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VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
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TEMESWARE, April 18.
THE Ottoman Army is actually on its march towards the Enemy, and is one Hundred and fifty Thousand strong. Hufey Bey, Pacha of Romelia, commands the advanced Guard, which consists of a Body of thirty Thousand Men, as well Albanians as Bosniacks. The Grand Vizier is advancing by the Way of Kirtel with the grand Army and the Artillery, which is very numerous. He has already traced out and fortified a Camp between Bazargick and Silistrie, from whence he intends to carry on his Operations against the Russians.
CADIZ, April 5. The different Companies of Militia of this Province, who have done Duty here during the Time we apprehended a Rupture with England, are sent back to their respective Districts.
LEGHORN, April 12. The Day before yesterday was brought into our Port a French Ship which the Russians had taken, under the Pretence that she was carrying to Constantinople the Merchandizes with which she was laden; and in a few Days her Cargo will be sold.
PETERSBURG, April 12. We are equipping, with great Activity, a new Squadron for the Archipelago. It will sail in the Course of this Summer.
WARSAW, April 20. Prince Dolgorucki, Commander of the second Russian Army, is preparing for the Siege of Oczakow, and for the Conquest of Crimean Tartary. The Russian Squadron will attempt to force the Dardanelles, upon the Arrival of Count Alexis Orlov.
OTRANTO, April 10. Letters from Ragusa mention that the Montenegrins have recommenced their Operations against the Turks.
LONDON, May 11.
To Mr. JOHN WILKES.
YOU have said, "the Publick have a Right to Truth, and every Imposture on Mankind ought to be detected and exposed." I am not entirely of that Opinion. I think there are certain Seasons when some particular Truths ought to be withheld; and my Lips should have been for ever closed on the Subject of your real Character and Conduct, if you could, by any Motives, have been persuaded, or by any Art or Contrivance been compelled, to continue a voluntary or involuntary Instrument of Good to your Country. I have long been, with others, struggling to make it your Interest to be honest, and founded all my Hopes, not on your Principles, but common Sense. At length I despair of any Good from you, and apprehend much Mischief. I think it therefore my Duty to be no longer silent, and I come to an Explanation without any Apprehension of Disgrace; because I know that though Wit and Liberty may, for a While, bear down every Thing before them in the Street, yet, as far as they are not connected by publick Principles, they will surely be separated in the Closet. But whatever may be the Opinions of any Persons concerning my Conduct, I shall not alter it. Their uninformed Opinions affect me little; I know my own Situation; I must ever remain a poor and a private Man, and can never be a Candidate for the Favour or Confidence of the Publick. The Voice of the People is not the Voice of God to me, though (in the fair Meaning of the Word People ) I have never thought it wrong, but it is the Voice within me that shall ever be the Guide of my Actions.
It is not my Intention here to open any Account with you on the Score of private Character. In that Respect the Publick have kindly passed an Act of Indemnity in your Favour; you have delivered up your All, and no Man can fairly now make any Demand. I blame your publick Conduct, and never had a Difference with you on any other Subject; and though it has suited your selfish Politics to insinuate and pretend some private Pique between us, yet you have not ventured, even anonymously, to suggest any particular Cause of my Disatisfaction.
That I may be well understood, it is necessary to give a short History of the Commencement, Progress, and Conclusion, of the Intercourse between us; and this I will begin to do in my next, not for my own Justification (for I could be well contented to leave each Man to his Opinion concerning me) but that the People at large, to whose Safety and Happiness it is important, may be better able to form their Judgment how far they ought, and how far they ought not, to support you, and that they may perceive your general Professions and Protestations to be like those of last Wednesday's Speech, equally calculated to mislead and impose, and to which every particular Act, as well of your Opposition as of his Government, is a flat Contradiction.
Lord Sandwich, first Lord of the Admiralty, visited the Dockyard and Shipping at Deptford yesterday. He was attended by several other Lords, and the Commissioners of the Navy. This Day his Lordship will visit Woolwich Yard, and to-morrow he will go on Board the Yacht in the River to visit Sheerness and Chatham.
When the Shipping and Fortifications shall have been reviewed by Lord Sandwich, it is said they will be repaired, and put into the best State of Defence.
Extract of a Letter from Portsmouth, May 9.
"The Pomona Sloop of War, Captain Hay, from Scotland, is just arrived here. Sailed the following Men of War, Nanur, Captain Griffiths; of ninety Guns, Ramilies, Captain Knight, of seventy four, Albion, Captain Barrington, of seventy four, Dorsetshire, Captain Griffiths, of seventy, St. Antonio, Captain Affleck, of sixty four; all for Chatham, to be paid off."
It is said that the Common Council of Mr. Wilkes's Ward will make him a Present of a fine Chariot, and a Pair of Horses, if he should be chosen Sheriff for the Year ensuing.
May 14. Lord Chatham, towards the Conclusion of his Speech on Wednesday fennight, in the House of Lords, on his Motion for a Dissolution of Parliament, said, "that though no Man prided himself more on his Attachment to his native Country, the Proceedings of those People who call themselves its Governors had rendered it so disagreeable to him that, was he but ten Years younger, he would spend the Remainder of his Days in a Country (meaning America) which had already given such Earnests of its independent Spirit; nor should my advanced Age (continued that spirited Nobleman) even now prevent me, did not Considerations of the last Consequence (my bodily Infirmities) interfere."
The same Nobleman, speaking of the Shoreham Election, said, "he hoped that Borough, which has been so long the Property of Bengal and Indostan, would be at last found to belong to the County of Sussex."
Extract of a Letter from Newcastle upon Tyne, May 9.
"As soon as News came here of the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Oliver's Enlargement the Bells were set a-ringing, all the Ships in the River hoisted their Colours, and Sir B. Delaval gave a grand Supper to the Corporation of Newcastle. After Supper an elegant Ball was given, the Town was finely illuminated, and the Populace made a large Bonfire on the Key Side. There were drawn upon a Cart the Effigies of two Persons of Rank, to be hanged. Several Casks of Ale were given to the Populace."
The State of the national Debt, as it stood the 5th of January, amounts to one Hundred and twenty eight Millions nine Hundred and ninety eight Thousand one Hundred and nineteen Pounds eight Shillings and two-pence Halfpenny; and the annual Interest, or other Charges attending the same, amounts to four Millions five Hundred and eighty one Thousand three Hundred and seventeen Pounds eight Shillings and eightpence.
Extract of a Letter from Vienna, April 27.
"A Report prevails here that the Empress has declared to the foreign Ministers that she cannot look with an indifferent Eye on the great Advantages which the Russians have gained over the Ottomans, and that he is
resolved to make Use of his Forces to oppose the Passage of the former over the Danube, should they attempt it to augment their Conquests; that, in Consequence, he has sent Prince Lobkowitz to Petersburg to inform the Empress of this Resolution; and that if her Answer, which is expected the 10th of next Month, should not be conformable to his Expectation, he will immediately order his Troops to prevent the Russians from passing the Danube."
On Thursday last the Printer of the London Evening Post was served with the following Notice:
LONDON { THE KING against WILLIAM WITHAM, otherwise WILLIAM.
Let the Prosecutor, his Attorney, Clerk in Court, Solicitor, or Agent, attend me on Saturday next, at eight o'Clock in the Afternoon, at my Chambers in the Inner Temple, to show Cause why a Noli Prosequi should not be entered upon the Indictment against the Defendant in this Cause. Dated this 9th of May, 1771.
E. THURLOW.
Mr. Adair attended on the Part of the City. His Majesty has appointed Arthur Gordon, Esquire, of the Inner Temple, to be Attorney General for the Province of East Florida.
Yesterday a remarkable Cause was determined in the King's Bench, in Favour of a Merchant who had Demands on a Person protected by a foreign Ambassador, that Person not being a real Servant brought over with the Ambassador, but having since procured his Protection. Of all the Causes determined at Law within these twenty Years perhaps no One is of more Importance than the present, hardly excepting that of General Warrants. The Power of defrauding the Exchequer in this and many other Cases is too frequently lodged in the Hands of Foreigners, but it is hoped there never will be wanting Men of Spirit to assert their Rights; and that this Check, and a former One in the Year 1754, when B—'s Protection was taken off by an Englishman's Application, will show that Foreigners can never injure us with Impunity.
Yesterday, at the Sessions at Guildhall, the Trial of Mr. Witham, the Messenger, for an Assault on Mr. Miller, the Printer, was put off, on Account that Mr. Serjeant Glynn (retained for the Prosecutor) could not attend.
According to Letters from Vienna, a secret Treaty is said to be now on the Tapis between the Emperor and Court of Versailles.
They write from Paris that both the Court and City now swarm with private Informers.
Yesterday some interesting Despatches arrived at the Secretary of State's Office, from the Court of Berlin.
It was rumoured this Morning, but we know not on what Foundation, that the Chevalier D'Eon was lately seen at Calais under a strong Guard.
We are informed that there are sixty Thousand Pounds, and upwards, to settle upon the Policies relative to the Chevalier D'Eon.
Witham, the Messenger, it is said, has made an Affidavit that he intended no Assault against Mr. Miller, and that every Thing he did was as an Officer of the House of Commons, acting under their Directions, and in Conformity to their Orders.
Yesterday Admiral Montague set out for Portsmouth, to take the Command of the Fleet destined for North America, which is to consist of one and twenty Sail.
Extract of a Letter from Dunse, in Scotland, May 2:
"The following odd Affair has lately happened in this Town. One William Rutherford, a Tailor, and just out of his Time, married a young Woman, who lived Servant with a Gentleman, and was thought a great Beauty. The Gentleman with whom she lived advised him to set up in Business, and lent him Money for that Purpose. Accordingly he told his Wife, yesterday fennight, that he should, the next Morning early, set out for Edinburgh, to buy Goods at the best Hand. The Wife acquainted the Gentleman with her Husband's intended Journey, and he was no sooner gone but her Gallant was with her. Whether the Husband suspected his Wife's Fidelity is unknown; however, in about an Hour he returned, and found his Wife in the Arms of her Gallant, at which he was greatly enraged, and vowed he would murder them both. But seeing the Gentleman's Breeches lie upon a Chair, he seized them, and finding a good Deal of Cash, and a Gold Watch, in the Pockets, he marched off with his Booty, and has not been heard of since. This Affair has made such a Noise in the Town that the Gentleman and the Tailor's Wife were obliged to leave the Place, and retire into a remote Part of the Country, where they may indulge their amorous Passion without Notice."
It is said that last Night, at Almack's, there were between thirty and forty Thousand Pounds won and lost.
A Letter from Bergen, in Norway, April 16th, says: "A Fire broke out here the 2d instant, which laid the most opulent and extensive Quarter of the City in Ashes. The Damage is computed from one Hundred Thousand Pounds to one Hundred and fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling; the Number of Houses burnt, besides Warehouses, is reckoned one Hundred and twenty."
Extract of a Letter from Paris, April 26.
"There are great Doings here in the political Way. On Saturday there was a second Bed of Justice at Versailles. The King appointed the Members of his great Council in the Place of the Parliament of Paris, which is now entirely dissolved. The Duke d'Aiguillon is Minister for foreign Affairs. There were none of the Princes of the Blood, except the Count de la Marche, at Versailles on Saturday. They had all, however, been summoned; and not appearing, they are henceforth forbid the Court. All the Peers present, it is said, adhered to the Protest of the Duke d'Uzes, the oldest Peer in France. The Princes of the Blood, who, as I have said, were not at Versailles, gave in their Protest, at Paris, to the Greffier (or Clerk) of the Parliament. A Thousand Things besides are said, but this is enough to show you the Dissensions in this Country."
Copy of a Letter from Ougly, in Asia, a Dutch Captain, September 7, 1770.
"The Month of March has been Nothing but a Series of Calamities and Misfortunes. The great Heat and Drought of the Spring have dried up all the Wells and Ponds, and Thousands perished for Want of Water to quench their Thirst. Others, to prevent so sad a Calamity, retired to the Borders of the Ganges, where they met with another as great Misfortune, a general Dearth, by the Fruits of the Earth being burnt up. This drove them to seek Assistance among the European Establishments, but the same Calamity having reached them they could not assist the Natives, so that the greatest Part of these unhappy Emigrants perished through mere Want; and the Number was so great that the Living were not sufficient to bury the Dead, the Consequence of which was an Infection spread and carried off vast Numbers, who had made a small Reserve to eke out a few more miserable Days."
Extract of a Letter from an English Gentleman at Petersburg, to his Friend in London.
"I am pleased to find we shall not have Occasion to draw the Sword of War. I have lately heard much of the Miseries attending a most successful One that it makes One shudder to think how lightly these Matters are gone into in Cabinet Councils, the Result of which occasions perhaps the Loss of a Million of Lives, and double the Number left unhappy. At an Average, every One may be supposed to have either a Parent, a Wife, or Child, who suffer in their Loss; and this, in a single Season, has been the Case in Poland, many Provinces of which are totally depopulated. In those Places which have been the Theatre of the Russian and Turkish War, including the unhappy Greeks, a Friend of mine writes me from Naples that the Loss, very early in the Campaign, amounted to a Hundred Thousand Souls; and that a contagious Distemper, and Famine, destroyed almost eight Thousand Prisoners who had been turned out of Bender."
The Carnage at the taking the Town, which the utmost Efforts of the Officers was not able to stop, lasted above twelve Hours, with the utmost Fury; and it was full two Days before it altogether subsided. General Baur, a brave and useful Officer, and greatly beloved, in Order to save a valuable Life, just about to be sacrificed, threw himself upon the Body; but the Russian Soldier stabbed him underneath, taking Care, however, not to hurt his General.
General Panin, a most humane Man, as well as one of the most determined Bravery, shone in both Capacities during this obstinate Siege. He was very unwilling to allow the Commander, Baron Stein, the Post of Honour in the Assault, which, especially to a Man of his superior Courage, was almost certain Death; but he would not be denied, and Redoubt, which was accordingly done, for just as he had climbed to the Top of the Wall, and was ready to enter the Breach, he received a Coup de Sabre on the Head, which, though it might have proved mortal, did not stop him, till he received a Musket Shot in the Eye, and another in the Body, by which he was instantly despatched. Two brave Grenadiers, who would have died a Thousand Deaths rather than have left him, carried off the Body, through all the Works, in Spite of all the Confusion and Difficulty which you will easily imagine must attend such an Action. The Hero himself was often at our House, and was one of the most amiable and gentle Dispositions imaginable, and so extremely engaging that he was universally beloved, and as universally regretted, and exceedingly so in our Society.
"I could give you a Detail of many horrid Events, that have happened last Summer; particularly of four Thousand five Hundred Turks, who all chose to drown themselves in a River rather than to surrender themselves Prisoners. Their Numbers were not known till the dead Bodies floated on the Water, and caused such a Stench that General Baur was obliged to remove his Camp to the Distance of six Leagues. But this is too disagreeable a Subject to dwell on. Happily, we do not consider the Fall of Millions, whom we do not see, so much as that of a single Individual who comes immediately under our Observation. Princes, however, and their Ministers, should consider this Subject in the most enlarged Point of View. This is actually the Case in the Russian Politicks at this Time, where Expressions of Pity for the Calamities of War are the universal Language, from the Mouth of her Imperial Majesty, and all Ranks of People."
NEW YORK, July 15.
ON Monday last, in the Sloop Sukey, Captain Yarborough, in five Days from North Carolina, his Excellency William Tryon, Esquire, our newly appointed Governor, with his Lady and Daughter, arrived at the Narrows, about three o'Clock in the Morning, and between twelve and one came up to Town; where, at his Landing, he was welcomed by a Salute of fifteen Guns from the Fort, to which he was conducted by the Gentlemen of the Council, and others who waited his Landing. On Tuesday the Gentlemen of his Majesty's Council assembled at the Fort, where his Excellency's Commission was read, and the Oaths of Office administered, after which, attended by the Mayor and Corporation, the Sheriff and other Officers of the City, with many other Gentlemen, they marched in Procession to the City Hall, where his Commission was published; and after the customary Formalities, his Excellency, with the Gentlemen of the Council, returned to the Fort, where an elegant Dinner was provided. At Night the City was illuminated.
We hear that Colonel Josiah Martin, now in this City, who succeeds to the Government of North Carolina, will this Week depart for that Place, in the same Vessel in which his Excellency our Governor lately arrived from thence.
To his Excellency WILLIAM TRYON, Esquire, Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Province of New York, and the Territories depending thereon in America, Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same.
May it please your Excellency, THE Rector and Inhabitants of the City of New York, in Communion of the Church of England, as by Law established, with great Sincerity congratulate your Excellency on your safe Arrival with your Lady and Family in this Province.
As our most gracious Sovereign has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable John Earl of Dunmore, our late worthy Governor, to the supreme Command of his ancient and loyal Dominion of Virginia, we most gratefully acknowledge his Majesty's paternal Goodness, who is ever anxious for the Welfare and Felicity of his Subjects, in nominating a Gentleman of your Excellency's distinguished Character to succeed his Lordship in the Command of this Province.
When we reflect upon your Excellency's extensive Abilities, Experience in publick Affairs, and strict Regard to the wholesome Laws of our Country, which are the only sure Basis of our civil Happiness, and in the Vindication of which you have lately risked your valuable Life, we are confident that this loyal Province, under your wise Administration, will be prosperous and happy.
Considering the Piety and Virtue of our Royal Master, we cannot doubt but that you, Sir, his worthy Representative, will encourage the Increase of true Religion, countenance and support the established Church in this City, and protect us in the full Enjoyment of our invaluable Rights and Privileges.
May the sovereign Ruler of all Events bless your Excellency with Health and Happiness; may your Administration be applauded by the best of Kings; and may you, for many Years to come, have the Satisfaction of enjoying the sincere Esteem, Love, and Affection, of a grateful People.
These, Sir, are the earnest Prayers, and the ardent Wishes of,
MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY,
Your Excellency's most dutiful
And most obedient Servants.
His Excellency was pleased to return the following Answer.
To the Rector and Inhabitants of New York, in Communion of the Church of England, as by Law established.
Gentlemen, I THANK you for your very friendly Congratulation on my safe Arrival with my Family in this Government, for the honourable Sentiments you entertain of my Endeavours for the publick Service, and for your good Wishes for my Prosperity in my present Administration.
I feel a lively Sense of Gratitude for his Majesty's most gracious Goodness in appointing me to succeed the Earl of Dunmore in the Command of this Province; and I am sensible the nearer I can come up to his Lordship's truly honourable Principles the more complete will be my Wishes to make a loyal People and Country, over whom I have now the Honour to preside, happy and flourishing.
You may be assured I shall make the true Interest of the established Church in this City a peculiar Object of my Attention, and that I shall be zealous, at all Times, as well to countenance and support the same as to protect its Members in the full Enjoyment of their invaluable Rights and Privileges.
WILLIAM TRYON.
A Letter from Detroit, of the 25th of May, says: "By Indians who are just now arrived Express from William Tucker, an Indian Trader, we have the disagreeable News that the Sloop Beaver, which sailed from hence the 5th Instant for Niagara, is cast away upon the Rocks about ten Leagues below Sandusky, and that Captain Jacobson, his Crew, and ten Passengers, in all fifteen, have perished. The Barge was found ashore all smashed to Pieces, and a small Trunk with our Letters drove up on the Beach, many of them lost, and several others damaged and illegible. There was on Board about three Thousand Pounds in Peltry, and a large Quantity of Flower for Niagara."

By the Brilliant Family, just arrived from Glasgow, see Late Papers to the 28th of May, but have only Time to collect from them the following
L O N D O N, May 18.
W e hear that the Lord Mayor's Precepts were issued this Morning for holding a Court of Common Council on Tuesday next, to consider, it is said, of the City Charters, and also of the Method of proceeding with Regard to the Impionment of the City Magistrates.
It is reported that an Action for a Hundred Thousand Pounds Damages will be brought by the above Gentlemen against the President of a certain Club.
Letters from different Parts of the Country mention the pleasing Prospect of plentiful Crops.
May 21. It is said that in Order to check the alarming Progress of illicit Intercourse between the Sexes some very rigorous and exemplary Penalties will be established, which, it is hoped, will prove salutary, and in Time obviate the Reproach the Land has incurred.
A new fashioned Bonnet is just now invented by a French Milliner, for Ladies to wear at Trials for Adultery, &c. which renders the Use of a Fan needless, and is called La Copine .
May 25. It is reported that the Emperor of Germany has actually drawn the Sword, in Favour of the Turks; and that an Army of sixty five Thousand Men is now posted at Tyezel, on the Banks of the Danube, to oppose the Russians in passing that River.
The Russian Fleet under the Command of Vice Admiral Ari, consisting of fifty Sail, is now cruising in the Straits of the Dardanelles; they expect forty Transports with Troops on Board, on the Arrival of which the Admiral intends to besiege the Castles of the Dardanelles, and if he should succeed the Troops will join Count Romanzow's Army.
We are credibly informed that the last Courier from Versailles has brought some very disagreeable Advices relative to the Tranquillity of Europe, which are strictly ordered to be concealed.
A Petition of a very extraordinary Nature is in Agitation to be presented to a great Personage by some eminent Colony Merchants.
The political Troops on both Sides are now gone into Winter Quarters, and all Attacks upon Liberty from one Side, and anarchial Insults on Authority from the other Side, are at an End for some Time; and all the Parties, like the English, French, and Spaniards, have entered into a temporary Convention, as it was called, to disband.
It is observed in one of our Papers, for the Honour of Government, that notwithstanding the great Expenses in fitting out a numerous Fleet, in raising the Number of Seamen from sixteen Thousand to forty Thousand Men; besides augmenting the Land Forces, no additional Impost has been laid upon the Publick, except advancing the Land Tax from three to four Shillings in the Pound.
Last Wednesday Lady L—— was served with a Process from the Ecclesiastical Court, it having been determined to proceed against her for Adultery.
The same Day Mrs. R——, wife of A—— R——, was served with a Process out of the same Court, in which Proceedings against her for Adultery will likewise be carried on.
This Morning several of the Nobility and Gentry visited the Earl of Bute, at his Lordship's House in South Audley Street, to congratulate him on his Arrival in England.
It is said a Reconciliation has taken Place between Lord and Lady Grosvenor, and all farther Process of Law entirely stopped.
WILLIAMSBURG, August 1.
L AST Tuesday Part of the Household, Baggage, &c. of his Excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Dunmore, came up to Burwell's Ferry in a Vessel from New York, which had ten Days Passage. His Excellency was then about sailing for Albany, from whence he intended paying a Visit to Sir William Johnson at his Seat on the Mohawk River; and is expected in Philadelphia the first Week in September, where he will make but a short Stay, and then proceed, by Land, to take upon him the Government of this Dominion.
On Saturday last, about one o'Clock, we had a hard Rain, accompanied with some sharp Lightning, which struck one of Mr. Greenhow's Dwellinghouse Chimneys in this Place, and split it down thirty Feet. Some of the Windows likewise were shattered.
Omnis dominus, qui de rebus dubiis consultant, ab odio, amicitia, ira, atque misericordia, ducatur esse decet. SALUST.
TO THE COUNTRY CLERGYMAN.
S I R, A PERSON who is moderate in his Principles, endeavours to behave in an inoffensive Manner to every Body, and does Nothing but study to be quiet and do his own Business, without intermeddling with the Affairs of others, One would think might reasonably hope to be exempt from disagreeable Disputes, and expect by no Means to be drawn into Controversy, so much against his Inclination.
But you, Sir, in your last Letter to the Country Gentleman, in Rind's Paper of the 13th Instant, have, unprovoked, reflected upon me as plainly as it by Name. After writing against personal Reflexions (of which you accuse your Opponent, unjustly, however, in my Opinion, because whatever is laid to your Charge, I think, is drawn from your Writings by necessary Consequence, and is applicable to the Author who signs himself A Country Clergyman, let him be who he will, without knowing any Thing more of him than what is discoverable from this Work) you reflect on the two PROFESSORS OF DIVINITY IN WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE, of which I am known to be one. You had before indeed done Something like it, by putting the Words Professors of Divinity in Capitals, which was the first personal Reflexion I took Notice of; but, afraid of being misunderstood, you have now become more explicit.
Surely your Parish must lie at a great Distance from the City of Williamsburg, since you are so ignorant of the present State of the College as not to know that there are no Students advanced so far as the Divinity School yet; and therefore when you speak in a jeering Way, that the "Pupils of these Professors will never fall a Prey to a few paltry Unbelievers" (and you may add, nor to the doughty Champions of Infidelity) you speak more Truth than you intended, for certainly where there are no Pupils none can be corrupted.
Not being convenient enough to know the Certainty of these Matters yourself, you must have taken them by Report from some busy meddling People who neglect their own Affairs and deeply interest themselves in those of others. It is probable you may have heard that these busy Bodies say of our worthy PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY: "That many Students under him have but a little Time to spare, which might be better employed in teaching them to survey a Piece of Land, or carry a Ship to Sea, to measure a Piece of Timber, or gauge a Cask, or in learning the Situation and Extent of the several Countries in the four Quarters of the World, than in demonstrating the Propositions of Euclid." But these are ignorant as well as busy People, who do not consider that Euclid is to the Mathematicks what Grammar is to Language; that they may apply themselves to any practical Part hereafter, when they have Nothing else to do, except to take Care of their domestic Affairs and Plantations.
Another Complaint made by these ill judging Meddlers, and which convinces me you must have your Report from them (because to intimidate your Adversary you endeavour to interest the Legislature in your Cause, and intimate that to oppose you is contrary to the Duty he owes them) is, "that after the Assembly had made a generous Gift of a noble Apparatus for Experimental Philosophy to the College, these fine Instruments being suffered to lie in a Room like useless Lumber, causes great Indignation in the Burgess, who freely bestowed them for the Advancement of the Students in useful Knowledge." But these forward mistaken Men are ignorant that in the learned Universities in England these are looked upon only as Raree-Shows, and consequently are despised and neglected.
The Country Clergyman is therefore to blame to hearken to these Tattlers, when they find Fault with any of the Professors in the College.
As to the Professors of Divinity, it has happened that both of them heretofore have had the Care, at different Times, of both the Philosophy Schools; they then had Pupils, and I never heard that any Neglect was imputed to them, from whence I think it ought to be charitably supposed that when they shall have Pupils in their present Profession they will bestow the same diligent Attendance upon the Duties of their Office, which I do assure you was both constant and painful . For myself, I can speak particularly; I used to attend the School as regularly, three Times a Day, as the Grammar School is attended. For twenty five Years past I have always been invented with some important Office, as many of the most respectable Gentlemen in the Country very well know; and I hope I have so well established the Character of a diligent and steady Man, that all the envious Basts of the Country Clergyman will never be able to overthrow it.
Altercation is, and always was, my Aversion, and I should by no Means have been induced to enter into it thus far, only by the Consideration that Justice to myself required that I should obviate the Influence of Insinuations to my Prejudice, which might operate at a Distance, where both myself and a true State of the Case are unknown. If you, Sir, are subject
to such a superabundant Overflowing of Gall, that you fear, without giving it Vent, when accumulated, it may return upon the Habit, and give Rise to some violent and direful Disorder, it is better, by the Advice of some skillful Physician, to put yourself under a Course of Alteratives, than to disturb others with your Infirmities. I have done sufficient for my Purpose, in justifying myself to the Candid and Impartial, and shall so far indulge my packish Disposition as to declare that if any Reply comes out I shall take no more Notice of it than the generous Courrier does of the spiteful Yelping of a malicious Cur snapping at his Heels.
I am your humble Servant, WILLIAM and MARY College } JULY 23, 1771. JOHN DIXON.
Advertisements.
YORK Town, July 31, 1771. THE Subscriber intending to leave the Colony soon, begs those who have any Demands against him to make them known. FREDERICK JOHN STEPHENS.
HAMPTON, July 25, 1771. I INTEND to leave Virginia, on Account of my Health, for a few Months. All Persons indebted to me are desired to make Payment to Mr. Walter Pater, Merchant at Galin Point. JAMES M'CAW.
ELIZABETH CITY, July 23, 1771. LOST, or mislaid, on Friday last, either at the Capitol or Mr. Spen's, or between there and Mr. Richard Cary's, in Warwick County, an old Newspaper, in the usual Fold, containing a Ticket in Byrd's Lottery, the Number of which Mr. Treasurer has, and is a Prize of one Hundred Acres of Land, a five Pound Bill, two of twenty Shillings, one of ten Shillings, several Receipts, Memorandums, and other Papers. Whoever delivers the same to me, or the Printer hereof, shall be handsomely rewarded. J. WALLACE.
To be SOLD, On Thursday the 26th of September next, THE PLANTATION whereon the Subscriber formerly lived, known by the Name of Beulah , with seven Hundred and eighty or five Hundred and eighty Acres of Land, as may suit the Purchaser. The said Land is well watered and timbered, and the Plantation is in good Order, with a very fine Apple Orchard, from which are made seven or eight Thousand Gallons of Cider a Year (that Quantity has been made on an Average ever since the Year 1756) the Trees are of the best Kind of Fruit, and the Cider as good as any on the Continent. The Situation of the Place is convenient to Trade, lies fourteen Miles from the Falls of Rappahannock, twelve from Dumfries , on Potowomack , seven from Agia Warehouse, the same Distance from Agia Church, six from the Quaker Meeting House, five from the Baptist Meeting House, in Fauquier County, four from Chapawamick Meeting House, in Stafford County, and not quite three Miles from two Grist Mills. There are Buildings fit for a private Gentleman, Planter, Farmer, or Merchant. I could almost engage, to any reasonable Man, that there is Nothing wanting for Conveniencies; that is to say, for Houses, Cellars, &c. for a Planter, Farmer, or Merchant, ready fitted to carry on Business, and a Quantity of Ground fit for small Grain this Fall. at which Time the Purchaser may have Possession of the Plantation. The Title is indisputable, and will be sold with as good a Warranty as any Man can require, and a great Bargain. I am determined to sell for the Benefit of my younger Grandsons, and therefore propose to sell my Land and Plantation at fourteen Years Credit, the Purchaser giving Bond and Security, with Interest. If any Part of the Purchase Money be paid down, five per Cent. will be deducted. I have sundry other Things belonging to the Plantation which I propose to sell on six Months Credit, namely, the Utensils and Stock belonging to the Plantation, such as Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, &c. and all the Corn, Fodder, and Hay, made on the Plantation this Year. There is a very good Copper Still and Alembick, a great many good Cider Casks, and sundry other Things too tedious to mention. Any Person inclineable to purchase may see the Land and Plantation at any Time before the Day of Sale by applying to the Subscriber, about a Mile from the aforesaid Plantation. JOHN RALLS.
For SALE, or to be RENTED for a Term of Years, and entered upon immediately, THE capital Prize drawn in the Honourable William Byrd's Lottery, consisting of a DOUBLE FORGE and valuable GRISTMILL , with two Acres and a Half of LAND adjoining; also two Thousand Acres of exceeding good LAND, the farthest Part of which is not more than three Miles from the Works. The Land, &c. will be sold, or rented, with or without the Forge and Mill, and laid off in small Parcels to suit Purchasers. Long Credit (if required) will be allowed for greatest Part of the Money, Bond with approved Security being given.—I would have no Objection to dispose of one Moiety of the Whole, or the Stream with or without the Land, to a suitable Partner. It is capable of great Improvement, being situated in the Heart of a fine Wheat Country; and, at a small Expense, the Forge may be converted into a good Merchant Mill, which would manufacture a Hundred Thousand Bushels in a Season, besides the Advantage arising from the Gristmill, which is worth, at least, two Hundred Pounds a Year. The Terms will be made agreeable; and the Land and Works may be viewed, at any Time, by applying to Mr. Richard Crump, Merchant at Rocky Ridge . HENRY MORSE.
N. B. The UTENSILS, and OLD IRON, belonging to the Forge, will be sold on reasonable Terms.
To be SOLD, A TRACT of LAND, in Fauquier County, containing two Hundred and eighty Acres, on a Branch of Occonquan River, about thirty Miles above Fredericksburg ; a double GRIST MILL , in Westmoreland County, in good Order, the Ground Work of which is entirely Locust, never known to want Water since first erected; also forty Acres of Land adjoining the said Mill. An indisputable Title will be made, and a reasonable Credit allowed for either, or both, by JOHN CORRIE.
STRAYED from Mr. James M'Dowall's, in Richmond , a black or very dark bay HORSE, about four Feet nine Inches high, five Years old, branded on the near Shoulder and Buttock I, paces extremely well, and is a Horse of great Spirit. As he went off with a Horse of Mr. M'Kenerick's that was bred in Aberfoyle , I imagine he has taken that Course. I will give THIRTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows, and pay Charges, to any Person that will bring him to Mr. James M'Dowall, or to me in Bedford . JAMES DONALD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Prince Edward , some Time in June 1770, a Negro Lad named WINDSOR , who for several Years past has waited upon me, and is acquainted with most Parts of the Country. He is a sensible and artful Fellow, about five Feet high, a handsome lively Look, and speaks quick. He was taken up by Mr. William Mitchell of York , and committed to that Jail, at which Time he called himself William Florence , and said he was free, and, by the Assistance of some other Negro imprisoned with him, broke the Prison. He has since been seen about Williamsburg , near which Place perhaps he is still concealed. He carried away with him a brown Holland Coat, blue Broadcloth Waistcoat, two white Linen Shirts, two Pair of Osnabrug Breeches, and good Shoes and Stockings. As I have Reason to apprehend he will endeavour to get on Board a Vessel, in Order to make his Escape out of the Colony, I do hereby forewarn all Masters and Commanders of Vessels from taking him on Board. I will give TEN POUNDS to any Person that will contrive him to me, and FIVE POUNDS for such intelligence that I may get him. WILLIAM WATTS.
SURRY County, July 26, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber's Plantation in Pitt County, North Carolina , on the sixteenth of May last, a Negro Man named EMANUEL , a square made Fellow, of a yellowish Complexion, upwards of twenty Years of Age, speaks remarkably hoarse, and is supposed to be gone towards Williamsburg . He formerly belonged to Mr. Simon Holian, of Elizabeth City . Whoever apprehends the said Runaway, and brings him to me, or secures him so that I get him again, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. CHARLES REEKES.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in King William , a little above West Point , an Apprentice Boy named JAMES CURTIS , of a dark Complexion, has a sharp Nose, large fore Teeth, and very light coloured Hair. He took with him two brown Linen Shirts, both patched with Cotton, two Pair of Trousers, a light coloured Duffel Jacket unlined, that buttons at the Hip, and a Virginia Cloth double breasted Waistcoat, with Holes in one Side, striped with different Colours of Worsted. He is supposed to be gone towards Dumplin Island, in Nansemond County. I hereby forewarn all Persons from harbouring him, and all Masters of Vessels from taking him away. Whoever conveys the said Boy to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. WILLIAM ROW.
JULY 17, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber, last Night, a Convict Servant Man named SAMUEL BAILEY , by Trade a House Joiner, and has been in the Country about two Years. He is a stout well set Fellow, of a ruddy Complexion, about five Feet six or seven Inches high, has a sore Leg, which is much swelled, a Calt with his Eyes, which are large and gray, his Head remarkable gray, occasioned by the Smallpox, which he is a little pitted with, his Dress is an Osnabrug Shirt and long Trousers, a light brown Jacket, an old Felt Hat, old Country made Shoes tied, and commonly wears a green Worsted Cap. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from harbouring or employing him. I will give a Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS to any Person who will deliver the said Servant to me, besides what the Law allows. WILLIAM BUCKLAND.
COMMITTED to Suffolk Jail, on the 18th of this Instant, James Thompson , from Glasgow , about five Feet nine Inches high, with brown Hair, and was committed on Suspicion of being a Convict Servant. WILLIAM GRANBERY, Jailer.
COMMITTED to Suffolk Jail, on Suspicion of being a Servant, a Negro Man about five Feet nine Inches high, who calls himself Francis Stanfoot , and has passed for a Freeman. WILLIAM GRANBERY, Jailer.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Surry County, on the 16th of July , an outlandish Negro about twenty eight Years of Age, four Feet six or seven Inches high, is very black, has lost two of his upper fore Teeth, and speaks but indifferent English . He says he belonged to one Tubouche of St. Kitt's , and failed from thence with one Captain Dyon into James River . The Owner may have him on proving his Property, and paying as the Law directs. DRURY WARREN.
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg County, a bright bay HORSE about four Feet two Inches high, with some Saddle Spots, a Star in his Forehead, some white on one of his hind Feet, and branded on the near Buttock U . Posted, and appraised to forty Shillings. WILLIAM LADD.
NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons who have any Demands against the Publick for Tobacco lost and destroyed by the late Fire at Falmouth and Dixon's Warehouses, that the Commissioners appointed by Act of Assembly to settle the Accounts of the Tobacco so lost and destroyed will meet at Falmouth , in the County of King George , upon Wednesday the 28th of August , for that Purpose, when all Persons concerned are desired to attend.
NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons who have any Demands against the Publick for Tobacco lost and destroyed by the late Fire at Stocko's , Byrd's , Rocky Ridge , and Warwick Warehouses, that the Commissioners appointed by Act of Assembly to settle the Accounts of the Tobacco so lost and destroyed will meet at Richmond , in the County of Henrico , upon Tuesday the 3d of September next, for that Purpose, when all Persons concerned are desired to attend.
NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons who have any Demands against the Publick for Tobacco lost and destroyed by the late Fire at Quantico Warehouse, that the Commissioners appointed by Act of Assembly to settle the Accounts of the Tobacco so lost and destroyed will meet at Dumfries , in the County of Prince William , upon the 16th Day of September next, for that Purpose, when all Persons concerned are desired to attend.
THIRTY Thousand Pounds of TOBACCO will be SOLD at publick Auction, for Cash, on the third Monday in August , being Esex Court Day, at the Warehouses in the said County pursuant to an Order of that Court, By the SHERIFF.
HAMPTON, July 25, 1771. I INTEND for Great Britain immediately. JOHN CLUGSTON.
WESTMORELAND, NOMONY, July 11, 1771. IMPORTED in the Lord Camden, Captain John Johnston , last Fall, a BOX marked B in a Diamond, Number 2, containing Books. Whoever can inform me of it by Advertisement, or otherwise, shall be reimbursed the Expense, and esteemed a Favour by THOMAS BLAIN.
To be SOLD, in Pursuance of the Will of John Markham, deceased, THE PLANTATION whereon he formerly lived, in Chesterfield County, about four Miles from Warwick , containing eight Hundred Acres, with a large Apple and Peach Orchard, a good Dwellinghouse and other convenient Houses thereon. The Plantation is in good Order for Cropping, and will be delivered up in Time to sow Wheat. It will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, and the Payments made easy to any inclineable to purchase. The Terms may be known, and the Land seen, by applying to Vincent Markham , who lives on the Premises. BENJAMIN WATKINS, } Executors. VINCENT MARKHAM, } GEORGE MARKHAM, }
For SALE, THE LEASE of a STORE and WAREHOUSE in Petersburg , extremely well situated for Trade, being close to the Tobacco Warehouses, and convenient either for dry Goods or wet. The Terms may be known by applying to Mr. David Ross in Goethland , or to WILLIAM BEATTIE.
STOLEN, a few Days ago, two Silver TABLE SPOONS marked with a Stag's Head, and five Silver TEA SPOONS marked I R. TWENTY SHILLINGS will be given to any Person that will bring them to the Post Office in Williamsburg .
To be SOLD by JOSEPH KIDD, Auctioneer, &c. &c. on Monday the 12th of August , being JAMES CITY Court Day, at the Dwellinghouse of the Subscriber, in the City of Williamsburg ,
ALL her HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE , consisting chiefly of several very good Feather Beds and Furniture, Mahogany and Walnut Tables and Chairs, several Looking-Glasses of the most fashionable Frames and Sizes, a neat plain Gold Watch, Riding Chairs, both double and single, with Harness new and complete, a small Tumbrel, two Carts, nine very good Cart Horses, with Harness, several Mers Saddles and Bridles, two large new Carpets of the best Kind, a Stock of very good Liquors of all Kinds, also a Negro Woman, and many other Articles too tedious to mention. Credit will be allowed until the 20th of April next for all Sums above fifty Shillings, the Purchasers giving Bond, with approved Security, to JANE VOBE. Inventories of the above may be seen at Mr. Kidd's, and at my House.

To be SOLD, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing five Thousand five Hundred and fifty seven Acres, in Ward's Fork, Charlotte County , which is in fine Order for Cropping, having all convenient Houses, Barns, Negro Quarters, &c. and under good Fence. It will be sold in Lots, or laid off in the old Survey. Also for Sale, eleven Hundred and twenty Acres on Buck Mountain . Long Credit will be given, if required. For Terms apply to BENJAMIN WALLER, JOHN WAYLES, RICHARD HANSON, } Attorneys for John Liddedale, Esquire.
To be SOLD at publick Sale, on the 10th of November next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, FOUR Thousand Acres of LAND belonging to James Burwell , lying in the County of Isle of Wight , on James River , eleven Miles below Smithfield . It is very level, and extraordinary good for Grain and Stock, having firm Marshes belonging to it, and so convenient to Norfolk that whatever is made thereon may easily be carried there by Water. There is also a very fine Merchant Mill in the Neighbourhood thereof, the Proprietor of which will, no Doubt, readily take all the Wheat that can be made upon it. Oysters and Fish are to be had in Plenty, and extremely good. The Land will be laid off in Lots to suit Purchasers, and may be entered on the first of January next. Six Months Credit will be allowed from the Day of Entry, on Bond, with approved Security, being given to LEWIS BURWELL, DUDLEY DIGGES, THOMAS NELSON, Junior, RICHARD BAKER, NATHANIEL BURWELL, } Trustees.
CUMBERLAND County, July 15, 1771. RUN away from the Subscriber, on Friday the 12th Instant, a likely Virginia born Negro Man of the middle Size, about twenty four Years of Age, with a remarkable Scar under his left Eye, occasioned by a Fall from a Horse. When he went off he had on a Pair of dark coloured Virginia Cloth Breeches, a coarse Rolls Shirt, and an old Felt Hat, but in all Probability may change these Clothes, as he took with him a coarse Linen Shirt, and an old white Duffel great Coat. Whoever brings him to me shall have THREE POUNDS if taken in the Colony, or FIVE POUNDS if out of it, besides what the Law allows. RICHARD MOSELEY.
HANOVER Town, July 20, 1771. IMPORTED last Spring, in the SALLY, Captain Foster , from Glasgow , a sheeted BOX marked IS , No. 1, which has not yet come to Hand. Whoever gives any Intelligence thereof will much oblige JOHN SMITH.
STRAYED from my Pasture, in Sussex County, about the Middle of April last, a dark bay MARE about four Feet six Inches high, branded on the near Buttock B , her Mane lately roached, Tail bobbed, and paces pretty well and easy. Whoever conveys the said Mare to Mr. Herbert Claiborne , at Puddledock , or Mr. Augustine Claiborne , Junior, at Grater Place , in Dirwiddie , or to the Subscriber, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. AUGUSTINE CLAIBORNE.
LEFT at my Plantation in Louisa, by a Negro named Jenny , when he ran away from me, a bay coloured MARE about thirteen Hands and a Half high, branded on the near Buttock FK , shod before, and has a white Slip down her Face. Posted, and appraised to nine Pounds. Also several other Things. Any Person, on proving his Property, may have the above restored by applying to JOHN RICHMOND.
COMMITTED to Smithfield Jail, an out- landish Negro Man named JACK , a short black Fellow, and says he belongs to one Caleb Davis , in Chesterfield County, near Bermuda Hundred . Also a Negro Fellow who calls himself GEORGE CORN , and says he is free, but no Vouchers appearing to prove his Assertion, it is thought proper to advertise him. He is about fifteen Years of Age, five Feet three or four Inches high, Virginia born, and has on the usual Clothes of Plantation Negroes. Their Owners are desired to take them away, and pay Charges. JOHN TAYLOR, Jailor.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Mecklenburg County, two NEW NEGROES not capable of telling their Owners Names. One is a short Fellow, about thirty Years of Age, and the other a large Wench, who appears to be Something younger. The Owners may have them on proving their Properties and paying as the Law directs. RICHARD SWEPSON, Jailor.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Chesterfield, on the 12th of July , a Negro Woman that cannot tell her Owner's Name. She is a short well set Woman, with large Breasts, and a round full Face, had on an Onaburg Shift, and Negro Cotton Petticoat and Waistcoat. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, pay Charges, and take her away. JAMES BALL, Jailor.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a red and white spotted COW with a good Bell on, marked with a Crop in each Ear, and an Underkeel in the right. Posted, and appraised to three Pounds. JAMES AIKEN.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a white HORSE about four Feet six Inches high, and branded on the near Buttock O . Posted, and appraised to eight Pounds. RICHARD ROYALL.
LANDED from on Board the Ship Brunsw- wick, Captain M'Larty , last Voyage, five Coils of ROPE, without any Mark. The Owner, on proving his Property and paying Charges, may have it by applying to WILLIAM BEATTIE.
FALMOUTH, July 12, 1771. ALL Persons having had Dealings with  Wedrow & Neilson , at their Store formerly kept at Falmouth , or elsewhere, are desired to take Notice that the Death of my Partner, Mr. John Neilson , obliges me to authorize and empower Mr. David Kerr , of the said Town of Falmouth , to settle all the said Company's Accounts, and to receive all Debts due to them. I farther give Notice, that, for the Purpose of speedily discharging what Debts the Company may owe, there are for Sale sundry valuable Tracts of LAND, two GRISTMILLS, several Town LOTS, NEGROES and MULATTOES, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c. between this and the first of November next; and if not disposed of by that Time, they will be then sold, on Credit, to the highest Bidder. ALEXANDER WODROW. The Store and Dealings at Falmouth , in the Name of William Love and Company , continues as formerly.
FALMOUTH, July 12, 1771. ALL Persons indebted to the late Copart- nery of Messrs. Wedrow & Neilson are desired to take Notice that all Debtors who shall fail to come and settle their Accounts before the first Day of November next will be immediately dealt with according to Law, without Respect to any Person or Persons whatever. DAVID KERR.
RICHMOND, July 15, 1771. THE Subscriber intending to leave the Colony immediately, those who have Business with him are desired to apply to Mr. Neil Campbell of this Place, in whose Hands his Affairs will be left. GEORGE DONALD.
WE the Subscribers hereby give Notice that Mr. John Swan , of Albemarle County , is by us appointed to draw for all Goods, Monies, Provisions, &c. for the Use of the Iron Works we are concerned with in said County; and that any Order, or Orders, drawn by any other Person, or Persons, will not be paid or accepted by the Company. WILLIAM CABELL, EDWARD CARTER, ALEXANDER TRENT, THOMAS WALKER,
ANY Persons who have got Numbers 75, 76, 90, and 117, Half Acre Prizes in the Honourable William Byrd's Lottery, will be allowed a reasonable Price for them by applying to the Subscriber at Rocky Ridge . ROBERT GORDON.
WANTED as a Tutor in a private Family, a single Man who is master of the Languages, and will teach English and Arithmetick . Such a Person, properly recommended, as well for his Abilities as his moral Character, may find Employment, and suitable Encouragement, by applying to DAVID GREENHILL. N. B. The School is worth FIFTY Pounds a Year, clear of Board. CHARLESTOWN, South Carolina, April 11, 1771.
THE St. CECILIA SOCIETY give Notice, that they will engage with, and give suitable Encouragement to, MUSICIANS properly qualified to perform at their CONCERT, provided they apply on or before the first Day of October next. The Performers they are in Want of are, a first and second Violin , two Hautboys , and a Bassoon , whom they are willing to agree with for one, two, or three Years. JOHN GORDON, President. THOMAS IN. SMITH, Vice President
THE Subscriber intending to leave this Colony shortly, desires those who have any Demands against her to make them known to her or Mr. Lewis Tyler , as she is very desirous of adjusting her Affairs before she sails. EDITHA ROBINSON.
THE imported Horse VALIANT, formerly the Property of the Honourable William Byrd , Esquire, stands at Richmond , in great Perfection, and will cover Mares this Season at fifteen Shillings a Leap. ALEXANDER & PETERFIELD TRENT.
THE Subscriber forewarns all Persons from taking an Assignment of a Bond he gave Reuben Stratten , of Buckingham , for seventy Pounds (thirty Pounds payable next December , and the Balance in December 1772 ) as the said Stratten has not complied with his Engagements. WILLIAM JORDAN.
I INTEND for ENGLAND soon. HANOVER, July 12, 1771. RICHARD HARVEY.
WANTED, A DISCREET Person capable of teaching Children Latin , Arithmetick , &c. Any such applying to the Subscriber, near Aylet's Warehouse , King William County , will meet with good Encouragement from WILLIAM COWNE.
To be SOLD at King & Queen Courthouse, on Monday the 12th of August next, being Court Day, at publick Auction, or at any Time before by private Sale, under a Deed of Trust from Mr. William Hamlin, lately deceased, ONE undivided Moiety, or Half Part, of eighteen Hundred Acres of LAND, with a FORGE and WATER GRISTMILL thereon, situate, lying, and being in the County of King and Queen ; which said Land, Forge, and Mill, were drawn as a Prize in Colonel Bernard Moore's Lottery, by the said Hamlin , and Philip Parr Edmundson , Gentleman. The Terms to be made known at the Time of Sale. THEODORICK BLAND. JOHN RUFFIN, Junior.
HAMPTON, July 15, 1771. AMOS'S Boat sixteen Feet long, six Feet wide, and two Feet four Inches deep, with a small Ring Bolt in her Head and another in her Stern, her upper Stake neither payed nor painted, was taken from two Sailors, supposed to be run away, about six Weeks ago, which the Owner may have by applying to JOHN JONES.
To be SOLD, on the Premises, on Friday the 16th of August, by publick Sale, THE LAND and PLANTATION whereon Mr. Joseph Watkins lately lived, in New Kent County , containing about six Hundred Acres, on Pamunkey River , adjoining next above the Land of Mr. Lewis Webb , who will be kind enough to show it to any Purchaser. It will be found to be a pleasant Seat, and a level and valuable Farm. A good Title will be made, and, if necessary, Credit allowed, to be declared on the Day of Sale. Possession to be delivered on the first of January next. EDWARD WATKINS. WILLIAM CAMPBELL.
To be SOLD for ready Money, or on Credit, A TRACT OF LAND containing seven Hundred Acres, in Goodland County , on Little Bird Creek , where the Subscriber now lives, upon which are the following Improvements, a Dwellinghouse thirty eight Feet by twenty eight, with two Brick Chimneys, well finished both above and below, all convenient Outhouses, and a good Storehouse, a large Garden well paled in, very fine Orchards, and the whole Plantation in excellent Order for Cropping. It is a healthy Situation, well supplied with fine Water, and the Soil fit for Tobacco, Corn, and Wheat. Also a Tract of three Hundred Acres near joining the other, whereon are two small Plantations, and Orchards. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber on the Premises, to Mr. Neil Campbell , Merchant in Richmond , or to James Lyle , Merchant at Rocky Ridge , who have Power to dispose of the Lands. Deeds will be made, clear of every Encumbrance. JAMES GEORGE.
To be SOLD at Fredericksburg, on Monday the 23rd of September, being Fair Day (the Sale formerly advertised being prevented by Badness of Weather) ABOUT fifty choice SLAVES, used to Cropping and Farming. Twelve Months credit will be allowed, on Bond, with Security, bearing Interest from the Date. I have also some other SLAVES to dispose of at private Sale, among whom are two Carpenters and a few House Servants. I will also sell the Plantation whereon I now live, in King George County , opposite to Fredericksburg , with or without the Ferry. Credit (if required) will be extended to one, two, or three Years, to suit the Purchaser. JAMES HUNTER.
GLOUCESTER, July 11, 1771. RUN away from the Subscriber, in February 1770, a likely Negro Fellow named ADAM , by Trade a Cooer and Sawer , near six Feet high, of a yellow Complexion, down Look, rather flow of Speech, his Beard grows much under his Chin, has some gray Hairs on his Head, though but twenty five Years old, and one of his Shins has been Hurt. He was some Months advertised in the Virginia Gazette , and in the Night of the 25th Instant made his Escape from Mr. Spilsby Colman , at an Ordinary in Henrico County , who was bringing him from Orange County, North Carolina (where he had indentured himself, by the Name of Thomas Jackson , to one Haas Dobbins ) but has since been seen at the Plantation of Colonel William Mason , in New Kent . He had on, when he made his Escape, a Pair of coarse patched Rolls Trousers, a Cotton or white Plans Waistcoat much worn about the Sleeves, a pretty good brown Linen Shirt, but very dirty, a small new Felt Hat, and a Pair of old Shoes. He took Nothing with him but what he had on, which perhaps he may change the first Opportunity. He pretends to be a New-light, can read and write a little, and had when taken up a forged Pafs. Whoever brings the said Negro to me in Gloucester County , or to Colonel William Mason of New Kent County , shall have FIVE POUNDS Reward if taken in this Colony and TWENTY FIVE POUNDS if out thereof. JOHN FOX.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Lan- caster, on the 9th of this Instant ( July ), a Virginia born Negro Fellow named GEORGE , about twenty six Years of Age, five Feet seven or eight Inches high, a well made Fellow, tow-skin black, has a small Scar across one of his Eyebrows, and a Nick in the under Part of one of his Ears, but which I cannot be positive. He speaks clear, discourses well, except he will endeavour to get on Board a Vessel, in Order to make his Escape. This is, therefore, to forewarn all Masters of Vessels rather than harbour or carry him off. Whoever takes him up, and contrives him to me in the County above mentioned, shall have FIVE POUNDS Reward; if taken in Virginia , and if out of the Colony, TEN POUNDS, and all reasonable Expenses paid. RICHARD CHILTON. N. B. I would have any Person, should they take the said Runaway, to secure him well, as he is a very deceiving Fellow.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Chesterfield, on the 9th of June last, a Negro Fellow that cannot tell his Owner's Name. He is a well made Fellow, has a remarkable white Spot on one Side of his Neck, and has on an Onaburg Shirt and white Plaid Breeches. The Owner is desired to prove his Property and take him away. JAMES BALL, Jailor.
To be SOLD at Publick Auction, on Thursday the 22nd of August, being Orange Court Day, at the Courthouse, ALL the remaining Part of Offonia Tract , about five or six Thousand Acres. As this Land was formerly advertised, and fully described, it needs no farther Description. The Terms will be agreed upon by the Trustees, who will attend the Sale. 5
VIRGINIA, ss. At a GENERAL COURT held at the Capitol, May 4, 1771. John McDowall , Plaintiff, against Ebenezer McCaleb , and George Young , of Edinburgh, North Britain , Bankrupts, Alexander Baine , James Gibson , and Hugh McMakin , Defendants, and John McDowall , and Alexander Gray , Plaintiffs, against Ebenezer McCaleb , and George Young , of Edinburgh, North Britain , Bankrupts, Alexander Baine , and Hugh McMakin , Defendants, } in Chancery.
THE Defendants Ebenezer and George being beyond Sea, and not having entered their Appearance according to the Rule of this Court, on the Motion of the Plaintiffs, by their Counsel, it is ordered that the other Defendants, who have Effects of the said Ebenezer and George in their Hands, as is suggested, do not pay, convey away, or secrete such Effects, until the farther Order or Decree of this Court concerning the same; but that they deliver up such Effects, or so much thereof as will be of Value sufficient to satisfy the Demands of the Plaintiffs, unto the said Plaintiffs, upon their giving Security to the Clerk of this Court for the Return of such Effects, in such Manner, and to such Persons, as the Court shall hereafter adjudge. And it is farther ordered that the said Defendants ( Ebenezer and George ) do appear here on the first Day of the next Court, to answer the Bills 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 Elizabeth River , in the County of Norfolk ; and be also posted up at the Front Door of the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg . BEN: WALLER.
AS I intend to remove up the Country next Fall, I would sell my Plantation in King & Queen County , which consists of six Hundred and fifty five Acres of LAND, pleasantly situated on Mattaponkey River , about six Miles above West Point , and has on it a very good neat convenient Brick House with two large Rooms, two Closets, and a Passage on a Floor, with good Cellars under it, two very pleasant Porticoes, one above and the other below Stairs, neatly finished, with Banisters and India Works, a very convenient Storehouse sixty Feet long, with two Floors and a Cellar, and all other Outhouses necessary, Garden, &c. in good Order. The Land is good for Corn, and with Manure will produce fine Tobacco. There is also belonging to the above mentioned Tract one Hundred Acres of Marsh, lying opposite, on the other Side the River, which is very convenient for getting Hay, &c. Any Person inclined to purchase may be shown the same, and know the Terms, by applying to JOHN MEREDITH. Who has also for Sale another Plantation in King & Queen County , just below West Point , known by the Name of Gough's Point , containing two Hundred Acres, adjoining the Land of Mr. Samuel Meredith , on which is a good Deal of Marsh that with little Expense might be made a valuable Meadow. The Land is well timbered, but no Improvements on it. I have also three LOTS in West Point for Sale, whereon is a neat little Dwellinghouse with two Rooms on a Floor, and an old Kitchen. The above mentioned Land will be sold together, or in separate Tracts, as may best suit the Purchasers. 77
To be LEASED for a Term of Years, and entered upon by the 25th of November next, A TRACT OF LAND pleasantly situated, opposite to the Borough of Norfolk , commonly called Windmill Point , on which are two Brick WINDMILLS completely fitted for grinding, with a large BAKEHOUSE containing four Ovens and three Boiling Mills all under one Roof, a large Granary sufficient to contain four or five Thousand Bushels of Wheat, with some Negroes, among whom are Millers, Bakers, and a Wench; also a commodious Dwellinghouse with four Rooms on a Floor, and all necessary Outhouses belonging thereto. Any Gentleman inclined to take a Lease of the above Place may know the Terms by applying to Matthew Plipp , Esquire, of the Borough of Norfolk , or to the Subscriber on the Premises. ROBERT TUCKER.
To be SOLD, on long Credit, the three following Tracts of LAND, viz. ONE Tract containing four Hundred Acres, lying in Spotsylvania County , on the Head of Bluff Run , about eighteen Miles from Fredericksburg . One other Tract lying in Amber County , on Owen's Creek , containing four Hundred Acres; it is well timbered, and a good Soil for Tobacco and Indian Corn. One Tract lying in Pittsylvania County , on Sycamore Creek , near Captain Benjamin Clement's , containing two Hundred Acres; this is likewise good Tobacco Land. Any Person inclined to purchase either of the above Tracts of Land may know the Terms by applying to Mr. Charles Irving , Merchant in Albemarle County , or to the Subscriber in Richmond Town . The above Lands are the Property of John Loving , Senior, of Amber County , but made over by a Deed of Trust to the Subscriber. Two Years Credit, or longer if required, will be given, on Bond and approved Security. WILLIAM MITCHELL.
For SALE, and may be entered on immediately, THE LOT and HOUSES, near Calvin Point Warehouse , at present occupied by Mr. Walter Peter . There are four Acres of Land well enclosed, a good Dwellinghouse, with all necessary Outhouses, also a Storehouse, Counting Room, and two Lumber Houses. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to JAMES BUCHANAN. N. B. If the above Lot and Houses are not sold they will be rented for a Term of Years, not exceeding three.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at the Falls of James River, the Middle of last Month, a Negro Man named DAVY , belonging to the Hon. William Byrd , Esquire, about thirty Years old, five Feet eight Inches high, and very stout made; he is of a yellow Complexion, has a down Look, and a Deceit in some of his fore Teeth. He is supposed to be lurking about Hanover Town , Petersburg , or gone towards Carolina . Whoever will apprehend the said Fellow, and bring him to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward; and if taken out of the Colony, FIVE POUNDS. DAVID PATTESON.
HIS Majesty's Postmaster General having (for the better facilitating of Correspondence between Great Britain and America ) been pleased to add a Packet Boat to the Station between Falmouth and New York , Notice is hereby given that the Packet , for the future, will be closed, at the Post Office in New York , at twelve of the Clock at Night, on the first Tuesday in every Month, and despatched by a Packet , the next Day, for Falmouth . By Command of the Deputy Postmaster General. ALEXANDER GOLDEN, Secretary.

POETS CORNER.
The CANONICAL QUIBBLER.
A N Abbot rich (whose Taste was good, Alike in Science and in Food) His Bishop had resolv'd to treat; The Bishop came, the Bishop eat; 'Twas Silence, till their Stomachs fail'd, And now at Hereticks they rail'd. What Hereby (the Prelate said) Is in that Church where Priests may wed? Do not we take the Church for Life? But those divorce her for a Wife; Like Laymen keep her in their Houses, And own the Children of their Spouses. Vile Practices! the Abbot cry'd, For pious Use we're re't aside. Shall we take Wives? Marriage, at best, Is but Carnality profess'd. Now, as the Bishop took his Glass, He spy'd our Abbot's buxom Lass, Who cross'd the Room; he mark'd her Eye, That glow'd with Love; his Pulse beat high. Fie, Father, fie! (the Prelate cries) A Maid so young! for Shame, be wise. These Indiscretions lend a Handle To lewd Lay Tongues, to give us Scandal; For your Vows Sake, this Rule I give t'ye, Let all your Maids be turn'd of fifty. The Priest reply'd, I have not swerv'd, But your chaste Precept well observ'd: That Lass full twenty five has told; I've yet another who's as old; Into one Sum their Ages cast; So both my Maids have fifty past. The Prelate smil'd, but durst not blame; For why? His Lordship did the same. Let those who reprimand their Brothers First mend the Faults they find in others.
A Catalogue of BOOKS, STATIONARY, &c. to be SOLD at the Post Office, Williamsburg.
F O L I O S. T HE Works of Flavius Josephus, translated into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange; containing his Antiquities of the Jews, their Wars with the Romans, &c. Burkitt on the New Testament, wherein the sacred Text is at large recited, the Sense explained, and the instructive Example of the blessed Jesus and his holy Apostles to our Imitation recommended. Beawes's Lex Mercatoria, or the Merchant's Directory; being a Complete Guide to all Men in Business, whether Merchant, Lawyer, Senator, or Gentleman. Q U A R T O S. An Account of the War in India between the English and French, on the Coast of Coromandel from the Year 1750 to the Year 1760, together with a Relation of the late remarkable Events on the Malabar Coast, and the Expeditions to Golconda and Surat, with the Operations of the Fleet, illustrated with Maps, Plans, &c. By Richard Owen Cumbride, Esquire. A System of Moral Philosophy by the late Francis Hutcheson, Professor of Philosophy in the University of Glasgow; with some Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the Author, by the Reverend William Leechman, Professor of Divinity in the same University. 2 Vols. A general System of Surgery. By Doctor Laurence Heister. Swan's Designs in Carpentry, containing Domes, trussed Roofs, Flooring, trussing of Beams, Angle Brackets, and Cornices. Mrs. Macaulay's History of England. Volume the 5th. O C T A V O S. The History of California, containing an accurate Description of the Country, the Custom of its Inhabitants, &c. 2 Vols. Martin's Philosophical Grammar, being a View of the present State of Natural Philosophy. The True Briton. By the Duke of Wharton. 2 Vols. The Roman History, from the Foundation of the City of Rome to the Destruction of the Western Empire. By Doctor Goldsmith. 2 Vols. Harris on the acute Diseases of Infants, to which are added medical Observations on several grievous Diseases. The History of the Roman Emperors, from Augustus to Constantine. By Mons. Crevier. 10 Vols. The Christian Oratory, or the Devotion of the Closet displayed. By the late Reverend and learned Mr. Benjamin Bennet. Helsham's Lectures in Natural Philosophy. Moral and political Dialogues between divers eminent Persons of the past and present Age. The History of Greenland, containing a Description of the Country and its Inhabitants. By David Crantz. 2 Vols. A critical History of the Life of David, King of Israel. By the late Reverend Samuel Chandler. 2 Vols. A Dictionary of Husbandry, Gardening, Trade, and Commerce, and all Sorts of Country Affairs; illustrated with a great Number of Cuts. 2 Vols. Dufresnoy's Chronological Tables of Universal History, sacred and profane, ecclesiastical and civil, from the Creation of the World to the Year 1743. 2 Vols. Dryden's miscellaneous Works, containing all his original Poems, Tales, and Translations; with an Account of his Life and Writings. 4 Vols. The Dispensatory for the Use of the Royal Hospital in Edinburgh. Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, and made easy to those who have not studied Mathematicks. By James Ferguson. The Farmer's Guide, containing an Examination of many Subjects of great Importance to the Gentleman and common Husbandman. 2 Vols. Tables and Tracts relating to several Arts and Sciences. By James Ferguson. The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution in 1688. By David Hume, Esquire. 8 Vols. The Life of Henry Prince of Wales, eldest Son of King James I. By Thomas Birch, D. D. The Anatomy of the Human Body, with forty Copperplates. By W. Cheselden. A Treatise on Venereal Diseases; giving an Account of their Nature, Cause, and Cure. By John Astruc, Physician. The Practice of Piety, directing a Christian how to walk that he may please God. Potter's System of Practical Mathematicks, with necessary Tables; the Whole in a most easy and plain Method, designed for the Use of Schools, and the Benefit of Carpenters, Joiners, Bricklayers, and other Artificers, to whom the Practical Mathematicks are of great and immediate Use. Robert Simson, of Glasgow, his Elements of Euclid, &c. Archbishop Secker's Sermons on several Subjects, to which is prefixed a Review of his Grace's Life and Character. 4 Vols. Taylor's Rules and Exercises of Holy Living, together with Prayers containing the whole Duty of a Christian. Van Swieten's Commentaries upon the Aphorisms of Boerhaave abridged, by Doctor Schomberg of Bath. White's Cases in Surgery, with Remarks; to which is added an Essay on the Ligature of Arteries, by J. Aikin, Surgeon. Walch's History of the Popes, from the Foundation of the See of Rome to the present Time. Logick, or the right Use of Reason in the Inquiry after Truth; with a Variety of Rules to guard against Error in the Affairs of Religion and Human Life, as well as in the Sciences. By Isaac Watts, D. D. Doctor Watts's first Principles of Astronomy and Geography. For the Use of Learners. Thoughts on Religion, and curious Subjects, from the French of Mons. Pascal.
Mrs. Burnet, Wife of the late Bishop Burnet, her Method of Devotion; or Rules for holy and devout Living, with Prayers on several Occasions, and Advices and Devotions for the Holy Sacrament. To which is added, some Account of her Life. An Account of the most remarkable Places and Curiosities in Spain and Portugal. By Udall ap Rhys. Doctor Watts's Philosophical Essays, on various Subjects. Discourses on the Joys or Sorrows of departed Souls at Death, and the Glory and Terror of the Resurrection; to which is prefixed an Essay toward the Proof of a separate State of Souls after Death. 2 Vols. Sermons on various Subjects, divine and moral; with a sacred Hymn suited to each Subject. Hammond's historical Narration of the Holy Bible, adorned with Cuts. The Reflector; representing human Affairs as they are, and may be improved. Doctor Astruc's Elements of Midwifery; containing the most modern and successful Method of Practice in every Kind of Labour. Doctor James's New Universal Dispensatory. Brookes's General Practice of Physick. 2 Vols. Introduction to Physick and Surgery. Chapman's Treatise on the Improvement of Midwifery, chiefly in Regard to the Operation; to which are added fifty seven Cases, selected from upwards of twenty seven Years Practice. Cunningham's Poems, chiefly of the Pastoral Kind. Bradley's general Treatise of Agriculture, displaying the Arts of Husbandry and Gardening. Bishop Taylor's Contemplations of the State of Man in this Life and that which is to come. Mrs. Catherine Cockburne's Works, theological, moral, dramatick, and poetical; with an Account of the Life of the Author. Sermons on various Subjects and Occasions. By the late Reverend Samuel Wilton. Ogilvie's Poems, on several Subjects. 2 Vols. Hill's Family Herbal, giving an Account of all those English Plants which are remarkable for their Virtues, and of the Drugs which are produced by Vegetables of other Countries, with their Descriptions and Uses. Mrs. Bradley's British Housewife; or the Cook, Housekeeper's, and Gardener's Companion. 2 Vols. Warburton's Sermons, on the Principles of natural and revealed Religion. 3 Vols. A new and complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, comprehending all the Branches of useful Knowledge, illustrated with above three Hundred Copperplates. By a Set of Gentlemen. 4 Vols. No Cross, no Crown: A Discourse showing the Nature and Discipline of the Holy Cross of Christ; and that the Denial of Self, and daily bearing of Christ's Cross, is the alone Way to the Rest and Kingdom of God. By William Penn. Kennett's Roman Antiquities, with Cuts of the principal Buildings, &c. Doctor Leighton, Archbishop of Glasgow, his Sermons. Sir Matthew Hale's Contemplations, moral and divine. The Rational Amusement; being a Collection of Letters on a great Variety of Subjects, serious, entertaining, moral, diverting, and instructive. The History of the Buccaneers of America, containing their Exploits and Adventures, dangerous Voyages, and bold Attempts. The Works of the Reverend and pious Mr. Andrew Gray, late Minister of the Gospel in Glasgow. Smith's History of England, from the earliest Accounts to the Revolution. 2 Vols. On the Nature and Institution of Government, containing an Account of the Feudal and English Policy. Sermons by the celebrated Mr. Charles Churchill. A Treatise on Female Diseases, in which are also comprehended those most incident to pregnant and Childbed Women. By H. Manning, M. D. Grose's Voyage to the East Indies, begun in 1750, with Observations continued till 1764. The Expedition of Cyrus into Persia, and the Retreat of the ten Thousand Greeks. Translated from Xenophon; with critical and historical Notes, by Edward Spelman, Esquire. 2 Vols. D U O D E C I M O S. The Connoisseur. By Mr. Town, Critick and Censor General. Eloisa, or a Series of original Letters that passed between two Lovers, Inhabitants of a small Village at the Foot of the Alps; displaying the Eloquence of the Passions, the Charms of Virtue, and the Force of Imagination. By Mons. Rousseau. 4 Vols. Hervey's Meditations and Contemplations. 2 Vols. The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his Friend Parson Adams. By Mr. Fielding. 2 Vols. Kettlewell's Companion for the Penitent, and for Persons troubled in Mind. Letters supposed to have passed between M. de St. Evremont and Mr. Waller. Collected and published by Mr. Langhorne. Memoirs, containing the Lives of several Ladies of Great Britain; an entertaining Novel, interspersed with several curious Thoughts on Religion. Written by the Author of John Bunce. 2 Vols. Medical Essays and Observations, published by a Society in Edinburgh. 7 Vols. The ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin. 10 Vols. Rollin's Method of teaching and studying the Belles Lettres. Designed for the Use of Students in the Universities. 4 Vols. A Collection of the moral and instructive Sentiments, Maxims, Cautions, and Reflexions, contained in the Histories of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison. Solyman and Almena, a beautiful little Novel, written by Mr. Langhorne, with a View to promote the Cause of Truth and Virtue. Swift's Works, being three additional Volumes, lately published, of his poetical, historical, and other miscellaneous Productions. Letters written by a Turkish Spy, who lived five and forty Years undiscovered at Paris, giving an impartial Account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable Transactions of Europe from the Year 1637 to the Year 1682. 8 Vols. The Triumvirate, or the authentick Memoirs of Andrews, Beville, and Carewe. By the Author of the Adventures of a Guinea. 2 Vols. The whole Works, in Verse and Prose, of the celebrated Mons. de Voltaire, translated from the French, with Notes historical and critical. 35 Vols. The Winter Evening's Companion, or compendious Library; being a Collection of instructive and entertaining Relations, taken from the best and most authentick Histories, both ancient and modern. 3 Vols. Attorney's Guide to the Practisers of the Law. 2 Vols. Shower's Reflections on Time and Eternity. Fenning's Ready Reckoner, or Trader's most useful Assistant in buying and selling all Sorts of Commodities, either Wholesale or Retail. Mrs. Rowe's Devout Exercises of the Heart, in Meditation and Soliloquy, Prayer and Praise. The Works of Edmund Waller, Esquire. Fordyce's Sermons to Young Women. Doctor Watts's View of Scripture History, by Way of Question and Answer. The Reverie, or a Flight to the Paradise of Fools. The Travels of Cyrus. By the Chevalier Ramsay. William Hamilton, Esquire, of Bangour, his Poems. Spinckes's Companion in the Closet, or a complete Manual of private Devotions. Love Letters between a Nobleman and his Sister, with the History of their Adventures. Dodd's Reflexions on Death. A new Historical, Biographical, and Classical Dictionary; for the Use of Schools. Smollett's Don Quixote. 4 Vols. Gil Blas. 4 Vols. Mrs. Harrison's Housekeeper's Pocket Book, and complete Family Cook, History of Miss Betsey Thoughtless. 4 Vols. The Countess D'Anois's Collection of Novels and Tales of the Fairies. 3 Vols. Peruvian Tales, related in one Thousand and one Hours, by one of the select Virgins of Cusco, to the Ynca of Peru, to dissuade him from a Resolution he had taken to destroy himself by Poison. 3 Vols. Rochefoucault's Moral Maxims. Monsieur Guellette's Tartarian Tales.
An Unfortunate Mother's Advice to her absent Daughters. In a Letter to Miss Pennington. Tillot's Essay on Diseases incident to sedentary Persons; with proper Rules for preventing the fatal Consequences, and Instructions for their Cure. A new Collection of Fairy Tales; containing many useful Lessons, moral Sentiments, surprising Incidents, and amusing Adventures. 2 Vols. Ball's New Dispensatory. A Work of general Utility; designed, and properly calculated, as well for the Benefit of private Families as of young Physicians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries. Arabian Night's Entertainment, consisting of one Thousand and one Stories. 4 Vols. The Gentleman's Companion, and Tradesman's Delight. Bracken's complete Treatise upon the Art of Farriery. 2 Vols. Friendship in Death; in twenty Letters from the Dead to the Living; to which are added, Letters moral and entertaining in Prose and Verse. By Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe. 2 Vols. Mrs. Brooke's complete English Cook, or prudent Housewife. The Matrimonial Preceptor. A Collection of Examples and Precepts relating to the Married State; from the most celebrated Authors, both ancient and modern. Bosquet's Universal History. 2 Vols. The Midwife's Pocket Companion, containing full and plain Directions for the Management and Delivery of Child-bearing Women in the different Cases, and the Cure of the several Diseases incident to them and new born Children. By Doctor John Memis, of Aberdeen. The Accomplished Housewife, or Gentlewoman's Companion; to which are prefixed some serious Instructions for the Conduct of the Fair Sex with Regard of their Duty towards God and towards their Neighbours. Lord Dun's friendly and familiar Advices; adapted to the various Stations and Conditions of Life, and the mutual Relations to be observed amongst them. Langhorne's Translation of Plutarch's Lives, adorned with Cuts. Ambrose's War with Devils, and Ministrations of and Communion with Angels. The Rife and surprising Adventures of Donald M'Gregor, a Novel. 2 Vols. La Belle Assemblée, a curious Collection of some very remarkable Incidents which happened to Persons of the first Quality in France, interspersed with entertaining and improving Observations. Clarissa, or the History of a young Lady, comprehended in the most important Concerns of private Life. By Mr. Richardson. 8 Vols. Boyle on Specific Medicines. Salmon's Modern Gazetteer, or a short View of the several Nations of the World; absolutely necessary for rendering the publick News, and other historical Occurrences, intelligible and entertaining. A general History of Sieges and Battles, by Sea and Land, adorned with Cuts. 12 Vols. History of Sir Charles Grandison, in a Series of Letters. 7 Vols. The Christian's Support under all Afflictions, being the divine Meditations of John Gerhard, with Prayers suited to each Meditation. The Life and Transactions of Howell ap David Rice, Gentleman of Wales; exhibiting a Series of most remarkable Occurrences during his seven Years Travels abroad, five of which were spent with a Lady he released from Slavery, with farther Particulars since his Return with her to England. Professor Formey's Elementary Principles of the Belles Lettres. Historical Account of the Curiosities of London and Westminster, describing particularly every Thing curious in the Tower of London, Tombs and Inscriptions in Westminster Abbey, and the old and new Cathedral of St. Paul's, &c. The Poetical Miscellany, consisting of select Pieces from the most eminent English Poets. Designed for the Use of Schools. The Virgin Unmasked, or Female Dialogues, bewitux an elderly Maiden Lady and her Niece. The Family Instructor, in three Parts; first relating to Fathers and Children, second to Matters and Servants, and third to Husbands and Wives. 2 Vols. The Works of Plato abridged; with an Account of his Life, Philosophy, Morals, and Politicks. Translated from the French of Madam Dacier. 2 Vols. The Lives of Cleopatra and Octavia. By the Author of David Simple. Wollaston's Life and History of a Pilgrim, a Narrative founded on Fact. Sir Thomas More's Utopia; to which is added a short Account of his Life and Trial, and a Prayer made by him while he was Prisoner in the Tower. Goodman's Winter Evening's Conference between Neighbours. The Apparition, or Female Cavalier; a Story founded on Facts. 3 Vols. Poems by eminent Ladies. 2 Vols. The World in Miniature, or the Entertaining Traveller; giving an Account of every Thing necessary and curious in all Countries. 2 Vols. The Works of Mons. Voiture. 2 Vols. The Voyages, dangerous Adventures, and imminent Escapes, of Captain Richard Falconer. The whole comical Works of Mons. Scarron. 2 Vols. The poetical Works of Mr. William Wotey. 2 Vols. The poetical Works of Charles Cotton, Esquire; containing Scarronides, or Virgil Travestie, Lucian Burlesqued, or the Scoffer Scoffed; and the Wonders of the Peake. Adorned with many curious Cuts. The Tales of the Genii, or the delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar. By Sir Charles Morell. 2 Vols. The secret History of Whitehall, from the Restoration of Charles II. down to the Abdication of the late King James. 2 Vols. The instructive and entertaining Novels of the inimitable Cervantes; designed to promote Virtue, good Sense, and universal Benevolence. Doctor Young's Centaur not fabulous; in six Letters to a Friend, on the Life in Vogue. The Doctrine of the Passions explained and improved, to which are added moral and divine Rules for the Government of them. By the late Doctor Watts. Willison's Balm of Gilead for healing a diseased Land, in twelve Sermons. A Description of three Hundred Animals, Beast, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, and Insects; with a particular Account of the Manner of catching Whales in Greenland. Adorned with Cuts. The Masque, a new and select Collection of the best English, Scotch, and Irish Songs, Catches, Duets, and Cantatas, in the true spirit of the three different Nations. The School, being a Series of Letters between a young Lady and her Mother. 2 Vols. Salmon's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. A Memorial of Paris, and the neighbouring Places; for the Use of Travellers. 2 Vols. History of Mr. Cecil and Miss Grey. 2 Vols. The Travels of Tom Thumb over England and Wales, interspersed with many pleasant Adventures that happened to him during the Course of his Journey. The Life of John Bunce, Esquire; containing various Observations and Reflections made in several Parts of the World, and many extraordinary Relations. Dodd's Sermons to Young Men. 3 Vols. Letters from a Persian in England to his Friend at Ispahan. The Jilts, or Female Fortune Hunters. 3 Vols. The Adventures of a Bank Note, third and fourth Vols. The Protestant Manual of Christian Devotions; suited to all Times, Persons, and Circumstances, in publick and private. Pamela, or Virtue rewarded; in a Series of familiar Letters from a beautiful young Damself to her Parents. 4 Vols. Letters from Samuel Derrick, Esquire, Master of the Ceremonies at Bath and Tunbridge. The Poesy of godly Prayer, fit for every Christian to use. Mair's, Wingate's, Fenning's, Dilworth's, Fisher's, and Cocker's Arithmetics; Fisher's Young Man's Companion; Fenning's Book of Knowledge, being a proper Supplement to the Young Man's Companion; Sir Isaac Newton's Universal Arithmetick; the Mariner's Compass rectified; the Mariner's new Kaleadar; Love's, Wyld's, and Wilson's Surveying, &c. &c. Rowning's System of Natural Philosophy, Gregorie's Geometry, MacLaurin's Algebra, Simson's Euclid, Smith's Moral Sentiments. Buchanan's New English Dictionary, and Grammar; Brightland's, Lowth's, and Greenwood's English Grammars; Gay's, Croxall's, Richardson's, Cole's, and other Books of Fables; Spelling Books, &c. &c.