The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1773-08-05

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the duff of the evening to plumber and mur
der IL is faid, that police books will be
kept in all the villages within two leagues
difance from Paris, in order to procure a
regiaer of all the people who let lodgings in
theic places. This lcheme will put the
government to at leaf twenty houfand lives
exPence, which mutt be paid by the poor
ffaving inhabitants.
Our ornaments by Tea, as we'll as re-
cIuiting The horfe and foot troops, are at an
end, and all the fchemes having proved 70
unfucceGful. Our great rulers are now
beginning to Cqueeze the people, to fave the
expences of their mater and his fervants.
TIE three finale rulers are to confder a
bout new plan, in order TO encreale .heiI
power, enrich themielves and their crea-
lures, and in diarefing the fubjees who are
already in defencelefs fate"
June I. Lord Chatham, we hear, if able,
will attend the houfe next week, when it is
expected the affairs OF the EAT India com
Psny will hually be fettIed.
We are informed that the Court Of France
has made an oftr of Coriica to General p
oil, if Great Britain will advance them one
fourth of the expencss they have been at 10
conqueting the Hand.
Jas 2. Letters by the hips juR auiv-
ID from China bring a dep orabIe account Of
the sGeas of mott violent hurricane Tor
tItioon, as IHe ChiUsfv vaBi') thai happened
upon the river of Canton, in the month Of
July laA, and continued for twelve hours
without intermlflion. The river oppoiite to
TIE city of Canton, is wider than the Thames
at Greenwich, and is 70 filled with boats
for three miles in length, that there is
(carcely room for one Of our lndiamen's
barges to row. In thefe boats, which have
covering, ihoulands OF Chinefe live with
their wives and children, and, having no
haoitations on the land, ledom or never go
en- fhore, bus employ themlelves in filming
and other ayocstions peculiar to that peo.
pie. This dreadful hurricane Overfet and
funk all the boats, and aImoh the whole of
their inhabitants were d.owned. II is i'm.
pcliae 10 gueG, with the leaf degree of
ofec GoD, al The numbers that pesfhed not
is, it is fuppoied there, than 90 Of 40, 900
Every Chineie junk, vefIal nearly as large
a Our ihPs, was ALTO diVen aGhote and
loR. Our lGdismen lie about fourteen
niles from Canton, at place called Wan
300. The London, Capt. Webb, and a
Du,ch EAT Iudismen, wee the Only Eu-
|'orean ihips there. The London, By the
|expertnes Of her officers and feamen, wea
thered il; but the Dotchman was blown
from her anchors and funk, and all the crew
peIlhed. The horror of the fcene is not
% be conceived, much les defcribed in
words. The fcreams and cries of 70 many
thoufands perifhirg, was moie knocking than
the roaring Of the tempeR.
The report that upwards of 90 900 peo
pie bad been lof in the river OF Canton in
China, in hurricane in Auguf laR, may
ieem exusVaganily great but when il is
confidefed that the 6lhermen on that river,
and all others that carry manure for the |
culture of rice, live with their families at
all times in their boats, il may not appear
IL enormous. China is Eid to contain
S8,ooo,o COO ofpeoPle, bstween the ages of
10 snd6o.
1Egs 3. On Sunday evening counci
vas held at Lord Mans6eld's, where the
great officers Of fate attended, when anea
" which has been long under confederation
was concluded upon between this court and
Rufha,in conlequence Of which the fees now
at Spllhead, will ioo1 fail for the Medifeua
mean, and are to take poAefliOn Of the ilsnd
of Gambia ia the Archipelago. |.