THURSDAY, March 7, 1,771. SATURDAY's POST. COUNTRY NEWS. Bristol, February 28. LAST Week there was a very tragical Affair transacted in the Parish of St. Mary Redcliss, in this City, not wholly dissimilar to that of Sir John Dineley Goodier, some Years since ; and there is great Rea son to believe that, had it not been for the Vi- gilance of two Gentlemen, who were timely acquainted therewith, it would have termina- ted as dreadfully. — The Sequel is as follows: A young Fellow, who had lived a very profli- gate Life, and had been supported by an in- dulgent Aunt ( at whose Death he expected a considerable Patrimony) not satisfied with her repeated Kindness, and fearing left she should live top long, took an Opportunity one Even- ing, as the Lady was going to Bed, to force her out of her House into a Chaise, and stop- ping her Mouth with a Handkerchief, to prevent her crying out, carried her off into Kingswood, to a Place he had previously prepared for her Reception; when he returned arid rifled her Drawers, & c. of Money, Plate, and other Valuables to a considerable Amount. But next Day, the Lady, very providentially, was found, and brought to Town, who lodged an Information against the Villain, and being taken by Virtue of a Warrant, he is now under Confinement, to take his Trial at the next Assize. LONDON, Thursday, Feb. 28. Tuesday the Order, was read in, the Lower Assembly at the Robin Hood, for the Atten- dance of the Printers; and upon being called, and not attending, it was moved, " That for their Contempt in not, obeying the Orders of the House for their Attendance, they, be taken into the Custody of the Serjeant at Arms, or his Deputy." The Numbers were, 160 for the Motion, and 17 against it. Yesterday the House of Commous went upon the Nullum Tempus Bill, the Debates were long and interesting, many Speeches being made both for and against the intended Amendment; at Nine o'Clock a Motion was made for the Speaker to quit the Chair, and the House to form itself into a Cornoittee, but the previous Question being put, the, Lobby was cleared, and they divided, when Sir James Lowther carried it by nine Votes, the Numbers were 164 to 155 ; as the Majority were going into the House again, a Gentleman who was no Member, and whose Name was Hunt, mixed with them and went in; being- almost immediately discovered, he was ordered into Custody, and the House divided a second Time, when the Numbers were as be- fore; when the Division was over, Mr. Hunt was. called to the. Bar of the House and ques- tioned by the Speaker why he came in; he answered he did it for no other Reason than in Hopes of getting into the Gallery ; he was then asked what Members he knew; he replied, he was acquainted with several; among others, he was known by Mr. Dunning and Serjeant Glynn, and he ought to be known to the Speaker, for he had been his Client upwards of twenty Years. The House considering his coming in as an Act of Inadvertency, more than designed Offence, he was ordered to be dis- charged, and then ( it being Half past Eleven) the House broke up. A certain witty Earl was lately offered the Government of a neighbouring Kingdom, which be repeatedly declined, with proper Acknow- ledgement for the Favour intended him; the Minister however still continued to press it upon him moil strongly, and told him at last, that he must go there, as the Nation was in a Flame. This is the very Reason, replied the Earl, that I will not go; for I'll be d- n'd if you shall burn me in your political Conflagrations. The Desertion of an I— h P— r, who has the Honour of being Father to the popular Member for M x, from the Cause of Administra- tion, proceeds, we are told, from the inadequate Return made to his Babe for the Risque of his Life, and Sacrifice of his Reputation in that Affair. It is assured, that besides the ministerial Fa- vours expected by the received Representative of the first C—— y in England, the judicious C....... l made the Vacation of his Borough in the West very advantageous as a private Trans- action, receiving 3000 Guineas for resigning his Seat, and sitting in the Lap of a popular Alder- man for less than Fifteen Hundred, Yesterday the Racruite lately railed for Col. Burgoyne's Regjment of Light Dragoons were disbaned. They were allowed twelve Days' Pay to bear their Expences hone, besides Half a Guinea Bounty Money from the King. The like is to be followed by all the Regiments of Dragoons. By a Gentleman of Veracity, just arrived from France, we learn that there is all the Rea- son in the World to believe that a Civil War will very shortly happen in that Kingdom. Yesterday Noon was held a very numerous and respectable General Court of Proprietors of East India Stock, at their House in Leaden- hall- Street, agreeable to a printed Advertise- ment for that Purpose. The Directors took the Inside of the Bar at Twelve o'Clock, and after the Clerk had, as usual, read over the Minutes of the last General Court, the Chair- man acquainted them, " That this Meeting was called at the written Request of nine Pro- prietors ( the Names of whom the Clerk after- wards read) for the Purpose of enquiring into the Nature of a Bill, now depending in Parlia- ment, entitled, A Bill for the more effectually recruiting the Company's Forces abroad." Mr. Orme then made a Request that the Bill should be read, which was done accordingly, and con- tained in Substance, " That his Majesty, by " the Consent of his Parliament, should be " empowered to raise a Body of Troops ( to be " paid by the Company) not exceeding 2000 " Men, 600 of whom may be Foreigners, with " 32 Officers, to be employed in recruiting " and disciplining Soldiers for the East India " Company's Service, and to continue in Force " for three Years." The Bill being thus read, Mr. Orme ob- served, " That he had considered this with some Attention, and in whatever Light he viewed it, it appeared to him to be surrounded with unconstitutional Principles. One Clause, says Mr. Orme, in particular, appears to me to give the Crown, whenever it thinks fit to ask it, a Power to send these Troops abroad to In- dia. What then will be the Consequence? An Increase of the Military is at all Times a deli- cate Point, and should only be made in ex- treme Necessity. Here then is not only an In- crease of 2000 Men to strengthen the Hands of Government, but, 6oo of those, with, their Of- ficers, are to be foreign Mercenaries, who, de- stitute of all national Feelings, are ready to act for the best Paymaster; an Event which should be as much alarming to Englishmen, as Proprietors of this Honourable Company." He therefore concluded with the following Mo- tion : " That whereas a Bill is now depending " in Parliament, intitled, A Bill for the more ef- " fectually recruiting the Company's Forces abroad, " that it is the Request of this General Court " to Parliament, that such a Bill do not pass " into a Law." Mr. Dempster seconded Mr. Orme. He observed, " That by this Bill passing into a Law, it would give the Hands of Government a Power that may, in Time, perhaps annihilate the Company ; that the Gentleman who spoke last, very judiciously observed, that there was a Clause in the Bill, which empowered Go- vernment to send those Forces, at any Time they thought proper, out to India, where, be- ing under their Direction, they may engross what Power they thought proper. Another Objection, he observed, against the Bill, was, that as there was no specific Sum mentioned, it empowered the Secretary at War to draw upon the Company for what indefinite Sums he thought proper ; so that all the Power, all the Riches the Company have for many Years been acquiring, may, by the Conduct of an uncon- stitutional Minister, be usurped and dissipated. If Reasoning will not satisfy you, continues Mr. Dempster, let us look back to History ; there we shall find our great Deliverer, King William the Third, striving with all his Power to obtain of his Parliament the Permission of his Dutch Guards; but his Desire was over- ruled, as infringing on the Birthrights of Eng- lishmen, though the Request was made at the Conclusion of an honourable War ........ a War concluded so by the Consequence of his Victo- ries. For God's Sake ! then, let us be at least as tenacious of our Liberties as our Ancestors, and not suffer these Mercenaries, under the Direction of Government, to sweep away what this Company has been so many Years esta- blishing." Mr. Sulivan favoured the Bill, by saying, " That in carrying it to Parliament it could be attended with no Danger on the one Side, and that on the other it must be productive of some Good, as it would fix the Mode of recruiting on a much more proper and beneficial Footing to the Company than the present Mode, which was obnoxious to almost all Ranks of People." Mr. Creighton, in Opposition to the Bill, inveighed against it as evasive and injurious; and said, " It was formed for the Purpose of subjugating that Company to Government; that, for his Part, he could not find out what Gentlemen saw in the proposed Alteration of Recruiting, except that they were captivated with, the Tattoo of a Drum in Preference to the Mode already established ; he joined Issue, he said, that there were some Practices in the present Recruiting not altogether justifiable; but then they were better to be tolerated, than fall into this Snare, that bid fair to he the Ruin of the Company." Mr. Cornwall next spoke. He observed, " That the Question, in its present Form, was not competent enough to establish a Petition to Parliament; because the Nature of the Petition must be, to set aside the Bill in general, an Ob- ject, he believed, which was not the Sense of the Company. The honourable Gentleman ( says he) who spoke second in the Debate [ Mr. Dempster] has, with great Oratory, shewn the ill Effects of trusting Government too much, both from Theory and historical Precedent; and I do agree with him in thinking this Com- pany was treated most injuriously in the Year 1767, when they gave up to Government the Sum of 400,0001. on Condition of their grant- ing them an Increase of Dividend, by their taking that which respected their own Interest, and clapping a Negative on the other;— yet I must differ from him when he says, a Secretary at War can order your Troops where he thinks proper; the Antidote to this Order will be always in your own Hands; and by witholding the Payment, you necessarily withold the Troops. Upon the whole then, though I am a good deal in the Dark about East India Matters in gene- ral, not being able to attend your Courts as regularly as I could wish, yet I have this general Idea, and it seems to be pretty universally re- ceived, that the present Mode of recruiting your Troops is scandalous arid abusive, and dis- honour you as a great Company ; it therefore appears to me, as this Bill will not come on in the second Reading till Monday next at nearest, and as there are several Blanks now standing in the Bill, which are hereafter to be filled up, to be the best Way of proceeding to put the pre- vious Question." Sir Matthew Featherstone seconded Mr. Cornwall; on which the Debate became very general, and was spoken to with great Spirit on both Sides till near Six o'Clock, when the previous Question being put, there were 320 for the Bill, and 7 against it. Dr. Wilson has settled Fifty Pounds for Life upon the Patriot, and says, that if any Man will give more, he will equal him in Genero- sity. His Chariot is always at the Service of the Patriot, who is, in Civility, obliged to send for it oftener than he wants it, for Fear the Doctor should imagine that he is neglected. This same Reverend and public- spirited Di- vine has frequently declared that he has in his Will left something handsome to his Friend ; and that after his Death he will be indepen- dent. It is however remarkable, that he never attends at the Meetings of the Supporters of the Bill of Rights. His Aversion to Home is the Reason. The Court Party were so pulled last Night on the Nullum Tempus Bill, that it is well known they dispatched Messengers to Members to fetch them out of the Oratorios and other Places of Entertainment, desiring their imme- diate Attendance. On Tuesday last, being the Adjournment Day of the Quarter Session for the County of Surry, held at Southwark, before Sir Joseph Mawbey, Bart. Chairman, Sir Timothy Walde, Knt. and a crouded Bench of Justices, came 0n the Trial of Mr. Keen, a Surgeon, and the Keeper of a private Madhouse near Kenning- ton Common, for assaulting Mrs. Leggat, with an Intent to commit a Rape upon her, the falsely imprisoning her for above three Days, and the committing another Assault upon her. It appeared in Evidence on the Trial, that Mrs. Leggat had been seduced by her Husband, un- der Pretence of taking an Airing to Kingston, to the Prisoner's House, without there being the lead Foundation for any Imputation of In- sanity : That whilst she was confined she offered to engage for the Payment of 20l. if he would let her out; but the Prisoner ( Keen) declared her Note for that Purpose would not be bind- ing, and besides, he was to have 20l. from her Husband for confining her; and that he de- clared to her Friends, when they demanded her Enlargement, he would confine any Wo- man if her Husband would put her under his Care. The Trial lasted full five Hours, when the Prisoner was found guilty by the Jury of all the several Charges laid against him, to the entire Satisfaction of the Bench, and some Hundreds of Auditors. The Court not only considering the many aggravated Circumstances that attended the illegal and cruel Conduit of the Prisoner in the present Case, but how highly necessary it was when in their Power to punish all Keepers of such infamous private Houses, established under the false Pretence of curing Lunatics, thought proper, to prevent the Prisoner from such Behaviour for the fu- ture, and to deter others from daring to violate the Laws of their Country, under any Pre- tence whatever, to pass on him the following Sentence : That he be imprisoned for the Space of six Months, set in and upon the Pillory for one Hour on the 13th Instant, at St. Margaret's Hill, and that he pay a Fine of 13s. 4d. and give Security for his good Behaviour for two Years, himself in 200I. and his Bail in 1 ool. each. On Tuesday came on to be heard before Sir William De Grey, in the Court of Common Pleas at Guirdhall, by a special Jury, a Cause wherein Robert Ross, a Foremast- man of an East Indiaman, was Plaintiff, and the Captain of the said Ship, Defendant, for the letter's giving the former, at Maocow, in the East In- dies, 36 Lashes in a severe Manner, then pick- ling his Back with Brine, and confining him 23 Hours in Irons. The Jury brought in a Verdict for the Plaintiff, with 100I. Damages, and Cost of Suit. We are assured that a recent Attempt of a certain celebrated Castrato to elope to the Con- tinent, was entirely owing to a scandalous Re- port being circulated, that his Wife was preg- nant. Now, although this Story might do him Credit, as a Man, yet it prejudiced him as a Music Mailer, and lost him the Trust and Con- fidence of his Fair Scholars at the Coterie. It is pretty certain that the above scandalous Ru- mour ( or rather scandalous Tumour) was first propagated in the Harmonic Society. Monday a Servant belonging to a Merchant in Great Winchester- Street, was delivered of a Bastard Child in her own Room, when she cut the Child's Head entirely off from its Body; she was carried to Allhallows Workhouse to be taken Care of till she is able to be removed to Newgate. The Jury met, on Tuesday Evening, at the Crown at Little Moregate, and found her guilty of Wilful Murder. A recent Instance of the Efficacy of the BALSAMIC T INCTURE. To Dr. R Y S S E E G. I N the Year 1769, I contracted a most vio- lent, Scurvy, by a too long Confinement to Salt Pro- visions, during a Voyage in board the Phanix Man of War, Capt. Tonny, to Senegal in Africa, where I resided for a considerable Time as Steward to Chief Justice Christopher Milles, Esq; whose utmost Endea- vours to procure Assistance for me in that Country were ineffectual. My Disorder still increased to such a De- gree, that I had no less than eleven Holes in my Legs, which obliged me to solicit Permission to return to Eng- land. On my Arrival in London, I applied to seve- ral o f the most eminent of the Faculty, without re- ceiving the Benefit I expected. However, upon ob- serving an Advertisement in the Papers of the very remarkable Cure of Mrs. Mary Graham, residing at No. 59, Cannon- Strict, by the Application of your Balsamic Tincture, I waited on her, to be satisfied of the Truth of the said Cure ; when, being fully con- vinced of the Authenticity, I bought two Bottles of the Tincture, which I found of much Service to me, and by continuing it, I have the Happiness to assure you that my Disorder is entirely removed, and the Holes in my Legs are perfectly healed, except one, which is now no bigger than the Head of a Pin. I am en- tirely free from Pain, and in as good Health as ever I was in my Life. I send you this as an Acknowledge- ment, for the Benefit of those who may be afflicted with the same Complaint, and am ready to convince any Person of the Truth of this Assertion, who will call on me at Mr. Uphill's China Shop, in Mount- Street, Berkley- Square. I am, Sir, your most obliged humble Servant, Jan. 8, 1771. L. DROUARD. Sold wholesale and resale by F. Newbery, at the Corner of St. Paul's Church Yard; and by the Printer of this Journal, at 38. 6d. a Bottle. To be SOLD by AUCTIOÑ, On Tuesday the 26th Day of March Instant, at Mr. John Beaumont's, at the Boar's Head, in Tenbury, in the County of Worcester, between the Hour's of Three and Five in the Afternoon, FOUR substantial Brick Messuages or Tenements, with a Brew- house, Stable and other Out- Buildings; and also a sufficient Quantity of Garden Ground to them belonging: situate on the East Side of ( and near unto): the Parish Church of Tenbury : And also a Piece of Land adjoining to the said Garden Ground, con- taining about two Acres, which is fenced in on every Side with a substantial Brick Will upwards of eight Feet high, called the CherryOrchard; together with the said Wall, and a Brick Build- ing erected 0n Part Of the Piece of Ground, which has been used as ( and may at a very easy Expence be converted into a compleat) Dwelling House; and also about one Yard's Breadth of Land, which is Part of, and belonging to the said Piece of Ground, and lest without the said Wall on every Part thereof, for the Purpose of planting fruit Trees as wall against the Out as the Inside of the said Wall. " Also to be Sold, by private Contract, A çompleat and very desirable ESTATE, situate in the Township of Howfell, in the Parish of Leigh, in the County of Worcester, within about four Miles of the City of Wórcester and a small Distance of two good Turnpike Roads leading to that City ; consisting of a newly erected substantial convenient Brick House, Barns, Sta- bles, Cow- House, Cyder- Mill, Cyder- House, and other necessary Out- Buildings, and upwards of fifty- six Acres of Arable Land ( of which about thirteen Acres are planted with young Trees of the chiocest Fruit) about' five Acres of Meadow Land, five Acres of Pasture, and one Acre of Wood Land ; and also a Coppice, containing about three Statute Acres; and which Building and Coppice, and about twenty- one Acres of the other Lands, are Freehold, and the other Part Lease- hold for Lives; held under Mr. Cox, at a Chief Rent of us. and a Money Herriot of 1l. 1os. on the Death of every Life. The Whole of which Premisses ( except the Coppice) aré now in the Possession of Richard Harris, as Tenant thereof, and can be lett at 45l. per Annum. Particulars may be had of Mr. Norris, Attor- ney, in Droitwich ; on Saturdays, at the Crown and Sceptre, in the Hop Market, Worcester; and on Tuesdays at the Golden Cross Inn, in Bromsgrove. Berrow's Worcester Journal. No. 4014 This JOURNAL, though published on Thursday Morning, will ( by Means of an Express) always contain many interesting Articles of Intelligence inserted in the London Papers brought by FRIDAY's; Mail. MONDAY'S POST. Yesterday arrived the Mails from France, Flanders, and Holland. Frontiers of Turkey, January 20. THE Captain Pacha dares not pass through the Dardanelles, to levy the customary Tribute, even from the nearest Islands. The Russians have destroyed nineteen Dulcignote Vessels, but some Barks arrived from Paros now give out, that the Russian Squadron has received Orders to suspend its Operations till next Spring, in order to facilitate the Negotiations on the Tapis for a Peace. The Grand Visir has like- wise applied to General Romanzow for an In- terview ; but the latter by Way of Preliminary requires, that he should first deliver up to him the Sieur Obreskow, the Russian Resident, whom the Porte have laid under an Arrest at Constantinople. Paris, Feb. 18. The new Chancellor meets with great Opposition from the Princes, the Peers, and even the Archbishop of Paris, who declared to him they could not accompany the King, if he should hold a Bed of Justice with the present Phantom of the Parliament. COUNTRY NEWS. Gloucester, March 4. On Tuesday Evening a Boy, Servant to a Gentleman in this City, returning Home, was attacked near Highnam by two Footpads, who held a large Knife to his Breast, and demanded his Money. The Boy told them he had only a Penny to pay the Pike: Upon which they swore they would take his Horse, and pulled the Boy off; but afterwards gave it him again, only enquiring his Mas- ter's Name, and bidding the Boy tell him, that they should meet with him before it was long, and then he should pay for himself and his Servant. LONDON, Saturday, March 2. Whitehall, March 2. The King having been pleased to grant his Royal Licence to Robert Melvill, Esq; Captain Gen. and Governor in Chief of his Majesty's Islands of Greneda, the Grenadines, St. Vincent, and Tobago, in America, to return to this Kingdom; his Ma- jesty has appointed William Leybourne, Esq; to be Captain General and Governor in Chief of those Islands, in the Room of the said Robert Melvill, Esq. Gazette. The following Protest has been entered against the Bill for repealing, in Favour of the Town of Liverpool, the Playhouse Act passed in the tenth Year of his late Majesty; and these Bishops withstood the Repeal ( the others chose to absent themselves) the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Durham, Worcester, Norwich, Gloucester, Bangor, Lin- coln, St. David's, Landaff, and Chester. The Repeal was supported by the following great Officers of State: The Lord President of the Council, Earl Gower; the Lord Privy Seal, Earl of Suffolk; the First Lord of the Admi- ralty, Earl of Sandwich; the Secretary of State, Earl of Halifax; the Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, Earl of Marchmont; and Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Harriers and Fox- hounds; and Lord Despencer, Post- Master General. " DISSENTIENT, " Because the Argument, particularly en- deavoured to be enforced by the Supporters of the Bill, That established Theatres in Country Towns, conduce to the Improvement of the Morals of the Inhabitants, and in Commercial Towns to the Advantage of the Trader and Manufacturer, is Raillery rather than Reason, being false in Fact, and notoriously contradicted by Experience. " Because at a Time, when the acknow- ledged Characteristic of the Age, is Love of Pleasure and Dissipation, the weakening a Law, founded on the founded Principles of good Government, The Necessity of preserving the Morals of the Individual, for the Happiness of the Community, is, under these Circumstances, peculiarly unwise, contrary to the truest Maxims of Policy, and highly unbecoming the Dignity of Legislature. " Because, when we have a Prince on the Throne, whose Virtues whilst they reflect a Lustre his Crown, might check the growing Licentiousness of the Times, a Bill which re- laxes the Restraints on the Incentives to Vice, and tends to corrupt the moral Principles of his Subjects, supported as it is by Noble Lords in the highest Offices in Government, must, in Effect, counteract his Majesty's bright Example, and lessen its Influence on the Minds of his People. RADNOR. KING." Yesterday Sir William Stephenson and Mr. Alderman Peers, with Mr. Deputy Judd, Mr. Bellas, Mr. Bishop, and Mr. Hurford, attended by Mr. Remembrancer, presented a Petition to the Honourable the House of Commons, against the Bill for embanking Part of the River Thames near Durham- Yard, and which is ordered to be heard at the Bar of that House on Wednesday. The Upper House has passed a Bill to ena- ble Lunatics, entitled to renew Leases, by their Guardians and Committees, to accept of Sur- renders of old Leases, and to grant new ones. The Sum of 112,005l. is also granted to pay the Out- pensioners of Chelsea Hospital. The Sum of 359,9271. is also granted for the extra Expences of the Land Forces not before provided for. A Correspondent assures us, as a certain Fact, that Lord M d is at present the real Premier; no Step, though ever so trisling, be- ing taken without his L p's Approbation. Yesterday, about Five in the Afternoon, Sir James Macartney, in a Post- Coach and Six, set off for the Court of Madrid. More Mis- chief brewing. A Memorial, couched in a spirited Stile, has been lately remitted from Holland by the Dutch East- India Company, relative, it is said, to the new- intended Settlement now forming by a cer- tain powerful Body this Side the Water, in the Latitude of the Philippine Islands in the Orien- tal Sea. We learn by the Dorsetshire Man of War from Gibraltar in ten Days, that the Spaniards do not abate in their Preparations for War, not- withstanding the late Convention ; and by the Minerva, from Honduras, we hear that the Dis- putes ran very high between the Spaniards and our Logwood Cutters, whom they were daily driving from Place to Place. Two Transports, with warlike and ordnance Stores, will accompany the Men of War now getting ready to fail for Port Egmont to take Possession of Falkland's Island from the Spa- niards, on board of which will embark two Companies of Infantry, in order to render Port Egmont of sufficient Force not to be sur- prized again ( if the Spaniards should break the present Convention) on such humiliating Terms as before. Yesterday, being St. David's Day, the So- ciety of Antient Britons, accompanied by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart, their President, Charles Vere, Esq; their Treasurer, and the Gentlemen Stewards, waited upon his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at St. James's, according to annual Custom, and being admit- ted to his Presence, the Rev. Dr. James Hali- fax, of Ewell, in Surry, and possessed of an Estate in the County of Montgomery, addres- sed his Royal Highness in the following Words. " Most Gracious Prince, " THE Society of Antient Britons esteem it as an high Honour to this their Day of Fes- tivity, to be permitted to pay their annual Tribute of Respect and Gratitude to your Royal Highness; and to assure you how truly sensible his Majesty's faithful Subjects of the Principa- lity of Wales are of the Blessings they enjoy under his auspicious Government. They, and every other Subject in his Dominions, must find in him a true Father of his People ; but it is your Happiness, Royal Sir, to find him such in the fullest Sense of that endearing Appella- tion ; and to experience all the judicious and tender Regards of an affectionate Mother in his Majesty's most amiable Consort. Instructed by the bright Examples of these your Royal Parents, you was soon taught to feel for the wretched State of those who have no faithful Friend to be the Guide of their Youth. The Distresses of such poor Children who are de- scended of Welch Parents, born in or near London, who have no parochial Settlement, were laid before your Royal Highness in your earliest Years. Your infant Hands were gladly extended to relieve their Wants. These happy Indications of a fine Turn of Mind, and a charitable Attention to Suffering Innocence, ap- peared with greater Lustre as you advanced in Life ; and the Trustees of this useful Establish- ment received from your Royal Highness the agreeable Assurance that you would, with Plea- sure, continue to encourage and promote this laudable Charity. In consequence of so gra- cious an Answer to their last Address, they think it their Duty to inform you, that many of these poor Children are at so great a Dis- tance from the Place of their Education, that their Progress in Learning is, on that Account, much retarded ; and many of their Parents are so extremely indigent, that they are hardly able to give them Bread to eat. Could this Charity therefore be so far strengthened by the Hands of Beneficence, as to be able to gather these little Ones entirely under her own Wings, they would then be sheltered from those Snares and Temptations to which extreme Poverty stands exposed; and would constantly be em- ployed in Improvements which might best qua- lify them to become useful Members of the Community. Such an Undertaking is indeed far beyond the Reach of the present Benefac- tions bestowed on this Charity, yet we cannot but entertain good Hopes that it may, in Time, be extended to this Degree of Utility. For whilst it has the Protection and Support of your Royal Highness, the Hearts of many will be warmed into Compassion by your great Ex- ample, and the Ears of many will be open to the Cry of those helpless Infants. " That his Majesty may long continue to reign over a loyal and faithful People, and par- ticipate in every domestic Comfort with his Royal Consort; that they may both be blessed in beholding the Lustre of those Virtues and Graces in their beloved Offspring, which are so eminently conspicuous in their own Lives; and that the Crown and Dignity of these Realms may descend to their illustrious Line, are the earnest Wishes and ardent Prayers of this Society." To which his Royal Highness was pleased to give the following most gracious Answer : " THE Duty and Loyalty expressed to the " King and Queen in this Address, I regard as " the surest Marks of Affection to me; and " shall always most gladly promote the Wel- " fare of so useful and laudable a Society." His Royal Highness received the President, Sec. of the above Society in a very polite Man- ner, and presented them with a Purse of One Hundred Guineas towards the Support of their Charity- School: They all had the Honour of killing his Royal Highness's Hand. At the Affair of the Nullum Tempus Bill makes so much Noise, we have given our Readers a Sketch of the Dispute as stated by the Lowther Party: King William made a Grant to the Earl of Portland and his Heirs of several Lordships within the Forest of Inglewood, in Cumber- land, which were then out at Lease. As fast as any Leases fell in, the Portland Family took Possession of them, pretending that the Whole of the Forest had been comprehended in the above Grant. But a Dispute arising be- tween the late Duke of Portland and Sir James Lowther, concerning a Fishery in the River Eden, in the Proceedings of Chancery, it was necessary to examine the Duke's Grant from King William. Here the Lowther Party found that the Duke had no Right to several of those Manors, & c. which he had taken Possession of, and Sir James Lowther, on stating his Dis- covery, obtained from the Treasury a Lease of the Royalty of the Forest of Inglewood, & c. on a Term of three Lives, on Condition that he would be at the sole Charge of recovering it for the Crown. As soon as this Lease was passed, the other Party exclaimed, that no Man could henceforth be safe in his Possession. It was therefore proposed to correct the old Law of the Constitution, entitled, Nullum Tempus, & c. i. e. " That no Time or Length of Pos- session is good against the King, or can inva- lidate his Claim."— On this a Bill was brought into the House, and passed into a Law, that no Claim of the Crown should invalidate a Pos- session of sixty Years.— A Clause was added by the Consent of both Parties, declaring, that this Act should not affect the Dispute between the Duke and Sir James. To repeal this Clause a Bill was brought into the present Ses- sion by the Duke of Portland, but thrown out, as mentioned in the preceding Page. The Death of the King of Sweden, which is confirmed by this Day's Mails, happened suddenly in the Night of the 12th of February. By a Letter from Lyons we arc told, that there are 1500 English Weavers at the Looms in that City. The Society for the Encouragement of Arts have advertised a Premium of 50l. for the greatest Number of Acres sowed with Wheat at this Season of the Year. The following seems an easy Improvement in Agriculture : A Gentleman in Gloucester- shire set Half a Peck of Wheat upon somewhat less than Half an Acre of Ground, in Rows at a Foot Distance, the Soil sandy, without any Dung; he has lately threshed out the Produce of his Half Peck, and it amounted to 18 Bushels and a Half. The Gentleman imputes this great Crop to his keeping his Ground constantly cleaned from Weeds, by Means of a Horse- How, and the planting it in Rows, which ad- mit a free Circulation of Air. The same Gen- tleman has had an astonishing Crop of Carrots, from planting them at a considerable Distance from each other and keeping the Land howed free from Weeds. His Carrots in general weighed about ten Pounds each and some more. — They prove excellent Food for Cattle, and when dressed for the Table are as sweet as any Garden Carrots. The Rev. James Reading, A. M. is insti- tuted to the Rectory of Stonefield in Oxford- shire, on the Presentation of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough. CARMARTHEN CIRCUIT. John Pollen, Esq-, and Edward Poore, Esq. Carmarthen, Mond. April I, at Carmarthen. Pembrokesh. Satur. April 6, at Haversordwest. Town and County of Haversordwest, Saturday April 6, at Haversordwest. Cardiganshire, Friday April 12, at Cardigan, Worcester, Feb. 11, 1771. THIS is to acquaint all Gentlemen, Graziers, Farmers, Dealers, and Chap- men, That every Year, for the future, upon the Friday before Palm Sunday ( that is the Day be- fore the Spring Fair at Worcester) a FAIR will be held according to an antient Custom, Right, and Privilege, in the Township of St. John in Bedwardine, near Worcester, for Pigs, Sheep, Horses, and all Sorts of Horned Cattle. N. B. A Fair for all Sorts of Tanned Leather, will be likewise held at the same Time and Place. To be SOLD very Cheap, At the late Dwelling- House of Mrs. Severn, at the Cross, Worcester, THE Shew Board, and Sashes in the Front of the Shop, with the Cases and Weights thereto belonging; also the Glass Case. Slides, with Shelves and Backs to the same ; like- wise a Deal Cupboard, a Nest of Drawers, a Writing Desk, and a Quantity of Oak Wainscoting. TO BE LETT, And entered upon at Old Lady- Day next, A Farm, situate at Oddingley, within four Miles of the City of Worcester, and within two Miles of the Town of Droitwich ; consisting of near seventy Acres of Orchard, Arable, and Pasture Land, with a good Dwelling- House, two Barns, and other convenient Out- Buildings. For further Particulars enquire of Mr. Timothy Edwards in the High- Street, Worcester; Or of Mr. George Brooke, of Warndon, near Oddingley, who will shew the Premisses. To be LETT, and entered upon immediately, Situate in a good Sporting Country, within four- teen Miles of Shrewsbury, and within two Miles of a good Market Town, A Compleat handsome well - built House, consisting of nine Rooms on a Floor, well furnished, with good Garrets, a Brew- House; Cellars, Pantries, and every other Convenience. Also good Stabling, and a Coach- House ; a Garden well walled and fruited, and an exceeding good Orchard well planted, the Whole about two Acres.--- To be lett for seven Years certain, at the yearly Rent of Thirty- five Guineas. With the above Premisses may be had any Quantity of Land, from one Acre to fifty. For further Particulars enquire of the Printer of this Paper. TO BE SOLD, AMessuage or Tenement, together with a Malt- House, other Out- Buildings, and about fourteen Acres of inclosed Land thereto belonging, situate at Bradforton, in Worcester- shire.— Any Person may view the same by applying to John Burston, the present Tenant.—- The Pre misses are Freehold, and some valuable Timber is growing thereupon. Further Particulars may be had of Mr. Jeffery Bevington, of Eatington; or of Mr. Hunt, of Stratford upon Avon. ASCHOOL will be opened on Monday the 8th of April next, at a large and commodious House at KEMPSEY, near Worcester, a Place much esteemed for its agreeable Situation, and salubrious Air, where YOUNG GENTLEMEN will be genteely Boarded, and carefully instructed in the ENGLISH and LATIN LANGUAGES ; Writing in all the Hands expeditiously taught, not only on Mathematical Principles, in order to im- print in the Mind a just and necessary Idea of true PENMANSHIP, but by such other particular new improved Methods as cannot fail of enabling Learners, in a short Time, to arrive at a Masterly Proficiency in that most desirable ART: Also Arithmetic both Vulgar and Decimal; Geography, History, the Use of the Globes, and the various Branches of the Mathematics-, Navigation, Men- suration, and Book keeping both Foreign and Do- mestic ; with French, Dancing, Music, and Drawing ( if required) 011 the most reasonable Terms, by M. HULL and proper MASTERS. The utmost Attention and Regard will be paid to the Health, Morals, and Deportment of the Pupils, as well as every effectual Method and Endeavour used to qualify and enable them to fill their future Stations in life with Propriety. ESTATE, or whole LORDSHIPS accurately surveyed and elegantly mapped, at such Intervals as may not interfere with other Business. To be SOLD or LETT And may be entered on at Lady - Day next, AN exceeding good Freehold Dwel- ling- House, with all necessary Out- Building thereto adjoining, situate in Pershore, in the County of Worcester, and fit for a Gentleman or Tradesman. Particular may be had by applying to Mr. Young, Attorney at Law, in Pershore aforesaid. To be SOLD to the BEST BIDDER, On Friday the 15th Day of March lnstant, between the Hours of Three and Five in the Afternoon, at the Dwelling- House of Edward Dudfield, known by the Sign of the Flying Horse, in Strensbam, in the County of Worcester, subject to Conditions then to to be produced, A New- built Freehold Messuage or Tenement, Garden, and Premisses, with the Appurtenance, situate at Strensham aforesaid, late in the Possession of William Tustian, and now of Richard Knight, as Tenant thereof, at the annual Rent of 21. 15s Further Particulars may be had of Mr. Long, in Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire. To be SOLD by AUCTION, At the Crown Inn, in Bosbury, in the County of Here- ford, on Monday the 25th Day of March lnstant, between the Hours of Three and Five in the After- noon, according to Conditions of Salt then to be produced, A Messuage or Tenement, called Arnolds, with convenient Out- Buildings, and about thirty Acres of Arable Land, Meadow, Pasture, and Hop Ground, adjoining together, and planted with the choicest Fruits ; situate in the Pa- rish of Bosbury aforesaid ; now in the Occupation of John Kendrick, who holds the same by a Lease for a certain Term of Years whereof four are yet unexpired.—- The greatest Part of the Pre- misses are Freehold, and the Residue thereof Copy- hold of Inheritance, held under the Bishop of Hereford. Further Particulars may be had of Mr. God- frey, Attorney, at Mathon, on Mondays; or at the Green Dragon, in Ledbury, on Tuesdays. To be SOLD to the BEST BIDDER, On Monday the 18 th Day of March lnstant, at the Golden Lion, in the High Street, in the City of Worcester, between the Hours of Three and Five in the Afternoon, FOUR Freehold Houses, in good Repair, situate in the Cooken- Street, in the City of Worcester, and now set for 14l. 15s. per Annum. Two of the Houses are in the Front of the Street, and are spacious, and might be made very commodious for a Baker or Maltster. For Particulars enquire of Mr. Parker, Attor- ney, in Worcester. To be SOLD to the BEST BIDDER or BIDDERS, At the Sign of the Duke of Beaufort's Arms, in the Town of Monmouth, on Wednesday the 3d Day of April next, betwixt the Hours of Twelve and Two in two seperate Lots, agreeable to Articles then and there to be produced, LOT 1. THREE Hundred and Fifty six Oak Trees, now growing 0n and Estate at Callow Hills, near Monmouth aforesaid in the County of Hereford, which Trees are all marked out for Sale. LOT II. Four Hundred and Five Oak Trees now growing on an Estate at Carmaddock, in the Parish of Garway, in the said County of Hereford all which Trees are likewise marked out for Sale. For further Particulars apply to Mr. Thomas Holder, of Carmaddock aforesaid, who will they same. Worcester, March 7, 17 71. WANTED, as an Apprentice to a Glover in this City, a sober YOUTH, reputable Parents; with whom a Premium will expected. Enquire of the Printer of this Paper. Worcester, Feb. 13, 1771. CARDEN and BISHOP, ( Late Partners with Mr. JOHN CRAIG) BEING removed from the Cross to the Top of Mealcheapen- Street, carry on the Business, as usual, of Wholesale and Retail Woollen Drapers, and hope for the Continuance the Favours of their Friends, which will be gratefully acknowledged, by Their most obliged humble Servants, CARDEN and BISHOP. TITZER, Clock and Watch- Maker, From LONDON at the Dial, near the Crown Inn, in Broad- Street, WORCESTER, MAKES and sells all Sorts of Clocks, Watches, Silver and plated Goods, Gold Rings, & c in the newest Taste, and on the- west Terms. Ladies, Gentlemen, and Others, wh0 are pleased to favour him with their Com- mands, may depend on having their Orders punc- tually obeyed to their Satisfaction, and their Fa- vours will be gratefully acknowledged, by Their humble Servant, BENJAMIN FITZER. N. B. Clocks, Watches, Jewellery, and Silver- smiths Work, repaired in the most careful and eat Manner. JOHN SCOTT, TAYLOR, In the HIGH - STREET, WORCESTER, TAKES this Method to return his most unseigned Thanks to those Persons who have been pleased to favour him with their custom, and likewise to inform them, that he has been lately in London, where he has had an Op- portunity of feeing the present Taste in Dress in its greatest Perfection ; and flatters himself that whose who have hitherto employed him, or who hay hereafter please to commence Customers, that he greatest Care shall be taken to have every Branch of his Business executed in the most gen- teel and judicious Manner, By their most obedient humble Servant, JOHN SCOTT. Shrewsbury, March 7, 1771- ELIZABETH ROGERS, WIDOW of the late Owner Rogers, hereby returns her sincere and grateful Acknowledgements to the Friends of her late Husband, and begs Leave to inform them, that she continues on the Business of conveying Goods, & c. by Water, from Shrewsbury to Gloucester, as in her late Husband's Time ; and humbly solicits the future Favours of all Gentlemen, Tradesmen, and Others, which will be gratefully acknowledged, and the Business punctually executed, by Their obliged humble Servant, ELIZABETH ROGERS. THE several Creditors of Mr. GEORGE GUISE, late of Astwood, in the Parish of Dodderhill, and County of Worcester, deceased, are desired to send an Account of their respective Demands to Mr. Holbeche, Attorney, Droitwich, in order to their being satisfied. And all Persons in any Ways indebted to the Estate and Effects of the said Deceased, are hereby required immediately to pay such Debts to the said Mr. Holbeche, who is duly authorised to receive the same by the Executors of the Deceased's Will. AS the Sporting Season is very far advanced, and it's imagined the Doe Hares are many of them big with Young, Lord Plimouth desires that nobody will, during the Remainder of this Season, course, hunt, or shoot, within any of his Manors, and has directed his Agents to pro- secute every Unqualified Person that shall hereafter Be detected in so doing. A COCK MATCH will be fought at Hadley Bowling- Green, on the Tuesday find Wednesday in the Easter Week, between the Gentlemen of Worcestershire and Shropshire: To shew 31 Cocks in the Main, for Two Guineas a Battle, and Twenty Guineas the odd Battle To weigh on Monday the 1st of April. GEATLY and GOST, Feeders. L EFT at the Rose and Crown Inn, in Evesham, by a Person unknown, the 2nd Day of February last, a BAY MARE: This is therefore to acquaint the said Person, That if he does not immediately fetch the said Mare away, and pay all Expences, she will be publicly sold to defray the same. LOST, on Friday the 22d of Fe- bruary last, between the Sign of the Crow Droitwich Road and the Town Hall in Wor- cester, A Silver WATCH, Maker's Name, Edmunds, Liverpool, No. 557, with a Steel Chain, on which was a small Key, and a Silver Seal with the Stone lost out of it. Whoever will bring the said Watch to Mr. Sanders, at the Old Coffee- House, in Worcester, shall receive a Reward of Half a Guinea. DROITWICH CANAL. WHEREAS a Number of the Barrows, Planks, and other Implements and Materials belonging to the Company of Pro- prietors of this Undertaking, have been taken away from the Work, by divers Persons living in the Neighbourhood, and converted to their own private Use ; This public Notice is therefore given, That all Persons having any such Materials in their Custody, are hereby required to return the same to the said Company, their Servants, or Agents, at the said Work, within the Space of fourteen Days from the Date hereof, in Default of which all Per- sons in whose Possession such Materials may here- after be found, will be prosocutcd pursuant to the Powers given by the Act passed for making the said Canal. THOMAS HOLBECHE. Droritwich, March 7th, 1771. AT the. Town- Hall, in Worcester, on Monday next, the 11 th of March Instant, ( being in the Assize Week) will be performed a Concert of Vocal and Instrumental MUSIC, by the best Performers from Lichfield, Birmingham, and in Worcester, for the Benefit of Mr. CHARLES CLARK— TO begin at Seven o'Clock.— After the Concert, will be a BALL, Gratis. Tickets, at 2s. 6d. each, to be had at the Coffee- House ; Mr. Lewis's, and Mr. Gamidge's, Booksellers, in High- Street; and at Mr. Clark's, in Frier- Street. To be SOLD by AUCTION, At the Golden Cross, in Bromsgrove, on Tuesday the 19tb Day of March Instant, between the Hours of TwO and Four of the Clock in the Afternoon, a FREEHOLD ESTATE near the Town of Broms- grove, in the following Lots, LOT I. A Messuage, Barn, Nail Shop, Garden, and about four Acres of Land, upon which there is a Brick Kiln, called the Sheep Cot, and held by Lease to William Green, at the yearly Rent of 121. 15s. of which Lease about eight Years are unexpired. The Buildings in good Repair. LOT II. A Close of Land, adjoining to the Town of Bromsgrove, about two Acres, with some large Timber Trees growing thereon, and a Stable and Pig- Sty adjoining, at a Place called Clapping Gate. These Premisses may be en- tered upon immediately. Further Particulars may be known of Messrs. Thomas Brettell and James Brasier, Attorneys at Law, who are jointly authorized to sell the same. To be SOLD to the BEST BIDDER, On the 23d Day of April next, at the Dwelling- House of William Blew, the Sign of the Falcon, in Bromyard, in the County of Hereford, subject to Conditions of Sale to be then produced, unless sold by private Contract in the mean Time, of which proper Notice will be given, ANew elegant modern- built Brick House, consisting of two handsome Parlours, China Closet, Study, Hall, Vestible, best and back Stair- Case, also a best Kitchen, with a wet and dry Pantry, all on the Ground Floor. A large Lead Reservoir over the wet Pantry...... On the first Floor, four genteel Bed- Chambers, all hung with fashionable Paper; Dressing- Closets to three of them; two of them with Fire Places............. In the Attic Story, four genteel Bed- Chambers, two of them hung with Paper; two Closets with Fire Places; like wise a Servant's Room and Store Room. Three large dry good Cellars and a lower Kitchen. -— The Offices, being a new compleat Brick Build- ing, consisting of a large good Brew- House, Wash- House, Bake- House, and Laundry over them; a handsome Coach- House, with a Grainery, having an Alabaster Floor over it; and a four stalled Stable well fitted up, and an Hay Lost over it.—- A Gar- den adjoining to the House, by Estimation one Acre, with a Ten Foot Brick Wall, laid out in the genteelest Taste ( well stocked with Wall and other Fruit - Trees) with an elegant Shrubbery, and good Kitchen Garden, well cropped An Orchard adjoining to the Court Yard, with a new Barn and Beast- House, and some other new Building for Pigs and Poultry, all which are made very con- venient. A Pump in the Court, with exceeding good Water. The above Premisses lie pleasantly situated at the Entrance into Bromyard from Worcester, and contain, by Estimation, more than two computed Acres. They command a pleasant Prospect of the Down, and are situated in a delightful healthy Air.— The Purchaser will be entitled to Right of Common on the Down. L O N D O N, Tuesday, March 5. Also to be Sold, at the same Time, in like Manner, with or without the above- mentioned House and Premisses, Two computed Acres of Arable Land, lately enclosed out of a Field called Cruxwell Field, in the Parish of Bromyard aforesaid, with Lands of Thomas Tomkyns, Esq; and in the Possession of Mr. John Whittall.— And one other computed Acre of Arable Land, in Cruxwell Field aforesaid, in the Possession of Mr. William Davis. Also the Remainder of a Term in a Lease of a Meadow, opposite the House, by Estimation six computed Acres, in the Occupation of the said Mr. Davis, ten Years whereof were unexpired at Candlemas last. Enquire of the said Mr. Davis, who will shew the Premisses; or of Mr. Coleman, Attorney at Law, in Leominster, who will treat for the same. The House to be viewed till the Time of Sale. Bromyard is a Market Town, distant from Lon- don 125 Miles, from Worcester 13 Miles, from Hereford 15 Miles, from Leominster 10 Miles, from Ledbury 15 Miles, and from Tenbury 10 Miles, or thereabouts ; the three last are good Market Towns. Also to be Sold, at the same Time and Place, One Hundred Feet of new Oak Palisadoes, in Stretches, with Posts, never put up. THURSDAY'S POST. ( By EXPRESS from LONDON.) FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Extract of a Letter received by Prince Gallitzin, the Russian Minister at the Hague, dated Pe- tersbourg, Feb. 4. NOTWITHSTANDING the Severity of the Weather our Troops are still in Action, and we have Advice from, our first Army, that Gen. Olitz, Commandant in Walachia, has de- tached a Body of Troops from Otta, to invest the Towns of Bracovan and Crajova; that those Troops, in their Way, encountered a Body of 5000 Turks, after beating of whom, and taking their Cannon, they had seized on the two before- mentioned Towns. After this Expedition, Gen. Olitz was making the ne- cessary Dispositions to attack Ruszig and Schur- schevo, the only two Places remaining in Pos- sesion of the Turks on the Left Banks of the Danube." Last Night there was a long Debate in the Lower House on the East- India Recruiting Bill, Whether it should be committed: When it was carried for committing it, 103 ; against 65. Yesterday the Serjeant at Arms belonging to the Lower Assembly, was called in, and asked what Steps he had taken in Regard to the Order of that Assembly to him directed for the appre- hending of the Printers : He said he had been several Times after them, but could not meet with them; it was then moved, that an humble Address should be presented to his Majesty, to desire that his Majesty would be pleased to issue a Proclamation for apprehending them, It is said his Majesty will go to the House of Peers next Friday, to pass the different Bills which lie ready for the Royal Assent. L - d C m, we are told, has intimated, that he shall be at Westminster on Tuesday next; when it is expected he will make a very important Motion. The Minority, notwithstanding their present seeming Supineness, we hear, are engaged in important Schemes, which are kept from tran- spiring with the utmost Care and Circumspection. Yesterday the Lord Chancellor and his Fa- ther paid a Visit to her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales at Carlton House. On Saturday Night some Dispatches were sent away for Falmouth, to be forwarded to his Majesty's Governors of Gibraltar and Minorca. In order to detach a certain patriotic Serjeant from his present Connections, one of the Ben- ches in Westminster- Hall. was lately offered him, which was refused with a just Abhorrence. It is said that Sir George Macartney, who lately set off for Madrid, is - charged with ex- traordinary Dispatches to the Court of Ver- sailles, which he is to deliver in his Way. Orders are issued from the Board of Works for repairing the several Forts throughout this Kingdom ; and, according to some, those Re- mains of Antiquity, our Castles, will be the Objects of particular Attention on the Occasion. Had not the Convention taken Place, the Spaniards were preparing to besiege Gibraltar with 70,000 Men, at the Head of whom the King himself, for the greater Eclat, was to appear. The Fleet to block up the Harbour was ready to fail from Ferrol. Notwithstanding the Reception the Con- vention has met with here from Opposition, it is reckoned, by foreign Nations, as extremely humiliating to Spain and honourable to Eng- land. An extraordinary Requisition is to be soon made by a rival Power. — This may be depended upon. Should Choiseul return into Office, War is certain. The Plan for attacking Holland is already settled in France, and the Empress Queen has agreed to give free Passage, through Austrian Flanders, to the French Troops. The Dutch, therefore, are using all the Force of Intrigue and Bribery at the Court of Versailles to prevent the Restoration of Choiseul. By a Correspondent, who arrived a few Days ago from Ireland, we are informed of the fol- lowing Particulars relative to the S — ry of that Kingdom obtaining a Majority in that P-- nt:— Besides the usual Methods of large Promises, Places and Pensions, he has hit upon a Scheme which seems to be original in Venality ; which is, he has purchased almost every vacant Seat in the Kingdom, which may amount to about twenty, and insits of those out of Parliament to buy from him, or lose their Employments ; and every new made Lord that has a Borough, is obliged to return a Friend to Government, whilst those that have no Borough are to buy a Seat at the stipulated Sum of 2000l. The Treasury of that Kingdom is the grand Reservoir from whence these corrupted Chan- nels flow ; and left these Channels should dry up, they are every now and then fed with the Streams of the public Funds. The Money, for Instance, that should be forth coming to pay the Officers Widows on the 1st of January last, has been applied to this Purpose, whilst the Com- plaints of the unhappy Sufferers are disregarded. Letters from Hanover, dated Feb. 19, ad- vise, that the Princess, Spouse to Princess Charles of Mecklenburg Strelitz, was brought to- bed of a Daughter two Days before. By the great Encouragement now given to- wards supporting the Newfoundland and other Fisheries on Foot, in the different Parts of the British Empire, above thirty thousand Seamen will find Employment the ensuing Summer in that valuable Branch of Commerce. Russia and Prussia have agreed to let Poland endeavour at the Establishment of her own Tranquility, being of Opinion that she is able to attain the wish'd- for End. Letters from the Frontiers of Poland say, Forty Thousand Recruits are actually on their March to reinforce the two Russian Armies, and enable them to push their Operations on the Danube with the greater Effect. Letters from Paris give an Account of several atrocious Crimes lately committed in that Ca- pital. Amongst others, a young Woman, who was disappointed in an Amour by her Mother, found Means to poison her; since which she has confessed her Guilt, but ' discovers not the least Sign of Contrition. And the Son of a Mercer, a few Nights ago, killed his Father and Mother in their Beds, with an Iron Bar which secured their Shop Door, and afterwards made the like Attempt on his Brother, but was not able to accomplish his Purpose; and fearing he should be taken, stabbed himself in several Parts of his Body, and then threw himself into a Well. Mr. Warpole, who arrived in Town on Friday last, came over in an open Boat from France ; the Business which brought him from Paris admitting of no Delay. A Letter from Brest mentions, that Orders had just been received to unrig several capital Ships of War, both there and at Rochfort; but the Toulon Squadron is to be kept upon a re- spectable Footing, while the Russian Fleets con- tinue in the Mediterranean and Levant Seas. It is said that the Liberty given in the India Recruiting Bill to employ one- third Foreigners in the Corps to be raised under the Eye of Government, is, that the K— g may provide for several of his Hanoverian Subjects. We hear that in the Lottery for the present Year there will be only one Blank to a Prize. For the better securing the Persons of the Printers, we hear that Mr. Broughton, the famous Bruiser, has lately appeared at the Chapter Coffee- House, as supposed, by Order of some Friends of the Min- y, in order to be at Hand to assist the Messengers, if Occa- sion should arise. It is well known that intestine Broils are more destructive than foreign Attacks : As a Proof of this, after bidding Defiance to what- ever Reason, or Morality could urge against its Establishment, the Coterie, we are assured is now on the Point of Dissolution from the Jar- rings and Contentions of its own Members. A celebrated Italian Singer, it is said, was waiting for a fair Wind at Dover to embark far the Continent, when he was unluckily over- taken by his Creditors. BANKRUPTS required to surrender. John Prior, of Bell Inn, in the Parish of Bell- Broughton, Worcestershire, Miller, March 13, 14., April 9, at the Bell Inn, in the said Parish of Bell- Broughton.-- John Beynon, of Coventry, and Thomas Dibbs, of Mitre- Court, Cheapside, Lon- don, Ribbon- Weavers and Copartners, March 30, April 4, 13, at Guildhall------ William Readshaw, of Hampstead, in Middlesex, Linnen - Draper, March 5, 16, April 13, at Guildhall. DIVIDENDS to be made to Creditors. March 25. John Young, of Cornhill, London, Woollen- Draper, at Guildhall.— March 26. Tho- mas Jackson Cleveland, of High Holborn, Haber- dasher, at Guildhall.— March 29. James Farlow, of Hereford, Mercer, at the Swan and Falcon, in Heneford.-— April 6. Thomas Henshaw, of the Minories, London, Gun- Maker, at Guildhall.— April 6. John Bryant, of Bath, Upholder, at the Greyhound and Shakespeare Inn, in Bath. EARLY INTELLIGENCE, received from our Correspondents in London, dated Wednesday, March 6. YESTERDAY the following Project was tried, without Effect, to take the Printers into Custody: Having failed in every other Scheme, a Messenger went and pretended to be an Author, and wanted to fell to the Printer a Manuscript, saying, that if he could see the Gentleman he did not doubt but they should agree for it. The pretended Author was asked the Title of his Work; he replied that he called it The Ministry dissected, or a Narrative of all their vile Proceedings from the year 1760 to the present Times. A Gentleman who hap- pened to be in the Shop, and had some Know- ledge of him, told him the Bait would not take, for the Person he wanted to treat with was out of his Reach, and would be some Months longer; upon which the Messenger left the Shop, vowing Revenge for his Disappointment. Last Night the House of Commons were agitating a Motion of Governor Pownall's, which we find was respecting the Spanish Con- vention ; on which Account they fat very late. Mr. Dowdeswell, we hear, will move the House To- morrow, for Leave to bring in a Bill to establish, declare, and point out the Power, & c. of Juries. It is reported that the following Changes will take Place before the Rising of Parliament: — Lord Chief Justice Mansfield will quit the King's Bench; Sir Fletcher Norton will be created a Peer, and succeed Lord Mansfield ; and Velters Cornwall, Esq; to be Speaker, in the room of Sir Fletcher Norton. The Mail from New- York, which arrived at the General Post Office on Monday last, brought the greatest Number of Letters to the Merchants of this City, as have been known for these eight Years past; and what makes it the more agreeable is, that most of them con- tain Orders for divers Sorts of Goods in large Quantities; so that many Hundreds of poor Artificers, who have had no Work for a long Time, will now find Employ. One Weaver, it is said, engaged Yesterday thirty fresh Hands, whose Families were almost starving. WORCESTER, Thursday, March 7. Saturday next will be Commission Day for holding the Assizes for this County and City. The Poor of Evesham return their Thanks to George Durant, Esq; one of their Repre- sentatives, for the Benefaction of 25I. at the late inclement Season.----------- A laudable Example, worthy Imitation. The Assize of Bread is as follows, viz. Wheaten Ho ushold. lb. oz. dr. lb oz dr Penny Loaf to weigh 087 0 11 2 Two- penny Loaf I 0 14 I 6 4 Six- penny Loaf 3 2.9 4 2 12 Twelve- penny Loaf 652 8 5 8 Eighteen- penny Loaf 9 711 12 8 3 The Halfpenny Bach Cake not to weigh less than 4 Ounces 3 Drams, the Penny ditto not less than 8 Ounces 7 Drams; and n0 other Sort of Bach Cakes to be made. Humourous LETTER from an honest FARMER to his Son in London. MY DEAR DAVID, Your poor Mother and I have been greatly afflicted at your long Silence : We are afraid something has happened to your Sister, and you dare not write to us. You know you promised to be a watchful Guardian to her in that wicked Town of London, but we are suspicious that she has fallen into bad Company, and has given you the Slip. Pray, what is that Coterie ? We have a sad Opinion of it here: Though, we don't rightly understand the Institution, our Farmers say it is a Meeting of Men and Women, higgledy- piggledy, like Hay- makers in a Barn, or Soldiers, and their Wives in the Barrack. For my Part, I suspect, David, that you are got in with the Court, and then of Course forget your Friends as fast as you can. It is rumoured here, that your Uncle has left the Bill of Rights, and is gone over with the Granville Party to the Administration; if so, I will never believe a Patriot more. I never had a good Opinion of Parties. I always thought the Ins meant to prove Wrong to be Right, and the Outs ready to advance Right to be Wrong. I thought, however, my Brother was not a Party- Man, and aimed only at the public Good ; but London seems to be all in Confusion. According to the News- Papers you have an Opera Singer that has Children, and you have married a Lord that should be an Opera Singer. Your Speakers in the House are afraid to be heard ; and your Preachers in the Church harangue to empty Pews. We read of a Bill depending to bring a River to London, and another to build Houses on the Thames. It is said that your Routs are thronged with young Men, and your Women go to a Tavern. You have Operas at the Soho Assembly, and you are soon to have an Assembly at the Opera House. Your Ministry gives up the Privilege of Parliament in Law Prosecutions, and your Patriots have been struggling for an ex post Facto Law. You are against raising 2oo0 Men to defend your great Possessions in India; and you are fitting out Armaments at Sea, when you have concluded a Peace with Spain. The King and Queen, by their Example, are Ad- vocates for Matrimony, and the Nobility for Di- vorces. The Robinhood Society has summoned the Printers to hear what they have to say, while they are afraid themselves to be heard by the Prin- ters: And as your Ministers heretofore took up Printers by Warrants unsupported by Authority, it is said they are now attempting to seize them by Authority without any Warrant; and we are told a great Patriot is likely to lose an Estate in Cum- berland by a Majority of Votes against him, as another Patriot lost a Seat in Parliament with a Majority of Votes in his Favour. Pray let us hear from you, and tell me what Progress you and your Sister make at Hart's Aca- demy. I suppose you can now make a Bow with- out kicking the Shins of those who are behind you, or knocking down your Right Hand Neigh- bour with your Hat; and your Sister can curtsie without bobbing or jerking like a Fisherman's Quill in the Water, or the Jack of a Harpsichord ; i always told her to take Care of her sinking, but above all to rise without jerking or bobbing. I suppose you'll go no more to that School of Ora- tory, the Robinhood, since, if Fortune should favour your Ambition, and you get a Seat in the House, you are not to speak in public. I approve the Reformation of determining Debates by Arithmetic rather than Oratory ; 160 to 150 is a stronger Argument than any to be found in De Demosthenes or Tully, and Aye or No is the true Laconic Mode of Reasoning of those Grecian Britons, the valiant and wise Spartans. Does your Sister improve in Politeness and Good- breeding? I would have her go as often as she can to the City Ball ; but Mrs. Jenkinson, who sits near me, says, she hears the Coterie is the only Place for Breeding— you know she will be merry. Is it true that Dr. Whitefield left 30, oool. behind him ? If the Will we have seen is genuine, a Tabernacle produces a better Revenue than a Cathedral. Our Blessing is with ye both. Pray, write soon to your affectionate Father, SOLOMON SIMPLE. Worcester, January 30, 1771. WHEREAS the Masters in the Glove Manufactory in this City, have been much injured by the Work People embez- zling and selling their Gloves, Leather, and Lea- ther Shreds; Notice is hereby given, That a Re- ward of FIVE GUINEAS will be paid by the Steward of the Company, to any one who shall impeach, to Conviction, the Embezzler or Seller of Gloves, Leather, or Leather Shreds: And also the same Reward will be given for impeach- ing the Buyers or Receivers of Gloves, Leather, or Leather Shreds. By an Act of Parliament of the twenty- second of George the Second, it is therein enacted, That any Work People who embezzle, purloin, fell, or secrete any Leather of his, her, or their Master, shall be publicly whipped for the first Of fence: And any Person buying, receiving, ac- cepting, or taking by Way of Gift, Pawn, Pledge, Sale, or Exchange, or in any other Manner what- ever, from any Workmen, any Leather, on Con- viction, forfeits the Sum of Twenty Pounds ; on Default of Payment to be whipped in public at the Market Place." As it is well known many Work People have offered, if not sold, Skins to Shoe- makers, Car- penters, and Others; This is to inform all Per- sons that buy, receive, accept, or take, by Way of Gift, Pawn, Pledge, Sale, or Exchange, a single Skin, Piece, or Shred of Leather, that they are lia- ble to the Penalties above recited. As the Com- pany in general have been so grossly abused and wronged in their Property, they are determined to spare neither Pains nor Expense in bringing to Justice all Offenders under the above recited Act, Whether they have any Connections or not with the Clove Manufactory. By Order of' the Company. RICHARD KNIGHT, Steward. In a few Days will be published, In three Volumes, Twelves, Price 7s. 6d. sewed, ROSARA ; or, The Adventures of an ACTRESS. A Story from real Life. Translated from the Italian of PIETRO CHIARI. London, printed for R. Baldwin and S. Bladon, in Pater- noster Row ; and sold by the Printer of this Journal. In the PRESS, And will be published about the End of this Month, A New and complete Treatise on the Diseases of Women ; in which every Dis- order the Female Sex are peculiarly subject to is explained ( with their Causes and various Symp- toms) in a clear and concise Manner, and the most approved Methods laid down for their Cure. By a PHYSICIAN. London, printed for R. Baldwin, No. 4.7, Pater- noster Row, and sold by the Printer of this Journal. This Day was Published, THE CRITICAL REVIEW; Or, ANNALS of LITERATURE. For FEBRUARY, 1771. Containing, I. Continuation of the Account of Guthrie's History of Scotland. II. Drury's Illustration of Natural History. III. Dossie's Me- moirs of Agriculture, Vol. II. IV. The West Indian, a Comedy. V. Emerson's Mathematical Principles of Geography. VI. Osbeck's Voyage to China and the East Indies, & c. VII. Letter to Robert Morris, Esq. VIII. Langhorne's Transla- tion of Plutarch's Lives. IX. The Minstrel, a Poem. X. Furneaux's Letter to Mr. Justice Blackstone, 2nd Edit. XI. Critical Observations on the Buildings and Improvements of London. XII. History of Sir William Harrington, & c. & c. & c. and with a large Monthly Catalogue. Sold by R. Baldwin, No. 47, Pater- noster Row, London, and may be had of the Printer of this Journal. THE Famous English CHOCOLATE POWDER, composed of English Balsamic Buds, Blossoms, Flowers, and Variety of Aro- matics, & c. Adapted to both Sexes, all Ages and Constitutions, very agreeable to the Taste, and to be drank in common as Tea or Coffee. It is exceedingly hourishing, and surprisingly efficacious in the Cure of Nervous Disorders, Windiness or disorderly Motions in the Stomach, sour Belchings, Shortness of Breath, & c. — Many of the most eminent of the Faculty approve and recommend it. Sold ( by special Appointment of the Proprietor) by H. Berrow, Printer of this Journal ; Price 2s. 6d. a Canister. To be SOLD to the BEST BIDDER, On Friday the 15th Day of March next, between the Hours of Three and Five in the Afternoon, at the Unicorn Inn, in the City of Worcester, unless dis- posed of in the mean Time by private Contract, of which public Notice will be given, in this Page, ALL that large and commodious Brick Messuage, now and for many Years used as an Inn, and known by the Name of the UNICORN ; situate in the Broad- Street, in the City of Worcester; for some Years last past occu- pied by Thomas Williams ; with a convenient Yard, Warehouses, and large and commodious Stables, and other necessary Offices and Out- Buildings, all in complete Repair, and great Part thereof new Building. N. B. The above Messuage and Buildings may, at a small Expense, be converted into a very hand- some and convenient Dwelling, for a, wholesale Tradesman. For other Particulars enquire, of Mr. Davis, Builder, or Mr. Sockett, Attorney, in Worcester. To be SOLD to the BEST BIDDER, At the Talbot Inn, in Stourbridge, on Friday the 15th of March next, between, the Hours of Two and Six o'Clock in the Afternoon ( or in the mean Time by private Contract subject to such Con- ditions of Sale as shall be then produced, A Substantial well- built Farm House, with Barns, Stables, and convenient Out- Buildings, all in very good Repair, together with eighty computed Acres, or thereabouts, of exceed- ing good Arable and Pasture Land, being all Free- hold ( excepting a small Parcel of Copyhold Land of Inheritance) with a fine Rivulet of Water run- ning through the Heart of the Estate, and the Fish Pools are reserved ; situate at Yieldingtree, in the Parish of Chaddesley Corbett, in the County of Worcester, in the Possession of John Perry, and now worth to be lett at 70l. per Annum. For further Particulars apply to Mr. Harris, Attorney, at Bradford ; or Mr. Cole, of Redhall; or to Mr. Potter, of Broom, who will shew the Premisses. N. B. The Estate is exceedingly well planted with Fruit and Forest Trees, and there is an exten- sive Right of Common for Sheep, upon a dry and healthful Soil, which may be soon inclosed to the great Advantage of the Estate.. WHEREAS a Commission of Bankrupt is awarded and issued against William Mason, now or late of Tewkesbury, in the County of Gloucester, Glover and Haber- dasher, and he is declared a Bankrupt under such Commission; therefore he is required to surrender himself to the Commissioners in the said Com- mission named, or the major Part of them, on the Twenty- first and Twenty- second Days, of March next, and on the Second Day of April following, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon of each of the said Days, at the Dwelling- House of Joseph Shel- ton, Innholder, known by the Sign of the Angel Inn, in Pershore, in the County of Worcester, and make a full Discovery and Disclosure of his Estate and Effects ; when and where the Creditors are to come prepared to prove their Debts; and at the second Sitting to chuse Assignees ; and at the last Sitting the said Bankrupt is required to finish his Examination, and the Creditors are to assent to or dissent from the Allowance of his Certificate. All Persons indebted to the said Bankrupt, or who have any of his Effects, are not to pay or de- liver the same but to whom the Commissioners shall appoint, and are to give Notice thereof to Mr. Young, Attorney at Law, in Pershore aforesaid. In Two Volumes, Twelves, Price Five Shillings sewed, or Six Shillings bound, THE VICAR of BRAY. A TALE. Printed for R. Baldwin, in Pater- noster- Row, London ; and sold by H. Berrow, in Worcester. Of whom may be had, 1. The Favourite, 2 Vols. Price 5s sewed. 2. The Divorce, 2. Vols, Price 5s. sewed. This Day is Published, Price 2s. THE JOYS of HYMEN ; Or The CONJUGAL directory. A POEM. In Three Books. The ARGUMENT. Book I. The Invocation. Difference of Beau- ties. Account of the Golden Age. The story of Pandora. The Sick and Weak advised t0 refrain from the Rites of Venus. The bad Effects of mar- rying for Riches. Descriptions of ill- matched Pairs. The Muse's Apology, and Promise of future Instruction. Book II. The Nuptial Night, Precepts to Lovers. Story of Vulcan. Morning the best Time for the Feats of Hymen. The Counsel of Phoebus in the Synod of the Gods. Astrological Scheme. The twelve Signs of the Zodiac described ; their Influence over the human Frame. Description of the Shrine of Cytheraea. Instructions for suçh as would wish for Male Children. Apology for the Muse, and her Transition to another Subject. Book III. The Signs of Conception. Love then not to be repeated. The Tale of Saturn and Phyllira. Effects of Imagination. Epicurean System. Danger of Riding and too violent. Exer- cise to pregnant Women. Ill Effects of the Small- Pox. Conclusion. Here Love his Golden Shafts employs, here, lights His constantLamp, and waves his purple Wings. milTOn. London, printed for D. Davis, in Pater- noster- Row; and sold by the Booksellers and, News Carriers in Town and Country. Of whom may be had, Price 6d. INOCULATION DEFINED. A Pastoral Dialogue. Written at an Inoculation House in the County of Norfolk. WORCESTER: Printed by H. B E R R O W, near the Cross ; Who sells all Kinds of Blank Warrants, Land Tax Receipts. Parish Certificates, Summonses, Orders of Removal, and every Form used by Justices of Peace, Parish Officers, & c. and by whom the PRINTING Business is executed in a neat and expeditious Manner on very reasonable Terms. VELNOS' Vegetable SYRUP. THE following Cure is so very remarkable, both for its Inveteracy and the open Manner in which it was effected, that is to be hoped it will be deemed a satisfactory and incontestable Proof of the Efficacy of the VEGETABLE SYRUP; more especially as Cases of this Kind are not easily be obtained, from Motives of Delicacy. Edward Davis, Foot Soldier in the late Lord Ligonier's Regiment of Guards, was, from a Venereal Cause of long standing, highly complicated with the Scurvy, cowered with large Pustules and sordid Ulcers, from, the Crown of his Head to the Soles of his Feet, Upon Ex- amination I also discerned, that the Uvula was ulcerated, and the Tonsils almost consumed by two large Ulcers. He was besides afflicted with the most dreadful nocturnal Pains, with Nodes on various Parts, a slow hectic Fever, and continual Head Ache. He had been under Mercurial Courses without Effect, was at this Time reduced to a mere Skeleton, and looked on as totally incurable. As I wished to have an Opportunity of putting the Vegetable Syrup to the most severe Trial, I had requested a noble Friend of mine to obtain of Lord Ligonier, that I might have a Soldier from the Hospital in Petty France, West- minister, on whom I might make an Experiment, whose Case was the most complicated, and obstinate. This Man was presented to me by Order of his Colonel, as a most hopeless Subject, and sent to my House ; where be was radically cured in the Space of six Weeks, by the Use of the Syrup ONLY, and returned for Inspection to the Hos- pital, accompanied by his Colonel and myself, perfectly found, to the great Astonishment of all who were acquainted with his deplorable Case ; and remains to this Day in perfect Health. J. BURROWS, M . D. This Medicine, which daily Experience proves to be a Specific in all Venereal and Scorbutic Cases, is to be had in Bottles, at 10s. 6d. each, at Dr. BURROWS'S House, opposite the Prime of Orange's Coffee House, in the Hay Market, London; sold also by Fletcher and Hodson, in Cambridge ( who are appointed sole Agents for vending this Medicine in the Country) Mr. Raikes, Glucester; Mr. Pugh, Hereford; Messrs. Pearson and Aris, Birming- ham; Mr. Taylor, Kidderminster ; Mr. Jackson, Oxford; Mr. Eddowes, Shrewsbury ; Mr, Taylor, Stafford ; Mrs. Thurston's, Wolverhampton ; and by the Printer and Dis- tributors of this Journal. Where also may be had, A Dis- sertation on its Nature and Effects, with an Account of its Examination by the Royal College of Physicians, and a Va- riety of extraordinary Cures, properly attested. Dr. Walkers Patent Jesuits Drops, And SPECIFIC PURging REMEDY. All Persons unhappily afflicted with the VENEREAL DISEASE, are earnestly requested to read the following Advertisement with the most serious Attention. Whereas there are numberless Quack Medicines, such as Pills, Electuaries, & c. & c. advertised for the Cure of the above Disorder, all of which chiefly consist of Mer- curials, the taking of which is sure to be attended with the most dreadful Consequences to the unhappy Patients, we beg Leave to inform the Afflicted, that Dr. WAlker's Genuine, True, and Original, PATIent Jesuits Drops, and his Specific Purging Remedy ( in which there is not the least Particle of Mercury, as may be seen by any one who choses to examine our Patent) are sold at our Warehouse, No. 45, the Corner of Fleet- Lane, Old Bailey, London, and ( by special Appointment of the Patentees) are likewise sold by H. Berrow, Printer of this Journal. The Drops in Bottles at 2s. 6d. and the Specific Purging Remedy in Pots at 2s. 6d. each With every Bottle is given the fullest Directions how every Patient may cure himself, without the Knowledge ever of a Bedfellow. The many Thousands who have experienced the happy and quick Effects of these invaluable Medicines, are the most convincing Proofs that they are the most certain, plesant, safe and immediate Cure ever discovered, for Gleers and Seminal Weakness, which both Sexes are subject to, though ever so obstinate and long standing, or by whatsoever Means occasioned; and for the VeNEreal Disease, from its slightest to its most malignant Symp- toms ; and likewise for the Gravel, Stone in the Bladder, and all Scorbutic Cases. And the Proprietors beg Leave to observe farther, that when their surprising and quick Efficacy is considered, they are the cheapest Remedy ever offered to the Public. N. B. The Patentees have come to a Resolution to write, on each Bottle, their Name, J. WESSELS and Co. in their own Hand writing, that the Public may be no longer imposed on. — All others which are not wrote on the Outside, J. WESSELS and Co. and Counterfeits. The following GENUINE MEDICINES s old , by A ppointment, at H. Berrow's, Printer, near the Cross, Worcester, and may alsobe had of theWorcesterNewsmen. By the Authority of his Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. D R. Norris's Antimonial Drops, most wonderfully efficacious in the Cure of all Kinds of Fevers, Nervous and Rheumatic Complaints, & c. & c. Price Five Shillings and Threepence Bottle. Sold, by the Doctor's Appointment, in Bottles at 5s. 3d. each, by Mr. Grimes, in Bromyard; Mrs. Watson, in Bromsgrove ; Mr: Clare, in Bewdley ; Mr. Haslewood, in Bridgenorth ; Mr. Andrews, in Evesham; Mr. Taylor in Kidderminster; Mrs. Hankíns, in Ledbury, Mr. Har- ward, in Tewkesbury ; and H. Berrow, in Worcester. Letter from the Reverend Mr. LANTHOINE to Dr. NORRIS, of'Duke- Street, Westminister. SIR, MA N, in all Probability isnot liable tomoreDiseases than there are Means of Cure ; as with a weakly Constitu- tion, subject to Disorders of the Head, ªtomach, and Lungs, together with Cholics, Palpitations of the Heart, the Rheu- matism, & c. an old Age may be attained : This is a Truth of which I myself ama Testimony. It is true, indeed, that Medicines and proper Diet have always been of Service to me ; and as often as I have I been told, Qui medice vivit, misere vivit ? my Answer has been, Vivit tamen. I have bad Death often before my Eyes ; and believe it has been owingtomy own Care and Precaution that I am now to be numbered amongst he Living. It is most natural, and highly consisten t we are Recourse with Reason and good Sensex that when afflicted with a bad State of Health, we shouldhave to Medicine and every necessary Means of Cure. In a Word, on the 12th of October, 1770 ( for this is the Circumstance at present chiefly to be considered) a Cold in my Head, being a Disease to which I am frequently subject, threatened me with a total Suffocation ; insomuch, that my own Knowledge and Experience in Usual Remedies failing me, I concluded that my latter End was at Hand ; notwith- standing which I was so happy as to meet with a perfect curé fro m the sole Use of your Antimonial Drops, In a few Hours after taking them, my Head was free and easy; and I felt myself, in all Respects, wonderfullyrestored; so that notwithstanding my experiencing manyexcellentMedicines, by which I have hitherto prolonged my Life, I do affirm, that these Drops are inmy Opinion, themostsalutary and effect us Medicine in the World. I am, Sir, Your humble Servant, No. 14, Walting- Street, P. LATHOINE. Sea a Pamphlet delivered gratis by the Venders of this Medicine, intitled, A short Essay on the singular Virtues of an highly exalted Preparation of Antimony, or Dr . Norris's Antimonial Drops; to whichis'added aca- talogue of Cures, incontestable proving the sovereign Efficacy of this great Medicine in the many Disorders for which it is recommended. DALBY'S Carminative, For Diseases in the Bowels of INFANTS, and also for the Cholic in grown Persons, Is sold at Berrow's Printing- Office, in Worcester ; by Mr. Hartlebury, in Tewkesbury ; by Mr. Price, in Gloucester, and at the Printing Office there; also by the Men who carry this Paper. The Character of this excellent Medicine is too well established to need any Gloss to set it off; the Author finding many Articles in it much advanced in their Price, finds himself under the disagreeable Necessity of raising it to One Shilling and Three pence the Bottle. MAREDANT'S DROPS. To Mr. Norton, Surgeon, Golden- Square. SIR, Having somes Time since been greatly afflicted with the Scurvy, which appeared in great Blotches and other Eruptions all over my Body, and having had the Advice of several eminent Physicians without Relief, I was at last advised by a Friend to try your ( Maredant's) Drops; which I accordingly did, and am now perfectly restored to my former Health by no other Means. If you think proper to publish this, I have no Objection. Chancery- Lane, I am your very humble Servant, Dec. 5, 1770. THOMAS WILLIAM PINCK Any Person still doubtful of the Efficacy of this Medi- cine may ( by applying to. Mr. NORTON, Surgeon, the well side of Golden square, near Piccadilly, London, the only Author and Proprietor, where these Drops are sold in Bottles of six Shillings, each) be fully convinced of their good Effect, by being referred to many People 0f Credit, who have been cured of the Leprosy, Scurvy Ulcers, the Evil, Fistulas, Piles, long continued In- flammations of the Eyes, and every other Disorder arising from a Foulness in the Blood. They may be taken in an Season, without the least Inconvenience or Hindrance of Business. They also perfect Digestion, and amazingly create an Appetite. N. B. None are genuine but what are signed by JOHN NORTON, in his own Hand writing ; who hath appointed them to be sold by H. BERROW, at his Printing Office near the Cross, Worcester, and may be had of thé Distri- butors of this Paper ; also sold by Mr. Taylor, at Stafford ; Mr. Hudson, at Burton ; Mr. Hubbard, and Mr. Morgan at Lichfield ; Messrs. Smith and Bridgwater, at Wolver- hampton ; and Mr. Smith, at Newcastle under Line. By His Majesty's Letters Patent, ( Granted to WALTER LEAKE, of the City of London, P. P.) is recommended the Justly Famous PILL, called in the Patent, PILULA SALUTARIA; And there pronounced' to be a Cure for the VENEREAL DISEASE, Scurvy, and RHEUMATISM. In fifteen or eighteen Days it generally cures those cruel Disorders, and where it fails of perfectly restoring Health in that Time, the Patient has the happy. Assurance that he or she is at the Eve of being restored, let the Degree of Malignancy be ever so great. It is an Excel- lency peculiar to these Pills, to make directly the com- plaining Parts, and enter into Contest with the offending Matter, which they soon dislodge and expel. They are declared by Experience to be a Preserver of Health, as well as a Restorer, by taking only eight single Pills. ( instructed by the Direction Bills) once or twice a Year In short, the Patentee has this extraordinary Obligation to them, that whatever he promised himself from them they were sure to fulfil and exceed, as though impatient of immortal and universal Fame. These Pills are more worth a Place in the Cabinet of Masters and Captains of Ships, and the more so, for that they require no Consing- ment, nor Restraint of Diet, will keep good in all Cli- mates any Length of Time, and effect a Cure even when Salivation fails. Sold by the Patentee ( in Boxes of 2s. 6d. east) at his House No. 16, Bride Lane, Fleet Street; who effectu- ally cures Gleets and Seminal Weaknesses : Also sold by by Appointment by Mr. Hart, Deuggist, in Wolverhampton Aris and Co. Birmingham ; Smart, Ludlow ; Hartlebury, Tewkesbury ; Raikes, Gloucester ; Jackson, Oxford ; and at Berrow's Printing Office in Worcester.