The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-09-12
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a mark Of ,heir gra,ude tos their upfen'
condnel in the effmr st the Prnteis, and Tor
uppnr,ing the civ chaItets
The Sheriff. we're ordered, to 90 to 81
James's, 90 know when his MajeRy will be
D.estrd 10 receive the CRY addIeis.
Mr. Wikes had acknowledged that he
folici,ed 70 be fent AMI aiIador to CONTAIN
t;nnple, bu. fays thai he foon dropped the idea.
But he HIS not told US that he lad atde hl'
foIieua,ions becsuie they were fTutleis; n'i
has he told Us that, IN revenge for this repuie,
h- wrote his famous letter to the Duke at
Grafton, who has been the occaiion OF his III
iucceE.
According to letters from Venice, advice
is received e,that an iufurrrctIon had late
I, happened at Confsntinople, which con
tinued for three days before 1t was fup-
prsf-d.
When the motion was made yeilerdsV
morning arGui'dhsll for frelh remembrance
the Lord Mayor Gept forward, and Informed
the Livery, he would sdvife thar the addtefs
be fllsd, g The Address Remembrance, and
Petition Of TIE Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and
Livery of London. in Common Hall aiem-
bed !" for if his M jefy did not pay any
attention 70 this addteis,it then would be tine
enough for the Common Council to take the
matter up, and preient another, his Lordihlp
dec airing. that, for his part, he never thouid
either be aft aid or sihamed to go TO the
King at the head Of the Livery, or with the
Common Council, until the grievances they
lsboured under were properly Tedieiisd.---
After l,or, paufe, the Address was orawn
I'D and read to The Livery, and met with
the unanimous appreciation Of all prefent.
tune IT. The epsnisrds are diiaFming
n Cadiz but continue hard at work upon the
for'i6ca,ions.
YeRsrdsy the Lord Mayor, on his return
from Guildhall Chapel, went upon The huff
inps, and gave his vote for Mr.. Alderman
Wilkes and Mr. Bull.
Though the AR Common Hall came to
NO relolu,ion relative to The intended action
againff Sir Fletcher Norton, for the imPriion-
nent of the two Magilratrs, we heat,
il is not laid aide by the party: But that al
the eniuing Common Hall, when the Lord
Mayor reports his Majefiies anfwer to the
Remembrance, i, will be takea up again.
Yelerday Mr.. Bellas was fhoved down the
fairs, leading f:om the huitngs, and other
wife roughly treated BY the popu,acc.
The Comet, fuppofcd to be that ditco- i.
We ed BY Manlicur Meficr the & 4 of April
lat, has been en-feveral times at Tender
den the frii of this infant, NAV, it was
near the lar marked Beta, in the foot of
Auriea and on Friday The 18th, at haf
paft zen. was in right line between Tau
and EtGlsn in Gemini, abou; two degrees
from the 6rR, and fix degrees from the lait
of thofe Ears it had about io2 degrees
right afcerfon, and about 20 degrees nor;h
declination, with tail about degree and
a half long, as feen through refaeiiug
telefcops.
A writer sgaina Mr.. Wilkes Jays, 4" 1t
wiIl be much to be wondered at, it any man
of wealth and independence ever again takes
= puslie par, in defence of the rights of the
eitizsns Of London ;the treatment of Mefirs.
Diver. Townfend, and Belzs 'ait Monday
bsMr. Wi'kes's friends was equally Infamous
and UNREASONABLE. Thefe voc(erous below
srs for Wilkes and Liberty have the impu-
dencc TO pretend that they are contending for
freedom, and yet would deny their fuperiors
in the con,ei, all free will aud free agency"
A Writer in favour of Mr.. Wilkes lays,
" call to mind the fervices he has done US
eonhder that your houfes are facred, your
papers fate from general warrants, which
but for Wilkes, had now perhaps been let
loofe anorgR you. With penetration to di
cover. and courags TO reEtf the wicked
fchemes Of an nfamou: standardization, lhoule
MIR. Wilkes be unemployed