The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1771-05-16 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
GAZETTE.
With the freshest ADVICES,
FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE. Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
Printed by ALEX. PURDIE, and JOHN DIXON, at the POST OFFICE.
MARSEILLES, March 5.
ACCORDING to Letters from Alexandria, we may expect to see Egypt recover its ancient Splendour under the Government of Aly Bey, the new Sultan of that famous Country. A Letter from St. Jean d'Acre, dated December 30th, 1770, says: "Syria is at the Eve of becoming the Theatre of Desolation, and a cruel and destructive War. Aly Bey, who has set himself up for the Sultan of Egypt, the Cheik Daer, and the Emir of the Druses, having united themselves to subdue the Pacha of Damascus, the latter, upon the Approach of the combined Army, retired from Jaffa, after plundering it, except the Houses of the Franks. All the Places through which his Troops passed felt the same Effects of their Retreat, which has so greatly alienated the Country from him that Nobody even at Damascus will trust either him or his People; and that the Inhabitants of Jaffa and Jerusalem themselves carried the Keys of those Towns to the Army of the Allies."
Aly Bey has still the same Designs against Yemen. The Travellers who come from Cairo report that he assigns as his Reason for making this Conquest that he intends to make himself Master of Arabia, in Order that the grand Seigneur, who, according to the Prophecies of the Turks, will be obliged to abandon his Dominions in Europe, may find an Asylum in this Country.
VIENNA, February 27. Preparations for an approaching War are carried on with the greatest Activity.
CONSTANTINOPLE, February 4. A Body of Janizaries, that were going to set out for the Army, forced open our Prisons, and set all the Criminals at Liberty. Neither their Lieutenant Aga, nor the Caimacan, could prevent this Outrage. Left the Detention of the triple Pay, which was due to them, should cause a Revolt, the Grand Vizier made one Payment directly, and promised the Remainder upon their Arrival at the Army. The Marines likewise commit the greatest Excesses. Sheltered by that Impunity with which they are indulged in Time of War, they plunder and massacre all the Greeks and Armenians that come in their Way.
March 13. It is expected that the Russian Fleet, consisting of more than forty Ships, will attempt the Passage of the Dardanelles.
From the VISTULA, March 13. The Campaign will be very bloody, if the Treaty of Peace, which seems to have been entered upon, does not take Place. The Turks consist of sixty Thousand Janizaries, thirty Thousand Boshnians, and twenty Thousand Albanians.
L O N D O N, March 21.
YESTERDAY an Express arrived at the Secretary of State's Office from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, who, it is confidently asserted, is determined to resign that high Office; and that he will be succeeded by the Earl of Suffolk, who is to be succeeded as Lord Privy Seal by Lord Camden.
On Tuesday Letters of Importance, from the patriotick Party in Ireland, were received by an eminent Merchant in Westminster.
Notwithstanding the present Secrecy of the Ministry, we can assure the Publick that many disagreeable Conferences have been lately held with the French and Spanish Ambassadors respecting the Evacuation and prior Right to Falkland Island; the King of Spain having determined to keep Possession until the prior Right to the said Island be first ascertained (so much for the Reservation of prior Right) which our wise and great negotiating Ministers accepted in the late Convention.
Mondayan Express arrived at the Secretary's Office from Lord Harcourt, the Contents of which (we are well assured) are of a very disagreeable Nature; the French King having declared to his Lordship, that, in Regard to the unexpected Differences at present subsisting between Spain and the British Court, he would wait for, and act in Conjunction with, the Determination of the Court of Madrid, the Result of which is expected here about the 4th of next Month.
By the above Express we also learn that the Duke de Choiseul's Party gains Ground every Day, and that he will soon be again at the Head of Affairs. That the young King of Sweden, now at Paris, has lately concluded a Treaty of Alliance with the Courts of Versailles and Madrid.
The disarming is the next Point in Dispute; and though Spain is still continuing her warlike Preparations, England is desired to disarm. And on these two Points, and one or two more, that we cannot yet discover, it is very much apprehended that our naval and other Forces will soon be in Motion again.
By a Ship arrived on Monday last in the River, in eight Days from Fero, we learn that the Spaniards have in that Port twenty eight Ships of the Line, besides Frigates, all ready for Sea, and also that they have a great Number of Troops ready for embarking at the said Port.
It is asserted that within these eight Months several Hundred Linen Manufacturers have embarked from Scotland to North Carolina, where that Branch of Trade is now in the utmost Perfection.
Certain Advice is received that a Squadron of great Force is now fitting at the Dutch Seaport of Harlem, said to be intended for a secret Expedition.
A Vessel from Rotterdam brings an Account that the greatest naval Preparations are making in all the Seaports of Holland; that frequent Meetings are held at the Stadthouse; and that an Ambassador from the Court of Petersburg is lately arrived at the Hague.
A Letter from the Hague advises that a Camp, under the Command of the Prince Stadtholder, is going to be formed in the Neighbourhood of Breda, as an Army of Observation; which is to consist of two Thousand six Hundred Cavalry, one Thousand two Hundred Hussars, sixteen Thousand Infantry, and nine Hundred Artillery; total, twenty Thousand seven Hundred.
The Militia of Dutch Brabant, upon the Musters, amount to twenty five Thousand six Hundred and sixty three effective Men.
There is, we are informed, some very extraordinary News in Town respecting the Court of Denmark, which has given great Uneasiness at St. James's, and is endeavoured to be kept secret.
March 26. Our Ministry, it is confidently asserted at the west End of the Town, have lately received some very disagreeable Articles of Intelligence from Berlin, relating to a certain great Foreigner, who, disgusted with the treacherous Conduct which the Court of Versailles observed to him, after his signal Defeat at Culloden, has thrown himself under the Protection of the King of Prussia.
The Grandson of a late proscribed King of the House of Stewart, having for some Weeks past resided incog. at Berlin, is soon to be played off by the Prussian Monarch; but whether upon the royal Stage of Poland, or on that of Ireland, is at present kept a Secret. But this publick Exhibition, it is said with great Assurance, will take Place the Beginning of July next, all the Apparatus usual in such Sort of Scenes being now prepared, and fit for Action.
A Foreigner of distinguished political Abilities lately remarked that the English owe their present Greatness to their civil Wars. It is fortunate, added he, for their Neighbours that they are not now what they were in those Times; their Manners are corrupted, and an Attention to private Interest has superseded their former unshaken Love of their Country.
The Duke of Gloucester will shortly set out on his intended Tour of the Italian States.
Letters are said to have been received from Genoa which mention that the Republick has lately entered into a new Treaty with France, in which the Senate have engaged to furnish the Most Christian King with a certain Number of Ships of War for seven Years.
It is reported that several Members of the Bill of Rights will repair to different Parts of the Country, in Order to procure Petitions and Remonstrances on Account of some late Proceedings.
Speculation on the Funds is arrived to such a Pitch that a certain Jew Merchant has paid, within the last two Months, no less a Sum than six Hundred Pounds for Expresses between this City and Holland.
Extract of a Letter from Bengal, dated September 16, brought by the Lapwing. "The Misery occasioned by the Famine, in the Province of Bengal, is incredible. I believe I speak within Compass when I say at least two Millions of Souls have perished within these two Months. The Europeans have suffered greatly; not so much from Famine as from a pestilential Disorder, which is the general Consequence of it."
"You cannot conceive the Calamities which now reign in this Country; the Manufactories are all at a Stand for Want of Workmen to carry them on, and it will be impossible for proper Investments to be made for Europe (more than what is now ready to ship off) for two or three Years to come. Several of the Company's Ships, which should have been despatched this Season, will be obliged to stay in the Country another, for Want of Hands, such Numbers of Seamen having died."
"I am sorry to tell you that there seems but one general Maxim here, which is for every One to plunder all he can from the poor Natives, for his own Benefit, without regarding the Interest of the Company, which must greatly suffer. Had the Supervisors arrived we might have expected some Reformation, but they are now given over as lost. If there are not some better Regulations formed at home for this Government, and some of our great Folks called to an Account for their Villainies, Ruination must ensue."
"We are informed from Madras that the famous Heyder Ali has broke the Peace, and is again become troublesome to the Company's Settlements; he is openly assisted by the French, and is, I am afraid, too formidable an Enemy to be easily subdued."
"The Nabob of Arcot, one of our best Allies, has been basely treated by the Governor and Council. It is said he complained to Commodore Lindsay, who he terms the Representative of the King of England; but it has not been in his Power to gain any Redress, as he is not in the least regarded by those in Power, notwithstanding the Authority given him by the King's Commission. I believe he is heartily tired of this Part of the World, from the Indifference he is treated with, and would wish to be recalled."
"We are told General Coote has not met with better Treatment, and is determined to return to England over Land. In short, it seems to be the fixed Determination of those who have the Reigns of Government in their Hands to plunder both the Country and Company to amass Nabobs Fortunes to themselves, but to admit of no Rivals. I hope some Method will be found out to put a Stop to such Rapine, before the Company's Ruin is completed, which cannot be far off if such Baseness and Cruelties are longer winked at by those who ought to be careful of the publick Interest."
Some Letters in Town mention that about thirty Thousand Europeans, Inhabitants of the Kingdom of Bengal, have died of Famine; and that a great Number of Officers have fallen a Sacrifice to an epidemical Distemper, owing to the Drought.
A Gentleman, who has lately arrived from Bengal, has just informed us that four Hundred and fifty Thousand is the greatest Number that hath died in that Kingdom of the Famine.
We have Authority to say the News from the East Indies, by the Lapwing Packet, is favourable in every Respect, except in the Loss of some of the Inhabitants in the Province of Bengal, occasioned by a Famine; and that the Company's Settlements continued in Peace, with the Prospect of large Investments from every Part.
On Thursday the 14th Instant the French and Spanish Ambassadors waited on the Earl of Rochford, and said that although the King of Spain had consented to put his Britannick Majesty in Possession of Port Egmont, yet they were instructed to demand of his Lordship when his Britannick Majesty's Officer would evacuate the same , and insisted upon the Day being named. They also demanded that the Question of Right to Falkland's Island should be determined before that Day. Lord Rochford said he would enter into no Negotiation about it; to which the Ambassadors replied, they must send an Account to their Courts, and they apprehended the Answer they should receive would be their Recall .
A concise Account of what passed yesterday in the House of Commons.
Mr. Wellbore Ellis moved that the discharging of Miller, the Printer, out of the Custody of the Messenger, was a Breach of Privilege. George Onslow, Esquire, seconded.
Sir George Saville moved the previous Question.
A long Debate ensued.
At Length the House divided on the previous Question; two Hundred and seventy two against, and ninety for it.
Upon this the Rockingham Party seceded.
And the Lord Mayor, being very ill, had Leave to go home about ten o'Clock.
The main Question was then put, and carried.
Between twelve"> Between twelve and one the House proceeded against Mr. Oliver.
Mr. Wellbore Ellis moved, and Mr. Onslow seconded, that Mr. Oliver, having signed the Warrant of Commitment of the Messenger, was guilty of a high Breach of Privilege; and that for his said Offence he be committed to the Tower.
A Debate ensued.
Colonel Barré moved to adjourn.
This was debated; and many Persons were for it, in Order to avoid violent Measures.
At Length the House divided upon the Question to adjourn; ninety seven were for it, and two Hundred and fourteen against it.
Colonel Barré then made a most flaming and bitter Speech. He said, if the Ministry were determined to proceed against all Justice and Honour he would not be a Witness of their impious and infamous Transactions; and directly went out, as did also Mr. Serjeant Glynn, Mr. Dunning, and many more.
Mr. Oliver said, he saw his Fate was determined; and, armed in his own Innocence, and a strong Sense of his Duty, he defied their utmost Malice.
Lord North begged he would make some Apology; any Apology, he said, would be received.
Sir John Griffin moved an Amendment, to leave out the Words committed to the Tower , and insert reprimanded in his Place .
Here those Gentlemen who thought Mr. Oliver had done right were obliged to go away, as if they voted against the Commitment they admitted the Reprimand.
About four o'Clock this Morning the House was up, and Mr. Oliver was carried to the Tower, where he arrived between five and six this Morning.
The Lord Mayor is to attend to-morrow, and the Ministry are trying every Means to get him to make an Apology for his Conduct. They are afraid of committing him to the Tower, and yet they cannot avoid it if he refuses to listen to their Emiliaries.
The King has ordered all the Guards, Foot and Horse, to be in Readiness at a Moment's Notice.
The Ministry would not take Notice of Mr. Wilkes yesterday.
Farther Particulars of what passed in the House of Commons yesterday.
The Opposition to the ministerial Resolutions against the City was opened by Sir George Saville, upon the most judicious Ground. He was of Opinion that by refusing to hear Counsel to the whole Defence of the Lord Mayor, and City of London, the House had put itself out of the Capacity of a just Procedure in any future Step in that Cause. He therefore moved the previous Question, declaring that if it was not carried he would think it his Duty to retire from that Business. He spoke, as usual, with great Coolness and great Precision. Mr. Dowdeswell seconded the Motion, which was much relished by the whole Minority, as a wise and well considered Proposition. When the main Question was put, many leading
Members accordingly went away; others successively withdrew. Several however staid, from Curiosity, to see what Sentence would be proposed.
An Adjournment on Account of the Lateness of the Hour was moved, and rejected. At Length, when the Motion was made for the Commitment of Mr. Oliver to the Tower, Mr. William Burke said that no Part of the Business, from the Complaint to the Judgment, had been wisely or equitably conducted; that he would therefore with them a good Night. A few Minutes after Lord George Germaine, Mr. Cornwall, and six or seven, withdrew. Colonel Barré afterwards spoke with great Vehemence against their Proceedings, and then left the House, with many more. Mr. Edmund Burke staid a little longer; he spoke so low that he could scarcely be heard. His Speech, as much as could be distinguished at some Distance, was lamenting the miserable Conduct of the House, in which hardly any Thing prudent was left for them to do, and that they had chosen the most imprudent of all the Methods in their Power. He then retired; very few of the Minority were left.
Mr. Alderman Oliver behaved with a Spirit and Intrepidity which would have done Honour to the Heroes of Antiquity. Mr. J. Townsend, though extremely ill, supported himself with his usual Firmness. Mr. Sawbridge and he declared, that had their Situation been the same with that of the Mayor they would have acted in the same Manner. They denied, with great Indignation, the Charge of opposing the just Privileges of the House, in sending for Evidence, or committing for manifest Contempt; but they distinguished these Cases, from the wanton calling before them any Persons on trivial, or no Occasions, merely for the vexatious and oppressive Exercise of their Power. At six o'Clock this Morning, Mr. Oliver was carried to the Tower.
When the Lord Mayor went to the House of Commons yesterday his Lordship was drawn in his own private Coach, with five Footmen behind it. The Populace attempted once in the Way to unharness the Horses, with Intent to draw the Coach along, but were dissuaded from it. When the Lord Mayor alighted in Palace Yard he was supported by three Gentlemen, and in that Manner conducted through the new Passage to the House of Commons; which, being crowded with People, refounded with their Applause as his Lordship was conducting along. His Lordship had his Feet, Legs, and Thighs, wrapped up in Flannel as before; and from the feeble State he seemed in, and the Pain he appeared to suffer, raised in every One the most acute Sensations of Pity.
Most of the People who came along with the Lord Mayor staid in Palace Yard, the Court of Requests, the new Passage to the House of Commons, and in Westminster Hall, where they applauded such Members as passed whose Conduct they judged to be independent and unbiaised, but exhibited strong Marks of Disgust and Dislike to those whom they imagined too frequently voted with the Ministry.
Lord North and Sir Robert Ladbroke were yesterday insulted by the Populace in the Avenues leading to the House of Commons.
One of the Members of the House of Commons, in passing to the House through the People, was unluckily taken for Colonel Onslow, and had like to have met with very disagreeable Treatment; but, happily, the Mistake was cleared up before any ill Consequence ensued.
Last Night, about eleven o'Clock, the Lord Mayor left the House; on his Return the Populace took the Horses from his Coach, and drew him to the Mansion House.
Mr. Alderman Townsend was in the House of Commons, though extremely ill, and spoke with great Spirit. He said, that all this Disturbance was owing originally to a great Lady. Being desired to explain himself, he mentioned the Princess Dowager of Wales.
Last Night Messengers were sent every Hour from the House of Commons to a great Lady's House in Pall Mall, with Particulars of the Debates relative to the Lord Mayor, &c.
This Morning, about eleven o'Clock, several Members of the Treasury Bench were at Carlton House, and continued there until near one. Lord North was not present.
When a State is governed by the Influence of a Woman, says a punning Correspondent, you are always sure of a Male Administration .
A Correspondent informs us that the Applause which the Lord Mayor received yesterday in his Way to the House of Commons was more universal than ever was known on any publick Occasion. The Ladies, in Order to testify their Approbation, flaked their Handkerchiefs out at the Windows.
This Morning a Number of Gentlemen of Rank and Fortune waited on the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House, to converse with his Lordship relative to some Proceedings yesterday.
A Common Hall of the Livery of the City of London is ordered for Thursday Fortnight; and Mr. Oliver, while he remains in the Tower, is to have a Table kept for him at the City's Expense.
Copies of the City Charters are now engrossing, in Order to be produced on the present Occasion.
Extract of a Letter from Portsmouth, March 25.
"Yesterday Morning Sir Robert Harland, in the Northumberland of seventy Guns, with the Offord of sixtyeight, the Rockingham of sixty six, and the Warwick of fifty Guns, failed from Spithead for St. Helen's Road, and this Morning, early, they sailed from thence for the East Indies."
The following Card was actually sent by Mr. Wilkes to Colonel Luttrell on Wednesday last; but no Answer, we believe, was returned.
"Mr. Wilkes presents his Compliments to Colonel Luttrell and will be much obliged to him if he can spare the Seat in the House for a few Days, or such Time as the House desire his Attendance; and will afterwards lend it to him for the Remainder of the Session, as he apprehends he shall not make farther Use of it."
March 28. This Day his Majesty went to the House of Peers, and gave the Royal Assent to the following Bills, namely:
The Bill to indemnify Persons who have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices or Employments within the Time limited by Law, and for allowing a farther Time for that Purpose.
The Bill to explain, and render more effectual, an Act for paving the City and Liberties of Westminster.
The Bill to restrain divorced Persons from marrying the offending Party.
The Bill to enable Lunaticks entitled to renew Leases, their Guardians, and Committees, to accept of Surrenders of old Leases and grant new Ones, &c.
The Bill to amend an Act of the 6th of his present Majesty, for paving Southwark, &c. and for regulating the Manner of taxing Churches, &c. And also several Road, Enclosure, and other Bills.
Continuation of the Proceedings in the present Contest about the Printers.
Yesterday Morning many Persons of Distinction visited the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House, and expressed the warmest Approbation of his Lordship's Conduct, and entreated him to continue steady, and assured him that they would be ready to support him, even at the Hazard of their Lives and Fortunes. They afterwards paid a Visit to Mr. Oliver in the Tower, who has the same Apartment which Mr. Wilkes had when he was committed by the Earl of Halifax. Among these Visitors was Lord Temple, the Dukes of Richmond, &c. &c.
About one o'Clock the Lord Mayor, attended by the Aldermen Wilkes, Turner, Stevenson, and Trecotick, his Committee, a vast Number of Citizens, Merchants, and independent Gentlemen, set out for the House of Commons. The Row of Carriages reached from St. Paul's to Charing Cross, which is above a Mile. The City was all in Motion, and by its Acclamations testified its Satisfaction with his Conduct. Mr. Bellas and Mr. Reynolds, with the rest of the Committee, attended on the Occasion. The Justices and Constables were at the House of Commons by twelve o'Clock, before the Lord Mayor came down, to guard the Avenues of the House, and prevent the Members from being insulted, but without Effect, as the Mob was so outrageous as to insult several Members in their Way to the House.

Lord North was insulted very much, the Glass of his Chariot broke...
The Lord Mayor, in his Procession, was accompanied by two Gentlemen...
Yesterday the House was in such a Confusion that they could not go upon...
The Serjeant at Arms would certainly have been hanged last Night at Temple Bar...
The Speaker mentioned the Disturbance, and said no Business could go on...
The Sheriffs, and Sir George Saville, Mr. Whitworth, and Mr. Townsend...
The Order of the Day was read about eight o'Clock. Mr. Burke moved to adjourn...
The Lord Mayor then spoke, and said he had attended in his Place six Hours...
Mr. Ellis moved that Bras Crosbie, Esquire, Lord Mayor of the City of London...
Mr. Ellis then moved that Bras Crosbie, Esquire, be, for the said Offence...
The Lord Mayor said, that if the Ministry meant Lenity in their Motion...
Mr. Wedderburne abused the Minority a good Deal. Colonel Barré answered...
Serjeant Glynn, and Captain Phipps, also answered him, with Dignity and Satire...
Lord North said, it had been reported that he was going out of Office. He took that Opportunity...
The Rockingham Party seceded early. The Shelburne Party went away before the Division.
A few honest Men stayed to see what the Ministry would do. When the Lord Mayor attended yesterday...
The House of Commons broke up this Morning a little before one o'Clock. The Lord Mayor...
Soon after twelve his Lordship left the House, and got into his Coach, together with the Serjeant at Arms.
About Half past twelve his Lordship returned to the Mansion House, where he lay down...
This Morning the Crowd of People was very great on Tower Hill, on which Account the Gate of the Tower was ordered to be shut.
Coaches are continually driving to the Tower, with Visitors to the two patriotick Prisoners.
When Lord North was insulted yesterday, several of the Members, who were assembled in a Room at Alice's Coffeehouse...
From the Variety of new Business that has lately sprung up, and the Delay necessarily occasioned...
The House of Commons broke up this Day for the Holidays, after a hot Campaign.
This Day a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, Alderman Trecothick Locum Tenens...
At the above Court the Members voted an elegant Table to be kept for the Lord Mayor...
Considerable Bets are laid in the City that the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Oliver will be discharged...
This Morning Colonel Barré, and divers patriotick Members, of both Houses...
Sir Robert Ladbroke was very much against sending Mr. Alderman Oliver to the Tower...
From Mr. Alderman Kinkman's Behaviour in the Cause of Liberty, it is said that the Livery intend to elect him Sheriff...
A Gentleman observed to Mr. Alderman Oliver, that by his suffering himself to be sent to the Tower...
March 29. Yesterday, after his Majesty returned to St. James's from the House of Peers...
Last Night an Express arrived from Ireland at the Secretary of State's Office...
The Pavilions at Hampton Court are now fitting up, and several of the Royal Paintings...
It is said Charles Jenkinson, Esquire, is appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer...
We have just been informed that the Expedition intended to take Possession of Falkland's Island...
Preparations for War, though at present in a Manner as secret as possible, are making.
This Morning the Common Council of several Wards went to pay their Compliments to the Lord Mayor...
There are Letters in Town from Calcutta, which say of three Thousand Europeans...
The House of Peers is adjourned to Tuesday se'nnight; and last Night the House of Commons...
Colonel Barré, it is said, last Wednesday, in the House, gave the Premier the Lie...
The Committee for inquiring into the Cause of the late Riot consists of twenty one Members...
The Committee on the Cause of the Riots will sit all the next Week.
Yesterday, as the King was going from the Parliament House, a Gentleman cried out...
No Locum Tenens will be appointed; on which Account much of the Customhouse Business...
On Monday a Member of the Lower House was audacious enough to say that if the City could not otherwise be quieted...
Mr. Dempster spoke admirably well last Monday, and said the Members were Nothing but the Servants of their Constituents...
General Conway said that he was not in the House when the Business first came on...
The House of Commons, to support their real Honour and Dignity, it is expected, will make some retrograde Motions.
So great is the Run which has begun upon the Bank that it is thought they will soon pay in Silver.
They write from Embden that eight Prussian Men of War are now fitting out at that Port...
War is still the Word in the Alley. Twenty five and thirty Guineas per Cent are given upon the Continuance of Peace for a Year.
Upon the Arrival of Sir Robert Harland in the East Indies, Sir John Lindsay will be superseded...
The News from Bengal respecting the Famine should be a Hint to the Senate of England...
The following is an exact Copy of the Warrant of Commitment by which Mr. Alderman Oliver is now detained in the Tower.
Whereas the House of Commons have this Day adjudged that Richard Oliver, Esquire, a Member of this House...
To the Lieutenant of the Tower? FLETCHER NORTON, Speaker.
That for the Lord Mayor is similar to the above. The third Regiment of Guards is now doing Duty in the Tower...
Last Night his Majesty paid a Visit to his Mother at Carlton House, and staid there till after two o'Clock.
I am sorry for the violent Measures, as the generality without Doors are against them...
This Morning a Privy Council was held in his Majesty's Closet, at the Queen's Palace...
Two Frigates of twenty six Guns each, are now building at a private Yard at Rotherhithe...
March 30. On Thursday several Noblemen, the Aldermen Trecothick, Aisil, Wilkes, Townsend, Sawbridge...
Yesterday several Persons of Distinction, also the Deputy and the Common Councilmen of Bread Street Ward...
The same Day Mr. Rix, Clerk to Sir James Hodges, presented the Thanks, in Writing, of the Court of Common Council...
Several of the Nobility who were invited to the Lord Mayor's Ball have sent Cards to his Lordship...
On Tuesday the 19th of March an Express arrived from Lord Harcourt, our Ambassador at Paris...
Next Day Lord North, and the two Secretaries of State, waited on the King...
Yesterday the Duke of Northumberland visited the Lord Mayor, at the Tower...
This Day his Grace the Duke of Portland, with several Noblemen and Persons of Quality...
The fashionable Toast that now prevails from one End of this Metropolis to the other...
On Wednesday a City Clergyman, after these Words in the Litany, "for all Prisoners," added...
It was this Day the current Report that the Lord Chancellor, previous to his going out of Town...
This Day the Marquis of Rockingham, and his Friends, together with the Friends of the Grenville Family...
April 2. Some of the Windows of the House of Commons were broke again by the Mob on Thursday...
We hear that a great Coolness subsists between a great Personage and his Mother...
On Saturday the following Bill was put upon the Lord Mayor's private Door at the Mansion House...
It is said that private Orders are given for eight Men of War of the Line to be stationed in the Downs...
Two Sloops of twenty Guns each, from Plymouth, it is said, are appointed to watch the Motions of the French Fleets...
Last Week, at the Assizes, the Grand Jury, and other Gentlemen of the County of Surrey...
"the other Representative, I choose, as an honest Man, to declare that I do utterly abhor, despise, and detest his whole Course of Proceedings."
It was this Morning strongly reported upon Change (on what Authority, or for what Purpose, we pretend not to say) that Gibraltar was attacked by the Spaniards...
On Friday and Saturday it was on Change proposed, by several respectable Merchants, to go up in a Body with an Address in Favour of our injured Magistrates...
Letters from several Parts of Devonshire say that when the Account was received of the Imprisonment of the Lord Mayor...
WILLIAMSBURG, May 16.
THE Anne and Mary, Power, from London, the Planter, Cawley, from Bristol...
Captain Clark, from Glasgow, informs us of the following Arrivals in Clyde...
He also says that on the 8th of April, when about forty Leagues to the westward of Tory...
[MARRIAGES.] HUGH NELSON, Esquire, second Son of his Honour the President, to Miss JUDY PAGE...
WILLIAM GRIFFIN, Esquire, to Mrs. ROBINSON, Widow of the late Speaker.
Hardham's super-excellent RAFFEE SNUFF to be sold at the Post Office...
Tip-top VIOLINS, with elegant Screw Bows, at five Pounds a Piece.
Fine Turkey RHUBARB, at three Dollars a Pound.
And all Sorts of PATENT MEDICINES, cheaper than any Where else in the Country.
Advertisements.
PUBLICK Notice is hereby given to those who may have Business to transact at the April and October General Courts...
who may have Business to transact at the April and October General Courts, that one Hundred and sixty eight principal Merchants have subscribed an Agreement...
The Agreement is lodged, and may be seen, at the Post Office.
To the worthy Members of the old Concern.
WORTHY PARTNERS, I HAVE often intimated, as will appear from your own Recollection, my Desire of having a full Meeting of the Concern...
I therefore now propose, and request of you, that a Convention of the Concern may be held on the 23rd of September next...
The usual Place, Gentlemen, your affectionate Partner, May 14, 1771. THE COLLECTOR.
SERMON, preached at Williamsburg, May 5th, 1771, for the Benefit of a Fund to support poor Widows of Clergymen in Virginia...
by S. HENLEY, Professor of Moral Philosophy in William & Mary College, printed by Mr. W. RIND, and sold by him and Messrs. Purdie & Dixon...
THE American COMPANY of COMEDIANS will open the THEATRE in Fredericksburg the latter End of this Month...
will open the THEATRE in Fredericksburg the latter End of this Month, and perform every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday...
THE Possessor of Lot Number 173, in the Town of Manchester, will hear of a Purchaser by applying to Messrs. Purdie and Dixon.
ANY Person who has the Half Acre Lot, No. 358, in the Honourable William Byrd's Lottery, and will dispose of it...
ANY Person who has the Half Acre Lot, No. 358, in the Honourable William Byrd's Lottery, and will dispose of it, may hear of a Purchaser on applying to the Printer.
IMPORTED in the Ship Watters, from London, last October, sixteen Half Barrels of GUNPOWDER...
IMPORTED in the Ship Watters, from London, last October, sixteen Half Barrels of GUNPOWDER, which were shipped without a Bill of Lading.
ALL those indebted to the Estate of Mr. Henry Tucker, late of Halifax County, are desired to make immediate Payment...
ALL those indebted to the Estate of Mr. Henry Tucker, late of Halifax County, are desired to make immediate Payment, and those who have any Demands against the said Estate will be pleased to let them be known to NEIL JAMIESON, Administrator.
Just IMPORTED, in the ANNE & MARY, Captain POWER, from LONDON.
A NEAT and genteel Assortment of GOODS suitable for the Season. Those Gentlemen and Ladies who have been so kind as to see her their Custom, the hopes, will still favour her with a Continuance of it...
WHEREAS the Subscriber, some Years ago, became Security for his Brother, Matthias Nattall, of Gloucester County...
WHEREAS the Subscriber, some Years ago, became Security for his Brother, Matthias Nattall, of Gloucester County, for the Payment of fifty two Pounds eighteen Shillings...

FRANCIS RUSSWORM,
B EGS Leave to acquaint the young Gentlemen in and about Williamsburg that he shall open School on Monday the 3d of June, at Mr. Singleton's House, to teach the VIOLIN, GERMAN and COMMON FLUTES. His Terms may be known by inquiring at the Post Office, and where those Gentlemen who intend becoming Scholars will please to subscribe their Names. He will wait upon young Ladies at their own Homes, to teach them to dance a Minuet after the newest and most fashionable Method.
For SALE
F OUR Hundred and fifty Acres of very good LAND, on Contee Creek, in Edgecombe County, whereon is a good Dwellinghouse, some Outbuildings, a good Apple Orchard, and cleared Land enough to work six or eight Hands; also two Hundred Acres, lying on Duncbe Marsh, near Contee Creek, in Dobbs County; three Hundred Acres in Northampton County, on Bear Swamp, within seven Miles of Roanoke River; each of the said Tracts of Land is very good Range for Stock. Likewise to be leased, for a Term of Years, nine Hundred and sixty Acres of exceeding good LAND, lying on Adkin River, at Fort Dobbs, in Roan County, about thirty Miles above Salisbury Town, which Land is not inferior to the best on Roanoke. Six Months Credit will be allowed the Purchasers, on giving Bond and Security. SAMUEL GRANBURY.
To be SOLD (pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Mr. Thomas Williams, deceased) to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 17th of June, at Dinwiddie Courthouse, being Court Day, if fair, otherwise at the July Court following,
THE LAND and PLANTATION , near Petersburg, whereon the said Williams lived, containing four Hundred and ten Acres, with sundry Improvements thereon; also two other Tracts adjoining the same, one containing four Hundred and forty four, and the other three Hundred and ninety three Acres; on each of them there is a great Quantity of fine Timber, of Pine more especially. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for one Half the Purchase Money, and two Years for the other Half, on giving Bond and approved Security. At the same Time will also be sold another Tract of four Hundred Acres, in the said County of Dinwiddie, lying on or near Hatcher's Run, in the Neighbourhood of Mr. John Roberts, Charles Raper, Esq. FRANCIS EPPES, THOMAS WILLIAMS, Executors.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 16, 1771.
ON Saturday the 25th Instant, at ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, at the Raleigh Tavern, will be sold all the WEARING APPAREL of Nathaniel Waldoe, Esquire, deceased. And on Tuesday the 18th of June, at four o'Clock in the Afternoon, at the same Place, will be sold the HOUSE and PIECE of GROUND thereto belonging, in the back Street, behind the said Tavern, where Mr. Waldoe lived; and the COFFEE-HOUSE in the main Street, next the Capitol, where Mrs. Campbell lives. Six Months Credit will be allowed for all Sums above five Pounds, the Purchasers giving Bond, with approved Security, to BENJAMIN WALLER, Executor.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber, in Cumberland County, at private Sale,
THE LAND whereon he now lives, containing eight Hundred Acres, known by the Name of the Long Ordinary; the Situation is very pleasant and healthy, and is very valuable; the Improvements are all new, and done in the best Manner; the Ordinary is thirty six by twenty eight Feet, has four Rooms below and two above, with a Fireplace to each, and now rents for forty Pounds a Year. There is a good new Storehouse, and a convenient Room for a Merchant to live in. My own House is thirty two Feet square, with two Rooms below, a twelve Foot Passage, and four Rooms above, all other convenient Houses, valuable young Orchards, good Gardens, &c. and the Plantation in good Order to work ten Hands. The Purchaser may have Possession at Christmas. A great Bargain for ready Money, or short Credit. JOSEPH CALLAND.
On Saturday the 8th of June, at Shin Quarter, in Chesterfield County, will be SOLD
ABOUT forty valuable SLAVES, belonging to the Estate of the Honourable Peter Randolph, Esquire, deceased. Six Months Credit will be given by the Executors. ARCHIBALD CARY, RICHARD RANDOLPH, JOHN WAYLES.
On Saturday the first of JUNE, will be SOLD at FREDERICKSBURG,
ABOUT two Thousand Acres of LAND, lying in Spotsylvania County, recovered by the Executors of the Honourable Peter Randolph of Colonel Benjamin Grymes. ARCHIBALD CARY, RICHARD RANDOLPH, JOHN WAYLES.
By Decree of the Court of Vice Admiralty, will be SOLD at Dumfries, on Thursday the 6th of June,
THE Brigantine BRITANNIA, Burthen about a Hundred and fifty Tons, with all her RIGGING, TACKLE, APPAREL, and FURNITURE. JOHN TYLER, Marshal.
MAY 16, 1771.
I intend to leave the Colony soon.  JOHN WADMAN.
I TAKE this Method to acquaint the Publick, and my Customers in particular, that Messrs. James Campbell and Company have resigned the SHOE FACTORY in Favour of me, by which Means I carry on double the Trade I did formerly. Gentlemen who may please to favour me with their Orders for Negro Shoes, or others, are desired to send them soon, that I may be capable of supplying them better than it was in my Power last Fall, on Account of the Scarcity of Leather. Ladies and Gentlemen may depend on being supplied with neat Shoes, either Leather or Calimanco, as any from London; as I have on Hand London, Philadelphia, and New York Calf Skins, red, green, and blue Morocco Leather, Calimancoes of all Colours, and of the best Kinds. Those who choose to favour him with their Custom shall be served on reasonable Terms, by applying to him at the Sign of the Boot and Shoe, in Norfolk. JOHN WILSON.
To be SOLD,
A VERY good Tract of LAND on Warrosqueak Bay, James River, in Isle of Wight County, about ten Miles below Hog Island, containing above three Thousand five Hundred Acres, whereon are three Plantations cleared, and in good Order for Cropping, sufficient to work thirty five Hands. On the Manor Plantation is a handsome Brick House, sixty by twenty six, two Stories high, well finished and wainscotted, with two Brick Outbuildings forty Feet by twenty, Barns, Stables, and every other necessary House, a handsome Garden, completely laid off, seventy five Yards by a Hundred and five. On the three Plantations there are at least seventeen Hundred Apple Trees, and a great Variety of other Fruits. Near the said Land is a Tract containing eighty five Acres, with a well accustomed Mill thereon, and as fine a Stream as any in the Colony. Any Person inclined to purchase the above Tract of Land, or any Part thereof, may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, who lives on the Spot. To be sold also, an exceeding rich Tract of high Land, containing near a Thousand Acres, lying on Roanoke River, between Barnes's and Edwards's Ferries, about fifteen Miles below Halifax Town, North Carolina, well wooded and watered, is beautifully situated, and convenient to Church and Mill; a sufficient Quantity thereof is cleared to employ fifteen Hands, and is in good Order for Cropping. For Terms apply to Mr. Wylie Jones, North Carolina, or to the Subscribers. ROBERT BURWELL, NATHANIEL BURWELL.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 6th of June, at the Dwellinghouse of the late Mr. Frederick Bryan, deceased, near Williamsburg,
ALL the HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE of the said Bryan, two RIDING CHAIRS, a fine blooded COLT four Years old, &c. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for all Sums above forty Shillings, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to the acting Executors. WILLIAM TREBELL, WILLIAM MOODY.
*** We once more request the Favour of those indebted to the said Estate by Bond to pay the Interest due at Mr. Bryan's Decease to William Trebell, otherwise the Principals will be called for without farther Notice.
To be LET, and entered on immediately.
THE LOT whereon the Subscriber now lives, in Hanover Town, being very convenient, and pleasantly situated on the main Street, with a large Store, Granary, Stable, &c. in good Repair. The Terms may be known on Application to JOHN SMITH.
STOLEN out of Mr. MATTHEW MOODY's Stable, in Williamsburg, on the 11th of this Instant (May) a large sorrel HORSE with a blaze Face, about six Years old, has a switch Tail, and has been lame for some Time; it is not known whether he be branded or not. Whoever brings the said Horse to Mr. Moody, or to me in Gloucester Town, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. THOMAS COLEMAN.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 16, 1771.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, last Saturday, a small dark bay Horse, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, has a blaze Face, some of his Feet white, and paces, trots, and gallops. Also a sorrel Mare Colt, two Years old, that is well grown; she is docked, and has a dim Star in her Forehead. Whoever brings them to me shall have TEN SHILLINGS Reward. WILLIAM PEARSON.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Charles City County, on Wednesday the 8th Instant (May) a Negro Man who calls himself CHARLES, about nineteen or twenty Years of Age, has a remarkable Scar in his Forehead, and is about five Feet eight Inches high. He says he belongs to Mr. James Pride, of York County. The Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges. ALEXANDER GORDON, Jailer.
COMMITTED to Sussex County Jail, on the 4th of this Instant (May) a Negro Boy who says he belongs to John Lane of the City of Williamsburg, who is desired to take him away, and pay Charges. ROBERT OWEN, Jailer.
AMELIA, May 11, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in May last, a likely Negro Fellow named TOM, about six or seven and twenty Years of Age, five Feet six or seven Inches high, very well made, talks much, has a long Vilage, and a down Look. He was formerly the Property of one Tompkins of Gloucester, and has, for twelve Months past, been oftentimes in and about the Plantations of Mr. James Hubbard, near Poplar Spring Church, in the said County. Whoever will apprehend and secure him in the above County Jail shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward; and, as he has been regularly outlawed, TEN POUNDS for his Head. JAMES HENDERSON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Bedford County, on Great Falling River, an Irish Servant Man named MICHAEL KELLY, about five Feet five Inches high, with short black Hair, wears a cut brown Wig, a blue Broadcloth Coat, spotted Flannel Jacket, and a Pair of old patched Breeches. Also an Irish Servant Woman named MARGARET KELLY, Wife to the said Michael. She wore a blue Calimanco Gown and Petticoat. They both speak Irish, but neither of them are known to speak English. I will give FIVE POUNDS Reward on their being delivered to me, and FIFTY SHILLINGS if they are secured in any Jail in this Colony, upon Information of the same given to WILLIAM HAYTH.
RUN away from Hobb's Hole, on the 24th of March last, a white Servant Boy named WILLIAM COX, born in London, about seventeen Years of Age, five Feet five or six Inches high, stoops much, of a pale Complexion, and most villainous Countenance, was clothed in a Drab coloured Cloth upper Jacket with Metal Buttons, and lined with white Plaid, an under Jacket of blue Broadcloth much worn, with yellow Metal Buttons, a Pair of Thicket Breeches, Stockings and Shoes. He was seen, soon after he went off, at or near Mr. William Meredith's Plantation in King and Queen County, and very probably may be thereabouts yet. Whoever takes him up, and conveys him to me, at my Plantation near Hobb's Hole, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. ANDREW CRAWFORD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Mecklenburg County, a Negro Fellow named CUFFY. He is about six Feet two Inches high, and had on, when he went away, a Cotton Jacket and Breeches, Osnaburg Shirt, and a Pair of Leather Gambadoes. It is supposed he is in the Neighbourhood of York or Norfolk. Whoever apprehends the said Slave, and will commit him to the Jail of the County in which he is taken, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows; if delivered to Captain Theodore Munford, near Petersburg, FIFTY SHILLINGS; if to the Subscriber, FIVE POUNDS. The Fellow is outlawed. ROBERT MUNFORD.
MIDDLESEX, May 7, 1771.
RUN away, a dark Mulatto Man named BARNABY, about five Feet two Inches high. He is artful in his Answers, and has an Impediment in his Speech. Had on a Suit of dark coloured Russia Drab. Whoever will apprehend him, and have him committed to Jail, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. AUGUSTINE SMITH.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Hanover County, on Saturday the 27th of April, a Negro Man Slave named SABRIE, about twenty seven Years old, five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, has got no Beard, is remarkably black, reads English very well, and has a small Nick in the lower Part of one of his Ears, but do not remember which, had on a red Jacket, black Breeches, and a light coloured Frieze Coat. He went off in March 1769, was taken up and put in Jail at Fredericksburg, and then had forged Indentures. As I expect he will attempt to escape out of the Colony, I hereby forewarn all Masters of Vessels from taking him on Board. Whoever brings him to me shall have, if taken in this Colony, FIVE POUNDS Reward; and if out of it, TEN POUNDS. JOHN PRIDDY.
HALIFAX, April 24, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about ten Days ago, a Mulatto Servant Man of a middle Stature, about twenty five years of Age, named BEN. Had on, and took with him when he went away, a blue Plains Waistcoat and Breeches, an Osnaburg Shirt, and Clothes that are commonly given to Field Negroes. He stutters in his Speech, and has a remarkable thick Beard. It is supposed he is gone towards King and Queen or King William Counties, or perhaps to Williamsburg, where he may probably petition the General Court for his Freedom, as he dropped some Expressions to that Purpose some Time before he went away. And as it is suspected that he may attempt to escape out of the Colony, I therefore caution all Masters of Vessels from being imposed upon by his passing for a free Person, which he may easily do from his Colour and Artfulness. I likewise forewarn all Persons from harbouring or entertaining the said Servant, as I am determined to prosecute any Offender with the utmost Rigour of the Law. Whoever will deliver the said Servant to me, or secures him in any Jail, so that I get him again, shall be gently rewarded, besides what the Law allows. THOMAS TUNSTALL.
N. B. It is imagined he took with him a young bay Mare about four feet seven Inches high, paces naturally, and very easy, and is branded on the near Buttock with a Dot. Whoever will deliver the said Mare to me shall have a Reward of TWENTY SHILLINGS.
CHARLES CITY, May 3, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber, some Time in February last, a likely Negro Woman about thirty Years of Age, with a Lump on her Back, occasioned by some Accident when young, is about four Feet nine or ten Inches high, and of a yellow Complexion. I will give FORTY SHILLINGS Reward to any Person that will deliver her to me, near the Long Bridge. WALTER BRADLEY.
N. B. The said Wench is supposed to be about Sixty.
To the Reverend the CLERGY of VIRGINIA,
Reverend Brethren, I LATELY took the Liberty, as would appear from the publick Papers of requesting a full Meeting of the Clergy as upon this Day; but as I have been made to understand that Notification was not taken in the Sense I designed it should have been, and therefore has not produced the Effect intended, I find myself obliged to repeat my Solicitation for that Purpose. I therefore now propose, and request of you, that a Convention of the Clergy may be held on the 4th of the next Month, at ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the College of William and Mary. And that the express Intention of applying to you for this Convention may not possibly be misunderstood by any Persons whatsoever, I have judged it proper here to mention that the Subject I shall then recommend to your most serious Consideration and Attention will be one that must appear of the highest Importance, namely, the Expediency of an Application to proper Authority for an American Episcopate. I beg Leave to add my most earnest Hopes and Wishes that we may all then meet well disposed to embrace such Sentiments, and enter upon such Resolutions, as shall be most becoming ourselves, and at the same Time give no just Occasion of Dissatisfaction or Uneasiness to the candid, the dispassionate, and unprejudiced Part of the Laity. I am, with true Regard, William & Mary College, } Your affectionate Brother, May 4, 1771. } 2 The COMMISSARY.
THE Treasurer, Trustees, and Subscribers to the Fund for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Clergymen, met on the 4th Instant, according to Appointment, and made Collections at the Church on the Day following, from whence they derive the Sum of sixty one Pounds nine Shillings, which they cannot resist upon without a deep Sense of the Obligation they are under to the bountiful Contributors. The Sum ordered before the Meeting broke up, on the 6th, fifteen Shillings. The Officers appointed are the Reverend John Cumm, Treasurer; the Reverend Robert Barrett, Thomas Price, Alexander Cruden, Samuel Klug, William Dunlop, and Price Davis, Trustees; Matthew Maury Preacher in the Forenoon, and William Bland Preacher in the Afternoon. By Order. JACOB BRUCE, Clerk.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 8, 1771.
I HEREBY give Notice to all Persons concerned in the Caveat Business, that they attend at the Council Chamber on the Wednesday immediately after the second Tuesday in next Month. (By Order of the Council) JOHN BLAIR, Junior, C. C.
WHEREAS Mr. EDWARD VOSS, on or about the 10th of January last, sold me two Negro Boys, to wit, David for forty five Pounds, and Ben for fifty Pounds, at which Time I granted my Bond to the said Voss for the Sum of ninety five Pounds, the Considerations aforesaid, payable the first Day of the next ensuing May, and having since fully paid the Consideration of forty five Pounds for David, and finding that I have been imposed on in the sale of the other Negro Boy Ben, I do hereby caution all Persons from taking an Assignment of the said Bond. GERARD BANKS.
Just IMPORTED, and to be SOLD cheap for ready Money, by the Subscriber, in Williamsburg. A NEAT and ELEGANT ASSORTMENT of PAPER HANGINGS, of various Kinds, and of the newest Fashions, for Staircases, Rooms, and Ceilings; namely, embossed, Stucco, Chintz, Rippled, Mosaick, Damask, and common. Rooms papered in the neatest Manner, and on reasonable Terms. BENJAMIN BICKROTT.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 10, 1771.
THE genteel Contribution at HANOVER Court last, for the Emolument of my Wife and Children, demands the greatest Acknowledgment. I do therefore very sincerely return my most grateful Thanks to my worthy Benefactors, and inform them that the Money raised was, by the Trustees, laid out in the Purchase of four of my Negroes, and settled on my Wife for her Life, and after her Death on our Children. HARRY TOMPKINS.
RICHMOND, May 6, 1771.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of John Kerr, deceased, at Wilton, are desired to make immediate Payment to the Executors before Henrico June Court, and not depend on any longer Indulgence. Those who have got any Demands against the Estate are desired to make them known, and they shall have them discharged by JOHN CLARK, Executor.
MAY 2, 1771.
THE wet Weather last November having stopped the Sale of the personal Estate of the late John Mercer, Esquire, the Remainder, consisting of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE (except Beds, which are sold) about seven Hundred Ounces of fashionable PLATE, a genteel COACH, with HARNESS for six Horses, a CHARIOT, a great Collection of well chosen Books, &c. &c. will be sold at Marlinton, on Monday the 27th of this Month, if fair, otherwise next fair Day. Purchasers above five Pounds will be credited until the next Fredericksburg September Fair, giving Bond, with Security, bearing Interest from the Day of Sale; the Interest to be abated if the Principal is paid by the Day when due. The very beautiful Horse RANTER is yet unsold. Five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money. Vessels will attend at Paffyannan, as at the last Sale.
A SOBER Man that has been used to Book- keeping, who can come well recommended, and will engage for a Term of Years, may hear where he can get good Wages by applying to the Printer.
HANOVER County, May 1, 1771.
IF a Person named Dean (a Nephew of Abel Dean, of Clifton, near Bristol) who was supposed to reside some Time ago near Williamsburg, be living, and will apply to the Subscriber, he will hear of Something greatly to his Advantage; or if he be dead, any Person who can inform when and where he died will oblige GEORGE BRAIKENRIDGE.
AS upwards of twelve Months are now ex- pired since the Store kept in Essex County, by Mr. William Snodgrass, on Account of Messrs. John McCall and Company, Merchants in Glasgow, has been discontinued, those Persons indebted are desired to make immediate Payment to the Subscriber; for as many of the Debts have been several Years due, no longer Indulgence can be given. JAMES CAMPBELL.

POETS CORNER.
ADVICE to the LADIES. THE Counsels of a Friend, Belinda, hear, Too roughly kind to please a Lady's Ear;
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,
LOST, on the 2d of April, a SILVER WATCH, with a Cap over the inner Work, marked James Leckie, No. 133, and runs on Diamonds.
CHESTERFIELD (Cat Hole) May 1, 1771. SOME Time last Fall a CARPET was left at my House by some Negroes, the Size of it about eleven Feet by ten,
NORFOLK, May 7, 1771. THE TALLOW CHANDLER'S Business is carried on by the Subscriber, at the NORTH AMERICAN Coffee-house, in Church Street,
NORFOLK, May 8, 1771. AS I have mentioned my Expectations of giving up James Campbell and Company's Business, I take this Method to acquaint our Friends that we have come to a farther Agreement,
To be SOLD by the Subscribers, at their Store in Norfolk, upon the most reasonable Terms, A LARGE and genteel Assortment of GOODS adapted to the Season, just opened.
Pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Mr. Andrew Cubbin, deceased, will be exposed to SALE, in the Town of Peterburg, on the 20th Instant (May)
ONE Acre LOT in the new Addition to the aforesaid Town, with the Improvements thereon; all his Household Furniture, a blooded Mare, and two Horses.
N. B. All Persons indebted to the above Estate are desired to come and settle their Accounts, and those who have any Demands to make them known at the Day of Sale.
To be SOLD on Wednesday the 5th of June next, on the Premises, for ready Money, or Merchants Notes payable at the June OVER COURT, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from David George,
A VALUABLE Tract of TOBACCO LAND, in the County of Charlotte, lying on both Sides of Biglow's Creek, near Puqua's Ferry, containing five Hundred and twenty five Acres;
To be LET to the lowest Bidder, on Thursday the 8th of August next, at Lunenburg Courthouse, THE building of a Church near the Ready Creek old Church in the said County,
COMMITTED to the Jail of Chesterfield County, on the 19th of April, a Negro Man who says his Name is MINGO, and that he formerly belonged to George Rankin, of Suffolk County,
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Gloucester County, the 1st of November last, a likely Virginia-born Negro Woman named MILLY,
To Mess. PURDIE & DIXON. GENTLEMEN, NORFOLK, April 27, 1771. IN your last Paper I oblige a Piece signed MEANWELL, concerning a Bill of Exchange,
To the PUBLICK. A CLERGYMAN of the Church of England, a sober young Man, with a good Character, would serve as a Minister to a Church in any of his Majesty's Plantations,
For CHARTER. THE new Ship ANNE, Burthen about three Hundred and seventy Hogheads of Tobacco. She will be ready to take in a Cargo by the 10th of May.
ROBERT BELL, BOOKSELLER, At the late UNION LIBRARY, in THIRD Street, PHILADELPHIA. BEING encouraged by several Gentlemen of Eminence, in the different Provinces, to undertake the Reproduction of the following literary Works,
ALL Persons having any Demands against the Estate of William Yarborough, deceased, are desired to make them known to James Smith Tarbrough, in Prince Edward County,
ESSEX, May 1, 1771. ALL Persons who have any Demands against the Estate of Robert Sp. Coleman, deceased, are desired, for the last Time, to make them known to me immediately,
PARTNER WILL stand this Season at Colonel Thomas M. Randolph's, in Goochland, and cover Mares at twenty Shillings the Leap, three Pounds the Season, and five Pounds Ensurance.
To be SOLD, in Pursuance to the last Will and Testament of Drury Smith, deceased, on Monday the 3d of June, at Charlotte Courthouse, being Court Day,
ALL the LAND on Jones's Creek, in the said County, remaining un-fold, and being part of a Tract of four Thousand two Hundred Acres granted to the said Drury Smith by Patent;
To be SOLD, on Monday the 17th of JUNE, at ESSEX Courthouse, being Court Day, TWO LOTS in the Town of Tappahannock, belonging to William Harbaway.
N. B. Should the 17th of June not be a fair Day, the Sale will be put off until the next Court. COMMITTED to Surry Jail, on the 24th of April,
of April, a Negro Fellow about six Feet high, has lost one of his upper fore Teeth, is about thirty Years old, and says he belongs to Samuel Young of Mecklenburg County.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on the 18th of April, an outlandish Negro named MINGO. He had on a blue under Jacket, and a light brown One over it, has a fore Finger on his left Hand, and speaks but indifferent English.
TAKEN up, in Prince George, a dark gray HORSE, about four Feet and an Inch high, five or six Years old, with a roached Mane and Switch Tail.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a small bay HORSE, about four Feet high, dockt, but has no Brand perceivable, some Saddle Spots, a Spot on the off Side of his Neck, and had a small Bell on.
TAKEN up, in Brunswick, a large bay HORSE, about four Feet ten Inches high, twenty one Years old, branded on the near Buttock R.H.
TAKEN up, in Louisa, a small MARE, three Years old next Spring, about four Feet seven or eight Inches high, with a Blaze in her Face, her hind Feet white, branded on the near Buttock, but too dull to be made out.
To be SOLD, on reasonable Terms, HIS Majesty's PATENT, or Grant, for twenty Thousand Acres of LAND in West Florida. Any Person, or Persons, inclined to purchase may be informed of the Particulars by inquiring of Joseph Ogden,
AS twelve Months are nearly expired since the Store kept at Todd's, on Account of Mess. McCall and Elliot, of Glasgow, by the Subscriber, has been discontinued, it is expected that such Persons as are indebted there will be ready, upon Application, to discharge their respective Balances;
To be SOLD at Fredericksburg, on Thursday the 20th of June, being Spotsylvania Court Day, THE DWELLINGHOUSE now possessed by me, with the Timber Yard adjoining, whereon are erected a Kitchen, Smokehouse, and every Convenience necessary for a Family;
WANTED in NORBORNE Parish, Frederick County, A SCHOOLMASTER well qualified to teach Writing and Arithmetic; if Latin also, the more agreeable, and the Salary enlarged. It will not be expected that he should teach more than fifteen or twenty Scholars.
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 in NOVEMBER next, THE LAND whereon I now live, containing two Hundred and seventy four Acres. It is exceeding good for Grain, Tobacco, &c. The Improvements on the same consist of a Plantation, in good Order, sufficient for working seven or eight Hands, the Whole lying to the Plow;
I will also sell to the Purchaser (if required) most of the Furniture belonging to the Ordinary, at least ten good Feather Beds, with Furniture to the same; Walnut and Mahogany Tables, Chairs, &c. N. B. All the Merchants, Storekeepers, Clerk of the County, their Servants, &c. are boarded in the Ordinary, the Profits of which are pretty considerable to me.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at the Falls of James River, the Middle of last Month, a Negro Man named DAVY, belonging to the Hon. William Byrd, Esquire, about thirty Years old, five Feet eight Inches high, and very stout made;