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VIENNA, April 8.
ALTHOUGH it cannot be said that the troubles in Bohemia are entirely appeased, yet it is not to be doubted but that they will soon, by the wise measures the Court has taken. Tranquillity already reigns in some parts, even where the rebellion was hottest, by the good management of General Oliver Wallis, who has caused several of the rebels to be hanged, and taken two of their chiefs who were formerly officers, and two others are closely pursued, who had been Captains in our troops, and broke for their bad conduct. One rebel has been likewise hanged at Prague. The last letters from Bohemia mention, that the rebels have plundered sixteen castles which belong to noblemen who studied to make the peasants as happy as possible; among the rest, that of Count Ernest Harach, who, when the famine and contagious sickness reigned in Bohemia, built an hospital for the peasants, and supplied them with corn and every thing they wanted, which cost him upwards of 40,000 Imperial florins. They treated the Countess of Brischinsky, who had just lain in, in a most cruel manner, dragging her out of bed, and throwing her child at her feet, then saw them both die in extreme misery. The Countess de la Motte likewise died of a fright. The same letters add, that those peasants who have not absolutely entered into the rebellion refuse to work, pretending that if they did, their neighbours would plunder their habitations.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 5. A great number of ships have perished both at sea and in the canal the late stormy weather; two English vessels are missing, one of which we are assured is sunk, and the other taken by pirates.
STOCKHOLM, March 24. A plan of finance and commerce is just on the point of being published, from which we promise ourselves beforehand the most advantageous effects. It is also believed, that in consequence of another plan, which appeared here some time ago, an edict will soon be issued in favour of foreigners of all kinds of religion who are willing to come and settle here, and to whom lands will be granted, also privileges for all sorts of manufactures, and an unlimited liberty of conscience.
BERLIN, April 18. Letters from Poland mention that a famine which rages there, occasioned by the vast quantities of forage that have been furnished to the foreign troops, has brought on contagious sicknesses, which make great ravages in Podlachia, where, in three days time, almost all the inhabitants of a village near Bialystock, were carried off by it.
HAGUE, April 14. Advice is just received here from Dresden, that the Imperial troops sent to bring the peasants in Bohemia to their duty have seized in different places near 2000 of them, which has spread such a panic among the rest, that there is reason to hope the tranquility of that kingdom will be restored.
LONDON, April 20.
A REPORT prevails, that the Parliament will not be prorogued, but be continued by short adjournments, until the event of the American Congress, which is to meet on the 10th of next month, shall be known.
Yesterday the Earl of Dartmouth presented to his Majesty a large packet of letters, which he has received by the last mail from America, which are referred to the Privy Council, and will afterwards be laid before both Houses of Parliament.
Commissions have been received, within these few days, from Germany to buy 1000 draught horses for the use of the King of Prussia.
Very favourable accounts are said to have come to Administration from America, but as they are not yet made public, people are very anxious to know the particulars.
There are no less than 20 rendezvous opened in Wapping, the borough, and Charing Cross, to enter sailors for the Newfoundland fishery since the act passed.
On Friday last, as Capt. Murray, who lives near Bath, was coming to town, he was attacked by a highwayman, about 50 yards from the Crown, on the other side of Colnbrooke, well mounted on a dark bay horse; he had on a waggoner's dirty canvas frock, seemed to be tall, and about 20 years of age. He resolutely came up to the Captain, presented a long pistol, demanded his money, and swore if he refused he would shoot him dead on the spot. The Captain having a charge of money, drew out a pistol, and declared he would not be robbed without changing a shot with him. The highwayman, finding the Captain resolute, galloped off, damaging him and his country.
On Wednesday died at Wargrave, in Berks, Mary Watkins, widow, aged 105 years. This woman always pretended poverty and affliction. On searching her apartments a will was found in her own hand-writing, declaring where large sums of money were hid, and leaving upwards of 7000l. to an eminent cooper of Henley (who had been a liberal benefactor to her) and his son, now a soldier in the guards.
Letters from Italy advise, that Count Alexis d'Orlow, commander in chief of the Russian navy in the Archipelago, during his stay at Leghorn, invited the Russian Princess Elizabeth to take a dinner on board his ship, but soon after she came he caused her to be put under arrest, with all her retinue, who are in close confinement. The report is, that she has been concerned in some dangerous conspiracies against the Russian government.
A letter from an English Gentleman of rank at Paris mentions, that by a vessel from the coast of Guinea, accounts have been received that the Pholies, a people descended from the Arabs, have lately appeared in great numbers on the banks of the river Gambia, and have committed several hostilities against the English, who they assert have no pretensions to the Gold Coast, it being part of the territories of their forefathers.
The above people, says this account, are exceedingly powerful, rigid Mahometans, and well acquainted with the profits made by the gold, ivory, and slave trade; from which, and their unexcelled bravery, it is imagined they will be very troublesome to the subjects of Great Britain.
Orders are sent to the commanders of the men of war that are to be employed for the protection of the Newfoundland fishery, to be in readiness in the Downs for sailing on the first notice.
Extract of a letter from SHEERNESS, April 8. Commissioner Proby came from Chatham this morning, and paid off his Majesty's sloop the Hawke, Capt. Uppleby commander, from the East Indies. She failed from the Nore the 7th day of September, 1769, and arrived at Sheerness the 28th ult. remarkably healthy, having last only 14 men and boys, by sickness and accidents, during the voyage (5 years and 7 months) through various climes, dangerous passages, and numberless hardships.
The means which the avaricious, faithless Dutch have devised, we hear, to evade their late proclamation, prohibiting their subjects from trading with our American colonies, as well as the private assurance given to Sir Joseph Yorke, our Minister at the Hague, previous to that proclamation are to ship arms, and every other species of military stores, to Surinam and St. Eustatia, their settlements in the West Indies, and either deliver them at sea in certain latitudes, or run them by stealth into our southern colonies on the American continent.
On the news of the restraining fishery bill arriving in America, 4000 fishermen unanimously destroyed their nets, took up arms, and pledged themselves to their country, that they would die in defence of America.
The station of his Majesty's ship Carcass, which was to have been on the coast of Scotland, is altered, and she is now ordered to join the fleet destined for Boston.
It is very remarkable, that at the period of profound peace, our Ambassador at the Court of France should be a resident in England, and our Ambassador to the Court of Spain on the point of bidding adieu to the Spanish capital.
The latest accounts from Paris affirm, that the French Ministry seem to be much divided as to the propriety of the conduct to be observed towards Great Britain, respecting her disputes with her American colonies, but the exhausted state of the French finances, and the petty birgues and cabals of the Court have united to give those who are pursuing the pacific system, adopted toward the latter end of the late reign, an apparent ascendancy in the cabinet.
Advice is received from Admiral Mann, that a French Admiral, with seven men of war under his command, is now cruising in the Mediterranean.
Orders are given for several men of war belonging to Admiral Mann's squadron in the Mediterranean to return home; they are to be replaced by several capital ships from England.
They write from Holland that 106 ships and 14 jiggers or traders, all Dutch, will be ready to sail the middle of next month, for the herring fishery; and that upwards of 40 vessels, for the cod fishery, were to sail from Ireland the 21st of this month.
Four cutters are ordered to be fitted out immediately, to be sent to Shetland to cruise against the Dutch fishing smugglers.
Advice is received that the Swallow, Capt. Ward, belonging to South Carolina, after an obstinate fight of three hours, has been taken by a small Spanish guarda costa in Glover's Reef, near the Bay of Honduras, and carried into Campeachy, where the crew are imprisoned; the Captain was inhumanly tortured to death, by beginning with drawing his teeth, finger and toe-nails, &c. a piece of cruelty frequently used by the Spaniards.
Yesterday Colonel Boyde, of his Majesty's province of New Hampshire, was introduced at St. James's by Lord Dartmouth, and kissed his Majesty's hand.
A letter, it is reported, is received from Dublin, mentioning, that on the 11th instant General Elliot commander in chief of the army in that kingdom, went to the castle and resigned his employment, worth 5000l. per annum.
A letter from Marfeilles, dated March 6th, says, "we have just received advice that a Spanish man of war of 52 guns, on board of which was an Admiral, met a Moorish squadron near Gibraltar, when after a battle of four hours, the former was sunk, and all on board perished."
A letter just received from Berlin informs, that a nobleman of the first rank had shot himself through the head on account of some reprimand from his Prussian Majesty.
Letters from the Hague advise that the States had just received the disagreeable news of a sickness reigning in the island of Sumatra, which had carried off the Lieutenant Governor, Consul, and several of the Dutch soldiers.
By a letter from a person of veracity in Paris, we are informed, that a duel has been fought there, between a Prince of the blood and a Danish nobleman, wherein it is feared both parties were mortally wounded.
Richard Bottle, who died last Saturday se'nnight at Lenham, left 146 half crowns, 175 shillings, nine silver spoons, three gold rings, a pair of silver tongs, two ten pound notes, and one seventy pound note; yet so miserable was this poor wretch, that it is said that he died for the want of the necessaries of life! His effects come to a poor labouring man, who is heir at law.
April 21. The ensigns of the order of Knight of the Bath, will, we hear, be very soon bestowed on an American Governor, who will come over for that purpose as soon as the Generals Bourgoyn, &c. arrive at Boston.
Extract of a letter from PARIS, April 11. "Orders are given in all the ports of the kingdom for no ships to be freighted for the English colonies; signifying to those who do it, that it will be at their own risk."
Extract of a letter from BALDERNOCK, April 15. "On Saturday last as some men were cleaning an old coal pit at Bardowie, they found the bones of a man and horse, the man had been armed, for with his bones were found a dirk and sword;
he had been on horseback when dropped in, for the remains of his foot were found in the stirrup, and part of the horse's bridle and saddle. There was likewise found three half pence. It is conjectured he has lain there since the rebellion."
Letters from Virginia, by a ship arrived at Bristol, mention the unfair treatment of the people of that colony to some persons who went over to collect their debts and to dispose of some goods. The Virginians, it is said, not only refused to permit them to dispose of their goods, but agreed that no debts should be paid to them on pain of their parties so doing being deemed rebels to the colony.
April 24. The Americans have mustered their militia together according to act of Parliament; the first thing therefore that is to be done after the three Generals get over, we hear, is to summon them, in the King's name, to attend the Generals, which if they refuse, it will be considered as a declaration of rebellion, and what will follow may easily be guessed at.
His Prussian Majesty has at length openly avowed his intention of taking all the ports of the Vistula under his immediate direction. Though the other northern powers seem as yet to indicate no desire to restrain him, such a measure must lay a foundation for future commotions.
Advice is received from Jamaica, that two frigates belonging to Admiral Gayton's squadron had fallen in with a Spanish man of war in the West Indies, which had an American snow in company she had taken, on pretence of carrying on an illicit trade, which the Spaniards refusing to release, an engagement ensued, and after a few broad sides, the man of war had her masts shot away, when the frigates retook the snow, and carried her, with the Spanish officer and men that were on board, to Jamaica.
Transactions of a very extraordinary nature, it is said, have been lately discovered to have passed between certain Dutch merchants and some of the leading patriots in the province of New York.
They write from Jamaica, that a ship belonging to Kingston had been taken while trading on the Spanish coast, by one of their guarda costas. The Captain and crew were returned, but the ship and cargo with upwards of 3000l. was carried to the Havannah, as a lawful prize.
It is said, that the magistrates of Hamburg have strictly prohibited furnishing the Barbary powers with arms, ammunition, stores, &c.
April 27. The following letters from a Gentleman in America to a member of the British Parliament may be depended upon as authentic.
LETTER I.
"The late proclamation forbidding the exportation of gunpowder and fire-arms to America seemed intended to take away from the colonies the power of defending themselves by force. I think it my duty to inform you, that the said proclamation will be rendered ineffectual by a manufactory of gunpowder, which has lately been set on foot in this province, the materials of which may be procured in great perfection, and at an easier rate than they can be imported from Great Britain among ourselves. There are moreover gunsmiths enough in this province to make 100,000 stand of arms in one year, at 23s. sterling a piece, if they should be wanted. It may not be amiss to make this intelligence as public as possible, that our rulers may see the impossibility of enforcing the late acts of Parliament by arms. Such is the wonderful martial spirit which is enkindled among us, that we begin to think the whole force of Great Britain could not subdue us. We trust no less to the natural advantages of our country than to our numbers and military preparations, in the confidence and security of which we boast. The four New England colonies, together with Virginia and Maryland, are completely armed and disciplined. The province of Pennsylvania will follow their example in a few weeks. Our militia will amount to no less than 60,000 men."
"Nothing but a total repeal of the acts of Parliament of which we complain can prevent a civil war in America. Our opposition has now risen to desperation. It would be as easy to allay a storm in the ocean by a single word, as to subdue the free spirit of the Americans, without a total redress of their grievances. May a spirit of wisdom descend at last upon our Ministry, and rescue the British empire from destruction! We tremble at the thoughts of a separation from Great Britain. All our glory and happiness have been derived from you. But we are in danger of being shipwrecked upon your rocks. To avoid these, we are willing to be tossed, without a compass or guide, for a while upon an ocean of blood."
"Wishing you success in your disinterested labours to promote the happiness of this country, I am, Sir, with much esteem for your firmness, your most obedient humble servant."
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 24, 1774.
LETTER II.
"In a letter which I wrote to you a few nights ago, I mentioned that the manufactory of gunpowder and fire-arms, which were setting on foot in this country, would defeat the designs of the Ministry in forbidding the exportation of these articles from Great Britain. The only design of this letter is to rectify some mistakes which have been transmitted to England respecting the conduct of General Lee, who is now in America."
"The Ministry have been made to believe that the military preparations in the colonies have been recommended and taught entirely by that officer. Nothing can be farther from fact. The Americans were determined to seal their love of liberty with their blood long before they heard of the name of General Lee. The people of Massachusetts Bay were armed and disciplined before General Lee visited them, and the Congress agreed to recommend the study of the military exercises to the colonies without hearing a word upon that subject from the General. It is a falsehood that the General has offered to head our troops. He has too much knowledge of the world not to perceive that men, who fight for all they hold dear to them, will prefer men born among them for

manders, to the most experienced foreign officers. Moreover, the colonies are not so wrapped up in General Lee's military accomplishments as to give him the preference to Col. Putnam and Col. Washington; men whose military talents and achievements have placed them at the head of American heroes. There are several hundred thousand Americans who would face any danger with these illustrious heroes to head them. It is but just to General Lee's merit to acknowledge that he has upon all occasions exposed the folly and madness of the present Administration, and has shown the most tender regard to the liberties of this country. But in this he has acted the part of an Englishman. What is England without America? Her liberty and commerce, which are her two capital pillars, are both supported by this country.
"There cannot be a greater error than to suppose that the present commotions in America are owing to the arts of demagogues. Every man thinks and acts for himself in a country where there is an equal distribution of property and knowledge. It is to no purpose to attempt to destroy the opposition to the omnipotence of Parliament by taking off our Hancocks, Adams's, and Dickinsons. Ten thousand patriots of the same stamp stand ready to fill their places. Would to Heaven our rulers would consider these things in time! One more rash and unjust action on your side the water may divide us beyond the possibility of an union. For God's sake try to rouse up the ancient spirit of the nation. We love you; we honour you as brethren and fellow subjects. We have shared in your dangers and glories. Only grant us the liberty you enjoy, and we shall always remain one people. Let the bond of our union be in the Crown of Great Britain. I am, Sir, your's, &c."
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26.
Extract of a letter from BARBADOS.
"Notwithstanding this island produces more provisions for the support of its inhabitants than any other in the West Indies, yet a general consternation reigns among them, being sensible that the resolves of the late American Congress will in effect destroy them by famine."
"They have no power to join the Americans in the present struggle for freedom; but their sincere and hearty wishes for their success in the cause are continually heard, at the same time that they are heaping imprecations on the heads of the Great Ones at home."
By a private letter just received from an officer under General Gage, we are informed of the following particulars:
"Neither the military skill of our General, nor above all, his ardent desire of peaceably accommodating matters, seem now likely to avail. Every thing around us breathes nothing but war in the most serious light. In consequence of this, we have begun to mark out our encampment about a quarter of a mile from the town of Boston, which is to contain no less than 22 regiments. Besides this, our General has a power of reinforcing these, by draughting as many marines from the ships as he shall want. So that upon the whole, we shall have a fine army; though, if common report says true, nothing like that which is to oppose us, the province of Virginia having already raised 12,000 men."
It is said that Lord Stormont will not return on his embassy to the French Court, till advice is received of an Ambassador being appointed by that Court to come to England.
General Irwin is preparing to set out for Ireland, to take possession of his government of Londonderry; and also of the command in chief of his Majesty's forces in that kingdom.
A Gentleman in the city has received a letter from Jamaica, which brings advice, that a Spanish man of war of 74 guns had taken an armed schooner, and two merchant vessels belonging to Jamaica, and carried them into the Havannah. This account lays, that Spanish men of war and frigates are continually making depredations on the English merchant ships in the West Indies, whom they plunder of what they think proper.
Advice is received that a Danish merchant ship has been taken in the Mediterranean by three cruisers belonging to the Algerines, who hung the Captain up to the yard arm for bravely defending his own vessel, and afterwards carried their prize into Algeriers.
Extract of a letter from PARIS, April 25.
"Letters from Tours in Touraine mention, that there has been a general insurrection in those parts, occasioned by the scarcity and dearness of corn; three of the ringleaders have been hanged, one of them was a woman with four children, dying with hunger. It is feared that such severity may light the torch of discord, particularly as that article daily augments in price, to the no small advantage of the monopolizers, and the ruin of the poor. Several provinces are threatened with a famine, and no plan is yet set on foot to prevent it. In Champagne there is also great distress on the same account; but the government, in order to relieve the inhabitants, has offered a premium for bringing corn there from other provinces."
By a letter from Senegal there is advice, that a ship supposed to be bound for the West Indies, with a number of slaves on board, blew up not far from that place, supposed to be maliciously set on fire by the black people, whereby the ship, cargo, and all the crew, were lost, except four slaves, who were taken up at sea as they were making for shore, but from whom no confession could be extorted.
HOUSE OF COMMONS. At half after three Lord North arose, and in a speech of full two hours and a quarter long, delivered himself of his annual budget. He first specified the several grants, and explained the nature of them as he went along. He then enumerated the deficiencies, and lastly stated the ways and means; the detail of which was mostly contained in the several resolutions reported from the money chair since the commencement of the session. His next step was to sum up the total of both accounts, and strike the balance on which his operation of finance was to depend. According to this statement, the total of the ways and means was 6,500,000. the total of the grants or supposed to apply towards the reduction of the national debt in the following manner: To pay off one million of the 3 per cent. annuities at 88, which would be 880,000. by which means there would be a balance or residue of 120,000. to make good the deficiencies, or to pay off the 100,000. granted to his Majesty, which he did not include in the general statement. Among the items contained in the grants, he took credit for 150,000. to be gained on a lottery, at the rate of 50s. per ticket on 60,000 tickets, and then proposed his motion, which was to the following purport:
"That all persons who were possessed of 3 per cent. annuities, on or before the 24th of April, should have liberty to go to the Bank and subscribe any sum not exceeding 20,000. each; that the books should remain open from nine o'clock in the morning of the said day till six o'clock in the afternoon for that purpose; that every subscriber, subscribing 100. stock, shall be entitled to six lottery tickets, at the price of 12l. 10s. per ticket; that, as soon as proper inquiries can be made, and a fair and just proportion struck between the amount of the several sums subscribed, and the said sum of 1,000,000. meant to be paid off, every person shall be entitled to a rateable share of the said subscription, provided it shall appear that he was possessed of the stock for which he wrote his name; that is, supposing a person, possessing 20,000. stock, on or before the 24th of April, should subscribe 20,000. and that upon calling up the whole of the subscription, it should appear, that five, ten, or twenty times the money meant to be paid off was subscribed, then each stockholder shall be entitled to a fifth, a tenth, or a twentieth part of his subscription. This proposition seemed to be extremely well received on all sides of the House, as preventive of all that imputed partiality and confusion, riot and strife, that had been experienced on former occasions, when the strongest arms, the best known face, or the person who was fortunate enough to take his stand nearest the door, derived every advantage, to the total exclusion of such as were not thus happily
qualified or stationed. His Lordship entered into a general view of the public debts as they stood on the 5th of January last, and of the several wars since the revolution which occasioned them; and under the former head stated the national debt at that period, compared with what it was at the commencement of the late peace in 1763, by which he showed there were above nine millions paid off.
Mr. Hartley observed on several items in the account, particularly on the anticipation of the sinking fund; and drew a very melancholy picture of the probable consequences of our disputes with America; and predicted, in the most positive terms the interference of France and Spain, should those unhappy disputes terminate in a civil war.
Lord North answered him by observing, that he could not see how stating a general account of debtor and creditor, however drawn up, could possibly avert the evils he seemed so much to dread.
At six o'clock the House went into a committee on the bill for erecting a light-house on the rock called the Small, in St. George's channel; and several witnesses were examined as to its practicability, propriety, and utility; and the evidence being closed, a warm and well supported debate ensued, in which the bill was combated and defended on various grounds. At eight o'clock the question being put, the committee divided, Ayes 37, Noes 52.
Extract of a letter from NEW YORK, dated Jan. 30.
"The enclosed will unridle the joy that fills the breasts of all the friends to Government, decency, and good order. Since the glorious Eleven, with Col. Philips at their head, have carried the day, two more members are come, both of which are of the right side; so that there is now no chance of the Assembly's aiding or abetting the Congress. The friends to Government plume themselves on this victory, and are now open-mouthed against the proceedings of the Congress, and no one dares, among Gentlemen, to support them. Worthy old Silver Locks (Lieutenant Governor-Colden) when he heard the Assembly had acted right, cried out—Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace."
So violent are the associators in Virginia, that a very worthy Gentleman well known in Whitehaven (but who has for some years past done business in America) was posted as an enemy to American liberty, only for putting on a suit of black, when he received the news of the death of a relation in this place; and was at last compelled to substitute a piece of crape tied round his sleeve.
A merchant in Virginia writes to a house in Whitehaven, that when he goes to demand payment of any debts due to him, the following is the only thing he receives, are you so foolish as to think we should pay you now, even if we had money? This, it is hoped, is not generally the case; but it is not surprising that many of them avail themselves of the present suspensions of the courts of justice.
We are assured that in the colony of Virginia, there are two parties in almost every conversation on the present disturbances; neither of them can be called moderate; but it is the opinion of those who have had an opportunity of acquainting themselves with the proceedings and sentiments of those colonists, that if the royal standard was erected amongst them, one half of them at least would declare in favour of it.
Advice is said to be received from Gibraltar, that a Dutch man of war has sunk two large corsairs in the Mediterranean, belonging to the Dey of Algiers, and had taken another, but a distemper being on board, they set the crew ashore, and afterwards sunk the vessel.
At the Mansion House dinner on Easter Monday, Mr. Boswell, who had taken care to secure good room at the table, seeing Mr. Colman in the want of a place, called to him, and gave him one beside himself, saying, "you see what it is to have a Scotchman for your friend at Mr. Wilkes's table." A little time after there came a foreign waiter, with something: Mr. Boswell talked to him in German; upon which Mr. Colman observed, "I have certainly mistaken the place to day; I thought I was at the Mansion House; but I must surely be at St. James's; for here are none but Germans and Scots."
A few days ago a favourite Dulcinea of a celebrated Nobleman, having purchased a suit of Brussels point of exquisite fineness, desired his Lordship to present her with a silver brocade; he told her he could not at that time conveniently spare the money, on which the Lady dipped the lace in spirits of wine, and put it under her tea-kettle.
Anecdote of Voltaire. —Voltaire was committed to the Bastille for writing too freely on political subjects, when the Duke of Orleans was Regent in France; his tragedy of Oedipus appeared whilst he was confined, and the Regent was so much pleased with the representation of it, that he gave the author his liberty. Voltaire immediately waited upon the Regent to thank him for his enlargement, who promised to protect him if he would become more guarded in his future conduct. To which the celebrated author replied, "My Lord, I am infinitely obliged to you, and will take it as a particular favour if your Lordship will never interfere hereafter in any thing that regards my board and lodging."
April 28. It is imagined, that Lord North's plan for extending the British and Irish fisheries, is meant as much to the exclusion of the Dutch on our coast, as to the Americans on the banks of Newfoundland.
Extract of a letter from the HAGUE, April 20.
"According to authentic accounts from France, the French land forces absolutely consist at present of 350,000 men, all remarkably well disciplined, and particularly the artillery corps were never so strong and so well exercised in arms as they at present are."
"From Madrid we learn, that orders have been issued for a general armament, and that orders were given at the victualling office for 40,000 quintals of biscuits to be ready towards the latter end of this month."
They write from Leghorn, that the malecontents of Corsica lately assembled, to the amount of 3000, in different parties, well armed, and began hostilities in three quarters of the island occupied by the French.
They write from Gibraltar that four Moorish corsairs, on board of one of which was an Admiral, were lately lost in a gale of wind within a few leagues of Ceuta, and all their crews perished.
Advice is received from Paris, that the commander of one of the forts on the coast of Africa had been ordered home in irons, on an accusation of several high crimes and misdemeanors.
It is said that the French are preparing to erect forts on our back settlements in North America, and that it is talked of in France, without the least reserve, but not a word is said about who gives them encouragement.
Captain Malcomb, who suffered so much from the cruelty of the people in North America, was introduced yesterday at St. James's, and graciously received.
The same day the Hon. William Tryon, Governor of New York, took leave of his Majesty, and on Monday will set out to embark for his government.
The Hon. Mr. Grenville, who lately married the daughter of Lord Clare, has settled 21,000. per annum upon his Lady.—The marriage articles are said to have been written on 200 skins of parchment.
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Yesterday Lord North made the following motions in a committee of the whole House appointed to consider what encouragement ought to be given to the fisheries of Great Britain and Ireland.—"That a bounty of 40l. be given to the first 100 ships that arrive with a cargo of 10,000 cod fish caught on the banks of Newfoundland; 20l. for the next hundred ships, and 10l. for the next hundred ships: That a bounty of 500l. be given to the ship that arrives with the greatest quantity of whale oil; 400l. for the next greatest quantity; 300l. for the
next; 200l. for the next; and 100l. for the next: That Ireland have liberty to import blubber and whale fins, the same as England: That the duty on seal skins imported into Ireland do cease, and be no longer paid: That Ireland have leave to export clothing to America, for so much of the army as they supply and pay for: That a bounty of 5s. per ton be given to all flax seed imported into Ireland." The encouragement to be given to the linen manufacture of that kingdom is postponed.
We hear that the disposition of the general officers who are gone on the American expedition, is to be as follows: General Gage to remain at Boston with a reinforcement in the situation as at present; whilst Generals Bourgoyme, Clinton, and Howe, are to march with a large army through the principal provinces, offering an indemnity to all those who renounce the tenets of the Congress, but acting on the offensive to all those who do not.
We have received advice that the Elector of Bavaria is going to augment his army to 25,000 men, and the Elector of Saxony to 40,000. The reasons for these augmentations are not mentioned. Extract of a letter from an ENGLISH Gentleman at CONSTANTINOPLE, March 18.
"In the late tumults here the mob surrounded the house in which Prince Radzivil made his residence, and in less than an hour levelled it with the ground. His Highness narrowly escaped with his life, but all his domestics, I believe to a man, were slain; as were some of the Gentlemen who accompanied him hither. Among these I was much shocked to find was that truly amiable young man, Count Nicholas Radzivil, the Prince's first cousin. The rabble paraded the streets for three days after this horrible massacre, with the heads of the Count and his unfortunate companions stuck on spears borne before them."
Extract of a letter from NAPLES, April 4.
"An epidemical distemper has carried off many people in this capital within this last fortnight, and still continues, but with less violence. The distemper is a fever of the putrid kind, affecting the head and stomach; and although it is catching, the physicians do not look upon it to be more so than fevers of that sort generally are. In some cases where Dr. James's powders have been administered, they have proved efficacious."
May 1. A rumour prevailed about Change on Saturday, that a merchant in the city had just received advice, that the men of war stationed about our American seaports had seized three Dutch vessels, laden with arms, ammunition, and merchandise, supposed for the use of the refractory Americans. In consequence of this seizure Sir Joseph Yorke had been applied to in an insulting manner, who gave no answer, but sent an express immediately to London, which arrived on Thursday or Friday last. A spirited answer it is said is preparing.
Extract of a letter from the HAGUE, April 25.
"Two merchants arrived here lately from Amsterdam, and have complained to the States General of the behaviour of the King of Prussia, in laying additional burthens upon the navigation of the Rhine; that he has not only laid heavy duties on all goods that pass through his dominions on that river but has issued an edict, by which all vessels, that before were subject to pay 300 florins, now pay to the amount of 600 florins, by which the trade suffers so much as hardly to answer carrying it on. They have entreated their High Mightinesses to make use of their good offices with his Prussian Majesty, in order to engage him to take off these new duties, and restore things to their former footing."
Extract of a letter from PLYMOUTH, April 28.
"Sailed the transports with the 3d and 11th regiments for Ireland, and the Pomona and Portland men of war for the West Indies."
Extract of a letter from LEGHORN, April 12.
"The last advices received here from Barbary, import, that the Regencies of that country, and especially of Algiers, are greatly alarmed at the ill success of the King of Morocco's arms. They are apprehensive of seeing turned against their states the formidable forces of Spain, and are eagerly forming together an alliance offensive and defensive, and putting themselves in a good state of defence. They have ordered some fortifications to be built immediately, and new batteries to be erected on their banks, and on the land side, to prevent an attack."
Extract of a letter from FRANCFORT, April 24.
"The last accounts from Bohemia import, that though the public tranquillity seems to be restored, there is nevertheless a general discontent among the peasants. The rebels spared neither the estates nor places of the Elector of Bavaria in that country, nor those of the nobility, which they plundered indiscriminately. In the course of their examination it appeared that one of the chiefs of the rebels had the impudence to pass for the Emperor, by appearing in a green uniform, such as his Imperial Majesty wears; by which means he imposed upon the credulity and ignorance of several thousands of those unhappy people."
May 5. We hear that three of the regiments lately embarked for America had orders to proceed to Philadelphia, that they might be there at the time the Grand Congress hold their second meeting, in order to protect the Congress, and preserve the peace and order of the city at such an important period.
On the 3d instant died in York street, St. James's, the Hon. George Boscawen, Lieutenant General of his Majesty's land forces, Colonel of the 24th regiment of foot, and brother to Lord Viscount Falmouth.
May 6. A morning paper says, "By a private correspondent we learn that the King's troops at Boston have attacked and defeated the provincials, who lost 1000 men in the action. The loss of the former it is said is 600. We are yet unable to give our readers a more particular account of this unhappy event, but have reason to believe it must very soon be circumstantially known, an express with the above news to Government being just arrived."
The Pacha of Sudes, in the island of Candia, having had delivered up to him the crew of a piratical bark taken in the Archipelago, consisting of 26 persons, hanged up ten, impaled ten others, and delivered up the remaining six to the populace, who put them to death.
They write from Exeter, that there is now as great a demand in the West of England for woollen cloths to be exported as has been known at any time for 20 years past.
By a Gentleman arrived from Grenada we learn, that the Dutch islands of Curacao and St. Eustatia are full of European goods, intentionally sent there with a view of carrying on a very lucrative trade with the British colonies.
On Wednesday next the first troop of grenadier guards will embark for Boston, with a large quantity of ammunition, &c. for the use of the army in America.
WHITEHAVEN, April 27. The last ships which arrived from Ireland inform us, that the transports which failed a few days ago from Corke, for America, are put back through stress of weather, and that several of the horses are killed. This may be depended on as real fact.
May 4. Tuesday last a Scotch bullock was killed in this market, out of which was taken 19 stone and 2 pounds of tallow.
LIMERICK, April 6. Last Saturday three companies of the 27th regiment from the Isle of Man, joined their regiment in this garrison, and we are informed 50 of them are to be draughted to reinforce the regiments going to Boston.
April 21. As there is little probability that the differences between Great Britain and her colonies will be soon accommodated, it would be a great act of prudence to sow as much flax-seed this year as possible, in order to raise that necessary commodity in Ireland, so as to lessen the evil effects which the American disputes must otherwise bring on the staple manufacture of this kingdom.
April 22. Yesterday the first division of the 44th regiment of foot marched out of town for Corke, and this morning was followed by the second division, in order to embark for Boston; and this day the first division of the 40th regiment will march in here for Dublin, and the second division on Monday next, on their

way to Corke, to embark for Boston. [The above are a part of the second embarkation for America, consisting of four regiments.]
CORKE, April 10. Last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 49th, 63d, 35th, and 4th division of the 17th regiment of light dragoons, embarked on board the transports bound for America.
April 17. We are informed that the transports to be taken on board the 22d, 40th, 44th, 45th regiments of foot, were to sail from the Downs last Friday for this port. When this embarkation for America is completed, there will remain 5000 regular troops in Ireland, out of the 16,000 paid for by this poor taxed country.
DUBLIN, April 20. Yesterday arrived in town from different parts of the North, the 44th regiment of foot, commanded by Major General James Abercromby, on their way to Corke, for America.
May 1. Last Friday morning failed from Cove, 24 transports with troops for Boston. They have had very fine weather, but mostly contrary winds since their departure.
Yesterday arrived here, eleven transports from Plymouth, with the 3d and 11th regiments on board, which are to remain in this kingdom.
We are informed that 6 regiments of foot more on this establishment have received orders to hold themselves in readiness for embarkation.
WILLIAMSBURG, July 1.
The General Assembly have adjourned themselves to the 12th of October next, and the Delegates are summoned to meet in Convention, at the town of Richmond, on the 17th instant.
At a meeting of the inhabitants, last Tuesday, at the court-house, it was agreed upon to represent to the Delegates in Convention the expediency of a reinforcement of men from the adjacent counties, to be stationed here with the city company, on account of the late alarming report of troops being destined for this colony, from Great Britain. The number thought requisite at present is 250. It is generally believed this measure will be approved of in Convention, and that the towns below this will be provided in like manner; so that, in case of emergency, the whole can unite upon the shortest notice, and act in opposition to any attempt that may be made by British troops towards the destruction of public liberty in this colony.
We hear from York, that Lord Dunmore, in the Fowey, and his Lady and family, on board the Magdalen, failed from that place last Thursday morning. It is said the Magdalen will proceed to England, and that the Fowey is to return to York town with the Governor, after having conveyed the schooner as far as the capes.
Twenty one ships failed from Waterford, in Ireland, on the 29th of April, for Newfoundland, and are the largest number that ever went from thence in that trade.
It is certain that Government has ordered several mortars and field pieces, with a large quantity of warlike stores, to be shipped for the use of the troops at Boston.
A late paper mentions the death of Governor Shirley, who was killed in a duel by Lieutenant Governor Stewart, both of Dominica. The dispute was, the Lieutenant Governor having purchased a bureau of the Governor, on examining it he found a copy of a letter, containing many things to the prejudice of his character.
His Majesty's ship Hind, Capt. Garnier, is put into Bassetore (St. Christopher's) for a pilot, and her destination is to be between St. Eustatia and the Dog and Prickly-Pear, to prevent the American vessels trading to St. Eustatia.
Capt. Caloone, in a sloop from Virginia, arrived at Newport, loaded with Indian corn, is taken by a man of war on that station.
The General committee of Charlestown, South Carolina, on account of the dearth and alarming scarcity of grain in that province, have resolved, that it is their opinion no Indian corn should be exported from thence, except by persons having plantations in Georgia, for their own immediate use upon such plantations; nor any rice, except to complete the lading of such vessels as had actually taken on board part of their intended cargoes of rice before the 24th of May, until the General Assembly, or Provincial Congress, shall take the matter under their consideration, and come to some determination thereupon.
Died ,—Mrs. MARY LIGHTFOOT, at York, relict of the late Hon. Philip Lightfoot, Esq.; one of his Majesty's Council of this colony, in the 79th year of her age.
Yesterday afternoon arrived the mails from New-York and Philadelphia, with the following advices.
CAMBRIDGE, June 8.
Tuesday last being the day agreed on for the exchange of prisoners, between 12 and 1 o'clock, Dr. Warren and Brigadier General Putnam, in a phaeton, together with Major Dunbar, and Lieutenant Hamilton of the 64th on horse-back; Lieutenant Potter of the marines, in a chaise; John Hilton of the 57th; Alexander Campbell of the 4th; John Tyne, Samuel Maey, Thomas Parry, and Thomas Sharp, of the marines, wounded men, in two carts; the whole escorted by the Weathersfield company, under the command of Capt. Chester, entered the town of Charlestown, and marching slowly through it, halted at the ferry, where, upon a signal being given, Major Moncrief landed from the Lively, in order to receive the prisoners, and see his old friend, General Putnam: Their meeting was truly cordial and affectionate. The wounded privates were soon sent on board the Lively; but Major Moncrief and the other officers, returned with General Putnam and Dr. Warren, to the House of Dr. Foster, where an entertainment was provided for them. About 3 o'clock a signal was made by the Lively, that they were ready to deliver up our prisoners; upon which General Putnam and Major Moncrief went to the ferry, where they received Messrs. John Peck, James Hewes, James Brewer, and Daniel Preston, of Boston; Messrs. Samuel Froth and Seth Russell, of Cambridge; Mr. Joseph Bell, of Danvers; Mr. Elijah Seavan, of Roxbury; and Cæsar Augustus, a Negro servant to Mr. Tileston, of Dorchester; who were conducted to the House of Capt. Foster, and there refreshed; after which the General and Major returned to their company, and spent an hour or two in a very agreeable manner. Between 5 and 6 o'clock Major Moncrief, with the officers that had been delivered to him, were conducted to the ferry, where the Lively's barge received them; after which General Putnam, with the prisoners who had been delivered to him, &c. returned to Cambridge, escorted in the same manner as before. The whole was conducted with the utmost decency and good humour, and the Weathersfield company did honour to themselves, their officers, and their country. The regular officers expressed themselves as highly pleased; those who had been prisoners politely acknowledged the genteel, kind treatment they had received from their captors; the privates, who were all wounded men expressed in the strongest terms, their grateful sense of the tenderness which had been shown them in their miserable situation; some of them could do it only by their tears. It would have been to the honour of the British arms, if the prisoners taken from us could with justice have made the same acknowledgement. It cannot be supposed that officers of rank, or common humanity, were knowing to the repeated insults that were offered them; but it may not be amiss to hint to the officers concerned, two truths, of which they seem to be totally ignorant, viz. that compassion is as essential a part of the character of a truly brave man as daring; and that insult offered to a person entirely in the power of the insulter, is as strong of cowardice as it is of cruelty.
We have the pleasure to inform the public, that the Grand American Army is nearly completed. Great numbers of the
Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island troops are arrived; among the latter there is a fine company of artillery, with four excellent field pieces. Many large pieces of battering cannon are expected soon, from different places; twelve pieces 18 and 24 pounders, with a quantity of ordnance stores, we are informed, are already arrived from Providence.
Last Wednesday forenoon a number of provincials, under the command of Col. Robinson, made an acquisition of about 500 sheep, and 30 head of cattle from Pettick's island.
And on Friday night last the provincial troops made another acquisition of about 800 sheep and lambs from off Deer island, together with a number of cattle. Major Creaton, who commanded this party, also took a barge belonging to one of the men of war, together with 4 or 5 prisoners.
PROVIDENCE, June 10.
Sunday last the schooner Pelican, Capt. Tucker, arrived at Marblehead from London, in ballast, and brought despatches for General Gage, and Admiral Graves, which were immediately secured by the committee of that place, and sent to the Provincial Congress at Watertown. The contents of them have not yet transpired.
NEW LONDON, June 9.
We learn that all the men of war which were in the harbours near Boston have been called to that place, and that every method is taken to strengthen the town. The entrenchment at the fortification is now extended quite across the Neck, by which the town is become an island. General Gage, by all his late conduct, appears to be greatly alarmed.
Last Saturday Col. Glover, and the sons of the late worthy Col. Lee of Marblehead, brought to the head quarters at Cambridge, from Marblehead, a bag of letters, arrived there from London, in a schooner of the late Col. Lee's, taken by Administration to bring them. She failed the 12th or 14th of April. In the bag are letters from Administration to General Gage, the Admiral, and to almost all the Tories in Boston. The letters were under inspection at the camp, when our last accounts came from thence.
NEW YORK, June 19.
Saturday last an express from Watertown passed through this city, in his way to the Continental Congress: He left the camp last Monday, and said some of the transports were arrived at Boston, from Corke; and that the grenadiers and light infantry of General Gage's army appeared to be in motion.
Friday last the Mercury frigate, Capt. McCarthy, arrived at Sandy Hook, in 14 days from Boston. He was despatched from thence by General Gage, to order whatever troops might arrive here from England, or Ireland, for Boston; and last Wednesday he luckily fell in with a transport from Corke, with part of the 44th regiment, bound to this place; but she soon stood to the eastward, and Capt. McCarthy now waits at the Hook to give the like orders to the rest of the fleet that may arrive there.
A letter from Corke, dated May 1, 1775, says, "Last Thursday 25 sail of transports, with three regiments of foot, and one of lighthorse, failed for Boston. There are here 16 transports for the same purpose. We have various accounts in town respecting the destination of the 22d, 40th, 44th, and 55th regiments, being the second embarkation from Corke."
A few days ago the 4th regiment of Connecticut troops set out for their station at Ticonderoga, under the command of Col. Benjamin Hinman.
Extract of a letter dated HARTFORD, in CONNECTICUT, June 5. Mr. Hide, the Boston post, reports, that a vessel bound to London, on board of which Mr. Robert Temple, a high flying Tory, was passenger, sprung a leak soon after her departure and put into Plymouth (New England) to refit. That the people took Temple prisoner, sent him to the camp at Cambridge, secured his papers, and opened a great number of letters, many of which were from officers of the army at Boston. That those letters in general are full of complaints and expressions of uneasiness. Some of the officers desire and entreat to sell out, others say they are fighting in a bad cause, and apprehensive of a Mutiny; others mention a difference between the General and the Admiral, and that the army, in general are disheartened and uneasy; other letters are full of invectives against the poor Yankees, as they call us. We hear the Provincial Congress will keep Temple as an hostage, but I hope they will let the vessel go with the above letters.
Last Wednesday afternoon one Angus McDonald, who it is said has been privately inlisting men for some time past to serve under General Gage, against their country, was taken into custody by a party of Col. Lasher's company of grenadiers; and conducted before the Provincial Congress then sitting, where he was examined, returned into custody in the evening, and immediately sent off to General Wooster's camp at Greenwich, in Connecticut: He was escorted by most of our independent companies as far as King's Bridge. We hear some important discoveries were made.
PHILADELPHIA, June 19.
Captain Coffin, who arrived yesterday from Nantucket, informs, that Captain Waterman, from this place for that island, was taken by two cruisers belonging to Government, and carried into Newport.
Monday next the General Assembly of this province meets here. Extract of a letter from a Gentleman in SALEM to another in this city, dated June 6.
"It is galling to the surly old Admiral, who, it seems, grows like a cur dog, that our people should burn one of his cutters under his nose, and take ALL the STOCK off the islands, and burn the houses, barns, &c. on Noddle's island, in which affair they lost a great many men. Mr. —, whose integrity you know may be relied on, was in Boston at the time they were landed, and says they were obliged to dig a hole 20 feet square to bury them in. Lieutenant —, just arrived from the provincial head quarters, says a bold stroke will shortly be made."
Last Thursday morning three battalions of this city and liberties, consisting of 1500 men, the artillery company of 150, with two 12, and six 4 pound brass field pieces, a troop of lighthorse, several companies of light infantry, rangers, and riflemen, in the whole about 2000 men, marched to the commons, and having joined in brigade, went through the manual exercise, firings, and manœuvres, with a dexterity scarcely to have been expected from such short practice, in the presence of the Honourable members of the Continental Congress, and several thousand spectators.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
NORFOLK, June 26, 1775.
All Persons indebted to the late Concern of William Duncan & Company, Printers, are requested to make immediate Payment, for Stationary, and for the first Year's Gazette, to the Subscriber, who is properly empowered to receive the same. JOHN SCHAW.
In a few Days will be PUBLISHED,
THE MANUAL EXERCISE, As ordered by his Majesty in the Year 1764, TOGETHER WITH EXPLANATIONS Of the Method generally practised at REVIEWS & FIELD-DAYS:
Firing by Sub Divisions and Grand Divisions, standing, advancing, and retreating. Wheeling by Companies. Advancing and retreating by Files. Forming the Oblong Square by Companies and Battalions. Forming Columns by Companies and Grand Divisions. Passing a Defile or Bridge by Half Companies, and re-passing in Retreat. Charge and Volley by Battalion. Some occasional Words of Command, with Explanations, &c. &c.
To which is affixed, the Words of Command as they follow in Order in the Manual Exercise.
For SALE, and very cheap,
One Thousand Acres of exceeding valuable
L A N D,
lying in the upper End of Hanover County, on the main Road, in very good Order for Cropping, and improved with a commodious Dwelling-House, and all necessary Outhouses, fit for the Reception of a Gentleman in private or public Life. The Payment will be made easy to the Purchaser, and the Terms known by applying to me, on the Premises. DAVID CHISHOLM.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 27, 1775.
FOUND , last Saturday Night, about 8 o'Clock, near the Playhouse, a Pair of new SADDLE-BAGS, with a Brass Lock, the Contents unknown. The Owner is desired to apply for them, prove his Property, and pay Charges. JOHN LOCKLEY.
MANCHESTER, June 24, 1775.
I SHALL leave this Colony soon: Those with whom I am connected, either as Debtor or Creditor, will oblige me by coming to a Settlement as quickly as they can. The Management of my Affairs will be left with Mr. Robert Donald of Bedford, who will move to this Place before I go away. JAMES DONALD.
HANOVER, June 29, 1775.
The Subscriber intends for
Great Britain immediately. JOHN HICKS.
COMMITTED to the Gaol of Henrico, a Negro Man, who says his Name is CHAFFEAT, about 24 Years of Age, 5 Feet 7 Inches high; he has on a white Negro Cotton Jacket and Breeches, and an Osnabrug Shirt. He says he belongs to one Hell, Hill, or Hillary Worham, but cannot tell the County his Master lives in, and speaks remarkably bad English. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, pay Charges, and take him away. MARY LINDSEY, Gaoler.
COMMITTED to the Gaol of Henrico, a Negro Woman, who says her Name is BETTY, about 4 Feet 10 Inches high; has on an Osnabrug Shift and Petticoat, has a Hole through each ear, appears to be outlandish, and cannot tell her Master's Name. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, pay Charges, and take her away. MARY LINDSEY, Gaoler.
TAKEN up, in Princess Anne, and now in Prison, a Negro Fellow named LONDON, who says he belongs to Samuel Warner of Pasquotank, in North Carolina. The Owner may have him on applying to me, and paying Charges. BAGWELL MOORE, Gaoler.
TAKEN up, in Louisa, near the Green Springs, a BRIGHT BAY MARE about 4 Feet 7 Inches high, 9 or 10 Years old, branded on the near Buttock X, her hind Feet white, has a white Streak in her Forehead, and a hanging Mane and Switch Tail. Posted, and appraised to 16l. POUNCEY BUNCH.
TAKEN up, in Spotsylvania, a SORREL HORSE about 4 Feet 8 Inches high, 9 or 10 Years old, paces, trots, and gallops; appears to have been much used, and branded on the near Buttock D, as near as I can make out. Posted, and appraised to 14l. THOMAS COLEMAN.
TAKEN up, in Bedford, a BAY HORSE about 13 Hards high, 12 or 13 Years old, has two Glass Eyes, and three white Feet, some white Hairs on his Back, a white Face, branded on the near Shoulder S, and on the off Buttock with Something unintelligible. He has had a Fistula, and has now the Poll-Evil. Posted, and appraised to 7l. MICAJAH WILLIAMSON.
WHEREAS I purchased of Buckner Russell, of the County of Halifax, a Tract of Land lying in said County, which was measured to me for 188 3/4 Acres, for the Consideration of 75l. 8s. current Money of Virginia, for the Payment of which Sum I, together with my Brother T. Carter, entered into Bonds payable to the said Buckner Russell some Time in May 1775 and May 1776; and whereas, since the said Purchase was made, and a Deed given and recorded, &c. the said Buckner Russell's Father hath made an Entry for Part of the aforesaid Purchase, as surplus or vacant Land, and I have reasons to believe that the Father and Son have juggled together to pocket my Money, and still possess the Land; I therefore forewarn all Persons from taking Assignments of the said Bonds, as I am determined not to pay them until the said Russell shall make me a secure Right and Title to the above-mentioned Land and Premises. WILLIAM CARTER.
JUNE 22, 1775.
RUN away from York Town, last Sunday Morning, an indentured Servant Man named JOHN O'BRIAN, alias JAMES BRENON, about 5 Feet 6 Inches high, by Trade a Tailor, and a very good Workman, was born in Dublin, has a remarkable long Head, short dark Hair, is slender made about the Arms and Body, can write very well, and I imagine will forge a Pass, but do not think he will go by either of his Names. He had on a brown mixed Coat, Nankeen Breeches, and a striped Waistcoat. Whoever will take him up, and deliver him to me, or secure him so that I get him again, shall have 5l. Reward. WILLIAM DAVIS.

POETS CORNER.
A SONG.
From a new musical interlude called the ELECTION.
WHILST happy in my native land, I boast my country's charter, I'll never basely lend my hand Her liberties to barter.
The noble mind is not at all By poverty degraded; 'Tis guilt alone can make us fall, And well I am persuaded, Each free-born Briton's song should be, "Or give me DEATH or LIBERTY!"
Tho' small the power which fortune grants, And few the gifts she sends us, The lowly hireling often wants That freedom which defends us.
By law secured from lawless strife, Our house is our castle; Thus blest with all that's dear in life, For lucre shall we sell 'em? No; every Briton's song should be, "Or give me DEATH or LIBERTY!"
For CHARTER to any Part of GREAT BRITAIN, or the WEST INDIES,
The BRIGANTINE HERO, JAMES MAXWELL Master,
Burthen 7500 Bushels of Grain, two Years old, a prime Sailer, and is now ready to take her Cargo on Board. For Terms apply to MARSDEN, MAXWELL, & Co.
WHO HAVE FOR SALE,
WEST INDIA RUM, SUGAR, MOLASSES, CANE SPIRITS And MADEIRA WINE.
RUN away, on the 18th of April last, from the Subscriber, on Grassy Creek, in Grawville County, North Carolina, a likely Virginia born Negro Man named BEN, about 28 Years of Age, and carried with him sundry Clothes, among which were a Jacket and Breeches of Country Cloth, double wove, of Cotton and Wool. As he is well acquainted in Nansemond County, Virginia, it is probable he may be gone there, or to Essex County, where he has a father and mother. Whoever will apprehend the said Negro, and bring him to me at the aforesaid Place, shall have 5l. Reward if taken 100 Miles from Home, and in Proportion for a larger or smaller distance. SAMUEL SMITH.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, in Essex County, a small ROAN HORSE about 13 Hands high, 6 Years old, trots and paces, has a Switch Tail, and lately had a Fistula, which is not quite well. Whoever delivers the said Horse to me, or gives me such Intelligence of him as will enable me to get him again, shall have 20s. Reward. JOHN WHITLOCK.
ON Monday the 3d of July will be exposed to Sale (if fair, otherwise next fair Day) at Lamb's Creek, in King George County, a large Quantity of genteel Plate, and all Kinds of elegant Household Furniture, belonging to the Estate of Col. John Champe, deceased. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchasers, on giving Bond and approved security to (2||) WILLIAM CHAMPE, Executor. If the Bonds are not paid, to carry Interest from the Date.
FOR SALE,
Under a Power of Attorney from John Boisseau to the Subscribers.
TWO valuable Tracts of LAND in Dinwiddie; one on White Oak Creek, containing 414 Acres, the Quality of which is exceeding good for Tobacco and Wheat, lies in good Order for working 4 or 5 Hands, with sufficient Houses for securing the Crop, and within 20 Miles of Petersburg. The other is within 12 Miles of Petersburg, on Gravelly Run, well calculated for Tobacco, Wheat, and Corn, containing upwards of 1000 Acres, with several valuable Plantations thereon, with fine Orchards, which may be sold altogether, or in Parcels, as may best suit the Purchasers. On this last mentioned Tract is a valuable Grist Mill just built. The White Oak Tract will be exposed to Sale at the Plantation thereon, the 4th of September next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day; and the Gravelly Run Land at the Mill aforesaid, on the 5th Day following. Part ready Money will be expected at the Day of Sale, or upon the Acknowledgment of the Land for each Tract. Payments of the Residue will be agreed upon at the Day of Sale. WILLIAM WATKINS. JAMES BOISSEAU.
ON Friday the 11th of July, will be sold to the highest Bidder, at Hanover Town, to be entered on at Christmas next, the HOUSE and LOT there belonging to the Estate of Robert Paterson, deceased, and now occupied by Mr. Thomas Arbuthnot. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for one Half, and eighteen Months for the other, the Purchaser giving Bond, with Security, to carry Interest from the Date if not punctually paid. A good Title will be made by ROBERT DONALD, Administrator.
WESTMORELAND, June 1, 1775.
I INTEND for Scotland very soon, and I must therefore beg the Favour of all Persons who have had Dealings with me, and owe Balances, to come and have Settlements of them before I leave the Colony; likewise those who have Claims against me are desired to bring them in, that they may be paid off. Mr. John Middleton will be properly empowered in my Absence to transact my Business, and to whom I have now given up the Charge of the Store.
I will sell for ready Money, or short Credit, a SLOOP that carries 60 Hogheads of Tobacco, two Years old, her upper Works of Mulberry, and every Way well fitted. Likewise a SCHOONER that carries 1250 Bushels; she is new, goes well, and is in every Respect well found. HUGH HAMILTON.
TAKEN up, in Hanover, a LIGHT GRAY HORSE, about 8 or 9 Years old, branded on the near Buttock W, with a Blotch over it, is about 4 Feet 8 or 9 Inches high. Posted, and appraised to TWELVE POUNDS.
WILLIAM WADDY.
NORFOLK, June 16, 1775.
FOR CHARTER,
A NEW BRIGANTINE, now on the Stocks, Burthen about 300 Hogheads of Tobacco, or 9000 Bushels of Grain, can be ready to receive a Cargo in five Weeks. Any Person wanting such a Vessel will please to deliver their Terms to Mr. John Pedan, who will be at Williamsburg until the 20th of this Month, or send them to the Subscriber, at Norfolk, who intends leaving the Colony in July, and to return in a few Months.
JAMES ARCHDEACON.
SMITHFIELD, June 12, 1775.
THE Copartnership of James Ronaldson and Company having expired in November last, all Persons indebted to them are desired to pay their respective Balances to Mr. Patrick Ronaldson, and those that have Claims are requested to make them known.
The Subscriber intends to leave the Colony in a short Time. JAMES RONALDSON.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 14, 1775.
LOST by the Subscriber, a few Nights ago, an old POCKET BOOK, containing a few Notes of Hand, with sundry other Papers; also a Bond of 600l. Currency, and another of 150l. Sterling, both bearing Date the 22d of July 1774. The Bonds will be satisfied to-morrow; therefore it will answer no Purpose for any Person to take an Assignment to them. Whoever will bring the said Pocket Book to me, or to Mrs. Grizel Hay of this City, shall be handsomely rewarded.
ROBERT CAMPBELL.
To be RENTED, for one or more Years.
A VALUABLE FARM on James River, near the Mouth of Beaverdam, in Goochland County, 26 Miles from Richmond, sufficient to employ ten Hands and six Horses to great Advantage. This Place is well known, and deservedly esteemed, both for Richness of Soil and useful Improvements in the Farming Way, consisting of proper Enclosures, Dwelling-Houses, Granaries, Stable, and Treading-Floor, together with a large Apple Orchard of late Fruit. My present Dwelling-House, Garden, Stable, Store, and other Outhouses, Peach and Cherry Orchards, with a good Still, being off the Farm, will be let as a Tavern, for which Purpose they are conveniently situated, and well calculated. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, on the Premises. THOMAS PLEASANTS.
NORFOLK, June 6, 1775.
THE Subscriber (late of Warwick County) finding that it is out of his Power to pay all he owes, would willingly make over every thing in his Power to his Creditors, to be divided among them in Proportion to their respective Sums; and for that Purpose he requests that they will meet at Mr. Stephen Tankard's in Norfolk, on Wednesday the 28th Instant, at 10 o'Clock, to appoint such Trustees as they shall think proper. SAMUEL LONG.
ALEXANDRIA, June 5, 1775.
EIGHT POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, two indentured Servants named ROBERT SHAW and ANDREW INGLES, both Natives of Scotland, and Bakers by Trade. Each of them had on a Bearskin Jacket lined with Plaid, Osnabrug Trousers, old Shoes, and Half worn Casker Hats. Their Bundles consist, as it is supposed, of two Match Coat Blankets, two Pair of Leather Breeches, two Osnabrug Shirts, two Check Shirts, and two red Jackets. Shaw is about 5 Feet 10 Inches high, has a swarthy Complexion, dark short frized Hair, a long Scar on his right Arm, appears bold, and talks much. Ingles is about 5 Feet 5 Inches high, has short straight Hair, swarthy and long featured, has a Scab over his right Eye, his right Leg is sore, he is fond of Liquor, and talks more in his Country Dialect than Shaw. THOMAS WALSON, a Convict, about 27 Years of Age, a Barber by Trade, about 5 Feet 6 Inches high, has a Laddish down Look, brown straight Hair, a little knock-kneed, and a leering Look; had on, and took with him, two white Linen Shirts, an old Drab coloured Cloth Coat, one red and one striped Holland Jacket, one Pair of new Drilling Breeches, one Pair of old Buff coloured Stocking Breeches, one Pair of white and one Pair of white and blue spotted Stockings, a new Felt Hat bound with black Ferreting, has a black Silk Handkerchief, and some other Things which cannot be described. WILLIAM LEE, by Trade a Cooper, about 5 Feet 9 Inches high, marked with the Smallpox, has a remarkable large Nose, speaks thick, and is impudent; he took with him a yellow Bull-Dog, with cropped Ears, one Side of his Face white, has a Glass Eye, and white Breast and Neck, is very fond of going into the Water, and answers to the Name of Turk. The said Lee had a Variety of Clothes, which cannot well be described. Whoever takes up, and secures the said Servants, shall have the above Reward, or 40s. for each, paid by JAMES KIRK. ROBERT ADAM. GEORGE PURVIS. (tf—||3s.)
HENRICO, May 30, 1775.
RUN away, in February last, a likely well shaped black young Negro Fellow named EDM, about 18 Years of Age, has a Scar on one of his Elbows, occasioned by a Burn when a Child, one of his little Fingers is much bent in, has a pleasant Countenance, and is very artful and active. As I purchased him of Col. Philip Johnson some Years ago, he may probably be in that Neighbourhood. I will give 40s. to any Person that will bring him to me, about three Miles above Richmond Town. FORTUNATUS SYDNOR.
HANOVER, June 15, 1775.
STOLEN, or STRAYED, from this Place, the 6th Instant, a LIGHT GRAY HORSE, 7 Years old, about 14 1/2 Hands high, not branded, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, paces and canters remarkably well, and is a very pleasant Riding Horse. Whoever brings the said Horse to me shall receive 20s. Reward, and 5l. on Conviction of the Thief. THOMAS EVANS.
SMITHFIELD, June 14, 1775.
I INTEND leaving the Colony for a few Months: The Business carried on here for Messrs. Andrew Sym and Company, of Glasgow, Merchants, will, in my Absence, be under the Direction of Messrs. John Stirling and Patrick Ronaldson, who are properly authorised to transact the same. JOHN SYM.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in King and Queen, the 5th of October 1774, a Negro Woman named HANNAH, of the Middle Stature, remarkably black, has been hurt in one Side (I think the right) which makes her limp as she walks; had on, when she went away, a Negro Cotton Jacket, and a Virginia Cloth Petticoat, striped with black Yarn. Whoever secures her so that I may get her again (if in this Colony) shall have 40s. Reward, and if out thereof 5l. JOHN CARDWELL.
THE Subscriber being very desirous of getting out of Debt, without any Dependence on his ungrateful Debtors, proposes to sell the pleasant and healthy Seat of HUNTINGTOUR, near Appomattox River, in the lower End of Buckingham, with 1500 or 2000 Acres of good Land, which produces fine Tobacco, Hemp, Wheat, &c. The Houses are new, and the best I have seen in the county; a larger and better Garden I believe is not in the Colony, and on this Land are several Hundred Fruit Trees of the best Kind, many of which were brought by water to Richmond Town above 80 Miles. On this Tract of Land is a large Proportion of exceeding fine Meadow Land, with a Fish Pond within three Hundred Yards of the Dwelling-House, stored with various Kinds of fine Fish, sufficient for the Use of a Family the Year round. In this Neighbourhood is Plenty of excellent Venison. The Air is so pure that I never knew an Instance of any Person having the Ague and Fever at Huntingtour. I have travelled through the most Parts of Virginia, and I have not seen any Part that I would so willingly reside in as this Neighbourhood. If I sell this Place, I shall live on the Part of this Tract of Land which has been advertised for some Time past. I make no Doubt but Appomattox River will be soon cleared, and then Wheat will be carried as far as Col. Banister's Mill, near Petersburg, for 4d. or 5d. per Bushel. I made at this Place 100 Gallons of rich Wine in 1772, and last Year (if it had not been for the Frost) I could have made 5 or 600 Gallons, which Quantity I expect to make this Year. HUNTINGTOUR would be a pleasant and safe Place for a Gentleman of Fortune to retreat to in the Horrors of a civil War, or in the sickly Months of many Parts of the Lowlands. "What is Honour, Grandeur, and Wealth? All fleeting, Nothing's without Health!" I hope any Gentlemen inclined to purchase will visit the Premises this Summer. I will also sell, very cheap (that is, for about Half the Value) the Tract of rich LAND I have advertised in Albemarle for some Time past. ANTHONY WINSTON.
JUNE 15, 1775.
RUN away, last Saturday, from Williamsburg, two indentured English Servants, the Property of the Subscriber, viz. JOHN FLEMING, about 27 Years of Age, thin visaged, has a sallow Complexion, and had on, when he went off, a brown Holland short Coat and Jacket, and wears Trousers; he is by Trade a Painter, Drawer, and Silversmith. GEORGE WASSELL, about 17 Years of Age, by Trade a Shoemaker, strong made, and much pitted with the Smallpox; he wears a blue Jacket and Trousers. Whoever secures the said Servants in any public Gaol, or delivers them to me at Norfolk, shall have 30s. Reward for each, besides what the Law allows. GAVIN HAMILTON.
TO BE SOLD,
To the highest Bidder, on the Premises, on TUESDAY the 1st of AUGUST next.
ALL that valuable Tract of LAND late the Property of Matthew Branch, deceased, lying on James River, in the County of Chesterfield, containing about 500 Acres. One Half the Purchase Money to be paid on the Delivery of the Land, and the other Half twelve Months after. A good Title will be made by RIDLEY BRANCH, and MATTHEW BRANCH. WARWICK, May 29, 1775.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a BAY MARE and COLT, the latter about a Year old this Spring, with a Blaze in her Face, and four white Feet; the Mare appears to be old, has a Star in her Forehead, some Saddle Spots on her Back, and branded on the near Buttock P, with some other letter before it which cannot be made out. Posted, and appraised to 9l. JOHN ATKERSON.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a DARK BAY MARE about 10 Years old, 4 Feet 4 Inches high, branded on the near Shoulder and Buttock A, and on the off Shoulder PW. Posted, and appraised to 8l. WILLIAM SMITH.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in New Kent, the 27th of April last, a Negro Fellow named MICHAEL, about 25 Years old, 5 Feet 7 Inches high, had on a Cotton Waistcoat, an Osnabrug Shirt, Leather Breeches, and a Pair of black Stockings. He walks remarkably straight, and has been in Williamsburg offering to hire himself. Whoever brings him to me shall have 40s. Reward, or 20s. if secured in any Gaol. SAMUEL APPERSON.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, in Blandford, on the 4th of March last, a dark bay Mare, 7 or 8 Years old, about 14 Hands high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, cat-hamm'd, paces naturally, has some Saddle Spots on the near Side, and branded WK, or WR, on the near Shoulder and Buttock. Also a small sorrel FILLY went away with her, two Years old this Spring, had a Snip on the right Nostril, but neither docked nor branded. They were seen on Rowantway, and are imagined to have gone towards Walker's Mill, on Nottoway, or Hick's Ford, on Meherrin. Whoever will bring the said Mares to me shall be handsomely rewarded for their Trouble. DAVID BLACK. (tf)
TO BE RENTED,
A large Dwelling-House In RICHMOND TOWN,
40 Feet by 20, with two rooms below and two above, a Garden newly pailed in, a Kitchen, and all other Outhouses necessary for a Family. The Situation is as pleasant as any in Town. The Terms may be known by applying to the Printers hereof, or to the Subscriber, in said Town. GABRIEL GALT. (tf)
TO BE SOLD,
THREE Thousand Acres of well timbered LAND, near Newmarket, in Caroline County, whereon are two Plantations in good Repair, with proper and convenient Edifices for farming or making of Tobacco. For Terms apply to the Subscriber. JOHN BAYLOR. (tf)
TO BE SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND in Caroline County, contiguous to Mattaponi, containing about 2000 Acres of well timbered Land, the Property of Mr. Robert Baylor. The Terms may be known by applying to Mr. Nathaniel Burwell of King William, Mr. John Armistead of Caroline, and Mr. John Baylor, Executors. (tf)
For SALE, and very CHEAP,
THE Tract of LAND whereon I now live, in the lower End of Caroline County, that contains 470 Acres, and is known to be very good. The Improvements are, a new Dwelling-House 32 by 28 Feet, with three Dormants on a Side, two Fireplaces below, and one above, a good Cellar, the Kitchen 24 by 16 Feet, with all other Outhouses quite new, and the Plantation in fine Order for Cropping. Its Situation is equal to any Forest Place whatever. I will give Credit till next Christmas, when Possession may be had. LE ROY HIPKINS. (tf)