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Wans haveforteited theircharter @ ” and there
fore, to fapport this resolution, Parliament must
take away the charter. .
July 30. 2hree C—mells, since the 15th of
this month, have been held on American affairs.
Many members were of opinion, that his Majeliy,
with the advice of his Privy council, was Juffici
ently empowered to /upfre[s the tumults in America
in what manner he thought proper ; but a cauti
ous member, of the law, observed, that in the pre
sent situation of affairs they could not aét too pru
dently and therefore it was [afer to leave the man
ner of quclling them to the Parliament, as by that
means it would be the action of the whole nation ;
which opinion, we hear, was adopted.
It was [aid on monday night with the greatest
confidence, and lets were laid upon it, that the
leading men in the Boston committce would pay a
visit to the Britifb capitalin le[sthan three months.
August 6. Thomas Bradfbaw, Efg; one of the
Soint Secretaries to the Treasury, will certainly
resign in a few days 5 and————Robinson, pri
vate Secretary to Lord North, be appointed in his
room. Mpr. Robinson already tranfalls part of
the Treasury business.
The minister is determined upon three points,
which the public may be assured will be carried
into execution before he quits the helm. The sirs?,
20 bring the Americans to a f[enjc of their duty ;
the second, to have Great-Britain indemnified in
the amplefi manner, by all foreign powers on whom
fPe has claims of any fort 5 and thirdly, to put
the marine, in all its departments, upon a footing
on which it has never yet been known.
August 7. Yyfterday dijfpatches were received
at the Sccretary of State’s office for the colonies from
Boflon. ,
It is confidently reported at the weft end of
the town that one half of the female Coterie
have been laughed out of the conceit oi eftab
hfhmgl such an Amazonian assembly ; ard
that the other half of the members have been
torrificated so thosoughly by the prudish part of
the female fex,that they have withdrawn their
pames, and the club will be an absolute abor
tion of in fix months. |
We hear that many ships of the line will be immediately com
missioned and fitted, to prevent any furprizc after the misfortune
that has happened at Portsmouth.
Private letters from Paris {advife, that several letters have been
veceived there from Lifbon,which give an account that on the Ig9th
of last month the King of Portugal iflued an ordinance, which en
joined all the inhabitants of Lisbon, on pain of death, to retire to
their houses at the firing of a gun at a certain hour, and not to stir
out again till another gun thould be fired, the time for which was
Yikewife appointed. The King’s orders were very punttually ob
served ; but when the people were at liberty to go abroad again,
they were very curious to know the reason of their confinement ;
some of them aceordingly repaired to the place of public execution,
where they found thirty-three monks hanged,fifteen gentlemen be
headed, and one man quartered. These unhappy wretches had con
spired against the King their mafter,and one of them had even made
an attempt against his life.
Several prudent measures and regulations are agreed on, *relative
to the dock-yards, and orders are issued for carrying them into ex
ecution.----To shut the door.awben the ficed is flolen, is the summit of
ur present ministerial policy. ,
Several trains of gunpowder have been discovered in the dock
yard at Portsmouth, conveyed into different diretions, so that
the place where the fire began, was intended to be the centre of
conflagration,
It is certain that some vigorous measures have been resolved up
on to bring the Bostonians to reason, and that Commodore Gam
bier has orders to carry a naval force before Boston, to try what
effeét their appearance will- produce before the next meeting of
Parliament, which will fit in November. :
Extraét of a Letter from Bofion, May 22.
« In a former letter I mentioned what inethods the indeépondant
clerky took to influence the common people. This they are o
bliged to do, otherwise they would soon be turned out of their
meetings, and what creature is more destitute than a discarded par~
son ! As a proof of my remarks on the clergy, I fend you a copy
of a sermon nreached three times by the Rev, John Lothrop, viz,
on Thursday March 8, at our le€ture, on Sunday the 11th, at his
own meeting, and on Sunday the 18th, at Charlejtown, On it ]
need make no comment 3 it speaks for itfelf. Ihave good reason
to believe, that, on the fame occasion, many sermons similar, and
some nsuch more furious, were delivered 1o the people, which
bodes very ill for Capt. Preston,
¢« Qur independant clergy are, in fa&, the most dependant slaves
on the face of the-earth, They are chosen by the. People, who
can turn them off at Pleasure. The congregation have only to
call a-council of neighbouring parsons, and lay before them their
objeétion to their own pastor, and the Reverend Council seldom
find hitm innocent : If they venture to do it, they are involved in
his fate, by having the minds of their own hearers poisoned against
them ; fb that we have few instances of a pirfons being acquitted :
when this happens; the party against him make a secession, builda
meeting house fora new favourite, and leave their old choice to
ftarve’ on the fma'l pittance that those who adhere to bim can af
ford., 1t has been thought neceﬂ'y to make the Judges of the
Law independant 3 but it is much’ more necessary to render the
Expounders of our Faith'independant of the caprices of theirflocks.
This Countsy is called the land of Canaan, the Land of Pramife,
e than Egyptian bondage.” ~
DB. D« Berdr, Efg; agents for the colony
; ,\rdmimq @ frefb packet of infiruéiions from
Jrom Lisbon, wé ilearn, I‘bat a preternatural motion of
Wuas felt there on the 15th of laji Fune, which fhosk [everal
Wout was not attended with any bad consequences. The phino
on bappened at. 4 d'clock in the afternoon, and was preceeded by
a dead calm. . : ST
Aug. 4. A Bathaw-of three Tails is soon expeéted in Lendon,
from Constantinople, as Ambassador Extraordinary from the
Grand Signior, PR T SLo g
The last Blow was given to every part of L&ql Northington’s
negociation for fettling a new Ministry on Thursday night'laft, at
a mecting of certain Great Personages, not ‘far from St. James's
street, M vasa ¥2e LR nean
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Aug. 8. In last night’s Gazette a reward of one thousand pounds
clear of all dedu&ions, is offered by the Lords of the Admiralty, to
any person as shall, within three months, discover any of the per
sons concerned in setting fire to the Store-houses and Buildings i
the Dock-yard at Portsmouth j+and his Majesty ‘promifes his par
don to any of said offenders ( except the person who aétually set
the premises on fire ) who fhalkdifcover amsy on¢ or more of his
other accomplices in the said offence, so that he or they may be ap
prehended and prosecuted to convition. *
It is certain and a very pleasing faé, that there are now ia the
flore-houfes of Chatham-yard only, utensils of every kind fufficieat
to equip forty capital ships of the line.
Orders are now given for more ships of war to inve( the town of
Boston, and for more Regiments, who are to re-afiume their old
quarters in it.
By a gentleman lately rrived in town from Britanny we are in
formed, tiat the ten ships of the line, prepared to fail at Breft,have
all of them double decks. %
Fxtraét of a Letter from Portsmouth, Fuly 30.
¢ During the late dreadful fire here, some
of the masts in the dock-yard were attempted
to be {aved, but in vain, The flames raged so
violently, that it was with difficulty the peo
ple who attempted itefcaped. The houses of
the Boatswain and Surgeon must inevitably
have been destroyed, they both being often on
fire, had it not been for the great vigilence of
the seamen, who got into them, and as the
flames took the weather board, tore them
down. The heat of the fire was so great, as
to melt the lead on the dome of theAcademy,
which building was in the utmost danger, and
mutft have been destroyed, had the before men
tioned houses taken fire. ~Great thanks are
due from the public to the Captains Bentick
and Fielding, for their unwearied exertion on
this melancholy occasion ; nor are they less
due to the young gentlemen of the academy
who behaved with surprising alacrity, in sa
ving the goods of private people, and the stores
belonging to the Crown : in short, every dne
present seemed to exert his utmost endeavours
to prevent the calamity from spreading. In
the evening CaJ;tain Bentick proposed to thes
Officers of the Yards to fix two of his, and of
the old conftruéted ¢hain pumrs in the mait
pond in order tc;{}':ump the cellers full of wa
ter to save, if poflible, some of their contents.
The pumps were accordingly fixéd and the
cellars are now near full of water. Many are
the reports concerning this fire, but the gene=
rality of people think it was contrived by some
evil-minded persons, as some cartridges of
powder were found in different places. Thank
God the other maft-houle was preserved ; if
that had been destroyed, we should not bave
had a mast or yard left of any size in the whole
Yard, but from the known alacrity of the ar
tificers, we may hope to fee the loss, though
considerable, soon repaired.
¢ The chain pumps have discharged up
wards of 1200 tons of water upon the fire.”
Plymouth, July 28. Since the deftrullion of
the dock-yard at Portsmouth, we have been, and
are determined to be, watchful of all firangers,
who may resort 4o this place. It’s observed, that
lately several [mall Frénch veflels have been upon
the coast, and sometimes ju/t vff the harbour ; but
as the people here imagine they came with mo other
design than to run some geods, we left it to his
Majesty’s cutters to call them to account. How
ever, we now think they had something clfe in view,
and therefore orders are given firiclly to examine all
such vessels: for the future, and to fuffer no firan
gers to enter the dock-yard without an order from
the higher sowers, and then mot without persons
to watch their motions.,
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By Captain Calf, who arvived at Boston last Sunday in eight Weeks
Sfrom Londen,-sve bave the following Articles.,
L 0N -D 0 Ny Kugigs -
LTHOUGH Mr. Serjeant Glyn, on the late trials of the
Printers and Publishers of Junius’s Letter, insisted on the’
Jury’s right to judge on the /aw s «ell as the fa?, the Counsel on
the other fide, would by no means acknowledge that right, Wt
can, however, quote an authority that will place this importait
point beyond a doubg; the fufferage we mean is of Lyttleton, wio
in his Tenure, set. 363, de(lares,.."That if a Jury will take yon
them the knowledge of the law, upon the matter, they may.” And
this is agreed to by Coke in his comment thereupon.
Aug. g. We hear that orders have been transmitted to General
Gage, to aét in Concert with Commodore Gambier, in carrying
into Execution certain coercive measures of government, with re
fpec to the inhabitants of the town of Boston.
The terms; it is said, Lord. M....... 18 to retire on, aré these :
" His Lordship is to kave a pension of 36001. per annum, with a pro
viso of his.attendance at Council, and private Levees. y
Aug. 10, It is reported that a rupture will very speedily gnfue
between the Courts of Versailles and Copenhagen, notwithitanding
all the efforts of the former to avoid it. :
Yesterday a Council was summoned to meet this day at St.
James’s, when, it is said, the motions pf our enemies will be taken
into Confidération, and what part Britain' is like to takein any
troubles that may commence, in order to put her inte a proper
situation. - "
The Right Hon. Henry-Seymour Conway will arrive in town
this day, from his feat at Park-palace, to attend the above&uﬂtﬁa
It is said, that as soon as it was known at Portsmouth, that a re
ward was offered for discovering who set fire to the Dock-yard, two
suspected persons immediately absconded. . : ;
One of the oldest men in England is Fleetwood Shepherd, Efg;”
the friend of the late celebrated Matthew Prior, who is now living
at his feat in Kent, aged 122. :
We hear that all his Majesty's Ambafiadors to foreign Courts,
'gow_ at Home, will have speedy orders to set out for their refpe@ive
tations, .
Diverse foreign Agents are now bofy in London, inlifting re
cruits for the Irith Brigades in the French service ; two of those
agents are known, and search is making after them. i
Wednesday the 6th Regiment of Foot, commanded by General
Rufane, marched from theii Quarters at Chatham thro’ St. James’s
Park, in their Way to Plymouth, in order to embark there for
Pensacola, .
Wife Legislators have always thought it their Duty to reduce the
Standing Army in Times of Peace,---Are the present Legislators
WISE ONEs ? 4
We are informed certain ministerial Agents with their pockets
well lined, are preparing to fct out on Business of importance for
New-York and Boften.
It is said, as an Encouragement to the Weft-India planters for
not entering into the views of the American refraftory Colonies,”
that an additional duty will be Jaid next feflions on foreign Bran
dies, in order to increase the value and consumption of Rum. e
The Report of the Duke of Grafton’s having adopted concilia
ting measures with the opposition, is without the lcaft foundation,
His Grace having declared he will not meddle in any manner
whatever with public affairs during the recess of parliament.
We are assured, notwith@tanaing the late disaster at Port{gouth,
that the nation could, within two months, fit out go faitof the line.
* We are told it has been determined to Jet the affairs of America
temain in their present situation, (a regiment having been previ
ously dispersed in the environs of Boston) till the meeting of patli
ament, and then to have conclusive and effeftual mealures deters
mined on with all possible expedition. :
A celebrated engraver has just finifhed a print of a great perso
nage leaning on 4 lock of a door on the out-fide at St. Alban’s, in
the charaéter of af;ol, with the following label from his Mouth,
“I'll take my Bible oath, I was not on the inside,” Thelady is
discovered in a fwoonon the bed, the room pi€turefquely described.
In short, the whole fornas 2 very exaé picture of a late much ee-
BEEF R bt B G R
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P HI'L ADRLP'HI A Septig
At a Meeting of the Subscribers to the Non-importation Agreement
( entered into on the 6tb of Febyuary and 10th of March 1769 )
at Josiah Davenport’s Tawern, September the 20th, 1770, Tho’s
Willing, Efg; being unanimously chosen Clairman, it was deter=
mined by a Vete, that the following Quefiions be put. -
First q R E you of Opinion, that the Non-importation Agree
meat, as it now subsists, should be altered ? Which
was determined by a great Majority, in the Affirmatives
Second. Are you of Opinion, that the Alteration proposed
should be to open the Importation of Goods from Great-Britain,
and ather Parts of Europe, except Teas, and such other Articlesas
are, or may be fubje&t to Duties for the Purpose of raising a Re
- venuein America ? Which was determined by a great Majority in
the Affirmative. 3 ' :
Third. Whether it will not be for the Reputation of this City,
to consult the other Colonies, before any Breech is made in the 4
prefent’ Agreement > Which was determined in the Negative,
Kourth, Whether the Agreement is deemed to be be broke or
altered ? Agreed that it is altered only. ;
" Fifth. Whether any Goods shall be admitted to be landed and
fold here, which shall fail in any Veflel from Great Britain, be
fore the 15th of Januvary next, until the Spring Veflels generally
arrive, that all may be on a Footing ?---Refolved in the Negative.
. Mr. Thomson acquainted the Subscribers met, that Mefirs.
William Fisher, John Gibson, John Maxwell Nefbit, George Ro
berts, Thomas Mifflin, Daniel Benezet, John Cox, jun. Samuel
Howell, Alexander Huston, James Meafe, and himfelf, considering
the Non importation Agreement to be broke by the Resolves now
passed, no longer deem themselves of the Committee,
It was therefore determined that the Subferibers to the Non
importation Agreement be desired by public Notice, to meet on
Saturday Morning next, at 10’Clock, at Jefiah Davenport’s, te
choose eleven Persons, to supply the Places of those Gentlemen of
the Committee, who have now resigned. ; |
The Thanks of the Subscribers were then given to the Chair
man, for his impartial Condut in proposing the differest Quest
ions at their Meeting ; also to the Gentlemen of theCommittee,for
their Care and Attention; in endeavouring to have the Non-Ima
portation Agreement hitherto complied with, 4
"B O S T ON, Ottoberg. :
Capt. Hood arived in London from this Place’ in 30 Days 3 by
him they had the Messages that pafied in the Ganeral Court at their
Session in June last, t
They had also accourits of the affair of breaking Mr. Hulton’s
Windows at Brookline : as also of the Carting of M’ Masters,
which causes great Uneasiness among our Friends at Home.
In the Englith Papers are a number of Letters from Boston, con«
taining the Debates at Faneuil-Hall, relative to Non-Importation,
Reports of Committees, &c. with many bitter and cruel Reflefti
ons on the Inhabitants-of the Town, who have foffered most of
any Colony by the Agreement : The adherence to the Agreement
in June last, and the Philadelphians and New-Yorkers joining 1
therein, gave a most sensible alarm to the People in England, and
‘made even the Enemies of America do Justice to the publie Virtue
and Patriotism of its Inkabitants, which they allow is unparrallell
ed in Modern Times :---But how will they be affeted when the
Orders arrives from New-York for Goods ; which douttlefs wouid
‘be in.a Week after Captain White failed ! Certainly they will te
furprized. :
We hear a Snow from Maryland, bound to this Place, laden
with Flour, Wheat, and Flax-Seed, was cast-away last Saturday 7-
night on the Sow and Pigs, near Martha’s Vineyard.. The People
were saved. ;
. agor. Johnson was failed for Ircland, to take in Stores for Ha
lifax. , ! :
-y Laqde C"’”. o 8
Wednesday laf’ the C T'l’_'f’-"» “Nourt ‘atten ¥ at the Meeting-
House in Cambridge in the Fol€u, pn ¢ My Cooler o
Menotomy, preaciid romn [ehemiah o o .il
bol’, ave ave ferwants th,. 1 and for the A’c"r , mm:\
2o our farbers, to eat the fruit twe o[, and the 4
e are fe;"fuan't: in ity---And it yieldeti; much 1 : : 1 §
awbom thou bast set over s, because afozzrﬁm also the 05N
nion ower our bodies, and ower our sattley as loy Pledfire, gy
are in great difirefs. Inthe Aftemoon.,'_the Rev, M. £poletpn off
Cambridge, preached from Psalm, clxiii, last 'ulhuf(: of: Vspfie B'ug
Cause me to knoww the way whereon I ﬁ:ould walk, for I hist up my:
jou,l unto thee. s LN
The next Day the House met, and pr?_ccewi to the Conjid:rae