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to(srrt yi t).lcMi,u it is unaUera- . , On TacJUaV nigh t the mcb .hrolt the wio- it had not been rcrtlr.cnt to th futjt. Othu Die'v.ii.nKasea as l iiaveionz been m tne eionoos dfi nf. hi Orarf .rhe . Dnt' r.f ArotFT'o nninmni .hi. tnhii nrv wav rir.5 tj a ' " ' r.TJ '"r':"rr -:v r:'pnoui3-m-oono.oquarp,-ana7ajio tne winuows to ton cnarp,c nave own rcpuuornu-nillv 1 i 1 J I t - ( favour in, from time to time, with fuch iriftruc- ijoiu; as, may beft enable me to accompliih thofe ends,; reftrog allured of always finding me devoted to your fervice, and that the happielt moments of my life will be thofe in. which I am employed in maintaining the civil and religious rights of Eng lifluhen, and in promoting the ir.tereAs ofAroy con iUtuems I am. with the trueft reTpeft, , . 't , . Gentlemen, your obliged;- "., ' and faithful humble fervant, neti1t March ia.. . fOHN WILKES; We hear that Mr. Wilkes, after 'h. great fo.' Jiguesi there. -'A coach and fix, "m the Lord Bute's houfe in South- debility of my conftitutlon it H nut only ley-Sirect-were-fo-broke, a phyEcaV'-imoffibility forme u i of elaft was left whole. 1 have ravifhed tnis woaian. Who .1$ ilrur.lir n.-' it'i- j; - nr. nnn - inn man nff arrenriveiv nicea on cni-GicniiVv aairan tige'and prorperity of the jbaby of, Mid4IcJexI ll. me theretora dehre of vou. pent icmen. to ' Dane of pi it is laid ine uauiagc uone . Xiorti; xjuic s man i am. ,Mucrt nas ocen urgcci againu me boufc, by the, mob on, Monday night ugoii that of .having feduced her,, from rut - p;t cJririot be. repaired for lefs than 5000 1. a great; rents and ' friends. ; Seduction is not rtie point .deal of 'rich furniture having been", broke to 'of- this charge, , but I . do aflure your Lordftupv pieces. . - . ' ; ..u. and the uryf ;tha0iii$ part tt the cafW' has betn - The general to2ft among the friends of the iiggwv'ated exceedingly beyond the truth. It popular patriot' now is,r May Liberty never I have been in any degree "tp hUmeY I am fum wont a J'ities-t and may Wilkes' never want , I have very" fufiiciently ottoncdforTtvcryJn liberty,: y ' !' V ,1 liferettoniwhich ' I'.'-weaie '."atfachmeht' to thU , It is faid, that a gentleman of the firft emi- unworthy woman may hove led me into b nence in the law has aiven it as his nninion.' havinnr fnfiTii'il the 'clifirrae n( krlntr vivf. .l is fet out for Mf to fpen . aW dayi that the out.livvry;againft Mr. Wilkes is not as a-criminal at the bar, in the county which gal-r-rrrf father had the honour to reprttcnt.in par- Alfo, that among . ftveral flaws m Mt., lument, and whwrc, if this fort of an aitive Wilkes's ootlawryi one is, that he was not life had been my object, my own t& iijd declared an outlaw in three different parifties fortune gave me fome pretentions to have at- in me county were, nc uvea ; na 11 1 iiKe- tainca tnc unre nonour. will tKe lit) .ra 1 .'1 ' ... . - ...... inteTetl of Mr. Cooke. irrived on Monday. at and Sir.Vi U. Proftor, . tlrentford, -with their horefes' drtffed in blue rib bons, fome of the populace began to take them away j this enraged the coachman, and he impru . dently flruck at them with his whip s upon 'which the mob called .out, knock him o(F hit box, kill , him, &c. but Mr. Wilkes' intcrpofing, an J beg ging no -mifchief migh enfue, they dtfiftcd from - their purpofe, and contented themleives with ftrip ping every ribbon from the horfcj, &c. -, No carriage was fufFered to pafs along the Strand on Monday, without huxxaing for Wilkei t one fellow . neaf St. Clement'i church Bad a pot of beer, and made feveral of the people in coaches, ice, drink to Wilkes and Liberty, from whom he got feveral (hillings given him t but prefenting it .loon after to two pcrfbnt in 1 pofi chaife, tney . drove off with the pot and its contents ; which caufed a great deal of mirth to the reft of the mob. The wife ef a foldier in the guards having pur. - ' chafed a bed of a broker in Drury lane, in carry ing it home on bcr head thought (he felt fomcthing hard !n it, and opening the feam to fee, what it was, found 42 guineas and . two. Queen Anne's crown pieces. . The college of PhyCcians at Paris have declared . againft inoculation, 32 voices igainft 23, A quarrel having arifen between a celebrated Gentleman in the literary world and one of his ac quaintance, the latter heroicalfy, and no lefs laco nicallv, concludes a letter to the firft, 00 the fub jeel ot their difpnte, with,' 1 have a life at your service, if you dare to take it.'V To which the wife faid, that the outlawry was not tegUlrcd more of your Lordlhin's time than to aM ' in the proper office. ? " ! that if I'had been conlcious of the cuilt'nov. Lord Baltimore's defence read to the Vturt and .imputed to me, I could have kept myfJf and . Jury, pon bU trial at ' Kingjloh in Surry mY iortune out of the reach of thehws of tltia tn Saturday the ibth' injlmty taken in country. I am a cjtiten of the world, ami Court by a gentleman frJent, could have lived any where but I love my : My Lord and gcntJemcnr";"7 Z 7 country, and (ubmit to its laws and nfolvinn .1. " I have put myfelf upon my country, hal m innocence Ihould be jultificd by tho confident that prejudice and clamour will J.. ' now, by my own voluntarily i, by avail nothing7 in this place, where it is the , Karrcndcrang myfelf to the Court of kln;V privilege of the meancit ,t the king's lubiccls B,:r'fS lhk "V vcrdift of twelve men to be prcfuraed tobe innoctnt until his guilt W a,!d ' forlune what is dearer to ha been made appear by U gal evidence. I me lhan euh5r ny nonour. , : wifh I' could fay, that I . have been- treated ' 1,-"' ' "' 1 " ' 11 ' abroad with the fame candour I have been former replies, ending his epiflle thus 1 you have alife at my fervice, if I dare take it 1 I muft confefs-to you that I dare sot take it 4 I lhack my God I have not the courage to take it j but though I own I am afraid to. deprive you of your life, yet, Sir, permit me to aflure you that I am equally thankful to the Almighty Being for mercifully beflowmg on me fufficicnt rcfoktion. it attacked, to defend my own. It had the et joaaea wun ooioquy j me mmt malignant li bels, have been circulated, and every other -method that malicc could devifc," has been" taken to create a general prejudice againft me. 1 thank God that under fuch circum ftanccs I have had firmnefs and refolution enough to meet my aCcufcrs face to face, and proVoke an ioquixy into my conduct. The charge laid againft me, and againft thefe poor people,, who are involved with me, becaufc they might otherwifc have been wit- Yea fay ncflcs- (or- me,isy1n"its nature, eaiy to be made, and hard to be difproved. 4 The accu fcr has the advantage of fupportine it by direct and poGtive -evidence: The defence can only be collected from circumftanccs. My defence is compofed of a very great variety of tircumftances, all tending to (hew ; NEW B E R N, 7nV .'CUSTOM-HOUSE, Vcrt-BwerU ' Entered Inwards. June t6. Schooner Poor Man's Friend. Robert Short, from Philadelphia. . Cleared Outwards. - .. . ynt itt Sloop Diamond, Benjamin Crane, for St. ChriftopherV . v. . - at. Sloop Polly, James Baaaey, for PhiladJ. do." Stocp Dcfire, Nath. Bowles, for Bofloti doS!oopTryal-WaVoolcuttf for Barbadoir . Sloop Dolphin, Robt. WcAcote, for N'. York. ' . . , f ;f do. Snow friendlhlp, George Richard foo,- for Gibraltar. .... ' 1 , : . - , A D V E R T J b M M N T S. A L L Manner. .of- ofeful BLANKS - to be had at the Printing. Offici thefalfity of this charge, the abfurdity of ir, ferti it brought the madman back again to rea thc impoffibility that it can be true. --Itwilr iun, incDus inicrvcncu. nu iuc wiair was com- . inwit juir ur ctiuchlc. uuuer 111c .f r? hp n r n promifed.: lt.; ; ; direction of my council ; and I have the con- m iV a v aCttit .'. ; j April 1, A ' cerialii nobleman being afked fidence of an innocent man, that it will mani- . ... . , ' by the 'what he aDorehended. would he feft to vour Lordfhln. the Turv. m K whnle V NEWBERN, June ai. t?68. 04 com eautnet cf a leu tlttuonf reo led. at world, that the ltorv told bv th s woman s a ' I n & ouoicnocr navinz UCen a erf It , tbt coHjeautnct of a lata election ? replied, at world, that the ftory told by. this woman is a tbt gentleman was eltfled, be mujl tab bit feat prevei Gon of the truth, and a mere invention. accordingly J ' What could induce this woman to make Amongd the other pranks of their high fuch a charge I can only fufpect-Very foon and mlehtineflea, the mob, on account of the after (be came to my houfe, upon the repre , Middlefcx election, thef flopped the French fentation to me that her father was diftrelied, ambaGaJor in his coach, and ciy infiftcd I fent him a conGderable fum of money whe on his drinking a draught of porter) which jher the eafc with which that money was ob- they offered bim) to Wilkes and Liberty 1 tained from me might fuggeft this idea, as a with which'his txcellency, with the greateft means of obtaining a larger fum of money f affability, complied. .or whether it was thought neceffary to deftroy One day laft week as a great perfonage was me, in order to re-cftablifh the character of A Sufferer by Petfoai trefDiQine on hli Linda on SleetmVt Creek, and at Grtea Spring, aeir this Town, finds kirafclf under the NeceCty of forbid ding all Perfons from hunting, (hooting, or rang ing thereon on any Pretence 1 ai he is deiermlnrd to profecute any that (hall be found offend in z herein. , y - V I AMES DAV13. ' JUNE ai, t76. T AN tay from the Subfcriber'ln AVuirrw, a vtllowilh Fellow earned WILLi tier ef .k.( v. .r . .. . u. . , ... , ... . .. .. .-.. . . iw'i w ngc, very ugui ana lUlIV. nil . ing to Richmond, accompanied by his il- the girl with the world, I know not but I a very iurly ilJJooking Countenance 1 ont-df hit- luuiiuus vuniuu, a rauuic in in thetoadthhher.do aver upon the word of a Man of Honcufr'Leei u lefi than theothrr. andrra .W intt ather'ed round his carriage, clamoroufly bee- that there is no truth in any thinff which has . hii Ancle, hivine been b cket When ha nn png a pardon for V. and grew fo numerous been faid or fworn of my having oSered , l,7 nil r8n Arn Ume, by a Siroki he re and troublefome, that the great perfonages violence to this girl. T ever held fuch brutali- J$i,red on his Elbow i his Cloaihi were Nrgro thought proper to return to .town. , ty inabhorrcoce. May I be allowed, to add, Cottcn'' -IIe fcrdible Fellow, and may . The followinc Toifts is drank everv niffht without offendinff iinft that tfernrum hlrK ' !t.t'mPt ,0 8f, in l9ra Vcffel, all Miflers of .1.--n . iAvri. . ..l... L..if 1 t ' . vends are therefor! warned of him. Wf,rtw ww i W T jn the mo f Liberty ttnguijbtr ft polite companies, "May tbi ligbt ought to be obferved here, that, ai a man of 'tpPrf'hen(j, t juver bs put out by a Scotch plcafure, I am in opinion againft all force.. I rwbern j - " " ' Ihould not have introduced this fentiment, if - faid Slsvc, and brines him to me In fhall have tof. Reward. J AMD UAVI3. A L-L Tcrfons may be fupplicd with this Paper at 16-1 Year, and have Advrtihmints( of a moderite Length) """ , ;r " infened for if. the firft Week, and 2. for every Week after. ; .1 - ,v ' t J i , 1 - , - - 1 I t ' '
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