The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-03-19
AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE.
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TITS Excelency the Right Honourabl
II Lord Charles. Greville Montague
Governor in chief, Sc. of this province
has bsen pleafed to appoint Roger Peter
Handafyde HALEY, Eiqi to be Collector 0
his Majsfy's Cufoms for this port, in tn
room of John Hughes, Ed; deceafed.
February "a. A letter received yeff.r.
day from St. Eufatia dated January II, In
forms US, that I" About three weeks before
the Spaniards took fchooner as fhe lay al
Crab lland, loading with potts. Crab-If.
land is mentioned in the Governor ofTor-
tola's commifiion, as one of the Virgin Ii.
lands under his command. Admiral Mar
fent down frigate to demand the fchoo-
ner and her crew, but the frigate returned
January the 10th without either. The
Spanifh Governor told the Captain of the
Frigate he had orders for what be did, and
that be would continue to do as he had
done till his orders were countermanded.
The Britifh officers who went afhore, were
treated as criminals, being put under dou-
Bile guard Of Spaniards as loon as they
landed.
PHILADELPHIA, february 40. A fchoo-
.ner from Ncw-Engiand for Topfhana,
drove from her anchors, in the iAand of Sell
y, the 9TH of December laf. ,.v.------
IS The Duke of Cumberland's marriage
with Mrs. Horton, has been the fubje6 Of
much difpuie and conversation for lome
time paR. Some people luppoie the niarri-
age to be unlawful. Others are of diff
ferent opinion.-WhiIe all confefs the cx-
reme folly of it. For my part know of
no law that reffrains the King in the choice
Of Queen, unIefs it be a fatute pafied in
the reign of William the Third, which
forbids the King to marry Roman Catho-
lie, under the penalty of a forfeiture of bis
crown. 1t Is ufual, it is true, and for OBJ
vious reafons of fate, highly proper, for
the King to confult his Parliament before
he marries, but he is obliged BY no law to
do it. Edward the Fourth, and after him
Henry, married with their fubjeets, with
out acquainting the Parliament with their
intentions. If this is the cafe with refpeR
to Kings, am convinced much greater liz
berty is allowed to the princes of the blood.
The Duke of York, brother to Charles the
fecond, although prefumptive heir to the
crown, married the daughter of private
nobleman, not only without con(ulting the
Parliament, but in direct oppoition to their
petitions and remonifrances. Upon the
whole then It appears that the Duke Of
Cumberland has committed an imprudents
but not an illegal aa."
FtbrHary a.. On Saturday .lait, the
weather was 70 warm, that theMercury 10
Farenheit's thermometer food at IS d. il
the fhade. The fame degrees of heat hav
not been felt here for theie many years
this feaion. For fome time our navigation
which has been obltruefed with the ice.
was entirely opened, 70 that feveral veifsIs
came up on Saturday afternoon.
A large fhip, Captain Boon, bound to
Ca(co Bay, belonging to Liverpool, put
into Antigua difmafed.-A hip frohnGlaf-
Cow for Bottom, likewi(e put into Andguz,
having loff her foremaR.
New. YORK, Mareb 4. Laff Saturday
week George Crawford and John Anderl-
fon, having location to bring fonhe Wheat
from Rodman's Iiland oppoGte New Ro-
cheIl, in the found, in canoe, the wind
blowing ffelh, after they pufh=d from fhore,
a dilpute arofe between them whether they
ihould proceed, or par back for the ifllnd,
but b. means of their padding againit each
other,th overfet the craft,snd were both
drowned, 20 near the ihore, that when q ;