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dor to the Porte. These particulars may serve to destroy the re-
ports raised by several ill-intentioned persons, as if the Porte had
refused to fulfil their engagements, than which nothing is more false.”

Dec 2. They write from Madrid, that the Ministry there had
received advice, that the Emperor of Morocco met with so warm
a reception at Ceuta, that great numbers of his people were killed
by the fire from the Garrison; in consequence of which, he had
drawn off his troops from before that place.

LONDON, DECEMBER 3.

YESTERDAY Messrs. Sawbridge, Oliver, and Hayley,
took their seats in the House of Commons, as members for
the city of London. Mr. Ball’s name was called over, but he
was not present.

A bill will be brought into Parliament to allow a bounty to the
two ships in the Greenland trade which shall, in future, sail nearest
to the north pole.

By a letter from an English Gentleman at Constantinople, to
his friend in London, there is advice that two bakers of that city
were lately sentenced by the Cadi, or Magistrate, in the quarter
they lived, to lose their right hands by the executioner, and after-
wards be hanged in the market place, for adulterating bread, and
selling it short of the legal standard.

A scheme for making a navigable communication between the
north and west seas is said to be under the consideration of the
Lords of Police in Scotland.

Dec. 5. The Ministry are said to have received some accounts,
by the way of Holland, that a large body of people was assembled
in the inland parts of the province of Massachusetts Bay, all
armed, and determined to act on the defensive, should the troops
proceed to any acts of force.

A memorial has, within these few days, been transmitted to
Lisbon, containing an enumeration of several oppressive articles of
trade which the English commerce now labours under.

There have been committed, since the last session, and now in
Newgate, for trial at the ensuing Old Bailey session, which begins
on Wednesday, upwards of 150 prisoners for felony.

Extract of a letter from PARIS, Nov 18.

”There is great talk of an ordinance of discipline of the Parlia-
ment which has been registered by the express command of the
King. It contains about sixty articles, all very severe. Among the
rest the members are forbidden to look upon themselves as making
one body with the other Parliaments of the kingdom, or to take
upon them the name of class, unity, indivisibility, or any other
synonimous terms: They are likewise forbidden to send any re-
monstrances or arrets, relating to the affairs they may be employed
about to any other Parliaments, except in such cases as are per-
mitted by the ordinances.

”They are also forbidden to quit the service, either by virtue of
a deliberation, or any thing else, except through absolute necessity
recognized by the first President, who is to answer to the King.
They are forbidden to give combined dismissions on pain of for-
feiture, or being guilty of petty treason: The said forfeiture to be
adjudged by the King, Peers, and Council; and the Grand Coun-
cil, can replace the Parliament without a new edict.

”They are permitted before registering to make edicts, decla-
rations, or letters patent, and such remonstrances or representa-
tions as they shall judge necessary for the good of the people,
provided they do not deviate from the respect due to the King, and
on condition that they shall be registered in a month at farthest
from the day of the publication of such edicts, except upon a
repetition of remonstrances, if the King receives them; notwith-
standing which they are forbidden to make any arrests whcih may
tend to hinder, trouble, or retard the execution of the above-
mentioned edicts.”

Dec 7. From Paris the most recent advices relate, that the
verbal proceedings of the Bed of Justice would not be delivered
for publication until after the celebration of the solemnity of the
Red Mass, which began on the 21st of last month. According
to all accounts relative to what passed in this Bed of Justice, as
soon as the keeper of the seals had received, on his knees, his
Majesty’s orders, he thus addressed himself to the Grand Master
of the ceremonies:

”SIR,
”It is his Majesty’s express command that you forthwith repair
to the Hall of St. Lewis, and acquaint the magistrates who are
there assembled, that his Majesty orders them to come and resume
the seats which they occupied in the year 1770.”

They attended immediately, and the King pronounced the fol-
lowing speech.
The French King’s Speech.
”The King, my most honoured Lord and grandfather, was
compelled, by your resistance to his repeated commands, to adopt
such a measure as his wisdom suggested, for maintaining his own
authority, and fulfilling the obligations he lay under of rendering
justice to his subjects. I have thought proper this day to recal
you to the exercise of those functions which you ought never to
have quitted. Learn to prize my favours, and never lose remem-
brance of their extent.

”You will hear the reading of an ordinance, the several parts
of which are conceived exactly in the letter and spirit of my royal
predecessors. I will not suffer the smallest infringement to be
made on it. My own authority, the preservation of justice, the
happiness and tranquillity of my people, all equally require that it
be observed inviolate.

”It is my will that all past grievances be buried in oblivion.
I shall ever behold with extreme disapprobation whatever may tend
to create divisions, or disturb the good order and tranquillity
which I wish always to subsist in my Parliament. Be you solely
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operate with my wishes, which are solely directed to promote the
welfare and happiness of my subjects.

”I decree, that from this moment the Sieur Hue de Miromes-
nil shall take upon him the office, and execute the functions of
Chancellor.”

Last night the Hon. the Earl of Dartmouth had a levee at his
house in Charles Street, St. James’s square, as Secretary of State
for the American department.

A private letter from Paris says, that the King of Spain has
solicited for the assistance of some men of war to join the Spanish
fleet in the Mediterranean, that he may be able to strike an impor-
tant blow against the Barbarians, and at once put a stop to their
depredations, and entirely drive them out of those seas. The
same letter says, that orders are sent to Toulon for a fleet of twelve
ships of the line and several frigates, to sail from thence and join
the Spaniards immediately.

They write from Gibraltar that the Emperor of Morocco has
stopped all provisions being sent to that garrison for the present, on
account of his being engaged in a war with Spain, as it caused a
great consumption in victualling a vast number of armed corsairs.

A correspondent compares a certain speech to a sallad made of
the common weeds of the field, with bad vinegar, rank oil, and
without a grain of salt.</P

Dec. 8. They write from Gibraltar that an armed Spanish
bark, with a few resolute men on board, ran into the harbour of
Tetuan, and set fire to two large galliots and a half galley, belong-
ing to the Moors, which were burnt to the water’s edge, andup-
wards of 100 of the crew perished.

It is reported the French King has sent a memorial here, con-
cerning some claims in America; and that, till it is answered,
no Ambassador will sppear at the British Court from that power.

They write from the island of St. Thome, on the coast of
Africa, that the King Herod, Capt. Steel, belonging to Ame-
rica, is lost going over the bar of Benin; and that before this dis-
aster happened, her Negroes had mutinied, and terribly wounded
the chief mate and several of the crew.

Dec. 9. Lord North has not attended the House of Commons
since Monday; his Lordship unfortunately hurt his knee-pan as
he was stepping out of his carriage on Tuesday morning, and has
not been able to go out since.

The Parliament, we are informed, will adjourn on Friday the
23rd instant, and meet again, for the dispatch of business, on
Wednesday the 18th of January.

They write from Gibraltar, that a Spanish frigat, of 28 guns,
had been boarded in the Mediterranean by three Moorish cruizers,
who, after inhumanly murdering all the crew, sunk the vessel.

Yesterday the Right Rev. Bronlow North killed the King’s
hand at St. James’s, on his promotions to the see of Worcester;
as did the Rev Dr. Hurd, the preacher to the Hon. Society of Lin-
coln’s Inn, on his appointment to the see of Litchfield and
Coventry.

A letter from Brest mentions, that on the 16th of last month
two ships of the line, and three frigates, all with troops on board,
sailed out of that harbour for the East Indies.

The people of Ireland are so extremely sanguine for a dissolu-
tion of their Parliament, that several corporations in that king-
dom are preparing instructions for their members to obtain such a
measure.

The last letters from Rome advise, that there is a great disa-
greement among the Cardinals in the Conclave, each being disi-
rous to favour his own party.

A Danish East India ship, called the Matilda, from Bengal,
after beating about five weeks in the channel, is at last safe arrived
at Cork, but with only 32 hands on board, including the officers.

Orders are absolutely sent for the recal of General Gage, it
having been advanced in the cabinet that his American connex-
ons, by marriage, &c. might, in a great measure, prevent the full
exercise of that authority with which he is entrusted.

The room lately occupied by the foreign Ambassadors, at the
Thatch’d House tavern, in St. James’s Street, is taken by the
Lords of the minority, where they are to have meetings twice a
week during the sitting of Parliament.

Dec. 10. Mr. Dunning pledged himself, the other night, in
a certain Assembly, that although the power of the late House of
Commons was now happily at an end, he was determined very
shortly to bring some of its flagitious acts under a full discussion,
so as to receive that censure and detestation they so justly merited.

A Reverend Divine in Charlestown, South Carolina, has been
lately dismissed from his congregation, for his audacity in stand-
ing up in his pulpit, and impudently saying, that mechanicks
and country clowns had no right to dispute about politicks, or
what Kings, Lords, and Commons had done, or might do!

Extract of a letter from LEGHORN, Nov. 11.
”About a month ago a skirmish happened in the mountains near
Ajaccio, between the French and the malecontents, wholly in fa-
vour of the latter, Col. Dubourg being detached with a body of
400 men in pursuit of the rebels (one hundred and fifty) who had
done a great deal of mischief, besides carrying off 890 head of
cattle, had the misfortune to fall into an ambush, when he was
put to the flight, with the loss of 70 men. The malecontents
then retired into one of their strong holds, where, in a few days,
they were blocked up by the Colonel, who had received a consi-
derable reinforcement. They held out several days with great
bravery, till, being very much distressed for provisions, they
agreed to endeavour to force a passage through the French troops
in the night, which they effected with the loss of only fourteen of
their number, and made their way to a place of safety, which is
inaccessible, in the Pieve of Ca Sinoa. The amazing intrepidity,
courage, and perserverance, these people have always shewn, must
make every free heart bleed to think that they have no prospect of
independence.”

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Letters lately received bring an account of the death of Colonel
Tonyn, Governor of West Florida.

A letter from Paris, of the 22d ult. says, “among other
gifts, his Most Christian Majesty has just ordered a grant of
300,000 acres of waste lands, free of all taxes for 20 years to
come, to 120 families in the province of Bourdeaux, and an al-
lowance for five years, till the lands are thoroughly cultivated.
The above lands have lain waste near 200 years.”

”What do you think now of the new Parliament’s treatment
of America?” Says a Gentleman to his friend, who was in the
Lobby on Monday night last, after the division. “Why,
saith” says the other, “I think it pretty much about an even
bet.” — “How the devil can that be,” says the other, “when it
is near four to one at starting.”

A Gentleman, who has been lately in France, assures us, that
there are boats in readiness to transport 20,000 men into this king-
dom, which will probably be attempted the moment we involve
ourselves in a war with our colonies.

Dec. 13. A Gentleman, who is a member of a certain assem-
bly, asked the Lord Mayor, a few days ago, how he liked the
King’s speech. What speech? answers the Lord Mayor. Why,
that printed speech in your hand, replies the member. You mis-
take, cries my Lord, this is no speech, it is the American death
warrant. You are merry, cries the member. Yes, returns the
Lord Mayor, I thank God it is not my death warrant. But, to
be serious, says the member, don’t you think the speech is a good
one? Yes, returns the Lord Mayor, it is a bloody good one.

It is said that orders are given for all his Majesty’s military
stations in North America to be immediately reinforced by several
detachments of land forces from Great Britain and Ireland.

Dec. 12. This day the House of Commons will resolve itself
into a committee of the whole House, to consider of the supply
granted to his Majesty.

It is said Lord North will, for the future, have a levee at his
house in Downing Street, every Saturday during the sitting of Par-
liment.

It is said that the province of Massachusetts Bay has formed it-
self into an independent government. The late Council, late
Judges, &c. with the House of Representatives, are to act; and are
to execute the laws in all civil and criminal cases, in like manner
as before the late acts of Parliament altering the government.
And this form, it is said, is to continue till the late acts are re-
pealed.

It is said a military academy will shortly be established under
the patronage of a great personage.

We hear that upwards of one hundred copies of his Majesty’s
speech have been sent in the foreign packets for France and Spain.

We learn from Versailles, that a grand deputation of the
Parliament and the Court of Aides were introduced to his Majesty
on the 27th of November; they were presented by the Duke de la
Vrilliere, Minister and Secretary of State. After the usual cere-
monies, the Sieur d’Aligre, first President of the Parliament, thus
addressed the Sovereign:

”S I R E,
”The commencement of your reign has been rendered sacred
by acts of beneficence; scarcely had you ascended the Throne of
Royalty before your wisdom shone forth with such conspicuous
lustre as to dazzle the eyes, and captivate the hearts of all your
subjects.

”The suppressed body of your magistrates, Sire, groaned in
their dispersion, like the Israelites in captivity; they pined, not so
much at the severity of their fate, as that they were precluded
from being the first of all your subjects to make a tender of that
homage, due to those princely virtues, for which fame had pro-
claimed you eminent to the utmost boundaries of the empire.

”Your Parliament, Sire, have now seized, with an avidity of
respect, the first moment wherein access is allowed to your royal
presence, to prostrate, at the foot of your throne, every testimony
of their love, their submission, their zeal, and the fidelity.

”You have declared, Royal Sir (and we glory in the declara-
tion) that you mean to make the laws the only rules of your
government.” To your subjects what can be more acceptable!
To your Parliament what more flattering! The justice and be-
nignity which the magistrates have, on your part, experienced,
excite in their bosoms the most lively sentiments of gratitude.
It is to testify these sentiments that your magistrates, ever de-
voted by a principle of allegiance to your service, have humbly
solicited permission to appear in a body at the foot of your throne.

”Each individual member of this body, Sire, begs leave to
protest that he wisheth not for length of days, unless to consecrate
them to your service, and, after your example, to employ them
in promoting the welfare of his fellow citizens. There is not a
single magistrate, Sire, whose breast glows not with ardent zeal
for the prosperity of your reign. Your truly royal virtues will
be proclaimed to the world by the wisdom of your Councils.
Truth will ever find access to your royal presence. In you, Sire,
we shall repose the most unlimited confidence; we shall entrust you
with all our fears, with all our anxieties, secure that they will ever
find relief in the bosom of that Prince, who intends to act as a
father to his people.”

To this address the King replied in the following manner:
”It is with infinite pleasure I have attended to the sentiments
you espress. I entertain not the smallest doubt of your zeal and
alacrity to render me service. Administer impartially distributive
justice to all my subjects; rigidly conform yourselves to those sen-
timents of which I have made a solemn declaration, and then may
you securely rely on my affectionate regard, on my confidence
and protection.”

The first President then requested permission, in behalf of the
Parliament, to tender their respectful homage to the Queen, which
being granted, they were presented to her Majesty, and the Sieur
d’Aligre thus addressed her:
”M A D A M,
”The Parliament present you their most respectful homage.
We have tendered to the King an offering of those unfeigned sen-
timents of gratitude with which all his magistrates are penetrated
for the signal instances of kindness and of justice he hath rendered
to their fidelity. Your affectionate attachment to his Majesty af-
fords us reason to hope that you will not be displeased with this
testimony of our allegiance.

”Permit us gracious Queen, thus to lay at your royal feet a
nation’s wishes for the permanency and prosperity of your reign.
We join in the kingdom’s admiration of those splendid virtues with
which Heaven has embellished your royal heart; and we shall never
cease to claim that protection you will deign to extend to subjects
whose only aim shall be devoted to aggrandize the glory of the
most just of sovereigns.”

Her Majesty, with great affability, replied thus:
”My sentiments shall ever coincide with those of the King.
Merit his esteem by gratitude and submission, and you may assure
yourselves of my regard.”

The members of the Court of Aides were afterwards intro-
duced into the King’s apartment, and the usual ceremonies being
adjusted, the Sieur Malesherbes, first President of that Court,
pronounced the subsequent address:
” S I R E,
”The very first instant of your reign has been signalized by
the loud acclamations of your people’s love, and the joy attending
the accomplishment of their longing expectations. Those magis-
trates, Sire, who have hitherto been debarred from prostrating
themselves at the foot of your throne, are this day highly ho-
noured, by being admitted to express the gratitude of an happy
people for princely favours daily accumulated on their loyal heads.

”We petitioned Heaven for a legislator; Heaven lent a favour-
able ear to our petitions, and the first act of your government con-
vinced us that you, Sire, was the legislater whom Providence des-
tined to make us happy.

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”Salutary laws will ever be productive of purity of manners;
salutary laws render a state vigorous and flourishing, by rendering
the individuals thereof happy. It is salutary laws only which can
add solidity and durableness to a people’s happiness, for the effects
of beneficence are merely momentaneous.

”Your reign, Royal Sir, promises to be the reign of justice.
The first throne in the universe has for eight hundred years been
occupied with permanency by your illustrious progenitors. After
such a period, spent alternately in combat and in glory, it is high
time we should enjoy national tranquillity and domestic happiness.
That time, Sire, is arrived; men now, better versed in the sci-
ence of public weal, are taught to expect felicity only from a cul-
tivation of the pacific virtues, of mutual beneficence, and, above
all, of that justice wherein consistes the excellence of Monarchs.

”As administrators of the law, we shall offer to your Majesty
the fruits both of our labours and our experience. Happy if we
can contribute to those great reformations which your wisdom
shall point out. If, Sire, our existence can be used to a Monarch,
who (after your Majesty we speak) has recalled us in conformity
to the nation’s wishes, we shall be superlatively happy, but still
more so if we can be serviceable to our country, to whom we owe
every possible return of favour in our power. These, Sire, are
the only wishes we have formed to ourselves, these the only objects
we shall ever have in view.”

This address was received with every mark of approbation.
The members of the Court of Aides were then inbtroduced to the
Queen, and the Sieur de Malesherbes thus addrssed her:
”M A D A M,
”Justice is the cardinal virtue of Kings; benignity seems to be
the distinguished characteristic of a Queen, who is so much the
object of a people’s veneration.

”We have seen, Madame, your susceptible soul sympathising
with the feelings of the wretched, your bounty extended for their
relief. The exclamations of their gratitude resounded even
throughout those solitary desarts to which we were exiled.

”Recalled to the capital by the will of our Sovereign, we
found the people prostrated at the feet of their royal master. On
the one hand they were sensibly touched with the King’s benignity,
as on the other they were captivated by his confort’s affability.

”At your Majesty’s feet we are at last permitted to tender our
homage, and to Heaven our gratitude is due for giving France a
Queen so well calculated to promote the felicity of a Monarch
whose supreme delight consists in the welfare of his people.”

This addrss met with a most cordial reception; the Advocates
General of the two Courts had the honour of addressing their Ma-
jesties, and the deputies of the Parliament of Rouen also waited
on the King the same day, to return him thanks for their recal.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.
HOUSE of COMMONS, December 8.
Mr. Gray moved for the order of the day for the House to go
into a committee to consider of so much of an act passed in the last
session of the late Parliament, as related to utensils made use of
in the woollen manufactory. The speaker accordingly left the
chair, and Mr. Bootle being seated as chairman, he read the mo-
tion, which was “that so much of the act as made it felony to
export the said utensils should be repealed.” Mr. Fuller proposed
an amendment, which being made, and the motion again read,
Mr. Van arose, and opposed the repealing it; he said we ought to
be cautious, particularly at this time, how we allowed any thing
to be sent to the colonies which respected our trade. He was very
fully answered by Mr. Sawbridge, who observed that it was the
greatest absurdity imaginable to hinder the exportation of any u-
tensils made use of in trade, for if the utensils were not suffered to
be exported, and the trade abroad could not be carried on without
them, the next step the manufacturer would go abroad himself,
that if we prevented them from exporting wool cards, they would
export wire, and make the cards abroad; if we hindered the ex-
portation of wire, they would export iron, and make the wire
abroad. Therefore, he was sorry to say that the legislature of this
country had been, for several sessions past, making laws to drive
the manufactureres from home.

Mr. Van attempted to answer Mr. Sawbridge, but it was in so
feeble a manner that he was taken no notice of.

The question was then put “that it is the opinion of this com-
mittee that so much of an act passed in the last session, as far as it
relates to the exportation of utensils made use of in the woollen
manufactures, be repealed; which passed in the affirmative.

Dec. 13. On a motion that the committee do agree that 16,000
seamen should be employed in the sea service for the year 1775,
including 2.400 marines, several questions were asked Mr. Buller
concerning the state of our marine forces at home, and the in-
crease of it in North America, since last year, the Gentlemen in
opposition seeming to think we were left in a defenceless state at
home; but Mr. Buller, in his reply, endeavoured to prove the
very contrary, and that every fort, as well as the guard ships,
had their full complement of men. The committee agreed to the
supply, and then the House broke up at five o’clock.

Dec. 14. In a committee of the whole House, upon the sup-
ply, they came to the following resolutions.

That 16,000 men be employed for the sea service for 1775, in-
cluding 4282 marines, that 4£ per month be allowed each man,
including the ordnace for sea service.

The House also came to a resolution for allowing the importa-
tion of Indian corn, and ordered the report this day.

The order of the day was now called for, for the House to re-
solve itself into committee of supply to his Majesty; the Speaker
accordingly left the chair, and Sir Charles Whitworth being seat
ed, Mr. Buller moved “that it is the opinion of this committee
that 16,000 seamen, including 4282 marines, be granted for the
year 1775.

He prefaced his motion by setting forth that Admiral Harland
was daily expected home from the East Indies with three sail of the
line, and by that means 16,000 would be sufficient, which was
4000 less than last year.

Mr. T. Townshend desired to know why 20,000 was necessary
last year and 16,000 would do this, and what quantity were ne-
cessary to be sent to America, and what proportion left us at home.
Mr. Buller attempted to solve Mr. Townshend’s questions, but
could not; he therefore read an extract of a letter from Admiral
Amherst, commander at Plymouth, informing them that they had
several supernumerary seamen, and that their guard ships were
full, that the number of ships in America were three third rates,
one fourth rate, six sixth rates, seven schooners, and two armed
vessels, the number of seamen 2835.

Mr. Lutterel arose, and said he was much surprised to hear the
honourable Gentleman mention the state of our seamen in such a
manner; that, had he been apprised of business coming on that
day, he would have prepared himself to have answered him more
fully, yet he was so much a judge of maritime affairs as to know
it was impossible that the ships or seamen the honourable Gentle-
man had mentioned to be in America could be there for some
months; for ships that were out this season were prevented by
winds and weather, so that they were obliged to go to the West
Indies, or put back, and could not arrive in America till the
Spring; that he should be glad to be infomred whether or not the
seamen sent in a fleet to America were taken out of the guard
ships here, which consequently weakened our strength at home,
and left us almost defenceless; and whether the Admiral’s ac-
count of the full complement of men did not include those
draughted off to other ships, and sent ot America, which might
be set down as sent, but were absolutely lost as a defence to this
country.

Col. Barre said he had been infomred, that unless Admiral Har-
land arrived in ten days, it would be impossible for him to arrive
in less than four months, therefore the numnber of seamen expected
from his coming home was very precarious, and not to be deter-
mined on.

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Mr. Hartley next desired to know the number of ships that
were on the American station before the present disturbances.

Mr. Buller answered, one fourth rate, six sixth rates, seven
schooners, and two armed vessels, and about 1900 men.

Col. Barre then desired to know what force we have at home to
defend us against an attack of an enemy.

Mr Buller replied, after hesitating, 5900 men in the guard
ships, and 1168 men in the other ships on the British and Irish
coasts.

Dec. 15. Yesterday the House of Commons broke up at four
o’clock, having come to a resolution on ways and means for con-
tinuing the duties on malt, rum, cyder, and perry, which is to
be reported this day.

The bill for allowing the free importation of Indian corn was
presented, and read the first time.

Resolved, that this House will, as this day, resolve itself into a
committee, to consider of the act to prevent the exportation, to fo-
reign parts, of utensils made use of in the woollen manufactory;
after which they adjourned to this day.

Dec. 16. The House of Commmons broke up yesterday, at four
o’clock, having come to a resolution to order in a bill to amend
the act to prevent the exportation, to foreign parts, of utensils made
use of in the wollen manufacture, which resolution is to be re-
ported as this day.

The bill for allowing the free importation of Indian corn was
read a second time, and ordered to be committed for this day.
The resolutions of yesterday, on the malt, was also agreed to,
and a bill ordered in.

The order of the day was now called for the House to go into a
committee of supply, and Sir Charles Whitworth having taken
the chair of the committee, Lord Barrington moved that 17,542
effective men be employed for the land service for the year 1775.

Mr. R. Fuller rose, and said he had no motion to make, but he
would be glad to know, from the noble Lord at the head of the
Treasury, if he had any information to lay before the House, or
any measures to propose respecting America; because, if he had
not, he thought it the duty of Parliament to interpose and call for
papers, and proceed on such information, however defective, as
well as they could. He added that he looked upon the measures
adopted by the last Parliament impolitic and impractible, and that
they could never have been prudently or effectually put into exe-
cution.

Lord North confessed the very great consequence and importance
of the subject the honourable member now mentioned, and said it
would require the utmost diligence and attention, as a matter of
the greatest magnitude ever debated within those walls. He could
not, he said, entirely acquiesce in the condemnation of measures
hastily, which had been taken up and adoped on such weighty
motives; that at the time it was impossible to foretel precisely how
they might answer, but the shortness of the time, and other cir-
cumstances considered, they should have a fair trial before they
were reprobated; and that the wisdom and policy of them could
be only finally known in the event. He concluded by assuring the
House, that he had information to lay before it shortly after the
holidays; and that he would so far adopt his honourable friend’s
ideas behind him (Mr. Fuller) as to propose to appoint a com-
mittee for taking the affairs of America into consideration.

Mr. Cruger as a young member, gave his opinion on the state
of the colonies with great becoming dissidence, and was heard with
a considerable deal of attention. He recommended conciliatory
measures, but rather went a little out of his way to compliment
the Minister.

Lord North, on the whole, was plausible, sententious, and
affected great moderation. Governor Johnstone having alluded
to something his Lordship had said on a former occasion, relative
to Great Britain never receding or relaxing, till America was at
her feet; his Lordship observed that it was hardly fair to quote
what a man had said seven years before, and what he had ex-
plained on the spot before he left the House. This explanation
then, and now was, he said, that by being at the feet of Great
Britain, he meant obedience to the mother country; such as, if
they thought themselves aggrieved, to apply by petitions and du-
tiful remonstrances, to the Parliament or the Throne. He said
he thought it the duty of every member, as well in the House as
out of it, to interpret what might fall in the heat of debate, or
warm discussion, in the manner it was explained by the Speaker;
that if it had been thus candidly dealt with, the author of a late
pamphlet, written in America, could never have asserted, that he
insisted that Britain should never recede till the laws and liberties
of America were at her feet; for, as he never meant the one, so
he never said the other. And he wished, that on the present oc-
casion, he should be undersood according to his present explana-
tion, and no other.

Mr. Haley was for making the Americans contribute to the
general defence of the empire, by way of requisition, and read in
nental Congress, to shew their willingness to comply with such a
measure.

The question was at length put, on Lord Barrington’s motion,
and agreed to; as were the others in course, providing for the
whole of the military establishment.

NEW YORK, February 9.

ON Thursday last the Hon. James Jauncey, jun. Master of the
Rolls, took the oaths and seat as one of his Majesty’s Coun-
cil for this province, in the room of Sir William Johnson, Baronet,
deceased.

Feb. 13. The Ship James, Capt. Watson, arrived at Sandy
Hook the 2d instant, from Glasgow, with coals, and a few dry
goods on board; but as she came into port after the time limited
by the Congress for us to continue our trade with Great Britain,
she has received some necessaries, and yesterday proceeded for the
island of Jamaica, with all her cargo.

We have certain intelligence, by the last vessel from Scotland,
that if the present non-importation is strictly adhered to, the
merchants and manufacturers of that country will exert their ut-
most influence in our favour; as they are under the most alarming
apprehensions for the consequences of a declension of trade. This
comes from a person whose interest, at this time, it cannot be to
impose on the public.

PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 10.
Extracts of three letters from BOSTON.

Jan. 8. “FOR several weeks past the yellow fever, putrid sore
throat, and smallpox, have raged in this town,
and proved very mortal, especially amongst the soldiers. The
officers have determined to inoculate their children, which will
occasion the smallpox to spread amongst the inhabitants, great
numbers of whom have not had it. It is, however not so sickly
as it has been; yet it is reported that one regiment has seventy
soldiers sick, and incapable of duty.”

Jan 18. “It is very sickly in town, especially amongst the
soldiers. The 10th regiment mutinied lately, and had their arms
taken from them one night, in consequence of their refusing to ex-
ecute three of their comrades under sentence of death for deserti-
on. This affair has been carefully hushed up by the friends to
the present administration.”

Jan. 31. “The fortitude of the colonies, added to their u-
nion, is sufficient to confound our enemies. How soon the mad
career of the Ministry will be stopped is uncertain. Our duty is
to prepare for the worst. The people of this colony are united,
and firm as the mountains; they are preparing to defend them-
agressors. The number of soldiers in this town daily diminishes
by death and desertion, many of them are sick, and it is report-
ed, with much appearance of truth, that there are not, in the 11
regiments, 3000 effective men.”

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Committee Chamber, NORFOLK, Feb. 7, 1775.
WE the subscribers, balloted for, and duly elected by the
freeholders and freemen of the borrough of NORFOLK, to
act as a COMMITTEE of observation under the Continental Asso-
ciation, in obedience to the same, and in discharge of the trust re-
posed in us by our constituents, do find ourselves unhappily com-
pelled to hold up for public censure DR. ALEXANDER GORDON,
of this borough. Upon what facts the justice of our censure is
founded will appear from the following detail:—On Monday the
23d of January Dr. Gordon infomred this committee, who were
then sitting, that he had just imported, in the Active, Captain
Huntley, two crates, four hogsheads, one chest, one barrel, two
casks, and one case of medicines, of more than 200 £ sterling va-
lue, and desired the opinion of this committee, whether they
might not be delivered up to him, agreeable to the exceeption in
favour of medicine in the provincial association. This committee
informed him, that our decisions were regulated by the directions
of the continental association, which had superseded the provincial
one, in as much as it was subscribed and acceded to by the Dele-
gates from this colony; and that therefore, agreeable to the tenth
article of our own provincial association, it was our duty to sub-
mit to this further restriction imposed by the Congress. It was
also observed to him, that if a freedom from provincial restrictions
would exempt any from the continental regulations made in Con-
gress, all goods imported into most of the northern colonies
might, for the same reason, be delivered up to the proprietors, as
the importation of them was not subject to any provincial restric-
tions. Instances were pointed out to him of medicines being sold
in this town agreeable to the tenth article of the continental associ-
ation, that were ordered some time before our provincial conven-
tion of the 1st of August; and indeed one Gentleman of this
committee, to convince the Doctor how unjust any notions of
partiality would be, mentioned his own case, as much harder than
the Doctor’s; for, as the Gentleman observed, trusting that the
Congress would make the same exception in favour of medicine as
the convention had done, he had neglected to give his orders for
his medicines till some time in October, so that they probably
would not arrive till after the first of February, but that yet he
did not conceive a doubt with respect to the conduct he should
observe on the occasion, and was satisfied they must go back. All
arguments, however, availed nothing with the Doctor; but, upon
a final declaration from this committee, that we had no authority
to dispense with the association, but requested him to make his
election what should be done with his medicines, as directed by the
tenth article of the association, the Doctor, to the surprise of this
committee, chose to have them stored. Pains were taken to con-
vince him of the loss he himself might sustain by this election,
and to point out to him the injury that might be done to the pub-
lic at large, by thus storing such a quantity of medicines, at a
time when we have reason to apprehend a general scarcity. He
was also infomred, that were there did not appear in the impor-
ters any design to contravene the provincial or continental associa-
tions, there had never been an instance, in this place, of the in-
habitants bidding against the proprietors; that as he had the sanc-
tion of the convention for the importaqtion of medicines, there could
be no suspicion in this case of any such sinister motive in him;
and that, were we to judge from the sale of the other medicines
imported under the like circumstances, in all probability he might
purchase them in at the very trifling expense of only the vendue-
master’s charge. The Doctor, however, remained inflexible, and
with much warmth insisted upon the immediate appointment of
persons to receive the packages, and a storehouse to put them in;
as, he said, “they might be landed in the rain, and damaged
for want of knowing where to carry them.: Two Gentlemen of
this committee were accordingly appointed, in his hearing, to
receive them, and the storehouse, which was a very safe one, was
also mentioned to him. Thus matters rested till the 30th of Ja-
nuary, when the sub-committee, appointed to receive and store the
medicines, reported, that having waited two or three days, ex-
pecting to be sent for by Dr. Gordon for that purpose, and finding
he did not pay any regard to the appointment of the committee,
one of them at length applied to him to know where they were,
and what he had done with them; to which the Doctor replied,
he had taken charge of them himself, and as some of them were da-
manged, he had obtained an order from the Mayor for a survey, and
had broke open the packages and examined the contents, and had stored
them in a store he had rented solely for that purpose, where he should
keep them till he should receive an answer to a letter he had written
on the subject to the Hon. Peyton Randolph, Esq; by which answer
he said he would be governed. In consequence of this report, the
Doctor was summoned to appear the next day before the commit-
tee, which he did accordingly, and delivered in a writing, pur-
porting to be a vindication of his conduct, which confirmed the
truth of the report of the sub0committee, and desired we would
not remove the medicines from the store they then were in, before
he should hear from Mr.; Randolph. Willing to give him every
indulgence, although the committee were sensible of the impro-
priety of his application, or appeal, as he called it, if it was in-
tended to influence our deliberations, as we conceive the associa-
tion to be the only rule of our conduct, yet we granted his request,
and put off the further hearing of the matter till the 6th of Febru-
ary; at which time one of this committee, at the request of the Doctor,
laid before us the letter from Mr. Randolph, which being
read, and the Doctor’s former defence re-considered, and the
committee being desirous that the Doctor should entitle himself to
his ensurance by selling the medicines, it was agreed that he should
be sent for to make a new election, if he thought proper. The
Doctor, however still adhering to his former opinion, with great
warmth rejected all the mild proposals of this committee, refused
to make any election as required, and might neither deliver them
up to be stored or sold, nor even shew his invoice. For all which
reasons we, the committee for Norfolk borough, think ourselves
bound, in obedience to the the eleventh article of the association,
” to publish the truth of the case, “ and give it as our unanimous
opinion, that Dr. Alexander Gordon has violated the continental as-
sociation. SIGNED
MATTHEW PHRIPP, Chairman.
JAMES TAYLOR. JOHN BOUSH.
JOHN HUTCHINGS. JAMES HOLT.
JOHN LAWRENCE. NIEL JAMIESON.
JOSEPH HUTCHINGS. ROBERT TAYLOR.
THOMAS NEWTON, jun. THOMAS CLAIBORNE.
THOMAS RITSON. SAMUEL INGLIS.
Extract from the minutes, WILLIAM DAVIES, Sec’ry.

WILLIAMSBURG, February 25.
THE following Gentlemen are elected Delegates to attend the
convention to be held at Richmond on the 20th of next
month: DUDLEY DIGGES and THOMAS NELSON, jun. Es-
quires, to represent the county of North-
ampton.
The London, Capt. Robertson, is arrived at London.
Married,—Mr. JOHN EDLOE, to Miss BAILEY, of Charles
City.
Died, Mr. JOHN BICKERTON, of Hanover.

Messrs. DIXON & HUNTER,
I HAVE, since the beginning of the present contest between the
Treasurer and Mr. Henley, attended to every thing which
has been said on each side, with as much impartiality as the na-
ture of the dispute would admit of. I was sorry when I saw the
Queries which first occasioned it, and, if I could not then acquit
the Treasurer of every thing alledged against him, part I knew
to be false, and the whole malicious. That Gentleman’s defence
has, however, fully satisfied me of his integrity; it was manly

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and candid, and sufficient to remove, from every unprejudiced
mind, every suspicion to his disadvantage. No mean evasions
were made use of, but the whole bespoke a conscionsness of inno-
cence and rectitude. If, in some instances, his language seemed
to breathe too much of passion, let the sensibility of a guiltless in-
jured man plead his excuse. But what can be said in behalf of
his antagonist? He does not pretend to deny that he carried the
Queries to the printer; and, when we recollect what formerly
passed between the Treasurer and him, it is impossible to acquit
him either of indelicacy or a bad design. Though I have been,
from the first, highly provoked whith his disingenuity, his low
quibbling, and labour to misrepresent the Treasurer’s arguments,
yet I would not prevail upon myself, thus publickly, to testify my
disapprobation of his conduct, till the unparallelled insolence of
his last, in a manner, compelled me to it. I could no longer sit
quiet, and see an honest man borne down by the unremitting
petulance of a foul-mouthed slanderer. Perhaps this may reach
Mr. Henley; if it does, let him know that his malice has failed
of its wished for effect. He is viewed as the impotent tool of a
designing party, whose intentions all good men regard with detes-
tation, and will endeavour to frustrate. And if any thing can
give additional pleasure to a mind conscious of its own upright-
ness, the Treasurer may be assured that he has the approbation,
and will have the support, if ever he should need it, of every man
whose esteem he can covet, or whom he would wish to appear in
his favour. Virginia is not yet so lost to virtue and gratitude as
to give up a man, who, through the whole of his life, has exerted
no common abilities (whatever his enemies may pretend to think
of them) in defence of his religion and his country, for the base
insinuations of one fearcely known, but for his vanity, his disap-
pointments, and antipathy to all virtuours characters. I have
given you, Gentlemen, in the above, the sentiments of my neigh-
bours, as well as those of your very humble servant,
DOWNRIGHT.

To the PRINTERS,
GENTLEMEN,
WERE I not afraid that it might be a means of discouraging
the liberty of the press, I would immediately withdraw
my subscription from your paper, for publishing what you your-
selves must know to be false: I conceive this to be an high abuse
of the liberty of the press. If this is the practice of printers, what
character is safe? The fairest may be blasted whenever a revenge-
ful disappointed dirty scribbler has the impudence to send his name
with his piece! and may be irretrievably so, unless as in the present
case the public may be fully acquained with the characters of the
persons, and motives and views of the malicous libeller.

These, I can assure you, Gentlemen, are the sentiments of
many of your respectable subscribers, whose good opinion and
patronage you would wish to preserve.

Messrs. DIXON & HUNTER
GENTLEMEN,
AN advertisement of Mr. William Watson’s in your paper of
the 11th instant, evidently intended to injure my character,
obliges me (however averse to appear in this manner in a public
paper) to trouble you and the public with a short account of my
transactions with him. Every fact that I shall relate can be sup-
ported by evidences.

Mr. Watson owes the company for which I act a large sum of
money; it has been long due, and he has been much indulged.
Some years experience having convinced him that his crops would
not pay off this debt, he agreed to a sale of some of his Negroes
in January 1774, and which he made public in his neighbour-
hood, but when the day of sale came he would not consent to
their being sold. A short time afterwards, to prevent my selling
part of his Negroes by virtue of a deed of trust, he promised a
payment of £. 200 the April following, and only part of this
sum was paid. In July, or August, he again advertised, in
Purdie and Dixon’s Gazette, a sale of Negroes, to be at Amelia
courthouse on the 10th of last month, when neither he nor his
Negroes appeared. I then went to his house to know his reasons
for this third disappointment, and he gave no other than that he
was afraid his Negroes would not sell for their value. From such
behaviour, and from being informed that some of the Negroes
were entailed, which he had made over in trust as security for this
debt, and that some more of them, with other effects made over in
the said deed, had been sold to answer other purposes than the dis-
charge of this debt, I pressed him for security on his lands; and
this he positively refused, although I offered to indemnify him for
any prejudice it might be to him in the sale of his Lands, that
being the only reason he offered for not giving the security wanted.
At the same time (the 10th of January) he told me he had not
sold any of his lands, but was only on terms for them; not have I
ever heard since that he had sold any of them, till his late extraor-
dinary advertisement. Often amused in the same manner, I de-
pended little for payment from the sale of his lands, and offered
to take even part payment in any Negroes he could best spare, at
what they should be valued by disinterested people; but, still act-
ing in character, he refused this also. The payments he has
made, either by his crops or otherwise, have been extremely trif-
ling, when compared with the amount of his debt. The greatest
part of his Negroes, I am told, have been hired out for some time
past, and the month of January was appointed by himself as the
properest time for both sales, the year’s service of the Negroes hired
out being then at the end. Judging, from the whole of his
conduct, particularly from the circumstances here related, that
he had little intention of either paying or giving proper security
for this debt, I advertised, in his neigbourhood, a sale of the ef-
fects in our deed, on the 10th of the next month.———Hence the
trouble you and the public have had with this matter, and hence
Mr. Watson’s torrent of abuse, so unjust, so ungenerous, and so
ungrateful. Unfortunate indeed must that man be whose reputa-
tion or property is at this time in the power of Mr. Watson, or
his vicious retainers. Conscious what little effect his advertise-
ment would have in his own neighbourhood, wher his conduct in
this affair is well known, by publishing it in your paper, he en-
deavours to interest the public (who are unacquainted with both)
and to prejudice them against me; but, however much my pro-
perty may be in his power, I trust my reputation is on a better
footing than to be injured by such wanton abuse. The Views he
suspects I have in advertising a sale of the effects in trust, after the
indulgence Ihave given, and the offers I have made, could arise
only in a mind basely malignant; and these, with the interposition
of some Volunteer in the cause of detraction, are the only reasons
I can find for so undeserved an attack.
WARWICK, Feb. 20, 1775. ROBERT DONALD.

MECKLENBURG, Feb. 25, 1775.
A PERSON who understands teaching
English and Latin, and comes well recommended, will
meet with good Encouragement, by applying to
HENRY DELONY.

RICHMOND, Feb. 24, 1775.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform
the Public that he has just opened Tavern in the House
formerly occupied by Mr. James Vaughan. Those Gentlemen
who choose to favour him with their Custom may depend upon the
best Usage, from their humble Servant,
GABRIEL GALT.

THREE young likely Virginia born
NEGROES (one Man and two Women) to be sold for
ready Money, on Monday the 13th of March, before Mr. Mau-
pin’s Door, in Williamsburg. (2||) JOHN HARRISON.

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It is now become Indispensably necessary
that the Claimants in the Patent to Mr. John Savage and
others, who were with Col.Washington at the Battle of the Mea-
dows, for 28,627 Acres of Land on the River Ohio and the San-
dy Creeks, should come to a speedy Division of the said Land.
They, and every of them, or their Representatives, are therefore
desired to attend at the confluence of the Great Kanhawa, on
Monday the 8th of May next, in Order to proceed to a Division.
It will also be expected that the Costs attending the original Sur-
vey be by each Claimant then paid.
VAN SWERENGEN,
ROBERT RUTHERFORD,
ISAAC LAREW,
JAMES M’CORMACK.

Just come to Hand, and to be sold at my Store
in Williamsburg, for Cash only.
A large and well chosen ASSORTMENT of
IRISH Linens, Ladies’ black and other coloured Silk quilted
Petticoats; Didsbury’s neat black Calamanco Pumps; some
white figured and striped Lustrings; Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s
Silk, Thread, and Cotton Stockings; Men’s spun Silk, gray
Thread, and Worsted Ditto; some Pieces of beautiful coloured
Irish Muslins; fine Buff coloured Dimity, suitable for Ladies’
Riding Dresses; with many other Articles not enumerated.
C. RATHELL.
N. B. At the same Place may be had a Parcel of LOAF
SUGAR.

P I L G R I M,
A FINE black Horse, 5 Feet 2 Inces high, high blooded, and
only 7 Years old, now stands in the upper End of Spotsyl-
vania, in the highest Order, and will cover Mares this Spring at
6s. the single Leap, 20s. the Season, or 30s. to ensure. The
greatest Care shall be taken of the Mares, but will not pay for any
that may get away. (2||) W. & FRANCIS COLEMAN.

RUN away from the Subscriber, in
Halifax County, North Carolina, the 22nd of last month,
two Negro Fellows, one named GUINEA, about 5 Feet 2 Inches
high, 27 years of Age, stout made, has a down Look, a Nick
in one of his Nostrils, and has a Defect in some of his Teeth; he
had on a Fearnought Jacket and a Pair of Leather Breeches. The
other is named GRIFFIN, about the same Size, with a Mark on
his Nose, blacker near his Eyes than the rest of his Skin, had on
a Bearskin Coat and a Pair of Leather Breeches. They both
speak good English. Whoever will apprehend the said Slaves,
and bring them to me, or secure them in some Gaol, so that I
get them again, shall have FIVE POUNDS Proclamation Money
for each, by I|| JOHN HOBGOOD.
N. B. The above Slaves have been outlawed in Halifax Coun-
ty,

Run away from the Subscriber, In Octo-
ber, and from Time to Time since, a Negro Man by Name
ISHAM, to which he adds sometimes RANDOLPH, at others
ALLEN, about 21 or 22 Years old. As he has worn out his Clothes,
and I hear supplied himself out of his Fellow Servants Stock, I
know not how he is dressed. He is not very dark complexioned,
and has a white Spot rather behind the right Cheek Bone; as near
as I can guess, he would measure 5 Feet 8 or 10 Inces in Height,
and is slender. As I have Reason to expect he is in Stafford or
King George, my Reward, over what the Law allows, is twenty
Shillings, though the Trouble being increased by the Distance, I
would willingly satisfy the full Inconvenience of delivering him
to me at Norman’s Ford, in Fauquier County. All Persons giving
Countenance to said Slave will be prudent enough to take necessary
Warning from this, as I will level the utmost Rigour of the Law
against such Offenders. LANDON CARTER.

SURRY BEGINS to cover the 1st of April next,
at 40s. the Season, or 15s. the single Leap. Either Cash or Corn
at 10s. a Barrel, must be brought with the Mares, or they will
not be received. Pasturage gratis, but I will not be answerable
for Accidents. LANDON CARTER.

STRAYED, or STOLEN, from Mr.
John Dowsing’s, in Warwick County, last Christmas Eve,
two Mares, viz. one a sorrel, 4 Years old, about 4 Feet 9 or ten
Inches high, trots, gallops and paces slowly, branded on the near
Buttock I PR (the PR in a Piece, and the P inverted) but hardly
perceivable, has a small Ulcer on her right Cheek, caused by a
Kick from a Horse some time ago, and appeared to be forward
with Foal. The other is a light Iron gray, 5 Years old, about
4 Feet 5 Inches high, trots and gallops, and branded on the near
Buttock 3. They had both hanging Manes and Switch Tails.
Forty Shillingns Reward will be given on their being delivered to
Mr. Dowsing, or the Subscriber, in King William, and if stolen,
10£ on Conviction of the Thief.
6 JAMES RUSSELL.

STRAYED from Mr. Robert P. Warren’s,
in Essex, on the 3d of January last, two HORSES, one of
them a dark bay, about 4 Feet ten Inches high, with a hanging
Mane and Switch Tail, a Star in his Forehead, and a Snip on
his Nose; the other is a bright bay, about 4 Feet 7 Inches high,
with a Star, hanging Mane, and a short Switch Tail, and brand-
ed on the near Buttock LG. Whoever brings the said Horses
to Mr. Robert P. Warren in Essex, Mr. in King and
Queen or to the Subscriber, in Hanover, shall have 20s. Reward.
WILLIAM O. WINSTON.

TAKEN up, on Owen’s Creek, in Pittsylvania, a dark bay
HORSE, with a Blaze in his Face, about 4 Years old, 4
Feet 5 Inches high, paces naturally, and branded on the off
Shoulder I. Also a black MARE COLT, about a Year old, 4
Feet 3 Inches high, with a Star in her Forehead, and brnaded on
the near shoulder NF. Also a black MARE and COLT, the Mare
about 4 Feet 4 Inches high, with a Star in her Forehead,
about 16 Years old, and branded on the near Shoulder and Buttock
M; the Colt is a dark gray Mare, a Year old, neither docked
nor branded, and about 4 Feet 3 Inches high.——The said Strays
are appraised to 16£. || JOHN DAVIS.

At a Meeting of the Committee of James City County, on Mon-
Day the 13th of FEBRUARY, 1775, it was resolved,
THAT, as an Encouragement for mak-
ing Cotton and Wool Cards, a Premium of forty Pounds
Sterling be offered, and paid by the Chairman, to any Person who
shall first settle in this Colony, and who shall, within eighteen
Months from the Date hereof, make in this Colony, or cause to
made therein, under his Direction, five Hundred Pair of good
Cotton, and five Hundred Pair of good Wool Cards, to be deli-
vered to the Chairman for the Use of the Inhabitants of this
County; and the Committee oblige themselves to pay for the same
at the Rate of 75 per Cent. Advance on what such Cards have
usually been imported at from Great Brittain, within twelve
Months past, over and above the said Premium. The Quality
and Price to be judged of, and settled by reputable Merchants in
the Neighbourhood.
By Order of the Committee,
BENJAMIN CARTER WALLER, Clk.

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FREDERICK County (Maryland) Feb. 3, 1775.
WENT away from the Subscriber, a
few Days ago, a Servant Man named BRYON DRUM,
a Native of Ireland, about 5 Feet 6 or 7 Inches high, well set, of
a ruddy Complexion, and has a remarkable Scar on his left Cheek,
from the Corner of his Mouth to his Ear. He had on, and took
with him, a Broadcloth Coat and Jacket of a reddish Mixture, an
Irish Linen Shirt, two Osnabrug Do. a Pair of Osnabrug Trousers,
an old brown Coat, a Pair of black Breeches much patched, an
old Castor Hat, and old Shoes and Stockings. He is fond of spiri-
tous Liquor, and it is probable (being without Money) that he
will dispose of his Clothes to get it. Whoever takes up the said
Servant, and secures him so that I get him again, shall be hand-
somely rewarded; and if brought home, SIX POUNDS, paid
by || PHILIP CASSAY.

TO BE SOLD,
At HANOVER Town, on FRIDAY the 3d of MARCH,
TWO FLATS,
WITH THEIR APPURTENANCES.
ALSO,
SIX NEGRO FELLOWS,
Who have been used to go by Water.
Credit will be allowed till the 25th of August next, on giving
Bond, with approved Security, to the Subscibers; the Bonds to
carry Interest from the Date if not discharged punctually.
THOMAS SIMPON.
ARCHIBALD GOVAN.

TO BE SOLD,
On the Premises, to the highest Bidder, for ready Money, or Tobac-
co, on FRIDAY the 10th of MARCH, by Virtue of a Deed of
Trust from JOHN BROOKS to DINWIDDIE, CRAUFURD, and
Company, and HENRY DELONY,
A TRACT of LAND, fit for Tobacco,
in Lunenburg County, containing, by Estimation, 200 Acres;
and one Acre of land on Meherrin River, in Mecklenburg County,
on which there is a very good Grist Mill.
MECKLENBURG, FEB. 3, 1775.

RUN away, about the last of January,
a Negro Man named CHARLES, about 38 Years old, 5
Feet 6 Inches high, well set, his Teeth are blacker than common,
and very short before. He had on, when he went away, a gray
Kersey Jacket and Breeches, white Negro Cotton Boots, and also
carried with him a new pale blue Coat. He formerly belonged to
Mr. Thomas Cole, but I purchased him of his Cousin, one Mr.
John Brown, who lives about 12 Miles from Williamsburg, and it
is supposed he will make that Way. He once ran away from his
former Master, and was some Time lurking about upon Back
River, where it is also probable he may be at this Time. The
said Negro plays exceedingly well on the Banger, and generally
carries one with him. I hereby forewarn all Masters of Vessels
from harbouring or carrying him out of the Country, and offer a
Reward of 30s. to any Person who secures him so that I get him,
or 50s. if brought to me, near SuffolkTown.
|| JOHN GILES.

FEBRUARY 11, 1775.
Run away from the Subscriber, the
24th of January last, a Negro Fellow named CHARLES
about 19 Years old, 5 Feet 5 or 6 Inches high, very black, had
Clothes of Cotton, such as Negroes usually wear, two Osnabrug
Shirts, and a Felt Hat. I bought him, about 10 Days before he
ran away, at a Sale of Mr. Ravenscrost’s, sold by Mr. Bolling
Starke, near Petersburg. He was raised on Blackwater Quarter,
of Ravensburg, and has been hired out for several Years past. I
have Reason to believe he will endeavour to go to Blackwater, in
Prince George, or to Mr. Edward Pegram’s in Dinwiddie, where
he has a Brother, or is harboured about Petersburg and Bland-
ford. Whoever will take up the said Negro, and secures him, so
that I get him, shall have 40s. Reward, and 3£. for delivering
him to me, near Steuart’s Shop, in Brunswick.
(tf) LAWRENCE HOWSE.

NEW TOWN, King & Queen County, Jan. 31.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in De-
cember last, JOHN DANCER, a Mulatto Servant Man,
about 25 Years of Age, well made, and wears his Hair; he had
on, when he went away, a blue Duffil Jacket, and Osnabrug Shirt,
and a Pair of Buckskin Breeches. He writes intelligibly, and it
is suspected will make use of that Qualification to pass for a Free-
man. Whoever apprehends the said John Dancer, and delivers
him to me, or secures him in Gaol, so that I get him again, shall
have 40s. Reward, and reasonable Expenses allowed.
4 JOHN HIPKINS.

CABIN POINT, Feb. 10, 1775..
STOLEN out of the Subsciber’s Pasture,
on Tuesday the 30th of last Month, a bright BAY MARE,
four Years old last Spring, 4 Feet 9 or 10 Inches high, with a
hanging Mane and Switch Tail, one hind Foot white, trots very
hard, is inclined to be dull, but works well, either in a Cart or
Plough. A reward of 20s. is offered for the said Mare, and 5£.
on Conviction of the Thief. CHARLES HARRISON.

THE Subscriber purchased, the 4th of
this Instant, a Mulatto Woman named MOLLY, and
her Son WILLIAM, of Hirom Lankford, and had them in Pos-
session until Saturday last, when the same Lankford, with two other
Persons, came to his House during his Absence, and took from
thence the Boy and still detain him: I hereby give the Public
Notice that I look on the above Slaves as my Property, and that
I have lodged an Information with his Majesty’s Attorney Gene-
ral, against the afore-mentioned Lankford and his Companions for
their Misdemeanours.
Mount Prodigal,)
Jan. 22, 1775.) (2) JOHN HUBARD.

TO BE SOLD,
For ready Money, to the highest Bidder, on the Premises, on the 6th
day of MARCH next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, by the
Executors of Capt. NEWTON KEENE, deceased, agreeable to his
last Will,
A VERY valuable Tract of Land lying
in the County of Fairfax, adjoining the Dwelling Planta-
tion of Col. John West, containing upwards of 250 Acres, being
an undivided Moiety of a Patent for 500 Acres, which has been
described in a former and late Advertisement, in this Gazette, for
the sale thereof, on the 16th Day of December last. A Deed will
be executed for the same to the Purchaser, by the Executors, and
the Heir at Law of the said Newton Keene, on the Day of Sale;
but as a Part of the said Land is now under a Crop of Wheat,
well enclosed, the Purchaser must pay 5s. a Bushel for the Wheat
sown theron, and the Expense of putting the same in the Ground,
and may have immediate Possession delivered by
RICHARD LEE,
DAVID BOYD, Executors.

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HANOVER, February 2, 1775.
WHEREAS I had the Misfortune to
have my Study burnt on Tuesday Night, and all the
Books and Papers therein consumed, except a few that were raked
out of the Ashes Yesterday, some of which are so scorched and
defaced that they are scarce legible: I therefore give my Clients
this early Notice of it, that they may furnish me with Duplicates of
the Protests, Copies of the Accounts, and Affidavits of the Sums
due on the Bonds,which they had lodged with me, and on Re-
ceipt of them I will use my best Endeavours to collect or secure
their Debts; and I flatter myself the Debtors will not take Advan-
tage of my Misfortune, but will readily give me their Aid on this
sad Occasion. I shall be extremely obliged to the Persons who
have received Money from me on Account of others, or of the
several Estates for which I am concerned, or paid me Money on
Account of them Estates, to send me Certificates of the Sums paid
or received for some Years past, as my Receipts and Vouchers are
chiefly destroyed: And this Favour will ever be acknowledged
by Their most humble Servant,
4 PETER LYONS.

TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a dark red OX, with a white
Belly, the End of his Tail and Dewlap white, a Star in his
Forehead, in the Middle of which is a red Spot, an Underkeel in
his right Ear, and the Ends of his Horns are cut off.
|| BLACKMAN WARD.

TO BE SOLD
To the highest Bidder, on THURSDAY the 16th of MARCH next,
at HALIFAX Courthouse, being Court Day, by Virtue of a Deed
of Trust from THOMAS HARDWICK to ROBERT CUNING-
HAM,
A TRACT of LAND in said County,
containing 300 Acres, lying about two Miles above Bond’s
Ferry. There is on the Land a good Peach and Apple Orchard,
a small Plantation, and a Log Dwelling-House.———Also, on
Tuesday the 7th of the said Month, on the Premises, will be sold,
a Tract of LAND lying in Charlotte County, containing 100
Acres, about a Mile from Col. Thomas Bouldin’s, and four Miles
from Charlotte Courthouse, conveniently situated on the public
Road. The Land is very good, and has on it some valuable
Improvements.- - - - - - Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, on
giving Bond and approved Security to
CHRISTOPHER M^cConico.

TO BE LET
For one or two Years, on very reasonable Terms,
THE valuable Ordinary, Storehouse,
and Ferry, at Boyd’s Hole, belonging to the Estate of John
Bland of London. The Terms may be known by applying to the
Subscriber, who lives near the Premises.
(4) ANDREW GRANT.
STAFFORD, Feb. 1, 1775.

STRAYED out of William Gregory’s Pas-
ture, in Charles City, on the 2d Instant (January) a BAY
HORSE about 4 Feet 9 Inches high, 7 or 8 Years old, with a
Blaze Face, a bushy hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and his right
fore Foot is white; he paces remarkably well, does not trot, and
gallops but awkwardly. Whoever brings the said Horse to Mr.
Wiliam Gregory, or to the Subscriber, in Richmond Town, shall
have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward.
ALEXANDER BUCHANAN.

RICHMOND TOWN, Jan. 30, 1775.
RAN away from the Subscriber, at Nor-
folk, on the 25th of December last, a likely brisk Negro Boy
named Jim, or Jemmy, about 14 Years of Age, dressed in a
Suit of coarse green Cloth, with large white Metal Buttons, a
Leather Cap, &c. He is well acquainted on both Sides of James
River to Maycox,from thence to Suffolk and Norfolk, and is pro-
bably lurking about some Gentleman’s Negro Quarter. Whoever
brings him to me, or secures him so that I get him again, shall
have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides Expenses.——I
forewarn every Person from carrying him out of the Country, or
harbouring him. 4 ROBERT BROWN

NORTHUMBERLAND, Jan. 25, 1775.
THE Subscriber intending to leave the
Colony in the Spring, requests the Favour of those in-
debted to Robert Gilmour and Co. whether for Dealings with
Barbee Davis, deceased, or himself, to settle their Accompts as
soon as possible, by Bond, or otherwise, that no dispute may arise
in his Absence. - - - -Those who have Demands against him, on his
private Account, or for the Company, are desired to make them
known, that they may be adjusted and paid. On his leaving the
Country, the Debts will be in the Hands of Mr. John Crosse, to
collect, who will carry on Business here on Account of Mess.
Bogle, Somervell, and Company.
ROBERT GILMOUR.

TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a bright bay HORSE about 6 or
7 Years old, 4 Feet 9 or 10 Inches high, has a few Saddle
Spots on his Back, some white Hairs in his Forehead, both his
Sides are rubbed with Traces, he is shod before, but has no per-
ceivable Brand. Posted, and appraised to 25£.
THOMAS MONTAGUE.

TAKEN up in Caroline, two STEERS, one a dark Brindle,
and the other pied, marked with a Crop and Underkeel in
the right Ear, and a Crop and Slit in the left, cut off the lower
Part of the Ear. Posted, and appraised to 4£ 5s.
|| WILLIAM CARTER.

HANOVER TOWN, Jan. 19, 1775.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the
Debts due to Mess. Andrew Cochrane, Robert Donald, and
Co. and Mess. Murdochs, Donalds, and Co. of Glasgow, lately in
the Hands of Mr. Alexander Donald and Mr. John Johnson for
Collection, and under them Mr. Richard Morris and Mr. John
Davies, are now under the Direction of the Subscriber. Great
Indulgence having been already given, all those who are still in-
debted to both, or either of the above Companies, are requested to
be very speedy in discharging their respective Balances. Any
Payments made to Mr. Malcom Hart will be good.
7 ARCHIBALD GOVAN.

RUN away from the Subscriber, in Caro-
line County, near Capt. James Upshaw’s on Tuesday the
3d Instant (January) a very likely Mulatto Fellow named
LEMON, about 26 Years old, 5 Feet 10 or 11 Inches high, had
on, and carried with him, a light coloured Wilton Coat, a Beaver
Coating great Coat, and a Pair of red Plush Breeches, but may
change his Clothes, and have many others with him. As he is
an artful designing Fellow, and once before attempted his Escape,
and got as far as Hobb’s Hole, I suppose he will try to pass for a
Freeman, having endeavoured to procure an Indenture. I fore-
warn all Masters of Vessels, &c. from carrying him out of the
Colony. Whoever brings the said Fellow to me shall receive 3£
Reward, besides what the Law allows, and if taken out of the
Colony, 10£. tf JOHN MARTIN.