The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1773-01-07 00:00:00

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RAMA, in Syria, July 23.
ON the first News of the Arrival of Ali Bey, and Cheik Daher, the Governor of this Town fled, with all the Arabs in those Environs, and shut himself up at Gaza. Cheik Sali, Son to Daher, and Cheik Kerim, his Nephew, came the 20th with about five Hundred Horsemen, and entered Rama and Hidda without any Resistance. They seized a considerable Quantity of Barley, which was gathered in the Seraglio for the Pacha of Damascus. Cheik Daher, and Ali Bey, on the other Hand, being also arrived the 20th before the last mentioned Town, blockaded the 21st and 22nd, but the Inhabitants defended themselves, and continue still to do with great Courage. It is feared that if they are obliged to yield they will be all put to the Sword. Many Families, whom Fear had induced to leave the City at the Approach of the Enemy, were plundered by the Arabs, and a great many Women came absolutely naked into Jerusalem.
LARNECA, in Cyprus, August 19. The Officer appointed by the Porte to command the Body of Janizaries at Jerusalem arrived here four Days ago from Constantinople, but finds himself obliged to stay in this Island, because the Cheik Daher and Ali Bey are besieging Jaffa, which Place he must pass by. The last Accounts from that Place say that the Garrison, knowing that the Enemy will give them no Quarter, were resolved to defend themselves to the last Extremity, and had already repulsed them in seven Assaults. That being distressed for Provisions they sent out the Women, and among them some Men in Disguise, but these, being discovered, were put to Death upon the Spot; and, in short, that if they had not speedy Assistance from Damascus they must be forced to surrender to the Enemy.
RAGUSA, September 13. This Country is plunged again in the deepest Distress. The Ottoman Porte demands of our Republic fifty Vessels to transport a great Number of Albanian Troops to Souria and Grand Cairo, to act against Ali Bey, who is become more formidable than ever. The Government has desired to be excused from furnishing these Vessels, for Fear of incurring the Resentment of the Russians; but the Bashaw of Albania declares, in the most positive Terms, that if we do not comply with the Demand a numerous Army shall be sent immediately to put our whole Country to Fire and Sword. Thus are we in a most deplorable Situation: - If we do not grant the Vessels required, we shall be exposed to the Fury of the Turks; and, on the other Hand, if we do furnish them, shall be invested by a Russian Fleet, which has threatened several Times to bombard our City, and to reduce it to Ashes.
PETERSBURG, October 11. The Grand Vizier leaves to Field Marshal Romanzow the Liberty of choosing the Place for holding the new Congress, either at Bucharest or elsewhere, and likewise the Option of negotiating either by Plenipotentiaries or Commissioners. In the latter Case, he desires him to come in Person to Bucharest, because he should again draw near the Danube, to accelerate the Negotiations.
The Empress hath granted to Count Gregory Orlow, who assisted at the Congress of Fockzany as her Minister Plenipotentiary, Permission of absenting himself a Year, for the Re-establishment of his Health, and hath left him the Choice of residing on his own Estate; or, if he finds it more convenient, to any Baths of foreign Countries. Her Imperial Majesty secures to this Nobleman all his Employments, and recompenses his Services by a Pension of one Hundred and fifty Thousand Rubles, and a Gift of ten Thousand Peasants. His Brothers have also received great Marks of the Munificence of our Sovereign; Count Alexe, among other Presents, has been gratified with an Extent of Land containing one Thousand Peasants.
WARSAW, October 15. The last Letters received by the Russian Minister here give Hopes of a Peace. The Porte hath declared that the Congress would not have been broken up if the Propositions of the Russian Ministers had been reasonable.
ABBUS, October 9. The celebrated Christian Jacobin Drachenburg, of whom Mention has been so frequently made in the publick Prints on Account of his great Age, died here this Day at seven in the Morning, aged one Hundred and forty six, having been born November 11, 1626.
PARIS, October 19. The different Fires which have happened in different Countries have awakened the Attention of this to find out Means to prevent this Calamity, and till now no other Method has been thought possible to prevent it except the Precaution of the Police and Administration; but Glafier, a Physician of Hennegau, a learned German, has invented a Varnish which will not take Fire, to prove the Virtue of which three Houses were built of Wood in a Field. Two of them were covered with this Varnish, the third not; and being all set Fire to, those varnished were preserved, while the unvarnished One was burnt down.
October 30. We hear from Morlaix that the States have granted the King a free Gift of two Millions.
LONDON, October 27.
THEY write from Vienna that an Edict is just registered there for raising six Millions four Hundred Thousand Livres (two Hundred sixty six Thousand six Hundred and sixty six Guinees) on the Clergy and religious Houses, towards the Support of the Army.
Extract of a Letter from Paris, October 8. A Swiss who had been hired before the Vintage, in a neighbouring Province, to take Care of the Vines, took Advantage of the Absence of his Husbandman to attempt the Seduction of his Daughter; but not being able to effect this by Persuasion, he satisfied his brutal Appetite by Force. To prevent Detection, he then killed the young Woman and fled. Being immediately pursued, he was overtaken, and delivered up to the Justice of his own Nation; for the Swiss Nation, by Treaty, have a sovereign Right to decide in all Causes civil and criminal, relative to their own Nation in France. He was adjudged, after Trial, to the usual Punishment in like Cases, namely, to be sawed alive into two. He was accordingly jammed in (all except his Head) between two large Logs of Wood hollowed for that Purpose, and in that Posture underwent the dreadful Punishment. He was then exposed to publick View, as a Warning to others whose Passions are stronger than their Reason.
Extract of a Letter from the Frontiers of Turkey, September 10. We learn here that a Camp of one Hundred and twenty Thousand Turks is now forming in the Environs of Constantinople, and in that Capital alone twenty Thousand Turks had taken Arms; and a very vigorous Preparation is now going forward to defend that Place, as it seems the Russians have again a Detachment against it. By the same Advices we learn that twelve Russian Ships are arrived in the Morea, and have landed a Body of Men at Caglia; and, after being joined by a Number of Greeks, they plundered Mains Calmata, and some other Places. Zeffey Bey, who commanded a small Fleet last War in the Archipelago, is appointed Grand Seraskier of the Fleet which is to be sent against the Russians. It consists of six Men of War of the Line, two of which mount twenty four Guns, and eighteen Half Gallies; they have already gone out of the Harbour, and cast Anchor at Belitschak, about a Quarter of a League off, where they are to be provided with every Thing necessary, and then to sail for the Black Sea.
Poland is said to be reduced one Eighth in its Inhabitants, by the Dispersions which have so long rent and torn it; besides its Lots of People, above four Hundred Towns and Villages have been razed.
October 28. A Wag being in Cheapside yesterday when the Populace were following the Reverend Mr. Horne, huffing and hooting, and crying out, no Turncoats! no Apostates! said, "that he thought Parson hunting the finest Diversion he had ever seen."
The Politicians at the Hague are much at a Loss to account for the Reason of the King of Denmark's arming; they are likewise greatly surprised that Russia should continue the War, as she has no longer the Preservation of Poland to contend for, nor can expect to derive from it the Succours she has hitherto done.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is to pay a Visit to several of the Courts of Germany during the Course of next Summer.
By Letters from Venice we learn that the Senate had commanded a Fleet of six Sail of the Line, eight Frigates, ten Gallies, and fourteen Sloops, to sail for the Levant, to assist the Operations of the Russians.
Extract of a Letter from Stockholm, October 2. Major General Baron de Pechlin, Doctor Rutzstrom, Odelhius, Speaker of the Order of Peasants, and the Vice Chancellor Engestrom, still continue under the Arrest which took Place at the Time of the late Revolution. Rutzstrom, it is said, was a Spy, who watched every Step the King took, and brought the Report to the Nobility of the Senate; he likewise formed a Manifesto, in Conjunction with Baron de Pechlin, to arrest his Majesty on the same Day the Revolution happened. Baron de Pechlin will be tried by a Court Martial, but the others will have their Trial at common Law.
The present System of his Majesty is to secure Peace and Tranquillity with the Powers of Europe, and advance the Happiness of his Subjects, by promoting Arts and Sciences, particularly Agriculture. The distilling of Brandy is totally suppressed, as there was more Corn consumed in that than all Sweden produced. The new Form of Government, it is positively said, was framed by a neighbouring great Potentate.
Extract of a Letter from Thorn, October 7. The Russian General Count Czernichef has published a Manifesto, in the Name of her Imperial Majesty, that she has taken into her Protection all Polish Liexland and White Russia, and that those States are for the future to acknowledge her Imperial Majesty as their Sovereign.
Munday a Lad about eighteen Years of Age, for the simple Wager of a Gallon of Beer, was to walk on the Outside of London Bridge, from the one Side to the other, in six Minutes; but in the Performance his Foot slipped, and he fell, and striking his Head against the Starlings dashed his Brains out.
October 29. Yesterday Evening the Earl of Harcourt's Commission passed the Great Seal constituting him General Governor and Governor in Chief of the Kingdom of Ireland.
His Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, who lately left the Prussian Service, is appointed Colonel and Commander in Chief of the Royal Dutch, or Prince of Orange's Guards, in Holland.
East India Affairs, and those of the Continent, are, we are assured, the true Reasons of the early meeting of Parliament.
By Despatches lately received from Mr. Murray, the British Minister at the Porte, it appears that numerous Bodies of the Austrian Troops are daily filing off towards the Turkish Frontiers, which makes the Grand Seignor extremely fearful that the Emperor of Germany has formed hostile Intentions on that Part of the Ottoman Empire.
A Letter from Portsmouth mentions, that it is reported there as a Fact (however astonishing and incredible it may appear) that a Gentleman of Gosport has found out a Method of causing Ships to make their Way, in a straight Line, against both Wind and Tide, and to go faster even in a Calm than they at present can with a favourable Breeze of Wind, and which Discovery will also prevent them from the Danger of overloading, or being driven against Rocks or Shores in a Storm, by Means whereof Voyages will be rendered much more expeditious, as well as entirely safe, and (as the Course of the Ships will thereby be always precisely known) the Longitude at Sea will be as certain as the Latitude; and that he has actually wrote a Letter to Lord Sandwich on the Occasion.
Mr. Wilkes was exactly forty five Years of Age yesterday.
We learn from Berlin that his Prussian Majesty has, by an Edict, laid an extra Tax of two per Cent. on all Merchandise exported from Dantzick, and other Ports of Pomerania and Polish Prussia.
By Advices from Stockholm we learn that the King has given Orders for recalling his Minister at the Court of Petersburg.
They write from Stockholm that the King of Sweden made lately the Review of his Arsenals, and gave Orders for a large Addition of military Stores of every Kind. Orders were expected to be given for an Augmentation of the Troops, and for assembling an Army in Finland.
They write from Seville that large Bodies of Troops have lately been embarked there for South America.
We hear the Reverend Doctor P——, having assumed the Professor of Divinity's Post in the Caput at Cambridge, is determined to oppose the Protestant Hereticks with all his Power. It is said farther, that the Protestant Hereticks will open their next Campaign by a brisk Attack on Orthodoxy in that University; but as there is a numerous and well disciplined Garrison in the Place, commanded by Doctor P——, a Governor experienced in all the Arts and Stratagems of War, the Affair may expect an obstinate Defence of every Outwork of Orthodoxy.
October 31. An Article from the Hague brought by this Day's Mail, dated October 27th, says: "We have received authentick Letters here which confirm that the Negotiations of Peace between the belligerent Powers are renewed."
A Fire broke out at Constantinople on the 5th of September which reduced upwards of two Hundred capital Buildings to Ashes, supposed to have been done by some evil minded Persons to cause a general Conflagration, as Combustibles were found in different Quarters of that City.
Extract of a Letter from the Morea, September 14.
The Russian Ships are daily landing a Number of Men in different Parts of the Morea, and these are constantly joined by a Number of Greeks, &c. so that they are very formidable; they have already attacked and plundered several rich Towns, but show the greatest Humanity to the People. The Russian Commanders have caused a Manifesto of the Empress's to be made publick, wherein she declares that she looks upon it as a religious Duty to free the Greeks from the Turkish Slavery; and she has promised Protection and Rewards to those who would voluntarily enter into her Army, and the severest Punishments to those who refuse. This, added to the best Treatment when they do enlist, powerfully induces the Greeks to join the Russian Army daily, and it is thought they will soon be Masters of the whole Morea.
We hear from Stockholm that the Empress of Russia has signified to the King of Sweden that any Design against the Dominions of Denmark will draw her Resentment upon him.
Extract of a Letter from Petersburg to a Gentleman in London.
We learn here that the Duke of Courland has broke off his Marriage with the Princess of Waldeck, intending to marry a Sister of your Queen; but he has not yet been able to obtain the Consent of our Empress, and many think he never will.
A Number of small armed Vessels has been constructing on the Black Sea, under the Direction of the Admiral so much flattered with you; you guess I mean Sir Charles Knowles. They will soon be fit to proceed to their Destination, and will no Doubt alarm the proud Ottoman.
We learn from Petersburg that the Empress publicly offers great Emoluments to such foreign naval Officers as shall enter into her Service.
They write from Copenhagen that the Court of Russia has made a Demand of six Thousand Men of the King of Denmark, according to an ancient Treaty.
Extract of a Letter from Dantzick, October 14. The Situation of this once flourishing City is now really deplorable; Deprived of the Advantages the Inhabitants used to enjoy, oppressed by
Numbers of Troops quartered upon them, subject to a foreign Yoke, and loaded with Taxes, they are to be pitied; but it is in vain to complain. The Prussian Monarch has taken Care to preserve this invaluable Place from the Fear of a Foe, but if he continues his present Proceedings in Execution, of issuing an Order to prevent any Person emigrating from the City without his previous Leave, he will certainly make himself a formidable Enemy, if ever the King of Poland should endeavour to regain his lost Dominions, which he certainly will, and it is expected soon. The Citizens have sent frequent Petitions to different Courts (especially to that of Great Britain) but nothing avails. Those Powers either have it not at Heart, or are afraid to draw upon themselves a powerful Enemy; so that the King of Prussia may enslave as many more Cities as he has already, without their ever daring to prevent it.
Letters from Madrid say that the Empress of Russia has made an Application to that Court for a Fleet to assist her Operations in the Mediterranean, but it is not known what Reply will be given to this Request.
A Letter from the Hague says: "The States General have lately sent a Memorial to his Prussian Majesty, asserting the Independence of the City of Dantzick, for which the States are one of the Guarantees. An Answer thereto is expected with the utmost Impatience."
We hear that a great Personage has expressed a Desire that all the Monies arising from vacant Places, &c. might be applied to the Exigencies of the State.
The late Reflections on the Fate of the clerical Petition have been so well received by the Friends of one Side, and have occasioned so much Chagrin among the Leaders on the other, that it is curious to observe the Pains taken by the Petitioners to circulate them, and the still greater Pains taken by certain ecclesiastical Dignitaries to stifle and suppress them.
Two Men of War, and a Frigate of thirty two Guns, are to be stationed for the future in the Strait of Bahama, to protect the English Vessels trading from North America to the West Indies.
Extract of a Letter from Exeter, October 23.
We had the other Day many Maccaronies at our Assembly, but the most remarkable one was the Honourable Mr. ——, Lord ——'s Son, who appeared in a white Satin Coat, Waistcoat, and Breeches, white silk Stockings with large Gold Clocks, black Satin Shoes with red Heels, black Silk Hat with Pink Lining. Hair dressed to the Extremity of the Maccaroni Taste, with a Club to the Size of a moderate Man's Leg, a huge Nosegay which hid one Side of his Face, in the Middle of which was an elegant Essence Bottle.
Yesterday Morning free Pardon came to Newgate for Captain Jones, and in the Afternoon he was released from his Confinement.
Notwithstanding it is generally thought that Money is at present scarce in England, a Gentleman in the City has received a Letter from his Correspondent at Venice, wherein he says that an English Nobleman is now in Contract with Bradshaw Pierson, Esquire, for the capital Collection of Pictures which he has lately made in France and Italy, estimated to be worth fifteen Thousand Pounds.
Letters from Birmingham mention the Death of one Eyre, a Cutler, in the Hundred and seventh Year of his Age.
Tuesday last a severe Battle was fought in St. George's Fields, between a Coachman and a Carman, which lasted upwards of fifty Minutes, when the former beat his Antagonist so that he died carrying to the Hospital; and thus Morning the Coachman died, who had his Jaw Bone broken in two Places, his fore Teeth knocked out, and one of his Ribs broken.
Extract of a Letter from Warsaw, October 13. Our King is hourly employed in receiving Petitions from those Polish Gentlemen whose Estates have been seized by the three united Powers. These injured Poles firmly declare they will lose all their Estates rather than swear Allegiance to any foreign Power.
Extract of a Letter from Hamburg, October 20. It is said here on the Exchange that the Court of Denmark is just about mortgaging the Duchies of Sleswick and Gottorp to his Prussian Majesty. They add, that several Merchants have the Commission of paying the Money to the Danish Minister; but it requires farther Confirmation.
Yesterday the City Remembrancer waited upon the Lord High Chancellor to acquaint him with Mr. Alderman Townsend's being elected Lord Mayor; when his Lordship was pleased to appoint Tuesday next, at two o'Clock, to receive the Lord Mayor elect; after which an elegant Entertainment will be given at Mercer's Hall.
The Lord Mayor's Precepts were yesterday issued out to the Companies to attend on Monday, November 9th, being Lord Mayor's Day.
A Morning Paper says: By several private Letters from the Continent, a very extraordinary Piece of Intelligence has transpired, the Substance of which is that his Polish Majesty has declared to the Courts of Vienna, Petersburg, and Berlin, his Resolution of resigning the Crown, in Consequence of his not being able to support the monarchical Dignity; and that the Court of Vienna has warmly espoused Charles Edward Stuart, as a Candidate for the Polish Diadem, which, it is probable, in Case of a Resignation, he will possess, as he is descended in a direct Line from the celebrated John Sobieski, who in the last Century, at the Head of a Handful of Poles, defeated an Army of two Hundred Thousand Ottomans, and made them sue for Peace.
Yesterday the Workmen began to build in Guildhall, and to make the proper Preparations against next Lord Mayor's Day; and, in Order to get it finished by the Time, they are to work extra Hours.
Yesterday a Man was carried before the sitting Alderman at Guildhall, for grossly insulting the present Lord Mayor and the Lord Mayor elect, on Thursday, as they were going into the Mansion House; but on his asking Pardon, and promising not to be guilty of the like again, after a severe Reprimand, he was dismissed. Another Man was sent back to the Poultry Compter for farther Examination, for assaulting a Constable the same Day in the Execution of his Office, and breeding a Riot in Guildhall.
November 3. On Friday Captain Jones gave Ball for the effectual Transportation of himself, pursuant to the Condition of his Majesty's Pardon, and was discharged out of Newgate.
November 4. Yesterday Mr. Alderman Townsend, accompanied by Mr. Alderman Stephen (the only Alderman who attended) and the two Sheriffs, waited on the Lord Chancellor, at his House in Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury. The Town Clerk, in a short Speech, introduced Mr. Townsend to his Lordship, who in a few Words signified the Royal Approbation at the Choice the Citizens had made; after which the usual Compliments passed, and the Whole concluded with a Regale of Cakes and Wine.
Yesterday the Lord Mayor elect sent for the City Marshals, and acquainted them that he should expect a strict and regular Attention to the Duties of their Office with Respect to the Markets of this City, the Abuses whereof have been very prejudicial of late Years to the Community; and also ordered them to clothe their Men in the Colour of his Lordship's Livery, according to their original Instructions from the Court of Common Council, and that those Men do diligently patrol the Streets of this City, and apprehend all Vagrants, Beggars, and other disorderly Persons who prey on the humane, benevolent, and industrious Inhabitants, and that each of them should be passed to their respective Parishes, where the Law hath made a Provision for their Support, hoping it will be a Means of reducing the Poor's Rate in the City, which hath increased much of late, and become a great Burthen to the sober, diligent, working Part of Mankind, which are the Bulk, Strength, and Support of national Welfare. His Lordship likewise gave very particular Instructions to the Meal Weighers, and declared if regular Returns were not made to him of the

various Prices of Corn he would provide proper Persons at his own Cost and Charges to inspect the same, and punish every Defaulters as far as the Law empowers him.
The exorbitant Demand made by the King of Prussia upon our Court, for Damages sustained during the last War, is said will not be complied with, though an Invasion of our German Territories is threatened by that Alexander of the North, and though the Emperor has intimated that he is ready to support him in his Claim.
The Advancement of Alderman Townsend to the Office of Mayor is looked upon by the City Politicians as the first Step towards an Union between the Ministry and the Sheshure Party, from which many Alterations at Court are expected to take Place.
Advices from Smyrna say that six of the principal Merchants of that City had been taken up and sent Prisoners to Constantinople, and that it is expected when they come there they will be impaled alive.
The Publick are initiated when they think that the Congress of Fockany was broke up on Account of the unreasonableness of Count Orlow; the Court of Russia demanded nothing more than her Successes entitled her to demand. The real Cause of her Rupture with the Prussian Minister, who, under Pretence of facilitating the Peace, had Orders to prevent it. He did so; Count Orlow was his Dupe, and for that Reason was disgraced. The Prussian Minister went afterwards to the Russian Camp, in Order to widen the Breach, and precipitate the Operations of War; the Vizier discovered this Duplicity, and made Romanzow acquainted with it. The Armistice was prolonged, and the Conferences are renewed with good Hopes of Success. This is not the only Instance of Duplicity in the Court of Berlin, as in a few Days more will appear.
By Letters from Peterburg we hear that the Empress, who had not been visible for some Days, had at length made her Appearance on the 20th of September. She admitted Prince Loubkowitz, the Imperial Minister, to a long Audience on the 25th; Count Lacy, Ambassador from the Court of Spain, presented her with a Letter from the King his Master; and on the same Day the new Envoy from Denmark had his first Audience.
Extracts of a Letter from Zell, October 22.
This Afternoon Queen Caroline Matilda arrived here from the Castle at Goerle, escorted by a Squadron of Springel's Regiment of Dragoons, &c. The Citizens were regularly drawn up, with their Colours ranged, and the People rendered their Joy with incessant Acclamations at seeing her. Upon her Arrival at our Castle her Majesty found there a Company of the Regiment of Prince Ernest of Mecklenburg, with their Colours flying, and were received by the Princes Charles and George of Mecklenburg. We have this Moment the Pleasure to see her Majesty walking through the City, which is most magnificently illuminated.
By Order of the King of Great Britain, our Sovereign, the Royal Etiquette will be observed in all Points towards the Queen his Sister. All the Royal Household is already arrived from Hanover.
We are assured that her Majesty is now happily advanced in the sixth Month of her Pregnancy, and continues in a perfect State of Health.
Extract of a Letter from Edinburgh, October 30.
Yesterday arrived here from Iceland, and other Places in the North Seas, where they had been on a Voyage for Discoveries, the ingenious Mr. Banks, Doctor Solander, and Doctor Linn.
The Messenger which arrived on Monday from Constantinople brings Advice that the Treaty of Peace is concluded between the Russians and the Turks, and that there had been great Rejoicings upon the Occasion. He also brings Account that the Place is broke out again in divers Parts of Turkey, and carried off a great Number of People.
Advices, we are assured, are constantly arriving at the west End of the Town of the Insolence of the Spaniards to the English in the West Indies.
They write from Vienna that the Emperor is now concluding a secret Treaty with the King of Poland, on what Account is not publicly known.
We hear that a great Disagreement now subsists between the Lord Chancellor and Lord Mansfield.
We hear from Paris that the French East India Ships, fitted out on Account of private Trade, will not defray the Expenses of their Voyage, nor even to those to whom the King sent Ships; so that an End is nearly put to the French East India Trade, unless they can devise some new Scheme to revive it.
Extract of a Letter from Newport, Monmouthshire, October 30.
We have had the greatest Flood this Week ever known in this Country, which has done incredible Damage. Most of the Bridges are washed away, particularly those at Cardiff, Ballyseedy, and Enbow, and three or four more higher up than River; Carleon Bridge is likewise thrown down. The Wife of a Tinsman of Carleon, who it is supposed was passing the Bridge when it fell, luckily caught Hold of a Beam, upon which the Boat went down through the Bridge at this Town, and was taken up three Miles below the Place by a small Boat. As soon as she was put on Shore she got a Horse and rode home, and was the first to acquaint her Husband of the Accident; she is big with Child. Great Numbers of Cattle, Sheep, and Horses, and some with Saddles on, have come through our Bridge, and the Body of a poor Woman has been taken up at our Wharf.
"P. S. Every Minute we hear fresh Accounts of Losses, and many People drowned."
November 5. We are assured that the Premier has absolutely forbid all Cards of Compliment, or complimentary Visits, during the Time he is attending his Office, being determined then to apply to Business only.
The Order of Minerva is not laid aside, as has been reported, but will be instituted early the next Spring. The following Gentlemen are packed down as the Knights who will be honoured with the Buff Ribband: Doctor Jeth, Sir John Mingle, Sir William Duncun, Doctor Hunter, and Doctor Heberden, in the medical Profession. In the literary, Doctor Johnson, Doctor Robertson, and Mr. Hume.
Lord Stormont sets out for his Embassy to Paris in a few Days, his Suite being entirely completed; and it is said he has it particularly in Charge to obtain, if possible, the Admission of our Hardware into France, even at the Price of an entire Removal of the Duties which we lay upon the Wines of that Kingdom.
It is now absolutely determined that no Supervision shall be sent to India till after the Parliament has considered the Propriety of the Measure, and given it a formal Sanction of judicial Authority.
The Parliament does not meet till the 26th. A few Days of Form will necessarily open the Mouth of December, and bring a Recess for the Christmas Holidays; the East India Ships, therefore, being obliged to sail from the Downs in January, there is no Possibility of executing a Scheme of Supervision this Year, however agreeable the Measure may be to a Majority of the Proprietors.
By the best Computations made of the present State of the East India Company, it is thought that after discharging all its Engagements there will remain in the common Stock Goods and Merchandises to the Amount of five Millions Sterling.
On Tuesday last a Grant passed the Great Seal, to the Right Honourable George V. Count Townsend, of the Office of Master General of his Majesty's Ordnance, &c. to hold the same from the Day on which he shall be succeeded in his Government of Ireland, at the Arrival of the Earl of Harcourt in that Kingdom.
Yesterday the Sheriffs went to invite the Lord Chancellor, the great Officers of State, foreign Ministers, Nobility, Judges, &c. to dine with the Lord Mayor next Monday at Guildhall.
Yesterday the Mercers Company agreed to attend the Lord Mayor on the Water next Monday to Westminster.
They write from Stockholm that his Swedish Majesty is expected to set out shortly on a Visit to the King of Prussia, at Berlin.
Extract of a Letter from Algiers, September 4.
Notwithstanding the Reports, which I hear have prevailed in Europe, that a Peace, and a secure One, would certainly take Place between the different Powers of Barbary and the Christian Powers they have by their numerous Piracies so justly offended, yet, however such Accounts may be treated by you, I can positively assure you that every Preparation is now making here to carry on a War with the utmost Vigour. The same warlike Appearances prevail over all the States, and in the Empire of Morocco; and they all, though generally avowed Enemies, are now in a State of the most perfect Harmony. Against what Power their Designs may be levelled, whether they mean to act upon the offensive or defensive, is at present impossible to investigate: what appears very surprising is, that they are supplied with Cannon, Ammunition, Cordage, &c. by the Dutch."
We hear from Constantinople that the Grand Seignior has ordered the Immigrants of the Archipelago to supply him immediately with four Hundred Thousand Piastres.
It is said that the Electoral House of Saxony has just made a Demand on Poland for twenty six Millions of Rixdollars.
Letters from Warsaw mention that several Noblemen and Gentlemen have refused to take the Oaths to the Emperor of Germany, in Consequence of which their Estates have been sequestered.
A Fleet of thirty six Guns, and a Sloop of eighteen, are ordered out on a Cruise on the Coasts of Normandy; for what Purpose has not yet transpired.
It is reported that the military Laws are now under a Revision, by some General Officers.
When Mr. Chancellor, the City Crier, came to ask Mr. Wilkes to attend the Lord Mayor, elect at Mercer's Hall to dine, the Alderman answered, "Sir, it is my Duty to attend all real City Business, and you know how punctual I always am; but Mr. Townsend is a Gentleman I do not choose to break Bread with, much less to drink Wine with."
The following Palindrome was yesterday written on a Shop Window on Snow Hill:
THE FOUR DOGS.
Wilkes is a fat Dog, Townsend is a mad Dog, Halifax is a mean Dog, and Shakespear is a drunken Dog.
November 6. By Letters from Toulon we learn that a Man of War of fifty Guns, and three Hundred and fifty Men, belonging to that Place, was lost on the Coast of Brittany on the 4th of last Month, and but three Hundred and four of the People saved.
By a private Letter from Peterburg we learn that soon after the breaking up of the Congress at Fockany the Grand Vizier despatched a Messenger to Count Romanzow, expressing great Concern for the Incident which caused that Event, and begging at the same Time that the Armistice might be prolonged two Months longer, in Order that the Negotiations might be renewed. He added, likewise, that if it would be more agreeable to the Russian Court to appoint them to be held at Bucharest, or elsewhere, he should be entirely satisfied, and that he would either treat in Person or appoint fresh Plenipotentiaries or Commissaries. To these Proposals (as well as withdrawing the Troops on each Side to a certain Distance from the Danube) General Romanzow replied, he had no Instructions from his Imperial Mistress which could sufficiently authorise him to give a decisive Answer; nevertheless, that he would venture, at his own Peril, to extend the Truce for four Weeks from that Date, in Order to know the ultimate Intentions of his Court. A Courier is accordingly arrived at Peterburg, and it is determined to send Count Maltitz as first Plenipotentiary to Bucharest, where the Conferences are to be renewed.
A most curious Present has been sent to a great Lady, which consists of the Tops of a Dressing Tale, and Boxes and Ornaments of the same, made of Kennel Coal, and rimmed with Silver. This curious Production was sent from Lancashire.
The Revenge, of sixty four Guns, now at Chatham, is ordered to be got in Readiness immediately, to serve as a Reinforcement to Admiral Dennis.
We are credibly informed that Alderman Plomer has subscribed one Thousand Pounds to the Bill of Rights Society.
This Day Mr. Williams, the Bookkeeper in Fleetstreet, withdrew his Recognizances in the Court of King's Bench for publishing the North Briton, Number 45, about seven Years since, and was finally discharged.
November 7. To-morrow the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, &c. will meet at Guildhall, when the Lord Mayor elect will be sworn in; afterwards the two Lord Mayors will return in the State Coach to the Mansion House, where the Aldermen, Sheriffs, &c. will be entertained at the joint Expense of the two Lord Mayors.
Officers are to be given for a Guard to be ready on Monday, to march on a Minute's Notice in Case of any Disturbance.
Yesterday, at the Cabinet Council held at St. James's, Sir Jeffery Amherst was sworn in one of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his Seat at the Board.
It is reported that the Resolution of the Prices of Provisions, &c. will be the first Business at the approaching Session of Parliament.
The following Account is given of the Seizure of the Pope's and Person of the Prince de Conti, which has made a great Noise at Paris. The Prince de Conti having been suspected by the Court to have favoured several seditious Papers lately published against the Ministry, and to have caused them to be privately printed at a Press he had erected in the Vergè of the Temple where he holds his Court at Paris, the Chancellor Mureau obtained a Letter de Cachet, which he caused to be issued October the 17th. In Consequence of this Arrest, the Palace of the Prince was entered at Midnight by the Musketeers and other Guards. The first secured the Manuscripts and printed Papers; these were instantly deposited in the Hands of M on de Sartine, the Lieutenant of the Police. The Abbe Quillet (the supposed Author of the different Publications) together with the Printers, were then seized and conducted to the Bastille. During the Confusion one of the Prince's Pages found Means to escape, and made the best of his Way to L'Isle d'Adam, a Country Seat belonging to the Prince de Conti (where he then was) and acquainted him with what was transacting at his Palace. The Prince, greatly astonished at the Intelligence, immediately set off for Paris; but he found his Person no more sacred than his House, his Papers, or his Secrets. The Minister, M on Maurepas, secured the Prince also; and the great and noble Asserter and Protector of the Liberties of his Country has been immured like a common Felon. What will be the Consequence of this atrocious Stretch of Power in the Chancellor Time only can disclose, but the Populace is so exasperated that some dreadful Effects are to be expected. The other Princes of the Blood were so alarmed at this daring Attack of the Minister on so respectable a Part of their Body that they went from their Palaces in Paris to the Country with the utmost Precipitation, in the Opinion of many in a Manner very unworthy their high Births and Stations.
Extract of a Letter from Peterburg, October 23.
We have just received Advices here from the Crimea that the Tartars have rose on a Garrison of Russians and destroyed most of them; those who had the Happiness to elude the Slaughter got safe to Russia, from whence an Express was immediately sent to this Court. Despatches were immediately forwarded to the Russian Commanders in the Crimea, to Bucharest, and the Court of Constantinople; how the Affair will end cannot as yet be said, but the Court is in a very high Strain, and threatens a fierce Revenge. Certain it is that the Crimea Tartars have the most inveterate Hatred to the Russians, and joyfully prefer the Sway of the Grand Seignior to that of the Empress."
Letters from Berlin say that his Prussian Majesty seems entirely bent on settling a naval Commerce in the Seaports of Pomerania and Polish Prussia.
Extract of a Letter from the Hague, November 1.
The Politicians of this Place are busily employed in Speculations on the Affairs of Poland, and those of Russia and Turkey. Applications have been made here to the States General, by the King and Nobility of Poland, to assist them in opposing the Powers which have tyrannically seized upon the Polish Kingdom; but all Treaties of that Kind the States have absolutely declined; laid to be on Account of some prior Treaties with the Courts of Berlin, Peterburg, and Vienna. This Refusal will certainly give the finishing Stroke to the Power of his Polish Majesty, as he has no other Court to hope any Assistance from, but that of Great Britain, who knows her own Interest too well to endanger her German Dominions by entering upon a Scheme of Knight Errantry to succour the Distressed. The Opinions concerning the new Congress are various, but many imagine it is only a Scheme of the Turks to gain Time. The following Letter has been sent to the Lord Mayor elect, and published in a Paper of this Day.
"My Lord, according to my Oath as a Freeman of London, I think it my Duty to inform your Lordship that a Mob is preparing to insult you and the City of London in your Procession on Monday next; it is provided by that Person in Westminster who is usually employed by Mr. Wilkes for that Purpose, and is composed chiefly of Persons in the Purlieus of that Neighbourhood. If your Lordship will please to direct a Note, as mentioned in a private Letter to yourself, signed * * *, you shall be furnished with the Name of the Employer. My Servant, my Lord, has been applied to, and will upon Oath inform you of Particulars. I am, my Lord, An honest Freeman of London."
A Correspondent says, Mr. Townsend, Mr. Sawbridge, Mr. Oliver, Sir Robert Bernard, Mr. Glynn, Mr. Bellas, Mr. Horne, &c. all absolute Strangers to Mr. Wilkes and to each other, espoused his Cause when he was an Outlaw , loaded with thirty Thousand Pounds of Debt, and without a Friend or Acquaintance in the World that would countenance or assist him. Under every Discouragement, attacked with all Sorts of Ridicule and Abuse, they are no Expense, they decline no Fatigue, they shrink from no Danger, they leave no Person unassisted, no honest Measure untried. By their Assistance chiefly, and at their Cost, his Outlawry is set aside, his Debts are discharged, his Fine paid, the Expenses of his Imprisonment are born, he is four Times elected for Middlesex, he is made an Alderman of London, and an Annuity of near one Thousand a Year for Life is provided for him. Mr. Wilkes grows intoxicated with Success, procured by their Means; he thinks the whole Wealth and Power of the Kingdom are in his own Hands; he forbids and thwarts every publick Measure that has not him for their Object; he appropriates to himself five Thousand Pounds in one Year; he opposes a Subscription to Bingley, though to his honest Sufferings and patient enduring of a two Years Imprisonment we owe our Triumph over Attachments; he protests against a Gratuity to the Printers, though to their Courage we are indebted for the Freedom of the Press; he attempts to impose upon his Benefactors a false List of Debts; he endeavours to make an Adherence to himself the only Touchstone of publick Spirit, and would sell the Favour of the People as corruptly as Ministers do the Graces of their Prince; and because these Men refuse to be subservient to his for-
did Views, and to sink the publick Cause in the private Interest of Mr. Wilkes, he who owes all to them, his Release from Prison, his daily Bread which is in it, and his present publick Situation, has yet the Effrontery to tell the Publick (who know these notorious Facts) that these Men are a Brood of Serpents whom Wilkes ignorantly nourished with a generous Warmth in his Bosom!"
November 10. It is reported that a Frigate is arrived at Portsmouth, Express from the Mediterranean, with an Account that one of his Majesty's Ships, attempting to go into the Harbour of Carthagena, was fired upon from the Fort; and that the Captain of the English Ship resolutely returned the Fire, but was soon overpowered and obliged to strike.
It is said that Orders have been given for twelve Ships of the Line to be got ready to sail from Spithead, at an Hour's Warning.
Yesterday, about two o'Clock, the Right Honourable James Townsend, Esquire, Lord Mayor elect, was sworn in as Lord Mayor at Guildhall for the Year ensuing. After that Ceremony, and the Sword Bearer, Mace Bearer, &c. had surrendered the same to the present Mayor, who delivered them to the Lord Mayor elect, he returned them to the respective Gentlemen. The old Lord Mayor then came forward, and addressed himself to the Livery to the following Effect: "That on the Expiration of his high and important Office, he was happy in the conscious Reflection that he had employed his whole Time with the greatest Integrity in promoting the Interest of his Fellow Citizens, and studying the Happiness of this great Metropolis; and his Lordship concluded by observing how worthy a Gentleman was to succeed him."
Monday Forenoon, at Half past eleven o'Clock, the new Lord Mayor, and the old Lord Mayor, Aldermen Stephenson, Crosby, Sawbridge, Bull, Plomer, the two Sheriffs, the Common Serjeant, the two City Council, and other City Officers, went from Guildhall, the Mercers and Merchant Tailors Companies marching before them, with Muffick playing and Colours flying, to Queenhithe, where they took Water to go up to Westminster. There was the greatest Concours of People ever seen upon the Occasion, who hissed and groaned the old Lord Mayor all the Way. After the new Lord Mayor had embarked on Board the City Barge the State Coach came back to the Mansion House to carry the Lady Mayores to Guildhall, as did Mr. Sheriff Lewes's Carriage for his Lady, who was with the Lady Mayores at the Mansion House.
Letters in Town from Spain assert, for a Fact, that the Spanish Admiralty have lately made a Demand of one Third of the twenty two Thousand registered Seamen from the different maritime Provinces of that Kingdom.
It is confidently reported, at the west End of the Town, that the Spaniards have now three powerful Fleets at Sea, one at the Havannah, and two more ready to act as Occasion requires.
It is reported that an Account had been lately received from Galem, on the Coast of Africa, that Money was never known so scarce nor Slaves so dear as at present, most of the Storehouses being full of Goods, as they cannot be sold but to Disadvantage.
It is reported that the Colony Agents intend to make Application to Parliament for Leave to establish Mints for the coining of Silver Currency in America.
They write from Cork that for many Years there has not been known a greater Demand for the Exportation of all Sorts of Irish Provisions, particularly Butter, several Thousand Barrels of which are now shipping for Holland and Hamburg.
It is reported that the Court of Lisbon hath lately made some extraordinary Concessions in Favour of the British Commerce, the Particulars of which have not yet transpired.
Yesterday came on, before the Lord Chancellor, at Lincoln's Inn Hall, a Petition, signed by a Number of the Creditors of Mr. Fordyce, late a Bankrupt, complaining of the Allowances, or Gifts, made by several other Creditors, without the Consent of the Petitioners, to Mr. James, Mr. Neal, and Mr. Down, late Partners with Mr. Fordyce, and praying that the same may be set aside; and likewise praying that the present Assignees might be discharged, or another added to those already appointed. After hearing Counsel fully on all Sides, his Lordship observed, that as to the first Part of the Prayer he could not set aside an Act which in itself was illegal and void, and entirely against the Statute; that as to the other Part prayed by the Petition, they were at Liberty to proceed to the Choice of another Assignee if they thought proper, but he was of Opinion that they could not do better than keep those Gentlemen of Integrity and Abilities already appointed. The above mentioned Petition was signed by near sixty Persons, Creditors to the Amount of twenty seven Thousand Pounds.
It is said that in Consequence of some recent Disputes a patriotick Society at the west End of the Town will absolutely be dissolved.
Extract of a Letter from Paris, October 26.
Not long ago there was a considerable Sale of Furniture and other Effects at a Gentleman's Seat near Fontainbleau, which drew together a great Number of Brokers and others, many of whom were permitted to eat in the House, on which Occasion they made Use of the Kitchen Utensils; but some of these being badly tinned, twenty seven Persons who eat of Things cooked in them were taken ill, ten of whom have died, and several others are not out of Danger."
A Correspondent from Chatham assures us that England never saw herself in Possession of so many fine Line of Battle Ships in Times of Peace as at present, the Number being little short of eighty; but says he must add a few melancholy Truths, that Timber fit for building large Ships was never known so scarce, worse Encouragement for good Seamen, nor fewer of them in actual Service; and concludes by remarking, that he knows seventy eight Lieutenants of tried Abilities now either Masters of trading Vessels or in foreign Employ; while a set of green Puppies, and powdered Macaronies, who do not know the Name of a Rope, are enjoying Part, and in full Career to the Possession of the Whale, of those Rewards which are only due to long and meritorious Service.
LIVERPOOL, November 13.
Extract of a Letter from Chester, November 10.
ON Thursday Night last, the 5th Instant, the Inhabitants of this City were thrown into the utmost Consternation by an instantaneous Shock, supposed at first to have been occasioned by the Violence of an Earthquake, as the Houses in every Quarter of the Town were shook to their Foundations. Vast Multitudes, overwhelmed with Surprise, immediately rushed into the Streets and Lanes, not knowing where to fly for Safety, fearful of Consequences which the Imagination depicted as big with every Danger and Distress. It was not long, however, before the real Cause was known; and a Scene of such complicated Misery presented itself that can hardly be exceeded by any Instance recorded in History. The preceding Day a Quantity of Gunpowder, upwards of eight Hundred Pounds Weight, had been deposited in a Warehouse in Watergate Street, under a Building known by the Name of Eaton's Room, in which one Williams, the Master of a Puppet Show, had for some Time past exhibited his Performances. The Company which these idle Amusements had drawn together, on the fatal Evening, was very great (may such another Evening never be known any Where) and in the Midst of their Merriment, the Powder, by what Accident is not known, took Fire, and in a Moment most of the unhappy People were buried under a prodigious Heap of Ruins; some were thrown into neighbouring Courts, scorched and contused, and a few, of very few, had the good Fortune to escape with no other Hurt than a slight Burn, or a small Scratch. The Numbers that flocked from all Parts to view the Place where Destruction had so suddenly fallen upon the Heads of many of their Fellow Citizens stood amazed at the Display of so much Horror; but the Groans and Sirens of the yet alive miserable Sufferers soon awoke their Humanity. Every Hand then lent a willing Assistance; vast Heaps of Stone and Timber were immediately removed, and the Bodies that had any Remains of Life in them, as fast as they were raised from the Ruins, were either carefully conveyed to their Friends in the different Parts of the City, or to that noble, that truly beneficent Establishment, the general Infirmary, where the Physicians and Surgeons, uninfluenced by any other Motive than the publick Good, have so largely contributed, by their Knowledge and Assistance in their several Departments, to promote the Design of so excellent a Charity, stood ready to afford every possible Relief to the miserable Objects that were presented to them. It is impossible to come at the Knowledge of the exact Number of those who shared in this shocking Calamity; the Account on which we can most depend is that the Killed, and those since dead, amount to twenty three; and those that were much burnt, had Contusions, or broken Limbs, to eighty, most of which are likely to recover. Williams himself, his Wife, and three or four of the same Family, are of the Number of the Dead. Several promising Youths are alike lost to their Parents and the Community, but how many Heads of Families have fallen undistinguished we must leave to the prying Eye and the relieving Hand of Charity to find out; and we doubt not but her benign Influence once exerted will quickly penetrate the most retired Recesses of the Wretched, and wipe away the Tears of the mourning Widow and the weeping Orphan."
Extract of another Letter from Chester, of the same Date.
"I have seen and talked with a black Man who was in the Room at the Time of the Accident; he is miserably burnt, as are all those that are saved. The Account he gave me was that he perceived a blue Fire under

the Floor, and in an Instant the Building blew up, and they were all in the Air jumbled together. He says he recovered his Sense when in the Air, and is certain he must have ascended very high, as he was long in coming down, and that he fell upon some Persons which prevented his being killed.
"There was a Couple destroyed who had from their Infancy entertained a mutual Affection, and were designed by their Parents, for each other. The young Man was a very promising Youth, but I hope they are now in an Union from which they can never be severed; the Parents of both are distracted. The young Woman was an only Daughter, and would have had a handsome Fortune."
WILLIAMSBURG, December 31.
T HE Master of a Glasgow Ship arrived in Rappahannock, from Havre de Grace, reports that the King of Prussia's taking Possession of the City of Dantzick had given great Umbrage to the Court of France, and that it was every Day expected War would be declared against that Monarch; which, in all Probability, will involve Europe in the same Calamity.
We hear from Boston that Admiral Montague, upon receiving some Despatches from England, was preparing to sail for Rhode Island with some Ships of War, and that two Regiments are ordered there from New York. It is likewise said, that a Motion was intended to be made, the next Session of Parliament, to have the Charter of that Colony vacated.
[Marriages.] Mr. JERMAN BAKER, Attorney at Law, near Peterburg, to Mrs. MURRAY, Relict of the late Mr. James Murray, of Prince George.
Mr. WILLIAM RANDOLPH, of Chesterfield, to Miss POLLY KENNEDY, Daughter of the late Colonel Richard Kennon, of Charles City.
The Peggy, Fisher, from Liverpool, is arrived in James River.
We wish our Customers a happy NEW YEAR; and acknowledge the Receipt of the New Year's Gift from one of them, which shall have a Place in our next, as well as the Acrostick upon Miss MILLY DIXON of Fredericksburg by a young Gentleman of fourteen.
Advertisements.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 5, 1773.
MR. Patrick Henry, Junior, of Hanover, having been obliging enough to undertake to finish all such Causes of my Clients as remain undetermined in the General Court, I desire that they will be pleased to correspond with, and furnish him with proper Instructions.
As Mr. Henry is at a Distance from this Place, I will very gladly do any Thing in my Power towards expediting the Suits, forwarding Subpoenas, &c. between this Time and the succeeding General Court, when I shall deliver all Papers into his Hands, unless directed to the contrary. In most of the Suits still depending I have received a very inconsiderable Part of the Fees, and in many none at all; but if in any Case it should be thought that more has been paid me than my Services deserved, I shall be ready to refund it.
RO. C. NICHOLAS.
FREDERICKSBURG, January 1, 1773.
THE short Notice of my Sale preventing the Attendance of Purchasers, I propose selling the same Slaves at the same Place ( Fredericksburg ) on the 3d of February, if fair, otherwise next fair Day. Credit will be allowed for one Half till the 1st Day of May, and for the other Half till the 1st of November next; the Purchasers to get the Engagement of some Merchant to undertake for Payment at the Time appointed. The few that attended the former Sale can testify that they never saw so many young and likely Slaves at one Sale. As I sell forty three, and twenty more are now appointed to be sold on the same Day, and as I shall have a Dozen to hire out, it is supposed any Person that wants may suit himself. Those that hire to give Bond and Security for the Payment of the Hire, and delivering up the Slaves at the Expiration of the Year.
JAMES MERCER.
KING & QUEEN, January 1, 1773.
I INTEND to leave the Colony immediately, for a few Months. I have for Sale a CHURCH ORGAN, which, for Elegance and Sweetness of Tone, is inferior to none on the Continent. The whole Case is polished Mahogany, the Pipes gilt, and the Imagery which adorns it striking, and as large as the Life. The Price is two Hundred Pounds, which is vastly under the prime Cost. The Payment will be made quite easy to the Purchaser. It now stands in Stratton Major Church . Apply to John Tayloe Corbin, Esquire, or the Subscriber.
WILLIAM DUNLAP.
JANUARY 1, 1773.
THE Sale of Mr. Roger Dixon's Estate, after three Days, being interrupted by bad Weather, and another Day being appointed, on which Nobody met, Wednesday the 20th of this Instant , and the following Days, will be sold the Remainder of the said Estate, consisting of a Number of Lots in the Town of Fredericksburg , some of which have Improvements, near three Hundred Acres of LAND adjoining the Town, and a Tract of about three Hundred Acres, three Miles distant, payable the 15th of December next, with a Variety of good HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, and a few SLAVES, for which Credit will be allowed only until the 10th of June, upon Bond, with approved Security, being given to
JOHN DIXON, Administrator.
HANOVER Town, January 1, 1773.
I HEREBY give Notice that against the 1st of March next the Business now under my Management will be put into the Hands of Mr. John Davis , who has full Power to settle and collect the Debts due to Messrs. Murdoch, Donalds, and Company , contracted at the Stores kept at Bayside's by Mr. William Donald , and at this Place by me. As many People have hitherto put off the Settlement of their Accounts, they cannot expect longer Indulgence, unless their Debts are ascertained; for which Purpose I will give constant Attendance here till the 1st of March, except the Time of the Merchant's meeting in Williamsburg , and some of the adjoining County Court Days, which can be no Inconvenience to those who come to settle, as Mr. Davis , who is thoroughly acquainted with the Business, will then attend. The Debts due to Messrs. Andrew Cochran, Robert Donald, and Company , will be collected by Mr. Richard Norris , as formerly.
JOHN JOHNSON.
IN Pursuance of a Decree of the County Court of Spotsylvania will be sold, at Concord Forge , in said County, on Monday the 25th of January, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, the Tract of LAND whereon the said Forge stands, containing nine Hundred Acres; also a Tract containing six Hundred Acres, about six Miles from the said Forge, whereon Thomas Poole formerly lived, both Tracts having good Houses on them; likewise twelve likely Virginia born SLAVES, together with all the HORSES, HOGS, HOUSE and KITCHEN FURNITURE, belonging to the said Poole , to satisfy a Debt to the Honourable John Tayloe, Esquire . Credit will be allowed the Purchasers for the Slaves and Stocks until the 25th of October next, on giving Bond and Security; the Bonds to bear Interest from the Date if not punctually paid, and the Credit for the Lands will be agreed on at the Day of Sale, by the Subscriber.
ANTHONY THORNTON, Junior.
ACCOMACK, January 1, 1773.
A QUANTITY of damaged GOODS put into my Hands by Captain John Lawment , of the Ship Phoenix , from Glasgow , saved out of the said Ship, which was stranded on the 20th Instant, on the Sea Side of this County, will be sold for the Benefit of the Insurers, or Owners, on Monday the 18th Instant, and continue till all are sold, at the House of Mr. Caleb Upshaw . They consist of various Kinds of WOOLLENS, Irish LINENS, German OSNABURGS, ROLLS, CLOAKS, HATS, CHEESE, and HABERDASHERY.
EDWARD KER.
N. B. The HULL of the SHIP, with her MASTS and YARDS, will be sold on the 20th of January, at Paramore Beach .
NORFOLK, January 2, 1773.
THE Hull and Materials of the Brigantine JOHN, Joseph Bradley Master , lately put into this Port in Distress, on her Voyage from Jamaica to London , will be sold at Vendue, on Tuesday the 12th of this Instant, for ready Money, for the Benefit of the Owners or Underwriters.
GEORGE KELLY, V. M.
SUNDRY damaged GOODS, consisting of NEGRO DUHL, BLANKETS, a PAIR MATRASS, and WOMENS FID GLOVES and MITTS, imported in the Unity , Captain Goosley , from London , will be sold at a publick Vendue, for the Benefit of the Insurers, at the St. George Tavern , in York Town, on Tuesday the 19th Instant (January).
GEORGE RIDDELL.
For LEITH and ALLOA, The Brigantine CHARMING MALLY,
NOW lying at Lawson's Bay , in Rappahannock , a prime Sailer, well found, and has excellent Accommodation for Passengers, having two Thirds of her Cargo ready to go on Board, and will be clear to sail by the 1st of February. Those who incline to go Passengers are desired to apply to Mr. David Blair , Merchant in Fredericksburg , Mr. James Lang , Merchant at Hobb's Tide , or the Subscriber.
JOHN MILLER.
To be LET on CHARTER to any Part of EUROPE, THE Brig ABBY, John Herbert Master , Burthen from seven to eight Thousand Bushels of Grain, has made only two Voyages, not quite twelve Months off the Stocks, and is well fitted. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in Norfolk .
JOHN GREENWOOD.
To be LET on CHARTER to any Part of EUROPE, THE Brig MOLLY, John Collins Master , Burthen about seven Thousand Bushels of Grain, and eighteen Months old. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in Norfolk .
JOHN GREENWOOD.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on the Premises, on Wednesday the 27th Instant (January) pursuant to a Decree of James City Court .
THE HOUSE and LOTS, near the Capitol, belonging to the Estate of Christophers Wyse , deceased. Three Months Credit will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to
JOHN BROWN, Sheriff.
To be SOLD at publick Auction, on the Premises, pursuant to the Will of Mrs. Frances Arnett, deceased, on Wednesday the 20th of January,
THE PLANTATION and Tract of LAND whereon Mrs. Arnett lately lived, lying on Black Creek , in New Kent , containing four Hundred Acres, whereon is a very good Dwellinghouse, and several convenient Outhouses; the Situation is very agreeable, and convenient to Church, Court, and Mill; the Soil is good for Tobacco, Wheat, and Corn, and the Plantation in very good Order for Cropping. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for one Half the Purchase Money, and eighteen Months Credit for the other Half, the Purchaser giving Bond, with good Security, to the Executors.
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To be SOLD, on Wednesday the 27th of this Instant (January) if fair, otherwise next fair Day, at the Dwellinghouse of the late Mrs. McPherson of Caroline,
THE Tract of LAND whereon she lived, containing two Hundred and fifty Acres, with a good Dwellinghouse and other Outhouses, all in good Repair, and the Land fit for Cropping. Also twenty seven exceeding valuable SLAVES, together with Stocks of black CATTLE, HORSES, and SHEEP, being the Donation of the late Mr. Archibald McPherson , and now vested in the Trustees of the Town of Fredericksburg , for charitable Uses. The Stock, and Part of the other Estate, will be sold at short Credit, to raise three Hundred Pounds to pay off the Debts of Mr. McPherson , and the Remainder to be sold on the following Terms: Purchasers of a Hundred Pounds to have Credit for seven Years, paying Interest annually from the Date, on giving landed Security, at the Charge of the Purchaser; but if annual Interest be unpaid for two Months after it is due, the Principal to be called in. Purchasers under a Hundred Pounds to have Credit for one Year, bearing Interest from the Sale, on giving Bond and Security to the Trustees of Fredericksburg .
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To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, before Mr. Benjamin Johnston's Door in Fredericksburg, on Wednesday the 3d of February next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
ABOUT twenty likely Virginia born SLAVES, one Half the Money for which is to be paid down, and twelve Months Credit allowed for the other Half, giving Bond and good Security, bearing Interest from the Date, provided the Bonds are not discharged when they become due. At the same Time and Place will be sold about four Hundred Acres of exceeding fine Tobacco and Grain LAND, at the South West Mountains in Orange , about four Miles below the Courthouse. The Terms for the LAND will be agreed on at the Day of Sale.
To be SOLD, or LET on CHARTER to the West Indies, Great Britain, or Ireland,
THE Snow LANCASTER, Burthen five Thousand Bushels, or two Hundred and thirteen Hogheads of Tobacco, now lying in Coroman-tan . For Terms apply to the Subscribers, living on Coroman-tan .
HARVEY & DEANS.
I THE Subscriber do Purpose to sell the Place I Live on or I'll trade it for young Negroes or I'll Lease it for a term of years there is by Computation 230 acres of Land Near fifty Low grounds it Lyeth on appomattox River in Prince Edward County opposite to the Court house and is Convenient to all the Profits our Settlement affords us But I expect my Wife will not make over her Right by Reason I am obliged to advertise her to prevent farther Milchief Since She has taken up with others and be Ly'd me and has threatened to burn my house and to Poyson my Creatures and trades away my affex Privately underhanded and Causes the Children to do it too there fore to Prevent her trading to Reuigning me I herefore Warn all Persons from trading with my Wife Judith Hall or the Children at any Rate at all or even borrowing of them or Lending to them without an order from me Since She is intended to Destroy what I have. I will Pay no Debt of her Contracting
WILLIAM HALL.
all things doth seem for to Decay When Passion Drives and avaris Leads the way November 15th 1772
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Sunday the 27th of December, an indentured Servant Lad named JAMES PATTERSON , about five Feet eight Inches high, a well set Fellow, of a fair Complexion, short brown Hair which curls very much, and had on, when he went away, a Buff coloured Jeans Coat, a blue Broadcloth Waistcoat, Buckskin Breeches, an Osnaburg Shirt, Virginia made Shoes, and a very good Hat, and took with him sundry other Clothes. He ran away last June, changed his Name, and got on Board a Ship in Order to make his Escape out of the Country, which may probably be his Intention now. I hereby forewarn all Masters or Owners of Vessels from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony, at their Peril. Whoever secures him so that I may get him again shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward; or THREE POUNDS if delivered to me in Charles City .
ALEXANDER GORDON.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on the 24th of last Month (December) an Apprentice Boy named BENJAMIN HOPE BLASIN-GHAM , about seventeen Years old, of the middle Size, with a down Look, long black Hair tied behind, and has served about three Years to the Tailor's Business; he had on, when he went away, a light Duffel Coat about Half worn, with large yellow Metal Buttons on it, a striped Virginia Cloth Waistcoat, and a Pair of Virginia Jeans Breeches, of a greenish Colour, quite new. On the 26th of the same Month he stole from Mr. Willis Wills , of King and Queen County , a small bright bay MARE about four Feet two or three Inches high, trots and gallops well, and has a small dark Star in her Forehead, a Snip on her Nose, a few Saddle Spots, and had on a Saddle when stolen away. Whoever will deliver the said Apprentice, with the Mare and Saddle, to me in Gloster County , near the Courthouse, shall have the above Reward, or for either of them FIVE DOLLARS.
HENRY HALL.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 1, 1773.
RUN away, last Monday Night, a new Negro Boy about five Feet two or three Inches high, fifteen Years old, or thereabouts, very likely, and speaks but few Words of English ; he had on, when he went away, a new brown Blanket Jacket with large white Metal Buttons, old blue Breeches without Lining, Country knit brown Stockings, and a light Pair of Shoes with Straps. He was purchased last November of Mr. Adam Fleming , Merchant at Cabin Point , when in Williamsburg . Whoever secures him so that he may be had, or delivers him at the Post Office, shall be rewarded according to the Trouble they may be at.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, in Sussex, near the Chapel, on Rockton Swamp, the 16th of November, a gray fleabitten MARE about four Feet six or seven Inches high, six Years old, paces naturally, is Cat-hammed, has a hanging Mane and Tail, and had on a good Saddle and Bridle when lost. Whoever will bring the said Mare to me, or give me Intelligence where I may get her, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward.
GEORGE LONG, Junior.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 31, 1772.
JUST arrived, in the Unity, Captain Goosley, and to be sold at John Carter's Store , for ready Money, a Variety of fresh GARDEN SEEDS, namely, Early Golden Hotspur Peas, Early Charlton Peas, Ledman's Dwarf Peas , short Sugar Peas, Dwarf Marrow Peas, Long Pod Beans, Windjer Beans , Canterbury Dwarf Kidney Beans , Silver Skin Onion Seed, Carrot Seed, white round Turnip Seed, Salmon Radish Seed, Spinage, solid Celery, curled Parsley, curled Cress, Early Dwarf Sugar Loaf Cabbage, large Ditto, large English Ditto , best Celoflower Seed, purple and green Broccoli, white Cole Lettuce, Silesia Ditto , best Hyson Teas at eighteen, twenty, and twenty two Shillings and Sixpence a Pound, Bohea Tea at five shillings, best Jar Raisins and Currants, white and brown Sugar Candy, and a Variety of Paper Hangings.
DECEMBER 26, 1772.
AS the Day appointed for the Sale of our Land, Forge, Mill, &c. was very bad, we have postponed the Sale till the 8th of next Month, when we purpose to sell according to our former Advertisement.
PHILIP P. EDMONDSON.
I also have a Piece of LAND in Middlesex , containing about three Hundred and twenty Acres, which I will sell that Day very cheap. Part of the Money to be paid down.
PHILIP P. EDMONDSON.
JONATHAN PROSSER, TAILOR, WILLIAMSBURG,
RETURNS Thanks to his Customers, and others from whom he has received Favours, and begs Leave to acquaint them that he continues his Business in all its Branches, which, from many Years Experience in London , he is bold to say he understands as well as any Man in Europe , and has given the greatest Satisfaction to all Gentlemen of Fashion and Dignity who have been pleased to employ him in Virginia . In Order to enable him the better to fulfil his Engagements, as well as to support his Family, he gives this publick Notice, that he is determined to work for none but such as choose to pay him upon the Delivery of their Clothes. The many bad Payments he has laboured under induces him to take this Method, on Account of which he has suffered by Law suits, as well as for Family Necessaries, which are almost innumerable, and demand immediate Cash. If any Gentlemen please to employ him upon these Terms they shall have their Business well executed, without any Disappointments; and those who are indebted to him are desired to make immediate Payment, to prevent Suits being commenced against them.
I will pay twelve Shillings and Sixpence weekly to Journeymen who understand their Business well.
JONATHAN PROSSER.
JOHN BRUCE, M. A.
WILL give very good Encouragement to a Person of irreproachable Morals, capable of assisting him to teach the GREEK, LATIN, and ENGLISH LANGUAGES . Such a Person's being acquainted with the different Branches of the MATHEMATICKS , and excelling in WRITING , will be an additional Recommendation. Application may be made to himself, at his own Room, over against the Church, Head of Cumberland Street, Norfolk .
COBHAM, December 31, 1772.
AS the Time of Credit allowed at the Sales of the Estate of the deceased James R. Bradby expired the 25th of this Month, and as the Creditors promise no longer Indulgence, Notice is hereby given to all Persons indebted on that, or any other Account, to make immediate Payment, otherwise they must expect to be called upon in a more rigorous Manner. The Gentlemen who purchased at the Sales in the Counties of Amelia and Cumberland are requested to discharge their Bonds before or at the next ensuing January Meeting of the Merchants in Williamsburg , where I will attend for that Purpose. The Creditors who have not already are now desired to make known their Claims, in Order to a Settlement.
WILLIAM HAY.
PETERSBURG, December 15, 1772.
LANDED from on Board the Brilliant, Captain Bennet , from Glasgow , a Hundred and ten IRON POTS , ten SKILLETS , six Pair of EIKE DOGS , and three Faggots of STEEL , for which no Bills of Lading were granted. Any Person or Persons having a Property in these Articles are desired to apply to
EDWARD BRISBANE.
CEDAR POINT WAREHOUSE, near PETERSBURG, DECEMBER 16, 1772.
WHEREAS James Foster, on the 4th Instant, came to the said Warehouse, and, after many Hogheads of Tobacco had been inspected and entered as usual on our Book, applied to us for Notes for four Hogheads numbered as follows:
   No. G. T. N.     560 1255 132 1123   561 1200 125 1075   562 1175 128 1047   563 1240 131 1109  
alleging that the same were his Property, and no Person appearing to contradict his Claim, we, not suspicious of any fraudulent Design in him, gave Notes accordingly, but in some short Time after one of the real Proprietors came to the said Warehouse, asserted and proved his Right to one of the said Hogheads of Tobacco, and informed us that others had the same Right to other of the above described Hogheads. The Intention of this Advertisement is therefore to guard any Person from Imposition by purchasing the said Notes, or any of them, as they will not be delivered under the Notes so fraudulently obtained by the said Foster , as we do not know that either of the Hogheads were really his, but have good Reason to suspect the contrary.
WILLIAM EPPES, } Inspectors. WILLIAM PEGRAM, }
TAKEN from off the Table at Crutchfield's Warehouse, in Hanover County , the 15th of this Instant (December) a Note for four Hogheads of Tobacco, signed Clarke and Wingfield , which are marked and numbered as follows:
   No. 1 1210 150 1060.     2 1290 167 1123.   3 1275 135 1140.   4 1289 137 1152.  
All Persons are hereby forewarned from purchasing the above Tobacco Note, unless it be from the right Owner.
JOSEPH ISBELL.
To be LET on CHARTER to any Part of Europe, THE Ship MERMAID , Joseph Yewart Master , Burthen about four Hundred Hogheads. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in No. 20 .
JOHN GREENWOOD.
Who has for Sale a Quantity of small SALT, imported in the said Ship from Liverpool .

LIFE! the dear precarious Boon! Soon we lose, alas! how soon! Fleeting Vision, falsely gay! Grasped in vain, it fades away; Mixing with surrounding Shades, Lovely Vision! how it fades! Let the Muse, in Fancy's Glass, Catch the Phantoms as they pass: See they rise! a Nymph behold Careless, wanton, young, and bold; Mark her devious hasty Pace, Antick Dress, and thoughtless Face, Smiling Cheeks, and roving Eyes, Causeless Mirth, and vain Surprise; Tripping at her Side, a Boy Shares her Wonder, and her Joy; This is Folly, Childhood's Guide, This is Childhood at her Side. What is she succeeding now, Myrtles blooming on his Brow, Bright and blushing as the Morn, Not on Earth a Mortal born? Shafts to pierce the Strong I view, Wings the Flying to pursue; Victim of his Power, behind Stalks a Slave of human Kind, Whose Disdain of all the Free Speaks his Mind's Captivity. Love's the Tyrant, Youth the Slave, Youth in vain is wise or brave; Love with conscious Pride defies All the Brave, and all the Wise. Who art thou, with anxious Mien, Stealing o'er the shifting Scene? Eyes with tedious Vigils red, Sighs, by Doubts and Withes bred, Cautious Step, and glancing Leer, Speak thy Woes, and speak thy Fear; Arm in Arm, what Wretch is he, Like thyself, who walks with thee? Like thy own his Fears and Woes, All thy Pangs his Bosom knows: Well, too well! my bodied Breast Knows the Names your Looks suggest, Anxious, busy, restless Pair! Manhood, link'd by Fate to Care. Wretched State! and yet 'tis dear; Fancy, close the Prospect here! Close it, or recall the past, Spare my Eyes, my Heart, the last. Vain the Wish! the last appears, While I gaze it swims in Tears; Age, my future Self, I trace Moving slow with feeble Pace, Bending with Disease and Cares, All the Load of Life he bears; White his Locks, his Village wan, Strength, and Ease, and Hope, are gone. Death, the shadowy Form I know! Death o'er-takes him, dreadful Foe! Swift they vanish, mournful Sight, Night succeeds, impervious Night! What these dreadful Gloom conceal, Fancy's Glass can ne'er reveal; When shall Time the Veil remove? When shall Light the Scene improve? When shall Truth my Doubts dispel? Awful Period! who can tell!
To be LET on CHARTER, for London or Glasgow, THE Ship VULTURE, John Sawin Master, now lying in Appomattox River, Burthen about four Hundred Hogheads. For Terms apply to the Captain on Board, or the Subscriber, in Petersburg. (2) RICHARD BOOKER.
To be LET on CHARTER to any Port in GREAT BRITAIN, THE Brigantine RENFREW, about four Hundred Hogheads Burthen, a new Vessel, Boston built, now lying at Norfolk. Apply to Mr. James Lyle, Merchant in Manchester, James River, or Mr. James Ingram, Merchant in Norfolk. (11)
To be SOLD by publick Auction, on the Premises, on Wednesday the 27th of January, pursuant to a Decree of the County Court of James City, THE HOUSES and LOT, on the main Street in the City of Williamsburg, where the late Mrs. Catherine Blaikley, deceased, lived, adjoining the Lots of Mr. Charles Taliaferro, and opposite those of John Blair, Esquire. Six Months Credit will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving Bond, with good Security, to THOMPSON SWANN.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in King William, on the 23d Instant (December) a yellow Negro Fellow named AENEAS, very stout, and well made, has a few Pits of the Smallpox in his Face, and is by Trade a Gardener. He had committed a Robbery, and expected to suffer for it, which was the Cause of his Elopement. It is expected he carried with him a sorrel HORSE about fourteen Hands high, with a flaxen Main and Tail, undocked, and I fear will endeavour immediately to get out of the Colony. I will give a general Reward to any Person who will apprehend and deliver to me the said Fellow and Horse, and I do expressly forewarn all Masters of Vessels from carrying him out of the Country. CARTER BRAXTON.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Middlesex, two Negroes; one of them is a short black Fellow, named WATCH, and formerly belonged to James Mills, Esquire, of Urbanna, who sold him to Edmund Wilcox of Amberst; the other is a middle sized Mulatto Fellow, named BARNABY, who formerly belonged to Mr. Augustine Smith of this County, but now says he belongs to Mr. Thomas Crawford of Brunswick. The Owners may have them on proving their Properties, and paying Charges to (21) JAMES WORTHAM, Jailer.
WHEREAS Thomas Owen of Pittsylvania has my Bond for a Hundred and ten Pounds, in Consideration of a Tract of Land in Prince Edward, for which he can make no legal Right, I take this Method to inform the Publick not to take an Assignment of the same, as I will not pay it before a just Title is obtained. WILLIAM WOOTTON.
To be R E N T E D, THE STORE, COUNTING ROOM, and large WAREHOUSE, with many Divisions in it, wherein Mr. William McWhann formerly kept Store. For Terms apply to me, in Blandford. JOHN BAIRD.
RICHMOND, December 15, 1772. INTEND for ENGLAND soon. JOHN ELAM, Junior.
To be SOLD, at the late Dwelling-House of Colonel John Fleming, deceased, in Cumberland County, on Thursday the 21st of January next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
ABOUT fifty choice SLAVES, among whom there is a good Blacksmith, and several other valuable Tradesmen. Also Stocks of HORSES, CATTLE, and SHEEP, a large Quantity of CORN and FODDER, PLANTATION UTENSILS, and several other useful Articles. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to the Executor.
N. B. The Bonds are to carry Interest from the Date if not discharged when due. An exceeding fine Plantation to be rented at any Time before the Sale.
COMMITTED to York Prison, a Negro Man named JACK, who says that he belongs to Captain Robert Walker of Charles City; he is five Feet seven or eight Inches high, has a Lump over his left Eye, and keeps it Half-shut. He has on a blue Half-thicks Coat with white Metal Buttons, an Osnaburg Shirt and Trousers, and Virginia made Stockings and Shoes. The Owner is desired to fetch him away, and pay Charges to WILLIAM MITCHELL.
STOLEN out of the Subscriber's Pasture the 22d of October last, a BAY HORSE about four Feet and a Half High, with some white Hairs on his Withers, paces and trots, and branded on the near Buttock I P. Whoever delivers the said Horse to me, in the great Fork of Culpeper, or contrives me Word where I may get him, shall have THIRTY SHILLINGS Reward. JAMES POLLARD.
STOLEN from the Subscriber's Plantation, in Essex County, on the 10th or 12th of November last, a likely BAY MARE about four Feet six or seven Inches high, very forward with Foal, has a Star in her Forehead, and on her Back, about six or seven Inches from her Ears, she has a white Streak which was occasioned by the Cut of a Rope, a dark hanging Mane and Switch Tail, white hind Legs, and is branded on the near Buttock R Y. Also a SUTTY coloured GRAY HORSE, four Years old last Spring, about four Feet six or seven Inches high, with a dark hanging Mane and Sprig Tail, cannot recollect that he is branded, but if he is it is R W on one of his Buttocks. Whoever will deliver the said Horse and Mare to the Subscriber shall have FIVE POUNDS Reward for both, or FIFTY SHILLINGS for either of them; and TWENTY POUNDS upon Conviction of the Thief, if a white Man. ROBERT P. WARING.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a dark bay HORSE about ten or twelve Years old, four Feet eight or nine Inches high, with a Blaze Face, white hind Legs, paces, trots, and gallops. Potted, and appraised to twelve Pounds. FRANCIS GOODE.
TAKEN up, a BLACK MARE about four Years old, four Feet three Inches high, a Star in her Forehead, not docked, branded on the off Shoulder and Buttock ¶. Potted, and appraised to five Pounds. (11) ABRAM PAYN.
TAKEN up, in Bedford, a middle sized BLACK HORSE about ten Years old, has some Saddle Spots, and one of his Hips a little lower than the other, no Brand perceivable. Potted, and appraised to four Pounds. GEORGE CALDWELL.
TAKEN up, in Albemarle, a BRIGHT BAY MARE about four Feet seven Inches high, ten Years old, paces, trots, and gallops, had on a large Bell, and branded on the near Buttock C C in a Piece, and F F, the one above the other. Potted and appraised to six Pounds. (11) JESSE MOORE.
TREASURY OFFICE, December 16, 1772.
I CANNOT sufficiently express my Astonishment that so little Punctuality was observed by many Collectors of the Duties and Taxes, as well as others indebted to the Treasury, in the Payments they ought to have made at the last General Court and the late Meeting of the Merchants. I know it has been insinuated by some that I am inclined to be over rigorous, but let all such consider how very essential it is to the Honour of this great Country that the Credit of its publick Treasury should be effectually maintained, and let them inform me how I am to answer the Demands of the publick Creditors, and be prepared to exchange the Treasury Notes, unless the Duties and Taxes imposed for these Purposes are regularly collected and paid. When I had the Honour of being first appointed to this Office it is very well known how Matters stood; many Collectors, largely indebted, were dead, and I found many innocent Securities unhappily involved in the greatest Difficulties. Under these Circumstances I judged it most advisable to reduce Things to Order by Degrees, having Regard to the ultimate Security of the Publick. By pursuing this Method I am convinced much has been saved, and flatter myself it will be found that very few, if any, Debts will be lost which were not desperate before I had any Thing to do with them. But Indulgencies of every Kind must now be at an End, and my Duty compels me to acquaint all concerned that I shall hold myself indispensably obliged, without Respect of Persons, to put the Laws into the strictest Execution against all such as continue in Arrear after the 25th of January next, when another general Meeting of the Merchants is expected; and that I shall, in future, after the End of every General Court, think it necessary to publish an exact List of every Defaulters. I desire the several Clerks to send me the proper Lists and Copies of the Collectors Bonds given from Time to Time, that I may be prepared to enforce a Performance of the Conditions of them. I must also request the several High Sheriffs to make up their Accounts for their whole Counties at once; and, to avoid the Confusion that may be introduced into the Office by the Remissions of many Under Sheriffs, as well as other Collectors, I declare, once for all, that I will receive no partial Payments. Finding that such Part of the Fund as was expected to arise from Ordinary Licenses is likely to be diminished, and it having been represented to me that this is owing to many Ordinary Keepers failing to renew their Licenses regularly, I must beg it as a Favour of the Gentlemen Deputy Attorneys to give some Attention to this Business, and I will, on Demand, pay all Fees that may arise in such Prosecutions as they may think necessary to engage in, where they cannot be had of the Delinquents. (6) RO. C. NICHOLAS, Treasurer.
To be SOLD at Hanover Courthouse, on the 4th of February next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, ABOUT twelve choice Virginia born SLAVES. A Credit will be allowed the Purchasers till the 1st of May next, on giving Bond and good Security. If the Money arising from the Sale is not paid on the Day it becomes due, Interest is to be paid from the Date of the Bond. (411)
For SALE, in the Town of NEWCASTLE, A LARGE two Story DWELLINGHOUSE, with three commodious Rooms on a Floor, each with a Fireplace. It is exceedingly well calculated for a Tavern, and is pleasantly situated near the River. The Terms may be known of the Subscriber, near the Premises. (11) W. JOHNSON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at Peterf- burg, about the Middle of September last, a very likely Negro Man named PHILL, about twenty Years of Age, of a yellow Complexion, and about five Feet nine Inches high, proportionably made. He is a Native of Africa, but speaks broken English, having been some Years in the West Indies, and has lost two Joints off two of his Fingers on his right Hand. Had on, when he went away, an Osnaburg Shirt, an old Virginia Cloth Waistcoat, with a new Negro Cotton Jacket over it, and a Pair of old Check Trousers. As he has been used to the Sea, he will probably endeavour to get on Board some Ship and make his Escape out of the Colony; all Masters of Vessels are therefore forewarned from harbouring or carrying him off, at their Peril. I will give THREE POUNDS Reward to any Person who will deliver said Slave to me, or to Mr. Hugh McMeikin at Portsmouth, and FORTY SHILLINGS to secure him in any Jail, and give Notice thereof. (tf) THOMAS GORDON.
THE Subscriber has for Sale about seven Thousand Acres of LAND, four Thousand of which lie in the County of Buckingham, known by the Name of the Buckingham Tract, and is all very valuable high Land; the other Tract, which lies on both Sides of Willis's Creek, in the Counties of Buckingham and Cumberland, contains upwards of four Hundred Acres of exceeding rich low Ground, and very good high Land, with Tobacco Houses, and others, sufficient for twenty Hands. It will be sold in Lots, or altogether, as may be agreed on, and will be shown by Mr. Cary Harrison, at the Fork of Willis's Creek. For Terms apply to (8) ARCHIBALD CARY.
For SALE, FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE ACRES OF LAND, IN HALIFAX COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
THE said Land lies about six Miles above Halifax Town, is well wooded and watered, the Soil good for Corn, Wheat, &c. and affords as good Range, for Stock of all Kinds, as any Land in the County. There is a remarkable fine Apple Orchard on the Place, a good Dwelling-House, and sundry Outhouses. For Terms apply to Mr. William Hendrie, who lives near the Premises, or to. (1011) JAMES AULD.
FOR SALE, ABOUT eleven Hundred Acres of LAND in Orange County, thirty Miles from Frederickburg, on the Road to the Courthouse. For Particulars inquire of Captain Reuben Daniel, who is empowered to treat for the same. The Land may be laid off in Parcels, as best suits, twelve Months allowed the Purchasers, and an indisputable Title will be made. (Tf) GEORGE DANIEL.
TWENTY POUNDS REWARD FOR apprehending JOHN HUTCHINSON, who ran away last Night from the Subscriber, in Lancaster. He is a Blacksmith by Trade, a likely stout Man, about five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, wore his own short dark Hair, and is a Yorkshirman, which may be easily known by his Dialect, is much given to Drink, and in which he is apt to be very noisy. He took with him a brown Duroy Coat lined with white Durat or Tammy; also a brown Water Dog with a white Face, which I expect is still with him, as he was a great Favourite. A short Time before he ran off he broke open the House of Mr. Anthony McQuade, and stole about forty Pounds. The above Reward will be paid to any Person who delivers the said Runaway and Cash, or TEN POUNDS for him alone, and FIVE POUNDS to have him secured in any Jail within this Colony. NOVEMBER 4, 1772. (Tf) THOMAS POLLARD.
A V E N D U E, For the SALE of MERCHANDISE, &c. is held by JOHN HART, In PHILADELPHIA, at the Corner of South and Front Streets. * * * Those that please to favour him with their Custom may depend on his best Endeavours to render satisfactory Sales. (12)
KING GEORGE, November 12, 1772. AS I intend for Britain next Spring, I would be glad to dispose of the Plantation whereon I now live, containing about four Hundred Acres of LAND, whereon are several valuable Peach and Apple Orchards. The House is large and commodious, with all necessary Outhouses, and commands a most agreeable Prospect of both Potomack and Rappahannock Rivers. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, on the Premises, within two Miles of Leeds. (tf) THOMAS OSWALD.
WARWICK, October 25, 1772. AS the Store formerly kept by Alexander Stewart at Rocky Ridge, for James and Robert Donald, and Company, is now broke up, and the Debts put into my Hands to collect, all those indebted for Dealings there are desired to pay off their Accounts immediately, or settle their Balances by Bond; and those who have any Demands against the Store are desired to apply to me for Payment. (tf) PATRICK HUNTER.
* * * Who has for Sale a TRACT of LAND lying on the Forks of Roanoke, in Mecklenburg County, containing about six Hundred Acres, on which is an exceeding good Dwelling-House, Storehouse, and other necessary Buildings, as also several valuable Improvements. As the Land lies within sixteen Miles of the Courthouse, and eighty from Peterfburg, it would answer any Person very well who intends keeping a back Store. (tf)
WARWICK, November 1, 1772. THE Subscriber has for Sale about five Thousand Acres of LAND lying in different Parts of Pittsylvania County, and mostly upon Smith's River, the Soil of which is well calculated either for making Tobacco or Hemp. The Terms may be known by applying to John Rowland, who lives near the Land, and will show it to any Person inclining to purchase. (tf) PATRICK HUNTER.
For SALE, A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND lying on both Sides of Hunting Creek, in Halifax County, containing five Hundred Acres, the Soil of which is exceeding good for Tobacco and Corn. There is a small Plantation cleared on the Land, which has been tended but a few Years, and two Tobacco Houses, an Overseer's House, and Negro Quarter almost new. Any Person inclining to purchase may apply to Colonel Paul Carrington, in Charlotte, who will show the Land, and is fully empowered to dispose of it. (tf)
To be SOLD, FOURTEEN Hundred Acres of exceeding good TOBACCO LAND in Stafford County, on the Branches of Aquia and Potomack Runs, extremely well timbered and watered, twelve Miles from Falmouth, and ten from Aquia. One Half the Land rents for thirty Pounds a Year; there is a small Plantation on the other Part the Land, and a Mill near the Plantation, if not privately sold, will be set up at twelve Hundred Pounds, on the 10th of October next. Also eleven Hundred Acres of Land on Rocky Run, in Fauquier County, the Rents of which amount to four Thousand one Hundred and thirty Pounds of Tobacco; either in Lots, or altogether, as may suit the Purchasers. An indisputable Title will be made to the Land, by the Trustees of Charles Carter. Tf