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THE Massachusetts Spy
Or, Thomas's Boston Journal.
MAY 2 1908
A Weekly, Political, and Commercial PAPER:--Open to ALL Parties, but Influenced by None.
DO THOU Great LIBERTY INSPIRE our Souls,--And make our Lives in THY Possession happy,--Or, our Deaths glorious in THY JUST Defence.
VOL. III.]
THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1773.
[NUMB. 129.]
From the GEORGIA GAZETTE.
SAVANNA, May 26.
Mr. PRINTER,
THE late Rev. Mr. Whitefield, in his letter to the late Archbishop of Canterbury, hath these remarkable words: "I beg leave to observe that by far the greatest part of the ORPHAN HOUSE collections came from dissenters."--That in most of the places he visited, he solemnly declared from the pulpit the college should be upon a broad bottom and no other:--"How can I, saith he, answer it to God, my king, my country, my constituents and Orphan-house benefactors, to betray my TRUST, forfeit my word, act greatly contrary to my own convictions,--by narrowing its foundation, and letting it fall upon a bottom which will give universal disgust, and most justly open the mouth of persons of all denominations against me."
How far this plan is now followed let the following fact declare: A dissenting desired to be buried at Bethesda, near her husband, whereupon her minister made a respectable application in the absence of the President to the chaplain and tutor, the Rev. Mr. Eccles, who very politely granted it, and said Mr. Piercy could or would have no objections against it, but since wrote the following letter:
"Reverend Sir,
"SINCE I had the pleasure of seeing you I acquainted Mr. Piercy of your's and Mrs. Wright's desire. He is very sorry he cannot comply with it, as he is certain it would be contrary to lady Huntingdon's intention. You are not unacquainted of the college being established on the church of England plan; therefore upon more mature consideration, you will see the propriety of Mr. Piercy's resolution of not permitting a dissenting to bury or perform any ceremonial ordinance.
"Mr. Piercy will attend at the funeral himself, if it should please God to call Mrs. Wright, and will take care to have a grave made. I am Sir, &c.
Monday evening May 24, 1773.
Mr. Printer, I shall make no comment on the fact, but hope it can give no just offence to acquaint dissenters with the present plan, which I and many others hitherto understood very different.
"I would with well to all as far as they may promote the cause of religion in general, but do not believe that is promoted by making new sects and parties. I am,
AN INDEPENDENT MINISTER.
From the NEW-YORK JOURNAL.
New-York, July 7.
To the PUBLIC
THE following relation of a matter of fact is submitted to the public, that they may judge how far the ministry's protectors of our trade are so in reality. On Saturday last, as the brig Mary, Capt. Anderson, from Liverpool, was coming into this harbour, her sailors deserted her for fear of being pressed by the man of war called the Lively frigate, which lay at anchor in the Bay, near Staten Island. A boat's crew, with a couple of officers were dispatched from the said man of war; but with what intention I do not know; unless it was to provoke the inhabitants of this province to consider them as offenders of the same magnitude with the crew of the late Gaspée; for, notwithstanding the Captain of the brig and his mate, with the assistance of a few passengers on board, were handing the sails as fast as they possibly could, in obedience to the arbitrary command of the King's boat; they were unnaturally, unjustly and brutally fired upon from the said boat: One of the balls passed near the Captain, as he stood at the helm, and another between
the mate's legs. It must be feared by every loyal subject, that such daring, cruel and unprovoked insults, are in consequence of some dreadful schemes hatched by the enemies of our King and constitution, to throw this country into confusion, in order to reap advantages, by accusing us of high treason, when we are forced highly to resent such flagrant breaches, not only of our invaluable constitution, but even of the laws of nature. How crimson the iniquity! How deep the villainy of such ministers, who, against all VIRTUE, HONOUR, REASON, EQUITY, and COMMON SENSE, can be so savage, as to encourage such murderous attempts upon his Majesty's subjects, where there was not even the shadow of a provocation given, either by the captain, mate, or any of the passengers? An excellent way this, to preserve harmony between Great Britain and her favourite colony.
CONSTITUTION.
N. B. The officers after searching for run goods, on board the said brig, where they found none, thought proper to take an exact list of every man's name on board; I suppose in order to be handed to the commissioners for proscription, there being no prey for the hungry at present.
From the PROVIDENCE GAZETTE.
The following observations on the Liberty of the Press, extracted from Commentaries on the Laws of England, written by that dignified Oracle of the Law, Sir WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, perhaps may not be judged unseasonable.
"THE Liberty of the Press is essential to the nature of a free state; but this consists in laying no previous restraint upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter, when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public: To forbid this, is to destroy the freedom of the Press; but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity. To subject the Press to the restrictive power of a licenser, as was formerly done, both before and since the revolution*, is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudices of one man, and make him the arbitrary and infallible judge of all controverted points in learning, religion and go-
* The Art of Printing, soon after its introduction, was looked upon, as well in England as other countries, merely as a matter of state, and subject to the coercion of the crown. It was therefore regulated in England by the King's proclamation prohibitions, charters of privilege, and of licence, and finally by the detestable decrees of that detestable court of Star-chamber, which limited the number of Printers, and of Presses which each should employ, and prohibited new publications, unless previously approved by proper licensers. On the destruction of this odious court of Star-chamber, in 1641, the long Parliament of Charles I. after their rupture with that Prince, assumed the same powers as the Star-chamber had exercised with respect to licensing; and in 1643, 1647, 1649, and 1652, issued their ordinances for that purpose, founded on the Star-chamber decrees. In 1662 passed the Statute 13th and 14th Charles II. which was copied from the parliamentary ordinances. This act expired in 1679, but was revived by Stat. 1. James II. and continued until 1692, and was then continued for two years longer. But though frequent attempts were made to revive it, the Parliament resisted it so strongly, that it finally expired, and the Press became properly free in 1694, and has ever since so continued.
vernment. But to punish (as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writings, which, when published, shall, on a fair and impartial trial, be adjudged of a pernicious tendency, is necessary for the preservation of peace and good order of government and religion, which are the only solid foundations of civil liberty. Thus the will of individuals is still left free; the abuse only of that free will is the object of legal punishment. Neither is any restraint hereby laid upon freedom of thought or enquiry: Liberty of sentiment is still left; the disseminating or making public of bad sentiments, destructive of the ends of society, is the crime which society corrects. The only plausible argument heretofore used, for restraining the just freedom of the Press, that it was necessary to prevent the daily abuse of it, loses all its force, when it is shewn (by a seasonable exertion of the laws) that the Press cannot be abused to any bad purpose, without incurring a suitable punishment; whereas it never can be used to any good one, when under the controul of an INSPECTOR."
From a late London Paper.
M. De la Chappelle, censor royal at Paris, invented, a few years ago, an apparatus, or piece of machinery, which he calls a scaphandre, by means of which a person totally ignorant of the art of swimming may plunge boldly into the deepest and most agitated waters, and there, without any effort, or skill, keep himself in an erect position, the water rising all the time no higher than the pit of his stomach. Here, according to his account, he may at ease eat, drink, write, and charge, present and fire a musket; turning himself round at any time by a mere act of the will. This apparatus is not cumbersome either in the water or on shore, and may be put off or on in less than a minute. The Abbe has now brought it to the highest degree of perfection, by having lately, after many fruitless attempts, discovered an expedient, or in his own words, attained what he calls a fixed point, by means of which a person may walk across the deepest rivers as if he was footing it on a solid plain. The Abbe appeals for the truth of these assertions to many thousand witnesses; and in farther corroboration of them, has added a letter, written by M. Artou, Captain of the Artillery at Huningen, who there describes the successful trial lately made of one of the author's scaphandres in the Rhine, by a mere novice in the art of swimming; who with this accoutrement, walked upright, and at his ease, backwards and forwards in that river, as if 'by enchantment.' The author intends immediately to compose and publish a complete description of every part of the apparatus, to which he means to add an account of the various uses to which it is applicable.
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FRIDAY, July 1. BOSTON. By Captain Souder, arrived at Philadelphia, from Lisbon, and Captain Nelson, arrived at Piscataqua, from Brij o', we have the following
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON, May 8. In this night's Gazette is published his Majesty's proclamation (dated the 6th instant) for discontinuing the bounties offered for seamen and landmen to enter themselves on board his Majesty's ships of war; setting forth, that as his Majesty finds it no longer necessary to continue the armament at sea, therefore it is thought fit to revoke and annul the proclamation of the 22d of April last.
HAGUE, (Holland) May 7. The Dutch East-India company have received an account, by the first ship of their homeward-bound fleet, just arrived in the Texel, that a most terrible earthquake had swallowed up a great part of a mountain on the coast of Sumatra, above a league in length, and destroyed between two and three thousand inhabitants, with all their cattle, plantations, &c. and that the fire, which issued out of the earth, had been seen at a very great distance at sea.
PARIS, (France) May 7. Our ministry have not suspended the equipment of the Toulon fleet, as reported; but they continue pressing at Marseilles so warmly that no French vessel is allowed to sail out of that port. Two hundred bakers are employed night and day at the Arsenal in making biscuit for the fleet: the last letters from Genoa also bring advice that they had pressed and embarked there for Toulon all the French sailors in that port; and that the Republic of Genoa had likewise permitted all such of her subjects as are mariners to enter into the service of France. No one can guess at the destination of this fleet; but the King has refused the Duke de Chartres, one of the Princes of the blood, his permission to serve on board it, on account of its destination, as the Duchess is pregnant.
WARSAW, (capital of Poland) April 21. This morning the Senator's hall and the Nuncio's chamber were furnished with a strong guard by the Marshal of the Crown. The Confederate Nuncios were not there; but Mr. Reyten, Nuncio of Novogrodeck, and his adherents were; and about noon an Envoy came from the Confederates, to know of them whether they acknowledged Count Poninski as Marshal. He was answered, No, and Mr. Reyten came to the door of the Nuncios chamber, and declared openly, that he would not hear to the Confederacy, and that he was ready to seal that protestation with his blood if it was required.
April 18. The confederation, the plan of which was framed by Baron Stockelberg, Envoy from Russia, and approved by the three courts, has been agreed to, and the affairs to be laid before the Diet, which is to meet to-morrow, are to be determined by a plurality of voices. The principal articles to be agitated are, the maintenance of the Roman Catholic religion, and the public liberty; the departure of the foreign troops out of the realm; the regulating the limits of the republic; an enquiry into the authors and accomplices of the outrages committed against the sacred person of his Majesty: To settle a new arrangement touching imposts; to settle some reforms necessary in the military departments: to establish a commission to repair the wrong which Duke Peter of Courland had done, by certain transactions, to his brother Prince Charles, after the death of their father; and to avenge the outrage committed against Madame Potocki. All these articles are to be presented to, and treated on by the Diet, under the auspices of the confederation.
BARCELONA, (the capital of Catalonia in Spain) April 6. An extraordinary courier from Madrid brought an order for the eight battalions of Spanish and Walloon guards, who are in garrison in Catalonia, to hold themselves in readiness for embarkation on the first notice; and at the same time an embargo was laid on all ships that were here; but the arrival of a second courier yesterday, has put a stop to our disposition, and the embargo is taken off.

Leghorn, (Italy) April 21. The French frigates, which were cruising in the Archipelago, have sunk several corsairs; and we just now received advice, that one of those frigates being met by three Russian frigates at the time he had six French merchantmen under convoy, would not suffer them to be visited; which occasioned a cannonade between those frigates, the consequences whereof had been to the advantage of the French, who afterwards pursued their route.
THORN [Poland] April 14. The dietine of Lenczyce has been the most stormy of all the dietines. Disputes ran so high, that near thirty persons have been killed or dangerously wounded.
LONDON, May 7. Letters from Madrid, which were received yesterday, declare, that his Catholic Majesty was determined to persevere in fitting out the present Spanish armament, and that he had given a very hostile answer to the last courier from Great-Britain.
On Tuesday last there was a General Court of the proprietors of the East India stock, at their house in Leadenhall-street. The chairman opened the Court, by observing, "he thought it his duty to acquaint the proprietors of the reception of their petition: He accordingly told them, that he had, according to their orders, delivered it into the House of Commons on Monday, when it was read, and, agreeable to the mode of the House, ordered to lie on the table; that after the reading of the petition, the chancellor of the exchequer seemed to express some doubts about the meaning of it, and that he afterwards proposed a plan of regulations for the government of the affairs of the company, both abroad and at home, which he intended to bring in as a bill, the particulars of which a gentleman he had in his eye, (meaning Mr. Dempster) would more fully explain, as he staid behind him in the house."
Mr. Dempster accordingly rose, and in a very clear and accurate manner, stated the whole of that day's proceedings. He said, "That as far as the chairman had gone, he was precisely right; that when the chancellor of the exchequer seemed to express some doubts about the meaning of the petition, that he sufficiently explained them to his Lordship, who replied to some parts of it by saying, 'that the phrase, for a term not exceeding six years, was merely parliamentary, and only used to put the matter out of litigation for that time, for that government did not mean at the end of that period to deprive the company of their territorial possessions; that in regard to the increase of their dividend, and the other matters of their petition, though his Lordship did not express himself clearly on them, yet there were some hopes of their being received favourably.' Mr. Dempster then went into a recital of the particulars of the plan of regulations proposed by his Lordship for the conduct of the company's affairs abroad and at home, almost every one of which forcibly militated against the very letter of the company's charter. They were principally as follows:
Home regulations. That every proprietor must be possessed of East India stock to the amount of 1000l. which must be in his possession for the space of twelve calendar months, to entitle him to vote for directors.
That the directors should be chosen in the manner following: Six for four years; six for three years; six for two years; and six annually; each director being in office for four years, to be disqualified from re-assuming that office for the year following.
Regulations abroad. That the Mayor's Court should, as originally, be confined to small mercantile affairs.
That in lieu of this Court, a new one was to be established, consisting of a chief, and three puisne judges, not of the appointment of the crown nor yet of the proprietors, nor yet of the directors, but, he believed, of the parliament.
That a superiority be given to the presidency of Bengal over the other presidencies in India; and that supervisors be appointed to assist Mr. Hastings, the present Governor in that presidency.
On Mr. Dempster's giving this account of Monday's proceedings in parliament, a general conversation was began (for it cannot be called a debate where all were unanimous) on the abuses and corruptions such regulations must necessarily produce; where, in several of the proprietors said, they would sooner give up the whole of their late properties in East India stock, than contribute to such proceedings.
As soon as this matter was sufficiently spoken to, the Duke of Richmond made the following motion:
"That it is the opinion of this Court, that the chairman, and deputy chairman, do wait upon Lord North, to let his Lordship know, that the company have nearly completed their regulations for the better management of their affairs; and to request his Lordship, that he would communicate through them to the General Court, in writing, his plan of an intended bill for the regulation of the company's affairs, both at home and abroad; and at the same time that he would likewise acquaint them, or what parts of their petition he seemed to doubt the proprietors meaning."
This motion meaning the general idea of the Court, as the most likely method of knowing precisely what ground to go upon, it was, after a short debate, approved of.
The following papers are exact copies from the originals:
(C O P Y.)
East India House, May 4, 1773.
RESOLVED, That the chairman and deputy chairman do wait on the Right Hon. Lord North in the name of this court, to assure his Lordship that this court have nearly completed such regulations as they think will be most effectual to promote the welfare of the company both at home and abroad, and request that his Lordship will be pleased to communicate to this court, in writing, his Lordship's plan of the intended bill for regulating the affairs of this company at home and in India; and also that his Lordship would be pleased to explain in the same manner, the doubts which they have been informed his Lordship has conceived, touching the meaning of some part of their petition presented yesterday to the House of Commons.
(C O P Y.)
Lord North desires the chairman and deputy chairman to acquaint the general court of proprietors of the East India company, that having, with several other members, received the commands of the House of Commons to prepare and bring in a bill for establishing certain regulations respecting the affairs of the East-India company, he cannot think it proper to communicate to the general court, in writing, the plan of the bill which is proposed to be offered to the house, in obedience to their commands; and that the point which he had taken notice of, as not expressed with sufficient clearness, in the last petition, and therefore wished it might be explained, was, whether the company meant only to signify their dislike of some parts of the resolutions of the house, and their desire to have them changed; or whether they meant to declare a purpose of refusing both the loan and the agreement respecting the territorial acquisitions and revenues, rather than accept of them on the terms proposed.
Downing Street, May 5, 1773.
(C O P Y.)
East India House, May 6, 1773.
RESOLVED, That the chairman and deputy chairman do wait on Lord North, and acquaint his Lordship, that, as the points on which he has desired an answer are of the greatest importance to the rights and interest of the company, and therefore require as far as possible, the consideration of the whole proprietary, the general court have appointed Wednesday next, as being the earliest day on which such consideration can be had.
Letters from Warsaw, dated the 21st ult. advise, that the diet was opened, but the members were very outrageous; and that Podolia and Volhinia have, by a manifesto, protested against all that shall be done. A new confederation has been entered into, which has been signed by numbers. Mean time, the foreign troops continue to block up Warsaw, and will not suffer any one to leave the place, till the Diet settles matters to their satisfaction.
This morning 600 tons of salt provisions were shipped off on board two transports at the Tower, together with some other stores, for his Majesty's garrison at Falkland's Island.
May 11. On Thursday last there was a general court of proprietors of East-India stock, at their house in Leadenhall street, pursuant to adjournment of Tuesday last. After the clerk had, as usual, read over the minutes of the last meeting, the chairman acquainted the court, "That in pursuance of their directions, he and the deputy had waited on Lord North the day before, with their message to which they received a written answer, that should be read to them."
After the answer was read, the chairman desired to know whether the court would go into a consideration of that matter, or the business of the day?
Mr. Dempster then rose, and said, "That the answer before them was of that magnitude, that required the most serious consideration; that a reply was necessary to be given to Lord North, and on that depended a great deal; he therefore hoped it would not be precipitated in that court, but that
near a day as possible might be appointed wherein the consequences on all sides may be weighed, and that reply given, which would at the same time exhibit the firmness as well as prudence of the company."
Governor Johnstone supported Mr. Dempster and entered into a very copious description of the many ill consequences which must arise from the existence of this bill; after which he exhorted the proprietors to steadiness, manliness, and unanimity of conduct (the effects of which he illustrated by two opposite cases) as the only grounds they had to maintain their rights as proprietors or Englishmen.
Mr. Gordon spoke next and observed, "That as the point seemed to turn on, whether the company were to receive the resolutions of Lord North, or be refused the loan, he had a plan to offer to the proprietors, of raising the sum of money required of government, without applying to them; that he had not at present this plan about him, but that he would communicate it to the proprietors the first general court."
This proposal was received with great satisfaction by the court, on the opinion that such resolutions as the minister proposed, would never be offered but on the presumption, that the company were in that distress they must comply with any terms, sooner than do without the loan.
A motion was then made, and unanimously approved of, that Wednesday next be appointed for the "consideration of Lord North's message."
On Tuesday sen'night a fire broke out in one of the casemates without the city Zutphen, in Holland, in which nine soldiers, a sergeant, and a child, were burnt to death, one or ten more dangerously burnt, and of the whole company, which consisted upwards of forty, only four or five men are fit for duty: All their baggage and arms were destroyed. Three of the Burghers of Zutphen, who ran to the assistance of the soldiers, had the misfortune to be drowned.
PARIS, (France) April 26. The magistrates of Tarascou have received orders to prepare magazines for 7000 men. Five hundred workmen are employed in repairing the casemate of Aix, and we are assured that there will be a camp at Brignoles.
Orders are sent to Marseilles for raising twelve hundred seamen, to man the ships fitting at Toulon. That fleet will be ready by the 10th of next month.
LONDON, May 11. Yesterday, by virtue of a commission from his Majesty, the commissioners, being the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, and the Earl of Dartmouth, the following bills received the royal assent, viz.
The bill to allow a drawback of the duties of the customs on the exportation of teas to any of his Majesty's colonies or plantations in America.
The bill to regulate the importation and exportation of corn.
It is now said, that the Parliament will not break up till the latter end of next month.
May 18. Yesterday letters patent passed the great seal, creating Egerton Leigh, Esq; Attorney General of his Majesty's province of South-Carolina, a Baronet of Great Britain.
May 21. By letters received by Wednesday's post from Towbridge, Wilts, we are informed of the death of William Temple, Esq; celebrated political writer, who, among other agencies to his friends, has left Mr. Wilkes 500l.
May 23. Nothing to be depended upon hitherto this week relative to the preparation of war; 15 ships of the line lie ready to sail at Spithead.
Her Majesty's pregnancy has been again announced in form to the Privy Council.
The Racehorse and Cuckoo are fitting out for an expedition to the North Pole, under the command of the Hon. Capt. Phipps. Mr. Lyons is appointed, by the board of Longitude, to make observations in astronomy, natural history and philosophy. The principal design of the voyage is to examine the countries and seas near the Pole, and to endeavour to find a passage this way to Japan, which is now a voyage of about ten months, whereas, if a passage could be found by the North, it might be performed in seven weeks. A very large collection of instruments are prepared for the expedition, for making observations and experiments on the state of the atmosphere in the frigid zone.
GLOUCESTER May 24.
Extract of a letter from London, May 22.
"Last night came on in the House of Commons, the important question moved against Lord Clive. General Burgoyne's motion was to this purpose, 'that Robert Lord Clive had, in the year 1757, by the influence of his military and civil station, got possession of above twenty lacks of rupees, from the governing powers in Bengal, which this house look upon to be illegally obtained, and productive of bad precedents to the other servants of the East India company and the crown.' The matter was debated with great warmth and spirit from eight o'clock
in the evening until six, the motion in the course of which Lord Clive had many excellent defenders, as well among those who had been with him in India, as the first and most independent members of the house; in which number Sir George Saville stood first. Col. Barré was the most violent of his attackers; but his invectives were all deprived of their sting in a most eloquent and pleasing manner by Mr. Burke. Lord Clive himself left the house about three o'clock; and at his quitting his seat, he told the house he left himself in their hands; he hoped they would be tender of his honour, that as to his property, it was to be disposed of as they thought fit. The applause of the members as he went out, gave a pleasing omen of the success of the debate, which about five o'clock, was reduced to two questions taken from general Burgoyne's motion; the house divided on the first, and Lord North went out at the head of those who voted against Lord Clive; 95 were on this side, and 155 against it. The second motion was then made, 'That the said Robert Lord Clive, in so doing, abused the powers with which he was intrusted, to the evil example of the servants of the public.' It passed in the negative without a division. After this the Solicitor-General begged to make another motion, 'That it is the sense of the house, that Robert Lord Clive has rendered most important services to the state; which was carried almost unanimously without a division. Thus his Lordship has completed his trial, and stands in the possession of his fortune and his fame in the strongest tenure in this country. Mr. Becher was examined for near three hours in the course of this debate, and came off with much honour."
SATURDAY, July 17. BOSTON.
We hear that a special Court of Admiralty for the trial of pirates, murders, &c. on the high seas, is to be convened here on Wednesday the 28th of July instant, for the trial of Ansel Nickerson, a prisoner in goal in this town.
The body of Mr. Bradley, mentioned in our last, supposed to be drowned out of his canoe, has since been taken up and interred.
DIED] Mrs. Boardman, wife of Andrew Boardman, tin-man.—Mrs. Whipple, wife of Mr. Jacob Whipple, a German.—At Roxbury, Mrs. Abigail Curtis, widow to the late Mr. Benjamin Curtis, of that place, hatter.—At Hingham, Dr. Beza Lincoln.—At Dorchester, Mrs. Catharine Spooner, consort of Mr. William Spooner, Merchant.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Granada, dated May 20th, 1773, to his friend in Piscataqua.
"I expect to go into the French method again, as our Mulcavadoes do not turn to good account I besides, we have two of the greatest enemies that can possibly attack the sugar-planters. The yellow blast of Antigua and the Borer, unconquerable enemies! Last year I made on this estate 334 hogheads of sugar, and this year only 135: There was a prospect (last August) of making 420 hogheads. Those insects to windward, and the pernicious ant to leeward, I fear will ruin the sugar estates. Some are gone upon INDIGO, some upon COTTON, and many upon COFFEE: I began a plantation of the last commodity about three years and a half ago, and it thrives very well: Although that article is so low at present, that it is discouraging to persevere; so that the great and pleasing PLANS that were formed some years ago, appear falling to nought. The pampered planter, who, a while past, intended to be a rich man, must begin as it were anew: After serving two apprenticeships I must begin and learn the cultivation of INDIGO, for if our calamities continue, that commodity must feed our hopes. I tremble for some of the planters, who are not upon the best footing: Their exorbitant debts; the failures at home, and every melancholy circumstance conspire to render the prospect gloomy; and must reduce many to the lowest sphere in life. Our political folks seem to be very quiet, so much so, that I hear nothing about them: Even the Assembly (composed chiefly of the French party) are doing nothing for themselves or the public. Scarcity of money, and a greater scarcity of confidence, has put many, and will put more people to their best shifts, and there is reason to fear that will not keep them up."
Extract of a letter from Annapolis, dated July 2.
"Our Assembly is passing an act, to sell out 40,000 bank stock, and lend it to the people in Maryland, to keep up their credit, which will be of great service at this time, as a stop is put to all business, from the number of failures in England."

MONDAY, July 19.
BOSTON.
The new meeting-house in Brattle street is so far completed that the church and congregation under the pastoral care of the Rev. Dr. Cooper, are making choice of their respective pews; and we hear that on Sunday next they propose meeting therein for public worship. The architecture of this building is truly magnificent, and the workmanship well executed.
Extract of a letter from Portsmouth May 14.
Yesterday morning about three o'clock, one of the King's messengers came down here with orders to stop the men of war from returning to Plymouth, and the frigates from being paid off, and no more men to be discharged; but on the contrary, for the fifteen sail of the line, to get their full complement of men, to take in six months provisions, and twelve months stores, and get ready for sea with the greatest expedition.
TUESDAY, July 20.
BOSTON.
Last Thursday evening two men, one of them named Brown, lately out of his time the other named John McCray, both of them journeymen to Mr. Magner, blacksmith, went from hence in a small boat; and it is said, about twelve o'clock at night was unfortunately run down by an outward-bound sloop, between the castle and Spectacle-island, by which the boat was sunk, and they both are supposed to be drowned, as they have not since been heard of. The boat, last Saturday, was discovered sunk in the channel, near the lower middle ground, in about 6 fathom water; since which she has been weighed and brought up to town. Her foremast and rudder were gone, and had a small hole beat through one of the sides; otherwise she has received little or no damage.
PROVIDENCE, July 3. Last week, a the Inferior Court of common pleas for the county of Providence, a bill of indictment was preferred to the grand jury against the Printer of this paper, for printing and publishing, by request, not "a false, scandalous and malicious libel" but a well known established TRUTH, which cannot be disproved viz. that J-n C-e, Esq; (a member of the committee of correspondence appointed by the General Assembly) had, "in a very flagrant manner, shamefully violated and betrayed the faith and confidence reposed in him by his country, in yielding obedience to a mandate from the commissioners of enquiry, and answering interrogatories before before them on oath, thereby fully acknowledging their jurisdiction, and endeavouring to counteract the laudable design of the house in appointing the said committee." And that a motion has been made, at a meeting of the freemen, for the town "to instruct its representatives, that in the next session of assembly they use their influence to displace the said J-n C-e, Esq; from being a member of the committee of correspondence." This very extraordinary attempt to destroy the Liberty of the Press became a matter of great expectation, and did not fail to alarm the friends of freedom; their apprehensions however soon subsided, the honest jury having returned the bill IGNORAMUS.
WEDNESDAY, July 21.
BOSTON.
Last Saturday the body of a lusty man was found near low water mark on the beach at Long Island; his hair was short and of a dark colour, and had on a short red jacket, lined with baize, light coloured cloth breeches, new check shirt, and a pair of flat silver sleeve buttons, mark'd M. A pair of yarn stockings, but no shoes on his right hand was much cut, his face and mouth greatly bruised; but whether done before or since his death remains uncertain his pockets were turned inside out, and he did not appear to have been many days dead.
The same day the active frigate from Antigua, which had been below for some days came up into the harbour.
One day last week a son of Mr. Samuel Bass, about two years old, accidentally fell into a tub of hot water, by which he was so much scalded that he died the next morning.
NEW YORK, July 15. Colonel Tony appointed Governor of East Florida in the room of Col. Grant.
On Thursday arrived at the Hook, in 8 weeks and 3 days from Newry, in Ireland, the ship Robert, Capt. Matthew Russell, having on board upwards of 300 souls, including children, passengers from that port, who are come over to settle in America. We hear about half of them are to be landed at Amboy, and the ship to come here with the rest; four other ships, the Captains of which, were Montgomery, Pharis, McCutchen, and Chevers, full of passengers, lately sailed from the same port, for Philadelphia, where two of them are arrived. Another ship of three-hundred tons, Captain Dunnigham, for Philadelphia, and the brig Elliot, Captain Waring, for South Carolina, both full of passengers, were expected to sail from Newry about the 25th of May. From the same place also, other vessels were going with settlers for the Banks of the Mississippi. We hear also, that great numbers of vessels from Dublin, London-derry, Belfast, Learn, Cork, and other Ports, have lately failed or are soon expected to sail, full of passengers, for different parts of North America. These emigrations, it is thought have already drained the Northern parts of Ireland, of near a third part of its most useful and industrious inhabitants; nearly all of them being protestants—those left behind begin to be greatly alarmed.
Most of these people being well skilled in the linen manufactory, if proper encouragement is given to them, will be an important acquisition to the British colonies.
By order of Court, Will be SOLD by PUBLIC VENDUE. At the Royal Exchange-tavern in King-street. On Tuesday the 17th day of August next. At one o'clock, P. M.
A LARGE commodious brick Dwelling House, situated in Cornhill, now in the occupation of Mr. Joshua Gardner, lately belonging to Captain Edward Emerson, deceased, (saying the widow's dower therein. For particulars enquire of Melanah Bourn, Esq; J. RUSSELL, Auctioneer.
Left at some friend's house or store, within four months past, A scarlet drab CLOAK.
The owner would be much obliged by any intelligence of it, given to the Printer of this advertisement.
New Auction-Room, Cornhill. TUESDAY next, X o'clock, At GREENLEAF's Auction-Room, Will be sold by PUBLIC VENDUE, An assortment of GOODS as usual. (The particulars will be in Monday's papers.) W. GREENLEAF, Auctioneer.
A genteel SULKEY with a complete harness and sundry pieces of new house furniture, some books, and many other articles, or private sale.
THE Public are acquainted, that the subscriber is approved by the Gentlemen Selectmen of the town of Boston, to sell any kind of merchandise, &c. by PUBLIC VENDUE, He therefore solicits, the favour of his former kind employers, customers, and others, promising his best endeavours to give universal satisfaction.
MARTIN BICKER.
N. B. Goods will be received in, at his Auction-Room near the Conduit, for private sale on moderate commissions.
Imported in the last ship from LONDON, and to be sold, by DANIEL PARKER, At his shop opposite to Mr. Caleb Blanchard's In Union-street, Boston.
A Variety of GOLDSMITHS JEWELERS and WATCHMAKER'S GOODS and WARES, which he will sell cheap or cash, his old customers and others may depend on being well used. N B The GOLDSMITH and JEWELER'S Business carried on at the same shop as usual by PARKER and EMERY.
THURSDAY, July 22.
BOSTON.
Yesterday being the anniversary Commencement at Harvard College, in Cambridge, the Honourable his Majesty Council, together with the corporation, and the Governors of the College, proceeded by the candidates for their first degree in the
towns, went in procession from the Hall to the Meeting-house, where the exercise of the day were introduced with a preparatory prayer by the Reverend President, then a salutatory oration in Latin, the usual Syllogistic Disputations in Latin followed; the audience were next entertained with a Foreign Disputation in English, on the African slave trade; then followed a Latin Dialogue, and another in Arabic; and an elegant English Oration on the rise and progress of the Arts and Sciences, closed the forenoon services. After which the procession returned to the Hall, where a genteel entertainment was provided.
Between four and five o'clock, P. M. the procession proceeded by the Candidates for their second degree, &c. &c. returned from the Hall to the Meeting-house; an English Dialogue opened the services of the afternoon, after which the Candidates for the Master's degree entered upon their Syllogistic Disputations; then followed an Indian Oration, and a Valedictory Oration in English.
The degrees of Bachelor and Master of Arts were conferred on the following gentlemen, viz.
BACHELORS of ARTS.
Nathaniel Walker Appleton, Joshua Armistead, Moses Barnard, Jeremiah Barnard, Ebenezer Boltwood, William Bradford, Isaac Bradburn, William Caldwell, Stephen Crosby, Nathaniel Cutler, Joshua Eaton, Samuel Fales, Thomas Farrington, Thomas Flucker, Samuel Henshaw, Martin Leavitt, John Low, Tilly Merrick, Abner Morgan, Daniel Parker, Warren Parks, Theodore Parsons, Oliver Peabody, Eliphalet Pearson, Joshua Plummer, Thomas Prince, Benjamin Rice, Nathan Rice, Ebenezer Lockwood, Manasseh Smith, Charles Searns, John Trumbull, Abel Whitney, Solomon Willard, and Robert Williams.
MASTERS of ARTS.
William Sanford Hutchinson, Gilbert Saltonstall, William Winthrop, Paul Langdon, Ward Chipman, Jonathan Stearns, Amariah Frost, John Mellen, Jonathan Newell, Edward Sprague, Samuel Adams, Samuel Osgood, Joseph Hunt, Zebulon Butler, William Wetmore, Jonathan Barns, Abner Smith, Nathan Goddard, Samuel Sheldon Pool, Thomas Colman, William Stearns, Benjamin Chadwick, Isaac Stone, Henry Bright, David Townshend, Joseph Pope, Palsgrave Wellington, Jonathan Hicks, Owen Warland, Jacob Burnap and Aaron Crosby.
The honorary degree of Master of Arts, was conferred on the Rev. Joseph Howe, educated at Yale College, and on Mr. Thomas Mavill, educated at New Jersey.
The degree of Doctor of Divinity, was conferred on the Rev. Samuel Locke, President; and the degree of Doctor of Laws, on the Hon. John Winthrop Esq; pro meritis: The degree of Doctor of Divinity was also conferred on the Rev. Samuel Mather of this town.
The whole was conducted with elegance and propriety, much to the credit of the college, and the satisfaction of a very brilliant and crowded audience.
We hear his Excellency Thomas Hutchinson Esq; is indisposed.
The Governor and Lieutenant Governor, were not at Cambridge yesterday as usual on Commencement days.
We hear that the Selectmen have appointed Mr. Moses Deshon, Mr. Martin Becker, Mr. Robert Gould, Mr. Hunt, and Mr. William Fallis, Vendue-masters in this town, in addition to the four formerly approved by them.
MARRIED. Capt. Moses Allen, to Miss Mehitable Parker of Sandwich.
DIED. Capt. Nathaniel Atwood, of his town. His funeral is to be attended tomorrow at five o'clock, where his friends and acquaintance are desired to attend.
PORT of BOSTON, July 22.
Arrived. Lewis, from New Haven; Lewis, Nova-Scotia; Maxwell, Maryland; Gosham, Virginia; Fogery, Halifax; Burton, Cape Nicola and Turks-Island; Worwell, Cape Nicola; Smithwick, Grenada; Smith, Quebec.
PORT of RHODE-ISLAND, July 12.
Arrived. Dickens, from Jamaica; Grimes, Hispaniola; Borden, Grenada; Luce, Pleasant river; Warner, Philadelphia; Vredenburgh, New-Jersey; Olds, Boston; Lock, Mount Desert; Butler, Pleasant River; Crossman, Maryland; Freebody and Webber, New York.
GOVERNORS LETTERS, &c. Continued. With REMARKS.
DEAR SIR, Boston, 20th January, 1762. YOU have laid me under very great obligations by the very clear and full account of proceedings in parliament, which I received from you by Capt. Scott. You have also done much service to the people of the province. (a) For
day or two after the ship arrived, the enemies of government gave out that their friends in parliament were exerting, and all things would be soon on the old footing; in other words that all acts imposing duties would be repealed, the commissioners board dissolved, the customs put on the old footing, and status quo be carried on with little or no regard. (b) It is very fortunate that I had it in my power to prevent such a false report from spreading through the province. (c) I have been very cautious of using your name, but I have been very free in publishing abroad the substance of your letter, and declaring that I had my intelligence from the best authority, (d) and have in a great measure defeated the ill design in raising and attempting to spread to groundless a report. (e) What marks of resentment the parliament will show, whether they will be upon the province in general or particular persons, (f) is extremely uncertain, but that they will be placed somewhere is most certain, and I add, because I think it ought to be so, that those who have been most steady in preserving the constitution and opposing the licentiousness of such as call themselves sons of liberty will certainly meet with favor and encouragement.
This is most certainly a crisis (g) really with that there may not have been the least degree of severity beyond what is absolutely necessary to maintain, I think I may say to you the dependance which a colony ought to have upon the parent state; but if no measures shall have been taken to secure this dependance, or nothing more than some declaratory acts or resolves, it is all over with us (h) The friends of government will be utterly disheartened, and the friends of anarchy will be afraid of nothing, be it ever so extravagant.
The last vessel from London had a quick passage. We expect to be in suspense for the three or four next weeks and then to hear our fate. I never think of the measures necessary for the peace and good order of the colonies without pain. There must be an abridgment of what are called English liberties. I relieve myself by considering that in a remove from the state of nature to the most perfect state of government there must be a great restraint of natural liberty. I doubt whether it is possible to project a system of government in which a colony three thousand miles distant from the parent state, shall enjoy all the liberty of the parent state. I am certain I have never yet seen the projection. I wish with the good of the colony when I wish to see some further restraint of liberty rather than the connection with the parent state shall be broken; for I am sure such a breach must prove the ruin of the colony. Pardon me this excursion, it really proceeds from the state of mind into which our perplexed affairs often throws me.
I have the honour to be with very great esteem, Sir, your most humble and most obedient servant, THO. HUTCHINSON.
(a) It must certainly be on the same presumption that slavery is better than freedom for this people, that Mr. Hutchinson and his friends take upon them to vindicate all his writings, speeches and actions. On what other condition could a discouragement of the people even to dream of a recovery of their rights, and a re-establishment of all things upon the old footing, i. e. the footing on which the original compact between the crown and this people, bating a few innovations, had placed them.
(b) Whoever has heard the story of the pickaxes, scalping knives, &c. shipped in the time of actual war, for the supply of the enemy at Louiburgh, could hardly suspect it to be perpetrated by this strenuous opponent of illicit trade, unless there had been a great change of circumstances between the payer and receiver of extorted tributes; extorted for the sole purpose of being laishe upon worthless, or rather dangerous favourites!
(c) Fortunate indeed! a happy incident, for so conspicuous a friend to the people, to have it in his power to cut off even the remotest expectations of their deliverance from that most detested object of their resentment, that board of Commissioners whose personal excellencies (four or two of them at least) had so captivated Mr. Hutchinson.
(d) How could this comport with Mr. Hutchinson's consummate sincerity in publishing intelligence received only from 'a private man' as intelligence received from the best authority?
(e) A great merit indeed! no doubt much influential in obtaining the 1500l. per annum.
(f) Some tremendous exertions doubtless, no matter how general, rather than fail of being sufficiently formidable; but if the sons of liberty, only could be brought over in irons and hanged on the statute of Harry the eighth; and the friends of government favoured and encouraged, it seems the modest suggester would give such measures the preference.
(g) In this Mr. Hutchinson was not deceived! Many of his fellow citizens had as strong a sense of this as he had, and nobly ventured their all to prevent that crisis terminating, not in the abridgment, but total destruction of the liberties of their country.
(h) Is not this as strong a call for ships and troops as Mr. Paxton's? Blush white-washers, blush at the vain attempts ye have made ever can make to disguise the malignity of his infernal scroll, which unless the order I had imposed upon myself obliged me to make some remarks upon it, had led me to it, neede "no comment" or explanation.
**The affidavit of Mr. John Abell, Esq. must be omitted for want of room.

For the MASSACHUSETTS SPY.  A Funeral Elegy on the untimely death of the agreeable Mr. JOHN PADDOCK, a former member of Harvard College, who was lately drowned at Cambridge.
WHEN growing genius spreads its rising charms, To genial sun beams, and to vernal calms; Our souls prophetic feel new pleasures rise, And graceful prospects greet our raptur'd eyes. In thought, we see it mount a future stage, And spread its glories to the coming age. But when cold adverse winds unlie their breath To blast its verdure with the damps of death, In vain, our souls the tide of grief restrain, Our eyes emit the swelling streams in vain; New floods succeed to those already past And briny torrents follow them in haste: Tears from their narrow banks, and without bounds, They flow, in triumph, o'er their anguish'd mounds.
O Paddock! such was thy untimely fate; We mourn for thee; yet mourn, alas, too late; Death, cruel death! too fast has bound his chain For tears, incessant tears to bring again Thy soul, now soaring in celestial air, To claim thy corpse, and be a tenant there. Ye rocks, ye mountains, woods, resound my voice, In doleful accents, muses, tell your loss. Let solemn, murmuring sounds inform the air, That Learning's lost her youngest, darling care: Let air re-echo back the mournful sound, And notes of anguish creep along the ground.
Forbear, ye winds, to lend your useless aid, Henceforth the winds and storms by me be made: Thou son, absorb the ocean's weary tide By me, the ocean's place shall be supply'd: My sighs shall breed the storms, my tears the floods, Nor thank the bounty of indulgent gods. E'er death had laid thy rising honours low, And, past recall had wing'd the dreadful blow, Assembled devils in fell council met, With vengeful furies, eager for thy fate, Here the slim cobweb thread of life appears, And fate stands ready with her sharpen'd shears. Supreme in guilt, commissioned by the throng, Hell's blackest demon fiercely pres'd along: With rage and envy finn'd, that we below, The rapt'rous pleasures of thy life should know.
Blood-breathing fury took its baeful way, And with his pois'nous nature foul'd the day, At sight of him the sun refus'd his beams. Malignly shot by turns his sullen gleams. On rivers banks then shook the frighten'd reeds; Harvadia's genii groan'd, and hung their heads; And sigh'd the muses, nymphs and verdant meads.
Death hurl'd his deadly lance—all nature wept; And on the ground the damps of horror crept. Thus stands the royal oak, of woods the pride, And, with contempt, surveys the trees by 's side: Thus sudden falls his verdant honours low, And the wide forest ecchoes at the blow. Tho' bloody hell-hounds claim the murderous deed, Yet were they not the tools of heaven decreed? Thy precious life was not the fury's prey; But by just heaven, in pity snatch'd away; In pity for thy soul's too great for earth, Not meant for us, for heav'nly joys by birth. May glory's clarion consecrate to fame Thy worthy, ever, ever honour'd name, My muse too soaring on the eagle-wing Oh may she rise to where the Angels sing. Thy name shall flourish—be of time the boast, And live immortal, when the muse is lost.
MÆRENS Harvaria Filicus.
On FRIENDSHIP. TOO oft in chusing friends we err By warm good nature prest, And in a dove like form receive A serpent to the breast.
External beauties strike the eye, And such attractions wear, We nothing but perfection see, And rush into the snare.
No wonder what a pleasing face, With winning manners join'd, Are loved by those who cannot trace The motions of the mind.
There must be lasting beauties lie, Which never know decay, For ev'ry charm, but those within, Is swept by time away.
Th' allurements of external charms, Can ne'er deceive us long, Affection may the union bind, Esteem must make it strong.
A thousand, smiling, flow'ry paths, To friendship's temple lead; But those who follow virtue's steps, Most happily succeed.
Colony of RHODE ISLAND, &c. Newport, June 30, 1773. WHEREAS ELEAZER TRE- VETT, of Newport, in the County of Newport, merchant, presented a Petition to the General Assembly of the Colony aforesaid representing that he is an Insolvent Debtor, and praying that the benefit of an Act passed in June, A. D. 1756, intitled, "An Act for the re- lief of Insolvent Debtors," may be extended unto him; which Petition was referred, and the creditors were ordered to be notified, b- y Advertisement to be inserted in the Newpor- Mercury, in the Providence Gazette, and in one of the Boston News-Papers, to appear and answer the same: I do, therefore, hereby notify the creditors of the said ELEAZER TREVETT to appear, if they shall think fit, at the General Assembly to be holden at Newport, aforesaid, on the third Monday in August next, then and there to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Pe- tition should not be granted. HENRY WARD, Secry.
To be SOLD, THE Schooner SWALLOW, about twenty-five tons burthen, single decked, two years old, and well found, an exceeding fast sailer, now laying at Bulls-wharf —Enquire of JONA DAVIS at said wharf. Who has for SALE, A few cask of choice Tortola Rum. Old Jamaica Spirits, and a quantity of Turks Island and Tortugas SALT.
Excellent London PORTER, and Dorchester ALE, in bottles, full ripe; and Gloucester and Cheshire CHEESE; to be sold at CHARLES LOWE'S Shop, in Marshall's-Lane, op- posite the Boston Stone.
Just imported from Maryland, In the Schooner BETSEY and LEAH, GEORGE HANDY, Master. A Cargo of good Maryland CORN, to be sold by wholesale or retail at the Town-Dock, and West-India hogheads STAVES and barrel ditto.
This day published, (Decorated with the Figure of Ten Coffins) Sold by E. RUSSELL, next the Cornfield, Union-street, near the market.—Great al- lowance is made to travelling Traders; who buy them by the Gross.
THE particulars of the late me- lancholy and shocking TRAGEDY, which lately happened at SALEM, near Boston, the 17th of June, 1773. Which particular, together with the Verses that are annexed, are printed in this Form at the request of the friends and acquaintance of the ten deceased persons, and is recommended as very proper to be post- ed up in every house in New-England, to keep in remembrance the most sorrowful event of the kind, that has happened in America since its first discovery. But to depicture this unhappy ca- tastrophe in its true colours, must shock the ten- derest feelings of humanity, and would serve to exhaust this Detail to the size of a volume, instead of a sheet. Shocking indeed must one imagine it for their friends on the shore at Mar- blehead, and at the small distance of a hundred yards, to behold these distressed people just launching into eternity, and not able to afford them the least of their wonted assistance! Sure- ly the shrieks and cries of the poor drowning souls, which seemed to reach the heavens (es- pecially the lamentations of the women, as the pregnant situation of five of them made the scene more dreadful) must pierce the soul of the spectator, and melt his heart, even were adamant!
At the same place may be had, An ELEGY on the affecting Tra- gedy at Salem, on the 17th of June, 1773 By a friend to the deceased. An allowance to travelling traders.
This day published, price 1s and 4d. An Answer to a pamphlet late- ly published, intitled, "A Treatise on Church Government." By ZAEDEL ADAMS, Pastor of a Church in Lunenburgh. Printed and sold by I. THOMAS, Boston.
ON Wednesday night the 30th of June last, was stolen out of the pasture belong- ing to JOSIAH TORREY of A- BINGTON, a dark coloured MARE almost black, a few white hairs inter- mixed on her dock, is about 14 hands high, tro- and paces well, and is about ten years old. Whoever may discover the said Mare and give intelligence thereof to the subscriber, the owner to that he may find her, shall be well rewarded for their trouble, by JOSIAH TORREY Abington, July 5th, 1773.
Irish Linens, WILLIAM SCOTT, At his IRISH LINEN Store in Ann Street Near the Draw-Bridge, BOSTON, Has just Imported from IRELAND,
A LARGE quantity of 3-4, 7-8 and yard wide linens of all prices drape- loring, ditto buck buck, dowlass, table cloths, sheetings, white ticking, brown and yell. w. lol and, &c. Said store is also furnished with a great variety of European and India Goods suitable for the season; the assortment consisting of too great a multiplicity to be enumerated in a public ad- vertisement; all which will be sold by whole- sale and retail at the lowest reduced prices for ready money only. Dr. Hemet's celebrated essence of pearl and pearl-centifrice for the preservation of the teeth and gums, also patent cakes for making the quid shining blacking for boots, shoes and leather bottom chairs, a fold there. Ducapes, lute-strings, rich English damask Scotch flowered lawns—and a few boxes of 8 by 10 window glass to be sold at the first cost.
At the Irish Linen Warehouse, In King Street, Is just imported, from the North of Ireland, A Large and general assortment of Linens, from one to seven shillings sterl. per yard. These goods come from 15 to 20 per cent cheaper than last year, and will be sold in the like proportion cheaper at the Ware- house: A great variety of the most fashionable printed muslins, calicoes, cottons, linens, &c. A complete assortment of Manchester, cotton, and linen checks, damask and diaper table cloths of all sizes, napkins and toweling, buck- abuck, Irish and Russia sheetings of all prices fifty pieces superfine linens from 3s. 6d. to 5s. 9d. per yard, will be sold at prime cost.
To be SOLD on easy terms, a Cargo of CHOICE Virginia CORN, ship bread and flour, on board the brigantine KATY, now lying at the Town-Dock: Also
To be SOLD, The said Brigantine with all her appurtenances. She is about ninety tons, double deck- ed, has a spare suit of sails which are new, and is otherwise well found. Enquire of ISAAC WINSLOW, at his store in King Street, where is
For Sale, A QUANTITY of RICE. Said WINSLOW, distils and sells New- England Rum as usual.
RAN-AWAY from the sub- scriber an apprentice boy named Joseph Arnold, a native of Braintree, and is supposed to be secreted there, whoever shall bring sai- to his master again, shall be paid the full sum of nineteen pence O. T. for their trouble by me OBADIAH WHISTON. Boston, June 28. 1773.
Smoaked Salmon. A quantity of very fine Smoaked Salmon. To be SOLD, At CHARLES LOWE'S Shop in Mar- shall's Lane, opposite the Boston-Stone, by the lozen or single one.
To be SOLD, At JONATHAN TROTT'S, Jeweller, Next door to the LAMB TAVERN, South-end, For the CASH,
A quantity of extraordinary good Red and White FOYL, for Sterling cost and charges.—ALSO, Very good Shoe and Knee Chapés and Tongues, UNDER the Sterling cost.
Just Imported and to be Sold, by PETER SIGOURNEY, At his Shop a little northward of the Draw Bridge, adjoining the Insurance-Office.
IRONMONGERS, Founders, Brizers, and all sort of Ship Chandlers stores. Also, a compleat assortment of CLOCK-MAKERS Materials.
To be SOLD, A New genteel CHAISE and HARNESS, made in the neatest and best manner, hung on steel springs. Enquire of the Printer.
This day was published, price 8d. RELIGION productive of MU- SIC. A Discourse delivered at MARL- BOROUGH, March 24 1773, at a singing lecture By the Rev. JOHN MELLEn, of Lancaster. Printed and sold by I. THOMAS.
MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER, Has to SELL At his Shop, at the Sign of Sir Isaac Newton, At the Head of the Long- Wharf, BOSTON,
THE largest assortment of Had- ley's and Davis's quadrants ever in New- England; also hanging and standing compasses in brass and wood; Gauging and surveying instruments, cases of mathematical instruments, with steel joints, half cases ditto; Telescopes of various lengths, in ivory, wood and fish skin; plotting scales and protractors, gunter scales and dividers, four and two pole surveying chains, artificial magnets with cases, sand glasses from two hours to a quarter of a minute; instru- ments of a new construction to measure boards; an assortment of brass pocket compasses: Box rules, jack knives, brass and pewter ink stands, plated shoe and knee buckles, pinchebeck, block tin and brass ditto, compass scales, watch keys, fish skin memorandum books, Morocco pocket books, &c.
BOOKS. Practical navigation by John Seller, Large charts of the English channel, Large charts for the coast of Guinea, Ditto for West-Indies. Nine leaves charts for the channel and Straits Straits and Mediterranean pilot, Southern pilot, Mariners calendar, daily assistant, Wilson's navigation, Young man's best companion, Patoun's treatise of navigation, Atkinson's Epitome, A complete system of navigation. By John Barrow.
STATIONARY. Writing paper. Dutch quils. Sealing wax. Wafers. Slates. Black lead and slate pencils. Quire books covered with marble paper. Ditto ruled for journals. A variety of instruments, too tedious to men- tion, are made and sold at the above place, and as he has had a thorough experience, he doubts not of giving satisfaction.
CHOICE new RICE and CORN, just arrived and to be sold, by NEAMIAH SKILLINGS, At the upper store on Hancock's Wharf, cheap for Cash. Enquire of Thomas Knox, at the head of said wharf.
CALEB BLANCHARD; In Union Street, near the market, Acquaints his friends and customers, that he has just received by Capt. Hall from LONDON, a further assortment of
GOODS, Consisting of CHANGEABLE cinnamon, and other coloured lute-strings, very rich white satin striped ditto, a great variety of chin z and calicoes, [Some fine red and white Copperplate of an entire new figure, very gen- eral indeed] New trimmings for ladies sacks, H se's silk and stuff shoes, a new assortment of fashionable ribbons, a variety of rich Marceilles quilting of different widths for ladies petticoats, men's and women's worsted, thread and cotton nose, men's white coloured and black silk hose, Men's & Women's silk gloves, black patent gloves and mitts, with every other article that is usual- ly imported here, which will be sold at the very lowest prices, for ready money only. Bohea and Hyson tea, English loaf sugar, Scotch CARPETS of a superior quality, &c.
Dryed Ox Hides, To be Sold Cheap, At Mr. HEWES'S New Slaughter- House, in Pleasant-street.
To be SOLD at the Shop of CHARLES LOWE, In Marshall's-Lane, facing the Boston- Stone,
Loaf and brown Melasses, Sugars, Cotton Wool, Rice, Indigo, Flour, Raisins, Pepper, Currants, Allspice, Figs, Nutmegs, Spermaceti Oil, Coffee, Dumb Fish, Tea, Indian and Rye Meal, Chocolate, &c. &c. &c. Chehire and Narragansett CHEESE.
BOSTON: Printed by ISAIAH THOMAS,
At the South Corner of MARSHALL'S LANE, leading from the MILL-BRIDGE into UNION-STREET, where all Persons may be supplied with this Paper at Six Shillings and Eight Pence Lawful Money, per Annum, unsealed, and Eight Shillings sealed and directed; and where Articles of Intelligence, &c. are thankfully received;— ADVERTISEMENTS taken in—PRINTING in its various Branches, performed in a neat Manner, with the greatest Care and Dispatch, on the most reasonable Terms. Small BAND-BILLS at an Hour's Notice SUBSCRIPTIONS for the SPY are also taken in by J. Larkin, Chairmaker, and Mr. W. Calder, Painter, in Charles-town; Mr. J. Hiller, Watchmaker, in Salem; Mr. B. Emerson, Bookseller, in Newbury-Port; Mr. M. Belcher, in Bridgewater; and by Dr. Elisha Hewins, in Stoughtonham.