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5 g tin last arrivedfrom London, we
the Advices, viK.
LONDON, Sepeember <).
SV Evaiing pap«t *»)»• "Weare af
lured frum very authority,
Uus. General Carlton w gone over tu hit
g vernnunt of Quebec, with positive
ordus to embody thirty thousand Ro
man Catholic Canadian* immediately
as a militia."
The Militia of Canada, by the laws
of fat cuuutrv, now fully eftabiLhed by the Quebec aO, are
under the fame military Lwm regular troop*. General GarJ
t,n is univerfallv allowed to be the rnoil Olillul othcer in the
Br tilh fervlce. . r
With so formidable a Pop'fo »nwy, commanded by to able
a General, in the service of the crown, in a profound peace,
and entif ly without the cont'roul al parliament, n it not high
time for the i'mteftante of all denomination! in these Jung
doms an take tome elMlual maalurc* for the ot then
civil and reiigiius liberties ? ,
Is it not exprefoly contrary to hwfor a Popifh army to be
eniided in the service of the crown us Gieat Britain t .
At a time when thoufends are emigrating from Britain and
J-dm rhe accounts we have from Bolton of the dcfertion of
tr.r ‘ , 0-try create aiuch inquietude to the mind, of thole who
rvllvfove their country. ' .
how tHK>P», fays a correfonndent, were put d;on a touting
with sass of ether natrons, by giving them da ly bread, and
limiting the time of their being obliged to lerve., local attach
ment, so natural to the human bwaft, would prevent the for
feiting by dcfertion their right of returning to thair native
TSZ’io The KiuJ of France has revived to augment the
pay of hit foldien two lob per day. Though this will be a
cxNitidetable expence to the Bate, y« it "ill to. borne with
... at Ltuftaiun, as thole pour fellows iuid tt difficult to lub-
r their pr-sent pay. . .
Htt native of Otaheite waanot brought over merely out of
• .. 'ity ; the min ftry have a further view in thia matter ;
' if their plan i* well executed, it is such as will be greatly
to their hotio'jr, and the advanta o e of the nation. .
Tiro couit of Spain is excesul.ig jealous of our expeditions
to the South Sen,l-ft in a future war between the two nation!
they may he great fufferers in that part of the world. 1 hey
have good reaion fiom past eaperier.ee for their lean, and we
have reafrn to hope if they do wantonl; break the peace with
tn, we Iha) I make ouUplvts ample amends, out of thair Arne
rican fettiements. .
According to letters from Paris, the Kings of r.ance and
Sardinia have concluded a treaty oftenlivr, and defeufive, us
which there are no less than 12 fccret articles.
Jarrnef of a Lecter from Daenfoi, Augufi *7> 1774*
*• We are informed that an engagement has just happened
Ai Great Poland between she Prulftan and Pollh imps, of
which the following account haa been received : The Piaf.
Bans infilled <>n taking pofleffion of the citie! of Kompieb
and Slupaa ; but the Polifli troop! refilling, a battle wu
fought, in which the Prussian Major Danorewi.a waa killed.
General Lirtbw had a very narrow escape, having hie horse
foot under him. The Prussians, however, gained the battle,
killed many, and made the rest prifeners of war, and took
Million of the above two places. -
StM. 13. It is Wd that the Canadian! will certainly be
Indulged w»th * Bidiup of their own perfuafron; fevarol higb
flyidg Jacks and falfe Brethren are already talked of, among
whom u Dr. N« ■ 1 — L
A calculation ha* been made of the expenses of the last
General Eleflion in live feverai coun i«» of tins kingdom,
which was found to exceed two millions of money.
The following ext rad of a fetter from Voltaire to the late
lox’ C ” ' 1.1, writ tea in 1772, will serve to mark that
. -ea! *Hr ,•> en of our Bnliffi and A « cm< wrohfov
*>. . .
fee a new w/d orMiK fat will pru-. > '* w •<*
jew hone?, inuuftrious people; and 1 thmit 1 tew yr ar* will
difeover the 11-nd of Britain to have for its inhabicanre only
two forts of animals, tyrants and Qaves.’’
A great writer, Ipeaking of England, fays,—“ V our foot
1)M parted its Meridian | Luxury has taken root} the unex
pedUd weaitt v < from the poor of a dift.nt country by robbery
hf chang'd bulwark of the Engliili Cunftitution,
Hwjfc nf Commons."
here is now living in Bear-lane, SuittaifieM', one Louis
Fournier, who is univertaiiy allowed to be i sn years old ; but
he fays he tan perfcflly well runcinuar the Fire in i66u, and
if so, he mull be at iaaft lh.ee <w lour years older.
On Sunday Se’nmght, die Elisabeth, Capu Weeks, bound
from Biiftol to Cork and Jamaica, failed horu King-Road,
dawn the ciisnoei, but die wind changing, U was obliged to
put back, and early on Tuesday morning, he unfortunately
proceeding too near the Wtllh .Lore, the vessel ftiuvk on a
ruck off a piece called St. Dunnelh, and was dalhrd to pieces.
Thefoip’s company and passengers consisted <vf 37 perfoni,
eleven only of whom are isved, and feverai of those were tolled
en ihoee by the waves. The Captain and chief Mate are
among -he dead, as are also a gentleman and his lady who
were married but Friday last, and were going to Ireland; they
wero found dafped in each other’s arms, and in that pofitiun
were both interred.
fixed the parliament Aall meet early la
Nvveiui>er next.
To-morrow bath houses of parliament will meet pursuant
fa their last prorogation, and by a commiiTion from bis Ma
jesty will bs further prorogued to November next.
It is now vet v currently talked of at the St. James s end
of the town, that anew fjeakerof the H. of commons will
certainly be appointed at the meeting nf the new parliament,
if not tlie very neat fcllions. Ihe preient speaker is tiitd
with so much bwfiaeft, and it is really no great wonder when
we eonfidei his years, the very laborious part he adted for ma
ny years in his profetfion, and that the buliocia of parliament
now makes two volumes in folio each lulton* initead of one
volume, and tb*r sometimes a very dun one, which it ulsd
G be.
Monday morning a meflenger arrived at Lord Rochford's
effice, with fovne important cifratches from Lord Stormont,
Lia Majesty's a vbalfodor at the French court, wlikh w«eim
niedij.ri) forwarrtrd to his Majesty at Kcw. ,
Lord Mansfield is returned from \ to BrlghtLelm-
Coce.
Iwo additional packets arc kept in constant pay to carry
g rverntneut expseifes to and from Boftoo.
They write from W«|aw, that two Ruffian regiments hava ।
i aft arrived there, to the great furprixe cf the inhabitants <
ExtraH if t httar frun Aug. ao.
<« It seems as if HI the powers of the Mediterranean were 1
preparing for a’war, either ofunfive or defonfive, as all the I
ports are foil of (hipping, and the flloriS covered with troops, ’
in Spain and Barbary particulaily. Ihe emperor of Ma-occo '
has two vc-y ftroi g iquadrom now fit for sea; one at Salla, |
’andthr other at Larrache : The Sa to1 of Algiers and Tunis ,
are likewise fi'ting out fou-dro.-S for fife but for what pur- j
. oofc these cannot even be <
gaafftd at. TH Spaugh lines up ro Saint Rocque are very (
*I! of troupe, aud feverai now battlements and forts are new 1
buutw" y I.
Thekdy Gage, Mcfsard, from New-Vwk to London, is ’
fafr arrived off T7wer, after a very Owrt voyage.
'f he efitfl of our dtfpwtfo with the cofonifts is vifrble at the
euftror. houfr. Ti e gentlemen of.the long room fey that the
exports decfo'c contuferably.—<Muß not this end lataliy br
berk countries ’ ' . . , ‘
Population .0 neknowledged tn be the reneme ncb« of a
trading nation : a ccwcfpoo«eni,. there free, leconmwndv to
Ite rich an affodan'm tv give frr.aU fortuace to tober, indi
gw.t women for the encouragement of Matrimony among the
J.woroHiere nfthe peopfo. I
Styt. le. Thet ths trialoy jury wu th* nubleft and mvft
u rfturt of betnan inftitutiam can be denied only by J
Lmw, m foe preMed eMsniee in government. We base
laws; we have an excrllent conftita’l'to , but rex;eiutajnty
ccafe to benefit tl.e commurity whenincuupat-biewirhjurt.ee.
They were framed to relieve, hut to oppafs the pe <p <.
When they eppoie humanity, they are a:biuery, b<K equi
table. Perhaps our grievances may be redretkd from the cx
tavagant eloquence of a Pynfent. Has Hayes ueiertod you,
or have you found a title by foiftake» Has Burton seviMfofo
or have you bewildered your imagination f Ante then, thou
peerlcfs pride ofuenfioneri, and tell this free-born nation rum
wi:tt cause the American diiaftedton took its rue, and by
wbitmaam the Americans, the fte.dy aflirtora rd pub*
Liberty, fall be redrafted. Ditofeded exdb
only in idpa, or in the Utopian system of an doquen, but ne
glerted, rtatefman. They art not aliens ; they never wm
be the tools of a rhetorical refugee. Zealous even to an ex
treme, you once was rrveled by thc| people; but when you
grew unfortunately ambitious, you then beca.u.
unpopular. Bxplam this abford duplicity of condufl to your
country, and to the kft of Painces. Pcfaps you expend
to become a private tyrant in America. Use rec.procal.ty
can only be equalled by the difappointnscnt. Atone for your
rtgue and incoliarent expreffioru by a real fare us eloquence,
and live to know that P incet, though men, may be suadvas
uutly capricious, but the people, though opprefftJ, flull al
ways be free. _, , o . . _
bept. Yeftetday the Lord Mayor, the two ShcdS,
Alderman Wilkesand Sawbridge, and a number of the free
holders of Middlelex, met at the Mile-end aifembly rqpm, in
order to nominate proper persons to represent the lard cotrty
in the ensuing Parliament. The firft business was to deter
mine on the differentarrirlcs that the candraatu to bnpuin
nomination should subscribe, which were to tho
purport : Thar, if chosen, they fauld endeavour to obtain
a bill for the Ihortnirg the duration of Parliaments j a cil 1 fur
the exciufionot plvcenien and penfionevs ; a bill for ’he ftwre
equal representation of the people ; and a bill to repeal th'
four late ash ref.efling the Americana.
The Sheriffs aiked the freeliolders if they were willing tbeir
canoidates Ihould be bound to the aforefeid articles ; when
about fix persons held up thrir hands against the quellion.
Thia being decided in the affirmative, John Wilke*, Hfq;
wax nr.minatod aa a candidate, and all hands held up for him,
except five or fix. The Sheriffs next put up Serjeant Gljan,
who had every hand held up in his favour. Upon Mr. Saw
biidge’s motion the two candidates were jointly put up, wkich
was received with the greatest applause. LalUy, the Shrrift*
enquired if any other Gentleman was to be propofcd as a Can
didate; whereupon one Gentleman was mentioned, buj no
perlon fecunded the motion.
The nomination being thus concluded Mr. Wilkes affrred
the fiachoidara he was ready to bind hisnfelfby the termr tney
propofcd, as he agreed to every one of them. He thanked
the freeholders for that farther mark of fair approbation *nd
begged leave to assure them every part of nis conduit IhouW be
uniformly such as he hoped would continue tint confidence,
as he was determined through life to puilisc the feme gieat
and. This ipeech was received with appl*’.- / e.
The following is a copy of the engagement rsgme by
John Wilkes and-Jobn Glynn, Ifqrs.
FT* [Jolin Wilkes and John Glynn] do solemnly promifo
and engage ourfclvc* So our cor.ftitucuts, if we have the ion
our of being chosen the Represent stives in Pai Lament el the
county ofMiddlefex, that we will endeavour to the utmeft of
onr power So restore and defend the excellent form of gotetn
ment modelled and eftablilhed at the revolution, and to pro
mote ata of legislature, Hot thortning the duration of PtfJia
menta, for excluding placemen and penfionen from the
of Commons, for a mole fair and equal representation of mq
people, for vindicating the injured rights of the free’ oltfcif
of thia county, and the whole body of elaftors of thia
kingdom, and an ad for the repeal of the four late ads refped
ing America, the Quebec att, crtabhftung Popery,.ard the
fyltomol French Canadian laws in that exienfne province, the
Rofton port ad, the ad for altering the charter of the Province
of Ma.Tach"fe r ts-Riv. and the id for fa trial in Europe of
Iffd <*<America, bricX folly’
port « '•vMX- p*M ~:u - f • -
imrwtanr. for fa M ot our ex* Ufa uudHt- f-b, 4
the ivitiUaiion us fa and liberties of our feiloA lub
jeds in America. John Wilkes, John Glynn.'*
It is tu be hoped that the eledors in even county, n*; aqd
town in Groat Eiiuln, will btt upon the like enga„en.ent
from thafofay ckuie.
At fadufe of the poll for Lori Mayor this day, th; num
ber was is follows:
Lord Mayor, -- - « fiej
Akerman Wilkes, n. — 601
Sir J. Efdale, 5M
Aiderman Kennel, —— 566
Orders, it is laid, ire dispatched to fa comminder ‘n chief
in North Americi, to cause any fix of the deputies -» rhe
Congress to be intercepted on their way, and by that means
to fruftrate the intention, by not permitting it to be gmrrai.
h is to be ho; «d that the people at the next general riedtioa
will hive an eye to those who have promoted the pafag 01
feverai unpopular and unconftitutionai biila: the proma trs of
the Quebec bill ought not to be fogotten, who have lenied
Engldi fobjeds atrial by jury, and encouraged the infunuus
pradiie of Lettrtt dt Cue bit, by refuting to grant the Le.ty
of the Haban CtrpM act to persona confined by an fl of
power. And laltJy, those ought to be had in everlallik re
membrance,who endeavoureu tudeftroy the f.eedomofeiiftio«,
by rendering of no tffed fa votea of the eledors of the. Luts
ofMidulefex. »
It is now generally known that Lord Minefield s visit h th<
French court 11 entiiely a political one. Some particula fit
ters wete entrusted to him, which could not be commi Jed t<
the care oi any other person.
Srt>t. 19. No more troopa will be fat from Irelgd t<
America, but from Grmt Britain. This regulation ha been
occationed by the great defoitioa of fa IrHh regiments tndci
General Gage.
We hear admiaiftratico intends to be before-hand wiihthe
patriots, by biinging in a bill next session us Parilamfot to
a final frttkment of Are.icon affairs if the colonics fox
nifo them with any pretence to Ure their honour.
It is allured that government ia much deceived in fa cun
dud of the Americana ; their cool, deliberate and prjtdent
mtaforea having confounded their sou, and gained them .missy
friends.
This being MkhaeUnm-dey th« tight ho* fa Lord *Ziya,
attended by the Aldurmen, Sheriffs, Recoidci, and nthci
cily offiten, met at Guildhall, where the two fat.ffs n»unt
ed the Hukmgs, ami preceded to fa tfodion of 1 Lord
Mayor. The feverai Aiderman below having been fepsncdy
put up,the Loid Maser was then noarinatef,wlien the itfw ot
hands appeared in favour of hit Lordship and Mr. Aldtman
1 Wilkes ; but a poll was demandrd in behalf ut Sir ames
Euiaile, and Mr. Alderman Kennett, whkh began in afai
ately.
Account of fa tranfadiops yesterday at the MxSTi <n at
Mile-End, of the Fa xx hoi oxa s otehe county efMin-
BLKOX.
XT tnedvt t’tlaek abut ftrty fratbelden vttrt entitled,
win bad paid tub Jbillteg far edeunaact. Tbey m w bt
-IMS t» iatat ia faf er, Jeftrai gentlemen rejnfedta tny tbt
' admittance meaty. At tbit mfent 'be leva jbtrift arrived, aad
• a abtut flying tbt frewi fl>i.itag, v>i>icl, at bnpb
> febjiaed ea tbt Sbers/t agreeing la give tea gviaaatfar the aft
\ef tbt rarna, and tbaje gentlemen mtbe Led yam r earned tUtr
I manty again, and the deert were tbrcwn eyea. Abmt ant
1 t'thtk the SLerfi tank tbt cbab, and Mr. Sber ff Sayre
cyahgitaedfer the ebfruftim that bad bayyened, ambitb arty
! fram a mrfunderfending between tbe Under Sheriff and tbt
mafu as tbt barft, tbt bufneii began.
1 Mr. Sayre, in a very bam-feme f/atcb, reminded rbefrerbnU
। tri if tbt tmfertant e.tafica if tbmr being fjimhiad j bt ta
* an tbt rfgbtt and frivilegu as Engtijbmen, and bayed
, they weald, wbtle tbey were yet at liberty ta affemUe, w.
nanatt fncb men far tear reyrefentativei ta Pailiem-at at
; weald be ta traafmt tbmr rigbtt ta tbt latefi pferity.
Mt. Sheriff Lee then dtfrtd leant ta read a lain, waieb!
intimated the wife efferent patlammda barer whether frrjmm j
* r * A * W *** "Z'***** ।
tri ts adl tfit tbi pfjttor. migu bt ag-
ttndM tbt ; loattptrjM 1*
mg tbt iMtr, tbt matter
AfreebMer moved, that tbt gtttelaem t» be return
at treyer ynj.ni t» leytej.m ibe 10 my m ynlament
sign a decm>a.i<.n le tit J-lnumgtffefi : ‘lbat they ut
dtaveur f tbtam e Hi ftrJkutn.’g fa durmita »f
ment ; fir limit mg the nkmnt' of y!a;emttt ued fenfinert, (A.,
and t» yr,cure the rcyeul ts the ait, the pert
bill, tte Hit fir tbt adntnifratim effifie in tbe pre-, inte f
the Moffbebtijctii, and the bill tt tubjeß pcrhni egem ng m
America it be brmgbt tt England Jtr trial. M>, Sueubrnlgt
prtytftd, in additiui terete, that tte canaidatti fituld aljtfigu
a g'neral declaretitn es tbeir prineiptet, a> bung ff::»deu tn
tbyfi ts the reveluticn. Afie-jtme debate, the laji article mrai
put fetareteiy, and when it bad appeared that it wui tbt
generalMe of the fieebeUeri that tbit article fieuld made part
•f th, declaration to befgned by Ibe cardbiatei, a gentleman
ibfifledte the at irregular, irfifimgtbat the tiler
yart eftbe dectaratien Aeuld have been psi yrepfed, lit
eccajiened tune bejitatieu, till Mr. butvbridge set the company
r.gbr, by 'informing them, that it was a rule in tbt Howe tj
Cummoni, when an, was propofcd, end an anter ament
Wai afterward, offered, to fibmit lie amendment Jirf, and then
tbt while tufiun at amend J. Tbt W. de cendittuu were tbne
fire now submitted te tbe epimon of tie ft eciciders, wlicb wub
only seven dijfr.tmg bards, were, that tbe candidate, jbculu
sign a declaration ta tbe purport abevementuned.Mr. nitld
declared bis perfect readinrft to lign tbe paper, and/aid that
Mr. Glynn bad fun all of it but tbe propped amendment,which
be was liknuifc ready to fgn. There fumed to be no dtubt
of Mr. Glynn S qual readinefi to sign tbe declaration rffpcH
inv tie rtvohtson yrinciplu ; and it was preyofed, firft ti c
name of each candidate separately, and then both togethu,
“ That fibn ll'ilus and John Glynn, Effrt. be proper pufont
to reprejent this county in Parliament, cn tbe condition of t eir
fignmg tbe above-mentioned obligation j” to which all bands,
except about five, readily ajfemed, with tie Iwdcft plaudits.
Mr. Lillies 'informed tbe freeholders that Mr. Glynn WObld
have paid bu refpcAs to them, but he was tndifpojed with tbe
gout.
7but was a confide, aide fiare of dm>erfin during tbe lufinefs
of tbe day. One genlkman wot violent agatfi tte candidates
foning any pa pm “that migbt infiuence them to procure a rpra!
of tbe Bellon Pert-BUT, tnjifting that tbe Amiri.am.whc receive
tbe prot'atw of tbit country,ft ould pay a part of tbe public eg.
peucn, though feme people said he, " fay that tbe Parliament
has m right co taut tbe Americans Elcr have they," was
fiiud from twenty mouths. This last gentleman woe very
angry Lecaufe fime goods be bad sent to Sfcn wue rcturnea
M bis bunds.
Mr. Ma fall was very wa>m. He conjured his ceantrymen,
all that was dear and fatted, to p'rf rve tbeir rights and
liberties. Bpealing of tbe bill, oe recognized the old
prAitutt, tbe whore of Balylon, end mentioning tbe Pi enter
called bint 11 tbe tecker cf a Mtrnftcr" «< Aye, (cried be)
he it telig enis et libcrtaris Anghse that's bis true
cbarafler."
Tbe Lord-Miner moved for th, thanks of the freeholders
to tbe Sheriffs fir tbeir car Aid conduH, which wer, put by
Mr. Aldtrmg' Sawbridge, and voted unanimoujty ; and thus
ended the tranfeiSiotiS of tbe day a large company being pre
feM conjidering tbt unfavourablenefs of tie weathv.
OHober 1. A report prevails, that General Gage is killed,
and that two regtmenrs of his troops had revolted.
Itwas vefterday reported, that advice had »een received of
been fame somnmtiona at Boft >n, and fat a
grew numMkuf the army have deferred, and fat feme mis-
UißlajlSi-4<i ne.
r A LetwMfom Philadelphia, of August 4th, gives the fol.
.iarM/SijMuAt vie. “ In the colony of Maflich'ifetts Bay,
aaouteght weeks "go, the irilitia was madered, which con
sisted of 119,600 men, belonging to that colony only,
,11 trained and dikipiined m well as f lx tr .■» >n GtsuF
Britain. They wereexercifedafewdiya . .a: p.ve were
the com>‘-». ' tTbre as wham
■*.4**** ‘.:fr.M*n_c th»r hr ’ **—
)p ’Tt,» mush-wvni., Vdl
• t th* -r.iihia told t,ir o>ur..xandng «flkrrof <*•- Ka {
that if he would bring double the number of rr paler 1 it. j
the field, he with his men would decide the fate us Amt »
with him; however, matters being amicably fettled, the co
lonel of the militia drfired the officer of the regulars to exer
cise his men, when the militia "red nine times in a minute
bv complies, to the farprire of all prelent.'*
It is said, feme advices »t the moil important nature were
r ceived Ml Tuelday from Amenca.
The sudden difibluti' n of parliament his given rife ro •
•reat variety of conjeffores, among which are the followng t
1 hat it it principally uccafioned by the yrefent critical fituati
<m of affairs in North America, which renders tiie advice of
a new pari.ament neceflary. Others more confidontally aflert,
that the many fpinted resolutions entered into by the fevr rai
candidates tor leats in the new Paiiament, hastened the diflb
lation of the old, as the Miniflry did not know tu what Jengtha
such proceedings might be carried, and what trouble such fpi
cited exertions in favour of the patriotic party might cause
them -Some fay the accounts lately received from the
Count of Sweden, Vienna, France and Spain, have been of
io perplexing a nature, that a new Parliament was b come
ablclutely neceflary, to advise and aflift his Majesty in the
present alarming Bate of affairs.
It is now expefted that a j-*neral change of the Miaiftry
’will take place before the meeting of Paiiament.
The idea of fending out another cargo of Tea to Pofton
with a military force, is moil contemptibly ridiculous, and is
likely to serve no other end than that of making rhe exper
vn mine laugh’d at, if partible, than they are at prrfent.
Good Heavens I is it reasonable that we AouM compel the
ueople to drink Tea whether they will or not ? If wexhave
irijuckiuufly overstocked ourselves with a commodity, can
reafoo or justice warrant us in fo-cing a sale; does not com
mon fenle rather fay, we Ihould fray t ! H they fend sot it; the
exporters in this inftmee may, in the Prirteti fenfc; be term
ed hawkeis and pedlars, who if their accidental cuflomers ate
not in immediate want of their wares, must be content to
take the® home again, and rather by a civil demeanor in
sure their Piture favours, than by any iufolent imposition fofe
them, which k ex«ftly limilar to a parent, or Governor ftaod
ing over a child who has no appetite, and with a rod in hand
iMuting on iueating its bread and butter. Indeed, 1
cannot cat sr.y bread and butler. Yau (hall Mt ynut bread
•and butter, or mark the conference, you (hall be whipped I
Away, awav with such ridiculous filly politics.
It is not the people of Boston only, who are retired not to
pay the tax upon Tea, but the common cause of all rite Ame
rican colonies ; and it is not improbable, but that the often
fivefiep now going to be taken, may induce the Amerkars
io apply to France and Spain, and open a commerce with
them ; and the coafcqacnces of which may proouce a war
with England. ... . ,
A constant reader lays, that ail perfms who favour the dra
gooning tlio Eoftonians, indicate as little found policy, as they
do of humanity , what a savage disposition mull these betray,
who can be gratified wish nothing left than the unnatural
butchery of their fellow lubjedh, by recommending the hor
rors of the sward ; loch would, no doubt, have been jojful
fpefiators of the French and IriA Mas acres, and Lave chuck
led at the carnage. .... , ....
la answer to alt and every the inconsistent perfecut rg politi
cal bigots who mav propose hostile violence agamft tl« Amo-
Jncans, let foch be told that the Americana are convinced of
' their indubitable right of equal and universal freedom with
; the rest of their fellow fubjeds, and that they are not
/brrr/but misrepresented. . ~, ,
/ It ia infiauated that the port of Bolton will be as ladders y
(opened as it waaralhiy and impolitically ihut up, in order to
J answer two very neceflarv purposes, a rcftoiation of the deft-
Icienciw of the revenue, and that of a nfiWe decoy ot popula
rity where it ought never to be waodng.
Comstawtiisovix, of tU 'Ttrrkijb Zwpsrrl
Aanli XV. The joy whkh the people expretfed at the 6m
accoXtS of peace between Russia and the Porte » entirely ar
an sad, hiiac hearing on what dJadvamage-jua terms fee ths
mwc; teat p-sec >s voualuted. ‘X tie pt"pV now ai iy « ev>-
btein va.l numbers before tnedonrof the Divan, and the hern*
ics us fa Ministers of ftite, begging that they wo *: not
suffer such a peace to be concluded, but pufti the war or;, let
die coufequence be what it will. Thia alirms the Grand
Signiur and hi. Minuitrs, as they fear it may end lira geue
nl inferreflion; in confequcnce of which the guard at the
Joon uffa seraglio is doubled,and nabob/admitted to the au
dience of the Grand Signior, but the Chevalier de St. Prie.!,
tire French Ambaffidur. Every one ia impatient to fee how
thele artairs will cud; for the Divan ia far ceace, b.t the
people outrageo.bly agiiaft it.
Madrid, (Sp< Aug. 31. They Write from Cadie, that
the Ihip. bound W.America with troops on liiled the
18. h iuftan*, auu that m« tranfions were fitting out for
the feme purpufe. They ate co be convoyed by amm ot war
of fa line, and two frigates.
By the K 1 N G«
A PROCLAMATION.
For D ffolv.r.g tbe prefmt Parliament, and Declo, ing .be call
ing of ano; ber.
GEORGE R.
Whereas we have thought fit, by and with the advice
oh our privy council, to diffidve this present Parliament,
which now stand» prorogued to Tuesday the fifteenth day of
November rem : We du for fat end, pubiilh this our RoyzX
Proclamation ; and oo hereby dillolve the said Parliament
accordingly, and the Lwds fpuitual and tempoul, and the
Knights, citixens, and Burgefies, and facommifaners for
/hires and burghs, of the house of commons, ate discharged
from their meeting, and attendance, on Tuesday rhe laid nf.
irenth day of November next. And we being deiirous and
reiolved, as form as may be, to meet ow people, and to hava
their dditoe in Parliament, do hereby make known to al! our
loving fubjedk, our Royal will and pleaiure to ckll a new—
Parliamcac: And do hereby further declare, that with the
advice of our Privy Council, we have this day, given order to
our Chancellor of Great Britain, to issue our writs, in dae
fi rm, tor calling a new Parliament: which writs are to bear
left on Saturday the firft day of October vext, and to be re
turnable on Tuesday the twenty-ninth day ut November fol
lowing.
Given at our Court at St. June's, the thirteenth <foy of
September, one thousand ft ven hundred and feveuty four,
in the fourteenth yev of our reign.
nis day viar puhl’fhed,
And to be fold either by the Thousand, Hundred, Oreeeor
Dozen, or Single,
[Embellfbtd with two plates, me repref eating an Antient As-
Ciulugcs, tbe other a FEMALE SOLDIER.]
T H O M A S*«
Ji E W-l K C L A N D
ALMANACK,
Massachusetts" ’calender,
For the Year of our Lord ChhA, 1775 t
Being the Thad A:m E.Kxtilp, or Leap- Year.
From the Creation of the World, according to
the best of P'ophane Hillory,
But by the Account of Holy Scnpcurea, 5737
Julian Period,
From Noah’s Flood,
From the Deiiru&ion of Sodom,
From the building of Rome, 1926
From the building of London, 288 a
From the Deiiruction of Troy, 2657
Higaria, or the Flight of Mahomet, 1184
New-England hrft planted, 160
?L.nting the Mafl4v.fi uteu Bay, . 4.7
Bui ding of Bollon, the Cxoit jofN. E. *4'l
0 4 h vu’n CjtP yr, I3S ,
v. 1 ... is*- -y.
e>►r*; » 1 v n,
Edipfes. N.imt. of the Tw .Ive ns, xm. th- Parts fay
Kußcs f s'-, pl oc l arri Alpc©*. V Jgar Nates.
Friends Yearly Meetings. Sun’s rising and setting. Full and
Change of fa Moon. Moon’s rising and letting. Moon s
Plaw. Time of High Wxtei. Festivals of fa Church of
England, and other remaikable Days. Judgment vs the
Weather. Time cf the Superior and lr.fr:inr Courts fretting
in the four Government! of New-England. Seled Maxims.
Obferuttuns on each Month in the Year. A Fragment us
intient Pootry, coUefled in the Highland! of Scotland, and
tranftated from the Gallic or Erse Language. Ihe Athenian
Orator, a Fable, in Verse. The Diftimsaue between To-Day
and To Morrow. Also,
The Life and Adv entombs of
A FEMALE SOLDIER.
To the whole ia added,
The ASSOCIATION of the Grand AMERI
CAN CONGRESS, which it absolutely Mtrtiary for eve ■
ry American to be acquainted w»tii.
(Price only 3ix Coppers
Very great Allowance* aie made to thole who buy te fed
•gain.
Printed and fold by ISAIAH THOMAS, athi»
Printing-Office, near fa MlU.Blinct.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
\X7HOEVER confiders the inconvenien-
V V e’m to which young perf»n» mull be fubjaA through
life, where a oYoper acquaintance with ietttta. anb hr.guajjC it
wanting ; and the great advantagei wh rh nwA wife te thnfi;
who ne defined to ad any conAJeraNc part »• life, from a
ihvrough knowledge of the use of letters, and prop.iety of
language, especially of tha, which they have by tar the me*
occrfion to ufe—mu!Y, undoubtedly, be fenhbia, that the fiudy
as Englilh Grammar, or the Art of Reading, Speaking and
Writing the Englifii Language with ftrifl propriety, and do
g«n<z, is well worthy the attention of youth, as a material
part of their education.
Such parents, or guanfans, as are dtfpoled ta have the:.’
children inttrufled in tiu* imoortaat prauch, at r4, hcr
tion, of Science, may be faithfully ferveJfor that pur pole, at
the hnglilh GranUrar Suaool, iu Milk-Street, by
WILLIAM PAYNE,
LADIES who chufe to be inftru&cd at
home, may be waited on with the utmost complaisance, and
thifteft attention, as often m the nature of t he Minei* requuti,
and ai such hours as lh »H be moil convenient.
Writing and Arithmetic will be taught to such u desire it,
and Utter-writing in hwm.
He wiH receive the commsnds of fu»h as Out! plesfe to
favour him therewith, athisfchool in Milk-street, or athn
jodgings at Mr. Benyamin Gray'a in King-Street.
A LL Pcrfom that are indebted to the eßate
of JOHN BOX, fenr. late of Boflon, deceased, are re
queued to discharge the fame ; and all th'/e who have derasn-'s
upon the deceafed’s estate, are dcfiied to produce their elsisns
to LYDIA BOX, -j
JOHN BOX, •* } Xaeeutova-
WULUAM HOSKINS, J
S PERM A-CAETI CANDLES.
A QUANTITY of Sperma-Cxti Candles,
XX us a superior quality, remarkably cheap, to he f .Id at
BEAN’s Store, SALEM,
N. B. The above Caudles have nut been t ranfj <u ted by
Lafl.l, and warranied free from cracks or damage uabxto aLaua
Cauviage.
• • Sa-utral pitm, Ut. far
Mt eatittrdfar audM f nw-