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cecdiDgS IN coniequeDce OF their liability, haV-
ing appea ed IL al! our pape.s, your lnle;tine
the following ex'ra6i3 Of iome ofthe addreiies
made TO their late worthy and excellent Co
vernon Robert M.lviI, Efq; juf before his
departure from thar iAand, ma not Re
amIfs at this time to ihew how Mr.
Mclyill was eGeemeo for his firm adhe-
renee TO the Brtih Contribution and how
contemplate the prcient Governor is for his
attempts 10 oVetturu il.
The addreilss are full of gratitude, and
will ipeak for themiclves, and while they DO
honour t, the memory o. Governor Me'vil's
administration, a, tho fame tim reflect great
honnnr upon tnole who pretened them.
Governor Melvil was above being CON
uoued by mnfrrial inftru6tions, when be
imagined they INITIATED with the 'igbh ef
The bfoDl. over ~hon he pre!ijed, as founded
on their contribution and in confequence of
this virtue and intiepidity las nothing fhoit
of complying with miniltefiai inttIuctions,
whether legal or illegal, would, probably,
have pre(eryed 10 him ms government ne
chearfH'iy rci5oed the lucrative employ
ment, rather than be inltfumenfal in en-
aaving the people, to his own honour, but to
their upfpeakab. grief The difference be-
tween MIR. Melvi's and the prelent admi-
niitrAsion, it is to be feared, will be leverely
felt by that loyal, but at prelent, unhappy
peoPle, who 70 juHly lamented the departure
of patriot Governor.
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For the MASSACHUSETTS, SPY.
To B OBJ S 10 R T.

S K,
7 Have read your letter pub iihe1 in Mr..
Diapers paper laf Thurf3ay, and d.
re6ted TO me: perceive you do not like
mi aniwer 10 your quefon, w. : Hath
the Mahlchulett's government been an in
ependant late from the beginnine" nor,
the grounds of myahonatio1 that it hath
been 70. "Yo on fay you imaeina | have MICA
ken fome ether paper forK,n2 Jamess char
ter; but you fhould have sGi gned better
reafon for your Imagination than barely tkis,
viz becaufc "YOU cannot find that that
charter or any copy of it was ever leen in
New England" Especially iince you tell
us few lines afterwards, that, 4" King
lanes in his charter, &c grants the lands
sc. "Nowh how you could pofiby fad our
this, unlefs faid charter OF to7,e copy of ir
had been in New England, aa at a
lois 70 know.
Itmay BE- feea now, Sir, that we agree,
that there is fuch charter as James,, and
that blythe gr2n!tdlGndj ;hut t4yyou, "ise
King could nor r-linquih bis figh, to 20
vereiyniy." This IS iay:n., he cou'd not
do VIA. he he's ati2,ute'y to1e king
Jamcs BY his la;ters p2:c;:c un1c; toe. great
feai o! England, daeed at Weitmnhcr he
ID day Of Novcmb.r in shc 1871 yea e
his reign. do "Rive and giant unto the
council cAabiihsd a; Plymouth, th-Ir fuc-
ceGoss and aiii 2ns, al tG-r part Of 1m>ri-
ca, &c" - ara all snd iiaEa'aT the. COM
u'odires, JURi5DIC fiONS. ROY
AL rikS, privileges, fraochfes, prt5c-
r;;acac,:, &c" Which lands with their
appui,ensrce: (and particularly toe JU-
Ri>DlC TONS and ROYAL FiES)
the fame Counci;, (which by the way is cal
led 10 fe.d charter by King James, " The
council citah'iihed, for planting, RUL-
ING, ORDERING and GOVERN
ING OF NEW. ENGLAND, in Ame-
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he

,neir Pride, ayatice, and Male adminif
traitor ) and ;hoGc VINO were thus degraded,
were by Jaw dif.bied, Ike our late directors,
from ever enjoying ag!an any Poit OF, pow
er. Nor were the Romans lets careful TO
obge their maefrates as foon as they came
out Of their Offices and governments, TO
make up their accounts, and to give i'f,ct
account of their good behaviour and tor
an i'll one they were often condemned, and
their eltatcs conGicated. BeGdts all which,
10 be a Senator, or a magilIfate, certain
qualification in point Of fortune was leqllr-
ed and thole who had run through their for
tunes were degraded from the dignity OF Sc
nators.-A reafonable pIecauticn, hat they
who were intruhed with the interelt Of their
country, fioud have fome inteieit Of their
own in il.
In this manner did the Roman people
check power, and thole who had IT,; and
when any power was grown quite ungove,n
able, they abofhed it. Thus they cxpcl-
led Tao1in, and the Kingly government,
having fita uttered much by it and they
profpered as eninentiy without it. That
Government too had besn extremely limited:
The Ara Roman Kings were little mere than
Generals for lite: They had no negative vote
in the Senate, and could neither make war
nor rc2cc and even in the execution ofiuf
,ce, al appeal lay from them to the people,
as 10 msntea in ,he cafe of the furyiving Flo.
ratius, who flew his fiaer. Seryius Tullus
made laws, lays Taci;us, acbitb sVen The KiRgt
rVtre TO e5ly. By confnirg the power
oftbe crown within proper bounds, he gained
power without bounds in the affections of the
people. But the inloIent Tarquin broke
through all bounds, and acted 70 openly a
gainf law, and the people of Rome, that they
had no remedy left but to expel him and bis
race. which they did with glorious facceG.
The di6tatorial power was afterwards Civ
en- occa(onally, and found of great ufe; but
till was limited to 70 many months; and
there are inRanccs where evc1 The dGta:o:
could rot do what he pleafed, bu, was over
ruled by the judgment of til. pecP,e. Be-
iidcs when the Romans came 10 have great
and difant territories, and great armies, they
thought the diEtatotial power too grea; and
too dangerous to be truaed with any fubieGf,
and laid it quite aide; nor was it ever af-
forwards uied, Till it was violently uGurped,
fri BY Sylla, afterwards by Cefar, and then
Rome loH its liberty.
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ST. CHRISTOPHER,


Among the many very warm, and affec-
,ionate addrel1es prelen;ed to his Exceilency
General Melvil, from all the lAands in bis
government hefore bis de arturo, the follow
ng have been fens to us as mott remarkable.
From the Painters, Merchants and others at
Grenada.
To bis ExeGL,snty ROBERT MELvIL, Ejq;
CaptanG.ssralqndGs V0n'r'inCbiEf.ia and
ovlv bis MajsGy's SontbsyR Ca,,ibbef JGaaaS
Grenada, ST. Vincent, and Tobago, in
America, ChoncG2Or, Ordinary, and Viee
AdmrSloft5e Jaal4, and Major General Of
bis Maj1ay's Farcss intbe mn, Indies, S'f.
/" Nay il pisaE yoHr Excelleay
GIVE, the PRECEDENT and Members ofthe
SOCIETY of Planters, Merchants, and
sot6ssS inhabitauts of this colony, under the
.tita Of lhe Liverpool club, think ourfelyes
bouaA6n this occaGon of your Excellency's
quitting this government, by every tie of du-
ty and gratitude, to tefify the deep fenle we
have of your Excellency's equitable and diff
ipterelfed administration, and that unremit-
ting attention which you have always ihewn
to every thing that nigh; affect the inTereit
and happinelS of the people committed to
your care.
6 The very critical iituation of the affairs of
this ca ony, FOX a comfortable time paf, has
reeuiredall lhat capacity and addreis, forwhich
yourExcellency is 70 eminently dihinguihed;
and though from an unhappy influence which
has TOO long prevailed, we have not reap'd
all tao beuehts which we had the mott J0it
reaiou 10 expect from your confeiied ablll-
ties. Yct permit US to hope, that the exam
pie of hrmnels and moderation, Of zeal for
the honour of the crown, and attachment
to our happy contribution, which your Excel
ency IN our trying ftua;ion, have fet us, may
have the mott afing and benehsial conle-
qiences TO the welfare of this colony and
that though we be deprived of the happineis
of your preience amongf Us, yet that the in
innate knowledge that you have of the
fate of this colony, and your regard for its
we'll being, may contribute to uDdeceive the
authors Of that mifaken policy, who by en-
dcavouring to break in upon our excellent
contribution, endanger, As far as in them lies,
our liberties, our properties, and every thing
that ought to be dear to Britilh fubjecfs.
g. We beg leave in particular. TO return your
Excellency our unfeigned thanks for the care
and attention you have paid to the affairs OF
the Colony HoipitaI, s1d that notwthstand-
Ing the numerous debts, and the difficulties
in which thoic affairs were involved, you
have been happily able, before your dePar-
ture, to put them on 70 Respectable footing,
as to afford a near proiped of the funds OF
the Hofpi,al anfwe.ing the purPOie for which
they were originally intended,-i relief of
the numerous Afflicted poor of this colony.
" Permit US Sir to add, that if our prayers
aud beR wines be heard, your Excellency
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For the MAssACHUsETTs SPY
Mr.. HOMAS,

Mc. THOMAS,
TIME baie conduct of the pTeient Cover
4 nor ofG:enada, &c. and the noble and
manly firmnefs ofhis majeify's truly honour
able council there,snd heiaid Governor pro-
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made for the fupport of your Excellency,
otherwife than by the grants and acts of the
General Ailsmbly of the Province.
By the RoyalCharter IL is incumbent up
on the General AilsmbIy to make adequate
proviiion for the fupport of his MajeRy's
government of this province, and every
act for the making fuch provifon, is to be
originated by the Hou(e OF Representatives.
The fuppors of his Majefy's Governor
OF the province is an important part of the
fupport of his Msjefy's government here.
Ii provifion is made for the fupport of
your Excellency otherwife than by the
grants aud acts of the General AG:mbly,
lt 10 absolutely requiGte that this houle
III '4ld be acquainted with il. They there
fore pray that your Excellency would be
pleaied to inform them, Whether proviGon
is made for the fupport of your Excellency
as Governor of this province, in any way
and manner other than has been heretofore
uird and praetIced, to wit, by rhe grants
and acts of the General AGemby and If
1t Is 10, IN what way and manner that pro-
whom is made.
His ExcelIency was pleafcd to fay, that
ne would return to the Houfe an an(wer to
the foregoing meHsge.
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he would, agreeable to his promle, offer
them reaions to convince them of the neccl-
fifty of their being continued at Cambridge.
But on the sd Of June, inliead of doing the
one or the other, he fent another meiTage
to the Houfe, wherein he acquaints them
of certain doubt in his mind, whether by
the word converting in their meHage, they
referred to his fra removal ofthe AHembly
from Bottom, or his converting il at Cam
bridge the prefent year How his Excellsn-
cy could admit of fuch doubt is matter
of Ejaculation and cutioiity among the
people and fome are 70 di(refpeaful as
boldly TO affirm that it is impoilible that a
doubt of the intention of the houie could
arife in the mind of a man Of EssjG |;
they add that his Excellency's own intenti-
on in putting fuch curious queaion to
the Houfe, is obvious to all. The houle
declined any explanation becaIfe they jadg-
ed it needless, their expreiIons being alIsa-
dy efficiently clsr. But his Excellency,
cannot yet fully underfand il, fill think
ing them doubtful or fqHiOseal and to
be fure no one can fuppoie that their ex-
prefion " the convening of the General Az
iembly at Harvard College" after his Ex-
cellcncy had jutf told them they were con-
vened there, ls to be HndeTffood their being
convened the pstient year how unna
tural and forced muif JEeb contribution
appear No, the words I" eonVsniHg the
General A1embly" more p operly melnt
the removal of former Aaemby fome
years ago by the fame rule of contribution
when the Houfe prays his Excellency to re-
move the Anembly to the Town Houfe in
BoRor, they arc not to be underffood to
mean the ytm0v0l of the pyslfSt AGemby,
but the eonvsnng the AiiemblyiH I76o. In
this meilage OF his Excellency,is the frR
on hat has been made oftheKing's in-
H-uEion, or even reference to il in the coulfe
of the prefent ftfion. The Governor re-
flutes to remove the court to Bottom and
declares in a hgb tone and with how much
bertinsnes LEI others Judge, that whenever
he GaR receive his Majefy' s infrufions for
exerclfing the juR prerogative of the crown
in any eaE, he will obferve them without
violating thtnsin any dtgrfe )" which no
one has cauie to doubt. Let me juf ak
subo keeps the province in fame now
And to whom is it to be imputed that the
Afembly is held outof the town of Bottom,
and from what principle, to the great injury
Of the people and without being able to
hew the leaf aeelDhy. LUClUS.
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SILENT WILDE,
Rider from BaGon to Nrtbamtfss, Der
f,M &c


ftN, &c
A DVERTlSES, that as the
L n Time of his lae Engagement ends
with the News the 4th Monday in Iune
next, he hopes his CuRome's will not fail
of being punetual in their Payment -
And he hereby Notifies thofe who are in
Arrears with him for pah Services, to pay
on or before the Time aforementioned,
otherwiie he is determined, however difa-
greeable to him, to put their Accompts into
the Hands of an Attorney, as he has not
yet been able to lettle with the Printers fos-
News. Papers formerly had of them ~
And further gives notice, that he propdes,
(provided he can have fome greater EncoS<..
ragement than he has received in times paf,
otherwife he muR drop his DeGgn) to ride
his ufual Circuit thro' the Term of another
Year, TO begin with the Firtt Monday of
July next, to ride once Week, the one half
of the Year, and once Fortnight the other
half, and to fupply each Of his Employers
with one of the Bottom Weekly News-P Papers
and carry their private Leuers, sc. as ulual,
during faid Term, at Izs each. The one
half to be paid at the End of fix Months,
the other halt at the End Of the Year.
- Said Wilde has a Farm near
the Meeting Houfe in Shuieibury, contain
ing 80 Acres, with Houie and Barn, and
good Orchard thereon, and about 80 Acres
under Improvement, which he prOpoies to
feIl, and if not d(po(ed Of by Wednesday
the 9Th Day of July, then to be fold at
Public Vendue, at the Houfe of Mr.. Martin
kellogg, Inholder in Amherf, at One o,
Clock on the faid Day.
May AZ, I77z.
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w E D N ES D A Y, June II.
30 S T . N.


Laft Saturday the Houfe Of Reprefehta-
tives appointed committee to wait on the
Governor with the following MESSAGE,
which was net delivered ill Yeferday, his
Excelency having been in the mean time
at Middleborough.
Mayh pieaf y'ar Exuiltzg,
THE Houfe Of Representatives beg leave
L to acquaint your Excellency that a
motion was made on the fra Friday of this
felton,, to snign time for rts confiderati-
on of fuitable grant for the fupport OF his
Msj,fy's Governor of the province. But
IT being fuggefed to the houfe that your
Excellrncy was not pieafed The laft year
TO give your content to a bill which
pa6td both Houies of Ansmbly in their
hTit iefion for granting the FUN of thirteen
hundred pounds for the fupport Of your Ex-
cellency, the houle thought proper to d.
fsa the attendance of the Secretary to give
information touching this matter who
expressly faid that your Exccllsncy did not
give your content to (aid bill.
This houfe 10 wholly at lois to account
@ that mezfure $ unlefs Erm66eg' is
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JOHN BARRETT & SONS,
Have imported in the Taft fhips,

Have imported in the Taft fhips,
. a N universal and very neat af-
n fortmenr of London, BriGs7, Birming-
ham and Sb,tFti1 HARD WARE and
Gu rLARY GOOD, i. which,: with
great variety of Eoglfh and European
Goods fuitable to the lea on, fuch as Clint
yes, Cai.coes, Linens. Jeans, Fuffians,
PeniafcOes, Bengals, Checks, Dam4fcus,
Markings, Lorettoes, Lu;efrings, Laces,
Cotton, Silk and thread Hofr. Mitts &c.
sc. they are determined TO fell by whole
Eale for Cath or fhort credit and by retail
for Cath only, at the very lowea rates,
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mu'ull forbearancc, federation, and chIi2i-
an good will prevail.
MARRIED. At Philadclphis, Hon.
Richard Penn, Eiq; Governor of Penniyl-
yania, to Miis FOLLY Matters. i
DIED At Salem, Mrs Mercy Good
hue. Keeper Of the Kings Arm 81 avcrn, in
thar town.-At Milton, Mis- Elenor Clark,
youngea daughter of Mr.. Richard Clark,
Paper Maker at that, plaec.-Mr. Bowles
Ton of Mr. Bowles, Carver.--Mrs. Bartlett
aged 7i.--Mr. Peter Fifher ion of Mr..
FIfher, Truckman AT New York, Mr..
Thomas Walton, Merchant. tea.
"Frday lait about noon, died fuddenly at
Wilmington, Mrs. Alice Banks, comfort to
Doctor Banks of Pembroke, New Hamp-
hire, and daughter to Mr.. Thomas Bent
ley of this town, on the road TO Bottom.
Mrs. Banks had been for fome time ailing,
and expecting advantages from the iea air,
advice of the Physicians in Bottom, and the
fight and converAtion of. her friends, pro-
ceeded thus far, and fubmitted to the at
reit of that frequent interrupted of human
projections leaving behind her lon of
twenty-five months old, and q forrowful
huiband. Her remains were brought to
town, and inferred laR Sunday evening.
Her now cold reliques formerly pol It
I he mob eft virtues, of the human breaR D
'Rofe up the whitef character in life,
The tend'rea mother and the fpndef wife,
So 10th to blame, 70 ready to commends
She frldom made foe, nor loft a friend.
Tell this, my mule, to numrous friends
4. who knew, 90
Yea en'mies too, will FAY what's wrote
is true" .,L
ARRIvED~ here. Reg..r,si from pbiGsdsk
pbia C4lbizg q Tbaeb~ fOm AaylSud !
HatOhy from NstV-Havsu Bray from Lii.
ban ; Trip from 81. Eg0aGa , Pane from Sc.
Martin, NIMs frsm Swiuam e ST. Egqa-
tia DaviI frSm Copt-NicboiA Fireman
Grsm Jamaica Niebsl5, q Bruce from Sc.
UbeJ.
New-YoRK, J4rt i. Capt. John Hunt
in the Sloop Sally, from New. York to
CharleRown, was car away the 18th of Mays
on Cape Look out Shoals, 10 Leagues from
Land. the VeGeI and Cargo intirely loft,
with feyep Peffons, viz one Sailor, by
Name Swane, young. Woman named
Trigger, two Children of Mrs. Jacobs, a
Jewels that was going for Nurie for Ma
jor Butler, another, Woman that was going
70 her Huiband who is q Blacksmith in
Charleflo~n, and Negro Boy of the Cap
taio's the ref of,he people with much
Difficulty, got fafe to the Shore, fifteen in
Number, IN the Boat, after being in her IF
teen Hours 1.-The Captain was once knocked
overheard, but with much Difficulty he was
got in. v.,a.
evening, between ten and eleven o'clock,
the ihip Polly, lying at the Pier in ourHar-
bour, was dllcovered to be on FIRE, between
decks, which had got to 70 great. head
that il could not be extinguilhed. 1T being
high water and the veH.l light, fie was
lowed by number of boats, near the ihore
| where fhe waa almofl entirely continued
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For the MASSACHUSETTS SPY.
To M.Grs. EDEs s. Gill.

Gtsfitmss,
T WAS mott difagreeably furprifed a. read
ing the DIREC ZION given
TO my piece in your laft paper. Self
conGfency is the character | almoff a.
dore in Others, and uniformly treat the
neglect. or wilful deviation from it, with
pity, contempt or deteRation. lin any of
nv political ehAys you had found any thing
that could count=nance fuch a direction,
/ lhould have remained Glent. | mean
only thus to advertife the public, that | arm
not one iota nearer the acknowledgment of
an indepsndant depot for nny Governor than
] was at the time the ofenlive paper of like
fignsture with this was pubiihed. Nor is
my averfion to fucb acknowledgment at all
diminifhed by Mr.. Diapers Yeoman, who
has complemented me with the ref of my
countrymen of being the 0aves of an
ablolute fervsnt.
Gus VOLA A.
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SADLERY GOODS.

A eompleat al mtment of Sadlery goods,
juit imported, and to be fold BY
r. G. C r A N { Fl.
at his ihoP on the Exchange,in King-freet
Among which are, 80,
a. QUANTITY of EngIifh'
* Trees, plated Bitp, Stirups, Spurs,
and almoR every article that can be enquired
for in the Sadlery way. TO-. &. e .....
Country SadIers may depend OH being.
well ferVed on as good terms as at any lhop
or fore in the province.
Said Cranch, makes and fells all
forts of Sadlcs, Brides, sc. on the lCweft
terms for Cath -
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EBENEZER HANCOCK,

At bis lhop in Marfhalrs Lane, between
the iga of the Corn fields and tbe Mill
Bridge begs leave to acqialnt his form
or good cuRomers and Others, that he has
juf opened for fale, u..t
X FRESH afortnent of Hard
IA Ware Goods, WHICH be is determin-.
ed to cell at the very loweft Advance, for.
Cath only :-Thote who pleafe to favour
him with their Cufom may depend upon.
being we'll ufed; and all favOurs gratefully
acknowledged. r.,
Bottom, June 8, I77z.
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CHOICE ANCHOVIES and
~ CAIERS, in large and imail Quan.
titles, lately imported in Capt. Acworth,
and to be fold by WILLIAM LAMBERT
at the Thr~e Sugar Loaves, little above
the Draw. Bridge.
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l he famous

~ bELLsIZE ARAB IAN,
.mnCA will cover this feafon att IS a
"a ~ lesp,or I8s.the fealon, or 7os.
MMNzzAZM Colt. He is fon of the ia
nous no le caiiedMorlah and his mother is
OF the beft race that the great Sultan or
Emperor Mulah Abalah ever had, and he is
both by fire and mother of the belf blood
and true Arabick race in all Barbary. He
IS OF an iron grey colour, " hands high,
and the handfomea no fe in America. He
is kept at M. WILLIAM tUTNAM's fta-
bic in Danvers, where mares may be taken
good care of. Said horfe is to be fold, it
any perfon will give the value of him. En-
quire of AMOS MANSFIELD.
Salem, June 2 I77l
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For the MAssAcHusE TTs SPY.
Brainlres, Mareb SO, 1874.

Mr.. THOMAS,
n 7 the annual March meeting OF this
n town, were paGed in fubftance, the
following votes, viz.
/. To have an Grafton or lecture on
fome branch of Govcl nment, delivered on
the morning Of next May meeting days
by fome perlcn of liberal education.
ii. That John Adams, Zig; be deiired
to deliver fsid Grafton or lecture faid day.
Ill. Thst the Select Men of this town
be a committee to wait on John Adams,
Efa, with The votes OF the town reiPeehng
this lnattet, and dsfire his acceptance OF
their invitation.
Nv. If iald Adams fhould decline, thar
the fame committee ch0ofe lone other
Droper perfon to ofFiciate in his Read.
Il mutt be the earneR deiirs of every frEs
fisnd TO his country, that like public
lDrited means Of preferving . juR ienis
% cur invaluable rights and privileges he
adopted in every town throughout the pro-
vince.