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The Public Advertiser from London, Greater London, England • Page 2

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He rages, -tilth any Chf or itf tfr Public A I A during tnany Years of rajt 14fe beesVperibnallv acquainted with the ilansgeoieiij: Affairs to tRe JFridft fa and anxious to fee flou- rifh un'(fcr for many not beet) accuftomed, but Tsldch are. neceffary RreferVe it from cemti waiog the' Hands or Foreigners. I think itrieedlels to apologize for the Trouble which I give jrbn of conveying immediately through a public. Channel an Information, in which fhe People at large are fo materially concerned." I need not inform you, that the Houfe "of Commons have beet) pleated to make an Enquiry into thig nor foall I dwell on.the Irnp.EQeg^g^ff%ithdraw- :6 inig any moft pro bably be attended ConfeqUences U1CC ViewJ th3t 1 To nothing but Pefpair. A Thpufand Knees; iollClt a Place in VOlir ufeful Patter, and I V- i to her qwn and Body of the HY Mari, he doth beftridef nirrovf World Like a Coloffus, Men WalM undents Legs.

1 Mr. There dwells one Miftrcfs Quickly, is in the Manner of his Nurle or his. Dry-' Kurfe, orhis Cook, or. his Laundry, Wafhetj and his Wringet Mr. One that would cifCumveni Do not repent thefe Things, forthey arelicavier Than all thy Vows can ftir: Therefore.betake thee Addrefs re- fcovmbnYof Family; Mr folicit a place.in your ufeful Paper, and am, I.

your.humble Servant, An AFRICAN MERCHANT. An Account tf the different Species of Merchandize exported annually tp Africa, upon an Average, the Forts and Settlements "jcere in the PoJfeJJwn of the late Royal African an Account of the from in RetuTngbrfold ANnabaffes, Amber, Brafs-of afipPmj Belb, Amber Crj-lUl Beads, Coral Beads, all other Beads, Broad Cloth, Boyfadoes, Carpets, of all Sorts, CottoH, Stuffs of Worfted Damafks, Druggets, Dorois, £arthcn Ware, Fringe, Flints, 'fire Sieels, Fiifccs, Muflcets, Carbines, Blunderbiiflef, Baccineers Fowling Pieces, Trading Guns, Gunpowder; Goods- from the Baft Indies, Viz- AtlaiTes, Atchaban- Allejars, Allibanees, Brawls, Bafts, Be- jwspauls, Bombay StuffS, Callicoes, ries, Chtlleafr, Chints, Copees, Cpvr-- ries, Chuckleas, Cumlaesv Cattanees; Clafches, Ginghams, Guinea Cloaths, Demy, long -Cloaths, Longees Herba, Lon Or Congees, Photas, Lemannes, Mulling, Po Rohialls, Salampoefs, Satin. Seerfuekers, TapfeelsV Taffaties Herba, feteW'Silkj and many other Silks and Fmfe Felt Handkerchiefs; Hollands, Wrcuchr Leari Lead Ar- Beer, Rum, Spirits, Wine of til Softsj dLong--fiHs, Loeking-Glafles, Me- decifies, Paper, PadJccks, Pewter of all or Ranters; Provifipn, Viz; Beeii Bread, Butter, Cheefe, Flour, Ship Biiketv Suet, Vinegar, Oil, Sugar, Sp'ces. Tdbacco, Tobacco Pipes, ShaJJoosj all other German, Scotch, an3 -Irifli Linens, Sealing Wax, Swbrds of ajJ5orts, Hangers, Scymeters, Cut- UQks? Soatt Slops, i Lace, Buttons, Geld Thread, Mohair Buttons, Silk Ticking, "Hollands, and Striped- Linens, Welfli Plains, Coats, Waift- Breeches, Drawers," Shirts, Shoes, Slip. Swckihgs, Peru4ces, Wool Cardsr, all WqpUen Cloaths, and all Sorts of Stores fw'Smpping- Returns for faid Merch the late Royal African Company's Time, pi tie.

upon an.Average as follows: Ten Thquiand Years together, naked, rafting, 4 Upon a barren Mountain, arid jointer, In Storm.perpetual, could not oaovf' 1 1 To look, that Way thou-wext. Serjeant GL 1 The umbMen throng'd to To hear him fpeak i thci fling. Gloyes, Ladies and Maids Handkerchiefs Upon him as he 1 bended: As-to Jove's Statue, aawlitheCommonsirtade A Shower, and thirtdred Caps and Mr. He hath deferved worthily of his He fo planted'liis" Honours in their Eyes, aftd his in their their Tongue to be iilent, and Hot jnicb were a kind of ingratefjul 'x6 otheraife were a Jwajice the, Lie, pluck Reproof arid Ear that heard it. Rebuke from Mr.

D. heard him fwear, Were he to' ftandTor Conful, never woiild he at at 40,1500 at 12 each Ounces of Gojd Duft per Ounce of Elephants Teeth, rM. per Ton 15? Ton of Bees Wax, at per Ton acd Ton of Camwood, at loi. per ton of Pepper; per Ten Amount, Firft Coft, of the Annual Returns from Africa 480,000 240,000 1,800 200 730,500 The above-mentioned' Ariiclei ware fold in fiiirope end America, upon an Average, at the following Prices, viz, Slaves, at 30I. each 120,000 Ounces of Gold Duft, at 3I.

17s. 6d. per Ounce 465,000 Tons of Tegth, at tocl.perToo 1 3,000 ito'Tbff ofBees Wax, at tool.per Ton 15,000 ceo Ton of Camwood, at ''Ton 20 Ton of Malagetta Pepper, at 5oLperTon 1,000 The Amount the Annual of African Merchandize 1,692,250 iAppear i'the Market-place, nor on him put iTlifc haplefs Venture of Humility. a brave Fellow, bot hes Vengeance proud. Mr.

Argument for. a Week, Laughter for a Month, and a good eft for ever. Mr. If I proveHoney-mouthed, let' my Tongue blifter. Mr, I wonld you did.

but fee how it chafes, how it rages, how it takes up the Shore but that's not to the Point. Mr. Serjeant For I have neither Wit, nor Wordi; nor Worth' Aftion nor Utterance, nor the Powertff Speech To ftir Man's Bloods I only fpeak right on. I tell you that which you yourielves do know. Mr.

Serjeant he's as tedious As a tired Horfe, or as a railing Wife Worfe than a fmoaky Houfe. Fd ratfear live With Cheefe. and Garlick in a Windmill far, Than feed on Gates and have him talk to me In any Summer-houfe in Chriitendom. Mr. Methinks there is much Reafon in his Sayings.

Mr. It is a Gentleman of the greateft Promifc jhat ever came into my Note. Mr. PR-CE. I In fair round Belly, with good Capon Iin'd Full of wife Saws and modern And fo he plays his Part.

Mr. A Weffel Candle, all Tallow: But if I did fay of Wax, My Growth would approve the Truth 8,250 The Purchafe of the above African Merchandize was paid for in Bririfh Manufactures, and with Goods boBght from the Eaft InV Company, and Rum from the Qolonies, annually amounting to 730,500 The African Merchandize received Barter fcrtheabove-mentioned European aqd Eaft India chaadize, fold for upon an Average annually 1,693,250 Annual Profits tp Great Britain, jtrben the Forts Were in Poffeffion the Royal African Company 961,750 To be continued in our next, to fliew that $foce valuable Commerce has been encroached fcpon by the Subjefts of Foreign Powers, who have in a great Degree annihilated it from Great Britiiiiv PLAIN SE.NSE TO On aocquot of the Receipt of fome Letters ofa'. very temporary Jvature, and which of Courfe require an early Inl'ertiooi Fidut et frpbus, arid mauy'orher' Favours not fo seroporary, are unavoidably poftponed; biit "Inalf be atlfended to as Ibon poffible; Authentic Intelliguui from AMERICA Letter 'T. pit Yeferday arrived a Mail from France. Tangier, April 8.

7 HE Chevalier de K.infbergen, Captain ojf a Ship, and Ambaflador from the States- eneral, landed-at Larache on the 18th ult. and was very gracioufly received. This Am- baflador is charged by his Court to deliver to our Sovereign, with Tome confiderable Pre- fents, the Ratification of the Treaty (hip, which he himfelf renewed laft Year. On Advice of the Arrival of Ambalfador at Larache, his Majefty ah Officer of'his Court to accompany him to Salee, where he will foon arrive. Majorca, A Barbary Squadron, conflicting of feven Sail, appeared on the 21 ft inftantoff the South Part of this Ifland, and chaced Fifhing Veffels, the People of which brought the Ngvis huher.

A Piquet from Garrifon WAS immediately difpatched -to the Cpaft -to prevent che Infults of the Moors but the Wind haying changed to North Welt, it is fuppofed they have been forced to He off Minorca, and that they will cruife fe- parately. ON. Yefterday Npon their Majefties came from KewtoSt. there was a Drawing-Room, which broke up at Four after which the Lords North and Germaine feparate Conferences with the King: Their Majelties returned to the Queen's Palace before Five o'clock, where they dined, and. returned to Kew in.the Evening.

Yefterday the Houfe of in a Committee, went through the- Infolvent Debtors Bill, the Vote of Credit Bill, the Turnpike Bill, the Exchequer Loan Bill, and the Land, Forces Recruiting Bill. The faid Bills After which they" read the Bills pafied in the Commons. At Half after Three the Ye.fterdav the Houfe of CommoQ9. to I the Amcn4ments made to the AnjetjeW Sugar Bill, alfo to 1 elrift forfeited Eifcac BijU' I deted to cngroiftiL and, w. the Annttltjr- of.

Four Thpufand figncd by--his "Majefty to the prefeni Eafl'of ChathSfnf, was voted Perpetaity to the hHeirfof the deceafed'Earl; to whoin Xi- tie fhouldldefcend. Mr. Vyner then -gave he, on this Day, mould delire their AttehtionLin a Bufinefe of a moft imporwrit Niture, as he intended to propofe fbme'Queflions to an nourable Member lately returned from an unfortunate Expedition, Lord 1 fix upon jEiputhy he pro- pofed to would interfere; with the Irifh Exportation IMjIy fome Delay to.it, at aTllltte :8 Dj.ib$nJvere eagerlylooking for itj as the pnly Meatis of relieving, them from the Wretched Fate dflivmg upon comihoa Cha- fity. After ibme AUettatloii this next was fixe Inqiiiiyltttff came iniiipori Con- V'crlatibB between Mr. gent, tfad'exprefred grelf the Enquiry, jvhich the Honourable.

Member buthelsegged if rapt nptJbe a late Hour, or in a thm- Houfe as he prefumed fome. Maiterl. pf information iwould come our eutipujf and traordihary Natore, of Which 1fhe Houfe' not, hemrefuraedi theleaflpreyions Idea. The Sheriffs of London brought up a tion from the Corporation, fuggefting an hum-' bleWifh that the Biemains, of Lora Chatham, might be interred' in the Cathedral of St. Wai-ifemtrkable-ifor the Decency and-Elegaace- 4a-which-itr cOjUched, and the' Approba'tipn of' every exliepl -r Rigbyj rjpt only oppofed the Prayer of the.

Petition, but dealt out a Variety of very harih Expreffions tKe Commoo Council in general. He faid it was a Requeft which Confiftency mail condemn, after the Houfe had already addreffed the King to have the Monument in Weftminftejr Abbey and he. went even fo far as to throw feme Cenfureon the Manner in wlfich the Motion for that Monument was firft introduced, as it came unaware? the Houfe at a late Hour of the Colonel Barre made a Reply to Mr. Rigby the the Petition was ably defended by Mr. Dunuing, Mr.

T. Townfhend, arid Mr. The latter hinted to Mr. Rigby, that his Difliki to-the of London took its Rife from the honeft Ene.rgy with which they had remon- ftrated againft the Proceedings of that Houfe; if fo, nis Contempt was an-Eulogium uppn the Men who had'fpiritedly cerifured their Representatives, ivhen'they- Sight of the grand Interefts ofthciVC6nftitaents with fetal Strides to fcffefl, as they have done, the- Difmembcrment of the From.a Converfation which paffed in. the Houfe betweep Sir George Younge- and Lord Nugent, the hifti Exportation Bill, the Oppofition to that Bill has and it will undoubtedly pas the Houfe in- its prefent State.

A Gentleman juft arrived from Philadelphia brings Aecouffts, that- very bigS Words had paffeo between the Commander in Chief and a certain General Officer, a little before he left, that Place. The occafion of their Difference, fo far" as we have been to learn, was, that this Officer, in a Couscil of War, held for the delivered his Sentiments, in very free Terms, againft the Plan of an Expedition laid before them by Sir and that he concluded his Remarks with obferving, "that fo little Good had come of all their Expeditions, in fu" ture, he fhould give his Affent to none other than that of marching to the Enemy and attacking them wherever they. were.to be If Englifhroen. would allow therofelves to fee, fays a thejr have, now-a. fair Opportunity of forming a juft Eftimate' of the boafied 'Patriotifm ofour lrijk Delegates in St.

Stephen's, from their prefent Attempt to throw the Trade -of the 1'bonus and the Severn into the Uifff and the Shannon. Lord Nugent has fallen on a very convenient Way of aoing his Part in the-Debate on.the Irifh declaring himfelf both an £n- gUJbfftan vadsalrijbman 'atone- and'the fame Time. In the former Character, he tikes a Pride in appearing-generous, and' cbmplim.ent- ing away the Interetlt of this" Country; -and in the latter, he is grateful in receiving, that Share of the Spoils which he himfelf has contributed to beftow. Certain Adyice has been, received by Ga- yernnlent that the Toiil6n Fleet is returned, and was riding at Anchor in the Harbour of Toulon on the 30th of laft Monjh. Trhb Account came by Way -of Leghorn from Minorca, and may be depended gpon.

It wefterly Winds. Pxevented their attempting to pafs the Qut of Gibraltar. The French Mail pf yefterday eohfirms the above News. E'xtrail of a tetter from Publin, May t6. On Wednelday Evening a not founded in Truth, was propagated in the Earl of Meath's Liberty, that all Bills-j now agitating, in the Pritifh Parliament, to" extend the Trade of Ireland, were rejected.

fome Perfons taking Advantage of the Alarm, Weht'ih a Body and feized a Quantity of Bacon, which they fuppofed to be the Property ofaForeftaller; but the poor unemployed Manufactufers, willing to.fhpw their Gratitude to the Public, for the Spirit and I cli nation fbewn in all Ranks of People pro' cute Labour and Relief, not only re iif ofari Anadtj fiWxery eirt near St. Church, alfo a fmallerone of fevaw Gunsj he. 0u a Commute, Sir Geoi'ge Sa-. fore each is a ftrong.Breaft-weai: fix Feet i and manned. Magazine Is preparing neif J' fufed joining itt faid Outrage, but teized the After which they read -y lira Tirne4 Ringleader, who is faid tob a and paffed in the Commons.

brought hm before Aldernian Emerfon, who cqromitted him to May 14. lt Ll exceeding bufy Sot fome 10 putting this. Towa in afoftjue of "-mf the Batteries, and a Fort is begun at the Ex. T. Townihend-, pence of will cofr to 50 Guip, -Thirty-two Pounderj, which, with the above, k'is rhougja, will a fufficient The cruize in the Channel, as foon as the WtQJ will permit thenito fail from'Spithead, vit.

the Prince the Oceans the Queen, of QQ Guns each the "Princefi Amelia, and Fou. droyant, of 80 the Heftor, tha Egmont, the of Wales, and the lies, of 74 Guns each the Romney, of 5a: Guns and the Romulus, of 44 Guns. The Prince George, Capt. Appleton, from laft- from Portfmouth, is arrived lb the River. The London, Hall Prince of and Trulove, froux Tobago, are fate arrived in the Downs.

A Letter from Portfmouth, dated May 20, fays, Arrived die Calcutta, Beaman, froq Plymbuthf ff Sailed following Ships for Plymouth, fo join AdrairaL -ByronV-and then to proceed QQ a Cruize, vbi- the Bedford, Invincible, Royal CornwsH. Conqacror, Fame, Cumberland, Grafoln, Ruffell, and Suha Men of War, of'741 Guns, each, with the PrincHi of Ganj, on board oT-whick Admiral Byron Will Went Spithead, the Sandwich bfijo Guns, with, the Elizabeth Berwick'of 74 QunseacK, die Pallas 36Guns." It feems faysaCorrefpondent, that notwithftahding the Infults upon our Coaft by an inconuderable American Priu- teer; and thpfe vyhich tnajr be jrihMy ante, bended from Naval Equipments ofPfee, Offers "as would make an ignooiiaioua the of Southern Counties "of Gfeat "BTitain, Lord Gallo. way in that Pak "of -the Ifland, where tha landing lately effected by the the Ranger evinced the Propriety of maintainn; Men in-Arms, have offered to raiie dtfferett Corps upon the prefent Emergency 5 'but ui wete as unaccountably rejefted, as- they weie generoufly intended for the national Defence. We have Authority to fay, that tjie, -Verfea in Wednesday's Paper', as an Anfwer to Lord Chatham's Verfes, were not written by Mr. Garrick.

This Day the Middlefex Militia are to march- from Hourlflow to Portfmouth, for. their Encampment. Set a'Beggar on folence of the prefent American Rulers is in no Cafe more confpicuous than their Demand of for the Maintenaneof General JBai- govne's TfOops fince the 17th of October laft the Report be Should tech an la- pofition be complied with, or evert afingle Thought'fuffered by bur Minifters on the Sab- Ject, they, will prove' themfclves the moft ibjeft Wjfetchea Jnr fexiftence. The Americanslirls' 1 the Articles of Convention, by the TroopsMhe liberty of returning home, and then. iours the Nation by an exorbitant Dernind for their Alas, poor Old England I The following is faid to be a Fact, and came from LordChatham's Lips, a little before his.

Juft before jhe American Com- miflionets failed a. Royal Meffege was feat to his Lqrdfhip, offering him a' Dukedom certain one of which was to act with Lord Bate as; Secreory of State, in Conjundlion with Lord Shelburae, 8cc. The great'Mao rejected tnefo -giat Offers with Contempt. On this Proceeding one Comment only- need be made. Is knot plain now who has been all alqng Secretary of State.

Boa Day or two afterGefleral goyne arrived, a large Party being at Dinner, the Converfation. turned upon the or Improgrietv, of JuJ taking bis Seat iiament, previous to a Court of Enquiry) Poh, poh, fays alittle Gentleman of Party, remJBrkable for; the occafianal Dryneitf of his Obfervations) JiniiependenUQf this-Borough here, lie has a Right' to take his Seat the Houfe." How will you makfe that faid the; Becaufe(faysthc he's' returned by America." A'netv political Addition; of honeft Statefmen, Subftradtion of Blunderers Multiplication of Commerce, Diyidon, among the Knaves of State, Reduction of the public Debt, and Practice to the Friends Britain. Anecdote Mr. Bullei; the newly made Judge of the Court of King's. having ordered a' full-trimmed Suit of Black, four five Days ibefore his Uie waited'on him the very Morning after, with th fame, and not having heard a fingle Syllable of the young CoUnTel.lor's ippid Exaltation, fent up word that he had on him with the.

Suit." The Man, who hadbut ter'e'd on Duty, lo'fing Part of his Meflage in going up Stairs, tells his Mafter a Gentleman below had iyaited on him about a 1 tell him, (cries my imagining the tleman ignonfn; of his Advancement) that I can't pcuilily take the Suit, but that hern 3 carry it to Mr: Poftlesvaithe of Serjeant's Ihn, with my The ingly made the belt of his to Mr. waithe, who fuppofing Mr. JufticcBuller might have fent the fame to him as a Compliment fof not accepting of him as his Clerk, actually took the Cloaths, and immediately writ a Card of Thanks, which cleared up the Mhtake to my Lord. Mr. Poftlewaithe, however, ftiil ambles with them to Joes, and ooqs not fcru- ple to tell bis Friends, a fpecial gdod Suit the new Judge has given It lately was the.

Remark. much diftioguifhed for her good Setffo, high ftapJk Life, that, in we had Statefmen, who, though not remarki able, for their Hearts, had good ttiadt but thjt our prefent Set of Statefmen, ha'd as little of the Cunhingof the Serpent its the vi ihe Dou,.

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