The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1772-10-29

Extra6 sfa litter trom Po'tm'atb, ny IS.
s' nave been a fhipwrIght In this dock-
yard thefc twenty. fix years, in VIII en- time
we have had many eminent perfons at the
head of the navy, but allure you non:
have furpansd the goodnels and found
judgment of the prsfent fitf Lord of the
Admiralty, who will ever be reyeTcd by the
artifcers of the royal yards in general, tor
his goodne(s of heart, in being the chief in
| ltrument in cauGng the following regula-
tions to be made. Our moR gracious So
vereign, by the advice of Lord Sandwich,
and the other Lords of the Admiralty and
Privy Council, have ordered the following
itanding rules fhoud be friet y and culy
attended to, VIZ. That every ihiPwrIght
who has ferved regular apprenticeship IN
the Kings yard, and By any means gets
hurt, 70 as to dilab!e him from working,
is to have 2ol. a year, 10 be paid him quar-
t.rly; after thirty years labjur, 1t they
cannot work any longer, and bear a good
character, they are entitled to the fame an
nuity the jolners the fame the fail ma.
kers and houie carpenters are to have ~.
the blacklmiths I'll. and the laboureEs
III"
The exact fate of the Spanifh marine,
according to letters lately received from
Madrid, is faid to be as follows, VIZ. fe-
venteen ihips of the line at FenoI, thirteen
of them rugged and in commifion twenty
ninS at Cad;z, twenty-five in good order,
no mention is made of frigates or men of
war ON the ltocks.
Fordycs's debts, BY an authentic lift juH
handed about, amount TO S52, ooo. of
which 10000 are called fmall debts, and
100, oool. debts OF honour, being the dir
| ference of flock to nave been delivered the
10th of July.
1t is fad that proclamation will fhorty
be illued, Offering great advantages to thofe
people who embark for America, in order
to cultivate the country, and facilitate the
MAiGppi fcheme.
The lalt ihips which arrived from the
Brazils at L.fb1n, give a long detail of
dreadful confpracy which broke out in that
country. 1t was lot fupprehrd but with
great difficulty and efFuiion Of blood: there
being killed in one engagement 772 of the
conlprators and 100 wounded; and of the
Portuguefe IA killed and a. wounded.
ST. JAMEs's, Sept. L. The King has
been plealed to grant unto George James
Williams and Francis North, Eiqrs. the
Office of Receiver General of all his Ma
jeGy's revenues within his colony and CO.
minion of Virginia.
NORTHAMPTON, Asg. 10. The fol-
lowing account is fiictiy true: On the I'D
lult the wife of John Charlfworth, who
Keeps the Crofs Keys inn, at Ballover, in
Derbyfhire, was lately delivered of three
children: The woman continued in toler-
abe health ten days, when fl; was deli
vered of fourth child and on the 1ld
of July fhe was feized in labour for the
third time, and brought two more chill
dren into the world. Thele fix children,
though very fmall, were perfectly well
formed four are dead, but a boy and
GIRL with the mother, ave likely to live.
Smyrna, MAJ ~. Capt. Bonnau failed
| from A Alexandria on the afr of Iaff month,
and arrived here three days ago, who hath
depofed, that on the 9TH Of the faid month,
in the latitude of Zero, he fell in with the
RuHian Admiral's fhip, with two other
msn of war, three frigates, bomb vene,
and tartan, which had on board 400 land
forces, and that the Captain of the tartan
"a Grecian) who conducted him to the
AdmTars fhip, informed him that the
above mentioned fquadron was going to
burn the Turkilh fhps which are in the
dock yards at Bondroum and Rhodes.
The Captain adds, that having put into
Cape dss Afbres in the gulph of Mengala,
on the 9th, he heard the report of cannon,
and it was corjs Cured that the RuIEians