The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-10-24

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cordng to bis own pltalure. He makes th'
laws bend under the weight of bis Judges
he renders religion fate tool by the nfu
enee, ffsat fnecures, pluralities, ten'mendams
tran atieny, Sc. and he iubdues the bIavei
foldiers, and moif copiummate generals tt
his devotiohs, by convincing them that pre-
fermen, doth not depend on merit, but OF
Favour.
'YsReraay Edward Twine Carpenter, wa
enlarged from his two months imprisonment
for taking up John Wheble, bookseller, b.
virtue Of his Msjeffy's Royal Proclamation
Mr.. Moore's new invented coach attended
in which Mr.. Carpenter rode in triumph. !
is oblervable, that though Mr.. Carpenter ha
been imprifoned and fined, he has not ye
received the sol. promiied by the above
Proclamation.
The Dutch have now building on th'
lfocks at HaerIsm, Fluihiug aDdAmferdam
above twenty ihips of the lire, four Of which
of "a guns each, are nearly hnilhed at th'
after port.
Au2nR IS, Monday morning the French
Ambaflador, lie Count de Guigne, fuddenl)
fet GU, for Paris, without taking leave. And
Yeaefday morning his horfes were fen
after him. All the furniture in his late
dwelling houfe in Great George-freet
is fold. .ss. lt
Friday laff an old woman and girl
from LiverpocIe, were examined at the Sc
cretary of STATES Office in Cleveland Row
by Sir John Fielding, and the EarIs ofRoch
ford and Suffolk, touching the great fire a
Portfnouth. The Bloomibury gang laugh
at this buiinefs and fay, that the court o
examination coniifs of magifrate without
eyes, Secretary with one eye, Lord Roch
ford) and another without head Lore
Sufok.) X
They write from Dublin that FIVE tanf
ports are now loading proVlfions on the rive
Lifsy for the uie of the French troops il
CorEca. ....
Ii is now confidently aflerted, thssth
author. of JuniUs is bzrfiRer of the Middle
Temple, nearly allied to certain pobl'
Earl, and that the manner of the diics&efy
will ihoftly be made public.
| The failors below bridge, Jays an evening
paper, are 70 afraid of prefs- warrants, tina
many of them have deierted from the Mer'
chant fervice, in order to get work on lhore
Two houies were opened laff week a
Mapping, for volunteers for his Majeay't
| fervice.
HngKf 40. II is remarkable that tht
French ambalIador quilted this kingdom
without the formality of taking leave of hi
Majehy; a thing never known before In
time of peace.
IF the Speaker of the HouGe of Commons
ihould REIGN the chair, as there is at prelen
fome reafon TO believe, it is faid that the hon
George Onlow will certainly be chofen.
Ii is confidently reported on Tueiday
that the late famine in the Ealf-lndies wa,
an artificial one, and caufed by fome people
who were called before a Bri:iih Court o
juRice to anfwer for the fame. Thefe mat.
tiers have been blown by quarrel among
the fervan,s.
Ii is faid the perfon in cufody on iuipicior
of letting fire to Portfmouth dock-yard, ha.
declared, that he and Others were hired BY
theFrench to it that certain Romiih prieft
well known about Portfmouth, was the prin-
cipal con,river and that French frigats
lay off Portlmouth harbour ready to receive
him and the other perfons concerned in it
IL is faid tina. the French have no lels than
so men of war now in the ports of Brief
and Toulop, mof Of which arc large ihips
and could be in readiness 1.-THE ihortef notice
AEggR go. The Spaniih Ambanador ha.