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THE VIRGINIA GAZETTE,
OR THE
NORFOLK INTELLIGENCER.
THURSDAY, March 30, 1775. NUMBER 43.
UNI AEQUUS VIRTUTI EJUS AMICIS. – HOR.
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NIA, NORTH CAROLINA, and MARYLAND, will be gratefully received and duly inserted.----Advertisements of a moderate
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The Arts of Ministers, with a Speech of Lord Lucas in
Parliament, in the Reign of K. Charles II.
DEAR CALEB,
WHENEVER the Minister of a King, aspiring
to absolute monarchy, had a design of ex-
tending the royal prerogative, one of the
common artifices made use of, was alarming
the nation with some attempt from abroad, in order to
drain the subjects of their money, and make them unable
resist any incroachment on their liberties. But I be-
lieve, if we consult our history, it will be found that the
lavish bounties of the people granted to the crown, un-
der pretence of purchasing or preserving a present Peace,
were more injurious to the strength and glory of England,
than an hearty, though lasting war; and I presume it will
be allowed, even by the sycophants of a court, that very
little deference will be paid to a nation, which suffers
daily, repeated insults from foreign powers, without re-
venging them, or taking any notice of it farther than en-
tering into tedious negotiations, and appointing com-
missioners to enquire into the damages, without redressing
the grievance.
But lest a mercenary set of scribblers should put a bad
construction on what I have said, I would not be under-
stood to endeavor to make people murmur at granting
the supplies really necessary for executing any designs,
tending to the honour of his Majesty, and the welfare of
the kingdom. Neither do I think that we ought impli-
citely to believe all the assertions of a minister, but exa-
mine ourselves a little into affairs, and not pay a blind
obedience to his Ipse dixit.
In the reign of Charles II, when the pretence before-
mentioned was frequently employed to serve the court,
Lord Lucas made an excellent speech in the following
manner.
He first of all complained, “That whereas it was the
hopes of all good men, that the king would procure ease
to his subjects, their burthens were more heavy than ever,
whilst their strength was diminished, and so they were less
able to support them.---That if the vast sums given had
all been employed for the king and kingdom, it would
not have so much troubled him and others; but that the
nation could not, without infinite regret of heart, see so
great a part of the money pounded up in the purses of a
few private men, who in the time of his Majesty’s most
happy restoration were worth little or nothing, but were
now purchasing lands, and kept their coaches and six hor-
ses, their pages and their lacqueys; while in the mean
time those, who had faithfully served the King were ex-
posed to penury and want, and had scarce sufficient left
to buy them bread. But supposing all the money given
had been employed for the use of his Majesty, and that
he was not cozened, as without a doubt he was; yet ought
there to be no bounds, no moderation in giving? Can it
be said that his Majesty will not be able to maintain the
Triple-Alliance, without a plentiful supply; and that the
nation will run the hazard of being conquered? This may
be a reason for giving something, but it is so far from being
an argument for giving so much, that it may be clearly
made out that it is the direct and ready way to be con-
quered by a foreigner; and it may be the policy of the
French King, by his frequent alarms of armies and fleets,
to induce us to consume our treasure in vain preparations
against him; and when he hath, by these means, made
us poor and weak enough, he may then come and de-
stroy us. It is not the giving a great deal, but the well
managing the money given, that must keep us safe from
our enemies. Besides, what is this but ne moriare mori;
and for fear of being conquered by a Foreigner, to put
ourselves in a condition almost as bad; nay, in some re-
spects, a great deal worse? For when we are under the
power of the victor, we know we can fall no lower, and
the certainty of our miseries is in some sort a diminution
of them. But in this wild way we have no certainty at
all; for if you give thus much to day, you may give as
much to morrow, and never leave off giving, till we
have given all that ever we have away.
It is therefore necessary to make some estimate of our-
selves. Would his Majesty be pleased to have a quarter
of our estates? For my part, he shall have it. Would he
be pleased to have half? For my part, upon good occa-
sions, he shall have it. But then let us have some assu-
rances of the quiet environment of the remainder, and know
what we have to trust to. The Commons have here sent
up a bill for giving his Majesty the twentieth part of our
estates, and I hear there are other bills also preparing,
which together will amount to little less than three milli-
ons of money, a prodigious sum! and such, that if your
Lordships afford no relief, we must sink under the weight
of it. I hope therefore your Lordships will set some
bounds to the over-liberal humour of the Commons. If
you cannot deny, or moderate a bill for money, all your
great estates are wholly at their disposal, and you have
nothing that you can properly call your own.
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Upon the whole matter, I must humbly propose that
you would please to reduce the twelve-pence in the pound
to eight-pence.”
I shall make no particular application of this speech,
but only deliver my opinion, that the generality of the
people of England would, at any time, freely contribute
a great part of their estates, to support the grandeur and
interest of their country, if they could be assured that it
would be employed in chastising the insolence of some
neighboring nations who may endeavour to treat us like
a petty province, thinking themselves secure from any
reprisals, because a war may be incompatible with our cir-
cumstances, and the interest of some particular person
who regards his own good more than that of his country.
I am, SIR, &c.
The VOICE of the PEOPLE.
POPE John XXIII. being asked at a certain time,
what thing was farthest distant from truth, answered
the opinion of the vulgar. Phocion was so strongly per-
suaded of the same thing, that making a speech once in
Athens, and observing that the whole assembly applauded
him, he asked his friends, who stood by, wherein he had
spoke amiss; it appearing to him that in the blind ap-
plause of the people there was no room for just praise. I
do not approve such rigorous sentiments, neither can I af-
firm that the people is the direct antipode of truth. Some-
times they are in the right; but then it is either by chance
or the light of another understanding. A certain wise
man compared the vulgar to the moon, on account of
their inconstancy: There was likewise room for this com-
parison, because they never shine with their own light.
Was truth to be decided by the plurality of voices, we
must look for sound doctrine in the Koran of Mahomet,
not in the gospel of Christ; it being certain that the Ko
ran has more votes on its side than the gospel. Whoever
considers that there is only one way which leads to truth,
and that the paths of error are infinite, will not be sur-
prized as men proceed in their journey with such a scan-
ty light, that the greatest part of them should lose them-
selves.
Even in that people which was called by the name of
God’s people, so far oftentimes were the voice of God and
the voice of the people from being the same, that there
was not so much as the least harmony between them.
Thus it happened on many occasions: but the case of
their asking a king of Samuel has something particular in
it. The voice of God, by the mouth of the prophet,
dissuaded them from such an election. But how far was
the voice of the people from chiming in with the organ of
God: They insist once and again upon having a King:
and what foundation do they go upon? Why upon this,
That we also may be like all the nations,(1 Sam. viii.)
Here two things are to be mark’d, that the voice of the
people err’d; and that its being qualify’d with the autho-
rity of other nations did not hinder it from doing so.
I believed for some time that in one certain affair the
voice of the people might be infallible, viz. in their no-
tions of the qualities of men. It appeared to me that he
was unquestionably wise or good, whom all the people
reckoned so, and the contrary. But upon second reflec-
tion I found that in this also the popular opinion is mis-
taken sometimes. As Phocion once was rebuking the
people of Athens with some severity, his adversary De-
monsthenes, said to him: Consider that the people will
kill thee if they should begin to be mad. They would
kill me (answered Phocion) if they should begin to be in
their right senses: by these words declaring that, in his
mind the people never form to themselves a just idea of
the qualifications of men. The unhappy end of the same
Phocion confirmed his opinion in a great measure, since
he was put to death by the furious people of Athens, as
an enemy to his country, notwithstanding that he was
the best man of all Greece in those days.
As to what concerns virtue and vice, the one being
mistaken for the other in certain individuals, the errors
of different countries have been so many on this head that
you meet with them at every step in history. To make
one absolutely distrust the voice of the people, he needs
only to reflect upon the most extravagant errors, which
in affairs of religion, government, customs, and laws, have
been, and still are authorized by the general consent, or
which is the same thing, by the majority of different
communities, bodies corporate and national synods. Ci-
cero said that there was no absurdity how great soever,
that had not been maintained by some Philosopher with
more reason will I say, that there is no blundering con-
ceit that is not warranted by one set of people or other.
Governor BROWN’s Reasons for an immediate civil Go-
vernment in the British Dominions, adjourning to the
River Missisippi in NorthAmerica.
WHOEVER is conversant with the natural History
of America must be sensible form the concur-
rent testimony of writers, travellers, and engineers, that
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no country in the universe exceeds the neighborhood of
the Missisippi, in fertility of soil, salubrity of climate,
or convenience of situation: Both sides of this river, pre-
vious to the late peace, in which the Eastern was ceded
to Great Britain, went under the general name of Loui-
siana; and they have been long celebrated, no less for the
prodigious diversity, than the prodigious luxuriancy of
their productions. They frequently yield two annual crops
of Indian corn, as well as rice, and with a little cultiva-
tion, would furnish grain of every kind in the most flat-
tering abundance.---But their value is not confined to the
fertility of the meadows, or the immensity of the cham-
pain lands;---Their timber is as fine as in in the world,
and the quantities of live oak, ash, mulberry, walnut,
palm, cypress, and cedar, are actually astonishing±; Yet
what is still more astonishing, above a million of acres are
sufficiently clear on the English borders, to admit of in-
stant habitation, and to answer all the purposes of a con-
lony long improved.---The advantages which they offer are
not remote, they are immediate; they do not call for the
industry of years, like many of the senior provinces, in
America, but, on the first appearance of a settler, pre-
sent themselves to be enjoyed. The neighborhood of
the Missisippi, besides, furnishes with the richest fruits in
an infinite variety; particularly grapes, oranges, lemons,
and olives in the highest perfection:---it abounds with
silk, cotton, sassafrass, saffron, and rhubarb; is peculiar-
ly adapted for hemp and flax; and in goodness of tobac-
co even equals the Brazils:---Cochineal also, of the best
Quality, is found in plenty on its banks; and indigo is
at this moment, a staple commodity, which commonly
yields four cuttings to the planter. In a word, whatever
is rich or rare, in the most desirable climates of Europe,
seems natural to such a degree on the Missisippi, that
France, though she sent few or no emigrants into Loui-
siana, but decayed soldiers, or the refuse of her streets,
(and these very poorly supplied with the implements of
husbandry) soon began to dread a rival in her colony,
particularly in the cultivation of vines, from which they
prohibited the Colonists under a very heavy penalty:
Yet soil and situation triumphed over all political re-
straints, and the adventurers, at the end of the late war,
were little inferior to the most ancient Settlements of
America in all the modern refinements of luxury. From
the success attending the French settlers under every pos-
sible disadvantage, it is evident, that an establishment on
the Missisippi, favoured with the benign influence of a
British government, under which freedom and property
are inviolably sacred, would be productive of the hap-
piest consequences, especially as some arguments may be
urged in support of such a measure, which, perhaps, ne-
ver before existed in a case of colonization.
In the first place, contrary to the general principles of
new establishments, the Mother country is neither to be
drained of a subject, nor the Government to incur the
minutest expencce.—To maintain these assertions, it must
be observed that, since the conclusion of the late war,
at least twenty thousand families, in the old English co-
lonies, have removed, on account of the extending popu-
lation, and the barrenness of the soil, to the back settle-
ments of their respective provinces: Their emigration
has been inconceivably injurious to the places which they
have deserted, and must be equally injurious to the inte-
rest of this kingdom; for in proportion, as choice or ne-
cessity has detached these people from an intercourse
with the seats of trade, they have been driven into ma-
nufactures.--- Agriculture, undoubtedly, is the grand mine
of American opulence; but men must sacrifice their
wishes to their wants, and such articles as the back settler
cannot purchase without much difficulty or much loss,
he will naturally attempt to make for his own accommo-
dation:---His efforts at first may be awkward, yet he will
improve upon practice, and succeed at last, where he on-
ly labours for convenience or utility.---The consequence
is obvious:---Consuming none of her commodities, he be-
comes commercially annihilated to the state, nor does the
evil terminate even in such annihilation---his example in-
cessantly encourages the emigrancy of others, and lays the
foundation of that independency for America, which is
alone to be dreaded from her maturity in manufactures,
and which is big with so many dangers to the general
happiness of the British empire: Was a civil government
therefore, formed on the Missisippi, great numbers of
these emigrants would immediately proceed to a situation
so peculiarly calculated to the unbounded views of com-
merce; where, from necessitous farmers, they would be-
come considerable planters; where, from being worse
than lost, they would speedily be recovered, and instead
of hourly impairing, they would hourly add to the true
prosperity of this kingdom. Yet numerous as the back
±The Spaniards now cut down as much timber as
they think proper on the British side of the Missisippi,
and send it away to the Havannah, for the use of their
navy, without interruption.
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settlers of the Old English provinces are known to be,
they do not constitute, by any means, the only founda-
tion on which England may depend for the speedy esta-
blishment of a flourishing colony: On the contrary, ma-
ny thousand foreign settlers in Louisiana, who have form-
ed a strong interest with the Indians, will directly place
themselves under the protection of the British Govern-
ment*: And, added to the certainty of this valuable
increase, various very opulent members of the communi-
ty at home, will undertake on their own entire risque, to
collect emigrants from Germany, from Italy, and diffe-
rent foreign states, particularly the Greeks, and other di-
stressed inhabitants on the Mediterranean, to cultivate the
banks of the English Missisippi, where the luxuries of
their respective countries, which now take immense sums
annually in Specie from Great Britain, may be raised as
in any part of Europe.
on the Missisippi, now residing in Pensacola, wrote in
February, 177[illegible, faded], to Governor Brown, in the following
terms, ”The cruelties committed by the Spaniards, and
their tyrannical yoke are circumstances which cannot fail
of procuring to the English possessions from their proxi-
mity, an acquisition of many industrious Families, who
will be able to transport their effects thither without
risque, and are acquainted with the Soil and other cir-
cumstances.---Germans and Acadians are equally uneasy
under their new masters, the latter are settled near Man-
chack, (a part of the British territory) and would be the
first to resort
thither.”------Mr. Durade in the same
letter to Governor Brown, expatiates upon the fertility of
the country, the celebrity of the climate, and the certain
advantages which the proposed settlement, would produce
to Great-Britain.---He declares, that a man, his wife and
five children, with two negroes, one wench, on a Farm
of 18 acres, may not only subsist very well, but make an
annual saving proportioned to their industry.---Hunting
affords infinite assistance to the interior inhabitants, wild
cattle and deer abounding beyond belief, and the rivers
teeming in equal plenty with the most excellent fish.---Mr.
Durade affirms, as an attested fact, that twenty negroes
such as are usually employed, will yield a yearly profit of
20,000 French Livres, and deducting 3000 Pounds Eng-
lish, is the very least which the planter can reasonably ex-
pect from their labour, even if they are employed but
eight months in the cultivations of Indigo.---Mr. Durade
adds, that many planters, who began only with one negro,
have now from twenty to fifty on their plantations, and
requests Governor Brown, in case an English Government
is erected on the Missisippi, to intercede for a grant of four
thousand acres for him, together with an equal grant for
a brother of his.---“Expedite the patents (says he) as
soon as possible, that we may immediately establish our-
selves, but if the settlement is not made we must decline
the grant, as it will become useless.”
[To be continued in our Next.]
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
HAGUE, December 14.
THE last Letters from Petersburgh advise, that the
unfortunate Pugatscheff, the chief of the Rebels,
had undergone his first examination, in which he seemed
very much upon the reserve, and not disposed to discover
either the motive of his own conduct, or who were his
abettors and accomplices. His behaviour had more the ap-
pearance of enthusiasm, than of reason, because the lit-
tle defence he seemed to make, he founded upon his pre-
tensions to the Imperial crown. Upon the whole, it was
thought he would not receive judgement till the Empress’s
return from Moscow, where her Imperial Majesty, and
her Ministers may probably get some further insight into
the transactions of the rebellion.
VIENNA, Dec. 15. The treaty which was conclud-
ed between the Emperor and the Porte, June 6, 1771,
and which has till now been kept the most profound se-
cret, was effected in the following manner: At the inter-
of Prussia at Neiss, the division of Poland was resolved
upon. But as it could not have been carried into execu-
tion without the consent of Russia, who (either from po-
litical or honest motives) refused it, a scheme was laid,
that the Emperor should march twenty or thirty regi-
ments towards the provinces of Moldavia and Walachia,
in order to give some threatening hints to Russia; Prince
Henry of Prussia, on the other hand, was sent to Peters-
burgh, to accommodate matters, whereupon that court
consented to the public robbery. The Emperor in exe-
cuting the above-mentioned scheme, found the best means
to take advantage of the opportunity, and Old Sly-boots
himself was grossly taken in. For, when the Austrian
regiments marched in vast columns towards the Turkish
territories, it (most naturally) alarmed the Ministry of
the Porte, who instantly called Mr. Tougut, the Imperi-
al Internuncio, most eagerly enquiring the intention of
his Imperial Master; to which the Internuncio replied,
”That the Austrian dominions have been almost entirely
ruined by the last war; and that the Emperor bound in
care and duty towards his subjects, was determined to re-
claim from the Porte all the provinces lost in the former
wars; but as he is very pacifically inclined, he would rather
settle matters as easy as possible; and further, in order
that it may not prove detrimental to the Porte in the
present war, he was willing to keep the treaty secret till
the war was entirely over. The Porte, prudently took
the hint, and ministers Plenipotentiary were appointed
from both sides.
VIENNA, Dec. 21. It is said that the Emperor in-
tends to take a tour to France in the spring, and that six
camps will then be formed in the Austrian hereditary
countries.
VIENNA, Dec. 24. It is reported that the court has
given orders to trace a Camp near Pest, for an army of
about 70 or 80,000 men, who are to encamp there in the
spring; and that all the regiments quartered in Hungary
had orders to hold themselves in readiness to march about
the middle of April next, or the beginning of May.
ROME, Dec. 17. The conclave continues to be very
much divided, as to the choice of a Pope. It was hoped
that the arrival of Cardinal de Solis would have caused
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the election soon to have taken place, but it is now put
off till the return of the couriers sent by the Cardinals to
Vienna, Madrid, and Paris; which seems as if the Sa-
cred college waited for the opinion of the above-mentioned
courts with regard to the choice of a Pope. Others say that
those couriers were dispatched, not merely on account of
the election, but likewise on the affair of abolishing of the
Jesuits, and the laying aside the differences with the court
of Parma, &c. from all which affairs many difficulties a-
rise, which seem to limit the power of the new Pope too
much. It is, however, reported that Cardinal Pallavi
cini is in a manner chosen Pope, and will be publicly de-
clared as soon as the return with the approbation
of the Sovereigns to whom they are sent.
LONDON, DECEMBER, 26.
Advices received by Saturday’s mails intimate, that a
great coolness has taken place between the three parti-
tioning powers, Russia, Prussia, and Austria, which it is
not impossible may lead to a rupture. It is not the first
time the plunderers have quarrelled about the division
of the booty. However, it is somewhat to the Honour
of Russia, that she sides with Poland on the present oc-
casion, against the all-grasping avarice of that insatiable
monster, the tyrant of Sans Souici, Frederick of Prussia
Two large ships laden with arms, &c. are said to have
sailed from France to America, in consequence of which
orders are said to have been given for two sloops of war
to go in quest of them.
It is said, that a plan is now agitating in the cabinet
to conciliate matters between the mother country and the
Americans, by repealing the disagreeable acts, and ad-
mitting them to be represented by eighty members in the
House of Commons.
The most authentic accounts from Paris affirm, that
the French Cabinet is in the greatest confusion; that a
change of the Ministry is shortly expected; and that mea-
sures of a very strong and decisive nature are expected to
be the consequence of such an unforeseen and unexpected
change.
The report of the King of Spain’s resigning the crown
in favour of the prince of Austrias, the heir apparent, is
not so very improbable as people may imagine; as his fa-
ther acted precisely in the same manner, by calling his
eldest brother to govern, and on his decease, resumed a-
gain the exercise of the Kingly office.
A letter from Boston, in New-England, dated Novem-
ber. 5, after giving an account of the proceedings at the
late congress, and other matters, the substance of which
has already appeared in the papers, adds, “There seems
to be no likelihood of the people here submitting to the
late American acts, they continue as inflexible as ever;
and I must be so free as to tell you, that this opposition
is cherished and kept up by some printed papers and pri-
vate letters from old England, which tend to inflame the
passions of the people here.”
They write from Rome, that the Emperor has notified
to the holy College, that in case the Cardinals in the
Conclave could not agree in their votes, in electing a head
of the Holy church, he has a right to nominate one ac-
cording to his pleasure, which declaration of the Empe-
ror has made a great confusion among the cardinals, so
that the election will be forwarded very soon.
Pugatschew has been carried to Moscow, and the pro-
cess against him is carrying on with so much assiduity,
that, according to all appearance, he will receive the pu-
nishment due to his crime, before the arrival of the court,
that the rejoicings may not be delayed by the punish-
ments inflicted on him, or any of his followers.
The first thing that will be done relative to America,
on the ensuing meeting of a certain assembly, ‘tis fail,
will be to gain a Parliamentary sanction to a very extra-
ordinary and extensive Commission for General Gage,
which is intended to ease the Premier of the disagreeable
trouble of having offenders sent over here to be examined
by him, and then relieved by the sheriffs of London.
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a very haughty speech; asserting, it was the King’s posi-
tive will to register it immediately, and he must be obeyed.
The Prince of Conti next stood up, and spoke very strong
ly for, and in support of the constitution of parliament;
he treated Monsieur in very severe terms; and added,
that he did not wish any man to follow his opinion, but
that every man should follow his own; and proposed that
every man should put his opinion in writing, and set the
example by committing his own opinion to paper. This
occasioned a division; when Monsieur, the Duc d’Aiguil-
lon, and eight more, were against the motion; and the
Prince of Conti, and one hundred and sixty-nine, were
for it. The Court was in the greatest consternation when
the courier came away.
Dec. 27. An evening paper positively says, that an
express arrived yesterday form Spain, with an account
that the King of Spain has retired from the Sovereignty,
and that the Prince of Austrias has assumed the reins of
government.
Extract of a letter from the Vistula, Dec. 15.
”The city of Dantzick is still blocked up, by the
Prussian troops. They are raising at Marienburgh, for
the service of the King, one battalion of grenadiers, one
regiment of hussars, and two pulks of Uhlans. Two
thousand workmen are employed, notwithstanding the
severity of the weather, in forming lines and erecting for-
tifications along the frontiers of Samogitia. There is a
number of engineers, &c. at Memel, which seem as if
they would fortify that place.”
Letters from Leghorn advise that the Molly, an Eng-
lish vessel, had been burnt in the port of Alexandria,
whether intentionally or by accident doth not appear.
Advice is received, that the Bourgogne, a French man
of war of 60 guns, form Brest to Martinico, laden with
guns, ammunition, and other warlike stores is lost with-
in a few leagues of Martinico, and all the crew perished.
The Conquerant, a French man of war, was lately lost
near St Domingo, and only 13 of the crew were saved
out of 400.
We are assured a great personage has inspected all the
papers which have been received relating to the unhappy
transactions at Boston, and that he has made memoran-
dums on the most remarkable passages they contain.
Dublin, Dec. 27. On Friday night, two gentlemen,
Lieutenant F______ and Ensign C______, went to Daly’s
chocolate house to play at hazard, when the Lieutenant
having lost all his money, called to the Ensign to lend
him part of what he had, which not being complied
with, words arose, when they retired to the coffee room,
drew their swords, and Mr. F------ was run through the
body, just under the breast, and expired immediately.
King’s Arms Tavern, Cornhill, Jan. 1775.
At a meeting of the Merchants and others concerned
in the American Commerce, held there this day,
THOMAS LANE, Esq; was called to the Chair.
It was unanimously Resolved, “That it is the opinion
of this meeting, that the alarming state of this trade to
North-America makes it expedient to petition Parliament
for redress.”
It was also Resolved, “That a Committee be appoint-
ed to prepare a Petition to the House of Commons, and
lay the same before a general meeting, to be held at this
place this day fe’nnight.”
It was also Resolved, “That the Committee consist of
the following Gentlemen:
For New-England Mr. Lane; Mr. Chamoion, Mr.
Bromfield. For New-York, Mr. Pigon, Mr. Blackburn,
Mr. Sargent. For Pennsylvania, Mr. Barclay, Mr. Mil-
dred, Mr. Neate. For Maryland, Mr. Hanbury, Mr.
Molleson, Mr. Campbell. For Virginia, Mr. Norton, Mr.
Gist, Mr. Achawes. For North Carolina, Mr. Brigden,
Mr. Clark, Mr. Woodrige. For South-Carolina Mr.
Greenwood, Mr. Nutt, and Mr. [illegible, smeared.]
To the above Gentlemen were added, Mr. Lee, Mr.
Baker*
It was also Resolved, “That the Committee be desired
to entitle the Petition,
A Petition of the Merchants, Traders, and others;
concerned in the North American Commerce.”
It was also Resolved, “That the Minutes of this Meet
ing be inserted in the public Morning and Evening Papers,
signed by the Chairman,”
It was also Resolved, ”That this Meeting be adjourned
to Wednesday next, at Ten o’clock in the Forenoon at
this house, then to receive the Report of the Committee.”
THOMAS LANE, Chairman.
London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, Jan. 3, 1775.
At a General meeting of the West-India Merchants,
the chairman produced a letter which he received, signed
by several Gentlemen of the West-India Islands, of which
following is a copy:
SIR, LONDON, Jan. 1, 1775.
The very alarming situation, in which the West-In-
dia Islands are placed by the late American proceedings,
induces us to apply to you, as Chairman of the Society of
West-India merchants, to request that they will not come
to any resolutions, as a separate body, at their next meet-
ing, but that they will join with us in calling a general
Meeting of Planters, and West-India
Merchants, to deliberate on the steps necessary to be tak-
en by us jointly on the present important crisis.”
Signed, John Pennant, Charles Spooner, Thomas Sto-
rer, Peake Fuller, Samuel Vaughan, George Chandler,
Michael M’Nemara, John Trent, B. Edwards, Montague
James, Samuel Torr James, Nath. Phillips, John Da-
vies, Charles Fuller, Rofe Fuller, [illegible, faded]Vassel, John Ellis,
J. Kennion, Niel Malcomb, Philip Gibbes, Thomas
Walker, William Gunthorpe.
To Beeston Long, Esq; Chairman of the Society of
West-India Merchants, at the London Tavern.
In consequence of which, it was resolved, That this
Society do very cheerfully concur in opinion with the Gen
tlemen planters, that we ought not to come to any reso-
lutions as a separate body at this meeting; and do also
readily join in calling a General Meeting of the whole
Body of Planters and West-India Merchants.
And having been informed tha the 18th of the pre
sent month is a day recommended by the Subscribers to
the above letter, proper for such a meeting, it is fur-
ther resolved, That immediate notice be given in the pub
lic papers, that such general meeting be called and held
on the day aforesaid, at the hour of twelve, at the Lon-
don Tavern, in Bishipsgate-street, then and there to de-
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liberate on the measures necessary to be taken for the pre-
servervation of the general interest of the West-India Islands,
in the present important crisis.
JAMES ALLEN, Secretary.
JAN. 14. The substance of the petition transmitted
from the American congress to a Great Personage is, 1st,
acknowledging in the most dutiful and respectful terms
their allegiance, &c. 2d, that they might be left to the
entire provision of their internal policy, such as the ap-
pointment of their officers, the making their own laws,
and imposing their own duties, &c. 3d, that in lieu of
this they are willing in time of war, to supply his Ma-
jesty with men, money, and what other assessments a
British Parliament might think necessary for the general
defence of the empire. There are said to be a few other
conciliating articles of less consequence.
It was stated in the body of the petition to be present-
ed to the honourable the House of Commons, by the
merchants, &.c. trading to North America, as read at
the King’s arms on Wednesday last, that the balance due
from America at present to this kingdom was little short
of Two Millions.
The motion for the repeal of the Boston port-bill, is to
be made by Col. Barre, and will be seconded by Mr.
Burke.
Bishop North is translated to the See of Worcester, and
Dr. Hurd succeeds his Lordship in that of Litchfield
The greatest part of the military, we are told, will soon
be removed from the province of the Massachusetts-Bay,
and the blockade by sea is to be continued, with the ad-
dition of more shipping.
Dec. 23. The Archbishop of Paris having received or-
ders to be at Versailles on Sunday, regarding the refusal of
the sacrament at St. Severin, his Majesty spoke to him in
the following terms, in presence of the first President of
the parliament in Paris: “The King my Grandfather
exiled you several times for the troubles you occasioned in
the state; I sent for you to tell you, that if you relapse
I shall not exile you, but give you over to the vigour of
the law.”
NORFOLK, March 30. 1775.
By his Excellency the Right Honourable JOHN Earl of
DUNMORE, his Majesty’s Lieutenant and Gover-
nor General of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia,
and Vice Admiral of the same.
A PROCLAMATION.
VIRGINIA, to wit.
WHEREAS certain Persons, stiling themselves
Delegates of several of his Majesty’s Colonies in
America, having presumed, without his Majesty’s Au-
thority or Consent, to assemble together in Philadelphia
in the Months of September and October last, have
thought fit, among other unwarrantable Proceedings, to
resolve that it will be necessary that another Congress
should be held at the same Place on the 10th of May
next, unless Redress of certain pretended Grievances be
obtained before that Time, and to recommend that all
the Colonies in North-America should chuse Deputies to
attend such Congress, I AM COMMANDED BY THE KING,
and I do accordingly issue this my Proclamation, to re-
quire all Magistrates and other Officers to use their utmost
Endeavours to prevent any such Appointments of Depu-
ties, and to exhort all Persons whatever within this Go-
vernment to desist from such an unjustifiable Proceeding,
so highly displeasing to his Majesty.
Given under my Hand, and the Seal of the Colony,
this 28th Day of March, in the 15th Year of his Majesty’s
Reign.
DUNMORE.
GOD save the KING.
INSTRUCTIONS drawn up for the Delegates to
the Convention at RICHMOND, the 20th March, from
a certain County in VIRGINIA.
GENTLEMEN,
ALTHOUGH we are fully assured that the worthy
Gentlemen, who lately represented us in general
Congress, were actuated by motives not to be reprehend-
ed, and in their proceedings against the designs of Parlia-
ment, have recommended to us a mode of opposition, in
their opinions, the most efficacious and salutary: Never-
theless, as we are intitled to determine upon the propriety
of any measures whereby we are bound, and upon the suc-
cess of which, our political and civil interest depend; we
must, after expressing all deference and respect for our
honest countrymen, who have by their councils and ad-
vice stood forth in our cause, beg leave to dissent from them
in such points as we think exceptionable.___We desire,
Gentlemen, inviolably to adhere to the civil obligation,
binding us to our Sovereign and by no means to assent
to any measures that may ultimately affect the faith we
owe to our King, or the duty we owe to his People. We
desire you neither to censure or patronize the proceedings
of those people who destroyed the property of the East-
India company, in the port of Boston; this we deem a
breach of civil order and an invasion of private right. But
as we know not what circumstances might induce, or
cause impel, the perpetration of that act, ‘tis too delicate
a case, too foreign, for us to meddle with. The grand
principle for which we contend, are, the rights of legisla-
tion, and taxation; of legislation respecting our internal
police, and of taxation independent of every power on
earth. These inestimable privileges we will maintain at
the risque of our lives and fortunes; but, we will justify
no proceedings inconsistent with our duty to our King,
repugnant to the rights of individuals, or the laws of so-
ciety. We are greatly alarmed at the resolution to su-
spend our commercial intercourse with Great-Britain; to
stop her imports must be fatal to her; but to retain from
her our exports, by which alone we can be enabled to
discharge the heavy debt we owe her, by which the ba-
lance of trade might in a few years preponderate in our
favour, by which alone we can be kept in peace, or arm-
ed for war, is a measure not to be justified by the laws of
morality or the rights of policy. We therefore, especially
require you to procure this resolution of the Congress to
be rescinded. It is a duty you owe us to obtain a proper
representation of the tobacco planters in this Colony, for
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we must deem a licence to any of the inhabitants in Ame-
rica to export wheat, rice, or any other commodity,
a partial exemption in their favour, and a sacrifice of our
interest to a general cause, which should only be effected
in equal degree with all other objects of commercial inter-
course. You need not interfere with the Quebec bill;
a law respecting that conquered country is without our
policy and beyond our ideas. We hear daily of personal
insults, and invasions upon private property, from those
little democracies erected in every precinct through this
extensive continent: Reduce these men we pray you, to
the rank of citizens, and let them lord it over their fel-
lows no longer!
Pursue, Gentlemen, with prudence and fortitude, the
cause of your country, and you may always depend upon
the protection of your constituents.
We have authority to communicate to the Public,
from his Excellency Montfort Brown, Esq; Go
vernor and Commander in Chief of his Majesty’s Baha-
ma Islands, That his Excellency being possessed of seve-
ral very extensive and valuable tracts of land (as well as by
grants from the crown, as by purchase) situated on the
banks of the rivers Missisippi and Mobile, in West-Flori-
da, to the amount of one hundred and fifty thousand
acres and upwards (exclusive of Dauphine Island, whose
situation for trade is so well known) is desirous of en-
couraging all substantial planters, or others, who wish to
become settlers in those parts.---The fertility of soil, sa-
lubrity of climate, and most delightful situation of those
tracts are so well known, that they need no fuller de-
scription than that printed by his Excellency for his Ma-
jesty; who has thought fit to order the intended capital
on account of its rising consequence and most convenient
situation, to be removed from Fort Bate, to Brown’s
Clift, nearly opposite to that most beautiful and populous
town, called Point Coupee, belonging to the Spaniards.
For further particulars his Excellency refers the public
to the said printed reasons, which may be supplied by the
Printer hereof, in order that those who are inclined to
remove to that nourishing Province may be well informed,
and may, by application to his Excellency at New-Provi-
dence, be well assured of meeting with every encourage-
ment they can wish for or desire.
N.B. The greatest part of the above lands are fit for
immediate culture, having no more wood on them, than
what will be absolutely necessary for tenantable uses, and
are watered by navigable rivers, pleasing rivulets, and in-
numerable springs.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
NORFOLK, March 13, 1775.
TO BE SOLD,
ONE share of the Thistle Distillery, be
longing to the estate of John Gilchrist
deceased; and another share belonging to the
late copartnary of Campbell and Gilchrist.----
For terms apply to the subscriber. If they are
not disposed of before the next meeting of the
merchants at Williamsburg, they will then be
set up at public sale before the Raleigh tavern
Credit will be given the Purchaser, giving
bond with security, to bear interest from the
date.
ARCHD,[Illegible creased] CAMPBELL
NORFOLK, March 29, 1775*
CHOCOLATE of the best quality,
made and sold, wholesale and retail, by
William Johnson Ryam,[Illegible, creased] at his Works oppo-
site Samuel Bousin’s, Esq; who will give Cash
or exchange Chocolate for Nuts.
NORFOLK, 30, 1775*
I INTEND to leave the Colony soon,
RICHARD POOK.
March 23, 1775*
RUN away from the subscriber, on
Tuesday the 3d, of January, 1775* a
likely mulatto wench named Nan; she is very
talkative and I imagine will pass for a free
wench: had on when she run away a Virginia
strip’d coat and jacket, a white Virginia coat,
and a quilted calico ditto. I imagine she will
pass by the name of Nancy Morris. Whoever
takes up said wench, and secures her in any of
his Majesty’s gaols shall be handsomely reward-
ed by AZEL BENTHALL.
BRUTUS,
AN IMPORTED HORSE;
WILL cover this Year at Three Pounds
the Season, twenty shillings the leap,
and Five Pounds Insurance. He stands from
Monday to Thursday, (inclusive) in the Week
at the Subscriber’s, and on Friday and Satur-
day at Mr. John Hutching’s in Norfolk. Bru-
tus was got by the late Duke of Cumber-
land’s Horse, King Herod, upon a Lincolnshire
draught Mare, was four Years old, the 5th
of this Monty, and is a likely Stout Horse.
ANTHONY LAWSON.
Princess Anne, March 16, 1775* [tf]
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BARTHOLOMEW LEPETIT, Dancing MAS-
TER, begs Leave to Address himself to such Gentle-
men and Ladies, that may be willing to encourage him
in that Branch of Education; by informing them, that
he has opened a SCHOOL at Mr. NICHOLAS GAU-
TIERS in Church Street, and intends (should he meet
with Encouragement sufficient to enable him to reside
here) to continue Teaching every Saturday: Those that
are inclinable to commit any young Gentlemen or Ladies
to his Care, may depend on having the strictest Attention
paid in every Respect, to Qualify them in that gen-
te-l Accomplishment, and the Favour will be gratefully
acknowledged: He proposes also opening a School at
Portsmouth, on Thursday the 16th March, where he has
a very convenient Room for that Purpose, at Mrs.
BELL’S.
N.B. Having taught the FRENCH for sometime in this
Country as well as in LONDON, where he studies under
an able French-Master, with some little Share of Ap-
plause: he doubts not but it will be sufficient to recom-
mend him to such as would chuse to learn that agreeable
LANGUAGE, and at the same Time desirous to be in-
formed of it peculiar Niceties; whom he will take Plea-
sure in waiting upon, either at Home or Abroad.---His
Terms are; for DANCING, 10 s. per Quarter, and two
Dollars entrance.------For FRENCH, 30 s. per Quar-
ter, and a Pistole entrance. Attendance three Times a
Week. Norfolk, March 9, 1775, (3) 40*
NORFOLK, March 30, 1775*
THE subscriber born of free parents
at Calcutta in the East-Indies, came
over to England about seven years ago in the
ship Kent, Mills master, and having been
brought to this Colony and sold as a Slave,
has a suit now depending in the General Court
for the recovery of his freedom, which will be
tried in April next. He therefore begs any
person who know him or his family would
make themselves known to the Printer; the
favour will be gratefully acknowledged by their
humble servant,
GEORGE HAMILTON*
FOR SALE,
THE Brigantine Polly, William Irwin,
Master; Rhode Island built; about
two Years old, and Four Thousand Bushels
Burthen; an Inventory of the materials may
be seen, and the Terms of the Sale known,
by applying to
LOGAN, GILMOUR, & Co.
Norfolk, March 23, 1775* (3) 42*
WANTED
JOURNEYMEN WEAVERS, that are acquainted
with any of the following Branches, viz. Weaving of
Cotton Velvets, Velverets, Thicksets, Jeans, Fustians,
Dimothy’s, Counterpanes, Linen, Damask. Diaper,
Gauze, Lawn, or Woolens: Such will meet with good
encouragement by applying to
GARDINER FLEMING
NORFOLK March 15, 1775* (tf) 41
N.B. The different pieces or patterns, when difficult,
troublesome, or intricate; will be prepared and mounted
for them.
PATRICK BEECH,
At his SHOP opposite Mr. JAMIESON’s,
nigh the MARKET-PLACE,
NORFOLK*
BEGS Leave to inform the Public, that he
makes all Sorts of Gold, Silver, and
Jewllery Work, and furnishes them agreeable
to the newest Fashions, and sells at the lowest
Prices, for ready Money only. Those who
are pleased to favour him with their Com-
mands, may depend upon having their Work
done in the neatest Manner, and on the shortest
Notice; and their Favours will be most grate-
fully acknowledged.---Commissions from the
Country will be carefully observed, and punc-
tually answered.
**He gives the highest Prices for old
Gold, Silver, or Lace, either in Cash or Ex-
change; and will be glad to take in an Ap-
prentice well recommended.
Norfolk March 23, 1775* (3) 42
As the subscriber intends to leave the Colony soon,
he must intreat the favour of all with whom he has
had Dealings, to discharge their Accounts, which, will
enable him to settle with those to whom he is indebted.
There are in my hands several Accounts, &c. which were
sent me to receive payment of, which I expect will be ad-
justed at the meeting of Merchants in April next.
GEORGE RAE*
Norfolk, March 23, 1775, (3) 42
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POETRY.
A COMMITTEE of the Belles of the town
Was call’d to pass sentence upon a lampoon:
For priority female contentions arose,
Some pleaded their beauty, and others their clothes;
Some bragg’d of their sense but more of their beaux.
Rectoria swept forth their disputes to asswage,
And claim’d the first place by right of her age;
Then solemnly placed herself in the chair,
And thus mov’d her sage chin in harangue to the fair:
”A libel you’ve heard of, good ladies, of late
”’Gainst me, and yourselves, and that wanton girl Kate.
A libel in which spleen, abuse and ill-nature
Speak the wit of the bard, and the sting of the satyr.
An impudent fellow to tell all these lies;
Od’s my life, if I knew him, I’d tear out his eyes.
Pray have I any beard? ---not a hair to be seen;
Yet to hear this defamer it gives me the spleen;
And how formal forever my father appears,
His stiffness proceeds but from gout and from years;
Our family know he’s as fond and as free,
As any old father can possibly be;
For he kisses mamma, my sister and me.
Miss Kitty, ‘tis true, not content with his kisses,
More willingly chuses a lover’s caresses;
But tho’ to the window so often she goes,
I’ll guard the young minx from the danger of beaux;
She shall ne’er be caress’d lest the giddy young creature,
Should meet with the sop that scribbled the satyr:
And since he has doom’d me to die an old maid,
May I lead him below as apes there are led.”
Kitty fain would have spoke, but Vinessa in haste,
(And Vinessa you know has a tongue of the best)
”Sure never were beauties so foully bely’d,
:Our resentment is just, ‘with anger reply’d;
”To secure your revenge let the talk but be mine,
”Each drawer I’m sure will promote my design,
”With deadliest poison to venom his wine.”
Big with wrath and oration Belinda arose,
She bridled her chin, and she knitted her brows,
Resentment and passion glow’d strong in her face,
She flirted her fan, then open’d the case:
:Oh! did I but know this saucy poltroon,
”In defiance to beauty who wrote this lampoon,
”My coachman should flog him, my poet shou’d write,
And were there occasion my nobleman fight,
Nay by strength of the law I’d punish the wag,
For my father has told me ‘tis scandalum mag.
”If the poet refuses, Miss Anna repl’d,
”I’ve a pretty young bauble that hangs by my side,
”Who nicely observes ev’ry mode of the town,
”Can dress up a head, or pin up a gown;
”The first at each public ball to be seen,
”Can trip Scramouch, or dance Harlequin:
”Young Freddy, you know him, who smells of pulvil,
Tho’ he can’t write himself, he shall treat them that will,
”With rack-punch and claret, no cost shall be spar’d,
”But in his own way I’ll punish the bard.”
I beg,” says Vinessa, “If that’s your design,
”You’ll propose my mamma, to sell him his wine.”
Their judgement thus pass’d each splenetic she
With a dram of good Nantz corrected her tea.
M. W.
THE Subscriber sells by Wholesale and
Retail, all Sorts of DRUGS and ME-
DICINES at a low Advance; for READY
MONEY.-----He wants a Quantity of VIRGI-
NIA SNAKE ROOT well cured; for which
he will give five Shillings current Money of
VIRGINIA, per Pound.----He wants also a
Quantity of BEES WAX, for which he will
give eighteen Pence per Pound.
ALEX GORDON.
NORFOLK, February 28, 1775. (3) 39
DON, Sand-man) be alive, and see this Ad-
vertisement, He is desired forthwith to apply,
or write to Capt. David Ross, Commander of
the Ship Betsey, now lying at Norfolk, who
will thereupon inform him of matters greatly
to his Advantage: Or if he will send a power
of Attorney to Mr. Michael Henley of Wap-
ping Merchant, constituting him Agent, or
Trustee to Act for him, till he can come to
England himself, and who will secure his inhe-
ritance for him. Mr. Henley having
been an intimate acquaintance of his late Fa-
ther, will forward his Affairs.
Any Person who can give an account of said
John Fowler, so as he may be found, or wrote
to; or if dead, will transmit an attested ac-
count of his death and burial, when, and where,
properly certified.------All Charges and Ex-
pences attending the same, besides a handsome
Reward will be paid by applying to Capt.
ROSS, or JOHN BROWN, & Co.
N. B. The above John Fowler went from England
as a Servant, about six or seven years ago, to some part<
of North-America.
NORFOLK, February 23, 1775.
KEYSER’S celebrated PILLS.
FOR removing and eradicating the most
confirmed Venereal Disorders, are to be
sold at the Printing-Office. Printed directions
for using them, may be had gratis.
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DECEMBER 7th, 1774.
I delivered to DANIEL COTTERAL, Skipper
of a small Schooner; sundry Goods for Mr.
JOHN MILLS, viz. Three Hogsheads
Rum, a Barrel Broun Sugar, one Tierce Spi-
rits, two Kegs Barley, and a bundle of Cut-
lery: these ought to have been delivered at
COLCHESTER. Also two hundred Bushels
Wheat, and one Tierce Spirits; for Mr. RI-
CHARD GRAHAM at DUMFRIES.-----After
the said Cotteral had taken on board the Goods
above mentioned, he took in a Cask of Sadle-
ry, two baskets Cheese, one Cask Loaf Sugar,
and some other Goods, from Mr. JAMES MILLS,
Urbanna; which were also to have been de-
livered to Mr. JOHN MILLS at Colchester; Mr.
JOHN MILLS informed me by letter dated the
16th instant, that the said Vessel or Goods have
not yet appeared there. I therefore apprehend
that the said Vessel is carried off by one Isaac
Boston, who was a Sailor belonging to said
Schooner: and went off while the Skipper
COTTERAL was on shore.
Mr.JOHN MILLS desires me to make
this publication, and to offer a reward of Twen-
ty POUNDS, for apprehending and securing
said Vessel and Cargoe; or FIVE POUNDS, for
the Man who carried her off.-----Boston is a-
bout 43 years of age, full six feet high, wears a
cut wig. His hair of a sandy colour, he had a
son in the Vessel with him, about 15 or 16 year
of age. He has two Brothers and a Sister, live-
ing on Pocomoake river Maryland, and it is
supposed he has gone that way: he resided
there lately. The Vessel has been of late
sheathed and ceiled, her quarter deck is cove
red over with old canvas; she had no spring
stay or shrouds, her frame is mulberry; the re-
ward will be paid by applying either to Mr.
JAMES MILLS at Urbanna, JOHN MILLS at
Colchestger; SAMUEL JONES at Cedar Point
or JOHN CORRIE.
TAPPAHANNOCK 20th January, 1775.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, the 11th
of last month, a negro Fellow named
DANIEL; about 22 Years Old, well Set, a-
bout Five Feet Five or Six Inches High, of
a yellow Complexion, has a small Scar under
one of his Eyes, a gloomy Countenance, and
seldom looks one in the Face: he is used to
the Bay Trade, and as he is a great Villain,
it is suspected he will change his Name, and
endeavour to pass for a free man.-----Had on
when he went off a Fearnought Jacket, a
pair of old blue Breeches, and an Oznabrig
Shirt; but as he is an old Offender, it is pro-
bable he will change his Clothes.-----He run
away last July, and got down to Norfolk, had
shipped himself as a free Man for Sea; and
probably he may seek for a Birth to Sea a-
gain.----Whoever takes up said negro and de-
livers him to me, or secures him so that I
may get him again, if within the Colony,
shall receive a Reward of THREE POUNDS,
and if taken out of it, FIVE POUNDS, from
JOHN HAYNIE.
NORTHUMBERLAND County, VIRGINIA,
March 16, 1775. (1) 42
N. B. All Masters of Vessels and others
are forbid employing, harbouring, or carrying
off said negro at their Peril.
For LONDON,
THE Ship SAMPSON, LEWIS FAR-
QUHARSON Master; has good Accomo-
dations for Passengers: Will sail about the
first of April.------apply to said Captain on
board, or to Messrs. INGLIS & LONG
NORFOLK March 17, 1775. (1) 42
AS the Subscriber intends to leave this
Place soon, the Reason is, he has not
materials to carry on his Business. Those to
whom he is indebted, will be paid in such
Goods as he generally makes or mends. And
those who have Materials or Goods to make
or mend in his Hands, are desired to send
or call for them, within ten Days from the
Date hereof.
HENRY VANAL, Cutler.
Norfolk, March 16, 1775. (3) 41
FOR SALE about three Thousand Bu-
shels of WHEAT; for Terms apply to
ALEX. LOVE.
Norfolk, March 1, 1775. (tf) 39
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SAMUEL BLEWES,
From BIRMINGHAM.
At his Shop, in Church-Street, NORFOLK
MAKES and Sells all sorts of Locks, Hinges, large
Press Screws for Clothiers &c. He has lately en-
gaged able Tradesmen from LONDON, whom he employs
in finishing Cheaps and Tongues for Buckles, in the most
elegant, fashionable and compleat manner; In general he
performs every thing belonging to the White-Smiths bus-
iness. The PUBLIC may be assured that what the Sub-
scriber undertakes, he will be punctual in executing, and
studious to give Satisfaction; and they may depend on
being reasonably charged.
SAMUEL BLEWES.
NORFOLK March 8, 1775. 4 40
N. B. He makes Strong LOCKS for Prisons or Stores,
that cannot be pick’d; from four Dollars, to five Pounds.
Also making Irons of any size or dimension, for bran
-ding of Casks &c.
On the 10th Day of April next, will be sold
to the highest Bidder, our Lots and Improve,
ments thereon, lying on CRAWFORD Street,
in the Town of PORTSMOUTH, in three
following Parcels, and under these Circum-
stances, viz.
A Street of thirty Feet wide is to run
through them from North to South,
parallel with Crawford Street, and 210 Feet
or thereabouts to the Eastward thereof._____.
The Southerly LOT to contain seventy three
Feet on Crawford Street, and be bounded by
the Creek, that divides the Towns of Ports-
mouth and Gosport to the South, and the
middle Division to the North.------The middle
LOT to contain eighty Feet on Crawford
Street, and be bounded by the North and
South Lots._____The North LOT to con-
tain seventy three Feet on Crawford Street,
and be bounded by the middle Division and
South Street.______The PURCHASER of the
middle LOT is to have the Privilege of bring-
ing and heaving down any Ship at his Wharf;
provided he covers no more of the other two
than is necessary, and not more of the one
than the other.-----The Advantage at-
tending these Lotts in point of Situation, Wa-
ter, and every Thing else that can recommend
them are so well known, that any Thing fur-
ther on this Head would be unnecessary.
Credit will be allowed the Purchasers, until
the 10th, of April 1776; upon giving Bond
and Security to
ALEX LOVE.
BENNET BROWN.
NIEL JAMIESON, & Co.
PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 15, 1775* (6) 37
TO THE PUBLIC,
THE Subscriber opens his DANCING
SCHOOL, at the Masons Hall on Friday,
the 17th instant: He solicits the GENTLEMEN,
and LADIES of NORFOLK, for their Interest
in tutoring their CHILDREN in that BRANCH,
and may be assured that all due ATTENDANCE
will be given to satisfy THEM,
JOHN NEWTON COOKE*
Norfolk, March 10* 1775* (3) 41.
The Imported HORSE, Young CARVER,
FOUR years Old this Summer, stands at the Subscribers
at the Great Bridge; Covers Mares, at 30 shillings
a Leap, or three Pounds the Season.------Good Pastu-
rage, (but none warranted to return if Stolen or Strayed.)
CARVER, was got by old CARVER, a Horse the
property of his Majesty, by the famous York-Shire Lake
Mare, Lady-Legs. For further Particulars, ---See the
Horse. CHARLES MAYLE.
MARCH 8th, 1775. (tf) 40
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Sub-
scriber forewarns all Persons from Cut-
ting or Carting on her Plantation, lying on
the Southern Branch; Likewise, the Procession
Masters from processioning the Line now made;
without giving Notice to her at Hampton.
JUDITH HERBERT.
March 14, 1775 (3) 41
NOTICE.
ABOVE Thirty Years ago, GEORGE WATSON,
a Weaver to Trade; Son of GEORGE WARSON
Blacksmith in Town-head of Bervie in the shire of Kin-
cardine, North-Britain: Was about 22 Years of age when
he left Home and went to MARYLAND.---His Friends by
different informations understood he carried on a Manu-
factory at Annapolis in the Weaving Branch.
If said GEORGE WATSON is yet alive, and meets or
hears of this Advertisement, He will know of Something
greatly to his Advantage, by applying to ROBERT
BAINES in NORFOLK, or to the Publishers hereof.
March 23, 1775
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