C:
|o m«t nMn niatlc.Y moft
' mwlto lltff many daageh!>tn And
fiMMe refol«feft!tfw>remedy v^reof, Bd
Tluc froth itAd after the qo
iǤ Ault bv tjlM W the SeloAmtQ, a'
retjceH of any nmiM^or Cncdt^Idera, wttk-
ooc leave of iW* Gbrtrnor in ejipreffing.fhe
[iKrft 'had 30)
obtained, e^Mfortae alkotel jofctiog'in the month
of March, ft?r myrhaice of Sef4ftman; Codftables,
and other o^ceMy-mnd that no otker matter Ihail
bo tfeatod df jb'fbch meeting, except' the election
of their aftvi^aid officera, nor' at any other meet-
ing^ except the bttiiheia cxpredixt in the leave'given
by the Governor'. ^
A ad whereat, in pdrfaance of an aft of Ailembtjr
of the laid province, ;nade in the fieveoth year of
the reign of WiUiam the third, and three other afti
of AlTembiy, made in the eleventh year of the fame,
reign, jurora, ai well grand ai petty, have been
nfnally ibmoioaed and retorned by the conltablcji of
the Arveral cowna, by virtue of writs or warranti
direftcd to t!ein by the clerks of the ftvr/al coorts
requiring them to afletnble the inhabitants of the
faid towns, to chufe it pcribneiOdlHre^l’iuroirs for
fuck towns, andvrifutninon and A^ni fuch pifrfons
lb titbfen ; which praftice of'cBofipg jurort, arid
returning Uiem, without the iitte#hent^im of the fbe
rih, has necn I'oand to'be dctrimliial to the admini f-
tracion Be It'^herefore euafted^ by the
auihorify aforf^jl* Tbat iroin aad after the
next enfuing, (b much of the faid afts| of AiTsiSribly,
and,of all other laws nbw in force,- within the laid
rc.'vi.'ice, as direfta the returns of Jaries to be made
y the conftablrs, by an eleftion ol the inhabitants
of the feveral towns, lhall . and all juror«,
as wcll,grand aeperty, (hall be returned by the (he-
lifFs of the feveral counties, and not otherwife ; and
the Juftices of the Superior Court of the faid pro
vince, at a convenient time before the fitting of the
Superior Court in every county, and the Jullices of
the Hcace for every county in the faid piovince, at a
convenient time before the fitting of the Quarter
Scfiion of fuch county, (hall ilTue their^ precepts or
warranti to the (heriflFof fuch county, f^r fuch fe
deral courts refpeftively to fomnion,' bit of the free-
udders and inhabitants of fuch county qualified to
trve upon juries, fuch' n number of good and lawful
ten as fuch precept or warrant (hall direft, to
rve upon the grand jnry at fuch refpeftive cou't j
id foch perlbns As fummoned gnd retorned by the
id (berifT, or fuch of them as Hiall appear, (h ill be
:ipannellcd- and- f^ora ^he grand inqaefl for the
ody ofthe county, and (hall continne as fuch dur-
■g the fitting of (uch refpeftive court, and until
ey.(Kajl (sc difmi(red by the fame ; and in all in-
ftraents, info^inations, uttions, and caules, de-
nditig before the Superior Court, or any Court of
>art:r Seifion, or Court of Gomraon Pleas, in the
i province, which (ball be at iiTuc, and or-
ed for tmC the juries lhall be (nmmoned, im-
joellcdl^^bd-sctit^ned, by ihe’^td^of the coun-
cut ol freeholders aqd inhabitants, of the
d yuuntyJmalilied to ferve apr.o juries, a'>d (hill
• chqfewSP arfaved.j't Inch manner and form,
d by an£. \qith (pch regulations and i;eltriclic;n3,
direftcd.ai^ Ordered iu and by an aft of P.ir-
smeitt, made in thf fevenih apd eirrhth years of
le winn of bis late Majefty King,William the third,
Atitul^, ** An 4ft lor the eafe ql jurors, and bet-
V regulating cf juriesand one other aft,
i ^ihe eighth and ninth years of the fame reign,
itituiutib ** ^n aft to enable the' rernrns .of juries
• fotMrU, until the (irft day of November, one
lOuftBd hundredr and ninety-feven ;** and one
ther aft of Parliameiit. made in the third year
f the reign of his late Majelly King George the
intisuled, “ An aft for the Mftcr^i^ulati-
cood.
faid, Tha^OlI
and other per (one
the ordering, malung,
lifts of the freehollers
(c|ve upon ju/i^—
tain, according
this p.refimt aft ‘
who (haft be gui
IS of juries j** and oneother uft, mijde in t^iweq'y
urth year of the fame reign, intituled, An aft
r the bcttecjcgulation of trials by jury, and for
ilarging the time (or trials by Ai/f Prius, in the
rooty of Midd!e(ex..**
And be-k further enafted,-by the authority afore-
lid, That Jifta.of the^freebolde-s and inhabitants of
he feyerpl towns qualified to ferve upon juries, (hall
e returned to, and recorded at, the Quarter Sefli-
•Ol Aar she feveral counties, and (ball be -delivered
o-thw (e^reral (herifFs ui manned and form aadirefted
ry the faid afti of Parliament, cr any of them ; and
ncil fuch lifli of fuch freebolderi.. aad inhabiranti
lall be delivered ai aforefitid, the fherjft' of any
ounty (haU and may fnmmon and return fit perfoni
® "P®* j*rie» ai afeteiabd, out of the body .
d w irceholderi and inbabitami nf '^onlv.
juibfied an ferve upon juriei, accoi'diiri|f'm hit judf-
ment nd dUcretioo 1 and whenever tbejudgei of the '
SuKraor Come fhall nwarda fpecini^nryuo beftrtitfk *
(which rimy nun hereby anthnrized and eqipeSyered
• IP do In fhch.JMnncr ni'fflerial jurici hnvebecn ufu--
ally ftmeh in the Cenrto at.Weftminfter at triali at
bar) and if the (herilF of the county in which fuch
jury (hall be awaaded, (hall not have received lifti
of the freeltoldera and inhabitanti qualified to ferve
opon iffNa ai herein baAare'ordered, and direftcd,,
foch Ihcriff (hall attend the proper office of the faid
OOnrt with g 1(11 of of the principal freeholders
•nd inhabiianri of the faid county qualified to ferve"
Span jariei, andthe (a-1 fpeckl jury fhall be (buck
jM or the faid ltd; aud it fluU.a^d may be lawful
cbO Juftices of the laid Soperiof Coum, and they
, lirf ll^lkdbp ^nthorized and empoweredf upon the'
motion of cither of the.partrei, ip any cile or afti-
on which (hall be brought to ilTue, to order the faid
cAuIeor aftion to be tried in any county, other
the Country in which the faid f:aQfc or aftion
have been brought or laid, by a jury of fuch other »
county, as ihv/ (hall jnd^e fit and proper; any a" *'
of Aifembly, or proviaa,^' law, to toe contra^
notwithftaod^. , \ ^ , o
And be^wl|^.efagl^jhg tVp^gthority ai
Kml (lieHf, confta
I me faid province, to unborn'
delivering; of recoldiOft, jha
ai:ffi snl^itafts qualiAe(^||^
long or epper^
' meaning of
y referred »o,
Dcgieft, defailt,
ot misfeay.inc'', in earning into execotion thit
aft, according to its trpe intent and meaning, fliall
incur and fufter fuch fines and pvnattiei^|ui ^ fe-
veraily ineiuionrd in the faid afts or.P^||nunt
hereby'icfcrred to; and all perfste who,H^rn^%dly
qualified u aforefaid, lhall be duly fummonud to
‘ferve upocf-juries^h mannev afostfaid,..and (bail
faid, Thai if any a.‘lion (h ill be brought againft
any SheriiT, for what lie fh!ll do in t-xecucion, or
by virtue, of this r-ft, he may (dead the general if-
fue, and give the fpccial matter in evidence ; and
if a verdict (hill be foutd for him, he (hall recover
colls. ,
J BILL f r the irr.pjrti^l Admhvjirat'ioii nf
yujltc; i:i the' Cu^^i jf Perfons qucj}im:d fer
any Ati: d:ne by them in the Execution of the
• Law^ cr f:r the Supprcjfion, of Riots and Tu
mults in the Province of the Maflachufetta-Eay,
in Ne\v-Eii;.!aaJ.
W HEREAS in hi.s Mj.’fly’s province of
Maflachufctts-n.iy, in New Englasd, an
attempt hath la'tly been ni.ida 'o thro.v r fF the au
thority of the Parliament of Great llriii*iu over tiie
faid province; and tin aftual and avovtj reSllancr,
by open force, tn the txecutian of certain afts of
Paili.init-nt, hath heen fufFcred to take place, un-
ccntroullcd and utipunifhed, in defiance of his Ma-
jeftyN aaihoriry, and to the uUcr fubverfion of all
lawful government ;
And drhercas, in the prefent difurdered ftate of
the faid province, it is of the utmoft importance to
the general wclfaic thereof, and to the re-cftab!i!h-
ment of lawful authority throoghout the fame, that
neither the M.ipiftr.i;»*i afting in fuppori ol the laws,
nor any of his Mrefiy’s fubjeft* aiding and afiiiting
them therein, or in the fupprclTion of riots and tu
mults, raifed in oppofuion to the execution cf the
laws and llatutes of this lealm, /huuM be dilcuu-
raged Irom the proper difeharge of their duty, i*y
an appiehenllon, that in cafe of their being q^uclii-
oned for anv afts done therein, they may be Jiable
to be brought to trial (cr the fame, before pkfons
who do net knowVdgc the validitv of the jlaws,
in the execution whereof, cr the authority of the
niagi/lratc in the fupport of whom, fuca afts had
been done:
In order therefore “o remove every fuch d’fs'-urage-
ment ftom thv minas cf his M. jcll) '., lir'jCi‘l>, and
to iticuct them, opon ail pp-pi r ocialious, to exert
themfelves in frppcrt ci the pnbllc peace cf tlie pro
vince, and rf the au;hority_of the King and Parlia
ment of Girat-oiitain over the fantc ; Be it enafted,
by the KingS Moll Excellent Mnjr.'ly, by ar.d with
the advice ccr.fert c f the Loidv Spiritual and
Temporal,K.''mmons, in this prifciit Parlia
ment afTcmLlVii, and bv the authority of the fame,
That if at ary nme, within the fpar-c of
years from and alter the pny bill or liills of
indi^lment (liail iK^fi'iind agaii tl any perfon- fer
murtber or other r fi'tnte, in the pr(,vincc of
the Maffachuktis Bay, a.nd it iJialt appear, by
iuformatlcn given upon oath to the Governor, or in
his abfence, to thv J.k ittenant Governor of the faid
proiince, that the fxft was committed, by the per-
,fon indifted, while he w?s ciihir in the cxtcutii n of
his duty as a iMagiihate, for the rupprclTico of ricti,
or in the luppoii I ihc laws cf revenue, c-that he*
was afting in his duty as an f/Titer cf revenue, or
aftiug under the din ttic n ard order of ary Magi-
. ftratc for the fupprtfiioM c'i riots, 0. for the carrying
into effeft thedaws of revenue, or aiding and alhlt-
iojg in scy of the purpoie* uforelsid ; and i( it (hall
alio appear, to the fatisfaftion of the faid Governor
or Lieutenant 'Governor refpeftivejy, that an indif*
. lerent trial cannot be had within the faid province,
iff that cafe it fhall and may be lawful for the Go
vernor or Licutedant-Govanor to direft, that the
indiftment (hall be tried in feme other of his Ma-
jefty’s colonies, or'in Great Britain, and for that
purpofe to order the perfon indiftvd 10 be fcni under
a fufEcient cuftedy 10 the place eppointed (or his
trial; and that there may be no failnre of juftice
from the want of evidence in fuch cafes, it fhall and
may be lawful for the Governor: or ih 1* s abfince,
the Lieutcnant-Ccvercor, to fettle and aiTcfs a rea-
fonable Cum to be allowed for the expcnccs cf fuch
witcefTes as the prufecutor, or the perfon indifted,
(hall defire to be fommoned ; which fum Hi all be
advanced by the ecu*, midi oners cf Lis Majefiy’s cuf-
loms, to .'.e wl;a '-•s, who, upon the rec-ipt there
of, (IiaII enter into a rec-ignirance before a judge
,o( the Superior Court, to appear ai.d give evidence
’'upon the trial of lich indiftment.
And bb it further enafted. That ibc C-Dvernor,
'Or in his ablenhe the Lieutenant-Governor, it he
(liall direft the trial to be had in any other of hit
Majefiy’s colonies, (hall tranfmit the tr.diftmeni,
together ^ith the recogniaances of the wiinefTes,
under the Teal of the province, to the Governor of
fuch other cotbnv; who (hill immediately iff.je a
commifiion of Oyer and Terminer, and deliver, or
caufe to be delivered, the faid indiftment, with the
faid recognizances, to the Chief Jufiice, and fuch
other perfons as have ufually been cdmmifTioneri of
Oyer and Terminer there ; who fhall have power
to proceed Ujpon the faid indiftment, as if the fame had
been found befo’^e them, and the trial fhall thereupon
proceed in like manner, to all intents and purpofes,
as if the offence had been committed in fuch place :
A»d in the governor, or in bis abfence the
^kutejiant Goveriwr, fhall direft the trial to be had
in'Grcat Britain, I9(hall then tranfinit the indift-
mcrit, together with the recognixar ces of the wit-
i’-e fc^ of the province, to one of his
Majefiy’s principal Secretaries of State, who fhall
deliver, or cauliu to be delivered, the fame, to the
Maftcr of the Crown-oflite, and t!ie indiftment firall
be tried in the next term, at the bar of the Court of
King’s Bench, in like manner, to all intents and
purpofes, as it the offence had been committed in
the county of Middlrfex.
N E W B E R N, >// 15.
By an authentic Account from Crofs-Creek, the
Perpetrator of the horrid Murder and Robbery com-
tnittcil there fometime ago, as mentioned in this
Papcr is difeovered, and proves to be Mr. Patrick
Travc.s himfelf, the Owner of tlie Store tliat was
robbed, who is now in Gaol, and is foon to take
ids '1 rial for'that attro iiyus Crime. Tlie Goods
were ilie l^ropvrty of feveral Perfons, and vteie
found buried near Mr. Travers’s Saw-Mill, and
the Linens and other pcriiliablc Articles were moft-
ly fpoiled. Wiien we conlitler Mr. Travers as a
Gentleman who had long Hied at Crofs-Creek iu
the Cliarrifttr of a worthy Member of Society, and
a Man of Property, we lhall be much at a Lofs to
account for his Inducement to merder his Store
keeper, and rob the Store. Surely fomething more
than A’vuricc mntt have tempted him to violate the
faertj Tie of Friendihip, and fo daringly oftend
againd his God and hi.> Confcicnce.
Hv .Accounts from Philadelphia, as late as the
23d June, we li d there is to be a general Congrefs
tliere of Deputies from the feveral Colcnies, on
the Twantietfi Day of September next, in order to
confult on \S ays and Means for the Pjgfervation of
An,Cl ica again.l the kite very extraordinary Afts of
P..Ili.iincnt th.it have bten pafl'ed, which wc find,
by the tiorthcni Papers, have fpread univerfal
.Alarm there. V/'e have received the kefolvcs of
the Province of Maryland, which will be in our
next.
ExtraHs of letters frtm Lonaon, Jatfft Ap^il 7 and 8,
to ptrjons '.n Ne-uu-l'crk and Philudilphia.
V/i'.h the mod anxious and deep concern I fit
clown to give you fome account of the jiitter things
that aie meditated againfi America, and through
her againfi England itfclf, and that conftitution, by
which it has long been diftinguifhed among the na
tions as a land of freedom and happinefs, and an
afyluin againfi tyranny and opprefiion ; a difiinfti-
on, alas 1 that now fubfifts no more ! and rouft be
for ever Icfi, unlefs kind providence fhould inter-
pofe, to fave us from that flavcry and darkiiefs,
which has well nigh overfpread the face of the whole
earth. America, the laft refort of retiring freedom,
is now to he invaded, and the fugitive driven from
her peaceful rccefl'es there, that fo fhc may find no
rcfiiiig place on this fide heaven.
A plan of ilcfpoiifm and arbitrary power has in-
tcffantly been purfued during the prefent leign ;
thiough all the minifierial changes and tnartruvici,
that has ftill been the grand objeft in view ; and
may explain all ifir fe intricate movements of gnvcin-
ment, which otherwife appear quite mifierious and
unaccountable ; eipccially wiili regard to the colo
nies, it may account for ihat cLflinatc pericveranco
in mcafurcs palpably incoiifificnt with cvciy prin
ciple cf the Englifh conftitution, of jufiice ai d of
common fenfc ; which have bccn attended with al-
mofi infinite expence, trouble and difficulty, both
to the colonies and Great Britain itfclf; when'at
the fame time a plain, cafy and certain way to peace,
harmony and profjaerity, lies fo open before ur,
that none can mifiake it, and yet offers itfclf in
vnin. An abfulute, arbitrary government, has in
finite charms for a multitude of haughty luxurious
parafites and flatterers that ever furrounded a throne,
and hope to fhare with it in tyrannizing over the
people, and rioting on their ffioilt. No wonder
that fuch as thefe fhoulu prevail on a ycung rao-
rarch to be plcafed with, to countenance anc adopt
their pLn. Unlimitted power is generally a moll
dtfirable obieft, cfpecially to youat and inexperi
ence, aid few arc difiruflful of thcmfcl\c.s, or
iinagit c that it would Lc unfafe in tlicii haad:«