The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1774-05-19 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
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FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
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To SIR GEORGE SAVILLE.
SIR, In the unhappy Difference between this Kingdom and the Colonies Scarcity is to pass for sound Reasoning, and that Abuse is to carry Truth with it, then certainly we are in the Right, and America is wrong; but to you, Sir, and the Publick, I will endeavour to use better Arguments.
This great and extended Empire is composed of different and distant Parts, viz. Great Britain, Ireland, and the Colonies. Over these the King is Sovereign, who by his own Choice resides in England, where he annually calls the Parliament; and on their being assembled he acquaints the Commons with his Wants, and orders the Estimates of the Year to be laid before them, when his faithful Commons give and grant unto him Part of their own and their Constituents Property, which they have a Right to do, because deputed and chosen for such Purposes.
If his Majesty was pleased to go to Ireland, and there call the Parliament of that Kingdom, and ask, in the same Manner as above, the Commons or Representatives there would give and grant as the English Parliament does here.
But suppose his Majesty was pleased to exercise his sovereign Right, and from Ireland make a short Trip to visit his Subjects in North America, and there call his Commons of the Colonies to meet him at BOSTON, and to them, as well as to England and Ireland, make known his Wants, and order the Estimates to be laid before them, his faithful Commons of America would also give and grant to his Majesty.
By these Means, the present great Dispute would subside; for each of these great Communities would, as they ought, give and grant the necessary Taxes.
But as the King is confined to a Body, and that Body to a Place, he cannot be every Where; and therefore, of the three, chooses England for his Residence, and sends his Lieutenants to Ireland, New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Carolina, &c. These his Lieutenants, being vested with his Power and Authority, as being his Representatives, call the Commons, the Representatives of the People, together, and make known his Majesty's Wants; when they always have, most freely, given and granted to his Majesty the needful Supplies for the Support of his Government.
This is the constitutional Mode of taxing the People of England, Ireland, and America; and this ever was the Practice, from the Revolution down to the Administration of Mr. Grenville.
These three great Communities, England, Ireland, and the Colonies, all contain his Majesty's Subjects, equally entitled to his Favour and Protection, and equally entitled to all the constitutional Laws, Rights, and Liberties, of this free Empire; and as they are all the Subjects of the same Prince, and no Difference or Pre-eminence being due to any over the other, I ask, in God's Name, from whence is the Right derived that one Part of the King's Subjects have of late Years taken upon them to exercise a Right to tax another Part of the King's Subjects? For no Man will say that a forty Shillings Freeholder, Freeman, or Pot Boiler, in England, has more Right of Privilege, or a better Title to the constitutional Laws, than a Man in New England has. How then can those British Voters delegate a Right to their Deputies which they have not themselves? It is an Infult to Common Sense, to all Right, and an Absurdity too gross for any impartial and reasonable Man to adopt.
RATIONALIS.
MADRID, February 1.
WE have already given some general Accounts of the Destruction of Guatemala; but as the following one is more particular, and exhibits Nature in one of her most awful and terrific Appearances, we cannot forbear inserting it. On the 3d of June 1773, about five o'Clock in the Morning, some small Shocks of an Earthquake were felt at a large Indian Village about six Leagues from Guatemala, and very near the Coast of the South Sea, but did then do no Damage except alarming the Inhabitants. The Shocks continued, with trifling Intermissions, till seven o'Clock in the Evening, when the great Effects of Nature began to break forth in all their Terrors: Lightning and Thunder were incessant, attended with a heavier Rain than ever was known there; the Sea rose in such a convulsive Manner that it over-flowed the highest Banks, and at the same Time the Land was so agitated by the Earthquake that the Village was destroyed in a short Time, and not a Trace of it left. The major Part of the Inhabitants, on the first Appearance of the Tempest, had fled towards the City of Guatemala, but found that unhappy Place involved in more Misery than where they fled from. The two famous Mountains near that City were in a State of the greatest Eruption: The one, which emits a liquid Fire, and amazing large Stones, threw out its most enraged Force on the City; the other, which in a like Manner issues out Water, deluged the Land about. The violent Shocks of the Earthquake, the Lightning, Thunder, and Rain, made one dreadful Scene of Conclusion, not to be paralleled. This War of Nature commenced in its full Force about eight o'Clock in the Evening, and continued raging till the Night of the eighth Day, in which Time the University, the publick Courts of Justice, the Cathedral, the parochial Churches, and all the publick Edifices, were destroyed, either by the Earthquake, by the Fire and Stones from the Mountain, or by the Impetuosity of the River, which rose above its Banks, and bore every Thing before it with the greatest Violence. Chats of a great Extent were made in the Earth, and many whole Houses, with Numbers of the miserable Inhabitants, fell in, and were seen no more. On the Night of the seventh, about the Hour of ten, the Mountain raged excessively, the Earth shook with great Violence, and the Thunder increased; this lasted about five Minutes, when the whole City of Guatemala was destroyed, and swallowed in a large Chasm, a Rent in Nature, and the fiery Earth spread over it in a Manner which soon obscured it from Sight. The Elements now, as if gratified with their Prey, calmed most surprisingly: By the Noon of the next Day every Thing was again calm and serene; but the Face of the Earth was altered, the City was gone, the burning Mountain shook from its Base, and other Rocks funk with their Tops in the Earth; the River was parted in many Places, and formed into standing Pools of a bitter smoky Water; and the fine Vale was covered with large Stones, and the Lava (cooled) which had issued from the Mountain. The Number of People lost is not yet, nor possibly ever will be really ascertained, as those who may have escaped have not yet been heard of, except the President of the Audience, the Bishop of the Place, and about 170 others, who providentially escaped to Trinidad, or Sonsonate, about thirty Leagues from Guatemala, and about 200 who have arrived at Porto Bello.
[Guatemala, or St Jago de Guatemala, is the Capital of Guatemala proper, situated in fourteen Degrees north Latitude, nine Leagues from the South Sea. The new City was situated on a River, in a beautiful Valley, about three Leagues from the old one, and was the largest City in Spanish America; it was the Seat of the President and Courts of Justice of the Audience, a Bishop's See, Suffragan of Mexico, an University, had several fine Manufacteries, a Cathedral, and parochial Churches, exceedingly rich.]
VENICE, February 16. Considerable Additions are constantly making to the Russian Fleet, which is now lying in two Squadrons, one at the Island of Scio in the Archipelago, and the other at Paros. Several Ships have lately joined them through the Straits of Gibraltar, and two large Ships passed the Dardanelles. The whole Force of the Russians
now amount to 114 Sail of Ships, from twenty to eighty Guns, besides a great Number of smaller armed Vessels, Gallies, Landing Boats, &c. and the whole Fleet is plentifully supplied with Provisions, Stores, &c. An Attack is expected to be made very early.
LECHORN, February 17. Yesterday arrived in our Road the new Russian Squadron under the Command of Vice Admiral Greig, in 23 Days from Portsmouth, consisting of the Isidorum, Captain Surminoff, of 74 Guns, the Mireritz, Captain Mulkim Pukin, of 74 Guns, the Alexander Newsky, Captain Voronoi, of 64 Guns, the Demetrius Donsky, Captain Pajaskoff, of 64 Guns, and the St. Paulus, Captain Poulisky, of 30 Guns. Admiral Greig's Lady is on Board the Isidorum, but will disembark here, and take up her Residence at the Hotel of the Russian Agent. The Squadron will sail to-morrow for the Isle of Paros, the Wind being very fair.
A great Number of small Vessels, of an entire new Construction, calculated merely for bringing Troops on Shore, have been finished at the Isle of Paros. It is supposed that the Russian Fleet consists at present of near 128 Sail, of different Sizes, besides those that are expected in the Months of May and June next.
CONSTANTINOPLE, February 3. Immediately on the Death of the late Grand Seignor, on the 21st past, the great Officers were called into the Seraglio. Upon their Arrival, the present Grand Seignor was conducted out of his Apartments, in which he has been confined forty four Years, into the Apartments of his deceased Brother; and, after viewing the Corpse, he retired to a Throne erected for him, where the great Officers were permitted to kiss his Garment. The late Grand Seignor was interred in the Mosque of Laleli Jamsi, four Hours after his Death. On Thursday the 27th, the Day appointed for what is called here the Coronation, the Procession by Land was numerous and magnificent to the Mosque of Ejup, where the Sword was girt on the Grand Seignor by Nahib Effendi, or Head of the Emir, Vicar to the Sheikh of Conia, and from thence he returned by Water to the Seraglio; 120 Frank Vessels contributed greatly to the Show, by saluting the Sultan as he passed.
February 23. The necessary Preparations for War are not abated, and Levies are made with amazing Facility, 42,000 Men being enlisted for the ensuing Campaign. The Army, besides, is well disciplined, by the Activity of the Grand Vizar, who is constantly employed in exercising the Soldiers; and being an Enemy to Asiatick Indolence and Luxury, he gives them an Example how they are to support the Fatigues of War, so that the Soldiery no longer murmur at being drawn out of their Winter Quarters.
The Treasures of Jasper Aga, who was killed in Bulgaria in October last, and those of Omar Pacha, who was made Prisoner by the Russians, have been declared confiscated to the Use of the Grand Seignor. The former was found to be possessed of 1,350,000 Piaftres, and the latter of 1,200,000. The late Grand Seignor being informed, a little before his Death, of the above great Sums being in their Possession, said, "Now I see the Reason why the great Sums drawn from my Treasury have been declared insufficient for carrying on the War, as they have been converted to the Use of those who were intrusted to carry them to the Army." Besides the above Sums, 2,250,000 Piaftres will be brought into the Imperial Treasury, by the Death of Moldavangi Ali Pacha, late Grand Vizar.
Other Accounts say, it has been discovered that Chiaux Pacha and Omar Pacha received Presents from and were bribed by Count Romanzow, in the late Campaign. Several Millions of Piaftres have been found in their Possession. They both died of the Wounds they received in a late Engagement, and all their Goods have been confiscated.
March 1. Since the Accession of the new Emperor, the Face of Affairs is considerably altered; and the Preparations for maintaining the War, which in the Emperor Mustapha's Time were rather in a languishing Condition, are now prosecuted with the utmost Vigour. Recruits are raising in many Parts of the Empire, several disgraced Generals are restored to the Army, and his Sublime Highness has publickly signified that he will take the Command of it himself. Two new Foundries for the casting of Cannon, Field Pieces, &c. have just been established at Pera, and one entirely under the Direction of some Franks. M. St. Priest, the French Ambassador, has Audiences almost daily of his Sublime Highness, and is in great Favour.
PETERSBURG, February 15. We have received some favourable Advices from the Army of General Bibikow, one of which is, that a Detachment of 6000 of our Troops had beat a Body of the Rebels near Casan, had killed some Hundreds, and had taken a great Number of Prisoners; and that another Detachment had taken Samara, garrisoned by 1000 of the Rebels, since which several have surrendered themselves to General Bibikow, to implore the Empress's Forgiveness. Nevertheless, our Advices do not seem to speak of the Rebellion as crushed; on the contrary, the Empress has promised 10,000 Roubles to whoever shall deliver up Pugatscheff, dead or alive, together with a Promise of being decorated with all the Russian Orders.
Several Ships of War are ready to be launched at Archangel, Revel, Cronstadt, and here; so that another Squadron will sail into the Mediterranean at the latter End of April, which will be commanded by one of the Orlovs.
The Empress has of late received several Couriers from General Bibikow, who mentions the different Advantages which his Troops have obtained over some Detachments of the Rebels; and what gives the greatest Satisfaction to the Empress, the Nobility of Orenburg, Penza, Simbirsk, and Swiaisk, have petitioned her Majesty to permit them to raise a numerous Body from among her Subjects, at their own Expense, to oppose the Rebels, which Request her Majesty was pleased to grant them.
VIENNA, February 27. The Operations of the Campaign have already been begun by the Turks, who have sprung from their Winter Quarters with a most singular Activity, rendered more remarkable by their well known Indolence when in Winter Quarters. Achmet Benedid, the Seraskier of Silistria, has passed the Danube near Obluscie, and attacked a Body of 11,000 Russians under the Command of General Potemkin, in a very advantageous Post, which, after a severe Conflict, the Seraskier of Silistria possessed himself of, and drove them, with great Loss, to one of their strong Fortresses on the Banks of the Danube. It is thought that this Action will put the main Body of the Russian Army in Motion.
WARSAW, March 2. We are told, by a private Letter from Moscow, that the infernal Plot formed by the Footmen of that City, to murder their Masters, was to have been executed in the following Manner: The Playhouse and Assembly Halls were to have been set on Fire at the same Time on every Side, and such Nobles and Gentlemen as were not there were to have been assassinated at home; but this detestable Conspiracy was happily discovered in Time, and the Ringleaders secured.
March 5. We are just informed that a Detachment from the Russian Army has passed the Danube, and attacked a Turkish Corps on their March to carry Magazines to the Army of the Grand Vizar. The Turks have been defeated, and the Magazines fell into the Hands of the Russians, which they brought safely to the Army; but no farther Particulars are yet known.
The Confederates have newly given out several Manifestoes, in which they exhort their Brethren not to lose their Spirit, assuring them that the present Sultan is determined not to give up the Cause of Polish Liberty, but to defend it even at the Expense of the whole Turkish Empire.
Within this Fortnight several Prussian Officers of Rank have passed through this City, in their Way to the Russian Grand Army.
March 7. Our Republick is greatly alarmed with the melancholy News that the Prussian Troops passed the Vistula the 1st Instant, and put up the Prussian Eagle on this Side of the River, wherever they arrived.
They have brought along with them seven very large Baggage Waggons, laden with Poils, upon the Top of which are fixed the Prussian Eagle, so that it appears as if this ambitious Prince intends to deprive us of the little which remained to us; and it is greatly apprehended that he will make himself Master of the whole Polish Dominions, for it is reported (and which we have Reason to credit) he will furnish Russia with a powerful Army against the Porte, for which Russia will cede to him her new acquired Provinces in Poland.
DANTZICK, March 4. Ever since yesterday, this unfortunate City has been quite blocked up; for all the Country People in the Districts of this Place have flocked hither, being drove by a strong Prussian Detachment, which goes from one Village to another within the District of Dantick and takes all the young able Men away with them. On the Road we see loaded Waggons whose Drivers have run away. In short, all the Houses of the Great and Opulent, and the Huts of the Poor, are deserted by the male Part of the Family. This Storm came on very suddenly, and was occasioned, as is imagined, by the Magistrates refusing to deliver up the Natives of West Prussia.
LONDON, March 17.
LORD North every Day grows more into Favour with his Sovereign, if it is possible for him to be a greater Favourite than he has been for some Months past. A Day or two ago, it is said, his Lordship told his Majesty that he hoped (as he had great Reason to hope) the Measure now going to be taken with the Americans would, in the Course of the Year, prove that his Majesty had done every Thing that was right and just. His Majesty immediately answered, "the King who has such an able Minister can never do his People wrong."
We are assured, from undoubted Authority, that the French King hath actually raised the Sum of 24 Millions of Livres, solely upon his own Credit; that the general Opinion at Paris is, that this Sum has been raised in so private a Manner in Order that it might not alarm the British Ministry, in the present intricate Situation of our American affairs.
However widely the Mother Country has hitherto differed in Sentiments from her blessed Babes at Boston, she has not proceeded in a single Instance to enforce her Opinion with the strong Arm of Authority. The Bostonians have not preferred the same Moderation, by any Means; from Words they have proceeded to Blows, and made a downright Seizure of our Property in our own immediate Ports. Some of our Patients, nevertheless, who are continually expressing the greatest Solicitude for our Honour, not only stand forth the determined Champions of the shameful Outrages committed upon us by the Capital of Massachusetts's Bay, but even make their Court to the English Nation, by encouraging these lawless Malcontents to persevere in trampling upon the unfortunate People of England.
It has, we hear, among others Points, been proposed in the Cabinet to pass an Act vesting in the Crown the Nomination of the Council in the Province of Massachusetts's Bay.
An Honourable Correspondent has favoured us with the following, which he assures us is the Substance of the intended American Bill. The Preamble is long, and recites the Disturbances, Outrages, and unwarrantable Proceedings, committed by some Persons at Boston. The Bill then proceeds to enact, that no Ship or Vessel shall land, discharge, lade, or ship, any Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, at the said Town of Boston, or from the Harbour, till they have first made Restitution to the East India Company for the Damage they have sustained by the Loss of their certain Teas; with a proviso, that it shall not extend to the unloading any Ship or Vessel having on Board any military Stores.
It is confidently said, that the American Merchants here have acquainted Lord North that they will be answerable for the Inhabitants of Boston making Reparation to the India Company for the Loss of their Tea, but would not be bound for their making any Concession to Government.
The Merchants trading to Boston, made an Application yesterday, in the Forenoon, to Lord North, praying to be heard before the Bill now in Agitation passes into a Law. The Intention of this Address is not to vindicate the Boston People, or even to pretend to exculpate them in the least. The Merchants trading to Boston both know and regret the rebellious Outrages committed in that Town, and are clearly of Opinion that England must now assert her Supremacy; but they interpose, in Order, before coercive Measures are put in Execution, that the Boston People should be allowed to call an Assembly, and vote, if they please, a Sum adequate to the Value of the Tea which they have so wantonly destroyed. The Merchants are to have an Audience this Forenoon.
It is reported, that some Difficulties have arisen in the Cabinet with Respect to the Affairs of Boston; some insisting, that, before they proceed any farther, a Requisition should be made of such Sums as are judged expedient to be raised, which, if they refuse, then to punish. But it does not appear that this Expedient has ever been offered, and the most strenuous Advocates against them seem doubtful of a Right to tax them, any other Way than by Imports and Exports, the same as is done on the Goods of foreign Countries.
Mr. Fuller, in a Debate on the third Reading of the Boston Bill, having given his Opinion that a Clause should be inserted to demand a Fine of them before their Ports were blocked up, and that this Act would probably be a Means of their refusing to pay their Debts, Lord North said, "I am by no Means an Enemy to lenient Measures, but I find that Resolutions of Censure and Warning will avail nothing. We must therefore proceed to some immediate Remedy; now is our Time to stand out, to defy them, to proceed with Firmness, and without Fear. Let this Bill produce a Conviction to all America that we are now in earnest, and that we will proceed with Firmness and Vigour; that Conviction would be lost if they see us hesitating and doubting; it will be enough to show that Great Britain is in earnest. The Merchandise now will be landed at Marblehead, in the Province of Salem, which is putting Boston about seventeen Miles from the Sea with Respect to foreign Trade. This Restriktion will be continued, as long as they persist in their present Proceedings; it will operate severely, or mildly, against them, according to their Behaviour. If they are obstinate, the Measures will be severe; if not, mild. He believed that Boston would not immediately submit to a Fine, nor to the Intention of the present Bill, unless it came attended with a Mark of Resolution and Firmness that we mean to punish them and assert our Right. It is impossible to suppose but some of our own People may in some Degree suffer a little, but we must compare those temporary Inconveniences with the Loss of that Country and its due Obedience to us; they bear no Comparison, and the Preference must certainly be given to the latter, and attended to. The Honourable Gentleman tells us that the Americans will not pay their Debts due to this Country, unless we comply with their Dispositions. I believe (says his Lordship) Things will remain much in the same State as before. They threatened us with the same Thing if we did not repeal the Stamp Act; we repealed that Act, and they did not pay their Debts. If this Threat is yielded to, we may as well take no Remedy at all; their Threats will hold equally good to the Fine proposed by the Honourable Gentleman, as to the Operation of this Bill. If the Consequences of their not obeying this Act are likely to produce Rebellion, that Consequence belongs to them, and not to us. It is not what we have brought on, but what they alone have occasioned; we are only answerable that our Measures are just and equitable. Let us continue to proceed with Firmness, Justice, and Resolution; which, if pursued, will certainly produce that due Obedience and Respect to the Laws of this Country, and the Security of the Trade of its People, which I so ardently wish for."

By Letters from Madrid, of very good Authority, we are informed that the Spanish Ministry are uncommonly busy to augment both their Land and Sea Forces; that two other Regiments of late embarked, one for Vera Cruz, and the other for the Havannah; that Orders have actually been sent to Ferrol to fit out twenty Ships of the Line with the utmost Expedition; and that, according to all Circumstances, they can judge that their Court is at the very Eve of a War.
They write from Genoa, that a Russian Ship of War, in Distress, put into a Port in Corsica, but that the French Commanding Officer not only refused them any Kind of Assistance, but absolutely threatened to sink the Ship if she did not depart immediately. She did so, and the next Day foundered; and every Soul on Board, except two Seamen, perished.
Four very strong built Ships are now going out, much earlier than usual, to Greenland, in Order to proceed farther towards the Pole than any of those Ships have yet attempted.
Captain Horsley, of the Martin, who is arrived at Cork from the West Indies, in Latitude 45, Longitude 30, saw a little Vessel to the windward bearing down towards him, for which he brought to. She proved to be a small open Boat, with a Blanket for a Sail; in her was the Crew of a New England Ship, which Vessel foundered five Days before. These distressed People had been five Days and four Nights in the Boat, and had spoke with a French Brig, who refused to take them up; and if they had not met with more Compassion from Captain Horsley, they would all have perished, as it blew so strong that the Boat must have foundered. The Crew consisted of eleven Men, and three Women.
March 19. This Morning early an Express was despatched from the Admiralty to Plymouth, for a clean Frigate to be in Readiness to sail at a Moment's Warning. It is imagined she is destined for Boston.
Extract of a Letter from Paris, March 7.
"We have received the agreeable News from Tours, that the People of that Place, who committed so many Excesses on Account of the high Price of Corn and Bread, are returned to their Duty, and that every Thing is quiet there; but we have, on the other Hand, an Account from Lower Auvergne, that 27 Villages in that Country are in Arms on the same Occasion, and that the Viscount de Beaune has received Orders to repair thither, at the Head of a Body of Troops, to quell the Rioters."
Extract of a Letter from Vienna, March 2.
"The Emperor has appointed Count Bergen for his Ambassador Extraordinary to Constantinople, to congratulate his Sublime Highness Abdoel Hamet on his Accession to the Ottoman Throne. He will set out on the 15th Instant, attended by a very brilliant Train; but we hear that his Excellency has full Commission to settle all the ancient Disputes between our Court and the Ottoman Porte, and has full Authority either to renew the Truce or to declare War; and farther, in Case the Truce can possibly be renewed, his Excellency is also charged with the high Commission from the Empress of Russia to propose another Congress to negotiate a Peace between Russia and the Porte. In the Meantime, all necessary Preparations for War are carried on with the utmost Expedition, and we see a List of those Regiments which are ordered to march towards the Turkish Territories, consisting of 75 Regiments of Foot, 15 of Horse, four of Light Horse, ten of Hussars, and six of Artillery."
The Waters on the western Road have not been known to be more out than they were on Saturday, in the Memory of Man. At Hammer-smith, the Road was scarcely passable; and at Brentford, the greatest Part of the Town was under Water. The great Quantities of Rain which have fallen, joined to the Spring Tides, are given as the Causes of this very extraordinary and uncommon Inundation.
Extract of a Letter from Bath, March 10.
"The heavy Rain on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, caused our River to rise considerably. This Morning the Flood was higher than ever was known, by the oldest Person living. The lower Part of the City was entirely laid under Water. In Horse Street, it rose to the Dining Rooms; and not only all the Cellars and Kitchens of the Houses on the Key, the lower End of Avon Street, Milk Street, James Street, Charles Street, and King's Mead Street, were filled with Water, but in some of them it rose to the Parlour Floors. A Boat constantly plied in Horse Street to conduct Persons over the Water, who were necessitated to pursue their Journeys, as well as to carry Provisions, &c. to those Families obliged to take Shelter in the upper Part of the Houses."
"Yesterday Noon the Rain was succeeded by Snow, which happily ceased early this Morning; and the Water began falling, though slowly, owing to the Melting of the Snow. Many Persons have received considerable Damage, in losing whole Mows of Hay, large Quantities of Timber, &c."
March 15. In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, the Order of the Day being called for, the House was silent for a few Minutes, when Mr. Cornwall rose, and moved that the Gallery might be cleared. This occasioned a most vehement Debate, or rather Confusion. Colonel Barre said, that if the Motion was insisted on, the Ladies would be obliged to withdraw. Mr. C. Eox was of the same Opinion. Mr. Jenkinson contended, if it was proper to shut the Gallery on Friday against Strangers, it was much more so then. Mr. T. Townshend desired that the standing Order might be read; which being complied with, he observed, that it contained no Exceptions for the Order recited, that all Strangers should be taken into Custody. Mr. Grenville remarked, that it was easily seen from what Quarter the present Motion originated, as he could perceive that Applications had been making, ever since the House met, for the Purpose now intended to be carried into Execution, though the Authors did not choose to appear publicly in it themselves. The Majority of the House did not seem to approve of the Motion when it was first made, but the Interference of the Speaker at length turned the Scale, and not only the Gallery, but even all the Rooms and Avenues leading to it, were cleared about four o'Clock. As soon as the House had resumed its former Tranquility, Lord North rose, and in a Speech of near an Hour entered very fully into the present State of North America, declaring it as his Opinion, among other Measures proper to be pursued, that the Navigation of the Port of Boston should be stopped, till the Inhabitants be brought to a proper Sense of their Duty, and finished his Harangue by moving that Leave be given to bring in a Bill for the immediate Removal of the Customhouse Officers concerned in the Collection and Management of his Majesty's Duties and Customs, from the Town of Boston, in the Province of Massachusetts's Bay, in North America, and to discontinue the landing and discharging, lading and shipping of Goods, Wares, and Merchandises, at the said Town of Boston, and within the Harbour thereof. Several Parts of his Lordship's Speech were strongly objected to by Mr. Fox, and some others; but the Motion was at length agreed to without a Division, and a Bill ordered to be brought in accordingly.
March 18. In the House of Commons, Lord North presented the Bill for the Removal of all the Officers of the Customs at Boston; which was read a first Time, and ordered to be read a second Time on Monday. A Motion was made, and the Question put, that the Bill be printed, which passed in the negative.
Deferred the Consideration of his Majesty's Message, and the American Papers, to Wednesday.
In a Committee of Supply, resolved that 69981. be granted for making new Roads and Communications in the Highlands of Scotland. That 20001. be granted for the Trustees of the British Museum; to be reported on Monday, adjourned to Monday.
A Petition of the Merchants, Traders, and Manufacturers, of the Town of Paisley, was presented to the House, and read; complaining of the Decline of the Linen and Thread Manufactures, which the Petitioners allege is the Cause of many Thousands of his Majesty's Subjects being reduced to the utmost Distress of Want of Employment, and many Hundreds of them have been obliged to emigrate from the said Town to distant Countries, to prevent them from starving, and therefore praying the House to take this important Affair into their Consideration, and grant such Relief as to them shall seem meet.
A Petition of the Linen Manufacturers at Northallerton and Brompton, in the County of York, was also presented to the House, likewise complaining of the Decline of the Linen Manufacture in that Part of the Nation, which is owing, as the Petitioners apprehend, to the Importation of foreign Linen, and therefore praying the House to take the Premises into Consideration, and to pass such Laws as may seem best adapted for the Encouragement of the Home Manufacture of Linen, and to give such other Relief as to the House shall seem proper.
And the said Petitions were severally ordered to be referred to the Consideration of the Committee of the whole House, to whom it is referred to inquire farther into the present State of the Linen Trade in Great Britain and Ireland.
The following remarkable Anecdote of Commodore Boys, late Lieutenant Governor of Greenwich Hospital, may be depended on. When he was first Mate of the Luxemburg, a Jamaica Man, in her Return to England she was set on Fire by some Accident, and the Crew all perished, the above Captain Boys and another Officer excepted, who escaped on the Wreck. They lived many Days in the most miserable Manner, till the Officer died, when Captain Boys lived upon his dead Corpse while it remained sweet, and then eat the Flesh off his own Shoulders, till they became quite bare, and after living 22 Days in this dreadful Situation he was happily relieved.
Extract of a Letter from Captain Duff, of the East India Company's Artillery at Bengal, dated February 26, 1773, to his Father, a Gentleman of the County of Moray.
"A few Days ago I happened to be out on a shooting Party with several Gentlemen of the Military, and had detached myself to some considerable Distance from them, when they put up a very large Tiger, who directed his Course towards me. I immediately fired at him, which had no other Effect (being small Shot) than that of irritating him, inasmuch that he flew at me with great Fury. I kept him at Bay a considerable Time with my Fowling Piece, on which was fixed a Bayonet, as is usual in this Country when we go a-shooting; but at last I was rendered very weak, occasioned by the Loss of Blood, having received many Wounds in my Face, Arms, and several Parts of my Body; and none of my Companions appearing to my Assistance, they having all made off, the Animal made a furious Effort, by leaping upon me, which threw me down. He immediately got upon me, and was ready to tear me in Pieces, when I stretched out my Hand to the Muzzle of my Piece, and fixed the Bayonet, with which I aimed a Blow so judiciously that I pierced his Heart; he instantly fell down dead upon me. I believe I may venture to observe, that never was any Man nearer being devoured by a voracious Animal than I was upon the above Occasion. I consider my Deliverance as an Act of Providence."
March 24. It may be depended on, that a Sloop of War failed from Plymouth fourteen Days ago for Boston, with Orders to bring to England, in Irons, Messrs. Hancock, Row, Adams, and McIntosh. McIntosh has been very active among the lower Order of People, the others among the higher.
They write from Berlin, that Lieutenant Major Schwerin, at the Head of a Detachment, was actually ordered to march towards Dantzick and take Possession of that City, in Case the Magistracy do not immediately proclaim his Prussian Majesty the legal Owner of the Port of Dantzick.
By a Letter, of pretty good Authority, we are informed that the Emperor, notwithstanding his Intimacy with the King of Prussia, still seems to be jealous of the powerful Army which is at present cantoned in Silesia and upon its Territories; for which Reason he has ordered ten Regiments to march into Poland, to join the Austrian Army there, and it is confidently asserted that the Head Officers have secret Orders to watch the Motions of the Prussian Troops very closely. They add, that it appears as if the Emperor was apprehensive that the King of Prussia might be a great Obstacle in his Undertakings.
They write from Vienna, that the Emperor has ordered six Regiments of Foot, and two of Horse, to enter Poland, and take Possession of every Place that the Russians shall evacuate.
They write from Lisbon, that the Mount Carmel, a Portuguese Man of War of 64 Guns, was lost off the Western Islands, and all the Crew perished.
By a Letter from Constantinople we are informed that the Janissaries set on Fire the Hotel of the French Ambassador at Pera the same Day the present Sultan was proclaimed Successor to the Throne.
They write from Warsaw, that Debates run very high on the Means for raising the Sums of Money necessary for the State, and for an Allowance for the King's private Use; and some think that the three Powers who dismembered so great Parts of the Polish Territories must interfere, and settle the Matter for them at last.
Orders are sent to the Commissioners at Portsmouth to gild and paint the Barfleur in a very elegant Manner, ready for the Reception of their Majesties.
We are informed that the Prince of Wales and the Bishop of Osnabrug will accompany their Majesties to the intended Review at Portsmouth.
The new State Bed that is fixed up in the Royal Apartments at St. James's, preparatory to the baptising the young Prince, is made of Crimson Velvet lined with white Satin, and richly ornamented with Gold Lace.
A Letter from Zell says, that a certain Queen has given over all Hopes of being restored to her former Dignity, and resolves to finish her Days in her present Residence; on which Account Orders are given to repair her Palace during the Summer Season, which she intends to spend at Piramond and Mont Brilliant, where she expects a Visit from her Brother, who is now on his Travels.
We hear that a Treaty of Marriage is on Foot between Lord Stanley, Grandson and Heir to the Earl of Derby, and Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, eldest Daughter to the late Duke of Hamilton.
General Fraser will, we hear, have an Irish Peerage, and one of the vacant Red Ribands, as soon as his paternal Estate is recovered.
Letters from Moldavia mention that the Russian grand Army was preparing to pass the Danube about the latter End of last Month, so that we expect very soon to receive some News from that Quarter.
According to authentick Advices from Polish Prussia, we are informed that new Orders have been issued through all their Provinces, that every Town, Village, and Borough, is to raise a certain Number of Recruits, to the Amount of 20,000 Men, and that these new Recruits are to be fitted out before the Expiration of April and sent to Graudnitz, the Consequence of all which is expected to be known at the Opening of the next Campaign between the Russians and the Turks.
This Morning No. 1917 was drawn a Prize of 50,000 l. in the Adolph Lottery. The Ticket is the Property of the Messrs. Adams.
March 22. In the House of Commons, the Order of the Day, for the second reading of the Bill for the immediate Removal of the Officers concerned in the Collection of the Management of his Majesty's Duties and Customs from the Town of Boston, in the Province of Massachusetts's Bay, in North America, and to discontinue and discharge the landing and shipping of Goods, Wares, and Merchandises, at the said Town of Boston, or within the Harbour thereof, was read.
Mr. R. Fuller said, the Bill would be of total Destruction to this Country if it passed; that, in his Opinion, the Mode of Punishment ought to be altered to a Fine of 20,000 l. to the East India Company, for the Demolition of their Tea, and another Fine to his Majesty, for Damages done; and that he would recommend them to follow the Examples mentioned of Edinburgh, Glasgow, &c. He concluded with saying, "First fine them; and if they refuse to obey your Orders, then put this Act in Force."
A Motion was then made, that this Bill be now committed, which was carried in the affirmative without a Division. No other Debate ensued.
March 23. His Majesty's Message of the 7th Instant, and the American Papers, laid before the House the 7th and 11th Instant, were referred to the Committee on the Boston Port Bill.
At Half after three o'Clock the Order of the Day on the Boston Port Bill being read, the House accordingly resolved itself into a Committee thereon; and, after a considerable Time spent therein, the Chairman acquainted the House that the Committee had filled up the Blanks, and had made several Amendments thereto, and that he would report them whenever the House thought proper to receive them. Ordered, that the Report be now received; and the Report being made accordingly, some farther Amendments were then made, and the Bill ordered to be read a third Time the next Day, if then engrossed.
Several Clauses in the above Bill were objected to in the Committee. Mr. C. Fox spoke with great Energy and Ability against the Clause which empowers his Majesty to open the Port of Boston, on the Inhabitants returning to their Duty. He said, that it was the Legislature of Great Britain that they had offended, and it was to that alone they should sue for Pardon; observing, that such a Clause was, in Fact, nothing less than giving up the Authority and supreme Power of Parliament, to be exercised at the Discretion of those in Office. Mr. Oliver dwelt much upon the many fatal Consequences it might produce, in Respect of the Trade and Commerce of this Country. Lord North appealed to the Judgment of the House if the Punishment did not fall short of the Offence, if they still continued refractory; and if they returned to be peaceable Subjects, the Bill, by the Clause alluded to by Mr. Fox, would then be not a Measure of Severity, but Favour. Mr. Jenkinson spoke very vehemently against the Bostonians, and arraigned their Conduct in the strongest Terms. Mr. Gascoigne said, that some Accounts were received of their making Preparations for a State of actual Rebellion. Mr. Byng condemned the Principle of the Bill, as punishing the Innocent for the Crimes of the Guilty. General Conway condemned the Conduct of the Mother Country towards the North Americans for a Series of Years back, but approved of the Bill, as the best Measure that could be pursued in the present Situation of Affairs in that Country. Colonel Barré, Mr. Ward, Mr. Herbert, and Mr. Dempster, likewise spoke on the above Occasion; the two former partly in Favour of the Bill, the third directly, and the last Gentleman on the general Idea of a compensatory Clause.
March 25. By Letters from an Officer of Distinction abroad, we have Authority to assure the Publick that the French are now making a very great naval Armament at Toulon; that the Sailors at all the Ports of the Mediterranean are already impressed for the Fleet, and those at Rochfort are immediately commanded to join the Toulon Shipping.
The Russian Ambassador waited upon Lord North yesterday, and acquainted him that he had received certain Intelligence from his Court of the general arming of the French in the Mediterranean.
It is said that Major General Mackay will be appointed Commander in Chief of the Forces in North America.
March 26. On Thursday Evening the Ceremony of the christening of the young Prince was performed in the great Council Chamber at St. James's, by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. His Royal Highness was named Adolphus Frederick.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 25. The Order of the Day for the third reading of the Boston Port Bill was read, which occasioned a very strong Debate, of four Hours, between Lord North, Governor Pownall, Mr. E. Burke, Mr. Sawbridge, &c. in Regard to some Clauses in the Bill. At eight o'Clock the Lobby was cleared, for a Division; but the Opposites of the Bill gave it up, and the Bill was read a third Time, and passed. The following is an Epitome of the BOSTON PORT BILL.
The Bill sets forth, that dangerous Commotions and Insurrections have been fomented and raised in the Town of Boston, by divers ill-affected Persons, to the Subversion of his Majesty's Government, and to the utter Destruction of the publick Peace and good Order of the said Town, in which Commotions and Insurrections certain valuable Cargoes of Tea, the Property of the East India Company, on Board certain Vessels lying in the Harbour of Boston, were seized and destroyed. That, in the present Condition of the said Town and Harbour, the Commerce of his Majesty's Subjects cannot be safely carried on there, nor the Customs payable to his Majesty duly collected, and it is therefore expedient that the Officers of the Customs should be forthwith removed from the said Town. And therefore the Bill enacts, that it shall not be lawful for any Person or Persons to lay on Board any Ship or Vessel from any Part of the Town and Harbour of Boston, between Nahant Point and Alderton Point, any Goods, Wares, or Merchandise, to be transported to any other Country, or into any other Part of the Province of the Massachusetts's Bay, or to discharge or lay on Land within the said Town, or upon any of the Places aforesaid, out of any Ship or Vessel, any Goods, Wares, or Merchandise, to be brought from any other Country, or any other Part of the said Province, upon Pain of forfeiting the Goods, and of the Ship or Vessel into which the same shall be taken.
There are Clauses imposing Penalties on Wharfingers suffering Goods to be landed, shipped off, or Water-born, at or from their Wharfs, or for aiding and assisting in the shipping or unshipping Goods, Wares, or Merchandise; for obliging Ships moored or lying at Anchor, or hovering in the Bay, or within a certain Distance from the same, to depart to some other Harbour or Station, except Ships laden with military Stores for the King's Use, or laden with Fuel or Victual for the Subsistence of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, or Ships having on Board Goods at the Time mentioned in the Bill. Directing, that all Seizures, Penalties, Forfeitures, shall be made and prosecuted by an Admiral, chief Commander, or commissioned Officer of his Majesty's Fleet or Ships of War, or by some of the Officers of the Customs, or by some other authorised by the Commissioners of the Treasury; and inflicts Penalties on such Officers and Persons as shall take any Bribe to connive at such lading or unlading, or doing any other Act whereby the Goods, Wares, and Merchandise prohibited, shall be suffered to pass inwards or outwards, or whereby the Penalties and Forfeitures inflicted by the Bill may be evaded. Directing, that the Forfeitures and Penalties inflicted by the Bill shall be prosecuted for, and applied in the same Manner, as other Penalties and Forfeitures inflicted by any Act, or Acts, relating to the Trade or Revenue of the British Colonies or Plantations in America, are directed to be prosecuted for, recovered, and applied, by two Acts of the 4th and 8th Years of the Reign of his present Majesty. Declaring, that every Charter Party Bill of Lading, and other Contract for consignment, shipping, or carrying any Goods or Merchandise to or from the said Town or Harbour, made or to be made, or entered into, so long as the Act shall remain in Force, shall be void. Empowering the King, whenever it shall be made appear to him, in Privy Council, that Peace and Obedience to the Laws shall be so far restored in the said Town of Boston that the Trade of Great Britain may be safely carried on there, to assign and appoint the Extent, Bounds, and Limits of the said Port or Harbour; and also to assign and appoint the Quays and Wharfs for the landing and discharging, lading and shipping of Goods, as his Majesty shall judge necessary, and to appoint such Officers of the Customs as his Majesty shall think fit. Declaring, that the Bill shall not extend to enable the King to appoint such Port, Quays, Wharfs, or Officers in the said Town, unless full Satisfaction shall have been made to the Company for the Damage sustained by them for the Destruction of their Goods sent to the said Town on Board certain Ships, and to the Officers of his Majesty's Revenue, and others who suffered by the Riots and Insurrections in November, December, and January last; allowing the general Issue to be pleaded in Actions brought in Pursuance of the Bill.
The Lords yesterday read a third Time, and passed, without Amendments, the Bill for establishing certain free Ports in Jamaica.
A Petition was presented by the Lord Mayor in Behalf of the Natives of North America; which being read, was ordered to lie on the Table.
Yesterday the Earl Percy took Leave of his Majesty, and this Day will set off for Ireland to join his Regiment, and from thence to North America.
The Ministry have received some Accounts from America which have occasioned the holding several Councils. It is reported, that something very atrocious has been attempted against the Lieutenant Governor of the Massachusetts's Bay.
They write from Dantzick, that several Pieces of Cannon, and a Detachment of the Prussian Artillery, have just arrived in that City.
Late Accounts from Naples say, that Father Givoanio, being at Supper with his two Nieces, and blaming one severely for a proposed Marriage, on her answering rashly, he struck her, upon which she stabbed him to the Heart.
Some Letters from Constantinople say, that the new Sultan has already given Proofs of his Generosity and Justice; for instead of following the Example of some of his Predecessors, in mutilating and even strangling his nearest Relations, his Highness has heaped Favours on the young Sultan Selim, Son of the deceased Emperor. He kept the young Prince with him eight Days, promised to be a Father to him, ordered the Apartments allotted for him to be made more spacious and agreeable, and directed an Apartment for the young Prince's Mother to be contiguous to her Son's.
The following may, perhaps, be of some Use to our Country Farmers. The Sieur Rosing, Master of Economy to his Prussian Majesty, in East Friesland, has just made publick, that he found out, by physical Principles, and great Experience, that the only infallible Remedy to prevent an epidemical Distemper among the Cattle is to drive them twice every Day into a River; and those Farmers who are not near a River should throw over their Cattle, twice every Day, a great Quantity of Water. He has likewise made an Experiment on Cattle which have been infected, and very near Death; that by throwing over them a great Quantity of Water, till they began to shiver, they have been recovered.
March 31. The following Reports were current last Night, at the west End of the Town: That General Keppel had wrote a Letter, dated Nice, in Italy, in the Vicinity of Toulon, and directed to his Brother the Admiral, acquainting him that the French were fitting out a very formidable Fleet at the latter Place; that by the best Information that could be had, considering that no Strangers were admitted into the Docks, Arsenals, &c. it was said to be almost ready to put to Sea; and that its Destination was believed to be for the Archipelago, to join the Turks against the Russians.
Through the same Channel we learn that a Camp is marked out near Metz, in Lorraine, for 40,000 Men, and two more near Rochfort and Quenoy, near Valenciennes, of 20,000 each.
A Correspondent, on whose Authority we can depend, informs us that the French Ministry have discovered that Admiral Greig (who lately failed for the Mediterranean with a Squadron to reinforce the Russian Fleet) has positive Orders to force the Passage of the Dardanelles, and to lay Constantinople in Ashes; in Consequence of which, Orders have been received at Toulon to equip, with the utmost Expedition, 18 Ships of the Line, with a proportionable Number of Frigates and Bombketches, in Order to join the Turkish Fleet, and to defend Constantinople. This, as we are bound in Honour to assist the Russians in Case they should be attacked by the French. In the Meantime, it is not to be wondered at if the French Nation looks with an evil Eye on a Russian Squadron riding triumphant in the Mediterranean, as it has greatly interrupted, nay almost destroyed, their Turkey Trade, and occasioned all the Bankruptcies which have happened late in Marseilles, and other Ports of the Mediterranean.
Nothing is now spoke of at Paris but War. The military Gentlemen are all in the highest Spirits, but the Intentions of the Court are entirely confined within the Circle of the Cabinet; nothing whatever, relative to the Objects of Deliberation, having as yet transpired.
It is shrewdly conjectured, that the warlike Preparations now going forward in France are intended against the Russians.
An Order has been issued, within these few Days, at Versailles, which shuts up every Port from Calais to Bayonne, so far as that no Person whatever is permitted to leave the Kingdom without a Royal Pass, signed by the Secretary of State.

We are assured, from good Authority, that great Preparations are now making all over the Kingdom of France, in both the military and naval Departments.
The Report still prevails that a French Army is drawing together upon the Rhine, and that they are filling vast Magazines in that District. It is beyond a Doubt, says our Correspondent at Paris, that the Duke de Choiseul will soon be restored to his former Post in the Administration. The King likes the Duke d'Aiguillon for his Premier very well, in Time of Peace; but as he has a Prospect of War, Choiseul, he thinks, will serve his Turn better.
It is now a Matter of very great Doubt when we shall see an Ambassador here from the Court of France.
They write from Paris, that there are lately failed from Brest, for the West Indies, the following Ships of the Line, viz. the Guirlande of 70, the Hardie of 60, and the Mignone of 60 Guns; each has a Regiment of Troops, and six Months Provisions on Board.
By Letters from Venice, we learn that the Turks are resolved to prosecute the War against the Russians with redoubled Vigour, and that they have engaged several French Engineers in their Service.
An Express, brought by the Mercury Packet, Captain Sharp, which is arrived at Kinsale, from Bengal and Fort St. George, gives an Account of the taking of Tanjour by General Smith, which will prove of very extraordinary Advantage to the East India Company. The Account says, that General Hastings has confirmed a Nabob in his Father's Dominions, on his paying the Company a considerable Sum, and a certain yearly Tribute. Advice is also received that the Lord Mansfield East Indian, Captain Fraser, is lost at Bengal, the Crew saved.
They write from Vienna, that the Emperor will commence a War with the Porte; for the present Turkish Sultan seems to be totally ignorant of War, and believes that he is able to carry on a War against both Russia and Austria. So that, if the Emperor should be obliged to commence a War with the Porte, he will give his new Acquisition in Poland to the King of Prussia, by which Means the latter will become Master of three Fourths of Poland, and will be the most powerful Prince on the Continent.
They write from Berlin, that the King of Prussia still continues very ill of the Gout; and that they are pressing and enrolling Men through all his Dominions, notwithstanding his Army consists of near 200,000 Men already.
Extract of a Letter from Minorca, March 6.
"All the Powers of the Mediterranean are now much engaged in making Preparations, both by Sea and Land. The Spaniards and French are fitting out Ships at all their Ports; the Spaniards in particular, who have Docks, and are building Ships, in the Island of Majorca. The Genoese are fitting out Ships and raising Forces, and the like Measures are taking by the Florentines and Venetians. All the States of Barbary are fitting out naval Armaments, avowedly in Favour of the Turks."
This Day his Majesty went in State to the House of Peers, and gave the Royal Assent to the following Bills, viz.
The Bill for the immediate Removal of the Officers of the Customs from Boston, in Massachusetts's Bay.
The Bill to make perpetual the Act for regulating the Trials of controverted Elections.
The Bill for the Pay and Clothing of the Militia.
The Bill for the Relief of Prisoners acquitted of Crimes, but retained for their Fees.
The Bill to enable his Majesty to grant to General Fraser the Lands and Estates of the late Lord Lovat.
The Bill for appointing Commissioners to execute the Land Tax Act.
The Bill relative to the Preservation of Turnpike Roads.
And also to several Road, Enclosure, and private Bills.
A private Letter from the North of Europe says, that the King of Sweden, in Conjunction with the King of France, and jealous of the Generosity which the Empress of Russia has shown to the King of Denmark, in ceding to him the whole Duchy of Holstein, is drawing together all his Forces by Sea and Land, and insists that his Brother be created Duke of Courland, whilst the present Duke is to be declared Governor or Viceroy of the Crimea.
By an authentic Letter from Constantinople, we are informed that some foreign Ministers had demanded an Audience of the new Sultan, at which they laid before his Sublime Highness the Offers of their Royal Masters, as Mediators, to effect a Peace between the Porte and Russia; but they received the following Answer, that his Sublime Highness intends to see the Success of the next Campaign, and when he finds it necessary to make Peace with his Enemies he will do it without the Mediation of any Christian Power.
Advises from Venice mention an Engagement between three Venetian and four Turkish Ships off the Isle of Candia, in which the former were victorious.
They are under great Alarms in Holland, on Account of the late Inundations. Several of the Dikes have suffered greatly. Inspectors and Workmen have been sent to several Parts, and 3000 of the latter are near the Mouth of the Meuse, in South Holland. The Increase of the Waters in the Vahal, and in the Lake of Harlem, have alarmed the neighbouring Country; the latter of which has overflowed its Banks, and the Water still continues to increase daily.
On Tuesday was launched at Deptford, his Majesty's Ship the Cumberland, a fine Vessel of 70 Guns.
They write from Hamburg, that the Journey the King of Denmark intended to take to Travendahl, to be present at the Marriage of his Brother, Prince Frederick, to the Princess of Mecklenburg Schwerin, will not take Place; and that this Ceremony is put off till August, when it will be performed at Copenhagen.
Within this Week past the Court of France is said to have given our Court to understand that they should be under the disagreeable Necessity of arming against Russia, but with no other View than to compel her to agree to an equitable and honourable Peace with the Turks.
Extract of a Letter from Kinsale, in Ireland, March 20.
"This Week the Mercury Packet, from Fort St. George, in the East Indies, arrived here, after a Passage of three Months and sixteen Days, with several Despatches for the East India Company. By the Purser, we learn that the Affairs of the Company are in the most flourishing State ever known; and that on the 17th of December last the Lord Mansfield Indian was lost, and all the Crew perished except 24, sixteen of whom were sent up the Country, and have not since been heard of. The Purser also informs us that the Company's Troops have been at War with the King of Tanjour, and have taken sixteen Elephants, laden with immense Treasure, together with the King and his Family."
Yesterday the Adelphi Lottery finished drawing, in Change Alley; when No. 1358, being the last drawn Ticket, was entitled to a Prize of 25,000l.
On Sunday Night, between ten and eleven, a Gentleman and two Ladies in a Hackney Coach were stopped and robbed between Knightsbridge and Kensington, by a single Highwayman, of what Money they had about them; who rode off with his Booty, with seeming great Composure, towards Town. The Audacity of this Man was remarkably singular, as it was a fine Moonlight Night, a Number of people passing and repassing, and the Patrol not 100 Yards from the Spot where the Robbery was committed.
In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 28th, the Lord Advocate of Scotland made a Motion for Leave to bring in a Bill to repeal an Act made in King James's Reign, whereby the Persons working in Collieries and Salt Works in Scotland, after having worked a Year therein, should become the Property of the Proprietors of the Works for Life; by which Means whole Families became absolute Slaves, and transferable in the same Manner, with the Works, as a West Indian Estate is transferred with the Slaves upon it. The Motion met with no Obstruction, as it was founded upon Principles of Liberty; but Sir Lawrence Dundas wished that they might not be released all at once, but by Degrees, as it would greatly injure the Proprietors Works.
The House resolved itself into a Committee to take into Consideration his Majesty's Message of the 7th Instant, and the American Papers of the 7th and 11th of this Month, which accompanied it. Lord North then rose, and explained to the Committee the Necessity there was for regulating the Government of Boston. He remarked on the present Method of choosing the Council, of appointing the Judges, the Administration of Justice, and the Power of the Governor, and concluded by moving for Leave to bring in a Bill "for the better regulating the Government of the Province of Massachusetts's Bay, in North America." Colonel Jennings, in a short Speech, opposed the Motion; as did Mr. Byng, who very fully entered into the Question, and spoke with great Freedom and Ability. Mr. C. Fox spoke in Favour of the Measure. Lord George Germaine approved of the Principle of the Motion, but condemned it as being in several Instances defective. He observed, that the Military in that Country could not act effectually, nor with Safety perform their Duty; or, if they did, they ran the Risk of falling a Sacrifice to the civil Power, and that it was by mere Chance Captain Preston escaped being hanged for the Performance of his Duty. Lord North said, that he was much obliged to the noble Lord for the several Hints he had thrown out, and that he
meant the Committee should not be closed, that Gentlemen might suggest their several Ideas on the Subject. Captain Phipps spoke for some Time, and desired an Explanation of several Matters, in his Opinion, but imperfectly stated by the noble Mover. Governor Pownall informed the House of the Manner of choosing the Council, the Power of the Governor, &c. He said, that the Bostonians were a religious People, honest in their Dealings, peaceable Subjects, and well inclined to the British Government. This Encomium creating a Laugh, the Governor said, that he was well warranted in asserting what he did; but that the best Subjects, by repeated bad Treatment, might be rendered turbulent and seditious. Mr. Fuller and Mr. Dempster spoke against the Motion. It was at length agreed to by a great Majority, and a Bill ordered to be brought in on it. The Committee sat for about two Hours, and the House rose at nine o'Clock.
April 1. Leave is given to bring in a Bill to alter and amend the Act of the 25th of George the II. for annexing the forfeited Estates in Scotland to the Crown, so far as the same relates to the granting Leaves of the said Estates.
At the Petition of the Magistrates of the Burgh of Dumfermline, subscribing for themselves, and in Name and in Behalf of the whole Council and Community of the said Burgh, and the numerous Linen Manufacturers thereof, was presented to the House on Wednesday, complaining of the Decline of the Linen Manufacture of Great Britain and Ireland, which the Petitioners allege will be entirely lost, if some Remedy be not speedily provided; and setting forth, that some Years ago there were 1000 Looms employed in the said Burgh and its Environs, which are now greatly reduced, although the Petitioners are sensible that the Numbers could soon be increased to double that Number, if proper Encouragement was given, by discharging the Importation of foreign Linen. And they are well satisfied that the said Town, in Conjunction with other Manufacturers of Table Linen in Great Britain and Ireland, are fully able to supply the whole Demand of Damask, Diaper, and all Kinds of Table Linen, both for Consumption and Exportation. And therefore praying the House to take the Premises into Consideration, and give such Aid and Relief therein as they shall think proper. The Petition was referred to the Committee on the Linen Business.
Both Houses of Parliament are adjourned till after the Holidays.
Extract of a Letter from St. Andrews, in Scotland, March 15.
"There was given here this Evening, by a Person of Distinction, a masked Ball, where there was a brilliant Company of Ladies and Gentlemen. The Novelty of such an Entertainment, in this Part of the World, attracted even many who were unaccustomed to frequent other publick Diversions. The several Characters were admirably supported, and many bon Mots passed upon the Occasion. Mr. D. appeared in the Character of a Highland Chieftain, Mr. A. as a Merry Andrew, and Miss H. as a Shepherdess, which were well supported."
We are assured an ingenious Gentleman has drawn up a Plan for the Improvement of the British Fishery, which has been approved of by Lord North, and will speedily be carried into Execution.
At the launching of the Cumberland, on Tuesday last, a Scaffold, which had been erected by the Water Side, and on which a Gentleman, two Ladies, and three Children, were standing, gave Way; by which Accident the Gentleman, one of the Ladies, and two Children, were drowned.
Tuesday a Painter fell from a two Pair of Stairs Window, in Bishopsgate Street, together with the Machine whereon he stood, by which Accident both his Legs were broke, and he was otherwise very much bruised. The Paint Pot struck an old Clotheshman, who was passing by, so violent a Blow on the Head, that he expired as he was carrying to the Hospital.
Wednesday a Waterman, shooting at a mad Dog, in Gravel Street, Rotherhithe, with a Piece loaded with Ball, he unfortunately shot a Shopkeeper in the Breast, who was crossing the Way from his own House, and killed him on the Spot.
On Saturday last a melancholy Accident happened at a House the Corner of Catherine Street, in the Strand, by the Maid's falling down Stairs with a fine Boy of four Months old in her Arms; and pitching upon the back Part of his Head, so fractured his Skull, and disordered his Brain, that he languished until Tuesday Evening and died. What still adds to the Misfortune, the Maid, who was excessively fond of the Child, though not much hurt by the Fall, has continued in a delirious State ever since.
On Saturday a Man was conducted to Halifax, in Yorkshire, charged with having poisoned a young Woman at Northowram, and she happening to be with Child by him, he prepared a Dose of Poison, which he carried to her, and at the same Time threatened that if she refused to take it he would directly put an End to her Existence by stabbing her with a Knife, which he held in his Hand for that Purpose, whereupon she was compelled to yield to his infernal Command. She was opened by a Surgeon on Thursday, who declared she was poisoned. He is committed to York Castle.
Yesterday Lord North moved for Leave to bring in a Bill for the appropriating the private Estates of Bankers to the Discharge of their Partnership Debts, in Case of Bankruptcy; likewise to hinder certain Bankers from using any Trade, or from dealing in any Goods, Wares, or Merchandise whatever; and for the more severe punishing such Clerks belonging to Bankers as shall be found to embezzle their Masters Property. An Amendment was proposed and agreed to, which was, to insert "any Banker within the Cities of London and Westminster, or within ten Miles adjacent;" as, if the Bill extended to Bankers in general, it would entirely ruin those in the Country Towns. A few other Objections were made to the Bill being brought in, as it was too late in the Session; but on the Question being put, it was agreed to without a Division.
The Bill for regulating Mad Houses has passed the House of Commons.
The Consideration of the Bill to enable the Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland to increase the capital Stock of the said Company is postponed to the 14th of April.
Yesterday being Maunday Thursday, his Majesty's Alms were distributed at Whitehall, viz. to 35 poor Men and Women, three EIs of Holland, a Piece of Woollen Cloth, a Pair of Shoes and Stockings, twenty Shillings in a Purse, 35 Silver Pence, a Loaf of Bread, and a Platter of Filth, to each.
The Cumberland Man of War, of 70 Guns, lately launched at Deptford, is ordered to be put into Commission, and the Command to be given to Captain Bentley.
Wednesday the Cooks began to make Preparation at the Mansion House for the Easter Feast. Mr. Hudson, his Lordship's Cook, who had the sole conducting of it, has particular Orders that no Expense may be spared to make the Entertainment as elegant as possible. A very grand Piece of Confectionary is likewise preparing to be placed upon the three Tables in the Egyptian Hall.
The Practice of Duelling is now so common, that no less than three Trades gain considerably by it; the Sword Cutler, the Gunsmith, and the Undertaker. It were to be wished that the Hangman came in for his Share of Employment too.
A respectable Writer, now living, says of the King of Prussia: "He has established a Reputation on the surest Foundation, by that necessary and equitable Effort in Policy, the delivering his Subjects from the Jaws of the Lawyers, who, before his Time in Brandenburg, sported with the Sufferings of the Wretched, and saw unmoved the Tears of the Widow. In the Prussian Dominions, the Decision of Causes cannot be protracted to a tormenting and devouring Length. How long this will last is hard to say, unless the King has the Art of making his Subjects virtuous, as well as obedient to his Edicts. The Suits in Brandenburg are now brought to a speedy Issue, at an easy Expense; a Regulation which could never be made but by the singular Attention of a sovereign Prince. Why it is not done in a limited, as well as in absolute Monarchies, I know not; unless, in certain Instances, Slavery is preferred to Liberty, or the Name of Liberty to the Reality of it. The Law is certainly an excellent and a necessary Profession, but too many are bred up to it; consequently, in Pursuit of a Support, they deviate from the original Design, by perplexing with injudicious Refinements that which it is their Duty to make plain and intelligible."
Extract of a Letter from Petersburg, March 3.
"Great Preparations are making for the Opening of the next Campaign, which will begin with the Siege of Oczakow. The Train of Artillery which is to be employed there have received the necessary Orders. General Bibikow has sent a Courier from Casan, with the agreeable News that the Troops which he sent toward the Province of Wartha, against the Rebels, have had a Battle with them, in which the former were routed, and driven into the Woods, whither they were pursued by the Conquerors; 600 of the Rebels were killed on the Spot, and 200 made Prisoners, among whom is one Bergman, formerly a Lieutenant in the Guards, who, with his younger Brother, were banished to Siberia, after having undergone the Punishment of the Knout, &c. for robbing and murdering a Merchant about six Years ago."
Extract of a Letter from Dundee, in Scotland, June 22, 1774. "Among the several Entertainments of this Place, the Speculative Society claims the Pre-eminence. Formed on a rational System it hath
become the Resort of great Numbers, who seat on the Knowledge and Ingenuity of the Speakers. Tribes of Families, deserting the Card Tables, flock thither, and acknowledge the Superiority of Philosophy. This Institution promisseth great Success: Various Questions are here discussed, in a masterly and becoming manner; here the young Men may be trained up to Oratory and graceful Delivery, and afterwards become an Ornament to the grand Council of the Nation. Drinking entereth not the Walls of this Society, and Harmony and good Order keep the Portch. This Society hath taken for a Device a Card on which is represented a View of the Society upheld by the three female Figures, Vertu, Eloquence, and Contemplation; and supported by two masculine Ones, Knowledge and Learning; and the Motto is, Dignum sapienti bonoque est. "
That Great Statesman Lord Chatham, in a Speech in the House on the American Stamp Act, observed, that there was no Happiness without Freedom, no Freedom without Security of Property, unless the Power to dispose of it be lodged in the Owners of it. Therefore, no People can be free but where Taxes are imposed by their Consent, personally, or by Representatives. If the Colonies are equally entitled to Happiness with the Inhabitants of Great Britain, and Freedom is essential to Happiness, they are equally entitled to Freedom; if to Freedom, and an exclusive Right of Taxation is essential to Freedom, they are equally entitled to such Taxation.
On Wednesday Night a Man went to Sir Jeffery Amherst's, and asked for Lady Amherst, saying he had got something for her Ladyship. The Maid carried a Band Box into the Parlour, where, on opening the same, its Contents proved to be a fine Girl, which caused much Laughter. It was kept that Night, and yesterday Morning it was sent to Brownlow Street Hospital to be taken Care of.
It is said, notwithstanding great Preparations are making to terrify the Americans, their Friends conceive great Hopes from the Wisdom and Integrity of Lord Chatham, who doth not confine Liberty to the Island of Great Britain, and doubt not but he will again repeat, in Favour of the misrepresented Americans, the Poet's Advice about a Wife:
"Be to her Faults a little blind, Be to her Virtues very kind."
Sir William Davenant, in his Preface to Gondibert, has this very remarkable Observation: "It is the Wisdom of Government (says he) to permit Plays, and other Modes of Dissipation; in the same Manner as it is the Prudence of a Carter to put Bells upon his Horses, to make them carry their Burthens cheerfully."
Moderation should always be the Characteristick of a Minister; for if he was to pique himself on a Quickness of Apprehension, and a Promptitude of Decision, his Country might be suddenly plunged into inextricable Dangers. God knows, we have no Reason to find Fault with our present Administration for their Rapidity of Determinations; they have allowed the New Englanders full Time and Scope to display their Designs; they have allowed them to proceed from the first Step of Disorder to the last Act of Rebellion. Faction at home may blame them for their Lenity, but the Devil himself cannot accuse them of Rashness. One is apt to suspect that a refined Policy was shrouded under their seeming Indifference, and that they purposely allowed the factious New Englanders to advance to declare Rebellion, in Order that the unanimous Approbation of the whole Kingdom might accompany their Resolves to chastise and to reform the Rebels.
A Correspondent most fervently hopes, in Case Administration should ever be induced to yield up the Rights or this Nation again, as was infamously the Case in the Year 1766, to the audacious Claims of a Crew of traitorous Insurgents (a Circumstance which, under the Wisdom and Ability of Lord North's Administration, he thinks there is little Reason to fear) that we shall at least leave them in the State we found them before the late Peace, before so much of our Blood and Treasure had been lavished upon them, and at all Events restore Canada to France.
It is a pleasant Argument which the Americans wage against our Parliamentary Supremacy over them. "The people of England (say they, for they scarcely honour us with the Name of Mother Country) are interested in the Dispute, and consequently cannot be an impartial Tribunal." But, with all possible Deference to this Reasoning, are not the People of America interested in the Dispute, and are they not equally prejudiced in their own Favour? Suppose, however, we relinquish the Terms of Sovereign and Subject , and say that a Dispute subsists between a Mother and a Daughter , should not the latter, in common Decency, be the first to make Concessions? And is it not, in common Sense, most likely that the Merits of the Contest should lie on the Side of the former, when we consider not only her superior Tenderness as a Parent, but recollect her superior Maturity.
WHITEHALL, April 2. Thomas Hutchinson, Esq; Governor of the Province of Massachusetts's Bay, in North America, having humbly requested his Majesty's Leave to come to England, the King has been graciously pleased to comply therewith, and to appoint Thomas Gage, Esq; Lieutenant General of his Majesty's Forces, to be Captain General and Governor in Chief of the said Province, and Vice Admiral of the same, during his Majesty's Pleasure.
YORK, March 24. Last Saturday failed from Hull for Fort Cumberland, in Nova Scotia, the Two Friends, Watt, with Iron Ware, Linen and Woollen Drapery, Household Furniture, &c. and 99 Emigrants, chiefly from the Northern Part of this County.
GLOUCESTER, January 4. This Day a great Number of the Inhabitants and Voters of this Town assembled on the River, the same being entirely frozen over, our new intended Candidate having on Sunday last given away upwards of 40l. in Bread and other Charities at the old Church, and left with his Agent here 100 Guineas, for the Purpose of Merriment, to be disposed of by giving a Bullock roasted whole, and two Hogheads of Ale, to the Publick, and a Ball for the Ladies in the Evening. By Way of Novelty, the Bullock was agreed to be roasted on a temporary Hearth and Fire, a Place prepared for the Purpose on the Ice; which having been put into Execution, the Populace assembled, supposed to be upwards of 2000, but before their Departure, the Ice, from the Pressure, giving Way, upwards of 100 Persons were severely ducked. If the Matter had ended there, it would have been very happy; but sorry am I to acquaint you that upwards of twenty Persons were drowned, amongst whom is our worthy Friend Bob H——, his Wife, and a Child about a Year old; and poor H——, from the Swan, standing Cook, shared the same Fate."
LEEDS, January 4. At Saddleworth, in this County, a Man was some Time ago taken ill, and to all Appearance died, as he could not be perceived to breathe. In this Situation, he remained for the Space of six Weeks; during which Time he received no other Nourishment than now and then a small Quantity of Milk, which the Doctor poured into his Mouth, at the same Time stopping his Nostrils, left it should come out again there. After lying in this Condition the above Time, he came to himself, and is now in as good a State of Health as ever he was in his Life. The Apothecary who attended him perceived his Pulse at Intervals to beat, or he certainly had been buried before he had finished his Trance.
GLASGOW, March 31. The Friends of America have brought into the present Dispute between Great Britain and her Colonies the old Question about the Right of Taxation. Many People are of Opinion, that Great Britain has no Right to tax her Colonies, unless they are represented in Parliament; but this Question is, in a great Measure, foreign to the present Dispute. The Question is not whether Great Britain is to tax America, but whether or not the Americans are to be punished for wantonly destroying the Property of the Merchants of Great Britain, in Defiance of all Laws human and Divine. The Americans might have refused to buy and use the Tea, but they had certainly no Right to destroy it. Such a Punishment, therefore, as will oblige them to make an adequate Restitution for the Damage they have done, is most highly proper. A severe Punishment will be imprudent, as it would immediately recoil upon the Mother Country, and our Merchants would suffer greatly, by the Want of Remittances, and the Loss of their Trade.
Extract of a Letter from Falkirk, March 29. "On Monday last was launched in the Canal, at the mooring Place near Bainsford Drawbridge, a neat Vessel, named the Lady Charlotte, Burthen between forty and fifty Tuns, built chiefly for the Canal Navigation and Coaling Trade. At this Launch the most Part of the Inhabitants of Falkirk, a great Number of Ladies and Gentlemen of the Country adjacent, and several Persons from remote Places, were present. This is the first built Vessel launched in the Canal, and she is particularly adapted for that Navigation. She came very well off, and made a fine Appearance. The great Concourse of People who attended cheerfully joined in repeated Huzzas, and other Demonstrations of Joy, on this Occasion."
Extract of a Letter from Wigtown, in Galloway. "I am sorry to inform you that the Spirit of Emigration has also become epidemic in this Country. Between 2 and 300 People are to embark at Whitehaven, in a few Weeks, for America. The Country will suffer not only from the Loss of its Inhabitants, but also from the Loss of its Wealth; some of these Emigrants being People of Property, it is supposed they will carry some Thousand Pounds in Cash along with them."

POETS CORNER.
Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur: That Man is wise who speaks little.
VAIN is the Flath of human Wit, In vain the Volumes Dryden writ; Reason is best expressed in few Words, Sense and Propriety in two Words.
A Lady to her Daughter with a Present of a WATCH.
ACCEPT this Watch, a Toy at best, Yet Trifles Wisdom may suggest; Mark how each Moment as 'tis past, Brings you still nearer to your last.
To the PRINTER of the PUBLICK ADVERTISER.
SIR, IT is with great Concern and Apprehension, as a Well-wisher to this Country, that I consider her present Situation in Respect to the Colonies.
A few Persons among us, of inordinate Appetite, with to partake of their little Feast with them; and because denied a Participation of what they have not the Shadow of a Right to, would forsooth fall pell-mell upon them...
WILLIAMSBURG, May 19.
ON Saturday last, about five o'Clock in the Evening, we had here a most extraordinary Storm of Hail, some of the Stones being as large as Pigeons Eggs; and by Accounts from other Parts of the Country...
Extract of a Letter from London, March 19, 1774. "A Bill is now in Parliament to stop up the Port of Boston, till the King pleases to restore it. This is, in Fact, to destroy the Town, because the Inhabitants have had Spirit enough to declare that they will be free..."
Extract of another Letter from London. "The Privy Council's Report on the Boston Petition proves pretty plainly that you are to expect no Favour from hence, but you have the Means of Security in your own Hands, and you will be unwise not to use them..."
ARRIVALS. Liberty, Outram, in York River. Brilliant, Bennet, from Glasgow, Assistance, Farish, from Whitehaven, Nancy, Cuningham, from Hull, Success, Green, from London, and Peggy, Fisher, from Liverpool...
To Mess. PURDIE & DIXON.
By inserting the following Proposals for the Consideration of the House of Burgessies, in your useful Paper, you will oblige a great Number of your Readers. 1. THAT it be enacted that the Vestries of every Parish be elected by their Parishioners respectively, every ten, twelve, or fourteen Years...
NORFOLK, May 3. Yesterday was celebrated in this Place the Anniversary of ST. TAMMINY, the tutelary Saint of the American Colonies. At one o'Clock a Royal Salute of 21 Guns, from a Battery erected for the Purpose, ushered in the Rejoicings of the Day...
But should Corruption, with despotick Rage, Seize the strong Pillars that support the State, Strain every Nerve to pull Destruction down, To blend in Ruins Freedom and her Sons...
The Members of the Society for promoting useful Knowledge are desired to meet on Tuesday the 31st of this Instant.
The Piece from NORFOLK will have a Place next Week, and that signed A POOR PLANTER shall be attended to as soon as possible.
MAY 19, 1774. AGREEABLE to the Act of Assembly for clearing Rivers and Creeks, the Court of Cumberland have appointed Commissioners to agree with any Person, or Persons, willing to undertake the clearing of Willis's River in the said County.
IN May 1773, or near that Time, I gave my Bond to John Reid, of Amherst County, for one Hundred and twenty five Pounds Currency, payable in April 1774. I forewarn any Person from taking the said Bond of Reid, as I will not pay any of the Money till such Time as the said Reid fulfils his Bargain with me.
MAY 14, 1774. WHEREAS Mr. William Robins, of Gloucester County, has made a solemn Contract with the Subscriber, in Terms to this Effect, that for the Loan of 501. he obliges himself to make a lawful Lease of his Land up the Neck...
LOST between Colonel Burwell's Ferry and Williamsburg, an old SILK POCKET BOOK, having in it some Money, and Papers of no Use to any but the Owner. Any Person finding the same shall have 10 s. on delivering it to BENJAMIN ALLEN.
To be SOLD, agreeable to the Will of Joseph Tate, deceased. A TRACT of 490 Acres of LAND, near the Land of Mr. Adam Tate, most of which is low Ground and rich high Land; in short, it is very little inferior to any in the Province.
To be RENTED for a Term of Years, THE Plantation known by the Name of Mulberry Island, upon Dan River, near the aforesaid Lands. The Terms may be known by applying to the Subscriber, at Guilford Courthouse. JOHN TATE.
Just imported, and to be sold for ready Money only, A NEAT Assortment of PAPER HANGINGS for Rooms, Staircases, &c. forty per Cent. cheaper than they have ever been sold in this Place.
MAY 16, 1774. RUN away, from the Snow Carlisle, William Binsley Master, now lying at York Town, three indented Servants, viz. ANTHONY WILLIAMS of Monmouthshire, a middle sized Man, wears his own Hair, about 25 or 26 Years of Age...
STRAYED or STOLEN, from Mr. Robinson's Quarter, about three Miles from Williamsburg, a BAY HORSE about four Feet high, four Years old, with a Star in his Forehead, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, his left hind Foot white...
TAKEN up, in Amherst, a DARK BAY MARE about four Feet seven or eight Inches high, eight or nine Years old, a Blaze in her Face, one hind Foot white, some Saddle Spots, and branded on the near Buttock N. Posted, and appraised to 101.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a DARK IRON GRAY HORSE COLT about two Years old, three Feet ten Inches high, not docked, and branded on the off Buttock I C. Posted, and appraised to 30s.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a YELLOW BAY HORSE COLT a Year old last Spring, three Feet eleven Inches high, but neither docked nor branded. Posted, and appraised to 40s.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a BLACK MARE COLT, about a Year old last Spring, four Feet high, a small Star in her Forehead, but neither docked nor branded. Posted, and appraised to 55s.
TAKEN up, in Halifax County, a RED and WHITE STEER about two Years old, marked with a Crop an Underknee in the right Ear, and a Swallowfork in the left. Posted, and appraised to 20s.

Warranted BOULTING CLOTHS,
A LARGE and complete Assortment of Superfine, Fine, Middling, and Coarse, to be sold, on the lowest Terms, for Cash only, by Isaac Melcher, about Midway between Arch and Race Street, Philadelphia. If any, on Trial, should not answer the Purposes intended, he will take them back and supply the Parties with others in their Room, provided they are returned, without Damage, within three Weeks or a Month. Any Orders left with Mr. William Holt, near Williamfburg, or Messrs. John Goodrich and Co. in Portsmouth (Post paid) will be carefully forwarded, and punctually executed. (2)
N. B. Great Abatement to those who purchase to sell again.
YORK Town, April 25.
WILLIAM DAVIS, Tailor, begs Leave to inform the Publick that he carries on his Business in this Place, and will be much obliged to those who may please to favour him with their Custom (especially such as he is indebted to) as he will ever make it his Study to pay a strict Attention to their Commands. He will furnish the following Articles complete, for ready Money, viz. A Suit of best superfine Cloth, middle Size, 7 l. 10 s. Do. of Cashmir, 8 l. Do. of Duroy, lined through, 4 l. 5 s. Do. of Sagathy, lined, 4 l. 15 s. A best Barb Coating Surtout Coat, 2 l. 10 s. A Barb Coating Coat and Waistcoat, 3 l. 10 s. He will likewise wait upon Gentlemen, within twenty or thirty Miles, to serve them; and he makes LADIES RIDING DRESSES, in the genteellest Manner.
HANOVER Town, May 12, 1774.
JUST arrived in York River, the Brilliant, Captain Miller, from London, with a Cargo of choice healthy INDENTED SERVANTS, the Sale of which will begin at Richmond Town on Wednesday the 25th of May, among whom are the following Tradesmen, viz. Blacksmiths, Brofiers, Edgetool Makers, Bricklayers and Plaisterers, Shoemakers, Stone Masons, Carpenters, Joiners and Cabinet Makers, Cloth Weavers, Stocking Weavers, Barbers and Peruke makers, Gardeners, Farmers, Labourers and Husbandmen, Book-keepers and Schoolmasters, Tailors, Silk Dyers, Bakers, Painters, Leather Dressers, Sawyers, Butchers, a Steward, Groom, Surgeon, &c. I will sell them very cheap, for ready Money, or Tobacco; and for those on Credit, Bond and Security will be required. (1) THOMAS SMITH.
ON the 13th Day of April last two Negro Slaves, by Name BOB and BRISTOL, ran away from my Plantation at Swan's Point, in Surry County. They were taken up in Williamfburg on the 26th of the same Month, and carried to John Cocke, residing in that City; who was induced, by the Plaibility of their Story, to give them a Pass, dated the Day they were apprehended; and from the particular Circumstances mentioned therein, it may be easily discovered, if they should ever show it, that they are Runaways. But as it is doubtful whether they will or not, I thus describe them: Bob is a tall Mulatto Fellow, and thin visaged. He has been a Ferryman for many Years, and from his Acquaintance with Gentlemen has assumed an immoderate Stock of Assurance. He is artful, designing, and exceedingly smooth tongued, and it is imagined will endeavour to pass as a Freeman. Bristol is an outlandish Fellow, about five Feet six Inches high, and is as ignorant as tho' there is artful. If they stay together (the contrary of which I have no Reason to conjecture) he will, I suppose, entirely submit to, and confide in, his Companion's Counsels. I hereby promise to give any Person who will convey the said Slaves to me, at Swan's Point, 20 s. for each, and forewarn all Captains of Slips from carrying either of them out of the Colony. JOHN HARTWELL COCKE.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Warwick County, in February last, three Negro Men, GEORGE, JOE, and ARCHER. George is a tall Fellow, black Complexion, very artful in Speech, and belongs to C. Blair, in Williamfburg. Joe is of a yellow Complexion, about five Feet ten Inches high, appears to be about nineteen or twenty Years of Age, and belongs to William Rogers, in James City. Archer is a short, thick, well set Fellow, and speaks very fine, of a yellow Complexion, and belongs to the Estate of Francis Dancy, deceased, of Charles City. I will give 20 s. Reward if they are secured in Jail, or delivered to me, in Warwick County, at Blant Point. SAMUEL LONG.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Norfolk County, a Negro Fellow named SHARPER, formerly the Property of Mr. Matthew Prapp of this Borough, and sold to Captain Theodore Mansford, of Prince George County. The Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges. SAMUEL PORTLOCK, Jailer.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a WHITE HORSE ten or twelve Years old, four Feet seven Inches high, a hanging Mane, the upper Side a little roached, and Switch Tail, paces, trots, and gallops. Pofed, and appraised to 5 l. WILLIAM FITZGERALD.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 10, 1774.
THE Plan of the Lots, and Common, at Princess Anne Port, within this City (commonly called the College Landing) being lost, the Court of Directors have ordered that they be re-surveyed and laid off anew; but that the new Plan may conform, with all possible Exactness, to the Original (which more probably may be effected if those who claim any of the said Lots would attend, and give all the Light they can with Respect to their Location) I am directed to give publick Notice, that the Gentlemen appointed to superintend the Survey will proceed on that Business on Wednesday the 1st of next Month, at ten o'clock in the Morning, when all Persons concerned in Interest, or able to give useful Information, are requested to meet them. (1) MATT: DAVENPORT, Town Clerk.
AMELIA, May 2, 1774.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Jacob Morgan, deceased, are hereby desired to pay off their Accounts, or they may depend on being sued in a very short Time, as the Estate is so involved that Indulgence cannot be given; and those who have Demands against the said Estate are desired to make them known before the 1st Day of November, as I shall not look upon myself answerable for any that shall come in after. WILLIAM FITZGERALD, Administrator.
NEW KENT, May 11, 1774.
THOSE Persons who have any Demands against the Estate of Mr. Richmond Terrell, of this County, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts before the 25th of this Month, that they may be discharged, as we intend to settle his Estate, before the Gentlemen appointed by the Court, on that Day, at the Courthouse. (2) WILLIAM CLAYTON, } Executors. RICHMOND ALLEN, } RICHARD ALLEN, }
Just imported, and to be sold by the Subscriber, on very reasonable Terms, in Williamfburg, A GENTEEL Assortment of MILLINERY in the newest Taste, Brussels, Mignonet, and Blond Lace, a Variety of Coloured and White Silk Stockings, Thread and Cotton Do. Plain, Striped, and Sprigged Mullins, Jewellery, Childbed Linen, Robes, Didbury's Shoes, Gresham's Satin and Calimanco Do. Ladies Riding Hats, Children's Do. with Feathers, Satin Quilts, Gentlemen's Embroidered Waistcoat Patterns, White Quilting for Ladies Petticoats, very fine Hyson Tea, Buffs of the late Lord Butequart, and many other Articles. MARGARET HUNTER.
PUBLICK Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership of James Henderson, Thomas Griffin Peacy, and Co. of Amelia County, is dissolved; and all Persons whose Accounts with them were closed the 1st Day of September last are hereby required to pay off, or give Bonds for their respective Balances, before the 10th Day of June. No Indulgence can be given to those who fail. The Store kept by Mr. Henderson, at his House, will be continued by him, on his own separate Account.
WARWICK, May 10, 1774.
HAVING a Deed of Trust from Hezekiah Coleman, for eighty five Acres of Land in Amelia County, to secure a Debt due by him to James and Robert Donald, and Co. which Land Coleman purchased of William Tucker, and as a Deed from Tucker to Coleman has not been recorded, but is destroyed since passing the said Deed of Trust, I give this Notice, to prevent any Person purchasing the Land without knowing of this Encumbrance. ROBERT DONALD. ** On the 1st of July will be sold at Warwick, to the highest Bidder, a Lot of Land adjoining the Town of Chester, containing twelve or fifteen Acres, most of which is well paled in, and has on it a large new Storehouse. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchaser giving Bond and Security.
NORTHAMPTON, May 3, 1774.
I INTEND to leave the Colony soon ROBERT POLK.
FOR SALE,
A VERY valuable Tract of Land in King William County, on Mattapony River, a little above Frafer's Ferry, which was lately the Property of Mr. Roger Gregory, and contains about 300 Acres. There is a very genteel two Story Brick House, with three Rooms below and four above, which is pleasantly situated upon a high Hill near the River, and commands a wide and extensive Prospect. It is acknowledged, from some Years Experience, to be one of the most healthy Seats in the lower Parts of the Country, as few of the People residing on it have ever had the Fever and Ague. There are Apple and Peach Orchards, and it is a celebrated Place for Fish and Wildfowl. Mr. William Frafer, at the Ferry, will show the Land, and the Terms made known by him in Behalf of (tf) CARTER BRAXTON.
For SALE, by the Subscribers in NORFOLK, SINGLE and double refined London SUGAR; Madeira WINE of the London, New York, and Virginia Qualities; Jamaica and Barbados SPIRITS; Barbados and Leeward Island RUM; Muscovado SUGARS; Coffee, Ginger, Pimenta, Molasses, Liverpool bottled Beer, Cheese, Anchors, Sail Canvass, Irish LINENS in small Packages, &c. &c. (7) JOHN LAWRENCE, & Co.
ON Wednesday the 14th of April last ran away from the Subscriber, in Westmoreland County, THOMAS PUTTRELL, an indented white Servant Man, by Trade a Butcher, but understands Gardening and Farming, and says he is acquainted with the Business of a Bricklayer and Plaisterer. This is the third Time of his running away, and when he went off before he was near two Months in the Neighbourhood of Richmond Town, and lived with one Isaac Parker, and probably may be in that Part of the Country now. In July last, he was taken up in Bedford County. He is a trunchy well made Man, of a fair Complexion, has Haze Eyes, brown Hair, which curls in his Neck, is round faced, has very white Teeth, which he shows when he speaks or grins, and speaks sharp and quick. He had the common Apparel of Servants, and he has a forged Pass, signed by James Moyley, Master of the Schooner Nancy, discharged from Alexandria, and is called a Native of old Nansemond Town in Virginia. There went off with the said Thomas Puttrell an indented white Servant Man belonging to Thomas Atwell of Westmoreland, who has likewise a forged Pass, signed by the said James Moyley, and is therein called John Underwood, although his right Name is EDWARD DUBERG. He is a slim well made Man, near six Feet high, was a Sailor, and has been in Spain, Portugal, and France. He says he was brought up at Cambridge, and pretends to understand Latin, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch. He came in the Successor's Increase, Captain Curtis, into Rappahannock, and was sold for a Schoolmaster. He robbed one Mrs. Hume of about 20 l. worth of Wearing Apparel, among which were some Jewellery, Caps, Aprons, Handkerchiefs, &c. which he and Puttrell sold as they went along. The above Servants were seen on their Way to Gloucester Town, between York and Rappahannock, and it is supposed they will pass for Sailors and go to Norfolk, or make for Carolina. Whoever apprehends them, so as they be delivered to their Masters, shall have a Reward of FOUR POUNDS for each, besides what the Law allows. RICHARD LEE. THOMAS ATTWELL.
STOLEN, or STRAYED, from Porto Bello, on the 2d of this Instant (May) a large BAY MARE, about fifteen Hands high, with a black hanging Mane and Switch Tail, has a Saddle Spot on her Back, and branded on the near Buttock C. TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward will be given for bringing her to Porto Bello, or the Palace.
NANSEMOND, April 20, 1774.
WHEREAS the Concern of the Subscribers, by the Death of one of the Partners, is now dissolved, it is most earnestly requested of all those indebted to them, either in this Colony or North Carolina, to make immediate Settlement, by Payment or Specialty, as those who fail to comply need expect no Indulgence; and all those who have Demands against the said Concern are desired to make them known, and they shall be adjusted. The Books, &c. belonging to their Store in this County, are put into the Hands of Mr. John McDowell, who is properly authorised to collect and grant Receipts, and will settle with all those who have Demands against the said Company. The Business will be carried on at their different Stores in this Colony and North Carolina, with the same good Usage, and Indulgence given as usual, under the Firm of Archibald Hamilton and Co. and the Management of Mr. John Hamilton. (tf) JOHN HAMILTON, & Co.
DUMFRIES, May 2, 1774.
THE Members of the Dumfries Jockey Club are desired to meet here on Saturday the 11th of June, to settle the Time of the Races. Such Members as cannot conveniently attend, and want to fix them at any particular Time, will please to signify the same by Letter to me, and their respective Proposals shall be laid before the Club. RICHARD GRAHAM.
OSBORNE'S, May 2, 1774.
LOST at Amelia Courthouse, on Thursday the 28th of last Month, a Bond granted by Thomas Bolling Munford, of Amelia, to Messrs. Burnley & Braikenridge (dated in May 1772) for the Sum of 120 l. This is to forewarn all Persons from taking an Assignment of said Bond, no One but the Subscriber having a Right to make Use of it. (24) JOHN M'KIE.
Just imported, and to be sold at a low Advance, on Credit,
A QUANTITY of SHOES, well assorted, in Casks from 20 l. to 35 l. Sterling Value. For Terms inquire of Mr. David Russell in Blanford, Mr. Robert Burton in Richmond, or the Subscriber in Warwick. JOHN LEITCH.
For CHARTER, THE Ship Caesar, William Wetberald, has made only one Voyage, Burthen 450 Hogheads, now lying at Norfolk. For Terms apply to the said Master, or (tf) GREENWOOD, RITSON, & MARSH. N. B. On Board said Ship is a Quantity of Whitehaven COAL, of the best Quality, which will be sold very cheap. Apply to Mr. Joseph Kidd, in Williamfburg.
To be let on CHARTER, to any Part of Europe, or the West Indies, THE Brigantine Hamilton, Burthen about 300 Hogheads, a new Vessel now on the Stocks, and will be ready to take on Board by the first of June. For Terms, apply to me in Norfolk. (tf) ROBERT GRAY, & Co.
Five Pounds Reward.
RUN away from my Plantation near this Place, last Night, two Servant Men, named GEORGE and JOHN ALLEN, very lately imported in the Justitia, consigned to Mr. Thomas Hodge at Leeds Town. George is a likely young Fellow about 25 Years of Age, five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, fllops much, and is remarkably round shouldered; had on, when he went away, a dark coloured Bearskin Jacket and Breeches, and a small round Hat with a black Riband and Buckle. John is Brother to George, slender made, and two Inches under his Size; had on the same Sort of Clothes, only a Pair of old Shoes cut open at the Toes. Any Person who will apprehend the said Servants, and secure them so that I may get them, shall be entitled to the above Reward; and all Persons are hereby forewarned, as they may probably pretend to pass for Sailors, from carrying them out of the Country. (4) THOMAS MONTGOMERIE. DUMFRIES, April 25.
HANOVER Town, May 6, 1774.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in March, last, a likely Virginia born Wench named BETTY, about 22 Years of Age, stout and well set, wears Silver Earrings set with white Stone, and carried with her several Suits of Clothes. She was formerly the Property of Mr. James Mitchell, deceased, at York, and has been used to attend in a Publick House from her Infancy. She has been seen at several Places on James River, but last at Captain William Acuff's, in Charles City, where I am informed she has several Relations. Any Person that will secure the said Slave, so that I get her again, shall have THREE POUNDS Reward. HARDIN BURNLEY.
THE Treasurer, Trustees, and Subscribers to the Fund for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Clergymen, collected last Sunday, from the two Audiences, 25 l. 14 s. 5 d. for which they beg Leave to return their Thanks to the generous Contributors. On the Day following they ordered 80 l. to be distributed among six Widows and the Orphans of four Clergymen, and appointed Officers for the ensuing Year, namely, the Reverend Messrs. John Camm, Treasurer, Price Davis, Devereux Jarratt, William Bland, John Bracken, Thomas Price, and Thomas Lundie, Trustees, William Harrison, Morning, and Robert Andrews, Evening Preacher. The Clergy have a most grateful Sense of the Presents of 20 l. and 3 l. 2 s. 6 d. from two unknown Persons, by the Hands of the Reverend Mr. Henley. This Acknowledgment would have been made last Year, had not the said charitable Contributions come some Days too late to be inserted in our last Year's Advertisement.
GLOUCESTER, May 4, 1774.
I INTEND for England shortly. JOSEPH DAVENPORT.
AMELIA, May 2, 1774.
I INTEND to leave the Colony immediately. (11) HEZEKIAH FORD.
KING WILLIAM, May 1, 1774.
I INTEND to leave the Colony in a few Weeks. JAMES BROWN.
To be SOLD, the first Thursday in June, at Gloucester Courthouse,
A TRACT of fine LAND lying on Gwyn's Island, containing about 420 Acres. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, upon the Purchaser giving Bond and good Security to THOMAS NELSON, Junior.
MOST of the Bonds due to the Estate of George Christopher White, of Amelia County, deceased, having been due a considerable Time, it is expected that Payment will be made the ensuing Meeting of the Merchants in Williamfburg, after which Time no Indulgence can be given. BALFOUR & BARRAUD.
ANY Person who has a good Negro COOK or WENCH to dispose of may be informed of a Purchaser, by applying at the Post Office.
Just imported from London, and sold by the Subscriber, at her Store opposite the Raleigh in Williamfburg, on reasonable Terms, for ready Money only,
A WELL chosen Assortment of the neatest Goods, consisting of fine Thread and Blond Lace, white Sain and Lustrine, blue Sain and Sarcenet Petticoats, white Do. for Weddings, Satin and Queen Silk Shoes, Muffin, Gauze, Catgut, and Wire, worked Linen, Ribands, plain and ribbed Silk, Cotton and Thread Stockings, small Do. for Children, Patent Net Aprons, equal in Beauty to Joining Lace, Silk Gloves and Mitts, Rolls and Curls, Tambour Sword Knots, Boys Beaver and Hussar Caps, Ladies Riding Hats, Feathers, and Whips, Childrens Sashes and Stays, a large Quantity of Didbury's Shoes, Sheeneal, fine Chip and Cane Hats, Fans, Cloaks, Gauze Handkerchiefs, Perles, Bags and Puffs, Pearl for Work, Tureen, Punch, and Pap Ladies, Stone, Silver, Gilt, and Pinchbeck Buckles, both Shoe and Knee, Paste, Garnet, Gold, and Black Stock Do. India Plate Salts, Do. Snuffers and Snuff Pans, Silver Tea Spoons, Tea Caddies, Salt Caddies, Do. Coral and Bell, Paste, Marcasite, Pearl, and Bead Necklaces and Earrings, Gold Wires, Silver bowed Scissors and Silver tipped Sheaths, Lancet Cases, Watch Chains and Keys, Combs, Pocket Books and Etree Cases, Freemason and other Brooches, Paste Sprigs and Pins, Tooth Brushes, fine Irish Wafers, Sword Canes and Pen Knives, black Bags and Rofes, black Pins, Stay Hooks, Thimbles, Silver Shoe Clasps, Fruit Knives, Dolls and other Toys, with many other Articles too numerous to insert. C. RATHBELL.
N. B. At the same Place may be had an exceeding fine SILVER WATCH, capped, and runs on Diamonds; also a beautiful GOLD WATCH, with Gold Hands, and an engraved Case.

Just Imported, and to be Sold by the Subscriber, on very reasonable Terms, in Williamsburg,
A GENTEELE Assortment of MILLINERY in the newest Taste, Mecklen, Bruffels, and Minionet Lace, Blond Ditto, a Variety of White and Coloured Silks, Plain, Striped, and Sprigged Mullins, Jewellery, Childbed Linen, Robes, Ladies and Gentlemen's Silk and Cotton Hosiery, Didbury's Shoes, Gresham's Satin and Calimanco Ditto, Ladies Black and White Riding Hats, and many other Articles. JANE CHARLTON.
YORK TOWN, May 2, 1774.
THE Ship PLANTER , bound for London, which now lies off York Town, has on Board 500 Hhds. of Tobacco, and Craft cut for 100 Hhds. more, will take in that Quantity, on Liberty of Consignment, at 81. Sterling a Tun. I shall be much obliged to Gentlemen, who may incline to ship, to send their Orders immediately to me here; the Reason for my now wanting such a Number of Hogsheds being occasioned by fair Promises, and the Tobacco afterwards given to other Ships.—There is exceeding good Accommodation for Passengers on Board, and I shall certainly sail directly after the ensuing Merchants Meeting. THOMAS LILLY.
THE Subscriber intending to settle over the Mountains, makes him offer his Land in Amelia for Sale. There are near 800 Acres (a little more than 100 thereof subject to a Widow's Dower) with a very good Dwelling-House, and all necessary Houses, lately repaired, an extraordinary fine Apple and Peach Orchard of the best Kinds of Fruit, and Cherries of all Sorts. There are near 100 Acres of Low Ground very suitable for a Meadow, on which is great Abundance of fine Timber. The Purchaser may know the Terms by applying to Joseph Eggleston in Amelia , adjoining the Land, Richard Eggleston in Cumberland , or the Subscriber in Fredrick . WILLIAM EGGLESTON.
FOR SALE,
ONE Thousand six Hundred and sixteen Acres of LAND, lying in the lower End of Pittsylvania County, on Banister River; the Land is good for either Tobacco or Grain, but particularly Grain, it being very level. It lies convenient to two Water Mills, not above three Miles from either, and within the same Distance of a Church, and is thought by good Judges to be one of the best Situations in the County for raising a Stock of Cattle, Horses, &c. being within a Mile of Lightfoot's Meadows , where grows such a vast Quantity of Forage that the under Grass continues green the whole Winter, there being a constant Verdure, so that there is no Occasion to lay up much Winter Provision for your Cattle, &c. There is also Plenty of Fish to be caught at the smallest Expense and Trouble, by Means of a small Stone Dam across Banister River. I will sell it altogether or in Parcels, and give long Credit for the best Part of the Money. The Land will be shown by Mr. William Todd , or Mr. John Cox , living near the Premises, and the Terms known of the Subscriber, in King William County. WILL. PETERS MARTIN.
To be SOLD,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, lying in the lower End of Amberst County, on James River, containing upwards of 1000 Acres, nearly adjoining the Land of Dr. William Cabell , running near three Miles on the River, with an Island adjacent, containing between thirty and forty Acres, to be sold with or without the said Tract. There is a Plantation thereon in good Order for Crops, sufficient for ten or twelve Hands, a White Shad Fishery, and Plenty of Lime Stone for building. Any Person inclineable to purchase may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber in Henrico , who is one of the Trustees of Mr. John Howard . THOMAS PROSSER.
To be SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND on Mayo Creek, Halifax County, containing 364 Acres, about 150 of which are rich Low Grounds. One Half of the Money to be paid at Christmas , the other Half twelve Months after. JOHN SULLENS.
To be SOLD, on Friday the 27th Instant (May) before the Raleigh Tavern,
EIGHT Hundred Acres of very valuable LAND lying in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, near New Point Comfort , which is well timbered with Pine and White Oak. Upon it there is a Dwelling House with two Brick Chimneys, all convenient Houses, one Peach, and three Apple Orchards.—At the same Time will be sold thirty likely Virginia born SLAVES. GEORGE W. PLUMMER.
Wants Employment,
ONE who understands keeping a COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, and can be well recommended. Any Person in Want of such a One may know the Terms, and the Advertiser's Name, by Application to Mr. John Tunstall , Clerk of King & Queen . (||)
ON the 30th of March made her Escape
out of the Jail of Prince George (in Company with a Wench belonging to Mrs. Pofey ) a Negro Woman named BETTY , about five Feet three Inches high, twenty one Years old, of a yellow Complexion; had on a Virginia Cloth Gown, white Dimity and striped Virginia Cloth Petticoat, and Osnaburg Shift. She had a Pass when committed, and was endeavouring to pass for a free Woman. I will give 20s. Reward, besides the Allowance by Law, to any Person who brings her to me in New Kent , near Bottom's Bridge . JOHN MOSS.
MAY 3, 1774.
RUN away from the Subscriber, living at Cabin Point in Surry County, on the 27th ult. a Negro Fellow named TOM , about 33 Years of Age, has something of an Impediment in his Speech, has followed the Sea for about eight or nine Years, and is well known by many of the Gentlemen in Norfolk and Portsmouth . I will give 51. Reward to any Person who shall apprehend and convey him to me, or 31. to have him secured in any of his Majesty's Jails and Notice given me thereof, or 151. if apprehended out of the Colony and conveyed to me; and as I imagine he will endeavour to make out of the Country, I forewarn all Masters of Vessels from carrying him out, as they must answer the contrary at their Peril. JOHN AUSTIN FINNIE.
TAKEN up, in Isle of Wight , a RED STEER marked with a Crop, Slit, and Nick, in the left Ear, and a Crop in the right, and appears to be about six Years old. Posted, and appraised to 31. 10s. JEREMIAH GODWIN.
FOR SALE,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, containing 500 Acres, lying on a large Creek which makes out of East River, a fine Place for Fish and Oysters. There is Land cleared sufficient for six Hands, an Overseer's House, and other out Buildings. The uncleared Land abounds with a great Quantity of White Oak and Pine Timber; the Timber supposed, by good Judges, to be worth 10001. WILLIAM PLUMMER.
To the CLERGY of VIRGINIA.
Reverend SIRS, THINKING this a very proper Season for taking into Consideration certain Matters in which the Clergy are most immediately and deeply concerned, and finding several of my Brethren, whose Opinions have great Weight with me, to be very confident that, if our whole Body should be desired to meet, they would not at this Time show a general Backwardness to honour the Request, I have come to a Resolution of appointing, and do accordingly appoint, the Thursday after Whitsunday for the Clergy to convene upon at the College of William and Mary . When the Day appointed comes, I hope those who advised me to this Measure will, with me, enjoy the Satisfaction of finding their Expectations fully answered, by being able to assemble with a very respectable Number of their Fraternity, on an Occasion which they, as well as I, deem important. I am, with ardent Prayers for your real Welfare, and the true Good of the Community, Reverend Gentlemen, your loving and affectionate Brother, JOHN CAMM.
COLLEGE, May 5, 1774.
THE DELAWARE LOTTERY.
FOR RAISING THE SUM OF 5625 POUNDS (OR 15,000 DOLLARS)
FOR THE USE OF THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY.
THE SCHEME.
 1 Prize of 6000 Dollars is 6000 Dollars.  2 - - - 2000 - - - are 4000  4 - - - 1000 - - - are 4000  10 - - - 500 - - - are 5000  20 - - - 200 - - - are 4000  30 - - - 100 - - - are 3000  60 - - - 50 - - - are 3000  6960 - - - 10 - - - are 69600  7087 Prizes. First Ticket drawn, for the first 12 Days, 100 - - - 1200  12,913 Blanks. Last drawn, - - - 200   N. B. These are not included in the Prizes numbered.
20,000 Tickets, at FIVE DOLLARS each, are 100,000 Dollars. Not two BLANKS to a PRIZE.
THE growing Importance of the COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, for the Use of which the above Lottery is designed, is now generally known through every Province of America . It has hitherto subsisted, and been raised to its present Situation, entirely by the Favour of the Publick. In the Centre of North America , and in a pleasant healthy Country, it is well fitted for the most extensive Usefulness. The Success which hath attended the vigorous Efforts already made to raise its Funds, and furnish the Means of a complete and finished Education to all who are sent to it, has encouraged those concerned in the present Attempt, especially as several very judicious Persons have warmly recommended it, signifying their Surprise that at a Time when so many have taken this Method of promoting publick Undertakings a SEMINARY of such Importance should not also put in for a Share of the general Benevolence. This, added to other Schemes for the Support and Improvement of the College, will afford to many Friends of that Institution an Opportunity of contributing, with very little Risk of losing, and a considerable Chance of Gain to themselves, who would not incline that the small Sums they could spare should appear in a Subscription Paper.
N. B. The above Lottery was intended to have been drawn in the Month of December , but is postponed till the 23d of May next, when it will peremptorily be drawn. The Delay has been chiefly occasioned by the Neglect of those Gentlemen, engaged in the Sale of the Tickets, not sending an Account thereof to the Managers in Time.
*** A few TICKETS are left for Sale at the POST OFFICE in WILLIAMSBURG , where the Prizes (after deducting 15 per Cent. for the Purposes of the Lottery) will be paid to the fortunate Adventurers who purchased from thence.
VIRGINIA, &c. At a General Court held at the CAPITOL the 23d of April, 1774.
George Riddell and Jacquelin Ambley , Plaintiffs, against Perkins, Buchanan, and Brown , late of London , Merchants, William Gosley, Thomas Adams, Sampson & George Matthews, Patrick Courts, Amos & James Ladd, William Acryll, Ryland Randolph, Major Wilcox, & Co. Thomas Stewart, James Watt, Meriwether Smith, William Smith, Carter Braxton, Corbin Griffin, Samuel Griffin, and William Griffin , Defendants,
in Chancery. The Defendants, Perkins, Buchanan, and Brown , being beyond Sea, on the Motion of the Plaintiffs, by their Counsel, it is ordered that the other Defendants, who have Effects of the said Perkins, Buchanan, and Brown , in their Hands, as is suggested, do not pay the said Effects to the Defendant Gosley , or any other Person, nor convey away or secrete the same, until the further Order or Decree of this Court concerning such Effects; that the said Defendants, Perkins, Buchanan, and Brown , do appear here on the first Day of the next Court, to answer the Bill of the Plaintiffs; and that a Copy of this Order be, within fifteen Days, inserted in the Virginia Gazette for two Months successively, and published on some Lord's Day, immediately after divine Service, in the Church of the Parish of Henrico , in the County of Henrico , and be also posted up at the front Door of the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg . BEN. WALLER.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder at Henrico Courthouse, in Richmond, on Monday the 6th of June,
THE TENEMENT lately occupied by Mr. James Buchanan , on Part of which Byrd's Warehouses now stand. It may, with Convenience, be divided into three separate Tenements, one of which will include a very good Dwelling-House, Kitchen, Smokehouse, Dairy, and a Garden under good Pailing. The second will include a very good Brick Store, a large commodious Lumberhouse, and the Reversion of Byrd's Warehouses. The third joins the Lands of Colonel Thomas Turpin , whereon are the Houses now in the Tenancy of Messrs. Trents and Mr. Powell . There is a good Stable on this Lot, and a large new House that may, at a small Expense, be converted into a Dwelling-House, or Store. The Situation of these Lots, and Convenience of the Houses, will sufficiently recommend them to those who view them. They will be sold altogether or separately, which ever shall appear most advisable. Half of the Money to be paid at, or before, the Meeting in November next, and the Remainder by the first of May 1775. The Bonds to bear Interest from the Date, unless the Agents of Messrs. James and Robert Donald , and Co. should agree upon other Terms on the Day of Sale. Any Person inclining to purchase may be shown the Premises, and know the Terms at large, by applying to Mr. James Buchanan . (5) JAMES MILLER.
*** All those indebted to the said Messrs. James and Robert Donald , and Co. for Dealings with Mr. James Buchanan , at their Stores in Richmond, Albemarle, and Amberst , are once more requested to make speedy Payment; and as many Accounts are yet standing open, particularly at their Store in Richmond , those concerned are desired to close the same immediately, otherwise longer Indulgence cannot be given.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber, at Stafford Courthouse, on the second Monday in June, if fair, otherwise first fair Day,
THREE TRACTS of LAND adjoining each other, and lying in Stafford County, on Potowomack Creek, on one of which is a very commodious Tavern, and other necessary Houses, Garden, &c. within a few Yards of the Courthouse. The Situation is very advantageous for the Publican Business, and remarkable for Fish and Fowl. Fifteen Acres of the Land were laid down in Timothy about four Years ago, and there are very near forty Acres of Marsh, which might be easily reclaimed, at small Expense. The Terms will be made known on the Day of Sale. (5) GEORGE DENT, Junior.
NORFOLK, April 21, 1774.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Number of Vessels will be wanted this Summer to bring about 6000 Tons of STONE from Mr. Brooke's Quarry on Rappahannock , and land the same on Cape Henry , for the Lighthouse. Any Person, or Persons, inclineable to engage in such Work, are desired to treat with Matthew Prripp, Paul Loyall, and Thomas Newton , Esqrs. The Directors of the Lighthouse will also be glad to purchase one or two FLAT BOTTOMED VESSELS, from 80 to 120 Tons Burthen. (tf) BASSETT MOSELEY.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie , a SORREL HORSE about four Feet ten Inches high, four Years old this Spring, has some white Hairs in his Forehead, paces slow, but has no Brand perceivable. Posted, and appraised to 151. (tf) JOHN WILLIAMSON.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at Goochland Courthouse, on Monday the 20th of June, being Court Day,
A TRACT of rich well timbered Land lying opposite to Elk Island , in the said County, belonging to the Estate of Mr. John Smith , deceased, containing 2000 Acres, which will be put up in four separate Lots. Likewise a Tract containing between 3 and 400 Acres, lying on both Sides the Little Bird Creek , near the Head thereof, in said County. Those Lands having been fully described in a former Advertisement, renders it unnecessary here. The Time of Payment will be made known on the Day of Sale, and Bonds with good Security required of the Purchasers, by (tf) WILLIAM ANDERSON, Executor.
*** The Purchasers at the different Sales of the Negroes and personal Estate of Joseph and John Smith , deceased, are desired to take Notice that their Bonds will, in a very short Time, become payable, and that no Indulgence can, or will, be allowed to any Person. I shall constantly attend at the County Courts of Henrico and Hanover , and the Meeting of Merchants in Williamsburg , in Order to receive Payment. Those who have open Accounts on the Books of John Smith , deceased, are once more requested to come and settle.
NEABSCO FURNACE, April 1, 1774.
RUN away from the Neabsco Furnace , on the 16th of last Month, a light coloured Mulatto Man named BILLY or WILL , the Property of the Honourable John Taylor , Esquire. When I tell the Publick that he is the same Boy, who, for many Years, used to wait on me in my Travels through this and the neighbouring Province, and, by his Pertness, or rather Impudence, was well known to almost all my Acquaintances, there is the less Occasion for a particular Description of him. However, as he is now grown to the Size of a Man, and has not attended me for some Time past, I think it not amiss to say that he is a very likely young Fellow, about twenty Years old, five Feet nine Inches high, stout and strong made, has a remarkable Swing in his Walk, but is much more to be admired for his Knack he has of gaining the good Graces of almost every Body who will listen to his bewitching and deceitful Tongue, which seldom or ever speaks the Truth; has a small Scar on the right Side of his Forehead, and the little Finger of his right Hand is quite straight by a Hurt he got when a Child. He had on when he went away a blue Fearnought and an under Jacket of green Baize, Cotton Breeches, Osnaburg Shirt, a mixed blue Pair of Stockings, a Pair of Country made Shoes, and yellow Puckles. From his Ingenuity, he is capable of doing almost any Sort of Business, and for some Years past has been chiefly employed as a Founder, a Stone Mason, and a Miller, as Occasion required; one of which Trades, I imagine, he will, in the Character of a Freeman, profess. I have some Reason to suspect his travelling towards James River , under the Pretence of being sent by me on Business. Whoever apprehends the said Mulatto Slave, and brings him to me, or to his Master, the Honourable John Taylor of Mount Airy , or secures him so as to be had again, shall have double what the Law allows, and all reasonable Charges paid by (tf) THOMAS LAWSON.
ROCKY MILL, HANOVER County, April 14, 1774.
RUN away from the Subscribers, on the 27th of March, two indentured Servant Men, namely, JOSEPH GOTHARD , by Trade a Cooper, has a Scar over one of his Eyes and Ankles; had on a Drab coloured Frieze Jacket, with Metal Buttons, old Leather Breeches, a Half worn Hat, a Pair of Sale Hose, and a Pair of coarse Shoes. THOMAS JACKSON , by Trade a Coachman, about thirty Years of Age, of a ruddy Countenance, about five Feet eight Inches high, with light Hair; had on an old Hat, dark Broadcloth Coat much patched, an old Virginia Cloth blue twilled Jacket, with Pewter Buttons, without Sleeves, a Pair of very narrow Duck Trousers patched on each Knee with new Osnaburgs, a Pair of Country Shoes, and black Hose. Whoever will deliver both the above mentioned Servants at Newcastle , or the above mentioned Place, shall receive 51. or 50s. for either, if taken in the Colony; and if in any other, reasonable Satisfaction will be made by the Subscribers. (tf) JOHN SYME. JOHN CHRENSHAW.
To be SOLD, together or in Parcels,
THAT fertile and well timbered Tract of Land lying in Princess Anne County, known by the Name of GIBBS'S WOODS , whereon are several Settlements, and whereof Jeremiah Tinker , Esq. Grandson of the late Governor Gibbs now stands seized, under the Deed of Gift of his Mother, the Dauthter and Heiress of the said Governor Gibbs . Persons inclining to purchase may be informed of the Terms by applying to Mr. James Parker , Merchant in Norfolk , or to Edward Foy , in Williamsburg , who will give an undoubted Title. (tf)
FOR SALE,
A TRACT of LAND in Amelia County, containing 500 Acres, about four Miles below the Courthouse, it is remarkable fine Land for Grain, and will bring good Tobacco. The Plantation is in good Order for Crops, sufficient to work six or eight Hands, with all necessary Houses. Any Person inclineable to purchase may depend on having a Bargain, and know the Terms by applying to (tf) WILLIAM MARSHALL.
FOR SALE,
A VALUABLE FARM of 1500 Acres, within sixteen Miles of Petersburg . The Terms may be known on Application to the Subscriber. (tf) HENRY SKIPWITH.
For SALE,
ABOUT twelve Thousand Acres of exceeding rich TOBACCO LAND, in Amberst County, whereon are several Plantations and Improvements sufficient to work forty or fifty Hands. There is on the said Land for Sale a very valuable GRIST MILL , lately built, with a Stone Dam and a Pair of good Cologne Millstones, which Mill has for two Years past got upwards of 100 Barrels of Toll Corn, and is situated on a never failing Stream. The Land will be shown by William Womack , who lives at one of the the Plantations, and the Prices of the Land made known by him. One or two Years Credit will be allowed, Interest being paid for the second Year, and also for the first, if the Money is not paid agreeable to Contract. The Land is to be laid off and surveyed by Colonel William Cabell , at the Expense of the Purchaser. Deeds will be made upon Bond and approved Security being given, either to Colonel William Cabell , or the Subscriber. Six per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, or good Merchants Notes. If any Person will choose to exchange Lands in the lower Part of the Country, on or near some navigable River, that are good, it is more than probable we should agree. (tf) CARTER BRAXTON.
To be SOLD, SEPARATELY or TOGETHER
TWO TRACTS of LAND. One lies in Albemarle County, on Hardware River, about five Miles from the great River, containing 370 Acres, 100 of which are the best Kind of low Grounds, and situated so as always to have the best Range for Stock of any Land between the Capes and Little Mountains.
The other Tract lies in Goochland County, on Lickinghole Creek, near the Three Notched Road , and contains 700 Acres. The high Land is equal to any in these Parts, fine for Tobacco and Wheat, or any Kind of Grain or Meadow. About 200 Acres are cleared, now under good Fences, laid off in three Fields, and in fine Order to work about ten Hands to great Advantage. The Improvements are a good Dwelling-house, Kitchen, Smokehouse, a Dairy, four good Tobacco Houses, with Negro Quarters, and other convenient Buildings, also a fine Apple and Peach Orchard. The Place is pleasantly situated, has fine Water, is as healthy as any Part of the Colony, and is convenient to Church or Providence Meetinghouse, and several Mills, besides one on the Land turned by a Spring Branch to grind for three or four Families the whole Year, and is not in the least unhealthy, as the Water may be ground off every Day. Credit will be given for Part of both Tracts. Any Person inclineable to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Mr. William Mitchell , Merchant in Richmond , or to the Subscriber, who will show the Land. (tf) WILLIAM PRYOR.
GOOCHLAND, November 3, 1773.