Newspaper Transcripts
Some Selected Reports from the St.James's Chronicle
Thursday, May 11, to Saturday, May 13, 1775.
FRIDAY, May 12.
COUNTRY NEWS.
Bath, May 10.
ARRIVED here, Sir John Duntze and Lady, Sir George Saville, Sir Henry Hamilton, General Frederick, General Woodley, Bishop of Peterborough, Rev.Mr. Hyde, Rev.Mr. Howdell, Col. Garth, Mr. and Mrs. Brooke, Mr. and Mrs. Franco, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell, &c. &c. &c.
SHIP NEWS.
Deal, May 10. Wind N.N.W. All the Outward-bound as per last are sailed, and the Weatherill, Cox, for St. Kitts; Hudson, Kendal, for Honduras; Venus, Peacock, for Jamaica; Aston Hall, Parker; and --, M'Gachen [?], for Maryland; William, Herbet, for France; Acton, Powell, for Liverpoole; and his Majesty's Ship Exeter. Remain his Majesty's Ships Buckingham and Orford; a Swedish Man of War; and India Pilot, Boyce.
Arrived,
At Jamaica, New Westmoreland, Hoare; and Hereford, M'Kenny, from London.
In Stangate Creeke, Charming Molly, Slomans from Nice. At Cowes, Charming Nelly, Walker, from South Carolina. At Waterford, Clifton, Bryan, from Bristol.
LONDON.
On Wednesday the following Advices , were received from St.Vincent's, dated March 23.
A Letter from the Commanding Officer at Rabaca to the Lieutenant Governor Morris, in Kingstown, St.Vincent's.
Rabaca, March 19, 1775.
"SIR
"This Moment one of the Party who went with Mr. Rinton on a Survey, came and told me that they were attacked by a Number of run-away Negroes, and that Mr. Rinton, and several others had been killed; one of them was brought here shot through the Head; I sent immediately as many Men as I could properly spare, and I keep the Rest until your Order, and am with Regard, Sir your obedient Servant, J.C. SCHLOSSER, Lieut. 60th Regiment."
Lieut. Governor Morris communicated the above Letter to the Gentlemen of the Assembly of St.Vincents, and informed them that as soon as he received it, he immediately sent to Calligna to aquaint Col. Cane of it, and to have proper Measures taken; and also dispatched to the Barracks here and at Barrawalle the necessary Orders for strongly reinforcing from both these Places the different Our-Posts; and, in short, that he had taken every Precaution to prevent any ill Consequences from this unhappy Affair.
The Assembly sent an Answer to the Lieutenant Governor's Letter, in which they return him Thanks for the early Information he had given them of the Outrage and Murder, and express their Concern at the State of the unfortunate Sufferers.
The following is the Copy of a second Letter, which the Lieutenant Governor received from Lieutenant Schlosser.
Rabaca, March 22, 1775.
"SIR,
"I am desired by the Caribbs to acquaint you, that they are going to bring in the run-away Negroes, dead or alive; and this very Morning Bigot and Simon, with all their People, came and brought the Heads of two Negroes, who were of the Number of those who killed Mr. Rinton. I ordered them to be stuck upon a Stick close to the Port. I am, with Regard, Sir, '
Your most humble Servant,
[Signed] J.C. SCHLOSSER."
Lieut. Governor Morris sent the above Letter to the Gentlemen of the Assembly, and recommends to them, and to all the Inhabitants, the utmost Circumspection and Watchfulness over their own and Neighbours Lands, lest Individuals should suffer more from the Revenge of those irritated unhappy Wretches than the Public will, at least for some Time, reap Benefit.
James Garden. Esq. is appointed Secretary to the Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Forces in Ireland.
--- Elphinstone, Esq. is appointed to succeed Captain Baugh, in the 41st Regiment of Foot, or Invalids.
Advice is received from Gibraltar, that a Danish Merchant Ship had been taken in the Mediterranean by some Algerine Cruizers, and carried into Algiers, in Consequence of which a Danish Squadron sailed for that Place, and demanded a Restitution of the Ship and Cargo; on Refusal of which they threatened to bombard the Town, and reduce it to Ashes; that these Threats had the desired Effect, the Ship was restored, and the Cargo. which had been confiscated, paid for.
Extract of a Letter from Lestwithiel, in Cornwall, May 3.
"Last Night as three Journeymen Carpenters were returning from Killington, near this Place, where they had been at Work, they all fell into a Tin Mine, eight Fathom deep, six of which were under Water: By this Accident (which was occasioned by the darkness of the Night) they were all drowned."
Extract of a Letter from York, May 4.
A Letter from a Gentleman in London to his Friend in this City, dated May 1, contains a Relation of the following Fact, which has made a great Noise among the Curious. Mr. Van Butchel, a celebrated Dentist, had the Misfortune about five Months ago to lose his Wife, for whom he had the greatest Regard. He sent for Dr. Hunter, and his assistant, Mr. Crookshanks, and desired they would embalm Mrs. Van Butchel, the Lady deceased, which they did after an entire new Method,. invented by Dr. Hunter, and made use of for embalming - the late Lady Holland. The Bowels were first taken out. The Vessels were afterwards emptied; as perfectly as possible, of the Blood which they contained, and infected with the Oil of Turpentine. After the Bowels were well impregnated with that powerful Preservative, a large Quantity of red waxy Injection was thrown into the Vessels, which entering their minute Cavities distending them, gave to the Face and other Parts of the Body a most striking appearance of Life. The Cavity of the Body was filled with various aromatic Ingredients, and she was decently laid in a very handsome Box, and under her there is some Powder of the Plaister of Paris to absorb any Moisture which might drain from the embalmed Body. In the Lid of the Box there are Glasses over her Face and Legs. A Physician, with whom I am intimately acquainted, saw her the other Day, and informed me that the Face of Mrs. Butchel is not the least shrunk; that it is not quite so fair as it was, but that the Redness from the Injection is very striking, and that her Legs appear as perfectly natural as at first. Mr. Van Butchel keeps her constantly in the Room where he sits, shews her to all his Friends when they visit him, and says, that it is the only Consolation he has since her Death. He feels himself above the Prejudices of the Vulgar, and observes that he never did any Thing in his Life which awarded him more Satisfaction. Upon the whole, he seems pleased with his sweet, handsome, and silent Wife. What would you say if this Whim should happen to strike those Leaders of Decorum that govern the World of Fashion?"
Died.] On Saturday, Mr. John Durand, Pewterer to his Majesty, in St.Martin's-Lane. - Yesterday, Mr. Cape, a Wholesale Linen-draper, of Cheapside. - On Wednesday, Mr. Carleton, in Partnership with Mess. Dorrien and Ruckers, in Finch-Lane, Cornhill.
To the PRINTER.
SIR,
THE Measures of the Thane and his Gang of Jacobites are of so infamous a Cast, that the bare Recital is sufficient to make Justice start back appalled, and Vengeance cry out for Victims to appease the Wrath of Heaven.
In a Time of the most profound Peace, when the mock Minister gives us to understand that we have nothing to apprehend from the Machinations of France and Spain, at such a Period five Millions are to be raised for the current Service of a single Year. If we enquire into the Expenditure of this enormous Sum, a Scotch Account, fabricated by the Thane, and delivered at Second-Hand by the ostensible Drudge, is to satisfy the industrious Poor that they should patiently submit to - Oatmeal and Beggary.
Nor is the oppressive Infamy of the Jacobitical Measures more to be detested, than the Contradictions and Absurdities with which they fraught, should be ridiculed.
It will cost the Nation more than One Million to enslave America, and we shall lose the Sale of upwards of Three Millions worth of mercantile Commodities; we are to pull down Palaces appropriated to our Queens, for the Sake of erecting, at an Expence of Five Hundred Thousand Pounds, Palaces for Clerks; the Sinking Fund is to be plundered, and the Contents are to be idly wasted in wicked Projects; we are to pay off the Three-per-Cents at Eighty-nine, although the present Proprietors, or their Predecessors, gave One Hundred for the Purchase: Thus are we to confess that the Nation is on the Verge of Bankruptcy, whilst in the very same Breath, and by the very same Minister who projects the Reduction of our Funds, we are assured, "that the Kingdom is in a most opulent and flourishing Condition."
If, Sir, to there Absurdities we add the numerous Species of enclosing and paving Bills, calculated solely to serve the Rich, oppress the Poor, and create Jobbs for the Miscreants who vote with the Minister, what shall we say but that the ------ ------- is too corrupt to be longer endured, and that if another Cromwell was to arise, the Placemen and Pensioners should be kicked out of the House along with the Mace, that ridiculous Ensign of sententious Foolery.
INDIGNATION.
To Sir THOMAS FRANKLAND, Bart. of Old Bond-Street.
SIR,
I Have so though a Contempt for you, and for your Character, that I should deem you beneath my Notice, were I not informed you take Advantages of my Silence. Your Reason for this is obvious. By what extraordinary Pretences did you obtain from Robert Perreau, Daniel Perreau's Effects and mine? And by what do you continue to hold them? When you came to Tothill-Fields Prison on Sunday, the 12th Day of last March, Robert Perreau gave you my Jewels, and appointed the next Day to deliver you the Assignment of his Brother's House, and the other Effects; upon which you gave him most solemn Assurances that you would not prosecute nor hurt him in any Manner : This he told me the Moment you went away; and in this his Veracity is not to be doubted; for it cannot believed, that in Durance they would have given you so very considerable a property, on any other Conditions.- Accordingly, an Assignment of the Equity of Redemption of the House and other Effects was executed the said Sunday Night in Prison, while Daniel was in actual Custody, and given you the Monday Morning, when you visited him and Robert upon that Business. You then gave them repeated positive Assurances that you would not appear against Robert the Wednesday following. This they both told me when they came into my Room on the Tuesday Morning. l leave the World to judge why you forfeited your Word, and shall content myself till after the Trial, with telling you in general Terms, that your whole Conduct on the Occasion is dishonourable; particularly, towards me; detaining my Wearing Apparel, which was no Part of the Assignment, is an Act of savage Brutality, if not actual Dishonesty; for you have not so much as the Shadow of a Pretext to withhold them, no more than I have to enter your House and possess myself of your's. The Truth is, you expected by the Perreau's and your united Oppressions and Combinations to defame and ruin me, would, as a Woman, intimidate and force me to abscond; that my Poverty would secure you from the Law, and you have not feeling enough to regard ought else: Mamon is your God! To gratify your insatiable Avarice, you illegally possessed yourself of, and now detain Daniel Perreau's Property and mine, and was for sending our Children to the Workhouse, at the Time you took Possession of (at least) Twelve Thousand Pounds Worth of our Effects; yet you allow your Debt is but Nine Thousand Pounds, and that R. Perreau's. This Action alone shows the Complexion of your Heart : Such Barbarity is surely a Disgrace to Human Nature. Your Conduct is a Scandal to your Rank, and to the very Name of a Gentleman. From what Motives but to make yourself more secure of his Property, have you daily followed and urged Dr. B--e to prosecute Daniel Perreau ? That you have done so is proved by your own Words. When that unfortunate Man (whom you and his Brother have dispossessed of his all) sent to you for a Change of Apparel, your Answer was, "That he had sufficient to last him to the Sessions, and you would then take Care he should be hanged." This horrid Speech characterises you so strongly, as to require no Comment. Your Falsehoods and Abuse of me have the same ruffian-like mercenary Motives for their Source. You wish to make me appear bad, in order to palliate in some Degree your Behaviour to me; but you forget, in your ardent Zeal for Plunder and Calumny, that I was to absent myself, (agreeable to your Wishes) I could leave a Power to recover my Effects from you; and that the Law will not give you them upon any Circumstance but a legal Claim; therefore your Malice is as futile as it is bale. Happy for some People that it is not Character nor Goodness that secure Property; for if it depended soley upon that, some great Men might not have a Foot of Land, nor a Shilling, in this World.
You should reflect, Sir Thomas, when you take impertinent Freedoms with my Name, that you are speaking of a Person greatly your Superior; one who has the Mind, as well as the Manners, of a Gentlewoman, and would think it a worse Misfortune and Reproach than any she has yet experienced to resemble you in either; Consequently it best becomes you to be silent, or to mention me with Respect. Your ill Manners, Sordidness, and Cruelty throughout the Affair, surpass Description. Had you existed in Shakespeare's Days, his Character of Shylock might have been much heightened. The Jew would have the Money, or the Man's Life; but you, a Christian, are not contented without having both; with the additional Gratification of depriving me and three Infants of Subsistence. It is there that Nature speaks most powerfully, and Fate gives me the severest Blow. My Children's destitute State agonises my Soul, and makes me, in the Anguish of my Heart, curse the Man for keeping unjustly my Effects, with which I could maintain them with Decency: Their Situation would draw Tears from Inhumanity, and move to Compassion and Justice any Heart but so hardened a one as that of --- ----- -----.
I suppose you instruct your Attorney to traduce me (l believe you too mercenary to pay him for it) when a Gentleman waited on him lately, and began to reason upon the Cruelty and Injustice of denying me even my Cloaths, he had the illiberal Impudence to say, "Why, Sir, you take her Part, as if she was not a bad Woman." I would ask that Man, by what Authority, or from what Cause, he dares presume to mention me in these Terms? This Language does no Honour to himself nor his Client, and if he advises you not to give up my Property, such Advice is no Credit either to his Judgment as an Attorney, or to his Character as a Gentlemen. It is no Novelty for a Lawyer to sell his Conscience, his Honour and Integrity; but it appears from his Conversation, that he has thrown you his Senses into the Bargain.
Your Finesses to obtain from me certain Keys, will not succeed. I suppose you want to read my private Letters, &c. in a Coffee-House, as you have done those of Daniel Perreau's: However, I shall not satisfy your Curiosity or Design, whatever it may be, and desire you at your Peril to touch them; for I will have the Drawers and Strong Box brought into the Court of King's Bench, and examined by a Lock-Smith, to see if they have been opened or attempted.
I have this Day heard of some atrocious Stories you have told; not your own Invention, for I know them to be the same that Mrs. Robert Perreau was so vile as to propagate of me some Weeks past: But you are not the less culpable in repeating, and seeming to credit these Falsities. You undoubtedly have your Interest and Views in thus assisting and abetting the Perreau's in their Machinations against, and Lies of, me; otherwise, why revile me, who never injured you in any Sense or Manner; nor so much as heard of your Affair, till after Mr. Drummond made the Discovery, and all Matters transpired? Yet you combine with those that did impose upon you, and assert the most wicked and flagrant Falsehoods of me, which you may depend I shall oblige you to recant, and prove that you are a Man who has Courage enough to abuse a Woman, because you apprehend yourself in that Case safe from personal Chastisement.
How infamously wicked it is for you to say, "that from the Similitude of the Bonds you believe I forged them all; that you intend to move the Court of King's Bench to have me taken up, and that Sir John Fielding ought to be broke for admitting me to bail !" This is the Language of Ignorance; an Idiot could see the Drift of it; and I should be the Wretch you represent me, or 'as mean as yourself, were I intimidated by such Discourse. No, Sir, to your Confusion and Disappointment, I shall stay here to render Justice, - to assert my Right, -- to vindicate my Character, - and give the Lie to your Scandal, and that of my Enemies. With Innocence, Truth, and Justice for my Support, I both despise and defy you and the Perreau's utmost Malice.
In the mean Time beware of being too cunning for yourself; you have seen a recent Instance that it is possible for People to be so; and you will do well to keep the Observation in View.
M.C. RUDD.
May 10.
SATURDAY, May 13.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Frontiers of Russia, April 16. Letters from Casan speak of an Insurrection which has happened in the Country of the Baskir's. These People wanted, after the Example of the Tartars of Barabinskoy, to free themselves from the Tribute which they have paid for these two hundred Years past to the Sovereigns of Russia. They have driven away the Receivers of this Tribute, killed or ill-treated the Papas who were sent to work their Conversion, and placed their Idols and the Images of the Grand Lama in the moveable Chapels, which the Russian Priests had established in the midst of their Hordes. There People are the Neighbours of a Tartar Nation which acknowledge the Empire of the Dey-Lama, and that of the Calmouks-Usbeks. The Government is taking the necessary Measures to oblige them to return to their Duty.
COUNTRY NEWS.
Bristol, May 11. The Charming Peggy, Capt. Tilly, which arrived here on Monday Iast from New-York. has brought a Petition to his Majesty, a Memorial to the Lords, and a Representation and Remonstrance to the Commons of Great Britain, from the General Assembly of New-York, requesting their mutual Endeavours for a Settlement of the present Disputes subsisting between the Mother Country and the Colonies.
LONDON.
Yesterday arrived in the River 12 Sail of Ships laden with Wheat and other Grain, from Dantzick, Koningsburgh, &c.
Most of the Ships lately arrived from Dantzick and Koningsburgh in the River, laden with Wheat, &c. are detained, not being able to discharge their Cargoes, there not being at present Warehouses enough to put them in.
The Clementina, Weir, from London to North Carolina, is on Shore on the Coast of North Carolina.
The Rev. Mr. Drake, A.B. Chaplain to the Right Hon Lord Ely, is presented to the Rectory of St.Bride, in the County of Monmouth, with that of S.Athan. in the County of Glamorgan, both in the Diocese of Landaff.
Thursday a Motion was made to make the Rule absolute against one Whitaker, in Fleet-Street. for publishing, and Griffin, in the Strand, for printing a Letter in the Morning Paper of March the 1st, 1775, highly reflecting on Lord and Lady Mexborough, but the Proofs not being sufficient to satisfy the Court that Whitaker was a Publisher, or Griffin the Printer of the Paper, and moreover that the Blanks and Innuendoes were far from being Grounds sufficient to grant an Information, the Motion was over-ruled, and the Order discharged.
The Court next proceeded to state the Judges Report, in Order to pronounce Judgment in the Case of Macklin against Lee, James, Aldus, Miles, and Clarke; but after the Court had referred the whole Matter to the Master, to oblige the Offenders to make Macklin a reasonable Compensation in Damages for two Years Salary at �400. each, two Benefits at �200. each, and the Whole of his Expences out of Pocket, Macklin generously relinquished the Whole of his Damages, upon the Defendants taking �200. worth of Tickets; that is to say, �100. for his Daughter's Benefit, �100. for his own, and paying �100. to the Proprietors of Covent-Garden Theatre for the Loss they sustained when the Riot happened. It is worthy of Observation, that the Defendants must have been ruined if Matters had been pushed to Extremities. All the Defendants were present but Miles.
Mr. Faden was likewise brought up to receive Judgment on the Prosecution of Alderman Kennet; he was fined 200 Marks, and to be imprisoned indefinitely till he paid that Sum, which he complied with immediately, and was accordingly discharged.
On Thursday last was held the Anniversary Meeting of the Sons of the Clergy, at which were present the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, President; the Bishops of London, Exeter, Chester, Worcester, St. David's, Rochester, Litchfield, and Coventry ; Aldermen Bull, Plumbe, Thomas, Hopkins, and Newnham; and Sheriffs Plomer and Hart, with many of the Clergy and Gentry. The Sermon was preached by the Rev.Mr. Burnaby, Vicar of Greenwich. The Collections on the Rehearsal and Feast Days were as follow, viz. on Tuesday at St. Paul's �210. 16s. 3d. Thursday at ditto �211. 10s. 3d. at Merchant Taylors Hall �444. 6s. 9d. Total of the Contribution �866. 13s. 3d.
On Wednesday two notorious Coiners, viz. George Morris, and William Bromwich, in Company with Frances Ingal, were detected at Work in a House near Bagnigge Wells, and Yesterday were examined by Sampson Wright, Esq. at the Public-Office, Bow-Street, for counterfeiting the Silver Coin, viz. Sixpences and Shillings, when they were committed for farther Examination.
Married.] On Wednesday last, Brackley Kennet, Esq. of Pall-Mall, to Mrs. Smith, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.- Yesterday, Mr. Rashlake, Linen-draper, in the Haymarket, to Miss Isabella Bond, Daughter of ---- Bond, Esq. of Windmill-Street.
Died.] A few Days ago at Exeter, Dr. Burton, Chaunter of the Cathedral of that City.-Yesterday, of the Small-Pox, Mr. John Lean, Brandy Merchant, in Lower Thames-Street. - On Thursday, at the House of Sir Merrick Burrell, in Great George-Street, Westminster, Mr. Belingest, Attorney.
DIARY of the PROCEEDINGS of the
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
May 11.
The Committee on the Northern Passage, and North Pole Bill, deferred till Monday.
A Petition was presented by Mr. Wedgwood, previous to the Order of the House, going into a Committee on the Bristol Porcelaine Bill, praying that said Bill might not be passed into a Law, as it would be granted a Monopoly of the raw Material. A very warm Debate ensued between Mr. Burke, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Montagu, Mr. Gilbert, and Sir William Bagot, in which the Friends of the Bill had infinitely the better of the Argument, as they proved that the Monopoly was not desired in the raw Material, but in the Composition of working it up; and that, if the Invention was not really original, the Patent must of Course come to nothing. The House was preparing to divide, but the Gentlemen who supported the Petition, thought fit to decline, and the Bill was accordingly committed, and ordered to be reported with Amendments.
At Five o'clock, Thomas Williams, one of the Messengers, and Spencer and Becket, who had surrendered themselves to the Custody of the Serjeant at Arms early in the Afternoon, were called to the Bar; and Williams desired by the Speaker to give an Account in the Prisoners Presence of what he had done in Pursuance of the Order of the House, in order to apprehend them; that they (the Prisoners) might be the better able to answer for themselves. Williams accordingly informed the House, that he had been at Hindon, and enquired for them at their own Houses, and on the Road; that he had repeated his Enquiries in Town at their Lodgings, and at Captain Nairne's, in Bury-Street, and at Mr. Calthorpe's, but to no Manner of Purpose. The Speaker then desired the Prisoners to inform the House of their Motives for keeping out of the Way. They answered, with great Reluctance, that they were afraid, if they should attend and be examined, they would be ruined. Being pressed to explain themselves, they replied, ruined in their Business, meaning the general Odium and Ill-will their giving Evidence to convict their Fellow Electors might create. Being asked, what other Reasons they had for absconding, they answered, that they waited till some other Witnesses should be first examined, and that when Lucas, Chant, and Howell, were committed, they were afraid to attend, dreading to be punished in the same Manner.
Spencer and Becket being ordered to withdraw, Mr.Solicitor General moved, that the Resolution of the House, of Thursday the 27th of April, might be read, which directed that Spencer and Becket, having purposely kept out of the Way, in order to avoid being examined before a Committee of that House, relative to the late Election for the Borough of Hindon, be taken into the Custody of the Serjeant at Arms; and the same being read accordingly, Mr. Solicitor, after reciting said Resolution, relative to Spencer, added, and that he be committed for said Offence to his Majesty's Gaol of Newgate. The like Recital and Addition was made respecting Becket, and the Speaker ordered to issue his Warrant for committing them both immediately to Newgate. The several Motions were agreed to almost unanimously, there being- but one dissenting Voice.
Mr. Richard Whitworth was for having them sent to the Gatehouse as a milder Degree of Punishment; but Mr. Solicitor General very warmly and firmly resisted any such Indulgence, observing that it became highly incumbent on the House to exert its Authority rigidly on the present Occasion, by Way of Terror and Example, to convince others what they were to expect, if they presumed to treat the Orders of that House with Neglect or Contempt.
The House rose at Six o'Clock, and adjourned till Monday.
The Anniversary Meeting of the Gloucestershire Society was held on Tuesday last at the Rainbow Coffee-House, King-Street, Covent-Garden, at which were present Sir Wm. Codrington, Sir William Guise, Sir Onesiphorus Paul, Edward Southwell, Esq., Joseph, Martin, Esq., B. Chester, Esq. with many other respectable Persons of the County : After Dinner a Collection was made, for the Purpose of apprenticing distressed Boys, who are Natives of the County; and several new Members were proposed, for the further Support of this laudable Institution.
That very ingenious and able Calculator, Mr. John Stevens, who for Knowledge in the Doctrine of Chances has no Equal, was consulted on the Value of Museum Tickets from the State of the drawing Yesterday, when he made the following Declaration: "Museum Lottery Tickets, originally at One Guinea, are now actually worth Thirty Shillings, and better worth Forty than a State Lottery Ticket is worth Ten Pounds the first Day of drawing."
The Samuel, Davis, from New-York, but last from Antigua, which put in there in great Distress, is since safe arrived at Liverpool.
The Camilla, Green, from Philadelphia, and the Jupiter, Brown, from South Carolina, are both put into Falmouth by contrary Winds.
The Favourite, Johnson, and the Hero, Rainer, both from Leghorn, with Silk, arrived this Morning in the River.
Yesterday afternoon the Wind coming round to the Eastward, the Buckingham and Orford Men of War, lately arrived from the East-Indies, sailed from the Downs for Chatham to be paid off, and be docked there as fast as possible.
The Mary, Williamson, from Lisbon, with the Mary and Joseph, Walsh, from Bourdeaux for Waterford, are both put into Cork by contrary Winds.
On Thursday last was married at Marybone Church, Samuel Collet, of the City of Worcester, Esq. to Mrs. Garway, of Charles-Street, Cavendish-Square.
On the 11th of April last died in his Chair, at Woodford in Essex, Richard Warner, Esq. a Gentleman well known in the literary World.
Cambridge, May 12. On Monday the Rev. Anthony Hamilton, of Benet College, was admitted by the University to the Degree of Doctor in Divinity; the Hon. Tho. Walpole of Trinity College, and Mr. Kerrich of Magdalen College, to the Degree of Master of Arts; and Mr. Bornett of Catherine Hall, and Mr. Clarke of Jesus College, to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts.
The Corporation of Norwich have appointed the Rev. Thomas Wigg Hancock, to be Curate of St. Helen in that City, and have also presented the Rev. Richard Day, to the Vicarage of South Waltham St.Mary, in Norfolk. both vacant by. the Death of the Rev, Mr. Kinderly.
On Tuesday last was married --- Livemore, Esq. of Whittlesea in the Isle of Ely, to Miss Eliz. Russell, of the same Place.
On Wednesday died Miss Norford, second Daughter of Dr. Norford, of Bury St. Edmund's.
On Monday last died suddenly, at Melford in, Suffolk, --- Moore, Esq. a Counsellor at Law.
Last Week died in an advanced Age, Captain Wallis, of Healing in Lincolnshire.
Chelmsford, May 12. During the Storm of Thunder and Lightening, which was fatal to several Travellers near London, and did so much Damage to the Shipping in the River Iast Sunday se'nnight, a large Oak Tree at Hatfield Broad Oak was shattered into a 1000 Pieces; and near the same Place a Rabbit was struck dead by the Lightening; many of the Hailstones measured, we are told, full three Inches; and at Billericay we hear they also fell much larger than had ever been seen before.
Hereford, May 11. On Thursday Iast was married Mr. Philip Hodges, of Braynton, in this County, to Mrs. Jones, of the same Place. And
Yesterday was married Mr. Slade to Miss Powell, both of Fownhope.
On Monday the first inst. Thomas Lloyd, Esq. of Bronwith, in the County of Cardigan, unfortunately fell from his Horse, fractured his Skull, and instantly expired.
Early on Monday Morning died, at the Lodge, in the County of Brecon, Lady Williams, Mother of Sir Edward Williams, Bart. of Llangoed.
Oxford, May 11. On Monday last came on an Election at Worcester College, in this University, on Dr. Clarke's Foundation, when the Rev. John Hallward, A.M: was elected Fellow, and Mr. Samuel Oldnal, Scholar of that Society.
To the Printer of the St J.CHRONICLE.
SIR,
AFTER hearing the Resolutions against , Gen. Smith and Mr. Beckford, in a certain House for Bribery and Corruption, I could not help meditating in my Way to Dinner, on the Steadiness of some Countenances which can remain unchanged when they accuse others of the same Crime of which they are guilty themselves; and as I passed through Drury-Lane, I heard a Mob of Women raving with great Vehemence against a young Female, who was talking to a Gentleman in Liquor, and among the many Names which they called her, no Accusation came from them with more Force and Energy then, you are a young W---e, and you ought to he sent to Bridewell. Female Reformers, thought I; a second Part of the same Tune; and in I goes to refresh myself with a Chop at a neighbouring Eating-House. After I had dined, I resolved to amuse myself at the Play; I had swallowed my Chop, and emptied my Half-pint of Wine, which afforded me two Glasses of the Dram Size, and then offered Half a Guinea to be changed to pay my Reckoning.; you'll give me Leave to weigh it, cries the Waiter, for there is scarce such a Thing as good Money, and we scarce find any Customer that would not put off short Weight if he could; you look like a Gentleman, Sir, but you will excuse me as we take no Money without weighing and examining. I approved his Caution, my Money was weighed, I took my Change, paid my Reckoning and departed; but when I went to tender my Silver at the Pit Door, out of eight Shillings I could not pick three to gain me Admittance; I changed a second Time, but examined in my Turn, and then took my Seat in the House. I entered into Discourse with a genteel dressed Person near me, to pass away the Time till the Curtain should draw up: I related my Adventure at the Chop-House; my Companion matched my Story, and the Practices of Swindlers, Jew Bail, fraudulent Bankruptcies, Gambling Houses, Sharpers, and the many Tricks of this Town filled up the Interval till the Play began. When all was over, and I began to rejoice at getting out of the hot House into the open Air, I was pressed to Death with a Mob of Chairmen, Link-Boys, and Riffraff, and almost every Man appeared to join in a Chorus of, "take Care of your Pockets!" As I moved on I perceived some Part of our Company go off in a great Hurry, and found they had laid hold of a Pickpocket, who was caught in the Fact by a Gentleman, and consigned over to their Discipline, which they exercised with tolerable Severity, and then delivered him over to the Attorney-General of the Night, the High Constable, and put him in a Train for Prosecution, and in less than two Minutes, to my Surprize, I found my Companion laid hold of by another Detachment for a similar Offence. I had the Curiosity to see what became of him; when going up Bow-Street, I perceived him drop something unnoticed by any Body with him; and upon coming near, found it was my own Watch, which the genteel Moralizer had made free with in the Course of the Play. I turned about and made the best of my Way home; but upon Examination of my Pockets, I found (notwithstanding the Attention I paid to the Cautions given by those Guardians of my Property which surrounded me on my coming out of the House) I had left my Handkerchief, Snuff-Box, Purse, and even my Gloves in the Croud.
Well, thinks I, from the Business of this Day I find nil admirari is a just Adage, and I should not be surprised to hear the Shaftsbury Punch hold forth against Bribery, or Lord B-te sounding forth the Praises of Patriotism.
A STROLLER.
THE Creditors of JOHN WARREN, late of Milbrook, in the County of Southampton, Esq, deceased, are desired to send an Account of their Demands on him to Mr. Knott, Attorney, at Winchester; and all Persons who stand indebted to the said Mr. Warren, are desired to pay their respective Debts to the said Mr. Knott.
BRISTOL HOT-WELL.
THIS is to certify, that the Bristol Hot-Well Water, filled under my Inspection, is sent up fresh every Week by Land Carriage, to Mr. Owen's original Mineral Water-Warehouse, No.11, in Fleet-Street, London, by me,
THO. WOODALL.
The Bristol Water arrives at Mr. Owen's Warehouse every Saturday by Mr. Wiltshire's Waggon.
JOSIAH DANDO, Clerk to Mr. Wiltshire.
The Bath Water arrives every Tuesday, as usual.
To be SOLD by PRIVATE CONTRACT,
by Mr. SKINNER,
A FREEHOLD ESTATE, situate at Methwold, in the County of Norfolk, consisting of two hundred and forty Acres of rich Arable and Wood Land, lying within a Ring Fence, with a new-built House, Barn, Stables and a Garden, now in the Occupation of Mr. George Manley, who will shew the Premises. There is excellent Brick Earth, with Plenty of Fuel on the Estate.
For further Particulars please to apply to Mr. Skinner, Aldersgate-Street, any Morning before Ten.
To be LETT, by Mr. SKINNER, for a Term not exceeding 56 Years, and Possession given at Midsummer next,
All that capital PILE of BUILDINGS, situate in CHANGE-ALLEY, Cornhill, one of the most desirable Spots in the City of London; a Part is in the Possession of Mr. Jones, the other, late Mr. Robert Dallas.
The Premises are extremely well calculated for a Banker, Merchant, or any other genteel Profession, where many Conveniences with Room are wanting, and for two Families to dwell distinct.
Particulars may be had at the Bar of the King's Arms Tavern, Cornhill; or of Mr. Skinner, Aldersgate-Street.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
TO be SOLD, An ESTATE at Chalford, in the Parish of Minchinhampton, in the said County, called St. MARY MILLS, consisting of two large Messuages adjoining to each other, a Fulling or Cloth-Mill, containing two whole Stocks, one three-quarter Stock, one half Stock, and a Gigg Mill, a Dye-House, and convenient Out-Houses, and Work Shops, all in substantial Repair, about 40 Acres of Meadow and Pasture Land, and about ten Acres of Beech Wood, from 20 to 60 or 70 Years Growth, lying contiguous to the said Messuages and Mills.
For further Particulars enquire of Mr. Samuel Bowyer, at his Seat in the Exchequer Office, Inner Temple, London; Mr. Stephen Cambridge, of Theescomb; or of Mr. Clutterbuck, of Hyde, in the said Parish of Minchinhampton.
TO be SOLD, The ESTATE of COLT PARK, RITTON, BIRKHEADS, and, COLDRIFF, lying contiguous to each other, in the Parish of Hartburn, in the County of Northumberland.
This Estate is well situated, having a good Colliery, Draw Kilns, and Plenty of Lime-Stones; also forty Acres of Wood Land, in the said Estate, about seven Miles from Morpeth, and contains upwards of 960 Acres, capable of great Improvements, being new lett only at �434. 15s. a Year, free from all Tythes of Corn and Hay, and has a Turnpike Road through it, which intersects all the other Turnpike Roads in the County, so there is a good Road to every Market Town in the said County.
Any Person inclined to contract for the said Estate, may apply to Sir Lancelot Allgood, at Nunwick, in the said County; or to Collingwood Forster, at Alnwick, Esq; or to Mr. Darwin, No. 47, Hatton-Street, London.
N.B. Mr. George Pickering, on personal Application, or by Letter directed to him, at Simonburn, near Newcastle upon Tyne, will attend and shew the Premisses.
TO be Sold by Auction, by Hill and Birchall, at York House, in the, City of Bath, on Wednesday the 14th of May, between Twelve and Two o'Clock,
A compleat eligible well built HOUSE, late the Property of MICHAEL LE JAY, Esq. deceased, how in the Possession of JOHN FORD, Esq, situate at BATHFORD, three Miles from Bath, commanding the most beautiful Prospects of the River, Villages, &c. &c. Together with all the Offices, Coach- Houses, Stables, Dove-House, &c. with spacious Kitchen and Pleasure Gardens, well stocked and laid out in the genteelest Taste.
The Premises are all Freehold, in perfect Repair, and well calculated for a large Family, and may be entered on, on or before Midsummer next.
All the rich and elegant Furniture, as before advertised, will be sold in a short Time after, of which public Notice will be given in the News-Papers.
For farther Particulars enquire of Hill and Birchall, at their Upholstery Warehouse, Queen-Square, Bath.
The Premises may be viewed Tuesdays and Fridays, between Twelve and Two o'Clock, till the Time of Sale.
* Tickets must be produced for the viewing the House and Premises, which may be had by applying to Hill and Birchall, as above.
To all Booksellers, Stationers, &c.
TO be Sold by private Contract, jointly or separately,
All and every of the STOCK in TRADE of the late Mr. WILLIAM CRAVEN, Stationer, Bookseller, and Bookbinder, at Dartmouth, in the County of Devon: Consisting of a large and well-chosen Assortment of elegant Books in different Languages, a great Variety of Stationary and Medicinal Wares, a complete Sett of Bookbinders Materials almost new, a Portable Printing-Press, with Types and the Apparatus; likewise all Sorts of Mathematical and Musical Instruments, &c. &c. The above Situation does vie with anyone in the West of England, having a large and very extensive Land Trade, a great Consumption by Exportation in the Newfoundland, &c. &c. Trades, which has been carried on with great Success by the late Mr. Craven for upwards of 22 Years last past. The great Number of Vessels which belong and resort to that Place, need no other Comment or Encomium on the Benefits arising from its Situation. A Lease of the House, if required, may be had.
All Letters (Post paid) addressed to Miss Craven, at Dartmouth aforesaid, will be duly attended to.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by WILLIAM ELLIS, on Wednesday the 24th of May, 1775, at Garraway's Coffee-House, Change-Alley, Cornhill, at Twelve o'Clock.
A compact improveable FREEHOLD and COPYHOLD ESTATE, desirably situated at LONG WICK, in the Parish of Prince Risborough, in the County of Bucks, nine Miles from High Wycomb, six from Aylesbury, and four from Tame, all capital Market Towns.
The Estate consists of 173 Acres of rich Meadow, Pasture, and Arable Land in good Condition, with an unlimited Right of Common; the Inclosures are well fenced watered and stocked with Timber. Together. with two Messuages, one of which is a neat, Farm House tyled, with proper extensive Offices erected in the Center of two inclosed Farm Yards, also two Gardens, and two Orchards, all in the possession of Mr. William Williams, at an old Rent of �100. per Annum, the Lease of which being now expired.
To be viewed till the Sale by applying to the Tenant, and printed Particulars had also at the George, at Aylesbury; the Red Lien, Tame; the Red Lion, High Wycomb; the King's Head, at Beaconsfield; the Crown, at Uxbridge; the Place of Sale, and of the Auctioneer, No. 126, Fenchurche Street, where a Plan may be seen.
TO be SOLD, A valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE in the County of Berks,
Consisting of an excellent commodious MANSION HOUSE, or VILLA, suitable for a large and genteel Family, with numerous and convenient Offices of every Kind, Pleasure Grounds, Pinery and Succession House, and a good Kitchen Garden walled on all Sides and well planted. The House is situated on a very pleasant rising Ground, and commands extensive and agreeable Prospects. The Land consists of 185 Acres, lying compact and well timbered.
All the Premises are in perfect Order and Repair, and the House and Offices, together with thirty-seven Acres of Meadow, and eighteen Acres of Arable Land adjoining, may be entered upon immediately.
The Houshold Furniture, Farming Utensils, and Stock, may be had at a fair appraisement. Half the Purchase-Money may remain secured on the Premises if most convenient to the Purchaser.
The Distance from London is about thirty Miles, four Miles from Maidenhead, and two Miles South of the Bath Road.
There are several genteel Families in the Neighbourhood, and the Roads are perfectly good.
For Particulars apply to Mr. Ludbey, Jermyn-Street, St.James.
BEDFORDSHIRE MILITIA.
Bedford, April, 1, 1775.
NOTICE is hereby given, by the Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Bedford, at their general Meeting, this Day held at the Swan Inn in the Town of Bedford; that the Militia Forces raised in, and for the said County, do assemble in the Town of Bedford, on Monday the 15th Day of May next, 1775, in Order to be trained and exercised, according to the Directions of the Laws now in Force, relating to the Training and Exercising the Militia, within that Part of Great-Britain called England, from Monday the said 15th Day of May next, until Monday the 12th Day of June following.
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MR. JOHN WHEATLY, late of the High-Street, in Banbury, in the County of Oxford, Ironmonger and Oilman, having declined Business in Favour of Mr. THOMAS FRENCH, who has purchased and entered upon the House and Shop late in the Possession of the said Mr. Wheatly; Mr. French therefore humbly solicits the Continuance of all former Customers to the said Shop, and the Favour of the Public in general, which will be gratefully acknowledged by him.
STRAPS for RAZORS, made on a Construction entirely new, and have several Advantages of keeping Razors to a fine and strong Edge, and of carrying every convenience for shaving in the smallest Compass. These are made only at RICCARD and LITTLEFEAR's Manufactory, joining the King's Mews, Castle-Street. Where are continued to be made, their much approved Cast-Steel Razors, Gentlemen's Travelling Cases, Roll-up Pouches, Pen-Knives, and curious Steel-Work of all Kinds, with many new and useful Improvements in Cutlery, Plate, and Jewellery.
N.B. Knives and Forks made of their new-invented Metals, also Silver, green and white Ivory, Wood, Horn, &c. from 2s. to �20. per Dozen. Beautiful Mahogany and Fish-Skin Cases, ready fitted up with any of the above Sorts.
TO be Sold by Auction by Mr. SKINNER, on Monday the 29th instant, on the Premisses at 12 o'Clock,
A valuable LEASEHOLD BRICK MANSION, desirably situate at Clapham, in Surry, a Spot much distinguished and admired, with Gardens, Shrubberies, Pleasure Grounds, suitable Offices, and four Fields of rich Pasture Land, containing ten Acres, late in the Possession of Nathaniel Mason, Esq.. The Mansion contains five Rooms on a Floor, agreeably arranged, elegantly fitted up, and finished in true Taste, the Kitchen and lower Apartments are extensive and convenient, the Out-Offices correspond, built on a most exquisite Plan, and form a compleat Residence.
To be viewed ten Days preceding the Sale, by Ticket from Mr. Skinner, when Printed Particulars may be had of him and on the Premisses.
TO be Sold by Auction, by Mr. SKINNER, on Monday the 5th of June, at the George Inn, at Twickenham, at Eleven o'Clock, in Lots,
A valuable FREEHOLD and COPYHOLD ESTATE, extremely well situate in, and adjoining to the Town of TWICKENHAM, yearly Value about �200. consisting of 50 Acres of rich Meadow, Pasture, and Arable Land, and Garden Ground, in the Possession of Counsellor Perryn and Farmer Hierons, also four Dwelling-Houses, let to Mess. Beauchamp and Tounders, Apothecaries, and Mr. Hudson, Builder, a good accustomed Public-House, known by the Royal Oak; and a genteel Brick House near adjoining, with two Acres of Garden Ground, walled in, and well stored.
To be viewed ten Days preceding the Sale, by applying at the George, where a Person will attend to shew the Premises.
Printed Particulars, then at the Place of Sale, and of Mr. Skinner, Aldersgate-Street.
TO be Sold by Auction, by T. RIDGEWAY, at Garraway's Coffee-House, in Change-Alley, on Tuesday the 30th of May, precisely at One,
Two FREEHOLD ESTATES, situated at Stanwell and Horton Bucks, in the County of Middlesex; consisting of about twenty-one Acres of Land, in excellent Condition, with a Messuage, Garden, Orchard, Farm Yard, Barns, &c. in the Possession of Farmer Potts, Tenant at Will, at �20. per Annum, situated at Stanwell.
Also one other Pasture Field, of about nine Acres of good Land, adjoining to the Pleasure Gardens of Mr. Darby, at Horton, to whom it is lett at �12. per Annum, Tenant at Will.
The Distances are one Mile from Colnbrook, five from Hounslow, and seventeen from London.
Printed Particulars will be timely delivered at the Post Office, at Hounslow and Colnbrook, at the Place of Sale, and at Mr. Ridgeway's, Fenchurch-Street, London.
N.B. The Purchaser will be intitled to a Right of Pastuage on a very extensive Common; also a Right to hawk, hunt, fish and shoot.