The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1771-10-24 00:00:00

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WILLIAMSBURG, October 24.
To his Excellency JOHN EARL OF DUNMORE, Viscount FINGALL, Baron MURRAY of BLAIR, of MONLIN, and of TILLIMET, Lieutenant and Governor General of his Majesty's Colony and Dominion of VIRGINIA, and Vice Admiral of the same. May it please your EXCELLENCY,
WE the Clergy of the Church of England in the Colony of VIRGINIA, his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, beg Leave to lay before your Lordship our Expressions of unfeigned Joy on your Excellency's safe Arrival and auspicious Entrance on the Administration of Government in this ancient Dominion.
While we condoled with his Majesty, and the State, on the Loss of that excellent Servant of the Crown Lord BOTETOURT, the Royal Choice putting the Rein of Government into your Excellency's Hand not only relieved us from the Anxiety naturally arising on so melancholy an Occasion, but restored to us that Serenity which we flatter ourselves will be long continued to us under your Lordship's Favour and Protection.
The Clergy of this Church, my Lord, are, at all Times, ready to give the plainest Demonstrations of their Zeal for the Welfare and Happiness of Mankind, and (if the Truths of Religion have Influence upon the Manners of Men) to make Loyalty to the Crown, and due Submission to Government, the Characteristicks of their Doctrine, and Standards of their Sentiments.
Far from the Incense of empty Adulation, we see in your illustrious Line Patrons of Learning, Protectors of Religion, and Heroes of Liberty, whose Virtues alone made them great.
We see the same Field of Honour laid open to your Lordship, where like Laurels are to be reaped, and like Olives to be nursed in peaceful Cultivation. What then may we not hope for under your Lordship's benign Influence and Patronage! May we not hope to obtain for the Infant Church in which we labour that Assistance which your Lordship's Wisdom shall think necessary to render our Labours more useful and more extensive?
Then shall the Pastors of this Church, my Lord, be prompted to aspire to still greater Degrees of Perfection; and while they offer the Tribute of Homage and Adoration in Places of Worship, they shall with Joy recollect the kind Dispositions of Providence which inclined his Majesty to appoint your Lordship to represent him in this Colony.
These, my Lord, we hope, will be looked upon as the Expressions of our Duty to your Excellency, as the Expressions of a Body whose Sentiments of Gratitude may be equalled by many, but surpassed by none.
To which his Excellency was pleased to return the following ANSWER.
GENTLEMEN,
I AM extremely obliged to you for this Address, and return you Thanks for your affectionate Congratulations on my Arrival in this ancient Dominion. The Church may depend upon me that I shall follow the Example of my excellent Predecessor, Lord BOTETOURT, in giving to it every Assistance in my Power, and in promoting, as far as I am able, whatever is for the Interest of Piety and Virtue.
S M Y R N A, July 3.
THE Plague makes greater Havock in this City and Neighbourhood than has ever been remembered. Several Hundreds die daily; and, to complete our Distress, there is a Scarcity of Provisions. The Plague has likewise appeared in several foreign Vessels which are now in the Harbour.
COPENHAGEN, August 4. Although his Catholic Majesty has forbidden all foreign Ships of War to enter his Ports, he has, however, exempted from this Prohibition our Ships of War, so long as our Hostilities against the Algerines continue; so that three Danish Ships may, at a Time, enter the Ports of Spain.
PETERSBURG, July 30. The Loss of the Enemy in the Battle which was fought before the Surrender of Caffa amounted to upwards of three Thousand five Hundred Men, who remained dead on the Field, besides the Drowned, and those who were slain in the Pursuit and on Board the Ships. The whole Camp of the Enemy fell into the Hands of our Troops, and amongst the immense Booty which they made there were two Thousand Tents and thirty Pieces of Cannon. Our Loss is only estimated at fifty Men wounded.
PARIS, August 12. There was a curious Experiment made here last Friday, to prove that an intense Heat will entirely dissolve a Diamond, and turn it into Vapour; the Practicability whereof is now past a Doubt, several having been evaporated before a Hundred People, who saw the Diamond gradually diminish and annihilate in the Crucible by intense Heat only.
DANTZICK, August 24. Advices have been received here, from different Parts of Poland, that the Plague has broken out again, not only in the Turkish Ukraine, but likewise in the Province of Volhinia. This unexpected melancholy News has thrown the otherwise distressed Inhabitants of Poland into the greatest Consternation.
HAGUE, August 23. They write from Dantzk that the King of Prussia proposed to the Magistrates of that City to establish a Lottery there in Favour of his eldest Brother, Prince Henry, in Consideration of which his Prussian Majesty offered to give six Thousand Florins to the Poor. The Senate having taken this Proposal into Consideration, rejected it by a great Majority; and his Prussian Majesty was answered, that as Lotteries were deemed very prejudicial Schemes in a trading Country, they had always been prohibited in Dantzk, and therefore they hoped his Majesty would not take it amiss that his Proposal could not be complied with.
HAMBURG, August 9. From Poland we learn that in Order to stop the Progress of the Plague, which has been communicated from Bender to the Polish Ukraine, and in particular to a Village in the Lordship of Human, belonging to Count Potocki, they have removed all the Sick into the Woods, and afterwards burnt the whole Village.
L O N D O N, August 10.
AN Anecdote of a late Chancellor's Father. After the Death of his first Lady, he rose one Morning with the whimsical Resolution of marrying any one of his Maids who should first appear upon his ringing the Bell. He rang, and the Chambermaid came up; to whom he abruptly said, "Get yourself ready, and go with me to be married." The silly Girl, treating the Affair as a Joke, refused, and withdrew. He rang the Bell a second Time, when the Cookmaid appeared, to whom he said, "Well, my Girl, I intend this Day to make you my Wife; go and dress yourself in the best you have, and order the Coach to be ready immediately." She took him at his Word, dressed herself, and coming down Stairs was met by the silly Chambermaid, who asked her where she was going; to whom she answered, "Abroad; I have my Master's Leave." She had scarce uttered these Words when her Master came down and took her by the Hand to the Coach, which drove to St. Bennet's Church, where they were married. Whenever the Gentleman was upbraided by his Acquaintance and Relations, his usual Reply was, There is no Prudence below the Girdle. The Fruit of this Marriage was a late Chancellor.
August 13. The Company at the grand Entertainment at the Mansion House, this Evening, was very numerous. Alderman Trecothick's Lady did the Honours of the Table, as Lady Mayoress. There were only seven or eight of Alderman present, namely, Aldermen Kite, Trecothick,
Eldale, Nash, Shakespear, Peers, and Wilkes. In the Piece of Confectionary was a Representation of the Tower. The Gentlemen and Ladies invited to the Ball were admitted from eight o'Clock in the Evening till ten. The Egyptian Hall not being sufficiently large to contain commodiously all the Company, several private Rooms were illuminated in the Evening, and provided with Mutick and Refreshments of various Kinds, for Part of the Company. The Ball was opened by Mr. Alderman Shakespear and Lady Trecothick.
A young Gentleman, who happened to get a little top-heavy at the Mansion House this Evening, strayed into a dark Room, and fancying that Somebody affronted him drew his Sword on his supposed Antagonist, and ran it through the Glass Door of a Book Cafe; which so frighted him that he ran precipitately out, and told the Servants to fetch a Surgeon, as he had wounded a Man.
No less than seventeen Thousand Plants, of a Kind never before seen in this Kingdom, have been brought over by Mr. Banks; which, we hear, are very likely to live in the Royal Gardens of Richmond.
Sunday last, at a Church at the west End of the Town, the Prayers of the Congregation were desired for a disobedient Wife .
On Saturday the Wife of a Gentleman near Solo cloped with an Attorney's Clerk, and carried off upwards of two Thousand Pounds in Cash, besides other Valuables.
The Fact with Respect to Sir Francis Bliar Delaval's Fortune, which has been much impaired, is this: The Whole of it had been at Nurie for some Time past, in the Hands of the elder Brother, Sir John, who had just begun to allow Sir Francis (who was only Tenant for Life in it) four Thousand Pounds a Year.
August 15. Mr. Edmund Burke is preparing for the Press, this ensuing Winter, a political Pamphlet, under the Inspection of the Marquis of Rockingham; the Subject of which, we hear, is, "A Plan for the Coalition of Parties."
On Tuesday last, at the grand Entertainment given by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House, there were, besides the seven Aldermen, about two Hundred Common Council, and one Hundred and fifty of their Ladies, who were all arranged alphabetically, according to the initial Letter of their respective Wards.
Last Night as two Tradesmen were returning from Barnet Races, intoxicated with Liquor, in coming down Highgate Hill they fell from their Horses, amidst a great Number of Carriages, the Wheels of several of which went over them, and killed them both on the Spot.
Yesterday Morning a Man ran twenty two Miles on the Barnet Course for a Wager of one Hundred Guineas, laid between two Tradesmen of London; he was to run it in two Hours and a Half, but performed it in two Hours and nineteen Minutes.
Extract of a Letter from a Friend and Inhabitant of Windsor, dated July 25th; or, News extraordinary from a very extraordinary Place.
"Happy shall I be to see Saturday Night next, for should I live till then I despair not of getting the better of the Noise and Confusion which took Possession of this Town last Monday, and will continue till his Majesty and the Royal Family leave the same. You must know that on Monday last the Confectioners, with their Attendants, the Cooks, Deputy Cooks, and Dishwashers, came down; and the Alarm being given, Half the Town went to pay their Respects to them on Tuesday Morning. The Tents were pitched, and the Camp formed in the Little Park; the Guns belonging to the Round Tower were cleaned and fired, the Report of which added fresh Spirits to the Town in general. In the Evening the Guards entered the Park, and took Possession of their Tents; an Express being despatched to the Town, the Ladies with all Expedition dressed themselves, and marched to see the charming Creatures. The same Evening came down many of the Heralds, Gentlemen Pensioners, and Yeomen of the Guards. The same Night, in the Town Hall, Murder was committed on Harmony by Mr. S——, a strolling Player, and a few of his Friends, by attempting to perform a Concert of vocal and instrumental Musick. On Wednesday Morning a Detachment of the Horse and Life Guards, King's Watermen, Mr. Jonas, and the celebrated Mr. Breslaw, the inimitable Mr. James Mofs, the famous Whistler, the completest Mimick of Birds ever known, and likewise curiously killed in the Cat and Dog Language, so as to introduce an agreeable Skirmish between two Cats and two Dogs, in Order to heighten the Diversion of the Audience, made their Appearance. Soon after this Group arrived a small Battalion of Barbers, with a Company of Shoeblocks in the Rear, Stools, Kettles, and the whole Apparatus complete. In the Evening the Bells began to ring, expecting every Minute the King and Queen, with the rest of the Royal Family. About six the Guards were drawn out in the Park, through which his Majesty was to come. About seven the Duke of Gloucester, with his Attendants, came in a Coach, and before he reached the Camp the Coach stopped, and his Royal Highness alighted, marched along the Lines, and received the Compliments of General Hudon, who commanded the Party, and the rest of the Officers. Soon after the Maids of Honour, and Lords of the Bedchamber, came by. At a Quarter past eight his Majesty and the Queen, in a Post Chaise, attended by a Party of the Light Horse and the Horse Guards, who waited at Datchet Bridge to receive them, came through the Lower Park; and when they approached the Camp the Chaise moved very slow, and their Majesties seemed highly pleased with the brilliant Assembly which was drawn up to receive them. The fair Sex, in Number about three Thousand, made a beautiful Appearance; and the Men under Arms, with here and there a Bell Tent, together with the rest of the Tents belonging to the Officers and private Men, made the Whole a fine Picture. On entering the Castle they were saluted with loud Acclamations, and a Discharge of the Cannon from the Round Tower. The Prince of Wales, and the Bishop of Osnabrug, came a few Minutes after their Majesties; as did the Duke of Grafton, Lord Gower, and several others of the Nobility. At Night a Firework, which, like the Concert, fell far short of the intended Plan, was blown away in a few Minutes on three high Poles near the Market House. Mr. Jonas, and the celebrated Mr. Breslaw, were conjuring Money, at the same Time, in the Town Hall, out of the Pockets of his Majesty's Subjects. A Woman with a famous tumbling Monkey picked up a small Bag of Copper, and then, Arm in Arm, went off to an Alehouse. Two Pickpockets were detected during the Performance; the youngest went through the Discipline of the Horsemanship, and the other was carried to Windsor Bridge and flung off into the Thames, and narrowly escaped being drowned. Thus ended Wednesday Night. On Thursday Morning (for ever be recorded the famous 24th, for so was the Day of the Month) the Inhabitants and Company in the Town, deprived of Sleep by the Heat of the Weather, and continual Rattling of Carriages during the whole Night, were seen in their loose Undress parading the Streets at five o'Clock in the Morning. The Marrowbones and Cleav are were the first Serenaders of the Morn. At six o'Clock the Shoeblocks took their Stands at the different Inns, and Corners of the Streets; the poor dejected Barbers stood scratching their Heads, and feeling the Outside of the Breeches Pocket, muttering to themselves, and cursing the Place; it was impossible to go ten Yards without treading on a Covey of Barbers; you would have laughed to see a Detachment from the Battalion of Barbers touting the Gentlemen as they came into Town on Thursday Morning. And, in Order to make the Scene appear clamido de Tibet , many took up their Lodgings in Coaches and Post Chaises, some not having Money to take a Bed for the Night, and others thinking two Guineas too great a Sum for four Hours Sleep; but, on Behalf of the itinerant Barbers, sorry I am to think that the Gentlemen of the South and Japan made the noble Science of Shoeblocking (by Virtue of his Majesty's Letters Patent) turn out to a much better Account than their Friends the Vernis Encurageurs did the ornamenting of Sculls. Between seven and eight o'Clock the
Ladies and Gentlemen began to throng to their different Seats in the Cathedral and Castle Yard, where Seats were erected at five Shillings each, and where, as an additional Ornament to the whole Place, appeared our great Patriot, John Wilkes, Esquire, his Daughter, and Jack Churchill, his Apothecary. Very little Notice was taken of the Patriot, and only expressed by staring. After the Ladies and Gentlemen had cooled themselves, from a little past six till Half past eleven, the Parade from the Castle began from one of the inner Rooms, through the Ball Room, St. George's Chapel, the Guard Chamber, and down the Stair Case along both the Castle Yards, in at the fourth Door of the Cathedral. I shall not here relate the Ceremony, &c. which you have already given a very full and accurate Account of. Suffice it then to say that the Duke of Cumberland walked with the Prince of Wales, Lord Holderness with the Bishop of Osnabrug, Duke of Grafton with Lord Gower, the Earl of Albemarle with the Duke of Marlborough. Besides the afore mentioned, the Duke of Northumberland, the Duke of Roxburgh, Marquis of Rockingham, Lord March, Lord North, and Lord Marchmont, walked in the Procession. The Sword of State was carried before his Majesty by the Duke of St. Alban's; a great Number of foreign Ministers attended, and made a most splendid Appearance. The Ceremony in the Cathedral took up near four Hours, during which Time several Ladies fainted away. After the Whole of the Church Business was over, they returned to St. George's Hall to Dinner. His Majesty dined under a rich Canopy, erected for the Occasion. Her Majesty was seated in a Gallery opposite, with the young Princess on her right, and the third young Prince on her Left, close by each of whom stood her Majesty's two Brothers. Her Majesty's Ladies of the Bed Chamber and Maids of Honour were also with her. The Knights dined at a long Table on his Majesty's right Hand; and over against them was a long Gallery, and Seats under it, for Persons of Distinction to see them dine. Soon after the first Course was served up his Majesty knighted at the Table the Clerk of the Cheque belonging to the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners. The Duke of St. Alban's tried, in vain, to draw the Sword of State. Efforts for that Purpose were also made, in vain, by several other Noblemen, while the expectant Knight was on his Knees. At length the alert and youthful Lord Cadogan drew from the Scabbard his Physician like Sword, with which his Majesty conferred the intended Honour. It was past six before her Majesty left the Hall; the Ladies and Gentlemen then dressed themselves for the Ball. The Ball was held in the great Guard Room; and about nine o'Clock their Majesties entered the Room, at which it began with a Minuet, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester and the Dutchess of Grafton; his Royal Highness also danced the second Minuet with the Dutchess of Marlborough. Afterwards the Duke of Cumberland, the Queen's two Brothers, the Duke of Grafton, &c. danced with many other Ladies of Quality, till near eleven, when the Country Dances began; three only were called; their Majesties retired, and the Company dispersed before twelve. Thus finished the Day of Pomp, Pageantry, and Pleasure; many highly satisfied, others palled, with the Glare of the Shows, and others jaded with the Fatigue of the Business they had taken such Pains to be actively concerned in."
August 20. An Expression of the young Prince of Wales deserves to be written in Gold. Speaking lately about the Times, to Lord Holderness, he said, "It was very foolish ever to think of Force against the People, since they will do any Thing for him who only gains their Affections."
A new Fashion is just introduced among the Ladies, namely, a Fashion of wearing Boots when they ride out; and so curious are they in this Article of equestrian Dress, that the Sons of Crispin are always obliged to measure to the very Calfs of their Legs.
A few Days since was married, at Ildsworth, the King of the Gipsies Daughter to a second Husband. She is about twenty two Years of Age, and the Man seventeen. About twenty Couple walked from the Bell to the Church, and returned in the like Manner to the same Place after the Ceremony was performed; only as they went the Women leaned on the Men, but on their Return back the Men leaned on the Women. The Dinner was served under the Four Elms on Hounslow Heath, and forty Gipsies sat down together. There was great Plenty of all Kinds of Provision, Fowls not excepted, and Liquor in the same Manner. When they had dined the Standers by regaled themselves with what they had left, whose Number amounted to some Hundreds. The Bridegroom's Pockets were well lined with Gold, and the Father declared he could give him a Thousand Pounds.
August 22. It is now again very confidently reported that there will be soon an almost total Change in the Ministry.
Lord Camden is expected in Town on Saturday next, as is also the Earl of Chatham, when it is imagined the Business of a new Chancellor will be finally settled.
The Duke of Richmond has been sent to by the Ministry, and likewise Lord Shelburne, who is now in France.
Several considerable Bets have been laid at the west End of the Town, within these few Days, that Lord Camden will be in Possession of the Seals before January next.
Orders are sent down to Chatham, by the Lords of the Admiralty, for all the Men of War lying in the River Medway to have their Masts standing.
By the opening of two new Docks at Rochester, it is thought War is pretty near.
It is now past a Doubt that the French were the Authors of the dreadful Fire at Portsmouth. The late Inquiry into that Affair has produced more good Reasons for this Assertion than the pretended Friends of the Inquiry wished.
Certain Advice is received of two Spanish Men of War, of sixty Guns each, having been entirely lost, with all their Crews, the Middle of May last, within six Leagues of the Havannah, in a violent Tornado which happened on that Coast.
Tuesday it was reported, at the west End of the Town, that News was received that the Spanish Lines near Gibraltar had lately been reinforced, as were also the Garrisons of Malaga, St. Roche, &c. by Detachments from Grenada, and other Places. This does not indicate a long Continuance of Peace between Great Britain and Spain.
The last Accounts from Petersturz are that the Empress has lately declared that notwithstanding the Progress of her Arms she is very ready to listen to just and reasonable Terms of Accommodation.
Private Letters from Holland give an Account that the Health of the King of Prussia daily declines, and that his Memory greatly fails him, inasmuch that his Physicians have advised his Majesty to retire from Business for some Time, and to leave the Management of Government to those whom he can confide in.
By Letters from Madrid we learn that the Government are raising several new Regiments in different Parts of Spain; and that a Squadron of eight Ships of the Line, and four Frigates, is fitting out with great Expedition, to cruise in the Mediterranean, in Order to secure Respect to the Spanish Flag, and to protect the national Commerce. The same Letters add, that the Turkish Fleet under the Command of the Captain Pasha has lately been reinforced with five Thousand Men, and that it is computed the present naval Force is much superior to any former One belonging to the Porte.
It is mentioned as a Proof of the present Minister's Permanency, that the Business of Government does not require the meeting of a great Assembly until after Christmas.
The Duke of Gloucester's Tour to the southern Parts of Europe is by no Means political; the declining Health of that amiable young Prince has induced the Physicians to think a warmer Climate necessary for his Recovery.

His Majesty has ordered the Names of the Earl of Westmeath, and William Pole, Esquire, Member for Queen's County, to be struck out of the List of his Privy Councillors in Ireland, for their Conduct in opposing the Lord Townsend during the last Session of Parliament there; and the Lord Townsend during the last Session of Parliament there; and the Names of the Earl of Granard, who does not live in Ireland, and Lord Dudley (son of Lord Anan) to be added to the List in their Room. The Letters signed JESUS are now generally supposed to have been written by William Gerard Hamilton, Esquire. He is Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland, and Member for Old Sarum.
The Navigation is opened from Birmingham to Wolverhampton. Benefit of a Letter from the Hague, August 15. M. de Hechepe, Consul General from this Republick residing at Smyrna, has written a Letter to the States General, in which he gives an Account that the Plague makes terrible Havock in that City, and that the greatest Part of the Inhabitants had been carried off by it; that the few who had escaped that dreadful Distemper were retired into the Country, who had indeed had done; but that, according to the Accounts that he received, the Streets at Smyrna were covered with dead Bodies, and that Nobody dared venture to bury them, inasmuch that the Distress was greater than had ever been known there on the like Occasion.
August 24. On Monday Night Sir Charles Coote landed at Dover from France; he came over by Land from India, and was this Day introduced to his Majesty, and graciously received.
The Persons who were taken up for being concerned in setting Fire to the Storehouses in Portsmouth Dockyard yesterday passed an Examination of three Hours before the Secretaries of State. Sir John Fielding also attended, but Nothing farther has yet transpired.
Two of his Majesty's Messengers have been absent for upwards of a Fortnight, but it is not yet publickly known where, or upon what Business, they are gone; however, from their being accompanied by some of Sir John Fielding's Gang, it is imagined they are gone in Quest of some Persons concerned in the said Fire.
A capital Offender, it is said, is to have his Pardon for discovering how, and by whom, the above Fire happened.
Mr. Banks is to have two Ships from Government to pursue his Discoveries in the South Seas, and will sail upon his second Voyage next March.
Private Letters from the Hague bring Accounts of a terrible Inundation, by the Overflowing of the River Amstel, above Amsterdam, by which above six Villages are entirely destroyed, and, according to a moderate Computation, upwards of five Hundred People drowned.
The Chancellor of France has at length obtained leave for M. Voltaire to return to his native Country. He is accordingly preparing to set out for Paris, where this celebrated Genius is now likely to end his Days.
There is now in the Bank five Hundred and sixty Thousand Pounds of Money belonging to Orphans which is in Litigation in the Court of Chancery.
A few Evenings ago one Gentleman lost at a Coffeehouse not far from Russell Street, Covent Garden, at three-handed Whist, upwards of twelve Thousand Pounds.
A few Days since the Daughter of a Publican in Westminster eloped with a young Fellow of that Neighbourhood, and took with her Notes and Cash to the Amount of one Hundred and sixty Pounds. Her Father suspecting the Intrigue, told her that if she went after such a Fellow he would cut off her Legs; the Girl said he might if he pleased, but it would signify little, for she would follow him on the Stumps.
A young Fellow of Newtown in Montgomeryshire, aged twenty two, was lately married to a Maiden Lady of that Neighbourhood who is in the ninety fourth Year of her Age.
On Thursday Evening, as Mr. de la Touche of Reading, with Miss Bisset of Newbury, were returning to Reading in a Chaise, they were stopped by a single Highwayman about five Miles from Newbury, who presented a large Horse Pistol to the Gentleman and demanded his Money; which being delivered, he asked for his Watch, but being told there was none, he rode off, wishing them a good Night.
On Friday Evening, about Half past eight, as Doctor Ingenhouw was coming to Bath in a Chaise, he was stopped near the Turnpike at Walcot by a single Highwayman (supposed to be the same as robbed Mr. de la Touche) and robbed of five Guineas and a Half, and a small Repeating Watch.
The same Evening Ralph Allen, Esquire, was robbed of his Gold Watch, and a Guinea and a Half, under the Wall near the Turnpike leading to Twerton; and just after a Gentleman was also robbed, in his Chaise, near the Globe at Newton, of a considerable Sum.
After collecting these several Booties, the Highwayman made towards the Wells Road.
Extracts of a Letter from Exeter, August 24. On Thursday last arrived here Lord Chatham and Family. He was invited to the Guildhall by Compliments sent by the Mayor and Aldermen, and there received the Freedom of the City from the Hands of Mr. Sergeant Glynn, Recorder. The Bells of the Cathedral, and all the Parish Churches rang incessantly while he staid; he honoured the Mayor with his Company at Dinner, and left the Town the same Evening. Lady Chatham received respectful Compliments from the Exeter Ladies, who visited her at the Inn, and would fain have prevailed on her staying to receive their intended Civilities, which were to be a Concert and Ball.
August 27. Yesterday Morning, at three o'Clock, an Express arrived at the French Ambassador's, and at Half past five his Excellency set off for that Kingdom.
The French Ambassador, previous to his Departure, sent a Message to the Spanish Ambassador, informing him of his Recall.
It is said the French Ambassador's Return home is occasioned by a great Difference having arisen in his Royal Master's Councils, and not from any Umbrage taken at this Court.
Baron Breteuil is expected here in a few Days, to succeed Count Guignes as Ambassador from his Most Christian to his Britannick Majesty.
Monf. Garnier, Secretary to Count de Guines, now acts as Chargé des Affaires for the Court of France, in the Absence of the Ambassador. This Day a Man, said to be of some Repute, surrendered himself into the Custody of the Keeper of Wood Street Compter, as being concerned, with others, in setting the Dockyard of Portsmouth on Fire some Time ago.
It is said the Person in Custody on suspicion of setting Portsmouth Dockyard on Fire has declared that he and others were hired by the French to do it; that a certain Romish Priest, well known about Portsmouth, was the principal Contriver; and that a French Frigate lay off Portsmouth Harbour, ready to receive him and the other Persons concerned in it. He was visited this Day by many Persons of Note, and several Foreigners, who wanted to converse with him privately, which the Keeper refused.
Mr. Lyttleton, the British Ambassador at the Court of Lisbon, who is said to have received his Letters of Recall, has private Instructions of a particular Nature sent him by the Duke of Gloucester, who is charged with the Execution of a private commercial Treaty with the King of Portugal. Three more Men of War, and two Frigates, will be added to Sir Peter Denis's Squadron, which is to consist of seven Sail of the Line. He will then proceed to the Mediterranean, the first favourable Wind.
Doctor Solander and Mr. Banks have the Honour of frequently waiting on his Majesty at Richmond, who is in a Course of examining their whole Collection of Drawings of Plants and Views of the Country. A Circumstance this which does great Honour to the Taste of his Majesty, whose Patronage of this great Design cannot fail of being an additional Motive to the learned Persons to undertake their second Voyage the ensuing Spring.
It is now asserted that the Author of Junius is a Barrister of the Middle Temple, nearly allied to a certain noble Earl, and that the Manner of the Discovery will shortly be made publick.
The Bishop of Osnaburg's Revenues will, we hear, be laid out at Interest till the Period of his arriving at Age; and a Correspondent assures us that the accumulating Produce will amount to near two Millions, in which Case, though possessed of little Territory, he will be really richer than the greatest Sovereign in Europe.
La Cormorante, a French Sloop of War, from Dominica to Rochelle, is lost off the Madeiras, and all the Crew perished.
We are assured that there is such a Scarcity of Provisions in the interior Parts of Germany that it is computed in the Circle of the Lower Rhine above nine Thousand Persons have perished for Want of Food.
An Irish Patent of Peerage is making out for Mrs. Hutchinson, Lady to the Prime Serjeant of the Sifter Kingdom, in Consequence of that Gentleman's parliamentary Services in the Support of Government.
They write from Paris that the Metz Stage Coach had been robbed by a Gang of Villains, who murdered the Coachman, Postilion, and six Passengers, and afterwards cut the Traces; the Horses went forwards of themselves to the next Stage.
A Shetland Horse was this Day led through the Strand, which was only thirty six Inches three Fourths high.
A few Days ago, as some Workmen were digging Stones out a Piece of Ground in the Neighbourhood of Castlecary, in Scotland (where the old Roman Garrison was lately discovered) they broke in upon an Apartment, where they found a considerable Quantity of Wheat, which it is thought had been lodged there for the Use of the said Garrison. The Grain appears blackish, as if it had been burnt, but is entirely whole, and when it is touched it falls into a Powder.
A remarkable Trial came on at Lestphiel, in Cornwall, the last Session, between a Lieutenant of the Militia, Plaintiff, and the Son of a Merchant of that County, Defendant. The Case was as follows. The Plaintiff had treated the Defendant with the opprobrious Language of Scoundrel. The Defendant, conscious to himself that he did not merit the Title, returned the Affront by pulling the Plaintiff's Nose; in Consequence of which the Trial ensued. After a few learned Arguments on the Occasion, the Court ordered that the Plaintiff should ask Pardon for treating the Defendant with such unpolitic Language as Scoundrel; after which, the Defendant should ask Pardon for making so free with the Plaintiff's Nose, and to pay Sixpence Fine. With this Sentence both Parties complied, and thus the Affair ended.
They write from Paris that a Mechanick there had invented a Machine for raising the heaviest Stones to the Top of the highest Buildings, which could be worked easily by one Man.
The Plan of a new Town which is to be settled on the Junction of the Ohio at present engages the Attention of many Persons of Distinction, Lord Eglington is to be the Director, as his Lordship is possessed of vast Tracts of Lands in those Parts. Several Families are ready to embark, and those not of the meaner Kind. It is to be formed into a regular Government. It is expected it will be as flourishing a City as any in the World. Several Persons of Rank are making Interest already for Posts on this proposed Establishment for their Dependents.
Yesterday a young Gentleman, Clerk to a Merchant in the City, cut his Throat with a Razor, on Account of not meeting with a suitable Return to the Love he had for his Master's Daughter.
It is very remarkable that in the City of Litchfield there are but two Roman Catholicks, both of whom are old Women; and what is still more remarkable, there is no Place of publick Worship in the whole City or Liberty of the same but what is of the Church of England.
All proper means are taking to put the Royal Navy on a respectable Footing.
The Dukedom of Clarence, not the Dukedom of Lancaster, is the Honour claimed by Lord Huntingdon.
Advices are received of a dangerous Insurrection at Naples, and that a great Body of Troops had been sent from Spain to quell the Rioters, many of whom are of the first Quality.
A beautiful Diamond Stomacher, in which all Kinds of Insects, such as Bees, Butterflies, &c. are represented, is now making at an eminent Jeweller's for the intended Queen of Sweden.
Advices are received of terrible Damage being done by the high Winds last Week on the French Coast, four large Ships having been wrecked between Brest and Cape la Hogue.
His Majesty's Ship the St. Alban's of sixty four Guns, Captain Douglas, and the Favourite Sloop of War, Captain Biggs, failed from Portsmouth on Friday last for Antigua.
The following Matter of Fact at present engrosses the Conversation of the Beau Monde. Mrs. T. a married Coquette, had Address enough (till lately) to blind her doting Husband; however, about three Months since, Mr. T. was informed that his Lady and Mr. H. were seen at a convenient Visiting House, near St. James's Square. He followed them, but they had taken the Alarm, and decamped in Haste. However, he walked up Stairs, when the first Thing he saw was an Eget of some Value, which he knew to be his Wife's; he put it in his Pocket, and, rising his Resentment, asked the Lady of the House if a Mr. B. a Relation of his, was not in the House. Being answered in the negative, he went away, seemingly satisfied, nor at his Return home did he show the least Discomposure. The Lady, therefore, thought herself secure; in the mean Time, the Eget was advertised, as lost by a Lady in a Hackney Chair. Soon after this Discovery he removed his Lady and Family to one of his Seats, on the Borders of Wales, where having her, on some Pretext he came to Town, sold off all his Furniture, lodged his Plate, Jewels, &c. at a Banker's, and then made a Visit to Mr. H. whom he found in his Dressing Room. He desired to speak with him in private, on which the Servants were dismissed. Mr. T. then fastened the Door, and laying the Eget on the Table, Sir, says he, I understand you have offered a Reward for this Ornament of Mrs. T. I am come to thank you, and repay you; accordingly he gave the unfortunate Gallant a hearty Drubbing with an Oak Stick he brought with him for that Purpose; then left him sprawling on the Floor, walked down Stairs, got into his Post Chaise, and immediately set off for France, where he now is, while his Wife is close Prisoner at the Seat before mentioned.
August 29. On Monday Afternoon their Majesties, with the Prince of Wales, and the two Princes of Mecklenburg Strelitz, went down the River in a Pleasure Barge with a Band of Music, as far as Hammermith. On their Return in the Evening, just under Kew Bridge, they met the Fishmongers Barge, when the Company in it ordered their Band of Music to play God save the King . Their Majesties were pleased to order their Barge to lie by, and several Tunes were played in each Barge; after which their Majesties returned to Richmond, and the Fishmongers Company to town.
HER MAJESTY IS NOW PREGNANT. It is now said that the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas has a Promise of his own Terms if he will accept the Seals, and we hear he has taken a few Days to determine on it.
His Excellency Count de Guignes, the French Ambassador, who set out on Monday last from hence for France, proposes to be absent only for three Weeks. The Reason of his sudden Departure was to attend a Trial at Paris, on Account of a considerable Legacy lately left him, at which he is obliged to be present.
The Conduct of Count de Guignes, French Ambassador to this Court, was so agreeable to a great Personage, that, some Time ago, when it was expected the Count would be removed, he wrote a Letter with his own Hand to the French Monarch, requesting the Count might be continued at this Court.
M. Bathaille Francois had a House of his own behind that of the Count de Guignes. It is his Furniture that has been removed and sold, not the Ambassador's, as has been reported.
The Publick may rely upon this Article of Intelligence, that Lord Camden has declared he will never more accept the Seals, notwithstanding they are so often at his Option, through the Bounty of the Newspapers.
The Spanish Court, it is said, has lately advanced the French Monarchy a Loan of three Millions of Pounds Sterling at a low Interest, on a fresh Contract entered into by the two Crowns.
Though a Person has surrendered, and is actually in the Compter, on the Subject of the Fire at Portsmouth Dockyard, yet we are now assured that he has not been examined by the Lord Mayor, his Lordship looking upon it as a Business which does not come properly within his Province. All Reports, therefore, of the said Person having been re-examined last Night, are without Foundation.
The Name of the Person who confessed that he had been concerned in the setting Fire to Portsmouth Dockyard is Dudley; he is not in Wood-Street Compter, but in Custody for Debt at a Lockup House in that Street.
The Entertainment given yesterday by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House, to the Goldsmiths and Musicians Companies, was very elegant; there were upwards of one Hundred Dishes, besides a grand Dessert.
We have just received the following Intelligence, from a Gentleman of undoubted Veracity. "I am just returned from a short Excursion into Essex and Hertfordshire, and have the Pleasure to acquaint you the Crop of Corn is very good. I hope it will be well got in, and am very well assured the late Rains have not done any Damage."
A Letter from Paris, dated August 20th, says: "Among the Reductions that are making in the Troops of this Kingdom, there is a Talk of suppressing the Gens d'Armes."
Saturday last the Prince Frederick Packet Boat from Dover to Ostend was lost at the End of Ostend Harbour. The Captain and Crew were saved; and the Mail luckily floating, was taken up.
BOSTON, September 23.
On Wednesday last a Convention of the Episcopal Clergy was held in this Town, when a Sermon was preached at King's Chapel on the Occasion by the Reverend Mr. Bafs, of Newbury.
Yesterday being the Anniversary of his Majesty's Coronation, the same is observed here this Day by firing the Cannon at the Batteries, &c. and other usual Demonstrations of Loyalty and Joy. The Admiral's Ship is beautifully ornamented with Flags and Colours of the different maritime Nations.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in England to his Correspondent in America.
"If Bishops should be sent to America, they can have no Kind of Power to enforce the Payment of Tenths. The Original of this Payment, in our Country, arose not from the Power of Churchmen; for they never had, nor could have, nor attempted to have, the Power of disposing of other Mens Property, nor did it arise even from the Laws of the Land, but from the voluntary Donation of our ancient Kings, long before the Conquest, when they held all the Lands of England in Domain and could dispose of them, or any Part, in what Manner they pleased. When the Kings gave several of their Manors and Estates to their Lords, and others, they gave with them the Encumbrance of paying Tenths; and all the Laws that have been since made relative to this Matter do not convey to the Church a Right to the Tenths, but only enforce the Payment of that
which was before due to it by the Donation of ancient Proprietors. So that the Apprehension that Mens private Property will be invaded by the settling of Bishops in America is absolutely groundless; and there can be no Pretence for Bishops to require the Payment of Tenths in your Country, because probably there are none that have been given to the Church by legal Proprietors. If there are any such, they may as well be demanded without Bishops as with them."
WILLIAMSBURG, October 24.
The Chatham, Anderson, from London, is arrived in Rappahannock; the M c Laughlin, from the same Port, is gone up the Bay; and the True Patriot, Aselby, from Bristol, and Ritchie, M c Larty, from London, are arrived in James River.
[DEATHS.] Mrs. HULDAH READ, in the twenty first Year of her Age, Wife of Doctor John K. Read, of Hanover County. Her amiable Disposition, joined to a friendly benevolent Deportment, endeared her to all her Acquaintances; and an unaffected Piety through Life, with a perfect Resignation to the Divine Will, during a long and painful Illness, gave her Friends an assured Hope of her having exchanged the Troubles of this World for a Crown of immortal Glory.
Mrs. CATHARINE BLAILEY, of this City, in the seventy sixth Year of her Age; an eminent Midwife, and who, in the Course of her Practice, brought upwards of three Thousand Children into the World.
A SECOND Letter to the CHURCH OF ENGLAND MAN in the next Paper.
At the Theatre, on Saturday, THE WEST INDIAN, and THE MUSICAL LADY.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 16. Last Sunday the Reverend Doctor Wotherspoon, Principal of the College at Princetown, in New Jersey, delivered a Discourse in the Market House, from those Words in St. Mark (Chapter 8th, and 38th Verse) We see, therefore, shall be ashamed of me, and of my Words, in this adulterous and sinful Generation, if he also shall the Son of Man be ashamed when he cometh in the Glory of his Father, with the Holy Angels. Strength of Reasoning, persuasive Arguments, and a Stile truly becoming the Gospel, affected the Audience very sensibly, and reflected Honour on that worthy Man.
To the PUBLICK.
Perlege, sed si quid novisti rectius istis, Candidus imperti; si non, bis utere mecum.
As the slow Administration of Justice in the Courts of this Colony has been so long and greatly complained of, I think it is the Duty of every Member of the Community to lend his Aid towards remedying the Evil. Many Schemes have been proposed; I have weighed them all very maturely, as well as every other Method that could be thought of, and I find none, in my humble Opinion, so little liable to Objection as what I shall here propose: That the Assembly shall pass an Act to have only thirteen Justices in each County, seven of them to be a special Court, to sit every March, May, August, and November, till they go through the Docket, to be paid by a Levy upon each County in Tobacco, and paid in Tobacco, or Money, at the Option of the Payer. All the thirteen to sit every Month, as they now do, to record Wills, Deeds, and bring causes to Issue, &c. and to do Out-Court Business. As a Reward for the six that are not paid, the Sheriff's Place to be given only to those six. By this Means Causes would be so soon determined in the County Courts that few would sue in the General Court, which would have only Appeals, &c. to try, and then both our Supreme and County Courts would be as speedy as any in the World. This Plan is rather an Amendment than an Alteration of our present Constitution, and agreeable to the wise Maxims of the great ancient Lawgivers; which were, that if any Body entered the Senate to propose the Alteration of an old Law he came with a Halter about his Neck, that if it did not better the Law he might be hanged, such was their Reverence for established Laws. If these few Hints of mine should be taken Notice of by the Legislature when they meet next, I shall be very happy; if not, I shall rest satisfied that I had done my best for the Good of the Society I live in.
PHILO VIRGINIA.
Advertisements.
M. B R O D I E,
Just arrived from LONDON,
MAKES and trims, in the newest Taste, Sacks and Coats, Gowns and Petticoats, all Sorts of Ladies Brunswick and Japon Dresses, Sultana Robes, Robedecores, &c. She served her Time, and was Successor, to the original Makers, at their Warehouse in Pall Mall; her Partner still continues to carry on the Business in London, by whose Assistance, and that of the Queen's Mantuamaker, she is every three Months to be supplied with the Fashions. This, added to great Diligence, and a strong Desire to please, she hopes will be a sufficient Recommendation to the Ladies to favour her with their Commands, which she will most thankfully acknowledge, by showing a punctilious Observance to their Time and Orders. Ladies whom it may not suit to come to Town may be fitted by sending her a Pattern. She lodges, till a more convenient House can be got, at Mrs. Russell's Store, where Mr. Ayscough formerly lived, on the south Side of the Capitol, Williamsburg .
ALL Persons indebted to the deceased
Colonel Francis Waring, of Essex County, are requested to pay immediately; and those who have any Demands against the Estate are desired to make them known to the Executors.
N. B. A Tract of LAND in King & Queen County, containing by Estimation twelve Hundred Acres, is for Sale. For Terms apply to the said Executors.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, some Time next Week, before the Raleigh Tavern, in Williamsburg,
The beautiful Horse RANTER, a genteel FAMILY COACH, with Harness for six Horses, also several Pieces of FASHIONABLE PLATE, yet remaining of the Estate of the late John Mercer, Esquire, deceased. Credit will be allowed until the 25th of April next, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security, with Interest from the Sale; but if the Money is paid when due, the Interest will be abated.
Any Person inclined to purchase RUSHWORTH'S COLLECTION may see them at the Printing Office, and know the Terms. At the same Place are lodged several Copies of the old Abridgment of the VIRGINIA LAWS, containing so many Precedents for Magistrates that they are esteemed well worth five Shillings, the Price asked for them.
Williamsburg, October 24. JAMES MERCER. N. B. The Plate is lodged with Mr. Craig, and may be seen by any inclined to purchase.
To be SOLD, on Monday the 11th of November, at the late Dwellinghouse of Colonel James Quarles, in King William County, and on the Wednesday following, at his Plantation about four Miles above Aylett's Warehouse, in the said County,
ALL the personal Estate of said Quarles, consisting of a great Variety of Household and Kitchen Furniture, large Stocks of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Hogs, the Crops of Corn, Fodder, Wheat, Pease, and Cider, Plantation Utensils, and many other Articles; also will be sold, at the last mentioned Time and Place, the said last mentioned Plantation and Land thereunto belonging, containing six Hundred and nine Acres, with exceeding good Orchards, and the Plantation in good Order for Cropping. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security; the Bonds to carry Interest from the Date, if not discharged as soon as they become due. All Persons having Demands against the said Estate are desired to make them known immediately, to
WILLIAM AYLETT, JOHN QUARLES, Junior, } Executors.
For LONDON,
THE Snow NANCY, Richard Barron, lying in Appomattox River, Burthen about three Hundred and thirty Hogsheads, will positively sail in all next Month, and will take Tobacco, with Liberty of Consignment, at eight Pounds Sterling a Tun. Those who incline to ship will be pleased to send their Orders to the Subscriber, at Peterburg.
JOHN TABB.
THE Subscriber having given Bond to
William Russell, Deputy Sheriff of York County, for the Delivery of JEMMY, a Negro Man Slave belonging to Puckettman Eaton, of James City County, which said Negro was in Custody of the said Russell by Virtue of an Execution against the said Eaton's Estate; and whereas the said Negro has since made his Escape from me, I do hereby offer a Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS to any Person who will deliver the said Negro to William Russell, or myself, in Williamsburg.
SAMUEL SPURR.

BY Decree of the Honourable the Court of Vice Admiralty, to be sold on Wednesday the 30th of this Instant (October) at Burswell's Ferry , for ready Money, the Sloop FANNY , with her Tackle, Apparel, and Furniture, seven Casks of MUSCO- VADO SUGAR , and four Hundred Weight of COFFEE . JOHN TYLER, Marshal.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 19, 1771.
I INTEND to leave the Colony in a few Weeks. DAVID BLAIR.
IMPORTED in the Christian , Captain James Brown , a MATTED BUNDLE , which is supposed to be lodged somewhere on James River . It will be taken kind of any One who has it in Possession to send it to Norfolk , to the Care of Captain Oliffe , who now lies there.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 24, 1771.
THE Executors of Mr. Anthony Hay, on settling the Accounts of that Estate, find there will be a consider- able Deficiency; they therefore desire all the Creditors to meet at the Raleigh , on Saturday the 2d of next Month, at four o'Clock in the After- noon, when they will lay before them a State of their Administration, and have some Proposals to make which they hope will be agreeable to the Whole. They likewise expect, from the Indulgence already given, that those who have open Accounts will pay off their Balances immediately, to prevent Trouble. Those likewise who bought Goods at the Sale are desired to pay, and the Purchasers of the Slaves are reminded that their Bonds become due the first of next Month.
Just IMPORTED in the Nancy , Captain Barron, and to be SOLD on reasonable Terms by the Subscriber, at the Shop lately occupied by Doctor Andrew Anderson, in Williamsburg.
A FRESH Assortment of MILLINERY. White Satin, plain and flowered Lustings, Bats , Brussels , Minionet , and Edging Lace, Blond, black, and joining Ditto for Hoods, black, white, and blue Satin for Cloaks, Didbury's Satin Shoes, Ditto Shoes and Pumps for Gentle- men and Children, Paste Buckles, Paste, Marcasite, Garnet, Pearl, and Wax Necklaces, Earrings, Sprigs, Crosses and Lockets, blue, and white Satin Coats, Child Bed Linen, Baskets and Cushions, large Bags for Gentlemen at 7s. 6d. Rose Ditto at 3s. 6d. Mens, Womens, and Chil- drens white and coloured Gloves, black and white Silk Ditto for Ladies, Silk, Cotton, and Worsted Hose, Cane and Chip Hats, Childrens blue and black Caps, Hats and Feathers, Hair Rolls, coarse, fine, and Apron Book Muslin, Cambric and Lawn, Ivory Bodkins, Smelling Bottles cased with Ivory, and a Variety of curious Toys, &c. &c. Fans neatly mounted, and Cloaks and Bonnets made by MARGARET HUNTER.
Just IMPORTED in the Nancy , Captain Barron, and to be SOLD on the most reasonable Terms, by the Subscriber, in Williamsburg.
A GENTEL Assortment of MILLINERY, SILKS, and JEWEL- LERY. Fine Mecklin , Brussels , Minionet , Blond, and black Lace and Edgings, joining and double edged Ditto, cheap Thread Edgings for Trimmings, flowered, white, and coloured Satins, Brocades, plain, striped, and coloured Lustings, black and white Cloak Satins, black and white Satin Cloaks, white and coloured Satin Petticoats, a great Va- riety of set Necklaces, Earrings, Sprigs, Lockets, Buckles, and Combs, Paste, Shell, Marcasite, plain Tortoiseshell, and Horn Combs, a great Variety of fashionable Ribands, Caps, Fillets, Stomachers, and Fans, French , Pearl Wax, Pearl, Jet, Garnet, Coral, and Agate Necklaces, Earrings and Sprigs, fine Italian Flowers, Breast Ditto, Ladies and Gentle- mens Silk and Leather Gloves of various Sorts, Gold Bands, Buttons, and Loops, striped and plain Muslins, Lawns, Cambricks, Long Lawns, bordered Muslin Handkerchiefs, plain and figured Gauze, Gauze Aprons, fine dark grounded Cottons, Hats and Bonnets, Satin Shoes, Mens Graham's Ditto, Etwee Cakes, Silver Thimbles, Ladies white Silk and Cotton Hose, Gentlemens white, black, and coloured ribbed and plain Ditto, Hair Rolls, Net Hoods, a great Variety of Tapes, a Piece of fine Cotton Bed Furniture, Chintz Colours, &c. &c. JANE CHARLTON.
Just IMPORTED in the Chatham , Captain Anderson, and to be SOLD reasonable for ready Money, a large Assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES, amongst which are the following Articles:
PERUVIAN Bark, Ipecacuanha, Jalap, Rhubarb, Manna, Senna, Cremor Tartar, Quicksilver, Russian and Hudson's Bay Castors, Saffron, Cochineal, Potaish, Essence of Burgamot and Lemons, Magnesia Alba, Castor Oil, Semarouba, Cascarilla, Indian Pink, Borax, Calomel, Aquafortis, China and Sarsaparilla Roots, Spermaceti, Spanish Licorice, Verdigris, Copperas, Canadian Balsam, Balsams of Peru, Capivi, and Tolu, Glauber's, Epsom, and Lymington Salts, Ether, White Wax, Mer- curius Calcinator, Black, White, and Red Lead, French Chalk, for taking Grease out of Silks and fine Cloths, Spa and Pyrmont Waters, Hartshorn Shavings, Ingots, Vermacelli, Sago, Salop, Pearl Barley, Groats, Currants, fine candied Ginger, candied Eringo and Angelica, Almond Powder, Saltpetre, Mace, Cloves, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Allspice, Black, White, and Long Pepper, best Sallad Oil, Linseed Oil for Painting, Beaume de Vie, Capillaire, Jetuits Drops, Anderson's , Hooper's , and Lock- yer's Pills, Squire's , Boscock's , Daffy's , and Stoughton's Elixirs, Freeman's and Goddrey's Cordials, Greenough's Tincture, British Oil, Bateman's Drops, Anodyne Necklaces, Eau de Luce, Elixir Bardana, Lavender and Han- gary Waters, Orange Flower Water, Court Plaster, Lip Salve, Gold and Silver Leaf, Dutch Metal, best Lancets, fine Lint, Tow, Twine, Pill Boxes, White Skins, Vials, Gallipots, Clyster Pipes, Glass Funnels, Vial Corks, Ivory and Pewter Syringes, Prussian Blue, Vermilion, Log- wood, &c. &c. JOHN MINSON GALT.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 24, 1771.
STOLEN, or STRAYED, last Saturday, out of my Stable, a large Bay Horse, the Property of Mr. John Hoxward ; he has a Star in his Forehead, long and narrow, and is shod before. It is probable that he was rode off by some Negro, and turned loose. Whoever will give me Intelligence where he is, or bring him to me, shall have TEN SHILLINGS Reward.
SAMUEL SPURR.
FREDERICKSBURG, September 28, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber, this Morn- ing, an indented Servant named ANDREW NUGENT , a Native of Ireland , and a House Joiner by Trade; he speaks quick, is about five Feet nine Inches high, round shouldered, wears his Hair short and slovenly, very distinctly pitted with the Smallpox, has a Scar on his Forehead re- presenting the Letter Y , and a downy Beard. He lately sprained one of his Wrists, which is yet larger than the other, and was also bit by a Dog in one of his Legs, the Scars of which probably now appear. He was in- differently clothed, having sold most of what he had for Liquor, and abused those remaining in Drunkenness, a Vice he is much addicted to, but what he had was a Gentleman's cast off superfine brown Cloth Coat, bound, with a white Lining and yellow Basket Buttons, a Damascus Waistcoat, brown Linen Trousers, and a twilled Milk and Cider coloured Counter Cloth Coat, which he stole. Whoever will secure him in any Jail, and advise me of it, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, be- sides what the Law allows. If he is taken out of the Country I will give FIVE POUNDS, besides what the Law allows, upon his Delivery to me. STEPHEN JOHNSTON.
N. B. I understand he was at Todd's Bridge about the 5th Instant, inquiring the Way to Newcastle , where he said he was going on some Business of Mr. Mercer's , his late Master.
SURRY County, October 18, 1771.
RUN away, from the Subscriber's Planta- tion in North Carolina , on Tar River , last May, a NEGRO MAN named Emmanuel , a spare made Fellow, of a yellowish Complexion, Vir- ginia born, twenty odd Years of Age, speaks remarkable horse, and for- merly belonged to Mr. Simon Hilliard of Elizabeth City . I suspect he is lurking about Wintonburg , as I heard of him there last August . Who- ever apprehends the said Fellow and brings him to me, or secures him so that I get him again, shall have THIRTY SHILLINGS Reward. CHARLES REEKS.
To be SOLD at publick Sale, on the 11th of November next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
FOUR Thousand Acres of LAND belonging to James Burwell , lying in the County of Ile of Wight , on James River , eleven Miles below Smithfield . It is very level, and extraordinary good for Grain and Stock, having firm Marshes belonging to it, and so convenient to Norfolk that whatever is made thereon may easily be carried there by Water. There is also a very fine Merchant Mill in the Neighbourhood thereof, the Pro- prietor of which will, no Doubt, readily take all the Wheat that can be made upon it. Oysters and Fish are to be had in Plenty, and extremely good. The Land will be laid off in Lots to suit Purchasers, and may be entered on the first of January next. Six Months Credit will be allowed from the Day of Entry, on Bond, with approved Security, being given to
LEWIS BURWELL, DUDLEY DIGGES, THOMAS NELSON, Junior, } Trustees. RICHARD BAKER, NATHANIEL BURWELL, }
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg , a DARK BAY HORSE, with white Hairs in him, about four Feet four or five Inches high, a Blaze in his Face, his left hind Foot white, a roach Mane almost grown out, a Switch Tail, Saddle Spots on his Back before, a Bump on his Back behind made by a Saddle, he appears very lame in the right Hip, and is branded on the near Shoulder d : and on the off Buttock T . Pasted, and appraised to six Pounds. ISAAC WATSON.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 17, 1771.
JUST imported from London , in the Nep- tune , Captain White , a large Assortment of EUROPEAN and INDIA GOODS; to be sold, on very reasonable Terms, at my Store in this City. ROBERT MILLER.
PURSUANT to an Order of Surry Court , on Saturday the 2d of November , will be let to the lowest Under- taker, at Wall's Bridge , the Rebuilding of the said Bridge. The Time of finishing, and in what Manner the same is to be done, will be made known on the above Day, by THOMAS BAILEY, NICHOLAS FAULCON, Junior, } Commissioners. CARTER CRAFFORD, ETHELDRED GRAY, }
THE Creditors of Mess. Anthony M c Kit- trick and Company are requested to meet the Trustees at the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg , on Saturday the 26th Instant (October) in Order to settle their Claims and receive a Dividend.
NEW KENT, March 20, 1771.
WHEREAS my Son Hartwell Macon hath, by his imprudent Conduct, spent all that he ever had any Right to, and reduced himself to such unhappy Circumstances that he is unable to discharge his just Debts; and notwithstanding this has been well known to the World for some Time past, and that I have also made it known that I would never pay any of his Debts, many People still let him have Things on Credit, expecting I will discharge his Debts, or leave him some Part of my Estate which they may seize upon after my Decease: I there- fore give this publick Notice, to prevent any One from being deceived, or rather deceiving themselves, that I am determined never to give my said Son any Thing during my Life, nor to leave him any Thing by my Will. Given under my Hand, this 20th Day of March , 1771. WILLIAM MACON, Senior.
THE Subscriber, intending to leave the Colony of Virginia next Spring, has come to a Resolution to sell by publick Auction the following Tracts of LAND, for ready Money, to the highest Bidders, before the Courthouse Door in Winchester , in the said Colony, on the first Tuesday in November , being the first Day of the Court, and continue the Sale during that and the succeeding Courts to be held there, and in Hampshire County , in the Town of Romney , until all are sold. Regular Attendance will be given, and any particular Tract will be im- mediately exposed to Sale at the Request of any Person there attending in Order to bid or purchase; and good Titles will be made, on paying the Purchase Money. The Quitrent of each Hundred Acres of the Land is but two Shillings Sterling a Year. As it would be too tedious to mention the different Qualities of these Tracts, therefore shall only describe their Situations and Quantities. Those inclined to purchase have an agreeable Season of the Year to view, and purchase, if they choose, between this and the Time of Sale.
These in Frederick County are as follows. 1157 Acres on Sleepy Creek , reaching within two Miles of the Warm Springs , and eight Miles of the River Potomack .—516 on Back Creek , known by the Name of the Yellow Springs , within twelve Miles of the Warm Springs , and eight of Potomack .—357 within two Miles of Watkins's Ferry , on Potomack .—400 at Breck's Gap , within six Miles of the Warm Springs .—391 on Potomack River , within six Miles of the Warm Springs .—943 within four Miles of Jacob Hite's , Esquire, and two of his Merchant Mill.—203 within eight Miles of Winchester , and a Quarter of a Mile of George Bruce's Merchant Mill, and Half a Mile of that of Mr. Gibbs .—400 on Timber Ridge , within twenty Miles of Winchester .—647 on Isaac's Creek , within twelve of Winchester , and two of Jesse Pugh's Mill.—279 on Red Bud Run , adjoining Mr. Isaac Zane's Forge, within twelve Miles of Winchester .—51 adjoining the Lands of the Reverend John Hoge , and within three Miles of Winchester . —81 within Half a Mile of Captain Isaac Perkins's Mill, and a Mile and a Half of Winchester .—173 adjoining the Lands of Captain Robert Rutherford , within seven Miles of Winchester , and two of Jesse Pugh's Mill.—150 in Loudoun County , within twelve Miles of Leesburg , on the Road to Mr. Snickers's Ferry.
In Hampshire County . 10485 known by the Name of the Green Spring , within seven Miles of Romney , the County Town, and two Miles of Colonel Cresap's on Potomack . —668 in two Tracts, adjoining the Widow Creamer's on the south Branch of Potomack , six Miles from Romney .—400 joining the Land of Daniel Williams .—400 joining the Land of Jonathan Rogers , on Pater- son's Creek .—332 joining the same.—400 joining Ditto.—400 joining Ditto.—458 joining Captain Hardin , on Pateron's Creek .— 700 in two Surveys, joining the Land of Charles Dick , Esquire, on the said Creek .—396 on Ross's Run , adjoining Garret Rozener's .—400 on the south Fork of Pateron's Creek , adjoining the Land of Captain Job Wilson . —1100 in three Surveys, on New Creek , adjoining the Lands of Captain William Romley .—976 on Luna's Creek , in three Surveys. —270 on Edwards's Run , near Great Cacapon .—350 at the cross Roads on the north River of Great Cacapon .—91 under the Nobbly Mountain of the south Branch of Potomack .—400 adjoining the Lands of Doctor James Craig , on the North River .—400 adjoining the same. —400 on Little Cacapon , near Stamp Cabin Run .—400 at the Horse Shoe Bottom , on Cheat River .—425 at Stony Lick , on Little Ca- capon .—295 known by the Name of the Bear Wallows , adjoining to Lands of Mr. James French , on Little Cacapon .—200 on Mill Run , near Wife's Mill , on the north Branch of Potomack .—300 on New Creek .—418 adjoining Lord Fairfax's Manor, and the Lands of Peter Casey .—600 of the new Purchase in Pennsylvania , on the Monongahela River , known formerly by the Names of Redstone and Fort Byrd , now by the Name of Society Hill , and lately rented out, for seven Years, at twenty five Pounds a Year.
Also will be sold by the Subscriber, at the same Time, on twelve Months Credit, six improved LOTS in the Town of Winchester , each containing Half an Acre, with five Acres of an out Lot to each in Lot, in the Common of the said Town, subject to a Quitrent of five Shillings Sterling only a Year, for ever. The out Lots are cleared, well fenced, and bear Timothy and Clover; but may be tilled, if the Owner chooses. BRYAN BRUIN.
PORTSMOUTH, October 10, 1771.
JUST imported by the Subscriber, and to be SOLD on reasonable Terms, both by Wholesale, at the usual Credit, and Retail, for Cash only, or on short Credit, an ASSORTMENT of GOODS suitable to the Season.
He has also established a SHOE MANUFACTORY, under the Direction and in the Name of William Forster and Company, where will be made, at moderate Prices, BOOTS, and MENS, WOMENS, and CHILDRENS SHOES of all Kinds, in the neatest and best Manner, and of as good Materials as can be procured in Britain ; for the Encourage- ment of which he begs Leave to solicit his Friends by themselves, and their Interest. JAMES INGRAM.
ISLE of WIGHT, October 10, 1771.
SOME Time last Winter I made publick my Intentions of opening, at the Globe in this County, a Grammar School, which commenced in February last, and in the Care of which I am at present assisted by a young Gentleman properly qualified for that Employment; but finding the Profits of the School hitherto insufficient to support an Other, and also to make me what I think an adequate Com- pensation for my Trouble in superintending it, I must take the Liberty of once more troubling the Publick to inform them that the Continuance of my School another Year depends upon the Encouragement it receives be- fore the Expiration of this. Gentlemen who are inclined to favour me with the Tuition of their Children will oblige me in communicating such Design to me before Christmas . To those with whom I have the Pleasure of being acquainted I hope it will be needless to repeat, that the Morals of my Pupils, as well as their Advancement in Learning, will be the Object of my Attention. H. J. BURGES.
Youth may be conveniently, reasonably, and gently boarded near the Globe .
To be RENTED for one or two Years, and Possession taken the 1st of January next,
THE well accustomed TAVERN now occupied by Mrs. Ware , in the Town of Newcastle , with all convenient Houses requisite for the Purpose, an exceeding good Garden, and three other Lots adjoining. CHARLES TINSLEY.
To be RENTED,
And may be entered on immediately,
THE LODGINGS where Doctor John De Siqueyra now lives. Also to be sold, or rented, the DWELLINGHOUSE and LOTS in Palace Street , where Doctor William Carter lately lived. For Terms in- quire of Mr. John Carter , Merchant in Williamsburg .
To be SOLD, on Wednesday the 20th of November, A LOT in the new Town of Petersburg , belonging to the Estate of Mr. Archibald Ferguson , deceased. The Time of Payment will be made known on the Day of Sale, by the Executors.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, on Friday the 15th of November , at the late Dwellinghouse of Robert Jones , late of Amelia County , deceased,
FIFTEEN Virginia born SLAVES, consisting of Men, Women, Boys, and Girls; also all the personal Estate of the said Jones , HOUSE- HOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, PLANTATION UTENSILS, HORSES, CATTLE, HOGS, and SHEEP. Credit will be allowed till the 25th of October 1772, on giving Bond and Security to JOHN SCOTT, Executor.
To be SOLD, on Monday the 18th of November, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, at the Plantation of Mr. John Russell , deceased, in King William County ,
ALL the Estate of the said Russell , consisting of fourteen Virginia born SLAVES (one of which is a valuable young Carpenter) Stocks of all Kinds, the Crops of Corn, Fodder, Wheat, and Pease, a great Variety of Household and Kitchen Furniture, a nine Hoghead Flat, and many other Articles. Also about four Hundred Acres of LAND, beautifully situated on Mattaponi River , whereon is an exceeding good Dwellinghouse, all convenient Outhouses, Garden, &c. in good Repair, and valuable Apple and Peach Orchards. The Mortgagees and other Creditors are desired to attend the Sale, in Order to agree on the Time of Payments; and it is hoped they will make known their Demands (whether by Mortgage, Bill, Bond, or otherwise) immediately to WILLIAM AYLETT, } Administrators. JAMES RUSSELL, }
All Persons indebted to the said Estate are requested to make im- mediate Payment to William Aylett , who is to collect the Debts. The Estate is so unhappily circumstanced that no Indulgence can be allowed.
STOLEN, or STRAYED, from Mr. Tim- berlake's Pasture, in Petersburg , some Time in June last, a bay MARE, got by Janus , about fourteen Hands high, eight or nine Years old, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, a small Star in her Forehead, some White on one of her fore Pasterns, and both hind Ones white, a small white Spot on her Withers, and a light Scar on her off hind Pastern, oc- casioned by a Kick. She was known to many People, some Time ago, as a Quarter Race Mare, by the Name of Nettie , and probably is with Foal, as she was covered this Spring by Colonel Bayley's  Faarneigh . Whoever will bring her to Mr. Timberlake in Petersburg , or to me in North- ampton County , North Carolina , shall have TEN POUNDS Virginia Cur- rency if she proves with Foal, otherwise FIVE POUNDS. WILLIE JONES.
To be SOLD, at Fendley's Gap, Amherst County, on Friday the 15th of November ,
THREE Thousand five Hundred Acres of LAND, divided into several Plantations, in good Order for Cropping, with good Orchards, and all necessary Houses, together with the Plantation on which I now live, whereon is a good Dwellinghouse thirty six by twenty eight, with a Brick Cellar under the Whole, Brick Chimneys that have six Fire Places, and is convenient for a Tavern or Store, with Gardens, Orchards, all conveni- ent Buildings, and about twenty Acres of good Meadow. Likewise, at the same Time and Place, will be sold forty Head of Cattle, the most Part Beef Cattle, fifty Head of Sheep, and some Horses. Part of the above to be sold for ready Money, and the Remainder on twelve Months Credit, or longer, if required, the Purchaser giving Bond and Security to HENRY KEY.
N. B. Any Person inclined to purchase may see the Land by apply- ing to the Subscriber.
HANOVER Town, October 12, 1771.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub- scriber, on the 25th of September , a forrel HORSE about five Feet high, branded on the near Buttock R A , has a light hanging Mane, a Switch Tail, some White in his Face, two or three white Feet and Legs, has lately been shod before, to prevent his Hoofs from splitting, which they are much inclined to do, and paces and gallops. Whoever brings the said Horse to me shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, and if the Thief is secured FIVE POUNDS. HARDIN BURNLEY.
BROKE Jail from Newtown, on Chester River, Maryland , the 8th of this Instant, MOSES GRAVES , a dark Mulatto Man about five Feet ten Inches high, about six and twenty Years of Age, is an active sprightly Fellow, talks much of his Freedom, and has a forged Pass; he had on a short blue Jacket, Osnabrugs long Trousers, a white Cap, and a Felt Hat. He came off in a small two- masted Boat, in Company with one Daniel Clark , a Tinker and Hat Dresser, and were seen at Point Lookout , at the Mouth of St. John . Whoever apprehends the said Fellow, and commits him to the publick Jail in Wil- iamsburg , shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. ROBERT CONSTABLE, Jailer of Newtown, on Chester River , Maryland .
RUN away, a Negro Fellow named Sampson , belonging to the Estate of William Lightfoot , Esquire, deceased. He is a tall black Fellow, of a serious Look, is in the Habit of common Plantation Negroes, and is supposed to be gone to Gloster County , as he was brought from thence of the Estate of one Blackwell , late of that County. Also a Mulatto Fellow named HARRY , rather tall, has a very wild Look, a wide Mouth, generally wears his Beard very long, has a flattening Tongue, is clothed as is usual, and is supposed to have made to Sandy Point , shall have a Reward of TWENTY SHILLINGS, besides what the Law allows. JOHN PIERCE.
RUN away from one of my Flats, when at the Falls of James River , about the 25th of August last, a likely Negro Fellow named PRINCE , about five Feet ten Inches high, very well proportioned, speaks fast and thick; he is a Spaniard , and greatly addicted to Liquor. He had on such Clothes as Watermen generally wear, and it is supposed he took the Road to Charles City , where he had a Wife and Children at Mr. Arrell's . He is an excellent Swimmer, and dives remarkably well. Whoever brings him to me at Warwick shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. ROBERT DONALD.

POETS CORNER.
CELIA and the LOOKING GLASS.
CELIA, in every Charm array'd, Of sparkling Jewels, and Brocade, By Nature deck'd with every Grace, Of Air, Deportment, Shape, and Face...
HIS Majesty's Postmaster General having (for the better facilitating of Correspondence between Great Britain and America) been pleased to add a fifth Packet Boat to the Station between Falmouth and New York...
WILLIAMSBURG, October 15, 1771.
COMMITTED to the publick Jail, from Gloucester Prison, a Negro Fellow who appears to be between forty and fifty Years of Age, about five Feet nine or ten Inches high, a thin Visage...
COMMITTED to the Jail of Dinwiddie County, on the 8th of September, a Negro Fellow who cannot tell his Master's Name. He is well made, of the middle Size, marked down his Cheeks...
Just IMPORTED from London, and to be SOLD for ready Money only, at the cheapest Rates, by the Subscriber, at her Shop where Mr. Ayscough lately lived, opposite to the South Side of the Capitol.
A GENTEELE Assortment of MERCERY, MILLINERY, JEWELLERY, &c. (Part of which consists of the under named Articles) of the newest Fashion, being chosen by herself, and purchased since July last...
Also several PATENT MEDICINES, particularly Hemet (Dentist to his Majesty), his Essence of Pearl, and Pearl Dentrice, for preserving and cleaning both Teeth and Gums...
TAKEN up, in Henrico, a red and white pied HEIFER, marked with a Swallowfork and Underkeel in the right Ear and Overkeel in the left. Posted, and appraised to thirty Shillings.
TAKEN up, in Prince Edward, a small bay MARE about four Feet three or four Inches high, Part of her left Ear cut off, with a Star in her Forehead, but no Brand perceivable. Posted, and appraised to three Pounds.
NOW at my Plantation on Licking Hole Creek, in Goochland County, two red STEERS, between two and three Years old, one marked with a Crop in the right Ear, the other with a Swallowfork and Underkeel in the right Ear...
VALENTINE WOOD.
TAKEN up, in Amherst, a red and white HEIFER about three Years old, and both Ears cropped. Posted, and appraised to forty Shillings.
TAKEN up, in Amherst, a brindled pied STEER marked in the left Ear with a Slit and an Underkeel in the right, and has a Bob Tail. Also a HEIFER and CALF, with a Slit in each Ear...
To be RENTED, or SOLD, THE COALPITS in Chesterfield County, on Falling Creek, near Buckingham Road, adjoining those of Mr. Elyson, deceased. My only Reason for wanting to dispose of them is Want of Force...
I GIVE this Notice to all Persons indebted to Mr. William Orange, by Bond or otherwise, to make Payment to me by the first of December next, as after that Time Suits will be commenced against those who fail.
Just IMPORTED from London, and to be SOLD at Mr. Campbell's Store in Richmond, A FRESH Assortment of GARDEN SEEDS, consisting of Common Cabbage, Green Savoy Ditto, Early Sugar Loaf Ditto...
To be SOLD on the Premises, on Thursday the 14th of November, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, to the highest Bidder, A TRACT of exceeding fine TOBACCO and GRAIN LAND, containing five Hundred Acres...
To be SOLD, pursuant to a Decree of the County Court of Essex, at Tappahannock, on the 30th of this Instant (October) if fair, otherwise next fair Day, THREE LOTS in the said Town, whereon Richard Banks now lives...
STRAYED from Hog Island, in the Night of the 19th of September, a light bay HORSE about thirteen Hands and a Half high, ten Years old, has a hanging Mane and Switch Tail...
TAKEN up, in Frederick, a bay HORSE about thirteen Hands and a Half high, about nine Years old, and branded on the near Shoulder FHB. Posted, and appraised to seven Pounds ten Shillings.
TAKEN up, in Sussex, a bright bay HORSE about four Feet eight or nine Inches high, about eight Years old, Half of his Mane cut off, a Sprig Tail, some Saddle Spots, and branded on the near Shoulder O.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, at Kingland's Ferry, on James River, a middle sized light gray HORSE, branded on the near Buttock B. Posted, and appraised to eight Pounds.
WANTED immediately, A YOUNG MAN qualified for an ASSISTANT in a STORE, and who understands BOOK-KEEPING. Such a One, well recommended, may hear of good Encouragement by applying to Mr. RIND.
PURSUANT to a late Act of the General Assembly, which hath received the Royal Assent, we propose to sell to the highest Bidders, on Thursday the 31st Instant, at four o'Clock in the Afternoon...
I INTEND for England early in the Spring, and request all those who have any open Accounts on my Books to settle them. Bonds, or Cash, will be required from all indebted, and Payment made to those who have Balances in their Favour.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 1, 1771. At the same Time will be sold a Tract of LAND called Tutty's Neck, containing about six Hundred Acres, more or less, very convenient to the City of Williamsburg...
NORFOLK, September 11, 1771. To be SOLD by the Trustees of BENJAMIN GRYMES, Esquire, on Monday the 25th of November, if fair, otherwise the next fair Day, and continue till all is sold, at Benjamin Johnson's Ordinary in Fredericksburg.
ABOUT two Hundred fine healthy SLAVES belonging to the Estate of the said GRYMES, but very few old Ones amongst them; there are several good Furnace Men, Forgemens, Colliers, Carters, and Watermen...
MECKLENBURG, September 1, 1771. RUN away from the Subscriber, this Day, an Apprentice Lad named EDWARD WILSON, a clear Mulatto, a Carpenter and Joiner by Trade. He is about eighteen Years of Age...
He is supposed to be gone towards Hampton. Now in the Press, and speedily will be published, by JOHN DUNLAP, at the newest Printing Office in Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, and will be delivered to the Subscribers agreeable to the original Proposals...
ALL THE POETICAL Writings, and some other Pieces, OF THE Reverend NATHANIEL EVANS, A.M. Late Missionary in Gloucester County, New Jersey, and Chaplain to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Killmurray, of the Kingdom of Ireland.
For SALE, or to be RENTED for a Term of Years, and entered upon immediately, THE capital Prize drawn in the Honourable William Byrd's Lottery, consisting of a DOUBLE FORGE and valuable GRISTMILL, with two Acres and a Half of LAND adjoining...
ASI intend to remove up the Country next Fall, I would sell my Plantation in King & Queen County, which consists of six Hundred and fifty five Acres of LAND, pleasantly situated on Mattaponi River, about six Miles above West Point...
To be SOLD, on long Credit, the three following Tracts of LAND, viz. ONE Tract containing four Hundred Acres, lying in Spotsylvania County, on the Head of Bluff Run, about eighteen Miles from Fredericksburg.
Another Tract lying in Amherst County, on Queen's Creek, containing four Hundred Acres; it is well timbered, and a good Soil for Tobacco and Indian Corn. One Tract lying in Pittsylvania County, on Sycamore Creek...
WILLIAM MITCHELL. ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12s. 6d. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for 3s. the first Week, and 2s. each Week after. All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with Care and Expedition.