Neti to the Governor's roor difflolved the Affe " agreeable tothe oy ew Sandee, Bat the molt ex- craotdimary part of the tranfaAfigg:is, that the Affembly Which facereded, was fallesed t0.fit, and to deliberate, aad carry os the ordipary bufineft of the (efion, without “fo mach as mentioging the’ fubjc& for which the former Affcmb!y wis diffolved ed; @ proceeding fo full of incon- Gtency andjirrefolation could not but expofe his Ma- jefty’s Councils to the ridicule of every Affembly through- o America, as futile and incongrucus io the highelt * pree, The propofitions that were then agitated were of the greate't importance to the Sovereignty of Great-Britain 5 refolutions had paffed the Affembly of Maffachufetts- Hay negative to the right of taxation, which the Britifh Parliament claims over all the'fubordinate parts of the Briuth empire, and circular letters had beem written to all her filter provinces, requ: fling them to unite with her 10 fupporting thefe refolutions, and tw difavow thofe letters which were looked upon, as the foondation of an un- lawful combination againit the fupreme power of the Brith legiflature. Bur neither the one nor the other of thfe points was obtained. The right of acquainting the filter colonics, with the deliberations of the refpeaive Avfemblies, in order to folicit their joint concurrence ia any meafure refpeAing their privileges is aflerted, and refolytions of the Afflembly of Maffachufetts-Bay in di- rect oppofition to refolutions, and even Adis of the Bri- tith Parliament, remain upon their journals to this day. In the midft of this minifterial eonted, an attempt was made to cru(h fome of the leading men who -were molt active in the gppolition, with a view to intimidate the reft; but iq this wo, the weaknefs of the Miniftry wus no lefs confpicuous than their wickednefs, for though they propofed to Parliament, and obtained its fanction for the revival of an obfelete law, made in the tyrar reign of Heory VIII. in order to bring over to be mihed here, men guilty of crimes masighibe fate, cd Y mitted in th: colonics, yer they had not refolution execute it, and the Afiembly protefted j v lof ir in dobre terms dp one ote of iuefe no minift-rs, and what they have not bee dom and good policy, is to be effedt ili foldiers are re sa Ba Ny aeie meus Die | PARIS, May 18, “RE has been an irfurrection at Tour 0 count of the fearcity Fe Tae i ¢ | of H it soem, bl been obliged to fleal away by might, and i top s coming ta Court, to inter fe ht oe st Ke { sf til people T he Ca amity is ain e Limotion aed Marche, where je is f rs ot ur thoufand nerfors have dj Prva) mm the means of remedying thefe great calamities: and corn is bringing into different ports; batit will require time to circulate it through the diffezent places where the want of it has been fo grievoufly felt. LONDON, June 4, The public are defired to take notice, that the fpilowing reverlions, places, and penfions, have been within thefe few months granted to reward tranfcen- » Gemt mérit towards the flate. To the Lord Mount- Aewart, the reverfion of the auditorfhip of the impreft, after the death of Mr. Aiflabie, 7oool. per annum. To Charles Jenkinfon, Efq; auditor of the accounts of the Princefs Dowager of Wales, and Sate confidential Secretary to the karl of Bute, the reverfion, after Sir Edward Walpole, of clerkthip of the Pells, q0oo!, per ennum-. To Samuel Martyn, Efq; Treafurer to the Princels Dowager of Wales, and the challenger of Mr, Wilkes, the reverfion, after Horace Walpole, Efq; Uther of the Exchequer, 2000!. per annum. ‘lo th® Earl vf Northington, already Teller of the Exche- quer, the reverfion, after the Duke of Chandos, for ‘ three lives, of Matter of the Hanaper, gcool. per an- mum, and 4oool. per annum penfion till it falls. To Thomas Bradthaw, Efq; Secretary to the Treafury, the reverfion of Surveyor-General of America, 2000 1. per 2oounr; and to f tah Dyfon, Efq; apenfion for three lives of 1opol. per annum, for his varioug dreds geries. ‘To Sir Fletcher Norton, Knt. Speaker of thie Houle, and {landing counfel to the junto, the Chief Julticethip of Eyre, with the augmented falary for life of 25001. per anoum, and larger expectations given by way of retainer. To Hans Stanley, Efq; keeper of Governor of the Ifle of Wight, 30001. per annum. How unreafonable is the national difcontent, when pub- Jic fervices are thus rewarded: and how readily ought the reprefentatives of the people to pay thefe debu of the civil lift, thus meritonoully contra@ed ! June 5. On Sunday night, abowt ten o'clock, as Mr. Venables, an eminent carcafe-batcher, who lived at the corner of Harrow- Alley, Whitechapel, and Mr. Kogers, a cabinet-maker, in the Minories, were pafling over Scepney fields, two footpads came up and demand- ed their moocy; one of them declaring that he kaew aa? of the robbers, and that he would not give up his money io fuch a rafcal, the two ruffians fhot them both dead onthe fj This account was taken from a per- fon who was hard by at the time of adtion, and who, after all, prevented the robbery of their mone), though not of their lives. Io es off they were heard go fay, ‘‘ Arrah, by Jefus, my dear liberty boys, we aré pow even with you for the difgrace which we fuffered et Brentford.” The frequency of murder is not to be wondered at, confidering the lenity lately thewn to fuch atrocious trimés. June 8. A celebrated Lady lately gave out that the was robbed of her jewels, &c. on which occafion her gal- ; Mant prefeated her with anew fer; bur accompaoying __ WWM aaction at the well tod of the town lateiy, ‘was forprifed to fee the fuppofed ftolen ornaments Fo up to fale. On enquiry he found the Lady had fold them to pay 8 debt of honour. "NEW-YORK, July 26. We are informed that a caufe of a very fingular nature is coming on to be tried in the Supreme rio hg me w- where a ng woman is plaintif, and a pak cman of Faaicoe defesdia: for breach of a pre- mile of marriage made in writing to the eg by the ‘ defendant, in the life time of his wife, fince deceafed, to be contracted with the pice after the death of the wife, provided fhe woul continue in her fingle fate, until fuch contingency might ha ; which the plain- tiff in her declaration fets forth fhe hath done, purfuant to, and in virtue of the defendant’s promife and aflump- tion as aforefaid; and by reafon thereof hath Jott her marriage, The adtion is laid for 30001, proc. money, WILLIAMSBURG, duguf 23. This day died NATHANIEL WALTHOE, Efq; of this city, He was a Geotleman well verfed in polite literature, and poflefled many amiable qualifications, It has been remarked of him, that he never uttered a difrefpeafal word of any one whatfoever, He was educated at Oxford, and the Temple, and was for many years Clerk to his Majelty’s Privy Council of this colony. To PEYTON RANDOLPH, Efg; Moprraronz. DUMFRIES, July a9, 17709. Sik, 1: | G obferved in the newfpapers of the roth | phe, the proceedings of thé committee of re bciators for the county of Norfolk, relative to the 4 Sharpe, Robert Spiers, commander, we thought it if cambent upon us, as no fuch committee was appointec ‘for this county, to make an enquiry refpedting the i i ip i his port. ntioned, as the fhip 1s now att a agers vabiather this matter comes properly under our department, we being only appointed as a committee of correfpondence ; but as we with to fee the ion invi ll as to irgin ‘ation inviolably adhered to, as we VaR eaten which might refult fi rom a gate ab & on fa interefting an or-afion, we thought it ot eetiard yo enquire of the Captain if fuch goods were tlt ce if ad dilpoted hey were not, how,he ha of — Soo which he pofitively afiured us they a pre then on board, he having landed them at ines the h of his affertion, de- Norfolk; and to evince the trut ally ne ape t t' Pa t he wae: willing that we Mound ie oa ma am fatisfactiow. Being furth r nen 8 ie i F nofe warchoufes the gods Were a : = Mould Gred fome fhort time to determine wheth a : a e who had receives nem 5 difclofe the perfon’s nam Sic twee le hould know ht the PEACE fecrets, the united offices of Cofferer and be comply with, as he retired the RVing any anfwer occafion, determin when, after fame evening without to the queition. His conduct, on this ed us to vilit him on board his thip ; + We Were convinced that flerted relative to the goods. not being on ue. It is our defire that thefe our pro- public, to the purpofe that an foot, in order to find out the Perlon who has infringed fo effential a part of the affo- ciation; and as the a fuch a publication is made, the more certain will be the difcovery, we have taken the liberty to addre{s this immediately to-you. We have the honour to be, te, Your moit obedience fervants, WILLIAM CARR, JOHN RIDDELE, THOMAS MONTGOMERIE, CUMBERLAND WILSON. “On Monday the 6th in(tant, died, in his 43d year, Col. WILLIAM GREEN, long a reprefen- tative for Culpeper, Lieutenant of the cownty, and Judge of that court. He was a mam whofe life wad fuch as to make his death univerfally regretted by all who knew him,’ ra : é t WILETAMSBURG, fuga/l as, AGREEABLE to the direétions » ASSUCIATORS, at their lift gentry appointed the members for each cou cuttoa the plan which had been fo ; F770. of the ——— ee, To be SOLD at Hanover court=houfe, on the firft Thurfday im September next, being court day, "THE valuable tract of LAND called SCOTCH TOWN, in that county, containing 4600 acrety either incre, or io parcels, as (hall (uit purchaters, A rea credit will be given, to be made known at the day of fle. On the third Thur/day in September, at King Willlam es being that court day, will be SOLD, on the terms, the MANSION HO of the late John Ro- binfon, Efq; in King & Queen county, with upwards of 1300 acres of high land, and above 600 acres of marsh ad- joing. Bood and fecurity to be given to EDMUND ,PENDLETON, PETER LYONS, SLAVES To be SOLD for ready money, to the higheft bidder, on Monday the 17th J Scyveruber, mat Adexendrin, hes Fairfax court day, EVENTEEN valuable SLAVE confiftiog of men, women, boys and girl; among the number are three Waluable oeaemon, a fawyer, a collier, a blackfmiths acarpenter, a miller and a baker. There will be fold at the fame time and place, a tract of LAND, lying on Pimmit’s Rua, near the Falla of Potow- mack, containing about 400 acres; fettled with four tene- ments, two of which are well improved with buildings. There is a good deal @f meadow ground on the run, it bending oa.the fame fortwo miles, and is well waseped and timbered. The above flaves and land are part of the eftate of John Ballendines and told to fatisfy adeb: due to the fubicriber. ud.f. HECTOR ROSS, Fufi arrived from AFRICA, Th Snow YANIMEREW, Tuomas ATKINSON, Mafer, with Two Hundred and Forty choice | Ee eA ete ee The fale of which will oegin at Bermuda Hundred, on Tturfday the 3cth infant (-/ag.) and costiove ull all are fold, by CARTER and TRENTS, NN. B. Merchants notes and orders will be received. AUGUST rs, 1776. [HAVE loft out of my pocket, or had taken from me, a FIVE POUND Treafury noce, num- bered 2059, having taken down the namber of that, with others, at the time I received it, but omitted toenter, and do not know, the date; however, as | believe there were only two emilflions of bills of that denomination, of fo high a nvmbar, one Jane 8, 17¢7 and the other O?oher 12, 1748, conclude 1 to be of one of thole dates, and re- quett the favour of thole to whom a bill of that number and value may be offered to make enquiry, and endeavour to trace its progrefs, fince the 3r{t ef laff moath, when I received it, aod did not mids it wil the oth infant, and ta vive intelligence of any dilcovery to me in yarelney o1 to ar Edmund Pendleton. \ will give a reward of FIF- TEEN SHILLINGS to any perfon that, havine found the {aid bill, will reitore 1t to = JOHN BURK. ———S Fredericksburg FAIRS : Admrs, are altered, bya late a of Altembly, from Fare and Oc- jober to May and September, "Uhe enfuing FA IR will be on the agth of the month ; and on that or the nips day, the inhabitants and newghboprag Gentlemen propole giving a genteel PURSE for ahoricface. Particulars will be advertifed in this paper, TAPPATHANNOCK, Augu/t 16, 1779. INTEND toon to leave this colony for a few months, I _ Wirtitam Woon, rer Now fying in Rappahsencek river, “ ? \A/ILL take in TOBACCO onedi oe Zo be SOLD on the fourth Thurfday i# next month, on the premi/es, A TRACT of LAND lying in Spot/yl- vania county, containing by eftunation 228 acres, whereon Major William Robinfon \ately lived, Allo five- ral likely NEGROES, and fome STOCK and HOUSHOLD FURNI TURE. Six months credit will be al'owed for one halt, and twelve months for the remainder, the purchaiers B ving bond and fecurity to the adminiftiators of John Robinfon, Elg; decesfed, 3 fo be RENTED, and entered on about the 1 $th of O&teber next, A WELL frequented TAVERN in the For terms and town of Dumyries, fituate near the court houfe. the faid town, particulars apply to the ‘uhferber, near 3 FOULHEE 1+ BS, For BR The Sutip Is TOL, CESAR, of confignment to apy merchant in Briffol, at ei pounds per ton, All Gentlemen inclined to hip are*theti aoe oe to deliver their notes or orders to Mu. james or Mr. George Lokimer, at Urbanna, Mi. David Jamefon ae. Tort, Me. a Smith at Hanover cown, Mr Joba Glaf- Sell at Frederichfburg, Mefl. Humphrey & John Hill, or ig ° the Captain on board. HE FIFTY POUN®) purfe, at Aguia, ig to be run for, on the fecond Thur/day in Septem ber next, on the fame terms as, the lull Se, tember puke —— for, The fubferibes is a fubliriber to the parfe, but bas.no horfe to run, Any Gentleman that is pot a fubfcriber, and has a run him on eafly gobd horfey may terma,. by applying to ELVER FON PEYTON. * I Bip, upnear Safex court: ee dark brindled cow with a white face, her mark ie @, crop, a hole, and underkeel io the right ear, and a.crop and Mit in the left. Ys Pofted, and appraifed to tl. 25%. _ MOSES KNIGHT. a. T= up in New ene county, a pale red heifer, ” about three years old, markedtawith an under, bit ‘ out of the right ear, and a crop-and flit in the left... d, and appraifed to rl. ros, , JOSEPH WATKINS, . - = SSE | — TAKEN up in Souths, a horfe ee ty Tex > acheaSityhe et ’ em tail, branded on the near tit ch WY . Appraif = oY Spr tea x ee _ =— ~ ee eat , ie Ky ra a on when he went a ae gee > er breeches, the coat ee white and brown thread (hodiains ’ pair Englifh and the other P Pup rede ide, > with black worlted fertit, twa “and fandsy, other : cloaths, He is pale faced, owe. bait which is light brown, about 6 feet bi be. in cs ow talking, and is a coachman - ey take en un andi. i Hand, SHILLINGS, farther, of in agy- lows. PULLS At a Court of Direors, AA of Affembly, fp “HOSPITAL for :the Ideots, Lunatics, ang Mind, held at the Capitol the 10th Day of Jaly, 1779.5 0 ome ORDERED, shat PEYTON BAN- CARTER NICHOLAS, JOHN BLAIR, jun.” THOM AS EVERARI _Efquires, be; mied-a Commuttee to agree on a ‘for the. AL, m and to advertife the building ahere@f; as allo to receive Propofals for that Pur of the feveral Modertakers, and to make report of their Proceedings ib¢ ‘ment Court, JACOB BRUCE, Cc. c. D,: : & v 23 HE Committee appointed have, in © Purfuance of the above Order, agteed on a Plan. © in for the HOSPITAL, and are recuy Undertakers, who may incline to engage im the Work, It is to be a large, commodiovs Brick Buildirg. and te be erected in or as near the City of Wiliiamsburg as conveniently taay be, to treat with all — —— =- COMMITTED to the gach of Eliza- eth City, on Sunday the xgth of Tui 4 Negro fellow named CUFFER, “i soofeihes Rat é be the property of Mr. Henry Delomey, of Mecklendur county. “Phe owner is detired to fend for the faid N gro, and pay charges to PORTSMOUTH, 7uly 17, 1770. SQ. so Sees, sia’ piste v. Mf away Sod aes Saati "THE partnerfhip of Mar/den, Hodg/on, vation agar Williamsburg, a dark mare, iving in Me years abou night th of Juiy lait, an and company, being diffolved by the death of . t pass its wah. then’ rT} na Sedcean 1 up todo sa Danist Ruark, a- one of their partners, who refided in | a ame ; rebel lem pedis pegs : bou 2 ears of age; § feet 4 or 5 inches high, of a I requelt the favour of all perfons that bave accounts ¥ her forehead, a witite {peck in one of ber eyes, and = t 22 years of ps red bumps in his face, open with that concern to call on me, and have them : laid off in lots, as may beft fuit the purchafers, Six r af this, will be fo kin fo to 4. ay ¥ 8) R Ss A L E, 4 months credit will be allowed for ons half the purchafe this asethod wo tetorn py nce, moncy, and twelve months for the remainder, an giving rental ihe rom ‘bood, with approved fecurity, to 3 nguyen ere RALPH WORMELEY, it . oe oh items flery brick houfe, with =~ rs perfon inclinable to Or Newfmend, : BIE Per tfancatly, PHILIP L. GRYMES, N. B. The trtiftees may be treated with at any time before the day of fale, at their refpedtive dwelling- houfe, ia the county aforefaid, WILLIAM CHURCHILL, { Truftees, ee A RON away laft April, out of the fork of James River, in Albemarle county, a Negro wan, named ADAM, he iss midling large fellow, and had on when be went away, an oznabrig fhirt, a cotton acket and es, his coat has hearts, on the hips, . behind, and e@ the fhoulders, doubled and quilted, with hore buttons, s sew bound hat, a remarkable large {car scrofe his left foot ; hie is a0 ontlandith fellow, has a down look, and {peaks broken Englith, has been taken up mear Col, Byrd's on James Rivet, was brough¢ up into Goochland county, and there made his efeape, and | expe& be will make down that way again. Who- ever takes op the faid fellow, and conveys him to me, ia, the fork of Famet River, thall receive forty thilliogs ‘gpward, belides what the law allows. 6 MARTIN KEY. i ———l tity I hell require the ufual toll for; preveat unoeceffary applications, of declarig » that T will a, a1 Fa Ee) FECT or elfewhere pos foe vhs Saaark sedate the manageme : 4 . agree, aot Only wotake caufe, unlefs my fee is fir paid down, or a bond gives for mitering, if they choofeit, at for ix yable, with intereft, 19 months after the date . & bet fog wherever floar or } bread of ed: Nor will any letter to i wt, I wi ag ws ae : the future, meet with the fmilled attention’, n We Didiay9 per goods, at the marker or antwes, that does not inclafe cither the fos, or fack 19 CRA cal, on three months bond {or it; and thet po perfoo may be deceived, they a Pe will pleafe to obferve, thas it is my determiped refoj to she Gh epy Gentlemas who may be tion, to pat every fych bond in fait, which is not dif- it Bean, which I think w Id ; sane, Bde tome of ge within one’ month fter it becomes payable, : te leegely o makiag wheat) will the above terms, will meer with would recom- Jedgments, and ay depend upop the. vbat erve them, With regard to thofe, to Weigh it, who, at the time they pretended to be my friends, could will'be- cooly fer ftill, and fee me reduced to the neceffity of the buyer, but if felling my flaves to a very great difadvantage, and yee with-hold the fimall fums due to me, which, if paid, mmeach would have removed that neceflity, I leave it to theig own hearts to determine, whether they deferve any fur- thes indulgence. Every perfon therefore indebted to + me before the frit day o January lat, whe does not ———ennn—nememer before the firlt day of 4ugufi next, either fend ; ney due, or a band for the fame, payable with interefR E fubfcriber thinks proper to.in- '” 1? months, may depend upon being fued immediate- nae BAN aid ly after that time, in the General Court if the fum d that he purpofes beginsing to amounts to Ten Pounds, i ile che VS on the 12th day of Septem. mrity, ber next, and : 9 contiane the fame until Fu/y following, i™» if under chat fom. at bis houfe, fix miles from Winchefter: The fitvation a. " terms for each patient feckost ee for incenlation, and 203.4 week Indian creek, wallt acre jpefelf that his experience in Europe, and RUN away from the fubfcriber three we imoculatiog ig this county, will i ; render any ee Grbudowl. regularly qualified, un- out § feet 7 inches high _ Meceflary. ‘Yo thefe he chufes to appeal, rather than 4, by trade a thoemaker; alfo alight Mulatto, abou * tion; likewife the each, Potted, and Ss eS ee GEORGE SMITH, jun, a s es ‘Ne in May lat, on the head of —- rw ebeereck, Norfolk count dark AKEN up, ip G/ouceffer count fy lat fall, afmall horfe o bra tf 8 Atte bay colt, abous 8 months a 3 a bands tigh, Pas ——— es Pott . half ', and about 13 and 2 4 THE EXECUTORS, — praifed to 262. WILLIAM POLLARD.” sheds high. a ae JAMIN’ GRIFFIN, f. - ieee WILLIAMSBU RG: Printed by WILLIAM“RIND * U Perfons ; . KR , at the NEW PRINT! NG-OFFICR Be: a Fob af ae es mith this GAZETTE at 12/6 per Year ADVERTISEMENTS oe ne Main-Street,