The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1770-06-08 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL CONTAINING the Frestest ADVICES Friday June 8, 1770.
Vol. XIV. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. Number 712.
By Captain Ducket, in 40 Days from Bristol, we have the following fresh Advices, viz.
L O N D O N, April 13. Y ESTERDAY (in consequence of precepts issued by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor) was a numerous and respectable meeting of the Livery in Guildhall. At half past twelve the Lord Mayor, attended by the Sheriffs, Mr. Alderman Trecothick, Mr. Alderman Stevenson, and Mr. Alderman Crosby ascended the hustings; when, after the common proclamations were made, his Lordship told the gentlemen of the Livery, that he had called them together to report to them his Majesty's Answer to their Address, Remonstrance, and Petition, as likewise the Resolutions of the House of Commons and their Address thereupon; and also to take into consideration the resolutions of the Court of Assistants of three of the companies of London, and desired the Town Clerk to read them; which being accordingly done, a motion was made and seconded, that the King's answer should be entered on the City Journals, which was agreed to.
The Lord Mayor then observed, 'That the answer received to the Remonstrance was a very harsh one; so much so, that in the whole history of England, it, perhaps, could not be paralleled. Notwithstanding this he said, he could not arraign his Majesty, but his Majesty; who on this as well as on every other occasion, treated the opinions of the people with insolence and disrespect.' As a proof of the affability of the King, he urged their having all had the honor to kiss his hand.
He mentioned 'the danger he had run in supporting the last resolutions of the Livery in a certain assembly, on which occasion (he said) he had been threatened with confinement, sequestration of his effects, and even with banishment, and which threats he really believed would have been put in execution but for the spirited support of another of the city's representatives, Mr. Trecothick, & the two worthy Sheriffs, with some other gentlemen.'
In regard to the resolution of the Goldsmiths, Weavers, and Grocers, he said, 'That their reflections were at illiberal as untrue, and that, as well as every act of the Livery, was not done clandestinely or insidiously, but in the face of open day, and with the joint concurrence (one only excepted) of the most respectable citizens in the world.'
In speaking of the unparalleled behaviour of the three dissenting companies, among other things he said, 'If the precepts of your Chief Magistrate are to be controlled, what need have you for a Chief Magistrate? If every master of a company has an absolute independent power over the Livery of his company, the power of your Lord-Mayor is at an end. Instead of one Lord-Mayor you will then have sixty-four Lord-Mayors.'
Addressing himself to the Court, he asked, 'Whether the Common-hall, legally assembled, or a few men forming a Court of Assistants in any company, were to be deemed the sense of the city; and why the few who dissented did not appear openly in the hall, to oppose the measures then taken, and to give their reasons for it.'
In recommending order upon an approaching day of festivity, he assured them, 'that nothing would disappoint and mortify their enemies so much as a quiet, orderly, and peaceable behaviour.' His Lordship observed, that 'though the law was slow, it was sure; and that, with law and the constitution on his side, he was ready to fight the enemies of both.' And concluded, by repeatedly requesting them to 'beware giving any pretence for introducing guards into the city to cut the throats of themselves and their fellow-citizens.'
He concluded with observing, 'That he had accepted the office of Lord Mayor, with a determination to support the dignity of it as became an honest man and their faithful guardian, and that, though they were charged with a design to promote riots and disturbances in the city, he would, on every occasion, take care to exert his authority to prevent them, and therefore recommended them strongly to preserve peace as much as possible the ensuing holiday week.'
Mr. Alderman Crosby, in a handsome speech, assured the Livery, 'That nothing but illness would have prevented him from attending at the last Common-hall, and accompanying the Lord Mayor with the Address to St James's.'
*** To the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of Middlesex. GENTLEMEN,
I Obey the strong impulse of a lively Gratitude, when I thus employ the first Moments of my Liberty to thank you for the many Favours you have conferred on me during a long, cruel, and unmerited Imprisonment. My Sufferings the two last Years were endeared to me, as well as rendered truly honorable, by the Support and Protection of the Friends of Freedom. The Trial was, indeed, long and severe, but the most happy Consequences have followed. The favourable Opinion you were pleased at first to entertain of my Integrity and Fortitude, has been confirmed on a variety of occasions, and I have experienced as frequent proofs of your unwearied zeal for your Country, and steady regard to me. I will go on with the same Spirit in the cause of a brave and free people. To their service, to the defence of the law, and to the preservation of the religious and civil Liberties of the whole British empire, the remainder of my life shall be dedicated. I rely solely and entirely on your protection, and I will form no connection which may in the smallest degree, warp me from my duty to you, either as the dependant of a Minister, or even as the servant of the Crown; for I think a Representative of the people ought to be perfectly free and unbiased, in order more effectually to keep every minister in awe, and to oppose every encroachment of the prerogative, against which the House of Commons was established as a firm barrier. I will therefore know no influence in Parliament but that created by the constitution, that of the constituents over their Representatives, and I do not mean to acknowledge any other constituents than those patriotic friends, by whose favor I am the legal Member for the County of Middlesex.
I reflect, Gentlemen, with great satisfaction, that the many tedious months of my harsh confinement were not uselessly employed in the common cause of public Freedom. I have enjoyed in prison the fruits of my long labors, the glory of destroying that dreaded Engine of arbitrary power, so cruelly employed of late, and so often fatal to our countrymen, a General Warrant. After every delay of privilege and chicane from May 1763, an upright jury in last Nov. declared a Secretary of State guilty. No punishment, however, has reached that first and great Offender. The treasury paid the fine, and the whole expence of the prosecution, & he has been even rewarded with the custody of the Privy Seal. The very superior abilities of
my worthy colleague, Mr. Serjeant Glynn, were exerted through the whole of this important cause. To his indefatigable zeal, and love of legal Liberty, every subject of this empire owes the most essential obligations. I have taken care that all the proceedings of this great struggle of the people against the usurped power of ministers, shall be entered in the proper court, and I hope the Record will remain unaltered to our latest posterity, as a compleat Triumph of LIBERTY over Despotism.
I feel with indignant sorrow that I have no been equally successful in another national concern which I had at heart, I mean a strict parliamentary enquiry into the horrid Massacre of our countrymen in St. George's fields, on the fatal 10th day of May, 1768. I gave to the public all the original papers respecting that wicked shedding of innocent blood, by which the land is defiled, and I offered to bring the evidence to the bar of the House of Commons. The only hope which now remains to us, is, that the virtue of a future parliament, faithful to the trust reposed in them by the people, will soon pursue the murderers, that justice will at length overtake them, and that the most shocking of all crimes will not be left unpunished. The horror of the action is still fresh in the mind of every man of humanity, and I hold it to be the greatest reproach of our age and nation, that so many of our fellow-subjects have been basely murdered by an inhuman soldiery in St. George's fields, and other hired ruffians at Brintford, without a single victim to the public justice of our country, to the future security of our lives, or the violated laws of God and man.
The state of this country, Gentlemen, is truly alarming. The House of Commons have not only rejected a Member chosen by a majority of Freeholders, but likewise obtruded upon you a Person whom you never elected. They have openly assumed the whole legislative power. By their vote they have declared an incapacity, where the law of the land and common right rendered the party eligible to Parliament. This proceeding is a direct attack both on the form and essence of the constitution, a flagrant violation of the fundamental privileges of Englishmen, and a robbery committed upon every elector of the kingdom, even in the most invaluable of his possessions, the right of representation in the House of Commons. You have petitioned, you have remonstrated, in the spirit of the true Sons of Liberty, but in vain. The reason is most manifest. The measure of my expulsion & incapacity was previously settled in the Cabinet, & only brought to Parliament by the Minister in order to go through the common forms, as other business in the usual course of the session. The nation, however, are not the dupes of this artifice, & they regard the present House of Commons as no longer a just & fair representative of the collective body of all the electors of this united kingdom, and therefore they do not hold that the power and authority of a legal House of Parliament is inherent in the Assembly now sitting at Westminster.
I am happy, Gentlemen, to leave a baneful prison without the least spark of anger or resentment against the authors of all my sufferings. I have no malice nor revenge to gratify. I feel no passion but that of gratitude to my friends, and my only enemies shall be those of my country, those who still manifest a rooted, unrelenting malice against the liberties of this kingdom, and who endeavour to entail slavery on us and our posterity. If my persecutions are not ended, I will continue to beat up as a man, firm and determined in the best of causes, nor for your sakes will I scruple to dare all the vengeance of those wretched Ministers, who are now the rulers over us, but possess neither the confidence, nor esteem of the people. If his Majesty be graciously pleased to listen to the cries of a loyal, but injured nation, and to remove a most corrupt and despotic Administration who are every day basely and desperately flaying the very vitals of the constitution, I shall then hope to live among you in the enjoyment of the first blessing and most sovereign good, Liberty, both personal and political, and when I can no longer be useful to my country, to die happy in the applause of the friends to freedom and of England.
I am, with deference and regard, Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient humble Servant, April 18th, 1770. JOHN WILKES. [For more London News turn to the last Page.]
B O S T O N, May 31, 1770. Y ESTERDAY being the Anniversary of the Day appointed by the Royal Charter for the Election of Councillors for this Province, the Great and General Court or Assembly met at Harvard-College in Cambridge, at Nine o'Clock in the Morning; when the usual Oaths were administered to the Gentlemen who were returned to serve as Members of the Honourable House of Representatives, who also subscribed to the Declaration:---The House then made Choice of Mr. Samuel Adams for their Clerk; after which they chose the Hon. Thomas Cushing, Esq; their Speaker.
About Ten o'Clock His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor, being escorted by the Troop of Guards from his Seat at Milton, arrived at Harvard-College, and being in the Chair, a Committee of the House presented the Speaker elect to his Honor, who afterwards sent a Message in Writing, agreeable to the Royal Explanatory Charter, that he approved of their Choice. The House then chose a Committee to remonstrate to His Honor the Calling the Assembly at that Place.
At Eleven o'Clock His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor accompanied by the Honourable His Majesty's Council, the Honourable the House of Representatives, and a Number of other Gentlemen, preceded by the first Company in Cambridge of the Regiment of Militia, commanded by the Hon. Brigadier Brattle, went in procession to the Meeting-House where a Sermon suitable to the Occasion was preached by the Rev'd Mr. SAMUEL COOKE, of Cambridge, from those Words, 2 Sam. xxii. 3, 4. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God: And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. After Divine Service the Procession returned to Harvard-Hall, where an Entertainment was provided, at which were a Number of Gentlemen who had been invited by his Honor the Lieutenant-Governor and Council.
In the Afternoon the Committee of the House reported the Remonstrance, which was agreed to, and a Committee chosen to wait on His Honor with the same; but not being in the Chair, they passed Resolves, to be entered on their Journal.
Previous to the Choice of Councillors, Letters were read from the Hon. BENJAMIN LINCOLN, Esq; the Hon. JOHN HILL, Esq; the Hon. GAMALIEL BRADFORD, Esq; resigning their Seats at the Council Board, on account of their Age and Bodily Indisposition.
The following Gentlemen were elected Councillors for the ensuing Year, viz.
For the late Colony of MASSACHUSETTS BAY. The H O N O U R A B L E SAMUEL DANFORTH, Esq; JAMES PITTS, Esq; ISAAC ROYALL, Esq; SAMUEL DEXTER, Esq; JOHN ERVING, Esq; *JOSEPH GERRISH, Esq; *WILLIAM BRATTLE, Esq; *THOMAS SANDERS, Esq; *JAMES BOWDOIN, Esq; *JOHN HANCOCK, Esq; THOMAS HUELLARD, Esq; *ARTEMAS WARD, Esq; HARRISON GRAY, Esq; *BENJA. GREENLEAF, Esq; JAMES RUSSELL, Esq; *JOSHUA HENSHAW, Esq; ROYAL TYLER, Esq; *STEPHEN HALL, Esq;
For the late Colony of PLYMOUTH. *JAMES OTIS, Esq; *JERATHMEEL BOWERS, Esq; WILLIAM SEVER, Esq; *WALTER SPOONER, Esq;
For the late Province of MAINE. NATHANIEL SEARHAWK, Esq; JEREMIAH POWELL, Esq; JOHN BRADBURY, Esq;
For SAGADAHOCK, *JAMES GOWEN, Esq
At Large. *JAMES HUMPHRY, Esq; *GEORGE LEONARD, junr. Esq; The Gentlemen with this [*] Mark, were not of the Council last Year.
The List of Councillors chosen Yesterday being this Day agreeable to the Direction of the Royal Charter, presented to the Lieutenant-Governor, His Honor was pleased to consent to the Election of the Gentlemen before-mentioned, except the Hon. JOHN HANCOCK, Esq; and JERATHMEEL BOWERS, Esq; JOSEPH GERRISH, Esq; declined going to the Board.
B O S T O N, May 31.
Y ESTERDAY being the Anniversary for the Election of Councillors, agreeable to the Royal Charter, his HONOR, in Obedience to the Mandate of a Minister of State, appointed the General Court to convene at Cambridge, whereas the express Letter of the Law ordains the Election to be made in Boston, being the most proper, convenient as well as ancient Seat of Government of the Massachusetts Bay. The Morning was ushered in with Musketry parading the Streets, and an Ox, which on the Afternoon before was conveyed thro' the Town decorated with Ribbons, Flowers, &c. was early put to the Fire at the Bottom of the common; the Novelty of an Ox roasting whole, excited the curiosity of the People, and incredible Numbers from this and the neighbouring Towns resorted to the Spot, to view so unusual a Spectacle, at 11 o'clock the several Batteries in the Town discharged their Cannon, presently after, Divine Service began, at the Old Brick Meeting-House, the Rev. Mr. SAMUEL MATHEE, the worthy Descendant of the excellent Doctors INCREASE and COTTON MATHER, and legitimate Heir to their political as well as religious Principles, opened the Solemnity with Prayer, the Rev. Dr. CHAUNCY, that inflexible Assertor of our civil and religious Rights, entertained a numerous and very respectable Audience with an animated Discourse well suited to the Occasion, from Psalm xxii. ver. 4. Our Fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. Publick Worship concluded with an Anthem admirably performed by a select Company procured for that Purpose. The Clergy and a great Number of principal Gentlemen from this and the neighbouring Towns then proceeded to Faneuil-Hall, where an elegant Entertainment was provided, and attended with that Cheerfulness, Decency, and good Order peculiar to the Favourites of Freedom and Science. After Dinner the following Toasts were drank, and saluted with loud Huzzas and the Discharge of Guns.
 1. The King, ordained for the good of the People.  2. The Queen, and her Royal Progeny.  3. Perpetuity to our Civil, and Religious Liberties.  4. The Reverend and worthy Corporation of Harvard-College.  5. May the eldest Seat of the Muses in America never degenerate into a Theatre of Despotism.  6. The immortal Memory of our pious Forefathers.  7. The glorious Minority in both Houses of Parliament.  8. The Independent Freeholders of the County of Middlesex.  9. The illustrious Chatham, Camden, Rockingham, Shelburne, Richmond and the other Noble Lords who have generously espoused the cause of America.  10. The virtuous Commons who chose rather to relinquish their Seats in a corrupt Senate than Sacrifice their conscience or Honor.  11. May the Names of Saville, Merideth, Barre, Pownal, Burke, and the other inflexible Patriots who have signalized themselves in Support of Constitutional freedom be transmitted to posterity with Honor.  12. The Lord-Mayor and Sheriffs of London.  13. May Great-Britain, and her Colonies be speedily reunited on just Principles.  14. Prosperity to the Massachusetts-Bay.  15. Our Sister Colonies who have steadily opposed ministerial Tyranny.  16. Confirmed Health to the Patriot OTIS. †  17. May the present House of Representatives emulate their glorious Predecessors.  18. The disinterested Merchants of the Town of Boston.  19. The FARMER of Pennsylvania, Christopher Gadsden, & John McKenzie, Esq's; of South-Carolina, and all the strenuous Advocates for American Freedom.  20. John Wilkes, Esq; Capt. McDugall, and all persecuted Patriots.  21. The American Manufacturers.  22. Our suffering Brethren at Cambridge, whose Hearts are with us while their Bodies are unconditionally torn from us.  † Mr. OTIS having unexpectedly favoured the Company with his presence, after the Town had expressed their Solicitude for his Recovery in the preceding Toasts, stood up and addressing the Toast-Master returned, 'Prosperity to the present Company, to the Town of Boston, to North-America.'
The whole matter was conducted to the Satisfaction of every Individual present, and the Hall was cleared at about Five o'Clock, the poor of the Town were presented with the Ox which was Roasted for that purpose, and temperately shared the Festivity of the Day.
N. B. The whole Company, which consisted of between Five and Six Hundred, by far the greatest Number ever known to dine together in the Hall, had the Pleasure of being served with Dishes, Plates, &c all manufactured in this Town.-----The elegant Entertainment was provided by Capt. Daniel Jones.
The other fresh Articles and new Advertisements are in the last Page.

PHILADELPHIA, May 21
Extract of a Letter from London, March 8.
Accounts came from Boston last Evening, contradicting the Assertions of Lord North, as it appears from them, that they stand true and firm to the Cause---And now the same Merchants and Tradesmen, who before said we must give Way, and import Goods, for we never could carry our Point, declare, that if we stand firm, every Thing will be done, that is, the Duty on Tea must be taken off.
Extract of a Letter from London, March 19.
"America, is at this Time a very principal Subject of Conversation here; and to the Honor of the Citizens of London be it told, the major Part of them think you have been injured, and zealously espouse your Cause. But I must not omit to inform you of an opinion which has been industriously circulated, that the Merchants in some of the Colonies had been secretly importing the Manufactures of this Kingdom, in Violation of all the Ties of Honor and public Spirit. But this Opinion, which your Friends saw with Concern gaining Ground among the People, hath been effectually overthrown, by the Arrival of a Vessel at Bristol from New-England, laden with British Goods."
Ex: a 7 of another Letter from London of the same Date.
"The Colonists have shown a proper Spirit in opposing the Injurious Measures of Arbitrary Power. Their Firmness is now to be tried. The Duty on Tea, which is the Stumbling-block in the Way of an Accommodation, is not taken off with the other Duties; the Consequence of which is, a Stagnation of Commerce, at least with your Province; but in some other Provinces there are more Exceptions in their Agreements against Importation, which creates some Kind of Trade from thence with America." To the General Committee of Philadelphia and Province of Pennsylvania.
Charlestown, South-Carolina, April 25. 1770.
An authentic account of a bill ordered to be brought into the House of Commons, to repeal so much of an act of the 7th, of his present Majesty, as imposes a duty on paper, glass and painters colours imported into the British colonies in America, occasions this address to you.
It is with the deepest grief we observe, the oppressions of America so little regarded, as, that duties on a few articles, more ruinous in their precedent than fatal in their present operations, should become the serious objects of Parliamentary attention, while the grand evils, which affect the life and soul of American happiness are totally disregarded.
WHEN the resolutions were formed (surrounded with difficulties as we were) on the only plan we had left for the recovery of our ancient liberties (and which, we are convinced, will ultimately have their desired effect, if we have but virtue enough to resist the allurements of present gain, in favour of the inestimable blessings of our envied constitution) for want of a communication with each other, the colonies adopted plans various in extent of matter and limitations of time: This province as it was among the last, so it has been the most comprehensive, and well considering that liberty in retail, is but another term for slavery, they have included every object which tends to sap the foundation of their freedom,---while the board of Commissioners are permitted to riot with such an extent of unrelenting power; while our property is subject to be dragged from colony to colony under the controul of an oppressive Admiralty, we are not free: And while these acts continue in force, we are chained down by our resolutions: Such is our present situation, in which we glory. The day of trial is but approaching. Unanimity is absolutely necessary: And we are positive nothing but an exertion of the purest virtue, in the prosecution of one generally adopted plan can possibly revive our expiring constitution. Should any of our sister colonies take an advantage of the repeal of these trifling duties, we think it had been infinitely better to have submitted quietly to the yoke, than to have discovered the deepest knowledge of our constitution, & a most ardent desire of preserving it: Yet when a variety of circumstances combine to insure our success, we think it would be highly dishonourable to sink into a slavish inactivity, when a spirited and steady conduct can alone crown our hopes. The people of this province have bound themselves, in the general cause of American liberty, by extending their resolutions, until the whole of their complaints are removed. It would be a capital crime in us to suspect the public virtue of our countrymen; nor can we even suppose, in the most distant manner, this province will fall a sacrifice to the purity of her intentions. The security of our inherent injured rights, was the foundation of our agreements; until that security is amply obtained, nothing can be said to be done. The principal arguments in the House of Commons, were founded on the division of the colonies; the impracticability of manufacturing, & the impossibility of continuing firm in our non-importation. Let us convince them of our unanimity, and the falsity of those dishonourable reports, which declare any breach of consequence in our sacred engagements, and we may be certain of success. That individuals will be found in every colony, who dead to all the warm emotions of the heart even when liberty is at stake, will sacrifice the only blessings which makes life comfortable to the dirty consideration of present emolument, is nothing extraordinary. Worthless men are the produce of every climate: They serve only as a foil to set off the cause: And unless we became traitors to our own liberties, we have little to fear.
Our Countrymen in Great-Britain are equally engaged in the defence of the constitution. Surrounded on all sides with the missions of government, the best men in the nation have pledged themselves for its defence. These patriots are equally the objects of our admiration and imitation. And as our blood and our rights flow equally from the same source, we should scandalize the rough unremitting virtue of our ancestors, did we not follow their example. Let us suppose the worst that can befall us,---that the iron hand of power will at last prevail, and trample upon every right of American liberty; yet we think it an indispensable duty, which we owe to our country and descendants, inflexibly to persevere to the last, and let posterity record, force obtained a triumph over public virtue; and tho' we fell with a dignity and spirit becoming the sons of Great-Britain.
We are, Your most affectionate Countrymen, By order of the General Committee, Signed, JOHN NEUVILLE, Chairman.
Extract of a Letter from London, March 18. 1770.
WHEN the American Affairs came to be debated in the House of Commons, the Majority, notwithstanding all the Weight of ministerial Influence, was only 62 for continuing the whole last Act; and would not have been so large, say I rather think the Repeal would have been carried, but that the Ministry were persuaded by G. B-----, and some lying Letters said to be from Boston, that the Associations not to import were breaking to pieces, that America was in the greatest Distress for want of the Goods, that we could not possibly submit any longer without them, and must of Course submit to any Terms Parliament should think fit to impose upon us. This with the idle Notion of the Dignity of P-----, which they are so fond of, and imagine will be endangered by any further Concessions, prevailed I know with many to vote with the Ministry, who otherwise on Account of the Commerce wish to see the Difference accommodated. But tho' both the D. of G----- and L. N----- will, and are in my Opinion rather inclined to satisfy us, yet the B----- Party are so violent against us and so prevalent in the Council, that more moderate Measures could not take place,---On the other Hand, the R. . . . . m and S. . . . . e People, with L. C. . . . . m and Friends, are disposed to favour us if they were again in Power, which at present they are not like to be; those too, would be for keeping up the Claim of Parliamentary Sovereignty, but without exercising it in any Mode of Taxation.
Besides these we have for sincere Friends and Wellwishers the
Body of Dissenters generally throughout England, with many others, not to mention Ireland, and all the rest of Europe, who from various Motives join in applauding the Spirit of Liberty with which we have claimed and insisted on our Privileges, and with us Success, but whose Suffrage cannot have much Weight in our Affairs.---The Manufacturing Towns absolutely refused to move at all; some pretending to be offended with our attempts to Manufacture for ourselves; others saying that they had Employment enough, and that our Trade was of little Importance to them whether we continued or refused it. Those who begin a little to feel the Effects of our forbearing to purchase, were persuaded to be quiet by the Ministerial People; who gave out that certain Advices were received of our beginning to break our Agreements; of our Attempts to Manufacture proving all abortive and ruining the Undertakers, of our Distress for want of Goods, and Dissentions among ourselves, which promised the total Defeat of all such kind of Combinations, and the Prevention of them for the future, if the Government were not urged imprudently to repeal the Duties. But now that it appears from late and authentic Accounts, that the Agreements continue in full Force, that a Ship is actually returned from Boston to Bristol with Nails and Glass, (Articles that were tho' of the utmost Necessity) and that the Ships that were waiting here for the determination of Parliament, are actually returning to North-America in their Ballast. The Tone of the Manufacturers begins to change; and there is no doubt that if we are steady and persevere in our Resolutions, these People will soon begin a Clamour that much Pains have hitherto been used to stifle. In short, it appears to me that if we do not now persist in this Measure 'till it has had its full Effect, it can never be used on any future Occasion with the least Prospect of Success: and that if we do persist another Year we shall never afterwards have Occasion to use it.
A Copy of a Letter from the Committee of Merchants in Philadelphia, to the late Committee of Merchants in Rhode-Island.
Gentlemen, Philadelphia, 28th May, 1770. WE are greatly surprized at a Piece of Intelligence we have just received from New-York,† which we enclose to you. We can hardly bring ourselves to believe that the Intelligence is true; and yet it seems to come so well authenticated, that we know not how to deny it. Should the Account prove true, as we hope it will not, it will undoubtedly break up all commercial Intercourse between you and this City. For the People here seem NOW to think that Matters are brought to a Crisis, and that nothing but a firm Adherence to the Non-Importation Agreement can save America; and as the trade of this City, we are confident, will adhere to the Agreement they enter'd into, you may be assured they will by all the Ways in their Power, discountenance & discourage every Attempt in any other (with whom they have any Connection) to violate the Non-Importation Agreement, on which so much now depends. This we thought it our Duty to communicate to you by the first Opportunity, and are, Gentlemen, Your assured Friends, (Signed by the Committee.)
P. S. The Letters and Advice received by some Vessels that arrived here since our general Meeting of the 14th Instant from London, have convinced the People of this City of the Necessity of adhering to their Non-Importation Agreement.
† The Intelligence refer'd to, is contain'd in the following Copy of a Letter from a Gentleman in New-York to a Gentleman in Philadelphia. New-York, May 16, 1770.
SIR, LAST Night we had undoubted Advice from Newport Rhode-Island, that there were two Ships and a Snow arrived from London with Dry Goods, one of them had a Quantity of Tea on board. The Goods were landed and landing and selling, and their Committee were discharged. This News came by Mr. B..... of this City, and another Person, both of undoubted Veracity, who are just come from thence.
NEW-YORK, May 21.
Thursday last the 26th Regiment of his Majesty's Forces which had been quartered in the Jerseys, arrived in this City, where they are placed in the Room of the 16th, lately gone to Pensacola. We hear one of the Regiments from Boston, are daily expected to replace those in New-Jersey.
Friday last there was a Meeting of a numerous Body of the Merchants and Traders of this City, to debate on the subject Matters of Importation of Goods from Great-Britain, when we hear nothing more was finally agreed on than to wait a few Weeks longer, in hopes of hearing the Duty on Tea would also be repealed;---and therefore no Orders to be given till further Advices arrive.
PROVIDENCE, May 26.
The Merchants of Newport have come to a Resolution to renew their Importations of British Manufactures, and by the last Papers from thence we find fresh Assortments of English and India Goods Advertised for Sale.---Some Persons from Connecticut came to Town a few Days since, with a large Sum of Money, in order to purchase Goods; but failing of a Supply here they proceeded immediately to Newport.
BOSTON, May 28.
At a Meeting of the Trade, &c. of this Town, at Faneuil-Hall, on Friday last, a Letter was laid before the Body lately received from the standing Committee of Merchants in New-port Rhode-Island, advising that several Persons (who it is said are chiefly Jews) had Imported Goods from Great-Britain, and refused to submit to have them stored agreeable to their pledged promise.... It appear'd that the Merchants and Inhabitants of Newport, were so far from discovering that Resolution upon this Occasion, which becomes Americans struggling for their Rights, as that even their Sincerity in the Cause is justly to be suspected. In the View of the Matter, the following Votes were passed.
HAVING by a Letter from the late Standing Committee of Merchants at Newport, dated May 6th, 1770, been informed that several Persons of that Place have lately imported English and East India Goods from London, and have refused to store the same, in direct Contravention and Defiance of their own Agreement, enter'd into and subscribed on the 30th of October, last, by which every Person who entered into it, pledged his Word and "Honor," that if any European or East India Goods should arrive "in that Colony upon his or their Account, after the 1st of January "1770, the same should be stored & not offered or exposed to Sale, "until the Act imposing Duties on Paper, &c. for the sole and exclusive Purpose of raising a Revenue in America should be Repeal"ed." Therefore,
VOTED, As the Sense of this Body, that the conduct of the said Persons betrays a contempt of all the sentiments of Faith, Truth, Sincerity and Honor; as well as a total Insenstibility to the Interest & Liberties of their Country and Posterity. And therefore that we will renounce all Commerce, Connection & Intercourse with them:---And as the Inhabitants of Newport in general, have not expressed that detestation and resentment of such base and perfidious Behavior, which their sister Colonies had just reason to expect, we will break off all Trade and Commerce with the Inhabitants of the said Town of Newport, until they shall have given full satisfaction for their base duplicity of conduct towards their Brethren on the Continent. And we rely upon the public Spirit and Virtue of the Inhabitants of Salem, Nantucket, & other Trading and Fishing Towns in this Province; as also of the Provinces and Colonies of Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Philadelphia, Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, &c. that they will heartily concur with us in this Resolution.
And further VOTED, That we will view in the same odious Light, and treat in the same contemptuous and resentful Manner, all those, who shall hold Commerce with the said Merchants and
Inhabitants of Newport, as we do those who are wicked and hardy enough to have Communion with the few Importers residing in this Province.
VOTED, That the standing Committee of Merchants be and hereby are desired to transmit a Copy of the foregoing Votes to the late Standing Committee of Merchants in Newport; who in their Letters have expressed the Sentiments of public Spirit, and a just Abhorrence of the Perfidy of the aforesaid IMPORTERS, and the mercenary Disposition which their Conduct hath evidently discovered.
The Proprietors of East-Town,
so called, are hereby NOTIFIED, that the VENDUE for the Sale of Lands in said Town, held at Ephraim Hanson's in Dover, the 22d of May Instant, is adjourn'd to Tuesday the 12th of June next, when the following delinquent Proprietors Rights of Land will be exposed to Sale at the aforesaid Place, at Two o'Clock in the Afternoon, agreeable to the Laws of this province, unless they prevent the same by paying said Tax before the Time of sale, to me, at my House in Madbury, with incidental Charges. ICHABOD CANNEY Collector.
The original proprietors Names of said Lands, which were not then sold, are as follows:
The Sums are in Lawful Money.
   £. s. d. £. s. d.     Job Clements 4 11 Benjamin Ham 4 11   John Hanson 4 11 Samuel Gerrish 4 11   Joseph Hussey 4 11 John Marden 4 11   Isaac Horn 4 11 William Downs 4 11   John Ham 2 6 Samuel Downs 4 11   Noah Emery 4 11 Solomon Emerson 4 11   Daniel Plumer 4 11 John Miller 4 11   Thomas Downs 4 11 Richard Hussey 4 11   Ebenezer Tuttle 4 11    Dover, May 23. 1770.
Province of New Hampshire.
RELHAN.
WHEREAS the Proprietors of
RELHAN, at their Meeting at Portsmouth, on the 10th of January 1769 by Adjournment, voted a TAX of Thirty Shillings, Lawful Money, to be laid on each Proprietors Right, for defraying the Expences of allotting out the Township, making Reads, &c. and chose Captain Jacob Tilton, and Capt. Simon Stevens joint Collectors of said Tax,---and whereas the said Stevens had a list committed to him by the Clerk to collect said Tax, from certain Proprietors therein mentioned, which he neglects to make a Return of, so that the Proprietors are no Ways benefited by said Tax; Therefore at their Meeting in Portsmouth aforesaid on the 27th of April 1770, per Adjournment, they voted that the Subscriber should be a Collector of said Tax; and to give a Discharge for the same to such Proprietors as have not already paid it to said Stevens. And whereas through the said Stevens neglect to make a Return of his Collection, the Proprietors at their last Meeting aforesaid, were under the disagreeable Necessity of laying on another Tax of Eighteen Shillings, on each Right, to defray the Expences of certain Services done on the Township, which the former Tax was intended for, and voted the Subscriber Collector of the same:---This is therefore to desire the delinquent Proprietors of said 30s. Tax, to pay it to me as soon as may be; and all the proprietors are also desired to pay the last mentioned Tax of Eighteen Shillings Lawful Money, to prevent so much of their Rights being sold as will pay the same, as there is an absolute necessity to act more resolutely and cautiously than has hitherto been done, to prevent a Forfeiture of the Charter.
ROBERT FOWLE, Proprietors Collector.
Portsmouth, May 22d, 1770.
§ Protectworth. §
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE } Application having been made to me the Subscriber one of his Majesty's justices of the peace for said Province, by more than one sixteenth part of the proprietors of Protectworth in said province to call a Meeting of said proprietors to act upon the following Matters & Things viz. 1st. To chuse a Moderator, Clerk, & Treasurer. 2dly, To see what Encouragement the proprietors will give to 12 Settlers who shall incline to settle on said Township. 3dly, To agree upon what Roads shall be immediately laid out and cleared to promote the Settlement. 4thly, To appoint some suitable person to allot cut so much of said Township as the proprietors shall think convenient. 5thly, To confirm any Grants that may have been made by the present proprietors of said Township. 6th, To make any further grants of land as the Proprietors may find necessary. 7thly, To assess each proprietors Right in such a Sum as may be found sufficient to answer the payment of any Charges, that have arisen or may hereafter arise, in Consequence of any services that may be voted. 8thly, To chuse a Collector for said Tax. 9thly, To receive, examine, and allow of any Accounts that may be laid before the proprietors of said Meeting. 10thly, To agree upon a Method of calling all future Meetings, and of adjourning the same: In Consequence with said Request I do hereby notify the said proprietors to meet at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, in said Portsmouth, on Friday the 8th of June next at 6 o'Clock P. M. then and there to act upon the premises. H. WENTWORTH, Jus. pac.
Portsmouth, May 23, 1770.

PROVINCE of } By His EXCELLENCY NEW-HAMPSHIRE.) JOHN WENTWORTH, Esq; Captain-General, GOVERNOR and Commander in Chief, in and over His MAJESTY's Province of New-Hampshire aforesaid, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
A PROCLAMATION. W Hereas the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of this Province is now prorogued to Tuesday the nineteenth Day of June next, and nothing appearing for his Majesty's Service that requires their Meeting at that Time—I HAVE THEREFORE thought fit, further to prorogue the said General Assembly hereby to Tuesday the thirtieth Day of July next, then to meet at the Court House in Portsmouth, at Ten o'Clock A. M. to transact the necessary Business of the Province.
GIVEN at PORTSMOUTH, the thirtieth Day of MAY, in the tenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of GOD, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith, &c. Annoque Domini, 1770.
J. WENTWORTH. By His EXCELLENCY's Command, THEODORE ATKINSON, Secretary.
ROAD to Charlestown, No. 4.
W HEREAS by an ACT of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of this Province, pass'd 16th of March 1769, it was enacted, That the Proprietors of the several Towns, through which a Road had been traced and marked out, from Boscawen to Charlestown No. 4, should be open, clear, and make passable the same for Carriages by the first Day of November 1769; and it appears the said Road is to pass through the Towns of Boscawen, New-Almsbury, Parry's-Town, Hereford, Saville, New-Port, Unity, Charlestown, but has been hitherto in great Measure neglected—We the Subscribers, who are appointed a Committee by the Act aforesaid, to see the same carried into Execution, having full Power to make good any Part we shall find deficient, at the Cost and Charge of the several delinquent Towns, and being authorized to dispose of such Part of their Lands as will defray said Expence, DO HEREBY NOTIFY the Proprietors of those several Towns, that unless the ACT be strictly comply'd with by the 31st of July next, we shall proceed to compleat said Road, and dispose of the Lands, agreeable to the Act of Assembly, to reimburse whatever Charge and Expence may arise for the same.
Edward G. Lutwyche John Church William Haywood Merrimac, May 21. 1770. Committee
The Inhabitants of Portsmouth, are hereby notified, each one to bring in a just and true Account of his Ratable Estate, to the Selectmen, upon oath (if required) as the Law Directs, viz. all Male Polls from eighteen Years old and upwards, Dwelling-Houses, Mills, Warehouses and other Buildings, Wharfs and Ferry's; all improved Lands, Male and Female Slaves from sixteen Years old to Fifty, Cattle and Horses from one year old and upwards, all Stock, whether Money at Interest, or improved in Trade, and Faculty. The Selectmen will meet the last Monday of May Instant, and every Monday in June next, at 5 o'Clock Afternoon of said days at Union-Hall, to receive said Accounts. Portsmouth May 2. 1770.
TO BE SOLD, By JAMES KING, ON SPRING HILL, next to the Dwelling-House of Mr. John Penhallow's,
GERMAN Serges, Shalloons, Irish Linens, Camblets, Stuffs, Chinces and Calicoes, Cotton Romalls, border'd Bandannoes, Linnen Handkerchiefs, Worsted Mitts, Men's Worsted, Cotton and Thread Hose, Black & Buffcolor'd Knit Patterns, Womens English Shoes, Fans, a Variety of Necklaces, Purl Collars, and Spreaders, Cambrick and Lawn, Womens Chip Hatts, Hard Mettal Spoons, and Tea Potts, Black Allamode, Sewing Silk, Ribbonds, Striped worsted Caps, No. 4 best Pound Pins, white Chaple Needles, silk and Hair Twist, wove Basket, and other Buttons, Paper, Chest Hinges, and Locks, Padlocks, Awlblades, Shoe hammers and Pinchers, Box Irons, Desk Furniture, Buckles, Knives and Forks, Cuttoes, Motherwomans Buttons, Frying Pans, German Steel, Iron Socket Shovells, woollen Thumbs, 4d, 6d, 10d, 20d, Nails, wool Cards, Scrubbing Brushes, Quart & Pint, Black Jacks, &c.
TO BE SOLD, By JACOB TREADWELL, Very low for Cash, at his Store near the Hay-Market,
B road Cloths Hatt Crape, Serges, Fans, Ratteen, Stays, Wiltons, Necklaces and Sagathees, Earrings, Ducapes, Ribbons, Lutestrings, Laces of all sorts, Persians, Silk, Lamb, and Twist, Sarfnet, Worsted Gloves Buckram, Alimode, and Mitts, Velvets, Spectacles, Silk, Sattins, Sieve Bottoms, Oznabrigs, Bengalls, Wool and Cot-Knee Straps, Taffatys, ton Cards, Bed Ticks, Book Mullin, Tea Kittles, Breeches patterns, Common ditto, Spurs, Caps, Cambricks, Frying Pans, Fans, Lawns, Hinges, Wig Cauls, White & black Coffee Mills, Pins, Gauze, Files, Tapes, Catgut, Wine Cocks, Gimp & Snail, Lawn Aprons, Compasses, Chip Hatts, Handkerchiefs Saws, Skeletons, Stockings, Rules, Crewels, Furniture Check, Hammers, Ferrits and Dimetys, Candlesticks, Gallooms, Gingham, Latches, Purfes, Cheney, Box Irons, Pretties, Damask Napkins, Flints, Combs, Sheeting, Nails, Paper, Linens, Shoemakers Tools Brushes, Chints, Coffee Mills, Glass, Calicoes, Locks, China, Grograms, Rat Traps, Pewter, Russells, Horse Locks, Pepper, Tammys, Files, Nutmegs, Durants, Razors, Cinnamon, Camblets, Shears, Cloves, Callamancoes, Sissars, Mace, Crapes, Thimbles, Rum, Bombazen, Penknives, Sugar, Widows Crape, Knives & Forks Cotton, Cyprus, Cuttoes, Rosin, Hatt Crape, Snuff Boxes, Newcastle COAL and GRINDSTONES.
[ AMHERST. ]
Whereas at sundry legal Meetings of the proprietors of the LANDS called AMHERST, (lately Souhegan West, No. 3,) in the province of New Hampshire, several TAXES have been voted to be raised on each Right or Share in said Town, which has been advertised in the New Hampshire Gazette according to LAW, yet sundry Persons neglect to pay the same, to the Collectors of said Town; This is therefore to Notify those that are delinquent, that unless they pay the following Sums in Lawful Money annex'd to the Name of each Proprietor or Owner of said Delinquent's Land, at or before Tuesday the second Day of July next, so much of their Rights and Lots will be sold at a publick VENDUE on said Day, (and so from Day to Day 'till the whole is sold) at the Dwelling House of Ephraim Hildreth, Innholder, in said Amherst, as will discharge the said Sum assessed on each Lot, with incidental Charges. The Names of the Persons delinquent, the Number and Division of their Lots, Rights, and Shares are as follows, viz.
   Proprietor Lot Division £ s d q     Thomas Putnam No. 86 third Division 1 16 3 0   Joseph Morgan No. 39 second Division, 1 0 6 2   And his Lot, No. 109 in the 3d Division 0 14 0 0   His share in the undivided land, 0 6 3 2   Thomas Bell's right in the undivided land 0 6 3 2   Thomas Abbot No. 58 in the first division 0 18 8 0   His second division lot, No. 38, 1 0 6 2   John Wild, No. 75 in the third division 0 3 9 2   His share in the undivided land 0 6 3 2   John Boynton, No. 4 in the first division 0 18 8 0   His third division lot, No. 33, 0 14 0 0   His share in the undivided land 0 6 3 2   Thomas Tarbox, No. 125, the 3d division 0 3 9 2   His share in the undivided land 0 6 3 2   Josiah Ingersol, No. 124, third division 0 3 9 2   His share in the undivided land 0 6 3 2   John Jenk, No. 45, in the third division 0 14 0 0   His share in the undivided land 0 6 3 2   Timothy Breed, No. 119, in 2d division 1 0 6 2   His share in the undivided land 0 6 3 2   John Gloyd, No. 123, in 3d division 0 14 0 0   His share in the undivided land 0 6 3 2   Elihu Wardwell, N. 23 in the first division 0 3 4 0   Joseph Parker, No. 112, second division 0 18 8 0   John Ballard, No 73, second division 0 18 8 0   His lot No. 100, in the third division 0 14 0 0   His share in the undivided land 0 6 3 2   Ralph Ellinwood, No. 50, second division,   claimed by James Hopkins, 1 0 6 2   Edward Phelps, No. 94, second division 1 0 6 2   John Parker, claim'd by Robert Parker, No. 33 in the second division 1 12 7 2  
   The share belonging to said right in the undivided land 0 6 3 2   Richard Hutton, No. 129, third division, claim'd by John Mc Clenche 1 12 3 0   Cornelius Tarble, No. 101, 2d division, claim'd by Samuel Stearns 0 15 0 2   Edward Rand, No. 32, third division His share in the undivided land 0 3 9 2   John and William Fuller, two shares in the undivided land 0 12 7 0   Richard Moor, one share in the undivided land 0 6 3 2   Benjamin Newhall, No. 72, second division His share in the undivided land 3 14 7 2   Richard Moor, No. 110, first division 0 3 10 3   Jonathan and John Dodge, No. 66, third division 0 3 9 2   John Wild, No. 32, second division, claim'd by Ebenezer Averill 1 12 7 2   Lot Connant, No. 71, first division His Lot No. 111, in the third division His share in the undivided land 6 18 8 0   Jacob Peabody, his share in the undivided land 0 6 3 2   Joseph Farr, No. 47, third division 0 14 0 0   Margaret Wood, one share in the undivided land 0 6 3 0   John Bixbe, one share in the undivided land 0 6 3 2   John Stevens, one share in the undivided land 0 6 3 2   Samuel Lamson, No. 51, in the 3d division 0 14 0 0   Sam'l Lamson, two shares in undivided land 0 12 7 0   Ralph Ellinwood, 1 share in undivided land 0 6 3 0   Joseph Farr, one share in the undivided land 0 6 3 2   Jonathan Raimond, one share in the undivided land 0 6 3 2   Benjamin Ramsdell, No. 20, first division His lot, No. 57, in the second division One share in the undivided land 2 8 5 0   Benjamin Ives, No. 69, first division 2 13 2 0   The Heirs of Samuel Gray, lot No. 24 & 25 in the third division 1 9 11 2   The Heirs of Joseph Herrick, one share in the undivided land 1 4 8 0   Richard Prince, No. 36 in the third range 0 6 3 2   Samuel Lamson, claim'd by David Green, No. 14, second division 1 16 3 0   Henry Flint, claim'd by Capt. David Green, No. 20, in the second division 0 6 2 0   Josiah Ingersol, claim'd by Phineas Upham, No. 13, second division 1 0 6 2   Richard Moor, claim'd by said Upham No. 12, second division 0 5 6 0   Two shares in the undivided land belonging to Upham 1 0 6 2   Richard Moor, claim'd by Ezekiel Holt, No. 57 in the third division 0 12 7 0   The share of said Moor in undivided land 0 14 0 0   No. 70, in the third division, claim'd by Benjamin Wilkins 0 6 3 2   Robert Rand, claim'd by Ebenezer Weston, No. 36, in the first division 0 39   Robert Rand, claim'd by Amos Green, No. 27, second division 1 9 8 0   Robert Rand, claim'd by said Green, No. 99, third division 2 13 2 0   Said Rand's share in the undivided land 1 16 3 0   Amberst, May 26. 1770. Moses Barron, William Peabody Collectors. 0 6 3 2  
St. George's STONE-LIME, To be Sold at Mills's Wharf South End, by Samuel Bowles. Also, May be had a variety of English and West India GOODS at his Shop near the Post Office, in Portsmouth, all of the above Articles will be sold Cheap for Cash.
Cash for RAGS, Taken in by James and Mathew Haslett, at their Shop in King Street; It is desired that all persons would save their coarse and fine RAGS, and bring them clean and in good Order, to the above place;—where the said Haslett's, carries on their Trade of Leather-dressing and Breeches Making; where any Gentlemen may be supplied with Breeches as good and cheap as any where in New England. Cash, Also will be given for Sheep and Lamb Skins with the Wool on.
A White Mare Was taken up within about a Mile of the State House in this Town, a Fortnight ago, suppos'd to have been stolen, and then turn'd loose: The Owner may have her again, by applying to the Printers, and paying Charges, who will inform where she is.
All Persons Indebted to, or that have Demands on the Estate of Capt. Dudley Watson, late of Dover, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts immediately to Thomas Watson, of Dover aforesaid, Administrator on said Estate, in order for a speedy Settlement.
A Mast was taken up the 30th Day of last Month at Rye Beach— The Owner may have it again by applying to William Marston of Rye, and paying Charges.

From the LONDON GAZETTE of March 31. His Majesty has been pleased to grant unto Ward Hallowell, of Boston in New-England, merchant, and his heirs, licence and authority, to change his name of Hallowell to that of Nicholas Boylston.
L O N D O N, April 8.
Yesterday came on before Mr. Justice Blackstone, the cause wherein the Right Hon. George Onslow, Esq; was plaintiff, and the Rev. Mr. Horne, defendant, for two letters published by the latter in July last. Mr. Horne's counsel attempted nothing but non-suiting Mr. Onslow; and it appearing that the word pounds was written in the record instead of pound , Mr. Onslow was non-suited; he has, however, served Mr. Horne with another writ, but the cause cannot now be tried till the assizes in August next.
As Mr. Wilkes's day of enlargement is so near, it is asserted the Middlesex Remonstrance will be delayed till that time, when the said Gentleman will attend in the double character of Member for the County and Alderman.
Notwithstanding it is reported that Mr. Onslow's expenses amount to 1300l. we are pretty well assured that the suit will not cost him a single penny.
It is positively asserted, the L--- N--- has declared publicly, that no fresh prosecution is intended against a popular gentleman.
April 10. It is now said, the minority of both houses will not enter their protests till towards the close of the sessions, and after every legal means has been attempted to obtain redress of grievances.
It seems now to be pretty generally believed, that a Coalition is actually on Foot between the present Administration and the Leaders of the Minority. As a confirmation of this we have been assured that not only L. Camden has been at court and had a private conference with his Majesty, but that the Marquis of Rockingham, the Earl of Chatham, and the Duke of Northumberland, have appeared there also within these few days.
One of the Morning Papers likewise tells us, "that the Marquis of R., Lord N. and the present Lord M---, have visited of late, from whence it is concluded, that some political Alliances are forming that will tend to reconcile the national disputes."
The present plan talked of for an Accommodation between the Majority & Minority is said to be the production of Lord Lyttleton.
April 11. Monday night the question whether the duty on Tea should be taken off in America, was debated in a certain Society, when there appeared on a division,
Against the Repeal 124 For the Repeal 52
I is now positively asserted, that Lord C--- will again take part in the administration; and that a bill will be bro't in to rescind some unpopular resolutions as soon as that Nobleman is vested with power.
St. James's, April 5. This Day the King was pleased to invest his Royal Highness Prince William Henry, his Majesty's third Son, with the Ensigns of the most ancient and most noble Order of the Thistle.
On Tuesday Night a motion was made in the II. of C. for the whole Assembly to address the K. praying him; for the future, either to keep within the Bounds of his annual Salary, or, if any expensive Occurrence should unavoidably happen within the Year, that he would immediately give him such further Sum as might appear to them adequate to extraordinary Expence. But they did not like to have such lumping Sums as 500,000l. to be intruded & obtruded upon them, all at once. Debates ran high, which continued without the least Intermission for an hour and a Half.
The E. C. in a Conversation a few Days since respecting the Circumstance of the Ministry turning out Lord C. from the Chancellorship and the Concern expressed by some of them at the precipitate Step they had taken, said, that if his Sovereign himself desired it, he would undertake, that his noble Friend should accept the Seals again, but that he thought the least the KING could do on such an Occasion, would be, for his Majesty out of his own spontaneous Grace and Munificence, to raise Lord C. to the Dignity of an Earl, and to grant him an additional Pension of 2000l. a Year to support it.
Yesterday Lord Camden waited on a great Personage at Twelve o'Clock at St. James's with whom he had an hours Conference before the Levee was open; and it is next to certain, we hear, that his Lordship will shortly re-assume the Seals, to the great Joy of every true Lover of Justice and his Country.
The following Sums have been given, in the present Reign by the K---g to his Subjects:
The Sale of the French Ceded Islands, . . . . . 450000 The Sale of the French Prizes . . . . . 390000 The Maintenance of the French Prisoners . . . . . 700000 The Difference for five Years between the Ancient Heridity Constitutional Revenue of the Crown, and the Parliament Annuity. . . . . 1000000 Total £. 2540000
A Letter from the Hague mentions, that Sir Joseph York was preparing to set out for Berlin, to hold some personal Conferences with his Prussian Majesty and Sir Andrew Mitchel, respecting the present posture of Affairs.
London, March 20. On Lord North's remitting to the H. of C. a Copy of the Remonstrance from the City of London, and of the Answer which his Majesty made thereto, he added, That the Answer was INDITED by the KING himself, and only approved of in Council.
Yesterday the Durham and Cumberland Petitions for Redress of Grievances were presented to his Majesty at St. James's, and received, but no Answer was returned. They were given to the Lords in waiting.
April 19. Tuesday evening, about six o'clock, Mr. Wilkes left the King's Bench prison. In order to blind the populace who had assembled before the prison, his daughter and a gentleman went out in a coach first, which drew the attention of the populace for some time, on which Mr. Wilkes, with a friend, stept into a post-chaise with four horses, and tho' the postillions drove as fast as they could, they were stopped before they gained the Windmill, where the people, at first, insisted on taking out the horses, in order to draw about the carriage in triumph, but he avoided this by intreaties; and was at last permitted to pursue his journey.
The illuminations in the city were very great last night, and the populace tolerably peaceable.
Died, Dennis DeBordt, Esq; Agent for Massachusetts Bay and New York.
A commission is preparing to pass the Great Seal, for appointing a new Board of the Lords of Trade and Plantations.
The repeal of the remaining tax complained of by the Americans, will be again taken into consideration on the next meeting of an august assembly; it being partly upon these conditions that the affair was not more strongly urged at present.
It is whispered, that a fresh prosecution will be commenced against a popular patriot in the Month of May on an old subject.
On Tuesday night the houses in the Borough of Southwark, the town of Newington, and great part of Lambeth, were illuminated, and the bells were rang on Mr. Wilkes's enlargement.
A certain patriotic nobleman has all along declared it to be the most ill-advised measure that could be adopted by the ministry, to pave the way for introducing the Russians, as a maritime power, in the Mediterranean sea.
A court of Aldermen is to be summoned to meet on Tuesday at Guildhall, in order to swear John Wilkes, Esq; Alderman of Farringdon-Ward Without; after which he will be elegantly entertained by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House.
A several houses in the Borough last night, blue candles were burnt and blue pipes used, in honour of the patriot.
St. James's, April 16. The King has been pleased to appoint Soame Jenyns, Edward Eliot, John Roberts, W. Fitzherbert, Robert Spencer, (commonly called Lord Robert Spencer) George Greville, commonly called Lord Greville and Wm. Northey, Esquires, to be Commissioners for Trade and Plantations. (Gaz.)
Mr. Wilkes, we hear, previous to his Enlargement, gave Bond, as Security for good Behaviour for 7 years, himself for 1000l and two Sureties, viz. Edward Burke and Matthias Hambarg, in 500l. each, agreeable to the Sentence passed upon him.
B O S T O N, June 4.
The bold and generous spirit of freedom encreases every day among us, as was abundantly evident in the conduct of the people on Friday evening, who went to the store, supposed lodgings, and shop of McMasters, the noted Importers, and informed them, it was the mind of the inhabitants that they might clear the town of their persons and properties by six o'clock Monday evening, as they would avoid the consequences of the public resentment; since which, they have agreed to shut up their Store and Shop, get proposals digested in writing, signed by them, & come personally into the Meeting on Thursday next, being the Term of Adjournment, and take the minds of the Body upon their case, and thus it rests for the present—However, the reference of the matter to the whole body will answer two good purposes, viz. give them a full hearing, and mean while of clearing the town of themselves and their stuff, as fatal to us as ever was that of Achan to the camp of Israel.
Several Letters from London and Bristol mention that 'Administration had determined the Duty on Tea should not be taken off this Session of Parliament.'
P O R T S M O U T H, June 8, 1770.
Last Monday Evening, Capt. Jacobson arrived at Boston, in 7 Weeks from London. No Papers or Letters are yet come to hand from him.
The same Day a Vessel arrived at Boston, in 11 Days from Newfoundland, by which we learn that a Ship had got in there in 20 Days from London, the Master of which informed, that Mr. Robinson, one of the Board of Commissioners, and Capt. Gardner, who sailed a few Days after him, had arrived in London, with Accounts of the Bloody Fray in Boston, on the Evening of the 5th March last, which occasioned much warm Conversation in England, and various were the Opinions of People what would be the Result and Determination of Parliament, which was adjourn'd till after the Easter Holydays.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, Piscataqua, June 7th Inward Entries, FROM. Schooner Betsey, Samuel Haynes, Dominica. Sloop Abigail, Moses Brown, Guadaloup. Brig Lion, William Lurvey, St. Lucia. Outward Bound, FOR. Brig Merriam, Joseph Noyes, West-Indies. Brig Nathaniel, _____, Ditto. Clear'd for Departure, FOR. Schooner Industry, Robert Parker, West Indies. Schooner Joanna, Mathew Lindsey, Ditto. Schooner three Friends, Thomas Parsons, Ditto. Schooner seaFlower, T. Mountford, Newfoundland, Ditto. Sloop Almsbury, William Wyer, Philadelphia. Sloop Dolphin, Ephraim Parish, New Haven. Sloop three Sisters, John Brown, West Indies. Sloop Hannah, Abner Lowell, Ditto. Brig Shellaly, Pearse Long, Ditto. Brig two Brothers, Daniel Evans, Ditto. Brig Hannah, Peter Shores, Ditto. Brig Britannia, Henry Rust, Ditto. Ship Chatham, Thomas Manning, Ditto. Ship Newbury, Joseph Rowe, LONDON.
THE PUBLIC ARE HEREBY INFORM'D, THAT
Capt. Eliphalet Neal
Proposes to ride once a Week from Hollis and Amherst to Portsmouth, will carry the News Papers and transact other Business proper for a Carrier or Post, reasonably and faithfully. Also, will ride or cause some Body to ride for the same Purposes from Merrimack to Charlestown, (No. 4) once a Fortnight, if he can meet with proper Encouragement. All Persons disposed to encourage him, may depend upon being well used:— And he engages to be punctual and constant.
Choice new Philadelphia
F L O U R
By the Barrel, to be sold by John Beck, at 17 s, per hundred, at the Long Vharfe.
For Cork and Dublin,
The BRIGANTINE IRISH GIMBLET,
GEORGE TURNER, Master,
A Prime S A I L E R,
Good Accommodations for Passengers,
WILL certainly sail the 10th of July :
For Passage apply to said Master, at his House in Portsmouth.
N. B. Said Turner earnestly intreats all those who have any Accompts open with him, to close them without Delay, as he intends to take his Family with him.
Choice OLD SPIRIT
At six shillings per Gallon; Granada RUM by the Hogthead; and Muscovado SUGAR by the Barrel or smaller Quantity,
TO BE SOLD BY EDWARD BUTLER, near Liberty Bridge,
W A T C H E S :
Mr. SIMNET, on the Parade,
Portsmouth, desires to have it known, that most of the WATCHES he has been employed on, had before pass'd through the Hands of the best Performers hereabouts, that they were in bad Condition, and never had been properly repaired, nor has he seen any Repair worth more than One Shilling Sterling, although many of those WATCHES were old, and originally compos'd of unequal Materials:— That there may be no Cause of a single Complaint, any Person may have any Alteration without further Expence.
N. B. All who please to apply, may depend on being faithfully and punctually served, with such Watches as Mr. Nathaniel Sheaff Griffith can make, and mending in general as perform'd by that Genius, without any Charge, and welcome.
This is to inform the Publick,
That I the subscriber still continue to carry on my Business with dispatch, at a much cheaper rate than the original Simnet, altho' he has taken such repeated pains to inform the publick of his great skill and accuracy, vainly flattering himself that the variety of his dres may induce people to believe he is as great a Watch-Maker as he is a Mountabank, and is inimicable in a Branch that he is a Novice and a Stranger to.
NATHANIEL SHEAFF GRIFFITH.
N. B. I desire to return my thanks to Simnet, Watch Maker, from London, for his good custom for the many Watches I mend and repair after they have been cruelly butchered by him. For after he is paid his price, I have mine paid the more generous.
Whereas the Overseers of the Poor
of the Town of Portsmouth, bound out to the Subscriber about five Weeks ago, a Man named Samuel Dreedly, whom I conducted to my House at New Boston, and whether the Place or Situation suited him or not I cannot say, but he left me the next Morning, therefore all Persons are forbid entertaining or crediting him on my Account. June 6. 1770. John Quigly.
Five Masts were taken up last
Wednesday about four Leagues to the Eastward of the Shoals, fastened together, (by Persons in a Fishing Boat) The Owner may have them again by applying to John Collins of Portsmouth, and paying Charges. June 7.
To be sold at publick Vendue
by Walter Philbrook of Greenland, at the House of Lt. Pickering, Innholder in said Greenland, on Thursday the 5th of July next, at three o'Clock Afternoon, a DWELLING HOUSE, with four Rooms on the Ground, two Chambers, and a good Cellar, Barn and Shop, with a Tract of Land about 15 Acres, within 60 Rods the Meeting House, on the main Road that leads from Boston to Portsmouth: Also, about 100 Acres of Land lying in the Township of Epsom, warranted good; with half a PEW in said Meeting. For further Particulars, enquire of said Philbrook, or the said Pickering: Or, said Premises, if agreeable, at private Sale. Greenland, June 5. 1770.
Cash will be given for good POTASH, by GILLAM BUTLER, at his Store next the Printing Office, where may be had a variety of Goods.