The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1771-09-26 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
With the freshest ADVICES,
FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE. — Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
Printed by ALEX. PURDIE, and JOHN DIXON, at the POST OFFICE.
LONDON, June 29.
W E are informed that by special Express arrived at his Excellency's Mouschin Pouchin, the Russian Ambassador at our Court, Intelligence was brought him on Monday last that all the Magazines of Pitch and Tar, Tallow, Hemp, Flax, and Linen, at Petersburg, had been totally burnt to Ashes, together with a Fourth or Fifth of the whole Town, which is the Metropolis of the Russian Empire. The Russian Ministry instantly went to Work to discover the daring and flagitious Incendiary, and in less than four and twenty Hours they found a Frenchman dressed in Woman's Apparel. This Disguise led them to suspect he might be the Man; they put him to the Torture, and the vile Wretch has confessed the Whole, from Alpha to Omega.
A Letter from Dantzick, dated June 6th, says: "We are entirely out of all Apprehensions about the Plague, the People all over Poland being now in good Health. The English Minister here thinks that the Terms offered by the Turks will be accepted by the Court of Russia. As for the Confederates, they are kept at a Distance from us by the Prussians; but it is hard to say who are the worst Neighbours."
The Spaniards have now fifty Men of War ready for Sea, at a Moment's Warning, in their Ports.
They write from Madrid that the Court had given Orders for a strict Guard to be kept upon the King's Magazines and Dockyards at Ferrol, Cadiz, and Carthagena, at which last Place they have now on the Stocks four new Ships, of the first Rate, besides smaller Vessels.
Orders were sent to Ireland for the Crown Engineers to make strict Survey of all the Places of Strength and Fortifications in that Kingdom, and to report them immediately, in Order to their being repaired.
God forbid, says a Scotchman, that such a Fellow as Wilkes, who deserves to be hanged, should be Sheriff of London; be not so angry, says an Englishman near him, for making him Sheriff is the only Thing, from his Office, that will carry him to Tyburn.
We hear that the disrespectful Treatment which the Aldermen Sawbridge and Townsend, and Mr. George Bellas, received from the Populace at Guildhall last Monday, has altered the Opinion of these Patriots, with Respect to the Voice of the People. It was a received Maxim, with all three, that the People were always right, but they are now convinced that they may be sometimes wrong.
July 1. The Russian Fleet in the Archipelago consists of twenty seven Ships, namely, twelve Ships of the Line, fourteen Frigates, and one Bombketch. Each Ship of the Line has six Hundred Men, and every Frigate three Hundred. The Russians have also one Thousand eight Hundred Men in the Island of Fars, encamped in the Plain of Corigi, besides three Thousand Greeks and Albanians.
July 3. The Prophecy of the Earl of Chatham seems now verifying apace. When speaking of the Conduct of the present Ministry, he said, "you have made Mr. Wilkes your Master; you will soon make him Sheriff for London and Middlesex, and afterwards Lord Mayor."
One of the Intentions of Mr. Wilkes, as Sheriff, is to displace Serjeants at Mace, and Bailiffs, after being one Year in Office.
The two following Toasts are now drank: "May the Sheriff's white Wand triumph over the Ministers black Rod. May patriotick Principles be never let out on ministerial Interest."
A Correspondent says, Mr. Wilkes's Arms on the Sheriff's Chariot will be adorned with two Supporters, Lord North and Parson Horne.
A Gentleman, who is a Lieutenant on Board the Russian Admiral in the Levant, writes that there are no less than three Thousand able Seamen from England and Ireland on Board the Muscovite Fleet, and that Admiral Elphinstone's first Lieutenant is a Shetland Man born.
Saturday Afternoon a Sheriff's Officer, attempting to arrest an Officer of the Guards as he was crossing the River at Somerset House, was thrown into the Water, and very narrowly escaped losing his Life. A Gentleman who saw the whole Transaction, on the Catchpole's Arrival on the Stairs asked him who and what he was, and what was his Business with the Gentleman. I am a Sheriff's Officer, replied the Dun, and have an Action against the Gentleman for a Debt of Honour. Honour! exclaimed the Gentleman, I think he has made you most ample Payment; has he not made you a Water Bailiff?
Extract of a Letter from the Hague, June 22. "The Spanish Ambassador at this Court was not a little surprised at the cool Reception he met with from the President of the States when he went to signify to him the Intentions of his Court to admit no longer any Ships of War in the Ports of the Mediterranean that belong to his Master. The President assured him, on the Part of the States, that they will not expose themselves to a Refusal for the future, but desired he would make a Memorandum of that Day and remember it, and that before eighteen Months are elapsed the Demands which his Court will be obliged to make to their High Mightinesses shall be refused; and that he gave him Notice of it before Hand, to prevent his exposing himself to a Refusal. He added, he was surprised he had been so precipitate in executing that Order, which he knew would be countermanded in less than fifteen Days."
The King of Denmark is to continue his warlike Operations against the Algerines. His Fleet is preparing for another Expedition.
July 6. Mr. Morgan, late of Ludgate Street, is chosen Optician and Mathematical Instrument Maker to the Empress of Russia, and is set out for Petersburg.
Mr. R. the Physician, whom we mentioned on Thursday to have resorted upon Mr. Bellas, was once upon a Trial respecting a particular Disease, and was asked by the Judge what Countryman he was; to which he replied, a Welchman. He then asked him how a Welchman should know any Thing of such a Disease. The Doctor replied, "they never should have known it, had it not been brought down when the Judges came their Circuit."
July 12. An Attorney commanding the Excellency and Goodness of our Laws, at a Coffeehouse near Temple Bar, was answered, "It will be difficult, Sir, to prove your Assertion, when a poor Rogue who robs me of a single Shilling shall be tried and condemned within an Hour, and the Villain who defrauds me of Thousands shall, by a Suit in Chancery, keep me out of my Property for Years, perhaps for ever."
We mention the following Instance, to show the evil Tendency of Gaming, to eradicate all serious and religious Impressions. A Lady, a few Sundays ago, having fallen asleep in a Church westward, occasioned by sitting up late at Play over Night, suddenly waking, cried out, "I call the King of Hearts."
Extract of a Letter from Dijon, July 12. "Two young Englishmen returning home one Evening, a little intoxicated with Wine, saw Mademoiselle Dorvelle standing at her Door. The Circumstance, and the Darkness of the Night, emboldened them to accost her, and declare their Intentions; they said she must have perceived long ago, by their Looks and Salutations, that Love had bound them in Chains, &c. Fine Speeches making no Impression on the Lady, they employed Lucre; twenty Louisd'ors, and an Oath of Secrecy, put them in Possession of their Conquest. They passed the Night with her, and retired before Break of Day, because a young Woman that gives the least Cause to suspect her Conduct in this Town becomes a Victim to the Police, which is extremely rigid in such Cases. At their Departure they gave her ten Louisd'ors, being all the Money they had about them, and added to that Sum a Bond for ten Louisd'ors, which they had taken en terra for in the Lottery of the Military School, with a Promise to withdraw it the next Day. They were punctual, and the Exchange was made. When News was brought of the drawing of the Lottery, it appeared that of five Num-
bers which come out of the Wheel each Drawing three belonged to their terre had come up, consequently they gained five Thousand Louisd'ors. Instead of going in Person to the Office, to examine their Ticket, they waited on Mademoiselle Dorvelle, made her a Present of it, and charged her to recover the Payment. She went to the Office Keeper, whom she amply rewarded for keeping the Matter secret till after her Departure from Dijon, to which she bid an eternal Adieu. She went to Paris to receive her Money, and from thence intends to go to England, in Order to spend the Remainder of her Days with her Benefactors. This generous Action, which has made as much Noise as it does Honour to these Gentlemen, though they will not own it, merits to be published all over Europe for its Singularity."
July 15. On Friday Night, about twelve o'Clock, the Gatehouse in Temple Lane, White Friars, one Side of which rested upon the Wall of the Alienation Office Garden, belonging to the Temple, fell down with a most dreadful Crash, by the said Wall giving Way. The Noise was so violent that all who heard it supposed it to have been an Earthquake; and upon their running out to see what was the Matter, a most dreadful Scene presented itself to their View. Chairs, Tables, Beds, Men, Women, Children, Bricks, Mortar, and Timber, all promiscuously huddled together, and the whole Atmosphere in a Cloud from the Dust that arose. Of ten Persons that were in the House five made their Escape, through the back Rooms and Windows; of the other five, four were buried in the Ruins, one of whom, a Girl about fifteen Years of Age, was killed upon the Spot, being terribly crushed. The rest escaped with some Bruises; and the fifth, a Boy who lay in the Garret, had a most miraculous Deliverance, being thrown, Bed and all, into the Alienation Garden, where he alighted, without the least Hurt, upon a green Plot. This is the third Time, within these Dozen Years, that Accidents of the same Sort have happened in the above Precinct, whereby several Lives were lost; and though, by the Vigilance of one of the Overseers, a Survey was promoted there about three Years ago, and afterwards prosecuted by his Successor, yet, to the Disgrace of the Landlords, as well as to the Reproach of the Police of this City, we are assured that there are still many Houses there from which the like Accidents may daily be dreaded.
Copy of a Letter wrote a few Days since by a Nobleman to his Steward.
"SIR, "I had a damn'd Tumble last Night at Hazard, and must raise five Thousand within a Week; get it me upon any Terms, for I would rather suffer the greatest Encumbrance upon my Fortune than the least Blemish upon my Honour. As for those clamorous Rascals, my Tradesmen, keep them off as long as possible, and raise Heaven and Earth upon this indispensable Occasion. Yours, &c."
The same Hand wrote the following Letter one Day during the Siting of the Parliament to the Premier, on a like ill Run of Luck the preceding Night.
"My LORD, "I was applied to yesterday, in your Name, by —, to vote for the great Point which is to come on in our House to-morrow; but as it was extremely contrary to my Opinion and Principles, I gave him no explicit Answer. I have therefore the Honour now to acquaint you that I am determined to give my Concurrence to this Affair, but must desire, at the same Time, that you will immediately send Bradshaw or Robinson to me with the Thousand five Hundred Pounds offered me yesterday, and for which I have a pressing Occasion this Morning. I am persuaded you know me too well to scruple this Payment before-hand, and that your Lordship will not be the first Person that ever questioned the Honour of, my Lord, &c."
Early on Saturday Morning the Convicts under Sentence of Transportation in Newgate were put on Board a Lighter waiting for them at Blackfriars Bridge, which conveyed them on Board the Scarisdale Transport at Blackwall, destined with them to America.
A private Soldier in the Foot Guards has, within these few Days, succeeded to an Estate of three Hundred Pounds a Year, and a considerable Sum in ready Money, by the Death of a Relation, a Grazier at Blomfrove in Worcestershire.
July 17. A Hair Dresser near St. James's has engaged ninety four Journeymen (mostly French) at the Rate of Half a Guinea a Day, and their Expenses, to decorate the Heads of the Nobility and Gentry during their Stay at Windsor.
If there are any Beds unlet at Windsor, it is entirely owing to the exorbitant Demands made for them. A Publican there said, on Sunday last, that he had but three in one Room unlet, and that no Man in England should have them under thirty Guineas.
July 18. Yesterday Morning, at eight o'Clock, the Lord Mayor, Sir Richard Glynn, and Alderman Peers, attended by the City Officers, &c. set out in their Coaches from the Mansion House, from the Bird in Hand at Stratford, in Essex, where his Lordship held a Court of Conservancy for the County of Essex, from whence they went to Woolwich, and held another Court for the County of Kent; after which they proceeded, on Board the Chatham Yacht, and another from the Trinity House, down the River, to view the Encroachments there, and also those in the River Medway, &c. that such Persons as are found guilty may be brought to Justice.
The Foreman of the Kentish Jury is ordered to cut on the two London Stones the City Arms, and the Name of the Lord Mayor, the Year and Month, that Posterity may know our present worthy chief Magistrate spared neither Pains nor Trouble to keep up the Dignity, and preserve the Privileges, of this great City. It is near fifty Years since any Lord Mayor went the Boundaries. His Lordship has ordered a Quantity of small Silver Money to be got ready to be given amongst the Children and Populace.
July 19. A few Days since a Gentleman was arrested for a Debt of twenty Pounds within the Verge of the Court. The Officer was last Week summoned before the Commissioners of the Board of Green Cloth, who not only obliged him to release his Prisoner, but ask Pardon on his Knees for the Contempt of their Authority, and pay the Debt and Costs.
Extract of a Letter from Gravesend. "On Wednesday the Lord Mayor came down to Woolwich in the City Barge, and at twelve embarked on Board the Chatham Yacht, being saluted upon his Arrival, and on leaving the Shore. From thence he proceeded to Gravesend, with the City Colours flying at the Mast Head, where he arrived at ten at Night, amidst the loud Acclamations of the People, the Bells ringing, Guns saluting, and the Houses illuminated, to receive him. He was attended by the Sheriffs Wilkes, Bull, and Martin, Alderman Roffiter, Sir James Esdaile, Kirkman, Kennet, &c. &c. At four in the Morning he left Gravesend, and sailed for Lee."
On Wednesday a Woman was whipped through Fleetstreet to Temple Bar for decoying Children from their Parents, and then putting out their Eyes, in Order to beg with them.
Mr. Coles, an eminent Stationer in Fleet Street, has received Orders for many Hundred Reams of Cartridge Paper, for the Service of the Empress of Russia; as much, it is said, as will serve thirty Thousand Men a whole Campaign. This does not look as if the Court of Petersburg was on the Certainty of a speedy Accommodation with the Porte.
Lord Bute was supposed to have a tolerable Sweating the last Installation, when he was installed himself; for, on Account of his being the junior Knight, his Seat at the Table accidentally happened to be among those Noblemen of the Order who were openly in Opposition to his Measures, consequently he was deprived of all that Pleasure which arises from free convivial Conversation. Next Week Lord Bute is unavoidably obliged to walk Arm in Arm with Lord Temple. If Vinegar and Oil make a palatable Mixture, Lord Bute and Lord Temple, like Flint and Steel, may strike Fire from each other.
A Reformation of Manners is expected amongst the Great, several of the Nobility having taken to read an old obsolet Book called the Bible, particularly a former C—r.
A Citizen lately invited a Nobleman to Dinner, and treated him like a Brother Peer, in the most elegant Manner. The Cit in a few Days returned the Visit, and expecting Nothing less than the choicest Wines, and the most luxurious Repast, to his great Mortification and Disappointment, was entertained with roast Beef, Plum Pudding, and humble Port, attended with a modest Reproof for his Folly: "This, Sir (said the Nobleman) was the Dinner I expected at your House, the other what you should have received at mine."
A remarkable Instance of a strong Memory. A Clergyman, who within these Dozen Years was a Lecturer in the City, used constantly to go to St. Paul's in the Morning, and in the Afternoon preached the same Sermon he had there heard at his Lecture, without any Variation. Not so fortunate a young Divine who lately purchased four Manuscript Sermons at the enormous Sum of twenty four Shillings, one of which he preached the Sunday following at his Patron's Church, in whose Study he found the warranted Original to be preached many Years ago by Doctor Calamy, and printed by his Brother after his Death.
A Clergyman (a dismal Tale) at or near Kentish Town, takes in Sheep, purchased at Smithfield Market by Salesmen, to Pasture.
There is some Humour in the following Pun; it is the Bon Mot of a Man in a very low Sphere of Life, and really happened within these few Days. There is a Cook's Shop in Leather Lane, and the Cook is a Negro; a poor Man who had dined there was paying his Money, and the Woman was repeating, "Sir, I am obliged to you, you are very welcome," when the Customer exclaimed, "Indeed, I must confess you are a very civil and a very good Sort of a Woman; but your Cook there has such a Countenance that though I always pay ready Money for what I have he could not well look blacker if I was one who ticked, and was never expected to pay at all."
July 22. His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester's Voyage to the Mediterranean, which was mentioned in a former Paper to take Place next Month, is postponed to the Middle of October, for some very material Reasons.
The King has appointed Lord Pomfret to be his Majesty's Carver at the Installation Dinner.
Ali Bey has published a Declaration by which he declares Egypt free from the Turkish Yoke.
Extract of a Letter from Rochester, dated July 16. "We lay on Wednesday at Woolwich, Wind and Tide bound for five Hours; from whence the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, in the Chatham, and his Retinue in the Trinity Yacht, proceeded for Gravesend, where all arrived between ten and eleven. His Lordship and his Brethren met with the most respectful Reception here, by the Mayor, several Aldermen, the ringing the Bells, and Illuminations. I must pass over the other Occurrences, to come to this Morning's Business, which was very grand."
"Just after ten the Procession began from the Bull Inn, on Foot, to embark in the Yachts, in the following Order: The Lord Mayor's Suite, his Lordship, an Alderman of Rochester, and Chaplain; on the left Hand the Aldermen of London, and then a Number of Gentlemen. Upon getting on Board Guns were fired near the City Stairs, amidst the Acclamations of the People, which were repeated all the Way from the Shore, especially along Chatham Yard, till their Arrival near Upnor Castle. On landing, the Procession was marshalled in the same grand Order as at first setting out. His Lordship, and the numerous Company, advanced to the Stone, on which the State Sword was immediately laid. Mrs. Hill, by Way of Claim, had caused her Name to be engraved on a Part of the Stone, which, by his Lordship's Order, was erased; and the new Inscription placed thereon is, Bras Crosby, Esquire, Lord Mayor, 1771. Upon this Mr. Common Crier proclaimed Silence, and pronounced the following Toasts, which his Lordship and his noble Company drank:
 1. "May God preserve the Church, the King, Queen, and all the Royal Family."  2. "May God preserve the City of London, and may the Rights and Franchises of the Citizens of London be protected to the latest Posterity."  3. "May God preserve the City of Rochester, and the Men of Kent."  4. "May God preserve the British Fleet."  "After this small Silver Pieces were given by his Lordship to the Boys and Children regularly, and then plentifully thrown promiscuously amongst the Populace. The Return was very grand, though the Wind was extremely high. At three his Lordship, accompanied by several Aldermen and Common Council of Rochester (the Mayor being very ill) Mr. Calcraft, the Member, and all the Attendants, dined at the Bull. The whole Ceremony was conducted in the most solemn Manner, and the Company was extremely brilliant. Every Demonstration of Joy and Respect, on the Occasion, was paid by the City of Rochester."
On Friday Night Mr. Moore made another Experiment with his new contrived Carriage. He has hung the Body of a common Coach, reverse, between two large Wheels, which are made nine Feet six Inches in Diameter, and draws it with a Horse in Shafts, like those used for a Chaise. The Passengers, of Course, sit sideways within, and the Driver is placed upon the Top of the Coach. Eight Persons were drawn in this Carriage on Friday Night with great Ease, by a single Horse; and on Saturday Afternoon he, with other Persons, went in it to Highgate.
The Coal Carriage was tried again on Friday Night with thirty one Sacks, making two Chaldrons and a Half, to Hatton Garden, drawn by two Horses only to the Foot of Holborn Hill, when a third was put to it, to help them up that Steep. This they performed with as much Ease as a single Chaldron is commonly drawn by three Horses.
On Friday an Apprentice was committed to Newgate, by the sitting Alderman at Guildhall, for knocking down his Master, an eminent Cooper, in Thames Street. The Punishment expressed in the Statute is to be imprisoned for one Month in the Jail of Newgate, and to have a Hand cut off.
There are Letters from the Cape of Good Hope, dated August 10th, arrived last Saturday in the Downs. They report that the Portuguese are so incensed against the Jews that on the 28th of June last some of the lower Class of People put a Gentleman to Death whom they met with near the Boundaries of the City, and mistook for a Jew.
The Wheels of Mr. Moore's new invented Coach are nine Feet six Inches high; the Axletree is of Iron, and goes over the Top of the Coach, being turned up and squared for the Body to go freely under it. The Carriage is like two long Poles, the one End forming Shafts for a Horse like a one-Horse Chaise, and to the other the Coach is hung on four Springs; between the Horse and the Coach there is a cross Rail, and another behind, which may serve for a Servant, Luggage, &c. The Passengers sit in and out behind the Coach; but the most disagreeable Part of the Whole is that they sit (contrary to the Position in any other Carriage) with their Backs to the Wheels, and their Sides to the Horse, consequently can have no front or side View, as the Wheels obstruct the one, and the Coachman (who sits on the Top of the Coach) and his Footboard, obstruct the other. The Intent of Mr. Moore appears to be to save Horses, and in this Respect his Endeavours are truly laudable. Another Advantage may accrue to the Publick, for which Mr. Moore deserves their Thanks, as this is certainly a more safe and easy one-Horse Carriage than any now in Use, and will certainly be adopted by all who prefer Ease and Safety to the Inconveniences above mentioned, and the Expense of a Driver. In other Respects, this Carriage will be liable to Objections; its common Pace must be a gentle Trot, or brisk Walk, for its brisk Trot or Gallop, with these large Wheels, must be exceedingly violent, if not frightful, to some

Passengers. In short, it is in many Respects a Proof of the Truth of that old and hitherto uncontroverted Maxim in Mechanicks, "that what you gain in Power you lose in Time."
Should Mr. Moore's Coal Cart not be found to answer the Purpose of general Use, it will certainly be of great Advantage in tending Coal to the Villages near London; as it will carry near three Times as much as a common Cart, save the Keep of Horses, and pay but one Third of the Turnpike.
July 24. Yesterday both Houses of Parliament met, and were farther prorogued to the 18th of October.
The four Toasts mentioned in our News of Monday to have been given by the Lord Mayor at the City's Stone, near Upon Castle, were repeated after the grand Dinner was over, with the Addition of the two following: "May the Citizens of London and Rochester never want Aldermen willing and active in the Support of the People." Then Mr. Calcraft begged Leave to give this: "May the Sheriffs elect of London and Middlesex act with the same Spirit and Vigour as the present Sheriffs have done." A fine Band of Music accompanied the whole Solemnity.
When the City Barges were becalmed, the impatient Citizens appeared much hurt at being so long detained. What do you complain of, says Mr. Wilkes, do you think you shall not live to see a Turn of the Tide in our Favour?
Notwithstanding the Suit between Lord and Lady Ligonier is an amicable One, it is thought there will be some Difficulty in procuring sufficient Evidence for a Divorce. His Lordship has already recovered Damages from Mr. A——, without any Defence having been made on the Part of the latter, which it is therefore supposed the latter is not to pay. In the Course of this Suit some Letters of Lady Ligonier and Mr. A—— will be produced and proved, by which the Italian Count appears to be a formidable Rival (in epistolary Correspondence) to the English Prince . In one of his Letters the Count tells Lady Ligonier that "when he is in her Company his Blade is all Milk , but when he is absent from her it is all Gall ." The Lady's Letters do no Discredit to her Understanding, and prove that her Disorder was not in her Head . It is believed that his Lordship's Petition must at least be produced as a Witness, or the Divorce impossible .
Mr. Moore's new invented Coach, drawn by one Horse, and on the same Principles with his Cart, went to Highgate last Saturday in forty Minutes, with six Persons in it.
A Woman, named Therese Mekinzler, was lately brought to Bed, in the City of Naples, of a Daughter, which weighed sixty one Pounds and one Ounce at the Birth. The Child was hearty, and likely to do well.
July 25. The following was the Order of the Procession this Day at Windsor. The Knights Companions in the complete Habit of the Order, the Officers in their Mantles, the Knights elect in their under Habits, having their Caps and Feathers in their Hands; and the Proctors, in their ordinary Habit, attended the Sovereign in the Royal Apartment. The Officers of Arms attended in the Presence Chamber, the Prebends and poor Knights in the Guard Room. The Proctors went not in the Procession, but retired privately to their Chairs at the Back of the Altar.
The Procession from the Privy Chamber to the Chapter House was in the following Order. Poor Knights, two and two. Prebends, two and two. Officers of Arms, two and two. The Knights elect, two and two, having their Caps and Feathers in their Hands. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The Knights Companions, each with his Companion, if present, if not, single, according to their Stalls. The Register, having Garter King of Arms on his right Hand, and Black Rod on his left Hand, carrying the Rods of their respective Offices. The Chancellor with the Purse, having on his right Hand the Prelate. The Sword of State, attended by the Vice Chamberlain. The Sovereign, in the full Habit of the Order, his Train born by two Dukes eldest Sons, and the Master of the Robes. In this Manner proceeding to the Chapel, they entered at the south Door, passing down the south Isle, and up the north Isle to the Chapter House, the poor Knights dividing on either Side at some Distance from the Chapter House, next above the Prebend, the Officers of Arms nearest the Chapter House. The Knights elect retired to their Chairs in the Isle behind the Altar. The Knights Companions, and the Officers of the Order, only, entered the Chapter House, and the Sovereign being seated the Knights took their Places, when the Ceremony of investing the several new Knights began.
On Tuesday there was a considerable Meeting of the Supporters of the Bill of Rights at the London Tavern, when the Committee appointed at a former Meeting made a Report of their Proceedings respecting a Recommendation to the Electors of England, of an Obligation to be taken by all the Candidates previous to the Election. The Society determined to recommend annual Parliaments, against the Sense of some Members, who proposed to leave the Electors to adopt either triennial or annual Parliaments as they should most approve. The Preamble to the Articles to be recommended was excepted to, and an Amendment being proposed to the first Part of the same, as being couched in too violent, if not illegal Language, the Society came to a Division, when there appeared a Majority of two Voices for altering the same. It was remarkable, in this Division, that Mr. Wilkes, Doctor Wilson, Captain Allen, Mr. Lee, &c. were against the Amendment; Sir Joseph Mawbey, 1st. Bull, Mr. Lewes, Mr. Bullock, &c. for it. Exception was then taken by some of the latter Gentlemen to the Preamble in general, as being prolix, and wanting in other Respects Correction, and it was therefore proposed to postpone printing the same till it could undergo a farther Revision; but that Motion being over-ruled, by a great Majority, it was ordered to be forthwith printed. Several Letters were read from different Parts of the Kingdom, professing the strongest Regard for the Society and its laudable Intentions; and at breaking up, the Society was adjourned to September.
Yesterday Mr. Alderman Wilkes set out from his House in Princes Court, near Great George Street, Westminster, for Windsor, in Order to be present at the Installation this Day at that Place.
On Saturday last the President, Directors, and Fellows of the Society of Artists of Great Britain, assembled at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand, and proceeded from thence to the Ground lately purchased by them in the Strand, where the first Stone of their new Academy was laid by James Paine, Esquire, President of the Society.
No sooner had the Lord Mayor left Rochester than the Mayor of that Corporation luckily recovered his Health, and executed his usual Business in the customary Way.
A poor Woman, big with Child, went to Mr. Wilkes at Rochester, and desired the Honour to salute him, which was complied with; and on Mr. Wilkes's wishing the Child might prove a Boy, the Woman declared, if it did, it should be named Crosby Wilkes , in Honour of such good and noble Patriots.
Yesterday Morning a Man swam from London Bridge to Chelsea Reach, for a Wager of five Guineas. He was allowed two Hours to do it in, but performed it in one Hour and two Seconds.
Yesterday a young Woman went into the Beckford Head Publick House, Long Acre, and called for Beer, but took the Opportunity of the Landlord's going to the Cellar to leave a female Child two Months old.
On Thursday Evening last Miss Mary Jones, youngest Daughter of William Jones, Esquire of Nafs, and Miss Gough, a young Lady of Monmouth, who was upon a Visit at Nafs, were murdered in a Meadow near Lidney Church, Gloucestershire, as they were returning from Lidney to Nafs. The young Ladies after Tea took a Walk to Lidney, where they were detained by the Rain till near ten o'Clock, at which Time they set out for Nafs, about two Miles distant, without any Attendant. The Family at Nafs, surprised they did not return, sent a Servant with a Lantern to meet them, who found Miss Jones lying dead across the Path in the Meadow, with the back Part of her Skull beat to Pieces, and Miss Gough in a Ditch near the same Place, most shockingly bruised. The whole Country being very soon alarmed, every Man was summoned to go in Pursuit of the Murderer. William Morgan, a young Man of Lidney, a Sawyer by Trade, was the only Person absent. He was in Bed, when being called up, and told what had passed, some Blood was observed upon the Knee of his Breeches; he was directly charged with the Fact, which he confessed. He says he had been playing at Fives, and had lost all his Money, but had engaged to play for Sixpence the next Night. Whilst Whist he was thinking how to get the Money he had engaged to play for, these two young Ladies passed him, and it came into his Mind that he could easily rob them. He accordingly followed them, and it being nearly dark passed by them. Miss Jones said, "Good Night to you, Will." Finding that he was known, he determined to murder them, and taking a little Circuit came behind them, and with a Stake struck Miss Jones upon the Head, which brought her to the Ground; he then gave her another Blow, and left her dead on the Spot. Miss Gough, who had run a few Yards, he followed, and struck in the same Manner. She screamed out, upon which he repeated his Blows till she was, to all Appearance, lifeless. He supposes in struggling he had fallen into the Ditch, as he did not throw her there. He then knelt down and took off Miss Jones's Pockets, but left her Watch, and on kneeling down his Breeches were stained with the Blood. Miss Gough, upon being carried to a House, showed some Signs of Life; and by Means of the Surgeons who were called in revived so far as to speak some incoherent Words, and was not dead the next Day, but lay in a delirious State.
The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor made a Present of forty Guineas to the Master of the Chatham Yacht, and twenty Guineas to the Master of the Trinity Yacht, for their Care during the late Voyage.
On Tuesday the Right Honourable the Earl of Holderness took the Oaths before the Right Honourable the Lord Chancellor, in the House of Peers, to qualify himself as Preceptor to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
July 26. The Procession yesterday at Windsor began to move from the Hall to St. George's Chapel about ten Minutes after eleven. The graceful Air, and truly majestic Appearance of the Sovereign on this Occasion, was remarked by every Spectator; he indeed "looked a King." The Knights were all most superbly habited.
The Gates of the Castle were kept shut yesterday, and none were admitted without Tickets, a few excepted, who crowded in with the French Ambassador's Carriage.
The Town was exceedingly full, but it is supposed Numbers left the Place without gratifying their Curiosity; for, not being able to procure Admittance within the Castle Gates, they saw no Part of the Procession. Indeed they were in as ridiculous a Situation as the Irish Gentleman in the Jubilee, who came from Dublin to Stratford upon Avon (upwards of two Hundred Miles) for no other Purpose than to see that Procession, and slept during the whole Time it was passing.
Yesterday Morning Mr. Whitehead, of the Chamberlain's Office, Guildhall, waited upon the Reverend Doctor Wilson, at his House in Westminster, and presented the Doctor with the Copy of his Freedom of the City of London, in an elegant Silver Box, the Gift of Sir Stephen Theodore Janissen, Baronet, Chamberlain.
Wednesday the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor received four Bucks from the Ranger of the New Forest in Hampshire. It has always been customary to present the Lord Mayor of London with six Bucks; indeed it has always been considered as a Matter of Right; and as only four were sent, his Lordship returned them with his Compliments, saying, "the Lord Mayor of London always had six, and he could not accept of a less Number, as it would be in some Measure giving up the ancient Right of the chief Magistrate of this City."
Extract of a Letter from Santa Cruz, on the Coast of Barbary, dated May 25.
"On the 22nd of March, about two o'Clock in the Morning, the Wind blowing very hard, and the Weather thick and rainy, the Lark, Captain Hayes, from Liverpool for Cape Mount, was cast away on the Barbary Shore; the next three Days we were employed in getting the Sails ashore to make a Tent, where we brought our Provisions and most of the Cargo; the fourth Day some of the Natives came upon us, but we kept them off three Days; the seventh Day a great Number, armed with Swords and Guns, attacked us, killed our chief Mate, and obliged us to surrender; then we were tied Neck and Heels, and left upon the Ground fourteen Hours, while the Goods and Provisions were carried away by the Natives; the next Morning we set out, and they travelled us ten Days, and Part of the Nights, without any Subsistence but Barley Flower and Water; then they sold us to the Governor, and he sold us to this Place, where we met with four London Merchants, who supplied us with Clothes to cover our Nakedness, and took us to one of their Houses, till we were ordered to appear before the King, to be cleared and sent to Gibraltar. We are seven in Number here; the second and third Mates were separated from us before we came to the Governor, and we have not heard of them since. If they can be found, the Merchants will send them home."
Extract of a Letter from Paris, July 12.
"They write from Lisbon that our Minister there had made a very heavy Complaint of the Prohibition to import French Commodities; that there was some Probability that the Prohibition would be revoked; and that, in the mean While, Orders were given to inquire into the Abuses which had given Rise to it."
By Letters from Warsaw, of the 2d Instant, we hear that a Courier just arrived from Moldavia: was brought the following Intelligence. The Turks under the Command of Moufou Oughli, passed the Danube the 9th of June, in Number eighteen Thousand, in three Bodies; two of which afterwards joining, attacked General Potemkin, who was besieging Fort Turno, opposite Nicopolis. That General, however, having been informed of their Design, advanced towards them, dispersed them, seized their Cannon, and forced them to retire towards Vidin. The other Turkish Corps was more successful; they sat down before Fort Giurgowo, and after several Attacks, for three Days, the Russian Commandant, named Henckel, capitulated on the 14th of June, when he was allowed to march out with all the Honours of War, but leaving sixty four Pieces of Cannon behind. Prince Repnin, hearing of the Attack, marched to the Assistance of the Russians, but arrived three Hours after the Capitulation; however, he has invested the Place, and promises to get Possession of it in fifteen Days. The Russian Commandant, with all his Officers, were put by Prince Repnin under an Arrest. The 7th of March last the taking this Place cost the Russians one Thousand Men.
Letters from Rome, of the 29th of June, say that last Week a Courier arrived here with Advice that the Russians had made themselves Masters of Ragusa.
By Letters from Otranto, of the 22nd of June, we are informed that a Report is current there that the Russians have gained a complete Victory over the Ottoman Fleet, but no Particulars are mentioned.
The Prince of Holstein Gottorp, Son of the Bishop of Lubeck, is arrived here, in Order to make the Tour of this Kingdom.
When the Lord Mayor and Aldermen were at Rochester they received the Compliments of the principal Officers belonging to his Majesty's Dockyard at Chatham, who assembled at the Porter's Lodge, and walked in Procession from thence to the Bull Inn, where they were introduced to his Lordship, &c. by Mr. Calcraft.
At a certain Corporation, about fifty Miles from London, famous for the great Number of its honorary Freemen, the common Crier (contrary to universal Custom) carefully neglects to conclude his Proclamations with the Expression God save the King ; and this, as it is said, by a positive Order from the Mayor of that Corporation.
The Enticement of the Pretender's Secretary, Sir John Murray (better known by the Name of John Murray of Broughton) will undoubtedly soon make great Noise, as the Security of every Individual is therein concerned. We hear Application was immediately made on the Occasion to Lord Mansfield, who is on the Circuit, and is said to be a near Relation of the said Secretary and Baronet, but we do not hear if any or what Answer is given. It is said this Act of Violence was committed by his own Sons, assisted by five or six Russians, or Bravos, who rushed into his Apartments in Denmark Street, seized on his Person, bound him with Cords, and then put on a strait Waistcoat, in which Manner, it seems, they conveyed him in a Hackney Coach, to the great Terror and Alarm of the House and Neighbourhood, and without being since heard of; and this notwithstanding the Cries and Struggles of the poor unhappy Gentleman, and several Persons being present, under Pretence, as supposed, of Insanity, but without apparent Authority, amidst great Numbers of People that this extraordinary Outrage, or Proceeding, had gathered together.
Lord A—— was arrested on Friday last, and taken from his House in Old Bond Street to the King's Bench Prison, where he remained some Days, unable to procure Bail, though the Debt was not very considerable; but he has since been released, upon the Bail of his Uncle.
Miss Jones, one of the young Ladies who was lately murdered near Gloucester, was to have been married in a short Time to a Gentleman of that County.
A Council is summoned to meet to-morrow, at the Secretary of State's Office, Cleveland Row.
It is said that it is actually agreed upon that the Coterie shall no more meet, and that it is in Consequence of an affecting Remonstrance against that dangerous Institution made by her Majesty to the Wife of one of our Secretaries of State, who has all along stood forth very conspicuously in Support of the Coterie.
The Tickets by Virtue of which Mr. Wilkes and his Daughter were present at the Installation were sent, in a very polite Letter, to the Patriot by Lord Temple.
Amongst the numerous Set of industrious People who went to Windsor on Account of the Installation, and in Pursuit of their Professions (such as Hair Dressers, Pickpockets, Filles de Joie, &c.) were upwards of two Hundred Chairmen with their Chairs.
The Attorney General, it is said, will move the Court of King's Bench next Term against Parson Horne, for publishing the last Letter of Junius, privately addressed to him.
The Agreement at the Feathers Tavern to petition Parliament for an Alteration, or Repeal of the Articles, was signed, amongst others, by the Brother of a very learned and respectable Bishop.
The Reverend Mr. R—— and Mr. M—— are, it is said, to have a private Consultation with the Reverend Mr. W—— upon the Subject of spotless Perfection.
On Thursday the Reverend Doctor Wilson was chosen Master of the Joiners Company, Mr. Price Upper Warden, and Mr. Artidell Renter Warden, for the Year ensuing.
The famous Parson Green, it is said, hath boiled, not dipped the Lobster, and appears like an Officer, in red.
A Correspondent says, in the two last Letters of Junius (one addressed to the Duke of Grafton and the other to Mr. Horne) he certainly goes very great and unwarrantable Lengths in speaking of and against the moral Character of a very great Personage. In several of the first Letters that Junius published, he spoke of the great Personage as a Man of most amiable private Virtues. Junius tells us, in his Letter to Mr. Horne, "I know that Man much better than any of you." It therefore follows that either
Junius did not know the great Personage when he formerly extolled him for his private Virtues, or that, if he did know him, he either then willfully praised him for his Virtues , or now knowingly accuses him of Vices to which the great Personage is an absolute Stranger . How will the subtle Junius reconcile this glaring Contradiction? How extricate himself from this perplexing Labyrinth?
It is said that the King of Sardinia has formed the Resolution of resigning his Crown in Favour of the Duke de Chablais, his eldest Son, and retiring to one of his Palaces, in Consequence of his Infirmities, and principally an almost total Loss of Memory.
A Letter from Paris, dated the 18th Instant, says: "It is this Moment the Report of the whole Town that last Night, a little before twelve, the Chancellor Maupeou was shot at in his Carriage as it was turning the Corner of the Rue de Louis le Grande. The Place is in an Uproar about this alarming Incident, and the Lieutenant de Police has been sent for to Versailles."
As America wants to receive no more Convicts, they will for the future be sent, we hear, to the Coast of Africa.
On Tuesday Night last the Duke of Montagu, Governor and Captain of Windsor Castle, made the Soldiers encamped in the Park a Present of Sixpence a Piece to drink. Their Pay on this Occasion is one Shilling a Day; and being provided with a Victualler with Provisions, their Situation is very happy. The Officers had sixty Dozen of Wine sent them from the Castle.
We hear that a dreadful Riot happened yesterday at Windsor; a Fray ensued between the Gentlemen and Bargemen. We have not yet learned the Particulars, but are informed several Lives were lost.
The following Circumstance has lately happened at Windsor. Previous to the Installation, a Company of Players came. One Evening Lord North's Son, who is at Eaton School, went to see them, and in the mean Time his Father came through the Town, and could not see him, though he sent to many Places for him. On his Lordship's Return home he wrote to Doctor Foster about it, who immediately wrote to the Mayor, desiring to have the Players sent out of Town, which the Mayor refused; and the Request being repeated, and the Mayor still refusing, the Doctor caused an Information to be laid against the poor Players as Vagabonds, in Order to make them pay the Penalty. This Information also the Mayor refused to take; however, the Doctor sent to Sir John Fielding's for Redress, and the Players hearing it, retreated with Precipitation. A Bill is now filed in the Court of King's Bench against the Mayor, to show Cause why an Information should not be granted against the Players.
The Installation of the Knights of the Garter, with the Humours of Windsor, will be exhibited at both the Theatres next Season.
Miss Linley, of Bath, has certainly commenced an Action for Damages against Mr. ——, as he has also against Mr. Foote.
As one very great Proof of the amazing Augmentation of the Law Business in this Kingdom (for it is not owing to the killing less Quantity of Mutton than formerly, as some have pretended) Skins of Parchment now bear exactly double the Price they bore but a few Years since; and even at that exorbitant Price the Attorneys, Solicitors, and other Users of that lasting Commodity, can hardly get a sufficient Supply.
CHARLESTOWN, August 19.
ON Thursday Evening last a Duel was fought, with Pistols, in a Room in Mr. Holliday's Tavern on the Bay, between Doctor John Haly and Peter Delancey, Esquire, Postmaster General of the southern District of North America, which unhappily ended in the immediate Death of Mr. Delancey. The Distress of the Families of both Parties may be more easily imagined than described.
His Honour the Lieutenant Governor has been pleased to appoint William Henry Drayton, Esquire, to be Deputy Postmaster General of the southern District of North America, in the Room of Peter Delancey, Esquire, deceased.
PHILADELPHIA, September 5.
CAPTAIN Campbell from South Carolina, off Charleston Bar, the 15th Ultimo, fell in with a Spanish Snow, full of Soldiers, &c. who informed him that he belonged to a Fleet of thirteen Sail, who were bound from La Vera Cruz and the Havannah for Cadiz, with the Troops that were relieved from the Mexican Station; but on the 5th or 9th Ultimo a Ship and Snow ran on Shore on Cape Florida, where they are lost, from whence the above Snow took all the People, being about eighty in Number, with as much Specie, &c. as possible, with which they were proceeding on their Voyage; but falling short of Provisions, the Snow put into Cape Lookout, in North Carolina, where Captain Campbell was also obliged, by contrary Winds, to put in, and informs that the Spanish Snow landed all the Seamen and Officers belonging to the Wrecks, leaving none on Board but their own Complement, being a Regiment of Grenadiers, &c. It is computed the Spaniards landed at North Carolina have with them in Specie above Half a Million of Dollars, Part of which they plundered from the Wrecks. The Snow also discharged Captain Fisher, his Mate, and eight other Englishmen, whom they were taking to Old Spain to put on Board the Gallies. Captain Fisher informed Captain Campbell that he and his People were taken out of a Sloop on the Coast of Cuba, belonging to Charleston, South Carolina, about three Years ago, and had been confined in a Jail at the Havannah ever since.
Yesterday arrived here Captain Biddle, in sixteen Days from Hispaniola, who informs that they have had there a small Shock of an Earthquake almost every Day for this two Months past; and about three Weeks before he failed they had one pretty severe, which threw down several Houses at Port au Prince.
Extract of a Letter from London, July 3.
"You will perhaps have heard, ere this arrives, that Wilkes is chosen one of the Sheriffs for Middlesex, by a great Majority. A fortunate Accident gained him his Election. The Letter of Mr. Robinson, which you will see in the publick Papers, effectually did the Business. There appeared in one of the Morning Papers of to-Day a humorous Thing, called Wilkes's Will, in which he is made to leave Lord Rockingham "Spirit to support a good Cause," and his "Breeches to Mrs. Macaulay." His Lordship may smile at the Wit of the Piece, though at the same Time he heartily despises both Wilkes and his Party."
NEW BERN, August 23.
SINCE our last arrived in Cape Lookout Bay, in a distressed Condition, a Spanish Snow, having on Board the Crews of two Register Ships, which were cast away on the Bahama Banks, on their Passage from the Havannah to Old Spain. They have saved all the Money that was in the Register Ships (an immense Sum) which the Snow has now on Board. There are a Hundred and eighty Spaniards on Board, with four English Prisoners, who were taken in the illicit Trade on the Spanish Coast. They are in Want of all Kinds of Provisions, which they pay very liberally for.
By a Vessel in a short Passage from Philadelphia we have a certain Account that Harmon Husband is now at Wilmington, a little Town just below Philadelphia, goes much in Publick, and is highly caressed by a Multitude, who he every Day entertains with the tragical Story of Governor Tryon's Massacre of his Brethren in Iniquity in North Carolina, and is undoubtedly the Author of the many extraordinary Publications we find in the Pennsylvania Journal. It should seem exceedingly unaccountable that a Person of Harmon Husband's Address and Penetration should be able to induce such a Number of People, whom we find espousing his Cause, to believe that the Governor of this Province, chief of his Majesty's Council, near forty Members of the Assembly, and a very considerable Number of Gentlemen of the first Fortunes and Families in this Province, who were in the Battle of Alamance, should all be corrupted, all in League to harass and oppress a Set of harmless industrious Men, who were striving hard against the Iron Hand of Oppression! The Doctrine is absurd, and ridiculous. The least Reflection must compel a Belief that Something was wrong, Something amiss among these People; especially when among the provincial Laws of the Province, published by Authority, are to be found Acts for redressing and removing every Grievance that could possibly have an Existence among them.
September 6. The Spanish Snow, mentioned in this Paper to be arrived in Cape Lookout Bay, is failed for Spain, having left behind about a Hundred Spaniards, some of whom are gone to Virginia, and others go from hence in a Brig directly to Cadiz, Stephen Williams Commander. The only Person of Distinction among them, who is a Brigadier General, fails this Day in a Vessel for Philadelphia, and intends making the Tour of the Continent. He has with him twenty Thousand Dollars.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 26.
YESTERDAY arrived in Town, between ten and eleven o'Clock, the Right Honourable the Earl of DUNMORE, our Governor, with Captain Foy, his Excellency's Secretary. He came from York that Morning, accompanied by his Honour the President, Mr. Secretary Nelson, and the Honourable John Page, Esquire, and immediately, with those Gentlemen, and the Honourable Robert Carter, Esquire, repaired to the Palace, where he was sworn in to the Administration of Government. They, with several of the principal Gentlemen in this City, who went to pay their Respects to his Excellency, were invited to dine at the Palace, where they spent the Day. In the Evening there were Illuminations, &c. as a Testimony of our Joy at his Excellency's safe Arrival.

and in Gratitude to his Majesty for appointing a Nobleman of his Abilities and good Character to preside over us in the Room of our late worthy Governor.
His Lordship came through the Jerseys and Philadelphia, and along the Eastern Shores of Maryland and this Colony, to Northampton County, from whence he crossed the Bay to York Town, and arrived there late on Tuesday Night.
This Day, at a Meeting of the Corporation, to consider of an Address to the Governor, Doctor JAMES BLAIR was chosen one of the Common Council.
The Governor has issued a Proclamation for continuing all Magistrates and Officers, civil and military, in their respective Stations; and another, signifying his Majesty's Disallowance of an Act of Assembly, passed in June 1770, entitled "An Act for appointing Commissioners to meet with Commissioners who are or may be appointed by the Legislatures of the neighbouring Colonies to form and agree upon a general Plan for the Regulation of the Indian Trade."
[Deaths.] Mr. THOMAS THOMPSON, of Norfolk, Merchant. Mr. ROBERT CROOKS, Merchant of that Place likewise; a young Gentleman of so amiable a Disposition, so mild and obliging a Deportment, of such Fairness and Generosity in his Transactions, joined to the Character of the steady sensible Friend and Companion, that even, in the Heat of Party Dissentions, no Tongue was ever heard to his Disadvantage. He lived beloved, and died sincerely regretted.
Advertisements.
WE hereby give Notice to Nathaniel W. Dandridge, Esquire, and his Creditors, to meet at Hanover Town, on Saturday the 12th of October, when we will render an Account of our Transactions, and make Dividends, agreeable to the Deed of Trust made to us by the said Dandridge in Behalf of his Creditors.
JOHN WAYLES. WILLIAM MACON. ROBERT ANDERSON. JOHN JOHNSON.
SEPTEMBER 20, 1771.
HAVING resigned the Charge of the Store
kept by me in Charlotte County, on Account of Messrs. Buchanan, Hassie, and Company, I desire all who have Accounts with me may speedily settle them, by Bond, or otherwise. The Business will be carried on hereafter, as usual, under the Direction of Mr. John Lindsay.
WILLIAM JAMESON. *** I have for Sale a Tract of LAND, which lies on the south Side of Dan River, in Roan County, North Carolina, containing six Hundred Acres, and is esteemed exceeding rich. For Terms apply to me in Charlotte County.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 24, 1771.
As I have purchased the House in the Market
Square lately occupied by Mr. Thomas Craig, to which I am making considerable Additions and Improvements, for the Purpose of KEEPING TAVERN, this is to acquaint my Friends, and the Publick in general, that the House will be ready for their Reception by the Beginning of the ensuing General Court, where they may depend upon meeting with the best Entertainment and Accommodations from
Their humble Servant, GABRIEL MAUPIN.
*** My Shop will likewise be moved to the above Place, where the SADDLERY and HARNESS MAKING Business will be carried on in all its Branches. Those who please to employ me may be assured of being furnished with neat and substantial Work, at short Notice, and on reasonable Terms.
As it proved inconvenient for the Subscribers
to attend Dinwiddie Court in June last, agreeable to their Advertisement for disposing of certain Lands belonging to the Estate of Mr. Thomas Williams, deceased, we do hereby give Notice that Attendance will be given for the Sale thereof at the said Court, in October, if fair, otherwise at the Court following.
FRANCIS EPES, } Executors. THOMAS WILLIAMS, }
THE Creditors of B. Grymes are requested
by his Trustees to meet at the Daphne, in Williamsburg, on the 30th of October, at six o'Clock in the Evening, to agree on a Plan for making the most of the Estate; as Providence has so directed that the Estate must be broke up.
HOBBS' HOLE, September 12, 1771.
THE Subscriber intends for Scotland the first Opportunity.
HUGH M'KENZIE.
On the 20th Day of next Month will be DELIVERED,
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PETERSBURG, September 14, 1771.
ALL Persons who have any Demands upon the Estate of Mr. Samuel Gordon, late of Blandford, Merchant, are requested to make the same known as soon as possible. And whereas the said Mr. Gordon did, in his Lifetime, sell Tracts and Lots of Land wherein Mrs. Gordon was entitled to her Dower, which Right she may not as yet have relinquished to the Purchasers, I am desired by the said Mrs. Gordon, and the Heir at Law, Mr. Alexander Gordon, to request such Persons as have not yet had complete Titles made them to apply to me; as they are desirous to fulfil, with Honour, the Engagements of the said Decedent, and for which Purpose I am properly empowered.
I must beg the Favour of those who are indebted to Mr. Gordon's Estate to be speedy in making Payment, as they experienced very great Indulgence in his Lifetime. I shall also be much obliged to those Gentlemen who had Business of Mr. Gordon's in their Hands, which may be unsettled at this Time, to let me know the State of the same; as Mr. Gordon's Connexions in Business were very extensive and various, and there is a Necessity for a speedy Settlement.
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JERMAN BAKER.
SEPTEMBER 14, 1771.
THE Subscriber intends for Great Britain immediately after the ensuing General Court. JOHN SNODGRASS.
STRAYED or stolen from York Town, on the 18th of this Instant (September) a bay HORSE about fourteen Hands and a Half high, between five and six Years old, has a hanging Mane and long Bob Tail, black Legs, paces slow, trots and gallops well, and branded on the near Buttock resembling a Halfmoon. Whoever conveys the said Horse to me, at York, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. 2|| JOHN GINTER.
YORK County, September 26, 1771.
THIS is to forewarn all Persons from hunting, with Guns or Dogs, on the Plantation of Major Robert Shields in York Hampton Parish, King's Creek, at their Peril. 2|| JOHN HOLLOWAY.
For SALE,
THE following Tracts of LAND. Fourteen Hundred and four Acres in Halifax County, North Carolina, on which are some Improvements. Eleven Hundred and twenty Acres in Granville County, lying on the Virginia Line, and on both Sides of Nutbush Creek, commonly known by the Name of Smith's Land; the Improvements on it are small, consequently is not much worth, has a fine Soil, and is exceeding good for Tobacco, Corn, or Wheat, as the Growth of the Trees and Shrubs thereon will show, is eighty Miles from Petersburg, and remarkably healthy. The Time of Payment will be made agreeable to the Purchaser. For Terms apply to Mr. William Hendrie in Halifax County, North Carolina, Mr. William Beattie in Petersburg, or the Subscriber in Nansemond.
JAMES DUNLOP.
N. B. Mr. Hendrie will show the Land in Halifax County.
To be SOLD, by Virtue of a Decree of Chesterfield Court, to the highest Bidder, upon the Premises, on the 15th of October,
A TRACT of LAND in the said County, formerly belonging to John Smith, containing about a Hundred and fifty Acres, lying about six Miles from Rocky Ridge Warehouses. Six Months Credit will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving Bond and Security to
JAMES LYLE.
RUN away from the Plantations of Mr.
Brett Randolph, in Cumberland County, on the 8th of this Instant (September) a Virginia born Negro named CHARLES, about five Feet five Inches high, of a yellowish Complexion, walks quick and upright, has lost an upper fore Tooth, from the right Side, a small Piece cut out of one Ear, and is much marked on his back with whipping. He ran away on the 1st of January last, and was committed to the Jail of Alexandria, out of which he escaped in June, afterwards to Frederick Jail for Felony, and was brought home on the 2d Instant. As I expect he will endeavour to pass for a Freeman, and attempt to get on Board a Vessel, all Masters are hereby forewarned from harbouring him. Whoever will deliver the said Negro to Mr. Charles Rice, on the aforesaid Plantation, or to me in Warwick, Chesterfield County, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows; and if taken out of the Colony, FIVE POUNDS. He is outlawed.
BERNARD MARKHAM
RUN away from the Subscriber's Plantation
in King George County, about two Miles above Ledo Town, some Time about the first of June last, a Convict Servant Boy named TIMOTHY DRURY, about sixteen or seventeen Years of Age, though few would imagine him to be so old by his Size, being but small. He is very arch and smart, and will give as pertinent Answers to any Questions asked him as most Men. He is dressed suitable to the Season, but do not remember any particular Marks that he had. Whoever delivers the said Boy to the Overseer on the Plantation, or to me in Fredericksburg, shall be handsomely rewarded for their Trouble. 2||
WILLIAM TRIPLET.
To the CLERGY of the Church of England in VIRGINIA. GENTLEMEN,
WITH the Approbation of the Committee appointed last Convention, I desire a Convocation of the Clergy, at Williams & Mary College, on Wednesday the 16th of October, when, at this critical Juncture, Matters of very great Importance (to the Clergy only) will be laid before you. It is probable that before that Time another Cause of meeting will arise, and which it will be our Duty to attend. I am, respectively, GENTLEMEN, your affectionate Brother,
SUSSEX, } Sept. 6, 1771. } And very humble Servant, WILLIAM WILLIE. This, I hope, will be deemed due and proper Notice.
HANOVER Town, September 11, 1771.
A YOUNG Man that understands BOOK-KEEPING, writes a good Hand, and can come well recommended, will meet with Encouragement by applying to BURNLEY & BRAIKENRIDGE.
SEPTEMBER 19, 1771.
I HEREBY forewarn all Persons from hauling the Seine, or hunting, on my Plantation at Newport News, in Warwick and Elizabeth City Counties, as I have received much Injury therefrom. 5 WILLIAM DIGGES, Junior.
IT is requested (for the last Time) that those who have Demands against the Estate of the late Mr. Walter Boyd will immediately send them to Joshua Poynbrey in Blandford, that Provision may be made for Payment; and it is hoped those that are indebted to the said Estate will make immediate Payment, that we may be the better enabled to discharge the Debts.
LAST Week, in this Gazette, I advertised
Cumberland to be leased for a Term of Years; but it being now out of my Power to comply with that Advertisement, I think it my Duty to acquaint the Publick thereof. Mr. Richard Allen, Junior, of whom I purchased the Place, has since refused to make me a Deed for the Land, or to deliver it at the Time appointed, notwithstanding we made a positive Bargain, and called upon Evidence to hear it. Mr. Allen, I suppose, has thought it most prudent to falsify his Word, and to lay aside what small Share of Honour he was possessed of, rather than comply with his Bargain. Any future Bargain that I make with Mr. Allen shall be on Record, and have only to ask Pardon of the Publick for having amused them with a sham Advertisement. JOHN HOOMES.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 19, 1771.
I SHALL be very much obliged to those who are indebted to me to be punctual in the Discharge of their Accounts by the 25th of October ensuing, as I expect to be called upon at that Time for what I owe. JOHN CONNELLY.
NORFOLK, September 12, 1771.
ABSCONDED from my Service, for some Time, a Negro named TOM, who is a very likely tall black Fellow, and has been used to the Sea. I understand that he intended for Williamsburg, and to lay Claim to his Freedom, to which he has been encouraged by some People in this Place. He was born in the Island of Bermuda, in my Mother in Law's Family, and given to my Wife when a Child; his Mother is now alive, a Slave, and I never before heard that he either had or pretended to Liberty. In Bermuda Owners of Vessels generally man them with their Slaves, and it is very customary, in War Time, to procure Passes for them as Freemen, in Case they should be taken by the Enemy. Very likely this Fellow of mine (who went to Sea from that Island when a Boy) may have had one of those Passes given to him by his then Master, or has got Possession of one that belonged to some other Negro. Whoever delivers the said Slave to me shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL.
IMPORTED in the Molly, Captain Younghusband, and in the last Ships from London, and to be SOLD by JOHN LEWIS, at his Store near the Post Office, in Williamsburg, on the very lowest Terms, by Wholesale or Retail,
A CHOICE Assortment of EUROPEAN GOODS suitable for the Season, among which are the following Articles, namely, six Quarter Cloths of all Colours, blue and green Half Thicks, Shrewsbury Plains, Welch and Kendal Cottons, blue, green, and Torrington Rugs, Dutch Blankets, Fearnoughts, Yarn and Plaid Stockings, German Osna-brugs, Hempen Rolls, Irish Linens, Mens, Womens, Boys, and Girls Leather Shoes and Pumps, Womens and Girls Calico Shoes and Pumps, Womens Silk Hats and Bonnets of all Sorts, Nails of all Sorts, single and double refined Sugar, Pepper, raw and white Ginger, Saltpetre, Saddlery of all Sorts, Muscovado Sugar, Rum by the Hoghead, Quarter Cask, or Gallon, and almost every other useful Article.
A SCHOOLMASTER of a good Character, well qualified to teach English, Writing, and Arithmetick, who opens a School near the upper Church, in Blanford Parish, New Kent County, will meet with great Encouragement from the Inhabitants in that Neighbourhood.
SUFFOLK, September 9, 1771.
I AM in Want of a GARDENER, either for a Year or a few Months, and will give good Wages to any One qualified who will apply soon. 2 LEMUEL RIDDICK.
FREDERICKSBURG, September 10, 1771.
I HAVE an indented Servant to dispose of who is a good HOUSE JOINER, and has about four Years to serve. His Fondness of Liquor, and the many Temptations to Debauchery in this Town, render him quite unfit for me, although I believe he will make a good Servant to any Country Gentleman. JAMES MERCER.
CHARLES CITY, September 10, 1771.
ALL Persons that have Demands against the Estate of Mr. Littlebury Hardyman, deceased, are desired to make them known to William Acull, Esquire, or to Mr. John Tyler at the Indian Fields, in this County, that the speediest Method may be taken to satisfy them without the Expense of Law suits, which the Executors hope may not be the Case, when they assure the Creditors that no Affidavit shall be wanting on their Parts, and that the Debts due to the Estate, they believe, are more than sufficient to discharge every just Demand.
KING WILLIAM, September 10, 1771.
THE Subscriber, who intends for Scotland next Spring, will sell, on reasonable Terms, two Hundred and seventy Acres of LAND, within four or five Miles of Dabney's Ferry, upon which are good Houses of all Kinds, Apple and Peach Orchards, &c. One Half of the Land is cleared, and there is a fine Road to it. Long Credit will be allowed, if required. 2||
ROBERT CAMPBELL.
As John Verell, Attorney at Law in Sussex County, has gone through his Administration of the Estate of Mr. William Moore, late of the said County, deceased, and has rendered an Account thereof to the Court of that County, which has been examined and approved of, and ordered to be recorded, by which a Balance remains justly due to the Administration of thirty four Pounds one Shilling and Sixpence Halfpenny, this farther publick Notice thereof is given in Order that if any Person or Persons have any Objection to his said Account they may, in his Absence, in his Practice in North Carolina, to which Province he has some Thought of removing next Spring, lay them before, or otherwise make them known to, Colonel Augustine Claiborne of the said County, some Time between this and the 25th of January next; otherwise it will be deemed that all Persons interested are satisfied with the same, and thereby the said Administrator discharged, as having acted up to his Duty, and the Laws of the Country in the Premises.
To be SOLD at publick Auction, on Tuesday the 1st of October, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, at Francis Moreland's Ordinary, in Cabin Point,
A TRACT of LAND in Surry County, containing two Hundred and forty one Acres, lying within two Miles of Cabin Point, on which are good wooden Buildings, Apple and Peach Orchards, and a Nursery of fourteen Thousand grafted Fruit Trees, which are of great Demand. The Plantation is under good Fences, and in good Order for Cropping. The Sale of the Nursery is excepted till the Plantation is delivered, which may be entered on at Christmas 1772. One third Part of the Purchase Money to be paid on the first Day of December next, and two Years Credit, if required, will be allowed for the other two Thirds, the Purchaser giving Bond with approved Security to the Subscriber, who will show the Land to any One inclining to purchase, and an indented Title will be made. STEPHEN SORSBY.
N. B. I have for Sale an Abundance of excellent young FRUIT TREES, perhaps of the best Kinds in Virginia, which are of the right Size for transplanting. 2||
To be SOLD at the INDIAN FIELDS, in Charles City, on Tuesday the 8th of October,
A NUMBER of full blooded HORSES, MARES, and COLTS, belonging to the Estate of Littlebury Hardyman, deceased, among which are the following running Horses, namely, PARTNER, seven Years old, remarkable for his Speed and Bottom; STARLOCK, a Javus Colt, runs the Quarter extremely swift, and is supposed to be within twenty Weight of riding of any Horse in the Colony; a fine young Mare by the high blooded imported Horse Ariffole, equal to any the two Mile Heats. With these will be sold the Half of ARISTOTLE, a beautiful Horse, near sixteen Hands high, and remarkable for getting the best Carriage and riding Nags. Many of the Colts were got by Mark Anthony. Also, on the same Day, will be sold part of the Stock of SHEEP and CATTLE. The Terms will be known on the Day of Sale, and Bond, with approved Security, will be required by the Executors.
To be SOLD on the Premises, either at private or publick Sale, on Tuesday the 15th of October,
THREE Hundred and twenty five Acres of LAND, late the Property of George Ragland, deceased, situate near Ragland's Ferry, in the County of Northampton, North Carolina. It is very good for Corn, Wheat, or Tobacco, has all convenient Houses necessary for a Plantation, Land cleared sufficient to work five Hands, and good Apple and Peach Orchards. At the same Time will be sold, to the highest Bidders, all the personal Estate of the said Ragland, consisting of Household Furniture of every Kind, Stocks of Cattle, Horses, and Sheep, and all the Plantation Utensils. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond with approved Security.
All Persons who have any Demands against the said Estate are desired to make them known by the Day of Sale, that Provision may be made for discharging the same; and those indebted thereto are requested to make as speedy Payments as possible, that the Executors may be enabled to settle the said Estate with the utmost Despatch. WILLIAM RAGLAND, } JOHN VEAL, } Executors.

POETS CORNER.
The VIOLET.
SERENE is the Morn, the Lark leaves its Nest, And tings a Salute to the Dawn; The Sun with his Splendour embroiders the East, And brightens the Dew on the Lawn. While the Sons of Debouch to Indulgence give Way, And number the Prime of their Hours, Let us, my dear Stella, the Garden survey, And make our Remarks on the Flowers. The gay gaudy Tulip observe as you walk, How flaunting the Glos of its Vest! How proud! and how stately it stands on its Stalk, In Beauty's Diversity dress'd: From the Rose, the Carnation, the Pink, and the Clove, What Odours incessantly spring! The South wafts a richer Perfume to the Grove, As he brushes the Leaves with his Wing. Apart from the rest, in her purple Array, The Violet humbly retires; In modest Concealment she peeps on the Day, Yet none can excel her in Sweets: So humble, that (though with unparallel'd Grace She might e'en a Palace adorn) She oft in the Hedge hides her innocent Face, And grows at the Foot of the Thorn. So Beauty, my fair One, is doubly refin'd, When Modesty heightens her Charms; When Meekness, like thine, adds a Gem to her Mind, We long to be lock'd in her Arms. Though Venus herself from her Throne should descend, And the Graces await at her Call, To thee the gay World would with Preference bend, And hail thee the Violet of all.
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.
NORFOLK, September 11, 1771. I INTEND for England early in the Spring, and request all those who have any open Accounts on my Books to settle them. Bonds, or Cash, will be required from all indebted, and Payment made to those who have Balances in their Favour. I expect all Persons concerned will pay due Regard to this Advertisement, as all Accounts unsettled, after the first Day of January next, will be put in Suit. My Business here, after that Time, will be transacted by William Marsh and Richard Marshall. JOHN GREENWOOD.
To be SOLD, any Time betwixt this and October Court, for ready Money, SUNDRY fine PRINTS done by Mr. Fry, and some ELECTION PIECES by Hogarth, the Property of a Gentleman gone to England. They may be seen at any Time on applying to BENJAMIN BUCKTROUT. N. B. Sundry neat PAPER HANGINGS to be sold. Rooms neatly papered on reasonable Terms.
STOLEN out of the Subscriber's Lot, on the 21st of August, a bright bay MARE about thirteen Hands high, with a roached Mane and Switch Tail, three white Feet, branded on the near Shoulder I B, and was formerly the Property of Mr. John Banks of James City. TEN SHILLINGS Reward will be given on Delivery of the Mare to me in Williamsburg, and FIVE POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief. WILLIAM COSBY.
TAKEN up by the Subscriber, at Bur- well's Ferry, a light coloured gray MARE, a little fleabitten, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, about four Feet and an Inch high, trots and gallops, and branded on the near Buttock H E. Posted, and appraised to five Pounds. SAMUEL COKE.
TAKEN up in Amelia County, near the Mouth of Deep Creek, a bright bay MARE, about three Years old, neither dockt or branded, has a few white Hairs in her Forehead, and is four Feet five or six Inches high. Posted, and appraised to seven Pounds. ABRAHAM GREEN.
TAKEN up in Albermarle County, on the north Fork of James River, a bay HORSE, about four Feet eight or nine Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, shod before, branded on the near Buttock D, and on the Shoulder I, a Star in his Forehead, a Saddle Spot on each Side of his Back, and trots. Posted, and appraised to ten Pounds. BENJAMIN MARTIN.
TAKEN up in Surry County, a Mouse coloured HORSE, about seven Years old, near four Feet eight Inches high, branded on the near Buttock something like the Letter H. Posted, and appraised to six Pounds. JOSEPH CHEATHAM.
THE Subscriber, intending to leave the Colony in a few Weeks, desires all Persons that have any Demands against her immediately to apply for Payment; and those indebted to her are requested to make Payment before her Departure, otherwise their Accounts will be left in the Hands of Mr. John Tazewell to commence Suits against them. JANE VOBE.
WANTED immediately, A PERSON capable of teaching the LANGUAGES, and the more useful Branches of the MATHEMATICKS. Very good Encouragement will be given, which may be known of the Printer.
To be RENTED, for a Term of Years, A LOT in the Town of BLANDFORD, lying on the main Street, and adjoining the River. There are on the said Lot a House with a Brick Chimney, well calculated for a dry or wet Store, with a flush Cellar well bricked, and a Lumberhouse, at the River Side, underpinned and cellared as above. For Terms apply to John Gilliam, John Gilliam, Junior, or Robert Gilliam.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 3d of October, in Orange County, A TRACT OF LAND, containing about twelve Hundred Acres, late the Property of Mr. Richard Todd, deceased. It was formerly advertised, but could not be sold for Want of the Royal Assent to a late Act of Assembly for docking the Entail, which is now fully obtained. An undoubted Title will be made; and Credit allowed until April next, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to WILLIAM RICHARDS TODD.
To be RENTED immediately, for a Term of Years, THE STORE HOUSE, with all the necessary Lumberhouses, known by the Name of HOOD'S, on James River. It is very convenient for carrying on the West India Trade, the Harbour being remarkably commodious for Vessels of any Burthen to lie in, and the Buildings capable of containing at least ten Thousand Bushels of Grain. It is also as advantageously situated for the back Country as either Cabin Point or Petersburg, so that a Person may sell DRY GOODS to a considerable Amount yearly. Any Gentleman inclining to rent the above Storehouse may know the Terms by applying to DAVID SCOTT. Any Gentleman that shall rent the above Stores may, if he thinks proper, be boarded on reasonable Terms.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber, in Buckingham County, ONE THOUSAND ACRES of LAND lying on James River, and joining the Lands of Colonel Robert Bolling, at the Seven Islands. There is a Plantation in the low Ground that will work about eight Hands, with a very fine Apple Orchard, and the Land but little hurt by the late Fresh. About the same Quantity of Woodland on the River, not cleared, well timbered, and as good as any in this Colony for Tobacco. Also a large Quantity of good Creek low Ground, and good high Land, not cleared. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, living on the Premises, who will show the Land to any Person desirous of purchasing the same. THOMAS BALLOW. PRINCE GEORGE, August 27, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Tues- day the 6th Instant, a NEGRO FELLOW, named Frank, twenty seven Years of Age, five Feet five or six Inches high, of a yellow Complexion, has a Scar in his right Cheek, and the Sinews in one of his Hams seem to be drawn up in Knots. He has run away several Times, and always passed for a Freeman. As he may possibly try to get out of the Country, I hereby forewarn all Masters of Vessels from carrying out the said Slave, at their Peril. I imagine he is sculking about Indian Town on Pamunkey among the Indians, as in one of his former Trips he got himself a Wife amongst them. Whoever brings the said Slave to me shall be handsomely rewarded. DAVID SCOTT.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Sussex Coun- ty, on Sunday the 18th of August, a new NEGRO FELLOW, about five Feet six Inches high, who cannot speak English, only calls himself Peter, and says he is of the Rumburrow Country. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, pay Charges, and take him away. ROBERT OWEN, Jailer.
TAKEN up, by the Subscriber, in South- ampton, near the Courthouse, a BLACK HORSE, a natural Pacer, about four Feet five Inches high, twelve Years old, not branded, and a Bell on. Posted, and appraised to four Pounds ten Shillings. RICHARD RICKS.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Halifax County, Virginia, a new NEGRO FELLOW, that cannot or will not tell his own or his Master's Name; he appears to be thirty Years of Age, about six Feet high, and slim made. Had on an old Cotton Jacket and Breeches, a Check Shirt, and has with him a Woman's Virginia Cloth Petticoat striped with Copperas. The Owner may have him, by paying the Charges. GEORGE WATKINS, Jailer.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Charles City County, on Thursday the 22d of August, a likely new NEGRO MAN, about five Feet ten or twelve Inches high, near twenty six or seven Years old, much marked in the Face, and speaks little or no English. He seems to have come from the south Sides of James River. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, pay Charges, and take him away. ALEXANDER GORDON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, living in Caroline County, near Chesterfield, the 27th of August last, a short well made MULATTO FELLOW named James, about twenty four Years old, has long black Hair remarkable for curling, which he generally keeps nicely combed. He understands something of the Carpenters and Blacksmiths Trades, and I expect he will endeavour to pass for a Freeman, as he is a cunning artful Fellow. Whoever will bring him, or secure him in any of his Majesty's Jails, so that I get him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and FIVE POUNDS if taken out of the Colony, more than what the Law allows. RICHARD W. CHANDLER. I suppose he is lurking about Hobb's Hole, or made off for Carolina. SEPTEMBER 5, 1771.
STRAYED or stolen, from the Subscriber living in Port Royal, on the 17th of August, two BAY HORSES. One is a strong well made Horse, about seven or eight Years old, branded on one of his Buttocks C, is four Feet ten Inches high, trots and gallops, paces a little, straddles very much behind, has a black Mane and Tail very thick and bushy; he is part English, goes well in the Chair, and is a free, airy, pleasant, riding Horse. The other is a slim bright bay Horse, about six Years old, four Feet eleven Inches high, has a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, a small Star in his Forehead hardly perceptible, one of his fore Hoofs split, trots very fast, is part English, and has good Spirit; he was bred within Half a Mile of Port Royal; the other was bred six Miles off. As they are not about this Place, I imagine they are carried away to some of the back Parts. Any Person that will bring the said Horses to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward if out of the County, if in the County FORTY SHILLINGS, and reasonable Charges. JAMES BOWIE, Junior.
MECKLENBURG, September 1, 1771. RUN away from the Subscriber, this Day, an Apprentice Lad named EDWARD WILSON, a clear Mulatto, a Carpenter and Joiner by Trade. He is about eighteen Years of Age, about five Feet seven Inches high, has long black Hair, tied behind, much inclined to curl, has a Scar on the Top of his right Foot, which he got by the Stroke of an Adze, and as he walks his Uncle cracks remarkably. He had on when he went away a short Bath Coating Coat, a Sky blue Duroy Waistcoat, and Osnaburg Breeches; and he carried with him two Check, two brown Sheetings, and one white Shirt, also a Pair of Check and a Pair of Osnaburg Trousers, with a brown Holland Waistcoat. Whoever delivers the said Apprentice to me, within two Miles of Mr. Lewis Parham's Store, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. PHILIP MALLORY. He is supposed to be gone towards Hampton.
Now in the Press, and speedily will be published, by JOHN DUNLAP, at the newest Printing Office in Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, and will be delivered to the Subscribers agreeable to the original Proposals, Price (bound) five Shillings Pennsylvania Currency, printed on a fine Paper, and an elegant Type.
ALL THE POETICAL Writings, and some other Pieces, OF THE Reverend NATHANIEL EVANS, A.M. Late Missionary in Gloucester County, New Jersey, and Chaplain to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Kilmurray, of the Kingdom of Ireland. N. B. As the List of Subscribers will be committed to the Press in a few Weeks, it is hoped that all those who are desirous of encouraging this Publication, and who may not yet have subscribed, will send their Names, without loss of Time, to the Printer of this Paper. The SUBSCRIBERS shall have their Books printed on a fine writing Paper.
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 Expense, the Forge may be converted into a good Merchant 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. The UTENSILS, and OLD IRON, belonging to the Forge, will be sold on reasonable Terms. Tf
VIRGINIA, &c. At a GENERAL COURT held at the Capitol, April 27, 1771. John Barnes, and Thomas How Ridgway, Merchants, and Plaintiffs, against John Croftie, and William Croftie, James Kirk, Jonathan Hall, and George Gilpin, Defendants, In Chancery. THE Defendants John and William Croftie 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 John and William Croftie 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 Demand 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 Person, as the Court shall hereafter adjudge. And it is farther ordered that the said Defendants (John and William Croftie) do appear on the first Day of the next Court, to answer the Bill 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 Truro, in the County of Fairfax; and be also posted up at the Front Door of the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg. BEN: WALLER.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Lancaster, on the 24th of December last, a Negro Man named WILL, about five Feet eight or nine Inches high, between thirty and forty Years of Age, but looks older than what he really is. He has been at Work in Norfolk for some Time past, and went by the Name of William Moore, as a Freeman. He is a very good Hottler and Gardener; and what may detect him sooner, he is very fond of Liquor, and when drunk very quarrelsome and saucy. Whoever will secure him in any Jail, and give me Intelligence so that I may get him again, shall have FIVE POUNDS, and if brought to me FIFTEEN POUNDS, paid on the Delivery of the Negro. JOHN WORMELEY. Tf
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, upon the Premises, on the 25th Day of October next, A TRACT OF LAND in Dinwiddie County, on the Branches of Namazean Creek, near Hutchings's Ordinary, about twenty Miles from Petersburg, containing eight Hundred and forty four Acres. There are about fifty or sixty Acres of it cleared, with a new Quarter, Overseer's House, Tobacco House, and some Apple and Peach Trees. The Time of Payment of the Purchase Money to be agreed on at the Day of Sale. Any Person wanting to purchase may see the Land by applying to the Overseer, on the Place. JOSIAH TATEM. to
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
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 Basso, whom they are willing to agree with for one, two, or three Years. JOHN GORDON, President. THOMAS LN. SMITH, Vice President.
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, Barns, Negro Quarters, &c. and under good Fence. It will be sold in Lots, or laid off 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, } Attorneys for John RICHARD HANSON, } Lidderdale, Esquire. 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 Clements'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 Albermarle County, or to the Subscriber in Richmond Town. The above Lands are the Property of John Leving, 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. Tf