The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-12-08

fays our correi pondent, Win arms Ah snsn 1s~'~'
never VET luiFercd from enemies 70 uneivil. Are
Enoliihmen TO inbrue their bands in The blood
Of their fellow fubjeets But this, initead OF APP
peafinp, only fpifiss the rioters up to think the
IN ii aTv i. afraid Of them.. hecontquence,
Il is feared. will prove fatal for however hume
rous The iniurgenss may be, as shey have neither
iii I, Tine nor ammunition among them, ihould
they ), mad enough TO come to blows, what num-
bers mua perth in their rebellion
One hundred thouiand poands, IT is computed
will not defrAy the ext ences government nave al
ready been al in their endeavonr to iubjeet the
Americans 10 their will what occaGon IS there
then for an enquiry how the public moneys dii-
poied Of 49,, ~.
Some mean -conceGions, 1t is iaid, have been
lately made by our court to thar OF oPaih' IN
order 20 divert them from dehgn they had upon
US. which heniuiiry thought, if they put IN ex-
ecutiun al ffistiie, would estirely defeat theln-
tenrionst they (she minifry) had upon Amerlci. :
A poem lately publilhed, under the naeio'
|" En9land's tears" has given iueh ohenteio
government, that prolecution Is ordered 20 nsi
commenced againG the publiiher, as It consailp:s
fame fcandalous reflections upon Lord N---'-s and
the bench of Biheps. for their conduct IN reiPeet
co the Quebec and Bottom port bills. Is isnpt
amazing, thar fuch paltry object, as theie ihoriu
engage the attention of the minttry, at TIME
when the mot momentous concerns are In agi-
alton Bet the court lawyers las DR.. Young
lays OF Dea,h) with 90 reltlels iron tongue, Gall
daily for his millions az meal )" and his hun
ger mutt BE- fatis6ed.
O9. IS. By letters from Bolton OF the goth
OF Auguit, we are informed, that detachment
of 400 folders ieized 3is barrels OF gun powder
and field pieces, upon Cambridge -lnand'a a.
bout four miles from Bolton. -.
On Saturday night lome initruStions, which
had evouly paled the great lea, were lent
from Lord Rochtord's Office for Falmouth, to be
forwarded from thence 70 ieyeral Of the governors
n North America. ."--
AT the clofe of the poll this day, for the CITY of
|Weaminaer, the numbers were as follows
Lord Percy, 4IoI Lord Clinton, $500 !;
Lord Mountmorres, ao47 ; Lord Mahon' 1907;
II. Cores, Efq; Io4.
We are afired the accounts Publiihed IN icme
/ of the papers, ofrhere having been adiiturbance
a. Bottom, in which Lord Percy was killed, is
totally void of foundation, and only calculated
| to alarm his friends, and aoate the real zeal OF
! the electors of Wefminaer who 70 nobly and &C.
lncrouly hown in his fuPPort. :,
This day the iherfs viii hold common-hall,
and declare Alderman Sawbridge, Haley, Oil
YER and the Lord Mayor duly elected members
| for the city, and return ,hem accordingly.
We hear that Mr.. Wilkes and Mr.. Ciynn
will 90 to Brentford, on Thurfday next, with
lehe Lord Mayor from the Manilon Houie, and
that many freeholders will accompany him..
| John Dunning Efq; and Col. Barre, are
Ichoien, members for Wits. So,
The fate Of the Poll lalt Saturday at Briltol
was as follows: For Mr.. Cruger, 100, MIR.
Burke. oo3 MIR. Briekdale, 69o; and LORD
Mr.. BURKs's SPEECH. from the HUI
! ings as Briftol.
Gentlemen.
"I A M come hiSher to iolicit in psrion, that
;avour which my friends have hitherto en-
deavoured TO procure tor me, by the moit oblis.
ling, and 10 me the mott honorable oxertions
/ have 70 high an opinion Of the great trnit
which you have to confer on this occaflon, and by
long experience, 70 ju& difidence in my ahli-
ties, to gil il in manner adequate even TO my
own ideas, that fhould never have ventured of
myjelf to intrude into that awful iituaticn. But
fnce am called upon b. the deiire ofieyeralre-
fpe6table fellow fubjetts, as have done at other
times. i give up my fears to their wiaes.
Whatever my other DEFICIENCIES may be do not
know whatit is to be wanting to my friends. -
E" am not fond Of attempting 10 raiie public
expectation by great promlies. At this tins
there i, much cauie to conGder,, and very Little
20 prefur,e. We lsem to be approaching TO a
great criis in our affairs, which calls for tae
whole wildOm Of the wiiea amsng US, WILSON,
being able TO allure ourielyes, THAI any wifdein
can Preferve US from many and great inconyenir
ences. Yoa know fpeak of our unhappy con
teit with America. cenfeis it is matter on
which / look down as from pre- ipice. II, is
difficult in iief, and il is rendered more intricate
by great variety of plaOs of conduit. do not
mean to enter into them. / VIII not luipea A
want of good intention in framing them. BnE
however pure the Intentions of their authors NAV