The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1777-11-14 00:00:00, page 2

Which was received rtferday, by the Way of BOSTON, brought by a Vessel who arrived
there having only FIVE JVE^KS Passage from LONDON,
LONDON, March 26.
ABOUT three o'clock in the morning the debates in
the House of Commons ended, when Richard Oli
ver, Esq. Alderman and Member of Parliament for the
city of London, was ordered to be sent to the Tower, but
was indulged to lie at his own house in Fenchurch-ftreet,
where the Serjeant at Arms attended between the hours of
seven and eight o'clock, and conducted him to the above
Prison.
The number on this last QteJlion are said to have been 138
Ayes to 83 Noes.
Lord Temple, and a great number of the Nobility, and
Members of the House of Commons, vifted Mr. Oliver in the
Tower.
March 27. This day the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of
the city of London, went from the Mansion-house about one
o'clock, (accompanied by the committee) to attend in place in the
House of Commons, pursuant to order. He was accompanied,
as on Monday, by an amazing number of people, who seemed
anxious to know the issue of the affair.
The Justices and High and Deputy Conftables.of West
minster were all attending, and the guards, both horse and
foot, were ordered to be in readiness, in case any tumult
Ihould arise.
The Members resolved, “ that the proceedings of the
Lord Mayo;, in discharging Miller, and committing the
messenger, was a breach of privilege of that House." A
motion was then made, that the Lord Mayor should for his
contempt be committed to the custody of the Serjeant at
Arms, but upon his Lordship's observing, that if any pf
fenc'es had been committed, he was the greatest offender,
and that he longed to join his brother in office; an order
was signed for his commitment to the Tower, permitting
his Lordship to sleep that night at the Mansion-house.
March 28. About four o'clock in the morning, the
Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor arrived at the Tower, and was
lodged at Mrs. Bradthaw's, on the parade, next door to the
Bloody Tower. His Lordship, notwithstanding his in
disposition, was in great spirits.
Mr. Alderman Wilkes followed the Lord Mayor in Mr.
Reynold's coach, with him and another gentleman to Pa
lace-Yard, and then returned to the City.
March 29, Mr. Wilkes, when he went to the House of
Commons yeferday, deigned only to attend the Lord Mayor on
his way. When his carriage reached St. Martin's Lane, the
populace took off the horses, and drew it to the King's Arms ta
vern, Palace-Yard.
The crowd was so great yesterday in Old Palace-Yard, and
Wefminfer-hall, that it was with the greatest difficulty many
of the members, especially the Court. party, got to the House of
Commons ; Lord North had his chariot glares fmafoed to pieces,
as well as his carriage ; his wrij? was cut ; and the mob also
took off bis hat and cut it into pieces, and he narrowly escaped
with his life. The two Mr. Foxes, and Mr. Hans Stanly,
were greatly insulted and pelted with mud;Juftice Kelynge
attempted to read the proclamation, but was so pelted that he was
obliged to defft ; two hundred confables could not keep the po
pulace in order, for on their endeavouring to keep the peace, the
mob seized their saves, and broke them to pieces : As soon as a
Member's coach appeared, they fopt it, and obliged the coach
man to inform them of his master's name, and they were treat
ed according as they flood in their approbation, feme with hisses
and groans, aud others with loud acclamations.
The Right Hon. Lord North is extremely indisposed of
the wounds he received on Wednesday at the door of the
House, and is attended by two surgeons and a physician of
eminence.
The populous were very riotous yesterday in the Park,
and frequently insulted a Great Personage. Among the rest
of the expreflions made use of on the above occasion, were
a number refpe&ing the P D r; and many
called out, where is the Lord Mayor ? Set him at liberty :
Tower ! Tower ! &c.
The division in theHoufe of Commons forcommiting the
Lord Mayor to the Tower, was 202 for, and 39 against it.
Extracts from the Speech of Alderman Townsend, in defence
of the Lord Mayor.
'' Salus populi fuprema lex efto, was long the maxim of the
Roman Commonwealth ; and I wish that it were more at
tended to in this House. Unfortunately for this country, too
many of us are more affidious to please female caprice, than
to fatisfy their constituents. Instead of endeavouring to
deserve well of the public, they strive to deserve well of
one women, who has, during the present reign, governed
this nation.
" Here several members cried out, Name her ! Name
her !—Why then, if I must name her, her name is Auguf
Fresh and important Advices
Burlington, Printed by Isaac Collins. (Price 3 Coppers.)
ta, Princess Dowager of Wales, [Here he was called t°
order, but he proceeded.] Sir, I am not in a humour to
retract or eat my words. That infamy I leave to the mini
sterial gentry, I am not yet courtly enough to fay and unsay
the fame thing in a breath. Were I such a crouching spa
niel, I should plead the cause of liberty but with a very bad
grace. Ido aver, that for these ten years past, we have
been governed by one woman, and that the woman is the
Princess Dowager of Wales. If you doubt what I advance,
appoint a committee for enquiring into her conduct, and 1
dare fay that you will find my aflertion to be a fact"
March 30. On Thursday as the King was going to the
Parliament House, a gentleman cried out, "No Lord
Mayor, no K !" The constables took him before the
Justices at Guildhall, where he told them he was a citizen
of London, and should not retra& what he had said. After
a little advice from Sir John Fielding, he was discharged.
The true friends of liberty abhor all violent and illegal
behaviour, even to the most obnoxious ministerial tribe.
1 hey could heartily have wished my Lord North had not
been ill treated by the populace. As for the Hon. Mr. Fox,
it is believed, that nobody is sorry that his eloathes were
dirted ; or his face begrimed ; the mob were only determin
ed to make him as dirty without as he is within.
April 1. On Saturday the Dukes of Manchester and Port
''.' ^° of Rockingham, Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord
King, Sir Charles Saunders, Admiral Keppel, Sir James
Pennyman, B^rt. Mr. Dowdefwell, and ' Mr. Edmund
Burke, attended by the two Sheriffs, Baker and Martin,
waited on the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Oliver, at
their apartments in the Tower, in order to express their re
gard for the persons of those Gentlemen, and the intire dif
appiobation of those proceedings in which sentence was
passed, without a full and fair difeuflioh; and a most deli
cate question of constitutional law decided by inflicting a
punishment upon Magistrates who pleaded the obligations
of an oatli without a hearing of Council to their whole
defence, whereby the foundations of parliamentary justice
have been sapped, and the credit of the commercial city
injured by the obftruftion given to public bulinefs.
f Wednesday night las the mob about the Parliament - House
grew very outrageous, and insulted not only the members, but
e °° e ", the magifhates; for when the fujiice Sherwood very
spiritedly went in among them, and harrargued them, his hat
was pulled off, and he was otherwise insulted; and on his pro
ducing the riot-aft, and adjuring them if they did not immediately
difyerfe be would read it, they reared cut, “ Read and be d-d,
that s all we want. They then threw mud and dirt in bis
face, and at all the magistrates, who were compelled to retire,
and Mr. Sherwood being called to the bar of the House, he
Jbewed bow be and the other magistrates had been used, and after
receiving the commands of the House to use their dfcretion in
quelling the mob, he and the other magistrates, affifled by the
Sheriffs, did (to their honour be it said) keep the peace after
wards, without any military aid whatsoever. —Would to God
the Suiry magistrates had done the like on a former occasion !
April 2. Last Saturday the House of Commons fat
about an hour and an half, and then adjourned till Tues
day, April the 9th, so that they have adjourned beyond
the day appointed for Mr. Wilke's attendance, which was
the Bth.
Yedeiday at noon a hearse, followed by two carts, was
drawn through the city, and accompanied by a very great
mob. In the firft cart was the figure of the P. D. of" W,
and another of Lord B—e, attended by a chimney-sweep
er, praying for them; in the second, the S—k---r aud both
the F—x's. They were dragged to Tower-hill, and th^e
burnt.
April 3. Notwithstanding the reports spread in the daily
papers, for lucrative purposes, on an approaching rupture
between England, France, and Spain, we can afiure the
public, that there is not at present, the least foundation for
such reports, but that there is the greatest reason to believe
that peace will continue for a long-time.
The confinement of the Lord Mayor puts a total flop
to all plantation business, as every deed or conveyance ex
ecuted here, must have the city seal to it, in presence of the
Lord Mayor.
So great has been the run on the Bank, since the com
mitment of the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Oliver to
to the,Tower, that betts were laid on Saturday last at New-
Lloyd's, to pay 30 guineas to receive 100, if Bank notes
were not difeounted before the expiration of one Month.
We are assured from authority, that private orders have
been given for eight men of war of the line to be stationed
in the downs immediately. Admiral Buckle is to have the
command.