The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-05-09


The two lpirited Aldermen, fown'cnd and
S,wbridqe, will certainly be greater tavou-
rites with the public than Wilkes hImieIf'
they give check to the arbitrary and un-
connitutiona power claimed at preient oy
certain afIembly, the power Of ielzing and
impriloning men at dacreton being more
dangerous in Guch hands then IN the hands OF
she Secretaries of State.
Marrb 6. On Monday night Meifen-
ger was tent away with important dlfpatehes
10 Lord Cagtbcait, bis Mejeay's AmOaiiador
at,hs Court of Petsiburgh. The report of
Ardhip being recalled from his Ambai-
that Court, we are afured is ground
nightthe Houfe of Commons was very
IN motion made by MIR. ?ownall, rela-
to fome papers laid before them, IN re-
Fence to the late SPaniq Convention ; and
W ives s~peeied the debate on silis nCcaiion
would continue feveralhours.
Mdyeb III. We are informed, BY re-
fpeaabIe correspondent, that amongt the
perGons who fufeEed from the poPulace IN
Dublin, ON late occaiion, was his excellen-
cy the Lord Lieutenant, whom Ahey tum-
bled in the kennel in fuch manner that his
viceroyfhip, together with his equipage,
. goodman, and footmen, were covered with
mud and fluih from nofiil to t3iI.
By the KING, a PROCLAMATION,
Far 0bbysbsnding J.Wheble and R. Ihomton.
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WHEREAS on the eighth day of Febru-
AIRY laG, complaint being made to the Houe
Of Commons of the printed news paper, in
titled, The Gazetteer and New Daily Ad-
'vertiler, Friday February 8, 1871, printed for
r. Thompfon and ALTO of the printed news
paper, Untitled, The Midblefex Journal, Or
Chronicle of Liberty, from Tuefday Febru-
airy {, to Thurfday February 7, 1911, PrIn-
fed for I. Wheble, as milrepreientlng the
fpeeches, and reRe6ting on feveral OF the
members of the faid houle, in contempt of
the order, and in breach of the privilege of
the laid honfe it was ordered, that the iaid
I. Wheble ard R. / hompfon ihould attend
the Eaid HouIe of Commons and they not
having oSeyed the faid order, it was thereuP-
on ordered, 6y the faid Houfe of Commons,
that the faid John WhebIeand R. Thomplon,
fhould be taken into the cuftody of the Ser
iesnt at Arms attending the laid Houfe, or
his Deputy. And whereas the laid Deputy
Serieant having informed the Houfe, that
he had no, been able to-meet with the fald
John Wheble and R. Thomplon, or either
of them, though be had been ieveraI times
attheir REFLECTIVE Houfes, and had made dill
gent fearch after them, to take them into
cuftody, an humble addTels hath been pre-
tented to us by the Knights, Citizens, and
,BurgeAes, and the CommiAiOners for Shires
and Burghs, in Parliament Attended, that
we would be graclouAy Pleafcd to Iilue our
Royal Proclamation, for experimenting the
faid John Wheble and R. 'Thomplon, with
prornile of reward for the fame: we have
thought fit, by and with the advice of our
Privy Council, to Hue this cur Royal Pro-
clamation, hereby requiring and command
ING all our loving iubjetts whatfoevet to
diicover and apprehend, or caufe the faid
! Tohn Wheb!e and r. Thompfon, or either
|of them, to be dilcovered and aPprehended,
md to carry him or thtm before fome of our
ulices of the Peace, or Chief Magifra;es,
=. 4. r. .s-anty, town, CT place, -whJc he or
thew lha be appl,h :nded, who are reiPec-
lively required TO iecute the faid John Whe-
olc and r. ThompGon, and thereof gigc
peedy notice to one of our principal Secre-
aries of State, to the end, he or they may be
iorth coming, TO be dealt withar and pro-
cceGed againR according to law. And for