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From the Public Advertiser, April 22.
LETTER OF JUNIUS.
T O write for profit without taking the press;—to write for fame and to be unknown;—to support the intrigues of faction and to be discovered, as a dangerous auxiliary, by every party in the kingdom, are contradictions, which the Minister must reconcile, before I forfeit my credit with the public. I may quit the service, but it would be absurd to suspect me of desertion. The reputation of these papers is an honourable pledge for my attachment to the people. To sacrifice a respected character, and to renounce the esteem of society, requires more than Mr. Wedderburn's resolution; and though, in him, it was rather a profession than a desertion of his principles [I speak tenderly of this Gentleman, for when treachery is in question, I think we should make allowances for a Scotchman] yet we have seen him in the House of Commons overwhelmed with confusion, and almost bereft of his faculties.—But in truth, Sir, I have left no room for an accommodation with the party of St. James's. My offences are not to be redeemed by recantation or repentance. On one side, our warmest patriots would disclaim me as a burthen to their honest ambition. On the other, the vilest prostitution, if Junius could descend to it, would lose its natural merit and influence in the Cabinet, and treachery be no longer a recommendation to the Royal favour.
The persons, who, till within these few years, have been most distinguished by their zeal for high church and prerogative, are now, it seems, the great assertors of the privileges of the House of Commons. This sudden alteration of their sentiments or language carries with it a suspicious appearance. When I hear the undefined privileges of the popular branch of the legislature exalted by tories and jacobites, at the expence of those strict rights, which are known to the subject and limited by the laws, I cannot but suspect, that some mischievous scheme is in agitation, to destroy both law and privilege, by opposing them to each other. They who have uniformly denied the power of the whole legislature to alter the descent of the Crown, and whose ancestors, in rebellion against his Majesty's family, have defended that doctrine at the hazard of their lives, now tell us that privilege of Parliament is the only rule of right, and the chief security of the public liberty.—I fear, Sir, that, while forms remain, there has been some material change in the substance of our constitution. The opinions of these men were too absurd to be easily renounced. Liberal minds are open to conviction.—Liberal doctrines are capable of improvement.—There are proselytes from atheism, but none from superstition.—If their present professions were sincere, I think they could not but be highly offended at seeing a question, concerning parliamentary privilege, unnecessarily started at a season so unfavourable to the House of Commons, and by so very mean and insignificant a person as the minor Onslow. They knew that the present House of Commons, having commenced hostilities with the people, and degraded the authority of the laws by their own example, were likely enough to be resisted, per fas et nefas . If they were really friends to privilege, they would have thought the question of right too dangerous to be hazarded at this season, and, without the formality of a convention, would have left it undecided.
I have been silent hitherto, though not from that shameful indifference about the interests of society, which too many of us profess, and call moderation. I confess, Sir, that I felt the prejudices of my education, in favour of a House of Commons, still hanging about me. I thought that a question, between law and privilege, could never be brought to a formal decision, without inconvenience to the public service, or a manifest diminution of legal liberty, and ought therefore to be carefully avoided: And when I saw that the violence of the House of Commons had carried them too far to retreat, I determined not to deliver a hasty opinion upon a matter of so much delicacy and importance.
The state of things is much altered in this country, since it was necessary to protect our Representatives against the direct power of the Crown. We have nothing to apprehend from prerogative, but every thing from undue influence. Formerly it was the interest of the people, that the privileges of Parliament should be left unlimited and undefined. At present it is not only their interest, but I hold it to be essentially necessary to the preservation of the constitution, that the privileges of Parliament should be strictly ascertained, and be confined within the narrowest bounds the nature of their institution will admit of. Upon the same principle, on which I would have resisted prerogative in the last century, I now resist privilege. It is indifferent to me, whether the Crown, by its own immediate act, imposes new, and dispenses with old laws, or whether the same arbitrary power produces the same effects through the medium of the House of Commons. We trusted our Representatives with privileges for their own defence and ours. We cannot hinder their desertion, but we can prevent their carrying over their arms to the service of the enemy.—It will be said, that I begin with endeavouring to reduce the argument concerning privilege to a mere question of convenience;—that I deny at one moment what I would allow at another; and that to re-
fill the power of a prostituted House of Commons may establish a precedent injurious to all future Parliaments.—To this I answer general, that human affairs are in no instance governed by strict, positive right. If change of circumstances were to have no weight in directing our conduct and opinions, the mutual intercourse of mankind would be nothing more than a contention between positive and equitable right. Society would be a state of war, and law itself would be injustice. On this general ground, it is highly reasonable, that the degree of our submission to privileges, which have never been defined by any positive law, should be considered as a question of convenience, and proportioned to the confidence we repose in the integrity of our Representatives. As to the injury we may do to any future and more respectable House of Commons, I own I am not now sanguine enough to expect a more plentiful harvest of parliamentary virtue in one year than another. Our political climate is severely altered; and without dwelling upon the depravity of modern times, I think no reasonable man will expect that, as human nature is constituted, the enormous influence of the Crown should cease to prevail over the virtue of individuals. The mischief lies too deep to be cured by any remedy, less than some great convulsion, which may either carry back the constitution to its original principles, or utterly destroy it. I do not doubt that, in the first session after the next election, some popular measures may be adopted. The present House of Commons have injured themselves by a too early and public profession of their principles; and if a strain of prostitution, which had no example, were within the reach of emulation, it might be imprudent to hazard the experiment too soon. But after all, Sir, it is very immaterial whether a House of Commons shall preserve their virtue for a week, a month, or a year. The influence, which makes a septennial Parliament dependent upon the pleasure of the Crown, has a permanent operation, and cannot fail of success.—My premises, I know will be denied in argument, but every man's conscience tells him they are true. It remains then to be considered, whether it be for the interest of the people that privilege of Parliament (which, in respect to the purposes, for which it has hitherto been acquiesced under, is merely nominal) should be contracted within some certain limits, or whether the subject shall be left at the mercy of a power, arbitrary upon the face of it, and notoriously under the direction of the Crown.
I do not mean to decline the question of right. On the contrary, Sir, I join issue with the advocates for privilege and affirm, that, "excepting the cases, where, in the House of Commons are a Court of Judicature [to which, from the nature of their office, a coercive power must belong] and excepting such contempt as immediately interrupt their proceedings, they have no legal authority to imprison any man for any supposed violation of privilege whatsoever."—It is not pretended that privilege, as now claimed, has ever been defined or confirmed by statute; neither can it be said with any colour of truth, to be a part of the common law of England, which had grown into prescription, long before we knew any thing of the existence of a House of Commons. As for the law of Parliament it is only another name for the privilege in question; and since the power of creating new privileges has been formally renounced by both Houses,—since there is no code, in which we can study the law of Parliament, we have but one way left to make ourselves acquainted with it;—that is, to compare the nature of the institution of a House of Commons with the facts upon record. To establish a claim of privilege in either House, and to distinguish original right from an usurpation, it must appear that it is indispensably necessary for the performance of the duty they are employed in, and also that it has been uniformly allowed. From the first part of this description it follows clearly, that whatever privilege does of right belong to the present House of Commons, did equally belong to the first Assembly of their predecessors, was as completely vested in them, and might have been exercised in the same extent. From the second we must infer that privileges, which, for several centuries, were not only never allowed, but never even claimed by the House of Commons, must be founded upon usurpation. The constitutional duties of a House of Commons are not very complicated nor mysterious. They are to propose or assent to wholesome laws for the benefit of the nation. They are to grant the necessary aids to the King;—petition for the redress of grievances, and prosecute treason or high crimes against the state. If unlimited privilege be necessary to the performance of these duties, we have reason to conclude that, for many centuries after the institution of the House of Commons, they were never performed. I am not bound to prove a negative, but I appeal to the English history when I affirm that, with the exceptions already stated (which yet I might safely relinquish) there is no precedent, from the year 1265 to the death of Queen Elizabeth, of the House of Commons having imprisoned any man (not a member of their House) for contempt or breach of privilege. In the most flagrant cases, and when their acknowledged privileges were most grossly violated, the poor Commons, as they then styled themselves, never took the power of punishment into their own hands. They either sought redress by petition to the King, or, what is more remarkable, applied
for justice to the House of Lords; and when satisfaction was denied them or delayed, their only remedy was to refuse proceeding upon the King's business. So little conception had our ancestors of the monstrous doctrines, now maintained concerning privilege, that, in the reign of Elizabeth, even liberty of speech, the vital principle of a deliberative Assembly, was restrained by the Queen's authority, to a simple aye or no , and this restriction, though imposed upon three successive Parliaments*, was never once disputed by the House of Commons.
I know there are many precedents of arbitrary commitments for contempt; but, besides that they are of too modern a date to warrant a presumption that such a power was originally vested in the House of Commons, fact alone does not constitute right . If it does, general warrants were lawful.—An ordinance of the two Houses has a force equal to law; and the criminal jurisdiction assumed by the Commons in 1621, in the case of Edward Loyd, is a good precedent, to warrant the like proceedings against any man, who shall unadvisedly mention the folly of a King, or the ambition of a Princess.—The truth is, Sir, that the greatest and most exceptionable part of the privileges now contended for, were introduced and asserted by a House of Commons which abolished both Monarchy and Peerage, and whose proceedings, although they ended in one glorious act of substantial justice, could no way be reconciled to the forms of the constitution. Their successors profited by the example, and confirmed their power by making a moderate or a popular use of it. Thus it grew by degrees, from a notorious innovation at one period, to be tacitly admitted as the privilege of Parliament at another.
If however it could be proved, from considerations of necessity or convenience, that an unlimited power of commitment ought to be intrusted to the House of Commons, and that in fact they have exercised it without opposition, still, in contemplation of law, the presumption is strongly against them. It is a leading maxim of the laws of England (and, without it, all laws are nugatory) that there is no right without a remedy, nor any legal power without a legal course to carry it into effect. Let the power, now in question, be tried by this rule. The Speaker issues his warrant of attachment. The party attached either resists force with force, or appeals to a Magistrate, who declares the warrant illegal, and discharges the prisoner. Does the law provide no legal means for enforcing a legal warrant? Is there no regular proceeding pointed out in our law books to assert and vindicate the authority of so high a court as the House of Commons? The question is answered directly by the fact. Their unlawful commands are resisted, and they have no remedy. The imprisonment of their own members is revenge indeed, but it is no assertion of the privilege they contend for. Their whole proceeding stops, and there they stand, ashamed to retreat, and unable to advance. Sir, these ignorant men should be informed that the execution of the laws of England is not left in this uncertain, defenceless condition. If the process of the courts of Westminster-Hall be resisted, they have a direct course, sufficient to enforce submission. The court of King's Bench commands the sheriff to raise the Posse Comitatus . The courts of chancery and exchequer issue a writ of rebellion , which must also be supported, if necessary by the power of the county. To whom will our honest Representatives direct their writ of rebellion ? The guards, I doubt not, are willing enough to be employed, but they know nothing of the doctrine of writs, and may think it necessary to wait for a letter from Lord Barrington.
It may now be objected to me, that my arguments prove too much; for that certainly there may be instances of contempt and insult to the House of Commons, which do not fall within my own exceptions, yet, in regard to the dignity of the House, ought not to pass unpunished. Be it so. The courts of criminal jurisdiction are open to prosecutions, which the Attorney General may commence by information or indictment. A libel, tending to asperse or vilify the House of Commons, or any of their members, may be as severely punished in the court of King's Bench, as a libel upon the King. Mr. De Grey thought so, when he drew up the information upon my letter to his Majesty, or he had no meaning in charging it to be a scandalous libel upon the House of Commons. In my opinion they would consult their real dignity much better, by appealing to the laws when they are offended, than by violating the first principle of natural justice, which forbids us to be judges, when we are parties to the cause.
I do not mean to pursue them through the remainder of their proceedings. In their first resolutions, it is possible they might have been deceived by ill considered precedents. For the rest, there is no colour of palliation or excuse. They have advised the King to resume a power of dispensing with the laws by Royal proclamation; and Kings we see are ready enough to follow such advice. By mere violence, and without the shadow of right, they have expunged the record of a judicial proceeding. Nothing remained, but to attribute to their own vote a power of stopping the whole distribution of criminal and civil justice.
The public virtues of the Chief Magistrate have long since ceased to be in question. But it is said that he has
* In the years 1593—1597—and 1601:

private good qualities, and I myself have been ready to acknowledge them. They are now brought to the test. If he loves his people, he will dissolve a Parliament, which they can never confide in or respect. If he has any regard for his own honour, he will disdain to be any longer connected with such abandoned prostitution. But if it were conceivable, that a King of this country had lost all sense of personal honour, and all concern for the welfare of his subjects, I confess, Sir, I should be contented to renounce the forms of the constitution once more, if there were no other way to obtain substantial justice for the people. JUNIUS.
LONDON, April 20.
YESTERDAY many people attended in Westminster-Hall, expecting the Lord Mayor and Mr. Oliver would have been brought before the court of Common Pleas.
We can assure the public that Monday morning, ten o'clock, is fixed for the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Oliver being brought up to the court of Common Pleas, by habeas corpus.
A report goes that the Crown lawyers are employed to secure a legal acquittal of the messenger of a great Assembly, rather than push the mode of privilege any farther, as the people seem resolved not to swallow any draughts that are hurtful to the constitution.
Notwithstanding the great veneration the patriots let the world see they have for one another, we are well assured that if Mr. Wilkes persists in standing Sheriff for the year ensuing Mr. Alderman Oliver is determined to decline.
A noble Lord, whose patriotic principles are well known to a quondam noble Duke not long since premier, were observed, on Wednesday, in the upper room of the Robinhood society, extremely polite and complaisant to each other, during the whole time of hearing counsel on the Derham yard embankment; from which, and several other anecdotes lately transpired, it is confidently reported both his Grace and the noble patriot will soon occupy two important departments in the state.
Yesterday, at six o'clock in the afternoon, the inhabitants of the Tower ward, preceded by their Bandle with the mace, waited on the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, in the Tower, with the following address. To the Right Honourable Bras Crosby, Esquire, Lord Mayor of the city of London.
The address of the Deputy, Common Council, and inhabitants of the Ward of Tower.
My Lord,
Deeply affected at the violence offered to the laws of our country, and the rights and privileges of every Englishman, and to the citizens of this metropolis in particular, by the imprisonment of your Lordship for having faithfully discharged the duties of your high office, we think it our indispensable duty to assure your Lordship of our most firm attachment and support.
With the utmost concern, we have observed the Representatives of this kingdom become instruments, in the hands of a corrupt and despotic administration, to wrest from the subject their most sacred rights; yet we trust that the spirit of liberty, the attachment to the laws, and the love of our constitution, as settled at the revolution, which have ever distinguished the city of London, glows still in our breasts with undiminished fervour.
We are therefore determined, to the utmost of our power, to resist every invasion of our rights, from whatever quarter it may flow.
Entertaining these sentiments, we return you, my Lord, our ardent thanks for your spirited, legal, and manly conduct in support of the privileges of the people, both as Legislator and Chief Magistrate of this great city. By order of the inhabitants.
J. MORGAN, C. W.
To which his Lordship returned the following answer.
Gentlemen of the Ward of Tower,
The testimony of my own conscience, joined to the repeated approbation of the citizens of London, gives me the greatest satisfaction; and I feel myself sufficiently rewarded in the exercise of my duty by these public demonstrations of your esteem. Had I in the least deviated from that line of integrity which my situation, as your Chief Magistrate, requires, I should think myself unworthy of the honours which you, and your fellow citizens, have conferred upon me; but I flatter myself my conduct will be consistent and uniform. I have no views but the prosperity of my country, which I shall always endeavour to promote to the best of my abilities, and am persuaded that in the prosecution of these ends I shall always have the continuance of your protection and support.
To Richard Oliver, Esquire, Alderman of the city of London.
The address of the Deputy, Common Council, and inhabitants of the Ward of Tower.
SIR,
When the violent resolutions of one branch of the legislature are set up in opposition to the general rights of an Englishman, and the peculiar privileges of a citizen, and when our Magistrates are sentenced to close imprisonment for acting agreeably to the established law of the land and the solemn obligation of an oath, every generous man must glow with indignation. At such a juncture neutrality becomes mean, dastardly, and criminal.
The liberties of this country never received a deeper stab than when you, Sir, was committed to this prison, for refusing to violate divine and human laws. By this and various other illegal acts of the Representatives of the people, they have basely betrayed their trust, and rendered themselves unworthy of future confidence.
Thus oppressed by a wicked administration, and deserted by a corrupt majority of the House of Commons, our last resource is the virtue of the people.
Animated with these sentiments, the inhabitants of the Ward of Tower, cannot but express their entire approbation of your conduct, both as a Magistrate and a Senator, and assure you of their firm and steady support.
Mr. Alderman Oliver's answer.
Gentlemen of the Ward of Tower,
The honour I receive by your testimony of approbation is more than a sufficient reward for my conduct on a recent occasion, as without applause the effect of integrity is its own recompence.
I think, with you, in such times as these, that neutrality is a desertion of duty. I believe it necessary to prove myself an honest Magistrate, and a faithful Representative of London, when called upon to exercise justice, and to manifest my principles. Could I make you every proper return for the favours you now bestow on me, none could be so agreeable to you as the assurance, which I request you to accept, that I will not fail in the conscientious discharge of my trusts, both as your Magistrate and your Representative.
From the virtue of the people of this country, I have the warmest hopes of such support as will not fail to procure the ablest defenders of the cause of the people, while I can offer the most honest endeavours for redressing their grievances."
To the Right Honourable Bras Crosby, Esq; Lord Mayor of the city of London.
The respectful address of the inhabitants of the Ward of Cheap.
May it please your Lordship,
While we reflect on the numerous and important duties of the Chief Magistrate of this city, respecting the laws of civil government, the peace of its inhabitants, the dispensing of public justice, the benefit of commerce, and the guardian care of the rights, liberty, and charters of this city, which demand a daily exertion of the best powers and abilities of the most able Magistrate; and at the same time consider them in their momentous consequences, as greatly interrupted, if not wholly suspended, while the person of your Lordship, our present worthy Chief Magistrate, is imprisoned in the Tower, we cannot, as good citizens, but be sensibly affected by so alarming a procedure.
Permit us, therefore, the inhabitants of the Ward of Cheap, to approach your Lordship in your present confinement, and to express our emotions at this unprecedented merit; and at the same time to join the general voice, and mingle with the several Wards of this city in presenting our most affectionate and grateful acknowledgments of your inexhaustible and manly defence of the rights and charters of this city: Our ancestors contended for these blessings, and we enjoy them, and well knowing their value, are resolved not to let them perish in our hands, but to transmit them inviolate to posterity.
We remark with veneration, your religious observance of the sacred and comprehensive oath of your office, your firm resolution, and cheerful, voluntary surrender, as a willing sacrifice of your personal liberty and domestic comforts, rather than yield to the least violation, and thereby risk the safety even of one citizen; the purity of such conduct (your enemies being judges) while it deserves a nation's thanks, reflects an honour on your character, and shed a lasting lustre on the highest office in the city.
While we thus meditate on the situation and your Lordship's conduct, we cannot but with a degree of pleasure observe the emulation that spread through every part of this city, and is daily confirmed by the incessant acknowledgments of regard and gratitude, that are made before you, nor are these pleasing duties confined to the citizens of London only; the nation shares the affection, and joins us in respectful addresses to your Lordship; we therefore presume to hope for an happy and glorious issue of this great event.
Signed, JAMES PEARSON, Chairman.
To which address his Lordship made this answer.
Gentlemen of the Ward of Cheap,
It gives me the greatest pleasure to find that my conduct has merited the applause of my fellow citizens, in the defence of whose rights I have endeavoured to fulfil the trust of an honest and impartial Magistrate; and whilst I receive the repeated approbation of the people in general, and feel the inward testimony of a good conscience, I shall think myself sufficiently rewarded.
My aims have been invariably directed towards the prosperity of my country, which I have long beheld under the direction and authority of men, whose thirst of power has determined them to retain it by measures equally subversive of the rights of the people, and contradictory to the established constitutional laws of the land; in this unhappy situation I considered myself bound by the sacred obligations of Chief Magistrate of the first city in this kingdom, and as a Representative in Parliament, boldly to stand forth in the defence of my injured countrymen, and by every honest and legal method endeavour to avert the ruin which seems to threaten, and may too soon overtake them. If the exertion of my duty has subjected me to the revenge of our enemies, I have yet the secret satisfaction of having acted right; and I declare that on every similar occasion, I shall think myself bound to pursue the same line of conduct, whatever may be the event.
Permit me, Gentlemen, to return you my sincere thanks for this generous profession of your esteem, which I shall always think myself happy to deserve; and I am persuaded that whilst I have integrity to discharge my duty, you will not want resolution to encourage and protect me.
April 22. Yesterday being the first Sunday in term, the Judges were not at St. Paul's as usual, owing to the Lord Mayor's confinement in the Tower.
The cause of Mr. Horne's former attachment to Mr. Wilkes, and of his late defection from the patriot, is at length discovered; They both proceeded from selfish considerations. Mr. Horne, it is said, had long suffered many mortifications and reproaches for not being able to laugh; and hearing of the fame of Mr. Wilkes's jocularly he formed a connection with him with a view of being cured of this Trophonian infirmity. Falling lately into company with Mr. Moleworth, who made the famous calculation of prizes for Messrs. Richardson and Goodluck, and who is no less an adept in anatomy than in arithmetic, he was informed by Mr. Moleworth that
his misfortune was entirely owing to the formation of his face; which, by some accident or other, had not one laughing muscle in it. Upon this infallible information, despairing of a cure, Mr. Horne immediately quitted all intercourse with Mr. Wilkes; and it is said Mr. Wilkes is not at all displeased to get rid of a companion who, whatever other services he might do him continually mortified his vanity by never laughing at his jokes.
It was given out by the enemies of Mr. Alderman Wilkes, that the business of his large Ward would always stand still, for that he would never attend, and seldom come into the city. He has now been sworn in above a year, has regularly done all the Ward business himself, attended every meeting of the Common Council, and every meeting, except one, of the Court of Aldermen. We may therefore expect the same attention to public business, if he is chosen Sheriff the ensuing year.
It is certain that on the night Mr. Wedderburn moved his committee of riots, he meant to include the business of it in that of the select committee, but Mr. Alderman Townsend prevented him by saying "You know there are many Gentlemen who will not chuse to attend the select committee, but if you make the riots a separate affair, you may depend on having assistance."
It is certain that the friends of liberty will nominate Frederick Bull, Esq; along with Mr. Alderman Wilkes, for the next Sheriff; and that Mr. Bull has declared his resolution of serving, if he is chosen.
Friday at noon H. C. Bolton, and J. Walsh, Esquires, Members of Parliament for the city of Worcester, waited on the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor at his apartments in the Tower, and presented his Lordship and Mr. Alderman Oliver, with the freedoms of the said city, of which the following are true copies:
City of Worcester.
In the time of Edward Wellings, Esq; Mayor,
15th of April, 1771.
The Right Honourable Bras Crosby, Esq; Lord Mayor of the city of London, was admitted a freeman of this city gratis.
William Bond, Esq; Town Clerk.
City of Worcester.
In the time of Edward Wellings, Esq; Mayor,
15th of April, 1771.
The Worshipful Richard Oliver, Esq; one of the Aldermen of the city of London, was admitted a freeman of this city gratis.
William Bond, Esq; Town Clerk.
After which the said Gentleman presented the Lord Mayor and Mr. Oliver with an address, of which the following is a copy:
To the Right Honourable Bras Crosby, Esq; Lord Mayor of the city of London, and the Worshipful Richard Oliver, Esq; one of the Aldermen of the said city.
WE the Mayor, Aldermen, and citizens of the city of Worcester, in Council assembled, acknowledge, with the warmest gratitude, the firm and generous support which you have given on a late occasion to the laws of your country.
We saw with indignation and astonishment, those laws invaded under the specious pretext of privilege, and blushed to think men of weight and influence could be found, who were daring enough to advise a measure, which, besides the oppression of individuals, has a tendency to subvert all law.
As fellow subjects, to whom the laws of their country are equally dear and valuable, we most earnestly entreat you to persevere in this conduct, being persuaded, as well from that spirit of resentment which has constantly animated our countrymen, when their liberties are at stake, as from the influence of your example, that the laws will soon recover their proper vigour, and that no privilege can long screen from punishment, men, who by contumelious Magistrates in the legal exercise of their power, and under the solemn obligation of oaths, have maliciously endeavoured to weaken their force.
The firmness and magnanimity with which you have resisted these attacks, cannot fail of endearing you to your country; and as a small testimony of our regard, we beg to have the honour of inrolling you in the number of our citizens.
Given under our common seal the 15th of April, 1771."
Richard Whitworth, Esq; Member for Stafford, also presented the following address:
To the Right Honourable Bras Crosby, Esq; Lord Mayor of the city of London, and Richard Oliver, Esq; Alderman.
The address of the Burgesses of the independent borough and county town of Stafford.
Gentlemen,
We beg leave to express our deepest concern for your imprisonment in the Tower, as also to lament that at any time a contest should happen between the people and their Representatives, the former supporting the laws of the land, the latter the extent of their privilege.
We behold with the utmost concern and dread, the fatal consequence that must attend such dispute, the people, ever jealous of their laws, are not willing to see the dangerous exercise of an unlimited uncontroulable jurisdiction, which the House of Commons claim as their privilege, subject to the enquiry and decision of no court whatever; and where they assume to themselves the sole power of judge, jury, and accuser; and where no evidence upon oath can be admitted to exculpate the criminal, in a trial where their privilege is supposed to be invaded, though he rests his defence upon the laws of his country.
We see with horror and indignation any power whatever formed on such a basis, but much more are our minds agitated, when we see that power claimed by those very people from whom, as the fountain of freedom, we should have expected a due obedience and appeal for redress to the statutes which they have made, and the laws of their country.
But though we lament the occasion, we cannot help, at the same time, congratulating your Lordship, and the worthy Alderman, for having taken so noble a part in boldly standing forth as the avowed supporters of the
TAKEN up in the forks of Tower river , in Borough county, a small black mare, 13 hands and a half high, supposed to be about 10 or 12 years old, with a small bell on, marked, F.L., with a broad leather strap and double buckle, her head uncertain, when the hair was long, it
appeared like B, on the near buttock, but since she has shed her hair, an H may be darkly discovered, joined with some other character unknown, the truss heavy. Potted, and appraised to 21. 10s. JOHN SUMMERS.
TAKEN up near Sturminster's ordinary, in Aldermans county, a small forest horse, with a blaze in his face, and a remarkable fear in his upper lip on the near side thereof, branded on the near shoulder IM in a piece, and had a small bell on. Appraised to 31. JOHN DOWELL.
STRAYED or stolen from the subscriber in York county, about a mile below Wiltshire , on the 1st of May , last, a dark bay horse, about 13 hands and a half high, about 10 years old, with a hanging mane and switch tail, a little white under his right hind hooflock, and branded on the
off buttock W G, a natural pacer, whoever conveys the said horse to me or gives intelligence where I may get him, shall have THIRTY SHILLINGS reward. JAMES COSBY.

laws of the land, and the liberties of the people, and defying the threats of power.
"We join your Lordship, and the worthy Alderman, in opinion, and whatever assistance a free people can give to so good a cause, you may assure yourselves it shall not be wanting on our parts; and we pray that God will enable you to persevere in the protection of our just and lawful rights, and there is no doubt that you will meet with the firm support (as we find you now do with the general approbation) of all those who with well to the constitution; and that your lives may be prolonged as happy instruments through which our laws, rights, and liberties are to be preserved uninjured, is the hearty and sincere wish of thousands, as well as of those who have signed this address."
To Richard Oliver, Esq; Alderman, and one of the Representatives in Parliament of the city of London. The resp. et al. address of the inhabitants of the Ward of Cheap.
SIR,
"At a time when such numbers of your respectable and opulent fellow citizens are anxious to give their public testimony of the grateful sentiments kindled in their breasts by your public spirited conduct, it would be ingratitude to our country, and a tacit disavowal to the cause of liberty, and public virtue, not to concur in the support of it, by all the warmest suffrages we can render you of our approbation and esteem. Most heartily sorry we are that your present suffering and confinement should spring from so pure a source as the avowed defence of our great palladium, the liberty of the press, and your firm and manly opposition to every act of administration, which has a tendency to conceal the voice of truth from a good King, and by inevitable consequence, fix the iron yoke, upon the neck of his subjects—DETERMINED TO BE FREE.
"While you, Sir, are confined within those walls, we consider you as offering a solemn sacrifice to promote the welfare of your fellow citizens.—We see you making a voluntary surrender of your own liberty, to establish that of your country upon a firmer, and more solid basis.—It is a noble struggle in which you are now engaged, and we doubt not, that as you have begun, you will persevere to sustain the glorious conflict, with a fortitude worthy of a Briton.
"We sympathize tenderly in your confinement, and wait with anxious impatience for your enlargement, which we flatter ourselves will be crowned at some future period, by other testimonies more convincing than these pledges of our gratitude."
April 17th, 1771. Signed, JAMES PEARSON, Chairman. To which he made this answer.
Gentlemen of the Ward of Cheap.
"Nothing can be more pleasing to me, than the approbation of my fellow citizens in the discharge of my duty. It ever was, and ever will be, the wish of my heart, to have that reward as the best I can receive next to the approbation of my own mind. I shall ever continue in the same sentiments with which I entered on the public trusts reposed in me as an Alderman of the city of London, and one of its Representatives in Parliament. If future exigencies at any time demand an exertion of my abilities, I will persevere to the end of my life; and should I even expire in the defence of the liberty of my country, the tears of my fellow citizens bestowed on my ashes, would be an ample reward."
Last night arrived at the Hovel, King-street, Saint James's, Waskin Lewis, Esq; with addresses from the county of Carmarthen, Pembroke, and Cardigan, to the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Oliver and Wilkes, containing expressions, we hear, of the highest esteem and approbation of their upright and faithful discharge of their duty as Magistrates.
Charlestown, S. Carolina, May 2.
On Sunday last failed for Bristol, the ship St. Helena, Capt. Arthur. This is the ship that has on board 154 hogheads of South-Carolina tobacco, reckoned equal to the very best made in Maryland or Virginia.
The same day also failed for London, the Beaufain, Capt. Daniel Curling, esteemed the richest ship that ever went from this port in time of peace. The passengers on board are, Sir Edmund Head, with his Lady, &c. and Mr. James Gadson, of London, merchant. And the cargo consists of 437 casks, containing 166.598 lbs. of fine indico, 6 hogheads, containing 592 lbs. of raw silk, 542 tiers of rice, 28 hogheads and 8 bundles of deer skins, 2 bundles of elk skins, 101 otter skins, 103 raw hides, 157 barrels of pitch, 3250 reeds, 5000 cow horns, 1000 pipe staves, 10 tons of Brazilletto wood, &c. the whole valued at about 45,000 sterling.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 20.
This day the Reverend and Honourable Mr. Commissary HORROCKS, and his Lady, left this city, in order to embark for England.
Qui nunquam potuit tacere viros Hoc tandem in tumulo tacet, jacetque.
VOUS qui n'avez pas encore contracté cette funeste habitude, fermez l'oreille à ces traits fatigants aussi nuisibles à la société qu'ils y sont communs. Considérez les sources impures d'où sort la médisance! Rappelez vous qu'indifférent aux ridicules d'un particulier, le grand homme ne s'occupe que de grandes choses; qu'un vieux méchant lui paroitroit aussi ridicule qu'un vieux charmant, que parmi les gens du monde, ceux qui font faits pour le grand se dégoûtent bientôt de ce ton moqueur en horreur à toutes les nations. Abandonnez le donc aux hommes bornés: pour eux la médisance est un besoin. Ennemis nés des esprits supérieurs, et jaloux d'une estime qu'on leur refuse, ils savent que, semblable à ces plantes viles qui ne germent et ne croissent que sur les ruines des palais, ils ne peuvent s'élever que sur les débris des grandes réputations; aussi ne s'occupent ils que du soin de les détruire.
* L'un médit, parcequ'il est ignorant et oisif. † L'autre parcequ'ennuyé, bavard, plein d'humeur et choqué des moindres défauts, il est habituellement malheureux; c'est à son humeur plus qu'à son esprit qu'il doit ses bons mots, facit indignatio versum.
Ces hommes bornés sont en grand nombres. Autrefois l'on n'étoit envié que de ses égaux; à présent, que chacun, aspi re à la connoissance et s'en croit, c'est presque le public en entier qu'on a pour envie: ce n'est plus pour l'instruire, c'est pour critiquer qu'on lit. Or parmi les ouvrages, il n'en est aucun qui puisse tenir contre cette disposition des lectures. La plus part d'entre eux, occupés à la recherche des défauts d'un ouvrage, font comm. à ces animaux immondes qu'on rencontre quelquefois dans les Villes, et qui ne s'y promènent que pour en chercher les égouts. Ignoreroit on encore qu'il ne faut pas moins d'esprit pour appercevoir les beautés, que les défauts d'un ouvrage?
Toutes les injustices font un effet nécessaire de la folie. Quelle différence à cet égard entre la conduite de l'homme d'esprit et celle de l'homme ignorant. Le premier profite de tout. Il échappe souvent aux hommes médiocres des vérités dont le sage se saisit. L'homme d'esprit qui le fait, les écoute sans dépit: Il n'apperçoit communément dans la conversation que ce qu'on y dit de bien, et l'homme médiocre que ce qu'on y dit de mal ou de ridicule.
By the Honourable WILLIAM NELSON, Esq; President of the Council, and Commander in Chief of the colony and dominion of Virginia:
A PROCLAMATION.
VIRGINIA, to wit. WHEREAS the General Assembly stands prorogued to the third Thursday in October next, and whereas it is judged expedient that the said Assembly should meet sooner; I have therefore thought fit, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Majesty's Council, to appoint Thursday the eleventh Day of the next Month for that Purpose, at which Time their Attendance is accordingly required at the capitol in Williamsburg.
GIVEN under my Hand, and the Seal of the Colony, this 13th Day of June, in the 11th Year of his Majesty's Reign, and in the Year of our Lord 1771.
WILLIAM NELSON. GOD SAVE THE KING.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 14, 1771. THIS day being appointed for a meeting of the associators, and twenty two members having accordingly met, which not being a sufficient number to proceed upon business, according to the terms of the association, by their unanimous desire, I do appoint Monday the 15th of July next for a general meeting, and request their attendance at the Capitol, in the city of Williamsburg, on that day. PEYTON RANDOLPH, Moderator.
THURSDAY, Decemb. 4, 1766. On a motion made, ORDERED, THAT the Clerks of the several county courts in this colony do transmit to the Clerk of this House, in the first part of every meeting of the General Assembly, a list of the titheables in their counties, containing the names of such titheables; and that they transmit also, at the same time, a list of the public charges of their respective counties. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do cause the same to be published in the Virginia Gazette. By the House of Burgesses. G. WYTHE, Cl. H. B.
THIS serves to advertise William Wills, who married Martha Alexander, that he has a legacy of 40l. current money left him in the will of Sarah Alexander, deceased, late of Gloucester county, which sum is in the hands of CHARLES M. THRUSTON.
THE legatees and others concerned in the estate of Col. John Thruston, deceased, are desired to meet at Gloucester town, on Monday the 2d of September next, in order to a settlement thereof; and the subscriber intreats that all persons indebted to himself by bond, or otherwise, will make immediate payment to Capt. Cornelius Levingston, of King & Queen county, who is properly authorized to give discharges for whatever sums he shall receive. He would also be glad to settle and adjust some old standing accounts, and to pay the balances due thereon to the persons under named, who were in the second Virginia regiment, and of Captain Hancock Eustace's company, in the year 1758, and who, being dispersed when the said regiment was disbanded, never made any application for those balances: If they therefore, their heirs, or representatives, will apply, the money will still be paid by CHARLES MYNN THRUSTON.
French Mason, James Russell, John Albin, James Ginnes, Daniel Bailey, Abraham Damron, Charles Dudley, Hopkins Hardin, John Humphrey, Nathaniel Phipps, John McCormick, Joseph Parker, John Tippet, William Coan. N. B. Some of the balances are considerable.
JAMES PATTERSON, WATCHMAKER,
BEGS leave to inform the public, that he is removed opposite the RALEIGH TAVERN, where he hopes to be honoured with the commands of his former customers, as he still continues to repair WATCHES and CLOCKS in the neatest and most workmanlike manner, and at the most reasonable rates.
N. B. MOURNING RINGS executed in the most fashionable and neatest manner, with jewellery and silver work, &c.
FREDERICKSBURG, June 12, 1771. JOURNEYMEN TAILORS, WHO understand the several branches of the business well, and whose conduct is sober, may have constant employment, and good usage, by applying to JAMES FULTON.
TO BE SOLD, On the 8th of JULY next, By JOSEPH KIDD, UPHOLSTERER, APPRAISER and AUCTIONEER, AT HIS HOUSE, Known by the name of Col. CUSTIS's, SUNDY HOUSEHOLD and KIT-CHEN FURNITURE, the property of a Gentleman left off house keeping. Credit will be given till December court, for all sums above TWENTY SHILLINGS, the purchasers giving bond and approved security to JOSEPH KIDD.
AT the same place Gentlemen may be accommodated with good lodgings, exactly suitable to those who make choice of retrenchment, after the fatigue of business. I have an excellent clover pasture adjoining my house, well secured. Gentlemen may depend on being charged at the most reasonable rate.
JUNE 11, 1771. JUST IMPORTED, And to be SOLD by the subscriber in RICHMOND, ALL SORTS OF DRUGS AND MEDICINES, And most things wanted in that way. Likewise Anderson's and Lockyer's pills, Hill's balm of honey, Turlington's balm of life, Douglass's tincture for the teeth, which has the effect of cleaning and preserving the gums safely, sallop, zinc, argol, and a great many other articles. As the medicines from this shop have in general given satisfaction, and as it will be supplied twice in the year, it is hoped customers will be pleased still to continue, and every possible care shall be taken to deserve it. A. B. STRACHAN.
JUNE 3, 1771. IF any of the descendants of John Hel-lier, who came to Virginia many years ago, from Bristol, in Great-Britain, and settled on the freshest of Rappahannock river, will apply to me in Frederickburg, they may be informed particularly of an enquiry made, after them, perhaps much to their advantage. I have received information of a family of the name of Hilliard, who came from Bristol, and settled formerly in the neighbourhood of the late Colonel Turner, on Rappahannock. If any of that family are alive, perhaps they may be able to reconcile the difference in the name, from convincing circumstances, as there is so great a similitude in the found. ROGER DIXON.
ALL persons that are indebted to the estate of Capt. William Broadnax, late of Brunswick county, are desired to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands against the said estate, are desired to make them known, as regard may be had to the dignity of the debts. JAMES WALKER, Administrator.
JUNE 17, 1771. THE subscriber takes this method of informing the public, that he has an absolute bill of sale, with a delivery of the sloop Bernard, with all her rigging, tackle, and apparel, taken from Mr. Adam Bennett, of the county of King & Queen, to secure him from engagements, that he has entered into as security for the said Bennett, as well as to pay off an account that the said Bennett was owing him: He therefore takes this method of giving this public notice, to prevent any person taking a mortgage, or bill of sale, for the said sloop, and apparel, as he looks upon her to be his property, until the said engagements and accounts shall be fully paid and satisfied; and this they are to take notice of at their peril. WILLIAM FRASER, jun.
ALEXANDRIA, June 3, 1771. ALL persons indebted to the estate of Isaac Pierce, lately deceased, are desired to make immediate payment to the subscriber, who is empowered to receive the same; and those that have any claims against the said estate, are desired to bring them in, that they may be adjusted. There is for sale, a large quantity of blocks (some wanting sheaves) hoops for masts, handspikes, &c. a large flock of lignum vitae; and also a compleat set of block and pump maker's tools, which will be sold very reasonable for ready money. Any person inclined to purchase all or any of the above mentioned articles, must apply immediately, as my stay here will be very short. FRANCIS ROBINS.
STOLEN from Petersburg the 23d of May, a black mare, 7 years old, about 14 hands and a half high, a natural pacer, with a hanging mane and sprig tail, a star in her forehead, and one of her hind feet white, but no brand upon her. Whoever brings the said mare to Edward Stabler at Petersburg, or the subscriber on Hatcher's Run, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS reward, or FIVE POUNDS on conviction of the thief. WILLIAM BUTLER.
TAKEN up in New Kent, a bay horse, about 14 hands high, with one hind foot white. ROBERT PITT.
TREASURY OFFICE, June 5, 1771. I WOULD gladly exchange Gold and Silver for any of the old or new Paper Money, especially such as is torn or defaced. RO. C. NICHOLAS, Treasurer.
RICHMOND town, May 23, 1771. THE subscribers store at this place will be, from the first of September next, under the management of Mr. Thomas Smith, by whom customers will be supplied as formerly; and we hope for the continuance of their favours. CARTER & TRENT.
patched, a light coloured cambet coat, with black shalloon lining, black buttons and binding. His master or overseer is desired to come and claim him, and pay charges to MICHAEL GRETTNER, gaoler.
his left eye, and has been severely whipped; he has on an old white fustian jacket, an oznaburg shirt, black stockings, breeches, brown yarn stockings, and an old pair of shoes, with brass buckles: he has a wallet, containing a pair of old blue cloth breeches, with white buttons, and much
himself Wills Jones, but since, has confessed his name is Charles, and belongs to Brett Randolph, Esq; and came away from Cumberland county, where Bernard Markham is overseer, the first of January last. He has a large scar on the left side of his forehead, and a small one over
NOW in the gaol of Alexandria, in Fairfax county, taken up as a runaway, a Negro fellow, about 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high, he is well set, and when taken up, said he was a free Malatto, and called

To be LET on charter for Glasgow, SHIP of about 480 hogheads, or one of about half that burthen, on reasonable terms. For which apply to Mr. Neil Campbell at Richmond, or to the subscriber at Rocky Ridge. JAMES LYLE.
GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To the sheriff of Fairfax, greeting: We command you that you summon John Pound, son and heir of Morris Pound, deceased, late of the county aforesaid, to appear before our Justices of our county court of Fairfax, at Alexandria, on the third Monday in next month, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against him by William Savage, and Margaret his wife, executrix of the last will and testament of Charles Green, deceased, and Spence Grayson, administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits, of Benjamin Grayson, deceased. And this he shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of 100l. sterling. And have then there this writ. Witness Peter Wagener, clerk of our said court, this 20th day of December, in the 11th year of our reign. P. WAGENER.
MAY 30, 1771.
ON Friday the 24th instant I took up a man who said his name was Stuffy Myre , he had in his possession two horses and a man's saddle with a blue fringed houling: One of the horses was a large sorrel, about 5 feet and an inch high, appears to be half blooded, paces a good travel, no brand perceivable, but seems to have been galled with harness on his breast, he is about 8 years old, has a star in his forehead, and both hind feet white: The other is a black horse, about 5 feet high, branded on the off shoulder with something resembling a heart, paces fast, about nine years old, has a few white hairs in his forehead; they were both shod before. As the man told me different stories, I had reason to believe he had stolen the horses, and was therefore carrying him to be examined before a Justice of the Peace of this county, but on the way he broke from me and made his escape. The horses, &c. are now at my house in Pittsylvania county, near the court-house. Whoever can prove their property to the said horses may have them of me, on paying charges. JOSEPH MORTON.
TO be sold, pursuant to the last will and testament of William Stith, deceased, fifteen hundred acres of LAND, lying on Herring Creek , in Charles City county, adjoining the Buckland estate, and the Berkley tract. Any person inclinable to purchase the whole, or any part, may know the terms, by applying to the subscriber in Dinwiddie . ROBERT WALKER.
SPOTSYLVANIA county, June 5, 1771.
COMMITTED to the gaol of this county, two servants, one a man, who first called himself Alexander Simpson, since which Alexander Smith. He is an Englishman, about 5 feet 8 inches high, much pitted with the small-pox, fair skin, dark hair, and grey eyes; has on a light cloth coloured jacket, an oznabrig shirt and breeches, a pair of old shoes and buckles. He says he was bred an apothecary, and that he belongs to James Jordan of Maryland, at other times, that he belongs to Jeremiah Jordan of said province; since which, he says he is a free man, and came from Philadelphia for passing a bill in a fictitious name. The other a woman, of a fair complexion, has several cloaths, appears to be about the age of 20, says she belongs to John Orm, of George Town, Maryland, and calls herself Anne Bailey. The owners are desired to take them away, and pay charges to B. JOHNSTON, gaoler.
RUN away from the subscriber, living in Henrico county, some time in January last, a likely Negro man slave named PETER, about 18 or 19 years old, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, a black fellow, has a boney face, and dull heavy eyes, speaks slow, especially when charged with a mild demeanour, has many scars about both his knees, occasioned by burns, has large limbs, and his feet are uncommonly large, his cloaths were such as planters Negroes usually wear, though it is probable he may have stolen other cloaths, and changed his dress, and his name also; and I am under some apprehension that some evil disposed person has forged him a pass, or some writing whereby he may endeavour to pass as a free man. Any person who will bring the said slave to me, or secure him in any of his Majesty's gaols so that I may get him again, shall receive FIVE POUNDS reward, and if taken out of the country TEN POUNDS. WILLIAM JONES.
N. B. I purchased the said slave (a boy) out of the Burton family of Julius Burton , who has since removed to Halifax , where he may endeavour to get. W. J.
To be SOLD in MIDDLESEX,
A VALUABLE plantation, lying on Rappahannock, within two miles of Urbanna, and convenient to church and mill. There are on the said plantation, a good dwelling-house, kitchen, quarter, &c. two large barns, upwards of a thousand bearing apple trees, and a larger quantity of peach trees, cherries, plums, &c. Also a tract of land in the said county, lying on Dragon Swamp , containing 100 acres, has on it a fine orchard, and a small meadow, which, with little trouble, might be made a very valuable place. Likewise a lot in Urbanna , very well situated for a store, or tradesman. I have another tract in Culpeper , which I would sell on 12 months credit. SIMON LAUGHLIN.
N. B. All persons indebted to the estate of Thomas Laughlin, deceased, are desired to pay off, in order to prevent suits; and those who have any demands against him, or self, are desired to bring them in.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 12, 1771. STRAYED from the subscriber, about the 11th or 12th of last month, a dark bay horse, 14 hands and a half high, his hind feet white up to the foot locks, part of his mane cut off, switch tail, not branded, paces and canters, is low in flesh, and had a scab on his right shoulder occasioned by drawing. Whoever will deliver the said horse to me shall receive TWENTY SHILLINGS reward. JAMES ANDERSON.
TAKEN up in Charlotte, on Ward's Fork, a grey mare, much fleabitten, a white face, her off eye glass, has a hanging mane and sprig tail, paces slow, and branded on the near buttock E, she is about 4 feet 3 or 4 inches high. Posted, and appraised to 4l. JOHN CARDWELL.
ESSEX, May 23, 1771.
STOLEN, about a fortnight ago, a likely bright bay horse, about 14 hands and a half high, with a star in his forehead, a white spot on each side, and on the back bone, branded with the figure of 3 on the near buttock, both his hind feet are white, and he is 3 years old. Any person who will bring him to me, living near Sale's church, in this county, shall receive 3l. and 40s. more on conviction of the thief. RICHARD NOELL.
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SOME time ago, but to whom is forgot, 4 volumes of TOM JONES, the 4th volume of THE FOOL OF QUALITY, and the 1st of NINON DE L'ENCLOS. It will be esteemed a favour if those who have borrowed, will return them to this printing office.
IF one James Ellis, who lived on James river about a twelvemonth ago, will apply to the printer hereof, he may hear of something greatly to his advantage.
THIS is to acquaint all merchants and others, who are occupiers of corn mills, that JAMES APPLETON, sen. has opened a yard in Liverpool, where he has a large choice picked parcel of French burr stones, which he will sell as cheap as can be had in any part of England, either ready made up, of any size, or in the burr; and he flatters himself those of the trade, to whom he is known, will allow he is very capable of judging what kind of burr is most suitable to preserve the condition and colour of flour, and, at the same time, of grinding very expeditiously, he having been above 30 years in this branch of business, and near 40 in the milling, and great part of the time in the south of England. He is the only importer of this article into Liverpool from France , where he generally goes himself, or sends an experienced man, to pick them from the quarry. Also, he has just imported a quantity of Cologne stones, such as are generally used in North America for grinding wheat, of the best and most even quality, which he will likewise sell reasonable. N. B. The Gentlemen who have occasion to give orders to their correspondents for stones, are desired to consult their millwrights, particularly whether for water or wind mills, and which way they are to run, either with the sun, or against it, and any other articles that may be wanted in the mill way, to prevent useless expences, and disappointments.
For SALE, at the old store near Cabin Point in Surry,
A PARCEL of European GOODS, to the amount of about 300l. sterling, consisting of Irish linens, German oznabrigs, mens and womens shoes and pumps, felt hats, mens brown thread hose, stationery, wool, tow, and cotton cards, several pieces of duroy and their trimmings, several casks of nails from 6d. to 20d. plantation and carpenters tools, gunpowder and shot, with a variety of other articles, that make a pretty assortment. These goods are all from London , and great part of them just imported in the Randolph , Capt. Walker . Fifty pounds ready money will be required of the purchaser, who will have credit for the remainder till the 1st day of April , 1772, on giving bond and good security. An inventory of said goods may be seen at any time, and further particulars known by applying to May 30, 1771. THOMAS FENNER.
SUSSEX county, May 30, 1771.
THE subscriber having purchased of Robert Tunstal, a serjeant in Capt. Robert Stobo's company, in the Virginia regiment, the said Tunstal's right in the land given by government to the said regiment, takes this method to acquaint the public, that the said Tunstal may not dispose of it to any other person. JOHN CREAGH.
MAY 23, 1771.
I HAVE for sale ten LOTS or half acres of LAND, in the city of Williamsburg, near Dr. James Carter's, being the lots whereon the late Col. Hollaway lived. There is a dwelling house thereon in good repair, with a kitchen under it, and two large brick vaults. I would also sell the brick WINDMILL I lately purchased of Majors Taliaferro , which very late experience has proved may be made, with little alteration, exceedingly convenient and profitable. Any person inclinable to become a purchaser of the above may know the terms by applying to Mr. Tazewell in Williamsburg , or the subscriber in Middlesex county. HUGH WALKER.
CUMBERLAND county, May 1, 1771.
RUN away about the middle of February last, a Negro man named BILLY, and a Negro woman named LUCY; they were drawn in Col. Bernard Moore's lottery, by Capt. John Smith of King and Queen county ; they were outlawed at Albemarle last court day; they are supposed to be lurking about Col. Moore's in King William , or about Mr. John Walker's in Albemarle , by whose Negroes they were violently taken away from my overseer. Whoever will deliver the said Negroes to me, or secure them so that I get them again, shall receive FIVE POUNDS reward. JOSEPH CALLAND.
AS twelve months are nearly expired since the store kept at Todd's, on account of Messrs. McCall and Elliot, of Glasgow, by the subscriber, has been discontinued, it is expected that such persons as are indebted there will be ready, upon application, to discharge their respective balances; and it may be depended upon that such as do not will be sued, as the indulgence already given the customers has been such that no farther can be allowed, or reasonably expected. I have about fourteen hundred pounds sterling worth of GOODS, which I would sell cheap. ROBINSON DAINGERFIELD.
Annapolis, Maryland, March 27, 1771.
RUN away last night from the subscriber, a convict servant man named Richard Grouch, 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 leather breeches, a 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.
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.
GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To the sheriff of Loudoun 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 Craufurd , jun. and company, merchants, William Craufurd , Thomas Dunmore , 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 15th day of November, in the 11th year of our reign, 1770. 6 m 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 county, will render any account of his being regularly qualified, unnecessary. To these he chuses 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 injured 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.