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the pcflibihty os its being by tnU u
ft • .hh am wk them ; for they have agreed not to have any
dUfeg;, or connexions of any kind what foe ver, with any
perlon vv t » (hall offer to fell any. So relohcd and deter
mined are these people to defend and preserve their liberties,
that they wiu rciinqiaih this favourite part ot their diet..
The veflcii which wue to lad this week laden with
good* for Bo ton, arc Hopped by the merchant exponas till
the affairs < f that colony arc a HttU more letiieu.
• The (hips destined fur America, are ordered to be com
pletely manned, victualed, aud cut at Spiliieau b; the 4th
es Mardi. , ,
February 1. They write from Italy, that the Emprefe of
Ruffu ha, ordered two schools to be eroded at m
each of which two hundreed Greeks are to be educated at
her expence. Her Imperial Majesty’s intention by it is, to
try whether the ingenuity by which that nation was tor me: iy
so diftinguilhed from every other nation, can be revived again,
in which, if sere succeeds, Use will render her fell immort 1.
At any rate,die very attempt is in the bigheft degree laudable.
There is not the lead foundation fur the report oi sir
Basil Keith bung soon to let out for America ; on the con
trary, it is not even expelled that he will go to Jamaica,
tut that anoAer Governor will shortly be appointed, Sir
Basil being to be appointed on more cffential favke.
T!lc late deftruttion of Guatimah, in New Spaim has.
hurt the foreign indigo trade, as the moll valuable part ol
that article is imported from thence.
Orders have teen lately issued for the non-expurtation of
arms to the continent, except it be on the account vi
government.
A promotion of flag-officers is expected to take place very
early in March ; and two peerages on the Britilheftablilh
ment, it is thought will be given about the fame time.
The Ruflia, Europa, Mars, and Antelope, are the tour
Ou men of war appointed to the American Ration under the
• command of Admiral Greaves.
February 2. Saturday fe'nnigkt died at Berwick, John
Temple, Esq; formerly a collector of the revenues there.
N. B. This is set Mr. Temple the late Comtaiffioner if tbc
Revenues in Bcfton.
February 4. Letters from the frontiers of Turkey men
tion, that the Ruffians, in their two attempts against
Siliftria and Varna, have not loft lc& than 15,000 of their
belt troops ; to which may be added their own cannon and
-minunition, as well as that which they had, in some
adions, taken from the Turks.
Tbc Blue Ribbands, it is positively laid, though it is not
publicly known, nor will perhaps for some months, are
aduaUy disposed of.—The Ministry no doubt have reasons
for keeping this affair a secret.
February 12. Last night a Cabinet Council was held at
the Secretary of State’s office, when the prefect situation of
affairs of Boston in New-England was taken into confide -
r at ion.
Feb. 16. It is confidently affected that Mr. Horne, so
far from obeying the Speaker’s order to attend the House
ofC , means to repel, force by force, and to have the
, validity of that gn'a* officer’s warrant folcmnly argued at
the Old Bailey, by puiuihing the tool who Ihall attempt to
molcit him.
The printer of a vet tain morning paper, wc hear, was
much dilippumtcd in nut Lcicg fcitf to Newgate, having
waited upon Mr. Ackc.man on Sunday last, and engaged
the room his brother occupied some time past for a funilar
offence.
The expence, attending the commitment of the Printer
of the Public Advertiser to the custody of the Srtjeant at
Arms, amounts to fit pounds per day; but it is expelled
he will on petitioning be immediately released.
An honest member in the debate of yesterday, whether
Mr. Woudfall (houid be committed to the custody of the
Seneant »t Arms, or to Newgate, declared he had never
written a paragraph or letter in the news paper in his life,
and finccrely wiffiod that every oJier member could lay his
hand on his heart and fay the fame ; but it was known,
that the most inflammatory letters were written by mem
bers of Pfeliameat.
Jit ha, been furgefted, that an allion of damages will lie
against the Serjeant at Arms of the House ot Commons
for faife imprifunment.
: February 18. As the following paragraph comes from
an anonymous correspondent, the readers will give ib much
I credit to it as it may be thought woithy of s We are told
I that Mr. Rotch, owner, and Captain Hall, mailer, of the
’ Dartmouth, one of the Tea Ships lately arrived from Bol
] ton, with leveral gentlemen paflengers, chiefly natives oi
( New-England, also Dr. Williamtbn of Philadelphia, were
son Wednelday examined at Lord Dartmouth's office con-
*rning the tea riots. From this circumitance it is proba
-1 ble that American affairs will soon become the fubjed of
, serious speculation, whence they may also become the
fubjed of serious adion. Whenever vengeance may
ifall on thole ivfiadory Colonies, it will not fall unexpected,
5 for we arc fold chat several cautious Merchants have lately
xefufed io fend goods to America, left a general refiftence
and Maffacrc fl.uuid fettle the accounts in a summary me
thod.
Tlx Empress of Rullia and the King ot Sweden, we
jhcar, have offered therafclves as fponfora for the next-bom
jßoyal Infant.
Letters from Leghorn mention several of the Ruffian
khips of war being now it. that port.
At ten o’clock, on Monday night, Mr. Home received
the following notice from a meffengcr of the House ot
Cumuaons; (C OP Y.)
Luxet 14° Felruarii, 1774*
“ The House of Commons having, on Friday last, re
olved ncmine contradicente that a letter in a News-paper,
-intituled the Public Acvertifcr, Friday, Febnury 11,
,774, and purporting n> be printed fir H. S. Woodtall,
I so. :, the •mer of ivy-Lane, P-iei-ußltcr-Row) ®d
| fee flea to Sir Fle.clics Norton, KnU Speaker ot the House
g n Commons, receding on h.s char .Her, and on hi’ con
jud as Speaker of thi> House, in relation to an application
Houfe by t, for an iuciufuiC rd land, in the
4 larilh ot Tottington, in the County 01 Noifoik, „a falfc,
g nahelous, and Kandalous libel, highly fcf.tiling on the
hai v ict 01 ths Speaker of this Hou!'-, to the dnhonotsr ot
g his House, and in viofotion of tire privileges thereof; and
| he unci Henry Sampson Woodfall having at the Bar of this
-House, tills day, informed thL Houte that,the laid letter
novas delivered to him by the Reverend John Home ;
“ OltnEßtD,
■4 “ That the said Reverend John Horne, do- attend this
Jfoufc upon Wcdaefiay next.
“J. HATSELL.
. “ Cl. Dom. Com-”
which Mr. Horne returned Yesterday tire following
Answer :
LI (COPY)
x‘ Tv J. [latsill, £iq; Clerk of the House of
4 Commons.
‘•SIR,
j « Late last night, I received a notice, franed with your
Same, of an order which die House of Commons made
for the attendance of a particula; person on
next-
|l “ 1 apprehend that notice must have teen intended for
time ether perthii, and delivered to me by mistake, of
<h>ch 1 informed the brarer the very moment after 1 had
fad it: at the fame time adding, that whenever the
'loufe of Commons ihall delire my attendance, 1 will pay
b them all proper and pru-'ent reipelt.
, I have tile honour to be,
SIR,
Your must obedient.
Far day, Feb. 15, Humble Servant,
r-4. JOHN HORNE.
RatraS es a Letter frem I'ier.na, fan. zo.
' u VFc lure authentic accounts here, that upwards of
Zeoea cf the Scralkiers of Sdiftra’s army have pafled over
ithem Bulgaria ink? Mridavia, and art en-
vampea within a L> of Mcrfl.J R- n.ar.t w'.head
quartets, which are near Jafly, with an intent t. banal, the
Ruffians, and picler-t their recc .ng any fuppnea ot pio
vifions J they have already fooxedeu in cutting uft two
confidcrable convoys, and will prove veiy dUitefl>ng so
Ruffian aimy, if not removed. Manhal has
taken mcafurex, and made disposition, for difptding focm,
which it is imagined he will eficll.’’
Wld:ebail t F<b. 5. The King ha. been pleased to ap
point Thomas Shinev, Esq; to be Captain General and
Governor in Chief of his Majesty’s Island of Dominica m
America, in the 1 am oi Sir W.lham Young, Bart, who
has refigped. ... .... .r .
Tlx King has been pleased to appoint Mount .ore
Browne, E«j, to be Captain General and Governor in
Chief of his Majeily’s Bahama Iflaad, ire Arae: X2, in the
room of Thomas Shirley, Efqj
The King has been plulcd to appoint Peter Li-n s, EJqj
to Le Chief Juftke of lux Maje.ly’s province of New-
H-mplhi.c, in Americi.
PROMOTIONS; War-Office, Jan- 24-
11 th ;cjt. Let, Wm. Henchman; Lieutenant, iswmat
Rudfdel, Enlign, John Jones, Adjutant.
ajd regt, toot, John Bluke, fecunu Lieutenant.
50th regt, foot, William Dawson, Ensign.
56th regt, foot, Wyndham Qjn, Lieutenant, Vri.uam
Cunninghame, Ensign.
6ill regt, foot, Harding Hidder, Lieutenant, John Bar
low, Ensign, Sir William Mooie; Bart. Lieutenant Alex
ander Arbuthnot, Ensign.
Captain Alexander Baillie, from hah pay, to be iort
Major of Fort George.
Robert Chefliyre, Efjj to be Captain of foot, in the
Eaft-lnd.es only.
February 24* It is said orders are given at the toe.er
for preparing 5000 Hands of small arms, to be sent to
America.
A Correspondent fays, the following fall is authentic,
and may be depended on A Frenchman, who is pro
bably a Roman Catholic, through the interest of a certain
Lord, is now, and has been for some time past, employed
Tutor to his Royal Highnefc Prince William Henry, his
Majcfty’s third son. How much is thy condition to be lamen
ted, O degenerate Britain ! and what a mean opinion must
a Britilh Monarch, who glories in being born and siucated
in this country, entertain of his fubje&s, when one ameng
the great number cannot be found who is capable of that
important and honourable employ, without being under the
neccffity of employing a foreign vassal, one whose chief
merit consists in his being a natural enemy to this country.
February 27. On Tuesday hft died of an inflammatory
disease, in die neighbourhood of Wcftminfter Ha 1 !, a mai
den lady, oi'the name of Litetary Property j and, though
not delcended from any antient family, yet many fruitlefs
searches have been hitherto made after her ancestors. The
most fatisfaltory account of whom is, that foe was a natu
ral child of a bookfellcr’s widow, the confluence of a tco
intimate connexion with a certain poetical author. Th'rt
being the case, and foe being the firft and last of the family,
the name is become ext;nit ; and it is to be feared that the
crown, by virtue of its prerogative, will feite upon, and re
tain, the whole of her estate and eflefl*. A number of the
molt eminent phyfoiani were consulted on the oaalion,
some of whom flattered her with the plcaTrng hope of a ve
ry fpcedy recovery; while the major part of them deemed
her incurable ; and many of an inferior degree were incon
(lant pay and attendance during the whole of her fickncfi.
Great expellations were derived from the foliciteJ advise of
a very famous S—h physician ; but who, to the surprise
of every one, on being acquainted with the symptoms of her
disorder, refufed bis afliftancc. People are foolifo enough
to proclaim him the author of her death; but of this the
impartial public will belt judge. It is expelled that her in
terment will be decent, and without pomp ; and that there
will be the greatest number of mourners to attend her fune
ral obsequies that have been seen for many years, as foe was
particularly refpelted by the whole body of booksellers,
printers and their devils. What is molt remarkable, is,
that a wurthy prelate prayed for her death ; and a chancel
lor was not left, fervent in his wifo, for her diffoiotion;
both of whom were spiritedly confronted by a celebrated
debauchee, for the purpose, as it is imagined, that he might
afterwards boast the honour of her fedultion.
February 28. It is said that an Express arrived in town
late on Friday night, with an account of the death of the
French King, in the 63d year of his age.
Letters received by last Saturday's Holland Mail, from
Conilantinople, mention, that when the late Grand Signior
perceived his last moments approaching, he sent fcr the
Sultan Abdulhamct, his brother, and recommended to him
the education of Selim his only son, aged 13; and at the
frmc time gave him to understand, that he ardently desired
that he would ferioully employ himfelf in the lalutary
work of peace : And that some steps are already taken for
that purpose.
Wcdncfday a (hocking murder was difeuvered on an infant
about three days eld, at a house in Go(port : A very long
nail was drove through the head of the child, which came
out at its throat. ’The mother is fufpelled to have com
mitted this barbarous allion, and diligent search is making
after her.
Tuxsday, March 1. The American affairs, wc hear,
will come on, next Thursday, in the upper Allembly.
It is now generally underflood, that the most spirited
ano coerfivc mcafures will be taken by the Mother Coun
try, to biir.g back her refraftory children to a proper fenfc
of their duty, and the common interest: of the whole
empire.
A private letter from the Continent mentions, that ac
cording to a plan just under confederation in the secret cabi
nets of Europe, a Roman King is to be clclled besides the
Emperor; and it is fiippofed that th" hellion will come < n
very toon ; the . andidates are supposed to be, the King of
feirumia, the Eleftor Bavaria, and the Elector vi Sreo
ny; but nothing can be said with certainty of it.
By authentic advices from Conftantinupie, we .are in
foin.ed, that orders have bcenifeued by die Li-an to raise
roo,oco new troops in the f t ace of two months; from the
city and environs 50,000 men, from Bosnia, 20,000 men,
from the Janiffaties 6ooc, from Boftar.gis, Bcco, ar.d
from the different parts of Arabia, 16,000 men; new
treasures have been opened, and all these freih troops are to
receive double payment.
We have rcafon to dcabt the veracity of the extrafl of a
letter from the Hague, which appeared in one of the Sa
turday’s morning papers, said to be published by the Ruflicn
Ambaffidor there, contradilbng the prevailing report of
the infcrrcdtion in the Ruffian Empire; for the Hague
Gazette, of the 9th instant, fays, (inanextrall of a let- 1
ter from Hamburgh) that the infurredion becomes of more
and more importance ; that the rebels at prefer.t amount
to the uumbtr of 10c,coo men ; that the regular troops
who were feat to Peteriburgh to reduce the rebels have
joned them; and that matteis are in a very critical fetua
tion. Nothing can be said of it with certainty, yet we can
not omit to lay before cur readers an account which appear
ed in the Colognia Gazette, of Jan. 28, a paper of very
guod repute“ There is a very great uproar in Mre
Ruffian empire ; JewttinofF and Demidoff, the former an
eminent elk manufadurer, and the latter entrepreneur
general of the Ruffian minerals, or mines, having the com
mand of about 30,00 c working people, whom tliey con
llantly employ, are the chief of the troubles, and the firft
beginners cf the rebellion at Kaftan. 7he Tarters and
Baikiers immediately joined them, and firm a numerous
army. Jewrainoff’ pretends to ue the perlon of the late
Peter the TliuJ. Two Noblemen us Callan, namely,
General Matiui/kyn and General Ifmailow, loth cf very
high rank, poflcffl of an mrmenfe fmtune, and highly
cifcontented with the ccrdnfl of Government, joined the
party. An edict was publifoed highly cilending the Enr
prefs and Adroiniftratfen, inflamrog the minds of the peo
ple concerning the new and insupportable taxes, and prey
ing cf men. One General Pugafofeew, who is said to he
of the Puiifli Confederacy, is the Commander in Chief tn
the rebels s b-t it u Loped they will aft be brought to
fubmiffior..” ,
Letters from Dantzick by the last mau ad. fe, the.
fence Sweden has been declared an abfoiute munaichy, the
liberty of the press cxifts no longer, having fureved tuat feta
about 18 months. 7 hefe letters add, that it is reovuka
ble the liberty before allowed was so restrained, that c ‘
one who publifoed was obliged to put hi» name to h.s
work, or leave his name with the Buokfc'kr that fold it,
which if neglellcd, the Eookfclkr was looked on as Au
thor, and liable to any penalties inffiUed on trial.
This morning it was reported upon 'Change, that advice
was received from Pctcrfourgh, that the Empri I. ot R..flia
was not only dethroned, but also imprisoned, in the lame
place where her unfortunate hulb.md loft his Efe.
March 3. By a private letter from Virginia, we learn,
“ That in draining a morass or swamp, in which were a
great many trees, &c. they difeovered two creatures ot the
human foape, who run away upon beirg obfened. 7 hey
were howevc. soon overtaken, and their cries brought out a
woman to their afliftancc. They all Icemed much frighten
ed ; and none of them could speak a single word of any
language. Inquiry being made all over the country, some
people remembered that, a good many years ago, a man in
that neighbourhood, whole circumstances were very low,
had difoppeared with his wife, and, it is supposed, they had
retired into this fwamr, in the middle oi which was a small
riling ground, where they had Jived, and had the two children.
The man dying, the woman, whom they remembered al
ways to ha»c been a flupid dull cieatute, had now loft the
use cfhet fperch, Laving no person with whom foe could
converse. A; the children had never heard any creature
speak, it is no wonder tl.ey were dumb. Eveiy endeavour
been ufro to learn them to speak, but they had made
little progreft when the last letters came away .’’
YukX, Feb. 15. On the ift inst. was married at Sad
dlcworth, Abraham B. wk;, a Widower, aged about thir
ty, to Mary Bradley, a Widow of near seventy ; but as the
Bride was a little in debt, the Briuegioom obliged her to he
married in her foift, and the weather being veiy severe, it
threw her into such a violent fit of the shaking, as induced
the compassionate Minister to cover her with his coat whilst
the Marriage was folcmnizing.
Vienna, February 9. The late Emperor ofTurkcv, who
died on the 21st ult. was in the 59th year of his age.
He was the eldest son of Achmed the third, who was de
throned in 1730. He afeended the throne in Oftober
after the death of the Emperor Osman. He hath
left an only son (the Sultan Selim) and three daughters,
the ddeft of whom is above fourteen years of age, and is
already the widow of two Grand Viferr. The Sultan
Abdoulhamet, his brother, aged 51 years, has been already
proclaimed Emperor, in conformity to the right of focceflion
eftablifoed in Turkey, where the crown palfts to the eldest
of the family.
Hayue, f Holland] February 3. Yesterday died here the
Sieur de la Haye, at the age of 12® years. He was a na
tive of France, wan at the taking of Utrecht in 1672, and
at the battle of Malplaquet in 17C9. He travelled by
land into Egypt, Pcrfia, the Indies, and China ; married
at the age of 70, and had five children.
A further account relative to the Due! between
Mr. Temple and Mr. Whately, ta
ken from the Public Advertiser. viz.
IGxoa r.t Plumley, coachman to Mr. Izard,of Ber
ner’s-ftreet, nuke oath, that on Saturday, the nth of
last month, I drove my matter in the coach to Grofvcnor
gatre ; that he got out of the coach, and ordered me to stay
where I then was. My mailer tlien walked into Hyde
Park, about the distance of three hundred yards from the
coach. At that time I heard the report of pistols. Junes
Jerkins, a footman (who was then my frllow-fervant, but
lives now with a gentleman in Newmanftreet) immediately
ran after my matter, who was going toward. a different part
of the Park, to inform him that there was a duel. J staid
with the coach, and saw v ery diftindly two gentlemen fight
ing with swords. Both of them seemed to be pufoing. I
never once todk my eyes from them during the whole time
they were fighting; and I most solemnly swear, that I did
not fee either of the gentlemen fall upon his hand, as has
been set forth in several declarations printed in the Public
Advertiser of the Sth of this month, which I have read.
I was so near the gentlemen, that if cither of them hud fal
len, I think it would have been impossible for me to have
avoided feeing it. Geckge Plumley.
Sworn before me. Jan. ic.
1774, Mansion-House.
FRED. BULL, Mayor.
I JAMES JERKINS, footman to Mr. Ransom in
Newman-ftrect, swear, that on Saturday the irthofLft
month, I went behind the coach cf Mr. Izard (in whose
service I then was) to Grofvenor-g«te, in Hyde Park : that
Mr. Izard, as soon as the coach flopped at Grnfvenor-gate,
got out, and walked in the Park a considerable distance as
near as I can judge about three hundred yards from the coach.
I staid with the coachman at Grofvcnor-gate,and while I was
looking at Mr. Izard, who was walking from the coach, I
heard the report of pistols. I turned my head, and saw two
gentlemen fight with swords. I immediately ran after Mr.
Izard to give information of it, f» that I saw nothing more
cf the duel. I have read in the Public Advertiser, of the
Sth of this month, an account of a conversation which
Thomas Phipps, servant to Mr. Davenport, pretends to
have had with me. I do, in the most foemn manner,
make oath, that I never told him what he has set forrh in
that newr-paper, and that the whole of his account is faife.
JAMES JERKINS.
Sworn before me, Jan. to.
1774, Manse-A-House.
FRED. BULL, Mayor.
IT is my duty to declare to the public, that Mr. Whately
has mistaken my Words. I have been acquainted with
Mr. Temple many years, and never thought his temper
violent ; 1 therefore could never have said that it was. I
have always thought him a person of the (hidleft honour,
ar.J poflefled of such proper spirit, as to chastise any man
who ihould presume to countenance the suspicion cf it. Mr.
Whately told me, that he received Mr. Temple’s fire, and
then difeharged his pistol in the air ; that Mr. Temple oif
ursaed him, and desired him to ask his liie, which he refiif
ed to do ; that he then disarmed Mr. Temple, and told
him to take his life unalkcd. I thought there was an im
propriety in Mr. Temple’s drawing his sword, after Mr.
Whately had discharged the pistol in the air; and in his re
newing the fight, after having disarmed his antagonist. I
therefore desired Mr. Whately to be cautious cf propagating
circumstances which might tend to rhrow any diihonour on
my friend, as I was -pprehenfive it might be the means of
compelling him a second time to call him to account. Mr.
Temple has Rated the whole traniadion to the public in so
full and fathfadory a manner, that I hope he will give him
felf no more trouble about it. Conscious of the honourable
part which he aded through the whole of this business, he
has defpifcd the tepoetr which have been cireuiated. I ccn
fel* they alarmed me; efpecihlly when I was informed that
they u ere to be supported by affieavits. 1 had too good an
opinion cf Mr. Temple, to give the least credit to any in
jurious repoiU ; but if two men had sworn that they few
him fiabbug Mt. tVhatcly in the Lac's, and in fveralother
parts of his body, '.uber be VOOs J. dien tit the griur.d, ar.d
‘unable to defend Limfclf, (which were the repeats circula
ted aga'uft Mr. Temple) I fear that Le would have bcme
thro’ life, a character my different fiom the one he deserver.
The »<fling and ridiculous de lan tic.as, in the • Public
Advertiser of tv day about a fat, large gtitsltmcr. ar.d a kan
tn., have totally wncvel my fears. One of the ccdaration*
1 know tube folfe ; if therefore tiw rest contained .anything
material agamft Mr. Temple, wh eh it very far from being
the <afe. the m blh •. whet red.? to te'J
given '.L lliem. I was a” .he diftar.ee cf about three Ifonfecd
varus from m.. coach at. the time the piftals were discharged.
The tcfiimcry of my fcnanU will not, I trull, Le thought
necetciry to funpurt this circuaffiaoce, which, however im
material it may icetn. is cf cqnfequence, as it fliews that
Thorns Phipps his been miftalren in what he heard from
my Lrctman. V/hy therefore nicy not William Canbum,
John Bca.droore, and John Poultney, have been iikewife
mistaken? As Mr. Whately fpcaks cf having LJi mueb
blvtde and of Lis breeji being afccled in a manner that made
him drtnu hit breath v.:tb it may Le imagined
that he knew himfelf to be much wounded at the time I
offered him the use of my coach. I declare, upon my hon
our, that I then aiked him if he was wounded, and his an
swer was, he had a scratch on his face, and as there was
some blood on the fide of his ihirt, he knew that he was
wounded; but thought the hurt very trifling, as he felt no
pain. This he repeated to me fevetai times in the coach,
but never gave me tac meftdiftant hint of his having fallen,
or of receiving any unfair treatment from Mr. Temple.
The unusual cxercif: which he Lad just been engaged in
might probably have occafioncd a foortnefs of breath.
When Mr. Whately was stripped at the iurgcon’s, and
saw his wcunds, he thought them of fetch little contequence,
that he seemed only desirous of concealing the scratch on his
face, from his mother, in whose company, he said, he cx
pdted soon to be—4 think that night. He (poke in per
fell good humour of Mr. 'l emple, hoped that he wa» not
wounded, and desired that 1 would let him know whether
he was, or not. 1 told him tlsat if Mr. 'l emple was wound
ed, I would inform him of it as soon as 1 went liome; and
if he did not hear from me that night, he might conclude
Mr. 7’cmple was no: hurt. Mr. Whately was not fati.fr
ed with this, but dcfircd me to write to him, and inform
him whether Mr. Temple was wounded, or not. When
I arrived at my own house, I found Mr. Temple there,
and had rhe fotisfadion of hearing from him, that the only
hurt he received, was a flight scratch in the land. 1 im
mediately wrote to Mr. Whately; but as I thought the
aliair entirely at an end, I did not keep a copy at'my letter.
The following is the answer I received.
“ J'ear Sir, nth of Dec. Evening.
“ it is with fatisfaflion I learn that Mr. Temple
has received no hurt, and am obliged to both of you for your
anxiety on my account. Ido not imagine tber, can be the.
leaf rocm for any apprehenfans from the trifling hurts I re
ceived. lam dear fir, your most humble servant,
William Whately." ,
(Direlled to Ralph Izard, Esq;)
I think it right to lay these fads before the public, tha'
they may form what judgment they think proper.
Berner s street, Jan. 8, 1774. RA. IZAP.D.
* Vide Mr. IF Lately s Letter, as idferud above.
To the Printer of the Public Advertiser.
S I R,
IT was not till I had seen Mr. Whately’s fall publication,
that I could prevail on myfelf to think him any other
at heart than an honest, well meaning, though a weak man,
under very bad influence. That publication has fully fettha
the matter in my mind. Having, with a sacred regard to
truth and candour, already fuLmitted to the public a cireun.-
ftantiai account of the late affair between Mr. Whately a .4
m/felf, it would be only an unnecessary repetition to point
out the mifrepiefentations in hit account of that aifoir. I
foali only obfenc, that Mr. Whately .night have (pared
himfelf the trouble of writing the last paragraph of his na
rative; as it always has been, and (fill continues to be my
determination, to have as little concern and intercourse as
pofliblc with any but men of truth and honour. Hi* fnend
foip and cmnity I hold in equal contempt.
Great Gccrge-Jlreet, Jan. 9. J. TxMPLX.
To the Printer of the Public Advertiser.
S I R,
A copy of the following letter to Dr. Franblin, with Lis
answer to it, having accidentally fallen into my hands, I
reaueft you to give them a place in your paper. The writeri
of them, I flatter myfelf, can have no objetlion to thtir be-
Imd before the public ; and though ti ey are now of an
old date, your intelligent readers will easily set she propriety
of their appearing at this junllure. lam your cunflant
reader. A. Z.
To Dr. FRANKL IN.
Dear Sir, Nov. 21, 1769.
IN the many converjathr.s we have had icgeiher about
cur present disputes with North America, we perfeflly
agreed tn wifing they maybe brcuvht to afpcedy and hap
py conclujion. Hnv this is to be done is no: so tafi.y ajeer
t aired.
Two objcHs, I humbly apprehend, his Majesty's fer tarts
Lave now in contemplation, tfi, to relieve the colonic
from the taxes complained cf, which they certainly had .• »
hand ue impofmg. zdly, to preserve the honour, the dignity
and the J'up>emacy cf the Britijh legtjlature ever alt hr
Majesty's dominions.
As I know your fmgular kncnulnlge cf thefubjetlin
queftton, ar.d am as fully convinced of your cordial attach
ment to bis Majcfty, and your jincac def.re to premote the
bappinefs equally, cfai! Us jubjeßs, 1 leg you would in your
own ciear, brief ai d explicit manner, fend me an answer to
the following quefttons : I make this request now, btcax'e
this matter is of the utmeft importance, and must very quickly
be agitated. And Ido it with the mere freedom, us you
know me and my motives toe well tv entertain tie most re
ntote ftfpicion that I Will make an improper use of any infer
matim ycu fall hereby convey to me.
ift. ll mt a repeal of al! the duties ft lat on tea ex
cepted, which was before paid here on exportation, and of
ccurfe no new imbolitdn) fully fatisfy the cclcnifts f If you
answer in the er gative,
id. Your reasons for that opinion ?
Re you think the only effectual way es ccmpofing the
present differences is to put the Amtricans priciftly tn th -
situation they were in brfotc the pef.ng the lateftamy-aft ?
If that is your opinion.
4tb. 7 our reafent for that epiraon p
o,tlc. If this taH metbed is teemed by the kgifiature, ana
bis Majesty's mimflers, to le repugnant to their duty as guar
dians of the just rights cf the crown and of their jellona
can you iiggeft any other way of terminating these
disputes icnjifttnt with the ideas es justice ar.d propriety
ccnccived by rhe King's fubjecls on both Jidcs cf the Atlantic.
6tb. And if this method was afheally followed, do you
not think it would ahiualiy encourage the viclencc ar.d fatti
ous part of tbc colonists to aim at ft;!! farther cencejficm frem
the mother country ?
qth. If they are relieved in part only, what do you, as a
reatcuablc and dispassionate man, and an equal friend to
both fide., imagine will be the probable cenfequeoces
The answers to these queftiont, I humbly conceive will in
clude all the information I want ; and 1 beg you will fa
vour me with them as soon as may be. Every well-wijher
to the peace and prefperity of the Britift) Empire, and every
friend to our truly happy conftituticn, must be desirous cf
feeing even the meft trivial caufa of diffintion among our
fellow fubjeffs removed. Our domestic fquabblcs, in my
mind, are nothing to what I ant fpcaking cf. Tbisycu know
much better than Ido, and therefore I need add nothing far
ther to recommend this fubjcll to your serious cutfideration.
I am, with the most ccrdial esteem and attachment,
Dear Sir, your faithful and affehlionate bumble
IF
The A N S IF E R.
Dear Str, Crgven-fircet, Nov. 29, 1769.
BEING just retimed to tovn from a little excurjion,
If nd yours f the 2 if,'containing a number cf juerie:
ttat would rens ire a p,ny bet to anjwer them fully. You.
however, d-fit e fly Iraj cowers, teLich Ijhall endeaveur
to give.
Pievicus toyarr queries, ycu tell me, that "you appre
hend btt Mejey.ys fin. ants Lne n.w in ccr.timplation, if.
to reliwttbe co.wijh f.rt the taxes complained of; 2d. t 9
trfrrze thehentu', sit .'i~ i . .• d trt of tl