The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1774-09-09 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the Freest ADVICES
Friday Sept. 9, 1774.
Vol. XVIII. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. NO. 933 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd. }
The following is an authentic COPY OF THE ACT OF PARLIAMENT, For making more effectual PROVISION for the GOVERNMENT of the Province of QUEBEC in NORTH-AMERICA.
WHEREAS His Majesty, by His Royal Proclamation, bearing Date the seventh Day of October, in the third Year of his Reign, thought fit to declare the Provisions which had been made in respect to certain Countries, Territories, and Islands in America, ceded to His Majesty by the definitive Treaty of Peace, concluded at Paris on the tenth Day of February, One Thousand seven Hundred and Sixty Three:
And Whereas, by the Arrangements made by the same Royal Proclamation, a very large Extent of Country, within which there were several Colonies and Settlements of the Subjects of France, who claimed to remain therein under the Faith of the said Treaty, was left, without any Provision being made for the Administration of civil Government therein, and certain Parts of the Territory of Canada, where sedentary Fisheries had been established and carried on by the Subjects of France, Inhabitants of the said Province of Canada, under Grants and Concessions from the Government thereof, were annexed to the Government of Newfoundland, and thereby subjected to regulations inconsistent with the Nature of such Fisheries:
May it therefore please your Most excellent MAJESTY, That it may be enacted; And be it enacted by the KING's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That all the Territories, Islands and Countries, in North-America, belonging to the Crown of Great Britain, bounded on the South by a Line from the Bay of Chaleurs, along the High Lands which divide the Rivers that empty themselves into the River Saint Laurence from those which fall into the Sea, to a Point in forty-five Degrees of Northern Latitude on the Eastern Bank of the River Connecticut, keeping the same Latitude directly West, through the Lake Champlain, until, in the same Latitude, it meets the River Saint Laurence; from thence up the Eastern Bank of the said River to the Lake Ontario; thence through the Lake Ontario, and the River commonly called Niagara; and thence along by the Eastern and South-eastern Bank of Lake Erie, following the said Bank, until the same shall be intersected by the Northern Boundary, granted by the Charter of the Province of Pennsylvania, in Case the same shall be so intersected; and from thence along the said Northern & Western Boundaries of the said Province, until the said Western Boundary strike the Ohio: But in Case the said Bank of the said Lake shall not be found to be so intersected, then following the said Bank until it shall arrive at that Point of the said Bank which shall be nearest to the North-western Angle of the said Province of Pennsylvania, and thence, by a right Line, to the said North-western Angle of the said Province; and thence along the Western Boundary of the said Province, until it strike the River Ohio; and along the Bank of the said River, Westward, to the Banks of the Mississippi, and Northward to the Southern Boundary of the Territory granted to the Merchants Adventurers of England, trading to Hudson's Bay; and also all such Territories, Islands and Countries, which have since the tenth of February, One Thousand seven Hundred and Sixty-three, been made part of the Government of Newfoundland, be, and they are hereby, during his Majesty's Pleasure annexed to, and made Part and Parcel of the Province of Quebec, as created and established by the said Royal Proclamation of the Seventh of October, One Thousand seven Hundred and sixty-three.
Provided always, That nothing herein contained, relative to the Boundary of the Province of Quebec, shall in any-wise affect the Boundaries of any other Colony.
Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend, to make void, or to vary or alter any Right, Title or Possession, derived under any Grant, Conveyance, or otherwise howsoever, of or to any Lands within the said Province, or the Provinces thereto adjoining; but that the same shall remain and be in Force, and have Effect, as if this Act had never been made.
And whereas the Provisions made by the said Proclamation, in respect to the Civil Government of the said Province of Quebec, and the Powers and Authorities given to the Governor and other Civil Officers of the said Province, by the Grants and Commissions issued in Consequence thereof, have been found, upon Experience, to be inapplicable to the State and Circumstances of the said Province, the Inhabitants whereof amounting, at the Conquest, to above Sixty five Thousand Persons, professing the Religion of the Church of Rome, and Enjoying an established Form of Constitution, and System of Laws, by which their Persons and Property had been protected, governed, and ordered, for a long Series of Years, from the first Establishment of the said Province of Canada; Be it therefore further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Proclamation, so far as the same relates to the said Province of Quebec, and the Commission under the Authority whereof the Government of the said Province is at present administered, and all and every the Ordinance and Ordinances made by the Governor and Council of Quebec for the Time being, relative to the Civil Government and Administration of Justice in the said Province, and all Commissions to Judges and other Officers thereof, be, and the same are hereby revoked, annulled and made void, from and after the First Day of May, One Thousand seven Hundred and Seventy five.
And for the more perfect Security and Ease of the Minds of the Inhabitants of the said Province, It is hereby Declared, That His Majesty's Subjects professing the Religion of the Church of Rome, of and in the said Province of Quebec, may have, hold, and enjoy the free Exercise of the Religion of the Church of Rome, subject to the King's Supremacy, declared and established by an Act
made in the First Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, over all the Dominions and Countries which then were, or thereafter should belong to the imperial Crown of this Realm; and that the Clergy of the said Church may hold, receive and enjoy their accustomed Dues and Rights, with Respect to such Persons only as shall profess the said Religion.
Provided nevertheless, That it shall be lawful for His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, to make such Provision out of the rest of the said accustomed Dues, and Rights, for the Encouragement of the Protestant Religion, and for the Maintenance and Support of a Protestant Clergy within the said Province, as he or they shall, from Time to Time, think necessary and expedient.
Provided always, and be it Enacted, That no Person, professing the Religion of the Church of Rome, and residing in the said Province, shall be obliged to take the Oath required by the said Statute passed in the First Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, or any other Oaths substituted by any other Act in the Place thereof; but that every such Person who, by the said Statute is required to take the Oath therein mentioned, shall be obliged, and is hereby required, to take and subscribe the following Oath before the Governor, or such other Person in such Court of Record as His MAJESTY shall appoint, who are hereby authorised to administer the same; videlicet,
I A. B. do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true Allegiance to His Majesty King GEORGE, and Him will defend to the utmost of my Power, against all traitorous Conspiracies, and Attempts whatsoever, which shall be made against His PERSON, CROWN and DIGNITY; and I will do my utmost Endeavour to disclose and make known to His MAJESTY, His Heirs and Successors, all Treasons, and traitorous Conspiracies, and Attempts, which I shall know to be against Him, or any of Them; and all this I do swear without any Equivocation, mental Evasion, or secret Reservation, and renouncing all Pardons and Dispensations from any Power or Person whomsoever to the contrary.
So help me GOD. And every such Person, who shall neglect or refuse to take the said Oath before mentioned, shall incur & be liable to the same Penalties, Forfeitures, Disabilities, & Incapacities, as he would have incurred & been liable to for neglecting or refusing to take the Oath required by the said Statute passed in the First Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all His Majesty's Canadian Subjects within the Province of Quebec, the Religious Orders and Communities only excepted, may also hold and enjoy their Property and Possessions, together with all Customs and Usages relative thereto and all other their Civil Rights, in as large, ample, and beneficial Manner, as if the said Proclamation, Commissions, Ordinances, and other Acts and Instruments, had not been made, and as may consist with their Allegiance to His Majesty, and Submission to the Crown and Parliament of Great Britain; and that in all Matters of Controversy relative to Property and Civil Rights, Resort shall be had to the Laws of Canada, as the Rule for the Decision of the same; and all Causes that shall hereafter be instituted in any of the Courts of Justice, to be appointed within and for the said Province by His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors shall, with respect to such Property & Rights, be determined agreeably to the said Laws and Customs of Canada, until they shall be varied or altered by any Ordinances that shall, from Time to Time, be passed in the said Province by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief for the Time being, by & with the Advice & Consent of the Legislative Council of the same, to be appointed in Manner herein after mentioned.
Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend to any Lands that have been granted by his Majesty, or shall hereafter be granted by his Majesty, His Heirs & Successors, to be holden in free & common Soccage.
Provided also, That it shall and may be lawful to and for every Person, that is Owner of any Lands, Goods, or Credits in the said Province, and that has a Right to alienate the said Lands, Goods, or Credits, in his or her Life-time, by Deed of Sale Gift, or otherwise, to devise or bequeath the same, at his or her Death, by his or her last Will and Testament; any Law, Usage, or Custom, heretofore, or now prevailing in the Province, to the contrary hereof in any-wise notwithstanding: such Will being executed either according to the Laws of Canada, or according to the Forms prescribed by the Laws of England.
And whereas the Certainty and Lenity of the Criminal Law of England, and the Benefits & Advantages resulting from the Use of it, have been sensibly felt by the Inhabitants, from an Experience of more than Nine Years, during which it has been uniformly administered; Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the same shall continue to be administered, and shall be observed as Law, in the Province of Quebec, as well in the Description and Quality of the Offence, as in the Method of Prosecution and Trial, & the Punishments and Forfeitures thereby inflicted, to the Exclusion of every other Rule of Criminal Law, or Mode of Proceeding thereon, which did or might prevail in the said Province before the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty-four; any Thing in this Act to the contrary thereof in any Respect notwithstanding; subject nevertheless to such Alterations & Amendments, as the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief for the Time being, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Legislative Council of said Province, he easier to be appointed, shall, from Time to Time cause to be made therein, in Manner herein after directed.
And whereas it may be necessary to ordain many Regulations, for the future Welfare and good Government of the Province of Quebec, the Occasions of which cannot now be foreseen, nor without much Delay and Inconvenience be provided for, without intrusting that Authority for a certain Time, and under proper Restrictions, to Persons resident there;
And whereas it is at present inexpedient to call an Assembly; Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, by Warrant under His or their Signet, or Sign Manual, and with the Advice of the Privy Council, to constitute and appoint a Council for the Affairs of the Province of Quebec, to consist of such Persons resident there, not exceeding twenty-three, nor less than Seventeen, as His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, shall be pleased to appoint; and, upon the Death, Removal, or Absence of any of the Members of the said Council, in like Manner to constitute and appoint such and so many other Person or Persons as shall be necessary to supply the Vacancy or Vacancies; which Council, so appointed, and nominated, or the major Part thereof, shall have Power and Authority to make Ordinances for the Peace, Welfare, and good Government of the said Province, with the Consent of His Majesty's Governor, or in his Absence of the Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief for the Time being.
Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained, shall extend to authorise, or empower the said Legislative Council to lay any Taxes or Duties within the said Province, such Rates and Taxes only excepted as the Inhabitants of any Town or District within the said Province may be authorised by the said Council to assess, levy, and apply, within the said Town or District, for the Purpose of making Roads, erecting and repairing public Buildings, or for any other Purpose respecting the local Convenience and Economy of such Town or District.
Provided also, and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every Ordinance so to be made shall, within Six Months, be transmitted by the Governor, or, in his Absence, by the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief for the Time being, and laid before His Majesty, for His Royal Approbation; and if His Majesty shall think fit to disallow thereof, the same shall cease and be void from the Time that His Majesty's Order in Council thereupon shall be promulgated at Quebec.
Provided also, That no Ordinance touching Religion, or by which any Punishment may be inflicted greater than Fine or Imprisonment for Three Months, shall be of any Force or Effect, until the same shall have received His Majesty's Approbation.
Provided also, That no Ordinance shall be passed at any Meeting of the Council where less than a Majority of the whole Council is present, at or any Time except between the first Day of Janu, and the First Day of May, unless upon some urgent Occasion, in which Case every Member thereof resident at Quebec, or within Fifty Miles thereof, shall be personally summoned by the Governor, or, in his Absence, by the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief for the Time being, to attend the same.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to prevent or hinder His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, by His or their Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of Great Britain, from erecting, constituting, and appointing such Courts of Criminal, Civil, and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, within and for the said Province of Quebec, and appointing, from Time to Time the Judges and Officers thereof, as His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, shall think necessary and proper, for the Circumstances of the said Province.
Provided always, and it is hereby enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to repeal or make void, within the said Province of Quebec, any Act or Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain heretofore made, for prohibiting, restraining, or regulating, the Trade or Commerce of His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in America; but that all and every the said Acts, and also all Acts of Parliament heretofore made concerning or respecting the said Colonies & Plantations, shall be, and are hereby declared to be, in Force, within the said Province of Quebec, & every Part thereof.
NEW-YORK, Aug. 25. Sunday last arrived the Lord Hyde Packet, Capt. Jefferies, in six Weeks from Falmouth, with the following Advices.
LONDON, June 23. When his Majesty went to give his Assent to the Quebec Bill, the Park, Whitehall, and other Parts of Parliament Street, were thronged with Multitudes of People, much above the common Level. As the King passed they gave him a most cordial Salute of Cheers and Hisses; the universal Cry was "No Popery! No Popery! No French Laws! No popish King! The Duke of Gloucester forever!" His Majesty was observed several Times to change Colour, but whether from a Consciousness that he was suffering in a religious Cause, or whether from the supreme Delight he felt at passing an Act so universally odious to the factious Citizens, he braved it out with a tolerable Share of Firmness. When he had executed the Romish Business, by passing the Quebec Bill, the People on his Return, grew exceedingly clamorous; they groaned most hideously until the State Coach arrived opposite Mr. Churchill's House in Parliament-Street, when (Mr. Wilkes being at the Window) a loud Huzza ensued; the King bowed, but the People, too honest, to deceive his Majesty, instantly shouted, "Wilkes forever!" The State Coach had no sooner entered the Park, than the Multitude who had accompanied it to the Parliament House being joined by a prodigious Concours of People, the Hisses, Groans, and Cry of "No Popery! No French Laws! The Protestant Duke of Gloucester!" became incessant. The King once leaning his Head towards the Coach Window, which was beset with Numbers, a Fellow with great Jocularitv called out, "God bless your Majesty's Head but don't Lord Bute's!" his Majesty reddened, but soon collected his Firmness, shewed as much contempt for the Rabble as James II when he took Water to escape their Fury, (and being safely embarked) let a F-t to shew how much he

despised them! A Fellow returning through the Park with the Sword of State on his Shoulder, the Case which contained it being shaped exactly like a Crucifix, some of the Mob insisted upon seeing the Contents; the Fellow stopped and opened the Case, but when they perceived it contained only a very harmless Sword, they went away, saying, "they really thought it was a Present from the Court of Rome of a papist Crucifix, for the Use of the protestant King of England!"
July 6. The French KING, and all the Royal Family of France, have been Inoculated, and are on the Recovery from the Small Pox.
Great Interest is making all over the Kingdom for securing Seats in the new Parliament, which it is expected will be called soon after the next Session.
As Admiral Douglass was proceeding to Plymouth from Portsmouth, a very unfortunate Accident happened to the Kent Man of WAR of 70 Guns, whilst she was saluting the Admiral, a Quantity of powder took Fire, which occasioned the Loss of a great many Men, seventy are missing, and thirty more sent to the Hospital; part of the Ship's Decks were blown up, but the Commander found Means to get her into port.
The Amount of the National DEBT, when it was stated in January last, is One Hundred Twenty-Eight Millions, Five Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand, and Three Hundred Thirty-two Pounds, seven Shillings and one penny; the annual Interest for the same, Four Millions, Five Hundred forty three Thousand, two Hundred and twelve Pounds, four Shillings and three pence.
The BILL for settling the GOVERNMENT of QUEBEC, occasioned more debating in the two Houses than any other brought into Parliament the last Session; the Duke of Gloucester went to the House of LORDS, and opposed it in person, which has made him popular; Ireland will be very sensibly affected in the Consequences of this Act, such Encouragements are given to persons of the Roman Catholic Communion, as to threaten that Country with the Loss of its most useful Inhabitants.
The Minerva, a Russian Ship of WAR, of 54 Guns, on Board of which was Admiral Synawin, met in her Way from Leghorn to Petersburg with a Barbarian Squadron, and after a Battle of Four Hours, the Minerva was sunk, and every person on Board perished.
There are 12 Ships of the Spanish Line, and double that Number of Frigates and small armed Vessels cruising in the Mediterranean.
From the Massachusetts-Spy.
B O S T O N, Sept. 1.
THE Freemen who were returned to serve as Grand Jurors at the Superior Court Yesterday for this Term, made their Appearance in the Court House Yesterday; and before a numerous Assembly, (Peter Oliver, Edmund Trowbridge, Foster Hutchinson, William Cushing, and William Brown, Esquires sitting on the Bench as Judges,) they all to the Number of Twenty-Two declined acting as Jurors for Reasons which they had previously drawn up in Writing and signed, and appointed to be read there by their Chairman, but the above said Judges refusing to hear the same openly read, desired to have the Reading of it to themselves, which being complied with, the Jurymen withdrew from the Court House to the Exchange Tavern, where they unanimously voted that in Order to justify their Refusal to the World, their aforementioned Reasons should be printed in the public Papers.-----I send you a Copy for that Purpose, and am your humble Servant. A JURYMEN.
BOSTON, August 30th, 1774.
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK.
"WE who are returned by the several Towns in this County, to serve as Grand Jurors at the Superior Court for this present Term, being actuated by a zealous Regard for Peace and good Order, and a sincere Desire to promote Justice, Righteousness and good Government, as being essential to the Happiness of the Community; would now most gladly proceed to the Discharge of the important Duty required in that Department, could we persuade ourselves that by doing thus, it would tend to our own Reputation or promote the Welfare of our own Country: But when we consider the dangerous Inroads that have been made upon our civil Constitution, the violent Attempts now making to alter and annul the most essential Parts of our Charter, granted by the most solemn Faith of Kings, and repeatedly recognized by British Kings and Parliaments; while we see the open and avowed Design of establishing the most compleat System of Despotism in this Province, and thereby reducing the freeborn Inhabitants thereof to the most abject State of Slavery and Bondage; we feel ourselves necessarily constrained to decline being impanelled, for Reasons that we are ready to offer to the Court if permitted, which are as follows.
"1 st . Because Peter Oliver, Esq; who sits as Chief Judge of this Court, has been charged with High Crimes and Misdemeanors, by the late Hon. House of Representatives, the grand Inquest of this Province; of which Crimes he has never been legally acquitted, but has been declared by that House to be unqualified to act as Judge of this Court.
"2 d . Because by a late Act of the British Parliament, for altering the Constitution of this Province, the Continuance of the present Judges of this Court, as well as the Appointment of others, from the first Day of July last, is made to depend solely on the King's Pleasure, vastly different from the Tenor of the British Judges; and as we apprehend they now hold their Places, only in Consequence of that Act, all the judicial Proceedings of the Court, will be taken as Concessions to the Validity of the same, to which we dare not consent.
"3 d . Because three of the Judges, being the major Part of the Court, namely the said Peter Oliver, Esq; Foster Hutchinson, Esq; and William Brown, Esq; by taking the Oath of Counselors, under Authority of the aforesaid Act, are (as we are informed) sworn to carry into Execution, all the late grievous Acts of the British Parliament, among the list of which is one, made ostensibly for the impartial Administration of Justice in this Province, but as we fear, really for the Impunity of such Persons, as shall under Pretext of executing those Acts, murder any of the Inhabitants thereof, which Acts appear to us to be utterly repugnant to every Idea of Justice and common Humanity, and are justly complained of throughout America, as highly injurious and oppressive to the good People of this Province, & manifestly destructive of the natural, as well as constitutional Rights.
"4 th . Because we believe in our Consciences that our acting in concert with a Court so constituted and under such Circumstances, would be so far betraying the just and sacred Rights of our native Land, which were not the Gift of Kings, but were purchased fely with the Toil, the Blood and Treasure of our worthy and revered Ancestors, and which we look upon ourselves under the most sacred and inviolable obligations to maintain, and to transmit whole and entire to our Posterity.
"Therefore we the Subscribers unanimously decline serving as Grand Jurors at this Court.
"Ebenezer Hancock, Peter Boyer, Joseph Hall, Thomas Crafts, jun. James Ivers, Paul Revere, Robert Williams, Wm.
Thompson, Abraham Wheeler, Joseph Jones, Nathaniel Belcher, Samuel Hobart, Joseph Poole, William Bullard, Jonathan Day, Abijah Upham, Moses Richardson, Henry Plympton, Lemuel Kalloe, Joseph Willer, Thomas Pratt, Nicholas Book."
B O S T O N, Sept. 1.
Last Tuesday being the Day the Superior Court was to be holden here, the Chief Justice, Peter Oliver, Esq; and the other Justices of said Court, together with a Number of Gentlemen of the Bar, attended by the High and Deputy Sheriffs walked in Procession from the State-House to the Court House in Queen-Street. When the Court was seated and the usual Proclamations made, a List of the Names of the Gentlemen returned to serve as Grand Jurors, was presented to them, and the Court appointed Mr. Ebenezer Hancock, Foreman, but he refusing to be sworn, and the Question being put to them all, severally, whether they would take the Oath, they one and all refused; and being asked whether they had any Reasons to offer for their thus refusing; they answered they had, and that they were committed to Writing: the Court requested to see them, but the Jurors refused giving the Court the original Paper unless they were first permitted to read it in Court, or after Reading the Court would promise to return it to them again.
The Petit Jurors were then called for, and a List of their Names being handed to the Court they appointed Mr. Bartholomew Kneeland, Foreman, of the first Jury, and Mr. Nathan Frazier of the second. Mr. Kneeland had the Oath proposed to him, which he declined taking, and being asked for what Reasons, referred to a Paper which he said was drawn up with their unanimous Consent, and begged Leave to read to the Court. The Court refused to hear the Paper read, and the Oath was proposed to each Juror in Order, and declined as by the Foreman. Their Reasons being demanded, they generally referred to the Paper, till it came to the Turn of Mr. Thomas Chase, who begged Leave to read the Paper then in his Hand; but he was told by the Chief Justice that he might give his own Reasons without Reading the Paper; to which he agreed, and said that one of his Reasons was that Peter Oliver, Esq; Chief Justice of that Court, stood impeached by the late Hon. House of Representatives of this Province, in their own Name, and in the Name of this Province, of divers high Crimes and Misdemeanors.----- Being asked by the Chief Justice if he gave that as a Reason for his refusing to be Sworn, he answered 'YES, that is one Reason.' The Court then called upon another of the Petit Jurors to be sworn, but he refused, and referred to the Paper for his Reasons, as aforesaid. The Chief Justice then desired the Court might peruse the Paper, which should be returned to the Jurors again; which was agreed to, read and returned. The Court then proposed the same Condition to the Grand Jury, which was complied with, and the Contents delivered, which are inserted in this Day's Paper, see the Piece signed 'A JURYMEN.'
The Reasons of the Petit Jurors were as follows.
BOSTON, August 30, 1774.
SUFFOLK, ff.
"To the Honourable the Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Assize, &c.
"MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOURS,
"WE the Subscribers, returned by this County to serve as Petit Jurors this Term, beg Leave to acquaint your Honours, that as the Hon. Peter Oliver, Esq; stands impeached by the late Hon. House of Commons of this Province, in their own Name, and in the Name of the People of this Province, of high Crimes and Misdemeanors; which Impeachment, with the Reasons therefor, as they are public, would be needless for us to repeat.
"We would also beg Leave to acquaint your Honours, that as by a late Act of the British Parliament, the Continuance of the Judges of the Superior Court, is since the first of July last, made to depend upon said Act, which it is apprehended places their Dependence entirely upon the Crown, and which is esteemed a great Infringement of the Charter Rights of this Province.
"Taking the above Premises into our most serious Consideration, we beg Leave to acquaint your Honours, that we cannot in our Consciences, from a Sense of that Duty we owe to our Country, to ourselves and to Posterity, act against the united Voice of this People:-----Therefore beg your Honours will excuse us, when we say we decline serving as Petit Jurors for this Court. (Signed)
"Josiah Waters, Samuel Ridgeway, Nathan Frazier, Robert Wire, Bartholomew Kneeland, Thomas Chase, John Cunningham, Joseph Brewer, Jacob Sharp, Timothy Tifftstone, Samuel Sprague, Ebenezer Swift, Eliphalet Sawyer, Thomas White, Thomas Nash, Nathaniel Holbrook, jun, Elijah Jenning, Elisha Cushing, Ignatius Orcutt, Elijah Monk, Henry Stone, William Draper, Jonathan Parker, Ebenezer Kingsbury, Samuel Payson, Joseph Morse, Ralph Day, Nathaniel Lewis, Eliakim Cook, Joseph Lovell, Elias Thayer, Theodore Mann, James Blake."
After the Court had read the Papers, the Clerk of the Court, by Order of the Chief Justice, asked them Seriatim , if they would be Sworn, and every ONE refused. The Court said they would consider of their Reasons, and the Jurors withdrew.-----The Court then adjourned to Ten o'Clock next Day, when they met exclusive of Mr. Oliver, and to the inexpressible Grief of their Fellow Citizens, went on to such Business as is usually transacted without Juries.
BOSTON, Monday September 5.
ON Wednesday last the new Council took their Seats at the Board in Boston. Their Deliberations have not hitherto transpired; and with Secrecy, on Thursday Morning at half after Four, about 260 Troops embarked on Board 13 Boats at the Long Wharf and proceeded up Medford River, to Temple's Farm, where they landed, and went to the Powder-House on Quarry Hill, in Charlestown Bounds, whence they have taken 250 Half Barrels of Powder, the whole Store, and carried it to the Castle.
A Detachment from the Corps went to Cambridge, and brought off two Field-pieces, which had lately been sent there for Colonel Brattle's Regiment. The Preparation for this Expedition caused much Speculation, as some who were near the Governor gave out that he had sworn the Committee of Salem should recognize or be imprisoned; nay, some said they would be put on Board the Scarborough and sent to England forthwith. The Committee of Boston sent off an Express after ten on Wednesday Evening to advise their Brethren of Salem of what they apprehended was coming against them, who received their Message with great Politeness, and returned an Answer purporting their Readiness to receive any Attack they might be exposed to for acting in Pursuance to the Laws and Interest of their Country as became Men and Christians.
From these several hostile Appearances the County of Middlesex took the Alarm, and on Thursday Evening began to collect in large Bodies, with their Arms, Provision and Ammunition, determining by some Means to give a Check to a Power which so openly threatened their Destruction, and in such a clandestine Manner robb'd them of the Means of their Defence. And on Friday Morning some Thousands of them had advanced to Cambridge, armed only with Sticks, as they had left their Fire-Arms, &c. at some Distance behind them. Some indeed had collected on Thursday Evening and surrounded the Attorney-General's House, who is also Judge of Admiralty on the new
Plan for Nova-Scotia; and being provoked by the firing of a Pistol from a Window, they broke some Glass, but did little more Mischief. The Company however, concerned in this, were mostly Boys and Negroes, who soon dispersed.
On perceiving the Concours on Friday Morning, the Committee of Cambridge sent Express to Charlestown, who communicated the Intelligence to Boston, and their respective committees proceeded to Cambridge without Delay. When the first of the Boston committee came up, they found some Thousands of People assembled round the Court-House Steps, and Judge Danforth standing upon them, speaking to the Body, declaring in Substance, that having now arrived at a very advanced Age, and spent the greater part in the Service of the public, it was a great Mortification to him to find a Step lately taken by him so disagreeable to his Country, in which he conscientiously meant to serve them, but finding their general Sense against his holding a Seat at the Council Board on the new Establishment, he assured them that he had resigned said Office, and would never henceforth accept or act in any Office inconsistent with the Charter Rights of his Country; and in confirmation of said Declaration, he delivered the following certificate drawn up by himself and sign'd with his own Hand, viz.
ALTHO' I have this Day made an open Declaration to a great Concours of People who assembled at Cambridge, that I had resigned my Seat at the Council Board, yet for the further Satisfaction of all, I do hereby declare under my Hand, that such Resignation has actually been made, and that it is my full Purpose not to be any way concern'd as a Member of the Council, at any Time hereafter. Sept. 2, 1774. S. DANFORTH.
A true Copy, Attest. N. Cudworth, Cl.
Judge Lee was also on the court-house steps, and delivered his mind to the body in terms familiar to those used by Judge Danforth, and sign'd by him.
Upon this a Vote was called for to see if the Body was satisfied with the Declarations and Resignations aforesaid, & passed in the Affirmative, nem. con.
It was then moved to know whether that Body would signify their Abhorrence of Mobs, Riots and the Destruction of private Property, and passed in the Affirmative, nem. con.
Col. Phips, the High Sheriff of the County, then came before the Committee of the Body and complained that he had been hardly spoken of for the Part he had acted in delivering the Powder in Charlestown Magazine to the Soldiers; which the Committee candidly considered and reported to the Body that it was their Opinion the High Sheriff was excusable as he had acted in Conformity to his Order from the Commander in Chief. Colonel Phips also delivered the following Declaration by him subscribed, viz.
Colonel PHIPS's Answer to the Hon. Body now in Meeting upon the Common, viz.
THAT I will not execute any Precept that shall be sent me under the new Acts of Parliament for altering the Constitution of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, and that I will recall all the Venires that I have sent out under the new Establishment.
Cambridge, Sept. 2d, 1774.
A true Copy, Test. NATH. CUDWORTH, Cl.
Which was accepted as satisfactory.
About Eight o'Clock his Honor Lieut. Governor Oliver set off from Cambridge to Boston, and informed Gov. Gage of the true State of Matters, and the Business of the People; which as his Honor told the Admiral, were not a mad Mob, but the Freeholders of the County, promising to return in two Hours and confer further with them on his own Circumstance as President of the Council. On Mr. Oliver's Return he came to the Committee and signified what he had delivered to the Body in the Morning viz. that as the Commissions of Lieut. Governor and President of the Council, seem'd tack'd together, he should undoubtedly incur his Majesty's Displeasure if he resign'd the latter, and pretended to hold the former; and no Body appeared to have any Objection to his enjoying the Place he held constitutionally he begged he might not be pressed to incur that Displeasure at the Instance of a single County, while any other Councillor held on the new Establishment. Assuring them however, that in Case the Mind of the whole Province collected in Congress or otherwise appeared for his Resignation, he would by no Means act in Opposition to it. This seem'd satisfactory to the Committee, and they were preparing to deliver it to the Body, when Commissioner Hallowell came through the Town on his Way to Boston. The Sight of that obnoxious Person so inflamed the People that in a few Minutes above 160 Horsemen were drawn up and proceeded in pursuit of him on the full Gallop. Capt. Gardner of Cambridge first began a Parley with one of the Foremost, which caused them to halt till he delivered his Mind very fully in Disfavour of the Pursuit, & was seconded by Mr. Deavens of Charlestown, and Dr. Young of Boston. They generally observed that the Object of the Body's Attention that Day seemed to be the Resignation of unconstitutional Councillors, and that it might introduce Confusion into the Proceedings of the Day if any Thing else was brought upon the carpet till that important Business was finished; and in a little Time the Gentlemen dismounted their Horses, and returned to the Body.
But Mr. Hallowell did not entirely escape, as one Gentleman of a small Stature pushed on before the general Body and followed Hallowell, who made the best of his Way till he got into Roxbury, where Mr. Bradshaw overtook and stopped him in his chaise. Hallowell snapped his Pistols at him, but could not disengage himself from him till he quitted the chaise and mounted his Servant's Horse on which he drove into Boston with all the Speed he could make; till the Horse falling within the Gate he ran on Foot to the Camp, thro' which he spread Consternation, telling them he was pursued by some Thousands, who would be in Town at his Heels and destroy all Friends of Government before them.
A Gentleman in Boston observing the Motion in the Camp, and concluding, they were on the point of Marching to Cambridge, from both Ends of the Town, communicated the Alarm to Dr. Roberts then at Charlestown Ferry, who having a very fleet Horse brought the News in a few Minutes to the Committee, then at Dinner. The Intelligence was instantly diffused, and the People whose Arms were nearest sent Persons to bring them, while Horsemen were dispatched both Ways to gain more certain Advice of the true State of the Soldiers. A greater Fervor and Resolution probably never appeared in any Troops. The Dispatches soon returning, and assuring the Body that the Soldiers still remained, and were likely to remain in their camp, they resumed their Business with Spirit, and resolved to leave no unconstitutional Officer within their Reach in Possession of his Place. On this the Committee assembled again, and drew up the Paper of which the following is a Copy, and at the Head of the Body delivered it to Lieut. Governor Oliver to sign, with which he complied, after obtaining their consent to add the latter Clause implying the Force by which he was compelled to do it. Mr. Mason, Clerk of the County of Middlesex, also engaged in his Office to do no one Thing in Obedience to the new Acts of Parliament impairing our Charter.
Cambridge, Sept. 2, 1774.
THOMAS OLIVER being appointed by his Majesty to a Seat at the Council Board, upon and in Conformity to the

late Act of Parliament, entitled, An Act for the better Registration of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, which being a manifest Infringement of the Charter-Rights and privileges of this people; I do hereby, in conformity to the commands of the Body of this county now convened, most solemnly to renounce and resign my Seat at said unconstitutional Board, & hereby firmly Promise and Engage, as a Man of Honor and a Christian, that I never will hereafter upon any Terms whatsoever accept a Seat at said Board on the present Novel and oppressive Plan of Government.
My House at Cambridge being surrounded by about FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE, in compliance with their commands I sign my Name. THOMAS OLIVER.
The Gentlemen from Boston, Charlestown, and Cambridge having provided some Refreshment for their greatly fatigued Brethren, they cheerfully accepted it, took Leave and departed in high good Humour and well satisfied.
The following is a Copy of a Letter, said to be wrote by General Brattle, to the Commander in chief, viz.
Cambridge August 29, 1774. MR. Brattle presents his Duty to his Excellency Governor Gage, he apprehends it is his Duty to acquaint his Excellency from Time to Time with every Thing he hears and knows to be true & is of Importance in these troublesome Times, which is the Apology Mr Brattle makes for troubling the General with this Letter. Capt. Minot of Concord, a very worthy Man, this Minute informs Mr. Brattle that there had been repeatedly made pressing Applications to him to warn his Company to meet at one Minute's Warning, equip with Arms and Ammunition, according to Law, he had constantly denied them, adding if he did not gratify them he should be constrained to quit his Farms and Town; Mr. Brattle told him he had better do that than lose his Life and be hanged for a Rebel, he observed that many Captains had done it, though not in the Regiment to which he belonged, which was and is under Col. Elisha Jones, but in a neighbouring Regiment.
Mr. Brattle begs Leave humbly to enquire, whether it would not be best that there should not be one Commission Officer of the Militia in the Province.
This Morning the Select-Men of Medford, came and received their Town-Stock of Powder, which was in the Arsenal on Quarry-Hill, so that there is now therein the King's Powder only, which shall remain there as a sacred Depositum till ordered out by the Capt. General.
To his Excellency General Gage, &c. &c. &c.
To the PUBLIC.
Boston Sept. 2, 1774. I THINK it but Justice to myself, to give an Account of my Conduct, for which I am blamed: and to obviate some Mistakes which are believed. His Excellency Governor Gage wrote me in the Words following: Sir, as I am informed there are several Military Stores in your Charge at Cambridge; I beg the Favour of you to send me a Return of them, as soon as convenient, specifying the different Sorts of each. T. Gage. To Major General Brattle. Which Order I obeyed; the like I did to Governor Pownal, Bernard, and Hutchinson: in doing of which every Soldier will say I did but my Duty. But it is affirmed I advised the Governor to remove the Powder; this I positively deny, because it is absolutely false. It never so much entered into my Mind or Thought. After I had made my Return, I never heard one Word about the Affair, till the Night before last, when Sheriff Phipps came to my House, with the Governor's Order to deliver him the Powder and Guns; the Keys of the Powder-House I then delivered him, and wrote to Mr. Mason, who had the Care of the Guns under me, to deliver them, which I suppose he did; both I imagine were taken, but where transported I know not. I wrote to the Governor what is contained in the Hand-Bill lately printed; I did not write the Gov. the Grounds and Reasons of the Query therein contained; but I will now mention them: They proceeded from a real Regard both to the Commission Officers & to the Province. First to the Commission Officers; I thought, and still think it was best for them; many of whom I thought would be unwilling to issue their Warrants, and if they did not, I apprehended they might meet with some Difficulty; and those that did, I was not convinced so great Good would result therefrom as if another Method was taken: Secondly, I thought, and still think, it would be much better for the Province; for supposing there was not one Commission Officer for the present in it, what Damage could the Province sustain? It may be answered Commission Officers are supposed to be the most understanding in military Affairs; I grant it: But supposing their Commissions were vacated, supposing the respective Companies in the Province were disposed and determined to do any one Matter or Thing, which they imagined to be for its Safety; and proper Persons were to be employed to lead them, &c. doth their not having Commissions in the least unfit them from being employed in the particular Services they may be chosen to execute; and in this Way cannot any one conceive that some bad Consequences might be possibly prevented. Is it not easy to conceive that the Commission Officers, leading their respective Companies might in the Eyes of the Judicious be looked upon more blameable in doing such and such Things, than they would be if they were not Military Officers, and did not act under Commission? Might not the Difference with respect to the Province be looked upon very great both at Home and here. It was suggested that General Gage demanded the Town Stocks of Powder; this certainly he did not, the above Order speaks for itself. As I would not have delivered the Provincial Powder to any one but to his Excellency or Order, so the Towns Stocks I would have delivered to none but the Select-Men or their Order. Upon the whole, the Threatenings I have met with, my Banishment from my own Home, the Place of my Nativity, my House being searched, though I am informed it was without Damage, and the Sense of the People touching my conduct, &c. cannot but be grievous, yet this Grief is much lessened by the Pleasure arising in my Mind, from a Consciousness that I am a Friend to my Country; and, in the above Instances, that I really acted according to my best Judgment for its true Interest. I am extremely sorry for what has taken Place; I hope I may be forgiven, and desire it of all that are offended, since I acted from an honest, friendly Principle, though it might be a mistaken one. W. BRATTLE.
NEW-YORK, Aug. 18.
On the first of July Thomas Hutchinson, Esq; late Governor of Massachusetts-Bay, attended the L-ree at St. James's, was graciously received, and had the Honour of a Conference with his Majesty.
Advises were received from Rome, which say, that the Chevalier Stuart (commonly called the Pretender) was preparing to set out on a Voyage to New-England; and 'twas asserted that he would go in some Spanish Vessels, which are ready for that Purpose.
Advises from London of July 7th say, that the Letters from General Gage at Boston, have given such Satisfaction, that the Orders which were issued for several more Regiments to be in Readiness to embark for that Province were countermanded.
PORTSMOUTH.
We hear the Ship Julius Cæsar, Capt. Charles Fee, arrived at Salem, last Tuesday, in 7 Weeks from the Downs, in whom came Passenger capt. Parrot of this Town; but have no later News to communicate than what we have had already. We also hear about 30 chests of Tea came in the above Vessel.
Died Mr. George Peverly, suddenly of the Palsey.
The Customers of this Paper
are earnestly desired to pay off what they may be in Arrears immediately, as the Publisher is under a Necessity of raising Money to carry on his Business, and purchase Paper, which he does now with great Difficulty and extraordinary Charge, as it is all brought 70 Miles on Land carriage. He hopes every Customer will send at least one Dollar, that the Paper may not be wholly stopped, as there are now the most interesting Matters depending that ever were in this Country.
THE annual Convention of Ministers is to be held at the House of the Rev'd Dr. HAVEN in Portsmouth, on Wednesday the 21st of September current.
Table with 3 columns: CUSTOM HOUSE, Piscataqua, Sept. 8th. Columns: FROM, TO, Amount. Rows include: Sloop Shuldham, William Pearns, Newfoundland; Sloop Endeavour, Daniel Stover, Barbadoes; Brig Resolution, Samuel Stacy, Tortola; Snow Industry, Shadrick Hodgdon, Grenada; Schooner Greyhound, Abraham Trefethen, Maryland; Brig Resolution, Samuel Stacy, West-Indies; Schooner Dove, Samuel Odiorne, Newfoundland; Schooner George, Samuel Smallcorn, West-Indies; Schooner Industry, Josiah Parsons, Ditto; Brig Hope, Joseph Adams, Ditto; Brig Dolphin, Giles Seaward, Ditto; Brig Conclusion, Joseph Newman, Baltimore.
BOSTON, Sept. 5.
It is said it was proposed in the Divan last Wednesday, that the Inhabitants of Boston should be disarmed, and that some of the new-fangled Counsellors consented thereto, but happily a Majority was against it. The Report of this extraordinary Measure having been put in Execution by the Soldiers was propagated through the Country, with some other exaggerated Stories, and by what we are told, if these Reports had not been soon contradicted we should by this Time have had forty or fifty Thousand Men from the Country (some of whom were on the March) appeared for our Relief.
Governor Gage has at length laid his Hand on private Property, so far as to deny one Cask of Powder to be delivered out of the Powder House on any Condition whatever.
On Saturday Afternoon 4 large Field Pieces were dragged by the Soldiers, and placed at the only Avenue by Land to this City.
Same Afternoon the Lively Frigate of 20 Guns came to her Moorings in the Ferry-Way between Boston and Charlestown. Same Evening the Military Watch consisting of 16 or 17 Men who patrol between Winisimett and Charlestown Ferries, laid hold on Two Women to abuse them; but on their crying out, let them go again. Insult upon Insult!
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue his Majesty's Writs for convening a General Assembly to meet at Salem, on the 5th of October next.
We are able to assure the Public from good Authority, that Isaac Winslow, Esq; one of the lately appointed Counsellors, waited on Governor Gage last Monday, when he made an absolute and full Resignation of his Place at the Board; since which he has not appeared in Council, but given the strongest Assurances that he will never Act in that Station: Several of the most respectable Gentlemen, who have appeared foremost in the Cause of their Country's Liberties have paid their Compliments to him, on account of his Resignation.
We also have it from good Authority, that last Saturday Afternoon, the Hon. Mr. Treasurer Gray, likewise resigned his seat at the council-board.
Yesterday the Canso came as far up Gallows-Bay as she could find Water, with Intent to command the Neck.
We are told that 20 out of the 36 new appointed Counsellors (exclusive of Mr. Palmer, who is absent from the Province, and Mr. Woodbridge who died before the Mandamus's were received) have either refused to take the Oath, or have since resigned their Seats at that unconstitutional Board.
Last Thursday Evening in several different Fire Societies, were suspended Capt. John Gore, Mr. Henry Leddel, Mr. Edward Cox, Mr. James Asby, Mr. William Burton, Mr. William McAlpine and Mr. Wilson, for signing an Address to the late Governor Hutchinson.
Extract of a Letter from Wilmington, N. Carolina, dat. Aug. 3. "No sooner was a Subscription put about for the Relief of our suffering Brethren in Boston, that in a few Days, I am told, 2000l. our currency was raised, and it is expected something very considerable will be contributed at Newbern & Edenton for the same noble Purpose, as Subscriptions are set on Foot in every County in the Province. You will receive this by Mr. Parker Quince, who generously made an Offer of his Vessel to carry a Load of Provisions to Boston, Freight free, and what redounds to the Honor of the Tars, the Master and Mariners navigate her without receiving one Farthing Wages. (truly patriotic!)"
Brookfield, August 24. This Day met in this Town, Twenty-Six commissioned Officers, in Col. Murray's Regiment, & resigned their commissions under their Hands respectively.
Salem, September 6.
The Town of Marblehead have agreed that their Regiment of Militia shall turn out four Times in a Week, with Arms and Ammunition according to Law, in order to perfect themselves in the Military Art.
It is supposed that the Place of the Governor's Residence, in future will be in Boston. Some of his House Furniture was removed from Danvers last Week.
It is reported that Lieutenant Governor Oliver is going to England in the Scarborough Man of War, which sails from Boston this Day or Tomorrow.
We hear the Town of Ipswich have voted to present the Town of Boston with one Hundred Pounds, lawful Money for the Use of their Poor.
We hear that Transports are fitted for Quebec, in order to bring two Regiments from thence to Boston.
TO BE SOLD.
A convenient Dwelling-House, very cheap, a LOT of Land, &c. Situate in Portsmouth between Liberty Bridge and Mill Dam. For further Particulars, enquire at the Printing Office.
Whereas on the twentieth Day
of October A. D. 1761, the Proprietors of the Town of BERNARD, formerly in the Province of New-Hampshire, at a legal Meeting then held, voted that a TAX or Assessment of Three Hundred and Forty five DOLLARS be raised and assessed on the original Proprietors of said Town, to defray the necessary Charges of the said Town—And whereas each Proprietors Share of said TAX is Five DOLLARS, as mentioned in the List committed to me as Collector of the said Town—And whereas sundry of said Proprietors have to this Day omitted paying me their proportion of said TAX although they have been legally notified and warned for so many Years ago, whose Names with the Sums are from each of them, are as follows, viz.—Richard Champney Five Dollars—Daniel Warner, Esq; Five Dollars—Jonathan Lovewell, Esq; Five Dollars—Samuel Sherburne, Esq; Five Dollars—George Jeffery, Esq; Five Dollars—Rev. Anthony Wibird Five Dollars—Elisha Story Five Dollars—Theles Greenwood Five Dollars—Jeha Wendell Five Dollars—James Mc Donough Five Dollars—Hunking Wentworth, Esq; Five Dollars—Joseph Newmarch Five Dollars—Richard Emery Five Dollars—Samuel Wentworth, Esq; Five Dollars—Benning Wentworth, Esq; late Governor, Ten Dollars—
THESE are therefore to notify and warn the delinquent Proprietors aforesaid, and all other Persons concerned, that unless they pay me the several Sums aforesaid, raised as a TAX on their several Rights, on or before the 24th Day of September Instant, that so much of their original Rights in the said Town of Bernard, will be Sold by me at PUBLIC AUCTION at the House of Henry Wise, Innholder in Ipswich, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, on the 26th Day of September current, at three o'Clock Afternoon, to defray said Taxes. WILLIAM DUDGE, Collector. Ipswich, Sept. 18, 1774.
Whereas on the twentieth Day
of October, A. D. 1761, the Proprietors of the Town of STOCKBRIDGE, formerly in the Province of New Hampshire, at a Legal Meeting then held, voted that a TAX or Assessment of Three Hundred and sixty DOLLARS be raised and assessed on the original Proprietors of said Town, to defray the necessary Charges of the said Town—And whereas each Proprietors Share of said TAX is Five DOLLARS, as mentioned in the List committed to me as Collector of the said Town—And whereas sundry of said Proprietors have to this Day omitted paying me their proportion of said TAX, altho' they have been legally notified and warned for so many Years ago, whose Names with the Sums are from each of them, are as follows, viz.—Jehush Henshaw, Esq; Five Dollars—Jeremiah Green, Esq; Five Dollars—John Cunnable Five Dollars—Andrew Belcher, Esq; Five Dollars—Joshua Orne Five Dollars—James Friend Five Dollars—Daniel Warner Five Dollars—James Nevin Five Dollars—George Wentworth Five Dollars—John Sherburne Five Dollars—Henry Deering Five Dollars—John Winthrop, Esq; Five Dollars—Edward Wiggleworth Five Dollars—Rev Nathaniel Appleton Five Dollars—Joshua Wentworth Five Dollars—Samuel Wentworth, Esq; Five Dollars—Samuel Warner Five Dollars—Nathaniel Warner Five Dollars—His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson, Esq; Five Dollars. Hsn. Jacob Wendell, Esq; Five Dollars—Benning Wentworth, Esq; late Governor, Ten Dollars—
THESE are therefore to notify and warn the delinquent Proprietors aforesaid, and all other Persons concerned, that unless they pay me the several Sums aforesaid, raised as a TAX on their several Rights, on or before the twenty fourth Day of September Instant, that so much of their original Rights in the said Town of Stockbridge, will be Sold by me at public Auction at the House of Henry Wise, Innholder in Ipswich, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, on the 26th Day of September current, at Three o'Clock Afternoon, to defray said Taxes. WILLIAM DUDGE, Col. Ipswich, Sept. 1, 1774.
A Large Whale-Boat
Was taken up at Sea off against Hampton River the second Instant, and carried into Little Boars Head, so called. She is 19 Feet Keel, six Feet within Board, has a square Foresail. The Owner may have her, paying the Charges, by applying to Reubin Marston, Stephen Brown, or Isaac Jennens. Northampton, Sept. 7. 1774.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. to all PERSONS Indebted to the Estate of ELIZABETH WIBIRD, late of Portsmouth, Widow, deceased, to make speedy Payment to the Subscriber, Administrator on said Estate, or they may expect to be sued without further Notice. JOHN PENHALLOW, Administrator. Portsmouth, Aug 9. 1774.
Advertisements omitted, must be deferred to our next.

TO BE SOLD  By George Craigie At his Store in Portsmouth, A General Assortment of  English Goods, Exceeding Cheap for CASH,
Among which are the following, Viz.  SUPERFINE and low priz'd Broad, Cloths, Wiltons, German Serges, Ratteens, Kerseys, Flannels, Baizes, Swanskins, Thicksets, Fustians, Cotton Velvet and Velverets, Shalloons, Tammies, Durants, Calamancoes, — plain and striped Camblets, — yard wide Crapes, Poplins, figured Stuffs, Grograms, Russells, worsted Damasks, Bombazeen. — A great variety of fashionable Galicoes and Patches, — black, cloth and sky blue Tassities, — Black Satin, Capuchine Silk, — sky blue, cloth and black all wide Persians, French Alimode, Barcelona and other Silk Handkerchiefs, Linnen, Kenting and Cotton ditto, black and white Gauze, black and white Catgut, 3 qrs. 7 8ths & yard wide Linnens, strip'd, plain & flower'd Lawns, demy Cambrick, Lawn Aprons, fiesia Linnen, Nankeens, Gingham, Check Linnen, Dowlas, strip'd Holland, yellow Holland, Stay Braid, — black, blue, white, and Crimson Satin Hats, — black and white Laces, snail Trimmings. Mens and Womens Thread, Cotton and Worsted Hose, Mens white silk Ditto, silk & worsted Gloves and Mitts, Womens English and Lynn Calamanco Shoes, Castor and Felt Hatts, — white Lamb Gloves, black Glaz'd dit. white Kid dit. — Breeches Patterns, Kilmarnock, Worsted and mock Velvet Capps, white and brown Buckram, silk Knee Garters, scarf Twist, sewing Silk, coloured & white Threads, Twist, Metal & Horn Buttons, Shoe Bindings, silk Ferrits, Ostrich Feathers, Ivory, crooked horn and Barbers Combs, Qualities, Garterings, Tapes, Pins, white Chappell Needles, Cap-Wire, Skilletons, Looking Glasses, Cloth, Shoe, Buckle, and Floor Brushes, — Horse Whips, Warming Pans, Frying Pans, Flat Irons, Box Irons, Bras and Iron Candlesticks, Shovels and Tongs, Bellows. — A large Assortment of Iron Ware, — Case Knives, Pen, Cuttoe, and Jack dit. Sleeve Buttons, Jews Harps, Spectacles, — Snuff Boxes, Shears, Scizars, Thimbles, Razors, Knitting Needles, Spurs, Tobacco Boxes, Shoe Knives, Awlblades, Shoe Tacks, Shoe Nails, Pinchers, Nippers, Hammers, Gimblets, Tapborers, Hinges, — and Locks of all sorts. — A variety of metal, shoe, and Knee Buckles, Bras Cocks, large and small Files, Glue, — Handsaws, Pewter, Platters, Plates, Pots, Porringers, Basins, block tin Spoons, — Bibles, Testaments, Psalters, Spelling Books, Primers, Cartridge & Writing Paper, Paste Board, Ink Powder, Sealing Wax, Wafers, Slates, 4d. 6d. 10d. and 20d. Nails, 3d. 4d. 5d. 6d. Brads, Oznabrigrs, Ticklinburgs, Powder, Shott, Lead, German Steel, Cod-Lines, Fish Hooks, Twine, Time Glasses, Velvet Corks, Seives, pound Beads, Keppins Snuff, Wool Cards. A good Assortment of Crockery Ware.
West-India and New-England Rum. — Molasses, by the Hoghead or Barrel. — Loaf Sugar by the Hundred. — Brown Sugar and Flour by the Barrel. — Cotton, Chocolate and Rice, by the Hundred. — Indigo, Pepper, Allspice, Ginger, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, Nutmegs, Raisins, Mustard, Starch, Red Wood, Log Wood, Allum, &c. &c. &c. &c. &c.
[Fifty DOLLARS Reward.]  TAKEN , stolen, and carried away from the Dwelling-House of the Subscriber on the Night of the ninth of August Instant in GOLD and SILVER, contained in two Bags, viz. one made of Oznabrigrs, the other being part of a white Thread Stocking, the Sum of ONE HUNDRED & SIXTY POUNDS Lawful Money. Whoever will apprehend the Thief or Thieves, so that they are convicted and brought to Punishment, shall receive FIFTY DOLLARS as a Reward:
SAMUEL PENHALLOW. Portsmouth, August 10th, 1774.
§ S U C C E S S. §
Encouragement for Settlers on new Lands.  THREE or Four able Men, acquainted with cultivating new Lands, are immediately wanted, in order to making Settlements in the Township of S U C C E S S. They must begin their Work in the Course of two Months from the Date hereof, or sooner, if convenient. — The said Township of Success is not more than sixty Miles distant from Falmouth in Casco-Bay, with which Town they may have an easy Communication, by about thirty Miles Water-Carriage. Any suitable Person inclining to settle in the said Township of Success, will meet with such great Encouragement both by Grant of Lands and Money for Labour as will be a sufficient Inducement to them to undertake, by applying to BENJAMIN MACKAY, { Committee SUPPLY CLAP, Portsmouth, Sept. 1. 1774.
Just arriv'd from Virginia, And to be SOLD by
Neal McIntyre,
On Spring-Hill, Portsmouth, A Quantity of Excellent  TOBACCO, By Wholesale or Retail. Cash given for FLAX-SEED by said McIntyre
Jacob Sheafe, jun r
Hereby acquaints his Customers and others that he has Removed to his Store in Queen-Street, next Door to Captain George King's, and three Doors below his Father's, where he has a small Assortment of ENGLISH GOODS ( among which are some of the newest fashion'd Oval Looking-Glasses ) Also, West-India and New-England RUM per Hoghead; Sugar per Barrel; Philadelphia Flour; Ship-Bread; Bar Iron; and a few Hogheads of STONE-LIME, to be sold very low for Cash.
§ New-Boston. §
WHEREAS the COMMITTEE for managing the Prudentials of the Proprietors of New Boston in New Hampshire, have received a Request from ten of the said Proprietors to call a Meeting of said Proprietors for the following Purposes, viz: To chuse a Proprietor's Clerk, the former Clerk being dead. To chuse a Committee to defend or carry on any Law Suits that are or may be brought against them; or to sue any Person or Persons that may be Trespassers on any of the said Lands in said Town. — And as two of the standing Committee are dead, to chuse two in their Room, or a new Committee, as the said Proprietors shall think proper, and to know if said Proprietors will direct the said Committee to sell any of their undivided Land — The said Proprietors are hereby Notified, to meet at the House of Thomas Harrad in Dunstable, on Tuesday the 13th Day of September next, at ten o'Clock in the Forenoon. Dunstable, August 24, 1774.
Whereas ELIZABETH the Wife of me the Subscriber has behaved herself disorderly and left me, without any Provocation given by me, — This is therefore to forbid all Persons crediting her on my Account, as I shall pay no Debts of her contracting from the Date hereof. Thomas Ham. Rochester August 26, 1774.
§ Marlow. §
WHEREAS the Proprietors of the Township of MARLOW, in the County of Cheshire and Province of New Hampshire, have been legally Notified to pay a Tax or Assessment of Three Dollars on each Proprietor's Right or whole Share in said Township, to the Subscriber Collector of said TAX; and sundry of said Proprietors being yet delinquent in the whole or in part in paying the said TAX; — this is therefore to give Notice to such delinquent Proprietors, that so much of their respective Rights or Shares of Land in said Marlow will be sold at Publick Vendue, as the Law directs, at the new Dwelling Hou's of Samuel Gustin, in said Marlow, on Saturday the twenty Fourth Day of September next ensuing the Date at Nine of the Clock in the Forenoon, as to pay the said TAX with incidental Charges, unless prevented by payment. — The Names of the delinquent Proprietors with the Sums due on their respective Rights, are as follows, —    Samuel Mather, jr  18  0  Jabez Chalker  6  0    Ebenezer Brockway  31  8  Ebenezer White  4  0    Marshfield Parson  4  0  Hopeful Cruttenden  5  0    Jonathan Alger  9  0  Gideon Jones  9  0    Joseph Clark  6  0  Richard Wiberd, Esq  18  0    Eliza Ely  14  0  Capt. George King  18  0    John Nelson  5  0  John Bettingham  18  0    Isaac Hall  18  0  Jared Spencer  7  6    John Peck  18  0  William Lay  9  0    Phineas Chapman  18  0  Edward Lay  6  0    Daniel Bushnell  11  8  Samuel Bushnell  2  0    John Ball  18  0  William Ayers  6  0    Mia. 10 th . August 22, 1774. Job Johnson.
§ Monadnock, No. 5. §
WHEREAS the Proprietors of MONADNOCK No. 5. did at a legal Meeting, held in said Township, the nineteenth Day of January last, vote to raise two pence half penny per Acre on all the rateable Lands in said Town, these are to notify the Owners of Land in said Town to pay their respective Taxes to me at my Dwelling Hou's in said town, on or before the fifteenth Day of September next, or their Lands will be advertised for Sale, as the Law directs. August, 15, 1774. James Brewer, Collector.
§ Canaan. §
PROVINCE of NEW HAMPSHIRE, Grafton, ss.  NOTICE is hereby given to all the delinquent Proprietors of said CANAAN, that the Vendue Meeting of said Proprietors stands adjourned to the second Monday of November next, to the Dwelling House of Samuel Chapman, Innholder in said Canaan, at ten o'Clock before Noon — And if all the delinquent Lands are not sold at said Meeting, to be adjourned to the Thursday following. George Harris, Collector. Canaan, August 27, 1774.
Stolen on Saturday Night, the 27th of August last, out of a Field at the upper Part of Wells, a pale red HORSE, about 4 Years old; he has a light coloured Main and Tail, white Feet, white Face and Nose, trots and paces, about 14 Hands high. — Whoever will take up said Horse and convey him to the Owner William Jepson of Wells, shall receive Four Dollars Reward, and necessary Charges paid — Whoever will discover the Thief, so that he may be brought to Justice, shall have five Dollars Reward. William Jepson.
TO BE SOLD,
About 14 Acres of good Land, a good DWELLING HOUSE, Barn, Orchard, and other Accommodation, very conveniently situated for a Trader or Tradesman, upon the public Road to Exeter, and about half a Mile from Greenland Meeting House. Enquire of James Sherburne, living on the Presumpscot, Greenland August 25th 1774.
Four DOLLARS Reward.
STRAYED from the Township of Shelburne, on Amasecogin River, in the County of Grafton and Province of New Hampshire, on or about the 15th of July last, a Chestnut colour'd MARE about 14 Hands high, short Tail and short thin Main, Tails well, and has a Scar on one of her Buttocks. — Whoever will take up said MARE, and give Information thereof, or return her to the Subscriber, shall have Four DOLLARS Reward, and all necessary Charges paid by JOHN PEIRCE. Portsmouth, August 24th, 1774.
ALL PERSONS Indebted to, or that have Demands on the Estate of Ephraim Davis, late of Dover, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts immediately to Lou's Davis of Dover, Administratrix to said Estate, in order for a speedy Settlement.