The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-03-05
March &



Eat Rio de Ja1ero being defroyed by an
Earthquake, which has greatly damped the
sf5rits of the Court of Portugal.
LII sGuIed that certain great lady, on
khearing that her luxurious kinfman had
entered into the holy fate Of mstrmony,
turned 10 one of the gentewomen in wal
Rting, and faid, | heartily with he had
Rchofen, initead of c. L-tt-rs filter, the
daughter of Mr.. Wilkes, becaule he would
then have gained largely by his change of
fcondition-an accomplished girl, and pqpu-
iari!v, :
DeeemJr IS. The court OF Spain have
siiIued orders to their commanding officers
! IN the Wet Indies, to fuf-r no foreign
sfubjeets to cut logwood in the iland of
Rattan, or even reio,t TO that place, on any
sp!ett KIT whatloeveT.
d Orders are given for two companies of
1 the artillery to hold themie.v.s in readiness
ito embark for Jamaica 10 relieve thoic now
Eon DUTY ct thar place.
we hear that the premier has written
calculating 'sttsrs in tbe mott prefing';erms
{ TO the kings men, as they are called, re-
squcfing their early attendance this winter
Con extraordinary matters, which are to
come on at the very opcn!ng Of the fiion
OF Parliament.
They write from Guernfey, that FIVE
{ iAiI of French homsward bound hips from
Canada, have o-en lof on toe coat Of Bri-
stany, near the Gafkets, b.rwecn the ei nth
and twelfth infant
The Neptune. 5hepherd, fromBofton to
Hull, is totais OF near Margate.
The treaty of commerce between the
Englifh and RuGiansi is 70 be cJncluaed
( ncxt week, a: all dlficuaies are now re-
Amoyed.
twas yeaerag currently reported upon
d'Change, that the grani Signior, irri-
i tatcd by the BID fuccets of his ans, had. i,
! IN fit Of delpair polJned himleil, aad was
found dead in tn Seragho. This advice
is faid to be received two days ago from
Holland.
They write from Hague, that treaty
is on foot for lending at high price ten
Dutch men of war, to feEve the RuAians
the enfuing campaign againf the Turks in
the Levant.
Laft night an alarm was fpread among
the ihipping below bridge, that prels war
rants had that morning been ifusd, which
soccaGoned general conformation among
! the faiors.
Yeferday grantof pardon pafed the
great zeal to Sir James Stewart, Bart. who
was concerned in the late rebellion, and a.
gainf whom a bill of Indictment was found
I for high trealon, by the Grand Jury, in the
court of Judiciary in Scotland, in Oeto-
Der 1898
We can allure the Public, that memo
! rial was lately TENT off from ST. James's to
the Spanifh court, demanding a releafe
! of Eng iih priloners, which have been at
different times taken by Spaniih vefels I'M
der various pretencee. From the fame au-
|. thor ty we ALTO aiIert, that there is not one
royal Sea- port town in Spain, which has
not at this time greater or lef, number of
Englifh prifoners in cloic confinement.
The above point mutt be iettled, before the.
.difputes now fulfilling between England
and Spain can be brought to any termi-
nation.
At the Taft Board of Admiralty, the ftati-
oning of the leveraI men of war fitting Out
for fea, in the different dock-yards was
fixed, and infru6ions were TENT to the
ICommiHioners for carrying the fame into
execution.
ExfrHS Of tftsr fran The HegHt, Der. ?.
g The LAT letters from Vienna adviie.
that the great advantages lately gained by
Sihe RuAicns over the Turks, have made fuch
an impreAion upon the Emprsfs Queen and
her Minifters. that there is reafon to hope
her Imperial Majefty will be more inclined