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By the desire of my friends I decline the poll.
The majority obtained against me by bribery and un
due influence, will be a fuffi& of future discussion.
. " Accept, gentlemen, my warmest thanks for your
impartiality, and believe me, with refpe&,
Your most humble servant,
HENRY CRUGER."
Government ar° said to be in poffeffion'of advices,
which positively affirm, that feme capital (hips from
the combined fleet have been difpatebed as a further
reinforcement to their squadron in the American f.-s
A private letter from Rome mentions, that the Pope
declines daily, notwithstanding he takes the utmost cere
of h.s health. The cardinals have already begun their
cabals, and are making interest with thole who can
further thrir designs. It is thought the chief con.
test will b e between cardinal Priuli, and the cardinal
York, son to the late pretender.
The cardinal York is one of the fix cardinal bishops.
was born at Rome on the 6th day of March, 1720
and created a cardinal in the year 1747, when he was
only years old. Since his brother Int all hopes of
£ "°, n ^ in England, the cardinal has entertain
hatred a ^ ainft thi ' country ;he hath ftu
"" the complexion of Europe, and waited with ear-
LONDO N, August 17.
THE eftu^rn of human blood, during the progress
of the American war, i# copi us to an excels If
the fomentors of it are nearly glutted, let them listen
to the wishes of the nation, and endeavour, by imme
diate treaties, to re-rfcbldh public happiness. Ame
rica and Great. Britain, the child and parent, have
drawn the sword against each other. Is there no prof
pea, no hope of breathing it? Am mgft good citi
zens, the with is general. To think jultly of our ene
mies, cdhducrs always to the means of anting justly.
It is with this view that, inftruaed from his infancy to
revere virtue wheresoever he finds it, and anxious to g<v
a public notice that the Americans have fe t t ? e most
irreproachable of their fellow colonies to ^flirt in th^
extirpation of hofttlities that heve dehafd and torn
the empire, the write- of this paragraph (^ho could
be more ferviceabk) fenis a cone fe, but faithful cha
raaer of the honorable Francis Dma, secretary to Mr.
Adams, the commissioner for making peace.
He is a native of Charles-Ton (the consumed
Charles Town) near Boston. He was educated at Har
vard-college, in Cambridge, and ftndied the law under
his father, who was one of the ablest and molt inde
pendent of that profeffion, and perhaps the grest:ft
and most intrepid ma^iftrate in the town of Boft n.
He perfected his studies under his uncle, Edward
Trowbridge, esquire, who, during the ipace of more
than twenty years, was attorney general of the pro
vince of M-Jlachufets Bay, under the governors Shir
ley, Pownal, and Bernard : and afterwards one of the
judges of the supreme court of judicature, under the
governors Bernard and Hutchinson.
When he had perfected his education under these
great masters, Mr. Dana travelled through England
arid Scotland, returning to his country soon after the
commencement of the troubles. Having always ftp
ported a virtuous ard amiable character, and in pur
fdance of his father's inftru&ions, adhered in'exibl, to
the cau e of his country, he was elt&ed into the coun
cil of Mafftchufetts Bay, and member of congress.
He married the daughter of rhe honorable William
Ellery, of Rhode- Island. His family, his fortune, h$
ed ucation, connexions, abilities, integrity, and agree
able manners would make him refpe&able in any coun
try in the world.
The virtues and abilities of Mr. Adarrs, need no
encomium; nor would the charter either of him, or
of his associate, be mentioned at this important crisis,
when the road to peace is open, (though not a finale
minister has the humanity to travel it) but lor the ne
cessity of assuring reen in power, that thrir antago
nists are too refpe&able to juftify thrir inattention.
It is become falhionable, within the court codes, to
talk positively of that absolute consummation of the
ministerial wiffirs which is to follow the successes of
fir Henry Clinton. But the plain truth is (and time
will prove it) that the Americans are determined not
to relinquish their independence. Our great pilo s at
the helm may bo^ft of favourable winds, and propir
®us voyages ^ but their public language, and their pri
vate observations, are as different as manly confidence
is from cowardice and perplexity. To some r,aders
this will prove fuffiriently explicit ; and the bonne
nouche that followed the dinner which was given on
Saturday last by the earl of Hillfborough to lord North,
earl Bathurft, lo.d George Germaine, &c is too deli
cate to be served up for the entertainment of the vulgar
A°^ b : r " r n Mr. Cruger lent the following letter to
the Sheriffs of Bristol, when he declined the contest
" Gentlemen,
SATURDAY,
^m^^^^ ^&
VOL. X. 1
GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Published every TUESDAY and SATURDAY.
BOSTO N, January 8.
A prize arrived at Newberry Port from Ireland,
which place die left the latter end of October, brings
an account of a great riot taking place there, before
file failed, eccafioned by recruiting parties arriving
ri ere from England to enlist men ; one of the party's
flipping money in'o the flceves and pockets of the in
habitants, (as this town once experienced) and then
fearing they had milled, caused the above riot, when
the recruiting pirty fired upon and killed sundry of the
inhabitants, which caused a general rife of that brave
people, who immediately secured that par'y, tryed,
condemned and hung them. They then tecurcJ the
other parties, and lent them for England, with an ac
count of the above tragedy, to their tyrannic mailer,
and hit blocd-thirftv myrmidons,
Extradt of a letter lately received from a gentleman
in Europe.
“ Governor Hutchinion is dead. Descended from
an antiect and honourable family ; born and educated
in America ; profiling all the zeal of the congregati
onal religion ; affecting to honour the reputation of the
tirft planters of the new world, and to vindicate the
char?&er of America, ef,ecially of New-England;
early initiated into public business ; industrious and in-
Genera! Burg >yne having little or no fortune, it is
in contemplation for him to take orders. His nephew,
the eari of D ily, has two valuable livings in hi, gift,
he r<(ft)ry of Winwick, within a fmal ldiftance of
Warrington, in Lancafh r^, worth upwards of 2:00 1.
per annum, and the living of Bury, near Manchester,
in the fime county, worth above izeoL The prelent
incum e t, (Dr. Stanley) great uncle to the varl of
Derby is very infirm, and it is said, will resign in fa
vour of the general-
nest attention for a vacancy in the popedom, when
he Ihall be of a fit age to be elected. He has now paf
led it, and bein^ rin his 56 h year is eligible.
The cardinal York is fare of the interest of several
sovereigns, as well as great part of the sacred college,
which for so re time past hath refolvel never to ele& a
foreigner. The king of Sardinia is his relation ; the
kings of France and Spain will doubtless give him their
interests, as they know his turbulent temper will go
great lengths to embroil England. The emperor and
the king of the two Sicilies are so conne^ed with
France and Sprin, that they will join : and the cardi
nal will find none in the in ereft of cardinal Priuli but
the states of Venice •nd Genoa. The crown of Portu
gal huh but little weight in either scale ; and as it can
have no hope of railing its fubj^a, cardinal de Sridun
ha, the only Portugurte card n I, to the tiara, will be
careless who g<t, it.
From Pcterfburgh there is advice, that the whole of
the Radian fleet will winter at home, and not at any
port in the m^it^ ranesp as was expeaed; the report
of their having entered.ihe harbour of Brest is errone
ous, as also the account of their being laden with na
val stores for the life of the enemies of Great- Britain.
We are told from pretty good authority^ that the
firft business of the new parliament will be to enable
the ministry to enter into treaty with America, ihe con
ftqutncesof which may easily be foreseen. The ma
jority cf the cabinet ate lor fettling matters in any
way they ran.
The edi& of the court of Portugal, relative to for
bidding the carrying prizes into Lisbon, is not at all
relished by our merchants, or owners of privateers, as
it giv s a manifeft advantage to tie cruisers of France,
Spain, and America over England, who has not now
the advantage o' a foreign port nearer than Gibraltar.
Although the Portugu 'fe h v^ net formally acceded to
the re' tral confederacy, ths last edi& is in efftd of
the fams consequence ay if they had finally done so,
for in their admittance of general neutral commerce,
the unarmed trading sh ps of the United States of
Am rci will be admired, with thole of other nati
on#, into the po ts or Portugal.
The court o' Portugal hes b.-en the last of the ma
ritimc points to insult England in their regulations fcr
n u ral ommerce. Aft (embargoing far several days
all the pnzs captured by Commodore Johnstone's
squadron, they grscioufly permit th fe prizes to depart
within 20 days. Th Comm>dore ailed with his iqna
dron f r the Tagus the latter end of August ; the 30th
of that month the rd;a is dated, but was not put forth
by authority ^1 the 8 b of September, a very few d<ys
aftei the Ruffian fie t, for proteaion of neutral com
merce, entered the Tagus.
The following very remarkable events happened
lately at Dublin :—A. certain tradesman's wife of that
city dying on Tuesday, her husband buried her on
Wednelday ; he married again on Thursday ; his new
"if- was brought to bed on Friday, and he hanged
himfclf on Saturday.
O R, THE
THE
January 11. The people of America cannot guard
too carefully against the wiles and artifices of Great-
Britain. When we hear it said, that some of our
friends in that kingdom have wrote that a new par
liament was chosen, and lord North had left the mi
nistry on purpose to prepare the way for peace, we
cannot forbear to recoiled, that every year during
the war, the British court has artfully circulated a
rumour of peace, and covered their most vigorous
preparations for war with some pretext of an accom
modation, on purpose to put these States off their
guard, ard relax their exertions. It is certain, that
o^r best friends in Europe, those who are in a situati
on to penetrate furtheft into the real intentions of the
British government, have lately assured us, that it
difeovers no inclinations to peace upon a basis fafe and
honorable to America, and that our security refta
upon our own vigorous exertions in the field, as Bri
tain has been elated above measure by the capture of
Charles Town. This is the ground upon which we
ought to go in the present critical moment, and in
flead of abating, to add frefh vigour to all our efforts
for the establishment of our army. Peace for Ame
rica must be eflablifhed by the sword ; and Britain
will not think of acknowledging our independence, as
one of our most trusty correspondents, of high cha
rader, has lately assured us, while she can maintain a
powerful army in the heart of these States.
Thursday last arrived in porta ship from Newfound
land, bound to Scotland, prize to the Essex also. She
has on board 400 barrels of oil, &c. &c.
A letter from England, dated the 17th of Oflober
informs, that general Clinton has requeued an addi
tional number of 10,000 troops, to be sent him from
England ; and if he was denied his request, he desired
liberty to return home. He was informed, that his
conduct in America was highly approved, and that or
ders were given for railing nine regiments of foot and
one of horse, to be immediately raised and sent to
America. The writer adds, that the British ministry
had it in view to übjugate Virginia and North.
Carolina, during the present winter and next spring.
defatigable in it ; beloved and esteemed by the peo
ple ; elected and entrusted by them and their repre
sentatives ; his views opened and extended by repeat
ed travels in Europe ; minutely informed in the hiflory
of his own country; author himfelf of an history of
it, which was extensively read in Europe • ,engaged
in very large correspondences there as well as in
America ; favoured by the crown of Great-Britain,
and possessed of its honours and emoluments : with all
these advantages, and surrounded with all these orcum
flances, he was, pernaps, the only man in the world
who could have brought on the controversy between
Great Britain and America, in the manner and at the
time it was done, and who could have involved the
two countries in an enmity which must end in their
everlasting separation. Yet, this was the character of
the man, and these are his memorable actions. An
uivxtinguifhabh ambition and avarice that were ever
seen among his other qualities, an I which grew with,
his growth and strengthened with his age and experi
ence, and at last predominated over every other pas
sion of his heart, and principle of his mind : rendered
him credulous to a childish decree of every thing that
favoured his ruling pafpon, and blind and deaf to
every thing that thwarted it, to fuc 1 a degree, that
his representations with those of his fellow labourer,
Bernard, drew on the king, ministry, parliam nt and
nation, to concert measures which will end in their
reduction, and exaltation of America.
“ I think I fee visible traces of his councils in &
number of pamphlets, not long since published in Lon
don, and ascribed to Mr. Galloway. It is most pro
bable they were Concerted between the ministry and
the refugees in general, and that Mr. Galloway was
to be given out for the offenfible, as he probably was
the principal author.
“ The ' Cool Thoughts on the consequences of
American independence,' although calculated to in
flame an hasty warlike nation to pursue the conquest
of America; are, in fad, sober reasons for our defend
ing that independence, and our alliances.
“ Sorely it was never intended that any American
should read this pamphlet: It contains so many ar
guments and motives for perseverance in our righte
ous and glorious cause. I is astonishing, however,
that instead of ftimularing England to prosecute their
unjust and inglorious enterprize, it does not convince
all of the impracticability of it, and induce them to
make peace."
Arrived at a fafe port, a ship from Jamaica, bound
to England, but captured by the Essex. 'Tis said she
has on board 345 hogiheads sugar, and 320 puncheons
rum.
JANUARY 2
[NUMB. 702.
1781,