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^foVince of MassachVsetts-Bay.
By the G o v e r n o r.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHERE A S a Number of Pehfons unlaw
fully assembled at Cambridge, in the Month
of October last, calling themselves a Provincial Con
rrefs, did in the moil open and daringTerms.affume
lo themselves the Powers and Authority of Govern
ment, independent of,And repugnant to hisMajefty’s
Government, legally and conftitiitionally ftablilhed
within this Province, and tending utterly to fubVert
the fame ; and did amongst other unlawful Proceed
ings, take upon themselves to Resolve ahd direst
new and unconstitutional Regulations of the Militia,
in high Derogation of his Majesty’s royal Preroga
tive ; and also to appoint and eleft Henry Gardner;
Esq; of Stow, to be Receiver-General, in the Room
of Harrison Gray, Esq; then and Rill legally
holding and executing that office ; and also to order
and direst the Monies granted to his MajeAy, to be
paid into the Hands of said Henry Gardner, and to
the said Harrison, Gray Esq; and further earnestly
to recommend to the Inhabitants of the Province, to
oblige and compel the several Constables and Collec
tbrs to comply with and execute the said Directions,
contraiy to their Oaths, and against the plain and
express Rules and Direftions of the Law : AU which
Proceedings have a most dangerous Tendency to en
snare his Majesty’s Subjefts, the Inhabitants of this
Province, and draw them into Perjuries, Riots,Sedi
tion, Treason and Rebellion.
For the Prevention of which Evils, and the ca
lamitous Consequences thereof.
j HAVE thought it my Duty to issue this Procla
-I mation, hereby earnestly exhorting, and in His
Majesty’s Name ftridly prohibiting till his liege Sub
jefts within this Province, from complying in any
Degree with the said Requisitions, Recommendati
ons, Diteßions, er Resolves of the aforefa:d unlaw
ful Afleinbly, as they regard his Majesty’s highest
Difpleafurc,and wou’d avoid the Pains and Penalties
of the Law. And Ido hereby charge and command
ail Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, Constables, Col
ledors, and other Officers, in their several Depart
ments, to be vigilant and faithful in the Execution
and Difchargs of their Duty, in their refpeftive
Offices, agreeable to the well known eftabliffied
Laws of the Land ; and to the utmoftof their Pow
er, by all lawful Way’s and Means, to difeounte
nance, difeourage, and prevent a Compliance with
such dangerous Resolves of the abovementioned, dr
any other unlawful Assembly whatever.
GWEN at Boston this wrh Day of November, in tbi
Fifteenth Year of the Reign of His Maj^fiy G 1 oR G E
the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain,
France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith,
Annoqut Domini, 1774.
THO’s GAGE.
By His Excellency's. Com tn ad.
Tho’s Fluckir, Secretary. . 1
GOD Save the KIN G.
Q_ U E B E C, Oftober 13, 1774.
On the itth ult, arrived from London, in the Ca
nadian, Capt. Abbot, a Bell wieghing zjoolbs. be
ing a present from his Lordffiip the Biffiop of Que
bec to the Cathedral Church as Notre Dame in this
city ; and on Thursday Morning laft,at ten, o’clock,
it was baptized by the Name of Louisa: The fpon
cers were the Abby Montgolphir, Superior of St.
Sulpice of Montreal, and Mademoiselle De Lery :
The Ceremony was performed' in the aforefaid
Church by the Coadjutant Biffiop, assisted by a
Number of refpeftable Clergymen, and Crowded
Audience, with all the Solemnity usual on the like
Occasion ; and the whole concluded with a Mass,
celebrated by the Coadjutor, and a solemn Tt Deum.
BOSTON, November 7.
Extraß of a Letter from a Gentleman in London
to his Friend in Bolton, dated Sept. 1. 1774.
“ —I have been a Tour upwards of 1500 Miles—l
do affureyou in my whole Travels I have found two out
of three in favour of Bojlon, and the People in general
seem to be much pleas'd that you make such a feady Stand;
'the People on this Side the ITater ever expelled you would
havefubmitted immediately; the Ministry are much disap
pointed, and by what I can gather they much repent of
what has been done. I have heard it's a Plan of------,
and was determined to gain the Point. I tell them that
they may break the Necks of the Hoftoniant, but they ne
ver will bend them ; nothing but afieady Stand will bring
Matters to rights. I Joan t embark any Goods until If nd
Matters are fettled to the Satisfaction of this Country and
America. The Friends of America increase daily. lam
in hopes a Subscription will be set on Foot for fofon. I
urge it very frongly."
°On Friday evening last, in pursuing a person who
bad been guilty of breaking the peace in Charleftown,
a barrel and a bag of tea were (tumbled on, which
were immediately carried to the training-field arid
committed to the flames ; after they were confum
pd, it was suggested there were more, in the fame
pi ACC ; Upon n niuii <i - - — - , _
found to fill a large hogffiead, which was .conveyed
to a place called the Green, before Cape-Breton,ta
vern, and a quantity of faggots laid round it, they
were set on fire and the whole confirmed : Every
thing was condußed with such ftillefs and order,
that many people there knew nothirigof it until the
next morning.---It is supposed the quantity destroyed
was between 300 and 500 weight.
The cmbai raffments occasioned to administration,
by the refraftory behaviour Of the King of Spam,
who is on the point of denouncing war against Por
tugal, and of quarrelling with the Engliffi nation,
will be greatly encreafed on the arrival of the Scar
borough man of War, which failed from Boston the
sth of September, with his Excellency General
Gage’s dispatches, presently after the memorable
alarm, which For a few days occasioned great agita
tions in the southern provinces.
N E W P O R T,Nov. 7.
We hear the postage Of the letters brought from
New-York last post, and carried in the mail for Bos
ton, last Friday,amounts to vpwards of thirteen hun
dred dollars.
There are now three independent military compa
nies completely equipped and disciplined, in the
town of Providence ; in Pawtuxet there is a company
called the Pawtuxet Rangers ; in Eaft-Greeawich
a large company, called the Kehtiffi Guard ; 1 hefe
jeompanies are reckoned equal to any regulars.
There is one company lately formed ift this toWn,by
the name of Light Infantry, and a Cadet company
is now forming in NorthiPrdvidence, another in
South Kingstown.---A few das past the militia of
Little Compton mustered, when there were about
200 men under arms, equipped fit for aßion ; In
ffiort, there is now such a martial spirit running thro’
the country, that ’tis thought by next April, North-
America will be the best disciplined of any country
in the world.
From the Connecticut Journal,
New-Haven, Nov. 8, 1774’
Messrs Printers,
TT appears that the reflation of the Congress, refipeßing
the exportation of Jheep, is rnifunderfood. The Con
gress agreed not to fop the exportation op any article, jhetp
excepted, until next September.-—The reajon of their be
ing excepted, is manifeft. We have now rejolved not to
import any goods from Great-Britain, and weare not al
lowed to import woollen goods from any other part of the
world-, therefore to be provided against the worf, it is
necefary to increase our sock of Jhetp. This we cannot do,
if they are either killed or exported in the manner they have
been heretofore. How any person came to think that Jheep
neigh be exported until December, without infringing the re
flations of the Congress, is unaccountable; yet fame have
fallen into this error. There -were jheep on board three
vejfels in this port, cleared for exportation', but all have
been brought on jhore again, by the owners and mafiers
orders, not one being allowed to be carried away.
From a late London Paper,
To the PEOPLE,
t WILL follow the Quebec bill to the throne, as I
1 would the FRAMER of it to a SCAFFOLD.
I have told the King that if he aflerits to the bill
he will break his coronation oath; and a breach of
an oath, whether in a King or a Peasant, I call
PERJURY.
The Engliffi government is founded on an agree
ment mutually entered into by the King and Peo
ple. The King fwearfi that the eftablijhed laws (t and
cuftems of the realm shall be the rules of his conduft,
and that he will govern in every other refpeft ac
cording to them." The people an odth of allegiance,
but it is ccnditienal', they are bound to obey no long
er than the Sovereign adheres to the terms of his
oath; for it would be absurd to suppose the people
fettered down to a promise, after the firft magistrate
has thought himfelf at liberty to sport with the most
solemn engagements. I therefore repeat it, that
the moment a King of England ffiall perjure himfelf
that instant are his fubje&s absolved from thier alle
giance', the compaft is broken; the government
founded on that compact is diflblved. It is no ex
cuse, at the bar of reafonj to alledge that “ the
Prince was illadvifed for after repeated warnings,
who but an obstinate semblance of Majesty would
persist in the wrong r It is of no consequence to the
people, whether a King perjures himielf at the in
stigation of Bute, Mansfield, Jefjeries or the Devil;
He who is so wicked as to violate his oath, at the
instigation of Knaves, is too weak to be trusted with
the rights of honefi men.
I have only then one question to alk the people ; it
is this : ifever they ffiould be so unhappy as to live
under a Perjured Prince, whether they would not
sooner fee another Scaffold ere&ed at Whitehall,
than another coronation in Weftminfler- Abbey ?
If I know any thing of the spirit of Engliffimen,
the fcaffbld would be crowded with heroes, the Ab
bey with children, for the fake of a raree-ffiow;
whilst thus would run the general ffiout of the peo
ple o ff with the head that pays no regard te the fa
crcdnefs of an oath I
4 A SCOTCHMAN.
The Committee or ^orreipv..ucjn.v .w. —
of New-Londoa, hereby notify all concerned, That
they think it their Duty to inforce the Observance
of the 7th Article of thb Association Against the Ex
portation of SHEEP, recommended by the General
Congress; until another Committee is appointed for
that Purpose : And all Vessels failing from this Pott
will be ftriftly infpefted, that, a due Observance
may be paid to every Article of said Association, in
such Manner as by the Congress is directed.
HARTFORD, November 14.
On Friday last departed this Life, after a ffiort
and most distressing Illness, Mrs. Mary Wyllys,
the virtuous Consort Of Col. George Wyllys, of
this Town. Educated by Parents eminent for Pie
ty, ffie early imbibed Sentiments of Virtue and Be
nevolence, which rendered her amiable in all the
Connexions of Life, and dear to the whole Circle
of her. Acquaintance. Divine Providence placed her
in Affluence, that ffie might have the Means of gra
tifying all the wiffies, of a tender, compaifionate and
sympathetic Heart. Her Friends were happy in her
Acquaintance, and fafe in her Council---The Heart
of her Hulband did fafely trust in her, he acknow
ledged her the richest Gift, that Heaven had ever
Conferred on him—Her Children arose up inker
Presence and called blessed—Her Servants Were
happy under her humane Government---and thePoo^
almost adored her charitable Soul. At the Age of
59, the holy and wife Providence of God called her
to receive the Reward of the Faithful, and reduced
all her Friends to a State of the deepest Afflidion.
Last Wednesday Evening departed this Life in the
24th Year of her Age, Mrs. Abigal Benton, the
amiable Consort of Capt. Asa Benton, of this
Town.
Accounts from many different quarters, assure u«
that the Spaniards have sent a large fleet of capital
ffiips, frigates, &c. with 12,000 land forces, which
are to rendezvous at the Havanna, before they open
their commission.—-The most probable conjeftureis,
that they are intended against feme of the Britiffi
dominions in America; and that it is expeftedFrance
will either join them, or make a diversion in fomb
other part.
An Eftimateof the number of fouls in the following
provinces, made in Congress, Sept. 1774.
In Massachusetts, 400,000. Hew-Hampffiire,
150,000. . Rhode-Ifland, 59,678. Connecticut,
192,000, New-York, 250,000. New-Jersey, 130,
000. Pennsylvania, including the Lower Countifes,
350,000. Maryland, 320,000. Virginia, 650,000-
North Carolina, 300,000. South Carolina, 225,000.
Total, 3,026,678.
Our Readers are defined to correß the following
capital Mijiake in our last, viz. in the eighth Article of
the Association entered into by the late American Congrefit,
after the Word especially, please to add, that of wool;
and will difeountenance and difeourage-- -which in
the great Hurry that attended that Publication, passed un
noticed in a Number of the Papers.
The drawing of Hartford Lot
tery (lands adjourned to this day, and the Manager*
purpose to continub drawing from day to day until
they have finiffied.—A few of the Tickets remain,
on hand, and those that intend to be adventurer*
must make speedy application or they will be dis
appointed. ~
Strayed or Rolen from the sub
scriber of Hebron, a dark chestnut coloured Mare,
about 13 hands high, a star in the forehead, a spot
on the near fide, paces and trots, about 5 years old.
Whoever will take up said Mare, ffiall have Two
Dollars reward and all necessary charges paid, by
PHEBE FINNEY.
Hebron, November 9, 1774.
Stolen from the fubferiber, the
night after the 10th instant, a brown Mare, about
15 hands high, thick set, no brand, left fore foot
split from the toe to the hair, about 8 years old,
suckling a colt, (hod before, with a large long mane.
Whoever ffiall take up said Mare, and return her to
the owner, and feciire the thief, ffiall have TWO
DOLLARS reward, and all necessary charges paid,
by ISAAC NORTH.
Worthington, (in Wethersfield) OR. 12. 1774.
To be Sold^ a Farm of about 130
Acres of good Land, ^ing in the Society of Middlefield, in
Middletown, situated upon a good road, within about a
Mile of the Meeting-House, with a House and Barn, and
near one hundred Acres of the Land under improvement.
For further Particulars enquire of ITilliams John Warner,
living on the Premises.
Middletown, November 2, 1774.
• —M I S S I N G—
ALightiffi brown Great Coat, the buttons
fomthing darker than the cloath, supposed to
be lent and forgot to who, or left and forgot where.
Whoever ffiall bring said great coat to the Priting-
Office in Hartford, ffiall have a handsome reward.