The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1775-01-02 00:00:00, page 2

Ata final close of pole this afternoon at three
o'clock, for representatives for this city, the num
bers were, for
Cruger Burke Brickdale Clare
3565 2707^ 2456 283
Mr.,Cruger's majority over Mr. Brickdale, is 1109
.--and Mr. Burk's majority over Mr. Brickdale is
5 1+
The court was adjourned to ten o'clock tomor
row morning, when thelherifFs will make their re
turn, and the members be immediately declared.
' - Notwithstanding the poll has continued so long,
and the coxw;ft has been so smart between Mr.
Brickdale's and Mr. Burke's friends, there never
o^. 29, Yesterday died the Right Reverend Dr.
Jonathan Ewer, Biffiop of Ban gor.
We hear a bill is preparing to be brough into
parliament for new modeling the eleaiors for the
counties of Scotland. By this bill all the nominal
and fictitious voters are to be cut off, and icol kerb
of annual rent is to entitle to a vote for. a member
of parliament.
We hear that the Chancellor of France has had
his head struck off by command of the king, for
speaking difrefpcdful words against the Queen's
honor. ~
On Thursday Elizabeth Grieve, commonly cal
led the Hon. Mrs. Gneve, was tried at Hick's Hall,
for defrauding divers persons of several fams of
money, under pretence of procuring them places
under government, and sentenced to be transported
for seven years. This is the woman who a year ago
rendered herfelf so famous atßow-ftreet, having pre
tended to be the friend of the prme minister, cousin
to the Duke of Grafton^ and to have various other
connexions of the firft rank. She produced a letter
from Mr. C. F. which made a great laugh in court.
Nov. I. Letters from Ratifbon by yesterday's
mail, fay, that a courier had passed through that
city, who said he was going express to Vienna with
the account of the death of a crowned head, but did
not fay who.
To the honor of the New-York merchants be it
spoken, they havh all refafed to let Gen. Gage
have any of their ships as transports to fetch the
troops from Quebec,
At the court of aldermen held this day Mr. Tree
cothick begged leave to resign his gown, which was
accepted by the court. Immediately afterwards the
, late Mr. Sheriff Lee and Nathaniel Newnham,Efq;
of Botolph-lane, declared themselves candidates,
and soon afterwards set out on their canvass.
Bristol, Nov. 3. The following are the im
ports of grain from America into this port from Au
gust ift, 1773, to August 8, 1774, inclusive, viz.
102388 bulhels of wheat; 31682 ditto of Indian
corn ; 22646 ditto of barley ; 15432 ditto oats;
14720 barrels flouer ; and 2000 bulhels of beans ;
besides many thousand buffiels of wheat which have
arrived since.
was a contested election carried on here with less
difturban.ee; and it is very remarkable that Mr.
Cruger has had a much larger number voted for
him, than any candidate ever had before in this city,
though when he firft declared himfelf, several per
lons laid he never would get five hundred men to
vote for him.---And the majority that Mr Burke
has got over Mr. Brickdale, is very extrordinary,
when it is confide,red that he was not declared till
the second day of the poll, and that Mr. Brickdale's
friends exerted every nerve in the opposition. ~-
Upon the whole, it serves to shew, that the popular
voice is worth the attention of every person who
would wiffi to b;comea member for this city; and
BQ ST O N, December ^
Ey a vcffel arrived at Plymouth from Bristol,
in England, we have received a Bristol
Gazette of Nov. 3, from which we have
extracted the following, viz.
LONDON, October 27.
WE are informed that Mr. Wilkes, since his be
ing chosen Lord Mayor, font a very polite message
to Mrs. Wilkes, desiring her to honor him as Lady
Mayoress, which ffie declined, giving as a reason,
as she had lived a retired life so long, it would be
difagr®eable to her to appear in so public a
Nation, but adds, as her daughter was perfectly
qualified to shine in an exalted sphere, .she begged
that she might supply her place.
Edingburgh, [Scotland] Oft. 25. The minife
rial mandate is issued as ufaal for the election of the
16 Scots Peers. Lord Suffolk has feut a letter to
every Scots Peer which concluds thus ; " On con
ferring with some of your Lordship's brethren, they
approve of the encloied Lift.
SUFFOLK."
Dukes of Gordon and Athol, Earls of Morten,
Strachmore, Abercorna, Galloway, Loudoun,Dal
houfie, Breadalbane, Marchmoht, Rofebetry, and
Bate, Lord Vis Stormont, Lord Vis. Irwin, and
Lord Cathcart.,
By this lift the Earls of Breadalbane, Dalhufie,
Morton and Galloway, are to come in, in the place
of the Marquis of Lothiati, the Earls of Dunmore,
Stair and Errol.
lam at a loss for coords to declare, as forcibly as I
<wijh, the frongfenfe Ifeel of the dignity this da, cons m
ed to me M, acknowledgements, though Jimfl and
adorned, are as warm and facers, as the? c% e-ri in th•
most refined exprefans; the mos cultivated genius could
f u gg^- What I have to fa, will be genuine, and from
m, heart—a hart that this moment overflows with gra
titude, for the difinguiJhing marks of ,our regard and ap
probation so generotf, mamfefed to its ptflfori
7 he unparalleled and refutable majority in mv favour,
does honor to the principles of the independent Citers
of Bristol. You have jet a mofl zioble example of indepen
dan, to ever, elector in Great-Britain. —lndulge me in
proclaiming to the whole world whatyou have done. You
bave§ indite of ever, effort to deter ,ou from ,eur virtu
ous purpoje, glonoify dared to cleft a man,our Repreferita
tive in the grand Council cf the nation, whose highef title
is that of a Merchant ; —and whoje greatef boast is that
of being an honed man.
It :s my glory gentlemen to fay, I have in this long cert
tefled election been as uninfluenced, as unJu, ported b, great
men ;Jo let it be,cur pride, 0 tradeJmen !to promulge,
that,on too have been uncontrolled and unbiafid by them,
---2 car conduri fall be exemplar, to me.—l, like,cit,
will ever remain ft ee and independent.
Gentlemen, permit me, at this favourable opportunity,th
pa, a little attention to a topic that has occasioned much al
tercation and ura&faefs in this cit, : I mean the legality
and propriety of the people's infrußing their Reprejenta
tives in Par I:ament.—lt has ever been my opinion that
the electors have a right to infrue? their members.---For
mpart Ifoall always think it my duty in Parliament to
be guided by your councils and infruflions---! Jhall con
fder m,Jef.the servant of my conflitutents, not their master
Jubfervient to their will, not ftperior to it---Artd let me
add, I hold m,jef tiecountable to you for ever, aftion of
ray If which reseeds the public. By,our upright judg
ment I defre to and or fall.
It may be expelled, Gentlemen, that Ifauldfay a few
words on the melancholl, fabjeß of American affairs ; I
will :—they fall be few, but explicit.—As far, fellow
citizens, as the impglfe of my power can be felt, it Jhall be
exerted to heal and conciliate the unhappy differences now
fubfijhng---not tofoment them.---I confder the commercial
interefs of England and her colonies, as one and thefame ;
they are reciprocal, and perfectly coincident.---God and
nature, and found policy have linked them together in the
^ ron £ e f bands of amity, mutual interest andfafety ;---the
man that divides them, has either a weak head, or a bad
heart.
I will intrude no longer on,our patience, than to afore
you, I will carry to m, grave the most ardent sentiments of
affeblion and refteftfor my worth, friends of Bristol : and
that IJball (with unjhaken integrity )perfevere to the las
moment of m, life, in ever, effort to promote the cause of li
berty ; and to render essential benefits to the trade and
commerce of ibis great, opulent and flourishing city.
Bristol, Nov. 3, 1774.
that there fliil remains in the electors of Bristol that
virtue, that is not to be influenced by any specious
pretences whatever; and that will be biaffed by no
thing but the good of their country.
Mr. Cruger's ADDRESS, to the Freemen and Free
holders, of the City of Bristol, on being returned one
of the Reprefentativesfor that City.
Gentlemen and Fellow-Citizens.
CT HE high honour ,ou have done me, by electing me one
of ycur representatives in the ensuing Parliament de
mands ever, pojfble return, of personal gratitude and pub
lic fidelity.
Mr. Thomas,
T Nthe letter to the Earl of Chatham,on the Quebec Bill,
£ which has been greatly applauded as a full jifificati
on of that Bill, I met with the following passages, which
I think worthy of a place in,our paper.
'' In the course of all the evidence that has been laid
before the public, we find that the Canadians have ex
freffed one confant uniform wife to be governed by their
own laws, and that the Englijh have as fervently desired
to he governed by the laws of England. The Canadians
are above 100,000, the English not more than 2000,
men, women and children. Ihe legifative was therefore
to cotfder whether the law and government ought to be
adapted to the many or the few.---There can be no rule
for the composing oflaws, but the sentiments and in
clinations of thole who are to be governed by them.
In a fate of nature, liberty knows no bounds but that of
Superior force,---" Jura inventa metu injufti," and
that portion of liberty which each man is willing to give
"I f or *" e convenience, fafety andproteflion of individu
als, of families, of societies and of slates, is the firft prin
ciple oj iaw. Ris true, the multitude do not compose the
form, but it mus correspond with their genius and temper,
so that their understandings ma, be prepared to meet, and
their hearts read, to embrace it.---The habits, cufoms and
manners of a people, are the mirror in which alone their
general djpoftion ma, be seen ; even regard mus be had
to their prejudices and their weakness, for law must be e
re&ed (as Crotius has exprtfed it)" cum fenfu hu
mana: imbecillitatjs." When Solon was complimented on
having given good laws to his countrymen, his reply was,
" the, are odly fach as the Athenians are capable of re
ceiving." Even the law of God, as proposed b, Moses,
was Submitted to the judgment of the people before it was
adopted by them. But if these rules are ir.difpenfable in
From the MASSACHUSETTS-SPY
the formation, the, apply much mineforcibly to the adual
eft<(o.rA\raenttf law. If nothing cut violence tan im
pede law, it would be fill greater tyranny to rcb a
nation of that law which they approve by experi
ence, and which A endeared by habit. Allowing then>
Hat Canadians prefer a worse law to a better, even that
bad choice is deceive upon the conduct of Great-Britain.
They yielded themselves up to our protection and
our faith. How then can we deprive them of Ue
rights of human nature."
Ihe foregoing passages need no comment. If these con
federations operate with a& facefor the Q&c Bill, eve
ry reader can judge, whether thy do not apply with eoual
force^ against the bill for altering the civil govwwQ o f
-+ . -uflachufetts-Ba,. Ij st would o; ','rxnry rrim-
} 1 - : r^^n, by violence on the Caivddh
I^UQ a: ,/ ~ ' wfe roLTar, ic m to judge
ments, or even th^:, „ ,j. /( ,4
tl"-f a ^H of Great-Britain, wi. at r
at<c:.>yt to efablj^ a govern'^at by milituy or^ , ','
inhabitants file Majachuftts - Ba,, of whom ri&et
.?: > J^riM utterly detef it, by hrtb are es&foo a.
tfprimes f%fo 5 hie stjiffif f „&
cft&ir charter ccnfitut:%, — a t^dthe faith oj the Br:-
t:fo crown pledged 10 them for. theirfaure er;c.'} ,f± .
Thetb:n,jpeak
PHILA DE LPHI A, December 2..
In ASSEMBLY, Thursday, Dec. 15, 1774. A.bi.
,Upon Motion, Refolded, N. C. D. That ft
Honorable Edward Biddle, Speaker, John Dick^-
son, Thomas Mjflin, Joseph Galloway, Char^
Humphreys, John Morton, and, George Rofs.El.
be, and they are hereby appointed Deputies
the part of this province, to attend the Gens-L
Continental Congress proposed to be held at the ci
ty of Philadelphia on the 10th day of May nev:/
and that they, or any four of them do meet tn?
said C'ongrefs accordingly, unless the prefer yr
ancies of the American colonies faaii, beLr?l:
Time, be redressed.
Refolded, That the Delegates be alien rr: „
Twenty Shillings per diem, for their n
that duty.
Extras from fleir Journal,
CHARLES MOORE, Clerk of rhe Afc^^ #
NE W-Y UR K, Dec.w
Extras of a Letter from Newport, dated JY 1;
----" The people here, have I think co^
clared themselves against government, aniiu/ftkA
a manner, as Purely mult be pronounced ':J'L
on.---ls it peffible that a people without a^rfa
munition, money, or navy, should dare tc\
a nation dreaded and relpeded by all the powers , •
earth,---what black ingratitude to the parent nat^l
who has nourilhed protected and supported the:,
from their infancy.---What can thefe.' things ircT
cate but a civil war? Horrid reflection! and'TV .as
freezes the blood of every humane heart.
" There has been a most extraordinary r
ment here a few days ago.- -The public
of the Colony have dismantled the Kings 1 . t',
and moved all the cannon and stores to Pres amt
in order, as it is said, to assist the Bottom, us.
gainft the King's troops.
Underneath is a lifi of the cannon.
624 Pounders,7 . .
18 18 ditto j g^en by the late King tc.L: ....
14 6 ditto ,
6 4 ditto f belonging to the cclo.,
God fend us better times. Yuf's, &c.
By letters from Connecticut we iearu, that •.w
towns of Ridgefield and Newtown, in tnat Coro „
have protested against the proceedings of the % . .:^
Continental Congress; and it is e.. x&ed mat 0-
thers will follow their example.
We hear aifo, that a certain officer 1 ( onrtc
ticut, at this time, an half-pay c^c^n ip 5 e Eng
lish army, has offered his service to Lis countrymen,
to conduit them to Boston, in order to difledge the
King's troops, under the command of General
Gage, from their winter quarters in that metropolis.
A Gentleman in Boson, writes to bis friend here, jfihc
12th infant,---Twojbeps of the line, viz. the Asa and
Boyne, are arrived here, and the Somerset is noiv bring
guns in the offing. Theda, before yeferda, it was m,v
ed in Provincial Congress, that arms be°immediaie, taken
u P against the King's troops ; but one of the members get
up and told them juch a move was infamous, when at the
fame time the members knew, that neither Connecticut nor
an, of the southern colonies meant to oppoje his Mrjetys
arms, on which account the Congress immtaiatty rifled,
and a new one is to be chojen, to meet the tenth of next
month. At Plymouth the, are now beating up for volun
teers to attack the troops ; the parties fentfor a patjon to
pray for them, who refufed te comply ; but he was obliged
to attend on being Jent for a second time, on penalty of being
fat.
[The above Paragraphs, under New-York H ad, were
takenfrom Rivingion's New-York Gazetteer.)
Debtor Ogilvie, by his last will, bequeathed the
following legacies, viz. 3001. to the Charity School
in this city tool, to King's College, and tool, to
the Corporation for the relief'cf che widows and
children of Clergymen in Communion with the
Church of England in America, hereby exhibiting
an instance of benevolence,---that uniform attention