The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1775-04-21 00:00:00

THE New-Hampshire AND HISTORICAL CONTAINING the Frestest ADVICES
Vol. XIX. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
FRIDAY April 21, 1775.
No. 965 } Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd.
BLOODY NEWS.
PORTSMOUTH, April 20, 1775. Early this Morning, we were alarmed, with an Express from Newbury-Port, with the following Letter, to the Chairman of the Committee of Correspondence in this Town.
SIR, Newbury-Port, April 19, 1775. THIS Town has been in a continual Alarm since Mid-day, with Reports of the TROOPS having marched out of Boston to make some Attack in the Country—The Reports in general concur, in part, in having been at Lexington.—And it is very generally said they have been at Concord.—We sent off an Express this Afternoon, who went as far as Simons's at Danvers, before he could get Information that he thought might be depended upon—he there met two or three Gentlemen who affirmed, the Regular Troops and our Men had been engaged chief of the Morning, and that it is supposed we had Twenty-five Thousand Men engaged against Four Thousand Regulars; that the Regulars had begun a Retreat—Our Men here are setting off immediately—And as the Sword is now drawn, and first drawn on the Side of the Troops, we scruple not, you will give the readiest and fullest Assistance in your Power—And send this Information further on—In Behalf of the Committee for this Town,
Your humble Servant, JAMES HUDSON, Chairman.
By the Express who brought the above Letter, we hear the Attack began at Lexington, (about 12 Miles from Boston) by the Regular Troops, the 18th Inst. before Sunrise, when there was but twelve Hundred Regulars, who fired on the Watch or Guard that was placed at the House where Col. LEE & Major ELBRIDGE GARY kept, and killed Eight.—From thence they proceeded to Concord, where they made a general Attack, and burnt the Meeting-House, and other Buildings.—The Provincial Forces that had assembled, obliged the Regulars to retreat; after Numbers had been slain on both Sides. A Reinforcement of Regulars came out of Boston, & made up in the whole about Four Thousand, leaving one Thousand only to guard the Town.
Thursday One o'Clock. Another Express from Newbury Port informs, That there was Sixteen Hundred Regulars in the first Body that marched out of Boston, but for what particular Purpose do not learn. At Concord it is said they took 500 Barrels of Flour from the Provincials, knocked out the Heads, and destroyed it on the Spot—30 Regulars and 40 Provincials were kill'd. the Regular Army has retreated back to Winter Hill in Charlestown, and are surrounded by the Provincials.
Our Committee immediately on receiving the above Intelligence, sent off Expresses to all Quarters.
The foregoing is the different Accounts we have receiv'd, but how far and what Part is authentic, Presume not to determine.
Thursday Evening 6 o'Clock, another Express, who came to Rally the whole Country informs, that General Haldiman, was sent out of Boston, with the first Party, in order to take some Gentlemen Prisoners, & if they met with any Difficulty, Lord Piercy, with the main Body was to follow after, which he did, when a general Engagement ensued, and the Provincials obliged them to retreat to the Place mentioned in a Paragraph above, where they are almost surrounded by 30,000 of the Provincials; that there had been and was a constant firing on both Sides.
Great Numbers are gone and going from all our Towns above, and no doubt 50,000 are now assembled.
By the Nautilus and Falcon Ships of War, arrived at Boston from London, we have the following important Advices, viz.
LONDON February 16.
ORDERS are sent to Commanders of his Majesty's Guard Ships at Portsmouth & Plymouth, to take on board an extra Number of Hands to be ready to man the Ships fitting out for Sea.
The Ministry complain very loudly of the Alteration in the Temper of a certain American Governor, since his being made Commander in Chief of the Forces in that Quarter: An Addition of Power it was expected would have produced additional Zeal; But they say, like all others, he is dwindled into the tame Magistrate.
Orders are given from the War Office, for the Lord Lieutenants of every County in England to give in Accounts of the State and Condition of the Militia, as well Officers as private Men.
Not a Commission has been lately bestowed either at the War-Office or the Admiralty for the American Service; but to Persons whose Opinions with Respect to the Opposition of the Colonies have been first very scrupulously canvassed.
Orders are sent to the commanding Officers of Marines, at Chatham and Portsmouth, to raise a Number of Recruits to complete the several Companies to their full Complement of Men, to supply the Draughts that have been made for Boston.
We learn that in Virginia they have now 15000 Troops under Arms, 1000 Horse, and 5000 free Negroes.
Feb. 21. All the Defectors from the Troops on the other Side the Atlantic, we are assured, are English and Irish; not a Scotchman having yet flinched from his Duty, or betrayed the least Desire to depart from the very Letter of his Commission.
Is it not somewhat remarkable, says a Correspondent, that our Quarrels with Spain and France should be settled by drawing our Puffo Strings; but those with America, by Fire and Sword.
A Morning Paper observes, that a Spanish Fleet is absolutely cruising off Boston, and it is added, that the Americans have refused to supply the Troops under General Gage with any kind of Provisions, for which Purpose several Regiments of Provincials were encamped near that City, who have cut off all Communication between the Soldiers and the Country People.
Upwards of 3000l. have been raised privately in London since the Meeting of Parliament, for the Relief of the distressed Americans, and transmitted there.
Among the many Reasons assigned to account for Monday's American Motion, are the certain Loss of the Revenue of Trade and Commerce, the Uncertainty whether the Troops would act against their Fellow-Subjects, the utter impracticability of enslaving the Americans, and lastly, an almost certainty of the Military being soon wanted near Home, to oppose European Invaders.
Lord Adam Gordon, in the late Debate in Parliament, was for enforcing the American Acts with Vigour. His Reasons he begged Leave to read from a Diary he himself had written when in America, and which Diary, as he confessed, the Ministry did him the Honor to consult, as a Guide in their Proceedings against the Americans:—The Substance of this Diary was, "That the People of Boston were naturally sensible and extremely polite, but very much inclined to Faction; that Governor Hutchinson was the best of Men, but rendered very uneasy in his Office by the turbulent Spirit of the People; that the Colony Government inclined too much to the popular Scale, and therefore Lord Adam urges in this Diary the absolute Necessity of altering the Charters, in order to constitute a Government of a more Royal Nature."
Feb. 25. If France does not mean an immediate War with England, she meditates a more serious Blow, by securing America against her natural Friend.
The spirited Behaviour of the People of Jamaica, has thrown a universal Consternation over the Court.
We are informed that the Attorney General is ordered to prosecute the Members of the Constitutional Club for subscribing 500l. to the Relief of the Bostonians; when both Houses of Parliament have declared that a Rebellion is subsisting in the Province.
Indeed the Statute of Edward the Third is so severe against Aiders and Abettors in Cases of Treason, that it is thought no honest Jury can hesitate a Moment about this Verdict.
Extract of a Letter from Gosport, February 24.
"Orders are just come down for his Majesty's Ship Cerberus, Capt. Chards, to fit for Boston, and she is to carry three Admirals out. It is said that the Ships intended for Boston are to be at Spithead by the Middle of next Month."
Feb. 28. A Great Personage has insisted that no Colonel whatever, of any of the Regiments intended for America, or at present there shall stay from their Corps.
The three Major Generals, and the Troops both Horse & Foot, that are destined for America, are to embark with all possible Expedition.
Orders are sent to the Commanding Officers in Ireland, to have a certain Number of Troops ready to embark on any Emergency.
Yesterday 15000 Tents, and other Camp Necessaries, were shipped from the Tower for the Use of the Military in America.
We hear that Sawny Weatherbaten, the Scotch Advocate, let the Cat on Tuesday out of the Bag, in the great Debate on American Business, by most incautiously asserting the House, that lenient Measures were not intended, that nothing but Violence and Compulsion were still to take Place, and that War, with all its Horrors yet hung over the devoted Heads of the ill-fated Americans.
By the Bill now depending for restraining the Commerce, and Navigation of the American Colonies, particularly their Fishery, after reciting the former Acts, by which such Trade and Navigation were permitted, it enacts:
"That during the Combinations and Disorders which at this Time prevail within the Province of Massachusetts Bay, & New-Hampshire, and Colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island, it being unfit that the Inhabitants of the said Colonies and Colonies should enjoy the same Privileges of Trade to which his Majesty's obedient Subjects are intitled, after a Time to be limited, and during the Continuance of this Act, no Merchandizes enumerated by former Acts, being the Manufacture of the above Colonies; which
are to be bro't to some other British Colony, or to Great Britain; or any Merchandize, which shall at any Time have been imported into the said Province or Colonies, shall be shipped from any of the said Colonies or Colonies to any Place whatsoever, other than to Great-Britain, or some of the British Islands in the West-Indies; and that no other Merchandizes whatsoever, of the Manufacture of the said Colonies or Colonies, or which shall at any Time have been imported into the same, shall, after the said limited Time be shipped from any of the said Colonies to any Place whatsoever, except Great-Britain or Ireland, or the British Islands in the West-Indies, on Forfeiture of Ship and Cargo.
"Also, that after a limited Time and during this Act, no sort of Wines, Salt, or any Goods or Commodities, whatsoever (except Horses, Victual, and Linen-Cloth, the Produce and Manufacture of Ireland, and Goods for the victualling his Majesty's Ships, and for his Majesty's Forces or Garrisons, or the Produce of any of the British Islands in the West-Indies) shall be imported, upon any Presence whatsoever, unless such Goods be shipped in Great-Britain, and carried directly from thence, upon Forfeiture of Goods and Vessel.
"Likewise, that if any Vessel, not belonging to Great Britain or Ireland, or the Islands of Guernsey or Jersey, shall be found, after the limited Time, carrying on any Fishery upon any Part of North America, or having on board Materials for such Fishery, unless the Master do produce to the Commander of any of his Majesty's Ships of War stationed for the Superintendence of the American Fisheries, a Certificate under the Hand of the Governor of the Colonies of Quebec, Newfoundland, Saint John, Nova-Scotia, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Georgia, East Florida, or West-Florida, setting forth that such Vessel hath cleared out from some one of the said Colonies, and that she actually belongs to his Majesty's Subjects, Inhabitants of the said Colony, it shall be lawful for any of the Commanders of his Majesty's Ships of War stationed for the Protection of the Fishery upon the Coast of North America to seize, and prosecute all such Vessels, with a Proviso, That nothing herein contained shall extend to any Vessel belonging to the French King, which shall be found Fishing, & not carrying on any Illicit Trade.
"These restraints to be discontinued, so soon as obedience to the Laws shall be restored. Persons giving false Certificates, to be declared incapable of serving his Majesty, and subject to other pains and Penalties."
From the St. JAMES'S CHRONICLE, of February 23.
AN Opinion having been industriously propagated, that a noble Lord has made Concessions to the Americans, inconsistent with the Address of the two Houses to his Majesty, in a Motion made last Monday in a certain Assembly, you are desired to print the following authentic Copy of the Motion itself.
See the Motion in the next Page.
This Motion, Sir, is so far from making Concessions, that it adds heres in every Thing to the Address of the Two Houses. To the Offer of Lives and Fortunes, made, as is usual on great Emergencies, by Parliament, a Provision is annexed, that should the Colonies return to their Duty, and acknowledge the Supremacy of the Legislature, their real Grievances shall, upon a proper and legal Application, be removed. This conditional Promise being indefinite, the noble Lord at the Head of Affairs thought it necessary to define the utmost Conditions that the Colonies could expect, and the Mother Country grant. This he has endeavoured to do in the above Motion. The Americans therefore, have no longer any Reason to complain, that their Submission is required upon Terms which may be severe because they are unknown.
The noble Lord is so far from relinquishing the Supremacy of this Country over America, that he manifestly shews his determined Firmness by his Moderation. He knows, or at least he ought to know, that a great Nation, when determined to exert its Force and establish its Authority, should be above the Meanness of Intimidation. By shewing to the World the Moderation of Government at home, he has left the Refractory abroad without any Excuse for their Violence; and if, after such a manifest Tenderness towards the mildled Americans, they will proceed in their Disobedience, God and Man will approve of the Conduct of this Country, for enforcing its just Rights; and will lay the Blame of the Consequences at their Door. The Olive Branch and the Sword are held out to the Americans: It is theirs to make the Choice; & though the noble Lord may certainly wish that they should accept the first, they will find that he has the Spirit to use the second with Effect, should they, contrary to all Reason, reject the only Proposal that this Country can make, consistent with its Interest, Supremacy and Dignity.
An impartial Member.
March 2. We hear it is intended to send over a Regiment of Dragoons to Ireland to replace Preston's that are under Orders for America.
Orders it is said, are sent to Portsmouth, for the Men of War designed to sail for Boston, to be ready at Spithead by the 12th Instant, by which Time the three Generals will be ready to embark with their Troops.
It is said to be a Fact, that the Premier would resign if a single Individual could be met with so hardy as to stand in his Shoes at the present Juncture.
A great and illustrious Lady is said to be so much alarmed at the present Crisis of Affairs, as to exert her utmost Interest and Eloquence in favour of Lenity, Justice and a happy Accomodation.
Tuesday Night some Dispatches from America were received by Express at Lord Dartmouth's Office, which was brought by the Rebecca, Capt. Saunders from New-York.
Monday last upwards of 1000 Tons of Water were shipped off from the Tower, and they are now busy in filling a great Number of Butts with the same Element, for the Use of the Transports that are going to America.
The King has been pleased to grant unto Andrew Pepperell Sparhawk, of Portsmouth, in the Province of New-Hampshire, Esq; and to issue, his Royal Licence and Authority to name and take the Surname of Pepperell only, and also to bear the Arms of Pepperell (such Arms being first duly exemplified according to the Laws of Arms and recorded in his Majesty's Herald's Office) and also to order, that his Majesty's Concession and Declaration be registered in his Majesty's College of Arms.

Fresh and Important Advices, By Capt. Collins, who arrived at Cape Ann, Friday April 14th, 1775, in 32 Days from Falmouth in England.
L O N D O N.
Proceedings in the Lower House of ASSEMBLY, February 20, 1775.
T HIS Day, to the Astonishment of every Man within and every Man without who heard it, as soon as the House had resolved itself into a Committee to take into Consideration the American Papers, Lord North rose, and after prefacing the Motion he intended to make, with an Harrangue of an Hour and an half long, moved, that the Chairman be directed to move the House, "That it is the Opinion of this Committee, that when the Governor, Council and Assembly, or General Court, of any of His Majesty's Provinces or Colonies in America, shall propose to make Provision according to the Condition, Circumstances, and the Situation of each Province or Colony, for contributing their Proportion to the common Defence (such Proportion to be raised under the Authority of the General Court, or the General Assembly, of such Province or Colony, and shall engage to make Provision also for the Support of CIVIL GOVERNMENT, and the Administration of Justice in such Province or Colony, it will be proper, if such Proposal shall be approved of by His Majesty and the two Houses of Parliament, for so long as such Provision shall be made accordingly, to forbear, in Respect of such Province or Colony, to levy any Duty, Tax, or Assessment, or to enforce any further Duty, Tax, &c. except only such Duties as may be expedient to levy or to impose, for the Regulation of Commerce, the neat Produce of the Duties last mentioned, to be carried to the Account of each Province or Colony respectively."
Lord North grounded the Expediency of a Motion of the kind, on certain Articles of News from America, to which he gave the Appellation of Proposals; and said he could not but listen to Proposals which might so infallibly direct the Operations of distributive Justice. It had been objected, as the extreme of Cruelty, to bleed the innocent with the Guilty in the proportioning of necessary Punishment; by giving, therefore, the well affected Provinces an Opportunity of testifying their Loyalty, the parent State might shew Indulgence, yet not to relax one Tittle from her asserted Rights of Sovereignty; this was to act with Firmness, though with prudent Caution also; it was to unite the Wisdom of Deliberation with that Attention to Consequences so highly necessary at this important Epoch of political Events. Nor was Lenity disregarded by the Minister. The House was given to understand, that although, when the Dignity of Government required a spirited and a determined exertion, he would go every Length in Support of that Dignity, yet when healing Measures were at all compatible with the public Welfare, no Man in that august Assembly would with more fervently for the Adoption of such Measures. A Suspension of the American Acts would afford a convincing Proof of such a Disposition in those who participated of the Government of this Country; a Suspension on the Terms proposed, by demonstrating the Lenity of Great Britain, might work a Change of Mind in the most refractory; or if they continued obstinate in Error, and hardened in Contumacy, then would Government be entirely acquitted in the Eye of every unprejudiced Person, let the Consequences be ever so calamitous. The Troops however to remain till the final Result of the Colonies be known, and all
Military and Naval Preparations on this Side of the Water in the mean Time to be suspended.
Gov. Pownall was for the Motion; as it carries the Appearance of an aversion to push Matters to extremity:
Mr. Charles Jenkinson and Mr. Welbore Ellis spoke in favour of the Motion:
Mr. Charles Fox, attacked the Minister with severity. Charged him with inconsistencies. His Councils he said were weak, undecisive, irresolute and deceitful. One Day the Americans are to be treated with Violence—the next with Lenity; this Hour Acts are to be enforced—the next they moved for their suspension.
Many other Gentlemen spoke in the Debate, and even some of the Minister's Friends were against the Measure.
The Debate continued till within a quarter of Eleven o'clock, when, upon a Division, there appeared for the Motion 274, against it 88.
The nineteenth Regiment of Foot is ordered to march from Dumfries, the beginning of March next, to embark for Ireland, to supply the Place of the Troops ordered for Boston. There will then be only 12 marching Regiments of Foot in Great Britain.
Feb. 25. We hear that the only Reason given by Lord North for his extraordinary Motion on Monday is, that the Province of New-York promised, upon the Conditions mentioned in the Motion, to desert the American Combination, and to pass Votes of Censure on the conduct of the Congress.
House of Commons, Feb. 22.
A BOUT a Quarter past four the Lord Mayor got up in his Place, and moved, that the Proceedings of the 17th of Feb. 1769, might be read, which being done, some other Extracts which his Lordship called for, were likewise read. He then moved, that the Resolution of the 17th of February, 1769, which declares, "That John Wilkes, Esq; having been in the present Session of Parliament expelled this House, was, and is incapable of being elected a Member to serve in this Parliament," be expunged from the Journals of this House, as subversive of the Rights of the whole Body of Electors of this Kingdom. Mr. Sergeant Glynn seconded the Motion, when a general Debate ensued, in which Lord North, the Lord Mayor, the Hon. Charles Fox, Col. Fitzroy, Sir George Savile, the Attorney and Solicitor Generals, Col. Barré, Mr. Burke, Mr. Wallace, the two Mr. Grenvilles, Mr. Onslow, Capt. Luttrell, Mr. Sergeant Adair, Lord Stanley, Mr. St. John, Mr. Van, Mr. Alderman Sawbridge, and several others, were Speakers. Several who spoke rose more than once. The Question was repeatedly attempted to be put, but as often prevented by new Speakers rising. A little after 12 the Question was put, and the House divided, when the Numbers were,
For the Motion, 171 Against it, 239
L O N D O N,
Feb. 23. When the three General Officers kissed his Majesty's Hand, previous to their Departure for America, he enjoined them in Expressions the most affecting, 'tis said to let Humanity influence them more than Courage, and to avoid an Engagement with those deluded People, if it can be done with Safety to his Person and Crown. From this we may rest satisfied, that neither their Lives nor Fortunes will be endangered, if their Behaviour does not amount to that Pitch of Villianity that appeared in the Scotch Rebels in the Year 1745.
The Loss of Lord Coventry and the Duke of Northumberland to Government, has made a great Turn in the Scale of Politics.
Several patriotic Gentlemen have actually entered into an Agreement to embark for America, as soon as the present Session is concluded.
Feb. 14. A Discovery has been lately made, the Particulars of which will soon transpire, that the Ruin into which this Country is now about to be plunged, is owing entirely to Engagements entered into by a certain noble Lord, whose Brother was Secretary to the Pretender here in the Year 1745, and between whom a Meeting was lately procured at Paris. Eyes will be opened when it may be too late to see. Caveat!
It is said, that if a Noble Lord had not been Guilty of the Charges which so pointedly bro't home to him the other Day by two P-----s in a certain House, he could have left his Innocence to have spoken for him, and not have laboured, with so little Satisfaction to any one, to exculpate himself.
L O N D O N, February 23.
The following is the PETITION agreed to by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of the City of London, Yesterday, and was to be presented this Day.
To the Honorable the Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled,
The humble Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the City of London, in Parliament assembled, Sheweth,
T HAT although your Petitioners bear all due Respect to the Policy of those Acts of Parliament, which have anciently preserved to Great Britain a necessary and beneficial Share of Commerce with our Colonies, yet they are exceedingly alarmed at the Consequences that must ensue, if the Bill now depending in this Honourable House should pass into a Law, entitled, "A Bill to restrain the Trade and Commerce of Massachusetts Bay & New-Hampshire, and Colonies of Connecticut, and Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations in North-America, to Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Islands in the West-Indies, and to prohibit such Provinces and Colonies from carrying on any Fishery on the Banks of Newfoundland, or other Places therein to be mentioned, under certain Conditions, and for a Time to be limited;" the said Bill, as your Petitioners conceive, being unjustly founded,
because it involves the Whole in the Punishment intended for the supposed Offences of a Few.
That it must, in its Consequences, overwhelm Thousands of his Majesty's loyal and useful Subjects with the utmost Poverty and Distress, inasmuch as they will be thereby deprived of the Fisheries, which are the natural Means of supporting themselves and Families.
That the extensive Commerce between Great Britain and her Colonies will by this Bill, be greatly injured, as a capital Source of Remittance will be stop't, which will not only discontinue the future commercial Intercourse between those Colonies and this Country, but will eventually render them incapable of paying the large Debts already due to the Merchants of this City.
That the utmost Confusion will probably ensue from enforcing this Bill, if passed into a Law, as it cannot be supposed that a great Number of Men naturally hardy and brave, will quietly submit to a Law which will reduce them almost to Famine, they not having within themselves Provisions sufficient for their Subsistence.
That it will induce the French to extend their Fisheries, and by that Means increase the Wealth and Strength of our Rivals in Trade, to the great Prejudice of the Country.
That your Petitioners feel for the many Hardships which their Fellow-Subjects in America already labour under, from the Execution of several late Acts of Parliament evidently partial and oppressive, and which seem to be extended and continued by this Bill; inasmuch as it confirms those Acts, which in particular Cases deprives the American Subject of Trial by Jury, prohibits the Americans from carrying Provisions from one Colony to another, invites a contraband Trade, under military Protection, prevents any Subject of Great Britain or Ireland, from being Part-Owner of certain American Ships or Vessels, and vests an undue and dangerous Authority in the Governor and Council of Massachusetts Bay.
Your Petitioners, therefore, humbly pray this Honourable House, that the said Bill may not pass into a Law.
February 23. At a Court of Common-Council held yesterday at Guildhall, after the matters to be objected to in the Massachusetts Bay Bill were referred to a Committee, who are to make their Report To morrow at another Court of Common Council to be then holden the following Resolutions were come to.
Resolved , That the Measures of Administration respecting our Fellow-Subjects in America, adopted by the late Parliament, appear to this Court in the highest Degree dangerous and alarming; and demand our most serious Attention.
Resolved , That as the Opinion of this Court hath already been very fully and particularly declared against an Act of the late Parliament, intituled, an Act for the making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North-America; we think it equally our Duty to bear Testimony also against four other Acts of the said Parliament, which we esteem highly injurious to our Fellow Subjects in America, [relative to the Province of Massachusetts Bay and the Town of Boston,] they appearing to this Court to be not only contrary to many of the fundamental Principles of the English Constitution, & most essential Right of the Subject, but also apparently inconsistent with natural Justice and Equity; and we are therefore of Opinion, that our Fellow Subjects the Americans are justified in every constitutional Opposition to the said Acts.
In the Course of the Debates Mr. Alderman Hopkins gave it as his Opinion, that it would be more consistent for that Court to confine their Deliberations to the good Government of the City, and leave Politics solely to the Consideration of Parliament, who were more capable, and whose Business it was more immediately to consider what was best to be done for the good Government of the British Empire.
Mr. S---e, in a very masterly Manner, answered the Alderman, and observed, that it was usual for a series of Years past, for the Common Council to Petition the Throne against any Measures that Administration might pursue that seemed obnoxious to the Citizens of London, and from their Respectability, Opulence, & Knowledge, great Attention was always (till of late Years) paid to them. He deduced many Circumstances, and quoted a Number of Instances to support his Argument.
We are informed from good Authority, that the Assembly of Jamaica have acceded to the Resolutions of the General American Congress; in particular, that the House have come to a Resolution that the Parliament of Great Britain has no Right of Taxation over any of the Colonies. This Intelligence came on Monday Evening.
The Ministry now give out that the Opposers of their Measures are not to be satisfied by any Steps towards the Americans, hostile or pacific; that on Propositions made by Lord North, tending to Reconciliation with the Colonies, the Gentlemen in the Minority were as firm in their Opposition, as they had been to the most rigorous Measures; the real Fact is, that no Plan was offered, which was even in Appearance either just, reasonable, or practicable. A Parade of Conciliation was at first pretended by the Minister, while his faithful Retainers spoke all the Language of War, Horror, and Desolation. He himself at last professed---he expected no Good from it in America, but his Hope was it would excite the Spirit of the People against America.
Mr. Solicitor General called on the Gentlemen of the Army in such a Manner, as provoked Lord Cavendish to express an Horror at a Man's Want of Feeling in crying out HAVOC. For Mr. Solicitor General, with all the Vehemence of the Voice and Action of a Demoniac, had spurred the Military by insisting that they were no longer to fight for an empty Name of Honour, but for solid and substantial Revenue. For Answer to all which, it was conclusively shewn, that no real Accommodation was or could be expected from such jumbled & contradictory Declarations, or was even pretended by Lord North himself; and that it was evident the sole Intent of the Business of the Day was, to delude the Public by spreading a general, false Idea of pacific and conciliatory Measures, though the Minister and his Friends positively declared they had no Room to hope for any Accommodation from the Terms they had propos'd, which they wished to have it thought they meant to support. In Truth they began by Fallacy, have continued in Fallacy, and will, it is to be hoped, soon be rewarded properly for their Fallacy and Treachery.
Every impartial Person will admit, that the Minister by making the Parliament take such contradictory Resolutions within a few Days, and without any intervening Events, that might occasion them, hath let down the Dignity of Parliament to the lowest Degree, and rendered the legal Authority of the Nation ridiculous. Hath not the Minister shewn thereby, to the whole Kingdom, that he is absolute Master of the Parliament, and can make the Members of it jump backwards and forwards, like a parcel of Spaniels over a Stick, just as he pleases? What a contemptible Idea must the People of England from such inconsistent Proceedings, entertain of their Legislators? Is this a proper Method of inducing the People to pay Respect and Obedience to legal Authority? Is it not the ready Way of rendering Parliaments the Scorn, Contempt and Derision of the People? It hath been long known, that the Ministers of the Crown, by it's unconstitutional Influence in Parliament, have directed all the Measures of it; but then they took Care to preserve some Shew of Parliamentary Decency in their Proceedings, and never did till now totally throw off the Mask, and expose the corrupt subserviency of the Houses to the Ridicule of the Kingdom. One might imagine that the Minister, by man-

King the Parliament come to such contradictory Resolutions, took a Pride in shewing to the World what an absolute Master the Lord High Treasurer was of it. Such opposite Resolves destroy one another, and cannot possibly have any good Effect upon the Colonies, who will doubtless laugh at, and despise them both.----- What a fine Idea these Proceedings give us of the supreme Legislative Power of the Nation, which now claims the Right of imposing Taxes upon our American Colonies?
L O N D O N February 23.
New-England Restraining-Bill read a second Time, and committed to a Committee of the whole House.
The Resolution from the Committee appointed to take into Consideration the several American Papers, presented by Lord North to the House, by his Majesty's Command, ordered to be reported on Monday.
The House rose at five o'clock, and adjourned till Monday.
Yesterday Lord Effingham moved the House of Lords against a Pamphlet, intitled, "The present Crisis, with Respect to America considered," published by T. Brackett; when the House came to the following Resolution: That the said Pamphlet is a false, malicious, and dangerous Libel, subversive of the Principles of the glorious Revolution, to which we owe our present invaluable Constitution, & of the Rights of the People.---That one of the Pamphlets be burnt by the common Hangman, in old Palace Yard, on the 6th of March in the Afternoon; and another at the Royal Exchange, the Sheriffs of London attending, on the 7th of March.
Orders are issued from the War-Office for augmenting all the marching Regiments of Foot, with one Serjeant, one Corporal and 12 private Men in each Company, which will make 50 Rank & File.
KING'S ARMS TAVERN, CORNHILL FEB. 21. 1775.
CONSTITUTIONAL SOCIETY.
The Treasurer reported, that according to the Resolution of this Society, he had waited on Dr. Franklin, and put into his Hands the Sum voted at the last Meeting; and that Dr. Franklin desired to return his respectful Compliments to the Society, and his Thanks for this Mark of their great Kindness to the distressed Inhabitants of Boston. The Secretary reported that the Treasurer had received the following Letters:
For the CONSTITUTIONAL SOCIETY.
We desire the Constitutional Society to accept of this, for the innocent, oppressed, distressed Inhabitants of Boston. With three Guineas.
T. F. S. G. F. M.
To RICHARD OLIVER , Esq;
Sir, Feb. 21, 1775.
Enclosed I send you a Bank Note of Ten Pounds, which I desire you to pay into the Constitutional Society. I mean it towards the Relief and Assistance of the distressed Inhabitants of Boston, in America; and beg that it may make part of the next Vote of Supply from that Society in Favour of the Americans. Their Cause is the Cause of England.
What have we at Home to resist a victorious Army (which will have been tried and modelled there, and devoted to the Crown) returning to England from the Conquest of America? All is at Stake! The single Question is, whether the King of Great Britain shall in future be an absolutely despot in every Part of the Empire, as a late Act of Parliament has appointed him to be for ever in Canada? If Despotism had not been the favourite Form of Government with the Patrons of that Bill they would not have established that Form when they had it at their Option which to appoint. After the Conquest over Freedom in America, their Army will give them the same Option in England; and we already know their Inclination.
I therefore set my Foot here; and have as many Thousands as I now send Pounds, which I shall be willing to dedicate to the same Purpose, if the Situation of the Americans shall continue to require, and their Conduct to deserve Support. I am Sir, with the greatest Esteem for you and the Gentlemen of the Society,
Your most obedient, humble Servant, H. B. I.
S A L E M , April 15.
Capt. Collins brings Advice, That the Act for restraining the Trade and blocking up all the Ports of New England, had passed the House of Commons: That Lord Chatham, with a Number of patriotic Friends, finding their Efforts, for saving the Nation from Tyranny and the Horrors of a Civil War, arose from their Seats, and abruptly left the House of Lords, giving as a Reason for their Conduct, that they would have no farther Concerns in a Legislature who were involving the Nation in Blood and Slavery.
Extract of a Letter from Falmouth, in England, dated March 2, 1775.
"I hope it will not be long now before Matters will be amicably settled between Great Britain and the Colonies, as the Parliament by a late Resolution have left an Opening for the Assemblies of each Government in America to raise such a Sum as they find they can support, and to make a Proposal to furnish the same for the Service of Government, to be disposed of by Parliament, which, if accepted, all Taxes in America are to cease, unless such only as are for the Regulation of Trade, which last mentioned are to go to the Account of each respective Colony, and be accounted for. I hope and wish this may have the happy Effect of dissipating the Fears and Jealousies of the People, & be the Means of reconciling the Mother Country and Children, and that a happy and permanent Union may take Place."
Neal M'Intyer,
HAS Removed from the Store he formerly kept on Spring-Hill, Portsmouth, to the House opposite;---where he has for Sale, A Quantity of choice TOBACCO of every Sort, by Wholesale or Retail; likewise a large Assortment of Earthen and China WARE , among which is a compleat Set of CHINA , which will be sold for sterling Cost & Charges; also, Rum, Sugar, Molasses, Coffee, Indigo, Pepper, Spices, Snuff; and all Kinds of Groceries;---Orange, Clove, Anniseed, Snake-Root, and Dr. Stevens's WATER , by the Cask, cheap for Cash or short Credit.
A New Grammar School
Will be opened on Monday the 17th Instant, By JOSEPH STACEY HASTINGS , At his House opposite the Post-Office, Where Children and Youth, will be instructed in Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic: Also, in the English, Latin and Greek Languages, according to the most approved Rules of Grammar.
At which Place are to be Sold, West-India GOODS and GROCERIES , Cheap for Cash.
Portsmouth, April 14. 1775.
***** Garden Seeds.
A Fresh Assortment of GARDEN SEEDS , with the following GOODS to be Sold by JOSEPH BASS ,
At his Shop in PORTSMOUTH , as cheap for CASH as can be bought in the Province, viz.
  Early golden Hot-  True tennis ball Let-    spur Peas  tice    Early charlton ditto  Head Lettice    Ormorods ditto  Marble ditto    Large Marrowfats  Round Spinnage    Dwarf ditto  Prickley ditto    Spanish Morattoes  Red Beet    Black eyed sugar Peas  Green & White ditto    Crooked sugar ditto  Summer Squash,    Ramshorn ditto  Upright Celery    White Rouncivals  Solid ditto    Blue Union Peas  White Mustard    Early Lisbon Beans  Double Parsley    Large windfor ditto  Single ditto    Early white kidney ditto  Early Colliflower    Early yellow bush dit.  Early battersea Cab-    Speckled ditto  bage    White Spanish Onion  Early low Dutch dit.    Red Portugal ditto  Early Yorkshire ditto    Yellow Spanish ditto  Early sugar-loaf ditto    Lemon Carrot  Large winter and red    Orange ditto  Cabbage, Red Clover,    Purple ditto  Green & yellow curl'd    Best swelling Parsnip  Savoy    Early Dutch Turnip  Early prickley Cu-    Long French ditto  cumber    Turnip Radish  Long green ditto    Scarlet ditto  Long Roman ditto    Crimson ditto  Sweet Marjoram    Black Spanish ditto  Summer Savory     Water & Musk Mellon.  
ALSO 8, 9 & 10 qr. Bed Quilts; 8, 9 & 10 qr. Cotton Counterpaines; blue, red & purple Copper Plate Furniture; red, blue, green and yellow Furniture Check; crimson and green Harrateen; crimson, green & blue Chaney; 7 8 & 3 qr. English Bed Ticks; green, blue, and red Buckram; black figur'd Horse Hair for Chair Bottoms; crimson and white; scarlet and white; green & white; blue & white; yellow & white; all Crimson and all Green; Tossels & Cord for Curtains; handsome Chaney and print Curtains; all Sorts of Laces; Rings & Tapes for Curtains; Matresses; Sea Beds and Rugs; Oznabrigs; crimson, green and blue Sleeve Silk; strip'd Swanskin; wide Persian; yard wide Mode; scarlet & green worsted Caps; letter'd Gathering; quality Bindings; large and small Barcelona Handkerchiefs; sewing Silk;---Threads; Crewells; Pins and Needles;---Looking Glasses; Girth-Webb; Brass Nails; 14 oz. Tacks; Shoe Nails; brass cloak Pins; Leather Casters; Seives and Seive Bottoms; Playing Cards; Snuff and Snuff Boxes; Pewter Dishes; Quarts, Pints, Basons and Porringers of all Sizes;---Coffee; Chocolate; Pepper; Allspice; Ginger; long and short Pipes; coarse Sheeps Wool;---Coppersets; Logg & Red Wood; Choice new Feathers; An Assortment of Cream colour'd WARE .---Choice French INDIGO , &c. &c.
Likewise to be had at the above Place --- Bed and Window Curtains; Squabs; Cushions; Sophas; Settees; easy Chairs; Feather Beds,---with all other Kinds of Upholstery WARE , made in the genteellest Manner.
Eight or Ten Settlers,
ARE wanted to set down immediately in a good Township in this Province, to each of whom will be given One hundred ACRES of Land.
CHOICE Philadelphia Flour
To be Sold by JOHN SPARHAWK , at a Store on Mr. Evans's Wharfe cheap for Cash.
Nath'l S. Griffith,
CLOCK & WATCH-MAKER in Portsmouth, At the Sign of the Clock opposite Dr. Cutter, WILL speedily and properly repair and rectify any Clocks & Watches, which are out of Order, in the best and cheapest Manner. Any Watches sent said Griffith, will be speedily refitted, and expeditiously returned; and if they don't answer the first Mending, they may be sent back again, and rectify'd without Cost.
N. B. Said Griffith has an Assortment of plated BUCKLES at the cheapest Rate, and will give new Buckles or Money for any old Gold and Silver.
He has also for Sale new Watches as low as ten Dollars, and a Number of others at different Prices; also Keys and Chains.
Thomas Martin,
EMBARKED for England, desires those who are indebted to him, either on Book, Note, or otherwise, to call as soon as may be and pay their respective Balances, either to Messrs. JOHN PEIRCE , or JOSEPH PEIRCE , his Attorneys, or at his Store, where constant Attendance is given---and where is to be sold at the lowest Cash Prices as usual,---Sundry English GOODS , Painters Colours, Clothiers Materials, and Hardware, amongst which are still remaining a few Swords, Hangers, and Pistols.
A few Hundred of good Ship-Bread for Cash or Jamaica Fish in the Fall.
Those who have paid no Regard to his repeated Solicitations, must expect to find their Debts put in Suit, unless speedily prevented by Payment.
Portsmouth, March 15th, 1775.
Garden Seeds,
A general Assortment, lately imported, To be Sold by SAMUEL HILL
At his Shop near the Assembly House, North End, Portsmouth. Likewise,
Painters Colours, Oyl, Gold Leaf, Paper Hangings, Looking Glasses and Coffin Furniture of all Sorts, cheap for Cash.
A second hand CHAISE,
to be sold cheap. Enquire of the Printer.
WHEREAS the Hon. JUDGE of Probate for the County of Rockingham, has been pleased to lengthen out the Commission of Insolvency on the Estate of Samuel Griffith , late of Portsmouth, deceas'd, until the 19th Day of June next,---NOTICE is hereby given, that the Commissioners will attend at the House of Mr. John Stowers , Innholder in Portsmouth, to receive and examine the Claims against said Estate, on Wednesday the 19th of April, and 17th of May, and on Monday the 19th of June, from 5 to seven o'clock P. M.
Samuel Penhallow,
John Sparhawk,
Portsmouth, April 13. 1775. Joseph Whipple,
NOTICE is hereby given, that on Tuesday the second of May next, at 6 o'Clock, P. M. the Residue of that valuable LIBRARY of BOOKS of the Rev. ARTHUR BROWNE , late of Portsmouth, deceas'd will be sold by Public Vendue at the late Mansion House of the deceas'd; a Catalogue thereof may be seen at any Time before the said Sale.
Portsmouth, April 12th. 1775.
ANY Persons having any Claims against the Estate of Jonathan Sanders , late of Haverhill, Housewright, deceas'd, are desired to bring in the same to Charles Johnston , and Ezekiel Ladd , Administrators to said Estate. And all Persons indebted unto said Estate, are desired to settle the same immediately, as the Administrators are determined to settle the Estate speedily.
Haverhill March 31, 1775.
Wanted four good Milch Cows
With Calves, for which the Cash will be given. Enquire at the Printing Office.

BOSTON, April 17, 1775.
Friday last the Nautilus [in natural History a simple Shell] arrived here from England with Dispatches for General Gage. In the Nautilus Sloop of War, Capt. Collins, came Passenger, Capt. Delancey of the 17th Regiment of Dragoons.---Capt. Collins left Plymouth the 14th of March.
Yesterday the Falcon Sloop of War arrived here from London. By the last Advices from England we learn, that the Generals How, Burgoyne and Clinton were ordered to Boston, and were to come out in the Cerberus Man of War.
The following Reinforcements are said to be destined for this Place: The 22d, 35th, 40th, 44th, 45th 49 & 63d Regiments of Foot, 17th Regiment of Dragoons, (or Horse) and 600 Marines; each Company to be augmented to 3 Serjeants and 60 Privates.
It is said that all the Recruits raised in England for the different Regiments, are ordered to embark for America, under the Command of Major Bruce of the 38th Regiment, in order to augment the several Regiments now here to the new Establishment.
A Letter from London, of the 4th of March, mentions, That the Bill for restraining the Commerce of the New-England Colonies had passed the two Houses of Parliament and would soon receive the Royal Assent.
We hear that the 14th Regiment, now at St. Augustine, and the Remainder of the 65th Regiment, at Halifax, are ordered immediately for this Place.
The Cerberus Frigate, and Otter, and Merlin Sloops of War, may be daily expected.
Extract of a Letter from London, by the last Ship.
"The only plausible Objection which has ever been made to Parliamentary Taxation was, that Parliament might over Tax you, to ease themselves. This is now effectually obviated by the Offer of fixing a certain Proportion of the current Service of the Year upon America; suppose that a tenth or a twentieth, or rather for Illustration, a one-and-twentieth Part; Then Parliament cannot Tax America One Shilling, without taxing themselves a Pound, and this Tax your Assemblies are to raise themselves. This effectually answers the common Pretence, that you do not object against Taxes, but only against their being laid by Parliament; if therefore you accept the Proposal, all is well; if you do not, your People put themselves so much more in the wrong, and our Opposition Men are effectually confuted, who have continually been asserting, that you would consent to tax yourselves. There is another good Part in the Offer, & that is, it effectually destroys the Distinction of Taxes of Regulation, and Taxes of Revenue; for be the Tax thought which it will, the whole neat Produce of it, is to be allowed to the Province Account where it is laid, and to go in Aid of their Quota of the public Supply. When Lord North had first opened it, the landed Interest in the House of Commons took Fire, imagining that the Ministry were going to give up the Authority of Parliament; but they were soon convinced that this was not intended. Parliament would and must be the supreme Judge of the Proportion, & all must submit to its Decision; nor was it intended that this Motion should have respect to any Thing but mere Taxation, and all declared, that if it were to retard the March of a single Regiment, or to take the Rudder off from the smallest Sloop, they should be against it; that it was only explaining what had been said in the Speech and Address, and pointing out in what Manner the Americans might express their Desire of a Reconciliation, and it was what had been offered to them ten Years ago, and an Offer which, if they would have accepted, would have prevented all the Mischiefs since. Nothing could more strongly confirm the Government, and shew the Sense of the House for vigorous Measures than the Debate on Monday: And the Friends of Government may assure themselves of their being supported, so that you have Nothing to fear by declaring yourselves; and I now write with better Confidence in Government, than I have ever done for near ten Years past; there is a Force and Spirit coming over, which will be abundantly sufficient to bring you to Order."
[Two Words to that Bargain. Says the Congress.]
Extract of a Letter from London, dated January 28, 1775.
"Lord Chatham's Motion for withdrawing the Troops from Boston, was rejected by a Majority of 77 to 18, and open Declarations were made by the Ministerial Side of the Intention to enforce the late Acts. To this End three more Regiments of Foot and one of Dragoons, with seven Hundred Marines, six Sloops of War and two Frigates are now under Orders for America.
"Petitions however are thronging into the House from all Quarters, praying that healing Measures may be taken to restore the Commerce.
"General Gage's Letters being read in the House of Commons, it appears from one of them, that it had been recommended to him by Lord Dartmouth to disarm some of the Colonies, which in his Opinion was not practicable, till he was Master of the Country."
A Letter from Taunton, dated last Friday, mentions, "that on the Monday before, Parties of Minute Men, &c. from every Town in that County, with Arms and Ammunition, met at Freetown early that Morning, in order to take Col. Gilbert, but he had fled on board the Man of War at Newport; they then divided into Parties, and took twenty-nine Tories who had signed Indictments and received Arms in the Colonel's Company, to join the King's Troops; they also took 35 Muskets, 2 Case Bottles of Powder, & a Basket of Bullets, all which they brought to Taunton the same Afternoon, where the Prisoners were separately examined, 18 of whom made such humble Acknowledgments of their past bad Conduct, & solemn Promises to behave better for the future, they were dismissed; but the other 11 being obstinate and insulting, a party was ordered to carry them to Simsbury Mines; but they were sufficiently humble before they had got 14 Miles on their way thither; upon which they were brought back the next Day, and after signing proper Articles to behave better for the future, were escorted to Freetown. There was upwards of 2000 Men embodied there last Monday.
The Provincial CONGRESS adjourned on Saturday Afternoon last, to the 10th of May next; but if necessary to be summoned to meet sooner---And we have it from undoubted Authority, that a perfect Unanimity prevailed in all the important Measures and Deliberations which came before them. They have appointed Thursday the Eleventh of May, for to be keep as a Day of Fasting and Prayer in the Massachusetts Bay.
Last Friday the Somerset Man of War of 64 Guns was hauled into Charles River, and now lays between the Ferry Ways.
On Tuesday last the Ship Earl of Dunmore, Captain Lawrence, arrived at New-York from London, and the next Day the Harriot Packet, Cap. Lee, arrived there from Falmouth, in 7 Weeks and 3 Days; the Prints brought by them are to the 23d of February. Captain Lawrence inform'd, that at Guildhall the Sum of 15,000l. Sterling, was subscribed there in half an Hour for the Poor of Boston; and it was said before he came away, they had made it up to 30,000l.
In a London Paper of the 13th of January, is the following Paragraph, viz. "The King has been pleased to Grant to Governor Hutchinson and his Daughter a Salary of 400l.
From the London Evening Post, Feb. 11, 1775.
May the ministerial Blockheads be block'd!
A N D
The Ports they've blockaded be Unblock'd!
BOSTON, April 17.
In Provincial Congress, Concord, April 14, 1775.
WHEREAS Numbers of Persons from their unhappy Situation in the Town of Boston, are removing with their Effects: It is recommended to the good People of this Province, that they would rent their Houses, and assist such Persons with Teams for their Removal, Provisions for their Support, & all other Necessaries upon as easy and cheap Terms as they can possibly Afford; and that all Goods and Merchandise be sold in like Manner, agreeable to the Spirit of the Continental Association.
Signed, by Order of the Provincial Congress, JOHN HANCOCK, President.
PORTSMOUTH, April 21, 1775.
By the New York Paper of the 6th of April, we find, that the General Assembly of that Province, have transmitted by Capt. Tilly, an humble, firm, dutiful, and loyal PETITION to his Majesty; as also, a MEMORIAL to the Lords, and REPRESENTATION and RE-MONSTRANCE to the Commons of Great Britain, requesting their mutual Endeavours for a Settlement of the present Disputes between the Mother Country, and the Colonies.
QUERE, Whether the same Measures, with the proper Distinctions aforesaid, would not be best to be followed by this and the other Governments?
We also find in the same Paper, that Government hath Emitted the Sum of One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Pounds that Currency, in Bills of Credit, to be put out on Loan; and to appropriate the Interest arising thereon, to the Payment of such public Exigencies as the Circumstances of the Colony may from Time to time render necessary.
QUERE, As a most every Province and Colony throughout the Continent, have Loan Offices, for supplying their Inhabitants with a Paper Currency, as a Medium of Trade, WHY should the Inhabitants of this Province be kept destitute of every sort of Money, even of a sufficiency for purchasing the common Necessaries of Life, when they could give as good Real Security for a Paper Medium as any other Province.
A Boarding School,
MRS. DRUITT begs Leave most respectfully to acquaint her Friends and the Public; she has removed from Boston to Newbury-Port; where she intends to accommodate herself for the Reception of young Ladies as Boarders.
Besides being tenderly and carefully looked after, they will be taught French and English grammatically; Writing, in which Branch, Epistolary Correspondence (that very essential though much neglected Part of Female Education) will be introduced as an established Part of their Exercise.---Arithmetic will be made familiar by a Method adapted to their Capacities, the Want of which makes that Study generally disgusting and consequently often ineffectual. Drawing, Tambour, Bade, Bugle, and Grotto Works, with every Kind of Needle-Work, both plain and in Colours (a Repetition of which she thinks needless to insert as her Abilities in that Way are well known in Boston and many other Parts of the Continent) and every other polite Accomplishment necessary.
The Mode of Education adopted is similar to that of the most approved English Boarding Schools. The Faults and Defects of the Pupils are sought to be rectified by mild and gentle Usage; Rewards & Encouragements; rather than harsh severe Treatment, except when the latter is absolutely necessary.
Mrs. DRUITT tenders her most grateful Thanks, for the Encouragement she has met with in America these three Years past; and assures the Public, the Attainment of those desirable Acquirements shall constantly engage her assiduous Attention.
**Drawing, with all Sorts of Needlework, expedited with the utmost Fidelity and Dispatch for Ladies; on the most moderate Terms and shortest Notice.
A Few Barrells of choice
Philadelphia Flour,
Bar IRON,--- TYRE dit.--- New RAISINS per Cask,--- STONE LINE per Hoghead and Bushell,--- To be Sold cheap for Cash By JACOB SHEAFE, junr. in Portsmouth.
A young Woman, with a fine Bress of MILK, wants a Place. Enquire of the Printer.
A Likely Negro Woman
To be sold very cheap.---Enquire of the Printer.
$ Barnstead. $
THIS is to notify the Proprietors of the Township of Barnstead, in the County of Strafford, in the Province of New Hampshire, that at a legal Meeting held at Newington, the 28th Day of March, 1775, voted that there be levied and raised on each Proprietors sixty Acre Lot, ten Shillings, and on each Hundred Acre Lot sixteen Shillings and eight Pence lawful Money, equal to two Pence lawful Money per Acre; also voted that the like Sum of two Pence lawful Money per Acre, be levied and raised on all the other Lands in said Township. The said Proprietors are therefore hereby notified to pay the said Taxes to me at my House in Newington by Tuesday the 15th of May next, or their Lands will be advertised for Sale at public Vendue, as the Law directs.
EPHRAIM PICKERING, Collector.
Newington, April 20, 1775.
Northumberland.
THE Proprietors of Northumberland are desired to meet at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth, on Thursday the 11th Day of May next, at 6 o'Clock, P. M for the following purposes, viz. To chuse a Moderator and other Officers that may be necessary for managing the Affairs of said Township.---To ascertain to each Grantee the Number of his Lot pitched, and to determine on a Method for the Disposal of those Lots that remain unpitched.---To receive and act on the Report of a Committee chosen, January 2, 1772, to consult whether the survey of the late Township of Stonington be of any Advantage to the Propriety of Northumberland.---To enquire into the State of the Mills in said Township, if kept in Repair, and Attendance given according to contract, if not then, to choose a Committee to take the legal Steps for redressing the Proprietors.---To agree on a Method for paying the Quit Rents.---To vote what Moneys may be thought necessary for the above purposes, and act on any Matter that may appear for the Benefit of said Propriety.
By Order of the Assessors,
NATHANIEL TREADWELL, Clerk. Portsmouth, April 17 1775.
ALL Persons that have any Demands on the Estate of the Hon. THOMAS WALLINGFORD, Esq; deceas'd, are desired to bring in their Claims to ELIZABETH WALLINGFORD, Administratrix on said Estate. Also, those that are Indebted to said Estate, are once more desired to make speedy Payment, otherwise may depend on their Notes and Accompts put in Force immediately without Notice.
ELIZABETH WALLINGFORD.
Somersworth, April 19th 1775.
N. B. TO BE SOLD THE HOUSE, LAND, and Privilege for a FERRY, lately occupied by Mr. Timothy Fernald, late of Kittery, deceas'd. For further particulars, enquire of Elizabeth Wallingford. Somersworth, April 19. 1775.
TO BE SOLD
By Josiah Gilman of Exeter,
A FARM containing 75 Acres of good Arable, Pasture and Weed Land, situate on the Main Road that leads to Epping, about three Miles from Exeter, with a House, Barn, Orchard, and good Well; about 30 Loads of Dung hauled out, & several Acres broke up last Fall; it is well water'd in all Parts with Brooks and Springs; a Stock of Cattle and one good Horse, for Saddle or Chaise, to be sold either with, or without the Place; as also sundry Utensils for Husbandry, v. z. a large Pair of Iron bound Wheels, Yokes, Chains, &c.
Said Gilman takes this Opportunity to intreat all Persons, especially those whose Debts have been of long Standing, to make speedy Payment, as they would avoid further Trouble:
Rags of all Kinds to make Paper.
Taken in by Mr. George Marshall, Sailmaker, and Capt. Robert Farnes---Fine Rags at two Coppers and half per Pound, and coarse ditto as customary.
TICKETS in Harvard College Lottery, (which is to be drawn the first Day of June next) to be sold by SAMUEL FREEMAN of Falmouth. Price 6 Dollars.
N. B. The highest Prize is 5000 Dollars, & there are not two Blanks to a Prize.
Warrantee and Quitclaim Deeds, Justice Writs, Shipping Papers, Bail Bonds, &c Sold at the Printing Office.
The Publisher of this Paper
Has been in such perpetual Confusion by the different and contrary Accounts of the late Bloody Scene, that all Mistakes must be overlook'd,