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Some Selected Reports from Berrow's Worcester Journal
[Printed at his OFFICE in Goose-Lane, near the Cross.]
Thursday, April 1, 1756.
PLANTATION NEWS.
Philadelphia, February 12. We have Advice from Carlisle, that, besides the Mischief already mentioned to be done by the Indians near Patterson's Fort, on Juniata, the Party that went to bury the Dead found one Sheridan, his Wife, three Children, and a Man Servant, all murder'd; also two others in another House; these within ten Miles of Carlisle : And that two Persons have been found murder'd on Potomack.
By a Traveller who lately came from New River in Virginia, we learn that two Women were returned, who had been taken Prisoners at the Beginning of last Summer by the Shawenese, and carried to one of their Towns, where there was a considerable Number of English Prisoners, who have been taken Captives from the Frontiers of Virginia. That when their Warriors arrive within Half a Mile of their Towns, it is their Custom to whip those who have been so unfortunate as to fall into their Hands, all the Reminder of the Way till they get to the Town; and that it was in this Manner our poor unhappy Neighbours from Virginia had been treated by them. Captain Stahlnicker, who was carried Captive from Holston River, and supposed to be killed, was still a Prisoner amongst them, and was in Health.
The two Women above mentioned were carried, by some Indian Hunters, about 100 Miles from their Town, to attend them, as Servants, to dress their Victuals and stretch the Skins they might procure; and, as the Indians left them in the Day, while they went to hunt, and did not return till the Evening, their Absence gave the Women an Opportunity to make their Escape, which they effected with Difficulty and Danger.
Philadelphia, February 19. Last Tuesday an Express arriv'd here from Reading, in Berks County, with most dismal Accounts of further Mischief done by the Indians in Albany Township, Cumberland County, &c.
COUNTY NEWS.
Canterbury, March 24. On Saturday last about 400 of the Foot Guards and Grenadiers arrived at Dover Castle, from London.
Exeter, March 23 Last Wednesday arrived in this City, in his Way to London, an Ambassador from the Emperor of Morocco : His Dress, which was entirely that of his Country, drew together vast Numbers of Spectators; his Legs were bare, as were also his Arms to his Shoulders; he wore no Shirt, and a loose Garment of white Swanskin covered his Head and the Upper Part of his Body, beneath which a Kind of a Petticoat hung down from his Waist to his Knees. After taking some Refreshments, viewing our Cathedral, the Guildhall, the Castle, &c. he set forward on his Journey, accompanied by his Interpreter, conducted by two of his Majesty's Messengers, and attended by two Moorish Servants in the Morisco Habit.
Salisbury, March 22. Before the 8th Instant fifty Men were raised at Wells, by the Dean and Gentlemen there, and fifty at Shepton Mallet, for Colonel Campbell's Regiment at Salisbury; not one ragged Fellow amongst them, all entering on a Principle of Honour, and most of them left their Advance Money with their Wives or Parents. It deserves Notice, that four Sons of the Sexton of Woky (being all his Children except a Daughter, who wishes to go to) and the two Sons of the Clerk of the same Parish were of the Number enlisted.
Sherborne, March 22. On Friday the 12th Instant the Town of Pool in Dorsetshire was alarmed by an Account that a great Quantity of Gunpowder and Arms was found in the House of a Gentleman in that neighbourhood; on which Occasion Numbers flock'd to be Witnesses to the Discovery. The Gentleman to whom the House belong'd hath not thought fit to appear to give a satisfactory Account for what Purposes this Collection was brought together at this extraordinary Juncture, and so near the Sea Coast.
Gosport, March 22. On Wednesday Evening Mr.Sparrow, a Shopkeeper in this Town, shot himself thro' the Head with a Pistol charged with Small Shot. He left a Paper behind, in which he disposed of his Effects, &c. and desired a Coroner might not sit on him, but that he might have a Funeral Sermon, the Text to be the Nine first Verses of the 102d Psalm. Thursday the Coroner's Inquest brought in their Verdict, Lunacy.
Plymouth, March 21.. Yesterday was sent by Capt.Vernon, of his Majesty's Ship Lime, the Gabriel, Girand the Master, bound from Nantz to Rochfort, &c. and the Hirondelle, of and from Bayonne, Paul Aberie, Master, for Nantz.
LONDON, Thursday, March 25.
By a Packet arrived To-day from New York we are informed that the People in general there were in good Spirits, and going to form their Armies near Crown-Point.
We hear that George Haldane, Esq.; Colonel of a Company in the Third Regiment of Foor Guards, is appointed Commissary to the Hessian Troops, who will set out in a few Days in order to conduct them to England.
Colonel Webb is to take the Command of the Troops in North-America till the Arrival of Lord Loudon.
The Augusta, Capt.Willet, is arrived at Spithead from Cadiz, having on board great Treasure in Silver for the Merchants.
They write from Newcastle, that a Ship going over the Bar at Tinmouth, was pursued by a Man of War's Boat, who immediately boarded her, and found eight Hands on board, exclusive of the Captain, whose Ages amounted to 551. The Lieutenant, however examined their Protections, which being found valid, after wishing the Captain a good Voyage, he left him adding, "I am suprized, Sir, out of what Church Yard you pick'd so many stout Hands."
Last Week died suddenly, at her House near Brentwood, in the County of Essex, greatly lamented for her extensive Charity, Lady Mary Petres, Relict of Mr.Petres of Stanford-Rivers, and Sister to the late Earl of Derwentwater
Sunday Evening died, after a long and painful Illness, John Duvernet, Esq.; Lieutenant Colonel of the First Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards. We hear that he has left the bulk of his Fortune to his Colonel, Lieutenant General Onslow.
About a Fortnight ago one Davidson, a Farmer, near Brampton, in Cumberland, being served with a Writ, and having his Goods seized by the the Bailiff Solomon Armstrong, for Debt, way-laid the said Armstrong as he went home in the Evening, and murdered him in a strait dark Lane, and immediately absconded.
Monday died at the New Gaol, Southwark, aged 64, Richard Hatch, the Pork Butcher of Islington, who was committed for murdering his Wife eleven Years ago, which Fact he confessed before his Death.
Yesterday Morning, at Four o'Clock, as one of his Majesty's Messengers was going to Harwich, he was stopt by a Highwayman at Bow, and robbed of about Six Guineas.
LONDON, Saturday, March 27.
Thursday Night, in Consequence of an Information sent to Justice Fielding and Justice Welch, nine notorious Sharpers were taken from the E.O. Table in the Assembly in the Haymarket, most of them dressed in rich Cloaths and Swords, hired in Monmouth Street. Among them was a Fidler, formerly a Tapster, dressed in rich Silver Tissue; a broken Publican, in Brown and Silver; a Sausage Merchant, in cut Velvet; a Journeyman Founder, in Blue and Silver; and several others in Black. They were re-examined before the above Magistrates, and, for want of Securites, committed to Prison.
We are assured that the Thief takers will not stand again in the Pillory this Year, the Violence of the Mob being so great as not only to endanger the Lives of them, but also of the very Officers who attend.
LONDON, Tuesday, March 30.
A few Days since a Press Gang made use of the following Stratagem in order to procure Men for his Majesty's Service; they picked up near fifty Women of the Town, whom they carried to their Rendezvous, and agreed to give them a Crown a piece provided they would consent to be put into St.Martin's and Covent Garden Roundhouses, and send to desire all the Cullies to come to them; on their coming, they were to shake Hands with them as a Signal to the Sailors who were present that they were the Fellows they wanted, on which, the Tars desiring to treat them with a Pot of Porter, carried them to the Gang without giving any Alarm, by which near an Hundred were decoyed and put on Board a Tender.
Kinsale, March 13. This Day Mr.Robert Dyer made a large seizure of Tobacco, worth about �200 and applied to the Justice of Peace for Assistance, on finding the Country rising against him, but was refused; upon which he returned to his Men,(five in Number) whom he had left to guard the Tobacco, and was attacked by a great Number of People; when after a vigorous Resistance, Mr.Dyer's Men were obliged to retreat, he having received a desperate Hurt on one of his Legs : The Country People carried off the Seizure.
Dublin, March 23. A few Days since died, in Elbow-Land, Joseph Riggs, a noted Upholder. He was one of the People call'd Methodists, and reported, for his Singularity of Life, having never slept out of his Coffin, which was made by his Order twelve Years ago.
Saffron Walden, Essex, March 19. About 10 o'Clock Yesterday Morning we were suprized with a very unusual Noise in the Air, attended by the Descent of Hail-stones of an extraordinary Size, bigger than Black-bird's Eggs, some measuring three Inches and a Half round and upwards, in Shape like a Pear. The Hail Storm went off North of this Place towards Newmarket, the Noise gradually decreasing for some Minutes, and then entirely ceased. As there was not the least Breath of Wimd, the People here were in the greatest Confusion, thinking of nothing but an Earthquake.
IRELAND.
Cork, March, 15. This Day 1100 Arms were deliver'd to the Mayor for the Use of the Militia.
Saturday Daniel Croakly, otherwise Donnahy, a Popish Priest, was committed to Gaol, for marrying a Soldier in General Blakeney's Regiment to Mary Healy.
Galway, March, 15. Friday last our Militia Arms were order'd to be clean'd and put in Readiness against any Emergency.
Naas, March, 18. Tuesday Night last the Cow-House of Mr.James Archbold, of Eadstown, by the Carelessness of two of his Servants, was set on Fire, by which six Cows, three Bullocks, and three Yearlings, were burnt to Death, and a large Stack of Hay, consisting of about 200 Loads, entirely consumed.
Dublin, March 20. We hear that four new Regiments will shortly be added to the Forces of this Establishment.
Four Hundred Tons of Musket Ball are casting with all possible Expedition for the Use of the Government.
Tuesday died Mr.Michael Chaddock, formerly an Officer in Ligonier's Horse. He was six Feet eight Inches high, and every Way proportion'd to his Height.
WORCESTER, April 1.
Yesterday John Collins (condemn'd at our last Assizes for robbing and dangerously wounding Mr.Wm.Hulme, Steward to Sir Thomas Sebright, Bart.) was executed, amidst a great Concourse of People. - His Behaviour at the Place of Execution was suitable to his unhappy Situation, tho' he labour'd under the utmost Dejection. Just before her was turn'd off, he address'd himself to the Spectators, and acknowledging himself guilty of the Crimw for which he suffer'd, declaring that himself only was concern'd in the said Robbery; yet hoped, from his sincere Repentance, he should obtain Forgiveness from God, as well as from Mr.Hulme, and the Four Persons he had falsely accused; and the exhorted the People present to take Warning by his ignominious Death. -- George Robinson, the Soldier, was to have been executed with him, but on Saturday last a Respite came for him till the 14th of the Month.
On Monday last one Nicholas Fitz-Simonds, alias Hamilton, was taken up at a Publick House in the Tything, near this City, and committed to the County Gaol, on a strong Suspicion of stealing a Grey Gelding he had with him, as also of being a Highwayman, there being found on him, when search'd, some Shot, Gunpowder, and Pistol-Flints, as also two Bullets concealed in the Lining of his Breeches; there was likewise found at his Lodgings, in a Green Waistcoat Pocket, some more Bullets, a Horn of Gunpowder, and several Papers. - He very nearly answers the Description of a Person advertis'd in the London Evening Post of Saturday last, though only the Initial and Final Letters of the Person's Name are inserted.- By the Paper found upon him, he appears to have been formerly a Rider or Agent for an Irish Linen Merchant.
We are credibly inform'd, by a Person of undoubted Veracity, that he lately heard a Reverend Divine ( a Doctor in Divinity, and Rector of a Parish in this County) declare, and with all Appearance of the utmost Gratitude and Acknowledgement to Almighty God, That, tho' he had been a Master of Servants for about Fifty Years, and near Thirty-six of which he had a large Family of Children, Servants, &c. [frequently Eight menial Servants at a Time, even Seven the very last Year], yet, he thank'd God, he never had in all that Time a Funeral from his own House, tho' several Servants had died after they were hired, and within a few Days of entering into his Service, and many others in a very little Time after they had quitted it. - All which, being so particular and uncommon, we were willing to acquaint our Readers with.
On Friday at the Assizes at Coventry the two Parlamans, who had been confined about Ten Months on Suspicion of murdering a Man in the Road near Coventry, were acquitted and released from Gaol on their enlisting to serve his Majesty as Marines.
On Saturday the Assizes began at Warwick, when the two following Persons were tried viz. William Horton, for robbing the House of Mr.Gibbs; and Wm.Watkins, for robbing Mr.Mason of Birmingham, of a Quantity of unfinish'd Thread, who were both capitally convicted.
Worcester, March 22, 1756.
Complaint having been made be several Inhabitants of this City, that divers Persons resort here with their Families, in order to be INOCULATED for the SMALL POX, which may probably be a Means of spreading and continuing the Distemper amongst us, to the endangering of the Lives of many of his Majesty's Subjects, to the spoiling of our Markets, and the great Detriment of Trade in general; to put a Stop therefore to this growing Evil, and to preserve as much as possible the Health of the City, It is thought proper to give this publick Notice. That whoever presumes, after the Publication hereof, to lett Houses or Lodgings for Inoculation, will be prosecuted with the utmost Rigour of the Law.
By Order of the MAYOR and JUSTICES.
At BROMSGROVE, in the County of Worcester,
( In a pleasant and healthful Situation, )
A BOARDING-SCHOOL is open'd
FOR
YOUNG LADIES,
By Mrs. HOLYOAKE.
Such Gentlemen and Ladies who shall be pleas'd to commit their CHILDREN to her Care, may depend on their being completely instructed in all the Branches of a useful and polite Education, and their Favours most gratefully acknowledg'd by
Their very humble Servant
JANE HOLYOAKE.
N.B. Proper Masters to teach WRITING, DANCING, &c. will attend the said School.
Worcester, March 31, 1756.
Mrs. ELEANOR TAYLOR,
Begs Leave to inform her Friends,
THAT she shall continue to carry on the Business of an UPHOLDER, in the same Manner as her late Husband did, (she having engaged the same Journeyman who has been emply'd in the Shop for more that twenty Years;) and hopes her Friends will please to continue their Favours to her, who may depend upon being served in the best and cheapest Manner, by
Their most obedient Servant
ELEANOR TAYLOR
AGNES GUEST,
Widow of WILLIAM GUEST, late of Bewdley, Hatter,
deceas'd
Is Remov'd below the Town-Hall in that Town, and continues to carry on the Business in the same Manner as in her Husband's Life-time; those Persons therefore, whom he had the Honour of serving, she humbly hopes will continue their Favours to her, and they may depend on meeting with the best Usage, from
Their humble Servant,
AGNES GUEST
To be LETT,
And Enter'd upon IMMEDIATELY.
A small convenient FARM,
Consisting of
Meadow, Pasture, and Tillage,
Near the Borough of DROITWICH, Worcestershire.
For Particulars enquire at Hooper's Coffee-House, in
Worcester.
To be SOLD, separate or together,
Before the Commissioners in a Commission of Bankruptcy awarded against THOMAS TEARNE, of Bromsgrove, Whitster of Cloth, on Tuesday the 20th Day of April Instant, at the Golden Cross, in Bromsgrove aforesaid, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon of the same Day.
FIVE SEVERAL
Messuages or Dwelling-Houses,
With Shops and other Buildings,
Situate in or near St.John Street in Bromsgrove aforesaid, held for the Remainder of a Term of One Thousand Years, at a Pepper-Corn Rent.
Enquire of Mr.George Boulton, of Tardebigge, Mr.Edward Wood, of Bromsgrove, the Assignees; or of Mr.Brettell, Attorney, in Stowerbridge.
To be SOLD to the BEST BIDDER,
On Monday the 19th Day of this Instant April, at the Dwelling-House of Mr.John Nott, known by the Name or Sign of the Angel, in Sidbury, in the City of Worcester, between the Hours of Three and Five o'Clock in the Afternoon.
FIVE FREEHOLD
Tenements or Dwelling-Houses,
SITUATE in the Fryars-Street, in the several Tenures or Occupations of Francis Elcox, Richard Morton, Charles Pert, John Kaysh, jun., and Mary Ashby, with all Conveniences to them respectively belonging.
The Whole in good Repair.
For further Particulars apply, in the mean Time, to Mr.Jewkes, Attorney, in Worcester.
WHEREAS James Farley, late of Pershore, in the County of Worcester, Leather Breeches Maker, hath, for Ten Months last past, absented himself from Mary his Wife, and Three Children; Now in order that his said Wife and Children may not become burthensome to the Parish, This is to give Notice, That John White, of Kempsey, in the said County of Worcester, Yeoman, Father of the said Mary, hath lately bought a Parcel of Leather, amounting to the sum of �20 or thereabouts, and entrusted the said Mary Farley, now residing at Pershore aforesaid, to make up and finish the same into Breeches, where all Persons may be furnished with LEATHER BREECHES, as in James Farley's Time.
Note, Leather Breeches are also wash'd by the said Mary Farley
THE Creditors of Job Thatcher, late of Wribbenhall, near Bewdley, in the County of Worcester, Trowman, deceas'd, are desired to send an Account of their respective Debts to Ann Thatcher, (the Widow and Administratrix of the Deceased) within 20 Days from the Publication hereof : when she intends to pay the Creditors of the Deceased as far as his Effects will extend to pay.
To be LETT, to a Substantial Tenant,
IMPNY MILLS, near Droitwich,
OR,
An elderly Married Man, that is a good Grinder, and is well recommended may have a suitable Service, by enquiring at the Turnpike at Droitwich. --- Also, an elderly Married Man, that is fit for Barn-Work, and comes well recommended, may have a suitable Service, by enquiring at the same Place.
To be SOLD, to the Best Bidder,
On Monday the 5th of April next, at Four of the Clock in the Afternoon, at the Dwelling-House of Mr.George Woodcock, known by the Sign of the Hop-Pole, in the Foregate, Worcester.
A Messuage, Garden, Stable,
And other Out-Buildings,
Held by Lease under the Dean and Chapter of Worcester,
SITUATE in the Parish of St.Martin, near Badham's Vine, in the City of Worcester, now in the Occupation of Mr.Thomas Spilsbury, Haberdasher.
For further Particulars enquire of Mr. Thomas Giles, Clothier, in Worcester.
STOLEN, or STRAY'D.
On Monday Night the 22d of March, 1756, from Hightinton, in the Parish of the Rock, in the County of Worcester,
A very dark-brown MARE-COLT,
ABOUT Fourteen Hands high, coming four Years old, with a white Star in her Forehead, a brown Nose, a long wisk Tail, and had no Shoes on when lost.
Whoever will give Intelligence of the said Colt (so that she may be had again) shall receive Two Guineas Reward, and all reasonable Charges allow'd, to be paid by Mr.John Crane, of Hightinton aforesaid, or Mr.Thomas Palmer, Glover, in Bewdley.
ALL Persons that remain indebted to the Estate of James Warner, of Hawford Mills, near Worcester, deceas'd, or to Thomas Warner, late of Huntingdon, on Account of the Flour Trade carried on at the said Mills, are required to pay their respective Debts to Manison Warner, or they will, one and all, be sued without further Notice.
Hawford, March 17, 1756.
Manison Warner.
N.B. Any Persons that shall be pleased to have any Kind of Grain ground only, or ground and dressed too, at the above Mills, may be assured of having it well done, and on the customary Terms.
THE Creditors of Mr.John Crane, late of Bewdley, in the County of Worcester, Surgeon and Apothecary, deceas'd, who are yet unsettled with, are hereby desired by his Administrator, Mr.Thomas Crane, to send in their several Accounts, as soon as may be, to Mr.Daniel Clarke, Attorney at Law, in Bewdley aforesaid; for the Balancing of which Accounts, proper Attendance will be once more given at the Angel Inn, in Bewdley aforesaid, from the Hour of Ten in the Morning till Four in the Afternoon, upon Saturday the 10th Day of this Instant April.
This is to give Notice, That
The CROWN INN
In Broad-Street, Worcester,
Which was kept by Mr.Augustin Oldham, and, since
his Decease, by his Sister, is now taken by
JOHN PEMBERTON,
Late Servant to William Strahan, Esq.
Where all GENTLEMEN, &c. may depend on having the best Accomodation, by
Their most humble Servant.
JOHN PEMBERTON,
N.B. There is a great deal of very good STALL-STABLING, and Horses are taken in at Livery.
ADVERTISMENTS (of a moderate Length) are taken at 2s. 6d. each ; and Articles of Intelligence (Post Paid) will be reciev'd, and carefully inserted.
* Advertisments, &c. are likewise taken in by Mr.Haslewood, Bookseller, in Bridgnorth; Mr.Cotton, Bookseller, in Shrewsbury; Mr.Hopkinson, Bookseller, in Warwick; Mr.Wylde, Bookseller, in Stowerbridge; Mr.Feepound, in Stafford; Mr.Andrews, Bookseller, in Evesham; Mr.Hunt, and Mr.Hodges, Booksellers, in Hereford; Mrs.Mosely, Bookseller, in Kidderminster; Mr.Ashmead, Bookseller, in Tewkesbury; Mr.Raikes, Printer, in Gloucester; Mr.Aris, Printer, in Birmingham; at the George and Green Dragon Inns, at Campden; by Mr.Thomas, Postmaster, in Leominster; Mr.Barrow, Bookseller, in that Town; at the principal Inns in Broadwayand Morton-in-the-Marsh; and by Agents emply'd in other Towns in the Distribution of this Journal.- Likewise by Mr.Dod, Bookseller, in Ave-Mary-Lane, London.