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April 20, 1770
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Extracts from a January 27, 1770 London newspaper report British parliamentary resolutions seeking accounts of North American customs establishments and duties since 1764-1767; political resignations including Marquis of Granby and Speaker Sir John Cust; death of Chancellor Charles Yorke; preparations for a fleet to North America; and rumors of policy changes on American revenue acts, with American merchants withholding orders until tea and paper duties are repealed.
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The 10th Inst. arrived at Newport, Rhode-Island, Capt. Nixon, in a Brig from London; by whom we have a publick Print of January 27, from which the following Articles are extracted.
Extract from the printed Votes of the House of Commons.
Martis, 16 Die Januarii, 1770.
RESOLVED, That Dr. Musgrave, of Plymouth, do attend this House upon Monday the 29th of this Instant January.
Martis, 23 Die Januarii, 1770.
RESOLVED, That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give Directions, that there be laid before this House, Copies of the Establishment of the Judges of the Admiralty and of the Commissioners of the Customs, in North-America, and of the several Officers under them, with their respective Salaries; and also of such Pensions as have been granted out of His Majesty's Revenue of Customs arising there, together with the incidental and contingent Expences attending the Collection of the said Revenue, since the 7th Day of September 1767, so far as they can be made up.
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to give Directions, that there be laid before this House, an Account of the Custom-House Establishment in North-America, with the Salaries of the Officers employed therein, from the 5th Day of January, 1764, to the 5th Day of January 1767.
ORDERED, That there be laid before this House, an Account of the Duties collected in North-America since the 7th Day of September, 1767, distinguishing those arising from an Act made in the 7th Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intitled, An Act for granting certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America; for allowing a Drawback of the Duties of Customs upon Exportation from this Kingdom, of Coffee and Cocoa Nuts of the Produce of the said Colonies or Plantations; for discontinuing the Drawback payable on China Earthen Ware exported to America; and for more effectually preventing the clandestine Running of Goods in the said Colonies and Plantations.
NEWPORT. April 9.
According to the best Judgment we can form of the Design of Parliament in the above Extracts, we are fully of Opinion that the Revenue Acts will be repealed before the End of the present Session; which Opinion is greatly corroborated by private Advices received by the Brig Mary: It being generally believed in England as well as this Country, that the American Revenue will not defray the Expence of collecting it; and therefore it must be the highest Degree of Stupidity to continue those Acts, unless there is absolutely a settled Plan of Tyranny entered into, to reduce Millions of as good Subjects as the Crown of England ever had, to a State of the most abject Slavery.
LONDON. January 18.
YESTERDAY the Right Hon. the Marquis of Granby resigned all his places under the King to his Majesty, at St. James's.
Yesterday Sir John Cust, Bart. Speaker of the House of Commons, resigned, desiring to be excused upon account of his ill state of health.
It is said that there are now in London orders from America, for goods to the amount of one million and a half sterling, but strict orders are given not to ship any unless the duties upon tea and paper are taken off.
The spirit of the Irish parliament, in refusing to enter the protest of their Viceroy, on their journals, is a proof of their magnanimity, and corresponds with the spirited conduct of the parliament of Normandy; the president whereof and some of the members having chose rather to be drove into exile, and imprisonment, than to register edicts contrary to justice and their own consciences.
Yesterday an express was said to arrive at the west end of the town, with an account of the death of the Right Hon. John Earl of Bute; but we mention it only as the report of the day.
The day after the prorogation of the I---h P---r---t, many of the court party begged to have sentries at their doors, being apprehensive of a riot. Patroles of horses were ordered to disperse any numbers of people in the streets exceeding five; yet notwithstanding a furious mob, it is said assembled, and have paid dear for their temerity; several hundreds have been either killed or wounded.
Jan. 23. Yesterday his Grace the Duke of Bolton was sworn one of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his Place at the Board accordingly.
A certain ancient Nobleman, once the favourite of the Muses, and a genuine son of true Liberty, has lately expressed in the warmest terms, his intire approbation of the Noble Lord, who have recently given such evident proofs of them from attachment to the popular cause.
Orders are sent to Portsmouth and Plymouth: for fitting out eight men of war of the line with all possible speed, which are to be manned to the full compliment, as well with regard to seamen as marines; and they are to touch at Cork to victual, and take on board four regiments of infantry on the Irish establishment, orders being already dispatched from the war-office to that kingdom for the said regiments to march immediately to that port. This fleet is destined for North-America.
Private Letters from Madrid mention, that the court has given orders for the Spanish Garrison on the lines near Gibraltar to be doubled.
The M---s--y have somewhat recovered from the consternation they were thrown into by the unexpected death of the Chancellor:
They are, nevertheless, a good deal mortified to find that Mr. De Grey has declined that high office, on account of his infirmities, and will be under the necessity of offering it to Sir John E. Wilmot.
The Honorable Charles Yorke, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, died on Saturday, the 20th of January, after only a Days Illness, in the 48th Year of his Age.
Yesterday the Right Hon. the Earl of Chatham arrived at his house in Pall-mall, from Hayes; immediately after which, he was waited upon by the Duke of Bolton, Marquis of Rockingham, the Earls Temple and Shelburne, and the Marquis of Granby, with all of whom, his Lordship held a long conference.
It seems to be the general and earnest wish of the public, that the late worthy Chancellor may be prevailed on to resume the seals.
Jan. 25. A full Board of Trade was held yesterday at the Plantation Office, Whitehall, at which all the Lords of Trade and Plantations assisted.
The Supplies already granted by Parliament, for the current Year, amount to 1,362,595l. 15s. 9d.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Errol was unanimously elected a Peer to sit in Parliament in the room of the Earl of Eglington, deceas'd.
The sudden death of the new Lord Chancellor has greatly disconcerted the M-----ry.
LONDON, January 27.
It is said, that it is a point resolved on, to settle nothing respecting the general situation of American affairs, till the formal complaints of a certain town in America, against their late Ga-, are heard and determined; and that lenient or contrary measures will take place, according as acquittal or condemnation is the fate of the accused.
On Thursday evennight a conference was held at a house in Grosvenor-square, at which, among other things, it was settled, that, should the present opposition succeed, L--d C--i, L--d T--ple, & the M---s of R---m, should be created Dukes and hold each a cabinet office: that G. G--lle, under the controul of the three Dukes, should appear ostensible minister, at the head of the Treasury, and to render the present administration permanent, that all those who call themselves the K--g's friends in both houses should be turned and forever kept out of office: The result of this conspiracy against the authority of the S--i--n was soon after communicated to a G--t P--e, and he declared, with dignified resentment, that, as he was not consulted in the arrangement, was determined to prevent its taking place; and that the insolence of their deliberations in private had fixed him, in the resolution of NEVER employing them in the public councils of the nation.
It is affirmed, that, at a conference held within these two days, between two Great Personages, one of whom lately held the most distinguished post in the law, and the other a great martial employment, it was mutually agreed that no consideration should tempt either of them to resume his place without the other nor both of them, without a thorough change of men and measures:
It is reported that Mr. Thurloe is appointed Solicitor-General, in the room of Mr. Dunning.
A certain Great Assembly at still three o'clock on Friday morning.
It is said the sum of 283,248 l. will be wanted to maintain the forces in the Plantations for the current year.
A further sum of 160,084 l. will be wanted to defray the current expence of the office of ordnance for the land service in 1770.
We hear the bets in a political society, on a popular question were 180 to 224.
Extract from the printed Votes of the House of Commons.
Martis, 16 Die Januarii, 1770.
RESOLVED, That Dr. Musgrave, of Plymouth, do attend this House upon Monday the 29th of this Instant January.
Martis, 23 Die Januarii, 1770.
RESOLVED, That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give Directions, that there be laid before this House, Copies of the Establishment of the Judges of the Admiralty and of the Commissioners of the Customs, in North-America, and of the several Officers under them, with their respective Salaries; and also of such Pensions as have been granted out of His Majesty's Revenue of Customs arising there, together with the incidental and contingent Expences attending the Collection of the said Revenue, since the 7th Day of September 1767, so far as they can be made up.
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to give Directions, that there be laid before this House, an Account of the Custom-House Establishment in North-America, with the Salaries of the Officers employed therein, from the 5th Day of January, 1764, to the 5th Day of January 1767.
ORDERED, That there be laid before this House, an Account of the Duties collected in North-America since the 7th Day of September, 1767, distinguishing those arising from an Act made in the 7th Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intitled, An Act for granting certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America; for allowing a Drawback of the Duties of Customs upon Exportation from this Kingdom, of Coffee and Cocoa Nuts of the Produce of the said Colonies or Plantations; for discontinuing the Drawback payable on China Earthen Ware exported to America; and for more effectually preventing the clandestine Running of Goods in the said Colonies and Plantations.
NEWPORT. April 9.
According to the best Judgment we can form of the Design of Parliament in the above Extracts, we are fully of Opinion that the Revenue Acts will be repealed before the End of the present Session; which Opinion is greatly corroborated by private Advices received by the Brig Mary: It being generally believed in England as well as this Country, that the American Revenue will not defray the Expence of collecting it; and therefore it must be the highest Degree of Stupidity to continue those Acts, unless there is absolutely a settled Plan of Tyranny entered into, to reduce Millions of as good Subjects as the Crown of England ever had, to a State of the most abject Slavery.
LONDON. January 18.
YESTERDAY the Right Hon. the Marquis of Granby resigned all his places under the King to his Majesty, at St. James's.
Yesterday Sir John Cust, Bart. Speaker of the House of Commons, resigned, desiring to be excused upon account of his ill state of health.
It is said that there are now in London orders from America, for goods to the amount of one million and a half sterling, but strict orders are given not to ship any unless the duties upon tea and paper are taken off.
The spirit of the Irish parliament, in refusing to enter the protest of their Viceroy, on their journals, is a proof of their magnanimity, and corresponds with the spirited conduct of the parliament of Normandy; the president whereof and some of the members having chose rather to be drove into exile, and imprisonment, than to register edicts contrary to justice and their own consciences.
Yesterday an express was said to arrive at the west end of the town, with an account of the death of the Right Hon. John Earl of Bute; but we mention it only as the report of the day.
The day after the prorogation of the I---h P---r---t, many of the court party begged to have sentries at their doors, being apprehensive of a riot. Patroles of horses were ordered to disperse any numbers of people in the streets exceeding five; yet notwithstanding a furious mob, it is said assembled, and have paid dear for their temerity; several hundreds have been either killed or wounded.
Jan. 23. Yesterday his Grace the Duke of Bolton was sworn one of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his Place at the Board accordingly.
A certain ancient Nobleman, once the favourite of the Muses, and a genuine son of true Liberty, has lately expressed in the warmest terms, his intire approbation of the Noble Lord, who have recently given such evident proofs of them from attachment to the popular cause.
Orders are sent to Portsmouth and Plymouth: for fitting out eight men of war of the line with all possible speed, which are to be manned to the full compliment, as well with regard to seamen as marines; and they are to touch at Cork to victual, and take on board four regiments of infantry on the Irish establishment, orders being already dispatched from the war-office to that kingdom for the said regiments to march immediately to that port. This fleet is destined for North-America.
Private Letters from Madrid mention, that the court has given orders for the Spanish Garrison on the lines near Gibraltar to be doubled.
The M---s--y have somewhat recovered from the consternation they were thrown into by the unexpected death of the Chancellor:
They are, nevertheless, a good deal mortified to find that Mr. De Grey has declined that high office, on account of his infirmities, and will be under the necessity of offering it to Sir John E. Wilmot.
The Honorable Charles Yorke, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, died on Saturday, the 20th of January, after only a Days Illness, in the 48th Year of his Age.
Yesterday the Right Hon. the Earl of Chatham arrived at his house in Pall-mall, from Hayes; immediately after which, he was waited upon by the Duke of Bolton, Marquis of Rockingham, the Earls Temple and Shelburne, and the Marquis of Granby, with all of whom, his Lordship held a long conference.
It seems to be the general and earnest wish of the public, that the late worthy Chancellor may be prevailed on to resume the seals.
Jan. 25. A full Board of Trade was held yesterday at the Plantation Office, Whitehall, at which all the Lords of Trade and Plantations assisted.
The Supplies already granted by Parliament, for the current Year, amount to 1,362,595l. 15s. 9d.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Errol was unanimously elected a Peer to sit in Parliament in the room of the Earl of Eglington, deceas'd.
The sudden death of the new Lord Chancellor has greatly disconcerted the M-----ry.
LONDON, January 27.
It is said, that it is a point resolved on, to settle nothing respecting the general situation of American affairs, till the formal complaints of a certain town in America, against their late Ga-, are heard and determined; and that lenient or contrary measures will take place, according as acquittal or condemnation is the fate of the accused.
On Thursday evennight a conference was held at a house in Grosvenor-square, at which, among other things, it was settled, that, should the present opposition succeed, L--d C--i, L--d T--ple, & the M---s of R---m, should be created Dukes and hold each a cabinet office: that G. G--lle, under the controul of the three Dukes, should appear ostensible minister, at the head of the Treasury, and to render the present administration permanent, that all those who call themselves the K--g's friends in both houses should be turned and forever kept out of office: The result of this conspiracy against the authority of the S--i--n was soon after communicated to a G--t P--e, and he declared, with dignified resentment, that, as he was not consulted in the arrangement, was determined to prevent its taking place; and that the insolence of their deliberations in private had fixed him, in the resolution of NEVER employing them in the public councils of the nation.
It is affirmed, that, at a conference held within these two days, between two Great Personages, one of whom lately held the most distinguished post in the law, and the other a great martial employment, it was mutually agreed that no consideration should tempt either of them to resume his place without the other nor both of them, without a thorough change of men and measures:
It is reported that Mr. Thurloe is appointed Solicitor-General, in the room of Mr. Dunning.
A certain Great Assembly at still three o'clock on Friday morning.
It is said the sum of 283,248 l. will be wanted to maintain the forces in the Plantations for the current year.
A further sum of 160,084 l. will be wanted to defray the current expence of the office of ordnance for the land service in 1770.
We hear the bets in a political society, on a popular question were 180 to 224.
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
Colonial Affairs
Economic
What keywords are associated?
House Of Commons
American Customs
Revenue Acts
Political Resignations
Chancellor Death
Fleet To America
London Politics
What entities or persons were involved?
Dr. Musgrave
Marquis Of Granby
Sir John Cust
Duke Of Bolton
Earl Of Bute
Charles Yorke
Earl Of Chatham
Marquis Of Rockingham
Earl Temple
Earl Shelburne
Earl Of Errol
Earl Of Eglington
Where did it happen?
London
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
London
Event Date
January 1770
Key Persons
Dr. Musgrave
Marquis Of Granby
Sir John Cust
Duke Of Bolton
Earl Of Bute
Charles Yorke
Earl Of Chatham
Marquis Of Rockingham
Earl Temple
Earl Shelburne
Earl Of Errol
Earl Of Eglington
Outcome
resolutions for addresses to the king on north american customs establishments and duties; resignations of marquis of granby and sir john cust; death of chancellor charles yorke; preparations for fleet to north america; rumors of repeal of revenue acts; american orders for goods withheld pending duty removals; several hundreds killed or wounded in irish mob.
Event Details
British House of Commons resolves to summon Dr. Musgrave and seek accounts of North American customs officers, salaries, pensions, and duties collected since 1764-1767 under specified acts. Newport commentary opines on potential repeal of revenue acts. London news reports resignations, Chancellor's death after one day illness, Privy Council appointment, fleet fitting for North America with troops, Spanish garrison doubling at Gibraltar, political conferences, Board of Trade meeting, parliamentary supplies, peer election, and rumors on American policy pending complaints resolution.