The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1772-01-23 00:00:00

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BASTIA, September 14.
THIS Day M. des Souches, a Captain in the Regiment of Picardy, quartered here, going out with a Fowling Piece to divert himself in shooting Eagles, of which he is extremely fond, and hearing from a Countryman that a prodigious large Bird of that Species had her Nest in a craggy Rock about two Miles from Town, resolved to attack her, and walked hastily towards the Place. He had no sooner climbed the Hill on which the Rock was situated than he perceived above a Dozen Corsicans, armed with Javelins and Scimetars, coming up on the opposite Side. The Captain finding himself betrayed, and not knowing what Course to take, fired his Piece, which killed two, and wounded a third. He immediately loaded, and took down three more; but the rest growing desperate, and attempting to ascend a perpendicular Part of the Rock on which he stood, and all of them laying Hold of a craggy Ledge at the same Instant, the Stone gave Way, and rolling over them, they fell to the Bottom, and were every Man destroyed. The Captain returned safe to this Garrison, and the Commandant has forbidden any Officers or Soldiers to go above two Hundred Yards from the Gates, except in small armed Parties.
LISBON, September 10. Last Friday, at Noon, as the Marquis of Pombal, principal Minister of his Most Faithful Majesty, was going out of the King's Palace, he was attacked in his Carriage, in the Midst of the Horse Guards, who accompanied him, by a young Countryman almost naked, who threw at him with such Violence that it split the Coach Door, against which it happily hit; he had Time to throw another before he was seized by the Guards, who would have cut him to Pieces had not the Marquis forbid their hurting him. This Wretch did not endeavour to escape, and only seems to regret his not being killed by the Guards; he was immediately carried to the Prison of the Jonquiere.
COPENHAGEN, September 13. His Majesty, in Order to secure a quiet and easy Situation for those Soldiers who have behaved well in his Service, hath ordered that for the future they shall have the Preference of Clerks Places in the Customs, and of the inferior Offices in the Finances, &c. without Regard to what Countries they are Natives of. It will be sufficient that they have served, without Reproach, a certain Number of Years.
HAGUE, October 8. Prince Gallitzin, the Russian Minister here, impatiently expects a Courier from General Count Romanzow, having received a Letter from that Officer last Sunday, advising that the Grand Vizier, encouraged by the little Advantage he gained over the Russian Troops at Giurgewo, had passed the Danube with his whole Army; and that he (Count de Romanzow) was marching in Order to meet him, and give him Battle. So that we may expect to hear of an Engagement, the Consequences of which may probably determine whether the War will continue, or Peace be concluded between the Turks and the Russians.
LONDON, October 9.
A FEW Days ago General Scott gave an Invitation to Captain Sutherland, Nephew to the General (and who had always been intended by him as his Heir, whereby he would have succeeded to a Fortune of seventy Thousand Pounds) to spend a few Days with him at his Country Seat, not many Miles from the City of Edinburgh. Unfortunately for the General, he was married a few Months ago to a sprightly young Lady, of eighteen. After four Days Interview between the Captain and the General's Lady, they became so enamoured of each other that the Lady contrived a Scheme for an Elopement. She pretended one Night to have a Variety of Letters to write, which would keep her up very late. The Lover was to get every Thing in Readiness; and accordingly, about four in the Morning, when all was silent, a Chaise was ordered in a particular Place, and they set off immediately for London, the Lady taking with her only her Gold Repeater, nine Guineas in Cash, and a few Trinkets. When the General got up, at his usual Hour, he inquired for his Lady and the Captain; but alas! they were both fled. The General having got Intelligence of the Route they took, immediately pursued them, and traced them from Stage to Stage. The Lovers did not think proper to take a Night's Repose till they arrived at the Red
Lion at Barnet, which was on Friday Night last. They accordingly stopped to refresh themselves, after so fatiguing a Journey, for a few Hours; but on Saturday Morning early the General overtook them at the above mentioned Inn, before they were out of Bed. The Captain was so terrified at the News of the General's Arrival that he made his Escape out of the Window without his Breeches, and in that Situation got privately into a Post Chaise, and made the best of his Way to Town. The General having called in the Waiter to reconnoitre the Lady, after asking him whether he should know her again, and being answered in the affirmative, retired, but sent her a Hundred Pounds to bear her Expenses home to her Friends. One Circumstance rather fortunate happened in this Affair: The Captain, when it was determined the Night before to rest at Barnet, loaded his Pistols, in the Resolution to defend himself against all Assaultants; but the Lady insisting on their being unloaded again, as she declared she could not sleep with loaded Pistols in the Room, the Captain took out the Charges, which probably prevented Bloodshed on the Pursuer's breaking open the Door of the Bedchamber in which they lay. The General proceeded to London. This Affair will, in all Probability, cause some farther Business in Doctors Commons.
It is said that the General had settled upon his Lady a very great Jointure, five Thousand Pounds a Year, which her Ingratitude has justly made her forfeit. It is also said that he had settled upon the Fruits of the Marriage one Hundred Thousand Pounds.
The Ingratitude of Captain Sutherland, who carried off this Lady, is truly detestable. The General has promoted him by his Interest to the Rank he enjoyed in the Army, and, in short, had been his greatest Benefactor.
The Captain who lately dishonoured the Bed of a certain General Officer will, it is said, be cashiered, by an Order from the Secretary at War; so much Offence having been taken at his scandalous Inhospitality by a great Personage.
When Captain Sutherland made his Escape out of the Window, at Barnet, on Saturday last, in his Shirt, it was about four o'Clock in the Morning, and it now appears that he got under a Hay Rick, where he covered himself up, and lay in that Condition till nine o'Clock the next Night. Being by this Time almost starved for Want of Clothes, he crept out in Order to beg Protection in the first House he could reach, and it happened, though entirely unknown to him, that he came to the same House he left, and is now under the Care of Doctor Garret of Barnet, his Flesh being much torn by crossing the Hedges in that Condition. The General, who had advanced him Money to purchase his Commission in his own Regiment, called the next Day upon his Agent, and directed him to inform Captain Sutherland that he should have Liberty to sell out.
October 14. Her Majesty has ordered a Benefaction of four Hundred Guineas to the Hospital for Lying in Women.
They write from Berlin that about the Middle of August the new Barracks at Neiss fell down suddenly, and upwards of one Hundred Persons were buried in the Ruins. General Tauenzien, Commandant in that Place, immediately arrested the Sieur Le Febvre, Colonel of Engineers, who had the Direction of that Work; but this Officer refusing to deliver up his Sword, the Commandant went to his House, caused him to be disarmed by an inferior Officer, and sent him to Prison. The Sieur Le Febvre could not survive this Affront, but killed himself by sixteen Stabs with his Knife. He was an Officer highly esteemed by the King of Prussia, and behaved gallantly in the late War.
An Account was received yesterday from Leghorn, of the Death of Doctor Smollet, at that Place; he had been there for four or five Days before his Death, to use the Baths, which brought on the Cholick, and carried him off.
Letters from Paris mention that an Edict has been lately issued by the King, which ordains that for the future ten per Centum on all Life Annuities, and fifteen per Centum on all Perpetuities, shall be retained and applied to the Use of the Crown.
A Policy is now opened at Lloyd's Coffeehouse which gives six Guineas, to receive one Hundred, if Charles Edward Stuart, the present Pretender to the Crown of England, is acknowledged King of Poland in the Course of two Years.
We can assure the Publick of the following Fact. One Rolf, late a Fishmonger in Newgate Market, who had retired from Business some Years, on an Application from Mr. Alderman Nash for his Vote refused Attendance without the following Consideration: First, his Expenses bore up and down from Bucks; secondly, a fat Pig, and a Gallon of the best French Brandy, which actually were complied with.
Yesterday Morning, about eight o'Clock, a Duel was fought in Hyde Park between Major B—— and Mr. T——, a Gentleman of great Fortune in Yorkshire; when, after discharging a Pistol each, the latter received a Wound in the Side, and was immediately carried in a Coach to the House of an eminent Surgeon near Piccadilly. It is said the Dispute arose from Major B——'s shooting upon Part of Mr. T——'s Estate.
Orders are given by General Conway that no Persons shall be admitted to be a Gunner in any Garrison but such as have served in the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
It is said that fresh Proposals have been made from the Court of Russia for Admiral Elphinstone to enter again into the Russian Service.
By a private Letter from France, by the last Mail, we have an Account that the Ship Ave Maria, Du Bloysse, bound from the Coast of Africa to Guadalupe, laden with Slaves, Gold Dust, and Elephants Teeth, was cut off on the Coast by the Natives; and that all the Crew, except a Man and a Boy, were killed, who got on Shore and hid themselves in the Woods. This Misfortune is said to be occasioned by some of the Crew endeavouring to defraud the Natives.
A Letter from Yarmouth, dated the 13th Instant, says that great Damage is done by the high Winds to the Shipping in Yarmouth Roads; that two or three Ships have been totally lost; and that several have been dismasted, and drove out to Sea. The Letter also adds, that large Pieces of Wreck are thrown upon the Shore every Tide, and that a Number of poor People are, Night and Day, watching for the Goods that are brought on Shore.
An Account from Galway, in Ireland, says: At a Coroner's Inquest held on the Bodies of the Crew of the Mayflower, who were found dead in the Cabin of that Vessel, it appeared that the Circumstance which produced that affecting Catastrophe was occasioned by their own incautious Neglect of putting out, before they retired to their Cabin, the Fire where with they had dressed their Supper in the Forecastle, by which unhappy Mistake, from the Proximity of the Fireplace, and the Closeness of the Vessel, they were all suffocated. One of the Deceased having been found near the Companion Door with his Clothes bundled up in his Arms, it is conjectured that he expired there in attempting to get out.
The Vanburghen, a Dutch Frigate of thirty two Guns and two Hundred and fifty Men, is lost off Cape La Hogue, on the Coast of Barfleur, near St. Malo's.
Within these three Weeks no less than four Vessels have been lost on the Coast of Melledgan, one of the uninhabited Islands of Scilly, one whereof is a Danish Galley, bound from Elsinore for the River.
A large Polacca, bound from Celento to Naples, laden with rich Merchandise, was lost the Beginning of last Month near the latter Place, and the Crew, as well as several Passengers, perished.
This Morning a large Ship was seen in the Swin by some Fishermen; she was under Water, and the Crew at the Top of her Masts hanging to the Shrouds.
The Rose Hall, Edwards, from Jamaica to London, is lost on Sandwich Flats.
The George, late Fletcher, from Africa and St. Kitt's to Liverpool, is stranded near Workington.
October 17. The Authenticity of the following Circumstance we are assured of by a genuine Letter, which arrived yesterday from Leghorn, which asserts that his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester had paid a Visit to Genoa, where he was received with great Ceremony by the Nobles; and that the second Night after his Arrival at the above City he went to the Assembly, where soon after unexpectedly entered the unfortunate Charles Edward Stuart, commonly called the young Chevalier. This Circumstance for a short Time occasioned great Speculation; but the latter presently withdrew, and by Order of the States left that Metropolis the next Morning. The above Letter confirms the Account of the Death of the ingenious Doctor Smollet, who died at the Baths of Pisa, and not at Leghorn.

We are told that Lord Harcourt will not go to Paris till Count Guignes arrives in England.
Private Letters from Paris mention that the Count de Guignes's Interest at Court is at an End, and that he will not return again to England in a publick Character; nor is any Person yet appointed to succeed him.
We hear that the Duke of Grafton seems at present the Favourite of a great Personage, as he is more frequent in private Conferences with him than any other Person in the Ministry.
Lady Bute is talked of as to be created a Duchess in her own Right, the Dukedom to be hereditary in her Family.
Extract of a Letter from the Hague, October 10.
"We have this Moment received, by Express, Letters from Vienna, which say that Prince Lobkowitz, who set out from the Austrian Court about four Months ago, on his second Embassy to the Court of St. Petersburg, has happily fulfilled the great Object he had in Charge. That in Consequence of the Emperor's steady Adherence to the first Proposal which he made to the Empress of Russia, namely, "that he would never suffer the Russian Army to pass the Danube," the Czarina has at last acceded to an amicable Accommodation with the Porte; and it is confidently asserted that the Czarina is to restore to the Porte all such Territories as her Armies have conquered, either in Asia or in the Archipelago; that her Troops are to evacuate the Towns of Cotzchim, or Brailow, Ismael, &c. On the other Hand, the Whole of Tartary, north of the Sea of Asoph, is to be ceded to her Czarish Majesty, in full Sovereignty; together with the Crimea lower Territory, which is to be held of the Imperial Crown of Russia, by the Khan, as a tributary Fief of the Russian Empire. The Porte is also to make her Czarish Majesty a pecuniary Compensation.
"That with Respect to the Emperor of Germany, the two extensive Provinces of Moldavia and Walachia, north of the Danube, are to be ceded to him in Perpetuity; but that the present King of Poland is to enjoy the Revenues, and to have the Government of them during his natural Life: And that his Polish Majesty, in Return, is to abdicate the Kingdom of Poland, which is to be guaranteed by the high contracting Parties to Prince Albert of Saxony, who for that Purpose is to be elected King of Poland, with hereditary Succession.
"With Respect to the King of Prussia, those Polish Territories which bear the Name of Prussia are to be annexed to his Prussian Majesty's Dominions, in independent Sovereignty.
"These Letters farther say, that the Pretender, who has been incog. during several Months in the Polish Territories, is totally neglected in this Partition Treaty."
Certain Advices have been received from Paris which say that the King of Spain has actually insisted on the Co-operation of the Court of France with him in a Scheme to be put in Motion early the ensuing Spring, and in Case of non Compliance threatened to dissolve the Alliance now subsisting between the two Crowns. Lewis was greatly alarmed at this, and forced to take his Head out of the Bosom of his fair Enchantress, and betake himself to Study; upon which a Council was summoned, when it was determined to favour the Demands of his Catholick Majesty. Since this, every Method has been taken to drain Money from the Subjects, and some of the most oppressive Kind that were ever attempted in that Kingdom before.
By the latest Accounts from Germany, Things do not appear to be in the pacifick State Administration could wish, on many Parts of the Continent; so that, notwithstanding all the Industry exerted to keep the Peace, the ensuing Spring is expected to be a martial One, and that some Campaigns, both offensive and defensive, are formed to take Place very early.
Accounts from Jamaica are full of the ill Treatment the English receive from the Spaniards in that Part of the World.
Yesterday the Lords of the Admiralty ordered their Marshal to seize a Ship in the River; it is supposed she contains a Number of Pirates.
Two Frigates are ordered to be got ready immediately at Plymouth, for the Coast of Guinea.
We are assured that a Bill for the preventing the Migration of British Artificers to any foreign Kingdoms, or even the Colonies, which has been long in Agitation, will be brought in, and passed, the ensuing Session of Parliament.
Private Letters from the Hague mention that a Loan was negotiating there, for two Millions of Guilders, by the Minister of a certain Power.
To such a Pitch of Gaming are our Gentry arrived, that, we are told, no less than thirty five Thousand Pounds were won, by a noted young Cub, at a Coffee-house near Pallmall, the last Week.
Yesterday two eminent Corn Merchants waddled out of the Corn Market, Mark Lane, for fifteen Thousand Pounds.
The Differences between Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Townsend have now risen to so extravagant a Height, that, though no formal Challenge is expected from either, the Friends of both are apprehensive for the Consequences of their first Meeting.
As Mr. Wilkes, in his Charge against Mr. Townsend, has thought proper to mention illiberal Inuendos against the Princess Dowager, as some of the most heinous of his Offences, I must take the Liberty
(says a Correspondent) to tell a trifling Anecdote of Mr. Wilkes, to prove how abominably odious such illiberal Inuendos are in that worthy Gentleman's Eyes. The North Briton, which first spoke of an improper Connection between Lord Bute and the Princess Dowager, was shown in Manuscript, by John Wilkes, to his then Acquaintance Doctor B— in Norfolk Street; who, after reading it, asked him if he believed there was any such Connection really subsisting: Not I, by G-d (replies Jack) but it will make an excellent North Briton.
Above thirty different Sorts of curious and valuable Stones have been lately discovered in the Mountains of Benduphigh, near Aberdeen, in Scotland; among which are Rubies, Emeralds, Topazes, Amethyts, and Garnets, nearly equal to any imported from the eastern and western Parts of the World.
A Writer in the St. James's Chronicle, who subscribes S. Meanwell, says: I am bold to affirm that the Letters signed Junius are not the Productions of the indigent Mr. Burke, or of the single-speeched Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer; they did not flow through the Quill of an Hibernian; they do not belong to the Republican Amazon; the Hero of Minden dares not claim them: The Phrenzy of Pride, Envy, Hatred, Malice, and all Uncharitableness, could never be so lively painted but by the Person who actually possessed it. I do not know three such Persons; one I do know! Come forth thou Self-Tormentor, whose Heart never was in Union with itself! Thou Murderer of Sleep! thou Assassin, in whom all the above mentioned Passions are combined, stand forth! In what Language shall I address thee, thou pensioned Earl of Chatham!
A Criminal of a large Fortune, who was lately detected in scaling Paper, has fled to the Continent since his being admitted to Bail, from whence it is supposed he will never return.
October 19. Yesterday his Majesty came from Richmond to St. James's, where there was but a thin Levee; after which Lords North, Hertford, and Oxford had a long Conference with his Majesty, who afterwards returned to Richmond.
Yesterday Lord North set out of Town for Hindon, in Middlesex.
Their Excellencies the Russian, Prussian, and Venetian Ministers, set out of Town for their respective Country Seats.
By Letters from Madrid we are informed that the King of Spain has for some Time past discontinued his usual Diversions of Shooting and Hunting, in Order to attend more closely to the Business of the State.
By a Gentleman who arrived this Week from Cherbourg we learn that the Bason, and all the Works destroyed by the English in the late War, are almost put into the same Condition they were before. He says he saw a Number of Irish Labourers employed on those Works, who were well paid; that they are building Frigates there, and that there were several upon the Stocks; that he saw above twenty Englishmen employed on that Work, and was told by some of them that they had almost double the Wages they have in their own Country. He farther says, they have Plenty of Provisions, which are chiefly brought there, by English Vessels, out of Derbyshire. He also gives an Account that Curiosity led him to take a View of the Place, for which he was taken and carried before a Magistrate, and searched; but having Nothing about him but a Bit of Pencil, and his Countrymen declaring they would leave their Work if he was not discharged, he was dismissed, but ordered to quit the Place immediately. So different is the Conduct of the French to that of the English, who invite their Enemies to see the weak Condition of their Navy.
Advice is received from Dunbar that a large Ship was lost off there the 8th Instant, and that all the Crew were drowned; that she is supposed to be a Ship from Lisbon, as some Lisbon Wines have been thrown on Shore, and some Bits of Chests of Oranges. The Account farther says, that they are apprehensive a great Deal of Damage has been done at Sea by the high Winds, as Wrecks are seen floating upon the Water in great Abundance.
Extract of a Letter from Cowes, October 16.
"Captain Hunt, of the Beaufort, from South Carolina, has given the following Intelligence. That on September 12th, in Latitude 38:30, Longitude 65, he met a with a violent Hurricane; and next Day saw several Vessels dismasted, but could not speak with any of them. On the 19th he spoke with the Brig Hawke, from North Carolina, bound to Poole; she had lost her Mainmast, and Boom. And on the 22d he spoke the Elizabeth, Morley, from Charlestown, to London; she had lost her Main and Mizzen Masts, in the above Gale."
The George, from the West Indies, an empty Guinea Ship, proves to be the Vessel that was on Shore at Workington, but will be got off without much Damage.
The James, Montgomery, from London, bound to Maryland, has lost her Bowsprit and Foremast, with other Damage, occasioned by the Scipio, Kirkman, running foul of her in the Downs, and had her Boat staved also.
The Polly, Maclean, from Georgia, for London, was drove on Shore the 13th Instant, about three Miles from Bridport Harbour and beat to Pieces, and every Soul on Board perished.
The Friendship, Ogilvie, from Jamaica, was on Shore on the Naize, but got off again by staving her Rum and Water.
The Latham, Waterman, from Virginia, to London, is on Shore in the Swin, and it is feared will be lost.
The Bethia, Kennedy, from St. Vincent, to London, is lost near Margate.
The Diana, Taylor, from Ealdborough, to London, is lost off Barnstable, and all the Crew perished.
TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF GRAFTON.
MY LORD, November 28.
THE People of England are not apprised of the full Extent of their Obligations to you; they have yet no adequate Idea of the endless Variety of your Character. They have seen you distinguished and successful in the continued Violation of those moral and political Duties by which the little, as well as the great Societies of Life, are collected and held together. Every Colour, every Character, became you. With a Rate of Abilities which Lord Weymouth very justly looks upon with Contempt, you have done as much Mischief to the Community as Cromwell would have done, if Cromwell had been a Coward; and as much as Machiavel, if Machiavel had not known that an Appearance of Morals and Religion are useful in Society. To a thinking Man, the Influence of the Crown will, in no View, appear so formidable as when he observes to what enormous Excesses it has safely conducted your Grace, without a Ray of real Understanding, without even the Pretension to common Decency or Principle of any Kind, or a single Spark of personal Resolution. What must be the Operation of that pernicious Influence (for which our Kings have wisely exchanged the nugatory Name of Prerogative) that, in the highest Stations, can so abundantly supply the Absence of Virtue, Courage, and Abilities, and qualify a Man to be the Minister of a great Nation whom a private Gentleman would be ashamed and afraid to admit into his Family! Like the universal Passport of an Ambassadors, it supersedes the Prohibition of the Laws, banishes the Staple Virtues of the Country, and introduces Vice and Folly triumphantly into all the Departments of the State. In former Times, Corruption was considered as a foreign Auxiliary to Government, and only called in upon extraordinary Emergencies. The natural Resources of the Crown are no longer confided in. Corruption glitters in the Van, collects and maintains a standing Army of Mercenaries, and, at the same Moment, impoverishes and enslaves the Country. His Majesty's Predecessors (excepting that worthy Family from which you, my Lord, are unquestionably descended) had some generous Qualities in their Composition, with Vices, I confess, or Frailties, in Abundance: They were Kings or Gentlemen, not Hypocrites or Priests; they were at the Head of the Church, but did not know the Value of their Office; they said their Prayers without Ceremony, and had too little Priestcraft in their Understanding to reconcile the sanctimonious Forms of Religion with the utter Destruction of the Morality of their People. My Lord, this is Fact, not Declamation. With all your Partiality to the House of Stuart, you must confess that even Charles the second would have blushed at that open Encouragement, at those eager, meretricious Caresses, with which every Species of private Vice, and publick Prostitution, is received at Court. The unfortunate House of Stuart has been treated with an Asperity which, if Comparison be a Defence, seems to border upon Injustice: Neither Charles nor his Brother were qualified to support such a System of Measures as would be necessary to change the Government, and subvert the Constitution, of England; one of them was too much in earnest in his Pleasures, the other in his Religion. But the Danger to this Country would cease to be problematical if the Crown should ever descend to a Prince whose apparent Simplicity might throw his Subjects off their Guard, who might be no Libertine in Behaviour, who should have no Sense of Honour to restrain him, and who, with just Religion enough to impose upon the Multitude, might have no Scruples of Conscience to interfere with his Morality. With these honourable Qualifications, and the decisive Advantage of Situation, low Craft and Falsehood are all the Abilities that are wanting to destroy the Wisdom of Ages, and to deface the noblest Monument that human Policy has erected. I know such a Man; my Lord, I know you both; and with the Blessing of God (for I too am religious) the People of England shall know you as well as I do. I am not very sure that greater Abilities would not, in Effect, be an Impediment to a Design which seems, at first Sight, to require a superior Capacity. A better Understanding might make him sensible of the wonderful Beauty of that System he was endeavouring to corrupt; the Danger of the Attempt might alarm him; the Meanness and intrinsic Worthlessness of the Object (supposing he could attain to it) would fill him with Shame, Repentance, and Disgust. But these are Sensations which find no Entrance into a contracted Heart. In some Men, there is a malignant Passion to destroy the Works of Genius, Literature, and Freedom. The Vandal and the Monk find equal Gratification in it.
Reflections like these, my Lord, have a general Relation to your Grace, and inseparably attend you, in whatever Company or Situation your Character occurs to us. They have no immediate Connection with the following recent Fact, which I lay before the Publick for the Honour of the best of Sovereigns, and for the Edification of his People.

A Prince (whose Piety and Self-Denial, one would think, might secure him from such a Multitude of worldly Necessities) with an annual Revenue of near a Million Sterling, unfortunately wants Money. The Navy of England, by an equally strange Concurrence of unforeseen Circumstances (though not quite so unfortunately for his Majesty) is in equal Want of Timber. The World knows in what a hopeful Condition you delivered the Navy to your Successor, and in what a Condition we found it in the Moment of Distress. You were determined it should continue in the Situation in which you left it. Upon a Representation from the Admiralty of the extraordinary Want of Timber, for the indispensable Repairs of the Navy, the Surveyor General was directed to make a Survey of the Timber in all the Royal Chases and Forests in England. Having obeyed his Orders with Accuracy and Attention, he reported that the finest Timber he had any Where met with, and the properest, in every Respect, for the Purposes of the Navy, was in Whittlebury Forest , of which your Grace, I think, is hereditary Ranger. In Consequence of this Report, the usual Warrant was prepared at the Treasury, and delivered to the Surveyor, by which he, or his Deputy, were authorised to cut down any Trees in Whittlebury Forest which should appear to be proper for the Purposes above mentioned. The Deputy, being informed that the Warrant was signed and delivered to his Principal in London, crosses the Country to Northamptonshire, and, with an officious Zeal for the publick Service, begins to do his Duty in the Forest. Unfortunately for him, he had not the Warrant in his Pocket. The Oversight was erroneous, and you have punished him for it accordingly. You have insisted that an active, useful Officer, should be dismissed from his Place; you have ruined an innocent Man, and his Family. In what Language shall I address so black, so cowardly a Tyrant! thou worse than one of the Brunswicks , and all the Stuarts ! To them who know Lord North it is unnecessary to say that he was mean and base enough to submit to you. This, however, is but a small Part of the Fact. After ruining the Surveyor's Deputy, for acting without the Warrant, you attacked the Warrant itself. You declared it was illegal, and swore, in a Fit of foaming, frantic Passion, that it never should be executed. You asserted, upon your Honour, that in the Grant of the Rangership of Whittlebury Forest , made by Charles the second (whom, with a Modesty that would do Honour to Mr. Rigby, you are pleased to call your Ancestor) to one of his Bastards (from whom I make no Doubt of your Descent) the Property of the Timber is vested in the Ranger. I have examined the original Grant, and now, in the Face of the Publick, contradict you directly upon the Fact. The very Reverse of what you have asserted, upon your Honour, is the Truth. The Grant, expressly, and by a particular Clause, reserves the Property of the Timber for the Use of the Crown. In Spite of this Evidence, in Defiance of the Representations of the Admiralty, in perfect Mockery of the notorious Distresses of the English Navy, and those equally pressing and almost equally notorious Necessities of your pious Sovereign, here the Matter rests. The Lords of the Treasury recall their Warrant; the Deputy Surveyor is ruined for doing his Duty; Mr. John Pitt (whose Name, I suppose, is offensive to you) submits to be browbeaten and insulted; the Oaks keep their Ground; the King is defrauded; and the Navy of England may perish for Want of the best and finest Timber in the Island. And all this is submitted to, to appease the Duke of Grafton! to gratify the Man who has involved the King, and his Kingdom, in Confusion and Distress, and who, like a treacherous Coward, deserted his Sovereign in the Midst of it!
There has been a strange Alteration in your Documents since you thought it advisable to rob the Duke of Portland of his Property, in Order to strengthen the Interest of Lord Bute's Son in Law before the last general Election. Nullum Tempus occurrit Regi was then your boasted Motto, and the Cry of all your hungry Partisans. Now, it seems, a Grant of Charles the second to one of his Bastards is to be held sacred and inviolable! It must not be questioned by the King's Servants, nor submitted to any Interpretation but your own. My Lord, this was not the Language you held when it suited you to insult the Memory of the glorious Deliverer of England from that detested Family to which you are still more nearly allied in Principle than in Blood. In the Name of Decency and Common Sense, what are your Grace's Merits, either with King or Ministry, that should entitle you to assume this domineering Authority over both? Is it the fortunate Consanguinity you claim with the House of Stuart? Is it the secret Correspondence you have for so many Years carried on with Lord Bute, by the assiduous Assistance of your cream coloured Parasite ? Could not your Gallantry find sufficient Employment for him in those gentle Offices by which he first acquired the tender Friendship of Lord Barrington? Or is it only that wonderful Sympathy of Manners which subsists between your Grace and one of your Superiors, and does so much Honour to you both? Is the Union of Bliss and Black George no longer a Romance? From whatever Origin your Influence in this Country arises, it is a Phenomenon in the History of human Virtue and Understanding. Good Men can hardly believe the Fact; wise Men are unable to account for it. Religious Men find Exercise for their Faith, and make it the last Effort of their Piety not to repine against Providence.
JUN. U.S.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 23. THE following Ships, in York River, are expected to sail as follows: The Neptune, White, for London, in eight or ten Days; the Greenvale, Bowie, for the same Port, in three Weeks; and the Jane, Banks, about the same Time, for Liverpool.
The Hanbury, Esten, and Pitt, Punderfson, are arrived at London; and the Tom, Clark, at Liverpool.
The Eagle, Dunlop, from Glasgow, is arrived in Rappahannock.
Since our last, the Subscription for the Canal has received an Addition of more than a Thousand Pounds; and it is expected the Sum necessary will be raised in a short Time, the Gentlemen in different Parts of the Country, we hear, being very sensible of the Utility of the Measure.
The American Company of Comedians intend for this Place by the Meeting of the General Assembly, and to perform till the End of the April Court. They then proceed to the Northward, by Engagement, where it is probable they will continue some Years.
To J. H.
SIR, I CANNOT think it incumbent upon Mr. Henley to enter into a Controversy with every unmannerly, obscure Writer, who chooses to amuse himself with publishing Scurrilities. The Protest, and other Papers written by that Gentleman, are signed with his own Name. Were you not ashamed of your Cause, you would follow his Example. Had not every Thing he published carried the Signature of the Author, no One would have blamed you for your anonymous Productions; but as the Case stands, they proclaim the Badness of your Hearts to be at least equal to the Meanness of your Understandings.
I really have not Leisure to go through your miserable Letter; and if I had, were I to apply it to such a Purpose, I should think I made a very indifferent Use of it. I will only examine one or two of your Criticisms; and from them let the World judge of the rest.
In the first Place, you assert that Apostles and Bishops often passed for synonymous Terms; but as one Assertion is as good as another, I assert they did not, and call upon you to prove the contrary. The Commission granted to the Apostles was to go into all Nations, teach and baptize; and for this Purpose they were endowed with the Power of working Miracles, speaking with Tongues, &c. and likewise enabled to communicate it to others. Can these Things be predicated of modern Bishops? If not, how are Bishops and Apostles synonymous Terms? But if the Apostles were Bishops, pray what was Jesus Christ? An Archbishop?
But the Apostles left Bishops; yes, Presbyters, or Overseers. But what is this to the present Dispute? Do not attempt to impose upon the English Reader. Bishops, Presbyters, Elders, Overseers, in all Ecclesiastical Writers during the three first Centuries, uniformly signify the same Office, which is that of a Minister of a particular Congregation. Thus, Mr. Camm would, in those Ages, have been called Bishop of York, Mr. Hornock Bishop of Williamsburg. For the Truth of this, consult the Scriptures, the Epistle of Clemens, those of Irenaeus, the Writings of Origen, Clemens Alexandrinus, &c.
St. Paul ordained Timothy and Titus, say you, and made them Governors of Churches, the one of Crete and the other of Ephesus. Let us then first consider the Nature of Timothy's Appointment to the See of Ephesus. Within less than a Year after his Infallment we find him with the Apostle at Miletus,* who gives the Elders of that Church, after he had convened them by his own, not the Authority of Bishop Timothy, some good Advice; and, among other Things, tells them to take Heed to themselves, and to all the Flock over which the Holy Ghost had made them Overseers, Bishops, or Presbyters. So that we find the Elders were Bishops, as well as Timothy. An excellent Argument truly for a Diocesan Episcopacy. Some Time afterwards, it appears he was with St. Paul at Rome. From Rome he goes to Philippi.† Upon his Return to Rome he is put in Prison, and when he obtains his Release the Apostle proposes taking him along with himself to Judæa.‡ Pray, Sir, do you ever study Chronology? Or have you a-mind to place the Origin of Non-Resistance to the Account of Timothy? For if he was stated Bishop of Ephesus, no Man ever took less Care of his Flock.
Having considered what you have advanced about Bishop Timothy, I will examine the Pretensions of My Lord Titus. There is then no Evidence of his exercising his Episcopal Function in Crete but his being appointed by the Apostle to settle some Affairs in that Island, an Argument which would prove that he was Bishop of Corinth§ likewise. But perhaps he held the last See in Command. But still what are we to think of his being in Macedonia,‡ or the Orders he received to go to Nicopolis** Are these Circumstances consistent with his being Diocesan Bishop of Crete?
To relieve you from the pitiable Situation in which you have placed yourself, by your ill judged Scheme of making Apostles and Bishops synonymous Terms, the Truth is this: There were several Offices in the primitive Church that were to exist as long as the miraculous Powers endured, and no longer. These were Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, or Persons who had a general unsettled Ministry subservient to the Direction of the Apostles; and as the latter seldom continued long in a Place, after they had laid the Foundations of a Church, they frequently left one or more of the others to set in Order Things that were wanting or left undone, and ordain Elders, or Bishops. For these Reasons, it was proper to give them Directions concerning the Qualifications requisite for such Offices. It is in this Sense St. Paul says to Timothy, do the Work of an Evangelist; not a Diocesan Bishop, as you suppose. So it appears that Timothy, Titus, &c. had an Employment purely temporary; very different from, and far superior to, that of a modern Bishop, or the only two stated Offices which were to continue in the Church, those of Elders, Presbyters, Bishops, and Deacons.
Nobody ever disputed the Orthodoxy of Gregory Nazianzen. See what he says concerning the Bishops of his Age: "Would to God there was no Prelacy; this right Hand and left Hand, and middle Rank, these higher and lower Dignities, and this State-like Precedence, have caused many fruitless Conflicts and Bruises. have cast many into the Pit, and carried away Multitudes to the Place of the Goats." You shall have another Letter soon, from
CRITICUS.
* Acts 20. † Phil. 1. ‡ Phil. 2. § Heb. 13. ¶ 2 Cor. 8. 2 Cor. passim. * Titus 3. † Greg. Naz. Orat. 28. Vol. 1.
Advertisements.
THE Subscriber's STORE and STORE GOODS, in York Town, are for Sale. Two Years Credit will be allowed, if required, and the Goods sold at a reasonable Advance. GEORGE WILSON.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 23, 1772.
THE Gentlemen who formerly favoured me with their Company, as Lodgers, are hereby notified of my Removal to the House lately occupied by Mr. George Davenport, below the Capitol, where they may depend on the best Treatment from Their very humble Servant, JOSEPH KIDD.
ON the 24th of December last I purchased a Slave of Mr. John Brown, in Williamsburg, for fifty five Pounds ten Shillings, and gave him my Bond, with Mr. Niman Minzie Security, payable the 10th of June next; but as I find myself deceived in the Purchase of the said Slave, I am determined not to pay it, and hereby forewarn any Person from taking an Assignment thereof. JAMES DONALD.
A BALE of damaged GERMAN OSNA-BRUGS, imported in the Betsey, Captain Thurston, to be SOLD for ready Money, on Friday the 31st instant (January) at Todd's Warehouse, for the Benefit of the Ensurers. HENRY & WILLIAM LYNE.
ONE or two good Journeymen SHOEMAKERS will have the very best Encouragement from the Subscriber, at Warwick, on James River. THOMAS PEMBLE.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 23, 1772. PRIVATE LODGINGS may be had for seven or eight Gentlemen, during the Assembly, at the Coffeehouse, near the Capitol.
CUMBERLAND, January 10, 1772.
I HAVE for Sale about fifteen Hundred Acres of LAND on Dan River, and three very fine PLANTATIONS in Cumberland County, one of which is the Plantation whereon I now live, on which is a very good Dwellinghouse and all convenient Outbuildings, a well accustomed Grist Mill on a constant Stream, a Peach Orchard of eight or ten Thousand Peach Trees, a fine Apple Orchard, and every other Kind of Fruit. For Terms inquire of JOHN MAYO.
A DRAB coloured GREAT COAT, almost new, with a Velvet Cape, was taken out of Mrs. Davis's, in Williamsburg, on Saturday the 30th of October last, and wore, it is imagined, by some Gentleman, to his Lodgings (the Night being rainy) where he left it. It will be taken kind of any Person who has got it to send it to Mrs. Davis, or to the Post Office.
To be SOLD cheap, for ready Money,
A WELL built SCHOONER, about twelve Months off the Stocks, Burthen about two Thousand eight Hundred Bushels. For Terms apply to John Heath, at Cabin Point.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Friday the 14th of February, on the Premises,
A TRACT of LAND in St. Luke Parish, Southampton County, about five Miles from the Courthouse, containing five Hundred and sixty eight Acres, whereon are two Plantations, with convenient Houses to each, valuable Apple Orchards, and a large Quantity of Lightwood. A good Title will be made to the said Land, which belongs to the Estate of Thomas Sterns, deceased; and the Purchaser will have twelve Months Credit, upon giving Bond and Security to WILLIAM HAY, Attorney for the Coheirs in England.
To be SOLD at publick Auction, before the RALEIGH Door, in WILLIAMSBURG, on Saturday the 1st of February,
EIGHT likely SLAVES, among them a good Butcher, belonging to the Estate of Mr. Patrick Matthews, deceased; for which six Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to WILLIAM RUSSELL, Deputy Sheriff of York County.
NORTHAMPTON, January 15, 1772.
RUN away, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, a Negro Fellow named JACK, about twenty Years of Age, Virginia born, black, and slim made, and about five Feet seven or eight Inches high. I am afraid a certain Peter Goffon, formerly a Skipper from this Shore, but lately served on Board a Man of War's Tender, may have carried him to the Western Shore; the following are my Reasons for suspecting him: My Slaves inform me he has been chideavouring to persuade them to go with him and he will free them; that the said Fellow went off with him; that he requested them to advise him how to rob me, and even told them he would make away with me if they should be detected. Add to this, that on my detecting him in a Matter where he was about to defraud me, he vowed he was determined to have Satisfaction. As I have these Reasons to suspect him, and lost another Negro Fellow some Time ago, whom I imagine he has also inveigled away, I do hereby caution the Publick to be aware of buying any Slaves of this Man; and I do hereby promise to repay the Purchase Money to any Person who shall convict him of selling this, or any other Slave he may have carried away clandestinely. I will give TEN POUNDS Reward for apprehending JACK, and the like Sum for the other, whose Name is JACOB, or upon their being secured in such a Manner as to enable me to get them again. And I do also promise to pay a Reward of FIFTY PISTOLES if the Fellow is convicted of stealing either of them. JOHN STRATTON.
RUN away from one of my Flats, when at the Falls of James River, about the 1st of this Instant (January) a Virginia born Negro Man named SCIPIO; about thirty Years of Age, six Feet high, stoops very much, is knock-kneed, has remarkable long Feet, and speaks plain, but deceitful. He was once the Property of Mrs. Archibald Ritchie, Merchant, at Hobb's Hole, where I suspect he now is, as he was taken up near that Place last Fall. He carried with him a Bearskin Jacket pretty much worn, Osnaburg Shirt and Trousers, a Pair of Yain Hose, and a Pair of coarse Shoes, such as are usually sold in Stores. Whoever brings him to me, at Warwick, shall have a Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS, besides what the Law allows, or TWENTY SHILLINGS if secured in any Jail in this Colony, so that I may get him again. SIMON FRASER.
GOOCHLAND, January 13, 1772.
RUN away from the Subscriber, some Time ago, a likely Negro Man named SUBA, talks but indifferent English, and squints pretty much. He ran away twice before, was once apprehended at Hobb's Hole, and another Time at Effex Courthouse, and is now supposed either to be in that Part of the Country or lurking about Mattax Warehouse, as he once lived there with Mr. Archibald Ritchie. I will give FIVE POUNDS for taking him up, and SIXPENCE a Mile for conveying him to me from the Place where he may be apprehended; and in Case it should be inconvenient to bring him to me, I will give the above Reward for securing him in the Jail of the County where he is taken. JOHN BOLLING.
TAKEN up, in York County, a sorrel HORSE about four Feet five or six Inches high, with a Blaze in his Face, three white Feet, a roached Mane and Bob Tail; without any perceivable Brand. Posted, and appraised to three Pounds. CHARLES MILES.
TAKEN up, in Goochland, a black MARE about eight Years old, four Feet three Inches high, with a Switch Tail and hanging Mane, a white Streak on her Back about three Inches long, branded on the off Buttock yH in a Piece, and on the off Shoulder yy, with a Stroke across them resembling a Fleshhook. Posted, and appraised to five Pounds. JOHN PARRISH.
RICHMOND Town, January 8, 1772.
I INTEND for Britain next Summer, and request all those that have open Accounts on my Books to settle and pay them off, that I may be enabled to settle all my Affairs before the 1st of April. My Possessions in Richmond are for Sale; the Conveniencies, the Goodness of the Houses, Gardens, and Land, with a Variety of the finest Fruit Trees, are so well known that they need no farther Description. There is likewise about eight Acres of Land adjoining Rocker's Landing, where, with little Trouble, Landings and Wharfs may be made for Vessels to load and unload at all Times, without waiting a Moment, and entirely out of the Way of Freshes. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms, and view the Premises, by applying to the Subscriber. Likewise a large Assortment of MEDICINES, SHOP UTENSILS of all Kinds, to be sold very reasonably. ROBERT BROWN.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 16, 1772.
I INTEND for Liverpool soon, purposing to return in a few Months; the Business of the Store will be carried on, as usual, by Mr. John Turner. Those who are still indebted to Mr. Charles Coore, of Liverpool, will please to take Notice that I have empowered Mr. William Ruffel, Deputy Sheriff of York County, to collect the same in my Absence. JACOB ALLAN.

P O E T S C O R N E R.  A SENTIMENTAL THOUGHT. By a Sailor.  STILL toss'd tempestuous on the Sea of Life, My little Bark is driving to and fro; With Winds and Waves I hold unequal Strife, Nor can decide the doubtful Course I go. Contending Passions are the Storms that rise, And Error's Darkness clouds the mental Ray, The Lamp of Reason seldom gilds the Skies, With Lustre equal to direct my Way. But there's an Hour when all these Storms shall cease, The Darkness fly, and rising Suns appear, My Bark be shelter'd in the Port of Peace, And ride eternal at an Anchor there.
SUSSEX, January 1, 1772.  BY the Desire of those Clergymen who thought proper to meet me at the College on a former Advertisement, I now entreat the whole Body to give their Attendance at the same Place, on the 20th of February next.  Whether the Residence of a Bishop among us will not augment the Number of worthy Candidates for holy Orders, will not assist the Bishop in making a good Choice of such Candidates as do offer, will not enable him to be a great Help and Encouragement to such Clergymen as are solicitous to discharge the Duties of their Function, as well as be a Terror to those who are otherwise disposed, and will not, by these Means, greatly serve the Cause of Piety and Morality, are Questions which have been so long before the Publick that few Readers can be Strangers to the Arguments for and against an American Episcopate. After Questions of such a Nature have been Matter of open Dispute, until the Subject is perhaps nearly exhausted, surely it becomes the Clergy to assemble, that they may take the Lead in determining for themselves which Side they ought to close with, and resolve thereupon what Course it is proper for them to pursue. It cannot be fit for them to stand aloof on such an Occasion, as if they were unconcerned, or as if they feared Oppression in a free, or dreaded Persecution in a Protestant Country.
If the Clergy of this Dominion be persuaded that the Church of England cannot have here the full Benefit and Enjoyment of the Offices in her Liturgy until a Bishop be settled among us, let it not be supposed that they can be blamed, by any true and intelligent Friend to religious Liberty, for using legal and moderate Endeavours to obtain a Toleration at least for the Church of England. Let them rather be forward in stirring up others to so good a Work, than wait to be excited by those who, it cannot be imagined, will be sooner affected by such a Proposal, or are fitter to become Sources of pious Zeal, than themselves.  Attempts have not been wanting to raise and spread a Suspicion that many of the Clergy of this Colony with to procure a Bishop who shall be able to disturb the Peace and Privileges of Dissenters, and perform some Deeds of Cruelty and Tyranny towards the Laity. Is it not then Time for the Clergy to meet and pass some publick Act in their own Justification, by which it shall be declared, if they desire a Bishop to have Rule over them, what Sort of a Bishop it is which they desire, and for what Purposes they desire to have him introduced.
I claim no Kind of Pre-eminence or Authority over the meanest of my Brethren, but I write under the impulse of a strong Desire to see them behave on the present Occasion in such a Manner as to do Credit to themselves, gratify their Friends, and give no Cause to their Enemies to despise them; and I cannot help hoping that they will excuse a few plain and obvious Observations in an old Man, and pay some Regard to the Admonitions of a Person who is actuated by a Passion for their Honour and Welfare. I cannot but hope that the Number of them who shall appear at the Time and Place above mentioned will be respectable, at least not contemptible, and that those who shall be detained at home by unavoidable Accidents will send their Sentiments in Writing on the Subject of Dispute, which is the sole Cause of this humble Request to the Clergy to come together; for by these Means alone the Clergy can expect to wipe off the Aspersion of being either too cool in the Interests of Piety and Religion, or too timid to obey the Dictates of a just, rational, and commendable Ardour. I am their affectionate Brother, sincere Friend, and humble Servant, WILLIAM WILLIE.
YORK TOWN.  ON Thursday the 16th Instant (January) the Partnership between Doctor Corbin Griffin and myself dissolved. I shall keep a Shop, supplied with Medicines, at my House, for Practice. THOMAS POWELL.
URBANNA, January 9, 1772.  TAKEN up by the Subscriber, last November, in Chesapeake Bay, near Winter Harbour, in two Fathom Water, a Ship's KEDGE ANCHOR of about three Hundred Weight, with above a Hundred Fathoms of six Inch HAWSER to it, two large Iron hooped Buoys and Buoy Ropes. The Owner may have them on proving his Property, paying Salvage, and the Expense of this Advertisement. HUGH WALKER.
N. B. I should have advertised them immediately when taken up, but on receiving a Letter from one William Richardson (without either Date or Place of Abode) who gave a Description thereof, said he would take them away, and desired me not to advertise them, I concluded it necessary to wait a While.
LOST, some Time ago, a dark brown HORSE about fourteen Hands three Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and trots and gallops. He was seen in Caroline, a little below Colonel Baylor's, and I imagine he is either in that County, King William, or Hanover. I will give a genteel Reward to the Person who brings him to my Plantation, at Newport, or informs me where I may get him. ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD.
TAKEN up by the Subscriber, some Time last July, in York River, a little below West Point, an old Moses BOAT about sixteen Feet Keel, her upper Works much shattered. Posted, and appraised to twenty Shillings. The Owner may have her by applying to me, in New Kent. JOHN TOWNES.
FALMOUTH, January 4, 1772.  ALL Persons indebted to Mr. William Underwood, Attorney at Law, deceased, are hereby required to be speedy in coming to a Settlement, and discharging whatever Balances may appear to be due from them. I should be glad if those who have demands against his Estate would make them known to me, as soon as possible, in Order that Steps may be taken towards satisfying the same. I intend on Saturday, the 8th of February next, at the Plantation of Mrs. Margaret Stother, near King George Courthouse, to sell greatest Part of his personal Estate, consisting of Horses, Hogs, Sheep, Cattle, Household Furniture, Law Books, &c. Six Months Credit will be allowed Purchasers to the Amount of fifty Shillings, or upwards, on giving Bond with Security. At the same Time and Place will be hired, for the ensuing Year, three or four Negro Wenchies belonging to his Estate, by ANDREW BUCHANAN, Executor.
N. B. Mr. Underwood's Clients will take Notice that their Papers are in my Possession, and that I should be glad to know how they would have them disposed of. I shall always be ready to give my Assistance towards finishing his Suits depending in the Courts wherein I practise, and in which I am not engaged on the opposite Side; where this is not the Case, his Clients must give me Directions to what Attorney's Care they are to be committed.
HAMPTON, January 16, 1772.  ONCE more I desire all Persons indebted to me to make Payment to Mr. Walter Peter, Merchant, at Cabin Point. Those who fail to make a speedy Settlement must expect to have their Accounts put in Suit. JAMES MCCAW.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at Petersburg, on Saturday the 25th Instant (January)  THE Brigantine NORBORNE, about five Thousand Bushels Burthen, being a prime Sailer, well found, and properly fitted for the Sea. She is now lying at Bull Hill, in Appomattox, and may be seen any Day before the Time fixed on for her Disposal. The Time of Payment will be made known at the Day of Sale. THOMAS M. RANDOLPH. JOHN BANISTER. RICHARD RANDOLPH. THEODORICK MUNFORD.
NORFOLK, January 8, 1772.  TAKEN up, on the 30th of DECEMBER last, on the Horshoe, a large ANCHOR, near fifteen Hundred Weight, with a small new Buoy. The Owner may have it on proving his Property, and paying as the Law directs. PETER SPARROW, Junior.
THE Residue of the Estate of Benjamin Grymes, consisting of about one Hundred and twenty Negroes, several Horses, Oxen, Wagons, Carts, Household Furniture, and Books, also about two Thousand Acres of Land, upon Mattaponi River, in Spotsylvania County, which will be laid off in Lots and put under Enclosures, will be sold on the first Monday in February, at the Plantation where the said Grymes now lives, which is about six Miles from Fredericksburg, on Credit till the 25th Day of April, 1773, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to the Trustees, who will attend the Sale, and make a good Title. Five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, and all Bonds, not discharged at the Time they become due, to bear interest from their Date. The two Vessels, before advertised, being a Brig and a Schooner, about one Hundred Tons Burthen each, will be sold by the Subscriber, at any Time between this and the Day of Sale. ANTHONY THORNTON, Junior. Agent to the Trustees.
N. B. There are among the Negroes some good Colliers, Carters, Forgemens, Watmens, and a very good Furnace Keeper. The Publick may be assured the Negroes, Horses, &c. above advertised, will be sold at the Time and Place appointed.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at Cabin Point, on the 5th of December, two Negroes, namely, GROVES, a stout made Fellow, about five Feet eight Inches high, between twenty five and thirty Years of Age. FRANK, a stout likely Negro, about five Feet nine or ten Inches high, and about twenty five Years of Age. They carried with them, when they went off, two new Duffel Blankets, and the other Part of their Clothing much ragged and tore. They formerly belonged to Mr. Thomas Stokes, of Gloucester, in which County, and in Mr. Stokes's Neighbourhood, I understand they are lurking. Whoever apprehends the said Slaves, and delivers them to me, at Cabin Point, shall have a Reward of FIVE POUNDS. All Persons are forewarned harbouring or carrying them out of the Colony, at their Peril. WILLIAM HENDERSON.
WARRASQUEAK Bay, November 18, 1771.  RUN away from the Subscriber, in Isle of Wight, a Negro named JACK, about five and thirty Years of Age, five Feet ten Inches high, a slim, clean made, talkative, artful, and very saucy Fellow. Also a Negro Woman named VENUS, thirty two Years old, five Feet four Inches high, stout made, very smooth tongued, and has been five Years accustomed to the House. They worked in the Dismal Swamp about two Years, under Mr. John Washington, and carried with them several different Kinds of Apparel. Whoever delivers the said Negroes to me, or secures them so that I may get them, shall have a Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS for each. NATHANIEL BURWELL.
RUN away, on Monday the 10th of May last, from Daniel Seabrook, an indentured Virginia born Negro Servant Man named REUBEN TOLLS, aged twenty three Years, about five Feet five Inches high, of a yellow Complexion, well set, and has a broad Face; he formerly lived in Frederickburg, plying at the Ferry between Falmouth and that Place, and is now thought to be lurking in that Neighbourhood. Whoever brings him to me, at Norfolk, shall have FIVE POUNDS Reward, and reasonable Charges paid. NICHOLAS BROWN SEABROOK.
NEWCASTLE, January 8, 1772.  IMPORTED in the Tibby, Captain Robert Boyd, from Glasgow, this Fall, a CASK and a CASE marked WC, No. 1 and 2, containing Snuff, which is never yet come to Hand. It will be esteemed a Favour if any One can give me Information thereof, and shall be thankfully paid all Expenses in forwarding it to me. WILLIAM CRAIG.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Chesterfield, the latter End of October last, a Negro named GEORGE, five Feet seven or eight Inches high, upwards of forty Years of Age, has a Scar on his right Arm, occasioned by a Burn, bears very much to his left Side as he walks, and is outlawed. Whoever brings the said Slave to me, or secures him in any of his Majesty's Jails in this Colony, shall have THREE POUNDS Reward. MARK EDWARDS.
STRAYED, on the 4th of October last, a likely bay HORSE, three Years old last Spring, four Feet six or seven Inches high, branded IB in a Piece, one hind Foot white, with a hanging Mane and Tail, and trots and gallops. Whoever brings him to me, at Osborne's Warehouse, in Chesterfield, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. AARON HASKINS.
RUN away, on Tuesday the 6th Instant, an Apprentice named DANIEL MCCARTY, about nineteen Years of Age, stout limbed, with a down Look, wears his own Hair, and is very apt to give fancy Language when spoke to; he had on a Pair of Buckskin Breeches, a short Duffel Coat almost new, and carried with him a Snuff coloured Coat and Waistcoat, with yellow Metal Buttons. Whoever brings him to me, in Williamsburg, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. WILLIAM COSBY.
N. B. He works tolerably at the Wainswright Business.  RUN away from the Subscriber, on Goose Creek, Loudoun County, the 15th of December last, an indentured English Servant Man named RICHARD WELLIS, of a low Stature, and thin dark brown Hair; he had on, and carried with him, a Ruffian Drill Coat, a light gray Cloth Ditto, a white Flannel Jacket, a spotted Cotton One, and a labelled blue Cloth Ditto, a Pair of good Buckskin Breeches, a Pair of brown Cloth Ditto without Lining, Country made Yarn Stockings and Shoes, and a Half worn Felt Hat; he shaves and bleeds well, and has Razors and Lancets with him, reads and writes tolerably, and may probably forge himself a Pass. Whoever secures him so that I may get him again shall have, if taken in this Colony, FIVE POUNDS Reward, and be allowed any reasonable Charges besides if he is taken out of the Colony. JOHN NORTON.
THE Subscriber has for Sale about seven Thousand Acres of LAND, four Thousand of which lie in the County of Buckingham, known by the Name of the Buckingham Tract, and is all very valuable high Land; the other Tract, which lies on both Sides of Willis's Creek, in the Counties of Buckingham and Cumberland, contains upwards of four Hundred Acres of exceeding rich low Ground, and very good high Land, with Tobacco Houses, and others, sufficient for twenty Hands. It will be sold in Lots, or altogether, as may be agreed on, and will be shown by Mr. Cary Harrison, at the Fork of Willis's Creek. For Terms apply to ARCHIBALD CARY.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Northampton, about the 27th of November last, a Negro Fellow named JACOB, about twenty four Years of Age, middle sized, very black, and smooth faced, with little or no Beard, has a Stoppage in his Speech, and if directly examined, or suddenly asked a Question, cannot directly give an Answer. He is supposed to be carried across the Bay by a certain Person who frequently passes and repasses from the eastern Shore to Norfolk and Portsmouth. Whoever secures him so that he may be restored to me shall have FIVE POUNDS for his Trouble, and all reasonable Expenses allowed, if he is taken on the western Shore. I will give TWENTY PISTOLES on Conviction of the Person who took him away. JOHN STRATTON.
JAMES HALDANE, COPPER SMITH and BRASS FOUNDER from Philadelphia, in Church Street, near the Church, Norfolk,  MAKES and sells all Sorts of COPPER and BRASS WORK, namely, Still, Brewing Coppers, Sugar Boilers, Fullers and Hatters Coppers, Capuchin Plate Warmers, Tea Kitchens, all Sorts of Ship, Fish, and Wash Kettles, Siew Pans, Dutch Ovens, Tea Kettles, Saucepans, Coffee and Chocolate Pots, Brats Mill Work, Furniture for Coach and Chair Harnets, Fenders, Andirons, Candlesticks, Cocks, &c. at the most reasonable Rates. Also tins and mends all Sorts of old Copper and Brats Kitchen Work, and gives the best Prices for old Copper, Brats, Pewter, or Lead. All Orders from the Country will be punctually attended to. N. B. He deals for Cash, or Country Produce.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 19, 1771.  WHEREAS the Revenues of the College, unless more Care and Exactness be used in the Collection of them, cannot continue equal to the Expenses; and whereas a considerable Amount is due to the College, which arises from small Sums easy to be paid by each individual Debtor, all Persons concerned are therefore desired to take Notice of the following Regulations, passed at a late Meeting of the President and Masters:  If any Person who owes Money to the College on Bond does not either pay off all the Interest, that is or shall be due, on or before the 10th of May next, or in the mean Time give a new Bond, with approved Security, for the whole Debt, both Principal and Interest, his Bond shall be put into a Lawyer's Hand on the said 10th of May, with Orders to bring Suit, and obtain Satisfaction for it as specially as the Forms of Law will permit. If, after the said 10th of May, the Interest due on any Bond be not regularly paid, at the Expiration of each Year, the Bond shall be put in Suit without farther Notice or Delay.  A salutary Order of the Visitors and Governors, directing every Boarder, on his Admission into the College, to pay for six Months Board in Advance, is evaded and rendered nugatory if the like Sum be not paid per Advance by every Boarder at the End of each Half Year. All, therefore, who are in Arrears for Board, are required to discharge them by the said 10th of May. On Failure, the Boarder shall be dismissed from the College until the Accounts against him be discharged, or recovered by Suit. And after the 10th of May next, if Payment for Board in Advance, as above mentioned, be neglected, the Boarder shall not be suffered to continue in the College for more than one Month after such Neglect, but shall, in that Time, be sent away with his Account, and shall not be received again till it be discharged.  All Surveyors who have not settled with the Burfar of the College, for all their publick and private Surveys since the General Court in April last, are required to settle with him before the 10th of May next, under the Penalty of being superseded, and having their Bonds sued. If among these Surveyors there be any from whom Nothing is due to the College, it is demanded of them, under the same Penalty, to transmit to the Burfar attested Declarations of there being Nothing due from them to the College. And, after the 10th of May next, if any Surveyor shall omit sending attested Accounts or Declarations (as above specified) annually, he shall be superseded, and have his Bond sued.  That this Advertisement may not be treated with that Contempt which several Notices of the like Kind have met with, and that no Body may hereafter plead Want of due Information concerning the Premises, this Advertisement is to be printed weekly in the Gazette until the 10th of May next ensuing. By Order of the President and Masters. ROBERT MILLER, Burfar.
To be SOLD, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND lying on Sandy Creek, in Pittsylvania County, containing twelve Hundred Acres, a considerable Part of which is low Ground, being the Land which lately belonged to Mr. William Kennon, of Charles City. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Mr. Thomas Yulle, in Pittsylvania, or to Cabin Point, Dec. 14. JAMES BELSCHES.
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.
To be SOLD, A TRACT of LAND containing five Hundred and forty three Acres, on Butterwood, in Amelia County, formerly belonging to Mr. Samuel Gordon, of Blandford. The Land is good, and there are valuable Improvements on it. Also to be let on Lease, or sold, two LOTS in the Town of Blandford, on Appomattox River, at present in the Occupation of Mr. Patrick Ramsay, with a Storehouse, and every other necessary Building for a Merchant in considerable Business. For Terms apply to PETERSBURG, November 10. JERMAN BAKER.
To be SOLD, altogether, or in Lots, ABOUT two Thousand seven Hundred Acres of good LOW GROUNDS on both Sides of Roanoke River, and two Hundred Acres of HIGH LAND two Miles distant, lying in the Counties of Halifax and Bertie, twenty five Miles below the Town of Halifax, North Carolina. There are about six Hundred Acres of the Land cleared, with an Apple Orchard, a good Dwellinghouse, Dairy, Smokehouse, Negro Quarters, &c. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, in Prince George. RICHARD KIDDER MEADE.
N. B. There is a good FISHERY on the said Land.  For SALE, THE LAND whereon I live, in Middlesex, containing about two Thousand two Hundred Acres, in good Order for Cropping, with Orchards and Buildings equal to any in the Colony; also thirteen Hundred Acres on the River Pianketank, in the County of Gloucester, with a Mill, and good Orchards. The Stocks, which are very large, may be had with the Lands. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to AUGUSTINE SMITH.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Lancaster, on the 24th of December last, a Negro Man named WILL, about five Feet eight or nine Inches high, between thirty and forty Years of Age, but looks older than what he really is. He has been at Work in Norfolk for some Time past, and went by the Name of William Moore, as a Freeman. He is a very good Hostler and Gardener, and what may detect him sooner, he is very fond of Liquor, and when drunk very quarrelsome and saucy. Whoever will secure him in any Jail, and give me Intelligence so that I may get him again, shall have FIVE POUNDS, and if brought to me FIFTEEN POUNDS, paid on the Delivery of the Negro. JOHN WORMELEY.
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