The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-04-03

'PeecH Yer Zen TO be fome cordial water kept
4 ho ~ ssy his aunt, he made thltt to crepe
n o Ibis way to it in the dark: On opening
y, the f-uell of the fpirituous liquor con-
firmed his imagination. In the violence
then of the fit, and in hope of fome mlti-
CATION of torture, he puts the bottle 10 ais
mouth, and difpatches its contents In q
few gulps but could not help obfervlng
that fomething ather Huck in bis throat,
which he fuppofed was preierved apricot
or fome other fruit. However ne got 1t
down.In the morning, at breakfait with two
or three more, be mentioned the accident
TO him in the night, and his recouiis Tor
relief to the bottle on the chimney piece
At which his aunt clapping her hands, IN
a kind of agony, cried out, 81 will DC
hanged if he has not fwallowed the Lutte
Lwd!" And what lhould rhis Little Lord
be bur an embryo, prelerved IN ipi'lts, be-
ing the Lady Duchefa's lait nifcarriage
The lrifh Parliament is adjourned until
the 4th ofFebruary next. ..,
A commifion is preparing to pats the
Great Seal, for appointing new Board OF
Trade and Plantations.
TanR0ry 40. 1t is faid that Governor
Bernard (having put Lord Hililborough
int Lbs hands OF Mr.. Hutchinlon, the pre-
fent Governor of New England) is now
entirely done wirh the guidance OF all kind
of Az erican affairs and that bis Lord
fhip for pat (trViess, bias exerted his utmoit
JfrH intereh to get his GsVsrnsr to the
Board of Trade, in the reom OF the late
MIR. Fitzherbert, but that his LordihiPs
utmoR and final efforts have not been
CROWNED with (uccels.
January II. We hear that Lord Hillf-
borough, Imported by the Premier, pro-
pcles to bring in bill for the repeal OF the
tea duty in America.
We are credibly informed that Colonel
Luttrell intends getting up in the HOufe of
Commons this day, and reading his re-
cantation. We are told that he means to
declare, that he is not the legal repreien-
tative of the county of MIddlekx that he
was impo(ed upon by Administration, and
that the whole kingdom has been impoied
upon, by their feating him there as one of
the repre- Eentatives of the county of Mid
dlefex, in direct contradiction to rhe fenle
of the electors that he is convinced of his
error, and 10 therefore determined no lon
ger to hold what he has now no doubt be-
longs to another, and thsn quit the houfe.
Should theColoneI purfue luch conduit, he
muR retrieve him(slf in the eye of the
world.
January ~. By letter from Mannheim,
dated Dec. 20, it has been calculated, by the
obfervations made in the year 1869, relpsef-
ing the TranGt of Venus, that the Sun is
1883, 800 times bigger than our globe /;
and that the planet Venus bears prOporti-
on with our globe as 23 to IS.
A private letter was received at the Ad-
miraIty Office on Monday 10y the way of
Holland from SeTvillc, which brought in
formation that eight Spanifh ihips of the
line were at one OF the Spanifh Ports fully
fitted out and were waiting for failing or
ders their difiination was fecret, but
it was generally thought they were for the
Welt Indies.
Information hkewiie came from Brett,
that four fhips of war were ordered to be
in seadineE for fai,ing at days notice.
It is remarkable, tina, the addrsfs moved
for yeferday, palled both hosfes without the
Leaf debate. In the houle of commons in
deed iing'e NO BURT forth before the fpeak-
er had got to the end of nemins eOafyadiefufe,
which Occationed, according to cuitom a
burR of laughter. The principal speakers
in che opposition were preients and the hoGie
was very full. The buGneis of the day, az
ter ad,nitting'he new members, did not be-
gin ill ten minutes after two, and ended in
about AL hour. ..
January 3. By private letter from Pa
ris there is adVIcs that the iliGeis ofIheFrench
King was ldppoled to have beea occalioDed
by Tome potion being conveyed inro glais
of wine for his Majeity loon after drinking
:, Cait lhontio, nam, al ou.. HE k,>1,, . k,,e