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BEING strictly enjoined by my late Instructions to enforce the punctual Payment of his Majesty's Quittrents, it is expected, for the future, that every Sheriff should settle with the Auditor, and pay the Money into the Receiver's Office, on or before the Day appointed by Law; and all Sheriffs who are in Arrear to this Revenue, and fail to settle with the Auditor and pay the Money into the Receiver's Office by the 25th of April, cannot expect any farther Indulgence.
RICHARD CORBIN, D. R. G.
The History of Cidal Achmet, who carried off the Grand Seigneur's Daughter, kept a Seraglio at Chelsea, and was assassinated by the Turkish Agents of that Prince.
THE great Concourse of Foreigners who resort to London on various Affairs, joined to the Liberty of England, which permits all Manner of Persons, who conform to its Laws in other Respects, to follow their own private Pursuits, and to live just in what Manner they think proper, renders the Inhabitants in general less curious about the Arrival and Sojourn of Strangers amongst them than those of any other Country. The singular Circumstances of the following History, which are literally true, are striking Proofs of this Observation.
In the Year 1724, a Gentleman frequented the Royal Exchange, who called himself Mr. Herby; and, passing for a Turkey Merchant, took a large Country House about three Miles from London, in a retired Place, in the Neighbourhood of Chelsea, where he constantly resided, and scarce ever made his Appearance abroad except on Change, and at the Coffee-houses in the Neighbourhood, where his chief Intercourse seemed to be with foreign Jews, and it was imagined to be on the Subject of Exchange of Money. He embellished his Seat with every Decoration of Art and Nature, sparing no Cost or Pains upon it; but so secret was he with Respect to the internal Affairs of his Household that no Person out of Doors knew the Manner of Life he led for some Years, as he did not visit any Neighbour, and was chiefly waited on by Turkish Servants he had brought with him to England. His Gardener, his Cook, his Steward, and in short all the Domesticks whose Employments made it necessary for them to be familiar in the House, were Turks; and the few English Servants he employed were lodged in Outhouses, and had certain Bounds which they durst not pass on Pain of being dismissed; and so amiable was his Character, as a good Master, that none of them chose to disobey him; in short, his Liberality acquired him the Reputation of being immensely rich.
The only remarkable Circumstance that transpired was his keeping a Number of Mistressies; but as there was the strictest Order and Decorum observed, none of them ever appearing abroad to give Offence to the Neighbourhood, and that he had engaged all the lower People about him in his Interest, by his Generosity, no Notice was taken of it, and he was suffered to enjoy his private Pleasures without any Molestation whatever, nor was it till after his Death that the Publick was informed of the Adventures we are now to relate.
From the Time of his settling in the Country he had formed the Resolution of having a Seraglio in the same Manner as if he had lived at Constantinople, and with this View he took no Thought about the Birth or Accomplishments of his Mistressies, but chose them as they pleased his Eye, and possessed personal Charms calculated to gratify his sensual Inclinations. His first Prize was a very handsome Sempstresses, to whom he had given some Work; and forming an Acquaintance with her by these Means, he at length seduced her by Presents to consent to live with him. The great Pains he took to make her Situation happy could not prevent her expressing some Uneasiness at leading so solitary a Life, which in a short Time made her enter into Mr. Herby's Views of forming his Seraglio for the Sake of Company. The Fear of dividing his Affections had less Power over her than the Chagrin of being debarred from all female Society. She therefore consented to write to three young Girls of her Acquaintance, inviting them to pay her a Visit, and she gave them such an advantageous Account of her Situation as could not fail to excite their Curiosity, which was heightened by another Circumstance:
They were told in the Letter, that the Servant, who was the Bearer, would attend them, on any Day they should appoint, with her Coach, to conduct them to her; but that, for particular Reasons, she was obliged to conceal from them the Names of Persons, or any Description of the Place of her Residence. After a short Consultation, the Desire of seeing their old Acquaintance, whom they had given over, conceiving she had met with some fatal Accident, joined to the enchanting Account she had given of herself, engaged them to consent, and in a few Days Mr. Herby's Servant conducted them safe in his Coach to his House. Great Preparations had been made for their Reception, all the Apartments were thrown open, the most costly Furniture was displayed, Jewels and valuable Curiosities were carelessly placed in the different Rooms, and every Art made Use of that could serve to convey the Idea of immense Riches. The Sempstresses herself was dressed magnificently, and seemed to be covered with Diamonds. The three Girls, who perhaps had never seen any Thing finer than their Shops, were Thunder-struck. Envy, it is probable, succeeded to Admiration, and doubtless they secretly cursed their own hard Fortune; but the Sempstresses did not suffer them to give Way to these Reflections longer than was necessary for their Design. After a superb Entertainment, at which she presided, and during the Course of which Mr. Herby treated her with every Mark of Affection, and then with uncommon Politeness purposely withdrew, she told the Girls that she should be very happy if they would consent to be Partners with her in her good Fortune; that she had sent for them with that View; and that they had only to signify their Assent to become as absolute Mistressies of the House, and all the Riches they saw in it, as herself. She then expatiated on the amiable Qualities of Mr. Herby, who in Fact was a well made genteel Man. At this Instant he returned, enforcing the Lady's Arguments by a Thousand Civilities, and some rich Presents; he made them promise to take the first Opportunity of eloping from their Friends, and sent them back under the Conduct of the same Servant, who was provided with Money, and ordered to attend their Orders till their Flight was accomplished.
By such Sort of Stratagems he gained in the End eight more, and he made their Bondage so agreeable that they wished it might never end. It may be imagined he must be very rich to be able to support the Expenses of such an extravagant Household, for he was now become the Father of twelve Girls; but, besides this, he was obliged to provide for their Relations, owing to a very singular Accident.
One of his Mistressies grew extremely uneasy in her Retreat, and such was the Generosity of his Temper that he could not bear to see any of them unhappy. She told him she could not support Life any longer without seeing her Father and Mother, who she knew must be inconsolable for her Absence. She urged this Matter with such pressing Entreaties, and Tears, that, as he durst not let her go home to them, he at last resolved to send for them to his House, and to observe the same Conduct with Respect to them as he had done when he first received the three Girls whom his Sempstresses had invited. The same Servant was sent on this Commission; and the Parents of the Girl, overjoyed to receive a Letter from their absent Daughter, readily consented to accept the Invitation. The Coachman had Orders to keep them a long Time on the Road, to take all the bye Ways he could find to the House, and not to take them up till the Dusk of the Evening. In the Letter, their Daughter enjoined them to be secret and discreet, and assured them her Fortune was made beyond Expectation. All these Precautions being taken, the good People, who were rather of the lower Class of Citizens, appointed the Evening for making this extraordinary Visit; and Mr. Herby promised himself much Pleasure, from the Confusion and Surprise of our Citizens. To add to the Magnificence of the Apartments, prepared as before described, they were elegantly illuminated with Wax Candles, eleven of the Girls were dressed very genteely, and not without Jewels. But as for their Daughter, Nothing could equal the Splendour of her Apparel; she almost sunk under the Weight of her Jewels, and was seated under a Canopy in the largest Apartment, with her Companions standing on each Side of her Chair. In this Manner she received her Parents, who were led into the Presence Chamber by Mr. Herby himself, who on this
Occasion appeared as Master of the Ceremonies. The Turkish Servants were ranged in the Antichamber, to complete the Scene, which succeeded beyond Expectation. The old Couple concluded they were in one of the Royal Palaces, and that their Daughter had made a Conquest of some Prince of the House of Hanover.
Supper was served with the same Profusion and Magnificence; and when the Guests were fully satisfied with the Situation of their Daughter, Mr. Herby made them a Present of a Purse of Gold. Thus the Evening passed very agreeably, and a little after Midnight they took Leave of their kind Host, conformably to a Condition mentioned in the Letter. The Father, however, was not so blinded by the Elevation of his Daughter as not to perceive that all this Mystery could only be necessary in the Case of a dishonourable Connection, and concluded that his Daughter was ruined. His Suspicions determined him, if possible, to find out the Place of her Abode; and the Night was not so obscure as to prevent his observing some particular Marks on the Road, and at the Entrance into Town, by which he thought he should be able to trace it the next Day. But that he might not give any Suspicion to Mr. Herby's Servants, he and his Wife quitted the Coach in a careless Manner in the Streets, and walked home.
But the following Day he succeeded so well as to find his Way out of Town by the Road he had entered; and pursuing his Course to about the Distance he imagined the Coach had carried him, making Allowance for the Turnings and Windings the Coachman had made, he arrived in the Neighbourhood, at no great Distance from Mr. Herby's House, where he learned sufficient to confirm him in Opinion that it could be no other than the Turk, who was reputed to be so immensely rich, that had seduced and debauched his Daughter.
With the Cunning of the worldly minded Man, he determined to bear the Loss of his Daughter's Honour patiently, as an Evil without Remedy; and set about making an Advantage to himself, and Family, of this Disaster.
He instantly wrote a menacing Letter to Mr. Herby, accusing him as the Ravisher of his Daughter, and informing him that if he did not make him Satisfaction for the Injury he had done him he would do himself Justice by prosecuting him. The Fear of being exposed, and an entire Ignorance of the Laws of England, made Mr. Herby immediately submit to gratify the Avarice of the old Man, who stipulated for a Life Annuity for himself, his Wife, and his Daughter. This Adventure unluckily transpiring, through the Jealousy, Uneasiness, and Discontent of the other Girls, Mr. Herby, to quiet those Fears which now interrupted his domestick Happiness, compromised Matters in a pecuniary Way with the Relations of all his Mistressies; so that he had now twelve young Women, and their Relations, to provide for. The Tranquillity of his little Seraglio being thus restored, he pursued his usual Course of Life, for some Time, without any Appearance of future Molestation.
But on the 5th of May, 1734, one of the Valets going into his Master's Chamber, at his usual Hour of rising, found in his Bed only a bloody Carcase, without a Head; and the Girl who slept with him that Night lay murdered by his Side, with a Number of Wounds, which appeared to be the Stabs of a Poniard. The Screams of the Valet soon brought the other Women and Domesticks into the Apartment, whose horrid Consternation cannot be expressed. Two of the Turkish Domesticks were missing, and never heard of afterwards; all the Cabinets were found broke open, and the Treasures carried away, not so much as a Jewel being left but what was in the Womens Apartments, and had been long since given to them.
As soon as the Officers of Justice arrived, the following Circumstances were given in Evidence to the Jury who sat on the Bodies, by the Turks who came with their late Master to England.
The real Name of the pretended Mr. Herby was Cidal Achmet, a Native of Constantinople, of illustrious Descent, and in high Favour with the Grand Seigneur; but having aspired to marry the Grand Seigneur's only Daughter, the Sultan banished him, and gave her to the old Bashaw of Cairo. But the Sultana having conceived a reciprocal Passion for Achmet, held a secret Correspondence with him, and at last found Means to escape from her Husband, taking

with her immense Treasures belonging to her Father and the Bashaw. Fortune favoured their Retreat to Venice, where they lived very happily till the Sultana died; when Achmet, fearing he was too near the Grand Seignior, and having no longer a Mediatix to appease his Vengeance, embarked with his Effects in a Vessel bound for London.
The carrying off the Head, and the absconding of the Turks, left no Room to doubt that the Grand Seignior and the Bashaw had perpetrated this Murder, by their Agents; and on making farther Inquiries, some Turks, Merchants in London, gave the Government Intelligence that three Turks had arrived about a Month before this Event, with whom they had several Conversations; that all they could gather from them was that they were charged with an important secret Commission, and they were very careful to procure a List, on their Arrival, of all the Turks in London. It was found out that these three Men, in Company with two others, left England, and embarked for Holland the very Day Achmet was found murdered. And as it is the Practice of the Turks to pursue a meditated Vengeance for twenty Years, or more, till they have executed it, the Publick were fully convinced that the Grand Seignior was at the Bottom of this bloody Affair. The Jury could do no more but bring in their Verdict wilful Murder, against Persons unknown.
The poor Girls were sent home to their Friends, and the remaining Effects confiscated to the Sheriffs of the County.
Thus ended a most tragical Event, which has escaped the Notice of our Historians.
S M Y R N A, December 2.
LETTERS from Aleppo, of the 20th of November, confirm the Victory gained by Cheik Daher over the Druses, in Conjunction with the Pacha of Seide. These Letters add, that Kerim Kan has taken three English Vessels in the Persian Gulf, richly laden from Bengal and Bombay.
WARSAW, January 11. Some Persons, who seem well acquainted with publick Affairs, say that a Peace will soon be concluded between Russia and the Porte, that the Preliminaries are actually signed, and that the Porte have agreed to regard our Sovereign as duly elected King of Poland.
HAGUE, January 31. It is reported, that two Danish Lords passed through this Town last Monday, in their Way to the Court of London, with an authentick and particular Account of the great Revolution at Copenhagen.
COPENHAGEN, January 25. The following Advertisement has been published here: "Next Sunday, the 26th Instant, by Virtue of an Order from his Majesty, there will be a publick Thanksgiving in all the Churches in this Capital for the Protection granted by the Almighty in the present Circumstances, by watching over the Safety of the King, the Royal Family, and the whole Kingdom."
All the Queen's Household, excepting three Ladies, who have been dismissed, set out for Kronenbourg.
The Count Struenfee, the Count de Brandt, the Counsellor Struenfee, and the Physician Beren, are closely confined in a Dungeon, loaded with Irons. The Colonel Falkenstield and Hasselberg, were taken out of their Houses and conducted to the Cazerns, to be confined there. Major General Gude, and the two Cabinet Secretaries Zcega and Martini, are set at Liberty; but the Baron de Bulow was obliged to give his Parole, not to stir out of his House.
M. Struz, Counsellor of Legation, and Director of the Posts, was taken up this Day, and carried to the grand Guard. The publick Tranquility is thoroughly re-established here; the King has since been at the Opera.
L O N D O N, January 21.
THIS Day his Majesty came to the House of Peers, and being in his Royal Robes seated on the Throne with the usual Solemnity, Sir Francis Molyneux, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, was sent with a Message from his Majesty to the House of Commons, commanding their Attendance in the House of Peers. The Commons being come thither accordingly, his Majesty was pleased to make the following most gracious Speech:
My Lords and Gentlemen.
It gives me much Satisfaction that Nothing in the Situation of our Affairs, either foreign or domestick, has obliged me to require your Attendance earlier than might have been consistent with your private Convenience; and that, now you are met together, you will find yourselves at Liberty to give your whole Attention to the Establishment of wise and useful Regulations of Law, and to the Extension of our commercial Advantages.
The Performance of the Engagement of the King of Spain in the Restoration of Port Egmont and Falkland's Island, and the repeated Assurances I have received of the pacifick Disposition of that Court, as well as of other Powers, promise to my Subjects the Continuance of Peace; and we may, with the greater Confidence, hope that we shall not be disturbed in the Enjoyment of this Blessing, as there is no Reason to apprehend that we shall become involved in the Troubles which still unhappily prevail in one Part of Europe.
The Danger of the farther spreading of the infectious Sickness in Europe is, I trust, very much abated; but I must recommend it to you not to suffer our Happiness, in having been hitherto preferred from so dreadful a Calamity, to lessen your Vigilance in the Use of every reasonable Precaution for our Safety.
Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
I have ordered the Estimates for the Service of the current Year to be laid before you. I make no Doubt but you will see the Propriety of maintaining a respectable Establishment of my naval Forces: I am pleased, however, to find that I shall be under no Necessity of asking of you, at this Time, any extraordinary Aid.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
The Concerns of this Country are so various, and extensive, as to require the most vigilant and active Attention; and some of them, as well from Removals of Place as from other Circumstances, are so peculiarly liable to Abuses, and exposed to Danger, that the Interposition of the Legislature for their Protection may become necessary. If in any such Instances, either for supplying Defects or remedying Abuses, you shall find it requisite to provide any new Laws, you may depend upon my ready Concurrence in whatever may best contribute to the Attainment of those salutary Ends.
Letters from Berlin advise that the King of Prussia had farmed the Revenue of Tobacco imported into his Dominions to a Frenchman, for five Tons of Gold, or fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling.
We hear that the French Ambassador's Stay in England will be but a few Weeks, as some important Business requires his Excellency's Presence at Paris early in the Spring, at which Time it is expected that Spain and Portugal will be ready to join with France in any important Enterprises.
January 23. Yesterday the Right Honourable the House of Peers presented a very loyal and dutiful Address to his Majesty, were graciously received, and had a most gracious Answer; and this Day the Right Honourable the House of Commons presented their Address to the King.
The King, in his Return from the Parliament House on Tuesday last, was much buzzed, particularly through the Park; notwithstanding which several Fellows had the Insolence to call out "a kired Mob ," and to make Use of some Expressions uncommonly disrespectful to his Majesty.
January 25. The Marriage of her Majesty's Brother with the Honourable Miss D'Arcy has been announced at Court, and will certainly be celebrated some Time next Month.
We are told that Government will by no Means dispense with the Subscription to the thirty nine Articles; and the chief Reason assigned for this Resolution is the Likelihood that such a Dispensation would open a Door to continual Importunities for new Changes in the form of our Liturgy, and at last in the Ruin of the Protestant Faith.
The Scheme which is now before the Parliament for the Exclusion of the Dutch, and other Nations, from participating in our Herring Fishery, or to pay an equivalent Tax for that License, is one of Lord North's.
Bets were last Night at the Smyrna two to one that Colonel Luttrell, before the Space of ten Days from the 24th Instant, would formally resign his Seat for the County of Middlesex. Above seven Hundred were taken upon this Bet.
January 23. A Petition in Favour of insolvent Debtors, praying that their Imprisonment may be limited to a certain Time, will be presented to his Majesty on Wednesday next, by a celebrated Advocate for those distressed Persons.
Advice is received that the Emperor of Morocco has declared War against Spain, having got an Army of eighty Thousand Men well trained and exercised, and that he has likewise a good Fleet of Ships ready to put to Sea. The same Advices say that the Emperor will be assisted both with Ships and Men, by several Moorish Princes adjacent to his Country, as many of their Countrymen have been cruelly treated by the Spaniards.
January 30. Yesterday, just as the Levee at St. James's was going to begin, an Express arrived from Copenhagen with an Account that a Revolution had happened there. The Queen, it seems, had for some Time been intriguing with her Physician. Her growing Power, and flagrant Conduct, occasioned a general Alarm and Dissatisfaction throughout the Citizens of Copenhagen. They suddenly rose and surrounded the Palace, and as suddenly possessed themselves of every Apartment in it. The Physician was instantly put into an Iron Cage, and the Queen was made Prisoner. The King they carried directly to the Senate, whose Deliberations they were attending when the Express came away. Though the King of Denmark is one of the most despotick Sovereigns in the World, yet he must submit to his People; and he is now in their Possession. When the Express left Copenhagen Conditions to the King were preparing; which, as there is no material Accusation against him, are said to be moderate. Only two of them are at present spoken of; these are, that he shall sign an Instrument dissolving his Marriage, and that the Queen shall be imprisoned in one of the Castles for Life. Upon the News of this Event, the Levee at St. James's was forbid.
A Correspondent has sent us the following extraordinary Circumstances, which he assures are Facts, relative to the late Fraud practised on Sir Joseph Mawbey. Sir Joseph being at a Coffeeshouse in the City, accidentally entered into Conversation with a well dressed Stranger, who from his Address and Understanding gave the most favourable Impressions. In the Course of Chat Sir Joseph pulled out his Watch to see the Hour, which the Stranger observing begged Permission to look at it. After viewing it some Time, he returned it to Sir Joseph, with many Eulogiums on its Size, Elegance, and Workmanship, and begged, if it was not too presuming, he would let him have it to take to his Watchmaker, to get one made by it; at the same Time insisting, as he was a perfect Stranger to him, he would accept of a fifty Pounds Bank Note as a counter Security till he returned the Watch. Sir Joseph for some Time politely declined taking the Note, but as the other would accept the Watch on no other Conditions he at last complied; and Sir Joseph telling him he was going to the Bank, and from thence to some other Places, he would return in about two Hours, when by that Time, in all probability, his Watchmaker would have done with it, and he would meet there to return the Note. This being settled, they both walked out to the Door of the Coffeeshouse together, and in the Presence of Sir Joseph's Coachman (whose Carriage stood at the Door) politely wished one another good Morning. As soon as Sir Joseph was out of Sight the Stranger very familiarly came up to the Door of the Carriage, and, getting in, desired the Coachman to drive to his Master's House, as he had a Message to deliver to Lady Mawbey. The Coachman, from the preceding seeming Intimacy between him and his Master, did not hesitate in complying, and accordingly drove him to Vauxhall. Being arrived there, he had an immediate Audience of Lady Mawbey; and telling her, that, meeting with Sir Joseph at a certain Coffeeshouse (mentioning the Name) and having immediate Occasion for five Hundred Pounds, being a disengaged Man, Sir Joseph begged, for Despatch Sake, he would take his Carriage and bring the Money, and not having Time to write a Note sent his Watch as a Token. These Circumstances carrying so much the Face of Truth, the Lady did not hesitate a Moment in complying, but immediately ordered one of his Clerks to pay him the Money; which having received, he politely took leave, and returned back to the Coffeeshouse in the same Coach. He had not been long returned when Sir Joseph came in from transacting his Business, when the Stranger thanking him for his Politeness, returned him the Watch, got his fifty Pounds Bank Note, and wished him a good Morning. Sir Joseph soon after returned to his House, and it was not till the Evening of the same Day he found out how ingeniously he had been imposed on.
A Correspondent informs us that a Squadron of Men of War is to sail immediately for Copenhagen, to support the Honour and Dignity of England. Denmark must do Justice, or see its Capital reduced to Ashes.
Advice is received from Mahon that a Danish Squadron have made an unsuccessful Attempt in bombarding Algiers, as they have not been joined by Ships expected from Copenhagen, and therefore have been obliged to take Shelter under the Cannon of Fort St. Philip, being pursued by a Fleet belonging to the Algerines within Sight of the Garrison.
A Fleet of Men of War is appointed to cruise between Gibraltar and Ceuta, for the Protection of the English Merchantmen.
There has been a Fire at Moscow, which has consumed most of the Houses in the Fifth Market of that Capital.
We are assured, from undoubted Authority, that a late Chancellor has offered himself to the Duke of Grafton to serve either in that high Office or in any other that his Majesty thinks proper to bestow.
We hear that a certain patriotick Marquis disapproves so much of the virulent Abuse of Junius against his Uncle Lord Mansfield that he has actually forbid Edmund the House. If this be so, the Publick may soon expect a severe Philippick from Edmund against his former Master.
February 1. A certain great Personage is greatly affected with the present Troubles of his Family; when the late unhappy Tidings were shown him, he was seen to shed many Tears, and greatly lamented his unhappy Situation.
It is said that her Majesty fainted away on being acquainted with the News from Denmark, and has not been well since.
Orders were yesterday sent down to Chatham for the small Sloops of War which are now laid up there to be rigged and fitted for immediate Service. The like Orders are sent to Sheerness.
It is reported that Instructions were on Thursday sent from St. James's to the English Ambassador at Copenhagen, to make a Demand of the Queen to be given up to her Friends, with the Dowery; that the Fubbs Yacht at Deptford is ordered to be fitted for the Sea with all Expedition, and that a Squadron will be sent with it.
From Paris we learn that twelve Persons, all of them in affluent Circumstances, have adopted the English Fashion of Suicide, and have hanged themselves within these three Weeks.
There will be a Meeting of Ministers this Evening at the Queen's Palace, to deliberate upon the melancholy Intelligence lately received from the Court of Denmark.
It is generally imagined, by those who are most intimate at Court, that the worst Part of the News from Denmark is not yet published; and therefore all is Suspense, Doubt, and Anxiety, among the constant Visitors at St. James's.
Several Gentlemen of the first Fortune in Denmark quitted that Country two Months ago, through an Apprehension of a Revolution; and some of them, who are resident at this Moment in London, are even much surprised that the Convulsions in the State happened no sooner, as the Conduct of a great Lady was profligate to publick Notoriety.
The Physician with whom a certain Queen is said to have an Intrigue is not a Scotman, as has been commonly reported, but a Dane, and attended his Sovereign on his late Tour to this Kingdom.
Doctor Struenfee, Physician to the King of Denmark, died suddenly, we are informed, at Copenhagen; and, our Accounts add, greatly to the Satisfaction of that Metropolis.
A great Lady in Pall Mall, on receiving the fatal News from the Continent, prayed most fervently for her speedy Dissolution; declared that the World could not be more weary of her than she was of the World, and desiring her Attendants never to mention the Name of a certain Princess to her as long as she existed.
February 6. Colonel Keith, the British Minister at the Danish Court, has shown the greatest Spirit and good Conduct during the late Revolution. It seems the Senate, in the first Transports of their Fury, had given Orders for putting the Queen to immediate Death; they had (without hearing her Defence, and without any Form of Trial) declared her guilty of Adultery and poisoning her Husband. Upon which Mr. Keith instantly repaired to the Senate House, and solemnly protested against any Act of Violence being offered to the Queen; he in the strongest Manner urged her Innocence, and the Improbability of the Accusations against her, and concluded with denouncing the Vengeance of the British Nation, and the Terrors of an English Fleet, against the Senate and People of Denmark, if any Act of Violence and Injustice was committed on a Daughter of Britain, and the Sister of the King his Sovereign.
His Grace the Duke of Northumberland was sent for last Night to the Queen's Palace, where he had a long Conference with his Majesty, and it is said that his Grace is pitched to go to Copenhagen.
Extract of a Letter from Copenhagen, January 18.
"Notwithstanding the Revolution which happened here in the Night between the 16th and 17th of this Month is no Secret, through the many Couriers that have been sent from hence with this important News, yet the following Circumstances deserve to be mentioned."
"It is not true, as has been reported, that Counts de St. Germain and Reverdil conducted this Affair; but the Queen Dowager, Julia Maria, was at the Head of it all. She brought over General Eichstedt to her Side; and having founded Count Rantzau, and found him disposed to act against Count Struenfee, who was his greatest Enemy, she by these Means prevailed on Colonel Koller, and the Officers of his Regiment, which was on Duty that Night, to join her Party. The King was entirely ignorant of every Thing that was passing; for his Majesty went from the masked Ball, which was given at Court that Evening, at twelve o'Clock, where he had danced and played at Quadrille with General Gahler, his Lady, and Counsellor Struenfee. Prince Frederick, the King's Brother, was present at the Ball, but not much Attention paid to him, and he did not stay to sup there."
"At four o'Clock the next Morning Prince Frederick got up and dressed himself, and went with Queen Julia Maria to the King's Apartment, who was asleep. They ordered the Valet de Chambre to awake the King, when they entered, and told his Majesty that the Queen and the two Struenfees were busy in drawing an Act of Renunciation, which they intended to force him to sign. The Queen Dowager and Prince Frederick then told the King that the only Means he could pursue to prevent it would be to sign Orders to arrest the Queen and others, as mentioned in the Papers; which Orders the Counsellor of State, Mr. Guldberg, had made out some Days before. The Queen Dowager informed the King that if he would not sign the Orders she and her Son would, and after some Conversation the King signed them. In Consequence of this Colonel Koller, and Captains Maleulle, Frank, and Eiben, went to arrest Count Struenfee; and coming to his Hotel, though the Colonel had not the King's Orders with him, he told him his Errand. Struenfee asked him if he knew who he was. Koller answered, he was once the Minister of the Cabinet, but now his Prisoner. Struenfee wanted to see the King's Order, but Koller said he would answer with his Life that the King had ordered him to be arrested."
"The Queen was informed of her Disgrace by a Billet, immediately after the Receipt of which Count Rantzau, accompanied by Lieutenants Bay, Pech, and Oldenburg, entered her Apartment. The Queen was almost distracted at her Situation; she threatened Count Rantzau that he should lose his Head, and would have gone instantly to the King, but Lieutenant Bay was posted at the Door to prevent her. Count Rantzau then told the Officers that if the Queen was suffered to go to the King it would cost them their Lives. Her Majesty finding that her Threats signified Nothing, she said that her Conduct had always been conformable to her Duty, but that of the Officers had always been against it; referring, as it is thought, to a Design which was proposed by Colonel Nunsen, and other Officers of the light Troops, last Summer, to pass an Act of Renunciation, if she would have agreed to it. Count Rantzau put her into a Carriage, and she was conducted, under an Escort of thirty Dragons, to Kronenbourg."
"Prince Frederick is regarded at present as Prime Minister, and the Queen Dowager holds the Reins of Government."
"A Report having been circulated that some Accident had happened to the King, his Majesty, attended by the Queen Dowager and Prince Frederick, showed himself at the Window. At Noon the King, attended by the Hereditary Prince, went in a Coach through the principal Street, amidst the Acclamations of the People; in the Afternoon the King held a Court, and in the Evening the City was illuminated."
"During the Revolution, the People having pillaged above sixty Houses, a Royal Ordinance was published to put a Stop to such Disorders."
"Count Rantzau, Colonel Koller, General Eichstedt, and all the other Officers who executed the King's Orders for this Night, have been promoted."
"The Queen of Denmark is shut up in the round Tower at Elsinore. Such was the Queen of Denmark's Astonishment when she was made acquainted with her Fate that she walked about her Apartment bare footed, without being sensible that she had neither Shoes nor Stockings on; and when Lieutenant Bay posted himself at her Chamber Door, to prevent her going to the King's Apartment, her Anger rose to the highest Pitch, and she said to him, in the Danish Language, Wilt thou be gone? Whist on the Road to Kronenbourg the Queen spoke but little to Lady Mostyn, who accompanied her."
"It is said that the Queen Dowager of a certain Nation made many Attempts upon the Life of the King when he was but a Boy, and once in particular had him pushed from a Bridge on which he stood into the Sea; but fortunately his Majesty was preserved, to defeat the Succession of the Crown to the Line of her Potentate."
"If there is any real Intention on our Part to interfere in Behalf of his Danish Majesty, no Time whatever should be lost. While our Ministers are coolly debating in the Closet, that Prince perhaps trembles for his Life; and possibly, when we determine to give him Aid, he may be past the utmost Reach of our Assistance."
"The Queen Dowager of Denmark is the Widow of Frederick V. who died in the Year 1766. She was the Princess Julia Maria, of Brunswick Wolfenbuttel, and was born the 4th of September 1729. Her Son, by the late King, is Prince Frederick of Osnabourg, born the 11th of October 1753."
A very respectable Correspondent assures us that the four following Paragraphs may be entirely relied on:
"The Queen of Denmark's chief, if not sole Crime, has been that she dabbled rather too much in Politicks, to which the Weakness of the King administered frequent Opportunities."
"Should any Steps be taken by the Danes farther than repairing the pretended Injuries, and punishing the supposed Offences, there is not the least Doubt but it will occasion a nation Quarrel."
"The Reduction of the Danish Guards certainly accelerated the late Revolt, though there is no Question but that it had been some Time in secret Contemplation."
"Had not Mr. Keith so strongly and spiritedly remonstrated in Behalf of the Sister of his Sovereign, the most fatal Consequences would in all Probability have ensued."
This Day the Petition praying Relief in the Matter of Subscription to the thirty nine Articles of Religion will be presented to the House of Commons by Sir William Meredith, and seconded by the Honourable Thomas Pitt.
It is said that the Land Tax for the Service of the present Year will be three Shillings in the Pound.
February 8. About six o'Clock this Morning died her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales. She was the youngest Daughter of Frederick II. Duke of Saxe Gotha, born on the 30th of November 1719. She was married at St. James's, on the 27th of April 1736, to Frederick late Prince of Wales.
The King and Queen went to Carlton House yesterday about one o'Clock, and remained there till about eight o'Clock this Morning.
The Princess Dowager, in her last Interview with the King, wrung his Hand very hard, and in Words to this Effect took her Leave of him: "My dear Son, you are the King of a great People; be, if possible, the King of a happy One. Study the real Welfare of your Subjects, not the Wishes of the Factions; and may you gain a brighter Crown in Heaven than that with which I leave you here on Earth."
Upon the above melancholy Occasion St. Paul's great Bell, on which the Clock strikes, was tolled from eleven to twelve o'Clock; the Playhouses, the Opera House, and Places of publick Diversion, will be shut up for some Time.
The Princess Dowager has died extremely poor, the Charities which she disposed of being too numerous to admit an Accumulation of Wealth; and her Bounty feeding many Families who never knew the Hand that relieved them, and will now too certainly make a most disagreeable Discovery.
The present Situation of our Sovereign, though encircled by the most powerful Crown in Europe, is at present such as claims the Tribute of a sympathising Sigh from every humane Subject. Chagrined by the Indiscretions of one Brother, and alarmed by the precarious Health of another, the Measure of his Afflictions is now filled up by the Loss of an affectionate Parent, and the unhappy Situation of a Royal Sister, who, we can assure the Publick (whatever has been reported to the contrary) has fallen an innocent Sacrifice to the Intrigues of Jealousy and Ambition. The Strokes of Providence all must submit to, but Injuries from Individuals should be resented. If then the Conduct of this injured Princess should appear blameless, let us be unanimous in sympathising with our afflicted Monarch, by at once redressing her Injuries, and uniting a too long divided People.
Sir William Meredith presented to the House a Petition from the Clergy relating to the thirty nine Articles, which was read; when, after a long Debate, the House divided, and the Numbers were seventy one for the Petition, and two Hundred and seventeen against it.
They write from Stockholm that the Grand Duke of Holstein Gottorp, Uncle to the King of Denmark, having been by the Queen Dowager's Council banished the Danish Dominions, had taken up his Residence in that Capital.

The Utrecht Gazette of January 14th mentioned that the Queen of Denmark's Pregnancy was announced the 28th of December last, at Copenhagen.
There is a Talk that the present Lord Chancellor is to resign, on Condition of succeeding the late Lord Chancellor Northington as a Pensioner, with a Salary of four Thousand Pounds a Year, on the Irish Establishment.
Yesterday a Messenger was sent away with some important Despatches to Robert Gunning, Esquire, his Majesty's Minister at the Court of Berlin.
Advices are received that Couriers are continually passing between the Courts of Versailles, Madrid, and Naples.
We are assured that all Letters to the foreign Ministers here, except those brought by special Messengers, are opened and read, as a Retaliation for our Ministers at foreign Courts being served in the same Manner.
We hear that a Gentleman of high Reputation in the Republic of Letters, who has written on the Science of Government to the Admiralty of Europe, is going in a publick Capacity to the East Indies.
Monsieur Voltaire, in a Letter to a Gentleman, declares that he intends to visit England the next Summer.
February 10. The Mourning for the Princess Dowager of Wales will, it is said, be for three Months.
We hear that their Majesties will remove this Day to Richmond, and continue there till after the Interment of her Royal Highness.
Extract of a Letter from Copenhagen, January 22.
The Commissioners appointed for the Examination of the State Prisoners sat Yesterday (January 21st) for the first Time, consisting of the Privy Counsellors Suedewind, Braem, Stampe, Luxdorf, Carstans, Sevel, Roeford-Anchor, and Guldberg. Notwithstanding this Affair is of the greatest Consequence, it is believed that it will be finished in less than two Months. Both the Counts Struenée and Brandt have double Irons on; the Colonels Falckenfield and Haselberg are imprisoned in Seis-Holm. Major General Gude, and the two Cabinet Secretaries Zneza and the Master are set at Liberty; the Master of the Horse, Baron de Bulow, is on his Parole of Honour to keep in his House. The two running Footmen of Count Struenée are imprisoned and doubly ironed. All the Letters which arrived by the two last Posts, directed to the two before mentioned State Prisoners, were ordered to be sent to the Privy Council. This Day a whole Squadron of Dragoons marched to Elsinor; the Reason is not known as yet. In my last I forgot to mention the extraordinary Service which the Count de Oestri did in the late Affair; it was he who wisely planned the Whole, that, notwithstanding the dangerous Consequences of the People, not a Drop of Blood was shed. Expresses are sent to all foreign Courts.
On Saturday Morning, in Half an Hour after the Death of the Princess Dowager of Wales, a Messenger was sent to the Duke of Gloucester, to acquaint his Royal Highness with the above Event.
A Correspondent informs us, that her late Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales expended annually six Thousand Pounds in private Charities, and that in so secret a Manner that forty, fifty, or one Hundred Pounds, have been dropped into the Bosoms of Families in Distress without their ever knowing from whence the Gift came.
It is generally believed that a certain great Personage in the North will be brought to a regular Trial.
There is something more than a Fashion concerned in the late Translations at Denmark, but we do not choose to mention the Particulars.
We are assured that Lord North declared, in a late Debate, that he dreaded some Hostilities from the French in the East Indies. In Europe, they are in no Condition to break with Great Britain.
To such a low Ebb are fallen the Finances of France that the Court now maintains itself by the Circulation of Bills through Holland and England, and to such a Pitch of Meanness are they arrived that there was a late Debate in the Cabinet where it was proposed to leave their Correspondents beyond the Limits of their own Dominions in the Lurch. Honour, however, prevailed over Distress.
Letters from Aleppo, in Syria, say that Palestine, and all the Turkish Dominions as far as Damascus, have submitted to Ali Bey, who, by the Means of his Ally the Arabian Chief of Acra, gained, in the Course of last Summer, a complete Victory over the Turkish Bashaws in the Plains of Damascus, after which that City fell into the Hands of the Victors.
Yesterday Morning the Baron de Nockelen, the Swedish Ambassador, waited on his Majesty with the Despatches which he received on Wednesday Night Express from Stockholm; in which, it is said, there is a more particular Account of the Affairs of Denmark than any yet received.
Last Night, about ten o'Clock, some Despatches were received at St. James's from Lord Harcourt, Ambassador at Paris, which were immediately sent to the Queen's Palace, where a Council was sitting, and at which Mr. Hallet, under Secretary to Viscount Townshend, attended.
Letters from Ferrol say that the Spaniards are using uncommon Diligence in the Equipment of their Marine, where sixteen Sail of the Line, and eight Frigates, were in extreme good Order, and several capital Ships laid on the Stocks.
We hear from Lisbon that a Distemper similar to that which prevailed some Time since in England has broke out among the Horses in that City and Neighbourhood, of which great Numbers have already died.
The Storm which hung over France, during the whole of last Year, is dissipated. The People are perfectly reconciled with the Removal of the Parliaments, and even some of the Members are themselves so much convinced of their own Errors and Follies that they have voluntarily entered as Barristers before the new Court. The Firmness of the Chancellor is much extolled, and the whole Kingdom is convinced of the Rectitude of his Intention, as well as of his Abilities.
LIVERPOOL, February 14. The Trial, Edwards, from Virginia for the Leeward Islands, is lost.
WILLIAMSBURG, April 16.
On Saturday last, the Business of the General Assembly being finished, his Excellency the Governor went to the Capitol and gave his Assent to a Number of Acts, &c. (a List of which will be in our next) and then closed the Session with the following Speech:
Gentlemen of the COUNCIL, Mr. SPEAKER, and Gentlemen of the HOUSE OF BURGESSES;
THE publick Business being concluded it becomes necessary to put an End to this Session of Assembly, and I recommend to you to use your best Endeavours, in your several Counties, to enforce that Spirit of Industry which alone can make a Country flourish, and to promote a strict Observance of that Order and Regularity which are equally necessary to the Security of all good Government, as well as to the real Welfare of the People. On my Part, I shall steadfastly watch over the Preservation of your Laws, and ever be ready to administer them for the Protection of all your just Rights and Privileges.
I do prorogue you to Thursday the 25th of June, and you are accordingly prorogued to Thursday the 25th Day of June next.
The Peggy, Asburn, from Liverpool, and Homer, from Glasgow, are arrived in James River.
[Deal.] Colonel JOHN BAYLOR, at his House in Caroline. NORFOLK, April 14. One Evening last Week a Misunderstanding happened, at a Tavern in this Town, between two young Gentlemen, upon an Affair of Gallantry, which had like to have been attended with very serious Consequences; but by the Prudence of their Friends, and the timely Interposition of magisterial Authority, they were happily prevented from carrying their desperate Purposes into Execution, and a perfect Reconciliation is now effected between the Parties, to the entire Satisfaction of themselves and Friends.
On TUESDAY next, being the 21st Instant, A COMEDY CALLED THE PROVOK'D HUSBAND: OR, A JOURNEY TO LONDON. TO CONCLUDE WITH THE FARCE OF THOMAS AND SALLY: Or THE SAILOR'S RETURN. DORCAS (FOR THE FIRST TIME) BY MRS. STAMPER. It may not be improper to give Notice that the Theatre in Williamsburg will be closed at the End of the April Court, the American Company's Engagements calling them to the Northward, from whence, it is probable, they will not return for several Years.
Advertisements.
IN the Year 1768 the Jusitia , from London, arrived in Virginia, with English Servants on Board, amongst whom was a Lad named William Johnson, about sixteen Years of Age, who is desired to inform me where he lives; or if any of his Shipmates can give any Intelligence concerning him the Favour will be acknowledged. Direct for John Johnson, at Mr. John Southard's, to be left at Captain Robert Ably's, near Goose Creek, Fauquier County, Virginia. J. JOHNSON.
THE AMERICAN EDITION of the first and second Volumes of JUDGE BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES on the Laws of England are just arrived, from Philadelphia, at Messrs. Purdie and Dixon's, and at Mr. William Rinfay, in Williamsburg, for the Convenience of the Gentlemen of Virginia who are animated with the Wish of seeing native Fabrications flourish in America, by the humble Attempts of their most respectful Servant, ROBERT BELL.
A few Sets of the American Edition of ROBERTSON's celebrated HISTORY of CHARLES V. complete, in three Volumes Octavo, at the small Price of three Dollars, may be had as above.
MONDAY the 30th of MARCH, 12th Geo. III. 1772.
ORDERED , that Mr. TREASURER do cause the Names of all the Sheriffs who have failed to collect and account for the publick Taxes, together with the Balances due from them respectively, to be published in the VIRGINIA GAZETTE, at such Times as he shall think proper, before the 10th Day of November next. By the House of BURGESSES. GEORGE WYTHE, C. H. B.
TREASURY OFFICE, April 14, 1772.
ALL those COLLECTORS who continue in Arrear to the Treasury may be assured that I shall pay implicit Obedience to the above Order, besides taking all other necessary Steps to enforce the most speedy Payments. RO. C. NICHOLAS, Treasurer.
WILLIAMSBURG, April 14, 1772.
THE Gentlemen appointed to manage the late Governor's Affairs, in this Country, desire the Favour of all those indebted to his Lordship's Estate to make immediate Payments, that they may be enabled to close their Accounts, and remit the full Balance to his Lordship's Executors.
Wanted immediately,
A PERSON to attend in a Store who will be constant and affiduous, understands Accounts, and can write a good Hand. Also a Youth about fourteen or fifteen Years of Age, who can read well, and write tolerably. Inquire at the Post Office.
THE Subscriber has Goods in Packages for
Sale, at a low Advance for ready Money, or short Credit; also the Remains of a Store, which he will dispose of at a low Advance, and give one, two, or three Years Credit. Both Invoice and Inventory may be seen by applying to me at Cabin Point, or at the next Meeting of the Merchants in Williamsburg. WALTER PETER.
N. B. I have several Pipes of Teneriffe WINE which I will sell cheap on Credit.
KING & QUEEN, March 31, 1772.
WHEREAS my Apprentice, Christopher Lewis , has absented himself from my Service, I therefore forewarn all Persons from employing or entertaining him under any Pretence whatever. THOMAS HILL.
THE convenient, well built Brick House,
on the main Street, in Frederickburg (formerly advertised) being still unsold, with two Lots, or Half Acres of Ground, adjoining, together with a Water Lot, on deep Water, and a back Lot at a small Distance, will be offered for Sale, on Tuesday the 26th of May, being the second Day of the Fair. JOHN DIXON.
SWAN'S POINT FERRY, April 2, 1772.
HAVING undertaken the Charge of the ORDINARY, and FERRY, at this Place, I take this Method to present my Compliments to the Publick, and inform them that I will immediately furnish every Necessary for keeping the said Ordinary in as handsome a Manner as I possibly can; and, as the April General Court is now approaching, hope it will not be amiss to assure all Persons who may travel to and from Williamsburg, by Way of the Ferry at this Place, that I will use every Endeavour to give the fullest Satisfaction; nor shall any Pains be wanting to give the utmost Dispatch to Passengers crossing at the said Ferry. Gentlemen who may have Reason for sending their Servants without Money for Ferriage, will please to furnish them with a Note. THOMAS FENNER.
N. B. All Persons indebted to me, by Bond, or otherwise, are desired to make immediate Payment.
NABOB, a complete DRAY HORSE.
STANDS at Marlborough (the Seat of the late John Mercer, Esquire, deceased) till the 1st Day of June, when he will return to Colonel Mercer's lower Quarter, on Shenandoah, for the Use of that Neighbourhood. It is presumed Nothing more need be said in Favour of NABOB than that Colonel Mercer, while at London, imported him for his own Use. He is at Marlborough purely for the Benefit of that Estate, but any Person inclining to avail himself of so convenient an Opportunity of getting his Breed, may do so at the Rate of two Pistoles the Season, or two Dollars the Leap; the Cash must be sent with the Mares. Excellent Pasturage, and the best Care (though not to be answerable for Loss) will be found till Harvest.
THE noted Horse PARTNER, now the
Property of the Subscriber, will stand this Season, at my House, in Goochland, and will cover at five Pounds each Mare, and on no other Terms. Good Pasturage, and the greatest Care taken of the Mares. THOMAS M. RANDOLPH.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A CAREFUL Person that is capable of being Skipper of a Flat; also two or three more Persons who are able and willing to work by Water. Such will meet with good Encouragement by applying to me, at the College Landing. JOHN ROAN.
Twenty Pounds Reward.
CARRIED off by a certain Lynde Valentine, who sailed from Pungo-teague the 27th of last Month, an Apprentice named JAMES WATERS, about nineteen Years old, has been bred to the Sea, was born in Scotland, wears his own Hair, which is thin and short, he is well set, but rather under the middle Size. Also a Negro Man Slave named ISAAC, the Property of Mrs. Catharine Jusice, and hired to me; he is about twenty four Years old, of a yellowish Complexion, well made, of the middle Stature, and his Hair is intermixed with Wool. This Lynde Valentine, by an Extract from the Customhouse Books, appears to be Master and Owner of the Sloop Sally which was built in Massachusetts in 1767; she is square sterned, Burthen, according to Register, thirty Tuns, registered in Rhode Island the 19th of May, 1767, and cleared out at Port Accomack the 19th of March, 1772, for Antigua. Her Cargo is as follows, namely, two Hundred Bushels of Corn, ten Thousand five Hundred Feet of Scantling, seven Thousand two Hundred Hoghead Staves, one Thousand Hoghead Heading, four Thousand five Hundred Hoops, and one Thousand Feet of Plank. It is supposed he will make for some Dutch or Danish Port, particularly Santa Cruz, and there offer the Negro for Sale. His Sloop has a new Mainstay, which is the only new Sail she has, a patched Square sail, Boot-topped with Lime, and a new Topmast, which is remarkably short; her Name is painted in Capital Letters on her Stern. I will give the above Reward if the Negro and Servant be properly secured, so that I may get them again, and on Conviction of the Thief; or TEN POUNDS, besides reasonable Charges, on Delivery of the Negro only. EDWARD KER. ACCOMACK, April 4, 1772.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, in Amelia,
on the 23rd of August last, a dark bay MARE about four Feet six or seven Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, goes well, is branded on the near Buttock O, has some Saddle Spots, a white Place on one Side of her Neck, and has been galled by wearing a Yoke. I suppose her to be some where on James River, in the lower End of Cumberland, or the upper End of Chesterfield, and probably will take the straightest Course for the upper End of King and Queen, where she was bred, and has been once taken up, between Misroford's and Jude's Ferries. Whoever brings the said Mare to me, near Mr. Tabb's West Creek Store, or gives me such Intelligence as will enable me to get her again, shall be well rewarded. JOHN HUNDLEY, Senior.
SURRY, April 1, 1772.
SOME Time in the Year 1762 I gave my Bond to Henry Collier, for eight Pounds, which I have long since paid. The Publick is desired not to take an Assignment of the said Bond as I have a sufficient Receipt for its being paid. THOMAS GRANTHEM.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on the 1st
of March, a small black Fellow named MICHAEL, formerly the Property of Samuel Ably, of James City County, near Williamsburg; he is a sensible, smooth-tongued Fellow, and had on, when he went away, a Cotton Jacket and Breeches, Osnaburg Shirt, and Shoes and Stockings. I imagine he is lurking about Williamsburg. Whoever brings him to New Kent Courthouse, or to me in King William, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. JOHN WARREN.
TAKEN up, in Frederick, a small bright
bay MARE about thirteen Hands high, fifteen Years old, with a Star in her Forehead, a Snip on her Nose, and branded on the near Buttock W. Posted, and appraised to four Pounds ten Shilling. WILLIAM COCHRAN.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, April 1, 1772.
THE several County Court Clerks are desired to take Notice that it is a standing Regulation, at the Council Board, not to grant any new Commission of the Peace upon the Recommendation of any Court, unless the Clerk certify therewith what Justices were present when such Recommendation was made, and also send a List of all the Magistrates named in the Commission, distinguishing such as are acting Justices from such as have refused to qualify, or do not act. For Defects of this Kind some late Recommendations have been rejected, and the above Regulation will, in future, be strictly enforced. JOHN BLAIR, Clerk to the Council.
SHOOTER'S HILL, April 6, 1772.
I OBSERVE that Mr. William Cowne, of King William, has advertised, in Mr. Rind's Gazette, sixteen Hundred Acres of Land, in New Kent County, for Sale, which he undertakes to make a Title to, as an Executor to Captain William Langborn, Part of the Land being mortgaged by my Father, Mr. John Smith, to the said Executor; but, from his Description, and the Quantity, I find he has undertaken to include about six Hundred Acres which I heir from my Mother, and therefore think it necessary to inform the Publick that no Conveyance of his will make a proper Title. AUGUSTINE SMITH.
TWO Bales of German OSNABRUGS,
and two Bales of German ROLLS, damaged in the Malt, Captain Fox, will be sold, for the Benefit of the Ensurers, at Warwick, on Saturday the 25th Instant (April) Six Months Credit will be given. JOHN LEITCH.
THE Remainder of Mr. Harry Beverley's
LAND, in the County of Orange, will be sold, at the Courthouse of the said County, on Thursday the 23rd Instant (April) being Court Day.
MECKLENBURG, April 1, 1772.
ARCHIBALD M c NABB intends for
Great Britain soon. 2||
MECKLENBURG, April 1, 1772.
JOHN DENNIS, Junior, intends for
Britain soon. 2||
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, before Mr. Riddlehurst's Door, in HAMPTON, on Thursday the 23rd Instant (April) being Elizabeth City Court Day,
A LARGE DWELLINGHOUSE, with four Rooms on a Floor, and a fine Brick Cellar, together with a LOT of GROUND, situated on the main Street, in the said Town. The Terms of Payment will be made known at the Time of Sale. HENRY BATTS.
To be SOLD, at PASQUOTANK Courthouse (North Carolina) on the 10th of June next, to the highest Bidder, at publick Vendue, the following Tracts of
LAND: BETWEEN three and four Hundred Acres on the north Side of Pasquotank River, about three Miles below the Courthouse, with three small Houses thereon; it is exceedingly well timbered, chiefly high Land, Part of which is cleared, an agreeable Situation, and commands an extensive Prospect.
About two Hundred Acres on Ararous Creek, a little above the other Tract, with a large two Story Brick House on it; near sixty Acres of it is cleared Land, the rest is well timbered, and the Whole is on navigable Water for small Craft. There is a very fine Apple Orchard, and other Improvements upon this Tract.
About five Hundred Acres on Pasquotank River, a little below the River Bridge, four Hundred and fifty Acres of which is rich Cypress and Juniper Swamp; the rest is high Land, well cleared, and under a good Fence, with several Improvements, particularly a good Cart Road from the Water Side a considerable Way up the Swamp; the Whole of it lies on ten to twelve Feet Water clear to the Bank.
The Purchasers are to give Bond, with approved Security, payable in twelve Months from the Day of Sale. The Premises may be entered on immediately, and the Subscriber, who lives on Ararous Creek, will show the same to any Person inclining to purchase. MATTHIAS ELLEGOOD.
WILLIAM HOLLIDAY, and Co.
COACHMAKERS, From LONG-ACRE, LONDON,
BEG Leave to inform the Publick that they have opened a Shop, in the Street leading to the Capitol Landing, next Door to Mr. Sloopard's, Harness Maker, where those Gentlemen who choose to favour them with their Custom may be supplied with PHILATONS, DOUBLE and SINGLE CHAIRS, made in the neatest and gentlest Manner, and at the most reasonable Rates; also Carriages neatly repaired, with the utmost Expedition. They will undertake all Kinds of JOINERS and CARPENTERS WORK, and HOUSE PAINTING in general. WILLIAMSBURG, April 9, 1772.
RUN away from the Ship Jusitia , at Leeds
Town, JOSEPH LOVEDAY, a Convict, about twenty three Years of Age, with red Hair, and lame of one Leg; he had on, when he went away, a white Flannel Waistcoat, and a Pair of black Stocking Breeches. Whoever delivers him on Board the Jusitia , at Leeds, or to Mr. Thomas Lawson, at Nockleby Furnace, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and if he is taken at more than ten Miles Distance from either Place all reasonable Charges shall be allowed. THOMAS HODGE.
WILLIAMSBURG, April 9, 1772.
STOLEN out of my Stable, on Friday the
3rd Instant (April) a light gray MARE, fourteen Hands high, remarkably gaunt and long, but I believe is neither docked nor branded. Whoever brings her to me shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, and FIVE POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief. JOHN TYLER.

POETS CORNER.
For the ROOT-HOUSE at WREST.
STRANGER, or Guest, whome'er this hallow'd Grove Shall chance receive, where sweet Contentment dwells, Bring here no Heart that with Ambition swells, With Avarice pines, or burns with lawless Love. Vice-tainted Souls will all, in vain, remove To sylvan Shades, and Hermits peaceful Cells; In vain will seek Retirement's lenient Spells, Or hope that Bliss which only good Men prove. If Heaven-born Truth, and sacred Virtue's Lore, Which cheer, adorn, and dignify the Mind, Are constant Inmates of thy honest Breast; If, unrepining at thy Neighbour's Store, Thou count'st, as thine, the Good of all Mankind, Then, welcome, share the friendly Groves of WREST.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub- scriber, about the first of November last, a large dark bay HORSE, with a Star in his Forehead, two white hind Feet, and a small black Spot about the Middle of his Neck, on the near Side. Whoever brings him to me, at Frederickburg, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. ALEXANDER BLAIR.
TAKEN up, in Orange, a dark bay HORSE with some White in his Forehead, is Hip-shot, has a Bob Tail, branded on the near Buttock D, and had on a pretty good Bell. Posted, and appraised to thirty five Shillings. CHARLES SMITH.
TAKEN up, in Orange, a bay HORSE about four Feet seven or eight Inches high, between seven and eight Years old, and branded on the near Shoulder V. Posted, and appraised to ten Pounds. JOHN HARVEY.
TAKEN up, in Orange, a sorrel HORSE about four Feet five or six Inches high, with a Blaze Face, branded on the near Buttock H, and Something resembling the Bottom of a Stirrup Iron; he had a Bell fastened on with a large Leather Collar and Buckle. Posted, and ap- praised to six Pounds. ANTHONY FOSTER.
NORFOLK, March 27, 1772.
THE Subscriber, Executrix to the Estate of her late Husband, Matthew Rothery, deceased, hereby requests all those who have any Demands against the Deceased to bring in their Accounts, properly attested; and those who are indebted to the said Estate, or to Robert Walton and Mosen , are earnestly entreated to an immediate Compliance of their Contracts, and Payment of their respective Dues, at the April General Court. There will be sold, at Vendue, on Tuesday the 12th of May, for ready Money, the Ship MOLLY, with all her Materials, consisting of Sails, Rigging, Anchors, Cables, &c. belonging to the said Estate; also a Hundred Pound Share in the Town Point Company Wharf . There will also be sold, a few Months hence, two Thousand three Hun- dred and fifty Acres of LAND, lying on the Southern Branch , Part of which has a Quantity of choice Timber on it, with a Grist Mill, new in Repair, which rents for sixty Pounds a Year, and a convenient Place to erect a Saw Mill. A large Flat can come within a few Yards of the Mill. Any Person inclineable to purchase may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, who has for Sale, or to hire, several valuable SLAVES, among whom are two that have been used to work in a Blacksmith's Shop. MARY ROTHERY, Executrix. Tf
FREDERICKSBURG, March 25, 1772.
I INTEND to leave the Colony soon after the April General Court, and request all Persons indebted to Heslop and Blair will come and settle their Accounts. It is expected that those who are not constant Customers to the Store, and whose Accounts have been standing upwards of twelve Months, will make immediate Payment, and prevent Suits, which, in Case of Failure, will be commenced against them without Respect to Persons. Payments will be made to those who have Balances in their Favour. The Business, in my Absence, will be carried on, to its usual Extent, by my Partner, Mr. David Blair. ISAAC HESLOP.
THE Ship INDUSTRY, now lying at City Point , bound for London, will take Tobacco on Liberty of Consignment. She is a fine Ship, and has good Accommodations for Passengers. Orders will be received by Messrs. Eilbeck , Ross , and Company, at Norfolk, Petersburg, and Richmond, or by the Subscriber on Board, who will also attend the neighbouring County Courts. As near Half the Car- go is engaged, she will soon be loaded. 6 JAMES LOWES.
THE Subscribers having proved the Will of Mr. Philip Whitehead Claiborne, deceased, request all those who are indebted to his Estate to pay their respective Balances to Mr. George Brooke immediately, and those who have Demands are desired to make them known to us, that we may provide to discharge them. We have for Sale the Remainder of the said Claiborne's STORE GOODS, amount- ing to six Hundred Pounds Sterling, chiefly imported last Fall; and the Store, Dwellinghouse, and Ferry, at William's Warehouse, are to be rented. The Terms may be known by applying to CARTER BRAXTON, PETER LYONS, GEORGE BROOKE, } Executors. N. B. Mr. James Turner will attend at the Store, in Order to settle with the Customers.
GEORGE III. by the Grace of GOD of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to the Sheriff of Surrey County, greeting: We command you that you summon Theophilus Shannon, and Anne his Wife, to appear before our Justices of our Court of our said County, in Chancery, at the Courthouse, on the third Tuesday in April next, to answer a Bill in Chancery exhibited against Hamilton Usher St. George, and Mary his Wife, and the said The- ophilus Shannon, and Anne his Wife, and Josiah Holt, by William Clayton, his Guardian, by William Spratley, and William Clayton. And this they shall in no Wise omit, under the Penalty of one Hundred Pounds each. Witness William Nelson, Clerk of our said Court, at the said Courthouse, the 24th Day of March, 1772, in the twelfth Year of our Reign. WILLIAM NELSON.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 23d of April, at the late Mansion House of Captain Henry Harrison, de- ceased, in Sussex County, ALL the personal Estate of the said Deceased, consisting of some very elegant Household and Kitchen Furniture, and a Quantity of Plate; also Stocks of every Kind, among which are some blooded Colts, and the noted Horse Silver Heels. Credit will be allowed till the 25th of October next, Bond and Security being given, to carry Interest from the Date if not paid when due. All Persons that are indebted to the said Estate are requested to make speedy Payment, and all those who have any Demands against the same are desired to let them be known, for which Purpose I shall attend at the above Place two or three Days before the Sale. NATHANIEL HARRISON, Administrator.
TWO DITCHERS will meet with En- couragement by applying immediately to the Subscriber, who lives in Blandford. ROBERT BOYD.
HALLSFIELD (PRINCE GEORGE) March 20, 1772. THE high blooded bay Horie MERRY TOM, in great Perfection, stands at my House to cover Mares at fifteen Shillings a Leap, forty Shillings the Season, or three Pounds ten Shillings to ensure the Mare with Foal. His Colts are strong, beautiful, and active. I have Pasturage for Mares gratis, but will not be answer- able should they be lost, or get away, though great Care shall be taken to prevent it. Nothing of that Kind has hitherto happened. JOHN BAIRD.
To be SOLD, on the third Monday in April, being York Court Day, to the highest Bidder, before Mrs. Mitchell's Door, in York Town, A HUNDRED and ninety eight Acres of LAND, on the Head of Back River, in Charles Parish, York County, whereon is a Dwellinghouse and several Outbuildings, a very large Apple and Peach Orchard, and a very good Tub Mill. Ready Money is to be paid for a Third of the Purchase, and twelve Months Credit will be allowed for the Remainder, on giving Bond and Security. WILLIAM WISE.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in North- ampton, North Carolina, a likely Virginia born Negro named KIT, a stout well set Fellow, about twenty two Years old, his fore Teeth are somewhat decayed, the Small of one of his Legs is much scarred, owing to a Fever having fallen into it, and has occasioned one of his Feet to be shorter than the other. He has been run away ever since April or May last, and is supposed to be now in Virginia, and on or near Rappahannock River, in Company with a Brother of his, named TOM, who belongs to Mr. John Gee, of the County of Prince George, and is a very likely well set Fellow. They are both great Villains, have committed many Out- rages, and are both outlawed. Whoever apprehends the said Slaves, or either of them, shall, on their Delivery to Mr. John Gee, in the County of Prince George, or on their being secured in any Jail (so that I may get them) and published in the Virginia Gazette, have TEN POUNDS Reward for each. DRURY GEE.
STOLEN out of the Subscriber's Pocket, on Monday the 16th Instant, at Dinwiddie Courthouse, a RED MORROCCO POCKET BOOK, containing, in Cash, one Five Pound Bill, three Forty Shilling Bills, two Twenty Shilling Ditto, and fifteen Piastereens; likewise a Bond of Robert and Thomas Bolling Munford, for a Hundred and sixty five Pounds, payable the 20th of April; also a Bond of mine to Irby Bracey, for thirty eight Pounds ten Shillings, which is not cancelled, though paid. All Persons are hereby cautioned not to take an Assignment of the said Bond; and whoever will return the said Pocket Book, with the above Contents, shall have FIVE POUNDS Reward, and no Questions asked. I will give TEN POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief. FRANCIS DABNEY.
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, a BAY HORSE about thirteen Hands high, with a Slit in each Ear, a Star in his Forehead, a Snip on his Nose, sundry Saddle Spots, and white hind Feet. He is eight Years old this Spring, and is branded on the near Buttock, very obscurely, resembling X. He paces a little, and trotts. Posted, and appraised to forty five Shillings. JAMES CRAIG.
PRINCE EDWARD, March 10, 1772.
ALL Persons who have any Demands against me, on Account of the Estate of Robert Walton, deceased, late of Cumberland County, are hereby requested to make them known by the last Day of August next, as on that Day I purpose to sell, to the highest Bid- der, at my House, sundry back LANDS belonging to the said Estate, in Order to satisfy all Demands that may then appear against it, and that my Executorship may be finally closed and discharged. GEORGE WALTON, Executor. 8
THE Weather setting in very bad on the third Day of the Sale of Mr. Benjamin Grymes's Estate (before ad- vertised by his Trustees) prevented the Whole from being sold, this is to give Notice that on the fourth Monday in May next, being Fair Day, will be sold, in Frederickburg, on Credit till the 25th of April 1773, between twenty and thirty SLAVES, a Tract of LAND, containing two Thou- sand Acres, near Lewis's Bridge, which will be sold altogether, or in Parcels as can be agreed on at the Sale; also a Tract, containing six- teen Hundred Acres, adjoining Recovery Furnace Tract, a BRIG about one Hundred Tons Burthen, several WAGONS, CARTS, and their GEER, sundry BEDS and other HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FUR- NITURE, as well as all the BOOKS, and every Thing else belonging to the Estate of the said Grymes. Five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, and all Bonds not discharged at the Time they become due to bear Interest from their Dates. JOHN TAYLOR, FRANCIS THORNTON, } Trustees. WILLIAM FITZHUGH.
For SALE, THE following Tracts of LAND, in Pittsylvania, namely, four Hundred Acres on Banister River, seven Hundred and seventy on Beaver Creek, three Hundred and forty five on Burch's Creek, three Hundred and eighty on Leatherwood, and four Hundred on Snow Creek. These Lands were formerly the Property of Mr. Samuel Gordon, deceased. The Price, and Time of Payment, may be known by applying to me in Petersburg. JERMAN BAKER.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub- scriber, some Time in December last, a bright bay HORSE about four Feet seven or eight Inches high, eight or nine Years old, paces very little, trots and gallops, has a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and is branded on the near Buttock cL in a Piece. As I understand he was bred by Charles Lewis, at Buck Island, Albemarle County, he may have made that Way. Whoever delivers him to Andrew Chalmer, in Richmond Town, or to the Subscriber, in Amherst, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Re- ward, and FIVE POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief. THOMAS LUMPKIN.
To be SOLD, or RENTED for a Term of Years, and entered upon the 1st of March, A COMMODIOUS well built STORE in the Town of Petersburg, adjoining the Tobacco Warehouse, three Stories high, with a good Room fronting the Main Street, four good Rooms with Fireplaces, and a Granary, with a Cellar that will hold sixty Hogsheads; also a Ware- house forty Feet by twenty, built last Year, Stable, and Kitchen that is also new. The Lot is well enclosed, and the Whole is in good Repair. For Terms apply to Richard Lamb, on the Premises, or to the Subscriber, in Norfolk. JOHN GREENWOOD.
JAMES HALDANE, COPPER SMITH and BRASS FOUNDER from Philadelphia, in Church Street, near the Church, Norfolk, MAKES and sells all Sorts of COPPER and BRASS WORK, namely, Stills, Brewing Coppers, Sugar Boilers, Fullers and Hatters Coppers, Capuchin Plate Warmers, Tea Kitchens, all Sorts of Ship, Fish, and Wash Kettles, Stew Pans, Dutch Ovens, Tea Kettles, Saucepans, Coffee and Chocolate Pots, Brats Mill Work, Furniture for Coach and Chair Harness, Fenders, Andirons, Candlesticks, Cocks, &c. at the most reasonable Rates. Also tins and mends all Sorts of old Cop- per and Brats Kitchen Work, and gives the best Prices for old Copper, Brats, Pewter, or Lead. All Orders from the Country will be punctually attended to. N. B. He deals for Cash, or Country Produce.
Those who have old Brats, Copper, Pewter, or Lead, to dis- pose of, are desired to apply to Mr. Joseph Kidd, in Williamsburg, or to Mr. McCaa, in Hampton, who will receive it for me, and pay them the Value; they will likewise receive old Work to be repaired.
Six Thousand three Hundred Acres of LAND to be sold at Frederick Town, on Thursday the 28th of May next.
BY Virtue of an Act of Assembly of the Province of Maryland, em- powering the Executors of Colonel Thomas Colvill to grant Deeds to Mr. John Semple, his Heirs or Assigns, for a certain Tract of LAND called Maryland , in Frederick County, and Province aforesaid, contain- ing six Thousand three Hundred Acres, we the Subscribers, being Assigns of the said Semple, and having received from the Executors of Colonel Colvill sufficient Deeds for the Land aforesaid, do hereby undertake to dispose of the same, at the Time and Place above mentioned. It is laid off in Lots, in the most advantageous Manner, so that only one of them will make one, two, or three good Settlements, as will ap- pear by the Plat, a Copy of which may be seen at the Coffeehouses of Philadelphia , Baltimore , and Annapolis , in the Hands of Cumberland Wil- son at Dunfries , Adam Stewart at George Town , and Charles Beatty at Frederick Town , who will direct those desirous of seeing the Land to a Person acquainted with the Boundaries, on or near the Premises, who will show them the same; but as we intend to meet on the Spot our- selves, a few Days before the Sale, in Order to run the Lines, &c. those inclined to purchase will have an Opportunity of viewing it with us, by attending from Monday the 25th of May till the 28th, being the Day of Sale.
This Land is very suitable for Planting or Farming, being well watered and timbered, no Settlement having ever been made on it, and is a very good Soil. It lies along the Banks of Potomack River, adjoining it for a considerable Way, near to Harper's Ferry, the main Road from which to Frederick Town (a very flourishing, populous Place) runs through it, from which Place it is only distant about nine Miles, from George Town, the Seaport of the County, forty five Miles, and from Baltimore about sixty five, at each of which Places a constant and ready Market may be found for all Kinds of Produce.
Its Situation on Potomack River must be of considerable Advantage to it, and in Time may add immensely to its Value, when the Navigation is opened, which may be done, without any great Difficulty, for a con- siderable Distance, there being at present a tolerable Navigation both be- low and above it lying near the Shenandoa Falls, from whence, up to Fort Cumberland, a Hundred and ten Miles; Battoes now frequently pass, and downwards, to the Seneca Falls, twenty five Miles, which is within twenty Miles of George Town.
It will be sold in separate Lots, or altogether, for Sterling or current Money, as may best suit the Purchasers; one Third to be paid down at the Sale, another Third payable in twelve Months, and the other in two Years, on giving Bond and Security, with Interest till paid. A most un- doubted Title will be made the Purchasers. ADAM STEWART. THOMAS MONTGOMERIE. CUMBERLAND WILSON.
GOOCHLAND, January 13, 1772.
RUN away from the Subscriber, some Time ago, a likely Negro Man named SUBA, talks but indifferent Eng- lish, and squints pretty much. He ran away twice before, was once ap- prehended at Hobb's Hole, and another Time at Essex Courthouse, and is now supposed either to be in that Part of the Country or lurking about Mattax Warehouse, as he once lived there with Mr. Archibald Brice. I will give FIVE POUNDS for taking him up, and SIXPENCE a Mile for conveying him to me from the Place where he may be apprehended; and in Case it should be inconvenient to bring him to me, I will give the above Reward for securing him in the Jail of the County where he is taken. JOHN BOLLING.
WARRASQUEAK Bay, November 18, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Isle of Wight, a Negro named JACK, about five and thirty Years of Age, five Feet ten Inches high, a slim, clean made, talkative, artful, and very saucy Fellow. Also a Negro Woman named VENUS, thirty two Years old, five Feet four Inches high, stout made, very smooth tongued, and has been five Years accustomed to the House. They worked in the Dis- mal Swamp about two Years, under Mr. John Washington, and carried with them several different Kinds of Apparel. Whoever delivers the said Negroes to me, or secures them so that I may get them, shall have a Re- ward of FORTY SHILLINGS for each. NATHANIEL BURWELL.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 19, 1771.
WHEREAS the Revenues of the College, unless more Care and Exactness be used in the Collection of them, cannot continue equal to the Expenses; and whereas a considerable Amount is due to the College, which arises from small Sums easy to be paid by each individual Debtor, all Persons concerned are therefore desired to take Notice of the following Regulations, passed at a late Meeting of the President and Masters:
If any Person who owes Money to the College on Bond does not either pay off all the Interest, that is or shall be due, on or before the 10th of May next, or in the mean Time give a new Bond, with approved Secu- rity, for the whole Debt, both Principal and Interest, his Bond shall be put into a Lawyer's Hand on the said 10th of May, with Orders to bring Suit, and obtain Satisfaction for it as speedily as the Forms of Law will permit. If, after the said 10th of May, the Interest due on any Bond be not regularly paid, at the Expiration of each Year, the Bond shall be put in Suit without farther Notice or Delay.
A salutary Order of the Visitors and Governors, directing every Boarder, on his Admission into the College, to pay for six Months Board in Advance, is evaded and rendered nugatory if the like Sum be not paid per Advance by every Boarder at the End of each Half Year. All, therefore, who are in Arrears for Board, are required to discharge them by the said 10th of May. On Failure, the Boarder shall be dismissed from the College until the Accounts against him be discharged, or recovered by Suit. And after the 10th of May next, if Payment for Board in Advance, as above men- tioned, be neglected, the Boarder shall not be suffered to continue in the College for more than one Month after such Neglect, but shall, in that Time, be sent away with his Account, and shall not be received again till it be discharged.
All Surveyors who have not settled with the Burfar of the College, for all their publick and private Surveys since the General Court in April last, are required to settle with him before the 10th of May next, under the Penalty of being superseded, and having their Bonds sued. If among these Surveyors there be any from whom Nothing is due to the College, it is demanded of them, under the same Penalty, to transmit to the Burfar attested Declarations of their being Nothing due from them to the College. And, after the 10th of May next, if any Surveyor shall omit sending at- tested Accounts or Declarations (as above specified) annually, he shall be superseded, and have his Bond sued.
That this Advertisement may not be treated with that Contempt which several Notices of the like Kind have met with, and that no Body may hereafter plead Want of due Information concerning the Premises, this Advertisement is to be printed weekly in the Gazette until the 10th of May next ensuing. By Order of the President and Masters. ROBERT MILLER, Burfar.
To be LET on LEASE, A VERY large and commodious HOUSE in the Town of Petersburg, built for a Tavern, and well fitted for that Business; it is two Stories high, has a Number of very convenient Lodging Rooms, and large and small Rooms for the Entertainment of Guests. Any Person qualified for the Business of a Tavern Keeper, with a proper Capital, may find this as advantageous a Situation as any on the Continent. Apply to the Subscriber, who lives on the Premises. THOMAS EGLETON.
For SALE, THE LAND whereon I live, in Middlesex, containing about two Thousand two Hundred Acres, in good Order for Cropping, with Orchards and Buildings equal to any in the Colony; also thirteen Hundred Acres on the River Pianketank, in the County of Gloucester, with a Mill, and good Orchards. The Stocks, which are very large, may be had with the Lands. Any Person inclineable to purchase may know the Terms by applying to AUGUSTINE SMITH.