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CONSTANTINOPLE, September 17.
REPORT is spread here that two Corps of the Russian Army, after having passed the Danube, and environed the Camp of the Grand Vizier, had made Prisoner of War that Chief of the Ottoman Army, and were in Possession of the Standard of Mahomet. Though an Event of this Importance merits Confirmation, before Credit is given to it, yet we fear, notwithstanding, that this Misfortune is too true, as several who arrived here from the Army confirm the Report, and as the Arrival of the Physicians and Surgeons of the Grand Vizier, without their Master, gives People Cause to imagine he has lost his Liberty, though the Porte keeps a profound Silence on that Subject.
The frequent Conferences of the foreign Ministers together gives us Foundation to conjecture that they are seriously endeavouring to accomplish the Reestablishment of Peace, by the Mediation of England, and a certain other Power.
LONDON, October 30.
Extracts of a private Letter from Constantinople. THE north eastern Parts of Europe are at present both delighted and terrified by a Species of Magnificence with which the World has been for some Time unacquainted. The Grand Signior has at last taken the Field, in Person. He is the only Turkish Emperor who has headed his own Armies since the Time of Solyman the Magnificent. When Notice was given in the Seraglio that an Imperial Camp was to be formed, it may easily be conceived what was the Surprise, and what the Tumult. As all the Preparation was new, every Officer of the Household had Something to do which he had never done before, and which therefore he knew not how to do. It was observed that the Grand Signior, who through all the Accidents of this War had preserved a natural or affected Tranquility, came out of his Harem solicitous and dejected, having been, as it is supposed, ruffled by the Disorder of the Women and their Attendants, of whom some were weeping and fainting, because they were selected for the March, and others furious and clamorous, because, being left behind, they thought themselves neglected. But in the Courts of eastern Princes Fear and Obedience are idle Passions; the Order of the Master must be obeyed. The Grand Signior sets out with a Pomp becoming, what he files himself, the Master of the World. The Imperial Tent contains a Square of a Hundred Feet every Way, and is covered on the Outside with the most costly Tapestry. All the Furniture is of Silver, and over every Apartment into which it is divided is a Banner interwoven with golden Threads, and edged with Diamonds. The Crescent, which is raised high over the Entrance, is of massy Gold. Around this Pavilion are the Tents of his Women and their Attendants, into which it is Death to enter, and which are therefore distinguished from all others by a Covering of yellow Silk, and by white Plumes of Ostrich Feathers waving on their Tops. Their March is little less magnificent than their Encampment. The Wagons which convey the Women, and which are probably the same as the Harmamax of the ancient Persians, are covered in like Manner with yellow Silk, and the Harness of the Horses is adorned with Pearls. When the Women dismount from these Carriages, Notice is given by a particular Sound of the Instruments of War; and the whole Army turn their Backs, that they may not look upon them. It is easy to perceive that however this Magnificence may gratify the Sultan's Vanity it can contribute little to his Success; the Russians will fight with more Eagerness to gain their Riches for themselves than the Turks to preserve them for their Master.
That no Encouragement may, however, be wanting, on the fifth Day of their March was published the following Proclamation:
Be it known to the invincible Defenders of our illustrious Empire, the Officers and Soldiers of the Army now marching to chastise Infidelity, and support Justice, that since the Sultan has put himself at the Head of his faithful Troops it is his Pleasure that his Presence be perceived not more by the Strikeness of his Discipline than by the Splendour of his Liberality. He therefore makes it known to the utmost Limits of his Camp that when his Cannon shall have swept away Resistance, and his Scimetar shall have fallen on the Neck of Obstinacy, when he shall hear no Voice but that of Supplication, and shall see Nothing but the Dust of Armies flying before him, he will reward his steady Followers by distributing amongst them the Spoils of the conquered; he will give them Kingdoms to be parcelled out, and Cities to be set to Sale. Let them look round the Territories of their Enemies, and consider them as their own Possessions. Let them number the Armies that oppose them, and consider them as the Slaves by whose future Labour those Possessions shall be cultivated.
It was observed that when this Proclamation was published it produced no Exultation. The whole Army was silent, except a few Troops, who were prepared beforehand to receive it with Acclamation.
Extracts of a Letter from Plymouth, October 25.
"We are here in the greatest Hurry imaginable. Our Artificers do a great Deal of Work; so that we shall soon have a fine Fleet of Ships, if we had but Seamen to man them; but the Ruin of our Navy has been this, that the Captains of our Guardships have had their Footmen, Gardeners, Barbers, &c. bore upon the Ships Books, and now that they are wanted truly they cannot go to Sea. To avoid this, Mr. Clerk of the Cheque goes on Board to muster, and one Day last Week set down thirty two as dead, all of whom, I will take my Bible Oath of it, are alive, and as well this Minute as I am."
"If any Person, unacquainted with their Tricks, were to hear what Numbers have died on Board each Guardship in a Day, he would imagine we had the Plague, or some other epidemic Distemper, among us. Is not this a most infamous and scandalous Cheat on the Publick? I can prove that one Captain had every Servant in his House rated on the Books, and even the very Fellow that went with his Dung Cart."
October 31. This Day a Meeting of the Electors of Westminster was held at Westminster Hall. Mr. Wilkes, attended by the Committee appointed at a Meeting the Day before, and an infinite Number of People, was seated in the Chair. Three loud Acclamations proclaimed the persecuted Hero Chairman of the Day. Mr. Wilkes took out a Paper, and said that the Meeting was to consult whether Instructions should not be given their Members for impeaching the Honourable Frederick North, commonly called Lord North, in Parliament. This Motion was opposed by Mr. Sawbridge, he urging that it would be impeaching Lord North to the Lord North in the present House of Commons; and that what with the Bishops, Scotch Lords, and a Train of pensioned Lords, who are always at the Beck of a Minister, his Strength was greater in the Upper House. Mr. Sawbridge therefore proposed to drop it, and added, "I have the highest Opinion of the Virtues of his Majesty's Heart, who at present has a thick Mist before his Eyes. I trust in God that he will, himself, soon listen to the united Complaints of his People, and redress their every Wrong: and proposed another Remonstrance in its Stead, not doubting but if the People persevere, and are steady in having their invaded Rights recitab-lished, or the Invaders of these condignly punished, his Majesty, sooner or later, would have that thick Mist dispelled from before his Eyes."
At the Meeting the Day before the following Instructions were read, and approved by the Electors; but upon considering Mr. Sawbridge's Arguments against impeaching Lord North, a Remonstrance to his Majesty was voted in their Room.
To the Right Honourable EARL PERCY, and SIR ROBERT BERNARD, Baroneis.
"We the Electors of the City and Liberty of Westminster, reflecting, with the deepest Concern, that all Addresses, Petitions, and Remonstrances, from the People, to the Throne, have of late been not only received with Strong Marks of Disapprobation, but proved entirely ineffectual, and that the Nation can have no Prospect of having their intolerable Grievances redressed by the Interposition of their Sovereign, think it our
Duty to direct and instruct you, our Representatives in Parliament, to endeavour, after the Manner of our great Ancestors, a constitutional Remedy for the many Evils we suffer, by impeaching, in Parliament, the Right Honourable Frederick North, commonly called Lord North, Chancellor of his Majesty's Exchequer, and first Commissioner of the Treasury, for that he, the said Lord North, did publicly, in express Terms, deny the Right of the Subject to petition the King for the Dissolution of Parliament, and afterwards used various Threats to prevent the legal Exercise of that Right; and also that he, the said Lord North, advised the fatal Measure of imposing on the County of Middlesex a Representative who was not chosen by a greater Part of the Freeholders of the said County, and employed unconstitutional Methods to carry it into Execution, by which the invaluable Right of Election, and the ancient and fundamental Privileges of the People, have been violated. We likewise direct and instruct you to promote a parliamentary Inquiry into the Foundation of the Reports which have spread the most general Alarm (and been universally credited) that he, the said Lord North, has exerted an undue and corrupt Influence over the legislative Body; that such Influence still continues in the greatest Force; that the Contempt in which this Nation is now held abroad, in Consequence of his Administration, has been the true Cause of the Insults we have received in Europe, and the Loss of our Territories in America; and lastly, that he, the said Lord North, has been the Adviser of many pernicious Councils, manifestly tending to sow Dissensions between the King and his People at Home and in the Colonies, to sap the publick Credit of the Nation abroad, and to destroy the first Principles of this free Government, and bring on a total Dissolution of this excellent Constitution."
In an Account published by Mr. Wilkes, in the London Chronicle of November 10th, of the Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Westminster Electors, he says, "I avow having drawn up the Instructions for "the Impeachment of Lord North, in which my Hand and Heart perfectly concurred, for I think him a weak, wicked, and deceitful Minister; and that, from the two important Posts he now fills, he must be considered as the ostensible Minister, and the chief Instrument of the Tyranny we groan under at Home and in the Colonies."
The following is a correct Copy of the REMONSTRANCE. To the KING'S Most Excellent Majesty. The humble Address, Remonstrance, and Petition, of the Electors of the City and Liberty of Westminster.
May it please your Majesty, "As long as we have any Confidence left in the Integrity of your Majesty's Intentions, and in the Sincerity of your Declarations, we cannot cease most humbly, though earnestly, to implore your Royal Interposition in Behalf of a loyal and much injured People. We have already petitioned your Majesty for the Dissolution of the present Parliament. That Power is surely and incontestably placed by the Constitution in your Majesty, for the Benefit of your People. There are but two Situations in which it can be exercised; either when the People are dissatisfied, or when they are satisfied, with the Conduct of their Representatives. If your Majesty means wholly to decline this Power, as irreconcilable with the Principles of the Constitution, the People will lose a constitutional Remedy. If your Majesty means to retain it, and to exercise it only in the latter Case, as it has been very recently, and without Scruple, exercised over the American Assemblies, it can never be a Benefit; but, on the contrary, must be a grievous Injury to your Subjects. Your faithful City and Liberty of Westminster do therefore most earnestly implore your Majesty to exert it now, when the whole Kingdom is most justly and generally offended with the Conduct of this Parliament."
With the most dutiful Respect to your Majesty, and with the most invariable Attachment to your Royal Person and Family, we beg Leave to represent to your Majesty that the Redress of every Grievance, the Security of all our violated Rights, the Relief of all our Sufferings, the Prayer of every Petition, the Restoration of Usaninity, Harmony, and Peace (so often recommended by your Majesty from the Throne) are all entirely in your Majesty's Power to bestow; for the Injuries we have sustained, and the Evils of which we complain, have been voted and produced by your Majesty's own Ministers, Officers, and Servants, and by those Members of Parliament especially who are under the immediate Influence of the Crown."
Your Majesty has long been so happily situated as to have a Choice of Means to give Redress and Contentment to your People, either by removing such of your Servants who have done the Wrong (instead of dismissing those who refused their Concurrence) or by dissolving the present Parliament; that so since no adequate Provision has hitherto been made to prevent the Crown, and its Ministers, from choosing all their Servants and Dependents from amongst the Representatives of the People, the People, by a fresh Election, may have an Opportunity of choosing for their Representatives those who shall not be the Servants and Dependents of the Crown and its Ministers."
By the Choice of independent, unbiased, and real Representatives of the People, and by the Measures which such Men will naturally take for our Security, we trust, under the good Providence of God, that we shall not continue to see in this Kingdom Electors denied the Right of Election, Juries denied the Right of Judgment, and Petitioners denied the Right of Complaint."
After Mr. Wilkes had signed, as Chairman, the foregoing Remonstrance, he said to Mr. Sawbridge, and several other Gentlemen, that he always should most cheerfully submit his Opinion to the Majority of his Friends, but that he feared the present Remonstrance would have no more Effect than the former; and be only another Paper Kite for his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. It has been since presented to his Majesty, by Sir Robert Bernard, but no Answer returned.
Receipt to cure French Vanity, and Spanish Insolence. "Go to Portsmouth, and take of Ships of the Line, made of true British Heart of Oak, quantum sufficit, and distribute among those some Thousands of English Sailors; let the Royal George ride at their Head up the Atlantic, and let Hawke thunder in the Stern. Thus equipped, steer left-hand Ways to Brest and Cadiz; bombard the latter, and salute the former, in the English Way, with an Coup mortel. This Dose will be so effectual that it will require no Repetition; it will at once make the French polite, and the Spaniards courteous."
A true Anecdote of the late Mr. Whitefield. "In the early Part of his Life, this Gentleman was preaching in the open Fields, when a Drummer happened to be present, who was determined to interrupt his pious Business, and rudely beat his Drum in a violent Manner, in Order to drown the Preacher's Voice. Mr. Whitefield spoke very loud, but was not so powerful as the Instrument. He therefore called out to the Drummer, in these Words, "Friend, you and I serve the two greatest Masters existing, but in different Callings; you beat up for Volunteers for King George, I for the Lord Jesus Christ. In God's Name, then, do not let us interrupt each other; the World is wide enough for us both, and we may get Recruits in Abundance." This Speech had such an Effect that the Drummer went away in great good Humour, and left the Preacher in full Possession of the Field."
November 2. A Gentleman of this City was a few Days ago called on to give his Reasons for refusing to pay the Land Tax for his Estates in a certain County, or suffer his Tenants to pay it. He answered, that he will never pay a Parting until he is legally represented in Parliament, and that if his Tenants pay the Tax he will not allow it to them again.
November 3. We have it avowed to us that a certain Nobleman (against whom the Proceedings of Wednesday, at Westminster, were particularly pointed) happening, just after the breaking up of the Assembly, to meet, in Saville Row, a Patriot Commoner of great Fortune, his Lordship cried out, "Well, Sir, what have been the Motions of the Raggamuffins in Westminster Hall?" "Why, my Lord, the Raggamuffins have unani-
mously carried a Motion to have no Impeachment until they are sure of Decollation."
It was reported this Morning that the respectable Inhabitants of two of our American Colonies have thought of petitioning Government for an Augmentation of Troops to be stationed in their Capital, to protect the Subjects from the Violence of a licentious Rabble.
Lord Bute, it is confidently said, is now at the Court of Madrid, in Disguise.
November 5. His Majesty has commanded Orders to be transmitted to all the Governors of Forts; both in and out of Great Britain, to send an Account of their Strength, and lose no Time in making Application for such Supplies of Men and Ammunition as are necessary for the greater Security of those Places from the Depredations of any Enemy.
November 6. It is said that a Body of Gentlemen, not fewer than fifty in Number, at a Meeting held in the City on Friday Evening, came to the unanimous Resolution of not paying any Land Tax this Year.
Extracts of a Letter from Ayr, in Scotland, October 28.
"Mr. Duff, Sheriff of Ayr, is advised from Stannar, and the west Coast, as well as from the Isle of Man, that the Plague has broke out in that Island. If this is a Fact, it will be very difficult to prevent its being communicated to Britain; for the Isle of Man is inhabited by a Nest of Smugglers, and from Greenock to Liverpool is crowded with their Adherents. You see the Risk we run. I wrote this because it came from a sure Hand."
Another Paper contradicts this Account, and says there is no infectious Disorder in the Isle of Man.
On Thursday last Captain Ferguson, late of a Ship belonging to Virginia, was lodged in Wood Street Compter, on a Charge against him for the wilful Murder of two Sailors and a Boy, on Board the said Ship, on the high Seas. He was on Saturday examined before the Lord Mayor, when the Facts appearing very clear, by the Depositions of two Seamen who were on Board the Vessel, he was committed to the above Prison, in Order to take his Trial at the next Session of Admiralty, which will be held some Time next Month.
Killigrew being told that King Charles the second's Nose was sore, said, "No Wonder, when his Majesty has been led by it so long."
November 7. It is now positively said, at the west End of the Town, that a respectable Part of the present Armament will, in a few Days, be despatched for the Tagus, to procure a full Satisfaction for the many Injuries to our Commerce by the most ungrateful Court of Portugal, whom Country we have saved in Time of War and Famine.
The Edgar Man of War is getting ready for the South Seas, with an Expedition.
We hear Vice Admiral Sir William Burnaby will have the Command of a Squadron of Men of War destined for the Jamaica Station.
Letters from Gibraltar mention that all the British Ships in the Mediterranean are now collected into one Fleet, which lies near the Straits, commanded by Admiral Proby.
The Magistrates of Edinburgh have offered a Reward of two Guineas to every able Seaman, and one Guinea to every ordinary Seaman, over and above his Majesty's Bounty, who shall voluntarily enter to serve on Board the Royal Navy on or before the 30th Instant.
November 13. The following Letter was on Saturday sent to Lloyd's Coffeehouse in Lombard Street, dated Portsmouth, November 9.
"At Spithead there are sixteen Sail of Men of War, under the Command of Admiral Geary. There are also at Spithead the Ship Yelverton, an outward bound East Indiaman, which has on Board two Hundred and eighty six Men, of whom there are upwards of ninety very ill with a violent Fever. Six of her Complement are already dead, as are also two Customhouse Officers who were put on Board her. The Fever they have, it is said, is very contagious."
A Letter from Admiral Geary has been transmitted to the Lords of the Admiralty, and the Commissioners of the Customs, acquainting them with the above unhappy Event, and that he has taken every Precaution to prevent the infectious Disorder from spreading, having placed a Guard round the Ship, to prevent any of the Crew going on Shore. The Admiral also sent Physicians and Apothecaries on Board, who are all of Opinion that the Disorder is contagious. The Crew, &c. are to be carried to Stargate Creek, where an Hospital Ship will be stationed for them to perform Quarantine.
Lord Harcourt, who set out Yesterday for France, and Count de Guigne, Ambassador from thence, are expected to meet at Calais this Day.
We hear much about the Manila Ransom. Should it not be settled to the Satisfaction of this Kingdom, in the present Negotiation carrying on by our Ministry, or made a Point of our Quarrel, should a War ensue, there is a Way of deciding the Difference which has not been thought of; namely, commencing a Suit against his Catholic Majesty. Nor is this Proceeding without Precedent; the King of Spain (says Mr. Selden) was cutlawed in Westminster Hall, I being of Counsel against him. A Merchant had recovered Costs against him in a Suit, which, because he could not get, we advised to have the King outlawed for not appearing; and so he was. As soon as Gondemar heard that, he presently sent the Money, by Reason, if his Master had been outlawed, he could not have had the Benefit of the Law, which would have been very prejudicial, there being then many Suits depending between the King of Spain and our English Merchants.
If War with Spain is unavoidable (says a Correspondent) let us comprehend France in our Declaration. Let no Chicanery, on the Side of the latter, put off the Blow until she is able to ward it away. The House of Bourbon is united; and when any Branch of it pretends to be your Friend, while the others are at War, that Branch means to deceive. We know where France is vulnerable; Fortune herself cannot prevent her Sugar Islands from falling into our Hands: Turn the Wealth of her West Indies into our own Commerce, and she loses the Means of continuing the War.
The following Promotions are immediately to take Place, in Consequence of the Duke of Argyle's Death: The Earl of Panmure to be Colonel of the Scots Greys. Major General Mackay to be Colonel of the twenty first Regiment of Foot, vice Lord Panmure. Major General Urmston, of the Guards, to be Colonel of the sixty fifth Regiment of Foot, vice General Mackay.
Orders are given for Detachments of the Royal Regiment of Artillery to be in Readiness to embark for the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey.
Yesterday Summons were issued for a Court of Common Council to meet at Guildhall next Thursday, to consider of a proper Bounty to be given by the Corporation to able bodied Seamen; his Lordship being of Opinion that the Fleet will be more expediently manned by that salutary Method than by impressing. Some other interesting Matters will also come under the Consideration of the Court.
A Letter received Yesterday from Portsmouth mentions that the Distemper on Board the Dutch Ship at that Place is no other than what was call the Jail Distemper, having several Felons on Board, which they were carrying to the East Indies.
A certain popular Gentleman having lately taken the Lead in some publick Proceedings, contrary to the Opinion of many eminent Lawyers, we are told that the Security given for his good Behaviour for seven Years is likely to be agitated, during the present Term, at Westminster.
On Friday last the Aldermen Townshend, Sawbridge, and Oliver, requested the Lord Mayor to call a Common Council, to consider of a Bounty for Seamen, which his Lordship readily granted for Thursday. It is supposed that some of the Common Council will move at the same Time for a Remonstrance, that they may convince his Majesty that whilst they are desirous to show the utmost Alacrity in his Service they are determined to have Redress for the Injuries the Constitution has received from his Ministers.

We hear that the common Cry amongst the People in Spain is for Peace with the English.
An elegant House is taken in Hill Street, Berkley Square, for the Reception of Don Lucas, the Irish Patriot, who is speedily expected in this Capital.
News from the West. Letters from Gibraltar mention that five Spanish and four French Men of War on the Line lately passed the Gut, and appeared to be bound to some Port in the Mediterranean.
We hear the Admiralty Office has received Advice that the Malignity of the Fever on Board the Dutch East India Ship at Portsmouth abates daily.
A Bill, it is said, is intended to be brought in to take away the Charter from the Province of the Massachusetts Bay.
We are informed that the Authors of the intended Assassination of her Imperial Majesty, the Czarina, have been happily discovered. This wicked Conspiracy, after tracing it through a Variety of Labyrinths, has at last been fixed upon the House of Bourbon. The French King's Ambassador at St. Petersburg has been fully proved to be charged by his Court with this Commission. In Consequence of this Discovery the French Ambassador now at Petersburg is a close Prisoner in his own House, where he is guarded Day and Night by a military Detachment, and most probably, in a few Days, will be sentenced to the Punishment due to so black a Crime, which, in that Country, is the Knout.
A Correspondent informs us, that Debates in the lower Room of the Robinhood Society, Yesterday, were agitated with great Warmth. Mr. Barry spoke near an Hour and a Half, Mr. Buck near an Hour, and Mr. Doggewell finished the Opposition of the Day. The chief Charge brought against the Managers was that of their supinely enjoying themselves at their Country Seats during the Summer, instead of immediately beginning those Preparations for Blows which they are now in such a Panic about. That War had been meditating by our Enemies ever since the Conquest of Ceres, which, by the least spirited Measures here at Home, must have been prevented, and very thankfully too by the French, who would, at least, have been glad of any Pretence to have saved the Blood and Treasure which that Conquest cost them. That we are not prepared in any one Part of the World for a Stroke from the Enemy: Gibraltar, Minorca, the Fisheries, defenceless; and no Dependence on the Colonies for their hearty Support, as in the late War. Mr. Barrington talked of Faction and Sedition; which the Buck of the Society took to himself, and threatened to bring before them during the Session, in a regular Manner, a new Representation of St. George's Fields, which, from Materials he had procured, he was enabled to do. Mr. North acquitted himself by observing that had he prepared for Blows three Months ago Mr. Bourbon and his Family would have done the same. That, indeed, we then should have had rather the Start of them; but that, as it is, we have the Start of them, and every Advantage we could have had sooner. Mr. Barré was very confident that he smelt War, but Nothing more than a very strong Scent of it appeared from any Thing that fell in the Conversation of the Day.
A very pathetic Eulogium was, we hear, spoken in a certain Assembly Yesterday, on a lately deceased popular Commander, by Colonel Barré. His Description was so just, and his Language so elegant and affecting, that it drew Tears from almost every Eye.
Lord North, in Answer to a Hint that had been thrown out, that it was absurd to employ one Branch of the House of Bourbon to mediate our Differences with the other, assured a certain Assembly, on Tuesday last, that England wanted no Mediator; that she was able to settle her own Disputes, and recent any Injuries offered to her; and that he was certain the Gentleman who entertained that Opinion must have collected his Information either from Newspapers or Coffeehouse Politicians.
Mr. Dowdswell pledged his Honour, in a certain House on Tuesday last, that he would, at least once in every Session, during this Parliament, move that Assembly to restore to the People their Rights, which had been violated in the Determination upon the Middlesex Election.
We hear that on the Arrival of Mr. Potter from Madrid all the Papers relative to the Spanish Disputes (including the last Message) will be laid, by Order, before an august Assembly, before which Time neither the Lord Mayor (as was promised) nor the Publick, need expect to hear the least Syllable about the Matter from Authority.
Some keen sighted Politicians pretend to have unravelled one or two Mysteries in a late Speech. Extraordinary Supplies are earnestly sought for, to defray the publick Expenses in equipping our Fleets, which shows that there is not the least Hope of having these Expenses (as Lord North intended) from Spain; and at the same Time proves that some more extraordinary Works are expected.
A Correspondent asks, why were not all Lord North's Messages and Remonstrances directed to that great man the Governor of Buenos Ayres, who, according to the Tenor of a late Speech, was the Aggressor, and not the Spanish Ministry?
It is certain that there is a Junction of the Toulon and Corunna Fleets, consisting of twenty four Sail of the Line.
We are assured that the French King had lately sent Agents to Amsterdam, to negotiate a Loan on publick Security; which was refused universally, so on brittle a Foundation, as the Dutch termed it.
A Letter from Gibraltar says that two Spanish Frigates belonging to the Fleet stationed at Carthagena continually follow the British Squadron in the Mediterranean, at a Distance, to observe their Motions.
On Tuesday the Robinhood Debates commenced for the Winter Season, when both the Upper and Lower Societies were extremely full. The former transmitted, as usual, some Propositions to the latter; which, being read by the Chairman, were afterwards largely and lamely expatiated upon by Mr. Greville, from whom little could be heard, or understood, except a Motion for the Thanks of the Society for the above Propositions. He was seconded very audibly, in the sermonizing way, by Mr. Ap Rice. Considerable Objections, however, to these Thanks, were raised on the other Side of the Room, particularly by the great Performer Mr. Barré, who poured forth his Eloquence for above an Hour, by the Glass; in the Midst of which a Thunder Storm broke forth that almost shook the Room, but, happily, a Calm soon succeeded. In the Course of this Oration much Freedom was taken with a certain Insinuation, that the late hostile Proceedings was the Act of the Governor of Buenos Ayres. He desired to be informed if it was certain that this Governor had acted from his own Motion, and not from the Instruction of his Court; in which Case he must have taken upon him to warn the English from Falkland's Island, afterwards to threaten them with a Force that should oblige them to leave the Place, and lastly, actually to send that Force, and all this without receiving Orders to do so from the King his Master. He added, with great Pleasantry, that he had formerly been well acquainted with this Governor, who was at that Time an Officer in a superior Command, and had great Merit. "But little (says he) did my good Friend Don Francisco ever dream of arriving at this Pitch of Honour, and being considered by the King of Great Britain as his Enemy." But the Refinement of the King of Great Britain, it seems, was levelled, for two Years together, against a wretched Libeller, and now against the poor Governor of Buenos Ayres; against John Wilkes, Esquire, just come out of the King's Bench Prison, and my old Acquaintance Don Francisco.
In the Course of this Oration, the various Mr. Berrington, having been a little freely dealt with, for sending some unintelligible Orders in the last War, Mr. Berrington declared that since he had been in Office he had written Letters upon Letters, Hundreds of Letters, and Thousands of Letters, may he believed he might even say a Hundred Thousand Letters, without the least Fault having been found with any of them, except indeed one, about some Doings in St. George's Fields, which the Voice of Faction and Sedition had formerly misrepresented in that self-same Robinhood Society.
The Gentleman at whom this last Stroke was aimed (Minheer Burkenhoof) started from his Seat, returned the Blow with great Fury indeed, and swore by all the Gods that he then pledged himself to bring St. George's Fields into that Assembly Room, by Ways and Means he had lately procured, and which, he seemed to threaten, should confound his Antagonist, and astonish that Society. Much more was added in the menacing as well as the flowery Way.
It is remarkable that no Amendment to the Proposition was moved; so the Thanks of the Society, as usual, passed by a very great Majority.
On Tuesday Mr. Burke and Colonel Barré convinced the Members of a certain great Assembly that they were as firm in the Cause of Freedom as ever, by their animated Attack upon the unaccountable Proceedings of the Premier, who was observed several Times to turn pale and gnaw his under Lip.
The Complaint of the Governor of Buenos Ayres, in a certain Oration, looks as if a great Personage had been advised to call the Servant to an Account, instead of the Master.
His Majesty was attended Yesterday to the House of Peers by his Grace the Duke of Ancestre, and Lord Willoughby de Broke.
Yesterday the Duke of St. Alban's, Earl of Cholmondeley, Lord Harborough, and Lord Grantham, took the usual Oaths, and their Seats, in the House of Lords.
They write from Amsterdam that above eighty Tuns of Tea were actually shipped there lately for St. Eustatia, to be disposed of to the North American Traders.
James Cock, the Freeholder of Middlesex, applied by his Brother John Cock, to Mr. Alderman Wilkes, who advised every Step he pursued. After the Habeas Corpus was issued out, the Lords of the Admiralty not only granted his Discharge, but sent it down to him by Express, at their own Expense, before the Habeas Corpus could be served.
The Cafe of Press Warrants has been accurately stated, by the Direction of the Lord Mayor, and sent to Sergeant Glynn, Mr. Dunning, and Mr. Wedderburn, for their Opinion.
Excerpt of a Letter from Portsmouth, November 13.
"The Account I have seen in the Papers about the Disorder on Board the Dutch East India Man being erroneous, and calculated to alarm the Publick, I think it necessary to acquaint you that though it is true the two Tidesmen who came on Shore sick from this Ship have died of the Fever they got on Board her, yet it is equally true that it has not been communicated to either of their Families, or to any other Person. It is rumoured that Mrs. Hayter, of Gosport, died with the same Fever; but the really did not. The Fever in Question is, no Doubt, a very bad One, but is Nothing more than a Fever, and such as is not uncommon on Board a Ship crowded with a Number of Men; many of whom, in the present Cafe, were taken from the Jail in Holland."
"Effectual Precautions have been used to prevent a Communication of the said Fever to the Crews of any of his Majesty's Ships at this Port, or to any of the Inhabitants of this or the neighbouring Towns. The ready and powerful Assistance afforded by Admiral Garry to the proper Officers of the Customs, upon this Occasion, is highly meritorious."
C L U B N E W S.
Sir William Meredith, in a certain Club, on Tuesday, observed that what seemed most extraordinary to him in the Speech was that the Governor of Buenos Ayres should be the only Prince mentioned to have committed Hostilities against the King of Great Britain, and wanted to know what mighty Potentate this Governor of Buenos Ayres was, that dared to attack his Majesty's Dominions without Provocation. That he feared there was Something covered under that Deceit; that it seemed to proclaim to all Europe the Subterfuge that the English Ministry wanted to take Advantage of, by disclaiming the Act of their Governor, and thereby evading the Stroke that ought to have been returned, before it was in their Power to repel it. As to the Mention made of our Colonies, he said that he did not like that vindictive Spirit that seemed to threaten Vengeance against the only Protestant Colony on which this Country can with Confidence rely against the common Enemy, and wished the Ministry would declare openly what was their Intention. That he had, during the recess, Opportunities of discovering the Satisfaction with which the Accounts were received, by the Manufacturers of this Kingdom, that the Spirit of Opposition was beginning to subside in our Colonies. That our Brethren in America were again sending their Orders to their Correspondents as usual, and Commerce was returning to the old Channel. That what was now threatened against the Massachusetts Bay would again tend to rouse that Spirit of Combination that was now, in a great Measure, at Rest, and which would gradually die away if no fresh Matter of Aggravation was proposed to increase them. That, for his Part, he thought every American had as just a Title to all the Rights of English Freedom as he himself had; and that he would as soon give his Vote for the Deprivation of his own Rights as for that of his Fellow Subjects on the other Side the Atlantic. That he had always opposed the Measures that had brought on the Dispute, and should ever oppose every Measure that was likely to continue it.
It was farther observed, on this Subject, that the Ministry had Nothing to boast of with Regard to the late Resolutions of the Americans to renew their Commerce with the Mother Country, who had done no more than the King of Prussia, and every other wife Prince did, in the Conduct of commercial Affairs. When any of his Neighbours think it Policy to lay a Duty on any Commodity that is imported into his Country, he immediately lays a greater Duty, which amounts to a Prohibition of that Commodity. Just to the Americans: When, upon commercial Principles, a Duty was laid on certain Commodities that were imported into America, they immediately, upon commercial Principles, entered into an Agreement not to receive any of those Commodities; when, upon commercial Principles, you thought proper to repeal those Duties, they again, upon commercial Principles, agreed to receive them. You still continue to retain the Duty upon Tea, to show your Sovereignty; they still continue their Agreement not to receive that Commodity, to show you that they deny it. What, therefore, is there in this but the most consummate Policy, and the most determined Firmness that can animate any People whose Liberty is at Stake?
After all, the grand Question, Peace or War , was by no Means answered on this Occasion. It seemed, however, to be the Opinion that War is at no great distance. Mr. Barré, indeed, thought it to be very near. He is allowed to have an excellent Nose, and he declared that he smelt it.
An Estimate of MAN'S HAPPINESS, considered in different Points of View.
GOOD and Bad, Affluence and Want, Felicity and Misfortune, are great or little just as we suit ourselves to them. Some look upon little Accidents as great Afflictions, and a slender Advantage as high Prosperity. When a sumptuous Dinner was once presented to Lylander he ordered the Helots, or Lacedemonian Slaves, to eat it, and contented himself with his own ordinary Diet. Agefilaus receiving a Present of fine Liquors and Provisions, kept no Part for himself but some Meal. He is the richest Man who desires no Superfluity, and wants for no Necessary.
It is in vain to commemorate a Person who does not feel unhappy, and wrong to account any one happy who feels miserable. That Man is rich who thinks he abounds, and he is contented who flights Misfortunes. The discontented rich are poor, and those unhappy whom small Misfortunes subdue.
The Man addicted to Sorrow is not joyful in Prosperity, and a rich Miser may live worse than a Beggar. Fortune, in itself, is neither good nor bad but as we comport with it; and, in this Sense, every Man makes his own Fortune.
If Losses happen to a Friend, we condole with him; but if he is neither dejected nor made miserable by them, can we condole with him in this Situation? We should rather solicitate him upon his coming off victorious after an Engagement. Misfortunes touch not him who does not feel them.
On the other Hand, we may go to solicitate a Friend upon some great good Luck and find him unhappy; some small Accident may have ruffled his Mind, and rendered him unattentive to his good Fortune. In this Case, our intended Congratulation may justly be turned to Condolence; for though his Disasters are slender, yet they are afflicting if he lays them to Heart. It is not the Thing in itself that torments us, but the Thoughts and Feelings we have of it. If we arm ourselves, and make a Stand against Misfortunes, we suffer the less. He who valiantly meets his Enemy often obtains an honourable Capitulation. It is always a Comfort and an Honour to meet Misfortunes bravely, for no Man can prove his Courage but by Trial.
To show that good or bad Fortune is just as it is felt we need only resume the Consideration of Master and Servant; for Masters, in general, appear no happier than their Servants. We are not to look for Contentment in Palaces alone, but may as well find it in Huts. I one Day visited two particular Persons. The first was Master of an elegant House and Garden. I asked him if he expected good Fruit that Year. He answered, he could say Nothing of his Garden, because he scarce ever went out of his Bedchamber. The second was so confined, in a little dark Room, that I thought him incommodiously lodged; but he found many Conveniences, which I could not see, in this close Apartment. He told me how still and quiet his Chamber was; that it enjoyed the Summer's Sun, and felt no Winter Blasts. Among other Things, he showed me his Pleasure Garden, which consisted of a few Flower Pots ranged on the Outside of his Window; then asked me what I thought of his Habitation. I assured him I was just come from a Gentleman of Fortune, who did not enjoy so many Conveniences. Indeed a Gentleman may be poor in the Midst of Plenty, but to be discontented with Riches is accumulated Poverty.
We must not judge a Thing to be great or little with Regard to our own Opinions, but as it affects the Possessor. A Man may be more justly congratulated upon possessing what we think a Trifle than upon enjoying what we esteem a substantial Good, provided the Possessor be delighted with the former, and dislikes the latter. If a Person purchase a Title he may appear to us deserving of Commiseration, because he parts with his Money, which we call a Good, to buy an empty Name, or Shadow of a Thing; yet, if the Person is really and internally rejoiced at his Purchase, it proves no Shadow to him, but a Substance, for a Man's Mind is his Kingdom. The Purchaser bestows his Money well who remains satisfied with his Bargain.
If a Misfortune befall us, and we think it well it was no worse, the Hurt cannot be great. An Emperour of Japan, being born under the Constellation of the Dog, conceived such an Affection for the canine Species that he ordered, whenever a Dog died, the Owner of him should carry the Carcass to a certain Burying Ground appointed for that Purpose. As a Gentleman was one Day sweating under the Load of his dead Dog, and complaining of the Hardship of the Order, his Friend, to comfort him, said, "We have Reason to thank God that the Emperour was not born 'under the Horse, for a Horse would have been a much heavier Burthen.' Could any ancient Greek Philosopher have moralised better upon the Occasion!
There is Nothing more strange, and at the same Time more common, than for one Man to judge of another by his own Taste. We hear, every Day, one Neighbour censuring another for his Manner of Life; though Nobody can determine which of the two leads the best whilst each of them follows his own Inclination. We say, to a Proverb, "Every Man as he
likes;" and whoever lives according to his own Liking always lives happy, though, in his Neighbour's Eye, he may appear to live miserable. He who follows his own Inclination is happy. When we censure another's Manner of eating and drinking, his Studies or his Labours, his solitary or sociable Life, &c. it is no better than saying, "Regulate your Appetite according to mine;" and, though your Taste and Constitution may be different, yet live as I and others do. This is downright Tyranny, and making one Man the Tormentor of another; for to deprive one of what I like is robbing one of my Choice, and natural Liberty. He who would regulate other Peoples Taste according to his own behaves like a Child who says to his Bird, "Thou shalt sleep in my own Bed;" then puts the little Creature into his Bosom, goes to Bed with it, and finds it dead in the Morning.
Those who exhort others to live after their Manner consider not that they relished, in their Youth, the very Things they dislike in advanced Age, and now follow with Pleasure the Studies they formerly disliked. To compel old People to use their youthful Recreations would be robbing them of their present Enjoyment. Other Times other Manners, other Minds other Pleasures. I had formerly Pleasure in dancing, for which at present I find no Relish; and if any Man censures me for this, he may as well censure me for being grown older. If we duly observed this Change of Taste in ourselves, we should not declaim against those Ways of others which are as natural as our own, nor exhort our Friends to follow our Examples, which is no other than kindly endeavouring to deprive them of their Solace and Comfort.
One Man pities his Neighbour for walking on Foot, who, in Return, pities him for using a Coach. For my Part, I pity neither, provided they both are pleased. I do not even pity the Russian Women, who beg a Beating of their Husbands; but look upon them as happy, if they really relish this Kind of Repast. Our Tastes are various, and produce good Effects in the World. Some are pleased with Concord, others more with Discord, in Music. Some prefer the Cry of a Pack of Hounds to a Concert, as a certain Scythian General preferred the neighing of a Horse to the Sound of a Trumpet. Those Things suit every Man best which are most agreeable to him. Whatever is good or bad for us, in our own Estimation and Experience, is good or bad in Reality. An imaginary Illness is real to the Person, and imaginary Honour real to the Possessor. Hence, if any Man rejoices in a Title, I congratulate with him, not upon Account of the Title, but on Account of his Joy. As our Taste must not regulate that of others, we should not call a Pleasure unnatural because it does not suit with our Nature; nor ought we to censure the Inclinations of others merely because they contradict our own, but rather encourage every Man to follow the Bent of his particular Nature and Appetite, provided we do not countenance hurtful Pleasures. We must check and restrain all such Inclinations, both in ourselves and others, as tend to impair and destroy the Body, wound the Mind, and bring Misery upon Man. Here we must all sacrifice our Taste to our Happiness. In other Respects, it is best to follow Nature; and we may justly esteem those happy who are at Liberty to do it.
If Diogenes lived contented in his Tub, he was as happy as Alexander. Equal Content will render Men equally happy, in the different Situations of Life.
WILLIAMSBURG, February 7.
THERE is a Report in Town that his Excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Dunmore, Governor of New York, is appointed to the Command of this Dominion; that Sir William Draper is to have his Government; and that Colonel George Mercer will succeed Governor Tryon in that of North Carolina.
The Vessel mentioned, in our last, to have been cast away off Bermuda, was not the Property of Mr. Glassell of Fredericksburg, but of Mr. Glassford, Merchant in Glasgow.
Advertisements.
IT is hoped, and expected, that all those who still continue in Arrear to the late Governor's Estate will settle their Accounts with the Treasurer some Time in the succeeding April General Court at farthest, that the Gentlemen appointed to manage his Lordship's Affairs in this Country may be enabled to close their Accounts, and remit whatever Balance remains to his Lordship's Executor.
MR. William Cole, still in Prison Bounds, in Charles City, through the Rigour of some of his Creditors, having applied to me to build him a House in Order to spend his Days therein, I have persuaded him, before he resolves finally on that Measure, to give me Leave to convene all his Creditors, to try whether some Terms of Accommodation cannot be agreed on to their mutual Satisfaction. I therefore appoint Tuesday the 10th Instant for their meeting at Charles City Courthouse, where I intend to be present myself.
W. BYRD.
PETERSBURG, January 29, 1771.
AS I intend for Great Britain soon, I earnestly request all Persons indebted to me to come immediately and settle their Accounts, by paying them off, or giving Bond. Such Accounts as are not settled before I go will be proved, and left in the Hands of Mr. Richard Taylor (whom I have appointed my Attorney) with Directions to bring Suits on the same, without Distinction. I have a complete Assortment of MEDICINES, UTENSILS for an Apothecary's Shop, and a Set of CHIRURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, which I will sell on very reasonable Terms. JAMES FEILD.
RICHMOND, February 6, 1771.
I INTEND to leave this Place by the first of April next, and to settle in Williamburg; where I shall open a Shop on the main Street, near the Capitol, to clean and repair CLOCKS and WATCHES, and to make and sell all Sorts of GOLD and SILVER WORK, at the most reasonable Rates. Those who please to employ me may depend on their Work being done well, and expeditiously. JAMES GALT.
CABIN POINT, February 1, 1771.
I INTEND for Great Britain soon. ROBERT CAMPBELL.
WILLIAMSBURG, February 6, 1771.
FOUND a few Days ago, at Colonel Burwell's Ferry, on James River, a GOLD WATCH with a Shagreen Case, which seems to have lain there a considerable Time, as the Shagreen is quite rotten. The Owner describing the Watch, and proving his Property, may have it again by giving a Reward to the Finder, and paying the Charge of this Advertisement. Inquire at the Post Office, or of ROBERT NICOLSON.
PRINCE GEORGE, February 2, 1771.
FOUND by the Subscriber, on the 28th of last Month, in a Fodder Stack, in this County, belonging to Major John Minge of Charles City, ten Casks of TOBACCO, each containing, to the best of his Judgment, between one Hundred and one Hundred and twenty five Pounds; also a Parcel, or loose Bulk, containing about five Hundred Pounds. The Owner, on proving his Property, and paying the Penalty the Law directs, may have it by applying to THOMAS CLIFTON.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, on Saturday the 2d of March, on the Premises, in Brunswic County, on the South Side of Meherrin River.
ELEVEN Hundred and ten Acres of LAND, altogether, or in Parcels, as may suit the Purchasers, on which are three Plantations, with sundry convenient Houses and Orchards; one of them has all necessary Houses for an Ordinary, situated in a very convenient Place for that Purpose, and is well known by the Name of Randle's Ordinary. One Half of the Purchase Money to be paid on the Day of Sale, and the other Half on the 15th of January 1772, the Purchaser, or Purchasers, giving Bond, with approved Security, to JOSIAS RANDLE.
For SALE.
A LOT of LAND, in Suffolk Town, opposite the Courthouse, with a good Dwellinghouse, Storehouse, and all convenient Outbuildings proper for a Merchant, in good Repair, and at present occupied by Mr. Gardner Fleming. Also a Lot of LAND near the River, with about three Acres of Marsh, through which a Creek is cut to the River, and a Causeway on the Side of the Creek, with a good Wharf to the best Water; a Pitch Kettle on the said Lot, set very conveniently, and a Tar House that will contain two Thousand Barrels of naval Stores. For Terms inquire of NATHANIEL FLEMING.
N. B. I intend to leave the Colony in the Spring.

RUN away from the Subscriber, on the 22d of December, a Mulatto Man Slave named WILL, about five Feet eight Inches high, six and twenty Years of Age, an active strong well made Fellow. He has broke open my Store, and stolen many Things, viz. Shag, Broadcloth, Linen, Hats, and Checks. I expect he will endeavour to pass for a Freeman, in Order to make his Escape by Water. Whoever brings the said Slave to me, if taken fifty Miles from Home, shall receive TEN POUNDS Reward; if farther, or nearer, in Proportion to the Distance; and, as he is outlawed, I will give TEN POUNDS Reward for his Head, if separated from his Body. He has been much whipped for the Crime he committed, and expects to be hanged if taken; therefore he must be well secured. HENRY BATTE.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Saturday the 26th of January, an indentured Servant Man named WILLIAM READ. He is a well set Fellow, about five Feet ten Inches high, and speaks the West Country Dialect pretty broad; had on, and took with him, a dark coloured Duffel short Frock Coat, a Pair of blue Plains Breeches with a spotted Cotton Waistband, a Pair of Yarn Stockings, Check Shirt, and Virginia made Shoes. He is a Farmer, and understands Something of making and laying Bricks. Whoever delivers the said Servant to me at West Point, in King William County, or secures him so that I may get him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. JOHN WEST.
RUN away, some Time last Spring, from the Subscriber's Plantation at the Green Mountain, in Albemarle County, a Negro Man named GEORGE. He is a tall dark coloured Fellow, speaks broken English, has several long Marks down each of his Cheeks, and was clothed as Plantation Negroes generally are. This same Fellow formerly left his Overseer, and was out near two Years; he rambled, as I was informed, as low down the Country as the County of King William, and was at last taken up in the County of Hanover. Whoever apprehends and will deliver him either to Mr. Charles Sims in Albemarle, Mr. William Walker at Westham, in Henrico, or to me in Williamsburg, shall be generously rewarded, in Proportion to the Trouble he may be at. RO. C. NICHOLAS.
Twenty five Pounds Reward.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Cumberland County, Virginia, the first of June last, a Virginia born Negro Man Slave named WILL, near six Feet high, thirty five Years old, and well made; his Face is often full of Bumps. He was seen with a forged Pass, signed by Charles Clark, at John Dill's, on Roanoke River, near Jefferson's Ferry, and passed for a Freeman, by the Name of Austin Cousin. He endeavoured to get another Pass, to go into Carolina; which if he did it is probable he may have changed his Name, as he is an artful Fellow. Whoever apprehends the said Slave, and brings him to me, shall have the above Reward; or if secured in any Jail, and advertised in the VIRGINIA GAZETTE, TEN POUNDS Reward. As he is outlawed, I will give TEN POUNDS for his Head, or for a proper Certificate to entitle me to be allowed for him by the County. ANTHONY MARTIN.
FEBRUARY 1, 1771. N. B. GEORGE KELLY, an Irishman, about six Feet high, stout made, who talks big and loud, and is of a mean Character, had some Dealings with the above Slave before he ran away, and I have Reason to think harboured him some Time after. The said Kelly, with his Wife and one Child, ran away in August, and crossed Roanoke River, at Jefferson's Ferry. It is probable the Slave had some Place appointed to meet him in Carolina; and if they are together, I have no Doubt will endeavour to make him pass for a Freeman.
THE Officers, and others, who may be principally interested in the Grant of two Hundred Thousand Acres of Land under Governor Dinwiddie's Proclamation in 1754, and confirmed to them by an Order of Council of the 15th of December 1769, are earnestly requested to meet at Winchester on Monday the 4th of March next. GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Pursuant to a Decree of Augusta Court,
SUNDAY very fine SLAVES will be sold at Fort Lewis, in Botetourt County, on Saturday the 24th of March next, for ready Money; being part of the Estate of Alexander Boyd, deceased. DAVID ROSS.
NORFOLK, January 25, 1771.
A SMALL CARGO OF LISBON SALT TO BE SOLD BY INGLIS & LONG.
MECKLENBURG, January 22, 1771.
I INTEND to leave the Colony the ensuing Spring, and to return in the Fall. In my Absence the Business will be carried on, as formerly, by Mr. Joseph Speed. ALEXANDER BOYD.
PITTSYLVANIA, January 14, 1771.
I INTEND to leave the Colony in February next. CHAMPNESS TERRY.
ALBEMARLE, January 1, 1771.
WHEREAS the Subscriber has lost Bonds, &c. to the Amount of two Hundred and twenty five Pounds, viz. Thomas Johnson, Minor, with John Bofwell Security, for one Hundred Pounds; Rowland Jones do. for a Hundred Pounds; Henry Rowland do. for eleven Pounds ten Shillings; Thomas Tackett do. for three Pounds; and Isaac Pava do. for nineteen Shillings; likewise an Order on Orlando Jones for nine Pounds, with interest until paid. I hereby forewarn all Persons from taking an Assignment of any of the above Bonds, and will be much obliged to any One who delivers them to CHARLES HUDSON.
NORFOLK, January 28, 1771.
WHEREAS Captain James Mudie, of Gloucester County, has taken into his Possession (by a Writ of Sale) from Mary Cunningham, of the same County, a Negro Wench named PHILLIS, and a Child called NANCY, since which Time the Wench has had several Children; and as I have Reason to believe the said Mudie intends to sell or convey them away in a private Manner, I hereby forewarn all Persons from purchasing any of the said Negroes, as I shall take proper Steps to recover them, and will seize upon them wherever I can find them. ABRAHAM COWPER.
URBANNA, January 25, 1771.
Journeymen Tailors, who understand their Business well, will meet with good Encouragement by applying to JOHN CRAINE.
Wanted on CHARTER, to load Tar and Turpentine in NORTH CAROLINA,
A VESSEL of about fifteen Hundred Barrels Burthen. For Terms apply to James Marsden in Norfolk, or the Subscribers at Richmond; who have for Sale a Quantity of good SEINE TWINE. STORRS & ELLIS.
JANUARY 21, 1771.
ON the 10th of this Instant was found by a Negro, about seven Miles above Petersburg, a SILVER WATCH. Any Person giving a proper Description of the same, and paying the Expense of advertising, may have her by applying at Mr. John Bland's Store in Blandford.
ABOUT the 20th of December last a Chestnut Mare, belonging to Mr. Henry Brener, was taken out of my Pasture and rode away by a Negro Fellow of Colonel Washington's, and carried to the upper Quarters in New Kent, where she has since been seen. She is about thirteen Hands high, between three and four Years old, has a small Star in her Forehead, a Snip on her Nose, a hanging Mane and bob Tail, is a natural Pacer, but not branded. Whoever brings her to me, in James City County, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. THOMAS DONCASTLE.
To be SOLD, on Tuesday the 19th of February, at the late Dwelling Plantation of Charles Walden, deceased, near Mr. Hubbard's, in Caroline County, for ready Money,
TWO Tracts of LAND, one whereon he lived containing a Hundred and ninety two Acres, the other on the opposite Side of Mattapony River, in King William County, containing one Hundred and twenty five Acres. Some Part of the Tract in King William the Widow is to have for her Life. Also twelve likely Virginia born SLAVES, STOCKS of all Sorts, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, and some fatted PORK, which may be had of John Walden any Time before, about one Hundred Barrels of CORN, with the Fodder. An undoubted Title will be made to every Thing by JOHN WALDEN, CHARLES WALDEN, } Executors.
To be SOLD, on Monday the 18th of February, at the Subscriber's Plantation, near Burk's Bridge, in Caroline County,
ABOUT four Hundred Acres of very good LAND, being Part of the Tract he lives on. It is all first and second low Grounds, very level, and will produce any Thing usually cultivated in this Colony. It is subject to a Mortgage to Mr. James Miller, Merchant in Port Royal. Also several choice Virginia born SLAVES, amongst which are some Traders, subject to a Mortgage to Mr. Edmund Pendleton. The Mortgagees will attend the Sale, allow a reasonable Credit to be given, and release their Interest, upon Bond and Security being given to them. JOHN WILY.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, on Thursday the 28th of February, on the Premises,
THE Plantation whereon the Subscriber now lives, containing one Hundred and seventy five Acres, with good Improvements upon it; the Terms for which will be agreed on at the Day of Sale. At the same Time will be sold ten Virginia born SLAVES, for ready Money. Also will be sold, or leased, nine Hundred Acres of LOW GROUND on Mobjack River. I desire that all my Creditors will meet me, the Day before the Sale, at my House. SIMON TURNER.
To be SOLD, on Tuesday the 19th of February, at the Plantation whereon Drury Dunn, deceased, lately lived, upon Monk's Neck Creek, about seven Miles from Petersburg, in Dinwiddie County, for ready Money,
EIGHTEEN likely SLAVES, consisting of Men, Women, Boys, and Girls, among whom are some fine Sawers, Coopers, and Carpenters. And at the same Time and Place will be sold, upon Credit until the 10th Day of December next, about forty more likely SLAVES; also the Stocks of CATTLE, HORSES, and HOGS, a neat RIDING CHAIR, and all the HOUSE and KITCHEN FURNITURE, PLANTATION TOOLS, and a large Crop of CORN and FODDER, the Purchasers giving Bond and approved Security to WILLIAM DUNN, HENRIETTA DUNN, } Administrators.
To be SOLD, and entered on immediately,
A TRACT of LAND, containing by Estimation two Hundred and fifty Acres, in Prince Edward and Charlotte Counties, five Miles above Moore's Ordinary, and lies on both Sides of a main Road, which leads to most Places of Note on James and Appomattox Rivers. On the Premises are the following Houses, mostly new, and in good Repair. A Dwellinghouse thirty two by sixteen Feet, two good Rooms below, a Brick Chimney, with a Fireplace below and above, the Roof covered with Plank, and well shingled; two good Rooms might be made above, and at a very trifling Expense. A good Kitchen, with a Shed at the End, a Dairy, Stable, and Well, which affords excellent Water; and I believe there is a good Spring convenient. Some of the Land would produce Tobacco, but, in general, will answer for Grain of every Kind; and it is well timbered. It is thought to be the best Place in the upper Parts either for a Merchant or Ordinary Keeper, or both, as it lies on a very publick Road, and is convenient to a fine Tobacco Country. I purpose to sell it at a very moderate Price, and will give five, six, seven, or eight Years Credit. Bond, and good Security, will be required, with Interest, to commence two Years after the Date of the Purchase. The Title is indisputable. Apply to Mr. Samuel Wimbish in Charlotte, or to the Subscriber in Pittsylvania County. JOHN WIMBISH.
To be SOLD at publick Auction, on Tuesday the 19th of next Month, pursuant to a Deed of Trust from Robey Coke to the Subscriber,
ALL the HOUSES, and five LOTS of LAND, whereon the late John Coke, deceased, lived, in the City of Williamsburg, at present occupied by Mr. Richard Hunt Singleton. The Terms will be agreed on at the Sale, which will be on the Premises. RICHARD BROWN. Norfolk, January 26.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Suffolk, a Negro Wench with her Child, who says she belongs to George Jordan of North Carolina; also a Negro Fellow, who says he belongs to Benjamin Ruffin of Southampton County. The Owners are desired to send for them, and pay Charges to WILLIAM GRANBERY, Jailer.
JANUARY 15, 1771.
THE Instructions I have lately received renders it my Duty to urge the Payment of his Majesty's Quitrents with the utmost Punctuality; the several Sheriffs, therefore, herein concerned, are desired to take Notice that it is expected they will make their Payments immediately, for all Arrears, and in June and October next for the present Year's Collection. And whereas great Inconvenience attends the Payments being delayed until the Business of the General Court is over, Notice is hereby given that Merchants Notes will not be allowed in the Office, unless made payable the 25th of April and October in each Court. RICHARD CORBIN, D. R. G.
For SALE,
TWENTY Thousand Acres of Land, in the Counties of Frederick and Hampshire, which was advertised some Years ago in this Colony, and the neighbouring Provinces, and its Situation and Qualities then described; therefore think it needless to repeat them now. It will be sold very cheap, and reasonable Time of Payment will be allowed the Purchaser, or Purchasers, for one Half of the Purchase Money, who may be shown the Premises by applying to the Subscriber, in Winchester. BRYAN BRUIN.
THE Subscriber has for SALE several valuable Plantations on Roanoke River, in Halifax County, North Carolina, with a Quantity of the best Tobacco low Grounds to each, and all in good Order for Cropping, and well improved; some likely Slaves, and Stocks of all Kinds. EDWARD MONTFORT.
GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to the Sheriff of Southampton County, greeting: We command you that you summon Captain William, and Heir at Law of Captain William, deceased, to appear before our Justices of our said County Court, in Chancery, at the Courthouse of the said County, on the second Thursday in February next, to answer a Bill in Chancery exhibited against him and Stephen Williamson, by Thomas Williamson, and John Hyndman, Merchants; and this he shall in no wise omit, under the Penalty of one Hundred Pounds; and have then and there this Writ. Witness Richard Kello, Clerk of our said Court, at the Courthouse, the 10th Day of January 1771, in the eleventh Year of our Reign. RICHARD KELLO.
On Wednesday the 13th of February next will be SOLD, in the Town of Blandford, to the highest Bidders, pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Walter Boyd, deceased,
A PARCEL of very valuable NEGROES, consisting chiefly of good Watermen, House Servants, and a Man Cook and Gardener. Also several Lots that will carry from twelve to forty Hogsheads of Tobacco, completely fitted with Mails, Sails, &c. Likewise some valuable Lots, in the said Town, whereon is a commodious Dwellinghouse, with all convenient Office Houses, and a large Garden, formerly the Property of Mr. Peter Randolph Bland. At the same Time will be sold a good Stock of Horses and Cattle, a single Chair, Carts, Drays, &c.
And on Friday the first of March will be sold, on the Premises, his Plantation, in the Fork of Nottoway (Amelia County) containing about four Hundred Acres of very fine TOBACCO LAND, with Houses and Land cleared sufficient to work eight Hands; also the Crop of Corn and Fodder, and Plantation Utensils thereon, a large Stock of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Hogs, about twenty choice Plantation NEGROES, mostly Virginia born. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for the Lots, Houses, and Land; and for the Negroes, Stock, &c. to the 15th of Jan. next, for one Half, and for the other Half to the 15th of Dec. following. Bond, with sufficient Security, will be required by The EXECUTORS.
All Persons who have any Demands against the Estate of Mr. Boyd are desired immediately to let them be known to the Executors, that they may provide for Payment; and all those indebted are requested to discharge their Balances, or give Bond between this and the 25th of April next, for after that Time all open Accounts will be put into the Hands of an Attorney.
MARY HILL, PETERSBURG, has just imported, from LONDON, a Variety of SILKS, MILLINERY, and JEWELS, which she will sell at a very low Advance, for ready Money, or Merchants Notes.
BEST white Lustrings, plain and flowered white and black Satins, white Sarcenet, Alamos, white and black Persian, superfine white and black plain and flowered Satin Cloaks, Sarcenet and Persian Shawls, Tercies, Satin Bonnets, black and white Silk Gloves and Mts, red &c. plain and netted Gauze, Book Muffin, Stomachers and Sleeve Knots, laced and plain Caps, Boys Caps and Feathers, do. Hats, best black and white Satin Shoes, Calimanco do. Mens Leather Shoes, Breast Flowers, Plumes, black and white Blond Lace, best Handkerchiefs, common do. a Variety of Ribands, Fans, sewing Silk, Silk Laces, Tape, Bobbin, Jacob's Ladder, Footing, Pins, Needles, Marbles, Skeleton Wire, best French Wax Necklaces, common do. Silver Watches, Paste Shoe, Knee, Hat, and Shirt Buckles, Silver Thimbles, plated Spurs, Steel Watch Chains and Keys, best French Paste Earings, common do. a Variety of Paste Hair Springs and Pins, Marquise do. Paste Combs, plain Tortoiseshell and Horn do. Bristol Sleeve Buttons and Studs, and a neat Assortment of Country made GOLD and SILVER WORK. I expect a genteel Assortment of Jewels and Millinery Goods, with some Silks, early in the Spring. M. H.
Pursuant to the last Will and Testament of the late Reverend Charles Jeffery Smith, deceased, will be SOLD, to the highest Bidders, at Providence Forge, New Kent County, on Monday the 18th of March,
ONE undivided Moiety of a Tract of good LEVEL LAND, well timbered with Pine, Oak, and Cypress, containing, by old Survey, two Thousand five Hundred Acres, with the Appurtenances, situated in the Counties of New Kent and Charles City, on both Sides of Chickahominy River, whereon are several Plantations in good Order for making Grain of all Sorts, which it produces very plentifully. There is on the Land a well built FORGE, in good Repair, with every thing necessary for carrying it on in the most profitable Manner; also two well built WATER GRIST MILLS, with three Pair of Stones, and a BOLTING MILL that goes by Water, which are well accustomed from both the said Counties; likewise a well built SAW MILL. All which Works are convenient to Navigation, and on a large and constant Stream of Water. Also several Dwellinghouses with Brick Chimneys, a large Storehouse, Granary, Smith's Shop, and many other convenient Houses; all newly built, in the best Manner; and a good FISHERY.
Also to be sold, at the same Time and Place, one Half of a VISSEL, Burthen about twelve Hundred Bushels, sundry European and West India GOODS, STOCKS of all Kinds, PLANK, SCANTLING, SMITHS TOOLS, and other Things; possessed by Mr. Smith, in Partnership with Mr. William Holt.
At the same Time and Place will likewise be sold a TRACT of good LAND, containing five Hundred Acres, adjoining the former, on which is a Brick Dwellinghouse, and sundry Outbuildings; a delightful Situation, with an agreeable Prospect. Also two NEGROES, and a large and valuable Collection of BOOKS, of which Mr. Smith was sole Owner. Credit will be allowed for one Half the Purchase Money for all Sums above fifty Shillings until the 30th of April next, and for the other Half until the 30th of October, the Purchasers giving Bond, with good Security, to JULIUS KING BURBRIDGE, BARTHOLOMEW DANDRIDGE, } Executors.
To be SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND in Pittsylvania County, on Dan River, containing nine Hundred and forty three Acres, great Part of which is extraordinary good low Grounds, with two Plantations now in Order for Cropping. Also one other Tract of LAND, on Sandy River, containing four Hundred Acres, with two Plantations thereon. The Land is good, and the Range inferior to none. For Terms inquire of the Subscriber, on the Premises. THOMAS OWEN.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, at Suffolk, on the second Monday in February, being Nansemond Court Day, for Money, or Bills of Exchange, Aprii Credit,
THE Schooner WINDSOR, a well built new Vessel, Quarter decked, square Topsails, and completely rigged and furnished, Burthen about three Thousand Bushels. Any Person inclined to purchase before the Day of Sale may know the Terms by applying to Messrs. Joseph Granbery, John Driver, or the Subscriber. She has only made one Trip to New York, and may be seen at Suffolk. JOHN KING.
STRAYED or STOLEN from the Subscriber, in Fredericksburg, on the 26th of December last, a bay MARE about thirteen Hands high, with a roached Mane and bob Tail, her Brand I have forgot, though believe it was WF. She trots and canters very well, and is about nine Years old. Whoever will bring her to me shall receive FIFTEEN SHILLINGS Reward. GEORGE WEEDON.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 24, 1771.
RUN AWAY from the PRINTING OFFICE, last SATURDAY Night, JAMES CAREY,
a Lad about seventeen Years of Age, whom (out of Compassion, and through his Importunity) we paid thirteen Pounds for, to release him from being sent to Maryland and sold as a Servant. Although he might have been held as a Servant here, we rather chise to get him bound as an Apprentice, to put him on a footing with the other Lads in our Office. He has been well used, and gently clothed, which any One will easily discover from the Goodness and Quantity of the Clothes he has taken with him. He has ten Shirts, four of them quite new, a new Suit of Clothes, of a dark coloured German Serge, with yellow gilt Buttons; a new blue Hat, several Pair of good Worsted and other Stockings, new Shoes, and wears a black Silk Cravat. He has, besides, a good Suit of Fustian, a light coloured Cloth Coat and red Flannel Jacket, and sundry other Wearing Apparel. He is fresh coloured, wears his own Hair, generally tied behind, which is dark coloured, walks short and quick, is stout made, speaks thick, and much on the Brow, he being a Native of Ireland. Whoever secures the said Apprentice, so as we get him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. He is supposed to be gone to the Southward. PURDIE & DIXON.

POETS CORNER.
A PINCH of SNUFF.
Oh Snuff! our fashionable End and Am! Strafford, Rapper, Dutch, Scotch, whatever thy Name! Powder celestial! Quintessence divine! New Jeyes entrance my Soul while thou art mine. Who takes, who takes thee not, where'er I range, I smell thy Sweets, from Pall Mall to the Change. By thee assisted Ladies kill the Day, And breathe their Scandal freely o'er their Tea. Not lets they prize thy Virtues when in Bed, One Pinch of thee revives the vapour'd Head, Removes the Spleen, removes the qualish Fit, And gives a brisker Turn to female Wit, Warms in the Nose, refreshes like the Breeze, Glows in the Head, and tickles in the Sneeze. Without it, Tincl, what would be thy Lot! What—but to sit neglected and forgot. What boots it for thee to have dipp'd thy Hands In Odours wafted from Arabian Lands! Ah! what avails thy scented Solitaire, Thy careless Swing, and pertly tripping Air, The crimson Wath that glows upon thy Face, Thy modish Hat, and Coat that flames with Lace! In vain thy Dress, in vain thy Trimmings shine, If the Parisian Snuff-Box be not thine. Let absent Souls the Clay form'd Tube assume, And suck Virginia's Sleep-creating Fume: I scorn to smoke, or chew the nauseous Quid; Avert it Fashion! Decency forbid! While they Delight the fiery Plant to puff, Be mine to praise the Qualities of Snuff! 'Tis this alone that constitutes the Beau, And fills his Nostrils with a purer Glow, Supplies his Headpiece with Ideas new, And lends fresh Spirit to the Billetdoux. By this each Card more brilliant he indites, Smiles when he reads, and giggles while he writes; Hums o'er a Minuet, or essays to sing, And leers with greater Pleasure on his Ring. O fragrant Snuff! how does thy lively Grain Invigorate the Lawyer's puzzled Brain! By thee more clearly he discerns the Cause, And solves each dry Conundrum of the Laws; From the warm Argument he learns to flinch, Whilst thou canst kindly help him at a Pinch. O pleasing Dust! how shall I speak thy Praise! Too flat my Diction, and too weak my Lays! Thou tickling Source of Sentiment refin'd! Great Panacea to the drooping Mind! Companion and Delight of all the Fair, From Bet the Maid to Sophy in her Chair! Be thou my Vademecum, I can go Where trips the Jettamy, where frisks the Beau; Hence can look grave at Batten's, dull at Peele's, Gay at the Bedford, politick at Will's. Thee, Hardham, thee, let not the Muse pass by, For oft thy Jars have rivetted her Eye. Oh! were her Numbers half as good as thine, What Strength, what Warmth, would animate her Line! Then should thy Fame resound from Shore to Shore, Till Tongues grew mute, and Echo could no more.
NORFOLK, January 14, 1771.
RUN away last Night from the Ship Boyne, at Gosport, a Sailor Lad named DANIEL JOHNS. He is about eighteen or nineteen Years of Age, well made, five Feet six or seven Inches high, and wears his own Hair, which is short and black; had on a short blue Jacket, and Canvas Trousers. It is imagined he went off in Company with three Seamen, from the said Ship, viz. GILES HAMMOND, thick, short, and stout made, of a fair Complexion, and has white Hair, tied behind; had on an old blue Jacket, and Canvas Trousers. PHILIP ROLLINGS, slender made, five Feet ten Inches High, of a sallow Complexion, and has short black Hair; had on an old red Jacket, and Check Trousers. ROGER GOUT, thick, short, and stout made, has dark Hair, is full faced, and much pitted with the Smallpox; had on a brown Jacket, and Canvas Trousers. Whoever secures the said Daniel Johns in any of his Majesty's Jails in this Colony, and will give Information thereof to the Subscribers, shall have THIRTY SHILLINGS Reward. INGLIS & LONG. Who have for Sale Loaf, Lump, and Muscovado SUGAR; Jamaica, Antigua, Grenada, and Northward RUM; Jamaica SPIRIT; Barbadoes CANE SPIRIT; CHOCOLATE; SOAP; TALLOW CANDLES; Susquehanna River HERRINGS; Madeira WINE five Years old, London Quality; a small Quantity of Prunias and Frontiniac WINE; a Parcel of WHEAT FANS, of the best Make; MARBLE FLAGS, twenty four Inches and a Half and twenty Inches square, blue and white veined; double OIL FLINTS, &c. HEMP, WHEAT, FLOWER, and Indian CORN, taken in Payment.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of the Reverend Charles Jeffery Smith, deceased, or to the Partnership of the said Smith with William Holt, are desired to make Payment before the 18th Day of March next, or they must be sued without farther Notice, Mr. Smith's Executors having no Power to grant any Indulgence. All Persons who have any Demands against Mr. Smith, or the said Partnership, are desired to make them known. J. K. BURBRIDGE, } Executors. B. DANDRIDGE, } WILLIAM HOLT.
TAKEN up, in Caroline, a bay HORSE about fourteen Hands high, with a small Star in his Forehead, shod before, but no Brand perceivable; likewise a black MARE about four Feet six Inches high, with hanging Mane and switch Tail, but not branded. Possed, and appraised, the Horse to eight Pounds, and the Mare to five Pounds. JOHN BELL.
To be SOLD, on WEDNESDAY the 13th of February, pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Mr. Anthony Hay, deceased,
THAT noted and well accustomed Tavern in Williamsburg called the RALEIGH, which has every Convenience to it, and an exceeding fine Stable and Pasture adjoining. At the same Time will be sold the Stock of LIQUORS, a great Quantity of HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, some CHAIRS and HARNESS, CARTS and HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, &c. Also a very good DWELLING-HOUSE on the back Street, where Mr. Hay formerly lived, with a large Cabinet Maker's Shop and Timber Yard, and all necessary Out-houses for a Family. And on Tuesday the 7th of May will be sold, before the Raleigh Door, nineteen NEGROES belonging to the said Estate; among them a very good Cabinet Maker, a good Coachman and Carter, some fine Waiting Boys, good Cooks, Washers, &c. Six Months Credit will be allowed for all Sums above five Pounds, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security; and for the Raleigh, the Time of Payment will be agreed on at the Day of Sale. WILLIAM TREBELL, } Executors. ROBERT NICOLSON, }
N. B. All Persons who have Demands against Mr. Hay's Estate are requested to make them speedily known, that Provision may be made for discharging them; and those indebted thereto are desired to make immediate Payment. It is hoped none of the Creditors will put the Estate to any unnecessary Charge, by Suits, when we assure them the best Means will be used to pay the Debts with all Speed, and when it is considered that Mr. Hay has left a large Family, whose tender Years entitle them to some Indulgence.
On the 4th of March next, at Prince William Courthouse, will be SOLD,
A TRACT OF LAND containing about eight Hundred Acres, within three Miles of Dumfries, on which is a neat DWELLING-HOUSE, pleasantly situated, and other convenient Houses for cropping. And on the 2d Day of April next, at Winchester, will be sold a Tract of LAND in Frederick County, containing two Hundred Acres, known by the Name of David Wood's Creek. The said Lands were directed by Captain William Bennett, deceased, to be sold by his Executors, to satisfy his Creditors. Long Credit will be given for great Part of the Purchase Money. WILLIAM CARR.
To be SOLD at the Plantation where Mr. Robert Alcock lives, in the County of Culpeper, on the last Day of February,
TWELVE Thousand Acres of Land, lying in the Fork of Rappidan and Robinson's River, in the said County. Credit will be given until the 25th of October following, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to the Executors of the Honourable Philip Grymes, Esquire, and a Discount allowed, at the Rate of five per Cent. per Annum, for prompt Payment. The Land will be sold in Parcels, and Mr. Alcock has Directions to show it to any Person who is desirous of seeing it before the Day of Sale. CHARLES GRYMES, BENJAMIN GRYMES, Junior.
To be LET on CHARTER, for any Port in Britain, or to any Port to the Eastward,
THE new Ship MORANT BAY, James Craig Master, which will be ready to take in her Load by the first of February next. Any Person inclining to charter may know the Terms by applying to said Master, or of the Subscribers. She has excellent Accommodations for Passengers. LOGAN, GILMOUR, & Co. NORFOLK, December 25, 1770.
HANOVER, Town, July 25, 1770.
THE Subscriber having discontinued the Store kept by him in this Town, requests all those who are indebted to him to settle their Accounts immediately, by Payment or otherwise. This Advertisement, together with the Indulgence he has already given, he hopes, will save farther Application, as all those who do not comply with it may expect to have their Accounts put into an Attorney's Hands, without other Notice, or Respect of Persons. He has a Quantity of Goods, which he will sell on reasonable Terms, for ready Money or short Credit. JOHN SMITH.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at the Falls of James River, the Middle of last Month, a Negro Man named DAVY, belonging to the Hon. William Byrd, Esquire, about thirty Years old, five Feet eight Inches high, and very stout made; he is of a yellow Complexion, has a down Look, and a Defect in some of his fore Teeth. He is supposed to be lurking about Hanover Town, Petersburg, or gone towards Carolina. Whoever will apprehend the said Fellow, and bring him to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward; and if taken out of the Colony, FIVE POUNDS. DAVID PATTESON.
VIRGINIA, &c. At a GENERAL COURT held at the Capitol, November 5, 1770.
John Spear, and Matthias Spear, executors, &c. of John Woolrich Spear, deceased, plaintiffs, against John Judia, late of Frederick county, Virginia, and Henry Grapel, defendants, In Chancery.
THE defendant John Judia being beyond sea, and not having entered his appearance according to the rule of this court, on the motion of the plaintiffs, by their counsel, it is ordered that the other defendant, who hath effects of the said John Judia in his hands, as is suggested, do not pay, convey away, or secrete such effects, until the farther order or decree of this court concerning the same; but that he deliver up such effects, or so much thereof as will be of value sufficient to satisfy the demand of the plaintiffs, unto the said plaintiffs, upon their giving security to the clerk of this court for the return of such effects, in such manner, and to such persons, as the court shall hereafter adjudge. And it is ordered that the said defendant, John Judia, do appear here on the first day of the next court, to answer the bill of the plaintiffs; and that a copy of this order be, within fifteen days, inserted in the Virginia Gazette, for two months successively; and published on some Lord's day, immediately after divine service, in the church of the parish of Frederick, in the county of Frederick; and be also posted up at the front door of the CAPITOL, in the city of Williamsburg. BEN. WALLER.
A CATALOGUE of BOOKS, &c. to be SOLD at the POST OFFICE in Williamsburg.
ANSON's Voyages. Astruc on Venereal Diseases. Armstrong on the Diseases of Children. Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Alleine's Alarm to Unconverted Sinners. Atkinson's Epitome. British Zoology. Butler's Remains. Birch's Life of Henry Prince of Wales. Baxter's Saints Everlasting Rest. Bennet's Christian Oratory. Buchanan's Dictionary. Brown's Sunday Thoughts. Beveridge's Thoughts. Brooke's Introduction to the Practice of Physick. British Plutarch. Baron Bielefeld's Letters. Bartlett's Farriery. Barclay's Apology. Biographical Dictionary. Boston's Fourfold State. Baxter's Call to the Unconverted. Bailey's Dictionary. Bunyan's Holy War. Complete Letter Writer. Chandler's Life of King David. Campbell's Present State of Europe. Crevier's Roman History. Cheselden's Anatomy. Culpeper's Midwifery. The Connoisseur. The Complete Gamester. Chambeau's Geography. Commentaries of Marcus Antoninus. Calistho, or the Man of Fashion. Castle of Otranto. Cambray on Charity. Crosby's Navigation. The Cottage, by Miss Minifie. Cocker's Arithmetick. Dictionarium Rusficum. Drelincourt on Death. Dryden's Fables. DuFresnoy's Chronological Tables. Du Freval on Charity. Duke of Wharton's True Briton. Dunsdale's Ilocrates. Dittion on the Resurrection. Derham's Astro-Theology. Don Quixote. Doddridge's Pleasing Instructor. Doddridge on Religion. — on the New Testament. Dilworth's Arithmetick. Emerson's Mechanics. — Fluxions. Erkine's Sermons. Edinburgh Dispensary. England's Gazetteer. Edinburgh Medical Essays. Epistolary Correspondence, being the third Volume of Letters on Theron and Aspasio. Farmer's Guide. Fox on the New Testament. Fodyce's Art of Preaching. Fenning's Arithmetick. — Book of Knowledge. Female Spectator. Fielding's Works. Ferguson's Astronomy. — Lectures. — Tables and Tracts. Family Companion for Health. Farrier's Dictionary. Grand Tour. Goldsmith's Roman History. Guthrie's Epistles to Atticus. Gerard on Taste. Gordon's Geographical Grammar. Gentleman's Dictionary. German Spy. Gay's Fables. Gould on Ants. History of Cape Breton. — of California. — of Greenland. — of Lewis XI. — of the Germans. — of Kuli Khan. — of Classick Authors. — of Miss Pittborough. — of Persia. — of the Civil Wars in Ireland. — of the Spanish Settlements in America. Hume's History of England. Harris's Life of Cromwell.
Harris on the Globes. — on the Diseases of Infants. Howell's History of the Bible. Howell's Letters. Hellsham's Lectures. Hoyle's Games. Heister's Surgery. Huxham on Fevers. Hutchinson's System of Moral Philosophy. Historical Companion. Hogarth Moralized. Hogarth's Analysis of Beauty. Harvey's Medications. — Letters. Hughes's Poems. Impartial Inquiry into Faith. James's Dispensary. James on Gardening. James's Exposition of a Pentateuch. Joseph Andrews. Kettlewell's Companion for the Penitent. Love's Surveying. Ledran's Observations. — Operations. London Medical Observations. Lind on the Scurvy. — on Diseases in Hot Climates. Life of Charles XII. — of Duke of Marlborough. — and Adventures of a Lap Dog. Lord President Forbes's Works. Langhorne's Letters. — Consolations. — Solyman and Almena. Letters on Physiognomy. Lives of the Spanish Painters. Lewis's Church Catechism. Maxwell's Husbandry. Miller's Gardener's Calendar. Models of Conversation. Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws. M'Laurin's Algebra. Meimoth's Translation of Cicero's Letters. Monro on Diseases. Milnes's Surgery. Mackenzie on Health. M'Bride's Essay. Martin's Philosophical Grammar. Memoirs of Ladies of Great Britain. Milton's Works. Morgan's Physico-Theology. Marquis D'Argens's Philosophical Dissertations. Maxims of Christina Queen of Sweden. Mariner's Compass Rectified. — New Calendar. Mair's Arithmetick. — Introduction. Messiah. Noah. New Whole Duty of Man. — Practice of Piety. — Week's Preparation. Newgent's Account of Italy. Nelson's Festival. Naval History of Great Britain. Nature Displayed. Oser on Horses. The 5th, 6th, and 7th Volumes of Yorick's Sermons. Dr. Swift's Posthumous Works, in three Volumes. The 33d, 34th, and 35th Volumes of Voltaire's Works. SCHOOL BOOKS. Ainsworth's Dictionary. Gradus ad Parnassum. Castalio's Latin Bible. — Dialogues. Mair's Tyro's Dictionary. Lilly's Grammar. Ward's Grammar. Christie's Grammar. Ruddiman's Grammar. — Rudiments. Clarke's Introduction. — Grammar. — Cordery. — Aesop. — Eutropius. — Florus. — Erasmus. — Ovid's Metamorphoses. Duncan's Caesar. — Cicero's Oration. Davidson's Virgil. — Horace. Hutchinson's Xenophon. Profodia Construed. Sterling's Ovid. — Terence. — Florus. — Phaedrus. Maittaire's Homer. — Virgil. Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Salust, Justin, Cicero's Oration, Juvenal, and Florus, } Delphin. Pearce's Longinus. Trapp's Practicetiones. Martial's Epigrams. Latin Common Prayer Book. Greek Testament. — Sententiae. London Vocabulary. Instructions for the Flute. Reading Glasses, for different Ages. Best Penknives. Pewter Ink Chests and Stands. Edinburgh Inkpots. Message Cards, plain, gilt, and mourning. Broad and narrow red Tape. Ivory Memorandum Books. Ivory Folders. Best Wafers. Dutch Sealing Wax. Slates and Pencils. Sand Boxes. Black and Red Lead Pencils. Ink Powder. Gold Leaf. Best Dutch Quills and Pens. Hudson Bay Quills. Playing Cards. Blank Books, and Alphabets, of all Sorts and Sizes. Paper, of all Sorts and Sizes. Parchment, and every other Kind of STATIONARY.
Also the following MEDICINES, from Dr. Bateman's original wholesale warehouse in London. Dr. Bateman's Pectoral Drops. Dr. Hosper's Female Pills. Dr. Frances's Female Strengthening Elixir. Swinfin's Electary for the Stone and Gravel. Betton's True and Genuine British Oil. Dr. Stroughan's Great Stomachick Elixir. The true Daffy's Elixir. Dr. Radcliffe's Famous Purging Elixir. Squire's Grand Elixir. Pike's Patent Ointment for the Itch and all Cutaneous Eruptions. Madden's Sovereign Oil for Bruises and Strains. Turlington's Original Balsam of Life.
We have a few of the late REVIVAL of the LAWS, neatly bound, more than what were printed for the Use of the Country, to dispose of. Also MERCHANTS, COUNTY COURT, and a Variety of other useful BLANKS.