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BEING strictly enjoined by my late Instructions to enforce the punctual Payment of his Majesty's Quitrents, it is expected, for the future, that every Sheriff should settle with the Auditor, and pay the Money into the Receiver's Office, on or before the Day appointed by Law; and all Sheriffs who are in Arrear to this Revenue, and fail to settle with the Auditor and pay the Money into the Receiver's Office by the 25th of April, cannot expect any farther Indulgence.
RICHARD CORBIN, D. R. G.
That NOTHING is SOMETHING; contrary to the common Opinion, which maintains that Nothing is Nothing.
IT has been, hitherto, universally believed that Nothing is Nothing; which, upon a cursory Reflection, may appear quite otherwise. There is Nothing in the World that makes a finer Figure than the Inhabitant. Nothing; it is every Where found, and yet resides no Where. The Citizen and Statesman, the Poet and Philosopher, and even the Divine, all make often a great Noise for Nothing.
I have read in the Histories of our Parliaments, Convocations, and a Diversity of other Meetings for deliberating on the most important and solemn Affairs, that, after spending much Time in sharp Contestations and Debates, Nothing in the End has been done or concluded. It is true they pretended to accomplish mighty Matters, by doing Justice to all Men, by fixing the publick Belief and Opinions in Regard to certain Things, and by discovering the Causes of Malversations and corrupt Morals; but all these Bravadoes terminated in Nothing.
I have seen a sage Philosopher keep Silence for a whole Evening, without assigning any other Reason than that he had Nothing to say.
Several of the wisest Men in the World, after long and diligent Researches for acquiring Knowledge, have been perfectly convinced that they knew Nothing. I have heard it said, that, under many of our Kings of England, there were Secretaries of State, and Lords of the Admiralty, that knew Nothing of the Business of their respective Departments; and I have been informed that some of our Kings have sent Messages to their Parliaments without knowing a Tittle of what was so sent; or, if they did, knew Nothing of the Matter.
I remember to have read, in some ancient Historian, that a brave old Lacedemonian General had been dismissed from his Employments for Nothing, and that another had been put in his Place who in himself was Nothing.
If Achilles, whom Agamemnon obliged, had not been prevailed upon to return to the Army, the great Advantages the Greeks had obtained, in a ten Years War with Troy, would have come to Nothing.
In the Reign of James I. the great Sir Walter Raleigh was arraigned, condemned, and at length executed, though scarce any Thing was alleged, and Nothing proved deserving of Death against him. In the same Reign also, and in those of some of his Successors, many eminent and eloquent Patriots were sent to the Tower for Nothing.
This Phantom of Nihilism is not less in Use among us than it was in the Time of our Ancestors; it seems its Value increases in Proportion to its Antiquity. Do we not constantly see, by our weekly Lists of Bankrupts, that those who owe the largest Sums pay as little as they can to their Creditors, and sometimes Nothing, and that those who keep Possession of usurped Goods use their best Endeavours to restore Nothing.
Some of our supercilious Criticks are continually exclaiming against the new Books that appear, that they have Nothing in them, or Nothing new. The same Inanity they find in our Poets, especially the Retailers of dramatick Compositions. Their Imaginations, they say, have been bewildered in Fairy Lands, or bewitched by Magick; and, if so, they embrace a Cloud instead of Juno, and just as Children, Slaves, and Malefactors, when punished, they have done Nothing. Ah Nothing! that so significant Cipher, though at all Times generally esteemed, was never so illustrious as at present. And, indeed, we have often seen numerous Armies spend whole Campaigns in doing Nothing; Negotiations spun out to Nothing; Quarrels and Lawsuits engaged in for Nothing; Women married for Nothing; Divorces made for Nothing;
Protestations of Friendship reduced to Nothing; Arguments concluding Nothing; Oaths required for Nothing; People amusing themselves in Nothing; and a Thousand other Nothings, of like Nature.
But, to give a Specimen of the Grandeur of Nothing, suppose I should conceive it in the Way of an Enigma, leaving the Care to another of putting it in Verse. "Gentle Reader, I am not yet born; but, if you had a-mind to know me, I am under you, I am over you, you can scarce imagine what I am. In the Purse I am a Devil; and, when I am, I am no more. I am the great Coffer of the World. My Nature was so fruitful that all was engendered by me. I am the inaccessible Immensity; I am the indivisible Point, and the Riches of a Beggar, as well as thine. What a Thief does on his Trial, what the Deluge respected, what serves to support the Skies, what a Bailiff's Fetter cannot be, what we do when we do Nothing, is, gentle Reader, my Name and Being."
The Explanation of this Enigma will show the Solution to be exceedingly easy. "What is not could not be born. In vain, to know it, should we search above and below; it surpasses the Reach of our Imagination. Nothing in One's Purse is the Devil, and when Nothing is in it, it is good for Nothing. All is Nothing here below. The Nature of Nothing was very fruitful, as out of Nothing every Thing was created. It is the great inaccessible Space; it is the true indivisible Point; it is nearly my whole Wealth. A Thief protests before his Judge that he has done Nothing, and the Deluge formerly respected Nothing. Whoever mentions a Bailiff's Follower may think there is Nothing honourable in the Profession; and, notwithstanding Ovid's Fiction, that Atlas bears up the Heavens on his Shoulders, they are indeed supported by Nothing. The Fact is not problematical, and thus it seems demonstratively proved that Nothing is Something."
Some Tracts of the Advice to his Son of Nabi Effendi, a famous Poet among the Turks, who flourished towards the End of the last Century.
THE first Thing a Man ought to think of is Religion; it ought to be antecedent to the Care of his Fortune; it is not sufficient to be informed of the great Truths it contains; these Truths should be also practised.
Consecrate the Morning of your Reason to the Study of the Sciences; they are of infinite Resource in the Course of Life; they form the Heart, polish the Mind, and instruct Man in his Duties. By them Men attain to Honours and Dignities; they recreate and amuse us in Prosperity, and become our Consolation in Adversity. But in vain, without assiduous Application, will you be able to acquire the Sciences; they are the Daughters of Labour, and by Labour only you will obtain their Possession.
Endeavour to adorn your Mind with all Sorts of Knowledge; on a Multiplicity of Occasions in Life they become highly necessary. How immense is the Distance between the learned Man and the ignorant! The brightest Light, compared with the thickest Darkness, Life with Death, and Existence with Nothing, feebly expresses the Interval that separates the intelligent Man from him that is not. Ignorance is the poisoned Source, whence flow all the Ills that afflict this World; blind Superstition, Irreligion, Barbarity, destructive of Arts, march along with it; and Shame, Contempt, and Meanness, bring up the Rear.
The Arabick Tongue, that Tongue so rich in Expression, and at the same Time so ancient that it appears to have begun with the World, that Tongue which Abraham and his Son Ishmael spoke, and which, from these Patriarchs down to us, has been preserved in all its Purity, ought to be the first Object of your Studies; but you must not consecrate the whole Time of your Youth to learn it. Languages are only, as it were, the Avenues that lead to the Temple where the Sciences have their Residence.
Make divine and human Laws Subjects of your Meditation. These Sciences once acquired, apply yourself to Logick and Physics. Nurture your Mind particularly with the reading of the best Authors. Can a Bird, without Wings, dare to soar in the Region of the Air? The precious Shell Fish that contains the Pearl is not found on the Surface of the Water; it is at the Bottom of the Sea, and amidst a Thousand Dangers, that it must be fished for.
The false Splendour of Riches dazzles the Eyes of weak and avaricious Men; let it not dazzle your's.
They incessantly sigh after the Things they have not, and their insatiable Heart is a Prey to a Thousand useless Desires. Let their Misfortunes warn to make you avoid them.
The Tranquillity and Happiness of Life consist in being satisfied with One's Condition. God, who placed you in it, is not ignorant of your Wants. Put your Confidence in his divine Providence, and he will prevent them. Why is Man so passionately fond of Gold and Silver? These Metals can neither allay his Hunger nor his Thirst; they cannot even replace the more ordinary Aliments. In vain shall the Husbandman hope to gather in an useful Harvest from a Field sown with Gold and Silver. These two Metals are not real Riches; at best, they are but the Signs.
Be reserved and circumspect in your Promises, but when once you have given your Word keep it religiously. Promises are Debts, to a Man of Honour, which he ought faithfully to acquit himself of.
Avoid Raillery; it often offends him who is the Object of it. He that indulges this Humour is the Scourge of Society, and all fear and avoid him. Sacrifice no Man to the Passion of expressing a witty Saying; like a sharp Arrow, it pierces the Heart of him against whom it is shot. Not that I would, as a rigid Censor, banish an innocent Pleasantry, a slight Trifling. Fine and delicate Raillery is the Soul of Conversation, and makes its best Seasoning; but how few know how to play it off, and not drive it too far!
Keep yourself quite clear from all Sorts of Detraction; it is base and mean to attack him who cannot defend himself, because he is absent. A Detractor is universally abhorred; known to be such, his Company is generally avoided, none thinking themselves secure from the Darts of his envenomed Tongue.
All Men are equal; Virtue only, and not Fortune, ought to place a Difference between them. Let no Man perceive the Superiority of your Rank. Be accessible and affable to every one; true Grandeur is humane. Affect not a disdainful Brow, nor an Eye bespeaking Pride and the Contempt of others. Let your Face, far from inspiring Terror, show Serenity wherever it appears, and declare the Goodness of your Heart. Use no harsh Words to Dependents, nor require from them Services more than they can well perform. Retain no Hatred or Animosity against your Neighbour; to create to yourself Vexation, and to harbour Resentment, would be to renounce your own Tranquillity. The most noble Revenge you can take for an Injury is not to imitate him who has done it. Avoid particularly Anger, and its subsequent Disorders. Enter into the Troubles of your Friends, and endeavour to mitigate them by your generous Cares. Profuse when you oblige them, become very reserved when, in your Turn, you stand in Need of them, and strive never to be a Burthen to them; this is the only Way to preserve Friendship.
Disimulation, when not carried to Excess, is sometimes allowable in the Commerce of Life, especially in Regard to the Wicked. We are not obliged to unveil our Soul in their perverse Eyes. Too much Sincerity, in treating with them, would hurt our Tranquillity, and trouble our Repose.
Go not, as a vile Parasite, to present yourself at a great Man's Table. Time, like a rapid River, rolls on with Impetuosity, without ever returning, and runs to sink in the Abyss of Ages. What Blindness, or rather what Madness, must there be in losing it by making our Court to Men who receive our Homage with an Air of Scorn!
The best Way of keeping a Secret would be to reveal it to no One. There are, however, Circumstances wherein One is glad to pour it into the Bosom of a Friend; but he should be well tried before-hand, to make sure of his Discretion. Fly those that love only Pleasure and Dissipation, and whose Mind is equally light and inconstant.
Too great Credulity, and extreme Diffidence, are two opposite Faults that ought to be avoided. We should neither believe blindly all that is said, nor doubt of all that is heard. The Lamp of Discernment ought to enlighten and show us where Truth is. Shut your Ear against Praises, most of them are dictated by base Flattery, or vile Interest. As to the Praises of the Wicked, we must never listen to them; they never offer Incentive to you but to tarnish your Virtue, and make you criminal.
Never go any Where without being invited with a good Countenance; particularly, go only to the Houses where Honour abides. Let the Assemblies

you may frequent be Schools of Virtue, and not of Vice.
There is a just Middle between Silence and a too great Profusion of Words. We fly the silent Man, and the great Speaker is reckoned the Tyrant of Conversation. Nature, which has given us but one Organ for Speech, has given us two for Hearing; in Order to teach us that we must hear more than speak. Be concise in your Narratives; the true Way of pleasing is to say a great Deal in a few Words, and to instruct by amusing.
Speak to every One with a noble and becoming Sweetness, particularly never answer with Tartness. To upbraid others with their Faults is to act the Censor in Society; Men seldom pardon you for humbling them. Do not make too great a Show in Conversation of the Superiority of your Genius; it is a great Art to put others in a Way of making their Wit shine. Their Self-Love is flattered by it, and they are satisfied with us when they are so with themselves. Be indulgent to those that are less intelligent than yourself; God has not given to all Men the same Degree of Light.
Do not abandon yourself to the dark Windings of Deceit; it is the Portion of mean and dastardly Souls. It would be much better to give into the other Extremity, and to pass for a Simpleton. Deceit is a despicable Vice, and precipitates him into Misfortune who delivers himself up to it. We are inspired with Deceit by the Devil, who makes us to go astray to be Partakers with him of his Infelicity. Lies dwell on the Lips of the deceitful Man, and his Mouth is not opened but to deceive. He every Where sows Sedition, and kindles the Fire of Discord; but he is soon punished for his malicious Doings. Become the Object of the publick Hatred and Contempt, not one of his Enterprizes is crowned with Success; and, as he is every Man's Enemy, every Man strives to thwart his Designs. His Days are poisoned by Troubles, and he dies at last in Dishonour. You are not ignorant of the Proverb that says, "That sooner or later, the Man of Deceit is taken in the Toils he had stretched out for others." Deceit, Lies, and Calumny, are three Monstrosities that have escaped from Hell to ravage the Earth. The Good, the Life, the Honour of our Neighbour, are sacred Deposits confided to us by the Almighty. To dare touch them would be to commit a horrid Sacrilege.
L O N D O N, January 3.
It is said that a very elegant new State Coach is building for her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cumberland, on which her Family Arms will be em- broidered with those of England.
We are informed that Mungo has framed a Bill, to be presented to Parliament, for the setting aside the Offspring of the Duchess of Cumberland.
Lord Chief Justice De Gray has had some Offers made him to resign, which it is thought will be in Favour of Mr. Thurlow, who is to be succeeded by Mr. Wedderburne.
It is said Lord Cathcart, our Ambassador to the Court of Russia, has desired to be recalled. He is inconsolable for the Loss of his Lady. Sir George Macartney, we hear, will be appointed in his Lordship's Stead.
It was yesterday reported that some of our Men of War on the African Station had destroyed several Works, which the French had erected on the Coast.
The Court of Naples have given Orders for six Men of War to be fitted out at Cagliari, one of their Sea Ports, to cruise against the piratical Corsairs, who have taken several Merchant Ships belonging to that Court.
They write from Gibraltar that a Boom and Chain are fixed across the Harbours of Algiers, Tunis, Sallee, Tangiers, Tetuan, and Quarache, and no Ships are admitted into those Ports without being first searched.
A serious Endeavour to reduce the Price of Provisions is perhaps of all others an Object most worthy the Notice of a British Parliament.
It is said all the old penal Laws, with Regard to Engrossers and Forestallers, will be revised, corrected, and enforced, at the ensuing Sessions of Parliament, by which the landed Interest will neither be hurt by the Opening of the Irish Markets, or the Poor starved by avaricious Combinations.
As there is now a great Scarcity of Corn in Holland, the capital English Dealers in that Necessary of Life hope to make their Fortunes by starving their poor Countrymen, for which Purpose they intend to petition against continuing the Act for prohibiting the Exportation of Corn.
On a moderate Calculation, founded on the last Intelligence from India, it appears that the Revenues will amount to considerably more than two Millions and a Half yearly.
One of the Artillerymen, quartered at Greenwich, by an ingenious Contrivance, plays all the Psalm Tunes upon the Bells in that Church.
The King of Poland is so well recovered that he assisted at Mass, the 8th Ultimo, in the Chapel of the Court.
January 4. There was a Cabinet Council held yesterday Morning before the Levee, at Lord Suffolk's Office, occasioned by some Despatches received the Night before from the Hague.
His Grace the Duke of Grafton was yesterday at the Levee at St. James's, after which he attended his Majesty to the Queen's Palace, where they had a long Conference.
Doctor Jebb, in a Letter to a Friend of his in Town, says, that, at his Arrival, he found the Duke of Gloucester much emaciated; that his Disorder had a Tendency to a Dropsy, and that he had little Hopes of his surviving longer than a Couple of Months.
The Earl of A ss le received a Letter from Mr. Adair, the Surgeon General (Doctor Jebb's Companion) on Monday last, which was dated from a Town on this Side the Alps, in which he declared they did not expect to reach Leghorn for eight Days, in Consequence of the Ways being almost impassable; so that the Accounts of the Duke of Gloucester's Release are supposed to be premature.
No Letter relating to the above Report of the Duke's being worse has been received by any of Mr. Adair's Friends.
We hear that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland and his Lady were in Town last Night, and paid a private Visit to the Princess of Brunswick; after which they returned directly to Windsor.
We hear that the Terms offered the Duchess of Cumberland to renounce her publick Title are, ten Thousand Pounds in Money, and four Thousand Pounds a Year Jointure; the last being the same Sum settled on the Countess of Waldegrave; both of which have been peremptorily refused.
A Memorial is said to be preparing to send to Madrid, relative to the Release of all the British Subjects now confined in any Part of the Spanish Dominions.
The Treaty lately negotiating between our Court and that of Petersburg, after some few Alterations, is at last finally concluded.
The Earl of Harcourt is expected at Calais the 12th of this Month, at which Time the French Ambassador will be at the same Place in his Way to London.
A Report prevails that the French have illegally detained Half a Million of Money, British Property, in the East Indies, which has been the Occasion of several Councils held lately at St. James's, Downing Street, and Privy Garden.
This Morning an Express was sent off to Lord Rochford at his Seat in the Country.
A Correspondent informs us that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on his Return to England, will be created an Earl, and have one of the vacant red Ribbons.
It is at last resolved on that Lord Townshend is still to continue Viceroy of Ireland, as the sending over another, at so critical a Time as this, may be productive of more Embarrassment to Government, from his being unacquainted with all the Particulars that have lately been brought about in that Kingdom. Another stronger Reason for his Continuance in Office, is, that it being a fixed Point Sir G. M c Cartney should be the chief Director of Affairs there, it makes it of less Consequence who the nominal Viceroy is.
We are informed that Lord Lyttleton has had a considerable Post offered him in the Ministry, which his Lordship rejected.
They write from Vienna that the Emperour proposes making the Tour of France, Holland, and England, early in April next.
Large Orders have been sent to Paris for their richest Manufactures to be worn at Court on the approaching Birth-day. It is true, and it is Pity it is true, that the most lucrative Branch of Trade the Citizens of Paris carry on at present is with London.
For the Encouragement of the British Manufactories, all foreign wrought Silks and Velvets will, under severe Penalties, be shortly prohibited from being imported into Great Britain and her Dominions, except such as are brought from the East Indies.
It is said proper Plans are settled to support the Freedom of the Press, (which includes in it every other) during the next Winter, against the Designs of Administration.
We hear that as soon as an august Assembly meets the present frequent Practice of House-breaking will be taken into Consideration.
We are assured that a Number of very diligent Workmen are now employed to Bute-fy the Seats in St. Stephen's Chapel, against the Meeting of the Members who are to fill them.
It is remarked that this is the first Winter since the present Parliament began that the Earl of Bute has been known to remain in this Kingdom.
A Patent is soliciting to enable Mr. Calvert, natural Son and Heir by Will of the late Lord Baltimore, to assume the Title, with Perpetuity to his Heirs Male.
Yesterday the Earl of Holderness, Governor to the Prince of Wales, the Bishop of Osnabrug, and Prince William Henry, gave a grand Entertainment at his House in Hertford Street, to their Royal Highnesses.
Yesterday Evening Doctor Solander, and Mr. Bankes, had a very long Conference with the Earl of Sandwich and Lord North, at the Earl's House in the Admiralty, relating to their intended Voyage.
A theatrical Academy is just established at Paris, under Patronage of the French King. Previle, who is the Garrick of the French Theatre, is appointed to the Direction of it, with a very considerable Salary, and is to instruct such Pupils as shall be emulous of acquiring theatrical Fame.
The King of Prussia has established a Commission for the Management of the Posts of his Country by Sea and Land.
They write from the Hague that the States of Holland have prolonged their West India Company's Charter for thirty Years.
They write from Paris that six of the present Farmers General are excluded, by Order of the Government, from the new Contract, their Luxury and vain Display of their Riches having rendered them insupportable.
Letters from all Parts of the Country inform us that the latter sowing of the Wheat, through the Fineness of the Weather, turns out very promising.
There is now in a Gentleman's Garden, near Whitchurch, in Shropshire, an American Aloe in full Bloom, which has fourteen Branches upon it, and is thirteen Feet high.
A few Days ago a Labourer, employed by Captain Innes, at North End, in Buckinghamshire, digging a Ditch, found an Urn full of Roman Coins, of Trojan, Vespasian, Adrian, Antoninus, Aurelius, Faustina, Crispina, &c. What is very remarkable, the Urn was not above a Foot under Ground; and although, in all Probability, it must have lain there many Centuries, most of the Coins are exceedingly well preserved.
Extract of a Letter from the Hague, January 2.
"The Sieur Tunnestrick, known for his wonderful Secret of healing, in an Instant, Animals dangerously wounded in the Head, has made an Experiment of it before the Stadholder, and several Persons of Distinction, among whom was M. Gaubius, Professor of Physick. The Experiment was made on a Horse, whose Head had driven into it a large Nail with a Hammer, which was afterwards drawn out with Pincers, and by Means of a spirituous Liquor, of his own Composition, which he injected through the Aperture made with the Nail, the Animal, who before seemed ready to expire, in six Minutes was radically cured, and a Cicatrix is not even to be seen on the Part."
This being Twelfth Day, on Account of its being no Levee or Court Day, the same will not be observed at Court; but the Lord Chamberlain will make the usual Offering at the Chapel Royal, by Order of his Majesty.
Extract of a Letter from Paris, December 23.
"On Friday a very extraordinary Accident happened at the Duke de la Valliere's. The Marquis de Sorba, Minister from the Republick of Genoa, was at Dinner with him, when one of the Company at Table told the Duke that he did not like his Wine, which had a particular Taste, and whilst the Duke was answering him, the Marquis de Sorba fell down dead, without uttering a Word."
Last Week Orders were sent down to the Powder Mills at Feverham, to furnish the Arsenal at Sheerness with five Hundred Barrels of Gunpowder for the Accommodation of Ships in the River Medway.
They write from Vienna that the Emperour has lately abolished, in the Mantua of Milan, a Number of Taxes amounting in the Whole to upwards of three Hundred Thousand Florins per Annum.
We are told that fresh Proposals have been made to the Duchess of Cumberland within this Week past, which, if not complied with, her Spouse will, it is said, be obliged to take the Command of a Squadron in the Asiatick Seas, or relinquish his Pretensions to being Lord High Admiral of Great Britain. This is the fixed Resolution of the Junta of Buckingham House.
The Party now forming is said to have Lord Rochford for their Leader, and some among them are for making an Alteration in the highest Department of the Law, though not with the Approbation of Lord Rochford, who has a great Opinion of the present Lord Chancellor's Abilities. The Earl of Northington, we are told, has not been consulted in Relation to any Changes that are to be made in Administration.
This Morning, about Half an Hour after nine o'Clock, the Inhabitants of London and Westminster were alarmed by some Shocks, as of an Earthquake, which three Times, in the Course of a Minute, shook the Windows and Furniture in the Houses, and greatly terrified some of the Inhabitants. On comparing the different Accounts it appears to have been chiefly felt at the west End of the Town, and near the Thames, at Chelsea, and towards the Fields: In Blackfriars it was felt greatly. Some took it only for the Firing of Cannon, or some such Thing. About Noon Information was said to be brought from Hounslow of three Powder Mills being blown up in that Neighbourhood. There are many, however, still of Opinion that it must have been an Earthquake, as there never was an Instance known of three Mills blowing up so regularly in Succession after each other.
In a large upper Room, in St. John's Square, several Persons present, who were quite still, heard four different and distinct Explosions; the two first close together, sounding nearly like that of Cannon at a Distance, and attended with a little rushing Noise. The Windows in this Room were not shook, but a slight Shock was felt at the Bottom Part of the House at the same Time.
There are Letters in Town from Stromness, in Orkney, informing, that from several Chests, Cordage, long Rasts, and Deals, thrown on Shore, there is Reason to believe that several Vessels have been shipwrecked lately in those Seas.
Mr. Moore's new Carriage is intended for a Country Stage, or travelling Carriage, for a Gentleman and his Family, and consists of two Carriages on four Wheels; the first is a long Coach that holds nine Persons, with a Place for the Coachman, and hangs upon the two fore Wheels; the other is the Body of Mr. Moore's one Horse Coach, which holds six Persons, and hangs upon the hind Wheels, with a Lug-

gage Box and a Place for Servants, &c. The Whole contains fifteen Persons under Cover, and is drawn by two Horses.
The Princess Dowager, we hear, intends accompanying her Daughter, the Princess of Brunswick, on her Return to the Continent, and that she will be absent from this Country a Twelvemonth.
The Defection of the Duke of Cumberland, owing to the ill Treatment he has met with from Court, will give Rise to a new Opposition, which, though not concurring in the Principles of the first, will join them in every Measure that tends to obstruct what is called the King's Business.
Yesterday Morning there was a Meeting of several respectable Persons in the Minority at the House of a patriotick Nobleman in Pallmall.
Some Expresses have lately arrived over Land from Gibraltar, which bring an Account that the Spaniards, so far from refusing to supply the Garrison with Provisions, behave in the most amicable Manner with the English.
They write from Gibraltar that a Portuguese Vessel, of five Hundred and fifty Tuns Burthen, from Turkey, had been taken by three Algerine Zebecks, and carried into Algiers. The Cargo is said to be valued at three Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling.
His Majesty has given Orders for the Soldiers on Duty in the Park to be relieved an Hour sooner than usual, during the frosty Weather; and the Night Guards are to be furnished with thick Fur Gloves, the same as their Caps.
His Majesty has given two Hundred Pounds, out of his privy Purse, to be distributed among the Workmen, and other Sufferers by the blowing up of the Powder Mills.
Robert Gunning, Esquire, his Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of Berlin, is appointed to succeed Lord Cathcart, in that Station, at Petersburg.
Tuesday some particular Instructions were sent to his Excellency Lord Cathcart, his Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of Petersburg, which passed the Great Seal on Monday Evening; and we hear his Lordship will, at the same Time, receive his Letters of Recall.
Yesterday the Right Honourable the Earl of Harcourt took Leave of his Majesty, and on Sunday next he will set out on his Embassy to the Court of France.
Letters from Spain mention, that, by an Order of that Court, no Foreigners, of any Nation or Religion whatever, are to be employed, for the Future, on Board their Ships which go to the Spanish America.
They write from Brest that an Express had just arrived from Court with Orders to equip nine Sail of the Line and four Frigates with all Expedition; but the Object thereof is kept a profound Secret.
Very warm Contests are expected to take Place at the ensuing Meeting of Parliament, it being an undoubted Fact that some of the ablest, as well as the most strenuous Patriots, have been imported from a Sister Kingdom, for the Purpose of pushing a Question or two on this Side the Water.
It is asserted that a popular Bill, which has been hitherto unsuccessfully agitated, will be passed early the approaching Session, for the Purpose of conciliating the Affections of the People.
At the last Board of Admiralty the Stationing of the several Men of War fitting out for Sea in the different Dockyards was fixed, and Instructions were sent to the Commissioners for carrying the same into Execution.
Extract of a Letter from the Hague, December 17.
The last Letters from Vienna advise that the great Advantages gained by the Russians over the Turks have made such an Impression upon the Empress Queen, and her Ministry, that there is Reason to hope her Imperial Majesty will be more inclined than heretofore to listen to the Terms proposed for bringing about a Peace between the Russians and the Turks."
Mr. Adair and Doctor Jebb arrived at Pisa on the 10th of December; their Advice was that the Duke of Gloucester should continue in that Place some Time longer. His Royal Highness was at a masked Ball, in that City, on the 13th of the same Month.
On Friday last her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales was so much recovered from her late Illness, that, accompanied by her Serene Highness the Princess of Brunswick, she viewed the new Pantheon in Oxford Street, when both of them expressed the warmest Approbation of the Splendour, Taste, and Magnificence of that Building.
January 15. Lord North has appointed Mr. Maclean, late under Secretary of State, and Member for Arundel, to the Collectorship of Philadelphia, void by the Death of Grosvenor Bedford, Esquire.
We hear that the celebrated Doctor Dodd, whose Pretensions to a Mitre have been so long overlooked, in this degenerate Age, in Point of Taste as well as Politics, is likely to be obliged at last to cross the Atlantick, for the Reward of his Labours; this learned and able Divine being the first, and, we hear, the only Person under Contemplation at present for the new See of America.
It was resolved, a few Days since, that five Sail of Men of War should be fitted out immediately at Portsmouth and Plymouth, and ordered to cruise six Months in the Mediterranean.
Letters from Paris, dated December the 27th, say: "They write from St. Domingo that on the 3d of October last some violent Shocks of an Earthquake were felt at the Cape, which threw down the Church newly built, and several Houses."
Yesterday there was a Council held at the Queen's Palace, at which Lord North, the Secretaries of State, Earl Gower, &c. were present; his Excellency the Spanish Ambassador attended the whole Time, and, after it broke up, had a long Conference with the Earl of Rochford and Lord North.
ANNAPOLIS, March 26.
ON the 8th Instant, in Latitude 34 : 30, Longitude 64, west from London, Captain Chrystie spoke the Schooner Charming Nancy, John Baker Master, from Teneriffe, bound to Portsmouth in Virginia. He had then been out twelve Weeks; had met with very bad Weather, which had much damaged his Rigging and tore his Sails to Pieces, and was also in the utmost Distress for Want of Provisions. Captain Chrystie readily spared him some Cordage, Twine, and Needles, as also Provisions sufficient for three Weeks. Captain Baker providentially met with the above Assistance just as a Negro Boy was going to be sacrificed, in Order to appease the Gals of Nature, as the Crew had been some Time in extreme Want. The Schooner bore away for Bermudas, in Order to repair her Damage.
WILLIAMSBURG, April 9.
WE are informed that the noted JOHN EYRE, Esquire, who though a Man of Fortune was lately transported into this Country for stealing Paper, died about three Days after his Arrival; and that five and twenty Hundred Pounds in Bank Notes, and fifty Guineas, were found in his Possession. From some Letters found about him, he appears to have been one of the greatest Miscreants that ever existed; he had lost a Leg, and was of a most rueful Figure, an Index, as it would seem, of the Depravity of his Heart.
The County of Botetourt has been divided this Assembly, and we are informed that the new County is to be called Fincastle. The County of Frederick has likewise had two new Counties taken from it, one of which is named Berkeley, the other Dunmore.
On TUESDAY next, being the 14th Instant,
A NEW COMEDY, CALLED
FALSE DELICACY,
By the Author of A WORD TO THE WISE.
It may not be improper to give Notice that the Theatre in Williamsburg will be closed at the End of the April Court, the American Company's Engagements calling them to the Northward, from whence, it is probable, they will not return for several Years.
Advertisements.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, April 1, 1772.
THE several County Court Clerks are desired to take Notice that it is a standing Regulation, at the Council Board, not to grant any new Commission of the Peace upon the Recommendation of any Court, unless the Clerk certify therewith what Justices were present when such Recommendation was made, and also send a List of all the Magistrates named in the Commission, distinguishing such as are acting Justices from such as have refused to qualify, or do not act. For Defects of this Kind some late Recommendations have been rejected, and the above Regulation will, in future, be strictly enforced.
JOHN BLAIR, Clerk to the Council.
SHOOTER'S HILL, April 6, 1772.
I OBSERVE that Mr. William Cowane, of King William, has advertised, in Mr. Rind's Gazette, sixteen Hundred Acres of Land, in New Kent County, for Sale, which he undertakes to make a Title to, as an Executor to Captain William Langborn, Part of the Land being mortgaged by my Father, Mr. John Smith, to the said Executor; but, from his Description, and the Quantity, I find he has undertaken to include about six Hundred Acres which I heir from my Mother, and therefore think it necessary to inform the Publick that no Conveyance of his will make a proper Title.
AUGUSTINE SMITH.
TWO Bales of German OSNABRUGS, and two Bales of German ROLLS, damaged in the Matty, Captain Fox, will be sold, for the Benefit of the Ensurers, at Warwick, on Saturday the 25th Instant (April) Six Months Credit will be given. JOHN LEITCH.
THE Remainder of Mr. Harry Beverley's LAND, in the County of Orange, will be sold, at the Courthouse of the said County, on Thursday the 23d Instant (April) being Court Day.
MECKLENBURG, April 1, 1772.
ARCHIBALD M C NABB intends for Great Britain soon.
MECKLENBURG, April 1, 1772.
JOHN DENNIS, Junior, intends for Britain soon.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, before Mr. Riddler's Door, in HAMPTON, on Thursday the 23d Instant (April) being Elizabeth City Court Day.
A LARGE DWELLINGHOUSE, with four Rooms on a Floor, and a fine Brick Cellar, together with a LOT of GROUND, situated on the main Street, in the said Town. The Terms of Payment will be made known at the Time of Sale.
HENRY BATTS.
To be SOLD, at PASQUOTANK Courthouse (North Carolina) on the 10th of June next, to the highest Bidder, at publick Vendue, the following Tracts of LAND:
BETWEEN three and four Hundred Acres on the north Side of Pasquotank River, about three Miles below the Courthouse, with three small Houses thereon; it is exceeding well timbered, chiefly high Land, Part of which is cleared, an agreeable Situation, and commands an extensive Prospect.
About two Hundred Acres on Arancus Creek, a little above the other Tract, with a large two Story Brick House on it; near sixty Acres of it is cleared Land, the rest is well timbered, and the Whole is on navigable Water for small Craft. There is a very fine Apple Orchard, and other Improvements upon this Tract.
About five Hundred Acres on Pasquotank River, a little below the River Bridge, four Hundred and fifty Acres of which is rich Cypress and Juniper Swamp; the rest is high Land, well cleared, and under a good Fence, with several Improvements, particularly a good Cart Road from the Water Side a considerable Way up the Swamp; the Whole or it lies on ten to twelve Feet Water clear to the Bank.
The Purchasers are to give Bond, with approved Security, payable in twelve Months from the Day of Sale. The Premises may be entered on immediately, and the Subscriber, who lives on Arancus Creek, will show the same to any Person inclined to purchase.
MATTHIAS ILLCOOD.
WILLIAM HOLLIDAY, and Co.
COACH MAKERS,
From LONG-ACRE, LONDON,
BEG Leave to inform the Publick that they have opened a Shop, in the Street leading to the Capitol Landing, next Door to Mr. Shepherd's, Harness Maker, where those Gentlemen who choose to favour them with their Custom may be supplied with PHÆTONS, DOUBLE and SINGLE CHAIRS, made in the neatest and genteellest Manner, and at the most reasonable Rates; also Carriages neatly repaired, with the utmost Expedition. They will undertake all Kinds of JOINERS and CARPENTERS WORK, and HOUSE PAINTING in general. WILLIAMSBURG, April 9, 1772.
THIRTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Pettersworth Parish, Gloucester County, on the 6th Instant (April) a Convict Servant named THOMAS WARTON, born at Hackney, near London, eighteen Years of Age, about five Feet five or six Inches high, of a fair Complexion, a little pitted with the Smallpox, and has short dark brown Hair. He had on, when he went away, a Check Shirt, black Cloth Breeches, a black Cloth Waistcoat with Shalloon Sleeves, dark Worsted Stockings, and old Shoes, but had neither Buckles nor Hat. It is likely he may change both his Name and Clothes, and endeavour to pass for a Freeman. He was purchased on Board the Jufitia , near Leeds Town, Rappahannock River, on the 24th of February last. FIFTEEN SHILLINGS of the above Reward will be paid to any Person who will secure the above Servant in Gloucester County, and THIRTY SHILLINGS if secured elsewhere, provided proper Information be given to me, so that I may get him again. A. HAMILTON.
N. B. Masters of Vessels, &c. are forewarned not to harbour or carry him out of the Colony, at their Peril.
RUN away from the Ship Jufitia , at Leeds
Town, JOSEPH LOVEDAY, a Convict, about twenty three Years of Age, with red Hair, and lame of one Leg; he had on, when he went away, a white Flannel Waistcoat, and a Pair of black Stocking Breeches. Whoever delivers him on Board the Jufitia , at Leeds, or to Mr. Thomas Lawson, at Neabsco Furnace, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and if he is taken at more than ten Miles Distance from either Place all reasonable Charges shall be allowed. THOMAS HODGE.
WILLIAMSBURG, April 9, 1772.
STOLEN out of my Stable, on Friday the 3d Instant (April) a light gray MARE, fourteen Hands high, remarkably gaunt and long, but I believe is neither docked nor branded. Whoever brings her to me shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, and FIVE POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief. JOHN TYLER.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub-
scriber, about the first of November last, a large dark bay HORSE, with a Star in his Forehead, two white hind Feet, and a small black Spot about the Middle of his Neck, on the near Side. Whoever brings him to me, at Fredericksburg, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. ALEXANDER BLAIR.
TAKEN up, in Orange, a dark bay
HORSE with some White in his Forehead, is Hip-shot, has a Bob Tail, branded on the near Buttock D, and had on a pretty good Bell. Posted, and appraised to thirty five Shillings. CHARLES SMITH.
TAKEN up, in Orange, a bay HORSE about four Feet seven or eight Inches high, between seven and eight Years old, and branded on the near Shoulder V. Posted, and appraised to ten Pounds. JOHN HARVEY.
TAKEN up, in Orange, a sorrel HORSE about four Feet five or six Inches high, with a Blaze Face, branded on the near Buttock H, and Something resembling the Bottom of a Stirrup Iron; he had a Bell fastened on with a large Leather Collar and Buckle. Posted, and appraised to six Pounds. ANTHONY FOSTER.
NORFOLK, March 27, 1772.
THE Subscriber, Executrix to the Estate of
her late Husband, Matthew Rothery, deceased, hereby requests all those who have any Demands against the Deceased to bring in their Accounts, properly attested; and those who are indebted to the said Estate, or to Rothery and Meban, are earnestly entreated to an immediate Compliance of their Contracts, and Payment of their respective Dues, at the April General Court. There will be sold, at Vendue, on Tuesday the 12th of May, for ready Money, the Ship MOLLY , with all her Materials, consisting of Sails, Rigging, Anchors, Cables, &c. belonging to the said Estate; also a Hundred Pound Share in the Town Point Company Wharf. There will also be sold, a few Months hence, two Thousand three Hundred and fifty Acres of LAND, lying up the Southern Branch, Part of which has a Quantity of choice Timber on it, with a Grist Mill, now in Repair, which rents for sixty Pounds a Year, and a convenient Place to erect a Saw Mill. A large Flat can come within a few Yards of the Mill. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, who has for Sale, or to hire, several valuable SLAVES, among whom are two that have been used to work in a Blacksmith's Shop. MARY ROTHERY, Executrix.
EREDERICKSBURG, March 25, 1772.
I INTEND to leave the Colony soon after
the April General Court, and request all Persons indebted to Hopton and Blair will come and settle their Accounts. It is expected that those who are not constant Customers to the Store, and whose Accounts have been standing upwards of twelve Months, will make immediate Payment, and prevent Suits, which, in Case of Failure, will be commenced against them without Respect to Persons. Payments will be made to those who have Balances in their Favour. The Business, in my Absence, will be carried on, to its usual Extent, by my Partner, Mr. David Blair. ISAAC HESLOP.
THE Ship INDUSTRY, now lying at
City Point, bound for London, will take Tobacco on Liberty of Consignment. She is a fine Ship, and has good Accommodations for Passengers. Orders will be received by Messrs. Eilbeck, Rofs, and Company, at Norfolk, Petersburg, and Richmond, or by the Subscriber on Board, who will also attend the neighbouring County Courts. As near Half the Cargo is engaged, she will soon be loaded. JAMES LOWES.
THE Subscribers having proved the Will
of Mr. Philip Whitehead Claiborne, deceased, request all those who are indebted to his Estate to pay their respective Balances to Mr. George Brooke immediately, and those who have Demands are desired to make them known to us, that we may provide to discharge them. We have for Sale the Remainder of the said Claiborne's STORE GOODS, amounting to six Hundred Pounds Sterling, chiefly imported last Fall; and the Store, Dwellinghouse, and Ferry, at Williams's Warehouse, are to be rented. The Terms may be known by applying to
CARTER BRAXTON, PETER LYONS, GEORGE BROOKE, Executors.
N. B. Mr. James Turner will attend at the Store, in Order to settle with the Customers.
GEORGE III. by the Grace of GOD of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to the Sheriff of Surry County, greeting: We command you that you summon Theophilus Shannon, and Anne his Wife, to appear before our Justices of our Court of our said County, in Chancery, at the Courthouse, on the third Tuesday in April next, to answer a Bill in Chancery exhibited against Hamilton Usher St. George, and Mary his Wife, and the said Theophilus Shannon, and Anne his Wife, and Joseph Holt, by William Clayton, his Guardian, by William Spratley, and William Clayton. And this they shall in no Wise omit, under the Penalty of one Hundred Pounds each. Witness William Nelson, Clerk of our said Court, at the said Courthouse, the 24th Day of March, 1772, in the twelfth Year of our Reign. WILLIAM NELSON.

POETS CORNER.
ODE, in Imitation of HORACE.
THE Snows are gone, the Grass regains Its former Verdure o'er the Plains; The Trees resume their Foliage green, And Nature yields a varied Scene;
TWO DITCHERS will meet with Encouragement by applying immediately to the Subscriber, who lives in Blandford.
HALLSFIELD (PRINCE GEORGE) March 20, 1772.
THE high blooded bay HORSE MERRY TOM, in great Perfection, stands at my House to cover Mares at fifteen Shillings a Leap, forty Shillings the Season, or three Pounds ten Shillings to ensure the Mare with Foal.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 23d of April, at the late Mansion House of Captain Henry Harrison, deceased, in Sussex County.
ALL the personal Estate of the said Deceased, consisting of some very elegant Household and Kitchen Furniture, and a Quantity of Plate; also Stocks of every Kind, among which are some blooded Colts, and the noted Horse Silver Heels.
To be SOLD, on the third Monday in April, being York Court Day, to the highest Bidder, before Mrs. Mitchell's Door, in York Town.
A HUNDRED and ninety eight Acres of LAND, on the Head of Back River, in Charles Parish, York County, whereon is a Dwellinghouse and several Outbuildings, a very large Apple and Peach Orchard, and a very good Tub Mill.
To be SOLD, at Vendue, on Monday the 13th of April, at Gosport, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, for ready Money.
THE Sails, Rigging, Anchors, Cables, Boats, and other Furniture (which are all extraordinary good) saved from the Ship Margaret, which was cast away to the southward of Cape Henry, then commanded by Robert Spiers.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Northampton, North Carolina, a likely Virginia born Negro named KIT, a stout wel. set Fellow, about twenty two Years old, his fore Teeth are somewhat decayed, the Small of one of his Legs is much scarred, owing to a Fever having fallen into it, and has occasioned one of his Feet to be shorter than the other.
STOLEN out of the Subscriber's Pocket, on Monday the 16th Instant, at Dinwiddie Courthouse, a RED MOROCCO POCKET BOOK, containing, in Cash, one Five Pound Bill, three Forty Shilling Bills, two Twenty Shilling Ditto, and fifteen Pistracens;
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, a BAY HORSE about thirteen Hands high, with a Slit in each Ear, a Star in his Forehead, a Snip on his Nose, sundry Saddle Spots, and white hind Feet.
PRINCE EDWARD, March 10, 1772.
ALL Persons who have any Demands against me, on Account of the Estate of Robert Walton, deceased, late of Cumberland County, are hereby requested to make them known by the last Day of August next, as on that Day I purpose to sell, to the highest Bidder, at my House, sundry back LANDS belonging to the said Estate, in Order to satisfy all Demands that may then appear against it, and that my Executorship may be finally closed and discharged.
GEORGE WALTON, Executor.
WILLIAMSBURG, March 23, 1772.
THE Meeting of the Subscribers to the
Fund for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Clergymen will be held on Saturday the 2d of May next. The Preachers appointed for the Day following are the Reverend Mr. MAURY in the Morning, and the Reverend WILLIAM BLAND in the Afternoon.
JACOB BRUCE, Clerk.
WILLIAMSBURG, March 26, 1772.
CUTHBERT HUBBARD begs Leave to
inform his Customers, and others, that his House, near the College (with good Stables and Provision for Horses) is well accommodated for all Gentlemen who may please to indulge him with their Favours.
THE Weather setting in very bad on the
third Day of the Sale of Mr. Benjamin Grymes's Estate (before advertised by his Trustees) prevented the Whole from being sold, this is to give Notice that on the fourth Monday in May next, being Fair Day, will be sold, in Frederickburg, on Credit till the 25th of April 1773, between twenty and thirty SLAVES, a Tract of LAND, containing two Thousand Acres, near Lewis's Bridge, which will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, as can be agreed on at the Sale;
JOHN TAYLOR, FRANCIS THORNTON, WILLIAM FITZHUGH, } Trustees.
To be LET to the lowest Undertaker, at Urbanna, on Monday the 13th of April,
THE BUILDING of a BRICK CHURCH in the upper Part of Christ Church Parish, Middlesex. A considerable Sum of Money will be paid the Undertaker some Time this Summer.
RALPH WORMELEY, Junior, } Churchwardens. JAMES GREGORIE,
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Botetourt County,
a likely Negro Fellow named PETER, near six Feet high, had on, when he went away, a Blanket Coat, a Negro Cotton Jacket, a Bearskin great Coat, Leather Breeches, and Boots; he stole a bald Eagle HORSE, with a white Mane and Tail, and is supposed to be gone towards Carolina.
JOHN NEALLIE.
TAKEN up, in Prince George, a sorrel
HORSE about five Years old this Spring, four Feet six or seven Inches high, with a Switch Tail and Half roach'd Mane, a few white Hairs in his Forehead, his Back and Buttocks intermixed with white Hairs, but has no perceivable Brand.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
TAKEN up, in Halifax, a sorrel MARE about four Feet six or seven
Inches high, with a Star in her Forehead, a large Saddle Spot on her Withers, and a large Scar on her near Leg, which appears to have been done by a Rope, but has no perceivable Brand.
NASH GLIDEWELL.
To be SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND, well situated, lying on East River, in Gloucester County, containing six Hundred Acres, with several Improvements. The Terms may be known by applying to me, near the Premises.
HENRY WHITING.
STOLEN, or STRAYED, from Elk
Island, in Goochland, last June, after the Fresh, a large young sorrel MARE, branded JW; also a bay MARE about three Years old, and two Iron gray COLTS, neither dockt nor branded. Whoever brings them to me shall have FOUR POUNDS Reward, or TWENTY SHILLINGS for each, besides reasonable Charges.
JAMES AUSTIN.
For SALE,
THE following Tracts of LAND, in Pittsylvania, namely, four Hundred Acres on Banister River, seven Hundred and seventy on Beaver Creek, three Hundred and forty five on Burch's Creek, three Hundred and eighty on Leatherwood, and four Hundred on Snow Creek. These Lands were formerly the Property of Mr. Samuel Gordon, deceased. The Price, and Time of Payment, may be known by applying to me in Petersburg.
JERMAN BAKER.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub-
scriber, some Time in December last, a bright bay HORSE about four Feet seven or eight Inches high, eight or nine Years old, paces very little, trots and gallops, has a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and is branded on the near Buttock cL in a Piece. As I understand he was bred by Charles Lewis, at Buck Island, Albemarle County, he may have made that Way. Whoever delivers him to Andrew Chalmers, in Richmond Town, or to the Subscriber, in Amherst, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and FIVE POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief.
THOMAS LUMPKIN.
To be SOLD, or RENTED for a Term of Years, and entered upon the 1st of March,
A COMMODIOUS well built STORE in the Town of Petersburg, adjoining the Tobacco Warehouses, three Stories high, with a good Room fronting the Main Street, four good Rooms with Fireplaces, and a Granary, with a Cellar that will hold sixty Hogheads; also a Warehouse forty Feet by twenty, built last Year, Stable, and Kitchen that is also new. The Lot is well enclosed, and the Whole is in good Repair. For Terms apply to Richard Lamb, on the Premises, or to the Subscriber, in Norfolk.
JOHN GREENWOOD.
JAMES HALDANE, COPPER SMITH and BRASS FOUNDER from Philadelphia, in Church Street, near the Church, Norfolk,
MAKES and sells all Sorts of COPPER and BRASS WORK, namely, Sills, Brewing Coppers, Sugar Boilers, Fullers and Hatters Coppers, Capuchin Plate Warmers, Tea Kettles, all Sorts of Ship, Fish, and Wash Kettles, Stew Pans, Dutch Ovens, Tea Kettles, Saucepans, Coffee and Chocolate Pots, Bras Mill Work, Furniture for Coach and Chair Harness, Fenders, Andirons, Candlesticks, Cocks, &c. at the most reasonable Rates. Also tins and mends all Sorts of old Copper, Bras and Bras Kitchen Work, and gives the best Prices for old Copper, Bras, Pewter, or Lead.
All Orders from the Country will be punctually attended to.
N. B. He deals for Cash, or Country Produce.
Those who have old Bras, Copper, Pewter, or Lead, to dispose of, are desired to apply to Mr. Joseph Kidd, in Williamsburg, or to Mr. McCaa, in Hampton, who will receive it for me, and pay them the Value; they will likewise receive old Work to be repaired.
Six Thousand three Hundred Acres of LAND to be sold at Frederick Town, on Thursday the 28th of May next.
BY Virtue of an Act of Assembly of the Province of Maryland, empowering the Executors of Colonel Thomas Colvill to grant Deeds to Mr. John Semple, his Heirs or Assigns, for a certain Tract of LAND called Merryland, in Frederick County, and Province aforesaid, containing six Thousand three Hundred Acres, we the Subscribers, being Assigns of the said Semple, and having received from the Executors of Colonel Colvill sufficient Deeds for the Land aforesaid, do hereby undertake to dispose of the same, at the Time and Place above mentioned.
It is laid off in Lots, in the most advantageous Manner, so that only one of them will make one, two, or three good Settlements, as will appear by the Plat, a Copy of which may be seen at the Coffeehouses of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Annapolis, in the Hands of Cumberland Wilson at Dumfries, Adam Stewart at George Town, and Charles Beatty at Frederick Town, who will direct those desirous of seeing the Land to a Person acquainted with the Boundaries, on or near the Premises, who will show them the same; but as we intend to meet on the Spot ourselves, a few Days before the Sale, in Order to run the Lines, &c. those inclined to purchase will have an Opportunity of viewing it with us, by attending from Monday the 25th of May till the 28th, being the Day of Sale.
This Land is very suitable for Planting or Farming, being well watered and timbered, no Settlement having ever been made on it, and is a very good Soil. It lies along the Banks of Potomack River, adjoining it for a considerable Way, near to Harper's Ferry, the main Road from which to Frederick Town (a very flourishing, populous Place) runs through it, from which Place it is only distant about nine Miles, from George Town, the Seaport of the County, forty five Miles, and from Baltimore about sixty five, at each of which Places a constant and ready Market may be found for all Kinds of Produce.
Its Situation on Potomack River must be of considerable Advantage to it, and in Time may add immensely to its Value, when the Navigation is opened, which may be done, without any great Difficulty, for a considerable Distance, there being at present a tolerable Navigation both below and above, it lying near the Shenandoah Falls, from whence, up to Fort Cumberland, a Hundred and ten Miles, Battoes now frequently pass, and downwards, to the Seneca Falls, twenty five Miles, which is within twenty Miles of George Town.
It will be sold in separate Lots, or altogether, for Sterling or current Money, as may best suit the Purchasers; one Third to be paid down at the Sale, another Third payable in twelve Months, and the other in two Years, on giving Bond and Security, with Interest till paid. A most undoubted Title will be made the Purchasers.
ADAM STEWART. THOMAS MONTGOMERIE. CUMBERLAND WILSON.
GOOCHLAND, January 13, 1772.
RUN away from the Subscriber, some Time
ago, a likely Negro Man named SUBA, talks but indifferent English, and squints pretty much. He ran away twice before, was once apprehended at Hobb's Hole, and another Time at Essex Courthouse, and is now supposed either to be in that Part of the Country or lurking about Mattox Warehouse, as he once lived there with Mr. Archibald Brice. I will give FIVE POUNDS for taking him up, and SIXPENCE a Mile for conveying him to me from the Place where he may be apprehended; and in Case it should be inconvenient to bring him to me, I will give the above Reward for securing him in the Jail of the County where he is taken.
JOHN BOLLING.
WARRASQUEAK Bay, November 18, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Isle of
Wight, a Negro named JACK, about five and thirty Years of Age, five Feet ten Inches high, a slim, clean made, talkative, artful, and very saucy Fellow. Also a Negro Woman named VENUS, thirty two Years old, five Feet four Inches high, stout made, very smooth tongued, and has been five Years accustomed to the House. They worked in the Dismal Swamp about two Years, under Mr. John Waddington, and carried with them several different Kinds of Apparel. Whoever delivers the said Negroes to me, or secures them so that I may get them, shall have a Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS for each.
NATHANIEL BURWELL.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 19, 1771.
WHEREAS the Revenues of the College,
unless more Care and Exactness be used in the Collection of them, cannot continue equal to the Expenses; and whereas a considerable Amount is due to the College, which arises from small Sums easy to be paid by each individual Debtor, all Persons concerned are therefore desired to take Notice of the following Regulations, passed at a late Meeting of the President and Masters:
If any Person who owes Money to the College on Bond does not either pay off all the Interest, that is or shall be due, on or before the 10th of May next, or in the mean Time give a new Bond, with approved Security, for the whole Debt, both Principal and Interest, his Bond shall be put into a Lawyer's Hand on the said 10th of May, with Orders to bring Suit, and obtain Satisfaction for it as speedily as the Forms of Law will permit. If, after the said 10th of May, the Interest due on any Bond be not regularly paid, at the Expiration of each Year, the Bond shall be put in Suit without farther Notice or Delay.
A salutary Order of the Visitors and Governors, directing every Boarder, on his Admission into the College, to pay for six Months Board in Advance, is evaded and rendered nugatory if the like Sum be not paid per Advance by every Boarder at the End of each Half Year. All, therefore, who are in Arrears for Board, are required to discharge them by the said 10th of May. On Failure, the Boarder shall be dismissed from the College until the Accounts against him be discharged, or recovered by Suit. And after the 10th of May next, if Payment for Board in Advance, as above mentioned, be neglected, the Boarder shall not be suffered to continue in the College for more than one Month after such Neglect, but shall, in that Time, be sent away with his Account, and shall not be received again till it be discharged.
All Surveyors who have not settled with the Burfar of the College, for all their publick and private Surveys since the General Court in April last, are required to settle with him before the 10th of May next, under the Penalty of being superseded, and having their Bonds sued. If among these Surveyors there be any from whom Nothing is due to the College, it is demanded of them, under the same Penalty, to transmit to the Burfar attested Declarations of there being Nothing due from them to the College. And, after the 10th of May next, if any Surveyor shall omit sending attested Accounts or Declarations (as above specified) annually, he shall be superseded, and have his Bond sued.
That this Advertisement may not be treated with that Contempt which several Notices of the like Kind have met with, and that no Body may hereafter plead Want of due Information concerning the Premises, this Advertisement is to be printed weekly in the Gazette until the 10th of May next ensuing. By Order of the President and Masters.
ROBERT MILLER, Burfar.
To be LET on LEASE,
A VERY large and commodious HOUSE in the Town of Petersburg, built for a Tavern, and well fitted for that Business; it is two Stories high, has a Number of very convenient Lodging Rooms, and large and small Rooms for the Entertainment of Guests. Any Person qualified for the Business of a Tavern Keeper, with a proper Capital, may find this an advantageous a Situation as any on the Continent. Apply to the Subscriber, who lives on the Premises.
THOMAS EGLETON.
For SALE,
THE LAND whereon I live, in Middlesex, containing about two Thousand two Hundred Acres, in good Order for Cropping, with Orchards and Buildings equal to any in the Colony; also thirteen Hundred Acres on the River Pianketank, in the County of Gloucester, with a Mill, and good Orchards. The Stocks, which are very large, may be had with the Lands. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to
AUGUSTINE SMITH.
ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12s. 6d. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for 3s. the first Week, and 2s. each Week after. All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with Care and Expedition.