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FROM A LONDON PAPER.
To the Right Honourable the Earl of DARTMOUTH.
MY LORD,  I AM one of the Number who admire your excellent Character, and with your Lordship well; therefore I cannot avoid, not being personally known to you, giving my Thoughts, though crude, in a Newspaper, according to the Custom of the Times, on the late Resignation of Lord Hillsborough, and its probable Consequences. I must tell your Lordship that I have had some Knowledge of Lord Hillsborough many Years, particularly since he undertook the arduous Task of Secretary of State for the Colonies, in which I think he has acquitted himself well, as a faithful Servant of the Crown and the Publick, committing fewer Mistakes (if any) in the great new Department, than perhaps any other Man in the Kingdom might have done. This I am sure of, that he is a Man of great Abilities, uncommon Application to Business, never suffering Pleasure to interfere with his Duty; very independent Fortune; free from Gaming, Horse-racing, or Debauchery of any Sort; always ready to receive any Information tending to serve the Publick, and to adopt such Part as he thought right; what he rejected he gave substantial Reasons for. Add to all this his uncommon Disinterestedness, which is very conspicuous in this last great noble Instance! giving up the most honourable and perhaps lucrative Employments in this Kingdom: For what? Because he could not, in Conscience, come into a Measure which his Lordship thinks has an evident Tendency not only to hurt Great Britain but the Colonies, by granting upwards of twenty Millions of Acres, in the inland Parts of America, on the Banks of the Ohio, where neither our Ships of War nor Troops can visit the Inhabitants, either to give them Aid or keep them within Bounds. It is true it is a very fine Country and Climate, but so distant from the Sea it never can be of any Utility to Great Britain; therefore a very dangerous unprofitable Grant, take it in all its Views. What gave Rise to the Attempt? I am told it was a scheming Man, who has traded away a great Fortune amongst the Indians in those remote Countries; and in Order to remove fifty Thousand Pounds Debt he owes to Merchants in London projected this Plan, in which he has not only engaged his chief Creditors, whose obvious Interest it is to support him in it, caute qu'il caute ; but they, and some others of like desperate Circumstances, have left no Stone unturned to engage, as I am credibly informed, several of our Nobility, Members of Parliament, &c. to aid them in their Solicitations, and become Partners, without thoroughly considering the dangerous Tendency to the Publick of settling those Lands, as well as sacrificing Part of their own Fortunes to get imaginary Estates for their Grandchildren, that may possibly produce them Bread and Milk a Hundred Years hence, and probably Independence of their Mother Country. Strange Infatuation! If the Noblemen, &c. who have pressed his Majesty for this extraordinary dangerous Grant have a Title, from their great Services to the State, to such uncommon Notice from the Crown, I hope it is not too late, and that his Majesty may be graciously pleased, to reward their Services, by granting amongst the Petitioners the Chases and Forests within twenty five Miles of London, obliging them to build a Cottage on every ten Acres, and to let these Lands in Lots of ten Acres, and no more, to industrious People, at a Rent not exceeding ten Shillings an Acre. This would, my Lord, redound to the Honour of the King, and Profit of the Nation; or, if such a Plan cannot be adopted, it would, in my Opinion (and I know America well) be more eligible and sensible to settle a Colony in the inland Parts of Africa, suppose Guttam, where the Nation would run no farther Risk than the losing of so many Subjects as it would take to make the Settlement.
Indeed I wish your Lordship, for your own Sake, as you have ventured to succeed Lord Hillsborough, would adopt any Plan to satisfy the Petitioners rather than risk your Reputation in carrying into Execution such a dangerous Experiment. If the Affair is gone so far as it cannot be revoked, your Lordship will see, I am afraid, that, in a very few Years, not only Scotland and Ireland drained of their useful Inhabitants, but England, as the Schemers will doubtless think it right to make their Lands in America known to the People of England, and introduce a Taste for Migration that may not afterwards be so easily restrain-
ed. Upon the Whole, as an honest Man, and a loyal Subject, I should, if I was a Minister, advise his Majesty to preserve the Rights inviolable of the Indians in those distant Parts of America, rather than run any Risk of offending them, by opening such a Field for farther Encroachments on their Property. I know it will be said Sir William Johnson has secured all these Lands by Treaty to the Crown, but I would suffer the Indians to occupy such Parts of them as they choose. Should this Grant on the Ohio, notwithstanding all that can be said against it, take Place, the immediate Consequence will be a great Emigration of our useful People, who will take the Lands easiest to be come at, on their landing in America, from the present Inhabitants, who will choose to move out of the Power of what they call their English Taskmasters. I know the Hearts and Language of many of them, though I declare, in the most solemn Manner, I am not acquainted with either Wharton, Franklin, Bernard, or Hutchinson.
In Order to have this important Affair properly investigated, before a final Hand is put to the Grant in Question, I am sure your Lordship should cause the Names of all those who are to be immediately interested in it to be published, together with the Advantages they have doubtless pointed out to the Ministry which this Kingdom is to reap from it; that the Publick may have it in their Power to judge of those Advantages, and acquiesce, or give their Reasons why the Measure should not be carried into Execution. This is now become your Lordship's Business.
I am, with the greatest Respect, your Lordship's most devoted humble Servant, H. WALPOLE.
Description of a NATURAL BRIDGE in Botetourt County, Virginia.
THIS Bridge is thrown, by the Hand of Nature, from one Precipice of a Rock to another, over Cedar Creek, which falls into James River. The Precipice seems, in some violent Convulsion of Nature, to have been torn asunder, to allow a Passage to the Water, which flows at least three Hundred and fifty Feet below the Top of the Arch, which at its Base is about sixty Feet broad, but widens as it rises, so as to appear, Half Way up, to be one Hundred and twenty Feet broad. The Top of the Arch is twenty five Feet wide, and would allow a ready Passage for Carriages of all Kinds. The Edge of the Precipice is skirted with Trees of various Kinds and Growth, and makes a most romantick Appearance; nor is it without its Terrores, for here and there you see huge Piles of Rocks that seem loose and tottering, as if they were about to tumble down and impede the River's future Progress. The Imagination keeps Pace with Probability in this Expectation, for below you observe Fragments of many Tuns Weight, that have, in the Revolutions of Ages, fallen at various Times from the Precipice above. The Winter before I visited this Place a very large Fragment fell, and the Noise it made astonished the Inhabitants, who supposed it to be Thunder, uncommon at that Season of the Year. To know whether I was not imposed upon in this Circumstance, I made my Servant throw over some Stones, which sounded like a Cannon. After this I fired a Pocket Pistol under the Arch, the Report of which was louder than a Swivel. The Swallows, skimming through the Arch above, appeared not much larger than Humming Birds. The Crows and Ravens, which build in the Cliffs of the Rock, strike the Ear with their perpetual Cawing. The weeping Springs, that trickle down the Sides of the Arch, the Ivy and wild Vines, forming Festoons along its Sides, with straggling Trees, shooting in many Places from the Cliffs of the naked Rock, and intermixing their Roots, entertain the Eye with an endless Variety above; while below, a rapid Stream, rippling over the opposing Rocks, washes the Roots of some tall Mulberry and Locust Trees, which grow almost under the Arch itself. Could the Eye for a Moment be estranged from such a delicious Scene, to look either Way through the Arch, it might catch the View of Mountain rising on Mountain, diversified into a Thousand Shades, from the various Trees that form their Forests. But it is in vain to dwell longer upon a Description which must appear feint to those who have seen, or shall see, with enthusiastick Pleasure, the numberless Beauties of this enchanting Place; where the Eye, far from being satiated, is still
discovering new Objects to admire. I felt a Sort of Veneration under its Arch, which, in Times of Paganism, would have led me to invoke the Genius of the Place; and casting many a lingering Look behind, I measured back my Steps with Reluctance, reflecting, with Pleasure, on the Toils I had encountered in my Travels through so many Wildernesses, since they drew me at length to one of Nature's most prodigious Works.
PETERSBURG, August 23.
OF the succeeding Conferences at the Congress at Fokzany, we are informed, by very good Authority, that it has been agreed upon that the Porte is to keep Moldavia and Wallachia, for which he is to give Russia a free Passage through the Black Sea into the Mediterranean; and that, upon this Assurance, the Empress is to build a Fortress upon one of the Seaports, in Consequence of which the Empress will have a free Navigation from the Sea of Azoph, without being obliged to keep an Alliance with any foreign Power. And the Porte farther obliges himself to take no Notice of the dismembering the Kingdom of Poland, but to leave it entirely to the Liking of the three united Powers.
WARSAW, August 19. We learn that the contagious Infection has again manifested itself on the Banks of the Neisser, where there have fallen prodigious Quantities of Rain and Hail. A Band of about one Hundred and fifty Peasants has joined together, who have cruelly assassinated several Nobles, Priests, and Jews, in Order to come at their Effects. Troops are sent from Kamienieck, in Order, if possible, to invest these Miscreants.
In the first Conference at the Congress for a Peace, which began on the 2d Instant, at Fokzany, the principal Turkish Plenipotentiary, who has distinguished himself equally by his Politeness and his Capacity, said, that he had learned from his Master to fear God and love Peace, and that he would always endeavour to profit by that Lesson.
August 20. General Haddick hath just published two Manifestoes; the one to warn the Poles to remain quietly in their Habitations, and that they must expect to be pursued by Fire and Sword, if, under the Pretence of forming Confederacies, they disturb the publick Repose; the other, which principally regards the Clergy, orders all Ecclesiasticks, from the Bishop to the simple Incumbent, to give an exact List of their Revenues.
A Report prevails that the Duke Albert of Saxe Teschen will immediately enter this Kingdom at the Head of twenty four Thousand Men, and that the Turks will enter again into the Possession of Wallachia and Moldavia, provided they bring no Obstacle to the Arrangement of the Affairs which concern Poland.
MOLDAVIA, August 25. The first Conference at the Congress at Fokzany was held on the 1st of this Month, and the second on the 4th. All the Circumstances promise the best Success to Peace. The first Minister, and Plenipotentiary of the Porte, Osman Effendi, opened the Congress with a most moving and elegant Speech, which ended thus:
"My Master, the Grand Sultan, whom I have the Honour to represent here, recommended to me emphatically to take no other Measure, in this my great and important Office, than according to the Fear of the great Creator, and according to the Love of Mankind and the most sacred Laws of Nations; and if ye, noble Christians, have the same Sentiments, if you have the same Aims, I hope we shall agree very easily. Let then Peace, Tranquillity, and Toleration, reign among Mankind, and let the private Passions of Individuals no more consume many Hundred Thousands of our Fellow Creatures; let Virtue be our Guide, and Peace its Success!"
The covering Guard destined for the Protection of each Party consists of five Hundred Men; the Turks are commanded by Mahomet Zonar, and the Russians by Colonel Peterson, an Englishman.
ALEXANDRIA, in Egypt, July 17. The Cheik Daher having learned that two Pachas, sent by the Porte to retake Sidon, had been joined, under the Walls of that City, by thirty Thousand Druses, and that they had formed the Siege of that Place, he marched immediately from Acre to go and fight them at the Head of his Troops. The Muruale (a Persian People by Origin, who inhabit the Plains between Acre and Sidon) whom he had engaged to second him, followed. These united Forces did not amount to

more than eighteen Thousand Men; but notwithstanding the Disadvantage of Numbers, this brave old Warriour passed, in Sight of the Enemy, the River Borstel, which runs near Sidon, fell upon the Pachas, who were astonished at his Boldness, cut in Pieces their Troops, who made some Resistance, and drove the Druzes over the Mountains. It is pretended that the Pachas were killed in the Fight.
On the other Hand, Ali Bey is making Levies in Syria, and collecting all the Troops he can. His Partisans think he will very soon re-enter Egypt at the Head of a powerful Army, and that he is also supported by the Russians. It is said that the Cheik Anan, Prince of Sars, or Upper Egypt, supposing that Mehmet Aboudaah wants to deprive him of a part of his Territories, has taken Arms, and is able to make a powerful Diversion in Favour of Ali Bey.
From the Frontiers of TURKEY, August 17. The Porte does not seem in the least disposed to consent to the Independence of the Crimea, nor indeed to make any other important Concession. The Grand Vizier has declared that he would, at the Risk of his Head, oppose any Peace which should be dishonourable to the Empire; and Osman Effendi has protested that he would sign Nothing which should be contrary to ancient Treaties, and which should tend to eat any Stain on the Grand Seigneur's Possessions. Osman Effendi added, that the Porte had two Hundred Thousand Men in the Field, who were in excellent Order; and that he was determined to risk every Thing rather than accept a Peace which may wound the Mahometan Religion, and the Laws and Dignity of the Ottoman Empire.
VIENNA, September 16. We have this Morning received Advice, that the Congress of Peace which was held at Fockzani is absolutely broke off, because the Turkish Plenipotentiary would not consent to the Independence of the Crimea, as demanded by the Empress of Russia.
LONDON, September 9.
LETTERS from Hamburg say: "The Revolt of the Garrison at Christianstad, in Sweden, was looked on only as the Signal for the more quietly calling the Swedish Forces together under the Command of the King's Brother, and by that Means they the more easily effected their Purpose in changing the Form of Government. The Swedish Government is now as arbitrary as any in Europe, it appearing that the King has the Choice of the Senate; and though the States are nominally to raise the Taxes, when the King pleases to assemble them, they are only to be suffered to deliberate on what his Majesty shall give them Leave."
Extract of a Letter from Swedish Pomerania, September 1. "Every Body in this Place is filled with Joy, General Ransay having arrived here the Day before yesterday with the important News from Stockholm of the late happy Change in the State, and that the same is brought again to its primitive Form, as it was in the Time of Gustavus Adolphus. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager having Power to receive the Oaths of Allegiance in Pomerania, the Troops yesterday took the Oaths at Stralsund. Her Majesty appeared with a Crown of Gold set with Diamonds, and this Day all the Colleges did Homage to the King. Her Majesty will go in a few Days to Sweden, but is soon to return again."
A Letter from Stockholm, dated August 27th, says: "We have just received Advice that all the Inhabitants of Gotland have taken the same Oath of Fidelity before Prince Charles that was taken here to the King; and that General Sprengporten had administered it to the Inhabitants of Finland, where he went for that Purpose, so that the new Government seems now to be almost universally established."
About two Months ago, Prince Mannerheim, it is said, waited on Lord Sandwich to know if the extraordinary Attention he paid to the British Navy, by visiting the Dockyards, and ordering the Men to work over Hours, &c. did not tend to a Breach of the Peace subsisting between the two Nations. His Lordship answered, certainly not; I look upon it that keeping the English Navy in a formidable Condition is the only Method to maintain Peace between this and other Nations.
Extract of a Letter from Ratisbon, September 1. "The Treaty of Peace which is asserted to be concluded between the Turks and Russians consists of the following Articles. 1. That the Crimea shall remain independent. 2. That of all the Conquests made by the Russians they shall only retain Azof. 3. That the Turks shall pay to Russia, for the Expenses incurred by the War, eight Millions of Livres. 4. That whatever has been taken from the Turks shall be restored. 5. That Russia shall be put into Possession of the Palatinate of Podlachia, having for its Limits on one Side the Dniester, and on the other the ancient Borysthenes, now called the Nieper, in such Manner as to unite the above Province with the Black Sea, the Black Sea, and the Caspian Sea. 6. The House of Austria shall possess, if they are not already in Possession, the District of Lysa, Galicy, Sandomir, Leopoli, or Lemberg, and Pocuia, together with the Salt Works, and all its other Rights. 7. In Order to indemnify his Polish Majesty for the Loss which will accrue from the Loss of the Revenue from the above Salt Works, appropriated to the Use of the Emperor, his Polish Majesty shall enjoy the Ordinances, which were before in the Hands of the Grandees. 8. That the King of Prussia shall receive that Country of which his Troops are already in Possession."
By the last Accounts from Russia, in Corsica, dated the 10th Ultimo, we are informed that the greatest Rejoicings had been lately celebrated there on hearing that the Island was erected by his Most Christian Majesty into a grand Government; and that the Marquis de Montenard had consented to become their Governor, under this new Establishment. It is added, that on this Occasion Count Narbonne, Commander in Chief in the Absence of the Count de Marbeuf, had given a grand Entertainment to the several Members who compose the three Estates.
We hear from Carthagena, in Old Spain, that a Man of War of seventy Guns had been lately launched at that Port, entirely built by English Artificers; and that there was another of ninety Guns, some Time on the Stocks, called the Royal Charles, building by Persons of the same Nation.
Extract of a Letter from Warsaw, August 21. "It is very certain that we shall see, in a very short Time, three Declarations of the three united Powers, which will not only astonish Poland, but even all Europe will be most surprised to see the Scheme which these three wise and powerful Monarchs are about. It will make such an Alteration in the whole System of Europe that no Politician, even the wisest, ever could have guessed it. It is still kept such a Secret that none of the Ministers and Generals of these three Powers know the Intention of their Masters concerning the said Plan, which will be cleared up in a very short Time, to the great Astonishment of all Europe."
Extract of a Letter from the Frontiers of Poland, September 16. "We are informed, by authentic Letters from Warsaw, that M. de Saldern, Ambassador from Russia, hath just received a Courier from Fockzani, with Advice that the Congress was broken off the 21st of last Month, and that the Ministers Plenipotentiary of both Parties set out from thence the next Day. These Letters add, that the Russian Troops which are in Moldavia and Wallachia have, in Consequence, received Orders to march immediately towards the Danube; and that they will be replaced by several Regiments of the same Nation, now quartered in Poland."
November 15. A Courier has arrived at St. James's from the British Ambassador at Stockholm, requesting Directions from his Majesty in what Manner he shall carry himself in that Court on the new Change of Affairs, and whether the new Sovereign shall be acknowledged such by the British Court. No Answer, we hear, has been yet sent away.
Private Letters from Paris affirm that no less than four Hundred and fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling have been remitted to his Swedish Majesty, by the Court of Versailles, within these last four Months. It is added, that these Remittances were made at different Times, in moderate Sums, by the Way of London, Amsterdam, and Hamburg, as if for the Use of some Merchants in Berlin, in Order to avoid all Cause of Jealousy and Suspicion.
Extract of a Letter from Stockholm, August 26. "The Revolution that has just happened here affords Matter of Admission to all. The first Step was the Departure of the Princes from this City, under Pretence of meeting the old Queen, who was expected from Sweden about the 10th Instant. On the 12th a Captain in one of the Prince's Regiments, quartered in and about Christianstad, took Possession of that Place, and issued a Manifesto, declaring that he and some of his Friends had joined in Order to relieve their Country from its present distressed Situation, which could not be done till their gracious Sovereign got more Power, &c. A great Officer, hearing the Uproar, set off with all Haste to Stockholm, and gave the Alarm. The Senate immediately ordered a General Officer to post down and endeavour to seize the Revolted, whom they looked upon as crazy, and the King feigned Surprise, but upon the Order for sending down the above Officer being preferred to him he refused to fight it; however, they thought proper to put his Majesty's Name and Seal to it."
In the Night of the 12th an Express arrived from Prince Charles, and in the Morning early his Majesty called a Meeting of the Senators, when he began to be a little warm with the Minister for despatching the Orders without his Consent, who, in Place of answering, insisted that the Senate should be Prince Charles's Letter. This his Majesty refused; upon which the Minister said, that it was full Time for them to secure the King's Person, and offered to take his Majesty's Sword. On this
his Majesty drew his Sword, and called to his Lifeguards from the Window, and in an Instant they were in the Hall, and at his Majesty's Desire secured all the Senators.
"It is expected every Thing will soon be in Order, and the Kingdom has great Expectation from the Government of so good a King."
September 17. We learn from Stockholm that Prince Charles, his Swedish Majesty's Brother, had marched lately at the Head of eight Thousand Men; where they are designed for is not yet publicly known.
We are assured, by a respectable Correspondent, that Lord Hancourt has been declared in Council Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for near three Months past, though his Appointment has not been announced in the Gazette. We learn likewise, through the same Channel, that his Majesty is perfectly pleased and satisfied with Lord Townshend's Services and Administration, and that the Impossibility of that Nobleman's complying with his Engagements last Winter is the true Reason of his Recall. In fine, this Measure is purely at his own Request.
Yesterday Morning a Nobleman of great Distinction set off for Dover, in Order to embark for the Continent; he is said to be charged with important Business to a foreign Court.
A Letter from Peterburg says: "A Conspiracy was lately discovered against the Favourite, Count Orloff, and his Brother; but it was crushed without Noise, and about ninety different People were sent into Exile in Siberia."
September 21. Saturday, at Guildhall, ended Mr. Fordyce's second Examination, during which he was frequently attempted to be questioned respecting his Gambling in the Alley; but the Commissioners declared, as this Kind of Gaming was criminal in itself, they would not permit Mr. Fordyce to give any Answer which might accuse himself. He was frequently asked, by Mr. C——, whether his Partners did owe their Ruin to him. Like a spirited Man, he frankly declared that he was the Cause of their Ruin; but that they all along were privy to the critical State of Affairs in which the Shop stood at different Times. He was then asked, by the Commissioners, if he was under any Apprehensions of being arrested on his Return to his own Apartments. Mr. Fordyce answering in the Affirmative, the Commissioners publicly gave Notice that it would be not only cruel to arrest a Person who came there to give upon Oath a true State of his Affairs, but that in a trading Nation such a Step might be very prejudicial to Commerce; and that for these Reasons, which are highly equitable, the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain would, ex officio, consider such an Arrest as a high Contempt of the Court of Chancery, and therefore advised all Sheriffs, Officers, Serjeants at Mace, and other Civil Magistrates, to take Notice that it was their Duty not to molest, interrupt, or arrest, Mr. Fordyce on his Return home.
September 22. Yesterday some Advices, said to be of great Importance, arrived at St. James's, from M. Ernst, our Chargé des Affairs at the Court of Copenhagen. These Letters add that a Revolution is expected every Day in the Danish Dominions, and even the knowing Ones hesitate not to say that this Revolution will occasion infinitely more Bloodshed than the former did.
Lord North, we hear, is determined to admit no Changes in Administration while he continues at the Head of it, being convinced that fluctuating Councils are as dangerous as weak Ones, he having abundant Reason to be satisfied with his present Colleagues in the Government.
On Saturday last, at fifty Minutes after two o'Clock, India Stock fell down to one Hundred and eighty eight, which was just fourteen per Cent. in twenty four Hours.
September 26. It is reported that the King of Denmark has made a Demand of the Empress of Russia of a stipulated Number of Troops which by Treaty she was to furnish him with, whenever the Swedes entered Norway with an Army, which is said now to be the Case.
Some Letters from Lisbon mention that the King of Portugal has published a Manifesto prohibiting all commercial Intercourse between his Subjects and those of France.
It is thought that some Regulations will be made, on the Meeting of Parliament, that will restrain the reigning Evil of Paper Circulation.
They speak with Admiration at Paris of a Country lately discovered in the Terra Australis, by the Sieur de Kerguelon. This Country, it is said, is very well peopled; the Arts are known there, the Inhabitants are civilized, they have Manufactures; their Manners are mild, and their Laws are answerable thereto; and that it will be easy, and very advantageous, to carry on a Commerce with these People, &c. We are curious to know what Resolutions the French Government will take with Regard to this Object.
The King of Sweden has sent a large Body of Troops to invade Norway, and the King of Denmark is preparing to defend it. It is imagined that his Swedish Majesty's Motive for this sudden Measure is to divert the Minds of his Subjects from brooding too much on the new Revolution, until the new Government is thoroughly established.
They advise from Naples that since the late Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in March, a continual Stream of Matter, familiar in its Effects to those of Aquatortis, has continued to pour down from a Cavity on the South east Side, next the Village of Travenello, which has entirely deprived the Inhabitants of the Fruits of their Harvest.
Letters from Stockholm, by this Day's French Mail, advise that the King having ordered an Account to be laid before him of the Manner in which criminal Justice was administered in that Kingdom, had learned, with Grief and Surprise, that there was existing a Place improperly called the Chamber of Rofes, where Criminals were put to the Torture; in Consequence of which his Majesty gave Orders to his Chancellor of Justice to destroy this Place, as his Majesty was determined not to suffer such a Monument of Inhumanity to remain in a Country of true Liberty.
The Parliament of Paris has lately issued an Arrest much to the Satisfaction of private Families. It forbids all Merchants and Traders to sell any Merchandises, and all Persons, of whatever State or Condition they may be, to lend Money to Minors, or give them Credit for any Trinkets or other Effects, without the Consent of Fathers or Mothers, Tutors or Guardians, under Pain of the Loss of the Notes, or other Obligations, they may have received at the Time of trusting them, and Confiscation of the Things sold or lent.
It is thought that the Wind was as high this Morning, about two o'Clock, as in the remarkable Storm in January 1743, when upwards of sixty Sail of Ships were lost in the Channel.
During the high Wind last Night two old Houses in Tottenham Court Road were blown down, and a poor Beggar, his Wife, and Daughter, who inhabited one of them, were buried in the Ruins. Two Trees were blown down in St. James's Park. A Stack of Chimneys was thrown down in Leather Lane, Holborn. Great Damage was done among the small Craft and Wherries below Bridge, and a Windmill on the Isle of Dogs has laid one of its Sails carried away by it. Several Persons, particularly two Watchmen, were killed in Oxford Road, by Tiles blown from the Tops of the Houses. A Stack of Chimneys was blown down at Lambeth Marsh, which beat in the Roof of the House and killed a young Man who was in Bed in the Garret. Upwards of thirty Willow Trees were blown down at Millbank, Westminster, by the Violence of the Wind. A House blown down in Fashion Street, Spitalfields; and two Stacks of Chimneys at Sir Robert Ladbroke's, in Lombard Street. The Steeple of Newington Church, in Surrey, is blown down. One of the Watchmen of Bridge Ward had his Skull fractured, by the Fall of a Stack of Chimneys on Fish Street Hill; he was taken up speechless, and carried to St. Thomas's Hospital. Several of the Tops of the Lamps on Blackfriar's Bridge were blown off.
Extract of a Letter from Zell, September 12. "My Royal Mistress is returned hither from visiting her Sister, the Hereditary Princess of Brunswick. It has been of prodigious Service to her, as it has taken off that gloomy and melancholy Aspect which wore ever since she came from Denmark; yet, at Times, on the Thoughts of her Children, she fetches heavy Sighs. However, it is soon over, especially when there is Company with her. Some Apartments are fitting up for the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Brunswick, who are expected very soon, and to stay the greatest Part of the Winter; the Duke of Gloucester is likewise expected here soon. Some of the first Nobility in Denmark hold a friendly Correspondence with my Royal Mistress, well knowing that her Character has been grossly misrepresented. All Thoughts of her coming to England are, at present, laid aside; but I hope they will be revived again next Spring, as I long to see my native Country."
October 1. This Day a Common Hall was held at Guildhall, for the Election of a Lord Mayor for the City of London for the Year ensuing, and at the Close of the last Day's Poll the Numbers appeared to be for Alderman Halifax, one Thousand three Hundred and fifty six; Alderman Townsend, one Thousand one Hundred and seventy four; Alderman Wilkes, one Thousand one Hundred and seventy one; Alderman Shakespeare, one Thousand two Hundred and thirty eight.
A Writer in one of the Morning Papers, who speaks of the political Association of the Aldermen Wilkes and Townsend for the City Chair, asks what is their Opinion of each other. At the last Election for Lord Mayor, Mr. Townsend called Mr. Wilkes "a most unprincipled Impostor;" and Mr. Wilkes thanked the Livery in Print for rejecting Mr. Townsend, whom he called "a brutal Tyrant." The Writer, therefore, says, that if the Livery of London take the Words of their own Oracles, on this Occasion they should reject both, as the Junction of one
with "a brutal Tyrant," or of the other with "an unprincipled Impostor," necessarily proves that both are unworthy the Confidence of the Citizens.
The same Writer, speaking to the Livery, says: "You have now waged a four Years War with Government, yet what has Government cared for your Opposition? The only Fruits of this Opposition have been Disappointment and disgrace. You have fought, but you have been vanquished. You may fight on, but your Cost will only accumulate the Triumph of your Enemies, and necessarily increase the Catalogue of your Misfortunes. The Kingdom at large pities your Weakness, though it laughs at your Folly; and were you actually proceeding upon Principle, instead of Petulance, would be materially injured by your Success: For, even supposing that your Opposition to Government originally was not wanton, but necessary, and even supposing the three Branches of the Legislature as wrong as it is possible to imagine them, is there any honest Man who would with the City of London invested with a Power superior to the King, Lords, and Commons? The Remedy here would be worse than the Disease; for though Justice might operate in a single Instance, the Constitution would be destroyed, and the three Estates in Parliament rendered eternally dependent on the Citizens of London."
Mr. Wilkes being yesterday asked how he could expect that any Man of Sense could vote for him on the present Election, very candidly replied, "Let my Opponents keep the sensible Part of the Livery to themselves, my Business is only to be done by the Fools."
Mr. Wilkes, in his Letter to the Livery about his Conduct during the Shrievalty, is universally disapproved, even by his own Friends; and the whole World laughs at his saying that the City Magistrates have not been disgraced by Imprisonments in the Course of the last Year, when he and his Colleague were repeatedly arrested for notorious Misconduct in their Office by their Fellow Citizens.
A Letter from Namburg, dated September 28th, concludes thus: "This Day a Report prevailed on the Change that a Revolution had taken Place in Norway, the Inhabitants of which insist that they will be under the Government of Sweden."
October 3. At closing the Books of the Poll this Day for Lord Mayor, the Numbers were, for Alderman Halifax, in the Whole, one Thousand five Hundred and eighty eight; Alderman Shakespeare, one Thousand four Hundred and forty one; Alderman Wilkes, one Thousand three Hundred and eighty one; Alderman Townsend, one Thousand three Hundred and eighty one.
Mr. Bülcliff, an old fat Member of the Joiners Company, voted against Mr. Wilkes, and singly for Mr. Halifax. He was very noisy in the Hall, and said he hoped Mr. Wilkes would behave better to him as Lord Mayor, although he hoped he never would be so, than as a Master of Joiners Company; "for (added he) at Mr. Alderman Wilkes's Ladies Feast at our Hall he helped the Ladies to the nicest Parts of the Turtle; and 'only lent me bad Bits."
The latest Accounts from Copenhagen advise that vast Preparations are making for War, in Order to retrieve the Honour of the Danish Arms. All the military Arrangements are settled, the Troops are in Motion, and the Navy is augmenting with great Expedition.
We learn from Hamburg that a great Number of Recruits is now raising there for the Service of the King of Prussia.
Advices are received that the French are drawing together a considerable Force on the Coast of Brittany, and are arming several Ships for Sea.
The Supervisorship Scheme to India is, as we predicted some Weeks ago, laid aside until the Opinion of Parliament is known; and we now hear that the Government determine to take such a Part in the Business of the East as will give Measures a Chance at least of Effectuality.
GLASGOW, October 1. On Monday the Bank of Douglas, Heron, and Company, at their Office in Edinburgh, began paying three Months Interest on their Notes from the 28th of June, in Terms of their Advertisements. They pay neither Specie nor Edinburgh Notes at that Office, but the like Quantity of their own Notes are returned to the Holders, with a red Stamp, dated September the 28th, on their Face; after which Date they are to pay no farther Interest on those Notes so marked, or for any others in the Circle, more than three Months Interest from the 28th of June to the 27th of September last.
Extract of a Letter from London. "At a Meeting held yesterday of the Creditors of Messrs. Neale, James, Fordyce, and Downes, to take into Consideration a Claim of Dowry made by Mrs. James upon the Freehold Estate of her Husband, a Letter from Mr. Fordyce was read, wherein he entirely exculpates the other Partners, and repeatedly acknowledges himself alone to blame. This Letter casts Reflections upon the Conduct of the Bank Directors, and concludes with severely censuring the Bankers in general; who, he seems to intimate, could, and ought, to have prevented his Ruin. The Creditors then proposed that Thanks should be returned to Peregrine Cust, Esquire, for his indefatigable Diligence and Attention to their Interest, as also for his putting such sensible Questions to Mr. Fordyce on his last Examination. This being unanimously agreed to, they voted a similar Compliment to be paid to the other Assignees, for their Assistance and Attention. Mr. Cust, after expressing his Sense of the Favour, informed the Creditors that there now were thirty two Thousand Pounds lodged in the Bank, and that a Dividend would certainly be made some Time in November next. During the Whole of this unhappy Bankruptcy, Mr. Cust hath called forth so many of the exalted Virtues in to act as demonstrate his Soul fraught with every Sentiment of the Sublimer Kind."
BOSTON, November 19.
The following is an Extract of the Letter reported at the late Meeting of this Town, and then ordered to be sent to the Towns in the Country.
A FREE Communication of our Sentiments to this Town, of our common Danger, is earnestly solicited, and will be gratefully received. If you concur with us in Opinion that our Rights are properly stated, and that the several Acts of Parliament, and Measures of Administration, pointed out by us, are subversive of those Rights, you will doubtless think it of the utmost Importance that we stand firm as one Man to recover and support them; and to take such Measures, by infracting our Representatives, or otherwise, as your Wisdom and Fortitude shall dictate, to rescue from impending Ruin our happy and glorious Constitution. But, if it should be the general Voice of this Province that the Rights, as we have stated them, do not belong to us, or that the several Measures of Administration are no Violation of these Rights, or that, if they are thus violated and infringed, they are not worth contending for, and resolutely maintaining, should this be the general Voice of the Province, we must be resigned to our wretched Fate; but shall for ever lament the Extinction of that generous Ardour for civil and religious Liberty which, in the Face of every Danger, and even Death itself, induced our Fathers to forsake the Bosom of their native Country and begin a Settlement on bare Creation. But we trust this cannot be the Case; we are sure your Wisdom, your Regard to yourselves and the rising Generation, cannot suffer you to do or sit supinely indifferent on the Brink of Destruction, while the Iron Hand of Oppression is daily tearing the choicest Fruit from the fair Tree of Liberty, planted by our Predecessors at the Expense of their Treasure, and abundantly watered with their Blood.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 17.
THE Juno, McCunn (via Havre de Grace) and the Minerva, Leitch, from Glasgow, are arrived in James River.
The Rumour in Boston, of a Pirate Schooner being on their Coast, is contradicted by the last Mail; and, from some strong Marks of Suspicion, the Person who gave the Account of the Murder, mentioned in our last under the Boston Head, is supposed to be the Perpetrator himself.
By a Vessel from the West Indies, we learn that a Number of the Indians at St. Vincent's had laid down their Arms and surrendered themselves to the Governor.
A poor Woman in Charles Parish, York County, was delivered last Wednesday fe'night of a fine Chumping Boy, and about nine the next Morning of two bouncing Girls; who were all baptised the same Day, and seemed likely to live. The good Women in that Neighbourhood said that they were larger and finer Children than any Twins they had ever seen.
[Deaths.] Mrs. ELIZABETH BLAND, Spouse of the Reverend William Bland, Rector of James City Parish.
Mrs. MARGARET SAVAGE, Wife of Colonel Lyttleton Savage, of Northampton. She was always beloved and esteemed by her Acquaintance for her many amiable Virtues, and is now universally lamented.
Advertisements.
If one Doctor Mariner, and his Son James Mariner, who went from Bristol about the Year 1758 to Virginia, are living, they may hear of Something to their Advantage by applying at the Post Office in Williamsburg.

I CANNOT sufficiently express my Astonishment that so little Punctuality was observed by many Collectors of the Duties and Taxes, as well as others indebted to the Treasury, in the Payments they ought to have made at the last General Court and the late Meeting of the Merchants. I know it has been insinuated by some that I am inclined to be over rigorous, but let all such consider how very essential it is to the Honour of this great Country that the Credit of its publick Treasury should be effectually maintained, and let them inform me how I am to answer the Demands of the publick Creditors, and be prepared to exchange the Treasury Notes, unless the Duties and Taxes imposed for these Purposes are regularly collected and paid.
When I had the Honour of being first appointed to this Office it is very well known how Matters stood; many Collectors, largely indebted, were dead, and I found many innocent Securities unhappily involved in the greatest Difficulties. Under these Circumstances I judged it most advisable to reduce Things to Order by Degrees, having Regard to the ultimate Security of the Publick. By pursuing this Method I am convinced much has been saved, and fatter myself it will be found that very few, if any, Debts will be lost which were not desperate before I had any Thing to do with them. But Indulgencies of every Kind must now be at an End, and my Duty compels me to acquaint all concerned that I shall hold myself indispensably obliged, without Respect of Persons, to put the Laws into the strictest Execution against all such as continue in Arrear after the 25th of January next, when another general Meeting of the Merchants is expected; and that I shall, in future, after the End of every General Court, think it necessary to publish an exact List of every Defaulters. I desire the several Clerks to send me the proper Lists and Copies of the Collectors Bonds given from Time to Time, that I may be prepared to enforce a Performance of the Conditions of them. I must also request the several High Sheriffs to make up their Accounts for their whole Counties at once; and, to avoid the Confusion that may be introduced into the Office by the Remissions of many Under Sheriffs, as well as other Collectors, I declare, once for all, that I will receive no partial Payments.
Finding that such Part of the Fund as was expected to arise from Ordinary Licenses is likely to be diminished, and it having been represented to me that this is owing to many Ordinary Keepers failing to renew their Licenses regularly, I must beg it as a Favour of the Gentlemen Deputy Attorneys to give some Attention to this Business, and I will, on Demand, pay all Fees that may arise in such Prosecutions as they may think necessary to engage in, where they cannot be had of the Delinquents.
(6) R. C. NICHOLAS, Treasurer.
JOSEPH FAULKES, The noted Performer in HORSEMANSHIP, WHO has exhibited in different Parts of Virginia, and gave great Satisfaction, intends performing at Gloucester Courthouse, near John Fox, Esquire's, on Saturday the 26th, and Monday the 28th Instant (December) at one o'Clock.
I have just come to Hand A large SUPPLY of Doctor NORRIS'S ANTIMOMIAL DROPS, Which are to be SOLD at my Shop, IN WILLIAMSBURG. WILLIAM PASTEUR.
SUSSEX, December 8, 1772.
FOR as much as (by Means no Way justifiable) my Son John Thompson, of Prince George County, hath got from me the Possession of my Negro Man Charles, and, as I am informed, hath delivered him to Mr. Jeremiah Baker to make Sale of on his Account, for which he can have no Pretence of Right or Title, the said Negro being now, and always has been from his Birth, my absolute Property, I therefore, to prevent all Impositions upon the Unwary and Innocent, do give this publick Notice, of which I hope my Son, and Mr. Baker in particular, will attend to.
JOHN THOMPSON.
FOR SALE, upon very reasonable Terms, THE following Tracts of LAND, namely: That pleasantly situated Seat on James River, in Prince George County, called MAYCOX, opposite to Westover. This Place, I presume, is so generally known that a more particular Description of it would be unnecessary. Also a Tract of a Hundred Acres, in the same County, commonly called the MILL QUARTER, about seven Miles from Maycox; the Soil is good for Indian Corn. A Tract on Blackwater, containing a Thousand Acres, lying in Prince George County also, about twelve Miles from Blandford, with very good Soil for Indian Corn and Wheat. Another Tract, containing about thirteen Hundred Acres, lying partly in Prince George, and partly in Dinwiddie, one Mile from Petersburg, and two from Blandford; the Soil is exceeding good for Wheat and Indian Corn. The two last mentioned Tracts are in good Order for Cropping with five or six Hands. Also a Tenement of twenty five Acres, adjoining the Town of Petersburg, whereon is a Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, and all other necessary Outbuildings, several Lumber Houses, and about four Acres of Meadow Ground enclosed for Pasturage, which may be greatly improved at a small Expense. This Place is well calculated for a Gentleman in Trade, having a very good Landing, lies within a Hundred Yards of Robert Boling's Tobacco Warehouse, and on both Sides of the main Road leading to all the Warehouses on Appomattox River. The two first mentioned Tracts may be entered upon the first Day of January 1773; the others cannot be delivered till the first Day of January 1774, unless the Purchasers will take the Negroes, Stock, &c. thereon at their Value. Any Person inclining to purchase either of the above mentioned Tracts is desired to apply to the Subscriber, in Petersburg.
On Friday the 13th of January next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, will be sold to the highest Bidder, at the Subscriber's Plantation on Saponi Creek, in Dinwiddie County, about twenty very likely NEGROES, consisting of Men, Women, Boys, and Girls, chiefly Virginia born. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond and good Security, and, if not punctually discharged, to carry Interest from the Date.
BOLLING STARK,
Attorney for George McMurdo and John Ravenscroft.
To be RENTED, and entered upon the first of MARCH next,
THE HOUSES and LOTS nigh the College at present occupied by Mr. Cuthbert Hubbard; which have all Conveniencies for publick or private Life. For Terms inquire of
(Tf) ROBERT ANDERSON.
To be SOLD at Hanover Courthouse, on the 4th of February next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, ABOUT twelve choice Virginia born SLAVES. A Credit will be allowed the Purchasers till the 1st of May next, on giving Bond and good Security. If the Money arising from the Sale is not paid on the Day it becomes due, Interest is to be paid from the Date of the Bond.
(4||)
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 4th of January next, at the late Dwellinghouse of James Price, deceased,
ALL the personal Estate of the said Deceased, consisting of HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, STOCKS of various Kinds, CORN, FODDER, PLANTATION UTENSILS, and sundry other Things too tedious to mention; also a complete Set of HOUSE JOINERS and CABINET MAKERS TOOLS. Six Months Credit will be allowed for all Sums above twenty five Shillings. All Persons who are indebted to the said Deceased are desired to make immediate Payment, and all who have any Demands against the same are requested to bring them in by the Day of Sale, as all that are not brought in within three Months Time will be deemed generously given to the Estate.
(2||) RANDOLPH PRICE, Executor.
SIX valuable SLAVES will be sold for ready Money, to the highest Bidders, on the first Wednesday in January next, at Charles City Courthouse, to satisfy the Creditors of Richard Riddellhurst, deceased.
(2||)
To be RENTED, and entered on immediately, for the Remainder of my Term, being four Years from the first of January next,
THE large BRICK HOUSE on the main Street, in Williamsburg, together with the WOODEN STORE and other Improvements thereunto belonging. The whole Rent I am under Obligation to pay to Doctor Carter is sixty Pounds a Year, and the above mentioned Store rents for fifteen Pounds.
RICHARD DAVIS.
COMMITTED to Surry County Jail, on Sunday the 13th Instant (December) a very likely Negro Fellow about forty Years of Age, who calls himself LEWY, says he belongs to Hansford Row of Gloucester, and that he lived in Brunswick, under Reuben Martin. He is lusty, and well made, about five Feet seven or eight Inches high, and rather of a yellowish Complexion, has on a good Felt Hat, Osnaburg Shirt, an old brown Coat, blue Breeches, Negro Cotton Waistcoat, and good Shoes and Buckles; he has also with him new Osnaburgs for two Shirts which are not quite made, one white Linen Shirt, a good Osnaburg Coat, white Russia Drill with Thread and Buttons enough for a Pair of Breeches, which are not quite made, a Pair of old Crimson Shag Breeches, a Pair of blue Worsted Stockings, a Pair of white Yarn ditto soled with mixed Yarn, and an old blue Virginia Cloth Waistcoat faced with brown or Snuff coloured Shalloon. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, pay Charges, and take him away.
DRURY WARREN, Jailer.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, last Thursday Night, the 1st Instant (December) a bay MARE fourteen Hands and a Half high, well made, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, a Blaze Face, and a Mixture of white Hairs on her Rump, paces a little, and trots and gallops very well. Whoever delivers her to me, in Williamsburg, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward.
JOHN SAUNDERS,
NEWCASTLE, December 9, 1772.
THIS is to give Notice that no Assignment, or Assignments, of Bonds or Notes, given by Mr. Joseph Thropp, late of this Colony, to Mr. Thomas Simpson, of Hanover Town, bearing Date some Time in September last, will be good, as I do not think myself liable for the Payment of any Part thereof.
All Persons indebted to Joseph Thropp, and Joseph and John Thropp, are desired to take Notice that Payment is to be made to Colonel John Syme, who is properly empowered to receive the same.
JAMES OVERTON, Junior.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 10, 1772.
ALL Persons having Demands against the Estate of Sarah McAndree, deceased, are desired to apply for Payment before the last Day of January next, as I purpose settling the Estate at that Time,
JACOB BRUCE, Executor.
HENRY FLEMING, Saddler in Norfolk, for his Partners (Fisher and Bragg of Whitehaven) and himself, begs Leave to acquaint the Publick that since the Decease of Mr. Eldred Fisher, late Saddler in this Place, he has engaged a sufficient Number of the best Workmen, to serve any who may be pleased to oblige him with their Custom for any of the under mentioned Articles, upon more reasonable Terms than they have hitherto been sold here; and to assure them that as their Leather, Trees, and other Materials, are all imported, and of the best Kind, their Saddles, &c. shall not only equal in Appearance those imported and sold at the same Prices, but in Reality be what he will warrant. He also returns his warmest Thanks to those who have already made Trial, and, from the Satisfaction they have met with, been pleased to recommend him to others. His Shop, and Store, will shortly be removed to the House at present occupied by Maximilian Calvert, Esquire.
Mens and Womens Saddles, of every Kind and Fashion; Silver-sprigged, ciphered, fringed, laced, leathered, buffed, or plain Houngings or Saddle-cloths; neat fashionable Turkey striped and Swanskin Saddle Cloths; Mens and Womens Furniture Bridles; full three Quarters, Half Curb, Wymouth, and Snaffle Bridles of every Kind, with plated, polished, or tinned Bits; Breaking Bridles; Martingales; Velvet and Leather Caps; Shot Belts and Bags; Boot Garters; Surfingles, plain or padded; Girts; Cruppers; Saddle Bags; Portmanteaus; Horse Clothes, plain or lettered; Body Rollers; Coach, Chariot, and Chair Harness, plain or ornamented; Wagon and Cart Ditto; Holsters, and every other Article in the Saddlery and Harness Branches.
SADDLES, HARNESS, &c. carefully repaired, COACHES, CHAIRS, &c. lined, MATRASSES made, and sundry other UP-HOLSTERERS Work done upon reasonable Terms.
N. B. HARDWARE, NAILS, and imported SADDLERY, of Fisher and Bragg's Manufacture, and a neat Assortment of other Goods, sold as usual, by Wholesale.
Chairmakers will have a reasonable Allowance on taking a Quantity of Harness.
DECEMBER 9, 1772.
BERKLEY is now clear of the SMALLPOX, and the Publick may be assured there is no Danger of any Infection remaining, as every necessary Care has been taken to cleanse the People and Houses.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
AS I have just opened TAVERN at Hanover Town, in the House lately occupied by my Father (Thomas Tinsley) and intend keeping as good, or the best Entertainment in the Colony, I shall be much obliged to those who will favour me with their Custom, as they may depend on being gently entertained by Their most obedient Servant, CRUTCHFIELD TINSLEY.
W A N T E D,
A PERSON about forty Years old, and past the Vanities of Life, who is judicious, accurate, and acquainted with the most intricate Accounts. If he could be of Service in teaching a Child or two, he would be the more acceptable; good Wages will be given. Inquire at the Post Office in Williamsburg.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A JOURNEYMAN BARBER who understands HAIR DRESSING. Such a One will meet with good Encouragement by applying to me, in Williamsburg.
GEORGE LAFONG.
WANTED, on CHARTER for MADEIRA, A GOOD Vessel that can carry from six to seven Thousand Bushels of Grain. For Terms apply to Alexander Donald, in Richmond.
(2)
JUST arrived, the Trimley, Captain Page, with about seventy choice healthy SERVANTS, among whom are many Tradesmen, namely, Tailors, Weavers, Masons, a Tallow Chandler, Shoemakers, Carpenters, Gardeners, a Baker, a Book-keeper, a Schoolmaster, a Mantua Maker, with many Farmers and Labourers. The Sale will commence at Leeds Town, on Monday the 21st of this Instant December. A reasonable Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to
JAMES MILLS, & Co.
AVLETT's Warehouse, December 3, 1772.
IMPORTED in the Mercury, Captain William Scott, from Glasgow, the Fall, a CASK of CUTLERY
marked M S Number 7, which is not yet come to Hand. It will be deemed a Favour of any Person who knows where said Cask has been landed to inform me thereof. There was a Cask of Copperas from said Ship landed here, which does not belong to me.
JAMES GOVAN.
CUMBERLAND, December 9, 1772.
WE intend to leave the Colony for a few Months. (2||) EDMUND LOGWOOD. JESSE WALTON.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 10, 1772.
I INTEND for ENGLAND soon. WILLIAM ATTWOOD.
ON the 1st of January next will be exposed for Sale, on the Premises, the Land and Plantation belonging to the Estate of George Turner, deceased, containing one Hundred and thirty Acres, with three Hundred Acres leased during the Life of Rice Curtis of Spotsylvania. The Land lies about two Miles from Avlett's Warehouse, in King William, whereon is a very good Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, and other convenient Houses, a Garden, and good Apple and Peach Orchards. The Time of Payment will be made known on the Day of Sale.
(2)
REUBEN TURNER.
FOR SALE,
TWO LOTS in the Town of Portsmouth, lying on the south End of Crawford Street, and bounded by the southern Branch of Elizabeth River, and South Street. These two Lots contain two Hundred and twenty six Feet Front on Crawford Street, and so down to the River. On the Water Part are three large and one small Warehouse, and a Dwelling-House with four Rooms on the lower Floor. The south Warehouse stands on the Extremity of the Lots, and is within sixty Feet of Ship Water, but has no Pen yet built. The middle Warehouse stands about the same Distance, and has a good Wharf in Front of it running into Ship Water. The northerly Warehouse, which is also built on South Street, and the Extremity of the Lots, stands about the same Distance from Ship Water, and has a good Wharf, run so far that a middle sized Ship may lie to near as to make a Bridge of her Spars. The small Warehouse stands above this, and on South Street, on the east Side of a thirty Feet Street running through the Middle of these Lots, as well as those of Mr. John Gilchrist, as a Water Street. The Dwelling-House stands with its Front to Water Street, and the End to South Street. These Lots, with the Improvements, Scales, Weights, Boats, &c. now occupied by Love, Mitchell, and Company, will be sold on the Premises on Friday the first of January (if fair, otherwise next fair Day) at publick Vendue, either in Thirds or altogether as may best suit the Purchasers. If sold in Thirds, the Money to be paid in October next; if altogether, one Half in October, and the other Half in April 1774. Bond and Security will be required, and a good Title made, by
JAMES GLASSFORD.
HUGH M'MEKIN.
LOVE, MITCHELL, & Company,
N. B. The Premises will be shown by any of us, to any Person inclining to purchase, at any Time before the Sale.
To be SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND lying in the upper End of Westmoreland County, containing about seven Hundred Acres, upon which is a good Dwelling-House, and all other necessary Houses for Cropping. It will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, as may suit the Purchasers. For Terms apply to Major William Berryman, or the Subscriber on the Premises. Possession will be given immediately, or as may be agreed on.
BENJAMIN BERRYMAN.
TO BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing about seven or eight Hundred Acres, in Granville County, North Carolina, about four Miles from Harrisburg, well known by the Name of Knight's Valley, and lies on the Fork of two main Roads that lead to the back Country. Any Person may know the Terms by applying to Robert Reed, Merchant in Harrisburg, who will show the Land, to William Park, Merchant in Bute, or Patrick Ramsay in Bladenford. It not sold before May, it will be set up to the highest Bidder on the second Day of Granville May Court.
For SALE, in the Town of NEWCASTLE, A LARGE two Story DWELLINGHOUSE, with three commodious Rooms on a Floor, each with a Fireplace. It is exceedingly well calculated for a Tavern, and is pleasantly situated near the River. The Terms may be known of the Subscriber, near the Premises.
(Tf)
W. JOHNSON.
To be SOLD, on Monday the 21st of this Instant (December) at the House of Eldred Fisher, deceased, in Norfolk,
ALL his Estate, consisting of NEGROES, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, SADDLERY, and SADDLERY MATERIALS. The Time of Payment will be agreed on at the Day of Sale, and Bond and approved Security will be required. All Persons who have any Demands against the Deceased's Estate are desired to make them known to the Executors, that they may thereby be better enabled to finish and complete the Trust reposed in them agreeable to Law; and those who are indebted are desired to make immediate Payment to us, or to Mr. Thomas Claiborne, whom we have appointed our Attorney, and into whose Hands all the Delinquents Accounts will be put, as the Circumstances of the Estate will not admit of any Delay.
(2)
JAMES MARSDEN, JONATHAN EILBECK, } Executors.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 21st Instant (DECEMBER) if fair, otherwise next fair Day, at the late Dwellinghouse of THOMAS
SMITH, deceased, in King William, ELEVEN exceeding good SLAVES, mostly Virginia born, among whom is a good SHOEMAKER, and some very valuable HOUSE WENCHES; for which a good Title will be made. Also the Remainder of the personal Estate, with the Crops of CORN, FODDER, and PEASE. Ten Months Credit will be allowed the Purchasers, on giving Bond, with good Security, to
(2||)
WILLIAM SMITH, HARRY SMITH, } Administrators.
N. B. The other Sale being prevented by the Heir at Law.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Tuesday the 29th Instant (December) at Bedford Courthouse,
TWO Hundred and thirty Acres of rich TOBACCO WOODLAND, lying a little above Mead's Mills, on Elk Creek, in Bedford County, about six Miles from the Courthouse. Six Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond and Security to
(2)
ROBERT DONALD.
To be SOLD at Charlottesville, on Thursday the 14th of January next (being Albemarle Court Day) if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
SIXTEEN likely Virginia born SLAVES, being Part of the late Colonel Richard Tinsley's Estate, consisting of Men, Women, Boys, and Girls. Credit will be allowed till the 25th of October next, the Purchasers giving Bond, with approved Security. Those Bonds which may remain unpaid any Time exceeding one Month after they become due to carry Interest from the Date.

POETS CORNER.
On MODERN COURTSHIP.
I N the Ages of old, Simplicity reign'd here below; For that cursed Root, From whence Evils shoot, Wasn't then so regarded as now.
GENERAL POST OFFICE, New York, November 1, 1772.
NOTICE is hereby given, that on Account of the new Regulation of the Post from Canada, which is to arrive every Tuesday Evening at this Office, and the weekly Post from the Eastward and Southward arriving every Wednesday, the Mail going from hence by the Packets will, for the future, be closed at twelve o'Clock at Night, on the first Wednesday in every Month (being the same Time it closes at the General Post Office in London for America) and a Packet despatched therewith the next Day for Falmouth.
To be SOLD by publick Auction, at Fredericksburg, on the 20th Instant (December) if fair, otherwise next fair Day.
THIRTY six choice SLAVES, among whom is an exceeding valuable COACHMAN about twenty eight Years old, and an elderly but very valuable HOUSE SERVANT, capable of waiting on a Gentleman's Person, managing a Garden and Stud, and used to drive a Coach.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at Peter- burg, about the Middle of September last, a very likely Negro Man named PHIL. about twenty Years of Age, of a yellow Complexion, and about five Feet nine Inches high, proportionably made.
CHESTERFIELD, December 9, 1772. RUN away from the Subscriber, about the Middle of June last, a Negro Man about twenty Years old, has a remarkable Lump, or Knot, on the Outside of his right Foot.
To be SOLD, on the Premises, on Monday the 21st Instant (December)
THE Subscriber's PLANTATION on Pianketank River, containing between four and five Hundred Acres of good Land, with a good Brick Dwellinghouse, Storehouses, and Granaries, a Windmill not above two Years old, and all necessary Outhouses for a Family.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 26th of this Instant (December) at the COURTHOUSE in the Town of Hampton.
SEVERAL Virginia born SLAVES, for ready Money, belonging to the Estate of James Westwood, deceased. All Persons who have Demands against the said Estate are desired to apply for Payment to ELIZABETH WESTWOOD, Executrix.
TAKEN up, in Goochland, a fleabitten gray HORSE about seven or eight Years old, four Feet nine or ten Inches high, with several remarkable black Spots on him, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, paces naturally, but has no Brand perceivable.
TAKEN up, in Charles City, a likely red STEER about four or five Years old, marked with a smooth Crop in the left Ear, and a Slit in the right, with remarkable long Horns.
TAKEN up, in Louisa, a large red COW, marked with an Under-keel in the right Ear, and a Crop and Slit in the left, had on a Bell, and a wooden Collar. Posted, and appraised to fifty Shillings.
HAVING still a very large Assortment of European and other Goods (suited to both Fall and Spring Seasons) on Hand, I would willingly lump of the Whole, or in Parcels afforded, at a very low Advance for Cash.
N. B. I must earnestly request all those whose Bonds and Accounts are due to make speedy Payment, and save me from the disagreeable Necessity I am under of putting to immediate Diligence all Bonds and Accounts, over due, that are not paid this Fall, or very early next Spring, and that without Respect of Persons.
I HEREBY give Notice that I shall attend, with Mr. Douglas, and such other Assistant Surveyors as it may be thought necessary to appoint, by the 15th of April, on the Ohio, opposite to the Mouth of the Scioto River, in Order to survey the Lands claimed under his Majesty's Proclamation, also any other Claims that I may be directed to survey.
LEFT for Sale at the Post Office in Williamsburg some exceeding fine TURKEY RHUBARB Price three Dollars a Pound; also a few very neat WATCHES, from seven to nineteen Guineas each.
KEYSER'S PILLS, FOR EFFECTUALLY REMOVING EVERY APPEARANCE OF A CERTAIN FASHIONABLE DISTEMPER, and curing Infections of more than seven Years Continuance.
MANY Gentlemen, who have been long tormented, without the least Prospect of getting rid of the French Malady, have lately tried this Medicine, and been perfectly recovered by it. Any Person desirous of being made more particularly acquainted, than can be decently communicated in an Advertisement, with the astonishing Recovery, even of Infants at the Breast, who had been born with horrible Degrees of the Infection, by applying where they are sold, will meet with the greatest Encouragement to try a Method the easiest and safest.
Great Effects have been very lately produced by them in the Rheumatism; several, whose Knees, Shoulders, Elbows, and other Joints, have been increased to treble the usual Size, unable to walk, denied the Comforts of Life, with total Loss of Appetite, and altogether deprived of Sleep at Night, have after several Years Affliction, been restored to the most comfortable Enjoyment of every Faculty.
For SALE, FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE ACRES OF LAND, IN HALIFAX COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. The said Land lies about six Miles above Halifax Town, is well wooded and watered, the Soil good for Corn, Wheat, &c. and affords as good Range, for Stock of all Kinds, as any Land in the County.
To be HIRED for a Year, and delivered on New Year's Day.
FOUR Negro MEN, five young WOMEN, and a BOY. Also to be rented, for a Year, or Years, a Plantation in Prince George County, called Harris's, containing about five Hundred Acres.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in New Kent, a Virginia born Negro Woman named BETTY, about twenty seven Years old, of a middle Stature, and has a Scar on her Breast occasioned by a Stroke from her Overseer; her Clothing Virginia Cloth, but probably may change her Dress.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Surry County a Negro Man who says his Name is TOM, and that he belongs to Benjamin Clements of Sussex; he is five Feet seven or eight Inches high, appears to be of the Indian Breed, and is marked on each Cheek R. R.
NORFOLK, November 26, 1772. BEING under the Necessity of settling my Brother's Affairs as soon as possible, I desire all Persons indebted to James and John Taylor to discharge their Accounts on or before the 25th of April next; and those who have Demands against them, or John Taylor, deceased, may apply for Payment.
THE Subscriber has for Sale about seven Thousand Acres of LAND, four Thousand of which lie in the County of Buckingham, known by the Name of the Buckingham Tract, and is all very valuable high Land; the other Tract, which lies on both Sides of Willis's Creek, in the Counties of Buckingham and Cumberland, contains upwards of four Hundred Acres of exceeding rich low Ground, and very good high Land, with Tobacco Houses, and others, sufficient for twenty Hands.
ABOUT eleven Hundred Acres of LAND in Orange County, thirty Miles from Fredericksburg, on the Road to the Courthouse. For Particulars inquire of Captain Reuben Daniel, who is empowered to treat for the same.
To be sold at Richmond Town, on Wednesday the 23rd of December, at publick Auction, TWENTY VIRGINIA BORN SLAVES, mostly young Fellows, among whom is a good CARPENTER. The Time of Payment to be agreed on at the Sale.
To be SOLD, at the Plantation where Mr. Benjamin Robinson, Junior, formerly lived, near Robinson's Mill, in Caroline, on Monday the 21st of December.
A PARCEL of choice Virginia born SLAVES, and a large Quantity of CORN and FODDER, belonging to his Estate. Credit will be allowed till the 25th of April next, the Purchasers giving Bond, with approved Security, to the Administrators.
TWENTY POUNDS REWARD
FOR apprehending JOHN HUTCHINSON, who ran away last Night from the Subscriber, in Lancaster. He is a Blacksmith by Trade, a likely stout Man, about five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, wore his own short dark Hair, and is a Yorkshireman, which may be easily known by his Dialect.
To be SOLD, on the 1st of January next, THE HOUSE in which Mr. Thomas Eggleton lives, in the Town of Petersburg, exceedingly well contrived and situated for a Tavern. The Payments will be made easy to a Purchaser.
A VENDUE,
For the SALE of MERCHANDISE, &c. is held by JOHN HART, In PHILADELPHIA, at the Corner of South and Front Streets. Those that please to favour him with their Custom may depend on his best Endeavours to render satisfactory Sales.
KING GEORGE, November 12, 1772.
AS I intend for Britain next Spring, I would be glad to dispose of the Plantation whereon I now live, containing about four Hundred Acres of LAND, whereon are several valuable Peach and Apple Orchards.
To be SOLD on the Premises, to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 28th of December, MY ORDINARY in the Town of Blandford, with all the Improvements thereunto belonging, which are good, and not more than seven or eight Years old.
WARWICK, October 25, 1772.
AS the Store formerly kept by Alexander Stewart at Rocky Ridge, for James and Robert Donald, and Company, is now broke up, and the Debts put into my Hands to collect, all those indebted for Dealings there are desired to pay off their Accounts immediately, or settle their Balances by Bond; and those who have any Demands against the Store are desired to apply to me for Payment.
Who has for Sale a TRACT of LAND lying on the Forks of Roanoke, in Mecklenburg County, containing about six Hundred Acres, on which is an exceeding good Dwelling-House, Storehouse, and other necessary Buildings, as also several valuable Improvements.
WARWICK, November 1, 1772.
THE Subscriber has for Sale about five Thousand Acres of LAND lying in different Parts of Pittsylvania County, and mostly upon Smith's River, the Soil of which is well calculated either for making Tobacco or Hemp.
For SALE, A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND lying on both Sides of Hunting Creek, in Halifax County, containing five Hundred Acres, the Soil of which is exceeding good for Tobacco and Corn.
To be LET on CHARTER, to any Part of Europe, THE Ship NEPTUNE, Archibald White Master, Burthen about four Hundred Hogheads. For Terms apply to NORFOLK, JOHN LAWRENCE, JOHN GREENWOOD, September 24.
To be SOLD, FOURTEEN Hundred Acres of exceeding good TOBACCO LAND in Stafford County, on the Branches of Aquia and Potomack Runs, extremely well timbered and watered, twelve Miles from Falmouth, and ten from Aquia.
ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12s. 6a. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for 3s. the first Week, and 2s. each Week after. All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with Care and Expedition.