Newspaper Transcripts
Some Selected Reports from the St.James's Chronicle
Tuesday, March 14, to Thursday March 16, 1775.
WEDNESDAY, March 15.
COUNTRY NEWS.
Newcastle, March 11.
ON Monday a written Paper was posted on the Custom-Quay, North-Shields, menacing Punishment to all those who should load their Ships at the present advanced Price of Coals.
Thursday three Companies of the 51st Regiment (Oughton's) came in here from Tinmouth Barracks. It is said they were ordered here in Consequence of an Application to the War-Office from the Magistrates, who dreaded the Interruption of the Tranquillity of the Town from the late Combination of some Ship Owners, in opposing the Advance of 1s. per Chaldron on the Price of Coals, levied by the Coal Owners.
SHIP NEWS.
Deal, March 31. Wind N. Came down and sailed with all the Outward-bound, the Talbot, Snow, for India; Hope, Carey; and Margaret and Rebecca, Holland, for Antigua; Nelly Frigate, John, for Virginia; Stagg, Saunders, for Leghorn; Earl of Grenville, M'Ewin, for Oporto; and John and Jane, Transport. Arrived the George, Ranton [?], from Saloe; and Perth, Bett, from Smyrna; and remain with his Majesty's Ship Coventry, a Dutch East-Indiaman, and Swift Pilot, Lante.
Arrived.
At Dominica, Ann, Duncan, from London.
At St.Kitt's, Loyal Briton, Young, from London.
At St.Vincent's, Charles Sharp, Belson, from London.
In Stangate Creeke, New Phillis, Strivens, from Zant.
At Newry, Live Oak, Duncan, from New York.
LONDON.
Yesterday a Messenger was sent with Despatches to the Commissioners of the different Dock-Yards, for expediting the fitting out of Ships destined for North America.
Extract of a Letter from Gosport, March 13.
"Since my last his Majesty's Sloop Otter, went out of Harbour to Spithead.
"Lieutenant Chads is appointed Agent for the Transports appointed to carry out the Troops to America.
"The Admiral has ordered the Worcester and Royal Oak to go to Spithead with all Expedition.
"Capt. Chads is arrived Express from London, and has ordered the Cerberus Frigate to Spithead as soon as possible, which Ship is intended to carry the three Generals to Boston."
Letters from Spain say, that his Catholic Majesty has determined to keep up the same Complement of Forces in America as if he was at War, for which Purpose an Embarkation is now carrying on in the different Sea-Ports of Spain.
They write from Stockholm,. that the King has forbidden, under very severe Penalties, the building Ships of War in any of the private Dock-Yards of Sweden for Foreign Powers.
Letters from the Hague import, that in Consequence of some Advices received from the East-Indies, five Ships of War are ordered to sail from thence as soon as possible.
They write from Minorca that Orders had just been received there from England, to have that Garrison fully completed, and the Fortifications immediately put into the best State of Defence.
It is with great difficulty that the Captain of Merchantmen can get Sailors to man their Vessels; many refuse even 40s. per Month, though the usual River Pay is seldom more than 27s.
Lord Pigot will embark on board the Grenville in about a Fortnight, for his Government of Madrass.
Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, in order to consider of a Petition to be presented to the Hon. House of Lords, concerning the Bill which is passed the House of Commons, to restrain the Trade and Commerce of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, &c. in America, which was drawn up by a Committee appointed for that Purpose, and read, and agreed to by almost all the Court; and the two Sheriffs, attended by the City Remembrancer and other Officers, went and delivered the said Petition into that Hon. House. The following Aldermen were present, viz. the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the two Sheriffs, Aldermen Harley, Sawbridge, Oliver, Bull, Hayley, Asgill, Newnham, Thomas, Kennet, Hopkins, Esdail [?], Plumbe, Shakespeare, and Lewis.
The King has been pleased to present John Warren, L.D. to the Archdeaconry of Worcester, in the County and Diocese of Worcester, the same being void by the Death of the last Incumbent.
The King has been pleased to present William Cropley, B.A. to the Vicarage of West Ham, in the County of Essex, and the Diocese of London, void by the Resignation of John Warner, D.D. the last Incumbent.
Yesterday Morning at Day-Break a Duel was fought in St.George's Fields between the Captain of a Vessel in the West India Trade, and a Merchant in the City, wherein the latter received a slight Wound in the Arm, and the Affair was then made up by their Seconds.
Yesterday Morning, about Two o'Clock, a Fire broke out at the House of Mr. Holmsworth, Tallow-Chandler; in Whitecross-Street; which entirely consumed the same, and the following Houses in Front, viz. Mr. Brogden, Barber; Mr Sosby, Undertaker; and Mr. Chandler, Corn-chandler; besides damaging several Houses backwards.
It is said that the American Flour, which has been brought hither, is equal in Goodness to the English, and after all Expences paid, is sold 4s. a Sack cheaper.
William Chamberlayne, Esq is appointed Solicitor to the Exchequer in the room of Mr. Nuttall, deceased, and not Mr. Masterman; as mentioned lately.
It is said that the Diamonds that her Majesty had about her on Monday Night, at the Play, cost upwards of �150,000. The Stomacher, Sleeve-knots, Necklace; Ear-rings, and Head Ornaments, were Clusters of the largest and most valuable Brilliants. The young Princess Royal dropped from her Bosom a large Sprig of Diamonds over the Box on the Stage, which a Yeoman picked up, and gave to Lord Delaware, who presented it to her Majesty.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Dublin, dated the 26th of February
"Our Capital has been these few Weeks past one continued Round of Confusion. The Soldiers were at War with the Butchers; the Butchers with the Soldiers: Such Houghing, Menacing, Chalking, Murdering, Rioting, pulling down Houses, and breaking open Gaols, never was known."
The net Produce of his Majesty's Revenue in the Isle of Man, since its Cession to the Crown, is preparing to be laid before the House of Commons this Session.
The following is a more particular Account of the Affair that has lately happened at the West End of the Town than has yet appeared.- On Friday last a Mr. P. an Apothecary, not far from Golden-Square, applied to Mess. D---, Bankers, at Charing Cross, to borrow �5000 upon a Bond of �7500 which he purported to be the Bond of Mr. A--r, the Agent. Mr. D---d told him, upon looking at the Bond, that he did not think the Signing of that Bond appeared to be the Hand-Writing of A---; upon which he asked Mr.P. if he saw him sign that Bond ? to which the other replied, that he did not absolutely see him sign it, but he had no Doubt of its being his Hand. Mr.D. then desired Mr.P. to go to Mr.A---- and ask him the Question; he told him he would; and upon his returning a short Time after, he told Mr.D. that he had seen Mr.A. who acknowledged the Bond to be his. Mr.D. then told Mr.P. that as it was a large Sum of Money, he did not chuse to advance it without speaking to his Brother; and if he would leave the Bond, and call in the Morning, he should either have the Bond back or the Money. He did so; an on his calling in the Morning, Mr.D. delivered him the Bond, and told him, he did not chuse to advance the Money; and upon being asked the Reason, he frankly told him, that he had shewn the Bond to many of Mr.A.'s Friends, and they all believed it to be a Forgery; upon which Mr.P. grew very warm, and Mr.D. asked him if he would go to Mr.A. with him, and clear the Matter up. They accordingly went to the Agent's House, and finding him at home, he told them in a Moment that the Bond was not his. Mr. P. appeared very much surprized at this Assertion, and told him, if this was really the Case, he had been strangely duped indeed. He asked him if he did know Mr.P. of Pall-mall, (meaning his Brother) and if his Wife was not nearly related to him; and upon answering that he knew no such People, they returned to Mr.D. where they met with Mr. Dagge, who accompanied him to Sir John Fielding's, to lodge an Information against the Parties who had thus imposed upon him. However, such Things came out upon his Examination, that Mr Justice Addington did not think it right to set him at Liberty. They then sent for his Brother and his Wife, of whom he said he had the Bond; and as the Matter still, from their own Stories, grew more intricate, they were all committed for further Examination this Day, It appears that these people have tricked different Persons out of Cash upon the forged Bonds to Mr.A. to near the Amount of �20,000 among the rest Sir John Frankland has lost �9000, Mr. Brooke �1500, Mr.B. a jeweller, in Pall-Mall, �4500, &c. &c.
At Bedford Assize, William Barker is ordered for Execution on Lady-Day, for a Highway Robbery, accompanied with great Cruelty.
On Monday Night a Breeches-maker in Thread-needle-Street, seeing a Fellow lurking about his Door, and his Shop having been robbed several Times, suspected him, and went out to seize him, but the Fellow run off; the Breeches-maker pursued him to Bishopsgate-Street, where he kicked up the Fellow's Heels; upon which the latter snapped a Pistol at him, but it missed Fire ; he then secured him, and Yesterday carried him before the Lord Mayor, who ordered him to the Poultry-Compter for further Examination.
The Burton, Helling, and the Byron, Dession [?], both from Alicant, are put into Dartmouth, after being out in very bad Weather.
The Francis, Williamson, from Senegal and Jamaica, for London is safe arrived off Dover .
Yesterday Morning the Hampshire, Godfrey; and the Nottingham East-Indiaman, with all the outward-bound transports, and upwards of one hundred other Ships, sailed out of the Downs with a fair Wind at N.E.
The Roman Eagle, Ridle; and the Jupiter, Disting; both from Leghorn, for London, are safe arrived in Stangate Creek, after meeting with blowing Weather, and losing some of their Sails, and a long Boat.
The Duke of Glocester, Sunderland; Hambro' Merchant; Strong, both from Hambro'; and Friendship, Spilker, from Bremen, arrived all safe this Morning in the River.
The Betty, Kennie, from Charles Town, and the Neptune, Bingley, from Maryland, are both put into Falmouth.
Yesterday Afternoon the Talbot East-Indiaman, Snow, from London, passed by Dover with a fine Wind at N.E.
Last Saturday Evening a well-dressed Woman threw herself into the Serpentine River; two Grenadiers walking that Way saw the Body floating upon the Surface of the Water, and at the Hazard of their own Lives, after some Time got it out: She was to all Appearance dead. The Men, by diligently using proper Means, in about 15 Minutes perceived some small Returns of Life, and in two Hours she was so well recovered as to be conveyed home in a Coach.
Saturday Night, or early on Sunday Morning, the House of Mr. Pitt, Working-Silversmith, in Air-Street, Piccadilly, was broke, open and robbed of near 1200 Ounces of Silver, mostly in ingots, which was brought from the Refiner's but the Day before.
At Elliott and Davis's Wholesale and Retale Carpet, Bedding, Upholstry Warehouse, No. 97, New Bond-Street, may be had great Choice of Turkey, Wilton, Persia, and Scotch Carpets, of the newest Patterns. Four-post, Tent, and other Bedsteads, with Furnitures ready made; seasoned Feather Beds and Mattrasses, for immediate Use; Mercellas, Chintz, and other Quilts; Whitney and Vegetable Wool Blankets, Cotton Counterpanes, Manchester Stripes, Checks, Morines, &c. Families served with every Article in their respective Branches on very reasonable Terms. Houses furnished on the shortest Notice, and Orders for Exportation executed with Care and Dispatch.
Married.] Sunday, Capt. Carr, of Burr-Street, to Miss Leeck, Daughter of Samuel Leeck, Esq. Sugar-Baker at Wapping.
To the Printer of the St. J.CHRONICLE.
SIR,
READING a late Sermon preached at Lambeth, upon Occasion of a double Consecration, and published by Authority, I was reminded by the Contents of a Story told of Archbishop Tillotson, who, it seems, preached before King Charles II. at Whitehall, April 2, 1680, on Joshua xxiv. 5. put the public Religion so effectually into the Power of the civil Magistrate, as to reprobate all Endeavours to reform it, though ever so evidently necessary, or though the Religion of the Magistrate should be ever so false, unless the Magistrate's Authority should be superseded by a Power of working Miracles.
"The King (says the Story) having stept most Part of the Time, while the Sermon was delivered, a certain Nobleman stepped up to him, as soon as it was over, and said, Tis Pity your Majesty slept, for we have had the rarest Piece of Hobbism that ever you heard in your Life.- Ods-fish, he shall print it then, answered the King; and immediately called the Lord Chamberlain, and gave him his Command to the Dean to print his Sermon."
I am, SIR, Your's, &c.
SOMNICULOSUS.
SKETCH of a POLITICAL DICTIONARY and CATECHISM.
Q. WHAT is the Constitution ?
A.. A Gothic Structure, new fronted by Scotch Architects.
Q. What is Government?
A. What the Junto please.
Q. What is the Royal Prerogative?
A. As much as it can get.
Q. Wherein lies the Privilege of Parliament?
A.In the Peoples Pockets.
Q. What is a King's Minister ?
A. The Peoples Master.
Q. What us a Scotch Chief Justice ?
A. A Press-biter.
Q. What is a Bishop ?
A. A Sheep-biter.
Q What is an Arch Bishop ?
A. A Sly Priest.
Q. How does a Priest resemble a Shepherd ?
A. By fleecing his Flock.
Q. How does a modern Member of Parliament represent his Constituents ?
A. By doing as they did - selling himself.
Q. What is a Justice of the Peace ?
A. A Piece of a Justice.
I. What is the Benefit of Clergy ?
A. The Laity.
Q. By what Right do we tax America?
A. By the Right ABOUT.
Q. What is a great Orator ?
A. A Haberdasher of Words and Similies.
Q. What should a Man do whose Fancy runs away with his Judgement ?
A. Add more Weight to the Rider.
Q. What is a Scotch Solicitor General ?
A. A Scotch Bagpipe for the Junto to play on.
Q. What is a Great Chancellor?
A. A small Lawyer.
Q. What is the Lord Keeper ?
A. A kept Lord.
Q. What is a Maid of Honour ?
A. A Maid upon Honour.
Q. What is a Cabinet Council ?
A. A Collection of Heads by a great Master.
Q. What is a King of England ?
A. The first Subject
Q. What are the People of England ?
A. The Sovereign Power.
Q. Whose is the Crown ?
A. Theirs who can give it away.
Q. What is meant by my Kingdoms, my Subjects, my Forces, my Treaties and Alliances, &c.
A. A little Gasconade, but neither private Property, nor personal Concerns.
To the Right Reverend the BISHOPS.
My Lords,
IT is probable that you may soon be called upon to give your Opinion on a Question, which involves in it the Property and the Lives of perhaps Half a Million of your Fellow-Subjects and Fellow-Christians.- To you it may in Part be referred, whether War, Famine, and its usual Attendant, Pestilence, shall be commissioned, so far as your Power extends, to destroy the Creatures of God, and spread Ruin and Devastation over once happy, peaceful, and well-peopled Provinces.
Your Situation, my Lords, is critical beyond Expression; you have two Masters to serve; hitherto, indeed, by the one, you have been pronounced good and faithful Servants, but a different Trial is probably before you. The Christian World, observing in your late Address to his Majesty, that you are resolved "to redouble your Diligence in the Discharge of your sacred Functions, and to keep the strictest Guard on your own Lives," will examine with the greatest Attention every Part of your Conduct, and judge of it by the pure and holy Precepts of that divine Master whom you profess to serve.
Permit me, therefore, disclaiming every Party View, and anxiously solicitous for the Honour of the Christian Name, to beseech your calm and unprejudiced Attention to the momentous Points before you :- Review, my Lords, the Subject in Controversy between this Kingdom and America. -Till you are perfectly satisfied in your Consciences, that you will be able to repeat and justify at the Bar of Almighty God, the Reasons which you now urge, or by which you are now influenced, for enforcing the Claim of absolute and uncontroulable Power, and especially for pursuing this Claim, even at such a certain but dreadful Expence of human Blood and human Happiness; I wish you, my Lords, to pause a few Moments, and pursue this Thought with the Attention it deserves.- Were it possible that a Re-examination of the Subject should leave you convinced, that the most desperate Measures are strictly justifiable, yet for the Honour of the Christian Name, avail yourselves of being expressly excused (see Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol. iv. P. 264) from sitting and voting on Trials which concern Life or Limbs.
In some Views, indeed, this important Cause cannot be said to be tried; the Parties accused being three thousand Miles off; and though the Sentence may not be cutting off a Limb, but depopulating a Province, yet the most essential Part, the Condemnation, is that which you should least of all be concerned in. The Times are such, my Lords, as require the greatest Caution and Circumspection in Persons of your Character: A black and portentous Cloud is gathering; whether it break in its greatest Terrors, on Britain or America, is known to God only. But, whatever Share ours is to be in the approaching Calamities, surely it would be the truest Wisdom in you, the professed Servants of the Prince of Peace, to imitate in this Instance the Conduct of his Judge.- Wash your Hands before the observing World; keep yourselves innocent of the Blood of all Men, and humbly trust, that this Proof of Christian Charity will cover a Multitude of Sins.
CHRISTIANUS.
THURSDAY, March 16.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Leghorn, Jan. 25 .
THE Man of War, the Succourable, is arrived here from Paros in 34 Days. Col. Bechlesow, who was on board of her, brought Accounts to Count Alexis Orlow, that the Differences which had arisen about the free Passage of the Russia Merchant Ships by the Black Sea were at last settled.
Barcelona, Feb. 3. Twelve Robbers are to be brought to the Prison of this City, from that of the Town of Vic. A Price being set upon the Head of their Chief, two Persons followed him, and eleven of his Gang to a lonely House, where they went and informed the Commandant, who sent 200 Soldiers to take them. The Chief having Notice of their coming by one of his Men, whom he had placed as Sentry, fastened up the Doors, and posted his Men in the Windows to fire at the Soldiers. The Fire lasted three Hours; one of the Soldiers was killed and several wounded; nor would the Robbers surrender till they had expended all their Powder and Ball. The Officer who commanded the Troops made the Thieves come one by one out of Window.
Paris, Feb. 27, The Chancellor de Maupeou is actually in this City, on the following Account, The Chancellor his Father being dangerously attacked with the Gout, asked the King Leave to assemble his Family, and the King deigned to grant that Favour to an old Man of 88, who held the first Office in the Kingdom 24 Years, when he gave it up to his Son, who has Orders to see none but his own Family; and to avoid the Insults of the Populace, he is lodged with his Father, and not at the Chancery.
SHIP NEWS.
Deal March 14. Wind S.E. Remains in the Downs, the Jett, Gibson, for Virginia. Arrived the Apollo, Longthorp, from -----
Arrived,
At Jamaica, King George, Williams; and Sally, Hodnet, from Africa.
At Dominica, Hungerford, Bell, from Africa.
At Philadelphia, Prudent Sally, Welsh, from Barbadoes.
LONDON.
Gloucester-House, March 15. Yesterday Morning died the Princess Carolina Augusta Maria, youngest Daughter of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, aged eight months.
A Letter from Rome says, "The Pope elect is an Enemy to the Stuarts, on which Account the Chevalier St. George, and his Lady, left that Capital as soon as the Election was declared. A Report prevails that Cardinal York will retire. "
The States of Barbary have offered new Terms of Friendship to the English Traders on the Barbary Coast, which, on account of their Advantage to Commerce, it is thought will be accepted.
Yesterday his Majesty conferred the Honour of Knighthood on Dr. George Baker, one of his Physicians extraordinary, and F.R.S.
Mr. Reynardson, Son of ---- Reynardson, Esq. one of the Six Clerks in Chancery is appointed a Commissioner of Hackney Coaches and Chairs, in the Room of Mr. Nutthall, deceased.
His Majesty has presented the Rev. Richard Hennah, to the Vicarage of St. Austel and St.Blazy united, in Cornwall, void by the Death of the Rev. Walter Hart, deceased.
Yesterday passed the Seal a Dispensation to the Rev. James Flexman, M.A. Chaplain to the Earl of Darlington, enabling him to hold the Vicarage of North Molton, in Devonshire, together with the Rectory of Wear-Gifford, in the same County.
Yesterday Morning at Billingsgate Fish sold very reasonably. Fresh Salmon from 5d. to 8d. the Pound. Cod 2s. 6d. to 6s. per Dozen. Lobsters from 6s. to 14s. per Score, according to the Size. Oysters from 10s. to 24s. the Bushel.
Monday Night five armed Russians went on Horseback to Mr. James Harwell's, Farmer at Stannbridge in Buckinghamshire, and after confining the Family, plundered the House of Cash, Notes, Plate, Wearing Apparel and Linen to a very considerable Amount. They left behind them a little Bag, which was full of Pawn brokers Tickets, and from Circumstances it is imagined they came from London.
On Tuesday Afternoon Robert Rous, one of the Turnkeys of the New Gaol, Southwark, seeing a Prisoner, who was committed there for different Highway. Robberies, had tied Rags round his Fetters, was suspicious of some Design, and ordered him to take them off, which he refused; Rous immediately cut them off, and found both his Irons sawed through; upon which he secured him, and then sent up Charles Davis and Symonds to overlook a great Number of Prisoners who were in the strong Room, when the Rioters immediately secured the former in the Room, and all fell on him with the Irons which they had knocked off. Rous hearing of it, went up with a Horse Pistol, and extricated his Fellow Turnkey from their Fury, and then locked, the Door; when all the Turnkeys, as well as Constables, surrounded the Door and the Yard, when the Prisoners fired several Pistols loaded with Powder and Ball at two of the Constables; the Balls went through their Hats. After which a Serjeant's Guard was sent for from the Tower: In the Interim, the Out-rages continuing, one of the Constables, who had a Blunderbuss loaded with Shot, fired through the Iron Grates at the Window, which dangerously wounded one Fellow committed for a Burglary in the Mint. When the Soldiers, with a Serjeant's Guard arrived, and their Muskets were loaded, the Room was opened, and the Prisoners were all secured, 21 of whom are chained down to the Floor in the condemned Room, and all yoked. Some of the People belonging to the Prison were wounded.
Intelligence from Guildhall, Westminster.
So large a Concourse of People assembled themselves Yesterday Forenoon at Sir John Fielding's Office, in Bow Street, that it was presently full, and an amazing Croud still pressed for Admittance; the Magistrates therefore adjourned the Business to Guildhall, King-Street, Westminster, which, spacious as it is, was so entirely full by a Quarter past Eleven, that the Magistrates with some Difficulty passed to the Bench; as soon as a tolerable Degree of Silence could be obtained, Robert Perreau, Daniel Perreau, and Margaret Rudd, were brought up to the Bar, when Henry Drummond, Esq. was sworn. He deposed, that on Tuesday, March 7, Robert Perreau came to him with a Bond for �7500 payable to himself, and signed William Adair, on which he wanted to borrow �5000 that it immediately struck him that the Signature was not written by Mr. Adair, in Consequence of which Suspicion he questioned him about it, and asked if the saw Mr. Adair execute the Bond ? that Perreau replied, he did not." Upon which Mr. Drummond returned him the Bond, and Perreau left him, but came again in two Hours, declaring he had luckily caught Mr. Adair before he took his Ride, and that he acknowledged the Bond. Mr. Drummond then said must consult his Brother about it, and if they granted the Loan, a proper Transfer must be made on the Bond; Perreau readily left it, and called the next Day, when he (the Witness) again expressed his Doubts about the Signature, and asked Perreau if he would accompany him to Mr. Adair, to know the Truth; the Prisoner instantly consented; and when Mr. Adair was questioned about the Bond, he declared it was not his signing; Perreau asked him if he meant to be jocular; on which Mr. Adair made no Reply, but gave him a contemptuous Look. A Kind of Eclairissement took Place, and Mrs. Rudd was sent for, who intimated that she gave Perreau the Bond, and that he knew not that it was Counterfeit. In the Course of Mr. Drummond's Evidence he produced the forged Instrument and a forged Letter, which Perreau told him he had received from Mr. Adair, who, he said, lived in great Friendship with him. Mr. Wheatly, Clerk to Mr. Drummond, corroborated Mr. Drummond's Testimony, as far as related to Transactions at Mr. Drummond's. Wilson, a Scrivener, swore that he filled up the Bond for the Prisoners, but that they resembled each other so nearly, he really knew not which. Upon being pressed by the Bench to give a direct Answer, he said he believed Daniel Perreau was the Man, and owned that he had filled up eight separate Bonds for them. Mr. Ogilvy, who knew Mr. Adair's Hand Writing, proved the Signature on the Instrument produced was not written by Mr. Adair. Mr. Adair swore he gave no such Bond. They were separately bound over to prosecute Daniel Perreau for the Forgery, and Robert Perreau for uttering it, knowing it to be forged. Both the Prisoners declared their Innocence of any Knowledge that the Bond was not valid. - Daniel Perreau was next charged with having obtained �1500 in Air Bank Bonds, from Dr. Brooke, on a forged Bond of William Adair, Esq. for �3100. The Doctor told his Story, and informed the Bench, that relying on the Credit of Mr. Adair's Name, he had at a particular Emergency given �1500 worth of Air Bank Bonds, and taken a Bond (which he produced) as a Security. Mess. Wilson, Ogilvy, and Adair, again gave their Testimony, as before, and were, with the Doctor, again bound over. Dr. Brooke was at first averse to being bound over to prosecute, as he said it might hurt him in his Profession; but being informed by Sir John Fielding, that the Bench had Power in such Case to commit till the Trial, and that as they sat to promote publick Justice, they must do their Duty, he consented. - Sir Thomas Frankland was next sworn, when he charged Robert Perreau with having obtained �4000 from him, on a forged Bond in Mr. Adair's Name, for �5300 and �5000 from his Banker, in a similar Manner. He produced the first Bond, which was proved to be counterfeit as before. Sir Thomas gave an odd Reason for his Credulity, declaring that he thought Mr. Adair was so fully convinced of Perreau's Honesty, that he would have lent him his Interest to procure him a Baronetage, and his Fortune to procure him a Seat in Parliament. Sir Thomas was bound over to prosecute.- Margaret Rudd declared, by her Counsel, that she would willingly tell all she knew relative to the Transactions abovementioned; she was sworn an Evidence for the Crown, and deposed that Robert Perreau have her the Bond detained by Mr. Drummond, telling her to keep it safe, as it was a Paper of great Consequence, and that she redelivered it to him, previous to his going on Tuesday to raise Money upon it. Her further Examination was postponed till the Evening. The Brothers were committed, one to New Prison, and the other to Clerkenwell Bridewell; and the King's Witness remanded to Tothilfields Bridewell.
Died.] On Sunday last, at his House at Holyport, in the County of Berks, Robert Proctor, Esq. -Friday, at Bath, the Rev. Mr. Purlewent, Rector of Stanton-Prior, in Somersetshire.- Tuesday se'nnight at Kilburn, Scotland, the Rt.H. John Earl of Glasgow.-On Sunday at Kensington, Mrs. Chapman, Wife of Anthony Chapman, Esq.
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BANKRUPTS.
Richard Eaves, of Sarehole, in the Parish of Yardley, in Worcestershire, Mealman. To appear March 24, 25, April 25, at the King's Head, in New-Street, Birmingham.
Benjamin Bowser [?], of Stoneferry, in Yorkshire, Dealer. To appear April 4, 5, 25, at the Cross Keys, in Kingston-upon-Hull.
Dividends to be made.
April 12. (by Adjournment from the 14th inst.) Richard Townsend, of Gracechurch-Street, London, Ironmonger, at Guildhall.
April 6. William Hilton, of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Merchant, at the Custom-House Coffee-House, in Newcastle.
April 11. William Jones, of Bridges-Street, St.Paul, Covent-Garden, Hosier and Hatter, at Guildhall.
April 28. Richard Motley, of St.Catherine's Court, in the Precinct of St.Catherine, Watchmaker and Victualler, at Guildhall.
April 6. William Ingman, of St.George, Hanover-Square, Mason and Builder, at Guildhall.
April 10. William Parkes, of Hay Green, in the Parish of Old Swinford, in Worcestershire, Ironmonger, at the Talbot, in Stourbridge, in Worcestershire.
THEATRICAL REGISTER.
Drury-Lane] This Evening, The Maid of the Oaks, (the principal Characters by Mr. King, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Weston, Mrs. Baddesley, and Mrs. Abingdon) with The Irish Widow.
Covent-Garden] This Evening, Cleonice, Princess of Bithynia, (the principal Characters by Mr. Barry, Mr. Lee, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Bensley [?], and Mrs. Hartley) with The Druids.
To the Printer of The S.J. CHRONICLE.
SIR,
IT is strange that People should be so fond on the South of the Tweed to abuse those who are born on the opposite Side. If we have some Cause of Complaint, we should not be ungrateful and deny the Obligations we owe to the Scotch. - Long had this Country lived in a State of Celibacy from the odious Marriage Act, if our loving Turtles had not found Relief from the Scotch Colony of Fleet Parsons. The Inns on the Northern Road can witness the numberless Blessings which this Nation receives from Marriages which the hard Hearts of English Parents would prevent. Now Miss in her Teens escapes the Green Sickness, and the handsome sprightly Youth pines not in vain for the rich Merchant's Daughter. Lady Betty may distinguish between a puny Lord and her healthy Footman; and Squire Gawkee may shew his Taste in preferring a young Milliner of his own Choice, to the old Dowager pointed out by his Mother.
But where is the Good of all this? What is the Advantage of Matrimony? Is not the Nation full of Intrigue? Are not the nuptial Pair Cat and Dog? And who does Scotland unite that do not exclaim against this Scotch Union ? But let these Malcontents know they complain without a Cause. If Marriage is an Evil, Scotland can furnish the Cure. Whom Scotland hath joined together, Scotland can put asunder; and the Divorce is as easy and as pleasant as the Marriage Act. If the wedded Pair wish to part, let them take the same Chaises which carried them to Scotland to be married. Let the Lady, if she is too modest, like her Sex of the Coterie, to be the Cause, persuade her Husband to mistake Betty's Chamber for her's; she may institute a Cause for Incontinence, and in a few Days become a Spinster, and make the Father of her Children a Bachelor again. This has been lately practised with Success by a prudent Pair, and may be followed by all who wish as heartily to get free, as they did to put on the Yoke, and they may, like these bright Examples, carry on the Courtship for a second Marriage while the Ceremony proceeds for dissolving the first.
PHILO-SCOTUS.
POSTSCRIPT.
DIARY of the PROCEEDINGS of the
HOUSE of COMMONS.
March 14.
THIS Day, as soon as a hundred Members were present, the House proceeded to ballot for a Select Committee to try and determine on the Petition of Messrs. Whitbread and Howard, complaining of an undue Election for the Borough of Bedford, when the usual Forms being complied with at a few Minutes after Four the following Gentlemen were sworn in at the Table,
Mr. Elwis, CHAIRMAN.
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| Mr. Tho. Dundas, | Sir Brownlow Cust, |
| Mr. Geo. Grenville, | Mr. James Sutton, |
| Mr. Goddard, | Mr. John Cooper, |
| Mr. Clarke, | Mr. Dan. Lascelles, |
| Mr. F. Honeywood, | Mr. R. Ald. Neville. |
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They immediately repaired to the Select Committee Chamber, and adjourned till Eleven o'Clock Tomorrow Morning.
The House, after sitting a few Minutes longer, rose at three Quarters after Four, and adjourned till Tomorrow.
March 15.
This Day there was a very full Attendance on Mr. Geo. Grenville's Motion. After the Business in Course was finished, he moved, "that Leave be given to bring in a Bill to enable the Speaker of the House of Commons to issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out new Writs for the Choice of Members to serve in Parliament, in the room of such Members as shall signify to him their Desire of vacating their Seats in this House, under certain Regulations." He was seconded by Lord Viscount Bulkeley. This produced a very warm and well-supported Debate, which continued till a Quarter past Seven o'Clock, when the Question being put, the House divided, Ayes 126, Noes 173.
Mr. Grenville spoke for above Half an Hour, and was heard with remarkable Attention. His Arguments were chiefly founded on the Propriety of putting every Member who had a Desire to vacate his Seat upon an equal and indifferent Footing, which was by no Means, he said, the Case at present.
Mr. De Grey, Son of the Lord Chief Justice, was against the Motion, on the general Idea that no such Liberty should be granted either to the Friends of the Administration, or any other.
Mr. Wellbore Ellis spoke warmly on the same Side; said he was for preserving the old Constitutional Rights of Election; that they should not be tampered with, or touched, but with all imaginable Caution and Circumspection; that he was not for changing the old Foundations, nor even to remove a single Stone from the Superstructure, lest the whole Fabric might totter, and at length fall to Pieces, by which Means the Whole would be reduced to a Heap of Ruins.
Lord Folkstone was of the same Opinion, coinciding in the Sentiments of Mr. Ellis on the Danger of tampering with the Constitution. He added, that the Qualifications were given in when Members first took their Seats, and were supposed to subsist through the Continuance of the whole Parliament; but that a Bill framed on the present Motion would open such a Door for Collusion, and evading the Qualification Act, that he would give his hearty Negative to it.
Mr. N. Bayley said that he wished to have vacated, in order to have stood for the Borough of Abingdon, and accordingly he prevailed on a Friend to apply to the Noble Lord on the Treasury Bench (Lord North) for the Chiltern Hundreds for that Purpose, but his Lordship replied by Letter, that such a Request could not be granted. The Letter was called for and read, and was to the following Purport :- "That he was sorry he could not oblige the Noble Peer who made the Application, as he had laid it down as a Rule not to give those Places, where contested Elections were likely to the Consequence."
Lord North replied, that he did not expect his Letter would have appeared in such a Manner; that he kept no Copy, but he believed it was the same he wrote to the Noble Lord who made this Application. He said Mr. Bayley was stiled his Friend in that Letter, but he could not oblige his Friends in Cases wherein he had made it a Rule to act otherwise; that Mr. Bayley voted with him in the American Business, and that he deemed all those who voted with him on that great Constitutional Point, his Friends.
Mr. T. Townsend observed, that the Noble Lord treated the Motion as if he in his Office was not only to judge entirely for the House, but likewise to be deemed the sole Interpreter of the Law as it now stood, pretending to determine when Persons ought to vacate, and when it was proper to refuse them. He insisted that a Permission to vacate ought to be general or totally laid aside, that all the Members of that House might have Liberty to support their Pretensions on equal Terms.
Mr. Fox was remarkably pointed and severe on both the Minister's Speech and Letter. He said his Lordship's Rule for vacating Seats was of a Piece with the whole of his ministerial Conduct. It seemed he never vacated for his Friends but with a View to make others worthy of his Friendship; sure of his Friends he was determined to confer Favours on others in order to make them so.
Mr. W. Drake, Jun. spoke in Favour of the Motion, and entered into great Encomiums on the late Mr. George Grenville, who he said framed that glorious Law which was the present grand Palladium of the Liberties of this Country.
Mr. Bayley rose a second Time to explain, and defended the Propriety of revealing the Contents of the Letter, as he supposed the noble Lord when he wrote it meant that its Contents should be made Public.
Governor Johnstone was for the Motion, though he did not pretend to decide on the Propriety of the Law, but only wished that a Bill might be brought in, in order to have the Subject fully and properly discussed.
Colonel Ackland and Mr. Vyner spoke on the same Side.
The House then went into a Committee to consider of the several Petitions presented from the Merchants, &c. concerned in the American Commerce, and after some Time spent therein, Mr. Oliver reported some Progress, and adjourned till To-morrow.
Mr. Montague, Chairman, reported from the Select Committee on the Taunton Election, that they had declared the Petitioners, Mess. Halliday and Popham duly elected; the Return was therefore ordered to be amended by erasing thereout the Names of Stratford and Webb, and inserting in their stead those of the Petitioners.
The Committee of Ways and Means, and Committee of Supply deferred till Friday.
The House rose a few Minutes before eight o'Clock, and adjourned till To-morrow.
HOUSE of LORDS, March 15.
The Lords met about Two o'Clock, and before Three there was a full House, when the Marquis of Rockingham rose, and desired Leave to present two Petitions; one from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, &c. of the City of London; the other from the Merchants of that City trading to North America, both setting forth the Evils which would flow from the New-England Restraining Bill passing into Law. The Marquis accompanyed the Delivery of the Petitions with the following Words:
"I have no Doubt, my Lords, but in a Matter of such infinite Moment as this is to the Trade, Commerce, and Welfare of Great Britain, your Lordships will wish to have every Degree of Information that can possibly be gained; for it is impossible your Lordships should be able to understand the Nature and Tendency of this Bill, without more Particulars being laid before you concerning the Fishery then can be supposed to at present in your Breasts. I shall therefore move that Witnesses be called to the Bar for Examination, as there are some ready attending for that Purpose."
Several Altercations now ensued relative to the Mode of receiving, and the Proceedings on the said Petitions, in which the Dukes of Grafton, Richmond, and Manchester, and the Lords Gower, Sandwich, Dartmouth, Shelburn, Camden, Fitzwilliam, Paulet, and Cathcart, took a Part. At Length it was agreed to read the Bill, and afterwards call in Witnesses.
Mr. Seth Jenkins, and Mr. Brooke Watson, were examined in Behalf of the Merchants Petition, and Mess. Lisler and Davis against it.
The first delivered his Testimony that the Inhabitants of the Island of Nantucket were chiefly Quakers who subsisted on the Fishery; that in case the Bill should pass into Law, the Operation of it would strike so materially at their Welfare as to oblige them to emigrate; that they would for some Time patiently endure the Evil, in Hopes of its being of a Nature merely temporary; but should it prove lasting, they would seek a Residence in any of the American Settlements, that of Halifax excepted. Mr. Jenkins was questioned by the Lords Sandwich, Gower, Townshend, and Carlisle.
The second Evidence read to the House a very accurate Statement he had himself made our of Exports to the North American Colonies, wherein he clearly elucidated the Advantages of the New-England Fishery, and demonstrated the temporary, if not total Destruction it would inevitably sustain by the Operation of the Act now before the House.
Lord Sandwich then moved, that Mr. Molineux Schuldam and Sir Hugh Palliser, who had been Commodores on the Newfoundland Station, should be examined, which being agreed to, a Message was sent to the Commons for Permission, they being Members of that House. They accordingly attended, and after undergoing a long Examination, the House adjourned the further Proceedings till this Day.
LONDON.
Extract of a Letter from Chatham, March 14.
"Yesterday Morning arrived here Sir Hugh Palliser, Bart. Comptroller, Sir John Williams, Knt. Surveyor, and George Marsh, Esq. Clerk of the Accounts of his Majesty's Navy; they proceeded directly to the Dock-Yard, where, after inspecting the Qualifications and Abilities of the several Shipwrights employed here, four Hundred of them were ordered to work by Task, and those who are not able to work Task-work are to be employed as usual by the Day. This Morning the above Gentlemen sailed from hence in the Commissioner's Yacht for Sheerness, to settle the Task-work at that Place.
"The Lords of the Admiralty have been pleased to make the following Promotions, viz.
"Mr. Israel Pownell, Master-Shipwright of Plymouth-Yard, to be Master-Shipwright of this Dock-Yard, in the room of Mr. William Gray, deceased.
"Mr. John Henslow, Assistant to the Surveyor of the Navy, to be Master-Shipwright at Plymouth, in the room of Mr. Pownell.
"Mr. Thomas Mitchell, Assistant to the Master-Shipwright of the Deptford-Yard, to be Assistant to the Surveyor of the Navy, in the room of Mr. Henslow
"A few Days since sailed from hence the Coventry Frigate, of 28 Guns, Capt. Marlow, for the East Indies.
"A few Days since died, Lieutenant Forster, of his Majesty's Division of Marines, at this Place.
"Sunday died Mrs. Erskine, Relict of the late Admiral Erskine."
It having been said, that a Regiment of Light Horse is to go to America, a Correspondent thinks it would be very agreeable to the People of England in general, if his Majesty were to give the Commission of it to a Germa*n*----
The Winford, Major, from Zant, is arrived at Falmouth, after meeting with very blowing Weather, and shipping several high Seas.
The, Betsey, Robinson, from St. Augustine's, for Bristol, a missing Ship, is put into Ilfracombe.
The Hungerford, Bell, from Africa, with 300 Slaves, is arrived at Dominica, all well.
The Neptune, Knowles, from Malaga, for London; and the Prince of Wales, Luton, from the Straits, for ditto, are both safe arrived off Dover.
This Morning was married at St. Margaret's, Westminster, William Hawtayne, Esq; of the Third Regiment of Guards, to Miss Strickland, Daughter of Mr.Strickland, Merchant, in the Bridge Yard.
On Sunday Night died, of a Cancer in her Breast, the Lady of Hildebrand Oakes, Esq. To enumerate her real Virtues might appear Flattery, could Justice be done to those she fully possessed; under the excruciating Pains of her long truly afflicting Disease, and various Vicissitudes of Fortune, she retained to her latest Moments the most exemplary Fortitude; and entire Resignation to the Will of God. She was a very dutiful Wife, a most tender Parent, and an invaluable Friend. Her surviving ones, though they cannot lament her happy Deliverance, will ever duly reverence her pious Memory.
A Country Brother, or Constant Reader's Letter is of too private a Nature for general Entertainment.
The Paragraph concerning Mrs. B--y would have been considered as an Advertisement.
Crito-Candour- and the Article from Gosport, touching his Majesty's Ship the Falcon - are all too personal and invidious.
The Intelligence Extraordinary from S. James' is too hackneyed.
Mr. T.D--s Letter from O--d turned upon a Matter of too little Importance to be made the Subject of further Enquiry.
An Amphibious Dissenter is too religious , as well as perhaps too ludicrous, and in either View not fit for the Publick Eye.
T.W. came too late to be obliged.
The Article from Plymouth concerning the Rencounter between an O----r and a M---ne, had already appeared in the Morning Papers, before our Correspondent's Favour reached our Hands.
You know who -- with the Extract from Boston --- A.B.C.D's Letter - A true Lover of his Country, &c. - Reginensis' Verses - Lines by R.A. - Letter signed Laity - Extract from Boston - An Enemy to Traitors - S.L. - Hillario - and the Lines by M. - are all too imperfect for Publication.
TO be PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursuant to a Decree in the High Court of Chancery, before Samuel Pechell, Esq one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Symond's-Inn, Chancery-Lane, London, on Monday the 1st Day of May next, between Five and Six o'Clock in the Afternoon, in one Lot.
A FARM, consisting of a Messuage, and 91 Acres of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, or thereabouts, mostly Arable, lett at the yearly Rent of �65 on Lease, of which there were only four Years to come last Michaelmas; and four Acres of Wood Land, not included in the said Lease, late the Estate of John Hopkins, Esq. deceased, all situate at Stondon Green and six Miles distant from Hertford and Ware, and may be seen by applying to Mr. Rayment, the Tenant.
A Plan may be seen, and Particulars had, at the said Master's Chambers, in Symond's-Inn; or at Mr. Jacomb's, Laurence Poultney Hill, Cannon-Street, London.
The House and Grounds may be seen by applying for an Order to Benjamin B�, of Clapham, Esq; or the said Mr. Jacomb, the Executors of the said John Hopkins. And the Farm and houses may likewise be seen by applying to the respective Tenants, Mr. Rhodes, Mr. Runham, and Mr. Newcome.
THE Partnership between Messrs. JUDSON and MARRIS, Attorneys at Law, in Bawtry, Yorkshire, will be dissolved on the 25th Day of March inst. and all Persons indebted to the said Partnership, or who have any Demands thereon, are desired to pay such Debts, and deliver an Account of such Demands, at their Office in Bawtry aforesaid, before the said 25th of March, in order that the same may be discharged, as the Partnership Accounts will be then finally closed, and the Business carried on separately from that Time.
THO. JUDSON,
JOS. MARRIS.
London Tavern, March 14, 1775.
SUPPORTERS of the BILL of RIGHTS.
Mr.Alderman BULL, in the Chair.
THAT FREDERICK BULL, Esq. the Treasurer of this Society, br directed to issue the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds for the present Relief of the persecuted Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, and of the poor distressed Fishermen of New England, because in consequence of a spirited Defence of their own and the common Rights of Mankind, an unrelenting Spirit of Cruelty in a wicked Administration is now endeavouring to deprive them of every Comfort and Necessary of Life, as well as to destroy the Sinews of our Commerce and Navy, on which the Prosperity and Greatness of the British Empire entirely depends.
Ordered, That this Resolution be printed in the Public Papers.
Resolved, That the next Meeting of this Society be on Tuesday the 28th of March inst.
THO. FASSET, Esq. in the Chair.
Signed by Order of the Society.
FREDERICK BULL, Chairman.
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M. TULLIUS CICERO of the Nature of the Gods, in three Books, with critical, philosophical, and explanatory Notes.
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JANE HILL, at No. 292, in Oxford-Street, the Corner of David-Street, eldest Daughter, and Successor to Mrs. Wright, Calenderer, deceased, begs Leave to acquaint the Ladies in general, that she carries on the Business with as much Care as usual; hopes for the Continuance of their Favours, which will be punctually observed by her in calendering of Sacques, Gowns, and washing Furniture, either cleaned or calendered without taking them to Pieces.
Likewise all Sorts of Tambour and Needleworks, in Sacques, Gowns, Waistcoats, &c. (particular Care is taken to keep the Colours) Silk Stockings cleaned in the best Manner.
Indian Lands at St.Vincent.
UPON the first DAY of March, 1776, will be exposed to public Sales at Kingstown, in the Island of St.Vincent,
That valuable TRACT of LAND lately granted by his Majesty to the Honourable General Monckton, on the following Conditions, viz.
The Land to be sold for Sterling Money; one Third of the Purchase Money to be immediately paid in Cash at 75 per Cent. Exchange, or in such Bills of Exchange, upon Britain as will be approved of at the Time of Sale.
The remaining two Thirds in four equal yearly Payments, the first Payment to be made on the first Day of March, 1777, upon the Royal Exchange, London, and so on the same Day of each immediate following Year, until the Whole is compleated.
The Land to remain as a Security for the Payment of the different Instalments.
Surveyors are to be immediately employed to divide the Land into proper Lots for Plantations, and there will soon be regular Plans of the Whole made out and lodged with William Crooke and Duncan Campbell, Esqs. at St. Vincent; Messrs Baillies, Fraser and Baillie, at St. Kitt's; Robert Bogle, sen., Robert Bogle, jun., Andrew Grant and James Baillie, jun. Esqrs. in Grenada; and Charlton Palmer, Esq. in Philpot-Lane, London, for the Inspection of the Publick, and whoever is desirous of knowing further Particulars will please to apply to them.
ALL Persons having any Demands on the Estate and Effects of Mr. HANS SLOANE, late of Rochester, Surgeon, deceased, are desired to send an Account thereof forthwith to Mr. Mills, Timber Merchant, at Rotherhithe, Surrey, or to Mr. Twopenny, Attorney, at Rochester. And any Persons having in their Custody any Books or Papers of the Deceased's, are desired to send in the same as above.
PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, the Creditors of James Hamilton, formerly of John-Street, Oxford.-Road, in the County of Middlesex late of Crislope Bay in the Province of Maryland, Esq. deceased, are to come in and prove their Debts before John Eames, Esquire, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Symond's Inn, Chancery-Lane, London, on or before the 31st Day of March instant, or in Default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded the Benefit of the said Decree.
TO be SOLD, pursuant to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, before Thomas Cuddon, Esq. one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Symond's-Inn, Chancery-Lane, London, In two Lots,
The FREEHOLD ESTATE of WILLIAM WHATTON, late of Thurnby, in the County of Leicester, Clerk, deceased.
LOT I. Consisting of two Farm Houses, with the Buildings and Appurtenances thereto belonging, and divers Parcels of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, containing together 145 Acres or thereabouts; situate in Wikin, in the Parishes of Stoke and Hinckley, or one of them, in the said County of Leicester, and now or late in the Possession of John Ward, as Tenant at Will, at the yearly Rent of �61.
LOT II. A Farm, consisting of divers Pieces of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, containing together 82 Acres or thereabouts, with the Buildings and Appurtenances thereto belonging; situate in Thurnby aforesaid, in the said County of Leicester, and now or late in the Tenure of Elizabeth Goodrich, as Tenant at Will, at the yearly Rent of �60.
Particulars whereof may be had at the said Masters Chambers.
TO be LETT, at Lady-Day next, HATCHAM HOUSE, delightfully situate near New-Cross Turnpike, in Kent. The House is spacious, elegant, and neat; is fitted up in the most genteel Manner, suitable for a Family of the first Class, and is inclosed with a Brick Mote, well stocked with Fish. The Gardens contain about two Acres, and are .opped with every choice Collection of Fruits and Vegetables, have likewise a Hot-house, Greenhouse, and Succession-house, a neat Bowling-green, and Shrubbery. The Wall which incloses the Gardens is clothed on both Sides with Fruits of every Kind. The Whole is surrounded with another Brick Mote, with Plenty of Fish therein. Detached from the Dwelling-house is excellent Stabling for eight Horses, double Coach-house, Brew-house, &c. with Haylofts and Servants Rooms over the same, with every other requisite Office. Adjoining the House are about 14 Acres of rich Pasture Land.
The above Premises are about four Miles from London-Bridge, and allowed not to be excelled within that Distance of Town. The Furniture, or any Part thereof, with the Fixtures, Garden Utensils, Exotics, &c. may be taken at a fair Appraisement.
For Particulars enquire at No.41, Cannon-Street, where a Ticket may be had for viewing the Premises.
TO be SOLD, on Monday the 20th Day of March next pursuant to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, before John Browning, Esq. one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Symond's Inn, Chancery-Lane, London, in seven distinct Lots,
The FREEHOLD ESTATES late of James Collier, Esq. deceased, lying at Wimblington, in the Parish of Doddington, and at March and Upwell in the Isle of Ely, and Reach in the County of Cambridge, and Great Stoughton in the County of Huntingdon, now lett to the following Tenants at the following yearly Rents, amounting together to �1225. per Annum and upwards.
Lot 1. is a Farm at Wimblington, consisting of a House, Barn, Stable, &c. all in exceeding good Repair, and about 320 Acres of Land, lett to Thomas Andrews, as Tenant at Will, at the yearly Rent of �150.
Lot 2. Another Farm at Wimblington with a Farm-House, Cottage, Barn, Stable, &c. all in exceeding good Repair, and about 340 Acres of Land ; lett to John Woodward, as Tenant at Will, at the yearly Rent of �122.
Lot 3. Another farm at Wimblington, with a Farm-House, Granary, and Range of Buildings, together with a Water-Mill, and about 200 Acres of Land; lett to Samuel Smith at the yearly Rent of �150. 10s.
Lot 4. A Farm at March, with a Farm-House, Barn, Stable, &c. all in good Repair, and about 286 Acres of Land; lett to Nathan Gray, as Tenant at Will, at the yearly Rent of �260.
Lot 5. A Farm at Upwell, consisting of a Farm-House, Barn, Stable, &c. and of a large Water-Mill, which is in exceeding good Repair, and about 550 Acres of Marsh or Fen Land; lett to Benjamin Nicholls, on Lease, which will expire April 5, 1777, at the yearly Rent of �280.
Another farm, consisting of a Farm-House and Barn, and about 226 Acres of Marsh or Fen Land ; lett to -- Cully [?], as Tenant at Will, at the Yearly Rent of �130.
Another Farm, consisting also of a Farm-House and Barn, and about 226 Acres of Marsh or Fen Land, held by the Executors of James Day, deceased, as. Tenants at Will, at the yearly Rent of �130.
Lot 6. An Estate at or near Reach, consisting of about 160 Acres of Land, untenanted, and frequently under Water; it pays a yearly Tax of �8. to the Corporation of Bedford Level, unless the Assessment is lower, which it sometimes is.
Lot 7. A Close of Pasture Land at Great Stoughton, called Ley Close, containing about two Acres and a Half; lett at �4. per Annum.
N.B. The Land-Tax for the above Estates is exceeding low, being rated at no more than 6d. or 8d.. in the Pound.
Printed Particulars may be had at the said Master's Chambers; of Mess. Woodcock and Barnard, in Lincoln's Inn; of Mr. Gotobed, at Ely, and of Mr. Shepheard, at March.
TO be SOLD, at JAMES GORDON's, Gardener, in Mile-End Road, near Whitechapel.
Thriving Plants of the hardy Green Chinese TEA TREE, of different Sizes and Prices.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Mr. Fleming, by Order of the Assignees of Thomas Calton, Malt-Distiller, a Bankrupt, on Saturday the 15th of April next, at the Greyhound Inn, Chalfont St. Peter's, in the County of Bucks, in four Lots,
Consisting of One Hundred and Sixty Acres of Freehold and Copyhold Land; likewise four Tenements now lett at the yearly Rent of One Hundred Pounds and upwards, for and during the Life of Mrs. Calton, aged twenty-two Years.
Further Particulars may be known by applying to Mr. Fleming, at the Stock-Exchange, and at Mr. Jackson's, Attorney, No.45, Mark-Lane, London.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION,
The large, capital, and well accustomed HOUSE, the GEORGE INN, in Stroud, to which is lately added, a new large Musick and Assembly-Room, with an extensive convenient Yard, good Stall Stabling for a great Number of Horses; The Buildings are in good Repair, with a large handsome Garden, inclosed with a new Brick Wall, together with two Acres of good Pasture Land adjoining. The Premises are Freehold. Conveniently situated is a Reservoir that will contain one hundred Hogsheads of Water; the House and Offices are well supplied with running Water, with many other Conveniences necessary for a commodious Inn.
For further Particulars enquire of Mr. Thomas Powell; of Mr. John Colbourne, Attorney at Law in Stroud; or Mr. James Chambers, Timber Merchant, Minchinhampton.
N.B. The Sale will be at the above Inn.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Order of the Assignees of Francis Nalder, of Honey-Lane Market, London, Bankrupt, on Thursday the 23d Day of March instant, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, at the Swan Inn, Bridgewater, Somerset.
A LEASEHOLD ESTATE, granted by the Earl of Waldegrave, situate at WEMBDON, in the Manor of Purisicheat, near Bridgewater, consisting of 32 Acres of Meadow, Pasture, and arable Land, to hold for 99 Years, from the 13th of July, 1734, determinable on the Death of John Barnes, now aged 50, at the Rent of �1. 3s. 3d.
And also another Leasehold Estate, granted by the said Earl, situate as aforesaid, and known by the Name of Babbs, consisting of a Dwelling-house, Out-houses, Garden, &c. and about 14 Acres of Meadow, arable, and Pasture Lands, to hold for 99 Years, from the 30th of April, 1739, determinable on the Death of Joan Bryant, now aged 68, at the Rent of 6s. 8d.
Likewise another Leasehold Estate, granted by the said Earl, situate near Wembdon aforesaid, and known by the Name of Colecroft, consisting of four Acres of Meadow Ground, with common or Pasture in Wild-Marsh and Harp, situate in the same Manor, to hold for 99 Years, from the 13th of October 1766, determinable on the Deaths of the said Francis Nalder (now aged 44) and Francis Nalder, his Son (aged about 12) at the Rent of 8s. and a Heriot of 16s. on the Death of the said Francis Nalder, senior, and Francis Nalder, junior.
The Premises are in the Occupation of John Holway, of Wembdon, at an ancient Rent of �60 but are now worth considerably more, and are in good Repair and Condition, and the Lives are healthy.
The Premises may be viewed by applying to the Tenant, and further Particulars had of Mess. Lee and Willey, Lothbury, London.