The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal — Boston [Mass.], 1772-11-12 00:00:00, page 2

"MONDAY, November 9.
boston.
• There is a letter in this town from a gen-
Veman diftin&on in London, dated Au
auft nth, which flys that Gov. H-—•
had orders long ago <0 bring our General
Aflembly to BofUn with as good a grace as
he could* but chat he had at feng’h brought
them without any grace at all. 1o be fore
with no better grace than the Governor of
South-Carolina has acted with, who after
having had the fatisfaition us tramping the
members of that Assembly seventy five miles
from its Rated place for hV Majtfiy's
me hear immediately after making a speech
to them, ordered them for hit Majesty s Jer
vice on another tramp to Charleftown.
« The King of France with twenty thou
fund men,
Went tip the hill and then came down a
gen."
Why could not that Aflembly have delibe
rated the important matters referred to in
the speech at Chareftown on the tenth as
well as the twenty-Lcond of O&ober, to
which time they were prorogued ? Who
would covet to be a Governor in lea mg
A'.-gc I Rifu** Ormvcb amiei /
His Excellency the Governor has been
pleased further to prorogue the General
Court to the 6th day of January next.
Latt Thmfday a negro at the south part
of the town died very (uddenly ; the next
d»y some symptoms appeared by which it
was fufpedeu file was poisoned ; and on
Saturday evening two or three negro fel
lows were taken up and committed in order
for examination.
1 5©
TUESDAY, November 10.
BOSTON.
By Capt. Falconer, arrived at Philadelphia,
and Capt. Delano, arrived here, from Lon
don, we have received the following
EUROPEAN IN I’ELLIGENCE, viz.
Stockholm, [Metropolis of Sweden] Au
fuft 18.'
HIS day the states were
aflembled inPlenoex
xf Jr when an
extraft of the secret
comm ’ ttecs protocol
waß rea d» containing
* n account, that the
garnfon of Chriftan
ftadt, in bchonen, hsd revolted, and mjde
• the said garrison;
and that, as this affair may have dangerous
consequences, the secret committee has, for
the better ficurity of this capital.ordered one
batallion of the regiment of Upland, and
one of that of Sudermania, to march hither
and the cavalry of the Burghers to patrole in
the night. Senator Funck, and General
Pecklin,are also fenc down to Schonen, im
powered to afl'emble the troops, and take
such measures as shall be thought nectflary
to reduce the revolted garrison, and reftorc
the public tranquility.
Several of the members of the secret com
mittee having absented themlclves for a long
time, new ones have been eleded in their
places; among which are General Pecklin,
Count Dona, Baron Gronhagen, Baron
Bror Cederftrom, Lieutenant Colonels Peter
Schonftrom and Vicken.
August If. Yesterday morning a paper
was laid upon the table, in one of the apart
ments of the palace, for all thofeto fubferibe
who are willing to swear fidelity to the King ;
and it is said, that the number of lubferibtrs
has been very large.
Augujl 22. Yesterday being the day
when the form of government, I worn to by
the King, the 29th of May,and by the Stales,
the ift of June, was to be abo iflied, and a
new one to be produced in a Plenum PI eno
rum of all tbeOrders, a large detachment of
guards was ordered to take pofleffion of the
square where the House of Nobles stands;
and the palace was invested on all sides with
troops,and cannon were placed in the court,
near the hall where the States were aflem
bed.
The feene was opened by a speech from
the throne: His Majesty had in his hand
thefilver hammer of Gustavus Adolphus,
with which he made the figna! for fi!ence,an
office ufnally performed bv a Senator, but
none were present. His Majesty conclud
ed hisipeech, byAtfluring the Plenum, that
ha did not desire the sovereignty, and would
take afolemn oath to renounce it, which he
immediately did.
His Majesty then ordered the new form of
government to be read to them by a Secre
tary of Revision. This piece consists of a
bout forty articles ; the essential ones are,
ift, The King to chufe (he Senate him-
r, ltt MAS 5A G HV$ ET T 3 Sr * ter
t Z V * — —— —. .. . L a* > la A
idly, His Mujefty is to call the ftres to
gether when he pleases, and to fepcrate ’.hem
also when he pleases, after three momhs.
• 3 dly, Ihe contribution* are lo be given by
the states ; but if not granted wuhm three
months, the oid ones are to remain : In ca« e
of invafioD or prefling neceffiiy, his NLjefty
may impose some taxes for raiftng money,
till the States can be assembled.
4 thly, When the states are aflembled,
they are to deliberate upon nothing but
What his Majesty pleases to lay before
them.
sthly, His Majesty has the foie difpo
fttion of the army, navy and finances,
and of all employments civil and mili
tary.
As fcon as the whole of this piece was
read through, his Majesty asked the Plenum,
if they would give him their oath to oblcrve
this form of government 5 whiqb being
answered in the affirmative, he required them
immediately to swear to it, which thug did
accordingly. His Majesty then required the
speakers of the orders to come
to the table and fijn and seal the new
form. * J *
After all this ceremony was over; the
King flood up and said, that it was proper
’ to thank Almighty God for bis assistance, in
bringing about so happy an event, and pul-
I ling a psalm buck out ofhis pocket, he be
gan to sing the Te Deum, in which he was
■ accompanied by the Aflembly.
H s Majesty then permitted* the states to
kiss his hand, after which he left the room,
and the states leperated, without knowing
whether they were to meet again or not.
This depends on his Majesty’s pleasure.
London, Aug.ls It is the general opinion of
those who seem belt acquainted with the se
cret operations of St. James’s that Lord
Hiilfborough will be again in cffice before
the expiration of a twelvemonth ; and a ve
ry remarkab'e tpeech of a great personage
is universally mentioned in confit mation of
this idea. When Lord Hi Ifb rough resign
ed, the great personage observed to tht Pre
mier, that his Lordship gave up hrs employ
ment, with as good a grace as h« received
it. “ Lord Hiilfborough, Sir, (returned the
Premier) is a man of sentiment, and never
took an cffice solely on account of.iEm4#o
luments; be is now as warnrTy the fpwd
of government as ever, and give us
g.e«
sentiment, and we must not lose so worthy
a man if there is any poflibility of teaching
us a fimi!arity of sentiments on the politics
of America.”
Edinburgh, Augujl 22. The Dun
bar Whale filhing Company have been so
fuccefifu) this year, that it is said they will
be able to divide twenty per cent, profits on
their capital. Besides a large quantify of
whalebone,it is reckoned that the three Dun
bar (hips have brought home two hundred
tons of oil.
London, September 3. The disputes
and difcqntents of the unhappy natives of
Poland, and the states who have assumed a
power of dividing their country, will at last
involve Europe in a general war. The
court of Vienna is jealous of the Ruffian
power ; and the Empress does not relish the
arrogance of the Emperor. The Turks as
sume new courage upon this event, and will
join with the Germans against the Ruf
fians. .
The views of the court of France in ref
peft to Corsica, must undoubtedly rouse the
English andSpanifh ministry to oppofc ihem,
or clfe iheir pusillanimity is not to be par
relled. The French intend making that
island a repository of marine stores ; the
shores are to be covered with dock , yajds,
and the building of (hips is to be their chief
dbjevl. The consequences of which are
obvious. Ihe island must be strongly foR
lifted ro protect their works ; and, as Uwir
naval force encreafes, confequcntly so will
their strength ; they will engross all the Le
vant trade, and be able to support their title
to it with any power in Europe, and, per
haps when they find their force fuffictent,
may encroach upon, or drive us, or other
nations, from more valuable branches of
trade.
The approaching congress, to fettle the
affairs Poland, caufts much speculation.
Many people imagine that the King will be
imircly diverted of his kindom j and that it
will be afterwards under a republican form
of government. Whilst others sand those
much the greatest part) think that it will be
equally divided between the Piuifians, Ger
mans and Ruffians. However ail fcctn to
agree, that, if the King is restored, will
hold his dominions under one or all of the
above mentioned powers.
By letters from France we are informed,
that the court of Versailles is under great
embarrafment, on account of the late inter
view between the Emperor of Germany and
the King df Pruflia, which they apprehend
in its confequencea to be daogetou* to the
tranquility us Europe. The invaflon of the
kingdom of Poland, which followed their
hr ft conference and the partition of that
kingdom,is likely loon to take place after this,
it alarming, as ths {Gwer of these two po
tentates being thereby rendered formidable,
their uniorl, it is fcaied, will produce an al
teration in the system of Europe, to which
the grandeur of France will probably be
made the firft facrifice. The Dutchies of
Lurrain and Bar, the province of Alface,and
the towns that have been wrested from the
imperial Diadem in Flanders, are objc&s
which the Emperor must have in view.
While the claims of his Pruflian Majesty on
Great-Britain will, on the other hand, fur
nifh a pretence for that enterprizing mo
narch to tall upon Hanover, in order to add
that Electorate to his other territories. Thus
these two f&tentates, fay the French, by
adding territory after territory to their domi
mnions, will become the arbiters of Eu-
rope.
The Court of France, from these motives, is
incejjuntly prejfing the Court of London to in
terpofe in time, in order to prevent the di/
memberment of Poland. It is, however,
hoped, that as our mini ft er s have fufred the
national honour to be one power foi
the fake of peace, they will not be the dupes ot
another to precipitate a war, for the prefer va
tion of a territory, with which England, as a
kingdom, has no manner of connexion.
A whimficai affair is said to have hap
pened a few d >ys since : Two labouring
men walking on the new road, near the
end or Biack Friars Bridge, when one o!
them found, as he thought, a guinea, or
which the other ii lifting pit half, the for
mer to secure the whole to himtelf in the
mofteffidual manner, inttantly fwaliowed
it; but the other swearing for all that he
would never part with him till he law it,
and had bis share, this brought about a
very tedious and droll attendance, wnich
terminated after many hours by a natural
evacuation ; a scramble, none of the most
delicate,' enfumg, the parties so far from
proving gold finders, to their great morti
fication and disappointment, fqund the
piece tn auction no other than a
meuai.
Sept. 4. It is said, and we mention it as
Very much to the credit of a noble Lord, who
has the care of a Royal Personage’s education,
that, from his uncommon attention to his pu
pH s natural dt/fsaJitHn, he has pretty well
torrefied a turbulence end pofnivenefs of
temper, which, in thebeginning of £ 6r / j
/hip*s pretepterjhip, were very alarming, llh
• Lordjhip has been obliged to confine him at
I times three days together in a final! room, with
; out any amu/cment or attendance, than what
i was barely neeffary for common occaftons.
It is whispered, that a certain
note monarch is preparing to make a visit in
-1 cog. to this kingdom, imagining that a perso
nal reprefintation of his wrongs and indignities
will doubly inter est all good men in his cause.
If the Queen of Denmark can prefer hup
pinefs to dignity, it is generally believed /he
| will be rejtored to her country and family in a
• few months But Ju his the prejent policy,
that it is held both imprudent and dangerous to
have more than one Queen in this kingdom at a
time.
The Duke of Parma has ordered a box to be
placed in a public part of his palace* into which
any of his fubtefls may throw their petitions.
Such as request a particular audience, may ob
tain it.
They write from Leghorn, that the French
art cutting down whole forejts in the Island of
Corsica, for naval /hip-timber, to be exported
to MarJAllcs, Breji, Rochfort aud Toulon.
Among ether reafins which are given for
Lord Hiilfborough's eppojidon to the new grant
of lands upon the Ohio, the true one was for
gotten, which was, that by puffing a grant (at
once) of two and twenty millions of acres, the
fees of his office would be considerably diminish
ed, and these emo'uments transferred to the
grantees, which have hitherto helped to enrich |
the grantors.
Sept. 7. are informed, that, as an in
ducement for per Jons of ability to undertake the
government of Ireland, the [alary is to be aug
mented to the future Viceroy from 20,000/. to
24,000/. per annum, to Jupport with digni
ty and reputation that important office.
Orders are if/ued for the officers belonging to
the garrisons tn Great-Britain and Ireland,
to repair imuudiately to their refpeShve Jia
tions.
The Emperor of Morocco is fitting out a
r l e si st [ *f corsairs. This is done at the pub .
a • I •• •
lie expence ; and on the return of tbit feet,
which generally keeps the fta about tkree months,
he obliges ih: Jews to buy what prov jions and
oldfhi es are left on oo'ard, and puts the momy
in his Ireafury.
WEDNESDAY, November 1 f.
BOSTON
A Letter from Piaceen in theVoighthnd;
in Germany, dated 4th ot Jun-IaJL rqp e
fents that country in such extreme difltcfsj
that the inhabitants could not procurepiu
vifions under the following enormous pf.ces
viz. Rye, at twdve dollars per bufhei j pat
ley, at eight ; and oats, at four.
A veflcl arrived at Cafco-Bay, it is {rd,
brings an account that the N-groes alE
f qucho, near Suiranam. had dettroyed ma
ny of the plantations th»te, and killed a
great number of the infab* ant 3.
D ED ] Mrs. Rubinfun, wife of Mr.
Abel Robmion, fhocmaker. — Mis. Wells,
wife of Mr Wells, mafon —Mrs. Wallis,
wife of Mr. Wallis, mariner.— At Hiipa.
nioh, Capr. Benjamin Ingerfol, of this
town. —Ac Reading, Mr. William Greer,
Deputy-She iff.—-At Salem, Mts. E za
beth Gardner, w.fe of Capt. John Garcr.er.
—At Maib.cheau, Mr. fhomas Cues —
At G a/ton. Mr. Jufhua Fletcher—At
Northfie.c, Mrs. Elizabeth Wright.
Charlestown, [5. Carolina] Octo
ber 11 Un Wedndday'taft h s Excellen
cy Lord Ch Ties Grevifle Mo-itagu, G -
vernar tn thief, &c. of this pro
vin *e, arrived at beau’orc about seven
/clock in theevenmg, unuer a difeharge
of the cannon on the Bay-street. The
next dav the cannon at Lvtrleton’s Bas
tion falutcd his Excellency, and the gen«
tirmen of the town paid their compli
ments
The fame day, being the day of the re
turn ol (be writs of eleSion at Beaufoit,
34 m. mbsrs ot the honourable the com
mons house were fwotn in before his Ex
cellency the Governor, and were then di
re&ed to return to their own house and
proceed to the choice of a speaker, which
having done they informed the Governor
tnereof by a nvffige, and dcfi ed that his
Excellency wouh be pleased to appoint at
WOK time the speaker might be preiented
tor his approbation, and his Excellency
appointed Saturday the 10th intrant at 12
o’clock.
Qu principal Inhabitants of
Beaufort, waited on his Excellency with a
congratulatory address, which was present
ed by John Barnwell, jun. Esq; one of
their rept efen tatives in aflembly.
On Saturday the 10th mftant, his Ex
cellency being fcated in the upper house of
AIT mb y, was pleased to command the
immediate attendance of the honourable
the commons house, who presented the
Peter Manigauit, E q; as their Spea
ker, or whom his Excellency was pleased
to approve, and then opened the (eflion
with the following !pc«ch, viz.
1 he Speech of his Excellency the Right
hon. Lord Charles-Greville Montagu,
Captain-General, Governor in chief.
See. &c. in and over his Majesty *s pro
vince of South-Carolina, to tne Gene
ral Aflembly cf the laid province, at
Beaufort.
“ Honourable Gentlemen,
“ Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Com
mons House of Affimbly,
“MY constant attention to preserve
the laws of this province from violation was
the only cause of my calling the General
Aflembly at this time.
“ My knowledge of the fituatfon of af
fairs in this country and of her real
and my ardent w.fbes to promote them,
induced me to fuonnon the General A -
fembly to meet in this town. I have ex
ercised and shall continue to exercise the
royaf prerogative in such manner as. in my
opinion, may promote bis Majeft/s ferries
and the general advantage of the people o
ver whom 1 have the honour to preside.
And, while I am cautious, in the most ex
treme degree, that I do not violate the
laws, i IhJt be perfc&ly Satisfied with my
conduit so long as 1 exercise such powers
only as are conftitufional: Such 1 shall al
ways exercise with the best intentions and
with a eorrefpoudmg firmnefs.
“ A long space of time having elapsed
since the inhab rants of this province have
received benefit from the deliberations of a
commons house of Aflembly, many saluta
ry laws have expi ed, and others are near
expiring, which ought to be revived and
continued ; the people have not acquired
such new laws as recent circumstances
have rendered neceflary ; and the public
creditors, for years paft,'are yet unpaid
their just demands. I wish the commons ’
house of Affsmbly may remember that a
delay of justice is a denial of jufticc.
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November 12; 1