£ The infantryV in number 2000, r<?main jn board the transport& which are moored to the quays, but *i fern bark daily Ui air and e^ercife. General Hunter's brigade, ConGftu.g of S4 tl '» 57th, and 59th regiments of British troops, is to continue at this place —the 78th Highland reginu'nt marched yesterday for Newport, to be quartered there for the winter. Lord Moira occupies the house built by the late Mr. Mark Gregory, and receives daily, at a splendid table, the English and foreign officers of diftindtion- —they princi pally compose his ftaff. In the harbor are, upwards of 100 fail transports and vessels of different nati ons. LONDON, Jan. 18. THE twelve royalists, arrived at Jer sey, are said to come from Anciene, v hence they have reached the coast of Biitanny, and effected their escape on board a vessel they found near the coast. These gentlemen, no doubt, belong to the corps of general Biron which accord ing to the reports read in the Convention, waß on the 22d of December, defeated and dispersed near Avernay. I his corps confuted of no more than 4000 men. The accounts of those fugitives cannot, therefore, inform us of the situation of the corps of royalists on the right bank of the Loire, and still less of those on the left banks of this river, under the orders of the Chevalier Charette. But however this may be, certain it is, that Lord Moira is continuing his prepa rations for the intended descent. Some people are apt to find fault with the slow ness of its execution, because it enables the Republicans to encreafe their means of defence. But the wisdom of our go vernment, and the prudence of the gene ral to whom this important expedition is entrusted, entitled to suppose, that all the obftaclfs able to oppose its success have been forefeen, and the most effe&unl mea sures taken to counteract them so as to ensure success. A rumour has been spread, that the Em • peror now refines the troops promised for the above expedition. But we are convinced that this report is groundless, and that his imperial majesty, instead of withdrawing his assistance in the execution of this enter prize, would readily encreafe it if required. The revenue of the customs for the last, quarter,ending the sth January, 1794, ex ceeds the fame quarter of the former year, in the sum of 486,5791. 16s id. This branch of the publis revenue has certainly not felt any mateiial deficiency by the war. Account! from Alexandria state, that the caravan, which goes every year from Mecca to Grartd Cairo with all forts of the molt precious merchandize has been attacked and totally pillaged by a nume rous horde ot Arabian banditti.. February 12. The-Editor of the Leyden Gazette, the fri*nd of truth and liberty as far as the circumstances under which his pa- per is published will permit, introduces the Speech of Mr. Washington, on open ing the Congress in December, with the ' fallowing preface: " While Europe, towards the close of the eighteenth century, presents an afpeft the most doleful to philanthropy, deeply afflitted by the, inconsiderate zeal with which men rush into opposite extremes, equally averse to public happiness; it seems to havp been reserved for the New-World to furni(h the consolation of this melan- choly period,&, perhaps an asylum forthe friends of freedom, the basis of permanent tranquility. The U'ited States of Ame rica, afford the example of a government truly just and moderate. For this, next to the public spirit and a national charac ter of equity and wisdom, they are in debted to some great men ; among whom none will dispute the firft place with the illustrious Washington. It is impossible to read, but with real pleasure the successive, produdtions of his pen, either as a states man or a soldier." SUPPLY. The following are literal Copies of Mr. Pitt's Resolutions. iod per gallon on single brandy imported' 2od on brandy above proof im- ported 8d on rum from the British Colonies l6d • «d l«d ---l on ditto above proof - on warehoused rum on over-proof ditto on single spirits imported 20 d — on over-proof ditto To be paid by the Importers. id per gallon for Wash for extracting Spirits for home confnmptioii id per gallon for Cyder and Perry, or any . other wash for ditto 2d per gallon for wash made from refufed wine, 01" foreign cyder 28 8d for every' 96 gallons of wash made by Bifliop of Maidftone » To be paid by the makers ordiftillers. half-penny per gallon for spirits made in Scotland and imported Also an additional duty in proportion to the over proof To be paid by the importers. f 2od per iooo on bricks lßd ditto on plain tiUs 4s 6d per 1000 on pan tiles not exceed ing to inches square ' 26 2d ditto addition exceeding ten inches is iod per 1000 for tiles other than the above t| To be paid by the makers. And a drawback to be allowed on expor tation. ll 3s 4d per cwt upon books imported is 6d for every 1000 bricks imported is iod per 1000 plain tiles imported 49 iod per 1000 for pan or ridge tiles imported is iod per 1000 for ditto above ten in ches is iod per 1000 for all other tiles imported los per ton npon dates carried coastwise 2s 6d ditto upon (tones, gurnet and mar ble » That the duties of excise on papers, paste board, mill boards, scale boards, and glazed paper, do cease, and that there be charged in lieu thereof. No I. 2d half-penny per lb excise duty upon paper for Writing, drawing and printing No 11. id per lb upon coloured and whit ed brown, except elephant and cartridge. No 111. Half-penny per lb for writing paper No IV. 2d half-penny per lb upon all other papers, except (heathingand but- ton,paper. No V. ios6dpercwt upon pasteboard, milboard, fcaleboard and glazed papers A drawback to be allowed 011 exporta tion. That the duties of Customs of the above do cease, and there be taken in lieu thereof, iof! per lb. on.No. I. imported 2d per lb. on No. 11. imported 6d per lb. on paper hangings imported iod per lb. on all other papers imported 2s per cwt. upon pasteboards, &c. imported jos 8 3-4 on flint glass imported 3 farthings on materials used in mak ing window glass A drawback of 8d 3 farthings on every foot of Plate glass imported 14s 6d per cwt. on flint glass exported 9s 1 id per ditto, on crown ditto, exported id 3 farthings per foot on French plate ditto exported 14s on French Plate ditto, imported 9s lid on French Window ditto, imported 14s per cwt. on other glass imported ' 10s 8d three farthings per cwt. on plates of glass not less than 1485 square inches, made in Great Britain A stamp duty of iool. upon contrails of perfor.s serving a 9 clerk to attorniss iool. admittance for every attorney 501. for contrails of clerks to Attornies'in courts of confidence 501. for admittance of attornies in the Welsh courts That the additional duties upon foreign spi rits imported, granted and continued by Adts of 31 Geo. III» be made perpetual. Also upon sugar by A£i 31 Geo. 111. be made perpetual Also a drawback on sugar, allowed by the fa'id a£l, to be made perpetual That the said duties be carried to the conso lidated surd. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Februa.y 6. The LOAN and TAXES. Mr. Hobart brought up the report of the different resolutions moved yesterday by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the committee of ways and means, for raising money by loan, and creating a fund rising out of new taxes for paying inter est for the fame. The Clerk, according to the usual form, read the resolutions twice—on the second reading. Mr. Fox rose, not for the purpose of giving any opposition to the resolutions, but simply of afkng for some information on a fubjeft, which did not appear to him very clear. He observed, that the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, in the course of his speech yesterday, had drawn a compa rison between the produce of the perma nent taxes of two different years, on which he grounded his opinion of the probable future produce that might be expe£ted from them. The account of the last year ending the sth of O&ober, 1793, from which it appeared fliat the total produce of all the taxes for that period amounted to 14.800,000!. but then from the sum mil ft be deducted the pr6duce_ of t axes that were not permanent, and which could not of course be takes as part of a per manent fund. It was stated in that ac count that no less a sum than 700,0001. was deducted from the above sum, be cause such was the amount of temporary taxes, if then this statement was correct, it would follow that the' Right Honora ble gentleman had greatly overrated the fund, which might be considered as per manent ; and consequently he would next year have occasion to apply for aid to make good a deficiency in a fund which he considered ycfterday as productive to the amount at which he had taken it. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said, that he had proceeded upon the most au thentic accounts that he could procure, and he believed, they were perfectly ac curate. He had firft estimated the gross produce of the taxes, forming the aggre gate fund at 15,400,000!. and from this sum he had tJedufted what had been paid into it out of the produce of temporary taxes, and afterward made allowance for the defalcation that would be occasion ed by taxes already repealed, or about to be repealed, which, together amounted to io,oool. so that the sum which he might return as permanent, would be 15,290,0001. The printed account of the three fitft quarters of the year 1793, quoted by the Hon. gentleman, was very authentic and correct; the difference be tween it and that on which he himftlf had argued might arise from the different way of making up accounts in the different departments of the revenue. In the cus toms, for instance, was generally given the gross receipt, without mentioning how much was to be paid out of it under the head of drawbacks 01 bounties; — wljilfl the accounts made up at the Exche quer stated the films actually paid in there ; so that on the firft view of the to tals of the two accounts, it would seem as if there was some very capital mistake in one of them, though in reality there was none. After some little farther conversation, from which it appeared that Mr. Fox was fatisfied with the explanation givea by Mr* Pitt, the Speaker put the question on each resolution separately, whieh paf-- fed witheA any observation, except that when the resolution for laying an addi tional tax on bricks, slates, titles, &c. > * Col. Bastard said, thati in the Weft of England the principal manure of the country was marie ; lie hoped therefore, that care would be taken in the framing of the bill which should be brought in on this lubjeft, that marie so used should rot be lubjeft to the tax. No one spoke in consequence of this observation, so that the refutation passed without further remark.' And then the quest-ion was put on the last resolution, for iubjefting every person to be admitted in future to ast as an at torney to the payment of I 001. The resolutions having been all confirm ed by the house, it was ordered that Mr. Hobart, Lord Mocnington, Mr. Rose, &c. should prepare and bring in bills founded on the fame. FRANCE. NATIONAL CONVENTION. Sunday February a On account of the great influx of business prefling on the committee of General Safety, the care to watch over the fabrication of falfe Aflignats was transferred to the Com mittee of Aflignats and Money, this Com mittee empowered to ifiue mandates of arrefl. General Laroque, on trial before the Re volutionary Tribunal, desired that the whole army in which he served, might be examined as witnefies. The Convention considering this as an artifice to evade justice, ordered that the Tiibanal ihould pay no attention to it. Ordered that the Council of Health pre pare a report, on a plan discovered by Guiton Morvauxj for purifying the air of hospitals at a fmatl expence. The Committee of Vigilance of the de partment of Paris denounced a woman who had fold her daughter to prostitution. Re ferred to the Committee of General Safety. The Committee of Public Safety propo sed a decree on the Marine, which was adopt ed. The fame Committee proposed,, that the Capt. and officers of any ship of the line that should flrike to less than double her own force, (hould be punilhed with death, as trai- tors to their country ; and that the mar nun who should take a ship one third Itroii-er than their own, should be rewarded and «>- moted. The Committee of General Safety propo sed to releaje Generals Roufin and Vincent no charge had been preferred! Leonard Boudon said, the Committee of had heavy charges against the m both. Danton said, there was reason to fear that these.charges, made by Pbilippeaux, were the offspring of malice; that the indiscre tions of Roufin and Vincent were the effe£l of patriotism too ardent to be prudent—and the Convention decreed their releaft. Monday, February 3. The National agent writes from Chateig neraye that the National Guards of the free Communes of that diftrift are employd night and day in hunting the Rebels like beasts of prey. They had just brought in an ex-noble of the name of Marai, late pre sident of the Revolutionary Committee at Bretigny. He owned that he had lived for fix weeks in the woods. He had a quantity of affignats upon him. From the American Minerva. I TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. THE answer of the Swiss Canton' 3 to the Declaration of Lord Fitzgerald, pub lished in the Minerva of yesterday, furnifh es a most brilliant lesson for all good pa triots in America. These Cantons enjoy almost exclusively the little portion of freedom left under the old governments of Europe, as the United States do the freedom of the New World. The allied powers have been inceflantly importuning the Cantons to take pait in the waragaifl France, as certain Jacobin EmifTaries and incendiaries have been plotting to drag America jnto the war in favor of France. But the parallel goes farther. The Swiss Republicans fuffered most attrocious in sults and indignities from a fait ion in France, and nearly one thousand of their brave soldiers were mafiacred on the 10th of August 1792, without a crimt. Jnft so the United States have been robbed and plundered by the Britilh cruisers of an immense amount of property', and their seamen and flag grossly insulted. As the allied powers made use of the massacre of the Swiss guards to inflame the resent ment of the Republics, and made them take part in the war ; so the incendiaries of France and America have made use of the injuries done to our trade to hurry us into a long' "desolating war.—There is something very interesting in this compa rison. But mark the words of the Cantons in their note to Lord Fitzgerald—Listen, ye incendiaries, ye fire-fide heroes, ye ene mies of your country, listen, and leam wisdom from the brave and venerable Re publicans of Switzerland—They £av " However afflicting the remembrance of those terrible'evcnts in France (which your excellency has brought to our recol lection) and the fad fate of our brethren who fuffered so unfortunately may yet our grief must nevertheless yield to the principles of our constitution : these prin ciples have relied for several centuries on the relations of peace, amity, and good neighborhood with all the surrounding powers. " Tile operation of these principles hes never been interrupted by foreign wars.— A rigid and exact neutrality was the inva riable maxim of our ancestors, and having received it as a sacred inheritance, we have conceived it to be our duty to abide by it in the present was. And this conduct has produced a salutary influence, not only on our external fafcty, but on our internal peace." Mark the last sentence—it is full of good sense and found political reason. They procced to declare that accustomed to observe scrupulously all engagements, they will not wanderfrom their neutrality —and they will unite their foice to repel even the flighted attempts to disturb their repose. In this resolution of the Helvetic body, there is found morality, and true national policy united with the dignity of a free government. Revenge is laid ojit or the question—the unprovoked Haughier of nearly a thousand of their btethren, com mands their grief, but does not change their policy—They will not rife ten thou sand lives to revenge the loss of one, thou sand ; nor plunge millions in distress to gratify a favagc p'a/jfen. How heroic this conduct, and how a:niab'ca.s well zspatri otic the principle from which it springs! Reflect on the Swiss Cantons, ye falfe pa triots, who would cxpofe thousands of lives, and thirty, perhaps forty millions of ( . 1
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