Newspaper Transcripts
Some Selected Reports from the St.James's Chronicle
Thursday, February 16, to Saturday, February 18, 1775.
FRIDAY, Feb 1.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Warsaw, January 24.
MOST of the Schools of this Kingdom are in a deplorable Situation for want of Masters, or of Funds for their Support. The King knows thus, and laments that the exhausted State of his Coffers deprives him of the Power of making Provision for them as he is desirous of doing; however, the Prince Bishop of Plocko, his Brother, hath supplied those in his Diocese to the utmost of his ability, and following the Example of the good Shepherd, who feeds, not devours, his Flock, he retrenches his own necessary Expences, and distributes for that sole Object, worthy of his Zeal, 12,000 Florins a Quarter. The General Prince Adam Czartoriski gives an equal Example of Generosity in the Palatinate of Volhynia, Podolia, and Kiow, where he hath the general Inspection of Learning, in Quality of Commissary of the National Education.
Warsaw, Jan. 24. It freezes so hard here since Sunday last that several Travellers were found dead on the Roads ; others had their Noses and Ears frozen.
SHIP NEWS.
Deal, Feb. 15. Wind N.W. Several of the Outward-bound which sailed Yesterday put back this Morning, and are now under Sail, with the Swift, Goodwin, for Africa. Remains his Majesty's Ship, Scorpion.
Arrived.
At Rhode Island, Jacob, Pieters, from Newfoundland.
At Viana, Betsey, Vineing, from Newfoundland.
At Barbadoes, Sally, Carey, from London.
At Bristol, Friendship, Barker, from Barbadoes; and Lark, ----, from Virginia.
LONDON.
The Representations of the Lord Dunmore to Government of the warlike State of the Colonies, and the general Firmness of the People, have given such a Turn to the Affairs of the M----y, that the Court is in all universal Consternation.
Lord North hath now taken the most decent Measures to resign, and it is supposed, before the Expiration of 14 Days; that a new Set of Men will succeed to Office.
It is very extraordinary, that in all the private Councils held at St.James's, Jemmy Twitcher hath never given his Opinion, for which he has been complained of.
Notwithstanding the sanguine Puffs of Administration, we are informed that Members will relax, and Peace be again re-established in America.
Lord North is but the Pop-Gun of Lord Bute, who loads the Tube with Paper Pellets, and his Lordship pops them off.
A Change in the Ministry of France is hourly expected to take Place; in that Case, Choiseul will convince us immediately what French Sincerity is.
A Committee of Captains of the Royal Navy lately met; Mr. Barrington, Chairman, and Capt. E. Thompson, Secretary to the Committee; and have unanimously agreed to address the Corps for an additional Sum of Money, for the Relief of their Widows.
A certain great Lady, and a certain hated Thane, will be in the End proved to be the Workers of all this American Mischief, when they will have a Return for their Cunning and Duplicity
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So firmly do the Scotch stick by each other, that in all the last Naval Promotions; there was but one Englishman.
The Appointment of Housekeeper to the Navy Office, notwithstanding the many deplorable Objects belonging to deceased Officers, is given to a Mrs. Barclay, a Confidante of Miss R--s.
We have Authority to say, that though the Stamp Act was called the Act of George Grenville, yet he was obliged to enforce it contrary to the Sentiments of his Mind and Heart.
A Gentleman of Fortune and Property at the West End of the Town received a Copy of the Address to his Majesty, with his Answer, about an Hour after it was presented, which he immediately sent by an Express, ready for that Purpose, to the North of Scotland, where a Vessel was ready to sail at a Minute's Warning. This is the fourth Vessel that has sailed from the same Quarter within these three Weeks for the Continent of America.
Letters from Virginia mention that great Disorder prevails among the Inhabitants of that Province, on Account of the late American Acts.
By a Letter from New-York there is Advice, that a Spanish Frigate, which for some Weeks hovered about the Coast, had taken the Caesar Schooner, Captain Fellon, bound from thence to Cape-Breton, under Pretence of carrying on an illicit Trade, and had carried her off to some of their Settlements. The letter further says, that the Spaniards have lately made free in stopping all Vessels they meet with in that Part of the World, under, the same false Pretences, examining their Papers; taking out such Part of the Cargoe as they liked, without paying for it; that Complaints of these Violences done to his Britannick Majesty's Subjects in that Part of the World have been sent to England, but that the Ministry had hitherto taken no Steps to procure them a Reparation for their Injuries; and therefore they were determined, that if the Spaniards acted any longer in the same piratical Manner, they would fit out some Vessels to protect their trading Ships from being taken in the future.
Extract of a Letter from Gosport, Feb. 14.
"We hear that the general Rendezvous for the Men and Transports who are intended for Boston, will be at Spithead, and that most of the Troops will embark here.
The Force which is expected to rendezvous at Boston and its Neighbourhood by the 10th of April next, we hear will consist of 13,000 effective Men, consisting of fifteen Regiments of Foot, one of Light Dragoons, seven Companies of Artillery, and twenty-seven of Marines.
A Correspondent informs us, that one of the J-- was detected in Crim Con. with another J --'s Lady on board the ------ East Indiaman at the Cape of Good Hope; that Swords were drawn on the Occasion, and the two J------ had certainly fought a Duel had they not been parted by some Officers belonging to the Ship. [Public Advertiser]
A few Days since a Prosecution was commenced against a Merchant in the City for Bigamy, he having confined his first Wife for seven Months in a private Madhouse, and married afterwards a young Lady of Fortune in Dorsetshire.
The Earl of Northington, one of the Tellers of his Majesty's Exchequer, has appointed Mr Robert Harmood, youngest Son of Harry Harmood, Esq. Pursuivant to the Great Seal, to be one of the Clerks in his Office.
Yesterday a Person belonging to the Bank was carried before Alderman Hopkins at Guildhall, charged by a Woman who had lived with him as a Servant, with defrauding her of �300. by a Promise he made of placing the Money out to the best Advantage, and settling an Annuity of �30 per Ann. on her for Life : But as she could not produce any Note or Bond, as Security for the said Money, or any Proof of the Transaction, the Affair was dismissed. She likewise charged him with being concerned with a Person lately executed for filing Guineas, and that he continued it after his Decease ; but some Gentlemen appearing who gave the Prisoner an extraordinary good Character, and the Woman not being able to bring the Charge home to him, he was dismissed and she was sent to the Poultry-Compter for behaving riotously at the Bank.
We are assured that there is no Truth in the Paragraphs inserted in some of the Evening Papers of Thursday last, asserting that the Duchess of Northumberland was in a bad State of Health: Her Grace, who was a little- indisposed with a Cold some Time ago, is now perfectly recovered.
Yesterday 14 Prisoners were tried at the Old Bailey, two of whom were capitally convicted, viz, William Price, for breaking and entering the dwelling-House of Charles Simkins, in New Street, Shoe-Lane, and stealing some Watches, Plate, &c. and John Armer, for robbing Hugh Boyd, Esq. near Kilburn-Wells, of a Gold Watch and three Guineas; four were cast for Transportation for seven Years, two to be whipped, and six were acquitted.
Died.] On Friday last, at Rochester, Mr. Hans Sloane, Surgeon, and one of the Common-Council of that City.
FOR THE ST.JAMES'S CHRONICLE.
To the Rev. Dr. PRICE.
SIR,
YOU are the great Mathematician to whom most of the Public Societies for Annuities have of late submitted the Regulation of their Affairs : and as it more than probable that the State of the Laudable Society for the Benefit of Widows will very shortly be referred to your Arbitration, as a Member of that Society I take the Liberty to request you will candidly consider and answer the following Queries.
I. In the Calculations you have published respecting that Society, have you made any Allowance, and what, for such Widows as may forfeit their Annuities by second Marriages ?
II. What Proportion do the Widows who enter into second Marriages bear to those who continue Widows for Life ?
III. Have you made any Allowance, and what, of the Benefit arising to the Society from Exclusion of Members ?
IV. What Allowance have you made for the Benefit arising to the Society by Forfeitures ?
By the printed Table of their Accounts for the first thirteen Years and a Half, made out to the 29th of September last, we find.
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| That 84 | Members have left Widows, and that they have paid into the Society | } | 3131 | 12 | 6 |
| That 86 | Members had lost their Wives (and of Course quitted the Society) having paid | } | 2451 | 15 | 0 |
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| 170 | | | 5583 | 7 | 6 |
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| By the same Table it also appears that 69 Members had been excluded, by whom the Society had profited | } | 1333 | 5 | 0 |
| And by Forfeits | | 302 | 6 | 0 |
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| | 1635 | 11 | 0 |
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If I mistake not, Sir, your Calculations respecting the Laudable Society have been made without stating the Advantage to be derived from excluding Members and Forfeits. You say, that it must be expected one Half of such a Society will lose their Wives, and the other Half leave Widows. By the above State of Facts it is evident that 69 out of the first 239, who have quitted the Society (being considerably more than one Fourth) were excluded Members, and consequently could not leave Widows; by whom a Benefit has arisen to the Society, nearly equal to one Fourth of the Payments made by the other 170. If such Advantage has been derived from the first 239 who have left us, why may we not expect the like Benefit from the next, and every succeeding 239 that may quit ? Grant the Expectation to be reasonable, and it will be found that you have omitted one fifth Part of the Society's Income in your Calculations.
Again if I mistake not, there is no stated Allowance in your Calculations for Widows, who may enter into second Marriages. You have been informed, Sir, of a very old and similar Society (so far as respects the Widows) which in the Course of the then last 16 Years lost eleven Widows out of thirty-eight by second Marriages, which eleven enjoyed their Annuities on the Average, about four Years and one Third. This Circumstance must reduce the general Estimate of the Value of the Widows Lives considerably.
These Advantages, "great and obvious as they are" have not, I fear, been properly noticed. I am heartily for a Reformation in the Society, if it shall be found that its Revenues are not equal to its Support; but am inclined to think Party Disputes have carried both Sides beyond the Bounds of Reason and prevented an impartial Consideration of what ought to be the grand Question, viz, How LITTLE will be sufficient ? Instead of which as the Matter now stands, the Question is, HowMUCH shall the Members pay ?
A CANDID INQUIRER.
N.B. By the Articles in the Deed of Settlement, which empowered the Directors to make a further Call on the Members, if necessary, should seem that this Society was originally intended to depend in some Measure on Contingencies; and the principal Objection to their Plan in my Opinion, is their not confining their Annuities within the Bounds of their Income.
FOR THE ST.JAMES'S CHRONICLE.
Sketch of a Comparison between the two late Writers of Travels in Scotland.
MR. PENNANT made, two Tours into Scotland, in order to get acquainted with the Inhabitants, their Manners and Customs; to see the Fate of the Country, and learn the State of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, Fisheries and Commerce ; to discover its various Productions, Antiquities and Curiosities of Nature and Art; and to observe how far the remotest Creeks and Islands are, or might be made, subservient to the general Good and Prosperity of the British Empire.
Dr. Samuel Johnson travelled into Scotland, in order to discover sequestered Glens, and remote Sea-girt Rocks, hardly inhabited, where Needles and Ink are scarce, and Halters with Wooden Bitts are used to lead Horses.
Mr. Pennant enumerates the Forests of Scotland, with the Size, Quality, and Value of the Trees, their Situation with Respect to Water-Carriage, and the proper Soil and Manner of cultivating them, &c.
Dr. Johnson went to discover Spots where no Trees grow, and having found a Spot nearly such, learnedly and logically concludes that there is not a Tree in Scotland any more than there are Horses in Venice.
Mr. Pennant visited the Ruins or Sites of Castles famous in Story, and entertains us with the History of the Sieges they stood, and often with curious Anecdotes. about them, their Inhabitants and Owners.
Dr. Johnson visits old Castles to count and compare the Number of Stones with that of an English Castle. N.B. I wish the learned Doctor had informed us how many Stones were in Fast Castle, Roxborough Castle, and twenty more Scotch Castles, famous in English Annals, that were built on Spots where there is not at this Day a single Stone left.
Mr. Pennant praises the Scotch Clergy for their Learning, Piety, Decency and Dignity of Behaviour; Diligence in their Function , and for their Chearfulness and Hospitality, notwithstanding their scanty Incomes.
Dr. Johnson is grieved to find (and he does not deny that he found them) such Virtues among Presbyterians. O the Charity of this good Churchman !. The enlarged Soul of this learned English Philosopher !
Mr. Pennant attended by the Son, Servants, and Horses of a Highland Gentleman, undertook a Day's Journey through wild and desert Mountains, to visit a famous Lake, with its sacred Island and Well, and the picturesque Scenery about it; and lodged at Night in a Dram House, where he lay in a standing Bed, on a soft Couch of Heather, artificially set with the Top upwards, and slept very comfortably. All which a Scotch Highlander knows to be true, and any man can conceive to be so.
Dr. Johnson was once driven to the Hut of a Gentleman, where he lay in an elegant Chintz Bed, with fine Sheets, but up to the Knees in Mire. Of all which not a Man living, without the Limits of England, strictly so called, can believe one Word. If the Gentleman had no Bedstead in his Hut, had he no Hay, no Straw, no Heather, no Skins, no Boards, no Stones, no any Shift, to save the good Doctor and his own India Cotton, and fine Sheets, from the Mire ?
Mr. Pennant visited, and was hospitably received by the Scotch Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy every where, and we read no one Complaint of his fare in all his two Quarto Volumes.
In Doctor Johnson's Volume we read nothing but Complaints. He fared very hard, and his Appetite was stunk away from such Fare as he could get by Plates piled up with large Slices of Cheshire Cheese. The Delicacy of this Gentleman's Stomach and Nerves ! How long since Cheshire Cheese is become so nauseous to an English Palate ? It is to be presumed that the Doctor's Stomach may have been spoiled by French Ragouts on Gala Days, when he was invited to dine with a London Bookseller.
Whence can proceed this wide Difference between these two Travellers, as to their Objects, Pursuits, Reception, and Accounts of the same Country in the same Year ? Or is it because Mr. Pennant is a Gentleman and a Scholar, and Dr. Johnson only a Scholar ? Or is it because Mr. Pennant is a Welchman, and Dr. Johnson an Englishman, and the Subject of Discourse, Scotland ? Be it as it will, one Thing I observe with Pleasure is, that the learned Doctor is happily re-instated in the favour of his Countrymen, and that his last Publication has amply atoned for all his Sins. Even his Apostasy, and his Pension from Lord Bute are wiped out by the Merit of his Spleen and Rancour against the Scotch.
STAFFA.
SATURDAY, Feb. 18.
AMERICA.
Charles-Town, South-Carolina, Dec. 23.
LETTERS from New-York inform us, that the Indians of the Six Nations have offered their Mediation between the Province of Virginia and the Delawares and Shawanese; but they have at the same Time declared, to the Superintendant, that they will not agree that those Indians shall be removed from the Lands which they now hold.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Madrid, Jan. 24. Don Francisco Hidalgo Cisneros, Captain of one of the King's Ships of War, and Commander of the Squadron sent to succour Melille, wrote a Letter to M. Julien de Arriaga, dated the 8th of this Month, which contains the following Advices :
"Since the Weather has been favourable, I have endeavoured to send the Ammunition I brought, it to the Town. I began with eight Pieces of Brass Cannon, two 24 Pounders, two 18, and the rest 16 Pounders, which I landed, making Use of empty Casks, tied to the Sides of the small Vessels which carried them, in order to enable them to support the great Weight. I likewise made Use of every Stratagem to facilitate their Landing, which was rendered very dangerous, by the continual Fire from the Enemies Batteries which they directed particularly to that Part.
"Having happily executed this, I went Yesterday into the Town to consult with the Commandant about what my Squadron could best do towards rendering the Place most Service. We resolved to place the two Frigates in the shallow Water to the East of Melille, in order to dislodge the Batteries of Cannon and Mortars, which the Moors have on that Side, by placing them between two Fires, and then, by continuing to shut up the Camp, the Fires crossing each other, and the Batteries remaining in the Middle, we might make a Landing, in order to nail up their Cannon; but we just then thought that the Bombs from the Batteries might very likely set Fire to the Frigates, and greatly hurt the Place, which would give Courage to the Enemy, while at present the Fear of our Squadron had made the King of Morocco transport his Eastern Division to that at the South-West. We resolved while the fine Weather lasted a flat-bottomed Boat should daily bring Reinforcements to the Northern Part of Melille, about the lesser Point, to dislodge the Enemy from thence, who are making a Mine against Fort St.Michael. Every Thing is now doing to prevent its being carried into Execution, and To-morrow I hope to bring it about. We have likewise concerted Signals to make known the Wants of the Town, which is still entire. By Accounts from Spies, and the Observations we have made, the Enemy's Army is much diminished, notwithstanding the late Reinforcement. We have Reason to believe that such a Scarcity of Provision reigns there, that every Man is reduced to a very small Allowance of Rye Bread per Diem."
IRELAND.
Dublin, Feb. 7. Yesterday Morning the grand Cause between the County of Dublin, who presented the late Grant of 35 Acres of the Phoenix Park from his Majesty to Sir John Blaquiere, Knight of the Bath, came on in the Court of King's Bench, before Lord Annaly, and the Justices Robinson and Henn; when after a Trial which lasted near eleven Hours, the Jury withdrew for about ten Minutes, and brought in a Verdict in Favour of the Crown for Sir John Blaquiere.
"The Jury was composed of the most respectable Characters, Members of Parliament most distinguished in Opposition, and Gentlemen most attached to popular Notions, which affords the most honourable Proof of' the Integrity of Juries, and the just Confidence that ought, and it is to be hoped, that ever will, subsist between the King and his loyal Subjects of this Country.
By this solemn Determination his Majesty's undoubted Property to the Park is for ever established; the Citizens of Dublin are convinced that they owe their Recreation in passing through it to Royal Indulgence alone, and that nothing could bring that gracious Permission into Hazard but the malicious Intermeddling of officious and designing Persons, who wished to make the respectable Citizens of Dublin the Tools of their Disappointment and Folly.
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Counsel for the County, The Recorder, Mr. Hussey, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Calbuk, Mr. Yelverton. For Sir John Blaquiere, The Prime Serjeant, the Solicitor General, the Attorney General, Mr. Kelly.
SHIP NEWS.
Deal, Feb. 16. Wind S.S.W. blows hard, Remained his Majesty's Ship, Scorpion; a Dutch East Indiaman; the Nancy, Lusby; Aurora, Reed; and Nancy, Nesbitt, for Philadelphia; Royal Exchange, Bowden; Judith Hilarin, Brett; Eagle, Ayton; Manning, Brewer; and Ashley, Crisp, for Jamaica; Harriet, Blackburn; and Hanbury, Hurdle, for Barbadoes; Mary, Jenkins; and Swift, Goodwin, for Senegal; Channing Sally, Wheatly, for St. Vincent's; Mary, Miller; Badger, Wilson; Randolph, M'Nabb; Adventure, Maynard; Nancy, Sands; and Industry, M'Gruder, for Virginia; Nancy, Buchannan; and Hopewell, Murray, for Maryland; and Pemberton, Oliver, for St. Kitt's.
Arrived.
At Barbadoes, Hope, Hazard, from Rhode Island.
At Newry, Friends, Moffat, from Bourdeaux.
At New York, Supply, Holland, from Hull.
LONDON.
Yesterday his Majesty went to the House of Peers, and gave the Royal Assent to the following Bills, viz.
The Bill for granting an Aid to his Majesty by a Land-Tax, for the Service of the Year 1775.
The Bill for regulating his Majesty's Marine Forces when on Shore.
The Bill to explain, amend, and render more effectual an Act for prohibiting the Exportation of Utensils made use of in the Woollen, Linen, and other Manufactures.
And also to several private Bills.
Extract of a Letter from York, Feb. 13.
"This Day there was a Meeting of a Number of the Inhabitants, at the Guildhall for the Purpose of petitioning the House of Commons to enforce the American Acts, in Imitation of that presented from Birmingham. The Business was opened by a Gentleman in a very forcible Speech, but the Proposal was quashed without a Division."
The People at the Victualling Office, work Night and Day, and employ all Hands that offer themselves. Four Thousand Casks have been sent from Portsmouth, those in Town being insufficient for present Use, nor can they be made half so fast as they are wanted. These extraordinary Preparations are thought to portend a War with some European Power, as the Stock in Hand is more than sufficient for any probable Demand on an American Expedition.
At a very numerous Meeting of independent Merchants and Traders of the City of London Yesterday at the London Tavern, it was unanimously agreed to contribute to the Relief of the Americans: A Subscription was opened, and in less than Half an Hour �15,000. was subscribed.
We are informed that Earl Percy, Son of the Duke of Northumberland, is now on his Return to England, having been put under a military Arrest. [Publick Ledger.]
Within these few Days a Number of Naval Officers, upon the Half Pay List, have had Notice sent them to be in Readiness to enter upon actual Duty when called on.
Last Wednesday came on before Dr. George Hay, Knt, Dean of the Arches Court of Canterbury, at Doctors Commons, a Petition for Alimony, during the Dependence of a Suit brought by a Gentlewoman against her Husband for Adultery. The Judge granted the Alimony petitioned for, and �200. for the Time that was past.
Two Bills of Indictment were yesterday found at Hicks's Hall against William Priddle, one for a Rape, a capital Felony; the other for an Assault, with an Intent to commit a Rape, which the Law construes a Misdemeanor.
Thursday Mr. Hamilton, a Constable, of Exeter-Street, went to serve a Warrant on a Man in Covent-Garden, who stabbed him in the Body, so that he died within an Hour, the Fellow made his Escape.
On Thursday Night a Warrant of Detainer was sent to Newgate against the twelve Persons in Custody for the Riot in Moorfields, charging them, on Oath on Suspicion of wilfully, and of Malice aforethought, being present, aiding, and maintaining certain Persons to murder Philip Moss, Watchman, belonging to Bishopsgate.
Yesterday 28 Prisoners were tried at the Old-Bailey, one of whom was capitally convicted, viz. Francis Hunt, for breaking and entering the Dwelling-house of John Pitt, a Milkman, and stealing some Wearing Apparel; 11 were cast for Transportation for seven Years, four to be whipped, one to be branded, and 11 were acquitted.
Married.] On Saturday last, at St.Clement Danes, George Hawis Houlston, Esq. to Miss Perry, youngest daughter of the Rev. John Perry, of Clent, in Staffordshire.
THEATRICAL REGISTER.
Drury-Lane.] Yesterday, a new Tragedy, never performed before, called Braganza, (the principal Characters by Mr. Smith, Mr. Reddish, and Mrs. Yates) with The Anatomist; or, Sham Doctor. This Evening , the same, with Catherine and Petruchio.
Covent-Garden.] Yesterday, The Rivals (the principal Characters by Mr. Woodward, Mr. Shuter, Mrs. Buskle [?], and Mrs. Lessingham with Comus. This Evening, The Jovial Crew, (Oldrents, Mr. Quick; Justice Clack, Mr. Shuter, Meriel, miss Brown; Rachel, Miss Catley, with The Druids.
POSTSCRIPT.
DIARY of the PROCEEDINGS of the,
HOUSE of COMMONS.
February 16.
THIS Day there was a great deal of private Business transacted in the House. At three o'Clock, Sir Charles Whitworth from the Committee of Supply reported the several Resolutions of the preceding Day, which after a trifling Opposition were severally agreed to.
Mr. Hartley observed, that as we had hitherto proceeded totally in the Dark, and as we had determined on Measures, without any sufficient previous Information, so we were resolved to continue to proceed in the same blind blundering Manner. We first agree to go to War, without enquiring into the Propriety of the Motives that should induce us to take so momentous a Step; and then consent to employ a certain Number of Forces, without being acquainted with the particular Services for which they are destined. He should, he said, be therefore glad to know, from the noble Lord who moved the Committee, and who informed the House that this cruel and unnatural War was to be carried on by Detachments, the Mode those Detachments were to be collected in the first Instance, and Iikewise where they were to be stationed.
Lord Barrington replied that it was impossible to answer the Hon.Gentleman's Question precisely, as the Operations of War would be governed solely by Circumstances, which could not at present be foreseen or pointed out.
Sir George Saville spoke much against the Power vested in the Commander in Chief, and in the Course of his Observations made some very severe [?] and pointed Strictures on the Quebec Bill.
Governor Pownall entered into a long Account of the Powers vested in the Commander in Chief, and observed, there was no restraining him without putting him in a Situation no Man of Sense or Spirit would chuse to act in.
Lord Beauchamp replied shortly to Sir George Saville, and defended warmly the Justice and Policy of the Quebec Bill.
The House then went into a Committee on the Bill for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters; and after several Amendments made and Clauses added, the said Bill was ordered to be reported To-morrow.
The Augmentation resolved on, in the Committee of Supply, occasioned the Blank to be filled up with 21,931 effective Men, Officers and non-commissioned Officers included.
Lord North gave Notice, that he would the nest Day present the Bill for restraining the five New England Provinces from fishing on the Banks of Newfoundland; and for prohibiting our American Colonies from trading, or carrying on any Commerce but with Great Britain, Ireland, and the West-India Islands. His Lordship likewise informed the House, that he would then move to have the Bill printed.
�A Petition was presented by the Sheriff's of the City of London, from said City, praying that they might have Leave to bring in a Bill for opening and making several Passages to and from Black-Friars-Bridge, which was referred to a Committee.
The Lord Mayor gave Notice; that he would on Wednesday next make a Motion, of which he thought proper in this Manner to apprize the House.
The House rose a Quarter after four o'Clock, and adjourned till To-morrow,
February 17.
This Day as soon as the Speaker returned from the House of Lords, where, his Majesty had been present, to give the Royal Assent to the Land Tax and Marine Mutiny Bill, the House proceeded to ballot for a Select Committee, to try and determine the Complaint of an undue Election for the Borough of Radnor. After complying with the customary Forms, the following Gentlemen were called to the Table, and sworn a Select Committee.
Mr. Elwes, CHAIRMAN.
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| Mr. Garth, | Mr. Keek, |
| Sir George Robinson, | Mr. Chaytor, |
| Mr. Abel Smith, | Lord George Gordon, |
| Hon. Mr. Wenman,. | Mr. Goddard, |
| Mr. Halsey, | Mr: Honeywood. |
Mr. Bamber Gascoigne, Mr. William Adam.
They immediately repaired to the first Committee Room, and adjourned till 11 o'Clock Tomorrow, when they will proceed to hear and try the Merits of said Election.
Lord North, according to the Notice of the preceding Day, presented the American restraining Bill, which was read a first Time, and by Motion , ordered to be read a second Time on Thursday next; and in the mean Time to be printed.
Mr. Sawbridge rose, and condemned the Bill in the most reproachful Terms, and said, he would never give his Consent to its being read a second Time, as he thought it a most infamous Bill throughout, as well in Principle, as every Object it had in View.
Mr. Johnstone was equally severe on it. He said, he heartily disliked it, and would oppose it strenuously in every Stage of its Progress.
When Lord North moved to have it read a second Time on Thursday next, Lord George Cavendish observed, that Thursday was a very improper Day, Hindon Report being to be then taken into Consideration; he thought it better therefore to have it postponed.
Lord North replied, that any Inconvenience of that Kind would be easily removed; for if the House should be taken up with the Report, the second Reading of the Bill might be then put off. Some other general Conversation. of no Importance ensued; and the Gentlemen on the other Side gave no further Opposition.
The Mutiny Bill was reported with Amendments, and the Amendments being agreed to, the Bill was ordered to be engrossed.
Committee of Ways and Means, and Committee of Supply deferred till Monday.
The House rose at Half after Five o'Clock, and adjourned till Monday.
THE THEATRE.
Drury-Lane, Friday. The new Tragedy of Braganza was acted to a very splendid, as well as candid Audience. Though willing to bestow Approbation abundantly where it was deserved, they were not prodigal of their Applause on every slight Occasion. And indeed it is to be wished, that neither the Attention of the Audience, nor the Feeling of the Actors were constantly disturbed by injudicious Applause in the midst of the most interesting Scenes.
The Plot of this Play is taken from the Revolution of Portugal, which fixed the Crown on the Head of the Duke of Braganza. The Author has generally kept close to History; in particular he has done Justice to the Character of the Duchess, to whom Ambition, Spirit, and Resolution, her Husband owed a Kingdom. He has, however, very happily softened the Lady's Character, with the Features of Piety, Humanity and Compassion. Her Recommendation of Mercy to the Conspirators during the Rage and Tumult of Insurrection, had a fine Effect, not only from Mrs. Yates's happy Manner of speaking, but from the Situation itself. The Language of Braganza is elevated and sublime, and properly adapted to the several Characters. The Descriptions par take sometimes more of the heroick than the dramatick Style, but their Beauty makes ample Amends for their Length and supposed Impropriety.
The Characters are drawn from History and Nature. Velasquez indeed seems to be raised higher than he originally was, but he is delineated by the Hand of a Master who understands all the Passions of the human Breast. The Scene between the Monk and the Minister is a Master-Piece. The Catastrophe is very judiciously managed : The Terror and Anxiety, Pity and Amazement of the of the Audience were greatly raised during the Time that the Fall of the Duchess was suspended. I should venture to recommend the shortening this very interesting and critical Scene, which is greatly supported by the excellent Action of Mrs. Yates and Mr. Smith. There seemed to be a generous Struggle among the Performers who should most excel. The Reputation of the Piece before it was acted seems to have animated the Actors.
Upon the Whole Braganza met with general and deserved Applause, and we cannot help congratulating the Publick on the Acquisition of a truly Dramatic Genius. The Managers exerted all their Skill in the Scenes and Dresses, which were elegant and magnificent.
Mr. Murphy's Prologue had an equal Mixture of Wit, Humour, and just Criticism, and was well delivered by Mr. Palmer. In this Prologue, the modern Play-wrights are pretty severely handled, particularly the Rev. Author of a late Tragedy, who has long been known to be at Variance with the Writer. The Author of the present Tragedy of Braganza is Mr. Jephson, Aid de Camp to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The Epilogue is said to be the Production of the Hon. Mr. Horace Walpole.
This Day arrived the Mails from Holland and Flanders.
Rome, Jan. 25. The Slowness of the Sacred College in electing a Pontiff has not been equalled since the Election of Pope John XXII. Though the Party of the Jesuits at present seems the most numerous, it is probable it will not be long the strongest, especially if what be said be true, that Cardinal de Solis has declared on the Part of the King, his Master, that his Catholick Majesty will acknowledge as Pope, him only who shall swear to confirm all that had been done by late Pontiff; to maintain the Bull for the Destruction of the Jesuits, and to enquire after and prosecute the Author of the Death of his late Holiness.
Hague, Feb 8, 1775. A Company of English Comedians have been here for some Time under the Direction of Mr. Fisher : they are all generally approved. Mr.Vernsberg is worthy to appear on any Stage; his Tread is graceful, his Countenance expressive, his Action varied and yet noble, and his whole Deportment such as can alternately excite either Grief or Joy, even in the Breasts of those Foreigners who understand but imperfectly what he recites.
Extract of a Letter from Paris, Feb. 3.
"Three Months before the Death of the late King Lewis XIV. his Majesty proposed to the Marquis of Brunois, to buy his Chateau de Brunois, for the Count de Provence. The Marquis refused to sell it; the Death of the King stopped any further Proceeding in the Affair at that Time. Since the present King came to the Throne, his Majesty has declared that he persists in the Intentions of his Grandfather. The Marquis likewise persists in his Refusal, and claims to have his Right and Pretensions declared by Justice, against the Sovereign Authority. This Question will form one of the most interesting Causes that has ever happened since the Foundation of the French Monarchy."
LONDON.
It was Yesterday currently reported that Lord North has resigned, and the same Rumour prevails again this Day. But Matters are in such a State, that we cannot learn any Thing with Certainty; nor (if the above Report be true) what Changes have taken Place.
It is well known, that no Man ever accepted a Commission with more Reluctance than General Gage did the Command of the Troops against the Americans. His Lady is the Daughter of an Inhabitant of Boston: It was a sufficient Mortification to be torn from his Family and Friends, and a much greater to be employed against those with whom he was connected by Friendship and the Ties or Consanguinity.
A Scene of greater Confusion, Misrule, and Injustice, cannot be conceived, than is described in a Letter of Lord Dunmore's, dated Dec. 24, as now prevailing in the Province of Virginia: Committees are appointed in every County, to enforce what they call the Laws of the Congress, and exercising higher Powers in visiting private Houses, and calling Persons before them, than were ever practiced by any legal Government in Europe. Armed Companies are raised in every County there, to enforce the Orders of these Committees; and in some Places the Men are sworn in directly in Defiance of the legal Prerogative of the Crown. The Courts of Justice are shut, merely because a Bill for settling their Fees happened to be lost with other Bills; when their Assembly was dissolved last Summer. But it is fairly to be supposed, that the true Reason is, to aggravate and inflame the Clamour at home, by preventing the legal Demands of Creditors here from being determined in their Counts. Lord Dunmore apprehends that such Violences may spread themselves, by the general Disorder which they must occasion. It is to be wished, adds our Correspondent, that the Parliament would order this most remarkable Letter to be printed, as it will convince every Order of. Men in this Country, what Part they are to take, when such iniquitous Proceedings prevail in every Part of the Dominions of the Crown of Great Britain. Let it be observed, that Virginia has no Reason to complain; their Charter has not been touched; they have paid no Duty on Tea, and yet they have been amongst the foremost in throwing off their constitutional Dependance on this Country, without Provocation, and at the Risque of involving their own Province in Riots and Confusion. The Rich have laid in Stores for two Years; the Poor will suffer and will rise !
The counter Association by the Minority at Boston is deprived of its little Weight and Influence, by being introduced under the Military Sanction.
The Address to the Prince of Wales this Year from the Antient-Britons, is to be answered with an Encomium on the Goodness of their Hearts, their Horses and their Harps; to conclude with a Hint on the Honour of publick Economy.
The Radnor Petition is fixed for To-morrow. The Question is, whether non-resident Burgesses have a Right to vote : The last Resolution upon the Subject is supposed to be decisive In Favour of the Non-Residents; there will be, however, a good deal of Nicety and Law in the Discussion, and the Decision, if against the Non-Residents, will affect many other Welsh Boroughs.- The Counsel for the Petitioner are Mr. Mansfield and Mr. Harding. For the Sitting Member, Mr. Bearcroft and Mr. Lee.
The Society of Antiquaries have had the Honour of presenting to his Majesty, their Patron, a most capital and magnificent historical Print, together with the tinted Drawing from which it was engraved, being a Representation of the memorable Interview between King Henry VIII. and Francis I. in the Champ du Drap d'Or, between Guines and Ardres, in the Year 1520. The Drawing, which, as well as the Print, was executed at the Expence, and under the Inspection of the Society, was taken, by his Majesty's Permission, from the original Picture, which is preserved in the King's private Apartments in Windsor Castle, and hath always been justly admired, not only for the Exactness and Fidelity wherewith it exhibits the various Scenes, and Occurrences during that remarkable Interview, but also on account of the many Portraits which it contains, more particularly those of King Henry VIII. and the principal Nobility of his Court. The Society, in order to do Justice to so curious a Piece; have caused it to be engraved on a single Copper Plate four Feet and an Inch, by two Feet three Inches, a Size far longer than hath been at any Time before attempted, and have likewise put themselves to a very considerable Expence on account of the extraordinary Dimensions of the Paper necessary for rolling off the Print: The Drawing was the Work of Mr. Edwards, of Wardour-Street, Soho ; the Plate was engraven by Mr. Basire, and the Paper made for the Purpose, by Mr. Whatman, of Maidstone.
The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. Joseph Chapman to the Rectory of Daglingworth, in Gloucestershire.
This Morning, and not before, (as mentioned in some of the Papers) the two Messrs. Woodfalls, Brothers, after paying each a Fine of �133. 6s. 8d. were discharged from their very severe Imprisonment of three Months, for printing a supposed Libel on the Revolution.
Yesterday Mr. Foote, Partner with Martin, Stone, and Blackwell, Bankers, in Lombard-Street, was married to Miss Martin, Daughter of the senior Partner.
This Morning was married Stephen Sayre, Esq; Banker, in Oxford-Street, and late one of the Sheriffs of this City and County of Middlesex, to Miss Noel, one of the Daughters and Coheiresses of the Hon. W. Noel, Esq; deceased, late one of the Justices of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, and Chief Justice of Chester, with an immense Fortune.
Last Week died at Durham, after a lingering Illness, Mr. Hopper, late Student of Trinity College, in Cambridge.
POETS CORNER.
FOR THE ST.JAMES'S CHRONICLE.
The returning Prodigal's Address to his being
introduced at Court.
GREAT Sire, regard with melting Eye.
Prostrate before your Majesty
A simple Youth, who now declares,
With Floods of penitential Tears,
His having join'd with Hand and Heart
To play a Patriotic Part;
Unpratis'd in the Wile's of State,
And, wishing to be good - not great;
Whom Wilkes, by fascinating Eye,
Bewitch'd to foul Disloyalty :
But now resolved a no more to dine
And feed on Husks with Patriot Swine,
He humbly prays in his Behalf
That, when you kill the fatted Calf,
He may with joyful Transport hear
One, Cutlet's ordered for his Share.
He asks no more; the gracious Boon,
Makes him for aye your duteous Son.
FOR THE ST.JAMES'S CHRONICLE.
The BLUE-BOX. Inscribed to LORD M-----D.
IN Days of yore, a fell old Witch *
Possess'd a hellish Box,
Which held the Gout, the Stone, the Itch,
The Scurvy and the Pox.
Though this was fatal, all agree,
Yet your's has nought to crack on;
For if we rate the Infamy,
.
Your blue one beats her black one.
In short, their Ills are much the same,
Each fraught with fell Pollution;
One damns the Country and its Fame,
T'other the Constitution.
The Difference then is easy scan'd,
And truly thus defin'd;
She damns the Body, you the Land,
And so good Night Mankind !
MARVELL.
* Pandora
WANTED, at Lady-Day next, on an indisputable Security on Mortgage.
Thirty Thousand Pounds at Four per Cent.
Whoever this may suit is desired to send a Letter directed for Mr. Smith, at Mrs. Wellington's, New Exchange Buildings, Strand.
This Day was published,
In one Vol. 8vo. Price 5s. in Boards, or 6s. bound.
AN ESSAY on the DEMONIACS of the
NEW TESTAMENT.
By HUGH FARMER.
Printed for G. Robinson, in Paternoster-Row.
This Day was published, Price 2s.
(Being the Fourth EDITION)
A DISSERTATION on the PROPERTIES and EFFICACY of LISBON DIET-DRINK, in the Cure of the Venereal Disease, the Scorbutic Gout, and all Disorders arising from an impure State of the Blood, particularly those which are cancerous, scrophulous, or hereditary : To which is added, A Supplement, pointing out the true Difference between Venereal Symptom and those often mistaken for such by the Patient.
By JOHN LEAKE, M.D.
Member of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Printed for R. Baldwin, Pater-noster Row, and T. Evans, near York-Buildings, Strand.
Those Things sold under the Name of the Lisbon Diet-Drink, and Leake's Pills, are unknown to the Author, as well as the Venders of them.
To the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Burgesses of the
TOWN of DERBY.
Gentlemen,
NOTWITHSTANDING the great and unconstitutional Influence which has been exerted against me during the late Contest, your free and voluntary Support of me has been truly noble : And, had the Mayor done his Duty by admitting those Freemen, who were legally entitled to their Freedom, and had properly tendered themselves previous to the Election, I should have had a very great Majority upon the Poll, including even that Multitude of Honorary Freemen, who have hitherto been permitted to poll as Burgesses to the Town of Derby.
Whatever might have been originally my private Wishes that the Return should be made in my Favour, I am now clearly convinced, that it is fortunate both for myself and you, that I am obliged to seek my Remedy in the House of Commons; as it will give me an Opportunity of bringing some great Constitutional Points to a Decision before a Tribunal, which is not only competent to judge them, but is sure to render impartial Justice to every Person who applied to it, and will ever reflect immortal Honour upon those who have contributed to establish it.
I think it necessary to give some Answer to a Paper published some Time ago by a Noble Lord, containing his Lordship's Reasons for taking so strong a ..et in the Election; in which his Lordship says, that he was informed by Men "who have never yet led him into an Error," that the Sense of the Town was greatly in Favour of Mr. Gisborne, and that a very exact Canvas had convinced him that he had not been misled. I can only express my Concern that his Lordship should pay such implicit Credit to such Men, and so little to me, when I asserted that I had a very great Majority upon the Canvas. I have now proved to his Lordship, and to the whole World, upon the Poll, that the Sense of the Town was infinitely in my Favour.
His Lordship has certainly been deceived, and will I am sure be extremely sorry, that instead of concurring with the Sense of the Town, (which I have always understood to be his Wish) he has conquered it, and returned a Member contrary to the almost unanimous Wishes of the People.
How far his Lordship may think this a prudent Experiment, I cannot tell; but I will venture to say, that the Mistake might have been fatal to the Liberties of the Town of Derby, was there not an Appeal to a higher Judicature, where I am sure of meeting with Redress.
I am, Gentlemen, with the greatest Respect,
Your most faithful and devoted Servant,
DANIEL PARKER COKE
Derby, Feb. 9, 1775.
This Day was published, Price 3s. bound.
The Fourth EDITION, with great Improvements,
THE ART of ANGLING.
By R. BROOKES, M.D. in two Parts.
I. Containing an Account of Fish and Fish Ponds. A new Art of Fly-making. The new Laws that concern Angling. The secret Ways of catching Fish by Ointments, Pastes, and other Arts. Directions how to procure Baits, and for making all Sorts of Fish Tackle, with the surest Method of finding Sport, &c.
II. Of the Whale and Whale Fishery; the devouring Shark; the amphibious Turtle; the luscious Turbot: with Flying-Fish, Sea-Devil, and other extraordinary Productions of the Sea, and also the various Methods of Rock and Sea-fishing.
Illustrated with one hundred and thirty-five Cuts, exactly describing the different Kinds of Fish that are found in the fresh and salt Waters. The Whole forming a Sportsmans Magazine ; and comprizing all that is curious and valuable in the Art of Angling.
Printed for T. Lowndes, No. 77, in Fleet-Street.
This Day were published, Price 3s. 6d. Sewed.
TRAVELS through the Middle Settlements of NORTH AMERICA, in the Years 1759 and 1760.
With Observations on the State of the Colonies.
By A. BURNABY, Vicar of Greenwich.
Printed for T. Payne, at the Mew's-Gate, St.Martin's
This Day was published, Price 3s. Sewed.
AN ESSAY on the PESTILENTIAL FEVER of SYDENHAM, commonly called Gaol, Hospital, Ship, and Camp Fever.
By WILLIAM GRANT, M.D.
Author of the Observations on Fevers.
Printed by T. Cadell, in the Strand.
DALBY's CARMINATIVE. The Success of this Medicine in Infants has been repeatedly confirmed; the following will show its Efficacy in grown Persons. The Case of Mrs. Shaw, at No.22, Charlotte-Street, Tottenham-Court Road - "Being seized with a Disorder in my Bowels, which continued more or less for six or seven Weeks, returning every Morning with violent Pains and Purging; no Victuals of any Kind would sit easy on my Stomach. I tried various Medicines, and applied to an Apothecary, without any Benefit. At last, however, I heard of, and took Falby's Carminative, which gave me Relief in a few Hours; and by taking a Bottle and a Half, I was perfectly recovered.
MARY SHAW, Feb, 1774."
Case of William Gamlen, Esq. at Zeal, near Tiverton, Devon.- "Being in great Disorder in my Bowels, and having tried several Medicines without Effect, I at last took Dalby's Carminative , which gave me immediate Ease.- Since that [a] Servant of mine was seized with a violent Flux and Vomiting, which continued several Days without Relief; by taking one Bottle of the above Medicine he was cured, and went to work the next Day.
WILLIAM GAMLEN, June, 1774."
Sold Wholesale and Retail only by F. Newbery, jun. at his Medicinal Warehouse, No. 65, Three Doors from the Bar, St.Paul's Church Yard. Also Retail by W. Bayley, in Cockspur-Street; Mr. Bowen, at the Royal Exchange; J. Darby, in Welbeck-Street; and M. Burchell, in Long Acre, London. Price 1s. 6d. a Bottle.
THE CREDITORS of JOHN BAKER, Esq. deceased, late of Hawkherst, in the County of Kent, Receiver General for the said County (if any such there are) are desired to deliver an Account of their respective Demands to Thomas Redford, Attorney, in Hawkherst aforesaid, on or before the 25th Day of March next. And all Persons that were indebted to the said John Baker, at the Time of his Decease, are desired to pay their several Debts to the said Thomas Redford before the said Day.
IF THOMAS BLISS, late Master of Stewkley Common Stage Waggon, will come to his Uncle, Thomas Bliss, of Little Cote, in the Parish of Stewkley, near Winslow, in Buckinghamshire, with all possible Speed, as soon as he sees this Notice, he will hear of something to his Advantage. He is desired, if he meets with any of his Acquaintance, not to make any Agreement or Promise, till he sees his Uncle. The best Intelligence had of him is, that he is at work upon the Roads about London, or on the Streets, but as he served his Time to a Butcher, in all Probability he may be with one.
Devizes, Feb.1
JOHN OAK begs Leave to return his most grateful Thanks for Favours received, and respectfully informs the Nobility, Gentry, and Public in general, that he is removed from his late House (which is discontinued as an Inn) to the CASTLE INN, near St.Mary's Church, which he has genteelly furnished for their Reception, assuring them no Endeavours shall be found wanting to render their Accommodation agreeable.
The best Liquors, neat Chaises, able Horses.
The Bath and Bristol flying Post-Chaises, to and from London, call here every Day at Eleven o'Clock.
GEORGE REYNOLDS, from the Three Cups in Colchester; returns his most grateful Acknowledgements to the Nobility, Gentry and others, who have so liberally conferred their Favours on him, and humbly begs Leave to solicit a Continuance of their kind Support at the WHITE HART INN in the same Town, which he has taken, and is now fitting up in the most commodious Manner for the Reception of his Customers, who may depend upon the most assiduous Endeavours to render every kind of Accommodation as satisfactory as in the Power of
Their most grateful, obliged and obedient humble Servant,
GEORGE REYNOLDS.
Chester, Feb. 8, 1775.
DAN SMITH returns his grateful Thanks for the many Favours received from the Nobility, Gentry, Merchants, and others, during his Residence at the White Lion Inn, Chester, and takes the Liberty of recommending Mr. John Hart (who succeeds him) to their Notice. He continues his Concern in the publick Carriages and Conveyance between London and Holyhead, and assures those with whose Commands he has been honoured in forwarding Goods, Baggage, &c. that the utmost Attention will be paid to their future Orders, addressed to him; the greatest Punctuality will likewise be observed to the Directions of the Gentlemen of the Army in forwarding Horses and military Stores, as he hopes to merit the continued Indulgence of his Friends, to their
Much obliged, and obedient Servant,
DAN SMITH.
CABINET-WARE and UPHOLSTERY,
At Newcastle-House, in Clerkenwell-Close.
MR. RICHARD GOMM takes this Method to inform his Customers and the Public in general, that he has quitted the Warehouse in Freeman's Court, Corn-hill, as he finds it necessary to confine his Attention more immediately to his Manufactory and Warehouses at this Place, which are completely assorted with all Kinds of useful and ornamental Furniture, and where, with due Acknowledgements for the past, he solicits their future Favours.
N.B. All Orders or Messages left at the Bar of the Jamaica Coffee-House, in St.Michael's Alley, Cornhill, will be attended to in Change Hours, or duly and carefully forwarded from thence.
To the LADIES.
WARD, Ladies Hair-Dresser, &c. at his House, No.32, Southampton-Buildings, Chancery-Lane, London, begs Leave to inform them of his new-invented Tetes; he presumes they exceed any before made; they are light, soft, and formed in the most elegant Taste and newest Fashion, as the Hair was dressed the last Birth-Day; they are adjusted to wear with or without a Cap, for the latter he has a peculiar Method of forming Curls to place on the Top of the Head, which gives a superior Grace in full Dress. Ladies may dress their Hair over them in a few Minutes, nor can they be discovered by the most curious Eye from their Hair. Ladies residing in the Country may have them made by sending a Pattern of their Hair. He makes different Sorts of Gentlemen's Wigs to imitate natural Hair to the greatest Nicety. All Letters, Post-paid, will be punctually answered.
N.B. Where also may be had his Crescive Compound, so well known to the Nobility and the Public in general against all the Defects of the Hair, such as falling off, Loss of Colour, Baldness, &c. Price 2s. 6d. and 5s. a Pot. Sold also by Mr. Crutwell, in Bath; Mess. Fletcher and Hodgson, Cambridge; and Hodson and Johnson, Salisbury.
LINCOLNSHIRE, Sutton Sea Banks.
NOTICE is hereby given, that at a Court of Sewers held the 9th inst at Alford, in the County of Lincoln, a Law of Sewers is made for completing the new Sea Bank at Sutton, in the Marsh, in the said County, and for making two Projections from thence towards the Sea; and another Law of Sewers for taking a new Survey and Level of all the Lands in Sutton aforesaid, and the Level Towns, usually charged to Sutton Sea Banks, for the better ascertaining the Lands which will receive Benefit or avoid Danger, by making such Banks, agreeable to the Resolution of a Court of Sewers, held at Alford aforesaid, on the 19th Day of January last; but this Court being fully satisfied, that it is absolutely necessary that the said Works should be compleated before such new Survey and Level can be taken.
It is ordered that the Rates or Assessments charged by a Law of Sewers, made the 11th Day of April last, for building the said Sea Bank, in Pursuance of the Verdict of an unconcerned Jury, shall be immediately paid towards completing the said Works, and that in case it shall appear, by such Survey and Level, that any of the Lands in Sutton aforesaid, or any of the said Level Towns, shall lie above the Top of the highest Part of Sutton Sea Banks, or above high Water Mark at Sutton, at the highest Spring Tides, then the Rates or Assessments, which shall be paid for such Lands, shall be returned to the Proprietors, and that in case it shall appear by such Survey, that there is a greater or less Quantity of Land in any of the said Towns, or of any particular Person's Property therein, than is charged to such new Sea Bank by the said Law of Sewers, then, in case of a greater Quantity, the Overplus shall be paid for towards the said Work; and in case of a less Quantity, the Sums which shall be over paid, shall be returned to the Proprietors.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE SOCIETY.
Feb. 7.
AT a General Meeting of the above Society, held this Evening at the Rainbow Coffee-House, King-Street, Covent-Garden, it was unanimously resolved, to put out Apprentice four Boys, from the Age of fourteen to sixteen. Parents, Natives of either City or County, who have Boys to put out, are to apply by Letter (Post paid) directed to the Secretary of the said Society, at the above mentioned Coffee-House, on or before Tuesday the 7th of March, when a General Meeting will be held to consider of the Applications that are then made; and on the first Thursday in April, those Objects who are deemed worthy of this Charity will be balloted for. The Sum agreed to be given by the Society, as an Apprentice-Fee with each Boy, is �10. Proper Masters applying to the above Society, if approved of, will be acquainted therewith by the Secretary, after balloting.
N.B. A proper Deference will be shewn to the apprenticing Boys within the County.
S. WOOD, Hotel Coffee-House, Covent Garden, begs Leave to inform Noblemen and Gentlemen they may be supplied with any Quantity of DEER from One to One Thousand Head, on the shortest Notice, to stock Parks, &c. Some very beautiful Fancy Does in Fawn to be disposed of.
N.B. They may be conveyed to any Part of England at an easy Expence.
LYING-IN.
AS a Train of Inconveniencies but too frequently attend this important Case, best known to those whose Lives and Delicacy of Reputation require an able Assistant; for this Purpose an experienced Midwife, whose Skill and Abilities in her Profession have been many Years approved of, continues to accommodate Persons at her own House, with the strictest Attention to every Degree of Care, Tenderness, and Secrecy.
Please to enquire for A.B. at Mr. Thompson's, Coal Merchant, No.14, Fountain-Court, near Exeter Change, Strand, or at Mr. Crow's, Baker, in Chancery-Lane.
St.James's Chronicle, Feb. 18, 1775.
VANBUTCHELL, who studied Anatomy under eminent Teachers, (and is a perpetual Pupil to Dr. HUNTER) confining his Practice to the Diseases, Deformities, and Defects of the Teeth, Gums, Sockets, and Palate, is settled in his House, the upper Part of Mount-Street, Grosvenor-Square; where he means to help, his Friends, the Noble, Generous, and Discerning ; whose Cases claim superior Skill : And hopes so many as seek Aid, will experience his Performance, far excelling all yet known, in any Age or Nation.
At horne each Day from Nine to One, Sundays excepted.
VANBUTCHELL, in white Marble, on the Door.
GRASS FARM.
WANTED for a Term of Years, and to enter at Lady-Day next.
A small neat HOUSE, with convenient Offices, and any Quantity of Land from 20 to 100 Acres, chiefly Pasture and Meadow. The House must be situated on a healthy Spot, not less than ten, nor more than 20 Miles distant from Whitehall, and the Counties of Surry, Middlesex, or Hertford, would be preferred.
Persons having Lands to let nearly answering the above Description, are requested to send an Account thereof, with the proposed Rent, to A.B. at Mr. Stevenson's, Peruke-maker, near Craig's Court, Charing-Cross.
TO be LETT, for an Inn, in good Repair, and may be entered on immediately,
The HOUSE that was the old accustomed ANGEL INN, at Kitt's Inn, near Barnet, being an excellent Situation for one Inn, (the old White Lion being nearly shut up and done with) with commodious Rooms of every Sort, and Stabling for more than 20 Horses, with or without six Acres of Grass Land.
Enquire of Mr. Norris, Castle-Yard, Holborn.
DONINGTON, LINCOLNSHIRE.
TO be SOLD, and entered upon at Lady-Day next (O.S.)
The BLACK BULL INN at Donington aforesaid, being a well-established and good-accustomed Inn, standing by the Turnpike Road in the said Town, leading from Peterborough, Stamford, and Bourn, to Boston; and from Lincoln, Newark, and Sleaford, to Spalding, Wisbech, &c. Together with the Homestead, and some small Tenements adjoining thereto. And also with or without 103 Acres, or thereabouts, of very good Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, in Donington aforesaid, lying in 14 several Pieces, which (if not sooner sold by private Contract) will be separately sold to the best Bidders, at the said Inn, in Donington, on Saturday the 4th of March next, between the Hours of Five and Eight in the Evening.
N.B. The Premisses all Freehold except, seventeen Acres and three Roods, which are Copyhold. And in-order that the Purchasers may be enabled to make very great: Advantages, of which the Estate is capable, the Lease of the present Tenant is bought in at a very great Expence, and the Premises are to be surrendered up at Lady-Day next.
Also, to be sold at the same Time two Closes of very good Freehold Pasture Land in Donington aforesaid, containing 10A. 1R. 31P. and 12 Acres of new inclosed Fen Land Copyhold, now in the Tenure of Mr. Flinders, on Lease, of which eleven Years are to come, at Lady-day next.
For further Particulars enquire of Mr. Banks or Son, Attornies in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, or of Mr. Thomas Lloyd, Great James-Street, Bedford-Row, London.
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 100 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 �130.
Another Farm, consisting of a Farm House and Barn, and about 229 Acres of March or Fen Land, lett to ---- Cully, as Tenant at Will, at the yearly Rent of �130.
Another Farm, consisting of a Farm House and Barn, and about 226 Acres of March or Fen Land, held by the Executors of John 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.
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.
TIMBER (Bristol Channel)
TO be SOLD, Several Thousand Tons of Timber, within three Miles of Water Carriage.
Enquire of Mr. Thomas Thomas, Attorney at Law, in Cardiff, Glamorganshire.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Mr. HUTCHINS, on the Premises, Wednesday the 22d instant, and the three following Days.
All the entire, genuine HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, China, Linen, Wine's, &c. of his Grace the Duke of Kingston, deceased, at his late House at Newmarket.
To be viewed on Monday the 20th, and till the Sale, beginning punctually each Day at 12 o'Clock.
Catalogues will then be delivered on Premisses, Post House, Cambridge, Bury; and Friday the 17th, at Mr. Hutchins's, Appraiser, King-Street, Covent Garden.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Henry Swinny, at the White Hart, Gravesend, on Wednesday the 1st Day of March, 1775, between the Hours of three and five in the Afternoon.
All those TWO MESSUAGES or TENEMENTS, situate at the Upper End of Queen-Street, Gravesend; one of which was lately occupied by Mrs. Ann Butters, deceased; and the other is now in the Occupation of Mr. John Grier. Together with the Out-houses, Yards, an exceeding good Garden, inclosed by a Brick Wall, and all Appurtenances thereunto belonging.
For further Particulars enquire of Mr. Gawler, Essex-Street, Strand, and of Mess. Evans and Mann, Attornies, at Gravesend.
Island of St.John, in the Gulf of St.Laurence.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, on Tuesday the 21st inst by THOMAS SKINNER, at Garraway's Coffee-House, in Exchange-Alley, Cornhill, at Twelve, in two Lots.
Forty Thousand ACRES of LAND, adjoining St.Peter's Bay, in the said Island, Part of which is cleared Ground fit for Farming. The Climate of the Island of St.John is extremely wholesome, the Luxuriance of the Soil affords an amazing Produce of all the Necessaries of Life, a great Plenty of all Sorts of Game, with an Abundance of the finest Fish from the Rivers and surrounding Seas.
Particulars at the Place of Sale; and of Mr. Skinner, in Aldersgate-Street, where a Map may be seen.
LONG's PINK-POWDER for CHILDREN's DISEASES is an infallible Cure for all the Diseases of Infants on the Breast, as well as Children under five Years of Age; if the Disease is not hereditary, or of an infectious Sort, and does not proceed from a large and watery Head.- Its good Effect is instantaneous in the Green Stools, Watery Gripes, Convulsion Fits, and Teething of the former; and even miraculous in the Worm-Fever, swelled Bellies, and consumptive Disorders of the latter.
It was sold by Order of the Proprietor, at 2s 6d a Packet, with printed Directions for using it, each Packet containing six Doses for Infants at the Breast, or three Children under five Years of Age, by F. Newbery, Bookseller, the Corner of St.Paul's Church-Yard, and E. Macklew, Stationer, facing the Opera-House, in the Hay-Market.
If kept from the Damp, it may be preserved for Years in any Climate.
BEDFORDSHIRE MILITIA.
THE Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Bedford are desired to meet at the Swan Inn, in the Town of Bedford, on Monday the 27th of February inst. for the Purpose of carrying into Execution the Laws now in Force, respecting the raising, training, and exercising the Militia, within that Part of Great Britain called England.
UPPER OSSORY, Lieutenant.
Ampthill-Park, Jan. 26, 1775.
Charitable Society of Ancient Britons.
THE Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry, who are inclined to favour the Charity for educating and supporting poor Children descended from Welsh Parents, are requested to meet the Honourable SOCIETY of ANCIENT BRITONS, to celebrate St.David's Day, on Wednesday the 1st of March, at Clement Dane's. Prayers to begin at Eleven o'Clock, and to be read in English, and a Sermon will be preached by the Right Rev. and Hon. the Lord Bishop of St.David's. After Divine Service will be performed an Anthem; the vocal Parts by Messrs. Champnes, Vernon, Rennoldson, Webb Ward, Randall, Courtnay, Legg, &c. and the young Gentlemen of the Choir; the Organ by Mr. Stanley; and afterwards to proceed to Dinner to the Crown and Anchor Tavern.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Plymouth, President.
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The Hon. Mr. Grosvenor, Treasurer.
Sir Robert Smyth, Bart. Vice-Treasurer.
STEWARDS.
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| John Roberts, Esq. | Owen Meyrick, Esq. |
| Edward Lewis, Esq. | Tho. Williams, Esq. |
| Edw. Desbrowe Taylor, Esq. | Geo. Williams, Esq. |
| E. Tonkin, Esq. | Tho. Wilkins, Esq. |
| Rev. F. Scourfield, M.A. | Tho. Pitcher, Esq. |
| Stephen Popham, Esq. | Mr. John Smith |
| Mr. Nathaniel Tanner | |
N.B. The Favour of the Company of the Governors and Trustees to the Charity, likewise the Society of Cymmaedorian, to join the Stewards in Procession from the School-House, near the Foundling Hospital, to the Church.
THE Anniversary Meeting of the Noblemen and Gentlemen, educated at Westminster School, will be held on Saturday the 25th of February, at Carlisle House, Soho, 1775.
STEWARDS.
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| Lord Carysfort | Dr. Burrell |
| Sir Lunes Long, Bart. [?] | Rev.Dr. Jubb |
| Sir John Smythe, Bart. | Tho. Davenport, Esq. |
| Sir Roger Twysden, Bart. | W. Bromley Chester, Esq. |
Tickets to be had at the Bar of the St.Alban's Tavern.
TO be LETT, and entered upon at Lady Day next,
A FARM at Welham-Green, near Hatfield, in Hertfordshire, at present in the Occupation of Mr. John Bradley; it consists of a House, and about one hundred and ten Acres of arable and Pasture Land, at the Distance of 17 Miles from London.
For further Particulars enquire of Mr. John Philpot, No.3, Fig-tree-Court, in the Temple.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Thomas Skinner, on Wednesday the 22d of February, at Garraway's Coffee House, Change-Alley, at Twelve, in Two Lots.
TWO valuable FREEHOLD ESTATES, situate at Gosberton and Wyberton, near Boston in Lincolnshire, consisting of Three Hundred and Seventy Acres of rich inclosed Pasture Land, in fine Condition; with a Right to stock without stint upon each Common, which is exceeding good Pasture; a capital Brick Dwelling House, a Farm House, and proper Offices, in good Repair, in the Possession of Mr. William Brown, Mr. William Harber, and Mr. John Goakman, at a Rent of Four Hundred and Fifty-four Pounds per Ann. which is improveable.
To be viewed till the Time of Sale, by applying to Mr. Israel Taylor, of Wyberton, and Mr. Herber, at Surfleet Sea-end.
Printed Particulars may be had in a few Days of the Tenants; at the Peacock, Boston; the White Hart, Spalding; the Angel Sleaford; the George, Grantham; the Rein Deer, Lincoln; the Bull, Horncastle; the Kingston Arms, Newark; the Bull, Stamford; the Talbot, Peterborough; the Crown, Huntingdon; the Swan, Stevenage; the Chequers, Hatfield; the Mitre, Barnet; the Bull, Holdeston; Place of Sale; and of Mr. Skinner, Aldersgate-Street.
GLOUCESTER.
TO be SOLD to the best Bidder, at the King's Head in this City, on the following Days in February instant, between the Hours of Three and Five in the Afternoon,
On the 23d.
Lot 1. Two-Messuages; with a large Tract of Ground, whereon are built several Tenements, Storehouses, and other Buildings, being opposite Mr. Wakefield's Quay, near the Foreign Bridge, in Gloucester, and being Leasehold, under the Mayor and Burgesses of Gloucester.
These Premises are very commodious for any Business requiring Room, and particularly for that of a Tallow Chandler and Soap-Boiler, and Part thereof is now appropriated to making Pot-Ashes.
Lot 2. A Tenement and, Wheelwright's Yard in the Castle-Lane, in Gloucester, now rented by James White, holden also by Lease from the Mayor and Burgesses of Gloucester.
Lot 3. A Stable in Archdeacon-Lane, in Gloucester, now rented by Henry Stroud, holden by Lease under the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester.
Lot 4. A Freehold Messuage, with its Appurtenances, in the Parish of St.Aldate, in Gloucester, now rented by Mr. John Chester.
Lot 5. A Freehold Messuage, Farm, and Lands and Cottages thereto belonging, at Walsworth, in the Parish of Landhurst, in the County of Gloucester, now rented by Mr. Wm. Smith, consisting of about 60 Acres of Meadow or Pasture, and about 60 Acres of arable Land.
For further Particulars apply to Mess. Phillips and Stock, Attorneys at Law, in Gloucester; Mr. Webley, Attorney at Law, in Chancery-Lane, London; Mr. Worral, at his Office in the Exchange, Bristol ; and Mr. Bund, Attorney at Law, in Worcester.