The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg, Va.), 1771-05-09 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
Open to ALL PARTIES, but influenced by NONE.
LONDON, March 8.
THE PROTEST
Entered into by the Lords of the Majority.
DISSENTIENT.
BECAUSE it is highly unsuitable to the wisdom and gravity of this House, and to the respect which we owe to his Majesty and ourselves, to carry up to the Throne an address approving the acceptance of an imperfect instrument, which has neither been previously authorised by any special full powers produced by the Spanish Minister, nor been as yet ratified by the King of Spain.
II. Because it is a direct insult on the feelings and understanding of the people of Great-Britain to approve this declaration and acceptance, as a means of securing our own and the general tranquility, whilst the greatest preparations for war are making, both by sea and land, and whilst the practice of pressing is continued, as in times of the most urgent necessity, to the extreme inconvenience of trade and commerce; and with the greatest hardships to one of the most meritorious and useful orders of his Majesty's subjects.
III. Because the refusing to put the questions to the Judges upon points of law, very essentially affecting this great question, and the refusing to address his Majesty to give orders for laying before this House the instructions relating to Falkland's island, given to the commanders of his Majesty's ships employed there, is depriving us of such lights as seemed highly proper for us on this occasion.
IV. Because, from the declaration and correspondence laid before us, we are of opinion that the Ministers merit the censure of this House, rather than any degree of commendation, on account of several improper acts, and equally improper omissions, from the beginning to the close of this transaction.
For it is asserted by the Spanish Minister, and stands uncontradicted by our's, that several discussions had passed between the Ministers of the two Courts, upon the subject of Falkland's island, which might give the British Ministers reason to foresee the attack upon that settlement that was afterwards made by the forces of Spain. Capt. Hunt also arriving from thence so early as the third of June last, did advertise the Ministers of repeated warnings and menaces made by Spanish Governors and commanders of ships of war; yet so obstinately negligent and supine were his Majesty's Ministers, and so far from the vigilance and activity required by the trust and duty of their offices, that they did not even so much as make a single representation to the Court of Madrid, which if they had done, the injury itself might have been prevented, or at least so speedily repaired, as to render unnecessary the enormous expences to which this nation has been compelled, by waiting until the blow had been actually struck, and the news of so signal an insult to the Crown of Great-Britain had arrived in Europe. To this wilful, and therefore culpable, neglect of representation to the Court of Spain, was added another neglect; a neglect of such a timely preparation for putting this nation in such a state of defence as the menacing appearances on the part of Spain, and the critical condition of Europe required. These preparations, had they been undertaken early, would have been executed with more effect, and less expence; would have been far less distressing to our trade, and to our seamen; would have authorised us in the beginning to have demanded, and would, in all probability, have induced Spain to consent to an immediate, perfect, and equitable settlement of all the points in discussion between the two Crowns; but all preparation having been neglected, the national safety was left depending rather upon accidental alterations in the internal circumstances of our neighbours, than in the proper and natural strength of the kingdom; and this negligence was highly aggravated by the refusal of administration to consent to an address proposed by a noble Lord, in this House, last session, for a moderate and gradual augmentation of our naval forces.
V. Because the negotiation, entered into much too late, was from the commencement, conducted upon principles as disadvantageous to the wisdom of our public counsels, as it was finally concluded in a manner disgraceful to the honour of the Crown of Great-Britain; for it appears, that the Court of Madrid did disavow the act of hostility, as proceeding from particular instructions, but justified it under her general instructions to her Governors; under the oath by them taken, and under the established laws of America. This general order was never disavowed nor explained; nor was any disavowal or explanation thereof ever demanded by our Ministers; and we apprehend that this justification of an act of violence, under general orders, established laws, and oaths of office, to be far more dangerous and injurious to this kingdom, than the particular enterprize which has been disavowed, as it evidently sup-
poses that the Governors of the Spanish American provinces, are not only authorised, but required, without any particular instructions, to raise great forces by sea and land, and to invade his Majesty's possessions in that part of the world, in the midst of profound peace.
VI. Because this power, so unprecedented and alarming, under which the Spanish Governor was justified by his Court, rendered it the duty of our Ministers to insist upon some censure or punishment upon that Governor, in order to demonstrate the sincerity of the Court of Madrid, and of her desire to preserve peace, by putting at least some check upon those exorbitant powers asserted by the Court of Spain to be given to her Governors. But although our Ministers were authorised, not only by the acknowledged principles of the law of nations to call for such censure or punishment, but also by the express provision of the seventeenth article of the treaty of Utrecht, yet they have thought fit to observe a profound silence on this necessary article of public reparation. If it were thought that any circumstances appeared in the particular case of the Governor to make an abatement or pardon of the punishment advisable, that abatement or pardon ought to have been the effect of his Majesty's clemency, and not an impunity to him, arising from the ignorance of our Ministers in the first principles of public law, or their negligence or pusillanimity in asserting them.
VII. Because nothing has been had or demanded as a reparation in damage for the enormous expence and other inconveniencies arising from the causeless and unprovoked violence of the Spanish forces in the enterprize against Falkland's island, and the long subsequent delay of justice; it was not necessary to this demand, that it should be made in any improper or offensive language, but in that stile of accommodation which has ever been used by able negotiators.
VIII. Because an unparallelled and most audacious insult has been offered to the honour of the British flag, by the detention of a ship of war of his Majesty's, for twenty days after the surrender of Port Egmont, and by the indignity of forcibly taking away her rudder; this act could not be supported upon any idea of being necessary to the reduction of the fort, nor was any such necessity pretended. No reparation in honour has been demanded for this wanton insult, by which his Majesty's reign is rendered the unhappy era in which the honour of the British flag has suffered the first stain with entire impunity.
IX. Because the Spanish declaration, which our Ministers have advised his Majesty to accept, does, in general words, imply his Majesty's disavowal of some acts on his part, tending to disturb the good correspondence of the two Courts; when it is notorious, that no act of violence whatsoever had been committed on the part of Great-Britain. By this disavowal of some implied aggression in the very declaration, pretended to be made for reparation of the injured dignity of Great-Britain, his Majesty is made to admit a supposition contrary to truth, and injurious to the justice and honour of his Crown.
X. Because in the said declaration, the restitution is confined to Port Egmont, when Spain herself originally offered to cede Falkland's island, it is known that she made her forcible attack on pretence of title to the whole; and the restitution ought, therefore, not to have been confined to a part only, nor can any reason be assigned, why the restitution ought to have been made in narrow or more ambiguous words than the claims of Spain, on which her act of violence was grounded, and her offers of restitution originally made.
XI. Because the declaration, by which his Majesty is to obtain possession of Port Egmont, contains a reservation or condition of the question of a claim of prior right of sovereignty in the Catholic King to the whole of Falkland's island being the first time such a claim has ever authentically appeared in any public instrument, jointly concluded on by the two Courts. No explanation of the principles of this claim has been required, although there is just reason to believe that these principles will equally extend to restrain the liberty, and confine the extent of British navigation. No counter claim has been made on the part of his Majesty to the right of sovereignty, in any part of the said island ceded to him; any assertion whatsoever, of his Majesty's right of sovereignty, has been studiously avoided, from the beginning to the accomplishment of this unhappy transaction; which, after the expence of millions, settles no contest, asserts no right, exacts no reparation, affords no security, but stands as a monument of reproach to the wisdom of the national Councils, of dishonour to the essential dignity of his Majesty's Crown, and of disgrace to the hitherto untainted honour of the British flag.
After having given these reasons, founded on the facts which appear from the papers, we think it necessary here to disclaim an invidious and injurious imputation, substituted in the place of fair argument, that they who will not approve of this convention, are for precipitating their country into the calamities of war; we are as far from the design, and we trust much farther from the act of kindling the flame of war, than those who have advised his Majesty to accept of the declaration of the Spanish Ambassador.
We have never entertained the least thought of invalidating this public act; but if Ministers may not be cen-
sured, or even punished, for treaties which, though valid, are injurious to the national interest and honour, without a supposition of the breach of public faith in this House, that should censure or punish, or of a breach of the laws of humanity, in those who propose such censure or punishment; the use of the Peers, as a controul on Ministers, and as the best, as well as highest, Council of the Crown, will be rendered of no avail. We have no doubt but a declaration more adequate to our just pretensions, and to the dignity of the Crown, might have been obtained without the effusion of blood; not only from the favourable circumstances of the conjuncture, but because our just demands were no more than any sovereign power, who had injured another through inadvertence, or mistake, ought, even from regard to its own honour, to have granted; and we are satisfied, that the obtaining such terms would have been the only sure means of establishing a lasting and honourable peace.
 Richmond, Audley,  Bolton, King,  Manchester, Torrington,  Tankerville, Milton,  Chatham, Abergavenny,  Wycombe, Fitzwilliam,  Craven, Ponsonby,  Boyle, Scarborough,  Devonshire, Archer.  Dissentient.
Because, though the disavowal may be considered as humiliating to the Court of Spain, the declaration and acceptance, under the reservation of the question of prior right, do not, in my opinion, after the heavy expences incurred, either convey a satisfaction adequate to the insult on the honour of Great-Britain, or afford any reasonable grounds to believe that peace, on terms of honour, can be lasting.
RADNOR.
STOCKHOLM, February 13.
GUSTAVUS, eldest son of our late King, has been this day acknowledged, by the Senate, King of Sweden, of the Goths, and of the Vandals, &c. and his advancement to the Throne was immediately after proclaimed by a Herald in all the usual places of this city. The Baron Oernfield, Chamberlain, sets out this evening for Paris, to prepare our new King for receiving the news of the death of the King his father, which will be carried by a cabinet courier.
Hague, March 5. The Russian Minister hath received the following account from Petersburg, dated February 8. "Our troops have taken many magazines at Crajova, and in all the country behind the Olt, and our detachments have taken post opposite Vidden, within cannon shot of that place, and towards Calafat and Orsova, extending as far as the frontiers of Transylvania and the Bannat of Tameswar."
Vienna, February 16. They write from Constantinople, that the Governor of Trebisonde has revolted against the Porte, and it is said he gave the signal of his rebellion by openly setting fire to the town, half of which is burnt.
LONDON, March 6.
It is said the motion made in the Lower Assembly yesterday by Mr. P. was in substance, "That in the late negotiation with the Court of Spain, the Ministry have neglected to demand an explanation of the oath of office taken by the Spanish Governors in America, their general orders, and the established laws of America, under which these Governors pretend to act; by which neglect our possessions in America may remain exposed, and liable to be disturbed by the said Governors, under pretence of such oaths of office." Forty-three were for the motion, and 130 against it.
It is reported, that 5000l. per annum was offered to stop all further proceedings with respect to a claim on some lately discovered lead mines in Yorkshire.
It is said the value of the above mines will soon amount to 20,000l. per annum.
Letters from Paris give an account of several atrocious crimes lately committed in that capital. Amongst others, a young woman, who was disappointed in an amour by her mother, found means to poison her; since which she has confessed her guilt, but discovers not the least signs of contrition. And the son of a mercer, a few nights ago, killed his father and mother in their bed, with an iron bar which secured their shop door, and afterwards made the like attempt on his brother, but was not able to accomplish his purpose; and fearing he should be taken, stabbed himself in several parts of his body, and then threw himself into a well.
His Excellency GEORGE Lord VISCOUNT TOWNSEND, Lord Lieutenant General, and General Governor of Ireland, his SPEECH to both Houses of Parliament at Dublin, on Tuesday the 26th of Feb. 1771.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
IT is with the truest satisfaction that I obey his Majesty's command to meet you again in Parliament.
The affection which his Majesty bears to his faithful subjects of Ireland, and his readiness to concur with you in every measure which may conduce to their prosperity, have determined his Majesty to call you together at this time, that you may take into your serious consideration

such laws as shall be found to be immediately necessary for the general good of this country.
The present high price of corn is an object of the first importance, and demands your utmost attention; and I also recommend to you the continuance or revival of such laws, as from experience have proved of advantage to the public.
I have particular pleasure in being able to inform you, that not only the usual bounties on the exportation of linen have been continued by the British Parliament, but that they have been still further extended; a circumstance which I hope will be productive of beneficial effects to that manufacture.
Gentlemen of the House of Commons.
As I have reason to expect that, with very strict economy, the duties which were granted last session of Parliament, and which will not expire until Christmas next, may be sufficient to answer the expences of his Majesty's government, I am not now to ask for any further supply.
My Lords and Gentlemen.
The increase of his Majesty's Royal family, by the birth of another Princess since the last session of Parliament, is an event in which we are all interested, and must afford us the sincerest pleasure.
His Majesty's paternal care of this kingdom requires every return of gratitude on your part; and I have no doubt, from your known loyalty, that you will manifest your sense of his goodness by the temper and unanimity of your proceedings.
I rejoice in this opportunity of co-operating with you for the public welfare, and I flatter myself our endeavours will be mutual to bring this session to a speedy and happy conclusion.
Lord Chatham has promised his attendance in a certain Assembly on Tuesday next, if he can bear the motion of a carriage, or support the consequent fatigue.
There is scarce upon record an instance in which the too great influence of the Crown, in a certain place, is so much to be regretted, as was furnished the other day. For certainly nothing can exhibit to the mind of a free people so wretched a prospect, as where such influence shall be exerted in a dispute on matter of private property.
Twenty commissions of bankruptcy have passed the seal since Monday last.
We are informed for a certainty, that the Chief Justice of the King's Bench will retire in a few weeks.
The President of a great Assembly, we are assured, is to succeed Lord Mansfield.
Mr. Cornwall, we are likewise well informed, will succeed the President.
Recruiting officers, for the future, are to be allowed no more than three guineas and a half for recruiting, of which the recruits are to have no more than one guinea and a half.
Yesterday Mr. Dowdeswell made a motion in the Lower Assembly, respecting the power of juries, and at half past ten the House divided, when there was a very great majority against it.
Extract of a letter from Dublin, Feb. 27.
Yesterday our Parliament met, when the forces on both sides were mustered; there were more members in the House than were ever known on any other occasion. The question on the proposed address was carried by a majority of 25, in favour of government, to the surprise of every body, who have so long seen the great parties of this country govern this kingdom as they pleased. At this time the great Chiefs were all united against it, and even pressed some servants of the Crown to oppose it at the hazard of their offices.
This day, however, has offered an unexpected, though no new scene, in this country; for when the House should have proceeded on the usual business of the day, a desperate mob, armed with clubs and cutlasses, surrounded the Parliament House, and attempted to swear several of the members, who very spiritedly refused the proposed oath. Upon which they insulted some and beat others, selecting with great care and nicety the supporters of government from the members in opposition. The Bishops of Ferns and Cork were both beat, and otherwise much abused. Lord Chief Justice Annelly, and Lord Tyrone, were also very roughly treated. Lord Loftus was particularly searched for; he is marked by the mob for joining government, and deserting from the patriots.
Whilst free access to Parliament was thus interrupted, the Lord Chancellor sent an account of these proceedings to the Lord Lieutenant. Soon after a detachment of the military was requested by the Mayor and Sheriffs, who had repaired to the castle. The Lord Lieutenant first asked them, whether they could quell the riot by the aid of the civil power alone; on their answering in the negative, the troops were sent; on their appearance the mob dispersed, and peace was soon restored.
Two of the ringleaders, armed with cutlasses, who attempted to swear the Bishops with a manual or Popish prayer-book, were taken and lodged in Newgate, by order of the House of Lords.
March 9. The following is an authentic copy of the King of Spain's ratification of the late convention. Translation of his Catholic Majesty's orders, signified by the Balo Fray Don Julian de Arriaga, to Don Philip Ruez Puente, dated Pardo, Feb. 7, 1771.
It being agreed between the King and his Britannic Majesty, * signed at London, on the 22nd of January last past, by the Prince of Masserano and the Earl of Rochford, that the Great Malouine, called, by the English, Falkland's island, should be immediately replaced in the precise situation in which it was before it was evacuated.
In the Spanish papers lately published, there is this striking passage in Lord Weymouth's letter to Mr. Harris, of October 17, 1770.
"I was ordered to say that his Majesty adheres invariably to his first demand, and that without entering into the unfounded objections to the matter of this proposed convention, the matter alone is totally inadmissible, for his Majesty cannot accept under a convention, that satisfaction to which he has so just a title."
ted by them, on the 10th of June last year; I signify to you, by the King's order, that as soon as the person commissioned by the Court of London shall present himself to you with this, you order the delivery of the Port de la Crusada or Egmont, and its fort and dependencies, to be effected; as also that of all the artillery, ammunition, and effects, that were found there, belonging to his Britannic Majesty and his subjects, according to the inventories signed by George Farmer and William Malby, Esquires, on the 11th of July of the said year, at the time of their quitting the same, of which I send you the inclosed copies, authenticated under my hand; and that as soon as one and the other shall be effected, with the due formalities, you cause to retire immediately the officer, and other subjects of the King, which may be there.
God preserve you many years.
Pardo, 7th Feb. 1771.
(Signed)
The Balo Fray Don Julian de Arriaga.
To Don Philip Ruez Puente.
Although the above is only a copy of the order for restitution, yet it is the only true instrument which the King of Spain has sent to our Court; and it has been accepted as a full ratification.
March 14. Tuesday, in the House of Commons, there was very warm work about ordering the printers to attend the House, for printing the speeches. On this occasion there were 23 divisions; an instance of which has not, perhaps, before been known. Col. Barre, Mr. Townsend, Mr. Sawbridge, Sir Joseph Mawbey, and several other Gentlemen, were strenuous advocates for the printers, and attacked the Ministry very severely.
The motion which Mr. Sawbridge was to have made on Tuesday could not come on, there being so much business about the printers.
The House did not rise till five o'clock yesterday morning, and some of the Members could not get away till six. They adjourned till this morning, when the printers of the six following papers are ordered to attend: The Morning Chronicle, The St. James's Chronicle, The London, Whitehall, and General Evening Post, and the London Packet.
The frequent Councils which have been held of late, we are assured were on account of Mr. Walpole's information, who lately arrived from France; and also that he attended them constantly by order.
It is said, that Mr. Potter will set out again in a few days for Madrid.
Orders were yesterday sent down to Spithead to Admiral Buckle, to send three men of war of his squadron to cruise between Ushant and Scilly.
It is reported, that the French have absolutely avowed their partiality for the Turkish cause; and are setting about the means openly to assist them in the ensuing campaign.
The following is an exact copy of the letter sent by the Speaker of the House of Commons of Ireland to the Members of that House, when he resigned the Chair. Dublin, March 4.
Gentlemen of the House of Commons.
"WHEN I had the honour of being unanimously elected to the Chair of this House, I entered on that high office with the warmest sentiments of loyalty to his Majesty, and the firmest determination to dedicate all my endeavours to transmit to my successor the rights and privileges of the Commons of Ireland, as inviolate as I received them.
"But, at the close of the last session of Parliament, his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant was pleased to accuse the Commons of a crime, which, I am confident, was as far from their intentions, as it ever was, and ever shall be, from mine, that of intrenching upon his Majesty's Royal prerogative, and the just and undoubted rights of the Crown of Great Britain: And as it has pleased the House of Commons to take the first opportunity, after this transaction of testifying the approbation of the conduct of the Lord Lieutenant by voting him an address of thanks this session, I must, as in my humble opinion that address conveys a tacit censure of the proceedings, and a relinquishment of the privileges of the Commons, beg leave to resign an office I can no longer execute with honour. Your choice may fall upon some Gentleman, whose sentiments on this occasion, may differ from mine, and who may not think an address of this nature so derogatory to the dignity of the House."
(Signed)
JOHN PONSONBY.
Extract of a letter from Dublin, March 1.
"The Parliament of Ireland met the 26th of February. Lord Townshend was insulted by the populace, in his way to and from the House. The usual addresses were moved in the Commons, and an amendment, that contained a compliment to the Lord Lieutenant, was carried (though all the allurements of Peerage, place, and pension, were held out, and every engine of ministerial influence set to work) by a majority of only 25. In the House of Lords, upon a motion of a similar nature, the victory was obtained for government by no more than 14 voices (though the Bishops were unanimous in its favour.) On the 27th the committees were to draw up the address; but so exasperated were the people at the proceedings of the day before, that several thousands of them assembled, with arms in their hands, and surrounded both Houses of Parliament. The Lords were dragged from their coaches, and many of them insulted and beaten. Three of the rioters were, however, apprehended, and with their hangers and pocket books, brought to the bar of the Upper House, and committed to Newgate; notwithstanding which, the Lords were so intimidated, that after having examined the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, who had by this time called in the assistance of the military power, they immediately adjourned. In the House of Commons, those who were not under the influence of government, warmly remonstrated against the impropriety of proceeding to business, while an army was posted at their door, to obstruct their debates, and bias their determinations. The altercations upon this subject continued till one in the morning, when the House adjourned without deciding any thing. When the House was up, and the Speaker on the floor, the Town Major came up to him, and desired to know what he would have done with the troops? The Speaker applied with great propriety, that he knew of no troops there;
and, as Speaker of the House of Commons, could give no advice in any point, except when he was in the Chair, with the mace upon the table before him. The 28th, the Commons debated till midnight, upon their sole right to originate money bills, by which means, the addresses are still postponed; and so strong is the opposition, that though the Court has a majority, they cannot carry them through. A circumstance never known in this country before, and which shews how obnoxious the present Lord Lieutenant is become. It seems however, as if the Ministry of England were determined to insult this country with his residence, even at the hazard of an insurrection. The mobs still continue, to the great terror of the Court party, who are in constant dread of being torn to pieces by the enraged populace. Lord Townshend has not been abroad since his return from the House of Lords, and his house in the country is obliged to be protected by soldiers, to prevent its being levelled with the ground."
MARCH 16.
An account of the proceedings relating to the PRINTERS.
Extracts from the Guildhall Rota Book.
Guildhall, March 15, 1771.
John Wheble, the publisher of the Middlesex Journal, was this day brought before Mr. Alderman Wilkes at Guildhall, by Edward Twine Carpenter, a printer, being apprehended by him in consequence of a proclamation in the London Gazette of Saturday the 9th of March instant; but the said Edward Twine Carpenter not having any other reason for apprehending the said Mr. Wheble than what appeared in that proclamation, the said Mr. Wheble was discharged; and then the said Mr. Wilkes charged Carpenter, for assaulting and unlawfully imprisoning him, and on his making oath of the offence, and entering into a recognizance to prosecute Carpenter at the next sessions in London, Carpenter was ordered to find sureties to answer for this offence, which he did, himself being bound in 40 l. and his two sureties in 20 l. each, and was thereupon discharged.—Carpenter requested a certificate of his having apprehended Wheble, which was given to him.
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Guildhall, March 15, 1771.
This is to certify, that John Wheble, the publisher of the Middlesex Journal, was this day apprehended and brought before me, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the city of London, by Edward Twine Carpenter, of Holtery-lane, London, printer.
JOHN WILKES, Alderman.
Immediately after this Mr. Wilkes wrote the following: To the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax, one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State.
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Guildhall of London, March 15, 1771.
"My Lord,
"I had the honour of officiating this day as the sitting Justice at Guildhall. John Wheble, the publisher of the Middlesex Journal, a freeman of London, was apprehended and brought before me by Edward Twine Carpenter, who appears to be neither a constable nor peace officer of this city. I demanded of what crime Wheble was accused, and if oath had been made of his having committed any felony or breach of the peace, or if he lay under a suspicion strong enough to justify his apprehension or detention. Carpenter answered, that he did not accuse Wheble of any crime, but had apprehended him merely in consequence of his Majesty's proclamation, for which he claimed the reward of fifty pounds. As I found there was no legal cause of complaint against Wheble, I thought it clearly my duty to adjudge, that he had been apprehended in the city illegally, in direct violation of the rights of an Englishman, and of the chartered privileges of a citizen of this metropolis, and to discharge him. He then made a formal complaint of the assault upon him by Carpenter; I therefore bound him over to prosecute in a recognizance of forty pounds, and Carpenter to appear and answer the complaint at the next quarter sessions of the peace for this city, in a recognizance of forty pounds himself, with two sureties in recognizance of twenty pounds each. I am, my Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient, humble servant,
Right Hon. Earl of Halifax. (Signed) JOHN WILKES."
To the Right Honourable Sir Fletcher Norton, Knight, Speaker of the House of Commons.
SIR,
On my return last Monday night from the country, whither my business had carried me, I was much astonished to be informed that some persons, pretending to be the Deputy Serjeant and Messengers of the House of Commons, had called several times at my house in my absence, declaring their intention to take me into custody by virtue of a pretended warrant from you; and that a writing had appeared in the Gazette, under the form of a pretended proclamation by his Majesty's authority, to order all his Majesty's loving subjects to apprehend John Wheble; and to forbid all persons to conceal him at their peril. In consequence of this information, better versed in printing than in law, I thought it proper to take the advice of counsel learned in the law upon my case; being desirous to yield an entire submission to the laws of my country, and knowing no reason why I should conceal myself, or why I should be apprehended, having never been guilty of any breach of those laws. Inclosed I have sent you a copy of my counsel's opinion, which I humbly desire you to lay before the House, and to inform the Honourable House, that I am determined to yield no obedience but to the laws of the land, and shall therefore abide by my learned counsel's opinion.
I am, in all lawful commands,
Your Honour's humble servant,
J. WHEBLE.
Pateroster Row, March 14, 1771.
CASE for Mr. MORRIS'S OPINION.
Juris 22 die Februarii, 1771.
Ordered, That J. Wheble do attend this House upon Tuesday morning next.
Ordered, That the service of the said order, by leaving a copy of the same at the usual place of abode of the said J. Wheble, be deemed equal to personal service, and be good service.
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J. HATSELL, Cl. Dom. Com.
The above writing, which is by some supposed to be a copy of an order, or pretended order, of the House of Commons, was left, upon Friday, February 22, 1771, at the house of Mr. John Wheble, within the city of London, being put into the hands of one of his servants by a person who stiled himself Mr. Senger to the House of Commons.
Upon Thursday, February 28, a person called at Mr. Wheble's house, and shewed a paper-writing, which he pretended to be some warrant or authority from the Speaker of the House of Commons, directing him to take
HEREBY give notice to all persons concerned in the great business, that they attend at the Council Chamber on the Wednesday immediately after the second Tuesday in next month. By order of the Council. WILLIAM BLAIR, jun. Cl. Council. Williamsburg, May 8, 1771.
THE wet weather last November having stopped the sale of the personal estate of the late John Mercer, Esq.; the remainder, consisting of household furniture, except beds, which were sold, about 200 ounces of fashionable plate, a genteel coach with harness for six horses, a chaise, a great collection of well chosen
books, &c. &c. will be sold at Marlborough, on Monday the 27th of this month, if fair, or wet fair day. Purchasers above five pounds will be credited till next Fredericksbury 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 Pagankey, as at last sale.

John Wilkes into custody, for his contempt in not obeying the orders of the House for his attendance on that day.
Upon Saturday, March 9, a paper, in the form of a Royal proclamation, appeared in the Gazette, intitled, by the King, a proclamation for apprehending John Wilkes and R. Thompson.
Mr. Wilkes did not appear to the above summons, either as he been apprehended upon the pretended warrant of the Speaker, or the pretended proclamation.
On Monday, in consequence of Col. Onslow's motion, Mr. Baldwin, T. Evans, T. Wright, and S. Bladen, publishers of four evening papers, attended the House of Commons.
While they were waiting there, T. Evans was sent for home, his wife having broke her leg. About ten o'clock H. Baldwin was called to the bar, and after some questions asked by the Speaker (which by the way was irregular, for the Chair does not usually examine) was directed to withdraw, and having been called in, and sent out several times, he was at length, between twelve and one o'clock, ordered to be reprimanded upon his knees; and being set at the bar, and upon his knees, the Speaker reprimanded him for having committed a breach of the privileges of that House, in printing the proceedings, and misrepresenting the speeches of the members.
Having received the reprimand upon his knees, he promised not to do so any more, upon which he was discharged. Then T. Wright and S. Bladen were called in, the former having received the like reprimand upon his knees, and both made the same promise, were also discharged.
W. Woodfall was likewise complained of, but another complaint being made against him in the Lords, he had been by them committed to Newgate for one month, and ordered to pay 200l. fine: so that he could not attend the Commons.
The minority debated this affair so strongly, that the House was not up till four o'clock yesterday morning.
The publisher of the London Evening Post was yesterday, between the hours of two and three in the afternoon, assaulted and made a prisoner in his own house, by one William Whittam; a messenger of the House of Commons, sent directly for a constable, to whom he gave the messenger in charge, and the messenger did the same by him. They proceeded together, and with several other persons who were witnesses of the whole transaction, to Guildhall; but the sitting Justice, Mr. Alderman Wilkes, having dispatched the business of the day, and signed the Rota book, was going to the Mansion house. They went immediately there, and made application to the Lord Mayor, who was in his bed-chamber ill of the gout. The messenger desired that he might have leave to send to John Clementson, Esq; Deputy Serjeant at Arms, which was granted; and the Lord Mayor adjourned the hearing of the business till six o'clock in the evening. At that hour the Lord Mayor, and the Aldermen Wilkes and Oliver, heard the cause in his Lordship's bed chamber, Mr. Clementson being present as well as the messenger, the publisher, Robert Morris, Esq; as his counsel, and many other persons. Mr. Clementson said, he came from the Speaker of the House of Commons to demand both the messenger, and Mr. Miller, the publisher, which demand was refused by the Lord Mayor, and the refusal minuted down by the Serjeant in a book.
The Lord Mayor demanded of the messenger what his accusation was against Mr. Miller, and by what right he had apprehended one of his citizens, and if he was a peace officer in the city. The messenger declared that he did not accuse Mr. Miller of any thing criminal, but had taken him into custody by virtue of an order of the House of Commons. The Lord Mayor demanded to see the order, which, after much altercation, was given in by Mr. Clementson. Mr. Morris then argued the whole case very ably, and insisted particularly on the invalidity of such a warrant. Mr. Clementson desired him to confine himself to its being signed by Sir Fletcher Norton, Speaker of the House of Commons, and to the two demands he then made of the messenger, and Mr. Miller being delivered to him. The Lord Mayor then and the Aldermen Wilkes and Oliver discharged Mr. Miller from the custody of the messenger. They proceeded next to the complaint of the publisher for the assault and false imprisonment, which was clearly proved. The messenger pled no wilts, and Mr. Clementson admitted the facts. The Lord Mayor then asked the messenger for bail to answer the complaint, but he said he had none; and Mr. Clementson declared that the messenger should not give bail.
On this refusal the Lord Mayor and the two Aldermen signed the mittimus of the messenger of the House of Commons to the Compter. As soon as this was done, Mr. Clementson said, I waited for this, and now I see the warrant of commitment actually signed, I will offer bail; upon which the messenger was bound over for his appearance in a recognizance of 40l. with two sureties in 20l. each, and the publisher in a recognizance of 40l. to prosecute for the assault and false imprisonment. Almost every man in the room offered to be bail for the messenger. The Mansion House was exceedingly full of people, but not the least confusion or disturbance happened.
Soon after Mr. Miller's matter was determined. Mr. R. Tompson, printer of the Gazetteer, was brought into the Mansion House in custody by one John Cook, who charged him with being one of the persons named in the King's proclamation. Mr. Morris also attended upon this occasion, as counsel for Mr. Tompson; and has effectually overturned, by his argument, the King's proclamation, as he had before done the Speaker's warrant. The Alderman adjudged the proclamation entirely illegal. Accordingly Mr. Tompson was immediately discharged. However Mr. Alderman Oliver granted the man a certificate, in order to obtain the reward, if it would be paid. Mr. Morris said he had no doubt of that, "For the King was too much of a Gentleman not to keep his word."
The affair of Mr. Wilkes will most assuredly produce very spirited, if not very dangerous, consequences; as at the same time that the House are resolved to vindicate their privileges, the people seem determined to bring their liberties to the severest test.
The lovers of their country sincerely lament the passing of some late resolutions, as they must be attended with a disagreeable consequence. Should they have effect, farewell to the liberty of the press! Should they, on the contrary, be found illegal, as it is generally believed they are, the importance of a certain Assembly is at an end.
This day a Privy Council was summoned in order to determine upon the measures which are to be taken, in consequence of the spirited conduct of the Lord Mayor and Magistrates of London.
Orders are given for the immediate coinage of 10,000l. in silver, to be ready for delivery the first of June.
March 20. Soon after the Lord Mayor entered the House of Commons yesterday he desired that the business on which he was summoned might be brought on, as he was very ill, and wished to retire. The Speaker then offered him the use of his room. His Lordship asked if there was a bed in it; and being answered in the negative, said it would then be of little service to him, as he was too ill to sit up. The business at the Mansion House on Friday being then taken into consideration, his Lord-
ship, in his place, avowed the part he had taken; asserted that what he had done was agreeable to his oath, and the charters of the city of London; and that he would act in the same manner, on any future similar occasion. Mr. Alderman Oliver also spoke in defence of the rights and privileges of the citizens of London. A motion was then made to adjourn the farther consideration of this affair until that day fortnight, which was carried in the affirmative.
A motion was then made by Sir Joseph Mawbey, for Mr. Wilkes to attend the House, which was agreed to.
The Lord Mayor, when he went to the House of Commons yesterday, was accompanied by a vast concourse of people. The number increased considerably the nearer he approached to Westminster. About Exeter Exchange, in the Strand, they began their acclamations, which did not cease until he had got into the House of Commons, for in the very lobby, as he came through, and even when the door of the House of Commons was set open for him, there was not a voice or hand among some hundreds of persons, of genteel appearance, that was not employed to demonstrate their approbation of his conduct; in consequence of which immediate orders were given to clear the lobby, and every person was turned out.
When the Lord Mayor left the House, the populace, to show their regard to that patriotic Magistrate, took his Lordship's horses from his coach, and drew him themselves in triumph to the Mansion House, amidst the loud and incessant acclamations of his applauding fellow citizens.
March 21. At eight o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Wilkes received a summons to attend the House of Commons yesterday; but considering that it would be absurd in him to submit to an authority which he had so often denied in the case of others, he has sent to the Speaker a letter signifying his determined resolution to resist, even unto death, any power not founded on the laws of his country.
Last night the printer of a morning paper was discharged from his confinement in Newgate, by order of an august Assembly.
March 22. Mr. Wilkes, on Tuesday, having been served with an order to attend the House of Commons on Wednesday, wrote the following letter to Sir Fletcher Norton.
"SIR, London, March 20, 1771. "I this morning received an order commanding my attendance this day in the House of Commons. I observe that no notice was taken of me in your order as a member of the House, and that I am not required to attend in my place. Both these circumstances, according to the settled form, ought to have been mentioned in my case, and I hold them absolutely indispensable. In the name of the freeholders of Middlesex, I again demand my seat in Parliament; having the honour to be freely chosen, by a very great majority, one of the Representatives of the said county. I am ready to take the oaths prescribed by law, and to give in my qualification as Knight of the Shire. When I have been admitted to my seat I will immediately give the House the most exact detail, which will necessarily comprehend a full justification of my conduct relative to the late illegal proclamation, equally injurious to the honour of the Crown and the rights of the subject, and likewise the whole business of the printers. I have acted entirely from a sense of duty to this great city, whose franchises I am sworn to maintain; and to my country, whose noble constitution I reverence; and whose liberties, at the price of my blood, to the last moment of my life, I will defend and support."
I am, Sir, Your most humble servant, JOHN WILKES."
It is beyond a doubt that the obstinacy of the printers (as the Ministry term the noble stand made by the printers in defence of the liberty of the subject, and the law of the land) has gravelled the government beyond any incident since the commencement of the glorious reign of George the Third.
March 26. The House of Commons had divided twice, and remained sitting when this paper went to press. According to their late custom, no strangers were admitted into the galleries; and to keep their debates still more secret, the lobby doors were shut to all but members. The numbers, on their second division, were, for adjournment, 214 noes, 97 ayes. By what could be learnt from such Members as came out, it appeared to be the intended resolution of the House to commit both the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Oliver to the Tower; but as those honourable friends who favour this paper with parliamentary intelligence did not divide with the majority, or come at all out of the House, we must defer a farther and more full account of this important matter till to-morrow's paper. At one o'clock the House was dividing, for the third time. The Lord Mayor desired to withdraw at half after ten, on account of his illness.
It is thought that both Houses of Parliament will adjourn on Thursday next until Tuesday the 8th of April. Yesterday afternoon, between 4 and 5 o'clock, a motion was made in the Lower Assembly whether the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, in his late conduct to one of the messengers of their House, had not been guilty of a breach of privilege. Sir George Saville immediately moved for the previous question, and declared that if the first motion was carried, he, and he hoped every independent Gentleman, would immediately quit the House; upon which a long debate ensued.
Yesterday the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, and Mr. Alderman Oliver, went through the city to the House of Commons, in consequence of an order of the House to attend this day in their places. The Lord Mayor was attended in his coach by his chaplain (Mr. Evans) and Mr. George Bellas. They were accompanied by the Aldermen Stephenon, Turner, Kirkman, and the several Common Council that were ordered of the committee, and were met at the House by Alderman Sir Charles Agill. When they arrived there, the Lord Mayor, his chaplain, the Aldermen, and Common Council, were ordered into the House. They were accompanied thither by a prodigious concourse of people, among whom was a great number of Gentlemen, merchants, and reputable tradesmen, many of whom went in their carriages.
Two o'clock. The printer has just received intelligence that Alderman Oliver is committed to the Tower; and that the farther consideration of the Lord Mayor's affair, which the House terms a high misdemeanor, is to be debated tomorrow, and that the House still continues sitting.
How wretched must have been the conduct of the Ministry in regard to the affair of the printers, when it is universally condemned by friends and enemies! Nay, their loudest abettors in the House, it is well known, condemn them out of it.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 9.
By Capt. Barron, who left London the 27th of March, we are informed that the Lord Mayor had been committed to the Tower: That the merchants of London, by subscription, had offered to bail him for five millions;
and, on its being refused, they came to a resolution of drawing on the bank for the whole sum: That the populace had intirely demolished Lord North's coach, and cut off the tails and ears of his coach horses.
Last Monday the following criminals received sentence.
Richard Sowerbutts, and Charles Jackson, for felony, condemned. Henry Collier, from Surry, for Murder, and Peter Brown, from Dinwiddie, for felony, burnt in the hand, and twelve months imprisonment.
The Randolph, Walker, Molly Barron, Savannah La Mar, Tomlinson, Betsy, Danby, from London; and the Bowman, Stevenfon, from Glasgow, are arrived in James river. The Brothers, Emms, and the Cæsar, Wood, from Bristol, in York river.
To the Reverend the CLERGY of VIRGINIA.
Reverend Brethren.
I LATELY took the liberty, as would appear from the public 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 misapprehended 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. } 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 reflect 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, to be distributed among six widows, and several orphans, is sixty pounds fifteen shillings. The officers appointed are the Reverend John Camm, Treasurer; the Reverend Robert Barrett, Thomas Price, Alexander Cruden, Samuel Klug, William Dunlap, and Price Davis, trustees; Matthew Maury, preacher in the forenoon, and William Bland, preacher in the afternoon. By order. IACOB BRUCE, Clerk.
JUST PUBLISHED,
A SERMON, PREACHED AT WILLIAMSBURG, MAY V. 1771, FOR THE BENEFIT OF A FUND, TO SUPPORT THE POOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF CLERGYMEN IN VIRGINIA.
By S. HENLEY, PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY, IN WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.
WILLIAMSBURG:
Printed by W. RIND, and SOLD by him, and Messrs. PURDIE and DIXON, for the CHARITY.
PRICE 2s. 6d.
CHARLES CITY, April 30, 1771.
TO BE SOLD,
A SINGLE decked schooner, about 75 tons burthen, has made but one short voyage, is well fitted, and said to be one of the fastest sailors in America. Materials are prepared for laying another deck on her, which will make her a compleat vessel for the West-Indies; the expence of doing it will not be great. For terms apply to BEN. HARRISON.
To be SOLD, for the benefit of the insurers, at Fredericksburg, the 16th instant,
A PARCEL of damaged oznabrigs and brown rolls, imported in the Liberty, Captain Walker. JOHN GLASSELL.
VIRGINIA, to wit.
By the Honourable WILLIAM NELSON, Esq; President of his Majesty's Council, and Commander in Chief of this Dominion;
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the GENERAL ASSEMBLY stands prorogued to the third Thursday in this month, and I find no urgent occasion for the said Assembly's meeting at that time; I have, therefore, thought fit, by and with the advice of his Majesty's Council, by this proclamation, in his Majesty's name, further to prorogue the said Assembly to the third Thursday in October next.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the colony, at Williamsburg, this first day of May, 1771, and in the eleventh year of his Majesty's reign.
WILLIAM NELSON.
GOD save the KING.

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, that I may know what of his debts remain unpaid, and act accordingly.
ANDREW CRAUFORD, Executor.
To the PUBLIC.
A CLERGYMAN of character, of the church of England, addresses himself to the churches of all his Majesty's plantations, that if they want a sober young man for their Minister, on trial, on reasonable terms: Or, he proposes to teach young Gentlemen and Ladies French, Latin, Greek, and English, book-keeping by double entry, algebra, geometry, measuring, surveying, mechanics, fortification, gunnery, navigation, and the use of the globes and maps, after a natural, easy, and concise method, without burthen to the memory. Any person or persons who desire to engage him for any of the above purposes are desired to send their letters post paid, and directed to the Rev. W. S. to be left to the care of Mr. Thomas Smith, Rector of Caple parish, in Westmoreland, Potomack, Virginia, will receive proper answers as soon as possible.
To be SOLD, to the highest bidder, for ready money, in the town of Alexandria, on the third Monday in May, if fair, if not, the next fair day,
A CONVENIENT LOT in the said town, whereon is a brick dwelling house 32 feet by 20, three rooms with fireplaces below, and two rooms with one fireplace above, and a cellar the size of the house; a framed kitchen 20 feet by 16, a framed meat house 12 feet square, and a stable 16 feet by 12. All the buildings are new, and completely finished.
This lot was conveyed to me some time since by Francis Dade, Esq; attorney at law, and is to be sold to discharge certain debts of his for which I became security, and am now obliged to pay. JOHN ALEXANDER, jun.
GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To the sheriff of Frederick county, greeting: We command you that you summon William Greenfield, heir at law to John Greenfield, deceased, and Angus McDonald and Alexander White, executors, &c. of the said John Greenfield, deceased, to appear before our Justices of our said county court in chancery, on the first Tuesday in March next, at the court-house of the said county, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against them by the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Fairfax. And this they shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of 100l. And have then there this writ. Witness James Keith, clerk of our said court, at the court-house, this 4th day of February, in the 11th year of our reign. JAMES KEITH.
FOR SALE,
ONE moiety or the whole of my GRIST and SAW MILLS near Cabin Point, in Surry county, with 3 pair of mill stones, and 2 saws, which are well accustomed, and very profitable, and with an additional expence of 100l. may be made much more so. These mills are well situated on Chipoke creek, on the south side of James river, about midway of the river, in a growing neighbourhood, and on good navigation, has a never failing stream of water, where merchant mills may be erected to the greatest advantage, with less expence than usually attends the building such mills, and may be so built that there would be 10 or 12 feet of water near the mill-house at common tides. Also about 400 acres and some half acre lots of land, adjoining the mills and settlements commonly called the Town, with many improvements and conveniencies thereon, to be sold in small quantities or in lots. For terms enquire of the subscriber. Also 245 acres of land on the Otter Dam swamp, about 6 miles from Cabin Point, has both high and low grounds, and some buildings thereon, a valuable young orchard, and about 50 acres of land, inclosed with a good fence. Likewise 230 acres of well timbered land about 8 miles from Cabin Point, but no buildings thereon. Long credit to be given for the two last mentioned tracts of land. JOHN COCKE.
FAIRFAX county, April 25, 1771.
I INTEND to leave the colony soon. WILLIAM HALY.
GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To the sheriff of Augusta county, greeting: We command you that you summon James Cotton to appear before our Justices of our said county court in chancery, at the court-house of the said county, on the third Tuesday in next month, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against him by Felix Gilbert, Gentleman. And this he shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of 100l. And have then there this writ. Witness John Madison, clerk of our said court, this 23d day of March, in the 11th year of our reign.
FREDERICKSBURG, April 10, 1771.
To be SOLD, at Fredericksburg, on Thursday the 20th of June, being Spotsylvania court day,
THE dwelling-house now possessed by me, with the timber yard adjoining, whereon is erected a kitchen, smoke-house, and every convenience necessary for a family; it is situated on the main street in Fredericksburg, and may be easily converted into a store-house. Credit will be given till the October General Court for one half the money, and until April General Court for the other half. THOMAS MILLER.
IF William Roughsage, late of Prescot, in the county of Lancaster (who was imported as a transport in the Swale, Capt. John Metcalfe, in the year 1763, and bound to Mr. Burch, of Wiconico, near Pile's warehouse, in Charles county, Maryland) be living, he may hear of something to his advantage by applying to me in Williamsburg; or whoever can give any intelligence of him, so that a certificate may be had of his being alive, or dead, shall be rewarded, by applying to JACOB ALLAN.
TAKEN up, about 3 miles above King William court-house, a bay horse, about 4 feet and a half high, 6 of 7 years old, branded C, has a small star in his forehead, and his tail bobbed. Posted, and appraised to 8l. THOMAS ELLETT.
To be SOLD, at Fredericksburg, on Monday the 20th day of May next, being fair day, ABOUT FIFTY CHOICE SLAVES,
Used to cropping and farming. Twelve months credit will be allowed on bond with security, bearing interest from the date; and 5 per cent. discounted for ready money. I have also some other slaves to dispose of at private sale, among whom are two house carpenters and coopers, a ship carpenter and caulkers, three watermen (one of whom has gone skipper of a sloop for some years past, and is well acquainted with the bay and most of the rivers in Virginia and Maryland) with a few house servants. I will likewise sell the plantation whereon I now live, in King George county, opposite to Fredericksburg (with or without the ferry) with another valuable plantation at the Great Marsh, in Fauquier county. Both of them are laid down in farm; and may be had with or without the slaves, flocks, and corn thereon. Credit, if required, will be extended to one, two, or three years, to suit the purchaser. JAMES HUNTER.
BRUNSWICK county, March 15, 1771. The noted ENGLISH horse J A N U S,
STANDS at my stable this season (which will expire on the 15th of August) in order for covering, at four pounds the season of a mare, or twenty six shillings the leap: The money will be expected when the mares are taken away. Good pasturage gratis; and all possible care taken of mares left in my charge, but will not be answerable for any that may get away. THOMAS PERSON.
Annapolis, Maryland, March 27, 1771. RUN away last night from the subscriber, a convict servant man named Richard Crouch, about 25 years of age, 5 feet 4 inches high, dark complexion, and much pitted with the small-pox, is something low in his speech; had on and took with him, a brown suit of cloaths, a light coloured frize coat and jacket, a pair of leath or breeches, 2 pair of black worsted ones, 5 or 6 pair of cotton stockings, 4 pair of shoes, with other things unknown. Whoever secures the said servant so that I may get him again, shall receive TWO PISTOLES, and all reasonable charges paid by ANNE MIDDLETON.
N. B. I suppose he is gone towards North Carolina, as he is convicted for life.
STRAYED or stolen, about 12 days ago, a large sorrel horse, with a blaze in his face, holds his head remarkably high when rid, his feet are all white, and is supposed to be rid off by a mulatto fellow. Whoever brings the said horse to me shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS reward. JOSHUA KENDALL.
CAME to my plantation, last fall, a black mare colt, about a year old, with three white feet, and some white in her face, neither docked nor branded. Posted, and appraised to 1l. 10s. H. NAPIER.
TAKEN up in Albemarle, a dark coloured cow, marked with a crop and underkeel in the right ear, and a crop and nick in the left. Also a darkish coloured steer, about 2 years old, unmarked. Posted, and appraised to 4l. GEORGE THOMPSON.
TAKEN up in Louisa, in December last, a black mare, about 4 feet 5 inches high, paces slow, has a few white hairs in her forehead, and not branded perceptibly. Posted, and appraised to 5l. 12s. 6d. SAMUEL BUNCH.
By order of the GENERAL COURT, to raise my sisters fortunes, will be exposed for sale, in Culpeper county, at the court-house, to the highest bidder, A LARGE quantity of LAND, laid
off in LOTS of 150 and 200 acres. The sale to begin on Monday the 27th of May next, if fair, if not, the next fair day, and continue till all is sold. Two thirds of the money to be paid on the 10th day of October, and the other third on the 10th day of April following, the purchasers giving bond and approved security to ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD.
To be SOLD to the highest bidder, on the premises, pursuant to an act of Assembly, on Wednesday the 15th of May next,
TWO thousand eight hundred acres of land, being the upper part of a tract belonging to Armistead Lightfoot, Esq; in Brunswick county. It will be laid off into lots, to make it convenient to the purchasers. Any person inclined to buy, may be shown it, by applying to Thomas Gibson, who lives on it. Credit will be given till the first of November next, upon giving bond and security to
LEWIS BURWELL, JAMES BURWELL, THOMAS M. RANDOLPH, JOHN WOODSON. } Trustees.
General Post Office, New-York, Jan. 22, 1771.
HIS Majesty's POST MASTER GENERAL having (for the better facilitating of Correspondence between Great-Britain and America) been pleased to add a 5th PACKET-BOAT to the Station between Falmouth and New-York, Notice is hereby given, that the MAIL, for the future, will be closed at the Post Office in New-York, at 12 of the Clock at Night, on the 1st Tuesday in every Month, and dispatched by a Packet the next Day for Falmouth. By Command of the DEPUTY POST MASTER GENERAL, ALEXANDER COLDEN, SECRETARY.
For SALE, TWENTY thousand acres of LAND in the counties of Frederick and Hampshire, which was advertised some years ago in this colony, and the neighbouring provinces, and its situation and qualities then described; therefore think it needless to repeat them now. It will be sold very cheap, and a reasonable time of payment will be allowed the purchaser, or purchasers, for one half of the purchase money, who may be shown the premises by applying to the subscriber, in Winchester. BRYAN BRUIN.
NORTHUMBERLAND, March 1, 1771. STRAYED or stolen from the Rev. Mr. Thomas Smith's last Christmas, a dark bay mare, about 14 hands and an inch high, with foal, and about 12 years old; I suppose the mare may be Rust's livery, where she has often crossed to Middlesex. Whoever will deliver her to me, at Indian creek, shall receive TWENTY SHILLINGS reward. JOHN SMITH.
GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To the sheriff of Frederick county, greeting: We command you that you summon Thomas Patterson, brother and heir of John Patterson, late of Leesburg, in the said county, merchant, deceased, to appear before the Justices of our said county court, at the court-house thereof, on the 2d Monday in December next, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against him and Fleming Patterson, of Leesburg, merchant, by Henry McCabe of Alexandria, merchant, William Crauford, jun. and company, merchants, William Crauford, Thomas Dunn, and company, of Great-Britain, merchants. And this he shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of 100l. and have then there this writ. Witness Charles Binns, clerk of our said court, the 13th day of November, in the 11th year of our reign. CHARLES BINNS.
FREDERICK, July 2, 1770. THE subscriber thinks proper to inform the public, that he purposes beginning to inoculate the SMALL-POX on the 12th day of September next, and to continue the same until July following, at his house, six miles from Winchester: The situation healthful and agreeable. The terms for each patient TWO PISTOLES for inoculation, and 20s a week for board.
He flatters himself that his experience in Europe, and his repeated success in inoculating in this country, will render any account of his being regularly qualified, unnecessary. To these he chooses to appeal, rather than speak confidently of himself. Patients may depend upon every necessary accommodation; likewise the greatest care and tenderness; and need not be under any apprehension of confinement. JOHN M c DONALD.
Maryland, August 15, 1770. THE subscriber, who has been regularly bred to the practice of PHYSIC and SURGERY, gives this public information that he begins to inoculate on the 5th of September, and continues till the last of June 1771, at his house which stands about half a mile from Baltimore Town, on a healthy situation, with a very agreeable prospect. The price (as before) TWO PISTOLES, and twenty-five shillings per week for board. The sickness is really trifling, and the confinement none. They may safely return to their homes in 21 days. Those that choose to come, are requested not to alter their diet, and to give timely notice, that necessary care may be taken to prevent their being disappointed. NEGROES will be insured at five per cent. The subscriber declares he has inoculated upwards of eight thousand, and has lost but seventeen, and they died more from obstinacy and a too great indulgence, than from the small-pox. HENRY STEVENSON.
LATELY PUBLISHED, And to be sold by the printer hereof, The LAWS of the last SESSION of ASSEMBLY.
THERE is now in King William county gaol a Negro fellow, who says his name is DAVID, taken up as a runaway, and carried before Mr. Roger Gregory, one of the Justices of the said county, and he refusing to tell his master's name, was, by him, committed; but since his commitment, he says he belongs to one Mr. Watson, who bought a place in Gloucester county of Mr. Warner Washington. The owner may have him, on proving his property, paying the expence of taking up and prison charges, together with the expence of this advertisement, by applying to JOHN QUARLES, gaoler.
RUN away from the subscriber, the 19th of March, a mulatto fellow named PETER; he is about 5 feet 6 inches high, well set, and about 25 years old. The said slave run away once before, and was out upwards of a twelvemonth, he was brought home the 14th, on which day I branded him S on one cheek, and B on the other, though very probably he will endeavour to take them out, or deface them. I likewise had his hair cut off, which is long, when grown out, and very black. His greatest resort, during the time he was out before, was Petersburg, Chesterfield, Prince George, and as far as Roanoke, near High Island, and James river, passing as a free man, and working on board of vessels: I therefore hereby forewarn all masters of vessels, and others, from entertaining him, or carrying him out of the country. The said slave was raised in the upper part of Prince George, by one Mr. Chambliss, of whom I bought him about 6 years ago. He has a brother belonging to Mr. Dunlop, near Cabin Point, who I suspect harbour him; he has also several brothers and sisters in North Carolina. Whoever conveys him to me in Amelia, shall receive a reward of FIVE POUNDS, if taken an hundred miles from home, and in proportion for a less distance, including what the law allows. SAMUEL SHERWIN. N. B. As Peter had not one article of the dress he went off in before, when he came home, I think in need less to describe that particular.