The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-10-01
f26


fail. bad about thirty men on board, ana
Ex-oared, boat; which yeAel, as ioon as the
Prince Erneft appeared, made iail to-
wards her, and, when he came within
bifol. mot, began firing upon her with
eight carriage guns. and alio with i~iveis
loaded with grape ihct and balls about tour
br fix pounds weight, and with mufk:ts,
which was continued very hot tor hall an
hour. when the Mater of the Prince En-
hefs. having no great guns or fwlvels TO
make any re6fance, ran the Shaliops as
i,car as he politely could to the ihore'
without. ftranding her, and there brought
her to an anchor, and then he and his crew
took TO their boat, and got on fhore DUR
inc which, the faid veilel continued firing
great guns and FINAL arms az them ; and
abrut an hour after they had got on fhore,
the boat belonging 10 the aforeiaid veiiel,
w ;th ten men in her, went along hde the
Prince ErneR Shallop, cut her cable, and
h, her drive, the yeHrl itill continued her
FIRE a, the ShaIlop's people on fhore and
after the Prince Ern.A had drove out about
a Quarter of a mile, fhe was boarded by
the people belonging to the fmuggling
VeHei, who hoiled her jib fail, ran her off
about league from the fhore, and sitter
laundering her, it is fuppofed they fcu,tled
her. as fhe was Teen 10 fink about fcven in
the evening of the faid day.
a largeV enel, unknown, but fuppofed 10
be the Jenny, McfAt. from Bottom, New
ENGLAND. to Hull, ran on fhore on the rocks
Of Scilly, in violent form on the 2Sth ut.
The lhip was dalhed to pieces and every
one drowned, .ns
Sir JefFery Amherf is to be appointed
Lieutenant General ofthe Ordnance in the
xoom of General Conway, turned out for
voting acainit the Royal Marriage Bill.
7ab "a. Thirty fail Of lhips are arrived
=, Amaerdam from Davis's Straits all Of
them Except one) have ten iih each.
Tnk 90. Saturday arrived at her moor
iDes. Blackwell, the l1eworh Float Of tim
Der from North America. This ihip, which
is built on a new contribution, was the in-
vcnton Of very ingenious gentleman of'hat
country and it is hoped will greatly tend
to the mutual advantage of Great-Bri.a'n
and her colonies, by the importation OF tim
Der from the latter, in much better manner
than heretofore. .nn.
Letters from Algiers, dated, June 7, fay
s. he 10Th of lah month peace was pro-
CLAIMED Between our fate and the King of
Denmark; the articles of peace are the
r,r,a &C the former
Advicss from Dublin give > melancholy
account of a late dreadful 6te which broke
out on the Is,h infant at Drogbeda, by
which near half the town was deftroyed.
The Duke Of Gloucefer, we are inform
esis preparing 70 Get out for Paris in confc-
luence of the preiiinginvitaiions which his
Royal Highneis received from one of the
Princes OF the blood during his late pshAge
through France.
We hear from Copenhagen that his
Daniln: Majeay, accompanied by prince
Frecerick, was, on the 9Th pr:fent at the
review, Of the foot guards, thatth Queen
Julia Maria lat in balcony to Zee them
90 through their feveraI evo'utions; after
which the King went TO the French Come
dy, and the Queen and her fon prince Ere
denck, fet of for Frederickiburgh
Our amiable Queen, who is ever delight
ed 10, and ietting good examples, has juIt
hniihed a very curious tambour watfcoas,
for the Prince of Wales.--.,.......- ..-s.s..s
AagaR 3. Governor Wright, of Geor-
Ola, we hear, has rshgned thar employment,
and is 10 be fucceeded by Cove. nor Shu'ey,
Of the Bahamas, who will be .iucceeded by
fome gentleman fent out from England
Letters from Poland adviie, thai another
Izsge body Of AuEtfian troops bad entered
that kingdom, and was in march towards
Kaminice. t.sssSs sasa