The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-11-10

pIiVitS nitcIFtcW With 4 TuVa ISia.iol, ana Incrc
are whiipcrcrs here, rhat certain engagements
made in the year i74S, are to Be The caet iu5jstf
lon rhe taps at the intended ConsreIs. ks,ar
lcountrymen on the north OF lac Tweed made no
licrupe Of declaring publicly, thar certain diife.
Irenees or jealouiieS which hav: iunhfsd for 20
wears between the Chevalier dc St. George, aud
tlole loyal iubjeets in England Who call them.
lielves the Kings friends vii, be perfectly re-
moved, and the graf o sior will convince the
royal exile that his friends have nor deferred Or
been idle in his canie."
E.straa Of a Letter from H1m5xeb, Aaggf IS.
. The four Danlih men of war, Win great
number OF troops on board, which have been
lcruihng near Gluck!tair the lat three months,
and the deainaion OF which had been iecrel,
we are now informed are for the account of Great
Britain, and lie in readiness to fail for America,
IN order 10 iubdde her colonies there, the Britih
government finding their troops in America de-
ierrlng IN great numbers, and even taole VINO
have NOT YET delerted, as we'll as their head Off
GERS and inlors, cannot properly be depended
upon TO tight aga!nt their owl countrymen I; for
which reaion the above mentioned Danih veiiels
and troops are taken into BriSi.h pay, aud are
Iready TO fail for America at a moments notice,
in cafe matters cannot be reconcilcd. We do
mot pretend pals the above intelligence as au-
ithentc although it is universally reported here,
and is confirmed by an authentic private letter
rom London, which mentions, that Baron Diedc
lde Furitenilein, the Danilh Minifer at London,
went to Copenhagen lately merely on that &C
count, and thar he affected the above. The fame
letter adds, that hnce the Baron returned to Lon
don he is uncommonly carcaed by the Minifry,
Iwhich circamaance ieems to confirm the matter.
" They write from Berlin, that as ioon as the
King of Pruiia heard the news of the peace be-
tween Rufia and the Porte being concluded, he
Immediately fent officers of different regiments
10 the icat of war, in or1lr 10 enroll all iuch di
lciplined men as lhall be diimiied from the Ruff.
ian icyice, and to purchaie all the horles they
could get from The Turks and Coaaoks, forthe uie
of his army which ieems TO prove, that thsrealefs
Prince intends to try the iucceis of another war
before he dies"
PARIS, [Fraaee1 .Asggzz. Mont. de Pelc-
grin. acknowledgement OF the Marine, has re-
ceived fudden orders to employ as many hands
as pofibe, and TO build g. new ihips of war,
VIZ. az BreR, FIX large men of war from ~ 10
So guns; at Bolocne, fix of the fame iize at
Rockford, four of the fame Gze; at Bordeaux,
zen frigates, from 40 to 50 guns and at Mar
lteilles, fix frigatas of the fame Gze. Orders
were alto given for twelve ihips ofwar of dife-
rent Gzes to be built in Sweden on our account,
and eight in Genoa, being altogether 2 new vci-
icls Of war. Fifteen hundred carpenters have
hkcwiie been ient to the lie Of Corlica, in or
DIR 10 cut down the woods there, and to attempt
to prepare The harboars, and build new ilIips.
Il IS alto whifpsfed here, that a certain ambaiia
dor OF a neighbouring power, received inltruet-
ons from his court 10 enquire into the iudden
augmentation Of our feet; and that the ambaf
lador received an anfwer, that it was reiolved in
che King's-council to keep 50 men ofwar, and
thirty frIgatcs in the different ports at home,
and 20 men of war, with 80 frlgates, cruizing
in the different ieas, and that our court ihall al
ways keep 100 fine veiiels of war even in time Of
peace This affair, together with our uncom-
mon connection with the court of Spain, augurs
war to our politicians and it is very (trongly
reported, that new dilputes, concerning the con-
tinent of America, are upon the point Of break
ing out between our court and taat Of Greal-
Britain.
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