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and abroad ; 23d if yoo are but firm and prudent
in your opposition, fear not but Providet.ee will
inierpofe io your behalf, and raise you op friends
to fopport and affi.l you. Some of the greater
and wifefl, as well as bed men in England are
already on your fide, and will (land by you ;
your enemies have nothing but mere power,
uojuftly obtained, and applied, to support their
cause ; reason and juftrce are altogether agaioft
theta ; they therefore Hand on flipper, grounds
and totter in their Rations. Lord Camden, ex
erted hienfeff nobly in the House of Lords, ip,
year favour He told them the Bafton bill
would be produdive of a train of evils, and that
they would certainly have cause to repent it.
Great care is taken to prevent copies of his
speech from getting to America, as well as to
deceive you by falfe intelligence. Ever, tool
of power io America will be called ifqn, and
raroithed with means to mislead you by a misre
presentation of fads, and giving a falfe turn and
colouring to every thing that it concerns you to
know. Six hundred pounds per aocum, are paid
to writers of falfe intelligence, and letters as
well as news papers, that might give you such,
intelligence as the miaiftry desire to conceal fro 2
you, are all flopped, >,
It is given out that severe meafgres are only
intended against Boffon, topuniffi their refrac
tor, conduct but depend open it, if they fuccee&
acainft Bafton, the like measures will be extend
ed to every colony in America ; they only be
gin with Button, hoping the other colctirs will
not interpose. But you are all tb be vifhed ip
euro, and devoured one after another. You
nay depend opoa my intelligence—my c^ce
gses me access to the principle, concerned io
the meafurq, and I think it my duty to warn
the innocent agaioft the wicked devices that 1
know to be meditated agaioft them It behoves
the colonies, to be united, in their intelligence,
councils and measures ;itis a matter.of the lad
importance to them, to Hand by and support one
another ; the mod favoured can only exp?6tto
b^ left devoured. The ministry are determined
to try ydur metal to the utmost. Mansfield and
Bute are supposed to be the prime directors,
and to influence the royal ear as they plcafe.
The spoils of England are inefficient to support
the luxury of the minion, of power, they hath
fixed their voracious appetites upon the poffeffi
ohs of the Americans, and intend to make a
prey of them, in defiance of reafen and juflice,"
of the charters of kings, and the divine laws of
nature. Depend upon it every colony is to be
fubdusd into a fhrifh obedience to the tyranni
cal impositions es Great Britain; nothing left
will fuffice, nothing less is intended. After the
f^bjedion of Boflon and perhaps ill the New-
England governments, New-Jersey & New York
are to be the next io course ; and they talk of
taking away Pehn's charter. Lock to yourfclves,
exert all your faculties to the utmost, year vir
tues will be put to a severe trial, and if they are
not genuine and well founded, they will not
(land the left.
Alas / how is my foul (hock'd at the prefect
(iteration of England, my native country —a grea^
a generous, and late a happy people — but now
how changed, hew fallen ! The men who arc
r&llf wie and good, deprived of opportunities
of aaiog— The poor and middling people ruin
ed and o/prclTed, the rich, loft in luxry and dis.
fipation, a set of weak and wicked men, mis
guiding the reins of government, the people tax.
cd to death without mercy, placemen and pen
sioners without number, &c.
Many of the officers do the intended expedi
tion agaiaft Boftoa and America, have nobly
thrown up their commissions, and refilled to fight
against their brethren in the colonies, without a
just cause ; and it is expeded the soldiers will
dtfert in multitudes, from a mere sense of honour
and juflicc.
April 8 News is jift now arrived, Hy a pri
vate hand, that the ddcontent of the people has
to far prevailed, that orders are font to un^an
the fleet, or at lead that it (hould not fail till
farther orders. I hope the news will prove true.
The Scots io the House of Commons ha+e
been your enemies. I think it would be but just
in the Bofloniobs to withhold every farthing dee
to them io that towo, which I am told is very
considerable, especially in Giafgow. Indeed I
think as th: port is (hut up, the whole debt due
from them to Great-Britain (hould be flopped,
and reprifab be made by every means io your
power. The pralervaiioo of England itself and
ther excellent cooftitutioo, require it of you.
May God discal and prosper your couofcli.
BOSTO N, May 1,
On Tuesday lad, at 12 o'clock his Excellen
cy Thomas Gage, appointed to the government
of this province, landed at the Lerg-
Wharf, where a number of his Majedy'sCouncil,
several Members of the Commons House of As
sembly, many pfi&cipalGentlemen of this town,
and the Governor'#, or Cadet Company, under
arms, waited hisiriival. The Cadet company
escorted his Excellency (whofc comm ffion was
borne before him) and the gentlemen aforefaid
op the Long wharf, and through king street, to
the Council chamber. The Troop of Horse un
der the command cf Major Snelling, the com
pany cf Artillery,commanded by Major Paddock,
the company of Grenadiers commanded by
Lieutenant Pierce, and the Several companies es
Militia under the command of Colonel Erring,
were under arms in King street ; the refye&tve
officers Saluted his Excellency as he palled,
and he politely returned their salutes. After
his aitgal at the Council-Chamber, his Coarf
miffiocs as Governor Ind Vice-Admiral of the
Province were read, and after the uSual ceremo
nies were past his Excellency was fworo in by
the Prefidcot of his Mafefy's Council. Bid
Excellency's Proclamation- for continuing all
Officers, &e. in their places 'till farther orders
was then read by theHighSheriff io the balcony
of the Statc-Hcufe,which was aofwefed by three
buzzes a firing cinnoo from the batteries, and
company of Artillery, and three vollies from the
refpedive companies then epfued. Eis Exeel
leacy/received the compliments of civil & milita
ryoffiebrs, and other gentryjmd after reviewing
the Militia, &c. was efeorted by the Cadet
company to Faneuil-Hall, (where ao elegant
entertainment was provided at the expecce of
the province) attended by the Members cf his
Majefy's Council, federal of the honourable
House of Representatives^ number of the Cler
gy, and other e'pedhble Gentlemen. Many
loyal toasts were drank,and the flriacfl harrbopy
and decorum observed. After dinner his Ex
cellency rode io a carriage to thePtovice Hcufe,
where we hear he is to reside for a few days at
lc?ft. Notwithstanding the rain, and badocts
efthe day, there was a vift concourse of people
assembled on the occasion. ^^
On Week ,&y last the freeholders and other
inhabitants of town met again at Fancuil hall,
by ajourament ;and the committee which had
been appointed on the proceeding Friday to re
ceive and confider of proposals for the support
and employment of such as will be (offerers by
the operation of the cruel edid of the Britiffi
Parliament, reported that federal judicious pro
pofsis had beta made, and that they conceited
that ways and means would be found for the
relief of such inhabitants in the time of diftrefs*
They recommended to their fellow citizens,
patience, fortitude and a firm trust in God,and
desired farther time to agree upon a report.—
The meeting was therefore adjourned to Mon
day the 31st ioftant at ten of the clock in the
forenoon ; by which time it is exposed we
(had have encouraging news from some of the
Sifter Colonies.
Previous to the adjournment the town tho't
it their duty to pass the following VOTES, viz.
Ift. That the trade of the town of Boston has
been one essential link in that vast chain of com.
merer, which, in the course ofa few ages, has
raifedNew England to be what it is,theSouthern
provinces to be what they are, the Well India
ifliods to their wealth, and, in one word, the
British Empire to that oppulence, power, pride
and Splendor, at which it now Hands.
2dly. That the impolicy, iojuftice,inhumani
ty and cruelty of the a& aforefaid, exceed all
our powers of expression We therefore leave
it to the just cenfore of others, and appeal to
God and the world.
While the town was io meeting 00 Wednes
day laQ, a letter wa# brought from Mr. James
Boies, cf the town of Milton in the neighbour
hood of Boston ; io which that gentleman, for
the encouragement and relief of the town, free
ly anigeneroufly offered the ofc of his Slitting
Mills, with all its utensils gratis, so long as the
harbour shell remain lhat up ; the mill to be
left io the like good repair as it is at this time.
The town voted thanks to Mr. Boies for this
kind offer.
It is bid that a flock of three or four hundred
pounds will be Efficient to keep this mill go
ing ; io consequence es which mapy hands may
be employed io making of Nails.
By a gentleman just arrived from New York,
Mr. Revere writes that so high is the spirit
of juOice and patrietifia in that colony that one
gentleman then io company when he wrote, de
clared that in case that violent measure of block
ing the port took place, he would fend a sloop
load of wheat for the relief ofthe poor in Boston
at his own expence. ' 7 -'
R^traa ofa Letter from London, March 28.
“ Concerning public matters, I am ferry to
fay, that things arc going from bad to worfc,
and a breach between Great-Britain and her
colonics seems approaching very taft. This ac-°
cursed tea is the very match that is appointed
to set fire to a train oj gunpowder, that tas been 1
long, though secretly, laid by our miniflr,, and
your governors,joint agents in that m r fl infernal
bufne's of defraying the liberties of three mil
lions of Biitilh (übjefts.
“ I write and (peak boldly on these matters,
add I care not who knows it : Life would to
reduced to mere exigence if your liberty was
taken away—and I hope to hear that there arc
some remains of virtue among you, though it is
almost extinguished here, (wallowed up by our
luxury, effeminacy and avarice Could the
Pyms and the Hampdens of a former period but
take a view of the baje degeneracy of their fa
cefos, it would make them weep tears of blood:
We hear that the People of Ballon have hired
a Vessel to go express to South Carolina ; and
have dispatched expresses to all the other
fouthero Colonies, to know their Sentiments,on
breaking off all Trade with Great Britain*.
NEW LONDON, May 20.
Wednesday night Mr. William Goddard
arrived here from the eastward, 00 bis Way to
Hartford and the southern colonies • —His pro
posal for efhblilhiog ioAmerican Post Office,
on cooftitutional principles, (which hath been
warmly patronized by our brethren in the neigh
bouring governments) meets with the entire ap
probation of the inhabitants of New London and
Norwich, who are now fabferibing, with great
libera'ity, for the purpose of carrying the impor
tant defigo into complcat execution ; and it is
not doubted but the whole colony will cheer,
fully co operate in giving success to this most
noble undertaking, so indtfpenfably necessary in
the present alarming crifo of American affairs.
Mr. Goddard hath favoured us with the follow
ing generous and spirited proceedings of the in
habitants of the ancient and rcfpcfUblc town of
Providence.
Last evening the committee of correspondence
received an answer to their express to Hartford
by Mr Revere, couched in the mrft friendly
and sympathetic terms ; and declaring the de.'
termicatiob es all the parties then prefect, to
flaod by their -brethren io Boflou, whom they
cenfider u Effciiog in the common cause of A- 1
merica, and in their determination to ofe their
influence to render therefolution general threug
out the colony,'
By lexers from Londoo, we learn, that at a
late meeting in London of & Society for fup
portirg ihe Bill of Rights, Mr. Samuel Adams;
the H^n, John Adams, E'q; and Dr. Joseph
Warren, all cf ih°s town, were unaoimoufly
cfc&ed Members of that Society, aid that the
proper certificates of their admin.ffija were or
dered to be sent to the new Members.
A e^rre fpondent from Cumberland in Nova-
Scotia inform: u«, that it was reported there
" that the Tea ftrp from London, bound to
Halifax was loft on the Isl: of Sables,and every
foul on board perched-" This m^y probably
be the ship Adamant, Cipt. in the trade
between Loodoo and Halifax which has been
foretime miffing
We have just received the agiecab'c news
from Salem, that at a remarkably full town
meeting on Tuesday afternoon, the inhabitants
of that refpefUble ioWo, almaft unaeimopfly
partock of the fec ! irp ard concurred in the
feniiments of the town of Boflon.
we kars that the inhabitants io general cf ;h^
ciy arc ready and willing to (hod by the pro^
pte of this province, and Wrongly recomtriend-a
un 00 of the colonies.
Since our lad we team that four regiments
ate ordered here, who we arc <o'd are to reGde
at Salem. Marblehead aad at Caflle- Wiliam.
Notwithftaodiog repeats to the contrary, we
are all well informed that this people have many
friends io £cg and, who are determined to do
all io their power for the good of this country.
Several capital towns in, and near, this pro
vince ate refolded to Hand by their brethren in
BofloD.'