of Irish, with which he ventured to affault Dublin; but while they were rushing on in a furious and diforderly manner, to form the city, Miles Cogan fallied out at the head of a fmall troop of veterans, and charged them with great impetuofity, fo that thefe new levies, not being able to ftand the shock, were quickly routed with great flaughter, and O'Rourk's fon, a valiant young prince, was among the flain. — This attack mifcarrying, we hear of no material attempts of the Irish, nor any farther hottilities committed against the English in Leinster; all being quiet till the arrival of king Henry at Waterford, who landing five hundred knights, and a confiderable body of archers, from above four hundred fhips, at once decided the fate of the illand.

To this prince the citizens of Wexford brought their prifoner Fitz-Stephen, as a criminal who, without the orders of his fovereign, had difturbed the peace which had exifted between England and Ireland for many centuries. Henry received them with the greatest kindness, and very artfully reprimanded and terribly menaced the accufed for his prefumption in daring to act fo raflı a part; and, whether it were that Fitz-Stephen thought that his mafter's anger was feigned, or that he was confcious of having exceeded the limitation of the letters patent, he never mentioned thofe letters in his defence, but as if he entirely fubmitted his cause to the judgment of his fovereign, fuffered his accufers to enjoy their triumph, himself being fent away loaded with chains, and ordered to be kept clofe prifoner, till he fhould answer for his mifde

meanours.

Henry proceeding from Waterford to Cashell, was met on the banks of the river Suir, by Donald O'Brian, king of Limerick, who

there (wore fealty to him, and agreed to pay tribute, as likewife did the prince of Offory, and the chiefs of the fouthern divifion of Ireland. From thence returning to Waterford, he fuffered himfelf to be prevailed on to fet Fitz-Stephen at liberty, but took from him Wexford, as being a feaport town, and annexed it to his own royal demesne.

Afterwards the king marched to Dublin, where it is faid that he was joyfully received by the citizens, whofe trade depended much upon their connexion with England, and who probably would have received the first fettlers with hofpitality, if they had not approached their city in a hoftile manner, in order to fupport the claim of a tyrant, who was hated even by his own fubjects. But Henry charmed them with his moderation, by which means he appeared rather as 2 friend than a conqueror to thofe unhappy citizens who had fuffered fo much by the depredations of his subjects.

Hither came O'Rourk, and many princes of the north of Ireland, who fwore fealty to him as the reft had done. Roderick O'Connor, king of Connaught, and monarch of Ireland, was the lait, who made his fubmiffion, as being unwilling to yield up his fovereign power to a foreign potentate; yet, at length, he was likewife perfuad d to come in and met Hugh de Lacey and William Fitz Aldelm, who were commiflioned to fettle the tribute he was to pay,and to receive his allegiance.

Thus was the whole country brought under fubjection to Heary, without his fhedding a drop of blood, which was partly owing to the extraordinary juncture of circumftances that militated for him, and partly to the invincible valour of Strongbow and his adherents.

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HE tea exported to America by the Eatt India Company, in pursuance of an act of parliament paft laft feffions, bas already produced a ferment throughout that continent, and is likely to be attended with more alarming confequences. The following accounts are inferted to fhew the beginning of these troubles.

New-York, Nov. 29. Capt. Couper is arrived here from London, in which fhip came Col. Chriftie, of the Royal Americans. Capt. Couper informs us, that 10 days before him failed a fhip for Bolton, with tea chetts, 600; a fhip for Philadelphia was fallen down the river, with 600; a fhip for Charles-Town, ready to fail, 200; a fhip for Rhodeifland, ditto 200; and another for New-York, taking in 600; in all 2200 chefts. It was faid in London, that Commiffioners for the fate of. the tea would be fent out with it.

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Bofon, (New England} Nov. 22. Laft Friday his Majefty's Council of this Province met, by a fummons from Governor Hutchinfon, to confider a petition of the tea Commitfioners in this town, praying velign themselves, and the property committed to their care, to his Excellency and their Honours, as guardians and prot &tors of the people," and "that meafures may be adverted to, for the landing and fecuring the teas, until the petitioners can be at liberty openly and fafely to difpofe of the fame, or until they can receive a direction from their conAituents.

Laft Wednesday evening a number of people affembled before the houfe of Richard Clarke, Efq; in School-ftreet, and being irritated by a musket or pistol being fired at them out of the houfe, they broke the windows, and did other damage.

New-York, Dec. 1. By the Bofton papers of the 25th of Noveniber, we find the tea was not then arrived: the Commiffioners had refufed to refign, and had afked protection of the government, to defend them in an intended treafon againtt its conflitution.

New-York, Dec. 1. It having been reported that the Hon. Henry White, Efq; Abraham Lot, Efq; and Mr. Benjamin Booth, were appointed Commithioners for the fale of tea, intended to be fent to this colony by the Eat-India Company; a number of the inhabitants of the city met at the houfe of Capt. Thomas Doran, on the 25th of Nov. laft, and appointed a committee to wait on thofe gentlemen, and defire to know of them, whether, if they were appointed, they would act on the faid commillion or not? The Committee waited on them accordingly, and received the following anfwer:

"Gentlemen, At prefent we have received no appointment from the Eat-India Company, nor any certain imformation on what terms the tea is to come out to this colo

ny. When it arrives (if addreffed to us), the community thall be acquainted with the conditions on which it is fent. Should the tea be fhipped liable to the American duty, we believe it is against the fentiments of the inhabitants that it fhould be fold by us, or any other perfon, and therefore we cannot excute the commitlion; nor fhall in any refpect act therein, contrary to the general fenfe of our fellow citizens:"

On the arrival of the packet, the 30th of November, the faid gentlemen having received certain advice of their appointment, at another meeting, a committee was again chofen to wait on them, and defire

their positive answer to the queftions before proposed; to which they gave the following anfwer, which it is not doubted will be fatisfactory to the public, viz.

"The agents fince find, that the tea will come liable to the American duty; and agreeable to their former promife, have declined receiving and felling it under that predicament.

Befton, Dec. 20. On Tuesday laft the body of the people of this and all the adjacent towns, and others from the distance of 20 mulkes, affembled at the the Old South Meeting-house, to enquire the reafon of the delay in fending the fhip Dartmouth, with the Eaft-India tea, back to London; and having found that the owner had not taken the neceffary fteps for that pur pole, they enjoined him at his peril to demand of the Collector of the Cuftoms a clearance for the ship, and appointed a committee of to to fee it performed; after which they adjourned to the Thursday following, ten o'clock. They then met, and being informed by Mr. Rotch, that clearance was refufed him, they enjoined him to enter a proteft, and apply to the Governor for a paffport by the caftle, and adjourned again till three o'clock the lame day. At which time they again met, and after waiting till near fan-fet, Mr. Rotch came in and in formed them, that he had accord ingly entered his protest, and waited on the Governor for a pafs, but his Excellency told him he could not, confiftent with his duty, grant it until his vetfel was qualified. The people, finding all their efforts to preferve the property of the Latt India Company, and return it fafely to London, fruftrated by the tea confignees, the Collector of the Caftoms, and the Governor of the province, diffolved their meeting.

But, behold what followed! a

number of refolute men (dreffed like Mohawks or Indians), determined to do all in their power to save their country from the ruin which their enemies had plotted, in lefs than four hours emptied every chest of tea on board the three ships, commanded by the Captains Hall, Bruce, and Coffin, amounting to 342 chefts, into the fea,without the leaft damage done to the hips or any other property. The mafters and owners are well pleased that their fhips are thus cleared, and the people are almost univerfally congratulating each other on this happy event.

Capt. Loring, in a brig from London for this place, having 58 chefts of the detefted tea on board, was caft afhore on the back of Cape Cod laft Friday fe'nnight. 'Tis expected the Cape Indians will give us a good account of the tea againft our next.

We are pofitively informed, that the patriotic inhabitants of Lexington, at a late meeting, unanimously refolved against the use of bohea tea of all forts, Dutch or English importation; and, to manifeft the fincerity of their resolution, they brought together every ounce contained in the town, and committed it to one common bonfire.

Charles-Town, South Carolina, Nov. 20. The tea affair inakes great noise here, but nothing is yet done; it will be prevented landing, without doubt.

An inflammatory hand bill was few days ago diftributed in Philadelphia, addreffed to the Delaware pilots, informing them, that a fhip loaded with tea was on her way to that port, being fent out for the purpose of enslaving and poisoning all the Americans; and, as he cannot be brought to anchor before that city without their affittance, exhorting them to prevent her arrival: they cannot be at a lofs how to act. As they have proved fcourges to

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evil doers, it is predicted of the pilots, that they will give a faithful and fatisfactory account of the tea fhip, if they should meet with her. In this hand-bill they fay, It is clear, that, if the Americans buy any of this tea, they must pay the Parliament's duty, and acknowledge their right to tax us as often and as high as they think proper, than which nothing can be more difgraceful and injurious to a free people." New-York, Dec 6. The following notice has been difperfed about this city: "Whereas our nation have lately been informed, that the fetters which have been forged for us by Great-Britain, are hourly expected to arrive in a certain fhip, belonging to, or chartered by, the East-India Company: We do, therefore, declare, that we are determined not to be enflaved by any power on earth; and that whofoever fhall aid or abet fo infamous a detign, or shall prefume to let their frore or ftores for the reception of the infernal chains, may depend up on it, that we are prepared, and fhall not fail to pay them an unwelcome vifit, in which they fhall be treated as they deferve, by *** Nov. 29-1773. THE MOHAWKS." Philadelphia, Dec. 27. At a public meeting of the inhabitants held at the State Houfe on the 18th of October, the fenfe of the city" was expreffed in the following refolves:

1. That the difpofal of their own property is the inherent right of freemen; that there can be no property in that which another can of right take from us without our confent; that the claim of Parliament to tax America is, in other words, a claim of right to levy contributions on us at pleasure.

2. That the duty impofed by Parliament upon tea landed in America, is a tax on the Americans, or levying contributions on them without their confent.

3. That the refolution lately entered into by the East-India Company to fend out their tea to America, fubject to duties on its being landed here, is an open attempt to enforce this minifterial plan, and a violent attack upon the liberties of America."

4. That it is the duty of every American to oppofe this attempt: 5. That a cominittee be immediately chosen to wait on those gentlemen, who, it is reported, are ap pointed by the Eaft lodia Company to receive and fell the faid tea, and request them from a regard to their own character, and the peace and good order of the city and province, immediately to refign their appoint

ment.

In confequence of this appointment the committee waited upon the gentlemen in this city, who had been appointed confignees of the expected cargo. Some of the commillioners refigned in a manner that gave general fatisfaction; others in fuch equivocal terms as required explanation; however in a few days the refignation was complete.

At another fubfequent general meeting it appeared to be the unanimous opinion, that the entry of the hip at the custom-house, or the landing any part of her cargo, would be attended with great danger and difficulty, and would directly tend to destroy that peace and good order which ought to be preferved. An addition of 12 other gentlemen was then made to the former committee, and the general meeting adjourned till the arrival of the tea thip.

On Christmas day in the evening, an exprefs came up from Chefter, that the tea fhip, commanded by Capt. Ayres, with her detefted cargo, was arrived there, having followed another fhip up the river fo far.

The committee met early the