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

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the intelligence they brought: :" ne tour
great sities, rsmsIy, Chnitsinitadt, Joenk-
ioeping, Landicrona. and Gothenbu' gh,
nave declared his Marty, the King OF
Sw@.en, as their abislute fovsreign. Oh
IL, ,,h &C this r:onth, Pince Charles
VINO was then at Schonenj Immediately
put himfelf at the head of the troops ano
militia of Landfcrona, and Prince Frsde-
rick Adolpfus did the fame at Gothenbufs'
Thcic two Joined together, with an army
of about &c, 900 men, and marched oeio'e
the walls of Stockholm in their mafch
they dccla;ed every where the King 10 o.
abiou.e; and on their arrival at Stock hom'
they demanded their princely right, "n'ch
have b:en limited and oppreiied oy sne
preient deputies to recall the late act ca
led the 06naacs of the King, in which MS
Majclty IS limitec, in manner NOT &c oS
iuffered by an anointed King" The Prl-
vate letters from thence, fince that date
diff only in one article; fome lays thai
his Msjefy Immediately left Stockhoi,n'
and retlreG to Joenkjocping to JOIN MS
troops there, in order to force the tates
70 dicharge him of his oath OF coronation I;
but Others fay, that his MaeRy kept him.
feif very mug at Stockholm till the army
came before the walls, then ne communl
Gated his dsGgn to the itates and after a
Teiiltance which was made by great part OF
the clergy, and Tome of the MOBILES, taey
found themielves Obliged to dnchafge his
Msjefy Of bis oath, and to declare him an
abfoIute fovereign. Ii is remarkable, that
no reiiftance at all was made BY the other
two ftatss of the peafants and burghefs'
Other letters fay, that this important rlvo-
luton has been publllhed already in ma
nifefo."
Sept. q. Government have lately con-
raefed with fome eminent lhip-bullders,
for building forty veflels on a new plan,
propUled by Lord Sandwich, for the more
internal navigation up the FINAL rivers in
Guinea, Africa, and along the Gold Coat,
as we'll as thOfe of America. They are to
be 70 calculated, as when full laden to draw
2 fmall draught of water.
Advices from Copenhagen mention, that
the King has of late manifeRed an extraor-
binary abfence of mind, and is amoft con-
tinualy in fate of dependency.
From Paris we are informed, that the
Counties of Barre, the French Kings mfr
trefs, has lately made purchaie of Mar
quiG!e in the province Of Ficardy, which
has colt her Tor more properly fpeaklng, the
I.ka 1ls1
1900, 900 livres.
The Earl of Dartmouth, who has fuc-
ceeded Lord Hiborough as Secretary of
State to the American department, is reck
oned, beiide being man of buGnefs, one
Of the mott accomplished nobemsn in Eng
land.
Extva7 Of a letter from gentleman !" LIZ
ben, to a merchant in Cork, JEJI3.
Ga the sd infant was executed, pur-
fuant to her lentence, Louiza de Jefus, for
the murder of thirty-three infants, that were
at different times committed to her care by
the directors of the Founding Hoiptal at
Coimba, from which las appears by the
fentencs publilhed) lhe had no other in
duccment out 600 reas in money, cova-
do of baize and cradle, that ihe received
with each of them. She was but II years
of age when executed. Going to execu-
ton Che was pinched with hot irons, and at
the gallows her hands were ftruck off; fhe
ihss then arangled and her body burnt"
Yeferday commifiion pafled the great
zeal, appointing the Lord Chancellor, and
the other Miniiters of State, together with
William Earl of Dartmouth, Soame Jenyns,
Edward Elliott, Lord Robert Spencer,
George Greville, Bamber Gaicoyne, Will
liam JoIhfe, Efq's. and Lord Garlies, to
be comm,fTioners for promoting the trade