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A J-tA ,.r ... .. . ''X: ... ii lo The" NoVth-ayrolw M A G A ZTn E, for 164 hoped his Influence might do the Bufinefs, without thofe Additions. There appeared on his Arrival fome Profpeft, from fundry Cir cumftances, W ja. Change 'to .be made, in the Houfe by the approaching Ele&ion. The Proprietary Friends and Creatures knew the Heart of their Matter, and how extremely dif agreeable to him that equal Taxation that 72 Jlitutioti) and the other "Coricejfions id be made tor the bake ot a Keconciliation, mult necei Opinion, my being out of the Way, would be a favourable Circumftance. For then, by c cultivating . the pifpbfition fhown by the " Proprietaries every reajonablc Demand that U can be made on' the Part of the People " might be obtained ; in vigoroufly' infifting uij wijilij, you uiunuic, 10 unite molt earn- V eitly with t he reft of the Houfe'-It feems then we hive m tr fa r ilybeiEhifehop all thofc Mortifications and-thereby iecure a greater Portion of his Favour. Hence the In- ftrudlions were not prodiKed to thft Aflem blv. though the v arrived Sitting when the Governor was in a&ually did Bufinefs with the Houfe. Nor to the new Affembly were they mentioned, till the " very Moment " the fatal Moment, when the Houfe were on the Point of chufing that wicked Ad verfary-of the Proprietary to make, and as you call them a little higher. Mlisl iSTiiiHuifoTPro mim tary Minions to own ; but you are all grow ing oetter, in imitation or your Matter W : ; - Engl he an Agent for the Province, in But I have, you fe c i ihp V m n r i pf-a r ipq . a n H voir helieve it will which is indeed very commendable. And if Accommodatioa here fhould fail, I hope though you diflike the Perfon, a Maioritv of two to one in the Houfe having thought fit to appoint an Agent, you will nevmhelels, in Duty to your Country, continue the noble Refolurion of uniting with the reft of the Houfe, in vigorioufly infifting on that raVy ucg, wiuv.ii iuv.li an union win un obtain lorsrr " precludeall Accommodation ot our Dilputes ic with them, even7 on juft andafonable TermsAnd why do you think I have a fixed Enmity to the Proprietaries ? I ha ve The Remainder in our next. J never had apy perfonal Difference with them- I am no Land Jobber, and therefore have ne ver had any Thing to do with their Land Office, or Officers j if I had, probably like others, I might have been obliged to truckle to their Meafures, or have had like Gaufes of Complaint; But our private Interefts never .clafhed, and all their Refentment againft me, and mine to them, has been on the public Account, Let them do Juftice to the People -6f-Penfyivd of Philadelphia and become honeft Men ; ipy Enmity, if that's of any Confequence, lated in their engagements that they are to have " L O N E P N,: Augujl 13. A report is pretty current, at the eaft end of the town, that a certain great perfonage lately exprefied a defire that the importation of French Manufaftures might be made felony the next meeting of the Parliament ; and that the wearers of theminutelt article fhould either be fined a large fum, or imprifoned 6 months. : The 5 Englifh fea officers whom the Em prefs of Ruffia has taken into her ffTuicc have: all fiiperior ranks to thofe they held in En land.GaDtTDou2las7who i5 . nnf rS tur number, is made a Vice Admiral It is-ftiou- ceafes from the " very Moment aad, as the liberty of returning to their own country foon as I poffibly can, I promife to lovc ho- when they ihall think proper. nour-and refpedtthem. I n the m ean Ti m e, r - We are1 in form ed th a t a very ftron? memoT . ij li: -.11 a - .i i.e. i . J . w wny ao you " ucjicvc u wm paiuuc ah nv. riai was on oacuraay i morning lent on from: r ranee, touching the tull payment for the Ca nada bills to Engliih fubjeds whofe property in this, kind of currency is faid: to amount-to 400,000 1. lterling. ebmmpdatioh with them on juft and rcafc "Hable Terms ?" Do you not boaft that their gracious Condefcentions are in the Hands of the Governor, and that, " If this had been 4; the ufual Time for Bufinefs, his Honour wouldhave fent-them downin a-MefTage to the Houfe." How then can my going to England prevent this Accommodation ? . The - o . -. .. There is now a fcheme to circulate a larra number of Ban kjpot among the refpedive jcommercial provinces of norm America ; the notes to bear a (mall pre-' - (o crnof can call the Houfe when lie pleafcs, mium, for the greater encouragement of
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