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among the foremost of this illustrious Assembly to move for such Measures
as will effectually prevent a future Relapse, and make them feel what it
is to provoke a fond and forgiving Paren; a Parent, my Lords, whose
Welfare has ever been my greatest and most pleasing Consolation. This
Declaration may seem unnecessary, but I will venture to declare the Period
is not far distant when she will want the Assistance of her most distant
Friends. But should the all disposing Hand of Providence prevent me
from affording her my poor Assistance, my Prayers shall be ever for her
Welfare.

Length of Days be in her right Hand, and in her left Riches and Honour;
may her Ways be Ways of Pleasantness, and all her Paths be Peace.

Dean TUCKER’s to establish a Form of Govern-
ment, or Compact, between GREAT BRITAIN
and its COLONIES, wherein the Power of the
former, and the Liberties of the latter, shall be
fairly and clearly ascertained.

1. THE King’s Supremacy shall be universally acknowledged.

2. It shall not be lawful for Great Britain to make or enforce
any Law, or lay any Tax on the COLONIES, WITHOUT THEIR
CONSENT.

3. That the Colonies shall make THEIR OWN LAWS, and be
perfect Mistresses of their own civil Policy, consistent with this Compact.

4. That all Lawsuits shall be finally determined IN THEIR OWN
COURTS, except where the Crown, the Stranger or Non-resident, are
interested; and in all such Cases, there shall be an Appeal to the Court
of King’s Bench, in England.

5. The Crown shall retain the following Officers in each Colony, and
no more, viz. A Governour, a Receiver General of the Quitrents and
Free Gift of the People, a Superintendent of Trade, a Naval Officer,
and an Inspector of Naval Stores.

6. That the CROWN OFFICERS be paid BY THE KING.

7. The Intendant of Trade and the Naval Officer’s Signature shall
be deemed necessary to all Entries and Clearances from the Customhouse.

8. That the Colonies shall have liberty to export (Naval Stores
excepted) of the Growth and Manufacture of the Colonies, into Great
Britain or Ireland, or to what other Part of the World they shall think
proper, on the same Footing with the People of England; and shall
carry back and import into the Colonies, of the Growth, Produce, or
Manufacture, of any foreign Nation, PROVIDED that Great Britain
or Ireland does not produce Manufactures, nor export for Trade, Articles
of the same or of a similar Nature.

9. That Great Britain and Ireland shall trade with the Colonies, on
the same Footing as with FOREIGN NATIONS

10. When the King wants Money from the Colonists, for Protection,
and other Matters of State, it shall be BY REQUISITION, through
the Hands of his GOVERNOUR, to the REPRESENTATIVES of
the People; and shall be done in the following Manner, viz. by AS-
SESSMENT of so much in the Pound on every Person’s Property, and
this to be called the FREE GIFT OF THE PEOPLE. This Law
would be a permanent one, that would neither want correcting nor
revising, but must necessarily enlarge and extend itself, as People and
Riches increase, may be executed without Expense, and would always
agreeable to the People.

11. And here Machiavel’s Rule may be introduced with some Pro-
priety, which is to DIVIDE and GOVERN, by keeping the Colonies
separate and distinct, ascertaining their Boundaries, and keeping them
from being very populous, and which would at the same Time be keep-
ing them from running much into Manufactures; and a Check of this
Kind may be kept on them for a long Time to come, by giving them
Encouragement to move into new Settlements on the Banks of the
Mississippi, where some new Colonies are most shamefully wanted, espe-
cially at the Mouth of the Abbeville, and at the Conflux of the Ohio
with the Mississippi, for the Purpose of raising HEMP and FLAX (which
are much wanted) with COTTON, INDIGO, a superior Sort of
TOBACCO, and many other valuable ARTICLES, the Richness of the Soil
and Climate that must prove of great Advantage to this Nation. Settle-
ments here would be laying a lasting Foundation for carrying on the
Trade of this immense fine Country. Were some such lenient Measures
as these adopted, the Colonies would prove the Strength, Riches, and
Pride of this Nation, as well as the Envy of its Neighbors, for Ages to
come; but to pretend to govern a numerous, free, and high spirited
People, with a ROD OF IRON, when at so great a Distance, for
any Length of Time, or to any Advantage, is attempting to scale the
Heavens.

12. All Disputes between the Colonies shall be decided IN ENGLAND.

13. All former Acts of Great Britain, relating to the Colonies, shall
from henceforth be NULL and VOID.

WARSAW, June 29.
THE long expected Courier from the Russian grand Army arrived
yesterday at the Hotel of General Romanus, and we have the
Pleasure to learn that the late Reports of the Russians having been defeated
by the Turks on the other Side of the Danube are entirely void of Foun-
dation; and that, on the contrary, the Russian Troops under the Com-
mand of the Generals Kamonsky and Suwarow have gained several im-
portant Victories over the Turks in the Course of the last Month, an
Account of which will be given in our next. It is true, that the Austrian
General Bork, by mere Accident, has fallen into the Hands of the Enemy,
with a few Hussars who attended him; but every Thing else, since the
7th of May, has been greatly to the Advantage of the Russians.

it is confidently asserted, that a great Misunderstanding has of late
taken Place between the Emperour and the King of Prussia, occasioned
by some Pretensions made by the Elector of Saxony to the Republick of
Poland, and some Claims made by Prince Charles of Saxony to the
Dutchy of Courland, in which they are supported by the Court of Vienna;
and we hear that these Pretensions are to be brought before the Diet, by
the Austrian Minister.

The King of Prussia has taken Possession of several Places in Great
Poland, and his Troops have lately possessed the Cities of Gnessen and
Zain. What is most surprising, they make the Polish Garrisons Prisoners
of War.

It is said for certain, that our King intends to set out for Petersburg
some Time this Summer,

They write from Dantzick, that a Russian Fleet, of six Ships of the
Line and four Frigates, is ordered into the Baltick, in Order to oppose
any maritime Power that shall endeavour to support the Dantzickers
against the Claims of the King of Prussia.

BERLIN, June 28. The Canal which his Prussian Majesty lately
caused to be cut from the Vistula to the Neize is now entirely finished,
and will be open for the Use of the Publick on the 1st of July. This
Canal begins at Bromberg on the Vistula, and extends to Lukosch on the
Netze, which is now rendered navigable as far as Driesen, where it sails
into the Drawe; the Drawe joins the Warts at Lansberg, and the Warts
sailing into the Oder, at Custrin, makes now a free Communication be-
tween the Vistula and the Oder, for the Passage of all Sorts of Merchandise.

BRUSSELS, June 30. They write from Vienna, that private Letters
have been received there with Advice that the preliminary Articles of
Peace are already signed between Russia and the Porte.

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HAGUE, July 5. It is reported, that the Dantzickers expect Suc-
cour from Sweden. Six Swedish Ships of the Line are equipped, and
60000 Troops in Readiness to embark.

BASTIA, June 15. A vast Number of Cattle and other Provisions,
with 8000 Muskets, and a great Quantity of Powder and Ball, were
landed out of a Ship near Aleria. With these Succours the Malcontents
rose at Casinca, at Niolo, and other neighbouring Districts, in Hopes of
throwing off the French Yoke. In the Interim, upwards of 100 of the
Banditti were drove away from the Environs of Ajaccio, where they were
waiting to hinder the Transportation of Provisions to Corte. Several
Corsican Volunteers, who were in the King’s Service, joined the Banditti.
There does not pass a Day without some Skirmishes, and Bloodshed.

LEGHORN, June 15. From Corsica, we have received Advice that
on the 30th ult. there had been an Action in the District of Niolo between
the Banditti of Corsica and a Provincial Regiment in the Service of
France, in which the latter lost M. Gaffori, their Colonel,. and several
other Officers, and had afterwards defeated another Body of French at
Campoloro.

VIENNA, June 25. The last Letters from Constantinople advise,
that the Turkish Squadron destined for the Crimea had sailed, and that
most of the Asiatick Troops for that Destination were already arrived
there; but that the Squadron sent to Varna had suffered greatly by a Hur-
ricane, and that a thirty Gun Ship had been lost.

MADRID, June 15. The Court has received the melancholy News<
that the Squadron which sailed not long ago from Cadiz and Carthagena,
for the Mediterranean, has been entirely dispersed by a violent Storm.
It consisted of the St. Nicholas, of 80 Guns and 600 Men; the St. Ra-
phael, St. Domingo, and St. Januarius, each of 70 Guns and 500 Men;
two Frigates, of 30 Guns and 270 Men each; and four Zebecks, of 28
to 30 Guns each, and whose Crews amount to 1000 Men. Of this whole
Squadron only the St. Raphael and St. Domingo are put into Algesire,
the first without Masts, and the other in good Condition. What is be-
come of the rest of the Squadron is not known.

LONDON, July 11.
Extract of a Letter from Plymouth, June 5.

YESTERDAY Sir James Douglas got under Sail with the Ships
under his Command, except the Egmont, which sprung a Mast
coming round from Portsmouth. The Ships belonging to this Port, on
leaving the Sound, saluted the Admiral; and a most unfortunate Acci-
dent happened thereby, on Board the Kent. Immediately after firing the
last Gun, which happened to be abast, the Poop blew up, the after
Part of the Quarter Deck fell in on the Ward Room, and above seventy
Persons were either killed or wounded by the Explosion. Ten were
brought ashore dead, and 38 Persons carried to the Hospital, two of
whom are since also dead.

”No Officer received any Hurt, except Lieutenant Shea of the Marines,
who is slightly wounded. The Captain and the Officers happened, at
the Time of the Accident, to be on the Foremast Part of the Quarter
Deck. The great Cabin Windows, Quarter Gallery, Taffarell, and upper
Part of the Stern, are entirely carried away. A Signal was made to the
Ships in he Hamoaze, who sent their Boats, and carried Assistance to her.”

July 12. Since the Quebeck Bill passed our two august Houses, by
the Accounts received from Dover and Harwich, there are no less than
7000 Jesuits arrived in this Kingdom.

Extract of a Letter from Newcastle, July 9.

”Wednesday Evening, between nine and ten o’Clock, the Honour-
able Constantine Phipps, and Thomas Delaval, Esqrs. (in Consequence
of an Invitation from the Meeting of the Stewards of the incorporated
Companies) arrived here from London. The Streets and Road from the
Big Market, to Gateshed Turnpike Gate (upwards of two Miles) were
lined with the greatest Number of People ever collected together on any
Occasion here, supposed to the Amount of 10,000, all expressing the
greatest Anxiety for their Appearance. When they arrived at the Turn-
pike Gate, a Number of Sailors and Mechanicks (Freemen of the Town)
stopped the Carriage, and, notwithstanding all the Endeavours of the
Gentlemen, took out the Horses and drew it from thence, with amazing
Celerity, to Mr. Nelson’s, the Black Bull, in the Big Market, where
they alighted. The acclamations of the People as they passed along
stand unequalled on any Event, whilst the Ringing of Bells and Firing of
Guns contributed not a little to heighten their Exultations.

”Thursday, according to publick Notice given last Week, a general
Meeting of the Burgesses was held in Barber-Surgeons Hall, for the
Nomination of Candidates to represent this Town in Parliament, when
Mr. Tyzack was voted into Chair, who opened the Business of the
Meeting with a short and pertinent Address, after which the Honourable
Captain Phipps and Mr. Delaval were put in Nomination; and on the
Question being put by the Chairman for the Sense of the Meeting thereon,
there was not one Hand held up against them. Captain Phipps then
addressed himself to the Company, thanked them for their Honourable
Opinion of him, and spoke some Time on the evil Tendency of various
Measures of Administration; of his own publick Conduct in opposing
them [here he particularly took Notice of the Quebeck Bill and Mid-
dlesex Election] his independent Principles, and of his hearty Concur-
rence in supporting the publick Cause. He spoke for a considerable
Time, and was much applauded by the whole Meeting. Mr. Delaval
then got up, gave the Company in so forcible and sensible a Manner,
such Demonstrations of his Principles and inflexible Attachment to the
Cause of the People, as impressed all present with the satisfactory Idea of
the Rectitude of his Heart. The Meeting then broke up, and the People
saluted the new Candidates with the most joyful Acclamations.

”Yesterday the Burgesses Candidates were elegantly entertained in
Mr. Swarley’s long Room, by a great Number of the independent Bur-
gesses, who had accompanied them to the Freemens Hall, &c. These
Candidates are to be at no Expense towards their Election.”

The Advocates for the Quebeck Bill contend, that the granting the
Canadians such Privileges as are expressed in that Act was doing no
more than that Government was obliged to, by Article, on the taking
of Quebeck; but that Article had a Retrospect to the established Laws
of England, and the Canadians were only to be allowed such Rights and
Privileges as were consistent with our Establishment, The passing this Act,
therefore, in its present Form, where Popery is said to be established
agreeable to this Article, is surely nothing less than confessing we live under
a Popish Government.

A Correspondent, who wishes Reformation to a Right Reverend Bench,
proposes a Sermon to be preached before them for that Purpose and at
the same Time recommends the following Text of Scripture, taken from
Zephaniah, Chapter 3d, Verse 4th: “Her Prophets are light and trea-
cherous Persons, her Priests have polluted the Sanctuary, they have done
Violence to the Law.,”

We hear that the above Right Reverend Bench intend adopting the
following Corporation Motto, which they may use either individually or
collectively with equal Propriety: Olim pro Deo, nunc pro Rege.

A Compromise offered to the Favourers and Opposers of the Quebeck
Bill: The great Object is Religion, whether it shall be Popish, or that
established by the Church of England. To settle this Difference, send
out John Wiles, Esq; chief Governour (a Place he formerly solicited)
and the Proposer of this Plan engages that all religious Disputes will soon
have an End.

A second Notice was read yesterday in the Danish Chapel, Wellcloss
Square, for all the Soldiers and Sailors, Subjects of his Danish Majesty,
to return to Denmark immediately.

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A Plan is now in Agitation for the better Establishment and Protection
of the Trade on the African and Guinea Coasts, and we hear a greater
naval Force is intended in future to be kept in that Quarter for that
Purpose.

The Sieur Blancourt, in the Thetis, is arrived at Brest from a Voyage
off the Southern Continent where he made some valuable Discoveries.

A few Days ago, some Workmen digging a Foundation for a House on
the Side of Finchley Commons, they turned up an earthen Pot, in which
was contained a Number of Silver and Gold Coins, in remarkable high
Preservation; one of them, a fair Gold Piece of Edward II. Weighs about
19s. On one Side, the King stands in a Ship, with a Sword drawn in
his right Hand, and a Child in his left, on which are the Arms of France
and England quartered together; on the Reverse, Crown round a Cross.
Extract of a Letter from on Board the Endeavour, which was sent out on
Discoveries, &c. dated at Sea, 1774.

”I am sorry to relate the following melancholy Account. A few
Daus ago we sent one of our Boats on Shore at a Place called New Zealand,
with ten of our People, to get some Vegetables, with strict Orders not
to separate, and to return at three o’Clock; when, on their going ashore,
they were attacked by the Natives. We waited till the next Morning
with the greatest Anxiety, and finding them not returned, we manned
all the Boats we could, and went to the Shore, where we found the
Boat, and the Bones of the ten poor Men, who had been murdered by
the Savages of that Place, and had eaten the greatest Part of their Flesh,
even to the bare Bones, so that it was the greatest Spectacle that ever
human Nature beheld. We could not see any of them, therefore I can-
not give you any Description of them as yet.”

Extract of a Letter from Wycomb, July8.

”According to your Request, I send you a short Account of the Ex-
periments we tried here last Wednesday to set Fire to a Room which Lord
Le Despencer lately built, the Ceiling having been plated according to
Mr. Harley’s Direction. The Room in which we made the Experiment
is 15 Feet long, and 14 wide; our Objects were, to try the Power of
the Fire Plates to prevent the Fire from ascending to a Floor above, and
from descending through an armed Floor to the Apartment below.
Our first Attempt was upon the Ceiling of the lower Apartment, by
setting Fire to two Cart Loads of dry Faggots, which burnt with great
Fury for near Half an Hour, and seemed like the Heating of an Oven
but could not penetrate to the Joints and Floor above. We proceeded next
to our second Experiment, which was to try the Power of the Fire Plates
in preventing any Fire from penetrating to the Floor downwards.
Accordingly we set Fire to several Faggots on the bare Boards, and let
them burn to Ashes; but this was attended with no other Consequence
than making the Boards look a little black, although the Room below
was exceeding hot. This Invention may turn out to be of such signal
Consequence, towards preserving the Lives and Properties of many Thou-
sands, that I am happy even to bear my Testimony of its Efficacy.”

On Sunday Lord Sandwich arrived at the Admiralty from reviewing
the Dockyards of Sheerness, Chathan, Portsmouth, and Plymouth.

Since the Troops arrived in Boston, there have been great Desertions
among the Soldiery; being the surest Method to waken us, and strengthen
themselves.

The Queen’s Library at Buckingham House, we hear, is ordered to be
opened during the Summer, for the Inspection of the Curious; but no
other Part of the Place is to be shown.

Yesterday Morning came on before Lord Mansfield, in the Court of
King’s Bench, Guildhall, a Cause, is which the King was Plaintiff, and
the Printer of the Morning Chronicle Defendant. The Subject of Prose-
cution was a Letter signed a SOUTH BRITON, printed in that Paper on
the 16th of February last, for which, at the Direction of the House of
Commons, the Attorney General had filed an Information. Lord
Mansfield, in his Charge to the Jury, observed, that the Libel in the
Information was charged as a Libel on the Revolution. That the Revlo-
lution was the Basis of the Constitution; and if the Basis was wrong, the
Superstructure would fall. That the Libel, as set forth in the Informa-
tion, attacked the Revolution; and if the Jury thought the Inuendoes
carried the true Meaning of the Writer, it mattered not how he erred in
Chronology; they must find the Defendant guilty; the Degree of Punish-
ment would be an after Consideration for the Court. If, on the other
Hand, they thought the Inuendoes did not convey the Writer’s Meaning,
they must give a Verdict for the Defendant. After being five Hours out
of Court, they Jury returned, and found the Defendant guilty.

Immediately after the Jury went out on the above Trial, the Printer
of the Publick Advertiser (who was in the Custody of the Serjeant at
Arms of the House of Commons when the imputed Libel was published)
was tried on the same Grounds. The Attorney General was somewhat
more full in speaking to the Information; and Mr. Wood, Messenger to
the House of Commons, was examined to prove that there was free Ac-
cess to the Defendant when in the Custody of the Serjeant at Arms. Mr.
Wood also proved, that the Defendant expressed his Disapprobation of
the Letter as soon as he saw it in Print. Mr. Lee was Counsel for the
Printer, and after loudly expressing his Condemnation of the Letter stated
his Reasons for supposing that some Man (misled by the Example of
Men of Jacobitical Principles, having gained Pensions and Preferments by
publick Abuse of the Revolution) had taken Advantage of the Defen-
dant’s Absence from home, and got it printed in his Paper, which had
ever teemed with Sentiments of a very opposite Nature. Lord Mansfield
gave his Charge in nearly similar Words to those he had used on the former
Cause, except declaring the Plea of the Defendant’s Absence a futile one.
The Jury withdrew, and in about three Quarters of an Hour returned
into Court, when the Verdict was obtained as follows:

Officer. Are you all agreed in your Verdict? Who shall speak for
you?

Answer. The Foreman.

Officer. How say you, is Henry Sampson Woodfall guilty, or not
guilty?

Foreman of the Jury. He is guilty of publishing the Publick Adver-
tiser on the 16th of February, 1774.

Lord Mansfield. You must find him generally guilty, or acquit him.
You mean that he is guilty of the Charge?

The Foreman hesitated for about Half a Minute, and then repeated the
Word guilty.

A few Days ago was tried at Guildhall, before Lord Mansfield, a
Cause wherein a Gentleman of Craven Buildings was Plaintiff, and a
Person at Hoxton was Defendant. The Action was brought on the
Statute of Usury, for receiving after the Rate of forty per Cent. from
several Tradesmen, as Discount on Promissory Notes, and Bills of Ex-
change. After a full Hearing, the Jury found a Verdict for the Plaintiff,
to the Amount of 240 l.

Sunday Morning, about one o’Clock, four Men, armed with Blunder-
busses and Cutlasses, broke into the House of Mrs. Colman, at Palermo
Green, near Edmonton. They carried off the Lady’s Gold Watch, Bank
Notes, and Cash, to a considerable Amount. Though the Family was
alarmed, and the Boy sent out to call Assistance, the Rogues got clean
off with their Booty.

Yesterday Morning, about two o’Clock, the House of Mr. Stevenson,
the One Bell, in Fleet Street, was broke open and robbed of Money,
&c. to a considerable Amount, by four Villains. Twp of them were
immediately taken, and lodged in Woodstreet Compter; the other two
made their Escape.

July 13. We hear from Haltwistle, that on Thursday last, a Collec-
tion of wild Beasts being in a Barn, a large Russian Bear broke loose, and
instantly devoured two of the other Animals of the Collection; then made
an Attempt upon one of the Keepers, who narrowly escaped with his
Life. Upon this Alarm, the whole Town assembled together around the
Barn, and fired several Times at the Beast, but to little Purpose, as they
could not readily procure Balls, but at last a young Gentleman shot it
dead with a small Marble.

Ten Sail of the Line, from the Ships in Ordinary, at our different
Ports, are ordered to undergo a thorough Repair, and get ready for the
Sea as soon as those now sitting out are completed; the Ministry being
resolved to keep a watchful Eye on the Preparations now going on in the
French and Spanish Ports, especially those in the Mediterranean.

Lat Week eight Transports were taken up in the River, by an Order
from the War Office, to take in Stores for the Islands of Tobago and St.
Vincent’s, in the West Indies, and also a Regiment, which is to be em-
barked at Portsmouth for West Florida.

The Miscarriage of Captain Phipps, in his late Expedition to the North
Pole, should by no means make us give up the Opinion that the Proba-
bility of arriving there is impracticable. We have the best Authority for
asserting that a Ship from Whitby, the latter End of April last, penetrated
as far North as 80 Degrees of Latitude, without being materially ob-
structed by the Ice; and it is well known that Captain Robinson, of
Greenland Dock, Rotherhithe, in the Month of June 1773, was as far
North as 81 Degrees 30 Minutes, which he can prove by his Journal, in
Case such Testimony should be thought necessary.

A great Number of Vessels are now buying up in the River, at high
Prices, by Agents, for the Use of the Italian States. Most of them are
fitted as Privateers.

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They write from Naples, that there has been found at Preveza, a
Town built on the Ruins of the ancient Nicopolis, in Eprius, a very con-
siderable Treasure, consisting of Gold Coin, Rings set with precious
Stones, and a golden Statue, having on its Head a Crown enriched
with Diamonds, one of which is of great Value.

In all Probability, by this Time, the inhabitants of Dantzick have
been obliged to give up all the Privileges of their City, all their Liberties
and Enfranchisements, to the King of Prussia. They have no Alterna-
tive, except having their City laid in Ashes; which is a Fate it is not
impossible they may have undergone, from their inviolable Attachment
to their lawful Prince, the King of Poland.

The Eyes of all the World are on Great Britain and her Colonies, to
observe how each will act at the present critical Juncture. How careful
then ought some to be how they go to Extremities, the Consequences of
which may be fatal, and must be ridiculous; as it will probably be, as a
certain Lord phrased it, playing a Farce for the Benefit of France and
Spain.

From the best Authority, we are assured that there are now 62 Sail of
the Line, which may be ready, at a very short Notice, for actual Service.

LORD HOLLAND’s WILL.

”Stephen, the Wiltshire Estate, 5000 l. per Annum, and 20,000 l.
Charles, the Shepy and Thanet Estate, 900 l. per Annum, and 2-,000 l.
The Captain, an Estate in the North, 500 l. per Annum, and 10,000 l.
Lady Holland, 2000 l. per Annum, with Holland House Estate, Plate,
&c. to pay some small Legacies, and to be held sole Executrix.”

Yesterday Governor Eden, who is lately come over from Maryland,
and to which Place he will return in a short Time with his Family, waited
on his Majesty at St. James’s.

The same Day Governor Carleton took Leave of their Majesties at
St. James’s, in Order to his Departure for Quebeck.

However one Royal Brother may distinguish himself in the Cause of
Popularity or Common Sense, it is undeniable that the other has neither
Taste or Inclination for aught but domestick Satisfactions.

It is now, at length, pretty clear that the fair Danish Sovereign must
not hope to be restored to Home, to Fame, or her Children, let her Life
be of what Continuance it may.

A Person at the west End of the Town has engaged a French Cook at
200 l. yearly Wages, the usual Perquisites, and a Bottle of French Wine
each Day.

Last Summer, as the late William Hawke, the Highwayman, was
riding along the Kentish Road, he met a likely Woman, with whom,
after some Conversation, he retired to an adjacent Corn Field, where they
had not long been before they were disturbed by the Appearance of the
avaricious Farmer, who (in a great Rage) insisted on 5s. Damage, for
their beating down his Corn. Hawke, after some Hesitation, put his
Hand in his Pocket, and taking out a Guinea, desired the latter to give
him Change, when the Farmer eagerly seized the Guinea, and at the same
Time pulled a Bag out of his Pocket, in which was upwards of 20 l. in
Gold and Silver; which Hawke no sooner perceived than he presented a
Pistol, and after robbing him of the whole Sum, mounted his Horse, and
rode off with his Booty.

The concealed Jesuits, with their numerous Converts, will furnish suf-
ficient Employment in America for the Crowns of Spain and Portugal.

On Wednesday Evening her Grace the Dutchess of Kingston arrived in
Town from the German Spa, and after having exerted her termagant
Disposition to the Terrour of her Servants, and with very little Credit to
herself, her Grace decamped yesterday Morning, about three o’Clock, in
Order to revisit the Continent, from whence she is not expected hastily
to return.

The Conversation at the west End of the Town turns chiefly upon the
precarious Possessions of a certain travelling Dutchess, occasioned by an
ill timed Parsimony. The Story is related to an old Woman having ap-
plied to her Grace, in Hopes of obtaining some Recompense for the
Fidelity of her Silence; and on reminding the Noble Lady that she had
been present at the Marriage with an Honourable Captain, previous to
her ranking in the Line of Nobility, she was offered, as the ultimate Pro-
posal, an Annuity of 20 l. a Year, in Consideration of her past Integrity,
and as a Padlock to her Tongue in future. This the Confidant refused,
which transpired by Degrees, till it reached the Ears of the Heirs at Law
of a deceased Duke, and it is now said that every Means will be tried by
them to recover the noble Fortune which was bequeathed from them in
Favour of this political Lady; and it seems there remains little Doubt of
their Success, as the old Gentlewoman is enlisted in their Service, and
has given ample Testimony of the prior Marriage. Should this Evidence
be properly authenticated, the Consequence will be a Recovery of the
late Duke’s whole Fortune, no such Person being admitted, agreeable to
the Description in his Will; and what is still more seriously to be dreaded
by the present Possessor, her Grace will become subject to a criminal
Prosecution for having imposed on the dignified Clergy, in solemnly deny-
ing any prior legal Connections.

Upon a very accurate Calculation, it is computed that every fifth Ar-
tisan in this Country has been hitherto employed in American Exports.
If the Resolutions then lately entered into by the People of Annapolis
become general throughout the Provinces, may we not seriously ask,
”What will become of poor Old England?”

The true Reason of not giving the people of Quebeck an Assembly is,
as it is roundly asserted, lest we should delegate them a Power to oppose
us, and put a Sword in their Hands; which, like the Bostonians, they
may, in Time, ungratefully brandish over our Heads.

It is remarkable that the two Articles of Beer and British Spirits, the
Duties on which are paid chiefly by the lower Order of the People, raise
a greater Revenue than all the Taxes of real Luxury put together, and
exceed, in the Proportion of at least six to one, the Duty upon Wine,
which is chiefly the Beverage of the Great; Beer, including the Tax on
Malt, producing a Revenue of [creased, illegible] and Geneva, 500,000 l. in
the Whole two Millions, whilst that raised on Wine seldom exceeds
3000,000 l. per Annum.

Last Monday Evening the King, Queen, and the Prince of Mecklen-
bug, honoured Mr. and Mrs. Fitzroy with their Company, at Fitzroy
Farm, near Highgate. The Elegance and Situation of the House and
Grounds were much admired by their Majesties, and his Serene Highness.

To show the absurd Prejudices have been maliciously and wick-
edly propagated against the Canada Bill, the following Story, which is
literally true, may suffice. A worthy Gentleman, and a zealous Protes-
tant, lately crossing the Thames, fell into Discourse with a gray-headed
Waterman about the Times. “Master (says the Fellow) I hear sad
News; we are all going to be Romans, and I do not like that; I was
always for Queen Bess’s and William’s Religion.” “Honest Man
(replies the Gentleman) you may die as you have lived, a good Protes-
tant, for any Thing in this Bill. You are a Sailor, I perceive; pray
have you never been at Minores, and seen Priests and Romans there?”

”Aye, many a Time (says the Tar) and they did me no Hurt, nor I to
them.” “Why this is just the Quebeck Bill, quoth the Gentleman;
the Minorquins have the Sanction of a Treaty for their Religion, that of
Utrecht, approved of by King and Parliament; so have the Canadians
for theirs both a Treaty and a Capitulation, and now the Sanction of an
Act of Parliament. Protestants will live and exercise their Religion at
Quebeck, just as they do in London or York, and the Papists have no
greater Privileges than he Minorquins.” “If this be all that is in it
(replies the honest Waterman) I see no Harm in the Bill, and am quite
easy about it.”

One Farmer in the County of Berks carried five Tuns of Hay, off one
Acre, this Season; an amazing Instance of Profit to the Farmer, who
pays only 18 s. per Acre for the Ground which bore this large Crop.

A Gentleman at Lambeth having repeatedly had his Greenhouse rob-
bed of different Plants, was resolved at last to find out the Thief, for
which Purpose he put a small Man Trap against one of the Windows
which he supposed the Rogue came in at; but, to his great Surprise,
the next Evening he found his own Son dead in it, being caught by the
Neck.

In Order to reduce the Swarm of Lawyers, who, our Governours
think, prey upon the Publick too much, it is said a Bill will be brought
into Parliament, the ensuing Meeting, obliging all Attornies, at their
Admission, to pay to Government 100 . and 5 l. a Year as long as they
act. The happy Consequence of this will be, that none but Gentlemen
will be able to follow the Profession.

The Storekeepers at the different Dockyards of this Kingdom, viz.
Portsmouth, Plymouth, Chatham, Sheerness, Woolwich, Deptford,&c.
have received Orders to give in accurate Surveys of the Materials under
their several Inspections to the Admiralty Office monthly, and the like
Regulations are to take Place in the Tower.

It is whispered, that the Porter Brewers lately offered Government
20,000 l. if they would consent to bring in a Bill the ensuing Winter to fix
the Price of that Liquor at a certain Sum desired, which was refused. If
this is true, it evidently proves that the Ministry will not be bribed to
oppress the Poor.

A Person of Distinction at Naples having lost a Cause, next Morning
shot the Judge through the Head, and took refuge in a Church; but the
King ordered him to be taken from thence, and executed immediately.

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The Courtiers laugh at the ensuing General Election, and sneeringly
call it the Saturnalia; an ancient institution, where the Slaves

were, at
Times, permitted to speak their Minds freely, and be attended by their
Masters, But it is our own Fault if we do not return the opprobrious
Title on themselves, and convince them that none are Slaves in this
Country but those who are base enough to sell their Birthrights.

We hear it is settled to keep eight Regiments of Foot constantly in
America.

We are informed from Glasgow, that the Exportation to Virginia is
in a great Measure stopped, till farther intelligence is received from that
Country.

The Report is, that the Administration are determined to spend
50,000 l. rather than a certain popular Gentleman should be chosen
Member of Middlesex at the general Election.

The Commodities exported from Great Britain to America, on an
Average of three Years, have amounted to 3,370,900 l. The Commo-
dities imported into Great Britain from the Colonies, for the same Period
of Time, have amounted to 3,924.606 l. 13 s. 4 d.

The 20th and 23rd Regiments are ordered to be placed on the Irish
Establishment; and the 5th and 28th Regiments, gone to America, are
placed on the British.

Some Time ago one of the Secretaries of State, by his Majesty’s Com,-
mand, sent a Letter to the proper Officers in Scotland, desiring an Inquiry
to be made into the Causes of the Emigrations.

July 14. By Letters from Quebeck, we learn that the Assembly of
that Province had fitted out four proper Vessels, in April last, with Pro-
visions and all other Necessaries, for a Voyage up to the Head of the River
St. Laurence, at its supposed Junction with the Mississippi.

We are informed that the Prince of Wales and the Bishop of Osnaburg
are going to visit several Parts of England this Summer, attended by their
Tutor and Preceptor.

A few Days since a considerable Loss was sustained by a Farmer at
Westmead, a Village in Cornwall, occasioned by washing and clipping a
Flock of about 300 Sheep, and then turning them into a large Pasture.
The Evening being cold, and the Wind in the North, brought a sharp
Frost, so that in the Morning near 200 fat Sheep were found dead, and
the rest seized with violent Colds and Numbness in their Limbs.

In our Proceedings against the Americans, we should consider that
arbitrary Taxation is Plunder authorized by Law, and the Support and
Essence of Tyranny. To conceive what Misery this Right of Taxation
is capable of procuring in a Provincial Government, we need only
recollect that our Countrymen in India have, in the Space of five or six
Years, by Virtue of this Right, destroyed, starved, and driven away,
more Inhabitants from Bengal than are to be found at present in all our
American Colonies. This is no Exaggeration, but a plain absolute
Matter of Fact, collected form the Accounts sent over by Governour
Hastings.

In a private Letter from Holland is the following Passage: “From all
the Maneuvers of the King of Prussia, our Politicians prognosticate that
the Theater of War will be changed; that the War which is looked upon
to be nearly extinguished between the Russians and the Porte will embroil
other Powers, and kindle another War, which may possibly be more
general, and prove more fatal, than the present.”

Extract of a Letter from Boston, May 28.

”Our Assembly have received Advice, from the best Authority, that
Doctor Franklin’s Successour in Office is authorized to open all Letters
directed to Committees of Correspondence, and inspect their Contents.”

Every Town, in every Colony of America, from which we have yet
heard, consider the Case of Boston as their own, and agree in Sentiment
to unite their Strength, and exert every Faculty, in the most determined
persevering Endeavours to preserve their Rights and Liberties against the
tyrannical Encroachments of Great Britain. To this End, a Congress is
soon expected; and a total Suspension of all commercial Intercourse
between the Colonies and Great Britain and Ireland at least, it is gene-
rally believed, will very soon take Place.

Some Time since two Jew Pedlars, Master and Man, went to the
Red Lion at Rainham, in Kent, with each a Pack, where the seeming
Master called for 6 d. worth of Brandy and Water, which when the
Landlady brought she found him very busy in examining the Contents of
one of the Packs, which contained many valuable Things in Silver,
Hardware, &c. He then sent off his Man with one of the Packs, and
calling the Landlady aside, told her he had a good Bargain of Plate offered
him in the Neighbourhood, but wanted five Guineas to complete the
Purchase Money, which he desired her to lend him, on leaving the other
Packs as a Pledge. This, thinking the Contents the same with that she
saw open, she persuaded her husband, though with some Reluctance,
to comply with. The Jew not returning the next Day, according to
Promise, on opening the Pack, it was found to contain nothing but Flints.

It is lamented by every Man capable of feeling for the Honour of his
Countrymen, that a general Emulation prevails among our young No-
bility to violate Morality, insult Justice, oppress Virtue, and degrade the
Characters of Britons.

Yesterday Morning a Sturgeon was caught in the Thames, near Chelsea
Reach, by some Fishermen fishing for Shads. It measured upwards of
eight Feet two Inches in Length. It was brought to the Mansion House
for the Lord Mayor, and his Lordship sent it as a Present to the Duke of
Gloucester.

July 15. At Madrid and Barcelona, Banks are said to be establishing,
on the Plan of that of England.

The Earl of Sandwich arrived in Town on Wednesday Night last from
surveying the Royal Navy, and was yesterday at Court, when he laid its
State and Condition before his Majesty.

It is currently reported, that Orders were sent from the Admiralty on
Wednesday last, to Portsmouth, for four Sail of the Line and two Fri-
gates to be fitted out immediately, for join the British Fleet in the West
Indies.

A general Survey of all the military Stores in Great Britain is ordered
to be immediately taken, and be ready to be laid before Parliament by
the Beginning of October.

Letters from Petersburg, of a late Date, advise, that the Negotiations
for a Peace between that Court and the Turks met with very few Obsta-
cles, and that the News of a Suspension of Hostilities between those two
Powers is soon expected to arrive.

A Correpondent, who is lately arrived from Dantzick, says the Inha-
bitants are in the most alarming Situation, their Trade being in a Manner
entirely stopped; and that it is the Opinion of many of the discerning
People there, that ancient City must fall a Sacrifice to the Ambition and
Avarice of the Prussian Monarch.

The following is a particular Account of a most daring Outrage that
the Haymakers about Kingsbury, Edgware, and Hendon, in Middlesex,
have committed on each other. A Quarrel arose between the English
and Irish Workmen about the latter accepting of less Wages than the
former. The former soon assembled together, to upwards of 100, and
fell upon the latter near Kingsbury, cutting and mangling them in a most
inhuman Manner, wherever they found them. On Tuesday the English
were 600 strong, and scoured the whole Country, committing the most
shocking Scenes of Inhumanity, Two Hundred more, of really inoffensive
Hibernians, were cut in a shocking Manner. The Gentlemen and Far-
mers of the Country armed themselves on Wednesday, and apprehended
eleven of the Ringleaders; who, being carried before Sir John Fielding,
were committed to Newgate.

July 16. The Order which was lately given, for seizing all Vessels
within thirty Leagues of New England, New York, Philadelphia, and
Halifax, which had not proper Debentures of their Cargo, has given some
Offence to the Durch, who have made it known to our Court by the
Count de Welderen’s Application to Lord North on the Subject thereof;
who replied, “that his Majesty was firmly resolved to support his Pre-
rogative, as well in America and the East and West Indies, as in
Europe.” This Message the Mynheers have to comment upon.

Letters form Madrid give an Account, that Prince Masserano is now
considered there no longer a Favourite of the King, as he is very seldom
consulted on Affairs of State; which has given great Pleasure to many of
the Grandees, who look upon him with a jealous Eye. The Letters
farther add, that he was always against breaking with England; that it
was now looked upon, that in a few Weeks a War would break out
between those two Powers. The Letters also add, that the French
Ambassadour has been the principal Cause of the King’s last Coolness to
the Prince.

It is believed, that as soon as the King of France emerges from his
present Confinement he will prepare himself for some Enterprises which
must infallibly shake the present Tranquility of his Neighbours.

Thursday the New River Head being cleaned out, immense Numbers
of Fish issued through the waste Pipes, and Hundreds of People were
employed in catching them that Day and all the following Night. Many
Score Pounds Weight were taken within the first Hour, and several Hun-
dred Weight in the Whole. The People catched them in Sieves, Baskets,
Pails, Pans, and even with their Hands, in great Numbers.

The Aldermen and Common Councilmen of this City are to dine next
Week with Lord Mayor, at the mansion House; a Turtle is provided
for the Entertainment, which weighs upwards of 120 lbs.

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Several Parties are formed for Marybone on Monday, who will go in
Groupes, &c. in various Characters. On the Whole, more Amusement
is expected, if the Weather continue fine, than has ever been to be
obtained at so cheap a Rate.

The City of London, it is said, have it now under Consideration to
allow the Dukes of Gloster and Cumberland a handsome Sum yearly
during their Lives, if they will deign to accept it, as a small Reward for
their princely Conduct.

We hear that one of the vacant Blue Ribands, and the Lieutenancy of a
neighbouring Kingdom, have been separately offered to two Noble Dukes
who are near Relations, which were both peremptorily refused; the first
with a loud Observation, “that his Honour was not low enough to be
bound by a Gartor.

We hear that a Noble Lord, lately deceased, two Hours before his
Death, called up his second Son, and made it his last Request that he
would renounce Gaming; concluding with these Words, “permit a
dying, affectionate Father, Charles, to advise you in this; in every Thing
else, you are very capable of advising yourself.”

Extract of a Letter from Gosport, July 13.

”The Warriour, a new Ship of 74 Guns, is begun building at Ports-
mouth, and is going on very fast.

”From an Estimate taken by the Builders of the different Dockyards,
it appears that we have actually 68 Ships of the Line, a Number of Fri-
gates, Sloops, &c. fit for Service, at a short Notice.”

For three Days past, such Quantities of Gold Coin have been brought
into the Bank that the Clerks found it very difficult to take it all in. The
Crowd was so great, and each Person endeavouring to get first to the
Clerks who were to receive it, that several were much hurt.

On Sunday an Affray began (and continued all Monday and Tuesday)
between the English and Irish Haymakers employed in the Neighbourhood
of Hyde, Mill Hill, Hendon, and other Places adjacent to the Edgware
Road. The Quarrel is said to have arisen from the Irish, working under
the usual Wages, and dangerously wounding an English Haymaker;
which being resented by his Countrymen, who assembled in great Num-
bers, they drove the Irish every Where before them. Several, on both
Sides, have been dangerously wounded; and a Man, Woman, and
Child, are said to have lost their Lives in the Confusion.

Tuesday Night, between ten and eleven o’Clock, a Highwayman,
mounted on a fine gray Horse, stopped Mr. Mosely of Chancery Lane,
between the Obelisk and Blackfriars Bridge, and after cutting his Horses
Bridle robbed him of a Silver Watch and about 30 s. Soon after the
above Robbery, the same Villain, as it is supposed, stopped a Post Chaise
and a Gentleman’s Chariot, and robbed the Passengers of that Money
they had about them.

The late Lord Chesterfield, on being told that a certain pretty Woman
of his Acquaintance was frequent in using her Hands with too much
Violence, replied, “that for his Part he had always remarked her for a
striking Beauty.”

BIRMINGHAM, July 4. On Wednesday last, being St. Peter’s Day,
the Female Friendly Society of the City of Litchfield held their annual
Festival. Near 100 young Women, neatly dressed in White, with
Shepherdesses Crooks in their Hands, formed a most pleasing Appearance,
in their Procession from the Guildhall to the Cathedral Church. They
were preceded by two of the Clergy, their Apothecary, and the Clerk of
the Society, each also carrying a Crook. At their entering the west
Door the Organ played a grand March, while the whole Company seated
themselves in the Choir. After the Morning Service, the Reverend Mr.
White, one of the Prebendaries, preached a most excellent Sermon suit-
able to the Occasion; which being ended, they all returned in like Order
to the Hal to Dinner, where they were honoured with the Company of
the chief Magistrates, and the Evening was spent in the most sociable
harmonious Manner. In short, this Society, one of the first of the Kind,
for Regularity Decency, and good Order, may serve as a Pattern to all
others, and reflects no small Degree of Merit on the Stewardesses and
other Members.

YORK, July 12. Last Week were imported at Liverpool 1045
Barrels of Flower, four Sacks of Wheat, and a Parcel of Indian Corn,
from Virginia; a Parcel of Wheat from Philadelphia; 230 Sacks, and
801 Barrels of Flower, also several Parcels of Oats and Beans, from
Ireland,

GOSPORT, July 7. Yesterday several Boats belonging to the Men
of War rowed from the Harbour to Spithead and back again, when the
Royal Oak’s Boat beat. Lord Sandwich gave the first Boat fix, the
second four, the third three, the fourth two Guineas, and the fifth one
Guinea.

EDINBURGH, July 4. The Marriage of Lord Stanley, to Lady
Betty Hamilton, gives general Satisfaction in the Country. On Satur-
day last the principal Inhabitants of the Abbey of Holyrood House,
where her Ladyship was born, attended by some Gentlemen from Edin-
burgh attached to the Family of Hamilton, dined in a Tavern within the
Abbey, on the Occasion. A large Bonfire was set up in the Abbey
Court. After Dinner, a Number of suitable Toasts were drank, viz.
Lord and Lady Stanley, the Duke of Hamilton, the Duke and Duchess
of Argyle, the Marquis of Lorn, Lady Augusta Campbell, &c. Andrew
Stewart, Esq; and all the Tutors and firm Friends of the House of
Hamilton, all the Branches of the ancient and illustrious Family of Derby,
&c. Every Toast was accompanied with a suitable Air, by the whole
Band of Musick belonging to the Regiment now lying in the Castle. At
Night, a Bonefire was displayed from Salisbury Craigs, where Sky
Rockets, and other Fireworks, were played off. The Band played
three favourite Tunes under the Windows of the Apartment of the Palace
where her Ladyship had her Birth, which were followed by loud Huzzas
from a vast Concourse of People, Well-wishers to the Family. A Cask
of strong Beer was given to the Crowd. The Whole was conducted,
and concluded, with the utmost Decency and Regularity.

NEW YORK, September 8.

Yesterday, by a Gentleman just arrived from Boston, we received the
following Intelligence in a printed Handbill.
The following is a Copy of a Letter, said to be wrote by General Brattle, to
the Commander in Chief, viz.

CAMBRIDGE, August 29, 1774.
MR. Brattle presents his Duty to his Excellency Governour Gage.
He apprehends it is his Duty to acquaint his Excellency, from
Time to Time, of every Thing he hears and knows to be true, and is of
Importance in these troublesome Times, which is the Apology Mr.
Brattle makes for troubling the General with this Letter. Captain Minot
of Concord, a very worthy Man, this Minute informed Mr. Brattle that
there had been repeatedly made pressing Applications to him to warn his
Company to meet at one Minute’s Warning, equipped with Arms and
Ammunition, according to Law. He had constantly denied them, adding,
if he did not gratify them, he should be constrained to quit his Farms
and Town. Mr. Brattle told him he had better do that than lose his Life
and be hanged for a Rebel. He observed, that many Captains had done
it, though not in the Regiment to which he belonged, which was, and
is, under Colonel Elisha Jones, but in a neighbouring Regiment.

”Mr. Brattle begs Leave humbly to query, whether it would not be
best that there should not be one commissioned Officer of the Militia in
the Province,

”This Morning the Selectmen of Medford came and received their
Town Stock of Powder, which was in the Arsenal on Quarry Holl, so
that there is now therein the King’s Powder only, which shall remain
thers as a sacred Depositum, till ordered out by the Captain General.”.

Extract of a Letter from Boston, September</em >2.

”In Consequence of the foregoing Letter, a Party of 250 Regulars set
out early yesterday Morning to secure and bring away the Powder alluded
to, which was effected without Loss or Danage. At the same Time a
Party of 30 are said to have seized two Field Pieces belonging to the
Cambridge Regiment of Militia. The Report of this Manoeuvre, exag-
gerated no Doubt in the Country, brought this Morning, on Cambridge
Common, at least 3000 People from different Parts of the Country, in
Order to learn the Truth of the Matter. They were unarmed, and
demanded the publick Resignation of two Counsellors, Inhabitants of
Cambridge, which was complied with; and after choosing several Persons
to stop the great Numbers coming in from the distant Parts, said to be
many Thousands, and being satisfied that the Governour had seized only
the King’s Powder, they peaceably dispersed.

”You cannot conceive what an uneasy Day we have had, from the
different Reports circulated in this Town, some of which were of the
most alarming Nature, and by credulous People easily swallowed.

”It is said the Governour is determined not to risk any Troops in the
Country, till he is reinforced, being apprehensive of their Loss, from the
amazing Number and Fury of our People, who are all provided with
Arms and Ammunition, &c.”

The mysterious Manner in which the Powder was removed from Cam-
bridge has alarmed the whole Country between Boston and this City, as
the Report was circulated with Exaggerations of the most dreadful Na-
ture. The whole Province of Connecticut prepared, and many set off
thence, in good Order, to relieve their Brethren.

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Extract of a Letter from East Haddam, September 5.

”Gentlemen, we have just now received Intelligence, by the Return
of an Express which was sent on Purpose, who informs us that he met
several Companies returning; but he still proceeded as far as Lebanon,
where he saw and received certain Intelligence from Governour Trum-
bull’s Sons, who went from here, and marched as far as Pomfret, where
they had the Pleasure of finding that the Alarm of an Engagement having
happened was premature. We rejoice with you, and the rest of our
Brethren, on this joyful Occasion!
Humphrey Lyon, for Self and the
Committee of Correspondence.”
To Captain James Hazelton, and the rest of the Inhabitants of the Town
of Haddam.

”We learn from the Boston Papers, that the Gentlemen summoned
to serve on the Grand and Petty Juries, under the Parliamentary Estab-
lishment, have unanimously refused to be sworn; and that, after many
Difficulties, the Court received, read, and returned to them, the Papers
which they had brought and singed, containing the Reasons of their
Refusal, grounded on the Impeachment of the Chief Justice by the
Assembly of the Province, and the Act of Parliament for the Dissolution
of their Charter.”

WILLIAMSBURG, September 22.

THE PURSE of 100 Guineas run for last Tuesday, at Portsmouth, was
won, after a hard Struggle, by Moore Fauntleroy Esq’s Mare
Miss Alsop.

The Tayloe, Ogilive, and Bland, Danby, from London, Neptune,
Morrison, Peter, Lang, and Briscoe, M^cMillan, from Glasgow, are
arrived in James River; and the Nell, Moody, in York River.

On the 26th ult. in Latitude 30, Longitude 62, Captain Mitchell, of
the Trident, spoke the Molly and Peggy, Thomas Finlay Commander,
from Jamaica, bound for London, all well.

FRIDAY, September 23. The Papers which came by the Northern
Post this Afternoon bring no later Advices than what we gave the Publick
in our last Gazette. They write from Boston, that Town and County
Meetings are now held, and calling, in all Parts of the Province, and
that it was expected a Provincial Congress would be soon appointed;
that the Spirit of the People was never known to be so great, since the
first Settlement of the Colonies, as at this Time; and that the Country
in general seem to be preparing for the worst, being determined to DIE
or be FREE.-----Governour Gage has issued Writs for convening a
General Assembly, to meet at Salem, on the 5th of October next.

It is again earnestly requested that all Persons
indebted to PURDIE & DIXON would discharge
their Accounts between this and the End of the ensuing
General Court, as their Partnership determines on the
18th Day of December following, and they have sundry
Debts to pay off.---Those who have Accounts against
the Partnership are desired to bring them in immedi-
ately, that Provision may be made for paying them off
as speedily as possible, as it will be very inconvenient
to admit of any Demands after it is closed.

Advertisements.

Wanted immediately,
ONE or two JOURNEYMEN TAILORS that un-
derstand their Business well. Such will meet
with good Encouragement by applying to the Sub-
scriber, in Williamsburg.
(2) JAMES SCLATE.

LOST, on Monday the 5th of September,
a Transfer Tobacco Note at Four Mile Creek Inspection, No. 13,
278 lb. neat, and passed by Daniel Warinner. The Publick are hereby
cautioned from purchasing said Note, it being already accounted for,
and lost, with the Inspection Names to it.
(1) RICHARD REYNARD, Inspector.

WOOLLENS
THE Subscriber has just received, by the Kingston Packet, Captain
Joseph Turner, from Hull, a large Assortment of coarse Woollens
<em<viz. Six Quarter Cloths with necessary Trimmings, and other small
Packages (of about 40 l. Sterling Value each) consisting of coarse Duffils,
Friezes, Fearnought, Halfthicks, Bearskins, Kendal Cottons, Negro
Blanketting, Bed Blankets, White Plaiding, Rugs of different Kinds,
and other Goods which he will sell reasonable for Cash, or short Credit.
(tf) JOHN STONEY.
**He has also for Sale SEINE TWINE in small Packages,
SHOT in Barrels, West India RUM, Flat and Square BAR IRON of
a good Quality, and a Quantity of COALS in said Vessel.
NORFOLK, September 20, 1774.

FOR SALE,
A TRACT of LAND in York County, about four Miles from Willi-
amsburg, containing 250 Acres. It lies in about three Quarters of
a Mile of York River, and about the same Distance from the Oyster Rocks,
joins Colonel John Tabb’s, and Colonel Landon Carter’s<.em> Land, and has
as much Timber as will pay for it in one Year, by selling Wood to the
Inhabitants of Williamsburg. It is under a Mortgage to Mr. William
Graves of York County, for about 190 l. which Sum must be paid him
at the Acknowledgement; for the Remainder of the Money one or two
Years Credit will be given, as can be agreed on, and Possession may be
had at Christmas. For Terms apply to CaptainWilliam Gregory of
Charles City, or the Subscriber in the same County, about three Miles
from the Courthouse. (tf) AMBROSE JACKSON.

WE the Subscribers, having for some Time
past experienced very great inconvenience arising from the Un-
certainty of the Time of our Meeting in Williamsburg, have now resolved,
and are determined for the future, to meet there ever 25th Day of
October and April; of which we give this publick Notice, that those who
have Business to transact with us may know when to attend.
JAMES LYLE NEIL JAMIESON.
ARCHIBALD RITCHIE. JAMES GLASSFORD.
DANIEL M^cCALLUM. WILLS COWPER.
ROBERT DONALD. MATTHEW PHRIPP.
JAMES FAIRLIE. JOHN HAMILTON.
JAMES DONALD. THOMAS SIMPSON.
ALEXANDER BAINE. JOHN GILMOUR.
JOHN FISHER. CHARLES GILMOUR.
WILLIAM MITCHELL. JOHN HAY, & Co.
ALEXANDER BUCHANAN. ANTHONY WARWICK.
ANDREW CHALMER. INGLIS & LONG.
EDWARD JOHNSON. FIELDING LEWIS.
NINIAN MINZIES. ARCHIBALD CUNISON.
THOMAS MAIN. HENRY MITCHELL.
ROBERT RUTHERFORD. JAMES ROBISON.
ARCHIBALD M^cCALL. JAMES SUMERVELL.
M^cCall & SHEDDEN. WILLIAM HENDERSON.
ADAM FELMING. JOHN GLASSELL.
THOMAS RUSSELL. ANDREW CRAWFORD.
HECTOR ROSS. RICHARD HANSON.
NEIL M^cCOULL. JAMES INGRAM.
JOHN LINDSAY. WILLIAM HARRISON.
JAMES GIBSON & Co. EDMUND PENDLETON, Jun.
JOHN JOHNSON. JOHN BAIRD.
ROBERT BURTON. THOMAS SHORE.
ARCHIBALD BRYCE. PATRICK COUTTS.
ARCHIBALD GOVAN. MOSS ARMISTEAD.
ANDREW JOHNSTON, Jun. EILBECK, ROSS, & Co.
EDWARD BRISBANE. JOHN TABB.
WILLIAM JOHNSON CORNEILIUS CALVERT.
THOMAS YOUNGER. ROBERT PLEASANTS, & Co.
SIMON FRASER. THOMAS EVANS.
THOMAS HODGE. EDWARD STABLER.
JAMES M^cDOWALL. DAVID RUSSELL.
DAVID COCHRAN. GEORGE PURDIE.

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Wanted immediately,
A JOURNEYMAN SHOEMAKER that understands the Business
well in all its Branches. Such a One, that can come well recom-
mended for an honest, industrious, sober Man, will meet with Encou-
ragement to his Satisfaction, a good Seat of Work, and his Money
paid every Saturday Night if he chooses it. Inquire for the Subscriber,
near the upper Church, in Middlesex County.
(tf) SAMUEL DANIEL.

To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, for ready Money,
on Wednesday the 5th of October, at John Wilkin-
son’s Plantation in New Kent,
TWENTY ONE likely NEGROES, consisting of Men, Women,
Boys and Girls, Stocks of CATTLE and HORSES, some
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, and one RIDING CHAIR. They are
sold by Virtue of Executions obtained in New Kent Court, by Mess. John
Eilbeck, and David Ross & Co. against the Estate of the said Wilkinson.
(ll) JOSIAH HOLT, D. S.

To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at Westbury, the
Seat of the late Colonel Littlebury Cocke, in Charles
City, on Thursday the 6th of October,
FIVE likely Virginia< born SLAVES, Stocks of CATTLE, HORSES,
HOGS, and SHEEP, belonging to the Estate of the said Littlebury
Cocke. Six Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond, with approved
Security, to carry Interest from the Date, if not punctually paid.
(2) WILLIAM EDLOE.
WILLIAM GREEN MUNFORD.

Twenty Pounds Reward,
WHEREAS John Garlington of Northumberland County, a Skipper
of a Schooner, hired of me last Year a Negro Man Slave
named AARON, whom he has not returned, but reported he was
drowned inPotowmack River, but has never produced me any satisfac-
tory Proof thereof; and whereas Garlington told me he was offered 150 l.
for the said Negro by a Gentleman on James River, I shall acknowledge it
a particular Favour of the Gentleman that offered the above Prive if he
will write me, or Mr. Daniel Weisegar, Merchant, in Warwick, whether
he knows any Thing of the said Negro, as I think it appears by Garling-
ton’s Behaviour that he is not drowned. The Fellow is about 30 Years
old, five Feet eight inches high, very black, well made, and has a long
Scar on his Nose. If the Fellow is living, and such Intelligence given
me that I get him, I will give 10 l. or the above Reward, if brought to
me in Lancaster County.
(ll) GEORGE NORRIS.

STRAYED from the Subscriber, atNew-
castle, the 12th of Aprillast, a CHESTNUT SORREL MARE
about thirteen Hands high, and branded on the near Buttock A.G.
Also a small BAY HORSE with a roached Mane and Bob Tail, a small
Blaze down his Face, but his Brand forgot. Any Person who takes up
the said Strays, or either of them, and gives Notice to Captain Francis
Smith near Hanover Courthouse, or to Mr. Robert Bumpass, shall have
25 s. Reward for each. (2) JOHN SMITH.

STRAYED from the Subscriber, the 10th
of May last, a DARK BAY MARE about four Feet six Inches
high, no Brand, mealy Nose, thick Mane and long Switch Tail, strong
made, good Courage, paces, trots, and gallops. Any Person who will
deliver her to Mr. David Anderson, Jun. Merchant, in Louisa (where
she was bred) or to the Subscriber, shall have 30 s. Reward.
(2) MATTHEW ANDERSON, Junior.

To be SOLD or RENTED (Preference will be given
to the first)
A PLANTATION on Allen’s Creek in Mecklenburg, within a Mile
of Roanoke, consisting of about 120 Acres of Land, the Property
of Mess. Alexander Donald and Co., and whereon the Subscriber now lives,
The Land of itself is valuable, exclusive of the Improvements, which are
a good Dwelling-House, with other necessary Outhouses, and a large and
convenient Storehouse, 32 by 44 Feet. There are about 20 Acres of
the low Ground well set in Timothy and Clover, and notwithstanding
this dry Summer, 15 Acres of it have yielded above 30,000 Weight of
Hay, which, with about 300 Bushels of Oats in the Straw, some Indian
Corn, 40 Head of Cattle, 50 Head of Sheep, and some Hogs, will be
sold on reasonable Terms. The Purchaser may have Possession of the
Premises as soon as he pleases, and long Credit (if required) will be al-
lowed for the Land, on his giving Bond and Security. It is expected
the Store will be continued, and of Course the Purchaser will have the
Benefit of the Board of the Storekeepers, and besides the Situation of the
Place (being onTaylor’s Ferry Road) makes it well calculated for a
Tavern. (tf) EBENEZER MACHARG.

FOR SALE,
TWO Thousand Acres of exceeding fine LAND for Tobacco,
Wheat, or Indian Corn, lying on both sides of Bull Run, in Lou-
don and Prince William, about 300 Acres of which are rich low Ground
and Meadow Land. It lies within four Miles in Loudon; thirty Miles
from Colchester, Alexandria, and Dumfries. If any Person or Persons in--
cline to purchase the Whole, or any Part of the said Lands, they may be
shown them, and know the Terms, by applying to Captain Francis Pey-
ton, in Loudon County, who has full Power to treat for the same, or to
the Subscriber. It is laid off in Lots of two, three, and four Hundred
Acres, with an equal Quantity of low Ground and Meadow Land to each
Lot. (1 M. if.) ROBERT BURWELL.

RUN away from the Subscriber, in Din-
widdie, a Negro Man names SIP; he formerly ran away and
passed for a Freeman, by the Name of Richard Hunt. He is about 48
YEARS old, five Feet six or seven Inches high, has a very down Look,
and is branded on the right Cheek SV, but so dull as not to be perceived
without strictly searched for. Whoever brings the said Fellow to me shall
have 20 s. Reward, besides what the Law allows.
(2ll), SALATHIEL VAUGHN.

TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a BAY HORSE four Feet and a Half
high, with a Star in his Forehead, and branded on the near Buttock
S. Posted and appraised to 3 l.

TAKEN up, in Bedford, a BAY HORSE about twelve Years old,
four Feet six Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail,
has some Saddle Spots, branded on the near Shoulder E and on the near
Buttock C. and had on a Bell of about 4 s. Value. Posted, and ap-
praised to 8 l. JOHN EWING.

TAKEN up, in Amelia, a BLACK HORSE near fourteen Hands
high, seven or eight Years old, hanging Mane and Switch Tail,
his near hind Foot partly white, branded on the near Shoulder W, and
on the near Buttock M. Posted, and appraised to 8 l.
SIMON WALTON.

TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a small BRINDLED STEER, three
Years old, some White under his Belly, Tail, and Legs, and
marked with a Crop in the left Ear, and a Piece taken from the upper
Side of the right. Posted, and appraised to [smudged, illegible].
EDMUND LOGWOOD.

TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a GRAY MARE about nine Years old,
four Feet one Inch high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail,
is much Flea-bitten about the Head and Ears, paces naturally, but has no
perceivable Brand. Posted, and appraised to 5 l.
DUNCAN ROSE.

TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a BLACK HORSE about ten Years old,
four Feet Five Inches high, with a Switch Tail, a Star in his Fore-
head, some Saddle Spots near his Withers, had on a Bell, has but one
Eye, and branded on the near Buttock H. Posted, and appraised to 5 l.
THOMAS ROGERS.

TAKEN up, between Williamsburg and the College Landing, a very
small BLACK MARE, appears to be old, and branded on the near
Buttock T. Posted, and appraised to 40 s.
(ll) RALPH CRUTCHFIELD.

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POETS CORNER.
EPITAPH on a FAITHFUL SERVANT.

SHOULD full-blown Pride, in taunting Accent, say
”What mighty Deeds have dignify’d this Clay?
”Or was he rich in Fortune, or in Blood?”
Ah, he was more , much more, for he was good!
His Life in Service and Obedience spent,
He gain’d not Riches, but he gain’d Content;
Whilst o’er himself he kept a strict Contoul,
And heaped up Treasures that enrich the Soul.
Of Temperance try’d, an ever ready Hand,
A yielding Nature, pliant to Command;
Yet firm in Morals, resolutely just,
Of softest Manners, but a Rock in Trust.
His Sense was plain, nor yet his Converse rude,
A feeling Heart, that teem’d with Gratitude.
For this thy Kindred mourn thy early Doom,
Thy Master lov’d thee, and inscribes thy Tomb.
Go, take thy Wages now, by Heaver’s Decree.
Where Service is eternal Liberty.

CHARLES CITY, September 13, 1774.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about the
first of August last, a Negro Man named PETER, by Trade a
good House Carpenter, Cooper, Bricklayer, Plasterer and Whitewasher,
and Gardener, about five or six Inches high, rather of a yellowish
Complexion, and a little pitted with the Smallpox; his Clothing as usual
for Crop Negroes, except a Cotton Coat instead of a Waistcoat, which is
dyed of a dark brown Colour. He formerly belonged to Mr. Willis of
Gloucester, and by him given to Mrs. Kennon of this County. He worked
some Time at Kennon’s Mine in Buckingham, and has lived on the Eastern
Shore; and I am of Opinion he is lurking in one of those Neighbourhour-
hoods, or endeavouring to get to Mr. Kennon’s in North Carolina, where
he may be harboured by his Negores. I will give 30 s. to any Person who
will deliver him to me, if taken in Chalres City, 40 s. if in any other
County, and if out of the Province 5 l. and I hereby forewarn all Masters
of Vessels and others from Harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony.
(4ll) JOHN WEST.

TAKEN up, in Bedford, a BAY HORSE about three Years old,
thirteen Hands one Inch high, with a small Star and Snip, Part
of his near hind Foot white, dockt, and branded on the off Shoulder [faded, illegible]
Posted, and appraised to 5 l. ROBERT EWING, Junior.

WILLIAMSBURG, September 6, 1774.
I BEG Leave to inform the Publick, and
particularly those Gentlemen who were pleased to take my Subscrip-
tion Papers to their respective Counties, to raise a small Sum of Money
in each for the Encouragement of making SALT, that after viewing
many Places on this and the other Side of the Bay, and on the Sea Coast
of the Eastern Shore, I have now fixed on a very convenient Spot on
that Coast for erecting proper Works; and as nothing more can be done
on my Part without Money, I must beg the Favour of them to forward
such Sums they may be able to collect, to Robert Carter Nicholas, Esq;
who is so kind as to take the Trouble of receiving and paying the Money
out to me. Proper Security shall be lodged in his Hands, for any Sum
that I may draw. The Certainty of my being able to make Salt, as
good as any whatever, is hardly to be doubted, from the several Ex-
periments which I have made, and which are pretty fully certified by
Gentlemen of Veracity, whose Certificates will be lodged in the Hands
of Mr. Nicholas.

Gentlemen will readily see the Necessity I am under of requesting
speedy Assistance, when I inform them that I have for some Time past
devoted my whole Attention to this Business, and given over every other
Pursuit from which my Family might have derived any Advantage, and
that, in Order to put the Works in as great Forwardness as was in my
Power, I have incurred a considerable Expense, and been obliged to con-
tract for some of the necessary Materials.
JAMES TAIT.

MR. TAIT having produced to me a
Sample of the Salt made on the Eastern Shore, together with the
Certificates of a Gentleman of unquestionable Credit, I have no Doubt,
with proper Encouragement, of his succeeding in his proposed Scheme;
form which, it seems highly probable, that this Country will reap the
greatest Advantage. I shall therefore most cheerfully comply with his
Request, and take great Pleasure in contributing every Thing in my
Power towards carrying it into Execution.
ROBERT C. NICHOLAS.

WILLIAMSBURG, September 8, 1774.
I INTEND to leave the Colony immediately.
(ll) MARY THECHER.

GLOUCESTER County, September 7, 1774.
THE Subscriber, understanding as many
Branches of the WEAVING BUSINESS as any Person in this
Colony, would be very glad to set up a Manufactory for weaving
LINENS, COTTONS< WOOLLENS< and SHIP CANVASS, which he
will engage shall not be inferior to any imported from Briton, He was
employed for three Years by Warner Lewis, Esq; of this County, to
whom he refers any Gentleman for his Character and Abilities in his
Profession; and will be ready to wait upon any One, at any Time or
Place. WILLIAM ROBERTS.

WARWICK, September 1, 1774.
THE STORE here, of late kept by me on
Account of Mess. Dreghorn, Murdoch, and Co. of Glasgow, is
now in the Charge of my Brother David Leitch, and the said Company’s
Store in Prince Edward County, hitherto managed by Mr. Henry Benskin
Lighfoot, is under the Direction of Mr. John Graham. The Business of
the Stores, will, on the same Account, be prosecuted so far to their usual
Extent as the Situation of publick Affairs will admit. The Debts due
to this Store I continue to collect, and those contracted with Mr. Light-
foot will remain with him for the same Purpose. It will be deemed oblig-
ing in those whose Accounts are open, and inconvenient to be discharged,
immediately to close them by Bond, or other Specialty, as may be ap-
proved of. JOHN LEITCH.

WILLIAMSBURG, September 8, 1774.
THE Legates of Mr. Joseph Scrivener,
deceased, being very pressing to receive their respective Dividends
of his Estate, it is expected that all Persons indebted thereto, by Bond
Book Debts, or for Goods purchased at the Sale, will make Payment by
the ensuing October Court, as no longer Indulgence can or will be given
by the Executors. WILLIAM TREBELL.
ROBERT NICHOLSON.

WARWICK, August 30, 1774.
I INTEND to leave the Colony immediately.
ANDREW FRENCH.

To be SOLD or RENTED immediately, in Halifax
Town, North Carolina,
A VERY commodious Dwelling-House, and all necessary Outhouses,
with seven Lots and four Acres of Land adjoining, all paled in,
lately the Residence of Mr. James Milner, Attorney at Law. Whoever
is inclined to purchase, or rent, may apply to the Subscriber, living in
Northampton County. (ll) SAMUEL PEETE.

All Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12.s. 6 d. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for
3 s. the first Week, and 2 s. each Week after.-----** All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with
Care and Expedition.

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WILLIAM DAVIS,
TAILOR,
YORK TOWN
BEGS Leave to inform the Publick that he carries on his Business at
that Place, and will be much obliged to those who may please to
favour him with their Custom, as he will ever make it his Study to pay
strickt Attention to their Commands. He will furnish the following Ar-
ticles complete for ready Money, viz. a Suit of the best Superfine Cloth,
middle Size, 7 l. 10 s. Do. Of Casmir, 8 l. Do. Of Duroy lined through,
4 l. 5 s. Do. of Sagathy lined, 4 l. 15 s. A best Bath Surtout
Coat, 2 l. 18 s. A Bath Coating Coat and Waistcoat, 3 l. 10 s. A
Suit of the best Jeans faced, 4 l. 10 s. He will wait upon any Gentle-
men within twenty or thirty Miles, and furnish them with any other
Wearing Apparel at the same reasonable Rates. And that the Quality of
them may not be doubted, if they are not made according to Agreement,
or Orders sent, no Gentleman is desired to receive them, or make any
Satisfaction whatever. (ll)

To be RENTED, in Warwick,
A STOREHOUSE, Lumber House, and Dwelling-House, conveni-
ently situated for Trade; also several Houses fitted for the Reception
of Tradesmen, to whom good Encouragement will be given by the Inha-
bitants. For Terms inquire of BERNARD MARKHAM.

For SALE at Norfolk, on the 1st of next Month,
THE Brig LIGHTFOOT, of 100 Tons Burthen, British built;
likewise all her Stores, Tackle, and Appurtenances. The Time
of Payment will be made easy to the Purchaser. The Vessel is very strong
and well built, and her Sails, Rigging, &c. in good Condition. She
may be viewed on Saturday next, and from that Time to the Day of Sale.
For farther Particulars apply to Mess. Phripp and Bowdoin, Merchants,
in Norfolk, or the Subscriber in this Town.
YORK, Sept. 7, 1774. JOHN H> NORTON.

To be RENTED for any Number of Years, and
Possession taken the 25th of October next,
THE STOREHOUSE lately occupied by Mr. Adam Fleming, which
has all necessary Conveniences for a Merchant, with a good Store-
house at Law Point Landing; it is needless to describe the Situation of
the Store, as it is generally known, being next House to the Tavern.
For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in Cabin Point..
ARCHIBALD DUNLOP.

ISLE OF WIGHT, September 1, 1774.
DICK, the Property of the Subscriber
absconded about ten Days ago; he is a black Fellow, well set,
about five Feet six Inches high, has remarkable white Teeth, thick Lips,
and a Scab above his right Ear. He went off in a Boat, in all Proba-
bility to make his Escape out of the Colony. I will give a Reward of
20 s. if taken in the Colony, so as I may get him again. I fore-
warn all Masters of Vessels from harbouring or carrying him out of the
Colony, at their Peril. HEZEKIAH HALLIDAY.

MECKLENBURG, September 3, 1774.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about two
Months ago, a likely Mulatto Lad named ISSAAC BEE, formerly
the Property of the late President Blair, and is well known about Wil-
liamsburg, where I am informed he has been several Times seen since his
Elopement. He is between eighteen and nineteen Years of Age, low of
Stature, and thinks he has a Right to his Freedom, because his Father
was a Freeman, and I suppose will endeavour to pass for one. He can
read, but I do not know that he can write; however, he may easily get
some One to forge a Pass for him. I cannot undertake to describe his
Apparel, as he has a Variety, and it is probable he may have changed
them. Whoever apprehends the said Slave and delivers him to me, or to
Mr. Burwell, in Williamsburg, shall have 40 s. All Masters of Vessels
are forewarned from carrying him out of the Country.
LEWIS BURWELL.

EAST WAREHOUSE, Gloucestor County, September 5, 1774.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, out of the Col-
lege Pasture, the 10th of last Month, a very DARK BAY MARE,
about fourteen Hands high, a natural Pacer, has some Saddle Spots, a
small Star in her Forehead, a high Roach Back, her Mane hangs on the
off Side, and she is branded on the near Buttock, I believe, with an R.
Whoever delivers the said Mare to the Reverend Mr. John Dixon, at the
College in Williamsburg, or to me at East Warehouse, shall have 40 sl.
Reward, or on giving me an Account where I may get her, 20 s. Reward.
THOMAS DIXON.

To be SOLD, altogether or in Parcels,
A TRACT of LAND containing 1000 Acres, lying in the lower
End of Caroline County, on <Pamunkey River, 100 Acres of which
are low Ground, adjoining Horn Quarter, belonging to the Honourable
Thomas Nelson, Esquire. On the said Tract there is a good Plantation
cleared, fit to work ten Hands, on which will be sowed fifty Bushels of
Wheat; there are all necessary Outhouses, with a tolerable good Dwel-
ling House. Also a Tract of Land in King William County, containing
306 Acres, late the Property of Doctor Robert Campbell, within five Miles
of Hanover Town, and where the Subscriber now lives. This Land is
well improved, with all necessary Accommodations for a Family. For
Terms apply to WILLIAM JONES.

For CHARTER to any Part of Europe,
THE Ship Sparling, William Priestman Master, Burthen about 500
Hogsheads, 13,000 Bushels, or 2500 Barrels. For Terms apply
to the Subscribers, in Norfolk.
(8) JOHN LAWRENCE, & Co.

** Who have just imported in said Vessel, from Liverpool, Irish
Linens, osnabrugs, Kendal Cottons, Felt Hats, Sail Canvas, Mould
and Dipped Candles, Hard Soap, Nails, Loaf Sugar, Fine Salt, Coals,
Queen’s China Plates in small Crates, Seine Twine, Bottle Beer, Cheese,
amp;c. &c. They have also for Sale West India Rum, Old Spirits, Musco-
vado Sugar, Coffee, Ginger, Pimenta, Molasses, Madeira Wine, &c.

NEW YORK, July 27, 1774.
FIFTY POUNDS REWARD,
WHEREAS, on the 19th of June last past, a certain JOSEPH
THORP was intrusted with a considerable Sum in Half
Johannesses, of nine Pennyweight, to be delivered by him at Quebec, and
as he has not yet made his Appearance there, with other suspicious Cir-
cumstances, it is apprehended he is gone off with the Money. He is a
Native of England, about six Feet high, swarthy Complexion, very dark
keen Eyes, and pitted with the Smallpox, of a slender Make, stoops as
he walks, talks rather slow, with some small Impediment in his Speech.
He lived some Time in Boston, from whence he removed to Quebec,
assuming the Character of a Merchant in both Places; he was also once
in Trade in Newcastle, Virginia, and has a Brother settled there. It is
believed he went on Board Captain John F. Pruym, for Albany, and took
with him a blue Casmir and a dark brown Cloth Suit of Clothes.
Whoever secures the said Joseph Thorp, in any of his Majesty’s Jails on
this Continent, shall be entitled to ten per Cent, on the Sum recovered,
and the above Reward of 50 l. when convicted. Apply to Curson and
Seton of New York, Joseph Wharton, Junior, of Philadepphia, Robert
Christie of Baltimore, James Gibson and Co. Virginia, John Bondfield of
Quebec, Melatiah Bourne or John Rowe of Boston. It is requested of those
who may have seen this Joseph Thorp, since the 19th of June last past,
or know any Thing of the Route he has taken, that they convey the most
early Intelligence thereof to any of the above Persons, or Greenwood,
Ritson, and March, in Norfolk, or to to Robert Pleasants and Col at <em<Four
Mile Creek, <em<Henrico County; the Favour will be gratefully acknow-
ledged. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from taking him off the
Continent. (tf)

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To be SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND in Surry County, containing 450 Acres, known
by the Name of on which are a new Set of Brick
Warehouses, which bring in about 70 l. a Year, and a new Brick
Mer-
chant Mill completely fitted with two Water Wheels on a never failing
Stream, within 100 Feet of the Wharf. The Land is very good for Grain,
and has about 40 Acres that may be made fine Meadow. This is one of
the most improvable Estates in the County. Half the Purchase Money
to be paid in twelve Months, the other Half may lie for seven Years, on
good Security being given, and punctual Payment of Interest. If the
Land is not sold by Christmas, it will be rented out.
(tf) BEMJAMIN HARRISON.

To be SOLD, to the highest Bidder, at Amelia Court-
house, on the 10>em>th of January next,
TWENTY very likely SLAVES, to satisfy a Debt due to James
and Robert Donald, & Co. Credit will be allowed till the 10th of
October 1775. Bond and Security to be given to the said Company; and
if payment is not made to the Day, the Bonds to carry Interest from the
Date. (7) WILLIAM WATSON.

To be RENTED annually, or for a Term of Years,
SWAN’S POINT FERRY and BOATS with two good Dwelling-
Houses, all necessary Outhouses, an exceeding fine Pasture, and
Land sufficient to work four Hands, under a good Fence. For Terms
apply to the Subscriber.
(tf) JOHN HARTWELL COCKE.

FOR SALE,
TWO THOUSAND Acres of LAND, lying on the River Shenando,
in the County of Frederick, eight Miles above Ashby’s Gap. One
Third of the Purchase Money to be paid on the Day of Sale, and an ex-
tensive Credit will be given for the Remainder. Mr. James Brown will
show the Land to any Person inclinable to purchase, and I shall be on
the Premises the 15th of November next.
(tf) NATHANIEL BURWELL.
ISLE OF WIGHT, July 19, 1774.

Pursuant to a Decree of the Honourable General Court,
and by Letter of Attorney from Colonel George
Mercer of Virginia, now in London, will be sold
at publick Auction,
ABOUT 3500 ACRES of LAND in the County of Loudon, near
Wolf’s Ordinary, about twelve Miles from Leesburg, forty from
Alexandria, and thirty five from Dumfries, on Potowmack. This Land is
well known, by the Description of Bull Run Mountains, and is very fertile.
---Also 6500 Acres on Shenando River, in the County of Frederick, op-
posite to Snicker’s Ordinary, and binding on the River about seven Miles.
As this Tract is Part of a Survey one of the first in that Part of the Colo-
ny, its good Quality cannot be questioned, it is well watered, will admit
to two Miles on Land Streams, and others on the River; there are now
on it six Plantations well improved for Cropping, 110 Slaves, and very
large and choice Stocks of Horses (some of the Dray Breed) black Cattle,
Hogs and Sheep; which, together with the Crops of Corn and Wheat
now growing (expected to be upwards of 2000 Barrels and 5000 Bushels)
will be sold on the Premises, on the 24th Day of November next, or next
fair Day.-----The Loudon Lands will be sold at Wolf’s Ordinary, on the
21st Day of the same Month. Both Tracts will be laid off in Lots to suit
every Kind of Purchaser, who may see them by applying to Mr. Francis
Peyton, near the Loudon Land, and Mr. William Dawson, who resides
on the Shenando Tract. Among the Slaves are two good Blacksmiths,
two Carpenters, and an Exceeding trusty and skillful Waggoner. The
aged black Cattle, and grown Hogs, will be fattened for Slaughter.----
Purchasers above 25 l. will be allowed twelve Months Credit, on giving
Bond and Security to the Subscribers, who will be prepared to make
Conveyances. JOHN TAYLOE
(20) GEORGE WASHINGTON.

For LIVERPOOL,
THE Ship GREENWOOD, Mackey Reed Master, loads at Norfolk,
has two Thirds of her Cargo already engaged, can take in 200
Hhds. of Tobacco on Liberty of Consignment. Any Gentlemen inclin-
ing to ship by her will please to send their Orders to Mr. Richard Taylor
of Petersburg, Mr. Richard Squire Taylor in King William County, or to
us at Norfolk,
(tf) GREENWOOD, RITSON, & MARSH.

To be RENTED, from Year to Year, or for a Term
of Years,
BELVOIR, the beautiful Seat of the Honourable George William Fair-
fax, Esq; lying upon Potowmack River in Fairfax County, about
fourteen Miles below Alexandria. The Mansion House is of Brick, two
Stories high, with four convenient Offices, Stables, and Coach House ad-
joining, as also a large and well furnished Garden, stored with a great
Variety of valuable Fruits, in good Order. Appertaining to the Tract
on which these Houses stand, and which contains near 2000 Acres (sur-
rounded in a Manner by navigable Water) are several valuable Fisheries,
and a good Deal of cleared Land in different Parts, which may be let
altogether, or separately, as shall be found most convenient. The Terms
may be known of Colonel Washington, who lives near the Premises, or of
me in Berkeley County.
(tf) FRANCIS WILLIS, Junior.

NORFOLK, April 21, 1774.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Number
of Vessels will be wanted this Summer to bring about 6000 Tuns
of STONE from Mr. Brook’s Quarry on Rappahannock, and land the
same on Cape Henry, for the Lighthouse. Any Person, or Persons, in-
clinable to engage in such Work, are desired to treat with Matthew
Phripp, Paul Loyall, and Thomas Newton, Esqrs. The Directors of the
Lighthouse will also be glad to purchase one or two FLAT BOT-
TOMED VESSELS, from 80 to 120 Tuns Burthen.
(tf) BASSETT MOSELEY.

FOR SALE,
A TRACT of LAND in Ameilia County, containing 500 Acres, about
four Miles below the Courthouse, it is remarkable fine Land for
Grain, and will bring good Tobacco. The Plantation is in good Order
for Cropping, sufficient to work six or eight Hands, with all necessary
Houses. Any Person inclinable to purchase may depend on having a
Bargain, and know the Terms by applying to
(tf) WILLIAM MARSHALL.

For SALE,
ABOUT twelve Thousand Acres of exceeding rich TOBACCO
LAND, in Amherst County, whereon are several Plantations and
Improvements sufficient to work forty or fifty Hands. There is on the
said Land for Sale a very valuable GRIST MILL, lately built, with a
Stone Dam and a Pair of good Cologne Millstones, which Mill has for two
Years past got upwards of 100 Barrels of Toll Corn, and is situated on a
never failing Stream. The Land will be shown by William Womack, who
lives at one of the the Plantations, and the Prices of the Land made
known by him. One or two Years credit will be allowed, Interest being
paid for the second Year, and also for the first, if the Money is not paid
agreeable to Contract. The Land is to be laid off and surveyed by
Colonel William Cabell, at the Expense of the Purchaser. Deeds will be
made upon Bond and approved Security being given, either to Colonel
Wiliam Cabell, of the Subscriber. Six per Cent. Discount will be allowed
for ready Money, or good Merchants Notes. If any Person will choose
to exchange Lands in the lower Part of the County, on or near some
navigable River, that are good, it is more than probable we should agree.
(tf) CARTER BRAXTON.