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—• * BOSTON, Octobsh 5,
mofning last arrived We the'brigantvpe Waif,
f ■ ■ CApt. Bryant, from Lpndon, which he left the iSth of July
Is her came pajflengcr*, Samuel Venner, Esq. late
I, Secretary to the Board of Cemmiflioners, Capt. Lyde, Ca;it.
Coppingcr, Mr, Patrick Spit h, a merchant from London,
and fever*! dtbers, among whom were one of two hatter* and jewellers.
On the arrival of the above vessel, a meeting of the merchants was ira.
Mediately called, and the Following trahfaftions voted to be published, viz.
“ THE merchants of this town cAet'tt PaneuH-ha!l, on the 3d of Oc
tober in ftah’, and being informed that Mr. Patrick Smith, a Granger
from London/ had imported * quantify of poods in the brigantine Wolf*
John Bryant, matter, and cnniideriijg that in case ItrangsV*
port goods, while the merchants svtre obligated not to import shy, it
would haye a direst tendency to fm (Irate the defegA of their
and so bd attended with fatal conftqaence , they .appointed * committee
to apply ,uJ ML Smith, *t>4 dclira It it atrcndar.de, who accordingly at,,
tended andfigned an agreementjto reihip Jifs good* for London Capt.
Nathaniel-BylUjd Lyde, and Mr- Colburn JBarrdl, plfo appeared $t the
meeting fed <i|fhed ftmilar agrerment*.
** *Ahd“at a Meeting of the merchahts the 4th infant, a gentleman ap
pfarerL and at the request ofThpmn and KSifha Hutch in lon, informed
the merchant* that they werc/ejtffv tdtrratVith them w-th refpeft to the,
good* they had imported ; upon wjiich a committee was Appointed to hear
their propbfalsjj the committee accordingly had a conference with them,
and reported that they had acccdud to every, article of'the agreement of
the merchatitsj apd had epgaged to deliver up the eighteen chdls of tea
they imported in t/apt Bryant; as a)fo any other goods that they might
receive by any other vertel.—The Committee alio reported, that Mr.’
Theophilu* Lillie mot them, and acceded to the agreement, and entered
into fimilaf engagement.—Which report was accepted.
“ The mifehants sent a meflage to Nathaniel Reger*, John Bernard,
And James MaCMatttrs, requeuing their attendance at the meeting at
half after three o'clock, P. M.\ Tncir federal anfwcrs were highly info
l£nt, and'jurtly'ciefervingof censure, particularly the answer received fnm
James MacMa!lers r who refufed to attend, and told Mr. Gore and Mr.
Freeman, that the merchants might do as they pleased, that he found
tljey intended to make a riot, which he (hould lie glad to fca,
“ Voted nnanmloufly, That the Arverai persons by coot nuing their
importations from time to time, contrary to tha fenfe.of.the trade, not
v ‘ithftandiug the pains that have Been taken to prevail with them to ac
cede to the agreement’, have difeovered abase attachment to their own
little private interests and a total cifrega'rd to that of the publick; jtap
pearathay have h'ijd a fettled design to countcraft and defeat she generous
effort* rT the merchants, and have afted altogether unbecoming tbh cha
rafter of good citizens, and therefore qre not poly unworthy of the coyote
nance and favour of the publtck in arty refpeft, but by thb their cbnduft
have tendered'thenafelKes jurtly obuvgioiis’ to all who have any rega/tf for.”
tlje welfare of rheir country. * ‘ ; . J. ■
** Voted, That the committee o*f Infpeftidrt fie and tjfVfbV are
to make drift qnquirjr after’furhiperfjns as may beredfteij, fiurcbafngopfis’
ofthofe who continue to impott frbriv.Great-Biitajn contrary to the agree
ment of the merchants!''and pi) Mi til their names “n'rh’e neV/paperf. i.‘
“ Voted unanimously, That of the faMjpg
highly worthy of our approbation, /and we accordingly approve of It in e
very instance, jtqi|*c fair, just and impartial account
published the atfth of Aagu&ia&r relative to fad* good* as have been r~ ;
jforfed GVe*t'Biftain fence-the agreement of vW-l!trfArtatiod Mitii
taken plac?* ip-anGvmr tp,the fiilaielojis and fcandslous aftettion* of—
——in yrtnfey publications.’"i
‘••V~fitid.Niui-I'ftk, 44JV I A
** On Tue/day lad Mr. T *'R L—w*.fon mounted 1 the ftollrum, fartinf Itr
Berty poTe'fn |be ielde, and made hi* pubbs-k, ivkhP'VMgnaeot. FTc is
a Jeweller from England, with ab >ut 309!. Herbng in tfinkdts, scc,
na|th been ols(iged to. CoaCsot to /lore thetn under the care of the coin-
‘ |
Qaibtr Qy YeffeVday ftileU for Y/oncfod the fftip Bd.'Cawen. J
1 oh son, in whom went pa/Ten'gers, Jofcph flirfiTbd, Lfq. LolleftOrpfjTMs
(or this
OjSlfiLer *6. Yejletday arrived the Rose man of war frorp Halifax Aotl
tai* the Deal Cattle fail* from-hence for Near. York,, # - -.-
* WvTOnhknie! ltodgey*-Wa acceded 10 the ageecmenk of non-tmportas
tion, gnd seas accordingly delivered to the committee o t inspection the
good* he Wa imported^contrary to said agreement. •/
~OAo(nr< ‘•At * meeting mi’ tbr town of Boftonl legally afletttbleo.jpfi
Oftoher the 14th, and.thence cotlinacd by' ? *djoufttmenf to
WedaeCday, Oftobrnttth, <1769. -i 1 - 1 4 **>*'• * f ylovl
THA,r the and memorials of
and the Commiffiooer* of thV,^ n P* n America, transmitted by them
lefpeftiycly, 49 hi* Ma^tfep’*,Mdnirtc| ( s, smd Jojd befprethe
Great BHta,ie, are tipyr befofl * 1 °^ n
Ateodancy to,derive fee Minify, anj} lead them anarqjdjbly to pif{flttm
hi* Mtjefty with.regard to the afferertipn* and
jeftija Aod- fbat fee (ai l Governor Bv tjard, ’ayd^e
fndefeolr* totTtfa’ it eve'n rb hit MajeftV >lrftfirlf' t by rttotriwhcffor
AH mrfibiy feci the difpleafurc of fec.r graciou* Sovereign.
W* EDNES DA Ts November- $g 9 1769.
RESOLVED, Tharthi s town have reason (n rejoice in the rafafur#
Rpprefentathirt. i„ the last. r c (fion of thj
General hy so feafoaably prclernng their dutiful and loval
pc'it ton to hi* Vlajefly. for the removal of Governor Bernard for tvtr from
the government of tnis province: And the toWn take true‘oppomnitf to
express their mod ardent wirti, that the prayer of laid petition to hi* Max
jetty tnay be gractoully heard and granted.
RftSOLf ED, That General Commodore Hood, in fhelt'fc
vercl letters to his Majesty’s Minillertand ferVants, authcntick copi**oY
are now before this tow*. have difeovered an unreafonabfe puiur
dice against the town And th General In particuiai. in declaring la
his letter to the Right Hon the Barf of Hillib .rough, one! Os Im! Maiea
tty’s Secretaries of State, that, “,n truth thtrt was very Tttth #/*****/ it
mjuftice to :hc tosvi:,, and an irreparable injury. And ir is moreerfer ch|
opinion of the town, that the rtuimth he has difeovered to receive ufeta
vounbfe imprefCoas of it, and the pubii .k ceftitaony he wa* ud*’
oA tobcar agiinit it, before he could h .ve tiro* to make art [ni
quiry, bebaved a want of unbecoming his Ration and charafter.*
RESOLVED, Hut many of tit letters and :ft. horials aforfe/aid arefaffe*
fdajdilo 5, and infanooui libels upon the inhlbitirtrs of ihfs town, pro-
Vince and continent, of the m *ft virulent and maliciout, as well * dsn-
and pernicious tendency : And that the 3cleftiqeq.be and hereby *r*’
dire.‘led to apply and Cool plain to proper authority, that the wicked au
thors of thole incendiary libels may be proceeded with /tfcjrding to law*
and brought to condign punillimrot.
Ojfober 23. Wd are assured thfit the merchants of. thi ftrwp, confeder*.
ing that the period to which their late agreement to withhold the impor*
tation of British goods was limited, is near at hand, it being to efentinuf
til! thefirtt of January, unless this re vena; afts impoftng duties on paper,
glass Sc c. (hould be repealed Before‘that time, and also further Consi
dering there is another aft of Parliament in being, for the purpose of
raising a revenue from us without our consent, and that Ahercfort;
grounds of their just complaint cannot be removed while the lad menti
oned aft re nains id force, (hould the other be repealed, have ftt oft fbpe
a fubfeription, obliging themfeives not to import good* from Great B/i*
tain, such only excepted as ar- excepted in the former agreement, urttil
both the fiid revenue afts fliali repealed An agreement which they
think themfeives bound trecome into, as it seems to be the mod peaceable,
as well as eifeftn li method that cam be taken to recover our lott libertiei.
1 Oftobtr 264 Tuefilay morning Capt. Lydc failed for a* did
ajfo Capt. Bryant in the afternoon ; and yederday Capt. BroWn, fn Capt.
Brvant went paii’ongers, Samuel Venner, Esq. and fami y, and Mr. Fat
rick Smith, the factor who brought fomc goods here from London, but
afterwards agreed with the merchants to return with his goods, on their*
paying his paflage, and the freight an<s insurance of the goods home, which
was complied with.
tyflober 3a, Saturday afternrtort, a pethti who hsd lately belonged to
tips (loop Liberty, and came round tothis place in the (loop Success, from
Rhode llhnd, and loon after lire arrival informed of her having a calk or
two'of wipe on board, which occaflpned the veffel’l being faced, wa*
difeovered and purfibd, but took rtieltej in a House where he fetreted him
felf till the beginning of the evening/ when thinking the Ccaft dear he!
ventured out, but the avenues <o the houfe.b<*ing ftridjly watched thq
wh'olitf'bf the t me, he was •immediately upon by the
and soon placed in atart, his jacket and shirt taken off, arid his naked
(kin well tarred wrU feathered j feey obliged hirn to h4d- iargwgiafer
lanthorn in his hand nat fee the doleful condition he was
in, and to deter otheta from (uch inhiiftous prafticesHe w*s the#
cd from the Town House through the main street up to Liberty Tite,
amidtt a vaff c ncourfe of people, he wi* made to (wear neveAq
Be guilty ol.tjsc litqc crime for the future; but in their going thither, *4
they, parted Birin aud Fjcming r s Printing Ofjice a <gyn wa* feted frp
thdr.<fß, i and t 6 Others fiiappeu at them just as they’ got by, upon whreh
Ibine.ottKF company -uflied into the office in order tolccure the
B‘k they h-d’ fle'd; however they brought oflf three gdh*. of them
well cbargewL jn, evidence/ again fl they tap bp eakyp
TAii ifnpruddnt con'Huft'ofthofe in the Photing-Dflcp /for wbat. rCaM
kfevV nqf, as no iqiury feerned designed (hem) did not interrupt rffp
caftfrig th< feathered ihfb/tber through the piincipakftrffjs. in .town Jox a
bout three hou-s, when he was_broUghf'bhek to Kjnjj-StteTf,. and after
renewing hiT obligation of bchiying better for cme io cqrqe. aoa awima
pardon bfr Bis pafl was difmjlted without rurthel 1 ciatnkgC.
tjaxjng. him agaih ; apd all
about ‘ , v, \ /
Numbers of people, .perhapi feme mdtfffed/, re gathered lOgcOwb,
S'mGSwRPL r mb.. i Afe/jittwc &
pafled, * which in general was comp Led wife. Upon tfpoer notice to the
commanding officftttffc* Majesty’s M ces tpWft, were ftTued,
vttfd the mei Cre tin in anfes M thiJ ftVerlt P^PIPt
i* Hornby tffie LKcufeiiaot-GovernUt’
Cornell <n v?ereift v and fes- efkhi* MAjflftVV Jtifhc4s ot th*
•feace a* coird brtrefcrtrebty comrened arrh; Counett CTarober, but/joa
•after theyftWidt grtkl felly fuWide*. the fkefie dsfpeiftd-. andbefbreuHfe
o'clock the tmvn was perfeftiy qateti—VVe hear IJ£L
ya\y tbei.VtWffe
engaged H* ft AkWiuriiv aai?lei
whetherthe man could leyd!? be kept in custody till F Honour tha
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