The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1773-08-12
M 0 N ID A Y, Augua s.
B . S T 0 ".

Lat iueidsy was taken up, ON ManchE-
ter neck beech, the body of a man, un-
known. A Jury ofinqueft fat, and ssre,d
that he came to his death by misfortune.
Wchear that lait Sunday at Bolton, there
was fuddeh fhower OF bail, which broke
the windows, OF feveral houles thar were ex-
poied to the looIh wet. A plentiful rain en-
fued which lated feveral hours.
/ The Harriet packet, Captain Oak, is ar.
lived at New York, from Falmouth.
BY Capt. freeman and Capt. M' Neal
from Quebec, we are informed, that the
Hope armed lcAooner, Capt. DAYTON, which
had been reporedro be loa, was at Quebec,
and failed for Halifax The fame time with the
above veiiels.
We hear aoop failed from New. England
for Barbados, and arrived fave at Bridge
town, with nor a man on board. C.
SEAWARD. ENtO HamejGIrs G0z. I
DIED. Mrs. Cooper.--At Rowley, the
hon. Humphry Hoblon, Eiq; one of hisMa.
ljefy's Council.-At Waltham, SamuelLi.
vermore. Eiq;-At Portfmouih, Mr.. JoGah
Akerman, fuddenly, being found dead in bed
with his wife.-At Marblehead, Mrs. Me-
hitable Pediick, wife Of Major John Pc
drick.-At Salem, Mr.. JOleph Mafcoll.--.
At Dover, John Wood, formerly preacher
of the Goipeh
NEw-YoRx, JEy a6. TueGdav the
2oth infant, Col. Edmund Tanning, Secre-
tary to his Excellency Governor Tryon.
failed for Newbern, in North Carolina, in
the Schooner Polly, Capt. Green.
/ Capt Charles Sprainger, in "a DAYS from
ISL Vincents, and IL from St. EuRatia.
fPoke no veael on the psfsge, peace and
harmony leemed firmly eRabllhed in St.
Vincents, where there wAs free commu.
nicaton between the EngIifh inhabitants
and the Caraibs, who continually brought
in their filh and other articles, to icll and
exchange for fuch goods as they wanted Of
the Englifh-the weather had been feafona-
Bile. and there crops were likely to be good.
4 YeRerday arrived here Captain Stewart,
in weeks from Gibraltar, and acouain,s
US, That the Pallas Frigate put in ,here the
day before he failed, the Captain of WHICH
reported, that he had been at TouIon. and
Carthagena, where there was not the leaf
ligns of any hottie preparations, the French
and SPaniih navy at both places being Iaic
up, and that all thoughts Of war in that
part Of the world was over.
CHARLEsTowN, rs. Cardinal Taly "a.
On Thurlday Taft, before his honour, the
Lieutenant Governor prorogued the Com
mons Houfe of Alembly, the hon. Rawlins
Lowndes, Efq; their Speaker, laid before
them letter by him received, from the Spea.
ker of the Houfe of Burgsles in Virginia,
incloEng the refoIutions of that houle on the
1 2th Of March laf, which being read, were
unanimously approved of and il was imme
diately RESOLVED,
]. " That Mr.. Speake., and eight of the
other members OF the fianding committee of
correspondence, be committee TO enquire
for, aud obtain intelligence, upon the leveral
matters mentioned in the laid reloutions,an
to conefpond with the committee appointed
BY the (aId HovGe Of Burgsaes, and commit
tees appointed, or to be appointed, in our
other faer colonies respecting the fame.
II. I" That Mr.. Speaker do uanfmit the
thanks Of this houfe. to the fpeaker and mem
ben of the faid Houfe Of Bvrgeiies OF Virginis,
for communicating the faid refolutions to ihis
houie, a; we'll as Zoe their feady attention to i.
he ueneral ;,fere1 &c anar;ra