The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-06-11
T H. U R S D A Y, June II.
70 B O. S, r o N.

Giooe, war feems 10 be as tar oil as ever.
We hear that an exptels arrived lAit night
to Admiral Montague from Providence, IN
forming him thata number of people in two
nooPs boarded his Majehy's loop Gafpee,
Capt Burlington, bound the men carried the
ichooner on more and burnt her. PArticulSs
In our next To 1Ubaf dre0dfnl dilemma are
fbs people reduced Thy mgf infer tbtm-
FLIES TO bfpiundfrsd, sr---.
LaR Tuefday Capt. Lyde, arrived here
from London, with whom came palleneers
William, Story, Efq; James Murray, Efqi
and Capt. Sheppard of this port.
Fine lame day Capt. Chambers, arrived
here from London.
Laff rhuriday fe'nnight being the annual
Convention of the Mlnfaers in this pro.
vince, Sermon well adapted to the occa-
fion was preached at the Old South meet
ing houfe, by the Reverend Mr.. SAMUEL
LOCKE, Preiident OF Harvard College. -
We hsar the collections are in future to be
a fund for the relief of widows of MIMI
iters dec afed.
TIE three tollotOizg paragraphs are extra t7ed
fr'm London paper Of AprI 18th, ,772.
A correspondent fays, that the following
taxes are paid for bread land-tax on the
ground the wheat grows on, land tax on
tn. ground the wood grows on il 10 baked
with, tax on the very water it is made
with, tax on the yeaf it is worked with,
a tax on the lalt uf-d in it, b-Gdes a RIA.
fonable allowance the baker hath, or ought
TO have, for bookkeeping being doubled
For beer he fays are paid the following
taxes land-tax on the ground the barley
grows on, land-tax on the ground the
mop grows on, tax on the water il is
brewed with, 8 different taxes laid on matt
at three different times for three different
uies, 8 different taxes on the Goals it 10
boiled with, tax on the copper il is boiled
In, different taxes on the haves the bar
-sess-ate made of to put it in, tax on the
Pho6psyN0e itaves are bound in, tax on the
Seaft e is worked with, tax on the can
bdlssSSf brewers fervanrs ufe in brewing, 4
dairtffefent taxes laid on the publican at three
different times for his lcence to fell, and
taxes for the tankard we drink out of /;
in all a6.
From Scotland we learn that feveral viii
lagos arc in necefity and dlGrsG, having
neither cheefe, butter, corn, nor A:ih.
The bill brought into the Houfe Of Com.
mons for the further relief of his Majefty's
ProtefaLt fubieefs, dif:nting from the
chuich of England, dfpenfes, we are tod
with that part of the act made in the Fl #
year Of William and Mary, which requires
fubfcrlption to fundry articles, mentioned
in the lfatute, made in the thirteenth year
| OF Eslz ibeth -
! ne only qualifications required in this bill
from diif=nting Mnifers, are that they
fhall take the cuRomary oaths of allegiance,
iubicribe the declaration againft PoperY,
and ALTO profefiiDn that they believe the
fcriptures of the old and new teifament, to
contain the mind and tOiH of Gsd, and that
fby 'EfsiOs them az fbr ruiz Of fai.b ana
p'0<iiT. Juf'css of the peace will be APP
pointed to adminiiter the declaration and
to keep RICHTER, wherein are to be in
fered the names of thofe Minifcrs, who
offer to make (uch oaths and fubGcrioe
fuch declarations. Ii will further fpecify
in contradiction to one part of the ssaa for
the uniformity of public prayers" that mi
niitersdriablec from preaching any fermon OF
lecture by the ACT Charles the feconh, lhall,
upon taking the oaths, and fubfcribing
! the dec aration, be exempted from the PEE
nalty of imprisonment, and Ue duly quaIif-
ID to preach, expound, or exhort. In or
der TO prevent perfons from fraudulently
qualifying themielves as difT.ntng Mnif-
tiers, this bill will enact, that every perfon
Offering to qualify himlelf as diGenting
Mlnifer at the general Sefiion of the Peace,
lhall produce to the Jufces teltimonial,
hsned BY foms Proteitant diG:nting Mini.
fters, purporting that the perfon 70 Offering