The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume], December 08, 1774, Image 2

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Br»u th drived at SaltM.frvm Loaaon,
, nut baW tb* falhwiag wk. /
Lqmdon, Oiteber 7*
SE SID E S the regulw tr*in«d
mikU U New-EniM. aH the
•lamer* fen* and servants are
taught te ufc the fowling piece from
their youth, and generally fire
tnglc ball* with great exaftnefs at fowl or beast.
A gentleman well acquainted with that country
it confides the four province* can mutter upwards
of 1 2,000 of these marksmen in forty-eight hours,
ki* a more galling c'rcumftance to a Bnulh
fubjett (lays a corrcipondent) to_ be enslaved by
their countrymen than by. foreigner*.; thc *f r y
, ideal* *nmt irkfomeandunsupportable. Wh*
foal) they be deprived of an opportunity °»think
ing. an/d complaining, after an arbitrary m— y
have embarrafled them, deprived them of the
common benefit, denied them reorefentauves,
and weti rafted their petition*; frail they not
ouier toconfuk on the most immediate and c|tec.
tual mode of obtaining rediefs ? How cruel .
how 'unjuft 1’ how abfoiute 1 If so, farewell to
the liber de* of New England no™, pcrhap«>«»
tpth<4e of old England.' .
The clerk* in thePoft-office are employed day
and night in dispatching txpreffe* to every pan
•f the'kingdom, in conkqucnce of foedclioluu
on of parliament.
According to theopin .on of feme leading men
the niimftry, ihc election for Middklcx
Will be a very hard llruggle ; and a nobleman,
eery busy in this matter, was heard the other da>
10 declare, that if the minillry could depend on
ihe two candidate* now in their eye, it would
toft the bill of rights gentry above 10,cool, to
contcft it with them. .
' A coneibondent wifhea to be informed of .the
propriety of the big founding words—-Honour
Dipinuv, and Privilege of P— ——t, when ai
the fame time the P — uk'B, by the very
breath of a , can, at pleasure, a* Shake
foearc fays, dissolved,
•‘ And, hke (an) infubftanual pageant laded,
•• Leave not a crack behind.’
A correfponder.t lays, that the Premier has
mt Within these few days to an intima 1 r
friend, that if he continues to have the ianctien
cf a great personage, he will go thorough stitch
with affairs, and bring them right at latt or loie
his head, _
A few dayi ago Lord Shelburne set out for
Farit.
General Gage (fayt a writer) feemi to be a hi
hftrunu nt to promote the defignt of the court in
their fuilelt extent. It feeir.s he perfWUy under
fanda the fpuat, as well as the letter, of an ait
of Parliament j by not fettering the Bostonians
to meet without hit leave, he will cut up the Bos
tonians liberty by the routs. (
“ Otiokr 8. The dissolving a parliament and
calling a new one is *ll * farte, it is only a break*
|.,g up of school; the feme petular l Wcraninfter
boys come pack again, and the lame men will
tncetat Weftminfter t and go on in endofing,
taring, and ft trying dispeople..
By letters latdy. received from Vicnha, we are
informed that a report prevailed there that the
Grand Signtcr had refufed to ratify the late
mace, till feme- points were adjußed to which
ifeubje3s jin conftyuence,of which the Ruffian
General C< tint Romanzcw, is making prepa
rations with his army, at Foezany, to o’-hg« him
te fulfil <Mm. '•
Otidtr 15. there was a great levee
at St.. James’s but no council ; there were pre
fect Lord North, Lord Dartmouth, Lord Roch
ford, Lord Townlheid, and icveral others of the
nobility.
it was yefterdcy currently reported, that the
town of Bolton was destroyed by the milityy, who
had been provoked to lay the capital of Maffa
chuffctis Bay in alhes.
We are authorized to allure the public, that a
fquadren of men of war is ordered to be fitted
out with the utmost expedition, in order to pro
ceed co Boston ; and that the laid squadron is to
take a battal.on of marines on board) from tht
Chatham division. Thofc marines are intended
U> ad as emergencies may require, either on board
Ihip or on Ihore.
We has c been informed, that the fir It bufineL
the new parliament will go upon, will be tomake
such naceffary laws as may teem likely to enforce
the execution of thole already patted against A
merxa ; there is not the lead thoughts entertained
of repealing them, as fume were apt to imagine.
CoNsTANTIMOPtn, Sift. 3. The Porte has
, feat orders to the fleet, in die Black Sea, to re
*um : An order was feat fam the late Vifir to
• ■the Magiftratcs of Smyrna to proclaim the peace,
which *as accordingly done.
er of the Lngliin Frigate the Thames, arrived
here last week, hath declared that the deferences
between the Eng life and toe Algerines arc come
to such a point, that the Englife merchants who
were at Algiers had kft it by the advice of Ad
miral Dennis; and that all the Engliih merchant
Blips in the Mediterranean were convoyed by the
said Admiral's squadron to the Cape of St. Vin
cent.
Lombok, 04, 16. A letter from Chatham,
dated the 12th instant fays, •• A detachment
oi Marines, confiding of 150 men, excluiive of
officers, among whom is major Pircian, u order
ed to march from hence to Portsmouth, to be
etubafkcdxn the inips now fitting out at that port
lor Button .**
A letter from Rome, dated Sept. 22, menti
vac h<s hldiuefe the Pope, dibd there a few
Ucfore. At is i»id he was youjmed.
f. 17. The kddicry have received greater
Item the maJ as Button sdiat.
could well be cor.ce.vcd; and such as Britons
fays our correspondent, with arms in foci* hand,
never yet /offered from enemies so uncivil. Are
En<rlifha»en to imbrue their bands in the blood
of their fellow fubjed. ? But this, instead of ap
peasing, only fplrK* rioter* up to think the
m luary i* afraid of them. The confluence,
it is feared, will prove fatal ; for however nume
rou. the infurgem* may be, as they have neither
dii ’inc nor ammunition among them, mould
they mad enough to come to blow*, wuat num
ber* must perifli in their rebellion 1 . _
One hundied thoUfand pounds, it is computed
will not defray the fences government have al
ready been at in their endeavour to fubjed the
Americans to their will; *hat occfoon is there
then for an enquiry how the public money i» dis
posed of ? . . .., , .
Some mean copceflions, it 1* said, have been
lately made by our court to that of Spain, in
order todlvert them from a design they had ujon
us, itfiichJfrfc minillry thought, if they put in ex
ecution at tlurtime, would entirely defeat taein
tc nt ion*.they (the ministry) fo»d upon Amencj.
A poem lately publiftied, under the title ot
«• England’s tears,” has given such ofTenwxo
government, that a prosecution rt ordered to br
commenced against the publisher, as it coMaidV
fame fcandalou* reftc&ions upon Lord N. • i and
the bench of Bi (heps, for their conduct in refpedt
to the Quebec and Boston port bill*. I* it not
amazing, that such paltry oojects as these should
engage the alien < ion of the ministry, at a fine
when the moil momentous concerns are in agi
.ation ? Bet the court lawvers (as Dr. Young
fays of Death) with “ restless iron tongue, call
daily fur hi* millions at a mealand his hun
ger mull be fansfied.
Or?. 18. By letters from Boston of the 30th
of August, we are informed, that a detachment
200 foldien leized 315 barrels of gun-powder
and 2 field pieces, upon Cambndge-ifland, a
bout four miles from Bolton.
On Saturday night feme inttruchons, which
bad prev’ovllv palled the great ica., were lent
from Lord Rochford's office for Falmouth, to be
:orwarded from thence to fevcral of the governors
in North-America. • ' «
At the clofeof the poll this day, for the city of
WciUninfler, the numbers were as follows :
i.ord Percy, 4101 • Lord Cbn’on, 3800 ;
Lord Mountmorres, 1047 ; Lord Manon, 1907;
H. Cores, Esq; 104. ,
We are assured the accounts publiihed in feme
ot the papers, ofthere having been adilhirbance
at Refton, in which Lord Percy was killed, is
totally void of foundation, and only calculated
to alarm his friends, and a >ate the real zeal of
the electors of Westminster who so nobly and ge
neroully Ihown in his (upport.
I This day the Iherift'a will hold a common-hall,
and declare Aiderman Sawbridge, Haley, Oli
ver and the Lord Mayor duly elected members
fur the City, and return them Accordingly.
We hear that Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Glynn
will go to Brentford, on Thursday next, with
khe Lord Mayor from the Mansion House, and
that many freeholders will accompany him.
John Dunning Esq; and Col. Barre, are
choien, members for Wilts.
The slate of the Poll last Saturday at Drillol
was as fellows: For Mr. Cruger, 1160, Mr.
Burke, 993 ; Mr. Brickdale, 69a; and Lord
Clare, 79.
Mr. B UR K S’s SPEE CH, from the Huf
lings as Bristol.
•• Gentlemen,
' “ I A M come hither to folicitin ptrfon.that
.■avour which my friends have hitherto en
deavoured to procure tor me, by the molt oblig
ing, and to me the molt honourable exertions.
“ I have so high an opinion of the great cruft
which you have to confer on thisoccafion, and by
long experience, so just a diffidence in my abili
ties, to fill it in a manner adequate even to my
own ideas, that I Ihould never have ventured cf
myfelf to intrude into that awful situation. But
since I am called upon by the desire of several re
fpedable fellow-fubjrds, as I have done at other
times. I give up my fears to their wiihes.
Whatever my other deficiences may be I do not
know what it is to be wanting to myfrienu*.
“ I am not fond of attempting to raile public
expectation by great promdes. Ac this tinv
there is much cause to consider,, and very link
to presume. We fem to be approaching to a
great crisis in our affairs, which culls lor tie
whole wiidom of the wiled among us, witcpig
being able to allure ouricbes, that any wisdom
can preserve us from many and great inconvenir
races. You know I (peak of our unhappy cqn
teli with America. 1 cenfefs it is a matter pn
which I look down as from a pre ipice. It,is
difficult in iifelf, And it is rendered more
by a grat variety of plass of conduct. Ido not
mean to enter into them. I will not fufpetl
want of good intention in framing, thxm. Bu,
however pure the intentions of their authors may
have been, we all know that the erent has been
unfortunate.
*• The means of recovering our affairs are not
obivious. So many great qucltions cf commerce,
|of finances,of constitution, and of policy, arc in
volved in this. American deliberation, mat I dare
engage for nothing, bu: that I shall give it, with
out any predilection to former opinions, or any
sinister bias whatsoever, the honest and impartial
confideratien of which lam capable. Tae pub
lic has a lull right to it ; and this great city, a
main pillar in the commercial intcreft of Great-
Britam, mutt touer on its bass by the flighted
mistake, with regard to our American measures.
Thus much, however, J think it notamifsto [ay
before you, that lam not, I hope, apt to take
up or lay’ down ’my opinions I have
held, and ever Ihall mamuna, to the best of my ’
ipdwery uiiimpaired and undiminifred, the just,
wife and necclfaiy C9*jii rational Sus trior>rj of
Ctfai-Briiaia. T his i* tiKtjJary fab America, a*
well as for us, I never mean to depart from it:
Whatever mzy be Lft by it, I avow it.
The forfeiture even of vour favour, if by f uch a
declaration I cotld forfeit i’» though the firft
objdt of ambition, never will make me difguifo
my fentitnents on thi* hibjetu
| ‘ •• But, I have ever had a dear opinion, and
; have ever held a constant corrcfjxmdcnt conduit,
that this superiority is confident with all the li
berties a fubcr and fpiiited American ought to
1 desire. I never mean to put any color.itt, or any
human cfeature, in a situation, not becoming a
■ free man. To reconcile British superiority with
American liberty (hall be my great obje&, as far
■ a* my little faculties extend. I am far from think
,ing that both, even yet, may not be preferred.
| “ when 1 firft devoted myiclf to the public
‘ service, I considered how I ihould render myfelf
I fit for it ; and this I did by en favouring to dif
‘ cover what irwas, that gave this country the rank
it holds in the world ; 1 found that our profperi
ityand dignijy arose principally, ii not fokly,
ifrom two fource* ; our constitution and cons
! merce. Both these I have spared m> study to un
fderftand, and no endeavour to fupporu
r “ The distinguishing part of our constitution
■is it* liberty. To preserve that liberty inviolate
ifeems the particular duty and proper trust of a
’ member ot foe house of commons. But ihe liber
ty, the only liberty I mean, is a libery conned
.ed with order ; that not only exiils along with
। order and virtue, but which cannot exist at all
without them. It inheres in good and steady go
vernment, as in its substance and vital principle.
“ The other four eof our power is commerce,
of which you are so large a part, and whicn can
not exist, no more th >n your liberty, without a
connection with many virues. It ha* ever been
a very peculiar and a very favourite objcfl of my
i study in its principlesand its details. I think ma
ny here are aquainted with the truth of what I fay.
'This I know, that I have ever had my house
open, .and my poor services ready for trader* and
’ manufacturers of every denomination. My
• favourite ambition is to have thufe fervice* ac
■ knowledged. I now appear before you to make
! trial, whether my earnett endeavour* have been
lb wholly oppressed by the weakuef* of my abili
j tic*, as to be rendered infignifitant in the eye* of
■ a great trading city ; or whether you choofa to
; give a weight to humble abilities, for the lake of
I foe honest exertions with which they are ac
‘ companied. This is my trial to day. My in
. dull yis not on trial; of my industry lam fare,
।a* far as my constitution of mind and bod)
I admitted.
” When I was invited by many refpeAablc
merrhants, freeholders, and freemen of this city,
to.offer them my services, I had just received the
honour of an election at another place, at a very
great diltance from this. I immediately opence
tue mi ter rn ek«»fe «>f my wnrrty constitu
ents, who were with me, 2nd they unanimoullv
adviled me not to decline it; that they had elect
ed me with a view to the public service ; anc
that as great q all ions relative to our commerce
and colonies were imminent, that in such ntat
’ers 1 might derive authority and support from
therepreleuiadunof ibis great commercial city j
they defiied me therefore to let oft wit .out delay .
very we.l pufuaded that 1 nc\cr could forget m;
obligations 10 them, or to my friends tor the
chuicethey hadmade of me. From that time to
.his instant 1 have not ffrpt, and if I should have
the honour of being freely chosen by you, 1 hop
1 ihall be as far from flumbciing or
when your service requires me to be awake, as I
have been in coming to offer m/fclf a candidate
for y ur favour.”
A correspondent fays he has been inferm<-i
by a gentleman lately arrived from Philadelphia,
that when Mr. John Malcomb, an officer of tut
customs at Bo£ >ll,was leading, urred and feather
ed, to the gxisows, with a rope about his neck,
he was asked by one of the mob whether he was
nut thirsty, which was n tural to a man expecting
10 be hanged. The unfortunate officer of the
customs, as welt as he could speak, anfwere i yes;
and immediately a large bowl of strong tea was
pat in his hands, with orders to drink the King’s
health. Whether it was owing to loyalty or
thirst is not material; poor Makomb half emptied
the bowl. lie was then told he must mend his
draught, and drink the Queen’s health. Though
he had done his utmost tor the King, be found
>he must do femething for the Queen ; and hav
ing taken off half the remainder of the bowl, he
preiented it back to the perfous from whom "he
had received it. Hold ! hold ! cries his friend,
you are not to forget the rest of the royal family ;
.come, drink to the Prince of Wales. Replendh,
replcnilh, cries the loyal American ; and instant
ly poor Makomb few two quarts more of what
■he was heartily sick of. Make haste, cries ano
ther loyal American ; you have nine more healths
to drink before you arrive at the gallows. For
God s fake, gentlemen, be merciful, I am ready
to burst ; if I drink a drop more, 1 shall die —
Suppose you do, cries one fthe mob you die in
a good cauie, and it is as well to be drowned as
hanged, and immediately the drenching horn was
put to nis mouth, to the health of the Bishop of
Ofnabrug ; and having gone through the other
dght, he turned pale, Ihuuk his head, and instant
ly filled the bowl which he had just emptied.—
What, fays the American, are you sick of the roy
al family ; No, replies Makomb, my ftomaih
naulcares the tea ;it riles at it like poison. And
1 yet, you rakxl, returns tn© American,your whole
[ fraternity at the Cuftom-boufc would drench u*
। with this pmfen, and we are tp have our throats
, cut if it will not flay upon our stomachs. The
merciful Americans defined, and the proccfecn
was-continued towards the gallows.
W IL LI A M S B U 11.
By the Northern EvU, jurt «rn»cJ, v*e Hjii. Vexiolt
RAKVoirx, Esq; hu t«ceived ii»c Mbivug ieUrr
Genet al Ca£e, i.l *af>rer to that wrote to him by the Ge
neral Congref. on th* to.b of Utilauar iad. .. - •
tLt Um. Sfft
SIR, A/n»,CO». *c» 1
o E?RESENTATIONS inju.d with
candoer, and matren Se ed r.aAiy j» Hand*
Feuult would be led-to beiiew, ftxn yuur ktrci u> me of the
10th indant, that work* were railed-aj^inil the town of
Bwun, private proper 1 y ravaged, th* lold.en K>t)eiedf<> iniwltf
ioiubiianr., and the ccaituunivaiLu Lerwrea du town
ar.d Country Uwt up and muledad.
Nothing can be farther from the true tfuaiioa of thia
place than the abova ilace.
There i. act a .ingle gun painted against the town,no man'*
property har been triad or hurt, except the king's, by the
people', deihoying fLaw, bricks, &c. bought for but service.
No troops have given Ifo cause fur complaint, aud greater
car* was never taken to prevent it ; and such care and attenti
on was never m.ne necedary, from the iufult*
'daily giving to both u/E-cra and loldatis. The comnluiucati
un between the town and country has been always lice and
uniuulelUd, and is so (Mil.
Two works of earth have been raised at fdAe distance from
the town, wide of the roads, and guna put in them. The
remains of old weeks, going out of the town, Live been
lengthened, and guns placed there lik'cwifc. People w.U
think dißurently, whether the heltife preparations througb
•ul the country, and the menaces of blood and Daughter,
made this neceflary. But lamtodo my duty.
It give* me pleasure that you are endeavouring at a Cordial
reconciiiatiwn with lhcmutl>er country ; which3rom*hat hao
Cranfpirtd, 1 have delpaired of. Nobo-y wnhes befte. GucU
to such meaLres than myfelf. 1 have endcavooted to be a
mediator, if I could cftabliHt a foundation to work npen ;
and have strongly urged it to people here to pay lot tli* l«s,
and fend a proper memorial to theKrng,which would be a go*d
loginning un their tide, and give their friends the opportunity
they seek, to move in their support.
I du nut believe that menaces and unfriendly proceedings
will have the ctfcA which many conceive. The Cpirit oftre
Brit.ib nation was high whtn 1 left England, and tush mea
lures will not abate it. But 1 ihould he|>e that decency 4r J
moderation here would create the ftmc dilpolirion at hunt*
and I ardently with that rhe common enemies to both counit
may fee to their difappointmtnt, chat these dhpuu* betwecu
the mutlier country and the colunks have terminated like sh«
quarrels of lovers,and tiwrcaied the afttcirwu svu.sh they uogk;
to bear te each other. ...
X aim Sir,
Your must obedient bumble (ervant,
THOMAS GAGE.'
INHERE AS I the fubferiber, of'CharU
IM, in the count* cf Woiteller, 4.4 *n ti>e i- ui*
teeoth infUnt give DAMIEL CON VERS of laid Ciu.ltu.»
• note of hand of the Mio wing tenor ami Sate, via.
M For value received,! profile to pay, to DANIEL COM
VERS, or Liv Older, the furn es three peuu4vtwc.ee Ihdiinijb,
in three tnonthi, with irteirft nntl.l paid, witiitfamv hind.
SAMUEL XO3 1 S SQN.
Clwh-m, NvrtnAtr 14th, t774»’*
Whkh nute was is lieu of one received from Gid CON
VERS, given by ISAAC MOORE, (of Wot<efle’, as
laid CONYERS declared)payable to EDWARD BOND,
•r order, which wm negotiated untill Ibid CONVERT
became the proprietor thereof 1 And as op-a a;p »tkft
to said MOORK for payment. 1 perceived that laid now
was never given by said MOORE, as CONVERT as»
frrmed. Therefore I forewarn all perlons frem putchMing (lie
eete I gave to CONYERS, as befcrt detc.ibso, bem* deier
itlned not to pav said note, as it was attained in a Eaudu
ant manner. * SAMUEL ROB IN SOX.
CkirltM, sSri, 1774. _
"7 O H N WHIT E~
GARDENER and SEEDS-MAN,
A CQUAINTS his customers, that he is
*• * tetu-vad from Seven-Star Lane, to she hwute on ti e
'•rth fide Mr. LU C A S'», near theFeriificaiion, ar.d I—3
'or Cue a large ailurtment of SEEDS, taeapci than utiaL
4*l rout (trice Half t Pftartcn f
\nd Lid at JOHN BOYLE'S rrinuag-Officr, neat door to
the 'rkru Dwn in Marlborough-Erect.
'T’HE WONDER of WONDERS !
J Or the WONDERFUL APPEARANCE us an An
gal, Devil and GWt, to a Centienara in ti e town of
in the nights of the 14th, 15th, and i6:h of Ofl. b.r L.l ;
so whom in font measure may be attributed lbs IXilrcftt
hat have of late fallen spun that unhappy Rr
h ed to one of his neighbours the morning afrer the ia# v»m
tecion, who wrote down the narrative from the Gentleman •
•wn mourh ; and it h now made public at his dHire, as a
tbiemn warning to a'l these, who, for the fake of agreodian
ing themfeivciand thw families, would entail the mni abiruk
wretcbed.wCi upon MILLIONS of their frllow-creatuics.
'.darned with four plates, vis. 1. The Devil. 2 An Angel,
tuabo i« ttu « fair ts in de aier,
1. Bclzrbub, beUirg in bh right band a fdn Ant, and 1*
Lit left a bedtu. 4. A ghoit, Honing an a vLiit
bit bair much dijbevilled. , .
Te be S O L D,
1 Convenient DWELLING-HOUSE.
Atuated near St. Peter’s Cl.uich, three (turret high, wn«
a good garden, well es water and outhoutei, fit tn
dare ar.y gentleman. Enquireef TUOMAS FRYE.IiLuj ua
Uiu Long-wharf-lane, in Salem. , ’
W AN FED » HIRE, ONE IiUNI
VV DRED POUNDS, Lawful Money, for whkle
good freurity will be gives. Inquire of the Printer.
iIJANTED, * pair- of live will
V V TURKIES, a few pair vs wild BLACK DUCKS,
and a few doeen of live QUAILS. Apply to the Printer.
To be SOL D, fc* wan: of erngfoy,
A LIKELY healthy strong NEGRO
j, \ BOY, between 14 and 1J years of age. Enquire of
the Printer.
To be LET,
A STORE, opposite the east end of Fa*
neuil Hall, well situated for business. EnqaLe ax Mr.
Daniel keil’a frore, near the above.
PotT-Orrtce, Brf’*, December yb, 1774-
THIS is to inform the Public, that it is the
Pod Matter General’s pofit'vc eroers, that the Fufi-Rider
leaves this Office on Monday Murningr, pneifely n'Closk*
and proceed immediately rat of town wi!h dw MhU, uT
which su conce.Md will plaafe to tike notice.
A QUANTITY of Felt Hats, Hatten
dX THmmings, ftnoea SwanAuns, striped Da-nafrus. Sull
and Warded Breeches Pieces }.Silk, Thread Hole,
Silk Hsnlcercnieft, Silk and Hair, Scarf TwiA,M«hCr But
tons and Sundry nthes artiest, to be Ibid very cheap f < C?fn
Enquire at Scon Ne. 4opp<rfite the East End oTßfotc*:. -HalP
. . . , . - — .l. r - — - - - - ——
T»-MarrW mill be If J. G»«< /»v nV .
rHE Royal American Magmtin/, No. XL
chr NOVIMBKR, 1774.