Bioters were feized, and loaded piftols were taken out of their pockets. The high fheriff behaved with great fpirit, and adjourned the court, on the first appearance of the riot, to the hour of two o'clock, and then came into court, and continued to receive the votes of the freeholders until fve in the evening, and faid he would continue the poll, from day to day, until he received every voter in the county.

Wednesday, 10. Monday morning, about 11 o'clock, his royal highness the duke of Cumberland arrived at Portimouth, from admiral Moore's houfe at Southwick, where he lay the preceding night, and immediately went off in the commiffioners yacht on board his majefty's fhip Venus, under the command of the hon. capt. Barrington. On the embarkation of his royal highness, he was faluted by the guns of the platform, &c. in about an hour after he was on board, the fhip got under faif, to proceed to the Mediterranean, with the wind at N. W.

The rev. Dr. Sharp, archdeacon of Northumberland, is preferred to a prebend of Durham (Mr. Western's) and Mr. Western to the late Dr. Bland's.

Friday 12. At Guildford affizes, which ended on Tuesday, eight perfons received fentence of death, five of whom were reprieved, and the other three left for execution,

Thomas Greenwood, for riotoufly affèmbling on the 10th of May, with other perfons, and aiding and affifting each other in feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-houfe of Edward Ruffell, and therein taking and ftealing a large quantity of fpirituous liquors, fome cafks, and other things, his property: he being found at that place with a bayonet concealed, one hour after the proclamation against riots had been read, was fined 13s 4d. imprifoned fifteen months, and to find fureties for three years.

Robert Hall, charged with being, with divers other persons unknown, to the number of twenty and upwards, riotoufly affembled, at the King's Bench Prifon, in Southwark, on the 9th of May laft, and with other perfons, forcibly breaking down the lobby of the faid prison, and alfo affaulting Edward Taylor, one of the door-keepers of the prifon, endeavoured to force him from his poft, and with brick-bats, ftones, and other offenfive weapons, put Jonathan Moore, Edward Taylor, and other affiftants of the prifon, in danger of their lives, was fined 13s. 4d. to be imprisoned one year, and to find fureties for three years.

The brave Pafchal de Paoli, general of the Corficans, being fome time fince asked how long he would hold out, fhould the French affift the Genoefe in an expedition against Corfica, replied, "Till death--for life is not worth the keeping, unless we can preferve too our liberty!"

By advices from Corfica we learn, that an savoy from the bey of Tunis was arrived at

Leghorn on the 26th ult. on board of a Ragufan veffel, with prefents for general Paoli, as an acknowledgement of the fervice he had rendered to the regency, by fending back to them a Tunifian galliot with 26 men, which being chafed by a Genoefe fhip, had taken shelter in one of the ports of the inland. These prefents confift of a Moorish flave, a fine horse richly, caparifoned, a tygrefs, two chefts lined with lead and fealed up, two oftriches, and a lion that died in the paffage; but the vefiel is to perform quarantine at Bastia by order of general Paoli.

His grace the late archbishop of Canterbury was buried on Tuesday evening by day-light, in the most private manner, his houthold chaplain and domeftics only attending the depofit of his remains, in a vault adjoining the backgarden-gate, in the church-yard: he was not carried into church, nor had any thing more than the common burial fervice read over him: all which was by his own particular defire, and the mouth of the vault clofed up immediately.

Monday, 15. At Guildford market, laft week, a farmer near that town, offered to fell a miller there ten loads of fine new wheat, nine gallon measure, for one hundred pounds; which was rejected by the miller, the price being too high. This is an evident proof of a very plentiful harvest, as that price is not above nine pounds a load, Bear-key measure.

Thursday, 18. Yesterday morning the king of Denmark went, in a very private manner, to Sir Thomas Robinfon's at Chelfea, and after viewing Ranelagh, proceeded to the Tower; from whence, after feeing the armoury and the mint, he went through Cannon-street to St. Paul's cathedral, and, after viewing the lower part, went up ftairs to the whispering gallery, the clock, and bells, thence to the ftone and golden galleries; at the laft of which, with refpect to the prospect around him, he expreffed the greatest surprize and admiration.

The liveries worn by the fervants of his Danish majefty's houfhold are all uniform, of a coarfe light-coloured cloth (about the finenefs and fabric of our common Yorkshire fixquarters, at 5s. 63. or 6s. a yard) trimmed with a broad filver lace, fcarlet collar and cuffs, and breeches, white filk or cotton ftockings; the cloaths after the French taste, or cut. Several of them fpeak pretty good English, and exprefs a great liking to the English and their country.

Friday, 19. On Wednesday evening, between eleven and twelve o'clock, the king of Denmark went to Vauxhall gardens, attended by the prince of Saxe-Gotha, lady Harrington, and feveral other ladies and gentlemen of diftinction. The band of mufic returned into the orchestra, and played during the time his majefty walked round the garden, and the

cafcade

cascade was played off again; after which his majefty went up to the orcheftra, and heard a fine piece of mufic by the celebrated performer upon the hautboy, and a trio by Mrs, Pinto, Mrs. Weichfel, and Mr. Vernon; and afterwards fupped in the great room behind the pavillion, where the band of mufic played during his ftay.

His Danish majefty dined yesterday at his grace the duke of Grafton's houfe in Grofvenor-fquare; and was that evening at Drurylane theatre, to see Mr. Garrick in the character of Ranger.

Yesterday the lord bishop of Litchfield and Coventry kiffed his majesty's hand at St. James's, on his being translated to the fee of Canterbury.

Monday 22. Yefterday morning, about three minutes past four o'clock, a prifoner in the Fleet was fuddenly awaked out of a found fleep, by a terrible noise resembling that of an earthquake. Upon examination it was found, that the superstructure or foundation of a party-wall that had fupported a large ftack of chimneys in the center of the buildings had given way, by which accident upwards of ten apartments or chambers were intirely deftroyed. Several perfons were maimed, but no lives loft.

Tuesday 23. By a private letter from Edinburgh, we learn, that a fhip has arrived at Glasgow, from Boston in New England, which brings the news of 16,000 men being in arms to oppofe the landing of any troops from England; and the fame letter adds, that every thing was in the utmost diforder. The captain of this vessel had made oath before the provoit to the truth of this, and more particulars are daily expected.

Wednesday 24. Sixty thousand pounds lately remitted from Denmark is lodged in the hands of Sir George Colebrooke, for the use of his Danish majefty.

Friday laft lord Bottetourt took leave of his majefty, and Sunday he fet out for Portsmouth to embark on board his majesty's fhip Rippon, for his government of Virginia.

Letters from Hamburgh of the 12th inftant advife, that the king of Pruffia is forming confiderable magazines in different parts of his dominions; and that the court of Saxony is augmenting its troops. They add, that these circumstances give room to fear that a storm is gathering, though, it is faid, that the emperor has declared, that he will never give any occafion for a rupture.

His majefty has been pleased to constitute and appoint Guy Carleton, efq; captain-general and governor in chief in and over his majesty's province of Quebec, in America, to be viceadmiral of the fame, in the room of the hon. James Murray, efq; who has refigned.

The granaries below London-bridge are, at this prefent time, fuller of corn than they have been for fome years.

Friday 26. It is faid that his excellency the lord lieutenant of Ireland will be called home fooner than was expected.

Laft week after his Danish majesty had taken a view of the Tower, he ordered a purfe of twenty guineas to be given to the garrifon, which was accordingly done, and diftributed to each man according to his rank.

On Wednesday her royal highness the princefs dowager of Wales, and the two princes of Saxe Gotha, arrived at commiffioner Hayes's in the dock-yard, Portsmouth. They went on board his majefty's fhip Achilles in the harbour, and was faluted on going aboard, at coming off, and likewife from the guard-fhips in the harbour, in a little tour round moft of them in a twelve-oar'd barge.

It is faid a certain gentleman of his m-----’■ p---y c-l intends to use his interest to enforce the ftatutes in being for establishing one meafure of corn throughout the kingdom.

The directors of the Eaft-India company have augmented the falaries of all their clerks, on account of the high price of provifions.

Saturday 27. It is thought that the parliament will affemble earlier than ufual this winter, on account of the critical fituation of affairs in America.

Mrs. Pritchard, the celebrated actress, died at Bath last week.

The king of Denmark has sent to Mr. Garrick 200 guineas, for the augmentation of the fund towards the relief of decayed actors.

Monday 29. This morning the king of Denmark fet out with a grand retinue to vifit the univerfity of Cambridge.

It is thought that his Danish majesty will pay a vifit to the duke of Northumberland at Alnwick, before his return from the north; and will return by the way of Oxford, in order to have an opportunity of feeing the two great feminaries of learning in this kingdom.

Tuesday 30. Yesterday the prize-money, due to the feamen for taking Pondicherry, was paid at the King's Head in Fenchurch-street, when every private man received fourteen fhillings and five-pence halfpenny.

Yesterday his majesty's fhip the Egmont, of 74 guns, was launched at Deptford.

Yefterday, between three and four in the afternoon, was launched from Mr. Bodman's yard at Rotherhith, amidst a vast crowd of fpectators, the famous Indian Row-veffel prefented to his majefty by governor Vanfittart. She is built in the fhape of a peacock; fhe is not above fix feet wide, but at least eighty in length. It is faid fhe will this day go up the river to Windfor.

On Saturday laft was committed to New Prifon, Clerkenwell, one Thomas Frances, a Portuguese failor, for ftabbing a man in the back; the wounded perfon was carried to the London Hofpital; and it is reported he is fince dead.

AMERICAN

From the BOSTON GAZETTE, published by Authority, July 4, 1768.

A meffage from the Governor to the Affembly.

Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,

I

Have his majesty's orders to make a requifition to you, which I communicate in the very words in which I have received it. I muft defire you to take it into immediate confideration, and I affure you that your refolution thereon will have most important confequences to the province. I am myself merely ministerial in this bufiuefs, having received his majesty's inftructions for all I have to do in it. I heartily with that you may fee how forcible the expediency of your giving this teftimonial of your duty and fubmiffion is at this time. If you should think otherwise, I must nevertheless do my duty. Council-chamber, June 21, 1768.

FRA. BERNARD,

Extract of a letter from the right hon. the earl of Hillsborough, dated Whitehall, April 22, 1768.

IT gives great concern to his ma

jefty, to find that the fame moderation which appeared by your letter to have been adopted at the beginning of the feffion in a full affembly, had not continued, and that, inftead of that fpirit of prudence and refpect to the conftitution, which feemed at that time to influence the conduct of a large majority of the members, a thin house, at the end of the feffion, fhould have prefumed to revert to, and resolve upon a measure of fo inflammatory a nature as that of writing to the other colonies on the subject of their intended representations against some late acts of parliament.

His majesty confiders this ftep as evidently tending to create unwarrantable combinations, to excite an unjustifiable oppofition to the conftitutional authority of parliament, and to revive thofe unhappy divifions and diftractions which have operated fo prejudicially to the true interefts of Great-Britain and the colonies.

After what paffed in the former part of the feffion, and after the declared fenfe of fo large a majority when the house was full, his majefty cannot but confider this as a very unfair proceeding, and the refolutions taken thereupon to be contrary to the real sense of the affembly, and procured by furprize: and therefore it is the king's pleafure, that, fo

foon as the General Court is again affembled at the time prefcribed by the charter, you fhould require of the House of Representatives, in his majesty's name, to refcind the refolution which gave birth to the circular letter from the Speaker, and to declare their disapprobation of, and diffent to, that rash and hafty proceeding.

His majefty has the fulleft reliance upon the affection of his good fubjects in the Maffachufetts-bay, and has obferved, with fatisfaction, that fpirit of decency, and love of order, which has difcovered itself in the conduct of the most confiderable of its inhabitants; and therefore his majesty has the better ground to hope, that the attempts made by a a defperate faction to diflurb the public tranquility, will be discountenanced, and that the execution of the measure recommended to you will not meet with any difficulty."

Governor of the Maffachusetts-Bay.

A Meffage from the Houfe to the Governor, June 23, 1768.

May it please your Excellency, THE House of Reprefentatives humbly re

queft your Excellency to lay before them a copy of his majefty's inftructions referred to in your meffage of the 21ft inftant, a copy of the letter to your Excellency from the right hon. the earl of Hillsborough, of April 22, 1768; a copy of a letter to his lordship, communicated lately to the honourable Board; and copies of letters wrote by your Excellency to his Lordship, relating to the subject of the aforefaid meffage.

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A Message from the Governor to the Assembly, Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, I Should have communicated the whole of

the earl of Hillsborough's letter relating to the bufinefs which I laid before you on the 21ft inftant, if I had not been defirous that your compliance with his majefly's requifition might have its fulleft merit, by its appearing to be entirely dictated by a fenfe of your duty.

But, fince you defire to know what my fur ther orders are, I hereby fend you a copy of the other part of the letter relative to this bufiness, which contains all my inftructions thereupon; and as I know you will not expect that I fhould difobey the king's pofitive commands, I muft defire that, if you fhall refolve to oblige me to execute them, you will, previously to your giving your final aniwer, prevent the inconveniencies which must fall upon

the

the people for want of the annual Tax-bill, which I underftand is not as yet fent up to the board; for, if I am obliged to diffolve the General Court, I fhall not think myself at liberty to call another till I receive his majefty's commands for that purpofe, which will be too late to prevent the Treaturer iffing his warrants for the tax granted by the act of the last year.

As to the letter of the earl of Hillsborough, which I communicated to the Council, I muft beg leave to be the proper judge of the time and occation of communicating any papers I receive, to the Council or the Houfe. If I had then thought it expedient to lay it before the Houfe, fhould have then done it; when I fhail think it fo, I fhall do it.

As to your request of copies of my letters to the Secretary of State, you may allure yourfelves that I fhall never make public my letters to his majefty's minifters, but upon my own motion, and for my own reasons. Council Chamber, June 24, 1768.

FRA. BERNARD.

Remainder of lord Hillsborough's letter to the Governor of the Maffachusetts Bay, dated April 22, 1768, relative to his Majesty's requifition referred to in the Governor's mefSage of the aft of June following.

IF it fhould, and if, notwithstanding the apprehenfions which may justly be entertained of the ill confequence of a continuance of this factious fpirit, which feems to have influenced the refolutions of the alembly at the conclufion of the laft feffion, the new affembly fhould refufe to comply with his majefty's reafonable expectation, it is the king's pleafure that you fhould immediately diffolve them, and tranfinit to me, to be laid before his majefty, an account of their proceedings thereupon; to the end that his majery may, if he thinks fit, lay the whole matter before his parliament, that fuch provifions as fhall be found neceflary may be, made, to prevent, for the future, a conduct of fo extraordinary and unconftitutional a na

A Meffage from the Governor to the Affembly. Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, IT is now a full week fince I laid before

you his majefty's requifition fignified by his fecretary of flate; I must therefore defire you to come to a refolution upon it; for I cannot admit of a much longer delay, without confidering it as an answer in the negative. Council Chamber, FRA. BERNARD. June 28, 1768.

A Mejage from the Affembly to the Governor, June 29.

May it please your Excellency, IN anfwer to your excellency's meffage of

the 28th inftant, the House of Reprefentatives requeft, that your excellency would favour this General Court with a recefs, that they may confult their conftituents respecting the requifition contained in your meflage of the 21ft inftant, in confequence of the earl of Hillsborough's letter to your excellency.

A Meffage from the Governor to the Affembly. Gentlemen of the Houfe of Representatives, I Cannot, confiftently with my fenfe of my Court, until I have received your answer to duty, prorogue or adjourn the General his majesty's requifition; I must therefore repeat my request to you to bring this matter to

a conclufion.

Council Chamber,
June 29, 1768.

FRA. BERNARD.

On Thursday the 30th of June, the committee reported a letter to the right honourable the earl of Hillsborough, fetting forth to his lordship, the feveral votes and refolutions which paffed in the laft Houfe of Reprefentatives, relating to the circular letter; and fhewing that the whole of thefe matters were tranfacted in the height of the feffion, in a full Houfe, and by a large majority. This letter was diftinctly read feveral times; and afterwards accepted, by a majority of Ninety-three out of One hundred and Five members prefent, and a fair copy was ordered to be taken for the Speaker to fign and tranfmit to his lordship as foon as might be.

Then it was moved, that the question be put, Whether the Houfe will refcind the refolution of the laft Houfe, which gave birth to their circular letter to the feveral Houses of Representatives and Burgeffes of the other colonies on the continent? And paffed in the negative, by a divifion of Ninety-two to Seventeen.

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