The New-England chronicle — Boston [Mass.], 1776-07-04 00:00:00, page 4

LONDO N, March 5.
H OUSE of LORDS.
LORD Lyttleton urged the provocation
given by the Americans, in leizing our
provinces, burning our towns, and defying our
forces ; his Lordihip also attacked the Duke
of Grafton, and said, he wondered at the want
of consistency in the noble Duke, who was him
felf the firebrand that lighted up the flames that
now consume both Great-Britain and America,
as the adt that firft gave rife to the dispute pall
ed when he prelided at the Treasury board.
Lord Lyttleton concluded with faying, that the
dignity of Great-Britain was at stake, and that
America muff be taught fubmiflion.
The Duke of Gratton rose to clear himfelf
from the charge made by Lord Lyttleton, and
called upon several of the Lords now in admi
nistration to deny it ; that he and the Lord
who held the seals when the tea a& palled, both
opposed the measure, but were over-ruled in
the cabinet ; he did not fee that they deserved
any great blame, as government took off is.
a pound on the expoit duty, and laid only 3
pence, by which means the Americans were
relieved from a tax of 9 pence in the pound.
Lord Camden followed the Duke of Graf
ton, and after corroboiating what his Grace
had said refpe&ing the tea a&, he enquired in
what light the treaties on the table were to be
considered ; were they to be deemed treaties of
alliance or treaties of subsidy, or did admi
nrfti ation confidcr them as mixtures of both?
They contained, he said, . 1 the main, an agree
ment of Great-Britain to pay the Landgrave of
Hefie, the Prince of Anhalt, and the Duke of
Brunswick, so much money for furnishing so
many men, and they were fprinklcd with cer
tain pompous phrales of alliance ; but did they
assign a reason for any alliance ? Was HelFe
concerned in our quarrel with America ? Was
she inclined from fear of being attacked by
America to begin firft, and thence found it her
political interest to join us ? No—there was not
a shadow of fact to prove such a suggestion.
The clauses of mutual alliance were therefore
founded on fallacy, and the treaties were clearly
mere treaties of subsidy. After this fort of
felf-queftion and answer, hisLordfhip declared,
that the Hessian troops, who were to be em
ployed against America, were mercenaries in
the truest and worst sense of the word ; and he
then gave a long and dreadful description of
the many difficulties and dangers which might
arise to this country from the employment of
hirelings, who flood recorded as troops not to
be trulfed : who, as Sir Walter Raleigh de
scribed them in the history of the world, were
“ seditious, unfaithful, disobedient, devourers
and destroyers of all places and countries
whereunto they are drawn ; as being held by
• no other bond, than their own commodity.
Yea, that whicli is most fearful among fitch
hirelings is, that they have often, and in time
of greatest extremity, not only refufed to fight
in their defence who have entertained them,
but revolted unto the contrary part, to the ut
ter ruin of those princes and states that have
trusted them."
After enforcing this quotation by a variety
of probable conclusions, his Lordship wentin
to a comparison of the riches of Great-Britain
and America ; he said, gold and silver were
merely commodities ; that they were not entitled
to the name of wealth; that they wore only va
luable in trinkets and trifles to decorate places
and great men's houses, but that the produce and
indußry of a country conftitured its real afflu
ence ; that we had, by our fatal measures of
late years, rooted out of America, that luxury
which was our surety, and which preserved
them to us ; we had taught them industry and
thrift; the very arts which ourfo^cfathers wifely
aimed at keeping them ignorant of, we had
obliged them to learn ; we had sent then! ne
cessity, the true Minerva, the great mistress of
invention ! and they had for some time been
fuccefsfully studying under her auspices. They
now lived frugally, and wore tlieir own manu
factures, glorying more in their rough clothes
and fluff gowns, than in the gorgeous two hun-.
dred pound dresses of our nobility ; they were
therefore essentially rich; and they would equal
us in currency, as loon as a specie not liable to
be counterfeited could be difeoverej. His
Lordfllip begged to know the cause ofthe quar
rel with America, and the obje& of the war.
Was not the one the right of taxation^ and was
not the other a war of conquest ? If so, how in
expedient ? How ruinous the prefect treaties ?
HEREBY gives Notice to those
who are indebted to him for News-Pa
pers, that he muff infill upon what is due to
him from every Curtomer, both former and
latter, tor the Papers, &c. they have received of
him, until the 9th Day of May Lail—to which
Time he only was engaged to the Printers, and
that unless they pay him within three Weeks,
they mult expect that he will call upon them as
loon after as may, in a more disagreeable Man
ner.
Did any Lord imagine that America would lay
down her arms till ihe was vanquished, and
when conquered, what was she but a slave ?—
Why not then treat witli her before these mer
cenaries are landed, the very news of whose
coming, in all probability would render recon
ciliation impracticable ? It would surely be un
reafopable and absurd to expert that America,
who had been forced to take up arms in her
own defence, would lay them down before flie
treated witli Great-Britain. His Lordship
wifhed,thatCommiffioners,properly empowered,
had been sent to the Congress, the requisitions
of America might then have been leaint, their
reasonableness proper y considered, and the fa
tal quarrel happily terminated. As the case
now flood, who could lay when the dispute
would end, or how we were to maintain, it
another year ! In the last war the expence of
the firft year was two millions, in the course of
fix years it grew into twelve millions. The ex
pence of the present year was ten millions, and
where was the extraordinary iupply for the
next year to be raised ? We were taxed already
almost beyond bearing, and his Lordship knew
not where another tax could be laid. After
descanting with great eloquence on the fatal
confequencts which would probably follow the
present measures, his Lordship investigated the
different conduct ofßome and Carthage rcfpe&-
ing their colonics, and shewed that no advan
tage could be derived to the mother country
from fitch colonists as were deprived of their
freedom, and ruled with tyranny anddefpotifm.
N. B. Those who do not live on the Road,
would do well to leave their Money where they
have usually received their Papers.
Shutfbury, June 25, 1776.
Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay.
Treasurer's Office, June 22, 1776.
THE delinquent Constables and Collec
tors of the several Towns within this Colony,
for the Years 1769, to 1774 inclusive, are hereby
notified and directed immediately to pay theTreafurer
of this Colony the Sums due fiom them respectively,
as Collectors or Constables for said Years, otherwile
Executions will issue against them, agreeable to Order
of the General Assembly. H. GardnEß, Treasurer.
CREAM coloured WARE.
Now opening for Sale, by
WILLIAM SHERBURNE,
At his Store in Kilby Street,
Next the Bunch of Grapes Tavern, Boston,
A large and elegant Ass riment
of Cream coloured W ARE;
Confining of the greatest \ r ariety of
Plates,
Dishes,
'I urreens,
Cups and Saucers, > , . - ,
Tel Pots, ? P^n, fluted
5 enamelled,
Sugar Diffies,
Cream Pots,
Wafli Bafons and Guglets.
With many other Articles.
Wholesale and Retail Cheap.
Where also may be had,
A few English GOODS.
SOME Time last June, was left
at Medford, a handsome Pair of Andirons. It
it supposed said Andirons were taken our of a
House at Charleftown by some ofthe Army.—
The Owner, by applying to Timothy Newbal!, of
Medford, and paying the Charges, may have
them again.
To be L ET,
A Tenement, in good Repair,
well situated, near the Center of the Town ;
also genteel Boarding for a Gentleman.
Inquire of the Printers.
SILENT WILD E,
SAMUEL SELLON, Farrier,
WOULD inform his Friends and Custo
mers, that he has removed from the
Country into the fame House he formerly lived
in, opposite the Hon. Judge Cushing's, in
Bromfield's-Lame; where he carries on Farriery,
Shoeing, and keeping for Horses.
• A Tenement to let to a small Family in said
Bromfield's Lane.
Colony of the Mafachufetts-Bay, Plimoutb, ff.
LIBELS arc filed before me
against the Brigantine called the FANNY, bur
tb?n about 75 Tons, commanded by Richard Blythe.
And againJl the Schooner PEGGY, burthen about
90 Tons, commanded by Samuel Gilflone ; which
Vessels are said to have been improved in carrying
Supplies to the Fleet and Army employed againJl the
United Colonies, and taken and brought into the
Counties of Plimoutb and Briflol. And the Court
crested to try and condemn all Vessels that Jball be
found infefiing the Sea Coast qf America, and
brought into either of the Counties of Plimoutb,
BarnJlable, Brigol, Nantucket or Dukes-Counties.,
will be held at Plimoutb, on Friday, the gtb Day
of July, 1776, at the Hour of Ten in the Forenoon,
to try the Justice of the said Captures ; of which
this Notice is given pursuant to the Laws of the
Colony aforefaid, to all Persons claiming Property
in said Teffels or Cargoes, or any Ways concerned
therein, that they may appear and Jbew Cause (if
any they have) why faidVeffels with their Cargoes
and Appurtenances fbould not be condemned.
N. CUSHING, Judge of said Court.
TEN DOLLARS Reward.
STOLEN from the Store of
the Subferiber, in Butler's Row, the following
Articles, viz.
1 fine white Breeches Pattern, silk.
2 pair coloured flk Stockings.
1 piecefoie Holland & loyardsfne lrjb Linen.
I piece fine plain Lawn.
12 yards figured Dimity.
3 dozen black Barcelona Handkerchiefs, and a
Number of Womens EugliJb black ruffell Shoes.
Whoever will apprehend the Thief or Thieves,
Jlxill receive the above Reward with hearty Thanks.
WILLIAM ALLE N.
THERE are in the Hands of Na
than Brown,Keeper of theGaol, inSalem, thefollow
ing Articles,to wit,fourPieces of fineLinen,a final
Remnant of Linen, Jundry Bundles ansi Papers of
Metal Buttons, three Pair of large Money Scales,
one Pair of small ditto in a Box, one Pair of plated
Spirs, one Pair of large Jilver-waJbcd Candle
flicks, qfnuff Boxes, 2 Inkhorns, and a fmallPiece
of patch Work.—The Owner or Owners may have
them again, describing the Marks, and paying the
Charges that have arisen about them.—They were
found by Mr. Brown in the Packs of two Conti
nental Soldiers committed to said Gaol on Suspicion
of Theft, soon after the Retreat of the Troopsfrom
Boston, and have remained in his Hands ever face,
being forgotten to be advertised till now.
Salem, June 17, 1776.
DESERTEDfromCapt. Nile's
Company, in Col. Phinn'ey's Regiment, on the 22d
Infant, one John Brown, an IriJbman, about 50
Years old, talks broken Englijb, of a sandy Com
plexion, wears his own Hair; about Jive Feet fix
Inches high,tadon when he went away a light colour
ed Soldier's Coat, turned up with white, a purplifo
coloured Rifle Frock. Whoever will take up paid
Soldier, and bring him to his Company, Jball have
Two Dollars Reward, and all necessary Charges.
"To te SOiJfrr'cTiA^El?^^
A SLOOP, burthen 82 Tons,
lying in Dighton River ; also a Cargo of bhh, and
suitable Lumber for the Weft India 1 i,de. Inquire of
Thomas Paddock, of Middleborough.
To be SOLD, by
THOMAS HARRIS and Company,
Next Door Northward of Mr. Benjamin Church's,
in Newbury-Street,
SHOE and Knee Chaps, Hair Pins, Jack
Knives per dozen, plated Shoe and Knee
Buckles per ditto, silver Sleeve Buttons, Stock
Euckles, Broaches, brass Ink Pots per dozen,
Shoe Knives, Awl Blades, Shoe Tacks, Chest
Locks, small Files, Ivory Combs per dozen, Silk
Handkerchiefs per dozen, Threads, Needles per
Hundred, Fiddle Strings of all forts, Pocket
Books, Nutmegs, Mace, Cloves, Cinnamon,
Halins, Caloes, Buckle Brushes, Mens black
Hose, blue Baize, Linen Handkerchiefs, Knee
Straps, Scissors.