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Or, Thomas’s Bolton Journal.
A Weekly, Political, and Commercial Paper :—Open to all Parties, but Influenced by None.
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Vol. 11/
FRIDA Y, October 23.
BOST O N.
By the Earl of Halifax Packet. Capt. Bould
trfon, arrived at Newark, in 34 days
from Falmouth, we have the following
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
ALTENA. [m Germany} Augujl 21.
WE latt letters rcceiv
rom Stockholm,,
Vj/ Ty /f confirm the news of
' t Y T a Breat8 reat ,cv oh *n Swc-
den* which firft broke
out at Chriftianftadt,
where the Burghers,
accusing the states of
not having emp'oyed
any means to prevent the exorbitant price
of provisions, and the oppreflion of the
people, and resolving, they said, to have
but one God and one King, they at length
joined the soldiers of the garrison, who had
seized the Arfenel, and put several officers
under arrest for refufing to come into their
mcafures. These letters add, that at the
departure of the post the gates of the town
oi ChriHiinftadt were shut, and that Prince
Charles of Swe on was marching at the
head of a regiment towards Cnnftianftadt,
with some pieces of artillery, to rc-eftabiifh
good ora er.
Petersburgh, [the capital of Ruffia}
Augud * We are informed that our fleets
in the ArchipcLgo and the Black Sea, are
to be reinforced with 20 (hips of war, and
a number of troops. And Count Alexis
Orluw hath received orders to fail imme
diately from Leghorn to the Archipelago,
with all his men of war and transports, in
order that he may or in a iituation to con
tinue the war with vigour by land and sea,
in case a peace Ihould not be concluded,
when the time or the Arrmflice finishes.
Copenhagen, [the capital of Denmark}
Augu/i 18. By advices from Hcifiugbourg,
hi Sweden, we are informed, that the garri
son of Chriftianftadt had revolted a few
days before ; that they had prevailed on the
inhabitants of that town to join them ; and
that they had renounced all obedience to
the different orders of the state. Prince
Charles, the King of Sweden’s brother, is
in Scania, where he has affemb ed and put
himfelf at the head of 4000 men, with
whom he is marching towards Chrifttan*
ttadt.
St. James’s, August 12. The King
has been pleased to grant unto the right
hon. Wills Hill, Earl of Hiilfborough, in
Ireland, and Lord Harwich, Baron of Har
wich, in Eflex, and to his iflues male, the
dignities of Viscount and Earl of Great-
Br.tain, by the titles of Viscount Fairford,
and Earl of Hiilfboruugb, in the county of
Giouceftcr.
London, Augu/i 19 Wagers are laid
at the Welt end of the town, that a new
)f appointed Secretary of State will not re
man in office till the meeting of parba
ment.
Before Lord Ht'fbjrough set out of
town, he delivered the Ear lof Dartmouth
some inftiuciions for proceedings in the
next I flion of parliament, together with
several papers of cons quence, which hit
Lordship received some time since from the
continent of America.
Before thcE*rl of HTfbxoygh set out
for Ireland, he was intruded with some
to his ExC'Hencv the Lord
Lieutenant, relative to some future regula
tions to be made in behalf of hit successor,
who is to succeed him in the viceroy ship
of that k ngdom.
The old visionaries have appeared of
late at Carrickfergus, in Ireland, who fay
the war will be general in 1773 — C>n
ffantinopie destroyed in 1774 — Ihe true
Gol acknowledged by all rations in 1775.
— A vacant man give hit teftimnnv to it in
<776. —Eag asd GKiflawcJ in 1777 —
THURSDAY, October 29, 1772.
earthquake all over the world in 1778 —
The rail of the fun, moon and liars in
1779 — The globe of the earth burned in
1780 —And the univcifal judgment in
1781.
Augujl 2t. We are allured that Lord
Harcuuit, on his return from Verfaides,
has been enabled to allure his Majesty of
the very amicable disposition and friendly
sentiments of all the branches of the House
of Bourbon towards Great-Britain.
Yelterday morning his Excellency
Prince Maffrano, the Spanish Ambafla- !
dor, set off for Spain, with a grand retinue.
Augujl 26. Ihe D of C. has lately
written to a Great Personage, r’rfiring
permission to visit his fitter at Zell, to
which a verbal meflage was returned, that
it was more advifcablc for him to flay in his
own country.
Ycfterday morning a very refpe&able
body of merchants, connected with the
trade of the Britilh colonies, waited on the
right hon. the Earl of Uillfborough with
an address, in which they politely thanked
him for the great attention they had al
ways received at his board, while he was
Secretary of State for America: They
were received with the greatest politenefi,
and his Lordship ex pre fled his attachment
to the commercial interefta of these king
doms in the warmest terms.
They write from Paris, that the Royal
Academy of Sciences there, have elected
Dr. Franklin, of Philadelphia, to fill the
vacancy made among their foreign mem
bers by the death of Baron- Van Swieten ;
and that the King has approved and con
firmed their choice. There can be but
eight of thofc foreign members by thecon
ftitution of the academy ; and as they are
generally of the most diitmguifbed names
for fciencein the different parts of Europe,
the honour of b-ing enrolled among them
is in high eflimation.
This day the right hon. Lord Hillf
borough f t out for Ireland.
Augujl 28. It is talked that the Duke
of Giouccfter will let out in a few days tor
the Weft of England, from thence to
Scotland, whence his Royal Highness pro
poles to erofs by way of Port Patr ck to
Ireland, in order to pay several v.fits in
that kingdom.
Extra fl of a letter from Gharles de Satis,
Ejq\ at St. Trone, near MarfiUles, to hu
blotter the Rev. Mr de Salts, in Eng
land, dated fune \j, 1771.
“ A boy here of twelve years of age,
has the faculty of discovering water under
ground: This girt of hrs was difeovered
about a year ago in the following manner :
He was Handing at work by his father,
who was digging, and on a ludden called
out. “ Do not dig toodtep or the water
wiJ appear.” The man had the curtofity
to dig about three feet and found a consi
derable spring. This singular thing being
known in the province, several people of
diftin&ion, who wanted water on their es
fates, sent for him : Amor.ft others, Mons.
Borede sent for him to an estate of his,
where according to tradition, there had
been three springs. The boy, without
hefiiation, carried him to everv one of
them. Mons. de Bompart, commander
of the fqurdron at Toulon, sent for him
to a house of his near the town ; Monsieur
de Bompart was so convinced of the boy’s
(kill, that he immediately fell to work,
aid has succeeded. At a house wh*ch the
Duke de Villars lived in, feme of the wa
ter-conduits under it were choaked up; and
. as the diredton of them was not known,
they, to save expence of taking up the
fl Mirs, sent for the bor, who, on being
carried to the spot, pointed to the place,
and said, “ Here the condu t begins and
g les ia such a duelhon, &c.’’ So much
ujon the rctatsoa of otbc.e ; now fur what I
I have seen myfelf. There was a neigh
bour of mine, as curious as myfelf to find
out whether this boy had really such a
gift. VVc agreed to put water in a large
canhen pan, hermetcally covered with a
nother, and then place it in a hole two
feet under ground in a vine-yard that had
been lately tilled, in order that nobody
should inform h»m of it, at night we dug
the hole ourfelvcs, and covered it over,
and Imoothed ihe ground for 2afeet round.
This we did in two places. The boy ar
rived next morning, and we took him a
bout the country to shew his skill. He
went before us alone, with his hands in a
short waistcoat, aid flopped fhoit when
he found Water, (poke of it, and followed
to the spring head. Little by little, we
brought him to where tne water was hid ;
and I neve, was so aftomfhed in my life
as to fee him go out of the way, stamp up
on the spot, and fay, “ here is water here,
but it does not run.” The eaith was re
moved, and the pan found diredtly under.
We took him by the ftcond place, which
he allo difeovered, but was angry at being
deceived. He then found out a large
spring in my neighbour’s house, which he
was greatly in want of for an oil-mill he
has there.
Letters from Vienna, fay, that a youhg
gid there, a native of Bavaria, has the
fame gift as a young Parangue, the Hy
drofcope of the south of France. Several
attestations have been made of her furpriz
ing difeoveries of water, which Ihe has de
clared Ihe could perceive under ground.
Extrafl of d letter from Madrid, July 8.
“ Our court has just received ihe very
disagreeable news of an universal rising of
the natives on the sea coasts of Chili, who
are greatly reinforced and fuppurted by the
brave people in the internal parts of that
country. The Chilefians are the bravest
people on the continent, and ever had a
molt remarkable antipathy to the Spaniards,
which made them cautious how they trus
ted the natives, who have before made
attempts to recover their loft liberties, but
weie alwavs fubdutd by the Spaniards
keeping poffeflion of the coasts.
“ The infurre&ion that lately happened,
began at the town of Baldi via, or Valdivia,
wheie the gold mines are situated. It was
thus: In the night of the 14th of May, a
body of near ten thousand Indians cam: to
the mines, and fell upon the guards, whom
they murdered; they then proceeded to
set free the negroes, but slaughtered all the
whites they came near, without mercy.
After this a£lion they pioceeded to the
town, but found the people were alarmed,
and had made some preparations, having
shut the inner gates, and pointed fume
guns on the wall, which they fired inces
santly on the Indians, and did great exe
cution. Finding themfdves not able to
gain poss flion of the inner town, they set
fire to the suburbs, and burnt them to the
ground, in which were three fine churches,
an hospital, and several religious houses.
Having vented their fury as far as in
their power, at Valdivia, and being join
ed by a number of Indian and negro slaves
that dwelt in the suburbs, they left a guard
to prevent the Spaniards from efeaping out
of tne town, and proceeded immediately
to the town of Imperial, which they inver
ted, but were obliged to raise the siege
with precipitation, and marched off as if
they intended to serve Villaria in the fame
minner. A vcffel was immediately sent
from imperial, with intelligence, and,
when the advices came away from Ma
drid, an officer was preparing to march out
of Lima at the head of 4000 men.”
Her Majesty is perf<& y recovered of her
late iadifpofiticn, and on Saturday took
an aiimg with the K.ng about Hamptcn
Court*
2. We arc assured, that fcv.ra»
eminent merchants in the city are upon
the point of forming themselves into a
company for the purpose of importing an
nually a certain quantity of American
fl jur, which they are fatisfkd will antwer
every purpose of the flour made fium the
grain of oar ow i growth.
Orders are sent to Bortfmouth far two
men of war to be immehatcly fitted cut
for the coast of Africa, for the better p.o
tedion of the trade, where they are to re
main for some time, and afterwards fail
down the coast and join the fleet on the
No. th-American ftition.
A commiflion of Oyer and Terminer
this day pafl:d the great seal, author ding
and impowering the Governors of New-
York and Connecticut, and others named
therein, to try any psrfonor persons that
may be taken in confluence of the pro
clamation dlued for apprehending any that
were concerned in plundenng and burning
the Gafpee schooner.
An evening paper fays, “Orders are
come from the Court of Denmark to their
agent here, to pay to this court, 60,000!.
which is the fortune given to Queen Caro,
lina Matilda, ?nd which the court of Den
mark have thought proper to return; a Ifo
20,000!. more, in consideration of the pre
sents made to the Queen on her marriage
with the King of Denmark. And it is
added, that the above sums of money ate
to be appropriated for the future mainte
nance and support of the Queen of DiDf.-
mark, who, as soon as it is fettled, is to
come and reside in England.”
The following is the substance of the
Emperor of Morocco’s letter to his Britan
nic Majesty. “ The bearer of this Im
perial letter is Juit Jacobson, to Abraham
Benedi, a person equally esteemed by his
matter and his country, and who has your
Majesty’s interest tru/y st heart. 1 have
given him general inftrudions in what
manner to adt; and from his knowledge
of public afLirs, and of his attachment to
our mutual interest, I trust your Majesty
will give him shat degree of credit which
his fidelity to me, and inclination to serve
you, justly merit. He is particularly ac
quainted with the reasons and motives
which have been the prime reason of the
present embassy, relative to your Consuls
withdrawing himfelf from I'etuan, so con
trary to the cuftomi and usages established
on such occasions. In fine, 1 have sent
him to your Majesty, because 1 know he
has ability, as well as inclination, to serve
both you and me.”
Extrafl of a letter from Mentz, Angus 6.
“ A man arrived ir this city about fix
days ago from the neighbouring country,
attended by a retinue of several hundred
country people, who followed him from
their habitations with shouts of admira
tion and praise. The account he gives of
himfelf is very extravagant: He fays that
he is endued with universal power of good
and evil; that l.e can dethrone Kings and
Emperors with as much ease as he can cure
tha dumb and lame, and the blind. 3he
infatuated populace who follow him, fay,
that they have been witnesses to many of
those cures performed in the country ; and
the impofter is even so confident as to in
vite our magistrates to be witneff:s to his
power h raifng the dead. He was con--
dueled last night to our prison, where he
is likely to remain some time, notwith
ftand/ng hrs power. He would accept no
money ; but be had a woman wita him
who refufed nothing.*’
Extra fl of a hiier from Hamburgh, Aug. f 5.
• •• The day beiore yeft:rday two expres
ses were difpatcted tiom Stockholm, and
pafLd through thia city, one m the fo*e
noon, thcotr.crin the afternoon, in th Jr
way through our city, they left feve a! let
tets behind them ; one at th-m is said to
u. diQuub.d for Fiance, the o h.r fur
[Numb. 89.