wrangled for an Hour between each Battle, neither Side allowing the Money lost. Stevens, however, was declared Conqueror at last, by the aforesaid Manoeuvre; a fifth Battle is expected.
Extract of a Letter from Vera, near Constantinople, June 17. "Seid Ali Aga, an Officer (a Black) who last Year defended a Redoubt, with eight Hundred Men, bravely against the Russians, but was at last made Prisoner, is arrived here. Count Romanzow made a Present of him to his Prussian Majesty, who gave him several Suits of Clothes, and a fine Sabre, with Liberty to return to Constantinople, and all his Charges paid him. He related the Generosity of the King of Prussia to the Grand Seigneur, who immediately ordered two Slaves to be delivered to the Prussian Secretary, who had been Officers, and were taken at the Battle of Maxen."
Whether Lord Chatham will or will not enter, as many imagine, on an active Part in the Administration the ensuing Winter, is somewhat doubtful, but many assert it is certain that his Lordship has recently taken several Steps, and been engaged in divers Interviews, which can be no otherwise interpreted than agreeably to the Wishes of the Publick.
It is very remarkable that the three Courts of France, Spain, and England, should, instead of following the Example of their Ancestors, politely debate their political Points. For Example: France claims the Spice Islands, but waits till his Catholic Brother's Fleet be ready to embark on the same Enterprise; and Spain, with infinite Kindness, attends the Motions of Great Britain, and Great Britain of Spain; that no Cause for Umbrage may arise to either Party.
The Spice Islands are now the grand Object, it is imagined, of ministerial Consideration; but as they are beheld with wishful Eyes by so many other Powers, query whether we must not pay a Price for them beyond their Value, if Fortune were even at last to declare in our Favour?
The celebrated Doctor Fordyce, whose Piety and Abilities are so well known, and so generally respected, has, we hear, since the Failure of his Brother, directed his Sermons chiefly against the Luxury of the Times, and dwelt upon Frugality and Justice, as the grand Sources of private Happiness and publick Prosperity.
Lord Hillsborough, finding it is his Majesty's Pleasure to proceed in the Grant of Lands on the Ohio contrary to the Opinion of the Board of Trade, begs Leave to retire, and he is succeeded by the Earl of Dartmouth.
This Day the Royal Regiment of Welch Fusiliers will be reviewed on Wimbledon Common, by his Majesty. They are reckoned the best disciplined Regiment in Europe, and are well known to our Neighbours the French.
August 14. On Wednesday twenty one Pieces of Cannon were drawn out in a Field adjoining to the Prince of Wales's House at Kew, to be fired at one o'Clock, in Honour of the Day; when his Royal Highness desired to fire them off himself, which with some Reluctance was complied with, and was executed with surprising Agility. The Gentlemen of Richmond, and the Tenants of that Manor, had an elegant Entertainment on the Occasion; her Majesty presented them with a Brace of Bucks.
It is said that six Ships of the Line, and three Frigates, are ordered to be victualled immediately with six Months Provisions, a full Allowance to proceed on foreign Service.
They write from Barbadoes that from the great warlike Preparations at Martinico, and other French Islands, it was apprehended the Court of Versailles had some important Expedition in View.
They write from Bermuda that sixteen Sloops, from twelve to sixteen Guns, were building there on Commission from Martinico.
Government have lately contracted with some eminent Ship Builders for building forty Vessels on a new Plan, proposed by Lord Sandwich, for the internal Navigation up the small Rivers in Guinea, Africa, and along the Gold Coast, as well as those of America. They are to be so calculated as, when fully laden, to draw but little Water.
A very great Underwriter, who stopped Payment a few Days ago, it is said, on summoning his Creditors, satisfied them that though he owed two Hundred and seventy eight Thousand Pounds he had three Hundred and forty Thousand Pounds due to him to pay it.
The Creditors of Messieurs Bogle and Scott have empowered the Assignees to allow them six Hundred Pounds a Year till their Affairs are adjusted.
A Correspondent observes, that there is perhaps Nothing more ridiculous than an Attempt to appear above our Stations. The Fable of the Frog and Ox should be perused by these Gentry, and they should also remember that though Appearances may gain them Respect from those who are unacquainted with their Stations in Life, yet the Moment they come to be known they will be laughed at and despised. How absurd in a Tradesman to set up an Equipage, and at the same Time see his Creditors come twice for Payment of their Bills! If it is Happiness they seek for, let them be told she is not confined to Courts or Palaces, but is as common as the Air, and may be often (perhaps oftener) be met in the Cottage of the Poor, glad if they would properly look for her; she may be found in every Sphere of Life, and the surest Road is Content.
The Project of establishing a new Colony in the back Parts of North America has proved a Bone of Contention among the Ministry. They have long been growling at one another, and were very near coming to an open Rupture. It is said the Plan of the Settlement was artfully contrived by the Bedford Faction, in Order to oust the Hibernian Secretary of State, who had rashly declared that if such a Plan was carried into Execution he would certainly resign. This was the very Thing they wanted, and accordingly they took him at his Word. The Bedford next planned another Arrangement in their own Favour, as follows: Lord Gower was to be Secretary of State for the Colonies, in the Room at Lord Hillsborough; the Duke of Grafton was to be President of the Council, in the Room of Lord Gower; and Lord Weymouth was to succeed the Duke of Grafton, as Privy Seal. However, all this Bedfordian Arrangement has been over-ruled by the Premier, who has got his Kinsman Lord Dartmouth nominated to this Department.
The Report of Lord Gower being appointed Ambassador to France is totally groundless; Lord Stormont being already nominated in the Room of Lord Harcourt, and Sir Robert Keith in the Room of Lord Stormont. These Removes, however, are prevented from taking Place, from Lord Harcourt's refusing to give up the Emoluments of the Embassy until he is in Possession of the Viceroyship, otherwise he might run the Risk of losing a few Weeks Salary. If our Ministers are inattentive to the national Interest, yet no One can deny that they are extremely attentive to their own.
On Wednesday the Earl of Hillsborough kissed his Majesty's Hand on being created an Earl of Great Britain.
Thursday the Earl of Dartmouth kissed Hands on being appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies, and first Lord of Trade in the Room of the Earl of Hillsborough, who has resigned. Lord Dartmouth is a Nephew to the late celebrated Mr. Legge, whose Relict, Lady Stavell, married Lord Hillsborough. He is a Nobleman of a very religious Turn, and in these dissipated Times has been charged with Methodism, in consequence of the Regularity with which he discharges all the Duties of Christianity.
August 15. Yesterday his Excellency the Spanish Ambassador, Prince Masserano, and his Lady, took Leave of their Majesties at St. James's, previous to their Departure from this Kingdom; and Thursday next is fixed for the Departure of himself and Family, on their Return for the Court of Madrid.
This Morning there was a Meeting of the French, Dutch, Russian, and Imperial Ambassadors, at the Prince Masserano's, in Great Ormond Street, Queen Square, supposed to take Leave of him before his Departure.
Yesterday Sir Joseph York, and Sir William Hamilton, took Leave of their Majesties at St. James's, previous to their Departures on their respective Embassies.
Extract of a Letter from Mequinez, the Residence of the Emperor of Morocco, June 20.
"A Treaty, offensive and defensive, has just been concluded here between the Emperor and the Dey of Algiers; by which the latter is to supply the former with three Ships of War of thirty Guns each, several Row Gallies, and a large Quantity of naval Stores. The Vessels are to rendezvous at Sallee, where a Number of Ships, Zebecks, Tartans,
Palacres, &c. are now fitting out. Orders have likewise been despatched to Tunis, Larache, Mamora, and Tetuan, to send as great a Force as possible to Sallee; and there a grand Fleet is to be formed, though for what Purpose is kept a profound Secret, but most People imagine it is intended to make a Descent on the Spanish Coast. The Emperor's black Troops, which are mostly Cavalry, have received Orders to hold themselves in Readiness for marching at a Moment's Warning; and the Command is given to Mehemet Ben Adobia, his Imperial Majesty's Nephew. The Fortifications on the Sea Coast are ordered to be repaired and strengthened. In short, every Preparation is making here for carrying on a War against Spain with the utmost Vigour."
Extract of a Letter from Hamburg, August 11.
"A few Days ago Baron de Bodemeyer, who came from Copenhagen, and was going to the Goerde, was arrested here, and imprisoned at Altona; all his Money, Watch, and Papers, were seized by Order of the Magistrates of Altona. The Reason of this Arrest is at present unknown."
They write from Leghorn that the Grand Seigneur has so exhausted his Treasures that he has been obliged to raise Contributions on all the Inhabitants of Constantinople, the Janizaries not excepted, which is likely to be productive of very serious Consequences, if the Peace is not settled before another Campaign.
A Letter from Warsaw, dated July 25th, says: "The Ministers of the Courts of Vienna, Petersburg, and Berlin, continue to live here on the most amicable Footing, and always act in Concert. The Difficulties that had arisen with Regard to the Evacuation of Leopold, which the Partisans of Discord have made such a Clamour about, consisted only in a little Delay which the Russians were desirous of, on Account of the Communication which that Town afforded them with their grand Army. The Evacuation of Leopold, therefore, is a sure Sign that the Congress at Fokzany will be happily terminated."
Letters from Vienna, dated July 29th, mention that the History of a certain great Lady, late of Copenhagen, had been printed and published in Vienna; but as this Historian paints her Heroine in the most infamous Colours, the Sale of this Pamphlet hath been, at the Request of a certain Ambassadors, prohibited, under the Penalty of one Ounce of fine Gold for each Copy.
The Coffeehouse Politicians have been for some Time puzzling themselves to account for the seeming Amity and friendly Intercourse kept up between the Courts of London and Copenhagen, notwithstanding the obvious Cause for Enmity that subsists.
The present Princess of Stolberg, Wife of the Chevalier, whose Pregnancy has been lately declared at Rome, is Granddaughter to Thomas Bruce, Earl of Aylesbury, Father of Charles Bruce, the last Earl of Aylesbury, in whose Person that Title became extinct. The said Thomas, being a Papist, settled at Brussels, in the Low Countries, where he married his second Lady Charlotte, Countess of Sanna, of the noble House of Argentneau, by whom he had an only Daughter, Charlotte Maria, who married in 1722 the Prince of Horne, one of the Princes of the Empire, by whom she had five Children, the youngest of whom is the above mentioned Princess of Stolberg, who, as appears by the foreign Account, is first Cousin to her Grace the present Duchess of Richmond (her Grace's Father, and the Princess's Mother, being Brother and Sister) second Cousin to his Grace the Duke of Chandos, and allied to the principal Nobility in this Kingdom.
They write from the Hague that several Thousand Tuns of naval Stores, which had been bought up by an Agent for his Sardinian Majesty, had lately been shipped off in the Texel for the Mediterranean.
The same Letters add, that by Advices from Berlin, of the 27th ult. they learn that a Deputation of the principal Noblesse of the Imperial Dutchy of Cleves had lately waited on his Prussian Majesty, imploring him to take that Province under his Protection.
The Disappearance of two great Personages at the Court of Vienna occasions much Matter for Speculation all over the Continent; but the Cause, as well as the Motives of their Conduct, remain an impenetrable Secret.
By the last Letters from Italy we hear that there has been another Earthquake at Messina, which has done considerable Damage.
We hear from Paris that the Duchess of Bouillon has been lately banished the Court, on Account of some improper Behaviour to the Countess of Barré.
About two Years since his Imperial Majesty had a long Conference with the King of Prussia at Potsdam. The good and beneficent Emperor has proved an excellent Proficient in the Politics of the Brandenburg Hero; they have both left large Armies into Poland, with an Intent to share such Provinces of that Kingdom as the Empress of Russia will permit them to enjoy. Unhappy is that State or Nation which cannot cure its own Evils without the Aid of Foreigners. A Hundred Thousand Mediators have ruined Poland. The Seeds of their Destruction were laid by the Bigotry, Superstition, and intolerant Spirit of the Priests, and the despotick Behaviour of the Nobility; the former would allow of no Toleration, the latter would suffer no Liberty.
A Fleet of four French Ships of the Line, with two Companies of Artillery on Board, failed from Brest for Martinico the 2d Instant.
Orders are said to be given for fifty Men, and two Officers, to be added to each of the independent Companies of Invalids.
Orders are issued for immediately building six Frigates, of thirty six Guns, in the private Yards of the River.
The Ship Little Pompey, Captain George Thomson, from St. Christopher's to London, is taken by a Pirate Ship off the Madeiras, and carried into a Spanish Port.
Yesterday the French and Spanish Ambassadors were together, at the Premier's House in Westminster, near four Hours.
A Correspondent informs us that Sir Joseph York was lately offered his Choice of several Departments in the Ministry, but he preferred continuing in his honourable Employment at the Hague.
Yesterday Sir Joseph York, Ambassador to the States General, set out for Harwich, to embark there for the Hague.
Before Lord Hillsborough set out of Town he delivered to the Earl of Dartmouth some Instructions for Proceedings in the next Session of Parliament, together with several Papers of Consequence which his Lordship received some Time since from the Continent of America.
An Address is preparing, we hear, by a very respectable Body of North American Merchants to the Earl of Hillsborough, to thank him for the very polite Reception which they constantly received at his Board during the Time he presided, and to acknowledge their high Idea of his Intentions for the mutual Benefit no less of the Colonies than the Mother Country.
Lord Hillsborough being now out of Office, it will speedily become fashionable to speak highly of him in the Newspapers; but this we can safely tell our Readers, that the whole Board of Trade offered to resign with him, from a disinterested Principle of Attachment, and a confirmed Opinion at least of his Integrity.
Lord Townshend is recalled from Ireland, and is to be rewarded on his Return to Great Britain with the Command of the Coldstream (or second) Regiment of Foot Guards. The old and gallant Colonel who at present has the Command of that Regiment is to retire upon a Pension of four Thousand Pounds a Year, which Sum Lord Townshend is to pay Lord Tyrone during the latter's Life.
We are informed that no more Alterations in the Ministry will take Place until the Beginning of the next Session of Parliament.
It is talked, at the west End of the Town, that the Duke of Cumberland is determined to listen to no Proposals that may be made to him for effecting a Reconciliation with his Family, if the waving any Part of his Duchess's Privilege should be insisted upon.
A Gentleman of Consequence in the commercial World has favoured us with the following Extract of a Letter from Amsterdam, dated July 30th. "I was a few Days since at a most lovely Village called Brock near Saldam, in North Holland, where my Host told me an English Gentleman, attended by one Servant, had lodged at a Physician's House in the Town for about fourteen Days past. From the uncommon Pains he took to conceal himself, People were very inquisitive to find out his real Character; but all their Efforts have hitherto been in vain, though it is universally suspected, from many Circumstances, that he is the unfortunate enterprising Fordyce, who has made Choice of that Place for an Asylum. He is about five Feet eight Inches high, genteelly made, wears his own dark Hair, his Hat carelessly awry, and is bald on the Crown of the Head; he keeps two fine Horses, and a very smart Servant, who cannot help letting the People know his Master is a much greater Man than he appears to be."
The Chairman of a great Company, since the Departure of Mr. Fordyce, has had the whole Alley to himself; and it is generally imagined, that if Mr. Fordyce had still maintained his Ground we should not have been alarmed with such dreadful Pictures of our Situation in the East Indies.
If the East India Company is unable to exact Obedience from its Servants abroad, the fairest Opportunity occurs for annexing its Dominions to the Crown; and the Ministry, we hear, already considers this acknowledged Incapacity of the Directors to govern as a proper Ground for the Interposition of Parliament. The popular Mode of Government which at present exists in the East India Company is the grand Origin of all the Malversations in Bengal, and renders the executive Power of the

Direction contemptible. A Plunderer has no sooner waded, through Blood, to an immense Fortune, than he comes home, is elected one of the Directors, and then People are astonished that Inquiries are not made into Transactions which stiffen them with Horror in the bare Recital. They expect that the Criminal will join in a Prosecution against himself, or agitate Prosecutions against others, which must necessarily lead to the Destruction of his own Character. Besides the foregoing Circumstance, the constant Fluctuation of the Directors, who are the mere Creatures of momentary Prejudice, and not the upright Choice of a sensible Proprietary, has a visible Tendency to embarrass the Company's Affairs, as each Man is more solicitous for the Preservation of a Power to which a prodigious Patronage is annexed, than about the faithful Discharge of his Duty.
A Detail of the East India Company's Affairs, as stated on Wednesday last at the General Court, held in Leaden Hall Street.
  The neat annual Revenues, - - - - - £. 4, 000, 000   Outgoings.   Military Department, - - - - - 1, 800, 000   Civil Department, - - - - - 800, 000   Tribute to the Crown, - - - - - 400, 000   Dividend, - - - - - 400, 000   The annual Expense for the future is limited to - - - - - 100, 000   Total neat Revenues, - - - - - £. 4, 000, 000   Total Outgoings, - - - - - £. 3, 500, 000   Surplus, - - - - - 500, 000 
Besides this annual Surplus of five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling, there will be for the future an annual Discontinuance of Expenditure, to the Amount of six Hundred and sixty six Thousand Pounds, in the Article of erecting Forts, Magazines, &c. which Outgoing will now be carried to the publick Stock, there being no farther Occasion for any greater Expenditure on this Account, for the future, than the moderate Sum of one Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling annually; besides which, the Company, for the future, will not send out one single Ounce of Silver in their Ships to China.
The King of Poland has written a Letter, with his own Hand, to his Majesty, supplicating the Interference of this Court with the three great Powers (the Emperor of Germany, the Empress of Russia, and the King of Prussia) respecting their Designs on the Kingdom of Poland, as his Polish Majesty had Reasons to fear that their private Intentions were not correspondent to their publick Avowals.
A few Days before the Premier went out of Town, some City Partisans of his, who have served him for some Time past in Elections, waited on him to know how they should act in Respect to Mr. Wilkes on the ensuing Election for Lord Mayor; when he replied, with great Coolness, "Gentlemen, you may make him what you will, now he has lost his Sting."
Extract of a Letter from Portsmouth, August 13.
"I have been a Shipwright in this Dockyard these twenty six Years, in which Time we have had many eminent Persons at the Head of the Navy; but I assure you none have surpassed the Goodness and sound Judgment of the present first Lord of the Admiralty, who will ever be revered by the Artificers of the Royal Yards in general for his Goodness of Heart, in being the chief Instrument in causing the following Regulations to be made. Our most gracious Sovereign, by the Advice of Lord Sandwich, and the other Lords of the Admiralty, and Privy Council, has ordered the following standing Rules should be strictly and duly attended to: That every Shipwright who has served a regular Apprenticeship in the King's Yard, and by any Means gets Hurt, so as to disable him from working, is to have twenty Pounds a Year, to be paid him quarterly; after thirty Years Labour, if they cannot work any longer, and bear a good Character, they are entitled to the same Annuity; the Joiners the same; the Sail Makers and House Carpenters are to have seventeen Pounds, the Blacksmiths eleven Pounds, and the Labourers eleven Pounds."
A Correspondent says, that if Mr. Fordyce can read the Account of the Transactions at the last Examination of his Partners unmoved, he must be more than insensible; and, as Mr. Quin said to a Cook at a great Eating House in Covent Garden, he may bid Defiance to the Devil.
Lord Garlies, who is talked of to succeed Mr. Roberts at the Board of Trade, is eldest Son to the Earl of Galway, and not only a Scotchman by Birth, but a Stewart by Name, two Circumstances which give much Offence to the Friends of Popularity.
We are assured that several eminent Merchants in the City are upon the Point of forming themselves into a Company for the Purpose of importing annually a certain Quantity of American Flower, which they are well satisfied will answer every Purpose of the Flower made from the Grain of our own Growth.
NEW YORK, September 21.
CAPTAIN Kallock, from St. Vincent's, arrived at Philadelphia, reports that he had a violent Gale of Wind on the 28th of August, and next Day, off Statia, he fell in with a Vessel, the Master of which informed him that the Day before twelve Sail were drove ashore at that Island.
Captain Breen, in six Weeks from the Bay of Honduras, informs us that on the 5th Instant, in Latitude 33: 14, Longitude 74: 30, he spoke with Ephraim Gilbert, in a Sloop from Madeira for South Carolina, who had lost his Mast and Boom in a terrible Gale of Wind, and acquainted Captain Breen that the Day after the Gale he saw a square rigged Vessel dismasted, and that he afterwards passed by many Pieces of Wreck. The 10th Instant, in Latitude 37: 16, Captain Breen also spoke with Captain Johnston, in a Brig, from Jamaica for Boston, five Weeks out, who informed him that ten Sail were lately cast away at Montego Bay, in that Island.
By Captain Manby, from Ocracoke, in North Carolina, in eight Days, we have an Account of the following Vessels being lost at that Place the first Instant, in a violent Gale of Wind. Captain Clarke, in a Schooner, from Edenton, lost, and all the Crew perished. Captain Pearse, in a Brig from the same Place, bound to Jamaica, lost, with the Cargo, but the Crew saved. Captain Towers, in a Schooner, from Boston, lost, the Crew saved. Captain Hill, from Virginia; the Vessel lost, People saved. A Sloop of about fifty Tons, loaded with Cedar, for Philadelphia, lost; and Captain Mills from the same Port, drove ashore, but both their Crews were saved. Captain Done, in a Schooner, from Connecticut, lost; Crew and Cargo saved. Captain Corter, from Edenton, lost. Captain Pender, from Newbern, lost; Cargo saved. Captain Conway, in a Sloop, from this Port, lost; Cargo saved. And Captain Thomas, from this Port also, Vessel entirely lost, and the Mate and three of the People drowned. The Captain three Days after was taken up, about six Miles from the Land, from Part of the Wreck, by a Vessel bound in; and the same Day a Lad named John Burrows, belonging to the same Sloop, was also taken up by another Vessel inward bound, from some of the Wreck, twelve Leagues to the northward of Ocracoke. And a Sloop, Name unknown, was drove out to Sea, and never again heard of.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 8.
HIS Majesty's Sloop Savage, Captain Bromedge, is arrived in Hampton Road from New York. The Arethusa, Captain Hammond, is shortly expected from the same Place; in which, we hear, will come Passengers Lord Stirling and Lord Drummond, Captains Campbell and Foy, and some other Gentlemen and Ladies.
The Katy, Clark, in five Weeks from Glasgow, Planter, Miller, Fanny, Barron, and Innermay, Laughton, from London, Watt, Atkinson, and Wilson (via Ireland, with a large Number of Settlers on Board) from Liverpool, are arrived in James River; and the Ocean, Ewing, and Falmouth, Dunnett, from Glasgow, in Rappahannock.
[Marriages.] Doctor DAVID BLACK, of Blandford, to Miss NANCY MACKENZIE, late of this City.
[Deaths.] Captain THEODORICK MUNFORD, at Colonel John Banister's, in Dinwiddie.
** The ORTHODOX LAYMAN will have a Place in our next.
Advertisements.
WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE, October 1, 1772.
BY Direction of the President and Masters, I am to give Notice to the several Surveyors who have executed Bonds for the Proportion of their Fees due to the College in Tobacco, to be discharged at any particular Rate, that they are required to give new Bonds for one sixth Part of whatever they receive for surveying, before the 1st of next Month, or they will be superseded. I am also directed to inform those Surveyors who doubted their Right to a Proportion of the Fees for private Surveys, that the Society have had the Advice of Counsel, who are of Opinion they are well entitled thereto, and that the Question was so determined by the General Court in April last.
(6) ROBERT MILLER, Burfar.
ROCKY RIDGE, September 23, 1772.
AS the Copartnership between Edward Johnson and David Wood, under the Firm of Edward Johnson and Company, dissolved the 1st Instant, those indebted to them are requested to make Payment immediately, or give Bonds for their Balances. EDWARD JOHNSON and Company.
WHEREAS I some Time ago became Security to Thomas Walke, for the Guardianship of the Estate of Francis Robertson, Orphan of John Robertson, deceased, and suggesting myself liable to the Court of Chesterfield for his bad Conduct in the Management of the said Estate, have applied to him to give me counter Security, pursuant to an Order of the said Court, which he refuses to do, I do therefore forewarn all Persons indebted to the said Walke, on Account of the said Orphan, from paying any such Debts to the said Walke, or any Person, except myself; and as I am informed he has lost at Cards a Note of Hand for twenty two Pounds ten Shillings, given to him by George Robertson, to which there was no Time fixed for the Payment of the said Money, I do forewarn all Persons from taking an Assignment of the said Note from Walke's Assignees after the Date hereof, as it is a Gaming Consideration. (11) GEORGE HANCOCK.
To be SOLD, pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Mr. William Brooke, deceased, EIGHT Hundred and forty Acres of LAND in the County of Orange. The said Land is distant about sixty Miles from Fredericksburg, is well wooded and watered, and the Soil good for Corn, Wheat, Tobacco, Hemp and Flax, and affords as good Range for Stocks of all Kinds as any Land in that County; and may be had at the low Price of one Hundred and sixty Pounds ready Money, or one Hundred and sixty eight Pounds twelve Months Credit, on Bond with approved Security. Any Person inclining to purchase may be shown the Land by applying to Major Zachariah Burnley, who lives in the Neighbourhood thereof, and who will contract for JOHN ROWZEE, } Executors, ROBERT BROOKE, } (4)
For SALE, A TRACT of LAND in Halifax County, containing five Hundred Acres, lying on the Waters of Hunting Creek, about two Miles from the Mouth. The Soil is very good for Tobacco, it is well watered, and is one of the finest Places for Stock in the Colony. Any Person inclining to purchase may see the Land by applying to Jesse Pleasants, near the Premises. I shall attend Halifax Court in December next, in Order to treat with any Person for it. Long Credit will be given for Half the Money. (21) JOSIAH PLEASANTS.
To be RENTED for one Year, or a Term of Years, A PLANTATION in Isle of Wight County, within four Miles of the Western Branch Landing, in Nansemond, containing three Hundred and seventy five Acres, on which is a large two Story Brick House, and other convenient Houses, large Apple Orchards, &c. also a MILL, well situated for Custom. Any Person inclining to rent may apply to the Subscriber, in Southampton County. WILLIAM SCOTT. N. B. The Mill is out of Repair, but shall be rebuilt at the Owner's Expense or by the Renter, as may be agreed on.
To be LET on CHARTER, for any Part of Europe, THE BRIGANTINE Pompey, James Yeoman Master, Burthen about twelve Hundred Barrels of Tar. For Terms apply to me on Board the said Vessel, now lying at Norfolk. JAMES YEOMAN.
To be LET for a LIFE, or TERM of YEARS, as may be agreed on, or SOLD, MRS. HOLT's Dower in HOG ISLAND, which I purchased of her. The Land is very good, drained and ditched, in Order for Crop-ping, so well fenced that it will not want a Rail for seven Years, and since I have had it in Possession have laid upwards of four Thousand Loads of Dung on it. There is a Brick Dwelling-House, good Stables, and a plentiful Kitchen Garden; also a profitable FERRY, abounding with great Plenty of Fish. No Place can be more advantageous than this is, as it lies within seven Miles of Williamsburg, and the Merchants, and others, who go to that City, by Way of said Island, leave their Horses there until they return from Court; so that the Stable only brings, in publick Times, from three to five Pounds a Day, and upwards. Proposals, in Writing, will be received by H. U. ST. GEORGE. * Any Person inclining to rent, or purchase, is requested to view the Premises, that they may better judge of its Value. Some People have made Proposals that never saw the Place. The Land may be entered on the first Day of January next.
To be SOLD on Thursday the 6th of November, at the late Dwelling-House of Captain Henry Harrison, deceased, in Sussex County, ALL the Residue of the personal Estate of the said Deceased, consisting of HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, STOCKS of every Kind, and about two Hundred BARRELS of CORN. Credit, for all Sums above twenty five Shillings, until the first Day of April 1773, Bond and approved Security being given; the Bonds to bear Interest from the Date, if not paid punctually. Those who have any Demands against the said Estate are desired to make them known, that they may be discharged; and those who are indebted thereto are desired to pay up their respective Balances immediately, as no farther Indulgence can be given. NATHANIEL HARRISON, Administrator.
To be SOLD on Saturday the 10th of October, at Eppes's Ordinary, in Dinwiddie County, at publick Sale, for ready Money, or Merchants Notes payable at the ensuing General Court, under a Deed of Trust from Itham Eppes to the Subscriber, A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND whereon the said Eppes now lives, lying about nine Miles from Paerburg, near the Road leading from thence to Dinwiddie Courthouse; also sixteen SLAVES, several good HORSES, CATTLE, HOGS, and sundry HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. (11) GRAY BRIGGS.
To be SOLD on Wednesday the 25th of November next, at the late Plantation of Captain Leonard Price, deceased, in Goochland, FOURTEEN valuable Virginia born NEGROES, consisting of Men, Women, Boys, and Girls, one of them an exceeding good Sawyer; together with the Crop of CORN and FODDER, three good WORK HORSES, and all the PLANTATION UTENSILS. Credit will be allowed until the 25th of October 1773, the Purchasers giving Bond and good Security to the Executors. (6) N. B. The Executors will sell Captain Price's Right to three Thousand Acres of LAND, which he was entitled to by his Majesty's Proclamation.
On Monday the 12th of this Instant (October) will be SOLD at publick Vendue, in Norfolk, for ready Money, for the Benefit of the Owners, or Under-writers, THE HULL and MATERIALS of the Snow NANCY, as she lately returned to this Place in Distress, on her Passage to Liverpool; together with her Cargo, consisting of four Hundred and eighty Barrels of TAR, one Hundred and twenty Barrels of TURPENTINE, and ten Thousand PIPE and BARREL STAVES, in Lots agreeable to the Purchasers. (1) GEORGE KELLY, Vendue Master.
To be SOLD at publick Vendue, on Saturday the 17th of this Instant (October) pursuant to a Decree of the Hustings Court of Norfolk Borough, A NEW erected two Story BRICK HOUSE, situated on the main Street in said Borough, with Part of a Lot of Land adjoining the same; also an unimproved WATER LOT, adjoining the Water Lot of Cornelius Calvert, Esquire; the Whole appertaining to the Estate of Henry Rothery, deceased, and Subject to his Widow's Dower. The Sale will be on the Premises, at twelve o'Clock; and a Credit of three Months allowed the Purchasers, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to the Creditors of the said Henry Rothery.
(2) JOHN GREENWOOD, Commissioner.
NORFOLK, September 29, 1772.
WHEREAS the Creditors of Mr. John Atkinson expect to receive a Dividend at the approaching General Court, and as many Bonds, which I have taken payable to Messrs. Elbeck and Lawrence, Trustees for said Creditors, will be due the 25th of next Month, I hereby give Notice that I propose to attend at Mr. Atkinson's Store in Suffolk, on Monday and Tuesday the 2d and 3d of November, when I hope all Persons concerned will be prepared to discharge as well the open Accounts as Bond Debts, the Affairs being so circumstanced that no longer Indulgence can or will be given. At the same Time and Place will be sold eight or ten valuable Country born SLAVES, amongst whom are some likely House Servants, for ready Money, or short Credit, as may be agreed on at the Sale. BENJAMIN CROOKER.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at Williamsburg, on Tuesday the 13th of November, before the Raleigh Tavern,
A TRACT of LAND in Albemarle County, lying on both Sides of Hardaway River, about three Miles below the Green Mountains, containing eight Hundred and fifteen Acres. The greatest Part of the Land lies very level, and will produce good Corn, Wheat, and Tobacco. Upon it is a Dwelling-House, Storehouse and Comping Room, Kitchen, Barn, Stables, and several other convenient Outhouses. The Plantation is under good Fences, in Order for Cropping, and may be entered on at Christmas. The Terms will be made known on the Day of Sale. (5) PETER DAVIE.
RUN away from the Subscriber in Halifax County, on Dan River, near Boyd's Ferry, a Negro Man named TOM, who is about thirty Years of Age, about five Feet nine Inches high, and branded on the Breast S T. He had with him when he went away, a blue Coat and red Jacket, an old Check Shirt, Osnaburg Shirt and Trousers, a new Felt Hat, and a Dutch Blanket. Whoever brings the said Negro to me shall have THREE POUNDS Reward, or THIRTY FIVE SHILLINGS to secure him until I can get him. ROBERT SHARMAN.
STRAYED or STOLEN, in the Month of June last, from Jordan's in Prince George County, a dark sorrel MARE with a Star in her Forehead, about four Feet seven or eight Inches high, eight or nine Years old, the Brand (if any) not remembered; she had a bay HORSE COLT by her Side, foaled in May, that went with her. Whoever brings the said Mare and Colt to my Store in Blandford shall receive FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. (Tf) JOHN BLAND.
SURRY County, October 7, 1772.
STOLEN out of my Pasture, near Blackwater, last Night, an Iron gray MARE about four Feet six Inches high, seven Years old, looks rather dark in the Face, her near hind Foot white, trots and gallops very well, has been used to Work, and branded on the near Buttock C. Whoever apprehends the Thief, and will contrive me Word where the Mare is, shall be well rewarded. (11) BENJAMIN ELLIS.
JAMES CRAIG, AT THE GOLDEN BALL, WILLIAMSBURG,
BEGS Leave to inform the Publick that he has just got an eminent Hand, in the WATCH and CLOCK MAKING BUSINESS, who served a regular Apprenticeship to the same in Great Britain, and will be much obliged to those who favour him with their Commands. He makes, and repairs, REPEATING, HORIZONTAL, and STOP WATCHES, in the neatest and best Manner. JEWELLERY, GOLD, and SILVER WORK, as usual, made in the neatest Manner, and on reasonable Terms, at the above Shop.
To be LET on CHARTER, to any Part of Europe, THE Ship NEPTUNE, Archbishop White Master, Burthen about four Hundred Hogheads. For Terms apply to JOHN LAWRENCE. (tf) JOHN GREENWOOD. September 24.
To be SOLD at publick Vendue, pursuant to the Will of Matthew Rothery, deceased, of Norfolk, at the Courthouse Door of the said Borough, on Tuesday the 20th of October,
A WATER GRISTMILL, now in Repair, and almost new, which rents for sixty Pounds a Year; there is a convenient Place to erect a Sawmill, with two Acres of Land adjoining, on which is a convenient House with a Store at one End. It is a fine Place for Trade, in the Lumber Way; and a good Landing, as large Vessels can come within a few Yards of the Mill. It is situated on New Mill Creek, in Norfolk County, about ten or twelve Miles distant by Water from the said Borough. Also about TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED Acres of LAND lying contiguous to the Mill, Part of which is high Land, that has a great Quantity of choice Timber on it, and Part thereof Juniper Swamp; and will be sold in such Parcels, or Lots, as may best suit the Purchasers. One Third of the Purchase Money to be paid at the executing of the Deeds, and Bond and Security to be given for Payment of the Residue in twelve Months. MARY ROTHERY, Executrix. N. B. As the Subscriber intends home in the Spring, she would esteem it as a Favour of all Persons indebted to the Estate to pay of their respective Balances by November next, as no farther Indulgence can be granted; and those who have any Demands against the said Estate are desired to apply for Payment, with their Accounts properly attested. FIFTEEN VALUABLE SLAVES to be disposed of, at private Sale.
To be SOLD on reasonable Terms, or LEASED for a Number of Years,
A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND on Nottoway River, near Burch's Bridge, in Brunswick County, containing between seven and eight Hundred Acres, one Half of which is low Grounds. The Terms may be known of the Subscriber, on the Premises. JOHN COLEMAN.
To be SOLD at publick Auction, on the Premises, on Monday the 26th of October,
A TRACT of LAND containing five Hundred and sixty nine Acres, more or less, belonging to the Estate of John Williamson, deceased. It lies on the south Branch of Pamunkey, in Louisa County, and is about eight Miles above Colonel Befwell's. The Land is very good for Grain or Tobacco, and there is a Plantation on it sufficient to work seven or eight Hands, with an Apple Orchard. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for one Half the Money, and twelve Months for the Remainder, the Purchaser paying Interest from the Time the first Payment becomes due. At the same Time will be sold a fine STOCK of CATTLE, belonging to the said Plantation, on twelve Months Credit. And on Tuesday the 22d of December, at the same Place, will be sold eight very valuable Virginia born SLAVES (three of them extraordinary good Coopers, a Lad about thirteen Years old, and a very likely Wench and three Children) about a HUNDRED BARRELS of CORN, TWO THOUSAND WEIGHT of PORK, the PLANTATION TOOLS, &c. for which Credit will be allowed until the 26th of October 1773, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to JOHN HAWKINS, } Trustees. WILLIAM WHITE, } WILLIAM TERRELL, }
For SALE by the Subscribers, at their Store in Portsmouth,
LOAF, LUMP, and MUSCOVADO SUGAR, JAMAICA SPIRITS, WEST INDIA and BOSTON RUM, COFFEE, CHOCOLATE, PIMENTA, sweet and dry CACAVALLA WINE four Years old, TENERIF and SWEET MALAGA WINES, TRAIN OIL, WHEAT FANS, DOUBLE OIL FLINTS, MARBLE SLABS, CORDOVANS, and three IRON Chests. (4) INGLIS & LONG. N. B. We want a Quantity of FLAXSEED and BEES WAX.

POETS CORNER.
A PARAPHRASE on the EIGHT BEATITUDES.
BLEST is the Man, of high or low Degree, Who keeps his Soul from Pride's Contagion free;
Blest is the Man who feels, with anxious Mind, The sad Perverseness of the human Kind;
Blest is the Man whose meek and patient Frame No fiery Blast of Anger can inflame;
Blest is the Man who eagerly aspires To love his God, and crush all vain Desires;
Blest is the Man who feels another's Wo, Whose kindly Hand relieves his suffering Foe;
Blessed are they whose pure and candid Hearts Nor harbour Vice nor scheme deceitful Arts;
Blessed are they whose Souls delight in Peace, Who warmly labour to make Discord cease;
But he whose Virtue, in corrupted Times, Resists the Torrent of prevailing Crimes,
Firm to his Point, amidst oppressive Wrongs, Nor dreads the Scoffs of false and spiteful Tongues,
'Tis his to claim Heaven's Kingdom as his own, Where endless Glory shall his Labours crown.
By Command of the Deputy Postmaster General. ALEXANDER COLDEN, Secretary.
On the first Thursday in November will be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on the Premises, for ready Money, or Negroes, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
A TRACT of LAND in the County of Prince George, on the south Side of Warwick Swamp, containing three Hundred and fifty two Acres, more or less.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder (or at private Sale) at the Subscriber's Plantation in Sussex County, on the 20th of October next,
A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND, containing about nine Hundred Acres, lying in Prince George County. Two Hundred and fifty Pounds of the Purchase Money to be paid on the Day of Sale, the Remainder in twelve Months, on giving Bond and Security.
To be SOLD at Warwick, on Thursday the 22d of October,
THE Estate of the deceased Daniel Macpherson, consisting of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, a NEGRO FELLOW, WENCH, and CHILDREN, a well built SCHOONER.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, on Thursday the 29th of October, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
A VERY valuable TRACT of LAND, containing five Hundred and thirty seven Acres, whereon are two Plantations, with good Apple and Peach Orchards, lying on the north Side of Blackwater, near Cook's Bridge.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Brunswick, a likely Mulatto Fellow named BARNABY, who is about twenty five Years of Age, low and well made, and stutters a little.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Friday the 30th of October, on the Premises,
THE noted ORDINARY in Dinwiddie County, about nine Miles from Petersburg, known by the Name of Burgess's; which was advertised for Sale the first of last Month, but deferred, as it was found inconvenient to sell it at that Time.
FREDERICKSBURG, September 12, 1772.
RUN away from the Subscriber, the 11th Instant, JOHN OSBORN, a Convict imported in the Brickdale, Captain Wood.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Chesterfield, a middle sized black Fellow who says he is a free Man, and that his name is JOHN SCOTT.
STOLEN from the Subscriber, the Beginning of this Month, a likely strong bay HORSE about nine Years old, fourteen Hands high, with a black Mane and Tail.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a small black MARE seven or eight Years old, four Feet three Inches high, with a Star in her Forehead, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, two brindled HEIFERS, marked with a Swallow Fork in the right Ear, and in the left with a Flower de Luce.
TAKEN up, in Brunswick, a small brindled STEER, marked with a swallow Fork in the right Ear, the other Ear long. Posted, and appraised to thirty five Shillings.
JUST arrived from Africa, the Ship Prince of Wales, James Bivins Commander, with about four Hundred fine healthy SLAVES;
COLONEL BYRD begs the Favour of the Gentlemen who purchased Negroes of him last December, at the Rocky Ridge, to pay their Money to Mr. David Patteson, who will deliver up their Bonds on receiving it.
To be SOLD at Williamsburg, on Tuesday the 10th of November next, before the Rawleigh Tavern, ALL that exceeding fine PLANTATION and TRACT of LAND belonging to the Subscriber lying at the FALLS of JAMES RIVER, in Chesterfield County.
The TOBACCO WAREHOUSES at the Rocky Ridge, the PROFITABLE FERRIES on each side of the River, and the very valuable FISHERY known by the Name of Sandy Hook, with several of the ONE HUNDRED ACRE LOTS in Henrico County drawn in the Subscriber's Lottery.
WHEREAS I have kept Messrs. Balfour and Barrand's Store in this Place, as their Clerk, ever since October 1766, and now having declined the Business, all Persons indebted to the said Store are hereby desired to take Notice that they are to pay their respective Balances to those Gentlemen, who only can give proper Discharges.
ALL Persons indebted to our Store at Suffolk, lately kept by Mr. Gardner Fleming, are to take Notice that no Payment can be admitted made to any Person but to us, or to Mr. Thomas Langston, whom we have appointed to succeed Mr. Fleming.
THE Subscriber begs leave to inform the Publick that he has lately arrived from Liverpool, and just opened Shop next Door below the Post Office; where he intends carrying on the WATCH and CLOCK BUSINESS in all its Branches; and as he served a regular Apprenticeship to one of the most eminent Watchmakers in the City of Dublin, he hopes it will be some Inducement for the Publick to favour him with their Commands, which shall ever be his particular Study to discharge with the greatest Punctuality, and on the most reasonable Terms.
ON Monday the 12th of October next, being Loudoun Court Day, will be exposed to publick Sale six Hundred and twelve Acres of valuable LAND lying in the said County, within two Miles of Leesburg, and Half a Mile of a Bolting Mill.
KING GEORGE, September 20, 1772.
AS I intend for Britain next Spring, I would be glad to dispose of the Plantation whereon I now live, containing about four Hundred Acres of LAND, whereon are several valuable Peach and Apple Orchards.
THOMAS OSWALD.
HALIFAX (North Carolina) September 3, 1772.
WHEREAS the Copartnership between Messrs. John Alison and Company of Glasgow, and us, dissolved the 1st of this Instant, we therefore expect every Person indebted to us, at any of our Stores in North Carolina, to pay off, or give Bonds immediately for the Balances due to us at that Time.
YOUNG, MILLER, and Company.
WANTS a Place, as a BOOK-KEEPER, a Person that can be well recommended. Inquire of the Printer.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 24, 1772.
STOLEN or STRAYED from my Pasture on the 6th of this Instant, a BROWN HORSE about fourteen Hands three Inches High, branded on the left Side R W.
PEYTON RANDOLPH.
HALIFAX County, NORTH CAROLINA, September 10, 1772.
IMPORTED last Year from London, by Captain Thomas Lilly, into York River, a Bale of BROWN ROLLS, No. 5, I C Z, which has never came to the Subscriber's Hands.
JACOB CHRISTOPHER ZOLLICOFFER.
RUN away from the Subscriber, the 7th of August last, a Negro Man Slave named QUASH, about five Feet ten Inches high, about twenty five Years of Age, is luffy, very black, has a down Look, and large Eyes; had on when he went away an old blue Cloth Jacket and Breeches, Osnabrugs Frock, and an English made Hat.
PAUL HEERRITTER.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD, For apprehending JOHN HUTCHINSON, who ran away last Night from the Subscriber; he is a likely stout Man, about five Feet ten Inches high, a Blacksmith by Trade, and was born in Yorkshire in England.
THOMAS POLLARD.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 24, 1772.
COMMITTED to the Publick Jail, from James City Prison, a Runaway Woman named MOLLY, who says she belongs to Charles Budd, of Charles City County.
PETER PELHAM.
STOLEN from the Subscriber, in Peter-sburg, a CHESTNUT SORREL MARE six Years old, four Feet nine or ten Inches high, has a Star in her Forehead, both hind Feet white, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, a Blemish in her right Eye, paces, trots, and gallops, and branded on the near Buttock R A.
DANIEL DODSON.
STRAYED or STOLEN from the Subscriber at Osborne's, about the 13th of June last, a BAY HORSE about four Feet six or seven Inches high, eight or nine Years old, has a short hanging Mane and Switch Tail, some white Hairs at the Root of his Tail, one of his hind Feet white, some Saddle Spots, paces flow, but has no Brand perceivable.
THOMAS W. IRWIN.
TAKEN up, in Bedford, a DARK BAY MARE four Feet seven or eight Inches high, has some Saddle Spots, had on an old Pair of Shoes, paces naturally, and branded on the off Shoulder and Buttock R, that on the Buttock very dull. Posted, and appraised to four Pounds.
WHITEHEAD RYAN.
TAKEN up, in Isle of Wight, a BLACK STEER with some white Spots under his Belly and upon each Side, and one upon his Rump, has a Star on his Forehead, and is marked with a Square under his right Ear and a Slope under the left. Posted, and appraised to fifty five Shillings.
DAVID CHALMER.
FREDERICKSBURG, September 8, 1772.
HUNTERS and TALIAFERRO beg Leave to acquaint the Publick that they have opened Store in this Place, at Hunter's Ferry Landing, and in Falmouth, at Number 72, on the main Street, where the greatest Assortment of European Goods will be sold, on much more reasonable Terms, than any hitherto imported.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at Mr. Thomas Craufurd's Store, in Brunswick, on Thursday the 22d of October, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from Lemuel Lanier, late of the said County, to the Subscriber,
THE LAND whereon the said Lemuel formerly lived, lying on Hick's Creek, near Pennington's Ford, adjoining the Lands of Ravencroft's Estate and James Hicks, Junior, and containing about a Hundred and sixty Acres, greatest Part of which is good Tobacco Land; there is on the said Plantation a good Dwellinghouse, and other Outbuildings, and a Gristmill; it is in tolerable Order for Cropping, and may be entered upon as soon as the present Crop is finished.
ROBERT TURNBULL.