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[April, M.DCC,LXXI^DUMBER 486.]
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NE W; YORK, Apri, 14.
Tuefe, Morning arrived the Lord Hyde Pac
'ket "Boat, Capt. Jefferies, in 8 Weeks and 4
Bafrfrom Falmouth, by whom me have the
London Papers to the fb of February, co*,
gaining the following Advices.
X O N D O N, fan 30
THE Polly, Capt. Ayres, is jofl arrived at
Dover, returned from North America,
with tea.' On her arrival at Philade'phia, the
inhabitants informed the Captain, that they
would not fuffer him either to land or enter his
cargo at the Gaftom House.
>lt is said that the tea thrown into the sea,
at Button, is valued at 18,000! at is. 61 per
pound. ;The whole feat to America is said to
be about 300 oobh worth, which is returning
home, not being fuftred to be landed.
It is given out, and believed,that Administra
tion will enforce the duty upon tea io America.
Jf they intend to be coofiftent, there is no other
line of coodu& for them to putfue. Many of
the principal perlons now in office opposed as
yigoroufly as possible the repeal of the Stamp
ma therefore they cannot adopt those principles
which they so recently condemned io others.'
On the other hand, a spirited attempt to egari
obedience, will, without doubt, bring the dis
pute to a decision. +
The dispute whhAmerict is now become
more serious than ever. It is reduced to the
decisive queftioo, Whether the right of taxation
be here or there ? There is no medium which
can be adopted with honour or fifety on either
fide.: No problem of expediency can now be
started ; for,the opposition in America is not
the font levied, but to the right of levying it.l
Extrafi 0/ a Letter from Portfmoutb, Jan. 2^
; “ bailed the Ruffian fbet, under the com
mind of Admiral Grieg,for the Mediterranean ?
^lfo failed frith theta the Betty, Sroenfon,
and Rockingham, Hammend,tranfports io theif
fervicc, and the Dispatch cutter, Boymao,a
tender on the fl:et."
Feb. 2. Mr. Weddr/buro's attack upon Drz
Franklin, and the Americans, before the Privy
Council on Saturday lift w.s gross, brutal, and:
vulgar. However, all the runners and ten's of
the Court dry it up as a most excellent perform
ance. This Clodius of rite bar produced no
ha or argumert ; ail w;s rant rhapsody and
declamation against the Agent, for having done
his duty. pr. Franklin did toot (peak Mr.
Dunning replied to Mr Wedderburn : He did
not fully approve of the repeal of th< Gimp ari.
From his fpcech there seemed ground for fufpi.
cion, that Lord Shelburn's party are erdeevour
iing to make fair weather at St. James'r : &
Cornwall's pension was an earlier and ftronge'r
proof of it. The fetches being ended, the
lawyers sod Pr. Franklin retired. Ihe Coon,
cil arc riid to hire debated the mater, and to
have been unanimous in their opinion. .The
report they are to male to the King is said to
be highly in favour of Governor Hutchmfon,
and the whole part he has tried ; from which,
it is imagined, he will be further complimented
with a letter of tharta. The ^geot who; for
doing nothing more than his duty, in his official
capacity, was reviled in the bitterest terms ;
and in the evening of the ,fame day (Saturday)
he was informed, by letter from f^rd Le De
fpenctr that h? Majesty had dismissed him from
bis office of Pottmafler io ,m:tica.
It 1m been given out, that fix regiments, sed
From TUESDAY, April 12, to T UES D A Y, April 19, 1774.
feme men of wir, are tribe Cent tc Bollen. But
the better opinion if, grounded upon it being
more confident with the genius of our Court,
that orders will- be font to Bollen to feiz: the
Committee men, and fend them over here to
be tried upon the aft of the 351 b of HcoryVJll.
The ari was lately, upon a refutation of both
Hoofes, {fee the Commons debate for 1769)
construed te extend to America,
The manner io which a celebrated Agent ob
tained the very extraordinary letters which lure
occasioned so much ooife, is said t^be from the
late Mr. Fitzherbert, who had them of Mr.
Whately, to whom they were written. This
is oot given as the fa&,but is the report that
is current of that matter-
The affairs of America at prefect occupy the
whole attention of administration * and it is a
greed on all hands to be n^wthe mod important
bofinefs that has come under consecration since
the acceffion'of the present King.
Among the variety of circumstances wh'ch
happened at Boflon, previous to the throwing
the tea into the sea, one deserves particular no
rice. Governor Hutchfofoo sent fer a Geatc
man ,who is. Colonel of a regiment of mi itia,
end informed him, he apprehended a riot would
speedily happen, and desired him to have his
men ready to quell it. TFh Colonel acqu'ef
ced, and retired , but prefeotly rr Hleffing that
poflbly the Governor and himfelf might differ
in their ideas of a riot, tie returned to the Go
vernor, and desired to have his Excellency's de
finition of a riot, kftthey might rafflakc each
other ; as for ioftance, said the Colonel, yoor
Excellency may order a number of troops to
march into the town, and thereby disturb the
peace ; I may th^k this a riot, your Excellen
cy may think Otherwise. T may fee a number
of peop'e assembled, in a very quiet manner, to
codfoer upon lamething which nearly affeds
their interefb. Your Excellency may. perhips,
ckll this a riot ; I may call it ff" very orderly
meeting. There was no eclairc ffement.
Feb' 3 On Saturday last the Privy Council
met to hear the arguments for and agiinft the
petition of the Affably of Boston (which was
sometime Guceprefented by their Agent, Dr.
Fradklio) “ praying that his Majesty would be
pleased to remove the Governor,' &c°" Serjeant
Gtyoo and Mr Dunning were ccunfel for the
petition rod urged very (hcngly the expediency
and necessity of granting the prayer of it. Mr.
Solicitor General was employed 00 the other
fide, and instead tofaofweriag the learned srgu^
meots of his brethreo,®r refuting the allegations
of the petition, contented hirafelf with pro
nounciug a most severe philippic , n thie celebra.
ted American philefopber, in which he loaded
him with all the licenced feurrifity of the bar,
and decked bis harangue with the choicest flsw
era of Billingfga'c - The Doßor fecmed to re
ceive the thunder of his eloquence with philo--
f&phic tranquility and fovercigo contempt,whilft
the approving smiles of those at the board c'car
ly stewed that the coarJeft language Cao be
grateful to the foliteft ears.
The K ng of Prnffia, io one of his eplftlev,
call Dr Franklin " ce nouveau Prometkee"
Oar correspondent fays that he could not help
witting (while the Solicitor General was pouring
forth his tide of (carrility) that the American
Prometheus could have called fire from Heaven
to blast the uum^ocred tailer.
Feb. 4. The Roffel, Europa, Mars, and
Antelope, are the four men of war appointed
to the Americariftation under the command of
Admiral Greavef.
The Speaker informed the House be bad re*
delved a letter from the Sheriffs of London, ac
quainting him, that they had fummooed Mt
Wilkes as the legal member for Middle
sex, and ttiffl he would attend to take hit feat
co Tuesday the 15 h Inftfot. \"
The Minifhy have not yet tdtie to tyre*'
fcluticn what to do with America. Their coun
cils are difeordaot, their penetration foperficiaL
and their courage rank cowardice. loa
word, America, like France or Spain, is new a
match for them. The) are unequal to the
bofinefs, sod therefore true types of the band"
that made them : nor is it d fficult tc guess for
what purpose they are continued in office, finte
daily experience convinces the whole world, th
British empire is Mouldering away in their handr.
Among the many illiberal reproaches made
afe of by the Solicitor General sgainft Dr.
Franklin, which were so far upon the Greek
model, (as the fcohts of office boast of) that
they highly partook of the Athenian Brtlirgf
gate ; be spoke of his being a man of letter;
with great contempt, by punning!, faying he
was so far a man of letters, that he was bams
trium literarum (a term of reproach used b,"
Plautus to the word of charsAe.i) ; said be
Flight to be expelled theßoyal Society, of which
the Doder is a Member, end ignorantly a#
wantonly compared his condua to that of Zangs
in Dr Ycuog's Revenge, which fee concluded
by observing,- was io favour of the African
Prioce, who was by much the henrfter man.-—
There is no part, man so violent as an apoflate.
We hear that Mr. Wedderburne, by the
late exertion of hit oratorical powers, has shewn
government to what lengths he is willing to
serve them, that nothing iw than thefa/f are
talked of as a recompeuce for so indufirious a
fervent. #
'One of the vacant blue ribbands is likewise
talked of for Governor Hutchiofon, as the pro-'
per reward for the man who, in the Court
phrase, it is Gid, has faced every dagger for
the Jervice of bis country:
The place lately held by Dr. Franklin, of
Postmaster in America, from which his Majesty
was plcafed to dismiss him 00 Saturday lafl, is
given to Mr J Garnier, Lord Weymouth's ac
quaintance ; a'GentleMsn well known at Ar
thur's, in St, James's flfeet. ^
' By certain advices from New-York we 'earn,'
that the American fofl of liberty, being fearful
their humble petitions to his Majefly and Coun
cil will be without fffea, are come to an unani
mous determination cotto part with their liber
ties but with their lives; abd arc accordingly
preparing for either peace or war.•
By certain advices from New England, of
undoubted authority, we learn tbkt the Ladiea
throughout the four provinces have entered into
a fo'emn agreement not to drink any tea im
ported from Great-Britain (nor to wear any
Bririfh matiufiaurers) until the a&s of Parlia
ment imputing a duty upon cea exported to A
merica are totally repealed.
The whisper is revived, that Parliament will
be differed at the end of the pr lent session.
The civil lift is now in the fifth quarter of ar
rc&r. (For more London news fee iaflpage )
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