The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-06-18
M o N y A Y, June IS.
b O S + o N.

AL AABO ~ hNi0 ~ AAs~
Chamber Cambridge, June 18TH i772.
TITS Excel!ency acquainted the Board
II that he was reftrained from remove
ino the General Court to Bottom Whit
the AGrmby continued 10 OiiPute the au'
thority by which he was directed to cauie
il t. be held in any pace except Bottom
And laid before them the ii .DIhcatlon OF
his Maiefy's pleaiure made to him BY one
of his Majety's principe Secretaries OF
State. tcestner with mis- Speech TO the
two Houtes, and the tsverai mshage:
which hsa pafsd between him and them
the pref. nj feifion, and required the advice
and opinion of the Council upon Their
oaths az Councillors, whether coniiitant
with this iigniication OF his MJeftys plea
fure to him he may now remove the Court
TO Bottom I ne Couacil thereupon gave
their opinion and advice unanimously IL
the affirmative. A uue Copy, atteh
Tho. FUCKER, Seer.
His Excelleucy thin directed the Secre-
tary 10 scauaint both Houfes respectively,
that il was MS pleafure the Great and &C.
neral Court be adjourned to Tuefday next,
then TO MEET AT THE Court House IN
Borrow, which was done accordingly.
We have advice from Rhode lflAnd, that
on Tuefdsy iaR, as his Majeity's ar
med fchooner Gafpee, commanded b,
Lieuwnan, Duddingaon. with about | 3 Or II
men, was going up Providence River The
ran alhore at high waite at place about fe-
ven miles below the town andFhat about
two o'clock the next morning number OF
men, (fome of the deeo6tions OF the fchoo-
ners people fAy Only about tlttJ, others, per-
herhaps more lghtned than the rett, make
them 80 came acng hde OF her ~ fve or
fix boats upon the fi.t notice whereof the
commander inlfanti, got out of bed and came
upon deck with has pitol and tword, and
fred the pifoI at The boats, which was re-
turned BY the diicharge OF another from them,
when the ball went through his witt, as bis
hand was hanging down by his iide, ana
lodged in his gloln the peop.e IN The boats
Immediately tork poh- fion OF the Neiiel'
without any further damage, Except Hight
wound which one of the fauors received oy
flick and bound the crew, and AFTER dieihng
the Captains wounds as well as they could'
put them all on ihore, they then let fire to
the fchoouer, which, with all her flores, DC.
were entirely confirmed.
We are told that the Captain OF the ichoo-
ner, after he was wounded and fecured, deiir-
ed tina. his money and papers might DC deliv-
cred him, the former was complied without
the latter, with every thing elGe he had on
board, were deRroyed :--lt is iaIo ne
is in fair way of recovery.
The Governor of Rhode iland has laued
proclamation, offering a reward of one
hundred pounds ferlIng, for the .difcoSery OF
the perfons concerned in this affair.
Laft Friday afternoon the Bonetta Hoop
of war, Chpt. Squiles, failed from hence
with difpatches for England.
DIED,1 MiE J,ckfon,-Mr. Jacob
BurTiIl, gunfmith, aged ~ Mrs. Alice
Banks, comfort of DR. Banks, of Pembroke,
ew-Hamplhire, and daughter Of Mr.. Tho
mas Bentley, Of this town. Mrs. Jane
Pierce, widow, age 81.
ARRIVED beys. Williams from New
London Burroughs from New Haven :
Brown from North Carolina SmllhwIck
and tones from Gtenada Kent from Sdrl-
nam Parfons and Dodge fIon ST Lucia /;
Bunker from LribOn Lyee aud Chambers
from London.