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N0 a gun, and having withal a fhattered veflel, we couia y €ontent ourfelves by endeavouring to keep her in fight pes to fall in with fome Englith privateer to our affift- but in the night the got away, we being foul and in . We intend for Monto Chrifte, there to refit and g’ld doubt not ‘afterwards of makinga good cruize. (13 ; B O 8§ T O N, Deembers. Yefterday Capt. Cufhing arrived here from Philadelphia, y/\whom we hear, that Capt. Woodbury in a Schooner bound fither from that Place, laden with Flour, &c. parted her Pables in a Gale of Wind, and was drove afhore on Cape- Aay laft Saturday was Sen’night ;-the Mens Lives all fav’d, he Veflel bilg’d, but “tis thought Part of the Cargo will be d faved. Wednefday laft arrived here Capt. Cobb in 8 Days from [Halifax : On the Friday before he was chas’d four Hours ear Bay Fanday by a Brigantine, fupposd tobe a Frerich Privateer. [Some fufpeét her to be the late Province Snow, but alter’d for 8 Decoy.]—Upon Advice of which, we hear, he Province Ship of War King George, Capt. Hallowell, ho retarned on Tuefday laf from a long Cruize,is order- :d to proceed in queft of her. Thur(day Morning laft, the Rev. Fames McSparran,D. D. ( Narraganfett, in Ebode Ifland Government, departed this iife in the 66th Year of his Age. Eriday Morning laft died here, univerfally lamented, Mr. Thamas Bulfinch, a noted Phyfician of this T'own, in the 63d Year of his Age. The fame Day Samuel Rhodes, for the heinous Sin of Blaf- bhemy, fat upon the Gallows for the Space of one Hour ; fafter which he received z5 Stripes, under the fame, agreea- le to his Sentence. On the 18th ult. the Rev: Mr. Mather Byles, jun. was ordained to the Patoral Office of the firft Church in New- .opdon in Conne&icut-Colony. Yefterday arrived here, a French Datch™ Schooner of a- rat go Tons Burthen, taken-by the King ef Pruffia Privateer ..ipt. Gruchy of this Port, off Martinico: The Particalars er Cargo we have not yet learnt, tho' ’tis faid fhe has tards of 100 Hogfheads of fine Sugars, befides other va- e Articles. Lapt. Jacobfon in the Snow Bofcaween, from Londen, t laft from Portfmouth, which Place he left the 3d of Oc- ber, failed in Company with 2o Sail of Tranfports bound Cork, under convoy of the Norwich Man of War Capt. arby ; amongft whom were Capts, Bruce and Edwards of s Port : They are to take in 3000 Troops for New York. yo Days after he left the Convoy, he was chas'd by a ench Frigate from 7 in the Morning ’til 6 in the Evening, hen he loft Sight of her in a Fog ; but faw “her the next orning from the Maft head. Captains Partridge, Steb- [ J insand Stanton from this Place, and Capt. Adams from . taqua, would be ready to fail from London the Begia- of O&ober for this Place ; and the Weft India Convoy but the 20th of the fame Month from Portfmouth. Be- e Capt. Jacobfon left the Convoy, half of them was mifling Gales of Wind. Extraft of a Letter, dated Halifax, November 22. # The Newark failed from hence the 14th, and the Light- g Firelhip, for England.—~The fame Day Lord Colvil ilted his Broad Pendant onboard hisown Ship, the North- berland, and was faluted by all the Men of War in the rbour, and from the Batteries on Shore. The Ships left der his Lordthip’s Command, are, Northumberland 70 ans, Terrible 74, Somerfet 78, Orford 70, Kingfton 60, efiance 60, Sutherland 50, Arc en-Ceil 54,and Hawke 900 ; which no doubt will be fuflicient to protett us from ; Jfice the French may fend agaiaft us this Winter or the Spring.” . PORTSEMOUTH. . PuprLisuer of the New Hampsuie Gazerre. « @s defired to fend “you the inclofed I.etter, with the . ¥r, in order to have them publithed. N. B. The An- @ vill be ready for your next Paper. Yours, e, e tar, fair daughter of love, to toe infiruflions of prudince, nd-det the precepts of truth fink decp in thine beart : Jfo fhall e charms of tby mind add lujirc 1o the elcgance of thy form 5 pd by beotily, like the rafdin s omtlosk, foall retain its fwet - i vl e blsam e e R Besonomy of Human Life. Rty YAl the hipbinefs of feeing « | deafon of the year ; the glory w4 praves,cand thefweetnefls of /¥ our covverfation was con- he g* dtle fen(ations they d.{ ninthis Letter to i3ny ; - Afiag adventures we siapany~- I fhall only take 24 te mernin e parted : You may re- esikfalt, oir - mverfation turned upon hare, 1 thank, it woe univerfally ac- n*y in the advan, ant; ;e st though T moft Wi yet, madara, I fancy 3 o {etily, cannte bagacoassher dnl . dble, . arg pot o hvayadolilig® s fpend thefe Hours -edecm irein necefl3ry) divaficas, in adorning wds, and acquging thofe Embellithments which are v ol human natore. “'¥/as that prevailing inclination "¢ biandiliments of pleatare, that attention commonly nto the veice of defamation, and fondnefs for the orna- knts of (tcfs and fathion, averted to fublimrer acquifitions, w incxpreflibly charming would women appear ! were minds filled with fentiments of virtue, and formed to a Pt Yoe writings ; the (oftnefls of their manners, the live- of their thoughts, and the delicate turn of their expref- would furnifh a noble entertainment for the ingenious .nkind : ‘Men of learning and fenfe would not only pith agreeable companions, but the world would . - pgand victuc:s, by reafon of the fryg™ “Port/mouth, in the Province aforedfaid, tion of a daughter than that of a fow, except thofe who are defigned for a learned profeflion ; experience confirms us that a flender degree of knowledge is fufficient for the common affairs of life, and the acquitement of riches ; but no fmall improvements are requifite to form the ninds of young crea- tures in a fuitable manner, and to infpire them with. the fen- timents of religion, virtue, and honour.— But I defpair of of- fering any motives powerfal enoagh, to prevail upon the la- dies to devote themfelves to mental exercifes, fince I have * often obferved that thefe in the moft confpicuoes ftations, who ought to be patterns of virtue and every fhining accom- plilment, fometimes.compofe the gay, the thoughtlefs and giddy partof your fex ; and you are fenfible how great in- fluence a perfon of fafhion may have over the whole fex that fall within the compafs of her acquaintance, - We hear from Dover, that a Child about three Years old having been mifling from its Parents five Weeks, was found dead laft Sunday about a Mile and half from Home : *Tis almoft incredible how it got thro’ the bad Travelling, the Bufhes, and over the Racks to the Place where it lay. g Laft Sunday arrived here the Winchelfea, a h’la&-Ship, Captain Joha Long, from London, but lait from Boiton. Yefterday arrived here Capt. Gilmore in 27 Days from Barbados, by whom we are informed, That while he was there, a Snow from Philadelphia ran on Shore en the fou- thern Part of that Ifland, and afterwards getting off, in turning up to Bridgetown, funk, by which her Cargo was entirly loft, but the Men were faved. He further informs us, That in Lat. 33. 30. Long. 59. he faw a Wreck, and went on board of her, fhe proved to be a farge Schooner, having loft her Mafts and Bowfprit, and almoft under Water ; fhe was newly fheathed, and her upper Streak was yellow, with a Rife aft, which took in her Main Maft and Pumps, had a Sea- Horfe- Head, her Hatches open, which looking down, he faw {everal Hogfheads, fome Pine Boards, with fundry other Particulars, by which we have no Reafon to doubt but that fhe was a Schooner which failed from hence fome Time ago commanded by Captain John Lovell, of Bofton, bound for Surrinam. Capt. Gilmore thinks the Crew were faved, as the Veflel was ftriped of almoft every Thing that would be of Advantage, and by the Preparations that were made on board for their Convenience after _their {uppofed Misfortune. York, Dec. 6. 1757. Laft Saturday died here, the amiable and pious Confort of Jeremiah Moulton, jun. Efg; Sheriff of the County : a Perfon highly efteemed, greatly beloved, and univerfally Jamented. 5 Custom Houss, Piscataqua, December 8. Exter’p In, Goodwin from York, Hopkings from Bos- ton, Williams from Halifax, Light from Barbados, and Long from London. Crear’» Our, Stilfon and Grant for North-Carolina, Brown for Weft Indies, Staple for Cape Elizabeth. Province of NEw-HampsirE, CourT of VICE-ADMIRALTY. Purfuant toa Decree of faid Court, on the Petition of Capt. James Cofgrave, NOTICE is hereby given, That on. Monday the 26th Day of Dectmber Inftant, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, will be Expofed to Sale, by Pusrick Vewnpue, at the Honfe of Mr. Fames Stoodley 1 Innho!der, the BHULL or BODY of the SNOW Charming Peggy, the faid Cofgramwe Maler, with all her Tackle, Apparei, Fur- niture and Appurtenances thereto beionging, ail which with the Inventory and Conditions of Sale, are to be feen by inquiring at'the Regifter’s Office. PorTsmoutu, Decemb, 7. 1757. Pr Curiam, Fobn S/Jerbur;_ze,,D. R A LL Perfoms Indebted to, or have A any Demands on me the Subferiber, are hereby defired to fettle faid Accounts within fosrteen Days from this Date, he being bound to England. Portjmeuth, December g, 1757 1 Samuel Solly, fLL Perfons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the ERtate of Henry Seymour, late of Portfmouth, deceafed, are defired to bring in their ° Claims t0 Aun Seymosur, Adminiflratrix to faid Eftate, and Widow of faid Deceafed, i order for Settlement. Hamrron, Nov. 3oth. 1757. uft Imported, Andto be SOL'D by Fonathan Moulton jun’ At his own STorE, by WroLEsALE or RETAIL, A Fine Affortment of Braziery and Cutlary WARE, almoft every Thieg fuitable for Houfe Keeping. And a large Affortment of WinTER W y and Summer GODDS, fuitable for Men’s and Women's' Wear. Alfo West Insie GOODS, Savy, &c. ‘ Fonathan Moulton, junr, N. B. I will engage to fell any of the above Goobs as re . cheap for ready Cath, or any oth~r Gaod Pay, ot three . _Months Credit, as the like are fold any whege in this Pro vince. If any Perfon inclines to take a lasgeiQuantity, will give fix Months Credit, and take Merchantable BoaRbs at Exeter, New. Market, #./bury, or Newbury Lagdiidl () T .E. to come and fettle the {ame with Thomas Dunjfbee, and Fobx M‘Duffee, Adminiftrators on faid Eftate.— The faid Admi- niftrators will attend that Bofinefs on the fecond Thurfdays of the three following Menths, at the Houfe of Mr, Willicm Blear, lonholder, at Londonderry aforefaid, between the Hours of one and fix in the Afternoon. . 2 i ‘Mas DuNsHEE, Londonderry, Nov. 24, 1757. Joun' M‘Durri. s e Prowvince of Neaw- Hampbire. P } ALL Perfonsk—t_l:at hzl_v;: any Demandson the Eftate of J/aac Griffin, late of Kingflon, deceas'd, are defired to bring in their Claims to the Adminiftratrix, in order to Payment : And all that are indebted to faid Eftate, are defired to make {peedy Payment. Kingflon, Nowember 24, 1757. 2 MARY GRIFFIN, Adminiftratrix. have'any Demands on the Eftate of Matthew Nealp, late of Nottingham Eafl, deceafed, are defired to bring in their Accounts to 7homas Simpfon, and Margaret Nealy, both of faid Nottingbam, who are Adminiftrators on faid Eftate. 2 ————— —— — — e — —— LL Perfons having any Demands on the Eftate.of Mr. JofephScribner, and Fofeph Scrib- ner jun. both late of Exeter, deceafed, are defired to bring in their Claims to Jo/eph Looge, Adminiftrator of the Eftate of Fofeph Scribner, and allowed Adminiltrater de bonis non of all the unadminiftred Eftate of the faid 7o/eph Scribner jun. in order for Settlement. And all Perfons Indebted to faid Eftates or either of them, are defired to make fpeedy Pay- ment to faid Adminiftrator. 3 § o e OTICE is hereby given, to_zfii thofe that are Indebted to, or have any Demands on the Eftate of Capt. #illiam Pote, jun. late of Falmouth in the Province of the Maflachufetts Bay, deceafed, to come and fettle the fame with #illiam Bucknam of Falmouth, Ad- miniftrator to faid ERate. Falmouth, Octeb. 26. 1757. 3 D —— HIS is to give NOTICE, to all Perfons thac have any CLOTH to Drefs of any fort, that if they are fo difpofed as to bring it to the Ful- ling Mill in Stratham, where Samuel Clark ufed to work, that they fhall have it done after the beft Manner, and ata reafonable Price by me, Banjamin Parker, 3 Now in the PR ES S, And On Wednefday next will be Publifh'd, And SOLD by the Printer of this Paper, Ames’s Almanack For the YEAR 1 8 HEN all Gentlemen, and Traders may be fupplied with them by WHOLESALE and RETAIL, e 7 e - PROPOSALS for Printing by Subfcription, ’ I ‘He Way to Health, Long- Life and Haprringss: Or, a Dicourfe on TemPE- RANCE, and the particular Nature of all Things requifite for the Life of MAN ; as, all forts of Meats, Drinks, Air, Exercife,&c. with fpecial Dire£tions how to ufe each of them to the befl Advantage of the Body and Mind. Shewing from the true Ground of Nature, whence moft Difeafes proceed, and how to prevent them. To which is added, A Treatife of moft forts of Herss, with feveral other remarkable and moft ufeful Oblerwatisns, very neceffary for al/l Famivies. The whole Treatife difplaying the moft hidden Secrets of Philofophy, and made ealy and familiar to the meaneft Capacities, by various Examples and Demonftrances. Communicated to the World for a general Good, by Tromas Tryow, Studentin Puysick. CoNDITIONS 1. That this Work (which contains upwards.of Five- bundred Pages) fhall be committed to the Prefs as foon asa fufficient Number are fubfcribed for, to defray the Ex- pence of priating. 1I. That it fhall be printed in a neat Oawvo, on a good Letter and Paper, and-be deliver’d to the Subferibers with all convenient fpeed, neatly done up in blue Paper and cut. I1L. That the Price to Subfcribers fhall be One Mill'd Dollar ; one Half t phid at the Time of fubferibing, and the other Flalfat the Delivery of the Books : Thofe who {abfcribe for j,fi’fhall have a feventh gratis. As the Pub gcellent Treatife will depend entirely on L 1 bcribers, it is hoped that urage fuch a uleful Undertaking, ; their I¥ames, as no more will be liut may o¢ {abiciibed for. oNs are iaken in by the Printer hereof, 10 daliver the' Books to the Subfcribers when ‘ lfiguz%m Notice will be given in this Paper. iption has been open'd-in Philadelphia W’C&f,’ with a Subfcription ¥ o et v éfi&}lfla’;‘a, Nérv. 4.;,."4757. g o dec S Aoard the b ~ 3 V' 4 ¥

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