The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1772-01-16 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
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FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE. Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
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CONSTANTINOPLE, August 5.
ON the 5th Ultimo the Palace of Mahomet Pacha took Fire, and was reduced to Ashes, as were two Houses contiguous to the Palace. The Report still prevails that Ali Bey is assassinated. They add, that his Troops have abandoned Damascus, and that Osman Pacha beat them in their Retreat. We have heard of a particular Act of the Bravery of Ali Dahar, Son of Cheik Dahar, who, being irritated by the Resistance of the Turks, attacked their right Wing with such Fury that he forced through the Ranks to the Place where the Pacha of Marash, who commanded the Turks, was fighting, and killed him with his own Hand.
VENICE, September 11. Letters from Constantinople, of the 17th Ultimo, mention some Disturbances amongst the Janizaries at Samos and Scala Nuova; and that the Grand Seignior, dissatisfied with the Conduct of the Chan of the Tartars (who arrived at Constantinople on the 14th Ultimo with a small Retinue) had deposed that Prince, and banished him to Sinop, in Asia.
September 20. By a Letter from a Greek Merchant at Smyrna, to his Brother in this City, we learn that the famous Ali Bey, who lately revolted from the Grand Seignior, has at length conquered all Syria, and on the 27th of August made a publick Entry into Antioch, where he was received with the loudest Acclamations by the People of that Metropolis. He was immediately waited upon by the Patriarch, at the Head of his Clergy, and by above three Hundred Monks of different Orders, preceded by an Officer carrying a Standard with the Cross. They were graciously received, and the Patriarch addressed him in an elegant Speech, beseeching him to take the distressed Remains of the Church of Syria into his Protection. His Highness assured them that all Religions should find Favour, and that no Injury whatsoever should be done to his Christian Subjects, whilst they behaved with Fidelity and Circumspection. He seems to have taken a great Likening to the Patriarch, and spends several Hours in his Company, from whence large Immunities are expected for the Christians in Syria and Palestine.
By the last Letters from Constantinople, the renowned Moldavangi Basha, Commandant of the Dardanelles, was beheaded by Order of the Sultan, because he had not properly paid the Troops under his Command.
WARSAW, September 18. Letters just received here from Jaffa import that the Russians are actually besieging Oczakow, which is defended by an Ottoman Garrison of ten Thousand Men.
PARIS, September 23. The Duke d'Albe is arrived here, and has been presented to the King; and it is generally reported that this Nobleman is charged, on the Part of the King of Spain his Master, with some very important Affairs.
It is strongly reported that the Court of Madrid hath concluded a secret Treaty with one of the maritime Powers of Europe, but the Articles are not yet certainly known.
A young Man, who had been taken up for a slight Offence, ripped open his Belly with a Knife as he entered the Court of Justice. He had the ferocious Courage to tear out his Liver, and the Abdomen of the Stomach; he twisted his Bowels round his Hands, and in that frightful Posture he fell down. He lived twelve Hours in that dreadful Condition, crying out in a most horrible Manner.
CRONSTADT, in Transylvania, September 14. General Essen, taking Advantage of the Turks neglecting to guard the Passage of the Arzis, marched the 15th of August against Giurgewo. In the second Day's March he met the advanced Posts of the Turks, whom he defeated, after which he penetrated to the second Moat of the Fortress, in which there was a Palisado. The Russians were stopped at this Place, as they did not perceive the Palisado, it being covered by the Water in the Moat. The Turks, who had waited for them at that Passage, redoubled their Fire, and killed Colonel Pocunow, and many Officers, and forced them to retire in Disorder. Lieutenant General Essen was slightly wounded in the Foot, but Major General Czartoriski, and the Generals Aufusor and Hussowicz were dangerously wounded. The Russians had seven Hundred Men killed, and twenty five Hundred wounded. They left eight Pieces of Cannon, passed the Arzis precipitately, and were very much harried by the Turkish Cavalry. The Ottomans lost very few Men on this Occasion, but this Action was fatal to Sultan Mazoud Guerai, who was drowned as he was going to the Castle to animate his Men, by the Bridge being greatly battered by the Russians, so that it fell in as he was passing over it.
LEGHORN, September 17. This Day arrived in our Bay the St. Anthony, Andrea Chigi Master, from Constantinople, in nineteen Days, who reports that on his Passage through the Gulf of Lepanto he was brought to by a Turkish Galley, the Interpreter of which demanded if he had met with any European Vessels; and fearing to be detained, he answered in the negative. Next Day, off the Island of Zante, he fell in with a Ragusan Felucca, who informed him that a smart Engagement had happened near the Coast of Albania between seven Turkish and four Russian Men of War, which lasted some Hours; but a red hot Ball lighting on the Powder Magazine, in one of the Turkish Vessels, blew it up, carrying the whole Crew into the Air, not a Man of whom escaped with Life. After this Accident the rest submitted to the Russian Commander, who arrived at Navarino, in Dalmatia, with his Prizes, having lost but twenty seven Men in the Action.
STOCKHOLM, September 10. The Empress of Russia has allowed a certain Quantity of Corn, Duty free, to be exported from her Dominions, as formerly, into Sweden. This is the greater Obligation at present, as the Harvest has been very bad in most of the Provinces of this Kingdom, and the Price of Bread is very high at present. Indeed the Dearness of every Thing at Stockholm is such already as does not afford a good Prospect for the Winter, when no Supplies can be had from abroad.
BASTIA, September 16. A new Act of Indulgence will soon be passed in Favour of the Insurgents, on Condition of their returning peaceably to their respective Places of Abode before the Expiration of two Months; in Failure of which they will again be declared Rebels against the King of France, and their Goods will be confiscated. Notwithstanding these salutary Precautions, the Banditti daily increase, and commit dreadful Ravages.
ANTWERP, October 4. All the Advices from Flanders bring us sad Accounts of the Distemper among the horned Cattle, which has broke out again, and makes great Havock there.
From the ISLE of ELBA, September 7. If some Advices from Corsica are to be credited, the French have been obliged to cease all their Works in that Island, as the Malcontents come in the Night and burn, blow up, or demolish them. In short, twenty two of those Wretches, in one Night, destroyed all the Work a whole Battalion of French had completed in a Week. Their Hatred towards the French is so great that they poison all the Wells, Cisterns, Fountains, and little Springs, which are in that Part of the Country they inhabit; they kill the Horses in the Fields, and infect the Hay they are to eat, and are continually massacring some of the French Officers. It is said, that, being determined to throw off the French Yoke, they have sent seven of their Deputies to offer the general Government of the Island to an Italian Prince. According to the Plan they have made among themselves, and the Capitulations they have agreed to, this Prince is to accept of Corsica as an hereditary Kingdom to his Family. The Nation is to furnish him with a Revenue of eight Hundred Thousand Sequins a Year, and is to reserve the Right of always having six Thousand Men on Foot in the Island. On the Prince's Side, he is to support nine Battalions of Infantry, three Companies of Hussars, and one Corps of Artillery of about three Hundred and sixty Men.
LONDON, September 27.
ADVICE is received from Lisbon that Councils are daily held there, to which the French and Spanish Ambassadors are admitted. As soon as the Councils break up the Ambassadors despatch Couriers to their respective Courts, which makes it conjectured that there is Something of great Importance upon the Carpet. The Account farther says, that by the vast Preparations making in every Seaport in the Kingdom, and also recruiting and disciplining the Army, it may be plainly perceived that we are just upon the Eve of a War. It also says, that the English Merchants are treated with great Disrespect.
The Launching of the Grafton yesterday, at Deptford, was the finest imaginable. Their Majesties came into the Dockyard exactly a Quarter before three o'Clock, when the Colours on Board the Yachts and other Ships in the River were immediately put up, and made a most beautiful Appearance, and the Ships gave a general Salute. His Majesty went on Board, attended by several Persons of Distinction, when a Band of Musick struck up and played God save great George our King , and other Tunes. He then retired to a grand Pavilion, where a fine Collation was prepared; and the Grafton was launched exactly ten Minutes after three. The Concourse of People was innumerable, and the River was covered with Boats; and the Fineness of the Day formed one of the most beautiful Sigus ever seen.
September 28. The Expense of entertaining their Majesties, and their Attendants, at Deptford, on Tuesday, exclusive of the Buildings, amounted to upwards of one Thousand seven Hundred and fifty Pounds. By Letters from Holland we learn that the Price of all Kinds of Provisions is excessively dear in all the United Provinces, on Account of the Mortality now raging among the horned Cattle.
Letters from Amsterdam mention that five Ships of War are now fitting out there, to carry over Artillery, Troops, and Stores, for the Protection of the Dutch Forts and Settlements in the East India Islands.
It is said that the last Examination of Dudley has produced Nothing but vague Answers with Regard to the Fire at Portsmouth.
Orders are sent to Dublin for two Thousand Tuns of Irish Salt Provisions, to be bought up by Government Agents, for the Use of his Majesty's foreign Garrisons.
We are told that a new Bone of Contention, which has taken its Rise in the West Indies, is likely to be the Subject of fresh Altercation between our Court and that of Madrid.
September 30. There are private Letters by the Flander's Mail, last Saturday, which not only confirm the Report of that Day, about the Royal Exchange, that the Spaniards were just upon the Point of declaring War against England, but that the French have entered into Treaty to give Assistance, and that the Portuguese have also entered into Treaty to assist them with Ships and Sailors; and that they likewise had agreed to pay France a certain Sum yearly during the War, towards building Ships and raising Men for the Spanish Service. It is also asserted, that the Spaniards have absolutely refused to deliver up Falkland Island.
It is said that a first Rate Man of War is to be built, which is to mount one Hundred and thirty Brass Guns. We hear that nine new Frigates are to be built in the several Dockyards, which are to mount thirty six Guns each.
If the Court of Spain should commence Hostilities in the Mediterranean, there can be no Doubt of the Assistance of the French, however disagreeable it may be to them.
His Excellency the Spanish Ambassador received a private Despatch from his Court yesterday, which is to be laid before the Council this Day.
Two Spanish Men of War, and six Galleons, richly laden, are arrived at Cadiz.
The Dey of Algiers has again declared War against the Spaniards, in Consequence of which the Garrison of Ceuta is filled with Soldiers. This is a most fortunate Stroke for the English Islands in the Mediterranean, the Ports of which are to be open to the Algerine Men of War at all Times.
Last Saturday Night a Courier arrived at the Spanish Ambassador's House in Great Ormond Street, from Spain. It is said that he comes with an Order for his Excellency to return home, without taking Leave.
One of the present patriotic Toasts in the City is, "May those who vote for a venal Court Alderman to be Lord Mayor be punished with Weeping, Wailing, and Nashing of Teeth."
Most of the English in the Service of Russia have left the Russian Fleet, on the Dismissal of Admiral Elphinstone, and refused to serve under Count Orlow, whose Brother is a great Favourite with the Empress at present.
It is a Fact very well known, we believe, that the Queen has a great Taste for Literature, is herself a very elegant Writer, and that an Epitome of hers (when Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg) which fell into the Hands of the King, was the first Circumstance that charmed his Majesty in her Favour, and brought on the great Event that followed; but we apprehend that it is a Matter the World is not so well acquainted with, though a Truth, that the strongest literary Correspondence subsists, and has done for a long Time, between the Queen and the Royal, learned, and elegant Writer of the House of Brandenburg, the King of Prussia; and his Prussian Majesty has been heard to say that of all his Correspondents the Queen of Great Britain is by much the most instructive, spirited, and entertaining.
Yesterday Messieurs Wilkes and Bull, the two Sheriffs, went up to the Court of Exchequer, Westminster Hall, where they were sworn into their Office before the Curfitor Baron. Mr. Wilkes went in his new Chariot, on the Pannels of the Doors of which is the Motto Libertas , and on the Side Pannels Arcei mea non confido . Mr. Bull also went in his new Chariot, the Motto on the Door of which is, Mens conscia recti .
A Master of a Vessel lately arrived from Dunkirk says that the Week before he left that Place no less than nine Vessels arrived there from England, laden with Corn.
Evils in England, says a celebrated Writer, are frequently converted by the Ingenuity of the Inhabitants, into Good: We cannot, therefore, be surprised that the Fire at Portsmouth will be productive of Utility in the Improvement of the Dockyard, &c. &c. as well as in the Care that will in future be taken of them.
The American Agents are very busy in preparing to lay before the ensuing Parliament many beneficial Regulations respecting the Trade of the Colonies.
The City of London is now torn into so many different Parties that Administration consider it, we hear, as a very important Enemy. If, therefore, it would acquire a real Importance in the constitutional Scale, the Citizens should attend to the Re-establishment of their general Tranquillity: Concord is the only Shield which can ever render them invincible; and when they are internally distracted, they are not more employed in opposing ministerial Invasion than in publicly injuring themselves.
It is said that the French Minister at Petersburg being discovered of reflecting in his Letters with great Freedom on that Court, will be ordered home, without Permission of an Audience of Leave.
Letters from Paris say that the People in the inland Part of that Kingdom are in a starving Condition, for Want of Corn.
It is confidently said at Paris that the Spaniards have declared to the French Court their absolute Intention of assisting the Turks, even in Case that Court should refuse their Concurrence.
Letters received from Madrid say that the Spaniards, before the 1st of December, will have thirty Ships of the Line and ten Frigates fit for Sea.
We are informed some Men of War will be immediately ordered to watch the Motions of the French Fleet sitting out at Brest, Toulon, &c.
We hear that Mr. Alderman Nash was so ill last Night, in Consequence of the Treatment he received as he was coming out of Guildhall, that he was obliged to lose some Blood, but was able to attend the Husting again this Morning.
October 1. Russia, which a Century ago had scarcely a Ship of War in her whole Service, is now generally esteemed the second naval Power in Europe, and bids fair to be the first, if the Ministry of this Nation do not pay a strict Attention to the wooden Walls of England.
An Irish Gentleman, of the Name of Meighan, has lately been seized at Barcelona, and thrown into Jail at that Place, for speaking contemptuously of the military Power of the Spaniards.
An Officer of Rank, who was lately cashiered for breaking his Arrest, is restored to his former Command.
A Correspondent assures us that Mr. Wilkes was actually put to the Blush on hearing Mr. Sawbridge's pertinent and judicious Address to the Common Hall on Saturday last. Whether it was the Glow of conscious Guilt, or the Blush of Innocence, the Sensation of Malice, or the pungent Feelings of Remorse, that crimsoned his Face, and so immediately afterwards reduced it to a cadaverous Paleness, let the World determine. Which it ought to have been, he himself but two well knows. At any Rate, it proves Mr. Sawbridge an honest Man and poignant Orator, when he could even make a Wilkes blush.
A Correct correspondent says, from various Circumstances it is conjectured that a Spanish War is inevitable.
Another Correspondent says, that there is not the least Likelihood of a Rupture with Spain, and that the Report propagated of Spain's being on the Point of declaring War against Great Britain, and that she is to be assisted by France and Portugal, is only circulated to affect the Stocks, by interested Persons.
Bank Stock fell greatly yesterday, occasioned perhaps by the above Reports.
October 2. The severe Terms proposed by the Russians have induced the Turks to implore the Assistance of France and Spain; and it is said that the Court of Spain have been making very considerable naval Preparations, for some Time past, with Intent, it is said, to oppose the Views of the Russians in the Mediterranean.
Accounts are received at Amsterdam that some Damage had been done, both to the Shipping and Sugar Works, by a Shock of an Earthquake at the Dutch Colony of Surinam.
The Master of a Vessel from the West Indies says he spoke with six Sail of French Men of War off the Island of St. Vincent, one of seventy six Guns, three of fifty two Guns, two of forty four, and a Storehip.
In a Letter received by a Gentleman in Town, from an English Officer in the Russian Service, he says that the Russian Troops are equal to any in Agility, Discipline, Courage, and superior to all in bearing Fatigue.
Advice is received that a Spanish Man of War has taken two American Ships, bound from Tenerif to Jamaica, and carried them into Hispaniola, where they disposed of their Cargoes, sent the Crews to Jamaica, and then sailed off with the Vessels. The Spaniards say, that the Captain of the Man of War did not act under the King's Commission, but was turned Pirate; however, they did not attempt to stop him.
October 3. The Success that those sovereign Virtues, Industry and Fidelity, procure to their Votaries, says a Correspondent, was never more remarkably exemplified than in the Person of Mr. Alderman Nash. Early in Life he came up to Town, with a very low Beginning of a mere Trifle of Cash. He fortunately soon got employed, in an inferior Capacity, in a considerable Warehouse, wherein his good Conduct gained him the Approbation and Confidence of his Master, who gradually promoted him, until he was thought worthy of being set up in Business on his own Account. Govern'd by these Principles, which he never lost Sight of, he, Step by Step, in Trade and Commerce, has acquired an immense Fortune, and is now, in his Way, supposed to be the greatest Dealer in the Universe. Political Distinctions apart, this short Character does Mr. Nash real Honour as a Citizen and a Merchant; and whose Cause forever, in a popular Election, a Man does endeavour to support, to use Violence or Outrage on any Candidate, whether successful or not, is a most infamous Violation of the Right of a free and peaceable Election, and injurious to the Cause such Right People mean to support.
October 4. Letters from Frankfort inform us that the Court of Vienna has given Orders for raising three Thousand Recruits in the hereditary Dominions, over and above the Number which they customarily raise, the Sickness in Hungary having carried off such great Numbers as to make this additional Number necessary.
It is talked that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland will have the Command of four Ships early in the ensuing Spring, which are to be stationed in a Cruise off the Madeira Islands.
The Mob was yesterday more numerous at Guildhall than the Day before, and very riotous. They not only assaulted Mr. Nash, but knocked down several of the Constables, who endeavoured to save him from their Fury; but four of them were taken and lodged in Wood Street Compter, for Examination. The Alderman escaped unhurt, by the Assistance of the Sheriffs. Mr. Wilkes received a Blow on the Shoulder, which was aimed at Mr. Nash.
Not one of the Candidates to be returned to the Court of Aldermen for the Choice of a Lord Mayor but has expressed great Satisfaction at the candid and impartial Conduct of Messieurs Wilkes and Bull, who in discharging the Duties of their Office have entirely kept clear of Party Attachment, and acted with Consistency and Uprightness, which ever distinguish Men of liberal Principles.
On Wednesday two of the Directors of the East India Company had violent Words about the present contested Election for Lord Mayor, and a Challenge was given, which would have been answered, had not their Friends immediately interfered.
The Portuguese Ambassador, Don Mello de Carvallo, has given Notice to our Court that he will speedily set off for Lisbon, by Order of his Portuguese Majesty.
Letters from Lisbon, by the Mail that arrived lately, bring Advice that a Ship is arrived there from Rio de Janeiro with two Millions of Crusades for the King, and a Million and a Half for the Merchants.
Advice is said to be received at Cork of a French Fleet being seen off Newfoundland.
By a Letter from the Isle of Wight there is Advice that six Men of War with French Colours, and two or three other Ships, passed the Back of that Island last Sunday Night, and seemed to steer eastward.
It is said that ten Ships of the Line, and four Frigates, are ordered to be victualled immediately with six Months Provisions, a full Allowance, to proceed on foreign Service.
It is said that Press Warrants will be issued out before the Expiration of this Month.
They write from Madrid that the King has offered his Pardon to all Defectors, both by Land and Sea, who shall return to their Colours in three Months.
They write from Bermuda that twenty seven Sloops, from ten to fourteen Guns, were building there, on Commission from Martinico.
The Grand Seignior is said to have applied to the French for Assistance against the Russians. Thus are the Roman Catholics to assist Turks, to cut the Throats of Protestants.
A Correspondent assures us that there are now a Hundred Ships of War laid up in the several Docks, three Parts of which are for immediate Service.
Letters from Dantzick inform us that the Spanish Envoy has contracted with some Merchants there to build and furnish sixteen Frigates, for which he is to advance a Hundred Thousand Cr.

Every Thing in this City bears the Appearance of an immediate War. No fewer than eighteen Ships of War, including Zeebecks, have sailed from this Port, with Men and Ammunition for South America, within these six Weeks. The City is filled with Soldiers, Marines, &c. Two additional Battalions are ordered to be immediately raised, to add to the old Regiments of Navarros. A Battalion of Walloon Guards, one Thousand four Hundred picked Men from the Italian Regiment, and six Hundred Swiss, are to embark in a few Days on Board a small Fleet which is now in the Harbour, and which is conjectured to be destined for the Spanish Settlements in the South Seas. The Workmen in the Arsenal are continually employed in casting Bomb Shells, Cannon, &c. The Court have increased the Tax called Alcabala (which is an Import of the tenth Penny on all Goods bought or exchanged) to seven additional Pennies per Cent. In short, an immediate Rupture is looked upon as inevitable; but we English dare not even whisper our Conjectures, for we are already treated by many of the Spaniards as if Hostilities had already been commenced.
Accounts from Corunna confirm the Particulars mentioned in the above Letter, and farther add, that great naval Preparations are making at Carthagena, Ferrol, Malaga, and Barcelona.
General Paoli was at the Drawing Room at St. James's yesterday, for the first Time since his Tour through the North of England.
It is reported that in a Visit which Prince Masserano paid Lord North a few Days ago the latter told his Excellency that he was ordered to inform him that if the Court of Spain was determined to assist the Grand Seigneur, Great Britain would not consider the late Convention as any Tie upon her Arms from aiding her Imperial Majesty; to which his Excellency answered, "The Court of Spain is fully apprised of the Intentions of Great Britain."
We have Authority to assure the Publick that Lord Rochford has sent a Letter last Week to an eminent Banker in the City, to acquaint the Proprietors of the Canada Paper that the French Court have ordered the Payment of all the Interest due on that Paper.
The Motives for the Empress of Russia's dismissing Admiral Elphinstone from her Service may be probably guessed at from the following Anecdote, which we assert to be a Fact. On the Admiral's appearing at Court, some little Time before his Dismission, in the Uniform of an English Captain, the Empress was heard to observe to some of her Attendants, "that it was high Time that Man should quit her Service who had thrown off her Livery."
We hear that some very material Alterations at the Board of Trade will very shortly take Place, by Order of a great Personage.
By a Letter from Portsmouth, dated October 16th, there is Advice that the Day before the Pembroke Man of War arrived there with Despatches from the Commanding Officer in the Mediterranean, and that they were immediately sent by Express to London.
October 3. To suppose that the Happinefs or Misery, the Preservation or the Ruin of Great Britain, must entirely turn upon the Choice which the Livery of London make of a Lord Mayor, is to degrade the Nation at large for the Sake of complimenting the Inhabitants of the Metropolis; nay, it is lessening the superior Character of the Londoners as Englishmen , to exalt them in the inferior One as Citizens . If the City of London never had a Lord Mayor, our Constitution would still survive upon a solid Foundation, and our Empire is fixed on too firm a Basis to be shaken by the Inconsistency or Caprice of seven or eight thousand Men in the Choice of an annual Magistrate.
Yesterday the Princess of Poniowski, nearly related to his Polish Majesty, arrived here from Poland.
The Salletine Corsairs have committed so many recent Depredations against the Subjects of Portugal that the Court of Lisbon, it is reported, have declared open War against that Power.
By Letters from Turin there is Advice that the Chevalier de St. George has lately arrived in that City, under the Character of Duke of Ulster; but that he stayed but a few Days, during which Time it was whispered that he had several private Conferences with his Sardinian Majesty. The Letters farther say, that, according to what could be learned, there is Something of great Importance on the Carpet; and the Letters also say, that the Chevalier, when he left that City, set off for Spain.
At the final Close of the Poll for the Election of a Lord Mayor, this Afternoon, at Guildhall, the Numbers were, for William Nash, Esquire, two Thousand one Hundred and ninety nine; John Sawbridge, Esquire, one Thousand eight Hundred and seventy nine; Bras Crosby, Esquire, one Thousand seven Hundred and ninety five; Thomas Halifax, Esquire, eight Hundred and forty six; James Townsend, Esquire, one Hundred and fifty one; Sir Henry Bankes, thirty six.
It is very certain that some extraordinary Advices have been received relative to the Preparations of the Court of Spain, and that in Consequence thereof a noble Lord sold yesterday out of the Funds upwards of thirty Thousand Pounds.
Last Night Despatches were sent down to the Commissioners of Chatham Yard, with Orders for rigging four Men of War of the Line immediately, for a secret Expedition.
It is a certain well known Fact that the French are building several Ships of the Line at the different Seaports in the Island of Corsica.
Letters from Dantzick inform us that the Spanish Envoy has contracted with some Merchants there to build and furnish fifteen Frigates, for which he was to advance one Hundred Thousand Crowns.
October 7. The Conduct of Mr. Wilkes at Guildhall met with much Applause from both Parties; he marshalled his Men, and gave the Word of Command like an experienced General; the Citizens went to the Poll Books with the same Ease as to their Account Books; the Mob, though extremely riotous, were softened by his Entreaties; and when that would not do he exerted a manly Spirit, which entirely quieted them; they frequently attempted to break into the Hall, but by his Activity were constantly stopped.
Certain Advice is received that a Sardinian Squadron, of five Ships of War, lately failed for Algiers, to demand Satisfaction for the various Depredations on the Sardinian Merchantmen by the Algerine Corsairs.
The last Meeting of the Bill of Rights Society was thinner than usual, on Account of the Absence of many Members in the Country. A Letter from J. J. N. to the Society was read, objecting to some Parts of the Society's Resolution respecting annual Parliaments. That Letter, we hear, will be taken into Consideration at the next Meeting of the Society.
October 8. We are informed it is now finally determined in the Cabinet to bring in a Bill, immediately upon the Meeting of Parliament, to put an entire Stop to the iniquitous Proceedings that are daily carrying on in Change Alley, not only so detrimental to Individuals and publick Credit, but so disgraceful to us as a Nation. The late great Fall in the Stocks, without any real Cause whatever, and which has been accomplished by a Jungo of desperate Gamblers, has determined Government to take up this Matter seriously, and some of the ablest Lawyers are now busy in framing a Bill that will render all such future diabolical Schemes totally impracticable.
It is said that the French and Spanish Ambassadors have declared that their respective Courts have no Intention of committing Acts of Hostility against the Russians, by assisting the Turks, but will observe a strict Neutrality.
By Letters received the Middle of last Month, we are informed that the King of Portugal has published an Edict by which he disallows Ambassadors giving Protection to Criminals and Debtors.
We are assured that ten Transport Vessels, with Land Forces on Board, under Convoy of four Men of War, failed from Brest the 28th Ultimo, to the Westward.
October 9. We are credibly informed that some extraordinary Advices have lately been received from the Lords of the Regency of the Electorate of Hanover.
Orders have been given to repair and strengthen the Fortifications of Minorca, and for a Regiment of Foot on the Irish Establishment to be sent over to strengthen the Garrison of that Place.
An Algerine Ship, of twenty Guns and a Hundred and fifty Men, has taken a Spanish Merchantman, bound from Cadiz to Venice, after a sharp Engagement, and carried her into Algiers.
A Memorial, we are told, is preparing to be sent to the Court of Madrid, relative to the great naval Armaments now making at all the Ports of the Spanish Monarchy.
Private Letters from Paris mention that the Finances of France were never in so exhausted and low a State as at present, occasioned by the Loss of national Credit.
A Letter from Brest informs that two Frigates are failed from that Place to Louisbourg; one has on Board the Governor of that Colony, and a celebrated Engineer. This last is charged to cause the Fortifications of that Place to be repaired, and to add divers new Works, in Order to put it in as good a Condition of Defence as possible. The two Frigates, immediately after their Arrival at Louisbourg, will go on a Cruise at the Entrance of the Gulf of St. Laurence.
It is said the Spaniards have in the West Indies twenty two Ships of the Line, and ten Frigates.
Private Letters from Madrid inform that Advice Boats had been sent from Cadiz, with Despatches for the Viceroys of Mexico and Chili, and other Spanish Governments in South America and the West Indies, said to be on Affairs of great Importance.
It is said that the Intention of the Prince of Wales's Trip to France is to remain there as an Hostage for the safe Return of the Count de Guignes, who is daily expected in England.
Last Week several Transports fell down the River to complete their Lading, in Order to proceed to Gibraltar and Manon.
Yesterday being appointed by the Sheriffs to make the Report to the Livery of the Court of Aldermen's Choice of one of the Candidates for the Mayorality of this City for the ensuing Year, there was a great Concours of the Livery assembled at Guildhall for that Purpose. About one o'Clock, the Sheriffs, attended by the common Serjeant, and several of the City Officers, came on the Husting, where the Common Serjeant reported the State of the Poll, and that the Declaration of the Sheriffs was in Favour of Messieurs Aldermen Nash and Sawbridge to be returned to the Court of Aldermen. This being done, they went with the Declaration to the Court of Aldermen; and in about an Hour's Time returned with the Lord Mayor, and a full Court of Aldermen.
The Common Hall being again opened, the common Serjeant read over the Names of the several Candidates, repeated the Names of two that had been chosen by the Livery, and that the Court of Aldermen had chosen, on the Scrutiny, William Nash, Esquire, Alderman and Salter, to be Lord Mayor of this City for the Year ensuing. The Lord Mayor elect then came forward, and the proper Officers having invested him with the Gold Chain, his Lordship addressed the Common Hall in the following Speech:
Gentlemen of the Livery, "I beg Leave to return you my Thanks for the high Honour you have conferred upon me, by choosing me your chief Magistrate for the Year ensuing. When I consider the Dignity and Importance of that exalted Station, I cannot help reflecting how unequal I am to the great and arduous Task; but, Gentlemen, if a Sacrifice of my private Concerns, by a constant Attendance on the Duties of the Office, if a strict and impartial Administration of Justice, if a watchful Attention to the Franchises, Interest, and Prosperity of my Fellow Citizens, can merit your Esteem, you may be assured of my utmost Endeavours to deserve it; and in which, as I have the Example, so I hope I shall have the kind Assistance of my Brethren."
"Providence having crowned my Industry with an independent Fortune, I am determined to be an independent Magistrate, uninfluenced by any Motives that may lead me from the publick Service to my own Advantage."
"I cannot conclude without publicly acknowledging my Obligations to My Lord Mayor, and the Sheriffs, for their ready Attention to the Preservation of the Peace, and the Security of my Person in coming to and going from this Place during the Poll."
"At the Beginning of his Speech some usual Marks of Disapprobation were shown, but the Conclusion seemed to reinstate him in their Favour, as it was received with uncommon Marks of Applause, which he returned by bowing twice very respectfully, and retired."
The Lord Mayor followed Mr. Alderman Nash, and in a very manly and grateful Speech returned his Thanks to the Livery for all their Favors, particularly for their late numerous Appearance for him on the Election. He told them, in the Situation of an Alderman, he would be equally attentive to the Rights, Liberties, and Franchises of the City; and concluded with these remarkable Words (which made the Hall echo with Applause) "One Thing, Gentlemen, you may be always assured of, I have an honest Heart, and shall never deceive you."
Mr. Sheriff Wilkes then came forward, and addressing the Livery, told them, "that as it had been alluded to, the last Common Hall, that he was the Inventor of defamatory Paragraphs, which appeared from Time to Time in the Newspapers, he now called upon any Gentleman for the Proof, as he would wish to acquit himself honourably before so respectable a Tribunal."
Upon this Mr. Alderman Townsend appeared. He said, that "when he made Use of the Insinuation respecting Paragraph Writers, last Common Hall, he certainly did mean Mr. Wilkes; and the only Way Mr. Wilkes had to clear himself of this Charge was to write a Letter to Mr. Woodfall, Printer of the Publick Advertiser , desiring him to make Oath that Mr. Wilkes never did write a Paragraph in his Paper tending to his Defamation." The Livery thought this an unfair Method of Proceeding in Mr. Alderman Townsend, and resented it with repeated Groans and Hisses; which, as soon as they a While subsided, Mr. Wilkes answered.
"He told the Livery, that it was true he had wrote many Paragraphs in Newspapers for particular Occasions, and in Conjunction with the worthy Alderman who made the Charge; but these Paragraphs were for the publick Good, either to alarm the Citizens of their Danger, or to make publick some anti-constitutional Act, which he thought became every good Citizen who watched for the publick Safety. But (continues Mr. Wilkes) since the worthy Alderman has begun charging, he will give me Leave to charge in Turn; there are three Things, therefore, which I have to charge the Alderman with, which are these: First, when the Report was circulated of his having accepted a Contract, it is true the Alderman denied it; but then I wanted him to do so in future, and to pledge himself to the Publick he never would accept a Contract , which he refused. The second and third were in Respect to Press Warrants, which I look upon to be little better than Limbs of General Warrants. This worthy Alderman was the next on the Rota, and though properly summoned to appear, when he knew impressed Men would have been brought before him, he disobeyed the Summons, and thereby neglected to perform an essential Service to his Country. It is true the worthy Alderman attended his Duty at the House of Commons the same Day, but his Speech was little employed for the Service of his Country; it was taken up with illiberal Innuendos on the Princess Dowager of Wales."
Mr. Townsend repeatedly attempted to answer, but was as often prevented by Hisses and Groans. The Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Turner addressed themselves to the Livery, desiring they would permit Mr. Townsend to be heard. Peace being at length restored, Mr. Townsend said, that he might as well declare he would not steal as that he would not accept of a Contract, for as he supposed no Man suspected he would be guilty of the first, so he thought it unnecessary to declare the latter; that as to his non Attendance at Guildhall, the Rota was expired; that he was out of Town at the Time a special Summons was left at his House; that he did not receive such Summons till the Day after, otherwise should have attended. That the Plan concerning the Printers was his own, and a favourite One; and that though not conducted entirely according to his Plan, yet he did support it at the Risk of his Life, by leaving his Bed, when covered with Blisters, to speak in Favour of the Measure in the House of Commons.
Mr. Alderman Sawbridge then came forward, and in a very sensible Speech, equally replete with Moderation and Spirit, after thanking the Livery for their late Appearance for him, "lamented the unhappy Differences that subsisted among Men who seemed to profess one general Aim; that, for his Part, they were Measures he pursued, not Men ; and though it should be his Brother who fell off from his Principles, he would for ever defend him as his Colleague. As to Mr. Wilkes, continues the Alderman, he himself best knows whether he has ever defamed my Character in the publick Papers. I did not mean him by my Insinuation last Common Hall; but if he is the Man, I am now here; let him bring his Proofs."
Mr. Wilkes made a short Reply to the Alderman, in which he paid Mr. Sawbridge's publick Character many Compliments; and said, that "as the Alderman expressed himself in so candid and manly a Manner he would now declare he never did infer a single Paragraph to that Gentleman's Disadvantage in his Life; and that the only Fault he ever found with him was for associating with Persons who were forming a Faction , and whom he had strong Reasons to believe were declining in their Warmth for the publick Cause."
Alderman Sawbridge made a short Reply, in which he only observed, "he despised the Word Faction , and that it was because he would not become one of a Faction made him sometimes levelled at in the publick Prints."
All the Parties, by this Time, as well as the Livery, seeming to have had enough of Altercation, the Lord Mayor gave Orders for Adjournment, and the Court was adjourned accordingly.
When Lord North was acquainted with the Majority of Numbers in Favour of Mr. Alderman Nash, he replied, "So, so, I think the Scum of the Earth has at last boiled over."
If a great Personage had ever read the History of Tarquin the proud , it cannot be doubted that he would long ago have given Orders for tying up the profligate Duke of Cumberland.
What a Pity (says a Correspondent) it is that the Duke of Cumberland, who has exposed his Nuncupunt to Ridicule at so many different Places this Summer, was not made a Mechanick instead of his elder Brother, and taught some useful Trade, such as Button-making , or Turnery . Nothing but Disgrace can be expected from him in the naval Profession, and it would not be surprising if this gallant Commander, who behaved so heroically at St. Alban's, should share the Fate of Admiral Byng upon the breaking out of some future War, or at least be broke for Cowardice and Dejection.
There cannot be a more ridiculous and degrading Contrast than that between the present and a late glorious Duke of Cumberland, unless it be that between the present Duke's Brother and a late King.
It is not many Years since his Royal Highness was counted the most hopeful and ingenious of the Royal Brethren. If it be true that "a foolish Son is the Reproach of his Mother," good God! what Disgraces have fallen to the Lot of her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager!
October 10. It was strongly reported this Morning, at several Coffee-houses, that Letters lately received from the Continent mention that the City of Prague had almost been destroyed by Fire, the Middle of September last.
They write from Copenhagen that the King of Denmark has just published an Edict which allows a Bounty of a Hundred Ducats on every Ship Load of Corn imported into that Kingdom till the End of December next.
A Ship from Leghorn brings Advice that Storms have been more frequent on that Coast lately than were ever remembered, several Vessels having been lost off Port Ferrajo; among which is a Danish Frigate, and the Omphale Russian Man of War of seventy Guns.
The following Circumstances relating to Britain, now in Reading Jail, may be depended on, as they came from his own Mouth. The Crime for which he is now confined is a Forgery upon a Grocer at Reading; as soon as he was apprehended he took a Quantity of Arsenick, which however had not the intended Effect, for by proper Application of Oil, &c. in a few Hours he was brought to himself; upon searching him, a large Quantity of Arsenick was found between the Lining of his Coat Pocket. He declares, that had he succeeded in his Attempt on the King's Life he was to have had five Hundred Pounds a Year from the Court of France.
The Keeper of Reading Jail opens all Letters sent to Britain, previous to the Delivery of them, by Order of the Ministry.
October 11. It is asserted that the late Order of the Court of Spain, not to admit any British Ships into their Ports, will be taken Notice of soon after the Meeting of a great Assembly.
We are informed that one great Artist in the Jewellery Branch has received back, by the Ships lately returned from the East Indies, no less than seventy five large Packages of Jewellery Goods, for which no Purchasers could be found, the Markets of China, Bengal, Canton, &c. being greatly overstocked.
A curious Animal, which never yet arrived in Europe, called a Camelopard, is expected home in the Prince East Indian, as a Present from Governor Dupré to a great Personage.
Letters from Naples mention the Death of the Knight Honourable Frederick Calvert, Baron Baltimore, of Baltimore, in the County of Longford, in Ireland, Lord Proprietor and Governor of Maryland, and Fellow of the Royal Society, the 4th of last Month, in that City.
Monday William Elphinstone, Esquire, late Admiral in the Empress of Russia's Navy, arrived in Town from Peterburg.
Letters from Germany advise that the last Hand is put to an important Treaty between the Courts of Saxony, Berlin, and St. Petersburg, in which the Empress is the Guarantee for his Prussian Majesty, and vice versa .
Yesterday was held a Court of Common Council at Guildhall, when a Motion was made for carrying into Execution the Resolution for presenting the Piece of Plate voted to the Lord Mayor, and Aldermen Wilkes and Oliver; when, on Mr. Deputy Paterfon and others opposing it, it was carried, sixty one against fifty nine, that the Matter should be postponed to the next Mayorality.
Yesterday, at the Court of Common Council, Mr. Townsend, as usual, spoke with great Inveteracy against Mr. Wilkes, who being accused with suborning a Man to swear falsely during the Time of the pressing, started up with great Spirit, and insisted the Alderman should recall his Words, declaring, at the same Time, what he had asserted was a most impudent Falsehood. This threw the Court into great Confusion for some Time, but the Matter was at length ended by the rest of the Aldermen interfering.
Little was it imagined that Mr. Wilkes would censure any Man for reflecting illiberally on the Princess Dowager of Wales; since his own Reflections on that Lady, in the North Briton, originally opened every Source of Obloquy, which, during the present Reign, has been cast upon her Character.
Mr. Townsend, in his Speech yesterday at the Court of Common Council, concerning the Cups, said that one of the Aldermen did not merit a Cup, and that a certain Person had been guilty of Collusion in the Business of the Printers, and made one of them guilty of Perjury, which ought to be imputed to him. Mr. Wilkes then called on Mr. Townsend to name him in the Face of the Court, and declared that what the Alderman alluded to was an impudent Falsehood !
Mr. Townsend's Hint is supposed to allude to the two Printers who swore Affidavits against their own Servants for taking them into Custody by their own Desire.
The Irish may very justly be said to continue improving in the Manufacture of their Linens, of which a recent Instance was given. A Manufacturer from Ireland having produced in London last Week some Damask Linen, made by himself, upon Inspection was found to be equal, both in Colour and Quality, to the imported Nassau Damasks.
By an Account from Lyons, in France, we hear that a Silk Manufacturer, being at Dinner at the House of a Friend, a little Girl brought him a Box tied with Packthread, which she pressed him to open, as it required an Answer. Accordingly he opened it, and having pulled off the String, which bound Something in it, two Pistols loaded with Ball went off, and set Fire to some Gunpowder in the Box. The Balls did no Damage, but the Gunpowder set Fire to his Clothes, and scorched his Face. Inquiry has been strictly made after the Contrivers of this Plot, but to no Purpose. A similar Affair to the above happened about ten Years ago, at the same Place.
On Tuesday Night an Express arrived from Paris, at the French Ambassador's House in Great George Street, that his Excellency Count de Guignes would be in Town to-morrow; and Preparations are making for his Reception.
Tuesday last, about two o'Clock, after Major Rogers had passed through Dartford, the Post Chaise Man who drove him told him a Highwayman hovered round the Chaise. As soon as the Fellow came to the Major, he seized him by the Hand and pulled him into the Chaise. The Highwayman answers the Description in an Advertisement of Sir John Fielding's. The Major carried him to the Mayor of Gravesend, and after an Examination there sent him to the Rotation Office in Bow Street.
October 12. Advices from the Confinés of Italy import, that the King of Sardinia is meditating some grand Blow. His Army consists of forty thousand chosen Men, ready for Action.
It is said that his Royal Highness the Bishop of Osnabrug will accompany his Brother the Prince of Wales on a Month's Visit to Paris, to see the Winter Diversions of that Place.
They write from Rome that some Symptoms of the Plague having appeared in the Levant, the Sacred College had given Orders that Vessels arriving from those Seas at the Ports of Ancona or Civita Vecchia should perform a Quarantine of fourteen Days.
A Letter received yesterday from Gibraltar mentions that Sir Peter Denis arrived there in the Trident the first of September, and that he was then preparing to proceed to Mahon.
The Anna Elizabeth Dorothea, Axel Amberg, from Bourdeaux for Christianstadt, with Wine, &c. was lost in the Night of the 8th Instant near Dungeness Light; the Captain and all the Crew, except the Mate, were drowned. Part of the Cargo will be saved.
Large Wagers are now held that no War will take Place between England and any other Power these three Years; therefore People in the Country, who have Property in the Funds, should not be terrified at every Newspaper Report of a Rupture, as the Nation must be destroyed before the Interest of their Capitals can be annihilated.
The Cordiality that actually subsists at present between the Lord Mayor elect and the Sheriffs does really seem like Something more than bare well bred Civility. It is a Fact that the Ministry begin to fear that his new Lordship has already caught the Cacoethes patriottici , and the popular Party exult in the prophetick Spirit of Junius, when he tells us that Mr. Nash's Collision with the Sheriffs may produce in him that Fire of Patriotism which they are possessed of.
It is said that since the Conclusion of the last Peace the French have built fifty six Ships of War.
The Expectation of a War has occasioned so great a Stagnation in Trade that several Merchantmen, bound to different Ports, now lie in the River, unable to procure Freights.
October 14. Letters from Madrid say that some Spanish armed Vessels have taken and carried into Carthagena a Swedish Ship laden with warlike Stores, which the Court of Stockholm was sending as a Present to the Regency of Algiers.
According to an Account published at Peterburg of General Effen's unsuccessful Attempt, in the Night between the 16th and 17th of August, on the Redoubts near Gurgeowo, the Russians had eighteen Officers and four Hundred and ninety seven inferior Officers and Soldiers killed on the Spot; and the Number of the Wounded amounted to one Thousand eight Hundred and five, that is, the Major Generals Czartorisky, Hudowitsee, and Ossufiew, eighty eight other Officers (among whom was Mr. Hay, an English Volunteer) and one Thousand seven Hundred and fourteen inferior Officers and Soldiers.
We are assured that a Number of respectable Merchants in the City intend, in a few Days, to wait upon Lord North, in Order to learn his Lordship's Sentiments as to the Likelihood of a speedy War; and it is

hoped his Lordship will be very candid and explicit upon a Subject so important to the Nation in general, but more particularly interesting to the trading Part of it.
It is very singular, that at a Period when we are not only told, but convinced, there is much Business to transact, the Parliament, instead of meeting, is prorogued to the 26th of November.
We hear that the Earl of Bath intends soon to set out for the South of France, by the Advice of his Physicians.
A Correspondent observes, that the late Appointment of Robert Pigott, Esquire, who is the Duke of Grafton's Brother in Law, to a lucrative Office in the Tower, with the Indulgence that he may execute it by a Deputy, if that Deputy be approved by the Lords of the Treasury, is a striking and convincing Proof of that Nobleman's extraordinary Influence over his Sovereign.
An anonymous Correspondent has sent us the following Paragraph. It is with the utmost Concern we inform our Readers that the so much celebrated and truly disinterested Patriot John Wilkes, Esquire, is in a deep Consumption, and that the Gentlemen of the Faculty have pronounced it impossible he should hold out longer than the End of his Sheriffalty. Oh! poor Old England!
October 15. The Discovery of George's Island, in the great Pacific Ocean, by Messieurs Banks and Solander, it is supposed will not be suffered by the Spaniards to be held by the English.
We are told Lord North is assiduous in his Endeavours to lessen the Duties on Soap and Candles. It is to be hoped this benevolent Intention will be carried into Execution.
The Article relative to the Return of Admiral Knowles from Russia is in Part erroneous, as that Gentleman is now there with his Family, and in great Esteem with the Empress. It is certain that his Son arrived from Petersburg about three Weeks ago, which it is imagined might have given Rise to the above Report.
They write from the Hague that the States General have come to a Resolution to augment the Land Forces of the Republick to ninety Battalions and seventy Squadrons.
They write from Dunkirk that four Hundred Galley Slaves were daily expected there from Marseilles, to be employed in clearing the Channel of the Canal of Marlyke of an immense Quantity of Mud, Sand, and Rubbish, which has almost choked up the Passage ever since the Demolition of Dunkirk.
A Benefaction of five Hundred Guineas, out of the Privy Purse, was ordered by his Majesty, yesterday, to St. George's Hospital.
It is said Lord Baltimore has bequeathed a very handsome Legacy to Sir Stephen Theodore Janissen, and has left two Hundred Pounds a Year to the celebrated Paoli.
A Letter from Gibraltar, dated September 13th, says: "His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester arrived here last Saturday, attended by the Adjutant General, by Colonels Desaguliers and Rainford, and Major Haywood. His Royal Highness has gone over every Part of this Place, and has reviewed the Garrison, which really made a fine Appearance."
LIVERPOOL, October 17. The Henry, Sarratt, from Virginia to this Port, is ashore in Pile Footway. Captain Sarratt, in his Passage from Virginia, met a Ship at Sea without one Person on Board; he put his Mate and three People on Board her, to bring her into Port.
DUBLIN, September 25. By the Gothick Lion, Captain Heltzer, a Swedish Vessel, arrived at Hamburg from Kola, in Lapland, there is Advice that on the 5th of August, being then about seventy Leagues N. E. of Cape Torno, they fell in with a large lugger Boat, full of Men of a very swarthy Complexion, with long Beards, and clothed in the Eastern Manner, with Sugar Loaf Caps. They made an Attempt to come alongside, but as Captain Heltzer had but eight Hands and two Fuses on Board, and not knowing either their Country or Intentions, he thought it most prudent to sheer off. From this Account, says the Utrecht Gazette, we imagine them to be Kamitichadulians, or Natives of the northern Parts of Asia, who had been driven thither by Accident, and might be in Want of Provisions.
PORTSMOUTH, December 6.
ABOUT five Weeks ago was brought to Doctor Hall Jackson of this Town, one Fletcher, of Winter Harbour; he is now in the thirty ninth Year of his Age; when he was six Months old he lost his Sight, and has remained perfectly blind ever since; the next Day after his Arrival here he had his left Eye couched, but besides the Disease that attended this Eye, from his Infancy, he had received a Blow from the End of a Mop Staff, which had rendered the Disorder so complicated as to afford little or no Prospect of Success, notwithstanding it so far succeeded as to make him capable of distinguishing some Objects, though not with any great Degree of Exactness; he is in some Measure, though not wholly, lost the little Benefit that he received by a violent Inflammation that succeeded the Operation, and this retarded its being performed on the other Eye, until last Thursday Week, when it was done with all the Success that could be expected or desired. No sooner was the Instrument out of his Eye than he was able clearly and distinctly to see the many Persons and Objects that surrounded him, in all of which he immediately perceived a Difference, but how or in what this Difference consisted he could give no Account, as he had no Idea of Form, Colour, Magnitude, Distance, or even a Plurality of Things but what he had formed in his Mind, from the Sense of Hearing and Feeling, which plainly demonstrates that were we deprived of the Use of our sensory Organs we could have no Ideas of Things whatever.
All Objects and Colours seemed equally agreeable to this Person but red and green, the former of which he could not look upon with any Degree of Satisfaction, but with the latter he appeared to be much pleased.
The Joy expressed by this Person in being restored to so valuable a Sense did by no Means appear so great as in those that have been before sensible of the Enjoyment of it.
About ten Days ago a Negro Man, belonging to Mr. Nathaniel Merse, of Durham, who had been blind for some Years, had both his Eyes couched by Doctor Hall Jackson, and perfectly restored to Sight.
NEW YORK, December 19.
CAPTAIN Benjamin Lindsey, who arrived here on Saturday Night from Providence, in Rhode Island, informs that three Vessels were cast ashore at Nantucket, in the late severe Snow Storm, one of which was a large Sloop belonging to Halifax; the Captain and Mate both perished with the Cold after they got ashore, and were found and buried at Nantucket. That the Crew belonging to her were nine in all, six of whom got safe to Nantucket, but the other one could not be found, so it is more than probable he was either drowned or perished with the Cold. It was imagined the Vessel would be entirely lost. That a Sloop from Rhode Island, for this Port, commanded by Captain French, and loaded with Flax Seed, was ashore on Fisher's Island; the Vessel may be got off, but her Cargo is all damaged. That a large Schooner, commanded by Captain Perkins, of Norwich, from Rhode Island, bound for the West Indies, was ashore on Long Island, near Oyster Point; had a Boy drowned out of her, and it was thought she would be entirely lost. That a Schooner from New London, for this Port, loaded with Molasses, was ashore at Setauket, and the People were cutting the Vessel down, in Order to save the Cargo, but had no Hopes of getting her off again. That a small Sloop also, belonging to New London, was ashore near Huntington, which was entirely stove to Pieces, and three Men drowned out of her, who were taken up on the Shore and buried. That several other small Craft were ashore on both Sides of the Sound, most of which it is thought will be lost.
The Sloop Fanning, Captain John Hofmer, from North Carolina, with a Cargo of that Country Produce, bound in here, but blown off to the Eastward, was in the stormy Weather on Thursday the 5th Instant driven ashore at Britton's Neck, without the Lighthouse, near Newport, where the Vessel was beat to Pieces, and Part of the Cargo damaged.
Tuesday last the Ship Anne, Captain Patrick Miller, arrived here. He informs, that last Saturday he spoke with a Schooner from Newberry, in New England, bound for Virginia, the Captain of which informed that he came to an Anchor under Cape Charles, when a violent Gale of Wind obliged him to part with his Cable, and was blown off the Coast twenty four Days, which rendered him scarce of Provisions, and he was putting into Amboy for a Supply.
PHILADELPHIA, December 23.
Extract of a Letter from Gundelbach, in the Dutchy of Wurtemburg, dated May 10.
THROUGH the Sterility of the Crops, which has continued for several Years, and the advanced Price of Grain, which is almost intolerable, it appears very dismal about us; nay, what is still worse, it is not to be bought with Money, so that many Masters of Families, with their Wives and Children, oftentimes are without a Morsel of Bread to eat for one, two, and even three Weeks; and lastly, it is to be feared that it may be yet worse. People who have hitherto had well to live appear to be now totally reduced."
December 26. On Monday Morning last, after a pretty warm Day and rainy Night, the Wind came on to blow at N. W. attended with piercing Cold, which increased so that our River, which was free of Ice on Monday, was yesterday frozen over.
December 30. Captain Osborne, from London, informs that he lay in the Downs from the 7th to the 20th of October, and during that Time they had very stormy Weather, in which several Vessels lost their Anchors; that a Ship from Jamaica for London was drove ashore on the North Foreland, the Vessel and Cargo entirely lost, but the People saved; that a Brig from Dublin, with a Cargo worth eighty Thousand Pounds, was lost on the Goodwin Sands; that a Ship from Maryland cut her Fasts away, and afterwards drove ashore with three Anchors ahead, and was lost; that another Ship, Captain Frost, from Maryland, came in there dismasted; and that five Sail of Vessels were drove ashore in Margate Road.
By a Gentleman from the Grenades we learn that about the 10th of last Month General Leybourn arrived there, in the St. Alban's Man of War, from England, to take on him the Command of that Government; that on his Arrival his Commission was published, as also his Majesty's Instructions, allowing the Roman Catholic Inhabitants to be of the Council, and to sit in the Assembly, which caused great Uneasiness to most of the Protestants at that Place; and that a Commission was come appointing Monsieur Chantaloup to be one of his Majesty's Council for that Government.
The Ship Henry, Captain Hunter, from this Place for Maryland, was drove ashore in Chesapeake Bay, about four Miles below Sassafras, where she is cut through by the Ice, and it is feared will be lost.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 16.
AT a Court of Common Hall yesterday, to take under Consideration the Expediency of opening a Communication between James and York Rivers, by a Canal to be dug from Archer's Hope Creek, which runs into James River, to Queen's Creek, running into York River, it was the unanimous Opinion that such a Measure would be attended with very great Benefit to the Trade of the said Rivers, as well as to the Inhabitants of this City; upon which a Subscription was immediately set on Foot for carrying this desirable Scheme into Execution, which already amounts to upwards of two Thousand Pounds, his Excellency the Governor giving five Hundred Pounds, the Honourable Peyton Randolph, Esquire, two Hundred Pounds, and a Number of other Gentlemen a Hundred Pounds each. And there will be another Hall next Saturday, at which all the Inhabitants are desired to attend, when it is not doubted the Subscription will be considerably increased, every One being fully satisfied of the Usefulness and Practicability of the Work. It is thought the Whole may be completed for six or seven Thousand Pounds.
[MARRIAGES.] Captain THOMAS SMITH, of Gloucester, to Miss NANCY PLATER, of the same County. Reverend JAMES STEVENSON, Rector of Berkeley Parish, in Spottsylvania, to Miss FANNY LITTLEPAGE, of Hanover.
MR. PURDIE,
LOOKING over your Paper last Week, in a Piece signed Cornelius Calvert I read the Relation of a most amazing Incident that happened to one of his Sons whilst yet in his Mother's Womb. Most of your Readers, I doubt not, were filled with Surprise at so singular an Adventure befalling him so early in Life; but no Words can describe my Astonishment, for you must you know, Sir, that I pretend to some Knowledge in the Science of judicial Astrology, by which I will venture to prognosticate that his future Life will be marked with extraordinary Events, but of what Nature I am unable to foretel, unless his Father will be pleased to inform me, through the Channel of your Paper, the Year, the Month, the Day, the Hour, nay the exact Minute, when he was born. I shall then, by making a Table of the heavenly Bodies, and casting a Figure of the Planets, discover what will be the Achievements of this invincible little Hero, who, previous to his Birth, withstood the Attack of a rude Multitude. I shall not fail, Mr. Purdie, to communicate the Result of my Inquiries among the Stars, as I do not at all fear thereby to render my Predictions as famous as those of Cassandra were of old. In the mean Time, I am, Sir, your most humble Servant, and constant Reader. CHALDEAS.
Advertisements.
SUSSEX, January 1, 1772.
BY the Desire of those Clergymen who thought proper to meet me at the College on a former Advertisement, I now entreat the whole Body to give their Attendance at the same Place, on the 20th of February next.
Whether the Residence of a Bishop among us will not augment the Number of worthy Candidates for holy Orders, will not assist the Bishop in making a good Choice of such Candidates as do offer, will not enable him to be a great Help and Encouragement to such Clergymen as are solicitous to discharge the Duties of their Function, as well as be a Terror to those who are otherwise disposed, and will not, by these Means, greatly serve the Cause of Piety and Morality, are Questions which have been so long before the Publick that few Readers can be Strangers to the Arguments for and against an American Episcopate. After Questions of such a Nature have been Matter of open Dispute, until the Subject is perhaps nearly exhausted, surely it becomes the Clergy to assemble, that they may take the Lead in determining for themselves which Side they ought to close with, and resolve thereupon what Course it is proper for them to pursue. It cannot be fit for them to stand aloof on such an Occasion, as if they were unconcerned, or as if they feared Oppression in a free, or dreaded Persecution in a Protestant Country.
If the Clergy of this Dominion be persuaded that the Church of England cannot have here the full Benefit and Enjoyment of the Offices in her Liturgy until a Bishop be settled among us, let it not be supposed that they can be blamed, by any true and intelligent Friend to religious Liberty, for using legal and moderate Endeavours to obtain a Toleration at least for the Church of England. Let them rather be forward in stirring up others to so good a Work, than wait to be excited by those who, it cannot be imagined, will be sooner affected by such a Proposal, or are fitter to become Sources of pious Zeal, than themselves.
Attempts have not been wanting to raise and spread a Suspicion that many of the Clergy of this Colony with to procure a Bishop who shall be able to disturb the Peace and Privileges of Dissenters, and perform some Deeds of Cruelty and Tyranny towards the Laity. Is it not then Time for the Clergy to meet and pass some publick Act in their own Justification, by which it shall be declared, if they desire a Bishop to have Rule over them, what Sort of a Bishop it is which they desire, and for what Purposes they desire to have him introduced.
I claim no Kind of Pre-eminence or Authority over the meanest of my Brethren, but I write under the Impulse of a strong Desire to see them behave on the present Occasion in such a Manner as to do Credit to themselves, gratify their Friends, and give no Cause to their Enemies to despise them; and I cannot hereupon forbear hoping that they will excuse a few plain and obvious Observations in an old Man, and pay some Regard to the Admonitions of a Person who is actuated by a Passion for their Honour and Welfare: I cannot but hope that the Number of them who shall appear at the Time and Place above mentioned will be respectable, at least not contemptible, and that those who shall be detained at home by unavoidable Accidents will send their Sentiments in Writing on the Subject of Dispute, which is the sole Cause of this humble Request to the Clergy to come together; for by these Means alone the Clergy can expect to wipe off the Aspersion of being either too cool in the Interests of Piety and Religion, or too timid to obey the Dictates of a just, rational, and commendable Ardour. I am their affectionate Brother, sincere Friend, and humble Servant, WILLIAM WILLIE.
RICHMOND Town, January 8, 1772.
I INTEND for Britain next Summer, and I request all those that have open Accounts on my Books to settle and pay them off, that I may be enabled to settle all my Affairs before the 1st of April. My Possessions in Richmond are for Sale; the Conveniences, the Goodness of the Houses, Gardens, and Land, with a Variety of the finest Fruit Trees, are so well known that they need no farther Description. There is likewise about eight Acres of Land adjoining Rocket's Landing, where, with little Trouble, Landings and Wharfs may be made for Vessels to load and unload at all Times, without waiting a Moment, and entirely out of the Way of Freshes. Any Person inclineable to purchase may know the Terms, and view the Premises, by applying to the Subscriber. Likewise a large Assortment of MEDICINES, SHOP UTENSILS of all Kinds, to be sold very reasonably. 4 ROBERT BROWN.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 16, 1772.
I INTEND for Liverpool soon, purposing to return in a few Months; the Business of the Store will be carried on, as usual, by Mr. John Turner.
Those who are still indebted to Mr. Charles Moore, of Liverpool, will please to take Notice that I have empowered Mr. William Russell, Deputy Sheriff of York County, to collect the same in my Absence. JACOB ALLAN.
YORK TOWN.
ON Thursday the 16th Instant (January) the Partnership between Doctor Corbin Griffin and myself dissolved. I shall keep a Shop, supplied with Medicines, at my House, for Practice. THOMAS POWELL.
URBANA, January 9, 1772.
TAKEN up by the Subscriber, last November, in Chesapeake Bay, near Winter Harbour, in two Fathom Water, a Ship's KEDGE ANCHOR of about three Hundred Weight, with above a Hundred Fathoms of six Inch HAWSER to it, two large Iron hooped Buoys and Buoy Ropes. The Owner may have them on proving his Property, paying Salvage, and the Expense of this Advertisement. HUGH WALKER.
N. B. I should have advertised them immediately when taken up, but on receiving a Letter from one William Richardson (without either Date or Place of Abode) who gave a Description thereof, said he would take them away, and desired me not to advertise them, I concluded it necessary to wait a While.
LOST, some Time ago, a dark brown HORSE about fourteen Hands three Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and trots and gallops. He was seen in Caroline, a little below Colonel Baylor's, and I imagine he is either in that County, King William, or Hanover. I will give a genteel Reward to the Person who brings him to my Plantation, at Newpost, or informs me where I may get him. ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD.
TAKEN up by the Subscriber, some Time last July, in York River, a little below West Point, an old Moses BOAT about sixteen Feet Keel, her upper Works much shattered. Posted, and appraised to twenty Shillings. The Owner may have her by applying to me, in New Kent. JOHN TOWNES.
YORK TOWN, January 16, 1772.
LANDED from on Board the Virginia, Captain Moses Robertson, two CASKS marked W.S., No. 1 and 2; also two Coils of WHITE ROPE, without any perceivable Mark. The Owner may have them on paying Charges. SEYMOUR POWELL.
FALMOUTH, January 4, 1772.
ALL Persons indebted to Mr. William Underwood, Attorney at Law, deceased, are hereby required to be speedy in coming to a Settlement, and discharging whatever Balances may appear to be due from them. I should be glad if those who have demands against his Estate would make them known to me, as soon as possible, in Order that Steps may be taken towards satisfying the same. I intend on Saturday, the 8th of February next, at the Plantation of Mrs. Margaret Stabler, near King George Courthouse, to sell greatest Part of his personal Estate, consisting of Horses, Hogs, Sheep, Cattle, Household Furniture, Law Books, &c. Six Months Credit will be allowed Purchasers to the Amount of fifty Shillings, or upwards, on giving Bond with Security. At the same Time and Place will be hired, for the ensuing Year, three or four Negro Wench belonging to his Estate, by ANDREW BUCHANAN, Executor.
N. B. Mr. Underwood's Clients will take Notice that their Papers are in my Possession, and that I should be glad to know how they would have them disposed of. I shall always be ready to give any Assistance towards finishing his Suits depending in the Courts wherein I practise, and in which I am not engaged on the opposite Side; where this is not the Case, his Clients must give me Directions to what Attorney's Care they are to be committed.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at Petersburg, on Saturday the 25th Instant (January)
THE Brigantine NORBORNE, about five Thousand Bushels Burthen, being a prime Sailer, well found, and properly fitted for the Sea. She is now lying at Bull Hill, in Appomattox, and may be seen any Day before the Time fixed on for her Disposal. The Time of Payment will be made known at the Day of Sale. THOMAS M. RANDOLPH. JOHN BANISTER. RICHARD RANDOLPH. THEODORICK MUNFORD.
HAMPTON, January 16, 1772.
ONCE more I desire all Persons indebted to me to make Payment to Mr. Walter Peter, Merchant, at Cabin Point. Those who fail to make a speedy Settlement must expect to have their Accounts put in Suit. JAMES McCRAW.
NORFOLK, January 8, 1772.
TAKEN up, on the 30th of DECEMBER last, on the Horshoe, a large ANCHOR, near fifteen Hundred Weight, with a small new Buoy. The Owner may have it on proving his Property, and paying as the Law directs. PETER SPARROW, Junior.
THE Residue of the Estate of Benjamin Grymes, consisting of about one Hundred and twenty Negroes, several Horses, Oxen, Waggons, Carts, Household Furniture, and Books, also about two Thousand Acres of Land, upon Mattapony River, in Spottsylvania County, which will be laid off in Lots and put under Enclosures, will be sold on the first Monday in February, at the Plantation where the said Grymes now lives, which is about six Miles from Fredericksburg, on Credit till the 25th Day of April, 1773, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to the Trustees, who will attend the Sale, and make a good Title. Five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, and all Bonds, not discharged at the Time they become due, to bear Interest from their Date. The two Vessels, before advertised, being a Brig and a Schooner, about one Hundred Tons Burthen each, will be sold by the Subscriber, at any Time between this and the Day of Sale. ANTHONY THORNTON, Junior. Agent to the Trustees.
N. B. There are among the Negroes some good Colliers, Carters, Forgemens, Watermen, and a very good Furnace Keeper. The Publick may be assured the Negroes, Horses, &c. above advertised, will be sold at the Time and Place appointed.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at Cabin Point, on the 5th of December, two Negroes, namely, GROVES, a stout made Fellow, about five Feet eight Inches high, between twenty five and thirty Years of Age. FRANK, a stout likely Negro, about five Feet nine or ten Inches high, and about twenty five Years of Age. They carried with them, when they went off, two new Duffel Blankets, and the other Part of their Clothing much ragged and tore. They formerly belonged to Mr. Thomas Stokes, of Gloucester, in which County, and in Mr. Stokes's Neighbourhood, I understand they are lurking. Whoever apprehends the said Slaves, and delivers them to me, at Cabin Point, shall have a Reward of FIVE POUNDS. All Persons are forewarned harbouring or carrying them out of the Colony, at their Peril. WILLIAM HENDERSON.
WARRASQUEAK Bay, November 18, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Isle of Wight, a Negro named JACK, about five and thirty Years of Age, five Feet ten Inches high, a slim, clean made, talkative, artful, and very saucy Fellow. Also a Negro Woman named VENUS, thirty two Years old, five Feet four Inches high, stout made, very smooth tongued, and has been five Years accustomed to the House. They worked in the Dismal Swamp about two Years, under Mr. John Washington, and carried with them several different Kinds of Apparel. Whoever delivers the said Negroes to me, or secures them so that I may get them, shall have a Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS for each. NATHANIEL BURWELL.
RUN away, on Monday the 10th of May last, from Daniel Stabrook, an indentured Virginia born Negro Servant Man named REUBEN TOLLS, aged twenty three Years, about five Feet five Inches high, of a yellow Complexion, well set, and has a broad Face; he formerly lived in Fredericksburg, and at the Ferry between Falmouth and that Place, and is now thought to be lurking in that Neighbourhood. Whoever brings him to me, at Newpost, shall have FIVE POUNDS Reward, and reasonable Charges paid. NICHOLAS BROWN SEABROOK.

POETS CORNER.
The third ODE of the second Book of HORACE.
NE'ER thou repine at Fate's Decree, But live contented with thy State, From all immoderate Pleasures free;
NEWCASTLE, January 8, 1772.
IMPORTED in the Tibby, Captain Robert Boyd, from Glasgow, this Fall, a CASK and a CASE marked WC, No. 1 and 2, containing Snuff, which is never yet come to Hand.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Ches-terfield, the latter End of October last, a Negro named GEORGE, five Feet seven or eight Inches high, upwards of forty Years of Age, has a Scar on his right Arm, occasioned by a Burn, leans very much to his left Side as he walks, and is outlawed.
STRAYED, on the 4th of October last, a likely bay HORSE, three Years old last Spring, four Feet six or seven Inches high, branded IB in a Piece, one hind Foot white, with a hanging Mane and Tail, and trots and gallops.
To be SOLD, on Wednesday the 22d of this Month, in the Town of Smithfield, pursuant to the last Will and Testament of William Rand, deceased,
ALL the personal Estate of the said William Rand, consisting of a Variety of Household Furniture, Plantation Utensils, Carpenters Tools, a Copper Still, a Quantity of Molasses and Brandy, Crops of Corn and Tobacco, Stocks of Horses, Hogs, and Cattle, a Riding Chair and Harness, and several likely Negroes, mostly Men and Women.
And on Friday the 24th will be exposed to Sale, on the Premises, about seven Hundred and sixty four Acres of Land, situated on the publick Road leading from Carolina to Smithfield, about eight Miles from Town, on the north Side of Black Water River, in the County of Isle of Wight,
And on Saturday the 25th will be exposed to Sale, on the Premises, a Tract of about two Hundred and sixty two Acres of good Land, Part whereof is low Ground, situated in the County of Southampton, on Broad Water River;
The Lands will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, as may be agreed on. Six Months Credit will be allowed the Purchasers of the personal Estate for all Sums exceeding twenty five Shillings, and nine Months for the Lands, on giving Bond, with approved Security.
All Persons indebted to the said Estate are desired to make immediate Payment, and those who have Demands on the same are requested to make them known by the Day of Sale.
SOPHIA RAND, Executrix. LEWIS ALLMAND, Executor.
RUN away, on Tuesday the 6th Instant, an Apprentice named DANIEL McCARTY, about nineteen Years of Age, stout limbed, with a down Look, wears his own Hair, and is very apt to give faulty Language when spoke to;
N. B. He works tolerably at the Wheelwright Business.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Goose Creek, Loudoun County, the 15th of December last, an indentured English Servant Man named RICHARD WELLS, of a low Stature, and thin dark brown Hair; he had on, and carried with him, a Russia Drill Coat, a light gray Cloth Ditto, a white Flannel Jacket, a spotted Cotton One, and a labelled blue Cloth Ditto, a Pair of good Buckskin Breeches, a Pair of brown Cloth Ditto without Lining, Country made Yarn Stockings and Shoes, and a Half worn Felt Hat;
AT Cumberland Courthouse, on Monday the 27th Instant (January) will be sold, to the highest Bidders, forty likely SLAVES. The Terms will be made known on the Day of Sale. ARCHIBALD CARY.
To be SOLD, on Monday the 20th of this Instant, for ready Money,
ALL the personal Estate of Mr. Thomas Thompson, deceased, at his late Dwellinghouse, in the Borough of Norfolk, consisting of household FURNITURE and KITCHEN FURNITURE, and a Quantity of TANNED LEATHER of different Sorts.
MATTHEW PHRIPP, JOHN LAWRENCE, Executors.
To the PUBLICK.
THE Subscriber having studied and practised MIDWIFERY for some Time past, with Success, under the Direction, and with the Approbation, of Doctors Pascau and Galt, flatters herself she will meet with Encouragement,
A COURSE of LECTURES on the Elementary Ideas of Poetry, including the general Principles of Composition, will be read by S. Henley, Professor of Moral Philosophy, &c. in William & Mary College.
Gentlemen who choose to attend are requested to send their Names before the 10th of February, as the first Lecture will be delivered on the Afternoon of that Day, at four o'Clock. Price of Attendance THREE PISTOLES.
YORK TOWN, January 1, 1772.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Burcher, deceased, are desired to make Payment; particularly those who failed giving in their Bonds, as they will be deemed to carry Interest from the Day they became due.
JOHN BURCHER. JOHN HAY.
THE Subscriber has for Sale about seven Thousand Acres of LAND, four Thousand of which lie in the County of Buckingham, known by the Name of the Buckingham Tract, and is all very valuable high Land;
LOST, at the New Kent Election, a large red Morocco Leather POCKET BOOK, with some Notes of Hand, some Bonds, and the following Tobacco Notes signed Meredith & Timberlake:
To be SOLD, on Credit till October 1772, TWO Hundred and twenty Acres of LAND on Rock Castle Neck, in Goochland County, on the Road between the Courthouse and Dunsgen, and within eight Miles of the Courthouse.
JARVIS JACKSON.
To be SOLD, at Cumberland Town, in New Kent, on Friday the 24th of this Instant (January)
THE Sloop ELIZABETH, a Sea Vessel that carries about two Thousand five Hundred Bushels, with all her Cables, Anchors, Sails, &c.
To be SOLD, at Newport Glebe, in Isle of Wight, on Monday the 10th of February, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
Sundry genteel new HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, Seventy or eighty Barrels of Indian Corn, some Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, &c.
To be SOLD at publick Auction, on Thursday the 23d of this Instant (January) at Amelia Courthouse, being Court Day,
SEVERAL very likely SLAVES, consisting of fine Virginia born Fel- lows, Boys, and Wenches; also the Stocks of Cattle, Hogs, Horses, Corn, &c.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in North- ampton, about the 27th of November last, a Negro Fellow named JACOB, about twenty four Years of Age, middle sized, very black, and smooth faced, with little or no Beard, has a Stoppage in his Speech, and if strictly examined, or suddenly asked a Question, cannot directly give an Answer.
JOHN STRATTON.
JAMES HALDANE, COPPER SMITH and BRASS FOUNDER from Philadelphia, in Church Street, near the Church, Norfolk,
MAKES and sells all Sorts of COPPER and BRASS WORK, namely, Still, Brewing Coppers, Sugar Boilers, Fullers and Hatters Coppers, Capuchin Plate Warmers, Tea Kitchens, all Sorts of Ship, Fish, and Wash Kettles, Stew Pans, Dutch Ovens, Tea Kettles, Saucepans, Coffee and Chocolate Pots, Bras Mill Work, Furniture for Coach and Chair Harness, Fenders, Andirons, Candlesticks, Cocks, &c.
** All Orders from the Country will be punctually attended to. N. B. He deals for Casks, or Country Produce.
PISCATAWAY (in Essex) December 20, 1771.
HAVING discontinued the Store kept at Tappahannock on my Account, I have opened, this Fall, a large and genteel Assortment of GOODS, lately imported from London, at my Landing, on Piscataway Creek, about a Mile from the Mouth of it;
For CHARTER to SPAIN, PORTUGAL, or any Port in BRITAIN,
THE Snow BETSEY, Burthen about two Hundred and fifty Hog- heads of Tobacco, a strong new Vessel, and built purposely for the Grain Trade.
ROBERT GILMOUR.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 19, 1771.
WHEREAS the Revenues of the College, unless more Care and Exactness be used in the Collection of them, cannot continue equal to the Expenses;
If any Person who owes Money to the College on Bond does not either pay off all the Interest, that is or shall be due, on or before the 10th of May next, or in the mean Time give a new Bond, with approved Security, for the whole Debt, both Principal and Interest, his Bond shall be put into a Lawyer's Hand on the said 10th of May, with Orders to bring Suit, and obtain Satisfaction for it as speedily as the Forms of Law will permit.
A salutary Order of the Visitors and Governors, directing every Boarder, on his Admission into the College, to pay for six Months Board in Advance, is evaded and rendered nugatory if the like Sum be not paid per Advance by every Boarder at the End of each Half Year.
All Surveyors who have not settled with the Burfar of the College, for all their publick and private Surveys since the General Court in April last, are required to settle with him before the 10th of May next, under the Penalty of being superseded, and having their Bonds sued.
That this Advertisement may not be treated with that Contempt which several Notices of the like Kind have met with, and that no Body may hereafter plead Want of due Information concerning the Premises, this Advertisement is to be printed weekly in the Gazette until the 10th of May next ensuing. By Order of the President and Masters. ROBERT MILLER, Burfar.
To be SOLD,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND lying on Sandy Creek, in Pittsylvania County, containing twelve Hundred Acres, a considerable Part of which is low Ground, being the Land which lately belonged to Mr. William Kenon, of Charles City.
CABIN POINT, Dec. 14. JAMES BELSCOTT.
To be LET on LEASE,
A VERY large and commodious HOUSE in the Town of Petersburg, built for a Tavern, and well fitted for that Business; it is two Stories high, has a Number of very convenient Lodging Rooms, and large and small Rooms for the Entertainment of Guests.
THOMAS EGLETON.
To be SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND containing five Hundred and forty three Acres, on Butterwood, in Amelia County, formerly belonging to Mr. Samuel Gordon, of Blandford.
PETERSBURG, November 10. JERMAN BAKER.
To be SOLD, altogether, or in Lots,
ABOUT two Thousand seven Hundred Acres of good LOW GROUNDS on both Sides of Roanoke River, and two Hundred Acres of HIGH LAND two Miles distant, lying in the Counties of Halifax and Bertie, twenty five Miles below the Town of Halifax, North Carolina.
RICHARD KIDDER MEADE. N. B. There is a good FISHERY on the said Land.
For SALE,
THE LAND whereon I live, in Middlesex, containing about two Thousand two Hundred Acres, in good Order for Cropping, with Orchards and Buildings equal to any in the Colony; also thirteen Hundred Acres on the River Pianketank, in the County of Gloucester, with a Mill, and good Orchards.
AUGUSTINE SMITH.
VIRGINIA, sc. At a General Court held at the Capitol October 14, 1771. James Agar, Esquire, of the Kingdom of Ireland, Plaintiff, against Lewis Burwell Martin, of the said Kingdom, and William Harrison, Defendants,
THE Defendant Martin being beyond Sea, and not having entered his Appearance according to the Rule of this Court, on the Motion of the Plaintiff, it is ordered that the other Defendant, who hath Effects of the said Martin in his Hands, as is suggested, do not pay, convey away, or secrete such Effects, except pursuant to former Decrees against him, until the farther Order or Decree of this Court concerning the same;
BEN: WALLER.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Lancaster, on the 24th of December last, a Negro Man named WILL, about five Feet eight or nine Inches high, between thirty and forty Years of Age, but looks older than what he really is. He has been at Work in Norfolk for some Time past, and went by the Name of William Mox, as a Free-man.
JOHN WORMELEY.
ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12s. 6d. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for 3s. the first Week, and 2s. each Week after. All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with Care and Expedition.