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JUY 7, 1775. I VIRGINIA I O.N May 10. I A MERICA.N. afTaira "110 ei! ro fT all 1 at the tables of the great and at a petit fouper. given fome time ago by noble Lord, not left ccle bratcd.

for his' political abilities than for I his gallantries anddiflipation, the folio ing queltiori was put l)y his Lord (hip to a I private Gentleman, whole reply carries more weight with it than all the lor.gcliays I' and florid fpeeclies which have appeared in nub ck uoon the iubiect. vv ell, Mr, what do you think or' this damn'd Ameri fiiir 4 Fnirb. mv Lord. Ithink VltlluuutiVU' 7 7 11 i 1 i ail lOUg WHKlCU icaiuiuils uuu uic liiat ter.vcry abiurd; Lxpenence is tne oeit I fthoolmafter in politicks as well as in I arts. The King's grandfather, in the courfe of a long reign, Jiad various and in the times of publick difficulty and dan ger and the nnmlters uncientood tne art of fqueezing money from the people, as well, or better, than their fuccenoursi yet they never thought of double taxing America, already obliged to take all our manufactures at the Inch prices they bear; when loaded with home taxes on the firft materials, cxcifes on the nccellanes ot lite for the poor and an extravagant profit to the luxurious chief manu who now lives better than many foreign princes The navigation my Lord, is a perpetual tax on America, and vou have no rieht to ahv other." BxtraCt of a Utter from Philadelphia March 31.

Every thing amonglt us is quiet, but regular trainings go on in New England, Maryland, and Virginia, and a determined i fpirit of oppofition every where prevails. 1 1) Should the miniilry perhlt in purfuing or 5cible the Americans will certain ly be embodied and act, at leatt, on tlie Their number, and fituation, will give them great advantages but I fuccefs on either iide will be dreadful, as the thoup'ht of Eiip lilhmcn fpillinir each Mothers blood mult be Aiocking, to every I Hover ot hi country now urangeiy una tuated are your mmiltry I tney may loie every thin, but can gain nothing, by the conteft Should they conquer for the prc fent, it will colt them infinitely more. to prefcrve their fuperiority than they will ever acquire by taxes they will teach us to difpile the Englilli nation, and a few years more will put it for ever out of their power to keep us in fubjdion. A time will come, when (as the good bifiiop of St. Afaph fays) they may think themelves happy in the habit of commanding but if they break the bonds of aflcclion, that habit will be jio more." When the late Sir Peter Warren returned from the conqueft of Cape Breton, he happened to dine in London with a number of land andfes oflicers.

One of them, a gentleman of rank, told Sir Peter, that he did not take Cape Breton by the ufual methods of powder and At ways i on I Y.lj, II ta A Or ball, but by prayer and faftinff to which sir I eter replied, don't banner my praying foldiers I will at any time take 2000 of them, and fight them againltooo of your God damme foldiers, and beat them too." A 11 1 Cx t. The follo ving is a copy of a paper found among thoJPofthe late JosiahQuincy, Efq; delivered to hhny figncd by an intimate acquaintance of mine an eminent merchant in London. William Gordon. Jamaica Plain, itoxbury, May 6, 1775 THE Oucbeck bill recalls to my mind fome confiderations, which lead me to think that it is fraught with. infinitely, moremifchief to Britain and America than moft of its oppofcrs arc aware of; and that the planners and promoters of this bill will, in the end, be found to have advanced the intercft of France, to the de llruction of that of Britain, in a much more eminent degree than has hitherto been done by the very worlt minittcr that ever lived The late Thomas Hollis, Efq; well known in America, on account of his many liberal gave the following account of himfelf to a gentleman from whom I had it, viz.

That the faid Thomas Hollis had always the worit opinion of Lord Bute's principles, and believing him to have no attachment either to George III. or his family, did, when the laft: peace (that is, of Pans) was negotiating, at his own expenle, fend abroad a gentleman, whofe fole bufinefs it was to watch evcry motion, and difcover every fecret relating to this peace. The gentleman thus fent by Mr. Hollis fo far fuccecded, as to difcover that there were four fecret articles and Mr. Hollis enumerated the four folio wing to my friend, and he to me, very foon after the peace, and long before any one of them was ever talked of being carried into execution I That a Popifh bifiiop was to be fixed hy the King, in Canada.

II. That the Popifli religion was to be eftablifhed there. HI. That bounds of Canada were to be fixed. IV.

That Canada, when thus fixed, wras to be given back to the French. Now, Sir, when this account was firft related to mc, as it was long before any thing of this kind was agitated, I own I did not believe it pofiible that Bute could be bold enough to make fuch an infamous treaty, and therefore was at a lofs how to controvert an authority fo good, or tp difpute an evidence which was fo circum flantial; but I own, as I have now lived to fee three of thofc fecret articles executed, I firmly believe that the fourth will be as ftrictly obferved, and that Canada, re ftored to the French, thus fixed and im proved, will enable France to diftrefs pur colonies, and in the end give a mortal (tab to the trade, the liberty, anil glory of Britain. When I fee either King, miniltcrs, NUMBER 23. GAZETTE. And the PUBLICK GOODi A A IV PUR I Printer.

or people, plan, execute, or acquiefce iri meafures fo evidently ruinoirjt'crtheir own true intereft, I am at a lofs to difcover, what are the leading principles on' which fuch infatuation is founded. 'No fagacity can fuggelt any adequate motives. he Lord Bute was at Venice', he attended mafs constantly in a' publick manner. PHILADELPHIA, June 12 Extract of a letter from Loudon dated April 10, 177c. YUU II hitenowclepends on the brave and fpirited conduct of yourfclves for you fee the diabolical plot that is, deep laid; againft you Bribes, and un3ue have obtained the late and 1 the prefent.

acts for blocking up your trade, and' tak '1 ing thofc unwarrantable meafures' againft the colonies, and the fenfe of the people. LL rr1. I PL'. A .1 1. i nis uay 100,0.00 ot mc uioic wortny miiabitants or London and.

VVcItnunltcr nobty and decently marched up, with no' previous notice but the newfpapers mentioning that the livery of London had called a common council, and had a con ftrancc to the king againft the prefent' mealures going on in tne council, antl tne proceedings againft their brethren in America. This day will be remembered in hiftorv. for Tohn Wilkes and the Kin? to than the lives and property of all America, and the whole Englifh nation Great wiH be the event of this day. The lord aldermen liverymen recorder, remembrancer, and city officers, all went up 'ur procelTion. A' copy of the king's anfwer.

is to be fent to you, which'anfwer will roufe up the blood of the Englifh and all America will now fee that they muft fight, and that they have no hopes left. The 1 vl I 1 1 1 11 gjory 01 win jLngiana is no more au 13, loft God is about to movctUe kingdom; and foon, very foon, the king will fee his counfellors have deceived him, for the people of England will not bear theiMnfults The bank and the flocks will fall, as no. trade is carried on with fpirit until the fpring and now all begins to flop, all things are in an uproar, the city is affronted, the people infulted, theifland of Great Britain cxpofed to the French and Spaniards, no remittances from the merchants as ufual, the great cxpenfe to keep up the war, together with fighting againft our own people, and in the moft unjuft caufe that ever diforaced a kingdom. All men of fenfc are aftonijfhed, and tremble. England hastakenhcrlaftlepalftcns 0 rirul flnnf? all thrv lawfully can (q.

anrl now depend on the Americans' to help, themfelfes, and on their own fifelids that the Americans will acl; like men of virtue and wifdom; and that all will oppofc the greateft tyrant that ever yet was fecn, who now is hardened Pharoah like The Quakers in England have petitioned the kingthemfelvcs as a people, and" now attended the city petition; all join hi.