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Marin. Tlie Confequenci of dreary Imp rifonment, and reftraineii was fy fatal to the pining and lodick Sfcfa thai during the firlt Year or her Confinement (he loft almoft entirely her Set cf Teeth. This (hocking Ci.tafirophe, hang no Secret to the polite World, the Ladies of Fire and Taftiion took the Alarm and to prevent fuch dite Effects from rcftraincd love for the future, they iojUntly inrtituted the Count, where Reltraint of Inclination it unknown, Lvt td Freedom being their Motto. We hear that in digging the Canal in Dullater Bog, near Ofyth, tht Workmen lately found confidcrable Number of Pikes, Swords, H.d berts, and fome Piftols without Locks, and the Skeletons of Men and Horfes, quite entire. Some of the Swords were fent to Glafgow, and the Mofs has preferred them fo well that they cannot be faid to be in the leaft cwnfuihed, though covered with Ruft.

It ii probable they have lain there fince dhe Battle of Kijlfyth 1645, when a Party of the Covenanters were dclcatrd by the Marquu of Montrofe, Tht Enemies of Lord Chatham accufe his Gout of being a Politician as bis Toe never complained, according to them, but when he defpaiied of making any Figure in the Tloufe. When any popular, Subject flartcd up, he laid afide his Crutch, and took up his Bed and walked. Is not the fame Obfcrvation applicable to the Fever and fwelled Face of Alderman Tewafend i Ou Saturday two Centlemen walking in Weftminfter Hall, one was beard to fay, If thefe city Crocers and Dryfalters are fuffered to to un punillhed, we fhall in the next Place have Chimncyfweeps and Shoeblack! diluting fhe Authority of the two Houfcs." But this Gentleman mould" emonber that the tneaneft Subject in Britain has the fame Right to qucf tion their Authority as the moft wealthy Man in the Kingdom, Some rninifterial Gentlemen have declared that if they get Mr. Wilkei net more into their Clutches they will take Care he (hall never give them Any more Uneafinefs. But we hope the Patriot will take care thefe BcaUc of Prey do not glut themfelves with fuch forbidden Fruit but if they do, ii will moft affurcdly produce their Fall, which would be more pleating to fea brought about by fume other Method.

GLASGOW, March 7. It is with Pleafure we can inform our Readers that the great Canal between Forth and Clyde is at prefent carrying on with the greateft Alacrity and Defpajch, and that there are now about fifteen Miles of it made and about twenty Locks almoft finifhed; and it ii (aid, by the End of the Year, the Canal will be navigable all the Way from the Firth of Forth to Kilfyth. I LI AMSBURG, May 9. ATTAIN Barron, who left London the 17th of March, (ays that on the next Day, while he lay in the Downs, be was informed that the Lttfd Mayor had been committed to the Tower, which Account was confirmed to him by a Vefiel that be met a few Days afterwards at Sea, and kept Company with for fome Time, bound to New York and that thl Populace had cut the Ears and Tails off Lord North's Coach Horfcs, and demolifhed the Carriage entirely. We hear likewife that the Merchants of London, by Subfcription, had effered to bail the Lord Mayor for rive Millions and, on its being reiufed, mm vui fsciwiuuun inane lAunon me cann ior mat wnoie sunt.

On Monday laft the following Criminals were brought to the Bar of the general Court, to receive Sentence. Richard Sowei butts, and Charles Tackfon, for Felony, condemned. Henry Collier, from $urry, for Murder, and Peter Brown, from Din kiddie, for Felony, burnt in the Hand, and twelve Months Impiifonment. ARRIVALS. In James River.

Savannah La Mar, Tomlinfon, Betfey, Danby, Randolph, Walker, and Molly, Barron, from London and Bowman, Itevenfon, from Glafgow. In York River. Catfar, Wood, and Brothers, Emms, from Br'iftol. May 4, I77 To the Reverend the CLERGY VIRGINIA, Reverend Brethren, IT LATELY took the Liberty, as would appear from the publick Papers, I of requefting a full Meeting of the Clergy as upon this Day but as I avc been made to under Aand that Notification was not taken in the Senfe J.defigned it mould have been, and therefore has not produced the Effect intended, I find mvfclf obliged to repeat my Solicitation for that Purpofe. I therefore now propofe, and requeft of yon, that a Convention of the Clergy may be held on the 4th of the next Month, at ten o'Ciock in the Forenoon, in the College of Vlllam and Mary, And that the exprefs Intention of applying to you for this Convention may not poflibly be mif apprehended by any Perfons whatfoever, I have judged it proper here to mention that the Subject I fhall then recommend, to your moft ferious Confederation and Attention will be one that muft appear of the highefk Importance, namely, the Expediency of an Application to proper Authority for an Amtr'uan Epifcopate.

I beg Leave to add my molt earned Hopes and Wihes that we may all then meet well difpofed to embrace auch Sentiments, and enter upon fuch Refutations, as (hall bc nwA he 'a epming ourfclves, and at the fame Time give no juil Occafion of DhTatif fcdtion or Uneafinefs to the candid, the difpamonate, and unprejudiced fart of the Laity. I am, with true Regard, Mttiam tt Mary College, 7 Your aficChonate Brother, 1 The COMMISSARY. TP Treafurer, Truftees, and Subfcribers to the Fund for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Clergy sncn, met on the 4th Inftant, according to Appointment, and made Col sections at the Church on the Day following, from whence they derive the Sum of fixty one Pounds nine Shillings, which they cannot reflect upon without a deep Senfe of the Obligation they are under to the bountiful Contributors. The SumVrdcred before the Meeting broke up, on the 6th, to be diftributed among fix Widows, and feveral Orphans, is fixty Pounds fifteen Shillings. The Officers appointed are the Reverend John Camm, Treafurer; the Reverend Robert Barrett, 1'bomat Pritt, Alexander Cruden, Samuel Klug, William Vunaf, and Priet Davis, Truftees; Mattbetu ilaary Preacher in the Forenoon, and KrJlLtu 14 Prcachu iu the Afternoon.

By Order JACOB BRUCE, Clerk. a ALL Perfons that have Demands againft the Eftate of John Perfon, late of Southampton County, deceafed, arc defired to produce them properly authenticated, as we intend to fettle that I (la IS at Southampton Oiloltr Couit. Preference will be given to Judgments, Bonds, Notes, and then Accounts as far as the Eftate will no. BENJAMIN PERSON', 7 RICHARD CLIFTON, ALL Perfons that have Demands againft the EAate of Cbriflcpber Cl'mb, deceafed, are defi red to make them froperly authenticated. Preference will be given to Judgments, Bonds, and then Accounts as far as that EAate will go.

i SAMUEL YEARGAN, Administrator. WHEREAS the Copartnery between MefT. George Kipten, and Company, Merchants of Glafgow, was dif (blved the firft of laft Stptmher owing to the Death of fome of the and Mr. IfflliaM Mitchell was appointed to colled the Debts then due at their different Stores, thofe indebted, whofe Accounts, Bonds, or ether Specialties, are put into his Hands, are defired to pay him their refpettive glances. The long Indulgence already given leaves no Room to expect farther.

The Stores are continued as formerly, by a new Corrpany, mder the old Firm. JAMES LYLE. Subfcriber has for Sale, for the Benefit of certain Creditors cf William Satttrtebitc, two Hundred and fixty eight Acres of fine rich LAND in Pittfyhania County, whereon Jemtt BUvini formerly lived. The Terms may be known by applying to me, vxdarUttt. Il PAUL CARR1NGTON.

CUMBERLAND, April 17, 1771. "I7HEREAS on the 1 5th oi December laft I bought a Negro Girl named SILLER, 'of a certain John Ai roldotSpttfylvamd County, fcr the Sam cf fifty two Poundi fiitecn Shillings, to be paid at a future Day, and have teen Cnce informed that the faid Negro under an Encumbrance, wjiich I am rather inclined to believe, as AtoM, by earncft Entreaty, pievailed on me to give iny Bond for the Purchafe Mone aforefaid, payable to Mr.Satr.uJTerple, alleging that he imervlcJ, with that Money, to purchafe a of Mr. TewpU, who vcuid fooner take a Bond payable to hunfrlf thao afligneti One, I therefore requeft the Favour of any Perfon who claim Title to, or InUTcft in, the (aid Negro, to inform or of theame as foon as poifible. all 1 f. jvi.

11 rmricrtt A arilaft tic faid Bond. A CHAR. AH IIEKDRIClC, WILLIAMSBURG, Mry 1771. THEREBY give Notice to all Pcrfons concerned in the Caveat that they attend at the Council Cham ber cn the Wedntfdey immediately after the fccc nd Turf Jay in next Month. (By Order of the Council) jukn BLAIR, Junior, C.

C. WHEREAS Mr. Edward Voss, on or about the toth cf January laft, told me two Negro Boys, to wit, David fo forty five Pounds, and Ben for fifty Pounds, at which Time I grantedyny Bond to the faid Vtft for the Sum of ninety five aforefaid, payable the firft Day of the next enfuirtg having fince fully paid ihcfCojifidcration of forty five Pounds for Davit, finding that I haveJfcnimpofed on in the Sale of the other Negro Boy Sen, I do hereby caution all Perfons from taking an Affignment of the (aid Bond. fl GERARD BANKS. WHEREAS it has been reported, by certain fly and malicious Perfons, that I have kept Filmer Mart.

from vifiting his Wife and Child, which he placed at my Houfe, I do nere declare that the faid Report is entirely falfe, and that the faid Mart has Jiltf, and ftUl has, free Liberty to vifit his wife, or remove her to any Place of Peace and Safety when iie dull think proper. Ill CHARLES MILES. AS my Hulband Filmer Moore has publickly faid his Mother would fooner live in a hollow Tree than with me, and has removed me to my Father's Houfe, with Promife to come and live with me until I could be better provided for (which I can prove by divers Witnefles) but fince has faifined his Word, and has' perfidioufiy abfented, and kept himfclf from me thefe fix Months, without any Provocation from me (fo that bt bat thftd fnm me, end not I frem bim) I do here declare that I intend to remain in the Situation he has placed me until he does come and account for the undefei ved fcandalous Treatment which I have received at his Hands. And as he has forbid all Perfons from crediting or entertaining me, I can prove this to be only Spite and ill Will for I have not run him in Debt one Farthing, nor removed from my Station wherein I was placed by him, ill ELIZABETH MOORE. ivupcu me jaic vi mc pcnonai tuace 01 ine lace joon merctr, ago near Williamjburg, be living, and will apply to the Subfcriber, he will hear of Something greatly to his Advantage'; or if he be dead, any Perfon who can inform when and where he died will oblisrc GEORGE NORFOLK, May 7, I77 HpHE TALLOW CHANDLER'S Bufinefs is carried on by the Subfcriber, at the Not Am 1 i can Coffee houfe, in Ckunb Street, where he makes and fells the belt moulded CANDLES at ten Pence Halfpenny a Pound by the Box, and dipped Ones at ten Pence a Pound by the Box.

All Mafteri of Velfcls, and others who pleafe to favour him with their Cuftom, may depend on hi uuaoft Endeavours to give Satisfaction. Genteel LODGINGS, with good Stabling for Horfes, on the moft reafonable Terms. 4 R. PEARSE. To be SOLD at Richmond, on Monday the 20tb of this Injlant (May) FIFTY likely SLAVES, chiefly young Men and Women.

The Purchafers will have Credit ic fuit themfelves; and great Bargains may be had for ready Money or Tobacco. An undoubted Title will be made by 1 DAVID ROSS. LOST, on the ad of April, a SILVER WATCH, with a Cap over the inner Work, marked James Ltckie, No. 133, and runs on Diamonds. A Reward of TWENT SH1LLINCS will be given to any One that brings it to the Poft Office.

AS upwards of twelve Months are now expired fince the Store kept in Effex County, by Mr. William Sncd grafs, on Account of MefT. Job" M'Call and Company, Merchants in Clafgctu, has beendifcont'unued, thofe Pcrfons indebted are defired to make immediate Payment to the Subfcriber; for as many of the Debts have been feveral Years due, no longer Indulgence can be given. JAMES CAMPBELL. CHESTERFIELD (Catlike) May 1, COME Time laft Fall a CARPET was left at my Houfe by fome Negroes, the Sie of it about eleven Feet by ten, which the Owner may have on proving his Piopeity and paying for this Advertifement.

JOII BAUCH. WILLIAMSBURG, Apiil 30, 1771. ABOUT a Fortnight ago I lent a dwnnifti bay coloured Horfe twelve Years old, fourteen Hands hijh, with a hanging Mane and Bob Tail, branded on the near Buttock toaNero Man belonging to Mis. Dirges, dece fed, to go to trotman on a Malice from the Family the Negro is returned, and (ays he Cither flravcd or was ftokn from him at Ghuifier Ccurtboufe, on his Return. The Hoife Uots, and grdlofs, and work well.

I iU give TWENTY SHILLINGS to tgiy that will brice lain dk i lENi WALLER. NORFOLK, May 8, 1771. AS I have mentioned my Expectations of giving up Jamtt OmplxH and Company's Bufinefs, I take tht Method to acquaint our Friends that we have cttne to a farther Agree ment, and that I (hall continue to do their Bufinefs as ufuai. We have for Sale CORDAGE of all Kindi, LEATHER of aU Kinds, Weft ldi GOODS of all Kinds, Continent REFINED SUGAR, and, iu fhorr, will always be glad to fupply our Friends with any Coods they want at our Market. ALEXANDER' LpVE.

"Jo be SULOitt York Towny tn Tucfday tht th Infant ALL the pcrfonal Eftate of the late TLomsi Jaefiii, deceafed, von fifting chiefly of HOUSEHOLD, and KITCHEN FURNITURE. Citdit will be alkwed until the 10th of Wnext for Sums execedint twenty five Shillings, provided the Purchacrs jrive Borxl and Security to 1 LEWIS TYLER, AdmiruArator; N. B. Perfons who bave Demands againft that Eftate are defired (o prefent them legally adjufted, and thofe indebted thereto aie defired to nuke immediate Payment. To bt SOLD by thl Sbbfiriberst uttbtir.

Store ir upen tht tm rtafonalle Ttrms ALARCE and genteel AtJortmcnt of GOODS adapted to the Seafon, juft opened. Likewife a Quantity of Irijb and Gtrmtn Linens, Lritijh and Ofoabiugs, Rolls, Nails, Ironmonger) and Hlrdwart of all Kinds, Shoes, Saddles, Pewter, Haberdalhery, checked Linens, Sail Canvas, Earthen and Glais Ware, Powder and Shot, Hats, (St put up in Packages for Wholelale Herrings, in Firkins atd Hall Barrels, Barley in Kegs, and a few Seiues from twenty five to fifty Fathoms. HECTOR M'ALESTER; Co. Pursuant to the laji Will and leltamtnt of Mr, Andrew Cubbin, dtceajedi will It txpofed foSLE, intbtTewn of Petcrfbtrrg, on the loth Injlant. May) ON Acre LOT in the new Addition to the aforefaid Town, the Improvements thereon) all his Houfehold Fornituie, a blooded Mare, and jtwo Horfes.

Six Months Credit will be given for aU Soma aboxermy Shillings, giving Bond and Security. a DOROTHY CUBBINS, Executrix. N. B. All Pcrfons indebted to the above Eftate are defired to coin Jujl IMPORTED, and to be SOLD cheap for ready Monty, by the Suhfiriber in Williamfburg, A NEAT and ELEGANT ASSORTMENT To s9f wJe 5' tf on tht tt rremijeSi for ready Money, or Merchants NotetpayabU rAPER Hangings Cm, of various Khds, and oftheneweftFalhions, for Staircafes, Rooms, and Ceilings namely, emboded, Stucco, Chintz, Ariped, Mofaick, Damafk, and common.

reafonableltims. Rooms papered in the neateft Manner, and on BENJAMIN BUCKTROUT. MAY 4, 1771. TTHE genteel Contribution at Hanover Court laft, for the Emolument of my Wife and Children, demands the greateft Acknowledgment. I do therefore very fincerely return my moft giateful Thanks to my worthy Benefactors, and inform them that the Money raifed was, by the Truftees, laid out in the Purchafe of four of my Negroes, and fettled on my Wife for her Life, and after her Death On our Children.

HARRY TOMPKINS. RICHMOND, May 6, 1771. ALL Perfons indebted to the Eftate of John Kerr, deceaicd, at Wilton, are defired to make immediate Payment to the Executors before HenrUt Junt Court, and not depend on any longer Indulgence. Thofe who have got any Demands againft the Eftate are defired to make them known, and they fhall have them difcharged by a JOHN CLARK, Executor. May 2, 1771.

wet Weather laft November having JTVTTI JLilVIU VJCOIgC, A VALUABLE Tradl of TOBACCO LAND, in the County of Clsr. fate, lying on both Sides of BndUujt Creek, near Film's Ferryl containing five Hundred and twenty five Acres there is a well accuAomed) Griftmill on the faid Land, which is well fupplied with a con ant Stream of Water. FEILD Sf CALL. On the firji Monday in June next, at the Co ur thou ft ef Charlotte County, will be SOLD, THREE Hundred and fifteen Acres of fine TOBACCO LAND, whereon William Holt now lives. It is attended with every C01.

venience that can be expedled from any Land tliat County. Pofieffipo will be delivered at next. ill ANDREW lobe SOLD by Virtue of a Decree Prince Edward County Court, Pittfvlvanu Com Day, in June nextt at the Ccurtboufe of that County SIX Hundred and twenty Acres of LAND in the faid County at PUt Jylvania alio two SLAVES, late the Prop sy of Richard Ferryman. The faid Perryman lives on the Land, and will (how it to any Perfon in clinable to purchafe. i GEORGE MOORE, To be LET to the lowejl on ThumifUe Ztb of Auguft nex at Lunenburg Courthsuje, sTTHE building of a Church near the Retdi Creek old Church in the Efquire, the Remainder, confuting of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE I faid County, nxtyreetlong, twenty eight Feet wide, and eighteen I A I I It (except Beds, which are fold) about feven Hundred Ounces of fafhionable PLA TC, a genteel COACH, with HARNESS for fix Horfes, a CHARIOT, a great Collection of well chofen Books, will be fold at Marlborough, on Monday the 27th of this Month, if fair, otherwile next fair Day.

Purchafers above five Pounds will be credited until the next September Fair, giving Bond, with Security, bearinglntereft from the Day ot Sale the Intcreft to be abated if the Principal is paid by the Day when due. The very beautiful Horfe RANTER is yet unfold. Five per Cent. Difcount will be allowed for ready Money, Vc.Tcls will attend at pajhytanxy, as at the laft Sale. A SOBER Man that has been ufedto Bookkeeping, who can come well recommended, and will engage for a Tenn of Years, may hear where he can get good Wages by applying to the Printer.

HANOVER County, May 1, 177 1. Feet Pitch in the clear. About one Hundred Pounds will be paid to the Undertaker in Qtldir next, Half the Balance ia Otloler 1772, and the Remainder in Oe'f 1773, by the Truftees. The Plan and Articles concerning the above mentioned Church may be feen at any Time between the Date of this Advertifement and the Day cf Jetting, by applying ro the Reverend Mr. Jumtt Craig, at the Glebe, in Cumberland Parilh, in the faid County.

a apOMMITTED to the Jail of Cbejlerfield County, on the 19th of April, a Negro Man who fays his tfame is MINCO, and that he formerly belonged to George Rankin, of Serjfclk County, but cannot or will not tell his prefent Owner's Name. He is middle fized Fellow; well made, his Clothing a black Waiftcoat, the two fore Skirts Plum, an eld fpotted Corton Waiftcoat, a Pair of yellow Thickfet Breeches, and an Ofnabrug Shirt. The Owner is defired to prove his Property, pay Charges, and take him away, JAMES BALL, Jailer. IF a Perfon named Dean (a Nephew of Abtl UN away from the Subfcriber, in Gloucejfer Dean, of Clifton, near Briflol) who was fuppofed to refide fome Time XV County, the, 1 ft of November laft, a likely Virginia boin Negro Woman named iuu l. aoout lour cci cigm or ten incnes nign, and Has a large Scr on one of her Arms.

She was formerly the Property of Mrs. Churcbiil oi Middieftx, and is fuppofed to be lurking about there, or Mr. Jtbn Smith's Plantation in Lancafler. Any Perfon that wiil apprehend the faid Negro, and deliver her to me, dull have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. PETER W1ATT.

J. To Mtjf. Puadie fjf Dixon. GENTLlMtN, wosrotK, lpnlv, 1771. your laft Paper 1 obferve a Piece figned MiANWitt, concerning a Bill of Exclwnge, in which the Initials L.

and P. are made Ufe cf. make no Doubt but they are intended f.r Mr. Lcyall and myfelf, and that it is the Production of fome infamous Fellow, whofe own Character will not (land the Teft, and whefe fele Study mult be to crcate and fup oit Difturbances atncnpft us. 1 think it my Duty to inform the Pub lick that it is a falfe malicious Infmuation.

We hl (hipped Goods to MefT. Crofbie and Company, cf Lherfool, in 'January, to the Amount of four Hundred and fifteen Pounds thirteen Shilling and four Pence, ai.d at the laft June Court Mr. Loyall propoled drawing on thofe Gentlemen for two Hundred Pounds, which Money he believed he fhould have Oc cafion for before he left JVilHanflurg. My Bufmefs calkd me away before him, and he drew for that Sum, not doubting but he had a Right 10 to do. I (hall be glad if Mr.

Mean well wiil dittover himfelf, that I may at leaft infoim him that he ought not to meddle with my private Affairs. MATTHEW PHR1PP. WILLIAMSBURG, May 2, 1771.. HpHE Subfcriber carries on theMlLLlNERY BufirJiathcrSliopncxtDoortoMr. Robert Andrfonx and has for Sale grat Variety of Articles in that Way, with TOYS, Sttaf burg, Rappee, Weficnt, and Scotch SNUFF, CJc, She makes Ladies Hats, Bonnets, Cloaks, and Cardinals and mounts Fans, in the neateft Manner.

MARGARET HUNTER. To the I K. ACLERGYM A of tlie Church of England, a fober yeung Man, with a good Character, would feive a a'Minifttr to a Church in any of his Majelty's Plantations, upon Trial, on reafonable Terms. He to lentil Ladies and Gentlemen the Fitr.cb, Latin Greek, and EngHOj Languages, Itcok Vetping by double Entry, Algcbia, rr.ctry MeUrin, i'uivcyin, Mtchanicks, Fortification, Gurncry, Navirtiin, and the Ufe tf the Globes ar.d after a natural, ar.d curcife Method, without Buiii.cn to the Mcnv.y. For Partirulars, Letters diietted (Pelt paid) to the Reverend W.

i'. to the Cre of the Revet end Thomas Smith, Rtitcr cf Cyle l'arifli in Petcicmaik, Vu ginia, will lavc proper Ar.lvers as foon as poC'iblc. For A THE new Ship ANNE, Earthen abotit three Hundred ar.J firvmiy Hvghc.di Tcbacco. She will te tcady to uVt in a Carto by titc xcth cf My. Fvf Tenns spply to Sutfcntcrs, In i.

WILLIAM Hi JOHW.