The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-03-26


fhip Charlotte. Capt. Rogers ALTO the fhip
Hibernia, Capt. Chace, for Waterford, in
Ireland, with whom went paAenger Mr..
Henry Bowers, jun. ofSwanley, merchant.
PHILADELPHIA, Dsesm5sr AZ. On.
Thurfday laif brig with moahcs, belong
ing to Marbleheat, from Cape Nicola
Mole, ran alhore on Cape Henlopen in the
fog The people with the cargo will be
(aved, but the veiIel loft.
We near that Francis Hopkinfon, Efq;
ofthis city, is appointed collector of his
Maefy's cufioms for the port of Newcaf-
tie on Delaware.
Extrat7 eta letter from gentleman in Lon
den, 10 bis eorvelpsndsat in this city lin
/trted .byrqusf
{" Ii is Get harv to acquaint you of our
laif grand iufa Iation of officers for the an
cient malonry in this kingdom, viz. His
grace the mott noble John Duke and Mar
qus of Arhol, Marquis and Earl of Tulli-
bardine, Earl Strathlay and Stra,hardle,
Vfcount of Ballquider, Genslmond and
GlcnIyon, Lord Murray, Belvency and
GaR, heritable Captain and ConRable of
the Cattle and Confabulary of Klncleavy,
one of the Gxteen peers of Scotland,
Knight of the mott noble and mott ancient
order of the thiftle, was atteAded By about
three hundred officers in the Lodges in
England, and inftalled Grand Matter of
the mott ancient and honorable fraternity
of Free and Accepted Mafons, to prelide
over that part of Great Britain called Eng
land, and MaionicaI jurifdiGfion thereunto
belonging and Laurence Dermott, E(q;
deputy Grand Matter, William Clarke, zen.
and John Chriftian, Etq; Jun Grand War
dens, William Dickey, jun. Eiq; Grand
Secretary, and Thomas Smith, Eiq; Grand
Treafurer We have no account by me-
mory or writing of any infalnent equal to
this for grandeur, elegance, folemnity and
feffvity, which mutt appear evident hav-
Jog the patronage of 70 graceful and noble
a patronage, whole drefs was extremely
magnificent, and his officers in The grand
eft uniform fuitable to the occaiion--And
his grace noby contributed baHdlome
purle of guineas to the grand fh5fitY,--
| In Aort, to give minute account Of this
happy event, would be to write fafEexhA
long on fGbje gla Il EFT RolP a sSSt dT fho e
our happy iituatiOn will give you great
pleafure."
By Captain Allen, from Barbados, we
learn, the fchooner George, Captain Sib-
bald, from Newfoundland for this place.
on the sth of December, in lat. 80, long. a..
met with violent gale of wind at NJ. W.
which LATED two days, and obliged him to
lay to hull, when the wind flirting a Tea
truck the veflel, and over iet her, carried a.
way the boat, companion, binicle, and eve
ry thing off the deck, lhifted the ballaR, and
ftove all the water calks in the hole, fiarted
the lower deck and carried away all his fails,
except the fore fail and jib; but by cutting
away his foremaf lhe rghted again, though
half full of water in which difmal conditi-
on they continued Having no other proviiion
than the lalt fin that hoated abou, the hole.
nor no water out what the heavens afforded)
till the 2oth, when they were luckily met
with by Capt. Steel, from this Port for Bar
BADGES, who took them on board, IL fouls
in all, among whom were a woman and
child, and carried them in with him.
NEw- HAVEN, March 6. Capt. San
ford, of Milford, 10 arrived in the Weff-
Indies, after tedious pzfage of So days,
and loft three fourths Of his hoIfes off deck,
with all his FINAL flock.
Capt. Humphreys, of Derby alto is ar
rived in the Weh- Indies; he failed from
hence about the middle of December, who
three days after he got out fhipPed very
heavy (ea, which carried the mott Of his
horfts and other flock off his deck.
Capt. Grfing, of Guilford, on his
pahage from thence to the Wef- Indies,
loft fourteen of his horfes.
Capt. Jofeph Bryant, in large noop
from Milford. we hear. run aihore on