THE Ship King of Prussia, ARTHUR DARLEY, master, has on board 30 Servants, some Tradesmen, viz. Taylors, Shoe-makers, Smiths, Weavers, &c. the remainder Country lads that understand Farming business.----His stay here will be short, as he is bound to another Port. _Boston Chronicle_, September 25. * * * * * The celebrated revival preacher Rev. George Whitefield was in Boston in 1764. We take the following item from the "Boston Post-Boy" of February 24:-- At a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston on Friday last, it was voted unanimously, That the Thanks of the Town be given the Rev. Mr. GEORGE WHITEFIELD, for his charitable Care and Pains in collecting a considerable Sum of Money in Great-Britain, for the distressed Sufferers by the great Fire in Boston, 1760; and a respectable Committee was appointed to wait on Mr. WHITEFIELD to inform him of the Vote, and present him with a Copy thereof, which Committee waited upon him accordingly, and received the following Answer, _Gentlemen,_ _This Vote of Thanks for so small an Instance of my good-will to_ Boston, _as it was entirely unexpected, quite surprizes me----Often have I been much concerned that I could do no more upon such a distressing Occasion.----That the Redeemer may ever preserve the Town from such like melancholy Events, and sanctify their present afflictive Circumstances to the spiritual Welfare of all its Inhabitants, is the hearty Prayer of,_ Gentlemen, Your ready Servant in our common LORD. _GEORGE WHITEFIELD._ The Rev. Mr. WHITEFIELD preached on Tuesday and Saturday last, at the Old South Meeting-House, to large and crouded Auditories. * * * * * Marriage of Copley, the celebrated painter, from the "Chronicle," Nov. 20, 1769. Last Thursday Mr. _John Singleton Copley_ was married to Miss _Sukey Clarke_ Daughter of _Richard Clarke_, Esq; and Mr. _Joshua Henshaw_, jun. to Miss _Katherine Hill_, Daughter of Col. _John Hill_. * * * * * Thomas Britt Would take a few young Ladies, _&c._ to teach them Spelling, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, at his School near the Cornfield. ALSO, French taught and translated by said _Britt_. _Boston Gazette_, April 27, 1767. * * * * * Where were or where was, as the case might be, the "Cornfields" or "Cornfield" of Boston in 1763? Martin Gay kept a store or lived near there, and in 1767 Master Britt kept a school for young ladies near the "Cornfield." Choice English Peas