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Perfo: on Servant A trefs that try the intolerable Sum, of 200,600) and fpetfy. Advantages be' 'extended to khat kingdom, noi JVfurh Praife is is- jnfentiors of the'' many /r.e(pe'ftabte 8 wli'-' 'viflied to.haye extended fcrtid fits to 1 that enlinjed Intention was wi fai-vby a noble Lordhigh in Office ieye, tarcierly" in Offtee. "the Wealth Kingdom is the'Wealthof rjusi and our Profperijy Al! C.rcumftance* CQnfpired'w 'alc 1.3s of jtp eft Expect ton that thofe Deferving's rewarded. A well-founded'CohfJdencerin the Adminittration of that.Country amounting al- moftto Popularity; a Sealous. -Loyalty in the People apprga.chin.gto Enthufiafm and generous Unanimity, here acknowledging wilhing to' enable that.

Zeal has clouded this far i tereftcd Prejudge Ireland by armihUating land now infulis her'by tjia't 5s given her a great and important Britons, be wife. If Ju /fee.and Oenerofity have forfaken your Self prefer- Vatlon roufe you to common Prudence. In rlrc Shock of national Ruin which-inveils that 'Gbkntry, the Weajth, the Pbvirer, the Exifi- ehce of this, will totter to The Number of Brifift and Foreign Troops ikiiled, 'Kvutded, andfctta PrHphefs, fince the of Hoftiluies in, America, a'rel kmed, uoaj Prifo'riers, Total The Packecs fromBrighthelraftone toDieppe, Vrereall Hopped on Wednefday laft, and are Hot to go any more. We are allured that Parliament will rife this Day Se'ennrght. The Miniftry, it is faid, having received certain Advice, that the French intend, fhortly to make a Defcenton fome Part of out Orders on Monday for the Milrriain theie- veral Counties to towards the Sea Coaft, inhere they are to do Duty till ftfrther and fome Men of War, which were intended; for the American Servicet.

are ordered to re- iaain at Home, to guard our own Coai'ts. Much has been laid in the Papers, in Exte imation of the Neglect of Administration, relative difpatcthtng the Fleet: One fays, that it is very natural tojofe Wiad by 1 waiting af- Jer failing Orders for- Small Boer and other Trifles, ('tis hoped they dtfn'l mean Grog.) Lord North hrmfelf that as yie Tud always been beat at rhV'Seginning of Wary it feemed necenary it fhould be To now. Had Lord Hawke been at the rjtead of the Admiralty, he would have.cojlefted^he Ships at Plymouth or. 'Torbay, where, would have known they b.it almb'fl: upon any Wind, rather than have; locked them up' in Purtimourh Harbour jor a'Raree Shew. Their Majefties intend vifning fevcral of the.

Nobility this Summer at their Country Seats; and on fome of thefe Excufioris the Prince of to accompany them. Several Letters were received on Friday St Edwbqrgh from Philadelphia brought by the Packet, out they contain no Intelligence of Importance, were malting for taking the Field at Philadelphia. General Trapaud is to fueceed General Cla- rering, In the Command- of the jgd We can inform "our Readers from good Authority, that Qeneral Burgoyne hm not yet been admitted to the Kmg'T Prcfence. The Diike of ban's Honle at Windfor, lately jpurchafed the is altering and repairing for the of the Prince of yWales his Brothefj the Proprietor of having refuied to fell that SeaU It is faid General Burgoyne lays the Failure pf the Canada Expedition.entirely to the Con of Sir William Howe alledging, he had made a Diverfion in his Favour up Hudfon's River, only with 3000 Men, Which he might it would have en- fured the enure of all the Northern Rebel Colonies. Auother Winter is over, and nothing has been either attempted or done of Confequence by his Excellency General Howe, The'Bri- tifh Army, thank Heaven, was in good Health and in good Spirits; and General continues to beprepfuang for are-to credit out when any Thing material is to be done, npcomhion Augur can tell.

TheCommander in Chief in America amttfes Iiimfelf in flufting his Ppifition from Boffon to New York; -and from New York to Philadelphia. Where he is next to go, God While theMinifter frames aJSUl for Reconciliation, the the uninterrupted Afliftance of Franfce, their Allies," are bufy in repariqgto take the Field; and the Britifh abius, no doubt, when Philadelphia is too Vrarm for hirn will embark and a Trip to a more moderate. Climate for the Summer. The following remarkable Incident happened lad John and Mary, Captain Cummins, in the Coal from New- Caille to London, in calling the Ballalt on Mr. Quay at South Shields, a Difcovery accidentally made of fome Silver Coin being in it, when a Number of Pieces of Silver Gold Coin were found the former were the Shillings and Sixpences of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth and the latter, value about each, of the Henry's, and very frefh.

The Ballaft was taken up in the Thames. It has been reported, that the French Cabinet had refolv'edpn an Invafion of Great Britain, and that the Pretender was aftually at Calais; This Morning the Generals who are to com- £ofe the Court of Enquiry will fit at the Judges vffice, Horfe- guards. It is publickTy talked at Calais, that the Du- JCingfton has declared, her Intention of foftant. Each Perfon to pay Admittance. Gravatt, Ban- a dreadful Battle was faudit jtftKe tKmjFields, be twejstt.

named. Alleti irid- Sharp, Hour and a'Half, and ended in F-awour of the'latter; bp.t both the Parties were fo much braifed, that their Lives are defpatred at the Public Office in Bow- ffreet. Thotrias Bolter and" Jahies Caldwell having a Number of Robberies on the obtai'ped, among other Booty, Watches, went to BirrKingHamj and offered to fell thejn to Mr. a Jew, fuqh that immediate Notice; was tranfmitted to Bow-ftreet, and Mr. Chuke went and fetched the Prifoners, whom he brought to Town' Yefterday.at Eleven Asfoon as'rhejj were put.

to two'Brace and a'Half oTPiftols, fome Bullets, feveral Gold Watches, a Purfe of Gold, and other Things found on them, were produced Meredith Price, Efq; fwore that jie'was robbed near Oxford, in the.Glou- ceftcr by a fingle he believed to be Bolter, and Mr. Price's 'Gold was found on him, the Maker's and Number agreeing with a- Memorandum that Gentleman had kept; on which he- was bound to profecute at' the Oxford Aflizes. Captain Williarri Hamilton -de- -ppfed that he was robbed on the Gofport Road, by two. Highwaymen, and fwore to hisWatch, whicli was found on Caldwell: Mrs. Hamil ton (the Captain's Lady) was robbed at' the fame Time, of her Gold Watch, which was found on Bolter, and her Purfe found on Caldwell.

Mr. Wajker, who was in was robbed of fome Money, and believed Caldwell to be one of the Robbers, and Mrs. Walker fixed on him as the Man who flopped the when her Hnfband Was robbed." The two Gentlemen and Ladies were bound to profecute at the Hampfhire AJEzeSi- George- Hadley, Efq; charged Robert Harrald, othenvife Hutton, with af- com moiily catled Rope Voting. 6. Tumbling over Mens Tables, Chairs, through never exhibited in 7.

The little Con- 8. The Egyptian Pyramids, or La Force de or Men piled; To conclude' with the Taytor' and' fagackms Horfe." Boors to be opened 4t gYjd to begin at Sijt o'Clock brecifely. The Prelude Part from Five to Six o'Clock only. Admittance as ufual. High Water' this Day at 36 ftlin.

after fl'me in the Morningand at 56 Mia, after Nine at Night. The Tide will ferve vr the Rr er till Hflf after Nine in WWK till fclye in the Afternoon; and up. utit Stock. 109 a 108 ditto, 134 "711. ft ttMiMi Sea Ann.

61 a 60 Ne per Ct. tank Reduc'd 6M a 1. 1 ftr Cent.Confol. 61 l6 per t. if 1 I Aon.

56 artio 158, 6a Cent. Confol. 1762, 4 per ft. 1777, 78 a J. MillionBank CiJj.lotf India Bos da 6 9.

a 78. Drfc. Navv Bills 8 per Ct, Bifc, 3 er Exchequer-Bills wife. tern Ann. 18 I a Short 6 Tickets 6d.

Scc'o 61 I a Ct, Difc. Annuit; 1773, 13 Vears For CO'L'G HO A F. SE ECT'')RA LOZENCiKS ofTOLU in tlie Park, charging him with an Attempt to commit an unnatural Crime, and thereby extorting from him Haifa Guinea and fome Silver. Such was Mr. Hadley's Horror at the Nature of the Charge, that he gave Harrald Five Guineas the next Day, and fecond Five.

Guineas on meeting him a Week afterwards; but reflecting on his own Folly, on "thus fubmitting to the Threats of a Villain, he took the Opinion of a Gentleman of the Law, who advifed him, when he faw the Fellow again, to appoint a Meeting, and take -him into Cuitody. A few Days fince he again met him, when he demanded Twenty Guineas, when he was apprehended agreeable to the concerted Plan. Harrald was committed take his Trial for a Robbery, one Man having been already convifted on Prepared and 'old by T. GRF-FCNOH II, 0 v. mill and Apothecary, at No, ro, Ludgsu-biU One Shilling the box 4 which conta ail the foftening and healing Vir'uea of the.celeSra.ecl Qaifam of Tolu, a(jd are Vhe pleafanttit and.

ov-ft Aemedy of the Kind in ail Coughs, rtoarleaeffes, fore Thxoais, and DeHadioiii on, the healing the wi Sorenefa of the Breaft, promoting rion of tbe Phlegm, and affording great Relief in Afthmatk Compiain's and Shortnefs of Sreath, They are likewife very beneficial in Confumptioas, are not cloying to the Scdhuch, but rather create an Appetite. Thefe Loztngei ate Bayley, Per- furner, in Bdrtmn of the Haymarket; A. RothVett, Perfumer, at the Civet Cat and Rofe, ja New Bond-ftreet; and by Mr, Furdie, on the North Parade Bah. The Kreat Efteetn thefe Lozenges have required Raving indaeed feveral Perfoni to attrtnpt the feUine. a tfaioft'one of whom, an eminent Chymift, a Vsrdift On December the 9th, T769, obtained in-the Court of KingV Bench, with conli Damiges The PoMic are requefted to obferre, that ne are genuine but what hare the following In the Lid of the 80s Peclora! Lozenges from Balfam of prepared by T.

Grceaough, Chymift and Apothecary, No. 10, on Ludgate hill, London." Eaft India Houfc, -May 20, 1778. HE Court if Direliors of the United of Merchants of'Englandtrading to the £tifl Indus do hereby give Notice, "That the Transfer Books af the faid Stock will be Jhut on Vuefday the ibtb of June next, at Tiuo o'Clock, and opened again on lusrf- of fofyfotfawing. And that the Dividend Warrants en the faid due the $tb of July, ivill be ready to be de- liyeredton Monday the lOtb of next. Guildhall, 19th May, AM S.

HE Commiffioners of Sewers, Lamps, Pavements, Sec, of the City of London and beriies thereof, give Notice, That they will meet ori Tuefday the li of June next, at Foot a'Cloelt in the- Afternoon, in the Council (ham'W OujJdhall, receive Propofais for Lighting and keapint, in Repair for fix Calendar Months from Midfu i Diy next, all the public Lamps in the feveral Wards of this -City, and on Particulars of the Contracts to be enteced into, may be feen at the Pavement Office, Guildhall. HEMRY HALL. Clark. Goildliall, London, 19th Way, J77S. A S.

HE Commiffioners of Sewers, Lamps, Pavements, fee. of rhe Cky of l.o-d and Lu theieof, gjae Notice, Tb.it they will meet at iuiWhall on Tuefday- the 2d of June next, at Four o'i'lock in the Afternoon, to for le.ifing the feveral Wards of this Cfty, and London- UrWe, end- alfo ney Lnne, Fleer, Newgate, and Smtihfte'd Markets, f-'r'tweive Calendar fiorn Mvifummer-OaT A c.umftances exaclly iimilar Farley, Servant to Lord Onflow, charged Richard Stevenfon and Wenner Packer, on Suspicion of dealing fix Turkies from his Lordihip's Seat at Clandon in Surry. living I fi, May 19, 177 ,8 fiE principal Officers and Commiffioners of his Majefty's Na-vf give Notice, that on Tuef- daythe zoth Jnftant, at they will be ready to-treat toitb furh Perfam as tire -witting to fiipply his Majefbfs Navy vjhh jackets, and Breeches, agreeaSte to Patterns. NAVY -O next. to be deanled, snr! the Alhes, ken a way twice in Weerk with Rioi co'Ver them.

The Contratto to -a tor the Perforrnanse of their is to propofe for more than four Wards. Further Particulars of the Con: to he entered into, may be fceo at the Pare mem-Otfiee, HENRY HALL, Principal Clerk. Li Pavement Office, Guildhall, May HE Commiffioners for Paving, Sett the City of London, give Notice, that they will meet in the Council Chamber, Guildluli, on the atfth Inftant, at. Four o'clock in-the Afternoon, to receive PropofaU for taking up Eight Hundred Yards of Pavement on ftfcetrTilij autt new paving the like Quamjty with the. beft blue Gucrnfey'Stones, nine Inches deep, and not more than four Inches in Width; the Bottom pf each Stone to contain at leaft fjur-fifths of the Superficies of Uie Top thereof, tp be laid la the beft fcreen'd Gravel, agreeable to fueh Form as fhail be direfted by the Commiflioners or their Surveyor; and for taking up and relaying, in the heft fcreen'd Gravel, about aopo Yards of Pavement in (achPlaces as (hall he directed for the repairing of FiQi-ftrttt Hill, Graccchurch-Screet, and Biftiopf- gate-Street Within.

The Contract ir is to defray all incidental Charges attending the executing the faid Works, to r.epair all Pipes "which brok.en.or ftruck, and give Security for the due Performance of theContrirfl. N. B. 8kmples of the Stones intended to be ufei in thetJew Pavement, may at the PavemenB Office, Guildhall. P.incipil Clerk.

Turkey was produced, found on the Prifoners, which five believed to be his Lordfhip's Pro perty. Nathaniel Allen, of the Bull at don, proved the Prilbners being at his Houfe, with a Cart, OR the Evening preceding the Night in which the Robbery was committed ana Peter Whittiogton proved that the Mark of Cart Wheels wasobferved near the'Poultry- yard. The Parties were committed for Trial at the Surry Affizes and John Grainger was committed for Trial at the Old Bailey, on Sufpjcion of receiving fome of the Turkies, knowing them to beltoleti. Stephehfon and Packer were likewife committed fofTnal at HicksVHall, oh'a Charge of dealing Pewter Pots from two Mary Jones was committed for Trial at the 01d Bailey, forftealingaWatch, the Property of Richard Ireland was committed to be tried for a Mifdemeanor, in having in her Poileffion two Silk Gowns, which had been ftolen from the Lady of Dr. HOrne; and Elizabeth Ireland, Daughter of the Woman above-mentioned, was detained on of having received "a Quantity of ftolen Elizabeth Fergufon was committed for pawning fome Remnants Linen, which ihe had received from Mr.

Nafti, Linen-drapef -in, the Strandj to make into Shirts? and two Pawnbrokers fined, jfbr receiving fome of the Linen, partly made Up, Prifoners were dffcharged in Pcifecl of Evidence, arid ibrrie ether trifling Matters Drury-fane Theatre. The 65th Night of The School for Scandal will be on Thurfday next, being the laft Time of the performing this Sea- ion, Covent-Garden Theatre. The Comic Opera of The Doenna will be performed on Monday next, with the Pantomime Entertainment of The Norwood Gyp- fie's, which Will be the lait Time of the Company's performing this Seafon. I May 12, 1778. HE principal Offers and Commiffioners of his Majefifs Notice, that on day the zjth Infiantf at Eleven o'clock in the 3 Pro- Morning, Commiffioner Ourry will expofe to Sale at Clan- his Office in his Majeftys Yard at Plymouth five- I HJjJ.

ral tots of old Stores, confifting of Paper. Stuff in old Scrips and Bits, Sbakiffgs, Rigging, Boltrspe, old HatnmacoeSy White Ocbam, and Paper Stiff. Where any viilliag to be Purcbaferj may have the Liberty of viewing them at any Time during the common Working Hours if the And as a Depqfit per Cent, or -in that Proportion, is to be paid by the Purchasers, all Perfins that attend the Sail 'are to take Notice thereof, and come prepared for that and unlefs thefaid Stores are paid for, in 40 Days front the Pay of Sale, the Depqfit fball beforfeitedl and become thje Eropefty ofthi Crown be had as ufual. CHE ST at CHATHAM. HIS is to give Notice, That the Rieht Honnurable the Lords of His Majefty's Treatury have pleafed to Muney to pay ail the Ari'ears due to the Penfipn- ers belonging to the Cheft.at Chatham, to.

1778, "and that the faid Pay will begin, on day theijthDay of Jutie, 1778 at the.Cheft Room in his Majefty's Dock-yard Chatham. oi a A-NCE, May 19, R. STERN'S BALSAMIC iBlHfcR eafieft and rnoft 1 ejfeQ.ual Cure for Con 1 fumptioas, Afthmas, Coughs, Colds, Hoarjenefa, Sore Throats, and even other Difeafc-of theBreaft, Throat or Mouth. Thofe who would know the Reason why it liicceedi when all other have bailed, are only defired to read Dr. Sterne's Medical Advice to the Confumptive and Afthmacic People of England loth Edition of which is now publiZhVd; and wherein the Patient will alfo find proper Difedioqs relative to his Diet and Exercifc." The -rEtberat 6r.

per Bottle, and the roth Edition of the Pamphlet Price are fold by Almon, in Pkca dtllyj and Cp. Curtis, Fleet- ftreet; Newbery, Ludgate-ftreer; 8ew, Pater-nofler Row) Mrj. Cooke, under the Royal Exchange the Booklelleti in London and may liJcewifebc had of Bookfeiters, ftc, throoghout mod of priacipti BOOBICUUH ms, rstiring to inwfe Wat fhouki be the.1 HE Lieutenant General and the reft of the principal Officers of the Ordnance give Notice, that there is Money in their Treafurer's Hand's to pay the- Debentures dated' in the Months of December 1776, atid'Februarf1777 By Order of'the Board, JOHN BOPDINGTON. I AL I OFF ICE, May 20, 1778. mComn Majeftfs Navy dqhefefy give Notke Jbai-ori day next, the.

zytojmant, they witt be ready to receive Tenders in Writing (feated up) and treat with fitch Per font as may be inclinable Five Hundred Pipes of Red Port Wini'into bit Ma- jeft.y's FiSualUng Portfmoutb, and Five Hundred Pipes-into bit Majeftyj ViSuaUing Stores at Plytnoulbffor the Service of Mi Majeflffs Navy. The Conditions of He- Contrail may be ften at the See'refatft Office. And all Peffons who may think proper to male Tenders upon the faid Otcafian are defired to take Notice. tbatnoJIegardwilfbe bad to any Tender that fhail not bt' delivered to.theBoardbefore One on the norunUfsibePer- fm who makes the. Tender, or fome Ptrfbn on his attends tasaufwerfor bint when-calledfor.

Commifllpn againft SYME. HE Credit is who have proved their Debts under a Comm'uTi of Bankrupt awarded'andlfhied again ft JAMES SYMB, of London, Merchant, are defwed to take Nsiice, that the Payment of the Dividend adverci.ed for Saturday next mud be unavoidably portioned 'till further the AiGgnces being unfortunately detained in the Country by lllnefs, and the other not teing ab'e to draw tie Money out of the LA1.EHA.M BDRWAY; RASSINGS for or Horfeg. To be put in immediately. Laleham is about two Miles from Stains in dlefex-, and one Mite from Chertfey in Surry. For Particulars enquire of Mr.

Garforth inLiver of Mr.Whelpdalo,"Lalerram. LL Pejfons who have any Demands on of FRANCIS MILLER, Bricklayer, deceafed, are to fend an Account thereof to his'Execiitpr, at his late Houfe in Blenlieim Street, Oxford Street, in order that they may be discharged And all Perfbni who are indebted to the Eft ate of the faid Decea fed, are requeued to pay the lame as above, as foon as Xhe Bofinefs is carrjed on by his Son, CHRIS. TOPHER FILLER, who hopes, for "a C'mtinu- ariceof the Favouts of his (ate Father's Employers. All Meffages fetit to Blenheim Street aforefaid, will be duly attended to, R. IN TON, at the I.rdl, in Gerrard-ftreet, Soho, humbly in- treats Nobtlity and Gentry, who favour with their Orders for not 'to delay' thenv till the Shooting Seafon, commences; the Hurry at which Time is fuch, as to prevent him fjrom having a fuffirient Supply from the Mills to be.

pui ctual at their Commands. OHN HELSA, Nb. 29, fc Covent Garden, French Trimming Manufacturer, begs Leave to return Ms mofl grateful Ac- knowlcdgments to the Nohility and Gentry. who 1 have favoured him with their takes the. Liberty of informing them thathe has manufaclureJ.

an entire new and elegant Trimming for the eofuing Birth-day, which he flatters hiinfeU will the general as" tjiere will be' none -which will outdo thofe ia Elegancy and, He has likewife a neat ail Sorts of altty, plain and ftriped, fupertor to any he nas made it up in TafieTs, Flo.wcrs. and du BarbcdeNeptune for Caps and Hats Fiingesof all Sorts, Blonds and as ufual, N. B. Suits of Cloth, Negligees and all 9 ther relies trimmed in the neweft Tafte, on Notice. Proprietors and iniurers orihe a goes of the three jatnaica Ships, the Ann Sufuinafr, Jamaica, Watr, arid Brewer, carried i-ito are thjiiied to meet at tne Jamaica Coffet-hciufe on' Friday at' This Day itpnblifbed, Pricej9.6d.

OYAL PER'SEVERANW-E; a Poem. Humbly dedicated to that Pri'-oc whofs Piety, Clemency, -4liott, and other Qhriilian and patriotic Virtues arc the Adjairacioa of all Mankind. rtlftatul As if a Man-were Anther of himfelf, And knew no other Kin. Picture of obflinate Priotcifor J. Btw,.

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