The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1773-06-24 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
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ROTTERDAM, April 14.
THE last Letters from Paris assure us, that nothing is talked of there but War. They tell us, that Count D'Estaing is actually set out for Toulon, to hasten the Equipment of the twelve Ships of the Line, and six Frigates, which are to be ready in May, against which Time an Answer is expected by the Courier who is sent from Paris to Petersburg. It is said that the Empress of Russia is, in the above De-
spatches, solicited to withdraw her Troops from Finland, and recal her Fleet from the Mediterranean; and that, if the Court of Petersburg refuses to comply, the Fleet from Toulon is immediately to set Sail.
MADRID, February 26. Although the Plan of the Negotiations between this Court and that of Versailles are kept very secret, nevertheless the Preparations for War, which are continued in different Provinces of the Kingdom, and the Arrival of a Number of Couriers, give Room to believe that an important Treaty is on the Carpet, or is perhaps already concluded.
LEGHORN, March 6. Count Orlow, to whom Ali Bey had sent his Confidant Ibrahim Sebach, with a Letter and some Presents, has returned him the following Answer:
"The Hand of God, willing to punish the Ottoman House, has broke the Truce, because the Infidel Turkish Nation has compelled the Plenipotentiaries to retire discontented from the Congress. This Event is happy for you: That Empire, finding itself unable to take Vengeance on Cheik Daber and you, has had Recourse to the Algerines, who had equipped several Vessels to annoy you, and fortify themselves in Places that belong to you; but I have armed a Squadron to destroy them. Tell me what Succours you desire: I swear to you, upon my sacred Word, that I will not abandon you; and that, in the last Extremity, I will procure you an Asylum in our Countries, where you will be respected as you have been in Egypt."
On receiving this Letter, Ali Bey sent an Answer to Count Orlow, requesting a Succour of several Thousand Albanians.
PETERSBURG, March 26. General Sukatin, who commanded the Troops in the Expedition in Georgia, is returned. He had a very insufficient Number of Men under his Command to act in a Country filled with Mountains, Marshes, and narrow Passes. He laid Siege to a Place, wherein all the Wealth of the Country was shut up; and having nothing but Field Pieces with him, he battered it a long Time in vain, and having lost all his Men by Sickness, Famine, and forced Marches, he has brought back with him only twelve Officers.
DANTZICK, April 4. The King of Prussia has deprived the Districts of Butow and Lauenbourg of their Privileges, and incorporated them with his Dominions.
April 9. The Prussian Resident in this City received the 6th Instant an Order from the King of Prussia, in Consequence of which he gave Orders to the Prussian Inspectors established in this and other Ports on the Vistula not to stop any Vessel, whether native or foreign, either in coming in or going out, as from henceforth no other Duties are to be exacted from any Vessels than what have hitherto been demanded.
VIENNA, April 7. By Accounts of good Authority, from Bucharest, we hear that the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Porte has proposed to those of the Russian Court to prolong the Armistice to the 21st of July; but that the latter, not having any Instructions from their Court relative thereto, desired to have Time to despatch a Courier to Petersburg with Accounts of this Proposition to her Imperial Majesty, and the Answer, which is expected by Return of the Courier, will determine the Prolongation of the Armistice, or the breaking up of the Congress.
RATISBON, April 12. It is reported here, for certain, for certain, that the Negotiations of Peace between Russia and the Porte are entirely broke up, and that Preparations are making on each Side to open the Campaign. Some advanced Corps of the Turks are said to be in Motion, and the Grand Vizier has ordered 1000 Waggons to be got ready for the Use of his Army.
There is great Talk of an Association which is going to be formed by most of the Princes of Germany, to maintain and defend their Liberty and Independence.
GENOA, March 31. A Loan of five Millions of Livres is negotiating here for the City of Lyons, at four and a Half per Cent. Interest. They write from Marseilles, that great Quantities of Bread and Horse Corn were buying up there by Order of the Court, and that Recruits were raising all over Provence.
COPENHAGEN, April 6. The Magnificent, Oresund, and Ebenezer, Ships of War, the first of which carries eighty Guns, the second seventy, and the third fifty, entered this Road on the 5th of this Month. Some Hundreds of Sailors are also arrived at Flensburg, to man out the Fleet. The Troops which Prince Charles of Hesse is assembling in Norway amount to 12,000 Men, well disciplined. These are cantoned on the Frontiers.
HAGUE, April 22. We have just received certain Advice that the Congress at Bucharest was broken up the 22d ult. but that they had still Hopes that the Correspondence between the two Powers, who are now separated by the Danube, would again take Place, and that for this Purpose they waited the last Orders from the respective Courts of Constantinople and Petersburg.
ROME, April 3. The Fate of the Jesuits is at length decided, in the following Manner. Father Ricci, their General, is appointed a Bishop. The Society is suppressed in this City, and throughout the Ecclesiastical State, as well as in France, Spain, Portugal, the Two Sicilies, and the Dukedom of Parma. Those Jesuits who are professed are to be provided for out of the Effects of the Society, and the Novices to be dismissed. The Bull of his Holiness is to be published on Low Sunday, and his Holiness will grant a Copy of it to such Sovereigns as request it. At the same Time will be published the Accommodation between his Holiness and the Courts of the House of Bourbon, by which Avignon and Benevento are to be restored to the Holy See.
LONDON, April 1.
A Few Sundays since the Churchwardens of a Parish in this City went to a Publick House to observe that there was no Tipping in Sermon Time, and finding a Set of Beer which a Person had paid for and left on a Rumour of their Approach, they drank it; on which the Landlord informed against them, and they paid the Penalty.
It is said that a Scheme is in Agitation to lay a Tax upon kept Mistress, in the following Manner: Every Duke to pay for each Lady of Pleasure 500 l. every Earl and Marquis 400 l. every Viscount and Baron 300 l. every Baronet 200 l. all Esquires 100 l. and every private Gentleman 50 l. per Annum. It is thought this Duty will, upon the most charitable Computation, make up all the Deficiencies in the Civil List, and contribute towards keeping up the Spirits of the Sinking Fund.
Letters from Mahon advise, that two Vessels are arrived there from Ireland with Provisions; which proved a great Relief to the Garrison, as they were in great Distress. All Communication is cut off for the present with the Moors, on Account of sheltering a Dutch Ship under the Walls of the Fort, which some of their Officers were in Pursuit of.
Thursday Night, at eleven o'Clock, a most dreadful Fire broke out in the lower Part of the House of Mr. Tully, Hoser, opposite Salisbury Street, in the Strand, which entirely destroyed the same, as also two Houses on the east Side thereof, viz. Mr. Snowball's, Grocer, and Mr. Hulston's, Barber; and on the west the House of Mr. Baker, Cheesemonger, together with seven other Houses in two back Courts, inhabited
by poor Tradesmen and Mechanicks, who were not insured, and whose Distress is inexpressible, having saved none of their Effects, many not even their Wearing Apparel, being obliged to escape naked, particularly a poor Widow, a News Carrier, with four small Children; nor did the Shop-keepers fronting the Strand save any Thing. Several other Houses were much damaged.
An Eyening Paper of last Night gives the following for a Fact: That last Monday Parson Horne delivered in his Gown, and gave up his Living, which was accepted of by the Bishop, and intends to apply himself to the Study of the Law.
An honest American, lately arrived from New York, inquiring of a Gentleman in the House of Commons which was Lord North, on being shown him, he exclaimed, "Good God! what a Face! the Features of it look as if they had been thrown together by an Earthquake."
M. de Sevigé, first President of the Parliament and Intendant of Paris, has fallen on a most useful Establishment, which is to prevent Begging and Strolling. In Order to this, he ordered all Vagabonds to be taken up, and disposed them in certain Districts for the present, where they are fed at the Expense of the King. Out of these are to be chosen such as are able to mend the Highways, or do any other Work about which they shall be set; they are to have the Pay of Soldiers, and are to wear an Uniform. Many of them are already employed on different Works in the Palace of Louis XV. In Time of War they are to march before the Armies in Order to fill up Ditches, open Ways, &c. to facilitate their Marches.
From the black Clouds that are already gathered and hanging over every Part of Europe, there is Reason to fear that the ensuing Summer will not pass without much Bloodshed; and as the Crown of Great Britain is said to have entered into many different Treaties and Engagements with foreign Powers, it will be hardly possible for us to keep our Fingers out of the Fire. But, however, as a continental War, in the present Circumstances of this Nation, could not be supported without the Imposition of such fresh Taxes as could neither be born by the People, nor be compatible with the Maintenance of publick Credit, it is to be earnestly hoped that the Ministry will, of all Things, avoid plunging this exhausted Kingdom into it, and, if they shall find it impossible to prevent Great Britain from becoming a Party or auxiliary in the Quarrels of other States, they will confine their Engagements to the Assistance and Operations of our Navy; for a War, by Sea only, might, with proper Economy, and good Regulations, be supported for Years, without running the Nation any farther in Debt, and at the same Time our Trade and Commerce might rather be increased than lessened thereby.
A very curious and elegant Animal, called the Nyl-ghan, or blue Cow, has lately been imported into this Island from the East Indies by Lord Clive and some other Gentlemen; the Species of which, it is to be hoped, will be propagated in this Country, so as to become one of the most useful, or at least one of the most ornamental Beasts of the Field. It is larger than any Animal in England, except the Ox; its Flesh probably will be found to be delicious; and if it should prove docile enough to be easily trained to Labour, its great Swiftness, with considerable Strength, might be applied to useful Purposes. It seems, at first Sight, to be of a middle Nature, both with Respect to Size and Form, between black Cattle and Deer. It is about twelve Hands high, and its Body, Horns, and Tail, are not unlike those of a Bull; whilst its Head, Neck, and Legs, greatly resemble those of a Deer.
The Earl of Chesterfield, convinced, by Experience, of the fatal Consequences attendant on Gaming, has left his valuable Estate to his Nephew now abroad, under certain severe Restrictions. Among many others equally prudent is the following: "That he never be seen at Newmarket during any of the Meetings, under the Penalty of 5000 l. and that he forfeit the Sum of 5000 l. for any Sum of 100 l. lost by him at any Sport or Game at White's, Arthur's, Boodle's, &c." His Lordship empowers, by his Testament, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury to sue for and recover the forfeited Sums aforesaid, and to appropriate them to the sole Use of that Church.
Lord Harcourt lives with a Splendour equal, if not superior, to any of his Predecessors in the Government of Ireland; his Balls and Drawing Rooms are crowded with Persons of the first Distinction in the Kingdom, his Officers and Domestic are dressed entirely with Irish Manufacture, and he is justly esteemed a second Chesterfield.
Extract of a Letter from Barcelona, February 20. "On the 2d of this Instant four Turkish Ships of War, two Morocco Frigates, and twelve Gallies, put into this Harbour. On Board of one of the Turkish Ships was a Turk of Distinction, who immediately landed and went to the Governor, with whom he had a long Conference, and the next Day set off under an Escort of Spanish Horse for the Court of Madrid; and the Ships, &c. are ordered to wait his Return. This uncommon, and unexpected Embassy, has caused much Speculation here, especially among the foreign Consuls, Merchants, &c. who immediately sent off Advises of this Transaction to their respective Courts. The Officers, &c. of the Turks, are every Day elegantly entertained by the Governor."
It is said three Gentlemen of the first Character at Boston (of whom the famous Mr. Otis is one) are deputed by the General Assembly of that Province to come to England, in Order to deliver a Petition and Remonstrance into his Majesty's own Hand; that they are also instructed to supplicate a personal Hearing of his Majesty, upon the Subject of American Grievances, that the People of that Colony may have certain Knowledge their Prayers have reached the Royal Ear, and that they may, once for all, know what they have to depend upon. It is supposed all the other Provinces will follow the Example of that of Massachusetts Bay.
Extract of a Letter written by M. de Voltaire, last Year, to the late Earl of Chesterfield, which is said to be genuine.
"You desire to have my Thoughts on the present State of Europe. I rather, now, expected you would have asked my Opinion about other Matters, which I happened to be thinking of when your last Letter was brought me by Mr. S. It took two or three of the first Years, after your Paris Peace, before the Rulers of Kingdoms and States could think themselves relieved, or at Ease, from the Inroads of the wild Beasts of the Forest. Three Years more were taken up in making Fences. The rest, even to this Day, has been employed in sharpening Weapons. One, I suspect, has laid a Train of such a dangerous Nature as must soon kindle into a Flame, and set the whole House on Fire. We shall not, probably, stay to see much of it. Your Spot has passed its Meridian: Luxury has taken Root; the unexpected Wealth got from the Poor of a distant Country, by Robbery, has changed the Bulwark of the English Constitution, your House of Commons. The People who ruled your King, and the Kingdom, never were taught the right Idea of what we used to define Liberty. Such Blindness and Obstinacy, or what is worse, is doubtless permitted. Provisions, which I find by your publick Papers are dear in England, will not be lower till Taxes on the Industrious are lessened; and that cannot happen till your national Debt is reduced. The Rulers of Europe, I am afraid, have it not in their Power to prevent the Event. If I was one of the Band, I could find the Turnpike Road. In the midst of your Nation's Folly and Blindness, I can see a new World opening that will prove an Asylum for all your honest and industrious People; and I think a few Years will discover the Island of Britain to have, for its Inhabitants, only two Sorts of Animals, Tyrants and Slaves."
April 22. By a Letter from Barcelona, in Spain, we are informed that a large Banditti of Thieves and Murderers lately infested the Environs of that City, eleven of whom have been taken and executed. They had been guilty of the most atrocious and horrid Murders; they fell upon
a poor old Woman and wounded her in a terrible Manner, and then poured boiling Oil into her Wounds till she expired, with other Acts of Cruelty too shocking to relate.
Extract of a Letter from Constantinople, March 3. "Every Thing in this Capital wears the strongest Appearance of a Speedy Recommencement of Hostilities. Baron Thott, the famous Engineer, has received Orders to form a Plan and mark out the Ground for two Forts to be erected opposite each other, one in Europe and the other in Asia. These intended Forts, it is said, will defend this City against all Attempts whatever that may be made against it; but this Design cannot be executed in less than three Years, so that the Porte must have something else to depend on in the mean Time for its Protection."
Extract of a Letter from Paris, April 10. "All the Advises from Bucharest confirm the Account of a Suspension of Arms being concluded upon, from the Expiration of the last Armistice to the first of next May; but as the Reason of this short Suspension may be said to be owing to some other Cause than the real one, we give you the following as the true one. The Porte insists on Matters being left to Arbitration, so that Matters may be decided by an impartial Tribunal, as it is very well known that Hostilities were commenced on no other Account than to protect the independent Rights of the Kingdom of Poland. As Poland has a Right to be a free and independent Republick, the Porte, as one and the chief Guarantee thereof, had an undoubted Right to bear Arms for its Defence, and consequently need not alone accede to the Terms proposed by Russia, but should even be free from all Expenses incurred thereby. Russia being sensible of this, thought proper to make an Alliance with the Emperor and his Prussian Majesty, on Condition that each of them should lay Claim on the Polish Republick, insisting on a Right of Possession, that Poland had no Right to be an independent and free Republick, and of Course the War on the Part of the Porte lawless. The Porte therefore insists on having that Point decided by an impartial Award; he accordingly, on his Part, has named Great Britain, France, and Sweden, and left Russia to choose for herself (the Emperor and King of Prussia excluded) which, the Porte thinks, may be easily done in a Month. If so, it will in that Time be known whether the present War will continue or not; and this has been the Cause of so many Couriers passing and repassing among the southern Powers, who endeavour to bring the Empress to consent to this fair Offer. But we fear it will be to no Purpose, as the Emperor and the King of Prussia will not probably agree to it."
Since the Arrival of Lord Stormont, his Britannick Majesty's Ambassador here, he has almost every Day had a Conference with the Duke D'Aiguillon, his Most Christian Majesty's Minister of foreign Affairs. From these Circumstances, it is imagined that some Business, more than common, is on the Carpet between France and Great Britain.
The Squadron at Toulon, which is ordered for the Mediterranean, commanded by Count D'Estaing, under Pretence of protecting the French Navigation in the Mediterranean and the Levant, we are informed, is to join a Spanish Squadron which is just fitted out at Carthagena, consisting of two Ships of the Line and six Frigates.
The Marquis de Montyerd has just issued Orders, in his Christian Majesty's Name, that every Officer do immediately join his respective Regiment, where they must be on Duty the first of May."
Extract of a Letter from Paris, April 16. "As the Ministry had resolved that in Order to exercise our Marine there should be every Year a Squadron destined to make Evolutions, therefore it is that a Squadron is getting ready at Brest, similar to that which came out of that Port last Year. The Count D'Estaing is to set out soon to inspect, in Person, the Armament fitting out at Toulon; which, whilst it is manœuvring in the Mediterranean, will be at Hand to act as shall be thought necessary. It consists of two Ships of 80 Guns, four of 74, six of 64, and six large Frigates. The Count de Rochemore, and M. de Broves, Commodore, are appointed to command under the Count D'Estaing."
A Minister Plenipotentiary from the Empress of Russia is just arrived here; and as the King had sent M. Durand with the like Title to the Russian Court, it is presumed that some Negotiations are going forward relative to the Affairs of the North."
Extract of a Letter from Dantzig, March 22. "Our Magistrates have received Advice that the Ministers of the two maritime Powers at Peterburgh have made strenuous Representations to that Court to induce it to intercede with the King of Prussia in Favour of this City, so that Affairs respecting Trade might be put upon the old Footing; but whether the Court of Peterburgh thinks her Intercession would not avail, or whatever Motives she may have, she doth not choose to interfere. We are therefore still in the same disagreeable and uncertain Situation in Regard to our Trade and Navigation; and, to complete our Misfortunes, the Prussians are hard at Work upon the new Canal of Bromberg, which is to unite the Vistula and the Oder, and by which they are to carry on the Trade between Poland and the Dominions of his Prussian Majesty, whose Troops as they advance in Great Poland, it is supposed, will seize upon all the Palatinate of Posen, Kalisch, &c."
April 23. By a Letter from Milan we are informed that there is now living in that City, in the 102d Year of her Age, and in good Health, the Countess Paula Cicogna, one of the Daughters of the illustrious Count Cermei.
We learn from Paris that there has been a very dangerous Insurrection at Cherbourg, on Account of the Dearness of Provisions, and that the Military were obliged to be called out; but the Mob being armed with Fire Arms, several were killed on both Sides.
Extract of a Letter from Chatham, April 21. "Saturday Night, between nine and ten o'Clock, three Soldiers of the Artillery, now quartered in these Barracks, had been drinking at a Publick House in this Town till they were much intoxicated, when Words arose between them, till they came to Blows, and at last drew their Swords upon each other in the Street. Lieutenant Carlisle, of the said Artillery, coming by, made up to them, and demanded Peace, when one of them immediately beat his Officer in a violent Manner, and broke his Collar Bone. They were all soon overpowered, and conducted to the Barracks, and are to be tried by a Court Martial."
Extract of a Letter from Leeds, April 20. "By sundry Accounts from Cleveland, in this County, we are advised that great Numbers of People of both Sexes have absolutely sold their Effects, and agreed to transport themselves to America, with a View to get their Bread by honest Industry, which by their Labour they cannot earn at home."
A private Letter from Oxford says: "An incendiary Letter posted up here alarmed the People yesterday Morning; it was directed to the Vice Chancellor and Mayor, threatening to set the City on Fire in four different Places, at the same Time killing every one that opposed them, &c. unless they sunk the Price of Provisions."
Wednesday Morning a Duel was fought in a Field near Kensington, between a Naval Officer and an Attorney, when the latter was run through the Body, and now lies without Hopes of Recovery.
A Fire broke out on Wednesday Night at the House of Mr. Lipscomb, at Mile End, which entirely destroyed the Inside of the same. A Servant Maid, who lay in the Room where the Fire began, unhappily perished in the Flames.
It is now no longer a Secret that every Thing is Confusion and Hurry in the Cabinet. Conferences are hourly held among his Majesty's Servants, and some of them immediately after the breaking up of those Conferences directly communicate with their Royal Master. Two Councils have been held each Day since Monday; however, nothing was finally determined.

yesterday Morning, though it was debated in the Cabinet, the preceding Evening, whether a Proclamation should not be issued for impressing Seamen, and offering a Bounty to such as would voluntarily enlist themselves.
Yesterday Morning early a young Woman, supposed to be a Girl of the Town, was found in an Alley in the Borough, with her Belly ripped open, and her Bowels hanging out.
A Variety of extraordinary and contradictory Rumours prevail relative to the true Cause of the present Ferment in the Cabinet. Some give out that the Prussian Monarch has already marched, at the Head of a numerous and powerful Army, into Hanover; others, that the Spaniard, supported by Means of a new Family Compact, is meditating some important and decisive Blow against our Possessions in the West Indies; while the most rational and prevailing Opinion is, that the House of Bourbon have planned a Diversion in Italy, in Order to draw the Attention of the Emperor, and thereby defeat his Designs against the Ottomans, and have likewise determined to drive the Russian Fleet out of the Levant Seas.
This Country has not been, for a Century past (says a Correspondent) so embarrassed what Part to take in the Affairs of Europe as at present. If we should unite with the House of Bourbon, Ruin stares us in the Face; if with the great Northern Powers, the Inefficiency of the latter is, from that Instant, no more, and how long after we may enjoy our own, God knows. If we attempt to observe a Neutrality, we shall be at best despatched, if not totally undone, as such a Measure might possibly unite our Enemies and ambitious Neighbours to our total Destruction.
By Advices of the best Authority we learn that the Spanish Navy is manning and victualling with all possible Expedition, and that their Land Forces are in Motion from the interior Parts of the Kingdom towards the Sea Ports; that a Number of Transports now rendezvous at Barcelona; and that it is generally imagined that some great Blow is designed to be struck, either in Italy or the Archipelago.
The Bet of a Thousand Guineas depending at a Coffeehouse at the west End of the Town, as mentioned in the Papers, about the Duke of Grafton being appointed first Lord of the Admiralty before next Christmas, &c. was in some Measure premature. It was respecting his Grace's being appointed, once more, first Lord of the Treasury; and that from the Confidence required, and which the People of England, it is well known, have in him, especially at this critical Period.
The Premier has one great Thing on his Side in every Argument and Question, viz. Indifference. He piques himself (Lord L——n says) as it were, upon Apathy. If an Opposition is made to any Motion of his, or through his Means, he starts up with a peculiar Ease, says he has digested the Question. If any, or many relative Arguments arise in the Course of the Debate against it, he, with as much Coolness, or rather Torpidity, answers, that the opposite Arguments do not convince him of the Absurdity of his own Proposition, by which he is determined to abide, and without farther Ceremony leaves it to the Division of the House, if needful, and patiently waits the Consequence; a Courtliness that was never made Use of before by any one of his Predecessors in that exalted Station.
Mr. Jerry Dyson, in Reward for his long and painful Services, we hear, is to have a very valuable Appointment in North America, which he is to hold by Deputation, besides what is already settled upon him. Merit will always be rewarded, if People but knew the Channel where it best thrives.
The Quantity of Diamonds a noble Lord brought to England on his last Arrival is much the Topic of Conversation, at the west End of the Town; indeed, to the Curious, are Wonder itself, with Respect to their Disposal, except those of the Stomacher and Sabre, which they have assigned to a Cavern from whence nothing can return, but must remain for ever concealed from human Eye.
The Reason given by Foreigners why England is worse peopled than any other Nation in Europe, except the extreme northern Parts, is the Industry, Attention to Business, and hard Labour of its Inhabitants, in the latter of which they are superior to the rest of Europe, the Dutch not excepted; all which insensibly debilitate and wear out the Body, and abridges the Increase of the Species.
A certain Nobleman, who presides in the literary World, being asked last Week, by his sensible Friend, how he came to make so large a Settlement on his Son's Wife, whose Fortune, though large, was not in the Power of his Son to touch, from the Conditions of her first Husband's Will, made Answer, that he did it on his Son's Word, which he thought might be taken for once, for Novelty's Sake, in his whole Life, and on such a Subject too that they had never conversed on before, which diverted a minute Inquiry.
Lady Grosvenor is become such a Proselyte to Religion that it is feared Infancy must be the Consequence, if Doctor M——n's wife, as well as spiritual Interposition, does not prevent it. As Love is the first Principle of Religion, as well as human Society, why may not her Ladyship figure as much in the former as she did in the latter?
There is a Treaty of Marriage in great Forwardness, we are told, between a young Duke of considerable Fortune and a young Lady of considerable Accomplishments, with a moderate Share of Beauty, which, when concluded, will do Honour to the Choice of both Parties, but especially his Grace, who abounds in Money, and only wants a prudent Partner to direct him how to dispose of or lay it out; which this Lady, it is reported, is quite equal to.
April 24. On Thursday the Ships under mentioned were ordered to be victualled with all Expedition, for immediate Service:
The Marlborough, Resolution, Barfleur, Egmont, Lenox, Royal Oak, Terrible, St. Alban's, Worcester, Albion, Dublin, Kent, Torbay, Boyne, Somerset, Conquest, Pallas, and Seahorse.
Orders are sent to Ireland to lay an Embargo on the Irish Victuallers, and to prevent the Exportation of Provisions from the Ports of that Kingdom, except on Government Account.
It is said Press Warrants have been sent down to Plymouth, and other Ports, in Order to press the Hands as the Merchant Ships come in; and Tenders are ordered to attend them to take the Men on Board, that the Fleet going out may be immediately manned; but the Report of Press Warrants being issued for the River was premature.
Another Account says, the true Cause of the present Armament is as follows: The Russian Fleet, which has, for a long Time past, rode triumphant in the Mediterranean, has been guilty of many Excesses, and in particular has greatly interrupted the French Turkey Trade. The Court of Versailles has made several Representations on this Head, without obtaining Redress; in Consequence of which they have notified to our Court that a Fleet is fitting out at Toulon, to drive the Russians out of the Mediterranean. Our Ministry replied, that Great Britain would send a Fleet to observe them.
Sir Charles Saunders is appointed to the chief Command of the Fleet now fitting out, and Captain Hervey is to be second in Command, with a broad Pendant.
Captain Vandeput is appointed to the Command of the Southampton Man of War, in the Room of Captain Macbride.
His Majesty's Sloop Racehorse, at Deptford, is put into Commission, and the Honourable Captain Phipps appointed to command her.
The Carcase Sloop is put into Commission, and the Command of her given to Captain Lutwidge.
Orders are given from the War Office for all Officers absent on Furlough, belonging to the Garrisons of Gibraltar or Minorca, to join their respective Regiments forthwith.
Yesterday Afternoon a Duel was fought between a Naval Officer and another Gentleman near Tottenham Court, in which the latter was shot in the Arm and Face. The Quarrel is said to have arisen at the Masquerade on Thursday Night, in Consequence of an Affront being given to a celebrated theatrical Lady.
A few Days since an extraordinary large Carp was taken out of a Pond belonging to a Gentleman at Little Sutton, near Turnham Green, in the Belly of which was found a Diamond Ring of considerable Value, which had been accidentally dropped into the above Pond, by a Lady, upwards of 23 Years of age.
The Lord Mayor being yesterday informed, at the Old Bailey, that a Number of Weavers intended to assemble in Moorfields, in Order to go up to his Majesty, his Lordship went thither with some Gentlemen, but did not stay five Minutes, as there was no Occasion for his Presence. It is said that a Person genteelly dressed, who filed himself a Peer, has gone for several Days among the Weavers, advising them to go in a Body to the King.
April 26. This Evening a Council will be held at Lord North's House in Downing Street, Westminster, at which the Lords of the Admiralty are to attend.
It is said that seven Sail of the Line, which are fitting out at Chatham, are to rendezvous in the Downs the Middle of next Month.
This Morning four Houses of Rendezvous were opened in Wapping, by the Officers belonging to the Barfleur Man of War, at Portsmouth; and Bills stuck up at the Exchange, and other Places, offering Bounties to Seamen and Landmen.
The Centaur Man of War, Captain Bentinck, the Asia, Captain King, and Pallas, Captain Alms, are sailed from Spithead into Portsmouth Harbour, to dock.
The Thames Man of War is sailed from Plymouth, on a Cruise.
This being the Day appointed for the Call of the House of Commons, many People assembled to know whether Mr. Wilkes would present himself in Order to take his Place. The Issue was not known when this Paper went to Press; but as he has no Certificate from Chancery allowing him to be the Member returned, he might be sure of being refused to be sworn in and admitted as a Member.
To-morrow the House of Peers will meet, for the farther Despatch of Business.
News was lately received at Paris, that about 200 of the Natives of Corsica had formed themselves into a Party, and committed innumerable Devastations in different Parts of the Island, besides exacting large Contributions from the Inhabitants of the Neighbourhood of their Retreat, which has proved inaccessible to all but themselves.
The Castle and Gardens of Montbrillant, at Hanover, are embellishing, for the Residence of the Queen of Denmark.
Captain Cartwright, together with the five Esquimaux Indians, were at Court yesterday, to take Leave of their Majesties. The Queen was particularly attentive to the Esquimaux Lady and her Child, which is about three Years old, and ordered some Presents to be given them before their Departure.
A Letter from Canton, in China, informs that a Vessel lately failed along the north east Coast of Tartary, and in seventy Degrees Latitude landed several Persons to make Inquiry; that the Natives very much resembled the Americans of Hudson's Bay in their Features and Complexion, and that their Dialect was much like that of those of Labrador and about Quebec.
We are happy in every Opportunity of giving such Information to the Publick as we think interesting and worthy their Notice, and we congratulate them upon the fair Prospect that now offers of Justice being done to that deserving and ingenious Mechanic Mr. John Harrison; whose Timekeepers, notwithstanding such powerful Opposition, are likely to be of publick Benefit. We think ourselves justified in such Conclusions, from all of them having, whenever they have been tried, performed considerably within the nearest Limits prescribed within the Act of the 12th of Queen Anne. And the Success of the last, which is gone to the southward, in making the Cape of Good Hope, will, we doubt not, be acceptable to our Readers; and we are the more confident of this, from our Information being indisputable, according to which the Timekeeper made by Mr. Kendal, but upon Mr. Harrison's Principle, kept its Longitude, upon its Arrival at the Cape, within one Minute of Time, or eleven Minutes of a Degree, whilst those made by another Person, and not on Mr. Harrison's Principle, were either standing, or out of their Longitude 240 Miles. The Fact, as we are informed, is, that one, before it got to the Cape, stopped, the other was out 16 Minutes of Time, or 240 Miles; and nothing certainly can show the Superiority of Mr. Harrison's Invention over the other than this recent Trial.
The Archbishop of Seville, whose Death was mentioned in our last, was the only Son of Don Antonio De Solis, Secretary of State to Philip IV. remarkable for his excellent History of the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, and had presided over the Diocese of Seville 71 Years, being translated from the Bishoprick of Cordova the 4th of June 1702, during the War between the Emperor Charles VI. and the Duke of Anjou, on Account of the Spanish Succession, and was created a Cardinal in 1756 by Pope Benedict XIV. He lived universally beloved and respected, by the whole Kingdom; and though of so very advanced an Age, when most Persons may be said to have survived all their Friends, and to be indifferent to the World, his Death was lamented as the greatest Affliction by the Magistrates and Town Council, who attended his Obsequies in their Formalities, together with the Nobility and Gentry of the whole Province of Andalusia, making a Body of above 24,000 Persons of Rank. This venerable Prelate, though possessed of above 200,000 Ducats yearly Income, had scarce sufficient to defray the Funeral Expenses.
Extract of a Letter from Portsmouth, April 23.
"Last Night, about eight o'Clock, Vice Admiral Pye came down and hoisted his Flag on Board the Barfleur. He ordered all the Ships in Commission to take on Board six Months Provisions, to complete their full Complement of Men, and get ready for Sea with all possible Expedition; in Consequence of which Orders, Lieutenants from every Ship went immediately to London to open Houses of Rendezvous. Orders are likewise come down to enter Marines, and augment that Corps to the full Complement. All the Men of War fit for Sea are ordered to be got ready to be commissioned. The Barfleur of 90 Guns, Worcester of 60 Guns, and the Otter Sloop of War, had all their Sails bent this Morning, and immediately proceeded to Spithead. Press Warrants are expected down this Day."
Another Letter from Portsmouth, of the same Date, says that the following are the Men of War ordered to be fitted and victualled for six Months: The Barfleur, Terrible, St. Alban's, Worcester, Egmont, and the Asia.
A Correspondent has favoured us with the following political Thoughts on the present Crisis:
 1. An Alliance with the House of Bourbon is a chymical System of Politicks, which could only enter into the Head of a Patriot Projector, and furnish a few specious and popular Reasons to calumniate his Majesty and his Ministers:  2. The Decline of our Turkey Trade has rendered that valuable Branch of Commerce of the utmost Importance to France; it is therefore her Interest to assist the Turks, and to prevent the Empress from establishing a maritime Power in the Mediterranean.  3. The naval Armament now fitting out is certainly designed to watch the Motions of the Toulon Squadrons, and to assist the Russian Fleet. As a commercial Nation, in Alliance with Russia, we may derive the most essential Advantages from the Success of her Arms. Without an Aid, her Fleet and Army must be driven from the Archipelago with Disgrace.  4. The Publick will be convinced that an Alliance with Russia is consummate and masterly Policy. The Prussian Monarch will soon find himself counteracted and checked in all his ambitious Projects, by the Spirit, Decision, and Sagacity, of the English Minister. The Commerce of Britain, the Liberties of Germany, and the Balance of Europe, depend on this wise and judicious Measure. 
Last Friday a farther Proof of Mr. Moor's Windlass was made on Board the Betsey, Captain Adamson, when more than forty Fathom of Cable was hove in against the Flood Tide in the Middle of the Thames; and the Anchor, weighing ten Hundred exclusive of the Stock, was taken up to the Bows in eleven Minutes, by two Men only. It was the first Time these Men attempted to work one of Mr. Moor's Windlasses, therefore a little Practice will make them still more expert; as one Man, with Mr. Moore's Leavers, has repeatedly weighed the aforesaid Anchor. The above mentioned Ship now lies at Cotton's Wharf.
Colonel Barré, it is said, being asked what he thought of our Alliance with France, answered, "It is Oil and Vinegar, which I am sure will dress a damn'd unpalatable Salad for England."
Yesterday was married at St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, a Couple that weighed 36 Stone, 9 Pounds, Horseman's Weight, which is 504 Pounds.
We hear that a great Personage is again pregnant.
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. By the KING, A PROCLAMATION for encouraging Seamen and Landmen to enter themselves on Board his Majesty's Ships of War.
GEORGE R. WHEREAS it is our Royal Intention to give all due Encouragement to all such Seamen and Landmen as shall voluntarily enter themselves in our Service, we have thought fit, by and with the Advice of our Privy Council, to publish this our Royal Proclamation, and we do hereby promise and declare, that all such able Seamen, not above the Age of fifty, nor under the Age of twenty Years, fit for our Service, who shall, on or before the 31st Day of May next, voluntarily enter themselves to serve in our Royal Navy, either with the Captains or Lieutenants of our Ships, or such Officers as shall be employed for raising Men for the Service of our Navy, shall receive, as our Royal Bounty, the Sum of three Pounds each Man; and all such ordinary Seamen, fit for our Service, who shall so enter themselves as aforesaid, shall receive the Sum of two Pounds each Man, as our Royal Bounty, and all such able Bodied Landmen, not above the Age of 35 Years, nor under the Age of 20, fit for our Service, who shall so enter themselves as aforesaid, shall receive the Sum of twenty Shillings each Man, as our Royal Bounty; such respective Sums to be paid them by the respective Clerks of the Cheque residing at the Ports or Places where the Ships into which they shall be entered shall be, immediately after such Men shall have been three Times mustered. And we do declare, that the Qualifications of the several Men so entering themselves as aforesaid shall be certified by the Captain, Master, and Boatswain, of the said Ship or Vessel where they shall enter. And for Prevention of any Abuses by any Person leaving the Vessels to which they shall belong, and entering themselves on Board any other our Ships or Vessels, in Order to obtain the said Bounty Money, we do hereby declare and command, that such Seamen or Landmen, belonging to any of our Ships or Vessels, as shall absent themselves from any of the said Ships or Vessels to which they shall belong, and shall enter themselves on Board any other of our said Ships or Vessels, in Order to obtain the said Bounty, shall not only lose the Wages due to them in the Ships or Vessels they shall leave, but also be severely punished, according to their Demerits. Given at our Court at St. James's, the 22d Day of April, 1773, and in the 13th Year of our Reign. GOD save the KING.
Present State and Disposition of the Powers of Europe, said to be from good Authority.
WHEN the Dauphin was married to a Daughter of Austria, a strict Alliance was entered into between the Empress and the Court of Versailles. The principal Conditions were, that should Austria, during the War between the Russians and Turks, and the Disturbances in Poland, think expedient to send an Army into that Country, to restore to its Liberty the Republick, France should assist her with 24,000 Men, or a specified Subsidy, at the Option of the Court of Versailles. Choiseul was then Minister; but when the Emperor, designing to assist the Poles, made a Requisition of an immediate Observance of the Terms of the Treaty at Versailles, the Duke d'Aiguillon, who held the Reins of Government shuffled with him, and promised to pay the Money at some future Period, but absolutely refused the 24,000 Men. Count Caunitz, offended at this Breach of Faith, persuaded the Empress, though against the Inclination of the Empress, to enter into the Triple Alliance, which had already brought about the Division of Poland.
France, alarmed at this League, showed much Desire to enter into an Alliance with Great Britain. Our Ministry, who have long declared their Resolution not to interfere in a continental War, and moreover avers to an unpopular Union with the House of Bourbon, declared their fixed Resolution to observe a strict Neutrality in the War which subsists between the Russians and Turks, and which is likely to be kindled between the former and the King of Sweden, who is not only the determined Ally but even the very Creature of France.
The House of Bourbon, in their Rage to assist the Turks and the Swedes, entered into a Negotiation with the King of Sardinia, who, in Consideration of a large Subsidy from Spain, has, it is said, consented to join his Forces to a Spanish Army, and to attack the Italian Dominions of the House of Austria. It is also apprehended, from some late Memorials presented here by the Prussian Envoy, that his Master is secretly in the Interest of France, which he will declare should the Empress make any Motions on the Side of Alsace and Lorraine.
The French Court, in the mean Time, have issued Orders for the Equipment of a Fleet at Toulon, and for fitting out another at Brest; the first intended to exterminate the Russian Squadron in the Archipelago, the latter to aid the Swedes in the Baltic, and to facilitate Descents upon the Russian Territories. In the Kind of Harmony which has for some Time subsisted between us and the French, the latter informed us the other Day concerning their two Armaments.
By this Declaration another Wheel was touched, which moves the present Preparations. In the Treaty of Commerce concluded between us and Russia, a few Years ago, there was a secret Article, by which we guaranteed the Safety of their Fleet against the French and Spaniards; and though the Court of Petersburg have not of late showed the proper Attention to us, we are resolved not to depart from our Engagements. Neither indeed is it our Interest to permit the House of Bourbon to parade it through the Baltic, and Mediterranean, without asking them a civil Question.
The present Fleet is certainly intended for nothing but to be a Squadron of Observation, yet it is apprehended that the House of Bourbon is too far engaged with its Allies to permit the gathering Storm to blow over without breaking.
ANECDOLE of the Duke of CUMBERLAND.
SOME Time after the Duke of Cumberland was joined in Wedlock to Mrs. Horton, the amiable Pair, accompanied by Miss Luttrell, visited Lisle, in French Flanders. As they waved the Ceremony and Etiquette of Rank, a Hotel was thought the most convenient Lodging Place for the Royal Guests. Accordingly their Cattle and themselves were put up at the Hotel de Bourbon, in the great Square, or (agreeable to the French Idiom) Place at Lisle.
After living for some Time in convivial Jollity, it so happened that one Morning, when the Duke was straggling abroad, Philosopher like, to view Men and Manners, it so happened, I say, that the Dutchess and her Sister quarrelled most violently. At first, it was only, "I assure you, Madam," and "I'd have you to know, that though you have the good Luck to be a Dutchess, and the King's Sister, yet I'd have you to know that I am your Sister, and will be treated as such, Madam!" This begat a Reply in the Royal Style; and this Reply farther produced a Rejoinder, till at length the Females, fairly tired with Scolding a la Mode de Qualite , had Recourse to Arms. Then it was,
That the gentle Tip-tap, Produced a severe Slap, And the Caps lay torn on the Ground; Plates, Dishes, and Platters, Were broke into Shatters; Knives and Forks they flew merrily round.
As it was impossible that a Rencontre, in which the Tongues of Ladies bore a considerable Part, could be carried on without Noise, the Hotel was soon in an Uproar, and the Endeavours of the concerned Spectators were used to appease the Wrath of the Sister Heroines. At length the Duke, happily returning from his Rambles, bound up the Wounds of the Warriours, consoled with his Dutchess on the Scratches she had received on her "dear little Face," and by his mediatorial Offices put a Period to the fray.
It was now thought prudent to quit Lisle; and the Duke having prepared Matters accordingly, ordered in his Bill. His Orders in this Respect were willingly complied with; the Bill was delivered, but the Duke, thinking many of the Charges exorbitant, insisted upon an Abatement. The Keeper of the Hotel refused to abate a single Louis. The Duke, on such Refusal being announced, despatched a Messenger for Monsieur Dimie, Intendant of Lisle. The Intendant arrived, requested to be "favoured with his Highness's Commands." The Duke told him, he "wanted an Abatement to be made in his Bill at the Hotel." The Intendant politely acquainted his Royal Highness, that such Regulations were entirely out of his Department; that he was an Officer of Rank, and attended supposing his Highness had some Commands of greater Consequence to honour him with; that "as to the Regulation of Tavern Bills, it came under the Cognizance of the Magistrates, whom his Highness might, if he thought proper, send for." The Duke received the Hint with Thankfulness, sent for the Magistrates, and by his express Desire 50 l. were taken off from his Bill. The Duke, elated at his Victory over the Keeper of the Hotel, departed the Town in Triumph.
As it is the Duty of the Intendants of the several Towns in France to make the Ministry acquainted with every Occurrence that happens, Monsieur Dimie, a short Time after the Duke left Lisle, writ an Account of the whole Transaction to the Duke d'Aiguillon. The Minister carrying the Letters from the several Intendants to the King's Apartment, Madame Barré happened to be present when that from Dimie was opened; and on her asking the Duke d'Aiguillon what News, he read the Intendant's Relation of the Duke of Cumberland's Conduct at the Hotel. The King burst into a Fit of Laughter, whilst Madame Barré, with ironical Pleasantry, said, " Ab Mon Dieu! pauvre Duc de Cumberland! " &c. "Alas! the poor Duke of Cumberland! Would I had been at Lisle, I would have spared him the Trouble of curtailing the Bill at the Hotel, by lending him 50 l."
The following extraordinary Instance of Courage in a British Seaman, at the taking of Fort Bougee, in the East Indies, under Admiral Watson, several Years since, is related by Mr. Ives, in his Journey of a Voyage to India, just published.
"During a tranquil State of the Camp, one Strahan, a common Sailor, belonging to the Kent, having been just served with a Quantity of Grog (Arrack mixed with Water) had his Spirits too much elated to think of taking any Rest. He therefore strayed by himself towards the Fort, and imperceptibly got under the Walls. Being advanced thus far without Interruption, he took it into his Head to scale a Breach that had been made by the Cannon of the Ships; and having luckily got upon the Bastion, he there discovered several Moors sitting on a Platform, at whom he flourished his Cutlass and fired his Pistol, and then, after having given three loud Huzzas, cried out, "The Place is mine." The Moorish Soldiers immediately attacked him, and he defended himself with incomparable Resolution; but in the Rencontre had the Misfortune to have the Blade of his Cutlass cut in two, about a Foot from the Hilt. This Misfortune, did not happen till he was near being supported by two or three other Sailors, who had accidentally straggled to the same Part of the Fort on which the other had mounted. They hearing Strahan's Huzzas, immediately scaled the Breach likewise, and echoing the triumphant Sound rouzed the whole Army, who, taking the Alarm, presently fell on pell-mell, without Orders, and without Discipline, following the Example of the Sailors. This Attack, though made in such Confusion, was attended by no other ill Consequence but the Death of the worthy Captain Dougall Campbell, who was unfortunately killed by a Musket Bullet from one of own Pieces in the general Confusion. Captain Coote commanded the Fort for that Night, and at Daylight saluted the Admiral. It was not exactly known what Number of Moors were in the Fort when our People first entered, the major Part of the Garrison having made their Escape soon after their Batteries were silenced. We took in the Place 18 Cannon, from 24 Pounds and downwards, and 40 Barrels of Powder. Strahan, the Hero of this adventurous Action, was soon brought before the Admiral, who, notwithstanding the Success that had attended

it, thought it necessary to show himself displeased with a Measure in which the Want of all Discipline so notoriously appeared. He therefore angrily asked Strahan what he had been doing. The Man, after having made the other scratched his Head, and, with one Hand twirling his Hat upon the Bow, replied, "Why to be sure, your Honour, it was I who took the Fort, but I hope there was no Harm in it." The Admiral, with Difficulty, was prevented from smiling at the Simplicity of Strahan's Answer, and the whole Company were exceedingly diverted with his awkward Appearance and his Language, in recounting the several Particulars of his mad Exploit. Mr. Watson expatiated largely on the fatal Consequences that might have attended his irregular Conduct, and then with a severe Rebuke dismissed him, but not without giving him some Hints that at a proper Opportunity he should be punished for his Temerity. Strahan, amazed to find himself blamed where he expected Praise, had no sooner gone from the Admiral's Cabin than he muttered, "If I am flogged for this here Action, I'll never take another Fort as long as I live, by G—!" The Novelty of the Case, the Success of the Enterprise, and courageous Spirit he had displayed, pleaded strongly with Mr. Watson in Behalf of the Offender, and yet at the same Time the Discipline of the Service required he should show him outwardly some Marks of his Displeasure. This the Admiral did for some little Time, but afterwards, at the Intercession of some Officers, readily pardoned him. So far Mr. Ives.—Poor Strahan, not being qualified for any Thing higher than a common Sailor, served afterwards in that Station in every one of Admiral Pocock's Engagements, and in Consequence of a severe Wound he received in one of them became a Pensioner to the Chest at Chatham. This brave Fellow is now living, and at present acts as a Sailor in one of the Guardships at Portsmouth, and has been often heard to declare, with a Sigh, his highest Ambition is to be made Cook of one of his Majesty's capital Ships.
BOSTON, May 31.
S ATURDAY last, at Noon, a Fire broke out on Board the fine large Store-ship, which has been lying in this Harbour for several Months past, commanded by Captain Walker, having Stores for the Navy, which soon communicated to the Masts, Rigging, and Turpentine on the Deck, and before any Assistance came her upper Works were almost wholly in a Blaze, so that little or no Attempt was made to extinguish it. The Boats from the Men of War, with some from the Town, towed the Ship over to Noddle's Island, where, after scuttling her, she was left to burn to the Water's Edge. The Fire, it is said, was occasioned by some Coals falling from the Hearth of the Caboose on the Deck, which had lately been payed over with Turpentine, and spread with such Rapidity that nothing could be taken out of her. The Captain, with his Wife and two Children, who usually kept on Board, likewise a Boy (the other People belonging to her being ashore) were obliged to be taken out of the Cabin Windows, without being able to save the least Thing but what they had on. A Report prevailing, at the Time of the Fire, that a large Quantity of Powder was on Board, put the Inhabitants in general into great Consternation, for Fear of the Consequences that might arise from an Explosion thereof; but being afterwards assured that none was in her, they became perfectly easy, and the Hills and Wharfs were covered with Spectators to view so uncommon a Sight.
In the House of REPRESENTATIVES, May 28, 1773. W HEREAS the Speaker hath communicated to this House a Letter from the truly respectable House of Burgesses in his Majesty's ancient Colony of VIRGINIA, enclosing a Copy of the Resolves entered into by them on the 12th of March last, and requesting that a Committee of this House may be appointed to communicate, from Time to Time, with a corresponding Committee then appointed by the said House of Burgesses in Virginia; and whereas this House is fully sensible of the Necessity and Importance of an Union of the several Colonies in America, at a Time when it clearly appears that the Rights and Liberties of all are systematically invaded: In Order that the joint Wisdom of the Whole may be employed in consulting their common Safety. Resolved, that this House have a very grateful Sense of the Obligations they are under to the House of Burgesses in Virginia, for the Vigilance, Firmness, and Wisdom, which they have discovered at all Times in Support of the Rights and Liberties of the American Colonies, and do heartily concur with them in their said judicious and spirited Resolves. Resolved, that a standing Committee of Correspondence and Inquiry be appointed, to consist of fifteen Members (any eight of whom to be a Quorum) whose Business it shall be to obtain the most early and authentic Intelligence of all such Acts and Resolutions of the British Parliament, or Proceedings of Administration, as may relate to or affect the British Colonies in America, and to keep up and maintain a Correspondence and Communication with our Sister Colonies respecting these important Considerations, and the Result of such their Proceedings from Time to Time to lay before the House. Resolved, that it be an Instruction to the said Committee, that they do, without Delay, inform themselves particularly of the Principles and Authority on which was constituted a Court of Inquiry, held in Rhode Island, said to be vested with Powers to transport Persons accused of Offences committed in America to Places beyond the Seas to be tried. Resolved, that the said Committee be farther instructed to prepare and report to this House a Draught of a very respectful Answer to the Letter received from the Speaker of the Honourable House of Burgesses in Virginia, and another to a Letter received from the Speaker of the Honourable House of Representatives of the Colony of Rhode Island, also a circular Letter to the Speakers of the several other Houses of Assembly on this Continent, enclosing the aforesaid Resolves, and requesting them to lay the same before their respective Assemblies, in Confidence that they will readily and cheerfully comply with the wise and salutary Resolves of the House of Burgesses in Virginia.
NEW YORK, May 27.
A T the very Minute of the Post's Departure from Johnson Hall, thirteen Senecas arrived there, an Event that bodes no good Tidings, as that Tribe is, of all our Indian Neighbours, the most quarrelsome, and capable of doing us the greatest Mischief.
Notwithstanding the Measures taken by the Administration to restore Government and good Order in the Island of St. Vincent, the Caraibs, formed into small Parties, plunder the Inhabitants, and render Property extremely insecure; and it is thou ht there will be no real Safety until the whole Race of them is translated to where they can annoy us no more.
When the Malefactors were going to the first Execution, in this Year, and stopped opposite St. Sepulchre's Church, to hear the dying Words from the Bellman, their Hats being taken off, Bird threw his Head on the Shoulder of the Clergyman who sat next to him, and whilst he hid his Face, his whole Frame was agitated in a Manner not to be described, and he seemed to feel what Doctor Samuel Johnson, in his Rambler, calls "the utmost Exacerbation of human Misery." This was the identical Bird who a few Years ago made his Appearance in New York, personating a Son of the very eminent, respectable, and opulent Riband Weaver of that Name in Coventry, by which Means he insinuated himself into the Company of Many young Gentlemen of the first Families; but prone to Forgery and Larceny, he was detected, and preferring Punishment in his own Country, he escaped our Gallows to die at Tyburn.
The new Farce of Craft Purposes , to be performed to-morrow, was written by William O'Brien, Esquire, formerly of Drury Lane Theatre; a Gentleman who, with his amiable Consort, Lady Susan, Daughter of the Right Honourable the Earl of Ilchester, resided several Years in this City. "The Piece has a good Deal of the Vis Comica , is altogether a laughable, lively Production, and, from the temporary Satire upon the reigning Follies and Vices of the Times, will probably have a Run."
The Publick is hereby notified, that the Printer of this Paper has it in Contemplation to publish, with all convenient Speed, a COLLECTION of POEMS by the FAVOURITES of the MUSES in AMERICA, on the same Plan with DODSLEY's celebrated ENGLISH COMPILATION. Such Ladies and Gentlemen, therefore, as will please to honour the Attempt with their Productions (which will be treated with the utmost Impartiality, by a Gentleman who hath undertaken to conduct the Publication) will confer a Favour on the Publick in general, and particularly on their much obliged and very humble Servant, JAMES RIVINGTON.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 24.
T HE Juno, McCun, from London, is arrived in York River, and the Warwick, M'Vey, from Glasgow (via Barbadoes) in James River.
On Friday last, in the Afternoon, Mr. Harrison of Brandon's House was struck by Lightning, which tore the Front Door, at which he and his Lady were sitting, off the Hinges, and so stunned Mr. Harrison himself that he did not recover for near two Hours. The House was quickly discovered to be in Flames, and the back Part, being of Wood, in which were Mrs. Harrison's Clothes and Jewels, burnt down in a short Time, without any Thing in that Quarter being saved. The chief of the Furniture in the other Part of the House is saved.
Mr. Francis Ruffworm, of Nansemond County, who played such a sweet Fiddle, and was a worthy good-tempered Man, had the Misfortune to be drowned a few Days ago in crossing over some Ferry.
On Sunday the 6th Instant, Mr. William Jackson, bathing in Norfolk River, and venturing out too far, as he could not swim, was unfortunately drowned; and although he was taken up in Half an Hour after, and Means were used to restore him, they had not the desired Effect.
[Marriages.] Reverend WILLIAM BLAND, of James City, to Mrs. WELLS, of Warwick County.
To the PRINTER.
A Gentleman, going to Norfolk, arrived there in the Evening, and went that Night to see the Place where his Friend, SEVERN EYRE, was buried. The Thoughts which occurred to him, on that Occasion, are contained in the following Verses, which you are desired to insert in your Gazette.
Neque virtus, neque philosophia, tollit affectus. I F Grief, at length, permits the Verse to flow, I'll pay, my EYRE, the Tribute that I owe; Pour the sad Strain around thy sacred Urn, O'er thy lov'd Dust in votive Numbers mourn. Oh! ever honour'd! must thy once lov'd Friend Thus o'er thy Tomb in pensive Sorrow bend! His the sad Task, unhappy, to deplore The wife, the just, the Patriot, now no more! The Man whom Nature form'd to bless Mankind, Born with each Virtue that adorns the Mind. Gen'rous, his Heart still heav'd for the Distress'd; Bounteous, his Hand the kind Relief address'd; Magnanimous, above each servile Art; Candid, his Tongue still spoke the upright Heart; Patriot, full well his grateful Country knows What to his Wisdom and his Love she owes; Each Friend to Freedom can attest the Zeal That fir'd his Bosom for the general Weal.
But why to mention what so well is known? Let Memory paint his private Life alone. Here is my Soul with darkest Gloom oppress'd, The dear Remembrance still o'erwhelms my Breast. Blest in each friendly, each domestic Sweet, Humane, wife, and tenderly discreet; The social Sympathy, which warm'd his Heart, Did cheerful Ease to all around impart. Serene good Humour play'd around his Board, And Mirth, which Wit, good Sense, and Taste afford. Still, still, beneath his happy Roof was found Pleasure unmix'd, with polish'd Plenty crown'd.
Though Health forsook him in his early Bloom, And pale Disease presag'd th' untimely Tomb; No Change his Virtues nor his Manners knew, Still in each Scene our best Regard he drew: Admir'd, when active in his Country's Cause, Her Rights asserted, and improv'd her Laws; Belov'd, retiring to her peaceful Vale, Where social Sweets and manly Cares prevail! Oh! much lov'd EYRE! O dear lamented Shade! Accept the Tear thy once lov'd Friend has paid. Thy Worth instructs the mournful Verse to flow, While o'er thy Tomb he stoops in deepest Wo; While wrapp'd in friendly, melancholy Gloom, Unseen he pours his Sorrows o'er thy Tomb! Far off he ev'ry human Foot and Eye; O let my Soul her dear Distress enjoy! Let none disturb my Grief, let no one blame The Sigh still rising at thy much lov'd Name! For, Oh! 'twas thine to feel each Bosom's Wo; Thine with each generous Sympathy to glow; Thine the Soul's best Affections to improve, And fix alike our Wonder and our Love!
To the PRINTER.
Be pleased to give a Place, in your Paper, for the following Effusion of Friendship to the Memory of a Man I loved. It is offered, by Way of Epitaph on Mr. DABNEY CARR of Louisa, lately deceased; and, had the Merit of the Composition bore any tolerable Proportion to that of the Man, whose Death I lament, it might not have been unworthy the publick Attention. His Friends, however, who will not begrudge me the melancholy Privilege of mingling my Tears with theirs, such as it is, will not disdain to accept it, as a feeble, but faithful Testimony, how truly dear he was to me. I am, &c. J. B.
T IS not for me, my Heart surcharg'd with Wo, To bid my Lines in tuneful Cadence flow; Enough, if, whilst I wipe this gushing Tear, I tell the pensive Wanderer who lies here. A Youth, whose mental Faculties might claim The fairest Column in the Rolls of Fame, His Judgment manly, and his Fancy warm, His Taste correct, and form'd alike, to charm, And teach the Virtue-recommended Few, Who the good Man, and all his Merits knew. Such was his Mind! but, ah! his better Part, The Thousand Virtues of his honest Heart, Who's he can tell? So good he was, that, sure, In yonder better World, 'midst Spirits pure, He scarce is chang'd, or, chang'd, 'tis but in this, T' enjoy unmingl'd and unending Bliss. Weep not, ye Babes, weep not, though much lov'd Wife, Weep not, ye Relatives, his scanty Life! For what to him could added Years bestow, Save the sweet Power of doing Good below? His Virtues count, and short as was his Span, He dy'd, at twenty eight, a good old Man.
Advertisement.
JUNE 24, 1773. L EFT with me for Sale, a Parcel of well bought IRISH LINENS, OSNABRUGS, SILK, COTTON, and THREAD STOCKINGS, with a Variety of other GOODS; which any Person may have a Bargain of, and a reasonable Time allowed for Payment. ALEX. PURDIE.
Also a very elegant London made PHÆTON, with Harness for a Pair of Horses, which has been little used.
YORK County, June 17, 1773.
T HIS is to give farther Notice to those indebted to the Estate of Thomas Chisman, deceased, to settle their Accounts speedily, otherwise they will be put into a Lawyer's Hands; and all Persons having Demands against the said Estate are desired to make them known to DIANA CHISMAN, Executrix. JOHN CHISMAN, } Executors. JOHN TOOMER, }
HANOVER, June 17, 1773.
T HE Subscriber intends to leave the Colony very soon, and desires that all Persons who have Demands against him will apply for Payment before the 1st of August next. The Concerns, in this Colony, of Mess. Farrell and Jones of Bristol, Merchants, will be left under the Direction of Mr. John Winston, Merchant in Hanover; to whom all Persons indebted to the said Gentlemen, and who have declined their Correspondence with them, are desired to pay their respective Balances. It is hoped no one will compel him to the Necessity of pursuing disagreeable Methods to enforce Payment, after the great Indulgence that has been already given. (6) THOMAS EVANS.
YORK, June 22, 1773.
A S I have now declined Trade in Favour of my Brother Hawkins, so that I have no Connection with him from the Date hereof, all those indebted to me are desired to make immediate Payment, as no farther Indulgence can be given. Also all those who are indebted to the Estate of Robert Sandefer, deceased, are requested to pay off immediately; and those who have Demands against the same are desired to bring in their Accounts, properly proved. (11) JOHN READE.
NORFOLK, June 21, 1773.
THE Brig MOLLY, THOMAS PRICE Master, about two Years old, will take in Freight for Lisbon or Madeira , and can be ready by the Middle of next Month. For Terms apply to the said Master, or the Subscriber. MATTHEW PHRIPP.
To be SOLD, and may be entered on at Christmas, the following Tracts of LAND:
A BOUT 1000 Acres of good LAND near the River Roanoke , about three Miles above the noted fine Fishery belonging to Mr. John Short , and opposite to that Part of Roanoke where there are great Quantities of Fish caught with Skimming Nets, and that soon in the Year. On the said Land are very good new Buildings just finished, an exceeding fine Spring very convenient, good Apple and Peach Orchards, a Storehouse, and a well accustom'd Ordinary about three Hundred Yards distant from the Dwellinghouse, which is a very good Place for a Store. If I do not sell this Place, I should be glad to rent the Storehouse and Ordinary for one or more Years. Also three Hundred and sixty Acres adjoining the said River, with about sixty Acres of as fine low Grounds as any on the said River, lying very high, and joining that well known fine Tract of Grounds belonging to the Estate of Mr. Higdon Robertson , deceased, which is now for Sale. The high Lands of both Places are exceeding good for Wheat or Corn, and very convenient to the Fishery known by the Name of Norwood's Fall . Likewise a Hundred and eighty two Acres of very good Land lying about a Mile from Norwood's Falls , with good Buildings thereon, and a new Grist Mill upon a very good Stream, which will be well finished this Fall, and stands in a very good Place for Custom. I will take Negroes in Part for the said Tracts, or for any one of them. Any Person inclinable to purchase will not mislike the Lands upon a View of them, the Prices being moderate, and their Situations very healthy. I have a good Stock of Cattle which I would be glad to sell altogether, and I will have them driven to any Gentleman's House within a reasonable Distance. (11) SAMUEL LOCKHART.
N. B. I will give good Wages for two Journeymen Cabinet Makers, if they will apply soon.
TO BE SOLD.
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing 1800 Acres, lying on Swift Creek , in Chesterfield County , very convenient to Trade, not exceeding five Miles from Petersburg or Osborne's Warehouse , and with a very little Expense a good Mill may be erected on it. I will sell it altogether, or in Parcels, as may best suit the Purchasers. The Terms may be known by applying to me, in Chesterfield . (6) JOHN RANDOLPH.
N. B. Any Person inclinable to purchase may see the Land by applying to me, or to my Brother, P. Randolph , in the said County.
For SALE,
And to be entered on next Christmas, A TRACT of about 600 Acres of LAND on Turkey Creek , in Hanover County , adjoining Goochland County Line , convenient for Cropping, with a Dwellinghouse and other Outhouses thereon, and about 200 Acres of cleared Land well fenced. The Soil is very agreeable for Wheat and Tobacco, and lies much more level than most of the Land in the Neighbourhood. The Time of Payment will be made easy to the Purchaser. If I should not agree for the Sale before Tuesday the 17th of August next, I shall then attend at the Plantation to receive Proposals for leasing or renting the same.—I have also for Sale a young NEGRO WOMAN who has been used to the Business of a Family, can wash, iron, and spin well, can read, and writes an extraordinary Hand, is extremely sensible, and I believe, without Exception, is as capable of being as good a Servant as any in the Colony. WILLIAM POLLARD.
For SALE, or to be LEASED for a TERM OF YEARS,
A LOT in the Town of Newcastle , conveniently situated on the main Street, whereon is a large commodious Storehouse thirty six Feet by twenty six, a Granary fifty Feet by thirty two, a Stable, Chair House, &c. and the whole in very good Order. For Terms inquire of (11) SAMUEL PEARSON.
RUN away from Maycox, in Prince George, about the latter End of December last, a likely Virginia born Negro Man named SAM , belonging to the Estate of John Harris , deceased, in Surry . He is about five Feet six Inches high, about thirty Years of Age, and very well set, is an artful cunning Fellow, and will probably endeavour to get on Board a Vessel, in Order to make his Escape. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from carrying him out of the Colony, at their Peril. Whoever brings the said Slave to me in Surry , or to the Reverend Christopher Macrae in Cumberland , shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward if taken in the Colony, and FIVE POUNDS if out thereof. (21) MICHAEL NICHOLSON.
TEN POUNDS REWARD.
R UN away from the Subscriber, about January last, a NEGRO MAN about forty Years of Age, a short thick Fellow, very black, both Ears cropped, has a Brand on his Forehead, though hardly perceptible, and a large Hole in one of his Legs, occasioned by a Bite from a Dog; he can read and write tolerably, and is a very good Hewer, Sawyer, and Fiddler. I expect he is somewhere about Norfolk , or the Great Bridge , in Virginia , and will endeavour to pass for a Freeman. HERTFORD County, North } Carolina, June 9, 1773. (21) JOHN HARE.
STRAYED from my Plantation, in Amelia, near Mr. John Tabb's lower Store, on the 20th of May last, a pale sorrel HORSE about four Feet eight Inches high, six or seven Years old, with a Blaze in his Face, white hanging Mane and Tail, both hind Legs white up to his Hocks, and his near fore Foot white up to his Ankle; he gallops very well, paces slow, trots extremely well, and is much given to Starting. Whoever brings him to me in Chesterfield , or delivers him to the Overseer in Amelia , shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. JOHN RANDOLPH.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, at Ralph Wormeley, Esquire's , in Middlesex , on the 29th of May last, a likely small dark bay MARE , four Years old, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, paces slow, and branded on the near Buttock B . Whoever brings her to me, at the above mentioned Place, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. (11) EDMUND COWLES.
TAKEN up, near Page's Warehouse, in Hanover, a black HORSE COLT, neither cut, dockt, nor branded, has some White in his Forehead, a Snip on his Nose, is well made, and trots. Rosted, and appraised to five Pounds ten Shillings. (8) MARY HOOD.
Just IMPORTED from London, in the Hanbury, Captain Eften, and to be SOLD remarkably cheap, by the Subscriber, at his Shop in the upper End of Richmond,
A VERY large and well assorted Parcel of DRUGS and MEDICINES. Also Capers, Olives, Walnuts, Anchovies, best Jar Raisins, common Ditto, Currants, Almonds, Figs, Prunes, white and brown Sugar Candy, Barley Sugar, Orange Chips, Citron, candied Almonds, Comfits, Eringo, Ginger, Spanish Licorice, best Sallad Oil, fine Durham Flower of Mustard, Isinglass, Hawthorn Shavings, Saltpetre, Ivory and Pewter Syringes, Tooth Brushes, Goldbeaters Skin, Court Plaister, Gold and Silver Leaf, Dutch Metal, Potash, Crucibles, Zink, Pumice and Rotten Stone, Verdigris, Vermilion, Prussian Blue, Spanish Brown, red and white Lead, Pearl Barley, best Smelling Bottles with Cakes, common Ditto, Spirits and Oil of Turpentine, best and common Lancets and Cakes, Marble Mortars, Lavender and Honey Waters, Eau de Luce, Essence of Bergamot and Lemons, Mace, Cloves, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Ginger, black and long Pepper, Allspice, Turmeric, Alkane, Cochineal, Sago, Salop, Sponge, Jamaica's Fever Powders, Walker's Jesuit Drops, Stoughton's and Squire's Elixirs, Bateman's Drops, Freeman's and Godfrey's Cordials, Anodyne Necklaces, Pectoral Balsam of Honey, Anderson's and Lockyer's Pills, Greenough's Tin-ture for the Teeth and Gums, Blackie's Lixivium for the Stone and Gravel, Norris's Drops, Keyser's Pills, Evitish Oil, Turlington's Balsam, Alum , Borax , Brimstone , &c. &c. JOHN POWELL.

POETS CORNER. The JUDGMENT of FLOWERS.
FAR from the busy Haunts of Men, Far from the glaring Eye of Day, Still Fancy paints with Nature's Pen, Such Tints as never can decay. Hast thou not seen, at Evening Hour, When Phebus sunk beneath the Main, Reclin'd in some sequester'd Bower, The Village Maid, or Shepherd Swain? Hast thou not mark'd them cull with Care Some favour'd Flower from the rest, To deck the Breast, or bind the Hair, Of those they priz'd and lov'd the best? And still expressive of the Mind The emblematick Gift was found, Whether to mournful Thought inclin'd, Or with triumphant Gladness crown'd. Near Avon's Banks, a cultur'd Spot, With many a Tuft of Flowers adorn'd, Was once an aged Shepherd's Lot, Who Scenes of greater Splendour scorn'd. Three beauteous Daughters bles'd his Bed, Who made the little Plat their Care, And every Sweet by Flora spread Attentive till they planted there. Once, when still Evening veil'd the Sky, The Sire walk'd forth, and sought the Bower, And bade the lovely Maids draw nigh, And each select some favour'd Flower. The first, with radiant Splendour charm'd, A variegated Tulip chose; The next, with Love of Beauty charm'd, Preferr'd the sweetly-blushing Rose. The third, who mark'd, with Depth of Thought, How those bright Flowers must droop away, An Evening Primrose only brought, Which opens with the closing Day. The Sage a While in Silence view'd The various Choice of Flowers display'd, And then (with Wisdom's Gift endu'd) -Address'd each beauteous listening Maid! "Who chose the Tulip's splendid Dies "Shall own, too late, when that decays, "That, vainly proud, not greatly wise, "She only caught a short-liv'd Blaze. "The Rose, though beauteous Leaves, and sweet, "Its glorious vernal Pride adorn, "Let her who chose beware to meet "The biting Sharpness of its Thorn. "But she who to fair Daylight's Train "The Evening Flower more just preferr'd, "Chose real Worth, nor chose in vain "The one great Object of Regard. "Ambitious thou! the Tulip race "In all Life's vary'd Course beware; "Caught with sweet Pleasure's rosy Grace, "Do thou its sharper Thorns beware. "Thou prudent still to Virtue's Lore, "Attend, and mark her counsels sage! "She, like thy Flower, has Sweets in Store, "To sooth the Evening of thine Age." He ceas'd—attend the moral Strain The Mufe enlighten'd pours, Nor let her Pencil trace in vain The Judgment of the Flowers.
YORK, June 15, 1773. THE Subscriber intends for LONDON this Summer, where he purposes to carry on his Business, and would be glad to furnish some of his old Customers with Suits of Clothes; and as he intends to deal in Cloth, &c. he presumes he can afford to serve them on the best Terms. Those who are indebted to him need expect no Indulgence after the July Meeting; and all Persons having Demands against him are desired to bring in their Accounts, that they may be adjusted. Letters directed to the Care of Messrs. Norton and Son, Merchants in Guild Square, London, will be duly attended to. (2½) JOHN CONRAD GUNTHER.
BEST LISBON WHITE WINE TO BE SOLD REASONABLE At Mr. JOHN GREENHOW's IN WILLIAMSBURG, FOR READY MONEY.
YORK Town, June 14, 1773. INTENDING to return to England as soon as I can settle my Affairs in Virginia, I offer for Sale, or on Annuity for Life, as may best suit a Purchaser, my HOUSE, FURNITURE, SERVANTS, &c. in this Town. The pleasant Situation of the House needs no Panegyrick; and the Servants, I will venture to say, are as good as any in the Colony. Should any Gentleman of the Faculty be inclined to purchase, I have this Year imported a fresh Assortment of MEDICINES for private Practice. MATTHEW POPE.
ON Saturday the 3d of July next will be LET, pursuant to an Order of the Vestry of Newport Parish, the Building of a Brick Church, at the Place where Warrickquak Bay Church now stands, in Isle of Wight County, sixty six Feet by forty. A Plan of the same may be seen, and farther Particulars known, by applying to ROBERT BURWELL. RICHARD HARDY. JOHN DAY. (2)
WANTS EMPLOYMENT, A YOUNG Man who has been brought up in a Store, understands Book-keeping, is capable of taking Charge of a Store, &c. and can be well recommended. Apply to the Printers. (tf)
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, in King William , near Harrison's Bridge , on Saturday the 1st of May, a middle sized dark bay HORSE, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, one or two Saddle Spots on his Back, had a sore Back when lost, is much given to stumbling when rode slow, works well in a Cart or Plough, and branded on the near Buttock 3: as well as can be remembered, but hardly can be discovered except in shedding Time. It is probable he may in Hanover or Louisa , as he came from Albemarle last Fall. Whoever brings me the said Horse, or delivers him to Mr. Richard Foster, Bricklayer on Taylor Creek , in Louisa , Richard Wasley, Junior, on Elk Creek , in the said County, Mr. William Wasley in Caroline , or gives me such Intelligence that I may get him, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. THOMAS WASLEY.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD. RUN away from the Subscriber, in Charles City , last March was a Twelvemonth, a very light Mulatto Fellow named JESSE, about eighteen Years of Age, five Feet eight or nine Inches high, his Hair is long, and usually tied, has lost some of his fore Teeth, and I expect he will endeavour to pass for a Freeman. Whoever brings him to me, or secures him so that I may get him, shall have the above Reward. (6½) CHARLES CHRISTIAN.
STOLEN from the Subscriber's Plantation, joining Fredericksburg , last September Fair, a sorrel MARE about fourteen Hands high, five Years old, shows a good Deal of the Blood, rather short for her Height, has a Scar in her Forehead, a white Spot on each Side just above her Flank, a Knot on one of her fore Legs about the Size of a small Egg, trots and gallops, and branded on the near Buttock T. Whoever secures her, or brings her to me, shall have THREE POUNDS Reward. (2½) FRANCIS THORNTON.
TAKEN up, in Buckingham, a black STEER with sawed Horns, marked with a smooth Crop in the right Ear, and a Swallowfork and Slit in the left. Posted, and appraised to fifty five Shillings. FRANCIS MOSLEY.
TAKEN up, at Mr. Randolph Jefferson's Plantation, a small bay MARE, appears to be very old, and is branded on the near Buttock R; also a dark bay MARE COLT with a large Star in her Forehead, and a Snip on her Nose, but neither docked nor branded. Posted, and appraised to six Pounds. The Owner may have them by applying to the Overseer on the Plantation.
TAKEN up, in Goochland, a large white spayed SOW, with a Crop and Slit in the left Ear, and a Nick in the under Part of the right, the upper Part of which appears to have been torn off by a Dog. Posted, and appraised to three Pounds ten Shillings. JOHN MANN.
WARWICK, June 7, 1773. I THINK it necessary to inform the Publick that the 7000 Acres of Land, lying in Bedford County, with the Improvements thereon, consisting of a Forge and Saw Mill, &c. which were lately advertised by Robert Harper and Thomas James for Sale, are made over, by a Deed of Trust, to James and Robert Donald and Company, as Security for a Debt due them for Dealings at their Rocky Ridge and Bedford Stores. (tf) PATRICK HUNTER.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 10, 1773. I INTEND to leave the Colony for a few Months. JACOB BRUCE.
RICHMOND Town, June 4, 1773. AS I have declined keeping Tavern, I de- fire all Persons indebted to me to come and settle their Accounts, and pay off their Balances, as no farther Indulgence can be given. I have a very fine BILLIARD TABLE for Sale. JAMES VAUGHAN.
Just IMPORTED in the ELIZABETH, Captain LEITCH, and in the VIRGINIA, Captain ESTEN, from LONDON, and to be SOLD by the Subscriber, at his Shop in PETERSBURG,
COMPLETE Sets of Surveyors Instruments, Magnets for touching the Needles of old Compasses, Surgeons Instruments, Paints and Colours, red and white Lead, red and black Chalk, Rose Pink, yellow Oripment, burnt Ochre, Dutch Pink, Vermilion, French Chalk, Venetian Red, best Drop Lake, fine Water Colours in Shells; Lacker Varnish, shining hard brown Varnish, white Ditto, fine Camels Hair Pencils, Gold and Silver Leaf, a great Variety of Paints ground in Oil, Rotten Stone, a genteel and fashionable Assortment of Trimmings for Hats, both black and white, Pickles, fine East India Mangoes, English Walnuts, best Olives, Capers, Anchovies, &c. best Jar Raisins, Currants and Figs, Sugar Almonds and Sugar Candies, white and red Wines, distilled and white Wine Vinegars, Dyers Woods, Logwood, Redwood, Madder, red Sanders, Fustick, Aleppo Galls, Birdlime, and fine Florence Oil. Also the following BOOKS: LEWIS'S NEW LONDON DISPENSATORY, CHESELDEN'S ANATOMY, MARICAU'S MIDWIFERY, GIBSON'S FARRIERY, &c. &c. JOHN THOMSON. N. B. Doctor Keyser's Pills, and Doctor Birt's new discovered Medicines, with a general Assortment of Medicines, as usual.
Just IMPORTED, in the VIRGINIA, Captain ESTEN, and to be SOLD reasonably, by the Sub- scriber, in WILLIAMSBURG, A FRESH ASSORTMENT OF DRUGS and MEDICINES.
Also Almonds, Spanish Licorice, Isinglass, French and Pearl Barley, Sago, Salop, Hawthorn Shavings, Salsaparilla, Borax, Sallad Oil, Barbary Oil, Hungary, Lavender, and Orange Flower Waters, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, Nutmegs, white Ginger, Pepper, Allspice, Ladies Sticking Plaister, Eau de Luce, Doctor Hill's Elixir Bardana, for the Gout and Rheumatism, Essence of Waterdock, Pectoral Balsam of Honey, Tincture of Golden Rod, Tincture of Valerian, Walker's Jesuits Drops, Norrit's Drops, Bateman's pectoral Drops, Ward's white Drops, Black-rice's Lixivium for the Gravel and Stone, Fit Drops for Children, Anderson's and Lockyer's Pills, Doctor Keyser's Pills, James's Fever Powders, Annodyne Necklaces, Daffey's, Stoughton's, and Squire's Elixirs, Frances's Female Pills, Fryar's and Turlington's Balsams, British Rock Oil, Verdigris, white and red Lead, Prussian Blue, Vermilion, Gold and Silver Leaf, Dutch Metal, Breast Pipes, Nipple Glases, Lancets, Oil and Spirits of Turpentine, Alum, Brimstone, Figs, Ivory Syringes, Copperas, Logwood, Rotten Stone, Potash, Greenough's Tincture for the Teeth, Urinals, Clyster Pipes, &c. &c. JAMES CARTER.
YORK Town, June 9, 1773. THE Subscribers being very solicitous to comply with the Will of their Testator, the late Honourable William Nelson, desire that all Persons who were indebted to him will endeavour to make as speedy Payments as possible. Those who have Accounts open on his Books, and who cannot immediately discharge the Balances, are desired to give their Bonds. This Request is the more necessary, as most of the Legacies bequeathed by the Testator are to be paid in Sterling Money, and he has directed that his younger Sons Fortunes shall be placed out at Interest upon undoubted Securities, so soon as it can be done. Those who have any Demands against the Testator are desired to make them immediately known. THOMAS NELSON. THOMAS NELSON, Junior. HUGH NELSON. RO. C. NICHOLAS. (tf)
SUFFOLK, May 26, 1773. WHEREAS, by the Death of Mr. Josiah Granbery, the Partnership of Gibson, Granbery, and Company, is dissolved, it is therefore requested that all Persons indebted to that Concern do settle their Accounts, without Loss of Time, either by paying them or giving Bonds for their respective Balances, in Order that the Books may be closed. The Business is now continued under the Firm of James Gibson and Company, and Orders complied with in the same Manner as heretofore. All Persons who have any Demands against the said Concern, or the Estate of Josiah Granbery, deceased, are desired to give in their Claims, that they may receive Payment. (6)
To be SOLD at publick Auction, on the Premises, on the 20th of July, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, A VERY good Tract of LAND in Amelia , containing 800 Acres, about twenty Miles from Petersburg , on the Waters of the Nansemond , known by the Name of Brenle's . It lies extraordinary level, and is suitable for either Tobacco or Wheat, with a small Plantation and several Improvements thereon, and is the best Range within fifty Miles of that Place. The Terms of Payment will be made known on the Day of Sale. WILLIAM WATSON.
N. B. I have for Sale 1300 Acres of very good LAND in Prince Edward , on Snail's Creek , which I will dispose of at private Sale, in small or large Quantities, to suit the Purchasers. It lies about sixty Miles from Petersburg , and has an extreme good Range.
Pursuant to the last Will and Testament of JOHN DANIEL, deceased, will be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at Urbanna, on Monday the 28th Instant (June) being Middlesex Court Day,
THE LOTS and HOUSES of the said John Daniel, where he formerly kept Ordinary, in Urbanna , which are so well known that a Description of them is unnecessary. Also a very valuable NEGRO FELLOW. Credit will be allowed till the 1st of October next (when Possession of the Lots will be given) the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to the Executors. All Persons having Demands against the said Estate are desired immediately to make them known, and those indebted to the same are requested to pay, as no farther Indulgence can be granted.
To be SOLD, on TUESDAY the 29th of this Instant (JUNE)
ALL the personal Estate of the Reverend Josiah Johnson, deceased, at his late Dwellinghouse in this City, consisting of a Variety of HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, a DOUBLE CHAIR and HARNESS, and two BAY HORSES, one of them a very fine Chaise and riding Horse; also a fine Town COW, some SHEEP, CORN, &c. Six Months Credit will be allowed for all Sums above forty Shillings, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security. All Persons indebted to the Estate are desired to pay off their respective Balances; and it is requested of those who have any Demands against the Estate to send them in, properly authenticated, to JOHN CAMM, } Executors. WILLIAMSBURG, June 8. JAMES CARTER, }
STRAYED from the Subscriber, on Thurs- day the 28th of May last, a likely Chestnut sorrel MARE, seven Years old this Spring, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, both hind Feet white as high as her Hams, paces, trots, and gallops, branded on the near Shoulder A, and on the near Buttock B. Whoever brings her to me, at Todd's Bridge , in King and Queen , or gives me such Information that I may get her again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. (½) BERNARD TODD.
BROOKESBANK, May 15, 1773. AS I intend for Britain some Time this Summer, all Persons who have had Dealings at this Store are desired to make immediate Payment, or come and settle their Accounts by Bond or other Specialty, so that there may be no Dispute in my Absence; and those who have any Demands are desired to make them known. Those who do not comply with my Request may assure themselves of Suits being commenced immediately. The Store will be continued under the Management of Mr. William Hamilton, to whom I shall deliver up the Charge immediately. (4) JAMES ANDERSON.
IF Richard Rogers, who went from England to America about the Year 1750, be living, he is desired to give an Account of himself; or if any Gentleman of his Acquaintance can give Information of him, so that a Certificate may be obtained of his being living or dead, by Letter directed to Mr. Henry Adams, Attorney at Law in Mark Lane, London , or to Mr. Thomas Coales of the Bank of England, the Favour will very much oblige the said Rogers's Friends, and will be gratefully returned the first Opportunity. All reasonable Expenses, &c. will be paid by Messrs. Perkins, Buchanan, and Brown, Merchants. The said Richard Rogers hath not been heard of since the Year 1754, at which Time he kept a School in Lunenburg County, Virginia, and ordered, in his Letter dated September 29th, in the said Year 1754, to direct to him, "in Lunenburg County, Virginia, to the Care of Mr. Clement Read, Clerk of Lunenburg Court" (adding, that "that Gentleman is much esteemed, and generally known by most of the Gentlemen in Virginia") or to direct to him "at Mr. John Speed's in Lunenburg , to be left to the Care of Mr. Theophilus Field, Merchant at Bolling's Point , on Appomattox River, Virginia ." (6)
RUN away from on Board the Matty, lying in Pagan Creek , on the 21st of April, a Negro Man named JACK, alias Phil, about twenty one Years of Age, five Feet nine Inches high, of a yellow Complexion, proportionably made, and has lost two Joints of two of his Fingers on his right Hand; he had on a new green Coat, a blue Jacket, a Pair of gray Breeches, a white Shirt, and a Pair of black Stockings. This Fellow is the Property of Mr. Thomas Gordon of Petersburg , who has already advertised him in this Gazette. I will give a Reward of TWENTY SHILLINGS, besides what is allowed by Law, to any Person who delivers him to his said Master in Petersburg , Mr. Hugh McMeikin in Portsmouth , or to Mr. Andrew Mackie near Smithfield . (tf) JAMES PRUDDEN.
TO BE SOLD, ABOUT fourteen Thousand Acres of exceeding good LAND in the County of Pittsylvania . For Terms apply to Mr. Hugh Rose of Amberst , who will treat with any Person inclinable to purchase, and be empowered to make a legal Title. CAROLINE, May 7, 1773. (tf) THOMAS LOMAX.
FOR SALE, THE PLANTATION whereon the Subscriber lives, in King and Queen County, about a Mile and a Half from Todd's Warehouse , containing six Hundred and fifty seven Acres, in good Order for Cropping, having a large Peach and Apple Orchard thereon beginning to bear, a Quantity of low Grounds which may be made good Meadow with little Expense; the Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, and other Outhouses, have been built between four and five Years. Any Person inclinable to purchase may know the Terms by applying to R. DAINGERFIELD. (tf)
TO BE SOLD, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing about sixteen Hundred Acres, more or less, lying on the River Shenando , in Berkley County (formerly Frederick ) which is one of the most flourishing Counties in Virginia. The Land is exceeding good, well timbered, and adapted to the raising of all Kinds of Grain, as well as Tobacco, and has the Advantage of a very fine Stream of Water, on which is a Blomery with two Fires, a good Stone Merchant Mill with two Pair of Stones, a Saw Mill, a Distillery conveniently situated, a Smith's Shop, a Cooper's Shop, and many other Outhouses. There are about a Hundred and fifty Acres of Land cleared, and about fifty Acres of Meadow may be made with a very small Expense, one Half of which may be watered any Day in the Year. A Stock of Cattle, Horses, and Hogs, some Household Furniture, and all Kinds of Utensils proper for carrying on the above different Branches of Business, will be sold with or without the Land. For farther Particulars inquire of Mr. William Little, on the Premises. Credit will be allowed for Part of the Purchase Money, the Purchaser giving Bond, with Security if required. For Terms apply to the Honourable George William Fairfax, Esquire, Carlyle and Dalton in Alexandria , or Preston Bowditch in Norfolk . (Tf)