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Some Selected Reports from the Salisbury & Winchester Journal
Monday, January 27th, 1783.
THURSDAY's POST
Arrived the Mails from Holland, France, and Flanders
PARIS, December 24.
THE Turks seem preparing for war both in Moldovia and Bessarabia; vast quantities of ammunition and provisions are transporting towards Bender, and the new recruits are exercising without ceasing.
The environs of Constantinople swarm with robbers, who mostly prove to be miserable wretches who have been reduced by necessity by the many fires which have happened in that capital, nor has the diligence of strong patroles hitherto been able to put a stop to the depredations of these wretches, who are become formidable by their number and audacity.
LONDON, TUESDAY, January 21.
Saturday last being kept as her Majesty's birth-day, about three o'clock the throng of carriages at St.James's was very great. Among the nobility and gentry who visited the Court were, the Foreign Ministers and their Ladies, and most of the great Officers of State, the Duke and Duchess of Chandos, Duke and Duchess of Athol, Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Duke and Duchess of Argyle, Duke and Duchess of Richmond, Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, Duke and Duchess of Gordon, Dowager Duchess of Ancaster, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquisses of Carmarthan, Lothian, and Graham, Lord and Lady Bagot, Lord Petre, Lord and Lady Dartry, Lord Cholmondeley, Lord North, Lord Mansfield, Lord and Lady Pembroke, Lord and Lady Stormont, Lord and Lady Grantham, Lord Keppel, General Conway, Lord and Lady Shelburne, Lord Effingham, Lord and Lady Weymouth, Lord George Cavendish, Lord and Lady Loughborough, Lord and Lady Gower, Lord and Lady Hopetoun, Lord and Lady Rivers, Lord de Ferrars, Lord and Lady Ferrers, Lord Chatham, Lord and Lady Milburne, Lord Cornwallis, Lord and Lady Glendore, Lord and Lady Maitland, Lord and Lady Cavan, Lord Parker, Lord Buckinghamshire, Lady Dorothy Thompson, Lord and Lady Lewisham, Lady Dartmouth, Lady Clifford, Lord and Lady Bathurst, Lord Sackville and Miss Sackville, Lord and Lady Chewton, Lady Elizabeth Waldegrave, Lord and Lady Sefton, Lord Mountstuart and Lady Bute, Lord and Lady Charles Spencer, Lord and Lady Cathcart, Generals Patterson and Ward, General Freytag and his Lady, the Bishops of Winchester, Bangor, Salisbury, Gloucester, Bristol, London, Peterborough, St.David's, Chester, Lincoln, Bath and Wells, and Landaff, Mr. Burke, Mr. Fox, Sir George and Lady Yonge, Mr. and Mrs. Townshend, Sir Joseph Yorke, Sir Samuel Fludyer, Governor Wentworth and his Lady, Mr. Beckford, &c. &c. &c.
The drawing-room was exceedingly brilliant. Her Majesty appeared in a white striped velvet, trimmed with the same colour; was perfectly well dressed, but not shewy. The King was dressed in white, with a rose-coloured sattin waistcoat.
The Princess Royal was in a white and silver tissue, with a small running figure across in lemon-colour silk, which had a very pretty effect, the trimming was unusually rich, and consisted of white crape, beautifully embroidered in gold spots and coloured sprigs, variously ornamented with gold tassels, foil, jewels, spangles, &c. &c. the different parts of the drapery were edged with fine ostrich feathers, instead of fringe. The Princess Augusta wore the same pattern tissue as her sister, but the small figure running across was Burgundy, instead of lemon-colour, and tho' trimmed in quite a different stile from the Princess Royal's, was much admired for its peculiar beauty.
The Prince of Wales was in a cardinal blue velvet, richly embroidered with silver down the seams. His Royal Highness wore his hair in two long curls on a side; and it was not dressed so low as it usually is, certainly added much to the grace of his form.
Among the Ladies most distinguished in this brilliant assembly, were Lady Shelburne, whose dress was uncommonly superb, Lady Waldegrave, Lady Ilchester, Lady Aylesford, Miss Thynne, &c. Lady Sefton discovered great taste in the choice of dress, and was perfectly happy in the ornamental ears of corn of the trimming, which formed, with the other decoration of her apparel, a most beautiful tout ensemble. Lady Pembroke was particularly well dressed, being in a white sattin, with a gold spot and wave across. The Countess of Hopetoun shone superior in the beauty and richness of the laces she wore. Lady Augusta Campbell, appeared in a white taffity, ornamented with festoons of artificial flowers. Lady Aylesford's dress was much admired for the embroidery of it, which is said to be of her own work. The Dowager Lady Aylesford was in the fashionable Elliott fire colour, beautifully trimmed. Lady Elizabeth Henley appeared in a beautiful rose-coloured sattin, with a white petticoat trimmed with gauze, and a painted border intermixed with an elegant foil of the same colour, the whole forming an elegant simplicity. Mrs Dalling, the Lady of General Dalling, was remarked for the richness of her dress, being white and gold, the trimming of which had a most pleasing effect. The Ladies dresses were in general of white; some Vestris blue, Carmelite, and Crapaud; with the last new colours, the Corbeau, and Les Boulets-rouges.- There was scarcely a Lady's head dress in the assembly, which was not distinguished by a panache, though they varied much in the magnitude of the plume.
The Ladies heads were in general very becomingly dressed, not very high, rather wide, three or four curls on each side.
The Gentlemen mostly appeared in dark colours. The Duke of Cumberland had on a deep ruby velvet, embroidered with gold, and white sattin waistcoat. The Duke of Manchester, a Corbeau velvet, with white cuffs, spangled with silver, and white sattin embroidered waistcoat. Lord Lewisham wore a deep Carmelite, richly embroidered. The Marquis of Graham had on a peach-coloured velvet and silver. Lord Southampton, a rich suit of velvet of a Carmelite colour, with rich embroidery. The Hon. Mr. North was in a dress of Cardinal blue, and a white waistcoat, &c. &c.
From the unfavourableness of the day, few new carriages were at St.James's, but new hammer-cloths and liveries out of number. Among the new equipages was an elegant vis a vis gilt carriage, belonging to Lord George Cavendish. The Marquis of Carmarthen, a vis a vis, Corbeau pannels, and gilt frame. Colonel St.Leger launched a most elegant chariot; as did also Sir Samuel Fludyer. Lord Cholmondeley went to Court in a handsome coach, finished since his arrival from France.
Early in the evening the company in the ball-room were very numerous. From the place being lighted up, the Ladies appeared to the greatest advantage; their elegant dresses, the profusion of diamonds they wore, and above all, their supreme beauty, producing the most brilliant display that ever adorned a Court. Soon after their Majesties, the Princess Royal, and Princess Augusta had entered, the minuets commenced. The Prince of Wales danced the two first, with the Princess Royal and Princess Augusta, the latter of whom had never graced the Court ball before; after which minuets were continued in the following order :
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| Duke of Cumberland | { | Lady Augusta Campbell |
| { | Lady Frances Finch |
| Marquis of Graham | { | Lady Shelburne |
| { | Lady Aylesford |
| Lord Lewisham | { | Lady Hor. Waldegrave |
| { | Lady -- Waldegrave |
Minuets were also danced by the Hon.Mr. North, Lord Parker, Mr George Pitt, Colonel St.Leger, Mr. West, Mr. Smith, Mr. Chartres, &c. &c. the Hon Miss Thynne, Miss Elliken [?], Miss Cooper, Miss Hobart, Miss Boscawen, Miss Bridgeman, &c. &c. The minuets being ended, the country dances began .- The couples which stood up were as follow :
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| Duke of Cumberland | Princess Augusta |
| Colonel St. Leger | Lady Augusta Campbell |
| Marquis of Graham | Lady Frances Finch |
| Mr George Pitt | Lady Hor. Warpole |
| Mr Smith | Miss Bridgeman |
| Mr Chartres | Miss Cooper |
The Marquis of Graham and his partner went down two dances only; the other couples continued till the ball ended, which was about a quarter past eleven; when their Majesties and the two Princesses, with their attendants, retired. The Prince of Wales and Duke of Cumberland remained a considerable time after; but immediately on their taking leave, the company departed, at a much earlier hour than usual, on account of the day. It was observed of the Prince of Wales, that he was the most elegant dancer among the Gentlemen. The Princesses also danced with a grace that drew every eye with admiration upon them. His Majesty continued for the greatest part of the evening in conversation with the Earl of Shelburne, Lord Grantham, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer; and appeared in high spirits.
Yesterday Capt. Christie, late Captain of the Hannibal man of war, arrived in a Danish vessel from India, and brings an account of the loss of the Dartmouth East-Indiaman, Capt. Thompson, upon one of the Nicobar islands, having upwards of �150,000 in specie on board, besides a valuable cargo; and of the arrival of Lord North, Resolution, Chapman, and Hastings East-Indiamen, at St.Helena. By the same channel we learn, that Sir Eyre Coote had taken the field, with six months provisions, in order to oppose the operations of Hyder Ally, and the French troops; and that the French fleet under M. de Suffrein had suffered so much in the late engagement with Sir Edward Hughes, as to be under the necessity of quitting his former station, and return to Mauritius to refit, from whence it was imagined he would not be able to proceed again to sea for a considerable time.
The Master of a transport arrived yesterday from Cadiz, which place he left the 28th of December, having been carried there by a Spanish frigate, three days after he left Gibraltar, on his voyage to England. He says, the preparations going forward at Cadiz in fitting out a formidable fleet are almost beyond belief. They work night and day, one gang of workmen succeeding another alternately; so that they expected, by the 15th of this month, to send to sea one of the best-equipped fleets that ever sailed from a Spanish port : D'Estaing had hoisted his flag on board the Invincible, of 110 guns, as Commander in Chief of the combined Force. There were eleven French ships at Cadiz, and on the 26th ten more with 7000 troops, arrived there from Brest, and on the 27th two other ships of the line arrived from Toulon. Thirty thousand troops were ready to embark at an hour's notice; and both soldiers and sailors had been acquainted that they were intended to go on a foreign expedition, but that those who wished not to go might remain in Europe, when, out of so large a number, scarce any availed themselves of the offer; the few who did were immediately removed : They talked publickly of an attack upon Jamaica, and seemed to laugh at the idea of an immediate peace.
The war seems to have been at an end some time between us and the Dutch, not one hostile blow having been struck by either Power against the other for more than three months past.
On Saturday morning came on at Coventry the election for a member for that city, in the room of Edward Rooe Yeo, Esq deceased, when the Hon. W.S. Conway was elected without opposition.
Two pieces of machinery which consist chiefly of cables of very large dimensions, are now fabricating at Portsmouth, on the plan of a celebrated artist, to weigh up the Royal George.
Yesterday morning, about three o'clock, a dreadful fire broke out in the house of Mr. Thorowgood, hardwareman, the corner of Fenchurch-street, which destroyed that house, the house of Mr. Triquet, milliner, and the house adjoining. The flames raged with such violence, it was with the utmost difficulty several young ladies of Mr.Thorowgood's house made their escape over the tops of the adjoining houses.
Mr. Cervetto, father to the celebrated violoncello performer of that name, died about a week since at his lodgings in the Haymarket. This extraordinary character in the musical world was turned of 102 years a short time previous to his death. He came to England in the winter of the hard frost, and was then an old man. He soon after got an engagement to play the bass at Drury-lane theatre, and continued in that employment till a season or two previous to Mr.Garrick's retiring from the stage. He was distinguished among his friends of the galleries by the name of Nosey.
We learn that the Judges and Recorder, who are certainly the most proper persons, as having tried Dr. M'Ginnis, mean to petition his Majesty for a pardon, so that there can be no doubt but he will be saved.
BANKRUPTS. Ellen Hirst and John Hirst, of Stainland, Halifax, Yorkshire, paper-makers.
LONDON, THURSDAY, January 23.
The House of Lords met on Tuesday, and soon afterwards adjourned to Thursday. Lord Weymouth took the oaths and his seat, it being his first of coming to the House these two years.
Mr. Oswald was some time at the Treasury yesterday morning; and as a messenger was soon after dispatched for Paris, it is pretty clear the preliminary articles of peace will not be signed till his return to that place; but we have every reason to believe all will be concluded on within the present month.
From the best authority, the terms of peace, said to be agreed on by the belligerent powers, are as follows :
America to be acknowledged an Independent State. Canada and Nova-Scotia to be guaranteed to Great Britain. St.Lucia to be restored to France; the Grenades and St.Christopher's to Great Britain. St.Vincent's to be a free port. Tobago and Minorca to be yielded to Spain; Pondicherry, with its former territory to France. The Dutch to have the settlements restored that were lately captured by us in the East-Indies. France to keep the Cape of Good Hope until the Dutch repay the expence the French have been at, and of which an account has been delivered to the States General.
His Majesty's ship Adamant, Capt. Graves, is arrived at Plymouth from South-Carolina, which place she left the beginning of last month; about which period it was evacuated by his Majesty's troops. The Merchant-ships which sailed from Charles-Town, under convoy of the Adamant, and the other ships of war on that station, consisted of upwards of 300 sail. In these ships most of the inhabitants who had shown particular attachment to his Majesty's cause, embarked - some few proceeded to New York; many more to St.Augustine and the British West-Indies. Most of the ships destined to the latter settlements had troops on board, and some of them proceeded under the Adamant for England; but, at the beginning of this month, the weather proving very squally, the convoy were so entirely dispersed, that when the Adamant brought to, in Plymouth Sound, she had not a single merchant ship in her company.
The homeward-bound New-York ships, which were separated from their convoy in a gale of wind, were underwrote yesterday at 25 guineas per cent.
Lord Fielding, eldest son of Lord Denbigh, lately sold his majority for �4000 and gave soon after, the sum of �7000 for the regiment of Lord Sheffield.
Yesterday morning early a mail was lost out of the cart coming to the General Post Office, between Maidenhead and Kingston, containing the following bags, viz. Highworth, Gloucester, Ledbury, Tewkesbury, Ross, Staniford, Leominster, Presteign, Stroud, Wotton-under-Cross, Cirencester, Pembroke, and several others.
Yesterday a man who keeps a Cook's-shop was carried before the Lord-Mayor for throwing down his wife, and pouring aqua fortis down her throat : By immediate assistance she obtained some relief, but still continues so ill that her recovery it doubtful. The man is sent to the Poultry-Compter till it is known whether his wife will recover.
Yesterday the following malefactors were brought out of Newgate, and conveyed to Tyburn, where they were executed according to their sentence, viz. John Booker, for stealing two gold watches - William Woods and John Fitzgerald, for feloniously assaulting Thomas Mumford, the turnkey of Clerkenwell-Bridewell - John Johnson, John Lawton, and Thomas Cope, for counterfeiting the current silver money of this realm : They all behaved very penitent, and owned the justness of their sentence.
To Doctors MACKETTRECK, LITTLEHALES, and BERKENHOUT.
And I find there are Doctors enough in this place,
If you want to consult in a dangerous case. ANSTEY.
GENTLEMEN,
AT the last quarter sessions you were so obliging as to take the trouble of recommending to the Court, by a certificate under your hands, a proper person to succeed Mr. Lipscomb in the place of Surgeon to the County Gaol; that paper having since appeared in the newspapers (I hope not without your permission) is now become public property; as such I deem myself at liberty to make any observations upon it I may think proper, provided I do not transgress the bounds of decency and good manners. You are pleased to tell the Court that your recommendation arises from a due respect to the county : Taking for granted you have seen in the papers of this day an advertisement addressed to the Magistrates of the county of Southampton, I beg leave to ask, if you can now on your consciences declare, that you think it a respect due to the county, or any credit to yourselves, to recommend the author of that contemptible and scurrilous libel to the favour of the Magistrates ? a libel for which the author would most indisputably receive a heavy chastisement, should the Justices consider him an object worthy the attention of the Court. To tell a Justice of the Peace that he is a rascal, and that he votes on the bench against his conscience, may, perhaps, in the opinion of this author, be only a harmless stroke of pleasantry, or he may have impudence enough to imagine that the character of a Country Justice is fair game to be run down by any, but I will not descend to an altercation with Mr. Charles Lyford, surgeon; for I am compelled, Gentlemen, to acknowledge that I am one of those wicked Magistrates who supported the pretensions of Mr. Kentish at the last quarter sessions : On an impartial examination of the separate merits of the candidates, I then thought, from his long services in the navy, and his attendance at the French prison, that Mr. Kentish must have been more accustomed than his opponent to the management of those distempers which arise from foul air and long confinement; but however I might have hesitated on the 15th there cannot remain the smallest doubt on the 20th; and I now most heartily rejoice that I concurred in rejecting the person you were pleased to recommend. When I say this, I mean not to treat you with any kind of disrespect : the two senior physicians I have long known and respected; the elder I have frequently found to be a most learned and excellent physician; I hope he will also permit me to call him a valuable friend. The younger, by the gentleness of his manners, the modesty of his deportment, and that rectitude of conduct which marks every action of his life, hath gained the esteem of those with whom he hath had any connection since his establishment in this city. But we always suppose an excellent practitioner in physic to be a man who hath had a liberal education; one how knows how to blend with the learning of the scholar, the politeness and graces of a gentleman; who can not only write with grammatical precision, but with elegance, with ease, and with perspicuity. If, Gentlemen, you believe your friend to be possessed of these qualifications, read his works published in this day's paper. But I will not dwell on so disagreeable a subject, because I am certain that long before this letter could reach your hands, you will be thoroughly convinced that you have been misled and mistaken, particularly with respect to the humanity of the man you wished to patronize, for he has hacked and mangled the characters of us poor Justices in a manner that would disgrace the youngest apprentice at the hospital : Without remorse, or without any expressions of pity for our unhappy situation, we are even accused of crimes, of which we could not possibly be guilty, unless we should prove to be, what the stage hath frequently represented us, old women in every sense of the words. - The third gentleman of the faculty I have not the pleasure of knowing; but I have heard that he received a part of his education in that school of honour to which I shall ever look up with the highest veneration : I will therefore venture to ask him, What punishment would be inflicted on the surgeon of a regiment who should presume, in a public newspaper, to libel a great majority of the officers of his corps ? -- Wishing, Gentlemen, that your future prescriptions may be drawn up with greater accuracy, and that the result of your consultations may be attended with better success, I have the honour to be your most obedient servant.
A MAGISTRATE.
Winton, Jan.20, 1783.
To the Rev. Mr. C. WYVILL, Chairman of the
YORK COMMITTEE.
Poole, Dec.2, 1782.
SIR,
AT a time, when the almost certainty of losing the Thirteen Provinces of America overwhelms with grief every one who wishes well to this country, I am astonished that you, who ought to think seriously, should patronize and support any plan of pretended reformation in the State; a measure which his Majesty told you, in his speech, soon after the late riots in London, was always productive either of ruin to the persons concerned, or of a revolution in Government.- However, in consequence of your circular letter, I have convened this Corporation, and laid it before them, who are unanimous in opinion, that Associations, respecting the several matters hinted at in your letter, are in all events extremely dangerous - and I assure you their sentiments entirely coincide with my own - and we think ourselves better employed in supporting the present laws, than we should be in lending any assistance to new model the Constitution of Great Britain - the best in the universe, and the object of envy of our enemies.
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient humble servant,
BENJAMIN LESTER, Mayor.
LONDON, SATURDAY, January 20.
Yesterday Lord Grantham informed the House of Peers, that Preliminary Articles of Peace were signed, and that they would be laid before the House on Monday next, or early in the week.
The Lord Mayor received notice of the Preliminary Articles being signed on Thursday night about nine o'clock, by a letter from Lord Grantham.
It was this morning confidently asserted, at the West end of the town, that Lord Keppel had last night resigned the office of first Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. At the same time, it was said, the Duke of Richmond had refused attending any longer as one of the Cabinet, and that his immediate resignation, which is expected in a few days, was prevented only by his desire of not impeding the necessary business of Government, which would be the consequence of his quitting the Ordnance Board this week.
The reasons assigned for these resignations, and others which are expected, is the disapprobation which the noble Peers are said to have expressed of the terms of the preliminary articles.
The following, it is confidently said, are the terms of the present Peace :- Great Britain, in the first place, granted unconditional independence to the Thirteen United States of America, as the basis of a negociation, and agreed to withdraw her troops from the Thirteen United States, on the French doing the same from Rhode Island; after which the two countries signed, in November last, certain articles, which were to constitute a Peace, when preliminaries should be agreed on between Great Britain and France. This being effected, the articles then signed become now the treaty, and consist chiefly of the recovering of debts due to people in England, and other articles of trade, with a recommendation of the Loyalists, &c.
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| Great Britain with France | France with England |
| To restore the French the island of St.Lucia, in the West-Indies, and allow them to retain the island of Dominica. | To restore the islands of Grenada, St.Vincent, St.Christopher, Nevis, and Montserrat |
| To restore their settlements in the East, particularly Pondicherry, with 100 miles of country in the Carnatick round it | |
| To give Spain the two Floridas in America, and the island of Tobago in the West Indies | Spain to restore the island of Providence, and the settlements in the Bay of Honduras |
| The Fisheries on the Banks of Newfoundland to be open to all countries | |
The preliminaries with the Dutch are not yet signed, and 'till a peace is agreed upon, the English are to retain Trincomale in the island of Ceylon, and the French the Cape of Good Hope, to reimburse them the expences they have been at on account of the States General.
The Dutch will be the only suffererers in the present war. America has obtained all she desires : France will have such a share of commerce as will amply recompense her for her expences. Spain has no reason to grumble. Great-Britain, in the possession of Trincomle, in the East Indies, will have a valuable conquest, and be a continual check upon the possessions of France and Holland in any future rupture.
The settlement of Trincomale, in the island of Ceylon, which the Ministry refuse to restore to the Dutch, is rated at the value of ten millions, on account of its commercial consideration to this country.
France has at all hands had the sole management of the pacific negociation; she has carved for herself, Spain, and America; but it appears very obvious that the Dutch are left to carve for themselves.
It is said the Marquis of Carmarthen is to go Ambassador to Paris, Lord Mountstuart to Madrid, and Mr. Oswald to America, and it is imagined, that when matters are so settled with the Dutch to admit of it, Sir Joseph Yorke will resume his former situation at the Hague.
Dr. Franklin has taken the lodgings in Surrey-street which he occupied some years ago, and is expected in London in a few days.
The fisheries of the two kingdoms will be among the very first things revised after the final conclusion of peace, in order to find employment for our best seamen, that they may not emigrate.
Mr. Fox had as good and as early intelligence of the conclusion of negociation, as any of his Majesty's Ministers : he laid a considerable bet at Brook's on Wednesday night, that Preliminary Articles of Peace had been signed on the Monday.
What sort of peace we are to have is not yet publically known : some sensible people, who are in the secret, say it is a very bad one, and will not go down; others, that it is a tolerable good one, and as good as a poor, crippled, supplicating nation had reason to expect, and that we ought to accept it, and be thankful; however, be that as it may, it has raised the stocks to peace price in a hurry; how long they will remain is very uncertain.
No less than �500,000 it is said, was lost on Thursday last, on the several gambling speculations of taking 30 to return �100 if the Secretary of State's official notification of peace arrived in the city, which proved to be the case.
Yesterday five lame ducks waddled out of the alley, which occasioned the bulls and bears to roar most hideously : We are informed the losses on their different contracts amounted to upwards of �100,000.
Very large orders are executing for America, particularly in the articles of woollen cloths, and other cloathing.
The regular army of this kingdom, we understand, is to be reduced in the infantry, from 106th down to the 60th regiment; and the cavalry down to the 18th regiment of light dragoons.
At the conclusion of the last war, the army establishment was fixed at 70 regiments of infantry; it is the intention of Government now to reduce it as above, and to apply the savings to the keeping up a respectable naval force.
Orders will be immediately issued from the War-office for disembodying of the whole militia and fencible forces of Great Britain; the former, it is said, will be disembodied the latter end of the ensuing week.
BANKRUPTS.] John Mott, of Oxford-street, Middlesex, coach maker - Thomas Lovell, of Bread-street, Cheapside, glass-seller - Cornelius Winn, of Birmingham, pump-maker - Wm. A'Deane, of Long-Acre, victualler - Steph. Addington, of Queen-street, London, silk-weaver - Edw. Stephens, and Wm. Habgood, of Great Portland-street, carvers and gilders.
HOME NEWS.
PORTSMOUTH, Jan.17, Sailed the Aurora frigate, Capt. Dacres, to the westward.
Friday sailed the Portland and Phaeton men of war on a cruize; also the Merlin sloop for Ireland.
Friday Commodore Elliot sailed with his squadron for the West Indies; but orders being sent out for him by the Speedy cutter, he returned the next day to St.Helen's.
The Elizabeth, Grafton, and Europe men of war are also returned to St.Helen's. They sailed last week for the East-Indies.
Saturday arrived the Syren frigate from the Downs.
Same day the Vengence, of 74 guns, dropt down to St.Helen's; also the transports having in board the troops for the West Indies.
Sunday sailed hi Majesty's ships Romney of 50 guns, Commodore L. Gower, Capt. Osborne; Latona of 38, Capt. Conway; and Minerva of 38, Capt. Pakenham, on a cruize.
Same day sailed the Thetis of 38 guns, Capt. Blankett, for Gibraltar. In this ship Sir Roger Curtis is gone passenger, to resume his command on that station.
Sunday arrived the Warwick of 50 guns, Captain Clayton, Queen armed ship, and Hope transport, from New-York, which place they left on the 24th ult with about 50 sail of merchantmen, but parted with them two days after, in a gale of wind.
Sailed the Ganges, Courageux, and Recovery, on a cruize.
Monday sailed the Thalia of 36 guns, Capt. Calder, to the westward.
Same day arrived a great number of ships from the Downs; also the True Briton, Vansittart, Lord Macartney, Fox, Atlas, Pigot, London, Duke of Kingston, Earl of Oxford, and Walpole outward bound East-Indiamen from the River.
Arrived the Mackworth and Lady Mackworth armed ships, with several vessels from Plymouth, they are since sailed to the westward.
Arrived the Alert sloop of war, True Briton armed brig, and Griffin cutter, from Guernsey.
Came into harbour the Vigilant and Arethusa, and the Gladiator, a new ship of 44 guns.
Remain at St.Helen's, the Blenheim, Cambridge, Goliah, Pegase, Triumph, Vengence, Proselyte, Myrmidon, Pluto, and Incendiary.
WINCHESTER, JANUARY 25.
In consequence of an application of 39 of the principal inhabitants, the Mayor of this city has appointed a meeting of the citizens and inhabitants on Wednesday next, to consider of a petition to the House of Commons for a more equal representation in Parliament.
The following felons were this week committed to the county gaol in this city, viz. Thomas Baker, alias Curtis, charged with breaking open the dwelling-house of Thomas Brown, at Ringwood, and stealing eight guineas in gold, and thirty pounds in silver - Charles Savage, charged with assaulting Richard Raymond on the highway, and robbing him of 15s.- Philip Bacchus, charged with stealing a great coat, a copper furnace, and other things, out of the dwelling-house of Wm. Galpine, of Romsey.
SALISBURY, JANUARY 27.
The Lord Chancellor has ordered a new writ to be issued for electing a Regarder for the New Forest, in the county of Southampton, in the room of Joseph Holles, Esq of Lyndhurst, deceased.
On Monday the 13th inst the lady of John Thompson, Esq Russia merchant, youngest daughter of Dr. Jacob, was happily brought to bed of a daughter.
Monday last was married at Ogbourn St.Andrew, near Marlborough, Mr. Stratton to Miss Hester Richins, an agreeable and accomplished young lady.
Wednesday last was married at West Orchard, Mr. Joseph Longman, writing-master, and keeper of the boarding-school, at Child Oakford, to Miss Jane Fisett; a lady with a handsome fortune, and of great good nature, she is esteemed by all her acquaintance, and is endowed with every qualification to undertake such an important trust.
Last week died at Newbury, Mrs Fowke, lady of Admiral Thorpe Fowke, of that place. The deceased was a person possessing a more than common share of Christian accomplishments. The ornaments of a meek and quiet spirit adorned her person : resignation to the will of God possessed her mind : and her patient indurance of heavy sufferings was the admiration of all her friends ; while the duties of the parent and the wife were so completely and amiably fulfilled, that their true value was never fully known till discovered by their final loss.
THEATRICAL INTELLIGENCE
THE Merry Wives of Windsor was performed at the Theatre Royal Covent-garden on Saturday last. The new pantomime of Lord Mayor's day followed the piece, with the addition of an emblematical procession, representing the livery companies in London. This procession must have been produced at a very great expence, there were nearly three hundred persons employed in it. The armourers, cloth workers, and musicians companies, are represented with great elegance and taste. All the vocal performers walked with musicians, and sung a most delightful piece of music, composed by Mr. Shields. The transparent paintings are truly beautiful; and indeed it is but justice to say, that this procession is by far the most pleasing exhibition of the kind ever produced on the London stage.
SALISBURY.
VERY fine WHITBY and BARREL COD FISH is just arrived, and now selling at THO. BROWN's, in the Cheese-Cross. Where are likewise very fine Seville and China Oranges and Lemons, Pickled Sturgeon and Oysters in jars, Split and Boiling Pease, with Red Herrings, by the hundred or otherwise.
Portsmouth Victualling-Office, Jan. 23, 1783.
ON Thursday the 30th instant, in the forenoon, I shall be ready at my office to receive tenders sealed up, and treat for English WHEAT or Foreign WHEAT, to weigh 58lb per Bushel, for the service of this port.
All persons inclinable to contract are desired to attend, and to make their tenders at a ready-money price.
JOHN THOMAS
N.B. The conditions of contract may be seen at my Office, and no tenders will be received after twelve o'clock.
EDUCATION.
The Reverend Mr. DAVIDSON, from the ACADEMY, SOUTHAMPTON, would hereby respectfully acquaint the public, that he has opened an ACADEMY in LYMINGTON, for the Education of Youth - where Young Gentlemen may be genteelly boarded and carefully taught the Classics, English, Writing, and Arithmetic, at �18 18s per annum.- All other useful branches will be taught separately, at so much per quarter, as printed terms shall specify.
SALISBURY.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, on the premises, by B. LEWIS, on Wednesday the 29th of January, 1783, and following days, all the HOUSEHOLD GOODS, Plate, Linen, and Chine, (the property of Mrs LINTON, at the Saracen's-head, late deceased) consisting of bedsteads and furniture, feather-beds, blankets, quilts, chest of drawers, tables, chairs, looking-glasses, and a variety of useful kitchen furniture, an eight-day clock, fowling-piece, and a poney, warranted good and sound.
STRAYED, from Sydling, in the county of Dorset, a Liver-coloured POINTER, with some spots of white, the tip of his tail white, and answers to the name of BASTO; had on him two collars, upon one was engraved Sir John Smith, Bart. Sydling, Dorset; on the other, Rev Dr. Smith, Godmanstone, Dorset.- Whoever will bring him to Mr. Gape, attorney, at Cerne Abbas, shall receive One Guinea reward; and whoever shall detain him after this public notice, will be prosecuted, and the like reward of One Guinea given to any person who shall discover and convict such offender, by applying to the said Mr. Gape, and he will also be entitled to half the penalty.
N.B. By 10 Geo.III a penalty of �30 or twelve months imprisonment may, and not less than �20, or six months imprisonment can, be inflicted on any person offending as aforesaid.
ALDBOURN, WILTS.
R. WELLS, BELL FOUNDER, Son and Successor of the late R. Wells, deceased, begs leave to acquaint his friends and the public, that he continues the BELLFOUNDERY in all its branches, viz. Church Bells, in peal or otherwise; Turret and Chime Bells; complete Peals of Hand Bells, strictly in tune and in any key; Musical Sheep Bells and Mill Brasses. The whole cast in the compleatest manner, and on an improved plan.
Goods of the best quality, in any quantity, cast on the shortest notice for exportation, and ready-money given for old bells.
All persons who have any legal demands on the estate and effects of the late Robert Wells, deceased, are desired to send an immediate account thereof to the above Robert Wells, in order that the same may be discharged.
For the BENEFIT of Mr. DAVIES.
AT the THEATRE in Salisbury, on Monday the 27th of January, 1783, will be presented a celebrated COMEDY, (not acted here these Ten Years), called,
SHE WOU'D, AND SHE WOU'D NOT :
Or, The KIND IMPOSTOR.
This very interesting Comedy is the production of COLLEY CIBBER, Poet Laureat to King George the Second, and is confessedly one of the best Comedies, for wit, humour, and pleasantry, the stage is in possession of.
End of the Play, a HORNPIPE by Mr. POWELL.
After which will be performed, a Musical Interlude, called
TIT for TAT; or, The Country Courtship
To which will be added, the Comic Opera of
The WATERMAN.
To begin precisely at half after six o'clock.
The much-admired new Pantomime called Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday, which has been performed at our Theatre for five successive nights, with the greatest applause, is laid aside for some time, but due notice will be given of its next representation.
ANDOVER, HANTS.
THE two next SUBSCRIPTION ASSEMBLIES will be on Wednesday the 29th of January, and on Wednesday the 12th of February.
Non subscribers may have tickets at Mrs. Macmin's, at the White Swan inn, Andover. Tickets 3s. tea included.
GOSPORT, HANTS.
TO be SOLD by Private Contract, Five Freehold MESSUAGES or TENEMENTS, situate in South-street, opposite the Meeting-house; one whereof is a good-accustomed Public-House, bearing the sign of the Assurance, in the occupation of Mr. Edward Nicholls; another adjoining thereto is used as a shop; and the rest are in a court behind, called Jarrat's Court.
For further particulars enquire of Mr. George Binsteed, of Portsmouth; or of Mr. John Thomas, at No.11, Marlborough-row, Portsmouth Common.
FELONIES committed in the Night on BARTON FARM,
near the City of Winchester.
WHEREAS some persons have frequently in the night time entered upon the said Farm, and have feloniously stolen, butchered, and carried away from thence many SHEEP, my property : I do hereby give Notice, that, on conviction of any one of the offenders, I will pay to the person or persons who shall apprehend, or be the means of apprehending such offender, the sum of Ten Guineas.
And further, on the conviction of any one of the offenders, to be convicted on the information of any accomplice in those felonies, I will pay the like reward of Ten Guineas to such accomplice immediately on conviction.
W. BURGE.
Barton, Jan.22, 1783.
HOUNDS.
TO be SOLD, Sixteen Couple of very good HARRIERS, about 15 inches high - For particulars enquire at the Lamb inn, Hindon.
A PLACE wanted for a Person every way qualified for a WET NURSE in a Gentleman's family; is very healthy, and has a very good breast of milk. Whoever this may suit, please to direct a line for P.S. at Mr. Kirby's, opposite the market-house, Middle-street, Gosport. None but principals will be treated with.
SUTTON MANDERVILLE, WILTS.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, under a distress for rent, on Wednesday the 29th day of January, 1783, a large quantity of CORN and HAY, in Mow and in Rick; several strong draught horses, and diverse utensils in husbandry, part of the stock of Farmer Elias Stevens
The sale to begin at ten o'clock.
STOLEN, from out of one of the booths at Weyhill, on the 8th of January inst, a MAHOGANY SCREEN TABLE, about two feet and a half diameter, and three or four CHAIRS, with rush bottoms, cross bars on the back, with four circles intercepting each other, stain'd in imitation of mahogany. Whoever will discover the person or persons concerned in the above felony, so as they may be convicted, shall upon such conviction receive of Mr. Thomas Cumins, at Weyhill, a reward of Five Guineas, over and beside what is allowed by act of Parliament for apprehending them.
THE Commissioners named and authorised in and by a Commission of Bankrupt awarded and issued, and now in prosecution against THOMAS LAWES, of Alvedeston, in the county of Wilts, woolstapler, dealer and chapman, intend to meet on the tenth day of February next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at the Three Lions Inn, in the city of New Sarum, in order to make a dividend of the estate and effects of the said bankrupt; when and where the creditors who have not already proved their debts under the said commission, are hereby required to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the benefit of the said dividend.
ROMSEY, Jan.23, 1783.
MESS. SKEATS and KING, PAPER-MAKERS, at Romsey, in the county of Southampton, most respectfully inform their friends and customers, that their Partnership will be mutually dissolved at Lady-day next, and that the business will in future be carried on by JAMES SKEATS, at the Paper Mill, at Romsey, as usual, who humbly hopes the continuance of the favours of his friends and customers.
All persons indebted to the partnership are desired to pay their respective debts to Mr. James Skeats or Mr. Wm. King, as soon as possible : And all persons having demands on the said partnership, are requested to send accounts thereof to the said partners immediately, in order to their being settled and paid with all convenient speed.
ROMSEY, Jan.23, 1783.
WHEREAS the Partnership between Messrs SKEATS and KING, PAPER-MAKERS, at Romsey, in the county of Southampton, will be mutually dissolved at Lady-day next; WILLIAM KING hereby informs their friends and customers, that he is going to carry on the said business at Alton, where he hopes for the continuance of their favours.
MARLBOROUGH, Jan 27, 1783.
SAMUEL HILLIKER, Appraiser and Auctioneer, begs leave to acquaint his friends and the public, that he is removed to Mr. HAROLD's, Printer and Bookseller, in the High-street, where all letters to him are requested to be addressed, and he humbly solicits a continuance of their favours, which he will endeavour to merit by a strict attention to, and faithful discharged of , whatever may be entrusted to his care.
He being appointed by the Gentlemen the Managers of the London Sun Life Office one of their Agents, hereby informs the public, that constant attendance will be given at his office as above to receive instructions for insuring all buildings, household furniture, wearing apparel, stocks in trade, implements of husbandry, hay, corn, &c. &c. from loss and damage by fire.
Instructions for the above purpose will also be received by Mr. William Coxhead, cabinet-maker, in Hungerford; and Mr. Stephen Towsey, maltster, in Amesbury.
N.B. To be sold, three exceeding fine Mahogany Doors, six pannels each, with astragals framed with a quirk ogee; dimensions, 7 feet 6 inches high, 3 feet 8 inches wide, and 2 inches and a quarter thick, to represent folding doors. Apply to S. Hilliker.
FIRE at BECKINGTON, Somerset.
WHEREAS on Sunday the 3d day of November, at six o'clock in the evening, a dreadful Fire broke out in the dwelling house of Robert Thresher, broad-weaver, in the parish of Beckington aforesaid, which in three hours consumed the same, together with nine other dwelling-houses, with great part of the household goods and furniture, whereby the persons inhabiting the same (which they held by copies of court-roll under the Rector of Beckington, determinable an lives) are reduced to great distress, and are utterly incapable of re-building the same; to do which, at a moderate computation, (made by proper surveyors) will amount to the sum of Eight Hundred Pounds; exclusive of the goods and furniture consumed by the said fire, which amounts to the sum of One Hundred Pounds and upwards.
Therefore, the charitable donations of the public for the poor sufferers are earnestly requested, and which will be received by Mess Francis Skurray and William Chislett, churchwardens of Beckington aforesaid; Mess. Horlock and Co. bankers, at Bath; Mess. Horlock and Co. bankers, at Warminster; the Rev. Dr. Kent, at Berkley; the Rev. Peter Mayson, at Frome; the Rev. William Keate, at Laverton ; the Rev. Thomas Hewitt, at Westbury; Mr. Daniel Clutterbuck, at Bradford; and Mr. Isaac Green, at. Trowbridge.
Benefactions received by Mess. Francis Skurray and Wm. Chislett
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| By a person unknown, by the Rev. Mr. Mayson | �100 | 0 | 0 |
| The parish of Frome, by ditto | 44 | 0 | 6 |
| The parish of Beckington | 26 | 6 | 0 |
| A.B.C. unknown | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| The parish of Westbury, by the Rev. Mr. Hewitt | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| The parish of Road, by the Rev. Mr. Baynton | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| The parish of Camerton, by the Rev. Mr. Prowse | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| George Dyke, Esq | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| The parish of Berkley, by Dr. Kent | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| A Friend to the Distressed | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Richard Lansdown, Esq | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Newton, Esq, by Mr. W. Hayward | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mr Peter Fry | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mr. Green | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mr. Rannals | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| The Rev. Mr. Owen | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| F. Clement | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| The Proprietor of Property, not resident in the parish | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| A Lady | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Mr. James Carpenter | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| The parish of Hemington | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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| 253 | 7 | 6 |
Tis hoped that the neighbouring Clergy will make a collection in their respective parishes, and the sums received as above will be deposited in the Warminster Bank till the whole is completed, when an impartial distribution will be made to the poor sufferers only.
THE Creditors of THOMAS READ, of East Grimstead, in the county of Wilts, are desired to attend at the Cart-Wheel, in Milford-street, Salisbury, on Tuesday the eleventh day of February next, in order to receive a dividend on the estate and effects of the said Thomas Read.
TISBURY, Wilts.
WANTED immediately, for the Workhouse of this parish, a MASTER and MISTRESS - The Churchwardens and Overseers being desirous of giving every encouragement to real merit and industry, expect that such persons, who may be inclined to offer their services, bring with them unexceptionable security for their integrity and diligence.
BLANDFORD NURSERY GROUNDS, Jan 15, 1783.
MR. BASKERVILLE begs leave to acquaint the public in general, that he is going to quit the above business, and will continue to sell, till the whole is disposed of, the different sorts of FRUIT and FOREST TREES, FLOWERING SHRUBS, &c. at a very low rate, amongst which is a number of young articles, fit for a nurseryman, or proper for a gentleman to form a nursery.
N.B. Best transplanted round white Field Turnip Seed, at 5d per pound -- Rape 3d.
WEYMOUTH, Jan 18, 1783.
WHEREAS a false, scandalous, and malicious report has lately been propagated, tending to injure the character of JOHN MAY, Master of the brig KENT, laden with Coals at the port of Weymouth, setting forth that the said John May had bribed the King's Coal-meter to connive with him at making short measure --- The said John May, in justice to himself, hereby offers a reward of Twenty Guineas to any person that will stand forth and make his assertion good, as he defies all the mean artifices of his enemies.
N.B. Very good coals at two shillings per bushel.
DEVIZES, WILTS, Jan 24, 1783.
ALL persons having any demand on the estate and effects of Mr. BENNETT SWAYNE, late of Devizes, Goldsmith, Printer and Stationer, deceased, are desired to send an account of the same to Mr. Thomas Godden, of the same place; or to Mr. Thomas Swayne, of Steeple Langford, on or before the 24th day of February next - And all persons indebted to the estate of the said Bennett Swayne, are desired to pay their respective debts forthwith to his widow, Mrs. Francis Swayne, of Devizes aforesaid, who is duly authorised to receive the same.
HANTS.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, at the Angel Inn, in Lymington, on Friday the fourteenth day of February, 1783, at six o'clock in the evening, in two lots.
All those two neat sashed DWELLING-HOUSES, adjoining together, with the gardens thereto belonging, situate in Captain's-row, in Lymington, now in the several occupations of Miss Pearce and Mr. Thomas Beirs
The fronts of the houses command a fine view of the Sea, and Isle of Wight.
Enquire of Mr. Hicks, jun. in Lymington.
HANTS.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Mr. CRABB, on Wednesday the 29th of January instant, and the two following days, at the Swan inn, in Stockbridge, Hants, all the HOUSHOLD GOODS, STOCK, and other EFFECTS of JAMES BARHAM, (late tenant of the said inn).
Catalogues to be had at the principal inns at Winchester, Salisbury, Romsey, Andover, Stockbridge, and of Mr. Crabb, Winchester.