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N. B. Joseph Borden's Shallop, Charles Vand.y.k.e, Master, will also be at Philadelphia every Friday and Sat.u.r.day in every Week; enquire for him at the Queen's Head; he proceeds to Borden-Town (not Burlington) on Sunday, and the Stage-waggon also proceeds to Amboy every Monday in every Week.

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_Mayor's Courts for the City_

Are held quarterly at _Annapolis_, viz. The last tuesday in _January_, _April_, _July_ and _October_.

_How to secure Houses_, &c. _from_ =LIGHTNING=.

It has pleased G.o.d in his Goodness to Mankind, at length to discover to them the Means of securing their Habitations and other Buildings from Mischief by Thunder and Lightning. The Method is this: Provide a small Iron Rod (it may be made of the Rod-iron used by the Nailers) but of such a Length, that one End being three or four Feet in the moist Ground, the other may be six or eight Feet above the highest Part of the Building. To the upper End of the Rod fasten about a Foot of Bra.s.s Wire, the Size of a common Knitting-needle, sharpened to a fine Point; the Rod may be secured to the House by a few small Staples. If the House or Barn be long, there may be a Rod and Point at each End, and a middling Wire along the Ridge from one to the other. A House thus furnished will not be damaged by Lightning, it being attracted by the Points, and pa.s.sing thro the Metal into the Ground without hurting any Thing. Vessels also, having a sharp pointed Rod fix'd on the Top of their Masts, with a Wire from the Foot of the Rod reaching down, round one of the Shrouds, to the Water, will not be hurt by Lightning.

=QUAKERS= _General Meetings are kept_,

At Philadelphia, the 3d Sunday in March. At Chester-River, the 2d Sunday in April. At Duck-Creek, the 3d Sunday in April. At Salem, the 4th Sunday in April. At West River on Whitsunday. At Little Egg-Harbour, the 3d Sunday in May. At Flus.h.i.+ng, the last Sunday in May, and last in Nov. At Setacket, the 1st Sunday in June. At New-town, (Long-Island) the last Sunday in June. At Newport, the 2d Friday in June.

At Westbury, the last Sunday in August, and last in February.

At Philadelphia, the 3d Sunday in September. At Nottingham, the last Monday in September. At Cecil, the 1st Sat.u.r.day in October. At Choptank the 2d Sat.u.r.day in October. At Little-Creek, the 3d Sunday in October. At Shrewsbury the 4th Sunday in October. At Matinic.o.k the last Sunday in October.

=_FAIRS= are kept_,

At Noxonton April 29, and October 21. Cohansie May 5, and October 27. Wilmington May 9, and November 4. Salem May 12, and October 31. Newcastle May 14, and Nov. 14. Chester May 16, and Oct. 16. Bristol May 19, and Nov. 9. Burlington May 21, and Nov. 12. Philadelphia May 27, and November 27.

Lancaster June 12, and Nov. 12. Marcus-Hook Oct. 10.

Annapolis May 12, and Oct. 10. Charlestown May 3, and Oct.

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_Supreme_ COURTS _in_ Pennsylvania, _are held_,

At _Philadelphia_, the tenth Day of _April_, and the twenty-fourth Day of _September_.

_Courts of Quarter Sessions, are held_,

At _Philadelphia_, the 1st Monday in _March_, _June_, _September_ and _December_. At _Newtown_, for _Bucks_ County, on the 11th Day following (inclusive) in every of the Months aforesaid. At _Chester_, the last Tuesday in _May_, _August_, _November_ and _February_. At _Lancaster_, the 1st Tuesday in each. At York, the last Tuesday in April, July, October and January. At c.u.mberland, the Tuesdays preceding York Courts.

At _Reading_, for _Berks_ County, the Tuesd. next after _Lancaster_ Co. At _Easton_, for _Northampton_ County, the Tuesd. next aft. _Bucks_ Co.

_Courts of Common Pleas, are held_,

At _Philadelphia_, the 1st Wednesday after the Quarter-Sessions in _March_, _June_, _Sept._ and _Decem._ At _Newtown_, the 9th Day following (inclusive) in every of the Months aforesaid. At _Chester_, the last Tuesday in _May_ _August_, _Novem._ and _Febr._ At _Lancaster_, the 1st Tuesd.

in the Months aforesaid. At _Suss.e.x_, the 1st, at _Kent_, the 2d, and at _Newcastle_, the 3d Tuesday in the same Months.

_Mayor's Courts in_ Philadelphia, _are held_,