The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1771-08-22 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
With the freest ADVICES,
FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE. Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
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Remainder of the Letter to the Reverend Mr. GWATKIN, on his Defence of the Protest.
THE ninth, and last Article, concerns the Security to be given that the Bishop's Power shall not interfere with any other Powers already established, nor affect any but the Clergy of the Church of England. He will be limited in his Commission, as Dr. Gibson was, to holding an ecclesiastical Court, before which the said Clergy may be called, and non alias quasunque personas , as we there read it, or no other Persons whatsoever. The Laws of the Country, the Temper and Disposition of the People, both Clergy and Laity, are other very strong Barriers. This is all the Security that can be given; and Security, in my humble Opinion, very sufficient. Doctor Gibson, and his Commissary, never attempted to pass their Boundaries; and if any other Bishop should be mad enough to entertain a Thought of doing it, it is evident that he could not be encouraged by the smallest Prospect of Success, and would therefore deserve to be tossed into the Sea for the Cure of his Infanity. Permit me to conclude this Paragraph with a Quotation from the Sermon preached last February before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign Parts, by the very learned Doctor Lowth, Bishop of Oxford; who, I think, has well described the Nature of our present Dispute. "The proper and only Remedy hath long since been pointed out, the Appointment of one or more resident Bishops, for the Exercise of Offices purely episcopal, in the American Church of England; for administering the solemn and edifying Rite of Confirmation; for ordaining Ministers, and superintending their Conduct: Offices to which the Members of the Church of England have an undeniable Claim, and from which they cannot be precluded without manifest Injustice and Oppression. The Design hath been laid before the Publick in the most unexceptionable Form; it hath been supported against every Objection which unreasonable and indecent Opposition hath raised, by Arguments unanswered, and unanswerable; unless groundless Fears, invidious Surmises, injudicious Suspicions, unless absurd Demands of needless and impracticable Securities, against Dangers altogether imaginary and improbable, are to set aside undoubted Rights, founded upon the plainest Maxims of religious Liberty, upon the common Claim of mutual Toleration, that favourite but abused Principle, the Glory and the Disgrace of Protestantism, which all are forward enough to profess, but few steadily practise, and which those who claim it in its utmost Extent for themselves are sometimes least of all inclined to indulge in any Degree to others."
Having thus given you an Account of the Plan of Church Government espoused by our Episcopate Clergy, and endeavoured to free it from your Aspersions, I shall now try to find out what Plan our non Episcopate Clergy, and their Adherents (that is, you and your Friends) have adopted for the Church Government of this Colony. How far I shall take it from the Lights held out by you and the Country Clergyman, and how far from my own Conjectures or Imagination, you and the Reader will judge for yourselves. If any Part of this Plan which I shall attribute to you and your Friends should be thought wild, or to want apparent Foundation, it may be excused, in Consideration of the Liberty you constantly take in labouring to fix a Plan upon the Favourers of the proposed Episcopate which they totally disown. You write in such a Manner of the spiritual Powers of a Bishop as to seem unwilling to allow him any Power or Jurisdiction over those ordained by him after their Ordination. According to this Notion, the Bishop has no Power or Jurisdiction over Clergymen. He has a Power over Candidates for Orders, so far as to reject or accept; that is, a Power over Laymen, for if his Power expires the Moment that they become Clergymen it is surely no Power over Clergymen.
Notwithstanding what you sometimes say of an Oath of canonical Obedience, and of the Jurisdiction and Government here of the Bishop of London, as soon as Clergymen arrive here from their Ordination in England, you deliver them up to the Jurisdiction and Government of the General Court, as if their License to preach run not, during the Pleasure of the Bishop, but during the Pleasure of the General Court. In Order to establish this ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Government of the General Court, you tell us that Henry the eighth granted a Commission to Laymen for inspecting into the Morals and Conduct of the Clergy and punishing them according to the Demerit of their Offences. You farther tell us, that though a Clergyman in England be tried with Respect to his Office in a Bishop's Court yet there lies an Appeal to the civil Courts, and therefore our Clergy might as well be tried in a civil Court in the first Instance. Thus you detach the Clergy here from the Bishop entirely, and place the General Court in the Room of the Bishop's Court. Suppose this done, and the Rubicon passed, what is the Consequence? Clergymen well affected to the Church of England will grow shy of coming hither. This Difficulty you and the Country Clergyman can easily get over; for, according to you, the best Scholars are bred among the Dissenters. Therefore let our vacant Parishes be filled up with Clergymen well affected to the Church of Scotland. Now the Church of Scotland Clergy will not long endure to be governed by a Court consisting entirely of Laymen. Here you help us out again; for Queen Elizabeth added a Clergyman to her Commissioners, for inspecting into the Morals and Conduct of the Clergy. Therefore let some Clergyman be added to the Members of the General Court. Now it will be Time to change your Note a little, and instead of undervaluing to magnify the Hardship of compelling Candidates for Orders to go to Britain for them; and the Country Clergyman will seasonably tell us that Bishops are not of apostolical Institution. Besides, why should one Man ordain and other Men have the total Direction and Superintendency of the Clergy after they are ordained? Therefore, the General Court, with the Addition of a few Clergymen, had better ordain, as well as govern, the Clergy. One Step farther, and the Affairs complete. Our College is at present an episcopal College, but by the Alteration of two or three Statutes it may easily become a celebrated Seminary of Dissenters. Thus by a few easy Transitions, which you and the Country Clergyman have prepared us to expect, the Church of Virginia, which he says so much about, starts up the Church of Scotland; and all Things are provided for making the next Generation submit to the religious Discipline exercised in Scotland, or New England: As for our old Laws, that unfortunately mention the Church of England, they will be by this Time either repealed or grown obsolete.
I shall now reckon with you for some smaller Matters, and conclude. You say, "if this be the Case, episcopal Government must certainly be of a very versatile Nature, to adapt itself so readily to all the various Modes of civil Government established upon the Continent of North America." Episcopal Government in the Church is neither more or less versatile than monarchical Government in the State, which comports itself very well with all the various Modes of civil Government in North America. "When the Answerer of the Protest affects to fear, lest, by their Assistance (the Legislature's) too great a Decree of Power should be conferred upon him (the Bishop) he must intend Nothing more than to raise a Snare in the Countenance of his Readers. His Long Reference in Virginia cannot admit his entertaining any such Apprehensions." If you had read the Answerer of the Protest with Attention, and an Unwillingness to misstate him, you would have found that he gave no Ground for this Reflection; that he affected to entertain no such Fears or Apprehensions as you speak of. He only mentioned the Hopes and Fears that might be raised in others, meaning remote as well as neighbouring Persons. "The true Reason (the Legislature) were not consulted, seems rather a Suspicion that if they approved of the Scheme they would pass such Laws to regulate the Authority of our new Bishop as would render abortive the favourite Project of making the Clergy independent
"upon the civil Magistrate." This proves Nothing but your Resolution to utter the worst Reflections upon us which your Imagination can furnish you with, even in Opposition to all Appearances; for the Bishop could not be desired to be restrained by any Body of Men, who admit of any episcopal Authority over the Clergy, more than he is desired to be restrained in the proposed Address of the Clergy. "The impartial Voice of History, when the Transactions of these times come to be reviewed, when the paltry Distinctions of Riches, of Honours, vanitas like a Mist before the rising Sun , will not fail to assign them (the Protesters) a Place in the Temple of Liberty." But the Protesters do not despair. The Cause of Truth they are certain must, finally, prevail; and should it be their Fate to stand unaided, unassisted, unsupported, abandoned to all the Fury of ecclesiastical Ambition, this will be their Consolation, that they were among the foremost of that noble Army of Martyrs who introduced Liberty into the Wilds of America." I must be so free as to say that such Expressions as these appear to me to be Nothing but the Smoke and Vapour, the mere Effluvia, of an enthusiastic Furnace that burns within you; I mean not religious Enthusiasm, but an enthusiastic Passion for posthumous Reputation. Why must this inordinate Passion be set so very high above the Love of Riches? It is an Act of Judgment, I think, to trust the high Offices of State in the Hands of sober minded Men of great Property, rather than in the Hands of Men of no Property, inebriated with the Love of posthumous Reputation. Why must a violent Aversion for such future Honours, as those of having a Place hereafter in the Temple of Liberty, and being enrolled among imaginary Martyrs, be esteemed so much nobler than an Ambition for present Honours? The Love of Riches and present Honours, you will say, may be abused to wicked Purposes; to may a Rage for more airy Distinctions. Even posthumous Reputation itself is but the Trace of Men, and will not always be continued by that impetuous yet brief and only inevitable Eulogium, veluti aqua fluit et jacentis Servant . Could we now call before us and examine all those who have passed for Heroes, Demigods, and Gods (Sons of Liberty among the rest) who have been adored in Temples of Liberty for a succession of Ages, I make no Doubt but some of them would give the Preference to those Riches and Honours by which they were enabled to do Good while they lived, rather than to that Reputation which enabled them to do none after their Decease; and others would be frank enough to confess that they owed all the divine Honours conferred upon them after their Interment to the Abundance of Mischief which they accomplished before they expired. But, above all, why must Truth be the primary Object of him who is wrapt with such visionary Prospects of Glory? One would rather expect to see those Minds devoted to Truth that are of a cooler constitution, and liable to no intemperate Emotions.
If I have made any involuntary Mistakes, that are of Consequence in considering that Variety of Matter which you have led me to consider, I not only expect, but desire, that you will tender the unwary Reader some being imposed upon; for I had rather forfeit any little Character I may have as a Reasoner than be the Means of deceiving one Person, gentle or simple.
If I have taken any improper Liberty with you, I hope it may be excused, in Consideration of the Trouble I have had to answer a Writer who seems to me to amuse more at pulling down than building up, more at throwing the Items in Question into Confusion, for the sake of Opposition, than at giving them a clear Discussion, for the Sake of Truth. I respect you for various good Qualities; but as a Plotter against the settled Government of the established Church, to remove it and make Way for another, I cannot applaud you.
I am your very humble Servant.
JOHN CAMM.
A List of RELICKS to be seen in the Church of Dobberan, a Village of the Duchy of Mecklenburg, situated two Miles from the Baltick. From NUGENT'S Travels through Germany.
IN the Church of Dobberan are still preserved many of those Relicks so much respected in Popish Times. They are shown now as a Curiosity, and a Mark of the Ignorance and Superstition of former Ages. The List of them is as follows.
 1. A small Quantity of Flax, which the Virgin Mary had for spinning.  2. A Bundle of Hay, which the three wise Men of the East had for their Cattle, and left behind them at Bethlehem.  3. A Bone of Ignatius Loyola, the Founder of the Jesuits.  4. A Piece of poor Lazarus's Garment.  5. A Bone of St. Christopher, and the first Joint of his Thumb.  6. The Shoulder Blade of the said St. Christopher.  7. A Piece of Linen Cloth, which the Virgin Mary wove with her own Hands.  8. A Piece of the Head belonging to the Fifth mentioned in Tobit.  9. The Napkin which the Bridegroom made Use of at the Marriage in Cana of Galilee.  10. Some Bones of Mrs. Adams, Grandmother of an Abbot of Dobberan.  11. A Piece of Joseph's Mantle which he left in the Hands of Potiphar's Wife when he tempted him to lie with her.  12. A Hair of St. Jerome's Mustachoes.  13. Part of Judas's Bowels, which gushed out as he burst asunder.  14. The Scissors with which Salathiel cut off Sampson's Hair.  15. A Piece of the Apron which the Butcher wore when he killed the Calf upon the Return of the Prodigal Son.  16. A Fragment of Christ's Winding Sheet.  17. One of the five smooth Stones which David put into his Bag when he went to encounter the Giant Goliath.  18. A Branch of the Tree on which Absalom hung by the Hair.  19. The Stone with which Zipporah circumcised her Child on the Road.  20. A Night Cap of the Virgin Mary, with some of the Bones of the holy Innocents slaughtered by Herod.  21. A Night Cap of the Infant Jesus.  22. The Head of St. Thomas the Apostle.  23. The Head of St. Paul.  24. The Head of St. Peter.  25. A Piece of St. Peter's Fishing Net. 
This is the whole Collection, which they preserve with as much Care as if it contained a most valuable Treasure. The Professor told Mr. Nugent that one of the principal Relicks had been stolen in the last Century, and it was no less than a Quill of the Angel Gabriel's Wing.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 17.
THE Enterprise formed by the new Pacha has not been attended with Success, the Squadron which was charged with the Execution of it being returned to the Dardanelles without having performed any Thing. but on the contrary been obliged to retire with Loss. Four Zebecs of that Squadron have entered the Port of the Isle of Paros, to avoid falling into the Hands of the Russians, who have cannonaded the Castle of that Island, into which Mustapha is entered, at the Head of six or seven Hundred Men, to prevent the Russians making a Descent there. Several Galiots and Half Galiots continually put to Sea from this Port, and a large Body of Horse and Foot will soon march for the grand Army. In the mean Time the Cannoneers and Bombardiers are daily exercised by the Chevalier de Tott, who has formed a military
School, to which the Grand Seignor, attended by the Sultan Selim, his Son, and the grand Officers of State, repair almost every Day. We are also continually casting new Cannon, which are intended for the grand Army.
Frontiers of TURKEY, April 30. From Constantinople we learn that the Grand Seignor is exceedingly dissatisfied with the slow Progress of building the new Men of War which he ordered to be constructed, but those who have the Direction of them justify themselves by saying that they are in Want of every Thing that is requisite for the Purpose. The many Disturbances that happened in that Capital has constrained the Sultan, and the Magistracy, to inflict heavy Pains on the Disturbers of the Peace; such as cutting off Hands, Noses, and Ears, to serve as Examples of Terror to others. The present Plan of Operations of the Grand Vizier is said to be upon the defensive only, and to cover the Turkish Countries on the other Side of the Danube; as Bulgaria, Romania, &c. and also to re-enforce Silistria, Nicopolis, and Adrianople. It is asserted that he intends to put up his Head Quarters at Silistria, and observe and molest the Russians by small Detachments from his Camp; that in Case they should attempt to cross the River he then would fall upon them with all his Might, not doubting of a more successful Issue than his Predecessors had beyond the Danube. In the mean Time, we hear that the Russians continually cross the River, and greatly distress the Turks, as very lately they burnt a large Magazine of Hay and Straw.
Orders of the DANUBE, May 22. We hear from Vienna that the expected Courier from Prince Lobkowitz had arrived there from St. Petersburg and brought with him the Answer to what the Prince had in Charge from his Court, to ask a categorical Answer of her Russian Imperial Majesty respecting the farther Resolution of the War against the Turks. It is said that this Answer proves wholly satisfactory to the Court of Vienna, and it is said to be conceived nearly in the following Words and Terms: "That although her Russian Imperial Majesty cannot well conceive what may have moved the Emperor not to allow carrying her victorious Army to either Side of the Danube, and there to pursue her Conquests, and that she conceives, according to the Law of War, she is at Liberty to attack her Enemies wherever she meets with them, and yet even with more Right on their own Countries, without being obliged to give Account of it to any Body, however, to show the great Regard she pays to the Mediation of the Emperor, and how much she venerates his Friendship, she consents, and will give Orders, that her Troops, &c. remain on this Side of the Danube, and they should only act defensively, and whatever they may undertake now should be intended against Crim Tartary, &c." From such a friendly Declaration, it is thought that the good Understanding would remain permanent; however, it is supposed that the Court of Petersburg has other Designs in View, which at present are not to be penetrated. It is said that the King of Prussia had alone been the Cause of this friendly Mediation; and that now, according to all Probability, the Consequence of it will be Peace between Russia and the Porte, the Conditions of which are not yet arrived.
From the Lower ELBE, May 25. Notwithstanding we have been credibly informed that the Empress of Russia had given Ear to the Representations of Peace which were made to her by the Court of Vienna, so as to desist from farther carrying on the military Operations against the Turks, yet a Report goes about here (which, with the particular Circumstances that are told, makes it very probable) that forty Thousand Russians had crossed the Danube, attacked the whole Camp of the Grand Vizier, and defeated him in such a Manner that an incredible Multitude of Slain remained on the Field of Battle; and that the Grand Vizier was taken Prisoner, with many other great Officers.
LONDON, June 4.
SUNDAY Night, between eleven and twelve o'Clock, some common Prostitutes knocked down a Gentleman at the End of Creed Lane; Ludgate Street, which fractured his Skull, and a great Quantity of Blood issued from the Wound. Before he could recover himself they rifled his Pockets, in which were three Guineas, some Silver, and a Handkerchief, and then ran off; but some People, hearing his Cries, came to his Assistance, pursued the Women, took two, and conducted them to the Compter. The Rest made their Escape.
Extract of a Letter from the Hague, May 28.
"Yesterday Morning the grand Manoeuvres of the Garrison of this Place were finished; but their End, contrary to all Expectation, was somewhat tragical, as one of the Captains of the Regiment of the Holland Guards was dangerously wounded in the Thigh by a Ball, which it is presumed was discharged by a Soldier of the Regiment of the Swiss Guards, and which, according to Appearances, was not designed for that Officer, but for the Duke of Wollenbuttle, Field Marshal, who was very near him. This Misfortune threw all the Officers into great Consternation; the Retreat was immediately ordered to be beaten, and the Troops to be dismissed, though they had not gone through Half their Manoeuvres. The Prince of Orange, the Duke Field Marshal, and all the Generals, are retained here sorrowfully affected by this unhappy Adventure."
Extract of a Letter from Maryland, April 7.
"The Ardour of the Americans for a War with Spain is inexpressible, as they thereby promise themselves the Riches of Mexico, and the whole of the Isthmus of Darien, with all the Logwood Countries, and many other Advantages too numerous to be described in a Newspaper."
June 5. Yesterday Morning, at eleven o'Clock, her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales waited on his Majesty at St. James's, to compliment him on its being the Anniversary of his Birthday, but did not appear in the Drawing Room.
The foreign Ministers yesterday made a magnificent Appearance at Court; several of them having new Carriages, and their Domesticss, in new Liveries, striving to excel each other in the Magnificence of their Dresses and Equipages. His Serene Highness Prince Ernst of Mecklenburg appeared in the Drawing Room, and received the Compliments of the Nobility on his Recovery from his Indisposition.
The oldest Equerry of St. James's does not recollect any Thing equal to the Splendour of the Court yesterday, though the Indisposition of her Majesty furnished no great Hope that there would be an amazing Concourse of Ladies. The general Expectation, however, was very much and very agreeably disappointed; the Rooms were crowded with Ladies of the first Distinction, and Nothing could surpass the Profusion of Diamonds exhibited on the Occasion but the unspeakable Attraction of the amiable Wearer.
Among the Ladies present, in Compliment to his Majesty's Birthday, was the venerable Duchess of Queenberry, the illustrious Patroness of the celebrated Gay; the Duchess of Hamilton, the Duchess of Ancaster, the Duchess of Buccleugh, the Duchess of Crawford, Lady Hertford and her three Daughters, Lady Harrington and her three Daughters, Lady Carlisle, Lady Newnham, Lady Melbourne, and a Variety of others whom we have not Room to mention. Among the Gentlemen Lord North was the best dressed, though Prime Minister; and it is not a little remarkable, that Mr. Charles Fox had red Heels to his Shoes, though that Fashion has been exploded above Half a Century.
The French Ambassador's Houle last Night was grandly illuminated in Honour of his Majesty's Birthday, as were also several of the foreign Ministers, the Mansion House, Mr. Carr's and Adams's in Fleet Street, Mr. Ruspini's, and the Star and Garter in Pallmall.
Yesterday his Grace the Duke of Ancaster, Lord North, the Secretaries of State, and Lord Talbot, gave each grand Entertainments to the Nobility and foreign Ministers in Honour of his Majesty's Birthday.

Yesterday the President, and the rest of the Royal Academicians, met at Somerset House, to celebrate his Majesty's Birthday, where an elegant Entertainment was provided. After Dinner many loyal Healths were drank, and a Song composed on the Occasion was sung by one of the Members with universal Applause. The transparent Paintings which were exhibited last Year at the Royal Academy in Pallmall were removed to Somerset House, and placed on a Scaffolding built for that Purpose, over the great Gateway leading into the Palace, and caused a magnificent Appearance, to the great Pleasure of a vast Concurrence of Spectators.
Between eleven and twelve the night Hand Side of the Painting at the Royal Academy took Fire, which, however, did not consume the Whole, but only that Part in which it began. It was extinguished by a Person immediately going up and knocking that Part of the Scaffold to Pieces.
In the present Contentions between the Russians and the Porte, it will appear that to form Articles of Accommodation is one Thing and to accede to them another; for so manifold are the Impediments to the Unanimity of the Parties, from their different solid Views and Interests, that there is much more Probability of their renewing Hostilities than of confirming an amicable League.
Private Letters from the Hague, just received, import that a capital House in Amsterdam had lately failed in the Sum of one Million eight Hundred Thousand Pounds, greatest Part of which was Danish Property.
They write from Italy that on the 6th Ultimo a Shock of an Earthquake was felt at Torno; in one Place the Earth opened, and buried the greatest Part of a Monastery.
A Letter from Spain says that the celebrated Bucareli, late Governor of Buenos Ayres, is appointed Governor of Hispaniola, and is preparing to set off for that lucrative Department.
It is said Advice has been received that four French Men of War, of eighty four Guns each, are now riding at single Anchors in Basque Road; in Consequence of which four Ships of the Line are ordered from Portsmouth to cruise in the Bay of Biscay, to watch their Motions.
To-morrow Evening will be debated at the Crown Tavern, Bow Lane, "Hath the present Dispute between Messieurs Wilkes and Horne any immediate Connection with the publick Cause?"
If, says a Correspondent, it be true that an effectual Method is discovered for rendering Sea Water fresh by Distillation, with little or no additional Expense of Fuel, why is a Discovery of so much Importance to Navigators kept a Secret? For if, as is reported, the Surgeon in the Navy who has brought this Process to Perfection has fitted all the King's Ships which are lately gone upon foreign Voyages in a Manner suitable for furnishing themselves at all Times with good and wholesome fresh Water at Sea, and the Experiment has been shown to many competent Judges, as well as the Lords of the Admiralty, and by them been highly approved, what Reason can there be for Administration not to make publick in the Gazette, or otherwise, the Whole of this Process, taking Care to see that this Gentleman be given a suitable Reward? For if, as he observes, it was introduced on Board the Merchantmen, there can be no Doubt but it would soon become universal, and before the next Meeting of the Parliament (to whom this Matter, it seems, is left to be referred) many Lives may be preferred, which otherwise may perish at Sea, for Want of that most essential Support of Life.
A certain Governor, lately returned from the East Indies, was educated at a School in Hertfordshire; and his Friends, at the Time of his quitting it, not being able to settle his Schooling with the Master, he remained for some Time unpaid. The Governor, mindful of this, on his Advancement and Success in the East Indies, sent his old Master a Present of five Hundred Pounds; and likewise desired he would let his Son come over, that he might make some Provision for him. Yet this was but a Part of the Return he made; for on his Arrival lately in England he waited on his Master, and settled a Hundred Pounds a Year upon him during his Life.
Friday the elder Son of a Nobleman of this Kingdom went off for the North with Miss K— B—, of H—n C—; a young Lady well known from the Attractions of the most elegant Figure, which has supplied the Deficiency of Fortune.
Saturday Morning died at Bath, of a Fit of Apoplexy, the Right Honourable Lord Strange, Son and Heir apparent of the Right Honourable the Earl of Derby, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Member of Parliament for the same County.
June 7. Yesterday a great Number of the Nobility and Gentry, of both Sexes, went to St. James's, to pay their congratulatory Compliments on the safe Delivery of the Queen, on which Occasion they were all complimented with Cake and Caudle.
A Board of Treasury was held yesterday, at which Lord North presided. The same Day a Board of Trade was held at the Plantation Office, at which the Earl of Hillsborough presided.
Cake and Caudle were distributed yesterday to every genteel and decent looking Person that came to pay their Compliments at St. James's, on the Occasion of the Birth of the new born Prince.
Yesterday his Grace the Duke of Northumberland gave a splendid Entertainment, at Sion House; at which Lords Chatham, Temple, and Camden, with many other Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Minority, were present.
The Royal Regiment of Horse Guards Blue will be reviewed by his Majesty to-morrow Morning on Wimbledon Common, and the second Regiment of Foot Guards on Blackheath on Monday.
The Spanish and French Ambassadors were both at the Review yesterday, but his Majesty took but little Notice of either.
We are assured, from very good Authority, that Lord Bute was not at the Drawing Room last Tuesday.
Yesterday the farther Hearing of the Licentiates and College of Physicians came on before the Judges of the Court of King's Bench, when, after a long Argument by the Counsel, and a very learned Speech from Lord Mansfield, it was given in Favour of the College.
It is amazing that a People like the English, whose very Being depends upon Commerce, should suffer Luxury, and the heavy Load of Taxes, to ruin the Manufactures at home, and turn the Balance of foreign Trade so much against them.
The following Answer was returned by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor to the Address of the Gentlemen of the Town of Lynn.
To the Gentlemen of the Corporation of the Town of LYNN.
Gentlemen, I think myself greatly honoured by your late Approbation of my publick Conduct, and desire you will accept the sincerest Thanks which Gratitude can inspire. A just Sense of the Obligations I owe to the People in general, both in my magisterial and parliamentary Capacity, hath always induced me faithfully to exert my Abilities in Defence of their Rights, against every Attempt to lessen or destroy them; and I can assure you, Gentlemen, that no Motives whatever shall, at any Time, dissuade me from following that Rule of strict Integrity, and impartial Justice, which my Situation indispensably requires.
I have the Honour to remain, Gentlemen, with the truest Respect, Your obliged humble Servant, BRASS CROSBY.
LONDON, May 28, 1773.
A Correspondent says, why should it be thought surprising that Mr. Wilkes should be uneasy to have his Designs laid open to publick View, by the Representation of Jane Shore? It may be supposed he felt on the Occasion like the King in Hamlet, on having his Villainy represented before his Eyes. If this was not Mr. Wilkes's Case, instead of being fore he would have been easy, and said, "Let the galled Jade wince, my Withers are unwrung."
An Evening Paper says the following Intelligence is authentic, and comes from the best Authority: "The Beginning of last Month there arrived at the Court of Madrid no fewer than ten Expresses, from Versailles, in one Day. The King was sent for from his Palace, about twenty Miles from Madrid, and the Grand Council continued sitting all Day. The next Morning a Report was current through Madrid that his Catholic Majesty had given Orders for fifteen Thousand Infantry, and four Thousand Horse, to prepare themselves for setting out for France with the utmost Expedition, to prevent a Revolution in that Kingdom. We since hear that the said Troops are now getting ready for the above Purpose."
We hear that a Gentleman of Castle Street, Leicester Fields, has had the Advice of Counsel, and intends to indict a Governor who is building a House in the same Street for making Choice of his Neighbour's Door, instead of his own, to lay a Nuisance of the first Magnitude before.
The Theatre Royal in Edinburgh is the Property of Mr. Ross, who built it. He purchased the Patent three Years ago; but upon the unlucky Accident of the Bridge falling, which made a Communication from the old Town to the Theatre, Mr. Ross let it to Mr. Foote for three Years. Mr. Foote stayed there last Winter; but not choosing to return, he has let the two Years he has in it to some Persons who have engaged Mr. Digges as an Actor and Manager.
Extract of a Letter from Plymouth, June 2. "The Surveyor of the Navy, and one of the Commissioners, are arrived here, to examine into the State of the naval Affairs in the West. All the Workmen in the several Branches of Business are to be strictly interrogated whether they are Freemen of Boroughs, or their Friends such, whom they voted for at the last Election, whether they are young Men or married, and how many Children they have; which makes it probable that there will be a Discharge of some soon. Admirals Rodney and Spry have their Flags flying in the Sound."
Yesterday Evening, at Half after seven, a Gentleman on Horseback, followed by his Servant on another Horse, with a Portmanteau behind him, were stopped at the Turnpike near the Obeistuk in St. George's Fields by two Men who had rode with them thirty Miles, called themselves Customhouse Officers, and insisted on searching the Portmanteau, declaring that they had Information of its containing smuggled Goods. The Gentleman refused to open it till he alighted at his Inn, where he would most readily satisfy them. They then forcibly cut it from behind the Servant, and were going to strike both Master and Man for endeavouring to prevent their Violence. They took the Portmanteau into the Turnpike House, and cut it open; but after a most minute Search, Nothing but the Gentleman's Clothes and Linen appeared to be there. The Number of Attendants, who were by this Time pretty numerous, gave a Huzza of Satisfaction; upon which the other Officer, who sat on his Horse without the House, clapped Spurs to his Sides and galloped off. The Gentleman's Servant pursued him, and at Newington came so near him that the Fellow jumped off his Horse and made his Escape through a House; upon which the Servant seized his Horse, and lodged it with a Constable. The other Man was taken before a Justice, to be dealt with according to Law; it being a capital Felony even for an Officer of the Customs to seize a Portmanteau on the Highway, or any other Convenience of the Kind, before the Person it belongs to alights.
Wednesday Afternoon two young Men, Shopmen to a great Tradesman in Bond Street, were brought before Sir John Fielding for defrauding their Master. On Examination, it appeared that they had carried on their clandestine Dealings for a considerable Time, to the Prejudice of their Master, in immense Sums of Money. They were immediately committed to Newgate.
Yesterday Morning, before five o'Clock, one Collins, belonging to the first Regiment of Guards, dropped down dead on the Parade in St. James's Park; he has left two Children, and a Wife big with a third. Report was made of the Accident to his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester before the Review began, and it is hoped Something for the Fatherless and Widow will be done.
A Nobleman, who lately wrote to Lord Bute on the Subject of his Return, informed his Lordship that the publick Prints were again preparing to attack him, and that the People of England would never suffer him to live among them quietly. "I know that too well, my dear Friend, (replied the Earl, in his succeeding Letter) but surely they can "have no Objection to my dying quietly among them, I desire no farther Favour at their Hands; though I doubt not, when the Rage of Party has subsided, that they will be convinced I could have no Interest in "being their intentional Enemy."
The Death of General Wolfe, a Picture at the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, by Mr. West, is said to be purchased by Lord Grosvenor for six Hundred Guineas, a Circumstance highly honourable to the British Artists. [ Mr. West is a Native of Pennsylvania. ]
NEWCASTLE, June 1. On Monday last, at a very numerous Meeting of the Company at Barber Surgeons Hall, it was unanimously resolved, "that no Donation, Present, or Money, should be, directly or indirectly, accepted for the Purpose of an Entertainment, or to any other Purpose, from any Candidate whatever, on any future Election for Members of Parliament, either previous or subsequent to the Election;" and the same was entered into the Books of the Company. It was observed, that though our present Delegates had been as honourably elected, for several successive Parliaments, as any in the Kingdom, and at as little Expense too, yet it has been a Custom with them, jointly, to give an Entertainment at the different Halls after the Election; a Custom which, it is hoped, will be discontinued for the future, especially as several Companies have already, and it is thought the rest, at least all the petitioning Companies (a great Majority of the Whole) will come into the same laudable Resolution, in Order to discountenance Venality and Corruption, in every Shape, on such important Occasions.
To the AUTHOR of the SCOTS MAGAZINE. Homines ad Deos nulla re propius accedunt quam salutem hominibus danda.
SIR, PAISLEY, March 1771.
IN passing through a Village, some Weeks ago, I met a Burial; and as there appeared a more than ordinary Concern upon every Countenance, when I had got a little farther on I stopped, to inquire who the dead Person was. Sir, said the Man of whom I inquired, the Corpse you just now met is that of a young Man about five and twenty, the only Son of a poor Woman in this Neighbourhood, who has been for three Years confined to her Bed with a Cancer in her Breast, and to whom this worthy young Man was a most careful and affectionate Nurse. While every Body besides heard of his Death with the utmost Concern, his Mother alone seemed unaffected: Disciplined in Affliction, and entirely resigned to the Will of God, she wilfully listened to hear his last Groan, and said, with an Air of Triumph and Satisfaction, "now, my dear Child, it is over! "thou art happy! a few more painful Days and we shall meet again."
The poor Woman's Words were so feelingly expressed that I found myself too much interested to proceed upon my Journey without asking a few more Questions. I was told that the Woman's Husband, who had been dead about five Years, had rented a small Farm; that by the Overflowing of a River in Harvest, and several other unavoidable Accidents, he had fallen in Arrear to his Master, who had seized upon his All, turned his Family out of Doors, and made a considerable Advantage by letting his Possession to another; that the poor Man, endeavouring to save his Crops, had been so much in wet Clothes that he had caught a severe Cold, which, being neglected, ended in a Consumption, and in about a Year after put an End to all his Sorrows; that for some Time before his Father's Death the young Man had been in the Service of a Farmer, which he then quitted, with Consent, and very cheerfully laid out Part of the little Money he had saved in burying his Parent; that he had ever since lived with his Mother, by the most painful Industry supported her in Distress, and modestly declined the Aid of any publick Charity; that as he could not leave the poor Woman alone, and take a constant Service, he usually hired himself out as a Thresher, at so much the Boll, to the neighbouring Farmers; and that he might be the more at Leisure to attend his Mother throughout the Day, he used to do his Work early in the Morning, while she slept; and finally, that about ten Days ago he had been seized with a violent Fever, which had put an End to his valuable Life.
I cannot express the Effect which this short Conversation had upon my Spirits: The Cruelty of the Landlord, the Duty and Affection of the Son, the exemplary Piety and Resignation of the Mother, by Turns engrossed all my Mind. Many fine Seats which I passed that Day appeared not only Objects of Indifference, but even of Terror. Perhaps, said I to myself, the Proprietor of that superb Structure lives in Luxury and Diffipation, while many of his Dependents, like this poor Woman, languish in Poverty and Sickness. Perhaps even now his merciless Steward is exacting the last Farthing from some poor Man, while his Wife and helpless Children, drowned in Tears, witness the shocking Scene. O God! that thy Creature Man, whose chief Glory and Happiness is to imitate thy boundless Goodness and Compassion, should so totally forget his own Dependence, and so much debase the Dignity of his Nature! Beasts of Prey destroy only to satisfy the irresistible Call of Hunger; but Man, more cruel than these, though fated with a Superabundance of all good Things, wantonly deprives the Poor of his Subsistence. How miserable the Man who thinks, and acts, and lives, but for himself! whose Heart is a Stranger to the godlike Pleasure of doing good, and who never felt the unutterable Joy of making a human Being happy!
What owe ye not, ye little minded Great, to the Bounty of Providence! Ye live in the warm Sunshine of God's Favour; and will ye, for a small Matter, of no Sort of Consequence when added to your Heap, consign a wretched Family to Misery and Ruin? Your pampered Servants would abhor the frugal Meal of many a poor Family. And shall the Iron Hand of Oppression deprive them of that poor Pittance? Where are your Fathers? Where are the Oppressors of former Ages? Dead, forgotten out of Mind. REMEMBER! he was a wise Man who said, "an Estate may be hastily gotten at the Beginning, but the End thereof shall not be blessed."
Excellent young Man! well hast thou discharged the Duty of a Son! thy Piety hath been honoured with an early Reward. How invincible the Force of genuine Piety! it rejoiceth in Tribulation, and is not to be moved by the severest Trials. This poor Woman could lose so dear a Son without a Pang, could see herself left alone in the World without complaining, conscious that she was the Care of Providence, persuaded that "it shall be well with the Righteous."
These, Sir, are some of the Reflections that occurred to me upon this affecting Incident, which is deeply imprinted upon my Mind, and of which I hope I shall be the better all the Days of my Life. While I must think of the unfeeling Oppressor with a Mixture of Horror and Contempt, I would with great Pleasure do Justice to the generous and humane Landlord; who, as he knows himself liable to a Thousand Accidents, is ever ready to commiserate the Misfortunes of his poor Tenants, and who had much rather lose Something of his Right by an honest poor Man than ruin him. Many such there have been; and such, thank God, there still are. Let Mushrooms of yesterday, by cunning and lucky Hits raised to Affluence, squeeze and harrafs their Dependents; but let not the Honour of ancient and respectable Families be stained by such mean Practices.
Would to God that the Representatives of all such would consider themselves in the same Light that the rest of Mankind commonly see them.
There is a Kind of Fascination in Greatness and Titles, which operates unseen and at a Distance, and obtrudes upon us the Ideas of Dignity of Sentiment and Benevolence of Heart. When upon a nearer View, and more intimate Knowledge, we find this to be the real Character of a great Man, what a distinguished Place does he hold in our Heart! Virtues, amiable in themselves, acquire an additional Lustre reflected from high Stations; and the Influence of one, or a few such great Men, has been felt and acknowledged through a whole Country.
On the contrary, how are we shocked to find the Soul of a Clown in the Breast of a Man of Quality! the same Ruffianism of Manners, the same Indelicacy of Sentiment, the same mercenary Views, and the same sordid Attention to the meanest Trifles. Can we help excusing the Absurdity of Custom which obligeth us to address such a low Being in the Style of Right Honourable? How grating must it be to a Man of Sense to pay even an outward Respect to so mean a Character? Instead of the Hospitality which distinguished the Great of former Ages we see another living in the most sordid and penurious Manner, his Gates constantly shut, his Purity and Provisions sent to Market, his Servants upon short Allowance, and even the hungry Beggar defrauded of his Due, what must we think? Can we respect such a Character? Will it compensate for all this Indecorum that the little minded Lord of unbounded Acres is a sober Man, an excellent Farmer, and a good Judge of Cattle; a Bank upon which every Profligate may freely draw who hastens to part with the Inheritance of his Fathers? No, surely; with every common Virtue, with every pious Accomplishment, and possessed of the Wealth of both Indies, such a One would be mean and poor in the Esteem of a generous minded Man.
We have many traditional Stories of Kings and great Men travelling incog. and conversing with the lower Ranks of People. I shall conclude this Letter with one which is literally true, and happened about the Beginning of this Century, within a few Miles of Shrewsbury.
The Earl of Bradford, a Man of a most benevolent Disposition, used frequently to walk alone, and in a plain Dress, to the Distance of several Miles from his own House; and as he often fell in with Country People ignorant of his Quality, he freely conversed with them upon such Subjects as occasionally occurred. One Day, in his Walk, he met with a Country Lad whistling along the road, with a Bundle a Brushwood upon his Back. Where do you live, my Lad? said his Lordship. Not a gret Wey off, said the Fellow; may be a Mile and a Half, Something better, farther on. Do you carry Brushwood so far? So far, Meifter! ay, and glad to get it too. Who do you live with? I suppose you are too young to be married? Ay, Meifter, too young by a gret Deel. I lives with my own Mother, at the farther Eind of yon eer Common. Your Mother is a Widow then? Ay, God help her, has been a Widow a Matter of seven Years. Has she more Children besides you? More than me, Meifter! ay, marry has she, five besides, not reckoning three that are dead. Whose Estate do you live upon? Be sure upon Lord Bradfurth's, who has a Deel of Land all hereabouts. And pray what Farm has your Mother? What Rent does she pay my Lord? But a small Farm, Meifter, a Matter of three Acres, and the Liberty of two Cows upon the Common; the Rent be seven Crowns. You provide Fuel for the Family, and three or four of your Brothers or Sisters beg? Beg, Meifter! you are plaguily mistaken; Mother says it is a Shame or Folks to beg who can do o'w't for themselves. No, Meifter, Mother refused ten Shillings from the Parson last Easter, and said while she was able to work with her Hands she would not eat the Bread of other poor Folks who were unable to help themselves. Why, Friend, your Mother can't keep six Children, of which you, perhaps, are the eldest, upon the Profits of so small a Farm. I am the eldest, Meifter, by a Year two Months and five Days, though I am not sixteen till the 27th of October. As to the Matter of how she keeps us off the Parish, be sure it is by Care and hard Labour, and, to speak the Truth, with all that there is enough to do; but Mother is a notable Woman, early up, and constantly at Work. The three youngest are Girls, whom she has taught to do Something at home; and I and t'other two Lads are commonly employed, for such Things as we are able, by the neighbouring Farmers. And do you make a Shift to live very comfortably? Ay, ay, Meifter, content with our poor Station. Thank God, we have had our Health very well since Father died, all but the youngest Lad, who had the Smallpox, the Measles, and a severe Fever, all in one Year. This, with the Loss of a good Cow, which died in calving, reduced us very much, and made Mother fall short in two Years Rent. No Shame, I hope, Meifter; there are many poor Folks besides wee. No Shame at all, my Lad; an honest Mind, and Contentment, is above all Riches. But tell me, did my Lord insist upon the full Payment of your Mother's Rent after these Misfortunes? My Lord, God bless his honourable Lordship, does not know that there be such Folks upon Earth as wee. No, no, Meifter, it is the Steward who takes Account of the Rents; and, as the Saying is, when the Steward is warm he cares not who bees cold. I do not say, for all that, Meifter, that my Lord's Steward is a hard Man; had Mother been able to pay her Rent be sure he would not have troubled us, but as she could not pay he took our two Cows at Midsummer. Both your Cows! Ay, both, Meifter; only Mother got in ten Shillings that were over Payment. How have you been able to live without your Cows? Why, Meifter, as the Saying is, Folks must live while they have Days. Be sure we lives the worle a gret Deel, for while we had Cows none in the World lived better; Mother has a rare Hand at MILKISTY-WILLIAMS, and we commonly had it twice a Week, sometimes oftener, to encourage the Girls to mind their Work. MILKISTY-WILLIAMS! pray what is that? Don't you know that, Meifter! Indeed I do not. Then let me tell you, that you don't know what good Living is. Why, Meifter, MILKISTY-WILLIAMS is sweet Milk mixed with a little Water, boiled up with a Handful of Oatmeal, a little Salt, and some Slices of brown Bread added to it. I remember it yet! MILKISTY-WILLIAMS is a Dish for a King.
My Lord was so much affected with this simple Account of contented Poverty, that, unable to carry the Conversation longer on, he struck off a cross Road and took the nearest Way home; nor did he hurt the poor Lad's Delicacy by offering him Money.
The Steward was immediately called, and asked whether he knew such a Woman. He acknowledged that he did. My Lord next asked, whether at such a Time he had seized upon her two Cows for Arrears of Rent. This also was acknowledged. Upon which my Lord, with a Sharpness and Severity very unusual to him, reprimanded him for his over Zeal in his Service; and greatly said, "if I cannot afford to lose a little by the Widow and the Fatherless I will retrench my Expenses that I may." Mr. Steward, you are forthwith to replace the poor Woman's two Cows; if they are sold, let two of mine be sent in Place of them, and "I order that while she lives you don't exact one Penny of Rent from her. I will have an Eye to her Children myself."
Were all great Men thus to distinguish themselves, by acts of Benevolence to worthy Objects, what Reverence and Respect would they not draw upon themselves! what Blessings would they not be to their Country! How would such a faithful Discharge of their Stewardship in this World fit and qualify them for higher Trusts, and more distinguished Glories, in the next.
The extraordinary History of BIANCA, a Venetian Lady.
ABOUT the End of the fifteenth Century, Thomas Buonaventuri, a young Man of Florence, of a creditable Family, but without Fortune, went to live with a Merchant of the same Country, who had settled at Venice. The Merchant's House was over against the back Door of one that belonged to a noble Venetian, whose Name was Bartholomei Capello. In the House of Capello there was a young Lady of great Beauty, whose Name was Bianca. She was watched with great Circumspection, but Buonaventuri frequently saw her at the Window. He had not the least Hope of a nearer Interview, yet by a natural and almost necessary Impulse he did all that could be done in such Circumstances to amuse her and express the Passion with which she had inspired him. He was young and amiable, the very soon ceased to be indifferent; and, after a long Negotiation, the Particulars of which are not related, the Lovers found Means to accomplish their Wishes. Bianca went every Night, after the Family were retired and asleep, to the Chamber of Buonaventuri in the Merchant's House, by Means of the little back Door, which she left ajar, and by which she returned before Day, without being seen by any Body.
After this had continued some Time, Custom made her less cautious, and one Night the maid with her Lover till the Morning was farther advanced than usual. It happened that a Baker's Boy, who, according to the Custom of the Country, was taking Bread from a neighbouring House to carry it to the Oven, perceived the little back Door, by which Bianca had come out, to be ajar, and, supposing it to have been left open by Accident, shut it.
The young Lady came a few Minutes afterwards, and found it fast; in the Consternation and Distress which this Accident produced, she returned to the House she had just quitted, and, knocking softly at the Door, was let in by her Lover, to whom she related what had happened. Gratitude and Love instantly determined him to sacrifice every Thing to her Safety, and he immediately quitted his Situation, and retired with the Lady to the House of another Florentine, where they remained hidden, with the utmost Care and Precaution, till they found an Opportunity of escaping to Florence.
At Florence he had a little House in Via Larga, near St. Mark's, and over against a Convent of Nuns of the Order of St. Catherine. To this

little Dwelling he retired with his Wife, and lived some Time in great Privacy, for Fear the Republick of Venice should, at the Solicitations of Capello, cause him to be pursued.
Francis Maria, the Great Duke of Tuscany at this Time, was a Native of France, the Son of Cosmo the first, and father of Mary de Medicis. He had married Jane of Austria, Daughter of the Emperor Ferdinand, Widow of the King of Hungary. She was a Princess of high Esteem; but, being at this Time past her Youth, the Duke neglected her for other Women. One of the Officers of his Court was the Confidant of his Pleasures, who had a Wife not less zealous to render herself useful than himself.
The Arrival of the fair Venetian was known in Florence, and the Rumour of her Adventure, and her Beauty, excited a strong Desire in the Duke to see her, to which the great Privacy of her Life contributed not a little. He used every Day to walk before the House to which she had retired, and, as she had no Amusement but looking out of the Window, it was not long before his Curiosity was gratified; she was indeed Half veiled, but he saw enough to judge of her Beauty, of which he became violently enamoured.
His Confidant, perceiving his Passion to be unformountable, began to concert Measures for the Gratification of it, and engaged his Wife to assist in the Project. The Misfortunes which Bianca had already suffered, and those to which she was still exposed, gave this good Woman a Pretence to insinuate that she had Something of Importance to communicate to her, and for that Purpose invited her to Dinner. Buonaventuri was some Time in Suspence whether he should suffer Bianca to accept the Invitation; but the Rank of the Lady, and the Need in which he stood in Protection, at length got the better of his Caution and Doubts. Bianca was received with the most flattering Kindness and Attention; she was prevailed upon to relate the Story of her Distress, and was heard with an Appearance of the most tender Concern. Obliging Offers were made her, and pressed with so generous a Friendship that she could not refuse to accept of some Presents from the Lady.
The Duke, informed of the Success of the first Visit, hoped that he might be present at the second. Another Invitation was immediately sent to Bianca; and after new Marks of Esteem and Regard, new Pity of her Misfortunes, and new Praises of her Beauty, she was asked if she had no Desire to make her Court to the Grand Duke, who, on his Part, was impatient to become acquainted with her, having already found an Opportunity to see and admire her. Bianca had not Fortitude or Virtue to forego this new Honour; which, though she at first affected to refuse, her crafty Seducer discovered by her Eyes that she wished to be urged to accept. Just at this Crisis it was contrived that the Grand Duke should come in, without any Appearance of Design; and Bianca was charmed with the Modesty of his Address, the Warmth of his Praise, and the Liberality of his Offers. Other Visits succeeded, and a Familiarity insensibly came on; some Presents, which she could not refuse from her Sovereign, improved the Duke's Advantage, and the Husband himself did not think it prudent to break a Connection which might be at once innocent and advantageous. The Duke was not likely to stop short in so good a Road; he gained new Influence over the Wife, by advancing the Husband; and at last accomplished his Wishes, so much to the Satisfaction of all Parties, that, as the Italians express it, he, and Bianca, and Buonaventuri, made a triangulo equilaterum . The Husband soon became familiar with his new Condition, and removed with his Wife to a House in the fine Street that leads to a Bridge over the Arno, called Trinity Bridge. Buonaventuri solaced himself for the Loss of Bianca, by forming new Connections, and associated with the Nobility of the Country; but a Change of Fortune, so sudden and so great, rendered him insolent, overbearing, and presumptuous, even in his Behaviour to the Duke himself, and created him so many Enemies that he was at length assassinated near the Bridge that led to his House.
The Duke and his new Mistress were not much affected at this Accident; she totally lost her Reserve and Timidity, and appeared in publick with a magnificent Equipage, setting Honour and Shame at Defiance.
Jane, the Grand Duchess, was extremely mortified at the Conduct of her Husband, and provoked by the Pride of her Rival; yet she suppressed both her Grief and Resentment, which, however, secretly subverted her Constitution, and at Length put an End to her Life.
The Death of the Grand Duchess opened new Views to the Ambition of Bianca, who had acquired an Ascendancy over the Duke which rendered him wholly subservient to her Will, and she now exerted all her Art to induce him to marry her. The Cardinal Ferdinand de Medicis, who was next Heir to the Dukedom, if his Brother died without Issue, opposed this Marriage in vain; and Bianca, in a short Time, became Grand Duchess of Tuscany.
After some Time she became very desirous of a Child, who might succeed the Grand Duke in his Dominions. She caused Masses to be said, and Astrologers to be consulted; but these, and many other Expedients, proving ineffectual, she resolved to feign a Pregnancy, and introduce a spurious Child, of which she would at least have the Honour. To assist her in the Execution of this Project, she applied to a Cordelier of the Monastery of Ognisanti, who readily undertaking the Affair, she feigned transient Sickness, Nauseas, and other Symptoms of Pregnancy, took to her Bed, received the Compliments of the Court, and the Duke himself expressed great Satisfaction upon so happy an Event.
Her pretended Reckoning being up, she suddenly alarmed her People in the Middle of the Night, complained of Labour Pains, and inquired impatiently for her Confessor.
The Cardinal, who suspected the Artifices of his Sister in Law, had her so diligently watched that he knew all her Motions. As soon as he was informed that her Confessor was sent for, he repaired to her Antichamber, in which he walked to and fro, repeating his Breviary. The Duchess hearing he was there, sent him a Message entreating that he would retire, because she could not bear that he should hear the Cries which might be forced from her by her Pains. The Cardinal answered, let her Highness think only of her own Business, as I do of mine. As soon as the Confessor arrived, the Cardinal ran to him, crying out welcome, welcome, my dear Father, the Grand Duchess is in Labour, and has great Need of your Assistance. At the same Time catching him in his Arms, and embracing him, he perceived a jolly Boy just born, which the good Father had got in his Sleeve. He instantly took the Child from him, and cried out loud enough to be heard by the Duchess, "God be praised, the Princess is happily delivered of a Son," at the same Time showing him to all that were present.
The Grand Duchess, enraged, almost to Distraction, at this Insult and Disappointment, determined to be revenged on the Cardinal; and the Grand Duke, whose Passion had suffered no Abatement, soon gave her an Opportunity.
They were all three on a Country Party at Poggio a Caio, and eat at the same Table. The Cardinal was extremely fond of Blanc Manger, and the Duchess procured some that was mixed with Poison, and had it served up. The Cardinal, who had many Spies about her, was informed of it; he sat down at Table, however, as usual, but, notwithstanding the most pressing Solicitations of the Duchess, he would not touch the Blanc Manger. Well, said the Duke, if the Cardinal will not eat it, I will, and immediately took some on his Plate. The Duchess, not being able to prevent his eating it, without discovering her Crime, perceived herself to be undone for ever; and, to avoid the Resentment of her Brother in Law, the Cardinal, she eat the Remainder of the poisoned Dish herself, and both she and her Husband died together, on the 21st of October 1587. The Cardinal succeeded to the Dukedom by the Name of Ferdinand I. and reigned till 1608.
A N E C D O T E.
THE Anecdote of Marshal Wade's Snuff-box puts me in Mind of the following Incident, which happened some few Years ago in Rome. A very genteel Company, consisting of above a Hundred Persons, was assembled at Cardinal Alberetti's. At one of the Card Tables a Gentleman lost a Snuff-box, most curiously set with Diamonds. He asked the Gentlemen at the same Table if they had seen it, but was answered in the negative; he therefore applied to the Cardinal, who ordered the Doors of the Assembly Room to be shut, and told the Company none must be offended, but that no One should depart till the Snuff-box was found. On which another Cardinal, who was present, said, perhaps the Person who has taken the Box did it in a Frolick, and, being taxed so seriously, is ashamed to restore it; let therefore the Candles be all extinguished, let the Company keep standing, and let the Person who has taken the Box replace it on one of the Tables. This was agreed to. When the Light was brought in the Box was found, and the Harmony of the Company restored.
NEW YORK, August 5.
FROM Stratfield, in Connecticut, we have the following melancholy Account. "Sunday last, the 28th of July, a small Shower came up about the Time People were gathering together for publick Worship in this Place, and it rained very moderately, with but little Thunder; for about the Space of an Hour. About a Quarter of an Hour before twelve o'Clock, the Lightning, in a most terrible Manner, struck the new Steeple, at the large Bell, sundry Feet below the Spindle. The Vane, Spindle, and King Post, do not appear to be damaged. It appears to have struck about the Bell, which is torn to Pieces, and to a considerable Distance. It then descended in various Directions down sundry of the
Rafters, shivering them to Pieces, and then seized some of the Posts of the Steeple, which it likewise greatly shivered, together with the Braces, Laths, and Shingles, that were in its Way down to the Bottom. When it was opposite to the lower Windows, some Branches of it turned into the House, tore up Part of the Floor, and shivered some of the Seats. As the House was pretty full of People, much the greater Part of them, especially in the lower Part of it, perceived a great and sensible Shock, sundry were knocked down; but it is supposed they all are likely to recover, except JOHN BURR, Esquire, and Mr. DAVID SHERMAN, who were struck dead on the Spot, as they were standing in their Pews, adjoining to the Windows near the Posts of the House. The Report was like heavy Cannon, only sharper; and there was no hard Thunder, neither before or after, in this or the adjacent Places. The Reverend Mr. Ross was preaching from these Words, These all died in Faith ; and had just illustrated the Weakness and Frailty of Mankind, and the Certainty of Death by Sickness, or sudden unexpected Providence, and proceeding to show what it is to die in Faith, when the Steeple was struck, and he himself partly knocked down, and the whole Assembly thrown into such terrible Consternation as is better imagined than described. As the Thunder seems to have been in a Direction from west to east, some of the first Conjectures are that the Steeple has been probably a Means, under God, of preserving the House, and the Lives of many. The two Gentlemen who were killed have left most mournful Widows, and Families of small Children; and their Death is a heavy Loss to the Society, as well as to their particular Families and Friends. As they were moved in such a sudden and surprising Manner, had extensive Connections, and were respected and beloved in general, their Funerals were attended by many Magistrates and Ministers of the neighbouring Towns and Societies, and the greatest Concurrence of People ever known in this Place.
On Thursday the 25th of July, at the Inferior Court held at Boston, came on the Trial of the Cause between the Honourable James Otis, Esquire, of that Town, and the Honourable John Robinson, Esquire, one of the Board of Commissioners, for assaulting, and, with the Assistance of others, dangerously wounding said Otis (as mentioned some Time since) and after a full and impartial Hearing, which continued till Friday Afternoon, the Jury next Morning brought in their Verdict in Favour of Mr. Otis, for two Thousand Pounds Sterling Damages, and Costs of Suit. Mr. Otis laid his Action at three Thousand Pounds, and has appealed from the Judgment.
We hear the latest Advices from France are, that the Parliament of the Province of Brittany, being greatly dissatisfied at the Measures of the French Court, particularly that the Duke Aiguillon, who for many atrocious Crimes, proved against him, had been legally condemned to lose his Head, was not only screened from Punishment, but favoured by the King, and supposed to be the secret Director of his Councils; and that the King persisted in refusing to permit the Sentence to be executed, wherefore the Parliament had passed and published an Order that all their Members (especially the Rohan Family, and the Nobility, of which the Prince de Soubize, a great Favourite of the King was the chief) should immediately leave their Employments at Court and return home, under the Penalty of the Forfeiture of their Estates. That, in Order to counteract these Proceedings, the King had sent a new Governor, properly instructed, to Rennes, the Capital of the Province; that the Inhabitants refused to acknowledge or admit him; that the King, to enforce Obedience, had sent an Army of thirty Thousand Men; that the Army were refused Admittance into the City, and opposed by the Inhabitants, who, in the Heat of their Resistance, fired upon the Army and killed about two Hundred Men, notwithstanding which, the Soldiers, convinced that the Cause they were sent to support was unjust, declared their Readiness to fight against the Enemies of their Country, but unanimously refused to fire upon their Friends and Countrymen, and immediately disbanded.
WILLIAMSBURG, August 22.
THE Lunn and Lloyd, Necks, from London, is arrived in James River, in which came Passenger JONATHAN WATSON, Esquire, of Gloucester. She had nine Weeks Passage, and brings no late Advices. [Deaths.] BOWLER COCKE, Esquire, at his Seat at Shirley.
VIRGINIA, August 15, 1771.
A GENTLEMAN, some Time ago, in one of the Gazettes, offered it as his Opinion that the Act of Toleration passed in the Reign of William and Mary, for the Relief of Protestant Dissenters, does not extend to this Province; and that the penal Laws which were in Force against them in former Reigns, in Great Britain, are still in Force against them here.
It is not my Design to refute this Opinion. I acknowledge that I have thought, as it is entitled "an Act for exempting their Majesties Protestant Subjects, dissenting from the Church of England, from the Penalties of certain Laws," that it extended to all such Subjects in any Part of their Majesties Dominions, and exempted them all, in Virginia, as well as in Britain, from suffering by the Laws mentioned in that Act; and indeed I think it is plain that the penal Laws which the Act of Toleration was intended to repeal can reach no farther than the annulling Power of the repealing Act. If then the penal Laws of James the First, or of Charles the second, extend to Virginia, the other must too, and their penal Nature be destroyed by it. Protestant Dissenters, of Consequence, have as little to fear here, from these or any other penal Laws that have been made, as in England.
Though it were granted that the Act of Toleration does not extend to this Country, I see no Reason to think that the other Laws do; and if the Dissenters have not religious Privileges allowed to them by Law, neither are they liable to be punished by any Law for their religious Opinions or Manner of Worship, unless they expose themselves, in the Use or Exercise of them, to penal Laws never intended to affect or regulate either, which the most imprudent of them have not yet done. It may be asked then, by what Authority have some dissenting Teachers been imprisoned in this Province, and very lately in the County of Middlesex? To allow a Magistrate more Power than the Law gives him is making him a Tyrant. Is attempting to make the Ignorant and Wicked wiser and better a Breach of any Law? The Magistrate should approve of such Attempts, as there is great Need of both. But perhaps the Men he committed were badly qualified for the Business. They might be so; but had he a Right to imprison them for that? It will perhaps be alleged that they exhort or preached in an unlicensed Place; but if the Law of Toleration does not extend here, which is the prevailing Opinion, by what Law were they obliged to have any license? If there be no such Law, how could they be shut up in close Prison for disobeying it? Another Reason for their Commitment might be their being a Pack of ignorant Enthusiasts. This is a common Accusation; and People of little Knowledge, and less Humanity, generally think it a very good One. So did Hernando Cortez, when he exercised Cruelties on the Mexicans, and Tupinambies of Brazil.
I heard once a sensible Gentleman in Maryland remark, "that if the established Clergy were more diligent and faithful in discharging the Duties of their Function it would be a more effectual and commendable Way to discount the Measures taken by the Roman Catholic Priesthood to deceive People than to sue and fine them, which served to stir up the Compassion of the Populace to them, and ensure Success." However inapplicable this may seem here, it is not without a Moral.
Many will scarcely believe that Society can subsist on any Foundation but a Sameness of Religion; and think, of Consequence, every Man an Enemy to the State who objects to an Article of the established Faith. Such People should inform themselves better of the Tendency of religious Opinions that differ a little from their own, and of the natural Right of Mankind, and be no longer so weak and illiberal. A Man may soon be convinced that there are flourishing and happy Governments where the Subjects, though of every Denomination, yet live in Harmony. There Liberty of Conscience is the sacred Property of every Man, which none can take from him without being guilty of Sacrilege and Tyranny.
TIMOLEON.
Advertisements.
WILLIAMSBURG, August 22, 1771.
JUST imported, a large Quantity of COARSE WOOLLENS, consisting of Kendal and Welch Cottons, blue and green Plains, Bearskin, Duffs, Fearnoughts, Dutch Blankets of all Sorts, a fine Assortment of Bed Blankets, Worsted and Yarn Stockings, a Variety of Stuff for Womens Gowns, &c. with other Articles suitable to the Season; they are all well bought, being immediately from the Makers, and the Publick may be assured they will be sold on very reasonable Terms. A Parcel of Ladies flowered Silk Gauze Stockings, at fifteen Shillings a Pair, a Parcel of coarse white Scotch Linens, also Scotch Threads of all Sorts, as usual, Wholesale and Retail.
JACOB ALLAN.
JOHN TURNER.
* To dispose of, a Book for teaching the Way of writing the Universal English SHORT HAND, in the most easy, concise, regular, and beautiful Manner; it cost one Guinea Sterling.
VIRGINIA, &c.
At a GENERAL COURT held at the Capitol, April 27, 1771.
John Barnes, and Thomas How Ridgely, Merchants, and Plaintiffs, against John Croftie, and William Croftie, James Kirk, Jonathan Hall, and George Gilpin, Defendants, In Chancery.
THE Defendants John and William Croftie being beyond Sea, and not having entered their Appearance according to the Rule of this Court, on the Motion of the Plaintiffs, by their Counsel, it is ordered that the other Defendants, who have Effects of the said John and William Croftie in their Hands, as is suggested, do not pay, convey away, or secrete such Effects, until the further Order or Decree of this Court concerning the same; but that they deliver up such Effects, or so much thereof as will be of Value sufficient to satisfy the 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 Person, as the Court shall hereafter adjudge. And it is farther ordered that the said Defendants (John and William Croftie) do appear 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 Truro, in the County of Fairfax; and be also posted up at the Front Door of the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg.
BEN: WALLER.
IMPORTED from Glasgow, in the Bogle, Captain Patrick Bogle,
TWO Casks, one of NAILS, the other of COPPERAS, without any Mark or Number. And from London, in the Charming Nelly, Captain John Curaby, a large Bundle of ALUM. The Owners may have them, by applying to the Subscriber, at Hobb's Hole.
JAMES LANG.
NEWCASTLE, August 14, 1771.
THE Subscribers have on Hand about seven or eight Hundred Pounds Sterling Worth of EUROPEAN and EAST INDIA GOODS, which they would sell in the Wholesale Way on reasonable Terms, giving one and two Years Credit.
PEARSON and COCHRAN.
For SALE,
THE following TRACTS of LAND, two thousand Acres in Mecklenburg County, on the Branches of Bluebone Creek, adjoining the Lands of Colonel Robert Munford, and Mr. Stephen Evans. Three thousand Acres in Bedford County, on Stanton River, and the Branches of Sereda Creek. Any Person inclining to purchase the above Lands will be shown the same by applying to Samuel Mangam of Mecklenburg, or Richard Stith of Bedford, and the Terms will be made known by John Murray in Prince George.
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AUGUST 22, 1771.
A HUNDRED valuable SLAVES will be sold at Rocky Ridge, for ready Money, or Merchants Notes payable at the ensuing General Court, on Thursday the 26th of September, if fair, otherwise next fair Day.
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To be SOLD,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND in Pittsylvania County, lying on Mayo and Smith's Rivers, containing ten Thousand and fifty five Acres. Any Person inclining to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Colonel Samuel Jordan, in Buckingham County, who is properly authorised to sell it, and will attend on the Premises from the 10th of October to the 20th of November. Twelve Months Credit (or longer, if desired) will be allowed, the Purchaser giving Bond and good Security to my said Attorney.
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THOMAS M. RANDOLPH.
CHARLES CITY, August 21, 1771.
WANTED, a MILLER that understands the Management of a MERCHANT MILL. A good Recommendation will be necessary.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
THE TOBACCO saved at Schock, Byrd's,
Rocky Ridge, and Warwick Warehouses, will be sold publickly, at Richmond, on Wednesday the 4th of September; and to prevent Suits being brought against those who have possessed themselves of Tobacco floated from the said Warehouses, they are desired to account for the same by that Day, otherwise they will be immediately proceeded against by the Commissioners, according to the Directions of the Act of Assembly.
JULY 27, 1771.
COMMITTED to Northumberland Jail, on the 22nd of July, a NEGRO MAN, who says his Name is Charles; that he formerly belonged to James Pride, Esquire, of York, and was sold by him, last Year, to Mr. Samuel Griffin. He is about five Feet seven Inches high, twenty Years of Age, of a slender Make, and has a remarkable Scar in his Forehead thus C. He had with him, when taken up, thirteen Shillings Cash; and, besides the Clothes on his Back, one brown Linen Coat, a fine Linen Shirt, one Pair of Cotton Stockings, and two Handkerchiefs. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, pay the Charges, and take him away.
PETER HAYNCE, Jailer.
COMMITTED to Chesterfield Jail, on the
25th of July, a NEGRO MAN named Sam. He says he belongs to Mrs. Elizabeth Wallis, of Norfolk, and that he ran away from on Board a Schooner, one Castel Master. His Clothing is an Osnaburg Shirt, and a Pair of white coloured Broadcloth Breeches. The Owner is desired to pay Charges, and fetch him away.
JAMES BALL, Jailer.
BUCKINGHAM, June 30, 1771.
LOST out of Mr. Trent's Lumberhouse, by the Fresh, a Trunk, No. 9, marked W I, and a Barrel, No. 1, marked W I. If the Weather has washed off the Brand and Number, the Trunk may be known by the following Articles branded W I, viz. six Yards of Scarlet Broadcloth, seven Yards of Green Fricze, two Counterpanes, a Piece of white Linen, two Bedticks, one Piece of Check, a large Quantity of Pins and Needles, and many other Things too tedious to relate. A Reward of FIVE POUNDS will be given to any Person who shall take up the Trunk and dry the Goods.
WILLIAM JONES.
CABIN POINT, August 16, 1771.
STOLEN out of the Subscriber's Desk, between the 1st and 7th Instant, about eighteen Pounds Virginia PAPER MONEY, among which were two Bills of five Pounds, and I think only one less than forty Shillings. I shall esteem it a Favour if such Money is offered to be passed by a Negro, or any suspected Person, to have it stopped and advise me of it, as I expect to have it in my Power to prove some of the Bills.
JOHN HEATH.
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 TEN POUNDS, paid on the Delivery of the Negro.
JOHN WORMELEY.
TAKEN up by the Subscriber, near Leeds
Town, almost thirteen Months ago, a BLACK MARE, about fourteen Hands high, branded on the near Buttock H V, and trots and gallops. Posted, and appraised to seven Pounds.
STEPHEN TURNBULL.

POETS CORNER.
KISS for KISS.
As Colin saunter'd with his Bride, A rural Squire the Couple spy'd; When tripping to them, Col, says he, This Beauty thine! it ne'er can be...
HIS Majesty's Postmaster General having (for the better facilitating of Correspondence between Great Britain and America) been pleased to add a fifth Packet Boat to the Station between Falmouth and New York...
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Captain GEORGE HUBBARD, of London, deceased, are desired to make Payment to the Subscriber, who is empowered to act for his Executors.
IMPORTED last Spring (May) in the Katie, Captain Clark, from Glasgow, THREE Tierces of Loaf Sugar, marked G A, No. 1 & 3. Whoever has them in Possession, or knows where they are, is requested to order them to the Care of Mr. Robert Crooks...
FALMOUTH, August 6, 1771. THE Subscriber will rent out, for a Term of Years, the Publick House which John Newton at present occupies in Falmouth; or will sell it, and make the Terms easy to the Purchaser.
Just IMPORTED from London, in the Virginia, Captain Robertson, and to be SOLD at the Subscriber's Shop in Williamsburg, A LARGE and complete Assortment of Drugs and Medicines, chymical and galenical. Also Spices of all Sorts, Jar Raisins, Currants, Prunes, Figs, plain and coloured Comfits...
To be SOLD by the SUBSCRIBERS, at their Store in PORTSMOUTH, LOAF, Lump, and Muscovado Sugar, Jamaica Spirits, Antigua and Northward Rum, Chocolate, Madeira Wine London Quality five Years old...
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, upon the Premises, on the 25th Day of October next, A TRACT of LAND in Dinwiddie County, on the Branches of Namaxseer Creek, near Hutchings's Ordinary, about twenty Miles from Petersburg...
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a red and white COW, marked with a Crop and two Slits in the right Ear, and an Underkeel in the left. Posted, and appraised to forty Shillings.
ROCKY RIDGE, July 29, 1771. THE Subscribers Store at this Place will be, from the first Day of September next, under the Management of Mr. John Scott, by whom Customers will be supplied as formerly.
ENSURANCE OFFICE, BALTIMORE TOWN, MARYLAND, JULY 29, 1771.
I TAKE this Method to acquaint all Gentlemen, Merchants, and Masters of Ships or Vessels, that I have lately opened an Office for insuring Ships, Vessels, and Cargoes, on any fair Risk...
BEING very desirous to settle all my Affairs, and to release the Gentlemen who at my Request became Trustees from their Engagements for me, I propose to sell, at Rocky Ridge, on Monday the 2d of December next...
I HEREBY beg Leave to inform my old Clients, as well as the Publick in general, that I shall again attend Louis County Court to practise the L.A.W. Those who please to favour me with their Business may depend on the utmost Expedition and Punctuality.
For SALE, the following Tracts of LAND. THREE Thousand three Hundred Acres (eleven Hundred of which are low Grounds) on Dan River, Halifax County, Virginia. Also the following Tracts in North Carolina...
Just IMPORTED, by Fisher, Bragg, & Fleming, of Norfolk, from their Warehouses in Whitehaven and Birmingham, and to be SOLD by Wholesale, upon the lowest Terms, in Parcels assorted to Order.
HARDWARE, Cutlery, Nails, Saddlery, and every Article necessary in the Manufactory of Saddlery and Harness, Osnabrugs, Mens and Womens Shoes and Hats. They make and sell, by Wholesale or Retail...
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 16th of September, at Dinwiddie Courthouse, being Court Day, The Land and Plantation whereon Mr. William Gunn now lives, near Lewellin Jones's Bridge, on Nottoway River...
LANCASTER, August 5, 1771. WHEREAS one William Batten (alias Tomkins) has carried off TWO NEGROES, which I, as Guardian to the Orphans of Thomas Pollard, deceased, hired to him for the present Year...
STRAYED from York County, a bright bay MARE, about thirteen Hands and a Half high, a Star in her Forehead, roached Mane and Switch Tail, branded on the near Buttock T D, paces naturally, and is about seven Years old.
STRAYED or stolen from the Subscriber, near Fredericksburg, a GRAY HORSE, about four Feet seven Inches high, not branded, has a remarkable Scar over his left Eye, occasioned by the Bones being broke...
RUN away from Williamsburg, on Sunday last, a Convict Servant Man named ANDREW FRANKS, a Ropemaker by Trade, and can play very well on the Violin. He is about six and twenty Years of Age, five Feet five or six Inches high...
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Dinwiddie, a NEGRO MAN named Davie, about twenty five Years of Age, near six Feet high, and remarkable likely, but has a Scar under his right Eye.
STRAYED from Mr. Scott's, at Hood's, in April last, a small bay HORSE, eight Years old, one hind Foot white, and the other partly white, branded on the near Shoulder T, and on the Buttock S...
To be SOLD, on long Credit, the three following Tracts of LAND, viz. ONE Tract containing four Hundred Acres, lying in Spotsylvania County, on the Head of Bluff Run, about eighteen Miles from Fredericksburg.
For SALE, and may be entered on immediately, THE LOT and HOUSES, near Cabin Point Warehouses, at present occupied by Mr. Walter Peter. There are four Acres of Land well enclosed, a good Dwellinghouse, with all necessary Outhouses...
As I intend to remove up the Country next Fall, I would sell my Plantation in King & Queen County, which consists of six Hundred and fifty five Acres of LAND, pleasantly situated on Mattapony River, about six Miles above West Point...
VIRGINIA, sc. At a GENERAL COURT held at the Capitol, May 4, 1771. John McDowall, Plaintiff, against Ebenezer McCulloch, and George Young, of Edinburgh, North Britain, Bankrupts, Alexander Baine, James Gilson, and Hugh McMekin, Defendants.
To be SOLD, A TRACT of LAND, in Fauquier County, containing two Hundred and eighty Acres, on a Branch of Occoquan River, about thirty Miles above Fredericksburg; a double GRIST MILL, in Westmoreland County...
To be SOLD at Fredericksburg, on Monday the 23d of September, being Fair Day (the Sale formerly advertised being prevented by Badness of Weather) ABOUT fifty choice SLAVES, used to Cropping and Farming.
THE St. CECILIA SOCIETY give Notice, that they will engage with, and give suitable Encouragement to, MUSICIANS properly qualified to perform at their CONCERT, provided they apply on or before the first Day of October next.
To be SOLD, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing five Thousand five Hundred and fifty seven Acres, in Ward's Fork, Charlotte County, which is in fine Order for Cropping, having all convenient Houses, Barns, Negro Quarters, &c. and under good Fence.