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Excelencie deired that he forty for the afiont
offered their Sovereign, but that the Engh papers
took liberties with their King and foreign prince
had righs to be angry if he and then treated
with the fame freedom, inCe the laws Of the land
equally the fhelte Of the offenders in both cafes As
to the threats, be fmled at them bur added, thar if
what the printers had done could be confirmed libel the
Attorney General lhould be ipoken to, proiecution
commenced, and fuch damages adjudsed, as jury of
| Englihmen though equitable.
is notorious TO the whole world that the French and
Spanards have, for many months, been fitting out fhps
of in all their ports, well upon the Atlantic the
Mediterranean feas Our Minifry pretend Indeed it is
the only EXECUTE they can make for their objectionable
blunders; and yet, anbaPpy OIfin0y they are to be
l1aNpored in their Offices in ipte of the deeflaton of
s1 country to be ignorant of hee alarming, obvious,
4AYwell-known traBia6tions. If you ak of them,
4Wheher The French intend to impede the progrefs of
the Ruans in the Mediterranean" their yfady made
fwer is, The French have feet fit to put lea"
If you fhould demand, Z" Whether the Spaniads have
fent number of hps eze Falkands Aand, to drive
our people away, and to keep poefion of it " they have
an anwer ready for that quelon allo" It's very i'm
material matter worth dfputng aboutf the
King Of Spain will have it, why let him have y and
70 to every ether qlefion you can pciby ak, the
anwers ali prepared. 1t being the relouton of the
Scots to have no war, the Mnifers willing fub-
nit to any ints, make any acrlhces, in order to
preleTve Lord Butes peace. In lhort they neither
more nor les than the oblequious nhrumentS Of few
delpcable Scots, who the creatures Of Lord Bie,
and the ecret heads Of the infamous Carlton houe uno.
Sunday morning the following mftake was made by a
Clergyman, in church far from Temple BaI, in
the taking his text. viz g Verify verify, fay unto
you, is eaer for rich go through the eye Of
a needle, than fox a CAMEL enter into the kingaa sf
| bea0en''
patent hath paA=d the zeal appointing Thomas
Huchinion, Efq; Leuenan Gov ernor Of MaGachuiets-
| Bay, to be Governor of that province.
Bihop Lloyd, many years nce, foreto!d from the Re-
Violations the delfruction Of the TuEkiib empire Wh
ton who was laughed by The wits for it, actually fixed
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Bay, TO be Governor OF that province.
Bhop Lloyd, many years fnce, foreto'd from The Re-
Violations the defru6ton Of the Tu!kilb empire hi-
ton, who laughed by The wits for it, actually fixed
the final ruin of tn; Ottoman 70 the pTesns Psrod, or
very near it.
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From The NEw-YORK JOURNAL.
QUERY.

rs there not manfe& abfurdy in ahertng that there
are evea articles of Britifh manufacture, &c. which
we cannot do without and the fame time pretend thar
importing all but dutiable goods will be means Of ex-
empting from parliamentary taxaons when nothing
more obvious than that the parliament may nhib our
manufacturing any number of articles which they think
we cannot refrain importing, and then fube3 to fuch
duties as may fquare with the exgencies of an endefs
train of hungry pacemen, petitioners and court depen-
dents ---Neither is this at all ideal, they have inh-
bited and reftred levera manufactures in America al
ready 70 that if do not return to our former, fidelity,
and the other colonies hould follow perhdous exam
pie, We muf at all events whenever fuch meaures are
adopted by our fellow fubjcas of Great Britain refrain
importing the mo necefary articles whatever, or inev-
tably be reduced to fate of the mo!f abeH aavery
unefs we ould oppofe ourelves to the violence Of DEF
potii, which will be dreadful alternative Both Of
which may be avoided by reViyng the Non-ianpotatcn
Agreement.
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LONDON May 81.

TT is remarkable enough, that Mr. George Grenville,
from whole conduit, when in administration, the |
prefent dcontents and troubles in America originally
aroe has not once fpoken that fube during the late
examination into, and dfcufFion OF it.
It IS fad that certain letters relative to the affairs Of
America, have given great and general dilguR.
II is apprehended that certain colony officers have
very far exceeded their commAions, powers, and in
fruaions, and thence may incur parliamentary cenure
We hear that in the examination of the papers of A
merican affairs, ii appeared that there had been fecret
correpondence held between great officer OF the Crown
here, and the chief magarate the principal province
on that continent.
The abence of Lord Chatham never more to be |
regretted than on Friday aR for, though the oppoh
had got the 6nef field fight in, yet for want OF sN
leader, they made nothing of it. Nh
E&trat7 of a letter from Legb0rn, Apra co.
Several private letters received here confirm the
following account That the whole kingdom of Egypt
has withdraw itfelf from the dominion of the Porte that
fevera provinces in Alta have et up the fandard of re-
belon and that his Highnes is 70 exafperated with
the Jews in the Morea that he has caued all thoe who
refided at Confantnople to be put to the fword."
Tane T. From the various accounts, the fate of af-
fairs in Ireland move towards very critical ituaton
Advice it is Eaid, is daily received from the hyperion
officer of our fer kingdom, of the complaints OF the
better and murmurs of the lower kind of people there,
Tepecng the late meaiures Puriued by Aomlratlon III
regard 10 their national CONCERNS.
The upprefon of certain antent forms of dlcipine,
among the religious orders in France, which has been
contemplation, particularly that of the bareegged Car
meles Aogging themielves public certain days, met
with greatoppoGtion The Fathers Ece and Hyacnthe,
two rigid dncplinarians remonHrated agantt the pre-
tended reformation and the Archbhop of Iouloufe,
in order quiet them, gave them to underAnd that as
the ceremony of ageIlaon, had been hitherto pra-
Cited in puIc was Oenfve good manners the Holy
Fathers, who made duty of it, might fog each other in
their own chambers.
1t is imagined that the redence of Lord Botteourt IN
his preent capacity, at Virginia. will be from ome late
event hlf of fhort Duration
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B o S T o N.

At a General Council holden yeRerday at the coun-
cichamber in this town, his Honour the Lieutenant
Governor pleafrd to nominate the following gen.
temen to the REFLECTIVE Offices hereafter mentioned, viz.
James Gowen, Efq; to be Special uce of the Infer-
or Court of Common Pleas for the county of York.
Triftam Jordan, Efq to be one of his Majehy's Juf
of the Peace for the county of York Job Lyman,
Efq; be Juce of the Peace for the fame county.
Simon Tufts. Efq; to bea uRice of the Peace for the
county of Middlefex. John Thomas, Efq; to be
Juaice of the Peace for the county of Plymouth Mr..
George Blackman, to be Coroner for Suffolk. And,
MIR. Moles Wheaton, Coroner for Lincoln. To all
which nominations his MajeRy's council did adve and
content
We hear the following hps are coming out from
7EhgNad, with Commodore Gambler, for North Ame-
5eas cylz. The Sadbury, Gibraltar, Remington,
ZePsY, and the Spy.
5Te hear that as five young men on horfeback, were
travelling from Prncetown to Lancaferhey truck
down with their horGes By faith of lighniDg but re-
covered again. one hore was truck blind and deaf.
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evening of the fifth of March Taft, after being continued
for nine days, fucceiIvey, Sunday excepted The jusy
went out about two o'clock in the afternoon, and in a.
bout two hours after brought in their verdict Seven
were found NOT GUILTY." the other two Mont
gomery and Kilroy) were copyieted of MAN
SLAUGHTER only, and are to bEhrandcd in the hand
Thus ended this long expected and important trial
Yeaerday was oblerved as day of public Thanfgv-
ing throughout this province, and the province of New
Hampfhre
We are told, that feveral Reverend Gentlemen, yef-
terday preached excellent dcoues from thee words of
Scripture, 6 Ryocs aUb Trembling" in which, iome of
them obferved, that we had caue 70 to do
than at prelent.
YeRerday his Maeay's hip Gafgow, failed for
London. We hear Captain Preaon went psaenger in
laid lhlp
Sir Charles O'Hara, Governor of Senegal, failed for
England at September, in order, it faid, to efabh
new form of Government on the Windward part of
Africa, as well as lodge ome complaints respecting the
encroachments of the French III Gambia.
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CREAM COLOURED WARE.
LARGE and neat Anortment of cream

and other coIoured w ARE, Of the neweit faihon,
juR opened, and now ready for fale, by wholeale or
retail, Cheap for Cath, by FRANCIS SHAW,
ON at the fore lately improved by Mr.. Robert Gould,
qpeAne the Ggn of the Crown and Scepre in Back
dreet. Where may be had the beH warranted PO L
ASH for making Soap for the ule of families, S. 3D.
old tenor the pound and cheaper by the quantity Like
wife, PEARL-ASH by whoefae or retail.
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PHILADELPHIA, NoUembsr 10.
TgNHE following is an Extract of Letter from St.
Chrifophers, dated the 10th inftanf, jult arrived,
VIZ. IS By Gent who arrived yefterday from
Dominica, we are adured matter of fact, that the
day before he left that land, fome Gentlemen who ar
rived from Marnico brought advice, that French fri
gate arrived at ST. Perres from France, with dfpatches
for his Exceency Count de Ennere which were of fuch
importaaceas made it neceary for him to communicate
the contentseof them to the Governor Of Fort Royal,
though then eleven O'Clock at night. This cauiing fome
ipecuation among the inhabitants, they oclted his Ex
ceency to inform them they had any thing to sppre
bend from the Englilh.--They were anfwered, they
had not but that Spain had already declared WHR a
ganit Eng and, though the Engh had not yet declared
The frigate failed in few hours for HPznioa."
NEw-YoRK, Novembsr 20. Capt Reeves, in eigh.=
teen days from Quebec, failed from thence in coHes7
with Captains Ter and Homer for Bottom; he ntormy
u.s. that on the 9th of October they had the mott vio-
lent gale of wind at that place known in the memory
ofhe ode men living there, which lated about Tx hours,
and had continued but few hours longer, every veRe
then in the harbour muR inevitably have been pit pie
ces as it was everal Veflels received Comfortable da
mage, and Whaer from Nantucket, and two French
veIes were entirely loft, with their Cargoes, within
leagues of Quebec and the Crews of the two latter,
filing of Sbout fourteen fouls, among which were fome
women and children, all perithed.
We hear the Lord Hyde Packet, Capt Goddard, is ar
rived at the Hook: with fevera other veieIs.
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but that violent northern hurricane had obliged them
10 retire
Extyat7 Of a Letter trom Poytjinontb, Sept. %.
"Orders came down by express this morning, for fit
ting out the following ps with the greaet dpatch, viz.
Britannia of 40 guns, Piincels Amelia go, Ehex Of,
Northumberland 10, rhunderer "a, Worchefer o.,
Modelte "a, P1Ias 36,Venus &c. Jano 81. Such fails
for the above hps not ready, are ordered to be
made by contract"
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NTHEREAS the Co partnerlhiP of JO-
w SEPH and DANIEL WALDO, is mutually
dfIolved. This is to give notice to all perlons who
have any demands faid company, to apply toDAN1EL
WALDO for payment And thofe who are indebted TO
fad company, hereby directed to pay their feVeral
balances to Ead DANIEL WALDO, as foon as poffibe.
JOSEPH WALDO,
DANIEL WALDO.
NIB The faid DANIEL WALDO continues the
Buiineis as ufua The cuomers of the late COMPANY,
and all others, who may favour him with their cufto,
may depend on being uled in the beft manner.
BoRsn, Novembfr II, 1870.
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F R d A Y, December 7.
O st O N.
On "wednesday laR ended the trial Of the Soldiers,
for the Alurder of Samuel Gray, Patrick Carr, James
Caldwell, Samuel Maverick, and Crlpus Attacks, the
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1770-12-24

BE ufed to prove hmfet as great FRIEND to True
LIBERTY as any OF his protection in the four quarters
Of the Globe and therefore begs their attention to
what he has 20 offer.
The Free Ufe of the PRESS, has ever been acknow-
lodged one of the greate Beings of Mankind, epeci-
ally when its PRODUCTIONS tend to defend the GLo-
RIoJs CAUSE of LIBERTY +; and to poirt out to the
world thofe bae and wicked of deigning men, who
fan would fet nations together by the ears, and involve
whole kingdoms in flavery
Part of the def IN in this paper, is, to ah 10 detect
ing, and expohng public view, thoie mlcreants who,
for the fake of private public advantage themeves,
would facr6ce both their King and Country. And to
help, as much pogibe, in maintaining and supporting
that LIBER Y for which our Fathers iufered trans
ferrIng it to US. To effect which, great regard will
always be paid uch political pieces tend TO fecure
to US our invaluable rights and prvledges.
The other part of the pubilhers degn is, to give
copous view as politely be Obtained, of all Fo-
reign Affairs, and the frehet Intelligence from Great
Britain, as it may from time to time arrive and that
which the colonies, fha be particularly
ticed in this paper He will likewe be Careful of pro-
perIy collecting American Intelligence, and of nferting
F7ax together with The particular ranla6tons q this
,pf%Nce. Alto, to regher every rema kabe Occur
lIeIsS9a extraordinary Phenomenon, ftkirg Anecdote,
SEtfous Invention, or new Dicovery in Nature Sci
ence that may hereafter happen in Europe or america.
And, if Va,iefy o Matter, and Mtotiohfy e Cendn7,
can give the Pleerance public Paper Of Intelligence,
he Aaers himefth will be luch, as may entite his a.
bour TO a favourable reception.
The pubIfher takes the liberty of ntreaing the
aitance of the Learned theWt, the Curious, and the
Candid, of both Sexes with whom he ihOud be glad to
cultivate coHeip ondenCe.
ISAIAH THOMAS!
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p Z Q = . 5 a 7
For CoNrINuINc and ENLARGlNG edo
The E1ASSACHUS IT'S SPY. ally
OPEN 10 ALL Parties, but .LggEnenrsd BY NONE RIO
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Large Foio much larger than any newspaper Pnbh- np
ed in this province, and equal IN lze TO any IN Great for
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III. The Publication TO Dc weekly, every help
on which day no other printed in Bottom that
H. The Price Six SbiAngs and Eight Pence lawful ferr
MONEY! ter annp Cheaper than any wspaper, or aw
any periodical publication whaeVsr IN any part OF Eu" to
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~ Three lngs and four pence to be paid on the con
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expiration of the year after fad publication. :" tice
" All ADVERTISEMENTS ihaI be punct;aly in o.rI
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Gus ~ 1ttI
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appears enc
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maker, in Salem. And others, with whom subscription -
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leave TO return his incere thanks his preent fubcrb
ers for their kind reception of that paper and the gene rt
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we deGred you would be peafed to inform the Houfe,
whether YOU fI hold the command of Cattle William.
In apfver to which you FAY, that in Withdrawing gar
rifon from his Majefy's cattle which was paid by the
province, and placing carlton there to DC paid by the
KING in uurfuance of nifruefions from him, you have
not given up any part of urcha'ter rights,
This anfWer appears to the doufc to be fomewhat
eouvoca for your Honour may politely differ with the
,ufe in your contribution of the claufe in the charter
which we have rected BY this clauIe the Governor |
of the province is undoubtedly Veted with the command
of tina, foefs your Honour may have been nitructed
to transfer that command to his Maeitys chief military
officer in America or any other peron. Ii that be the
cafe the power which veed in you by the charter, is
iuperceded by nfruetons.
doubt in the Houfe refpeaing matter of 70 very
nterefiug nature to the province, is the occahon OF
this reported meffage to your Honour, requef that
YOU would, ia an explicit manner allure US, w neither you
Till hold the command of bis Majefy's Cafe William"
EEis HoNoUR's AN WEIR.
G.ntlsnaea of the H0njS Of RsprsjSntatiVss,
IN my anfwer to your melIage of the 9Th infant,
have told YOU, that by Withdrawing the garrfon from
Cattle William which was paid by The province, and
placing carlton there be paid by the King, in pur-
iance of infru4ions received from him, you had no
grounds to infer that have dvefed mye of the right
given me by charter this fort in common wXba
other forts in the province. Publ
had no latent meaning in this any other exs
preiion in my anfwer. intended it fhould convey
idea that was not by the exchange of the garrlon, d.
vefed Of the right, and, conequenty, that fill retain
it, for has never been uggeed that have parted with
it in any other way, do know of any colour for
fuch fuggcaion.
" know of no ambiguity in that claufe Of the char
ter which you have recited in your rt meage to me.
fla be forty if the Houe put any contribution upon it
tn he he
of the words, but mutt govern myfef by my under
Handng, and chue avoid any alteration concerning
" The authority given over the cattle BY his Ma |
ieifys commfon have exercifed and continue to ex-
erce without any infringement of the rights of the Peo-
pie by charter or otherwe, and without any extenion
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devafaon among the hppng, flores, wbaffs, lumber,
&c. on both rivers, is not eafy given. On the fouh
fhore Of the north river for mile more in length We
had preented to our view, fire. wood, timber, boards,
ingles plank iaves barrels, hogheads, canoes, boats
&C. &c. the property great numbers of per(ons, 70
milcuouAy thrown together not to be eaiiy ding-
uifned by the REFLECTIVE About fifty cords C
wood, and 500 or 600 bulhels of floor and, were~
r ried off Mr.. Bars wharf at the north bridge az
r er of comfortable 5urthen, having broke herl
thrown 70 high as iucceiGvely to beat aganft I'll #
the bridge, and it was with difficulty ihe was kept off
y the top of it The bridge ielf was comfortably da-
mayed Another chooner, uf below it, broke her fats,
drove away from the wharf on to beech, and at length
quite over it on the graE third fchooner, not far
from this Ia, and eighty tons burthen, late from
the Wet Indies was drove up in much the fame man
ner, and now lies 70 high that her keel is condera
bly, above common hgh-wat mark On the fouth Gde
of the town. being the principal feat of buine the
futon and deRueon was much greater than that above
related Great quantities of boards, fhnges, timber sc.
with many boats, were drove with the utnoit violence
and dilorder to the fhoe opPoe the town The wharfs
all oyerAowed and the perihabe articles uch alt,
fugar, sc. in flores, to great amount, deroyed by the
tides riing to mott extraordinary height, 70 high, is
aid as not to have heen eqlaled within the memory of
eIQAA oldeR perfons among US. Nine tefiels, among
BID WbAh were lhp, fnow and brgantinc, were drove
their anchors, and forced up the river towards Capt.
GARDENERS mills everaI of them laden for the Strcights
and the Wet Indies The brigahtne, commanded by
Capt. Warren, confideraby damaged; fchoonef,
Capt Motteys was thrown an INCREDIBLE way the
r land, and much injured Capt Waters fchooner was
ALTO much damaged Capt Samuel Webs schooner
was forced from wharf on the land the oppote ide;
and with difficulty the other veiiels were prevent
{ ed driving from the wharfs.
TwentyOne fail of brigantnes. Hoops and cbooners,
were drove afhore in Marblehead harbour, but happily
. not any of them very materially injured.
The bridges between this place and Marblehead,
70 much damaged as to be rendered imPaiiable.
Ye&erday morning was towed in here by iloop from
the Eatward nal fchooner, with four men on board,
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5 A T u R D A Y,
SALEM, Oao6er IL.

oALEM, Oc30OET Z3'
r Asst Friday night came on NE. form of wind
and rain which the enduing day increafed to de-
gee of violence carcely known before BY the oldef per-
fons minute or particular delcrpt0n Of the general
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T H URSD A Y, November 29.
B O S T O n.

LaR Tuefday the Trial of the Soldiers for the Maj
acre on the fifth of March laf, on before the Su-
periour Court of Judcature, &C. and is not yet lnhed
Sunday laf failed for Bermuda Capt. George Wells,
with whom went padepger Mrs. Randall, the Lady of
- Randall, Efq; Collector of his Majefy's Cufoms
in that Place. She arrived here fome Time ago, with
Capt Cooper, in Soop from Bermuda bound for Lon
don, who meet with fuch bad Weather not to be a
bic to proceed on his voyage.
They write from Liverpool, that the demand for
check linen from New York, &C. was 70 great there,
that the merchants have been obliged buy Jingle pieces
in little retail fhops.
On Tuefday the 10th infant, his Honour the Lieu
tenant Governor, was peaed to prorogue the Great
and General Court or Ahembly, to "Wednesday the I'd
Day of January next, then at Harvard College
in Cambridge, having fgned his Content to the follow
ing eDgroAed Bills, viz.
An Aet to exempt the People called Quakers and
AntipedobaptRs from paving for the Support of
Mniers feed by the Laws of this Province, and for
the Building and Repairing Meeting Houies or Places cf
Public WOrfhp where fuch MiniRers ofaciate.