The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-08-20
Augua 20.


houfe in Downing itreet, on occaiion ofhls
Lordlhip's being created knight of that
mott renowned Older.
Il is worthy of remark, that his Royal
Hiehnefs the Duke of Cumberland was the
only Knight of the Garter that was rot
{ummoned to attend the Chapter yeNerday
at ST. James's, to inyeftLord North with the
enhgns thereof.
Letters from Copenhagen dated June 2,
ray, that before theQ queen Matilda embarked
for Stade, ihe had carried her point 70 far
as to have an annuity for life aaured to her,
Of 10000 rix-dollars, which fun, in Eng
lin money, amounts to 7iasl. ferling.
Extraa sfa letter from Portfneaib, June II.
{" This morning failed from Spithead the
Augufa yacht, with Lord Sandwich, &c.
for Plymouth ALTO the Centaur, "a, Capt.
Bentinck Royal Oak, -, Capt: Balfour
Worcefier, o., Capt. Hughes and Terri
bic, g., Capt. Arbuthnot, for Plymouth,
where they are to join the ref of the fqua-
dron that are ordered on a erulze I've
hear Lord Sandwich intend: cruzing with
this fquadron for fortnight"
No lefs than eight capital houfes have ale
ready been obliged to fop payment on ac-
count Of late failure of late Banker
One gentleman, in particular, it is faid,
had iuit determined to retire from buiinefs
With fortune Of 3o,oool but the event has
proved, that he had unfortunately built bis
cattle in the air.
On Friday the 2oth of May the coronati-
on of his Maiefy the King of Sweden was
folemnized at Stockholm.
Acorrefpondent anures US, that General
Conway by no means intends to part with
the Blues, unlels he receives an actual dif-
milton.
The report of very powerful fquadron
having lately failed from the French ports
for the EaR- Indies is confirmed by the Nam
cy Snow juf arrived from the Philippine
Hands.
Tnns 10. Recruits are rafting at all parts
of the kingdom to be ient over to America,
in order to complete the regiments now on
duty there.
The French AmbaGador has received
orders from his court to lay complaint a.
3ainif fome officers of men of war on the
Newfoundland ifation, for their depredations
BY feizing fome French vellels. and carrying
them into St. Johns in Newfoundland, and
20 demand their releafe, and fatisfaetion for
the damages they may have fuitaincd by
their detention.
fit be true, as generally reported, that
the French King has not appeared in pub
lie for upwards of three weeks, it is more
than probable that he is dead. Many a
king has been politically alive, long after he
has been naturally dead as, on the con-
uary, many more have been politically dead
tho they continued long after to be natur-
ally alive.
Tgs IL. A very respectable correfponc
ent afNres US, that Lord HarcouIt is for GER
tain to replace Lord Townfend in the Lieu
tenancy of Ireland. His Lordihip we hear
does not fet out for his government till the
month of December next.
A disagreement fubias at this time, be-
tween the French court and the courts of
Vienna and Berlin, which may be produc-
tive of the moff important consequences
We cannot relate the particular cifcumhan-
ces of it, but the foundation appears to DC
this. The French, by whole private NUM-
fcence the Polifh difidents were enabled to
keep the field 70 long, have taken the greateii
umbmge at the parts which Auitria and
PruHia now act againff the confederates, to
their own aggrandlzement A laundering
memorial in the ufua fyle of Verfailles, was
therefore difpa,ched to Germany, and an
fwered by the Emperor 1.-THE near relation Of
France) with the ufmoR contempt All