Maryland Gazette March 1775

rrv a letter frim Maryland, left.18. k HE general congrefs now fitting,and conf.fts of deputies from every colony on the continent, except Quebec and the two Floridas.You (half hear foon again from me, if they do net recom-L tn,j a ftop to all mercantile commerce with Great Bri--,j n .This congrefs is truly refpeftable.It cofifts of Ibout 70 members, men of integrity, men of talents, ihofen without felicitation, bribery, or corruption j Ihofen only on account of their integrity and talents.will not compare them to the houle of commons in oint of fortune and property ; but I will not degrade hem by making it a doubt whether the American conrefsdoes not excel both houfcs of parliament in ho.lour, honefty, and public fpirit.AH your public papers ell us.both houfes of parliament are corrupt and venal^.-heira6ts againft America fpeak them tyrannical.Why i England put to the immenfe e*pence of fending roopi and (hips of war to awe us into obedience) is (he ,ble, under fucb a load of debts, to bear an incrcafe > Js the miniflry weak enough to think \ve (hall draw the (word, when patience and forbearance of commerce will very effectually anfwer our purpofe?America do not yet coatain five millions of fouls.In fifty years, accord, ing to the common ceurlie of population, (lie may contain at lead fixty millions.Will Groat Britain then pretend to tax us, and enforce payment by her troops and navy ?"Nov. ^6.The timrs are out of joint, fays a corref.pondent, Britannia is fick of many griefs, and yet our (tag: empirici venture to tamper with her conftitution ; they adminiftered pills in St. George's Fields, trepanned her at Brentford, fqtisezed her in the Eaft-Indies, and are now letting her blood in America.A diftinquiflied writer fays of eloquence, that it has preferved the date of liberty, difarmed the hand ofpow-r, and decides the fate of civil inftitutions, by itsalmoft magical dominion over the patTions The inftancei of this mighty '"uperiority of this great talent, are not very recent, either in Britain, Batavia, Brandenburgh, or Bofton'.A difpute of a ferious nature has eri'en between the States General and the Emprefs of Ruffia,on account of Jhs non-pnymcat of tht intereft long due on th money borrowed of the Dutch \>j th latter, in order to carry on thtir late warlike expeditions againft the Ottoman Porte; indeed it frenu to be a moot point with many politicians, whether the former will ever touch a penny more, cither of principal, or intereft.N<"v. it).A motion, it is faid, will be made to expel a certain new elected member, whofe origin is almoft a difp-ce to focicly, and more efpccially to the great aftembly of the nation, D'c.i 5.It is laid that the province of MalTachtifettSj hay ha formed itfelf into an independent government.The late council, late judges, &c. with the houfe of reprefentatives, are to aft ; are to execute the laws in all civil anil criminal cafes, in like manner as before the latt aft of parliament.And t'-is form, it is /aid, is to continue till the late ah are repealed.A certain very rreat northern poteBtnte is to rfign the crown, and come and live in England in left than two years ; and a certain celebrated architect has in-Itnidtionj to build a palace fuitablc for the reception of ib great a iiciTorr.^e.Adjo'ninjj to this palace, which i* to be railed in Oxford-road is to be built a very magnificent thtatre, where plays and operas will be exhibited alternat.ly,and nr.tis, 'four times a week.The Aims Heccflary fcr all t'-.i-expence nr already Teftcd i* our funds.The revenue to bo I'pent ^y this retiring Ibvereign, will amount to 700,000 1. per aim.It is faid that a troop of horle arc regularly to mount guard at the new palace.A/si-/;.Ckron.Prcvixcr D/~NEW HAMPSHIRE.AT the cor.rention of the deputies appointed by ^ the fcvcra!towns in the province aforefaid, held at J'xetcr oti the ijth day of January, 1775.Prefent 144 nitmbsrs.Hon. JOHN WBNTWORTH, Efq; PreGdent.Voted ur.-,;n:moufiy,That we heartily approve of the proceedings of the lute giand continental congrefs, refpeftinsf the juft ,'bre of the rights and liberties of the Britilh colonies; ai'.il of the means rccorhmemdcd to rcftore, fecwre, and proteft tlie fains ; and fhat w* return our moll unfeigned thanks to the late members of that congrefs in general, and to thfu of this province in particular, for the f:.ithfulJilchargc of the important truft repofed in thc:n.Voted, that John Sullivan, and John Langdon, Efqn.bt delegates to rcprc!c:it this province in the continental congrefj, propofed to be held at Philadelphia, on the jenth day of Mav next, and that they and each of them jn the abfencc of the oilier, have full and ample power, in behali of this province, to content and agree to-all aicafurct.which faid congrcfs mall deem neccil'ary toobtin rcdrcli of American nn-.vqaccs.Voted, that two Iv.murcd and fifty pounds, lawful ft Dcy, be railed for ikfhiying the expences of faid du itgwci.

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