The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-07-16

eiACNahSSS ~UlSu hiS IutJ Cts WI 'IHSINa -
bcur under, hy Teaion q he Acts e PA,i,a-
menf for rdiEtg a rfV.shs ,tiib at mar fav-
Efnt. In ,hIs Petition he .nok,rg p'ov,h n
for the fupport Of the Governor ind.ffnd1t
OF the General Aiiembl,, by virtue of he
acts aforelaid, is let forth as a G,itvnhee
which threatens the ruin OF the conaitutlon.
On Tuefday afternoon the petition Of
MeIlfs. Powells and others, the much inir-
ed proprietors Of the lands lying weGwaId Of
Connecticut river, including Hinldae and
many other ,ownihips, granted by this pro-
vince and New. Hampihire, pahsd in thetlo-
nourable Houie OF Repreien asives. II muit
give pleaiure to every honea man to oblerse
the fpirit manifeited by every branch OF the
LegilAture on this occahon. We may now
depend upon feeling a fair trial Of the force
oflaw aganif fuch milerAble ophf'y as tbs,
4" the province Of the M4na1 huletis- Bay can
claim no title to any lands whaIioever, under
the deed to Rofwell beosuEe the q ant to
the council of Plymouth was void tor the
fa'ie fuggetfion on which il was gfahted, and
the provIfo therein contained as it COM
pretended lanls then poa,Ged by the
Dutch" Vid.Conf. Commentaries. 1867
p. II.
This province has hitherto undenIably ma
nifefed an unbecomlng degree Of tamencIs
IN their ddpa,es with their neighbours, but
il is hoped TIE evidentc .nitquenees of poe
ketlng iuch icandalous nvaiiOns, hate swskA
ened them to make iomething OF itand be-
lore few and jsbbers at New. York, and
the great Colonel Wells il the pine woods.
f1all drive them all back over the Atlantic o
Holland again.
We hear the I th regiment now at caf-
tie William, will embark, in few days ON
board the tranfpons, which are employed
to convey them from hence. Their dcilI-
nation is YET profound fccret, but the ge-
neral opinion is that they are bound to the
Wet Indies.
Yeferday arrived in Town from North
Carolina, John Malcom, Eiq; late Aid de
Camp, to Governor Tryon in his expedition
againR fome Of the people in his then GO
vernment OF North Carolina aforefaid.
The General AGembly Of this province,
6niihed their buiioeis on Tuefday laR.
II is whiipered, with what certainty we
know not, THAT the 1 4th Regiment, &c are to
proceed sgainR ST. Croix If the report IN the
London papers relating to an Engi(li Aeet's
going againf Denmark, fhould turn out to be
true, this expedition may be prob Bic, as
ST. Croix belongs to bis Danilh Ma
jefy.
We hear His Msjeay has been moR gra4
ciouay plealed to order one thOuiand pounds
ferling TO be given to the unhappy fUffers
by the late FIRE at ST. Georges, in Grenada,
| The week before laH, FIVE OF fix men died
at Philadelphia by drinking too freely Of
cold water while they were warm.
The Governor and Council of the colony
| of Connecticut, have thought proper to diff
CONTINUE the embargo laid on grain in that
| colony.
MARRIED. Capt. John Homer to
ME- Hannah Games, daughter Of the late
Colonel Carnes.
DIED. ] Mrs Mary Boutineau, aged 81
years, Widow of the late Mr.. Stephen Bou-
tineau, Merchsnr-Mr John Cox, Mafou.
MIR. Jofeph Brewer, ION of Mr.. Brewer,
carpenter, at the North End--Al Hilpaniola,
Capt. John Hewitt of this town.
! ALBANY, June n. We hear that Sir
William Dohnfon has, after feveraI meetings
with the deputies from the MlGagts, who
came to him on account Of the murder OF
their people, at length obtained their Grong-
Ell sAurances, that they would MT sttemrt
to retaIiate on any of his Majeay's fubje6i'.
and that they appeared thoroughly fA'isfed
whereypon The difmifIed them with veIY
handfome lPreients, and belts, &c. TO the
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