The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1771-09-19 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
GAZETTE.
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FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE. Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
Printed by ALEX. PURDIE, and JOHN DIXON, at the POST OFFICE.
To Mess. PURDIE & DIXON.
GENTLEMEN, I DESIRE the Favour of you to insert, as early as possible, in your Gazette, the enclosed Answer to some Queries which you lately transcribed from a Massachusetts Spy. Those were calculated toasperse, this is written to defend, the Character and Conduct of a Gentleman in a very high Station, and who has at least a Right to Justice in the Opinion of the Publick. For these Reasons, I hope you will not deny the enclosed a Place in your Paper, by giving me which you will oblige, Gentlemen, your very humble Servant, A SUBSCRIBER.
To the Author of some Queries inserted in the Massachusetts Spy of June 27th, addressed to Governor Tryon, and signed Leonidas.
SIR, THOUGH I am not that redoubted Impavidus you sneer at, and am entirely unconnected with Governor Tryon, who has now no other Influence in this Province than the grateful Remembrance of his Merit will ever give him, I cannot suppress my Indignation at such a daring Violation of Truth, Decency, and Honour, as you have shown in your Queries. You ought, Sir, to have been completely Master of
Facts from which you draw such bold Inferences; and it could hardly have been expected that an Impeachment of a Gentleman's Conduct in such high Trust should be grounded upon bare Surmises, or false Suggestions. But, Sir, that I may not too much follow your Track of Declaration, I will proceed to answer those Queries which you have addressed to Governor Tryon, in a Manner, I hope, at once full and satisfactory. Your first Query relates to a private Circumstance of the late King, which neither you nor I can be supposed to be acquainted with. I do, however, presume it probable that the late King may have had such a Design, it being so evidently calculated for general Utility.
Your second Query conveys an Imputation which is not true. The Design of building a Palace for the Governor was schemed by some Gentlemen of the Assembly, who proposed, by this Means, to fix the Seat of Government in a Town convenient for the whole Province; as many Members were often greatly incommoded, by the Necessity of going from one extreme Part of the Province to another. This, I am authoritatively assured, was the original Cause of the Erection of the Palace; and I assert it was formed by Gentlemen who were not officially dependent on the Governor, and were not, many of them, personal Friends to him. They were Men who would do Honour to any Assembly upon Earth, and whose Characters for Integrity have ever been unimpeached. This, Sir, is enough to destroy your vile Calumny, and these Facts I write with unquestionable Veracity. More upon a mere provincial Concern would be unnecessary, and impertinent; and these Circumstances are not given for your Satisfaction, but that the Publick may not be prejudiced by your infamous Slander. The other Part of this Query implies a general Doubt about the Integrity of Governor Tryon's Administration. General Invective is none at all; and this I can only answer by affirming, that, in my Opinion, Governor Tryon always wished, and endeavoured, to promote universal and impartial Justice, and I do not know of one Instance where it was, by his Interposition, defeated or eluded. A negative Assertion cannot be proved by positive Testimony; but it becomes you to offer some Proof of the criminal Actions which you, with equal Ignorance and Malevolence, impute to Governor Tryon.
Your third Query includes a Fact which we are not to take upon your Suggestion. Such a comprehensive Charge only admits of a general Negation, which the united Voice of this Country indignantly offers you. His Excellency is well known to have exerted himself with great Vigour in procuring a faithful Inquiry into the Grievances complained of, and particularly directed the Attorney General to prepare Indictments for every Accusation which should be presented to him; but so trivial were the Offences of those Officers who were indicted for Extortion that very lenient Fines were imposed. With you this would be a Proof of the Corruption of the Judges: With us, who know better, it evinces the Futility of the obnoxious Grievances. The passing Compliment you pay to the Judges, Sheriffs, and Pettifoggers, has perhaps been furnished to you by some of our Renegades, from whom you may likewise have received an Account of Governor Tryon's Avarice, Ambition, Injustice, Perjury, Perfidy, and Murder. Forbear, thou rash Calumniator! and dare no more to venture upon the hazardous Presumption of Conjecture and Surmise. Be well assured of all Facts you communicate to the Publick, and do not again oblige me to silence thee into Confusion.
The Trial of an able and generous Planter by a Court Martial, and insisting a Hundred Lashes upon him for refusing to take Arms against his Brethren, is a Fact we know Nothing of. A Man, indeed, who voluntarily enlisted himself in the Body of Men which the Governor raised, with the professed Intention of reducing the Regulators to Obedience, peaceably, or by Force of Arms, did receive military Discipline, to which he was legally sentenced, for endeavouring to seduce the Soldiers from their Duty, and openly approving the Conduct of the Regulators. Was not this necessary? Who will condemn it but Leonidas? And it was more peculiarly necessary in that Case, as there were many secret Regulators in every Part of the Province, who only wore a Disguise till they should see which was the safest Side to adhere to. If it be asked how came such a general Principle of Licentiousness, I answer it is natural to a People whose Circumstances are mean, and whose Condition is poor, when they can hope for Advantage from publick Calamity. A few busy Spirits in the back Parts of this Province infatuated the poor People there with groundless Suggestions and flattering Promises, and the Contagion spread through every Part of the Country. Most Men, who have no Principle, are inclined to suspect the Integrity of Persons above them, and Insinuations to their Prejudice easily gain Ground. A Lie is soon propagated among People disposed to believe it, till general Report gives it current Credit, and it then becomes almost impossible to remove the Evil it occasions. However, so far was the Influence of the Regulators arrived that it became absolutely necessary for the Legislature to provide an effectual Remedy. Large Bodies of Men assembling to commit Acts of Depredation on private Property, and threatening even the Government itself, must either receive a timely and severe Check, or they will soon destroy the Government which is intimidated by them. Under the Strength of this Necessity, it was thought proper by the last Assembly to enact a Riot Act, similar to the One in England, but to be in Force only one Year, which might either operate its Effect in terrorem, or arm the Government with Powers sufficient to guard against publick Violence. With this View, it was enacted that if any Persons, to the Number of ten or more, should assemble together in a tumultuous Manner, and not disperse within an Hour after a Proclamation to that Purpose was read by the Sheriff of the County, or a Justice of the Peace, that they should be deemed guilty of Felony; and that it should be lawful for such Sheriff or Justice, and all Persons aiding and assisting, to seize, apprehend, or disperse, such Persons so remaining; and that if any were wounded or killed in Consequence, the Officer should be free from all Prosecution on that Account; and Persons found in Arms opposing the Forces of the Province, it was declared by that Law, should be deemed Traitors. Such is the Substance of the Act, in Consequence of which the Governor, after having offered as Terms of Accommodation that they should surrender the Persons outlawed, lay down their Arms, and take the Oath of Allegiance, which they inflexibly refused to do, sent the Sheriff of the County to read the Proclamation, and assured them that if they did not disperse within an
Hour, as the Act required of them, he would fire at the Expiration of it. He accordingly kept his Word, and sent his Aid de Camp to acquaint them the Hour was elapsed, and he should immediately fire. How different is this Account from yours, wherein you charge the Governor, in your fifth Query, with opening on a People with a full Discharge of Artillery while under the sacred Bond of a Treaty, the Observance of which might have been expected even from a Saracen. A Regard to Truth might have been expected even from a Saracen, and how dare you thus to deceive the Publick with Lies, which the confronting Testimony of Thousands can contradict. It is foreign to my present Purpose to enter upon a formal Vindication of the Governor's Method of suppressing these Regulators, although I must, and do think, the Necessity fully justified; and the Success has happily sanctified it. The Means were undoubtedly melancholy, but the Consequences of declining them might have been more so. A Province thrown into Confusion by the Intimidations of a real Parcel of Banditti were Part, but not all, of the Mischiefs thus avoided. But, Sir, the Method, as adopted, could not have been more honourably pursued; and, in every Part of his Conduct on that Occasion, Governor Tryon never departed from the Mildness of a Gentleman, and the Firmness of a Man of Honour. You now, Leonidas, will stand convicted upon Record of two Crimes, the most detestable in human Nature, a Disregard to Truth, and a total Want of Principle; otherwise you would have not grounded a real Character upon ideal Facts, or falsified real Ones so as to make them alter their Complexion. And now, Sir, with Respect to your sixth and last Query, I leave the Answer with yourself, or with those who ever exclusively applied the Term Loyalist to Extortioners, Traitors, Robbers, and Murderers. We have no such Loyalists with us, and therefore we are not affected by the Query. This Letter is given to you, Leonidas, upon the Faith and Honour of a Gentleman, by
NORTH CAROLINA, August 7, 1771.
PHOCION.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 17.
IN the Night between the 5th and 6th Instant an Incendiary was taken, who had just set Fire to a House in this City; on which he was immediately strangled, and the Fire extinguished. The Disorders of the Militia are greater than ever were known; they surrounded lately the Kaimachan, from whom they demanded Money, and he was obliged to purchase his Liberty at the Price of sixty Sequins. The Baths for the Women, which have always, till this Period, been regarded as sacred, have been attacked; several Women have been forced away, and two Ladies were ill treated who were going to them, notwithstanding every Effort to save them. These Excesses continued to the 8th Instant; when the Grand Seignior gave Orders for the greatest Part of the Militia and Mariners to embark on Board the Ships in the Harbour, and to bring their Arms on Shore; at the same Time an Order was issued, giving Leave to any Persons attacked to defend themselves. Two Days after like Orders were published at Galata and Pera, when the Shops were ordered to be opened, and Permission given to the Christians not only to defend themselves, but to act offensively against any that should insult them. This Order has had a happy Effect; thirty of the Ringleaders have been strangled, and we now enjoy Tranquility.
The Plague has manifested itself afresh, not only in this Capital, but in the Suburbs.
Letters from Smyrna advise that the Russians have taken a Fortress upon the Coast of Asia, where they burnt two Men of War which were upon the Stocks, and taken eighteen French and Venetian Vessels, laden with Coffee, Rice, and other Commodities, destined for Constantinople.
VIENNA, June 12. The Court continues to take Measures which promise very important Designs, and confirm our Politicians in their Opinion of a War. They write from Prague that there is a new Fortress erected near Siberberg in Silesia, and that six Thousand Workmen are continually employed to open a Passage from Glatz to Schweidnitz.
LONDON, June 10.
YESTERDAY Morning, between twelve and one o'Clock, eight Russians broke into the House of Mrs. Hutchins, Gardener, in the King's Road, Chelsea. The Family consisted of herself, three Children, the eldest not ten Years of Age, two Men Servants, and two Maid Servants. As soon as the Villains had entered the House they went to the Bed Side of Mrs. Hutchins, clapped a Pistol to each Side of her Head, and demanded her Keys; which being obtained, two remained as a Guard, and the rest went to the other Parts of the House, when they tied the two Maids Neck and Heels together. One of the Men Servants, hearing a Noise, came to the Stair Case, at whom they fired, but happily missed him, and he made his Escape through a Trap Door. The other Man they found in his Bed, and on his asking what they wanted one of them fired, and shot him in the Head, leaving him for dead. They then opened the Bureau, from whence they took upwards of eighty Pounds in Cash, besides Notes, stripping it likewise of Plate to a considerable Value, and the other Rooms of Linen and other Goods, with which they got clear off. The wounded Man now lies at the Point of Death, and has a Wife and six small Children.
The Gardener, Servant to Mrs. Hutchins, in the King's Road, Little Chelsea, who was shot by one of the Men who broke into his Mistress's House, died last Night at eight o'Clock. Two of the Villains are taken, and diligent Search is making after the rest.
One of the Footpads who robbed the Reverend Mr. Horne turned about to that Patriot, as he was going off, and clinking the Guineas in the Hollow of his Hand, said, "This is the first publick Money that I ever handled."
June 11. Last Wednesday Lord North was with Lord Halifax, when he informed him that he came by Command of his Majesty to inquire after his Health. Lord Halifax replied, "Bless his Majesty! I thank him for this last Instance of his Goodness to me. I have received many Favours from him, but I must now request Favours from a much greater King."
Extract of a Letter from Newcastle upon Tyne, June 3. Yesterday several of the Inhabitants of this Place, attended by a Concourse of People, paraded up and down the principal Streets of the Town, with the Effigy of Parson Horne upon an Ass. He was clothed in a black Coat and Breeches, a Pair of long Bands, a Pair of Horns on his Head, and crying; at least they took him into the Flesh Market, and put him into a Tar Barrel, in which they burnt him to Ashes. While this was doing several of the principal Inhabitants gave Beer and Ale to the Populace, and the universal Toast was Health and Life to Mr. Wilkes, the true Friend to his King and Country, Damnation to Eddridge, Horne, Oliver, Townsend, and Malagrida, Enemies to their King and Country; it is also expected that they will be likewise burnt in Effigy, as well as all who have revolted from the Cause."
June 20. An amiable Lady, lately married (Lady V——) previous to the Ceremony, begged of her Lord, if he had any natural Children, to settle Something on them, that he might have Nothing to reproach himself with hereafter; for, added she, I would have the Man I marry uniformly good, that there may be no Temptations to seduce me to be a fashionable Wife.
The following Anecdote may be depended on. A Gentleman of Fortune (Mr. B——) who lately kept a celebrated Italian Singer, just before they parted, told her, that for the Honour of his Family it was necessary for him to marry; therefore if she would return to Italy, he would make a handsome Addition to the Settlement already made for her. She very readily complied, and promised to depart the next Week. In less than an Hour, however, he was summoned to attend the Lady in her Dressing
Room, where, to his unspeakable Astonishment, he saw near five Hundred Pounds worth of fine French and other Suits of rich Clothes belonging to him on the Fire. He asked the Lady if she was mad. "No, Seigneur" (says she) "I am so rejoiced at your good Resolution for the Honour of your Family that I have testified my Joy by making a Bonfire."
June 24. A single elderly Gentleman, of considerable Fortune, near Frome, in Somersetshire, has bequeathed an Estate to Mr. Wilkes of one Thousand two Hundred Pounds a Year after his Decease; and it is said that he has already presented the Patriot with a genteel Present, as a Reward for his Services.
The Duke d'Aiguillon, now Prime Minister for France, says a Correspondent, is one of the completest Gentlemen in Europe. He has gone through several Offices of the highest Consequence, with the Approbation of his Prince, and was Intendant of the Provinces of Brittany and Normandy during the last War; he directed the Operations of the French Army in the Year 1758, which, on the 11th of September, terminated so fatally for General Bligh, during the Embarkation at St. Cas. On the 21st of November, 1759, when Sir Edward Hawke destroyed the French Fleet off Belleisle, he was Intendant of Brest and Gascogne; and had the Address the very next Day to go on Board and pay a Visit to Sir Edward Hawke, by whom he was honourably entertained, and entered into an Agreement, which at that Time hindered the burning of some Ships of War that had taken Shelter in the River Villaine. A Dispute of an extraordinary Nature arose between Sir Edward and him, touching a Man of War, which each of them claimed; the most spirited Letters passed between the two Commanders, but the Frenchman retained it. Being well acquainted with the State of the Dockyards and Finances, he has been fixed on at this Juncture, when it is expected he will endeavour to restore France to so flourishing a Condition as in the Time of Cardinal Fleury, who died in 1743.
June 25. A considerable Wager has been made between a Bill of Rights Man, and one of the Constitutional Society, that Mr. Wilkes will turn a certain Bull into a Cow, and that after he has transformed the Animal he will milk the Creature till it yield him two Thousand Pounds.
Sunday Morning a Gentleman of the City bathing in the New River by Newington Green, a Fellow took the Opportunity and stole all his Clothes, which were very genteel; in his Pocket were upwards of five Pounds, besides a Gold Watch. He was obliged to walk, naked, to Newington Town.
There is a Disposition of Mind (says a Correspondent) called publick Spirit, or the Love of our Country, which good Men in all Ages have exerted; which prudent Men have encouraged, by endeavouring to make it fashionable and honourable; which ingenious Men have consecrated to Immortality, by their Praises of it; which few Men, how profligate soever, have had the Impudence to censure openly; which Ridicule, that spares Nothing, hath been almost afraid to attack; which in our Country hath been much talked of, and seldom found. A Patriot is a religious Man, who employs himself in serving the Publick; and a good Citizen is One who loves God, and his Neighbour. Whosoever neglects his Duty to God cannot perform his Duty to the Publick in a complete and effectual Manner. A Patriot without Religion, and an honest Man without the Fear of God, are two of the most uncommon Creatures upon Earth; and unhappy are the People who have Nothing better to trust to than the Honour of such Counsellors and Magistrates. Let Revenge, Ambition, or Pride, or Lust, or Profit, tempt the Man to a base and vile Action, and you may as well think to bind up a hungry Tiger with a Cobweb as to hold this debauched Patriot in the visionary Chains of Decency, or to charm him with the intellectual Beauty of Truth and Reason.
June 27. A Gentleman's Pocket was yesterday picked of a rich Gold Watch, at the Door of Guildhall. The Pickpocket was detected, but easily escaped through the Crowd.
Half an Hour after the above Accident another Gentleman's Pocket was picked, so effectually, that it was cleared of every Thing, quite to the Bottom; amongst other Things, was his Pocket Book. It is the Way of these PATRIOTS to dive to the Bottom of every Thing.
The Spaniards are disarming at Cadiz, but continue hard at Work upon the Fortifications. The Marquis Victoria commands there by Sea; he is one Hundred and seventeen Years old, and was known formerly by the Name of Don Navarro, as he commanded the Spanish Fleet in the Engagement with Matthews and Lestock. The present Governor of Cadiz is Brother to the famous Don Francisco Bucareli, late Governor of Buenos Ayres.
June 28. The Ministry are in a very great Bustle. Certain News has arrived of the Spaniards having broke the Convention, in America, in two or three flagrant Instances, although they are disarming in Europe. Lord North has had three Interviews with the Spanish Ambassador, within these three Days, on the Subject.
It is said that by the Treachery of some Person confidently employed by the Parties the Ministry are in the Possession of the genuine Copy of a Letter from the Spanish Ambassador at Paris to the Prince de Masserano, the Spanish Minister at this Court, by which it evidently appears that the Designs of the Spaniards are equally hostile to us as before the signing of the late Convention; but that they are still deterred from throwing off the Mask by the positive Declarations of the French Ministry, "that they will in no Shape second or support the Views of the Court of Madrid towards that of London."
An honest Liverymen of Whitechapel having polled for Mr. Wilkes yesterday, and seeing him upon the Hustings, accosted him thus, "I told you I never would leave you." The worthy Alderman immediately answered, "and I never will leave you."
It is said that it will shortly be made appear that a certain Chevalier, so far from having been out of England during his late mysterious Disappearance, has not even been out of London; and that the Advertisements were Nothing more than a Contrivance between the Chevalier and a noted talkative Attorney (who is always boasting of being the very Fountain of political Intelligence) the better to carry on the Deceit. We are assured that Means are taking to drag the Whole of this ambiguous Business into open Daylight.
A Person at New Shoreham, who was intrusted lately by a Candidate with three Thousand Pounds in Order to bribe the Voters, has lately decamped a la fourchette.
On Monday last came on in the Court of King's Bench a Trial between an eminent Apothecary in the Borough of Southwark, Plaintiff, and a Gentleman, Defendant, on a Charge of criminal Conversation with the Plaintiff's Wife. The modest Gaieties laid his Damages at five Thousand Pounds, but such were the Circumstances in Favour of the Frailty of the Female, and so very venal did her Aggravations render her Fault (added to its appearing that the married Parties had long been mutually separated) that the five Thousand Pounds Damages dwindled in the Eyes of a disappointed Jury to forty Shillings, for which Sum they gave their Verdict in Favour of the Plaintiff.
Anecdote of Lady Viscountess Ligonier. The following Incident was related by the celebrated Jack Hoadley, on his private Examination, and Confession. As there is no Secret in the private History of this illustrious Fair, it is at the Service of the Publick.
The celebrated Viscountess, as usual, making her Visit to the Coach House Stable one Morning after Breakfast, was followed by Miss Ligonier, the Sister of her wife's late Lord.
Her Ladyship finding her beloved Driver in the Avocation of his Office, rubbing down Popper, wished to employ him elsewhere; but the importunate Civility of her Sister in Law was an Obstacle to her wishes Intention. Exploit, the female Ally, assisted by a sudden Thought (no less ridiculous than extraordinary) the invention of the leviservus Lady! taking

Mrs. Ligonier by the Army, in a friendly Manner, she led her into a Stall where a remarkable tall Horse stood, saying, in a jocular Way, that she could not get on the Horse's Back, though she was sure she herself could. To convince her, with a Bound like a Wild Goat, he at once got astride on the far-famed Animal, who was unused to such an Honour and Warmth on his bare Back. They having mutually laughed at her elevated Situation and Agility, the descended. Miss's Turn came next, who, being unfortunately very short in Stature, made two or three fruitless Attempts. Lady Ligonier, who had refused to with the could get on, taking her Sister by the left Ankle (as the Jockeys do their Lads when they mount unfledged Horses) the next Spring she made, with this Assistance, brought her on the Horse's Back, where little Miss sat like an Eastern Prince on the Back of an Elephant.
The Viscountess having secured her Friend by this Exaltation, flew to the Woodhouse. Having made a Sign to Pains-taking Jack in passing, he well understood that her Ladyship was going to sacrifice to Venus, and that he must act as High Priest. The Wood Repository, the sacred Shrine, was Witness to the Fervency of her Devotion; which terminated, she returned to deliver her alarmed unsuspecting Sister from her irksome Situation, where Fear kept her, with both Hands twisted in the Mane of the stately Animal. This was told as a Tour plaisant , that she had performed at the Expense of her Sister; which diverted her good Lord, and he was totally unsuspecting of the material Share he had himself of the Plaisanterie . The Virtue and Innocence of Miss Ligonier blinded her; never imagining the Cause, she thought it a French Joke, proceeding from the Vivacity of her Sister in Law's Disposition.
The warm Sun of Italy produced a Messalina ; Albion's fair Isle, and less genial Heat, Lady Ligonier! France had the Honour of her Education; to that Country let the Credit be due.
By the Minerva, Rankin, and Warwick, M'Vey, from Glasgow, we have Papers to the 23d of July, from which we have collected the following Advices.
FLORENCE, July 24.
LAST Week several Shocks of an Earthquake were felt in the Cities and Villages of Viterbi, Frascati, Calle Gondolfo, &c. but did not cause any Damage. They were followed by a dreadful Hurricane, and Storm of Hail, of such extraordinary Size as entirely destroyed the Fruits of the Earth in the District of Sabina, and killed many Cattle.
Berlin, July 6. The heavy and incessant Rains which have fallen in this Country for these four Weeks past have done very great Damage. The most melancholy Accounts are received from Werben, in the Old Mark, no less than forty Villages and thirty four Gentlemens Country Seats having been laid under Water by the Elbe's again overflowing its Banks, and forcing its Way through the Dikes, which were broken by the great Inundation that happened last Spring, and have not been since sufficiently repaired. This is the fourth Time within these five Months that this Part of the Old Mark has been afflicted with this dreadful Calamity, which has reduced the unhappy Sufferers to the most shocking State of Misery and Distress.
Cologne, July 9. We are informed that a Courier arrived lately from Petersburg at Berlin with some Despatches, which were immediately sent by Express to the Court of Vienna, and to the Camp of the Grand Vizier. We are assured that these Despatches contain the last Answer of the Empress of Russia relative to the Negotiation carrying on with the Porte.
Paris, July 5. We are assured that the Jews have offered two Hundred Million Livres purely and simply for Permission to re-enter their Convents.
Count de la Marche went last Wednesday to the Chamber of Accounts to hold a Bed of Justice in the King's Name, and to procure an Acknowledgement of the new Tribunal from that Court. We are told that Mr. Perrot, the Advocate General, made a very striking Speech, on signifying the Necessity he was under of not complying with this Measure; and that the Chamber of Accounts entered Protefts both before and after the above Bed of Justice.
Warsaw, June 29. We flatter ourselves that the good Offices of the Courts of Vienna and Berlin, at Petersburg, would have established the Tranquility of this Kingdom; but we deceived ourselves, and many more great Persons have shown their Discontent. The Prince Primate, the Bishops of Cujavia and Wilna, and the Palatines of Kalisz and Pomerelia, have resolved to leave this Place. The Bishop of Wilna has set the Example, and the Prince Primate has notified their Grievances to the foreign Ministers, in a Letter which he has written to them.
The Ferment in Lithuania daily increases. The Sieur Chodkiewicks, and Count de Branicki are employed in forming a general Confederacy there.
June 26. We have just received Accounts from Volhnia that a Courier had passed through there from Prince Dolgorucki's Army, in his Way to Petersburg, carrying thither the important Tidings that the whole Crimea had surrendered to the Russian Sceptre.
Stockholm, June 21. His Majesty, desirous that the Offices in his Disposal should be conferred according to Merit, has issued an Ordinance prohibiting every Kind of Recommendation of Candidates for vacant Places.
Lemberg, June 19. We have Accounts from Moldavia that the last Turkish Fort on this Side the Danube, namely Tuhra, where there are six Thousand Turks, is now besieged by Prince Repnin.
Vienna, June 29. M. de Serien, known by his excellent Knowledge in Finances and Commerce, and who hath presented to the Court several Memorials on important Subjects, is just upon publishing a new Work, entitled "The Riches of England." It is said he there unveils the State or Weakness in which that Nation is at present, as well with Regard to her publick Debt as to many Defects in the Constitution.
Copenhagen, June 25. The King of Denmark has lately issued an Ordinance whereby he changes the Punishment for Robbery and Theft, which was before capital, to working upon the Fortifications, or of being confined to a House of Correction during Life, where they are to be whipped and branded, or whipped only, or even exempted from that Punishment, according to the Circumstances, or different Degrees of the Enormity of their Crime.
LONDON, July 2.
THERE are now in London Orders from America for Goods to the Amount of one Million Sterling, which are to be shipped off as soon as possible.
Seven Thousand Pounds (says a Correspondent) of Mr. Wilkes's Debts, were said to be contracted by his good Nature in standing Security for his Friends. Who were these Friends? The Whole was a Falsehood, and contrived only to bilk the Publick of their Money. Quere, what is become of Mr. Wilkes's History, for which he was paid by his Subscribers?
India Stock has risen, within these five Days, between five and six per Cent. The Confirmation of the Amity between the Russians, Turks, Austrians, and Prussians, has lent a Hand to this Rise. The Emperor of Germany, by this Confirmation, acquires all the Territories that have been in Dispute between his House and the Ottoman Porte for these Hundred Years past. The King of Prussia cedes also to the Emperor all Prussian Silesia; and in Lieu of this Surrender is invested with the Whole of Polish Prussia, and the important City of Dantzick. The Empress of Russia has also a large Share of the Turkish Dominions, ratified and confirmed to the Imperial Crown of that Name.
July 4. Messieurs Wilkes and Bull having given Orders to Mr. Wright, of Long Acre, for building two very elegant Chariots, a Society in the City are expected to present Mr. Wilkes with a fine Pair of Horses; but the Master not being yet absolutely determined, some of the Members have required Time to consider upon it.
They write from Leghorn that the Count d'Orlow, who had been so long detained from proceeding on his Voyage in those Parts, in Expectation of a Peace being concluded between Russia and the Porte, was preparing to set out with all his Officers for the Archipelago, to join from thence the Russian Army. This does not at all look like a Cessation of Hostilities between these Powers.
The warlike Preparations at Constantinople were, when the last Letters came away, carrying on with the utmost Ardour. A second Fleet was preparing to join the Operations of the first in acting against the Russian Force in the Archipelago, and large Premiums were offered to Seamen of all Nations who would repair to fight under the Ottoman Flag. As this Step is very uncommon in the Turkish Government, we may conclude that the Business was uncommonly urgent, at least that the Turks thought so.
This Week Numbers of Artificers from the Cloathing Counties arrived in this City, and have engaged themselves, at extraordinary high Wages, to go to Boston, Philadelphia, and New York.
A Person of Consequence is preparing to set out for Virginia, to make some material Alterations in the Legislature, and settle some Disagreements arising among the Inhabitants of that Place.
All the Marines are ordered upon recruiting Parties, that their several Complements of Men may be immediately completed, the Necessity of which Administration best knows; but if flying Reports are to be depended upon, it will not be long before there is full Employment for them.
Experiment has been made of inoculating the Dismemper of horned Cattle with some Cows at Copenhagen. The Number of inoculated was about a Hundred, and the Experiment promises Success.
A Bill to prevent the Migration of Manufacturers out of the Kingdom is preparing to be laid before an august Assembly, at their next Meeting. It is said that a Motion will be made, in the first Common Council, for allowing Mr. Wilkes one Thousand five Hundred Pounds out of the Chamber of this City, towards defraying the Expense of his present Office.
Great Bets are still depending whether Mr. Wilkes will be admitted, by the higher Powers, to serve the Office of Sheriff or not. Many are of Opinion that no Objection will be made to him, merely to avoid the Tumult and Disorder which such Refusal would occasion.
July 5. There are private Letters in Town from Narva, and several other Places in Livonia, which make the Loss by the late Fires at Petersburg amount to four Millions of Roubles, or nine Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling.
It is said a Somersetshire Gentleman, who is supposed to be represented in the Maid of Bath, offered five Thousand Pounds if the Author would not indulge the Town with that Piece; on which Answer was sent him that Nothing but an absolute Independence of fifty Thousand could possibly keep him from lazing the Foibles of the Age.
July 6. Mr. Alderman Crosby, the present Lord Mayor, is to be chosen Lord Mayor for the succeeding Year also. This is already agreed upon, by that great Majority of the Livery who carry every Point in the City. This Favour is to be rendered to him as a Reward for his publick Spirit on several Occasions lately; besides, it will answer another Purpose.
The Duke of Gloucester being in a bad State of Health, his Physicians have recommended a southern Air to his Highness; in Consequence of which the Venus Frigate is fitting out, to carry him to Lisbon.
July 16. It is imagined that the Dutch mean to enter into a very warm Altercation with the Prussian Monarch on his Encroachments on their Rights; so true it is that England is the only passive Power in Europe, though in no Degree inferior to the most turbulent.
Yesterday some particular Despatches were sent off from Lord Hillsborough's Office, for his Excellency Governor Tryon at North Carolina. Friday next is fixed for the Removal of their Majesties, and the whole Court, to Windsor. The Ceremony of the Installation will be on the Monday following.
Yesterday two Regiments of Foot marched for Windsor, to be quartered there during the Installation. Two more Regiments marched this Morning for Windsor Castle.
The Earl of Chatham is expected at his House in Pall Mall on Wednesday next, whence, it is said, he will go to St. James's, to wait on his Majesty, pursuant to his Desire, when various Speculations are formed among some of the most profound Politicians.
This Day Messieurs Wilkes and Bull, the Sheriffs elect, gave Bond to serve the said Office.
One Night last Week Charles Fox offered, at a publick Gaming House in Pall Mall, to lay five Thousand Pounds to five Hundred Pounds that there will be some Method taken to prevent the popular Patriot from serving the Office of Sheriff.
The Hostilities commenced by the French in seizing two American Traders to the West Indies will doubtless bring the Mother Country into due Importance; for it cannot but be recollected, that however self-dependent America may seem in commercial Affairs, it is in no Condition to protect itself from the Attacks of an Enemy.
We hear that a Nobleman of great Fortune and Connexions has resolved to take the declining Trade of Jamaica under his Protection, a Circumstance that has put the Inhabitants in high Spirits.
A Correspondent informs us that there is now preparing, by Order of her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia, one of the richest Diamond Necklaces that ever was made, intended as a Present for the Queen of Denmark.
Yesterday arrived in Town, from Portsmouth, Doctor Solander, and Banks, Esquire, who lately made a Voyage round the World in the Endeavour, Captain Cooke, in Search of natural Curiosities.
July 17. If Credit may be given to private Letters from Vienna, a violent Jealousy subsists between their Sovereign and the Empress of Russia.
The young Princes, it is reported, will visit Hanover soon after the Installation, when the Bishop of Osnabrug will visit his See.
The Duke of Grafton's Robes for the approaching Installation at Windsor, exclusive entirely of Diamonds, have, we are assured, cost three Thousand Guineas. But that Sum is a mere Bagatelle where Patents are a marketable Commodity, and where Affidavit-making Squires are actually forcing their Custom on his Shop.
We can assure the Publick, from undoubted Authority, that there is no Truth in the Report of General Paoli's being appointed to a Command in the Danish Army. That General has at present no Intention of leaving this Kingdom.
A few Nights ago the Honourable C. H. lost twenty Thousand Pounds at one Sitting, at three-handed Whist, with Lieutenant B. and a well known Attorney.
A great Crown Lawyer being lately consulted relative to the best Means of proceeding against Mr. Wilkes, if in the Course of his Sheriffalty he should attempt to create Disturbances, replied, that a Bill of general Disqualification would be the only File that could possibly destroy the Teeth of the Viper. "Aye, but (says a certain Minister) will not that tend to inflame?" "How inflame (returned the Lawyer) can his Partizans be more the Enemies of Government than at present; or can you stand worse with what they call the People? In giving Mr. Luttrell his Seat, you struck at him with an Ax; are you now afraid to beat him with a Rattan? As you have done your utmost, do not hesitate to do your least; and be assured that what I advise will entirely extinguish this Firebrand, though he may, for a little Time, annoy you with his Stench." It is rumoured that a patriotic Gentleman has lately met with some unexpected Disappointments in his Schemes for defraying the Expenses of the Sheriffalty for the ensuing Year.
Application, it is said, has been made to the Lord Chamberlain, to stop the Exhibition of the Maid of Bath, on Account of its Personality, with Respect to the Conduct of a certain Baronet in a late amorous Transaction.
A Correspondent assures us that although every Attempt to discover Junius has hitherto proved abortive, it is confidently asserted, from several Expressions in the two last Papers under that Signature, that the much admired Author can be no other than the patriotic Captain A——n.
July 18. Notwithstanding all that has been said that the Falkland Islands are not intended in earnest to be settled, the contrary seems now to be determined on, as the Victualling Office advertises for three Hundred Tuns of Provisions for that Place.
Supplement to the Corsican History.
M. de Marboeuf attributes the Loss of this Battle to one Ardachy, or Adazi, a Sergeant in the Royal Italian, who deserted two Days before this unlucky Encounter, and who is supposed to have gone over to the Mountaineers, to inform them of the Dispositions of the French General, and directed their Defence. The Baggage and the military Chest seem to be inaccessible, and impregnable, at Fiemalto. This Capture will prove a powerful Comfort to the Rebels, and will enable them to resist for a long Time to come.
Extract of a Letter from Rome, May 15.
Last Thursday the Pretender arrived in this City, attended by Sir T—— S—— and a Scotch Gentleman. The Day after Prince Charles had an Audience of the Pope, who gave him a most gracious Reception. The Monday following he left the City, and by some private Hints which were dropped by several of his Adherents it is strongly imagined the Prussian Monarch has given the unfortunate Exile an Invitation to reside at Breslaw, in his Dominions; his Route was certainly for some Part of Germany. The Pretender resided incog. at his Brother's the Cardinal of York, where he was privately visited by many People of Distinction. During the Pretender's Stay in Rome the Cardinal had several Conferences with his Holiness, in Consequence of which a Courier was despatched to the French Court.
Extract of a Letter from Paris, dated the 6th Instant, at nine o'Clock at Night.
A Courier extraordinary, just arrived from the Court of Vienna, despatched by the Chevalier Durand, Minister Plenipotentiary at that Court, set out on his Return at four in the Morning. The Publick is greatly alarmed on this Occasion. It is said that the Emperor, who is employed by the Court of France to act as a Mediator between Russia and the Porte, has discovered that France, in Conjunction with Spain, had ordered our Fleet to succour the Turks, which will render his Trouble and Expenses fruitless. M. Durand has demanded his Recall, not being a Man of such a Temper as to serve for a Hackney to bad Proceedings. He justified himself to the Emperor in such a Manner as to merit his Esteem.
Despatches of a very private, and it is said a very important Nature, have been sent to the Garrisons of Gibraltar and Minorca; and all the Officers that are now absent from Quarters are commanded to return, with all possible Expedition.
By various Accounts from the Coast of Africa, and the West Indies, we are informed that the Slave Trade is so fallen off that it is imagined some very extraordinary Event cannot be far distant in Favour of a wretched Race of Individuals whose Complexions have, for Centuries, exposed them to all the Severities and Indigities of Servitude, that alone terminate with their Lives.
All publick Concerns with the Court of London seem to be in so peaceable a Way that for a Month past not a single Courier has been received or despatched. Every Thing is sent by Post. By the Suppression of Couriers the King saves twenty five Thousand Pounds Sterling, and from six to eight is saved at the respective Post Offices; for these Couriers carried double the Number of Letters that the Post does.
Yesterday a Messenger arrived at St. James's with Despatches from Viccount Stormont, his Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of Vienna, when it was confidently asserted that a Cessation of Arms was on the Point of being agreed on between the Turks and Russians.
A Privy Council is summoned to meet to-morrow. Yesterday Colonel Johnson, Lieutenant Governor of Minorca, and Colonel Boyd, Lieutenant Governor of Gibraltar, both lately arrived in England, waited on his Majesty at St. James's.
Yesterday several Papers were scattered through the Neighbourhood of St. James's, bearing only these Words, "To your Tents, O Israel! bind your Nobles in Chains, and your Princes in Fetters of Iron." They were dispersed by a tall thin Man, shabbily dressed, who appeared as if disordered in his Senses, and seemed no less a religious than a political Enthusiast.
On Tuesday Night an Express was brought to the King, at Richmond, by one of his Danish Majesty's Aid de Camps, with the agreeable News of her Danish Majesty's happy Delivery of a Princess, on the 7th Instant. It is remarkable that the above Gentleman performed his Journey in three Days less Time than any Messenger ever did.
Lord Talbot has the sole Disposal of the Tickets for the Installation, and we are told has been applied to for more than five Times the Number appointed to be distributed.
Apartments are prepared for the Lord Chancellor, and the other great Officers of State, in the Castle at Windsor, during the Time of the Installation.
By the extraordinary Preparations that are making in the Royal Apartments at Windsor, which are much greater than was ever known, it is apprehended that the ensuing Installation will be the most magnificent. The Knights who will be installed in Person are, the Prince of Wales, the Bishop of Osnabrug, the Duke of Cumberland, the Dukes of Marlborough and Grafton, the Earl of Albemarle, and Earl Gower. The Princes of Brunswick and Mecklenburg will be represented by Proxies.
Yesterday the Clergy inclined to petition Parliament for Relief in Subscription to Articles, &c. met at the Feathers Tavern. They were unanimous in their Resolutions, and appointed a Committee to draw up a Petition previous to the next general Meeting, which is fixed for the 25th of September.
It is said that the two Sheriffs elect, Messieurs Wilkes and Bull, have received an Invitation from Earl T—— to be present at the Installation at Windsor, who undertakes to accommodate them with Apartments and with Seats in the Chapel.
Bets are now most spiritedly circulated respecting Mr. Wilkes's being sworn into Office; as, notwithstanding, many are of Opinion that neither the Eloquence of a Cicero, nor the Artifice of an Ephesian Matron, can prove him ineligible, he will be rejected.
The Bill of Rights Society, we hear, are determined to try the Validity of that Privilege claimed by foreign Ministers to screen the Persons of their Servants from Imprisonment for Debt, if they can get a Bailiff with Patriotism enough to stand forth as the Instrument of such a Determination; and it is said that Mr. Wilkes has positively promised, the very Moment he enters upon his new Office, to protect his Officers against the whole diplomatick Body, for the general Good of a trading Metropolis.
Whatever Shades there may be in Lord North's political Character, we are happy in proclaiming the following of his Gratitude. So sensible has he been of Sir William Meredith's great Care in preserving him from the Fury of the Mob, on the 27th of March last, before the Entrance of the House of Lords, that after repeatedly soliciting to know how he could be of any Service to Sir William, he has lately given his Brother, the Reverend P. Meredith, a Living of seven Hundred Pounds a Year.
A Gentleman (Mr. H.) well known in the literary World, who is about to publish a Book of Poems, intended to dedicate it to the Princess Dowager of Wales; but her Royal Highness, hearing of his Intention, sent the Author a handsome Present, at the same Time desiring him, for his own Sake, not to prefix her Name, for that alone would hinder the Sale of the Book.
On Monday died at Greenwich, in the 67th Year of his Age, Francis Holbourne, Esquire, Member of Parliament for Plymouth, Admiral of the White Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet, Governor of Greenwich Hospital, and Rear Admiral of Great Britain. He was the third Son of Sir James Holbourne of Menstrie, Baronet, and in a Course of fifty two Years Service maintained the Character of an active, diligent, and skilful Officer; as he did, in private Life, of a sincere Friend, and an honest Man.
So universally approved is Doctor Cadogan's System with Respect to the Gout, especially in the Disuse of the Bottle, that many sensible Men are of Opinion this simple Circumstance will decrease the Sale of Wine at least ten Thousand Pipes a Year.
Mr. Rofs is engaged for two Seasons more at Covent Garden. The Terms of his Engagement are five Hundred Pounds, without a Benefit; but as he is of very little Use, and has lately acquired a considerable Sum of Money by a Decree of the House of Peers, it is generally imagined he will not continue long in the Service of the Publick.
Mons. Francois, the late Resident, or Chargé des Affairs here from the Court of France, it is said, acquired, during the Continuance in that Office, a Fortune of near three Hundred Thousand Pounds by dabbling in Change Alley.
The Want of a Supply of Timber for the several Dockyards has long been complained of, to remedy which several Ships are now fitting out at Plymouth for the Importation of Timber from America.
The Price of Provisions at this Time at Windsor is so extravagant, on Account of the approaching Installation, that the Poor can with great Difficulty get the common Necessaries of Life.
We hear that all the dignified Clergy have had Tickets sent them for the approaching Installation, and Apartments are fitted up for their Reception.
Notwithstanding it is certain that the East India Company have, within these few Months, imported a very uncommon Quantity of Tea, the Price of that Article of Commerce still continues undiminished.
This Day a Cart upon a new Construction, made by Mr. Moore, who so long amused the Town with his Project for Carriages to run without Horses, was tried in Moorfields, and performed extremely well. By the Help of two Horses only it draws thirty six Sacks of Coals, with great Ease, whereas in the common Carts they are obliged to hove three Horses to twelve Sacks.
At the Court of Escheat at Guildhall, on Tuesday, it was observed that several Houses in Fenchurch Street, formerly belonging to a Freeman, for Want of a Will were never claimed, but that the Tenants had enjoyed the Houses for many Years without paying Rent. The Lord Mayor being obliged to attend the Court of Aldermen, the Consideration of that Affair was put off for a farther Hearing.
There has not been a like Court held since the Mayorality of Sir Woolaston Dixie, Lord Mayor of London one Hundred and fifty Years ago. Advice is received that three Spanish Men of War lately fell in with five Algerine Zebecks within twenty Leagues of Cape Malaga, and after a smart Engagement took three of them, sunk the other two, and made for Cadiz with their Prizes. Upon examining them, it appeared that they had been out on a Cruise five Weeks, and during that Time had robbed several Merchant Ships of the most valuable Parts of their Cargoes. The three taken had on Board a large Quantity of French Wines and Brandy, which it is supposed they had taken out of some French Ships. The Letters farther say, that as the Officers could produce no Authority from the Dey of Algiers for committing such Hostilities they will be dealt with by the Spaniards as Pirates. Amongst the common Sailors on Board the Zebecks were Men of different Nations, who had been made Slaves, and, as they say, were forced into the Service.
To-morrow the Noblemen and Gentlemen of his Majesty's Household will go to Windsor, to make the necessary Preparations for the Installation.
Orders are given out at St. James's for the six Provost Marshals to be at Windsor on Monday next, and the four Gentlemen Porters, and the four Deputy Porters, to be there on Tuesday.
Mr. Robinson and Mr. Harper, the two Confectioners who have the Management of the Entertainments at the Installation, have engaged several reputable Housekeepers to serve as Waiters at Dinner on the Day thereof.
The Queen is to dine in an Apartment between the Chapel and the great Hall, where she designs to view the Ceremony from a Window; but his Majesty will dine in the same Hall with the Knights, after the Whole is over.
By a moderate Computation, the Expenses of the Installation will amount to forty Thousand Pounds, and are to be defrayed out of his Majesty's private Purse.
We hear that above two Hundred Clergymen, and their Ladies, have had Tickets for the Installation.
Thirty Cooks are set off this Day for one House at Windsor, to assist at the Entertainment there next Week.

This Morning one Hundred Guineas were offered by a Waiter at a Coffeehouse at the Exchange, to a Gentleman, for two Tickets to obtain Admittance into the Apartments at Windsor, to see the Installation, which the Gentleman refused.
Lord Bute, we are informed, will not be present at the ensuing Installation at Windsor.
Preparations are now making at Drury Lane Theatre to exhibit the Installation on that Stage next Season, which it is thought will prove as agreeable an Entertainment, to Lovers of Shows , as the Jubilee or Masquerade. Orders were on Tuesday last sent from the Admiralty Office, to the Commissioners of Chatham, Sheerness, Portsmouth, and Plymouth, for an immediate Account to be transmitted of the Number of Frigates that are fit to be employed as Cruisers, with their Names, Number of Guns, &c. Yesterday four Vessels, of three Hundred Tuns Burthen, were taken up in the River as Transports, on Government Account, to carry building Materials, Stores, &c. to the Coasts of Africa and Guinea, where two new Forts are now building by the English.
On Monday last Sir Charles Saunders and Admiral Keppel inspected the Stores, &c. in his Majesty's Yard at Portsmouth.
There are Proposals for raising a Subscription in this City for the Merchants who suffered such great Losses by the late Inundation in Virginia, some of them having been entirely ruined thereby.
The East India Company have received Proposals for upwards of thirty Ships to be taken into their Service for the ensuing Season.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 19.
L AST Thursday went up the Bay, for Annapolis, in the Magdalen armed Schooner, Captain Collins, his Majesty's Attorney General, and Daughters, to be present at the Races there on the 24th Instant. We hear a Deal of Company is expected at them, from this and the neighbouring Provinces; and it is probable Lord DUNMORE may be there by that Time, from whence he will, very likely, choose to embrace the Opportunity of the Magdalen's Return, and come in here to Virginia.
[Deaths] ARMISTEAD LIGHTFOOT , Esquire, at his House in York Town.
Advertisements.
To the CLERGY of the Church of England in VIRGINIA.
GENTLEMEN, W ITH the Approbation of the Committee appointed last Convention, I desire a Convention of the Clergy, at William & Mary College , on Wednesday the 16th of October , when, at this critical Juncture, Matters of very great Importance (to the Clergy only) will be laid before you. It is probable that before that Time another Cause of meeting will arise, and which it will be our Duty to attend. I am, respectively, Gentlemen, your affectionate Brother, And very humble Servant, WILLIAM WILLIE. This, I hope, will be deemed due and proper Notice.
SUSSEX, Sept. 6, 1771. 2||
HANOVER Town, September 11, 1771.
A YOUNG Man that understands BOOK-KEEPING, writes a good Hand, and can come well recommended, will meet with Encouragement by applying to BURNLEY & BRAIKENRIDGE.
SEPTEMBER 19, 1771.
I HEREBY forewarn all Persons from hauling the Seine, or hunting, on my Plantation at Newport News , in Warwick and Elizabeth City Counties , as I have received much Injury therefrom. WILLIAM DIGGES, Junior.
IT is requested (for the last Time) that those who have Demands against the Estate of the late Mr. Walter Boyd will immediately send them to Josiah Poynbress in Blandford , that Provision may be made for Payment; and it is hoped those that are indebted to the said Estate will make immediate Payment, that we may be the better enabled to discharge the Debts.
LAST Week, in this Gazette, I advertised Cumberland to be leased for a Term of Years; but it being now out of my Power to comply with that Advertisement, I think it my Duty to acquaint the Publick thereof. Mr. Richard Allen , Junior, of whom I purchased the Place, has since refused to make me a Deed for the Land, or to deliver it at the Time appointed, notwithstanding we made a positive Bargain, and called upon Evidence to hear it. Mr. Allen , I suppose, has thought it most prudent to falsify his Word, and to lay aside what small Share of Honour he was possessed of, rather than comply with his Bargain. Any future Bargain that I make with Mr. Allen shall be on Record, and have only to ask Pardon of the Publick for having amused them with a sham Advertisement. JOHN HOOMES.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 19, 1771.
I SHALL be very much obliged to those who are indebted to me to be punctual in the Discharge of their Accounts by the 25th of October ensuing, as I expect to be called upon at that Time for what I owe. JOHN CONNELLY.
NORFOLK, September 12, 1771.
ABSCONDED from my Service, for some Time, a Negro named TOM , who is a very likely tall black Fellow, and has been used to the Sea. I understand that he intended for Williamsburg , and to lay Claim to his Freedom, to which he has been encouraged by some People in this Place. He was born in the Island of Bermuda , in my Mother in Law's Family, and given to my Wife when a Child; his Mother is now alive, a Slave, and I never before heard that he either had or pretended to Liberty. In Bermuda Owners of Vessels generally man them with their Slaves, and it is very customary, in War Time, to procure Passes for them as Freemen, in Case they should be taken by the Enemy. Very likely this Fellow of mine (who went to Sea from that Island when a Boy) may have had one of those Passes given to him by his then Master, or has got Possession of one that belonged to some other Negro. Whoever delivers the said Slave to me shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL.
IMPORTED in the Molly , Captain Younghusband , and in the last Ships from London , and to be SOLD by JOHN LEWIS , at his Store near the Post Office, in Williamsburg , on the very lowest Terms, by Wholesale or Retail.
A CHOICE Assortment of EUROPEAN GOODS suitable for the Season, among which are the following Articles, namely, six Quarter Cloths of all Colours, blue and green Half Thicks, Shrewsbury Plains , Welch and Kendal Cottons, blue, green, and Torrington Rugs, Dutch Blankets, Fearnoughts, Yarn and Plaid Stockings, German Onabrugs, Hempen Rolls, Irish Linens, Mens, Womens, Boys, and Girls Leather Shoes and Pumps, Womens and Girls Calico Shoes and Pumps, Womens Silk Hats and Bonnets of all Sorts, Nails of all Sorts, single and double refined Sugar, Pepper, raw and white Ginger, Saltpetre, Saddlery of all Sorts, Muscovado Sugar, Rum by the Hoghead, Quarter Cask, or Gallon, and almost every other useful Article.
A SCHOOLMASTER of a good Character, well qualified to teach English , Writing, and Arithmetick, who opens a School near the upper Church, in Billand Parish, New Kent County , will meet with great Encouragement from the Inhabitants in that Neighbourhood.
SUFFOLK, September 9, 1771.
I AM in Want of a GARDENER , either for a Year or a few Months, and will give good Wages to any One qualified who will apply soon. LEMUEL RIDDICK.
FREDERICKSBURG, September 10, 1771.
I HAVE an indented Servant to dispose of who is a good HOUSE JOINER , and has about four Years to serve. His Fondness of Liquor, and the many Temptations to Debauchery in this Town, render him quite unfit for me, although I believe he will make a good Servant to any Country Gentleman. JAMES MERCER.
CHARLES CITY, September 10, 1771.
ALL Persons that have Demands against the Estate of Mr. Littlebury Hardyman , deceased, are desired to make them known to William Artil , Esquire, or to Mr. John Tyler at the Indian Fields , in this County, that the speediest Method may be taken to satisfy them without the Expense of Lawsuits, which the Executors hope may not be the Case, when they assure the Creditors that no Affidavit shall be wanting on their Parts, and that the Debts due to the Estate, they believe, are more than sufficient to discharge every just Demand.
KING WILLIAM, September 10, 1771.
THE Subscriber, who intends for Scotland next Spring, will sell, on reasonable Terms, two Hundred and seventy Acres of L A N D , within four or five Miles of Dabney's Ferry , upon which are good Houses of all Kinds, Apple and Peach Orchards, &c. One Half of the Land is cleared, and there is a fine Road to it. Long Credit will be allowed, if required. ROBERT CAMPBELL.
AS  John Verell , Attorney at Law in Suffex County, has gone through his Administration of the Estate of Mr. William Moore , late of the said County, deceased, and has rendered an Account thereof to the Court of that County, which has been examined and approved of, and ordered to be recorded, by which a Balance remains justly due to the Administration of thirty four Pounds one Shilling and Sixpence Halfpenny, this farther publick Notice thereof is given in Order that if any Person or Persons have any Objection to his said Account they may, in his Absence, in his Practice in North Carolina , to which Province he has some Thought of removing next Spring, lay them before, or otherwise make them known to, Colonel Augustine Claiborne of the said County, some Time between this and the 25th of January next; otherwise it will be deemed that all Persons interested are satisfied with the same, and thereby the said Administrator discharged, as having acted up to his Duty, and the Laws of the Country in the Premises.
NORFOLK, September 11, 1771.
I INTEND for England early in the Spring, and request all those who have any open Accounts on my Books to settle them. Bonds, or Cash, will be required from all indebted, and Payment made to those who have Balances in their Favour. I expect all Persons concerned will pay due Regard to this Advertisement, as all Accounts unsettled, after the first Day of January next, will be put in Suit. My Business here, after that Time, will be transacted by William Marfo and Richard Marshall . JOHN GREENWOOD.
To be SOLD at publick Auction, on Tuesday the 1st of October, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, at Francis Moreland's Ordinary, in Cabin Point,
A TRACT of LAND in Surry County, containing two Hundred and forty one Acres, lying within two Miles of Cabin Point , on which are good wooden Buildings, Apple and Peach Orchards, and a Nursery of fourteen Thousand grafted Fruit Trees, which are of great Demand. The Plantation is under good Fences, and in good Order for Cropping. The Sale of the Nursery is excepted till the Plantation is delivered, which may be entered on at Christmas 1772. One third Part of the Purchase Money to be paid on the first Day of December next, and two Years Credit, if required, will be allowed for the other two Thirds, the Purchaser giving Bond with approved Security to the Subscriber, who will show the Land to any One inclining to purchase, and an indisputable Title will be made. STEPHEN SORSBY.
N. B. I have for Sale an Abundance of excellent young FRUIT TREES , perhaps of the best Kinds in Virginia , which are of the right Size for transplanting. 2||
To be SOLD, any Time betwixt this and October Court, for ready Money,
SUNDRY fine PRINTS done by Mr. Fry , and some ELECTION PIECES by Hogarth , the Property of a Gentleman gone to England . They may be seen at any Time on applying to BENJAMIN BUCKTROUT.
N. B. Sundry neat PAPER HANGINGS to be sold. Rooms neatly papered on reasonable Terms.
To be SOLD at the INDIAN FIELDS, in Charles City, on Tuesday the 8th of October,
A NUMBER of full blooded HORSES, MARES, and COLTS , belonging to the Estate of Littlebury Hardyman , deceased, among which are the following running Horses, namely, PARTNER , seven Years old, remarkable for his Speed and Bottom; STARLOCK , a Yanux Colt, runs the Quarter extremely swift, and is supposed to be within twenty Weight of riding of any Horse in the Colony; a fine young Mare by the high blooded imported Horse Aristotle , equal to any the two Mile Horses. With these will be sold the Half of ARISTOTLE , a beautiful Horse, near sixteen Hands high, and remarkable for getting the best Carriage and riding Nags. Many of the Colts were got by Mark Anthony . Also, on the same Day, will be sold part of the Stock of SHEEP and CATTLE . The Terms will be known on the Day of Sale, and Bond, with approved Security, will be required by the Executors.
To be SOLD on the Premises, either at private or publick Sale, on Tuesday the 15th of October,
THREE Hundred and twenty five Acres of LAND, late the Property of George Ragland , deceased, situate near Ragland's Ferry , in the County of Northampton, North Carolina . It is very good for Corn, Wheat, or Tobacco, has all convenient Houses necessary for a Plantation, Land cleared sufficient to work five Hands, and good Apple and Peach Orchards. At the same Time will be sold, to the highest Bidders, all the personal Estate of the said Ragland , consisting of Household Furniture, of every Kind, Stocks of Cattle, Hogs, and Sheep, and all the Plantation Utensils. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond with approved Security.
All Persons who have any Demands against the said Estate are desired to make them known by the Day of Sale, that Provision may be made for discharging the same; and those indebted thereto are requested to make as speedy Payments as possible, that the Executors may be enabled to settle the said Estate with the utmost Despatch. WILLIAM RAGLAND, JOHN VEAL, } Executors.
STOLEN out of the Subscriber's Lot, on the 21st of August , a bright bay MARE about thirteen Hands high, with a roached Mane and Switch Tail, three white Feet, branded on the near Shoulder I B , and was formerly the Property of Mr. John Banks of James City . TEN SHILLINGS Reward will be given on Delivery of the Mare to me in Williamsburg , and FIVE POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief. WILLIAM COSBY.
TAKEN up by the Subscriber, at Burwell's Ferry , a light coloured gray MARE, a little fleabitten, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, about four Feet and an Inch high, trots and gallops, and branded on the near Buttock H E . Posted, and appraised to five Pounds. SAMUEL COKE.
TAKEN up in Amelia County , near the Mouth of Deep Creek , a bright bay MARE, about three Years old, neither dockt or branded, has a few white Hairs in her Forehead, and is four Feet five or six Inches high. Posted, and appraised to seven Pounds. ABRAHAM GREEN.
TAKEN up in Albermarle County , on the north Fork of James River , a bay HORSE, about four Feet eight or nine Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, shod before, branded on the near Buttock D , and on the Shoulder I , a Star in his Forehead, a Saddle Spot on each Side of his Back, and trots. Posted, and appraised to ten Pounds. BENJAMIN MARTIN.
TAKEN up in Surry County , a Mouse coloured HORSE, about seven Years old, near four Feet eight Inches high, branded on the near Buttock something like the Letter H . Posted, and appraised to six Pounds. JOSEPH CHEATHAM.
SEPTEMBER 5, 1771.
A LETTER for James Maury of Fredericksburg , by the Two Sisters , Captain Taylor , has by some Means or other been delayed. The Person into whose Hands it may have fallen will much oblige me by forwarding it by Course of Post. JAMES MAURY.
FIFTY CHOICE SLAVES to be sold at Fredericksburg , on Monday the 23d of September, being Fair Day.
THE Subscriber, intending to leave the Colony in a few Weeks, desires all Persons that have any Demands against her immediately to apply for Payment; and those indebted to her are requested to make Payment before her Departure, otherwise their Accounts will be left in the Hands of Mr. John Tazewell to commence Suits against them. JANE VOSE.
WANTED immediately, a PERSON capable of teaching the LANGUAGES , and the more useful Branches of the MATHEMATICKS . Very good Encouragement will be given, which may be known of the Printer.
To be RENTED, for a Term of Years, A LOT in the Town of BLANDFORD , lying on the main Street, and adjoining the River. There are on the said Lot a House with a Brick Chimney, well calculated for a dry or wet Store, with a flush Cellar well bricked, and a Lumberhouse, at the River Side, underpinned and cellared as above. For Terms apply to John Gilliam, John Gilliam, Junior, or Robert Gilliam .
To be RENTED immediately, for a Term of Years, THE STORE HOUSE, with all the necessary Lumberhouses, known by the Name of HOOD'S , on James River . It is very convenient for carrying on the West India Trade, the Harbour being remarkably commodious for Vessels of any Burthen to lie in, and the Buildings capable of containing at least ten Thousand Bushels of Grain. It is also as advantageously situated for the back Country as either Cabin Point or Petersburg , so that a Person may sell DRY GOODS to a considerable Amount yearly. Any Gentleman inclining to rent the above Storehouse may know the Terms by applying to DAVID SCOTT.
Any Gentleman that shall rent the above Stores may, if he thinks proper, be boarded on reasonable Terms.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 3d of October, in Orange County,
A TRACT of LAND, containing about twelve Hundred Acres, late the Property of Mr. Richard Todd , deceased. It was formerly advertised, but could not be sold for Want of the Royal Assent to a late Act of Assembly for docking the Entail, which is now fully obtained. An undoubted Title will be made; and Credit allowed until April next, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to WILLIAM RICHARDS TODD.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Thursday the 26th of September, on Butterwood Creek, in Dinwiddie County, at the Plantation where Nathaniel Hobbs is Overseer,
ABOUT thirty likely VIRGINIA BORN SLAVES , belonging to the Estate of Mr. William Poynbress , deceased. Credit will be allowed to the 10th of next December , giving Bond and approved Security to the Executors. 2||
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at Hanover Court, on Thursday the 7th of November next,
ONE TRACT of LAND, containing two Hundred and twenty seven Acres, lying on the second Fork of Pamunkey River , about six Miles above the Fork, whereon is a Plantation in good Order for Cropping, a Dwellinghouse with a Brick Chimney and three Fireplaces, and all other convenient Houses; likewise a Garden, and Apple and Peach Orchards. The Land lies level.
Also another TRACT lying on Stagg Creek , in the County aforesaid, containing five Hundred and fifty Acres, being within eight Miles of the Falls of James River , and about the same Distance from Hanover Town ; there is on the said Land a Plantation in tolerable Order for Cropping, with good Buildings, and Orchards of both Kinds.
Any Person inclining to purchase either, or both Tracts of Land, at private Sale, before the Day appointed, may be shown them by applying to the Subscriber. The Terms of Payment are as follows; the Money to be paid in three Years, one fourth Part the first of next January , and twelve Months between each of the others. Possession will be delivered on the first Payment, the Purchaser giving Bond and Security to WILLIAM TOMPKINS.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber, in Buckingham County,
ONE THOUSAND ACRES of LAND lying on James River , and joining the Lands of Colonel Robert Belling , at the Seven Islands . There is a Plantation in the low Ground that will work about eight Hands, with a very fine Apple Orchard, and the Land but little hurt by the late Fresh. About the same Quantity of Woodland on the River, not cleared, well timbered, and as good as any in this Colony for Tobacco. Also a large Quantity of good Creek low Ground, and good high Land, not cleared. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, living on the Premises, who will show the Land to any Person desirous of purchasing the same. THOMAS BALLOW.
PRINCE GEORGE, August 27, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Tuesday the 6th Instant, a NEGRO FELLOW , named Frank , twenty seven Years of Age, five Feet five or six Inches high, of a yellow Complexion, has a Scar in his right Cheek, and the Sinews in one of his Hams seem to be drawn up in Knots. He has run away several Times, and always passed for a Freeman. As he may possibly try to get out of the Country, I hereby forewarn all Masters of Vessels from carrying out the said Slave, at their Peril. I imagine he is skulking about Indian Town on Pamunkey among the Indians , as in one of his former Trips he got himself a Wife amongst them. Whoever brings the said Slave to me shall be handsomely rewarded. DAVID SCOTT.
Twenty Pounds Reward.
RUN away from the Subscriber, near Petersburg , the 18th of last May , two new Negroes, namely, a FELLOW named Step , about six Feet high, has his Country Marks on his Temples, and has lost some of his fore Teeth. He appears to have a very honest Countenance, and is supposed to be about twenty Years of Age; he had with him, when he went away, a white Plains Waistcoat and Breeches, Onabrug Shirt, and a tolerable good bound Hat. The other a GIRL named Lucy , supposed to be about twelve Years of Age, and had on a white Plains Petticoat and striped Virginia Cloth Waistcoat. Neither of them can speak good English , as they have not been long in the Country. They went off with several others, being persuaded that they could find the Way back to their own Country. They were discovered, about six Weeks after their going off, near Blanton's Ferry , in Mecklenburg County , where the Gang was dispersed, and three of them taken, one of whom belonged to me. The said Negroes are outlawed. FIVE POUNDS for each will be given if taken within this Colony, and TEN POUNDS for each if in any other. GEORGE ROBERTSON.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Suffex County , on Sunday the 18th of August , a new NEGRO FELLOW , about five Feet six Inches high, who cannot speak English , only calls himself Peter , and says he is of the Bumbarrow Country. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, pay Charges, and take him away. ROBERT OWEN, Jailer.
TAKEN up, by the Subscriber, in Southampton , near the Courthouse, a BLACK HORSE , a natural Pacer, about four Feet five Inches high, twelve Years old, not branded, and a Bell on. Posted, and appraised to four Pounds ten Shillings. RICHARD RICKS.

POETS CORNER.
AN EVENING THOUGHT. NOW down the Steep of Heaven the Source of Day Pursues, unwearied, his diurnal Way;
HIS Majesty's Postmaster General having (for the better facilitating of Correspondence between Great Britain and America) been pleased to add a fifth Packet Boat to the Station between Falmouth and New York,
COMMITTED to the Jail of Halifax County, Virginia, a new NEGRO FELLOW, that cannot or will not tell his own or his Master's Name;
COMMITTED to the Jail of Charles City County, on Thursday the 22d of August, a likely new NEGRO MAN, about five Feet ten or twelve Inches high,
RUN away from the Subscriber, living in Caroline County, near Chesterfield, the 27th of August last, a short well made MULATTO FELLOW named James, about twenty four Years old,
SEPTEMBER 5, 1771. STRAYED or stolen, from the Subscriber living in Port Royal, on the 17th of August, two BAY HORSES. One is a strong well made Horse, about seven or eight Years old,
AUGUST 1, 1771. STRAYED or stolen, from the Subscriber in Frederickburg, a likely BAY MARE, about fourteen Hands high, not branded as I recollect,
BRUNSWICK, August 26, 1771. STRAYED or stolen from Mr. Simmons's Plantation, on the 8th Instant, a BRIGHT BAY HORSE, about fourteen Hands high,
TREASURY OFFICE, Sept. 3, 1771. THE several Proprietors of TOBACCO lately destroyed at different Warehouses may receive the Money due to them,
EXTRACT from the ACT of ASSEMBLY. "And whereas PASTING of PAPER on the Back of such Treasury Notes may be a Means of preventing the Detection of Forgeries,
TAKEN up, by the Subscriber, in Southampton, near the Courthouse, a BLACK HORSE, a natural Pacer, about four Feet five Inches high,
To be SOLD, in the Town of PORTSMOUTH, THREE LOTS of LAND, conveniently situated upon the Water Side, as there is sufficient Water for any Ship within a few Yards of Low Water Mark,
To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, on Thursday the 3d of October, before Mr. Wyld's Door, in Blandford, ABOUT twenty likely BLOODED HORSES, MARES, and COLTS;
ALL Persons who have any Demands upon the Estate of Mr. Henry Tucker, deceased, are desired to make them known;
STOLEN out of the Subscriber's Pasture, on Wednesday Night, the 28th of August, a CHESTNUT HORSE, very low in Flesh, about fourteen Hands and a Half high,
MECKLENBURG, September 1, 1771. RUN away from the Subscriber, this Day, an Apprentice Lad named EDWARD WILSON, a clear Mulatto, a Carpenter and Joiner by Trade.
He is supposed to be gone towards Hampton. Now in the Press, and speedily will be published, by JOHN DUNLAP,
ALL THE POETICAL Writings, and some other Pieces, OF THE Reverend NATHANIEL EVANS, A.M. Late Missionary in Gloucester County, New Jersey, and Chaplain to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Kilmarney, of the Kingdom of Ireland.
For SALE, or to be RENTED for a Term of Years, and entered upon immediately,
THE capital Prize drawn in the Honourable William Byrd's Lottery, consisting of a DOUBLE FORGE and valuable GRISTMILL, with two Acres and a Half of LAND adjoining;
The UTENSILS, and OLD IRON, belonging to the Forge, will be sold on reasonable Terms.
VIRGINIA, sc. At a GENERAL COURT held at the Capitol, April 27, 1771.
John Barnes, and Thomas How Ridgate, Merchants, and Plaintiffs, against John Crofbie, and William Crofbie, James Kirk, Jonathan Hall, and George Gilpin, Defendants,
THE Defendants John and William Crofbie being beyond Sea, and not having entered their Appearance according to the Rule of this Court,
To be SOLD, at the Townhouse in Fredericksburg, on the 24th Day of September next (being the second Day of the Fair) several Articles belonging to the Estate of the late JOHN MERCER, Esquire, deceased;
AUGUST 22, 1771. A HUNDRED valuable SLAVES will be sold at Rocky Ridge, for ready Money, or Merchants Notes payable at the ensuing General Court,
To be SOLD, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND in Pittsylvania County, lying on Mayo and Smith's Rivers, containing ten Thousand and fifty five Acres.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Lancaster, on the 24th of December last, a Negro Man named WILL, about five Feet eight or nine Inches high, between thirty and forty Years of Age,
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, upon the Premises, on the 25th Day of October next,
A TRACT of LAND in Dinwiddie County, on the Branches of Namozee Creek, near Hutchings's Ordinary, about twenty Miles from Petersburg,
AS I intend to remove up the Country next Fall, I would sell my Plantation in King & Queen County, which consists of six Hundred and fifty five Acres of LAND, pleasantly situated on Mattaponi River,
To be SOLD at Fredericksburg, on Monday the 23d of September, being Fair Day (the Sale formerly advertised being prevented by Badness of Weather)
ABOUT fifty choice SLAVES, used to Cropping and Farming. Twelve Months credit will be allowed, on Bond, with Security, bearing Interest from the Date.
CHARLESTOWN, South Carolina, April 11, 1771.
THE St. CECILIA SOCIETY give Notice, that they will engage with, and give suitable Encouragement to, MUSICIANS properly qualified to perform at their Concert,
To be SOLD, on long Credit, the three following Tracts of LAND, viz. ONE Tract containing four Hundred Acres, lying in Spotsylvania County, on the Head of Bluff Run, about eighteen Miles from Fredericksburg.
ONE Tract lying in Amelia County, on Owen's Creek, containing four Hundred Acres; it is well timbered, and a good Soil for Tobacco and Indian Corn.