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Georgia Gazette.
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‘*• ** ••> * HIL4DILPHI A, Jcki 4. ™ *
I* following is an extratf of a letter from London, dared A
z “M. / . P n NW> IZ^LV® uri g Lord Chatham's {hyalkath, the
9r ' v - W * >ublick bufi/lYfswient on very George Gren
villc did P<U fail toVtvail himfclf of hjsabfence. and was ve
ry aflidiiotis id his opposition, though’’ without much otfeA.
f ♦* The land tax, however, hath been carried, to the Turn fife ofthe pp
jpofl&m themfirlvcs, for three fhfllings in the pound, instead of Tourhijt
Arid yt?u will probably think it ftraiige when J tell you*
4* * very unpopufar*re<fu<stibii of thaf tax ; for every body,” who kuo'ws a.
ny thing of the matter, is fenftble, that a diminution of the publick re
venue of coo.ooo l. per year, when the national debt is $ great* and fe
•rtral millions of it yet unfunded, is by no means favourable to
credit. But so it is, people in general do not like it, and couclude tLit
this deficiency must necefftrily be made up by- foine Qther/.Yx, perhaps
-Adt so agreeable, and in a way more prejudicial to trade. —$3u vvilfile
ih the jfapSrs due or two addresses to members in praise oFtl\J# titdpfllre,
aT/alf penned by Grenville, orhis friend,, and are by’uo ai-ans
tgenefal sense of any pkrt of the country. This is thejrft timTjyßs:
hath been carried against the court, fi'noe j“t was full imaafeJ in King
’’William’s reign. 7 . ’ u , T
Ldrd Chatham hath now been in town for thfs month pad, but is real- s
tjr in so poor a date of health, that he is able to attend ,ny fort of buftqeL
Vhatfoarer. His journey to town t it feepis, checked the gout, and luth
ahrbwn him into a_fot£ of conftant'heaid fever, which ite cannot ge!^d
ffT In fhdrt it begins ff> be appr<ffiended, and 1 ain afraid upon very good
rounds, ‘that hhrlife'draws near its peribd ; and what effect t/iatwill hif*l
upon the ministry, it is impoflible to fay. In the mean while, tbcieve-’
ra! members of it are far from being unanimous aiQ >ng then)(elves, or at
tached to their leader, whom they often fuffer to be abased in the house
x>f commons, without putting in a word for his defence. This is gene
ralfy fomewnat firigular ; for in all forme,- times, at lead as far as I know*
the ministry for the time being, and while they remained a ministry, al
appealed to draw orie way, and to be of one mind.
s“* tfiisisYar from beinc; the tafe at fAe several members of it
xncefl differ as much as the ions and the outs used tp do; and it is just now
equally‘difficult to account why they have kept tpgether so long, or to guess
‘Wno ‘fhil! compose our next administration; for changes have been long
talked of, and now more than ever/
** The affairs are (till canvafling before the house of com
mons, bur are yet no way fettled. Itis.agrped, however* on alt hands,
■TF.? -si? their territorial revenues with |he state, but h w this
“will be.liquidated no body yet knows. It ip a queftjoa, indeed*'wjufhi,
the mote ill/ canva|ftccr, appears the more difficult to difeufc- hard Chat
haMVoplpibn, ifheTias really formed any, has not transpired. “Perhaps
declare himfelf, and at once make a demand upon the. com
Tarty for Yuch a furti yearly as will make a. fplandid addition to
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ra? / so contemplation, if, ip hispne(cnt debilitated
P gqod. In a little
brothers have got a year e*ach voted them, to
0 upon this ground, that the aft
which Jivl 1. a year, in place of his civil lift, expresses,
n ta provide for all the xoyal faruil^’.,
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iid.offered to put themselves under his dire&ion;
fIP t 0 car the y a£UaUy agreed.—lt is
also lomc, that the parliament will be diffohved at the ciofe
6* tbit lyttion ; this I think by no means likely.
** Vjfterday I , was jJrctent atja Jong debate in *he house of lords, which
“lifted Site hours, upon amotion made.by the duke of B—d, concerning
< j rr^"‘^,tn . er ’ Ca ‘ a ~ T i A’P on ß *l*® laid before the
a‘ ,s Kl.i r fc^4 t S> by.the aflembiy of.hlaffachu
refldiMifoft9d}the fccretaflts of date here) for railing roo
fnfferers by the riots occafipned by the
site ft imp- act, lh which was likewise in let a claaife containing a full
pardon to the rioters 5 which is cottitdeced a piece of great prefumftion
4n ‘^ t^ €^Cr an^fece^ or ’ :lccnr d ,l ‘g 10 the Bruifh
> s?. ri Hj.gf pinion, indemnity and -oblivion, never
but are .the K%,
*lht<rtrt foyil and^fi^ld* & aod vohh
Ae would b* pxewedjto take fijeh amafutes as he (hyiUdfhiqk^proper*
a** tMWm. <^>
m && w&t hot
fifty and aoiurdlty 01 the acl m question j nor do X remember any
WED NES DA r, July ti, 1767.
thing urged m extenaft#n of the cfenduft at the Maffethufetrs assembly
rd^ wt>a£ l , . and, he tmagined they meant nothing iftfotent in
7 2 Til { ‘a^ f>m<o 7 <acd t 0 the Wordi of th ® “ o t ion . as recommend
™*° Mke iftto consideration validity of a bill which
wds obviouflv illegal; the lords in the mirtiftrf Pledged there was no ot -
ca ion for rWt adirefs, as the bill was before .the attorney and solicitor
be by the privy council of course. The me*
T W ‘ th J Am€rin hi ” briefly this ; they come OWreo
JTrTHiw7l are b 7 h,m ,ai<l before tht bbard of trade, who
\ . J®? tt> tlie attorney Md (dlicitbr generil | an 4 they report
c r .ci(, *Ko .h g aW „,' e * Kjj; rtS!
.b* e *vere intlifrtd to censure the governor whoOafled the bill; but
the general 1 tyautre ofopfftion, that he had arted with great prop, letv add
JjwrH during thowhole contest about the ftamp-aft.—Some reflexions were
TT’*P on th L e * H they had been dilatory in this matte# y
wfilCh they, on their parr,.endeavoured to wipe Off. All tooted dlfpoied <0
do every thing that could conduce to bringing the colonies back to their
./ f * “. ,nt wa# thrown ont, as if feme plan for that purnofe v?6s
m agitation the ministry, which would be laid before the house in
if
a it rut union between this country and her colonies { that he was for fop.
tL ,h j *>*^ at ** C au 'borityuf Great-Britain over them by all possible
nethobs under every administration ; that unanimity/tmong ourselves. aid
“ff? *2 more wanted; that if ever Cos many
fmiependent governments Ihould lhake themselves loofv from thiir n*o-
Che conl *^ ocncw,lvou l‘i be firft fatal to themselves, by theif
•either falling a prey to one another, or to fome foreign invader; that We
mould feel it nn in our trade and manufactures; and that during what,
ever admmiftratidu this deplorable event fhouid happen, it would be but
a poor coulolation to the fubfeqnent ministry, that the colonics were left
to tins country by their predecessors. —As for the aXjnqoeftion, he thought
a bare retufdl of it in the onfinaty Course was treating it too mildly, and
that tome greater marks of rifentffient and indignation odght to he set up.
in it.—-With rnuch more to the iamepurpofe, g ‘ich lam not able to fe*
colled. Ihe house divided ; and by a majority of about two to one, 1 it
was carried against presenting the address.—l forgot to mention, that lord
M and was ftroftgly for presenting the address, fiitce it had been proposed,
that it might not appear upon their journa’s, that the house poisoned,
or refufed to enter warmly into a matter 10 effentiaf to the very bein? of
the iiiritifh empire."’ * * „
ExtraA if n't other Utter from a merchant i* London, dated April 11, t~6y.
“ We have been very busy about the paper money affair. The mcrchapte
are to wait ort Lord Clare with their opinion in favour of it in a day or
twoC After recwvirtiif Dr. F—** remarks on the report of the Board of
have flgneff; and Dr. F—’s paper is to be given inby itfelf. Mr. Garth
for SounT-Gafolina, Mr. Montagu for Virginia, Dr. Franklin for Penn
fylyan4a, Mf./Charles for New-York, Mr. Shcnvood for Rhode
Mr. DeU/rdt for Maftachufetts, have attended the rr.tetingl of the naer
occafion.-'—'The ftreogth of the oppotition, the daily expec
tation); of new changes miniftryj and the prefenYrefemment against
‘America, *lteep minds so agitated, that there can be bit very Jittle pro
gress made in American affair*.” *T , **
ExtraS of another letter from London, dated April Ij. m
“ I attended a late, debate in the, House of. Loros, aad it gave me gnrat
tmeafinet's to find much resentment against thcxolouies in the difDiatauts.
u The word rebell,on frequent! v A tJ*,
others, were against you, A nd Lord Sh—e, the I>Ae of sod
Lo;d C—n, your friends. They fad what they tt> pallia,te<he
warmth (hewn by their opponent* against indeed your frieada
can do nothing else but palliate a little, and delay comimr to refoluuona
against America, as tfary would at this tyne be yqry yiqleuf one*.
I* “ laid, that it is agreed on all
taken (what they will be time must xj%tvaljy^theaa
thority of parJpmept, and xo carry u mp a£tua| ad of
, indemnity paiie4 by thf AJliuobly Be Repealed,
and there is a great probability that a cenfure^ will
attend it.—This,aft xj looked, upon as an high jafringeqiea* o t the King’s
prerogative. It was mentioned by several in debate, that ads of pardon
, and neyer ofjginaujq cithefpf fa Hftffev but,always areftnt
down from tfie iking,.compj/u a*4,^p4d r aad, agreed, to
r.**se°"/* i. , * -“' ’ , H’U.” ‘■ ■l t i
>it ,it is alfe l£r e repijj tas tktA.projeift Ms on
all |he. Hftvernor& <^.^q( t#fatef lqdepea.
.dent.suxoval support they weivepf.theix 1
. “ ••kVre ! As I rc at,,hi on American aftpirs, pivd, thpfe of the-Jndia
, Company,cphow they jvJl joeuifaatc, anting 411,
as yet, are not able to discover.’ f -Tv a
15# I frjMttßritoljdftte&Aprtf <no faya* 'L'-Wm goyemment
here in general, bo^and-^|V fjofight ifi iflyiiT
people, Ac. of you r province in inch a manner that it doesonegoodio