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M A SIS A C H u S E T r s

you were to re.aa the farce Of GSvHrn0T
Bernardo trial, and procure againit II the
refolves of a much mole dignifed council
than that of Bottom.
And now, my Lord, how has this mea-
fure of you and of your Governor prohted
Mr.. Oliver il has compelled me TO hold
him up to tauics recorded infamy. Such is
the fate of thofe who are lfgna,zed with
your Lordhip's pauonaer. But do not fear
to make them revolt by accumu.s'ing lhame
upon them throw but the appearance Ut
p,smnioa on it, and YOU will make PERJURY
and proitiutioo eafant. DO no. peak
fom Ejaculation, bur firm your Lcrdlhio's
practice. They have fqr's congerlal wl'h
yours; they a'e modIed by your principles,
and informed with your foul. They are e
quaily prepared 10 aGIilinate an individual,
or oppre's the pubic.
My Lord it IS not in your power to fhake
my good opinion cf the council of Bolton
aad ItrGf you are as hide abe to injuTe me
with then. | have vindicaIed their meA-
fures, bAcaufe they have dctervedit. When
| can no longer praile thtm, ! viii be iilent.
| will remember aud revere their truly ho-
nourable, wife, ard patriotic oppoftion to
the iniidious and oppreiGve meaiures of thoie
bad men, who, beuaying their country, have
lifted under your notorious banner.
Your ipies and ycoPhants, any Lord have
made you think you know me. have fome
fmall doubt of that but of this am lure /;
you will ever know me for an implacable
foe to your principles and practices; ore
who will never abandon, while he lives, the
righteous cau(e of freedom one who will
continue to hold your aGtionsup opublic view
that, fthey are good, you may have glory /;
ifbad, as they have ever been,you may make
foms a,onement, by the fhame and reproach
that wilfcoyer your character for ever.
JUNlUS AMERICANS.
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To the 1Uortby LIVERYMEN Of the CRY
eff LON ID ON.

%oGES&nSMfN, i'm. 10. 1910.
|FTsHECd enty of the Office, which your
( L. AfegN conferred upon me, forbids my
engaging in anews-paper controversy, begun
an an unbscom;ug manner, land carried on with
little argument, but much indecent PATTON,
Nv Guch men as Mr.. Robert Holloway, Mr.
WE. JackCon, and Mr., James Stephen. The
grofs peisonal abufe, with which the prefs
BIAS fpawned-{or many weeks, | regarded
with contempt but the lfrong detire feel
at all times to give you the fulleH informa
ton of my public conduct, and of The faith
ful execution of thoGe powers, with which |
am intrulfed, will not fuffer me any longer
to remain iient, or to leave their caiufnnles
unrefuted. ~
am accufed ofviolating the laws by per-
hitting the bailiffs to apprehend perfons for
debt, and afterwards continuing them in
prifon, by the authority of my office. The
charge againf me perfonally is highly agra
waited by thefe men from the circumstances
of my having formerly food forth in defence
of the perfonal rights of the fubje6 againit
General Wdr0nfJ, and the frightfuI picture
of the cruel confinement of many objects,
now languiihing in prifon for debt by my a.
bufe of power, thence receives very deep
and black coleuring, and indeed from the
contraa becomes the more friking and ira
gically alarming. The preient complaint
however is not an ingenious d(coyery frR
broached in nay Sherfalty, nor has the
quefiion of the unlawfulnefs ofimprilonment
for debt been farted as new matter of de-
bate and uncertainty fince | was fworn into
Office. In November 1910, the merits of
the cafe or the petition of thele men were
argued before the judges of the court of
Kings Bench. They were unanimous in
the opinion, that the L0aV q sbs land fulfilled
imprisonment for debt, and then remanded
to prilon the debtor, who was brought before
them by Habeas Corpus on purpoGe to try
this very quefiion. AT the fame time they
pointed out to the unhappy prifoners the On
ly pofiible relief they could receive, an ap-
plicasion to Parliament for the alteration of
the laws actually in force respecting debtors.
| have not heard that any fuch application
has yet been made, or that my predictions
in Office were ferved with actions for faIfe
imprisonment, becauie they obey'd the cuff
tomary writs ofthe hyperion court of Juffice.
The quefiion was long agitated, and in a
variety of ihapes, but that litigious mode of
proceeding was deferred to the year of my
Sherifalty, by the fubsle- continuance of
wicked and vendiaive Administration. Ii
was reierved as mark of vengeance sgaintt
me. the devoted victim of their malice.
do not intend, gentlemen, at your fair and
impartial bar to avail myfslf of the plea,
that if | had taken upon me to releale all
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@oGES&NSMfN, i'm. 10. 1910.
FSTsHECdso'ty of the Office, which your
Z l. .fesDA. conferred upon me, forbids my
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NUMB. 48:

1irty act ons that difsraces the Ipecics.
The condition Of iuch per(on is not to
be ,nyied. The man of tentinent and
wealth deipiics him; the poor man cuies
and dcteits him. Thoughts on luch tcenes
will plant thorns in his pillow and haunt
BIS mott private moments. And fhouid
ne quietly defend TO the tomb of biz
anceaors, his ituaton is deplorable. BUT
opprthlrs feldom quit the fccne 70 peacea-
bly,, they arc generally SONS Or TIE
SCAFFOED, and leave the fage in a
manner gull ...ieeomirg their form:r conduct.
II iiory of ancient and modern date has,
and the hifory of the prelent day may at
teif TO this truth, thar tyrantS, pfrJi0asd
d.fpots, miniGniai oppredoFs, mEd and
gciA be cruihed in the ruins OF the luPer-
fru6tutr they bad RATED, and viii! forever
be iacrihced, juf tho awful victims to the
man1S OF freedom.
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manf5 OF freedom.
PETERsBURGH,

and induifry of the phY ficians to flop its
progrefs have been inefe 6tual; and by the
following account received from thence
the 9TH infant, the populaee have carried
their .exctnes to the highea pitch. Am
brofius, archbilhop of Mofcow, perceiving
that many abuies had crept in among the
common people, through the art,fce of
Tome dcGgning perions among them. tho't
it his duty 10 put flop 10 their progrefr-
Thefe importers found means to collect the
major part of the people TO one of the city
gates, where there is an image of thu Vir-
gin Mary, and worked on their credulity,
by falfe appearance Of religion, 20 crafty
their own lucrative intentions. The peo-
pie, even many of the fck, came in vah
crouds to this place, and threw money into
chef put there for that purpofe, by which
means the diitemper was lpread lurpriEng-.
y, and the croud was even 70 great that
many people were trod TO death. To put
flop to fuch vilainous and impisus prac-
tices, the archbilhop lent proper officers to
zeal up the chef but the blinded multitude
who looked upon this action as a difrefps&
to and difturbance of their religion, imme-
diately gathered themielves together, and
plundered the Archbifhop's houfe, but not
finding him there, they went to the con-
vent, where this worthy Archbifhop was
killed by them in the mott cruel manner.
AS loon as the government of Mofcow
heard that the people were in an uproar,
they fent oHt troops sgainf item, by
whole hands many of thefc wretches fell
victims to their own credulity and bind BIZ
gotJ. A vaf number of them were ia
ken priloners, who will be puniihed as
the law directs for TO great a treIpals.
LONDON, Nsvsmbr 9. Whit every
thing feems to favour the peace and happi-
nefs Of the pubic, the Royal Family have
been and full ar: in the greateft diffrcfs.--
The PJincefs Dowager is in declining
tate of health, and has been very Ill Of
late - he Duke of Gouceif:r, who bears
very amiabe character among US, d.
been at the point of death az Lesb led
but an txprefs arrived two days INV
ne was judged now TO be 90
Till that account was Is>
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EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
(Ram) 06sber 8.

H E malignant dif-
temper which has
broke out at Mofcow,
has cauied great dif-
tulbance and confu-
Gon among the COM
mon people, which
is the particular rea-
fon why the remedies
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De 70 Oatter GOWN S"~ "'"''S r
preAion. OF confequence tyrants look with
iealoufy on it and frequently dare attempt
its deltueion. NERO, JAMEa,
CHARLES and TN have in tneir
turns felt its force, and in prop'rf''H TO f0s''
bOwsy have wreaked their malice on II. AS
this is a delicate matter, a tree people
fhould watch over it with fondneis and at
t-ntion. and defend il at all hazards
am fenfible we are at prelent in the pol-
ieiIion of this privilege, but We may loon
lofe il. and the little remains of freedom ere
long be extirpatcd. This | am warranted
to afTert, for appeal to facts. so anxious
have 6ms been for the deftructlon of the
prcfs, that they have faerihcsd charaet2r
not for learning or refnEmtnt, but even b.
neGy and common JsEjF. TO CRAFTY this
fs,al patton, they have been willing
to dsgral. honour and dignity to APP
pear Vcsak, iseszGfsnt and PEfrit' and
to exhibit a Ve,JaiIifv of CONDUIT that
every little member at LovclPs, mutt b uih
for them. What may rot be expected,
when men chute 10 give up 10 much, and
rzther than not carry point, vii. become
defpicahle. Letters dc Cachct may one day be
fcen in this county, and an American may
find them proa uetive of worie cohi quences
than in being .fept TO the Battle. "A mean
therefore to cxercife that righs my God
my country and its laws give me, before,
like other temporal bleflings, 1t may
g take wings and Ay away" Waen our
rights were once infringed we thought 1t
fuffcient to remsz6rats and petition. But
nv countrymen, we live In an age, when
tbefe things are defpifed. An American re-
monRrance is pocketed by minlfteI, and
i, treated in a way too odious to be menti-
oueG. But however, hifory informs US that
freemen are never injured with impunlty.
Charles I. for thinking and attempting TO
make Eneiifhmen laves loft his head.
lanes the tecond was drove from the king
dom. May Heaven avert ilmI ar fate,
and prevent By repentance 0fb0 princes,
their fosh and 0bfttsr5 from making the
The fame horrid appearance IN the records
OF the hiifory of the pTef-nt Gay.
The ErgIifh nation have principles and
feelings different from every other people
in the world. Rough, generous AND
brave; they always put the belt AND mott
favourable contraction on the actions o!
their fcrvants in power. When they meet
with fome dawnines OF tyranny, they i'm
pute il rather to want of abilities or any o.
ther caufe than pEemeditated oeiign. his
temper continues until repeated hard ui-
age utterly eraoicates 1T. When this is the
cafe, wren they find their rulers are deter
mined to defroy their rights, they exhibit
a quite oiffrrent cououd. The Peop'e
who WERE once 10 cbedient &c law and
fubmiflive under the hrt attack, tyrants
often nave found to be amazingly de-
termined and caring in action. ! he lyon
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For the MASSACHUSETTS SPY.
The CEN TINEL. Ne. XXXII.
Had be been ebsaffd If bis right 70 ISng,
IND JUaJ be tameiy nil 10 bear !bs Urong +?
HONOR repyaGeyd bin far a r6't 70 l't0,
An4 fbrtatai4g JUSTICE rs'O"'d Hp'"
bis broU.
M
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Mr. BoYcE.

a privilege every Er s'iih-
man ought ever to eiteem
facred andinvaluab'e. The
r-cfs is an engine which
is often fruitful of m ghty
events, and generally is a.
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ton to Lord Hllfboough's fucce1or, coun-
tera6 this deluiive, and unjuiti6able con-
duet of the Lonton merchants. but az ie
has proceeded from the trading interef, the
writer fabmits il to the confederation Of the
merchants in America, whether fome pub
lie notice from each capital city, would
not have falutary efe4; or ~ leaf, whe-
ther il is not a duty every gentleman in
trade owes to his country, TO exprsis to his
correspondent in the Rsongeff terms, the
general difspprobstion Of the London adj
drefs. Unleis there are any of 70 iinguIar
an opinion, % TO believe, after recollec.
ting the events and traniaaions Of the late
administration, that ii has been favourable
to the trade, profperity, and government Of
the mother country and the colonies.
II the above hinss fhould engage fome
ADLER pen to delineate. the tranfaa ons OF
the American department during the laR
lix years or 20 point out fome beffer mode
to remedy the preiens errors, oil the wsi-
ter's ends will be an(wered, Is he is of o.
pinion that indifcriminate praile deffroys
one Of the mof powerful incentives 20 viz
tue. BR u T u S.
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mott ieveIeiy feel the fatal alteration. ne
cniis is fully arrived when you and We who
are bound in duty and int-ref TO fopport
and defend each other mutt conquer,or fall
a prey to power which fcorns the limitati-
ons Of Law or reafon. | know you have
long 6nce food ready to perform your part,
had the people discovered q Sufficient
warmth and hrmnefs of refolusion to Hand
by you. They have hith Ato been irrefo-
lute, principally from an incredibly that adj
minifration could be 20 wicked as to re-
foiye 70 enlave them. That point being
fsttled, many moderate gentlemen, who
aimoR thought themfelves tories, begin to
cry out aloud, tbsjs meatara smH nor del
All mankind know that the 6rf magiftrase
ought 20 be coniidered the father Of the
Efate--to have no with or intereA but the
happiHetS and iecurity of the people; and
THAI all in subordinate authority, particu-
larry the arbiters of our lives and for
tunes, hould be men, fearing God and
hzting covetoufnels; in whole hands the
fcales of juffice have an equal poife, and
neither patton, prejudice nor intereR TO
bias them to either eide. Before fuch de-
eiarvs IF yftbf you may appear with cou-
rage and datisfzetion,--5efcse time fsrv-
ing tool Of power you know not, how roor-
der your ipeech aright.
To'fam the matter in hort, gentlemen,
| conceive it is high time for you 20 de-
clare that unlels judges are left In condo
ton, assishpartial, IS We would have ju-
ries OF common referees, that the admi-
niltration of juifice iH-its prefent unnatural
and dependent condition, has iof much of
the confidence and eftrem Of the greater
and better lhzre Of the people, and 10 re-
manning will be roniidered as an engine for
the violation rather than ptoteeion Of our
rights, liberties and properties. Such 4
declaration from you would make the nIoR
impudent ufurper Rase, and cat about him
for means to avoid an impeachment.
A few of theie wholfome corrections, |
think, would ferve a good pdrpofs at pre-
TENT. Would beg your fayour to confider
OF them and let the worthy members of
our General AHsmblY have your opinions
by the next fefion, on theie and other i'm
portant matters, more familiarly falling UNI
der your notice and contemplation than
that of CLERlCUS.
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FRI ID A Y, November a.
B 0 S T . NJ.

We hear that Sir Francis Bernard, bart.
has lately had large efate left him aud
his children, BY relation that lately died
in England, particularly a feat inAylslbury.
which few years ago was elegantly fitted
up BY John Wilkes, Efq.
By Letters from Barbados, we learn thar
Il was expelled that Sir Francis bernard
would be appointed to that government.
We have advice fromEngIand, thar Lieu.
Duddingfon, who commanded the Gafnee
armed fchooner that was burn, at Rhode.
Illand, il promoted to the rank of Captain.
BY his MajeRy's exprefs command.
We hear from Taunton, that on We'd
neGday the 4th inf. (t being their training
dayl the following melancholy accident
happened there-Capt. Richard Cobb of
that place, having loaded gun very deeply.
laid IL on the ground, and diicharged il with
fufe; thegun iplit, and fragment Of a.
bout eight inches in length Rruck him iufe
below the knee snd entirely feperared his
leg, leaving the remainder OF tie bones AZ
the joint moA mifsrably faattered: On the
Saturday following, Combination of fur
geons being held, N was thought sdvifezbIe
to amputste above the knee, he Imported
the operation with the fostitude of hero.
character which he had juftly msriied BY
his intrepid conduit in the army: He fur
vived the operation but few hours, dying
the next morning. He has lett a dilcon.
iola.e widow and children.
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From the PRNNsYLvAuIA JoukNAL.
10 The MERCHANTS Of NORTH
AMERICA.

GsSftsnse9,
TIME diiintereffed p4tiotifm you have
fhewn in the lzft feven years, will
always make an sdJFefs to you proper,
which reipsas the freedom and PROPERTY
of Amsfica.--But your CORRESPONDENTS
in London have now made il srcsOGry, and
your countrymen will expect you ihouid APP
ply Gome Antidote, TO rhe potion contained
lin their late addfefs on Lord Hillfborough's
rehgnation.
IbeIieve the annals of Amsfiea never
furnifhsd fuch a pro(fitutIon of public
praife Il is committing robbery on real
merit, breaking down all diifmetion be-
tween a good and bad niiniRer.-Let US
take review of bis naturalization, and We
may challenge his moR jealous advocates
to point out one Jingle mea(ure during fix
years, that can jufify the fulfome H1tterY
of that addrefs.-What bounty has he pro-
NOTED on the produas Of Amerieai What
duty has he taken eff, from any neceifary
article OF confumption How has he en-
couraged the iettlement of new colonies,
or the farther improvement of the old p
On the other hans, -What man in Great
Britain, can be named mon violent op
pofer of the intereffs of America, during
the uon-lmportation agreement, than this
! ccmpIimeatsd Lord Your yiituous Grug-
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To the PRIN 7 i n.

To the P K l N I X X.
I Obferved q proclamation BY Governor
Hutchinfon, in the !aR Bottom papers,
appointing Thurfaay the I'd day Of De-
cember next, for day of fbsnIiE;vizg 20
ALMIGHTY GOD, in which there il
not Jingle fyllabIe about PRIVILEGES,
either tivii or ysLSisss t--Whereupon I
would hambly ak his ExCELLENCY,
Whether the aniOfsn of civil and religious
pyioiiY1 10 not a fafis eszs1fss, That he
either has no regard Tor thoGe privileges, or
that (which is more probable) he Is an ene-
my TO the liberties and privileges Of his
COUN TRY And Whether be has not
really fold, as far as was in his power. his
swS and his tsnnfry,s BIRTRRIGHT for
what 10, iafri.Geolb, of much lels value
than Jingle mtf Of POrrAGEi How
ihockinel That the love of that hubble
HONOUR, and the meaner love of pslE,
lhould convert the sHes honeR man into one
of the bsGG of Gods creation; mere f.
espbaafie 100! Of blind arbitrary ppsrr. M
PLAIN TRUTH.
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For the MAssAcHusETTs S P 7.
70. tbs GRNrLEMRN of ibs B AR; m'rs
slbeeialJ in fbs Prsvssts sf fbs MAssA-
cHusnTrs-BAY.
GsnfLmsn.
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Il Z importance OF your
pscfefiion Co the well-be-'
ing of mankind, has been
generally acknowledged
By all civilized nations |;
but few, perhaps, have fuf-
fciently attended 20 the
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of the populacc, who have committed great
excriles, not only theIe, but in many parts
of the kingdom.
Yeferday the Lord Mayor, attended by
MIR. Sheriff Bull only, went TO ST. Paul's it
being good Friday, where iernon was
preached by the Rev. Mr.. Evans, bis Lord
ihip's Chaplain not one Alderman was
there.
A gentleman lately arrived from Dun
kirk fays, that during three weeks fay at
that place, no'les than 400 fheep arrived
there from different parts Of England in
fmugging veAels.
Extraa Of a ktftr tTem W,arta,v, Moreb 81.
I" The Confederate General MARTIAL
Zarembra who was ported with his troops
atPetrikau, was few days ago attacked By
Col.Lspuchiu, who commanded a cetach-
ment of Coiacks, and feconded by Co. De-
witt, who totally routed Zaremba's Corps
Zaremba h:mfelf, with mott of the Officers
under him, arc killed, and few OF his Huff
fars and UhIans efcaped. Another of Ia
remba's corps was defeated at Koekziana.
II men killed, and 50 taken prifoners.
g. Sixteen battalions of Plufian troops
are in full march for Great Poland, from
whence we expect acts of hoRility every
pof-day. Major General Prince Fabulow,
who came from PeteIfburg with legion
of light troops, is arrived at the environs
of Warfaw.
BY letters from Poifh Prufia we leatn
that corps of IS, 900 PrUf1ian troops have
encamped near Marienwaerder, ard the
Pruflian Gordon has extended. itfef as far az
Liha, Ratwitch, and Zduni."
A letter from BruH-ls, dated April 3,
fays, "thc Princefs Of Stoberg, who was
lately married by proxy to the Cheyalicr
de St. George, is the youngeh daughter of
the Prince de Horne by his lady, daugn-
ter of the late Thomas Bruce Es,l Of
Aylefbury, who fe,tled in this country"
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which occa6on AdmiralMontsgue's ihiP IN
this Harbour was beautifully attired with the
colours of all nations His Excellencys
troop of iorfe Guards commanded by Col.
Phips, the company Of the train OF Artillery,
commanded by Major Paddock new
company of Grenaders, commanded 10y
Lieu,enan, Pierce, in regular uniform, land
well difciplned, with the regiment of militia
under the command of Col. Erviug, were
muiisred, and performed their ieveral En-
erci(es in the Common after which the
whole body of Horle and foot marched into
King. Erect his Excellency the Governor,
,be Honorable his Majefy's Council, and
number of other gentlemen of diitinttlon,
were in the Council Chamber, viewing
IN. proceHiou, &c. from the Balcony and
windows after which his Majeay's health
was drank, when Royal falute was fired
from all his Maleay's lhips of war in this
Harbour. Cattle William, ard the Batteries
i,,own, which was followed BY three vollies
f;om the Hohe Guards, and the regiment,
and BY the. field pieces belonging to the
Train. The balconies and windows in all
,he ffreets, through which the troops march
ed were filed with vaf crouds of fPeetators'
who expreGed great fatisfaeiOn on this joy
ful occafion and between two and three
o'clock, the whole body was difm'iied.
The HonourabIe his MajeRy's Council din
ed with his Excellency at the province
houfe. The officers of the regiment dlned
with COL. irving, at the Bunch of Grapes
Tavern in King-freet. The train COM
pany provided a dinner at the Royal Ex-
change Tavern in King-freet where MS
MaieAy's and other loyal healths were
drank In the Evening they exhibited fome
elegant fre-wOrksfrom the balcony OF fan, :,
houfe in honour of the day. The whole
was conducted to the pleafure and iatisfaetion
of all the fpeaators, and with the greateii
decency, JOY and decorun1.