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LONDON, September ,
LONDON ASSOCIATION.
Globe Tavern, Fleet Street, Augußny.,
Refolded,
THAT this Association, duly feofiblc of the many bkfaa
we enjoy from the Revolution and Aceeffon, to which un
der God, we owe the free Confutation of our Country, will ofe
ear bed and mod unwearied endeavours to extend and transmit
to our posterity their excellent principles and conferences ; and
that wo will embrace every opportunity to evince cur zeal, af
fection and fidelity to his present Majefty,Khrg George the Third,
and his Re,al Family, for whose honor and fafety, whilst we
manifeft the bigheft regard, we hold the trued concern for the
freedom,peace and welfare of the who'eßritifhEmpite ; convive
ed that under aPrince of theHoofe of Branfwick we only can be
"free, and at the fame time resolutely determined that under a
Prince of the House of Branfwick we will be free.
'Refolded, It is the opinion of this Afociatiun, that Proclama
Sons Lave never been considered as Laws of the Land, and tho
freequcntly issued under the arbitrary Reigns of the Stuarts, to
serve the abominable designs of despotism, unlefe direGed b,,nd
enforcing the Law, were opposed and refited by our forefathers,
as violent infringements on the Liberties of the people of Eng
land.
• Refolded, That the present high price of the neceffiries of
life, the decay of trade, and confcquent distresses of the indufto
eus poor, those weft ufeful members of the flare, demand < ur test
consideration, that Peace may no longer be the parent of Poverty
and Misery, inhead of the source of richer and happiness.
Revived, That as it is declared by the Bill of Rights (Art.
V.) that it is the Right of the SubjeG to petition, we will ofe
pur bell endeavours to bring to the Jufiice of their Country thole
men who have prevented the cries of the nation from being heard
by his Majesty, and conicqucotly their milcries and complaints
from being redrefed,
Resolved, That if any Dejcendar.ts of those itiufiricus Noble
men, who by their undaunted and zealous endeavour, brought
about the glorious Revolution, and effected the Accession (hall de
termine to join this Affociatton, for the great purposes of confix
tutional Freedom and national Happiness we wilt pay due regard
to their Rank and Birth, though we (had always keep their zeal
for the Public Cause, and their uniform fopport of the Prieci
pies and Proceedings of their gallant and patriotic Aoccurs,
forewfi in our view, our gratitude, and rrfped.
Signed and published by Order,
THOMAS JOEL, Secretary.
The toaH of the day is, the London Association, and may
their examples be followed all over the kingdom, as well as their
endeavours prove effectual.
The much admired portrait of JOHN HANCOCK, Esq;
President of the American Congress, is fold at No 4. Middle
Row, Holburn, price §s. engraved in Mezzotinto by Mr, Smith,
from an original pi&ute, printed by J Copeley of Botton.
LONDO N,
Sept, 5. The principles of the Afficiation, which is now the
topic of conversation, we are assured are thoje of the true Whigs,
who brought about the glorious Revolution, ana effeGed the acceffi
on of the present illustrious family to the Throne of the/e rea ms.
When the whole comes to be explained, which it mull be to a fro
days, we make no doubt but the members will fiand exculpated
from tho/e infamous injinuations, which hive been thrown cut a
gainfl them by the ministerial writers in the morning papers.
For the honor of the King, the preservation of religion, and our
excellent constitution, the revival of trade, and the glory and hap^
pinefs of the whole empire, ASSOCIATIONS are forming in
various parts of this kingdom. One is now aGuaU, formed at
Newcafte The afociations are to have reciprocal communicati.
one with each other ; and for that purpose committees of corref
pen denee are appointed.
WILLIAMSBURG, November 10.
We hear,from very good authority,that the miniflerial fquadroo
loft 21 of their complement in their late attack upon Hampton,
fef&s the 7 prisoners who were taken.
Ye&erday about one o'clock the King Fisher sloop of war, and
three tenders, came up to Burwell's ferry, nod feot off a boat to
heard a foil! vrffel lying near the Chore, but the boat's crew be
fog fired upon by the rifle guard Rationed at that place, they im
mediately tacked about, and made for the ship The (hip and
tenders then began a heavy cannonading, and one fix pourer
went through the Rorehoofe at the water fide ; many of the (hot
likewise hit the ferry house, in which was a large family. Pro
videntiaify, however, no person was hurt ; either thro, or abcut
three hours afterwards, when they began a second cannonading,
and fired three or four broadsides. They new lie before the
ferry snihare pot dared Race to come near the nffd io shore.
9n Sasday hft 70 fine riflemen arrived at the camp, u^d^r
the command cl Captain Fountaine: The fame day came in ic®
minutemen from Chefterfidd, and companies have been arriving
almost every day finer.
The North Carolina people, it is laid, are ready to join us at
a moment's warning, their forces being all complete, Some peo
ple fay. that 6co es them under Col. Howe, are not far from^
certain bor t^h, to be ready to join any of cur troops that may
be lent to that glace.
Nov 17. Colonel Henery received sb expiefs yeflerday
morning with the following intelligence, viz. that Lord £un.
rci e bavin, received advice that about 200 of the Princess Anne
Militia, were on their march to join the troops defined for the
prote^ton of the lower parts of the country, marched from Nor
folk Ml To-day about one o'clock P M. with about 350 mto,
evnfifii g of Regular foldiets, tailors, runaway negroes, abd To
riet, to intercept them ; who, not having the Icaft intelligence of
his Lordfirp approach, were obliged to engage under every dif
adrsotage both as to the enemy's superiority in point of number,
and the fixation of the ground, being hemmed in by a fence,
our people fought a considerable time, and it is thought did great
execution, but were at last overpowered, and forced to retreat,
with the loft of Mr John Ackifs, in rhe minute service, killed
on the spot ; and Col Joseph Hutchins, and ene Mr. Williams,
wounded, who were taken piifoners, with feveo others. Ihe
pub ic, no doubt, will be exceedingly incenled on finding that
Lord Dunmore bar taken into his service, the ver, feum of the
country, to iffift him in his diabolical schemes, against the good
peopleof this government all well attached to his Msjcfty,but
mortal rn roles to his ministry and th ir subordinate tools ; but
it is hoped bis fpherc of mifehiaf will soon be circumferibed witb
ij narrow bounds, as Col Woodford, wih about 800 as brave
troops as the world can prepuce, are new on their march toNor
fo k, and, fhculd his Lore'ffiip incline to give them battle, we
bare not the fsnallefl doubt will give a very fatisfadory account
01 him.
PHILADELPHIA, November 22
We bear a gentleman io New Jersey having occasion to pull
down an old bsro. from the earth under it, collected upwards
cf forty pounds of good felt petre.
As it is proved to a demonstration that the loose dirt, and tor
one or two inches below it, of all the cellars in this city and
country. wiJ produce silt petre, it behoves every one to try to
procure the sane. , ,
On Friday lift Major Stopford and either officers, with their
hand of mofic. taken at Chamblee, arrived at Trenton, in New-
Jersey, where they are to remain prisoners of war, till exchanged.
EXTRACTS of several Letters brought by Cat Robbins, in the
Schooner Two Sifters, late, feivd by an armed vefrl in the
service of the United Co lonies.
Published by Order of the Congress.
Charles Thompson, Sec.
Extras of a setter from a gentleman in Corke to an officer in Bof
ton. dated Augufl I, 1,75
6 MY imagination cannot point out the extreme uneafioefs of
your friends and relations here, at the very difagteeable situation
you are in. Your letter of the ,th of July last has b^co force
coofolation, as by it find you and family were well. God pro
tc& you is all I can fay, and to affare you of our heatty wilhca
that a (peed, and happy reconciliation may take place. I pro
mise you we are not a little alarmed here, for when all out troops
are gone the rabble here, 'tis dreaded, will take advantage, and
commit disorders of every kind. I fee, from the War Office 31
battalions are to go to you in the spring, each to confix of 12
companies of 60 privates miking 22 000 men. Shocking
work it is ! e „
' As to year private affairs, tbefe bad times, I will venture to
give you my opinion . • First, take great care to what cfficeis you
give year money, at these gentlemen's Lills ofteper prove bad
than otherwise, and as they are more liable to death than others,
at this time, you could never recover (houd any of the bills go
back protefled. In the next place as you muftbe in a mofisy
m^king wry and as affairs are io, at best, a very precarious
Giuation, you fhou'd make lodgments cf what you cho spare, and
as faft ar ycu can in London : This is what I would do, was I
in your 6 'nation.'
A lift of the Battadicw inclofed in the above letter. $
' 31 battlions to compose the American army la the Spring of
1776 ; each to confid of 12 compan es of 60 rank and file, ma
kieg 22 320 men, v : z. 4'h. 5 h 6th. 7th, ^h, loth, 14th,
1 sth, 16th 17th, 2zL 231 26 b, 27th, 28th, „'h, 37th,
38^ 40 h 4 2d, 43d, 44 r h 45 h 46^ 47th, 49% pdjph
633, 64 h 65th. The 18 h and 59 hto return home.
't Six battaisos of Hanoverians 3 to Gibraltar and 3 to Mr
norca t Thr;e regiments to te urn home from Gibraltar, and two
from Minorca.
(The remainder of these letters mH be emitted ttA next week )