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L O N D O N, June 20.
H O U S E O F C O M M O N S.
A circumstantial Account of Friday's DEBATE on the QUEBEC BILL.
AFTER the Report on the Bill was read a first Time. Mr. Mackworth arose, and proposed a Clause to establish an optional Jury; he proceeded his Motion with speaking highly in Favour of the British Merchants who traded to Quebec, and the English Subjects resident there, and strongly recommended his Clause as a Protection for them against the French Laws.
Lord North recapitulated such Parts of the Evidence that had been produced at the Bar as suited his Purpose. He said, Governor Carleton had informed the House, that the Canadians had a Dislike to the English Laws in general; that it was his Opinion that giving the Canadians their old System of Laws would be the only Means of making them a happy People; that Mr. Hay, the Chief Justice, had said it was his Opinion that the Canadians at first might have been brought to like the English Laws, but since they had been so indulged they expected now nothing less than a Repeal of the Whole of the Laws by which they are governed at present; and that the Noblesse of the Country thought Trial by Jury was humiliating and degrading to them, as it subjected their Property to the Decision of Barbers and Tailors; that Mr. Mazzieres had to be sure said, that Juries he believed would be liked under proper Regulations, but the People of Canada did not choose to give their Time and Attendance for nothing; that Monsieur Lothbinere, on a Question being put to him whether he did not think the English Laws the best for the Canadians in general, said, "I make no Doubt but your Laws are good and wise, and make you a happy People, but I do not think they are suited to every Climate." His Lordship afterwards entered much upon the Subject of Juries, and said, the Canadians could have but a bad Opinion of English Juries, when a Grand Jury there had presented the Roman Catholicks as a Nuisance; he said, the Canadians in their Petition to the Throne had desired to have the Whole of their ancient Laws restored to them, which this Bill was meant to do; that, in his Opinion, the Trial by Jury was not necessary there; and that, by what he had been informed, the French Laws were sufficient to protect Property without it; that People had very industriously circulated a Report, that he had made a ministerial Question of this; he would assure the House, upon his Honour, he had not; that after once fixing the Government of Quebec in the Hands of this Nation, it was a Matter of Indifference to him what Law or Religion was established, so it made the People happy; that the British Merchants saying their Property would not be secure without English Laws, let Gentlemen recollect that British Merchants trade to all Parts of the World, and think their Property secure in Portugal or Spain, where they know the Roman Catholick Religion is the Religion of the Land, and that the Number of old or English Subjects, in Canada, were so few in Number, that the Cries of 150,000 ought to be given Way to in Preference of only 360.
Serjeant Glynn arose, and recapitulated the Parts of the Evidence which the Noble Lord had so ingeniously settled; he said, the Noble Lord had laid great Stress on the Imprudence of the Grand Jury presenting the Roman Catholicks as a Nuisance, and seemed to think for that Reason they ought to have the Trial by Jury taken away. Did the Noble Lord never recollect that the British House of Commons had committed equally flagrant Acts of Injustice, and that if the Reason for abolishing held good in one Point it ought in the other? Yet he sincerely hoped that that House would never be taken away; for, bad and corrupt as it was, it still remained some Safeguard to the People. He afterwards launched forth into the Praise of Juries, and mentioned many particular Circumstances where Juries had been found extremely beneficial to the Welfare of the Publick; he afterwards stated the Account of the seizing the State Papers of Mr. Wilkes, the General Warrants, &c. he said, all State Causes would be carried as desired, was it not for Juries; he mentioned the Affair of Hampden concerning Ship Money, and concluded with saying, that the 10th Day of June, 1774, would be handed down to Posterity as a Day when the Members of a British House of Commons preferred Popery and French Laws to the established Religion and Laws of their own Country; and at the same Time, that Trials by Jury, which their Forefathers accounted a Blessing, they deemed a Curse.
The Attorney General said, he did not agree with the Honourable and learned Gentleman, that whoever was against the allowing a Trial by Jury in that Bill thought the Mode a Curse. Far from it; he had himself, in many Cases, often thought the Trial by Jury a great Blessing, yet it would be highly imprudent, unparliamentary, ridiculous, and absurd, to establish a Clause at the End of the Bill (as that must be) which Clause would entirely repeal that Clause in the Body of the Bill which allows the Canadians all their ancient Laws? Or would any Body say, that Trial by Jury was one of their ancient Customs, or assert that it was necessary? That as for the petitioning Canadians, they only desired to have their ancient Laws and Customs restored to them; and that he by no Means thought an optional Jury any Thing like an English Jury; that by the former any Party that thought he could gain a Preference in his Trial over the other would adopt it, and that it must be allowed that where the Option was liked by one it would displease the other; besides, the Evidences at the Bar had declared, that the Canadians were averse to the Form of an English Jury, especially in that Part which obliges them to be unanimous in their Verdict, and that if you took away that Part, in his Opinion you destroyed the Whole; that he believed the learned Gentleman had been wrong in giving Praise to a Jury in the Case of Mr. Hampden, for no Jury was consulted on that Case.
Mr. Dunning arose, and seconded the learned Serjeant in most of the Instances he had mentioned; said, to be sure he believed the learned Serjeant was wrong as to the Part concerning Mr. Hampden, but he at the same Time would be bold to assert, that had a Jury been consulted in that Case the Affair would have been decided at once, and the Ship Money declared illegal; that as to the other learned Gentleman mentioning that he by no Means approved of optional Juries, had we not every Term Instances in the Court of Chancery where it was in the Power of the Lord Chancellor to appoint a Jury if he thought proper? That as to establishing the French Laws in Canada, who had we fit to administer them? Had not the two learned and respectable Gentlemen at the Bar, Mr. Hay and Mr. Mazzieres, informed the House that they by no Means thought themselves capable of learning the French Law sufficiently to administer it with Justice? And if such learned Gentlemen as them had not Abilities sufficient to understand it, sure he was that no Person the Minister could produce was capable of undertaking the Task, so as to do Justice to the People, and Honour to himself. He said the Noble Lord had been repeatedly called on to declare the Author of the Bill; let the Author now stand forth and clear himself; but he would be bound to say, no Man would dare to own a Bill which was meant to establish Popery. The Noble Lord had said, the Canadians had not desired to have a Jury; could the Noble Lord say the Canadians had desired not to have a Jury? He then entered very fully into the Nature of Juries, said they were fit in all Cases; that he had known many Instances where Juries had found for the Crown, and that he could wish to see Juries established throughout the World, as they were a Check upon evil Judges, and consequently, if they were not so good Judges of Law, they were Judges of Fact; he said, as to the People of Canada being negligent of attending to serve on Juries, it was the Case here; there was scarce a Term passed but Jurymen were fined for Non-attendance.
Solicitor General said, he could not agree, with the learned Serjeant, that the Supporters of this Bill deserved the Appellation of Traitors to their Country; that he had no Objection to a Jury hereafter being established there, but let it be left in the Power of the Crown, and if they saw it was necessary they could at any Time adopt it, but this was not the Time, while the People were so much enraged against the Proceedings of Juries in that Country; that as to the Jury which Mr. Mazzieres had formed for that Country in the Pamphlet he had published, he by no Means thought it like an English Jury, for it was to be formed of an odd Number of People, thirteen, fifteen, or seventeen, and a Majority of those People to be decisive, and the Jurymen to have 5s. per Day allowed them for their Attendance. He said he never would allow that the Canadians were fit Persons to serve upon a Jury, they understood nothing of its Form, and therefore were not Judges enough how to act upon it; that as to Caves of Revenue, we had had two Instances of their deciding different to an English Jury; that a Jury in England had found for the Crown; they in Canada had twice, on the same Trial, found for the Defendant; and the Witness at the Bar, Mr. Hay, had informed the House that he had often been put to Trouble because he never could get the Canadians to give a special Verdict.
Mr. Byng. The Noble Lord has given them such of the Evidence as he thought proper, and mentioned the Equality of the Numbers of the two Sorts of Subjects; that as to the Numbers, it was a Matter of Indifference to him whether they were 360 or 360,000, they had equally a Claim to Compassion; that he thought it proper that wherever an English Colony was settled, English Laws ought to be established; that he did not approve of the Clause now offered, because he thought it not sufficient, yet he would gladly accept of it as Part of a good Thing, and he made no Doubt but the Canadians would, when they became used to the Nature of it, love it, and wish to have it in its full Extent; that General Carleton had informed them, that the Canadians were a docile People; had we any Occasion to go to Canada to look for docile Creatures? No! there was a sufficient Number always to be seen on the opposite Side of the House, docile enough to do any Thing the Noble Lord their Leader should direct them to do.
Governor Johnstone spoke for about a Quarter of an Hour, highly in Favour of Juries, and recommended the Clause. Mr. T. Townshend spoke for about ten Minutes greatly against the Whole of the Bill, and much in Praise of Juries, and recommended the Clause offered in a very strenuous Manner, setting forth that the English resident there had not gone to that Colony had they not been invited by his Majesty's Royal Proclamation; but those who advised him to break his Promise would advise him to do any Thing that was bad.
Mr. E. Burke arose, and in a very long Speech, the first Part of which was a keen pointed Vein of Humour against the ministerial Gentry, who just then came into the House in great Numbers, he said, he should not have arose, only he thought he now seized a happy Moment when he should carry his Point, for the House had filled, all of a sudden, with People who had not heard any Thing that had been said against the Bill, no, not even from its first being agitated in the House; that they had now come with good English Dinners in their Bellies, which would, he trusted, make them good-humoured, and by being thus full of English Meat would undoubtedly be for English Laws, that could protect them that Meat; that he should have been afraid to attack such a Body of Power and Wisdom as the other Side of the House contained, had he not fortunately observed that the Noble Lord, and his two great Oracles of Wisdom and Order, had all differed in their Opinions; that finding them thus at Variance, he thought the Moment would be fortunate to his Cause; the one was for a Jury, only now was not the proper Time; the other against any Jury at all; and a third, that it could not be inserted in the Bill. He divided the People concerned in this Bill under three Heads; the first the English Merchants, the second the English Subjects, and thirdly the Canadians; he said they all deserved Support, and though the Noble Lord and his Supporters had so industriously always made Use of the Number 360 as suitable to their Cause, let them only recollect what all the Evidence at the Bar agreed in, which was, that the English Subjects there possessed upwards of two Thirds of the whole Trade; did the Noble Lord think then that they were a Body of People to be minded? That as to their Numbers being small, the Noble Lord might recollect that there was an old vulgar Saying, "that one Englishman was always worth two Frenchmen;" that, in this Case, he thought them preferable to fifty Frenchmen; that he would be willing to give a Canadian every Indulgence in his Power, but not grant that Indulgence at the Expense of the English; that if these Noblesse were the only Persons (as they appeared to be by the Evidences at the Bar) that were against the English Laws, he would sacrifice them, and all the Noblesse of England and other Countries, but he would make the Majority of the People happy. But the Reason the Noblesse did not like the English Laws was on Account of the Manner in which they had been represented to them; viz. that they were a String of religious and civil Persecutions, which would entirely hinder them either from exercising their own Religion, or from having any Share in the Government of their own Country; that remove those Prejudices which the Noblesse had imbibed from Misrepresentations, and he would be bound to say that they would not only admire our Laws, but petition to have them; that as to the Noblesse hating Juries because it trusted their Property to their Inferiours, it was a principal Reason why he would give the Canadians a Jury, in Order to protect their Property from the arbitrary Proceedings of the Noblesse, who, in all Countries, always wished to have the Poor under their Controll; that as to the English Laws not being esteemed by the French, he could produce Mountains of Books wrote by Frenchmen on the Justness and Excellence of our Laws, where they approved of the Trial by Jury as one of the greatest Excellencies our Constitution produced; that the Noble Lord had invited him, and others, to come and offer their Opinions, setting forth, that the Bill was imperfect, and he wished to alter it, yet he had not attended to what had been offered; that on Wednesday, when he meant to propose a Clause, the Noble Lord told him he might do it with Propriety on the Report, and that there would be no other Obstacle in his Way than that he would oppose it; he said he was greatly obliged to the Noble Lord for his Candour, for it had spared him much Trouble, having intended to offer several Clauses, for which he should with great Justice be called obstinate was he now to attempt it, when he knew there was such a glorious Triumvirate of Power and Wisdom formed against him; that he sincerely believed the French were in Awe of us, yet he could not help thinking but that they must be astonished that a People who had such powerful Arms should have such weak Heads. He strongly recommended the State of the Merchants as an Object of the Noble Lord's Attention, setting forth that their Property was always in a fluctuating State, and that they ran great Risks of their whole Fortune, to benefit Government as well as themselves.
On the Question being put, it passed in the Negative, 40 being for the Clause, 83 against it; after which several other Clauses were offered, but rejected.
June 22. A Writer, who signs Poor Old England, says, such Persons as feel so much on the Quebec Bill, for the Welfare of their poor Country, tell us that the Trial by Jury is an inestimable Blessing, and that it consequently is a flagitious Cruelty to deny such a Blessing to our Subjects in Canada. To this may be replied, that all the Blessings, and all the Evils, resulting from the Constitution of Nations, are local. In England, a Trial by Jury is a Blessing, but it is no Blessing in a Kingdom of Frenchmen; and with equal Justice we might endeavour to force the Protestant Religion on the Canadians as the Trial by Jury, because we think it greatly preferable to the Roman Catholick. In the present Case,
the Question is not what we think a Blessing, but what the Canadians think so, which should be adopted. There is a political Vanity in this Country, which is for ever leading our Patriots into Mistakes; they foolishly imagine, because the English Constitution is revered by Englishmen, that of Course it is an Object of general Admiration to the whole World besides. These Gentlemen, however, should consider, that Man does not differ more widely in Sentiments from Man than Nation does from Nation. If the English Constitution is such an Object of universal Envy, why is it not universally adopted? Why do not Republicks, at least, where the Power is in the Hands of the People, adopt the all-admired System of our Government? The Reason is plain, because they like their own much better, and would deem those Laws, of which we are eternally vaunting, the greatest of all Misfortunes. The Orthodox Members of Opposition should moderate their political Zeal when they think of these Things, and see the Absurdity of contending for granting the Bostonians just such a Government as they please, with the very same Breath that forbids a similar Indulgence to another of our American Provinces. Jersey, Guernsey, and Minorca, formerly Appendages of France and Spain, though long enrolled in the Catalogue of British Subjects, have been allowed their ancient Laws, yet no ill Effects have attended this Toleration. But to strike Patriotism dumb on the universally allowed Pre-eminence of the English Constitution above all others, let us only turn to the Case of Scotland, and remember that on our Union with that Kingdom it was one fine qua non that the Scots should retain their own Laws, and never be compelled either to receive the Blessing of the Lutheran Religion or of the English Form of Government. The Scots, indeed, have Juries, but they are different Juries from ours; and an Attempt to make them wholly English would kindle a Spirit of everlasting Enmity between the two Nations. Upon the Whole, as the Quebec Bill gives nothing but what the publick Faith was pledged to give, and consults the Wishes of 150,000 People in Preference to the Desire, perhaps, of 300, I must think it an Act of equal Justice and Wisdom. The Religion of the Canadians is no more dangerous to us than the Religion of Jersey, Guernsey, or Minorca; and, perhaps, greatly as the poor Canadians are accused of Bigotry, they may be found, upon a close Examination, as spiritually inattentive to the Concerns of Futurity as the most patriotick among ourselves. The holy Representative of St. Peter is no longer formidable in the Christian World, nor are the best Catholicks Fools enough to transmit their Money any longer to Rome for the Purchase either of Relicks or Indulgences. We have the strongest of all possible Guarantees for the good Behaviour of the Canadians; we have their own Interest. This we may balance at any Time against the mightiest Evils resulting from their Faith, especially when we see that inflexible Champion for the Church, Mr. Wilkes himself, hourly preferring his temporal Views to the highest Considerations of Eternity.
June 25. Yesterday his Majesty's Proclamation was published respecting the Gold Coin. The following is the Substance of the most material Passages in it, viz. Whereas the Commissioners of the Treasury, by their Order of the 23d of July last, did direct all Officers of the Revenues to cut, break, and deface, all Pieces of Gold Coin of this Realm, that should be tendered to them in Payment, more deficient in Weight than the Rates settled in the Table following, viz. Guineas coined since the 31st of December 1771, 5 Pennyweights 8 Grains; Half Guineas during the same Period, 2 Pennyweights 16 Grains; Guineas coined during the present Reign, and prior to the 1st of January 1772, 5 Pennyweights 6 Grains; Half Guineas during the same Period, 2 Pennyweights 14 Grains; Quarter Guineas during the same Period, 1 Pennyweight 7 Grains; Guineas coined prior to the Commencement of the present Reign, 5 Pennyweights 3 Grains; Half Guineas during the same Period, 2 Pennyweights 13 Grains; his Majesty declares and commands, that all Guineas, Half Guineas, or Quarter Guineas, more deficient in Weight than the Rates before mentioned, be not allowed, from henceforth, to be current or to pass in any Payment in Great Britain. His Majesty farther commands, that from and after the 15th of July next ensuing all Guineas, Half Guineas, and Quarter Guineas, more deficient in Weight than the Rates specified in the following Table, viz. Guineas coined since the 31st of December 1771, 5 Pennyweights 8 Grains; Half Guineas during the same Period, 2 Pennyweights 16 Grains; Guineas coined prior to the 1st of January 1772, 5 Pennyweights 6 Grains; Half Guineas during the same Period, 2 Pennyweights 14 Grains; Quarter Guineas during the same Period, 1 Pennyweight 7 Grains; be not allowed to be current, except in Payments to be made at the Exchequer, or to the Collectors of the Revenues, or to the Bank of England, or to the several Persons in different Country Towns mentioned in this Proclamation. His Majesty commands the Tellers of the Exchequer, and all the Collectors of the Revenues, from the said 15th of July to the 31st of August next, inclusive, to receive such of the deficient Gold Coin, so far as the Deficiency of every Piece doth not exceed the Rates settled by the Commissioners of the Treasury, in the Order before mentioned. The Bank of England, and the Persons in different Country Towns (mentioned in the Proclamation) between the 15th of July and the 1st of September next, are also commanded to receive such deficient Gold Coin, except from the Collectors and Receivers of Taxes and Revenues not resident within London and Westminster, so far as the Deficiency of every Piece thereof doth not exceed the Rates settled by the Commissioners of the Treasury, as before mentioned; and that they give, in Exchange for the same, other Coin allowed from henceforth to pass in Payment, that is to say, Guineas, Half Guineas, and Quarter Guineas, not more deficient in Weight than is specified in the Table last mentioned. It is commanded, that from and after the 31st of August all Guineas, Half Guineas, and Quarter Guineas, more deficient in Weight than the Rates specified in the last mentioned Table, be not allowed to pass or be current in any Payment whatsoever, except that his Majesty think proper to allow 21 Days to the Receivers of the Revenues and Taxes in the Country of England, and 28 Days to the Receivers of Revenues and Taxes in Scotland, for remitting the said deficient Coin to the Exchequer, or to the Receiver General of the Revenue in London and Westminster. The Tellers of the Exchequer, and the Receivers General in London and Westminster, during the said 21 Days and 28 Days, and no longer, to receive from the Collectors resident in the Country alone the deficient Gold Coin in Payment, as by the above Orders of the Commissioners of the Treasury. His Majesty gives Notice, that so soon as the Occasions of Circulation will allow he shall issue his farther Proclamation for calling in and recoining all Guineas weighing less than 5 Pennyweights 8 Grains, and all smaller Pieces of Gold Coin deficient in the same Proportion. In a very heroic Song, which appeared in the New York Journal of the 23d of April, it is said,
"Should Europe empty all her Force, we'll meet them in Array, And Shout Huzza! Huzza! Huzza! for brave America."
This Song, doubtless, makes a noble Noise in the nocturnal Clubs of the Americans; yet it is a Pity they do not recollect, that, though they may in Time be able to resist at the Sword's Point, with some Effect, that Time is not yet come. Those who are of Opinion that the constitutional Rights claimed by our Colonies are in Fact Claims of Independence, will not attend very minutely to the Limits of Canada. If we are in Danger of losing the whole Country, we can have no Interest but in creating as many Barriers and political Distinctions as possible. To prevent, or rather to retard, the Growth of that immense Empire which Nature has ordained shall one Day exist in America, the different Opinions of the Minority and Majority, concerning the proper Limits for this one Province, are concerning a Country larger and more fertile than France and England.

L O N D O N, June 13. ON Monday Evening a Machine for going without Horses, invented by Mr. Moore of Cheapside, on a new Construction, went through the Strand. It consists of a wooden Chair placed upon Iron Supporters, which was pushed forward with great Velocity by the quick working of a Man's Feet upon some Iron Springs placed immediately behind it. It is so contrived as to be turned at Pleasure and with Ease, and goes with amazing Speed.
The Bishop of Cracow complaining to the Emperor that by the Disturbances in Poland his Losses amounted to more than twelve Millions of Florins, the Emperor answered, he was concerned for his Loss; but comfort yourself, my good Lord Bishop, added he, for all the twelve Apostles had never so much to lose.
June 23. This Day his Majesty went in State to the House of Peers, and gave the Royal Assent to the following Bills, viz. The Bill for granting to his Majesty a certain Sum out of the Sinking Fund, for the Service of the present Year, the Bill for redeeming one Million of the three per Cent. Annuities, and for establishing a Lottery; the Bill to establish a Fund for defraying the Charge of the Administration of Justice, and Support of the civil Government of Quebec; the Bill for regulating and ascertaining the Weights to be made Use of in weighing the Gold and Silver Coin; the Bill for supplying the Sum granted for the Recoinage of the Gold Coin; the Bill for Relief of the insolvent Debtors, and for the Relief of Bankrupts in certain Cases; and the Bill for the future Government of Quebec; after which his Majesty made the following Speech to both Houses of Parliament:
My Lords and Gentlemen, "I have observed, with the utmost Satisfaction, the many eminent Proofs you have given of your zealous and prudent Attention to the publick Service, during the Course of this very interesting Session of Parliament.
"The Necessity of providing some effectual Remedy for the great and manifold Mischiefs, both publick and private, arising from the impaired State of the Gold Coin, induced me, at the Opening of the Session, to recommend that important Object to your Consideration. In the several Measures you have taken for the Redress of those Evils, you have sufficiently manifested, as well your Regard to the general Credit and commercial Interests of the Kingdom, as to the immediate Ease and Accommodation of my People.
"The very peculiar Circumstances of Embarrassment in which the Province of Quebec was involved had rendered the proper Adjustment and Regulation of the Government thereof a Matter of no small Difficulty. The Bill which you prepared for that Purpose, and to which I have now given my Assent, is founded on the clearest Principles of Justice and Humanity; and will, I doubt not, have the best Effects in quieting the Minds and promoting the Happiness of my Canadian Subjects.
"I have long seen, with Concern, a dangerous Spirit of Resistance to my Government, and to the Execution of the Laws, prevailing in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, in New England. It proceeded, at length, to such an Extremity as to render your immediate Interposition indispensably necessary; and you have, accordingly, made Provision, as well for the Suppression of the present Disorders, as for the Prevention of the like in future. The Temper and Firmness with which you conducted yourselves in this important Business, and the general Concurrence with which the Resolution of maintaining the Authority of the Laws, in every Part of my Dominions, hath been adopted and supported, cannot fail of giving the greatest Weight to the Measures which have been the Result of your Deliberations. Nothing that depends on me shall be wanting to render them effectual. It is my most anxious Desire to see my deluded Subjects in that Part of the World returning to a Sense of their Duty, acquiescing in that just Subordination to the Authority, and maintaining that due Regard to the commercial Interests, of this Country, which must ever be inseparably connected with their own real Prosperity and Advantage.
"Nothing material has happened, since your Meeting, with Respect to the War between Russia and the Porte; and it is with Pleasure I can inform you that the very friendly Assurances which I continue to receive from the neighbouring Powers give me the strongest Reason to believe that they have the same good Dispositions as myself to preserve the Tranquility of the rest of Europe.
Gentlemen of the House of Commons, "I thank you for the Supplies which you have so cheerfully given; and I see, with great Satisfaction, that, notwithstanding the ample Grants you have made for the several Establishments, and the Compensation which has been so properly provided for the Holders of the deficient Gold Coin, you have been able to make a farther Progress in the Reduction of the national Debt.
My Lords and Gentlemen, "I have nothing to recommend to you, but that you would carry into your respective Counties the same affectionate Attachment to my Person and Government, and the same Zeal for the Maintenance of the publick Welfare, which have distinguished all your Proceedings in this Session of Parliament."
His Majesty's Speech being ended, the Lord Chancellor, having received Directions from his Majesty, said:
My Lords and Gentlemen, "It is his Majesty's Royal Will and Pleasure that this Parliament be prorogued to Thursday the 4th of August next, to be then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday, the 4th of August next."
Previous to his Majesty's going to the House, the Lord Mayor of this City, Aldermen Crosby, Lewes, and Plover, upwards of 150 of the Common Council, the Recorder, and City Officers, went in Procession from Guildhall to St. James's (Alderman Sawbridge joined them in the Way) in Order to present an Address and Petition to his Majesty, relative to the Bill for the Government of Quebec. They arrived at St. James's a Quarter before one. A little before two, the Lord Chamberlain waited on the Lord Mayor with a Message from the King, which he had committed in Writing, in Order to prevent any Mistake; it was read, and the Purport was, that as the Prayer of the Address was relative to a Bill that had passed both Houses of Parliament, he could give no Answer. The Lord Mayor immediately sent the Remembrancer to present his Duty to the King, and inform his Majesty that they waited to present their Address agreeable to his Majesty's Order; which in a little Time was complied with, and the Recorder read as follows:
Most gracious Sovereign, "We your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the City of London, in Common Council assembled, are exceedingly alarmed that a Bill has passed your two Houses of Parliament entitled "An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America," which we apprehend to be entirely subversive of the great fundamental Principles of the Constitution of the British Monarchy, as well as of the Authority of various solemn Acts of the Legislature.
"We beg Leave to observe, that the English Law, and that wonderful Effort of human Wisdom the Trial by Jury, are not admitted by this Bill in any civil Cases, and the French Law of Canada is imposed on all the Inhabitants of that extensive Province, by which both the Persons and Properties of very many of your Majesty's Subjects are rendered insecure and precarious.
"We humbly conceive, that this Bill, if passed into a Law, will be contrary, not only to the Compact entered into with the numerous Settlers of the reformed Religion, who were invited into the said Province under the sacred Promise of enjoying the Benefit of the Laws of your Realm of England, but likewise repugnant to your Royal Proclamation of the 7th of October 1763, for the speedy settling the said new Government.
"That, consistent with the publick Faith pledged by the said Proclamation, your Majesty cannot erect and constitute Courts of Judicature and publick Justice for the hearing and determining all Cases, as well civil as criminal, within the said Province, but as near as may be agreeable to the Laws of England; nor can any Laws, Statutes, or Ordinances, for the publick Peace, Welfare, and good Government of the said Province, be made, constituted, or ordained, but according to the Laws of this Realm.
"That the Roman Catholic Religion, which is known to be idolatrous and bloody, is established by this Bill, and no legal Provision is made for the free Exercise of our reformed Faith, nor the Security of our Protestant Fellow Subjects of the Church of England in the true Worship of Almighty God according to their Consciences.
"That your Majesty's illustrious Family was called to the Throne of these Kingdoms in Consequence of the Exclusion of the Roman Catholic ancient Branch of the Stuart Line, under the express Stipulation that they should profess the Protestant Religion; and according to the Oath established by the Sanction of Parliament in the first Year of the Reign of our great Deliverer, King William III. your Majesty at your Coronation solemnly swore that you would, to the utmost of your Power, maintain the Laws of God, the true Profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed Religion established by Law.
"That, although the Term of Imprisonment of the Subject is limited to three Months, the Power of fining is left indefinite and unrestrained, by which the total Ruin of the Party may be effected by an enormous and excessive Fine.
"That the whole legislative Power of the Province is vested in Persons to be solely appointed by your Majesty, and removable at your Pleasure, which we apprehend to be repugnant to the leading Principles of this free Constitution; by which alone your Majesty now holds, or legally can hold, the Imperial Crown of these Realms.
"That the said Bill was brought into Parliament very late in the present Session, and after the greater Number of the Members of the two Houses were retired into the Country, so that it cannot fairly be presumed to be the Sense of those Parts of the Legislature.
"Your Petitioners therefore most humbly supplicate your Majesty, as the Guardian of the Laws, Liberties, and Religion of your People, and as the great Bulwark of the Protestant Faith, that you will not give your Royal Assent to the said Bill.
"And your Petitioners, as in Duty bound, will ever pray." After it was read, an Answer was given, in Purport, as follows: That as the Business on which they came was before Parliament, his Majesty could say nothing farther to the Petition.
Some of the Populace behaved very rudely when his Majesty was passing from St. James's to the House of Peers, by hissing and crying out "No Popery, no French Government, &c."
The last Accounts from America mention the Arrival of General Gage at Boston on the 13th of May, in Order to take on him the Government of that Province. Immediately after the Arrival of his Excellency all the principal Bostonians assembled, and came to a Resolution not to carry on any Trade whatever with England or the West Indies, till the late Act, which shut up the Port of Boston, shall be repealed. Time only can determine the Consequences of this critical Resolution.
The Reports of last Month, that the Russians had totally defeated the Rebels, appear to be premature; as their Chief, Pugatchew, is now actually encamped, at the Head of 60,000 Men, between the Jaik and the Wolga. He expects shortly to be joined by the Tartars of Nogays and Olokati, who have already passed the Deserts of Astracan, and a great Number of the Cossacks of Don have already ranged themselves under his Standards. The Russian Troops have been in great Danger of being surrounded by the Rebels, who now fill even Petersburg with Terror.
June 23. Some Instructions for the North American Governors were on Saturday sent by a special Messenger to the Lord Chancellor, which passed the Great Seal on Sunday, and were returned to Town that Night.
July 2. Yesterday Thomas Hutchinson, Esq; late Governor of Massachusetts Bay, attended the Levee at St. James's, was graciously received, and had the Honour of a Conference with his Majesty.
July 5. Some Letters from Dantzick mention that several of the principal Inhabitants have left that City with their Effects, in Order to settle in some other Place.
July 7. It is said that the last Advices from General Gage, at Boston, have given such Satisfaction that the Orders which were issued for several more Regiments to be in Readiness to embark for that Province are countermanded.
His Excellency Major General Carleton, Governor of Quebec, will set out with all convenient Speed for that Province, and a Man of War is ordered to be in Readiness to carry him to Quebec.
Yesterday Morning the Books of the Poll, for Sheriffs, were finally closed at Guildhall; and on Tuesday next the Adjournment of the Common Hall will be held for the Sheriffs to make their Declaration, and to declare Alderman Plover and Mr. Hart duly elected Sheriffs of this City.
B O S T O N, August 11. The following is the Substance of Lord CHATHAM's Speech to the House of Lords, on the 26th of May, respecting this Province. It was received from London, by the Ship Scarborough Man of War, and came from the left Authority.
I do not vest my Opinion of the People of Massachusetts upon any one particular Action, their Tarring and Feathering this or that Man, or their throwing the Tea into the Sea. The whole Tenour of their Conduct, and their open and avowed Resolutions in their Assembly, manifests an evil and rebellious Spirit against this Country; and, therefore, I think that they ought to be brought to make a full and entire Submission. When this is done we ought to treat them with Lenity, but not till they have made this Submission. I know that these Declarations will be far from popular in America, but I have already made the same out of this House that I have now in it; Declarations which, I suppose, will not prompt them to erect any more Statues of me.
August 15. Saturday last his Excellency Governor Gage desired the Selectmen of this Town to attend him at the Province House, when he informed them of that Clause in the late Act of Parliament forbidding Town Meetings without special Leave from the Governor, and gave them the same to read, which being done, his Excellency told them he was ready, on Application, to give Liberty for a Town's Meeting, if he should judge it expedient; and being told that the Provincial Law had been the Rule of their Conduct in these Matters, he said he was determined to carry the Acts of Parliament into Execution, and they must be answerable for any bad Consequences.
N E W Y O R K, August 29. WE hear that last Monday Morning, as two of the Gentlemen appointed a Committee to collect for our suffering Brethren in Boston set out upon that Business, the first Gentleman they called upon was Mr. DEANE, who generously presented them 101. in Cash, and the best Pipe of Brandy in his Distillery, valued at 28 l. ob. at the same Time, that the Generosity of the Virginians and Carolinians, &c. was great and honourable with Respect to Food, but he thought such glorious Sufferers for the common Good ought to drink as well as eat.
By Captain Jefferies, we learn that the Kent Man of War, of 70 Guns, in saluting an Admiral in the Downs blew up, by which Accident 70 Men lost their Lives, 40 more were carried to the Hospital, and the Ship was so much damaged that it was with Difficulty Captain Fielding got her into Port.
PHILADELPHIA, August 24. IT is said in the Boston Gazette, and in the New York Gazetteer, that Lord Chatham has deserted the Cause of America. The Americans thank and honour him for his past Services, but are so far from being willing to rest the Justice of their Cause upon his, or any other Man's Opinion, that they will not abandon their Principles should an Angel descend from Heaven and plead in Behalf of the late Measures of the British Parliament.
A Correspondent remarks, that the American Patriots should be distinguished by the Name of Loyalists , while the Advocates for the Supremacy of the British Parliament should be called the Friends of the Usurpers .
Another Correspondent remarks, that Submission to the British Parliament, after being detected and exposed in the Garb of the necessary Virtue of Moderation , has now assumed the Names of Petitioning and Remonstrating only .
WILLIAMSBURG, September 8. THE Delegates from the Counties at the late Convention having signified their Opinion that the Officers Fees, since the Expiration of the Act for regulating and collecting them, cannot be legally taxed, it seems none of the County Courts will proceed to do Business until there be a Session of General Assembly; and the Gentlemen of the General Court Bar doubting the Return of two of their Body, who are appointed as Deputies for this Colony at the Congress, Time enough to prepare for the approaching General Court, and convinced, if that Honourable Court should then proceed to Business, it would add much to the Un easiness of the present Times, have thought it most advisable (all these Circumstances considered) now to countermand the Attendance of such Witnesses as may have been summoned, in Order to save a great and probably a fruitless Expense to their Clients. It is therefore presumable there will be no Trials at the next General Court, except in criminal Cases; in which all the Justices in the Colony are determined to proceed, for preserving that good Order so necessary at this critical Period.
The Trident, Mitchell, in six Weeks from London, is arrived in Rappahannock. On the 24th ult. in Latitude 29:30 N. Longitude 62:40 W. he spoke with the Schooner Belvidere, from Maryland for Barbadoes, out from Cape Henry 42 Days, all well on Board.
A Letter to the Printer from Fincastle, dated August 13, 1774. DEAR SIR, I RECEIVED your Favour by Thomas Edger, with the Papers, for which I am much obliged to you. In Return, please to accept of the following Intelligence from the Frontiers; which, if necessary, may be supported by the most indubitable Authority.
The Murder of Mr. Russell, and five of his Companions, last Fall, at no great Distance from our Settlements, you have already heard of. It has since appeared that the Assassins were not Cherokees, as was then thought, but a Party belonging to some of the Northern Tribes, Two Persons, called Cochran and Foley, and three Men in Company with one Hanes, were killed about the same Time.
In the Course of this Summer a Number of our People have been killed and captivated by the Northern Indians; particularly Mr. Thomas Hoag and two Men, near the Mouth of the great Kanawha; Walter Kelly, with three or four other Persons, below the Falls of that River; William Kelly, on Muddy Creek, a Branch of Green Brier, and a young Woman at the same Time made Prisoner. One of the Scouts, called Shockley, was lately shot in this County; and on Sunday the 7th of this Instant a Party attacked three Families at the House of one Laybrook, about fifteen Miles from this Place. Old Laybrook was wounded in the Arm; three of his Children (one of them a sucking Infant) a young Woman, the Daughter of one Scott, and a Child of one Widow Snyder, were killed. They scalped the Children, all but one, and mangled them in a most cruel Manner. Three Boys were made Prisoners, two of whom made their Escape the Wednesday following, and were found in the Woods by the Scouts. The Indians were immediately pursued by several Parties of Militia, but they took such Precaution in travelling that it was impossible to find their Track. Sundry other People have also been murdered along the Frontier Parts of the neighbouring Counties. The Inhabitants of Fincastle, except those on Holstein, are chiefly gathered into small Forts, also great Numbers in Botetourt; as Indians are frequently seen, and their Signs discovered, in the interior Parts of both Counties.
Such is the unhappy Situation of the People that they cannot attend their Plantations, nor is it in the Power of the Scouts and Parties on Duty to investigate the Inroads of the Enemy, as they come in small Parties, and travel among the Mountains with so much Caution. About the last of July, one Knox, who went to the Ohio with the Surveyors in the Spring, reached this Settlement, and gives the following Intelligence: That on the 13th of June one Jacob Lewis departed from the Camp on Salt River, in the Morning, to hunt, and has never been heard of since; that on the 8th of July, being at the said Camp, about 100 Miles from the Ohio, and nearly opposite to the Falls, he, with nine others, were surprised, and fired upon by a Party of about twenty Indians; that two Men were killed on the Spot, viz. James Hamilton from Frederickburg, and James Cowan from Pennsylvania; and as the Enemy rushed upon them before it was possible to put themselves in any Posture of Defence, they were obliged to abandon their Camp, and make their Escape to a Party of 35 Men, who were then in that Neighbourhood. Next Day the Whole, being 43 Men in Number, after burying the Dead, set out for the Settlement on Clinch River, where they arrived the 29th, after making several Discoveries of the Enemy on the Way.
This Day Captain Floyd, one of the Surveyors, reached this Place, with the News that on the 8th of July he and three others parted with fourteen Men who were also engaged in the Surveying Business, and went about twenty Miles from them to finish his Part of the Work; and that they were to meet on the 1st of August at a Place on Kentucky, known by the Name of the Cabin, in Order to proceed on their Journey homeward. On the 24th of July, Captain Floyd, with his three Men, repaired to the Place appointed, where he found that Part, and perhaps all the rest of the Company, had assembled according to Agreement, but had gone off in the greatest Precipitation, leaving him only this Notice, written on a Tree, "alarmed by finding some People killed, we are gone down;" upon which Captain Floyd with his small Party immediately set out, steering for our Settlements, and after an extreme painful and fatiguing Journey of sixteen Days, through Mountains almost inaccessible, and Ways unknown, he at last arrived on Clinch River, near Captain Russell's Fort.
Captain Floyd does not well understand the Notice left him on the Tree, whether Part of the Company had assembled at the Cabin, and that they were gone down to the Camp where he parted with them, in Order to warn those who were at Work in that Neighbourhood of the impending Danger, or whether the whole Company had not met and were departed down the Mississippi, as several in the Company had before proposed returning home that Way, with a View both to see the Country and avoid the Fatigue of returning by Land.
For the Satisfaction of any Gentlemen who may be concerned, the Names of the Surveyors, and some of the principal Persons not yet returned, are inserted, viz. James Douglass, Hancock Taylor, and Isaac Hite, Surveyors; John Willis, Willis Lee, Captain John Asby, Abraham Hempstead, William Ballard, John Green, Lawrence Darnell, Mordecai Batson, Jacob Sadowsky, James Strother, and John Bell.
If any Thing happens for the future, worthy of Notice, you shall be punctually informed of it, by your humble Servant,
WILLIAM PRESTON.
His Excellency the Governor, on the 13th of May last, ordered the following Petition, with several Papers relative to the Imprisonment of Mr. John Connolly by the Officers of Pennsylvania, while he was acting as a Magistrate under the Authority of this Government, to be laid before the House of Burgessess.
To his Excellency JOHN EARL OF DUNMORE, his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, and Vice Admiral of the same, the Honourable the Council and House of Burgessess.
The Petition of the Inhabitants settled on the Waters of the OHIO River, THAT the major Part of your Petitioners have formerly lived in his Majesty's Colony of Virginia, and preferring the mild, easy, and equitable Government thereof, to the expensive Administration of Justice in Pennsylvania, which, being a limited and Proprietary Government, hath extended an unlimited, and (as we think) illegal Jurisdiction over his Majesty's Subjects, settled many Miles west of their Bounds, which is oppressive to the Poor, and burthensome to all, particularly in trying Titles to Land, and in Recovery of small Debts, wherein their Officers Fees are so disproportioned that they seem rather calculated for enriching Individuals than the publick Good, their practising Attorneys being left at Liberty to exact such Fees as they may choose, in all Land Trials, and will not plead against their Jurisdiction, however far west it may be extended; Offices of Government being generally at the Disposal of the Proprietary's Governor, who will neither appoint nor continue any but those who adhere strictly to their Masters Interest, however contrary to the Good of the Settlers, his Majesty's Subjects; add to this, a heavy Provincial Tax which they likewise exact, great Part thereof being swallowed up by the Officers who lay and collect the same, to the great Grievance of the Subject. From the aforesaid several Grievances, and the farther ill provided Defence of the Country in Cases of Emergency, we humbly conceive our Lives and Properties in imminent Danger, from our Contiguity to the faithless and barbarous Natives, whose Treaties, Alliance, and Sincerity, are never to be relied on, as well as a hearty Conviction that the present Government is usurped. We humbly entreat your Lordship and Council, and the Honourable House of Burgessess, to make such Provision for us, in our present distressed Situation, as to you shall seem meet; and your Petitioners, as in Duty bound, will ever pray, &c. Signed by 537 Inhabitants.
Upon which the HOUSE addressed his EXCELLENCY as follows: My Lord,
WE his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Burgessess of Virginia, now sitting in General Assembly, beg Leave to return your Excellency our sincere Thanks for the written Message, and the several Papers therein referred to, which you were pleased to lay before us.
It is our most earnest Wish and Desire to cultivate and improve that good Understanding and Friendship which hath hitherto subsisted between our Sister Colony of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and therefore we cannot sufficiently lament that any unhappy Incident should have interposed which may tend to destroy this pleasing Harmony, and create any Dissention between us. But, my Lord, however strongly we may be impressed by these Sentiments, we shall, on all Occasions, think it our indispensable Duty to support the just Rights of our Inhabitants, and protect them from Oppression, in whatever Quarter it may arise.
The impugning Officers, acting under the Authority of Government in either Country, upon a Dispute about a Boundary, which appears to us never to have been established with any Degree of Accuracy, we cannot but consider as a wide Departure and Deviation from that plain and simple Plan of Accommodation which has been observed on former Contests of this Nature, and should have suggested a more conciliatory Conduct on this Occasion. Much more should we have expected that it would have prevented that sanguinary Measure of subjecting Men to Death, which, with Concern, we observe hath been so precipitately and incautiously adopted.
For the present, we take the Liberty of recommending to your Excellency to endeavour to have an equitable temporary Line fixed between this Colony and Pennsylvania, until his Majesty shall be pleased to direct the proper and true Boundary to be established.

It gives us Pain, my Lord, to find that the Indians have made fresh Encroachments and Disturbances on our Frontiers. We have only to request that your Excellency will be pleased to exert those Powers with which you are fully invested, by the Acts of Assembly for making Provision against Invasions and Insurrections; which, we doubt not, will be found sufficient to repel the hostile and perfidious Attempts of those savage and barbarous Enemies.
Marriages. Mr. THOMAS COWLES, of Charles City, to Miss ELIZABETH CRAWLEY, of Williamsburg; a young Lady who, besides an ample Fortune, is endowed with every Qualification requisite to render the Marriage State happy.
Advertisements.
WARWICK, September 1, 1774.
THE STORE here, of late kept by me on Account of Messrs. Drogham, Murdoch, and Co. of Glasgow , is now in the Charge of my Brother David Leitch , and the said Company's Store in Prince Edward County , hitherto managed by Mr. Henry Benkin Lightfoot , is under the Direction of Mr. John Graham . The Business of the Stores will, on the same Account, be prosecuted so far to their usual Extent as the Situation of publick Affairs will admit. The Debts due to this Store I continue to collect, and those contracted with Mr. Lightfoot will remain with him for the same Purpose. It will be deemed obliging in those whose Accounts are open, and inconvenient to be discharged, immediately to close them by Bond, or other Specialty, as may be approved of. JOHN LEITCH.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 6, 1774.
I BEG Leave to inform the Publick, and particularly those Gentlemen who were pleased to take my Subscription Papers to their respective Counties, to raise a small Sum of Money in each for the Encouragement of making SALT, that after viewing many Places on this and the other Side of the Bay, and on the Sea Coast of the Eastern Shore , I have now fixed on a very convenient Spot on that Coast for erecting proper Works; and as nothing more can be done on my Part without Money, I must beg the Favour of them to forward such Sums as they may be able to collect, to Robert Carter Nicholas, Esq. ; who is so kind as to take the Trouble of receiving and paying the Money out of me. Proper Security shall be lodged in his Hands, for any Sum that I may draw. The Certainty of my being able to make Salt, as good as any whatever, is hardly to be doubted, from the several Experiments which I have made, and which are pretty fully certified by Gentlemen of Veracity, whose Certificates will be lodged in the Hands of Mr. Nicholas .
Gentlemen will readily see the Necessity I am under of requesting speedy Assistance, when I inform them that I have for some Time past devoted my whole Attention to this Business, and given over every other Pursuit from which my Family might have derived any Advantage, and that, in Order to put the Works in as great Forwardness as was in my Power, I have incurred a considerable Expense, and been obliged to contract for some of the necessary Materials. JAMES TAIT.
MR. TAIT having produced to me a Sample of Salt made on the Eastern Shore , together with the Certificate of a Gentleman of unquestionable Credit, I have no Doubt, with proper Encouragement, of his succeeding in his proposed Scheme; from which, it seems highly probable, that this Country will reap the greatest Advantage. I shall therefore most cheerfully comply with his Request, and take great Pleasure in contributing every Thing in my Power towards carrying it into Execution. ROBERT C. NICHOLAS.
GLOUCESTER County, September 7, 1774.
THE Subscriber, understanding as many Branches of the WEAVING BUSINESS as any Person in this Colony, would be very glad to set up a Manufactory for weaving LINENS, COTTONS, WOOLLENS, and SHIP CANNASS, which he will engage shall not be inferior to any imported from Britain . He was employed for three Years by Warner Lewis, Esq. of this County, to whom he refers any Gentleman for his Character and Abilities in his Profession; and will be ready to wait upon any One, at any Time or Place. WILLIAM ROBERTS.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 8, 1774.
THE Legatees of Mr. Joseph Scrivener , deceased, being very pressing to receive their respective Dividends of his Estate, it is expected that all Persons indebted thereto, by Bond, or for Goods purchased at the Sale, will make Payment by the ensuing October Court , as no longer Indulgence can or will be given by the Executors. WILLIAM TREBELL. ROBERT NICOLSON.
WARWICK, August 30, 1774.
I INTEND to leave the Colony immediately, ANDREW FRENCH.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 8, 1774.
I INTEND to leave the Colony immediately. MARY THECHI.
To be SOLD or RENTED immediately, in Halifax Town, North Carolina, A VERY commodious Dwelling-House, and all necessary Outhouses, with seven Lots and four Acres of Land adjoining, all paled in, lately the Residence of Mr. James Milner , Attorney at Law. Whoever is inclined to purchase, or rent, may apply to the Subscriber, living in Northampton County . SAMUEL PEETE.
To be RENTED , in Warwick,
A STOREHOUSE, Lumber House, and Dwelling-House, conveniently situated for Trade; also several Houses fitted for the Reception of Tradesmen, to whom good Encouragement will be given by the Inhabitants. For Terms inquire of BERNARD MARKHAM.
For SALE at Norfolk, on the 1st of next Month, THE Brig LIGHTFOOT , of 100 Tons Burthen, British built; likewise all her Stores, Tackle, and Appurtenances. The Time of Payment will be made easy to the Purchaser. The Vessel is very strong and well built, and her Sails, Rigging, &c. in good Condition. She may be viewed on Saturday next, and from that Time to the Day of Sale. For farther Particulars apply to Messrs. Phrip and Bowdoin , Merchants, in Norfolk , or the Subscriber in this Town. JOHN H. NORTON.
To be RENTED for any Number of Years, and Possession taken the 25th of October next, THE STOREHOUSE lately occupied by Mr. Adam Fleming , which has all necessary Conveniencies for a Merchant, with a good Storehouse at Low Point Landing ; it is needlessly to describe the Situation of the Store, as it is generally known, being next House to the Tavern. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in Cabin Point . ARCHIBALD DUNLOP.
To be SOLD altogether or in Parcels, A TRACT of LAND containing 1000 Acres, lying in the lower End of Caroline County , on Pamunkey River , 100 Acres of which are low Ground, adjoining Horn Quarter , belonging to the Honourable Thomas Nelson, Esquire . On the said Tract there is a good Plantation cleared, fit to work ten Hands, on which will be sowed fifty Bushels of Wheat; there are all necessary Outhouses, with a tolerable good Dwelling-House. Also a Tract of Land in King William County , containing 300 Acres, late the Property of Doctor Robert Campbell , within five Miles of Hanover Town , and where the Subscriber now lives. This Land is all improved, with all necessary Accommodations for a Family. For Terms apply to WILLIAM JONES.
ROBERT BRUCE, WATCH MAKER,
At the House above Mr. ANDERSON'S Tavern, WILLIAMSBURG,
MAKES and REPAIRS all Sorts of WATCHES and CLOCKS, and will be much obliged to those who please to employ him. He returns his most grateful Thanks to his former Customers, and begs a Continuance of their Favours.—WATCHES sent from the Country shall be done with Expedition, and returned with Care. (1)
Who has just imported a Parcel of Ladies and Gentlemens Watch Chains, Keys, and Seals, Pebble and Bristol Stone Buttons, all Kinds of Penknives, Scissors, &c. &c.
ISLE of WIGHT, September 1, 1774.
DICK , the Property of the Subscriber, absconded about ten Days ago; he is a black Fellow, well set, about five Feet six Inches high, has remarkable white Teeth, thick Lips, and a Scab above his right Ear. He went off in a Boat, in all Probability to make his Escape out of the Colony. I will give a Reward of 20s. if taken in the Colony, 40s. if brought home to me, and 51. if taken and secured out of the Colony, so as I may get him again. I forewarn all Masters of Vessels from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony, at their Peril. HEZEKIAH HALLIDAY.
MECKLENBURG, September 3, 1774.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about two Months ago, a likely Mulatto Lad named ISAAC BEE , formerly the Property of the late President Blair , and is well known about Williamsburg , where I am informed he has been several Times since his Elopement. He is between eighteen and nineteen Years of Age, low of Stature, and thinks he has a Right to his Freedom, because his Father was a Freeman, and I suppose will endeavour to pass for one. He can read, but I do not know that he can write; however, he may easily get some One to forge a Pass for him. I cannot undertake to describe his Apparel, as he has a Variety, and it is probable he may have changed them. Whoever apprehends the said Slave and delivers him to me, or to Mrs. Burwell , in Williamsburg , shall have 40s. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from carrying him out of the Country. LEWIS BURWELL.
STRAYED from Colonel Byrd's Lot in Williamsburg , some Time last Month, a LIGHT BAY HORSE , about thirteen Hands and a Half high, seven Years old, with a hanging Mane and long Bob Tail, paces slow when rode, and trots well in a Carriage. Any Person who will deliver the said Horse to the Subscriber at Chatsworth , Colonel Byrd at Westover , or Mr. Lewis Burwell at King'smill , shall have 20s. Reward. WILLIAM RANDOLPH.
STRAYED, or STOLEN , from the Subscriber, about the first of July last, a small SORREL HORSE about six or seven Years old, four Feet five or six Inches high, had a hanging Mane and Switch Tail when he went from me, one of his hind Feet, near the Footlock, by a Strain, seemed to be crooked up in a Knot bigger than the other, he trots only, and is branded, to the best of my Remembrance, on the near Buttock, TPL in a Piece. Whoever brings the said Horse to me in Goockland , near Judd's Ferry , shall have 40s. Reward, if brought forty Miles, and in Proportion for a greater Distance. CHARLES SAMPSON.
EAST WAREHOUSE, Gloucester County, September 5, 1774.
STRAYED, or STOLEN , out of the College Pasture, the 10th of last Month, a very DARK BAY MARE , about fourteen Hands high, a natural Pacer, has some Saddle Spots, a small Star in her Forehead, a high Roach Back, her Mane hangs on the off Side, and she is branded on the near Buttock, I believe, with an R. Whoever delivers the said Mare to the Reverend Mr. John Dixon , at the College in Williamsburg , or to me at East Warehouse , shall have 40s. Reward; or on giving me an Account where I may get her, 20s. Reward. THOMAS DIXON.
STRAYED, or STOLEN , from Ambrose Rain's in Spotsylvania , the 16th of August, a LIGHT SORREL HORSE , about fourteen Hands high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, a Blaze in his Forehead, both of his fore Feet and one of his hind Feet are white, had a small Bell about his Neck, but no Brand. I have some Reason to believe he was stolen, and carried to Orange County . Any Person that will deliver the said Horse to me, at Mr. Henry Gannett's Mill in Essex , or to Mr. Reuben Zimmerman near Fredrickburg , shall have 20s. Reward. BENJAMIN BRAGG.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield , a BAY HORSE four Feet and a Half high, with a Star in his Forehead, and branded on the near Buttock S. Pasted on a board to 31. JOHN COX.
TAKEN up, in Bedford , a BAY HORSE about twelve Years old, four Feet six Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, has some Saddle Spots, branded on the near Shoulder E and on the near Buttock C , and had on a Bell of about 4s. Value. Pasted, and appraised to 81. JOHN EWING.
TAKEN up, in Amelia , a BLACK HORSE near fourteen Hands high, seven or eight Years old, hanging Mane and Switch Tail, his near hind Foot partly white, branded on the near Shoulder W , and on the near Buttock M . Pasted, and appraised to 81. SIMON WALTON.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield , a small BRINDLED STEER , three Years old, some White under his Belly, Tail, and Legs, and marked with a Crop in the left Ear, and a Piece taken from the upper Side of the right. Pasted, and appraised to 25s. EDMUND LOGWOOD.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie , a GRAY MARE about nine Years old, four Feet one Inch high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, is much Flea-bitten about the Head and Ears, paces naturally, but has no perceivable Brand. Pasted, and appraised to 51. DUNCAN ROSE.
FALLS of POTOWMACK, in VIRGINIA, August 22, 1774.
THE Subscriber being just arrived from Great Britain, with a Number of Engineers and Artificers, in Order to remove the Obstructions to the Navigation of Potowmack River , at and above the lower Falls, and thinking himself fully qualified for such an Undertaking, agreeable to his Proposals before his Embarkation for Europe, he is desirous to have a Meeting of his principal Subscribers and others, interested in this necessary Work; and considering it most convenient to all concerned to have the same at George Town in Maryland , he intends to be there on Monday the 26th of September, at which proposes that it shall be there on Monday the 26th of September, at which Time and Place he will certainly attend, and be ready to lay before them an accurate Plan and Estimate of the Expense. Also an Act of the Virginia Assembly, and likewise a Subscription from some of the principal Proprietors, &c. of the Province of Vandalia , now residing in England, for the farther Encouragement of the proposed Undertaking. JOHN BALLENDINE.
WILLIAMSBURG, August 31, 1774.
LOST , a few Days ago, a SILVER WATCH , Maker's Name Moore, London, No. 5253 . A Reward of 20s. will be given upon delivering it to the Printer.
FOUND in James River two ANCHORS , one of 125 Wt. unmarked, the other of 44 Wt. marked O X 123 . The Owners may have them, proving their Property and paying Charges. GEORGE SCHERER.
TAKEN out of my Garden House the 23d Instant (August) a PINCHBECK WATCH . Whoever will bring the said Watch to me, in Williamsburg , shall have 10s. Reward. WILLIAM HORNSBY.
THREE likely Negro Fellows , and two valuable Virginia born Wenchers, with their Children, will be sold to the highest Bidders, at Mercer's Ordinary , in Cabin Point , on Saturday the 17th of this Instant (September) for ready Money, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from William Hunter , of Suffolk , to the Subscribers. (2) SAMUEL & GEORGE KERR.
For CHARTER , THE Ship Lenddale , James Grayson Master, a very good Vessel, well fitted and found. For Terms apply to Richard Squire Taylor , in King William County .
For LIVERPOOL , THE Ship Juno , John Windover Master, now lying at Layton's , on Rappahannock , a fine strong new Vessel, will take in Tobacco, on Liberty of Consignment, at 81. Sterling per Tun. Those Gentlemen who are pleased to favour the said Ship are desired to send or deliver their Notes or Orders to the Master on Board, or the Subscriber, who will attend the different County Courts. CHARLES ALEXANDER.
For CHARTER to any Part of Europe , THE Ship Sparking , William Priestman Master, Burthen about 500 Hogsheads, 13,000 Bushels, or 2500 Barrels. For Terms apply to the Subscribers, in Norfolk . (3) JOHN LAWRENCE, & Co.
Who have just imported in said Vessel, from Liverpool , Irish Linens, Osnaburghs , Kendal Cottons, Felt Hats, Sail Canvas, Mould and Dipped Candles, Hard Soap, Nails, Loaf Sugar, Fine Salt, Coals, Queen's China Plates in small Crates, Seine Twine, Bottled Beer, Cheeses, &c. &c. They have also for Sale West India Rum, Old Spirits, Muscovado Sugar, Coffee, Ginger, Pimenta, Molasses, Madeira Wine, &c.
WOOLLENS.
THE Subscriber expects in daily, by the Kingston Packet , Captain Joseph Turner , from Hull , a large Assortment of coarse Woolens, viz. Six Quarter Cloths with necessary Trimings, and other small Packages (of about 401. Sterling Value each) consisting of coarse Duffles, Friezes, Fearnought, Halfthicks, Scarfkins, Kendal Cottons, Negro Blanketing, Bed Blankets, White Plaiding, Rugs of different Kinds, and other Goods which he will sell reasonable for Cash, or short Credit. NORFOLK, August 30. (15) JOHN STONEY.
For SALE.
A TRACT of LAND in Charles City County , on Clickabaminy River , containing 340 Acres, whereon is a Brick Dwelling-House, with two Rooms on a Floor, and a spacious Passage above and below, a Kitchen, Brick Dairy, and a Number of excellent Fruit Trees. The Plantation is remarkable in its Situation for Fishing and Fowling, and descended to the late Littleberry Coke on the Death of his Mother Mrs. Mary Tynes , which Land the Subscribers are desirous may be sold, for, and towards, the Payment of Littleberry Coke's Debts. Those who are desirous of purchasing the Land are desired to apply to Colonel William Edse and Mr. William Green Mansford , who are properly authorised to treat for the same, by REBECCA H. COCKE. JAMES B. JOHNSON. REBECCA JOHNSON.
To be SOLD , for ready Cash, at Amelia Courthouse , on Thursday the 22d of this Instant (September) being Court Day,
A TRACT of LAND, containing by Estimation 100 Acres, whereon William Grigg now lives, and adjoining the Lands of Thomas Paverly , George Hightower , and George Long . It is sold by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from said Grigg , to John Tabb, Esq. and Richard Booker and Co. THOMAS SHORE.
Just imported in the Mary & Jane, Captain Chapman , and to be SOLD by the Subscribers in Williamsburg ,
A FRESH Assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES . Also Anchovies, Capers, Allspice, Pepper, Ginger, Best Sallad and Barbary Oil, Durham Mustard, Sago, Salop, Saltpetre, Cloves, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Hungary, Honey, Lavender, and Orange Flower Waters, Anodyne Necklaces, Court Plaster, White and Brown Sugar Candy, Barley Sugar, Candied Almonds, Carraway Comfits, Orange Chips, Prunes, Essential Salt of Lemons, which makes good Punch, and takes all Kind of Stains and Spots out of Linen, &c. Anderson's Lockyer's and Keyser's Pills, Eau de Luce, Hill's Balsam of Honey, Do. Tinctures of Valerian, Golden Rod, Elixir Bardana; and Essence of Water Dock, Turlington's Balsam, Gosford's and Freeman's Cordials, James's Fever Powders, Bateman's and Jelvis's Drops, British Oil, Stoughton's Bitters, Blackie's Lixivium for the Stone and Gravel, Squire's and Daffey's Elixirs, Dickinson's Drops for Convulsion Fits, Coppersas , Logwood , Borax , Birdlime , Red and White Lead, Verdigris , Prussian Blue , French and Pearl Barley, Breast Pipes, Nipple Glasses, Urinals, Smelling Bottles, Tooth Brushes, Antimony, Brimstone, Spelter, Zinc, Rot in Stone, Pewter Syringes, Lancets, Crucibles, Black Lead Pots, Pill Boxes, Vials, Gallipots, Glister Pipes, &c. JAMES CARTER. WILLIAM CARTER.
To be SOLD , on the Premises, to the highest Bidder, on Thursday the 29th of September, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND in the lower End of Brunswick County , at Taylor's Bridge , containing, by Estimation, about 8 or 900 Acres, but it shall be surveyed before the Day of Sale, and the exact Quantity ascertained. There are 4 or 500 Acres of this Tract, fine rich low Grounds, on Mobjack River , exceedingly well adapted for Indian Corn, Wheat, and Tobacco, as also for raising of Pork, there having been considerable Quantities sold from this Plantation for several Years past. It has Plenty of Timber upon it, with Land enough cleared to work ten or twelve Hands, and is convenient to Church and Mill. One Half of the Purchase Money to be paid next April, and a reasonable Credit will be allowed for the Remainder, on giving Bond with approved Security to SAMUEL S. MC-CROSKEY. N. B. At the same Time and Place will be sold the greatest Part of the Stock, Utensils, &c. belonging to the said Plantation.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Caroline County , the 21st of May last, a likely Negro Fellow named SOLOMON , about 20 Years of Age, and will be free at 31, but he pretends to be free now. I do not remember what Clothes he had on. One of his Eyelids is slit with a Blow, but I cannot tell which. He has a Wife at Mr. John Bickerton's in Hanover County , and has been seen at Richmond . His Father, a Negro Fellow called Kitt , lives at Colonel Archibald Cary's in Chesterfield . Any Person that will bring me the said Fellow, or secure him so as I may get him, shall have 31. Reward. BENJAMIN HUBBARD.
HANOVER Town, August 23, 1774.
WE have still on Hand a few of Mr. Milne's new invented Wire Machines for Boulting Flower, which are allowed, by those Gentlemen that have tried them, to be superior to any Boulting Cloths whatever, as they make better, and considerably more Flower, from the same Quantity of Wheat. Likewise a few of his Machines for cleaning Wheat, which will clean it better than either Dutch Fans or Rolling Screens, or both together. A particular Description of either is needless, as they may be seen at Work at Mr. Archibald M'Call's , on Rappahannock , and it is presumed no Gentleman will choose to purchase until they have seen some Experiment made with them. We have also for Sale a Quantity of good West India Rum, Madeira and Tenerif Wine, JOHN & RICHARD BURNLEY.

POETS CORNER. SOCIAL CONVERSE.
S ONS of social Mirth and Glee, Lose no Time, but come and see Where the Master Spirits sit, Laughing at Iaconick Wit; While each pleasing Tale, or Song, Tunes the circling Hour along. Hark! how each melodious Throat Smoothly swells the charming Note! While Attention, listening neat, Takes Possession of the Ear; And no Care assails the Heart, But to think such Friends must part. Let the Bowl be copious be As the Hebrew molten Sea; In that Sea each manly Lip, Like a Cloud, shall freely dip, Freely draw the Ocean clear: Bacchus is the Neptune here. Here's no Storms but Gales of Joy, Which will nought but Care destroy; Nor a Billow's seen to roll, But what waves to cheer the Soul; Push the mirnick Sea about, Till the liquid Joys are out. And when out, we'll fill it up, Only for a parting Cup; Like a Planet, let it rove Round the Orrery of Love, While harmoniously it steers To the Musick of the Spheres.
JUST PUBLISHED (PRICE 2s. 6d.) CONSIDERATIONS ON THE PRESENT STATE OF VIRGINIA EXAMINED.
W E the Subscribers, having for some Time past experienced very great Inconvenience arising from the Uncertainty of the Time of our Meeting in Williamsburg , have now resolved, and are determined, for the future, to meet there every 25th Day of October and April ; of which we give this publick Notice, that those who have Business to transact with us may know when to attend.
  JAMES LYLE.  NEIL JAMIESON.    ARCHIBALD RITCHIE.  JAMES GLASSFORD.    DANIEL MC'CALLUM.  WILLS COWFER.    ROBERT DONALD.  MATTHEW PHILIPP.    JAMES FAIRLIE.  JOHN HAMILTON.    JAMES DONALD.  THOMAS SIMPSON.    ALEXANDER BAIN.  JOHN GILMOUR.    JOHN FISHER.  CHARLES GILMOUR.    WILLIAM MITCHELL.  JOHN HAY, & Co.    RICHARD ADAMS.  BENJAMIN BAILEY, & Co.    ALEXANDER BUCHANAN.  ANTHONY WARWICK.    ANDREW CHALMER.  INGLIS & LONG.    EDWARD JOHNSON.  FIELDING LEWIS.    NINIAN MINIES.  ARCHIBALD CUNISON.    THOMAS MAIN.  HENRY MITCHELL.    ROBERT RUTHERFORD.  JAMES ROBISON.    ARCHIBALD MC'CALL.  JAMES SOMERVELL.    MC'CALL & SHEDDEN.  WILLIAM HENDERSON.    ADAM FLEMING.  JOHN GLASSFORD.    THOMAS RUSSELL.  ANDREW CRAWFORD.    HECTOR ROSS.  RICHARD HANSON.    NEIL MC'COULL.  JAMES INGRAM.    JOHN LINDSAY.  WILLIAM HARRISON.    JAMES GIBSON, & Co.  EDMUND PENDLETON, Jun.    JOHN JOHNSON.  JOHN BAIRD.    ROBERT BURTON.  THOMAS SHORE.    ARCHIBALD BRYCE.  PATRICK COUTTS.    ARCHIBALD GOVAN.  MOSS ARMISTEAD.    ANDREW JOHNSTON, Jun.  ELBECK, ROSS, & Co.    EDWARD BRISBANE.  JOHN TABB.    WILLIAM JOHNSON.  CORNELIUS CALVERT.    THOMAS YOUNGER.  ROBERT PLEASANTS, & Co.    SIMON FRASER.  THOMAS EVANS.    THOMAS HODGE.  EDWARD STABLER.    JAMES McDOWALL.  DAVID RUSSELL.    DAVID COCHRAN.  GEORGE PURDIE.  
THE Members of the Fredericksburg JOCKEY CLUB will please to send in their Subscription Money, by the 10th of September. Those who have not Guineas will send me other Money, that I may have it changed, if possible. GEORGE WEEDON, Secretary.
THE PURSE in Richmond Town will be run for the first Day of the Fair at that Place, which is on the second Thursday in November next, by any Horse, Mare, or Gelding, carrying Weight for Age, according to the Rules of Racing. All Horses, &c. are to be entered with James Gunn , the Day before. (5)
AUGUST 20, 1774. MR. Joseph Herndon and Mr. James Lewis of Spotsylvania are empowered to transact all Kinds of Business for me relating to the Estate of Roger Dixon , deceased; and all Payments made to them, or to Mr. Oliver Towles , Attorney at Law, heretofore empowered, will be good, and allowed by me. The Remainder of the said Estate will be offered for Sale at the Fair in September, at Fredericksburg , consisting of Household and Kitchen Furniture, several vacant Lots, and a Tract of Land three Miles from the Town, called Cshalby Level . Six Months Credit will be allowed, on proper Security. I shall likewise offer for Sale my Warehouses at Dixon's and Falmouth Inspections, also my Plantation above the Town of Falmouth ; for these twelve Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond with approved Security to JOHN DIXON. (4)
N. B. The lower Plantation will be rented. CHARLOTTE, August 1, 1774. I INTEND to leave the Colony in a short Time. ROBERT CUNINGHAM.
To be SOLD, A TRACT of LAND in Surry County , containing 450 Acres, known by the Name of Cabin Point , on which are a new Set of Brick Warehouses, which bring in about 70l. a Year, and a new Brick Merchant Mill completely fitted with two Water Wheels on a never-failing Stream, within 100 Feet of the Wharf. The Land is very good for Grain, and has about 40 Acres that may be made fine Meadow. This is one of the most improvable Estates in the Country. Half the Purchase Money to be paid in twelve Months, the other Half may lie for seven Years, on good Security being given, and punctual Payment of Interest. If the Land is not sold by Christmas , it will be rented out. (tf) BENJAMIN HARRISON.
To be RENTED to the highest Bidder, on Thursday the 8th of September, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, for a Year, or Term of Years, not exceeding seven, and to be entered on at Christmas, T WO Thirds of a Plantation in York County , on Queen's Creek , containing between 4 and 500 Acres of Land, within three Miles and a Half of Williamsburg , and two from the Oyster Rocks in York River , which Situation, if the Person renting enters into that Way of Business, makes it very valuable. There is on the said Plantation a very good Dwelling-House, and all necessary Outhouses, in good Repair, and the Plantation under a good Fence. It will be rented with, or without, a sufficient Number of Negroes to work it. Likewise two Thirds of about 500 Acres of Land, within two Miles of Williamsburg , upon the main Road to York Town , whereon are two Plantations, to be rented as above. At the same Time and Place will be sold the Stocks of Cattle, Hogs, and Sheep. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchasers for all Sums above 25s. on giving Bond with approved Security to the Executors of Mr. Frederick Bryan , deceased.
To be RENTED, A CONVENIENT STOREHOUSE in Newcastle , on the main Street. For Terms apply to WILLIAM JOHNSON.
R UN away from the Subscriber, in Brunswick County , on Poplar Creek , WILLIAM FOGG , an intended Servant about 23 Years old, six Feet high, well made, has a clear Skin under his Clothes, but his Face and Hands are much tanned with the Sun. He carried away with him a blue Coat, red Waistcoat, one or two white Shirts, two Pair of Thread Stockings, a Pair of plated Buckles, two white Stocks, and two Osnaburg Shirts and Trousers. He says he served his Time in London under a Blacksmith, which Trade he understands very well. There went away with him one MOSES WILLIS , who has been a Waggoneer, about five Feet or nine Inches high, of a swarthy Complexion, wears his short black Hair, had on an old Virginia Cloth Waistcoat, a Check Shirt, Osnaburg Breeches, an old Beaver Hat, and has one of his Feet very much hurt by a Wagon running over it. The said Moses Willis is a Freeman, and much used to travelling about the back Parts of this Country; I therefore suspect, by his Means, that the said William Fogg will make his Escape. They have been seen to cross Black's Ferry on Roanoke , and it is probable they will make for South Carolina . Whoever takes up the said William Fogg , and delivers him safe to me at my House, shall have 3l. Reward; and if confined in any of the publick Jails, so that I receive him, 30s. Reward. (4) EDWARD TRAVIS.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, out of my Pasture, in the Night of the 11th of May last, a BRIGHT BAY HORSE with black Legs, some White in his Forehead and under his Foretop, his Brand (if any) forgot, has a Scar on the near Shoulder, and is something over the middle Size. Whoever will bring the said Horse, or give Intelligence so that he may be got again, to Captain James Cocke in Brandon , or to the Subscriber in Petersburg , shall receive 20s. Reward. (||) WILLIAM BRADLEY.
FOR SALE, T HE noted and well accustomed TAVERN in James City County , about fifteen Miles from Williamsburg , on the main Road leading to New Kent Courthouse and Ruffin's Ferry , with about 500 ACRES of LAND in good Order for Cropping, having six Fields under good Fencing. The Time of Payment will be made very easy to a Purchaser, and the Land, &c. shown by applying to the Subscriber, on the Premises. (tf) THOMAS DONCASTLE.
To be SOLD, to the highest Bidder, at Amelia Courthouse, on the 10th of January next, T WENTY very likely SLAVES, to satisfy a Debt due to James and Robert Donald, & Co. Credit will be allowed till the 10th of October 1775. Bond and Security to be given to the said Company; and if Payment is not made to the Day, the Bonds to carry Interest from the Date. (7) WILLIAM WATSON.
NEW YORK, July 27, 1774. FIFTY POUNDS REWARD, W HEREAS, on the 19th of June last past, a certain JOSEPH THORP was intrusted with a considerable Sum in Half Johannesse, of nine Pennyweight, to be delivered by him at Quebec , and as he has not yet made his Appearance there, with other suspicious Circumstances, it is apprehended he is gone off with the Money. He is a Native of England , about six Feet high, swarthy Complexion, very dark keen Eyes, and pitted with the Smallpox, of a slender Make, stoops as he walks, talks rather slow, with some small Impediment in his Speech. He lived some Time in Boston , from whence he removed to Quebec , assuming the Character of a Merchant in both Places; he was also once in Trade in Newcastle, Virginia , and has a Brother settled there. It is believed he went on Board Captain John F. Pruym , for Albany , and took with him a blue Casimir and a dark brown Cloth Suit of Clothes. Whoever secures the said Joseph Thorp , in any of his Majesty's Jails on this Continent, shall be entitled to ten per Cent. on the Sum recovered, and the above Reward of 50l. when convicted. Apply to Curson and Stetson of New York , Joseph Wharton, Junior, of Philadelphia , Robert Christie of Baltimore , James Gibson and Co. Virginia , John Bondfield of Quebec , Melchior Bourne or John Rowe of Boston . It is requested of those who may have seen this Joseph Thorp , since the 19th of June last past, or know any Thing of the Route he has taken, that they convey the most early Intelligence thereof to any of the above Persons, or Greenwood, Ritson, and Marsh, in Norfolk , or to Robert Pleasants and Co. at Four Mile Creek, Henrico County ; the Favour will be gratefully acknowledged. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from taking him off the Continent. (tf)
To be RENTED annually, or for a Term of Years, S WAN'S POINT FERRY and BOATS, with two good Dwelling-Houses, all necessary Outhouses, an exceeding fine Pasture, and Land sufficient to work four Hands, under a good Fence. For Terms apply to the Subscriber. (tf) JOHN HARTWELL COCKE.
R UN away from the Subscriber, in Amberst County , the 10th of July, a Mulatto Woman Slave named SALL , though commonly goes by the Name of Sally Grey ; she is of a middle Size, well shaped, Virginia born, and about 25 Years old; had on, when she went away, a brown Linen Jacket and Petticoat, and I cannot learn that she carried any other Clothes with her. She is of a numerous Family of Mulattoes, formerly belonging to a Gentleman of the Name of Howards , in York County , from whence I purchased her a few Years ago, and where probably she may attempt to go again, or perhaps into Cumberland , or Amelia , where I am informed many of her Kindred live. I shall esteem it a particular Favour of those Gentlemen who have any of her Relations in their Possession, to have her apprehended, if she is discovered lurking about their Plantations; and I will give a handsome Reward, besides what the Law allows, to any Person who will deliver her to me. (6) GABRIEL PENN.
FOR SALE, T WO THOUSAND Acres of LAND, lying on the River Shenando , in the County of Frederick , eight Miles above Abby's Gap . One Third of the Purchase Money to be paid on the Day of Sale, and an extensive Credit will be given for the Remainder. Mr. James Brown will show the Land to any Person inclinable to purchase, and I shall be on the Premises the 15th of November next. (tf) NATHANIEL BURWELL. ISLE OF WIGHT, July 19, 1774.
To be SOLD, T HE Sloop PROVIDENCE , Burthen about 45 Tons, only nine Months old, very well built, neatly finished off, completely found, has large Accommodations, and sails remarkably fast. For Terms apply to Captain Charles Thomas at Norfolk , or to (tf) BENJAMIN HARRISON, Junior.
Pursuant to a Decree of the Honourable General Court, and by Letter of Attorney from Colonel George Mercer of Virginia, now in London, will be sold at publick Auction,
A BOUT 3500 ACRES of LAND in the County of Loudoun , near West's Ordinary , about twelve Miles from Leesburg , forty from Alexandria , and thirty five from Dumfries , on Potowmack . This Land is well known, by the Description of Bull Run Mountains , and is very fertile, —Also 6500 Acres on Shenando River , in the County of Frederick , opposite to Snicker's Ordinary , and binding on the River about seven Miles. As this Tract is Part of a Survey one of the first in that Part of the Colony, its good Quality cannot be questioned, it is well watered, will admit of two Mills on Land Streams, and others on the River; there are now on it six Plantations well improved for Cropping, 110 Slaves, and very large and choice Stocks of Horses (some of the Dray Breed ) black Cattle, Hogs, and Sheep; which, together with the Crops of Corn and Wheat now growing (expected to be upwards of 2000 Barrels and 5000 Bushels) will be sold on the Premises, on the 24th Day of November next, or next fair Day. —The Loudoun Lands will be sold at West's Ordinary , on the 21st Day of the same Month. Both Tracts will be laid off in Lots to suit every Kind of Purchaser, who may see them by applying to Mr. Francis Peyton , near the Loudoun Land, and Mr. William Dawson , who resides on the Shenando Tract. Among the Slaves are two good Blacksmiths, two Carpenters, and an exceeding trusty and skilful Waggoneer. The aged black Cattle, and grown Hogs, will be fattened for Slaughter. —Purchasers above 25l. will be allowed twelve Months Credit, on giving Bond and Security to the Subscribers, who will be prepared to make Conveyances. (20) JOHN TAYLOR. GEORGE WASHINGTON.
For LIVERPOOL, T HE Ship GREENWOOD , Mackey Master, loads at Norfolk , has two Thirds of her Cargo already engaged, can take in 200 Hhds. of Tobacco on Liberty of Consignment. Any Gentlemen inclining to ship by her will please to send their Orders to Mr. Richard Taylor of Petersburg , Mr. Richard Squire Taylor in King William County , or to us at Norfolk . (tf) GREENWOOD, RITSON, & MARSH.
To be RENTED, from Year to Year, or for a Term of Years,
B ELVOIR, the beautiful Seat of the Honourable George William Fairfax , Esq.; lying upon Potowmack River in Fairfax County , about fourteen Miles below Alexandria . The Mansion House is of Brick, two Stories high, with four convenient Rooms and a large Passage on the lower Floor, five Rooms and a Passage on the second, and a Servants Hall and Cellars below, convenient Offices, Stables, and Coach-House adjoining, as also a large and well furnished Garden, stored with a great Variety of valuable Fruits, in good Order. Appertaining to the Tract on which these Houses stand, and which contains near 2000 Acres (surrounded in a Manner by navigable Water) are several valuable Fisheries, and a good Deal of cleared Land in different Parts, which may be let altogether, or separately, as shall be found most convenient. The Terms may be known of Colonel Washington , who lives near the Premises, or of me in Berkeley County . (tf) FRANCIS WILLIS, Junior.
NORFOLK, April 21, 1774. NOTICE is hereby given, that a Number of Vessels will be wanted this Summer to bring about 6000 Tons of STONE from Mr. Breeke's Quarry on Rappahannock , and land the same on Cape Henry , for the Lighthouse. Any Person, or Persons, inclinable to engage in such Work, are desired to treat with Matthew Prapp, Paul Loyall, and Thomas Newton , Esqrs. The Directors of the Lighthouse will also be glad to purchase one or two FLAT BOT-TOMED VESSELS , from 80 to 120 Tons Burthen. (tf) BASSETT MOSELEY.
NEABSCO FURNACE, April 1, 1774. R UN away from the Neabsco Furnace , on the 16th of last Month, a light coloured Mulatto Man named BILLY or WILL , the Property of the Honourable John Taylor , Esquire. When I tell the Publick that he is the same Boy, who, for many Years, used to wait on me in my Travels through this and the neighbouring Province, and, by his Pertness, or rather Impudence, was well known to almost all my Acquaintances, there is the less Occasion for a particular Description of him. However, as he is now grown to the Size of a Man, and has not attended me for some Time past, I think it not amiss to say that he is a very likely young Fellow, about twenty Years old, five Feet nine Inches high, stout and strong made, has a remarkable Swing in his Walk, but is much more so by a surprising Knack he has of gaining the good Graces of almost every Body who will listen to his bewitching and deceitful Tongue, which seldom or ever speaks the Truth; has a small Scar on the right Side of his Forehead, and the little Finger of his right Hand is quite straight by a Hurt he got when a Child. He had on when he went away a blue Fearnought and an under Jacket of green Baize, Cotton Breeches, Osnaburg Shirt, a mixed blue Pair of Stockings, a Pair of Country made Shoes, and yellow Buckles. From his Ingenuity, he is capable of doing almost any Sort of Business, and for some Years past has been chiefly employed as a Founder, a Stone Mason, and a Miller, as Occasion required; one of which Trades, I imagine, he will, in the Character of a Freeman, profess. I have some Reason to suspect his travelling towards James River , under the Pretence of being sent by me on Business. Whoever apprehends the said Mulatto Slave, and brings him to me, or to his Master, the Honourable John Taylor of Mount Airy , secures him so as to be had again, shall have double what the Law allows, and all reasonable Charges paid by (tf) THOMAS LAWSON.
FOR SALE, A TRACT of LAND in Amelia County , containing 500 Acres, about four Miles below the Courthouse, it is remarkable fine Land for Grain, and will bring good Tobacco. The Plantation is in good Order for Cropping, sufficient to work six or eight Hands, with all necessary Houses. Any Person inclinable to purchase may depend on having a Bargain, and know the Terms by applying to (tf) WILLIAM MARSHALL.
For SALE, A BOUT twelve Thousand Acres of exceeding rich TOBACCO LAND, in Amberst County , whereon are several Plantations and Improvements sufficient to work forty or fifty Hands. There is on the said Land for Sale a very valuable GRIST MILL, lately built, with a Stone Dam and a Pair of good Cologne Millstones, which Mill has for two Years past got upwards of 100 Barrels of Toll Corn, and is situated on a never failing Stream. The Land will be shown by William Woinack , who lives at one of the Plantations, and the Prices of the Land made known by him. One or two Years Credit will be allowed, Interest being paid for the second Year, and also for the first, if the Money is not paid agreeable to Contract. The Land is to be laid off and surveyed by Colonel William Cabell , at the Expense of the Purchaser. Deed will be made upon Bond and approved Security being given, either to Colonel William Cabell , or the Subscriber. Six per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, or good Merchants Notes. If any Person will choose to exchange Lands in the lower Part of the Country, or on near some navigable River, that are good, it is more than probable we should agree. (tf) CARTER BRAXTON.