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Monday, May 3rd, 1773



To the PRINTER.

NOT long ago a Man died in Germany who was born a Peasant-no strange Story, you will say. --- Ay, but he afterwards became a Duke. Well, he was humbled into a Peasant again, and again he was exalted into a Duke, in which Station he died. When we see these strange Caprices, of Fortune, Mr.Printer, it is no wonder, Tom H--n is not now worth Two-pence.
This Gentleman is exceedingly well known in the gay World, for he once flourished in the principal Ranks of it, though he now speaks among them as a Dependent. Tom was born to Fifteen Hundred a Year in W--shire; and his Father was kind enough. to die just when he became of age. It was the only Wish Tom had in the World, and he received it like a thankful Child, for he blessed God that his Father had followed his Ancestors. The Moment he was buried, he put on his Boots and came to Town. He soon found Friends enough, though he was a Stranger., His Money took him into good Company, and the good Company took him in. He dressed, gamed, kept, and intrigued, and in three Months all his ready Money was spent.
Well, but his Estate was yet untouched, unencumbered with Debts, and unsaddled with Jointures. He went to the honest Man, S---n, whose Purse is always open to the landed Gentry, (as his Advertisement says) and who has ruined more young Heirs than any Jew in the Kingdom. This honest Money-lender gave him all that he wanted, on the Strength of a Mortgage. Two Months after he raised another Mortgage; six Weeks after, another; and soon after that, Part of the Estate was sold off to clear the other Part. This Purchase Money soon was spent. In short, he went to work upon the other Part of the Estate exactly as he had done with the first; and it was at length finally sold, finally spent, and, finally, Tom had not a Farthing.
Poor Devil ! in less than Two Weeks he had not two Friends remaining on his List. They were all gone, with his Prosperity. In this Situation, when he possessed not a Shilling in his Fob, he might, if he had had the Ingenuity of other young Gamesters and Spendthrifts, have commenced Sharper, and made Reprizals upon the Town: But Tom, alack ! had no Head for a Sharper. He chose a plainer Path. He ventured to visit, pennyless, one of the Girls who knew him in his better Days; for Tom had been very intimate with seven or eight in particular, to each of whom he had been very liberal in their turns. The Lady gave him a Guinea, and appointed him to pay her another visit. In the interval she visited all the Ladies upon whom Tom had lavished the better Part of his Fortune, and prevailed with four of them to enter into an Agreement to supply poor Tom's wants in a decent manner: This is a remarkable instance of Generosity in the most abandoned set of human Creatures. He lives now upon the Pension very contentedly, tho' frugally. When in want of money, he goes to his fair Friends in rotation, and he never gets either more or less than a Guinea at a time. He lost one of them a few days ago, as she is gone with Lord S--- Germany; but the four remaining are true to him.- Tho' he is very happy in his present situation, it has too motly an appearance to last long.
Your old Correspondent,
A SMOAKER.



Thursday and Friday's Posts.
LONDON, April 27.

MANY different, but erroneous accounts of what passed in the House of Commons Yesterday, relative to the French fleet at Toulon, having appeared, a Gentleman present has sent the following true and correct state of that matter :- Mr. Dowdeswell having said, that Great Britain was at the eve of a war, Lord North answered, "I hope our situation is not such as the Hon. Gentleman describes; I trust that we are not at the eve of a War, for advice has been received that the armament at Toulon, which caused the late alarm, is countermanded."
This day was convicted at the Old Bailey to be transported, Mrs. Sarah Tonge, (who kept a Milliner's shop in Fleet-street) for privately stealing a piece of lace in the shop of Mr. Green, in Cheapside : Upon the shopman's charging her with stealing a piece of lace, she offered him twenty guineas to let her go; but he still persisting to send for a constable, she threw her arms round him, told him she was not married, and that if he would forgive her she would give him �100. and he should have free access to her bed-chamber whenever he pleased.

When the Petition was presented from Mr. John Harrison, the Inventor of the Time-keeper, this day in the House of Commons, setting forth his claim of �10,000. the remaining moiety of �20,000. offered by Parliament for the discovery of the Longitude; Mr. E. BURKE observed, "I must own, I am astonished at the replies which have now come from the other side of the House. Where is the dignity -- where is the sense - where even the justice of the representative of a great, powerful, enlightened, and maritime nation, when a Petition of a man is laid before them, claiming not favour, but justice; claiming that reward which law would give him, and to see it refused; upon what principles? Why a man of eighty-three is to make new watches; and he is not only to make them, but to make new voyages to the Indies to try them.-- Good God ! , Sir, can this be the House of Commons of Britain? This most ingenious and able Mechanic, who has spent above forty years of an industrious and able life in search of this great discovery - and has discovered it; who has, according to the verdict of the whole mechanical world, done more than ever was expected - and even gone beyond the line drawn by that Act of Parliament, in consequence of which he undertook the work; this man is now eighty-three, to have his legal right withheld from him, by adhering to an act which stands between him and his reward. This instance will be a fresh one, Sir, added to the long and black catalogue of genius and parts being exerted through long courses of lives, in the service of the public, and, ending in poverty and misery, -- monuments of the base ingratitude of mankind ! It is a case, Sir, that will admit of no delay: Form is to come between such a man and his reward: We are to have papers called for with all the tediousness attendant, before the Inventor of this noble discovery is to have his just rights. Is this conduct worthy of the munificence of this House ? of a nation that owes to her navigation her wealth, her consequence, her fame !



BRISTOL, May 3.

Arrived at the Hot-Wells. Dr. Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Morse, Mr. and Mrs. Daws, Mr. and Mrs. Paulin, Mr. Sykes and family, Mr. and Mrs. Allen, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Malcolm, Mr. Thomas, Mr. and Miss Curstow, Mrs. and Mis Pritchard, Mrs. Burt, Mrs. Haig, Mrs. Warren, Miss Pelletier, Miss Slade,&c.

Came in since our Iast. The Neptune, Carrol, from Lisbon; the Polly, Totherly, and the Drake, Powell, from London; and the William, Mattison, from Liverpool.
Arrived. At Africa, the Catherine, Frazer, from this port.
Entered out. The Duke of Gloucester, Kelly, for Nantz; the Lark, Davis, for Belfast; the Christian, Bog, for North-Carolina; the Fonmon-Castle, Rogers, for Limerick; and the Elton, Ward, for Cadiz.

 Married. Francis Robinson, Esq. of Dartford, in Kent, to Miss Bazley, daughter of Mr. Bazley, glover and undertaker, in Wine-street.-At Wootton-under-edge, Glocestershire, Mr. Bennett, sadler, to Miss Molly Colston, of Kingsweston.
 Died. Thomas Singleton, Esq. brother to Wm. Singleton, Esq. of Norton, near Glocester.- Mrs. Phillips, wife of the Rev. Mr. Phillips, of Malvern, in Worcestershire.- Mr. Rooke, organist of the Cathedral and All-saints church.- Mr. Owen , (late permit-writer) in Hampton-court, St. James's.- At the Poor House without Lawford's-Gate, James Whitmore aged 107.- Mrs. Bencroft; wife of Mr.Bencroft, in the Old Orchard.


POETS CORNER.
To the PRINTER.
Edinburgh, April 20.

A Seller of raisins at Glasgow, to shew his trade, had an emblematical set of buttons made of silver, on which were engraved sugar-loaves, raisin baskets, pruans, currants, &c. &c. over his shop door these lines served as a sign, and I now send them to ornament your Poets Comer, and as a pattern for English wits.
Your's, &c.

The confederate grocery
Kept in company
By * Jane Holmes and
Robert Macnair
Both above and below stair.

* In this Country the Wife retains her Maiden Name.



The LADY's CHOICE.

GRANT me, kind Heav'n ! the man that's brave.
And wise -- no traytor, sycophant, or slave;
One fix'd to truth's and honour's rule,
No flashy wit, no pedant, nor no fool;
One made by conversation wise,
Neat, yet not foppish, prudent, not precise;
Quiet, and yet who dares to fight,
No busy drudge, nor sway'd by loose delight;
Not rude, not with a flatt'ring tongue,
Too poor, too rich; too old, nor yet too young;
Not highly born, or meanly bred;
And one instructed better far than fed,
With him I'd pass life's mazes thro',
And hold him to my constant breast, if true;
If false, in spite of penal laws,
By just revenge I would assert my cause.



Seeking for HAPPINESS.

NOT all that parent earth can give,
Can make her children ever live;
Nor yet afford them happiness :
For creatures ne'er can truly bless.
If what we drink, and what we eat,
Can never make our bliss compleat;
To rich variety of food,
And gay attire, add ev'ry good;
Give honour, titles, pomp, and fame,
With ev'ry blessing we can name;
Give pleasure, profit, knowledge, ease,
Whatever can instruct or please;
Authority, a vast estate,
With all that maketh rich and great;
Yet these cou'd never constitute
A man much happier than a brute:
For while our wretched passions reign,
Felicity is sought in vain.
Where then shall happiness be found ?
That lovely, pleasing, joyous sound !
Great source of bliss, vouchsafe to show
How I this pearl of price may know.
If greatful souls - if souls resign'd
To thy blest will, this treasure find;
To me, great God, do thou impart
A thankful, and contented heart;
Drive far away all diffidence,
And give me, Lord, true confidence
In thy unerring providence.
Let all my vices be subdu'd,
Replace 'em Lord, with gratitude,
My ev'ry want do thou redress,
Give me ! O give me happiness.



ON LOVE.

TIS hard Love's passion not to know,
Tis hard to feel the piercing blow;
But greater hardships still remain,
To love, --- and yet to love in vain.
Birth, wisdom, wit can take no place,
Tis gold can all their charms deface.
Curst be the wretch, since basely sold,
Who first ador'd the idol gold;
Tis gold can a brother's love remove,
Tis gold destroys parental love;
There's nothing can its force withstand,
Wars, murders, yield to its command.
But what still more its pow'r reveals.
E'en love its fatal influence feels.



To SQUIRE WILKES.

Great Patriot !
I Am Secretary to a society of patriotic gentlemen here; they admire you very much, though they never saw you, and your late letter to the Speaker of the House of Commons they applaud you greatly for, though they don't understand it, or know what you mean by it. They desire you would let them know particulars about the liberties of this kingdom, and to name every liberty as often as 'tis taken away, that they may be satisfied it is gone. They are afraid you despise country patriots too much to let them into any secrets; pray convince them to the contrary. We have lost many liberties, 'tis, said, within these ten years, which very much alarms us, and yet you never mention one single particular; therefore when the ministerial rascals ask, what the devil we mean by our liberties being invaded, we look like fools, and know not what to answer, but that you say so in your letters.
Pray, Squire, let us a little into the secret of matters; for it is very hard for a man to be told every day that his house is on fire, and to believe it is on fire, and yet neither to be able to see any flame, nor smell any. What must his neighbours think, when he complains for nine or ten years together, and when he is asked in what part of his house the flame is, can only answer I heard a fellow in the street cry"fire."
I would not have you think that I or the rest of my friends want this information upon any other account than to be able to answer the venal slaves, you call 'em, for I promise you we believe every thing ourselves as much as if we knew it.
I am, Squire,
Your admirer,
Roger Ploughshare.
Rustick-Green, April 23.



THOUGHTS on COVETOUSNESS.

COVETOUSNESS consists in an habitual tendency or lust of the foul, whereby it is carried out and inclined towards the enjoyment of worldly riches, as its highest end and chiefest good.
If avarice be your vice (says Sir T. Brown) yet make it not your punishment. Miserable men commiserate not themselves; bowelless unto others, and merciless unto themselves. Let the fruition of things bless the possession, and think it more satisfaction to live richly than die rich. For since your good works, not your goods, will follow you; since wealth is an appurtenance of life, and no dead man rich; to famish in plenty, and live poorly to die rich, were but a multiplying improvement in madness, and use upon use in folly.
When we view the miser, we behold a picture of wretchedness. He locks up, as far as is in his power, both from himself and from all mankind, what can be serviceable only from its use; and by that means robs the public of so much common circulation. He is not respected while he lives, and if he meets with adulation, it is lent on interest like his own coin, with a prospect of more solid payment after his decease. Nay, a great part of the miser's own hopes are center'd in death, the hopes of posthumous fame for the bequest he can no longer keep. But even these hopes are, for the most part, miserably founded. Those who enjoy affluence from his penury, cannot see many motives for gratitude to his memory; since they know that this enjoyment of it did not descend to them by right of blood, arose not from the free choice of the donor, but from a necessity which imposed an alternative where they had only the lucky chance.

Mr. Blair, in his Poem entitled the GRAVE, thus describes the miser.

Here the lank-sided MISER, worst of Felons !
Who meanly stole discreditable shift !
From back and belly too, their proper cheer;
Eas'd of a tax, it irk'd the wretch to pay
To his own carcase, now lies cheaply lodged.
By clamorous appetites no longer teaz'd,
Nor tedious bills of charges and repairs.
But ah ! where are his rents, his comings in ?
Ay ! now you have made the rich man poor indeed;
ROBB'D OF HIS GODS, what has he left behind !
Oh ! cursed lust of gold ! When for thy sake
The Fool throws up his interest in both worlds,
First starv'd in this, then d--n'd in that to come.

Covetousness never judges any thing unlawful,

Hence almost every crime; nor do we find
That any passion of the human mind
So oft has plung'd the foul, and drench'd the bowl
As Avarice ---- that tyrant of the soul.
For he that would be rich, brooks no delay;
But drives o'er them all, and takes the shortest way.
What law, or fear, or shame, can e'er restrain
The greedy wretch in full pursuit of gain ?



Saturday and Sunday's Posts.
LONDON, April 29.

YESTERDAY Mr. Prescot brought in a bill to prevent the scandalous practice of Stock-jobbing. He observed, that every body was clear in the propriety of preventing, or at least checking this species of gambling; but as there might be members who differed as the mode of doing it, he thought it right to explain the principles upon which the bill was framed. By stock-jobbing, he said, he understood the selling stock upon time, which was not the person's actual property; a practice which had ever been found of the most pernicious consequence. He remarked, that the fall of the stocks last week of five per cent. was totally owing to this species of gambling; for had it not been for that practice, they would not have sell one per cent. for the real transactions were very few. He further added, turning to Lord North, that there was another circumstance which he wished might be added by the King's servants, which was a prevention of foreign Ambassadors from dealing in the same iniquitous way in our stocks. Here, said he, is a foreign Minister, who, from his station, knows sooner than any other man in the kingdom, those affairs which are likely to affect the price of stock; and from his possessing this knowledge, he is able, as we have very often found, to do great mischief in gambling; and from this advantage to carry off perhaps, an hundred thousand pounds, which has been done more than once to the entire loss of this country, by which means, perhaps some millions had gone to foreigners. He then informed the House, that the bill appointed a Court of record for the registering every sale and possession of stock, from which circumstance it would be found easy; and in which the bill had provided that no transfers should be made, but of that property which was real, and had been a certain time in possession.--- No opposition was made to it.
Yesterday Mr. Graves moved for leave to bring in a bill for preventing vexatious Removals of Paupers. He was seconded by Sir John Turner, and supported by many others; the motion was opposed by Sir Cecil Wray; but on the Question being put, it was agreed to.
The grand jury for Middlesex have found a Bill of indictment against Lucius Tucker, Esq. for wilful and corrupt perjury.
Sir Fletcher Norton, we hear, is to be created a Peer at the rising of the Parliament, by the stile and title of Baron Rippon, of Rippon, in Yorkshire.
A Gentleman has proposed to raise �200,000. per ann. by a small tax, which every honest man in the kingdom will vote for when it is known to the public.
Monday night as a Lady was going into Drury-lane Theatre she had her pocket picked of a silver case of instruments. She found the Fellow's hand in her pocket, but was so greatly terrified as to be unable to speak.
Yesterday Anthony Pye, Esq. one of the Secretaries belonging to the Lord Chancellor, had his pocket picked of his gold watch, going up the steps between the Court of, Chancery and the Court of King's-bench.
They write from the Syder Counties, that there is now a most promising prospect of plenty of Fruit the ensuing Autumn.
Tuesday Night a Seizure of French Lace, to the Value of �700 was made by an Officer of the Excise at an old House at Peckham-rye.
A Gang of robbers infest the City of Paris under the name of Parasols. They go about the streets at night, and carry an umbrella, from the stick of which comes out a sort of cane with a leaden head, with which they assassinate those whom they meet. They send women and children to houses under different pretences, where they insinuate themselves so far as to come at a knowledge of the houshold in every respect, which gives them an opportunity of robbing them. Several people have lately been found murdered and robbed, and one of these wretches, on the night of Easter-day, killed M. Joli; an Advocate, in his bed. A number of people are sent out in pursuit of them.
Yesterday a very capital house in this city stopped payment.
Mr. Foote is preparing a new piece for the ensuing summer, called the BANKRUPT, who, attempting a monopoly of sprats and sausages, is ruined.
Letters by the last mail from Dublin mention, that 200 natives of that kingdom had just embarked on board a ship in the river Liffey, for the island of St. John's Newfoundland, where they are now going to settle.
About twenty years ago; a correspondent informs us, that a very extraordinary circumstance happened in Italy; though more momentary, than the late unfortunate one at Salt Hill, viz. Two gentlemen went into an inn, and, being acquainted with the landlord, desired a bottle of the best. The landlord broached a full cask, and brought it up, and drank a glass with them; when, returning to draw more for others, he fell down dead on the stairs, and the two gentlemen were found in their chairs two breathless corpses. On examining the cask, from whence the wine was drawn, there was found therein a toad of an enormous size.
The Santa Barbara, from Honduras to Cadiz, with 2000 ferons of indigo, is lost in the Channel of Ballama, and all the crew perished.
A letter from Galam, on the coast of Africa, says, that money was never known so scarce, or slaves so dear, as at present, most of the stores being full of goods, and little or no market for them unless to a disadvantage.
We are informed, that Mr. Christopher Blake has disposed of his stud of valuable racers, &c. to a gentleman of the turf, for 10,000 guineas, amongst which is that uncommon horse Firetail, valued at 5000 guineas. The purchaser is said to be Mr. Foley.
Saturday night Col. West was robbed upon Turnham-green, by three footpads, who all discharged their pistols at him: the Colonel's pistol missed fire, and the villains made off; but he received a wound in his face, and another bullet struck the button of his coat.
Monday night two gentlemen going down to Gloucestershire in a post-chaise, they were stopped near Beaconsfield by three footpads, who robbed them of 140 guineas, with which the robbers got clear off.
Yesterday 19 prisoners were tried at the Old Bailey, one of whom was capitally convicted, viz. John Martin, for feloniously and treasonably having in his custody, and engine, or edger, fit and convenient for edging or milling of money; it was of a most simple construction, and on trial in Court, a shilling was milled in less than two seconds a time.



Extract of a letter from a Gentleman in Bengal, dated
Calcutta, Oct.6, 1772.

"This season is remarkably healthy, provisions cheaper than they have been for many years, rice is sold four maunds for a roupee, so that a week's labour will maintain a man and his family for a whole year, which I believe to be the reason of the scarcity and high price of the manufactures of this country, as the natives have no notion of providing for to-morrow, if they are supplied to-day; but they are not likely to enjoy this slothful life long, for we are daily in expectation of breaking with the Marattas; or rather that they will break with us, having been some time posted on the borders of Sujah al Dowlah's country, and it is thought only wait for an opportunity of falling on it with fire and sword: whenever they make an excursion, nothing but desolation ensues; they destroy every thing; even the infant at the breast cannot move them to compassion, they behold it as an enemy that may oppose them in future, to prevent which its blood must be their security; so that notwithstanding the present ease of this country, they may soon find the calamities of war equal to that of a famine, which they so lately experienced; the Marattas disposition being more for plundering and destroying the country, than coming to a decisive stroke,. which they will always avoid if possible, and are better qualified so to do, and inured to that mode of harrassing their enemy. The military are in high spirits at the prospect of war, particularly the poor Cadets, who amount to upwards of three hundred."


COUNTRY NEWS.

LEEDS, April 27. Friday a Man was taken out of a Cave at Hatershelf, near Mithomroyd, in the Parish of Hallifax, and properly secured. He was discovered in the following manner: A person who was seeking foxes with a tarrier dog among the rocks happening to come near the mouth of the cave, the dog began barking, and advanced a little way into the cave and then came back again, but still continued barking; on which the fellow came out of the cave's mouth to see what was the matter, and observing a man with a dog, he presented a pistol and charged him to be silent or he would blow his brains out; to which the other replied, that he was only hunting foxes, and would never mention his having seen him. However, he hastened home, and presently returned with some stout men, who went into the cave and took him without any resistance. He was deliberately eating part of a fowl when taken, and had another in the cave with the feathers on. A white surplice and part of another were found in his possession, which make him suspected of being concerned in robbing Rochdale Church, as two surplices were taken away. He had a fire and a bed in the cave; and from the number of chicken bones, &c. found therein, it is imagined he had lived there some time, though he says only three days.



MONDAY's POST.
[BROUGHT by EXPRESS.]
*** Arrived the Mails from Holland and Flanders.
HAGUE, April 26.

TWELVE men of war have been ordered to be fitted out, in consequence of which the Funds have fallen within these four days 18 per cent. The motive for this armament is not known; it is generally conjectured that these preparations are the consequence of the vigorous measures pursuing in France and England.
PARIS, April 23. We are assured that the armament at Toulon is not suspended. On the contrary, a great number of workmen are ordered to that place to assist in fitting out the fleet, which consists of two ships of 80 guns, four of 71, five of 64, one of 50, and 2 frigates.
Letter's from Barcelona, and all the Spanish ports, inform us, that they are extremely active in fitting out a fleet, which is soon to put to sea.



LONDON, May 1.

It is remarkable, that notwithstanding the pacific declarations of our Ministry, councils are held still as frequently as they were last week; and the only difference in the naval preparations is, that they are not now carried on with so much speed as they were.
The King of Prussia is the only wise King in Europe. He is at once the mortal Enemy of all the rest and the specious Friend. But his Friendship with Russia is most remarkable. Three Years ago he and the Empress hated each other like Cut-throats. No sooner, however, did she invite him to partake of the Polish Plunders than he varied his Note, and professed Adoration of the Empress. Her Picture is hung up in his Audience-chamber; he looks up to her with as much Awe (especially when the Russian Ambassador is present) as if she was Saint Catherine; he talks of her as of a Being above Mortals; and he has wrote an Ode to her, in French.- We may excuse him, when we consider that he got two or three fine Provinces for these Grimaces.
The fleet now preparing for the Mediterranean is to consist of twelve ships of the line, and are to be joined with those already there, under the command of Admiral Denis, which, when united, must make a very formidable, as well as respectable figure: How they are to act the connoisseurs in politics cannot possibly divine; some say they are to protect the Russians, and fulfil our engagements on the Russian treaty, which Lord Chatham (when Mr.Pitt) piqued himself so much upon, that he said he would have it engraved on his tomb; and others with equal assurance affirm that we are at this time temporising with the Porte, are looked upon and equally respected there with the French, whose Minister and our's at that Court have acted in conjunction for this year past; that several very advantageous offers have been made us respecting the Levant trade.
When Sir Charles Saunders was first sent to take command of the fleet, he spiritedly refused to receive his appointment from the Lords of the Admiralty officially, but from the King himself; and declared, that he would on no account accept of the appointment, unless he knew the whole of the business he was going on, and received his full instructions before he left England; nor even then, without he was left to act entirely discretionally, as circumstances should arise, when he was in the Mediterranean.
Should England be engaged once more in the broils of the continent, the leaders of the Cabinet have very lately declared, that not a single English regiment shall be sent to Germany, as troops can be hired from the German Princes, and supported for one-half the expence, whilst our's will be employed at the same time to more useful and advantageous purposes in another part of the world.
It is said, that twenty thousand Swiss are taken into the pay of Great Britain.
A few days ago the Earl of Bute voided a large gall-stone, which has been the cause of his late illness. It is thought he will now recover.



There was yesterday a very respectable meeting of the Freeholders of Middlesex, at the Assembly Room at Mile End, in consequence of an advertisement from the Sheriffs. -- Mr. Wilkes (being the only Representative then present) took the Chair. He first took occasion to thank the Freeholders for having supported him on all occasions; and .then informed them of the occasion of their present meeting. He laid, besides the measure that had been proposed at a previous meeting: viz. the shortening the duration of Parliaments, that there were other measures equally necessary, particularly those of excluding Placemen and Pensioners, and a more equal representation of the people.
Mr. Sawbridge then expatiated on the violation of the right of election, and concluded with proposing, That it is the sense of the Freeholders of Middlesex, that the only effectual means of obtaining redress for the violated rights of election, is the obtaining annual, or if that cannot be, triennial Parliaments.
Mr. Horne attempted to speak, but was accosted with groans and hisses, notwithstanding which he insisted on his right of giving his sentiments as a Freeholder, regardless of the reception he met with, and the insinuations, that had been dropped in the room of his having received something from Government. He said that he had been formerly closetted with those who had been thought friends to this country, and who had pensioned their present Chairman.- Here he was called to order, and received every mark of disapprobation.
After much altercation, the resolution, with the amendment, was carried almost unanimously.
After the business of the day was settled, thanks were severally voted to John Wilkes, Esq., Mr. Serjeant Glynn, Sir George Saville, Bart., John Sawbridge, Esq., Richard Oliver, Esq., Sir Watkin Lewes, and to the minority in the House of Commons who supported the motions on Monday the 26th of April relative to the violated right of the freeholders of Middlesex.



It is said the securities for the Young Cub, who has lost immense sums very lately, are, the Duke of Buccleugh, Lord Carlisle, Mr. Foley, and Mr. Crewe. His debts, contracted by gaming, it is said, amount to �15,000. per annum.- Is it safe such a profligate should sit at a board of the Public Treasury ?- For the elder Cub, the father, not many months ago, paid upwards of �80,000. all lost by gaming.
A certain R----l Duke has raised �9000. on his house in Pall-mall.
A few days ago died the Earl of Arran, one of his Majesty's most Hon. Privy Council in Ireland. He is succeeded in title and estate by his eldest son the Hon. Arthur Saunders Gore, Lord Sudley.
Monday last Mr. Lucas, Farmer and Grazier, near Beaconsfield, Bucks, having sold his cattle at Smithfield-market, divided his cash and notes as follows, viz. three guineas in one pocket, twenty-one in another, and Bank notes to the amount of �110. in another. On his return home in the evening, in a post-chaise, he was stopped by three footpads a little beyond Uxbridge, to one of whom he gave the three guineas; one of the others, suspecting he had concealed his cash, got into the chaise, and found the twenty-one guineas; on which the third swore he would try his luck, and, accordingly got in and searched him, and found his pocket-book, which contained the Bank notes. The villains got clear off with their booty.
An account is ordered to be laid before the House of Commons, of the names and places of abode of all persons keeping publick houses in England.
This morning a machine to preserve lives in case of fire, on a new construction, was exhibited in the presence of many hundred people, at Mr. Browning's, in the Old Bailey, when it landed 26 people, one at a time, from the third story, in less than five minutes.


BANKRUPTS. James Marston, of Eastcheap, Grocer.- James Mitchell, of Lambeth, Scrivener.- Jonas Durand, of St.Martin's in the Fields, Pewterer. - Cornelius Kettler, of Thames-street, Sugar-refiner - James Weldon, junior, of Bristol, Merchant; to appear May 5, 6, and June 8, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol. - William Parkes, of Hay-Green, in Worcestershire, Ironmonger. - Hill Collicot, of Bristol, Gunsmith, to surrender on the 7th, 8th, and 12th of June, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol.- Christopher Bocquet of King-Street St.Ann's Westminster, Taylor.- Thomas M'Kenlay, of Newman-Street, Oxford-Road, Taylor, - William Tryon, of St.Mary le Bone, Merchant.- John Potter, of London-Wall, Merchant.- Henry Bartell of Worcester-Place, London, Sugar Refiner, - Robert Hall, of Harp-Lane, Cooper.- William Lessly, of St.George Middlesex, Mariner and Merchant.- Thomas Naters, of George-Street near the Minories, Merchant.- Stephen Larche of Old Ford, Middlesex, Dyer.



To the PRINTER.

PASSING lately through the Strand, two tall and lusty Fellows, who were great Cowards, run against each other as they were meeting upon the Pavement. The one grew angry, and the other took Fire. They bullied, abused, and hectored; and having pelted each, other sufficiently with Words, they retired to pelt each other with Blows. Arrived at the Field of Battle, the one said to the other, grinning, and preparing as it were to strip -"Damme ? if you, don't want to fight me, I don't want to fight you." --- "No ! (replied the other, mightily pleased) then if you won't fight me, I won't fight you, by ,G-d !"
In this Story, Mr. Printer; I have been talking all the while of Great Britain and France, Two rank Cowards could not have bullied with a greater Avidity. It begins to be suspected, that France made her warlike preparations only in order to justify a Promise she made to the Turks, that she would arm in their Defence, provided Great Britain did not oppose it. That Great Britain did oppose it, was a Piece of Intelligence (it is said) which was received with great Avidity by France, who thereupon laid down her Weapons immediately, and saved at once her Arms and her Honour.
But trust me, Mr. Printer, the News of France's disarming was not received with less Rapture in the English Court. For by the last Commerce-Treaty made between us and Russia, it was stipulated, that whenever France made any Motions to oppose the Russian Navy, Great Britain should equip a Fleet against France. This was doing; but when News came that France had given up the Affair, it is impossible for me to describe the Joy it diffused throughout St.James's. Our Premier, Sir, is no Man of War.

Peace is his dear Delight - not Fleury's more.

In this he and the King agree. They are a good Pair of Christian Brothers, who have introduced this Maxim into Politics- "If the Enemy hit thee a great Blow upon one Cheek, turn the other to him, and thereupon let him hit thee a great Blow also." In short, Mr.Printer, if this poor Nation is driven into a War it will not be the Fault of our Ministry. There is not a Man in the Council who sings the War whoop except Lord Sandwich. The rest detest the very Name of War; and it is a Fact that Lord North has declared, that the Moment War is proclaimed he will resign.
A SPY.



BATH, May 3.

For the MASTER of the CEREMONIES, at GYDE'S ROOMS, on FRIDAY the 14th of May Inst. A BALL.-- Tickets to be had of Mr. WADE, in Edgar-Buildings, at Gyde's, New-Rooms, Booksellers, and Coffee-Houses, as usual.

Arrived here, Earl of Guildford, Lord and Lady Valencia, Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Mr. Hugh Acland, Lady Northampton, Lady Courtney, Lady Bradshaw, Lady Thorold, Lady Lockhart, Capt. Tancred, Dr. Thorpe, Rev. Mr. Liddiard, Rev. Mr. Stonehouse, Rev. Mr. Nelson, Rev. Mr. Giles, Rev. Mr. White, Mr. and Mrs. Thresher, Mr. and Mrs. Sykes, Mr. and Mrs. Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Lyons, Mr. and Mrs. Kneller, Mr. and Mrs. Lisle, Mr. and Mrs. Towering, Mr. and Mrs. Jefferies, Mr. and Mrs. Palmer, Mr, and Mrs Fryer, Mr. and Mrs. Lessington, Mr. Spicer, Mr Keene, Mr Brice, Mr. and Miss Austin, Mr Newman, Mr Hine, Mr. Hopkins, Mr Awdry, Mr Brookman, Mr White, Mrs Garland, Mrs Nourse, Mrs Tomlinson, Mrs Gwatkin [?], Mrs. Soley, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Russel, Mrs Nicholas, Mrs Cooper, Mrs. and Miss James, Mrs and Miss Jones, Mrs. Fothergill, Mrs Deare, Mrs. and Miss Willes, Mrs. Clarke, Miss Lock, 2 Miss Mills, Miss Maxwell, Miss Kneller, Miss More, 2 Miss James's, Miss Palmer, Miss Fryer, &c. &c.

We hear, that at the Theatre-Royal, To-morrow evening (by particular desire) will be perform'd Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, with (for the last time this season) Harlequin at Stockwell.- And Thursday the last new comedy of She Stoops to Conquer, with entertainments.

Wednesday was married, at the Abby church, Mr. Wm. Elkington, grocer, of this city, to Miss Betty Ford, daughter of the late Mr. Ford, builder.
Same day was married, Farmer Beake, of Newton St.Loe, to Miss Susannah Balne, daughter of Farmer Balne, of the same parish.
Tuesday afternoon died at his house in St.James's square, Bristol, Mr. Jabez Marchant, only son of Mr. Richard Marchant, of this city.
Thursday died at Englishbatch, near this city, Mr. John Day, aged 90; a Gentleman greatly esteemed by all who had the happiness of his acquaintance.

At Signora Farinelli's Benefit Concert on Saturday there was a very genteel and numerous audience; and Signora Farinelli particularly exerted herself in her cadences, and met with the general applause due to her great merit.
The late Lord Chesterfield was so fond of pictures to the last, that he ordered a capital painting that was lately sold by auction, to be bought for him at the sum of �400. which was brought to his Lordship's bedside just before be died, as soon as it was purchased .- The greatest men retain their foibles to the last.
Wednesday a very extraordinary accident happened at Exning near Newmarket: As a servant belonging to Mrs. Strong was preparing to lay the cloth for dinner, in wiping the knives, one of them slipped out of his hand, and entering his thigh, unfortunately wounded an artery, and though a surgeon was immediately sent for, the poor man bled to death in about half an hour.



PHILOSOPHY.

MR. DONN begs Leave to acquaint the Ladies and Gentlemen in BATH and its Environs, that he intends to begin a COURSE of LECTURES in Experimental Philosophy, on WEDNESDAY the 5th of this Inst. May, at 12 o'Clock, at the Ladies and Gentlemen's Coffee-House, adjoining to the Pump-Room ; where Heads of the Lectures may be had gratis, and Tickets for the whole Course of 14 or 15 Lectures One Guinea each.

N.B. If a Subscriber cannot attend any particular Lecture, the Ticket will admit a Friend.

The First, or Wednesday's Lecture will be on the entertaining Subject of Electricity, illustrated by a Variety of Experiments. -- If the Weather proves favourable to Electrical Experiments, the Number worthy to be exhibited are too numerous to be comprized in one Lecture; and as some of them require a dark Room, it is proposed, if agreeable to the Company present at the first Lecture, to give another on this Subject, shewing some curious Experiments relating to Lightning; Northern Lights, Thunder, &c.

To begin at Seven in the Evening of the same Day.- The Price for Admittance to such as do not subscribe, is 2s. 6d. each Lecture.

*** On this present Monday Evening, at 7 o'Clock, Mr. DONN begins his Iast Lecture at the Queen's Head Tavern: in which will be explained the Phenomena of Comets, and Solution of a Variety of entertaining Geographical and Astronomical Paradoxes. - Admittance Two Shillings.



To be SOLD by AUCTION,
By WM. BARTLETT,

On Wednesday the 12th Day of May Inst. between the Hours of Ten and Twelve in the Forenoon, at the House of Mr. Boulter, the Three-Tuns in Stall-street, Bath, In the following LOTS, viz.
LOT I. ALL that Substantial New-Built Messuage, situate at the West End of Alfred-Street, opposite the New-Assembly Rooms in the City of Bath, with a large Garden behind the same, now lett to Mrs. Welling on a Lease (whereof two Years are to come) at the yearly Rent of �70.
LOT II.-- All that New-Built Messuage or Tenement situate on St. Andrew's Terrace, with a Garden behind the same, adjoining to the Garden of the above-mentioned Messuage, and now let on a Lease to Mr. Hoggard, Peruke-maker, at the yearly Rent of �20.

On the Garden Ground belonging to the above two Messuages, may be erected several Tenements or Shops.
For further Particulars, apply to Wm. Bartlett, Upholder and Auctioneer, or Wm. Percival, Attorney, in Bath.



To be SOLD by AUCTION,
By WILLIAM CROSS,
On Monday the 17th Instant, at Five o'Clock in the Evening, on the Premises,

THE LEASE and GOOD- WILL of that Large Commodious and Well-known INN the LAMB in Stall-Street, in the City of Bath, now in the Possession of Mr. BIGGS, subject to the small yearly rent of only �80.- The House is large and convenient, the Cellaring exceeding good, and has every Thing desirable to render the whole a complete House for public Business; to this House is Stabling for about 100 Horses, and a proportionable reception for Carriages: There is also a compleat Cock-pit, a large Granary, &c. &c. all which are compriz'd in the same Rent.- The Purchaser is to take the Houshold Furniture, the Stock in Trade and Fixtures at a fair Valuation.-Thirteen Years and a half of the Lease will be unexpir'd at Midsummer next.
The Stables and Coach-Houses to this Inn may be lett for �100. per Annum, if the Purchaser thinks proper to open the House as a Tavern only.- Particulars and Conditions will be given at the Time of Sale: Mean while if any Person is desirous to Purchase the Lease, &c. by Private Contract, they are desir'd to apply to Wm. Cross, at his Upholstery Warehouse Milsom-street.



BATH
JOHN TOTTERDELL,
WOOLLEN-DRAPER and TAYLOR,

HAVING taken a SHOP the Corner of KINGSTON-BUILDINGS, returns Thanks to his Friends and Customers for past Favours, solicits a Continuance , and all Orders conferr'd on him by the Public, shall be industriously attended to
By their obedient humble Servant,
JOHN TOTTERDELL

A large Well-situated SHOP to be LETT the Lower-End of Stall-street.
A TENEMENT to be LETT at the Bristol Wells in an undeniable Situation ----.A good Tenant may have a Lease for seven Years or more.



BATH, April 29, 1773.
GUILDHALL.
ANY PERSON or PERSONS willing to undertake the Building of a GUILDHALL in this City, are desir'd to send in their Proposals, sealed, to Mr. DITCHER, Chamberlain.
A Plan of the intended Building may be seen at the Town-hall, where all necessary Information may be had relating to the same.



BATH CITY.
ROBBERIES and BURGLARIES.

WHEREAS Information on Oath hath been lately made before the Magistrates of this City, that the undernamed Persons, have lately committed divers Robberies and Burglaries within the same City: NOTICE is hereby given, that whoever will apprehend them, or either of them, so that he or they may be brought to Justice, shall receive FIVE POUNDS Reward for the apprehending each Person, to be paid by the Chamberlain of this City, on his or their Conviction.
THOMAS GODDING, about 5 Feet 9 Inches high, a Carpenter, aged 20, or thereabouts, round Shoulders, and walks stooping, has a pale Complexion, and down look, baker knee'd, strait dark brown Hair, usually wears a blue Jacket, and a dirty Pair of Leather Breeches; swings his Arms very much in his Walk.
ROBERT SMITH, about 5 Feet 5 Inches high, Labourer, aged 18 or thereabouts, walks stooping, pale Complexion, light brown Hair curled, thin grown, baker knee'd, usually wears a ragged snuff coloured coat.
SAMUEL GUY, about 20 Years of Age, near 5 Feet 7 Inches high, light brown Hair curled, walks upright, smooth Face, fresh Complexion, usually wears a purple Cloth Coat, lapell'd Linen Waistcoat, black Breeches, frequently drives Cattle for the Butchers.



BN. and E. LEVIS, DENTISTS,
At their House in Queen Street, near Bath Bank,
Citizens of BATH these many Years,

BEG Leave to recommend to the Nobility, Gentry, and others their most Excellent and Incomparable New-Discover'd LIQUID and DENIFRICES, for the TEETH and GUMS : And they return their sincere Thanks for the great Encouragement they have already met with, and kind Recommendations.
The Efficacy of their Remedies can be prov'd by several Hundred People of quality and credit: Also they remove the Scales of the Teeth so dextrous and skilfully, as scarce to be felt, and by a Method peculiar to themselves, and render them as white as Ivory, with the greatest Preservation of the Enamel, by using a Tea-spoonful every Morning. It also fastens them by Virtue of the same Liquid and Water; it causes the Gums to grown up to them, tho' ever so much decay'd; infallibly cures the Scurvy, also removes the most offensive Breath, and prevents the Tooth Ach, and if the Teeth are rotten, it prevents them from going any farther.
* The Scales are generally call'd Tartar; which is not only disagreeable to the Eyes, but also productive of very Foetid Exhalations: There are various Sorts of Tartar, the Yellow, the Whitish, the Black, and even the Green Tartar, which is the most pernicious, as it destroys the Enamel if it is not remov'd, otherwise the Gum by the Compression, will swell, and obstruct the regular Course of the Fluids through the Lymphatic and Blood-Vessels, which will therefore be liable to putrify, and destroy in a short Time the Gum, the Socket, and Periostium of the Root.- This is the Reason why the teeth grow loose and painful at that Time; if you were even then to remove the Tartar, it would be ten to one whether it would not be too late to hinder the Loss of the Teeth, which are now left without any Support from the Gums, the Periostium, and the Sockets.
We hope those who have the least Appearance of Scales, will apply before they go too far, this Caution being inferred to inform them of the bad Consequence of Neglect.- By using a Tea-spoonful of this Liquid and Water every Day; the above-mention'd ill Effects will be prevented, and the Teeth kept in a perfect sound State even to old Age.- The Prices are on the Bottles.

NATURAL TEETH
Reinstated in the most ingenious Manner that hath
yet been known in this Nation.
ARTIFICIAL TEETH
From one to a whole Set, made in the compleatest Manner and the most private Principles.

*** They most earnestly desire the Public to be Cautious; as the great Character their Dentrifices &c. have already acquired them, have induced some People to offer Counterfeits which are very pernicious to the Enamel : therefore None are their Genuine Dentrifices but what are sealed with their Seal, E.L. and Britannia and Anchor.



For the SUPPORT of
The PAUPER-SCHEME,
On Wednesday the 12th of May will be
A PUBLIC BREAKFAST,
At Mr. GYDE's ROOM.
Tickets 5s. each, to be had at the Rooms, Booksellers, and Coffee-Houses, as usual.

The Books are open for public Inspection at Mr. Frederick's and Mr. Bull's, Booksellers, where Subscriptions for this extensive Charity are taken in.

The Gentlemen Subscribers are desired to meet at Mr. Gyde's, the Monday next, after the Breakfast.

An Account of the Institution and present State of the
PAUPER SCHEME.

THE Pauper-Scheme began in the Year 1752; but, in order to give a true Idea of its Institution, it will be necessary to take some Notice of the General Hospital.- In the Year 1742 this Hospital was founded for the Relief of such poor Objects living at a Distance, whose Cases required the Use of Bath Waters, but could receive it without some charitable Assistance. The Inhabitants of Bath, and the Poor residing here[?] to assist at the Buildings, and for other very necessary Purposes, were thus excluded from the Benefit of this Charity : And the Reason of it was, that, by being born upon the Spot, they might enjoy the Advantage of the Waters, and the Advice of the Physicians and Surgeons, without the Expence of Travelling, or leaving their Families. --- Now, though it is certain that the Bath Waters are of most excellent Service in many very obstinate Complaints, yet they will not cure every Disorder : And it is by long Experience found, that some Medicines are almost always necessary; therefore Dr. Oliver, with other Physicians and Surgeons attending the Hospital, raised a subscription of a Guinea a-piece amongst themselves, in order to supply such Poor as were resident in Bath with Medicines. This laudable Undertaking being much approved of by the Inhabitants, and Company resorting to Bath, many others became Subscribers; and thus, as an Appendix to the General Hospital, was founded the Pauper Scheme.
This Charity affords Medicines to Acute as well as Chronical Disorders, whence many Thousands of Poor have been relieved in various Kinds of Sickness; - Children, in all the Diseases to which Infancy and a tender Age are exposed:- Women, whose Complaints are often aggravated by the Hardships they are obliged to submit to, in order to support themselves and Families, or increased by the Violences and Injuries they too frequently suffer from bad Husbands :- Many industrious Men, by a speedy Administration of suitable Medicines, have been freed from Fevers, and other violent Disorders, occasioned by their different Employment, and enabled to support their young and helpless Children, who would probably have perished of deprived of the Sustenance gained by their Father's daily Labour.
By the Minute Books of this Charity, dated Dec.8, 1764, it appears, that from the Year 1752 to 1763 inclusive, 14,364 Patients were relieved at the Expence of �1298 15s. 7d. ---- and that in the Year 1764, the Number of Patients relieved was 1171, and the Expence �83 12s. 5d. - In the Year 1765, the Patients increased to 1861, and the Expences to �157 15s. 1d. And in the Year 1768, when the last State of this Charity was printed, the annual Number of Patients amounted to 2932, and the Expences to �323 14s 2d, f.
The Subscription to this Charity not increasing in proportion to its Expences, in the Year 1767 a Public Breakfast, and a Play acted for its Support; and in the following Spring Season Sermons were preached, and Collections made in its Behalf, which have since been continued Annually. Not withstanding these additional Assistances, the Expences have so far exceeded them, that the Charity could not have existed to the End of last Year, had it not been for the seasonable Relief it received in the Autumn, by a Collection made at the several Places of public Worship. -- The following is an exact State of the Number of Patients relieved, with the Expences, in the Year 1772.

Patients�.s.d.IPatients�.s.d.
I
Jan. 231- Cash1789IJuly297- Cash2072
Feb248- Do.1968IAug.227- Do.221611
March257- Do.19198ISept.241- Do.1528
April250- Do.1858IOct.120- Do.731
May349- Do.2710INov.158- Do.101610
June380- Do.2288IDec.130- Do.10122
1615- Do.12415I1173- Do.861810



From the above Account it is to be hoped, that the Benefit arising to Society from this very liberal Charity will be sufficiently apparent to prevent its Sinking by a Discontinuance of such annual Subscriptions and Collections, as have supported it for these twenty years past.



To be SOLD by AUCTION,
By HILL and BIRCHALL,

This present MONDAY, the 3d of May, between the Hours of Twelve and Two, at the Greyhound and Shakespeare Inn in the Market-Place, in the City of Bath.

THE Several ESTATES of RICHARD UPTON, a Bankrupt, situate, lying, and being in the said City of Bath, in the following LOTS:

Lot I.- Three several Yearly Fee-Farm Rents, of �2. a Year each, well secured and made for ever, issuing and payable out of three Houses in Belmont-Row.
Lot II.- Two several Yearly Fee-Farm Rents, the one of �6. 17s. 6d. and the other of �5. 2s. well secured and made for ever, issuing and payable out of two new well-built Houses at Belvidere.
Lot III- All the several new and well-built Messuages, Tenements, Stables, Coach Houses, Buildings, and Premises, chiefly Freehold; situate, lying and being at Belvidere aforesaid, of the yearly Value of �290. and subject to three several! Ground Rents of �100. �40. and �7. yearly, and sundry Arrears and small Charges for Repairs; the Particulars of which will be given in the Conditions of Sale.
For farther Particulars, and Conditions, apply to Hill and Birchall, at their Upholstery Ware-house, Queen-Square.



HENRY CHILCOT
WORKING-JEWELLER and GOLDSMITH,

The Corner of Green-Street, opposite St. Michael's Church, BATH, and at the HOT-WELLS during the Season, (for many Years a principal Workman to the greatest Shops in London and Bath, and for these two Years to Mr. Evill in the Market-Place, and Mr. Smith late of Wade's-Passage)
MAKES, new sets, and mends all Sorts of JEWELLERS WORK, on the best Principles, and newest Designs, with every Contrivance to answer their several Purposes.

�.s.d.
Diamond cluster ring neatly set, each at0160
Diamond hoop rings nearly set,-- --0150
Neat garnet cluster rings with hair of any device-- --0160
Picture bracelets neatly set in gold-- --1160
If Small-- --1116
Ditto in silver gilt-- --0160
Sleeve buttons neatly set in gold, with hair of any device-- --1140
Ditto in silver gilt-- --0180
Mourning rings neatly made and nurl'd. The same as other charge 18s.-- --0150
Neat plain chrystal hair rings-- --0150



Seals neatly set in gold with roman settings from �1. 1s. to �1. 16s.

All Kind of Jobbing at a lower Price than at any Shop in England, as I keep a Man entirely in that way -Coats of Arms, Crests, Cyphers, &c. grav'd in stone, steel, and silver.
As there are so many Articles in the Jewellery and Goldsmith's Trade, it is impossible to insert them in an Advertisement or Hand-bills, but every Thing shall be done as well as Hands can do it, and Shillings if not a Crown in a Pound cheaper than at any Shop in England, as I am entirely in the Working way: I will endeavour to convince those who employ me, the profit is single --- Goldsmith's and Silversmith's Work made, repaired and mended.- All Kinds of plated Work repaired and mended.
HAIR WORK., in all its extensive Forms, Fancies, and Devices, such as Likenesses, Landscapes, Cyphers Altars, Urns, Trees, Plats, &c. of which I have the greatest Variety of Patterns.-- Mr. Chilcot has a Daughter who is inimitable in Hair-Work; he therefore presumes he can give the greatest satisfaction, and every Favour will be most gratefully acknowledged.

Money for Old Gold and Silver.-- Wanted, an APPRENTICE.
A genteel Apartment to be Lett in Lansdown Road, or the whole House, during the Summer. -- Enquire as above.



BATH, April 21, 1773.
To be SOLD, by Private Contract,

THE Following LEASEHOLD PREMISES, viz.- All those Two New-built Messuages, with about an Acre of Garden thereto adjoining and belonging, in which is a Canal, and also a valuable Spring of Mineral or Chalybeate Water.- Also all that small Messuage, Tenement or Summer-House lying contiguous thereto, in which is an Engine or Machine for engraving Stone Seals: Together with the said Engine or Machine, and the Appurtenances thereto belonging; which said Premises are situate and being in the Parish of Widcombe and Lyncombe in the County of SOMERSET, near the City of Bath, and are commonly called or known by the Name of Wicksteed's Machine, or the Bagatelle.
The above Premises are in good repair, very pleasantly situated, and are lett to Messrs. Wicksteed and Bowers, at the yearly Rent of �100.
The whole of the above Premises are held by Lease for the Remainder of a Term of 99 Years absolute, whereof 76 Years are unexpired, subject to the yearly chief Rent of �12.
Also to be SOLD with the above Premises, an ORCHARD of about three Acres and a Half, adjoining thereto, for the Remainder of a Term of 21 Years, whereof 10 Years are unexpired, subject to the yearly Rent of �7. 10s.
For further Particulars (as to the Sale of the Premises) apply to Mr. Samuel Woodhouse, at the White-Hart Inn, Stall-Street; and for a View of the same to the said Mr. Wicksteed.



To be SOLD in FEE,

THREE TENEMENTS, situate at the Upper End of Hooper's-Court, near Walcot Church. For Particulars apply to Mr. Jacob Smith, Attorney at Law, in Bath.

And to be Lett, a HOUSE and GARDEN, in Union-Passage.- And also a HOUSE and GARDEN, in Chapel-Row.- For Particulars enquire as above.



To be SOLD,

ALL that MESSUAGE or TENEMENT situate on the Burrough Walls, next the Market-Place, BATH, now in Possession of Mr. Cridland, Poulterer.- The Premises are Leasehold, being held under the Corporation of the said City, for a Term of 99 Years, (determinable with three good Lives) subject to a Chief Rent of 10s. per Annum.

Further Particulars may be had Mr. John Parker, at the Sign of the Squirrel Opposite the Premises.



To be LETT for One Year,
Or a longer Term if required, and entered upon the
Twenty-Fourth of JUNE,

A HOUSE on the South Side of BROCK-STREET, Bath, commanding a beautiful Prospect .- For Particulars, enquire of Edward Bartley, Grocer, in the same Street.



To be LETT immediately,
A Large and Commodious HOUSE in Westgate-Street, BATH, having all Conveniences, late in possession of Mr. Durham.

And also, a HOUSE, with a large Garden adjoining, having a good Wall for Fruit, situate at the Entrance into Bath-Easton; and, if desired, an Orchard in good Proof will be Lett with it.

For Particulars enquire of Thomas Harford, Attorney, Green-Street, Bath.



BATH
To be LETT or SOLD,
And Enter'd upon Immediately,

A COMMODIOUS WELL-BUILT HOUSE, three Rooms on a Floor, situated in Claverton street, in the Parish of Lyncomb and Widcomb, being the Corner House by the way that leads over the Fields to Bathwick, and New Bridge, having a beautiful prospect of the Town, and adjacent Country, being well supplied with both sorts of Water, with a pleasant Garden extending to the River, where a Pleasure Boat might be kept; with every other useful conveniency.

Also another HOUSE, with a Garden, properly adapted for a Person who takes in Washing.- For Particulars enquire of Mr. Biggs, on Bath Quay.
N.B. WANTED THREE HUNDRED POUNDS on a Freehold Estate of Forty Pounds per Annum, clear of all Deductions.- Any Person it may suit, apply as above.



This Day are Published, Price 3s. sewed,
POEMS on Several Occasions,
By J. ROBINSON.

London: Printed for T. Davies, in Russell-street, Covent-Garden, G. Robinson in Pater-noster-Row, and T. Cadell in the Strand; and Sold by W. Frederick, in Bath.



MR. LINLEY's (jun.) CONCERT will be at the New Assembly-Rooms, in the Great Room on Wednesday, May 5, The Vocal Parts by Miss LINLEY. The First Violin by Mr. LINLEY, jun. Further Particulars will be inserted in the Bills of the Concert.- To begin at Half an Hour past Six o'Clock.-Tickets to be had of Mr. Linley jun. and at the New Assembly-Rooms, York-House, Pump-Room, and Booksellers, at 5s. each.



NEW ASSEMBLY-ROOMS.

MR. LINLEY having heard with great Concern, that he is accused of having opposed the Benefit Concert of Signora Farinelli, which was first Advertized for Wednesday last, begs leave to assure the Public, that there was not the least Intention of doing her Concert any Injury.
It was the desire of the Gentlemen of the New Assembly Rooms, that a Concert should be there on Wednesday last, in Consequence of the Notice given, before Mr. Linley's return from London: Mr. Linley objected to its being upon that Night, and urged it as a Reason, that it might interfere with Signora Farinelli's Benefit: In Answer to which it was said, that a Concert at the New Assembly Rooms on that Evening, had been for some Time past noticed in writing, that it was the usual Night of the Concerts at those Rooms, and that Signora Farinelli had been informed, from her first speaking to the Musicians, that they could not perform for her, if the Concert proposed to be at the Upper Rooms, should take Place: The Public Breakfast, and Ball, on the Wednesday Morning, at which the Musicians were required to attend, and of which Mr. Linley was not informed 'till the preceding Evening, preventing a Rehearsal, was the Reason for the Concert's being postponed.



At GYDE's ROOMS,
MR. SHAW's (Jun.) CONCERT will be on Wednesday the 12th of May Instant.-Particulars of which will be Inserted in the Bills.
Tickets to be had at the Rooms, Pump-Room, Coffee-Houses, Booksellers, and of Mr. Shaw, Jun. at 5s. each.



To be LETT, Furnish'd or Unfurnish'd,

A NEAT and CONVENIENT HOUSE on St.James's Parade, now occupied by the Rev. Mr. Clarke, and may be entered on at any Time before Michaelmas.

Also a TENEMENT Unfurnished, near the Cross-Bath, fit for a single Person.- Enquire at the House above-mentioned.



BATH, May 3, 1773.
To be LETT in New-King-Street,
Unfurnished, in a Private Family, where there are no other Lodgers,
A Very Good DINING ROOM APARTMENT. Enquire of Mr. ALLEN, at the Third Door the North Side of the said Street.

N.B. To be Sold at Mr. RYLES'S Commodious Livery Stables (late Allen's) in Monmouth-street. A Genteel GRAY GELDING, four Years old, fifteen Hands high, by noted Horse Sourface, and out of a very good Hunting Mare; will be warranted Sound.---- Likewise two BROWN GELDINGS, rising four Years old, Brothers to the above, and will be warranted Sound.- Also to be Sold, a good Second-hand Four Wheel POST CHAISE and Harness, enquire as above.



Sanabilibus agrotamus malis.

AS the diseases incident to human nature are acknowledg'd not to be irremediable, what but an ignorance of investigating their different ramifications can be the cause of those ill effects produced by misapplications, in no distemper more observable than in the Venereal ? I need not point out the numbers of those who influenc'd by pompous advertisements have unhappily fallen victims to the seduction and ill-treatment of all assuming Quacks and bungling Empirics. It is a truth, alas! too sensibly felt to need a comment. Desirous then of rescuing the constitutions of my fellow creatures from the fatal claws of such as would gripe 'em to death for self-interest, I take the liberty of introducing to the public a Remedy, which I am convinc'd from numberless and never-failing Tryals, will prove a sovereign cure of the Venereal Disease in all it's most dangerous symptoms and virulent stages, as well as of the scurvy and all cutaneous eruptions however inveterate. It is not a boasted nostrum that I would thus intrude on the public, but a remedy made up agreeable to the practice and direction of the late so much fam'd Dr. Hauy of Paris, under whose inspection I had the honour to practice for several years. I am not ignorant that some gentlemen in this country have exerted their abilities, even with success, on this head. But I think that without diminishing the respect due to their discoveries, I may recommend my remedy, to enlarge upon the salutary virtues of which, to say with what efficacy it eliminates all the remains of the disorder, with what ease and convenience to the patient wou'd be in some sort a derogation to it's sufficiency, and by the censorious may be regarded as the characteristic of a Quack, I shall therefore refer the diseas'd to a proof of superior utility.

C. Bertera, Surgeon, late from Paris.

Dr. Bertera will attend such as may be dispos'd to submit themselves to his cure, every day from ten in the morning 'till two in the afternoon, and from six in the evening till nine at night, at the shop of Mr. Gye, Apothecary, in the Passage leading from Weirgate-street to the Cross-Bath, where also may be had the following original Medicines, with directions.
Nervous Corroborating Drops and Powders, which may be truly called Specifics for Contractions of the Muscles, Convulsions and all nervous Complaints, as many Persons now in Bath, though despaired of by some of the Faculty, have happily experienced.
The gentle Cathartic Pills being an infallible cure for the green Sickness, Obstructions of the Courses, Vapours and most of the disorders incident to the Fair Sex- An Electuary for all rheumatic Complaints, and many others too tedious to insert; which with every Article in the Druggist and Apothecary way, M. Gye will sell by Wholesale and Retail on the lowest Terms.
Mr. Gye is satisfied that his Attention to Business and exactitude in performing the Orders of such of the Faculty and others as shall honour him with their Commands, will sufficiently blunt those venom'd Shafts with which envious Persons have lately arm'd themselves against his Character.



For the Benefit of Mrs. KEASBERRY,
At the Theatre Royal, on Saturday next the 9th of May,
will be perform'd a Comedy called
EVERY MAN in his HUMOUR.
(Written by BEN. JOHNSON)

Kitely Mr. Keasberry, Master Stephen Mr. Edwin, Kno'well Mr. Haughton, Edward Kno'well Mr. Robson, Brainworm Mr. Didier; Downright Mr. Brookes, Wellbred Mr. Jackson, Master Matthew Mr. Barrett, Justice Clement Mr. Floor, Cash Mr. Egan, Cob Mr. Watts, Roger Formal Mr. Summers, Servant Mr. Moor, Captain Bobadil Mr. Henderson.- Dame Kitely Mrs. Didier, Bridget Mrs. Taylor, Tib Mrs. Martin.- End of the Play, a Minuet, by Master Deneuville and Miss Curtis.
For the Benefit of Mrs. KEASBERRY,
With ENTERTAINMENTS.



BAGATELLE.
PUBLIC TEA Wednesday and Saturday Evenings, with Music for Cotillions, &c. &c.
N.B. Breakfasts and Dinners on the shortest Notice.



To be SOLD.
At DAVIS'S LIVERY-STABLES in James-Street,
King's-Mead, BATH,

A FINE CHESNUT WELL-BRED HUNTER, got by Little Driver, now seven Years old, 15 Hands high, well broke and Leaps exceeding well Standing or Flying, and is perfectly Sound and free from Blemish.

N.B. Several other Horses to be Sold at the same Place.- Likewise Horses taken in at Livery on the most reasonable Terms.



To be LETT and entered upon Immediately,
A HOUSE with three Rooms on a floor, and every conveniency necessary for a Gentleman's Family, situated near the New Assembly Rooms.

A neat Apartment to be lett by the Year, in Kingston's-Buildings.-- Enquire of W. ROGERS, Jeweller, who desires to acquaint the Public that his large Stock of Cutlery, Birmingham and Sheffield Goods, will be Sold at and under Prime Cot1, as he intends leaving off that Branch of Trade.-- Great Assortment of Jewellery Goods, and Pearls made up, which he will engage to sell Cheaper than they are sold in London.



BATH SCHOOL,

THE Rev. Mr. MORGAN, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, being presented by the Worshipful the Mayor and Corporation, to the Care of the GRAMMAR-SCHOOL in this City, proposes on the first Day of JULY next, to-open the same for the Admission of Young Gentlemen, to be genteelly Boarded and carefully Educated after the present ETON Method.-- Mr. MORGAN is determined to spare no Pains or Expence to support the Credit of the School he therefore hopes for the Confidence and Encouragement of the Public.- All Letters directed to the Rev. Mr. MORGAN, at the Grammar-School, Bath, will be duly answer'd.

N.B. Writing and Arithmetick, French and Dancing, will be Taught by able Masters.



BATH, April 10, 1773.
KNIGHT, Chymist and Druggist,
No. IV. BOND-STREET,

TAKES this Method to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public in general, that he prepares and sells, Wholesale and Retail, all Sorts of CHYMICAL and GALENICAL MEDICINES, with the Choicest DRUGS, the same as in London, where he serv'd a regular Apprenticeship to the Business.
Those Gentlemen of the Faculty who chose to give him the Preference, may depend on their Orders being duly executed on the very best Terms, and their Favours gratefully acknowledged,
By their most obedient humble Servant,
HENRY KNIGHT.
N.B. Pyrmont, Spaw, Seltzers, and other Mineral Waters in their greatest Perfection. -French Hungary Water, Double Distill'd Lavender, &c. Fine Spermaceti Oil.

*** A Neat APARTMENT for a Single Gentleman.



SILK-WEAVERS WARE-HOUSE
Corner of Gallaway's-Buildings, BATH.

VAN SOMMER and Co. have here on Sale, a New, Large, and Elegant Stock of SPRING and SUMMER SILKS, Of the same Patterns, &c. as at their Ware-House in PALL-MALL, London.

New WAISTCOAT SHAPES.
TISSUES, SILK and mixed DAMASK for Furniture.
Black SILKS, BOMBAZINES, and CRAPES.
*** They allow Five per Cent for Ready Money.