lent storm of Rain, with Lightning & Thunder, and next Morning much Brimstone was found upon the ground in many places. Yesterday the schooner Mary & Ann arriv'd from St. Thomas's. Sloop Alladay from the French Islands. And Capt. Benson in a Snow from Jamaica, gives account that the Pyrates have lately done much damage upon that Coast. That 3 Spanish Men of War are arrived there, one of 60, one of 50, & one 12 Guns, to guard the Coast. They have taken one Ship and Plunder'd her, and say, they have Commission to take every Vessel that has but a pound of Logwood or a Piece of Eight on board.-March 21, 1726.

New York, June 20. Yesterday his Excellency, our Governour, received an Express from Philadelphia, with an account, That the Master or mate of the Sloop Rachel, both named Harris, being bound from New-London to Philadelphia, had made Oath at New-Castle on the 16th instant, That the said Sloop was taken by a Pyrat Snow, commanded by one William Fry, with six Guns and 23 men, on the 11th Instant, off of Cape May, and detain'd her till the 12th. That after the said Pyrats had taken out of said Sloop what they thought fit, they suffer'd her to proceed. That the Pyrats said, they would go to Block Island and wait for a Rhode-Island Sloop, and then go for Newfond land. They also gave out, That both Low and Sporigs were upon the Coast, and waited to take Capt. Sterling's great Ship built at New London.

Capt. Norris in his Majesty's Ship Lowstaff, sail'd this morning before break of day, in quest of said Pyrat, and we hear Capt. Pearce in his Majesty's Ship The Tarter will also sail this afternoon in quest of the same Pyrat.-June 13, 1726.

The General Proprietors of the Soil of the Eastern Division of the Province of New-Jersey are desired to meet and Assist in a Council of Proprietors to be held in the City of Perth-Amboy on Tuesday the Twelfth Day of this Instant July, 1726. LEWIS MORRIS, Presdt.-June 27, 1726.

New York, August 15. On the 10th Instant his Excellency our Governour was pleased to dissolve the General Assembly of this Province. And we hear that Writs are issued for Electing Representatives for the Cities & Counties of this Province, to be

and appear at the City of New-York, the 21st of September next, to assist his Excellency the Governour in General Assembly.

New York, October 10. Tuesday last dyed here Mrs. Joanna Markham, the Widdow of Capt. William Markham, he was formerly Lieut. Governour of the Province of Pennsylvania.

New York, October 17, Twelve a Clock. The Philadelphia Post not yet come in.

There is now in the Press, and will shortly be Published, The History of the Five Indian Nations depending on the Province of New York, giving an Account of their Wars both with the Indians and Christians, from the first Settling of Canada and New York, as also of their Treaties of Peace with the several Governments in North America.

There is also a MAP of the great Lakes, Rivers, and Indian Countries, shewing the Scituation of the several Indian Nations, from Canada to the Branches of Misissippi and the Upper Lake. Both Printed and Sold by William Bradford in New York.-Feb. 20, 1727.

Publick Notice is hereby given, That at Philadelphia they have found out some Twelve Shilling Jersey Bills that are Counterfeits; They are newly Printed and very artfully Signed. In the flourish on the Top of the Bill there is the representation of a Basket, which in the Counterfeit is much finer than in the True Bills; and the great T is much plainer than in the True Bills.March 6, 1727.

[In the number of March 13, there is an account of the arrest and examination of David Willson and David Wallace for uttering counterfeit money. The only file extant of the Gazette is unfortunately so cut that the whole account cannot be obtained. It appears, however, that the money was made in Dublin, where it was printed for Thomas Morough, and was sent over in the ship Richard to Philadelphia. This sum was about one thousand pounds, about one-third of all that was made.]

Whereas some years past there was one Ralph Dutton Transported himself from England in these parts of America, and designed to settle in Long-Island or Rhode-Island. If the said Ralph Dutton or his Heirs be alive, and do apply to the Printer

hereof, they may be informed of an Estate that is fallen to them, and is worth looking after.-July 3, 1727.

On Monday the One and Twentieth of this Instant Month of August, His Majesty King George the Second was Proclaimed at the City of New-York with the usual Ceremony, And on the 25th He was in like manner Proclaimed at the City of Perth-Amboy in New-Jersey.

BY HIS EXCELLENCY

William Burnet, Esq; Captain General and Governour in Chief of the Provinces of New-York, New-Jersey, and the Territories thereon Depending in America, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas it hath pleased Almighty God to call to his Mercy our late Sovereign Lord King George, of Blessed Memory, by whose Decease the Imperial Crowns of Great-Britain, France & Ireland are Solely and Rightfully come to the High and Mighty Prince George Prince of Wales, & Therefore being assisted with those of his late Majesty's Council of this Province, with the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of New-York, with Numbers of other the Principal Inhabitants of the said City, do now hereby, with one full Voice and consent of Tongue & Heart, Publish & Proclaim, That the High & Mighty Prince George, Prince of Wales, is now by the Death of our late Sovereign of Happy Memory, become our only Lawful and Rightful Leige Lord George the Second, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To Whom We do acknowledge all Faith and Constant Obedience, with all hearty and humble Affection, beseeching God, by whom Kings and Queens do Reign, to bless the Royal King George the Second with Long and Happy Years to Reign Over Us.

Given at the Fort of New-York this 21st day of August, Annoq; Domini 1727.

GOD SAVE THE KING.

Felix Leeds Almanack and John Hughes Almanack for the year 1728, are now Printed and Published by William Bradford

in New York, And William Berkits Almanack will be finished in a few Days; All which three Authors have been very exact in calculating said Diarys, and are to be Sold at Three Shillings per Dozen to All Shop-keepers and Travelers that Sell them again by Retail.-Sept. 4, 1727.

Very good Press Papers for Fullers, and Fulling Mills, are to be sold by William Bradford.-Sept. 4, 1727.

THE INTRODUCTION OF METHODISM.

Methodism was introduced into the United States by some immigrants, Irish by birth but German by blood, who came to this city from Balligarane, in Ireland, in the year 1760 and shortly after. The strongest religious bodies here ten years before the Revolution were the Dutch Reformed and Episcopal. The Presbyterians likewise were strong, and there were also here Lutherans, Baptists, Moravians and Quakers. The Jews had a synagogue, and a rabbi highly esteemed and beloved by all who knew him. But the religious tone of New York was not then high. Most of the sects were content with hearing moral or doctrinal sermons, no appeal being made to the higher senses, and the church to which the Governor and many of the officers stationed here belonged was, like that church in England, only a harbor for respectability. It is no wonder, then, that devout people welcomed the Methodists in the mother country, and that when they at last arrived here they received much favor from godly Church of England people. But when these Palatines reached New York, at the be ginning of the reign of George the Third, they found no chapel of their own persuasion in existence on this side of the Atlantic, and for some time no attempt was made at a religious organization. Stung, however, by the reproaches of Barbara Heck, one of the most earnest of those who had come over, Philip Embury, a local preacher in Ireland, in 1766 opened his house, which was a very humble one on Barrack street, now Park place, and expounded the Word of Life to those who were willing to listen to him. Tradition says there were but six.

In 1767, their numbers having increased, they worshipped in the Rigging Loft, at what is now 120 William street. In this neighborhood, almost across the street, Washington Irving was born sixteen years later. The house in which he lived has long since been torn down, as well as another from which at night he used to escape by the back way to go to the theatre, but the Rigging Loft was preserved till about 1854. It was a small building, but there was in it room enough for forty or fifty people, and it is probable the audience did not generally equal this number. It was in this Rigging Loft, and in Embury's own house, that Captain Thomas Webb, with his portly figure, his blind eye, and his scarlet regimentals, made his most stirring appeals. He gave the infant society help that was very much needed.

In 1768 a new church was dedicated. It was on John street, on ground that had been bought from Mrs. Mary Barclay, widow of the Rev. Henry Barclay, the second rector of Trinity Church, for six hundred pounds, or fifteen hundred dollars. The original subscription paper contained about two hundred and fifty subscribers, very few of those who signed giving more than one pound. Captain Webb headed it with £30, William Lupton gave £20, James Jarvis £10, Oliver De Lancey £6 10s., Charles White, Benjamin Huget, Christopher Stimets, John Cruger, and Robert Lake £5 each, and other names gave lesser amounts. To a supplementary list John Leake gave £15, James Jarvis £10, Samuel Selby £10, George Hopson £10, William Lupton £10, John Chave £5 and Richard Sause £10. The English clergymen each gave handsomely according to their very moderate means. The Rev. Dr. Auchmuty gave £2, Dr. Ogilvie £1 12s. 6d. and Dr. Inglis £1 12s. 6d. Other well known names are those of James De Lancey, James Jauncey, Peter R. Livingston, Philip Livingston, George Goelet, William Rhinelander, David Clarkson, Mrs. Lispenard, David Grim, Peter Van Schaick, Isaac Low, David Matthews, Captain Randall, Thomas Walton, John Watts, Anthony Rutgers, Henry White, John Cregier, Elias Desbrosses, Dr. Kissam, Theodorus Van Wyck, James Duane, John Harris Cruger, A. Hamersley, Goldsbrow Banyar, Frederick De Peyster, Isaac Sears and Benjamin Rhinelander.

The church then built was not close to the street, as the

present