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A letter from Paris fay^, the precautions which
are now taking for the fafety of the King's person,
octafion many cohjedures.
Orders are sent down to Gofport for the Thames
frigate to be immediately fitted for America.
The Falkland sloop of war, which was ordered
for the Weft-Indies, is since ordered to America.
It is confidently asserted, Lord Chatham is to be
head of the rainiftry before Christmas, administra
tion being obliged to come into his terms, viz.
The sole Guidance of Affairs; as it is found by expe
rience, the prefect Administration have not only
loft the confidence of the people at home, but have
caused the alienation of a great number of his
Majesty's American fabjefts; both which griev
ances, it is exposed, will be redressed, and a
per fed reconciliation brought about by that experi
enced Statesman.
A correspondent observes, that taking it for grant
ed, that the English Parliament have a right to tax
the people of America, when and how they please,
yet there seems something tyrannical in condemn
ing men unheard, that it is but just and reasona
ble, while bills are depending in parliament, re
lating to them, that they should be heard by their
agents and council, and that nothing should be
done to effect their interests, without their hav
ing an opportunity of shewing every objection,
hardship, inequality, or injustice that might at
tend it. °
All the ships Rationed on the Newfoundland
coast, are ordered to fail for Boston, without com
ing home.
Nov. 8. A Lord of the Admiralty, who has
been known by the name of the Cream-coloured
Favourite, is reported to have cut his throat yes
terday. We do not vouch for the truth of this
report.
It is said, among other reports of a certain rash
adion, that the unhappy suicide (Cream-coloured
Bradshaw) had frequently declared, that he should
never live to fee Wilkes Mayor of London, or mem
ber for Middlesex; and he would be hanged if
gat object of court hatred should be either.
Nov. 7. Yesterday a full board of Admiralty was
held, at the breaking up of which, orders were
given for ten Lore large ships to be built with the
utmost expedition. Expresses were sent to these-
Veral dock-yards on the occafibn.
When the marines get to Boston, the number
of forces within that diftrid will amount to about
6,500 men.
The Clerks in the Plantation Office have been
employed for this fortnight past in copying letters
which passed between the Governor of New-Eng
land, and Lord Dartmouth, to be laid before the
PrivyCouncil,previous to the meeting ofParliament.
Orders are feht to Ireland, for two regiments on
that establishment to be in readiness to embark on
the firft notice for North-America.
Orders have been given from the Admiralty of
fice, for all the guard ships at Portsmouth and
Plymouth, to be compleated to their full number
of men.
Betts were laid on Saturday night at a coffee
houfe in the neighbourhood of St. James's, of three
to two, that the American arts will be totally repeal
ed by rtew-years day next.
A dorm is gathering in a frefh quarter on the con
tinent: The late treaties between Russia and Hun
gary, are a convincing proof of the instability of
foreign faith, and the most ardent promises.
We hear, that among the many regulations in
tended by a Great Personage, to co-operate with
the new Parliament, is the following: “ That nd
man whatfoeyer (hall enjoy at a time more than one
civil or military commandin the kingdom." By this
constitutional regulation, the ambition and avarice
of those who are adding place to place, and sinecure
to,finecure, will be cropped.
Nov : 5. Preparations are making at Lord Bute's
house in South Audley-ftreet, as his Lordship sets
out the beginning of next month for the south of
France.
NEW-YORK, (Tburjaay) January ty.
'^J Captain Fowler, in four Days from South Carolina,
we have the following Advices from England.
L ONDO N, Nov.!.
^HE Courts of France and Spain seem very jea
lous of the naval and military force sent lately
ta America, as if it were lent for other motives
than barely of bringing the Bostonians to reason.
It is confidently asserted, that a scheme is in agi
tation, for putting a final stop to the exportation of
corn from any of the ports of North-America to
France, Spain, Portugal, or any part of the Afri
can coast.
Inftru&ions were sent a few days since to our am
bassador at Paris, to request the French ministry to
take proper methods for preventing the ships and ves
sels of that nation from carrying on a contraband
trade in any of the ports in America.
Last week large quantities of falt-petre were de
livered from the tower, to the matters of the pow
der mills who arc under central for government
service.
PHILADELPHIA, January
Extrad of a letter from London, November 11.
" Our Parliament was suddenly dissolved about
fix weeks since, and it was thought a great Manoeuvre
in the Mihiftry ; as, by their being previously in the
secret, they had the dart of the popular party---and
I must fay it has, in some fort, answered their pur
pose : For, by all appearances, they will have as
great a majority in this House, as they had in the
last, and so we must wear our chains for another se
ven years. I hope you have more virtue in Ameri
ca, and I recommend you to exert it, and not depend
on the hypocrisy of our Ministry.---
Extras of another letter front London.
e We are at present in a dreadful fufpence, con
cerning the fate of America,--! could wish that the
Americans would prepare for the worst,& not depend
on any favourable alteration from hence, as I can
fee no symptoms of that fort. Lord Hillfborough will
certainly iucceed Lord Dartmouth, and cur new
Parliament, to the present appearance, will be as ve
nal and as fond of arbitrary measures as the old."
NEW-Y OR K, January I^.
By Capt. Schermerhorn, in a ihort Passage from
Charles- Town, S. Carolina, we learn that the peo
ple there are unanimous in aftrid compliance with
the measures recommended by the continental con
gtas, and that at a general sessions there, for the dif
tridof Camben, on the sth of Nov. thejudge gave
a very remarkable patriotic charge to tlie grand jury,
explaining, and strongly recommendjng the main
tenance of their rights and freedom. Some Courtly
judges, he said, file tbemfelves the King's ferrants ; a
file that Jounds barjhly in my ear, as, being a servant,
implies obedience to a mafter —but for my part, in my ju
dicial capacity, I know no master but the law, and am a
servant, not to the King, but to the confutation, (Sc.
'he grand jury, among other presentments---pre
sented as a grievance of the most dangerous .id a
larming nature, the power exercised in the British
Parliament, to tax and make laws, to bind the A
merican colonies, in all cases whatsoever, &c. Re
turn their most rcfpedful thanks to the judge, for
his charge, and desire his leave to publish it together
wi^n the addrefies thereon, to him, from two grand
juries of the diftri&, and the petty jury, all which
concur in the fame sentiments, and express their de
termination never to submit to the parliamentary
Claims.'
John Collins lately arrived from Philadelphia, gives
the following remarkable account of himfelf, viz.
" I John Collins, aged 29 years, born in Chapel
street, in the city of New-York, bound an appren
tice to the sea, used the English trade, went from
London to Holland, failed from thence with Capt.
Van Giltz, on a forced trade; we were attacked
by an Algerine corsair, and after an engagementof
7 and half glasses, and having 8 men killed, were
taken, carried into Algiers and made flares. We
were in the day time allowed to go out, and al
lowed victuals for our work; at night, we were al
ways locked up. - ---- Our usual Work
was to carry stones and other materials for building,
and to attend the workmen employed on their forti
fications. After living near 2 years in this manner, 75
of these flaves,among whom were myfelfCapt.Giltz
and several of our company, made an attempt to
escape, on board a galley, in which we embarked
and put out to' sea; but our flight being soon
difeovered, we were pursued, and by the time
we had failed r 6 miles were overtaken, secured
and brought back. We were all tried before the
Dey himfelf, by whom we were Sentenced to various
kinds of puniihments, which were executed upon
most of us immediately, without the lead regard to
the intercessions of the English Consul who used all
his intereftin our behalf. Two men belonging to
Newport Rhode Island, viz John Spencer, aged
about thirty-seven, and William Owen, aged a
b°ht 33, were sentenced to have their tongues cut
out, which was done by firft suspending them by the
hair of their heads, then seizing their tongues by
pincers, drawing them out, and with a hooked knife
cutting them off near the root# Capt. Giltz was
condemned to die by an instrument called the Maid;
we most of us tinderftood enough of the language to
know our sentences, but they were explained to us
by some in waiting, who spoke English and by the
Consul. The Capt. knew he was to die, but not
exactly the manner ofhis death. A wooden figure
curiously dressed, like a woman was introduced and
approached him, seemingly as if going to kiss him,
immediately he was pressed in her arms till the blood
gushed out of his mouth, nose, ears, &c. &c. at the
fame time two darts issued out of her brca(Q intend
$ I he town of Savanna, the metropolis of the pro
vince of Georgia, at a full meeting of the inhabi
tants, have appointed Delegates to attend the Ge
neral Congrels in May next, and it is not doubted
but every county in the province will follow th^
example.
We have received an account from very credible
authority, that the Emperor of M@roccb has declar
ed war against the King of Spain.
D fT"' Cf"^) January 16.
„ f'f''°" °J January infant the following me!an
and extraordinary accident happened at Cheferfeld
in tae county of Hafyire, near the bofe of Deacon Tap
pers oj that place, as a man so falling 'a tree near the
^falling, a tra Q r
told him he had better leave chopping, f cr foe a
fey coming with two women and a childin it, viz. The
C f° D "™ el Reed> a " d tbe ^of his fa Mri
" ^ "^ ^ months old, all of
Number-Five ih thdt county, who were going on a vi/it
to A%t% in the county of Plymouth, upon which th
man left chopping, and walked on the road to meet them,
fa 3 !. '° """ " "'""' tbe m «" ^^ back t 0
A I ™" ""' danger, but notperceiving any till the
fey had got just where he fagofed the tree wuld fall,
" agoing, and called to the women to drive
on their forfes, but they moving but fowly, the tree fell on
the women, by which the child was infantly killed, th
young married woman expired in half and hour, and the
old lady in about two hours after t—The btfand of the
young woman and one of his brethren were present at
the melancholy feene.
elto penetrate his heart, but tt was fafafo did
not, for he lived two minutes and a half. I under
hood my sentence to be death, but of a most painful
and lingering kind, and would gladly have died by
the fame terrible embrace as the Captan : but ac
cording to my sentence 1 was hung up by a hook
thr& the fleihy part ofmy arm,'above the
bow and a (pike driven through the thick part of
e^ed,to hang in torture,
till death should relieve mc---but aftef hanging
minutes, the flehi and ligaments of my arm gave
way and broke thro'and also those of my thumb
as " iy , We T lght came to bear u P° n it, and l fell
to the ground; I was then s e ized and fattened to a
chine called a rack, where I underwent excruci
ating tortures, had my collar bone and all my ribs
broken except two. After this, I was cruelly dis
membered and then delivered to the furgeons.' By
these gentlemen [ was treated with great (kill, hu-
A 1™:" m#r wounds and hurts were
ca,efully dressed and attended, till, in about fix
months I vyas thought capable of work; Two gal
leys were fitted out,and I was among the number of
slaves sent to row them ; we were chained four to each
bar. After several erhifes, we were taken by two
Men of war of Malta, and carried into Leghorn,
from the time we were taken .by the Midtefe, we
were used Wl th ^ th^endernefs we might have
° ur f ? ends and relations. The English
Consul soon prodded pafr for 53 to Great Bri
'' '^ a % and f ° r J° hn Spencer, William
Owen, afyfelf, to Philadelphia; whc , e w e ar
117th D V of December, in
the flap Rebecka, Capt. .Watfon.Spencer and O^en
were well known at Philadelphia, from whence they
are not yet arrived. We were theie kindly treated,
NT c , ontrib „ on was raised to fupnort me to
e , Y "iT a ' "e;" 0 ^ Governor Penn paid my
pfo to New-York, and when I wentto pay Mr.
Mercereau, he generously returned one half of the
money,"
For some time past We have observed a number of dim,
malicious paragraphs ,nde x tr a as of letters in Rivingtorfs
paper, publifad at New-York, greatly misrepresenting the
pi oceedirtgs of this town and the provincial Congrejs, and
diming to place its in a disagreeable point of light with
ourfyler colonies, and to deceive this people into an appre
benfon that the inhabitants of New-York were particular
ly inimical to New-England men, looking upon them to be
hypocrites, independents, republicans, perfautors, and what
not. It is now well known, and we have ground to af
jertf that these paragraphs, extras, ^c. are the offspring
of a little junto of hireling profitutes placed under the com
mand of an unsavory high flying Jacobite Brief, who
fometimefince came to this town in order to fcttlea plan
with their brethren here, for dividing the colonies and
rendering abortive the wife and falutcuy reflations and
recommendations of the ever to be revered Continental Con
gress for the recovery of our rights and saving its from the
most abjea fattry; as also to agree %tbe ^ the junto
was to receive while in the service of Dr.'&ufus and
the Devil. But we have the very great pleafare to afire
the goodpeople of this province, that this junto and their
performances are held in as much contempt by the citizens:
of New-York, as are Pbilanthrop and other their fellow
labourers in this province, by the inhabitants of Boson.
From the fontbern papers we learn, that agreeabi &
the recommendation of the grand council of g^ttica, the
federal colonies as Jar as Georgia, qu^e jo^inuinr their
': e »°"'{°: tbe relief of thepoor fuftrcri 1, the execra
ble For t-BilL—What can better manifeft th^ union of the
colons and their firm affeflion for and fafab, ^
each other, than these donations, or place in a morefrikino
point of light the inhumanity of that parliament, which
has madefuch large and diflant charities akflute) necessa
ry to perjerve thousands of the inhabitants from farming !
By late letters from London aad frifol, the people in
these cities are extremely enraged at the measures pursuing
cgainji America, feme of which letters intimate, that if.
the miniftertal plans are not changed for the better, th'
' 'h^e will net be fuffirM to, ted.