The Connecticut courant — Hartford, Conn., 1774-04-19 00:00:00, page 1

Feb. 48, a (hip just arrived in.the river,,
we learn that the Boftoniaos, Philadelphians, and
inhabitants of New- York were in an open Mate
of rebellion, when (he failed from Bolton ; and
that the Governor had Got off, an express for
more troops to join the Welsh Fuzilecrs, who
were aimed constantly under arms, and greatly
fatigued with foch tariffing and difagrecabli
duty. 9,
FrF I§. This Day, John Wilkes, Esq; at
tended by feverai gentlemen, freeholders of
Mildlefcx, went to Mr. Stringy, room adjoin
ing the House of Commons and told Mr<Stracey
(the cleric who swears in the members after, the
tirft dafof a new parliament) that he cause to
take the oaths and his feat as member for Mil
diefex, parfaant to a Commons from the Sheriffs
for that purpose ,• the above gentleman replied.
Thayccording to the conftrot practice of that
HonfE; no oerfon could take the oaths as mem
ber after thXrd feffita of a new parliament,
balefii he produced his certificate, Fathis Mr.
Wilkes replied, that the clerk of the crowa
would not gran) if him : and _the other Gyng
the oaths could not b^ adminlfcred without it,
the buGnefs coded ; sod Mr Wilkes, after
paying his refpe&s to the gentlemen prefect, re,
turned soon after to his owq house.
Left night, at ten o'clock Mr. Horne receive
ed a notice, signed by Mr. Hatfell, clerk of the
House c & Commons, to attend that House io
morrow ; to which Mr. Horne this (by return,
cd the following aofwer :
" To John Hatfell, Est ; Clerk of the Houfeof
Comment.
" Sin,.,
" Late last night I received a notice, faced
with your name, of an order which the Hc,fe
of Gammons, made yederdsy for the attendance
tof a particular peifon on Wedoefday next.
j " I apprehend that notice mul hire been
intended for feme other perfoo, and delivered
to me by naidake, of which I informed
the bearer the very moment after I had
read it; at the fame time adding, that when
ever the House of Commons ffiall deGte my at
tendance, I will pay to them all proper and pro
dent refped,
" I have the honour to be, Sir, yon: mod
obedient, humble ftrrant.
JOHN HORNE"
Tuesday, February if 1774
From Psifly we learn, that about §OO micu
favorers are preparing to embark immediately
for America, as they cao Had no employment st
home
The two grand (pedions to be decided ip
Croncil or io Parliament, with refpeft to Ame
rica, are these —" Whether each of about
thirty affemblie, areto be left to tax thcmfelves,
judging of the proportionate sums each for
themselves wnhror ftiputaion of the British
Legiflaure ?° (which they contend for ;) or
" Whether they are to co operate, by repre
flotation, in the BririfliParliament, in a ffeffing
themselves
Feb. 16 The American mutiny bill is
brought into the lower affcmbly.
Lall night a courier was dispatched from the
Secretary of State's t ffice to the courts of Berlin
and Madrid.
Should an armament be feat against ttieAme
fccans, 'tis not improbable but it may meet wi'h
1 similar fate with the I— C ', tea, ft
feme funk, feme burnt, and feme sent b^k for
a better errand,
Feb. 18, We arc told that Mr Rotch,Owner,
', C^P t# " a R Mader, of the Dartmouth, one
efttir. Tea Ships lately arrived fromßoftoo, with
Yorkfo our left there is the following in
telligence.
LONDO N, Feb 1 4 ~,
MR. Councilor Wedfoburne hu on two
late occaG&n been so fuccefsful in d:
feeding imputed bid char dm, that it is laid
hiit new retained for a coofilerabk sum to on
dertake the defence of the Devil.
Be fiveral Vefcls arrived at Boston and New.
The CON NECfI CUTCOURA N
From TUESDAY April 19, to TUESDAY April 26, 1774.
, —- Haomood, Esq; was on Weddefday;
last appointed one of the Surveyors General of
the Caroms in the room of John Temple, Esq,
Queen's Palace, (St. James's Park) Fe
bruary 28. Yeflerday her Maj.-fly was deliver
eJof a Prince, At fix o'clock in the evening.
NEW,Y ORK, April 2 t.
Extras of a letter from a Gentleman in London
to his friend in Mew Cork dated Feb 14.
t " I duly do'c what you fay ref,cubing the
conduct of the B-ftanians and Philadelphians
about the tea. I hope the people in your &,
will persevere therein with equal spirit, & there
by prevent the odidus taxation that you were
intended to be drawn into by a set of base de
facing men, io order to Support their whores
and bayards, and a pack of rafcaliy pensioners
their tools." ,
„ Lift Monday Night ar^ved at Saodv. Hock,
fa long expeQed Tea Ship Nincy, Capt Lock-,
yer, from An igua, where (he had been driven,
from this coal la,her peffige back,, (he fact
with bad weather,loft an anchor from her bows,
and her mizen mast carried away, Sprung her
topmast, and was thrown no her beam ends.
Ever fioce her depicture from England foe his
met with a continued facccffi,n of misfortunes,
6^% on board somewhat worst &b a Jorah,
which, after being lo,g teffed in the tempeOu
cos Ocean, it is hoped, like him, will be thrown
back upon the place from, whence it came :—
May it teach a. Itffoa there, as ufifol as the
preaching of Jonah was to the Ninevites.
On C pt. Lockyer's arrival, after, anchoring
his (hip at the Hook, the pilot thought it belt
not to bring him up till the feofe of the city
(hon'd be known 8 , As soon as the pilot gave
notice, the Committee were immediately in
formed of the (hip's arrival, and that the Capt.
Solicited for liberty to come up, to provide ce
celeries for his return, the (hip to remain aty
the Hook, ft appearing to be the bell ferfe of
the city that the Capt. thadd have th& liberty
ha afted,advice of it was immediately sent him,,
care being t§ken that he (hould not enter at the
cuflom house, and that do time Should be loft
in difpatchiog him back. Notice of all this whs
distributed by band bills.all over, the city, arid
a feled Committee of 14 or if citizens, in a
fljop, were,difpatched toJie near the Grip till
her departure. ^ The Captain arrived on Tecf.
day, and tho' very relpeafolly treated, was fol^
lowed from hs lauding by a great ccncocrfe of
people. „ The Gentlemen to, whom the tea was
eoofigoeq having tefufed to receive it; the Capr.,
is preparing, with all poffiile expedition, for Iris
departure ; apd it is fixed that he is tn depart
Iron this city 00 Saturday morning, and that,
th, (hip is to fail for London the fiift stir
^iod.
, , BOS TO N. April fl. ~
^ A F^Toger in Capt. Folger fays, that^ #3
Lord Dartmouth ,was bpfily examining eviden
ces concerning^ the, deftruaion of the Tea at,
Boston, a Clerk of thefiouk of Commons came
to him and informing hirnof the arrival of the
Philadelphia Tea Ship, , obferued it was in vain
to make further ecqiiry about it, for the coo
titbit was all in a flame; and upon this bis
Lordship immediately difmifTed the examinants.
We hear that upon the firft news of the Tea's
being dedroyed at Boflon, and the dreadful de-
DGQciwon# which were given out agrinft ite
feverJ Gentlemen P-fTeogets ,chic fl; Natives of
New England, slfo Dr. Wiiliamfon of Philadel
phia, were on^ Wedoefday examined at Lord
Dartmouth's Office concerning the Tea Riots.
From thisCircamflance k is provable that Ameri
can Affairs will soon become &Snbj,a of feri
oui Speculation, whence they may also become
the Subje& of feriout A&ion. ~ '•
Feb. 28. Dr. Franklins we hear, has fioce
his fracas with the. miniffry, voluntarily reGgn
ed his American Agency ; nobly disdaining to
receive the wages of bis constituents a day long
er than he found him'c|f in a capacity to do
them any eff:otia|, Service. -How Seldom de
we fee men in office so lgrupulous 1 .. 4.
obnoxiomCar/^fe iCdmmittee from the North,
American Merchants waited on Lord Dartmouth
to be informed, whether their property might
be fife if (hipped to that apparently devoted ca.,
pital ? The large cargoes on board half a dozen
(hipi come and hourly expeded seem a pretty
fatisfa&ory aofwer that the town will not yet
be laidin ashes. whatever might be the foe of
the Committee who are again talked of to be lent
for and tried on the bugbear (lAnte of Henry the
eighths., 4 . . # .t .47 , , .
^ Ye Gerday. anhed in this Town from th*
Ea(fward,Mr- William Goddard, by whom Let,
ten are received from the Committees ,of 'Cpr
refpondeoce of Portfmomb, Newbury, Newbury-
Port, Salem, &c. expressive of the hearty coo-,
aurreoce of the Gentlemen of theft Towns with
the Propofy of &fflmg a Poll Office upon con
iteutiooal Principles, throughout this Continent, 1
Subferptions are set 00 foot in bitch of ttcm,
Ind they have already facceeded beyond the
matt finguine expectation in ill. The removal
of Dollar Frapklin frqni the Poss Office bad
added frdh Spirit to tl&Prqftioters of this fib
fotary Plan, as federal viewed in opposition to
bis fotekft al a time when he had foalty served
the cause es America as a vety difagr:eab!e ob
jc@ ; but all reluaincc from ,that quarter muff
now vheifh, and all the friends of Liberty re
joice that they have now an opportunity of tak
ing up a Gentleman di'cariled by an unrightecue
ministry for the faithful dTchsrge of hi> duty,
and placing him above 1 dependance 00 their
caprice id the graceful aims bf his ipjkudina
dountrymcn.
THE fabferiber takes this, method to inform
the public, That he has moved from
the house where he has lived for feme yeart
past to the house of Capt, George Smith, fiu<
6|c on the miio road, a few rods north of the
court hodfe ; and as he has an elegant and well
accommodated house, a, also a good ftabfe,
Fitters himfelf fhail be able to wait on travel
lers, 3n. in the best manner. He allo prapo
fes to keep Boarders by the day, week er longer
time, 4 WILL/HM KNOX.
Hartford, Xpril, 2f'h, 1774.
—— = : —= --r —-— - — ,
YA/ AN ™ D °° *PP%i, Iff a Chaise and
.VV - Harotfs maker,, a healthy goodoatur'd
Lad, about 14 years old. Enquire of the Printer.
N. B. One from a diftroce will fait heft.
ALL persons having accounts of any kind
unsettled with the estate of Jamesßunce.
late of Hartford deceas'd, are desired to brio:
them in immediately to the fubferibers io order
for settlement.,.
Elisabeth Bunce, AdminifiratriT,
'James Bunce, Admixiftratot.
Hartford, April 26, 1774.
qpHlSis to desire the PHYSICIANS of the
' County of Hartford,' ;tn meet ar Mr.
Joseph .Flagg, Tavern, on Wedaefday the 27th
of April Infant, in order to. choose one, two.
or three Members, or as many as the Meeting
(hall then thick requisite, to meet the phyfieal
Conmitreei of other Counties in the Co,soy on
Elation Day, appointed at Mr. Barid Bull'c
Tavern in Hartford.
Hartford, April 18th, 1,74.
Thomas Hopkins,
HAS just receiv'd a fam AfTortmeot of
Englith GOODS, which he will fell on
the moss reafonibleTermi, at his Stere, opposite
the North Meeting- House Hartford
N. B. Tea, Indigo, Pepper, Alfpjce, &c.'
CT A Number f Articles of Intelligence pre
fared for this Day's Paper, tegetber with (eve
ral AdvettifementS) raft be omitted till MM
Weik.
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