The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1773-12-10 00:00:00

BOSTON, Decemb. 2.
By Capt. LEE, who arrived here last Monday in 40 Days from Falmouth, we have the SHERBURNE MERCURY of October 11, which contains the following Articles, particularly the Election of FREDERICK BULL, Esq; LORD MAYOR of the City of LONDON.
ST. JAMES'S, September 30.
HIS Majesty has been pleased, by his Warrant, bearing Date the 18th of August, 1773, to declare his Pleasure, That the Captain-Lieutenants in the Royal Regiment of Artillery and Corps of Engineers, shall take Rank in the Army, as well as in their respective Corps, as Captains of Foot, from the 25th Day of May, 1772, in the same Manner as the Captain-Lieutenants in the Infantry and Cavalry.
From the LONDON-GAZETTE.
War-Office, Sept. 20. PROMOTIONS. 2d Battalion Royal Reg. Foot, ---Lord Bamff, Ensign. 19th Reg. Foot, William Green, Captain-Lieutenant. Robert Lonfield, Lieutenant. John Howarth, Ensign. 20th Reg. Foot, William Charlton, Ensign. 30th Reg. Foot, Richard Northey, Ensign. 50th Reg. Foot, Henry Oliphant, Lieutenant. 52d Reg. Foot, Paul Dayrell, Captain. Richard Addison, Lieutenant. Charles Newton, Ensign. Henry Beaton Brown, Ensign. 1st Batt. Royal American Reg. Foot, Charles Phillips, Captain. Marcus Prevost, Captain. Barnard Ratzler, Captain-Lieutenant. Francis Duffield, Lieutenant. 2d Batt. Royal American Reg. Foot, ---Worsely, Ensign. 66th Reg. Foot, J. Oliver How, Lieutenant. ---Alcock, Ensign. Lieut. John Nordberg, of the 1st Battalion of the Royal American Regiment, to be Captain by Brevet in America only.
L O N D O N, October 5.
It is said, that His Excellency WILLIAM TRYON, Governor of New-York, will be created a Knight of the Bath, in the Room of the late Sir William Beauchamp Proctor.
It is now the current Report on the Continent, that the modern ALEXANDER, in order the better to promote his Schemes, has proposed a new Wife to a certain Northern Potentate, which it is believed will be accepted.
Yesterday Morning her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia set off from Gunnersbury-House for Bath.
Yesterday in the Afternoon a Duel was fought in a Field near Hoxton, occasioned by a political Dispute, between a Clerk belonging to a public Office and a Livery Man who had polled for Mr. Wilkes, wherein the former was run through the Body, and now lies at the Point of Death.
Saturday Morning a Duel was fought in a Field behind the Museum between J---s S---n, Esq; Barrister at Law, and Mr. B---ks, junr. of Carey-street, when the former had the Misfortune to be shot in his right Arm. The Challenge was given by the former for the latter refusing to admit a Lady up to Mr. B---ks's apartments, Mr. S---n being a lodger to Mr. B---ks. The French Commandant at Newfoundland has had notice, that on breaking up of the fishing Season, no boats, fishing materials &c. are to be left on Shore on the Islands of Miquelon and St. Pierre, or any other Part of the Coast, on pain of their being destroyed.
Part of a Letter from a Gentleman in Strathney, Sept. 19. "I am thoroughly convinced that the emigration will soon be general in this country. Two hundred & fifty emigrants sailed the other day from Fort George, and 308 of the Macdonalds of Glengary and the neighbouring districts, from Fort William.--- No less than eight or ten vessels are hired this season to carry off emigrants. Eight hundred and forty people sailed from the Island of Lewes in July. Alarmed with this, Lord F---s, their master, came down from London about five weeks ago to treat with the remainder of his tenants. What are the terms they asked of him, think you: "The land at the old rents; and the augmentation paid for three years backward to be refunded; and his factor to be immediately dismissed." I have not yet learned whether he has agreed to these terms; but he must soon, or his lands will be left an uninhabited waste."
L O N D O N, October 7.
At the final close of the poll yesterday at Guild-Hall, for the election of Lord-Mayor for the year ensuing, the numbers stood as follows:
Table with 2 columns: Candidate, Votes. Alderman Wilkes, 1683; Alderman Bull, 1649; Alderman Sawbridge, 1097; Alderman Oliver, 1093. Majority for Mr. Wilkes, 506; Mr. Bull, 472.
The numbers being declared, the Sheriffs gave notice, that to-morrow they will make the return. After which the people expressed their joy by repeated shouts of applause.
After the close of the poll yesterday at Guildhall, the Aldermen Wilkes, Bull, and Lewes, having got into a hackney coach, the populace took off the horses, and drew them up King-street, along Cheap-side, down Lawrence Lane, to the Paul's Head Tavern, Cateaton street.
Orders are sent to Portsmouth and Plymouth for all the guardships to be augmented to their full complement of men.
Considerable bets are depending, that the government will have occasion to arm thirty ships of the line between this and Christmas day.
When the last government dispatches left Madrid, advice had been received of some disorders in Portugal, and it was feared there would be general insurrection in that kingdom.
According to private letters from Berlin, there is advice that the Empress of Russia has refused to accede to the treaty negotiated by the Emperor and his Prussian Majesty, and that the Russian Ambassador left the court on that account.
We are credibly informed, that in consequence of some secret intelligence received over Land from the East-Indies, a Squadron of Men of War, under the Command of an experienced Officer, will shortly visit that Quarter of the Globe.
They tell us from Paris, that the Sieur Darvie, born at a place named Abondant, near Dieux in the diocese of Chartres, and now curate Futelave, in the diocese of Evreux, has found the means to resolve the grand problem of squaring the circle.
We hear from Stokeley, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, that several Farmers in that town and neighbourhood are preparing to go, with their families and effects, to America by the first ships, and are hiring labourers and poor people to accompany them, for the purpose of cultivating their lands, &c.---Many of the Artificers and Mechanics are also preparing to leave that part of the country, in order to visit the new world; so that in all probability, should good fortune attend those that are now emigra-
ting, a far greater number will follow their example, to the ruin of their Mother Country.
As the several articles of life are at present rated, it appears by a nice calculation, that every Country Gentleman, who has an income of 1000l. a year, pays no less than 350 pounds of it in Taxes and Excise.
L O N D O N, October 9, 1773.
Yesterday there was a very numerous common hall for the election of a Lord-Mayor for the year ensuing. The Lord Mayor came into the Court of the King's-Bench exactly at one, when the Sheriffs made the return that the Aldermen Wilkes and Bull were elected by a Majority of the Livery, upon which the Aldermen present elected Frederick Bull, Esq; Lord Mayor of this city for the year ensuing. The Lord Mayor Elect then addressed the Livery in nearly the following words:
Gentlemen of the Livery,
"FLATTERED, as I must necessarily be, by so generous a Mark of your approbation, and the distinguished, unmerited honor to which I am now called, the highest you can confer, or I can ever receive, yet I trust you will do me the justice to believe, it would have given me the greater satisfaction, had the election fallen upon the worthy Alderman, with whom I was united in your return. His great abilities, his anxious zeal in your service, his noble and spirited assertion of the rights of this city, and of the nation in general, are so deservedly the objects of respect and admiration, that they most strongly induce me to join my wishes to those of my fellow citizens, that he might have been this day elected your chief Magistrate. In the present Event I shall, Gentlemen, only venture to say, that the pre-eminence to which I am raised will always remind me that the sphere of my being useful is enlarged. You may be assured that this fresh instance of your favourable opinion of, and confidence in me, will forever engage all the return of services, of which I am capable."
"A constant attention to the preservation of your rights and franchises, to the various duties of my office, and a careful administration of justice, will be the more immediate tribute of my gratitude, and my utmost abilities shall at all times be exerted in the defence and support of the laws of the land, and the liberties of the people."
Mr. Bull having finished, Mr. Wilkes came forward, & addressed the Livery as follows:
Gentlemen of the Livery,
"PERMIT me to return you my most hearty thanks for the distinguished honor I have received in being returned by you to the Court of Aldermen with my worthy and respectable friend. I congratulate you on the pleasing prospect of the ensuing year. We have now a Lord-Mayor elect of exalted public virtue, who well knows, and will readily perform every part of his duty, regardless of the applause or censure of any great man. He will be assisted in his arduous & important office by Sheriffs, whose noble spirit and zeal for the cause of liberty, would have done honor to our immortal ancestors, who fought for Magna-Charta, for themselves, for us, and, I trust, our latest posterity. All our thanks, gentlemen, are due to the present Sheriffs for the care they took to provide this year faithful and intelligent clerks, by which the late poll has been continued throughout without a single objection to the behavior of any one of them, and the poll books have appeared perfectly exact and accurate. The candour & impartiality of the Sheriffs have already had the just applause of the public."
"Gentlemen of the Livery, The endearing marks of your regard & esteem which I experience, have made the most great-ful impression upon me; and will always incite me to merit, by a consistent conduct in the public Service, your future Approbation to the end of my life."
Nine Aldermen scratched for Mr. Wilkes; nine for Mr. Bull; the present Lord-Mayor gave the casting Vote against Mr. Wilkes. The Alderman Crosby and Lewes objected to the Mayor's first insisting on his private Vote, and then on the casting Vote; and much Altercation ensued. But Mr. Wilkes at once declared his Satisfaction in the Proceedings, and desired no Trouble might be given the Court in so clear a Cause. He was the first Alderman who took Mr. Bull by the Hand, and wished him and the City Joy.
Mr. Saxby in the Committee Room intreated Mr. Wilkes, before he went into the Court of Aldermen, to vote for himself, or at least not to vote at all, either of which Mr. Saxby thought would best please his Friends and the Public, and told him the numbers were even. Mr. Wilkes answered, 'It is impossible, I would sooner lose every Thing as to myself, than do so Ungentleman-like a Thing, and Mr. Bull is my Friend, nor can the Public find any where a better Man.' A single Vote decided the Election.
N E W P O R T, November 29.
We are assured from the best authority, that Bohea TEA in New-York is no more than Half a Dollar a pound, by wholesale, and but 3s. 4d. lawful by the single pound.
The French nation having found Bohea Tea very pernicious, have almost entirely eradicated the use of it, through the whole kingdom, and even in England, there is but very little used, there being scarcely a drop drank in any public house in London.
Last Tuesday arrived here, from New-York, the Lady who has passed thro' several of the southern colonies under the name of CAROLINA MATILDA, Marchioness de WALDEGRAVE, &c. &c.
BOSTON, Monday December 6.
On Friday last arrived Capt. Bruce, from London, having on board a Quantity of the detestable Article of Tea; his Ship lays at the same Wharf with Capt. Hall's, so that the Persons who Watch the one, may the more easily take Care of the other also.
The same Day the following Notification was posted up in several Parts of this Town, viz.
Boston, December 2, 1773.
WHEREAS it has been reported that a permit will be given by the Custom-House for Landing the Tea now on board a Vessel laying in this Harbour, commanded by Capt. Hall:---THIS is to Remind the Public, That it was solemnly voted by the Body of the People of this and the neighbouring Towns assembled at the Old-South-Meeting-House on Tuesday the 30th Day of November, that the said Tea never should be landed in this Province, or pay one Farthing of Duty; and as the aiding or assisting in procuring or granting any such permit for landing the said Tea or any other Tea so circumstanced, or in offering any Permit when obtained to the Master or Commander of the said Ship, or any other Ships in the same Situation, must betray an inhuman Thirst for Blood, and will also in a great Measure, accelerate Confusion and Civil War: This is
to assure such public Enemies of this Country, that they will be considered and treated as Wretches unworthy to live, and will be made the first Victims of our just Resentment.
THE PEOPLE.
N. B. Capt. Bruce is arrived laden with the same detestable commodity; and 'tis peremptorily demanded of him, and all concerned, that they comply with these Requirements.
Last Saturday Captain Sheppard, in a Ship arrived here from London; He sailed from the Downs in Company with Captain Bruce, but has none of the obnoxious Tea on board.
The Publick are assured contrary to the Report of certain Persons inimical to the Measures concerted for our political Safety, and injurious to the Reputation of the Owner, Mr. William Dennie, that Capt. Sheppard has not brought a single Ounce of Tea---And in Justice to Capt. Bruce we are obliged to declare that he has no Tea on Board his Ship, excepting the Teas shipped on Account of the East-India Company; which are to revisit London with all Expedition.
We have Advice by Captain Coupar, arrived at New-York, that to Days before him, sailed a Ship for Boston, with Tea, Casks 600. A Ship for Philadelphia, was fallen down the River, with 600. A Ship for Charlestown, ready to sail, 200. A Ship for Rhode-Island, ditto, 200. And another for New-York, taking in 600.
S A L E M, December 7.
The first Class of Patients, consisting of one Hundred and Twenty Persons, among whom are many of the principal Gentlemen and Ladies of the Town, are now preparing to go up to the Hospital; and it is supposed they will all be innoculated on Thursday next.
Last Saturday Capt. -----Lowel of Newbury-Port, a Patient at the Essex Hospital, in charging a Cannon (a Four Pounder) just after it's being fired, and not properly sponged, the Cartridge took Fire while he was ramming it down: By which unhappy Accident both his Arms were blown almost to Pieces, one Hand entirely carried away with the Rammer; one Eye lost, and the other very much hurt, if not ruined; and the Skin and Flesh so tore away from below his Chin, and towards one side of his Neck, as to lay his Wind-Pipe almost bare. As the Accident happened near the Hospital, he was immediately carried in, and Dr. Jackson proceeded to the Amputation of both Arms, one just above, and the other below the Elbow. We have not yet heard of his being dead, but it was tho' he could not live long.
By what we can learn, from private Intelligence, as well as from the public Proceedings of a Number of principal Towns contiguous to the Capital, the PEOPLE, if opposed in their Proceedings with Respect to the Tea, are determined upon a-hazarding a Bruth; therefore those who are willing to bear a Part in it, in preserving the Rights of this Country, would do well to get suitably prepared.
P O R T S M O U T H, Dec. 7th, 1773.
Vixi justus, vixi que tenax.
ON Saturday last died here, the Hon. DANIEL PIERCE, Esq; one of His Majesty's Council of this Province, and for a Number of Years past Recorder of Deeds, and a Justice of the Peace.---When a Man of Worth and Integrity dies, who has filled many and important Stations in Life with Honor to himself, and Profit to the Community: when he has acted his different Parts, with Dignity, it seems a Tribute due to the Public, to hand his Name and Character to Posterity, that his Examples may be prevalent, and his Virtues imitated. This is my only Apology for the following Character of the Deceased, warm from the Heart, unknown to and unsolicited by any of his Connections. As a Counsellor he was a steady and uniform Friend to the Law and his Country, and ever adhered to the Principles of the Common Law. As a Magistrate inflexible and upright, never deviating from the Line of Justice, or truckling his Judgment to Riches or Power. In a difficult and abandoned Age, abounding with Luxury and Dissipation, his Virtue was severe and republican, such would have done Honor to Sparta in the purest Stage of her Government.
Nature gave him an uncommon Strength of Mind, a found and penetrating Judgment, and a lively ingenious Fancy; to these he added an early and refined Education. He understood the Classics well, was acquainted with Divinity, not as a Science calculated for Speculation, but as a Rule of Conduct, the Dictates of which invariably animated and influenced him in public and private Life. The local Laws as well as the general Principles of his Country, he perfectly understood and adhered to. Among his Failings may be reckoned what in a bad Cause is called Obstinacy , but in a good one Perseverance , but he had this to justify him, that in all Controversies, he was almost always just in his Sentiments, and right in his Apprehensions; Therefore he adhered to his Opinions with Firmness and Uniformity. Some have thought he retained his Friendships too long, and with rather too great an Attachment. But it was an Error on the Side of Humanity, and consequently very pardonable. He was a Character original by Nature, and not of that insipid Sameness, that carries some through Life without either Censure or Approbation. He never bowed the Knee to the Shrine of Power and Riches, or flattered the Vices or Passions of the Great, but strictly adhered to Truth and Justice. In private Life he was Liberal, his open Hand gave bountifully, and the Poor never left his House with Sorrow, his Heart echoing that Joy which he communicated to others. In his Dealings he was open, just, and honest, but rather indolent in collecting his Demands. As a Father, he was affectionate and tender, and his Sons stood in the double Relation of Children and Friends to him. Affable, judicious and sensible in his Conversation, his Company never left him without Instruction. He had upon him for some Years since the Asthma almost continually, and of which he finally died. He bore it with Patience, Resignation, and a Firmness that would have honored a Philosopher.---Divinity was his Delight, and latterly the greatest Part of his Study. His favourite Authors were Doddridge in Divinity & Burnet in History, and it is no small Testimony of their respective Merits that they were read, studied, and approved of by him. He was "to take him all in all" a Man whose Peer in Virtue, Honesty and Integrity is scarcely left behind, and will be regretted as long as his Memory remains.
A Friend to the Deceased.
His Remains attended by all the Principal Gentlemen and Ladies of the Town, were interred last Tuesday. He was in the 66th Year of his Age.
The same Day died at New-Castle, Col. THOMAS BELL, Esq; Aged 75, who was for many Years Captain of the Castle, and one of the Representatives in the General Assembly.
Died. At Greenland, Mr. Walter Neal, of an Apoplexy.
Married. Mr. George Derbage, to Miss Betsey Turner, a Daughter of Capt. Lewis Turner, late of Boston.
His Excellency the Governor has appointed the Hon. JOHN SHERBURNE, Esq; Judge of Probate for this County.
THE GENERAL-ASSEMBLY, which was to have met the 14th of this Instant December, is, by His EXCELLENCY's Proclamation, prorogued to the second Tuesday in January next.
C U S T O M-H O U S E, Piscataqua, Dec. 9.
Table with 3 columns: Inward-Entries, From, Outward-Entries. Brig Unity, Joseph Greenleaf, St. Nicholas. Brig Lark, Arthur Westcott, Cadiz. Brig Widow's Son, John Gregory, Barbadoes. Schooner Defiance, Roderick Morrison, Guadalupe. Schooner Fair Rosamond, John Card, N. Carolina. Schooner Molly, Samuel Elliot, W. Indies. Brig Dartmouth, John Salter, Ditto. Brig William, Kinman Peverly, Ditto. Brig Sally, Benjamin Gunnison, Ditto. Doctor Latham, who has been mentioned as being engaged for the practice of Inoculation in Salem Hospital, came there last Wednesday.
Died last Saturday Morning of an Apoplexy Mrs. Bryan.
Last Monday Evening being very dark and stormy, one Rand a labouring Man, fell off the Long Wharf, in this Town and was drowned.
Salem, December 7.
A Gentleman at Gloucester has favoured us with the Bristol Journal of October 9, brought by a Ship which arrived at Cape-Ann last Thursday; from which, and from the Papers brought by Capt. Joseph Lee, who arrived here a few Days ago from Falmouth, we have the following Advices, viz.
R O M E, September 21.
THE fall of the Jesuits, like a great event as it is, has shaken this country to its centre. His Holiness, in the resolution which he testified so long before he ventured to annihilate that famous society, gave many proofs that he was afraid of the event: And not without reason; for, since the moment of their dissolution, the Jesuits have insulted, vexed and satirized him in every quarter, and in every shape that human invention could devise. The doctrine now propagated through Italy, and what has been the subject of the most recent inquiries, is, that the fall of Popeness must inevitably follow the fall of the Jesuits.
His Holiness, notwithstanding the extreme rigour with which he proceeds against the Jesuits, is disposed to render their services of a spiritual kind; for which purpose he has drawn up a manual of devotions peculiarly adapted to their present situation. In the confessional part of one of them are these remarkable words:---"We acknowledge, with confusion of face, that though we derived the name of our lately suppressed order from Jesus, yet too many of us have acted as if the Devil himself had been the author of our principles."
The plate which has been taken out of the Jesuits churches amounts to 6000 pounds weight, which has been all carried to the mount of Piety.
L O N D O N, Sept. 25.
They write from Paris, that one Dr. ----- was last month broke upon the wheel there, for the murder of a priest. The Doctor was 74 years of age, it is said, and had 12 wives living.
There is now living in one of the huts of Morshead-street, Walhamstow, a woman 112 years of age; she has kept her bed 12 years, and is nursed by her daughter, who is upwards of 80, who maintains her mother and herself by taking in washing.---The old woman sleeps 36 hours, and is 36 hours awake, during which time she is continually calling for victuals and drink.
JUST IMPORTED from LONDON, in the Ship Felicity , THOMAS SIMPSON Master, And to be Sold by SUPPLY CLAP, At his Store in the Street leading from the Market over Church-Hill,
A General Assortment of ENGLISH GOODS, which he is determined to sell at a very reasonable Rate for Cash, and other Pay at his usual Price.---A few Pieces No. 1. English CANVAS, cheap for Cash. Also, choice Newcastle COAL.
THE Proprietors of EAST-TOWN, in the County of Strafford, and Province of New Hampshire, are hereby Notified, that at a legal Meeting of said Proprietors a TAX of Six Dollars on each original Right or Share of LAND in said Town, has been assessed, and committed to me to collect; this is therefore to warn said Proprietors, that unless they pay the above said tax to me the Subscriber by the 31st Day of December Inst: their Rights or Lots of Land will be advertised for Sale at public Vendue in the New Hampshire Gazette, as the Law directs, in order to pay said tax with incidental Charges. Those who are still delinquent in former taxes are desired to make immediate payment to BARNABAS PALMER, Collector.
Rockport, Dec. 9, 1773.
ALL PERSONS that have any DEMANDS on the Estate of JOHN PEIRCE, late of Portsmouth, in the County of Rockingham, Cordwainer, deceased, are hereby desired to bring in their Accounts to JOHN PEIRCE and THOMAS PEIRCE, junr. Executors of the last Will of the said deceased. And all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are desired to settle the same.

BOSTON. At a Meeting of the PEOPLE of BOSTON, and the neighbouring Towns, at Faneuil-Hall, in said Boston, on Monday the 29th of November, 1773. Nine o'Clock, A. M. and continued by Adjournment to the next Day; for the Purpose of consulting, advising and determining upon the most proper and effectual Method to prevent the unloading, receiving or vending the detestable TEA sent out by the East-India Company, Part of which being just arrived in this Harbour.
IN Order to proceed with due Regularity, it was moved that a Moderator be chosen, and JONATHAN WILLIAMS, Esq; was then chosen Moderator of the Meeting.
MOTION was made that as the Town of Boston had determined at a late Meeting legally assembled, that they would to the utmost of their Power prevent the Landing of the Tea, the Question be put, whether this Body are absolutely determined that the Tea now arrived in Capt. Hall shall be returned to the Place from whence it came at all Events? And the Question being accordingly put, it passed in the Affirmative. Nem. Con.
It was moved, that in order to give Time to the Consignees to Consider and deliberate, before they sent in their Proposals to this Body, as they had given Reason to expect would have been done at the Opening of the Meeting, there might be an Adjournment to Three o'Clock, P. M. and the Meeting was accordingly for that Purpose adjourned.
THREE o'Clock, P. M. met according to Adjournment. A Motion was made, Whether the Tea now arrived in Capt. Hall's Ship shall be sent back in the same Bottom? Passed in the Affirmative, Nem. Con.
Mr. Rotch the Owner of the Vessel being present; informed the Body that he should enter his Protest against their Proceedings. It was moved and voted, nem. con. That Mr. Rotch be directed not to enter this Tea; and that the Doing of it would be at his Peril.
Also, Voted, That Captain Hall the Master of the Ship, be informed that at his Peril he is not to suffer any of the Tea brought by him, to be landed.
A Motion was made, That in Order for the Security of Capt. Hall's Ship and Cargo, a Watch may be appointed---and it was Voted that a Watch be accordingly appointed to consist of 25.
Capt. Edward Procter was appointed by the Body to be the Captain of the Watch for this Night, and the Names were given in to the Moderator, of the Townsmen who were Volunteers on the Occasion.
It having been observed to the Body, that Governor Hutchinson had required the Justices of the Peace in this Town to meet and use their Endeavours to suppress any Riots or Riots, &c. of the People that might happen, It was Moved & the Question put---Whether it be not the Sense of this Meeting, that the Governor's Conduct herein carries a design'd Reflection upon the People here met; & is solely calculated to serve the Views of Administration? Passed in the Affirmative, nem. con.
The People being informed by Col. John Hancock, that Mr. Copley, Son-in-Law to Mr. Clarke, Sen. had acquainted him, that the Tea Consignees did not receive their Letters from London till last Evening, and were so dispersed, that they could not have a joint Meeting early enough to make their Proposals at the Time intended; and therefore were desirous of a further Space for that Purpose.
The Meeting out of great Tenderness to these Persons, and from a strong Desire to bring this Matter to a Conclusion, notwithstanding the Time they had hitherto expended upon them to no Purpose, were prevailed upon to adjourn to the next Morning Nine o'Clock.
Tuesday Morning 9 o'Clock, met according to Adjournment. The long expected Proposals were at length brought into the Meeting, not directed to the Moderator, but to John Scolley, Esq; one of the Selectmen---It was however voted that the same should be read, and they are as follows, viz.
SIR, Monday, Nov. 29th, 1773. WE are sorry that we could not return to the Town satisfactory Answers to their two late Messages to us respecting the Tea; we beg Leave to acquaint the Gentlemen Selectmen that we have since received our Orders from the Honorable East-India Company.
We still retain a Disposition to do all in our Power to give Satisfaction to the Town, but as we understood from you and the other Gentlemen Selectmen, at Messrs. Clarks Interview with you last Saturday, that this can be effected by nothing less than our sending back the Teas, we beg Leave to say, that this is utterly out of our Power to do, but we do now declare to you our Readiness to Store the Teas until we shall have Opportunity of writing to our Consignees & shall receive their further Orders respecting them; and we do most sincerely wish that the Town considering the unexpected Difficulties devolved upon us will be satisfied with what we now offer. We are, Sir, Your most humble Servants, Tho. & Eliza Hutchinson, Benja. Faneuil, junr. for Self and Joshua Winslow, Esq; Richard Clarke and Sons.
To John Scolley, Esq; Mr. Sheriff Greenleaf came into the Meeting, and begg'd Leave of the Moderator that a Letter he had received from the Governor, requiring him to read a Proclamation to the People here assembled might be read; and it was accordingly read.
Whereupon it was moved, and the Question put, Whether the Sheriff should be permitted to read the Proclamation---which passed in the Affirmative, nem. con.
The Proclamation is as follows, viz. Massachusetts-Bay. BY THE GOVERNOR. To JONATHAN WILLIAMS, Esq; acting as Moderator of an Assembly of People in the Town of Boston, and to the People so assembled:
WHEREAS printed Notifications were on Monday the 29th Instant posted in divers Places in the Town of Boston, and published in the News-Papers of that Day calling upon the People to assemble together for certain unlawful Purposes in such Notifications mentioned: And whereas great Numbers of People belonging to the Town of Boston and divers others belonging to several other Towns in the Province, did assemble in the said Town of Boston, on the said Day, and did then and there proceed to chuse a Moderator, and to consult, debate and resolve upon Ways and Means for carrying such un-
lawful Purposes into Execution; openly violating, defying and setting at nought the good and wholesome Laws of the Province, and the Constitution of Government under which they live: And whereas the People thus assembled did vote or agree to adjourn or continue their Meeting to this 30th Instant, and great Numbers of them are again met or assembled together for the like unlawful Purposes in the said Town of Boston,
IN Faithfulness to my Trust and as his Majesty's Representative within the Province, I am bound to bear Testimony against this Violation of the Laws, and I warn, exhort and require you and each of you thus unlawfully assembled, forthwith to disperse and to surcease all further unlawful Proceedings at your utmost Peril.
Given under my Hand at Milton, in the Province aforesaid the 30th Day of November 1773, and in the fourteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign.
By His Excellency's Command, T. HUTCHINSON.
THO'S FLUCKER, Sec'y.
And the same being read by the Sheriff, there was immediately after, a loud and very general Hiss.
A Motion was then made, and the Question put, Whether the Assembly would disperse and surcease all further Proceedings, according to the GOVERNOR's Requirement?---It passed in the Negative, nem. con.
A Proposal of Mr. Copley was made, that in Case he could prevail with the Messrs. Clarks to come into this Meeting, the Question might now be put, Whether they should be treated with Civility while in the Meeting, tho' they might be of different Sentiments with this Body; and their Persons be safe until their Return to the Place from whence they should come? And the Question being accordingly put, passed in the Affirmative, nem. con.
Another Motion of Mr. Copley's was put, Whether two Hours shall be given him, which also passed in the Affirmative. Adjourn'd to Two o'Clock, P. M.
TWO o'Clock P. M. met according to Adjournment.
A Motion was made and passed, that Mr. Rotch and Capt. Hall be desired to give their Attendance. Mr. Rotch appeared, and upon a Motion made the Question was put, Whether it is the firm Resolution of this Body, that the TEA bro't by Capt. Hall shall be returned by Mr. Rotch to England in the Bottom in which it came; and whether they accordingly now require the same, which passed in the Affirmative, Nem. Con.
Mr. Rotch then informed the Meeting that he should protest against the whole Proceedings as he had done against the Proceeding on Yesterday, but that tho' the returning the Tea is an involuntary Act in him, he yet considers himself as under a Necessity to do it, and shall therefore comply with the Requirement of this Body.
Capt. Hall being present was forbid to aid or assist in unloading the TEA at his Peril, and ordered that if he continues Master of the Vessel, he carry the same back to London; who replied, he should comply with these Requirements.
Upon a Motion, Resolved, That John Rowe, Esq; Owner of Part of Capt. Bruce's Ship expected with Tea, as also Mr. Timmins, Factor for Capt. Coffin's Brig, be desired to attend.
Mr. Ezekiel Cheever was appointed Captain of the Watch for this Night, and a sufficient Number of Volunteers gave in their Names for that Service.
VOTED, That the Captain of this Watch be desired to make out a List of the Watch for the next Night, and to each Captain of the Watch for the following Nights until the Vessels leave the Harbour.
Upon a Motion made, Voted, that in Case it should happen that the Watch should be any Ways molested in the Night, while on Duty, they give the Alarm to the Inhabitants by the tolling of the Bells---and that if any Thing happens in the Day Time, the Alarm be by ringing of the Bells.
VOTED, That six Persons be appointed to be in Readiness to give due Notice to the Country Towns when they shall be required to do so, upon any important Occasion. And six Persons were accordingly chosen for that Purpose.
John Rowe, Esq; attended, and was informed that Mr. Rotch had engaged that his Vessel should carry back the Tea she bro't in the same Bottom, and that it was the Expectation of this Body that he does the same by the Tea expected in Capt. Bruce's Ship whereupon he replied that the Ship was under the Care of the said Master, but that he would use his utmost Endeavour, that it should go back as required by this Body, and that he would give immediate Advice of the Arrival of said Ship.
VOTED, That it is the Sense of this Body that Capt. Bruce shall on his Arrival strictly conform to the Votes passed respecting Capt. Hall's Vessel, as tho' they had been all passed in Reference to Capt. Bruce's Ship.
Mr. Timmins appeared and informed that Captain Coffin's Brig expected with Tea was owned in Nantucket, he gave his Word of Honor that no Tea should be landed while she was under his Care, nor touched by any one until the Owner's Arrival.
It was then Voted, That what Mr. Rowe & Mr. Timmins had offered was satisfactory to the Body.
Mr. Copley returned and acquainted the Body, that as he had been obliged to go to the Castle, he hoped that if he had exceeded the Time allowed him, they would consider the Difficulty of a Passage by Water at this Season as his Apology: He then further acquainted the Body, that he had seen all the Consignees, and tho' he had convinced them that they might attend this Meeting with safety, and had used his utmost Endeavours to prevail upon them to give Satisfaction to the Body; they acquainted him, that believing nothing would be satisfactory short of re-shipping the Tea, which was out of their Power, they thought it best not to appear, but would renew their Proposal of storing the Tea, and submitting the same to the Inspection of a Committee, and that they could go no further, without incurring their own Ruin; but as they had not been active in introducing the Tea, they should do nothing to obstruct the People in their Proceedure with the same.
It was then moved, and the Question put, Whether the Return made by Mr. Copley from the Consignees, be in the least Degree satisfactory to this Body, and passed in the Negative, Nem. Con.
Whereas a Number of Merchants in this Province have inadvertently imported Tea from Great-Britain, while it is subject to the Payment of a Duty imposed upon it by an Act of the British Parliament for the Purpose of raising a Revenue in America, and appropriating the same without the Consent of those who are required to pay it:
RESOLVED, That in thus importing said Tea, they have justly incurred the Displeasure of our Brethren in the other Colonies.
And Resolved further, That if any Person or Persons shall hereafter import Tea from Great-Britain, or if any Master or Masters of any Vessel or Vessels in Great-Britain shall take the same on Board to be imported to this Place, until the said un-
righteous Act shall be repeal'd, he or they shall be deem'd by this Body an Enemy to his Country; and we will prevent the Landing and Sale of the same, and the Payment of any Duty thereon. And we will effect the Return thereof to the Place from whence it shall come.
RESOLVED, That the foregoing Vote be printed and sent to England, and all the Sea-Ports in this Province.
Upon a motion made, Voted, That fair Copies be taken of the whole Proceedings of this Meeting, and transmitted to New-York and Philadelphia, And that Mr. SAMUEL ADAMS, Hon. JOHN HANCOCK, Esq; WILLIAM PHILLIPS, Esq; JOHN ROWE, Esq; JONATHAN WILLIAMS, Esq; Be a Committee to transmit the same.
Voted, That it is the Determination of this Body, to carry their Votes and Resolutions into Execution, at the Risk of their Lives and Property.
Voted, That the Committee of Correspondence for this Town, be desired to take Care that every other Vessel with Tea that arrives in this Harbour, have a proper Watch appointed for her. Also Voted, That those Persons who are desirous of making a Part of these Nightly Watches, be desired to give in their Names at Messrs. Edes and Gill's Printing-Office.
Voted, That our Brethren in the Country be desired to afford their Assistance upon the first Notice given; especially if such Notice be given upon the Arrival of Captain Loring, in Messrs. Clarke's Brigantine.
Voted, That those of this Body who belong to the Town of Boston do return their Thanks to their Brethren who have come from the neighbouring Towns, for their Countenance and Union with this Body in this Exercise of our Affairs.
VOTED, That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to JONATHAN WILLIAMS, Esq; for his good services as Moderator.
VOTED, That this Meeting be Dissolved-----And it was accordingly Dissolved.
JOHN DAVENPORT, Goldsmith and Jeweller,
HEREBY informs the Public, that he carries on his Business at his Shop near Liberty Bridge, almost opposite Mr. Joshua Wentworth's Store: Those who please to favor him with their Custom may depend upon having their Work done at a reasonable Rate, and the smallest Favors greatly acknowledged, by their humble Servant JOHN DAVENPORT.
A good Houle and Barn, in Portsmouth, now in the Occupation of Mr. Benjamin Bigelow, belonging to Col. Henry Rust, to be sold. For Particulars, enquire of Dr. Cutter.
Choice Connecticut PORK, and SHIP-BREAD, to be sold by Jacob Sheafe jun.
A few Hogheads of Stone Lime to be Sold Enquire at the Printing Office.
An Evening-School Will be opened next Monday Evening, by the Subscriber, at his School-Room in King-Street,
WHERE young Gentlemen who are desirous of retaining or pursuing their Acquaintance with the Classics may be assisted in prosecuting their Studies.--- And such as are desirous of acquiring an easy and elegant English Style, and have not had an Opportunity of improving themselves in their own Language; may go through a Variety of Exercises for that Purpose.--- Reading and speaking with Propriety will also be taught, (if desired) together with writing, and several Branches of the Mathematics. The School will be kept on Monday and Wednesday Evenings during the Season, if it should meet with Encouragement. D. HUMPHRYS.
N. B. He continues his private Grammar School, in which he has Room for a few more Boys. Portsmouth, Nov. 24th, 1773.
JOHN FOGARTY from Boston, HEREBY informs the PUBLIC, that he has opened a Shop opposite Mr. Samuel Griffith's, where he carries on the LEATHER BREECHES-MAKING and LEATHER DRESSING and GLOVER'S BUSINESS. Those Persons that favour him with their Custom, may depend upon being served faithfully, and with Dispatch. Portsmouth, Nov. 25, 1773.
To take in Freight, be charter'd or sold, a SCHOONER of about 90 Tons, now lying in Portsmouth. Further Particulars, enquire at the Printing Office.
ALL Persons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of JOHN MERRILL, late of Concord, in the County of Rockingham, Ferryman, deceas'd, are desired to bring in their Accounts to JONATHAN MERRILL, of said Concord, Executor to said Estate, in order for an immediate Settlement.
Mantua Making,
PERFORMED in the neatest MANNER in all its BRANCHES, by the Subscriber, who was thoroughly Educated at said Business in Boston, where she practis'd some Time. She will go out, or take Work home on reasonable Terms; may be spoke with at Mr. Samuel Foster's, the next Houle below the Rev. Dr. Langdon's, in Divinity Street. All Persons that will be so kind as to honor her with their Commands, will greatly oblige their most humble Servants, Portsmouth, Dec. 1. 1773. E. FORTUNE.
Thirty-five Acres of choice
LAND, to be Sold very cheap; chiefly excellent Mowing Ground, on Mahe's Neck, in Durham, in the County of Strafford, being part of the FARM lately owned by PETER LEVIUS, Esq; and now occupied by Mr. Joshua Crummet, and is conveniently situated on a Creek running into the Great Bay. Any Person inclining to purchase, for the terms and other particulars, may enquire at the Printing Office.
ALL PERSONS that have any Accounts open with the Hon. JOHN WENTWORTH, Esq; late of Portsmouth, deceas'd, are desired to bring them in for a Settlement. Those that are Indebted to the Estate, are earnestly required to make immediate Payment to the Executors, GREGORY PURCELL, GILLAM BUTLER. Portsmouth, Dec. 1, 1773.
§ Unity §
WHEREAS the Proprietors of the TOWN of UNITY, in the Province of New Hampshire, and County of Cheshire, have been legally Notified to pay sundry Grants of Money legally assessed on each Proprietor's Rights or Lots of Land in said Township, to me the Subscriber; and several of the Proprietors being yet delinquent in the whole or part; These are therefore to Notify said Proprietors, that so much of each delinquent Proprietor's Lands will be expos'd to Sale at public Vendue, at the Houle of Capt. John Huntoon, junr. Innholder in Kingston, on the First Monday in January next at One of the Clock P. M. on said Day, as will pay said Taxes with incidental Charges. The Delinquents Names are as follows,
   £. s. d.     Daniel Moulton 0 13 0   William Gedrey 1 1 0   BENJAMIN HUNTOON, Collector; Kingston, November 2, 1773.  
ALL PERSONS having any Demands on the Estate of the Rev. JOHN ROGERS, late of Kittery, in the County of York, deceas'd, are hereby desired to bring in their Claims properly attested, to Nathaniel Rogers of Kittery, in said County, Executor to said Estate. And all who are Indebted to said Estate, are desired to make speedy Payment to said Rogers. Kittery, December 1, 1773.
WE the Subscribers being appointed Commissioners by the Hon. JOHN WENTWORTH, Esq; Judge of the Probate of Wills, in and for the County of Rockingham, to receive and examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of Benjamin Underwood, late of New Castle, deceas'd, Represented Insolvent, and six Months being allowed for that Purpose, hereby give Notice that we will attend said Business at the House of James Steedley, Esq; on the first Wednesday of the six following Months, from six to eight o'Clock in the Evening. JOSEPH WHIPPLE, JOHN SPARHAWK. Portsmouth, Nov. 18, 1773.
Strayed or Stolen,
From off the Farm of ROBERT SMITH in Londonderry, a bright Bay HORSE about 14 Hands high, suppos'd to be about nine Years old, paces all, his Main trimmed and Feet, with a white Spot on his Nose, and some white Hairs on the top of his Head. Whoever shall take up said Horse, and convey him to the House of Robert Smith, shall be well Rewarded for the same by me MOSES CURRIER. Londonderry, Nov. 17. 1773.
Warrantes and Quitclaim Deeds, Justices Blanks, &c Sold at the Printing Office.