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NEW- YORK, July 7.
^the Lady Gage, Captain. Mefnard, '-which arrived
on Saturday evening, in 8 queers from London; and
the Halifax Pacquet, Captain Boulderfon, which
arrived on Tuesday last, in 8 weeks, from Falmouth,
we have the following advices :
LONDO N, April 26.
AN order is issued for the muster and return of
all the forces in the garrisons of England,
Scotland and Wales.
The French and Spanish fleets now in the Medi
terranean are known to amount to 16 capital Ihips
of the line, besides frigates and other small vessels,
and even their merchant ships are provided for
fighting, as in time of war. The Bnglilh squadron
consists of only three 64 gun ships, one 74, and two
frigates.
A report is very current in the city, that the Spa
nish settlements at Coquimbo and Cholane in the
South Seas, have fallen into the hands of the Cliilefe
Indians, who have massacred all the Europeans.
The French niean to have two fleets this spring,
the one to rendezvous atßochfort, the other at Tou
lon. The Spaniards will also have two, the one at
Ferrol, and.the other at Carthageria. The Toulon
and Carthagena fleets are to act together, and so are
those of Rochfort and Ferrol---be awake England !
Letters from Peterfburgh mention, that 7000
seamen are ordered to be railed.
Some letters from Vienna mention, that 10,000
troops are ordered from the frontiers of Turkey to
wards Poland.
Nothing at the present conjundure, could be so
Chappy for this nation as a foreign war, which, by
uniting us against the common enemy, would Ihew us
the necessity of accommodating our domestic broils.
The Premier has hinted his desire to a Great Pef
fonage of retiring as soon as America is, by his en
deavours, brought to a state of tranquility. If this
is true, we are not likely to have a new Pri mier for
some years.
Many people have been wicked enough to insinu
ate that no offers have been made to government
for the loss the India company sustained by the tea ;
—we can contradict these assertions with truth ; for
. Messrs. Champion and Dickenfon, Haly and Hop
kins, Lane, Son, and Frazer, &c. have offered nine
ty thousand pounds to Lord North, to indemnify the
company for the loss sustained, to hold back the
Rofton bill ; but then Lord North replied, “ That
tilings were gone too far to be altered."
May 7. By the French mail which arrived yes
terday we received the following letter, dated Ver
sailles, May I.
“ The 27th ult. his Majesty being at Trianan,
was seized with a Ihivering, which was followed by
afever, violent pai,s in his head and loins, and a
tendency to vomit. The ordinary remedies were
immediately administered, and next day his Majesty
determined to be brought to Versailles. The 29th
he was twice let blood, and in the evening the small
pox made its appearance. By the help of an eme
tic which was immediately administered, the erupti
on was greatly facilitated, and made great progress
the following day. The 30th in the morning vefi
tatories were applied to his legs. And this morn
ing the eruption appears to advance favourably, and
the blisters have had the mod desirable effect. His
Majesty is ds well as can be expected in this danger
bus illness. He is in his fi'xty-fifth year.
Copjefa Letter from Dover, dated May 4, 1774.
“SIR,,
“ I have just time to inform you, that within this
hour Mr. Gordon, his Majesty’s Consul at Btuffels,
landed at this place from Calais, and brings an ac
count that the pbft liorfes are flopped throughout
France ; on' what occasion it is not known, but it is
imagined the French King is either dead, or dan
gerously ill. " lam, Sir, yours, &c.,
A private letter from Hanover mentions, that his
Britannic Majesty has ordered the city of Hamlen,
in that Electorate, to be fortified with the utmost
expedition.,
They write from Schwerin, that a great discord
has of late taken place between the Nobility and the
Duke of Mecklenburgh Schwerin, which is likely
to b°e attended with a great revolution in that'Duchy.
The Ministry are dreadfully alarmed at the late
advices from France, and apprehend that the King
es France's death will' bring on a'war between the
two crowns ; but the gentry of the army arid navy
' are all alive at the expedition cf his death. Is it
not strange that the Ministry fhonld be arteded as if
they were going to fight, and the Gentlemen of the
sword in as high spirits as if they were to come into
the Ministry !
BOST O N, July 7.
Sailed this Day for England, in the drip Cap
tain, Admiral Montague and Family.
Since our last arrived a number of transports
from Ireland, having on board the fifth and thirty
eighth regiments of foot : They are now encamped
, on the common.
Three transports are failed from hence, said to
he gone to New-York, to bring hither the regiment
<A royal Welfli Fuzileers^
Friday last arrived here from England, Vice Ad
rairalGraves, in thePrefton Man of War of 50 guns.
Several loads of wheat, -as presents from our bre
thren in the country to the poor of this place, arri
ved in town this week, and are deposited in the town
granery.
Four regiments, and a company of the royal ar
tillery, with 8 Field pieces are now encamped on
the common, one or two other regiments are soon
expected.
A guard is placed at the entrance of the town to
prevent the differtion of the soldiers.
N E-W -YORK, July 7.
Extrafl of a Letter from a Gentleman in London, to his
Friend in News-Fork, dated 25th April.
" The present great Topic and universal Inqui
ry, is, what will the Americans do new ? ’Tis ge
nerally answered,---They must submit, they can’t
possibly do otherways.---The Bolton Port bill will
speedily and effectually execute itfelf---Taking a
way the Trade, ruins every Man of Property in the
Place.---This Idea will strike such a Panics as mull
render it easy for Mr. Gage to obtain not only ample
Indemnification for the East-India Company ; but
Submission on the Part of the Bostonians, and ac
knowledgment of the Parliament’s Right to Tax
them ; Arid should the Port Bill fail in effecting all
this, a Corps de Refervo is at Hand ; a Bill ready
for the Royal Assent, new modeling their Coftituti
on and Government, which will put such a Rein in
the Minister’s Hand, as may enable him to pull
them which Way he pleases, or tear their Jaws.
Bolton, fay they, must submit, and the fame Measure
will produce the fame effect, in every refractory Co
lony. An Idea has been held up by some, of fixing
a proportionate Quota to America, of the expence
of the Navy and Army, to be levied by your own
Assemblies ; some liked, while others derided the
Scheme-^Thefe latt fay, that Miniftors of State
scorn Quotas or Proportions, every Penny the People
can bear is their only Rule in Taxation ; and when
the Americans submit, they will find it so.
" The present Exertions of Government are con
sidered as irrefutable by you. Yet, an Embargo
and retraining your Remittances, is not a little
dreaded, and their only Confidence in that Refyeri
is, That the Military will suppress your Mobs, who
alone can effect either of these. The Cloud indeed,
seems thick at present, Sed pof nubila Phoebus.”
Extraa cf another Letter dated zßth April.
" The Nation as well as Government, is now
impatiently waiting to hear how General Gage and
she Port Bill for Boston, will be received in Ame
rica, That Bill is considered as a trite Measure,
what the Confequciices of it may be, God knows ;
it is generally thought this will be the last coercive
Exertion on the Part of Great-Britain : If The fails
in this, she must strike in with you on your own
Terms, or give you up altogether ; it is not imagin
ed the other Colonies will take up the Matter, or
confider it as a general Cause, but leave Bolton to
fllift for herfelf, and then the rest of Course must
follow, and bow down with her, to every Mode of
Taxation."
Hartford,^ 12.
We hear from Canaan, that on. the 21st of fune lafi,
a large Number of the most rejpeflabk Inhabitants of that
and the neighbouring Towns, assembled together, at the
^ignof the Brazen Ball, and raiJed a Standard for
Liberty, 78 Feet high, and fixed a Scarlet Flag on the
c Fop, 15 Feet in Length, with the Words LIBERTY
and PROPERTY inscribed thereon in large Capitals.
After which they retired to Capt. Laurence's Tavern,
cohere a Number of loyal and constitutional Toujis were
drank, among which were the following, viz.
The King, The Qyeen, The Royal House of Hanover,
All Friends to America in Great-Britain, Non-Importa
tion, American Freedom, Relief to Boson, Union of the
Colonies, &r. £f>c. By the Whole of their Condu&
they endeavoured to flow that Liberty, the greatef Blef
fag,' and mes exalted Dignity of Human Nature, is the
genuine Growth of America, and flourijhes without
Cultivation even in the reniotef Corners of it. That Li
berty and Property were the darling Objects,for which;
in Concurrence with all America, they would chearfully
facrifice both their Lives and Fortunes. After the Busi
ness of the Da, was iompleated all peaceably retired. 'The
whole was conduced with the greatef Decorum. %
*#* Proceedings of the Town of Windsor, tAc. omitted
for Want cf Room.,
' to ~BT -
Cheap,for CASH, or Wes-India GOODS;
A new Dutch Waggon.
For further Particulars, enquire of
William Hosmer.
Hartford, July 12, 1,74. ,
To be Sold by the Subscriber,
the following trails of LAND, viz. Four tracts ly
ing and being in the diftridt of Hariover, in the
town of Weftmoreland, in the colony of Connecti
cut, on the east fide of the Sufquehannah river, con
taining 400 acres each, the iituation of which is so
well known that it would be needless to describe it.
One ditto in Kingstown diftri&, containing about
350 acres, situated on a public road, convenient for a
itore, tavern or farmer. One ditto in the diftri& of
Plymouth, situated on the weft fide of said Sufque
hannah river, about one mile belowNanticoak falls,
so called, in a very convenient place for a tavern or
farmer, and has an everlasting stream of water run
ning through it, very convenient for a grist or saw
mill. Likewise, one ditto lying and being in the
aforefaid diftri& of Hanover, laid out on part of a.
proprietors right, containing upwards of 390 acres.
And likewise, one ditto lying and being in Chilif
quake, on the east fide of the weft branch of faidSuf
quehannah river, containing upwards of 300 acres.
And likewise, the remainder of my proprietors right
throughout the Sufquehannah purchase, containing
upwards of 12000 acres. The abovefaid trails
or farms of land will be fold feperate, or altogether
011 the most reasonable terms, and an indisputable
ti tie given for the fame, by me, % ,
William Steuart.
Weftmoreland, 2d July, 1774.
N. B. Any person inclining to purchase the whole
or any part of the abovefaid lands, may be inform
■edof the terms by applying to Captain Lazarus
Steuart ^t fail Hanover, or by me the fubferiber in
Plymouth diftri& at Weftmoreland*.
Hezekiah Merrill,
AFot.hecary and Bookseller.
Begs Leave to acquaint the Public, that he has
received from London, a frefh Assortment of
Drugs, Medicens, Groceries, Books, &c.
And many Articles in the Stationary Way,
which are to be fold at a moderate Advance for
Cash or Credit, at his STORE at the Sign of the
Unicorn & Mortar, a few Rods South of
the Court-House in HARTFORD.
Among his Assortment are thefollowing PatentMedicins.
Turlington's original Balfom of Life,
Bateman’s perioral Drops, British Oil, Godfrey's.
Cordial, Balfom of Honey, Fraunces’ Female Elix
er, Anderson’s and Lockyer’s Pills, Hooper’s Fe
male ditto, Dr. Bateman's purging Eiixer, Daffy's
Elixir, Dr. James’s Fever Powder, &c. &c. &c.
Groceries and Stationaries.
Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, Nutmegs, Raifins,Figgs, :
Almonds, Brimstone, Rosin, Pepper, Allfpice,Gin
ger, Tamarinds, Florence Oil, Madeira, Lisbon.
and Malaga WINES, belt Velvet Corks, Copperas
Allum, Madder, Arsenic, Indigo, Paper by the
Ream or Quire, Marble Paper, Dutch Quills, Pa
tent Cake Ink, Wafers, belt Dutch Sealing Wax,
Copper-Plate Copies, Money Scales, Gynter's Scale©
and Dividers, MAPS, Prints, curious Piriures in
Glass, Fram’d, Gold Leaf, Account Books, Re
ceipt and Memorandum ditto, Ass-Skin Memoran
dum ditto, Catheters Male and Female, German
Flutes, Fifes and Twine.
Loaf Sugar by the Hundred or fingleLoaf,
belt Brown ditto, by the Barrel or smaller Quantity,
Cheshire and Glocefter Cheese, London Porter, &c.
Good Assortment of Books, consisting of
Divinity, Law, History, Phyfick, Surgery, Mid
wifry, Mifcelany, School Books, &c. &ci
Painter's Colours of all Kinds, LinfeedOil,
Varnish, Paint Brushes, &c.
*#* The above, with every Article in the Apo
thecary Way, will be fold to the Customer’s full
Satisfaction. Cash, and the highest Price will be
given at said Store for BEES-WAX, where con
stant Attendance is given, and the smallest Favours
gratefully acknowledged.
BROKE into my Palture about a Fortnight since,
a brown Mare Colt, 2 Years old. The Owner
is desired to prove his Property, pay Charges, and
take her away. , Asahel Smith.
Suffield, July 11, 1774.
THOSE perlons inclined to fettle the lands on the
Miffifippi,(faid to be the fineft inAmerica)now
in reserve for the company of military adventurers,
may have an opportunity of going in a good vessel,
(if applied for soon) which will fail from Middle
town, about the firit of September next, terms for
freight and Passengers will be as easy as possible,
for the encouragement of settlers, for further par
ticulars enquire of John Elsworth, who is going;
passenger in said vessel.., ~
. Middletown, July 6th, 1774/
To be fold at public Vendue to
the highest bidder, a comfortable old fafliion dou
ble house with a kitchen the back fide, and a good
barn with convenient dabbling, and a good ffiop
convenient for a tradfman, together with about 30
acres of land, properly divided into mowing, plow
ing and pasturing, together with an orchard Ind
many other conveniences,---the whole situate within
about a mile weft of the court-house in Hartford,
was lately improved by Caleb Turner, said vendue
to begin at 2 o’clock' in the afternoon on the firlt
Wedhefday in August next, at the dwelling-house
of Moses Butler innholder in said Hartford. The
terms of sale will be known at the time.
Hartford, July nth 1774.