Printed and publish'd by C. POPE, and C°. at the Printing- office in STALL- STREET : Where PRINTING in all its Branches is perform'd on the most reasonable Terms, and in the neatest Manner. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1761. FORTITUDE. PERILS, and Misfortunes, and Want, and Pain, and Injury, are more or less the certain Lot of every Man that cometh into the World. It behoveth thee, therefore, O Child of Cala- mity ! early to fortify thy Mind with Courage ; and Patience, that thou mayest support, with a becoming Resolution, thy allotted Portion of human Evil. As the Camel beareth Labour, and Heat, and Hunger, and Thirst, thro' Desarts of Sand, and fainteth not ; so the Fortitude of a Man shall sus- tain him thro' all Perils. A noble Spirit disdaineth the Malice of For- tune ; his Greatness of Soul is not to be cast down. He hath not suffer'd his Happiness to depend on her Smiles, and therefore with her Frowns he shall not be dismayed. As a Rock on the Sea- shore he standeth firm, and the Dashing of the Waves disturbeth him not. , He raiseth his Head like a Tower on an Hill, and the Arrows of Fortune drop at his Feet. In the Instant of Danger, the Courage his Heart sustaineth him; and the Steadiness of his Mind beareth him out. He meeteth the Evils of Life as a Man that goeth forth unto Battle, and returneth with Vic- tory in his Hand. Under the Pressure of Misfortune, his Calm- ness alleviates their Weight, and his Constancy shall furmount them. But the dastardly Spirit of a timorous Man be- trayeth him to Shame. By shrinking under Poverty, he stoopeth down to Meanness; and by tamely bearing Insults he inviteth Injuries. As a Reed is shaken with the Breath of the Air ; so the Shadow of Evil maketh him tremble. In the Hour of Danger he is embarrafs'd and confounded; in the Day of Misfortune he sinketh, and Despair overwhelmeth his Soul. The TRIPLE MARRIAGE: A NOVEL. MEN frequently exact from others a Conduct, which they make no Scruple of violating themselves, tho' nothing can be more unreasona- ble than to make an Exception in our own Fa- vour, and exclude others from the Privileges we assume ourselves. The following Transaction is a remarkable Instance of this unaccountable Dis- position. Mr. WILFUL had, at the Age of five and twenty, married a young Lady contrary to his Father's Consent ; yet when arrived at the Age of Fifty, he exerted himself in the most tyranni- cal Manner imaginable, to force a Wife upon his Son, and a Husband upon his Daughter, for whom they both had the utmost Aversion, and not without Reason. The Spouse which old Mr. WILFUL proposed to his Son, was a rich Widow, advanced in Years, who had but one Eye; the Husband he intended for his Daughter was ten Years older than him- self ; but he was of Opinion that his great Riches could not fail of making his Daughter happy, notwithstanding the Disparity of their Ages ; yet he himself had formerly married for Love a young Woman, who had no Accession of Fortune ; to great are the Changes that the different Periods of Life produce in the same Person. Young WILFUL, and his Sister LEONORA, mutually condoled with each other on the Per- plexity of their Situation, which was greatly ag- gravated by the Affections of both being already fixed upon other Objects. LEONORA had for some Time conceived a Passion for a young Officer, who in Person and Accom- plishments had few Rivals, though his Fortune was not answerable to hers, which she knew would be an insurmountable Objection with her Father. — The beautiful ROSALINDA had captivated the Heart of Young WILFUL, but the Smallness of her Portion had made him fearful of disclosing his Passion to his Father, even before he had pro- posed to him the above- mentioned disagreeable Match. Nothing could surpass the Uneasiness they felt, at finding themselves not only without Hopes of being united to the Objects of their Love, but daily pressed and importuned to marry the Objects of their Hatred. They both, however, resolutely declared their Resolutions never to give their Hands where they could not give their Hearts ; and their Father being at length tired out with their Constancy, desisted from urging as before. Thus was one of their Grievances removed, but still they could not be happy, whilst they saw no Hopes of arriving at the Completion of their Wishes. Their Conversation, when alone toge- ther, consisted entirely in lamenting the Cruelty of their Fate, and endeavouring, by mutual Con- solations, to alleviate each others Distress. They could not, however, long bear this Re- straint upon their Inclination ; LEONORA was soon after privately married to the Captain, and ROSALINDA to Young WILFUL. They all formed a Resolution to keep their Union secret ' till the Death of Old WILFUL ; and as they found Means to have frequent Inter- views in private, perhaps tasted the Pleasures of conjugal Love in a more exquisite Manner, as it by that Means had a Resemblance to unlawful. This Dissimulation was not, however, necessary for a long Time; an Accident ( which will be mentioned hereafter) produced an entire Change in the Behaviour of Old Mr. WILFUL. From the most despotic of Fathers, he all on a Sudden became one of the most indulgent. Young WILFUL and his Sifter observing this, formed the Design to discover their being married, to the old Gentleman, and implore his Forgive- ness. This they did, and the latter, after some Hesitation, granted it; but, added he, it is upon Condition that you in your Turn, bear with my Frailties and Imperfections. You mull know, my Children, that I have married privately my- self; behave well to your Mother- in- Law, and you shall never have any Reason to complain of me. Both Young WILFUL and his Sifter were transported at receiving this Information, and as- sured their Father in the most emphatical Terms, that they would behave in the same dutiful and affectionate Manner to their Mother- in- Law, that they had done to their Mother. Thus were all Parties satisfied at last ; though Old Mr. WILFUL found himself exposed to the Raillery of his Acquaintances, for having fallen a Victim to Love in his old Age ; and by marry- ing a young Woman without a Portion, violated thole prudential Maxims to which he had for many Years so strictly adhered. Some Time after, he died, leaving his Estate to his Son, and a considerable Jointure to his Wi- dow, who shewed her great Affliction at his Loss, by marrying a Colonel of Dragoons before the Year was expired. On Mr. PITT'S RESIGNATION. HENCE does the Gaul exult ? Can BROG- LIO boast At length one Battle not entirely lost ? Or has the Spaniard their Alliance join'd ? Alas ! much worse— our PATRIOT has resign'd. Friday's and Saturday's POSTS. [*** No FOREIGN MAIL arriv'd.] London, October 8. ESTERDAY an Express arrived from Spain, in which it is said, the Spa niards have declared their Intentions were not tor breaking the Peace with us, but only to act as a Mediator between England and France. A Let: er from Cadiz in Spain to a Merchant in Town, contains the following remarkable Ex- pressions. " The Partiality of the Spaniards to our professed Enemies the French, which, before was always too evident, becomes now every Day more and more notorious. Our Invoices and Bills of Lading are examined with the greatest Rigour, our Permits detained on the most trifling Preten- ces, our Goods frequently obliged to lie in the Warehouses for want of being examined by the proper Officers, and every Method used to our Discouragement, while the French are continually experiencing some new Token of their Favour and the Ships of that Nation permitted to pass al- most Duty free. We know not in what those Things will end ; but from the Frequency of the Expresses, which we are assured are constantly pas- sing from Madrid to Paris, and the great Prepa- rations making in Ferrol and other Ports of Spain, for fitting out Fleets, the Destination of which is kept an entire Secret, we look upon a War between Great- Britain and this Crown, as almost inevi- table, unless the mighty Men in Power, on your Side the . Water, should think proper to do otherwise. On Monday the Right Hon. Mr. Pitt resigned the Seals as one of his Majesty's Principal Secre- taries of State. It is reported that certain uncommon Heats which gave Occasion to a late Resignation, hap- pened in Council after the Departure of a great Personage ; who Yesterday, in several Hours Conference with a Right Honourable Commoner, signified his Pleasure, that the said Gentleman should by no Means think of quitting his high Office. We hear, however, on the other Hand, that Mr. Pitt will not accept of the Seals again. But says the Whitehall- Evening- Post, it is ge- nerally talked of that a certain Right Hon. Person has resumed his high Station. The Earl of Egremont, among several others, is talked of to succeed Mr. Pitt. The Report that his Grace the D. of B. was appointed Secretary of State in the Room of Mr, Pitt, we believe, is entirely fictitious, as his Grace was not at Court Yesterday. There is no Certainty who will succeed Mr. Pitt ; some mention the Hon. George Grenville, and others Mr. Charles Townshend ; but many expect M. Pitt will re- assume his Office, and we heartily wish we could assure it to the Public from Au- thority. There are many Conjectures concerning the Occasion of this Circumstance, but it is hop'd that a few Days will reinstate him, to the satisfaction of true Lovers of their King and Country's Interest. We are credibly informed, that at a late Grand As-- bly, a certain Noble D--- made use of such evasive Arguments, that a certain great C r could net refrain telling him they were absolute Falsities. Yesterday the Right Hon. William Pitt, Esq. late Secretary of State, was some Hours with the King at St. James's. It is reported that a certain Embassador residing here has wrote to his Court, to advise a Taurici- dium or Bull- Feast, upon Mr. Pitt's Resignation. The Scheme planned by our great Patriot, with Respect to the Spanish Court, is said to have been as follows, viz. to send fifteen Ships of the Line to join that Number already under the Com- mand of Admiral Saunders in the Mediterranean, to enter the Port of Cadiz, demand a categorical Answer from the haughty Spaniard, as to his having assisted the Enemy of Great- Britain ; and then, as the Exigence should require, burn, sink, or destroy, at full Liberty. Yesterday Admiral Rodney kiss'd his Majesty's Hand at St. James's, and is speedily to let out for Portsmouth. We hear that every Ship of War in our Service is to be speedily put into Commission. Yesterday Commissions were issued for raising three new Regiments of Foot. It is said, that M. de Bussy has received from the King,' his Master, a very great Present for his faithful Service in England. It is confidently asserted, that M. Bussy, in Conjunction with a certain Person, during his stay in England, acquired not less than 60,0001. by Stock- jobbing. It's said that Mons. Bussy is returning here, not doubting in the lead, but thole who assured him that the Nation could not carry on the War any longer, will conclude a peace with him now upon his own Terms. The Consequences of keeping a French M r here, have lately been experienced in a remarkable Degree, by the Dissensions which ensued on his going away ; they mult certainly have some very good Friends bete, who favour them with Intel- ligence, as on the 15th of May last, they published an accurate List of the whole British Navy, with their several Rates and Stations, from the highest to the smallest Vessel in the King's Service, whether in Harbour or out, and where. An Act of Grace is much talked of, as intended to be presented to Parliment at their Meeting ; an Instance of which has not happened since the first of Queen Anne's Reign. It is reported, that a Motion will be made in Parliament, for laying a heavy Tax on all Sorts of Quack Medicines. We hear that one Day last Week a young Coun- tryman, from Newcastle, who, for some Months past, has been an Out- door Clerk to an eminent Banker in Lombard- Street, was married to a young Lady of Distinction and Fortune, and that the Day after Marriage she transferred to him 30,0001. On Tuesday Evening died at her Seat at Lang- ley in Hertfordshire, Eii7abeth Dutchess of Marl- borough, Mother to the present Duke. Her Grace was Daughter of Thomas Lord Trever, and was married to the late Duke the 23d of May, by whom she hath left Issue three Sons and two Daughters. They write from Vienna, that Gen. Laudohn having repeatedly represented, that it was impos- sible to attack the King of Prussia in his advan- tageous Poll, without running the greatest Risks, Orders have been sent to him to content himself with assiduously attending that Prince's Motions, and to send a large Detachment to the Army of Marshal Daun, who would, on being joined by it, begin his Operations in Saxony, whilst a Body of 25 or 30,000 Russians would endeavour to lay Siege to Breslau. By Letters from Hamburgh of the 28th ult. we are informed, that the Inhabitants of Hanover had sent their belt Effects to that Place, and that five Waggons with Money were arrived there from Berlin, the Inhabitants there being appre- hensive of a Visit from the Austrian or Russian Troops, before the Close of the Campaign, as it was assured that a Plan was formed by the Gene- rals Laudohn and Butterlin to send a considerable Body of Troops into Brandenburg. [ I] [ N°. I.] AND Weekly GAZETTE. [ Price TWO- PENCE HALFPENNY. ] [ VOL. 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' 2 Letters from Hamburgh assert very confidently, that as soon as the Czarina drops, which from her bad State of Health may be soon expected) the Grand Duke of Russia, her presumptive Heir, is. so much piqued against Denmark, for its Beha- viour in Relation to Holstein, he will declare War against his Danish Majesty, who, on his Part, is labouring to be prepared against all Events ; and hath given Orders to the Officers of his Troops in Holstein, not to absent themselves from their respective Corps, on any Account, nor to give any Furlows to the private Men. Advice is said to be come from Cassel, that the Allies had fired red hot Bullets, and the French Garrison had made several Sallies, and fought with great Courage and Resolution; but being as vigorously opposed, they were drove back again with great Slaughter, not without Some Loss on the Side of the Allies; and that M. Broglio had made Dispositions that portended a bloody Battle between the Armies very soon. A Gentleman, who arrived in Town on Friday from Ausbourg, and who had a Passport thro' the Theatre of War upon the Lower Rhine, says, that when he came in Sight of Broglio's Infantry, he was never more surprized in his Life ; instead of their appearing like a regular and well disci- plined Soldiery, they were like a Blanditti, in Rags and Despondency ; they were worn out with Fatigue, and some were so puny, young, and weak, that they were ready to sink under the Weight of their Arms; their dejected, meagre, and sickly Countenances shewed the great Hard- ships they suffer by Famine, and discover an Un- willingness for the Service ; in a Word, the wretched Appearance which this Corps make is beyond Conception. They write from the Hague, that they are well informed that there is still no good Understanding between Broglio and Soubise, and that it is their Distentions which have tendered the Operations of the two Armies so ineffectual. The Margrave of Heise- Cassel, on the ap- proach of the French to Brunswick, retired to Lubeck. They write from Francfort, that two Couriers, dispatched by M. Broglio, have fallen into the Hands of the Allies. The last Letters received at the Hague from Paris were filled with the Preparations for War. According to Letters from Paris, they have a Report, that in Consideration of the Cession of the Island of Minorca, Spain is to lend his Most Christian Majesty a Fleet of forty Ships of the Line, and to accommodate him farther with a Loan of forty Millions. They write from Amsterdam, that the French quitted Embden on the 27th of last Month, after committing there, and through the whole Princi- pality of East Friezland, the most shocking De- vastations, maltreating Persons of all Ages and Sexes; confining Protestant Clergymen upon Bread and Water, and making use of every Me- thod to extort Money ; so that it is said, they have carried off at least 200,000l. Sterling out of that Country. An ESSAY on SOLITUDE. BOTH Sages and Fools are unanimous in the Admiration of Solitude, hut both from dif- ferent Motives: To the one it affords Scope to Contemplation, to the other Shelter from Con- tempt. The Contented enjoy it, the Discontented seek it. The Guilty need it, the Innocent love it. To seek the Shades of Retirement, in order to admire more at Leisure the Works of the Cre- ation ; to grow thereby, as it were, familiar with the Conceptions of GOD ; to harmonise the Mind to moral Beauty, by frequently contemplating upon natural; and to anticipate, in some Measure, the Bliss of Heaven upon Earth, is a Resolution worthy a Being, whose Soul is an Emanation of that eternal Source of Life and Light, that crea- ted all Things. But I am afraid the general Af- fectation for the Love of Solitude proceeds from different Causes ; and that the Abode of the truly Good and Great, is too often made an Asylum for Pusillanimity, Avarice, and Ill- nature. Are there any disappointed in their worldly Views ? They immediately fly hither, as the properest Place to conceal the Poornefs of Mind, too little and base to bear up against Misfortunes. Is the Thuft of Gold the predominant Passion? Where can the Wretch find a more advantageous Situa- tion, in which he could work his Mole Hills ? Is the Mind distempered and dissonant to Society ? ' Tis here the Rebel to his Maker chooses to groul at Heaven, and gratifies the Anguish of his en- vious Soul, to behold its benignant Dew cherish- ing the Earth. One would imagine front the political Scribblers, who blunder about what they have no Conception of, that the only Defence of Liberty, and Happiness of Life, consisted in an unnatural Separation from the Rest of out Species. Is any Thing more plain, than that GOD designed Men should live together ? For what Inconve- niencies attend the solitary State of uncivilized Nature? What numberless Advantages accrue alone from Society ? To the former Condition every Man, whole Moroseness, or Want of social Virtues, secludes him from Society, is in a Man- ner reduced : To the latter Emoluments the Good are admitted by Nature. The great Honours that were paid to the full Legislators, ever, sometimes Deification itself, evince how sensible After- ages were of the Utility of civil Compacts; nay, even now, divested of the fabulous Accounts of Anti- quity, we pay a just Veneration to the Accounts of AMPHIOn, ORPHEUS, and the rest, who bro't Mortals from the Caves and Dens of Wildernes- ses, to cohabit in Cities, and enjoy the Blessings of mutual Aid and reciprocal Obligations. And yet with what Enthusiasm do some Retrogades in Perfection call out upon Solitude! What En- comiums don't they bellow upon original Bruta- lity ; and what Invectives don't they cast indi- rectly against all the polite Arts of Life ! Should we come to examine more nearly into the true Sentiments of these Monkish Preceptors, we should find that their Benevolence and Know- ledge are much less than even the narrow and for did Terms of their Doctrine will express ; for the Men who detect the World, are generally those that are justly detected by it, and can find no Sa- tisfaction after their Disappointment, but from a forced Retaliation of Contempt. ' Tis from hence we hear so many Murmurs against present Times ; ' tis from hence Retirement becomes the Den of Misery, which ought to be the Temple of Repose. Thus much has been said of the Abuse of Soli- tude, and from what Motives the unnatural Af- fections for an ill- placed Love of it proceeds; let us now examine the other Side of the Question, and consider wherein its Utility may truly consist, and who are the properest to enjoy it. That Solitude intrinsically in itself is neither Good nor Evil, but takes its Quality from the Disposition of its Votaries, would be needless to prove. The Sage who retires, not in a capricious Humour to detach himself from the World, but to contemplate for the Use of his Fellow- Creatures ; and the Moralist, who diverts himself a- while of the common Cares of Life, to view his own Heart abstractedly, that he may be better qualified to act relatively afterwards, are the only Persons, to whom the Shades of Retirement afford Pleasure or Instruction : To these they appear like the Mahometan Paradise, whole Groves are said to yield the Fruit of Knowledge and Peace; to others they become a Panda Monium, and ten thousand ugly Shapes are continually haunting them about. When the Philosopher enters this divine Re- gion, his Soul, as if he had passed a Transmigra- tion, glows with new- born Vigour, or rather as- sumes the State, describ'd by PLATO in the Phae- don, when it leaves the Body. The Silence of a rural Scene, the not unpleasing Horror of the varied Light and Shade in the Woods, the Whis- perings of the Trees, and the unbounded Prospect of Heaven above, call up Meditation as by a Charm, and all her Train of intellectual Atten- dants. Behold, she comes, awfully moving to his pausing Eye! See! Indolence and all her Court of selfish Vices recede from her Presence ! Virtue precedes her, Beauty and Truth attend on each Side, and the laurell'd Sisterhood of Arts and Sciences immediately follow. In her Hand she bears the faithful Record of all Ages, and presents to his View Examples of whatever Wis- dom, Valour and Benevolence inspired. Here he reads the Institutions of SOLON, there the Patrio- tism of CURTIUS, and there the glorious Death of SOCRATES; whilst Honour excites " a divine Emulation to imitate such godlike Examples.— These are the Comforts that Retirement affords the Good, and the Good alone ! for Despair and Horror whisper in every Breeze to the Wicked, and even Silence itself becomes an ever- tormenting Companion. I shall conclude this Essay with a small Descrip- tion of an ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic on this Subject. There was the Picture of a Mirror upon the Walls of a Temple at Memphis, in which several beautiful and several deformed Pic- tures were viewing themselves, which was called the Mirror of Solitude; the former seemed justly contented with their Appearances ; but the latter had no sooner beheld their own Resemblance, than their Curiosity was directly changed into the most violent Disgust to the faithful Instrument, that had given them what they never would have received otherwise, a true Knowledge of them- selves. BATH. JOHN VIEL, Cooper to Mr. DeVic, Wine- merchant, Upwards of Twenty Years, Begs Leave to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry, & c. That he now carries on the WINE BUSINESS On his Own ACCOUNT, At his House in St. James's- Street, Opposite the CHURCH : And has laid in a STOCK of Good Neat Old WINES, Which he will sell as cheap as any Wine- Merchant whatever : Also fine Jamaica Rum and French Brandy [ Vol. By the King's Royal Authority. DR. Radcliss's famous Purging Elixir : Bring the only celebrated Cathartic esteemed in the World, which daily adds to the Character of that great Man, whose Name will live as long as the World shall endure; it far exceeding any Medicine yet experienced both in Quality and Quantity, being not of the Nature of those sweet Slops fold by this or that Name about the Kingdom, where the Sick are obliged to take four or five Ounces, or five or six nauseos Pills, which render Physic so obnoxious, that Thou- sands puke at the Sight of either Vial or Pill Box ; but, on the Contrary, it is a fine Bitter, which is the most grateful Taste to them ' that have Occasion for Physic; and tis reduced into so small a Quantity, that a Spoonful proves a sufficient Dose in most Consti- tutions ; requiring no Confinement, neither does it leave the Body bound, but gives two or three Stools A LOVE ELEGY. The POET bids FAREWEL to his MISTRESS. IMPERIOUS Love, whose secret Fire Long Time has prey'd upon my Breast, Each Wish presents, each vain Desire, In Fancy's gaudiest Colours drest: But stern impartial Reason cries, Thy self- deceiving Hopes resign ; Deluded Wretch ! suppress thy Sighs, Nor dare in secret Thought repine. THOU artless Fair One, Mistress, Friend, Thou first and best belov'd, farewel! What Griefs my Heart at parting rend Let Tears and broken Murmurs tell. With thee I hop'd, ah flattering Dream ! To taste the Sweets that never cloy ; But Fate o'erturn'd each airy Scheme Of social Peace, and guiltless Joy. O come, Religion, to my Aid, And sooth my anguish'd Soul to Rest; Bid me forget the lovely Maid, Bid me forget I once was blest. Farewel, thy Sex's noblest Pride! O may my happy Rival's Love, Crown'd with Success to mine deny'd, Like mine lincere and constant prove. Why weep for me ? At Heav'n's Command Soon shall I sink to soft Repose, And loon shall Death with pitying Hand This Scene of Grief and Folly, close. No more, with silent Pleasure fir'd, These Eves upon thy Charms shall gaze, No more, my Tongue, by Love inspir'd, Delightful Talk ! thy Virtues praise. The dear Companions of my Youth Shall oft my hapless Loves relate, Shall praise my Constancy and Truth, My Frailties mourn and early Fate. Those who please to favour him with their Custom, may depend OK being served in the best Manner; and their Favours gratefully acknow- ledge, By their much obliged and most obedient Servant, JOHN VIEL. COLDS caught at this Season, lay the Foundation for the worst Disorders. The following Medicine cures them, and prevents the Danger, often by a single Dose. Pectoral Balsam of Honey. A new- discovered Remedy for Coughs and Consump- tions, all Phthisicky Complaints, Asthmas, and tough Phlegm, Difficulty of Breathing, Hoarseness, and Stuffings- up of the Lungs. The Author of the Pamphlet on the Virtues of Honey, has found its fragrant Balsam may be se- parated from the grosser Parts; and is then a most perfect Dissolvent for all the other Balsams. The Greeks knew this, and he has endeavoured to re- store the Practice. This Medicine will be a last- ng Proof of its Utility : A Tea- spoonful contains the Virtue of to Ounces of Honey, and never disa- grees with any Constitution; it converts a Glass of Water into the Nature and Quality of Asses Milk, with this balsamic Addition; it takes off the Hectic which attends a Consumption, recruits the Strength, allays the Cough, and heals and preserves the Lungs. If it be in the Power of Medicine to stop the Ravage of that cruel Disease which cuts off such Numbers of our Youth, this Balsam will effect it. It is sold by Mr. Leake, Bookseller, in BATH ; Mr. Baldwin, and Mr. Jackson, in London ; and Mr. Brown, in Bristol: In Bottles . of 3s. each, sealed and signed by the Author. Where may be had, 1. 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The- Numbers who have found Relief from this Medi- cine prove that it has at least answered the Expecta- tion with which it was made public ; and fresh In- stances of its good Effects daily shew, that the Author is so happy as to have been of some Benefit to Man- kind. To prevent the Returns of the Gout has been found impossible ; but to relieve those who suffer, it is in our Power ; to reduce the Number, and shorten the Continuance of the Fits; and to alleviate the Pains of them: So much will be effected by His Medicine. And this is as much as a considerate Person would de- sire : In the Rheumatism, it it a certain and absolute Cure ; and the Disease never returns. The Dose is a Tea- spoonful in a Wire Glass of Water, Night and Morning. Its Operation is by miserable Perspiration, arid slightly by Urine. Price 3s. the Bottle, with Directions. 4. Essential Tincture of Golden Rod, The most successful Medicine now used for the GRA- VEL and STONE.— Each Bottles containing about 16 Doses; and is an effectual, Safe, pleasant Re- medy in all Degrees of those Complaint.— Price 4s. the Bottle, with Directions. firong Appetite, prevents Vo- miting, Reaching in the Mor- ning, Gripes and Pains in the Bowels, Difficulty of Breath- ing, and Morning Sweats, strengthening the Nerves; & there is no better Medicine in the World to prevent those Diseases which commonly at- tend Persons at Sea, occasioned by bad Air, Diet, & c. there- fore none who undertake long Voyages or Journies, ought to be without it, or omit taking it at Spring and Fall; the Price being ( for the Advantage of the Poor) but Twelve- Pence, tho' well worth Twelve Shil- lings : Great Allowance is made to them who sell it again. To prevent Counterfeits, observe that each Bottle is sealed with the same Arms as in the Mar- gin, end has a Label affix'd to it with these Words: Dr. Radcliff's Famous Purging Elixir, prepared by Dicey and Okell, ( whose Names are also in the Di- rection Bill) and sold Wholesale and Retail, at Dr. Bateman's Ware- House in Bow- Church- Yara, Lon- don; also Retail, Price is. by L. Latnbe, and W. Taylor, Grocers, & c. in BATH ; J. Ball, in Bridge, water ; A. Nurton, in Taunton; J. Brown, in Shepton- Mallet; W. Hancock, in Frame; J. Shoar, in Warminster; J. Stuart, in Bradford; R. Bishop, in Pensford; and by one reputable Shopkeeper in every City and Market- Town in Great- Britain,& c. Sold likewise by Authority of his Majesty's Royal Patents, Dr. Bateman's Pectoral Drops, ( for counterfeiting which, Randal, Russel, Jackson, and Clark, were found guilty, and paid considerable Costs) famous for curing Colds, Fluxes, Rheumatism, & c. & c. 1s. Dr. Fraunces's Female Strengthening Elixir, 1s.( 6d. Dr. Hooper's well known Female Pills, 1s. Baron Schwanberg's Liquid Shell, being a safe and Jure Dissolvent of the Stone and Gravel, gives immediate Relief in the Stranguary, Wind Cholic, Disorders in the Stomach and Bowels of Infants, preferable to any Cordials, 1s. 6d. Dr. Chase's. Restorative Balsamic Pills, for the Cure of Asthmatic Coughs, and to prevent Miscarriages, & c. 2s. Betton's True and Genuine British Oil, for Wounds, Ulcers, Strains, Bruises, & c. 1s. Also the Refined Oil, to take inwardly for Con- sumptions and Disorders of the Breast and Lungs, & c. 1s. 6d. Dr. Patrick Anderson'r Grana Angelica { beware you are not imposed on by such as Yool and other Hawkers from the North) or the True Scots Pills, paled with the Doctor's Head, between C. D. 1s. the Box round or oval. Dr. Bateman's Spirits of Scurvy- Grass, 1s. Dr. Baker'r Balsam, which certainly cures and prevents Putrefaction in the Gums, and strongBreatb, & c. 1s. 6d. Schwanberg's Original Universal Fever Pow- der 2s. Dr. Daffy's True Rich Elixir, Half- Pint Bottle. 1s. 3d. Dr. Bostock's, and Squire's Elixirs. 1s. 3d. Dr. Stoughton's Elixir, 1s. Frier's Universal Balsam. 1s. Ladies Court Plaister. 6d. and 1s. True Eau de Luce, in 1s.— 2s.— and 3s. Bottles. Turlington's Balsam of Life. 1s 9d. and 3s. 6d. Godfrey's Original well- known Cordial for Chil dren. 6d. Observe that the Names Dicey and Okell, be in all Direction Bills, with every Bottle or Box, to prevent Counterfeits. At the Printing- Office in Stall- Street may be had, Dr. Lowther's Antiscorbutic Powders, Six Doses for Three Shillings. The Original Daffy's Elixir, At 1s. 3d. each Bottle. Curious Issue Plaisters, to stick with- out Filleting, at 1s. the Box. The Famous Blacking- Ball for Shoes, Price 1s. the large, and 6d, the small. The Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette. II. ] The Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette. WILLIAM SMITH, Glover and Undertaker, At his House in BROAD- STREET, BRISTOL, SELLS TICKETS, SHARES and CHANCES of TICKETS, in the Present State- Lottery, 1761. He also Registers Tickets at 6d. per Number, and thee earliest Notice sent of their Success to any Part of GREAT- BRITAIN or IRELAND. Scheme of the Lottery, 1761. No. of Prizes. Value of each, Total Value. 2 of 10000 is 20000 2 •— 5OOO — 10000 4 — 2000 — 8000 1O — 1OOO — 10000 20 — 500 — 10000 100 — 1OO — 10000 2OI — 50 — 10050 11606 —- 20 — 232120 11945 Prizes 310170 First drawn 500 Last drawn 1000 48000 Blanks at 61. each 288330 60000 Tickets at 101. each 600000 The LOTTERY begins drawing the 16th of Nov. Letters Post- paid will be duly answered. To be Sold in see by Auction, At the Exchange COFFEE- HOUSE In CORN- STREET, BRISTOL, On SATuRDAY the 14th Day of OCTOBER Inst., between One and Two of the Clock. LOT I. AFreehold Estate, consisting of a Farm- l. s. House, with Out- houses thereto be- ting, and about 35 Acres of Meadow Ground adjoining to the Farm- house, and lying altogether, situate in the Parish of Bitton, in the County of Gloucester, now and for many Years past lett to **** Har- ford, at the yearly Rent of — — — 31 10 Two Closes of Arable Ground adjoin- - ing together and lying contiguous to the above Estate, containing about 17 Acres, and lett to John Lovelock, for a Term of 14. Years, at the yearly Rent of — — 17 0 And two Tenements lett to *** Hather- way, and *** Edwards., at the yearly Rent of 3 10 Sunday's and Monday's POSTS. From the LONDON GAZETTE. MADRID, Sept. 4. REPORT having been lately spread here, upon the Arrival of the last Letters from France, as if there was Reason to apprehend an immediate Rupture between our Court and that of Great- Britain ; we understand, that the Spa- nish Ministers, in a Conversation which they had lately with the Earl of Bristol, Ambassador Ex- traordinary from his Britannic Majesty, expressed their Concern thereat, and declared very explicitly to his Excellency, that on the Part of their Court, there was not the least Ground for any such Ap- prehensions, as the Catholic King had, at no Time, been more intent upon cultivating a good Correspondence with England, than in the present Conjuncture ; and, at the same Time, informed the Earl of Bristol, that Orders had been sent to Monsieur Manso, Governor of San Roque, to reprimand such of the Inhabitants under his Ju- risdiction, as had encouraged the illegal Protec- tion given to the French Privateer Row- Boats, under the Cannon of a Spanish Fort. Germany. NUREMBERG, Sept. 22. Count Goertz, the French Minister, demanded the 11th, of the Cir- cle of Franconia, two Millions of Rations to be delivered into their Magazines on the Mayn and on the Upper Rhine ; one Half the 30th of No- vember, the Remainder by the 31st of January, 1762. Holland. HAGUE, Oct. 6. By the latest Accounts re- ceived here from the Army in Hesse, which are of the 26th of September, Prince Ferdinand's Head- Quarters were at Wilhemstahl near Cassel. The Detachments, which the Hereditary Prince had sent along the Fulda and the Lahne, to de- stroy the Enemy's Magazines, have obliged Mar- shal Broglio to send a considerable Body of Troops to reinforce Lieutenant General de Stainville, who encamps under the Cannon of Cassel ; at which Place the Marshal himself was arrived, whilst the rest of his Army was encamped between Gottingen and the Werra. The French, after committing great Excesses in the Principality of East Friesland, had provo- ked the Peasants to rise in Arms against them, I which had obliged the first Corps to abandon the Country. They are, however, since returned in greater Numbers, and have put a Garrison of 800 Men into Embden. A Detachment of the French Light Troops has likewise entered Osna- brugge, where they have demanded the most heavy and exorbitant Contributions. The Russians are certainly marched to Posen ; and since they separated from General Laudohn, his Prussian Majesty has levelled the Intrench- ments about his Camp ; from which it is imagined, that he intends to remove soon from thence. LOT IX. 51 o A Freehold Estate, consisting of about 67 Acres of Meadow and Arable Ground, ly- - ing altogether, situate in - the Parish of Week and Abson, in the County of Glou- cester, and new lett by Lease for a Term of 7 Years to John Green, at the yearly Rent of — — — — — — — 45 0 And also a Close of Meadow Ground, called the Great Grove, adjoining to the last mentioned Estate, containing about 8 Acres, now in Hand, but last lett at per Ann. 10 0 LOT III. 550 A Freehold Estate, consisting of about 33. Acres of Meadow Ground lying alto- gether, situate in the said Parish of Week and Abson, now, and for many Years past, lett to Rd, Strange, at the yearly Rent of 350 Also a large Stable, and a very good Barn, upon the last mentioned Estate, now in Hand, but valued per Ann. at — — 2 o LOT IV. 37 A very good Dwelling- house, with a Bake- house, and a very large Oven quite new- built, and very convenient for a Baker or a Publick- house, with a Garden and Stabling for 10 Horses, and a Close of Meadow Ground thereto adjoining, con- taining about an Acre and half, situate at Bridgeat, in the Parish of Week and Ab- son aforesaid, and now lett to **** Hol- brook, at the yearly Rent of — — 10 LOT V. A Close of Meadow Ground, containing about 5 Acres, situate in the Parish of Sciss- ton, by the Road's Side, and now lett for a Term of 7 Years to Richard Cue, yearly Rent of — — — — — — 8 8 LOT VI. A Close of Meadow Ground, containing about 2 Acres, in the Parish of Week and Abson, situate by the Road's Side, adjoin- ing to Robert Noble's House, and now and for many Years past lett to the said Robert Noble, at the yearly. Rent of — — — 3 to N. B. The above Estates are situate about fix Miles from Bristol, and seven from Bath, lie very compact, and are. capable of great Improvements, particularly Lots 2 and 3 adjoin to each other, and by being thrown together would make a most desirable Estate, as there is not a single Yard of Land not belonging to such Estate intermixed with it. For further Particulars, apply to Mr, SYMONS, Attorney at Law, in Corn- street, Bris- tol ; or to the respective Tenants, who will show the Premises. Arriv'd a MAIL from HOLLAND. Germany. HAMBURGH, Sept. 29. Gen. Laudohn, the 17th, attempted to attack one of the Wings of the Prussian Army, but received such a brisk Fire from a masked Battery, that he was glad to retire. F RANCFORT , [ on the Oder] Sept. 25. The Damage which General de Platen has done the Russians, by destroying the Magazines of Koblin and Kostin, is computed at 500,000 Crowns. The Prisoners which he took at the last Place amount to 1800 private Men and 43 Officers, be- sides Brigadier Schermatof; exclusive of which the Russians had between 3 and 400 Men and 13 Officers killed upon the Field of Battle. Our Loss did not exceed 200 Men. Oct. 2. The Light Troops of the Allies scour all Hesse, and carry off a great Quantity of Pro- visions and warlikeStores, destined for the French ; among other valuable Captures, they lately seized forty Carts loaded with Wine, and a Box con- taining 200 Gold Watches, and other Jewels and Toys. France. TOULON, Sept. 22, An epidemical Distemper hath, in two Months, carried off one- third of the Inhabitants of this Place. Every Day presents some dead, others dying, and others taken ill.— There are few Families in which two or three have not been seized with this Distemper. The Viaticum is carried out every Hour. The following Addresses of the Mayor, Alder- men, and Common Council of the City of BATH have been presented to their Majesties by the Rt. Hon. the Lord Viscount Ligoner, and the Right Hon. William Pitt,. Esq. their Representatives in Parliament: Which Addresses their Majesties were pleased to receive very graciously. To the KING's Most Excellent Majesty. WE, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, of the City of BATH, in Com- mon Council assembled, beg Leave, among the rest of your Majesty's Subjects, to congratulate your Majesty upon the joyful Event of your Mar- riage, the only Circumstance wanting to compleat our Happiness : For having no further Wish, bles- se d as we are under your mild and gracious Go- vernment, but that our Posterity might continue London, October 10. In the beginning of the War, before Mr. P-- t came into Power, we lost the Island of Minorca, by the usual Incapacity and Pusillanimity of the foul Dregs of Sir R-- t W ' s soul and pusil- lanimous Administration. After Mr. P— t came to have the Direction of the War, we took Cape- Breton, All Canada, Senegal and Goree in Af- rica, Guadalupe, St. Dominico, Pondicherry, Belleisle, and probably Martinico ; not to men- tion the greater Half of the French Navy de- stroyed by ours. All these ( except Canada) M. Bully insisted should be restored to France. Mr, Pitt infilled that they should not. M. Bussy went away. Mr. Pitt has resigned. From the Inactivity of our Fleets for these many Months past ( since the Reduction of Belleisle) one would suspect there is some Foundation for a Report, that a certain Person should say, that his Advice had been disregarded for some Time past. On Thursday evening Alderman Beckford ar- rived in Town, and Yesterday had a Conference with Mr. Pitt. 3 Thursday there was a great Court and a Grand Council at St. James's Same Day both Houses of Parliment met at Westminster, and were further prorogued by Com- mission to the 3d of November , when they are to fit for the Dispatch of Business. It is said Admiral Rodney is appointed to com- mand on an Expedition in the West Indies, under whom two Commanders will also act, and that he ill soon fail with the Marlborough, and some Ships of the Line, and Frigates. Two Regiments are, we hear, to be raised in Ireland, and Commissions are sent there for that Purpose, All the Artificers in the King's Yards are or- dered to work double Tides ( Sunday not excep- ted) to fit out the Men of War. Many false and scandalous Suggestions ( with Design to inflame the Minds of the People) ha- ving been inserted in the public Papers of Yester- day, representing among other Things, that M. de Bussy is returning here soon, and that a Peace would be concluded with the French, on any Terms they should offer ; we can, from good Au- thority, affirm, that there is not the least Foun- ation for these infamous Reports : There appears, the Contrary, so little Desire at present, of concluding Peace, on any Terms which can be considered as disadvantageous or dishonourable to this Country, that we are allured there are Pre- parations, now making for carrying on the War with even greater Vigour than ever. It is rumoured that M. Buss'y, the French Mi- nister so well improved his Time while he was here, that he negotiated a very considerable Loan for the French King at 10 per Cent, well secured to the Lenders, to be paid off, both Principal and and Interest, within twelve Months after the War is ended. Many Persons are suspected on this Occasion, but it would not be prudent to point out any of them till we have better Authority than mere Rumour. If the Terms of Peace had been agreed to, M. Bussy was to be veiled with the Character of Mi- nister Plenipotentiary : And he was so confident of succeeding, that he had ordered a Card from a Copper- Plate to be work'd with this Title, which was finished and delivered. There being no Letters from Hanover by this Day's Mail, it is conjectured that the French have cut off the Communication between Holland and that Place. Letters from Pars by the way of Holland, say, that to judge from the Preparations for War in all Parts of France one would imagine that the Ministers were meditating the Conquest of whole Kingdoms. Each Minister is doubly diligent in his proper Department, and by Means of the Re- sources which have been furnished by the Credit of Mess. de Montmartel, and de la Borde, the People will not be oppressed with new Taxes, those two Gentlemen having promised to supply the King monthly with 20 Millions of Livres. The Negotiation was broke off ( these Letters say) because England insisted, before she would consent to the Cession of any Part of her Con- quests, that France should renounce her Alliance with the Court of Vienna. these Letters also mention the intended Marriage of the King of Spain with a Daughter of France. We learn from the Hague, that many Inhabi- tans of East Friseland having sent their best Ef- fects to a Dutch Frontier Town, M. Conslans, the French Officer who commanded East Friseland, sent a Trumpet to the Duch Governor, to demand these Effects, and threaten'd to make use of Force in cafe of a Denial. The Governor immediately sent to the Duke of Wolfenbuttel, to know whe- ther he should repel Force by Force, in case the French should proceed to Acts of Violence. ____ What Orders were sent to him we have not yet learnt. There is a Project on Foot in Holland, for which the Undertakers propose to solicit a Licence from the Dutch West- India Company, for a Voyage into the South Sea, from which great Advantages are expected, grounded on the Lights given them by an Englishman, who has resided long in diffe- rent Parts of America. [ Englishmen are ex- cluded from trying their Fortune in the South Sea by the Charter to the East- India Company.] On the 18th past a Fire broke out, by the Care- lessness of a Cooper, in the Town of Osterbourg, the Old Marche of Brandenburgh, by which the Church and 270 Houses were burnt down. On Monday last as his Royal Highness the Duke of York was reviewing the Wiltsihire Regiment at Winchester Camp, while the Regiment was charg- ing, under a brisk Firing of Artillery from the Flanks, his Horse suddenly took Fright, being struck, as was supposed, by a Piece of Wadding from one, of the Cannon, and threw his Rider ; but providentially his Royal Highness received no Hurt, and in the Evening danced at the Ball. Yesterday was married at South AudleyChapel, Lord Willoughby de Brooke, to lady Louisa North, Daughter of the E. of Guildford. Yesterday a Woman went into the Shop of Mr. Bennet, a Silversmith in the Borough, under a Pretence of Buying a Stone Ring ; but not liking any that was shewn her, ( lie gave an Order for one to be made, with a Direction where to send it. The Shopkeeper, in writing the Direction, saw something glitter under her Hand, which raised a Suspicion. She took her Leave, and went out of the Shop ; they pursued her, and challenged her with a Buckle, which she owned, and said, " Lord bless me, I have taken it up by Mistake with my Handkerchief;" they asked her for the Fellow Buckle, which she owned to have, and that by Mistake she had. put it into her Pocket with her Snuff- box ; they immediately searched her, and found in her Pocket a Gold Stone Ring, two Sil- ver Stone Stone- buckles, and a Metal Ring. She was committed to Prison immediately. London. S T. J AM e S'S, Oct . 9. The Right Honourable William Pitt having resigned the Seals into the King's Hands, his Majesty was this Day pleased to appoint the Earl of Egremont, to be one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. And in Consideration of the great and important Ser- vices of the said Mr. Pitt, his Majesty has been graçiously pleased to direct, that a Warrant prepared for granting to the lady Heller Pitt his Wife, a Barony of Great- Britain, by the Name, Stile, and Title, of Baroness of Chatham to herself, and of Baron of Chatham to her Heirs Male ; and also to confer upon the said William Pitt, Esq. an Annuity of Three Thousand Pounds Sterling, during his own Life, and that of lasty Hester Pitt, and their Son John Pitt, Esq. This Day Earl Temple, Keeper of the King's PrivySeal, resigned the laid Seal into his Majesty's Hands. The King has been pleased to grant unto Shute Barrington, Clerk, Master of Arts, the Place and Dignity of a Canon of the Cathedral Church of Christ, in the University of Oxford ; the same, being vacant by the Decease of Doctor Paul For rester, late one of the Canons of the said Cathe- dral Church. His Majesty hath been pleased to order, that the Forms of Prayer used in the late Reign for thé Accession- Day, the fifth Day of November, the thirtieth of January, and the twenty- ninth of May, shall continue to be used without any other Alteration than that which was lately appointed in the Prayer for the Royal Family. to be ruled by your Majesty's- Desendants. Your Royal Nuptials, while they promise that Blessing, have in the mean Time, secured the Prosperity of the present Age, by the Choice you have made of our Illustrious Confort. Your loyal Subjects, Sir, have an Interest in every Thing that relatés to your Majesty's Welfare. Your Confort is their Queen, and your Children are the Stock and Family of their Kings : It is for them therefore as well as for yourfelf, that your Ma- jesty, in the Choice you have made of our Excel- lent Queen has provided for your own and your People's Prosperity at the same Time. This Pa- ternal Regard to your loving Subjects deserves the highest Return of Gratitude, for tailing to the Partnership of your throne, a Protestant Princess of Illustrious Birth, and adorned with every Virtue and Accomplishment. Permit us, therefore, to approach your Majesty, and to augurate from this Auspicious Union, a Reign of Domestick Happiness, and a Succession of Heroes to bless and to adorn Posterity ; and we do most devoutly pray, that this Scene of Felicity may remain uninterrupted, and that your Illus- trious Progeny may reign over these Kingdoms till Time shall be no more. To the QUEEN'S Most Excellent Majesty. P ERMIT us , Madam, the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of the City of BATH, pay this first Offering of our Duty to your Ma- jesty, and to join with the rest of our Fellow Sub- jects, in celebrating your Majesty's Nuptials with the best of Kings, our most gracious Sovereign. When we reflect upon your illustrious Birth, your Religion truly Protestant ; those natural and acquired Endowments, both of Mind and Person, wherewith your Majesty is so eminently adorned, we are persuaded, that if your faithful Subjects had been consulted, they would have addressed your Majesty to have been their Queen, with the same Ardour that his Majesty has courted you to be his Confort : But the King's Goodness and Wisdom have prevented the Wishes of his People, by placing your Majesty upon the Tyrone, to be the Pattern of every Female Virtue to your Sex, while his own excellent Perfections are the best and highest Examples to ours. So ruled, and so instructed, your Subjects have Reason to expect a general Improvement of Man- ners among the People, and to see Virtue become fashionable, by the. Reflexion of its Brightness from that high Place where your Majesties are enthroned. May the Joy of this present Time continue un- altered during both your Lives ; and may your own natural Affection to each other be equalled by nothing but the Zeal and Affection of your Sub- jects to both your Majesties. [ Thus far the GAZETTE.] The Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette. Notice is hereby given, THAT THE BRADFORD ASSEMBLY Will be at the NEW- BEAR, On TUESDAY the 20th Instant : And continued every Month, as usual, For the WINTER. To be Sold, At Mr. KITTOE's, at the BEAR- INN, A genteel Grey GELDING, Seven Years old, fifteen Hands high, warranted found, Master of fifteen or listen Stone, and does all his Pacts extremely well. OCTOBER 3, 1761. At the ORIGINAL INSURANCE- OFFICE, At BREWTON, in the County of Somerset, Lately open'd by Messrs. Whitehead, Dampier, and Others, ANY Person liable to serve in the MILITIA ill the said County, at the next or any fu- ture Balloting that shall happen in the Space of Three Years from the Pate hereof, may be in- demnisied therefrom by paying Ten Shillings and Six- pence into the Hands of the said Comp. who hereby promise to provide a fit Substitute, or pay the Fine for them. N. B. For the Convenience of those who live at too great a Distance to apply to the said Office at BREWTON, any Person may be insured by ap- plying to Mr. Pettingal, Mercer, Mr. Samuel Strange, or Mr. Thomas Beech, at the Angel Inn, in Bath ; Mr. John Starke, at the Globe in Newton ; Mr. Thomas Crow, at the Lamb, or Mr. John Baber, at the Crown, in Keynsham ; Mr. John Holebrooke, in Bedminster; Mr. Tho. Whitehead, Clothier, Mr. Jonathan Chandler, School- matter, or Mr. Hancock, in Frome ; Mr. Sabatier, at the George in Shepton- mallet ; or Mr. Matthew Thomas, in Evercreech. Proper Agents are appointed ill all the princi- pal Towns in the Western Port of the County. Any Persons proper to serve as Substitutes, who will apply as aforesaid, shall have all proper Encouragement, and their Names registered, that due Preference may be given to such as apply first. Walton, near Glastonbury, Oct. 10, WHEREAS I and my Wife MARY are se parated ; all Persons are hereby cautioned not to intrust her with Goads or Money on my Account, or give her Credit; being determined not to pay them. Witness my Hand, RICHARD ANDREWS. Day, by his Majesty's Command, sworn one of his' Majesty's principal Secretaries State ac- cordingly. There are two Proclamations in this Gazette ; one declaring his Majesty's Pleasure for continu- ing Officers, not already removed or discharged in Great- Britain, Ireland, and the Isles of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark ; and in Scotland : The other for continuing Officers in his Majesty's Plantations. [ Thus far the Gazette.] [ VOL. II. ] Bristol, October 14. BUSINESS is now carried on by JOHN MORSE, Apothecary On his OWN Account, At the Old Shop in BROAD- MEAD : Where MEDICINES will be faithfully dis- pensed, and all Sorts of DRUGGS sold at the WHOEVER are inclin'd to become Adventurers in the PRESENT STATE LOTTERY, may be supply'd with TICKETS By William and Robert Clement, LINEN- DRAPERS, in Wade's- Passage, BATH In this Lottery ( notwithstanding there are TWO Prizes of TEN THOUSAND POUNDS each, besides Thirty- eight other Capital one.) there are but very little more than FOUR Blanks to a Prize ! ( and no Prize of less Value than Twenty Pounds !) each Blank valued at six Pounds. which we buy, as alio the Prizes, ( and likewise Blanks, or Prizes, of former Lotteries; or we give in Exchange for them, Tickets, Shares or Chances, in the present Lottery) and give the most Money for either of them as soon as they are drawn. And in order to accommodate all those of this City, and its Neighbourhood, or others who resort hit her, ( that please to favour us with their Commands) who don't like to risk all they intend to venture, on one Number, but rather clruse a Part, in several : We have therefore divided, a Variety of Tickets, into Shares, and Chances, such as, Halves, Quar- ters, Eighths, and Sixteenths, ( a single one of ei- ther Share, or Chance, any one Person, may be furnished with; the Money arising from them, will be paid by us, as loon as they are drawn ; which we propose selling here, every Day, at the same Price as they are fold by the principal Brokers of Credit and Security, in London. The Price of Chances, Shares, and Tickets, this Day, are as follow; l. s. d. l. A Sixteenth Chance 096 . 625 An Eighth Chance 0190 By which 1250 A Quarter Chance. 1180 may be 2500 A Half Chance- 3160 gain'd 5000 AWholeChance - 7120 10000 A Sixteenth Share o156, 625 An Eighth Share - 1110 By which 1250 A Quarter Share - 3 o o may be 2500 A Hail Share------- 6001 gain'd 10000 A Whole Ticket 11 19 o 10000 The Purchasers of Shares, are entitled to Part of the Prizes, and Blanks, — the Purchasers of Chances, to the Prizes only. We register Tickets, Shares, and Chances, ( whither bought of ourselves, or of others) at Sixpence each Number, and the earliest Notice of their Success will be sent by the first Post ( from London) to any Part of Great Britain or Ireland. All Letters, Post- paid, or Orders sent by the News- men or others, will be punctually answered, and Schemes of the Lottery given gratis. The Draw- ing of the Lottery will begin on Monday the 16th of November next, at Nine o'Clock in the Morning, which is. next Monday Month: So there's no Time to be lost. N. B. FOUR Pounds more will be paid by us for every Twenty pound Prize, in this Lottery, and for all other higher Prizes, to the Purchasers of Chances, than were in any former Lotteries. TEN Pounds were always deducted from the Chances in former Lotteries, by the principal Brokers of Security and Credit in London ; and so likewise by us : But in this Lottery ( in order to oblige the Public, by removing an old Complaint) we will deduct only Six Pounds, from every whole Chance, and so in Proportion from all the smaller Shares of Chances. Now SELLING by J O H N KENDALL, At his CHINA- SHOP, The Golden- Canister in PIERPOINT- STREET, Near the South- Parade, BATH, All Sorts of useful and ornamental China Both Foreign and English : Also fine Teas, Coffee, and Chocolate, Of the highest Flavour. N. B. He has just laid in ( which arrived by the last End- India Fleet) a large Assortment of Bowls, Basons. Dishes, and Tureens; Pint Ba- sons at 1s. Half- pint ditto 7d. Foreign Blue and White Plates at 11s. per Dozen ; Blue and White Tea- cups and Saucers at 3s. 6d. per Set ; and complete Sets of Teas, from Two Guineas and a Half to Five Pounds.— Birmingham enamell'd Candlesticks, and all Sorts of Cut and PlainGlass; best Wine Glades at 5s. 6d. per Dozen. All the above Goods will be warranted found. Wednesday's and Thursday's POSTS. From the LONDON GAZETTE Arriv'da Mail from HOLLAND. Germany. MAGDEBOURG, September 26. LETTERS from the Commandant of Glogau of the 21st, confirm the Ac- count of General Platen's Expedi- tion into Poland, with this Addition, that the Five Thouaand Waggons, taken and destroyed the 15th by the Prussians, were loaded with Provisions of all Sorts ; and that they had taken besides, a great Number of Black Cattle, and Sheep, which were going along with the Convoy to the Russian Army. Sept. 29. The last Accounts from Silesia say, that alter the Departure of Marshal Butterlin with the Gross of the Russian Army, Generals Laudohn and Czenichew had withdrawn some of their advanced Posts, and approached to the Passes in the Mountains. General Romanzow having attacked with Suc- cess a Redoute which covered one of the Flanks of the Prince of Wurtemberg's Camp, it was apprehended chat his Highness might be obliged to quit his advantageous Position, by which Means Colberg would have beep exposed to the greatest Danger, being attacked at once by Sea and by Land : But the last Letters from Pomera- ma say, that the Russians having, oil the 19th, made a second Attack upon the Prince's Entrench meats, they had been repulsed with very consi- derable Loss; and it was believed that General I laten, with the Reinforcement under his Com- mand, would arrive in Time to save the Town. In Saxony every Thing is still quiet. Oct 3. The last Accounts from Stettin are of the 25th of September, which give good Ground to hope, that the Prince of Wurtemberg would be able to hold out ' till the Arrival of General Platen, which was expected might be on the 29th or 30th of last Month. In the Account the Prince gives of the Attack the Russians made upon his Entrenchments on the 19th of September, it ap- pears, they were repulsed with very great Loss of Men and Officers, the Whole computed at no less thin Three Thousand; and that the Prussians recovered the Redoubte they had lost the Day be- fore. The Letters from Stettin say, that another Attempt was made on the 22d, which likewise failed ; but they mention no Particulars. The last Letters, from Silesia were of the 27th past when his Prussian Majesty's Head Quarter was at Pultzen, about one Mile behind Scuweid- nitz near the Mountain's; which new Position is supposed owing to some Movement the Enemy had made ; of which however we have no particu- lar Accounts. Holland. HAGUE, Oct 9. Prince Ferdinand Continued to have his Head Quarters at Wilbemltadt near Castel on the 28th past. There are no certain Particulars of What has lately passed in those Paris. The Prince of Soubise is still encamped at Coesseldt. The Cavalry of the French King's Household has received Orders to repass be Rhine, and to return to France. ST. JAMES'S, Oct. 12. His Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Charles Earl of Egremont to be one of his Majesty's prin- cipal Secretaries of State, his Lordship was this London, October 13, It is confidently said that Lord Hardwicke will succeed Earl Temple as Lord Privy Seal. Several more Resignations and Promotions are soon expected to take Place at Court. It is said some fresh Overtures have been made to our Court from that of France, concerning the Terms of Peace. It is now said that all our Forces are to be re- called from Germany, and that the King of Prussia is to have an additional Subsidy instead of Men. A Letter from a Prussian Officer in Lower Po- merania, Sept. 24., says, " In the Night between the 18th and 19th Inst. Gen. Romanzoss made a brisk Attack on our lntrenchments before Colberg, and gained some Advantage. Next Day the Prince of Wirtemberg sell suddenly, with his Horse, on the Flank of the Russians, and seized a Battery of 14. Cannon, which he turned against them, and made such Havock, that their Loss in Killed, Wounded, and Prisoners, amounts to at least 3000 Men. The Enemy have since turned the Siege into a Blockade, and as the Season of the Year will not permit their Fleet to keep the Sea much longer, they will probably be obliged to drop their Design against that Place." We learn from Petersburgh, that Gen. Count Tottleben has been convicted of High Treason, by a Council of War. The Confusions in Poland encrease every Day. The Spanish Ministers are every where busy ne- gotiating, with what View Time only can disco- ver. The King of Sardinia augments his Forces, puts all his Fortresses in a State of Defence, and whatever Turn the Affairs of Italy may take, it is thought he will be no Sufferer. It is the Opinion of the shrewdest Politicians, the King of Prussia is on the Point of opening the Campaign. They write from Brett, that Orders have been received to fit out all the Vessels in that Port; and that the Diadem of 74. Guns, and two Frigates, were ready to fail out of the Harbour into the Road. The English Squadrons continue before Rochfort and Rochelle, without attempting any Thing. According to the last Letters from Toulon, the Distemper which made such Havock in that Town decreases daily ; and we expect that, as soon as the cold Weather sets in, it will entirely cease. Letters from Madrid advise, that the Spanish Fleet will be augmented with twelve Ships of the Line, to be purchased in Sweden. Saturday Morning the Right Hon. Mr. Pitt went from his House in St. James's Square, to his Seat at Heyes near Bromley. Friday Admiral Rodney arrived at Portsmouth and next Morning hoisted his Flag on board the Marlborough at Spithead. The Druid Frigate arrived at Belleisle the 20th of last Month, with Gen. Skinner, chief Engineer on board, who is charged to put the Citadel of that Island in a State of Defence. Wednesday Sir James Lowther, Bart. Lieute- nant of the Counties of Cumberland and West- moreland, took the Oaths appointed to be taken, instead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy Commissions are actually gone for Ireland for raising two Regiments of Foot of 750 Men each, with the utmost Expedition ; and Recruiting Of- ficers are set out for different Parts of England, to raise three Regiments of Foot more. Friday last his Majesty was pleased to appoint Col. Graham to be Colonel of one of the Regiments now railing. Lieut. Col. Beauclerk of Lafausille's Regimen of Foot, Son of the late Lord William Beauclerk is appointed Colonel of one of the Regiments that is to be forthwith raised. The following Accident happened in the Parish, of Oldearn and County of Murray, in Scotland. The House of a Weaver in Maviston took Fire in the Night Time, and before Morning was recu- ced to Ashes ; and the poor Man, his Wife, Son, & c were burnt to Death. Yesterday Mr. Marchet, of the Parish of St. Ann, Westminster, aged 97, was married to Mrs, Jourdain, of the same Parish, aged 67. The Sugar, Coffee, and Cocoa- Nuts, brought lately from Guadalupe, are proved to be equal to those of Martinico. On Thursday Morning a poor Shoemaker near Cripplegate, went to Leaden hall- Market to buy a Goose, in order to entertain some Guests at the Christening of one of his Children, for which he gave 3s . and Yesterday his Wife, in drawing the Goose, found in the Gizard a Two- Guinea Piece, ( which by Appearance had been there some Time) which enabled the poor Man to entertain his Friends in a genteel Manner. A few Days since died at Rixham in Wales, the Widow Elizabeth Roberts, aged 107. The Public are defir'd to be careful to ask for the BATH CHRONICLE and WEEKLY GAZETTE publish'd by C. POPE and Gfynp. as the Proprietor of the Bath Advertiser ( a Saturday's Paper) al ter'd their Day of Publication to Thursday, when our Proposals were first distributed, and likewise pi rated Part of our Title, viz. Bath Chronicle.--- We therefore give this necessary Caution, lest they Shou'd, attempt to impose their Paper on the Public for THIS. most reasonable Prices. His Friends are requested to accept of his Thanks for their many good Offices, and he, at the same Time, begs Leave to assure them, that shall be his constant Study to merit the Conti- nuance of their Favours. Came in since our last, The King George Pri- vateer, Reed, from Corunna ; the St Nicholas, Meyer, the Young Tobias, Marcus, the Juliana, Hoffenkamp, all from Hamburgh ; the Young Lion, Walter, from London. Arriv'd, At Cork, the Boyne, Smith ; at Li- merick, the City of Water ford, Kelly, both from this Port; at London, the Fides, Smith, from Norway ; at Cork, the Fleece, Thomas, from this Port ; and at Quebeck, the Ann Gaily, Smith, from Newfoundland. Thursday one Benjamin Fowkes, a Seaman, belonging to the Milford Man of War, was thrown from a Horse on St. James's Back, and killed on the Spot. DEATHS. Mr. Christopher Rhodes, a Prussian Gentleman, who lately came from Barbadoes for the Benefit of his Health.- Mr. John Lane, who some Time since kept the White Lion Inn, and late the Rummer Tavern in this City.— The Rev. Mr. Robert Wilson, Curate of St. Philip's. Monday a Child of Mr. Curtis's, Butcher, in the Shambles, had one of its Toes eat off by a Rat as it lay 011 a Bed. At the General Quarter Sessions for this City and County, 25 Insolvents were discharged on the Compulsive Clause, and one was rejected. Saturday Morning the House of Mr. Baxter, Silversmith and Watchmaker, in High- Street, was broke open, and many valuable Things stole. Bath, October 15, Arriv'd here, Dure of Norfolk, Countess of Suffolk, Countess of Dundonald, Hon. Mr. Tal- bot, Hon. Mr. Cornwallis, Hon. Mrs. King, Sir William Countenav, lady, and Son, Sir Tho. Thorowgood, Lady, and Mils, Lady Clive, Lady Delves and Miss, Lady Beliew, Lady Knowles, Major Madan, Lady, and Miss, Col. Mount- pleasant and Lady, Capt Jones, Capt Donnalla, Capt Fuesdell, Capt Lloyd, Capt Dickson, Capt Edwards, Dr. Mushet, Mr and Mrs Stanley, Mr and Mrs Hall, Mr and Mrs King, Mr and Mrs Hall, Mr and Mrs Griffin, Mr and Mrs Yawe, Mr and Mrs Connor, Mr and Mrs Warner, Mr and Mrs Tuffnell, Mr and Mrs Lee, Mr and Mrs Lutterell, Mr and Mrs Allen, Mr and Mrs Vendilieur, Mr and Mrs Howard, Mr and Mrs Hewbert, Mr and Mrs Whitebread, Mr and Mrs Sands, Mr and Mrs Hobhouse and Miss, Mr and Mrs Mills, Mr and Mrs Waters, Mr and Mrs Langton, Mr and Mrs De la Foy, Mr and Mrs Trawless, Mr Bennet, Mr Burris, Mr Comings, Mr Woodhouse, Mr Dehaney, Mr Melmoth, Mr Cust, Mr Cocklaid, Mr Wilson, Mr Bragge, Mr Codrington, Mr Gore, Mr Surshell, Mr Rawden, Mr Legh, Mr Johnson, Mr French, Mr. Birch, Mr Furstenau, Mr Tubb, Mrs Tryan, Mrs El- stob, Mrs Egerton, Mrs Wade, Mrs Harper, Mrs Jones, Mrs Jennings, Mrs Farr, Mrs Cop- pinger, Mrs Melone, Mrs Sims and Miss, Mrs Thelles, Mrs Pratt. Mrs Middleton, Miss New- ton, Miss Giffard, Miss Berrow, Miss Bleasdale, Miss Basset, Miss Horton, Miss Morris, Miss Tippett, Miss Matthews, & c, & c. Sunday Night died Mr. Joshua Ross, Grocer, in the Market- Place. Last Week died at London, after a few Days Illness, Mr. Joseph Kendal, of this City, whose amiable Disposition gain'd the Esteem of those that knew him. This Paper is vended in Wells, Glastonbury, Bridgewater, Taunton, See. by CORNELIUS CUTLER:-- And in Chilcompton, Shepton- mal- let, Evercreech, Castle- Cary, North- Cadbury, West- Camel, Ivelchester, & c. by WILLIAM THOMAS.—— Their Honesty, Care and Diligence in the Delivery of finall Parcels, Messages, & c. may be relv'd on. A FUNERAL REFLECTION. BEHOLD ! how quiet there old GRIPUS lies! The Shroud and Coffin now js all his Store, His Brain no longer rack'd with endless Schemes, How to add House to House and Land to Land. His Tongue harangues not on the frugal Ways And artful Methods that he took to thrive. His Heart now beats no more : Clos'd are those Eyes, That heretofore with eager Transport view'd The shining Metal into Mountains rise, But never knew to shed one pitying Tear. Those Hands, so ready and expert to count Int'rest on Int'rest nor are Farthing miss, Lie useless by his Side, the Nerves relax'd; Fill them with Gold, alas ! they will not clench. His Feet, so swift in the Pursuit of Gain, Now here, now there, as Bargains led the Way, A Thread of Worsted fast as Iron binds. Within the Limits of four scanty Boards See, see the Man, whose daring Genius grafp'd At large Domains and immense Sums of Cash. Mortal, reflect, reckon aright, be wife, And bound thy Wishes to the Human Span, Singe to command one Hour is not in Gold, 4