The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg, Va.), 1773-06-10 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
GAZETTE.
Open to ALL PARTIES,
but influenced by NONE.
To HOADLEIANUS
WILLIAMSBURG 8th June 1773
SIR.
IT unquestionably must have given the deepest Concern to every Person of the least Humanity to be told of those exquisite Pains and Agonies you must have been afflicted with, by so long labouring, and, at last, with the greatest Difficulty, bringing to it's Birth your GIGANTICK OFFSPRING; you need however now be under no farther Uneasiness; the Pangs are all over; you have gone your full Time; and the darling Infant is born into the World at a very lucky Season. But to be a little more serious; for our Subject really demands it.
On my own Account, Sir, I have not the smallest Objection to your Attempt to curb or even banish that Freedom of Debate, which is warranted, on certain Occasions, by the Laws of the Constitution; the only Indulgence I shall ever claim for myself, will be a reasonable Allowance for any unguarded Expressions that may drop from my Lips, perhaps, in the too eager Discussion of some interesting Subject; a Foible, which you know, even "Men of Letters" are sometimes subject to. If my Conduct, either in public or private, will not endure "the keen Question of the Air," I shall think myself very unworthy to breathe it. I must own to you, Sir, that I read your Address, which it seems hath long been prepared, tho' you pretend it is now extorted, with Surprise and Amazement. Tho' nothing were easier, in my Opinion, than to expose the Artfulness of it, yet, that you may not complain of any Disinclination to do you the most speedy Justice and that the Public may be relieved, as much as possible, from the Tediou-ness and Multiplicity of our Disputes, I will, without any farther Preface, proceed to a candid Examination of what you have written.
In the first Place, let us take a cursory View of what properly leads to the Subject and the Occasion of it. A reasonable and just Toleration, or Indulgence to the scrupulous Consciences of those, who dissented from our Church, had long engaged the Attention of many. Our supreme Court had, for a long Tract of Time, conform'd to the Act of Toleration in England, by licencing such Meeting Houses and such dissenting Preachers, as conform'd to that Statute. Doubts, notwithstanding this Practice had prevail'd for many Years, were started in different Parts of the Country, whether this Act of Toleration extended to the Colonies; if it did not, as seem'd to be the Opinion of most Gentlemen of the Law, the Dissenters had Reason to be alarm'd, lest they should be thought subjected to the Penalties of several other Acts of Parliament, which had been repealed by the Acts of Toleration. Upon this being represented to the House of Burgessies by some worthy Members from the upper Parts of the Country, who were best acquainted with the different Sects of Dissenters, the Matter was immediately made the Subject of the most serious Deliberation, and, I believe continued so for one or two Sessions. Being a Case of exceeding great Delicacy and Importance, it was judg'd most prudent not to precipitate it to a Conclusion. I think I may venture to appeal to every Gentleman present, whether even the warmest Friends of the establish'd Church did not shew every good Disposition to favour the Dissenters in every Thing they could reasonably ask, consistent with what they must have judg'd the Good of the Community. I will venture to appeal to many worthy Dissenters themselves, whether the same Disposition did not uniformly prevail in several other Instances. The Disturbances occasion'd in different Parts of the Country in the Year 1771 by some itinerant Preachers must be recent in every ones Memory. In the Course of the Session, begun the 10th of February 1772, a Petition was presented to the House in the Names of several Persons, who stiled themselves Anabaptists, representing sundry Hardships and Dangers they were exposed to and praying (as nearly as I can recollect; for I have not the Petition or any Copy of it) that they might be allow'd the same Privileges and Indulgencies, as were enjoy'd by his Majesty's other Protestant dissenting Subjects; this was universally agreed to; a Bill was order'd and framed according to the Prayer of the Petition; by which all Acts of Toleration, in Force in Great Britain, were proposed to be adopted and declared in Force throughout this Colony. When this Bill came under the Consideration of a numerous Committee, to whom, after a second Reading of it in the House, it had been refer'd for Amendments, it was represented that there were some Dissenters in the upper Parts of the Country, who could not conform to the English Toleration, as by that they were obliged to subscribe the Articles of our Church, which, in Conscience, they could not do; the Result of much Deliberation, in which every Gentleman present, to the best of my Remembrance, concurr'd, was that the Toleration
should be made more extensive here than it was in England, and, that the Dissenters should not be obliged to subscribe the Articles of our Church. The only Test required of their Ministers or Teachers was, that they should take the Oaths to his Majesty's Person and Government, or if they scrupled taking an Oath, make a Declaration to the same Effect, subscribe the Test and declare their Assent to the Truth of the sacred Scriptures; there were Clauses in the Bill to guard against the Corruption of our Slaves; to prescribe a Method for establishing their Meeting Houses, and to confine the Teachers to certain Places and Times of Worship. The Restrictions, as to Times and Places, some Gentlemen at last seem'd to doubt the Propriety of; express'd their Apprehensions that these might give Uneasiness to some of the Dissenters and desired that, after the Bill was engross'd, the Matter might remain, as it was; this was agreed to and the Bill was ordered to be printed, that the whole Country might have an Opportunity of considering it more maturely. I do not recollect to have heard it, so much as whisper'd, that there were any Dissenters of whatever Denomination, in the whole Colony, who would wish to excuse themselves from that Part of the Test, which required their Assent to the Truth of the sacred Scriptures. I have given this Detail, Sir, as well that some of my subsequent Observations may be the better understood, as that the whole World may judge, whether the Inhabitants of this Country are, or whether I myself in particular, am actuated by that Spirit of Persecution, which you have more than once so daringly represented me to be.
While this Matter was depending in the House of Burgessies there appeared in Mr. Rind's Paper of the 5th of March a Letter to A. W. under your Signature. This was consider'd as an Address to the whole House; and, tho' you have singled me out, as an Object of your Resentment, because I happen'd to be the Person, who publickly spoke his Sentiments; yet I can tell you, with much Truth, that, in private, your Performance underwent nearly the same Animadversions of many worthy judicious Gentlemen; and, I can tell you farther, that I was much commended by several of them for the Observations I made upon it. I must acknowledge that I never could have expected to see an Attempt made to justify this Letter in the Face of the Public; but why should I be surprized at any Thing of the sort after reading another of your late Performances under the Signature of "a Clergyman?" There seems to be such a sort of,—what shall I call it? Bashfulness, Disingenuity or Unwillingness in some Men to retract Opinions once publickly avow'd, that they have nothing left but to stand firmly to the Matter; this you know will require but one strong Exertion more, which you seem to think will do the Business. But, Sir, let us examine the Letter a little.
Your Subject was Toleration; an universal Toleration. Had your Address been made to a Set of "persecuting Priests," and had you left out a few trifling Articles of it, I would most cordially have join'd you in your own Commendations of your own PHILANTHROPY. After taking Notice of the Statute of the first of William and Mary, which is commonly understood by the Act of Toleration and which you say the Dissenters of those Times were perfectly satisfied with, you give it as your Advice that, because of the "Revolutions of Opinions," Dissenters ought not now to be confined to so narrow a Bottom and then mention such Regulations, as you think will prevent the bad Consequences, that may be thought to attend a "complete Toleration." You next take a View of the different Sects of Dissenters then in Virginia, who, from some of their peculiar Tenets, cannot with a good Conscience subscribe, some to one, some to others and none of them to all the Articles of our Church. But, be pleased to observe, for it is pretty material, that there is not one of these Dissenters, as I can find, who denies or doubts the Truth of the Christian Religion, tho' most of them may understand the Scriptures in a Sense different from what our Church does. You then ask A. W. whether he would "chuse to compel many of the most useful peaceable Members of the Community to emigrate?" He, no doubt, as I should have done, had the Question been put to me, must have answered, by no means; no one wishes to part with such Inhabitants, they need not remove on Account of their religious Principles, because they will be allow'd as complete a Toleration as they can desire. Then follows your capital Passage; from this you may correct the erroneous Recital in your last Letter. "The Scheme I should wish to see adopted is this. Instead of demanding a Subscription to any of the Articles of the Church of England, extend your Toleration to all who will subscribe to the Belief of a supreme Being, his Government of the Universe and the Obligations of Morality. If this be not sufficient (THO' I BE THOROUGHLY PER-
"SUADED IT IS) ADD THE TRUTH OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION." I will not, to avoid Prolixity, quote your Reasons at large, the Reader may see them in the Paper itself, the Date of which I have refer'd to; the Substance of them is this; that the Scheme proposed would effectually secure the Peace of Society; fresh Inhabitants would be induced to settle amongst us; Manufactures would flourish and the Value of our Lands be increased; that it would be a Means of securing the Confidence of the Northern Colonies; that the Dissenters in England, who, with the low Church-men, stood our Friends in the Repeal of the Stamp Act, would otherwise probably complain of our Ingratitude and desert us; amongst these you rank the most wealthy Merchants of the City of London, Bristol and Liverpoole; last of all you tell us what a good Influence such a complete Toleration would have in Favour of the establish'd Church. All this you might think extremely popular, but I believe every judicious Reader must think it extremely indecent, considering the Quarter it came from.
You say that, "in a late Debate concerning the American Episcopate I thought proper to hold you up to the Public as a Despiser of Christianity." By this, and some other Charges, you would insinuate that I endeavour'd to make a very worthy Clergyman an Object of Scorn and Derision. But nothing was farther from my Intention! If the Man could have been entirely separated from his Doctrine and avow'd Principles, I would gladly have done it. As you have recited what you say were my Observations, I wish you had mentioned the Passages which led to them. Words you know are very transient, fleeting Things, and, tho' I can't pretend to an exact Recollection of them, after a long Space of intervening Time, yet their Substance, especially in Matters of Consequence, makes a pretty deep Impression on my Mind. The Case, I believe, was truly this. One Advantage, amongst many others, proposed by the American Episcopate was, that it would probably be of great Service to Religion to have such a respectable Person in Authority at the Head of it; as he might visit the Churches and superintend the Conduct of the Clergy, as well in Respect to their Lives and Conversations, as their Doctrines. To this it was answer'd that there could be no Occasion for a Bishop to superintend the Conduct of the Clergy in Respect to their Doctrines, because Christianity had been preserved and inculcated in it's greatest Purity, from our earliest Settlement. To this I reply'd that, tho' it might have been so hitherto, I did not know how long it might continue to be the Case, when I saw such extraordinary Things publish'd in our common News Papers. I then recited the particular Passage of your Letter and said I was sorry to be inform'd that this fell from the Pen of a Clergyman. Perhaps I might have asked the Question you mention; whether I did or not, I will acknowledge, that I thought, at the Time and still think the Plan you proposed was setting the Christian Religion at Nought, or, at most, making it of much less Estimation, than a Clergyman ought to hold it in. You offered your extraordinary Advice to me and surely I had a Right to consider and animadvert upon it. Could I divine that, before you took your Leave of England, you had silenced the chief wise Men of the Nation and that you had changed their Constitution both in Church and State? I will now, Sir, upon a farther Review, and, more deliberate Consideration of your Scheme, together with your elaborate Defence of it, freely own that I think it a great Pity it had not been ordered to be publickly burnt. With Respect to your own Faith or Infidelity, I don't believe I said a Word of either, being at that Time and still a Stranger to them both. Your Scheme alone was, and, if persisted in, ever will be an Object of my Censure. If you draw your own Infidelity as a Consequence from my Opinion, the Inference is your own. You say, "Had I written a theological Treatise and asserted that Christianity was a Matter of little or no Importance, your Censure would not have rested upon it's present sandy Foundation; but the Subject of my Letter was confin'd to civil Toleration; my Enquiry was not directed to Matters, which concern the eternal Happiness of Mankind." Had you written such a Treatise, as you mention; I should have had no Occasion to search for the Foundation; this, as well as the Superstructure, the different Apartments and all the Furniture would have appeared plainly enough; but it is not always quite convenient or proper to shew the different Parts of every Edifice at once. But "your Enquiry was not directed to what concern'd the eternal Happiness of Mankind." What a strange Error have I been in my whole Life? I have always confider'd this eternal Happiness of Mankind as the chief, if it ought not to be the sole Object of a Clergyman's Pursuit. I have been taught that Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Manufactures, and all other beggarly Elements, in

Comparison of this, were of little Worth. Will you, Sir, allow me to express a Wish in my Turn! It is, that you would be pleased "to point out the Passages in holy Writ" in which our Blessed Saviour allows those whom he sent to propagate the Truth of his Gospel to postpone this mighty Work to mere worldly Considerations.
Extremes of all Kinds, Sir, are my Aversion; a persecuting Clergyman to me would be an odious Character; but, at the same Time, tho' a "Layman," I must own my Dislike to the Conduct of such Clergymen, as attempt to set every Thing at large.
I have, Sir, comply'd with your earnest Entreaty to give your several Quotations a serious Perusal, and shall not be surprized, if I hear that " some poor Man is come out of the Country " to enquire who this Man with the hard Name is that is so intimately acquainted with the Saints, Fathers and Philosophers of old. His Errand need not be quite fruitless; he may prevail on you to translate your long Sentences of Latin, and, which will be of great Consequence to him and his Neighbours, to teach him how to apply them to your Purpose, for if he should be able to do it, it's more than I am, at present. I will, however, make a farther Trial and begin with the incomparable Locke, tho' he stands last in your Arrangement. You know Men are apt to be partial to their own Favourites and you have heard me "publickly declare" my Approbation of him both, as a Writer and a "Christian." You may have heard me express my Liking of his general Principle of Toleration, tho', I believe, few would undertake to justify them in every Extreme. His general Principles, which he seems always to have in View, is, that no Man ought to be compel'd to embrace a Religion, he does not approve and that it is highly unjust to offer any Violence either to his Person or Estate for not doing it. But I shall never be brought to agree with him in one of your Quotations "that the Magistrate" (under which Title I presume he would include the chief Magistrate and all others in Authority under him, whether ecclesiastical or civil) ought not to prohibit the preaching or professing any speculative Opinions in any Church . This I know is a favourite doctrine with some Gentlemen, and, if it should once prevail universally, there would be an End to all religious Establishments , Articles and every Thing of the sort. You seem to me, Sir, tho' you do not expressly quote it, to have been led astray by a Passage in Mr. Locke's first Letter on Toleration, upon which he seems to rest a great Part of his reasoning against Persecution. A small Number of Christians, he supposes, go into a Pagan Country; they are received and kindly entertain'd in their Distress; in the Course of Time they grow more numerous and become stronger than the Natives, and, unless the Pagans will embrace their Religion, the Christians strip them of their Property and, perhaps, persecute them even to Death: No Man, of the smallest Spark of Humanity, much less a Christian, would pretend to justify so horrid an Act of Barbarity. I presume, either from your Reading or Recollection of this supposed Case, you have led me to the Banks of the Ganges; the Seat of those inoffensive, industrious Pagans you speak of. But whoever indulged a Wish to give them the smallest Disturbance, that you have, with such a strange Air of Triumph, asked, "whether Christianity recommends their Extirpation or whether the Ministers of the Gospel ought to preach such a horrid Doctrine?" Your Observations on the Jewish Polity (which by the bye you borrow'd of Mr. Locke) are just as little to your Purpose, as they are pertinent and apposite to his Course of Reasoning, unless you can prove that I have made an Attempt to remove Dissenters from amongst us. This seems also introduced for the special Purpose of giving you another Opportunity to triumph with a few more Questions; such as, "Is Christianity an Institution, which breathes a smaller Portion of the Spirit of Benevolence than Judaism?" Who ever said or suggested that it is? "Or shall a Minister of Jesus be treated with Severity for discovering a Degree of Philanthropy, which would have been commended in a Disciple of Moses?" Pray who ever shew'd an Inclination to do this? I'm sure you can't say with Truth that I did. Your Quotations from the Edict of Constantine, the Opinions of the Fathers and Philosophers, may prove indeed that they were Friends to a general Toleration; that they declared against every sort of Persecution and advised that every one might be allow'd to worship his Maker, as he thought fit; and, if you can prove that I ever shew'd a Disposition to persecute any Man on Account of his religious Principles, I will agree that I am condemned by these Authorities; but you must not think, Sir, to frighten me by holding forth, in pompous Array, the Names of Saints, Fathers or Philosophers; for how much soever I may respect their Memories, I shall hardly be persuaded to fall down and worship them. Consider the State of the World and the Ages in which your Worthies lived; consider too the State of Christianity in those Days and compare it with ours; they were probably influenced by the Reasons given in your Quotation from Episcopus: " Tolerantia tanto saluarius panacea mihi esse videtur; quod etiam possit esse Medium, quo Judæis aperiatur Ostium, per quod ad Christum ingrediatur. " Had your Scheme been proposed in less exceptionable Terms, and your View been to invite Jews, Turks and Infidels into our Community, in Hopes of their being one Day or other converted to Christianity, such a Design, however visionary considering our Situation, would have been commendable and praiseworthy; but nothing of the sort was pretended either in your first Letter or the present Vindication of it. You
style yourself a young Adventurer in the Cause of Liberty; and I will venture to pronounce you a bold one too. You were nurtured in the Bosom of our Church; consider the State of this Church and the Toleration allow'd to Dissenters in the Country you left. When you came over to this Colony you found us a happy People; you found the establish'd Religion prevailing almost universally; some Dissenters we had indeed amongst us, but all of them, for ought I know to the contrary, Professors of Christianity. You found a ready Disposition in the Friends of the Church to allow Dissenters of every Denomination a much more extensive Toleration, than you had known in the Parent Kingdom; but, borne on the Tide of Popularity , hurried by your ill digested Notions of modern Refinements , you express your Dissatisfaction and complain that the Toleration, hitherto allow'd and the Enlargement of it, which every one was consenting to, would still be confined to too narrow Limits. You propose your Scheme; pray what is it? Not merely that we should avoid every Species of Persecution; this was unnecessary; but that we should give a general Invitation to every People under the Sun to come and inhabit with us; and that we should tell them all we desire is that they subscribe to the Belief of a supreme Being, his Providence and the Obligations of Morality ; as to their subscribing to the Truth of the Christian Religion , this shall not be insisted on, as we think it unnecessary. Notwithstanding you have given this Advice, you complain of me bitterly for saying you have set Christianity at Nought, and tell us, you only meant to recommend a civil Toleration; but pray what Price have you set upon Christianity? They are to subscribe to the Belief of a supreme Being and his Providence ; this I should have supposed would be taken for granted by every one; if the wonderful Works of the Creation are not sufficient to impress so great and glaring a Truth upon every Mind, I should expect but little Advantage from Subscriptions. But what do you mean by the Obligations of Morality ? Where is there a perfect Code of Morality to be found, unless you will join the sacred Scriptures with it? The moral Law I have always consider'd as imperfect, at least, that it was not thoroughly understood, 'till the coming of Christ. Would you wish to insinuate that it is not necessary, even to the temporal Happiness of this Community, that Christianity should be believed? All good Christians know the contrary. Ingratitude is too apt to forget the liberal Hand of its Benefactor. I have formerly, Sir, dipt a little into controversial and deistical Writers, and have found that those Men who avow'd, their Disbelief of Revelation and boasted of the Soundness and Strianness of their Morals drew the best of their Knowledge from the sacred Scriptures, tho' they either were not aware of it or had not Candour enough to acknowledge it. But I will suppose for a Moment that I may be mistaken in this Opinion, which I have exposed to your Criticism, and that the moral Law was perfect, before our Blessed Saviour came into the World; have you not given an undue Preference to Morality, which the Adversaries of Christianity will be too apt to lay hold of? You evidently have confounded two Things materially distinguishable. Can't you see an essential Difference between the Case of Christians going into a Heathen Country and attempting to exterminate the Inhabitants because they will not believe and conform to their Religion, and the Scheme you have proposed to a Country circumstanced, as ours is, where we all profess Christianity? What Christian ever proposed an Extirpation of the Indians, the Aborigines of this Continent, for not embracing Christianity? If your Plan should be adopted, what will become of those pious Labours of Love of those worthy Societies instituted for the Propagation of the Christian Religion into foreign Parts? How strangely was that Charity of the great Boyle mistaken, if not misapply'd in founding charitable Schools for the Instruction of the Heathen in the Principles of Christianity? Is there a Mark of Persecution in these Things? Let us suppose a Missionary sent to this Continent to instruct the Heathen in the true Religion; you know the Difficulties which must attend the Work; but how greatly would he be surprized to find that your Scheme had taken Place? Might not and would not the Infidels probably say, away with your new fangled Doctrines! we live peaceably and quietly in the Country and have been taught by a Minister of your own Church, that this is all, which is required of us. When I mentioned the Inhabitants of this Country to be all Christians, I spoke of them collectively in their different religious Societies. But is it not to be lamented, have we not too much Reason to fear that there are some Individuals, (I will not call them Infidels) but such as have not been at proper Pains to make themselves acquainted with the Evidences of Christianity? And do you think that such Persons are likely to be excited by your Scheme to make farther Enquiries? You had better tell us at once, as your Friend does, "that the more a Community abounds with such People" as you would invite to settle amongst us "the better that Community would become;" and I should give you the same Answer that I did to him. We seem to differ exceedingly in our Notions of Christianity. God forbid that I should presume to limit his unconvenanted Mercies . But have we no superior Hopes given us by the Gospel of the Blessed Jesus? And how can Mankind comply with the Terms and Conditions of this Gospel, unless they are properly instructed in it? Is it not the Duty of us all, is it not more especially the most bounden Duty of his Ministers, by every reasonable, persuasive Means to endeavour to propagate his Religion to the utmost Limits of the
Earth? But why should I say more? Even your own dear Friend has at last deserted your Cause and condemn'd you, by telling me in his last Letter "that he "always objected to the Passage," which I excepted to; how truly may be the Subject of a future enquiry?"
This, Sir, is the second illiberal Attack, which you, without any just Provocation, have made upon me; your first was under the Signature of "A Clergyman of the Church of England," to which I have given a proper Answer. I wonder "Criticus" has not been call'd in to make up a Triumvirate. When you write again pray subscribe your own proper Name, that all the World may know, as well as I do, who you really are.
Your pompous, angry Declamation, towards the Close of your Letter, must surely have been intended to aid the Weakness and Futility of your Arguments. That CONFIDENCE , which my Countrymen have been pleased to honour me with, shall never be prostituted to the mean Purposes of your ill natured Insinuation. It hath indeed secured my GRATITUDE ; and, if by their Kindness, I have been eased of a more laborious Employment, this hath given me a little more Leisure to attend to their important Interests, and it gives me a better Opportunity of opposing the dangerous Designs of artful Men. The true Sons of Liberty, I am persuaded, will maturely consider wherein that Liberty consists, and not suffer themselves to be deluded by every bold Adventurer, whose Views, tho' they may not certainly be known, are, at best, suspicious . I shall now bid you a lasting Farewell, and, sincerely wishing you a greater Share of good Manners, a better Way of thinking and reasoning, I am, Sir, your humble Servant,
RO. C. NICHOLAS.
L O N D O N, March 25.
YESTERDAY afternoon, about two o'clock, died, at his house in Hertford Street, May Fair, the Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield. He was born September 22, 1695, and succeeded his father the 27th of January, 1725-6, elected Knight of the Garter May 18, 1730, and soon after made Lord Steward of his Majesty's Household, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the States General, and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the year 1745. On the 15th of September, 1733, he married Lady Milefina, Countess of Walsingham. His title descends to master Philip Stanhope, a minor about 18 years of age, now at Leipfic University, who was, till he went abroad, under the care of the Reverend Doctor Dodd. General Sir Charles Hotham, and Beaumont Hotham, Esquire, member in Parliament for Wigan in Lancashire, are his executors.
March 30. The following deserves to be recorded, as by no means the worst bon mot that ever fell from Lord Chesterfield's lips: When Sir William Stanhope was first married, notwithstanding the great disparity of years between his Lady and himself, Sir William was happy in the thoughts of a numerous progeny; full of this idea, Sir William addressed his brother, the Earl of Chesterfield, thus: "Well, brother, there is now a prospect that we shall have an heir to our estates!" True, brother (replied Lord Chesterfield with a smile) something may be done by Stanhope and company.
April 2. The stopping payment of a great banker on Wednesday (mentioned yesterday) will have no other consequence than a temporary distress; as it is universally believed that the principal's fortune, after every one is paid, will not be less than 200,000l. It is said the intention of the above house has been for some time past to decline all business.
Yesterday as Robert Heddington, Esquire, of the Broad Wall, Southwark, was riding an unruly horse, the beast suddenly took fright near the Obelisk in St. George's Fields, and ran away with him, whereby Mr. Heddington was thrown off, and his head pitching against the rails, his neck was dislocated, and he was otherwise so much bruised, that he died instantly. His fortune, which is very considerable, descends to several poor relations, among whom is a poor cobbler, a grave digger to the parish of Christ Church, who has a wife and a very numerous offspring.
Yesterday morning a tradesman in the Borough was found in his bed with his throat cut from ear to ear, and the four following remarkable lines (said to be cut off an old newspaper) in his pocket:
Oh death! thou pleasing end of human woe— Thou care of life—thou best of things below! May'st thou still shun the coward and the slave, And thy soft slumbers only ease the brave.
Yesterday morning a great number of felons, under sentence of transportation in Newgate, were put on board a lighter at Blackfriars, which delivered them on board the Thornton, consigned to Virginia.
Wednesday a battle was fought for forty guineas on Kennington Common, between a journeyman cabinetmaker in Whitechapel, and a waterman of Horsleydown; when, after a contest of seventeen minutes, the latter received a blow on the temples, which killed him on the spot.
The government of Jamaica, lately conferred on Sir Basil Keith, we are assured was promised by the Premier to the Honourable Mr. Vane, brother to Lord Darlington, and previous to that to Sir George Bridges Rodney, who went out on hearing Governor Trelawney was in a very bad state of health.
The above appointment is equal to the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland, being worth between fifteen and twenty thousand pounds per annum.
A late Noble Earl, convinced of the fatal consequences attendant on gaming, is said to have left his estate to his nephew, now abroad, under certain restrictions; among many others are said to be the

following: "That he never be seen at Newmarket during any of the meetings, under the penalty of 5000l. and that he forfeit the sum of 5000l. for any sum of 100l. lost by him at any sport or game, at White's, Arthur's, Boodle's, &c." his Lordship empowering, by this his last testament, the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury to sue for and recover the forfeited sums aforesaid, and appropriate them to the sole use of that church.
The late Right Honourable the Earl of Chesterfield has left an annuity of four score pounds per annum to Mr. James Welch, many years his Lordship's house steward, for his life; and seventy pounds a year to his son, about five years of age, on the same condition.
However erroneous the people of Boston may be in their ideas of liberty, and their exemption from the power of the British Parliament, yet the extreme honesty of the meanest of them surpasses conception, of which the following proof should be made known to their mother country, where such different principles prevail: A fire suddenly broke out at Captain Jordan's, commander of his Majesty's ship Fowey; his plate, Lady's jewels, trinkets, and all the furniture, were thrown out of windows amongst a very numerous mob, with little expectation of recovering a single article; but, to his great astonishment, he has not lost the value of six pence, for the next day the whole was brought him by various persons, even part of a bottle of wine in a decanter, which they were drinking at the time the alarm was given. How different the daily conduct of their abandoned parent!
LORD SANDWICH. A COURT CHARACTER. IT is the business of the historian to distinguish the capacity from the intention; the strength of the head from the vice of the heart.
This Nobleman is distinguished by great talents; his understanding, naturally strong, has been carefully cultivated by education and art. He has turned his attention to almost every science; and the acquisitions which he has made in knowledge give him a high superiority in the legislative assembly of his country. His views, always of importance, he enforces with eloquence.
But the intentions from which he acts render the qualifications which he possesses of the greatest detriment to his fellow citizens. His wit he employs only to their prejudice, and his understanding enables him to confound all the distinctions of right and wrong. Injustice he can gloss over, and give to it the most specious and plausible appearance. Corrupt as a Judge, he is not less so as a man. Religion he never mentions but to laugh at it; the ties of moral obligation have no force to bind him; his friend he betrays with the utmost indifference; every thing to which the general opinion of men has annexed approbation, he turns into ridicule. He is fond of admiration; and though his public and private conduct are detestable, he is yet entitled to it, from his capacity. Governed by those lively passions which never fail to attend on men to whom nature has been liberal, he is perpetually giving way to the indulgence of the most licentious appetite; but, superior to all hypocrisy, he conceals not his vices. He would be even offended if they were not known and spoken of. A member of a most disgraceful society, he bore a principal part in all its obscenities. Wise, he is yet inconsiderate; and political, he yet exposes himself by his imprudence. A compound of ability and folly, he now excites our applause, and now provokes our indignation.
In his public principles, however, he is firm, and follows the measures of the court; but in this respect he is not guided by the interest of the state; his motive is his private advantage. With a sublime and penetrating genius, and with a mind finely turned for the management of affairs, he yet wants ambition and despises popularity. Lost in the sink of vice and corruption, the man, who as a minister could contend with the most difficult situations, whose profound knowledge and policy could suggest to him the wisest and most advantageous prospects, and whose address and experience in the characters of men could ensure their execution, is yet, by his imperfections, rendered useless, and even pernicious to his country. His virtues might procure to him the highest reputation; but, borne down by his vices, he is every day falling deeper into infamy and reproach. The former, robbed of their lustre, and employed to unworthy purposes, will cease to be remembered; the latter, transmitted to posterity, will be thought of with detestation. The present age despises him; a future age will pity him.
Such is the reward of the man who employs NATURE to act against VIRTUE!
April 3. Lord Harcourt, from his liberal behaviour and punctuality in the routine of his business, is greatly respected in our sister kingdom; but it is greatly apprehended by the staunch politicians he is commissioned by administration here to pursue the plan of his predecessor.
Letters from Dublin declare that Mr. Bagnall's arm has not yet been amputated, but is in so dangerous a way, that the faculty have pronounced the operation must take place, unless an extraordinary effort of nature occurs.
The above Gentleman, we are assured, is not more than six and thirty years of age, and has already fought no fewer than seventeen duels.
April 5. Friday a little before three o'clock, came on, in the House of Lords, the grand debate concerning the commitment of the dissenters bill. It was the fullest house that has been seen this session. The debate lasted nearly six hours. The speakers in favour of the bill were the Duke of Richmond, Lord Mansfield, Lord Camden, the Earl of Shelburne, and Lord Lyttleton; against it, the Earl of Denbigh,
Lord Bruce, Earl Gower, Bishop of London, Bishop of Peterborough, the Lord Chancellor, Earl of Suffolk, Duke of Grafton, and Bishop of Landaff. It is no reflection upon any Nobleman to say that the ability of the speakers and the force of argument were on the side of the bill. The Duke of Grafton made great concessions in its favour. Upon the division, the contents were 26, non-contents 65, without proxies; including the proxies, contents 28, non-contents 86. The Peers who divided for the commitment were the Dukes of Richmond, Devonshire, Portland, Manchester, Northumberland, Athol, and Newcastle; Marquis of Rockingham, Earls of Coventry, Tankerville, Talbot, Hardwick, Belborough, Buckinghamshire, Northington, and Shelburne; Viscounts Say and Seal, and Torrington; Lords Despencer, Romney, Lyttleton, Mansfield, Camden, Trevor, and Milton; and, to his eternal honour, the Bishop of Lincoln. The two proxies were Earl of Fitzwilliams and Lord Archer.
Friday the bill for regulating the importation and exportation of corn, passed the House of Commons. The preamble states, That whereas the old laws made concerning the duties on corn imported, and the bounty on corn exported, have been of late years suspended by temporary acts, to the great discouragement of agriculture, and to the loss of the corn trade; and that a permanent law, laying down certain and known rules for the importation of corn, and for the bounty on exportation thereof, so framed as to suit our present circumstances, and to become practicable, would render such temporary laws no longer necessary, would afford encouragement to the farmer, would be the means of increasing the growth of corn, and would therefore afford a cheaper and more constant supply to the poor, and also prevent abuses in the corn trade; therefore the law enacts, that when wheat, and other grain, becomes so dear as to begin to be out of the reach of the labourer and poor to buy it, it shall no longer be exported, but, on the contrary, that wheat, at a low duty, may be imported; yet, so long as it is cheap, and there is plenty, and so long as it remains at a moderate price, it may always be exported, which exportation is always to be attended with a bounty, in order to enable the merchant to meet the foreign market with advantage; and in order to encourage our shipping, this bounty is given only to corn shipped in British shipping. There are in the act many other regulations calculated for the benefit of trade, and to give it a certain permanency without risk. The public is obliged to Governor Pownall for the trouble and indefatigable pains he has taken in conducting this business.
A correspondent acquaints us that the famous Pascal Paoli has lately been in "durance vile." Should this intelligence be well founded, it would not require the spirit of prophecy to foretel the possibility of the General's meeting with the same fate as that unfortunate Monarch the late Theodore King of Corsica encountered, who at one and the same instant was so beloved and neglected by our mutable countrymen, that they flared at the King with the admiring eye of curiosity, but were so neglectful of the wants of the man as to leave him to pine out a miserable existence within the confines of a prison.
A person just arrived from France says that an epidemic fever has carried off vast numbers of people at Rochfort, where it still rages with great violence.
Advice is just received from port L'Orient, that several ships of great force, filled with soldiers, were failed from thence for the East Indies.
A small sloop that lately put into Ferrol, reports that the Spaniards have thirty five ships of the line there, which can be sent to sea at a fortnight's notice, in case of emergency.
A battle was fought on Friday in Stepneyfields for fifty guineas, between a shoemaker in the borough, and a carpenter in Tower Street, who goes by the name of Smiling Billy; victory was for some time doubtful, but at length declared in favour of the former, who, by what is called a straight blow, beat out one of his antagonist's eyes.
The following may be relied on as a matter of fact: The Duchess of G—— has a brother who now occupies so menial a station in the King's household, that he actually wears his Majesty's livery. This man was the other day playing with the Duchess of G——'s children by Lord W——dg——ve; when the Duke of G—— happened to pass through the apartments. His Highness afterwards related the circumstance to his Duchess, expressing at the same time his displeasure at the familiarity, which brought on an explanation from the Duchess, concerning the near relationship the man bore to her children. A circumstance this, no less mortifying to Royalty, than displeasing to every person anxious for the dignity of every branch of his Sovereign's family!
April 6. The Lady Gage, Farmer, arrived at Cowes, lay to off the bar of Charlestown, in order to receive on board the Governor and his Lady, but a storm coming on was obliged to proceed to sea. She had one man washed overboard on her voyage, and all her live stock destroyed.
There is a letter in town that gives an account that a Spanish ship, whose crew consisted partly of Danish and Norwegian sailors, set out the first of May, 1772, from Cape Blanco de Saint Sebastian, in lat. 43d. 30m. N. and 120d. W. of the meridian of London, and steering a north west course, did, on the 20th of July, arrive at the bottom of a gulph not unlike that of Bothnia, or Finland; that the inhabitants in their persons greatly resembled the Tartars, spoke their language, and told an interpreter that the tradition was, that their ancestors had come from the west by the bottom of that very bay where they now were.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 10. This morning a Negro man, far advanced in years, belonging to Mr. Goodall, near this city, who had been blind in both eyes for many years with a cataract, was restored to the sight of both eyes by Doctor GRAHAM, oculist and aurist. We hear that the Doctor positively intends to set out from his apartments in this city, on his return to Philadelphia, next Tuesday morning.
On Tuesday last JOHN PAGE, Esquire, of Rosewell, was sworn in one of his Majesty's honourable Council of this colony, and took his seat at the board.
The Pitt, Punderforn, from London, in 6 week, is arrived in York; and the Thomas, Robertson, from Glasgow, in James river.
The Emperor, Cockran, the Juno, McCunn, and the York, Fell, from Virginia, are all safe arrived at London.
At the court of Oyer and Terminer last Tuesday the following criminals were brought to their trials:
John Bentley, from Prince William, for horsestealing: Acquitted.
Joseph Blundle, from Northumberland, for theft: Acquitted.
Robert Cook, from Henrico, for murder: Acquitted; but remanded to jail, and to give security for his good behaviour.
John Anderson (alias Dixon) from Henrico, for theft: Burnt in the hand.
David Wright, from Essex, for burglary: Acquitted.
James Revell, from Essex, for burglary, guilty: Death.
William Childrey, from Prince Edward, for robbery, guilty: Death.
Joseph Berry, from Amelia, for horsestealing, guilty: Death.
YORK TOWN, June 9th, 1773. THE subscribers being very solicitous to comply with the will of their testator, the late Honourable William Nelson, desire that all persons, who were indebted to him, will endeavour to make as speedy payments as possible. Those who have accounts open on his books and who cannot immediately discharge the balances, are desired to give their bonds. This request is the more necessary as most of the legacies bequeathed by the testator are to be paid in sterling money, and he has directed his younger sons fortunes shall be placed out at interest upon undoubted securities, so soon as it can be done. Those who have any demands are desired to make them immediately known.
THOMAS NELSON; THOMAS NELSON, jun. HUGH NELSON, RO. C. NICHOLAS.
THE frequent, and we believe very just complaints, from our customers in the Northern Neck, added to the very small number of subscribers we have in the county of Gloucester, have determined us to discontinue the rider through that county to Urbanna, and instead thereof to establish one through Essex, Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland, and Lancaster, where we have a number of good customers, and who are kind enough to promise us their assistance in defraying the expence of a rider. That rider will set off next Saturday fortnight, cross over at Ruffin's and Frazier's, and regularly perform his route once a fortnight.
PURDIE & DIXON. W. RIND.
FOUR MILE CREEK, June 10, 1773. Just imported, and to be SOLD upon the lowest terms for short payments,
A QUANTITY of Lisbon WINE, RAISINS, ALMONDS, LEMONS, &c. Any orders will be thankfully received, and duly complied with, by ROBERT PLEASANTS, & Co.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 10, 1773. I INTEND to leave this colony for a few months. JACOB BRUCE.
WARWICK, June 7, 1773. I THINK it necessary to inform the public that the 7000 acres of land lying in Bedford county, with the improvements thereon, consisting of a forge and sawmill, &c. which was lately advertised by Robert Harper and Thomas James for sale, is made over by a deed of trust to James and Robert Donald, and company, as security for a debt due them for dealings at the Rocky Ridge and Bedford stores.
tf PATRICK HUNTER.
Pursuant to the last will and testament of John Daniel, deceased, will be SOLD to the highest bidder, at Urbanna, on Monday the 28th of June, being Middlesex court day,
THE LOTS and HOUSES of the said John Daniel, where he formerly kept ordinary in Urbanna. As they are well known, a description of them is unnecessary. Also will be sold a very valuable NEGRO fellow. Credit will be allowed till the 1st day of October next, when possession of the lots will be given. Bond and security will be required.
THE EXECUTORS.
All persons having demands against the said estate are desired immediately to make them known; and those indebted to it are requested to pay, as no further indulgence can be granted.
To be SOLD to the highest bidder, for ready money, on Friday the 18th of this instant (June) at my dwellinghouse, in Dinwiddie county,
TEN VERY LIKELY NEGROES, among which are three likely men; twenty head of cattle, a few horses, and other things too tedious to mention. JOHN JONES.

IT is said Richmond Reeves, Esquire, Chief Secretary of Boston, came to England, some months ago, with dispatches of the utmost national importance from the commissioners of the customs there, but that the Ministry have not yet had time to look into them.
Betty Jones, the orange girl in the Piazza, Covent Garden, we are assured, within this week, has been left the sum of 1200l. per annum, by a distant relation.
The Britannia, Scott, from Maryland to Newry, foundered at sea; the crew were taken up, and carried to Dominica.
John Clark of Hadham, in Hertfordshire, against whom a commission of bankruptcy was issued on the 10th of April, 1772, was charged by George Oxford, a Negro, with having secreted his effects. The latter alleged Clark had, after the commission was awarded, antedated an assignment, by which he conveyed the greatest part of his property to Mrs. Elizabeth Burbage. Several evidences were examined touching this matter, particularly Clark's father, who bought the produce of near 100 acres of land, a waggon, three carts, five horses, with a number of cows, sheep, and hogs, besides household furniture, of Joseph Wright, one of the assignees, for the sum of 50l. only. The whole matter appeared on all sides exceedingly iniquitous, and Oxford, the black, being proved to have concerted a scheme to draw in Clark to defraud the creditors, and then endeavoured to extort the sum of twenty five guineas from him and Mrs. Burbage, by sending letters of a threatening nature to them, protesting he would turn informer and have them, as he expressed it, "imprisoned for life;" the Magistrates, by consent of the Attorney for the creditors, dismissed Clark, and ordered Oxford into custody, to the great satisfaction of the spectators. The punishment of his offence, by the 30th of Geo. II. is pillory, whipping, or transportation.
The above black seemed very intelligent; he was a bankrupt himself a few years since, and was looked on by the common people about Hadham as well skilled in the law, and frequently employed by them in drawing up bonds, letters of attorney, &c.
Extract of a letter from Liverpool, March 26.
"The Betty, Cragg, who arrived here yesterday, took up in latitude 38, 4, longitude 54, west, the crew of the Herbert, Cheevers, from Piscataqua to Antigua; she also brings advice that the Sarah, Walker, who sailed from this port the 20th of October for Virginia and the Grenades, after being 13 weeks out, was obliged to bear away for the West Indies, and arrived at Dominica with considerable damage.
A few days since died, Hall Hartshorn, Esquire, author of the Countess of Salisbury, and other ingenious pieces. He was educated in Trinity college, Dublin, and though a very young man, had three times made the tour of Europe. His amiable qualities make him exceedingly regretted by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance, and his shining talents, destroyed by an early death, are a real loss to society.
Mr. Horne, the famous little Curate of Brentford, has resigned his gown and taken off the cloak of hypocrisy, in order to follow the profession of the law, which is better suited to his principles. But as the man who is an enemy to religion, and a traitor both in public and private, cannot be a good member of any profession or society, so it is thought Horne will be expelled with greater marks of indignity than Mr. Stephen received; since even lawyers admit that a treacherous friend and a mischievous subject is one of the greatest pests of society.
TAKEN up, in Frederick, two cows; the one a brindle, with a white belly, and star in her forehead, marked with a slit and hole in the left ear, and is very old. The other is of a dun colour, with a white belly, and star in her forehead, and marked with a swallowfork in the right ear. Posted, and appraised, the former to 2l. 5s. and the latter to 2l. 15s. BENJAMIN RUTHERFORD.
TAKEN up, in Frederick, a red brindle heifer with a white back, marked with an underkeel in the right ear, and a crop in the left. Posted, and appraised to 2l. WILLIAM HELM.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a bay horse, about 14 years old, 4 feet and a half high, branded on the near buttock ff, has a few saddle spots, and his mane half roached. JOSEPH ASHBROOK.
TAKEN up, in Henrico, a red brindled steer, appears to be 3 years old, marked with a crop and underkeel in the left ear, and a crop in the right. Likewise a dark brindled heifer, about 3 years old, marked with a crop in the right ear, and a half crop or overkeel in the left. Posted, and appraised, the steer to 2l. 10s. and the heifer to 1l. 15s. FORTUNATUS SYDNOR.
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, a bay horse, about 4 feet 4 or 5 inches high, appears to be 6 or 7 years old, with a small bell on, shod before, his near hind feet white, has a star in his forehead, and a snip on his nose, but no perceivable brand. Posted, and appraised to 4l. JOSHUA IRBY.
TAKEN up, in Halifax, a red and white cow, marked with a swallowfork in the right ear, and a swallowfork and underkeel in the left. Posted, and appraised to 2l. BEN: BOXLEY.
TAKEN up, in Halifax, a sorrel mare and young colt; the mare is about 4 feet 4 inches high, is docked, and branded with something that cannot be made out. Posted, and appraised to 6l. 5s. ROBERT WEAKLEY.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a bay horse, about 4 feet 5 inches high, with a roached mane and curled tail, has a large saddle spot on the off side, a star in his forehead, but no perceivable brand. Posted, and appraised to 6l. JAMES JOHNSON.
TAKEN up, in Prince William, a pied steer, marked with a crop and two slits in the right ear, and a slit in the left; he is about 4 or 5 years old. Posted, and appraised to 3l. EZEKIEL CORNWELL.
TAKEN up, in Henrico, a young red brindled cow, marked with a crop in the right ear, and a swallowfork in the left. Posted, and appraised to 2l. 5s. JOHN MARKES.
TAKEN up, in Augusta, a black mare, about 14 hands high, paces, is branded on the near shoulder RS, and on the off shoulder and buttock T, and has a blemish on the right knee. Posted, and appraised to 6l. 15s. EDWARD M'CALGIN.
TAKEN up, in King William, a dark bay mare, about 8 years old, 4 feet 6 inches high, branded on the off buttock with something that cannot be made out, her hind feet white, has glass eyes, a star in her forehead, and a snip on her nose. There is with her a black filly about 18 months old, with a star in her forehead. Posted, and appraised, the mare to 10l. and the filly to 13l. THOMAS JONES.
TAKEN up, in Brunswick, a small grey mare, about 6 or 7 years old, 4 feet 1 inch high, and docked, but not branded. WILLIAM PRICE.
TAKEN up, near Blandford, a black horse, about 8 years old, 14 hands high, has no perceivable brand, and is supposed to have been brought into these parts by a runaway Negro belonging to Mr. John Martin. Posted, and appraised to 7l. WILLIAM BROWN.
FOR SALE, A TRACT of LAND in Lunenburg, on Great Nottaway river, containing 400 acres, 100 of which are good low grounds, and part of the high land very fine. There is on this land a plantation sufficient to work six hands, and is about 50 miles from Petersburg. Any person inclinable to purchase may be shewn the land by applying to the overseer, who lives thereon, and know the terms by applying to me, near Cumberland courthouse. JOHN BARNES.
By his Excellency the Right Honourable JOHN Earl of DUNMORE, his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of the colony and dominion of Virginia, and Vice Admiral of the same: A PROCLAMATION.
VIRGINIA, to wit, WHEREAS I have received information from the sheriff of Northumberland county that THOMAS WORNOM and RANSONE DUDLEY, who had been taken up and examined before the court of that county on a charge of felony, and were committed in order to stand their trials in the General Court, have found means to break gaol, and make their escape: The said Wornom is a large man, of dark complexion and hair, a visage somewhat thin, lips a little, has a remarkable long foot (about 13 inches) and is pretty ingenious. The said Dudley is a man of the common size, and well made, has brown hair, and is by trade a painter. Wornom carried with him his own Negro man, called Shadrach, who is very black, and in height a little exceeds the said Dudley. They are said to have gone up James river, and it is supposed they intend to North Carolina, where they have some relations. To the end, therefore, that the said fugitives may be brought back to justice, I have thought proper to issue this proclamation, hereby, in his Majesty's name, strictly enjoining all officers, civil and military, to use their best endeavours for apprehending the said Wornom and Dudley, and forbidding all other his Majesty's subjects to harbour or entertain them, as they shall severally answer the contrary at their peril.
Given under my hand, this 29th day of April, 1773, and in the 13th year of his Majesty's reign. DUNMORE.
GOD SAVE THE KING. FOR SALE, THE plantation whereon the subscriber lives, in King and Queen, about a mile and a half from Todd's warehouse, containing 657 acres, in good order for cropping, with a large peach and apple orchard thereon beginning to bear, and a quantity of low grounds, which may be made good meadow with very little expence. The dwellinghouse, kitchen, and other outhouses, have been built between four and five years. Any person inclinable to purchase may know the terms by applying to ROBINSON DAINGERFIELD.
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, a small bay horse, with a star in his forehead, has some saddle spots, and branded on the near buttock B. Posted, and appraised to 3l. RICHARD CREWS.
I INTEND to leave the colony immediately. JOHN DUNCAN.
TAKEN up, in Amherst, a small bay horse, about 4 feet 6 inches high, branded on the near buttock WR in a piece, had on a small bell, and a pair of iron fetters. Posted, and appraised to 8l. JOHN MURRILL.
VIRGINIA, sc. At a GENERAL COURT, held at the Capitol May 5, 1773.
John Upshaw, and John Renholds, plaintiffs, against John Bland, late of London, merchant, John Bland, junior, and Mess. Field and Call, defendants, in chancery.
THE defendant John Bland being beyond sea, and not having entered his appearance according to the rule of this court, on the motion of the plaintiffs, by their counsel, it is ordered, that the other defendants, who have effects of the said Bland in their hands, as is suggested, do not pay, convey away, or secrete, such effects, until the further order or decree of this court concerning the same; but that they deliver up such effects, or so much thereof as will be of value sufficient to satisfy the demand of the plaintiffs unto the said plaintiffs, upon their giving security to the clerk of this court for the return of such effects, in such manner, and to such persons, as the court shall hereafter adjudge. And it is further ordered, that the said defendant John Bland do appear here on the 1st day of next court, to answer the bill of the plaintiffs, and that a copy of this order be, within fifteen days, inserted in the Virginia Gazette, for two months successively, and published on some Lord's day, immediately after divine service, in the church of the parish of Martin's Brandon, in the county of Prince George, and be also posted up at the front door of the Capitol, in the city of Williamsburg. BEN: WALLER.
VIRGINIA, sc. At a GENERAL COURT, held at the Capitol May 5, 1773.
Arthur Edie, and James Laird, of London, merchants and partners, plaintiffs, against Robert Jardine, late of London, merchant, and George Mitchell, defendants, in chancery.
THE defendant Robert being beyond sea, and not having entered his appearance according to the rule of this court, on the motion of the plaintiffs, by their counsel, it is ordered, that the other defendant, who hath effects of the said Robert in his hands, as is suggested, do not pay, convey away, or secrete, such effects, until the further order or decree of this court concerning the same; but that he deliver up such effects, or so much thereof as will be of value sufficient to satisfy the demand of the plaintiffs unto the said plaintiffs, upon their giving security to the clerk of this court for the return of such effects, in such manner, and to such persons, as the court shall hereafter adjudge. And it is further ordered, that the said defendant Robert do appear here on the 1st day of the next court, to answer the bill of the plaintiffs, and that a copy of this order be, within fifteen days, inserted in the Virginia Gazette, for two months successively, and published on some Lord's day, immediately after divine service, in the church of the parish of St. George, in the county of Spottsylvania, and be also posted up at the front door of the Capitol, in the city of Williamsburg. BEN: WALLER.
FOR SALE, Several valuable tracts of land, adjoining each other, on both sides of Chappawamick Run, in the counties of Stafford and Prince William, containing 2600 acres, being the seat whereon the subscriber formerly resided. These lands are situate four miles above Aquia warehouses, and four miles below the town of Dumfries, the soil of more than half of it exceeding good; there is on it as fine a mill seat as any in the colony, upon a large and never failing stream. There is a great appearance of iron ore, and a large quantity of white oak and pine timber, a tolerable commodious dwellinghouse, a great number of convenient outhouses, good orchards, and several tenements in order for cropping. There are also 200 acres of fine meadow ground, half of which was sowed in timothy last fall and this spring. A more particular description will be unnecessary, as it is presumed that any person inclinable to purchase will view the premises; and the subscriber earnestly entreats all such to form their ideas of the value of this estate from their own observations, and not from any accounts they may receive from others, as there are some persons, who are thought goodnatured, worthy men, amuse themselves with decrying the property of their neighbours, even at the expence of truth, and under the mask of friendship to the person injured. And the subscriber is more particular in this caution, as he hath formerly received several severe injuries of that kind from one in that neighbourhood. The above lands are under the incumbrance of two mortgages; the one for a considerable sum, made by the subscriber himself, the other for an inconsiderable sum, made by the person of whom he purchased one of the small tracts, which mortgages are to be first paid out of the money arising from the sale. For terms apply to THOMSON MASON.

S U P P L E M E N T TO THE V I R G I N I A G A Z E T T E. THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1773.
RICHMOND town, June 4, 1773. AS I have declined keeping TAVERN, I desire all persons indebted to me to come and settle their accounts, and pay off their balances, as no further indulgence can be given.—I have a very fine BILLIARD TABLE for sale.
JAMES VAUGHAN.
To be SOLD, for ready money, at Pittsylvania Courthouse, on the 24th of this instant, June,
A TRACT OF LAND, containing 804 acres, lying in said county, on a branch of Banister river, called Middle creek, adjoining Lightfoot's meadows. A good title will be made the purchaser.
PETER LE GRAND.
ON Saturday the third day of July next will be LET, pursuant to an order of the vestry of Newport parish, the building of a brick church, at the place where Warrickququeak Bay church now stands, in Isle of Wight county, sixty six by forty feet. A plan of the same may be seen, and further particulars known by applying to
ROBERT BURWELL, RICHARD HARDY, JOHN DAY.
AMELIA, June 8, 1773.
I INTEND to leave the colony the 1st of July next. In my absence my business will be transacted by John Pride. EDWARD BOOKER.
GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c. To the sheriff of Hampshire county, greeting: We command you that you summon Thomas McGuire to appear before our Justices of our General Court, at the Capitol, in Williamsburg, on the first day of the next court, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against him and William McGuire by Samuel Pritchard; and this he shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of 100l. and have then there this writ. Witness John Earl of Dunmore, our Lieutenant and Governor General, at Williamsburg, the sixth day of May, in the thirteenth year of our reign. BEN: WALLER.
GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c. To the sheriff of Culpeper county, greeting: We command you that you summon John Jacob Schlosser to appear before our Justices of our General Court, at the Capitol, in Williamsburg, on the first day of the next court, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against him and Philip Jacob Ipson by James Christie, Herman Meyer, and Christian Meyer, of the city of London; and this he shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of 100l. and have then there this writ. Witness John Earl of Dunmore, our Lieutenant and Governor General, at Williamsburg, the sixth day of May, in the thirteenth year of our reign. BEN: WALLER.
GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c. To the sheriff of Culpeper county, greeting: We command you that you summon James Christie, Herman Meyer, and Christian Meyer, of the city of London, John Jacob Schlosser, and Robert Christie, of the province of Maryland, to appear before our Justices of our General Court, at the Capitol, in Williamsburg, on the first day of the next court, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against them and others by Thomas Conn; and this they shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of 100l. each; and have then there this writ. Witness John Earl of Dunmore, our Lieutenant and Governor General, at Williamsburg, the sixth day of May, in the thirteenth year of our reign. BEN: WALLER.
GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c. To the sheriff of Hampshire county, greeting: We command you that you summon Luke Collins to appear before our Justices of our General Court, at the Capitol, in Williamsburg, on the first day of the next court, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against him and the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Fairfax by Samuel Pritchard; and this he shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of 100l. and have then there this writ. Witness John Earl of Dunmore, our Lieutenant and Governor General, at Williamsburg, the sixth day of May, in the thirteenth year of our reign. BEN: WALLER.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a white fleabitten mare, about 4 feet 4 or 5 inches high, with a switch tail and hanging mane, paces naturally, and branded on the near shoulder H. C. Potted, and appraised to 3l. 5s. ISHAM THOMPSON, junior.
TAKEN up, in York county, a brindled cow and calf, with a crop in the right ear, and a swallowfork in the left. DAVID BROOK.
WHEREAS the subscriber, now living in Berkeley county, purchased from David White a tract of land, for which he passed to said White four bonds, and the said White has removed out of the colony, without executing any conveyance for the said land, these are therefore to caution all persons from taking any assignment of the said bonds, as no part of them will be paid until the said White returns, and makes proper conveyance of the said land. WILLIAM WITHERS.
WHEREAS the woman that I married some years ago, named MARTHA BURTON, has extravagantly run me in debt, without my knowledge thereof, I hereby acquaint the public that I will not pay any debts that she has contracted, and do hereby forewarn all persons from crediting her in future on my account. JOSEPH WARD.
TEN POUNDS REWARD. RUN away from the subscriber, in Augusta, on Walker's creek, a servant man named ARTHUR BUNN, about 30 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, and well set; had on an old hat, an old light blue coat and waistcoat, blue and white striped linen trousers, and old shoes. Whoever takes up the said fellow, if in this colony, shall have FIVE POUNDS, and if out of it the above reward of TEN POUNDS. ROBERT WALLACE.
COMMITTED to the gaol of Amelia, on the 25th of May, a middle sized Negro man slave, who says his name is PETER, but cannot, or will not, tell his master's name, is very black, has a large lump on the left side of his head, and speaks bad English; has on an oznabrig shirt, Negro cotton waistcoat, breeches, and jumps, a pair of shoes, old watered hose, and a felt hat: his breeches are patched with linsy woolsey. Whoever claims the said slave is desired to apply to JOHN HOWSON.
STRAYED, or stolen, from Mr. John Page's, in Gloucester, a bright bay horse, upwards of 13 hands high, with a roach mane and short tail, a blaze in his face, a mealy nose, and a piece cut out of one ear. Whoever will deliver said horse to me in Williamsburg, or Mr. Vaughan in Gloucester town, shall receive TWENTY SHILLINGS. JOHN SORRELL.
TAKEN up, in Fairfax, a white heifer, about 4 years old, marked with a crop, slit, and underkeel in the right ear, and a slit in the left, with half the under part cut off, with four red spots on the right side of her neck, and one on the left, her ears, cheeks, and the root of her tail red. Potted, and appraised to 30s. WILLIAM TURNER.
TAKEN up, in Henrico, a young red brindled cow, marked with a crop in the right ear, and a swallowfork and underkeel in the left. Potted, and appraised to 2l. 5s. JOHN MARKES.
TAKEN up three hogs, marked as follows: A sow with a crop and hole in each ear, two barrows with a crop and nick in the upper part of the right ear, and a slit in the left. WILLIAM NEW.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a sorrel horse, about 4 feet 7 inches high, branded on the near buttock with three dots, has three white feet, and some saddle spots, a large star in his forehead, a snip on his nose, and a grey mane and tail. Potted, and appraised to 12l. ROBERT MUNFORD, sen.
TAKEN up, in Essex, a sorrel horse, 4 feet 5 inches and a half high, about 4 years old, has a star in his forehead, is undocked, though some of the hairs appear to have been cut off under his tail, which are nearly grown out again, and has a hanging mane. Potted, and appraised to 6l. WILLIAM SMITH.
TAKEN up, near Newcastles, a bay mare, about 4 feet 5 inches high, has a small star in her forehead, but no perceivable brand. Potted, and appraised to 8l. ZACHARIAH FRANCES.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 3, 1773. JUST imported, from Liverpool, a very large quantity of loaf and lump sugar. The public may depend on being regularly supplied with any quantity of that article on as low terms as sugar from England can be sold for. Also an assortment of other goods, viz. Irish linens, thread stockings, threads of all sorts, cutlery, crockery ware, English soap, nails, Liverpool beer by the tierce or dozen, Cheshire cheese, &c. &c. on our usual moderate terms. We shall have a constant supply of Madeira wine in quarter casks, or bottled, of the New York quality. ALLAN & TURNER.
N. B. Those who have fine cotton or thread, and are inclined to have it made into stockings, frame knit, may, at 5s. the mens, and 4s. the womens. Those that have been made are judged to be equal to needle knit, nay, superior.
JUST IMPORTED from LONDON, in the VIRGINIA, Capt. ESTEN, and to be SOLD, at my shop in Williamsburg,
A FRESH ASSORTMENT OF DRUGS and MEDICINES, CHEMICAL and GALENICAL; also fine sallad oil, pickles, spices, currans, prunes, figs, gold and silver leaf, ivory syringes, toothbrushes, and lancets; a great variety of patent medicines, as Doctor Norris's antimonial drops, Keyser's pills, James's fever powders, &c. &c. &c. WILLIAM PASTEUR.
*** I am in want of an apprentice for six or seven years, who must have a tolerable education, and be well disposed. A premium will be expected. W. P.
To be SOLD, on Monday the 28th instant (June) for ready money, at Urbanna, being Middlesex court day,
THREE LIKELY YOUNG NEGROES, belonging to the estate of George Davis, deceased, one of which is an extraordinary good wheelwright, and understands the blacksmith's business belonging thereto; also will be sold, a very fine set of blacksmith's and wheelwright's tools. JOHN JACKSON, } Executors. ROBERT DANIEL, }
On Monday the 19th of July next, being Fairfax court day, will be SOLD, if fair, if not, the next fair day, to the highest bidder, at Alexandria, in pursuance of a decree of the county court of Fairfax,
TWO third parts and the reversion of the other third (expectant upon a life) of a LOT OF LAND, situate in the said town, whereof William Sewell, lately deceased, was seized. Nine months credit will be allowed, on giving bond, and approved security. HENRY GUNNELL, Sheriff.
To be LET, to the lowest bidder, at St Peter's church, in New Kent county, on Wednesday the 23d day of June, if fair, if not, the next fair day,
SOME considerable REPAIRS to be made to the CHURCH and STEEPLE. Bond and security will be required of the undertaker. About SIXTY POUNDS will be paid him in October next, and the balance in June 1774.
FOSTER WEBB, JOHN ARMISTEAD, WILLIAM CLAYTON, ROBERT BOWIS, WILLIAM MASSIE.
I INTEND to leave the colony shortly. GEORGE WILLIAM FAIRFAX.
For SALE, at Mr. JOHN PRENTIS's store in Williamsburg,
AN exceeding elegant SPINNET, in a genteel mahogany case, with a music desk, spare wires, quills, &c. This instrument is entirely new, and was lately imported in the Virginia, Capt. Esten. The lowest price is TWENTY TWO POUNDS current money.
I SHALL attend at Alexandria, on the court day in June next, to dispose of two tracts of LAND in that county, for ready money, or bills of exchange: One of which contains upwards of 1100 acres, lies on Four Mile Run, adjoining to Col. Carlyle's mill, about four miles from Alexandria; the soil is equal to any in that neighbourhood, and needs no recommendation, and, I am told, will admit of as constant a water mill as any on this side of the Ridge. The other tract contains 1159 acres, lies on the waters of Pohick, about five miles from Colechester, and the same distance from Pohick warehouse. I am informed it is common forest land, but for pine and oak timber it is said to equal any in the county. A good title will be made at the sale.—The foregoing makes it unnecessary to say I am not one of the happy few who are not in great want of cash: I must, therefore, earnestly request those indebted to me, either on my own, or father's estate account, to make payment in time, to prevent further sales of my estate, or expence to themselves. JAMES MERGER.
STOLEN, or strayed, from Robert Clopton's, near Bottom's Bridge, in New Kent county, about the last of December, a dark bay horse, about 4 feet 5 or 6 inches high, with a star in his forehead, his mane has been roached, and tail bobbed, but were almost grown out, paces quick, and branded on the near buttock with a heart, but scarcely perceivable. Whoever brings the said horse to Mr. William Talman's, in said county, near the Long Bridge, or to Mr. Thomas Anderson, in Hanover county, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS reward. HANNAH HEWLETT.

By his Excellency JOHN Earl of DUNMORE , his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of the colony and dominion of Virginia, and Vice Admiral of the same:
A PROCLAMATION.
VIRGINIA, &c.
WHEREAS the GENERAL ASSEMBLY stands prorogued to the third Thursday in next month, but I find no urgent occasion for their meeting at that time; I have therefore thought fit, by this proclamation, in his Majesty's name, farther to prorogue the said Assembly to the second Thursday in August next.
GIVEN under my hand, and the seal of the colony, at Williamsburg, this 20th day of May, 1773, and in the 13th year of his Majesty's reign. DUNMORE.
GOD save the KING.
By his Excellency JOHN Earl of DUNMORE , his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of the colony and dominion of Virginia, and Vice Admiral of the same:
A PROCLAMATION.
VIRGINIA, &c.
WHEREAS SAMUEL WALLACE , junior; was taken up and committed to the goal of Prince Edward county by a mittimus, signed by two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for that county, being charged with robbing Richard Day of sundries, and also with stealing from James Geddy , of the city of Williamsburg, six pair of gold sleeve buttons, of the value of seven pounds ten shillings, and the 15th day of this month was appointed for a court to be held in the said county, in order to examine the said Samuel Wallace , junior, upon the several matters laid to his charge, but before that day the prisoner made his escape, whereupon the court proceeded, at the time appointed, to the examination of witnesses; on consideration whereof it was their opinion that the said Samuel Wallace was not guilty of the robbery, but guilty as to the other charge of stealing from James Geddy as aforesaid, and that he ought to be tried for the same in the General Court: I have therefore thought fit, by this proclamation, in his Majesty's name, to offer a reward of TWENTY POUNDS current money to any person who shall apprehend the said Samuel Wallace , and deliver him to the keeper of the public goal.
And all his Majesty's officers, both civil and military, and all other his Majesty's liege subjects within this dominion, are requested to be aiding and assisting therein, as they shall answer the contrary at their peril.
GIVEN under my hand, and the seal of the colony, at Williamsburg aforesaid, this 22d day of May, 1773, and in the 13th year of his Majesty's reign. DUNMORE.
GOD save the KING.
THE trustees appointed by an act of Assembly, for encouraging the making WINE in this colony, give notice that they, according to the directions of the said act, are ready to receive THREE POOR BOYS , to be bound apprentices to Andrew Estave , who is to teach them the art of cultivating vines, and making wine.
To be LEASED for a term of years, or for life, THREE thousand acres of valuable LAND in Hanover county, about eight miles from the courthouse. The land will be laid off in lots of one, two, and three hundred acres. For terms apply to GARLAND ANDERSON , and PAUL THILMAN .
TO BE SOLD,
ABOUT fourteen thousand acres of exceeding good LAND in the county of Pittsylvania . For terms apply to Mr. Hugh Rose of Amherst, who will treat with any person inclinable to purchase, and be empowered to make a legal title.
THOMAS LOMAX.
TEN POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away, last night, three English convict servants, viz. JOHN EATON , by trade a shipcarpenter, about 23 years of age, and 5 feet 3 or 4 inches high; had on, and took with him, a blue broadcloth coat and breeches, a Damascus waistcoat , a pair of ticken trousers, worsted stockings, three striped cotton shirts, one oznabrig over-shirt, a felt hat, and a pair of old shoes. ALICE EATON , alias WALKER (who goes for the said John Eaton's wife) a low, well set woman, about 20 years of age, and has sandy coloured hair; had on a brown stuff gown, a red stuff petticoat, and four red silk handkerchiefs. JOHN STEEL , by trade a cabinetmaker, about 18 years of age, 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, his face is much bruised, and his eyes very black, occasioned by fighting; had on a light coloured waistcoat and breeches, a check shirt, an old hat, and an old pair of shoes, but no stockings. Whoever secures the above servants in any gaol, so that we may get them, shall receive FIVE POUNDS , and if brought to Mr. Sampson Matthews , in Richmond, the above reward. SAMPSON & GEORGE MATTHEWS.
*** All masters of vessels are hereby forewarned from carrying either of the said servants out of the colony.
COMMITTED to the gaol of Amelia county a Negro woman who says her name is SUKEY , but will not, or cannot, tell her master's name; she is a slim wench, and speaks very bad English; her shift is of rolls, and her out dress Virginia cloth . The owner is desired to apply to
JOHN HOWSON , goaler.
ON serious consideration of the present state of our practice in the General Court, we find it can no longer be continued on the same terms. The fees allowed by law, if regularly paid, would barely compensate our incessant labours, reimburse our expenses, and the losses incurred by neglect of our private affairs; yet even these rewards, confessedly moderate, are withheld from us in a great proportion by the unworthy part of our clients. Some regulation, therefore, is become absolutely requisite to establish terms more equal between the client and his counsel. To effect this we have come to the following resolution, for the invariable observance of which we mutually plight our honour to each other: "That after the 10th day of October next we will not give an opinion on any case stated to us but on payment of the whole fee, nor prosecute or defend any suit or motion, unless the tax, and one half the fee, be previously advanced; excepting those cases where we shall be asked gratis." And we hope no person whatever will think of applying to us in any other way. To prevent disappointment, however, in case this should be done, we think it proper to give this further warning, that no such application, either verbal, or by way of letter, will be answered or attended to in the smallest degree. We should feel much concern if a thought could be entertained that the worthy part of our clients could disapprove this measure. Their conduct has been such as calls for our acknowledgments, and might merit exemption from this strictness were such exemption practicable; but they will readily perceive this would defeat the purpose, and that no distinction of persons can by any means be attempted. We hope, therefore, from their friendship, a cheerful concurrence in this our plan, since the requisition is such only as their punctuality would of itself prevent.
JOHN RANDOLPH, EDMUND PENDLETON, JAMES MERCER, THOMAS JEFFERSON, PATRICK HENRY, jun. GUSTAVUS SCOTT.
*** The subscriber by no means disapproves of the above resolution; but as he has long determined to quit his practice as an attorney, and practise only as a counsel in such causes as are ready for trial, he has declined signing the above, as he shall not engage in any cause for the future but such in which he shall previously receive an adequate satisfaction for his trouble, which they may be assured will not be less than the legal fees.
THOMSON MASON.
Choice MADEIRA WINE,
A FEW CASES OF CLARET, BARBADOS RUM, BRANDY, RAISINS, AND MAHOGANY, SOLD BY PREESON BOWDOIN, IN NORFOLK.
Doctor GRAHAM, OCULIST and AURIST,
TAKES this method of apologizing to several of the respectable inhabitants of this city, who having applied to him for assistance in disorders of their EYES and EARS, have not as yet been attended to. The great number of pitiable objects, blind, deaf, &c. who come daily for relief from all parts of the colony, has hitherto prevented him from complying with what he hath ever considered, not as his interest only, but as a duty, in the exercise of which he frequently experiences the most exalted pleasure that the human mind is perhaps capable of enjoying.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 6, 1773
Qui visum vitam dat. —Cic.
THE infinitely wise AUTHOR of nature has assigned to the EYES and EARS the most useful and important offices of life. The structure of those delicately tended organs is so exquisitely minute, the mechanism and properties of their various parts so admirably curious, that they may be styled, with propriety, the miracles of nature. The great variety of dangers and diseases, manifest and occult, to which those precious senses are exposed, the little attention that hitherto has been paid to the improvement of this noble science, and so few, properly qualified, have engaged in its practice, that to study them in any degree suitable to their importance is full business for life.
The inestimable blessing and great advantages which attend a perfect enjoyment of the sight and hearing are obvious to all; but the deplorable and truly pitiable condition of the blind and deaf is attended with such solitary discomfort, such gloomy ideas, and constant uneasiness of mind, as no one can be truly sensible of who has not, in some measure, experienced it himself. How noble, therefore, how deserving of the nicest cultivation, must that art be, that can restore sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, speech to the dumb, and keep in order the springs of those masterpieces of creative wisdom! That art must needs be divine, because, thus assisted, our minds are inspired with the grandest apprehensions of Almighty GOD!
To the INHABITANTS of VIRGINIA.
Doctor G R A H A M , Oculist and Aurist, MOST respectfully offers his best services, and acquaints them that he may be consulted at his apartments at Mr. Hyland's , in this city, in all disorders of the eye and its appendages, and in every species of deafness, hardness of hearing, ulcerations, noise in the ears, &c. Those persons, who have had the unspeakable misfortune of being born deaf and dumb, and those who labour under any impediment
in their speech, by applying personally, will probably be assisted. Those persons, likewise, whose eyes are utterly perished or sunk in their heads may have the deformity removed by artificial eyes, so curiously fixed and adapted to the orbits, as to have, in appearance, the beauties, motion, &c. of a natural eye in its healthy state.
Medicine and surgery have always been his favourite study; but the structure and diseases of those tender, sympathetic, and nearly connected organs, just mentioned, have for many years particularly engaged his attention and practice; whence, regardless of vague conjectural hypothesis, he hath on rational principles, deduced methods of cure, improved and confirmed by the most accurate observations in a course of practice, the most extensive, and, perhaps, the most successful of any of his cotemporaries in Europe, or on this vast continent.
Notwithstanding it has ever been a custom with the professed oculists and aurists of Europe to conceal their method of practice and to refuse to communicate to any one the knowledge they possessed, yet, as his concerns in England will not permit him to remain long in America, and in order that his method may be rendered of as diffusive utility as possible, he proposes to instruct and appoint, after a series of actual practice, one person in every province, through which he may pass, to succeed him in treating, after the most improved method, the diseases of the eyes and ears, and to communicate to them, from time to time, such discoveries and improvements as may result from future practice. A premium will be expected, and none need apply but those who have been regularly bred to the profession of physic or surgery.
The candid and intelligent inhabitants of these parts of the British colonies can readily distinguish true merit from pretended knowledge: To conciliate, therefore, their favour, Doctor G R A H A M begs leave to assure them that, with tenderness and moderation, even to the poorest individual, his best abilities shall at all times be exerted to serve them; and as the success which daily attends his practice is a better testimony of his skill than any thing he might advance in his own behalf, let it suffice only to mention that, after several years study at the justly celebrated University of Edinburgh, he has travelled in pursuit of knowledge, in his favourite branches, attending the infirmaries and hospitals, as well as the lectures of the most eminent professors in Europe. In the course of his practice at Philadelphia, several hundred patients have been cured or relieved of the following disorders, many of which had been of long standing, and deemed incurable by other practitioners, even by Gentlemen who otherwise do honour to the profession, the success attending their practice sufficiently evincing that they are worthy and capable of the great, the important charge with which they are entrusted. The chief disorders are as follows, viz. Total, partial, and periodical blindness; weakness and dimness of sight; squinting; pain, swelling, and inflammation of the eyes; spots, specks, pearls, or films, occasioned by the smallpox, blows, or extraneous substances; weak, watery, red, spongy, and ulcerated eyelids; spasmodic twitching of the muscles; involuntary weeping of the tears; tumours and excrescencies; fistula lachrymalis. Total and periodical deafness; thickness of hearing; pain and inflammations; painful sensations in consequence of loud sounds; cracking, itching, continual, and remitting noises in the ears; offensive runnings occasioned by colds, swelling, swimming, picking, and improper applications, or by long and severe sicknesses; insects and extraneous bodies getting into the ears; ulcerations with caries of the bones, polypi, &c. and several persons born deaf and dumb; impediments in their speech, &c.
*** Business in Philadelphia will not permit the Doctor to remain in this city longer than the 15th of June. Those, therefore, who have occasion for his assistance will be pleased to apply immediately. The poor who apply, properly recommended, will be assisted gratis, with advice, medicines, or manual operations, as their respective cases may require; and for that purpose he will appropriate every morning, Sundays excepted, between the hours of five and seven.
Equé pauperibus prodest, locupletibus equé,
Equé neglectum pueris senibusque nocet. Hor.
The Doctor, next fall, on his progress from Philadelphia to Charlestown in South Carolina, will tarry a few days at each of the places hereafter mentioned, where those persons whose circumstances or situation have hitherto precluded them from the benefit of applying for assistance in their respective complaints, may have an opportunity of consulting him, viz. Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Newcastle, Hobbs Hole, Urbanna, Petersburg, Richmond, Norfolk, Suffolk, &c.
F O R S A L E,
THE tenement at present occupied by Captain James Gunn , in that part of the town of Richmond called Shockoe , on the north side of the falls of James river , with a number of convenient houses upon it, well adapted for either a merchant, tavern-keeper, or private Gentleman, rented at forty pounds a year; also the public storehouse at the same place, rented at fifteen pounds a year; the two half acre lots, No. 400 and No. 670, in the same town; the valuable lot of one hundred acres of timbered land, near the same, known by the description of No. 799; also the two half acre lots, No. 116 and No. 267, in the town of Manchester or Rocky Ridge , on the south side of the falls of James river . For terms apply to Joshua Storrs of Richmond, or to the subscriber.
THOMSON MASON.