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Augua II.

A.,.n,,h 90.
To the PU BIC.

To the P y B {.
THE fubicriber takes this me-
u thod to inform his trencs, and the
public in general, that he has prepa ed COM
pIeat Room, in his dwelling houfe, near the
Conduit, for the RECEP lion Of GOODS
to be fold at
PUBLIC SALE;
Thofe who are pealed to favour him with
their commands, may ref sfured that the
grea.eif puneuality and honour will be itri2-
" obferved. AS the fi,uation is very iui,ab
for laid bufinef, he Aaters himlelf the refult
of his undertaking will be attended with mt
tual advantage to his employers and felt,
therefore respectfully folicits the favour Of,he
public, and the fame will be thankfully rc-
ceyed by their humble fcrvant
MARTIN BICKER.
NIB. He has to fell,at private lale,
a neat Allotment CT Bload Cloths, 2-A,hs.
7 Sths. and yard wide Irih Linen, 3-4ths.
and ? Chs. Check, Garlix, Dowlas, Bed
ticking, knit Patterns, Velveretts, Shalloons,
mems and women's Hofe, Handkerchiets,
TIcklinburg, Olnaburgs, Kilmarnock Caps,
SC. &c. Alto, few dozen Beavere,t Hats
made in this town, to be fold cheap.
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For the MAssAcHusETTs SP I.
MIR. HON AS,

country. w hen private individuals among
the people tranfgrels the remedy IS aly, the
majority of them never can traigreis when
therefore the tranquility of the fate IS dill
turbed. we are to look for the caule OF IL IN
another quarter and the whole current OF
hiffory as we'll as the evident nature OF the
thing will warrant US to fu(peet that the
failure lies in " thofe who are 0effd with
executive and legislative powers avoiding
the esnGraint of haswn efabiiGed laws, and
taking liberty of acting according c
their cum sD;A and phefars" as Mr.. Hut
clinton expreiIes himfelf. This being
condition inconGRent with the fafety OF an
people, and confequ-ntly with any comp 4
they could pofibly be fupPoled to max
with any perlon iavsasd with their authors
ty, muff of neceiIity be condition founde
in fraud or force, or competition of boil
commonly known by the term ADAPTATION
Richard the fecond, Charles the hrt, an
lanes the fecond were ftriking examples Q
fuch difpoiitions, and Iwill venture to den,
that the peace of community was eve
dangerously diifurbed, its rulers being entire
" innocent. Tho delegates of executive
power are fuppofed to be appointed on pur
po(e to brsvsnt the e'mmnnity from (aJff''n
iwnyy.' Every one Of them is iolemol
fworn to execute the trult repoied in nj
20 the bef of his Kill and cunning, i. c.
the utmoff of his power. Is he not ther
fore iulily anfwerabe for all the s0fI' tn
come upon the commonwealth even fro
his neglect, much more his procurement
Can any one believe the, executive otlcs
of this province entirely bame!eis OF y
plunderings, aGaults, batteries and DANCE
Gus woundings, even of the civil officers
the legal execution of their iolemn trui
moft riotous endeavours TO turn the peacei
be fublea out of his dwelling by mllltar
force, and finally, fling down the cl;lzer
in the ftreets like pigeons ! | fay, can an
one believe that MeG. $. Bernard and Hutch
infon exeTted themleIves to the utmoit
their power to prevent the whole or an
part of theie calamities from falling uPo
this miferabIe country If he can ne mu
very Alghtly have peru(ed the official Publ'
cations of either. Have not both the
gentlemen openly ayowed their sverilon
the c0nJ7yGint of the kn0sUn IfO6lIb.d LH'
and contribution of this country Does
the latter though acknowledging the lnfT'
ton, vefuie to take Jingle iteP to have
Tedreled.
Peafe to attend him in fhort recap
la,ion of his laif celebrated mellAge TO,
venerable Commons Of this province,
fgnsd, as he pretended, to demonit'ate
certain reEolves and declarations they
ordered to BE- entered on their journal
not well founded, but on the contrary tt
ed to alter the contribution which VI
il be done with the free content OF theE
pie is a crim- OF the fit m magnitude.
The FUN of thsic Ill founded
,fonatle relolyes, he ob(erves, may
from 'l'---'r'---- - Ids. You haVe,
LETTER to the n IN -.
NUCH Princes who have been fuPpoied
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JAG OBJ HEM T,
DENTIST to her Neisqy and the Plin-
cefs Anelio.


cefs Ansio.
QEGS Leave to recommend to
~ the Public. his newly discovered FL.
I17res Of Pearl, and Peari Dsifiee, which
he has found to be greatly hyperion not only
in elegance, but ALTO in efficacy, to any thing
hitherto made ufe of for complaints of the
Teeth and Guns Particularly they will pre-
JsrVs tbs Teeth in perfect found fate, even
to old age; they render them white and
beautiful, without in the leaf impairiug the
enamel fafen fuch as ase looie, keep fuch
as are already decayed from becoming worfe>
prevent the Toofb- Aeb, perfectly cure the
SezrVy in The Guns, and make them grow
firm and CLIFF to The teeth; they ikewife
render the breath delicate, fweet, and re-
medy almoR all thofe dforders that are tho
couiequence of fcorbutic gums.
Sod 10y appointment of Mr.. Hemet)
whoefale and retail, by W. BayLy, Perfu-
mer, in Cockipur Rreet. near the bottom
of the Hay-msrket, London, and at WfM-
am Seott's Irilh Linen Store, near the Draw
Bridge, Bottom, w-England.
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To be SOLD, for want of employ.
4 LIKELY, healthy NEGRO
"A Man, about II years of age, TT tor
town or country buGneis. Enquire OF the
Printer.
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# LETTER 10 The n ~

OUCH Princes who have been fuPpoied
y by their fubjeets to poilefs but Email
fhare Of understanding, have often fucceeded
bef in their tyrannic PnrPofes OF enilaving
the people they are not iufPeefed OF hav-
ing iuch bald dtGgnt ill it is too laie to OPP
pofe them. Under the deluiion OF your
weaknsis we are taken BY larPrife, and at
tribu,ing the late arbitrary meafures to your
tools of Minifers, we have fuhered ourielves
TO become prey to the cunning of Prince
of the Brunfwick line, whole only right to
govern over US is cur COED :viN and pitHlwt.
After having refifed the more manly at
tacks Of the race of Stuarts, it is dattardlY
indeed to fall prey to yaHr LotU cunning.
Thy had the now long exploded doctrine
Of iersditary right, and the internal cOltom
of regal dtjpofiIm, to plead in their behalf.
But men. YET alive, can remember the time,
when yVay Dominion extended only over the
barren electorate Of Hanover. Before fraud,
dilhonour, and per6dy, had wreRed from
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To be S 0 L D,
| VERY handiome HOUSE

A VERY handfome HOUSE
4 Awith two rooms on floor, good
large yard and garden, with rain water
Ciltern, pIeafantly iituated at the toutherIy
part of Bottom, the third houGe to the north
ard of DR.. Byles. ANY perfon :nclining
to purchafe the fsid houfe may have it at =
very feafonable price. For further particu-
lars enquire of the printer.
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any means to prevent the exorbl;ant price
of proyiGons, and the oPprefiion of the
people, and relolving, they laid, to have
but one God and one King, they at length
Joined the folders of the garrifon, who had
leized the Arfenel, and put fsveral officers
under srreff for refuing TO come into their
meafures. Thefe letters add, that at the
departure of the pof TIE gates Of the town
OF Chrifsnftadt were lhut, and that Prince
Charles of Sweden was marching at the
head of regiment towards Cnriitianitadt,
with Tome pieces of artillery, tore-eftabiih
good order.
PErERSBURcH, The capital Of RaDT0l
HzgHR :, we are informed that our fleets
in the Archipelago and the Black Sea, are
TO be reinforced with 40 ihips of war, and
a number of troops. And Count Alexis
OrTow hath received orders to fail imme-
diately from Leghorn to the Archipelago,
with all his men of war and tranfports, in
order that he may oe in a iituation to con-
tinue the war with vigour by land and fea,
in cafe peace fhould not be concluded,
when the time OF the ArmiAice finiihes.
CoPENHAGEE, [fbs c0bitatsf Denmark
Asg9R 8. BY advices from HeIhugbourg,
IN sweden, we are informed, that the garri-
ION of Chrihianitadt had revolted few
DAYS before that they had prevailed on the
inhabitants of that town TO JOIN thsm and
that they had renouncsd all obedience to
the different orders of the fate. Prince
Charles, the King of Sweden's brother, is
in Scania, where he has ahcmb ed and put
him(elf at the head of 1000 men, with
whom he is marching towards Chriftian
ffadt.
ST. JAMEs's, AsgN II. The King
has been pleafed TO grant unto the right
/. hon. Wills Hill, Earl of HiIlfborough, in
Ireland, and Lord Harwich, Baron of Har-
witch, in EG'ex, and to his iaues male, the
dipnities OF Vifcount and Earl of Great
Britain, by the titles Of Vrfcount Fairford,
and Earl Of Hliliborough, in the county OF
Glouceitcr.
LONDON, M4gzf ro Wagers ar: laid
at the Wet end of the town. that new
" appointed Secretary Of State will NOT re-
main in Office till the meeting OF parlia-
ment.
Before Lord HirfbHough fet out Of
town, he delivered the Earl of Dartmouth
fome inHtuefIons for proceedings in the
next {. fIion of parliament, together with
feveraI papers of conf quence, which his
Lordfllip received fome time fince from the
continent of America.
Before the Earl of Hillfborough let out
for Ireland, he was intrufted with tome
dfoatches to his Exc,lEencv the Lord
Lieutenant, relative to Tome future regula-
tions to be made in behalf of his fuccefior,
who is to flcceed him IN the vicer0ylhip
of that kingdom.
The old viionzries have appeared of
late at Carrickfergus, in ireland, Who FAY
the war will be general in i773 Con
Aantinople defroyed in 1874 The tru-
Col acknowledged by all cations in I77S.
A valiant man give his teitimpny to 1t IN
i776.--Eaglaad cVsIA1wej in I777 An
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tiE ,ait letters receiv =
cd from Stockholm
confirm the news of
a great revolt in Swe-
den, which hrit broke
out at Chriftianftadt,
where the Burghers,
accufng the fates of
not having employed
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Vol. Ii. |
F R ID A Y, October 23.

3 . / = n.
BY The Earl-st- Halifax PotkA. Capt. Bonid-
eyEn, arrived al Ne.O- Iork, IN "a days
from Falmouth, 1Us haze the toA0aorng
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
arrRNA. Tin GkytnGgy1 HupnH IL.
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lin GfrmanyJ AagHN a.
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WolGey, H'pan;oia brig Tryon S. SAu
ders, Amaiea Mary, &: Ands'ion, Ii
verpool. 4A 49,
PHILADELPHIA, O7obr IL. -.e.,
Ayyimd here. Woods, Dean, Beard,
and Cooper, from Liverpool; Smith,
Cowes; M'Cuiloch, Belfaa; Cattle and
Sutton, London; Wallace, Glafgow;
Campbell, Cork; Wright, South Csroli-
ma; Cook and riby, Rhode-liAud Rod
gers, Bottom; Bennett, New. Cattle, on
Delaware; Amiel and Lewis, Halifax;
NUNS, Dominica Vefey, St. Vincent
Peter, Madeira. !.
PoRTsMouTH, Oasbsr go.
ArriVsd here Wyer from PHILADELPHIA
Widott, Madeira; Parker, St, Kits
Clark and rappan, St. Martins ; Wheel
right, Barbados.
LONDON, Ossbsr 90.
A,rivsd bvs, Peabody and hnrd from
Bottom, Tinker from St. Thomas, Bailey
from rotula ,Nye from Nantucket, Tink-
er and CneRcr from New York.
QuRBEc, OsSobv {.
A,yivsd hare. Levitt from Lisbon, Mer-
cier from New Yo,k, Hatch from Bottom.
Oeobsr s. Atwood from Bottom.
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Imported 10 the ieveial ihips from England,
this fail, and in Capt. Brown, jut ar
rived, by
T II O NJ A S L E E,
And to Oe fold al his Store near the Swing
.... B,idge,
n General aAortment of Piece
a GOODS, which being puIchaied by
HIM from the 6ra hands only, he will feIl
at the lowelt advance:
Among sUbifb are, /. ?. II.
"A great variety of Broad Cloths,
Lambfkins, Coatings, Duff 5, Blankets,
Colchester and Drapery BAiz-s, Deyonihire
Kerieys, German Serges of all colours, en-
bofs'd Serges, a complete aflonment of
Shalloons, rammies, Dutants and Gala
mancoes, Stuffs of various forts for womens
wear, lriih Linens of all widths and prices,
very cheap. 49,. =. ;.
A beautiful variety of new falhion-
ed rlbbonds, ladies' collars and trimmings of
all forts, Pelong faiths, Pertains and Sarf-
nets of moR colours, black AoweTed Sattins
and capuchin Silks, black China TaffAties,
hair and other coloured Grograms, worried,
cotton, thread and Elk HoGesy of ill IDrss /;
amonsa which arc an exceeding great varie-
~ of women's filk mrs and gIoves, mems
fix noie OF mott colours, fpup fix ditto,
back e. breeches patterns, mems fix gloves,
Sc. Sc. &c. &c.
L A DIE S S / L K S.
A beautiful variety of falhionsble Silks,
coniitiing of almoR every fort in ufe. An
elegant Alorment Of fancy and other COLOUR
ed lattins for ladies cloaks, of the very new
eR patterns.
A great variety of book and thick
Mollins, T'ombour worked ditto rufirs
and aprons, Msckin and BruiFeIs Laces,
Sc. sc. God and filver Laces, and a frelh
Allotment of god and filver fpangle But
tons, AMI balket worked ditto. Alto,
Guo- Powder, Shot, BrimRone, Nails,
Taylo,'s window Glafs, Verdigreefe, sc.
Sc. sc.
StLv Err TCHE S.
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M A Rim LIST.

BOSTON
ARRIVED hire. G1rham, Lsmfon and
Hinckiey from Philadelphia; Driver and
Atkins from Newfoundland; -Olts from
New-H Haven; Smith, Hairs and D.vIs
from New LONDON; Gregory from Gre
NADIA and St. Martins Harding from
Tu.ks-llAnd Pearfon from 81. Lucia /;
SilveRer from st. Vincents, ST Eutsna
and Turks Hand Luce from Cape Nj
chola, Fellows from Surrinam Myrck
and Brown from London and Cook from
Halifax.
NEWPORT, O9sbsr s6.
. ArriV4d hUs. Allen, Aashony, WAR
ner and Bradfeld from Hilpaniola; Wei
don and Wheaton, Whaling; Heath,
New London Salifbury, Filming, Sowle,
St. Augufine Updike, New-London ;
Coffin, Whaling, Chace, North Caroli-
ma Freebody, New York; Burt, Egg
Harbour Ingraham, Ne~-London /;
Wightman, Philadalphia Vredenburgb,
Amboy; Smith, North Carolina Ell
bridge, Filming Shand, London.
NEw-HAvEN, OEs6sy "a.
Arrivsd bare. Ventrus from Grenadoes
and ST. Martins Forbes, Guada'oupe /,
White, Stow and An, New York /;
Towniend, New-London.
NEw-YoRK, Odsbrr z6-
Arriv1d brs. Hamilton, Bibos Cald-
well, Colerain; Gallagher and Chapple,
Philadelphia; Hopper, Jamaica; Trip,
Kelley. Bufit, Doan, and Babcock,
North Carolina Cooper, Rhode Iland.
NEw-YoRE, Oasbn 40.
Arrivsd here. SehoonerBetfey, S. Doan !;
and Fanny, J. Badcock from North Caro-
lima Aoop Sally, J. Bufit and Dunlap,
z. MoGeley, North Carolina Sally, Z.
Chapp,ll Benthsm, T. Alb,rfon and
Ship Hannah, B. Caliaug ritter, Philadelphia !;
Rainbow, J. Caldwell, Colrain AOOp Lu-
cretia, S. Thorn, jun. Newfoundland /;
John, ]. Barren, Virgiaia Mar'd=n, T.
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From the PoLITIcAL REGISTER.
To LOR d N q R i H.
NV LORD.

MY LOADs
e7sHOSE sUbs yfmnrk bOrU Vsry csLsHt ssa
4 and your eSmp0nianS in 0dminjqyGfi0n, and
ysn mater are grsun, eOnVineSd that IL Is a
bopeieji attempt to snde0voar to rsgjf y0E 10 a
JSnjf Of dst,, Of beaSU, or Of lamf, nye
therefore of opinion. that, zoe sEgbf 10 fit
dsw1 qHisb, and let things take thar eswjS
iii Jsms fvsnf asfsysstn and HnprsOidsd fer
R,ikize ysw essU0Td jSal' Nth farprizr and
dijmSy, The rsin' 81 gOUtrnme1f 6NH fall IF
f6fmleIvS fran jour weak and Dsmblizg
hands. Wb0f, ia, they, e0n touch The bsarfs
sfmsS ike fbst? iii Europe heard sOffb IN
Ggnafiss and eOsfsmpf, that sUbiIs The fate Of
bis sUif and bis friszd w0s offending, the
King Of Denmark gaze bimjfTnp TO an min
feryEpfs4 JSritysf divUfsnS. Hwai fSming
frsm 1ajfHgdds that be Egnrd fbf order 10
orrGG bis 9arrn and Bis minifrr il sO0s 60.
ing 10 an spy0 fb0f T Egned The death S0v-
rant Of Sfrae.lfs and Brandt; and cur ri.
Ow mo1Ovfb, 10 famous 70, fatal and dSmJ(
nc Vyta1, sObNt dfgrTs Of Jfg6biLty did be
bfs0 on this GOs? Ubik the fortune, fbf
ronk, The life, fbs bSn'w Of hs Gafr IOe' at
RGk<, be f0s GaS remarkable 10 be m0s at
bIays, at srsf"irS, and at spsr0i than at any
stbsy time Of bis life. Hi nizjfsr5, fb'Agb
called spsS ia rbe bsgjF, and eat Of tbs b'.jf
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oeI 10 aOollin the form Oh government winch
on the aoth of May he had fworn TO OBJ.
lervc, the houf- OF MOBILES and the Palace
being invshed on all iides with troops, and
cannon planted in the court, the King o.
psned the fcene by alfpeech from the throne,
wherein he declared he did not deiire the
iovereignty, and renounced it with folemn
oath after which he produced the new
form Of government which the members
OF the aif=mbly, Gsnsd, f:aled, and fwo'e to
obierve. By this form, though the Rates
are to aiT.mble, deliberate, grant mony, sc.
yet.in effect the whole power is lodged in
the King, who may be as arbitrary as he
peafss. Il Is thought the whole OF this
icheme was planned by the King of Prufiia.
who was occafionaIly TO afiiff in the exc
cution. Alto that he 10 the author of the
fcheme for dilmembering Poland of part of
lis dominions, and aPproPriating them to
the neighbouring powers and that this
icheme is 70 artfully laid, that no force can
be RATED in oppo6tion, that will be fufici-
ent 20 prevent its execution that his ihare
in the dlvifion is to be all Pomerania and
PolIlh Pruaia, together with large FUN of
money the Emperor's, that fine part of
Poland that lies contiguous to k,s he. editary
dominions, and that the Czarina is to poi
feis Tome of the northern provinces On
the other hand il IS (aid that the combining
powefs began to grow jealous Of each other,
that the King of Poland has fen, TO each OF
them fpIrited fcmonfrances, declaring that
ne will maintain his dominion, 10 long as
ne can bring one folder to the field that
this affair is like to location general war,
that new congrefs is to be held upon Il,
from which great consequences are. ex-
peeted. That the French intend to make
Cofiica repofitory for naval Stores, which
IL is thought will enable them to engrols
the Leyant Trade, and command the Me-
diterranean. That great houle in CadIz
has failed for two millions Rerling. That
the Engl,fh trade to Portugal is almoR an
nihllated, and that the iaiary of the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland is to be augmented to
$4,000 ]. per annum.
His ExcelIency SIR Ralph Payne, Cover
nor General OF the C,ribee iA:s, appointed
Wednesday the 10th of September to be
held "a a day OF fsffIng and Illumination
throughout the Hands and places under his
ve.nment.
DIED j At St.Vincents, his Excellen-
C, Governor Leyburne.-At Hartford the
Rev. Edward Dorr.
NEw-YoRK, O6sber 40. His Msjefy
has been pleaied to promote the following
Captains of the royal regiment of artillery
to the rank of Majors in the army, Wilt
am Martin, John INNS, Fol- es Macbssne,
Francis James Buchanan, David Hay and
Joieph Winter.
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under the dominion Of a mailer who keeps
them and works them for his own pleafuIe
or profit. If men were 70 void of realon, and
brutilh, as to enter into fociety upon fuch
terms, prerogative might indeed be s0bat
Eme men rUonH haze ii, an arbitrary power
to do things bartfn! to the people"
Had it even been tfipula.ed by the charter
that the King ihoud, not only nemiHafs and
cammi0Tsn, but ALTO PAY, yet it could never
DC fuppofed that his Britiih parliament would
tio'enty force money out of our pockets for
his purpofc, this being actually the fuef, it is
mere farce to FAY that.the King doth pay him.
Should | agree with any perfon &c do me a
Tiece of feIyice, for fipula,ed hm to bel
Eaid by me in compensation for iuch fervlces,
ind By force and arms take money out of his
pocket to fulfil my agreement with him. Mr..
Hutchinlon himielf would fay was arSb6sr,
this reafoniug applies itfelf.
Mr. Hutchinlon feems much worried With
the TRU T H of this propcflion, hat, bel
not GEeb Govsrnor as the pfefle. fonlenifa to- |
probably, he may conclude, thar, therefore,
be IS Ufarpr His reAfonings OF rather
quibbIings to get quit of this conculion L
leave undoubtedly, it will be noticed by the |
Hon. Houfe, who Notwithstanding the low
opinion Mr.. Hutchnfon has of their judg-
men, or virtue, infatuated in theIe terms,
"induced to form an erroneous opinion OF the
rights, &c.") are more than his match, and
perhaps may convince him by their future
conduct, that, ENGLISHNEN WILL
NOT BE GOVERNED BIZ INDE-I
PENDENT DESPOTS.
MUCOUS SCEVOLA.
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From the NEWPORT MERCURY.
To the PRINTER.

WE are very much miRaken if there
w be not lomething nOSO brewing, in
fome parts of Europe, which will infalll-
bly, free this county from the WORT OF
temporal CURES, under which IL at P'efent
groans, the curfc of being tyrannZed o.
yer by parcel of dependant tools of ar
br,tary power, fent hither to enrich them
felves and their MAS ERS, on the SboR
of the honeft and irt uftIious of theie CO.
lonies whom Satan envies as he did,
Adam and Eve in parable and therefore
has let loole bis Legions to worktheir f.
nal overthrow. But We have this to COM
fort us, the Devil has always been fruf-
rated in his endeavours TO counteraet the
the plans of the Almighty and as we
doubt not the fettlement of North-Ameri-
ca, and advancing it to NIGH TY
Empire, is one OF thofe plans, we may
oiouA reR anured that all the POWERS
OF EAR I'll and he'll, combined, fhall not
be abe to prevail aganh it Firm in
this anurance, we fhaIl from time to time
through your valuable paper, communi-
cate fuch comforting hints as our diico-
veries may afford. Mean time we reh
your vel wilhers, and humble ieTvants,
A COMMITTEE OF DEPRIVATION.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-07-23
S A T U R d A Y, July IS.
r q 8 T O N.

We hear that the Comminioners Of the
CuHoms for North America, sc. have
efabifhed a Culfom- Houie at Turks
lnand, which is now included in the GO
vernment of the Bahamas.
We hear from Needham, that LAD
Thurfday fe'nnieht, fon of one Mr..
Chamberlain of that place, about II years
of age was drowned in the mill-pouni
there.
MARRIED. Nathan Cufhing, EGq; of
Scituate, to Mhs Abigail Thden, of Penn
brook.
NEwPoR July 6. Capt. St. Croix, who
left New-York laf Friday, and arrived
here yeferday, informs, that about four
hours before he failed, he was credibly in
formed, that the Indians had burnt Sir VIII
liam Eohnfon's houfe, and that Sir William
had taken lhelter in one of the caftles in that
quarter. This report muh be void of truth.
YeRerdsy arrived here Capt. William
Bourk, late Matter of the Brig Minerva, of
this port, who was bound from the Bay Of
Hunduras for Europe, as mentioned in this
paper under the New York head who in-'
forms that hmlelf and FIX MOI s,viz. Captain
James Davis, of the fhip Marquis of Gran
by, Capt. William Chambers of the ichooner'
Polly, of New Providence, Richard Hay.
ward, Benjamin Knox, John Nichol, and
James Finer, went alhore on the I2,h os'
May at Swans Illand, in one boat to look for
a good watering place, their VeRels being
mort of water but the wind and the tide
prevented the venels getting near in with the
land that dav, 70 they concluded to fay a.
ihote'untIIl' mkt morning, in hopes they