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A Critical | Commentary | on | Archbishop Secker's Letter | to the | Right Honourable Horatio Walpole, | concerning | Bishops in America. Meditor esse affabilis. | Et bene procedit. | Paulatim plebem primulum facio meam. ! London: | Printed for E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry. | MDCCLXX | 16mo. Pp. 111.
By the Rey. Francis Blackburne, Archdeacon of Cleveland.
[Half title:] An | Address | to | The Episcopalians | in | Virginia. ]
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The appeal, upon its first publication, was received as favourably as the author could expect; several persons, of different principles and characters, who condescended to read it, being then pleased to testify their general ap- probation of the performance. If it has been treated by some persons latterly in a different manner, perhaps it has been owing to motives that have occurr'd since the time of its publication. A general attack from different quar- ters has been, at length, projected, and some of the com- batants begin to shew themselves.
[Full title:3 An | Address | From the Clergy | of | New-York and New- Jersey, | to the | Episcopalians in Virginia; | Occasioned | By some late Transactions | In that Colony | Relative to | An | American Episcopate. | Quis Furor este novus? Quo nunc. quo tenditis, iniquit | non Hostem, inimicaque Castra | Argivum: Vestras Spes, uritis. Virg. Aen. v. 670. | New-York: | Printed by Hugh Gaine, at the Bible and Crown, | in Hanover-Square, 1771. | Svo. Titles, 2 11. Pp. 58.
The | Appeal | farther defended; | in answer to | the | Farther Misrep- resentations | of | Dr. Chauncy. | By Thomas B. Chandler. D. D.| Not using your Liberty for a Cloak of Maliciousness. | St. Peter. | If the Presbyterian Parity had any Place in the primitive | Times as some do imagine, it must needs have been an | intolerable Kind of Government, since all on the sudden it | was universally abolished. | Maurice against Baxter. | New-York: | Printed by Hugh Gaine, at his Book Store and | Printing-Office, in Hanover-Square. | M, DCC.LXXI. | Svo. Title, 1 Jeaf; Contents. Pp. iii-vi; Errata, 1 leaf; The Appeal, etc., pp. 240.
A | Free Examination | of the | Critical Commentary | on | Arch- bishop Secker's Letter | to | Mr. Walpole: | To which is added, | By Way of Appendix, | a copy of | Bishop Sherlock's Memorial. | By Thomas B. Chandler, D. D. | Surely, no great Matters can be depended on, from the Tolerating | Spirit of those Persons, were We upon Terms of supplicating it, who [ can allow themselves in all the Arts of Mis- representation, in Order | to blacken the Reputations of those Advo- cates for our Faith (and | Discipline) while living, and their Memo- ries when dead, who had set | them Examples of a real Moderation in every Respect, the Force of | their Reasonings only excepted. | Dr. G. Fothergill. | New-York: | Printed by H. Gaine, at the Bible and Crown, in | Hanover-Square, | MDCCLXXV. | 8vo. Pp. xii, 122, Errata. 1. Ad- vertisement of four of the preceding works, for sale by Hugh Gaine, 1.
A Collection of Tracts from the News Papers &c. containing par- ticularly, The American Whig, A Whip for the American Whig, with some other Pieces, On the Subject of the Residence of Protestant Bishops in the American Colonies, and in answer to the Writers who opposed it, &c. New York. John Holt, 1768. 8vo. Pp. 208.
The present writer's copy is imperfect, containing only pp. 9-164. Vol. II., pp. 406, 1, was published by John Holt, New York, 1769. Brin- ley. No. 6135.
"The American Whig" was a series of essays published in The New York Gazette, and generally ascribed to William Livingston. These es- says were republished in the Philadelphia and Boston newspapers. "A Whip for the American Whig," by "Timothy Tickle." really by the clergy of the English church; "The Centinel" was published in the Pennsylvania Journal. the authors being supposed to be Dr. Allison, Vice Provost of the College of Philadelphia, assisted by a number of his Presbyterian brethren. and John Dickinson. Then there was "A Kick for the Whipper," by "Sir Isaac Foot;" "The Anatomist." by the Rev. Dr. William Smith, of Philadelphia, in reply to "The Continel." etc .. etc.
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The author is not unwilling to re-examine any thing that has been advanced or asserted in the course of the appeal, and to have the subject "fairly and candidly de- . bated, before the tribunal of the public," being still of opinion, that the plea for American Bishops, the more closely it is examined, and the better it is understood, will appear proportionably to greater advantage. Whatever therefore shall be offered on the subject in a reasonable and decent way, he thinks it his duty to attend to, but to noth- ing farther. As to personal abuse, he thinks he does not deserve it, even from the enemies of an American episco- pate, to whom he has behaved respectfully; and he is de- termined not to regard what every innocent and honest man ought to despise. But although he consents to de- bate matters with any one, who has the appearance and manner of a gentleman, yet he chuses not to enter the lists, in a match of flinging dirt, with scrubs and scavengers.
Which of these characters the American Whig ( for America has whigs) will think proper to appear in, can hardly be judged from his first exhibition; but I am sorry to say that I look upon his symptoms to be rather unfav- ourable. I have also been told by some who pretend to know him, that this same Whig ( who by the bye is rep- resented to have as many heads as the monster Hydra) is violently enraged at Somebody and Something, and has sworn revenge upon me. If so, in what manner I shall be treated, may be easily conjectured. But why should I be singled out as the mark of his resentment? If some people have failed in their application for a charter, and have been disappointed in the late election, how can I help it? These are no affairs of mine, and I am not answerable for them.
I make it a general rule to myself, to treat all persons with as much notice and respect as they deserve. Upon
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this principle I propose to conduct myself towards the American Whig; so that what treatment he is to receive from me, will depend greatly upon his future behaviour. So far as he shall reason, or shall appear to think that he reasons, he will have a claim to my notice; so far as he shall rail, he will be beneath it. Not a single argument that is pertinent to the subject, shall escape my attention, and, if it pleases God to continue my health, I will either confess its force, or shew its weakness.
But he must excuse my not attending him in a weekly paper. For such a task I cannot always promise myself leisure; and, in the present case, I confess, I have no great inclination. Some of my objections against this mode of defence, are the following.
Ist. I cannot engage with him upon equal terms. If I appear in this way, it must be in my own person; but my opponent is covered with a mask (and for a particular "reason it is his interest that he should remain for ever masked") and an engagement by two persons under such different circumstances, would afford to the public but an odd spectacle. While I should risque my own charac- ter and reputation in the fray, I know not, until I can dis- cover the real features of my antagonist, whether he has any reputation and character to risque. For this reason it has been generally esteemed base and ungenerous, for a writer who disguises or conceals himself, to attack an au- thor who stands fairly upon open ground. Such a method of carrying on hostilities has been looked upon as a sort of literary bush-fighting, to which it is almost as incon- sistent to expose one's self, as it is with honour to practice.
2dly. There appears to me to be a great unfitness and impropriety in such a contest, on other accounts. The Appeal, agreeably to the importance of its subject, was written with real and great seriousness; and the defence
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of it, when undertaken by its author, ought to be carried on in the same manner. But the attack of our Whig is like to be conducted with a very different spirit. No. I, from which we must at present judge, is penned altogether in a ludicrous strain; it is thickly bespangled with droll- ery, it frequently flashes with witticisms (but observe gentle reader, they are of a spurious breed, ) and, in short, ridicules the general subject of the Appeal and its various parts. Now as this has never been allowed to be the fair- est method of dealing with any thing that is serious, so serious answers to funny writers, like throwing pearls be- fore a certain kind of animals, are looked upon as improp- erly applied, and yet none but serious answers, as has been said, doth it become the author of the Appeal to give. He proposes therefore to reserve himself for the present, and to watch whether anything solid can come from so ludi- crous and frothy a writer. He is so intirely void of spleen, and ill-nature, and prejudice against this writer, that he is ready to confess the nimble turns and motions of his pen, and can laugh as heartily at any monkey tricks he can exhibit for the amusement of his Majesty's liege subjects, as any other person. In the mean while, if any one who is not under these restraints, shall incline to divert himself with, or to endeavour to bring to order, this hussar in controversy, who will confine himself to no rules, but as the whim takes him will fly from front to rear, and from flank to center, he has my consent.
3dly. I object against immediately engaging with the American Whig, because it is yet uncertain whether he will produce any thing worthy of notice, and because I think it adviseable to see the amount of his whole per- formances, that I may have it in my power to choose for myself in what manner to deal with him.
4thly. Another objection arises from the strange aver-
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sion I have to a repetition of the same things. Now it happens, that among others, a gentleman of character in Boston1 has undertaken a confutation of the hapless Ap- peal; and he is intitled, both from his known reputation, and his open and manly method of advancing, to particular respect. I know of no one, at present, that bids as fair to be the object of my principal attention as this gentleman; as to those anonymous writers who shall please to favour me with their animadversions on my pamphlet, they will not take it amiss, if I consider them as belonging to an inferior class. They must be contented, so far as their arguments shall correspond with those of Dr. C-y, to take their places in his train, and hear what I have to say to him; but in any cases wherein they shall be thought to deserve special notice, they shall have it occasionally.
Having thus declared my intention to do justice to all men, I will mention the manner in which it will probably be distributed. In the first place I shall be careful to dis- tinguish reasoning from railing, from empty harangue, from the flourishes of wit, and from all other heterogen- ious mixtures. The reasoning I will keep for my own use, and leave all the rest untouched for the original propri- etors, in order, that when opportunity offers, they may bestow it more properly. I will then make a farther dis- tinction, and mark out those reasons that are immediately to the purpose, separating them from those that are but remotely so, and from others that shall have been totally misapplied. To those of the first, and second classes, I will endeavour to give proper and distinct answers; as to those of the third class, it will be sufficient to shew their impertinence.
In this way I hope I shall be able to serve the cause of truth, and to remove prejudices and errors; and, to whis-
1 Dr. Chauncy.
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per a secret into the ears of the public, I do not despair, that even our American Whig, with all his briskness and volatility, will be proselyted to the sober doctrine of the Appeal. For I think his opposition cannot be of long con- tinuance, after the honest concession he has made towards the close of his paper. "Tis true, says he, the pamphlet is specious, and appears to ask nothing but what is highly reasonable; and could any man, above the capacity of an Idiot, really persuade himself, that the Doctor and the Convention would content themselves with a Bishop, so limited and curtailed as he is pleased to represent his fu- ture Lordship; it were manifest injustice to deny them what in their opinion their eternal salvation so greatly depends upon." So that nothing appears to be now want- ing to his conversion, but to convince him that the Doctor and the Convention would content themselves with such Bishops as are described in the Appeal. Now this is as really and certainly true, as that he himself is a Whig; and unless he is obstinately resolved to be deaf and blind to all proper evidence, it can be clearly proved to him.
By way of conclusion, the author of the Appeal begs leave to assure the Public, that notwithstanding the charge brought against him by the American Whig, he neither knows, nor believes, nor suspects, that he was mis- represented a single fact, and to subscribe himself
their very respectful and obedient Servant.
Elisabeth-Toron March 16, 1768.
Perth-Amboy, March 7, 1768. To BE LETT for any Term of Years.
A House at Amboy, on Rariton River, opposite Mr. Stevens's Ferry, having two Parlours, four Bed-Cham- bers, two Kitchens, and a Dairy, with Cellars under the whole House; a large Garden, well stored with every
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Kind of Fruit, and Necessaries for the Kitchen; an Or- chard, a good Barn and Stables: As much arable Land and Meadow may be had with the House, as the Tenant shall think necessary; a great Variety of Fish are yearly taken in the River before the House; the Shore abounds with Shell-Fish of many Kinds, and has the most con- venient Places for bathing, the Water being salt enough for that, and every other Purpose. Enquire of Doctor Johnson, at Amboy.
New-York, March 21, 1768. To BE SOLD.
A Large Neck of Land lying in Monmouth County, in East New-Jersey, in the Township of Shrewsberry, at Tom's River, in Sight of the Sea, and adjoining on a Bay, in which is very fine fishing of all Sorts, Winter and Summer, and very Plenty of Oysters, Clams and Muscles. The Neck contains upwards of One Thousand Acres, whereof is at least Four Hundred Acres of the best Sort of Salt Meadow, which bears excellent good Grass; there is a large Piece of between Salt and Fresh Meadow: The Neck lies between two Creeks, a Fence of Three Quarters of a Mile long will fence in the whole; there might be kept on the Neck Three Hundred Head of horned Cattle, Win- ter and Summer, and at least one Thousand Sheep, and as many Hogs, with a small Expence; there is a large Range adjoining for an out Drift for Cattle. If the above is not sold before the 23d of May next, then the said Neck will be sold at Public Vendue, on that day, at the House of Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS, at Tiniconck Bridge: Whoever has a Mind to purchase before the Day of Sale, may apply to Abraham Probasco, in Monmouth County, Peter Rem- sen, in New-York, or Abraham Schenck, at Bushwick, on Long-Island.
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Also to be sold a Saw-Mill belonging to Abraham Schenck, about Four Miles distant from the above Neck, standing on a Branch of Tom's River, with 1500 Acres of fine Land belonging to the Saw-Mill: The Saw-Mill is lately built, and in very good Order, it rents now for 82,000 Feet of good merchantable Inch Boards, a Year, to be delivered at the Landing, free of all Cost: Any Body that has a Mind to purchase the said Mill, may apply to Paul Schenck, in New-York, or Abraham SCHENCK, in Bushwick, on Long-Island, who will agree on reason- able Terms.
-- The New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy, No. 1316, March 21, 1768. To be LET, by William Kelly,
A very valuable Tract, of about 2000 Acres of Land, in the County of Morris, in East New-Jersey, as healthy a Country as any in the World, about 15 Miles from Newark, (a Sea-port Town) in that Province, and about 23 Miles from New-York.
THIS Tract is so fine a Body of Land, as I believe few, if any can equal it, for Fertility and Richness; about 1500 Acres of which is a rich low Ground, clear of Stones, black Mould from about 9 to 36 Inches on a Stratum of blue Clay : The Soil is as fine as any in the World for Grass, and will grow any Kind of Grain, in so very lux- uriant a Manner, as to be in Danger of lodging in high Winds. The Remainder in Upland, on which there is a fine Situation to build; commanding a Prospect of great Extent over the low Ground; and is very good in Quality, with a fine young Orchard, the largest in the Province, containing about 1400 Trees, of the best grafted Fruit, at 50 Feet Distances, which bore this ( for the first) Year, and from which, when it comes to Maturity, there may be
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from 500 to 1000 Barrels of Cyder made yearly. There is on the Estate fine Black Heart, May Duke, White Heart, Coronation, and Bleeding Heart Cherries; Ber- gamott, and other Pears; Holland, Green Gage, and Or- hea Plumbs; a fine Nursery of several Thousand Apple Trees, some of which are fit to set out. A good Farm House, Kitchen, and a very fine Dairy, and Cyder-House built this Year, a Barn, with nine Barracks for Hay and Corn; a very fine Corn-House, and a large Grannery; a Negro-House, Smoak-House, a large Fowl-House, a Smith's Shop, a Coal-House, a large Cow-House, two Horse Stables, two Green Houses to preserve Cabbage and Roots in the Winter; a Pidgeon-House, well stock'd; and other Conveniencies too many to mention. There is on this Tract, at a Distance of less than half a Mile, a good House for a Hind or Steward, and two other Tenements, that will let, or accommodate Servants that have families; and there may (one Year with another) be upwards of 150 Tuns of fine English Hay, Clover and Specr Grass, and upwards of 500 Tuns of coarse Hay cut; all the Land producing at present this coarse Grass, is capable of being made as fine Meadow as any in the World, at a very small Expence; and is deem'd one of the finest Places in Amer- ica to breed Mules for the West-Indies. There is on the whole about 300 Acres of Woods, containing some fine Timber for building. Through the Tract runs a fine Brook, on which stands (within less than half a Mile of the Dwelling-House) a Grist-Mill, and Saw-Mill, (not on the Tract ) and in the Brook; and also a River on which the Tract bounds, are plenty of Trout and other Fish : There is also some Deer, Turkeys, and plenty of wild Geese, Ducks, Partridges, Quails, &c. on it in the proper Season, and at the Foot of the Garden is a very fine Spring, never dry, and an extreme good Place for a Fish-Pond.
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The main Road 66 Feet Wide, runs through the Tract, not an Acre of barren or poor Land on the Whole.
This Estate lies in the Heart of a Country, where any Quantity of Cattle may be bought, at all Seasons of the Year, at a very moderate Price; and as there may be some Persons extremely well qualified to buy, faten, and sell Cattle, who wou'd incline to rent, in case they had a proper Capital to carry on that Business to Advantage; the Own- er proposes to let a good Tenant have any Sum on Inter- est, not exceeding 1000 1. giving good Security.
Shou'd any Person incline to purchase, rather than rent, the above Estate, it may be bought at a reasonable Price, and any Term, not exceeding ten Years, given for Pay- ment of a Part or the Whole of the Money, on allowing Interest, and giving good Security. The Title clear and indisputable, and will be warranted to the Purchaser. There is on it now, the largest and finest Breed of Cattle in America, imported from Holland, and as good Horses as any in the Province; all, or any of which, with about twenty Slaves, bred to farming and Country Work, (among which is a good Blacksmith, a Mason, and a Shoe- maker,) will be sold, and Possession of the Whole imme- diately after given to the Tennant or a Purchaser. For further Particulars, enquire of Jolin Berrian, Esq; near Prince-Town; Jonathan Hampton, and Abraham Clark, Jun., Esq; near Elizabeth-Town, or the Owner in New- York .- The New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury, No. 855, March 21, 176S.
To be sold at Vendue, on Tuesday the 19th Day of April next, on the Premises, in New-Jersey, Bergen Coun- ty, West of Cavan, at a Place called Pamerpough, within 7 Miles of New-York, at which Time and Place, the Terms of Sale will be made known ;
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A Farm pleasantly situated between the Lands of Daniel Van Winkle, and CUT OF FARM Jacob Van Wagoner, adjoining to Hudson's River, and runs to Newark Bay, containing upwards of an Hun- dred Acres, most of which are Mead- - ow and Wood Land, besides another Lot of above Twenty Acres of Timber Land at Bergen Point. There is on the Farm a good Stone House, with two Rooms and Fire-Places on a Floor, a Barn, a good Well, and two Orchards; and it is very convenient for Fish, Oysters, and Clams, the Sale is made by Heirs of Barent Speer, deceased.
To be sold at publick Vendue, on
Monday the IIth Day of April next, on the Premises;
THE Dwelling House of the late joining, situate at Newark, in the 4 CUT OF HOUSE Col. Josiah Ogden, deceased, with a good commodious kitchen, a large well furnished vault, a barn, stable, hen- house, and about one acre of land ad- county of Essex and province of New-Jersey, upon the river Pissaick, about one quarter of a mile from an Epis- copal church of England, about three quarters of a mile from a Presbyterian meeting-house, and adjoining to the most public landing in said town of Newark.1 The house is built of stone, and is in very good repair; it consists of eight rooms, all completely finished, six of them with fire places, one of the other two very large, and peculiarly well calculated for a store room, the other small and fit only for a bed-room. The vendue will begin at two o'clock
1 Near the foot of Bridge street.
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in the afternoon; when the terms of sale will be made known, by
DAVID OGDEN JACOB OGDEN, AND ISAAC LONGWORTH. Newark, March 21, 1768. -The New York Journal or General Advertiser, No. 1316, March 24, 1768.
NEW-YORK, March 14.
We are assured the General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, are to meet at Perth-Amboy the 12th of April next, to proceed on Business; circular Letters hav- ing already been sent to the Members for that Purpose.
To BE LETT,
A PIECE of meadow, on the Gloucester Road, belonging to ANDREW ELLIOT, Esq; late in the tenure of Philip Ben- ezet, containing about 10 acres. For terms, apply to CONYNGHAM and NESBITT.
Salem County, West Jersey, March 14, 1768.
WHEREAS a certain PHILIP CUMMINS, of Kent county, on Delaware, did, on or about the middle of October, in the year 1767, wrongfully and deceitfully obtain of me, the subscriber, a promissory note, for the payment of Seven Pounds, payable the first day of this instant March; I therefore take this method to request all persons not to take any assignment of said note, as I was much wronged by said Cummins, and am determined not to pay the same, till compelled by law.
PETER DUBOIS.
N. B. Part of said money was attached in my hands by one of said Cummins's creditors in said county of Salem,
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and a jury of 6 lawful men gave the cause in my favour, they judging the note was obtained as aforesaid.
To be SOLD, by the SUBSCRIBER,
A VALUABLE tract of wood-land, containing 180 acres, remarkably well timbered with white oak timber, chiefly about 18 miles from William Cooper's ferry, and about a mile and a half from a landing, a mile from a saw-mill, and a mile and a half from a grist-mill, lying near Repo- paw Creek, about a mile and a half from Salem Road. The land adjoining Solomon Lippincott's and situated in Greenwich township, county of Gloucester, and province of West New-Jersey. There are 4 acres cleared, a young apple orchard, a quantity of inland swamp, which may be made very good meadow, with a little labour. Any per- son inclining to purchase the said tract of land, may have it on paying half the purchase money down, and one year to pay the remainder, without interest, giving good secur- ity, if required. The title indisputable. For further par- ticulars, enquire of JOHN STEELMAN, living in Clommell, about 2 miles and a half from said tract of land.
N. B. There are several places of worship near the same .- The Pennsylvania Gasette, No. 2048, March 24, 1768.
RUN away from Caleb Newbold, of Springfield. in the county of Burlington, and province of West New-Jersey, on or about the middle of June 1766, a servant man, named Aaron Gibbs, about five feet seven or eight inches high, well sett, much pitted with the small pox, dark hair, coun- try born, about twenty five years old, understands how to do any farming business: Whoever takes up, and se- cures, the said servant in any goal in this province, so as his master shall have him again, shall have three pounds
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