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Block fall upon his Head, which hurt him greatly, and endanger’d his
Life.

She was on board the Eltham in the Hurricane, in which the Namure,
the Pembroke, and the other Ships, were lost: And coming to Lisbon, on
her Return, she went often on Shore with the Men, and entered readily
into Schemes of Pleasure, to prevent Suspicion; she was of a Party that
went to an Irish House to drink Wine. At the Door of this House was
sitting an English Sailor, who had lately come from Genoa in a Dutch
Ship and was known to some of Hannah’s Company: This Man was
taken into the Party, and each one beginning to relate his Adventures,
Hannah enquired if he knew one Summs, a Dutch Man; the Stranger im-
mediately replied, that he know him well, and that he was executed at
Genoa, for giving a Genoese a mortal Stab with his Knife; that he visited
him in Prison, where he expressed great Remorse for ill treating his Wife,
whom he left in England.

Hannah heard his Relation, without discovering any extraordinary Emo-
tion, and soon after arrived at Portsmouth, where the House being full,
she was obliged to accept of a Male Bedfellow, and lay three Nights with
two different Men, one of them her Ship-mate on board the Eltham; but
conducted herself with so much Caution, that her Sex was not suspected.
Here she fell in Company with her Female Friend, for whose Sake she had
been whipp’d at Carlisle. This Girl was then single, and remembring
Hannah, wou’d have married her, but as she did not chuse to discover
herself, nor rudely to refuse the Favour, she deferr’d it ’til she had been
at London and receiv’d her Money. She accordingly came to London
soon afterwards, and when in Company with her Fellow-adventurers, af-
ter receiving their Pay, and she was about to part with them for ever,
she discovered her Sex, that they might be Witness of the Truth of her
Adventures. One of them, who had been her Bedfellow, immediately
offered her Marriage, which she refused.

She wears Man’s Cloaths, a lac’d hat, and Cockade, Sword and Ruf-
fles, and is not to alter the military Dress, ’til further Orders from the
Duke.

For a Supply of ready Money, she has been induced to sing a Song,
and perform the Military Exercise at Goodman’s-Fields-Wells: which is
alluded to in the Conclusion of the following Verses, published about her.

The FEMALE SOLDIER.

HANNAH in Breeks behav’d so well,
That none her softer Sex could tell:
Nor was her Policy confounded,
When near the Mark of Nature wounded:
Which proves, what Men well scarce admit,
That Women are for Secrets fit.
That healthful Blood could keep so long,
Amidst young Fellows hale and strong,
Demonstrates, tho’ a seeming Wonder,
That Love to Courage truckles under.
O how her Bed-mate bit his Lips,
And mark’d the spreading of her Hips;
And curs’d the Blindness of his Youth,
When she confess’d the naked Truth!
Her Fortitude, to no Man’s Second,
To Woman’s Honour must be reckon’d.
Twelve Wounds! ’twas half great Caesar’s Number,
That made his Corpse the Ground encumber.
How many Men, for Heroes nurs’d
Had left their Colours at the first?
T’was thought Achilles’ greatest Glory,
That Homer rose to sing his Story:
And Alexander mourn’d his Lot,
That no such Bard could then be got.———
But HANNAH’s Praise no Homer needs;
She lives to sing her proper DEEDS.

From the CRAFTSMAN, September 8.

Extract of a Letter from Hanover.
SIR, Hanover, Aug. 1, 1750.
IT is a Pleasure to live among People, who are all in the Interest of
Hanover: For here are no Jacobites. We love ourselves, have no
foreign Interest, and never think of London. Our **** is in very good
Health, and is able to eat very heartily of the Herrings the Dutch caught
on our Coast. He enjoys all the Pleasures of Life, and can see the French
Play acted every Night, and not an English Man in the House. Some
of the Spectators, to be sure, were born in England; but I judge of no
Man’s Country by his Actions; and as for the great S____y, it is past
Doubt he has been naturalized an Hanoverian. But to return to the Play-
house; if there was a War in the Theatre here concerning the Strollers,
who would care for that? we can draw our Swords here, can’t we? I
hope, we may; and wear a yellow Sash too upon Occasion. Our ****,
or ****, as you call him in English, does very little to vex us: For he
loves his People here in his Heart, and it is no Wonder; for does not
the King love his natural Subjects? just as a Father loves his own Chil-
dren [torn, Illegible] we don’t care so much for other People’s Children; let them

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be as good Children as they will, or kiss the Rod ever so often. I write
this Letter from a B____y House, for all the Houses here are B____y Houses;
so you need not wonder they are encouraged in London. You talk of
Taxes in England; why there is no Nation under the Sun has more Taxes
than we have: What Taxes have you? Haven’t we all your Taxes?
But you must not be angry if I joke; I cannot help laughing at you; all
Foreigners laugh at you. I’ll swear it is mighty pleasant, to think that
you cannot bear the Taxes, and that they make us happy. What is the
Reason you do not make (what you call) a Union between H____ and
E______? I no more know why you don’t like us, than why you turn’d
out the French Strollers: What Harm have they done? What Harm have
we done? Neither they nor we are Jacobites: The French Nation
broke their Faith with the Prince of the Jacobites: And we cannot love
him to be sure; for he told the Ladies in your Country, “He would make
”Scotland his H____, and Edinburg his H____.”
Yours, &c.
W. De Turnup.

A Sermon preached at Cheltenham, before a polite Audience, on Sunday Au-
gust 5, 1750. By the Rev, Edward Pickering Rich, A. M. which occa-
sioned his being silenced for three Years.

To the Would-Be most Reverend Dr. SNEAD.
Doctor,
IF you remember, last Sunday at Cheltenham I preached before you
and a very polite Congregation. Those of the best Family, most Wit,
and most Beauty, have prevailed upon me to print my Sermon; and
none but such, I assure you, could have prevailed. After Sermon we re-
ceived the Sacrament together; and after that, you most charitably came
to the Coffee-House, and there openly declared, that you would sooner
have been dead (which God knows, would have been no Loss, but to
your most ingenious Party) than have heard the Preacher. Now, good
Doctor, was there not a Part of the Communion Service where you are
to be in Charity with all the World? Repent, and go and hang thyself;
for I never saw a more proud, more ill natured, ignorant Creature in my
Life. I am
Your most abus’d,
Cheltenham, Aug. 5, 1750. but still forging Brother,
Edw. Pickering Rich.

A PRAYER.

YE shall pray for Christ’s holy Catholic Church; the Churches of
England and Ireland. Pray ye likewise for his sacred Majesty King
George; send him safe home from Hanover, and that he may never go
there again: For their Royal Highnesses Frederic, Prince of Wales, the
Princess of Wales, the Duke, the Princesses, and all the Royal Family.
Pray ye likewise for the two Universities of this Land; grant that Loy-
alty, Learning, and good Manners, may, in those Places, always flourish
and abound. Pray ye likewise for Archbishops and Bishops; send some
of them to be more orthodox, and more full of Faith. Bless both Houses
of Parliament, and send the Majority of them (for they greatly want it)
more Honesty and Understanding.

To these our Prayers let us add our Thanksgiving for all God’s Mercies
and Blessings, especially for the Redemption of the World by Jesus Christ,
his blessed Son, and our Lord and Saviour; who hath taught us thus, in
few Words, to pray:

Our Father, &c.

ECCLES. i. 2.
Vanity of Vanities, says the Preacher; Vanity of Vanities; all is Vanity.

THOUGH Solomon had sweet Music to delight his Ear; beautiful
Women, delicious Gardens, and glittering Buildings to please his
Sight; exquisite Meats and Drinks to satisfy his Taste; yet you find that
even Beauty (most beautiful of all) the richest finest Wines; Harps ever
tuned with sweet melodious Voice, and Amaranthine Bow’rs themselves
were vain: Who then can judge so well as Solomon the wife? Who teach
us better, who pleas’d every Sense, and by Experience found, that all was
vain? Try then to prove what Solomon asserts.

First, Women, lovely Women, first of all in my Esteem; but even those
Women I must prove are vain. Suppose they’ve ‘Grace in all their Steps,
’Heav’n in their Eye, in all their Gestures Dignity and Love,’ as my
dear Poet * elegantly sings; yet still how fleeting are those Joys they give;
those dear high Joys that but a Moment last! Suppose they’ve Wit at
Will, then will their Tongues for ever, ever run, and the poor Husband
deemed, nay called, a Fool.

Next then we will prove the Vanity of Wine, fallacious, false, intoxi-
cating Juice. Wine, when too plentifully drank, creates Suspicion and
severe Mistrust, most noisy Quarrels, and even the Blood of those that erst
were Friends. Wine spurs us on full fast to violate our Friend’s Daughter,
or our Neighbour’s Wife. O, Drunkenness! thou Antipathy to Sight, too
unpolite for such an Audience here to hear they beastly Name.

Next then, how vain; how very vain, to take the Dread, the Great,
Almighty’s Name in vain; yet the great Vulgar use it every Day.

Now for that mean mechanic Sin, a Lye; a Lye, that Men of Honour
frequently tell, but cannot brook the Word, A LYE, again.

Lest you now falsely judge that I am a Doctor [cross], grave, formal, four,
and a Foe to Joy, know then that all such Creatures I despise.

Attend, attend, and you will find I am not.

First then, I greatly praise the Marriage spotless Bed; but then your
Consort must be very fair, meek, prudent, virtuous. What avails her
Wealth,, if you, like Saul, must see an Endor’s Witch?

Such are those Fools that marry sole for Gold; such every Day I see,
and pity them.

From hence the Harlot joyless, unendeared, meets her rich Master in a
Masquerade, and gives him oft the Malady of France. Polite Distemper!
such Favours France bestows.

But now, indulge the Bowl, drink plentifully round to CHEDWORTH’S
Health; but Drunkenness, that beastly Sin, abhor.

Like me, with great Sincerity speak Truth, as I e’er-while most boldly
did to Bolingbroke the wife; but O! the base, false Bolingbroke; false

* Milton, in his Paradise Lost. [cross] Dr. Snead.

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to his Queen, nay to his Country false; and [torn, illegible] be false [torn, illegible]
GEORGE! but you most prudently trust not the Honour.

A Hypocrite no mortal Man can know; none but a God can search the
double Heart.

Ingratitude is so monstrous and so black a Crime, that none but Devils
ever practise it.

But who comes yonder, creeping in my Sight? ———A half-starved Mi-
ser! Penny-less though rich; counting his ill-got Treasure Cent. per Cent.
The Man that God and Men of Spirit hate.

O! may all such Misers Heirs full soon enjoy their heaped-up Treasures
with a generous Mind.

Well then, all earthly Joys, you find, are vain, as I by much Experi-
ence tell you so: For I chose Vanities too oft have tried, and still am
able to pursue the same; but hope that Heaven will forbid the Thought.

Believe me, Heaven is the Place alone where great and lasting Joys are
to be found; and if you ask the Preacher, which the Way that must lead
thither!——Fear your glorious God; all his Commandments keep, for
they are lasting, pleasant, sweet, and full of Peace.
So to God the Father, &c.

A Character of the late War, so far as regards Italy, from a Latin Work [torn, illegible]
publish’d at Rome, entituled, CASTRUCCII BONAMICI Commentar [torn, illlegible]
Bello Italico.

’ THE Subject of this Work is truly memorable, and distingu [torn, illegible]
’ by such a Variety of Fortune, that the Victors were some {torn, illegible]
’ driven to Despair; the Vanquished never relinquish’d their Hopes;[torn, illegible]
’ who had no martial Appearance, erected themselves at-once into Hero [torn, illegible]
’ fierce and intrepid, who suffered all Things, who attempted all Things [torn, illegible]
’ for the Sake of Liberty. The defeat and Slaughter of Armies and [torn, illegilbe]
’ ble Commanders, the Reduction of Cities, the Conquest of Provin [torn, illegible]
’ may be met with in other Histories, and are indeed Events that [torn, illegible]
’ common to all Wars. But the chief Characteristic of this War[ torn, illegible]
’ which we are writing, is, that by so many Battles, such [torn, illegible]
’ Slaughters, the Powers of so many Kings exerted, nothing was
’ accomplished answerable to the Greatness of such Exploits: The Am-
’ bition of Princes was not allayed; the Felicity of their People was not
’ establish’d: In short, a vehement and cruel War was suddenly conclu-
’ ded by such a Peace, as was rather desirable to the Lazy, and necessary
’ to the the Weary, than either commodious or honourable to the contenuing
’ Parties on either Side.’

———This plainly shews, that it is not in England alone that the said
War, and subsequent Peace, have been criticis’d.

Letter from Algiers, concerning the Reception of the English Plenipotentiaries,
dated July 29.
ON the 10th arrived in the Bay, from Port Mahon, four English
Men of War, commanded by Commodore Keppel. An Indisposition
having prevented him from landing immediately, he did not come hither
till the 13th. He then landed with a numerous Retinue. He was saluted
with Cannon from the Castle: The Ship wherein he hoisted his flag an-
swered with the same Number. In the Afternoon Mr. Kepper, and Mr.
Stanyford, the British Consul, vested as well as the former with the Quality
of Minister Plenipotentiary, went with a great Retinue to the Aucience of
the Dey; at which they communicated their full Powers, and presented
him with a Letter from the King their Master, which was receiv’d with
the utmost Respect: But as the least Circumstances in this Country are apt
to occasion Difficulties, there arose at this Audience two: The one was
Mr. Stanyfor’s wearing a Sword, a Distinction which the Dey pretended
belonged only to Mr. Keppel; and the other was in respect to the Time
of Day when the Pleniupotentiaries went to have their Audience, which
was in the Afternoon, the Time, it seems, when those who wait upon the
Dey have the Liberty of sitting in his Presence. The Dey, under Pretence
of Mr. Stanyford’s wearing his Sword, caused it the next Day to be told
to the Plenipotentiaries, that, if they had any Thing further to offer, they
must appear at the ordinary Audience, which begins at Day-break, and
ends at half an Hour after Nine in the Morning, during which Time the
Dey sits at his Gate upon a Stone Bench covered with a Lion’s Skin, at
the Bottom of a great Court, smoaking a long Pipe; and this is all the
Majesty which the Kng of Algiers takes upon him when he determines
Disputes of all Kinds, and hears every body who present themselves, even
the Slaves. Mr. Keppel and Mr. Stanyford determined not to have an
Audience at this common Time; wherefore the Dey was obliged to desist
from those two Difficulties. Nothing however has yet been done in regard
to their Commission, they being obliged to wait the Return of the Alge-
rine Ambassador sent to England, whose Report the Dey thinks fit previ-
ously to know. Most of the Consuls of foreign Nations went to visit Mr.
Keppel; but the French Consul execused himself, alledging that he knew
the Commodore expected the Title of Excellence, which it was not in his
Power to give him, because the French Commodores did never take that
Title upon them.

Posnania, in Poland, Aug. 11. A prodigious Quantity of Locusts had
appeared in the Neighbourhood of Novogrodech, which within 4 Days
devour’d all the Fruits of the Earth, and even the Leaves of the Trees.
and having nothing more to subsist on, went off in two Flights, one to-
wards Woynitz, and the other toward Ynowadislow.

Copenhagen, Aug. 8. His Danish Majesty was on the 6th Instant present
at the Trial of a new Cannon, contrived for quick firing, and larger than
those commonly used in that Way. The Secret of the Engineer consisting
Chiefly in his Manner of charging the Piece through an Opening behind,
he had planted the Cannon within an Inclosure of Boards, that the Effect
might be visible to all, but the Way of working not be seen. The King
with some Officers went into the Inclosure, and after about 20 Discharges
with great Rapidity, the loose Powder by some Accident taking Fire, about
40 Cartridges blew up, by which the King had his Hair singed, <torn, illegible]
tendants were scorched, and a Cadet attending the Engineer was so [torn, illegible]
that he died the same Night. His Majesty did not blame the Engineer, but
shewed himself to the People, and declared that he was not hurt.

The Plague makes terrible Havock in the Kingdom of Fez, having
carried off above 30,000 Persons; one Third of the Inhabitants of Tangier
have died of it.

Hanover Aug. 22. Ten Days ago, M. Zwiegelt, and M. Freychapel,
both of them Lords of the Bedchamber, quarrelled as they came from at-
tending the King at Supper, on which M. Freychapel challenged the other;

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and next Morning they fought in a Wood, when M. Zwiegelt received
two slight Wounds, and a third through the Body, of which he died; im-
mediately M. Freychapel, and his Second, a Lieut. Colonel of the Life-
guards fled, and tho’ pursued got off; the other’s Second, a Major of the
Lifeguards, is put under Arrest. The King, upon strong Sollicitations,
has pardoned the two Seconds; but M. Freychapel, hearing that his Places
were disposed of, is retired to Berlin.

Amsterdam, Sept. 8. Our Merchants complain very much that the City
of Hamburg has permitted an English Ship laden with Herrings to unload
in the Harbour of that Port, pretending, that it is a Breach of Conven-
tion between that City and the Subjects of the Republick. It is assured,
that their High Mightinesses have heard these Complaints very favourably,
and have sent Orders to their Ministry in Conformity thereto.

Paris, Sept. 11. Our Advices from Madrid continue to render it highly
probably, that the Infant Don Lewis will speedily throw away his Cardi-
nal’s Hat, and also cast off his two Wives, (the Archbishoprick of Toledo
and Seville) whom he espoused in his Minority; though it is not yet clear,
whether he designs to part with their Fortunes, which are far more lovely
and engaging than their Persons; at least not ‘till he gets a new Wife,
with a Crown into the Bargain. However it be, they say, that the Pope
has already been applied to for a Dispensation to enable this young Prince
to become a Layman again; which we presume may with greater Reason
be granted, than there was for allowing him to be made a Cardinal and an
Archbishop, when he was scarce able to distinguish his Right-hand from
his Left.

LONDON,

Sept. 8. Last Month arrived Capt. Bowes from Antigua, where he
caught, with a Hook and Line, a Shark 16 Feet long, which had in its
Paunch a whole Firkin of Butter, not a Hook broke, nor the Head
started.

On the 23d of August, a Quarter before Seven in Morning was felt in
Nottinghamshire, a violent Shock of an Earthquake, which shaked Peo-
ple in Bed and made the Windows jarr. It was perceived at Nottingham,
Retford, Scofton, Tuxford. &c. &c. and seem’d to tend N. by E. That
Morning and all the Day was very calm, not any Wind, and the Sky was
very clear and serene, a bright Sun-shine.———A very remarkable Aurora
Borealis, was seen about 10 Days before, that met together in a Point at
the Zenith, and appeared very red.

On Wednesday the 29th of August, at Seven in the Morning, was de-
cided at Newmarket, a remarkable Wager for 1000 Guineas, laid by
Theobald Taaff, Esq; against the E. of March and Lord Eglinton, who
were to provide a Four-wheel Carriage with a Man in it, to be drawn by
four Horses, 19 Miles in an Hour; which was performed in 53 Minutes
and 27 Seconds.———The Pole was small but lapp’d with fine Wire; the
Perch had a Plate underneath, two Cords went on each Side, from the
back Carriage to the fore Carriage, fastened to Springs: The Harness was
of thin Leather covered with Silk; the Seat for the Man to fit on, was of
Leather Straps, and covered with Velvet; the Boxes of the Wheels were
Brass, and had Tins of Oil to drop slowly for an Hour: The Breechens
for the Horses were Whalebone; the Bars were small Wood, strengthened
with Steel Springs, as were most Parts of the Carriage, but all so light,
that a Man could carry the Whole with the Harness; being but CC and
a Half. The near fore Horse was a brown one, named Tawney, late
Grevile’s; the off fore Horse was a dark Grey, named Roderick Random,
late Mr. Stanford’s; the near Wheel Horse was a Chesnut, named Chance,
late Duke Hamilton’s, and the off Wheel Horse a Grey, named Little
Dan, late Parson Thompson’s of Beverley, and each had a Rider; Lord
March’s Groom sat in the Carriage.———Two or three other Carriages had
been made before, but disapproved; and several Horses killed in Trials———
to the Expence of 6 or 700£.

The Following Extract of a Letter from an Officer in Col. Herbert’s Regiment,
from Scotland, dated August 30, will in some Measure account for the me-
nacing Behaviour of the Highlanders, against the Officers of the Army, &c.

”On the 13th Instant, three Men belonging to our Regiment, viz.
two Englishmen and a Highlander, who were some Time since sentenced
to Death by a Court-Martial, for Desertion, were brought to the Place
appointed for their Execution, and the Regiment being drawn up round
them, the File of Musqueteers appointed to do the Execution, were also
drawn up, when just at that Instant a Reprieve came for the two English-
men, ’til further Orders; but the Highlander was shot to Death pursuant
to his Sentence. This immediately caused a great Disturbance among
the Highlanders, which was that Night followed by several Letters to Col.
Herbert, and Lieutenant-Colonel Gray, threatening to murder them, and
several others, and to burn the Houses where they quartered, declaring,
at the same Time, that they would be revenged on every Englishman they
met; accordingly, on the 18th they met with one Connelli, a Soldier of
our Regiment, whom they most inhumanly murdered, mangling the Body
in a vile Manner. On the 20th they met with two other Englishmen,
whom they cut in a most terrible Manner, and would have killed them,
had not the two Englishmen behaved with uncommon Bravery, and de-
fended themselves so well, that the Villains thought proper to leave them
Conquerors: Since which one of the Highlanders has been taken for
the above Affair and two others on Suspicion of the Murder. It is said
some other Letters have been sent to the Guard-House, threatening to
murder all they met there, and set Fire to the same; upon which a double
Guard is kept, and a Patrole in the Night is constantly fixed about the
Guard-house and the Officers Quarters; nothwithstanding which, they be-
have very daringly, and, it is feared, that their Behaviour will be at-
tended with worse Consequences than they may, at present, imagine.———
They now bring a great many People in for wearing the Highland
Dress.”

London, Sept. 15. On Saturday Night last, about the Hour of Twelve,
as two Men, Rivals in the Affection of an industrious Woman, who trades
upon her own Bottom (in the low Way) about the French ‘Change Soho, were
carousing with their Dulcienna at a Gin-Shop, a Dispute arose between
them who should be the happy Man for that Night, which could not be settled
by Words, and therefore a Battle was the Consequence; which was main-
tained with great Severity on both Sides for the Space of 20 Minutes, when
they were parted by the Advice of a Gentleman of Reputation in the Box-
ing World, who was accidentaly passing by; otherwise it is thought they
would have died on the Spot rather than give out.———The By-standers a-

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greed that it was no Sham Battle; and their Conjecture was right, for one
of them died Yesterday Morning, and the other is not expected to survive
three Days.

WILLIAMSBURG, January 17.
The Charming Polly, from Barbados,, belonging to Patowmack, with 30
Hogsheads of Rum, and 40 Barrels of Sugar is cast away, at Occocock
Inlet, in North-Carolina: The People all sav’d.

Williamsburg, Jan. 17, 1750.
WHEREAS the following Proclamation was issued during the Stop
that was put to the Gazettes, and whereas only Low Jackson is yet
taken and in Custody, and the other Three were seen lately (as is appre-
hended) in Cumberland County; to the End therefore it may be more
publickly known, it is here reprinted: And whereas Edward Rumney,
[blurred, illegible] Way hither from Maryland, in order to his Trial on this Charge,
made his Escape out of the Goal of Fairfax Country; I think I may ven-
ture to say, the President and Council will be willing to add considerably
to the Reward for taking him, if brought to his Trial in April next.
John Blair.</.p>

Virginia, ss.
THOMAS LEE, Esq; President of His Majesty’s Council, and Com-
mander in Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia.

To all to whom these Presents shall come. Greeting.
WHEREAS Low Jackson, of the County of Nansemond,
Silver-Smith, a young Man, about 5 Feet 9 or 10
Inches high, his Face full of red Carbuncles, wearing
grey Cloaths trimm’d with Black, is charged upon Oath with
coming, counterfeiting, and uttering many base double Double-
Loons; and is fled from Justice, in Company with his Two
Brothers, John Jackson, a tall young Man, by Trade a Watch-
maker, his Face pretty red, usually wearing blue Cloaths, with
Scarlet laced Waistcoat; and James Jackson,a Black-smith by
Trade, a Man, about 5 Feet 8 or 9 Inches high, aged about 19
or 20 Years, pale-faced, of a black Complection, usually wear-
ing grey Cloaths trimm’d with Black, and understands a little of
the Silver-smiths Trade; who are strongly suspected of being
concerned in the said Treason. The Three Brothers are all of a
slim Make.

And whereas Edward Rumney, aged about 40 Years, of a
middle Size, full-faced, black Complection, smooth Tongue,
and free of Speech, much addicted to playing at Billiards and
Gaming, is also charged, upon Oath, with aiding and assisting
the said Low Jacksonin the said Treason; he went from hence
about a Month ago towards Maryland, having on a fine Janes
Coat and Breeches, of a Lead Colour, gilt Buttons, the Coat
made Frock Fashion, with flash sleeves; he generally wore a
Cap, but had a pale bob Wig, rode away on a small grey Horse,
about 13 Hands high, which he valued as a Racer: He formerly
kept a Tavern at Annapolis.

These are therefore; in His Majesty’s Name, to command and require
all Sheriffs, Constables, and other His Majesty’s Liege People, within this
Colony, to make diligent Search and Pursuit, by Way of Hue and Cry,
within their several Bailiwicks and Precincts, after the said Low Jackson,
John Jackson, James Jackson, and Edward Rumney; and them or any of
them having found, to apprehend and carry before the next justice of the
Peace, that they may be dealt with according to Law; and I desire the Go-
vernors of the neighbouring Colonies and Provinces, to be assisting in bringing
the said Offenders to Justice, hereby promising a Reward of Fifty Pounds for
apprehending the said Low Jackson, Twenty Pounds for the said John Jack-
son, Twenty Pounds for the said James Jackson, and Twenty Pounds for the
said Edward Rumney.

Given under my Hand, and the Seal of the Colony, at Williamsburg,
this Fifteenth Day of August, 1759, in the Twenty Fourth Year of the Reign
of our Sovereign Lord King GEORGE the Second.

THOMAS LEE, P.

Virginia, ss.
At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 2d of Auigust 1750.

PRESENT,
Their Excellencies the Lords Justices,

THEIR Lordships with the Advice of His Majesty’s Privy Council, were pleas’d to
Order and Direct, That the present Indulgence to His Majesty’s Subjects in Vir-
ginia, in allowing them to pay their Quit-rents in Silver, at the Rate of Seventeen and
a Half-penny Weight for Five Shillings, or in Tobacco, at One Penny per Pound, Be,
and it is hereby Revoked, and Ordered to be discontinued; and that for the future, the
Officers of the said Revenue do demand and receive in Lieu thereof, One English Shil-
ling for every Fifty Acres of Land, being the Quit-rents reserved in every Grant; but if
that cannot be had, then they do demand and receive the same in Spanish Silver, at the
Rate of Nineteen Penny Weight for every Five Shillings; or if such Quit-rents be paid
in Tobacco, such Tobacco shall be allowed for, at the Rate of Three Farthings only per
Pound; and the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commanders in Chief of His Ma-
jesty’s Colony of Virginia for the Time being, as likewise the Receiver General of His
Majesty’s Quit-rents for the Time being, in the said Colony, and all others whom it
may concern, are required to take Notice hereof, and yield due Obedience hereto in all
Particulars accordingly:

I DO therefore in His Majesty’s Name, command all Sheriffs and Officers concerned in col-
lecting His Majesty’s Revenue of Quit-rents, to demand and receive One English Shilling
for every Fifty Acres of Land; but if that cannot be had, that they demand and receive the
same in Spanish Silver, at the Rate of Nineteen Penny Weight for every Five Shillings, or if
such Quit-rents be paid in Tobacco, they shall allow for such Tobacco, only Three Farthings
per Pound: And I do hereby further command all Sheriffs, and other Officers, to publish the
Order above-mentioned, at the next Court held for their respective Counties, after this Procla-
mation is delivered to them, that all Persons may render due Obedience thereto.

GIVEN under my Hand, and the Seal of the Colony this 24th Day of December, in the
24th Year of his Majesty’s Reign, Annoque Domini, 1750.
LEWIS BURWELL.

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PURSUANT to an Order of the Court of Henrico, The building of a Court-House
for the said County, in the Town of Richmond, is to be agreed for, on Tuesday the
5th of February next. Any Persons who incline to undertake the same, are desired to
meet at the House of Abraham Cowley, in the said Town.

THIS is to give Notice to all Gentlemen and Ladies, That on the 27th and the
29th Instant, I intend to have an Assembly at my Dwelling-House, in Norfolk
Town. Where all Gentlemen and Ladies, who will favour me with their good Company,
may depend on kind Entertainment. Tickets to be had as usual, from
Their most humble Servant,
Edward Dial.

THE Snow Pelham, George Yuille Master, now lying in York River, is ready to take
in Tobacco to any Merchant in London, at he Rate of Seven Pounds per Ton.
Gentlemen inclinable to ship are desired to leave their Orders with Mr. Mont-
gomery at York, Mr. Archibald Gordon at Newcastle, or with the Master on board the Snow,
at Holt’s
N. B. The above Snow has a Charter of 320 Hogsheads: The Notes to be [blurred, illegible]
to the Master before the 1st of February; and carries no more than 400 Hogsheads.

The VIRGINIA ALMANACK,
For the Year of our Lord 1751,
TO be SOLD, at the Printing-Office, in Williamsburg. Price 5 s.
per Dozen, or 7 1/2 d. each.

SEveral Persons having lately enquired at the Printing-Office for Mr.
Webb’s Office of a Justice, when there were none to be sold, may now
be supplied on early Application.

STOLEN or stray’d from Williamsburg, the 30th of October last, a large grey Horse,
branded on the off Buttock [backward C,] has a black Spot on the off Side of his Neck, a
Switch Tail, not dock’d, paces a Foot-pace, and canters well. Whoever brings him to
the Subscriber, or to Mr. Alexander Craig, in Williamsburg, shall have a Pistole Reward,
paid by Matthew Shields.

STRAY’D from the Subscriber, living near Williamsburg, the Beginning of last Fall
Four Head of Cattle, viz. Three Cows, Two whereof are brindled pied, the other
red; the other is a Draught Steer, red and white pied, with a white Heart in his Fore-
head: They are all or most Part mark’d with a Crop and Hole in the right Ear, and a
Swallow-fork in the left Ear. Whoever will give Intelligence so that I may have them
again, shall have Half a Pistole Reward, paid by
2|| Samuel Spurn.

WHEREAS I am going for London, immediately, this is therefore to desire all
Persons who have any Demands against me to bring them, in order to receive
Payment; and all Person who are indebted to me, are desired to pay the same to my
Attorney.
William Peek.

RAN away from the Subscriber, living in York Town, the 9th of December, a Servant
Man, named Thomas Stone, a Taylor by Trade, about 5 Feet 6 Inches high, very
much Pockfretten., Whoever takes up and conveys the said Runaway to me, shall be re-
warded according to Law. James Mills.

STRAY’D or stolen, about two Months ago, out of Col. Bray’s Pasture, near Wil-
liamsburg, a small Horse; he trots well and fast, has a bob’d Tail, and a very
small Head, his Brand if he has any is forgot: I have been inform’d, that the said
Horse was taken up by some Person in one of the adjacent Counties, who claims him,
under Pretence of having advertis’d and had him valued according to Law; in which he
must be mistaken, the Time allow’d not being near lapsed. Whoever will bring the
said Horse to the Subscriber, or to Mr. John Holt, in Williamsburg, shall have Half a
Pistole Reward.
Robert Carter Nicholas.

Just IMPORTED in the Rachael, Capt. Arm-
strong, and to be SOLD reasonably, by the Subscri-
ber, in Williamsburg,
A CHOICE Assortment of Drugs and Medicines, consisting of best Jesuit’s Bark,
Ipecacuana, Sarsaparilla and China Roots, Verdigrease, rectified Spirit of Wine,
Anderson’s and Luckyer’s Pills, Bateman’s Drops, Squire’s, Daffy’s, and Stoughton’s Elixirs,
&c. &c. Also choice Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, Nutmegs, Pepper, Olives, double and
single resin’d Sugars, best Raisins and Currans, fine eating Oil, in Quart Bottles, Florence
ditto, in Flasks and Cases, Castile Soap, preserv’d Ginger and Citron, superfine Kitchup,
Carraway Comfits, best Hyson and Green Teas.,
Peter Hay.

Just IMPORTED in the Rachael, Capt. Armstrong,
by the Subscriber, in Williamsburg,
A CHOICE Assortment of Drugs, Almonds, Currans, Prunes, Barley, Sugar,
Brown and White Sugar Candy, Carraway Comfits, French and Pearl Barlies, Indi-
go, Candied Nutmegs and Ginger, Sponge, Black Soap, Green Congo and Hyson Teas,
Scotch and Havanna Snuff, Salt-petre, Squire’s and Daffy’s Elixirs, Capers and Olives,
Pepper, Alspice, Mace, Cloves, Nutmegs and Cinnamon, Stoughton’s, Lockyer’s, and
Anderson’s Pills, Eaton’s Balsamic Styptic, Universal Balsam, Turlington’s Balsam, Bate-
man’s Drops, Sugar Plumbs, Vermichelli, Sandiver, Borax, Crucibles, Sago, Candied
Eringo, Annodyne Necklaces, Seneca and Black Snake-Root, British Rock-Oil, Pewter
Syringes, Glyster Pipes, &c. &c.
George Gilmer.

TO be Sold by the Subscriber, in Williamsburg, Raisins of the Sun, Currans,
Sweet-meats, Anchovies, Capers, Olives, Sweet Oil, Candied Ginger, Citron,
Castile Soap, Marble Slabbs, Mortars, &amplc. &c.
Joseph Scrivener.

TO be Sold, on Thursday the 14th of February, a Lot in Newcastle Town with
a large Dwelling-House thereon, and other Improvements. Three Months Credit
will be allowed, the Purchaser giving Security, as usual, to
John Shelton.

FOUND in Willliamsburg, last Oyer and Terminer Court, a Cornelian Seal set in Gold.
The Owner proving his Property may be further inform’d by applying to the
Printer.

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The SCHEME of a LOTTERY, AT Belhaven, in
Fairfax County;

THE Money arising therefrom to be applied towards building a Church, and Market-
House, in the said Town; to consist of Eight Thousand Tickets, at Two Pieces
of Eight each Ticket, whereof Two Thousand are to be fortunate.

The Fortunate are to receive their Prizes entire, the 15 Per Cent. being deducted from
the whole Sum produc’d by the Sale of the Tickets, before the Drawing begins.

The Lottery to be under the Care and Management of Col. George William Fairfax,
Major Lawrence Washington, Col. William Fitzhugh, Mr. Mr. William
Ramsay, Mr. John Carlyle, Mr. John Dalton, Mr. John Pagan, Mr. Gerrard Alexander,
Mr. and Major Augustine Washington; who will dispose of the
Tickets, and be on Oath, and give Bond for a faithful Discharge of their Trust.

The Whole to be regulated, as near as can be, to the Method practis’d in England.

The Drawing to commence on the last Tuesday in May next, in the said Town, un-
der the Inspection of at least Five of the Managers and in the Presence of such Adven-
turers as may think fit to attend.

The Money will be paid to the Possessors of the Benefit Tickets as soon as the Draw-
ing is finish’d; of which public Notice will be given in the Virginia Gazette.

N. B. All Prizes not call’d for within Six Months after the Drawing is finish’d
will be deem’d as generously given, for the same Use as the 15 per Cent. and not to be
demanded afterwards, but shall be faithfully applied thereto.

Tickets may be had of the respective Managers, or at the Printing-Office, in Williams-
burg, for ready Money.

We make no Doubt but those who wish well to the Public will encourage the Design,
as ’tis the first Thing of the Kind in this Colony, and is calculated purely for the
Public Good, without Views of private Interest.

IMported in the Grizie, Capt. Hamilton, from Glasgow, in February last, a Box, mark’d
with Pen and Ink R L, containing Law Books. The Owner may have it from
Mr. Hugh Blackburn, Merchant, in Norfolk, on paying Freight and the Charge of this
Advertisement.
N. B. Capt. Hamilton, gave no Bill of Loading for it.

To be SOLD,
THE Plantation on which the Subscriber lives, on Appamattox River, in Prince
George County, containing about 1100 Acres of level Land, Part of which is Low
Ground, about five Miles above Bolling’s Point. On the said Plantation is a good Dwel-
ling-House, with four Rooms, and a Kitchen, with Brick Chimneys, a Fire Place above
Stairs; likewise all other necessary Outhouses, and another 32 by 16 design’d for a
Dwelling-House, but unfinish’d; two large fram’d Barns, Stable, Chair-House, Crib,
&c. a paled Garden, with many Fruit-Trees and Bushes threrein, and a young bearing
Apple and Peach Orchard, of 240 Trees, greatest Part of which are Apples of the best
Kind. Within Half a Mile of the Dwelling-House, on said River, are two good Water-
Mills, also a Bolting-Mill which works with a Water-Wheel in the same House, and all
are easily attended by one Hand; they have constant Water in the driest Summers, and
never in Danger of Freshes. Near these Mills is a Bakehouse, and all Conveniencies for
Baking of Biscuit. About a Mile from the said Dwelling-House, on the said Tract,
is Preparation for another Plantation, being upwards of 30,000 Corn hills cleared, and a
new Tobacco-House built.

Also 400 Acres of Land in Amelia, near Mountain-Creek, and Eush-River, about
which Place it is thought the new Court-House (when the County is divided) will be
built. Any Person who inclines to purchase, may know the Terms on applying to me
on the Premisses.
Anthony Walke.

To be SOLD,
FIVE Hundred Acres of Land, lying in Chesterfield County, within Three Miles of
Warwick. For further Particulars enquire of the Hon. John Blair, Esq; in Wil-
liamsburg, or of me, in Prince George County.
James Blair.

STRAY’D from the Subscriber, in Williamsburg, last October, a large Bay Horse,
branded on the near Buttock IB; he is suppos’d to be in Charles-City. Whoever
brings him to Mr. James Clark, Merchant in Warwick, or to me, shall have a Pistole
Reward. James Speirs.

STRAY’D from Hanover Court-House, on Saturday the 8th of September last, a dark
Bay Horse, with a Mixture of grey Hairs, branded on the near Buttock H. He
has a remarkable white Spot just below the Brand, another on the left Side of his Neck,
one of his hind Feet is white, has a Blaze in his Face, paces rough, and was bred in
Surry County. Whoever brings him to Mr. John Shelton at Hanover Court-House, Mr.
Cooper at New-Kent Court-House Mr. Abraham Cowley at the Falls of James River, or to
me in Williamsburg, shall have a Pistole Reward.
William Hunter

As I shall take the Liberty of sending this Paper to many of Mr. Parks’s
Customers, whom I have not yet had an Opportunity of seeing, I hope it
will be agreeable; if otherwise, that they will order the contrary.
Those Gentlemen who have received Subscription Papers for the Gazette,
and have not yet return them, will oblige me by sending them to me, as soon
as possible.
William Hunter.