by the Firken; as also Irish Cheese by the Hundred or smaller Quantity.--Ibid.

For London. The Ship DOVER, WILLIAM RICHARDS, Master, Will sail with all possible Expedition: For Freight or Pasage, agree with JOHN WADDELL, or said Master.--1bid.

For London. The Snow Jupiter, JOHN FRENCH Master, Having two thirds of her Lading already engaged. For Freight or Passage agree with JOHN AMORY, or said Master.-Ibid.

For London, The Snow ALBANY, Capt. PETER CORNE, Will sail with all convenient Speed. For Freight or Passage, agree with PHILIP LIVINGSTON, or said Master.-Ibid.

For London. The Ship JOSEPH, Capt. WILLIAM BRYANT. Having the greatest Part of her Loading ready; and will certainly sail by the 20th of December: For Freight or Passage, agree with Mr. JOSEPH HAINES, or the said Commander.-Ibid.

New York, December 4. On Monday last the Sloop Huza, Capt. Barnes, outward bound for Halifax, on leaving our Harbour in a Calm, was drove by the Force of the Tide on a sunken Rock near Corlear's-Hook, and bilg'd; she was got off soon after, and brought back to refit, but with the Damage of 400 Bushels of Pease, and about 30,000 Weight of Bread.-N. Y. Gazette, Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, Dec. 4, 1752.

Monday last arrived here the Brig. Maria, Capt. Miller, in Five Weeks and three Days from the Land's End of England.—Ibid.

WILLIAM WOOD, being ALBANY POST for this Season; proposes, to set out for the first Time, on Monday, next. Letters may be left for him, at Mr. Benjamin Paine's, at the Old Slip, or at his own House, on Thurman's Dock at the North-River.-Ibid.

For London, The Brig. MARIA, THOMAS MILLER, Master, Will

sail with all convenient Speed, having the greatest Part of her Loading ready: For Freight or Passage, apply to JASPAR FARMER, or said Master.-Ibid.

New-York, December 11. Last Saturday a Whale 45 Feet long, run ashore at Van Buskirk's Point; at the Entrance of the Kills from our Bay; where being discover'd by People from Staten Island, a Number of them went off and kill'd him, and may now be seen at Mr. John Watson's at the Ferry House on Staten Island. -N. Y. Gazette, Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, Dec. 11, 1752.

We have had pretty much blustering, windy Weather, the Week past which we apprehended has detained both the Eastern and Western Post Riders, as neither of them are come in this Morning;—and on Saturday list a Newark Shallop was drove ashore on Oyster Island, in our Bay, and continued there all Day yesterday, very much exposed to the Fury of the Wind, but we can't tell whether she is damaged or not.-Ibid.

Is proposed by several Gentlemen, to be held at the House of Mr. TROTTER, in the Broad-Way. For the Benefit of JACOB LEONARD; who by reason of the late Sickness in this Place, is reduced to low Circumstances: He therefore hopes all his kind Benefactors will favour him with their Company.

TICKETS to be had at Mr. Trotter's, or at the said Leonard's, opposite the Presbyterian Church, Price Four Shillings.-Ibid.

New-York, December 18. Mr. PETER VALLET, an eminent Merchant of this City, departed this Life on Sunday last, and two Days after, his Corpse was carried out of Town on a black Hearse, and entered in the Stuyvesant Vault :-This Gentleman was born in France, but preferring a foreign Country to his own, for a Liberty of Conscience which at Home he could not enjoy; he fled that Kingdom (as did many others) in the Reign of Queen Ann. It is said he is survived but by one, of all those Gentlemen Refugees, who supported the French Church of New-York, in the Figure it made Thirty Years ago.-Mr. Vallet, affected no Noise

nor Bustle, but lived retired from both, in the calm Exercise of all the Virtues of a Christian and Gentleman. He was universally respected while he lived, died at an advanced Age; and to adopt the emphatic Language of Scripture, the Remembrance of him is sweet.-N. Y. Gazette, Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, December 18, 1752.

By Order of the Common Council, New York December 14, 1752. THESE are to give Notice to all Persons, That on Wednesday the Tenth Day of January next, at Two o'clock in the Afternoon, at the House of Mr. George Burnes, opposite the Long Bridge, will be let to Farm by Public Out-Cry, to the highest Bidder, the Ferry between this City and Nassau Island, for the Term of Five Years, to commence the first Day of May next, at an annual Rent to be paid quarterly: The Conditions of Lease may be seen every Day, at the office of Town Clerk, in New-York, from Nine o'clock in the Morning till Twelve, and from Two in the Afternoon till Four, (Saturday Afternoon excepted.)

Aug. V. Cortlandt. D. Cl.

-Ibid.

A Wet Nurse, just come out of the Country, with a full Breast of Milk, who can be well recommended. Enquire of the Printer hereof.-Ibid.

To be Sold, An able Negro Man, fit for a Farmer's Business, aged about 25 Years: Any Persons inclining to purchase said Negro, may apply to ABRAHAM SARZEDAS, in the Fly, opposite to Mr. Robert Livingston.-Ibid.

New York, December 25.--Wednesday last one Walter Gordon was whip'd round the City, being convicted the Day before of stealing a Barrel of Flour off of one of our Wharfs.--New York Gazette, Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, December 25, 1752.

TO BE SOLD

Two Houses at the upper End of the Long Bridge, on the West Side of Broad-Street, and four Lotts on the South Side of Cort

landt's Street, near Mesier's Dock at the North River. Any Person inclining to purchase may apply to Peter Mesier or Samuel Pell; by whom a good Title will be given.-Ibid.

A Neat Assortment of Hairs for Perukes, consisting of Fine Greys, Grizzels, Pales, Browns and Blacks, of various Sorts: as also choice Cauls and Trimmings: Likewise a good Assortment of ready made Wigs, of the newest Fashion, all lately imported from Great-Britain, and to be sold by Benjamin Hildreth, in the House where Capt. Hylton lately lived, next Door to John Watts, Esq.-Ibid.

Trinity Churchyard.

BY THE LATE HON. FRANCIS R. TILLOU.

IN Trinity churchyard, about forty feet southwesterly from the south side of the church, is a plain brown stone slab, on which are inscribed the words: "The Vault of Walter and Robert C. Livingston, Sons of Robert Livingston, of the Manor of Livingston."

Within that vault repose the remains of Robert Fulton.

The conceptions, the inspirations, the creations, inventions, and performances of genius often, if not without exception, involve, in some degree, if they are not wholly among, the mysteries which are beyond human power to solve.

Its achievements are presented in various phases, though usually extraordinary, brilliant, or eccentric; reached, apparently, by no rule or method, often baffling all and every principle and process of reason, and conveying frequently astonishment, even to sagacious and intelligent minds, at the extreme rapidity which it attains and the excellence of the results of its efforts.

When allied to science and cultivated and refined taste, its power is of course augmented and its circle of usefulness and action expanded. Yet instances have occurred when, despite of deficiency of knowledge, it has displayed proofs of mental power, energy, and sagacity that actually are regarded with intense wonder.

Sometimes the inspiration comes to the mind when wrapped in slumber, and will cause the accomplishment of what, in fair judgment, would seem incredible. It is said that the Devil's Sonata is the result of a dream; that the whole of that admirable production visited the mind of its author when he was asleep; and that the excitement and delight which its exquisite melody and power occasioned awoke him; that, with the memory of it