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From the [LONDON] Public Ledger.
T ® THE
{ PEOPLEor ENGLAND. „
THE noble, just, and spirited part which the
Merchants have taken in the cause of our
OPPRESSED fellow British fubjeds on the conti
nent of America, has difcoricerted the Miniftcrial
Phalanx, and all the dependant servile creatures of
Defpotitm ; but the Merchants have the thanks of
every wife and independent Engljfhman.
Early after the commencement of the present Ses
sion, assemblies were convened in different parts of
thenation, not of the MOBILITY but of the MOST
RESPECTABLE MERCHANTS, who dispassion,
^y took into consideration the many alarming
eyiU with the late UNCONSTITUTIONAL
AMERICAN ACTS, and the measures which have
been adopted by the supporters of them in the Ca
binet, had already produced, with the miseries that
4t is to be feared will result, if those measures should
^carried EFFECTUALLY into execution. These
Merchants drew up, and presented their petitions
to the Lower House, setting forth, briefly, " the
NATURE and STATE of the Commerce betwixt
the Mother Country and the Colonies in America,
praying to be heard upon the matter of the petiti;
QM," and this at a time when the co'nfideration of
' th^papers from the continent ffiould have been ta
ken up by the house; but the Ministry PRE-DE
TERMINED, 'at all events to prosecute their fa
vourite SCHEME of DESPOTISM on the other
fide of the Atlantic, were deaf to the Merchants rea
sonable, reiterated prayer---they treated it with
contempt,, and ,consigned it to a .COVENTRY
COMMITTEE, 'where it was hoped it would fink
into oblivion.
It is now no longer a secret than in the recess of
Parliament, during the holidays, HOSTILE MEA
SURES against the Americans were concerted and
determined upon in the Cabinet. While most of
the FAI FHFUL LORDS AND GENTLEMEN
of both Houses were retired to their country feats,
to commemorate as pious Christians are wont to do,
the birth of the SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD,
a chosen few at ot. James's were meditating the
DESTRUCPION of MILLIONS in America:—
A long adjou- nment of the Sefiions, at a time when
the molt important business which ever was entered
Upon by the Great Council of the nation was de
pending, and when an impatient solicitude was ma
nifefted by every h®neltEnglilhman,to learn the fate
of America ; at such a time we were at once furpriz
ed and difgußed, at finding our fears realized, our
conjectures fulfilled; by the melancholy difeovery
that a MAJORITY in BOTH Houses are the
faithful humble servants of ADMINISTRATION,
and only wait the arrival of RESOLU PIONS from
above, not to deliberate upon, but to give their
fanCtion to them, by ad immediate OBEDIENT
DIVISION in their favour.
Willing, however, to hope the belt, we flattered
ourselves that a new parliament would have RE
PEALED the UNCONSTITUTIONAL A& of
the LATE venal House of Commons, on whom in
famy has ftinlped her indelible mark. These hopes
were vain, for it now appears that a solemn League
is again formed to rob British Subjects of their Gear
ed Liberties ; the BLOOD-HOUNDS of that
VILLAIN B--- are upon the feent of our Brethren
in America, and in a few months our ears may tin
gle with the dreadful news that THOUSANDS
have been hunted down in wanton cruelty, as the
Spanish dogs of prey hunted down the Mexicans in
a former century. The plot is concerted, the lurk
ing traiterois SCOTCH GUY FAWKES has kin
dled the fatal spark, which will soon let fire to the
train laid by their dark aflaffin to blow up the pil
lars of ^e Britiffi Constitution, and thus involve
England and America in one common conflagration.
The interference of PEERS in ELECTIONS,
the admiAion of PLACEMEN and PENSIONERS
into the House of Commons ; the. SEPTENNIAL
ACT, and A LARGE STANDING ARMY IN
TIMES OF PROPOUND ' PEACE, are the prin
cipal UNCONSTITUTIONAL measures.- which
have given birth to all those public miseries of
MONDAY, MAY 22, 1775,
CONNECTICUT
AND
WEEKLY
Containing the Frelheft ADVICES,
which we so juffly complain. The people, howe
ver, who derive so much private gain from public
calamity, are too fond of their pecuniary jnt^eft
and titular dignities, to redress those grievances by
a renunciation of both. The {miles of a Court,
and. the EFFECTUAL application of LOANS
from the Treasury, have irretiftable charms, which,
compared with the public gcod, bear no fort of pro
portion. Ministerial artifice has diffufed principles
of DE POTISM through every chjs of People de
pendent on the Crown from the TELLERS at the
Exchequer down, to the lowest Tide-waiter in the
Customs. The power of the Crown hath INCREAS
ED by every frefli Tax, and the abuse of the trust
committed to our Representatives hath EXTEND
ED the prerogative beyond all bounds ; the Ma
jetty of the independent People, of England is in
tuited with impunity.,, arid having little left to them
of Liberty but the empty name, they are fettered
with chains which it is to be feared a violent con
vulfite struggle only will ever be able to br%k. ~
Rouse then, Britons, arid arm yourselves with e
very constitutional weapon! Oppose with a spirit
worthy of Englishmen, the violent, measures which
threaten destruction to Liberty on the Continent,
and ultimately to Liberty in Great-Britain. PO
PERY is ESTABLISHED throughout the wide
extended province of Canada, and Protestantism
only TOLERATED. The ancient Canada laws,
framed by a DESPOTIC Monarch, have received
the fandion of a Britifn Parliament; MAGNA
CHARTA is ANNULLED, the invaluable rights
of the HABEAS CORPUS A&, Trials by a JURY
OF PEERS in the vicinage are ANNIHILATED,
and a FRENCH code of legal institutes is substitut
ed by the reputed Guardians of.our Liberties. .The
hasty Strides taken by a SCOTCH JUNTO in the
early part of the reign of George the PIOUS, Mr.
WILKES, the noblest of Champions in the cause
of Liberty, fuccefsfully pppofed at the rifque. of his
life ; and having been defeated in their feveialOPEN
and DARING attacks on the fundamental princi
ples of the Constitution in THIS Country, GUY
FAWKES BUTE, hath sent forth some of his cho
sen emissaries to the other fide of the Atlantic, flash
ed with hopes of CONQUERING ENGLAND
IN AMERICA. Qftenfible puppets in Adminis
tration undertake, as they know their f.rengtli iq
BOTH Houses, stalk forth, in open day, with all
their imperfections on their heads ; for ading under
the protection of the Scotch Pretoria Regions, they
bid defiance to the whole body of Citizens and E
lectors ; The cry of an injured people ecchoing
through the Streets of every town and village in the
nation, is called “ the SENSELESS vociferation of
a DELUDED MOB," and the humble_prayers of
the mod refpedable bodies of men, laid with humi
lity at the foot of the Throne, is despised by the Ja
cobites at the helm, while the adulatory. SACRI
FICE of FOOLS is accepted as an offering of fweet
feenting incense to the idol of St. James's.
But let not the spirits of Englishmen be appalled
by the frowns of a Court ; let every Patriot main
tain his ground with intrepidity; let the WHIGS
throughout the Kingdom unite ; let the Merchants
continue to protest against measures fraught with
ruin to their property; let SANSON animate his
mercantile brethren to take a worthy part in the
glorious cause of Liberty ; and let every man in the
nation teftify his dislike of measures which the WIS
DOM of the Legislature has adopted to ENSLAVE
our fellow fubjetts in AMERICA.
London, March, 1775. CAT O.
~ HA T F (5" R '
: April 20, Departed this life, the Rev. Witliara
Russel, pallor of the firft church 'of.Chrift in Wind,
for, after a confidergbla number of months of ill
ness, supposed to be of the appple&ic kind ---
, He was, born in Middletown,---his extract was
from families truly reputable, = --his father was the
Rev. Wiliam Russel of Middletown, deceased;
his mother the .daughter of the Rev. Mr, Pairpoint
of New-Haver, many ,eart fepce deceafed;---he
was graduated at Yale College in the year 1'745,'---
was afterwards one of the tutors there,-.-in 1751
was ordained to the work of the gospel ministry in
T $ ?.
. ^^-
both FOREIGN and DOMESTIC.
said church in Windfor,—he was an §bfe divines--
a serious evangelical preacher, fed hia people WM^i
knowlege and understanding,---was found, in t!u
frith, firm and Ready in his adherence to 't(e pecu-।
liar and Gidingnifhed doctrines of chriftiaftity
From love to Christ, and cbmpaffion -to the fouls if
ills people, was willing to f end and be Tperfet in the
work of the ministry.—He was a good fchoUt,-).
an ab ! e difputan tfr-was much used in ecclefiafticll
councils for composing di&'rences; and refloriig
peace where it was broken- in churches and socie
ties ;---he was a lover of peace and order in church
and ftate,- r -was a man of uncommon prudence, and
a very regular life,-.-has left two sons and one
daughter, may God be their father and friend ir
Christ Jefus!— was a kind and loving hufband^ C
tender and affectionate parent,---. ?pattern of fym
pothy in the a^iClions of others, and given to hof,i
tality. We charitably hope, and ma, we hot be
lieve that he is gone to receive the rewardsof gloiy
in the upper world / His death is justly lan ented by
the bereaved relations, and others; and ought to
be looked upon as a great frown upon, and a prex
loss to that church arid congregation in particular,
of which he was the pastor. It has also made a great
breach in the ministry, especially in the vicinage,
and is truly a great loss to the world.
'RAYED away from the Subscriber, about tn#
0 firft of Mas, two Colts, of two Years old, both
Mares, without Brands, one js forrcl end some
greyifh about the Flanks, a (mail Streak in the
Face, ,d docked; the other is,a Black colored,
fomethbg fraaller than the other, with a white,
on the Nose, and not docked. Whoever shall take
up said mare Colts, and fend Word to ,the, fubferi
ber, in Durham, fiall be handfomel, rewarded,
and all Charges paid, by ; 3-
.SIMEON PARSONS, jin.
Durham, May 18, 177{,
M^MMM<X»W>)C^^O%
LEONARDOS CHESTER.
''r'AKEN up, or found in my palture th 7 12th
/ . infant, a brown Mare, about i^hands high,
6 years old,[natural pacer, shod before, branded
with' Kon the left shoulder. The owner may have
her again by proving his property and paying char/
ge.<. . James Lusk.
Newington, May 22, 177^
At Iris St,% Raft Si^e Bread - Street, IVethersfcM,
HASblue, brown, and scarlet Broadcloth, bh^
Serge, regimental Buttons, Silver hinted and
Plated.handled long Swords, &fs hilied Broad.
Sword.% .Pistols,, and every Article wanted to rfpip
a Soldier,,, except Gunpowder, with a$ large and
yniverfal an AffortmentofMerchandize as any Store
in the Colony,-and as cheap,"-J : "t
From the MORNING CHRONIC LES
OH North !,. North! how art thou fuddenl,
turned about to the South ! or whirling about
like a weather cock in a whirlwind, or hurricane,
<ll rotimd the compass ! turning ever, way, and
' e "'.".'' '" n ° P°' n ' > diffracting the poor mariner,
and frighteping-the ignorant clown. Was ever fu h
4 mess of mediy as thou halt made of thy political
hodge rodge r For heaven's fake quit the helm,
and hide thyfelf below deck, from all human fight,
or the Blip will be entirely loft by thy bungling
Peerage ! No ship, the belt that ever fivam, can
live in a ftogm with such a pilot. Instead of fleer,
ing cautiously and resolutely, between Scylla and
Charybdis, thou bumpff thy labouring bark ag^iri&
every latent reef, every vifibje jock, in thy way,
or out ofit, that ignorance, rafhn fs, folly and tty
midity can hit upon ! Go, follow the example of
thy predecessors who repealed the Ramp-aCt, arid
compleat the disgrace of Great-Britain ; go to fchotit
to learn of Chatham, as they did ; take his wtibl^
Scheme, and don't steal a fcr'ap of hi^proffegd f.%;
complete the bufinefi; make.the, Boftohiatyi cliiH
rulers, New England the feat of empire arid : ^
mistress of the world ; and let poor Old England
^ her handmaid.; Then mayst thou, atconij fin,
thy great master in politics, to be his Grand Vizer
in the new erected Wch&n empire, and lezve poor
Old England aDefert. ^ - CONSISTENT.
[RUMSER 54.1
QOURAN T,
HARTFORD
Intelligencer.