The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-07-07

nsis of Great Britain and that Sir William Meycdth WIN
be honoured with an lrlh peersge. 49,.
Something's now brewing BY Col. B., or -
s., and two or three equally great men, which ioie
NJ greatly apprehends will turn outssiy bitter.
My IL. BY letter received from America We a'e M
formed, that Adams, Hancock, Row. MacKn.o, tiS
four leaders Of the Boonans have got notice OF aeg
formed by administration ieize their Perions and nave
taken eeua methods evadc the orders cn Over Tor tAt
PupoEe. :
ifayIa. Yesrday petition from feveral natives Of
Amcea, was preiented the upper acmby praying leave
to be heard agan the bill for regulating the future govern
ment of Maachusts- Bay, and kcwle again the bill ioT
the impartial administration juce in the above province
the fame accordingly read, and ordered TO lie on the
table.
Another petition was afterwards preiented from MIR.
Bolan agent for the council Of MaaehuettsBay, pray
ing that he might be heard again the regulating BILL
debate then aroe VIII ether Mr. Boan houd be called to
the bar. AT a the queon being putt the contents were
III, not contents 81.
The order of the day thea read for the bill to egu-
late the future government, &C. be read third time
which being done, and the queion put whether the b
oud PATS another frong debate aroe the Duke OF Rieh-
ond poke r and snwered by Lord Sandwich, Lord
Lyttlston, Lord Shelboun Lord Rockford, Lord Dart
mouth Lord Camden Lord Mansfield and the Marquis OF
Rockingham, which eIoied the debate.
The queiton then put ard the houfc divided upon
the queon, that the bill do pats contents With the PFox
les, OF, not co tents, with the proxies, 20.
Strong has been the reports all this day that the great
waou and philosopher Of the north has unexpectedly ended
his days.
Even wagers are now laying in the city that the King of
Prufiia is dead.
The politics of Europe are expected to take mott iud
den change every thing bears the profpeet war,
fom the conuGon into which the different nteres viii be
thrown. In apprehension of this, ock arc expected to
have fudien downfall.
Nav Ia. The king and Queens going down to Portf-
mouth is not as yet finally fixed it depends partly upon
the motions of parliament which are not as yet regulated,
and partly on the French Kings DEATH Ifthe latter houd
take place. the mock review may be changed into actual
one and Admiral Pye be Iuceedded by Admiral Saunders.
1t whfpeed in many places, that the death OF the
King of France viii be the eaufe Of many great men ong
their heads in that Kingdom The Duke dc Choiicul has
venured to Paris, and is very bufy the Duke de Augui
ion and Madame Barre begin to md their friends falling off
amazingly. In lort Paris and Verfales aresin ioe mea
fre, ali in confon. The people do nor hetate 70 Peak
their minds and it NUT be miracle that prevents civil
war This expected and if they go they have be-
gun, is thought arbitrary power will be very Mort lived
there.
The produce of North, America which ufed to be ent
yearly to Britain, reekoned at about four millions
Aerine the manufactures of Britain, and other eommod
tiles returned from hence, nearly the fame FUN the
debts due from reo2e in America to the Brth merchants
here az about fix millions or year and an half
merce, taking the time pa by that to come fppofrg
therefore, the Americans act out of recruitment in their
prefent CONTEXT, they did in that Of the anpae, we
ihall then yearly, until the final fettement Of this
Affair." manufattures 70 the value OF four million, aerng
left and hegRed nds OF our merchants and matter
mancs6ku<fs, or We 4A haye workmen and poor people
put ou fErloy, ana 6Sted adrift in that ProPOon---
lhee AZ Amc of thcAaMculties and dtreilcs WHICH
are for thele of kfksfof ll with our colonies going
10 bring on ouicyes and which mutt be perpeualy mag
nins and inereang, long the unnatural CONTEXT iha
continue.
The UPPER aGsby yeaerday, went through the bill for
regulating the government of Quebec.
The pfecn critical ituation Of France occupies all con-
yeration at the welt end of the Every runner If
Buckingham Houic eagerly fays before he is aSed the qu
ton fbe King of Frame is dad. He fys 70, becaue
his EMPLOYERS with it. The life of the French King
ihlurancc-ofce for peace Great-Brtan, He is 10
,re The inirance office is fut. And thoie bewidered
reants, who have been impong the faie glare ofpeaee,
by fbmitting to repeated iniut and of plenty y hen
ny TO Scoth projects nov fwalow and echo the lat lie Of
the hour viz. that the King of France is alive. 1t is cuff
torn in France whenever the King 70 extremely III
be pa all hope of recovery, then to bring the crown ard
place it, for few moments, upon his bed This
ny has been performed. The Hou Of Bourbon never had
70 favourable an opportunity for commencing with
Great Britain. The colonies dlmembcred, Scotland nto
vent Ireland depopuated and England iniultd Can be
imagined that Brogio and Choifeu have full and au
hentc intelligence oa the madne and folly oour CourtF
Another correspondent lent information this mornings
that it ma, be depended upon tie King Of France Is dead
This event, the mott knowing Of the miniy Gay, viii pro
duee
Lat night died his Grace the Duke of Cleveland. The
title with the eate Of eight thouiand pounds per annum
which entaled upon the tte) comes the Duke of Graf
on who now takes the title of Duke of Cleveland.
Frorr ,he rI.onaon1 MORNING POST, Nav IA.