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MAY 2, 1908
"DO THOU Great LIBERTY INSPIRE our Souls,--And make our Lives in THY Possession happy,--Or, our Deaths glorious in THY JUST Defence!"
VOL. II.]
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1772.
[NUMB. 62.]
For the MASSACHUSETTS SPY. To CAUSIDICUS.
HAVE waited, until you have gone through the whole of your subject, with making but one attempt to interrupt you. Having the whole range therefore of your argument before me, I can with the greater propriety answer you. You will perceive that the Centinel has not "sneaked," as you politely express yourself, from the field of political discussion. I should think myself happy if I could with equal propriety wipe off the imputation of such a character in a transaction which you have laboured to defend. You mention my RETIREMENT; well may the citizen retire from a state, where crimes are little regarded, and greater pains is taken to extenuate, than expose them. The subject now started is important, and the field extensive. Perhaps Causidicus's long acquaintance with what respects crimes, and his knowledge in the whole circle of criminal jurisprudence, practical and theoretical, may make him enter with confidence. But though not so insured in the practice of sophistry and chicane, I will be equally confident in the cause of truth. I will ever while I have an heart that can feel, a tongue that can speak and a hand that can act, be vigorous in my opposition to villainy in every shape. I will pull off the covering from the Rascal, though high in honour and dignity, and if possible prevent his being instrumental in demolishing the rights and privileges of mankind.
The piece immediately subsequent to that which respected you, I shall wholly pass over. I cannot possibly see of what advantage repetitions are to come at truth. A whole column is spent in going over what you had before given the public, and pretty near in the same words. In your piece of March 26th you come nearer the point. I shall therefore look into the whole of the argument there contained. You first mention a passage of mine, which is the ground work of my two numbers, viz. "that a court have no power to controul a verdict of a jury for meddling with law, and to this they have an unalienable right." Upon this you observe, if "I mean that the court had no power to controul, that is to set aside the verdict of the jury, or to deny to enter up judgment agreeable hereto where the jury have not only meddled with but have mistaken the law, I must take upon me to say you have mistaken the law." This is expressed in general terms, and may therefore be both affirmed and denied at the same time with equal truth. To assert generally that the court have no power to refuse entering up judgment when the jury give an erroneous verdict, I readily grant would be mistaking the law. But I deny any thing of that nature can be collected from what I said But then I affirm the court have no power to "controul a verdict" or "set it aside" or "refuse to give judgment" when the jury have mistaken the law, secretly, arbitrarily and dictatorial, but this power is confined in legal, determinate, judicial limits. Blackstone particularly mentions these, and declares if none of these avail judgment must be passed. And hence the gentlemen who were council for Richardson proceeded in this legal method When a prisoner is convicted of murder, the usual course is, to have him remanded, and four days are allowed him to take any of those advantages the law may give to prevent judgment being passed. One of these was taken. A motion was made for a new trial. This was and ought to be the sole preventer of judgments being immediately passed. The matter was argued. The consequence was, a new trial was refused. This very point of the jury's mistaking the law, I affirm was one of the reasons, on which this motion was grounded. And yet this did not
prevail. The prisoner was therefore in the same state he was in, previous to this motion. And therefore as nothing now could be expected, judgment ought to be passed. Had the court on this motion have adjudged a new trial, though the ground of that might have been questioned they would have been in the legal course. But when after all the legal resources had failed, still to suspend judgment, cannot be justified. I will now look into Judge Blackstone's account of this matter, and endeavour to collect his opinion. He says P. 368 "when the jury have brought in their verdict guilty, he is either immediately, or at a convenient time soon after, asked by the court, if he has any thing to offer, why judgment should not be awarded against him" This agreeable to the Judge, is the common and legal course of procedure. If the prisoners case is hard, and he not legally found guilty, the benignity of the law, has allowed him this legal method of deliverance. He has liberty to offer any thing to arrest judgment, and if his objections are good, the court will stay judgment. This mode of respiting judgment is essentially variant, from that when the court do it arbitrarily, secretly and without any reason at all what these legal objections are, Blackstone enumerates, and undoubtedly so great a writer mentions every one that is known in the law. Such as "want of certainty in setting forth either the person, the time, the place, or the offence." Again "a pardon may be pleaded in arrest of judgment. "Praying the benefit of the clergy," if all these resources fail, the court must pronounce that judgment which the law hath annexed to the crime."
Now I take it to be a clear consequence from these passages of Judge Blackstone, (I am at present only considering him) that if in the case at bar, neither of these legal advantages here mentioned can be found, and these legal resources fail, Judgment must be pronounced. If the jury's dissenting from the court in their opinion of the latter be admitted to be ground for arresting judgment," let it be pleaded legally. And in fact this was the case. Upon the motion for a new trial this matter was argued. The court then resolved it was no ground for a new trial. And yet this very court, that were sensible, this could not in the legal form arrest judgment, took upon them by a private determination in the lobby on this ground, by their own authority to stay the proceedings. Yet, even here again, they find their inability to counteract Judge Blackstones rules. As no exception could be taken to the indictment, benefit of Clergy was not allowed, and a new trial refused, recourse must be had for a pardon; a pardon was sent home, for, the prisoner respited, and at length after twenty two months this pardon is plead.
It is now plain, I think, that by the laws we have quoted, the act of the court in staying judgment was not legal, if we except this pleading the pardon. The point therefore to be determined is, whether upon the prisoners being asked, if he has nothing to offer in arrest of judgment, he has no pardon to plead, judgment shall not pass that term, but be respited, until the court have sent for a pardon for him to plead. This is the immediate consequence of the above. Blackstone declares, if no legal advantage can be taken, in behalf of the prisoner, the court must pronounce judgment. Common sense tells us, that the deserving to do this for a number of terms, with a pretence to do it hereafter, is never come within either the point or the meaning of these words. The court are ex debito justitie bound thus to do. when the legal resources fail. For thus says the great oracle of the Law, Chief Justice Coke, "Justice must have three qualities; it must be libera, free; plena, full, for justice ought not to limp, or be granted by piecemeal; and celeris, speedy; for Dilatio est
quam lim negatio, Delay is a kind of denial" Again, "The common Laws of the realm should by no means be delayed. And if any of our judges be found wresting the Law to serve a court turn, they are perjured as well as unjust"
Besides the acts of one term cease with that term, and are not transferred but by express reference, and on record. The first continuance was legal, viz. to have the motion of arrest on judgment argued, and this motion was recorded. This was argued and determined. Here the prisoner was in statu quo. And I believe there cannot be found on record, any continuance or ground for a continuance, after this determination. If this is true, the continuance was not only founded in the legal resources mentioned by Blackstone, and therefore was done arbitrarily and authoritatively, but was an act that did not chuse to appear even on the record. This I take to be fact. If I am mistaken and properly proved to be so, I will recant.
Before I quit this head, I will look into a passage of Judge Foster, quoted by Cunningham, which I think confirms Judge Blackstone, and proves that the determinations of a court ought not to be secretly and merely by authority, but only in the legal method above-mentioned. "It would be very improper in them so to do, (viz. to find contrary to the opinion of the judge.) For if their verdict should be that the offender is guilty, he who is not in the opinion of the judge guilty of murder, would be liable to suffer death as a murderer. And if their verdict should be that the offender is guilty, he who is not in the opinion of the judge guilty of felony would not be liable to a forfeiture of his goods."
Now it appears to me this passage of Judge Foster is perfectly superficial, admitting the opinion of Causidicus to be Law. For how could the prisoner be liable to suffer death as a murderer, if it is in the power of the Judge by his own authority to arrest judgment. This he could easily do, and if he was upright would certainly do so, as he would be influenced by a regard to justice and the impulse of his own conscience. Whereas admitting my sense of the Law, these words appear pertinent. The prisoner in this case would be liable, because, if there should be a motion for arresting judgment in his favour, there might be a chance that this motion would not prevail. For although the opinion of the judge might be, that the prisoner was not guilty of murder, and he might so direct the jury, yet as they had an unalienable right to exercise their own judgment, and if they pleased find him guilty of murder, the mere militating with the judge's opinion could not warrant a new trial. And this was actually the fact with the case at bar. On the whole, from all that I find in the books, and can collect from the conversation of others, I cannot think that the court are warranted to suspend judgment, secretly, arbitrarily, and merely by their own authority, but if there is any thing favourable in the prisoner's case, the legal method is settled, and the law has directed how these circumstances may appear.
You next proceed to fall foul of my authorities, which you say are not pertinent; whether they are, or are not, comes now in course to be considered. My first authority is from Trials Per Pais, "If matter of fact and matter of record, are so intermixt that they cannot be divided, the whole shall be tried by the country." This you think does not squint at the point. What may be your intention in italicizing the word "squint," or whether it was manly or puerile I shall not consider. An authority may sometimes "stare" a point in full view as well as only squint at it. But the man who will declare that he has by long service formed his face to laugh at blushing, may well condescend to so low an attack. The only observation you make on this authority worthy notice is, "What is more determined here than that
the jury shall rather determine a matter of record than the court a matter of fact?" I answer a great deal more than you have ambiguously set out. It is expressly declared, they shall try a matter of record. Now for one minute attend coherently, it is possible for this to be connected with prejudice, perverseness and illiberality. Had the court, as I have frequently said, arrested judgment in the legal way, I should never have said a syllable about it. But when this is done secretly, arbitrarily and in a way that is ashamed to see the light, nay even their own records, I may well question the legality. Now the only ground of this action was, the jury had considered the Law, and had mistaken it. This was in my opinion adding iniquity to transgression. It not only was an action illegal with respect to themselves, but was also cutting away the scaffolding of English freedom. In my opinion, the jury had a right to consider the Law; to prove it, I advance this authority. It does not merely squint at this point, it expressly affirms it, that the whole, both matter of law and fact, shall be tried by the jury. After thus only squinting at this authority, you get foul of my next from Siderfin, and say, "I have jumbled together two cases that have not the least affinity with each other." This is an objection that with greater propriety lies against the Trials p. Pais. If you lock into my number you will observe. I expressly said this was an authority not insisted on, because as this related to new trials, that matter was determined. It was produced, because in Trials p. Pais it was brought as a direct proof of the former authority. Causidicus may again, if he pleases, question and dispute the efficacy and propriety of an authority, that has always been admitted, and was never yet disputed by a court.
I have at present done with the subject. In my next I shall go through the remainder of my authorities, and I do not doubt but I shall shew they are with as little reason refuted, as I am sure every impartial reader will think the two others were which I have already considered. My situation at present seems to be a little peculiar. If the opinion of some are well founded, I am struggling not only with one of their creatures, but with the whole power of a court. Be that as it may, it does not much affect me. The idea, that I am engaged in the cause of virtue, freedom, and justice; that I am pleading for the rights of my country and mankind, against prejudice, partiality and oppression, will drown all lesser considerations. While I enjoy this rational satisfaction, I can look with contempt on the man, who for present interest and the poor plaudit of a court, will sacrifice his sentiments and give up the tranquility of his mind. With such views I can despise pensions and preferment, and as pleasingly hug myself in my mediocrity, as I possibly could with 600 l. a year.
The CENTINEL.
For the MASSACHUSETTS SPY. Mr. THOMAS,
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I rejoice for the harmony that of late has, and ever would prevail in the general assembly, if the interest of the province, was invariably the object of each branch of the legislature.
I am sorry that any branch of that respectable body, could believe themselves holden to act in direct contradiction of the express
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declaration of his Majesty's pleasure, and a vowed interest 'THE GOOD OF HIS PEOPLE.' The removal of the court to Cambridge, and the holding it in that inconvenient place, done evidently to plague, or in the mildest terms, to punish the Representatives of the people, for daring to maintain their rights against the usurpation of an abandoned ministry, has not yet been shown to be for the public service: and baring all exceptions that may be taken at my intimation of a doubt of Mr. Hutchinson's sincerity, I can hardly persuade myself he thinks the crown possess of one prerogative the exercise of which would defeat that sole end of his, and all his prerogatives existence. To quibble about commissions, and instructions which might accompany those commissions; to attempt to foist those uncertain indefinities upon the people as a part of the constitution of their country, and to draw a long acquiescence in royal recommendations of measures evidently promotive of the common welfare, into precedent, in order to authorize exertions which every one confesses disagreeable, is most certainly unbecoming the dignity of a first Magistrate in so respectable a government. For should Mr. Hutchinson's doctrine take place, what man or angel unacquainted with every incident included in the dark womb of futurity, could know the constitution of his country? If instructions from a British minister, are essential parts of a Massachusetts constitution, I make no wonder we hear so much of late, of attempts to overturn such a constitution. I question indeed whether the constitution of Algiers or Tunis could equal such a political monster. But Mr. Hutchinson though he cannot conceive a compact, cannot avoid observing that the government to be administered by these omni-potent instructions, must be conducted, not only in pursuance to the charter, the ground-work of the whole, but also to the poor little acts of the corporation of the Massachusetts-Bay. A strange jumble of elements this, for a quondam Chief Justice to heave out altogether among the people! I would just beg leave to infer, from the use made of acquiescence in proclamations for fasts, thanksgivings, &c. a caution how we regard such proclamations, so partially and illegally issued for the future!
Mr. Hutchinson might have spared himself the pains, to show that the exception taken to the instructions to remove the assembly from the town of Boston, will equally avail against instructions, either in general, or particular, being considered as rules of government: For however daring a position this may seem to him, and the Members of the cabinet, we do not hesitate to declare, we fully admit the conclusion in all its force, and with all its consequences.
And we add that the whole tenor of the Charter in letter and spirit from the first recital of King James's grant to the Council of Plymouth, for the planting, ruling, ordering and GOVERNING of New England, to the last provision of assembling the Great and General court on the last Wednesday in May and such other times as the Governor shall think fit to appoint, is to the same purpose.
But how miserably must a man argue who would deduce a system of slavery from a charter intended to establish the highest degree of political freedom! It has been said, says Mr. Hutchinson, that the crown has parted with its prerogative of determining the time, and place of convening the assembly. And I can remember it has been further said, that the prerogatives of the crown respecting the ruling, ordering and governing the actions of the Governor and company of the Massachusetts-Bay, have been very problematical from the beginning. Indeed the only substantial claim of the crown, to their dominion in any shape, arose from their purchase, conquest and actual occupation. And if in the first charter of James, which according to Vatel must bar all his successors, these pretended prerogatives were given up, it behoves Mr. Hutchinson to point us to some act of the government whereby they were again returned to the crown. But wretched beyond description is the next paragraph, where the lowest pettifogging pleader of two penny causes before a single Justice might blush for the manifest torture of a sentence, so plain, that all his art cannot prevent its clear and evident meaning! Who disputes that all the powers which are given by the charter to the Governor without the words 'as he shall judge necessary' are as ample as those which are given with them? And what can be gathered from the subsequent argument? Why truly that he is by charter required to convene the assembly, once a year at least, for the election of one branch of the legislature, which must otherwise become extinct, whether he judge it necessary or not. But for all other purposes
of government he is left at discretion; having all the means of knowing where, when and how long the exigencies of the state require the attention of its guardians, to compress this idea into the limits Mr. Hutchinson has confined it to, is doing it a violence which further to insist upon, would be to question the good sense of the Public.
The plain truth is, that in every free government all the rules, orders and regulations for controlling the actions of the people, must be freely deliberated upon and consented to by themselves or representatives; and Mr. Hutchinson, nor any on his side the question dares to deny, that in the charter of William and Mary, is granted to the said Governor and the general court or assembly of this province for the time being, FULL POWER AND AUTHORITY, from time to time, to make, ordain and establish ALL MANNER of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes and ordinances, directions and instructions either with penalties or without, as THEY (not Lord Hillsborough) shall judge to be for the good and welfare of the Province and for the Government and ordering thereof, and of the people inhabiting the same; and for the necessary support and defence of the government of the same.
Now let any one look over the acts of the British administration for seven years past and consider how well they have regarded these stipulations. Has no orders, laws, statutes, ordinances, directions or instructions been imposed upon them, but what THEY have judged for the good and welfare of the Province? Answer this question fairly Mr. Hutchinson, and reconcile the usurpation of a power to tax us for the support and defence of the government with the incontestable sense, letter and spirit of the Charter, and then we will be ripe to enter upon a discussion of your right, to take any share in the administration of the affairs of a people in whose charter you so properly and emphatically disclaim any part or concern.
CUNCTATOR.
The SCOTCHMAN, No. III.
LONDON, February 1, 1772.
AS soon as the address of thanks was voted without a DIVISION or OPPOSITION, to his Majesty in the House of Commons, upon his speech from the throne, Lord North potted away to St. James's to communicate to the King the joyful news; George seemed highly pleased with his own firmness, and this unexpected unanimous address of the whole house, he thought it a greater victory than that obtained by his uncle, the late Duke of Cumberland over the Scotch Rebels at the battle of Culloden, and instantly burst out in the following exclamation. O! I am now happy to think I took the advice of my mother and my faithful ministers, and treated the remonstrances presented to me with the contempt, (you very truly told me) they deserved; by my firmness and perseverance, these factious remonstrants, as you justly termed them, are silenced, and I need not now fear any opposition to the measures of my ministers. A few days after Mansfield, Grafton and Bute, had a private conference with the King, the unanimous address was again the subject of conversation, when they poisoned his ears with the most fulsome adulation, and passed a thousand encomiums on his conduct, resolution, and courage; assured him the attention he had paid to their representations and those of his mother, was the only thing which destroyed the late FACTION against his government, and nothing, Sir, but a determination to support your present ministers can insure you happiness, they are your best friends. The reply, 'Perf'ctly satisfied with your attachment to my person and service, I am resolved to do it.' Savery seems pleasing to the present degenerate sons of Britain, and they may now sit down quietly in their SCOTCH CHAINS, and rattle them.
When a place becomes vacant in any department under government, one of those wretched ministers, with which this nation is cuffed, immediately repairs to St. James's, makes the king acquainted with it, and directly proposes some miserable PARASITE to fill it up, whose abilities and loyalty he expatiates upon for half an hour, or till such time as he has convinced his Majesty he is the only man in England fit for the employ, who can safely be trusted with the secrets of government. George listens with a smile of approbation to the RATTOR's tale, is surprised at the goodness of his minister, in being so careful to provide a PROPER person for his service, but begs to know, what the emoluments of the office may be, if they appear trifling the King is satisfied, and all is settled; if they are considerable,
his answer is, "I must have a little time to consider of it." As soon as the minister is gone, the King sets out for Carlton House, or sends for the Princess Dowager; to whom he relates the business and has her advice; if Lord Bute is in town, a private message is instantly dispatched, demanded, or rather begged of his presence at Carlton House or St. James's which ever place they hold the consultation, if the SCOTCH minion happens to be in the country, an express is immediately sent to him, every circumstance is minutely related, and they beg to know whether his lordship has any particular FRIEND to recommend, assuring him nothing shall be done till his answer is received. The Thane examines with a critical niceness, the list of CALEDONIAN REBELS, and a place is sometimes kept vacant six-weeks or two months, till one arrives by direction of his lordship, from the bleak mountains of the North; indeed Lord Bute upon two or three occasions, did so far condescend as to suffer the King, or one of his acting ministers to nominate to an employ, assuring his Majesty, he had no person to recommend and therefore wished he would please himself, and comply with the request of some person in administration, who might apply for it.
In this SCOTCH manner are the affairs of the BRITISH EMPIRE managed, to the disgrace of ENGLISHMEN, and the ruin of the nation. It is also notorious, that in almost every place where we send EMBASSADORS, CONSULS, &c. they are rank SCOTCH Jacobites, and some of the sons of rebels taken in arms against the late King, witness William Gordon at Brussels, and the Earl of Dunmore Governor of New York whose father was a prisoner upon parole of honour within the compass of five miles during life, for being concerned in the rebellion of 1745.
Will any man be surprised at the treatment the subjects of England meet with in foreign parts, when he reflects upon this shameful conduct of the King and ministers; the farther we examine into the SECRET measures of this reign, and the artful contrivances of Lord Bute; the more reason we shall have to execrate the northern minion, and to lament the sovereign's weakness, as well as his ingratitude, to the English and partiality to the Scotch.
The farther we examine into this reign the more abuses we discover, no set of men I believe in any age or nation ever took more pains to ruin their country, than the ministers of George the third, and I often think there will be great necessity for a long living historian to transmit their crimes to posterity.
Among the many corruptions hardly touched upon, I cannot help taking notice how little they value the honour of the nation in chusing none but the refuse of SCOTLAND, without fortunes, without abilities, to represent his Majesty in foreign courts. The honour of a Prince, till this reign, was always thought to be of more consequence than that of a private person, and with so much the more care, those should be chosen and deputed upon all public embassies, who are best qualified to serve their country, and be a credit to their sovereign. Not to mention the indignity offered to the Prince, in sending ministers abroad unfit for that employment, it draws a reflection on the nation because it is natural for potentates to imagine, that those who are sent to them in public characters, must be considered at home, and, according to their abilities, to judge of the rest of their countrymen.
We find too late, by the corruption of those at home, and the weakness and ignorance of those abroad, that our enemies find no great difficulty to obtain their ends; and the blood of ENGLAND'S BRAVE SONS will soon be the price of SCOTCH villainy and ROYAL weakness. Was a man to form a catalogue to himself of the several (I would call them any thing but) Statesmen sent abroad for some years, in public characters, he must BLUSH for his sovereign, and at the same time considering the miserable state of our affairs, TREMBLE for his country.
Embassadors ought to be men of knowledge, prudence, courage, and ample fortunes, not a parcel of needy, beggarly SCOTCHMEN, who are a scandal and disgrace to the nation: It is impossible for a rebel SCOT to prefer the glory and welfare of England to his own private interest, he cannot withstand the force and charms of gaudy promises, glittering rewards and dazzling titles, though offered upon conditions big with the ruin of this country. Again, an Embassador ought likewise to have a proper correspondence, in order to get the most early intelligence of what passes in the private cabinet, in the closets of other ministers, and what schemes are ready to be put in execution; which he should
encourage, or endeavour to destroy, as they appear to have a good or a bad aspect towards his country, it being often easier to frustrate a scheme before it is compleated than after. It is necessary also he should be well versed in past treaties, and have great quickness in the application of them; it is scandalous for an ambassador to depend on his secretary, to do his business for him; and yet it is well known, that some of our SCOTCH ministers abroad cannot write a dispatch without assistance.
Is it not surprising then, that the King should employ such wretches, when it is a matter of the last importance to have able men in foreign courts; where there every action and expression is taken notice of, and applied to their advantage or disadvantage; to the honour or dishonour of their country. But why should we wonder at any thing a man does, who takes every thing upon credit, and never examines into the affairs of state?
It is a melancholy truth that the King has not chosen one minister during the whole course of his reign only on account of his ignorance and incapacity, and being proper instruments for carrying into execution Lord Bute's plan of arbitrary power. The mercenary wretches, and abject tools employed by the ministry, may say what they please to glos over the blemishes (not to lay worse) of this reign, but I do insist on it, that a GOOD KING will use every reasonable method to please his people and gain their affection; we have unfortunately experienced the reverse for eleven years. Ministers have been notoriously chosen whom the people dislike, and his Majesty has deservedly drawn on himself the contempt of his subjects, and hatred on their administration. When a set of men have made themselves obnoxious throughout the kingdom, by their arbitrary unjust proceedings, and a majority of all sorts of people call for a change, it is the duty of every King to deliver them up to the punishment they deserve; and he certainly will, if he be not, like Pharoah, hardened to his own destruction. When this is not done, disaffection, rebellion, and civil war have generally been the consequence. A prince, if it was put to him, either to change his ministers, or lose the affections of his people; if more generous motives will not influence him, he ought to consider the unhappy fate of several princes, who obstinately protected a wicked designing set of men.
Our ministers, secure in the confidence of their Sovereign and a corrupt majority in the house of commons, are determined to pursue their destructive measures, satisfied that they are at present beyond the reach of punishment, and much to be lamented it is, that men, by dint of impudence, bribery and villainy, should be able to withstand the resentment of an injured nation. It is the prayer of all good men, that the time may not be far off, when the King will be no longer able to protect these miscreants, the ill-judged objects of royal favour. Princes however obstinate, wicked or foolish, have generally sooner or later repented of their conduct. I cannot conclude this paper better than by giving the character of an evil magistrate from the writings of that great defender of public liberty, Algernon Sidney, who fell a martyr to the cause of freedom, thro' the inhuman JEFFERIES, the Mansfield of his time, in the profligate reign of Charles the second.
"When a magistrate fancies he is not made for the people, but the people for him; that he does not govern for them, but for himself; that the people live only to increase his glory, or to furnish matter for his pleasure; he does not enquire what he may do for them, but what he may draw from them: by this means he sets up an interest of profit, pleasure, or pomp in himself, repugnant to the good of the public, for which he is made to be what he is. These contrary ends certainly divide the nation into parties; and while every one endeavours to advance that to which he is addicted, occasions of hatred, for injuries every day done, or thought to be done, and received, must necessarily arise. This creates a most fierce, irreconcilable enmity; because the occasions are frequent, important, and universal, and the causes thought to be most just. The people think it to be the greatest of all crimes to convert that power to their hurt, which was instituted for their good; and that the injustice is aggravated by perjury and ingratitude, which comprehend all manner of ill; and the magistrate gives the name of sedition and rebellion to whatsoever we do for the preservation of ourselves and their own rights. When men's spirits are thus prepared, a small matter sets them on fire: but if no accident happens to blow them into a flame, the course of justice is certainly interrupted; the public affairs are

neglected; and when any occasion, whether foreign or domestic, arises, in which the magistrate stands in need of the people's assistance, they whose affections are alienated, not only show an unwillingness to serve him with their persons and estates, but, fear that by delivering him from his distress, they strengthen their enemy, and enable him to oppress them; and he fancying his will to be unjustly opposed, or his due more unjustly denied, is filled with a dislike of what he sees, and the fear of worse for the future. Whilst he endeavours to ease himself of the one, and to provide for the other, he usually encreases the evils of both; and jealousies are on both sides multiplied. Every man knows the governed are in a great measure under the power of the governor; but as no man, or number of men, is willingly subject to those that seek their ruin, such as fall into so great a misfortune, continue no longer under it, than force, necessity, or fear, may be able to oblige them. But such a necessity can hardly lie longer upon a great people, than till the evil be fully discovered and comprehended, and their virtue, strength, and power be united to expel it. The ill magistrate looks upon all things that may conduce to that end as so many preparative to his ruin; and by the help of those who are of his party, will endeavour to prevent that union, and diminish that strength, virtue, power and courage, which he knows to be bent against him. And as truth, faithful dealing, and integrity of manners, and bonds of union, and helps to good, he will always by tricks, artifices, cavils, and all means possible, endeavour to establish falsehood and dishonesty, whilst other emissaries and instruments of iniquity by corrupting the youth, and such as can be brought to lewdness and debauchery, bring the people to such a pass, that they may neither care, nor dare to vindicate their rights; and that those who would do it, may so far suspect each other, as not to confer upon, much less to join in, any action tending to the public deliverance."
These are the sentiments of that brave Englishman and champion of public FREEDOM, upon the conduct of an ill designing Prince.
THURSDAY, April 30. BOSTON.
WE are credibly informed that a captain of a vessel, arrived at St. Eustatia, made affidavit, that there were 1500 British subjects at Porto Rico, kept in close confinement and treated like slaves under various pretences, by the cruel and supercilious Spaniards!
A gentleman has furnished us with the following as an exact list of the ships built at the Havana, since the restoring it to the Spaniards in consequence of the last treaty, viz. The St. Fernanda, St. Carlo and St. Lewis, of 84 guns each; St. Jago and America, of 66 guns; Real, of 112 guns: four ships of 70 guns, and a frigate of 36 guns; Two of the 70 gun ships were launched ten months ago.
Last Monday the wife of one Mr. Stetson of Braintree, was delivered of the second pair of Twins, within eight years, besides having had two single births between.
On Saturday Captain Callahan sailed for London with whom went passenger Mr. John Melvill, merchant. The House of Burgess in Maryland, have concurred with the assembly of Maryland, in the expediency of erecting a lighthouse on Cape Henry; and appointed Commissioners to carry the same into execution. A duty to be paid on the tonnage of all vessels, excepting those belonging to the two provinces of Virginia and Maryland, coming into those colonies.
Sunday arrived Captain Turner, in a brig from the Mole: About a fortnight before, in Lat. 35. his mainmast was struck with lightning, by which unhappy accident a young man named Gerthom Ewen was killed, and another person very much wounded; the mast was greatly shattered, and the after part of the vessel considerably damaged.
MARRIED. Mr. Richard Smith, merchant, to Miss Lucretia Frances Vassal, daughter of William Vassal, Esq. At Georgia, Edward Barnard, Esq. to Mrs. Rebecca Church, widow of Dr. Giles Church, late of this town deceased.
DIED. Miss Susanna Cowel, near Bulls Wharf. Mrs. Clough, wife to Mr. Clough, Gunsmith. Mr. Benjamin Hodgson, Tailor.
ARRIVED here. Clark from Annapolis Royal; Pendleton from Rhode Island; Hepburn from New Haven; Carew and Smith from New-London; McEwen, Stanwood, Fletcher, Adams, Bennet and Cole from Cape Nicola; Gardner from St. Eustatia, and Tuck, Rogers and Pease from Salter-
tula; Fisk from St. Lucia; Whitney from Antigua; Coombes from Gaudaloup; Whitmarsh from Surinam; Mackenzie from South-Carolina.
(For the Benefit of the Insurers.) THIS DAY At ONE o'Clock, Will be sold by PUBLIC VENDUE, at the Bunch of Grapes in King-Street, FIFTEEN tons of damaged Hemp, saved out of the Brig Lydia, Joseph Hood, Master.
At the same Time and Place will be sold, Six Casks of Burton Ale, two Casks of Brimstone, and twenty-five Boxes of Lemmons. J. RUSSELL, Auctioneer. A very elegant assortment of Chintzes, Calicoes, Printed Cottons, Irish Linens, and Superfine Broad Cloth, may be had at the Auction-room in Queen-street—Any Person who will take a Quantity of either of the above Articles, may have them on very advantageous Terms.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY, A Good MILCH GOAT, Enquire of the printer.
To be LET, TWO genteel CHAMBERS, furnished or unfurnished, at a pleasant part of the town. Also a young Negro Fellow to be hired out. Enquire of the printer.
To be SOLD or LET, A DWELLING-HOUSE, four Rooms on a Floor, a Barn, and Carpenter's Shop, with about two acres of Land, situate near the Rev. Mr. Jackson's in Brookline, and on the great Road leading from Boston to Watertown, for further Particulars enquire of James Bryant in Little Cambridge.
To the PUBLIC. THE variety and number of articles imported by the subscriber in the several ships just arrived from LONDON, are so great, as would make the enumeration tedious to the reader, and expensive to the advertiser: It may be enough to say, his assortment consists of every article usually enquired for; that the most civil and obliging treatment may be expected, of which he is capable; and that regard will be shewn to the interest of his customers, in the lowness of his prices.
Constant attendance will be given in the wholesale and retail way, at his SHOP near the head of Dock Square, and at his STORE in Wilson's Lane. SAMUEL ELIOT.
MULBERRY TREES, to be sold by LOAMMI BALDWIN of Woburn, at the low price of 3d. Lawful money per tree; fit to transplant into a sort of espalier hedge, which is recommended as the best way for raising silk worms. As I received one of the premiums, that was generously given by a worthy and well disposed gentleman, I should be willing, that the public should share, in some measure, with me. I would spare no reasonable pains, to encourage and bring to perfection, the production of so valuable an article as silk. I have raised the silk worms for two or three years together, and made a machine to wind the silk, and find it less difficult than I imagined. Some of the raw silk I sent to the society for encouraging arts, sciences and commerce in Great Britain, where it was examined, and found equal to the Italian silk. I am fully of the opinion that the culture of silk may be effected and brought at least to the state of raw silk, which we may export to great advantage; or I doubt not but we can then procure Weavers, and other tradesmen and carry on the whole manufacture amongst ourselves.
It has been objected by some that it will be difficult to raise the trees, but this is a mistake; they are very easily propagated and of a quick growth. Some of mine grew above eight feet the last summer. The trees should be set in a loamy rich soil; and for further experiences and directions, if it is desired I will afford them so far as my abilities will permit.
At the same place may be had, a few trees that have been pruned up for fruit, any gentleman may be supplied at Mr. Cyrus Baldwin's at Boston by leaving his name and the number of trees he wants.
WANTED immediately an honest sprightly Lad, as an Apprentice to a Bails Founder. Enquire of the printer.
DANIEL SCOTT, At his Medicine Store the Sign of the Leopard, South End.
TAKES this method of informing all Gentlemen, Ladies, and others, who have had the Misfortune to lose their Teeth, that he still continues the Business of making and fixing artificial Teeth as usual, in so elegant a manner as to be but little inferior to the natural, either in Use or Beauty, as many who have experienced them can testify: Where also any Person afflicted with painful Stumps or unsound Teeth, may have them removed with a peculiar Dexterity and Ease—And all Persons who have the Scurvy in their Teeth, which threatens their removal though found, may have them cleaned without hurting the Enamel, or in the least degree impairing them, and may be supplied with his DENTUM CONSERVATOR, which is an excellent Powder, the best adapted for preserving the Teeth and Gums, and preventing them from Aching, of any Preparation ever offered to the Public: It will cure the Scurvy in the Gums, bring the Teeth to their original Whiteness, and by a continuance of its Use, will Preserve both Teeth and Gums in a pure state during life—It is not pretended that it will perform Impossibilities, that it will make rotten Teeth sound, or will ease them when they violently ach; but it will assuredly preserve those Teeth found that are so, and cause the Gums to adhere to them and prevent those that are decayed in part, from becoming worse.
At the above Store may be had, Morgan's useful Eye-Water, which has in so many cases been found serviceable, that it must escape the censure of the most critical Oculist—Brigden's famous Bug Liquid, which effectually destroys those hateful Vermin,—be they ever so numerous.—
An assortment of genuine patented and other Medicines of the best quality, and Medicine Boxes for Families or Shipping, with exact and particular directions for using them, and a variety of other articles cheap.
The above Powder may be had also of Cox and Berry in Boston, Doctor Kast in Salem, and Dummer Jewett, Esq; at Ipswich.
A fresh and general assortment of ENGLISH and INDIA GOODS, Just opened and to be sold, by NATHANIEL ABRAHAM, At his shop nearly opposite the sign of the Seven Stars, in Ann-street; very cheap for Cash only.
FRAZIER and GEYER, HAVE received by Captain CALE, just arrived from London, A fresh assortment of Spring GOODS, which are now ready for sale at their Store the corner of Wing's-Lane, near the Market, Boston, where their wholesale customers, and all other shopkeepers and traders, in town and country may at any time be supplied with all kinds, and any quantity of staple goods usually imported from Great-Britain, on as good terms, in every respect, as at any Store in America.
They would also beg leave to acquaint those gentlemen and ladies, who are pleased to favour them with their custom in the retail way, that they have a genteel assortment of Fancy Goods, which, with all other kind of piece goods, will be cut at said Store, and sold at such prices as will give full satisfaction to the purchaser, and the smallest favours gratefully acknowledged.
4d, 6d, 8d, 10d, and 20d Nails, Brads and Nacks, Cutlery Ware, Pewter, Powder, Shot, Flints, wool and cotton Cards, window Glass, Spices, Bohea and Hyson Tea, Stationary, Looking Glass, &c. &c. &c.
NEW GARDEN SEEDS. Imported in the Harley, Capt. SCOTT, from LONDON, by ELIZABETH GREENLEAF, And to be Sold at her Shop at the end of Union-street, opposite to the blue Ball.
EARLY Peas, Beans and garden Seeds of all sorts, warranted to be of the last year's growth.
N. B. Rape and Canary bird SEED. Split Peas in large and small quantities.
ALSO, An assortment of English GOODS, suitable for the season, cheap for CASH ONLY.
To be SOLD, A Dwelling HOUSE, with two rooms on a floor, with a shop and cistern, a good well of water, and a wood house: pleasantly situated in Summer-Street, next door to the Rev. Dr. Chauncy. Enquire of the Printer.
This Day published, And to be sold by EDEN & GILL in Queen-street; [price one shilling]
DISSERTATION on the GOUT, and all CHRONIC DISEASES, jointly considered, as proceeding from the same CAUSES, what those CAUSES are; and a rational and natural Method of CURE proposed. Addressed to all INVÁLIDS.
By WILLIAM CADOGAN, Fellow of the College of Physicians. The above Pamphlet had Nine Editions in England in the short space of five months. And has had such an effect on the veteran Bacchanalians of New-York, that Madeira is no longer a fashionable Prescription for the Cure of this Disease.
AMERICAN INK-POWDER experienced, and found to be equal, if not superior to any imported. The excellent qualities of this powder are, that it makes the best black writing-ink, and is very convenient for gentlemen, merchants, attorneys, and others that travel, it being not cumbersome and liable to those mischances that other ink is. The ink may be made in large or small quantities, as is most convenient. As freezing is prejudicial to ink, when the weather is cold this may be made with a little brandy or other spirits not liable to freeze. One quality peculiar to this ink is, that though the writing be exposed to extreme wet, it alters not, but will remain as long as the paper endures. This powder decayeth not by keeping. Note, the above powder has an ingredient in it that prevents ink from becoming thick and mouldy.
Any person by applying to ANN NORTON, nearly opposite the Post-Office, in Boston, or SAMUEL NORTON, the maker, in Hingham, may be supplied with any quantity of said powder, as low by the groce, as can be imported, and the smallest favour in this way will be most gratefully received.
BOOKS. JAMES-FOSTER CONDY, Has imported by the Captains Scott and Folger from London,
A VERY Large and elegant assortment of the most modern Books, in all arts and sciences, and which are ready for sale, at his Store in Union-street, opposite the Cornfield, Boston. Also, A complete assortment of Stationary; leather, brass and paper ink pots, pewter ink-stands, ditto chests, Morocco pocket books, parchment ditto, red trunks of different sizes, account books, ivory folders, ivory memorandum books, copy slips, large and small slates, quills, pens, ink-powder, nose spectacles with leather bows, temple spectacles of various kinds, maps of the world with the globes, ditto of Virginia, ditto New-York, ditto New-England, thinning sand, pen-knives, mathematical instruments, brass and steel joints, red and black sealing wax, red wafers, sliding rules, &c. &c. &c.
N. B. Those persons who please to favour him with their custom, may depend upon purchasing as cheap at his Store as at any in town, and the smallest favours gratefully received.
Imported in the Captains Calef, Folger, &c. from London, and to be sold, very reasonably, by
JOSIAH WATERS, & SON, At their Shop in Anne-street, near the Draw-Bridge, Boston, by Wholesale or Retail, a general Assortment of
PAINTS, OYLS, &c. Of the best kinds, prepared, or otherwise, for House or Ship-Painting, Brushes, Tools, Leaf-Gold, &c.
ALSO,
PEPPER by the bag or less, and Spices of all sorts; 12, 15 and 18 inch TD Pipes, Hunter ditto, Window Glass, Putty, Split Peas, Florence Oyl, Kilmarnock Caps, Kippen's Snuff, English LOAF SUGAR, Mustard, Glass Ware, No. 4 and No. 12 Pins, best Velvet CORKS, Glue, Salt-Petre, WOOL-CARDS, Allum, Copperas, Ground Redwood, Logwood, Otter, Sieves, best French Indigo, Bohea and Hyson Tea, Chocolate warranted, New-England Rum, &c. Cream coloured Ware, A few Logheads of SALT.
To be sold by Samuel Sloane, at his Distil-House, opposite the Blue-ball and Mason's Arms, formerly Green-Drigon, New-England RUM, and all sorts of SPIRITS, cheap for cash or Molasses; and as he makes those articles himself, he will warrant them fit for any market.

Just imported and to be sold at the very lowest Rates for CASH. By MARGARET PHILLIPS , At her Shop near the Post-Office in Cornhill. A general Assortment of English and India GOODS, suited to the Seasons. Among which are
BLACK , blue and white farsnet, half yard Persians, eil-wide black and coloured Persian, Bengals, black and coloured English and India Tassaties, plain and figured Satins, black plain and figured Mode, black and white plain Gauze, striped ditto, white Net, black and white patent Net, Queen's Gauze, black and white Catgut, fine covered cap Wire, a large Assortment of fashionable Ribbands, black and white blond and bone Lace, white thread Lace, Footings and Edgings, ebony, bone and ivory stick Fans, black and white silk Gloves and Mitts, women's white lamb Mitts, black and coloured woollen Gloves and Mitts, Calicoes and Chintz, Ginghams, 7 8ths and yard wide Cambricks and Lawns, plain and flowered Scotch Lawns, 3 4ths, 7 8ths and yard-wide Irish Linens, 8 10ths white and brown Sheeting, clouting Diaper, Dowlas, brown and white Russia Drab, Ravens Duck, 3 4ths, 7 8ths and yard wide Check, brown Holland, 7 8ths Bedrick, yard-wide and 7-8ths black Barcelona Handkerchiefs, black and white Gauze Handkerchiefs, Lungee Romals, cotton ditto, Scotch linen Handkerchiefs, Kenting ditto, men's black worsted Hse, cotton ditto, marble thread and cotton ditto, three and four thread black, cloth and buff coloured breeches patterns, yellow Jeans, striped and plain worsted Caps, red printed Linens for men's Jackets, superfine, middling and low priced broad Cloths, German Serges, Halthick, Drapery and Colchester Baize duffil Blankets, Rattens, Shalloons, Calamancoes, Tammies, Durants, broad double Camblets, Cambleteens, Crapes, Venetian Poplins, Dorsetteens, Messinets, silk Grogams, black Russell, brown Buckram, sewing Silk, scarf Twiss, metal and twiss Buttons, knee Garters, English, Scotch and wax Threads, Garterings, Tapes, sewing and darning Needles, ivory Combs, No. 4 Pins, No. 12 ditto, best White's ditto, shoe, coat and quality Bindings, Wool-Cards, Lynn Shoes, bonnet Paper, writing Paper, account Books, memorandum Books, receipt Books, Dutch Quills, Wafers, black and red lead Pencils, Dutch Looking Glasses, Bibles, Testaments, Psalm Books, Psalters, Spelling Books and Primers. A L S O , Pepper, Spices, Coffee, Chocolate, best French Indico, Starch, Crown Soap, Kippen's snuff, Cotton Wool, Flax, and a few Narragansett Chees, &c &c. A few Casks of new Rice to be sold at the same place.
To be SOLD, By PUBLIC VENDUE, on Tuesday the 26th day of May next, at ten o'clock in the morning, on the premises,
A Large and commodious DWELLING-HOUSE, three rooms on a floor, with a kitchen, cellar, yard, garden, and a good well of water, pleasantly situated at the foot of Milk-street. Conditions may be known at the time and place of sale.
B U T T E R. To be sold, a few firkins of Choice BUTTER. Enquire of JAMES THWING , near Oliver's-Dock.
To be SOLD A VERY genteel new CHAISE with Harness complete, the Work warranted good. Enquire at Thomas's Printing-Office.
To be SOLD, by JONATHAN DAVIS at his Store on Bull's Wharf, West India and New England Rum by the Hoghead or Barrel, Indian Corn by Retail or Wholesale; also, about one hundred Hogsheads of choice Turks-Island Salt.
WANTED as an Apprentice to a Barber, an honest, sober, Lad; no other need apply. Enquire of the Printer.
DUNCAN INGRAHAM, jun. Has just received by Capt. from LONDON, A compleat Assortment of ENGLISH and INDIA GOODS Which he will sell at a very low rate for cash (at the Store lately improved by F. W. Geyer, in Union-Street, Boston) where all those who please to favour him with their custom, may depend on good attendance, and the smallest favours gratefully acknowledged;
Among his Goods are, SUPERFINE , middling and low priced broad cloths with trimmings, German Serges, Baizes, Duffils, Coatings, Blankets, Rattens, Strouds, Halthicks, White and striped swanskins, Flannels, Embossed Serges, Brown and white Russia drab, Ravens duck, Ticklenburgh, Ozanburghs, Velvets, Thicksets, Jeans, Fustians, Wiltons, Sagathies, Duroys, Double camblets, Calamancoes, Tammies, Durants, Black Russell, Dorsetteens, Brilliant, Venetian poplins, Grazers, Brogams, Messinets, Checks 3 4ths, 7 8ths and yard-wide, Apron width checks, Striped Hollands, Yellow Holland, Marking canvas, Everlastings, Buckrams, Gimps and snails, Metal and horn buttons, Twiss ditto, Scarf twiss, Silk and hair ditto, Shoe and coat bindings, Qualities, Garterings, Crewels, Coloured threads, Bedricks, 3 4ths, 7 8ths and yard-wide Irish linens, Garlix, Dowlas, Sheeting, Hosiery of all sorts, Calicoes, patches & printed linens, Red Bengals for men's waistcoats, Rich fustians, striped Loretta for ditto, Sewing silks, tapes, Ivory combs, Courtier diapers, Half ell and 3-4 huckabuck, Durable cloths, Peniafcoes and ginghams, Stay lacing, Linen handkerchiefs, Nankeens, Brown Holland, Covered wire, Ferrits, galloon, cord and braid, Knee garters, Black tassaties, Fans of all sorts, Black cravats, Cap rolly, Blond and bone laces, Muslin & silk gauzes, Picquet ditto, Black and white net, patent net, spider net and parafinet ditto, Striped, sprigged and figured silk gauzes, Silk gauze Handkerchiefs and aprons, half yard and yard-wide alamodes, All coloured fustians, Half yard and half ell Persians, Ell wide ditto, Love handkerchiefs, Ribbons of all sorts, Leather gloves and mitts, some three-ble kid, Chip hats, some fine, Pins all numbers, Pound ditto, Silk gloves & mitts, Book muslin, Striped ditto, Long lawns, Demy cambricks, 7-8 and yard-wide lawns, Flowered ditto, China tassaties, Bandanoes, Shirt buttons, Lungee romals, Cotton ditto, Wax beads, White threads, Bibles & testaments, Kilmarnock caps, Plaids, Carpets & carpeting, Bohea tea, pepper, cinnamon, nutmegs, writing, pens and royal board paper, pound beads, F. pistol powder, Kippen's snuff, infant's Morocco shoes and pumps, calamanco Lynn made shoes and pumps, &c. &c.
JAMES LONGDEN, CARD-MAKER from LONDON,  MAKES in the neatest and best manner, and has now ready for sale, at his shop, near Liberty-Tree, Boston, (where Mr. Greenlaw lived) all the different kinds of CARDS made in Great Britain, or is now made use of in America, particularly scribbling and small cards, in the greatest perfection. The latter of which were never before attempted to be made in this province: All which he will warrant to be equal to any in Great-Britain. N. B. The above will be sold as cheap, cheaper than can be imported.
ROBERT RUGGLES, Informs his Customers and others, that he has just Imported in the Ship London, Captain Cales from LONDON, a large assortment of ENGLISH & INDIA GOODS, Which he will sell by Wholesale or Retail at the very lowest rate for Cash, at his Shop in Cornhill B. then:
SUPERFINE , middling and low priced broad Cloths of most colours, German Serges, Wiltons, Duroys, Nankeens, Fustians and Jeans, Thicksets, cotton Velvets and Velveretts, Plushes, Clicoos and Chin z, Bengals and Peniafcoes, Lute strings, Satins, Persians, blue, green and yellow India Damask, Tassaties, black Silk Breeches Patterns, worsted ditto of all colours, men and women's worsted thread, cotton and silk Hose, figured Silk Patterns for men's Waistcoats very genteel, black Alamoer, silk Handkerchiefs of all sorts, stamped linen ditto Brogams, Crapes Poplins, Dorsetteens, Messinets, Grogams, yard-wide Stuffs, double Camblets, Cambleteens, Calamancoes of all colours, Shalloons, Durants and Tammies of all colours, Everlastings, Drawboys, cotton Gowns, cotton Hollands of all sorts, striped Gingham for men's waistcoats, 3-4, 7-8 and yard-wide Irish Linens, Sheeting, Diaper and Huckabuck, Ozanburghs and Ticklenburgh, Ravens duck, brown and white Russia Drab, yellow Holland, brown and half stuffed Buckram, stay Cord, braid, strapping and Galloon, white stay Tick, sewing Silks of all colours, a variety of Ribbons, broad Qualities, Shoe ditto, Gartering, Pins, Needles, Threads and Tapes of all sorts. Cambricks and Lawns, long Lawn, Gauzes of all sorts, gauze Aprons, Catgut, Rattens, Kerseys and Plaids, embossed Serge, Halthicks, Blankets, Baizes, Flannels, beaver Coating, Bearskins, 3 4ths, 7 8ths, yard wide and apron Check, white and black Lace; ivory, bone and ebony Fans, Canvas, Crewells, Silk and Hair and silk Twiss, metal buttons of all sorts, silk and hair and silk twiss Buttons, chip Hats, Necklaces, Snail and Gimp, Trimming, pink, blue, green and white women's loom quilted silk Petticoats, blue Calamanco ditto, gold and silver basket Buttons, gold and silver Cord, Thread, Vellum and knee Garters, silk knee Garters of all sorts, table Cloths, a variety of women's and children's packthread Stays, Bedticks and Bed Bunts; also knives and forks, cutteau Knives, Pen Knives, Razors, Scissors, shoe and knee Buckles, Snuff Boxes, Bohea Tea, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Cloves and Mace, Pepper, writing and press Paper, women's best Lynn made Shoes, Whale Bone, and a very large assortment of Paper Hangings, &c.
There is just imported, At the Irish Linen Warehouse, In King-Street,
A Large and general assortment of Linen Drapery in all its Branches. Those Goods are purchased with ready Money in their brown state, bleached and finished to the best and highest perfection; brought into this Country (immediately from the Bleach-yard) with every advantage possible, and will absolutely be sold as Cheap, as they can be bought in any part of England, without exception. The assortment consists of, Linens of all widths, from one to ten Shillings per Yard, Irish Cambricks and Dimities, sheetings, Table Linens, &c. There is also a variety of the most elegant Copper Plate printed muslins, for Ladies Summer wear, much esteemed at present among the most fashionable People in England, a Good choice of common printed Linens, Cottons, Calicoes, &c. &c.
WILLIAM GREENLEAF, Informs his CUSTOMERS, that he has imported in the latest Ships from LONDON, A N Assortment of GOODS suitable for all Seasons, which he determines to Sell by Wholesale or Retail at the very lowest Rate for CASH, at his Shop, fronting Cornhill, Boston.
A Wet Nurse with a good breast of milk, would take a child to suckle in town, if speedily applied to. Enquire of the Printer.
CALEB BLANCHARD, In Union Street, near the Market, Boston, acquaints his friends, customers and others, that he has just received by the ship Hayley, Capt. Scott, from LONDON, A Large and general assortment of Spring and Summer GOODS, consisting of every article usually imported here, which he will sell at the very lowest prices for CASH. Black and white plain muslin and silk gauze, picket gauze, spider's web gauze aprons and handkerchiefs, catgut very rich needle work sprigged lawn aprons, yard-wide and 6-4 book muslins, a very fashionable assortment of ribbands, ladies English caps, narrow thread lace, black and white blond lace, hat lace, chip hats, some very fine, calicoes, chintz, &c. Bengals, peniafcoes, handkerchiefs of all kinds, farsnets, almodes, fustians; rose, yellow, green and gray lute strings, white flowered lute strings, very rich black lute strings for ladies sacks, India tassaties, Persians, crimson damasks, fustians, jeans, wilton cloths, dimity, nankeens, duroys, striped linens for men's waistcoats, all kinds of hosiery, a great variety of superfine and middling cloths, with trimmings, green velvets for pupil cushions, with every other kind of goods in the line, woollen, cotton, silk and haberdashery way, &c. &c. All which will be sold as low as can be bought at any shop or store in Boston, for Cash. All favours will be gratefully acknowledged.
Also, Bohea and the best Hyson Tea, English Oubie an single refined sugar, pipes, pepper, china ware, flat on a way, &c. &c. &c.
THOMAS LEE, Has for sale at his Store near the Swing-bridge, A VERY compleat Assortment of PIECE GOODS, imported from England this Spring: He receives his goods from first hands only, and will supply shopkeepers and traders at as low rates as any person in Boston.
LADIES SILKS of the newest Fashion. Said Lee having received a further supply of Ladies Silks of the newest fashions, has now by him a most elegant assortment, composed of almost every kind in use, which he will sell really very cheap.
GOLD and SILVER LACES, Gold and Silver rich and basket worked Buttons. Also, a beautiful variety of PAPER HANGINGS.
A small invoice of 3 4ths. and 7 8ths. IRISH LINENS very cheap.
Imported in sundry vessels lately arrived from England, by SMITH & ATKINSON, And now opening at their Store, In King-Street, Boston,
A LARGE and very general Assortment of PIECE GOODS, suitable for the Spring Trade, which would be equally tedious and unnecessary to enumerate here, these Goods have been purchased on the best terms, and will be sold, by Wholesale only, at such rates as may encourage all retailers in town and country, as well those who usually import their goods, as others, to apply for such articles as may be needful to compleat their assortments, there being at all seasons at the above store, a great variety of Piece Goods. Due encouragement will be given to those who pay ready money.
N. B. Gun-Powder, English Sail Duck, Connecticut Beef, &c. PO-A-H KET-TLES cast at Salisbury, from the best Mountain ore.
SAMUEL ELIOT, jun. acquaints his Customers and others that He has removed from Store opposite the East End of Faneuil Hall, to the Corner Store No. 1, lately improved by Benjamin Andrews jun. That he has received by Captains Cales and Folger, a compleat Assortment of Piece Goods and Brazery, which he is determined to sell at the very lowest Rates.
Imported in the last Ship from LONDON, And to be sold by LYDIA DYAR, Near the Salutation, North End, Boston, A fresh assortment of GARDEN SEEDS,