The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-09-24
RSDAY, SEPTEMBER "a, 177a.

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other nation. An account was the other day
p .blilAed of recent tranfaetion of fome of
thcfe rufians towards company Of gentle
men at the Kings arms tavern, but il was 70
very uncommon that few peIions who read
it paid any kind of credit to it. However,
the truth, and PLAIN matter of fsa was as fol-
lows: Several gentlemen of the fociety Filled
the Supporters of the Bill of Rights, were a
few days ago drinking gIafs OF wine toge-
ther at the Kings arms tavern in Palace
yard, when III &c OF four folders Of the sd
regiment Of guards, without the leaf provo
cation, or any fort of reafon given, fred their
mufkcts at them. tits believed, though not
certainly known, that their mulkets were not
loaded with ball they, however, fhattered
the windows all to pieces, and the gafs Ay-
ing about, cut fome of the gentlemen Ia their
faces, and Others received a lhock in their
heads, as from violent bow. The fodi-
ers have lince been spprehended and carried
before magifrate who committed them 10
prifon. But thefe rufians have nothing 10
fear from the laws for il is confidently faid,
that they have received five (hillings DAY,
each of them, from j'nebeSy, iince their con-
finem.nt, for their gallant bsbaVionr. But
who,this Perfon or perlonsge is, we canno,
fay, but muii leave the public to gueis and
perhaps from qualifications before given by
Jsmfbsdy, for offences of murderous nature,
they may biz upon the right man. Ii mutt
be allowed, that though the folders who
were guilty Of this wanton piece Of cruelty
and inhumanity, deierve the fevereR puniih
ment, yet they are not half 70 wicked, or
half fuch great offenders, as thofe VIII
prompted them to commit the crime, and
paid hem for doing it. If thole who ough
to fee the laws properly executed fhall temp
the military to break them, and reward them
for it, what protection can the people expett
from government, or what fecurity can they
have left for their lives, but recurring. TO the
law of nature felf.defence, and repellinl
force by force
JH5 10. Yeaerday the noted Dudley
was brough, back to Newgate.
Exrae7 of letter from on beard the Hope
msrabaat6ip, Capt. Jams Carr, dated at
i Malaga, MAY 40.
We arrived here on the 27th, all in
good health, though we encountered dan
gerous form in the Bay of Biicay. On the
28th feven fail of Spznifh men Of war, and
TWO frigates, failed out of the harbour for
Seville, where they are 70 be Joined by fome
more men Of war, who have two officers
to command the feet, an Admiral and
Vice Admiral they are afterwards to pro-
coed On fome fecfet expedition but to what
part of the world is kept a profound le-
cret."
DUBLIN, June go. His MajeRy has
been pleafed to make prefent to the librar,
of our Univerfity, of fet Of the journals of
theLOrds and Commons ofEngland, conGfiing
of 40 volumes infolIo, mott richly bound in
Morocco leather, and gilt in the mon elegant
taffe, with his arms thereon.
MADRID, fSpaial June IS. The ad
vices received here from different parts of
the Kingdom, bring melancholy accOvsts
,ouching the great number of locuifs which
cover the fields, Sc. and devour all the
fruits ofthe earth. They make the greateR
,avages in Old Cattle, where upwards of
3ooo men are employed in deRioying them /;
BUT IL is feared that they will not fully fuc-
coed 10 removing this dreadful calamity,
which viii ocea6On great Gcarciy and dear
nefs of pfovifion this year. -
HAMBoRGH, [GrmdnJ1 June z6. Mr..
Morris, on his arrival here with his amiabIe
lady, the ichef heireis in ali Europe, was
arreiled |; bat applying 70 Baron Schimei-
man fxhe richef fubiea 10 Germany. and