The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1774-05-20 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
GAZETTE CHRONICLE FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
Friday May 20, 1774.
NO. 917 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd.
BOSTON, May 12. Tuesday arrived here Capt. Shayler, in a Brig from London, who brought the most interesting & important Advices, that ever was received at the Port of Boston. ALSO, The most famous Act of Parliament, that ever was past, in any Country. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, April 2. 1774. THOMAS HUTCHINSON, Esq; Governor of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, in North-America, having humbly requested his Majesty's Leave to come to England, the King has been graciously pleased to comply therewith, and to appoint THOMAS GAGE, Esq; Lieutenant General of his Majesty's Forces, to be Captain-General and Governor in Chief of the said Province, and Vice-Admiral of the same, during his Majesty's Pleasure.
LONDON, March 25. Lord Shelburne will shortly be appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Lord Harcourt is to be recalled; and, in case of the Death of Lord Holderness, who is now ill, he will succeed to the preceptorship of the Prince of Wales. Col. Barre will go Secretary to Lord Shelburne; the view of which Promotion might probably influence the Colonel to accord so heartily with the Ministry in the Measures taken AGAINST the Bostonians. The intimation in the Colonel's late Speech, that "If Office came to him it came unlooked for," is to be accounted for upon the supposition of a Secretaryship IN EXPECTANCY.
March 30. There is not a Maxim of Religion, Morals, or Politics, more evident than this,-----that America is a HEN that lays her GOLDEN EGGS for Britain; that she must be cherished and supported as part of the great Family of Britain; then will her trade increase: And, in return, she must promote and augment her commercial Connection with the Mother Country, and "cling to her (as Milton says) like as the Vine curls her Tendrils," which implies Subjection. The utmost Secrecy is observed in the delivery of all Letters from Boston on Government Account. Two different Packets are said to have been received within these few Days; the Particulars of which have not as yet transpired.
A COMMITTEE is appointed by the Upper Assembly to enquire into the several Proceedings of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay, in Opposition to the Sovereignty of his MAJESTY in his Parliament of Great-Britain over that Province, &c.
April 4. The East-India Company, it is said, were ordered last Week to give an Account of the Loss they sustained on Account of the rebellious Behaviour of the Americans.
The Son of the good, and ill-used Dr. FRANKLIN, a Man possessed of every amiable and noble Virtue, and dearly beloved by the People of America, is divested of his Government of New-Jersey; and Sir THOMAS MILLS, a Relation of Lord MANSFIELD, is appointed to succeed him.
An Evening Paper says, that a Sloop of War sailed from Plymouth fourteen Days since for Boston, with Orders to bring to England in IRONS, Messrs. Hancock, Row, Adams, & M c Intosh. M c Intosh has been very active among the lower Order of People, the others among the higher.
A great Personage was never known so earnest in Business as that of bringing the rebellious Americans to a sense of their Duty.
DUBLIN, March 23. The British Administration seem like some Quacks, who have but one Salve for every sore.---The People of New-England have opposed the Schemes of Government, and they are to be punished by removing the Custom House of Boston from that Town; the People of Ireland have complied with every Scheme of Government, and they are to be rewarded by removing the Custom-House of Dublin from that City, to pay a Visit to the North-Wall.
March 29. Yesterday the House of Commons went into a Committee on the further consideration of the American papers, and after some time spent therein, Sir Charles Whitworth acquainted the House that the Committee had come to one resolution, which will be reported this day and the Committee to sit again on Wednesday fortnight. The resolution is said to be, to move for leave to bring in a bill to regulate the civil Government of Massachusetts-Bay. As such a bill, it is imagined, will interfere with some of the American charters, there is no doubt but it will be strongly opposed.
The gallery being cleared on the division, no stranger was permitted to return into it; and the House about seven o'clock, went into a Committee on the American papers, to take into Consideration the naval force necessary to enforce the Boston Port Bill.
Lord North then made the following motion: That leave be given to bring in a bill for regulating the government of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, in North-America. This produced a short debate, or rather conversation, in which Lord Germayne, Mr. C. Fox, and Col. Bempes, took a leading part; and Mr. Dempster on the other. The Motion was agreed to, and a Bill ordered to be brought in pursuant thereto.
April 1. The following Men of War, &c. are destined for Boston, or at least for the North-American Station:---the Royal Oak of 70 Guns; the Expansion of 50; and the Winchester and Preston, of 60 Guns each. Other Accounts say, that no Regiment will be sent out, unless the BOSTONIANS
persist and refuse to pay a due obedience to the Acts of the British Legislature; in which Case four Men of War of the Line, and three Frigates, together with six Regiments of Foot, will be sent to New-York; the Frigates to block up the Port, and in case of Resistance, the Military to penetrate into the Heart of the Province.
April 5. On Saturday, Orders were sent to Ireland, for two Regiments on that Establishment, to be in Readiness to embark for North-America, on the first Notice.
From the Boston Gazette, May 16. THE ACT of Parliament for blocking the Town of Boston, cannot be parallel'd in all the English History: The Passion, the Cruelty, the Tyranny, appearing at first Glance in the very Face of it, were never equalled in any Reign of the Stuarts. It exhibits to every Town in this Province, to every Colony upon this extensive Continent, and to the whole World, what is to be expected from a Government that claims an unbounded Authority over us, that still calls itself, and we till of late were wont to call, with true filial Affection, the parent State. It aims to reduce us to the last Distress, for what every Friend to the Rights of Humanity, will highly applaud us, because we abhor Slavery, and devoted to Destruction an Article, after endeavouring with all our Might to send it back safe to the Proprietors, the vending of which among us must have rivetted our Chains. It is notorious, that the Opposition to the East-India Company's sending their Tea to America, first begun among the Merchants of England. It then appeared in the Provinces of Pennsylvania and New-York; and was last adopted here. The Reasons for such an Opposition are indisputable. They never have been, and never can be answered but by meer brutal Force. And of this Force Boston is destined to be the first Example.--- It was expected that a Requisition would have been made for the payment of the Price of the Tea, and Time allowed for an Answer to such a Requisition. Instead of this, Vengeance to the highest Extreme immediately falls upon us.---No Time to make Submission, were we disposed to do it.---No Terms of Security for us defin'd.---but the many Thousands in this Town must be at once ruined; and Persons of all political Sentiments without distinction, the aged and the Young, the Widow and the Orphan, the Mother and the Suckling, all reduced at once, to a Distress that the Sternest Prince would have spared to a conquered Town of the most obstinate Rebels.
But who could imagine this cruel Edict should be plann'd by a Native of the Town of Boston? & yet there is no Room to doubt that the hypocritical, smiling, ambitious, avaricious Hutchinson; a Man born for the Distress of his Country, and to be the Object of its Execrations in all Times to come, aided by the Olivers, Sewals, Auchmutes, Paxtons, Hallowells, &c. &c. contriv'd and urged with all their Sophistry, low Cunning and Malice, this In-strument for desolating the Town of Boston. Their Tools and Minions gave out soon after the Destruction of the Tea, that the Seaports, and particularly Boston, would soon be managed in such a Manner as to set all things right: That all our Trade would be ruined.---That the Inhabitants would then divide among themselves and cut one another's Throats.---That the other Towns through the Province would desert the Cause, and grow exasperated with the Capital.---That the other Colonies unchastised, and glad at their own Security, would leave Boston and Massachusetts to the Mercy of the Ministry; and bluster no more for American Rights: And that this stroke would scatter Terror through the Continent, and annihilate all Opposition to the Authority of Parliament. The Reverse of all this is likely to take Place. There is now little or no Distinction of Parties among us---all are anxious for the common Safety, and the Town never so well united.---Our Brethren in the Country behold the approaching Misery of a Capital that has been exemplarily vigilant, and generously exposed itself to ministerial Vengeance, for the Preservation of their Rights, as well as its own, with Pity to the Distress'd, and Indignation at the Authors. They value above every Thing the Rights for which we suffer, and send us from all Quarters the most encouraging Assurances of their Aid and Support. Our Sister Colonies behold in this Metropolis a Specimen of what they may expect after we are Subdued.---they know that the Renunciation of Rights demanded of us by military Torture, is what must essentially affect them; and that our Perseverance greatly depends upon their Assistance and Aid, which we may be assured they will most readily afford. This Union will secure the Success of the American Cause, and establish Liberty and Happiness in the rising Empire in spite of all the Efforts of an unnatural Mother.
BOSTON, Monday, May 16. ON Friday last there was a most numerous and respectable Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of this Town, legally warned and assembled in Faneuil-Hall, to consider an Edict lately passed by the British Parliament for shutting up the Harbour, and other Ways punishing the Inhabitants, and to determine upon proper Measures to be taken by the Town thereon. After making Choice of Mr. Samuel Adams Moderator of the Meeting, the Edict was distinctly read by the Clerk; and the Nature and Tendency as well as the Design of it being explained in the Observations of several Gentlemen upon it, the Town came into the following Vote, Nem. Con. viz.
VOTED, That it is the Opinion of this Town, that if the other Colonies come into a JOINT Resolution to stop all Importations from Great-Britain, and Exportations to Great-Britain, and every Part of the West-Indies, till the Act for blocking up this Harbour be repealed, the same will prove the Salvation of North-America, and her Liberties: On the other Hand, if they continue their Exports and Imports, there is high Reason to fear that Fraud, Power, and the most odious Oppression will rise triumphant over Right, Justice, social Happiness and Freedom. And Ordered, that this Vote be forthwith transmitted by the
Moderator to all our Sister Colonies in the Name and Behalf of this Town.
Then it was moved for Consideration, what Measures were proper for the Town to take on the present Emergency; whereupon several judicious, spirited and manly Proposals were made; which being debated with a Candor, Moderation and Firmness of Mind becoming a People resolved to preserve their Liberty, it was Voted, that the Moderator, with John Rowe, Esq; Mr. Thomas Boylston, William Phillips, Esq; Doctor Joseph Warren, John Adams, Esq; Josiah Quincy, Esq; Thomas Cushing, Esq; Mr. Henderson Inches, Mr. William Mollineux, and Mr. Nathaniel Appleton, be a Committee to take the several Proposals that have been, and others that may be made, into Consideration, and report to the Town as soon as may be.
After which the Town made Choice of Mr. Oliver Wendell, Isaac Smith, Esq; Mr. William Dennie, Mr. William Powell, and Mr. John Pitts, to repair immediately to the Towns of SALEM & MARBLEHEAD, to communicate the Sentiments of this Metropolis to the Gentlemen there, consult with them, and make Report at the Adjournment.
Then the Meeting was adjourned till Wednesday next at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon. The Meeting was opened with an excellent Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Cooper.
A Correspondent observes, that there never was more UNANIMITY than appeared in Faneuil-Hall on Friday last; and he adds, that it was as perfect as human Society can admit of.
It is an inexpressible Grief that Mr. HANCOCK's ill State of Health would not permit his Attendance in Faneuil-Hall on Friday last. We pray GOD he may be able to attend the General Assembly at the approaching Session.
It is said that Faneuil-Hall was so throng'd last Friday, that several Hundred Persons were unable to attend the Meeting.
Last Saturday our worthy Fellow Citizen, Mr. Paul Revere, was dispatched by the Committee of Correspondence of this Town with important Letters to the Southern Colonies.
A Correspondent tells us, that if the Colonies will now Unite in a total Suspension of Trade with Great Britain and the West-Indies, they may "Stand still and see the Salvation of the Lord."
Friday last arrived here his Majesty's Ship Lively, Captain Bishop, in 26 Days from England, in whom came his Excellency General GAGE, who is appointed Governor and Commander in Chief of this Province:---His Excellency landed at Castle William under a Discharge of the Cannon of that Fortress. And we hear that the next Day the following Advice was given by his Majesty's Council to his Excellency Governor HUTCHINSON.---"That General GAGE's Commission for Governor of this Province be read on Tuesday next: the Boston Regiment, the Troop of Guards and the Cadet Company to be in Arms; his Excellency to land at the End of the Long Wharf, from thence to be escorted by his Majesty's Council, the above Troops, &c. to the Court House; and an elegant Dinner to be prepared."
We hear the Entertainment will be at Faneuil-Hall.
Extract of Letter from one of the first character in London, April 20. "Alterations in the Constitution of the Massachusetts are now talked of, though what they are to be seems hardly yet settled. One thing mentioned is the appointment of a Council by mandamus; another giving power to the Governor to appoint Magistrates without consent of Council; another the abolishing of town-meetings or making it unlawful to hold till the business to be proposed has been certified to the Governor and his permission obtained.---All these projections, as well as the plan for blocking up the harbour, and the demolishing Hancock and Rowe's wharfs, were sent from the infamous scoundrels at Boston and the neighbourhood."
To the Inhabitants of BOSTON.
Friends and Brethren, Preserve your Unanimity, keep up your Spirits, and above all, put your Trust in GOD, and seek to him for Wisdom and Fortitude, and you need not fear what Man can do unto you.
A. B. of Charlestown.
Tuesday last arrived here the Brig Minerva, Captain Walker, from Glasgow with whom came Passengers, the Captains Orr, Ruffel, and Brown, and about forty Steerage Passengers, mostly Farmers.
The patriotic Merchants of Newbury-Port, have exhibited a noble
Example in the following Resolution, viz.
"That we will, in Case the other Provinces on the Continent shall join in the Measure, or even if the other Sea Ports in this Province will come into it, lay up all our Vessels (as they come in) after the 14th of June next, and that we will neither import or export any one Article of Merchandise or Produce to the Southward of South-Carolina, more especially that we will break off all Trade to and from the West-Indies, or any part of Great-Britain or Ireland, and that this Resolution we will continue in till the Town and Port of Boston is again opened, and freeze to go in and out of, or till the Disputes between this Continent and Great-Britain are settled upon such a Basis as that we and our Children may enjoy all those Privileges we are contending and reasonable Men ought to contend for."
The new-born Prince was christened by the Name of ADOLPHUS FREDERICK.
The House of Commons adjourned to the 12th of April.
From the LONDON-GAZETTE, April 5. The following ACT of PARLIAMENT, passed in the present Session, and which takes Place on the FIRST of JUNE next, is printed for the Information of the Merchants of Great-Britain and Ireland trading to North-America.
THE

THE Extraordinary Act For blocking up the Harbour of BOSTON.
L O N D O N, April 4, 1774. The following is the much talked of BOSTON PORT-BILL, which on Thursday last received the Royal Assent, and after the FIRST OF JUNE becomes a Law. Anno Regni GEORGI III. Regis Magnæ Britannæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ. An ACT to discontinue, in such manner, and for such time as are therein mentioned, the landing and discharging, lading or shipping of Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, at the town, and within the harbour of Boston, in the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, in North-America.
WHEREAS dangerous commotions and insurrections have been fomented and raised in the Town of Boston, in the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, by divers ill-affected persons, to the subversion of his Majesty's Government, and to the utter destruction of the public peace, and good order of the said Town; in which commotions and insurrections certain valuable cargoes of TEAS, being the property of the East-India Company, and on board certain Vessels lying within the bay or harbour of Boston, were seized and destroyed: And whereas, in the present condition of the said town and harbour, the commerce of his Majesty's subjects cannot be safely carried on there, nor the customs payable to his Majesty duly collected; and it is therefore expedient that the officers of his Majesty's customs should be forthwith removed from the said Town: May it please your 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, & commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the FIRST DAY OF JUNE, One thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons whatsoever to lade or put, or cause or procure to be laden or put, off or from any quay, wharf, or other place, within the said town of Boston, or in or upon any part of the shore or the bay, commonly called the harbour of Boston, between a certain headland or point called NAHANT POINT, on the Eastern side of the entrance into the said bay, and a certain other headland or point called ALDERTON POINT, on the western side of the entrance into the said bay, or in or upon any island, creek, landing-place, bank, or other place, within the said bay, or headlands, into any ship, lighter, boat, or bottom, any goods, wares, or merchandise whatsoever, to be transported or carried into any other country, province, or place whatsoever, or into any other part of the said province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England; or to take up, discharge, or lay on land, or cause or procure to be taken up, discharged, or laid on land, within the said town, or in or upon any of the places aforesaid, out of any boat, lighter, ship, vessel, or bottom, any goods, wares, or merchandise whatsoever, to be bro't from any other country, province or place, or any other part of the said province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, upon pain of the forfeiture of the said goods, wares, and merchandise, and of the said boat, lighter, ship, vessel, or other bottom into which the same shall be put, or out of which the same shall be taken, & of the guns, ammunition, tackle, furniture, and stores, in or belonging to the same: And if any such goods, wares, or merchandise, shall, within the said town, or in any the Places aforesaid, be laden or taken in from the shore into any barge, hoy, lighter, wherry, or boat, to be carried on board any ship or vessel outward-bound to any other country or province, or other part of the said province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, or be laden or taken into
such barge, hoy, lighter, wherry, or boat, from or out of any ship or vessel coming in and arriving from any other country or province, or other part of the said province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, such barge, hoy, lighter, wherry, or boat, shall be forfeited and lost.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any wharfinger, or keeper of any wharf, crane, or quay, or their Servants, or any of them, shall take up or land or knowingly suffer to be taken up or landed, or shall ship off, or suffer to be waterborne, at or from any of their said wharfs, cranes, or quays, any such goods, wares, or merchandise: in every such case, all and every such wharfinger, and keeper of such wharf, crane, or quay, and every person whatever who shall be assisting, or otherwise concerned in the shipping or in the loading or putting on board any boat, or other vessel, for that purpose, or in the unshipping such goods, wares, and merchandise, or to whose hands the same shall knowingly come after the loading, shipping, or unshipping thereof, shall forfeit and lose treble the value thereof, to be computed at the highest price which such sort of goods, wares, and merchandise shall bear at the place where such offence shall be committed, at the time when the same shall be so committed, together with the Vessels & boats, & all the horses, cattle, and carriages, whatsoever made use of in the shipping, unshipping, landing, removing, carriage, or conveyance of any of the aforesaid goods, wares, and merchandise.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that if any ship or vessel shall be moored or lie at anchor, or be seen hovering within the said bay, described & bounded as aforesaid, or within one league from the said bay so described, or the said headlands, of any of the islands lying between or within the same, it shall and may be lawful for any admiral, chief commander, or commissioned officer of his Majesty's fleet or ships of war, or for any officer of his Majesty's customs, to compell such ship or vessel to depart to some other port or harbour, or to such station as the said officer shall appoint, & to use such force for that purpose as shall be found necessary: And if such ship or vessel shall not depart accordingly, within six hours after notice for that purpose given by such person as aforesaid, such ship or vessel, together with all the goods laden on board thereon, & all the guns, ammunition, tackle, and furniture, shall be forfeited and lost, whether bulk shall have been broken or not.
Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to any Military or other Stores for his Majesty's Use, or to the Ships or Vessels whereon the same shall be laden, which shall be commissioned by, and in the immediate Pay of, his Majesty, His Heirs or Successors; nor to any Fuel or Victual brought Coastwise from any Part of the Continent of America, for the necessary Use and Sustenance of the Inhabitants of said Town of Boston, provided the Vessels wherein the same are to be carried shall be duly furnished with a Cocket and Let-pass, after having been duly searched by the proper Officers of His Majesty's Customs at Marblehead, in the Port of Salem, in the said Province of Massachusetts-Bay; and that some Officer of his Majesty's Customs be also there put on board the said Vessel, who is hereby authorised to go on board, and proceed with the said Vessel, together with a sufficient Number of Persons, properly armed, for his Defence to the said Town or Harbour of Boston; nor to any Ships or Vessels which may happen to be within the said Harbour of Boston on or before the first Day of June, one Thousand seven Hundred and seventy Four, and may have either laden or taken on Board, or be there with an Intent to load or take on board, or to land or discharge any Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, provided the said Ships and Vessels do depart the said Harbour within fourteen Days after the first Day of June one Thousand seven Hundred and seventy four.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all seizures, penalties, and forfeitures, inflicted by this act, shall be made and prosecuted by any admiral, chief com-
mander, or commissioned officer, of his Majesty's fleet or ships of war, or by the officers of his Majesty's customs, or some of them, or by some other person deputed or authorised, by warrant from the lord high treasurer, or the commissioners for his Majesty's treasury for the time being, and by no other person whatsoever: and if any such officer or other person authoriz'd as aforesaid, shall, directly or indirectly, take or receive any bribe or reward, to connive at such lading or unlading, or shall make or commence any collusive seizure, information or agreement for that purpose, or shall do any other act whatsoever, whereby the goods, wares, or merchandise, prohibited as aforesaid, shall be suffered to pass either inwards or outwards, or whereby the forfeitures & penalties inflicted by this act may be enacted, every such offender shall forfeit the sum of five hundred pounds for every such offence, and shall become incapable of any office or employment, civil or military; and every person who shall give, offer, or promise, any such bribe or reward, or shall contract, agree, or treat with, any person, so authorised as aforesaid, to commit any such offence, shall forfeit the sum of fifty pounds.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the forfeitures and penalties inflicted by this act shall and may be prosecuted, sued for, and recovered, and be divided, paid, and applied, in like manner as other penalties and forfeitures inflicted by any act or acts of parliament, relating to the trade or revenues of the British colonies or plantations in America, are directed to be prosecuted, sued for, or recovered, divided, paid, and applied, by two several acts of parliament, the one passed in the fourth year of his present Majesty, (intituled, An act for granting certain duties in the British Colonies and plantations in America; for continuing, amending, and making perpetual, an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the second, intituled An act for the better securing & encouraging the trade of his Majesty's sugar colonies in America; for applying the Produce of such duties, and of the Duties to arise by virtue of the said act, towards defraying the expences of defending, protecting and securing, the said colonies and plantations; for explaining an act made in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of King Charles the second, intituled An act for the Encouragement of the Greenland and Eastland trades, and for the better securing the plantation trade; and for altering and disallowing several drawbacks on exports from this kingdom and more effectually preventing the clandestine conveyance of goods to and from the said colonies and plantations, and improving and securing the trade between the same and Great-Britain; ) the other passed in the eighth year of his present Majesty's reign, (intituled, An act for the more effectual and easy recovery of the penalties and forfeitures inflicted by the acts of parliament relating to the trade or revenues of the British colonies and plantations in America.)
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that every charter-party, bill of lading, and other contract for consigning, shipping or carrying any goods, wares, and merchandise whatsoever, to or from the said town of Boston, or any part of the bay or harbour thereof, described as aforesaid, which have been made or entered into, or which shall be made or entered into, so long as this act shall remain in full force, relating to any ship which shall arrive at the said town or harbour after the first day of June, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, shall be, and the same are hereby declared to be, utterly void, to all intents & Purposes whatsoever.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that whenever it shall be made to appear to his Majesty, in his privy council, that peace and obedience to the laws shall be so far restored in the said town of Boston, that the trade of Great-Britain may safely be carried on there, and his Majesty's customs duly collected, & his Majesty in his privy council, shall adjudge the same to be true, it shall & may be lawful for his Majesty, by proclamation, or order of council, to assign and appoint the extent, bounds and limits, of the

port or harbour of Boston, and of every creek or haven within the same, or in the islands within the precinct thereof; and also to assign and appoint such & so many open places, quays and wharfs, within the said harbour, creeks, havens, and islands, for the landing, discharging, lading, and shipping of goods, as his Majesty, his heirs or successors, shall judge necessary and expedient; and also to appoint such and so many officers of the customs therein as his Majesty shall think fit; after which it shall be lawful for any person or persons to lade or put off from, or to discharge & land upon, such wharfs, quays, and places, so appointed within the said harbour, and none other, any goods, wares, and merchandise whatever.
Provided always, That if any goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be laden or put off from, or discharged or landed upon, any other place than the quays, wharfs, or places, so to be appointed, the same, together with the ships, boats, and other vessels employed therein, and the horses, or other cattle and carriages used to convey the same, and the person or persons concerned or assisting therein, or to whose hands the same shall knowingly come, shall suffer all the forfeitures and penalties impos'd by this or any other act on the illegal shipping or landing of goods.
Provided also, and it is hereby declared and enacted, That nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed, to enable his Majesty to appoint such port, harbour, creeks, quays, wharfs, places, or officers, in the said town of Boston, or in the said bay or islands, until it shall sufficiently appear to his Majesty that full satisfaction hath been made by or on behalf of the inhabitants of the said town of Boston to the united company of merchants of England trading to the East Indies, for the damage sustained by the said company by the destruction of their Goods sent to the said town of Boston, on board certain ships or vessels as aforesaid; and until it shall be certified to his Majesty, in Council, by the Governor, or Lieutenant-Governor, of the said Province, that reasonable satisfaction hath been made to the officers of his Majesty's revenue, and others, who suffered by the riots and insurrections above mentioned, in the months of November and December, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-three, and in the month of January, in the year of one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any action or suit shall be commenced, either in Great-Britain or America, against any person or persons, for any thing done in pursuance of this act of Parliament, the defendant or defendants, in such action or suit, may plead the general issue, and give the said act, and the special matter, in evidence, at any trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance and by the authority of this act:— And if it shall appear so to have been done, the jury shall find for the defendant or defendants; and if the plaintiff shall be non-suited, or discontinue his action, after the defendant or defendants shall have appeared; or if judgment shall be given upon any verdict or demurrer, against the plaintiff, the defendant or defendants shall recover treble costs, and have the like remedy for the same, as defendants have in other cases by law.
PHILADELPHIA, April, 25, 1774.
Extract of a Letter from London, February 19. "The Ministerial People here are outrageously angry with Dr. Franklin. They took Occasion, when he was attending the Committee of Council with the Petition of the Massachusetts-Bay, to set the Solicitor-General upon him, who leaving the Business that was before their Lordships, in a virulent Inuendo of an Hour filled with Scurrility, abused him personally, to the great Entertainment of Thirty-five Lords of the Privy-Council, who had been purposely invited, as to a Bull-Baiting, and not one of them had the Sense to reflect on the impropriety and indecency of treating in so ignominious a Manner, a public Messenger, whose Character in all Nations, savage as well as civilized, used to be deemed sacred, & his Person under public Protection, even when coming from an Enemy; nor did one of them check the Orator's Extravagance, and recall him to the Point under Consideration, but generally appeared much delighted, chuckling, laughing, and sometimes loudly applauding. I did not before think it possible for any Persons in their Stations, to behave in a Manner so extremely unbecoming, especially when sitting in a judicial Capacity. I never was in America, but I do not believe that any Judges or Justices of any of your Inferior Courts, in the back Counties, would have conducted themselves with so little Dignity, or have disgraced themselves so much, as to suffer a Lawyer to treat even a Criminal, at their Bar, with such out-
rage.—Luckily, however, for the Doctor, those Actions of his, which they pitched upon to vilify him for, in the Opinion of all good and sensible Men here, were two as truly virtuous and good as any which dignify Human Nature. The first being an endeavour to lessen the Resentment of New-England towards Great-Britain, by convincing that Country, that the sending of Troops, and other Measures they complained of, did not take their rise from an inimical Disposition towards them here, but were originally planned and recommended by some of their own People:—This he effected by returning thither the Governor's Letters. The other was the Doctor's endeavouring to prevent Bloodshed between two private Persons, by avowing publickly that Transaction. Had Administration been really disposed to a Reconciliation with America, it might have made a good use of the first Discovery, dismissed the two Mischief-Makers, reversed the Measures, and restored Harmony between the two Countries. But instead of thanking him for giving them so good an opening, they seem ready to crucify him. It was formerly said, Blessed are the Peace-Makers ; and the saving of a Citizen , among the ancient Romans, was thought to merit particular Honors; but the Morals of our Court, it seems are different, and the very reverse of those, taught by Philosophers and the Gospel. Being however satisfied within, the Doctor stood the abuse extremely well, and felt the Advantage of a good Conscience, which wonderfully supports a Man on such Occasions, beyond what could be imagined without Trial. And he has had the Satisfaction to find that he has lost no Friends by this Attempt to disgrace him; his House has ever since been filled with Visitors, who come purposely to shew their Regard for him, and express their Indignation at the unworthy Treatment he received. Some who could not come, have written him Letters to the same purpose. Wedderburne's Speech is printed to spread the Defamation wider; but being a little ashamed of it, they have left out of it much of the Ribaldry, so that compared with what it was, it is now a very decent Performance. The Doctor intends, however, before his Departure, I hear, to give it a full Answer. It was with great Reluctance, I am told that the Postmasters-General dismissed him from his Office; they knew his long and faithful Services in that Department, but the Orders they received from the Ministry were so positive that they could not refuse obeying them without giving great Offence.—When People give weak Reasons for strong Resentment, one is apt to suspect, they are not the true ones; so I fancy sometimes, that the Doctor's returning those Letters could not be the Foundation of all this fury, and that possibly the Preface to the Boston Pamphlet, the Prussian Edict, and the Rules for diminishing a great Empire, are suspected to be his, and yet not mentioned, lest the Attention of the Public should be more turned towards those Pieces, which are thought to expose the late Measures too poignantly. Fleets and Troops are talked of, to be sent to America, but what they are to do when they come there, I am at a loss to know, except it be to seize Individuals, and send them here to be punished.—God give us all a little more Wisdom." Amen.
BOSTON, April 9.
From the English Papers, Letters &c. it appears that the Ministry were not a little confounded that the good Sense and Spirit of the Colonies had rendered abortive their late Scheme to establish a Revenue & monopolize their Trade. That they were at a loss which way to shew their Resentment without a greater Injury to themselves and the Nation than to us—The People in general applaud our Conduct, and our Friends say, that if we continue firm and united, we shall ward off the Slavery intended, and escape the Condition of the People of Ireland and many in England, who can hardly get one Meal of Flesh for a Dinner in a Twelvemonth, by Reason of Taxes, Duties, &c. to support Placemen and Pensioners—That the illiberal Treatment of the great Dr. Franklin is despised by Foreigners, as well as the independent part of the Nation, who now look upon the Friends of America in the present Dispute with the Ministry as the wisest and best Friends of G. Britain—That the Commissioners and their Tribe were to be removed from this Town, and a new Governor and Lieutenant-Governor soon appointed—That all Parties appeared against risking any more Troops among us upon a hostile Intention—Notwithstanding the false and inflammatory Accounts transmitted Administration by the Incendiaries of Boston to induce them to take so rash a Measure; and that it was questioned whether the Ministry would venture to carry into Execution the other part of the Incendiaries Scheme for what they call an amending or altering the Constitution, which in plain English is nothing more or less than vacating or destroying the Charter of this Province:—That however this may be, the Colonies have acted a rational as well as manly part in their Opposition to Measures calculated to reduce them to the most abject and ruinous Slavery; for if in a Day of Trial, Ministerial Force should carry it against the Colonies, in Opposition to Law and Right, redress may hereafter be obtained by their own growing Strength is not from the Justice of the Nation; but Rights and Privileges once surrendered are lost forever.
The Conduct of the patriotic Citizens of New-York, with respect to the Teas sent them, after that they had been fully apprized of the Bluster made by the Friends of Tyranny and Enemies of the Colonies on the other Side of the Water, appears as Generous as it was spirited and necessary, and may serve to convince Administration that when Americans perceive Inult added to Oppression and Injustice, they will always resent it in a Manner becoming the Character of a wise and great People.
The following was published in London on the 25th of Jan. last. To the MEMBERS of the HOUSE of COMMONS.
GENTLEMEN, BY the last Advices from America, we learn, that great Unbusiness and Discontent prevail in all the Colonies, on Account of a Duty of three Pence per Pound laid on Tea by Virtue of an Act of Parliament, to which the Americans imagine, that if they submit, it will be an Introduction to all that Variety of Taxes which are paid in England, besides the numerous Taxes imposed on them by their own Representatives.
In consequence, Gentlemen of these Apprehensions, the Americans have very illegally, at Boston, destroyed 324 Chests of Tea, the Property of the East-India Company: But to justify themselves in this Violence and Disobedience to the Act, they presume to call the Authority of the House of Commons over them in question. This cannot fail of being taken Cognizance of by your august Assembly, whose Resolutions, it is hoped, will not be mere Acts of Power, for it should always be remembered, that the Colonies are our Brethren and fellow Subjects, and entitled equally with us to every Right and Privilege of Britons. We should therefore enquire, "Whether we have behaved to them as Brethren?" And, Whether we have not exacted from them what we should have judged extremely hard to have suffered ourselves?"
The first Right of a Briton is, "That he cannot be taxed but by his Peers;" the next "that he cannot be taxed but by a Parliament in which he is represented, or by Persons who pay a Share of the Tax they impose on him." Are then the Colonies in this Manner represented in the Parliament of Great-Britain? Do those who impose a Duty on Tea in the Colonies pay a Share of that Duty? If this is not the Case, what have the Colonies
done that they should be stripped of one of the most valuable Privileges of the Britons? Has Parliament a Right to take the most trifling Privileges from the Subject, unless forfeited by Law? I know they are in many cases omnipotent; they may by Power pass a Law by which any Colony should be deprived of the privilege of being tried by Jury; but I ask, could they of Right do it? for between Power and Right there is a very great Difference.
The utmost Wisdom of Parliament will be wanted on this most important Occasion, and no Member, it is hoped, will advise an improper Exertion of Power. It is the true Interest of Great-Britain to acquire and retain, not to alienate the Affections of her Colonies; and this can only be done by kind Usage, and always considering them as they most certainly deserve to be considered, in all Respects on the same Footing as ourselves, and of Right entitled to every Privilege that we in England enjoy.
The Colonies are so many distant Provinces of the British Empire, which add Strength, Dignity and Power to the Mother Country, and will continue to do so infinitely more; but if, instead of improving this vast Accession of Dominion to our Advantage, we make Enemies of our Friends and fellow Subjects, and thereby convert this Blessing of Heaven into a Curse, then indeed we may have Cause to lament over our late Conquests, whilst every other Power in Europe would rejoice in our Distractions and Divisions, which they already do, and will not fail to encourage.
To endeavour therefore to heal the Wounds between Great-Britain and her American Offspring, which Mr. Greenville's mistaken policy occasioned, is the Duty of every Man, but more immediately the Business of the Members of the British Legislature; nor is it an arduous Task: "Let the whole System of Mr. Greenville's Politics be abolished; let his Ideas of an American Revenue, by Taxation, be heard of no more." Do this, Gentlemen, and you will then want no Revenue from the Colonies by Taxes, or Duties, or Imposts; they will give you all the Wealth they have, for your Manufactures by Trade.
RATIONALIS.
On the Death of the Right Hon. Narbone Baron De Botetourt &c. who departed this Life, October 15th Anno Domini 1770. A faithful Confident, and a true and loyal Friend to King and Country.
  I. Grateful Virginia may Active and diligent,   Blest that auspicious Day Prudent and vigilant,   Botetourt came; Botetourt liv'd;   He did defend our Laws, Virtue his only Guide,   And gave our Country Cause Temperance & Truth his Pride,   To sing with loud Applause, That he so early dy'd   Botetourt's Fame. Britannia griev'd.   II. Religion and Learning were Just, noble, generous,   His first and greatest Care, Steady, not timorous,   He their Support; Botetourt stood;   Let others Example take, May his Successors be   And him their Pattern make, As good and great as he,   For their and our Sake, And join in Loyalty,   Business their Sport. The publick Good.   Composed by Magnea Dame. 
Middletown.
THE Proprietors of MIDDLETOWN so called, are hereby notified, that a Meeting of said Proprietors is to be held, at the House of Mr. Stephen Wentworth, Innholder in Recheffer, in the County of Strafford, on Monday the thirtieth Day of this Instant May, at two o'clock P. M. then and there to act and vote on the following Articles, viz. 1. To choose a Moderator. 2. To choose a new Clerk, and a new Treasurer. 3. To choose a Committee to inspect the Books of Records of the present Clerk, in order to see if all past Transactions, relating to said Township at several Meetings have been duly and fairly recorded, and to report the State of the same, at the next Adjournment; and in case of any Errors or Defect appearing in former Records, or Votes, whether the Propriety will agree to rectify the same, by confirming and establishing such Votes as may be hitherto thought defective. 4. To see if the Propriety will agree to sell and clear 8 or 10 Acres of Trees on the ministerial Lot, for the future Encouragement of a Minister. 5. To see what Preaching the Propriety will vote to pay the ensuing Year. 6. To choose and impower a Committee to call the Collector of the Land-Taxes to account, and to examine the State of the present Treasurer's Account, and to settle with both Treasurer and Collector up to the present Meeting. 7. To see whether any more Monies may be wanted upon the Roads this Year, and to vote what shall be agreed upon as necessary for that Purpose; and any other contingent Charges as abovementioned, in which Case to chuse a Collector for the same. 8. To see whether the Proprietors at said Meeting will chuse a Committee to sell all the Pew Priviledges in the Meeting-House in said Town at public Vendue, and to impower said Committee to appoint or say how many Pews there shall be in said Meeting House, and apply the Money arising therefrom, to the finishing of the Inside of said Meeting House. 9. To hear the Request of Capt John Drew and others, relative to the Saw Mill Priviledge, and High Way that is wanted to said Mill, for the Benefit of said Proprietors, and act thereon, as the Proprietors shall think proper at said Meeting. 10. To see whether the Proprietors will chuse a Committee, and impower them to exchange any High Way that they shall think proper, for the Benefit of the said Proprietors, and make a Report of their Doings at this Meeting upon Adjournment; and to act on any other Matter that may help to forward the Settlement of the Township. All concerned are desired to attend at Time and Place aforesaid. By Order of the Assessors,
JOHN GAGE, Prop's Clerk; Dever. May 2d 1774.

Mr. PRINTER, THOUGH I mean not to altercation the Right of Parliament to tax the Colonies, it having been fully discussed by able Hands; yet as I conceive Governor Hutchinson to be endowed with political Wisdom equal to any Man in the Colonies, his imprudent Challenge offered a late Assembly to enter the List with them respecting that Matter, is truly astonishing; especially too, when he knew the Repeal of a certain Duty in America, was accompanied with an absolute Declaration of such a Power in all Cases whatever; and, on which the Colonies were silent. This Challenge appears with a deliberate Design to inflame, or instill, while the Destruction of the Tea at Boston (tho' perhaps precipitate) was thought the only Alternative for preventing the Ruin of this Continent: All Endeavours to send it back, being some how or other frustrated.
The Parliament of Britain claims a Right to tax the Americans, who pronounce such Right (the English Constitution considered) to be nugatory; but, be that as it may. If the Parliament puts such a Claim in practice, the Consequence may, and probably will be, that the Americans like wild Birds in a Cage, will flutter about till they find a weak Place, and fly out, or worry themselves to death in the Confinement; either of which is consonant to what the wise Man says of Oppression; and must be very disagreeable to our gracious Sovereign, and all his considerate Subjects,--take which pleases the Reader. The King by either, must lose a great Part of his best Subjects, (though younger Sons) if what I have never heard be true, viz. an American, the Son of a Protestant, willing to have another King, or Form of Government. And I verily believe, they will abhor the Thoughts of a Revolt. For the Truth of which, Appeal may be made to Men of every Nation and Denomination in America (those who Riot or Hoard, from what by all but themselves is deemed Oppression, excepted) unless, the Characteristic of a People be drawn from a Mob, sometimes shewing away in a populous Town or City; which frequently happens in England, Ireland and elsewhere. Nor is the similarity of the Occasions difficult to elucidate; only where a Partiality is shewn in favour of an East-India Company, to the Detriment of a West-India World.
Let the destroyed Tea be paid for; nay, let all the Colonies on the Continent (the infant Settlements of Georgia and Nova-Scotia excepted) join in paying for it. And to prevent any Time being spent about the Proportion; let it be paid for according to the Estimate of Inhabitants in Ames's Almanack for 1756. Let all Revenue Acts be repealed; and if the Rod does belong to Parliament, may what the Poet says induce them for the present to lay it aside.
"Such is the World's great Harmony that springs From Order, Union, full Consent of Things. Where Small and Great, where Weak and mighty, made To serve, not suffer, strengthen, not invade, more powerful each, as needful to the Rest, And in Proportion as it blesses, blest."
I am Mr. Printer, your humble Servant Z. Not a Massachusetts Man, tho' an American.
BOSTON, Monday, May 16.
Extract of a Letter from London, dated April 10, 1774.
"I inclosed I send you the Boston Port-Bill, and the Appointment of General Gage, which is very far from indicating any Want of Regard for Mr. Hutchinson. I can truly say, he never before stood so high in the Public Estimation; and in the Eyes of all the King's Ministers; so that his Enemies will have little Cause of Triumph in seeing the Commander in Chief of all the King's Troops appointed Governor."
"The Petitions which you see in the Papers to the two Houses and to the King, respecting the Boston Port-Bill, were truly contemptible; only seventeen People could be brought to sign them; and few of them, except Mr. Boylston, of any Property in Boston; many of them perhaps none any where else: Such Men as the two L----s, Mr. S----s, and Men that after stopping Payment have paid only Three Shillings in the Pound, will do no Credit to a Petition; much less a Man that has been publicly Branded as a Thief and a Liar by the unanimous Vote of 36 Lords; yet he, I hear, was at the Meeting, and had a Hand in the first Concoction of it. The Bill was carried with only one dissenting Voice."
Extract of a Letter from London, March 28, 1774.
"Concerning public Matters, I am sorry to say that Things are going from bad to worse, and a Breach between Great-Britain and her Colonies seems approaching very fast. This accused Tea is the very Match that is appointed to set fire to a Train of Gun Powder, that has been long, tho' secretly laid by our Ministry and your Governors JOINT AGENTS in that most infernal Business of destroying the Liberties of three Millions British Subjects."
"I write and speak boldly on these Matters, and I care not who knows it; Life would be reduced to mere Existence if Liberty was taken away---And I hope to hear that there are some Remains of Virtue among you, tho' it is almost extinguished here. Swallowed up by our luxury, effeminacy, & avarice---Could the PRIMS and the HAMPDENS of a former Period but take a view of the base Degeneracy of their Successors, it would make them weep Tears of Blood."
"In Respect to the present State of Affairs, it greves me to find such an Outcry against your Townsmen, & to hear some moderate People that I daily converse with carried away by the Current; and to speak the Truth (for there are not Times for Dissimulation) the Chicanery and Misbehaviour of some of your Importers, in a Mercantile View, gives great additional Weight to the public Clamour and takes off the Zeal with which our Merchants and Traders supported you in the Repeal of the Stamp-Act."
"For myself, If I was entirely deserted, I would not fear to maintain my old Principles, that all the Subjects of the British Crown have an equal Right to Liberty, to Favour and Protection; that Taxation implies Representation: that Legislation and Taxation are different Things---That a King should have no Partiality or personal Resentment---That our House of Commons are not omnipotent but limited---That the Americans are our best Customers, our best Friends---That the enormous Expenses of the late war ought not to be charg'd to them, and that they already, as Consumers of our Manufactures, pay their full Quota of the Taxes."
"But at last we must leave these Matters to Providence, and comfort ourselves with doing what is Right in our Consciences, and in this Spirit I salute you, and am, &c"
S A L E M, May 17.
It is confidently said, that the Seat of Government is to be removed from Boston to this Town; that the General Assembly, after the approaching Election, is to sit here; and that a House, at the upper Part of the Town, is actually taken up for the Residence of his Excellency General GAGE, our new-appointed Governor.
It is also asserted, that 4 Regiments, daily expected from Ireland, are to be stationed, 3 in this Town, & one at Marblehead.
Capt. Charles King, of this Town, being on a Journey into the Country, was taken at Reading, last Friday, with a Fit of the Palsy, & died the same Day, AE 66 Years much lamented.
THE Inhabitants of this Town are to meet at the Court-House this Day, at two o'Clock in the Afternoon, to consider of a Petition of a Number of the Inhabitants, respecting the Act of the British Parliament for blocking up the Harbour of Boston; that the Town may consult and determine on such Measures as the Exigency of the Case requires.
*** The Proceedings of the Colonies on this most alarming Occasion must necessarily be of the highest Importance---they will determine whether we shall be SLAVES or FREEMEN, there is no Alternative.
From the Boston Evening Post, of Monday May 16. 1774.
AMERICANS.
T YRANNY without a Covering now stares you all in the Face!---Without the least Shadow of Justice your Estates, your sacred Liberties, are demanded by the Voice of Cannon, & with the Sword pointed at your Breasts!-----You must ALL unite to guard your Rights, or you will ALL be Slaves!---It is not the Rights of Boston only, but of ALL AMERICA which are now struck at!---Not the Merchants only but the Farmer, and every Order of Men who inhabit this noble Continent.---I can see contained in this infernal Plan of Tyranny, Stamp Acts, Land Taxes---Revenue Acts without Number---and ALL the Evils and Calamities that wicked Spirits ever invented, or human Beings ever suffered since the curse of Tyranny has ravaged the World!-----!-----! O BROTHERS! let our Hearts be knit together stronger than Death---our Interest is ONE, if we lose our Liberties, our Fortunes are no more-----we are equally miserable-----every Species of Cruelty and Insult in one black Cloud now hangs over our Heads!-----Brothers! shall we despair amidst the rattling Chains which are formed to bind us Hand and Feet, GOD forbid! Let every Breast swell with disdain at the impious Thought.---Our Enemies have invaded the sacred Rights of Nature, therefore let us defend them so long as we have Life, and I believe that the great GOD who gave them to us will look down with gracious Approbation and give us and our Children cause to rejoice in his Salvation.---We must instantly break off all Commerce with that Country which is now forging Chains for us-----banish all Luxury and return to the Frugality of our venerable Forefathers---then Britain will soon feel the Evil of her Injustice, and be forced to restore our Rights in full Measure. This Plan is easily executed and will ensure Success---but if it were possible for this Measure to fail, we can do that which will not-----
BROTHERS! Let us think of our heroic Ancestors who fought and bled and died for this Country---let us think of our aged Fathers & Mothers---think of our Wives and Children---let us look forward to Posterity, and kindle with the complicated Idea of our important Duty in this great Day of Contest! AN AMERICAN.
PORTSMOUTH.
By a Vessel from St. Christophers, which arrived here on Saturday last, we have Advice, that Capt. Hulme, in a Ship from Jamaica, bound for Boston, Foundered in the Lat. 36 N. and Long. at 66 W. by which Accident, he, together with his People, were obliged to take to their Boat, and after being in her four Days, was taken up by a Vessel from Philadelphia, and brought in here.
For want of Room (tho' so large a share of this Paper is done in a small Type) we are obliged to omit the most excellent and learned Speech of Governor Johnson's in Parliament, against the Boston-Port-Bill, and the other Debates pro and con, as also, a number of London Articles, many of which banter the North-Americans highly, some on our Town-Meetings. Some on the miserable Ships, they say we build with Pins, Needles, Staytapes and Buckram. Some on our Method of Tarring & Feathering, which two or three Members in Parliament said, was all the Arguments the Bostonians used with Persons who offended them, and Mr. Van added, "proper obedience to the Laws would not be paid till that nest of Locusts, (meaning Boston) was destroyed."
   CUSTOM-HOUSE, PISCATAQUA, May 19th. FROM. FOR.     Inward-Entries   Brig Hannah, William Trefethen, Barbadoes.   Schooner Industry, Joseph Adams. St. Kitts.   Sloop Endeavout, Daniel Stover, St. Eustatia.   Sloop Sally, Nathaniel Newman, St. Nicholas.   Sloop Industry, Seymour Sherwood, New-Haven.   Clear'd Outwards   Sloop Speedwell, Thomas Knight, Rhode-Island.   Sloop William and John, Seth Clark, West-Indies.   Brig Charming Molly, Ebenezer Recker, Ditto.   Brig Polly, Daniel Jackson, Ditto.   Brig Dolphin, Wm. Gardner, Ditto.   Brig Irish Oak, Epes Greenough, Ditto.  
The Customers of this GAZETTE on Connecticut-River, &c. are now informed, that unless they by the Return of Mr. Porter the Carrier, enable him to pay for the last Year, no more Papers will be sent. Those also who received said GAZETTE by Mr. Leatherbee, who rode before Mr. Porter, and have not paid, are also Requested now to send it to the Printing-Office, very little having been received of said Leatherbee.
The Eastern Customers are desired to do likewise, and enable Mr. Hill, the Post to make payment.
***** JUST PUBLISH'd, Number IV, The Royal American Magazine, Or, UNIVERSAL Repository of Instruction and Amusement, For APRIL, 1774.
The Subscribers in Portsmouth, York, Berwick, New-Castle, Dover, Windham, and Kittery, are desir'd to apply to Mr. Isaac Williams of Portsmouth for their Books.
RAN AWAY on Friday the 14th Instant from the Subscriber, an Apprentice BOY, named Job Jennings, about 18 Years of Age, of a light Complexion, with light Hair:---Had on when he went away, black Stockings, green Jacket, brown Coat and Leather Breeches---Whoever will take up said Apprentice, and bring him to me, or secure him, and send me Word, shall have One Shilling Reward.---And all Persons are forbid to harbour, conceal and carry off said Apprentice. Kingston, May 18 1774. JOHN CALEF, junr:
Imported in the last Ships from LONDON
By John Mc Master, On Spring-Hill, Portsmouth, A Large Assortment of ENGLISH and Scotch Goods suitable for the Spring Trade;--- which will be sold by Wholesale and Retail, on such Terms as must appear reasonable to every Judge of the different Articles---A large Assortment of the newest Fashion'd SILKS, plain, flower'd and brocaded---Irish LINNENS of all widths---All Sorts of RIBBONS, &c. &c.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHEREAS a PETITION has been preferred to the GENERAL ASSEMBLY, by a Number of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the southerly Part of the Parish of DEERFIELD, in the County of Rockingham, praying, for Reasons mentioned therein, that the said South Part of Deerfield may be incorporated into a distinct Parish, so as to take in the first three Ranges, and one half of the Range, Highway between the third and the Fourth Ranges of Lots:---
THESE are therefore to give Notice, that a Hearing is granted on said Petition, on the third Day of the sitting of the General Assembly next after the twentieth Day of June next, for any Person or Persons to appear and shew Cause why the Prayer thereof may not be granted. GEO. KING, Secretary.
Portsmouth, May 11, 1774.
All Persons indebted to or that Have any Demands on the Estate of John Tuttle late of Dever, deceased, are desired immediately to bring in their Accounts unto Paul Tuttle, Silas Tuttle, or Job Tuttle, Executors of said Deceased, in order for a speedy Settlement. Dever May 9th, 1774.
Whereas Alice the Wife of me the Subscriber, has left me and run me in Debt Needlessly without any Provocation, and fearing her Endeavours will succeed farther to my hurt, This is to warn all People from crediting her on my Account, for I will not pay any Debt she may contract from the Date hereof: DAVID LANGLEY. Durham, April 10th, 1774.
ALL Persons that have any Demands on the Estate of Andrew Wiggin, Esq; late of Stratham, deceased, are desir'd immediately to bring in their Accounts to Dorothy Wiggin of Stratham, Executrix to the last Will of the deceased, in order for Settlement. And all Persons indebted to said Estate, are desired to make immediate Payment to said Executrix. Apr. 29, 1774.
TO BE SOLD BY Joseph Bats, In Portsmouth, a Quantity of the best Water Fowls and Lisbon FEATHERS, LOOKING GLASSES, COVERLIDS, RUGGS, CURTAINS, MATRASSES, green HARRATEEN, crimien & green LHANEY, red and green BUCKRAMS, Curtain CACES of all sorts, CORD and TOSSELLS of all Copeurs for Curtains, Girth Webb, Brass Nails, and 14 Oz. Tacks. Also a Variety of SHOP GOODS, a very little above the Sterling Cost.
RAN away from his Master Benjamin Littlefield of Wells, a NEGRO SERVANT called POMPEY. Had on when he went away, a short Jacket, a pair of Moose Skin Breeches: he says he was baptized in London, and that he is become a Free Negro, having obtained the Opinion of David Sewall, Esq; respecting Slaves, which he calls a Pass, and often shews to People as such. Masters of Vessels and others are cautioned not to entertain him or carry him off. And any Person who shall apprehend the said Pompey, and return him to his said Master, or commit him to his Majesty's Goal in York, or any other of his Majesty's Goals, and notify his said Master thereof, so that he may obtain said Negro again, shall have two Dollars Reward, and all necessary Charges paid by BENJAMIN LITTLEFIELD: Wells, May 5th. 1774.
Clocks and Watches Cleaned and Repaired in the cheapest and best Manner, by Nathaniel Sheaff Griffith in Portsmouth, who has a Workman from London, which Work shall be done with Fidelity and Dispatch: And who has all Sorts of Watch Materials, Springs, Chains, Keys, and Seals, &c. An Assortment of Silver plated Buckles and Buttons. Said Griffith gives Cash for old Gold and Silver. WATCHES sent from East, West, North or South by Post-Riders, will be mended, cleaned and sent back with great Care.