The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1771-08-08 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
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SOLDAN, April 30.
MARSHAL Sawa, who has rendered himself famous by all Sorts of Depredations, is at length totally defeated, with two Thousand Confederates whom he commanded. This Action, which happened on the 26th Instant, near Schrensky, two Miles from hence, cost the Russians, headed by Major Salomon, very few Men. All the Confederates, except some who saved themselves by Flight, were either killed or made Prisoners. Among the latter is Marshal Sawa, who is dangerously wounded, and several others.
ROME, May 1. It is currently reported that the Differences which have subsisted between the Holy See and the Royal House of Bourbon will soon be amicably adjusted. Advices are received that France will restore Avignon to the Pope.
VIENNA, May 1. The Cause of the Conferences which are daily held at this Court has not yet transpired. The Import likewise of all Despatches both from and to the same is kept a profound Secret. If we may judge from Appearances, perfect Harmony continues to subsist between this Court and that of Russia.
COPENHAGEN, May 7. His Danish Majesty has just published an Ordinance to limit the Time of all Mourning, publick and private, to the Space of one Month, and has likewise signified his Pleasure that it should be as flight as it is to be short.
HAMBURG, May 5. We learn from Brandenburg that not only all the Officers commissioned and petty, that are in Waiting, but likewise those on recruiting Parties, have received Orders from the King of Prussia to join their respective Regiments the first of this Month.
VENICE, April 17. They write from Constantinople that the new Turkish Fleet is not yet come out of the Dardanelles, and that the Pacha who has undertaken the Command of the same did it on Condition not to depend, in any Degree, upon the Divan. A great Number of Greeks have joined the Russian Squadron, that lies at Anchor in the Road of Paros.
LONDON, May 11.
ACCORDING to Letters from Vienna, a secret Treaty is said to be on the Tapis between the Emperor and the Court of Versailles. The same Letters advise that a considerable Body of Dutch Land Forces had been marched, by Order of the States General, into the Dutch Netherlands on the Austrian Lines.
It is confidently affirmed that Advice has been received at the Hague of a Dutch East Indiaman having been sunk by a French Man of War, near the Island of Ceylon, in Asia.
Considerable Bets are laid in the City that a Rupture takes Place between the French and Dutch within six Months, from this Date; in which both the Courts of London and Madrid will, by their Treaties, be obliged to take Part.
This Morning, about ten o'Clock, arrived a Courier from the Hague, with Despatches to the Dutch Ambassador, Count de Welderen, which were immediately communicated to his Majesty, and an Answer thereto sent off with all possible Despatch, from which it is imagined some very extraordinary Affairs are on the Tapis.
A rich loaded East Indiaman arrived yesterday at Spithead from Bengal, and has brought over some valuable Presents for his Majesty, from several of the principal India Chiefs in those Parts.
The Lights in the Air on Sunday Evening were so strong that from Half after ten o'Clock to as much after eleven it was as bright as if there had been a Moon.
Letters from Ragusa mention that the Montenegrins have re-commenced their Operations against the Turks.
The latest Advices from Constantinople inform us that a formidable Insurrection is broke out among the Tartars north of the Black Sea. This News has thrown the Divan at Constantinople into the utmost Consternation. The Grand Seigneur signified his Intention, in full Divan, of retiring with the most faithful of his Court to Adrianople.
This Morning, about two o'Clock, sixteen of the Prisoners in the King's Bench made a Hole through the Wall of the Prison, and escaped undiscovered. One of them was confined for a Debt of twenty two Thousand Pounds, and the others for Sums to a great Amount.
May 16. Certain Advice is received that the Spanish Squadron now in the Mediterranean has been increased to ten Sail of the Line and four Frigates, who are cruising in a direct Course from the Island of Corsica above Venice and Malta.
Among the many Encouragements given by the Empress of Russia to the English Artists, we are informed that Mr. Paton, celebrated for his Excellency in naval Painting, is now employed in executing for her Imperial Majesty capital Representations of the Victories obtained by her Fleet last Summer over the Turkish Armament in the Archipelago.
We are assured that the Knights of Malta have fitted out a considerable Squadron, which have joined the Russian Fleet, and are acting in Conjunction with them in forcing the Passage of the Dardanelles.
Last Monday arrived a Letter from Mr. Sedney Parkinson, principal Drawer to Mr. Banks, who with Doctor Solander went in June 1768 to observe the Transit of Venus over the Disk of the Sun, June 3, 1769. The Letter gives an Account that they met with great Hardships, and were often in Danger to be shipwrecked; three of the Ship's Complement who went up the Country in Search of Provision perished with Cold, and one of the Draughtsmen died a natural Death. They arrived at the desired Place the Beginning of February 1769, four Months before the Transit, studied the Language of the Country, and became familiar with the Inhabitants, of whom there is a very good Account. They have picked up a vast Number of Plants, and other Curiosities, and are expected to be in England some Time next Month.
It was this Morning reported that a commercial Treaty is negotiating between this Court and that of Russia.
Extracts of a Letter from Chatham, May 19.
This Forenoon came up the River, from Greenwich, one of the Royal Yachts, on Board of which were the Earl of Sandwich, first Lord of the Admiralty, the Earl of Rochford, Secretary of State, the Earl of Denbigh, a Lord of the King's Bedchamber, Lord Viscount Weymouth, and several other Gentlemen. In their Way hither they had called at Woolwich and Sheerness, where they were received by the Commissioners of the Yard and his Officers, as well as by the Captains of the Men of War, Officers of Marines, &c. At three they went on Board the Marlborough of seventy four Guns, being the Admiral Sir Peter Denis's Ship, where their Lordships dined, accompanied by the Comptrollers and Captains of the Navy. They were saluted both at the going on Board and leaving the Ship, which latter was between six and seven o'Clock; after which they repaired to the Crown Inn at Rochester, where they are to sleep. To-morrow they will visit the Dockyard, &c. and on Wednesday, it is said, they will re-embark on Board the same Yacht, and proceed in her to Portsmouth and Plymouth; but it is thought they will find so many Things necessary for the first Lord of the Admiralty to know, that their Stay there may be a Day or two longer than they had intended. Sir Peter Denis being extremely ill, was incapable of attending their Lordships; so that the Honours of the Table were done by Captain Ellis, that Admiral's Captain.
"The Marlborough of seventy four Guns, Resolution of seventy four, and St. Alban's of sixty four, are to be three of the Guardships at this Port. The Cornwall, of seventy four, is now unrigging; to be paid off, and to undergo a Repair."
We hear that Lady Grosvenor is retired lately into a Nunnery at Paris.
Our Correspondent at Chatham informs us that Lord Sandwich, having finished all the Business he went there upon, embarked on Board the Yacht, with the rest of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of his Suite, yesterday Morning, between nine and ten o'Clock, and failed down the Medway, to proceed upon a like Visitation to Portsmouth and Plymouth.
The Affair which happened on Tuesday last in the Green Park, between an English Nobleman and an Italian Count, was occasioned, as we have been informed, by the Event related in the following Story. Lord Ligonier had frequently observed Instances of Levity in his Lady's Behaviour when in Company with the Count, and thought proper to give her Ladyship some gentle Reproofs on the Occasion; intimating, that, however unquestionable her Virtue might be, her Reputation was at Stake. This had no other Effect than to alarm her Pride, for her Conduct remained the same. His Lordship had, some Time after this, been detained in Town by Business which would not permit him to return with his Lady to their Country Seat, in the Neighbourhood of which the Count had taken up his Residence. It happened last Week that a lower Apartment of his Lordship's Country House had been found open early in the Morning. This Circumstance occasioned mutual Upbraidings between the Servants; when each obstinately denying the Charge of Neglect, one of them, an old Servant, was bent upon making a farther Discovery. Accordingly he took the Resolution of sitting up the next Night, to watch in this Apartment. About Midnight, to his Astonishment, he saw his Lady enter the Room, and (as a Signal given by the Count) admit him through the Window and conduct him up Stairs, where he remained until about four o'Clock in the Morning, and then departed by the same Avenue at which he entered. In the Morning, the Servant came to Town and acquainted his Lord with the important Discovery, who immediately hastened to the Coffeehouse frequented by the Count and charged him with the Injury he had done to his Honour, and insisted on Satisfaction at the Point of his Sword. The Count neither denied the Charge nor declined the Satisfaction desired. They repaired to the Park without Seconds, and soon after they had engaged, his Lordship dropping his Sword, his Antagonist supposed him wounded, and desired to know if he required farther Satisfaction. His Lordship replied, that he did not desire to live, but he would not die cowardly. On resuming the Conflict, the Count received a Wound in the Sword Arm, and two other slight Wounds, and then dropped his Sword. Lord Ligonier attended him to the Surgeon, where his Wounds were dressed. His Lordship, we hear, will prosecute for Damages, and sue out a Divorce.
Lady Ligonier is the Daughter of Mr. George Pitt, late Ambassador at Turin. She is now at her Father's, and he was but just returned from a Tour to the Continent the very Day on which she was so disgracefully sent back. Her Lord, the next Day, wrote a Card of Condolence to the afflicted Father, and, with an extraordinary Degree of Generosity, offered to make any Allowance of his Estate for her Ladyship's Maintenance which he himself should think equitable.
The Action brought by Lord Viscount Ligonier against Count A—i, for criminal Connexions with the aforesaid Nobleman's Wife, is preparing to come in next Term. His Lordship sues for twenty Thousand Pounds Damages.
A noble Lord is said to have been offed a Douceur of five Thousand Pounds, by a French Count, to stop all Proceedings against him for some familiar Intercourse with his Lady.
Count A—i, who was wounded in a Duel with Lord Ligonier, is Nephew to the Spanish Ambassador.
The Annals of Gallantry have acquired a fresh Field of Conversation in the polite World. A certain Baronet, who lately enjoyed an Office under the Crown, but who is now a very respectable Member in the Opposition, being desirous of passing a few Hours at a celebrated Nunnery instituted to the Honour of the Cyprian Queen, where the good Mother Abbess is often visited by Laces of real Title, though with all imaginable Circumspection, procured a Recommendation from a Friend, as he was himself a total Stranger to the venerable Priestesses of Pleasure, and, carefully concealing his own Name, was received with great Civility. In the Course of some Conversation the Baronet's Liberality so far gained the good Opinion of the Hostess that she offered him the Company of a married Lady of considerable Rank; and after the customary Exactions of inviolable Secrecy, conducted him to an Apartment, where he found his own Wife. The Confusion that ensued may be imagined, but cannot be described; both, however, retired in a State of the utmost Perturbation, though not together.
A great Traveller and Physiognomist lately observed that he never saw two Men resemble one another more than the King of Prussia and Lord Chatham; the look of either indicates a Greediness of swallowing the whole World.
The Permanency of the publick Tranquillity in Europe will be determined by the Operations on the Continent. Should the Emperor of Germany oppose the Russians in crossing the Danube, and draw his Sword in Defence of the Grand Seigneur, it will not fail to draw all the other Powers into a Rupture, from their Treaties now subsisting.
May 17. Letters by the Packet from Bengal mention that Rice is now very plenty, and that the Sickness occasioned by Famine, &c. had entirely ceased. The Accounts of the Numbers who died are still very contradictory, but fewer Europeans died that Year than the former. Some Letters say that the Morattas are likely to join some of the Indian Powers, in Order to make War on the British Settlements. Trade is said to be very dull, and that there is little Prospect of any Person's acquiring a Fortune, except those who go out in the Company's civil Employ; and it is now very difficult getting out of the Way.
By Letters from Chocim we learn that Major General Wiseman, having with seven Hundred and twenty light Troops, passed the Danube, attacked a Body of five Thousand Turks, killed five Hundred, took one Hundred, and dispersed the rest. Among the Prisoners is a Pacha who commanded a Thousand Men, with several Agas. His Trophies consist in two Pieces of Cannon and six Standards, besides twenty nine Cannon, which were thrown into the River.
They write from Constantinople that warlike Preparations are carried on with the greatest Activity, and we are assured that the Turkish grand Army will amount to three Hundred Thousand Men. Provisions are excessive dear. Not only Giurgovo, but also the City of Sinope, situated on the Black Sea, in Natolia, is taken by the Russians; and three Men of War upon the Stocks were burnt. The Island of Chios, having refused to pay a Contribution of one Hundred Thousand Piasters, has been taken by the Russians, in Spite of all the Efforts of the Pacha of the Dardanelles and the Captain Pacha; three Algerine Zebecs were burnt, and the other Ships sent to its Assistance were dispersed.
The last Letters from Venice intimate that there is the highest Probability of an Action between the Spanish and Russian Squadrons, should the latter persist in their Design of forcing the Passage of the Dardanelles.
The Turkish Army broke up their Camp and quitted the Environs of Adrianople about the Middle of March, and are gone for Silitria; they have doubled the Number of Cannon with them they had in the last Campaign.
By a Letter from Marseilles, of the 17th of April, we hear that the Ottoman Fleet continues in the Straits of the Dardanelles, to defend the Passage. Hassan Bey continues at the Head of his Troops, at Lemnos.
May 18. They write from Petersburg that notwithstanding the Reports of an approaching Peace the greater Preparations are making over the Empire, both by Sea and Land, as if her Imperial Majesty had other Enemies to guard against besides the Grand Seigneur.
By an Officer just arrived from Gibraltar we are informed that all Kinds of Provisions are in great Plenty in that Garrison, the Supplies from England and Spain being regulated upon an entire new Footing.
A capital Merchant has absconded within these few Days, in Consequence of having received Intelligence of a Vessel in which he had a considerable Property being wrecked in the late pestiferous Weather in the Sound.
The Accommodation likely to take Place between Denmark and Algiers will, it is said, be of no inconsiderable Advantage to England, as his Danish Majesty has a Scheme in Contemplation for opening a new Species of commercial Intercourse with that Power, in which the English will be the grand Engine of Operation.
The Wares and Merchandise exported from Great Britain to the Colonies, since the partial Repeal of the Act imposing Duties on their Importation there, is computed to be equal in value to two Millions Sterling.
The Trade to the Canary Islands is considerably augmented, and the Merchants trading to those Parts have lately met with uncommon Success. A Scheme for putting some very advantageous commercial Regulations in Force is now in Motion, and will be laid before a great Assembly at their next Meeting.
Large Orders for Goods of all Kinds have been received, within these few Days, to Pensylvania.
The Terra de la Cote, a Spanish Register Ship from the Manilas, is wrecked on the Coast of Chili, and all the Crew, and Cargo, valued at one Million three Hundred and ninety five Thousand Dollars, are lost.
The Navy and Army belonging to the Dose of Genoa are putting into the most respectable Condition; and the whole Force of that Republick, will, we hear, be shortly employed against a neighbouring State.
The following Promotions are now said to be determined on, namely: The Earl of Pembroke to be Ambassador to the Court of France; the Earl of Harcourt Secretary of State; and Lord Rochford Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in the Room of Lord Townsend, for whom the Master Generalship of the Ordnance is reserved.
May 21. A Letter from Italy says that the Treaty between the Holy See and the House of Bourbon is finally settled, in which the Court of France consents to restore Avignon to the Pope. The Court of Rome consents to cede to the Infant of Parma the Places which that Prince has taken Possession of, and that the General of the Jesuits shall be raised to the Purple; but that the Body is no longer to exist as a religious Order.
Extract of a Letter from the Hague, May 14.
According to Letters from Madrid, the King of Spain appears firmly resolved, and invariably determined, to effect, let the Consequence be what it will, the Suppression of the Society of Jesuits; in Order to which his Catholic Majesty has sent a new Order to Mr. Aspau, his Ambassador resident at Rome, to insist on and labour the Point most ardently with the Pope for the Dissolution of that pernicious Society.
"We are informed that the Aversion of the Spanish Monarch to the Jesuits is increased, since a farther and more scrupulous Search has lately been made in the Houses which these Sons of Loyola possessed in Spain; whereby it was discovered that these Hypocrites had concealed to the Value of near seventy Millions of Piasters, and many Papers of Importance."
They write from Rotterdam that the French King had sent Agents to negotiate a large Loan on publick Security, which was universally rejected by the Merchants of that City.
Yesterday being Whitsunday, the same was observed at Court. At Noon his Majesty, preceded by the Heralds and Pursuivants, went to the Chapel Royal, and heard a Sermon preached by his Grace the Archbishop of York, from the fifth Chapter of the first Epistle of St. Peter: "Casting all your Care upon him, for he careth for you." Lord Cadogan carried the Sword of State. His Majesty afterwards received the Sacrament from the Hands of London, assisted by the sub Dean, and made the usual Offering.
Yesterday her Majesty heard divine Service and received the Sacrament from the Hands of one of his Majesty's Chaplains in Waiting, in her own Apartments at her Palace.
The English Fur Trade with the Indians on the Labrador Coast is now in the most flourishing Condition known for these many Years past.
It is said that on Friday a Paper, containing treasonable Matter, was sent to the Lord Mayor; and that his Lordship immediately delivered the same to one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State.
Mr. Alderman Oliver has never once visited the Lord Mayor since the Day of his Enlargement from the Tower, when he dined at the Mansion House; nor has he once sent to inquire after his Lordship's Health, although it is known how ill he has been.
The Lady of a foreign Ambassador much distinguished for the Graces of her Person is said to be so much anglicised as to have decorated the Forehead of a Count, her Husband, very handsomely. A Sum of Money which the Count missed, and which it seems was given for secret Services to his Secretary, led to the Discovery of this delicate Transaction.
The Lord Mayor's Precepts that were issued on Saturday, for holding a Common Council, this Day have been recalled, at the Instance of several Gentlemen.
This Day's Holland Mail gives an Account of the Arrival of a Ship at Leghorn which has brought Word that a Russian Frigate, called the Terror of the Infidels, had taken three French Ships laden with Goods for Constantinople, together with two Turkish Saiques, and a Candiot armed Ship of War.
By the Lisbon Mail, Advice is said to be received that his Most Faithful Majesty is about to prohibit all commercial Intercourse between his Subjects and those of France.
May 23. A Rupture is likely to commence between the King of Sardinia and the Republick of Genoa, on Account of some Infraction on their Treaties, complained of by the latter. The Sardinians are, in Consequence thereof, making Preparations both by Land and Sea.
They write from Portugal that a Brief is arrived there from Rome, addressed to the Patriarch of that City, empowering him to suppress, reform, separate, and disperse, what religious Houses he shall think proper throughout the whole Kingdom, and introduce such new Regulations into all the Monasteries as shall, in a very great Measure, subject them to the Control of temporal Jurisdiction.
The King of Portugal has published an Order to suppress sixteen religious Houses in the City of Lisbon, and it is said that similar Orders are to extend all over Portugal.
It is privately whispered that Advice had been received of the Spanish Squadron in the Archipelago having acted in some Measure offensively against the Russians, and that Advice has been sent by the Russian Admiral to Petersburg.
It may be depended on that four Men of War, from sixty to seventy Guns each, sailed out of the Harbour of Ferrol, for the Mediterranean, the 12th Instant, supposed to be destined to join the Spanish Squadron.
Private Letters from Madrid mention that certain Intelligence has been received at Court of a dangerous Insurrection in a principal Province of Spain in South America.
A Correspondent assures us that the Dutch are, without any Show or Bull, putting their Navy upon a most respectable Footing; and that they have now upon the Stocks, at Amsterdam, Flushing, Haerlem, and other Ports, above thirty capital Ships, some of which are nearly finished.
There is a serious Negotiation now on Foot between the Courts of Versailles and Madrid, for ceding the Island of Corsica to the latter.
By Advices from Hispaniola we learn that Earthquakes still frequently happen at Port au Prince, and that there is Water over the Lands sunk there, by the late Earthquakes, sufficient to float a Vessel of five Hundred Tons.
The Levant and Mediterranean at this Time swarm with Pirates, who, taking Advantage of the present general Confusion, commit the greatest Depredations.

They write from Vienna that the Designs of the Court there still remain a profound Secret. In the mean Time the Troops are completing, and military Operations carrying on with the greatest Ardour, through every Part of his Imperial Majesty's Territories.
Notwithstanding the present agreeable View of a general Plenty, prime Pieces of Beef sold on Saturday last, at the different Markets, at the exorbitant Rates of eleven and twelve Pence a Pound.
Despatches of great Importance were last Night received at St. James's, from the Honourable Sir John Dick, his Majesty's Ambassador at Leoborn.
Last Night a Courier, with Despatches of great Importance, arrived at St. James's, from the King of Prussia.
Wagers are laid at the Change, and principal Coffeehouses in this City, that the Premiums of Insurance on British Ships and Merchandise will be advanced to ten per Centum before Michaelmas next.
We hear that twenty Thousand Pagodas Worth of Diamonds was imported by the last East India Ships, the Property of two great Men in the Direction.
May 24. It is reported at Warsaw that the City of Cracow is fallen into the Hands of the Confederates. Authentick Advices assure us that the Prussian Troops are at present at Lissa, and perhaps they will directly seize upon Cracow. Letters from Dantzick say that the Prussians have advanced to the very Gates of that City, and that on the following Day Colonel Belling sent to the Regency a Letter summoning them to furnish the Forage which had been demanded.
They write from Hamburg that the Prussian Troops have already taken Possession of Gostynin, and several other Cities in Great Poland. The Confederates open all Letters, and seal them again, writing on the Back, in German, opened by the Confederates.
Our Advices from all Parts where the Contagion raged last Year agree that they are entirely free from that Scourge, and all that has been said to the contrary in the foreign Gazettes is destitute of Truth.
All the Greeks in the Neighbourhood of Argentum, in the Night of the 4th Ultime, revolted to the Russian Fleet, lying near the Dardanelles.
Extract of a Letter from Riga, in Livonia. "We have here had the greatest Inundations known in the Memory of Man. They have carried off a great Number of Houses, with all their Contents, into the Sea. We were Spectators of this dismal Misfortune. The Ruins of the Houses, with their Inhabitants, passed by this City; but the Impetuosity of the Torrents prevented us from giving them any Assistance. We have lost all our building Timber in the Neighbourhood; our Buildings, however, have received no Damage from the breaking of the Ice."
May 25. They write from Lisbon that Advice has been received from the Brazils of a dangerous Set of Pirates who have lately infested that Quarter, and taken several Vessels from Rio Janeiro bound to Europe.
A Motion, we are well assured, will be made to Parliament, the next Session, to lower the present exorbitant Price of all Kinds of Provisions.
The Danish Fleet destined to act against Algiers failed from Mahon, for that Place, the 21st Instant.
The present Conduct of the first Lord of the Admiralty has gained him great Esteem in the Navy, as the present Mode of Inspection into the several Dockyards was much wanting.
We learn from Rome that there has been a Discovery made at Palestrina which must throw great Light on the Roman History. They have discovered a Circus on which are described all the Roman Emperors, as well civil as political and sacred, from the Foundation of the City. The Discovery is so much the more interesting as it is quite authentick. All around is found the Description of it by a famous Grammarian of the Time, who was employed in adjusting these Calendars. Cardinal Stoppani, who is Bishop of the Place, has ordered it to be exactly scooped and cleared at his Expence.
We are told that in Order to give some Check to the Spirit of Gallantry, so predominant among the Great, and to make a Sense of Pride operate in the Room of Virtue, it is likewise under Consideration to prevent all Ladies, except those of irreproachable Character, from appearing in the Drawing Room.
The Amount of a certain Admiral's Lady was discovered by the following Accident. Her Ladyship met her Gallant at a noted Bagno not a Mile from Charing Cross. Before they retired to the Bedchamber they had been raising their Spirits, in another Room, with a Glass of Champaigne. Presently after a Gentleman was shown into the same Room the Lovers had just gone out of, where he found a Handkerchief of the Lady's, which she had unfortunately left behind her, with the Name upon it at full Length, done with the new invented Types and Liquor. The Gentleman happened to be an intimate Friend of the Admiral's; and calling up the Waiter inquired where the Lady who had left that Handkerchief there. The Waiter hesitated; but the Gentleman peremptorily insisting on the Information, the Fellow told him in what Room she was. The Gentleman went, burst the Door open, satisfied himself in the Truth, and immediately departed to give the injured Husband the disagreeable News. What followed the World has been acquainted with.
The Sessions of Parliament in Dublin closed on the 18th Instant. The Day before the Lord Lieutenant received Addresses, from both Lords and Commons, expressing their Approbation of his Excellency's just and wise Administration. Near fifty Lords attended the Chancellor when going to the Castle with their Address, and upwards of a Hundred Commoners attended the Speaker with the Address of that House.
Letters from Quebec mention that it is now common for the Packhorse Traders to penetrate a very considerable Way into the Heart of the Continent, among unknown and till of late unheard of Indian Nations, in Quest of Traffick, which the Adventurers had experienced to be very lucrative.
The Letter transmitted by the Lord Mayor to the Secretaries of State was dropped by a Man about twelve o'Clock on Thursday last on the Royal Exchange, and picked up by Mr. Thomas Hyman, in the Presence of several Gentlemen, and immediately brought to Baker's Coffeehouse. It was then carried to Alderman Halifax, by whose Advice it was taken to Alderman Trecothick, at that Time Locum Tenens, at Merchant Tailors Hall, who directed it to be given to the Lord Mayor, which was accordingly done.
We hear that a great Personage has earnestly signified a Desire that an immediate Inquiry be made into the Cause of the present most exorbitant Price of Provisions, and to severely punish those who shall be found to have occasioned this artificial Calamity.
The following droll Affair happened on Friday last, in High Holborn. Some young Men having tied an old broken Chair to the Tail of a large Dog, turned him out into the Street; away he ran with great Swiftness, and in his Way the Chair caught Hold of the Gown of a very genteel dressed Woman, and threw her down with great Force. The Dog being very strong, and the Chair holding in her Gown, he drew her a little Way along the Pavement, and bruised her in several Places. But this was not the worst of the Scene; the Lady having her Hair dressed in the modern perpendicular Taste, the Violence of the Fall shook down this temporary Monument to the very Foundation, and great was the Fall! The Materials with which it was erected were as follows: A Piece of black Stocking stuffed with black Wool, and made proportionable to the Manner in which the Hair was dressed; and on the Outside was Hair very ingeniously worked into the Stocking. Upon this surprising Piece of Workmanship was frizzed the Lady's own Hair, in Order to raise the Edifice. She being disentangled got up, and complained of being hurt a little; but took no Notice of her Piece of Ornament for the Head, which some Boys had got Hold of, kicking about the Streets as a Football.
Extract of a Letter from the Hague, May 23. "The Kingdom of France is in an absolute State of Confusion, Slavery, and Poverty. All their Prisons are full, and their Shops empty. Their Coffeehouses are full of small Politicians, who live upon Politics all Day, and go to Bed at Night after having eat a Crust of Bread and drank a Glass of Water. There are continual Draughts from these Coffeehouses to fill the several Prisons. It is no small Consolation for an Englishman that he can cry out when he is hurt; should a Frenchman do it, he would pay dear for his Temerity."
To the Reverend Mr. HORNE.
SIR, PRINCE'S COURT, May 15. I HAVE waited, with Impatience, ever since November, for the Justification of your Account of the Westminster Business, in the very Preface of which you advanced the Falshood that you were READY to vouch the Authenticity of it. I called upon you, in Print, the Day after its Publication. In your Letter of January 16th, you declared, "the Westminster Business I shall reserve for my future Letter." Another Letter now appears, which neither mentions nor promises any Thing on that Subject. Now you trifle with the Publick; before, you dared to impose. You say, "it is not my Intention here to open any Account with you on the Score of private Character; in that Respect, the Publick have a kindy passed an Act of Indemnity in your Favour." I believe, indeed, you will not choose to open any Account on the Score of private Character. A Gentleman in holy Orders, whose Hand appears to testify his Belief of the Church of England, the least moral, the least conscientious of Men, whose Life has been in a constant direct Opposition to the Precepts of the Gospel, whose Creed, from the first Article in it to the last, is known to
be not only such a Person, with wonderful Prudence, chooses not to open any Account on the Score of private Character. I do not mean, Sir, to be impertinent enough to a Publick, whom I respect, to descend to those Particulars of private Life in which they are not interested, either to accuse you of or to defend myself. The Frailties of which I have repented I will not justify. I will not even plead, with Horace, Nec tristis pudet, sed non incidere ludum.
But I hope to redeem, and bury in Oblivion, every past Folly, by great and virtuous Actions, by real Services to my Country. Your Letter of yesterday contains no Charge, although it promises many. Every One shall be fully answered. I have only to desire that your future Letter, or Letters, may appear before Midsummer Day; because it is possible, that, by the Favour of the Livery of London, I may, after that Time, be wholly engaged in preparing for the Duties of a very important Office, and the faithful Discharge of the Sheriff's Oath, not of that which you falsified. I am, Sir, Your humble Servant, JOHN WILKES.
LEEDS, May 14. On Wednesday last there was a great Deal of Thunder and Lightning in this Neighbourhood, by which a poor old Woman at Kebb Cot, near Heptonstall, was struck dead, and a large Ash Tree in a Field near this Town was torn up by the Roots. At Bradford, two Houses being situated close to each other, the Lightning entered them both together, and was supposed to separate itself into two Parts; one of which descended down the Outside of the Chimney, in an upper Apartment, ploughed down Part of the Rafters, split the Poll and Cornice of a Bed, in which a Man, his Wife, and Child, were laid, who were so terribly affrighted by it that the Woman jumped out of Bed, ran down Stairs in her Shirt only, and in that Condition both alarmed and affrighted the whole Neighbourhood. It entered like a blazing Torch, in a triangular Form, into the other House, where two Persons were set, and another standing by the Fire; but in a Moment all was pitchy Darkness around them, occasioned, it is supposed, by its bringing so large a Quantity of Soot down the Chimney with it, as not only covered the Fire, but the greatest Part of the Room also. It broke the Stone on which the Mullion of the Window rests, and several Panes of Glass; after which it made its Way out through the upper Apartments, without doing any farther Damage. By a Letter from Staffordshire we are informed that there was hardly ever known a more promising Prospect for Plenty of Corn, Hay, &c. than at present. The Change that the last Fortnight has brought about is inconceivable; the Grass they can almost scythe, and Fruit of all Kinds is expected in Abundance. Meat still continues very dear, though now the Price begins to fall.
PORTSMOUTH, May 12. About a Month ago a Seaman on Board one of the Ships of War at Spithead, being disorderly in his Senses, with his left Hand laid Hold of a fixed Piece of Iron, somewhat higher than his Head, and with a sharp Knife cut round his Wrist close to the Bone, and then broke the Bone across his Knee, and flung the Hand into the Sea, saying he had the Scripture to direct him; that Hand offended him, therefore he cut it off and cast it from him. The poor Wretch was taken Care of.
The Postscript of a Letter received from a Gentleman in Norfolk, well versed in Agriculture, says: "We are likely to have, on all Accounts, the most plentiful Year that has been known since the Year 1734, as we have had two of the finest Seed Times we ever remember."
GLASGOW, May 31. Since Thursday Morning last there has fallen here the greatest Quantity of Rain ever remembered at this Season of the Year; it rained for four Days and four Nights, almost without Intermission, which has swelled all the Rivers in this Part of the Country to a greater Degree than has been known these many Years past, and laid all the low Grounds entirely under Water. On Saturday Part of the temporary Bridge, and the Timber Supports erected for throwing over two Arches of the new Bridge, were swept away by the Rapidity of the River. It is confidently reported that a Passage Boat, with two Men and six Passengers on Board, was wrecked off Dunbarton on Sunday last, and all on Board perished.
DUBLIN, May 4. Affairs here are in a very ticklish Situation; the Lord Lieutenant dare not stir from the Castle, a Guard of Military constantly patrolling the Streets. The late Speaker (Mr. Ponsonby) the Marquis of Kildare, Charles Lucas, and Flood, are idolized by us, as much as Croby, Oliver, and Wilkes, are by you. Our Courtiers here are in Terror of their Lives, as the Irish Mob is remarkably desperate; a patriotic chief Magistrate here would not long remain a State Prisoner; Matters in the Country are really terrible. We are in hourly Apprehensions of being massacred by the White Boys, Oak Boys, and Hearts of Steel, three desperate Popish Factions, consisting of many Thousands each, who set up for Supporters of Liberty. What will that Word come to at last! We indeed string the White Boys every Day; and since we made an Example of Sheepy, their Priest, they are not so open in their Outrages. The worst of us Irish is that we are always in Extremes, and easily to be led to do any Thing. Any Fellow who throws up his Cap and huzzas for Liberty is with us a Patriot, when I do not conceive such a Creature exists, if we but come up to the Price.
We have Cause of Complaint on Account of the Dearness of Provisions, as well as the English; prime Pieces of Beef and Mutton are here at Sixpence a Pound, Lamb eightpence, Veal sevenpence, and Butter tenpence.
WILLIAMSBURG, August 8.
CAPTAIN Robertson, in the Virginian, a fine new Ship that will carry seven Hundred Hogheads, in the Employ of John Norton, Esquire, and Son, is arrived in York River, from London. There are no Letters come up to Town from her yet; but as we hear she had two Months Passage, she can have brought very little later News than we had last Week from Glasgow.
The Christian, Brown, from Borrowsownes, and the Betsey, Wilkinson, from Liverpool, are arrived in James River.
There is a Report that the Lord Camden, Captain Johnston, which lately failed from Rappahannock River, for London, laden with Tobacco, foundered at Sea; and that all on Board perished, including a Number of Passengers.
Advertisements.
BEING very desirous to settle all my Affairs, and to release the Gentlemen who at my Request became Trustees from their Engagements for me, I propose to sell, at Rocky Ridge, on Monday the 2d of December next, to the highest Bidders, two Thousand five Hundred Acres of exceeding rich and valuable LAND, lying just below the Falls of James River, in the County of Chesterfield, on which is an exceeding good Dwellinghouse, and all Conveniences for Copping. There will be Land enough sown in Wheat to produce five Thousand Bushels. A Stream of Water runs through it sufficient for a Mill. I likewise intend to sell the Warehouses and many Lots in Rocky Ridge, the valuable Ferries on each Side the River, the Fishery known by the Name of Sandy Bar, with several Hundred Acre Lots in Henrico, and many Lots in Shocco. At the same Time will be sold two Hundred Negroes, and Stocks of all Sorts. The Time of Payment will be agreed on at the Day of Sale. Those who have an Inclination to purchase may be shown the Premises by applying to Mr. David Pattison. W. BYRD.
THE Ship NASSAU, about five Hundred Hogheads Burthen, would be glad to take on Liberty for Liverpool about a Hundred Hogheads of Tobacco, at eight Pounds a Tun, and will sail on or before the last of August, with or without the Tobacco. Any Person inclining to ship will please to forward their Orders to the Captain on Board, lying at Hobb's Hole. JAMES WIGNALL.
ON MONDAY the 19th Instant (August) will be sold by the Inspectors of Warwick, Rocky Ridge, Stocks, and Byrd's Warehouses, at Richmond, in Henrico County, all the Tobacco then ready, supposed about two Hundred Hogheads, that was damaged in the late great Fresh.
To be SOLD by the Subscribers, in Hanover County, TWO Thousand four Hundred and sixty four Acres of LAND lying in Augusta County, on the South Branch of Patowmack River, whereon is a large Quantity of rich low Grounds, with several small Plantations in tenable Repair, and it will afford a large Proportion of fine Meadow. It is proposed to be laid off in moderate small Parcels to suit the Convenience of Purchasers, who may be shown the Land by the Tenants that live on it. The Terms may be known by applying to Captain Alexander M'Glenchan of Augusta, or to the Subscribers. WILLIAM PARKS SHELTON. JOHN SHELTON.
WILLIAMSBURG, August 7, 1771. THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform his Friends, and the Publick, that he has opened Store near the College, where he intends to sell cheap for ready Money. Their Favours will be thankfully acknowledged by their obedient Servant, MATTHEW HOLT. Those already indebted are desired to pay off their respective Balances by October, as I shall give no farther Indulgence. ROCKY RIDGE, July 29, 1771. THE Subscribers Store at this Place will be, from the first Day of September next, under the Management of Mr. John Scott, by whom Customers will be supplied as formerly. We hope, therefore, they will continue their Dealings. ALEXANDER & PETERFIELD TRENT.
For SALE, the following Tracts of LAND. THREE Thousand three Hundred Acres (eleven Hundred of which are low Grounds) on Dan River, Halifax County, Virginia. Also the following Tracts in North Carolina: Fifteen Hundred and forty Acres on Greffey Creek, Granville County; four Hundred Acres on Lizard Creek, joining Roanoke River, in Northampton County; six Hundred and forty Acres on Frying Creek, Halifax County; two Hundred Acres on Pretty Creek, Halifax County; two Thousand Acres on Governor's Branch, Halifax County. Long Credit will be given, if required, and the Terms made known by the Subscriber, who resides near Suffolk, in Nansemond County. DAVID MEADE.
Just IMPORTED, by Fisher, Bragg, & Fleming, of Norfolk, from their Warehouses in Whitehaven and Birmingham, and to be SOLD by Wholesale, upon the lowest Terms, in Parcels assorted to Order,
HARDWARE, Cutlery, Nails, Saddlery, and every Article necessary in the Manufactory of Saddlery and Harness, Osnabrugs, Mens and Womens Shoes and Hats. They make and sell, by Wholesale or Retail, Mens and Womens Saddles of every Kind, in the newest and neatest Fashion, all Kinds of Silver or Gold Ciphers or Sprigs on Saddles, Holsters, or Houssings, Harness, and every Article in the Saddlery and Harness Branches. As the greatest Part of the Leather they use is imported from their own Tanyard in Whitehaven, which is well known to be neater and more durable in general than the Leather of this Country, it is hoped that, with the greatest Care in manufacturing it, they will be able to give entire Satisfaction to those who may be pleased to apply.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a black HORSE about four Feet ten Inches high, with a small Star in his Forehead, a short Switch Tail and hanging Mane, some Saddle Spots, branded on the near Shoulder 3S, and had a Bell on marked IS. DANIEL BAUGH.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a black HORSE about four Feet nine or ten Inches high, paces naturally, and branded on the near Shoulder and Buttock I; also a gray HORSE about four Feet four or five Inches high, branded on the near Buttock R. Posted, and appraised to eighteen Pounds. JOHN STEWART.
YORK Town, July 31, 1771. THE Subscriber intending to leave the Colony soon, begs those who have any Demands against him to make them known. FREDERICK JOHN STEPHENS.
HAMPTON, July 25, 1771. I INTEND to leave Virginia, on Account of my Health, for a few Months. All Persons indebted to me are desired to make Payment to Mr. Walter Peter, Merchant at Calvin Point. JAMES MCAW.
ELIZABETH CITY, July 23, 1771. LOST, or mislaid, on Friday last, either at the Capitol or Mr. Spur's, or between there and Mr. Richard Cary's, in Warwick County, an old Newspaper, in the usual Fold, containing a Ticket in Byrd's Lottery, the Number of which Mr. Treasurer has, and is a Prize of one Hundred Acres of Land, a five Pound Bill, two of twenty Shillings, one of ten Shillings, several Receipts, Memorandums, and other Papers. Whoever delivers the same to me, or the Printer hereof, shall be handsomely rewarded. J. WALLACE.
To be SOLD, On Thursday the 26th of September next, THE PLANTATION whereon the Subscriber formerly lived, known by the Name of Beulah, with seven Hundred and eighty or five Hundred and eighty Acres of Land, as may suit the Purchaser. The said Land is well watered and timbered, and the Plantation is in good Order, with a very fine Apple Orchard, from which are made seven or eight Thousand Gallons of Cider a Year (that Quantity has been made on an Average ever since the Year 1756) the Trees are of the best Kind of Fruit, and the Cider as good as any on the Continent. The Situation of the Place is convenient to Trade, lies fourteen Miles from the Falls of Rappahannock, twelve from Dumfries, on Potomack, seven from Aquia Warehouse, the same Distance from Aquia Church, six from the Quaker Meeting House, five from the Baptist Meeting House, in Fauquier County, four from Chapawamis Meeting House, in Stafford County, and not quite three Miles from two Grist Mills. There are Buildings fit for a private Gentleman, Planter, Farmer, or Merchant. I could almost engage, to any reasonable Man, that there is Nothing wanting for Conveniencies; that is for, say, for Houses, Cellars, &c. for a Planter, Farmer, or Merchant, ready fitted to carry on Business, and a Quantity of Ground fit for small Grain this Fall, at which Time the Purchaser may have Possession of the Plantation. The Title is indisputable, and will be sold with as good a Warranty as any Man can require, and a great Bargain. I am determined to sell for the Benefit of my younger Grandsons, and therefore propose to sell my Land and Plantation at fourteen Years Credit, the Purchaser giving Bond and Security, with Interest. If any Part of the Purchase Money be paid down, five per Cent. will be deducted. I have sundry other Things belonging to the Plantation which I propose to sell on six Months Credit, namely, the Utensils and Stock belonging to the Plantation, such as Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, &c. and all the Corn, Fodder, and Hay, made on the Plantation this Year. There is a very good Copper Still and Alembick, a great many good Cider Casks, and sundry other Things too tedious to mention. Any Person inclining to purchase may see the Land and Plantation at any Time before the Day of Sale by applying to the Subscriber, about a Mile from the aforesaid Plantation. JOHN RALLS.
For SALE, or to be RENTED for a Term of Years, and entered upon immediately,
THE capital Prize drawn in the Honourable William Byrd's Lottery, consisting of a DOUBLE FORGE and valuable GRISTMILL, with two Acres and a Half of LAND adjoining; also two Thousand Acres of exceeding good LAND, the farthest Part of which is not more than three Miles from the Works. The Land, &c. will be sold, or rented, with or without the Forge and Mill, and laid off in small Parcels to suit Purchasers. Long Credit (if required) will be allowed for greatest Part of the Money, Bond with approved Security being given. I would have no Objection to dispose of one Moiety of the Whole, or the Stream with or without the Land, to a suitable Partner. It is capable of great Improvement, being situated in the Heart of a fine Wheat Country; and, at a small Expence, the Forge may be converted into a good Merchants Mill, which would manufacture a Hundred Thousand Bushels in a Season, besides the Advantage arising from the Gristmill, which is worth, at least, two Hundred Pounds a Year. The Terms will be made agreeable; and the Land and Works may be viewed, at any Time, by applying to Mr. Richard Crump, Merchant at Rocky Ridge. HENRY MORSE.
N. B. The UTENSILS, and OLD IRON, belonging to the Forge, will be sold on reasonable Terms.
To be SOLD, A TRACT of LAND, in Fauquier County, containing two Hundred and eighty Acres, on a Branch of Occoquan River, about thirty Miles above Frederickburg; a double GRIST MILL, in Westmoreland County, in good Order, the Ground Work of which is entirely Locust, never known to want Water since first erected; also forty Acres of Land adjoining the said Mill. An indisputable Title will be made, and a reasonable Credit allowed for either, or both, by JOHN CORRIE.

STRAYED from Mr. James McDowall's, In Richmond, a black or very dark bay HORSE, about four Feet nine Inches high, five Years old, branded on the near Shoulder and Buttock I, paces extremely well, and is a Horse of great Spirit. As he went off with a Horse of Mr. McKenrick's that was bred in Amherst. I imagine he has taken that Course. I will give THIRTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows, and pay Charges, to any Person that will bring him to Mr. James McDowall, or to me in Bedford. JAMES DONALD.
SURRY County, July 26, 1771. RUN away from the Subscriber's Plantation in Pitt County, North Carolina, on the sixteenth of May last, a Negro Man named EMANUEL, a square made Fellow, of a yellowish Complexion, upwards of twenty Years of Age, speaks remarkably hoarse, and is supposed to be gone towards Williamsburg. He formerly belonged to Mr. Simon Hollar, of Elizabeth City. Whoever apprehends the said Runaway, and brings him to me, or secures him so that I get him again, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. CHARLES REEKS.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in King William, a little above West Point, an Apprentice Boy named JAMES CURTIS, of a dark Complexion, has a sharp Nose, large fore Teeth, and very light coloured Hair. He took with him two brown Linen Shirts, both patched with Cotton, two Pair of Trousers, a light coloured Duffel Jacket unlined, that buttons at the Hip, and a Virginia Cloth double breasted Waistcoat, with Holes in one Side, striped with different Colours of Worsted. He is supposed to be gone towards Dumplin Island, in Nansemond County. I hereby forewarn all Persons from harbouring him, and all Masters of Vessels from taking him away. Whoever conveys the said Boy to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. WILLIAM ROW.
JULY 17, 1771. RUN away from the Subscriber, last Night, a Convict Servant Man named SAMUEL BAILEY, by Trade a House Joiner, and has been in the Country about two Years. He is a stout well set Fellow, of a ruddy Complexion, about five Feet six or seven Inches high, has a fore Leg, which is much swelled, a Caste with his Eyes, which are large and gray, his Head remarkable gray, occasioned by the Smallpox, which he is a little pitted with, his Dress is an Osnaburg Shirt and long Trousers, a light brown Jacket, an old Felt Hat, old Country made Shoes tied, and commonly wears a green Worsted Cap. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from harbouring or employing him. I will give a Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS to any Person who will deliver the said Servant to me, besides what the Law allows. WILLIAM BUCKLAND.
COMMITTED to Suffolk Jail, on the 18th of this Instant, James Thompson, from Glasgow, about five Feet nine Inches high, with brown Hair, and was committed on Suspicion of being a Convict Servant. WILLIAM GRANBERY, Jailer.
COMMITTED to Suffolk Jail, on Suspicion of being a Servant, a Negro Man about five Feet nine Inches high, who calls himself Francis Stanfoot, and has passed for a Freeman. WILLIAM GRANBERY, Jailer.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Surry County, on the 16th of July, an outlandish Negro about twenty eight Years of Age, four Feet six or seven Inches high, is very black, has lost two of his upper fore Teeth, and speaks but indifferent English. He says he belonged to one Tuboorbe of St. Kitt's, and failed from thence with one Captain Dunn into James River. The Owner may have him on proving his Property, and paying as the Law directs. DRURY WARREN.
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg County, a bright bay HORSE about four Feet two Inches high, with some Saddle Spots, a Star in his Forehead, some white on one of his hind Feet, and branded on the near Buttock M. Pasted, and appraised to forty Shillings. WILLIAM LADD.
NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons who have any Demands against the Publick for Tobacco lost and destroyed by the late Fire at Falmouth and Dixon's Warehouses, that the Commissioners appointed by Act of Assembly to settle the Accounts of the Tobacco so lost and destroyed will meet at Falmouth, in the County of King George, upon Wednesday the 28th of August, for that Purpose, when all Persons concerned are desired to attend.
NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons who have any Demands against the Publick for Tobacco lost and destroyed by the late Fire at Stock's, Byrd's, Rocky Ridge, and Warwick Warehouses, that the Commissioners appointed by Act of Assembly to settle the Accounts of the Tobacco so lost and destroyed will meet at Richmond, in the County of Henrico, upon Tuesday the 3rd of September next, for that Purpose, when all Persons concerned are desired to attend.
NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons who have any Demands against the Publick for Tobacco lost and destroyed by the late Fire at Quantico Warehouse, that the Commissioners appointed by Act of Assembly to settle the Accounts of the Tobacco so lost and destroyed will meet at Dumfries, in the County of Prince William, upon the 16th Day of September next, for that Purpose, when all Persons concerned are desired to attend.
HAMPTON, July 25, 1771. I INTEND for Great Britain immediately. JOHN CLUGSTON.
WESTMORELAND, NOMONY, July 11, 1771. IMPORTED in the Lord Camden, Captain John Johnson, last Fall, a BOX marked B in a Diamond, Number 2, containing Books. Whoever can inform me of it by Advertisement, or otherwise, shall be reimbursed the Expense, and esteemed a Favour by THOMAS BLAIN.
To be SOLD, in Pursuance of the Will of John Markham, deceased, THE PLANTATION wherein he formerly lived, in Chesterfield County, about four Miles from Warwick, containing eight Hundred Acres, with a large Apple and Peach Orchard, a good Dwelling-house and other convenient Houses thereon. The Plantation is in good Order for Cropping, and will be delivered up in Time to sow Wheat. It will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, and the Payments made easy to any inclining to purchase. The Terms may be known, and the Land seen, by applying to Vincent Markham, who lives on the Premises. BENJAMIN WATKINS, VINCENT MARKHAM, } Executors. GEORGE MARKHAM, }
For SALE, THE LEASE of a STORE and WAREHOUSE in Petersburg, extremely well situated for Trade, being close to the Tobacco Warehouses, and convenient either for dry Goods or wet. The Terms may be known by applying to Mr. David Ross in Goochland, or to WILLIAM BEATTIE.
To be SOLD, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing five Thousand five Hundred and fifty seven Acres, in Ward's Fork, Charlotte County, which is in fine Order for Cropping, having all convenient Houses, Farms, Negro Quarters, &c. and under good Fence. It will be sold in Lots, or laid out in the old Survey. Also for Sale, eleven Hundred and twenty Acres on Buck Mountain. Long Credit will be given, if required. For Terms apply to BENJAMIN WALLER, } Attorney for John JOHN WAYLES, } Liddendale, Esquire. RICHARD HANSON, }
THIRTY Thousand Pounds of TOBACCO will be SOLD at publick Auction, for Cash, on the third Monday in August, being Essex Court Day, at the Warehouses in the said County pursuant to an Order of that Court, By the SHERIFF.
To be SOLD at publick Sale, on the 10th of November next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, FOUR Thousand Acres of LAND belonging to James Burwell, lying in the County of Isle of Wight, on James River, eleven Miles below Smithfield. It is very level, and extraordinary good for Grain and Stock, having firm Marshes belonging to it, and so convenient to Norfolk that whatever is made thereon may easily be carried there by Water. There is also a very fine Merchant Mill in the Neighbourhood thereof, the Proprietor of which will, no Doubt, readily take all the Wheat that can be made upon it. Oysters and Fish are to be had in Plenty, and extremely good. The Land will be laid off in Lots to suit Purchasers, and may be entered on the first of January next. Six Months Credit will be allowed from the Day of Entry, on Bond, with approved Security, being given to LEWIS BURWELL, DUDLEY DIGGES, THOMAS NELSON, Junior, } Trustees. RICHARD BAKER, NATHANIEL BURWELL, }
CUMBERLAND County, July 15, 1771. RUN away from the Subscriber, on Friday the 12th Instant, a likely Virginia born Negro Man of the middle Size, about twenty four Years of Age, with a remarkable Scar under his left Eye, occasioned by a Fall from a Horse. When he went off he had on a Pair of dark coloured Virginia Cloth Breeches, a coarse Rolls Shirt, and an old Felt Hat, but in all Probability may change those Clothes, as he took with him a coarse Linen Shirt, and an old white Duffel great Coat. Whoever brings him to me shall have THREE POUNDS if taken in the Colony, or FIVE POUNDS if out of it, besides what the Law allows. RICHARD MOSELEY.
HANOVER Town, July 20, 1771. IMPORTED last Spring, in the SALLY, Captain Foster, from Glasgow, a sheeted BOX marked I S, No. 1, which has not yet come to Hand. Whoever gives any Intelligence thereof will much oblige JOHN SMITH.
STRAYED from my Pasture, in Sussex County, about the Middle of April last, a dark bay MARE about four Feet six Inches high, branded on the near Buttock B, her Mane lately roached, Tail bobbed, and paces pretty well and easy. Whoever conveys the said Mare to Mr. Herbert Claiborne, at Puddefock, or Mr. Augustine Claiborne, Junior, at Cromer Place, in Dinwiddie, or to the Subscriber, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. AUGUSTINE CLAIBORNE.
LEFT at my Plantation in Louisa, by a Negro named Tommy, when he ran away from me, a bay coloured MARE about thirteen Hands and a Half high, branded on the near Buttock FK, shod before, and has a white Slip down her Face. Pasted, and appraised to nine Pounds. Also several other Things. Any Person, on proving his Property, may have the above restored by applying to JOHN RICHMOND.
COMMITTED to Smithfield Jail, an out- landish Negro Man named JACK, a short black Fellow, and says he belongs to one Caleb Davis, in Chesterfield County, near Bermuda Hundred. Also a Negro Fellow who calls himself GEORGE CORN, and says he is free, but no Vouchers appearing to prove his Assertion, it is thought proper to advertise him. He is about fifteen Years of Age, five Feet three or four Inches high, Virginia born, and has on the usual Clothes of Plantation Negroes. Their Owners are desired to take them away, and pay Charges. JOHN TAYLOR, Jailer.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Mecklenburg County, two NEW NEGROES not capable of telling their Owners Names. One is a short Fellow, about thirty Years of Age, and the other a large Wench, who appears to be Something younger. The Owners may have them on proving their Properties and paying as the Law directs. RICHARD SWEPSON, Jailer.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Chesterfield, on the 12th of July, a Negro Woman that cannot tell her Owner's Name. She is a short well set Woman, with large Breasts, and a round full Face, had on an Osnaburg Shift, and Negro Cotton Petticoat and Waistcoat. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, pay Charges, and take her away. JAMES BALL, Jailer.
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg, a bright bay HORSE, branded on the near Buttock thus  about four Feet seven Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail. Pasted, and appraised to eight Pounds. JOSEPH EASTLAND.
TAKEN up, in Isle of Wight, a Chestnut sorrel HORSE about four Feet six Inches high, with a Star in his Forehead, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, branded on the near Shoulder and Buttock B, paces naturally, and had a small Bell on. Pasted, and appraised to five Pounds ten Shillings. WILLIAM BELL.
TAKEN up, in Amherst, a bright bay MARE about four Years old, one of her hind Feet white, but neither docked nor branded. Pasted, and appraised to three Pounds. RICHARD TANKESLEY.
TAKEN up, in Amherst, a small sorrel HORSE about four Feet five Inches high, trots and paces slow, with a small Star in his Forehead, a roached Mane and Switch Tail, and branded on the near Buttock C. Pasted, and appraised to four Pounds. JOHN LEWIS.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a red and white pied HEIFER marked with a Half Moon on the upper Side of the right Ear, and a Crop and Half Moon on the upper Side of the left. Pasted, and appraised to thirty five Shillings. BLACKMAN WARD.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a dark bay MARE about four Feet six Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, some Saddle Spots, branded on the near Buttock thus , and had on a Bell marked R. Pasted, and appraised to seven Pounds ten Shillings. JOHN WHITE.
TAKEN up, in Orange, a bay HORSE about four Feet ten Inches high, has a Blaze in his Face, one hind Foot white, had a Bell on, and is branded on the near Shoulder 71, as near as can be made out. Pasted, and appraised to eleven Pounds three Shillings. JOHN HENDERSON.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a red and white pied HEIFER marked with a Crop in each Ear, and a Nick in the under Part of the left. Pasted, and appraised to thirty five Shillings. JOHN ARCHER.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a red and white spotted COW with a good Bell on, marked with a Crop in each Ear, and an Underkeel in the right. Pasted, and appraised to three Pounds. JAMES AIKEN.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a white HORSE about four Feet six Inches high, and branded on the near Buttock O. Pasted, and appraised to eight Pounds. RICHARD ROYALL.
CHARLESTOWN, South Carolina, April 11, 1771. THE St. CECILIA SOCIETY give Notice, that they will engage with, and give suitable Encouragement to, Musicians properly qualified to perform at their CONCERT, provided they apply on or before the first Day of October next. The Performers they are in Want of are, a first and second Violin, two Hautboys, and a Bassoon, whom they are willing to agree with for one, two, or three Years. JOHN GORDON, President. THOMAS LN. SMITH, Vice President.
WANTED as a Tutor in a private Family, a single Man who is master of the Languages, and will teach English and Arithmetick. Such a Person, properly recommended, as well for his Abilities as his moral Character, may find Employment, and suitable Encouragement, by applying to DAVID GREENHILL. N. B. The School is worth FIFTY Pounds a Year, clear of Board.
To be SOLD at Publick Auction, on Thursday the 22d of August, being Orange Court Day, at the Courthouse, ALL the remaining Part of Oldonia Tract, about five or six Hundred Acres. As the Land was formerly advertised, and fully described, it needs no farther Description. The Terms will be agreed upon by the Trustees, who will attend the Sale. 5
To be SOLD for ready Money, or on Credit, TRACT of LAND containing seven Hundred Acres, in Goochland County, on Little Bear Creek, where the Subscriber now lives, upon which are the following Improvements, a Dwelling-house thirty eight Feet by twenty eight, with two Brick Chimneys, well finished both above and below, all convenient Outhouses, and a good Storehouse, a large Garden well paled in, very fine Orchards, and the whole Plantation in excellent Order for Cropping. It is a healthy Situation, well supplied with fine Water, and the Soil fit for Tobacco, Corn, and Wheat. Also a Tract of three Hundred Acres near joining the other, whereon are two small Plantations, and Orchards. Any Person inclining to purchase may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber on the Premises, to Mr. Neil Campbell, Merchant in Richmond, or to James Lyle, Merchant at Rocky Ridge, who have Power to dispose of the Lands. Deeds will be made, clear of every Encumbrance. JAMES GEORGE.
To be SOLD at Fredericksburg, on Monday the 23d of September, being Fair Day (the Sale formerly advertised being prevented by Badness of Weather) ABOUT fifty choice SLAVES, used to Cropping and Farming. Twelve Months credit will be allowed, on Bond, with Security, bearing Interest from the Date. I have also some other SLAVES to dispose of at private Sale, among whom are two Carpenters and a few House Servants. I will also sell the Plantation whereon I now live, in King George County, opposite to Fredericksburg, with or without the Ferry. Credit (if required) will be extended to one, two, or three Years, to suit the Purchaser. JAMES HUNTER.
VIRGINIA, sc. At a GENERAL COURT held at the Capitol, May 4, 1771. John McDowall, Plaintiff, against Ebenezer McCulloch, and George Young, of Edinburgh, North Britain, Bankrupts, Alexander Baine, James Gibson, and Hugh McMakin, Defendants, and John McDowall, and Alexander Gray, Plaintiffs, against Ebenezer McCulloch, and George Young, of Edinburgh, North Britain, Bankrupts, Alexander Baine, and Hugh McMakin, Defendants. In Chancery. The Defendants Ebenezer and George being beyond Sea, and not having entered their Appearance according to the Rule of this Court, on the Motion of the Plaintiffs, by their Counsel, it is ordered that the other Defendants, who have Effects of the said Ebenezer and George in their Hands, as is suggested, do not pay, convey away, or secrete such Effects, until the farther Order or Decree of this Court concerning the same; but that they deliver up such Effects, or so much thereof as will be of Value sufficient to satisfy the Demands of the Plaintiffs, unto the said Plaintiffs, upon their giving Security to the Clerk of this Court for the Return of such Effects, in such Manner, and to such Persons, as the Court shall hereafter adjudge. And it is farther ordered that the said Defendants (Ebenezer and George) do appear here on the first Day of the next Court, to answer the Bills of the Plaintiffs; and that a Copy of this Order be, within fifteen Days, inserted in the VIRGINIA GAZETTE, for two Months successively, and published on some Lord's Day, immediately after divine Service, in the Church of the Parish of Elizabeth River, in the County of Norfolk; and be also posted up at the Front Door of the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg. BEN: WALLER.
As I intend to remove up the Country next Fall, I would sell my Plantation in King & Queen County, which consists of six Hundred and fifty five Acres of LAND, pleasantly situated on Mattaponi River, about six Miles above West Point, and has on it a very good neat convenient Brick House with two large Rooms, two Closets, and a Passage on a Floor, with good Cellars under it, two very pleasant Porticoes, one above and the other below Stairs, neatly finished, with Banisters and India Work, a very convenient Storehouse sixty Feet long, with two Floors and a Cellar, and all other Outhouses necessary, Garden, &c. in good Order. The Land is good for Corn, and with Manure will produce fine Tobacco. There is also belonging to the above mentioned Tract one Hundred Acres of Marsh, lying opposite, on the other Side the River, which is very convenient for getting Hay, &c. Any Person inclining to purchase may be shown the same, and know the Terms, by applying to JOHN MEREDITH. Who has also for Sale another Plantation in King & Queen County, just below West Point, known by the Name of Gough's Point, containing two Hundred Acres, adjoining the Land of Mr. Samuel Meredith, on which is a good Deal of Marsh that with little Expense might be made a valuable Meadow. The Land is well timbered, but no Improvements on it. I have also three LOTS in West Point for Sale, whereon is a neat little Dwellinghouse with two Rooms on a Floor, and an old Kitchen. The above mentioned Land will be sold together, or in separate Tracts, as may best suit the Purchasers. Tf
To be SOLD, on long Credit, the three following Tracts of LAND, viz. ONE Tract containing four Hundred Acres, lying in Spotsylvania County, on the Head of Bluff Run, about eighteen Miles from Fredericksburg. One other Tract lying in Amherst County, on Owen's Creek, containing four Hundred Acres; it is well timbered, and a good Soil for Tobacco and Indian Corn. One Tract lying in Pittsylvania County, on Sycamore Creek, near Captain Benjamin Clement's, containing two Hundred Acres; this is likewise good Tobacco Land. Any Person inclining to purchase either of the above Tracts of Land may know the Terms by applying to Mr. Charles Irving, Merchant in Albemarle County, or to the Subscriber in Richmond Town. The above Lands are the Property of John Loving, Senior, of Amherst County, but made over by a Deed of Trust to the Subscriber. Two Years Credit, or longer if required, will be given, on Bond and approved Security. WILLIAM MITCHELL.
For SALE, and may be entered on immediately, THE LOT and HOUSES, near Cabin Point Warehouses, at present occupied by Mr. Walter Peter. There are four Acres of Land well enclosed, a good Dwellinghouse, with all necessary Outhouses, also a Storehouse, Counting Room, and two Lumber Houses. Any Person inclining to purchase may know the Terms by applying to JAMES BUCHANAN. N. B. If the above Lot and Houses are not sold they will be rented for a Term of Years, not exceeding three.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at the Falls of James River, the Middle of last Month, a Negro Man named DAVY, belonging to the Hon. William Peyton, Esquire, about thirty Years old, five Feet eight Inches high, and very stout made; he is of a yellow Complexion, has a down Look, and a Licket in some of his fore Teeth. He is supposed to be lurking about Hanover Town, Petersburg, or some towards Carolina. Whoever will apprehend the said Fellow, and bring him to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward; and if taken out of the Colony, FIVE POUNDS. DAVID PATTESON.
HIS Majesty's Postmaster General having (for the better facilitating of Correspondence between Great Britain and America) been pleased to add a fifth Packet Boat to the Station between Falmouth and New York, Notice is hereby given that the Mail, for the future, will be closed, at the Post Office in New York, at twelve of the Clock at Night, on the first Tuesday in every Month, and despatched by a Packet, the next Day, for Falmouth. By Command of the Deputy Postmaster General. ALEXANDER COLDEN, Secretary.

POETS CORNER.
THE COUNTRYMAN and his ASS.
AN Ass once left his Master's Home (For Asses ever lov'd to roam) Vex'd at his Loss, the Ruffick hy'd To a neighbouring Town, to have him cry'd; 'Tis done! but ah! the Hire and Pains Were vain, unfound the Ass remains. Next Market Day he try'd once more, But lost his Labour as before. As twice successless he'd essay'd, The Clown began to be dismay'd; But as Rewards oft-times prevail, When other Means are known to fail, Who'er shall bring him to the Crier A Pig should pay their Pains the Hire. The Crier, a well known, wagging Blade, That long was hackney'd in the Trade, With a loud Voice bawl'd out, "Who'er Will come, and solemnly declare, He never was in all his Life In Love, with Widow, Maid, or Wife, On such Confession, instantly, A fat Pig his Reward shall be." A looby Clown, who, listening near, Stood 'midst the jostling Crowd to hear, With noisy Zeal put in his Claim, And vow'd, "He ne'er lov'd any Dame." The Crier quickly seiz'd the Lout, And having him along by's Snout, Soon as he found his Country Friend, Quoth he, "Our Search is at an End; Here is the long lost Ass of thine, Pray bang him well—the Pig is mine."
A Catalogue of BOOKS, STATIONARY, &c. to be SOLD at the Post Office, Williamsburg.
F O L I O S.
THE Works of Flavius Josephus, translated into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange; containing his Antiquities of the Jews, their Wars with the Romans, &c. Burkitt on the New Testament, wherein the sacred Text is at large recited, the Sense explained, and the instructive Example of the blessed Jesus and his holy Apostles to our Imitation recommended. Beawes's Lex Mercatoria, or the Merchant's Directory; being a Complete Guide to all Men in Business, whether Merchant, Lawyer, Senator, or Gentleman.
Q U A R T O S.
An Account of the War in India between the English and French, on the Coast of Coromandel from the Year 1750 to the Year 1760, together with a Relation of the late remarkable Events on the Malabar Coast, and the Expeditions to Golconda and Surat, with the Operations of the Fleet, illustrated with Maps, Plans, &c. By Richard Owen Cumbrige, Esquire. A System of Moral Philosophy by the late Francis Hutcheson, Professor of Philosophy in the University of Glasgow; with some Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the Author, by the Reverend William Leechman, Professor of Divinity in the same University. 2 Vols. A general System of Surgery. By Doctor Laurence Heister. Swan's Designs in Carpentry, containing Domes, trussed Roofs, Flooring, trussing of Beams, Angle Brackets, and Cornices. Mrs. Macaulay's History of England. Volume the 5th. The History of the ancient Germans, including that of the several northern Nations who overthrew the Roman Empire and established that of Germany in most of the Kingdoms of Europe. By Doctor John Jacob Mascou. 2 Vols. A Treatise on Venereal Diseases; giving an Account of their Nature, Cause, and Cure. By John Astruc, Physician. Ferguson's Lectures on Mechanicks, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Opticks, with the Use of the Globes, the Art of Dialing, and a Calculation of the mean Times of new and full Moons and Eclipses. O C T A V O S. Le Dran's Observations in Surgery, containing a Hundred and fifteen different Cases, with particular Remarks on each, for the Improvement of young Students; to which is added, a new Chirurgical Dictionary. The History of California, containing an accurate Description of the Country, the Custom of its Inhabitants, &c. 2 Vols. Martin's Philosophical Grammar, being a View of the present State of Natural Philosophy. The True Briton. By the Duke of Wharton. 2 Vols. Harris on the acute Diseases of Infants, to which are added medical Observations on several grievous Diseases. The History of the Roman Emperors, from Augustus to Constantine. By Mons. Crevier. 10 Vols. The Chislian Oratory, or the Devotion of the Closet displayed. By the late Reverend and learned Mr. Benjamin Bennet. Heilman's Lectures in Natural Philosophy. Moral and political Dialogues between divers eminent Persons of the past and present Age. The History of Greenland, containing a Description of the Country and its Inhabitants. By David Crantz. 2 Vols. A critical History of the Life of David, King of Israel. By the late Reverend Samuel Chandler. 2 Vols. A Dictionary of Husbandry, Gardening, Trade, and Commerce, and all Sorts of Country Affairs; illustrated with a great Number of Cuts. 2 Vols. Dufresnoy's Chronological Tables of Universal History, sacred and profane, ecclesiastical and civil, from the Creation of the World to the Year 1743. 2 Vols. Dryden's miscellaneous Works, containing all his original Poems, Tales, and Translations; with an Account of his Life and Writings. 4 Vols. The Dispensatory for the Use of the Royal Hospital in Edinburgh. Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, and made easy to those who have not studied Mathematicks. By James Ferguson. The Farmer's Guide, containing an Examination of many Subjects of great Importance to the Gentleman and common Husbandman. 2 Vols. Tables and Tracts relating to several Arts and Sciences. By James Ferguson. The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution in 1688. By David Hume, Esquire. 8 Vols. The Anatomy of the Human Body, with forty Copperplates. By W. Cheselden. The Practice of Piety, directing a Christian how to walk that he may please God. Potter's System of Practical Mathematicks, with necessary Tables; the Whole in a most easy and plain Method, designed for the Use of Schools, and the Benefit of Carpenters, Joiners, Bricklayers, and other Artificers, to whom the Practical Mathematicks are of great and immediate Use. Robert Simson, of Glasgow, his Elements of Euclid, &c. Archbishop Secker's Sermons on several Subjects, to which is prefixed a Review of his Grace's Life and Character. 4 Vols. Taylor's Rules and Exercises of Holy Living, together with Prayers containing the whole Duty of a Christian. Van Swieten's Commentaries upon the Aphorisms of Boerhaave abridged, by Doctor Schomberg of Bath. White's Cases in Surgery, with Remarks; to which is added an Essay on the Ligation of Arteries, by J. Aikin, Surgeon. Waich's History of the Popes, from the Foundation of the See of Rome to the present Time. Thoughts on Religion, and curious Subjects, from the French of Mons. Pascal. The Preceptor, containing a general Course of Education, wherein the first Principles of polite Learning are laid down in a Way most suitable for trying the Genius and advancing the Instruction of Youth. Illustrated with Maps and useful Cuts. 2 Vols.
Maxwell's practical Husbandman, being a Collection of miscellaneous Papers on that Subject. An Account of the Spanish Settlements in America, their former and present Condition, their Climate, Produce, Trade, Manufactures, &c. the Genius, Disposition, and Number of their Inhabitants, their Government, and a Description of their chief Cities, with whatever else is remarkable. A Revisal of Shakespeare's Text, wherein the Alterations introduced into it, by the more modern Editors and Critics, are particularly considered. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery. By W. Smellie, M. D. 3 Vols. Logick, or the right Use of Reason in the Inquiry after Truth; with a Variety of Rules to guard against Error in the Affairs of Religion and Human Life, as well as in the Sciences. By Isaac Watts, D. D. Doctor Watts's first Principles of Astronomy and Geography. For the Use of Learners. Mrs. Burnet, Wife of the late Bishop Burnet, her Method of Devotion; or Rules for holy and devout Living, with Prayers on several Occasions, and Advices and Devotions for the Holy Sacrament. To which is added, some Account of her Life. An Account of the most remarkable Places and Curiosities in Spain and Portugal. By Udal ap Rhys. Doctor Watts's Philosophical Essays, on various Subjects. Discourses on the Joys or Sorrows of departed Souls at Death, and the Glory and Terror of the Resurrection; to which is prefixed an Essay toward the Proof of a separate State of Souls after Death. 2 Vols. Sermons on various Subjects, divine and moral; with a sacred Hymn suited to each Subject. Hammond's historical Narration of the Holy Bible, adorned with Cuts. The Reflector; representing human Affairs as they are, and may be improved. Doctor Astruc's Elements of Midwifery; containing the most modern and successful Method of Practice in every Kind of Labour. Doctor James's New Universal Dispensatory. Brookes's General Practice of Physick. 2 Vols. Introduction to Physick and Surgery. Chapman's Treatise on the Improvement of Midwifery, chiefly in Regard to the Operation; to which are added fifty seven Cases, selected from upwards of twenty seven Years Practice. Cunningham's Poems, chiefly of the Pastoral Kind. Bradley's general Treatise of Agriculture, displaying the Arts of Husbandry and Gardening. Bishop Taylor's Contemplations of the State of Man in this Life and that which is to come. Mrs. Catherine Cockburne's Works, theological, moral, dramatick, and poetical; with an Account of the Life of the Author. Sermons on various Subjects and Occasions. By the late Reverend Samuel Wilton. Ogilvie's Poems, on several Subjects. 2 Vols. Hill's Family Herbal, giving an Account of all those English Plants which are remarkable for their Virtues, and of the Drugs which are produced by Vegetables of other Countries, with their Descriptions and Uses. Mrs. Bradley's British Housewife; or the Cook, Housekeeper's, and Gardener's Companion. 2 Vols. Warburton's Sermons, on the Principles of natural and revealed Religion. 3 Vols. A new and complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, comprehending all the Branches of useful Knowledge, illustrated with above three Hundred Copperplates. By a Set of Gentlemen. 4 Vols. No Cross, no Crown: A Discourse showing the Nature and Discipline of the Holy Cross of Christ; and that the Denial of Self, and daily bearing of Christ's Cross, is the alone Way to the Rest and Kingdom of God. By William Penn. Kennett's Roman Antiquities, with Cuts of the principal Buildings, &c. Doctor Leighton, Archbishop of Glasgow, his Sermons. Sir Matthew Hale's Contemplations, moral and divine. The Rational Amusement; being a Collection of Letters on a great Variety of Subjects, serious, entertaining, moral, diverting, and instructive. The History of the Buccaneers of America, containing their Exploits and Adventures, dangerous Voyages, and bold Attempts. The Works of the Reverend and pious Mr. Andrew Gray, late Minister of the Gospel in Glasgow. Smith's History of England, from the earliest Accounts to the Revolution. 2 Vols. On the Nature and Institution of Government, containing an Account of the Feudal and English Policy. Sermons by the celebrated Mr. Charles Churchill. A Treatise on Female Diseases, in which are also comprehended those most incident to pregnant and Childbed Women. By H. Manning, M. D. Grose's Voyage to the East Indies, begun in 1750, with Observations continued till 1764. The Expedition of Cyrus into Persia, and the Retreat of the ten Thousand Greeks. Translated from Xenophon; with critical and historical Notes, by Edward Spelman, Esquire. 2 Vols. D U O D E C I M O S. The Connoisseur. By Mr. Town, Critick and Censor General. Hervey's Meditations and Contemplations. 2 Vols. The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his Friend Parson Adams. By Mr. Fielding. 2 Vols. Kettlewell's Companion for the Penitent, and for Persons troubled in Mind. Letters supposed to have passed between M. de St. Evremont and Mr. Waller. Collected and published by Mr. Langhorne. Memoirs, containing the Lives of several Ladies of Great Britain; an entertaining Novel, interspersed with several curious Thoughts on Religion. Written by the Author of John Bunce. 2 Vols. Medical Essays and Observations, published by a Society in Edinburgh. 7 Vols. The ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagenians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin. 10 Vols. Rollin's Method of teaching and studying the Belles Lettres. Designed for the Use of Students in the Universities. 4 Vols. A Collection of the moral and instructive Sentiments, Maxims, Cautions, and Reflexions, contained in the Histories of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison. Solyman and Almena, a beautiful little Novel, written by Mr. Langhorne, with a View to promote the Cause of Truth and Virtue. Swift's Works, being three additional Volumes, lately published, of his poetical, historical, and other miscellaneous Productions. Letters written by a Turkish Spy, who lived five and forty Years undiscovered at Paris, giving an impartial Account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable Transactions of Europe from the Year 1637 to the Year 1682. 8 Vols. The Triumvirate, or the authentick Memoirs of Andrews, Beville, and Carewe. By the Author of the Adventures of a Guinea. 2 Vols. The whole Works, in Verse and Prose, of the celebrated Mons. de Voltaire, translated from the French, with Notes historical and critical. 35 Vols. The Winter Evening's Companion, or compendious Library; being a Collection of instructive and entertaining Relations, taken from the best and most authentick Histories, both ancient and modern. 3 Vols. Shower's Reflections on Time and Eternity. Fenning's Ready Reckoner, or Trader's most useful Assistant in buying and selling all Sorts of Commodities, either Wholesale or Retail. Mrs. Rowe's Devout Exercises of the Heart, in Meditation and Soliloquy, Prayer and Praise. The Works of Edmund Waller, Esquire. Doctor Watts's View of Scripture History, by Way of Question and Answer. The Travels of Cyrus. By the Chevalier Ramay. William Hamilton, Esquire, of Bangour, his Poems. Spinckes's Companion in the Closet, or a complete Manual of private Devotions. Love Letters between a Nobleman and his Sister, with the History of their Adventures. A new Historical, Biographical, and Classical Dictionary; for the Use of Schools. Smollett's Don Quixote. 4 Vols. Gil Blas. 4 Vols.
The Peveril, or a Flight to the Paradise of Fools. Mrs. Hamilton's Housekeeper's Pocket Book, and complete Family Cook. History of Miss Betsey Thoughtless. 4 Vols. The Countess D'Anois's Collection of Novels and Tales of the Fairies. 3 Vols. Peruvian Tales, related in one Thousand and one Hours, by one of the select Virgins of Cusco, to the Ynca of Peru, to dissuade him from a Resolution he had taken to destroy himself by Poison. 3 Vols. Rochefoucault's Moral Maxims. Monsieur Guellette's Tartarian Tales. An Unfortunate Mother's Advice to her absent Daughters. In a Letter to Miss Pennington. Tillet's Essay on Diseases incident to sedentary Persons; with proper Rules for preventing the fatal Consequences, and Instructions for their Cure. A new Collection of Fairy Tales; containing many useful Lessons, moral Sentiments, surprising Incidents, and amusing Adventures. 2 Vols. Ball's New Dispensatory. A Work of general Utility; designed, and properly calculated, as well for the Benefit of private Families as of young Physicians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries. Arabian Night's Entertainment, consisting of one Thousand and one Stories. 4 Vols. The Gentleman's Companion, and Tradesman's Delight. Bracken's complete Treatise upon the Art of Farriery. 2 Vols. Friendship in Death; in twenty Letters from the Dead to the Living; to which are added, Letters moral and entertaining in Prose and Verse, By Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe. 2 Vols. Mrs. Brooke's complete English Cook, or prudent Housewife. The Matrimonial Preceptor. A Collection of Examples and Precepts relating to the Married State; from the most celebrated Authors, both ancient and modern. Bouffet's Universal History. 2 Vols. The Midwife's Pocket Companion, containing full and plain Directions for the Management and Delivery of Child-bearing Women in the different Cases, and the Cure of the several Diseases incident to them and new born Children. By Doctor John Memis, of Aberdeen. The Accomplished Housewife, or Gentlewoman's Companion; to which are prefixed some serious Instructions for the Conduct of the Fair Sex with Regard of their Duty towards God and towards their Neighbours. Lord Dun's friendly and familiar Advices; adapted to the various Stations and Conditions of Life, and the mutual Relations to be observed amongst them. Langhorne's Translation of Plutarch's Lives, adorned with Cuts. Ambrose's War with Devils, and Ministration of and Communion with Angels. The Rise and surprising Adventures of Donald McGregor, a Novel. 2 Vols. La Belle Assemblée, a curious Collection of some very remarkable Incidents which happened to Persons of the first Quality in France, interspersed with entertaining and improving Observations. Clarissa, or the History of a young Lady, comprehended in the most important Concerns of private Life. By Mr. Richardson. 8 Vols. Boyle on Specifick Medicines. Salmon's Modern Gazetteer, or a short View of the several Nations of the World; absolutely necessary for rendering the publick News, and other historical Occurrences, intelligible and entertaining. A general History of Sieges and Battles, by Sea and Land, adorned with Cuts. 12 Vols. History of Sir Charles Grandison, in a Series of Letters. 7 Vols. The Christian's Support under all Afflictions, being the divine Meditations of John Gerhard, with Prayers suited to each Meditation. The Life and Translations of Howell ap David Rice, Gentleman of Wales; exhibiting a Series of most remarkable Occurrences during his seven Years Travels abroad, five of which were spent with a Lady he released from Slavery, with further Particulars since his Return with her to England. Professor Formey's Elementary Principles of the Belles Lettres. Historical Account of the Curiosities of London and Westminster, describing particularly every Thing curious in the Tower of London, Tombs and Inscriptions in Westminster Abbey, and of the old and new Cathedral of St. Paul's, &c. The Poetical Miscellany, consisting of select Pieces from the most eminent English Poets. Designed for the Use of Schools. The Family Instructor, in three Parts; first relating to Fathers and Children, second to Masters and Servants, and third to Husbands and Wives. 2 Vols. The Works of Plato abridged; with an Account of his Life, Philosophy, Morals, and Politics. Translated from the French of Madam Dacier. 2 Vols. The Lives of Cleopatra and Octavia. By the Author of David Simple. Wollaston's Life and History of a Pilgrim, a Narrative founded on Fact. Goodman's Winter Evening's Conference between Neighbours. The Apparition, or Female Cavalier; a Story founded on Facts. 3 Vols. Poems by eminent Ladies. 2 Vols. The Works of Mons. Voiture. 2 Vols. The Voyages, dangerous Adventures, and imminent Escapes, of Captain Richard Falconer. The whole comical Works of Mons. Scarron. 2 Vols. The poetical Works of Mr. William Wotey. 2 Vols. The poetical Works of Charles Cotton, Esquire; containing Scarronides, or Virgil Travestie, Lucian Burlesqued, or the Scoffer Scoffed; and the Wonders of the Pease. Adorned with many curious Cuts. The Tales of the Genii, or the delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar. By Sir Charles Morell. 2 Vols. The secret History of Whitehall, from the Restoration of Charles II. down to the Abdication of the late King James. 2 Vols. The instructive and entertaining Novels of the inimitable Cervantes; designed to promote Virtue, good Sense, and universal Benevolence. Doctor Young's Centaur not fabulou; in six Letters to a Friend, on the Life in Vogue. The Doctrine of the Passions explained and improved, to which are added moral and divine Rules for the Government of them. By the late Doctor Watts. Willison's Balm of Gilead for healing a diseased Land, in twelve Sermons. A Description of three Hundred Animals, Beast, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, and Insects; with a particular Account of the Manner of catching Whales in Greenland. Adorned with Cuts. The Masque, a new and select Collection of the best English, Scotch, and Irish Songs, Catches, Duets, and Cantatas, in the true spirit of the three different Nations. Salmon's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. A Memorial of Paris, and the neighbouring Places; for the Use of Travellers. 2 Vols. History of Mr. Cecil and Miss Grey. 2 Vols. The Travels of Tom Thumb over England and Wales, interspersed with many pleasant Adventures that happened to him during the Course of his Journey. The Life of John Bunce, Esquire; containing various Observations and Reflections made in several Parts of the World, and many extraordinary Relations. Letters from a Persian in England to his Friend at Ispahan. The Jilts, or Female Fortune Hunters. 3 Vols. The Adventures of a Bank Note, third and fourth Vols. The Protestant Manual of Christian Devotions; suited to all Times, Persons, and Circumstances, in publick and private. Pamela, or Virtue rewarded; in a Series of familiar Letters from a beautiful young Damzel to her Parents. 4 Vols. Letters from Samuel Derrick, Esquire, Master of the Ceremonies at Bath and Tunbridge. The Pofey of godly Prayer, fit for every Christian to use. Mair's, Wingate's, Fenning's, Dilworth's, Fisher's, and Cocker's Arithmetics; Fisher's Young Man's Companion; Fenning's Book of Knowledge, being a proper Supplement to the Young Man's Companion; Sir Isaac Newton's Universal Arithmetick; the Mariner's Compass rectified; the Mariner's new Kalendar; Love's, Wyld's, and Wilson's Surveying, &c. &c. Rowling's System of Natural Philosophy, Gregorie's Geometry, Mac-laurin's Algebra, Simson's Euclid, Smith's Moral Sentiments. Buchanan's New English Dictionary, and Grammar; Brightland's, Lowth's, and Greenwood's English Grammars; Gay's, Croxall's, Richardson's, Cole's, and other Books of Fables; Spelling Books, &c. &c.