Newspaper Transcripts
Some Selected Reports from Berrow's Worcester Journal
[Printed by H. BERROW, in Goose-Lane, near the Cross.]
Thursday, June 28th, 1764.
A LETTER from Venice, May 29.
"A poor Man at Udine, the Capital of Friuli, a small Province belonging to this Republick, lying under the rightful Horrors of the Hydrophobia, was cured with some Draughts of Vinegar given him by Mistake instead of another Potion. A Physician of Padua, called Count Leonissa, got Intelligence of this Event at Udine, and tried the same Remedy upon a Patient that was brought to the Paduan Hospital, administering to him a Pound of Vinegar in the Morning, another at Noon, and a third at Sun-set; and the Man was speedily and perfectly cured. And as I am sure that this astonishing Remedy will have as happy an Effect, I hope you will make it known in England by Means of your publick Papers; and as you have more rambling Dogs in London than we have here, it is probable that the Experiment will soon be tried with good Success."
By the Preliminary Articles of Peace, which have been concluded and signed by Sir William Johnson, Bart. his Majesty's sole Superintendant of Indian Affairs in the Northern Parts of North America, and Colonel of the Six United Nations, &c. and the Deputies of the Seneca Nation, it is agreed, That the Seneca Nation do immediately stop all Hostilities, and solemnly engage never more to make War upon the English, or suffer any of their People to commit any Acts of Violence on the Persons or Properties of any of his Britannick Majesty's Subjects. That they forthwith collect all the English Prisoners, Deserters, Frenchmen, and Negroes, amongst them, and deliver them up to Sir William Johnson, (together with the two Indians of Kanestio, who murdered the Traders in November 1762) previous to the Treaty of Peace; and that they engage never to harbour or conceal any Deserter, Frenchmen, or Negroes, nor hinder their being apprehended in any Part of their Country. That the Lands from the Fort of Niagara, extending Easterly, along Lake Ontario, about four Miles, comprehending the Petit Marais, or Landing Place, and running from thence Southerly, about 14 Miles, to the creek above Fort Schlosser, or Little Niagara, and down the same, to the River or Strait; thence down the River or Strait, and a-cross the same at the great Cataract; thence Northerly to the Banks of Lake Ontario, at a Creek, or small Lake, about two Miles West of the Fort; and thence Easterly along the Banks of the great Lake Ontario, and a-cross the River or Strait to Niagara, comprehending the whole Carrying Place, with the Lands on both Sides the Strait, and containing a Tract of about 14. Miles in length, and four in Breadth, shall be ceded to his Majesty and his Successors for ever, in full Right. And the Senecas do engage never to obstruct the Passage of the Carrying Place, or the free Use of any Part of the said Tract; and will likewise give free Liberty of cutting Timber for the Use of his Majesty, or that of the Garrisons, in any other Part of their Country not comprehended therein; that they allow a free Passage through their Country from at of the Cayugas to Niagara, or elsewhere, for the Use his Majesty's Troops and Subjects for ever: That should any Indian commit Murder, or rob any of his Majesty's Subjects, he shall be immediately delivered up to be tried and punished according to the equitable Laws of England : And should any White Man be guilty of the like Crime towards the Indians, he shall be immediately tried and punished, if guilty: For the due Performance of the above and other Articles, the Senecas are to deliver up three of their Chiefs as Hostages.- Sir William Johnson, in Consequence of their Agreement to the above Articles, promises, in the Name of his Britannick Majesty, that the said Indians shall have a full Pardon for all past Transgressions, and be left in the peaceable Possession of all their Rights not comprized in the foregoing Articles; and on their subscribing to the Definitive Treaty of Peace, they shall once more be admitted into the Covenant Chain of Friendship with the English; and be indulged with a free, fair, and open Trade, so long as they abide by their Engagements.
The following Circumstances relative to the Massacre at Patna are taken from two Letters from Major Adams to Governor Vansittart.
"On the 6th of October, at Nine in the Evening, our Gentlemen having drank Tea, were acquainted by Mr.Ellis's Servant, that Someroo was arrived with some Seapoys. Someroo, having invited our Gentlemen to sup with him, took that Opportunity to borrow their Knives and Forks, to entertain them in the English Manner. At Night, when he arrived, he stood at some Distance in the Cook-Room, to give his Orders, and as soon as Messrs. Ellis and Lushington entered, the former was seized by the Hair, and pulling his Head backward, another cut his Throat; on which Mr. Lushington immediately knock'd him down with his Fist, seized his Sword, killed one, and wounded two more, before he himself was cut down; after which, the Gentlemen, being alarmed by Mr. Smith, who had received a Cut on his Shoulder, stood on their Defence, and repulsed the Seapoys with Plates and Bottles. Someroo then ordered them to the Top of the House, to fire down upon the Prisoners, which they obey'd with Reluctance, alledging, that they could not think of murdering them in that Manner; but if he would give the Prisoners Arms, they would fight them; on which he knocked several of them down with Bamboes. Capt. Jocchier, being in the Necessary, escaped for that Time, but was found two or three Days after, and put to Death. All the private Men were likewise murdered by sixty at a Time, and the bloody-minded Villain carried his Resentment so far, as to put a young Child of Mr.Ellis's to Death. Dr.Fullerton, with one Soldier, and Lady Hope, are now at the Dutch Factory."
Capt. John Anderson, from Jamaica, is arrived in the Texel, near Amsterdam, being the first Vessel that has carried Sugar from the Place of its Growth to a foreign Market, without touching at any Port in England; according to the new Act of Parliament.
Great Insurances are making on the Specie coming in the Men of War from the Havannah; which amounts to a very considerable Sum.
Yesterday 5284 Gallons of Brandy, and 7500 lb. of Indigo, were imported from Dunkirk; and 1600 Quarters of Wheat and Flour exported to Portugal.
They write from Constantinople, that among other rich Presents, which the Grand Visir lately made to the Infant Sultana, his intended Consort, was a magnificent Bracelet, enriched with Diamonds, Emeralds, &c. worth �200,000. Sterling.
It is said that Mr.Wilkes has purchased a handsome House and Gardens, at Paris, as intending to reside there the remainder of his Life.
We hear that several Persons of Distinction, of Mr.Wilkes's Acquaintance, are preparing to set out for Paris, to pay that Gentleman a Visit; and among them a noble Duke and an Earl of the Minority.
We hear that a Company of Lilliputian Soldiers will soon be formed for the Amusement of the Prince of Wales, of which his Royal Highness is to be Colonel.
Yesterday Morning his Majesty viewed four fine Saddle Horses, lately brought from Germany, in Kennington Gardens, and expressed great Satisfaction, they being esteemed the most beautiful Creatures of their Kind in England.
Last Night the Society in the Strand, came to a Resolution of not permitting an Exhibition for the Year ensuing, having been so greatly disturbed with the numberless Debates occasioned by the last.
The Storm last Monday did much Damage in Essex, particularly at and about Raleigh, where the Church and Steeple were greatly shattered, and two Horses killed in a Field at Plough. Several Persons were struck down and scorched by the Lightening; but we do not hear of any one being killed.
During the said Thunder Storm a Tree, within a few Yards of one of the Powder-Mills on Hounslow-Heath, was cleft asunder by the Lightening; and the Inhabitants thereabouts were in the most dreadful Apprehensions of the whole being blown up.
By the Lightening Iast Monday in the Afternoon, two Men were struck blind, and a third killed, at a Village called Sington, near Gravesend, in Kent.
[In America, where Thunder Storms ,and Lightning are most frequent, and infinitely more terrible than in any Part of Europe, we seldom hear of any great Damage sustained by this elementary Fire, especially in Cities and large Towns, where the greatest Mischief might, with more Reason, be expected; whereas in London very few Thunder Storms happen without being productive of some fatal Effects. In Philadelphia, Boston, New York, and Charles Town, every House, Church, and publick Building, is furnished with an Iron Rod, ascending about fifteen Feet above the Roof; when a Thunder Cloud advances, this Rod attracts the Lightning by a natural Electricity, and breaks its Force, which otherwise might prove fatal.]
Yesterday Morning, about Two o'Clock, six young Bloods, disguised in Liquor, on their Return from Fulham to London, were attacked by a Number of Haymakers; and, after a long Skirmish, the former were obliged to make off with the Loss of their Hats and Wigs, and one or two of their Watches. One of the young Fellows, being lame of one Foot, and unable to make his Escape, experienced the Cruelty of his unmerciful Conquerors.
Tuesday was married the Hon. Miss Mary Walpole, Daughter to the Right Hon. Horatio, late Lord Walpole, to Maurice Suckling, Esq;
It is said a Pardon is making out for Capt. Sampson; who, we hear, is going to Quebec.
A LETTER from Stanton, in Augusta County, Virginia, dated March 30.
"The People of these Parts are very much alarmed at some late Incursions of the Indians in the Western Part of this County. On the 10th Instant, a Number of them came to the House of one David. Cloyd (a wealthy Planter, living on some of the Waters of James River, not far from Looney's Ferry) killed one of his Sons, tomahawked his Wife, plundered his House, and took away above seven Hundred Pounds in Cash, besides sundry valuable Effects. Mrs. Cloyd, notwithstanding she is an ancient Woman, and was very much hacked and mangled, is recovered, and says, the Number of Indians was ten. Mr.Cloyd, and one of his Sons, were then in this Town, it being Court Time, and most of the Family from Home. It is remarkable, that this House is a good Way within the Settlements, and yet the Enemy found Means to convey themselves undiscovered. But it is said that some other Families are missing, which it is supposed they carried off in their Return.
P.S. Just as I had finished writing this Account, there came Advice, that a Party of White Men pursued and came up with some of' the Indians, killed one of them, and recovered �150. of the Cash, all the heavy Baggage, and four Negroes, whom, they had Prisoners."
LONDON, Saturday, June 23.
We have good Authority to assure our Readers, that the Spanish Ambassador, as far as he can consistently do it till he hears from the King his Majesty, condemns and disavows the Proceedings of the Spanish Governor in respect to our Settlers at the Bay of Honduras. And we can also affirm that Dispatches on this Head have been sent to our Ambassador at Madrid; as well as Remonstrances to the Earl of Hertford at Paris, in Consequence of France being Guarantee for the Spaniards true Observance of the late Treaty.
We are informed by a Gentleman just arrived from the Havannah, that the military Establishment of that Place has lately been augmented with two Companies of Artillery, two Troops of Horse, and five independent Companies of Infantry, from Old Spain, from whence Orders were also received to put nine Men of War of the Line on the Stocks: The Ship Carpenters in the King's Yards, consisting of Spaniards and Foreigners, are computed to exceed 900 Men, exclusive of Slaves, Mulattoes and Free Negroes.
Letters from Paris say, that Orders have been sent to Toulon for building two Men of War of the Line with all Speed; which are to be called the Thunderer and the Magnanime, to carry 90 Guns each.
L' Amphion, a French Man of War of 50 Guns, and the Frigate Licorne of 30 Guns, sailed from Brest the 11th Instant, to protect the French Fishery on the Banks of Newfoundland.
It has been computed, by a Gentleman well versed in the present State of the French Newfoundland Fishery, that upwards of seven hundred Vessels of that Nation, large and small, are now employ'd in this beneficial Trade, protected by nine Men of War from 50 Guns downwards. -- With Regard to the former, it is to be doubted, if Great Britain and the Colonies send Half the Number; and, as to the latter, we know not with what View they go there, unless it be to bully us into some shameful Concessions.
It is said, that there remains a Point of Consequence still to be settled between us and the French, which is that of adjusting the Sum to be paid for maintaining the French Prisoners during their Confinement here, and which the French have deferred settling till they are informed whether their Stages are to be allowed to be left at Newfoundland after the Fishing Season is over, or whether they are to be removed.
It is generally thought Lord Clive's Stay in India will not be longer than twelve Months.
It is said that an unhappy Variance subsists between a certain great Earl and a most puissant Duke. ----- , Strange ! that two such wise Heads, which gave Peace to all Europe, cannot be at Peace with each other.
We hear likewise that a great Commoner, who some Time ago resolved to retire from publick Affairs, has lately been in Town, and had an Interview with the Earl above spoken of, ---- This is nothing surprising, as it is well known the Gentleman is apt to change his Mind; and indeed the self-denying Resolutions of Ambition are little to be depended on.
Above 200 French Taylors and Barbers, have arrived within this Fortnight past from Paris, who are going to establish Clubs for supporting each other when unemployed.
We hear a great Personage has read several Letters to the Nobility, which he received from his Royal Highness the Duke of York; and that they abound with many judicious Remarks on the several Courts he has visited, the Curiosities he has seen, and the Advantages of Travel, if properly improved.
We are assured her Majesty has within these few Days been presented with a curious Set of China of English Manufacture, which is allowed by Judges to be equal in Beauty and Make to any foreign China whatever; and also a curious Clock of exquisite Workmanship.
An ingenious Gentleman has discovered a Liquid which colours or incorporates with Iron or Steel, as if inlaid with Gold; and when compared with the Blade of a Sword that is inlaid, the Difference is scarcely perceptible.
Yesterday was executed at Guildhall, before Mr. Bennet, Secondary of Wood-Street Compter, a Writ of Enquiry of Damages, in an Action of Trespass, wherein Messrs. Wilson and Fell, Booksellers in Pater-noster Row, (who were some Time since imprisoned on Account of publishing some Numbers of the Monitor) were Plaintiffs, and three of his Majesty's Messengers Defendants; when, after many learned Arguments by the Council on both Sides, the Jury, to compose which one Person was summoned out of each Ward of this City, withdrew, and in about forty Minutes returned, and brought in the Damages at Six Hundred Pounds. Mr. Dunning was Council, and Mr. Arthur Beardmore Attorney, for the Plaintiffs; and Mr. Wallace Council, and Mr. Barnes Attorney, for the Defendants.
Last Week a Woman at Evershall near Wooburn in Bedfordshire, having some Words with her Maid, the latter went to a Magistrate and gave Information that her Mistress murdered her Bastard Child some Years ago; on which she was taken into Custody, and likewise the Maid, for being privy to the said Action, and both committed to Bedford Gaol.
Monday last a Man, who was in a Field at North Fleet, in Kent, was struck dead by the Lightning; a Tobacco-Box in his Pocket was beat quite flat, and his Knife broke. A Woman who was in the Field at the same Time received no Hurt.
The Storm began at Norwich on Monday Morning last at about Five o'Clock; and about six Miles from that City a Barn was set on Fire, and all the Corn, &c. therein entirely consumed.
We hear from Essex, that the late Storm has done infinite Damage on the Sea-Coasts, and other Parts in that County ; particularly at Weald and Raby, where the Steeples are almost all demolished, and the Ruins fell through the Roofs of the Churches. The Rain, during the Storm, was prodigious and incessant.
LONDON, Tuesday, June 26.
As the Court of France have guarantied for the Spaniards strict Adherence to every Article of the late GLORIOUS Peace, it is said, should not a satisfactory Answer be received to the Memorials transmitted to Paris and Madrid, the Dignity of Great Britain is concerned in removing the French from any farther Participation in the Newfoundland Fishery; their Claim to which is not near so ancient, nor so equitable, as that of ours to the Benefit of Logwood cutting on the Spanish Continent in the West Indies. - Should this be the Case, perhaps we shall not find it quite so easy a Business to dislodge the French from Newfoundland, as it may be presumed they have, with their usual Policy, been all along preparing against such a possible Contingency, and have already a good Force on that Station.
On Saturday twelve large Brass Mortars mounted on Iron Beds, together with a large Quantity of Military Stores; were shipped at the Tower for the Grenadoes.
They write from Leghorn, that an English Frigate, with several Engineers on board, was put in there, and was going to Corsica to reconnoitre the Ports and sound the Coasts of that Island.
They write from Ireland, that a Report prevails there of several Ship Loads of salted Provisions being contracted for to be sent to Corsica.-- This, together with the above Account, gives Room to conjecture that some naval or military Enterprize is upon the Carpet, which, in all Probability, may determine its Fate.
By a Gentleman lately arrived from France we are informed, that Capt. Forbes, the late Antagonist of John Wilkes, Esq; had left that Kingdom, and entered the Spanish Service.
Yesterday Evening the fourteen Journeymen Printers, who some Time since obtained a Verdict against the King's Messengers, for false Imprisonment, received their Money of Messrs. Carrington and Blackmore, two of the said Messengers, in Manner following; thirteen of them who had �200. Costs, and Damages, received �120. each, and one of them who had �300. decreed him, received �170. and to pay their Attorney.
The Whole of the Expences on the Actions brought for false Imprisonment by sundry Authors, Booksellers, and Printers; which have been already determined, amounts to
|
|
| �. |
| Wilkes against Wood, Damages | 1000 |
| Beardmore against the Messengers | 1000 |
| Wilson and Fell against ditto | 600 |
| Leach ditto | 400 |
| Leach's Men, first Trial, ditto | 2900 |
| Ditto; second Trial, ditto | 25 |
| Damages allowed | 5925 |
| Expences of the Suits | 3000 |
| 8925 |
| | | | | | | | | |
SUITS yet depending.
Wilkes against Lord H---, laid at 10,000. Wilkes against Webb. Beardmore against Lord H---. Entick against Lord H ---. Wilson against Lord H ---; Fell against Lord H---. Meredith against Lord H---. Entick against the Messengers.-- By this may be seen what Trouble one wrong Step causes.
Yesterday came on at Guildhall; the Election of Sheriffs for the City of London and County of Middlesex, for the Year ensuing; when John Eastwick, and John Lloyd, Esqrs. Distillers, were chosen.
We hear that by a Contract lately entered into with Mr.Dixon, Mason to Black-Friars Bridge, that Work is to be finished by the 12th of February 1768, under the Penalty of �1000. per Month after the said Time, till it is completed.
On Saturday Morning last, between Two and Three o'Clock, as twenty-two Waggons were coming over Finchley-Common to the different Markets in Town, twenty-one of them were robbed by two Footpads, dressed like Sailors, and armed with Cutlasses, &c. who robbed the Passengers and Drivers of a considerable Sum of Money; one of the Drivers making Resistance, had his Neck almost cut through, and now lies at Highgate with little Hopes of Recovery; another of the Drivers having no Money, the Footpads gave him Twopence and some Tobacco.
Last Saturday died suddenly, at Norbiton Place, near Kingston in Surry, the Right Hon. Sir John Phillips, Bart. He was Knight of the Shire for the County of Pembroke, and served in the 9th, 10th, and 11th Parliaments of Great-Britain, was Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Haverfordwest, and one of his Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council. He is succeeded in Title and Estate by his only Son Richard (now Sir Richard) Phillips, Bart. who on the 2d of this Month was married to Miss Mary Phillips, of Penty-Park, in Pembrokeshire.
Saturday in the Afternoon, between Two and Three o'Clock , a most violent Storm of Hail and Rain, attended with Thunder, arose, which has done incredible Damage from Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire (running eastward from that Place) to Acton in Middlesex. It has broke all the Windows in the West-Fronts of the Houses in Southall, Ealing, and Acton; insomuch, that there is scarcely a whole Window in those Towns fronting the West; it beat off almost all the Fruit from the Trees; destroyed all the Cabbages, Colliflowers, and every Vegetable in the Gardens thereabouts. The Corn-Fields have suffered prodigiously, and the Beans are in many Places struck off the Storks: The Roads for five or six Miles together are strewed with Leaves and Branches of Trees: The Windows in Gunnersbury-House, it is imagined will amount to at least forty Pounds in repairing. -- It was so very excessive, that the oldest Person there cannot remember an Instance of any Thing like it.
From Windsor we have likewise very melancholy Accounts of a Storm which arose there much about the same Time, which has broke all the Windows of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland's Lodge, to the Amount of upwards of �150. His Royal Highness, as soon as the Storm began, ordered all the labouring People who were at work in the Forest, into the Lodge, and with great Tenderness and Humanity, made Enquiries among them, as soon as it was over, whether any Person had received any Hurt. Several of the Hail-Stones were six Inches in Diameter.
Monday Afternoon, a Woman, and a Child in her Arms, were struck dead by the Lightening at Canterbury.
We are informed that a pointed Iron-Rod with a Wire-Conductor, and the necessary Apparatus, are going to be placed on the Steeple of St.George's Church, Hanover-Square, according to the Directions laid down by the ingenious Dr.Franklin, of Philadelphia; and it is said several other Parishes at the West-End of the Town, have Thoughts of doing the same; in order to avoid the future destructive Effects of Lightning.
Extract of a LETTER from a Gentleman in Kingsclere, in Hants, June 24.
"Yesterday we had a very dreadful Storm of hail, with incessant Thunder, from One to Two o'Clock in the Afternoon. The Hail, which came down at first usually large; soon encreased to the Size of Marbles, and afterwards to an enormous Bulk. You will hardly credit me, but I assure you it is a Fact; that you might have taken them up any where (without picking) from four to eight Inches round. A Stranger, in passing the Street where I live, after the Storm was over, measured one Ball that was three Inches and a Half Diameter. I measured several of near seven Inches round. A Neighbour of mine measured one of seven Inches and three quarters round, which he picked up in the Field after the Storm was ceased. It came to us from the West, and of Course all the Windows facing that Quarter are very much shattered. I have, in the back Part of my House, thirty-seven Squares of Glass broke. The Windows in the Back of Mr.Pryer's House are almost totally demolished. The Case is the same, more or less, with all my Neighbour's, whose Houses appear as if they had been pelted. But the greatest Damage is in the Fields; the Wheat, Beans, and Pease are, in some Places, in a manner, all destroyed; the Hail having cut them in two in the Middle, or lower down, so as quite to ruin the Crop: But this extraordinary Damage happened only in particular Spots; -I have been told this Morning, that one Farmer affirms that he is a Sufferer in his Corn to the Amount of above �100. Upon the Whole, great is the Loss sustained in this Place and its Neighbourhood.
Extract of a LETTER from Reading, June 23.
This Afternoon, about Two o'Clock, we had a Tempest of Thunder and Lightning, which was very remarkable: The Clouds were high, and consequently there was little Danger; but the Claps succeeded each other incessantly for near an Hour, and, if Sight might be compared with Sound, ran into one another like the ignited Flashes of the Aurora Borealis. During the Tempest we had very heavy Rains; and in the Middle of it a violent Storm of Hail, in which the Hail-Stones; or rather Pieces of Ice, were so large as to measure from two to four Inches in Circumference, and some of them flat and almost as broad as a Half-Crown. It did not continue more than an Hour and a Half, and no other Damage was done by it, than what may be expected from the Effects of the Hail to the Fruits of the Earth.
"We had also much Thunder Yesterday, but at some Distance from the Town. At Oatkingham, in this County, there fell a moderate Shower of Rain, attended with cry loud Claps of Thunder, and dreadful Flashes of Lightning, by which the Chimney of Mr.Trash, Plumber, in that Town; was beat down, and the Doors. &c. torn to Pieces; the Brasses on the Mantle were melted, the Jack-Box split; and the Flyer thrown from off the Jack, but providentially Mr.Trash and his Wife, who sat in the Kitchen at Breakfast, received no Hurt.
"We hear from Shinfield, in this County, that the House of Farmer Mearing received very great Damage by the heavy Storms of Hail that fell there this Day, the Windows of the House being almost all broke to Pieces: The House of Mr. Crease, in that Neighbourhood, suffered the same Fate; and the Corn round that Part of the Country is almost entirely destroy'd, so that we apprehend many of the Farmers will be ruined.
"We hear from Crondall, and different Parts of Hampshire, that on Monday last there fell such prodigious quantities of Rain, as overflowed the Banks of the Rivers, and rose in some Places near eight Feet perpendicular: During the Time of the Storm, a Woman, coming from Heckfield, was washed from her Horse, and very narrowly saved her Life by the Help of a Stake, on which she supported herself near a Quarter of an Hour, till two Men came to to her Assistance., During the Tempest there was a Storm of Hail-Stones, many of which measured from two to three Inches round."
BANKRUPTS. Robert Tayler, of St.Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, Grocer.- Henry Cole, of Bristol, Bake. -- Thomas Brownhill and Mary Syers, Widow, both of Liverpool, Brewers--. John Beavon, of Wellington, Shropshire, Mercer.-. William Antrobus, of Northwich in Cheshire, Salt-Dealer.- James Meres, of Loughborough, in Leicestershire, Scrivener. Benjamin Johnson, of Hackney, Middlesex, Dealer. - Samuel Pack, of London, Merchant.-- John Ellis, of Hampsthwaite, in Yorkshire, Grocer.
WORCESTER, June 28.
On Tuesday last one Matthew Hall was committed to our County Gaol, on Suspicion of breaking open a Box in the House of Mr.Lowe, at the Raven Inn, at Kidderminster, and stealing thereout one Guinea, four Half-Crown Pieces, &c. the Property of John Bird.
Late On Wednesday Night, last Week, one Russell, a Man far advanced in Years, who, it is supposed, was much in Liquor, fell into a Brook near Bromsgrove, and was drowned.
On Monday last was married, at Gloucester, Mr. John Bush, Wool-Stapler, to Mrs. Cox, of Tewkesbury, a Widow Lady, with a Fortune of �3000.
On Saturday se'nnight died at Oxford suddenly, Richard Powney, Esq; D.C.L. Fellow of All Souls College, and Brother to the late Pennyston Powney, Esq; many Years Member of Parliament for the County of Berks.
On Tuesday se'nnight, at Bridgnorth, three Horses started for the Purse of Fifty Pounds given by the Honourable Sir Thomas Whitmore, which was won by Earl Ferrers's Bay Colt Harmless, and on Wednesday the Subscription Purse of Fifty Pounds was won by Mr.How's Bay Horse Render, beating two others. There was a large genteel Company, and excellent Sport.
Excellent REMEDY for the SCAB in SHEEP.
To the P R I N T E R.
SIR,
THE Cause of the Scab in Sheep is a tedious Length of wet Weather: As to the Consequences, they are already pretty well known.
I imagine your Readers will not be displeased if I should, with your Assistance, communicate to them a Remedy for this Disorder, which I have several Times tried, and almost always found to answer extremely well.
Some Men, whom I have known to breed and feed a great Number of Sheep, have been grossly mistaken in their Comprehension of the Nature of this Distemper, which they rashly judged to be merely cutaneous; whereas, when a Sheep has the Scab, the Blood. is always more or less affected by it: Therefore the outward Applications, which are in general resorted to for a Cure, do for the most Part more Hurt than Good, by driving in the Eruption, and making it fix on the Internals, thereby often occasioning the Death of the Animal.
Now the true Way to treat this Disorder is, first to give the Animal something inwardly to drive out the Eruption; then comes, with Propriety, the outward Application, which completes the Cure by killing the Scab.
When a Farmer has any of his Flock afflicted with the Scab, let him attend to the Directions which follow :
Take a Gallon of soft Well or Pond Water, which divide into two equal Parts: In one of these Parts dissolve eight Ounces of old Hard Soap; to which, when it is dissolved, add two Ounces of Spirits of Hartshorn and seven Ounces of common Salt, with four Ounces of Roll Brimstone, beat to a fine Powder and sifted: Then take the other Part of the Water, in which put two Ounces of Tobacco Leaf, and one of White Hellebore Root: Boil this second Part till you have a strong Infusion, after which strain it clear from the Leaves and Roots.
When you have got thus far in the Process, take that Part of the Water, first mentioned, and set it over the Fire; let it boil for about Half an Hour, keeping it continually stirring with a Wooden Ladle during that Time: In the mean Time heat again the other Part, in which the Tobacco and Hellebore were infused; and when it is hot, mix the two Parts gradually together over the Fire, keeping the Mixture continually stirring till it is taken off the Fire, which should be in about a Quarter of an Hour: When it is quite cold, let it be put into a Stone Bottle, in order to its being kept in a cool Place for Use.
Then take four Quarts of new Ale or Beer: Put into it twelve Ounces of common Salt, two Ounces of Bay-Salt, and eight Ounces of pounded Nitre, together with twelve Ounces of Roll Brimstone: Set them over a gentle Fire, and when the Ale boils, take off the Scum; let it boil for about Half an Hour; after which set it by till it is cold, and put it into a Stone Bottle tor Use.
When you are so far prepared, take one Quart of Ale; set it on the Fire; mix into it, by Degrees, three Ounces of Flour of Brimstone; when it is just ready to boil, take it off the Fire, and let it stand to cool; and when it is only Blood-warm, give this quantity inwardly to three Sheep, which is to be repeated every second Day, till they have had three Doses. This will drive out the Disorder, when the first Mixture is to be rubbed on the distempered Parts; and two Days afterwards, the second; and so alternately for about eight or ten Days, till the Cure is effected: Sometimes two Rubbings will be sufficient.
I must observe, that all these Mixtures will be best boiled in well-glazed Earthen or Iron Pots. I am, &c.
Your humble Servant,
I. VESEY.
MARLBOROUGH
May, 1764.
WORCESTER, June 27, 1764.
To be LETT,
For the Remainder of a Term of Years,
And Enter'd upon IMMEDIATELY,
Large, handsome, modern-built, Brick House, situate in Cooken Street, in this City, having two Parlours in the Front, a neat Stair-Case, and a very large Back Parlour, with a China Closet adjoining, Back Stairs, Kitchen, Pantry, and Landry, on the Ground Floor; a Brew-house and Wash-house, a Stable for three Horses, a good Garden and Summer-house, with good Warehouse Room, and many other Conveniences; also Plenty of good Cellar-room, and a Number of excellent Lodging-Rooms, three of them neatly wainscotted.
For further Particulars enquire of Mr. Samuel Collet, Attorney, in this City.
To be Peremptorily SOLD,
At the House of John Surman, the Red Lion, in Upton Snodsbury, in the County of Worcester, at Three o'Clock in' the Afternoon, on Wednesday next, the 4th Day of July,
A Very Improveable Freehold ESTATE, with a small Leasehold Estate therewith held, late in the Possession of Mr. John Tolley, and now held by Mr. Edward Watton, at �56. a Year, situate in Upton Snodsbury aforesaid,. four Miles from Worcester, to which there is a good Turnpike Road, four Miles from Pershore, and seven Miles from Evesham.
John Surman will shew the Premises; and further Particulars may be known of the said Mr.Tolley, at Worcester, Mr. Edward Weston, at Hanbury, Mr. Norris, Attorney at Law, in Droitwich, or of Mr Brettell, in Stourbridge.
To be SOLD together, to the Best Bidder,
On Monday next, the 2d of July, at the Bell Inn, in Broad-Street, Worcester, between the Hours if Three and Six in the Afternoon,
EIGHTEEN TENEMENTS, situate near the Angel-Lane, in the City of Worcester, held by Lease under the Corporation of the said City for forty-one Years, renewable every fourteen Years; are well tenanted, in good Repair, and the Annual Rent: of the Whole �34. 4s.
The said Premisses are subject to a Chief Rent of Seven Pounds per Annum, and Two Shillings to the Mayor: The Fine for Renewal one Year's improved Rent.
For further Particulars enquire of Mr. Edward Wellings, at the Bell-Inn aforesaid, who will shew the Premisses.
To be SOLD,
.
Either TOGETHER or in PARCELS,
The several Pieces of Land following (being Part of a Leasehold Estate, held for Three Lives under the Earl of Coventry) viz.
FIVE Parcels of LAND, called the Coves, lying together in the Parish of Powick, in the County of Worcester, being Part Meadow, Part Arable, and Part Hop Ground, and containing in the Whole about 28 Acres.
Also three Pieces of ARABLE LAND, situate in the same Parish. inclosed out of Lurcott's Hill Field, and containing about ten Acres.
For further Particulars enquire of Mr.Wheeler, Attorney at Law, at Hartlebury; at the Golden Lyon, in Kidderminster, on Thursdays; or at the Angel, in Bewdley, on Saturdays.
Mr. William Arnold, of Powick, will shew the Premises.
To be SOLD,
AN ESTATE, called Welland Court, in the Parish of Welland, in the County of Worcester, situate seven Miles from Worcester, two Miles from Upton-upon-Severn, five Miles from Ledbury , and two Miles from Malvern Wells; containing about One Hundred and Ninety-three Acres of Arable and Pasture Land, with a large, handsome, well built, Brick Dwelling-house, Dove-house, Stables, Barns, &c. Out-Houses, Part new built, and in very good Repair, with good Gardens and Fish Ponds, and a small Paddock inclosed for Deer.
For further Particulars enquire of Mr. Thomas Bury, at Kenswick, near Worcester; of Henry Bright, Esq; in Bristol ; or of Mrs.Bright, at Flap Gate, in Colwall. near Ledbury, who will shew the Premisses.
The best Part of the Dwelling house, with the best Garden, &c. may be entered upon' immediately. The Deer in the Paddock, and Fish in the Ponds, to be also sold.
N.B. The above mentioned ESTATE will be absolutely Sold to the Best Bidder, on Tuesday the 7th Day of August next, between the Hours of Four and Seven in the Afternoon, at the Fleece, in Worcester; Conditions of the Sale will then be declared.---.As also the Lease of an ESTATE contiguous thereto, and now rented with the said Estate called Welland Court, called Alderman Shewring's, for Ninety-nine Years, Ninety of which are yet to come from Lady-Day next; with the Approbation of the Trustees.
The Annual Venison Feast,
At the CROWN, in GREAT MALVERN,
WILL be held, this Year, on Monday the 16th of July; of which the Subscribers are desired to take Notice, and attend accordingly.
Sir HERBERT PERROT PAKINGTON, Earl, President.
N.B. Dinner will be on the Table precisely at Two o'Clock.
The ORDINARY One-Shilling and Six-pence.
WORCESTER, June 28, 1764.
By DESIRE of several LADIES and GENTLEMEN,
On THURSDAY next, the 5th of JULY,
There will be a
PUBLICK BREAKFAST,
At DIGLEY BOWLING-GREEN.
WANTED, at Michaelmas next,
A HEAD MASTER for the Free-School of Chaddesley Corbett, in the County of Worcester; a sober middle-aged Man, one that comes well recommended and qualified for the said School.
For further Particulars enquire of the Rev. Mr. Bradley, Vicar of Chaddesley.
WORCESTER, June 28, 1764
To be SOLD,
A Good Freehold DWELLING - HOUSE,
Situate in the Broad-Street, very commodious for any Sort of Business.
Enquire of Mr. Parker, Attorney, in Worcester.
To be SOLD Cheap,
A QUANTITY of very good old CRAB VERJUICE, which may be seen and tasted at Mr. Bond's, in the Mealcheapen-Street, Worcester.
N.B. All Persons who stand indebted to the Estate and Effects of WILLIAM BURROW, late of the City of Worcester, Collar-maker, deceased, are hereby desired to pay in their respective Debts immediately to Thomas Cresswell, of Newland, or they will actually be sued with-out further Notice.
To be LETT, and Entered upon Immediately;
At EVESHAM, WORCESTERSHIRE,
Very large, commodious, and well-finished DWELLlNG-HOUSE, with elegant Gardens, Coach-house, Stables, and all other necessary Offices, for the Accommodation of a large Family; the Whole in perfect Order, and good Repair.
For further Particulars enquire of Mr. Elias Andrews, at Evesham; Mr. Collet, Attorney at Law, in Worcester; or of the Proprietor, Dr.Baylies, in George-Street, Hanover Square, London.
To be LETT,
THE GREAT TYTHES of the Parish of St.John, in Bedwardine, near the City of Worcester: Whoever intends to apply, is desired to do it directly, as Agreements must be made with the Tenants, or they have proper Notice given them that the Tythe will be taken in Kind.
For further Particulars enquire of Mr.Thorneloe; in Worcester.
WORCESTER, June 28, 1764.
To be LETT,
and ENTERED upon IMMEDIATELY,
A Large, well-built, double MALT-HOUSE, sufficient for making fifteen Hundred Quarters of Malt in a Season, with a very good Granary thereunto belonging, situate in Hinton-Lane, and near the River Severn; also a Dwelling-House and Malt-House, at the Bottom of Cooken-Street, well situated for a Baker and Maltster; !likewise a large Soap-House adjoining, Room enough to carry on an extensive Trade.
Enquire of Mr. Edward Jackson, on the Quay.