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To the Printer of the London Chronicle.
SIR,
rt T a time like the present, when by the ill conduct
fl of some, and perhaps the malice of others, all
things seem to be tending to a Rate of confulim both
at home and abroad, whoever offers any thing like
good counsel with a good intention, should surely be
efleemed a friend, and what fuch-a-ene may offer de
serves at least to be weighed with candour in the equal
balance of reason.
Without entering into the question of right, cer
tainit is, that affairs in the Colonies are verging to
wards a very desperate crisis ; and whether the Ame
ricans prove too strong for us in arms, or not, there
isro doubt<hat they will persevere in every method
of destroying us as to our trade ; at the fame time
that they negled no methods to secure their own as
' much as possible from fullering by such measures, as
well as from being injured by any that may be
adopted from motives of revenge, by the government
at home, to distress them.
At this important jun&ure, we find the Colonies
bulled in encouraging and improving their own ma
riufa&ures, in using all their art to procure perlons
(killed in different trades from Great-Britain ; and,
finally, in endeavouring to retrench expences by
lopping off all unnecessary branches of commerce,
and laying proper rethaints upon the various articles
of luxury.
Whether we consider these people as aiming at
independency, or only as reforming their own internal
police, their conduct is certainly prudent, especially
in 'his IsQ particular ; and whether it is not such
d> Cryes not only attention, but imitation also, is a
quehion not unworthy of ferrous consideration ?
flow different is the plan pursued in Great-Britain,
where n^t, ithttanding the melancholy profpe& be
fore us, Efficient care has not been taken, either to
fypply the poor working people with provisions at a
modemte price, nor any method adopted or even
rropofed of furnishing employment for the numbers
cfmanufacturers who may be left idle by the disputes
fubfidii^ with our Colonies, as well as various
other concurring circumdances.
In the mean time with regard to luxury, it is daily
inercafinz, and that not only among the great, tout
Frighted ; but no Fatal Con^quence resulted. Tn the
Apartment of a House adjoining to that in which
this Woman lodges, a Collection of wild Hearts and
foreign Birds are kept ; and some of the former had
broke a Hole through the Wall ; but being chained,
could proceed no farther.
Mr. ^ke bi bis late celebrated fpeecb on moving bis
resolutions for conciliation with the Colonies, taking
„ tice of our demanding a revenue from America,
? akes use of the following obfervalions :—" But to
clear up my ideas on this fubje^—a revenue from Ame
rica transmitted hither-^do not delude yourjebves -,ou
never can receive it — No, not a filling. B7e have'
experience that from remote countries it is not to ke ex
pefied. If, when you attempted to extras a revenue
from Bengal, you mere obliged to return in loan mbat
you bad taken in imposition ; vekat canyou expeftjrcm
North America ; fir certainly; ij ever there cuas a
country qualified to produce health, it is In da ; or an
mftitution jit for tranfmiflion, it is the Ea, India com
pany. Americans none of tbefe aptitudes. If Ame
rica gives,on taxable objedls, on <wbicb ycu la, year
duties here, and gives you, at tbe fame time, a farplus
b, a foreign sale of ber commodities to pay the duties on
tbefe objeds which,ou tax at borne, Jbe has performed
ber part to the Briti/b revenue. But with regard to
ber own internal eftabUfoment ; foe may, I doubt not
foe will, contribute in moderation ; for jbe ought not to
be permitted to exbaif kerfelf. She ought 10 be referred
to a war; the weight oj which, with the enemies
that we are mod likely to have, mus ke conf&rable in
ber quarter of the globe. There jbe may serve you,
and ferveyou efentialf.
" For that service, for all service, whether of
revenue, trade, or empire, m, trif is in ber intertf in
the Britifb confitutie/h M, bold oj the Colonics ts in
ibe dope affeNion which grows from common names,
from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and
equal proteaion. Tbefe are ties, which, though light
as air, areasfrong as links oj iron. Pet the Colonies
always keep the idea of their civil rights afodated
with the government -,--tke, will cling and grapple to
you; and no force under Heaven will be oj power to
tear them from their allegiance. But let it be under
foot, tkatyour government may be one thing, andtkeir
privileges another-, that tbefe two things may extfl
without an, mutual relation; the cement is gone ; the
cobefon. is iotfened; and every thing bafens to decay
and dissolution. As long as you have the wflern to
keep the sovereign authority oj this country as the janc
tuar, of liberty, the sacred temple consecrated to our
common faith, wherever the chosen race and font
of England worjkip freedom, the, will turn their faces
towards you.
Augujl 8. On Saturday last, about two o'clock in
the afternoon, as John Young, dairyman, of Corfe-
Castle, Dorfet, was returning from Pottfdown fair,
he was attacked by two highwaymen, on the turnpike
road between Botley and Romfey, who demanded his
money ; on which he gave them his purse, contain
ing three guineas in gold, and about fix or (even
Shillings in silver ; butthey, not content with that, told
him that they knew he was a cheese farmer, and
that he had more money or Bank bills about him, and
that the muff and would have it. They both alight
ed from their horses, and one held his horse by the
bridle (an unbroke colt he had bought at the fair)
while the other rifled his pockets, and took from
thence thirty guineas more. He told them, that if
they were so cruel as to take it from him, he should
be utterly ruined, and that he had not a farthing
more in the world to carry him home, hor to pay his
quarter's rent when he get home ; nor was there a
pofiibility for him to do it, as he had carried all his
flock to the fair, to raise money to pay his rent. On
which they returned him the purse again, with the
three guineas and silver, faying, “ There is some
thing to carry you home, and we will do what we
can for you besides to make your loss as easy as possi
ble: You shall have our watches, for they are of no
fcivice to us ;-- 7 'tis money, and money only, that we
want, and are determined to have more of the next
person we meet."----On his refuting to take thel
watches, they threw thgp on the ground and rode off. I
Salonica, fune 3. Fof'feveral days part we \
have been putting in execution the reiterated'orders ;
of the Grand Signor, refpe&ing the restitution of;
the fevered Grecian slaves, taken during the late warj
with Russia. An hundred piaftres are paid for each|
individual, male or female, to the poffeffbr of thofe|
unfortunate wretches ; but the owners will be great I
Infers, as there ate none of them but what cost them
triple thatfum. The perfohs charged with this bu
siness by the Porte have collected about 200 of them,
who are to be returned to the place agreed on by
the Ruffian charge des affairs, at the expence of the
Grand Signor.
From the London Chronicle of June 17, 1775>
'alfo among the middling, and even,the lower orde,;
of the people ; those classes by whole fobnety and
industry alone a commercial state caribe benefited ; a
circ-umitante which entirely precludes any advantage
it can be of to the nation ; fmce whatever may be
said of the luxury of the rich being sometimes of
advantage to the poor, (and as it has been inferred
consequently to the public at l^rge---a position per
haps not easily proved---yet even admitting this,
therp can be no doubt but that the. dissipated, or ille
lives of the poor, cannot be of any service whatfoefer
to their country.
As a disposition to extravagance has often been
Found to prompt to a number of crimes among pri
vate persons ; to it is no left certain, that a general
difhpition is commonly the bane, of public virtue,
and of public spirit ; and we need not repeat the
instances from history, wherein it. has been well
Iknown to be the fore-runner of the absolute de
rtruflion of a state.
IHew little is it to be expe&ed, that the man whose
lextravagance is perpetually creating him neceiftties,
fnahld be able to resist the means of fatisfying his
linclinations ; whatever profeffions he may make,
I when the gratifications of his luxury comes in com
ipetition with the public iptered, how ealy is it to
;conceive which he will attend to ; how likely will he
I be to follow the example of Esau, and to fell his
Ibirthright for a mess of pottage ! But the man who
;Is independent may live to himfelf alone, and scorn
1.-dike a venal minidry or a noisy ; it will not be 6a-
I tural for firch an one to have any interests separate
Ifrom that of bis country. Had Marcus Curios I en-
Itatus been given to extravagance, he flight have 1
Iceived the offered bribes of the Samnites, and faci
; fired the prosperity of Rome to ms ow• private
' emolument.
If luxury then is always pri the \vhblb [upubcuu
to a date, how much more so mud we consul r it to
a people loaden wi,h taxes, involved in num^erMs
difficulties, and on the eve of being engage 1 a
War with their own colonies, a people rough, hardy,
and industrious, rigid in their principles, and who
!profefs thcmfelves tenacious even to death of what
; they etieem their imerelt, which they will (pare no
pains, no felf-dehial, to eftablilh ; to which they are
ready to fact^fice all the luxuries, and, as they boast,
many of the conveniencies of life. Is it not time
for the mother country, at lead in this latt inlLnce,
to follow their example, especially as firice whepur
war or pence take place, there is the greatest reafen
to believe that the American trade, if riot abfoltitely
lott, will be reduced in such a manner, as never again
to be of any solid advantage to Great-Biitain.
Not to take up any more of your time, Sir, in
defeating upon this fubjeft, I would only tubmit it
to the legislature, and to the public, to determine
whether a proper date to reduce the price of provisi
ons, to provide employment for our idle hands, and
to retrain and refrain from luxury in dieb, diet,
and expences, would not be far more seasonable, as
well as more becoming, than multiplying our expedi
tes; and planning out new divcifion^ to engage; the
light, the giddy, arid the vain, and to diffufe more
and more the spirit of idienefs and dissipation, which
has already gone forth in theft kingdoms ?
I am, Sir, yourhumble servant,
And conllant Render,
MENTES.
[From the London Chronicle, July 6, 1775.]
To the PRINTER.
IT is with mech concern, that I fee so many
infamous and abominable letters and paragraphs
on botli lides of the question, relating to the present
diflentions between Parliament and America ; not only
letters but pamphlets, tending to widen the unhappy
breach, at a time when every virtuous man should try
to elofeit, The views of each party have been miG
underhood and miiieprefer,ted, by several on each
fide, wilfully and maliciously, as if there was no
God at all, no feather of the heart that had any
power to punish. A mischievous lie is one of the
greatest of crimes ; and in this queltion they have had
but too much effect. Is it not a greater crime to caule
the blood of thousands to be died, and the misery of
the whole empire, than to commit fifty robberies on
the highway ? On one fide Parliament has been ^allur
ed, that the Americans wanted to ihake off all
allegiance to, and dependence on, the Mother
Country ; this c wrif at lead a horribletJhty. On the
other lide, America has been told that England
wanted to enslave her: this was too as horrible
a falhty. The people of this country have had
another lie held out to them, that America wpuid
not at all contribute te the general charge of the em
pire, whereas the whole quellion was about tirerinode.
The people of America have been told, that the de
sign of England was to tax her at plegfuie, rfffd%t
random ; whereas several of the leading men here,
I am persuaded, wanted only to make them acknow
ledge the right, once for all, and then t. vdilute that
right ; for common sense shewed that we got more by
their good humour, and by peace wuh them, than
could ever be got from them by swarms of taxes.
The paffipns of men on both tides have been inflam
ed, and reason and argument have no force in a
delirium. Shall we never grow cool ? Ate things
to go on for ever in this mad manner ? Will we never
listen, but always speak and a& without having lis
tened ? When America is gone from us forever ;
after rivers of blood and heaps of treasure fruitlefsly
squandered in a base war, what amends can the liars
on both sides make? God will find them all out. I ;
have very dear friends 011 bsih sides, carried away by
jealousies and fears ; and not only I, but every vir-|
tuous perlon must feel hurt by the present date of
things on both sides. Could not we silent and sus
pend every thing till some cool measures could be
found out ? Must we needs break our necks ? I know
that the heartily wicked on one fide despise the
Americans, and their spirit, resentment, or courage ;
and that on the other fide they trult in their numbers
and spirits. But it is all nonsense and misery. Let
us do as lovers do ; if we muff quarrel, let us kiss and
be friends, but not break off forever ; let our quar
rels cement us the more. Thus tealoned of old
Philip de Mornay, and his fucceffpr.
ON the Bth of October, 1747, the Dartmouth
man of war, of 50 guns and 300 men, Capt.
James Hamilton, being cloiely engaged off Cape St.
Vincent, with the Gloriofo Spanish man of war of
74 ^s, and 750 men, blew up, and all the crew
periled, except 17, who were taken up by the boats
of the Prince Frederick and Duke privateers,
then in company. Of these nope were of any rank,
except Mr. O'Brien,a young Gentleman of Ireland,
one of the Lieutenants. He was taken up (recovered
to his senses floating on the carriage of'a gun, on
which he had been blown out of the fltip into the
water. We was a Geutkraa vs great afe @ |beha
Anecdote of Lieutenant O'BRIEN.
H. MORNAY.
At the GOLDEN BROAD-AX in Beekman's-flip,
HAS still on hand a tolerable affurtment of iron
mongery and cutlery, which he will fell at a rea
funable rate for caffi, wholesale and retail; amongst
which are smiths anvils and hammers ; flandirg, bench,
and band vices; mill, cross-cut, fanearing, hand, pannel,
tennent, dovetail, frame, and key-hole laws ; locks and
hinges of many kind and frees, shoemakers utensils, files
and rasps of many sizes, carpenters axes, adzes, compass,
hummers, planes, pla^e-irons, augers, chizels, gouges,
firmers, &c. kooper saxes, adzes, &c. cuttoe and pm- 4
knives, knives a^d forks ot different prices, clouts, t<\g\
and brads, bra^ handles, &c. brick and plaiftering
rat and mo^e traps, bridle bit, (hutter and ipj/' f.Q
taylors fliers, brass and iron candlesticks, tu
1 n i • knee, ana
fnuffersj plaited, steel, white and yellow
stock buckles ; ir^n coffee mills, irog /" s " r '°:. e "&"
with many other articles in the ires
Also Haerlerti oil and Neu: er burgA salve, wuu an a 101-
went of nails.
TEN POUNDS Reward.
z^'^ or broke out of
U the pasture of the fub
^ifo^ra" faibcr,ontheVineyaidTrua,
g.tyZ ytyj&q ncar the city of Philadelphia,
^°? ^ Z 'n' ° n Sunday evening, O^ober
1775, TWO GELD
^^L^ one a large ftnelly
remmkdbly well made, of a gay carriage, has a
switch tail, lately nick'd, about 15 hands high, 4.
years old, final! Far in his forehead, and gaulded in
two places on his back.
The other a flea bitten grey, 14. hands 3 inches
high, half-blood, 9 years old, well made, gabled
with the (addle, very gay when mounted, an excel
lent carriage horse, has a thin mane and a long
switch tail, which he carries lofty ; at the root of the
off ear he has a wart as bigas a black walnut.
Whoever Retires the above geldings, so that the
owner gets them again, shall have Three Pounds
for each ; and if the thief be taken and prosecuted
to conviction, Five Pounds for each gelding, and ail
reasonable charges.
DANIEL CLYMER.
"Sir,
" I was at dinner when I received your ill judged
letter; as theie is little consideration required, I shall
facrifice a moment to anfw< r it. A member of your
privy council can never be of a large cabinet.
" I know too well what is due to my own dignity,
to enter into compromise with an ex-tor tionable aflaf
fm of private reputation. If I before abhorred you
for your (lander, I now despise you for your conces
sions ; it is a proof of the iliiberality of your satire,
when you can publish or suppress it, as belt suits the
, convenience of yourpurie. You firft had the
cowardly bafenels to.draw the fwor«l, and if Tfheath
it until 1 Dicke you crouch like the fubfuv ; ent v*al
as you are, then is there no spirit in an injured wo
man,nor roeannefs in a slanderous buffoon. To a
man, my fox would nave lcr.eeaed me from attacks---
but I an; writing to the delcendent of a merry An
drew, and profttute the term of manhood, by apply
ing it td Mr. Foote.
“ Clothed in my innocence as in a coat of mail, I
am proof agaiuft a holt „f fees, and confeious of
having never intentionally elfended a tingle individual,
I doubt not but a brave and generous public will
prote& me from the malevolence.of a theatrical affif
fin. You shall have cause to remember, that though
I would have given liberally to the relief of your
necetiities, I scorn to-be -bullied into a purchase .of
your silence. There is something, however, in your
pity, at which my nature revolts. To make me an
offer of pity, at once betrays your insolence and your
vanity. I will keep the pity you fend until the
morning before you are turned off, when I will return
it by a Cupid with a box of lipfal.e, and a choir of
chorifteis shall chaunt a Rave to yotfr Requiem.
vidur, and one of alrappy readiness of wit. ffis fiift
salute to the Captain of the Prince Frederick was,
“ Sir, you mutt excuse the unfitnefs of my dress to
“ come aboard a strange ship ; but I really left my
“ own in such a hurry, thafl had no time to flay
“ for a change."
E. KINGSTON."
PUBLIC AUCTION.
TO-MORROW MORNING,
The S A L E will be continued at
Mr. ROBERT GAULT's
S TOR E, in Maiden-Lane,
When there will be fti uck off to the hi^hert bidder;
A large quantity of ufeful and ornamental CHINA,
DECANTERS. TUMBLERSand WINEGLASSES,
PLA GD WARE, HARD WARE,
SILK. STOCKINGS LACES, RIBBONS,
MEN'S and WOMENS SHOES, LUTESTRINGS,
And feverM remnants of SHOP GOODS.
,L O N D O N.
The subsequent letter transmitted the Dutenefs
of Kingdom, by Mr. Foote, requires some prelimi
nary explanation.
Mr. Foote, interdicted by the Chamberlain from
representing the libellous piece, called “ A Trip to
Calais," threatened to public, the feenes, and de
dicate them to her Grace of Kingftori. It was in
vain that the malignity, as well as injustice of such a
pfocedtire, were represented to Mr. Foote in the
Wronged colours; He would not yield one tittle to
the remonftranee of humanity, though he appeared
attentive to the call of interest ; in obedience to
which call, he acquainted a friend of her Grace's,
that " he would consent to suppress the publication
of the feenes, if her Grace would 'give him 20001.
for the copy." It may easily ^ supposed, that so
impertinent a demand shared the fate of a refufah
To ber Grace the Dutebefs of Kingflon;
Madam,
" A member of the privy council, and a friend of
your Grace's (he has begged ine not to mention his
name, but I suppose your Grace will eatily guess it)
has just left me. He has explained to me what I did
not conceive, that the publication of the feenes in
the “ Trip to Calais", at this juncture, with the de
dic°tion and preface, might be of infinite ill conse
quence to your ass irs. I really, Madam, with no
uh. G should be furry to do you an injury.
“ I therefore give bp to that conlideration what
neither your Grace's offers, nor the threats of four
agents could obtain. The feenes shall not be publish
ed, nor shall any thing appear at my theatre, or from
me, that can hurt you, provided the attacks made on
she in the news-papers do not make it necessary for
me to a& in defence of myfelf. Your Grace will
therefore fee the necessity of giving proper directions.
" I have- the honour to be your Grace's
" Mod devoted servant,
S. FOOTE."
Hubert Van Wagenen,
Her Grace's A/fiVef:
I CHARLES OLIVER BRUFF,
Goldsmith and Jeweller,
g At the sign of the tea-pot, tankard, and ear-ring, between
I Maiden-Lane and Crown street, next door to Doctor
IKemmeneau, near a hs Fly-Market;
' ^e makes and mends any kind of diamond
) VV or enamelled work in the jewellery way ; also
[all manner of done buckles, stone rings, ear-rings and
{oroacaes, fulitjres, hair jewels, lockets, enamelled fieeve
buttons, spurning rings of all forts, trinkets for ladies,
rings and buckets, plam or enamelled; gold necklaces,
and stones of ail forts : Likewde mikes and mends all
fi-rts of silver-smiths work ; also ladies fans neatly
mended. He givesthe bigheft price for old gold, silver
; and jewels ; buys rough chryftal, handforne pebble, and
§ bl^nk cornelian, fit tor seal stones: He has fitted a
A Lapidary mill up, where be cuts all forts of stones. He
j wants immediately a lapidary, a jeweller, and an apprentice
I boy ; none need apply but what can be well recommend
led,I ed, He,engraves all forts of arms, crests, cyphers, heads,
; and fancies, in the neatest manner and greatest expedition,
I with the heads of Lord Chatham, Shakespeare, Milton,
Newton, Pope, Homer, Socrates, Hannibal, Mare An
thony, Csefar, Plato, Jupiter, Apollo, Neptune, Mars,
I, Cleopatra, Diana, Flora, Venus, Marcelania, Masons
atms, with all emblems of liberty; Cupid fancies, hearts
j jand dores neatly engraved for Indies trinkets. Likewise
I silver and steel fcals. He also plaits' hair in the neatest
^ manner. N. R. Takes likenefles off in hair as natural
I as poflible, as to th:fct:m.of visages ; works hairin sprigs,
Ibirds, figures, cyphers, crofts and cupid fancies. He has
I for sale, best cordis for whittles and bells ; likewise cleans
I watches 2S # china dial plates fitted in at 6s. each, glafles
I fitted in at ;s_each, and uther repairs in preportion.
I Tbefe Gentlemen who are Jornrir.gr tbemjelves into companies
in defence of their Liberties ; and others that are * 0:
JrGlided vitb . ,
S WO R R S,
Mav be luited therewith by apj' n rT°n
CHARLES OLIVER ^RUFF,
In Maiden-Laney near g ,
OMALL fiords silver f ^tnruft, and
/O cutteau de chafe, nW em enL °" ut "''l green grips,
^rf a f n the u^' fo^
^^ured by said Bru ff
and p^l oy l slim s , sword belts'
without favela, gnn-f crew drivers , with won ^
DAVID SE A BURY~
InHANOVER-ScIuARE, opposite the Golden-Key
hath for fate f or C ASH O nly,'
A N AffortmentofEuropean Goods,
A 3 §rc^t part of which are very Suitable to the season.
For SALE,
Two elegant Situations,
In the City of Perth-Amboy, in the Province
of New-Jersey, being Part of the Estate of
the late Do&or LEWIS JOHNSTON, deceased.
IpHE whole of this part of the estate contains 203
acres of excellent land, extending frem High-
Street, in the said City, along Rariton River, near ore
mile westward ; a.configurable part of which is now in
choice. En^hlh Grass, and the rest is well, adapted either
for grals th the railing of grain, of which it has been
found to produce plentiful crops of all kinds. On the
premises are,
ifc. The large', commodious brick m~ufion house,
(landing about roo yards from High-Street, commanding
a delightful view of the River and Bay; together with a
convenient barn, stables and other out-houses, a good
garden, arid a variety of choice fruit trees.
2d. Another commodious brick dwelling house two
Tories high, fronting en the find River about 120 reds
from High-Street; together with a large barn and other
out-houses, a spacious garden stored with a well chofe#
collection of fruit trees, anda young bearing orchard
apple tree's.
The lituatidti^of these houses are delightfully pleasant
and healthy, and capable of the most elegant arU tally
improvements. They arealfo very convenienton account
sf the great plenty of fiffi they afford ; and particularly
the belt of o,fteis and clams, which, at low water, may
be gathered in plenty before the doors. And their proxi
mi:y to the town, among many pthcr conveniencies,
affords an opportunity of enjoying the pleasures of society.
Which, all together, render them as eligible places for
Gentlemen's Seats as any in the province. About 161
acres ot the land -are allotted to these houses, and will be
divided equally between them, or in such part or propor
tion as will best suit the purchasers.
I he remainder to be laid out in lots^of about fix acres
each, fronting on Market-Street, and will be very' con
venient for the inhabitants of the town for pasture or£
mowing-grounds. On one of them are a dwelling house
and garden, tuitable for a fmail family. These fix acres
lots, if not fold by private bargain before the twelfth day
of September next, will then be exposed to public sale to
the highest bidder.
Any person inclined to purchase the whole or any part
of the premises, may apply to James Parker, John
Smyth, and Heathcote Johnson, of the city of Perth-
Amboy, Executors of the last will and tefternent of the
said Dr. Johnson, or to Bowes Reed, Esq; at Burlington,
Perth-Amboy, Auguftr, 1775.
PURSUANT to an ordelf of th? Hon, Daniel Hos-.
nianden, and Thomas Jones, Efonire r , two of ri
judges of the supreme court of judicature for the province
of New-York; upon the petition of Thomas H^iieri,
of Queen's County, taylor, an insolvent debtor, and
three-fourths in value of his creditors.; N GTICE 1$
hereby given by the petitioners, to all the creditors of the
said Thomas Hallett, to (hew cable (if any they have)
on the 28th day of November next, at eleven o'clock in
the forenoon of the fame day, at the house of John Sim
mons, tavern-keeper, situate in the south ward of the city
of New-York, and directly opposite to the Old Frefby
terian Meeting House, why an alignment of the estate,
of the said Thomas Hallett, should not be made to Tho
mas Hallett and John Turner, pursuant to the prayer of
the said petition, and the said Thomas Hallett be there
upon difeharged, pursuant to the dire&ions of the several
afts made for the relief of insolvent debtors; which laid
several affs, tho' expired by their own limitation, have
been revived by one certain act of the Lieutenant Gover
nor, the Council, and the General Alterably of this co
lony, made and palled the 3d April, 1775.