The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-10-24
NUMB. 3D.:

4 DC WuNG E1I0Et Di tue Cucfuy icA tHo tUC
hands of our hoops; and, smonga the i'm.
m ;nfe b.,oty which they made there, were
1000 tents and 90 pieces of cannon. Our
lois is only eftmated at SO men wounded.
LONDON, AygQ 10. Ii may be depended
on (fsys an evening psperl that The court Of
Madiit have iait concluded private treaty
with the States-General, who are to fuTnlIh
tina. court with twelve nea Of war of the
line, on any emergency.
Some people, within thcfe two or three
days, endeavoued to propagate a report,
that Admiral Rodney had failed with sn IN
ten,ion to take poGeilon of the Madeiras +;
no fuch fpiri,ed conduct is expected from an
administration, which has uttered itlelf to he
infu,cd BY the moi inigRifcant power
in Europe.
We have been cajoled by the French,
byared BY the Spapia,ds, and infulted BY the
Poruglisle.. What Dryden applied to the
minlfry of Charles the Second, may with
equal truth and jufice fuit the prelent wife
adminarasion under George the third. A
government that not knowing true wildom,
Is formed abroad, and lives on tricks at home,
An alteration ia the miniltry will certainly
take place before the meeting of parliament.
We arc siEued from pretty good au,ho-
rity, ,hat the charge viii hsR begin in the
law department.
There is not the leaf foundation for The
paragraph which fsys, Lord Mansfield IS &c
have the feals, as bis LoId[hip has refuied
them twice within twelve month, and fnee
declared he never will accept them on any
terms whatever.
The French AmbadadoT has been holding
himfelf in readiness to depart this kingdom
for fome time paa, his fucceior beihg daily
expected. Whatever has been laid 20 the
difeputation of Count Guigne, every gentle
man in this kingdom, who has cultivated
any acquaintance with him fay he deieivedly
merits every thing that can be faid in praife
of unaffected, eond:lcendi1g, and cOmplai-
(ant man.
AT the time Of the rumour of late French
invaGon, two chimney fweepers reclining on
a rail in Covent. Garden, during their pro-
found debate, Jack (Gays one ofthe table poo
Inicians) what is it to US Our contribution
has. nothing to hope or fear from any change
of government what need We care we
fhall be chimney fweepers ffill that's )Out
Emifake (cried jack for when the French
come, they will bring French chimney
fweepers along with them.
AegER III. Not long GnC-, when coali-
ton was thought Of, and to which il was ne
ceAary Lord Chatham ihouId accede, the
King TENT for him to town when the mef.
fenger arrived he was wracked with violent
fit Of the gout, yet forgot not his ufual pride
and conicquence, but having read the letters
cry'd out, Shall / ntVer fee an end Of my Ia
Esur ? mgG / be EfFrH0Ly Rave, and GisOayf
be denie6 the ftOert5 q rTfirxmTHt z
Lord Cover is talked of TO fucceed to the
Viceroyfhip ofIreand Lord Townfehd, il
is faid, will in fhort time be recalled, in or
der to FIJI a diainguiihed Office here at
which time il Is thought an entire new ar
rangemem will take place in the mluhtTy.
Many people are az a lois to think what
Mr.. Wilkes is about, but il is certain he 10
not idle as we are informed he has within
thefe three weeks pat confined hlmielt very
coiely TO his apartments Some lay be Is
At bis old work again. -stritiEg and printing.
| Isgzf n. he court of Llibon have Of
dered Comfortable preparations in tina, city.
fof the reception OF the Duke of Gloucefler.
Tie locie.y Of the Bill Of Rghu, tic ON.