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longing, as fully and effeaually as if the fame were parti
cularly and at large repeated and inferred in this ordinance,
except in such cases as are herein ascertained, provided for
or altered.
And be it farther ordained anddeclared, by the authority
aforefaid, That the Commissioners, on any appeal from the
rate or assessment of TWENTY SHILLINGS per month,
may remit the whole, or any part thereof, in case of the
poverty, sickness or bodily inability to labor, of the Non-
Associator, or other such case as would exempt an Associator
property, Be it therefore ordained and declared, by the au
thority aforefaid, That all and every such person, above the
age of fifty years, shall pay the like sum of FOUR SHIL
LINGS in the pounds on the annual value of their eftates.'
Provided always, That this tax shall not be levied on, or
paid by, & ny such person above fifty years of age, who shall
have one or more sons, who are Affcciators unmarried, and
residing with his or their father. And provided also, That
if any person, above the age of fifty years, who shall be
from mustering or marching, when duly called thereto, but
in no other case whatever.
And whereas persons above fifty years of age are exempted
from personal service, by reason of their inability to bear
the fatigue of military duty, yet it is but just and reasonable
that they should contribute towards the security of their
judged, by the commanding officer of the battalion, fit for .
military duty, shall voluntarily enter into the. association,,
then and in such case such person shall be exempted from
paying the said tax. And provided also. That nothing here
in contained shall prevent or obftruft the levying, collating
and paying the fines heretofore set on Non-Associators by the
late Assembly, butthe fame shall be collected under the fame
penalties, in the fame manner, and by the fame persons as
are mentioned and appointed to levy and collect the monies,
to be raised by virtue of this Ordinate.
Faffed in Convention, September 14, 1776.
And signed by their order,
B, FRANKLIN, President..
Attest. John Morris, jun. Secretary.
A gentleman informs us that two eminent bankers, by
agencies, centrads, and other jobs from government, are
now become so rich, that it is said the title of STRATHA
LIAN, which, from a foul and an unnatural rebellion, was
loft to their family, will now very soon be revived,, with this
alteration only, that instead of Scotland, it will be Lord
STRATHALIAN of the kingdom of Ireland.— O Ireland,
how wilt, thou be honored by such new creations !
yutte 26. Something very interesting is certainly at this
moment in agitation between our court and that of France.
Lord Stormont has carried over a very Iharp remonfirance on
the disingenuous proceedings of the latter, which have not yet
tranfjired ; however, in all probability the next mail will
^ake the whole affair public.
Lady Stormont accompanied his Lordship to France ; they
embarked in the utmost haste at Dover, on Sunday morning
AN evening paper of lag night has the following article,
dated Lloyd's Coffee-houfe, Tuesday morning, May 14.
You may fafely allure your readers, as a certain truth, that
press warrants arrived at Plymouth on Thursday last, the 9th
instant, where they were in hourly expedation of their be
ing enforced, for the guard ffiips are in great want of hands,
those they have are principally landmen, and the honest tars
are so averse to the'fhocking American service, that if vio
lence is once used, it is well if mifehief do. not ensue.
L O ND O N, May 18.
464
The Right Honorable Sir Jeffery Amherst, Knight of the
Bath, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Amherst of'
Holmefdale in the county of Kent.
Sir Brownlow Cuft, Bart, by the name, stile, and title of
Baron Brownlow of Belton in the county of Lincoln.
George Pitt, Esq; by thp name, stile, and title of Baron Ri
vers of Stratfieldfay in the county of Southampton.
Nathaniel Ryder, Esq; by the name, stile, and title of Ba
ron Harrowby of Harrowby in the county of Lincoln.
Thomas Foley, Esq; of Great Witley in the county of
Worcester, by the name, stile, and title of Baren Foley of
Kidderminfter in the county of Worcester.
WHITEHALL, June 10. This morning MajfoQ,dwell?
Lieut. Colonel Commandant of the British militia in Ca
nada, arrived from (Quebec in his Majesty's flrip Hunter.,
by whom was received the following letter- from General
Carlton to Lord George Germaine, together with the cop,
of a letter fi om General Carleton to General Howe.'
My Lord, Quebec, May 14, 1776.
After this town had been closely invested by the rebels for
five months, and had defeated all their attempts, the Sur
prise frigate, Isis, and (loop Martin, came into the bafon the
6th instant.
As soon as that part of the zgth they had on board with
their marines, in all about two hundred, were landed, they,
with the greatest part of the garrison, by this time much
improved, and in high Spirits, marched out of the ports of
St. Louis and St. John's, to fee what those mighty boasters
were about ; they were found very busy in their preparations
for a retreat; a few shots being exchanged, the line marched
forward, and the plains were soon cleared of those plun
derers ; all their- artillery, military stores, scaling ladders,
petards, %. &c. -were abandoned. The- Susprife, Martin,
and, a province armed vessel, went up the river, when they
also quitted the Gafpee, and the armed schooner Mary. The
rear of the rebels have halted at Dechambault ; and the Sur
prise, with the other two vessels, are a little upon this fid.
of the falls of Richlieu.
Thus ended our siege and blockade, during which th
mixed garrison of soldiers, sailors, British and Canadian
militia, with the artificers from Halifax and Newfoundland
John Stuart, Esq; commonly called Lord Mount Stuart,
by the name, stile, and title of Baron Cardiff of Cardiff Cadle
in the county Glamorgan. ~
The Right Honorable Sir Edward Hawke, Knight of the
Bath, by the name, stile, and title of Baron.Hawke of Tow
ton in the county of York.
The Right Honorable George Onflow, by the name, stile,
and title of Baron Cranley of Imber Court in the county of
Surry.
The King has also granted the dignity of Baron of the
Kingdom of Great-Britain unto the following gentlemen, and
their heirs male, viz.
Alexander Hume Campbell, Esq; commonly called Lord
Polwarth, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Hume of
Berwick.
St. JAMES's, May 14. The Kirg has ordered a writ to.
be issued under the Great Seal of Gfeat-Britain for summon
ing Francis Osborne, Esq; commonly called Marquis of Car
mathen, up to the Houle of Peers, by the stile and title of
Baron Osborne of Kiveton in the county of York.
The King has granted to her Grace the Duchess of Argyll
the dignity of a Baroness of the kingdom of Great-Britain, by
the name, stile, and title of Boronefs Hamilton, of Hamel
don in the county of Leicester; and the dignity of a Baron
to her heirs male.