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BEING strictly enjoined by my late Instructions to enforce the punctual Payment of his Majesty's Quitrents, it is expected, for the future, that every Sheriff should settle with the Auditor, and pay the Money into the Receiver's Office, on or before the Day appointed by Law; and all Sheriffs who are yet in Arrear to this Revenue cannot expect any farther Indulgence. RICHARD CORBIN, D. R. G.
A GENERAL VIEW of the present State of EUROPE.
FROM the Death of Charlemagne, to the Accession of Charles V, the Power of the European Potentates was tolerably equal; but that Monarch, coming to the most extensive and powerful Dominions in Europe, and gaining a View of boundless American Treasures, certainly formed the Idea of a new universal Monarchy. But divided Kingdoms lose Half their Power: Had all Charles's Provinces joined Spain, instead of the Territories of Francis I. in all Probability he would have succeeded in his Attempt, unless some of those unforeseen Accidents, which baffle all human Schemes, had saved his Neighbours from his Power.
His Retirement, and Death, divided his Dominions; but the Flower of his Troops falling to the Share of Philip, and the American Treasures pouring in upon him in full Tide, he carried on the Father's Plan, and vainly hoped for greater Success. Philip has been reckoned the greatest Politician in Europe, but never was a Character more miserably mistaken: When he should have sacrificed every Thing to Power, Bigotry induced him to cut the Sinews of his Strength, by depopulating Spain; and driving the Flemings into Rebellion and Despair, by his Cruelties and Religion. These were his two grand Errors, which alone would have overturned a better laid Plan. Another was aiming at the Conquest of England, before he had achieved that of France; which he certainly thought of, through the Means of the League. The Troubles in that Kingdom gave him an Opportunity, which had he duly improved, stuck to that alone for a Time, and been at Peace with his Flemish Subjects, there can be no Doubt but the French Factions would have enabled him to master the Kingdom. An Acquisition of so much Importance ought to have engaged all his Attention, instead of being at the same Time deep in drawing Millions of industrious Inhabitants from Spain, wasting immense Wealth and whole Armies in Flanders, and fitting out Armadas to conquer England.
So many Undertakings ruined all. Had he exerted all his Wealth and Strength against France, that great Kingdom would have fallen. Then he might have cast his ambitious Eye on England, making throughout his Plan one Step a Preparation for another. But the contrary Conduct debilitated his Power, and ended in the Acquisition of Portugal; instead of universal Empire, weakening himself so much, in all his Enterprises, that this Conquest was not of long Duration, and Spain fell into that Debility from which she has never risen.
After the Death of Philip, no Kingdom made large Strides in Power but France; and the Steps by which she arose, though great, were silent, and rather the Effect of internal Settlement than foreign Acquisition. Henry the Great, the Duke of Sully, and Cardinal Richelieu, paved the Way for the Greatness of Lewis XIV. The compact Nature, and noble Situation of the Kingdom, full of People and Industry, with no foreign Provinces detached and Rebellious; no insecure Dependence on American Mines; an Army superior to any in Europe; the Successors of the Spaniards in Reputation; an ambitious King with great Abilities, admirably seconded by able Ministers and successful Generals; all united to raise Lewis to a Degree of Power far superior to that of Spain. It was a Power clear of all the Mischiefs which attended Philip's, but the Aim of general Influence in Europe failed from partly the same Cause; embracing too many Undertakings at once, and making too free with a Power, which, properly husbanded, must have proved superior to all.
Lewis XIV. seeing his Armies victorious, and so numerous that Nothing but an Alliance of Half Europe could oppose him, made no Scrupple to seize Province after Province, and Town after Town; and finding himself left in quiet Possession, through the Dread of his Neighbours at his Power, he pushed the Game too far, and in the Wars which followed the Peace of Nimeguen lost all Sight of good Politicks, and seemed bent on irritating and provoking all Europe to form such an Alliance as would crush his Power.
He acted precisely with Relation to Spain as Philip had before done with France. His great Aim ought to have been the Spanish Monarchy, and he would undoubtedly have taken Possession of it in his own Name had he escaped the War which terminated at Ryswick. It was that War that proved the Ruin of France: She then was broken; it produced the Victories of her Enemies in the Beginning of the following Century, and paved the Way for the Triumphs of Marlborough.
In 1678 the Treaty of Nimeguen was concluded, when Lewis was at the Height of his Power; from thence, to the Death of the King of Spain, was near thirty Years. This was the valuable Period which might have fixed his Power on the firmest Foundations: Had it been employed in carrying on all those great Works and Designs which increased the Wealth of and ornamented the Kingdom, had he kept up a great and well disciplined Army, increased his Fleet, encouraged Manufactures, improved the Soil, protected Trade, had he, in a Word, expended this Time in the Manner he passed the Beginning of his Reign, he would have gained so great Power that Nothing in Europe could have resisted him; the Spanish Monarchy would have been added to France, and his Power then would have been irresistible. But, on the contrary, he wasted his Strength in the intervening War without any View of Politicks or Grandeur, and drove a Million of Protestants from his Kingdom.
Thus did Europe a second Time escape the Fears of universal Monarchy: From the Day of the Battle of Blenheim the Power of France was not only really fallen, but there scarcely remained the Appearance of it to frighten those it once had been so terrible to.
In the Wars that have happened since the Death of Lewis XIV. Power has been pretty equally divided, until all the World attended to the Conquests of England in the last War, which is a Period of no slight Importance in the History of Europe. For a proper Idea of the present State of the Potentates in this Part of the World, we must take into the same Account the last War, and also that of 1741. The House of Bourbon was victorious in the latter, Britain in the former.
While France, Spain, Prussia, and other important Allies, were closely united in the War of 1741, while the Affairs of England were miserably conducted, and other Circumstances happened that added to the Scale of the Bourbons, yet, victorious as they often were, the Advantages of the War were not comparable to the Misery it brought upon them. The Exertions those Allies made are not to be named with the Efforts of Lewis XIV; and in the Year 1748 and 9 France was almost as harassed, oppressed, and exhausted, as she was in 1714; her Navy was ruined, and her Trade utterly destroyed. This was the Case even with a Quarrel, in which she might, upon the Whole, be said to be Conqueror; and showed, perhaps, as strongly the sinking State of that Kingdom as the worse Situation of her Affairs in 1763.
With Spain, the Case was yet more mortifying. The great Successes of England have been attributed to the Ignorance and Blindness of the French and Spanish Ministers, and to the Influence of Favourites and Mistresses; but this is a most false Idea: The real Cause of it was a greater Expense and Attention being bestowed on her Navy than ever was known in any former War; the French and Spanish Settlements were attacked, in every Part of the World, with ten Times the Force that ever was before exerted against them.
The general Turn of the War proved, in the clearest Manner, that the real Weight of the Nations governed by the House of Bourbon was inferior to the Reputation of their Power in Europe. Extravagant, fruitless, and ill conducted Wars, which impoverished them equally, whether Victors or vanquished, had sunk the Kingdom of France into a Debility almost as apparent as that of Spain; inasmuch that the famous Compact, to bind together the whole Family in a League against England, only proved to Europe the amazing Change in the Affairs of the two Nations. In the last Age, the grand Business of England was forming Alliances to resist the over-grown Power of France; but, in the present One, all the Branches of the Bourbons are seeking Alliances to withstand the Force of England; who on the contrary, is single in the World, and dreaded by it all.
France is unflourishing in her Situation, view it in what Light you please; her Troops are much declined in Reputation, ever since the last Century; her Navy is the Mushroom of an Hour, always reviving, ever destroyed; the King of France builds Ships for the King of England to navigate; her Population less by a Fourth than in the prosperous Times of Lewis XIV. while the Boundary of the Kingdom is enlarged, which only makes two Evils instead of one; her Finances in the most miserable Order of any Country, without Exception, in Europe; the Peace of the Kingdom must be disturbed by intestine Quarrels, between the Crown and the Remnants of the old Constitution; in War she is weak, even with the Assistance of great Allies. Such a Situation is no Match for the Power of Britain, in the full Vigour of her Strength.
But here I may suppose myself interrupted by the Exclamation of those who will measure the Power of Kingdoms with the Line and Compass. France is larger than ever, has at least Half as many People again as England, Scotland, and Ireland; how, therefore, can she be inferior? But, in Reply to this, may we not observe that the Power of States depends neither on Population nor Extent, but on innumerable Circumstances, which combine to give a Turn to human Affairs, very contrary to the Spirit of Calculation? France is of greater Extent than at the Peace of Nimeguen, and she lost but a Fourth of her People; hence, therefore, she ought not to be less powerful by a Fourth. But who will dare to assert that Lewis XV. wants but a Fourth of his great Grandfather's Power? Nay, in a victorious War, that of 1741, could such a Position have been admitted? Let the Extent and Population of Spain be measured with Britain, will the Balance of their Power be shown by the Proportion of their Numbers?
The Truth is, Kingdoms have their Rise and Fall; and when once they are passed the Meridian of their Power they keep declining, beyond the Proportion of their apparent Strength. Numerous Circumstances make the World believe that the Force lately so dreaded cannot be quite sunk; but the Fatality of Declension is co-eval, and all such Signs are but mere Appearances.
France has played exactly the Part of Spain, insulted, attacked, and resisted all Europe; then declined, and shares the same Fate in her Fall; that of being dreaded when her Power is sunk.
From which Reflections, I venture to deduce the Consequence that Europe has Nothing more to fear from the Ambition of the House of Bourbon; neither of the Branches of that Family can any longer take the Lead in that superior Manner which marked the latter Part of the preceding Century.
Germany is split into so many Sovereignties that her Power, except in Union, has never been, or ever will be, formidable to Neighbours that keep their good Faith with her.
The Power which most attracts the Attention of Europe at present is that of Russia; and it must be confessed that Empire has risen in a Manner very surprising, and hitherto has shown none but Marks of rising. The Day of her Meridian, most assuredly, is not yet come.
There is a Russian Influence spreading through the northern Kingdoms which looks much like an Increase of Power, and the Affairs of Poland are just such as an ambitious Sovereign of Russia would wish for; a Concatenation of Events, which, joined with their late great Successes against the Turks, may have Consequences much beyond the Ideas commonly embraced at present. It is not a Power well knit together in its Limbs for threatening universal Empire; but its Growth, without any such Magnitude, may be the Cause of much Trouble to the rest of Europe.
Well situated and very populous Provinces, filled with Industry, Cultivation, and Riches, have ever been the Source of the Power of great Empires, and of those Kingdoms that have justly alarmed the World with Ideas of such; but when a Nation by Conquest adds Dominion whose Consequence is greater than the Original, there can never be a good Union of the Parts, but, on the contrary, a Dissonance and Division in Manners, Language, Temper, &c. that must shake the Whole to the Foundations, on the least Failure of Success. If the Progress of great Power be traced from the Beginning of the World to the present Day, I do not think there can be any Reason to dread the utmost that ever can be accomplished by the Russians.
A COUNTRY NIGHT'S REFLECTIONS.
WHAT a delightful Night! The Moon, full orb'd, appears in majestick Splendour in the Front of yon high eastern Hill; the lengthening Shadows move along the Plain below; the whole Creation sleeps; Pain and Anguish only wake; the laborious Husbandman forgets the Tolls of the Day in peaceful Slumbers; and Nature makes a Pause, an awfull Pause, prophetic of her End.
Here let the musing Mind a While indulge Reflection; Reflection awful and instructive, as this Midnight Hour. The Clock strikes twelve: Oh Time, Memento of Eternity! how are thy Hours squandered away in Trifles and Intemperance! yet, who shall redeem thy Loss, or give back Yesterdays to come? The once hospitable Mansion rises before my View; but now, alas! forlorn, untenanted. The Owner flies to Courts and Cities, unmindful of the Village Swains; intemperate Feasts, and poisonous Luxury, succeed to harmless Mirth, and hospitable Cheer. But let the Voice of Reason and Reflection thus address thee: Return thou to the hospitable Seat of thy Forefathers; let thy Flock clothe the Naked, and let thy Table feed the Hungry; be thy Instruction the Guide of the Ignorant, and thy Example Reproof to the Froward; so shall Benevolence increase thy Store, and thou shalt look forward to the End of Life as the Consummation of thy Felicity.
The Miser now counts his ill gotten Store; he fears even the whistling Wind, which his Fears misconstrue as the Midnight Thief, while he worships in Secret the God of his Idolatry. As he accumulated Wealth, he discovered his own Importance by Increase, but as he prized it more he used it less; and, as the Hand of Time scattered Snow upon his Head, the freezing Influence extended to his Bosom. He surveys the shining Ore with a Look of circumspective Caution: "Thou Fool, this Night shall thy Soul be required of thee; and then, whose shall all these Things be?"
The Ambitious, waking, now plan Schemes of future Glory, unmindful of this transitory State, and the Uncertainty of human Power; while others, perhaps, lament the Time mispent in such Pursuits, and
are ready to exclaim: Where now, ye lying Vanities of Life, ye ever tempting, ever cheating Train, where are you now? And what is your Amount?
The Sons of Poverty, dosing a While, forget their Cravings and their daily Cares; while Luxury in Palaces lies stretching its vain Thoughts, to form imaginary Wants.
The plaintive Voice of Mourning breaks through the Stillness of Night on my attentive listening Ear. The unhappy fair One breathes the Accents of her Wo; like another Philomel, she complains of the perjured Youth. The Villain sleeps, unconscious of Remorse, unmindful of her Anguish; but he shall one Day awake to a Sense of Guilt like his, and shall acknowledge that no Life can be pleasing to God but what is harmless and inoffensive to human Kind.
Thou who art enthroned in Power, relieve the Wants, and heal the Calamities, of all those who, from the remotest Parts of the Earth, waking in the Bitterness of their Spirit, Oh! address thy Throne; sleeping and waking, defend them still; let thy Day-spring from on high break in upon and sustain them. "The sprightly Lark's shrill Matin wakes the Morn." Here pause my Thoughts a While.
Letter from an English Gentleman at the Danish Court, an attentive Observer of what has been passing there ever since the Marriage of the present King.
SIR,
BEFORE this can reach London you will undoubtedly have heard of the sudden Change that has happened in the Court of Denmark. This comes by Favour of Captain T——, as it is unsafe to write of what passes here by the ordinary Post. You must know, Sir, that ever since the Marriage of the reigning King, but more particularly since the Birth of the young Prince, the Dowager Queen, second Consort to the late King, deploring of seeing the Crown descend to her Son Frederick (now in his nineteenth Year) by lineal Succession, has been plotting the Ruin of the reigning Family, by every Artifice her active Genius could suggest. She is, in Truth, a Woman of consummate Policy, and has the Art of covering the worst Designs under the Mask of the most acceptable Services. She began very early to practise upon the young Queen, and by counterfeiting, at the first Interview, a real maternal Fondness for her amiable Person, she took Advantage of her Majesty's Youth and Inexperience, and ensnared her by Deceit. Her Disimulation has all along been carried on with an Air of Openness and Kindness, that gained her entire Confidence; and, by her Ascendency over the Queen's Conduct, she has directed Measures in such an unpopular Manner as to make her the chief Instrument of her own Undoing. It was indeed visible enough to some who were nearest her Person, that, from the Moment the Queen was welcomed into Denmark by the Acclamations of a joyful People, that the Dowager conceived a Jealousy of her Popularity. It was, however, to no Purpose to counsel her to be upon her Guard; she never could be persuaded to suspect the Sincerity of a Mother, who by her Affiduities gave daily Proof of her affectionate Regard.
The Dowager found the Queen passionately fond of the fashionable Diversions of the English Nation, and it was her only Folie to pay too slight an Attention to the Genius and Manners of the Danish People. The Dowager encouraged her in her Attachment to the one, and in the Disregard she was but too apt to show to the other. At the same Time her Policy was such, that, while she flattered her Majesty's Vanity, by applauding her Elegance and Taste, she was in secret fomenting a Party against her, and insinuating that the Queen had Nothing at Heart but imitating foreign Splendour, and amusing herself with foreign Entertainments, Entertainments calculated, indeed, to captivate the Minds of giddy Youth, but of the most pernicious Tendency to corrupt their Morals; that she despised the Simplicity and Plainness of the Danish Court, and would in Time cause English Levity, and English Libertinism, to triumph over the opposite Virtues for which the Court of Denmark had ever been respected. By these Insinuations she first poisoned the Minds of her select Friends, who only whispered their Discontents to their Candidates; but as soon as the Prince was born, and the King had made his Tour to England, Reports of a like or worse Tendency were circulated, with unbridled Freedom, all over the Kingdom. Every Motion and every Action of the King and Queen was then narrowly watched, and those Measures which the Dowager countenanced and encouraged by her Subtlety at Court she had the Audacity to disapprove and condemn to those whom she knew seldom or never frequented it.
Men do not, in this Country, so frequently attend the Accouchement of Ladies as in England. The Physician who presided at the Birth of the Prince, by his Care and Affiduities during that critical Period, very naturally attracted the Notice of the Queen. He became a Favourite of the King; and, being a Gentleman by Birth and by Profession, insensibly grew into Familiarity about the Palace. Sovereigns have not always the Discretion to preserve the Dignity of supreme Power by keeping those with whom they are daily conversant at a proper Distance. This Gentleman was, however, the more acceptable, as he was useful in two Respects, and served both as a Physician and Linguist to the Queen; who, not being Mistress of the Language of a People over whom she was destined to reign, was more than ordinary solicitous to acquire that Qualification, with a View to render her Conversation more general, as well as more pleasing to those who casually came about the Court.
The Dowager did not fail, when the proper Opportunity offered, to interpret this innocent Familiarity into the most scandalous and infamous Correspondence, and to whisper, among her Party, that the Intercourse between Struenée and the Queen might be traced in the Features of the young Princess. Happy it was for the Queen, and it may be for the whole Nation, that the prying Eye of Malice could never discover the least Blemish in her Majesty's Deportment before the Birth of the young Prince; for though the Atrociousness of the Crime caused the Calumny to be received with Abhorrence, when first it was insinuated, yet the Balls and Masquerades that had been promoted and countenanced, and the Consequences that had been predicted to follow, happening just as the Dowager formerly foretold, the gravest Matrons about the Court, who are ever most readily disposed to credit the worst, did not hesitate to pronounce that there was too much Room for Suspicion, since Balls and Masquerades, and other licentious Entertainments, were the Queen's favourite Amusements, and since Infidelity to Husbands, among Persons of Condition in England, was so frequent that it was hardly held a Crime. Thus, what at first was utterly disbelieved, and could hardly be endured without visible Resentment, even by her worst Enemies, took Air at last among the Multitude, and was currently reported in every Village.
All this While the Dowager had the Address to carry on her Plot, without being suspected even by those with whom she was most intimate. Her Discourse, at the Time she was suggesting the worst Practices, was always tempered with seeming Concern for the young Sovereigns; and, while she was dispensing the poisonous Pill, she was crafty enough to gild it over with a golden Leaf. This Duplicity in her Behaviour gave her an Opportunity of frequenting the Court without Suspicion; and whilst every Body thought she was employed in rising the evil Reports which herself had raised, though she always gave out that such Things were told her, she was, in Fact, the chief Instrument in spreading them.
The Depth of her Policy will hardly meet with Credit from those who are not conversant in Court Intrigue; yet it may be in some Measure penetrated by a short Retrospect to her past Conduct. No One was more forward than the Dowager in applauding the Curiosity of the King to visit England, the Nation of whose Manners he had heard so much, and

with whose Sovereign he was so intimately connected, both as a Brother and Ally. She even pressed him to undertake the Journey, and named the Noblemen whom she judged the most proper to attend him. Their Views were Persons of inflexible Fidelity to his Person, and who she knew would be most acceptable to his Majesty to accompany him. Her Views may be easily discerned in advising the one, and nominating and recommending the other. By her latter she removed from the Kingdom the great Enemies to her Projects, and by the former she acquired the greater Freedom to set her Incendiary Engines to Work and supply them with Fuel to keep them in full Play.
The Physician Struensee, who had quitted his ordinary Practice, was by the King's Favour advanced to the Peerage, and was now wholly employed at Court. In the Absence of the King the Government of the Kingdom was in a great Measure committed to his Care, and he had many private Conferences with the Queen on the Affairs of State. In one of these, it is said, he hinted to her Majesty his Suspicions of the Dowager; but she never would believe her capable of Harm, and rejected his Advice with manifest Dislike.
Among other Arts the Dowager made Use of, while his Majesty remained abroad, it was a Masterpiece to infuse into the Queen's Mind a Jealousy of the King. To do this, his Majesty's long Absence furnished her with a favourable Opportunity. She even named the Persons with whom his Majesty had formed Connections, and was so particular in mentioning Times and Circumstances that the Queen could not entertain the least Doubt of the Truth of the Intelligence; and although she behaved on this Occasion with a Dignity and Firmness superior to her Sex, never giving the most distant Hint in any of her Letters to the King while abroad, yet his Majesty could not help discerning, on his Return home, a Kind of Reserve in the Queen that was not natural to her, though at that Time he attributed it to quite another Cause.
This Stroke of female Policy laid the Foundation of every Evil that has since overwhelmed the unhappy Queen. It paved the Way, in every Respect, to facilitate the Purpose which the Dowager intended by it; it made the King more easily susceptible of the bad Suggestions that were afterwards to be infused; it gave him a Suspicion of the Officers who attended him, as if they had misrepresented his Conduct while abroad, and had reported Something to his Disadvantage, which had reached the Ears of the Queen; and it has given the People Reason to conclude that the Queen had formed, in his Absence, that odious Connection which has since been laid to her Charge.
LONDON, May 15.
FROM Madrid we hear that their American Dominions are so plentifully stored with all Manner of European Goods, that, in Case of War (which is universally looked for very soon, though they know not with what Power) Nothing will be wanted for a very long Space of Time.
Many a Man has made his Fortune by Marriages. If the King of Denmark goes on as he has begun, he will probably do the same. He got, if we remember right, one Hundred Thousand Pounds with his Wife. He now offers her in Return ten Thousand Dollars, that is, about two Thousand Pounds; so that he will clear by the Match ninety eight Thousand Pounds, a pretty round Sum! Few Men, we believe, however averse to Matrimony, would refuse to take a Wife for two or three Years upon the same Conditions.
We hear Lord Chatham will attend the Upper Assembly on the Day the Dissenter Bill is to be debated.
The important Cause of Somerset, the Black, and his Master, Mr. Stewart, was yesterday returned in the Court of King's Bench, when Mr. Hargrave of Lincoln's Inn, and Mr. Allen, of Boswell Court, both young Counsel, displayed great Learning and Eloquence in the Speeches they made in the Behalf of the Negro. It was with singular Pleasure every Person present heard the two above mentioned Gentlemen prove themselves possessed of a Fund of Law Knowledge and Ability which is to be met with in but few of the most experienced Pleaders, and promises their becoming two of the brightest Men at the Bar. Mr. Wallace laid as much as the Argument would bear on the other Side of the Question, and the Issue of the Matter is deferred till some Day next Week. Mr. Hargrave's Speech in the above Cause was one of the most learned and elaborate we ever heard; it is almost impossible to imagine where a Number of Precedents, as to the Case in Point, this Gentleman had, with uncommon Pains, gleaned from the Law Books and historical Tracks of the ablest and most approved Writers. Mr. Allen, who was called to the Bar but last Saturday, shone in an equal Manner, but on very different Principles; his Speech was a very elegant Oration, delivered with perfect Ease, and replete with elegant Language, classical Expression, and pertinent Observation.
Many People are at a Loss to account for the uncommon Civility which William Nash and John Wilkes, Esquires, show to one another whenever they meet or are together; since every One knows, at least imagines so, that their Opinions are diametrically opposite. But to be sure it must be allowed that our good Breeding, of late Years, is become a Kind of Idolatry from Man to Man. Common Civilities, that is, all the outward Marks of Esteem and Affection, are paid from one End of the Year to the other reciprocally by inveterate Enemies; by the Man of a fair Character to the most profligate Wretch, and by the greatest Villain to the most virtuous Person. There was a Time when our English Spirits were less supple and more friendly, when the Cap, and the Bow, and the Viset, were always bestowed with Distinction, and accompanied with a kind Intention; but now, all is topsy-turvy. If a degenerate polite Roman were now to rise and appear in London, his Behaviour would not seem awkward to us; and that he might, without inquiring into our Customs, either get a Place at Court, or make as good an Interest to serve in Parliament as one of the present Representatives for the County of Middlesex did. What then can be said of England, but that she is hastening apace to a Revolution similar to that which threw Rome into a State of Slavery, that she never has, nor ever will recover herself from? Indeed, if the ten succeeding Years tell forth as the ten preceding Ones have done, to talk of enjoying Liberty will be as ridiculous as to talk of the Virtue of Wilkes, or the Honesty of Lord Bute.
A considerable Sum, it is said, has been privately remitted to a great Lady in the North, to serve her present Exigencies.
On the 6th of April last was run for, over Peterborough Course, the Talbot Sweepstakes of six Hundred Guineas, the best of three four Mile Heats, between Mr. Jibb's gray Horse Trimmer, the Nabob's Chestnut Horse Ilwilt, and Messrs. Brown and Cox's bay Horse Friendship. Large Sums were depending at starting, Trimmer against the Field; after the first Heat, two to one on Trimmer; after the second, two to one on Ilwilt; and in running the third, six to one on Friendship, who won at four Heats easy, notwithstanding he carried the most Weight.
Military Commissions, which were formerly very easily obtained in the East India Company's Service, are now extremely difficult to be procured; a Circumstance which surprises many, as the Field of Plunder is in a Manner totally gleaned, and Nothing but Toil presents itself to the humane Industry of such Adventurers.
A certain eminent Physician, and very worthy Man, now living, invariably recommends it as his best Advice to all his Patients to eat hearty, and as much as they can. The Bulk of the People in Health (especially the Poor) present their Compliments to the Doctor, and should be infinitely obliged to him (as they by no Means quarrel with his Prescription) if he will point out the Means to so desirable a Regimen, since themselves and Families, through the irregular Practice of some Monopolizers of Kitchen Physick, are in a galloping Consumption, and almost starving.
On Tuesday Morning early a large Body of Smugglers, coming towards Town, near Hammermith, were met by a Party of Customhouse Officers, who had previous Information of them; but the Smugglers being superior in Number, overpowered the latter, and got clear off with their Property.
Wednesday Night, at eleven o'Clock, a dreadful Fire broke out in a Stable in the Maze Pond, Southwark; it burnt down six Houses, greatly damaged the Black Horse Alehouse, and an adjoining Brewhouse. It was occasioned by a Person carelessly sending a Boy with a Candle to feed a Horse which was in the Stable.
Wednesday Night Mr. Huggins, of Tooley Street, got up in his Sleep, and walked down one Pair of Stairs, but unfortunately fell down the others, and broke his Collar Bone and one of his Arms.
Extract of a Letter from Dantzick, May 2, to a Merchant in London. "That old crafty Ulysses (meaning the King of Prussia) has purchased an immense Quantity of Bread Corn and Horse Corn, by his Agents, at the different Markets in Poland, &c. &c. All this Kind of Grain that came to Market was instantly bought up on the King of Prussia's Account, and paid for in ready Money; but since it has been discovered that the Money was tendered in Payment by the Prussian Agents in twenty five per Cent. under the current Value, all Sorts of Corn have naturally come down again into their old Channel, and pretty nearly to their old or accustomed Prices. This Circumstance of the King of Prussia's having all the Corn that came to Market sufficiently accounts for its dearth, and pretended Scarcity, at those capital Corn Markets at Hamburg, Konigsberg, Riga, and Amsterdam; but the immense Quantities, and the now moderate Price, of all Sorts of Grain that have been brought in, and already exported from, this Town (Dantzick) since the above mentioned Discovery of the Prussian adulterated Coin, sufficiently proves
there is no real Scarcity of Bread Corn in Europe. The Scarcity we find here is of another Nature, and this, a very great Scarcity of Dutch Ducats; for the Polders, who have been thus grossly imposed upon by Prussian Money, will now take Nothing in Payment for their Corn but Dutch Ducats. I am apt to think too that several of these very Polders are now selling their Corn for the King of Prussia's Account; that old royal Fox is too cunning to take his own bad Coin, and therefore his Agents have Orders, I imagine, to take no other Money for what Corn they deliver here but Dutch Ducats, as I said before. This great and sudden Demand for Gold Coin has raised, and I believe will continue to raise, the Price of Gold still higher even than it is at present. This Circumstance most probably was the real Cause that your Bank of England lately refused to discount the Dutch Jew Bills of Amsterdam; for had you continued to discount at five per Cent. Profit, and paid all those Bills in Gold, the Jews would, in the literal Sense of the Word, have made a fine golden Harvest of it."
It was a known Fact, before the Departure of Sir Ralph Payne for his Government of Antigua, &c. that his Excellency's first Speech to the Council and Assembly was ready written, for the Approbation of, some say actually fabricated by, the Premier. When the Secret was first divulged, Sir Ralph ran a long Gauntlet amongst his Friends; but the blushing Honour of his new attained Riband, was deemed a sufficient Recompense for all the Blushes that the Knight himself might be put to. The mighty Speech has now appeared, and very worthy it is of Lord North; and his Lordship would certainly say as much, with equal Meanness and Servility, here, if he could muster up the Courage. Need the Minister of the most despotick Monarch, licking the Dust of his Master's Feet, say more than this? "Pride and Satisfaction becoming the just Sense I entertain of the Value of the Confidence of my Sovereign." "The very animated Ambition of a faithful Servant to conciliate the Approbation of the best of Masters." "Shall neither be intimidated by Difficulties, nor disconcerted by Disappointments." "Concur with me in every Measure that may contribute to promote the Service of the King." "I shall never be so unmerciful of the auspicious Source of all the Power I may possess as to arrogate any other Merit than what belongs to me as the obedient Minister of the Pleasure of a Prince whose royal Mind is filled with never ceasing Cares and benevolent Designs for the Felicity of his remotest Subjects." "As it is from his Hands that I receive every Authority which is delegated to me, so it is from his Heart that I shall study to draw the Example of my Conduct, and learn to aspire to an Imitation of those Virtues and Principles which can alone give Lustre to a Command, or Confidence and Contentment to a People." It is difficult to determine whether what has been quoted ought most to excite our Contempt or our Indignation! Is this the Language, and are these the Sentiments, of the Viceroy of a British King? But the following Paragraph, with which we shall conclude, and in which the Premier was determined to come in for his Share of the Incentive, is surely laughable beyond even the Power of Ridicule. Hear it: "Amidst the accumulated Benefits resulting to the British Empire from the Excellence of our amiable Sovereign, and the Zeal, Wisdom, and Attention, of his faithful Ministers, I am peculiarly happy to enter upon my Administration at a Period of so profound a Peace as can consistently exist with the natural Uncertainty of all sublunary Affairs."
Several Ladies of Distinction are preparing to set out for Zell, at their own Expense, to attend the Queen of Denmark's Arrival. Seventeen Carts in Cavalcade, each containing two very large packing Cases, came to Gloucester House on Wednesday Afternoon, filled with various valuable Articles, brought by Shipping from Naples to England, most of them Presents to his Royal Highness from the Pope, and all of them from Rome.
In all the Accounts of the late Masquerade at Soho, some of the most entertainingly striking Characters have been omitted; among which, lays the Gentleman who favoured us with the Intelligence, are the following. A female Savoyard, with her Viol; she played upon her Instrument with great Dexterity, and sung to it (in French) with still greater; her Figure was the most perfect that could be imagined; and her Face, as much as could be seen of it (which, as she wore a Mask upon it was of the smallest Kind, was not a little) appeared no less beauteous than her Person. A French Marchande a la Toilette; of all the Masks that ever appeared at a publick Ball there never was one more consistent, or more entertaining; the Manner of the People of that Nation, and that Profession, was transfused into this Mask in the most eminent Degree, and in every Speech she was a perfect Jean d'Esprit ; she spoke Nothing but French, had Something to say to every Body, and that Something was always most wittily a-propos ; this Character was personated by Mr. B——b. Two female Greek Slaves, dressed all in White, with black Veils, and their Hands fettered; the Appearance of their Masks was always announced from one Room to another by the Rattling of their Chains, and whenever (which was often the Case) the Harshness of their Fate was lamented by the Passers by, they constantly replied, that Mustapha , their Master, who was in the Room, rendered their Captivity as easy as possible, and that the Huf-far who accompanied them (Mr. R.) was not placed with them as a Spy, but a Guard. A Jamaica Negro (not a Mungo) entertaining the Company with a Variety of Negro Songs, in the most natural and laughable Manner; he called himself Quaco, and all his Inquiry was after the Service of some Lady, his Master having given him his Freedom; he hired himself to one Mistress, and was very active in serving her at Supper; by Accident, in his hurry he threw down a Quantity of China, and one of the Attendants coming up to him, by Way of remonstrance, Quaco called out, "My new Miss is good Miss; she pay all for poor Niger. —A Dutchman and his Frow, dressed with the utmost Accuracy and Neatness; a Mask coming up to them, asked them, in vile broken Dutch, if they talked that Language; the Dutchman answered in a Tongue wholly unintelligible to the Inquirer, and he (knowing Nothing of Dutch himself) went away perfectly satisfied that he was answered in the true native Speech of a Hollander; but, behold! the Answer was given in Welch, and the two Dutch Masks were Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, and Lady.
This Day the Subscribers to the present Lottery are to make good the Payment of sixty Thousand Pounds at the Bank, as the Deposit of twenty Shillings a Ticket for their future Payments.
On Wednesday was married at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, a French Nobleman, lately arrived here, to a Lady of very small Fortune (but exquisite Beauty) in Berkshire; he generously made a Present of her Fortune to her Sister.
LIMERICK, April 27. Last Thursday came on at Ennis, before Thomas Kelly, Esquire, one of the King's Council, and a respectable Jury, the Trial of Michael Larner (who was possessed of a handsome Property) Richard Blake, Thomas Hourigan, and John Mahon, three of his Accomplices, for the Murder of Larner's Wife, who was big with Child, and strangled in her Bed by the three latter on the 27th of last June. Blake and Hourigan were the first brought in guilty; and when Larner was pronounced guilty, never was there such an Uproar in a Court of Justice, never was a Jury more applauded, never was a bloodthirsty Russian more justly sentenced to the Gallows. He is to be hanged and quartered, with Blake and Hourigan, on Tuesday the 19th of May. Mahon, who turned King's Evidence, is to be transported for Life.
PORTSMOUTH, May 10. Last Night, about ten o'Clock, some drunken Sailors belonging to the Royal Oak Man of War, going up the Point, attacked every Person they met passing and repassing, and with Knives and other offensive Weapons most barbarously cut and maimed several, one of whom was so cruelly cut and wounded about the Head that it is thought he cannot recover. Upon crying out Murder, many Soldiers and others came to the Assistance of those who had been hurt, and took several of the Offenders, who have since been committed to Jail; and it is hoped the rest will be soon taken, as diligent Search is making after them, and suffer the just Reward of such wanton Barbarity.
AN ANECDOTE.
SEVERAL of the Clergy complaining to the Bishop of ——, at his Visitation, of the Progress and Success of certain Methodist Preachers; his Lordship replied, the most effectual Way, Gentlemen, of silencing them, will be to out-live, out-preach them.
NEW YORK, July 13.
ASNOW from Liverpool arrived at Barbados last May, the Captain of which, being a Man of Veracity, reported that about sixty two Leagues, E. by S. from that Island, he discovered a flat curled Rock, a little above the Surface of the Water; that he hoisted out his Boat, went close to it, but could find no Bottom with a Line of ninety Fathom. We hear from Cockfok, in Albany County, that on Friday the 3d Instant there fell at that Place a most terrible Shower of Hail, some of it being near the Size of Geese Eggs. The Damage done by it is so great that it is said whole Fields of Grain and Corn are destroyed, and many Farms will have no Harvest this Season; several Calves, Sheep, and Hogs, were killed, and two Negroes who happened to be out in the Storm were very much hurt.
Last Wednesday Evening a Sermon was preached in the Highland Language by the Reverend Mr. Drummond, from Connecticut, at the Scotch Meeting in this City. His Text was in the 5th Chapter and first Verse
of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans: Therefore, being justified by Faith, we have Peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. The Heads of his Doctrine upon the Occasion were, first, how we are justified by Faith, by which we have Peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; secondly, what the Nature of this Peace is, that we have made with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; thirdly, it is through Jesus Christ we glory in this Peace; lastly, an Improvement on the Whole. Which Doctrine Mr. Drummond handled with such Power and Freedom, as to cause a very sensible Impression on as many of his Hearers as could understand that antient and comprehensive Language.
Yesterday his Excellency our Governor, and his Lady, set out from hence for Albany.
PHILADELPHIA, July 9.
MONDAY last arrived here, in fifteen Days Passage, Captain Thomas from Cape Francois, who informs that a Sloop belonging to New York, which had been run away with, was seized there by a Person sent from New York in Quest of her. The Pirate Captain had been put in Jail, but found Means to make his Escape.
Extract of a Letter from Port au Prince, June 4.
"I just now heard of a Sloop belonging to Philadelphia, which has put into one of the Ports in this Island from the Main. It is reported the People have murdered the Captain, for the Money he had on Board. I cannot inform you of any Particulars, as every One here tells a different Story about her." This is probably the Sloop mentioned above.
Extract of a Letter from St. Lucce (Jamaica) June 7.
"We have had such a Deluge here this Week that Barrels of Provisions, and Firkins of Butter, with many other Articles, were washed out of Dopez's and St. James's Stores; it washed away one Pillar of the Wharfinger's House, and sunk the Middle of the Storehouse Roof. The Street of Lucce was above three Feet under Water, which obliged (as I am informed) Edward Watkins, and some others of the Inhabitants, to stand on their Tables."
Extract of a Letter from Princetown, July 7.
"About two Weeks ago some Coals were discovered to have been put at the South End of Doctor Wotherspoon's House, together with a Bottom of an old Chair, which was stuffed between the Boards. Happily they went out, and no Damage was done. The President procured a Watch for some succeeding Nights; but as the Attempt was not renewed, the Thing was forgot, and the Coals supposed to have got there by Accident."
"Last Wednesday Evening one Goa, a Barber, smelling a Stench like burning Rags, searched narrowly about, and at length discovered a large Coal, wrapped up in a Piece of Linen, which in a few Moments would have set the House on Fire. This, and the foregoing Attempt, convinced them there was some Mischief brooding; and accordingly they seized an old Man, who has since been found innocent."
"On Friday Night we were alarmed with the Cry of Fire. I looked out of my Window, and discovered a small Light in Mr. Baldwin's Barn; but before I had run twenty Rods the whole Barn was in a Blaze, and before any Body arrived; it was beyond our Power to save it. All that could be done was to save the neighbouring Barracks. Our Steward lost most of this Year's Hay, a vast Deal of Grain and Straw, a Waggon, which was loaded with Hay, a new Saddle, all his Implements of Husbandry, &c."
Some Accounts from Princetown say that while the Collegians were at the Fire some Person or Persons entered the College and ransacked their Rooms, and carried off a Quantity of Plunder.
On the 16th of May the Ship Champion , Captain Glover, bound from Grenville to St. George's, Grenada (in Order to complete her Lading for London) run on a Ledge of Rocks near St. Andrew's, and was lost, with all her Cargo, excepting seventeen Hogsheads of Sugar, and eleven Bags of Cotton. The Crew were happily saved.
Extract of a Letter from Baltimore County, Maryland, July 2.
"In our Neighbourhood, at Mr. Paca's Quarter, on Deer Creek, a Cow lately brought forth a Calf with a Head representing that of the human Species; differing principally in the Situation of the Eyes and Ears, the latter being on the Neck, and the former on each Side of the Head where the Ears ought to have been."
Since our last several labouring People have died, by inadvertently drinking Water directly from the Pump, while they were very warm.
WILLIAMSBURG, July 30.
AT a Meeting of the Governors and Visitors of the College on Monday last, to make Choice of a President, the Reverend JOHN CAMERON was elected into that Office, and swore in accordingly.
And this Day the Reverend JOSIAH JOHNSON, Master of the Grammar School in the College, was chosen Rector of Bruton Parish, by a Majority of the Vestry.
The following melancholy Accident happened in Suffolk, on Thursday the 16th Instant. As Mr. Christopher Rives, Mr. Timothy Rives, Mr. William Willie (Nephew to the Reverend William Willie) and Mr. Jesse Etherton of Northampton County, North Carolina, were returning from Suffolk Court, Mr. Christopher Rives was struck dead with Lightning, and the others much hurt. Mr. Timothy Rives's Watch, with two Dollars in his Pocket, and his Shoe and Knee Buckles, were melted; and all of them had their Clothes much scorched, particularly the Deceased, the Crown of whose Hat had a Hole burnt through it. He has left a Wife and six small Children.
Extract of a Letter from Norfolk, July 28.
"All the Ladies, and almost every Order of People here, are become Professyles to Methodism; the Church is quite deserted. I dare say there were near three Thousand People to hear Mr. PILMOR on Sunday, in the Fields. They flock to him from all Quarters, and invite him to preach in every Neighbourhood. The Women call him The dear divine Man ."
[DEATHS.] Mr. RICHARD STARK, Attorney at Law, and Clerk to two of the Committees of the Honourable the House of Burgesses.
Advertisements.
NORFOLK, July 29, 1772.
THE Subscriber having provided convenient Warehouses for the Reception of Goods, purposes selling on Commission, either by private Sale or publick Vendue, and begs Leave to assure the Publick that his best Endeavours shall be used to dispose of any Goods given him for Sale to the most Advantage, and that they may expect the greatest Punctuality in the Payment of the Proceeds, being determined to continue the Business no longer than he finds he can do so; and, in Order to enable him to do this, he hopes every Person purchasing at any of his Sales will be punctual in their Payments, without which he must labour under Difficulties in supporting his own Credit. He has also opened an ENSURANCE OFFICE ; any Orders from the Country for Insurance will be as punctually complied with as if the Persons were present, the greatest Care taken to have good People to the Policies, and that they shall be sent by the first safe Conveyance. Gentlemen who do not regularly attend the General Courts, and Courts of Oyer, are requested to forward the Premiums with their Orders, as it is customary here to pay them at signing the Policies; those who attend the Courts may pay the Premiums there. JAMES ARCHDEACON.
NORFOLK, July 29, 1772.
RUN away, about a Month ago, a Negro Wench named BETTY, well known in this Town and Neighbourhood, is remarkably sensible, and very talkative. I have Reason to believe she is harboured near this Place, or in Princess Anne. Whoever brings her to me, or secures her in any Jail, on producing a Certificate of their having done so, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. Any Person informing me who harbours the said Runaway shall, on Conviction of the Offender, be rewarded with FORTY SHILLINGS.  JAMES ARCHDEACON. *Who has for Sale a few Hogsheads of very fine Jamaica SPIRITS.
NEWCASTLE, July 26, 1772.
AS I intend for Great Britain this Fall, and to return in the Spring, my Store at this Place will be continued to its usual Extent by Mr. James Overton , who will be properly authorised to transact all Business for me during my Absence. JOSEPH THROPP.
THE fine new Ship Nassau, James Wignall Commander, now lying at Hobb's Hole , in Rappahannock River , will take in a Hundred Hogsheads of Tobacco, on Liberty of Consignment, at eight Pounds Sterling a Tun. Those who incline to ship will please to send their Orders, or Notes, to Mr. James Duncanson in Fredericksburg , or the Captain on Board.

NORFOLK, July 27, 1772.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Ladies for whom he has had the Honour to work that he has just imported a fresh Assortment of Goods from London, by Captain Robert Nick, fit to carry on his Business of STAYMAKING, at Mr. John Richardson's, Tailor in Church Street, where he hopes for a Continuance of Favours from his former Customers. All Orders from the Country will be punctually executed by their much obliged humble Servant, ROBERT STEELE.
THE Subscriber intends to leave the Colony next Month. All Persons indebted to Messrs. Robert and Robert Bogle and Scott, of London, Merchants (for whom I have done Business some Time) are desired to pay off their Balances to Messrs. Robert Gilchrist of Port Royal, or James Rabb of Fredericksburg, Merchants, who are properly empowered by these Gentlemen to give Acquittances, and are instructed to prosecute immediately such who do not pay before or at the next October General Court, where Attendance will be given by them. WILLIAM BOGLE.
BUCKINGHAM, July 17, 1772.
WHEREAS the Subscriber, in the Month of May last, gave two Bonds to William Walton for the Payment of thirty nine Pounds each, one payable in October, the other in April next, and as he was imposed on in the Purchase of a Negro for which these Bonds were given, thinks proper to acquaint any Person to whom the same may be offered that he will not discharge them until he is compelled thereto. THOMAS HARVEY.
THE Subscriber intends for Great Britain in September next. He has appointed Messrs. Edward Carter, Thomas Proffer, John Archer, and Alexander Trent, his Attorneys. The different Stores that he is concerned in will be continued under the Management of those Persons, who now keep them. PETER FIELD TRENT. N. B. Mr. Archer is to settle and collect all Debts due on my private Account, as the Books will be left with him.
PRINCE GEORGE, July 29, 1772.
WILKINS'S FERRY, and PLANTATION, on James River, will be rented to the highest Bidder, on Friday the 14th of August, for a Year, or a Term of Years, as can be agreed on, and may be entered upon the 1st of January next. The Plantation is in good Order for Cropping, and under a good Fence. The Ferry is commonly worth between thirty and forty Pounds per Annum. Bond and good Security will be required by GEORGE NOBLE, JOSHUA POYTHRESS, } Administrators.
THE Ticket No. 6649, in the Honourable William Byrd's Lottery, drew a Half Acre No. 358. Whoever owns the said Ticket may dispose of the Lot, or hear of a Purchaser, by applying to the Printer hereof. Tf
HANOVER, July 15, 1772.
THE Subscriber takes this Method to in- form the Publick that they may be supplied, for the future, with any Quantity of PLANK or SCANTLING, of Oak, Gum, Poplar, Pine, or black Walnut, with the utmost Expedition, and on reasonable Terms, deliverable at Cumberland, to the Care of Mr. Richard Allen, Merchant there, who also will receive and forward any Order to the Subscriber; who has now on Hand, for Sale, several Thousand Feet of choice seasoned white Oak Plank of one Inch, one Inch and a Half, one Inch and three Quarters, and two Inches, and various Lengths; also a considerable Quantity of Scantling, well assorted, and a Parcel of seasoned black Walnut of four Inches. JOSEPH SMITH.
YORK Town, July 20, 1772.
LATELY imported, and to be sold on very reasonable Terms, a large and complete Assortment of MEDICINES, either by Wholesale or Retail, with various CHYMICAL and SHOP UTENSILS. J. HAYNES.
BUCKINGHAM, July 10, 1772.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Major Benjamin Howard, deceased, are desired to make immediate Payment, and those who have Accounts against the said Estate are requested to make them known to SARAH HOWARD. Administratrix.
THE Creditors of John Semple are desired to meet at Dumfries, on Monday the 17th of August.
GLOUCESTER, July 25, 1772.
WE intend to ENGLAND next Month. || JOHN BAKER & RICHARD PRINGLE.
JUST arrived from Africa, the Snow Thomas, Thomas Lewis, with two Hundred fine healthy SLAVES; the Sale of which will begin at Osborne's, on James River, on Thursday the 13th of August, and continue until all are sold. BURNLEY & BRAIKENRIDGE. N. B. We propose to give Credit where good Security is given.
AS I have removed, for some Years, into Lunenburg, I propose selling all my Tract of LAND on Turkey Creek, in Pennsylvania, excepting two Thousand Acres including the Manor Plantation. The Tract consists of about six Thousand Acres, exclusive of the said two Thousand. It is well watered, has a large Creek running quite through the Middle, which makes a large Quantity of good low Grounds, some of which lies so high as never to be overflowed, and the high Land is very good for Tobacco, Corn, Wheat, &c. It is situated convenient to a fine lasting Range for Stocks. There is on the Part intended for Sale two small Plantations and a well accustomed Grist Mill. I intend to lay off the Land into smaller Parcels, so as to suit the Purchasers, and will attend on the Premises the whole Month of November next, when all Persons inclining to purchase are desired to meet me. The Lands will be shown to any Person before that Time on applying to Captain Arthur Hopkins, who lives near it. I would give a considerable Time of Payment for Part of the Purchase Money. (8) G. JEFFERSON. I have also several small Surveys and Entries in the said County for Sale.
HALIFAX, July 20, 1772.
MR. PURDIE, In your Gazette of the 2d Instant I observe Doctor Gordon of Norfolk has forewarned any Person from harbouring or entertaining me. I therefore request you may be pleased to insert the following brief and true Relation of the Difference between him and me.
AFTER having received several unmerited infamous Abuses from Mr. Gordon, during the Time of my residing with him, he at length carried his unprovoked ill Treatment and scurrilous Language to such a Pitch that on the 25th of February last I then expressly declared I would upon no Account live another Year with him; upon which he ordered me out of his Shop. I took him instantly at his Word, and remained in Norfolk, doing Nothing, until the 1st of April ensuing. I then told him I was going to leave Norfolk; he replied, it was very well, he had Nothing to say to me, but wished me well wherever I went; and accordingly I left Norfolk that Day. About the Middle of June last I was in Norfolk again, where I heard Doctor Gordon still insisted upon my being his Apprentice, upon which I paid him a Visit, and asked him what he meant by such Conduct; he replied, as before, that he had Nothing to say to me. I then desired he might trouble himself no more about me for the future, observing that I should immediately leave Norfolk; he replied, as usual, it was very well, he had Nothing to say to me. From the above brief State of the Case it is manifest I left him with his own Consent, and indeed Desire; consequently his publishing the aforesaid Advertisement in your Gazette is as ridiculous as it is unjust, false, and malicious, and seems to be exactly of a Piece with the rest of his ungenerous Behaviour towards me. WILLIAM PASTEUR.
I INTEND to leave the Colony soon. NEILL BUCHANAN, Senior.
HAMPTON, July 23, 1772.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Publick in general that he has moved opposite the King's Arms Tavern, where he intends to furnish Gentlemen Travellers, and others, with private Board, Washing, and Lodging; also that any Gentleman may at any Time have a Reckon for one Shilling, and a Bowl of good Punch given him to drink with it. He flatters himself he will meet with good Encouragement, as a private House will prove less expensive than a Tavern, and is determined to be very moderate in charging, either by the Week or Day. Those who will favour me with their Company may depend I will use the utmost of my Endeavours to give them Satisfaction. Horses will be properly taken Care of, and well fed, on paying Sixpence a Gallon for Corn or Oats. WILLIAM DAVIS.
WILLIAM WILLESS, GUNSMITH and BRASS FOUNDER, from Birmingham, at the Sign of the Cross Guns in Church Street, Norfolk, carries on these Trades in all their Branches. Such as will please to favour him with their Custom may depend on having their Work done in the neatest Manner, and with the utmost Despatch. He returns his sincere Thanks to his Customers, and hopes for a Continuance of their Favours, as well as for the Countenance of the Publick in general, which it shall be his invariable Study to merit.
|| A Number of Guns having been left in his Shop upwards of twelve Months, he hereby acquaints their Owners that if they do not release them within three Months from this Date they will be sold to pay the Charges.
Just IMPORTED in the LORD BALTIMORE, Captain MITCHELL, from London, and to be SOLD reasonably by the Subscriber, in Peterburg,
A VERY large Assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES; also Crucibles; Marble Mortars; genteel Sets of Tooth and Pocket Instruments; Tourniquets; Logwood; Redwood; Madder; Fustick; Vermilion; Prussian Blue; Gold Leaf; Verdigris; Galls; white and red Lead; Rotten Stone; Almonds; Barley Sugar; Sugar Candy; Spanish Licorice; Borax; Icinglass; Bolus Knives; Hungary and Lavender Waters; Cinnamon; Cloves; Nutmegs; Ladies Sticking Plaster, Eau de Luce; Doctor Hill's Essence of Waterdock; Pectoral Balm of Honey; Walker's Jesuits Drops; Bateman's Drops; Anderson's, Lockyer's, and Chase's Pills; Daffy's, Squire's, Radcliff's, and Fraunce's Elixirs; Freeman's and Godfrey's Cordials; Fryar's and Tarlington's Balsams; Fit Drops for Convulsions in Children; Greenough's Tincture for the Scurvy; Tooth Powder; Flesh, and Tooth Brushes; Glass Funnel; Breast Pipes; Nipple Glasses; Sago; Salop; Vials; Gallipots; Pill Boxes, &c. &c. || JOHN THOMSON.
To be SOLD,
Some Time in the Month of September next, SEVERAL Tracts of LAND belonging to the Estate of Roger Dixon, deceased, lying in the Counties of Culpeper, Spotsylvania, Albemarle, and Orange; also, in the Month of December, upwards of three Thousand Acres in the lower End of Louisa and upper End of Hanover, and another Tract near Louisa Courthouse, containing six Hundred Acres. Particulars relating to the Quantity, Time, and Place of Sale of the former, and of the Time and Terms of the latter, will be published hereafter. JOHN DIXON.
To be SOLD,
MY Houses and Lots in the Town of York, which formerly belonged to the Honourable Robert Burwell, together with a large and well furnished medicinal Shop. The Houses are in very good Repair, with all convenient Outhouses, and in every Respect well fitted for a Family. CORBIN GRIFFIN.
To be SOLD,
A THOUSAND Acres of LAND, by Computation, on Bush River, in Prince Edward, consisting of a Body of rich low Ground, free from Inundations, skirted on both Sides by fine timber red cedar Land of the Soil of the Mountains, and disposed in two Plantations completely prepared for Cropping; at the lowest of them is a Mineral Spring, hitherto unused. Particulars relating to the Quantity, Time, and Place of Sale, will be published hereafter. RYLAND RANDOLPH.
To be SOLD,
FOURTEEN Hundred Acres of exceeding good TOBACCO LAND in Stafford County, on the Branches of Aquia and Potomack Rivers, extremely well timbered and watered, twelve Miles from Falmouth, and ten from Aquia. One Half the Land rents for thirty Pounds a Year; there is a small Plantation on the other Part the Land, and a Mill near the Plantation, if not privately sold, will be set up at twelve Hundred Pounds, on the 10th of October next. Also eleven Hundred Acres of Land on Rocky Run, in Fauquier County, the Rents of which amount to four Thousand one Hundred and thirty Pounds of Tobacco; either in Lots, or together, as may suit the Purchasers. An indisputable Title will be made to the Land, by the Trustees of Charles Carter. Tf
To be SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND on the Forks of Station River, near Blue Stone Creek, in the County of Mecklenburg, containing about six Hundred and fifty Acres, on which is a good Dwellinghouse twenty eight by twenty four Feet, with two Brick Chimneys; also a new Storehouse thirty six Feet by eighteen, with a large Brick Cellar underneath, and a Counting Room adjoining; likewise a Kitchen, Smokehouse, &c. There is also a Smith's Shop, with a Dwellinghouse and other necessary Buildings, within a Quarter of a Mile of the Store. As the Houses lie within fifteen Miles of the Courthouse, and about eighty Miles from Peterburg, it would answer any Person very well that intends opening a back Store, being situated in an exceeding fine Neighbourhood for making Tobacco. Any Person inclining to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Mr. Miller Woodson, in Prince Edward, or to me, in Warwick. PATRICK HUNTER.
For SALE,
EIGHT Hundred and sixty Acres of LAND on Blackwater Swamp, in Surry County, about nine Miles from Cabin Point, whereon is a Dwellinghouse thirty two Feet by sixteen, with two Rooms below and two above, a Kitchen twenty four Feet by sixteen, and all other necessary Outhouses, a good Garden, very good Apple and Peach Orchards, and a Variety of other Fruits. The Land is exceeding good for Grain, and, with a little Improvement, produces fine Tobacco; it is in good Order, and sufficient to work six Hands; the Whole lies very level, and well to the Plough; it is well watered, and timbered with Pine, Hickory, Poplar, white and red Oak, and black Walnut; it is convenient to Church and Mill, and has a very good and extensive Range for Stock. Any Person inclining to purchase may see the Land, and know the Terms, by applying to me, on the Premises. WILLIAM ANDERSON.
For SALE,
SEVENTY Tierces of best Irish MESS and CARGO BEEF, just imported from Antigua, in the Schooner Hansford, Christopher Wilson Master. NORFOLK, July 27, 1772. GILCHRIST & TAYLOR.
To be SOLD on the Premises, on Friday the 4th of December next,
TWO Hundred and sixty three Acres of LAND in Amherst County, adjoining to the Tobacco Row Mountains, whereon is a Plantation, with all convenient Houses on the same, in good Order for Cropping, sufficient for working seven or eight Hands; the Land is exceeding rich for Tobacco, Corn, Wheat, or Hemp. At the same Time will be sold twelve very valuable SLAVES, mostly Men and Women, amongst which is a good Sawer, and one that has worked several Years in a Blacksmith's Shop; as also all the Stock of Horses, Cattle, and Hogs, belonging to the said Plantation, with all the Crop of Corn and Fodder made thereon, and all the Plantation Utensils. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchasers of the Land, or longer, if found necessary at the Day of Sale, and nine Months Credit for the Slaves, Stock, Corn, and Utensils, upon good Merchants Bonds, or Notes, bearing interest from the Day of Sale, payable unto John Barnes, Esquire (to whom the Estate belongs) the Sale of which will be conducted by AMHERST, July 16, 1772. GABRIEL PENN.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Chesterfield, two Negro Men, one of whom says he belongs to William Dixon of Surry; he is a small Fellow, of a yellow Complexion, wears a Cotton Waistcoat and Breeches, an Osnaburg Shirt, and says his Name is WILL. The other cannot speak English, is a thin black Fellow, has a Virginia Cloth Waistcoat, double wove, mixed with Bitt and White, a Cotton Waistcoat and Breeches, and a Woofed Cap. Their Owners are desired to prove their Property, pay Charges, and take them away. JAMES BALL, Jailer.
COMMITTED to Norfolk County Jail. a Mulatto Man who says he is a Frenchman, and was bought of Mr. Buchanan, Merchant at Milner's, by Mr. James Milner of Halifax, in North Carolina. The Owner of the said Servant, or Slave, is desired to apply for him to SAMUEL PORTLOCK, Jailer.
RUN away from the Subscriber, near Rappahannock Bridge, in Richmond County, a Convict Servant Man named JOHN BAGNALL, imported last November in the Alexandria, and was bought at Leeds Town, on Rappahannock River. He is about twenty Years of Age, five Feet nine or ten Inches high, of a fair Complexion, and fresh coloured, wears his own short brown Hair untiel, and had on a Claret coloured double breasted Cloth Coat, with a Velvet Cape and Silver plated Buttons, much worn, a Jacket of the same Colour, Leather Breeches, black Stockings, a white Linen Shirt, an old Castor Hat, and a Pair of Country made Shoes, with Buckles. He may have altered his Dress, as he carried with him a white double breasted Jacket, new Osnaburg Shirt and Trousers, two Pair of fine Thread Stockings, and several other Things unknown to me. He can read and write tolerably, and it is probable he may have forged himself a Pass. He was born in London, and served his Apprenticeship to a Tin Plate Worker. He was carried off by a Convict Servant Man named WILLIAM HARRIS, belonging to Captain Joseph Pierce, of Westmoreland, by Trade a Bricklayer, and if they did not get off by Water it is supposed they are in the back Woods, or Carolina. Whoever will bring the said John Bagnall to me in Irons shall have TEN POUNDS if taken in Virginia, and THIRTEEN POUNDS if out thereof, besides what the Law allows, and the Expense of his Irons. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony, at their Peril. ROGER BECKWITH.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Northumberland, a Negro Fellow named DANIEL, belonging to the Estate of Mr. James Topscott, deceased; he is of a yellow Complexion, Something under the middle Size, about twenty one Years old, has been mostly employed as a Waterman, was hired this present Year to Mr. Robert Gilmore here, and went in a Vessel of his when he made his Elopement. Also a Negro Fellow named CHARLES, belonging to Mr. William Powell of Lancaster. The Hue and Cry is now out against the said Fellows for breaking open Catpois Warehouse. I will give TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward to any Person that will bring the aforesaid Daniel to me, over and above what the Law allows. ENOCH GEORGE.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Charles City, about the 1st of March last, a young Mulatto Fellow named JESSE, about nineteen Years old, has a Defect in one or more of his fore Teeth, and generally has his Hair tied behind, which is pretty long; his Dress was such as labouring Negroes generally wear, and he is about five Feet seven or eight Inches high. Whoever will deliver him to me, or secure him in Jail, and give me Notice thereof, shall have THREE POUNDS Reward. CHARLES CHRISTIAN.
RUN away from my Plantation, in Louisa, a Negro Man named BOB, about five Feet ten Inches high, slim made and of a yellowish Complexion. He is a sensible artful Fellow, and may probably endeavour to pass for a Freeman. I will give FIVE POUNDS Reward if he is taken out of the Colony, FORTY SHILLINGS if in Virginia, and pay reasonable Expenses, besides what the Law allows, on Delivery of the Fellow to John Bullock, my Overseer in Louisa, or to me in Hanover. JOHN SNELSON.
STOLEN from my Plantation, on Bull Run, on the 20th Instant (July) a dark bay Stallion, known by the Name of JOHN DISMAL, fifteen Hands high, very handsome, and has some white Hairs in the Footlock of one of his hind Feet. Whoever delivers the said Horse to me in Gloucester, or to Mr. Thomas Brackminton in Prince William, shall be paid TEN POUNDS; and, on bringing the Offender to Justice, TEN POUNDS more. I have great Reason to believe he was carried to North Carolina, as he was heard of several Miles below the Plantation. The above Reward shall be paid on Demand. LEWIS BURWELL.
HAMPTON, July 29, 1772.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, on the 22d Instant, a likely bright bay HORSE about four Feet ten Inches high, seven Years old, both Feet on the left Side are white, with some white Hairs in his Forehead, a white Spot on each Side his Withers, supposed to be occasioned by a Harness, trots, paces, and gallops, but no Brand remembered. He was bred in Pennsylvania, and was seen on the 24th, at the Halfway House on the York Road, supposed to be making towards Williamburg. Whoever sends him to me, at Hampton, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. SAMUEL ALLYNE.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, in Peterburg, on Monday the 21st Instant (July) a bright bay MARE delicately made, about fourteen Hands high, three Years old, with white hind Feet, a small Star in her Forehead, large Ears, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, undocked, and is newly broke to pace. TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward will be paid on Delivery of the Mare to me, and all reasonable Charges allowed. DAVID BLACK.
PETERSBURG, June 24, 1772.
STOLEN from the Subscriber, in the Night of the 14th Instant, a very likely bright bay HORSE about four Feet nine Inches high, seven Years old this Spring, has a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, paces and gallops remark bly well, but his Brand, if any, is not remembered. Whoever brings the said Horse to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and TEN POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief. THOMAS GORDON.
CABIN POINT, July 2, 1772.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from Cabin Point Warehouse, on the 17th of May last, a large black MARE about twelve Years old, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, trots, but remarkably dull, and has the Pole Evil. It is imagined she has made for Roanoke, on Banister River. Whoever brings the said Mare to me shall have THIRTY SHILLINGS, and FIVE POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief. JOHN SLADE.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a bay MARE about four Feet ten or eleven Inches high, paces fast, is docked, and branded on the near Buttock 8. EDWARD WORSHAM.
TAKEN up, in Louisa, a red STEER Yearling with some White under his Belly, marked with an Underkel and Overkel, and a Slit in each Ear. Poled, and appraised to twenty five Shillings. THOMAS THOMSON.
TAKEN up, on Blackwater, near Hines's Bridge, a small bay MARE about four Feet four Inches high, four Years old, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and a Star in her Forehead, but no Brand perceivable. Poled, and appraised to four Pounds fifteen Shillings. BENJAMIN RIVES CALEB.
IN the Subscriber's Store, at Portsmouth, a CASK of PEWTER marked N T, which the Owner may have on paying Charges and proving his Property. Also four Barrels of GUNPOWDER, imported in the Ship Nelly, Captain Galbraith, which were sent up James River, but no Person would receive them; to be delivered, on paying Charges, by JOHN GOODRICH.

POETS CORNER.  ODE TO HEALTH.  HEALTH, most honour'd of celestial Powers, May I with thee enjoy my future Hours; Nor thou refuse thy Solace to afford, True to my Bed, and constant at my Board. For all the Joys from Wealth or Heirs that flow, Whate'er Imperial Diadems bestow; Whate'er fair Objects of Desire we prove, Chas'd and entangled in the Toils of Love; Whate'er Delights the Gods, on Mercy's Plan, Dispense to soften the Fatigues of Man; These, these all spread and flourish in thine Eye, Sweet Health, thou Parent of Felicity! The blooming Spring of Pleasure crowns the Plain, And Man without thee seeks for Bliss in vain.
GENERAL POST OFFICE, New York, November 1, 1772.  NOTICE is hereby given, that on Account of the new Regulation of the Post from Canada, which is to arrive every Tuesday Evening at this Office, and the weekly Post from the Eastward and Southward arriving every Wednesday, the Mail going from hence by the Packets will, for the future, be closed at twelve o'Clock at Night, on the first Wednesday in every Month (being the same Time it closes at the General Post Office in London for America) and a Packet despatched therewith the next Day for Falmouth.  By Command of the Deputy Postmaster General. (T) ALEXANDER COLDEN, Secretary.
CITY VENDUE OFFICE, WILLIAMSBURG, July 16, 1772.  THE Subscriber begs Leave to acquaint the Publick that he has opened the said Office, where he intends to sell, at publick Auction, all Kinds of Merchandise, Household and Kitchen Furniture, Negroes, Horses, Wearing Apparel, &c. and pledges himself to be strictly attentive to every Particular that can possibly contribute to the Sale of any Goods, or whatever the Publick shall please to commit to his Care, where constant Attendance will be given, and profound Secrecy observed. Due Regard paid to all Limitations, with the utmost Care and Despatch, will be the constant Study of the Publick's most obedient and most humble Servant, WILLIAM PAGE.  N. B. Will be sold, at the said Office, on Monday the 20th Instant, a Quantity of EUROPEAN GOODS, HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, &c. The Sales to be continued every Monday, and at other Times, as Business may require.
WILLIAMSBURG, July 23, 1772.  THE Ship Neptune, Jonathan Punderfon Commander, now lying off Colonel Corbin's, in Mattapony River, and bound for London, having the best Part of her Cargo engaged, will certainly sail by the 15th of next Month; and in the mean Time will take in, on Liberty, about a Hundred Hogsheads, to complete her Loading. She has likewise good Accommodations for Passengers. Those inclinable to ship Tobacco, or go in the said Ship, may speak with the Captain while the Merchants are in Town, afterwards on Board the Ship.
WILLIAMSBURG, July 23, 1772.  A TOBACCO NOTE of Mr. Joseph Turner's , on Gray's Creek Warehouse, for a Hogshead of Tobacco marked No. 549, Gross Weight 1226, Tare 123, Net 1103, was found a few Days ago in this City, which the Owner may have at the Post Office, on paying for this Advertisement.
WHEREAS , on or about the 11th of last February, I purchased four Negroes of Mr. John Wormeley, for which I paid sixty two Pounds six Shillings immediately, and gave my Bond, with Isaac Peed Security, for the further Sum of ninety two Pounds fourteen Shillings, payable to the said John Wormeley on or before the 1st of October next, I hereby forewarn any Person from taking an Assignment of the said Bond, as I am determined not to pay it till the said John Wormeley makes me a good Right to all the aforesaid Negroes, and fully complies with the Bargain in his Behalf made, which hitherto he has failed to do.  RICHARD NUTT.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of John Baylor , Esquire, deceased, are hereby requested to make Payment to Mr. Edmund Pendleton, Junior, and those who have any Demands against it are desired to make them known to him, being empowered to transact the Business of that Estate by  JOHN ARMISTEAD, NATHANIEL BURWELL, } Executors.
WILLIAMSBURG, July 20, 1772.  IT is requested that all Persons who have any Claim against the Estate of Mr. John Lane, deceased, will immediately make them known to Mr. John Prentis, that they may be adjusted, as well such Debts as his Estate may be liable for during his Continuance in the Office of Sergeant of this City as on his own private Account. As I shall not think myself answerable for any Claims made after April next, I hope those concerned will not fail to render their Accounts.  JAMES HOLDCROFT, Executor.
WILLIAMSBURG, July 23, 1772.  ROBERT AGNEW, late an Apothecary in London, being desirous to see the Colonies in America, undertook the Journey last March, and arrived at Norfolk, in Virginia, the 14th of May following.  I have imported a large Quantity of PATENT MEDICINES, with the Drugs necessary for my own Practice during my Stay in the Colonies. I considered these Patent Medicines to be very proper for Planters, and Gentlemen who live at a Distance from the Faculty, to keep in their Families, as I know them to be extremely useful. The proper Manner of applying them to the respective Disorders for which they are intended are so clearly shown that any Person may, with Respect to them, be his own Physician.  I received Intelligence from several Gentlemen in Norfolk, and from Captain Edward Wright near Nansemond, of some being cured of the Jaundice and intermitting Fevers; showing, at the same Time, the great Quantities of saline bilious Humours which flowed from the Stomach, by using the Sugar Cakes.  Were I to cite the Quantities of Worms, or their Size, discharged from some Individuals (as given by the said judicious Authors) the Cures of the Toothach, and Scurvy in the Gums, it might stagger the Faith of some; so shall let Time and Opportunity prove it.  In Conformity to the Solicitations of the People who have experienced the salutary Effects of these Medicines, I left a large Quantity with Mr. Henry Flemming, Merchant in Norfolk; so that the Publick may be served by him occasionally.  The Medicines are as follows: The Worm Sugar Cakes; the Royal Imperial Golden Snuff; Turlington's Balsam of Life; Tinctura Odontalgia, an Antidote against the Toothach and Scurvy in the Gums, and will make the Teeth a beautiful White from first using it; an excellent Eye Water; a beautiful Lip Salve, from first using of which the Lips will become soft and smooth, and is good for sucking Womens Nipples; Anderson's genuine Pills; a new invented Scheme for curing the Scurvy, Itch, or any cutaneous Eruption, by rubbing an Ointment betwixt the Hands, and smelling them. This Ointment will cure Scald Heads, Ring-worms, &c. Likewise a fine Preparation of Drops for purifying the Blood.  I intend to set out from my present Lodgings in this City (which are at Mr. Robert Nicholson's) on my intended Journey to Orange County, in North Carolina, on Monday next.
PURSUANT to a Decree of the Honourable the General Court, we shall, on the 25th of August, on the Premises, sell, at publick Auction, the LANDS of Francis Willis, Esquire, in Gloucester County, to wit: Eight Hundred Acres, more or less, called Duck-Pool's and Cowper's, and five Hundred Acres, or thereabouts, called Cock-Pool's, with sundry Slaves, Stocks, and Household Furniture. And on the 28th of the same Month, about twelve Hundred of Land at Skimino, on York River, in York County, with some Slaves and Stock, will be sold; the Lands at eighteen Months Credit, and twelve Months for the Slaves and personal Estate, the Purchasers giving Bond, with sufficient Security. Possession of the said Lands and Slaves to be delivered up at Christmas next. We shall also attend at Gloucester Courthouse on the 6th of that Month, it being Court Day, to receive and state the Demands of Mr. Willis's Creditors, who are desired to produce and prove them before us.  JOHN PAGE, THOMAS NELSON, Junior, } Commissioners. DAVID KER,
To be SOLD,  SIX Hundred Acres of exceeding rich level LAND on Nottoway River, between Bolling's and Swoed's Bridges, in Sussex County, one Hundred of which is fine low Grounds, produces good Wheat and Corn, and is capable of being made as good a Pasture as can be wished, without the Advantage of Salt Water as well as fresh. The other Part is good for Tobacco, and would produce exceeding good Grain of any Kind in great Abundance. It is also very good and convenient for making Indigo, and in Order to work six or eight Hands. The Land may be seen at any Time by applying to Mr. Green, in the Neighbourhood. Those inclinable to purchase are desired to meet on the Premises, on Friday the 21st of August, when the Terms may be agreed on.  JOHN HOLT.
To be SOLD,  A TRACT of LAND, consisting of eight Hundred and forty five Acres by a late Survey, on the north Side of Tanner's Creek, very well timbered, and fine Landings for a Master Builder of Ships. I will sell it very cheap for Cash. For Terms apply to me in Warwick County.  WILLIAM HARWOOD, Junior.
For SALE,  ABOUT four Hundred Acres of rich broken LAND upon Otter River, Bedford County, at the Mouth of Falling Creek, with a new over-shot Mill, which is fixed upon a Rock, out of the Way of Freshes, about thirty Yards below a perpendicular Fall of twelve or fourteen Feet; at the Head of the Fall the Rocks project in such a Manner that a sufficient Dam has been made which could not cost above seven Shillings and Sixpence, and which no Fresh can carry away; it never wants Water, stands in a good Place for Custom, and its Wheels and Stones are well fixed and in good Order, but its natural are superior to its artificial Conveniences. The Terms may be known by applying to JAMES DONALD.
For SALE,  A PLANTATION containing a Hundred and seventy five Acres, on the north Fork of Otter River, Bedford County, of which there are about forty Acres cleared. It has a tolerable Peach and Apple Orchard, with a very good Meadow, a pretty good Log Dwellinghouse, and a double Log Barn. Whoever inclines to purchase may know the Terms, and be shown the Land, by the Subscriber, who lives upon it. A good Title will be made by Mr. James Donald, to whom it is conveyed in Trust.  ANDREW EVINS.
To be SOLD,  A TRACT of LAND, containing about a Thousand Acres, in NORTHUMBERLAND County. It is exceeding rich, beautifully situated between Point Lookout and Smith's Point, and commands a pleasant Prospect of Chesapeake Bay. There are some Gentlemen who pretend to claim a Right in the said Land; but as it was determined by Northumberland Court in Favour of the present Possessors, and their Decree was determined by the General Court, and left such a Report may be prejudicial to the Sale of the Land, I will give Bond and Security to make a good and indefeasible Right and Title. Any Gentleman inclinable to purchase may hear farther Particulars by applying to GRANVILLE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, June 10, 1772.  JOHN GARDEN.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Charles City,  on Wednesday the 15th Instant (July) a Negro Fellow named HARRY; he says he was sold, some Time past, by Captain John Atkinson, but cannot tell his Master's Name, as he ran off in the Night of the same Day his Master purchased him. The Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges.  JAMES EPPES, Jailer.
RUN away from the Ship THORNTON,  John Kid Commander, now lying at Leeds Town, six Convicts, namely: WILLIAM NICHOLSON, aged about twenty one Years, five Feet four Inches high, pitted with the Smallpox, and wears his own short black Hair; WILLIAM SMITH, about twenty seven Years of Age, a short well made Man, and has had sore Legs; PETER KNIGHT, of a very dark Complexion, and about five Feet ten Inches high; PATRICK BURN, a very ill looking Fellow, and about six Feet high; JOSEPH WADE, a short well made Man, about forty Years of Age, wears his own gray Hair, has been transported four Times under as many different Names, and is Ringleader to the rest; the above five are Seamen; ALEXANDER CLUBB, a very likely well made Man, six Feet high, wears his own long black Hair, has been some Time in the Army, and is by Trade a Shoemaker. Whoever secures them so that they may be laid again shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward for each, and his Expenses paid, or if brought to the Ship, the same Reward, besides what the Law allows. If they are taken up in Maryland, it is desired that they be delivered to Mr. William Russell, Merchant in Baltimore Town, who will give the same Reward.  JOHN KID.
WILLIAMSBURG, July 16, 1772.  LAST Saturday, at a Court of Common Hall, a bye Law was passed for constituting a WATCH, to consist of four sober and discreet People, who are to patrol the Streets of this City from ten o'Clock every Night until Daylight the next Morning, to cry the Hours, and use their best Endeavours to preserve Peace and good Order, by apprehending and bringing to Justice all disorderly People, Slaves, as well as others. They are likewise to have the Care of the FIRE ENGINES, and to be ready, in Cases of Accidents by Fire, to give their Assistance towards extinguishing the same. For which Services each Person is to receive a Salary of thirty Pounds a Year.  This Regulation, it is hoped, may prove extremely beneficial, not only to this City, but to the Neighbourhood in general. But as much will depend on those to be employed as Watchmen, such only as will answer the above Description (to which must be added Honesty and Diligence) need apply; and they are to give in their Names, with the necessary Certificates, to the Mayor, to be laid before the Common Hall to be held on the first Tuesday in next Month, when the Watch will be appointed.
WILLIAMSBURG, July 16, 1772.  JOHN BAKER, SURGEON DENTIST,  begs Leave to inform the Publick, and his Friends in particular, that he is now in Williamsburg, where he performs all Operations upon the Teeth, Gums, and Sockets, as usual; likewise has a Quantity of his ANTI-SCORBUTICK DENTIFRICE, for preserving the Teeth and Gums.
ABOUT forty Thousand Pounds of Transferee TOBACCO will be sold to the highest Bidder, on Thursday the 20th of August, for ready Money, at Sussex Courthouse, being Court Day, for the Benefit of the said County and Albemarle Parish.
WILLIAMSBURG, July 13, 1772.  WE, the Executors of Mr. William Hunter, late of this City, Printer, deceased, having long since paid all Debts appearing against his Estate, and near all his Legacies, intend in a few Months to make a final Settlement of the Estate, and so conclude our Administration. Should any other Demands remain unadjusted, we desire they may be immediately made known to us, otherwise we shall not, after the Settlement, look upon ourselves obliged to pay them; and as several old Accounts remain open on his Books, we shall esteem it an Act of Generosity, as well as of Justice, in the Debtors to discharge them.  BEN: WALLER. THOMAS EVERARD.
ALL Persons concerned are desired to take Notice that the Collection of the Debts due to Messrs. McCall & Elliott of Glasgow, for Dealings had with the Subscriber, at Todd's Warehouse, are now transferred to Mr. Robert McCandlish, who is duly authorised to receive and give Discharges for the same. The Subscriber proposes to sell the Plantation whereon he lives, lying about a Mile and a Half from Todd's Warehouse, containing six Hundred and fifty seven Acres, under a good Fence, with good Apple and Peach Orchards; the Dwelling and other Houses have been built about four Years. Any One who chooses to purchase may know the Terms by applying to.  ROBINSON DAINGERFIELD.
FREDERICKSBURG, July 8, 1772.  STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, about the 24th of June, a likely dark bay HORSE about fifteen Hands high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, a Star in his Forehead, trots and gallops, was shod all round, and has a small Knot on one of his Buttocks, but no Brand that can be remembered. Whoever delivers him to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward.  HENRY MITCHELL.
COMMITTED to James City Prison,  on Saturday the 11th Instant (July) a Negro Woman who says her Name is MOLLY, and that she is the Property of the Honourable William Byrd; she is of a yellow Complexion, about forty Years of Age, of the middle Stature, well made, has an Osnaburg Waistcoat, Coat, Shift, and Petticoat, and a Virginia Yarn Ditto, with white Warping and blue Filling. The Owner is desired to take her away, and pay the necessary Charges.  JOHN CONNELLY, Jailer.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Middlesex,  about the Beginning of June last, a Negro Man named GABRIEL, about twenty two Years old, a very likely Fellow, of a yellowish Complexion, about five Feet high, and had on, when he went away, a Pair of Leather Breeches, a white Cotton Waistcoat, a greenish Virginia Cloth One under it, and an Osnaburg Shirt. It is supposed he will go towards Fauquier. Whoever will deliver him to me, or secure him in Jail, and give me Notice thereof, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows.  JOHN M'NEAL.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Chesfield,  on the 12th of May, a Mulatto Man named DICK, about forty Years of Age, of the middle Stature, with straight Hair. I expect he will endeavour to pass for a Freeman. Whoever brings him to me, or secures him so that I may get him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward.  EDWARD BRANCH.
PRINCE GEORGE, June 22, 1772.  CAME to my Plantation, on the 20th Instant,  a likely outlandish Negro Fellow about five Feet six Inches high, talks some English Words, but cannot, or will not, tell his Master's Name so as to be understood; his Clothing consists of an old Virginia Cloth Coat bound with black Ferret, and black Horn Buttons, Rolls Trousers, an Osnaburg Shirt, and an old Cotton Waistcoat. He has his Country Marks on his Face. His Owner is desired to take him away as soon as possible.  ROBERT GILLIAM.
TAKEN up, in Orange, a black and white  COW marked with a Crop and Hole in each Ear. Possed, and
DINWIDDIE, June 13, 1772.  STOLEN from the Subscriber, on Friday Night the 12th Instant, a bay HORSE about four Feet seven Inches high, with a short Switch Tail and hanging Mane, paces, trots, and gallops very well, has remarkable good Spirit, was shod before, but his Brand, if any, is not remembered. I will give TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward on Delivery of the Horse to me, and FIVE POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief.  (T) NEILL BUCHANAN, Senior.
FOR SALE,  TWO Thousand five Hundred and twenty Acres of LAND on Nottoway River, in the Counties of Dinwiddie and Brunswick, about thirty Miles from the Towns of Petersburg and Blandford, to which Place there is a fine Road from the said Land; there is a good Water Grift Mill on the said River, with two Pair of Stones and a Bolting Mill. The Land is a proper Soil for Corn, Wheat, and Tobacco, and has all necessary Houses for Cropping. The Terms may be known by applying to the Subscriber, in Prince George County. Long Credit will be allowed for one Half the Purchase Money.  THEODORICK BLAND.
For SALE,  THE following Tracts of LAND, in Pittsylvania, namely, four Hundred Acres on Banister River, seven Hundred and seventy on Beaver Creek, three Hundred and forty five on Burch's Creek, three Hundred and eighty on Leatherwood, and four Hundred on Snow Creek. These Lands were formerly the Property of Mr. Samuel Gordon, deceased. The Price, and Time of Payment, may be known by applying to me in Petersburg.  JERMAN BAKER.
To be SOLD by the Subscribers, Mortgagees of Mr. Peter Copland of Pittsylvania, and the said Mortgagee, in Parcels, for the Benefit of the Subscribers, and others,
SIX Thousand Acres of valuable LAND, lying on Smith's River, Beaver and Ready Creeks. It is laid off in small Lots; and we do guaranty and confirm the former Sales of the Lands made to sundry Persons by the said Mortgagee, which were subject and liable to our Mortgagee, provided the Bonds for the same already taken, or to be taken, are made payable to us. And we do empower the said Mortgagee to sell and dispose of, for our Accounts, the above mentioned six Thousand Acres of Land, provided the said Mortgagee shall take the sundry Bonds for the same payable to us; and we do confirm and guaranty any Bargain or Sale of his Lands, formerly made by him, agreeable to this Advertisement, to be good and valid, as if the same had been made and done by ourselves. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for one Half, and two Years for the other Half.  PETER COPLAND. PETER RANDOLPH BLAND. WILLIAM BLACK. PATRICK COUTTS.
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. Any Person qualified for the Business of a Tavern Keeper, with a proper Capital, may find this as advantageous a Situation as any on the Continent. Apply to the Subscriber, who lives on the Premises.  THOMAS EGLETON.
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.