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$y the Ship Chalkley, Captain Spain, arrived
at Philadelphia, from Bristol, cue have
the following Ad-vices, viz.
MARSEILLES, May 4.
gLx^&%* &~I^HE lass letters from Algiers
S -tEt^-w^,advife, that the Dey had re-
E fy h/w " CT ?Sj ^ ceived intelligence by an ex
q* prel's who arrived on board
° T of a filling bqat, that he
* ^ ou ^t to be on his guard,
§ V V\/\,l/X1 and prepare to defend him
''"^ '; '" '( felf, as the King of Spain
&^.*)tf«* g^^^ had fitted ° ut a ' cr ° D ^ "'"
of ships of war, and a num
ber of transports ; that it was moreover laid, that
the conditions of the peace between the Emperor of
[Morocco and his Catholic Majesty were, that th^
firft should make war on the Algerines by land,
Xhilft Spain should attack them by sea. These let
ters add, that the Dey could not forbear laughing
when he read the letter of advice brought by the
above-mentioned express ; but that he answered with
great composure, that he was prepared at all events,
and was very impatient to fee the Spanish fleet ; and
that as to the reports refpeaing the hostile intentions
of the Emperor of Moroccc, he had a formidable
army on the frontiers, commanded by the Bey of
the Weft, Efficient, not only to make head against
him, but even to conquer half his empire.
Confant inople, April 18. On Thursday theCapt.
Bafhaw took leave of the Grand Signor at his Kio/k
upon the canal ; he was eloathed with a Felice as
uftial, and afterwards entertained the Vizir and
Mufti, and all their attendants. It is thought he
will depart for the Archipelago in ten days; he takes
with him ten large Grips of the line, five frigates,
and some galleys.
Mantua, May 3. They write from Spain, that
the King will not make peace with the Emperor of
Morocco but on the following conditions : 1. I hat
he shall pay four millions of pieces of eight, by way
of indemnification for the expences and losses occa
sioned by the rupture. 2. That he shall restore 24
Spaniards that were taken prisoners. 3. That he
shall grant an extent of land of four leagues round
the places which Spain possesses in Africa. 4. That
he shall cede the port of Tetuan and the inland of
Mogador to Spain.
Vienna, May 7. It is said that two camps of 16,000
men each are to be formed in August next ; one in
Galicia and the other on the frontiers of Moldavia.
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May 10. Expresses arrive twice a week at Schon
brun from the Emperor. The last advices from
Croatia fay, that his imperial Majesty continues his
journey in perfect health, that his presence diffufes
joy wherever he passes, and that he was pursuing his
journey to Verginmofez, in the county of Carlftadt.
Press warrants were on Saturday sent to all the
out ports, for impressing seamen into his Majesty's
service.
An American officer appeared at the masquerade
the other night, tarred and feathered, just as he is
Teprefented in the print-shops, to the no final! diver
ion of the company.
May 29. The intentions of Lord Effingham to
resign his commission, should the regiment in which
he served, be ordered for America, were some time
since announced in this paper. The regiment having
received orders to embark for America, hath occa
sioned an event to take place which every friend to
•virtue and to merit must cordially deplore. Lord
Effingham has resigned his commission into the hands
of his Majesty, because he could not retain it con
fident with those principles of honour and integrity
which alone give dignity to coronets, and emblazon
nobility. That Lord Effingham was a good foldicr,
there can be no fort of doubt, for he is---a virtuous
citizen. That helives in times when the duties of
his profeffion are incompatible with the di&ates of
patriotism, is a misfortune his country most sincerely
lament. But, this in return should be considered,
that if Lord Effingham facrifices all those pleating
profpe&s, to indulge in which he had so fair a claim,
he makes the facrifice at the altar of public liberty,
and receives Heaven's signet of approbation---the
internal testimony of conscientious rectitude.
HOUSE of LORDS.
His Grace of Manchester moved to have the
* MEMORIAL" from New-York, which tended
to a reconciliation with the Colonies, read.
An amendment was proposed with a design to have
the Memorial rejected.
In the course of the debate Lord Effingham thus
delivered his fentiments.'
Lord EFFINGHAM's SPEECH.
My Lords,
" The turn which this debate has taken, makes
It unnecessary for me to remark on any thing which
in the course of it has fallen from any noble Lord ;
but as I wish to call your Lordships attention rather
to the fubje&, than to the form and manner of the
paper offered to you, I hope I shall stand excused,
if I treat the latter as trifling, when put in competition
with the faiutary or dreadful effects of admitting or
rejecting the means now in your hands, of restoring
harmony to this diftra&ed empire. What may be
the fate of the amendment proposed, I know not ;
but I fear it is too easily to be guessed, from the
complexion of the House, which will be that of the
Memorial.
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" If any thing, my Lords, can add to the reluc
tance with which I at any time trouble your Lord
ihips, it is a confeioufnefs of my own inability to
treat this fub}c& as it ought to be treated. Indeed
the importance of it is such, as would filter me from
LONDON, MAY 25.
entering into icall, did I not think that in the pre
carious situation in which this country hands at pre
lent, it is the duty of every man to avow his prin
ciples and Sentiments with firmnefs and integrity.
The indulgence which I have before experienced,,
encourages me to expert again from your Candour,
that attention, which I have not, like many among
your Lordihips, the abilities to command.
" I confefs Iwifh to avoid the dlfcuffion of our
right to such a power as w? are contending for ; that
is to fay, a power of taxing a let of fubje&s who
are not represented among us, and who have full
power to tax themselves in the ordinary and constitu
tional manner. Was any particular province, among
the Americans, to refufe grants of money in pro
portion to others, or to commit anv a& in qbufe of
their charters, I think that supreme controuling
power, which the province in question allows in its
full extent, would give us the charge, re quid detri
menti, Repuh/ica capiat. And in that case, my
Lords, almost the whole empire would be united
against the.wrong-headed few, who would be Soon
brought to reason. But lam Satisfied, that without
such necessity, we have nd more right to exercise the
power of taxation in that country, than a Roman
Diaatof had to begin his office with a declaration,
that his power should be perpetual, and was necegary
in the ordinary business of government. Therefore, 4
my Lords, whatever has been done by the Americans,
I must d^na,it the mere consequence of our unjust
demands. They have come to you with fair argu
ment, you have refuted to hear them ; they make the
most refpe&ful remonstrances, you answer them with
pains and penalties ; they know they ought to be
free, you tell them they shall be flives. Is it then a
wonder if they fay in defpnir, " for the fort re
mainder of our lives WE will be FREE !"---Is there
any among your Lordships, who in a situation Similar
to that which I have described, would not resolve the
fame ? If there could be such a one, I am sure he
ought not to be here.
" Tc bring the history down to the present Scene.
Here are two armies in presence of each other ; armies
of brothers and countrymen; each dreading the
event, yet each feeling, that it is in the power of the
mod tripling accident, a private dispute, a drunken
fray in any public house in Boston ; in short, a no
thing, to cause the Sword to be drawn, and to plurge
the whole country into all the horrors of blood,
flames and parricide.
“ in this dreadful moment, a set of men more
wife and moderate than the rest, exert tbemfelves to
bring us all to reason. They itate their claims and
their grievances ; nay, if any thing can be proved
by law and history, they prove them --They propose
oblivion, they make the firft concessions ;---we treat
them with Contempt, we prefer poverty, blood, and
servitude, to wealth, happiness and liberty.
" My Lords, I should think myfelf guilty of
offering an insult to your Lordships, if I presumed
to suppose there was any amongst you who could
think of what was expedient, when once it appeared
what was just.
“ I might otherwise have adverted to the very for
midable armament preparing in Spain ; but as that
argument ought to have no consideration with your
Lordships, I fliall not suppose it would have; any,
and for that reason will entirely rejc& it.
" What weightthefe few observations may have,
I don't know; but the candour your Lordflrips have
indulged me with, requires a confeffion on my part,
which may still lelfen that weight. I must own lam
not personally difintcrefcd.
"Ever since I was ofan age to have any ambition
at all, my highest has been to serve my country in a
military capacity, If thebe was on earth an event I
dreaded, it was to fee this country so situated as to
make that profeffion incompatible with my duty as a
citizen.
Dukes of Devonshire, Portland.---Earls of Stam
ford, Tankerville.—Vifcount Torrington.---Bifnop
of St. Afaph.---Lord King.
The French, we are assured, have actually sent
nine ships of war to Newfoundland this season.
They write from Berlin, that the King of Prussia
has compleated all his Regiments, under pretence of
a general review, and that shey contift of 150,000
choice troops.
" That period is, in my opinion, arrived ; and I
have thought myfelf bound to relinquish the hopes I
formed, by a refighation, which appeared to me the
only method of avoiding the guilt, of enslaving my
country, and embruing my hands in the blood of
her sons.
" When the duties of a soldier and a citizen be
com&nconfiftent, I shall always think myfelf obliged
to fink the character of the soldier in that of a citizen,
till such time as those duties (hall again, by the malice
of our real enemies, become united.
“ It is no small facrifice which a man makes who
gives up his profeffion ; but it is a much greater,
when a predilection, ftrehgthened by habit, has given
him so strong an attachment to bis profeffion as I feel.
I have, however, this one consolation, that by making
that facrifice, I at lead give my country an unequivo
cal proof of the sincerity of my principles."
The following noble Lords voted for delivering
their fellow fubjefls in Canada, from Popery and
Slavery, by a Rejreal of the Quebec-Afi.
Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Gloucester,
Cumberland.---Dukes of Richmond, Manchester.---
Marquis of Rockingham.---Earls of Abington, Scar
borough, Stanhope, Cholmondeley, Fitzwilliam,
Effingham, Randor, Spencer.---Bishop of Exeter.—
Lords Craven, Ponfonby, Ravtyworth, Archer,
Wycombe, Beaulieu, Camden.
The following Lords voted by Proxy.
Monday, 65 Min. after 5
Tuesday, 23 Min. after 6
Wednesday, 24 Min. after 7
Thursday, 23 Min. after 8
HIGH-WATER at NEW-YORK, this Week.
Friday, 19 Min. after 9
Saturday, 17 Mih. after 10
Sunday, 9 Min. after 11
Full Moon the iitb.
By the mod authentic intelligence we have been
able to collect, the following is the true date of the
French troops at present within 41 hours march of
Dunkirk. In the town 4 battalions, at Gravelines 2,
at Calais 4, at Lisle 12, at Valenciennes 4, at Quel
noy 6, at St. Omer's 4, amounting in the whole to
32 battalions, at 750 men, or 24,000; besides tz
Iquadrons of horse and dragoons, equal in number
very nearly to so many regiments of English cavalry,
according to the prelent ettabblhment.
Two men of war and three transports, with two
regiments of soldiers, are ordered to fail immediately
for Bolton.
Extras of a letter from Portfmoutb, May 27.
'' Early^his morning orders came down here for
fix ships of the line to be fitted for sea as soon as
possible; and in order to man them, houses of ren
dezvous are opened and good encouragement given
for men to enter into his Majesty's service."
Advice is arrived at the Secretary of State's office,
of the failing of the Spanish fleet through the Streights
of Gibraltar.
Four more regiments, we hear, will be ordered
forthwith to America, and a part of rhe militia are
to be embodied.
The Spanish ships of force novV re&ly to proceed
to sea, or fitting out, amount to 34, 27 of which are
of the line, befidV s 30 frigates.
Gibraltar is now put into that ftrite of defence, as
if a siege was hourly expelled; and though govern
♦nent affeas to disregard the Spanish armament, yet
goofoldiers have been smuggled out to reinforce the
garrifyn.
On Sunday afternoon died, athis house near Croy
don, after two years illness, Barlow Tiecothick,
Esq; Some time ago he resigned his gown as Alder
man of the Ward of Vintry.
May 31. The regiments of foot on duty in Ireland
will be augmented fifteen men per company, in ord,r
to replace the troops that are sent to America, that
the fiipulatcd number of forces may remain in Ire
land.
Extras of a Letter from an officer on board the Somer
fit man of war,
" You will no doubt receive by the fame vessel
which brings this, an account of the late molt la
mentable difturbanee at Lexington. To the lift of
the killed you may add Lieutenant Colonel Smith,
who commanded the detachment which was firft sent
by General Gage to seize and spike up the cannon.
Lord Percy very narrowly escaped being taken by the
Provincials. Our fliip, as well as the Lively and
two (loops, are at present Rationed to prevent a con
jun&ion of the troops frotu any of the detachments
which are assembled at Bellingham and Tath rivers,
as they mult march along the road which is com
manded by our cannon. A numQrof caravans from
Quebec have lately arrived, which have brought the
Americans eloathing for an army of 30,000 men ;
their whole number, I can assure you, is 40,000 at
least, even by our accounts, and they are laid to
be more numerous. Our situation isdaily more irk
some; our provifiohs which we brought from Europe
are expended, and the supplies here are irregular, I
have sassed fevers! hours now I am writing this ;
neither our seamen or soldiers enter heartily on the
service. Our marines are almoll always in arms, and
of the whole which left the snip on the above service
eighteen deserted."
Junei. Four more regiments of foot and two
of Highlanders are ordered for America.
The Governor of the Havannah we hear has
orders to oblige the English inhabitants of the bland
of Cuba, to leave it immediately.
.The mini fferial tools yefterduy talked loudly in the
city, that it was the intention of the minidry to
proscribe and proclaim as traitors those men in
this country, who have affixed the Americans by
subscription oc otherwise, or (hall presume in future
to aid them in any way whatever. .An Englishman
who writes this paragraph, and heard their empty
menaces, calls upon the tools of government to put
their threats into immediate execution ; for the
inftanttbat such an attempt is made, himfelf and
thousands of determined Englishmen, are refolded to
make the experknenu
Extras of a Letter from Portfmoutb, May 26.
“ Yesterday Admiral Duff hoilted his flag on
board the Romney man of war at Spithead, to take
the command of the Newfoundland Nation."
What mud the surrounding nations think or a
Prince, who could not only fuffer, but be well pleated
with one of his upper servants for faying, in an august
aflembly, that the inhabitants of a third part of his
dominions were coavardly poltroons.
May 30. The French have this minute 110 le^,
than 22 battalions of infantry, and 12 squadrons of
horse, amounting in the whole to 17,000 men, within
a day's march of Dunkirk.
Tutflay, May the gotb, 1775. As a doubt of the
authenticity of the account from SalemjJouchmg an
engw : ement between the King's troops andfhe pro
vinces in the Massachusetts-Bay, may arise from a
paragraph in the Gazette of this evening, I desire to
inform all thole who wish to fee the original affidavits
which conforin that account, that they are deposited
at tiie Mansion-house with the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor for their mfpe&ion.
ARTHUR LEE,
The Provincials, who attacked General Gage's
convoy ofprovifions, were headed and commanded by
a deffenting clergyman. A man who has hitherto
been extremely moderate; but those who were
formerly moderate are now as much exasperated as the
mod violent and inveterate.
Agent for the House of Representatives of the
Massachusetts-Bay.
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Beef per Barrel, 48s. od.
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It is said, that an ingenious gentleman, well versed
in financering, is drawing up a Scheme for improving
the excise, so as to make it produce 250,0001. per
annum more than it does at present.
By the last accounts from Madrid we learn, that
his Catholic Majesty has ordered all In's fubje&s on
the sea coasts tube numbered, and thatevery fifth man
is to be employed in manning his Ships of war.
The King of Spain has just made a promotion of
one hundred and thirty officers in his marine.
A private letter from Frankfort fays, that a#
eminent merchant has lately disappeared, with bills
and notes to the value of 250,000 German crowns.
Orders have been transmitted from Holland to Ba
tavia, to recal all Dutch officers and fubje&s from
the service of the several princes in the East-Indies, on
pam of being traitors, and having their effe&s Seized.
General Putnaii, who commanded the Connecti
cut troops, is a veteran soldier of great experience. He
From the King's troops having fuft fired on the
Americans, and thus designedly commenced hostili
ties, there is every apparent reason to conclude, that
the private inftru&ions to the troops are to filed blood
enough.
To meh of thought there is nothing surprising in
the late American massacre. It was long since fore
told by the Lords Chatham and Camden. It was
very lately intimated by Lord Effingham, who re
signed his commission, because he forefaw that
American blood would be unjustly shed. The Com
mons also, by the mouth of their Speaker, teftified
their expectation, that the sword would be drawn,
and they prondfed, most ckearfally, to lend every
assistance in-their power to give it an edge.
There is a report industriously propagated by the
creatures of adniiniffration, that the people here who
have affixed and cherished the rebels in America are
speedily to be called to an account for their treafoh,
as their money has been applied in purchasing am
munition for the American traitors; and executions
and forfeitures are the common topic of the Scottish
and the English tories; but there is no terror in their
threats [-^-Impeachments, axes, blocks and halters,
are justly retorted upon these rascally minions of
power, by every honest whig and indignant English
man.
The guard fliips at Portsmouth and Spithead are
row manned with their complement of teamen and
marines, by order of the board of Admiralty.
Yesterday his Excellency Prince Mafferano had a
private audience of bis Majesty at St. James's
for near three quarters of an hour, and delivered his
letters of credences,
His Majesty's ship the Ramilies of 74 guns, and
the Anient of 64, are now fitting out at Chatham to
join the fleet at Spithead,
The public ate requeued $0 attend one moment to
the conduct of Minifay, and they will forever deleft
their duplicity, A maflacre is attempted by the
King's mercenaries in America, the peaceable inha
bitants of the town of Concord are wantonly fired
on, and many are inhumanly murdered. Ministry,
unable to contest the proofs adduced in confirmation •
of this infamous tianfaction caused the following
paragraph to be inferred in the Gazette.
Secretary of States Office, Whitehall, May 30.
A report having foread, and an account having
been printed and published, of a ikirmifh between
some of the people in the province bf MafTachufetts
Bay and a detachment of his Majesty's troops: it is
proper to inform the public, that no advites^have as
yet been received in the American department of any
such event.
The following are said to be fume of the resoluti
ons adopted by the Provincial army in America.
" To treat the mercenaries, who may be taken
priibners, with every indulgent species of tenderness,
but in case any of the Provincials should be put to
death, then to hang man for man.
" To be as Sparing as possible of blood, and never
difeharge the firft fire unlels in open action.
" To commit no fort of depredations, buton no
account whatever to permit them the mercenaries to
be furnifoed with frefh provisions.
" In case rewards (hall, be offered to those who
desert from the Provincial army, to offer equal re*
wards to every private soldier who Shall abandon the
mercenaries, and go over to the Provincials.
“ To maintain an exactitude of discipline; but,
in their firings, to let their manoeuvre be few, and
their evolutions as simple as possible.
“ And, lastly, having taken the field, never to
quit it until, by the blessing of Providence on their
arms, they Shall have obtained an ample restitution
of their rights Secured to them on feme better tenure
than the faith of Kings, or the omnipotence of an
English senate."
It is currently reported at the weft end of the town,
that General Gage is on his way home without leave,
and that two thirds of his troops are cut off by th©
Americans.
The Americans, we are assured have lately had a
large fapply of warlike ftcres of every kind from
four Dutch fhip§, which arrived at Salem under con
voy of two Spanish men of wa&
It is asserted that a noble Lord, who presides at a
certain great board; has delivered in his opinion that
hostilities will commence between England and two
neighbouring powers in less than three months, and
that the putting our maty on a refpe&able footing
will be the molt eligible Step that can be taken.
The report of an intended change in the miniftr,
is revived, and some circumstances are mentioned,
which make it seem not to be wholly destitute of
foundation.
Two clean frigates, viz. one at Portsmouth, and
the other at Plymouth, are ordered always to be in
constant readiness to carry dispatches to and from
America.
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